The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

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Air ° for C CC' y : 4 00 . , A ibeor ~ y fr o ie ,, ci i•P`'‘l%• Y e e , 00:de M e e 1 0' 3)' • vop • A`o' die. o ff $ 0 .Acri Ud Pol fi lf se d o 0 (I,t o f r 0° 4 0f t he i l ae oo 0;1 ; d"bie l 'O r 11 irl tO jp l i 1'11111.0) /r e 1 111' V/ . re' e ( eo c t ioY, ° 111 41 ,A e, eo 11 1 oo,,011" or atd,y, oo r eo t r' • co d srordo r o f 0;J , iAb e ri s V.ifd le .s o St : e re7 rot' ° ol d o f o / I 1 ell ~DIb~ _________ T „TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY. 0 pai3OEnsfiostllionweinntgwe,xtensive and eligible PROPERTY, A REHOUSES, OFFICES, LI4S, HOUSES an d LAND &c., exceeding Nati Million • ' • of O ffi ees, i 1 ,..._, in value : Those eligible Range ,-- ~ • etwiY erected, called " ADELAIDE-BUI LDlNtim, Ol eet d 1 :1 1 : it street Lextensive Range of Offices, South John- Ditto, King -street; Ditto, Chapel -street ; .D Ditto, ~..,, Ir._ tt•street ;extensive Premises, Waterloo-road ; Les '. :"liOuies, opposite Salthouse Dock ; two Ditto, G . I bl°' lOW•street g ; tb - 'corner of Galton-street ; one Ditto, Wappin g ilit . h_re.e_detached VILLAS, Seaforth ; very eligible Coun tr y , with i . 1741ence, VILLAS Bank,) Toxteth-park ; Ditto, the iatYeards Land Ev ton brow • 45 acres of Lard, eat ber ,.. b y, in t er - consequence of the death of the Owner, 1,.1.11,04,,,,,!:N0ttas COGLAN, Esq., the . LIVERPOOL 'o f . . itt ent ' I N G BATH , with Boats, Chains, &c. ; twoex . s._ Houses Claughton, Cheshire; four Ditto, Grange di,toiii • ,fern,:ll,wesobiLeit'•tot,hDreeeandetached, Rock Ferry, Che 11, ..", ~ ,„, , Ditto, -street, opposite the Botanic Gar tip ' 05 e Ditto with 4 396 yards of Land, Duke-street; .° Ditto, • ' ' 11,, 0, with 1,700 yards of Land, Soho-street ; one i,* ° . with 900 yards Land, Netherfield-road North ; on e ... sell -,1, t w ith 900 yards Land, Phythian-street, Low-hit! ; 01 •,•as t tsf ilittO, Nl-street, Toxteth-park ; twelve Ditto, in ttt., ra 1.44 8 , Bueking h a m - t e r ra , e e , Toxteth• park ; one Ditto, 11 :,' ,Piiiii,crualbY-square ; two Ditto, Falkner-terrace, Upper I C . ' ' Bitt;natet-street ; one Ditto, Rock Ferry, Cheshire ; one f' , gr.., ;Huskir,son-street ; one Ditto, Upper Parliaipep o , inn'2_. one Ditto, Rodney -street ; two Ditto , Soho. 0 , t : to ` ... , foot:re Ditto, Upper Islington ; one Ditto, o.at m aSt. 1 Brest ; street; and two, Wilton -street ; two Ditto, C d h one itto, Cresswell-street, Everton- road ; li t.. , and 736 ► yards Land, Soho-street ; six Ditto, Cir o . 41.1reet; two Ditto, Old Swan ; three Ditto, Bootte %vet three Ditto, Upper Parliament-street it o, k a et% Village; one Public-house, one House and . Sho hzik.ou'ilitetooultis,stetasti7,B and Bakehouses, Great Howard-stree t ; ; b fo li r n o ;s io tr g eet ; two Ditto, Saltney-lane; twenty- Courts, Rathbone-street ; four Dit to, . 14 0 4 . P, Belle -street ; four Houses, and Shop, Horatio - 11% ',,eight Back Houses, and two Shops, Elgin-stree t ; two 11. 4 ,_ 'Muses and Shops, Old Haymarket ; twenty ._ , u, p l u ses " 44 11 - ' 1 ee ; fourteen Ditto, Great Howar d-street; . t io t) use and Shop, and two Houses, Dublin-street•, 1 0 tlitkm,ailses,Saltney-street ; eight Ditto, Trafalgar-p l ace; I tio_ m hu,i.tto, Dublin -street ; two . Ditto, Saltney-street ; 4 118 te Na•t°, Clarence -Anne-street; ; tw o biti,to, Oak-place place ; six Ditto, St. An . n t . isd.mitto, B edford -street ; two Ditto, Olive-street; , th ree t i ; to an d eight Ditto, Egremont, Cheshire Stables, on 340 yards Land, Drnry-la_ner.; ker•,inouses and Shops, Scotland-road ; one ditto, Pa . slleV e ,,! l ; two Ditto and four Houses, Beresford-street 1 ,. 110 4 s . ", Sir T homas's-buildings; four Ditto, and fou r 44 d ile --e.B' Dale -street; two Ditto and Warehouse, Para- A Iletirl e et ; sixteen Houses Paul-street ; six Front an t d . ttryt i ae,h Houses Horn ' hy-street ; ten Houses, S c b.. golis ;DiTce, Edgelhill ; two Front and Nine Ba t It ' 0 1 4 't , '', 4 °r .nbY-stre e t ; four Front and one Back Dit o, surtia -.7twreinettreet ; two Front and six House Houses, a t Iteet."' ; five Front and ten Back s, Beau to ~ d ',,°fle Public -house , four Shops, and Two House s, tree ° ,i; six H , uses, ' Beresford-street and Sheri ff- Low le Ditto Jtt, Toxteth-park ; one 8 2;1 -11 u Shop ' d thiee Houses, Boundary- street, I lir e i l t two Front anand six Back Houses, Kew-street ; 141 "1; -- , Itt ° and ni Ditto , Upper Mann-street, Toxteth tiai three Ditto n al e id six Ditto, Kew-street ; two Ditto bittn'lree and Portland -street; one Ditto and thre e bltta ITGore-street, Toxteth-park ; ori• Ditto and one Iltres'il',PPer W olfe -street, Toxteth-park ; one Ditt, and Itreetlt,to, Lace -street ,• one House and Sh . oo, C) n i . lilt , three Houses, Sheriff-street ; two Ditto, h._e_ ktil :Iti,' one Ditto, Cases-street ; two Ditto, Great or 'inset ; e tt ; one Ditto, Bedford street ; two Ditto, crcwh I tjeeti , °4O Ditto, Seymour -street : five Ditto, Moon s `r•teet ; 'l'o Ditto, Salthouse-lane • three Ditto, Eger d to en n- . LtNet. four Ditto, Mosley-hill; four Ditto, Tenter n_ rtet:itwAo Ditto, Kirk dale-road ; one Ditto, Cr_o7 e. - L'alil_. l „ l l, 4 one Ditto, Moon-street; two Ditto, R h 1741" i lane Ditto Great Orford-straet ; two D itt o, '4,il-street; three Ditto, Moon-street ; two Dit to, 11ree;71'eet; two Ditto, Hart-street; one Ditto, Leeds- P ' on e Ditto, Mill -street, and two, Hende ls r.on e ? 4 0 o, roc% bridge Mil. Yards of Land, Liscard, Cheshire; one Ditto, kit tirat-street,• one Ditto, Mason -street, Wapping; :ithe ; ‘, : l o t i e t_ r : s n it p o t f T 3,0(i,',1e uttto, and four Cottages, Clements -street; .''Opp laitto, Lan ' ow Land in one or more lots, Everto o n o l , Ditto, Old Swan ; 50, ,2°,041,11ear Bootle Northi) M ks • 30,000 Ditto, Waterloo; 44 ; 'Otto, New Ferry, " Cheshire; 12,82,i Ditto, Bootle /11take 4,',.,%0 Ditto,Ai burth ; 12,000 Ditto, Everton ' striec,; ,V,•%0 Dit to , Lark-lane g ; 10,000 Ditto, Jubilee- t 'bob ',157 Ditto, ' Ho e• street ; 6,500 Ditto, Wes t 7fa Y ;h 4 ° o Ditto, Liscard, p Cheshire ; 6,000 Ditto, is - liry.„. r -; 2,ooo Di tto, Leeds. street; 1,750 Ditto, Boun d -rt e l ; 1 0 7Ditto, Regent-street; 1,360 Ditto, k., erd.street :i ' g it ti t i. , 1,300 Ditto, Lime-street d 1,152 Ditto, E t tu, il tr eet; 345 Ditto, Great Howar -street; 340 "qtto,.e'r rwq-lane; 250 Ditto, Warwick -street; 300 -4)l'ln-street ; 500 Ditto, Parliament-street. S he TH E FOLLOWING TO BE LET: IT* It;,:ie°'lrltry Residences, (one . with . from Forty to 8° se r ed Acres of Land, one Ditto with . Two . Acres,) !II; vet s! Villaq , and some of the most eligible Houses ''.4,4:,l,4eig'hbourhood; likewise Houses and Shops 41,L'Plit, ~,' `„..."e principal thoroughfares. 8 " ''' ' w A ILLIAMS, Estate Agent, 57, Ranelagh t. 4. '44 Dabli T si l l i E------SiXTE EN I:I . Ot ,, ed, in a sealed envelope, price 3 3 s s._s . ent free 41 re ceipt of a postoffice order for .6d , D l'llt r , A A N H 0 0 ~ h - gI•ISES of its PREMATURE DECLINE, k s..; lt n i ,!• i LAIN DIRE CTIONS for its PERFECF RESTO- Pe c i: ; addressed tothoseSUffering from the destructive Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Local ~B t id t , followed by Observations on 'Marriage, _ e.. Z I Y, ° T ll 4 B d t - i i a tit) nal - Weakness, Mental and Nervous D_ - ' 14 %1 .geB "°n, Insanity, Consumption, &c. &c. ll with Cases, &c. tot, BY J L dURTIS and Cm, ."41ting Surgeons 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, I ' London. t 413lishe.„ S IXTEENTH EDITION. C o t,selt er u ZY the . Authors, and sold by Burgess, Medical tistill; t, , ~., Coventry -street, Haymarket; Mann, 39, lts ' '3trange 21, Paternoster-row; Barth, 4, Bryci ,,,_,eet, Strand: London ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann' s-squa re , . un. 4ferWseellter ~,, ~.! Philip South Castle-street, Live_r a P en l it ! e o d Coa-`4 core, Bristol; Guest, Birmingham ; F 41)rit;ii 41, G rafton -street, Dublin ; Bolster and Co ., Lerilee.ril.witnond, 5 Blair-street, Edinburgh Stracha lo pe by '' 13 allies Glasgow • and sold in a sealed enve ap ~ 1 I It ~... ' zoooksellers. lea, Illia OPINIONS OF THE PRESS : 4 4 ,,.`ed t o 4 1 1 °11, , a TENTH Edition of which . is now pre itii'led •'" u e Public —ten thousand copies have been ex uch lira‘,.phee its first appearance—has been very tr o l eta's', se t a enlarged by the addition , of a more extended labelqof 0 4 tail of general principles, as also tiog by the inser cases. The 0 1 ti l le as e ;'! l . new and highly sametl4„...ostances daily l occurring, wherein affections g r appearances of con tql)t loo , ", , , Puttin g on al Ar s , ottad t al h, however, when traced to their source, wi i es th at 0 result from certain baneful . habits, fully Neje too the principle of the division of . labour is no -133, Zetsitstre aPplicable than in medical practice. We feel V 4l ' "4 / 4 tl ii in ` e ying, that there is no member of society allolo 6, 1 7 hook will not be found useful, whether such Y,.ta il i;`, th e relation of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a of ti s 'ies tr -- sun. hi.h. g e fe w st.' Clirtis's work, called MANHOOD, is one 4 1 At, ",onks now coming before the public on such , lett whi c i, 411jat irne '. can lay claim to the character . of h tt h t "e C essi "al, at the same time that it is . fully in •,-ts k• ` 0 all who read it. The moral and medical pre is 1 I, i vel l i n , ; :i ' 0 1 i 2b e A b e . r usa 'f o r f e N n i d e e c r sr it c invaluable." —Magnet. Curtis 's book, entitled MAN /41titm i e ;, t'is s re an y astonished us by developing a series of 4Op t L of wi,".e,never-failing consequence of the vicious 6 44 1 N 4 ' 3 1 it treats. The clear connexion pointed 5,`. 11 the assigned cause and the effects is perc p k s A h• -rY e s •- PI e tt i „is i, Pacity. —Age. klg iOr a work that Alti ,to we fear there exists too much 1,110144 use us to hesitate to recommend it for ge hes:aer th!'• Every branch of those frightful maladie . s s , le li pe ski • etiesult of immoral . habits or secret vices, i koll `Y, pl ain t treated, and, divested of all medical tech 44Ittio el Ol and easy directions are given fo r the best ntry Pursu e d in all ea ses , however comp lica ted or lit „tied, Onneless. To the married, as well as t e tte o "etili a .,"'s little work alike affords consolation and cure fie,'':illhlea.d.e•ases and • are doincr service to society i t n - ' i ng it to general notice l ."'—Essex and Her s * t accent of t ." alki lfie views taken by the authors, of the t he 'Vain t rigin cf many of the most distressing effects 411 42 4 4 5 t ePraved habits, fully establish their claim to o wi th ca reftl ier o f „ experienced surgeons ; and the . result ss us • • Both tor'era, sal of the work has been to imp re ss e ir s - ri, 5r1°44,1 confidence in the talent and skill of the • '4 4i %lii ( /1 11 Yotitt. t ° satisfy us that those intrusted with f t u h r e_ ittb tf t th etn g a,re not a little indebted to them for al ~,_. with a means of preventing some of the most . L. ''.aladies to which flesh is heir."—Old England ~ tiiiteehrB. --- ~:,,Nt hecpirris and Co. are to be consulted daily at t Allt-l'enee 7, FRITH-STREET, SOHO [.`I,4II/1/A' LONboN. 4 1 14 1 e • t PATi • . h. t 1 In t't„ ENTs are requested to be as minute as P' ' ,1 8 4 i' B at e ' detail of their cases ; the communicatio_n .0 ,1 ~ " 8 ; 4 8 11 e(PlPanied by the usual consultation fee of £l, 7 . ' ls l /1 IL" t he most inviolable secresy may be relied ' , )4 1; ) Th. , ' Lest) ' r tleil..op t - s hore 'cork sent free, enclosed in a SEA LED , for ' 1 anY address, n 'receipt of a Post-office 1 i i \ 44tee‘ltr e 3 et . ; I, by Mr PHILIP, Bookseller, South :v ~ •\_lLstplar,', OVERPOOL • Mr. SOWLER, 4, • I ^ l '`- ' CHESTER. : 4 1) 14 VI - , _ - - 1 I . :: 4l' :f D t e:tyl 4 4 ° tl3 B . „C r n I;RC---------11.—T he villagers haveafeeling : ?itl l t Ettt e xtre rn " owrl parish church. G e neral l y vene ;llt ihp a s , e anttouity, native rm as the hill. around ' 1► Ot Bff ee e.on btr Part of their land, and tO endure iil k:rt, b t,to os to all ages. It appeals, moreover , to all tt,i.tti a ir)ltigin.:lr) Motives which penetrate . the inm ost sdo ));•,11,(1i, al)Pirl'. bef ore the worshipper his birth, ii 1 . 41 %1 4 ON 14 4 and duty, the memory of departed t Ili Nr Was i, bid d• rth. Within, he sees the font a t 0 eb t kri lge . .aptised, and the altar where he knelt 1\ ",, 11 . 'irid Vllrcuind it he contemplates the graves of IT t i ti4 o llll ; t B Z ei; l e i t e l a s twiisli.otal e iroe : P te o l i t a r vv ol l i s i c h w o il r i c e h d a s vr p - e w o k i I t o probably o b s e o b ol t s . 1 'III ete • fe els that a picture of English scenery is the. old tower or the village spire, 4 1;!rfie l A'nele who as the loveliest picture of the ,t49,,0Ne,8 Of • Who can hear the distant bells in the • `r LW 8 sve,,a, shnirner's morning, or the stillness power Very sogunii,', without feeling their soothing pow •--Osler on the Church.. 140 °1 5 °II' . ,00fih 'of i'vrt 0 .0 ,010.1 r rft el° 01' 1 0 1 e p 0 1 011ie :0( Ib is ;" 1,, 111 0 0 d 1 :1 it 13q,k. ° 1 1) . .. 1 91 , P ,e ° '6 f r c• or L 5 fl • „ $ S ef t , ll .; el" r e 1 1 ` 1 , • t l, o ,:if (o f t o e t iro 4 1t ' tiv'or ft' lail s pi ° FerPri, STEAMER FLAMBEAU. AN Adver:i:enTent has Appeared, signed by " Ts Wood, Middlewich." and some other individuals, in praise of the above Steamer, and in which this most extraordinary remark appears U'e feel altogether assured that the placards of the opposite party are wholly without foundation, and we would recommend them not for a moment to be listened to ; " and the subsequent portion of the placard points out clearly that the Erin go Bragh's party is meant as the " opposite party." I beg to put a few questions to Mr. Wood and his com panions : Is it true that the Flambeau has only one engine? Is it true that she is without water-tight divisions in her hull ? Is it true that she has no Life Preservers on board ? Is it true that she has sometimes gone to sea without a siogle boat on board ? Is it true that the Erin go Bragh has two engines ; has water-tight bulkheads; has plenty of Life Preservers on board ; and has two large boats always slung on her quarters ready for use ? Can these gentlemen reply " NO" to these questions? and if they cannot, in what position have they placed themselves by signing the advertisement above quoted! W. TODD. Erin go Bragh Steamer, August 31st, 1843. TO CAPTAIN KEMPE, OF THE " FLAMBEAU." Stn., MY attention has been this day directed to a placard, IVA issued by parties connected with the " Erin go Ilragh" Steamer, headed " Scandalous Disregard of Human Safety," in which it is stated, that on the day of the 18th instant, when so dense a fog was experienced at sea, " that but for a Providential rescue by the Blanche Steamer," (of which vessel I am commander,) " the Flambeau would have run on a sand-bank, near the wreck of the Superb," &c. In contradiction of this aQsertion, I willingly declare the whole to be UTTERLY FALSE, and without foundation. I met the Flambeau in the river, off the Magazines, a few minutes before her arrival at George's Pier. I am, Sir, yours, &c., SAMUEL FRYER, (Commander of the Steamer Blanche.) Liverpool, August 31st, 1843. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. QIR,—In reference to an Advertisement which has been KJ inserted in the public journals, bearing the signature of Mr. Isaac NVood, Hector of Middlewich, and several other individuals, who were passengers in the' Flambeau' Steamer on the 24th August, I beg your insertion of the enclosed Letter in your next publication. Mr. Wood's communication proves one of two circum stances : it proves either that he and the other individuals whose names appear on the document put before the pub lic never read what they signed, or that all those portions of the said document which are not confined to " the civi lity of the captain to the passengers, and the speed of the vessel," were interlineated after the signatures were ob tained, and consequently was a fraud on the whole party, and brought them closely to the verge of an action for libel. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WM. TODD, " Erin go Bruit" Steamer. Liverpool, 4th September, 1843. " Middlewich, 2d September, 1843 " found your letter on my return home last night. I beg to say, that when I went on board the Flambeau steamer, on Thursday, the 24th August, I was not aware of the kind of contest which was being carried on between the two Bangor and Beaumaris packets. " On reaching Beaumaris, the passengers were re quested to sign a testimonial to two facts, viz., the civi lity of the captain to the passengers, and the swiftness of the vessel ; for my part, I considered that paper as having reference to those two points only. " I am, your obedient servant, " J. WOOD. VARIETIES. A person who tells you of the faults of others, intends to tell others of your faults. 'Have a care how you listen. TlME.—Time is like women and pigs; the more you want it to go, the more it won't.—Sam Slick. A SOBER PUN.—Whv are temperance societies a bar to friendship? Because they prevent shaking hands. When does a man shave himself with silver ? When he cuts his heir off with a shilling. A false friend is like a shadow on a dial plate, which appears in fine weather, but vanishes at the approach of a cloud. When a man says that another thinks properly, it will generally be found that the two think alike! An American paper, announcing the opening of a new cemetery, says—" Mr. had the pleasure of being the first individual buried there ! " Too GOOD BY HALF !—A poor law commissioner, at Bath, has discovered a system by which he can make out of a pint of water a quart of milk, and have enough left to make cream for the commissioners' tea !—Punch. While the Granadeers were lately entering Swansea, an old woman, struck with amazement at the appearance of their fur caps, exclaimed, " Lab ! lah ! why how do 'em manage to make their hair grow like that? WINE FROM THE COMMON BRAMBLE.—Five measures of the ripe fruit with one of honey and six of water, boiled and strained, and left to ferment, then boiled again and put in casks to ferment, are said to produce an ex_ c-alletit wine. The colour of wine is often rendered darker by a mixture of blackberries with the grapes.—Louden's Gardener's Magazine. CHANGE OF TIMES.—About the middle of the Seven teenth century, persons hiring furnished lodgings in Lon don had to find their own linen and pewter, or pay dearly for their use. In the nineteenth century, so much have notions of comfort and social sagacity improved, that many persons especially honourable numbers of the tail, can get themselves accommodated by finding only their own brass and fustian and without paying for anything. COUNT D'ORSAY'S BARGAlN. — Whatever appears in a newspaper must be true. It is true, therefore, accord to the Siecle (French paper), that at the sale of the Duke of Sussex's cigars, Count D'Orsay was the lucky pur chaser of 1000 Havannahs for X3OO sterling ! That there may be no misunderstanding on the point, the &lee adds :—" 7500 francs of our money ! " Were the sale not over, we should be inclined to exclaim Puff; as it is, we shall merely say, Smoke. THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—During the excitement of an election, in Kentucky, a Mr. Clay, said to be the son of Mr. H. Clay, made a most murderous attack on a Mr. Brown, a gentleman in the nost-office department, in consequence of some political difference. The Madiso nian says, " Mr. Clay assailed him (Mr. Brown) with a huge bowie-knife; cut out his left eye; cut off his left ear; gashed his left shoulder six inches in length, and one and a half in depth, so that it is expected he will die." STRENGTH OF PAPER. — During a lecture by Mr. Cooper, before the Society of Arts, he produced a quarto sheet of post writing paper, the ends of which he had pasted together, thus forming an endless web. Into this web he inserted two rods of wood, to one of which was attached a half-hundred weight ; and taking the other in his hands, he raised the weight. With the same material, he observed, had been lifted a man who weighed 150 lbs. With a bank note could also be lifted eighteen lbs.— Magazine of Science. KEMPER COLLEGE.—This institution is the most western Protestant Episcopal college in the world, being nearly half-way between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The main building was completed externally during the year 1841, Bishop Kemper having solicited and obtained funds for the purpose, to the amount of twenty-five thou sand dollars, from zealous Christians in New York and Philadelphia. In the same year a considerable amount of valuable books was presented to the college by pious in dividuals in England, as well as by several of the great societies. The object of the college is the preparation of young men for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and, under the enlightened and active presidency of the Rev. E. C. Hutchinson, it bids fair ultimately to realise the sanguine expectations of the Church. Caswall's City of the Mormons. HOGS AND WAX CANDLES.—At the presentment of the British Association of Science in Cork, a curious method, recently adopted in the United States, of bringing their hog produce to market, was noticed in one of the sections. It appears the pigs near the vale of the Mississippi, cannot be brought to a profitable market as an article of food, they are converted by a chymical process into wax and oil, in which form they are readily transported, and the pigs of the Misissippi are thus converted into wax candles for illuminating our drawing-rom4is ! The oil is of excellent quality and is well adapted for lubricating Machinery, for which purpose the best sperm oil has hitherto been most used. The custom of the North Americans, who carry on the business of converting pigs into wax candles, is to drive the animals into the woods where they feed for some months on the acorns, &c., and then they are fattened for one month on Indian corn, by which time they are quite fit for the process of conversion, and they are boiled en masse, fat and lean together, unless the state of the provision market make it profitable to spare some of the hams. GoD's DISPENSATIONS. —As it has been said that there are stars so distant, that though their light has been travelling towards us ever since the creation, it has never yet reached us, so there are meanings in God's dispensa tions, a light in events long past, which, through our im perfection of moral vi s i on , or th e thick medium through which we have to judge. may not yet have broken upon us, and may not, indeed, till far in the bosom of eternity. The meaning of the brazen serpent in the wilderness was not seen till the Son of Man was lifted up on the cross; the purpose of David's education as a shepherd was not read till the publication of the Book of Psalms. There was a meaning in that three years' drought and famine in the time of Elijah, in the reign of Ahab, in the land of Judea, not known,even to the church of God till the gene ral epistle. of James, after the crucifixion of our Savi o ur. An event like that of Bunyan's imprisonment for thirteen years had a meaning that could not he sr en by that gene ration, indeed is but beginning to he known now, after the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress" into more than twenty languages. An es ent in a still greater cycle of dispensation, like the banishment of the puritans to Ame rica, had a meaning which we are now only beginning to comprehend. And lastly, circumstances like those which threw the key of the Mediterranean into the possession of a Protestant power, did the same with Malta—the'bridge between the Oriental and the Occidental world—and, finally, opened one of the antique gates of Christendom I to the same nation, can only be understood when those future events have begun to march by in successionjor which those previous steps of God's providence are so evidently taken.—Claims of the Christian Aborigines of the Turkish or Osmanli Empire. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.-BREAD NOT LIABLE TO DECAY. On Wednesday last an experiment Was brought to an issue, which may be pregnant with consequences of vast importance to the world, Some time ago, a Mr. Gilbert Claude Alzard, a Frenchman, discovered a peculiar mode of manufacturing bread, biscuits, macaroni, &c. which should possess the property of being impervious to decay, and as well of being considerably cheaper than the ordinary articles in use. In 1841 he succeeded, after giving ample proof of the value of his discovery, in securing from the Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro 11, a patent right for his invention ; but from the violence with which he was op posed in that country, the bakers and others carrying their opposition so far as to threaten personal outrage, Mons. Alzard was compelled to give up the attempt to effect any thing in that country, and determined to proceed to Eng land with his invention, bringing with him very flattering testimonials, the originals of which we have had the plea sure of inspecting. Previous to leaving the Brazils, how ever, a portion of the manufactured articles, consisting of biscuits, fine and coarse, was enclosed in a small wooden box, closely fastened, but not air tight. The box in ques tion was then tied with tape, the ends of which were sealed with the seal of her Majesty's consul at Rio Janeiro, an d a certificate attached certifying that on the 22d of January, 1842, the contents, biscuits, were so inclosed, and the box sealed in the presence of Robert Hesketh, Esq., H.B.M. consul at that port. On Wednesday, in the presence of several influential gentlemen assembled in fae Mayor's private room, at the Town•hall, the box was opened by the town-clerk, its se entity having been previously ascertained by all present, and the genuineness of the seal verified by the Brazilian Vice Consul, both of whom were present. Although nearly two years had elapsed since they were packed, the contents proved as sound, sweet, and in all respects as good, as on the day when it was enclosed. This bread is manufactured of a mixture, in certain proportions, of rice and wheat flour. The coarsest quality of flour may be used, and will produce bread not inferior to that made of the finest description of flour by the ordinary method. It is also, we are informed, extremely nutriti ous, very beneficial to the system, and a certain antiscor butic. Some of it was eaten by the Mayor, who pro nounced it excellent, in which opinion he was joined by all present. It was asserted by M. Alzard, the discoverer of the process, that the bread would keep two centuries without the slightest alteration, and it can be offered to the consumer at 6s. per cwt. less than the ordinary biscuit. He has secured the right to manufacture it in this country by patent. . - Since this examination of the character of the invention we have been favoured, by Mr. M`Divett, of Cable-street, of whom samples of the bread may be procured, with a few of the biscuits, baked in this town on Friday last, and can speak without hesitation of the excellence of their quality and taste. THE HAPPY FAMILY.—This surprising triumph of the art of training, which, at the Mechanics' Institution, and the Collegiate, attracted so much curiosity, will after this week, as will be seen from the advertizement, be removed. On the last occasion that we visited them we witnessed the novel sight of a Hawk feeding two brace of Starlings—a sight which is certainly as curious as could be imagined. It is said that a special commission will be held at Nenagh about the close of September, or early in Octo ber. CRIME IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—During the six days ending August 5, no less than 129 prisoners were lodged in the Stafford county prison.— Worcestershire Guardian. O'CONNELL AT LOUGHREA.—The liberator has ap pointed Sunday, September 10, for the great repeal de monstration and banquet of Loughrea. We understand that his Highness General Espartero has taken the mansion Abbey Lodge, the property of M rs. Norris. On Saturday last, the King of Hanover left his resi dence at Kew for Blackwall, for Antwerp. On arriving there his Majesty will proceed for Cologne by railway. DEATH OF MR. CHARLES ASHLEY.—This gentleman, so well known in the musical world as a violoncello player, expired suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy on Tuesday, in the 72d year of his age. Old Sergeant Reid," who was in the ranks at the battle of Bunker's-hill, still survives, in his 108th year. A short time ago he was struck with paralysis, which de prived him of locomotion.—Dumfries Paper. The take of salmon in the river Lnne has been prodigi ous of late, averaging at least I ,000Ibs. daily. In the rivers Ribble and Eden, also, the produce has been very great. —Newcastle Journal. It is rather a remarkable fact that the cow and stable keepers of this Town find it cheaper to fother with hay than straw, and in consequence the former is very gene rally used at the present time.—Newcastle Juurnal. HAMMESLEY BANS.—It appears that a dividend of 2s. 11d. on the estate of Messrs Hammersley is now in course of payment at the Office of the Accountant General in Chancery. Nothing is known as to any further dividend to be looked for under the estate. POTATOES.—We have mentioned the great abundance of the potato crop in the north this season. The further north we proceed the produce seems to im.prore, and, compared with the southern CC* - -Ides of Scotland, our countrymen in the Highlands are highly favoured.—ln verness Courier. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.-Dr. Hope, Professor o' Chemistry, has resigned, after holding the office for fifty-one years. Ths new election is to be in October. Dr. Liebie, the celebrated German chemist, and Sir Michael Farraday, are spoken of by the electors as his successors. A SIGN OF THE TIMES--The Wesleyan Bishop New ton attended afternoon service on Sunday last, the 20th inst., in the parish church Prestwich,—found all the pla ces in the prayer-book with perfect ease,—made the re sponse like a good churchman,—and stood up (as of old) the whole of the time the anthem was being sung. A MAN COMMITTED FOR STEALING A HALFPENNY WORTH OF Woon.—On Tuesday last a man named Si mon Fowler, of Risely, between 60 and 70 years of age, was committed to take his trial at the next quarter sesions at Bedford, for stealing on the 22nd ult- certain sticks out of a faggot stack, of the value of one halfpenny. The prisoner was subsequently admitted to bail. MUNIFICENT GIFT.-It is in contemplation to form an institution for the relief of decayed merchants and trades men in Leeds, and at a preliminary meeting held last week, the Rev. Dr. Hook in the chair, the object of the meeting was fully detailed by Mr. Sidney (of the firm of Sidney and Hall, wholesale tea-dealers, London), and that gentleman concluded his address by announcing his intention of giving the very liberal donation of 500 gui neas. PRESENTS TO THE QUEER.—Captain Harris, who went out as an ambassador from this country to the court of Shoa, a kingdom situated in Southern Abyssinia, for the purpose of concluding a treaty of commerce with the King, brought to this country, as presents to the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, an immense quantity of rare and valuable articles ; and amongst them a jet black mule, of the most exquisite symmetry, taken from the stud of the King of Shoa, and presented in his Majesty's name to the heir apparent to the British throne. The trappings of this beautiful animal (which in the lan guage of the country, is called " Tishal," or sans pareil) consist of a saddle-cloth, of a peculiar form and exquisite workmanship, upon which is elaborately emblazoned the Ethiopian lion ; an extraordinarily-shaped Abyssinian saddle, with breastplate and head-stall en suite, are of the most gorgeous and magnificent description. FATAL AFFRAY WITH REAPERS.—pn Wednesday, while the reapers employed by Mr. Childe, of Grange, were at work, three of them, young men, bad a slight difference, and for some hours they continued " chaffing" each other; at last an unguarded expression was uttered by one of them named Palmer, which excited the rage of Stephens, and he unfortunately gave him a blow with his fist, when Palmer struck him with his sickle on the back part of the right thigh, completely severing the grand artery, and the blood flowed with great profusion, and in a few minutes he was a corpse. No sooner had Palmer inflicted the fatal blow, than he dashed at the other reaper, and cut him with his sickle in a brutal manner across the abdomen and thighs ; and though he is still alive, but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery.---Ten Towns Mes. senger. A PIPE. " Pretty tube of mighty power ! Charmer of an idle hour; Object of my hot desire ; Lip of wax and eye of fire; And thy snowy taper waist, With my fingers gently brac'd ; And thy lovely swelling crest, With my bender stopper prest ; And the sweetest bliss of blisses, Breathing from thy balmy kisses; Happy thrice and thrice again— H appiest he of happy men ! " CHEAP HYDROMETER.—A simple way to detect the presence of moisture on the surface of the earth, is to wear boots with holes in the soles, or sit upon the ground out of doors for two hours, and then calculate a ccor d ing to the degree of rheumatism to which you will rise.— Punch. MR. SCADDER.—tre was a gaunt man in a huge straw hat. and a coat of green stuff. The weather being hot, he had no cravat, and wore his shirt collar wide open ; so that every time he spoke something was seen to twitch and jerk up in his throat, like the little hammers in a harpsichord when the notes arc struck. Per haps it was the Truth feebly endeavouring to leap to his lips If so, it never reached them. Two gray e y es lurked deep within this agent's bead, but one of them had no sight in it, and stuck stock still. With that side of his face he seemed to listen to what the other side was doing, Thus each - profile had a distinct expression ; and when the moveable side was most -in action, the rigid one was at its coldest state of watchfulness. It was like turning th e man-inside out, to pass to that view of his features in his liveliest mood, and see how calculating and intent they THE MERCURY ON THE MINISTRY. Our contemporary of Friday has had a fit of such un usual liveliness upon him this week, that we have been able, not only to read his lucubrations,—a task of no small magnitude—but to read them without yawning! With one or two portions indeed of an article, in which the measures of the past session of parliament are re viewed, we have been so amused that we cannot resist giving to our readers a specimen or two. Speaking of the condition of Ireland, the Mercury sagely, and with a gravity peculiar to him, remarks : " The course which Mr. O'Connell is pursuing will very soon force the alternative upon every man in the kingdom, of choosing between a whig government and civil war.' Sad choice between two evils! The choice of a whig ministry, which the mass of the Irish people would reject with contempt and aversion, as " base, bloody, and brutal,—which the Demagogue himself would either treat as his abject slaves, or spurn with his foot from the path of his bad ambition ;—a whig ministry which would foster rebellion, fatten and feed traitors, un loose the prison doors of murderers and felons of all degrees of criminality, or—CIVIL WAR, most wise con temporary ? Not so—not so ! To hurry forward such a catastrophe a whig ministry would be the best of all ap pliances! With so imbecile a thing to contend against, rebellion would soon indeed throw off its mask, and rush to the field and to bloodshed. The alternatives, which we have to choose between, are vigorous measures and civil war; a whig ministry might retard the latter, but would render its advent inevitable, and its success decisive ! But with respect to the Trish arms bill, our contempo rary is still more rich and rare in his absurdity. " The Irish arms bill," he remarks, " was a disgraceful proof of the unpopularity of Sir Robert Peel's government in Ireland." Of what were the various arms bills passed in the days of whig supremacy proof? " A whig govern ment," he continues, " could have a f forded (!) to relin quish that bill if opposed." We don't know, by the bye, what a whig government could not afford to relinquish if opposed, or what they would not relinquish to secure place and pay. But the reason assigned for such relin quishment is most rich of all. Under a whig ministry " the arms used would lam been used for legitimate or insignificant purposes"—(are assassination and midnight robbery of arms insignificant ?; ;—" but the Tory govern ment could not do so, because they flared that an armed nation might start up against them, like the volunteers of 1782." Of course a whig government has no such diffi culty —no such fears. The rising of "an armed nation" would not be necessary against a government prepared to concede all that faction or treason could demand. An armed nation, rising to coerce a whig government, would be about as utter an absurdity as a levy en masse of all the men, women, boys, cats, and dogs of the empire, to kill a poor score of blue-bottles, entangled amongst the sweets of a treacle pot ! Poor Mercury . with what zeal he endeavaurs to forget, and to fancy that the world forgets, the history of whig misrule in Ireland—its arms bills and coercion bills—and the scorching contempt which has been levelled against its wretched imbecility, and glaring and desperate cor ruptness, by the very man, and the very people, whom he now assumes to be anxious to accept of that miserable effigy of a government—that pitiful and paltry scarecrow — that empty and hollow mockery—A WHIG GOVERNMENT CORRESPONDENCE. O'CONNELL AND THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. see the Queen's speech has put Mr. O'Connell in a rage, during which he has stumbled on a new griev ance-700,000 human beings lost by the grinding murders of the landlords! within the space of ten vea-s! all owing to the cursed Union ! Pray calculate on thi; principle, what would have been the popul-' on of Iri and at this day, if the Union had not take , place, a LU what it would be 43 years hence; and then eonjeo...e how happy that population would be, the &maul 'or labour being such, that high wages would be l and in advance !) in order to secure labourers ! Can we be surprised, if O'Connell labours under this conviction, that his rage against the Union should be excessive? In the paroxysm thus ex cited, no wonder he should abuse Wellington and Peel for granting the Catholic emancipation, or rather that he should laugh at the image of their being " dragged in chains after the chariot of Ireland's" (i.e., Mr. O'Con nell's) " victory"; nor that he should forget how far the people of England contributed to forge those chains by a gradual diminution of religious prejudices, and by a grow ing confidence in the professions of Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Sheil, and the Catholic priesthood, as to the results of Catholic emancipation. In the passion which the murder of these 700,000 innocents has excited, he forgets that these circumstances may have contributed, in some slight degree, to have placed those chains on the ministers of the day, by which they were compelled to grant Catholic emancipation. To this end the eloquence of Pitt, Fox, Burke, Grey, Canning, and Brougham may have contri buted; although now, alas! they are the objects of vitu peration to those who formerly applauded their labours to the skies. C. UNLAWFUL DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a man named Robert Daulby was charged with having attempted to destroy a quantity of fringe, on the premises of Mr. Thomas Dutton, uphol sterer, from whose service he bad been discharged. It appeared that the fringe bad been lying on the premises for a long time, and that the prisoner put it into a furnace, by which it was partly scorched and burned. The priso ner said that the fringe did not belong to the complainant, but had been ordered a long time ago, and not being ac cording to order, was thrown aside, and had become mil dewed and useless. He had, therefore, put it in the fire, so that no disturbance might afterwards be made about it. Mr. Rushton said such destruction of property was not to be justified, and fined him 40s. and costs, the alleged value of the article. 1r. , . POLICE BusisEss.--The following is a return of the number of prisoners brought before the magistrates from the Ist September, 1841, to 31st August, 1842, with a corresponding return for the same period in 1842-3 :- 1841-2. 1842-3. September October November December . .......... 1596 January February March April 1363 May 1603 June July August.... 18,666 16,361 A deduction should be made in the total of the last twelve months of 361, that being the number of beggars taken up by constables, specially employed on that duty, in March and April. The totals will then stand -1841-2.... 1842-3. Decrease in the last year The decrease has been gradual in each month (with the exception of the two months stated) since the operation of the new improvement act. On Mondays. Other Days. In 1841-2 there were brought up.. 5929 .... 12,737 „ 1842-3 „ „ „ „ ..4915 11,412 Decrease Making a total decrease of 2335 _ LECTURES ON BALLAD POETRY.—On Tuesday even ing last, the Rev. A. Hume, B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, delivered the first of a series of five lectures on English ballad poetry, before a pretty numerous and highly respectable audience. He commenced by defining the nature of the ancient ballad ; its relation to other poetical compositions, and its metrical structure—gener ally of four-line verses of six and eight syllables alter nately, commonly called metre. It was usually of the narative kind, the measure was common to all countries, and the style simple and easily comprehended. These popular productions were wont to be chaunted, and in illustration of the music to which they were set, the airs of " Chevy Chase," " the Children in the Wood," and "the Friar of Orders Grey," were played on the organ, and received with much applause. History was written in poetry before records of events were penned in prose, but the poetry of the " , Chronicles" differed from the ballad, (which was still more ancient,) the former par taking more of the character of the epic poem. Ballad poetry had had great influence on popular feeling in all countries and all ages—in Greece, in Rome, and in more modern times in our own country. This influence of the bards—for whom high respect was entertained—extended to all classes : for the sentiment expressed, and the music that accompanied it, was addressed to the feelings of the general community. He illustrated this by several recita tions, including Lili Burlero," verses of Sir Philip Sidney, the " Songs of the Trades," &c., and he quoted Dibdin's testimony in behalf of national songs, and the stimulus they gave to physical exertion, and to deeds of heroism. The ballad had also been useful in preserving in a popular form the manners, customs, and events of past ages ; it was easily acquired and held in memory, as was instanced in the case of a man of 101 years old, who could repeat a whole ballad of 68 stanzas without omitting a word. He concluded by dwelling on the universality of the ballad, and its early use, even in the days of Homer. It was alluded to even in scripture, particularly in Num bers.—On Friday the lecturer delivered his second dis course, embracing "ballads purely English,"—their na ture and history. He quoted Percy's " Reliques of An cient English Poetry"—submitted an analysis of portions of " Chevy Chass ;" noticed " Hitson's Ancient Songs ;" the Homeric ballads—compared with Robin Hood ; the alterations in the character of the more modern ballads, and in those of the present time, and several of the recent compilation of that species of lyric composition—illustra ting his subject by frequent: recitations. The reverend gentleman is an energetic and pleasing speaker, has evi dently well matured himself in his subject, and was re ceived with much applause. The remaining three lectures will bring the subject down to the present day, showing the influence of ballad poetry in this and other countries, illustrated by specimens from the works of our most ap provpdpand gifted' fnodorn poets. [We may here observe that the reverberation of the lecturer's voice in the lecture theatre is at times so great that parties in the reserved gallery, in particular, can with difficulty hear all that is uttered, when the seats are not all, or nearly all, occupied. The'directors would do well to institute some experiment lndetrismtaantrde has. in other ine fur the removal of this great defect, by the application of some deadening appliance, which We understand successfully resorted to elsewhere% he respects is all that can be desired.l-r - sg• L. S. REPEAL INTIMIDATION IN DA ELAND. The public has never, perhaps, been furnished with a stronger evidence of the awful state of popular feeling in Ireland, and of the gross dishonesty of the means adopted to further the cause and swell the funds of the repeal agi tation in that country than in the following brief narrative which has just been furnished to us by a witness of the whole proceedings. The principal party in our history is a man named James Cockayne, the owner of a travelling exhi c ution con taining a giant, a dwarf, and other similar objects of curi osity. As our great dramatists occasionally visit America, when their native country is weary of them, or they of it, Mr. Cockayne, with his caravan, recently determined to visit the Emerald Isle; and in the course of his travels arrived at Carrickmacross. Before exhibiting at the fair here, however, he was authoritatively questioned by the assembled mobocra.;y whether he was a repealer. His reply was that he was not, and that he had no idea that a simple showman, and a stranger, was required to meddle with politics at all. He was assured, however, that he must "join the repale," or not a visitor would he have in his booth ; and so it was. For two or three days he trumpeted and beat his drum, and shouted his ordinary " walk up ! walk up !" in vain. Not a paddy would look at his giant, or his dwarf, or his learned pig, or any thing else, for love or money; and he was at length compelled to enrol himself, his helpers, the giant, dwarf, pig and all, as repealers, and to pay down six shillings to the repeal fund for the cards, without which he would not be per mitted to exhibit in any fair in Ireland! His next step was to Monaghan; and there he was all right, so far as repeal went. But an unfortunate piece of showman's wit, uttered by one of his assistants, undid him there ! He had with him a little house, which he exhi bited in front, containing an automatan figure, or some thing of the sort; and on being asked by some gaping rustic the name of the little being, his assistant most in judiciously informed the querist that he was Father Ma thew. An ebulition was the immediate consequence. " What ? d'ye mane to insult the peat apostle of temper ance?" assailed him on one side. " Smash his booth — break his windows" assailed him on the other. And with much damage to his humble paraphernalia. and no small danger to the lives and limbs of his whole company, he was compelled to evacuate Monaghan He went on to Cavan : but there his unhappy fame followed him. He had committed the unpardonable sin of treating with levity the saintly name of Father Mathew ; and from fair to fair throughout Ireland, the wrath of the disciples of that great man would follow him ! he was eventually compelled to retrace his course, and to return to England, where he arrived last week, somewhat poorer, of course, for his speculation amongst a people so ferocious and besotted in their passionate hatred of every thing and every body English ! THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. — The following notice has been issued by order of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, and put up in the long-room :—" The Commis sioners of Stamps and Taxes, having received informa tion that it is a frequent practice with agents and others, in the shipment of goods, to include in one bond the goods of distinct persons, deem it right to give this notice, that a penalty of £5O is imposed on so doing by the act of 6 Geo. IV., and that the commissioners are determined to enforce the penalty in all cases of such an evasion." THEFTS.—A porter of the name of Peter Hagan was, on Wednesday last, charged, at the police-court, with stealing a ham. It appeared he had been employed for some days at the warehouse of Mr. Cummings, Charlotte place, Salthouse Dock, and that on Tuesday he was found in the cellar R here he had no business. On being accosted he said he had come for his cap, which was in a room above. A ham, weighing 20 lbs., was at the same time found concealed in a hamper, also a quantity of butter. Both the articles had been removed from the room above, and no one but the prisoner was seen in the cellar. He was committed for trial.—Same day, a woman, named Mary Newmatch, was charged with robbing James Da vison, a seaman, of seventeen sovereigns. The parties had gone together in a coach, and on leaving it complain ant missed his money. Ten sovereigns of it were found in coach under the cushion, and four upon the pri so the rest had disappeared. She was committed for trial: NEW AND IMPROVED IRON ROOF.—There is now in progress of completion, at the works of Messrs. Garstang, Turner, and North, cotton manufacturers, a shed for the stowage of cotton, the whole of the roof of which, with the exception of the slates, is of cast and wrought iron, of a construction combining great strength and security with extraordinary elegance of design and lightness of ap pearance. The whole is from the foundry of Mr. John Clayton, Soho Foundry, Preston, and the work is super intended by his foreman, Mr. John Beveridge, who has politely explained to us the manner in which it is put to gether. The building is 160 feet long and 64 feet wide, and, as there are no central pillars or other support, the span of the principals is equal to the latter. These are each in four castings, handsomely perforated and moulded, forming a flattish eliptic arch below, and carrying out the usual straight pitch of roof above, so that goods may be stowed almost to the slates without interruption, from one end of the building to the other. The castings are so made as to lock into each other with nuts and screws, and each set (forming one principal) weighs about 3i tons. No stay-bolts, posts, tension-rods, or the like, are re quired, these being supplied by the divisions or arms of the castings, which form a succession of arches, capable, from the bulk of the metal being on edge, of sustaining a great weight. The lower extremities of each principal, which are nearly perpendicular, up to the spring of the arch, are placed on brick pillars, about 12 feet high, tapped with ctnnp, and running down each Fide, the walls, of which they form part. It w ./3 apprehe. d d. that with a great pressure above, these would be thrown somewhat outward from their position, in the absence of abutments ; but on an experiment being made upon one of them, though it was but slightly stayed to keep it upright, it was found that it bore, per se, four tons, without giv'ng way on either side in the smallest perceptible degree ; and when the whole roof is secured together there can be no doubt but one of them would bear half as much more. The same principle of roofing might, we should think, be applied to churches, or other public buildings, even with a span of 100 feet, without any central pillars or support from be low. The appearance of the castings from the interior is also highly ornamental, and if painted or otherwise deco rated they would be still more so. The spars, ribs, and laths are comparatively light, and are so secured on edge as to bear the required weight of covering, whether of iron, slate, or other material. We have seen, in fine, iron roofs of various kinds, but none so compact and hand some as this; and those especially who are building fire proof warehouses, would do well to inspect it before they a o d f o p t t h . ose ltis e y ra w ti i o ll n a d i e s c o i u p we t t o i i n o k, what wor t k h i y n d of o t f h o r 0 0 0 0 f o t s ll d e en gaged in the construction of our new Assize Courts. We have ourselves no acquaintance whatever with Mr. Clay ton, and no interest in the matter beyond a desire to bring before the public an improvement that may be found ad vantageous in many of our larger buildings. The cost (owing, probably, to the present low price of iron) is, we learn, comparatively moderate. GALLANT CONDUCT IN THE SAVING OF LlFE.—Se veral instances of the fearless conduct of an individual in humble life in saving parties from being drowned have come to our knowledge, and are, we think, worthy of no tice, more especially as the man himself is of too modest a character to proclaim his own merits to the community. His name is Joseph Gurnell, and he is, and has for some years, been yard-keeper at the coal-wharf, (Coburg Dock) of Messrs. Clarke and Frankland, by whom he is much esteemed as a faithful servant. On the 25th December, 1838, at seven o'clock at night, a man named Davies, then and still a moulder at Messrs. Fawcett and Preston's iron works, fell from the Coburg Pier-Lead on to the bank below—a height of about 25 feet. Gurnell and his wife, who live underneath the coal office, a short distance from the spot, heard his cries, and taking a rope which he kept ready for such occasions, he found the sufferer, and with the assistance of another man whom he called in, suc ceeded in passing a noose over his head, and hoisting him safely up. The man had been misled by the darkness of the night, and the lights on the Cheshire shore. The tide was down at the time, but was fast rising, so that but for this timely aid he would soon have been swept away, as he was much hurt by the fall.—On the 27th of July, 1811, Gurnell, in a most praiseworthy manner, plunged into the Union Dock, to save the life of John Mackrell, a painter, who fell into the water from the Neptune, and would in all probability have perished but for the timely exertions of that individual.—About two years ago, while the qua rantine hulk Newcastle (which had drifted from her moor ings) was lying in the Coburg Dock, Mrs. Smith, the wife of the captain, on going on board, accidentally trod upon her gown, and fell overboard, Gurnell, who happened to be at band, immediately went in to rescue her, with a rope round him, and getting hold of her before she sank, got her on shore, and had her conveyed (she being insensible) to the receiving house, where he and others, by rubbing and other means, endeavoured to restore her, but silo being a very lusty person, and th ere f ore 1 , - ;ire liable to suffocation, entirely without effr,•.c,. On this occasion Gurnell lost his hat in, roe dock.—On another occasion, a fine youth, 18 or 19 years of age, an apprentice on board the ship Pollock, belonging to Messrs. Pollock and Gil mour, and lying in the Coburg Dock, fell overboard in the dead of the night, and endeavoured, to save himself by swimming across the dock. Gurdell ran up, found him in an exhausted state, and, at much personal risk, res cued him from an untimely death. The sufferer was so far gone that he conveyed him to his own house for more immediate attendance. p l aced h i m b efore the f i re, an d used every means t Q restore him, but he was unable to speak for some ',tours, and could not be safely removed until the aft , fooon of the next day, when he was taken away in a 'ear by his captain. He afterwards recovered.-- On the 4th of fast month a boat containing 12 men was run down by a river steamer off the Coburg Dock, and the vfnole party were immersed in the water. They endea voured to - save themselves by swimming, and two boats went to their assistance, and brought 10 of them on shore. Another of them, named Griffiths, was rescued by Gur- ' nell, who (as we stated at the time) " resolutely jumped off the pier -head, and seized him as he was sinking."— The only rewards Gurnell ever received for so much ser vice in the cause of humanity were £2 (on the representa tion of a few friends) from the Shipwreck and Humane Society for saving Mackrell, and 2s. 6d. from, another quarter for rescuing Davies. Surely he is worthy of some thing Much more substantial than this; indePendently of the respect due to hint for - his disinterested exertions; and we heartily recommend him to the societies within whose province the consideration of such matters falls. as well ',.as to others whumay be disposed t o con t r ib u t e for his liehoof. The number of accidents constantly oc curring in our river and docks renders such a token of approbation desirable, not only 'in justice to the man him self, but in good policy with reference to the community at large, as an encouragement to a noble 'emulation in others for the piggervation of life in the hour of danger. i EXTRAORDINARY AND AFFECTING CASE OF THE SEDUCTION AND ROBBERY OF A RESPECTABLE YOUNG FEMALE. On Monday evening last, while a commercial gentle man, Mr. S., was conversing with a person who was ac. companied by a lady, of prepossessing appearance, in the travellers' room of the Menai-bridge Inn (Mrs. Dixon's), near St. George's Church, in this town,—he thought he perceived something in the manner of the gentleman not quite accordant with his notions of the character he assumed. On further observation, Mr. S. conceived. from the conduct of the man, that he and the lady were not married. This suspicion was communicated to a person belonging to the house; but no further notice was taken of the matter that evening, as there appeared to be a possibility of mistake, and the strangers slept in the house. On the following morning the lady and the gentleman (who had called himself her husband) appeared at the breakfast table, and many endearing expressions were passed upon the former by her companion ; but it became evident to those by whom they were surrounded, that, in the first place, he was not a " gentleman ;" and, in the second, that he was not the husband of the lady. In the course of the day, this couple were visited by two men whose external appearance and manners induced the in mates of the house to infer that there was "something rotten in the state of Denmark." The wine passed freely round, and whether from the novelty of the liquor or the goodness of Mrs. Dixon's port, we know not, but from some cause the three men of the party commenced quarrelling, and exhibited their true colours—as arrant blackguards. At this crisis, Mr. Lyon, who is stopping at Mrs. Dixon's, interposed; called in the police to restore quiet ; and taxed the lady with having left her home unknown to her friends. This she thea denied, and stated that she and the " gentleman" were married. This did not satisfy Mr. Lyon, and he com municated his suspicions to Mr. Brown and Mr. Gittins, who were in the house, and who had also entertained opinions of the matter almost equally strong. The parties were not, however, taken into custody, as no particular charge could be substantiated against them. On the following morning, Mr.. Lyon kindly re-ques tioned the lady, and she exhibitectsynaptorns of sorrow, and gave indications of a desire to open her mind. Mr. Brown (before-mentioned), who had also observed her sufferings, drew from her some expressions which con firmed his previous suspicions. Her so-called husband made his appearance after a short absence. He requested her to accompany him into the town, and she assented. On her appearing at the bar of Mrs. Dixon's house, her companion asked her to deposit her money in his pocket, observing, that she might otherwise lose it, or be robbed of it. She complied, and the fellow, add' essing .himself to Mrs. Dixon, said, in a laughing manner. " Now, Mrs. Dixon, she has put her money into my pocket, and I have not taken it." This observation did not particularly at tract Mrs. Dixon's notice at the time, as she, no doubt, thought it was some badinage between them. They left the house together, and the pretended hus band took the lady into Dale-street ; when they had walked some distance he paused and requested her to stop there, and that so soon as he had made some purchases in a druggist's shop, he would return to her. He did not return ; and the poor girl was left without a shilling and without a friend in the streets of this town. After walk ing about in a frenzied state of mind for two or three hours, she returned to Mrs. Dixon's, and told to her, her tale of misery, being then convinced that she had been grossly and unmanfully deceived. Mrs. Dixon, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Gittins happened to be all present, and, indeed, all in the house, seeing her extreme distress of mind, deeply sympathised with her, and of fered her every consolation. Mrs. D., indeed, acted the part of a mother, and deeply lamenting her misfortune, offered her an asylum in her house. At her request Mr. Lyon undertook to accompany her back to that home she had so rashly left. This offer the lady refused, declaring, in the most impassioned manner, that rather than return home she would commit some act which would terminate her existence. A consultation was then held between the gentlemen named, and it was agreed that Mr. Gittins should ad dress a letter (unknown to the lady) to her father, and request his attendance at the house. In the meantime the young woman, who was quite d'sconsulate, expressed her extreme gratitude to her benefactors, and tendered with almost childish simplicity to serve Mrs. Dixon in the most menial capacity, or to work as an operative at Mr. S.'s, who is a manufacturer at Manchester, expressing at the same time great contrition for her abandonment of her home, and a fearful apprehension -of meeting her parents. The father of the unfortunate young woman arrived on Friday at Mrs. Dixon's, while she was conversing in the ccmmercial room with the gentleman who had shown her so much sympathy. The meeting of the father (a fine old man) and his unhappy child is represented on all hands as one of the most affecting that ever was witnessed. The aged man unable to restrain his paternal feelings rushed up to her sobbing and took her in his arms—and she hung on his neck and poured forth the story at once of her wrongs and her folly—acknowledging her offence without a plea of justification. The warm manifestation of forgiveness in the father was not delayed, and the fer vent prayer that she might be restored, and the blessings he called down upon those who had protected her as speedily followed. There was not indeed a dry eye amongst the whole assemblage. Something further may now be stated of the young woman, who is of considerable personal attractions, and not yet 21 years of age. She is the daughter of a respect able tradesman in a small town not twenty miles from Chester; and it appears from her own statement and that of ber father, that she became acquainted with the villain who seduced her from her home, at Tarporley Wakes. The fellow introduced himself to the family as a master of a company of licensed dealer,.in woollen cloth, and a person of property. In a few days - ne o f marriage, dis couraged. loweve however, her e )rztrrye point, his but which D e te Determined , mentioned ed prevailed upon her to leave her home, and mee t him in Chester, where, he said, he would marry her. She went to that city, and was there met by the intended husband, who introduced her to the two other individuals who afterwards (as stated) went to Mrs. Dixon's. One of them represented himself to be a Roman Catholic priest, and (the whole of the three ruffians being together, and favouring the delusion) arrayed himself in a black gown, and went through what he called the marriage ceremony, After took ihvfeteer:p thelaa cse married"by i e n oftoi egswt pairao private tneli d: f,nth on Monday the pretended bridegroom stating that he was a Catholic, house. ni Chester o Int Immediately a o n dy r a i o i a e ‘:e s e et r l r i r o d a t o l f l l t e , y e and that Ilea! was the Catholic ceremonial. This, it appears, andr ,w w e a n e r a ak d n i y that had been practised upon her, she slept with Mrs. Dixon (whose conduct was most praiseworthy through out), and declared that she would not a2ain meet him. Immediately after she left her borne, her i rents came to Liverpool in search of her, but could not fi:id her ; and it appears, that, before she left home, she bed received £l2 from a friend, which was drawn from her in the artful manner described, at Mrs. Dixon's bar—leaving her des titute. It is rumoured that the seducer is a married man, with five children, residing in Manchester; and the whole ap pears to have been a plot, laid by the three scoundrels, to seduce the girl from her home, and possess themselves of her money, which they probably thought would be greater in amount. We have heard that her father is a man of considerable property ; that .5 he herself has also a mode rate amount in her own right ; and that the money of which she was dispossessed was her own. We coul3 furnish some information respecting the per sonal appearance and dress of the three men, but are in duced to suppress it, lest it might defeat the ends of public justice. Much praise is due to Mrs. Dixon and to the gentlemen named who were in her house. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Wednesday morning, a man, named Patrick Dotty, a milkman, 86 years old, went down to George's Pier-head with hie two milk cans, and had just obtained his supply (for retail) from a steam boat, when, probably from imperfect vision, in place of going on his way, to the astonishment and alarm of the bystanders, he deliberately walked over the sea-wall into the river! Luckily, there was only about two to three feet of water at the wall at the time, and though he mnst have fallen about twenty feet to its surface, he was but slightly bruised. Had the tide been at low ebb, lie would, in all probability, have been killed; and had it been flood, he would as likely have been drowned. ODDFET,i3OWS' ANNIVERSARY AND PRESENTATION'S —On Wednesday evening last; the Loyal Adelphi Lodge of Independent Oddfellows, No. 2212,, celebrated their anniversary by dining together at the lodge-house, Mrs. Hill's, Nook Tavern, Brownlow-hill, The dinner was served up in the most sumptuous manner, with every delicacy of the season. After the cloth was removed, several loyal and patriotic toasts were given from the chair ) which was ably filled by N.G. Hay, supported on his right by P.G. Ricbd. Holmes, on his left by P.G. T. Higgins ; the vice-chair was occupied by V.G. T. Black burn. In the course of the evening the lodge took occa sion, through the medium of their chairman, to present to P.G. Richd. Holmes, of the Adelphi Lodge, and host of the Prince of Wales Inn, Fleet-street, a most splendid gold watch-guard, attached with a neat ancient gold shield. with the following inscription :—" Presented to P.G. Rd. Holmes, by the officers and brethren of tl-e Loyal Allelphi Lodge, 2212, as a token of their estimation for services rendered as Secretary, V.G., and N.G.—Aug. 30, 1843. " ROBBERY OF CARGO FROM A VESSEL. — On Thurs day last, Isaac Herriman, second mate of the packet-ship c H o o u t r t i i , n o g n ue a r, brought c w h a a s rgeof s before tealin Mr g a qu a nti t y . Rushton o fa cotton,t the P of the cargo of that vessel. A seaman belonging to the vessel, which is lying in the Waterloo Dock, said that one day last week, while he and others were scraping be tween decks, he saw the prisoner amongst the cargo taking out cotton from the bales, which he put into two casks in the lower hold. The prisoner filled both casks, and let them remain till thg cargo was all out, when he got three men on board, who put the cotton into two bags, which they took away from between decks. One bag was as much as a man could carry. Another seaman corroborated this testimony, adding , that he saw the pri soner talking with the three men, and pointing to the bags, which they carried off. A. third s , aman said he saw, one of the men give the prisoner a piece of gold, and prisoner said, "There is the cotton—take it." It was then in the steerage: William Story, warehouseman to Fiehinw, consignees of th e liottinguer, s aid the vessel commenced discharginv, on the 10th August, and com pleted on the 19th. Thrre were 317 baLs of cotton an board. Witness• received some information, and went to the vessel and had the prisoner taken into custody. The prisoner declined saying anythiug, aud was committed for trial.