The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE. HOW TO PAY FOR THE "PIKE." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL NTANDARD. Sir,—l am perfectly aware of the futile and thankless task any one undertakes when he endeavours to propose a new plan, or amend an old one, but fearless of this knowledge I will solicit your permission at the present juncture, through the medium of your journal, to lay be fore the public a system of finance that is capable of greatly alleviating the pecuniary burden that must be en tailed upon this town in the execution of the " Rivington Pike scheme." The system I am about to depict has been acted upon with the most complete success in the United States and Canada, but there the oppressive currency laws do not exist that this country is afflicted with ; and had the United States been fettered with the stringent regulations of Sir Robert Peel's bills of 1819 and 1844, they would now, in stead of being a first-rate nation, not have been a fifth rate power. This assertion has been met with, " Oh, their's is only paper circulation, spurious and artificial ;" it may be so, hut it is also efficacious and beneficial, as their wonderful internal improvements testify, and the total absence of the severe distress that is the doom of the poor working man of this country. Is it not better to live happily and prosperously, though the means of doing so are artificial, than drag out a mise rable existence in wretched poverty, and be consigned to a premature grave, as thousands and millions have been, for the sake of upholding a circulating medium based upon gold, a system that adds to the rich man's wealth, but deprives the poor man of the little he has, and prevents his accumulating more ? It is neither my plan nor intention to enter into any currency disquisition, but stick to my text, which is the possibility of the necessary expense of the " Pike scheme" being greatly alleviated by the adoption of a certain sys tem of local currency, especially as far as relates to pay ment of wages, which must form a large item in the esti mate of expense. This proved, the beneficial este of the system will be obvious. The plan I am about to depict has been already before the public in a letter I did myself the pleasure of addres sing to the editor of the Mercury, which he politely in serted in his journal, 16th October last ; but knowing the almost general disgust with which the public receive any remarks npon currency or finance, it will be very few who read this, that I shall have to apologize to for a " twice told tal The system now proposed is for the Corporation to issue notes of convenient amount (as low as ten shillings may be necessary,) payable in cash twelve months after date; with these notes the workmen can be paid, and when the arrangements are understood there is scarcely a shop in the town that will not receive these notes - actly the same rate m tem, in Canada, is ter that i lation iths after the distress the st removing, would be too much int ter; yet I be , I am advocating h in n if cash were presented obtained the appr time currency;" and to prove of a great part of the papa ' will copy the heading of an agreement, now hundreds of persons of property and extant, signed intellept, as fc ' We, the and ed, having heard read the princi ples upon which the Newcastle District Accommodation Company is about being brought into operation, do give it our unqualified approval, and promise to support it as much as lays in our power, by freely receiving its notes f land, stock, goods, or anything we have to sell; al liquidation of debts due to us, upon exactly the as the notes of banks payable upon demand ca , or as for Thus, sir, you see the c .culation of these no ssue of established, an, Any person having land, an adva transferred to the COME (this t a very simple and effect in the distri air. me try, for which This - transfer time of making the ad note of hand, payabh amount he received cent. per annum. Thu £2OO, the bunt of his land of the deec yen shillings made the ban nee the mortea safe, and at the e had to give his at the rate of value authenticat k would, upon the t s after dat with their own notes that had twelve months to run, giv ing £95105. When this note of b'" land became t in its own not bank would receive as iiquina.,_ been dated six months or more, and renew again, as be fore, if required, or give back the deeds, and the transac tion was parliament v 3e believed that an act of the provincial tem ; but it wa iced for thus shewing that the plan n in operation, and is to this time first ac upper uanaoa, city improvements, which have been effected with little or from th tion, on its part, should receive ti for all d, circulating medium which is too' tr nds, thus at once forming a h witnted for is to be gold in one es- iren fa lem in , must sential point of view, which is the vaiL labour, and which labour had it be , have been paid for in gold had not these notes acted as its substitute. I will trace out the probable c notes from its issue to its reciemnt one note the systE 'arse of one of these ation a t remains in the po a shop m of the shopkeeper. e collector c o whom t paid and rece id of course obi The next same circulation ; not that I mean to imply this the limit of the circulation ; no, far from it will pass_from hand to hand, and in nine c answer the same purpose as a and neighbourhood. Without any infringement , for the notes ases out of ten be re-issued t nearer matur sovereign, both in the to;ia the remains] line mont ned by the Corp, ie ~(three ion, and )ration notes may tion by the Co This ret act of liquidation, an effectual one as if paid in gold. It will assuredly happen that many of these not e Corporation till past not be rec probably cash ,turity ; then as the Corporation will unque cash as well as ti• h can I , amount., amount of whicl: and th them acco: T own notes part of rl to meet the d el—tt.c. of course be known to the eashi, dredth part oft mg_ money or rates. Should anv objection bo made to any part of tl; b e system, or should I not be clearly understood, I shall be happy to explain the one or answer the other. I think it cann - }:at the is.- notes will be quit pense will be yr lot be proved but e as efficient sovereign e of these the ex- ialUe of t themselves, which should be of elaborate desi, cellent workmanship; and after a trial of ten y _ much deceived if the profit made by the casualties n sarily attending an extensive paper currency circul will not more than pay for the notes themselves; but the saving of interest and facility of operation, whi, far more than it is in the Dower o f o,ld gn and r _.—. vitect, are con siderations that ought to weigh with those who will hav, the management of the fiscal department. I will beg leave to add my conviction that if this system or something like it, be adopted, the " Pike scheme," in stead of being a burden and incubts on the town, will b the ver from the c nessed the cause. I I it exceeded the ways than one. Hoping you Lions of the most sanguii e me for trespas! valuable time and ,ce with this lei remain. Sir. gttiy cor; GEORGE'S HALL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sta,—ln your paper of Tuesday last I read some very judicious comments, regarding the dilatory manner in which the operations at St. George's Hall were conducted. I wish the press generally would take up this subject, and by the force of public opinion compel the Town Council to proceed more energetically in this great work. It would be economy, as you properly remark, to get the building finished. The Mercury of Tuesday last con tained a leading article condemnatory of the resolution which the Town Council has come to, not to open the courts for the assize business, until the hall is completed, and urged upon that body a reconsideration of the sub ject, upon the plea that those who attend the assizes can be expected patiently to bear any longer the inconve -ad annoyance which they have for years past ex - the want of accommodation in the pre '-,ow that the grievances which they .7.sily be remedied. The Mar is of rendering the new courts business at the next assizes, in stions ought to be adopted forth ver can form no adequate idea of ms's Hall, and there is not any perienced, from sent court have suffered can no available for the pu autumn, and the su with. A casual ob. the vastness of St. reasonable probability that, even with a moderate degree of exertion, it can be finished, in 'a manner in which it ought to be finished, in order to give eclat to its opening, in less than two years from the present time. The members of the Committee of Council, to whom the business connected with this building is entrusted, ought to inspect the works frequently, and take a pride in seeing every part of it completed in conformity with the designeof the great architect who was the author of this noble pile, and whose loss the country in general has just cause to lament. If there had been an active superin tendence of the works, on the part of the Committee, we shoUld not see the newly-finished ceilings of the corri dors, rooms, Bcc., cut to pieces, as is now the case, for the purpose of introducing th e gas pipes into the building. It requires neither architectural nor mechanical knowledge to suggest that such operations should be carried into ef fect, before the plastering is commenced, or, at all events, before the ornamental parts of it are completed. Then again, the immense scaffolding which has been erected in front otihe west portico, for the purpose of putting up ' l * 1 4 .. b of fifty per ce: lue, and t ;fer in Cant ,ry to that , to abolish al turn of Inded l the magnificent piece of sculpture which now adorns the building, is kept up, because it will be required for the carving of the inscription, which is to come under the sculpture. I understand that an inscription has been suggested, but that critics are disputing as to the pro priety of it. One would imagine that the point is not so very knotty a one, as to require months to settle it. In the interim not a stone can be laid for the completion of the approach, &c., to the building at the west portico, until the scaffolding be taken down.—l am, sir, &c., Liverpool, March A BURGESS General lifitsrellanv. A vessel arrived in London from Canton, has brought 60,000 canes, as a portion of her cargo. The health of the poet Wordsworth, who is now in his 80th year, is said to be rapidly declining. George Hudson, Esq. is at present making a tour through a portion of Ireland. The New York papers announce a telegraphic report that the great sea serpent is ashore. On Wednesday, the Mayor and Corporation of Hastings gave a grand entertaivment to the Lord Mayor of London. It is stated that the population of the county of Dur ham is, with the exception of Glamorganshire, increa sing faster than any other county in England or Wales. Incendiary fires are of nightly occurrence in the agri ultural 'ts districts, especially in the southern counties. The property consumed in many instances is very valuable. Mr. Gustavus Vasa Brooke, the actor, is a petitioner in London for relief from his debts, through the Insolvent Debtors Court. TEETOTAL PROGRESS.—An eminent firm in South ampton have announced that they will not sell coal to brewers or walsters. In the course of two days of last week, 36 small vessels, laden with potatoes, arrived in London from France, Belgium, and Holland. On Sunday morning, at the French Protestant Church, London, a young French lady publicly renounced the doctrines of the Church of Rome. Letters have been received from Sloperton, giving a most pathetic account of the decaying health of the poet Moore, whose death was daily apprehended. The Plymouth Town Council are about to lay down a number of glass pipes, jointed with gutta percha, as an experiment, for the conveyance of water. The shipwrights of Workington, like those of White haven, have returned to work without having obtained the object of their strike. Whilst a son of Mr. Miller, the extensive railway con tractor, was fishing in Scotland, a few days since, he fell from a cliff thirty feet high, and was drowned. Emma Sanderson was brought up on Friday for the murder of her infant; and, being proved insane, was or dered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. YOUTHFUL PASSION. Two boys at Cherry-bank, Perth, having quarrelled about a marble, one struck the other with violence. The boy who was maltreated be came ill, and died in four days afterwards Last week, Mrs. M Coven Garden, hung herself when in a state of tempo- Ary insanity, caused by the committal to prison of a institution guilty of deft Somerset On Saturday an influential deputation had an interview with Sir John Hobhouse, on the question of steam com munication with Australia. Sir John, after hearing several of the gentlemen explain their views, said that he would give his best attention to the subject; and he was anxious to see the object carried out. The Parliamentary Committee on the Manchester Rec tory Division Bill have fixed the salary of the dean, after the next voidance, at £l,OOO a year as dean, and £5OO as rector, and the salary of the canons at £6OO each ; and they propose to give the dean and all four canons (after the next voidance) the cure of souls in the parish. The Times compares the Financial Reform Association, with its enormous machinery of secretaries and branch institutes, by which nothing practical has been effected, to " the Dutchman who took a run of three miles to jump over the Scheid t, and when he came to its brink was so exhausted, that he was fain to sit down." Maria Reeder and Elias Lucas, who were found guilty at the last Cambridge assizes of the murder of Susan Lucas, the wife of the male culprit and sister of the female, were executed on Saturday morning at Cambridge. It is cal culated there were 30,000 persons present. The prisoners acknowledged the justness of their sentence. The Cairngorm mountain in Inverness-shire, is yielding greater abundance than ever of the kind of precious stone which goes by its name. One shepherd has got wealthy by the discovery of a splend 7 cl fragment of pure chrystal, weighing 101 b., which he found in what a gold-hunter of California would call a " placer" or pocket. PRACTICE NOT AS GOOD AS PRECEPT. —The chaplain of the Huntingdon union, who by his advocacy of free trade doctrines contributed to reducing the profits of the agricultural ratepayers, has bad his own salary reduced feom £6O to £3O, and grumbles terribly at this applica tion of the doctrine, "Do unto others as you would they should do unto you." The Marquis of Granby had a narrow escape from drown ing on Saturday last, while hunting with the Belvoir hounds between Melton Mowbray and Kirby. The fox crossed the river, and the noble marquis charged it at full speed, where it was an impossibility for any horse to leap over ; and it was with considerable difficulty the horse and rider were extricated. On Monday morning last, while two postmen were dis tributing a bundle of letters, at the corner of Leadenhall street, London, a parcel of fellows rushed on them, knocked them down, and ran away with all the letters. A man named James Brown has surrendered himself as one of the perpetrators of the robbery. He says he flung the bag into the Thames. CAUTION.—A fellow is sending round the country, from London, a circular, particularly addressed to clergymen, Wesleyan ministers, &c., and offering pecuniary assist ance, where required, upon really advantageous terms. No question exists as to the real character of the fellow whose attempts have induced two rev. gentlemen to address the Times upon the subject. Nearly the whole of the farm labourers in the parish of Cotgrave, seven miles from Nottingham, still refuse to take the reduced wages offered by their masters, this making the eighth week of their strike. On the 9th of February the masters ropt. anti flip!, flat the wages from 10s. to 9s. per week; and in a few weeks afterwards they were only Bs. This the workman refused. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—A few days ago, at Uxbridge, a youth, under twenty years of age, walked 20 miles in 1 min. 43 secs. less than three hours. For the first 300 yards the ground had a slight ascent, and thereafter a uniform level. The road was in good order when the youth, who weighed some Bst. 91b., started on his arduous undertaking. The weather was favourable. 'William Case, M.D., an elderly medical practitioner at Margate, was found guilty at th e D over quarter sess i ons of indecently assaulting a simple-minded girl, aged be tween fourteen and fifteen years, whose ruin he effected, the girl believing she was only acting according to her parents intentions in placing her under his care. if was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment ABSENCE op MlND.—Christopher Trotter witm one of the ses en the trial of James Hill, at the Dorchester s, last week, who reported to the judge the fact of having been robbed, while in the Crown Court, of 8 6d., discovered, upon his return to his lodgings, that his money was quite safe in the place where he had depo sited it for security until his return. HOMCEOPATIFY:—A public dinner took place in London on Wednesday to promote subscriptions for founding , a Homoeopathic Hospital. £1.500 were suhßerihed I",nrcl Robert Grosvenor presided. At another dinner the same day the Earl of Essex presided, and was supported by Lords F. Gordon, Maldon, and A. and G. Paget. The Duchess of Cambridge will be the patroness of the —During the past week, a number of lave been picked up on the Chesil beach by the Ts, some gold and some silver. We were shown (Chinese pieces) which were valued at 30s. each. Some were . in excellent preservation, and others were much worn by the constant attrition against the pebbles. The heavy ground seas during the past week have, no doubt, washed them up. ..,ions commenced at the Central Criminal Court, Jnclay. Richard Child Willis, " an elderly person of 'v appearance," and a clergyman, was found :Aiding several hotel keepers, by paying their scores with cheques on bankers with whom he had never had any account. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner was at one time possessed of an estate worth £2OOO a-year. While a few tenant's labourers were carousing at the " housewarming" of a farmhouse in the parish of Berrow, '.ire, on Monday week, the thatch ignited in consequence of the blazing fire which they had kindled on hearth. The revellers remained unconscious of the til a stranger ran into the house, and told them burning over their heads; and then the 'nguished before it had consumed the b the outbuildin.- hat the roof v fire could not be extra. dwelling house, thougi ..gs were saved. DREADFUL MURDER NEAR NEWPORT.—Mrs. Lewis, of Bassalleg, it would appear, from the circumstances in which her lifeless remains were found must g man.— THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRONMASTER'S QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—The first important meeting of the quarter was held in Wolver hampton on Wednesday. The meeting, as might have been anticipated after the preliminary conference held in Birmingham a fortnight ago, was flat and unsatisfactory. The prices of last quarter were maintained, but it was understood that these have been modified to meet the peculiar circumstances of individual firms i • in fact, to borrow the language of othe r s, " a p u bli c ra t e of price is declared, while these prices are discounted for the sake of orders, or to get rid of stock." At Epsom, on Friday, an unfortunate accident, which occurred while the horses were running for the principal event, threw a damp on the enjoyment of the race. The platforms of a temporary stand on the right of the grand stand, fell in with a tremendous crash. As some hun dreds had stationed themselves on it to see the race, the terror and confusion which ensued may be conceived. Owing, providentially, to the low elevation of the plat form, no lives were lost ; but four or five persons were carried off with fractured limbs and several others were severely injured. At the New Court, London, on Tuesday, a respectable looking young man, who had been eight years in the ser vice of Messrs. Swann and Edgar, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with embezzling Is. 6d., the property of his employers. Mr. Huddlestone, on behalf of the prosecutors, strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his previous good conduct, believing that this was his first offence. The Common Sergeant sentenced him to eight days' imprisonment in Newgate.— This is one of those cases which ought never to have been brought into court. "If every man had his deserts, who would 'scape whipping ?" • TREMENDOUS STORM.—From an early hour on Friday morning the appearances of the atmosphere in the me tropolis indicated an approaching storm. As the day ad vanced, the clouds became more black and portentous ; and at 12 o'clock darkness prevailed to such a degree that business of all kinds had to be transacted by artificial lights. Soon after that hour the rain fell in torrents, sel dom equalled, accompanied at intervals by vivid flashes of lightning, and heavy peals of thunder, which had a most terrific effect. The storm then ceased, and there was sun shine until four o'clock, when the rain recommenced, and with occasional thunder, continued until seven o'clock. Bird and his wife, who were recently acquitted at Exe ' ter, on the charge of murdering Mary Ann Parsons, have been apprehended on a charge of having assaulted that unfortunate child. The prisoners were panic struck, as they had entertained an idea that no further proceedings would take place. They were examined on Saturday before the magistrates, and were both crying bitterly as they were conducted from the bridewell to the county magistrates' office. During the course of the proceedings the female prisoner was taken so ill that her removal be came necessary, and the further proceedings were ad journed. ANOTHER FATAL WRECK.—Letters received on Tues day at Lloyd's state the loss of the bark Emma, Captain Christie master, belonging to Dundee, on her passage from Newcastle to Montreal, on one of the Orkneys. Her fearful position was observed from the shore, but it was 'utterly impossible to render any assistance to the The poor fellows took to the rigging, and their cries and gestures for help were truly heart-rending ; their sufferings, however, were but of short duration, for within half an hour the masts were carried away, and the whole of the unhappy creatures met with a watery grave. The hull of the ship was shortly broken up. A dreadful accident befel the Rev. George Prettyman, of Great Carlton. eldest son of the Chancellor of Lincoln, on Saturday afternoon last. He was passing through a hedge with a gun in his hand ; its contents were unhap pily lodged in his body; and in a few seconds he was a corpse. The whole neighbourhood, by whom he was de servedly respected and beloved, are thrown into the utmost consternation and grief, especially the family of the Rev. W. Smyth, of Elkinton Hall, to whose daughter he was on the point of being united in matrimony. The very week in which his marriage was to have taken place will be that of his funeral. SIR JOHN Ross's EXPEDITION.—Extract of a letter from the Earl of Hardwicke to Sir John Ross Sydney Lodge, Southampton, April 9.—A man at your time of life undertaking on his own means so severe and arduous a service is a rare and splendid example of devotion to friendship and service. If my refusal to subscribe towards it would stop you, I would act on this selfish and stingy suggestion ; but, as I see by the subscription list you are likely to gain the required sum, I shall give my mite to so good a cause. You will, therefore, find £5O at your disposal at Messrs. Cocks and Co., 43, Charing cross. Wishing you from my heart all possible success." ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.—Last week, a diabolical attempt wes made by four men to assassinate Mr. W. Butcher, one of the most respectable cutlers of Sheffield. Four men attempted the deadly work by means of a hand-grenade, but they fortunately failed in their wicked intentions. Three men, under circumstances of grave suspicion, have been committed to York Castle, to take their trials for the offence. Mr. W. Butcher and his partner (Mr. S. Butcher) have had some disputes with their workmen, and it is strongly suspected the trades unionists have had some hand in promoting the base attempt upon the life of the former gentleman. A strange scene occurred at St. Peter's, in Eastgate Church, Lincoln, on Sunday week. A simple man named Hardwick was " asked" for the first time to a widow named Salter having ten children for a dowry, No sooner had the customary command been given, " If you know any just cause or impediment," &c., than up jumped a person named Herringshawe and forbade the marriage, on the ground that lie had a prior claim to the widow with half a score children. The man proceeded to give his notion of the validity of his pretence, and the scene became so ludicrous that many of the congregation could scarcely repress a hearty roar of laughter. Ncds and becks did not silence the eager competitor for the widow's love and bantlings, and the clerk was obliged to go up and tell him to hold his tongue. He was taken into the vestry after the service, and reproved. DISTRESS IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS.--By a letter, dated " Hillside, Unst, Bhetland, 28th March, 1850," from Mr. John Ingram, minister of the Free Church, Unst, Shetland, it appears that the inhabitants of the Shetland Isles are again on the brink of famine. The writer states that " the crops of last year are the worst produced since 1838. The corn did not yield above half the average quantity of meal, and that of very inferior quality. There was a failure in the 'potato crop to a large extent, and the quality was unprecedentedly bad." The small fish which used to swarm around the shores, and which, with potatoes, were the chief food in these islands have, this season, almost wholly deserted the coast, and the people have had nothing to subsist upon but the little meal which their crops produced, and the few bad potatoes which some of them saved. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—On Thursday, Madame Sontag appears, for the first time this season, in her celebrated part of Susannah, in Mozart's " Nozze di Figaro," with such a cast as, for completeness, this opera has never boasted of. For it includes Parodi and Cathe rine Hayes, Coletti, Calzolari, Belletti, and Lablache. The celebrated " Zarabanda," in a part destined for this opera by its immortal composer, will be danced in its appropriate place (the wedding scene), by Carlotti Grisi and Marie Taglioni (the ruling favourite). Amalia Ferraris will, immediately after, dance a new pas; and then will follow the grand scena of " Lucia," by Sims Reeves. To add to this magnificent bill of fare, there will be the " Ice Ballet," in which Carlotti Grisi will dance two of her most celebrated p as , an d M ar i e T ag li on i , the new " Seguidella," with its enchanting Moresque attitudes, music, and costumes. The whole will conclude with that most popular of scenes and dances, the " Pas des Patineurs." GIVING A PRISONER THE BENEFIT OF A DOUBT. — The following scene took place at the Town-hall, Graves end, a short time since :--" Recorder.—Gentlemen of the jury, the prisoner at the bar is indicted for stealing a piece of meat, the property of the prosecutor. You have heard the evidence, and if you have any doubt upon your minds, you must give th prisoner the benefit of such doubt. Jury turn round in box—much whispering— sagacious nods, with repeated reference to notes—judge fidgetty from delay—prisoner from fear jury turn round —silence.) The Town-clerk.—How say you, Gentle men, " guilty-," or " not guilty ?" Foreman.— " Guilty ;" but we recommend him to mercy. Recorder (surprised).—On what grounds ? Foreman.—Because we don't think he's the man. We don't think there is sufficient evidence of " indentity." Recorder.-1 told you before, gentlemen, that if you have any doubt, you . 7e the prisoner the benefit of the doubt. Fore- Well, then, we find him Guilty. PRICE OF WHEAT FROM .ABROAD.—The Manchester Guardian has been endeavouring to show, by elaborate " account sales," that corn cannot be brought from New York unless at an expense of Is. Bd. per quarter for freight and other charges beyond what is charged for home grown produce. An eminent corn merchant has, however, shown the absurdity of this. He says : " From these sales it would appear that English wheat had a pro tection against American to the extent of 9s. Bd. per qr. ; such, at least, would appear to be the inference, and thus it is considered by many parties with whom I have con versed upon the subject. Now, in order to make it fully and clearly understood by parties not acquainted with the question, allow me to say, that supposing the same four cargoes of wheat had been shipped from Cork or Limerick, in Ireland ; Leith or Grangemouth, in Scotland ; Wisbeach, Ipswich. Linn, or Boston, in Eng land ; the result of expenses would have been the same as from New York, with the exception of about 3s. per quarter, viz., duly ls., and extra freight and charges 2s. ; all the other charges for commission, &c., would have been precisely the same in each case. So that England is only protected against New York by about 3s. per quarter on wheat, and not 9s. Bd." THE GREAT EXHTBlTlON.—Altogether the nrospects of the grand affair are the reverse of encouraging. The total subscriptions, so far, are miserably inadequate to the object proposed to be accomplished, and certainly it may be said that a royal comm i ss i on , pur p or ting to raise money at home and promote the interests of foreigners as well as natives, is at least novel. if not unconstitu tional. In addition to the recent ominous announcement in the Times, of the paucity of subscriptions, we find, in reference to the same subject, the following significant paragraph in a letter from the Manchester Correspon dent of the Daily News :—" The movementin favour of the great Industrial Exhibition of 1851, has hitherto made but little progress down here. It must have struck every one that the subscriptions, though fair in amount, were comparatively few in number for such a wealthy and populous district; and, however great may be the respect for the bishop and mayor, at the head of the local committee, unless other means more energetic than those yet adopted shall be tried, no great success will come of the scheme in this neighbourhood." Such, we may say, is the tenour of accounts from every part of the country ; and we teel satisfied that the hopes of carrying the pro ject to a successful issue have become seriously diminished. The assertion of Lord Brougham as to the metropolis is probably too true, that not a few of the subscriptions already announced ars far from being free.will offerings.. FARM RAILWAYS..—We have this week witnessed, at Mr. Crosskill's Agricultural Machine Works, Beverley, two sets of farm railways in working order, with two turn tables, points, sidings, &c., connected with portable mov ing rails. We were shown, upon what Mr. Croskill calls his two-ton-rail, four waggons, each loaded with one ton and a half of soil, and one with straw. They were managed by one horse and two men, evidently proving that manure can be put on, and produce taken off, the land by those railways. One great peculiarity in the use of this rail is that manual labour is so much cheaper than with ordinary roads, as one horse, with two men, will do more work than four horses and four men by the present plan. Whilst admiring the evident strength of the rails, and convinced by what we witnessed of the great perma nent saving in the number of men and horses which the use of these rails would effect, we were not forgetful that, after all, its principal commendation would be its cheap ness. We were surprised to learn that their cost would not be more than ss. per yard.—Hull Advertiser. THE OLD POOR LAW AND THE NEW.—The average annual expenditure of the several parishes comprised in the Newcastle Union, for the last three years of the old poor law, as given in the third report of the Poor Law Commissioners was £15,049 ; it is now £32,629, or more than double th e amount. From March to September, 1849, the expenditure of the Union was £14,321 ; during the same period of 1850, it will be £18,493, being an in crease of nearly a third. But, that is not the whole of the increase, for the price of food, which ought to form the chief element of poor law expenditure has diminished above a third, relatively enhancing the value of money in a corresponding ratio, so that the £18,493 to be collected from the rate-payers of the Union for the half-year end ' ing in September next, will be equivalent to at least £24,657 before the reduction took place, or taking the whole year, to £43,505. To what cause is this great in crease to be ascribed ? Much of it is no doubt due to the increase of pauperism, consequent on the general depres sion of all industrial interests in the country, by the es tablishment of what is erroneously called free-trade, but there are grave suspicions abroad that the new system of poor law management is also grievously in fault.—New castle Journal. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A most lamentable accident occurred on Tuesday, which has plunged the family of the Rev. J. G. Fardell, of the Rectory, Sprotbrough, into the deepest distress. On the forenoon of that day the nurse had been desired to take the youngest child, a fine healthy infant, about 17 months old, out for an airing, on a pony which had been used for some time in the family. The child was placed in a pannier, or basket, fastened on the pony's back, and was also tied down in the basket to prevent its falling out. The pony, however, had not gone far before it began to kick and plunge most violently, and the basket becoming loose, slipped under the pony's belly. The child was still held in the basket by a strap which went round its body, and was fastened to the wicker work, and to free itself from the incumbrance the pony continued kicking and plunging until the strap which held the child gave way, and it rolled on to the ground. The screams of the nurse had in the meantime attracted a labourer who was at work hard by, to the spot, and he came up just as the nurse was taking up the child. The little sufferer was dreadfully bruised and cut. One of its legs was broken in two places ; there was a large incised wound in the thigh, and its head was one mass of contused bruises. It died the same afternoon. No blame is imputed to the servants.—Doncaster Chronicle. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—Fifty-one committees have made a return of their first subscription lists to the Roya Commissioners. The sums announced were :—Bath , £B9 ; Belfast, £315 ; Bingley, £B2 ; Birmingham, £333; Blackburn, £4OO ; Bolton, £470 ; Bradford, £llOO ; Bridgnorth, £l7 ; B r i s t o l,£s27 ; Bristol (ladies), £6 Cambridge (town), £119; Cambridge (University), £109; Canterbury, £23 ; Cardiff, £95 ; Derby. £259 ; Devon port, £63 ; Dover, £27 ; Dudley, £245 ; Falmouth, £2O ; Gloucester, £67 ; Guildford, £4l ; Halifax, £561 ; Hartlepool, £39 : Hereford, £37 ; Huddersfield, £784 ; Lancaster, £B3 ; Kendal, £lO5 ; Kensington, £221 ; Leeds, £1283 ; Llanelly, £l2O ; L on d on an d Westmin ster, .28,360 ; London and Westminster (tallies), £975 ; Manchester, £3300; Newcastle, £414; Newcastle-under- Lyne, £5O ; Newport, Monmouth, £33; Norwich, £330; Nottingham, 0 ; Oxford, 0 ; Preston, £2OO ; Ramsgate, £34 ; Sheffield, £844 ; Stafford, £29 ; Stirling, £3B ; Stockport, £292 ; Tamworth. £33 ; Tewkesbury, £2O ; Warrington, £llO ; Wexford, £3 ; Wi gan , £17 4 ; Whitehaven, £65 ; incisor, &c., £238 ; Wolverhamp ton, £237 ; York, £l2O. In addition to these returns the Royal Academy had voted £5OO, and the Mercers' Company £lOO. The Manchester subscription was the contribution of thirty gentlemen only. BLIND LAWMAKING.—The Rev. Mr. Frost, addressing a Yorkshire meeting on the deficiency of the Ten Hours Bill, said :—" The way in which it has been evaded for cibly reminded him of an American story. One of the States passed an Act that no dog should go at large with out a muzzle, and a man was brought up for infringing the statute. In defence he alleged that hi s d og h a d a muzzle. ' How is that ? quoth the justice. 'Oh (said the defendant), the Act says nothing of where the muzzle should be placed ; and as I thought the animal would like the fresh air, I 'put the muzzle on his tail' (laughter). Or perhaps the working of the Ten Hours Bill would be better illustrated by a German anecdote. The burgo master of a German town, owing to the frequency of rob beries in consequence of the darkness of the streets, issued an edict that no person should go out at night without a lantern. A delinquent was charged with infringing the statute. He pleaded that he had a lantern, but as the order said nothing of a candle he had not used one ! The order was amended and a candle directed ' • but the same offender again got o ff, b ecause h e pleaded that he had a lantern and a candle, and as he was not ordered to light it he had not done so (laughter). So at last the order was finally amended, and it was directed that every man should have a lantern containing a candle, and that candle lighted (roars of laughter and great applause). Now, the Declaratory Act of Lord Ashley provided for the lantern and the candle, and required that the candle should also be lighted" (applause). DEFEAT OF THE ANTI-STATE -CHURCH AND THRONE PARTY.—On Tuesday week, at Bishops' Stortford, the Republican Anti-State-Church Association had one of its meetings broken up by a body of opponents. The meeting assembled in the large room at the Corn Ex change. After the chairman (W. Hawkes, Esq.) had opened the meeting, and the first resolution had been moved, Mr. Williams rose; but, before he had uttered many sentences, he had the lie given to his assertions, and was interrupted by whistling, hooting, and other noises proceeding from th e en d of t he room. The spea ker, however, persevered, and an occasional lull enabled him to make some progress; but as he was commenting on the judgment in the Gorham case the clamour was renewed, three cheers being occasionally given for " the* Church," and catcalls and whistles being also freely in requisition. By this time the meeting had been thrown into a state of great confusion ; the disturbers fired off crackers, and pelted those who were on the platform with eggs. This, of course, made " confusion worse con founded;" in the midst of which the gas was turned off and the place left in darkness ! It is impossible to de scribe the scene which followed. Every one rose from his seat ; those who were standing struggled with each other, and cries of " Police !" and " Lights !" mingled with the sobs of fainting females. Several minutes elapsed before a few candles were procured, and then Mr. Williams came forward, and begging the audience to re main said he would make way for Mr. Burnet, who might, perhaps, meet with greater favour than he had. Vain hope ! Mr. Burnet was received with such a cho rus of whistling, screaming, and yelling, that his voice was overpowered and he was compelled to desist. Find ing it utterly useless to proceed, the deputation, after conferring with their friends, announced that the meet ing was adjourned till ten o'clock the next morning, when, as Mr. Burnet said, they could better see " who were the naughty boys." Some time elapsed before the people separated, several angry altercations taking place between the contending parties, who were standing in groups both in the hall and in the street. DARING OUTRAGE.—In one of the most healthy parts near Clifton, in a large handsomely furnished house, re sides a highly respectable farmer, with a wife possessed of no ordinary attractions, and they have been in the habit of letting out apartments to families of respectability. On Thursday a tall, stout, well-dressed man, wearing co loured spectacles, called at the house, and represented to Mrs. that he had been recommended to her house by the Rev. Dr. D—, of Clifton, and he wished to take apartments for the season for himself, his wife, two chil dren, and three servants. M rs . proceeded to show him the apartments on the ground floor, and whilst exa mining them, he managed to fish out from her that her husband and the servants were absent on the farm, and that she was the only person in the house. He then de sired to see the bedrooms; but Mrs. told him they were precisely similar in size to those below. He still persisted that he should like to see them, and on Mrs. telling him his lady would be the most proper person to examine the bedding, he still pressed her, and told her she need not be afraid of him, as he was the father of a family. Unfortunately Mrs. was thrown off her guard, and went up stairs to show him the bed-rooms. Immediately on their entering one of them, the ruffian laid hold of her, and a struggle ensued, in which the lady's garments were very much torn, and her shoulder was much lacerated. The unfortunate lady, having escaped the grasp of her opponent, rushed to the staircase, with a view of escaping by the front door ; but her foot slipped, and she was precipitated to the bottom of the staircase, followed by the ruffian, who jumped on her, and dragged her to the door, which he secured by locking it. He then dragged her by the legs into the parlour, where he actually tore her dress and under garments to pieces. The lady still struggled with her ravisher, when he pulled a hand some gold watch out of his pocket, and offered it to her if she would comply with his wishes ; but she indignantly refused it. He then put his hand into his pocket, and from the brutal manner in which he had already served her, she, imagining that he was about to murder her, im plored him not to cut her throat, and to spare her honour. It was his handkerchief, however. which he drew out, and with which he proceeded to bind her hands. The lady still struggled with the ruffian till she became senseless, and was found by her husband, on his return home, quite inanimate, the brutal ruffian having effected his purpose, and escaped, owing to the insensible state of his victim. The police have been put in possession of the facts, but the fellow has as yet eluded discovery. The unfortunate lady now lies in a most precarious condition, having, since the outrage, had a succession of hysteric fits. RHEUMATISM EFFECTUALLY CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S sPILLS.t—y in A sergeant Hobart pr of o w o n ne ha o d f the n r for yeantrssdnoiningargtyarrrtio rheumatism ; he was unde the care of the regimental surgeons, but deriving the least benefit from their treatment, in despair had recourse to Holloway's Pills, and, as by ami e, this invaluable medicine has been the sole means perfectly curing him, and he now enjoys the best of health. For obvious reasons, the names of the sergeant and the regiment are withheld ; but Major W,alcirrof Hobart Town s will voe s ek fob 019,Ilmraoy of, 043 stoWileat,_ 1 011 le 1 8 April 16 t the county ..c —....;.. ' A USEFUL LESSON FOR ME F A .6 :4 4 s o , I3II ITAO in the opinion of persons well proaching ruin of a large portion of the agrici l ,, The Times A sa g ff ri o c l u k ltu th ra u l s Ccooomllmyiscosionnteeo3l;:::E, pli.El.l('',Eß444/Teiii "The position of the Suffolk farmers still rettp f or qualified to l tinas od at antt )'oll, gen doubtful character, and it is feared that a con .ebt4l •h e fun th 0 Ivo a, di handed prices will bring ruin upon most of those svb navy e ver stater, a „ ing with borrowed capital. Such capital is us tanc e, , S n : s "' from relatives or a neighbouring farmer of sobs ,„ to r . o ttiie ,, s o confidence in the ability and integrity of the Par' s ' e fei„ 11ey er , Da1, 1 : 1 2ng I lends. And it must not be concluded that becat o ' re 0 , so( 14 :`,Y ca have taken place the farmers are complaining IP bf c; thi s .. ' acs the necessity warrants. A farmer may stare Pray C are ch e f h o i r s a e x c p o e n n s s i c d s e , ra a n b Ide period; e v d i n o g d v ; butuwghaelnl whelp e t o fi s o i e a s. ve4 e i sas s i t e , 1 . Ilztlile4lZrre dui llPee( ~ .siad , 0 7i-- complete. Unlike a tradesman, he has no oh' The 0 6 i t turer to set him up on credit a second time. a nd 0 , rr.Ql t e li met ty f oh a na l l d s t nhooent faith adequatei i t e friends upd a i "a:tie theorists, tiv e s , en t, a ha~•enoi; .- 4 rad es preferential claim secures the safety of the r „ o il ~ si tes di . ns a compensation for reduced prices, and bu s iness P ]Y a hoo tG sav til: coursein en t t unnecessary sa t m o e tai r k is o k f bageattienifaTrmoinsugcahja;nrgeoar,4 iiiatt , l:t a ilri Y e to i who n , t i e f P til e „ I rnln that they were ever tempted to enter on a t itif 'd wV t ,, l f `A 'ttig Yet to this "complete ruin" we are subu' l try At,, 1140111o' admitted to be "an experiment" SuPP °se n t sr, ,solo a fai!ure; that Mr. Richard Cobden turn t i l t : bf m r charlatan, and that we are driven at log" r r manufacturer to set them up on credit burst of popular indignation, to retrace oli or return to a protective system. Alas for the P ° 4 ,110 that have meanwhile been laid prosttat'„noo is complete. Unlike a tradesman, they 0";coodm ogtetlitnliireotneet:roei Let our agricultural friends accept the lessn e stit I very candid advocate of high farming , a n' , r tbe t selves in time to avert the doom predicted I° ----....—...—......--.". Of rrms Of THE FREE TRADE ADVOCAs,-- daitnda rthr,eatifititY,i' PRICES (Pr om zii k oe 1 1:4 11 1; 4 nters of a be th." ther ( W11" 110 1e 4111 4 1 1 ) : 41 , 41 t f O r r li ,hol 'ar jeTt thOt 44,414, ~j d any b qh 'llat sac t bott—gilii - kr Ntitill,tt The organs of the fr ee t ra d e p a rty wil l by p themselves under the suspicion of "bulling market for some purposes of their own. T he re l i t Economist, and the Manchester Guardian :00/ to prove to us by figures, and tables of c a l' fa ille, most ingenious construction, that grain i ca . 4;9; in price, and that it is absurdly low already ' l l supplies need be expected either from the or from the continent of Europe. Yet P rices ell fall in all our le a di ng corn mar k ets , a nd earg f to arrive from north, south, east and wes t-- co l # —"Another, and another, still th e io to the sad conste rna ti on of holders, and receiving them as retu rns f or yarns a nd ea" u por We are sorry that we can afford no exP ec a st , excellent journalists of an y presen t improv e ;l o l o 4 tain for them any cer t a i n t y o f w h a t is the 0 , 3 to which grain is lik e ly t o f a ll . W e can not a,r no t a reduction of is. per quarter in freight win he st additional rush to our mar k ets, or that 1 %0° 4 even be brought o ver as b a ll ast . Thus far' o ofr of the corn markets have defied the ca lculatie de f f experienced merchants, and th e y m ay we li to ho ce ,h, dilettante journalists. The world seein g :iea°* li\LN r ,te it7Y th el - I k t ti t te tek t 4t ie telltl 4 e! e; k C;6l ' 4l orf, 44 e t°4 tt i tI cle e h it .of' p 444 t i tg ari fr r : 4 ny r t o llll !he 'l4lll mined to cram us to repletion, and we ell f vain. A poor tu r k e y, d ur i ng t h e proce ss 0 ros clir for the spit, could not, if sensible of his aPP 001 be more disgusted with every fresh ulea l ' o d traders are with the food which the foreigue to our shores. Whence this apprehension, amounting to to V low price of the poor man's loaf, which' 4 '. 5 ? ferred upon him such i nes ti ma bl e blessing well remember a peri o d w h en . an d the Par° we were told th a t we cou ld not h ave t o o ra r ° , l c 3 What change " has c ome over th e ten or 0 1 the: It cannot be the farmers, whose ease There must be some motive for this a" -- 0 prices, which is not patent to our limited ee We were told also that, with free-trade i t ?, $i Britain was to b ecome th e granary o f t` - er y foreigner is making her so ; and yet the t 0 prophesied this consum mat i on are the firs of its accomplish men t. Th e i r language t, grower is eil44<at the t th krlEl "Vb 11.!'ath 411 k 1 1 , i; 411 ;e7 s ire „,thirve o iPt to 11 ( .' 4 SOI ta rli k e l : Dr Yottr 4:)a q 4 tic 4,_ soo e tibl( - v n; e 4l l.l l . ti ttai 71e11tin Z i t rn ' et 2 c i 3 .000 ki 41. 4 cih e te ee h 10:-R -is( timeo Dariaos ac dons ferealees; Has our boasted capital vanished ? Have : l ost Is it less profitable t o th e British. merchant of Europe should b e i n th e ware h ou ses "„ London, and Hull, than in those of the 5 Baltic, the German ocean, and the Black Sec t; outcry against low prices and increased icsP, ° „ r o comprehension, onless:we may i m pute it t`',,,e ing in high places, th a t somet hi ng like t°,,`" t exploded sliding scale i s requ i re d t o Prot e',9 farmer from being swamped by foreign CO de r extraordinary periods like the present. tion of that system Great Britain was „ t o world's granary. U n d er th e presen t sYsr , o ft, destined only to be the p er p e t ua l rece ptacle. 0 of markets of the world, to the total subraersle industry. f 4 a e a "_ r el op °Ys 4 ge( e l Pi . the o 3f WOMAN'S LOVE.—Mary Noble a pplie-1 fo r c e the Clerkenwell Police-co ur t on Tburse:d :e and assistance. The unfortunat e •-tro t 9 woman called to the re c oll ec ti on o f th e flan'' November last her throat was cut by a Yol °g Corby, for which off ence h e i s un d er s ent e ' ,, ;,/ portation for 15 years. Sh e was anx i o us 0° as man and wife, and s h are hi s difficulties ; 11 under them. Mr. Co m b e as k e d w h at co ld° . desire to connect herself aga i n t o a ma n 01 " murder her? She r e pli e d, w hil e tears rol l cheeks, that she knew he loved her, an d what he was about at the time he attacked h er they existed her heart would be devoted t c ' t She was anxious to get into a situation for,, a Mr. Combe inquired if sh e h a d ever heenrintolle/ said she had as servant of all work. Mr. g o thought it would be advisable for her t, / ° t be Luke's workhouse, a n d h e wou ld recomt aec"e authorities to obtain her a pl ace . After 50 t the poor creature said s h e wou ld ra ther n i ° be inmate of a poor hous e if it cou ld possi"'to Mr. Combo remarked that he was anxious li tho and would strongly a d v i se h er t o g i ve oP ° becoming the wife of the p r i soner . She her ; s however strange it might a pp ear , suc h 17-apftlot/th 4 hope. Mr. Combe : Are his f r ie n ds aware - yes, and anxious for it. His father, inothencoo sister ; in fact, all his relations are. I ‘ ll% t he only recommend her, th en , t o memor ialise ic iti) br of State, who would of course eomrrunica; t c. o e cellent judge that presided on the trial 0r 758 " 0 0 did not imagine that in such an atrociou s " " 0 .0 I,e' i; I would be gratified. The unfortunate Y,,eu c i e cl c e p/ I pressed her gratitude for the attention att° r • p g HEROIC CONDUCT.—On Sunday I : o ° r°l ,. Vvero brig Bravo, of Newcastle, went on shore iletp o Castle on the Northumberland coast, sc''. - o ,p c bpt e o le b v i e e n w m as en br a a n v d el o y n l e au w n o c m h a e n d , t t b oo t k he t i o r the rig , sing the ship, was driven into Berwick hl i ;elo s to men encountered a heavy sea, which threa,', o l d / moment to overwhelm them. Providential:,,/ y isgi r o,l Berwick, though much exhausted. After trig rocket apparatus, which unfortunately .18rnee ion ropes breaking, another boat with eigh t r ol‘e off to the wreck. The first wave which b._, 0 5 ei boat nearly filled her, and struck the steerX e it9,l the steersman's hand, who narrowly escaPl", 0 113 , 0 1 i d over board. After the most heroic strugg"4,o d breathless interest of the. spectators, an tiles_,A, exclamations of the women assembled on se c' boat rounded the vessel, where three of tb , e ,,ri slid down the rigging to the end of the boa'co"p were hanging by the ropes and sails. The p la daughter, a girl of fifteen, had taken refui - o t top, and the remainder of the sailors c 13i 0 , 5 5 h t m h e a e r mlbo e riggingfastrigging se t hs o ehd e a s tn c o a a p ipn e ige t c h oe e vs e d .r a at s hn h ed o ,s f i dteh,e thes e , a joi t erigoo opportunity, the girl was first t a ken a e t e i t i ; ge o t w o ree° men on the bowsprit were next draggeu ble to and the remainder of the crew, being tina,„ Ol e o slightest assistance, threw themselves inc e cbe e b e p w e e o r p e le r rescued est shore. the . T b h o e at' g s re cr a e te w s , t amid (ang etro hie, jiotr crew was still to be encountered. The Seed " 10 0 A sixteen men, two boys, and a girl, half e r t he or and destitute of anything to bale her, aft e o ° ol oar, and the breaking of another, vva., s o bee ° /0 mercy of the elements, and it would hav t os o , madness to attempt to land. The b oa lea p t T . quence driven about by the sea, but Bt ag ealc iu to guidance of Providence and good tan safe f i t brave crew, they succeeded in getting a' ~1550 ?) Island in the evening. „ rh col°" - fie,, ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINART.- - . a certain nobleman arrived lately in his s ./ .4 / i islands of the Outer Hebrides, to Ili a 's - el° °° link; collection of rents, &c. One of the s t w h e e meats really carried into effect, Was o gee °oil" young Mr. M—, of from anf eo pte° oo e o o ri had only been recently appointed. N,,°! Tr 0i5 51 „10,,K,4 unpopular and ill-advised act, Mr. LA" is bec l :o l y," said, and believed by all in the place.; wish of 104 appoint the well-known hopes and vos bet o OVO in another and more i n t eres ting quartcrhli, co,ft„ M—, of B—, t was not to be won b y ot t oP t e e) , plenipotentiary. She was determined , 0 t his / a should not be further inj ure d, and that slta ° ;o 4 / 4 commissioner, with all his legal acuirc ii ',: or s fge` o e!,. witted ; for he had gone but a fe w 1 , - 0 5 , g , 11 , ° to r l with her refusal to comfort him, whe n fog itic e litb",l , ", and his Jessie eloped together. The r each lie De r e t.,,t) were pursued, and captured before theY.. se ° f _ w er t ,f land, and the lady carried off to the ho' bu oi gli f 9 it w nw h soth er n e latl s ryg h e e tie w hd a a s tlfo c - losely guarded. The I° s e t a t y• twenty-four bray not to be done: he arrived off the eo c a olo pa re e/, for " young Donald." The man on g to pro ea WO d teh ec er k et e a d i n b er o s a , ts w , curing any succour. Mr. 111-- --an ,ithou t h o icLte obtained access into the house, and, - ie, ter4 post of the gated bis v i o ter,i o o :i f i details, suffice it to be said that Je ss , u lelib r ., o te e t 7l / 4 , same bed-room with her aunt, was g 9 .- he r and, as soon as dressed, in the arms (;) was, u se i 0 dearest friend, The uncle, of c olor s ; ro o - ti L oc lopiii from his slumbers, but only to °,°„ d the o d 1 ) 0' 1 4 part. Mr. M— peremptorily ask to ?" a u ti presence of all, " Are you a magist ra swering in the affirmative, Mr. M. _..d. J lion, at the same time taking her 1 ),", ; A yillA o lor d o„1 1 my wife?" and on her emphatiettal.,, replied, " And I am your hasbalf a. 11“ c t igrite i li adroitly executed part of the dlr e, gr. 8, 11 00 d, b /i 4 d, our readers can peruse this narra t s l a v fo ly 00 v od c oati and their faithful retainers were , ao bing L beN, for the opposite shore. Such.a e _': o f 01,0 exploit we scarcely expected to a' days ! trl cen . t 7 tr c y a : u i r t i i i s o w v o rn rt a h l y . of the 611C1e 14 haonsvdouldveodts_ttost ,1109." 7. ii;' , eitt c'nsist. t,v e 1 , i11.. 5 are as 11 tht' 1 41 th ,, ngi t aa tt at 'd lic °fill me t • tllebt f ,p.. 4 tit laah lt i rk,,,,, as ~. •,..ei ° ttu e l; De r [? ° °n tll E licyo ti ' a sv P s r. LaYa; , , g t ° 11°1 )I iv. tf , %11), 411, kitty th 'ears 4)l‘ " ri wev 11,110,4,„) . e l' p ea at hageht, f'on't i ‘ q mo;:'the 'j,(l at tl t Vtd'i t'"h e i e,. l 4 11 t 1 =tll, I k ti - m ar4 7: ll l, 41, 4 4 . ,,t0,,!ti1 1e „ t 8 Z 'Ni v P4 ti .Slll • • 11 • NI 4Nt• 141F/I ' , ( tr•tA 14 kt• 1,4,„ lo ti. , 1 a •• ~ TA, t t it4 t 4t • •• , • • 14 1 '' q qt; t1' ••• I (1) 11 '4 4' 1 4; • t.kt t .,, kl '!ZZ' 444l 4 qa?rid t , • I tiq' 4klei;tzqekt 1 te Pk , itN k° I , ' .".: a t ! —av a • )AN (lar ; la " r il l t A 4 : 4 !1 4 % k4 t tie ° 444 favourite son The Rev. Canon Bowles, one of our own poets, and whose controversy with Byron may be recollected by many, died at Salisbury on the 7th inst., at the advanced age of 89. - On Tuesday evening, between six and seven o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Carpenter, Moss's alley, London, by which Mrs. Carpenter, wife of the owner of the property, lost her life. The inhabitants of Malvern formally resolved, at a public meeting held on Tuesday last, that the town should not be lighted with gas, on the ground that it might be a nuisance to the visitors. Nearly all the provincial journals notice every week the departure of numbers of respectable farmers and others on their way to America and other places, to seek the " protection which is denied them here. The bodies of various persons, men, women, and children, have been cast up. during the week, by the sea on the coast near the scene of the disastrous wreck of the Royal Adelaide. The death of a young female in the Agapemone, or Abode of Love, near Bristol, has occasioned much ex citement, but it appears that she died of an affprtinn of Sir E. Knatchbull has closed, for three years, his im mense and magnificent mansion at Mersimm Hatch, in Kent, his diminished rent-roll not allowing him to keep it up. Major Richard Henry Tolson, who had been a prisoner 'le Queen's Bench. Prison for upwards of eighteen was on Friday discharged by order of the Insolvent rs' Court x, a drunken labourer, hung h on Sunday last. He left behind him a piece. of paper, referring to a verse in the Proverbs, which de clares that the drunkard shall come to poverty. The Rev. Edward Roberts, curate of Kingswood, near Bristol, has been presented by that congregation,:on his -fence of the curacy at Hales Owen. near Birming , with a splendidly bound copy of Scott's Bible, in six volumes. A cuckoo made his appearance near Dorchester on the 3rd instant, an unusually early arrival ; the well-known cry of this bird, according to Bewick, not being commonly heard before the middle of April, and ceasing at the end of June. A second detachment of the ein;--- - ' ....grants selected by Mr. bert's committee departed on Wednesday by - bound to Port Adelaide and Sidney. The of about 30 young women, nearly all of Sidney H the ship Tory party cc the class s of IR ich have is; led a warrant for the apprehension of the Rev. Thomas Smeeton, char s with the embezzlement of £2,000 belonging to the share holders of the Suffolk Buildin g C ompany , in connection with which he held a re,- sible sitdation. ..., . .....,,,oa on her _ .... At Exeter, on Tuesday . week, Captain Elwes, late of return from Newport, where she had been to purchase the 12th Foot, was throw n f rom hi s h orse an d f ell heavily sge When she was missed a v i gorous searc h was in upon ; and on examining a woo d a dj o i n i ng th e Bassal arm and another the thigh, f rom w hi c h i n j ur i es h e died upon some iron rails, one of w hi c h p ene t rate d the right titutoods leg road her body was fo un d i n a d rea df u ll y mang l e d state. on the following Saturday. The jaw -bones were f rac t ure d, an d th e eyes li terally T , an piec es. While Captain Grant, R.N., was hunti ng , on Saturday knocked in E HE " CON d the head smashed to WOMY" PRINCIPLE.—e observe in the week, with with him into the a wood. He came Essex Union Foxhoundsin con , his tact with a horse galloped Hereford Journal a notice o f a pe ti t i on to P ar li ament by which his neck was dislocated, an d h e di e d almost , from the guardians of th e un i on pray i ng that, in conse immediately. quence of agricultural di s t ress an d t h e poor 1,-- Au L. ... .taw system A cow, the property of Mrs. H. J ones , o f Bl a i n d dol, being now thorou g hly un d ers t oo d , t h ey may b e rel i eved from the " grievous imposition" o f p a yi ng £101,914 per died lately, and after it was opened t wo ca l ves were f ound in a state of decomposition, and t w o sna k es , measuring annum out of the taxe s t o th e poor l aw sta ff at Somerset upwards of twenty inches in length, were di scovered be- House. They tr g e th a t thi s h eavy expense may at tween the calves.— Carnarvon Her a ld. least be greatly reduc e d, if no t ent i re l y a b ol i she d . The bullion in both departme n t s o f th e B an k of Eno While a man named Whit e was killi ng a p i g at Brid land- has decreased from £17,078.935 to. X 16,935,762, lington, Yorkshire, last w ee k, h e was annoye d b y some " ' 1 43,173. Th e p a p er i n actual sir- boys, and threw an old besom at them. in order to drive being a difference , 409 , 469 , ,512,232 to £2O ciliation tied decreased from £2O them away ; but the beso rn unhappily struck a boy named being a difference of £42,823. Foster on the jugular vein, injuring him in such a manner A number of gentlem en o f th e S toc k - E xchange have as to cause almost instant d ea th. O n t h e f o ll ow i ng d ay an inuest on b subscribed £BO for Caroli ne A rno ld, as an acknowledg lengthqened i was he ld nquiry . , th?jur the y returne oy's d a v body ; and erdict of " after a homi ment of her moral cour age i n exposing the oard the outrag ebarque tide, corn cide I - • ' )l 'ale emigrants on Indian A family in Ulverston received, on Thursday wee', letter from Liverpool, on which was placed a black s The .1. a_ I Mrs. Cummings, who hold a farm of about 80 acres, under the Duke of Cleveland, by a copy of court roll, in the parish of Bigbury, Devon, and which the family have farmed for the last 201) va.r. 1..‘,. ..., .... ~.vv yc ttl b, leave tam —. .. ....._ ~,,..••.,.., .....,” c, ',cilium.% Dane, this, to all appearance, fe ar f u l messenger o f b ad news and estate, which they intend l e tti ng , to ta k e t h e s i tuation of , read, I write to tell you—b a by h as cu t a toot h . " master and matron of th e St. G erman ' s U n i on, Torpoint, " at a salary of £4O pe r annum , a f act wh i ch conveys a me- The Misses Glanville, inh a biti ng a mans i on i n Corn wall had a basket left, last wee k, by a man in livery. O n lancholy view of the d e p ress i on t h at h as fallen upon the farming interest. opening it they found a we ll-d resse d ma l e ch i ld, with a , note requesting them to adopt it. Th e c hild i s to b e de- rHE CFIARTISTS.—At a grea t meet i ng o f th i s b ody, in posited in the workhouse. London, on Wednesd a y, an a ll us i on to " the great and J. S. Stamp, who (bein g a d e f au lt er ) was expelled b y glorious principles of S oc i a li sm ," was met w i th rapturous the Wesleyan Conference, fl e d, no one k new wh i ther; applause. One of the res o l u ti ons was supporte d b y a but intelligence has now be e n rece i ve d o f hi s h av i ng gone lady orator (M r s. M a tth ews ) , M r. J . Vernon, and the out to Australia as surgeon- su p er i n t en d ent o f t h e Tasman Rev. Mr. Wells, of a c h ape l i n B et h nal-green. In the , course of the evening a hi g h t r ib u t e was pa id to L edru and of his death at Ge e l ong , o f d e li r i um tremens. Among the effects sold lately a t th e Q ueen ' s- h ouse, Rollin, Doius Blan c , K ossut h, an d M azz i n i ; the Pope was Lyndhurst, "the celebrated coa t worn b y t h e l ate Duke denounced, and the P res id en t o f th e F rench Repu b l i c as " " of York at the visit of the a lli e d Sovereigns to England, a despicable monkey. said to have cost £450, an d presente d by his Royal High- The Bath Chronicle re l a t es th e f o ll ow i ng strange ness to the late Thomas White, Esq.," was bought in at adventure. At an a d vance d h our on S atur d ay n i ght —a £B5. severe frosty night — a y oung woman , 19 years o f age, a On Saturday week, d ur i ng a ga l e, a b out two hundred native of Herefordshir e , gave bi r th to a c hi l d , near Ce f n ships endeavoured to ent er S un d er l an d h ar b our. No less Gelan pond, on one of th e bl ea k est summ i ts i n the county than sixty were d r i ven on th e san d called Potato Garth. of Monmouth. She su ff ere d f or a b out two hours. After her accouchment, sh e go t up f rom h er cold bed, placed Twenty-five were got off next morn i ng . S everal of those :h remained have be come wrec k s . Th e damage is not the baby in her apron, an d repa i re d to a lodg i ng -house than £16,000. about half a mile dista n t, w h ere t h e mot h er and ch i ld are A gentleman farmer in Worcestershire, renting from 800 to 1,000 acres of land, and having an estate of his own which he had granted a long lease of a short time previous to the importation of free corn, has now cancelled the same. In addition to this, he has reduced the rent to his tenant 20 per cent. A fire, supposed to have been caused by an incendiary, broke out in some farm buildings near Witham, Essex, on Tuesday night week, and no fewer than seventeen bul locks perished in the flames, which also severely burned about forty sheep, and destroyed a quantity of corn and other property. of a French steamer to London last le was observed apparently in a very 3n and received from man y on board week, annelderly fern those attentions which are considered so requisite to be rved towards a lady whose family is on the increase. 'emale searcher, however, thought that the bulk was able without the attendance of a midwife; and, accordingly, eased the defendant in a short time by pulling a large bladder filled with brandy from the front of her person. On Saturday night week, some burglars broke into the house of Mr. T. Dixon, at Yeadon, near Leeds, and stole a silver watch, two hams, and other articles. The hams were hung in a room near a bed occupied by two of Mr. Dixon's daughters ' • but the thieves cont r i ve d t o t a k e t h em without disturbing the sleeping girls. The aggregate quantity of grain and meal of all sorts imported in 1859, amounted to 10,753,755 quarters, the largest proportions being supplied by Denmark (1,320,571) Prussia 0,364,694) ; Russia—(northern ports 343,124, ports within the Black Sea) 577,633) ; France (1,025,009); and the United States of America (1,834,000). The liberal Anti-State Church party in Bristol have intimated to Mr. J. E. Lunnell that they think he had better retire from the bench of magistrates because he, a dissenter, has signed some church-rate summonses. Mr. Lunnell has publicly stated that he does not intend to comply. The f remol One of the chimneys of Mr. Edgeley's dwelling house, at Westmains, near Lauder, was on fire on Saturday week, and some of the sparks were carried by the wind on to the neighbouring cattle sheds. The thatch instantly ignited, and the flames speedily consumed four sheds, in which 27 ewes, 50 lambs, and a sow perished. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.-011 Thursday, the 4th inst., as Mr. Dickinson, farmer, of Quernmore, was superintending some thrashing operations in his barn, he reeled suddenly to the ground, without having pre viously exhibited the least symptom of indisposition, and instantly expired. KNIGHTHOOD OF THE MAYORS. —We believe it is now no longer a matter of doubt that ten of the leading mayors, 'who were present at the late banquet, will be knighted, in consideration of the aid they have given to the projected Exhibition of All Nations. Foremost in the list will be the chief magistrate of Bristol. The payment of the quarterly dividends is already adding to the glut of money in the metropolis, which is rather earlier than usual. All the banks connected with the country districts continue to increase their surplusses for the present, there being a complete paralysis pervading the agricultural classes. - THE POISONING AT STOW.—There is every reason to believe that this melancholy event was entirely accidental —that the poison (arsenic, of which Mr. Page used a quantity for sheep-washing, &c.) was laid in a closet in the kitchen, where the tea things used to stand, and thus became, probably, mixed with the sugar, the packet being disturbed in looking for something else. A packet of arsenic, which Mr. Page's shepherd had given to his master in October, was found in this closet. Providen tially there have been no more deaths. MURDER THROUGH JEALOUSY.—At Sudbury, on Saturday week, a man, named Charles Piper, was fatally stabbed by another man, named John Agar, a friend of the deceased. The parties, along with others, had been at their club-room, and on leaving they fell into company with some young women, to one of whom Agar was pay ing his addresses. In walking along, Piper placed his arm around the female, which so enraged Agar that he drew a knife and thrust it into Piper's bowels, which caused almost instant death. Agar has been committed for trial on the capital charge. THE TEETH.—how Oftel7do we find the human face divine disfigured by neglecting the chiefes f its orna ments, and the breath made disagrees o companions by non-attention to the teeth ! T gh perfect in their structure and composition, to k them in a pure and healthy state requires some li e trouhle ; and if those who are blessed with well-fogged teeth knew how soon decay steals into the mo h, making unsightly what otherwise are delightful t admire, and designating un healthiness by the im rity of the breath, they would spare no expense to ase away these fatal blemishes. But although most I ies are careful, and even particular, in these delicate m ters, yet few are sufficiently aware of the imperative ne ssity of avoiding all noxious or mine ral substances an acrid nature, and of which the greater part of the c ap tooth-powders of the p resent d ay are composed. tis highly satisfactory to point out Messrs. Rowlands' donto, or Pearl Dentifrice, as a preparation free from I•Bjurious elements, and eminently calculated to embel ish and preserve the dental structure, to impart a grateful fragrance to the breath, and to embellish and perpetuate the graces of the mouth,—Gourd Journal. , k