The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-15 00:00:00

toit ko " COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE AR RIVAL ta€ 1 16%.• h OF THE CALEDONIA. . ---... Captain , North American royal mail steam-ship 4":, ti s ,_ Lott, arrived at this port on Sunday uuj._sa,iled from Boston on the afternoon of i7 i , i !!!? rou 'Lnt x on the afternoon of the 3d instant, teeds)atu. i':_s,eventy-four passengers, a list of whom Th e l ci n v it i s . made the run across the Atlantic in t o tt s i ti ',l! th e fil e e s e t r froln New York are to the 31st by this conveyance adci il.miutportance to°tulfel4 t_ N_ _ a intelligence brought by the e 64°744 0% Y r ived at Halifax on the 31st ultimo, at dek t . In the " .B h o, lto ted ° 4 the eve ning, after a passacre of 12 days. ISZ.IIII. following morning, a one o'clock, etapPilmour slt,i,,lilerrema,in,ed in prison awaiting the r.o l ,' a ree!d ent ofsm. upa.his cabinet. %t ea 1 . 1 At katttr t y ti t of Jul ississippi, made a speech at one , lar toast, Y dem onstrations, in reply to a coin attirtg o b se ln the course of which he made some iartic4ition. finalslbry on the subject of the Mississippi r de d as : ,PaYte of the repudiation debt • sVitr oy t he vitoie. No act of reuri tion he said, workvalidity of bonds bear i ng la the seal of the Wli o t tqUat lh ich way youwilsaid he, " Mis of truth It is as unalterable as the eternal Vistaklithi e h nd justice, and from no other coercion u t cme ‘h _" l B . es from her own sense of honour." 4eter erP;iveate advices which have been received totiZtiti_lyegooZPresent the state of trade in New . York . li t be tr 4, IP.ected a very large increase of business is on s to e j,,T.heem„,_,.xehange for the steamer were un btf_here7, 4nis"te'r'Tons were, on London, 1081 to 109 ; " 4 4%6" e h a 381; and Hamburg, 351 to 1. bu t hi n,ge in the cotton market ; the demand 47 1 4 B dall 4t ue r were firm. Ar ti 9 ,4 few hoed ormer quotations the sales were o,"4l,,ce rits red barrels Genesee were sold a;: tiN to Zits ; G ee r dollars ; Ohio and Michigan, 4 ettlN to t i tus 5 0 c ygto . wu was held at 5 dollars 121 Co r p rtygolla ro Z i t:, Richmond Country, 5 , dollars ents ; Alexandria, 5 dollars 12/ kriele,l4llritar3Bd.o.lilars 12/ cents to 3 dollars 50 cents. "°1:1 cents to 3 dollars 25 cents. exico is to the 30th June. It is said ofinvfpdept of New of Tobasco, Stentmonort, for eitteeZelide, agarriew Orleans, had revolted, at the 4 it' Qlt et le swell'st the general government, that he t o wrt ie Ing his force to 400 or 500 more, ta:pkeZett.shiTdia had been despatched against hoi n f 0 ay of Dublin had left Campeachy li tl ittinb etw _K_ II board the commissioners charged 1440 . 1 1 ;fr 0t , ie e n z Mexico and Yucatan. kid iL titeatind erth _es we learn that the vessels of the • 4 1 • 43 Z5FGa1 ve. 7 command of Commodore Moore, -"imitantst7on, when the volunteer companies Cot t w tru er ' r ned out to welcome them. .„d ititra tv e thve t i V i e n “re had occurred at St. John. 0.2 4 111 8 44. gs, with numerous outbuildings, 44 4141r e r e ca at g k w police eanharnois canal had not entirely 1 4,7,b u t t It tilt t u a teen, accompanied by a detachment he p the ..rrest Martin Caffrey, one of the ring thoh!oldiers having been left s at a little dis m`r was rescued and his captors severely ki 4 N 8 4 ic 144 411%./ttr"T " ------- P s „, 4 4 it 44 !B. w —rs. Crawford, As---GEa tek e 014 a . Cam b Mrs Thomas Molson, , Messrs. John . . a Soles_ and son, li2 t erd keice r nd serv a l) el l V . ; l lt ot tiggs: 'l, 4 '. II , Steele Geor ge R. 444,t,,,,..., j eorge, C. Trunschen,R, E. H. Derby, W. Bruce, ,r kir, shn H ray, David _L o ewis Magee, Ed -00, ~r. i. Gi r 'senile, L . t 7 4,447, je ji n t, Joho an , q, 0. M. tow ru n t Cle j ,s ol L n 'P li p_ s, 444 4 Zti t if ana u in T i r eu b a l Zet.tersole, B. J. WeyMarra.l - 4. 1111 P 1 a nd gYs , R. Emerson, J. H. R. Molson, J. l ook,. st t , at.,..m Richard c nlerson, Charles Druin, i lip, enson, J r s• Ketchum,nut-38. \ 1 47 11 111,; t 4 1 ; M i ' Hougon Capt. Brook Taylor, the Colunabiav'is d 25 ofy, Thomas oaSmdith. wontMgomery, so, Doherty, officers and crew. d Allp . 4 ko B t 1 ,Atsi, -------- th, !aim ',Wind' "ACT OF THE LOG. h 2Plkt ie l f ) : °C eeded p . At 2 15, p.m., backed out of tiiiiflkit4,the ship do the Boston Harbour. At 310 1 ,', 4 ,,; 1 . b r ',. and . i t , si; N i t" w n d s ' - 1 - , • ; running between Boston and tir4f, ahic.and f oggy, with a southerly swell. i and C a t ilfa x. A , at 11 a.m., Made fast to Cunard's 1 10 st lY. t 4 P.m. started for Liverpool; light '; li v ariaht I ` ) ".Wi t ind- e • 1,0 miles; lat. 45 5 N., long. 59 Ci tt ,l 4 l l ,\T E, a ' c ' ti a x ,ncl fog gy. t kli e 1 , • ; s teady • " lN. E; 218 miles ; lat. 45 50 N., 32i'ivietla.,erg breezes and clear ;at l 7 p.m. passed 7,lli' t vari a b le , l aa, Al e t b reeze , 227 miles ; lat. 47 15 N., lon. 49 4 e1L 41 lidb,tN.E: 9 ".; fr e a " S .W. ; 222 miles ; lat. 47 57 N, 014 all breezes, with a heavy northerly , 9 ; t. \\ '.B.W . qjjAVti br eez ; 238 miles ; lat. 49 12 N., lon. 38 ki, w i nd S . W . Ic e , , with a heavy northerly swell. 10 .' at eady h 3T W .; 245 miles • lat 49 57 N., lon. Iv , N\ li reeges and cloudy, with a heavy cross 1,11 t trem ild S W Y,' 117:Z ire '2 *2 • na ezes ' miles • lat. 50 40 N., lon. 25 33 It' , lt 'on t i ' O , rSe.W. ta2°,s,l7squall;, with a heavy cross sea. til2,„ ;v. eze s and roues ; lat. 50 58 N., lon. 18 35 tt,, t ll) re 4 ;tlR s qually, with a very heavy cross 'llat•ezes. ' 1 Qr,; . 11 ifax .at 3 p ~,,"44, ; 1 1- rsl 11 N.. lon 11i135 W. ' 'ekin, 44 rnil es •"'•) spoke the steam-ship Margaret, , ap d f 4 west of Cape Clear. !)( I , ltkc,_ ° ,..__ ggY; at 9 50 p.m. arrived at Liverpool. io`"qt '8 FRO'ac,"bks NEW YORK PAPERS. Iltki ari l Stir 1 4 k a •kne e T ,OP G o ------ l tn e Nti with ~ v,Ea NmENT.—The Canada papers, 11 me n olio th e their r espective local interests, are *a l e t o 441 lc. su bject of removing the seat of go. licit laid tter In g s ton to M 81,1 . i ti a oa ,tto tle of Montreal. -m eaf'gr e .hatsd a new Roman Catholic church ,A 4 e te. bi t) ,, i aY at South Boston. Catho et/ 1 4 ° 4 Protestant New England as rapidly itt e 4 0 e 1. A L ki, t4 lari".h's,; ( et To E 4. 1 0t1 `es r ' Wr e I, n il' APA PER.—The Kalida (0.) It Y 1 'or tt "°Pe our friendswill overlook our t' B" et ea ted . ' e Past f - er tt;i tilh o t he to t 6 _ few weeks. W e arenow p t, 4 nif ee tib a gala r i s ; eonnty gaol, with sufficient force k t l tY i 4,1 4 ,, of t , tie of our paper in future." It;itt raiti; aria h." New Jersey diocese, has issued a t Z , !•ity a f t t i lln e g ss 'ts,, nvvaveririg confidence in Doctor ti t t't t `4i tt 4 Cathu,.tt)e standards of his church, and I'4:t, , . ~. ouc churchman." I % A' l 'he a 't C ROP bv 11. th, prod _,. 1843. —From present appear tt,,,lia)ear Dred a l,,yr 1843 promises an average yield. ~7tlt t Whaet f rr ,' Per acre ma not be so large as it 11'4 *ill 4 , thi s ' 4l the greater amount of land culti eltoVite;Plal t-hYatea_rtthan last, it is thought the total n a il aai ha s i os. 7 , 1 i u[ 1 842. 41'041 fro,jllf,,Oroiati,E COLU MBIA..—The Boston M. ki i i; I N Ole Calita x u° that no pilot came up in . the e tc)! the °l tthabi a . C Pt. Stairs, who was the pilot th, 'ete r ,,aeei den , at the time she was lost, was so oi,..,„kili a , 'in th e -.,' as to become deranged, and be lio'7 l ' il' l th Eitt' 4 ': N 1 ,13 ' al edonia. / tti: l tal .. e De a ,P th at UP DEA TH. — The Toronto Con bw,_4tlr44P9Dtlii4Niio'lrtiar; ' i ° l.l ung man named . Baily, a pri 4'her at h e pecis,, Consequence of insubo'rdina k e,,e0,,,i,, shotomnent in a cistern, where it was th t ik, er ed , hi tt , " work in order to prevent the 1i SO li e : bY the Waterprocess and drowned. YtiNedtneek a w ,'"rli LIGH - 'We learn, that tt it ,ei i qti d tic e4 _•oie rit ‘,, ow TNING.- . - t , t r ti A ttl ,o; ed fr e ....1 er of hail, aFclm , nied it N t he la k, ari by Mr . ,',' ‘ r eedona. In Unity, a house lt,'iii;,!ad hail (1 ver y ~°l_ei,,jamin Douglas, was struck 1 4 ut, l lt r . ti NI, bolo Wh,"_',"en shattered. The lightning O l tt:t, i s etin th te r ( 7n the family preserved their tf aii i 14 14 1 '4 wont, the cream in it as effectually itt!y. e4rAtY,eleetti_? have done. If the mesmeric t, r ees, u, pe th ,'"Y, as some one lately asserts 0 N°4ll, Isla toss this may serve as a hint to titteaecllp,liti,,th make themselves useful in the h i ,e4se 01nkalleoeelcNqayoo Ar •N• l'h ' tic fill cou nt e?.9hbor, a paper published ) , it ith e),l fill , ith Y, Illinois, comes to us with a 111:11 1 t .Ni a Ql e t ,?rblo ri p a report of the proceedings in ao tt hN4,a s q i n i r of .I‘irophet, on a writ of habeas cor 04144441,4'11%ithrarged ;I,lpuri had sent a warrant for ctLrekw e q o e tr o ,„ . ' o . the crime of treason, and trN ledtre Ve rno J ustlce, and as already stated in ei tll lj„en i ."„ and 'ted a r of Illin t i • d his warrant, oti Ki s ea tri cc ordi _ , is issue yto e. t , w aa , ed to t ,"glY, but by the " faithful" 'l, , "ie aa Is s ue y where a wilt of 1 )1 1 St a th e , 'led. 1),, ,, , 4 e t,,,e of d s en Joe denes being a fugitive li tt ,,, lt) t b"liss.on`;ptnitted the crime of treason . il l 't o i qi' i n i , ecr, e a ~and that he is Joseph Smith to t ' 6p t tlk,gis DULY ss. 'eniOr two years ago. Oe t . to;! Of 'XOelle, KINGSTON —ln deference to kstr?tilat'ardsParty f u e i Y the G ove . anor-Gencral, very day tvein:eung was exhibited during the t4 l t,q , ly th a t il thei r e rings of small parties at the ta l yst, i nal ~L 4 night brawlings and threats, showed tOtA t . 4 t: 44 b e done r, would not pass off so quietly to, , ` et,' alt Van • 43 etAv e . t klt ta n en eight and nine o'clock , t t 4 11 N eer s ° ) ort); tleith e n r g the streets, evidently anxious t 4 , t,sth e t . io e afterw, gunsd willing to coin -I‘titMlikrs he c.,,°lleeale,ris and pistols were fired k llt t N r e ,Y's c 'br e b " In or around the cellar of the ''i t :lti t ,ko°t.tage; and from some of the windows ,'ltkic tl Ore a rr 'ao rl , ; : r I'Ve regret to state that a lad, te s lt te s l t i kitu Th th' e as struck by two of these shots, S tt i t tt l ini waa c e diat e r p e ad, and another entering the 4tZhe r l4 leti rl , i !ely wi ,,b• The firing, as far as we oN• ist i, e p „ B r , .11,1 1 j 0 Irk th e `IZ provocatMn. The boy at the time, among a 1; 1 4 l 'k t t 'es. were attracted by the threatening '% 4l. l \ l'li k: et'r tolA,Vit,l,ll)e 4 t hur ll V Sc a , cp tc y e great of s„:1 AT ST. STEPHEN'S ti!tj ei t p t r t , i ,7 . at the,‘.._ tephen's appears to be 0 il q q4..' et R te " 3 th ere ''''' of ecclesiastical agitation tilw .`"ti ook at see to the ordinat on ot Mr. It Ito l l t e l ' l4 e ne in the d 4 1 , • 4N 4 tti ,t Bel Nr red e• o n rama of Puseyism 4ypt e in r v.vitbi,, )'esterday another scene of 11. 11 4: , i ti Vg r Of t e t adlti g t l! Lae same consecrated walls. ttialt,ele t .. ne A ct "e second lesson for the day, trtiOC , 1. • 4,3,,Yrna 4 4, °I the Apostles the voice of Yi t tli c bli q 4 40 4 .it w.' '',.e the J H. Price, was ob t of Il• r' d eriti B Il 'und tlaat . the tk, tit Od oe l e entity, tonglabo theunderrey. gentleman m most in qi't;lst rt'll' he'raled adadditional 'y i ri ea e d„ ,_lle quite overpowered by his r citil,.", aCollect for peace, however, 6 'la t part of the Litany, where 4 AO ,:. N t4t; -444e4 by us a few weeks since. it says, "may it please thee to forgive our enemies, per secutors and slanderers, and to turn their hearts," the rev. gentleman was much affected and shed tears very . . .. profusely. The congregation, it need hardly be said, par ticipated most seriously in the emotion of their respected and excellent pastor, and all were evidently deeply moved. After the conclusion of the morning service, Mr. Price addressed the congregation, and pointing to the pamphlet of Drs. Smith and Anthon, which he held in his hand, . . remarked that his mind had been so much engrossed by it, that he could not restrain the feelings which had been excited in reference to it, by the solemn exercises of that morning. He then went on to speak of Mr. Carey, for consenting to whose ordination, I is own character and soundness in the faith had been so unceremoniously as sailed. Mr. Carey was, he said, a young man of a high order of talent—of an amiable and confiding disposition— diffident and sensitiy, even to a fault. Not one word of reproach had Mr. Cary uttered against the authors of the statement, although it had pressed very heavily on his feelings. Mr. Price then went on to speak of his own position. " I know not," said he, " what his exactly meant by Puseyism, but if it be Romanism, then in the presence of God and of this congregation, 1 pronounce my utter abborence of it." He then made a powerful and eloquent appeal to the members of his flock. Captain M'Kenzie, of the schooner Mary, passed Sea Island o❑ the 13th ult., where he saw the Columbia. She seemed to be upright, and her chimney and all her masts were standing. He could not tell whether she was afloat or not, but she appeared to be outside the Black Ledge. Two small vessels were at anchor close by, and there were several others within two or three miles of her. Captain M'Kenzie did not go near her, as he supposed she had been got off. FISHING WITH SLEDGE HAMMERS.—A person writing from Frankfort, Kentucky, to an Eastern editor, states a new mode of fishing which is practised in the small streams in Kentucky during low water. it is termed "sledge hammering," and is performed by a man wading about with a sledge hammer on his shoulder, and to every rock which he approaches he gives a violent blow with his hammer. The stunned fish rise from beneath the rock to the surface and are basketed. SPAIN. The Madrid journals and correspondence of the 30th ult. state, that the Duke of Baylen assumed, on the 30th, the functions of guardian of the Queew and the Princess her sister. M. Arguelles had expressed a desire to be allowed to deliver up himself his august wards to his suc cessor, but that course was considered contrary to eti quette, and the instalment of the Duke of Baylen accord ingly took place i❑ the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Count de Santa Colonna, and the Duke of Hijar. Private letters from Paris, dated Monday last, say that the greatest activity prevails at the hotel of Queen Chris tina; that messengers are despatched almost daily to Spain ; and that a constant communication is kept up between the ex-Regent and General Narvaez and other heads of the Christina party at Madrid. The Journal des Debats states, that General Seoane, who was arrested and detained at Burgos, notwithstanding the passport which had been granted to him by the Madrid government, still remains a prisoner on his parole. In answer to his remonstrance on the subject, he was told that he would be held as a hostage for the safety of such patriots as might fall into the hands of Espartero and Van Halen. Letters from Barcelona of the 2d instant appear to promise further contests between the Moderados and Exaltados. Saragossa was perfectly quiet on the 3d. the best understanding subsisting between the civil authorities and Brigadier Ametller. The Madrid Gazette of the 2d contains a circular of the Minister of the Interior, ordering that in each pro vince only one superior junta shall remain, and dissolving all the others. The juntas thus maintained are to act as auxiliaries to the government, and their duties will be to " procure resources of which the treasury has so much need, and shall discharge provisionally the functions of the provincial deputations wherever these are wanting." A strong protest against the usurpation by the provisional government of the authority of the provincial juntas had 13reen received from Gallicia. That document so seriously Marmed the government, that General Serrano instantly gave an order for twenty battalions and four batteries of artillery to march against that province. Three battalions left Madrid for that destination on the 2d. The Mar chioness de Santa Cruz had been appointed governess to the Queen. The Constitucional of Barcelona of the 3d instant an nounces that the province of Lerida had elected two com missioners to the central junta. It appears that there are upwards of 500 journals in China consecrated exclusively to the musical art, and that almost all the considerable capitals contain two or three theatres for operas. A baker, at Boraas, in Sweden, has received the gold medal, " for civic merit," for his invention of a process to bake perfectly sweet and wholesome bread of corn, or flour, damaged by sea-water or dampness : the process will shortly be made known for general use. When Narvaez and Concha left France for Spain, they were furnished with letters of credit on the different bank ers of Valencia, Barcelona, and Madrid, to the amount of £2-10,000. The parties whose names appear to the said letters of credit are Messrs. De Rothschild and Messrs. Ardouin, both of Paris.—Globe. The Lisbon correspondent of the Times, in speaking of the Queen of Portugal's daughter, says—" The new-born princess is a beautiful infant ; and, in high circles here, it is held to be more than probable that she is destined, if she survives, to become the future Queen of the French. tue t,outn, ut rails, near apparent to Lus, is now three years old ; and the alliance, therefore, in point of age, will be very suitable." WALES STRIKE OF THE SWANSEA COPPER-MEN. (From the Swansea Journal.) About 12 o'clock on Saturday last, it was known throughout the town, [Swansea] that a large body of the copper-men, in uumber about 4,000, who had struck work on the previous day in consequence of the reduction of wages, were advancing through the High-street, with the intention of parading the town. The worthy Mayor having met the procession at the end of High-street, was proceeding to address them, when Mr. Vivian and Mr. Benson came up. These gentlemen pointed out to them the inconvenience of their parading the streets, and proposed that they should adjourn to the bank above Hafod Works. The procession immediately faced to the right-about, and followed these gentlemen, who rode forward to the above-named rendezvous. Mr. Vivian then addressed them on the proposed reduction, and entered into a comparative statement of the wages ohtained by copper•men, and by the best hands in the iron and other trades, expresting his desire to hear any parties in reply. Many of the men in turn spoke as to the amount of wages, and we gathered from their state ments, that the average wages hitherto obtained by the lowest class, or ore furnace-men, was 255. per week ; the proposed abatement of 12 per cent. will theretofore re duce this to about to 225. Mr. Benson stated his assent to all that had been said by Mr. Vivian, and Dr. Bird, the Mayor, then addressed them, expressing his approval of their orderly conduct in leaving the town, and after some further conversation among the men, the meeting quietly dispersed. The copper men still express their determination "to hold out to the last ;" but we suspect, from the system of surveillance pursued towards some of their number, espe cially among the Forest men, that there already exists a great difference of opinion between them. They held another meeting on Tuesday, in the neighbourhood of Llansamlet Church, but it was not so numerously attended as the one held on Saturday last, not more than 11 or 1200 men being present. Resolutions were passed, con demnatory of the proposed reduction of wages, and pledg ing the members of the meeting not to accept and work at the reduced scale. We joined several groups succes sively, from whom we obtained the following information: The workmen are all out, except a few employed at the Middle Bank Works ; and upon whom the men had called and exacted a promise that they would leave work on Wed nesday. All expressed themselves to be resolutely deter mined to continue the "strike," and seem well aware of the importance of union amongst themselves. Our own impression, however, is, that they are far from being con fident that all the workmen will adhere to the resolutions agreed upon. The men all complain of the impossibility of living on the reduced wages. The reductions are stated to be as follows :—Slaemen, from 30s. to 225. Gd. ; metal smelters, from 30s. to 265. 3d. ore smelters, from 265. to 225. Gd. : roasters, from 31s. Gd. to 275. Gd. ; metal calciner, from £2 4s. to £2 2s. per watch of 12 hours ; ore calciner, from £2 2s. to £2 per watch of 12 hours. It is, we are sorry to say, now currently reported that Messrs. Williams, Foster and Co. intend to embrace this opportunity of ceasing to smelt ore at the Rose and Lan dore Works ; if this report is true, and we much fear it is, there will be 500 men, who, with their families, will be thrown out of employment. TURNPIKE TRUSTS IN WALES.—We glean the fol lowing facts from a recent parliamentary return :—There was only one turnpike trust in Wales that had no bonded debt, in 1840. There were in that year four trusts, whose revenue was insufficient to pay £5 per cent. on their bonded debt ; their aggregate tolls being £473, and their bonded debt £13,977. There were five Welsh trusts unable to pay £5 her cent. on their bonded debt and ar rears of interest accruing within six years. Their aggre gate tolls in 1840 were £693, their bonded debt £17,580; arrears of interest within six years, £3,658 ; total, £21,238. There were seven Welsh trusts, whose revenues were insufficient to pay £5 per cent. on their bonded debt and total arrears of interest. Their aggregate tolls in 1840 were £1,015 ; bonded debt £20,968, arrears of in terest, £B,BBl ; total, £29,849. In 1810, there were 41 Welsh trusts, having arrears of interest not exceeding six years, amounting in the aggregate to £24,334;—and six other trusts, with arrears of interest, exceeding six years, amounting in the aggr:.gate to £25,576. There are 17 Welsh trusts that can discharge their debts within 30 years, viz.—one within five years; two within 10 years; six within 15 years; three within 20 years; three within 25 years, and two within 30 years. Since 1836 there has been borrowed the sum of £19,470 on the Anglesey, Caernarvon, Caermarthen, Flint, Glamorgan, Merionetb, Mongornery, and Radnor trusts, whilst in 1840 the aggre gate toll income was £31,739. It thus appears that the sum in these few trusts is equal to two-thirds of their annual income from tolls. But this amount borrowed does not include arrears of interest, &c. Altogether the state of the Welsh turnpike trusts, as exhibited by this return, is one which calls loudly for legislative interference. IRE I, AND. Tuesday was Mr. O'Connell's sixty-eighth birth-day. A DEXTEROUS SWORDSMAN.-011 Thursday, the 3d of July, Serjeant Corey, of the 3d Regiment, at Dundalk, cut a leg o f mutton suspended by a cord through with one cut , for a wager of 60 guineas. —Drogheda Argus. We understand it is Lord de Grey's intention to leave Ireland about the end of this month, in order that he may have the benefit of a few weeks residence at Buxton. pre vious to the meeting of his Regiment of Yorkshire Hus sars at York, on the sth of October. INCENDIARISM.—A few nights since a workshop and dying concern was maliciously set on fire at Abbyfeale, and totally consumed. A dwelling-house in the same vi • cinity was also destroyed in a similar manner.—Limerick paper. RIOT.—A desperate riot took place, the week before last, at Turloughmore fair, near Galway. It arose out of one of the usual local disputes between rival factions. One man was shot dead, and two others have since died of their wounds. Sixteen others were also seriously in jured. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN ENNISCORTHT. —A letter of Au gus t 4, d ate d f rom W exford, says : " Poor W. D. Fayle is still living, but no hope of reco very. He is wonderfully collected, and has given a dis tinct account of all that happened the night he was shot. There is a ball lodged in his head, but the doctors cannot tell exactly where." ANNIVERSARY OF THB RELIEF OF LONDONDERRY.—. Preparations are being made by the Apprentice Boys, for celebrating this ever -memorable day, (which brought re lief to the heroic defenders of Derry, wLen hope had al most forsaken them,) in the usual manner, viz., by the hoisting of the crimson banner and No Surrender flags, on the Testimonial, and the Cathedral—the firing of can non, and the ringing of the joy bells, &c. The Cork Examiner gives the following report of the Kerry assizes :—The criminal business of the assizes com menced on }: riday mor n i ng a t t en o ' c l oc k, an d at t h ree o'clock Mr. Bennett addressed Baron Richards—" We have nothing more to do, my Lord." Baron Richards— " That is very extraordinary, indeed; it is, I am sure, without a parallel—this is, in truth, matter for sincere congratulation." There was not a single indictment for a capital offence, and only seven trials altogether. INTRODUCTION OF A YANKEE EDITOR AT THE CORN EXCHANGE.—We have the following in the Times report of the proceedings at the Corn Exchange :—" The procee dings were here interrupted for a moment by the intro duction of Mr. James Gordon Bennett, whose card Tom Steele handed to Mr. O'Connell, intimating that its ow ner (who then stood beside Mr. O'Connell) was the pro prietor of the New York Herald. Mr. O'Connell.—l wish he would stay where he came from ; it is a much fitter place for him than this. We don't want him here. [Mr. Bennett, a gentleman about 50 years of age, sud denly retreated, as he entered, across the table.] He is one of the conductors of one of the vilest gazettes ever published by infamous publishers. (Laughter and a par tial disposition to hisses. which were suppressed by the chair and persons around it.)" REPEAL IN Wicictow.—On Sunday last the "grand and overwhelming " demonstration in favour of repeal took place on the very verge of Carlow county, near the town of Baltinglass ; and if the absence of all the edu cated classes and of the gentry to a man may be taken as evidence of failure, never had Mr. O'Connell more sub stantial cause for bitter disappointment. Wicklow county, as will be seen by a reference to the Dublin di rectory, can boast of seventy-nine magistrates, all of the m , w i t h very few exceptions, r es id en t s on their estates ; and of these how many were present, at the commencement of the present week, to sanction the repeal movement, or welcome the patriotic liberator? Why, not a single man. Not even could his own son-in-law, Mr. Christopher Fitzsimon s though a native of the county, and holding a commission of the peace, be prevailed upon to lend any countenance to the atrocious imposture. Of the utter worthlessness of Sunday's display, as an exponent of public opinion in Wicklow, we can desire no better proof than is afforded by the fact, that the persons who officiated as chairmen, both before and after dinner, were two farmers and a Roman catholic priest.—Dublin Packet. BIBLE BURNING.—A correspondent of the Cork Con stitution, who gives his name, makes the following de plorable statement with reference to a priest in that neigh bourhood :—" His reverence visited lately one of the houses of his parishioners, and entered into conversation with a girl of about 14 years of age, inquired about her attendance at school, and desired her to leave her uncle's school and go to his, which she of course refused. He then asked her to read a lesson to him. She replied she had no book. Some one present remarked she had her bible. 0 that will do,' said he, bring the bible.' She brought it, and he took the sacred volume from her hands, and looking into it he exclaimed, ' it is only fit to be burned ;' and rising up he proceeded towards the fire. The poor girl, struck with grief and horror, ran to him and used her utmost efforts to prevent his accomplishing his diabolical purpose : but he seized her by the arm and threw the bible into the fire; and thinking that it did not burn fast enough, he took the tongs, opened it out and held it in the blaze, and when be saw it nearly comsumed he went to the door and said to some persons who were there, ' come in and warm yourselves at the blaze of the Protestant bible.' "—[Truly popery is unchanged and un changeable.] GROSS OUTRAGE.—On Monday Mr. Gypson ascended in his balloon from Portobello Gardens, and succeeded in making a safe desepnt . i is r-- .--,- chately the balloon was seized by a mob, who demanded money from the aeronaut, which he refused to give. A great struggle then ensued between some few respectable persons who took Mr ny r .nn' Q hart. an d t h e ma j or i ty or cue drown, as to the disposal of the balloon, when the latter cried out, •` Let it go." Some endeavoured to drag it over the wall enclosing the field, and others cut the net, while Mr. Gypson's friends attempted to defeat their pur pose, but in vain, for the mob cut the net to such an ex tent that the balloon turned literally upsiC..., down and escaped out of the netting. Mr. Gypson having got out of the car with great difficulty, seeing the riot, and hear ing the cry of " Let it go," thought to seize the valve rope, when a huge coal-porter, as if acquainted w ith it s effect, tied up the bott om o f th e balloon, and the people tore off the car with the utmost violence. Mr. Gypson was thrown down and seriously injured. The balloon went off towards Howth in a slanting direction, the neck tending upwards, and the netting hanging down, which those at a distance supposed to be the car. So soon as it was seen that it was fairly out of reach, a horrid yell of delight escaped from the mob. Two of the ringleaders were taken into custody. Mr. Gypson estimates his loss at £soo.—Dublin News Letter.—[This is a sad exempli fication of the want of civilization amongst the lower or ders in Ireland. The loss to Mr. Gypson will be made good by the county, but the disgrace to the country is in delible, and casts a slur upon the perpetrators of the out rage degrading to those in the most savage state.] A SCENE AT THE CORN' EXCHANGE.—At the usual weekly repeal meeting, on Tuesday, Mr. O'Connell re plied to a letter which appeared in the Quotidienne of the 28th of July, signed by " Savory, Duke of Rovigo." This man attacked him and his family in their private re lations, and now he would reply to him in similar terms. That man was, he understood, the son of the man who shot the Duc D'Enghein for Bonaparte (sensation), but now he said he took a deep interest in Ireland, being an Irish proprietor. He (Mr. O'C.) denied that ; the fact was, he got married to a Miss Starner, of Clare, who had some landed property, but when her friends found out she was going to be married to a " foreign adventurer," they secured her property by making it over to trustees for her sole and separate use . Thi s foreign adventurer had not a foot of land in Ireland. He reminded him (Mr. O'C.,) of a glazier that married a member of the family of M'Carthy More, and whenever he got drunk-Lwhich was very often—he refused to work, and would exclaim, " I am a gentleman born in right of my wife." (Laughter.) It was so with Savory, Duke of Rovigo. (Continued laughter.) Mr. Steele : The scamp has the run of her kitchen and the parlour. (Great laughter.) Mr. O'Con nell proceeded to reply to various charges contained in the duke's letter. He designated as gross lies the allega tions that he (Mr. O'C.) was a middleman and a bad landlord ; that his two sons had £2,000 a year each for collecting the repeal rent ; that the College of Maynooth exhibited liberality on the part of the British government towards the catholics of Ireland, and various other alle gations - and he concluded by moving that the letter he inserted in the minutes. Carried. Mr. Steele then moved that Mr. O'Conneil's reply to this " lying and fortune hunting adventurer" be placed upon the minutes ; which was also carried. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—On Monday the usual weekly meeting took place, in the Corn Exchange-rooms. Mr. O'Connell opened the proceedings by calling on the radical ratepayers of Dublin to pay their municipal taxes, as the tories were making the greatest preparations with a view to effect that object amongst their party. If this call were not responded to, they would lose their repeal corporation, and consequently a very essential ingredient in their means of obtaining the restoration of their parlia ment. (Hear.) Mr. O'Connell then gave a description of his reception at Baltinglass, where he said that not less than 12,000 young men alone, from 18 to 50 years of age—that being what was called in Ireland "the fighting age," although it might begin four years sooner—had greeted him with their heartiest cheers. The hon. and learned gentleman introduced to the meeting Dr. Eager, of Manchester, who handed in, amidst loud cheers, £125 from the repealers of that town and Salford. Amongst the subscribers of that sum was the Rev. A. Macartney, who, Mr. J. O'Connell stated, belonged to an Orange family, had himself been an Orangeman, and was now a Roman Catholic priest. The meeting was then adjourned to Tuesday, when at two o'clock the lord mayor elect was called to the chair. Mr. Ray then proceeded to read letters containing remittances; after which Mr. O'Con nell handed in £1 from a native of the county of Wicklow, who did not wish his name to be known; he also banded in £1 from Edward Coffey, a protestant, in the neigh bourhood of Navan, who had become a repealer from a conviction that nothing else but repeal could serve Ire land. Mr. O'Connell said he had received a letter asking a share of the funds of the association for the Newry Examiner newspaper, but it was a favour he could by no means grant. The learned gentleman also announced the receipt of 25 francs from Paris, being the subscription of some French ladies and gentlemen, forwarded by a Mr. Carthy, who requested that the senders might be made members of the association. The amount of rent for the week was announced to be £1354 lls. 4d. A desperate conflict between a gamekeeper and con stable and a gang of poachers took place on Friday morning, in the grounds near Apedale Hall, the residence of R. E. Heathcote, Esq. James Beech, one of the consta bles of Audley, lost his life in the rencontre, and John Vaughan, the gamekeeper, was dreadfully, it is feared mortally, wounded. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL MISCELLANY. The Rev. Dr. Pusey embarked at Dover for the Con tinent last week.—Morning paper. The treasurer of the association for completing the Cathedral at Cologne has absconded, carrying with him the subscriptions received during the past year. On Saturday week, a little boy, at Huddersfield, was killed through drinking a quantity of oil of vitriol from a bottle which he imagined contained ginger beer. Messrs. Adams and Fox, the extensive engineers at Ford, Bow, have, it is said, taken the contract for building the aerial machine. On Wednesday Mr. Brunner was unanimously elected coroner for the county of Oxford in the room of the late Mr. Cecil. James Williams, the man who first established savings banks in Westminster, died in the Bridecvell there on Wednesday se'nnight. Swift passenger boats now travel on the canal between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, accomplishing the dis tance in two hours. D. W. Herschell has discovered that the mixing of nitrate of silver with hyposulphate of soda, both remark ably bitter substances, produces the sweetest substance known. Some of the nankeen masters of Wigan gave notice, last week, of a reduction of their weavers' wages, on some fabrics of cloth, of five shillings in the pound. The report is spread in the German States, that Queen Victoria of England intends paying a visit to her relations in Germany.—Frankfort paper. Both the patent theatres are let, it appears. Mr. Bunn is to be the lessee of Drury Lane, backed, it is said, by two capitalists ; and Mr. Henry Wallack has taken Covent Garden, which is announced to open in September. It is expected that £4OOO will be raised for the family of the late Mr. Elton. Benefits have already taken place at most of the London Theatres. At the Haymarket as much as £2BO was raised. The standard height of the recruits for the Royal Matines has been altered by direction of the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty. It is to be five feet seven inches until further orders. A hive of bees, despatched by railway from London on Friday evening last, to Mrs. Joseph Pease, sen., Darling ton, arrived saf e a t th e l atter p l ace on the following morn ing, and "as busy as bees" need be. A model of a fireproof magazine, about nine feet square, and containing gunpowder, was on Wednesday, at West minster, submitted to a heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, without being at all injured. On Monday evening, the House of Commons voted £5OOO to defray the expenses of the commission appointed to inquire into the best mode of preserving the public health. Hereford Musical Festival is advertised to take place on the sth, 6th, and 7th, of September next, the morning performances in All Saints Church, the evening perform ances in the Shirehall. HAIL STORM AT SELBY.—The breakage of glass after the late storm at Selby was immense. Mr. R. Richard son, plumber and glazier, of Hull, replaced no less a quantity than 5515 broken squares in about ten days. The Wesleyan Chronicle states, that of the Wesleyans in Durham who possess the franchise, 21 voted for Mr. Bright, including eight local preachers and stewards, while only two voted against him. A few also are said to have remained neuter. THE ASSURANCE OFFICES.—We understand that an arrangement has been made by a considerable majority of the agents of assurance companies in Manchester, by which their respective offices will, in future, be closed on the afternoon of Friday in each week. Government intend to erect forthwith, in Ireland, four provincial asylums for incurable insane cases, idiots, and epileptics. The buildings are to be on an enlarged scale, and will afford room for all those cases now in existing asylums. The Coroners' Inquests' Expenses Bill was rejected on Monday week, in the House of Lords, on the ground that coroners were at present sufficiently paid, and to increase their allowance would be to increase the charge upon the county rates. It is expected that Parliament will be prorogued either on Saturday next, the 19th instant, or on Tuesday, the 22d; but it must be obvious that where so much depends upon accident, it is impossible to fix upon any particular day as certain. It is stated that Messrs. Cookson and Co. have resolved to close their extensive alkali works at Jarrow at the end of the present week, in consequence of the numerous pro secutions for damage to which they have been subjected. They employ many hundred men. On Friday week, Mr. William Ray wood, gardener, Thorne, whilst plucking red currants from a tree in his own garden, gathered a single bunch containing upwards of 60 berries, and which weighed three quarters of an ounce. MUTATION OF FORTUNE.—C. Comte de Misles, who had 12,000 men under his command in the army of Na poleon, and who was at one time commander-in-chief of the garrison of the city of Rome, is now in Nashville, Tennessee, teaching a school. During tl e past week much excitement has been occa sioned in the village and neighbourhood of Chiswick by 28,-1 1 1 1871,1 1 '1m locality, two of which attempts have been made by parents on the lives of their own offspring. The Messrs. Gurney, of Norwich, and other leading bankers in the east of England, have come to a resolution, in consequence of the want of employment for money, which has existed now for twelve months past, to lower the rates of interest on deposits to 11 per cent. In the House of Commons on Monday night Mr. Robt. Scott obtained leave to bring in a bill to declare that every detached part of a county in England and Wales, entirely surrounded by one other county, shall form part of the county by which it is surrounded. The interesting ceremony connected with laying the first stone of a new Hebrew National School took place i❑ Birmingham on Wednesday, and attracted a large num ber of strangers of the Hebrew persuasion from the me tropolis and various parts of the country. HINT TO GROUSE SHOOTERS.—TWO dogs of the Italian greyhound species were yesterday forwarded to Dublin, through the Chichester-street post office. The address of the forwarder and the receiver lies at this office ; and the postage to Scotland is not more expensive than to Dublin.—Belfast Chronicle. On the 17th of last month (July) the " Old Man," the highest peak in Coniston Fell, was partially covered with snow. This is a very rare occurrence so far advanced in summer. Though the weather this year has not, on the whole, been favourable, the number of visitors to the lake districts has been greater than for some years past. In consequence of the greatly depressed state of the shipping interest, shipowners have in numerous instances been reluctantly necessitated to reduce the hard and haz ardous won earnings of their seamen. There are now at the port of London several hundreds of able-bodied sea men unable to obtain engagements. SINGULAR ROBBERY.—Last week, an elderly man of respectable appearance, who gave his name James Cullen, residing near Kensington Square, but who was stated to be a naval officer on on pension, and son of a late Dean of York, was committed to Newgate for trial at the Cen tral Criminal Court, charged with having stolen a loin of pork in a butcher's shop in High-street, Kensington. Four-and-twenty donkeys were entered for exportation by the Emerald Isle for Rotterdam, from Hull on Wed nesday. They were of all sizes and sexes. It appears the demand at Rotterdam increases, The trade was new a fortnight ago, when it was opened with a lot of ten follow ed by an equal number last week ; so that in a fortnight the exports have more than doubled.—Hull Herald. MANsLAuGnTER.—On Saturday week a young man, named William Spencer, a plumber and glazier, of Salford, died. in consequence of injuries received in an affray which took place on Thursday, the 29th June last, in the tap-room of the Egerton Arms public-house, Gore-street, In that town. The jury, at the inquest, returned a ver dict of manslaughter against the landlord of the house and another man implicated in the affair. AN OLD SOLDIER.—John Fisher, believed to be the last surviving soldier in Scotland engaged in the first Ame rican war, died at Leslie on Friday, the 18th ult., at the age of 92 years. In the year 1776 he enlisted into the Ist, or Royal Regiment of Foot, of which Lord Adam Gordon was Colonel, but which was at that time com manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Fraser.— Caledo nian Mercury. MANSLAUGHTER AT LANCASTER.—On Monday last William Green, shoemaker, was committed to the Castle to take his ti ial at the ensuing assizes, charged with killing his wife, whom he struck on the head with a stick during a quarrel, on Saturday night last. Both parties were much addicted to habits of intemperance, and both lived together very unhappily. CHESTER REGATTA.—This regatta took place on Thursday. The Trial Stakes, value five guineas, for four oared gigs rowed by boys, was won by the Deva ; the Dee Cup, value fifteen guineas, by the Echo ; the City Cup, value thirteen guineas, by the Royal Chester Row ing Club ; and a Piece of Plate, value five guineas, by the Gazelle, of Liverpool. BRITISH IRON COMPANY.—A meeting of the proprie tors was held on Wednesday, at which it was resolved to form a new company, with a capital of £400,000, whereof £200,000 would go to pay off the old shareholders, and the rest to be reserved to carry on the works. It is pro posed that there shall be 20,000 shares of £2O each ; 6,380, it is stated, being already subscribed for, notwithstanding the depressed condition of the trade. The lovers of Flora will be delighted to learn that a splendid double pansey has at last been grown. This elegant flower is to be seen growing luxuriantly in the garden of Mr. David Rattry, shoemaker, Grange, by Errol. It possesses about forty petals, is well built, and the colours distinct. Altogether it is a most magnificent flower, and, we should think, the only one of its kind in Britain.—Dundee Warder. EXTRAORDINARY VEGETABLE ANTIQUITY. — In un rolling an Egyptian mummy, in the Thebaid, in 1838, which was ascertained to be 3,000 years old, several heads of wheat were discovered. A portion of this mummy wheat came into the hands of the Earl of Haddington, and, on the Ist of November last year, his lordship's gardener, Mr. Ford, sowed four seeds of it in the garden at Tyningbame. The produce is at present nearly 100 stalks, about six feet high, and the ears have from 45 to 55 grains each. The ears have beards or hands not un like those of barley, and the leaves on the stalks are long, and nearly an inch broad.—Caledonian Mercury. FOREIGN FRUIT, &. — Nearly twelve hundred baskets of fine fruit, including melons, pears, plums, apples, and currents, arrived at H ull, on Sunday night, by the Emer ald Isle steamer from Rotterdam, and were landed next morning in excellent condition. The following were the quantities of the respective fruits, viz., 85 baskets apples, 4 of melons, 452 of currants, 73 of plums, and 566 of pears ; total 1180 baskets ; besides which the same vessel brought 50 baskets potatoes; 17 ditto yeast, 190 Gouda cheeses, with wine, madder, &c. After the quick passages which this vessel makes, the fruit which she brings usually appears in H ull market amongst the largest and the fresh est of that is shewn. INTERESTING TO WATCHMAKERS.-By a certain clause in the Customs' Amendment Bill, now before par liament, it was originally proposed to do away with all restrictions on the importation of clocks and watches, ex cept that they should be prohibited from bearing any mark representing any British assay mark. It appears, however, from what took place in the house of commons, on Saturday last, that the clause relating to these articles has been expunged, At present the duty on foreign clocks imported into Great Britain is 20 per cent; on watches, 10 per cent. Previous to the enactment of the late tariff, the duty on both was 25 per cent. Two LIVES LOST.—On Saturday last, a female men dicant, accompanied by her son, a little boy, happened to be going her rounds in Kirkmahoe, and determined to shorten her journey homewards, by crossing to the parish of Holywood. She was then nearly opposite to Ellis land—the farm at one time occupied by the poet Burns— and entered the Nith at a point where the water is very shallow on the one bank, but deeper for a short distance on the other. The poor boy followed, and both had got as far as the pool in question, when they were carried off their feet by the strength of the current, and, after a brief struggle, unfortunately drowned.—Glasgow paper. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Friday last the fol lowing lamentable circumstance took place here. Mrs. Haining, wife of Edward Haining, tailor here, drowned two of her children along with herself. She left home with her two sons, one of them three and the other five years of age, the previous morning, and bad been observed passing the New Quay, in the forenoon. In the after noon, same fishermen found a bonnet, handkerchief, and basket, on the bank of the river, below the New Quay, which were identified as the property of Mrs. Haining. c -L • l• 1 _1 near the spot where the articles were tound.—Dum frzcs Standard. THE PEGASUS.—A party of divers are now at work, at the wreck of the Pegasus, and have succeeded in raising a great many packages, and also the bodies of two of the sufferers. Several other bodies have been floating near the wreck. One body, which has been identified as that of the Rev. Mr. M`Kenzie, was found floating about a mile from the scene of the wreck. Another body, that of a female, was picked up by the Vesta last week, and landed at Holy Island ; and the body of another lady has since been picked up at Caster It is understood that the directors of the London and Glasgow Shipping Company have given notice that the masters of their steam-ships are instructed that on no account are they to take their vessels through the inner passage of the Fern Islands, either in the day or night time. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—On Friday, an explosion, arising from foul air in the sewer, took place at Rosoman street, Clerkenwell. The pavement was torn up, eight or ten flag stones having been removed, while a large iron patent grating, weighing about two cwt., and which is placed over a sewer for ventilation and allowing the work men to enter, had been blown about six feet from its original position. A number of persons were drinking at the Spa public-house, corner of Rosoman-street, some of whom were knocked down by the explosion. A woman, also who keeps an apple-stall a few feet from the spot was sitting in her chair, and with it was raised in the air three or four feet. The most extensive damage has been sus tained by the occupiers of the houses in the immediate vicinity, from the breaking of glass and other injuries done to their premises. WILLIAMS THE CHARTIST.—We alluded last week to suspicions attached to the man Williams. The jury on the inquest returned a verdict of " murdered by some person or persons unknown ;" but Williams has since made a voluntary confession to the chief-constable, Mr. Newman. He stated that he was tired of his life, and had determined, on the morning that he absconded, to murder tke first man he met. He came upon Harkness, and wished him to let him kill a kid ; the old man refused, and shortly after Williams struck him over the left eye with the handle of a pick-axe; he fell from the effect of the blow, which Williams repeated untill he considered him dead. Williams conducted Mr. Newman to the spot where he had concealed the pick-axe handle, which was found accordingly. He will no doubt be fully committed for trial, and sent to this place.—Launceston Courier. — [A letter received in Swansea, from Port Phillip, dated in March last, says—" Zephaniah Williams, the Newport chartist, for killing an old man, has been hanged."] —The Cambrian. THE CHESHIRE MURDER.—On Friday last two bro thers, named John and Samuel Maddocks, were brought up at the Police-office, at Norley, on the borders of Del amere Forest, on a charge of having murdered Mathias Bailey, gamekeeper to George Wilbraham, Esq., of Del amere-house, on the morning of the 28th ult., in the bar barous manner heretofore described. There were thir teen witnesses examined and their evidence was to the effect that, on the night preceding the murder, the pri soners, one of whom was armed with a gun, were seen to walk in the direction of Crowton, where the deed was committed. On the following morning, about four o'clock a farmer, who lives in the neighbourhood, heard the report of a gun, and, on looking towards the place whence the sound proceeded, saw a man, whom, after considerable hesitation, he stated to be the prisoner John, running towards the forest, and Bailey, the unfortunate deceased, in rapid pursuit of him. He further stated, that he heard Bailey exclaim, "Eh, John? I know thee." In about an hour after that time some persons who happened to be in the neighbourhood saw both the prisoners coming from the scene of the murder, and observed that one of them was armed with a gun, and that the other was, ap parently, in a wet, dirty condition. When the prisoners were apprehended, John denied that he had borrowed a gun, although it was distinctly proved that be had, while Samuel denied that he had been near the forest prior to six o'clock on the morning of the occurrence, although it was as distinctly proved that he was two hours before. It appeared that both the prisoners, who are elderly men, and well-known poachers in the neighbournood, had long been on terms of disagreement with the deceased, in con sequence of his having detected them in the act of poach ing on some occasions. After an examination which lasted upwards of four hours, both the prisoners were committed to Chester Castle to take their trials on the capital charge at the next assizes. EXECUTION.—BEDFORD, SATURDAY.—This day being appointed for the execution of Sarah Dazely, convicted, at the late Bedford assizes, of the murder of her hus band, by administering a quantity of arsenic to him. The town from an early hour presented a scene of great ex citement, hundreds having come from various parts of the county. The unhappy woman had had a favourable night's rest, and on rising this morning gave vent to some paroxysm of grief. She was soon visited by the chaplain, who remained with her in earnest prayer. At a quarter before twelve, the calvacade moved to the fatal spot, the prison bell tolling all the time. She appeared in a dread ful condition, and was obliged to be supported. At this moment full 10,000 persons assembled round the walls of the prison. As near twelve o'clock as possible, she ap peared on the scaffold ; the clergymen withdrew to a more distant part, and having commenced the funeral service, " In the midst of life we are in death," &c., the signal was given, and the next moment the drop fell. The body after hanging the usual time, was cut down, to be inter red within the precincts of the prison. AWFUL THUNDER STORMS Loss OF THE SCHOONER HARRIETT. -- On Thurs day information of the total loss of the schooner Harriett, Thomas, master, was received. It occurred on the Nth ROCHESTER, August 10.—Last night, about ten o'clock, of last month, while on her passage from Caernarvon for a tremendous thunder storm approached this city from Liverpool, through coming in collision with the North- the westward, accompanied by vivid flashes of sheet umberland, a barque of about 400 tons burden, of Alloa, lightning, which for hours kept up one continued glare of bound from Greenock for North America, and immedi- light. About midnight the storm raged with the greatest ately sinking in deep water. The crew had a most mirac- fury ;it was terrific ; one continued roar of thunder, the ulous escape. perpetual flashing of the lightning, occasionally intermixed b DURHAM CITY ELECTION.-111 the House of Com- with thunderbolts, which appeared like large masses of mons on Thursday night, a petition was presented to M r . fire hurled to the earth, succeeded immediately Hamilton, the member for Dubli n U n i v e rs ity, aga i ns t th e fu l artillery,n o whilst resembling the roaringt e report of se t h h a e r g r ea m so f andthye haai h largestor late return of M r . J o h n B r i g ht, th e Q ua k er , f or th e c i ty of Durham. W e un d ers t an d th a t th e pet i t i on a ll eges the lather a o i showersof the h o e f t h ice, u e d e falling rit se l a f t . thed A stacktime, ealmosthay n equalled ch at bribery and treati ng aga i ns t th e s itti ng mem b er an d hi s . agents. Of course th e mer it s o f th e pe titi on w ill not b e barn Line was set fire to by the lightning. The dama g e d determined till toward s th e en d o f th e secon d mont h o f done by the hail is incalculable. The skylights in the the next Session of Parliament. Dockyard and public buildings have been demolished, and the loss in every direction to individuals must be very BEES SWARMING IN LANCASTER CASTLE.—About great. Mr. G. Masters, nurseryman, estimates his loss twelve months ago, a swarm of bees voluntarily took up at between £4OO and £5OO. The skylights over the Corn their residence on the debtors' side of the castle yard, Market at the City Repository are entirely destroyed ; where they are now snugly located ; and, though inmates sever a l green-houses in the neighbourhood have hundreds of a gaol, present a daily example to the most industrious. of panes broken, and scarcely a house in the neighbour- These little busy creatures are encased by huge wills, 30 hood has wholly escaped. feet high, over which they hare to mount a hundred times CHELTENHAM.—One of the most awful thunder storms in the course of the day to cull their sweets, yet do they that we ever remember to have witnessed spent its fury never cease their labours from early dawn till long after over this town and neighbourhood on Wednesday morn the setting of the sun.—.l. Hall's Lancaster Castle. ing. After a quarter of an hour's steady rain, the war of AWFUL DEATH.—On Tuesday last, as Wm. Benbow the elements commenced—flash succeeded flash of the was at work in a quarry at Burton, he met with his death most vivid lightning—the thunder reverberated peal upon in the following shocking manner. Some powder had been peal, and after each succeeding discharge, it appeared as put in a hole for the purpose of blowing up a piece of the though the floodgates above were opened, the rain poured rock, and Benbow was ramming in some rubbish pre- down in such unceasing torrents. During its continuance viously to igniting it. The friction caused by the ramming the High-street was nearly impassable from the torrents ignited the charge, and an immedi a t e explosion took place of water pouring 'down the carri age wa y. W e h ave not , by which the hammer was drive n through the deceased's heard of any injury having been sustained by person or head, passing unde r hi s r i g ht eye, an d coming out at the property ; but the heavy rain must h ave i n fli cte d consi back part of the head. D ea th, o f course, took place in a derable damage on the corn.— Cheltenham p a p er . short time. STAMFORD.—At three o'clock on Wednesday a most DEATH OF A RAVEN.—Died, a f ew d ays ago, at Ramp_ vivid flash of lightning, followed immedi a t e ly by a te rr ifi c clap of thunder, was experienced in this town. The ton, near Retford, a raven belonging to Mr. John Binge, electric fluid, in effecting its passage from the cloud to the in the 28th year of his age. This singular bird was bred earth, was received by the chimney of a lofty building, in Grove Park, and could talk as plainly as any man, so situate in the centre of the town ; the chimney, so far as far as his knowledge extended. In point of imitation he it projected above the ridge, was entirely destroyed, frag was inimitable, and could mimic anything he ever heard. ments being driven with great force into the neighbouring Like many others of his tribe, he was often exceedingly windows. The roof of the house has received considera mischievous, but generally amusing. But his masterpiece ble damage. The current of electricity, after passing was his correct repetition of the Lord's prayer, which, down the spars of the roof, was conducted to the earth for emphasis and distinct enunciation, would have done by a zinc spout running direct from the rave of the build no discredit to many a village schoolmaster.—Leeds ing to the pavement. The room, the roof of which waa tellipencer. displaced, had the appearance of being filled by a " blaze FALMOUTH, AUGUST 6.—We regret much to have to of fire." announce the loss of her M a j es ty' s steam-vessel Lizard, CAMBRIDGE , Wednesday.—On e o f th e most d estruc . which was run down off Carthagena, by the French man t i ve h a il and thunder storms ever remembered occurred of war steamer Veloce, between the hours of twelve and here yesterday evening. By six o'clock in the evening one on the night of the 23d-24th instant. Providentially every shop was closed. Thestorm commenced about four there has been no loss of life. Every exertion was made o'clock, with repeated flashes of lightning and heavy peals by Lieutenant Postle to save the Li zar d, which he was in of thunder. Hail fell in great quantities for about three hopes of being able to run on sho r e ; b u t the rapidity quarters of an hour. The hailstones, without exaggera with which she filled rendered the attempt impracticable, tion, were as large as pullets' eggs, or about three inches and scarcely had the last of the crew left her when she in circumference. Scarcely a pane of glass was left whole went down. Lieut. Postle and his officers and crew have in the town. A great portion of the glass in the Gothic returned to Gibraltar in the Veloce. Tower, as well as in other parts of the building, and that covering the whole of the machine department, have been totally destroyed. Most of the houses facing a northerly direction have met with serious damage. The Town Hall bore the appearance of having been demolished by stones. Trinity Church has also suffered severely. The colleges have, fortunately, sustained little damage, except King's College Hall, and the painted window at the north end of Trinity Hall. WORCESTER.—On Tuesday morning the city and neighbourhood of Worcester was visited with a most vio lent thunder storm. It continued with but little inter mission for more than six hours. The lightning was ex ceedingly vivid , and the thunder deafening, causing the houses and the very ground on which they stood to vibrate as though they had been shaken by an earthquake. It was soon discovered that the lightning had struck two houses in the Shambles. It appears to have passed down the chimney of one house, then along the roof, out at the garret window, and then down the front of the house to the ground, displacing several bricks in its passage. A great portion of the chimney, roof, and garret window was violently dashed to the ground, and strewed about the street. Its track down the front of the other dwelling is very perceptible, the roof being much damaged, the lead in the upper window melted, and many panes of glass shattered. Many credible persons who were standing in the market-house declare they were sensibly moved from their places by the shock, and one person, named Brad ford, was knocked down, but most providentially no life was lost. The house of Mr. Lane, Pump-street, was also struck by the electric fluid, which passed down the chim ney, knocking the top of the chimney to atoms, and then descended the tube, displacing a few bricks about the fire-place, and slightly scorching the hand and cheek of a little boy who was standing beside it. From a cottage at Rainbow-hill was heard to issue a cry of " Murder" just as one of the heaviest peals of thunder had ceased, and it was ascertained that the brickwork had been driven down the chimney, and that a quantity of linen and articles in the house had been set on fire. Although several children were in the room at the time, fortunately not one sustained any personal injury. The chimney of the house of Mr. Holmes, was struck by the electric fluid, and the kitchen boiler, saucepan, &c. were dashed into the middle of the room. Mr. Holmes describes the noise occasioned by the descent of the fluid down the wall being like the boil ing of water. Mr. Cobley, of this city, lost three horses, which were killed in a stable at Broadway ; two others rem i i skra uu ,Six,filjeen were killed under a tree near the STATISTICS OF MORTALITY. We have received a return from the General Register office, exhibiting a quarterly table of the mortality in 114 of the districts of England (including the principal towns), showing the number of deaths registered in the five years, the average number of deaths in the five springs, 1838- 1842, and the number of deaths in the spring quarter of 1843, ending June 30 • together with a return, sh ow i ng the number of deaths from all causes in the metropolis, registered in the thirteen weeks ending July 1, 1843, and other official statistical papers on the same subject. From these returns, which exhibit in a most striking manner the uncertainty of life, and the innumerable train of " ills which flesh is heir to," we select the following general statistical information, which will be found extremely in teresting and instructive :—ln the metropolis, the popula tion of which, according to the census taken in 1841, amounted to 1,870,727, the total number of annual deaths registered during the last five years was as follows :—ln 1838, 52,698 ; 1839, 45,441 ; 1840, 46,281 ; 1841, -15,285 ; and in 1842, 45,272; thus exhibiting a decrease in the number of deaths between 1838 and 1842 of no less than 7,426. It will be observed that the great decline took place in 1839, and that the remaining three years have preserved a pretty equal average. The quarterly average of deaths during the five years amounted to 11,749, and the average during the five springs to 11,101 ; the deaths in the spring quarter ending the 30th June last amounted to 11,433. The grand total number of annual deaths re gistered in the 114 districts of England abovementioned, which include the principal towns (exclusive of the metro politan city) during the same period, were as follow: viz., in 1838, 109,321 ; in 1839, 116,505 ; 1840, 124,661; 1841, 114,664 ; and in 1842, 115,831; the quarterly average of deaths during the five years amounted to 29,049, and the average during the five springs, 29,107 ; the deaths in the spring quarter, ending the 30th of June last, amounted to 28,626. The gross total population of the 114 districts in question, amounted, according to the census taken in 1841, to 4,663,808 souls. The largest number of deaths occurs in the north-western division of England, which includes the principal manufacturing towns. The annual mortality of England is 2.2 per cent., and an extensive in vestigation of the mortality in all the statistical districts in the kingdom has shown that less than 2 percent. of the population die in a great number of country districts, and in some town districts. The average annual mortality in the metropolis from 1840 to 1812 was 2.4 per cent.; whilst that in the 114 districts of England during the same period was 2.5 per cent. The average in the manufacturing dis tricts was as much as 2.8 per cent. The average in the other divisions were as follow :—viz., in the south-western division, 2.2 per cent. ; in the western division, 2.5 per cent. ; in the northern division, 2.3 per cent. ; and in the eastern division, 2.3 per cent., &c. Of the 114 districts, 33 in the metropolis, and 81 comprise the principal towns and cities in England. From the table of the mortality in the metropolis showing the number of deaths from all causes registered in the thirteen weeks ending the Ist of July last, it appears that the gross total amount was £11,433, of which 2,409 were occasioned by epidemic, endemic, and contagious diseases ; 1,824 by diseases of the brain, spinal marrow, nerves, and senses ; 3,380 by diseases of the lungs and other respiratory organs; 313 by diseases of the heart and blood vessels; 826 by diseases of the stomach, liver, and other digestive organs ; 90 by diseases of the kidneys, &c. ; 114 by diseases of the organs of parturition, &c. ; 103 by rheumatism, diseases of bones, &c. ; 13 by diseases of the skin and the cellular tissue ; 1,209 by dropsy, cancer, ticc. ; 819 by old age; 266 by violency, privation, or intemperance ; and 67 by causes not specified. It thus appears that diseases of the organs of respiration carry off a greater number of patients than any of the other maladies included in the table before us. The average number of deaths in the spring quarters of 1838-9-40-41-42 (from all causes) amounted to 11,101. The epidemic of typhus, or what is vaguely called fever, appears (says the report) to be declining in the metropolis, the mortality of which it has tended to raise. In the following districts the mortality was greater than the spring average of the same districts, viz., Brighton, Portsea Island, Devizes, Liverpool, West Derby, Blackburn, Chorlton, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, Gateshead, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Cockermouth, and Wrexham. In the following districts it was less, viz., Isle of Wight, St. Albans, Cambridge, Ipswich, Nor wich, Exeter, Redruth, Bath, Bristol, Clifton, Shrews.. bury, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Leicester, Stockport, Bury, Manchester, Ashton, Abergavenny, Merthyr-Tydvil, and Anglesea. The barometer was 0.123 below the average of the season. The mean temperature was 55.6 deg. which is 0.8 deg. above the average, but 1.6 deg. below the temperature of the previous spring (1842). The mean of the maxima (day) temperature was 63.3 deg. ; the mean of the minima (night) was 48 deg. ; the mean difference was 15.3 deg. The difference between athveeradgre beingyand 5 7 9 t de b g u . lb Ttbheeramirowmaes therefore ters was only more 4b4n,mthicl than usual ; and the fall of rain in forty-nine days was 7.4 inches—nearly double the average ( 4 inches). From another table, showing the mortality of the metropolis for the week ending the 22nd of July last, it appears that the 12 5 w 7b e 6y r e bd yis occasioned edaiss eesasoefs t oh b fe y the epidemic brain, diges tive &c. gross total number of deaths amounted to 790' Of these 113 occurred in the west districts of London, 167 in the north, 153 in the central , 180 in the east, and 177 in the n d f i 17 e t b o a s e deathses lungs,, organs, 80 by dropsy, c ancer , & c. 46 b y o ld age, and 28 by violence, intemperanc e , & c . 2a southnod by ydistricts.d contagiousis ease s