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F-iteraturr. P 0 E T 11 Y. THE CHIEF OF WATERLOO. BY ROBERT STORY, ESQ. We will not—need not —name him ; His deeds shall live in fame When those that dare to blame him Have neither place nor name. But thinking, as we think him, To Britain's glory true, In flowing cups we'll drink him— The Chief of Waterloo t To fields of fame he led not Ambition's gathered might; His faithful legions bled not But for his country's right. Her high, devoted lover, For that his blade he drew ; And stainless laurels cover The Chief of Waterloo ! Like him unmatched on ocean, This Ne'son of the land, By one red day's devotion Left no work for his brand. But, happier than the seaman, He Tires with honours due, The pr;de of every free man, The Chief of Waterloo THE DYING SPANIEL. [The following very beautiful and touching verses are extracted from a recently-published volume of poetry, by Dr. Muir, of Edinburgh, the " Delta," in Blackwood's Magazine.] Old Oscar, how feebly thou crawl'st to the door, Thou who wert all beauty and vigour of yore; How slow is thy stagger the sunshine to find. And thy straw-sprinkled pallet—how crippled and blind ! But thy heart is still living—thou hearest my voice— And thy faint-wagging tail says thou yet Canst rejoice; Ah ! how different art thou from the Oscar of old, The sleek and the gamesome, the swift and the bold ! At sunrise I wakened to hear thy proud bark, With the coo of the house-dove, the lay of the lark; And out to the green fields 'twas ours to repair, When sunrise with glory empurpled the air ; And the streamlet flowed down in its g Id to the sea ; And the night-dew like diamond spa , ks gleam'cl from the tree; And the sky o'er the earth in such purity glowed, As if angels, not men, on its surface abode! How then thou would'st gambol, and start from my feet, To scare the wild birds from their sylvan retreat; Or plunge in the smooth stream, and Lring to my hand The twig or the wild.flower I threw from the laud : On the moss-sprinkled stone if I sat for a space, Thou would'st crouch on the greensward, and gaze in my face. Then in wontonness pluck up the blooms iu thy teeth, And toss them above thee, or tread them beneath. Then I was a schoolboy all thoughtless and free, And thou wert a whelp full of gambol and glee ; Now dim is thine eyeball, and grizzled thy hair, And I am a man, and of grief have my share ! Thou br.ng'st to my mind all the pleasures of youth, When Elope was the mistress, not handmaid of Truth ; When Earth looked an b den, when Joy's sunny hours Were cloudless, and every path glowing with flowers. Now Summer is waning; soon tempest and rain Shall harbinger des late Winter again, And thou, all unable its gripe to withstand, Shalt die, when the snow-mantle garments the land : Then thy grave shall be dug 'neath the old cherry tree, Which in spring -time will shed down its blossoms on thee And, when a few fast-fleeting seasons ,re o'er, Thy faith and thy form shall be thought of no more ! Then all who caressed thee and loved, shall be laid, Life's pilgrimage o'er, in the tomb's dreary shade; Other steps shall be heard on these floors, and the past Be like yesterday's clouds from the mertory cast z Improvements will follow; old walls be thrown down, Old landmarks removed, when old masters are gone ; And the gard'ner, when delving, will marvel to see White bones where once blossomed the old cherry tree ! Frail thingi ! could we read but the objects around, In the meanest some deep lurking truth might be found, Some type of our frail:y, some warning to show How shifting the sands are we build on below ; Our fathers have passed, and have mixed with the mould— Year presses on year, till the young become old ; Time, though a stern teacher, is partial to none ; And the friend and the foe pass away one by one ! SELECTIONS. LORD ELDON'S EARLY DAYS. In the autumn of 1779 he did not go the circuit. He had borrowed money from William for so many of these journeys, and earned nothing by them, that he could not make up his mind to apply again : and on discovering why be had staid in town, William writes thus to their younger brother Henry :—" I heartily wish that business may brisken a little, or he will be utterly sick of his profession. I do all I can to keep up his spirits, but he is very gloomy." Meantime a certain solitary case which he had argued in the Rolls Court in 1778 was about to be heard on appeal in the House of Lords. In that case he had urged a point not only not suggested in his brief, but entirely discoun tenanced by the solicitor. The Master of the Rolls de cided against him. :His own client disapproved of the ap peal, which was the act of another party. Mr. Scott was desired to state at the b,r of the House of Lords that his client " consented." He insisted on restating his point. The solicitor smiled, but allowed him to do so—it could not make things worse than they were already—he should, however, have no better fee than one guinea. Behold, Lord Thurlow listened very earnestly—took three days to consider—reversed the decree of the Rolls Court solely on Mr. Scott's argument ; and this decision of Lord Thurlow has regulated all similar questions since that day, March 4, 1780. This was the case of Ackroyd versus Smithson, Lord Eldon's account concludes thus : " As I left the Hall a respectable solicitor, of the name of Forster, came up and touched me on the shoulder, and said, Young man, your bread and butter is cut for life.' " Nevertheless, matters were so little mended, that when about the Christmas of that year the recordership of New castle became vacant, and his friends procured him an offer of it, he signified his acceptance of the situation. The salary was small, but he thought he should have a fair chance of some provintial business besides, and the temptation was irresistible. A house was taken for him at Newcastle—he was engaged in preparations for imme diate removal. This was the state of things when he went to bed on the night of the 13th cf March, 1781. Next morning at six o'clock—thus Lord Eldon told the story a few weeks before his death to one of his family : " Mr. (afterwards Lord) Curzon, and four or five gen tlemen came to my door and awoke me, and when I in quired what they wanted, they stated that the Clitheroe election case was to come on that morning at ten o'clock, before a committee of the House of Commons, that Mr. Cooper had written to say he was detained at Oxford by illness and could not arrive to lead the cause, and that Mr. Hardinge, the next counsel, refused to do so, because he was not prepared. ' Well, gentlemen,' said I, what do you expect me to do, *at you are here ?' They answered, they did not know what to expect or to do, for the cause must come on at ten o'clock, and they were totally unpre pared, and had been recommended to me, as a young and promising counsel.' I answered, I wilt tell you what I can do. I can undertake to make a dry statement of facts, if that will content you, gentlemen, but more I cannot do, for I hive no time to make myself acquainted with the law.' They said that must do; so I begged they would go down stairs and let me get up, as fast as I could. Well, I did state the facts, and the cause went on for fifteen days. It found me poor enough, but I began to be rich before it was done: they left me fifty guineas at the beginning; then there were ten guineas every day, and five guineas every evening for a consultation—more money than I could count. But, better still, the length of the cause gave me time to make myself thoroughly acqu inted with the law. . . . . We were beaten in the committee by one vote. . . . After this speech, Mansfield, after wards Sir James Mansfield, came up to me in Westmin ster Hall, and said he heard that I was going to leave Lon don, but strongly advised me to remain in London. I told him that I could not, that I had taken a house in Newcastle, that I had an increasing family, in short, that I was compelled to quit London. Afterwards Wilson came to me and pressed me in the same manner to remain in London, adding what was very kind, that he would ensure me £4OO the next year.' I gave him the same an swer as I had given Mansfield. However, I did remain in London, and lived to make Mansfield Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Wilson a Puisne Judge." Lord Mansfield used to say he had known no interval between no business at all and £3OOO a-year. Mr. Scott's advance in the profession seems to have been hardly less rapid. By 1783, at the age of thirty-two, he had a silk gown, and was at the head of the Northern Circuit. Great and lucrative as his practice soon came to be, it must have been infinitely more gainful but for t}-.e rare delicacy of his professional conscience. No fees had he from the ex tensive firm of " Snap, Gammon, and Quirk." Of one very rich branch of business, of which he might have en grossed the lion's share if he pleased, he h td, after a very little while. ne't to nothing—the business of " answering questions. He would sign no opinion on a point of law without a thorough examination of authorities ; he would sign none as to the probable issue of a case set before him, without sifting the facts so minutely, and suggesting the effect of so many possibly omitted particulars, that even solicitors of the higher class recoiled : it was as if, seek ing an advocate, they had stumbled in lintine on a judge. At the bar itself be appears to have, from the first, acted on a system equally scrupulous. We find him at a very early period taking to task a friendly senior, in the full career of eminence, for some such laity of forensic ethics as even Dr. Johnson has countenanced, and compelling the reluctant confession—" Master Scott, you have en sured me an }easy pillow." He never could be brought to understand - that it was consistent with the honour of a gentleman to misrepresent in the slightest degree either law to a judge or facts to a jury.—Life of Lord Eldon. CHINESE CIRCU M b S e PECTION.—Nothing that happens in this world ought to looked upon as of no consequence ; let the affair be trifling or important , all ought to be con sidered essential, and thence i to be treated with that careful attention, which amounts a wat I may call respect. It is with this reverence that monarch m ought to watch 11ents, and that he over his own person in his leisure ought to treat affairs as they arrive, gluing them the same r m co u m st mence . ment. attention at their conclusion as at , thei lie should bear in mind that matters ever in the situation which he has arranged thermeTall,nv this unvarying consistency he will easily contrive to av oid " faults. if he applies to business with this attention, th is earnestness, and if to it he unites a heart divest of passion, s like the head of a family in his own house, he will witho u t difficulty introduce good government into the empire. This is precisely what an ancient sage has said, " Self respect renders a man upright and pure." It is written in the first page of the Le-ke, " Be careful to be rever ent.' ; In this maxim alone the wise author of the work has found the means of concentrating the profoundest doctrine. STUPENDOUS CHINESE UNDERTAKING.—His pro ject was to make a great road, straight, broad, and level, from the town of Kieou-yuen, which is now Tcho-tcheou, about thirty-six miles from the town of Peking, to Tun yang, cf the district of King-tcheou at the present time ; which made a distance of 1800 les, or about 600 English milts. To make this road according to the emperor's wishes, it was necessary to pierce through mountains, fill up valleys, and throw a great number of bridges over tor rents and rivers, drain marshes, and plant trees the whole distance along the two sides; it was to be like the prin cipal walk of a large garden for foot passengers, and to have in addition all the requisite conveniences for carriages and vehicles of every description. It is not easy to ima gine the number of men whom it is necessary to employ for a work of this description.—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio. LONGEVITY OF PRESBYTERIANISM.—Long before Luther was born, Presbyterianism had become strong and mature. During the dark ages, when Popery ruled the world, Presbyterianism was living among the persecuted Waldenses. In the ages of primitive Christianity, Presbyterianism was the form of government and " the sect everywhere spoken against ;" and before the birth of the babe of Bethlehem, in the synagogues of the Jews, Presbyterian elders ruled, and the Presbyterian discipline was maintained among the God-beloved descendants of Abraham. They were not afraid to bring their form of church government to the standard of the word of God. Talk to them of the flower of their English nobility ; why these men were the mushroom growth of yesterday com pared to Presbyterianism ! The poorest Presbyterian could boast a long line of ancestry, stretching away beyond the guessings of the catalogue. He was the seed of noble fathers ; he could give evidence of his genealogy, not merely by showing that the tree took root among the disciples in the sands at the time of Christ, but by exhi biting evidence of an unbroken genealogy for thousands of generations. That Presbyterianism which flourished in the days of the Apostles was traceable down through all the time of tribulation to the present day and present hour.—Speech of the Rev. Dr. Edgar in Liverpool. MODE OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY IN PRUSSIA.— Geography was taught principally by delineations on the blaek-board,—and here the skill in drawing of teacher and pupil was employed with admirable service. One of these lessons is described. The teacher, after looking his class into eager readiness, made on th e board a series of those lines and shadings employed by map-engravers to represent a chain of mountains. Scarcely had the out lines become visible when the scholars began to cry out, Carpathian Mountains, Hungary ; Black Forest Moun tains, Wurtemburg, &c. But the remainder of this ani mated scene we must transcribe:—" In less than half a minute the ridge of that grand central elevation which separates the waters that flow North-west into the Ger man ocean, from those that flow North into the Baltic, and South-east into the Black Sea, was presented to view, —executed almost as beautifully as an engraving. A dozen strokes, made in the twinkling of an eye, represented the head-waters of the great rivers which flow in different directions from that mountainous range ; while the chii dren almost as eager and excited as though they had ac tually seen the torrents dashing down the mountain sides, cried out, Danube, Elbe, Vistula, Oder, &c. The next moment I heard a succession of :mailer strokes or taps, so rapid as to be almost indistinguishable, and hardly bad my eye time to disce rn a l arge num b er of dots made along the margins of the rivers, when the shout of Lintz, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, &c., struck my ear."—Chria /ion Teacher. MOSQUES IN DAMASCUS.—The mosques in the city are numerous, and the principal ones are very fine ; but they lose much of their effect from the confined space in which they stand. Christians are not allowed to visit their interior, nor is it safe for them to pause too long in passing before them. The great mosque was once the cathedral of St. John, and is said to be the largest and most splendid of all the churches erected by the early Christians in this country. The mosque of the durweeshes has the finest minarets in Damascus, and another is re markable for having its minarets, which are of a great height and grandeur, cased with enamelled tiles of a rich green colour: the reflection of the sunshine from this iridescent surface produces a splendid effect. Many of the mosques were built by the caliphs as mausoleums; they possess courts, porticos, and fountains, and some are overshadowed by a few green trees, among which sacred doves may be heard cooing. The great mosque stands on an elevated position nearly in the centre of the city. It was once surrounded by an open area, but this is now so encumbered with buildings that the gate can only be ap proached through a bazaar filling up an arcade of ancient columns, perhaps the remains of a stately entrance. The outer court, which is very spacious, is paved with marble; it has a large fountain in the middle, and on three sides a cloister consisting of two tiers of pointed arches, sup ported by Corinthian columns. Mr. Buckingham, who enjoyed the rare privilege of inspecting the interior of the building, speaks of its vast dimensions as most imposing —Library of Travel. PRAYER AND PENANCE BY PROXY. — Praying by proxy is not at all uncommon in Ireland. Thus, if a person has any urgent business or recreation on hand, preventive of going to mass and performing the proper number of Ayes and genuflexions, he or she hires a substitute, generally a mendicant, who, for a trifling recompense, goes through, with most conscientious punctuality, the vicarious duties of the holy service committed to their charge. The prayer by proxy is considered to be nearly as efficacious as that delivered on in propria persona. But the penance by proxy goes a step further, and shifts the burthen of actual suffering or punishment from the shoulders of the rich to those of the poor! The following anecdote. abridged from the Rev. Mr. Otway's Ascent to Croagh Patrick, will illustrate the penance by proxy system : " A little puffy, barrel-bodied attorney, hired a guide to conduct him up the mountain. The little man grunted, groaned, panted, and perspired—' larding the lean moun tain,' as they ascended. The guide did his best to alleviate his difficulties, and at length they came to the well, where St. Patrick made his first stop, when proceeding to disen chant the mountain. Here the little tourist was in a pretty plight, like a tallow candle in a hot tavern ! Well,' says the guide to himself, this dacent man is certainly doing penance for some great sin, and the poor simple sowl doesn't know that I could put him out of pain for a few shillings ; it is a wonder all out that some one, even if the priest hadn't the good nathur, would not tell him that there's many a one about here that would do the dhurrus for him. So its myself that'll have the innocent fellow out of his trouble in a jiffy.' So with that the guide came up to him where he sat wiping with his silk handkerchief his reeking, streaming head and neck. ' Why then, your honour, I wonder you'd be after thinking of going up yon mountain, and working tho' all its stations, when you know that ell go up for you and do dhurrus with all the veins in my heart.' What do you mean ?' says the attorney, 'You go up for me !" Yes, plase your honour, and that I will, and you may sit there quietly until I come back, not a one I'll miss—look at my knees when I return, and see if they're not battered and bleed ing enough to plase yees.' Why what, honest man, do you mean ? can you see for me—can you admire for me— can your going up enable me to say, when I go home, that I have been at the top of Croagh Patrick ?" Ah, then, says the guide, ' is that all that brings you to the Reek—myself thought ye were a religious man, and that sees were undher vows or orthers to perform stations here, and sure all the world knows that I could do all that for yees, and chape enough —ay chaper and just as well as ever Rob of the Reek did, rest be to his sowl, and the heavans his bed.'" Now, considering the state of Ire land—the destitution of the poor—and the want of em ployment—this proxy-prayer, and proxy-penance, seem to be useful items in Ur, popular practice of religion, as giving an occasional job, however painful, to the idle and starving pauper.—Dr. James Johnson's Tour in Ireland. A MISNOMER. Inaptly is the Captain named, As if all fitness scorning; For Warner, to be justly famed, Must strike, and give no warning, STATE OF LARGE TOWNS. i The commissioners appointed by her majesty's letters patent dated May, 1813, for inquiring into the present state of large towns and populous districts, have just pre sented their first report. The objects of the inquiry were very extensive. The commissioners were instructed to investigate the present state of large towns and populous districts " with reference to the causes of disease among the inhabitants, and into the best means of promoting and securing the public health under the operation of the laws and regulations now in force, and the usages at present prevailing with regard to the drainage of lands ; the erection, drainage, and ventilation of buildings, and the supply of water is such towns and districts, whether for purposes of health or for the better protection of property from fire ; and how far the public health and the condition of the poorer classes of the people of this realm, and the salubrity and safety of their dwelling, may be promoted by the amendment of such laws, regulations and usages." —The commissioners are the Duke of Buccleuch ; the Earl of Lincoln ; IL A. Slaney ; Major Graham, the registrar general ; Sir Henry de la Beche, the geologist ; Dr. Lyon Playfair, and Dr. D. B. Reid, chemists : Pro fessor Owen ; Captain W. T. Denison, royal engineers; J. R. Martin, surgeon ; Mr. J. Smith, of Deanston ; Robert Stephenson, jun., the engineer; William Cubitt, the architect, and Harvey Hobhouse, secretary. It will be perceived that the commission comprises men of con siderable eminence in their various spheres of know ledge, but it is remarkable that an inquiry into the state of the public health and its causes should be entrusted to a body containing a mong its members only one medical practitioner, the only member of the medical profession, except Mr. Martin, being Professor Owen, who is known principally as a comparative anatomist, and does not, we believe, practise either medicine or surgery. The commissioners appear, however, to have endeavoured to supply this very serious omission in the original con stitution of their body, by applications to numerous members of the profession for assistance and informa tion, which have been freely given and fully acknow ledged. It has been a matter of regret to many parties interested in this subject, that the commission did not report and recommend some legislative enactment to remedy the evils it has exposed at the beginning of the year, but have delayed till the end of the session to present the result of part of the inquiry only, without any recommendations whatever, This appears in the shape of a mass of evi dence, occupying 437 large folio pages, with an appen dix of 212 pages. The commissioners, however, have perhaps adopted the wisest course in not offering any re commendations, the subjects of inquiry having turned out much more extensive and complicated than could have been at fi rs t anticipated. Besides, in order to secure the supp m or e t au osf roepaintihoenymaywhichnecessarycarry will be to through any hereafter ofm propose, it is essential that the publi c s h ou ld be convinced removal. The of the evil s , an d p rac ticability of their re The subt naturally divides itself into two branches—. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. sanatory and economical. On the first branch of the subject there are two propositions, of which the public should be fully convinced :—first, that a large amount of suffering, disease, and death, is produced by artificial causes ; next, that those causes are susceptible of remo val, or at least very considerable alleviation, by proper sanatory regulations. The registration of deaths has established the fact (which was before very frequently denied) that the rate of mortality in towns is much higher than in the country. Now, as there is no reason for be lieving that the inhabitants of towns suffer more from want of sufficient food and clothing than those of the country, it follow s th a t th ere mus t be something in town life itself which causes or predisposes to disease. Many inquirers have arrived at the conclusion that it is the em ployments of a town population, especially factory labour, to which the evil must be attributed. If their conclusion be correct, (and to a certain degree no doubt it is,) the evil is one to which we must submit. It is satisfactory, however, to believe that, without in any degree diminish ing the good arising from the full developement of our manufacturing greatness, it is within our power, as it is certainly our duty, very materially to mitigate its evils. In the first place, we consider it proved that the factory system is not justly chargeable with the high rate of mor tality in towns; for a high rate of mortality is found in large towns, whatever may be the employments of their population. For instance, in the average of the three years, 1840, 1, and 2, the rate of mortality in Liverpool was 3.5 per cent. ; in Manchester (proper 3.2), inclusive of Salford, Chorlton, Hulme, and Ardwick, about 2.9; in Hull 3; in Bristol 3.1. The above are examples of high states of mortality in towns princirally trading or mercantile, while in others almost exclusively manufac turing the rate is not quite so high, as in Ashton and Oldham 2.7, in Birmingham 2.7, in Bolton 2.8, Bradford 2.4, Bury 2.7, Derby 2.6, Leeds 2.7, Nottingham 2.8, Preston 2.9, Rochdale 2.6, and similarly in several others ; while in some few the rate is less even than that of the average of the country ; in Halifax and Kidderminster, for instance, it is only 2.1 per cent. We consider that the report before us shows that the idea of reducing the rate of mortality in all towns to the rate of Halifax is by no means chimerical. If this should be accomplished, the annual deaths in Manchester alone would be diminished by more than three thousand. It has long been an acknowledged fact, that disease and death are much more rife among the poor than among those in comparatively easy circumstances. Many illus trations of this appear in the report, but the fact is so well established that we need not stop to quote them. The difference depends, in a great degree, but not entirely, upon circumstances quite beyond the reach of direct legis lation ; upon the habits of the people, and the command they individually possess over the co:pions and necessaries of life. But there are circumstances which law can regu late, powerfully influencing the health of the community. Our readers may, however, be little prepared for the striking illustrations of this, with which the report abounds. For example, we find in Mr. Holland's report for Chorlton-upon-Medlock, that among the inhabitants of what he calls first-class streets, (that is streets well paved and sewered, and wide enough to admit a free cir culation of air,) the rate of mortality during an average of five years has been 2.2. per cent., or 1 in 16 per annum, while in the third-class streets, (those unpaved, unsewer ed, and narrow or obstructed,) it has been 3.7. per cent., or lin 27 per annum, or 68 per cent. greater. It is no doubt true that part of this excess is owing to the more easy circumstances of the inhabitants of the better condi tioned streets; but we are inclined to agree with Mr. Holland, that not above half of the difference is attributa ble to this. If so, it follows that we have it in our power to diminish the rate of mortality 20 or 30 per cent., by the simple expedient of putting our streets into a satisfactory condition. That this inference is probably correct is shown by another fact, ascertained by the same inquirer, namely, that the mortality in twenty streets which have been improved, has actually fallen from 3 1 per cent., or lin 32, to 2.53 per cent., or 1 in 31. The improvement in the streets in question has been but partial, being merely paving and sewering, (faults in ventilation of the houses, and over-crowding, remaining unabated,) and yet the result has been to diminish the deaths nearly one-sixth. If this small amount of improvement has been followed by results so gratifying, how much more may be reasonably expected from a complete reformation of faulty structural arrangements? It is evidently not at all ex travagant to estimate the number of lives which might be thus saved in Manchester alone at thousands annually. The experien of Leicester, though given in a dif ferent form, is flactly correspondent. It is found that young persons are the great sufferers from badly con ditioned habitations; probably because young constitu tions are more susceptible of these influences, and per haps also because the children, being almost constantly at home, are more exposed to them than their parents, who are out at work. Of course, it follows that when the children of a population are unusually unhealthy, more than the average number die young, and consequently the average age of death is low. The average age of death, therefore, though not a certain is a tolerably correct indi cation of the healthfulness of a community. In Leices ter it is found that the average age of death in streets which are completely culverted is 251 years ; in those partly culverted 21 years; in those not culverted at all 17 years. It is also found that the proportion of the deaths caused by epidemics is least in the better condi tioned streets. The proportion varies in each year, but is constantly least in the streets completely culverted, and generally only about half as great as in those where the drainage is totally neglected. Confirmatory evidence might easily be adduced from the experience of other places, especially from the excellent report by Dr. Dun can on the physical causes of the high rate of mortality in Liverpool, but we have already given a copious ab stract of this interesting document and we also previ ously published in the STANDARD several important and interesting letters from a professional gentleman in this town on the same subject. We believe the commissioners are fully borne out in the strong opinion they express, " that the information already elicited, offers the reasonable prospect that great improvements may be made to the general benefit of all, especially the poorer classes." But, in order that this cheering anticipation may be realized it is indispensable that the efforts which will be made by government to effect it, shall receive the cordial aid and ready sympathy of all classes. Nor can we doubt that they will do so ; for surely measures tending so powerfully to elevate the social and physical condition of our countrymen, will command the best exertions of every man who honours England and loves mankind. GENERAL MISCELLANY. EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—The London morning papers now occasionally reach Brussels on the evening of the day of publication. Stanley .Varner, a confidential clerk of the Birmingham Town and District Bank, absconded, on Thursday, with twelve £lOO Batik of England notes. About a thousand claims have already been prepared by the working men's committee in Birmingham, and will be put on the parliamentary registration list, under the four shillings a-week rent decision, before the 20th of August. In the House of Commons, on Saturday week, Col. Wood boasted, that, in the poor-law union of which he was a guardian, a schoolmaster was employed in the work house, and that they gave him twenty pounds a-year. - - Pine apples are now exposed in barrows, and hawked through the streets for sale, in the same mode as it is cus tomary to see cherries, with the extraordinary cry of " pine apples, a penny a slice."—London paper. DANGEROUS AMUSEMENTS.—On Friday week, the servant of a respectable tradesman of Greenock, while swinging in the garden with a child, was flung to the ground by the breaking of the rope, and the child was so bruised and injured that it died on Saturday morning. WHIMSICAL ALTERATION.—At the Lincoln Assizes, last week, an action of ejectment was tried, in which the plaintiff was styled Lemuel Gulliver, as being a euphonious improvement upon the old John Doe, who, we presume, is supposed to have had law enough. MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—During a storm of thunder and lightning which passed over the neighbour hood of Gloucester on Thursday afternoon week, an old -one alabouringwho n w i a a a n , w named ia J ohn a p L a taanteo, field e e v l d e n a t t y was struck by the lightning and killed instantly. On Saturday last, as the bellman was parading the streets of Huddersfield, announcing to the inhabitants that, in consequence of the continued drought and scarcity of water, they would, in future, be limited to two days' supply per week, the rain fell in torrents, and literally drenched the poor bellman.—Leeds Times. The Tablet (R. C. Paper,) in a long article, acknow ledges the advantages which literature has derived from Protestantism ; and bewails the inferiority of Roman Catholic translations from Scripture, when compared with the acknowledged correct and sublime pas Sages in the English Bible and Prayer-book. At the sale of Bibles and Testaments of the late Duke of Sussex, the number of lots was 2074, and the number of Bibles 1009 ; of these 294 were English, 259 Latin, 79 French, 26 Greek, 80 German and Flemish, and 176 in various languages. The number of New Testaments dis posed of was 610; of these 227 were Greek, 73 English, 61 French, 51 Latin, and 198 in various languages. THE LATE FATAL AFFRAY AT BRADFORD.—The sen tence of the five men who stand convicted of the man slaughter of Benjamin Gott, at Bradford, in May last, has been postponed. An objection has been taken on the part of two of the prisoners, that the indictment as con cerns them was insufficient, and the judge has fixed to hear the arguments on the point in London. LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.—On Wednesday morning a fine young salmon, weighing between 81b. and 91b., was gambolling in the Severn, a little above the English bridge, Shrewsbury, and happening to indulge in an extra' flourish without ascertaining where he was, he fell plump into a boat, and, after several violent efforts to regain his native element, he became a passive captive in the hands of a labourer. INDEPENDEN T ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. — The grow ing importance of this body is not generally understood. At the Selby anniversary last week, where Dr. Hook of Leeds preached, himself a brother and warm friend of the order, it was stated after dinner, in his presence and with his concurrence, that the funds of the order consisted of upwards of one million of money l—the supposed in come £230,000. The increase of members for the last year had been 25,000! MonTALyrlts• TAILORR.—In the registered causes of death of 233 persons, entered during 1843, in the eastern and western unions of the metropolis, under the general head of "Tailor," no less than 123 are registered as hav ing died of diseases of the respitatay organs, of which 92 were of consumption; 16 diseases of the nervous system, of which 8 were of apoplexy • 16 of epidemic or contagious diseases, of whom 11 died oityphus ; 23 of diseases of un certain seat, of whom 13 were victims of dropsy, 8 of di seases of the digestive organs, and 6 of heart disease, whilst of the whole only 29 died of old age. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.—The strike among the col liers of this district still continues without prospect of its terminating speedily. indeed there seems no reasonable hope that the old pitmen will ever resume work in the places where they have turned out, as they are daily being superseded by others, brought from a dis tance, many of whom are now introduced into a mine ot: the first time in their lives. —Newcastle Journal. THE LATE THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCHESTER.—On Wednesday last, the proprietors of the late Manchester Theatre-Royal, who are holders of the Royal patent for that town, held a meeting when it was made known that a settlement had been effected with the insurance offices and the money paid over. it was resolved, that the land and remaining warehouses and buildings be forthwith offered for sale, by private contract or by auction. If a beneficial sale cannot be effected, it is said the proprietors will erect a new theatre, on a smaller scale than the last. If this course be not taken, the proprietors are prepared to dispose of their patent right to any new body of pro prietors who may be disposed to erect a Theatre-Royal. MODEST ASSURANCE ! — Sir Robert Peel lately in the House of Commons narrated the following facts in con nexion with a most aggravated case of murder, which occurred during the time the Right lion. Baronet was connected with the Irish government. A man of the name of Baker was the victinr!: the person who engaged the parties to commit this crime was the individual who subsequently came forward and gave the principal evi dence in the case. This 'man did not fire the shot. A reward was offered for the conviction of the murderer, provided the party giving evidence did not actually fire the shot. A villain who had instigated the murder, came forward, gave his evidence, and convicted the prisoner, and received the £2,000 reward which had been offered. This fellow had the assurance to bring an action against the government for not giving him more ! ARSON.—At Ipswich, Ann, the wife of Benjamin Man ning, aged 32, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling house, in her own occupation, the property of James Ruthven, at Wangford, on the 25th of June last. The prisoner is the wife of a labouring man i❑ the parish of Wangford, who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a prisoner on the treadmill, under the game laws. Just before the commission of the crime for which she stood indicted, her landlord (the prosecutor) had dis trained on her goods, and swept the cottage in which she lived of everything on which the law could take hold, and she was in a state of great destitution and misery. She was found guilty. A memorial was presented in her favour, and Baron Alderson took time to consider the verdict. RURAL AFFAIRS IN THE FYLDR.—The hay harvest iS being busily proceeded with, though some few farmers have not yet commenced mowing. The weather has been generally very favourable for making hay, and securing it in good condition, but the crop on most lands will scarcely be half an usual average. The weather on the whole has been much too dry for vegetation, the rain of the 13th instant and two succeeding days, having been dried up. Pastures in some places, are again becoming quite parched for want of moisture, and the second cop of clover, the after grass, potatoes, and turnips grow but slowly. Wheat is likely to be well fed; that on the marshes in the southern part of this district is, in general, likely to be a heavy crop ; a lot now growing on Newton marsh, having recently been sold for £2B au acre, of eight yards to the rod. ACCIDENTS ON THE THAMES.—On Sunday week, no fewer than four fatal accidents occurred on the Thames. A cutter in which were five persons was run into, at 11 at night, by a steamer, and the whole party were thrown into the water, by which a Mr. Thwaites and his son were drowned. About the same hour, and at a short distance from the same spot, a skiff with seven persons got too near to a barge, when one of the party, in endea vouring to push her off, fell into the water and was drowned ; and another who attempted to save him nar rowly escaped. The third accident was to a little girl, named Clarke, on board a Woolwich steamer, who, while playing in presence of her parents, fell overboard from the gangway, and sank before assistance could be ren dered. Same night, the mate of a collier, in going on board, missed his hold, fell into the water, and, being dragged by the tide under some barges, was not after wards seen. Another man also lost his life under some what similar circumstances. THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.—This boasted method of providing religious instruction for the people is not always so productive as the dissenters represent it. In proof of this, there is an appeal in the Patriot of Thurs day, the 18th instant, signed "J. Drew, pastor," of the Baptist chapel at Welch pool, Montgomeryshire, in which he says—" We are £3OO in debt. Last year we had 1,000 circulars printed, and addressed to our churches [dissent ing congregations,] containing a plain statement of our affairs; the case was represented by eight ministers of the first standing ; and was sent out to 1,500 churches. Besides these we have written and forwarded to ministers upwards of 2,000 letters, and appealed to the friends of Christ by advertisement ; and the result of all has been responses to the amount of about one hundred pounds, exclusive of expenses, which, on account of printing and postage and advertisements, will be a considerable deduc tion." By the time the expenses are paid, the balance will most likely be on the wrong side of the account.' A WATER SPOUT.—On Wednesday a most extraordi nary event was witnessed at Sandwich. About noon a whirlwind arose attended by what is called a " water spout" which passed within half a mile of the town. It came over a nay marsh, where some men had just commenced stack ing the hay. A cart standing close by was carried the distance of three 'or four rods, and some of the hay as far as three miles, towards Minster. Some boys who were in the Marsh were taken off their legs, and thrown to the ground with great violence and covered w ith hay. The haymakers, who were sitting quietly at dinner, were, of course, greatly surprised and alarmed; and still more so when one of their baskets was borne off like a parachute to a considerable distance, and lo d g ed in the river. The water-spout in its course, sucked up every pond, and in crossing the river the water rushed up,like a fountain. The phenomenon was exceedingly alarming, and we expect to hear of the terror created at Minster, where it appa. rently burst.—Kenlish Observer. THE STADE DUES.—This question has, at length, been settled between England and the King of Hanover. " The principle established by this convention," says the Times, " will substitute a uniform and moderate tariff of dues for those numerous, excessive, and ill-regulated charges which have so long been a serious burden on British shipping in the principal commercial outlet of Northern Germany ; and we trust that this arrangement will terminate, or at least reduce to their just limits, those restrictions which have so long frustrated the intentions of the treaty of Vi enna, and interfered with the navigation of the Elbe. We believe that a reduction of not less than one-third has been effected in the duties on the most important articles, and that the settlement of the Stade fees and charges has been embodied in a general treaty of commerce and navi gation with the kingdom of Hanover." FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday last, as the half-past three o'clock train from Bolton to Manchester, on the line of railway from those towns, was approaching the tunnel between the Moses Gate and the Stoneclough sta tions, Cooke, the guard, applied the break in order to slacken the speed of the train, as is usual, when the train is proceeding very rapidly, just before entering the tunnel. For some cause or other, he put his head out at the right hand side of the carriage; the passengers supposed that he was looking to see whether the break operated ; but, unfortunately, the train at that moment passed under the bridge by which the Kearsley and Ringley road is carried over the line ; this bridge is supported on wooden pillars ; and the head of the deceased came violently in contact with one of those pillars. The concussion was such as to deprive him at once of life. His body was drawn into the carriage by the passengers, who at first supposed that he was only insensible ; but on the train stopping at Stone clough, he was removed, and it was found that life was extinct. CLOSE OF THE SESSION.—It is expected that the regu lar business of Parliament will have been disposed of by the end of the first week in August. The parliament will not, however, be then prorogued ; but the session will be continued by adjournment to the 25th of August. The purpose of this arrangement is to afford time for receiving the reports of the judges, and making up the judgment of the House of Lords upon the writ of error brought by Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners.—Ministerial paper.--The Standard, of Saturday evening, says, " The judges will not be in town until Friday, the 23d of August. Their lordships shortly afterwards will have a meeting to consider the questions propounded to them by the House of Lords, and it is generally expected that judgment in the case of Mr. D. O'Connell and the other traversers will be given either on Thursday 'the 29th, or Friday, the 30th of August. When the public business of Parliament is brought to a close, both houses will adjourn from time to time until the judgmeat on the writ of error is pronounced. There will be no formal prorogation until that question is decided. ASSIZE INTELLtamsCE.—At Chelmsford, William Saxby, an urchin of nine years old was convicted of set ting fire to a barn at Ramsey, with a Lucifer match, by which damage was done to the amount of £4OOO. The sentence was deferred.—Henry Herbert, aged 52, was convicted of a felonious assault on his own daughter, a child of fourteen, and sentenced to two years' imprison ,ment.—At Huntingdon, Samuel Baxter, a boy of ten was convicted of firing four straw stacks, and sentenced to transportation for 15 years.—At Oxford, Fanny Ruth erford, aged 15, was convicted of arson, and sentenced to 15 years' transportation.—At Lincoln, Eliza Joyce. aged 31, who was tried at the last assizes for the murder of one of her own children, by poison, and acquitted, on ac count of some legal flaw, was convicted, on her own con fession, of the murder of one of her own children, and of two children of her husband by a former marriage, and sentenced to death.—At Cambridge, Mr. John Garland, a surgeon, aged 60, was convicted of manslaughter, for having by negligence or want of skill, occasioned the death of Mary Dent, a married woman, whom he was at tending during child-birth. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. MANSLAUGHTER BY A BOATMAN. --OD Wednesday, r.n inquest was held before the borough coroner of Man chester, touching the death of Thomas O'Donnell, a boy about 11 years of age, son of a labourer residing in Wood's-buildings, Oxford-road. It appeared that on Tuesday morning, while the deceased and some other boys were bathing in the Rochdale canal, near the Ox ford-road lock, a boatman, named Edward Maylett, brought his boat into the lock, and after opening one pannel of the lock, he was proceeding to open the other, when the deceased met him on the lock, and Maylett laid hold of his arm and threw him into the water above the lock. Deceased sank, was drawn through a hole at the bottom, and was not found till fifteen minutes afterwards, when he was quite dead. Maylett tried to find him with a boat-hook, but the body was not found till the lock was drawn off. The prisoner said he had no intention of drowning the boy, but the jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter, and he was committed for trial. It was with some difficulty that the police could prevent the crowds assembled round the court from inflicting sum mary vengeance upon the prisoner. ASCENT OF ANOTHER MONSTER BALLOON.-011 Mon day evening last Mr. Hampton, the aeronaut, who, it will be recollected, about five years since made perilous de scents in a parachute at Chelsea and Cheltenham, ascend ed from the Vauxhall Gardens, Birmingham, in a stupen dous new balloon. The machine, which is the sole inven tion of Mr. Hampton, has been constructed in an entirely novel manner, both with respect to the valve, shape, and car, the silk of which it is composed amounting to several thousand yards, being manufactured by Spitalfields wea vers. -it -is nearly the size of the great Nassau balloon, being 67 feet in height, 24 feet in circumference, calcu lated to contain about 24,000 cubic feet of gas, and the car, which is capable of holding six persons, being five feet i n diameter and of a circular form. Considerable disappoint ment was caused as the time drew nigh for its inflation, for, by that period, the machine was found not to b e one- . , third inflated, and the gas of so inferior a description that it soon became apparent that it had only ascending power enough to take up the aeronaut by himself. Every en deavour was made to further its inflation, but to no effect, and at seven o'clock, being liberated from the earth, it rose almost perpendicularly from the gardens. The at mosphere being very clear, the ascent was beautiful in the extreme, and after the aeronaut had gained an altitude of two miles, he effected a safe descent at Shear's-hill, near Wolverhampton. THE KING OF SAXONY AT KESWICL.—His Majesty the King of Saxony has everywhere evinced a strong de sire to witness whatever may be novel to him, and as he approached the town of Keswick a wish was expressed by his Majesty to witness the process of pencil-making, for which that town has been so long famed. He was ac cordingly conducted to the black-lead pencil manufactory of Messrs. Banks, Foster, and Co., who, since the visit of Queen Adelaide to Keswick in the year 1840 have en joyed the distinguished honour of her Majesty's patronage. The King and his suite were met at the manufactory by Mr. !clanks, who had the honour of showing his Majesty every operation or process in the construction of a pencil, from the act of cutting the scantlings of wood of wl:ich the pencil is made, out of the under plank to its comple tion at the stamping engine. They consequently witnessed the whole of the simple but effective machinery of that establishment in operation, which, during the summer months, is annually seen and admired by hundreds of tourists, but by none more perhaps than by royalty itself. It was astonishing with what quickness his Majesty, in a mechanical point of view, entered into the merits of the different operations, and particularly expressed his ad miration at the simplicity, yet efficiency of the grooving engine, but most of all the stamping engine, and at the rapidity with which that operation is performed. Stamp ing the name upon the pencils appeared to amuse the royal suite, and on his Majesty again expressing his ad miration and astonishment at the manner in which the operation is performed, he was solicited to try the opera tion, which the royal visiter at once agreed to; and on a dozen pure lead pencils being placed in his hands his Ma jesty passed them through the engine with an expertness and tact that would have done credit to a more experienced workman. The royal suite gazed with admiration upon the handiwork of their sovereign, and whilst thus examin ing the pencils on which his Majesty had performed the finishing operation Mr. Banks begged as a favour that the royal visiter would do the company the further honour to accept the pencils which he had placed through the finishing engine. His Majesty was graciously pleased to accept of the present, and judging from the evident pleasure with which they were examined by the royal p arty we may venture to state that an infinitely higher price is placed upon them than they would realize even in the hands of the best salesman. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meet ing of this society took place last week at Southampton. On Wednesday, not only Southampton, but all the neigh bouring villages, were filled with guests, many of them highly distinguished. The Duke of Cambridge arrived on Wednesday morning, and was received with a royal salute from the battery. One of the principal features in the proceedings was a meeting for the purpose of es tablishing an agricultural college. It was stated, that the project had been taken up by many of the leading flsctyoaihr particularlyet nothing. ayowpthuo itunwould agriculturists, not only in the immediate district in which it was intended to establish the college, but in other and distant counties. Lord Bathurst had, in addition to pro vidingth e e college l a ege suitable an do f t a h r e m r farm, buildingsof four w hundred be acres,erected,on which ch ad vanced £2,000 in furtherance of the object. The Duke hnten'low ad mittedoefff R ee i t c , h t m ha o t nd se p h r o o o p l o s s o e f d a t g li r e ie fi o r l s t t u r r e e so a l r u e t m ion ue , w h h w ic a t country, oyi ben b eessentialwhichlearna e d k knowledge o o i w tnh l eecdognen ofconnection t iotnh successfule with pursuit. t c h ien t eoepwinftalpydea practical . t r n c o i tctitHul: the working of a farm on the most approved d d gentlemen were pre. council dinner, about four sent, including a large presided. The toast, "The Pro fessors notmsaii s d tgr i t yv h , e e o y a st allhep them amustctthiec practically advantagesre d t h t p h ut that ntd oftti hundr e d thei agricultural g r e ik a c n r u l ol y twu e lr d ead u l g c education ti o o fn purposes.ehhaed to by Dr. Buckland, who, the course of his The ge n t ry. college o f Earl ac i r s i le to nscpe b e, e n, , Spencer ew s r t a a sn a b ul proposediis established near oafbl l ny olCirencester.lLbienoalerrdmd noblemen a much acb nh ndrrotd A ,iofodn t b,t andetenehei arti ficial nddre responded guano,anar wn t a h oi wt , under his observation as a geologist. The present dry season had been yeen a at i r m ,e aowtsetodufatl would aolsbeteo experiments with guano. world. It would never be so cheap again. weather. He hoped y that next year makingHl nlis u Gp ep ae e u a e o ae rn e cunt t n hhor ht t ee, : eh r e eo ye ien a xnbf t e w Po g s e txere ro d hterr ou iev' u t l me d h n de e d , a n m l tt il hs n t a m w o t wa i etmrmurunsursetr,otbautiothathtintehathuoygerfweyuei soon be convinced of its wonderful effects. They must not, however, expect the effect of guano to last more than one year ; but if they found it to pay one year they ought to repeat the experiment the next season. The health of the president was most enthusiastically received ; and Earl Spencer, in returning thanks, said he was overpowered by the reception he had received. Numerous other toasts were given and responded to. The cattle-show and grand pavilion dinner took place on Thursday. thschot cheaper el guano, p x aa:e i enhd s aro t e, nm i ,mndttaopghhgnrr, only eodisnnaa SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, 'Three o'clock, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-THIS DAY , Rather more inquiry for Cotton to-day. The sales are estimated at 3,000 bales, without any change in prices. Consumers are the only purchasers to-day. Exporters have been inquiring, but did not succeed in doing any thing to their mind. • LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Tars DAY. <From Messrs. R. Makin & Sone Circular.) The imports having been considerably augmented here since Friday, we have to note from Ireland and abroad, inclusive, a good supply of Wheat, Oats, and Pease; with a liberal accession of Irish, and 31,863 barrels of States and Canadian Flour, forming, since the Bth inst., nearly 100,000 barrels of the two last-named descriptions. Favoured by exceedingly fine weather of late, several fields of Wheat and Oats in the more forward parts of this district were in the course of being reaped, which a few showers this morning have int errupted for the moment ; but with the prospect of general harvest shortly, the decline in all the leading markets of the kingdom, but more especially the impor tant depression in London yesterday, and the abundantly increasing supplies of foreign produce into this port daily, have entirely counteracted all extensive operations in any branch of the trade at our Exchange to-day. In Wheat, therefore, we have to report a reduction of 4d. to 6d. per 701 b. from the rates of Tuesday last, which induced ne cessitous millers to purchase upon a moderate scale, for present use, at that abatement. Flour continued to move slowly into the hands of con sumers, the general runs of Irish receding Is. to 2s. per sack, and Canadian 6d. per barrel. ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 23rd to the 29th July, 1844, inclusive. IRE- COAST- ICANADA F°- TOTAL LAND. WISE. i REIGN. .------ --- Wheat .. ... Ors. 2833 I 40 2060 4330 9263 Barley Qrs. , 12 27 231 270 Malt Qrs. 46 7 32 778 Oats Qrs. I , 5246 519 576 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 23 30 53 Pease Qrs., 25 1408 2038 3171 • ShelledßarleyQrs. , Indian Corn. Qrs. j 9 9 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Loads 1844 16 1860 Flour. ....Sacks 5810 62 200 6182 Ditto Brls. 31863 31846 Oatmeal .. Loads 1814 Flour. ....Sacks 5810 Ditto Brls. In'o Runcorn, Ireland a] 667 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads Lnd Coast , ;; Flour, 31863 7ise,—Malt, qrs.; Oats 254 sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 215 qrs. ; Pease, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, 1318 brls.—lr eland. Wheat, 137 qrs. ; Bar ley, qrs. ; Oats, qrs ; Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn, 25 qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids ; Flour, sks, brls.—Coastwise. Wheat, 175 qrs. ; Barley, 64 qrs. ; Malt, qrs.; Oats, 74 qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 34 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 166 loads ; Flour, 317 sacks 877 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 20. 1944. Wheat 545. Id. I Barley 345. 5d j Oats .. 21s. 5d Rye 363. 4d, Beans.. 375. 7d. I Pease.. 375. 3d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 55s 3d I Barley 33s Sd I Oats 22s sth I Rye 343 6d Beans.. 375. Bd. j Pease.. 365. Id. Duty on Foreign Produce this week. - - - Wheatl7sod I Barley as Od I I Oats .... 6s Od Rye.. 8s 6d Beans Ls 6d Pease.. 6s 6d I Ind. Corn Os Od Flour 10s lid Duty on Canadian Wheat.. Is. Od. I Barley.. Os. 6d. 1 Oats .. Is. 6d. 1 Rye.. Os 6d Beans Os. 6d I Pease Os. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour Os 74d Duty on other British Colonial. Wheat.. 4s. od. I Barley.. vs. 6d. I Oats, Is. 6d. I Rye... Os. 6d, Beans.. Os. 6d. I Pease.. Os. 6d. I Flour. 2s. sd. Liverpool Averages, week ending 23rd July, 1844. Wheat, 688 qrs., price, 455. 3d. ; Barley, 89 qrs., price, 295. Od.; Oats, 143 qrs., price 2as. ld. ; Beans, qrs., price Os. od. ; Pease, qr., price Os Cd. Duties paid in Liverpool, for week ending 25th July, 1844. Foreign—Wheat, 4896 qrs.; Barley, 350 qrs.; Beans, 1844 qrs; Pease, 1666 qrs. ; Flour, 12 brls. Colonial—Wheat, 2057 qrs. ; Pease, 400 qrs.; Oatmeal, Flour. 16,761 brls. July 30, 1844. broke out at the e x t ens i ve h om e s t ea d of Mr. W.D. Gree n, of Greenstead-hall, Col c h es t er , farmer and poor -law t 12 guardian. The fire originated in a stack of hay, and th e an l d N i c o E , N cl n o r c A k u o v n F ll ra e z dne a s T day C in or. o c r ir ni u n sjE a rt n .— in ß ee e n tw di e a e r n y _ flames, driven by th e w i n d, comm unicated with two others, (containing in all about 90 tons,) and thence tU s t barn and granary, co n t a i n i ng 80 quar ters of wheat, I . o s l . coombs of beans, some o a t s , & c ., an d these, w ith the er bles, a new waggon, a nd ou th ouses , wer e all consumed . The engines came promptly f rom Hyth e , but all efforteF preserve the property were i ne ff ec t ua l, saving the dwell ing -house and so me o th er b u ild ings . A num ber of heart . less wretches from the fair were a b ou t, an d m any of the m seemed to enjoy the blaze. The w i n d ows were broken DT them and the beer cellar ransack e d. The farm labourers , 3 however, behaved well. Mr. Green was insured. 1 1 . premises, the property of E ar l D e G re y, wa s not insiur4 The damage is estimated at £2,000. Mr. Green is st, to be an excellent m as t e r, an d hi g hly res p ec ted by his and neighbours. THE ROMANISTS AND TH E D ISSEN T ERS ' ,1 5 ,10 BILL.—Sir Robert Peel thinks that the Dissenters' Li% pels Bill legalizes our p resen t h o ldi ng as i ntru ders n!`, Roman Catholic endowments. M r . Sh e il k no ws bett er than that. And we are conv i nce d t h at h e d oes s o, f°,l_ his assertion that the Romanists supported the DisseuteV e Chapels Bill to a man. W e are f ur th er convinced Mil. better knowledge of Mr. Sh e il an d hi s par t y f r om O'Connell's visit to London simply to give his vocal ia favour of the same f a t a l bill. Th e reason i s o b v i ou s. " A Queen has now signed the Di ssen t ers ' Ch ape l s Bill, an as soon as O'Connell regains his liberty he will agitate spec making Popery the c h urc h o f I re l an d , on t h e plea tilt the principle of his moti on i s a l rea d y conce d e d t o him the Dissenters' Chapels Bill— as it i s — t h us : Pop e" 1 under Henry Plantagenet, an d Ad r i an , an d Alexannel intruded itself into Ireland. It occupied and i n iproli the church secularities. It f oun d it se lf, and conti n ,, for many years, unchall enge d as an intrusionist. Nett; theless, as an intruder, Popery was at length ejected. D„ this same Popery having never been since then for twee'' . five years together silent as to its claim to recover holdings—and Protestantism, mo reover , h av i ng constantl been made se nsibl e by th e P ope, th e P reten d er, the WT.' of the Boyne, tae Irish rebellion, Guy Faux, and O'Ce rl i nell, cum nueltis aliis, that Popish claims were alive en.. energetic —it -would be unavaili ng f or P rotestan ti s m "' plead twenty-five years quiet and undisturbed possessis. in Ireland since the Reformation. —Church and SO Gazette. ALARMING FIRE AT BOLTON.—On Tuesday afternO o about half-past four o'clock, an alarming fire broke oat le the scutching room, at the Coronation Mill, belongil to Messrs. Bulling. Almost instantaneously the whol e ,. room was in a blaze, a n d th e fl ames rus h ed through the windows, creating the utmost terror and alarm througr out the neighbourhood. The blowing room, the smite! ing room, and the mixing room, are all above the boiler" house, and the staircase o f th e m ill a dj o i ns them. Into this staircase the flames rushed, and filled the mill with $ suffocating smoke, and the means of egress being cut by the fire, the situation of the hands was, for a tim e r most critic - il, and the cri e s o f th e women and children truly heart-rending. At the end of the building next the street (being the farthest f rom th e fire), the men brow' the windows on both s id es o f the mill, and halting fastened a number of driving straps together, they des' cended by them, fortunately without any accident takit place. The wom e n an d c hild ren were a ll fortuna tely rescued with no further inj ur y th an th e f r i g h t they 1111: sustained. The fire engi n e s were prompt l y on the sir': Part of the building in which the fire originated hen 3 _ % fire-proof, the progress of th e fl ames was not so rap id 'm might have been expected. The flames having bee extinguished, the work-people commenced throwing th i e smouldering cotton throu g h th e w i n d ows i n t o t h e yard whilst one of the e ng i nes pl aye d upon i t, an d at elg,ui o'clock all apprehension of f ur th er d amage was remo ve' A quantity of cotton has been destroyed, but the daroage will not be heavy. ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER.—On Friday morning , " young woman named Eliza Daly was taken into custodf by the Manchester police, charged with attempting! destroy her inf an t c hild, an d a l so w i t h concealing t°' birth ; and her mother of the same name was afterward s apprehended charged as an accessory to the crime. About three months ago the prisoners and a brother of the younger one arrived in Manchester from Cork, and took lodging with a woman named Evans, in Bedale.stree t, Hulme. The daughter worked at needle work, and th e son was employed in a ware h ouse . O n F r id ay morning a night-soil man discovered in a dust hole, in an entry at the back of the house where they lived, an old dre s , l l so curiously wrapped up that he examined it, and found_ l l to contain a newly-bor n i n f an t. Th e f ace was unco vered by the cloth and in th e f a ll i n t o th e h o l e was slight l y bruized, but the child w as a li ve , an d a woman in ! ie t i o neighbourhood took it into h er care . I nspec t or LiPslt_, hearing of the circumstances, made enquiries, and leer .% ing that Eliza Daly, th e d aug h ter , was sus p ec t e d by 4 0 neighbours to be pregnant, he wen t t o t h e house. i: daughter denied having given bi r th t o a c hiid, or hal l o been pregnant. The inspector, however, found in. t b, house and yard indubitabl e t races o f recen t child-W oe and took her into custody, when a surgeon certified 0 . fact, and also to her delic a t e s t a t e i n consequenc e s reck s w mending her to be takep into the hospital of the o keu. Bailey for three or fou‘rdays—to which she was to On the way she ackno w l e d ge d th a t s h e h a d given ~„other a child Mrs. Ev a ns w ith w h om s h e an d bet "" heart' • she that lo d g h e a d d w o a s ri a t aft erwards p q r e u v e i s o t u i e t , o t h a n e d d s t v ey a ppeared child cry, and suspecting what had happened went into the daughter's room to ascertain, but was forcibly ejected by the mother, but not till after she saw the daughter sitting in a chair, with something " hutched up" in her arms. The old dress in which the child (a fine boy, now doing well in the workhouse) was found is, it is said, identified to be the property of the elder prisoner. The case up to Saturday had not been judicially investigated. THE QUARTERLY TABLE OF MORTALITY• The quarterly table of the mortality in one hundred and, fifteen of the districts (includi ng the principal towns) or England has just been p u bli s h e d, showing the number: of deaths in the five springs, 1838-42; and the number nt deaths in the spring quarter ending June 30, 1844. A. considerable diminution i s ex hibit e d i n th e number or e deaths in this town during th e l as t quar t er. Th e q uartrll average of the number of deaths during the last five years is 1875; the quarterly average during five springs, 170; and the quarterly average of the last spring, only 1547. The District of West Derby shows an increase, in the average of five years, being 569, of five springs 455, an d of the last spring quarter, 526. We extract the following from the remarks on the general return : The Quarterly Returns are obtained from 115 districtS• sub-divided into 576 sub-districts. Thirty-four district! are placed under the metropoli s , an d th e remaining the principal comprise, with some ag r icult ura l di str i cts , ti" principal towns and cities of England. The populati° ll was 6,578,912 in 1841. The deaths registered in the last quarter (ending Jun e 30th) amounted to 38,925, which is less by 7,116 than the deaths in the previous quarter, and 1,283 less than the average of the corresponding spring quarter in the 5 years, (1838-42.) Allowing for the increase of the touts population, the mortality was 10 per cent. below the average of the season. The reduction in the mortality has been unequally dis tributed over the kingdom; but, as a general rule, it 11° been most remarkable in the large manufacturing tits' tricts. Average of five previous Deaths in the Spring Quarters, Quarter ending 1838-42. June 30. 1844. Manchester 1 543 .. 1,260 Salford.... Ashton and Oldham.. 1,377 .. 993 Leeds Sheffield .. Stock port. . . Liverpool Birmingham remained the same ; and in a fe w o f the other manufacturing districts, to be shortly mentioned' the mortality was above their average. Districts in which the Mortality was higher than M s average Mortality of the Spring Q uar t er i n the same du" rricts.-The south di s t r i cts o f the metropolis, Porto n Island, Northampt on , B e df ord, Clifton, Stroud, Here; ford, Kidderminster, West Derby, Wigan, Bradfor d Merthr-Tydfyl. Districts in which the Mortality was lower than th e average Mortality of the Spring Quarter in the san e Districts.-Brighton, Oxford, Norwich, Dorcheste r : Bristol, Worcester, Wolverhampton, Stockport, 148 u clesfield, Great Broughton, (Chester,) Liverpool, Bury, Bolton, Prescot, Manchester, Salford, Ashton , Sheffield, Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Sunderland, Tyne mouth, mouth, Newcastle- on-Tyue, Pontypool, An glesey. notes transmitted by the regis trars The following are the of the several districts : - Greatd street.-I have registered 20 deaths Howar - from small pox, 18 not vaccinated, and 2 after vaccination' one of which was vaccinated two days after it was takes ill. Dale-street.-The deaths in my district are fewer by . 93 in the general number than the previous quarter, the (W . ' trict, I conceive, being in a very healthy condition. Still, there is an increase of 10 deaths more than the last (MT ter in the disease of small-pox, without previous vacc.. nation. St. Thomas.-The deaths this quarter are 80 less the the last, and 25 below the spring of 1843: this if quarter the smallest quarter since the commencement of the l w ; gistration Act, which has now completed its seventh Ye s " - the number for the whole year is 40 less than the g l i e j, ceding year, and 57 under the year ending June, 1° .17, The principal diseases are, hydrocephalus 14 ; phthisis :'„ g bronchitis 16, pneumonia 22, diarrhcea, &c. 13, Preston, boOPr o : cough 9, teething 9, dropsy 8, croup 5, measles 6, quests 17, delirium tremens 2. f 7 5 Islington.-There is a decrease i n m y district of j j deaths, as comparing with the cor res p on di ng quarter '- last year. i et q uarter Saint George.-The number of de a ths in my d r istr , t ( this quarter is 42 less than the co rres p on di n g last year, and 71 less than the p rece di ng qua rter ; O Ps; quently, the district is remarkably healthy. urnb er West Derby.-There is an inc rease o f 27 in then ..„ r t. of deaths as compared with my last quarterly rejl o g Particulars : teething 2, epilepsy 1, smallpox 3, ec e a l ___ o l 1, decline 12, convulsions 15, haemorrhage from the 1. , " 5 , 1, dropsy 6, cancer of the womb 2, water on the brain t _ 7 , consumption palpitation of the heart 3, scarlatina 6, inflamma 0 1 Il eor 12, tubercular phthisis 1, decay of nature or the lungs 5, paralysis 2, child birth 1, asthma 2, aP ll 1, 1, measles 1, croup 5, liver complaint 3, haematerner; 39 o hooping cough 3, inflamm a tio n o f the chest 2, in nel,3".„,rs tion of the brain 2, infl a m ma tio n of the bowels 2 , u''' 41 tion of the stomach 1, hydrocephalus acutus 1, inque s do Great Crosby.-Little or no epidemic diseas e gu nner. present quarter is below the average. , Toxleth-park.-The mortality in my district for tk6 .1 ex ] dej tra kr( ex th , Pal J ai 1.'13a all( tip affi