The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

Zittraturr. POETRY AND THE REPOSE BY T. WESTWOOD THE STRIFE Lo ! a peasan Dream-bou fli!d lay a put and c read to hear Whi e that Dream-bound in the sun And that day a Kin , From his place or net to doom Goodly hearts &r eve 3f viitaze wassail id anguish .oar and strife of battle, 'ere rill with weeping, nn throne to dungeon wended, Beauty quencled in v MRrnir_q_dawn'4! —Douglas Jerrold's ,Shatiazy D. smiles and harken'd SKETCHES OF A TRIP TO THE CONTINENT, ITAI BY EDWIN KEET, ESC, No. VI Written for the Liverpool Standard.) stand in Rom he ruins rious-coloured I. Tittle timid you, a ant, serpent-lik disapp, ;est approac swath fragment -rows, Italy; the cypress trees add leinnity of the landscape; an no where on earth can I three thousand yea] mankind, you roust Gaze on the dm 'to which Diana Christ's mighty Well is it saidol St. Pe But thou of temp crevices, unde among the evergreen hat never seem to imbre hue and so- if you wisp► to see, what een so well, the lapse of nearly works of ever-Vusy;restles; vi:st and wondrous dome— .hove his inartyr's tomb. thing :.k! to thee, io.y and the true. , and neauty, all are aisled And to compare the ancient temple of Janus, the Co losseum, the palace of the Caesars, and the . Pantheon, 6 ' so simple, erect, sE all saints, and tempi with St. Peter's, St. I Maggi ore' s elegant edi wttere, sublime," shrine of gods from Jove to Jesus, t. John's, and Santa Maria ing, eloquent lesson ; and that bible that is not imbued with upon reflecting how mutable a were the early Christians hunt wild beasts ; here, by all so emperors asses into t Und mint indeed be insert ? " pale cast of thought," all earthly things. Here f by dog, torn fo pieces by death , were the tyrant i, dragged through the streets, thrown ngled by their wrestlers and athletse, , cast from the Tarpian rock. And Ac silent, how like a city mourninz its ; and renow ;he sable-el, pierced by d now, how sti departed Brea never, never, to return ; priests,_ with their large here and Cocked hats So each other ten politely moved from their heads my layman they may know and meet. Is to the triumph of Caesar ! celebration of his victories in v.) lictors attend his triumph, to the capitol, in a chariot sun ; by torchlight forty ele attend him ; the Sister of id the African king Juba ap i-o statues represent the And thiA yni to the lorry ( Egypt ani A four wt like the phants, rich Cleopatra walks in cl pears a. an abject ea Rhine, Rhone, and c hore3 d the scenes of his ex- ploits ; here Combats, athl, the children c In the Circus ling spectacles, gladiatorial era in every language ; and ; dancing the Pyrrhic dances. wins of which you may still see) assemoled two hundred and sixty thousand people, noble youths of Rome, drove their. chariots, with four horses, yoked and unyoked ; for three days wrestlers, boxers, and racers contested for prizes en the field of Mars ; on a lake formed near the Tiber sea-fights with Tyrian and Egyptian ships astonished the spectators, and such immense crowds thronged to the festival, that they were obliged to sleep under tents. Two consuls and many of the crowd were trampled to death. A statue was erected to him, placed opposite to that of Jupiter, in the Capitol: standing in a chariot, with a globe under his feet, inscribed to Czesar— demi-god ! Divine honours were decreed to him—sacri fices, incense, altars, temples, libations, priests, festivals. He was styled Julius the Liberator ! They dedicated to him the temple of Liberty ! His image was erected in all their cities and temples, the statue adorned with a civic crown, with another obsidional one, were both placed in the Tribunal, where the orators delivered their harangues. In the Temple of Romuius his statue was inscribed as the °` Invincible God." And this extraordinary man, of whom Cicero says, " he maintairei an elegant, brilliant, grand, and generous style of speaking ; who more keen and rapid is his thought-? T..e , t, as a s )Idier, who so brave, pass ing, whether on foot or horseback, his soldiers; in sun shine or rain his head uncovered ; travelling a hundred miles a day ; swimming rivers ; exploring harbours ; his caution only equalled by his daring; if his soldiers were flying from t6e•eneiny, he laid hold of them by the throats and turned them round to face the enemy. In preventing a standurd bearer Hying, he left his eagle in the hands of man, notwithitanaing, falls a.s!:a,:sinated at the foot of Pompey's .Pillar, by his on, e loving friends, headed by Brutus. Thu ;, ala 4, pa.4.ses away the glory of the world! The drop of morning dew ; the bubble on the stream ; the shadow of the &Ten leaf ;—such is man. Caesar, Napo leon, Wellington, ye are but eaglBs soaring to the sun ! and ye feel the shaft of time amid your carnage as well as meaner hind=! The glories of our mortal state." b e down, Be "ow-y As I have lao holinesses and cardi- nails of it as po3sibl. pt, ti.e, and blend, as much 103 with the following more architecture of churches. imber that might be named, i , ca, built upon the scite of novel and inferior Chri For instance. amcrig a va there i 3 the Church of Si the temple of whose modern roof. An early r Wars support the more Guido's is here. The four fluted ancient This church The two Church also of S columns, b was founded by an II .D. 425 6nm-bones of sexton aisured me t 'eritable relics. After lass-covered bones of ga round black stone, a, I wa4 nex en pound, placed on a small have been thrown by the Devil none but the paw of a demon hat a melancholy circumstance ;aids, however ridiculous, are credulous multitude there I )f the churches, when the veil milted, as a great favour, to in the monks' garb, as they of the face and hands, well ob erver, and the ladies of the inr pryingly down on their the face and hands, found t accompanying this dead skin and bones of f the Dartv saving. (4 very dry," the sacristan As nearly as dry before he gilding - of the roofs, the htd the grand statues 1 patlitii CRILIIL A I for five roitut The applicatir, GUANO ST constitt into 1.1 is of ego, Wetho comm solicit° . that it him up t c . t -- b u, punt whether he is a neces -- or not in the meantime." The argument far from con-luded, when, towards *the close of the --:teed ; and it is said that the "'ng interrupted so ab- L. candles, from 12 to 15 feet up.m the wax, surprise ►ds or feet in hot water ge them in cold water it, prevents chilblains. nual value of the chie which at present passes Scholars' Pond Sewer, is from all the sewers of he fluid they discharge - Evidence of .Professor BUILT OF EPSOM SALTS.— yni3try, in a lecture delivered before the Duke of Rich - '• -- of the Royal Agricul elementary principles lime-stone contains per cent. of carbonate of tits were procured by ap i if Westminster Bridge, h water and sulphuric p 4om salts. i; said of the late Sir Charles vi-a 4 attending a Parliamentary Csiriii4h election, as counsel for less to speak to a fact which his be proved was called for by the it Charles, in a whisper with the the witness was at home, and :end for him and bring If .a post-chaise and four at once, a-11;11 nary witne wa third d learned raptly.- poring over t. Sa weighing ahoy column. Tt~i W 0.4 at some good saikt : could have gr,t,ped i it seems, that all th firmly believed in Under the altar 4 of is withdrawn, you a behold tl►e illy ;rrup presery a nee3, not a li miraculous the venerate " Ah, poor . 1) ,n replied died." M-ixt to rich al ta of the ( Dr. Ryan at the Poly mond and Lund Societ from t TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SECOND EDITION. LIVE There Flour at of 6d. pe per barn Standard °dice, Two o I Oats al 1 The In 5I 4 : F 55 , 'clock 3RPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Tins was a large business done in both W - vning's market, the former at ar I, chiefly for consumption ; the this mo: r bushe' and Pea End OatE Larket cl I* * l° . . ! I- I I • • 1 I - - Imo. meal, tE 'eared o: CO .4 1 0 I co co z- Prz.a.g iz o cheat and 1 advance latter 2s. Z.:l ,i: i vi-.', THE STARVING IRISH. APPEAL FROM THE REV. HUGH M`NEILE We noticed last week the noble effort made by the Rev, Canon M'Neile and his congregation to relieve the destitution existing in Ireland and amongst the Highlands of Scotland; and since that notice, the same rev. gentleman has added to his claims u ?on the gratitude of his poor fellow country-men, by the publication of a letter, ad dressed to "the merchants, bankers, gentry, and trading classes of the town of Liverpool," revealing further evidence of the necessity of exertion by the benevolent, to preserve a people from starvation, and appealing, in a strain of fervent eloquence, for increased exertion. This admirable letter we give below; and we wish sincerely that it were in our power to say anything calculated to add , to the effect which it ought to produce upon every feeling heart. We can only urge upon the apa thetic in this good work the duty which they owe as Christians, grateful for the good things with which Providence has blessed them, to be prompt —to come forward with the open hand, and to reflect that, to use the stirring language of Mr. M'Neile, whilst they are hesitating and counting the cost, men, women, and children, are starving to death : TO V-IE MERCHANTS, BANKERS, GENTRY, AND TRADING CLASSES OF THE TOWN OF LIVERPOOL. MEN AND BRETHREN,—Do not accuse me of unwar rantable intrusion—do not stand upon the ordinary usages and etiquettes of society, well how d, well thed, well etc) I - value those usages as highly as any of you can do, respect them as scrupulously Under all ordinary cir: cumstances. But human life is paramount, and the daily bread, absolutely necessary for the sustenance of our fellow-men, may not (pray excuse my urgency when I add must not) wait for the etiquettes of society. On every side I heard the inquiry, what is to be done ? In every circle I witnessed a willingness to give; and a wish for some general appeal, some satisfactory channel through which to contribute. To my own congregation, as a body, I proposed a meeting upon the subject. For the result so far I humbly and heartily thank God, and my dear kind friends. I expected other similar move ments in the tow -- Oo • 1 _ - . - i I ' 0 . CEt g cn Guiana, and other of our colonies, the average 'yield of sugar from the cane is but five per cent.—certainly six per cent. may be set down as the maximum"; two-thirds therefore of the saccharine matter is lost in the process of extraction. And how Can this be wondered at when we remember that the process of sugar-making in the British West India Colonies has undergone but little change for two centuries or more, except in the improvement of the machinery for crushing the ripe canes and extracting the juice ? The tempering with lime, clarifying by heat, and quick evaporation in a series of open pans, still remain. The poverty of the proprietors, we must admit, has hi therto been a serious-bar to the introduction of many ac knowledged improvements.--Simmonds's Colonial Ma gazine. SUGAR PLANTERS SHOULD NOT BE SUGAR BOILERS. -There is no doubt that at the present moment the Hearing - of none as yet, and hearing daily of deaths from hunger, I am constrained to the boldness of this address. Let me entreat you to excuse me, and prove that you do so, by granting my petition. It is food for the hungry ; it is clothing, however scanty and however coarse, for the naked ; and I must now add, medicine for the sick. Read the following extracts from a letter this, day re ceived from an old f r ie n d of m i ne , now rec t or o f a parish in the south of Ireland : " Very grateful do I feel for your kind remembrance of us in deep distress. Much required is, not only the sym pathy, but the active benevolence of our friends. If they aid me not, I must soon close my hands and bar my doors. Our existence is one continuous, unbroken scene of misery. A bright and peaceful moment has long been a stranger to me and mine. Yea ! and verily the mirth of the land is gone. No laugh is ever heard—no smile ever seen. In the beautiful words of the author of " The Sabbath," though introduced on a far different occasion, " Mute is the plough-boy's whistle, and the milkmaid's song." All is deep settled gloom and despondency. The haggard eye, and sunk cheek, and ghastly hue, meet you in every passer by, indicating but too mournfully the fearful advances of famine. " I was on horseback this morning, long before day, with medicines in my pocket to arrest, if possible, the.fright ful ailments induced by starvation and unwholesome food : and when it was known that I had my box of pills and my phial of laudanum with me, many were the hands stretched out, and my remedies were swallowed by some greedily on the instant, while by others they were carried home to a sick husband, wife, or child, perhaps in the last agonies .of dissolution. Upwards of fifty persons have died around us from absolute starvation (for to all it is utterly beyond our power to administer relief); and our medical man states that there are hundreds, if not thou uced, that neither food nor medicine can Ls, so red restore them largest portion of expense of a sugar estate is incurrea after the canes are cut and at the mill door. The pro duction of no one estate is anything like sufficient to main- I " I have a population of 18,000 in my parish, and when tain the machinery of a boiling-house in constant opera- I inform you that of those 5,000 are utterly bereft of sus tion. It is this sugar making on an inadequate and de- tenance, (save what the hand o f c h ar ity supp lies, whilst fective plan which keeps the planter ever in debt and dif- almost all besides are totally dependant on casual em ficulty. If he could sell his canes by the acre, as fields of pl o y men t,) you may f orm some i dea of our boundless standing corn are sold at home, or cut it i and cart tby the an d i n d escr ib a bl e wretc h edness. Could you have seen railroad to a market, as the former disposes of his oats the pale, emaciated crowds that gathered round the this and barley, the soil would make him an ample return for morning, leaning on their spades ere they commenced the capital and labour expended upon it. At present he I --'" manufactures, and he loses money. He. combines two processes, neither of wtich is properly done, and both of which are expensively performed by the restricted and in efficient means applied to each. He turns out a rough product, upon which the merchant and the broker and the refiner of the mother-country have each their profit, but he has none ; while, if he confined himself to his cul tivation, he would make money. With a constant, a cer tain, and an immediate market for the raw material, his risk and his expenses would alike cease, when his canes were upon the railway truck.—Simmonds's Colonial Ma gazine. MACREADY'S INTRODUCTION TO THE STAGE.—Wm. Charles Macready was born in London, in the parish of St. Pancras, March 3, 1793. His father was the manager of a provincial company, and lessee of several theatres ; but, with a feeling not unusual, desired a different pro fession for his son ; whose wishes, as time developed them, he found perfectly in accordance with his own. The sub ject of this notice was sent to school at a very early pe riod ; and at ten years of age entered at Rugby, where he soon acquired considerable reputation by his classical attainments, and was regarded as giving high promise of future celebrity at the bar or in the church. To an actor's life he felt no vocation ; perhaps it is not too much to say that he had a strong repugnance. In his seven teenth year, while looking forward to speedy matriculation at Oxford, his father's affairs became deeply embarrassed. This fact was not necessarily fatal to his prospects, had those prospects alone been consulted. Assistance was not wanting, by which he might have been extricated from the household wreck; enabled to win the academical ho nours already bending to his grasp ; and set forward on , . with prompt devoteC er: wan severe sell-conquest, and mess, he took the nobler course, and of his fatt his first appearance on the boards in the character of. Ro meo, at the Birmingham theatre. Under his direction, the disorganised company was rendered efficient. He was at once recognised as a provincial " Star." Su - ccess at tended his exertions.. His father was saved from ruin, and his own destiny was fixed. It was arvappropriate intro duction to some passages of his subsequent history, that moral feeling and high principle should first have given the young Macready to the stage.—People's Journal. MONUMENTAL DECORATIONS IN OUR CEMETERIES Returning to our subject of rural cemeteries, we marvel to find so little that is new in monumental decorations ; old heathen symbols meet the eye in almost every direc tion. In the catacombs the Egyptian style of sepulchral architecture, may be considered in keeping, as it fills the imagination with solemn associations, and recalls those ancient and " silent cities of the dead "; carrying the mind back to the captivity of Israel—to the wondrous achievements of Moses—and all those stirring incidents which once shook the oldest kingdom of the world. Surely the path which Christianity has hewn through a thousand dangers, and which, though so full of peril, her martyrs fearlessly trod on their way to eternal life, is not so barren but that it might furnish something better than those emblems of the old idolaters. How few, saving the near work, to whit, will venture to say, not a man among them could give half his former strength, it would have wrung you to the heart. Nor did I forget to seize the occasion to speak to them of their endangered souls ; and with deep attention did they listen to the words of life. I preached various sermons to various groups. Oh ! that the seed may have fallen on ground prepared by the Redeemer's hand, for how gladly would I be to them the minister of peace, and whisper comfort to their dying souls. • learned, understand the meaning of those mysterious hieroglyphics : even the tear vessels, quenched torches, winged hour glasses, and circled serpents, are beyond the comprehension of thousands ! They would better under stand the descending dove, the full-cheeked angel sound ing the last trumpet, the sacred cross, the arched rain bow, the ark, the stone rolled from the mouth of the se pulchre, and a hundred other old and holy emblems which abound in our ancient church yards. There seems to be a want of invention' amongst our modern sculptors, not so much in the mere outline of monuments, (their forms are numerous enough), but a want of something that would at once speak to the imagination. It is yet left for some man of mind to illustrate death from the history long storm, and call from the marble such forms as we believe we shall meet with in heaven.—Pictures of a Country Life, by Thos. Mille? A GLANCE AT THE FUTURI " I was out for about six hours, and returned home jaded in body and oppressed in mind. My dear partner begi her kindest remembrance to you—her father in the hope of the gospel. Hours daily does she spend upon her feet ministering to the famishing crowds around her; with her own hands distributing soup, meal, flour, rice, bread, biscuit, medicine, and money, as severally re quired, inasmuch that I sometimes fear she will be seriously injured by her exertions. For the two last days she has been in her bed. We dreaded lest our door should have given way with the pressure, and we are now about to get a half-door made, which we can protect by a strong bar, for verily the crowds are frightful. " Such, - my dear sir, is a brief narrative orour situation. Details might be multiplied without end ; but my heart sickens among them, and I am glad to bring my descrip tion of our miseries to a close. Any aid you can afford us will be gratefullyreceived, and shall befaithfully applied; yea ! and not hundreds only, but thousands, if I had them, could I easily dispense." Read the following statement this day received from the Dean of Cork : " Skibbereen Poor-home. " Visited on Wednesday, the 30th December, 1846, by the Dean of Cork, and Rev. Messrs. R. B. Townsend and :aultield. " In fever As we write, the tolling ), convalesceht 25 nary cases, chiefly dysentery and swelled 123 671 limbs - " Other individuals " Total " Deaths in November and December, 1845, only 7 1846 .... 218 ft II Many of the above came from Skull, Crookhaven, Agha down Tullagh, Cahara, as all th ese parishes are in th e Skibbereen Workhouse union. changes into the chiming bell, and the old steeple of "llme rings out its joyous'weleome to 1847. The threatre of the world is stilled with expectation : and the boldest heart might flutter at the rising of the curtain. What pageants of literature and art, what revelations of science, what ap paratus of civilization, what swelling grandeur of com merce, what splendour of religious holiness, lie behind it ! Mysterious masses awaiting the life-giving finger of Him, by whom the solemn drama of human history is being " On Thurs4iii,Theil;t:Tattended a meeting of clergy men at Ballydehob village, in the parish of Skull. Mr. Triphook, perpetual curate of Ballydehob, said he had visited thirteen Protestant families in dysentery. In O ne house (where there was a large family) not one was able to get out of bed to open the door. Dr. Trail said that the deaths had so much increased, they were obliged to take an additional half acre of ground to add to Skull churchyard, and to keep two men at work to make graves: also, that the greater number was buried without coffins, to save expense. " Major Parlor and Captain Reid (on the part of govern ment) spent the greater part of last Wednesday examining the houses of the destitute and sick, near Skull village, and they declared to Dr. Trail they h a d b e fore heard of the great misery in that district, but now they saw it with their eyes, alkd believed it : and they added, the people must be fed, and in most instances (from the spread of dysentery and sickness) gratuitously ; also, that seed must be supplied to sow in their land. " Indian meal can now be had on the spot for about £lB or £2O per ton. " Bread stuff can be supplied on the spot." These are not exceptions, I grieve to say, but rather specimens, of what it has pleased God, in his mysteriou s visitation, to inflict upon our unhappy country. Be not impatient under the distressing reiteration of Ireland's miseries. Do not look upon her as a stranger,—yet even as a stranger, a troublesome stranger if you will, you cannot as Christians listen to the history of her wretched. ness with unmoved apathy ; but rather receive her as - a sister, an unhappy sister, whose sorrows should excite the sympathies of her brethren, and whose wants should ani mate their self-denying efforts t o p rocure f or h er w ith ou t . . measure of relief. he need Say not the government should do something more. I know it, but men are starving to death ! Say not the landlords should interfere, each for his own tenants. I kndw it, but many, very many of them have not the means, and in the meantime men are starving to death ! conducted to its tremendous catastrophe. Per6ps, in the coming year, the keel of enterprise will cut its way along the quiet of strange waters, and the wonderful economy of Japan be unfolded to the longing gaze of the philoso pher. And may we not hope, that the darkest of all dark places on the earth will likewise be lighted up by a purer flame than Mammon kindles ? Before the thoughtful eye, the star rises over Africa. There is a touching promise in the Evangelical narrative, that the Cross of the Sufferer was carried by a native of Cyrene. The organ-note is rolling over the metropolis of India.—Truth already pre- vails. Each step increases me momentum of its spring. It will go on with bolder strides; not indeed always tri umphant, or always seen, but ever reappearing with a brighter countenance. kailroads to Benares and the electric telegraph in the desert, are prophecies of the future ; England, at once the centre of light and heat to the nations, seems to occupy the site of the ancient Roman empire; a mighty tree, flourishing in the midst of the field, not yet beginning to decline; her great boughs, blown in many a hurricane, but unshattered, her leaves unfaded, and her trunk more pleasing to the eye, from the ivy o o t t h i a s t s g h r s o k w e 0 a , 13 about t h i t e . r b ar e c n e f n t h u a r r i b e a s rn p u a s s s n b a y_ Tefo ess re ee h d err tions rush into the field and Puller, the witty and the good, d ut her down ! A story of conclusion to our meditations. I supplie d s l an appropriate he informs us, treating in an astrological4eareeaster Camden, what planet Britain is fixed, mentions only beneath who places our island under Saturn, while three y hr o e ne author a position under the moon. Should our changefulness assignefu it and inconstancy seem to lend a support to the fnajoirlietss, it is a patriotic consolation to remember, with our English Worthy, that if we be under the moon, the moon is under God, and that nothing can happen to us as a people or individuals, but what shall be for His glory and our good. The finger of the Past and the Present writes this assurance upon the portal of the Corning.—Frazer. Say not the clergy should do it. They are doing to their power; yea, and above their power—still, men are starving to death! Say not you are feeding the poor Irish in your own streets, and must pay the enormously increased poor-rates incurred thereby. I know it ; but men, women, and chil dren, are starving to death ! This is a fact before which an army of excuses must take to flight. They are perishing of hunger; and you have enough, and to spare. Look around your tables; see your precious little ones in all the rosy brilliancy of health and strength ; hear them asking papa for more bread ; take up loaf upon loaf, and help them with a ready and and happy heart. -.eip yourself also, till craving nature is fully satisfied; and when you lay down your knife and fork, remember men, women and children are starving to death ! , Men and brethren ! meet together and form a committee of competent men of business, to send food or money, or both ; or, if you deem one committee in the town suffi cient, send your contributions, promptly and liberally to our treasurer, Mr. H. J. Webster, Rumford-street. On inquiry, we find in many districts local agencies at work, such as that described in the Above-cited letter. Our plan is to enable such men to continue and increase their supplies ; to keep their barrel of meal from wasting, and their cruse of oil from being empty, till the season of famine shall be mercifully overpast. I need not add, that all our friends so occupied on the spot, and so aided by us, feed men, as men, without refer ence to creed or party. There is a time for everything ; a time for fair and earnest agumentation between truth and falsehood, when men are all well fed ; and a time for feeding without any argument wl.en men are in want. Again entreating you to allow the dire necessities of the case to excuse the unprecedented boldness of my intrusion upon you, I have the honour to be, men and .brethren, your faithful servant in the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, HUGH M`NEILE. Aipburth, January 5, 1847. COMMERCIAL REVIEW, We gave in our last several extracts from the circulars of some of our leading brokers, and we have now the satisfaction of giving the following valuable remarks from the excellent annual circular of Messrs. Littledale and Co. : " At the close of the commercial year it is usual to take a short retrospect of the principal incidents which have marked its course ; and it is well we do so, that we may see how evils which threatened its commencement have been dispelled, and how far anticipations of good have proved correct or fallacious, and thus be enabled to arrive at more just estimates for the future. Few years have exhibited greater changes than the one just past ; and whilst its commencement presents a lesson on the effects of over-speculation never to be forgotten, its close should certainly inspire confidence in the energy and resources of this great commercial nation. The amount required for railway deposits by a fixed day in February was so gigantic as to be thought beyond the limits of the circulating medium to supply. All parties dreaded the storm, but none could devise the means to escape. The banks were pressed, and unable, however willing, to afford relief to their constituents ; the bill discounters, seeing the pressure coming on the market, scarce knew what rates to ask, and the Bank of England herself, compelled to act on the defensive, was most chary of her funds, so that for a time every channel of accommodation appeared closed; trade and commerce seemed paralysed • produce was depressed ; many bankruptcies occurred, and still more were antici pated, till the stoutest heart began to tremble for the issue. Yet, after about three months of difficulties, confidence began gradually to revive • money became more plentiful, transactions increased, and the dread storm which for a time threatened destruction speedily passed away. And why so ? The money panic was rather a derangement than an abstraction ; it remained at home, and soon returned to commercial channels ; produce of all kinds was low in price, and a large consumption secured by the general activity of every branch of domestic industry, But not only had business to contend for some months with a money pressure ; it suffered, in the pro duce markets especially, almost as severely from legislative changes. A commercial budget, the most important ever submitted to the British nation, was brought forward in January, and not passed until June—six months of per plexity and suspense succeeded a change of ministers, and still further change in duties. " After such an accumulation of hindrances it might naturally be thought that the consumption, as well as the imports of produce, must have materially suffered ' • but such does not appear to ha v e b een th e case , both having increased in a satisfactory ratio. The imports of produce generally have greatly exceeded former years, yet the deliveries in all the leading articles of consumption show a corresponding increase, and the stocks in many instances arc higher than at the close of 1845. Prices throughout the year have ruled moderate and pretty regular, corn and cotton excepted. We have yet to notice the most important chance which has occurred in this eventful year —one which will give notoriety to its commercial annals, and exercise the greatest influence on the future interests of this country —the passing of the new corn-law—the cro wn i ng measure of free-trade legislation. Years must pass before a cor rect opinion can be formed of its real merits ; but one point is clearly established by it, which is, that free-trade must in future be the ruling principle of our commercial policy, and any high restrictive or protective duties must speedily vanish. In this rests our strong claim for the admission of sugar and molasses for breweries and for dis tillation, and for the prompt reduction of the monster tea duty. INTERESTING TO THE LOVERS OF FINE ARTS. The Art Union Journal for this month contains the following important announcement : • "A remarkable invention for the formation of large figures has been made by . Messrs. Moser and Kriegh (two Prussian Artists), the material being nothing more than the scrapings of the public roads, which is cast and consolidated into a material like sandstone, but is said to be superior. This invention is in operation at an establishment at Charlottenburg." What a serious dilemma this gets us out of ! We have long wanted to immortalize some of our great men, and many of our public buildings have as long wanted ti decorations, and we have only been deterred by the cost. The Custom House, which has no statue, looks sulky at the Town Hall which has. St. George's Hall has been promised a pediment, and ought to have a statue. Yet we have plenty of " scrapings" to accommodate both the new and the old buildings at a very cheap rate. We could find enough street and other dirt in the neighbour hood of St. George's Hall to make a colossal figure of Mr. William Earle, who we presume:will aspire to any honour connected with it ; and if his claim to immortality is not fully made out on this ground, he deserves it as the au thor of the celebrated assertion that for a man " to die of starvation in Liverpool is impossible." Some of the late Highway Board might possibly claim to have their ikenesses perpetrated in their own materials. A single ' corporation bed" would make two moderately large ized statues. In some of the new streets, which are mented figure of every owner. In fact—thanks to Prus sian inventiveness—we may now say to any aspiring indi vidual, in whatever street we may meet him, Si monu mentum quceris, circumspice !" If you want to be a "large figure" in the eyes of posterity look in the gut ters. By the bye, the gentlemen composing the water companies possess a powerful claim to be remembered in this way. THE REV. HUGH STOWELL ON THE ACQUIT TAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS. A lecture has recently been delivered to the members and friends of the . Christ Church Literary and Scientific Institution, Salford, by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, M.A. Hon. Canon of Chester, the subject being a splendid painting by Mr. Herbert, R.A., of the Acquittal of the Seven Bishops, in 1688, which was kindly permitted by Mr. Agnew, of the Repository of Arts, Exchange-street, whose property it is, hnd for whom it is being engraved, to be exhibited iri the room during the lecture. Nearly a thousand persons were present. . The rev. lecturer commenced by directing attention to the interesting character of the painting, and its merit as a work of art. He then proceeded to trace the progress of the Reformation from the time of Henry VIII, through the succeeding reigns of Edward VI, Queen Mary, Eliza beth, James I; Charles I and 11, to that• -of James IL whose insididus and tyrannical attempts to bring this realm undei the domination of Popery excited the resist ance of the seven bishops, whose acquittal from the charge of contumacy brought against them forms the subject of this picture. The circumstances under which such charge arose may be briefly stated. With the view of gaining for Popery greater power in the constitution, James affected great favour towards No nconformists ; and having fir . st . afforded th em , b y hi s pre rogative, an extension ofprivileges in Scotla n d, by w hi c h extension Roman Catholics were mainly sought to be ag grandized, issued a declar a ti on o f a s i milar measure for England. This declaration he required the bishops and clergy to have read twice in their churches ; but, out of the twenty-four bi s h om 4.-- 4 TO_,. eignteen remained true to Pro testant principles, and a mere fraction of the clergy sub mitted to read it, most of them authorising their congre gations to leave the church, whilst it was read to bare walls. Seven out of the bishops, headed by. Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, took the bold step of protest ing against the Declaration • and for this offence, by the advice of Father Peter, the King's Jesuit confessor, they were committed to the Tower, and, amidst an almost uni versal excitement of the Protestant body of the people, were ultimately brought to trial. Notwithstanding the Partizanship of some of the judges, and the efforts of the king's brewer, who was on the jury, to bring about a con viction, the re,ult of the trial was a verdict of acquittal. The scene in court, and that which followed the giving of this verdict, is thus described by the reverend lecturer : „ "The court assembled at ten o'clock, the crowd thronged every corner of the beautiful building so correctly repre sented in the picture, where the painter had most happily caught all the features of the ancient edifice, and given a living representation to the scene that took place on that memorable morning. The whole of the avenues and streets approaching to the hall were one living mass of anxious and thrilling hearts. The cryer commanded s ilence " in the court ; the foreman of the jury presented , himself, and was asked, " Are you agreed ?' Yes, my lord," he replied. A universal hush pervaded the whole of the thrilling multitude. " You say that the bishops are guilty or not guilty." "Not Guilty, my lord," said the foreman, " Not guilty ;" and it is said that the chief justice, annoyed and chagrined appeared not clearly to hear and asked again, " Say you, not guilty ?" " Not The words guilty,"aga ca in u .said liketh the foreman, d fifo:ielmarne and h , with sincreasedout went em roundpbasis. .5 u.• o t t thought hall,' lll i t triumph.utthtiseai dttla,atlswlphiLahosaosdretddocoCrtakilkrueeupndgd.h!te:Ss:ca:uwlyed:lni acl% windows carried the r.tet u dh l ei d t f b r a o outburst n e mul titudestreet, and from alley to alley •, it passed through the dense multitude like an electric shock, and communicated itself to the owskirts, and was caught up by the distant multitude. It reached the encampment on Hounslow Heath, and the soldiers answered to the civilians, and " not guilty" e c h oe d f rom one en d o f the city to the other; it might be said to have spread like wild fire in the stubble field, till it reached the very extremities of the kingdom." After commenting further upon the excellent manner in which the painter had treated the subject, Mr. Stowell deduced from it the following valuable lessons : " Some modern liberals lead thought that Rome was changed, and the conduct of the present pope had been urged in proof, because , he had been liberal in his conduct to his states which required his patchwork, or they ap peared likely to fall to pieces, but he was the same as his predecessors, and showed himself as much the bigot in , • , his late encyclical letter as his predecessor. Another lesson was, that the Church of England had been, and is the advocate, and defender of civil liberty, while the Church of Rome was its grand . enemy, and that was a lesson he wished all liberal statesmen and liberal members of parliament to learn, and he was sure we would. not have grants to Maynooth, or propositions to endow the priests of Ireland. But there was also to be learnt from this the value of dependance upon God, who sustained these holy men under their difficulties. There was no small resemblance between the circumstances of the land when this great event took place, and the circumstances of the land at the present moment. He believed our blessed reformation and constitution was sadly mutilated, cur safeguard for civil and religious liberty had been Lroken in upon by the compromis►ng legislation of later t mes, and in consequence he believed Rome had liberty and power exceedingly impairing our liberty and freedom of conscience, and that Jesuits were about acting beneath the surface. There was too much resemblance in the fact that some of the clergy were too much attached to Rome, though the great mass of the clergy were sound at the core. He feared we were not far from an attempt which would bring the parallel still nearer. He should look on the attempt to endow the Church of Rome as the last fatal suicidal act which would identify us with Rome, and make us the most inconsistent nation under heaven ; for while, on the one hand, we made our monarch declare Rome to be an idolatrous church, on the other we caused her to sign an act of parliament to endow the idolatrous church and the forsworn. He trusted that when the day of trial did come that the spirit of the seven bishops would re animate the bench of bishops of Ireland and her clergy, and they would repudiate the idea of connection as state pensioners with the church of Rome. There was one point of the parallel, he confessed with sorrow, would not hold good, and that was the determined Protestant spirit exhibited ; but this he hoped would be exhibited when requisite. etntrai iI ila tip. Lord Carew, it is stated, will second the Address in the House of Lords. Above £9OO has been raised in Halifax for the relief of the Irish. The Earl of Jersey is alarmingly ill, at Frankfort-on the-Maine. At the Bristol Council-house, an old man, who gave his age as 111 years, was last week complainant in a case. He appeared hearty, and has a son 80 years of age. A child, eleven years old, at Eastwood, Essex, died a few days since from having drunk about half a pint of gin from a bottle which it found. Lady Duff Gordon has contradicted the report that she had become a Roman Catholic. " There is not the slightest foundation for any assertion of the kind." The amazing average number of 28,840 sheep arid 3550 cattle are driven to Smithfield market every Monday morning A po6r woman, at Gloucester, died last week of star vation. Her husband was in work, but spent his wages in drink, and his poor wife could get no food. The address in reply to her Majesty's speech will be moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Charles How ard, and seconded by Mr. Ricardo. • Mr. John Harker, brewer and maltster, of Barnard Castle, committed suicide on Thursday, by taking arsenic. His affairs were embarrassed. An Irish gentleman, in a letter to the Agricultural So ciety, recommends the use of mangel-wurzel as an ingre dient in bread. He says he has tried it with great success. Joseph John Gurney, the celebrated philanthropist, died at Norwich on Monday last, aged 59. His death was occasioned by injuries received from the falling of his pony during the late frost. In the present year there will be thirteen full moons— two in January, not one in February—two in March, and one in each succeeding month—a phenomenon of this kind will not occur again for many years. On Wednesday, London was darkened by a dense fog, which made gas-lights necessary in all the shops and other places of business. The navigation of the river was alto gether suspended. Mr. Plummer, a distinguished sportsman, and known as the breeder of Alice Hawthorn and other celebrated horses, died at the Parkes, near York, on Sunday week. The deceased was 46 years old and unmarried. A gentleman, named Tomline, has made over 'to Eton College, in trust, the yearly interest of £l,OOO stock, to be given annually to the most proficient amongst the scholars of the muthematical master. Barber and Raine, who, at the last York assizes, were acquitted of the murders at Barnard Castle, have been re apprehended, and committed on a charge of having robbed one of the deceased parties. The Bishop of Bristol has written to the Mayor, sug gesting the propriety of calling a public meeting to raise subscriptions for the assistance of the Irish now suffering from famine. Eggs have been so scarce at all the markets in Durham for the last three weeks, that they have sold at half-a crown a dozen, and in some cases a shilling has been de manded and paid for three. CHEAP NEWSPAPERS.—The experiment of reducing the price of some of our best provincial papers has turned to good account. The Liverpool Standard has, since the alteration in its price, considerably more than doubled its circulation.—Shropshire Conservative. Sir William Hillary Bart., died at his residence in the Isle of Man, on Tuesday, in his 77th year. He was formerly equerry to the Duke of Sussex, and was the founder of The Royal National Institution for the Pre servation of life from Shipwreck." A strong remonstrance having been presented to the nisnop of London, against the impropriety of storing malt and spirituous liquors in vaults under churches, that prelate has intimated his intention to take steps to pre vent these vaults from being used for such purposes. Owing to the high price charged for spirits by the prin cipal distillers, the licensed victuallers of London have given notice, that, within a short time, they will be com pelled to advance the price of gin, whisky, and rum, to the extent of about 3d. a pint. The number of deaths in London during the week end ing the 2nd inst., amounted to the extraordinary of 1,510. " • 'lie largest numb- nis is t, aer registered in any one week for the last seven years, and exceeds the average of the last five winters by 442. During the late frosts. ^ o a considerable quantity of game has been picked up dead in the southern counties. In the pheasant preserves, where the birds are fed, pheasants have done well; but partridges have been starved out. Rabbits have been found frozen in great numbers, and many hares have been found dead. The colliers in the neighbourhood of Dudley have ceased their work, bs seven e tnthheei then morning, masters renr si h n a dg v e, r nd e e f dt u o s t e l d oe g ra t v o ae nl off ff s t s h e a ent fived thee. hours of daily labour. The pitmen proposed to begin w coal f o tae r nr k dn i n .O go n a t; Loss of £2229.—0n Tuesday information was received by the police that two letters, containing notes and bills of Exchange amounting to £2229 18s, 6d„ had been ab stracted whilst in transit through the Post-office, from the firm of W, S. Cheetham, of Nottingham, to the Com mercial Bank of Scotland, Edingburgh. A subscription has been commenced at Leeds for the. Irish, headed by Messrs. Marshall, £2OO ; Messrs. B. Gott and Sons, £2OO ; Messrs. Beckett and Co., £lOO ; the Mayor, £5O; Messrs. Stansfeld and Brown, £5O ; Mr. John Heaton, £5O; Messrs. Wm. Gatliff, Son, and Co. £2l, and a truss of blankets. These were followed by other subscriptions of various amounts. IttoNm ASTERS' MEETING.—At the usual preliminary meeting before the quarterly meetings, which take place in the ensuing week, held at Wolverhampton, on Tuesday, it was unanimously resolved that no advance should be made for the ensuing quarter. The state of the trade was described as healthy but it was thought, without an excep-, tion, that any advance would be highly injurious. A young lady in the neighbourhood of Harrogate, for the sake of curiosity, planted a potato in the corner of her father's garden, at the latter end of October last, and, to her astonishment, when she looked at it on New Year's day, found at the root seven large potatoes, which were used the same day for dinner and were found quite palatable. GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OFINDIA.—It is confi dently stated in military circles and at the East India House—and we believe there is little, if indeed any, doubt of the truth of the report—that Lord Hardinge has been recalled from India, and t'-'t 1— to be sue m la_ le is to ceeded in the Governor-Generalship by the Marquis of Clanricarde.—United Service Gazette. At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Mary Anne King, 25, married woman, was charged with the wilful murder of her son, by biting him upon the face, and thereby giving him divers mortal injuries, of which he died about ten days after his birth. It appeared that she was in a state of insanity at the time, and was on that ground acquitted. • As Mr. Williams and his daughters were walking up Crown-street, Pontypool, a drunken rflffian named Davies staggered against them, and knocked down the child. A. man having remonstrated with the ruffian fer such con duct was also knocked down by him. While Mr. Wil liams was raising the man up, Davies fractured Mr. Williams's skull, and killed him on the spot. DEATH BY FIRE.—Mrs. Lucy Legge, a lady who occu pied apartments in the house . No. 31, Sidmout h-st ree t, - Re g ent-square, London, while standing near the drawing room stove, fell suddenly into the fire, in consequence of a fit, and was severely burnt. This painful event occurred several days ago, and the utmost care was of courne be stowed upon the .unfortunate sufferer unliP- 'ty, how ever, without su ccess . Sh e exp i re d on the tith inst. The magnificent portrait gallery, 100 feet long, at yt i D n r t a ils on co lV u l n a t n ry or . , i . s si n r o ß w . co pe m el pl b e a t d ed :pr a io n has r d tot s h n e o b t u i i t l s d e i n q g ua o l f this new gallery, Several of the best portraits by Sir T. LaWrence ; and, with the exception of the Royal collec thiiobnit,edin h couldthe b e oa st gallery, of he majority t larger of which, than any other it t l icu tr pri vate gentleman. There are upwards of fifty portraits ex hibited those only recently finished v beyond t O l i t e g wo f ik t s h h o o n p . s , b • the T p h r:v t a o t t e al c i i i r u c m le b O e t; warehouses, and pri vate dwellings, that were entirely destroyed by fire in London during the last year was 258 ; the total number of slinilar.buildings that were slightly damaged by fire, wa ter, was 576, making a total of 834. The number of chimney alarms was 69, and false alarms 119, making in the- whole 188, which shows a grand total of IC22—a, larger number than has ever taken place since the forma tion of _the police establishment. Out of the above there were fifteen .outbreaks which were attended with loss of life ... , and the total nu m b er o f li ves l os t w as 23. FEARFUL DEATH OF A BRIDE.—On Saturday week, as Mr. and Mrs. Jacques, of Jarrow, who had been married only five days, were p r o c eeding along a coal railway, near i to Newcastle, they came to .an inclined plane , up which Mr. Jacques proposed they should ride upon the waggons. His wife assented, and on attempting to get into the wag gons she fell, and seven of them passed over her. She was immediately taken up and conveyed to the Newcastle Infirmary, where s he died shortly after. Mr. Jacques had conducted a school in Jarrow, and he and his wife were on the eve or going to a my, LLvw VA La bour when this fearful accident happened. i ve a n r e w b e y l l the to t Mayor he e o n o a f t t N a eenwcay o f Newark, Newark (it has been well known for some time that he will sit for Stamford in the next. Parliament) , and stated that J. H. Manners Sutton, Esq., of Kelham Hall, wou ld , i n dinner all probability, become a candidate for the suffrages o f Lord At John a recent e l t an ers bid g farewell the electors, and that Lord Stanley had taken the lead of what once was the Tory, then the Conservative, and now is styled the Country Party, and that the noble lord had well matured his measures for the coming session. Air. Stuart alsii spoke, but avoided all party politics, observing only that he should again become a candidate for Newark. SPLENDID SUBSCRIPTIONS.—We rejoice to see that in London a subscription on behaf of the destitute in Ire land and Scotland, has been commenced under the most promising auspices. The following subscriptions have been received :—The Queen, £2000; Prince Albert, £500; the Duchess of Gloucester, £200; the Duke of Des on shire, £lOOO ; Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., £lOOO ; Messrs. Jones, Lloyd and Co., £lOOO ; Messrs. Overend, Gurney and Co., 1:1000; Messrs. Rothschild and Co., N 1 LN • ths, £ICOO ,• £ICCO ; Lord Messrs: Truman, Hanbury, and B ux t on , John Russell, 4300 ; Sir Robert Peel, 4200, Jan. 12, 1847. On Thursday, Sir George Larpent, as chairman of the East India and China Association, with the deputy chair man, had an interview with Lord John Russell, to advo cate a reduction in the duty of tea. Lord John Russell thanked the deputation for the trouble they had taken, and assured them that the subject upon which they ap peared to be so much interested would receive the fullest and most patient consideration of her Majesty's govern ment. POTATOES.—The price of potatoes is rapidly advancing in Durham, and at Sunderland 16d. to 18d. a peck is now charged, according to quality, which is about double the pride usually paid at this time of the year. The tubers are not found to keep so well as was expected, and on the average about one-third are unfit for use, even among those got from the dealers at the high prices before named. The stock in the district is being rapidly ex hausted, and other vegetable produce is extravagantly dear. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME.—A correspen dent of the Daily News says, that negotiations have been entered into on the subject of an interchange of diplomatic representatives between the English and the Papal courts. It is said, however, that the English Government insists on a stipulation that the Roman envoy in London shall always be a layman—a demand which stops the progress of the negotiations. [The visit of the Duke of Devon shire to Rome may possibly be connected with th e pro posed arrangement.] THE FEVER TAX.—A FACT FOR RATEPAYERS. —TllO Bethnal. Green and Whitechapel Unions incurred an extra expense for the fever cases for the quarter ending Lady_ day, 1838, the one of £216 195., the other of £4th), mak ing a total of £616. 19s. • and being at the ra t e o f £2467 16s. a-ye ar . A n d o f the total number who re ceived parochial relief in most of the districts, a very large proportion received it in consequence of their being ill with fever ' • but in one dist r i c t, name l y, S t. George's, Southwark, out of 1467 persons who received parochial relief, 1276—that is, the whole number, with the excep tion of 191—are reported to have been ill with fever.— Dr. Southwood Smith's Evidence before the Health of Towns Commission. DR. DODDRIDGE'S CORRESPONDENCE.—During the last week, at a sale at Pentonville, of the property of the late Dr. Doddridge, two lots, described as wast e p a p er , were brought forward, and the first, put up at 2s. 6d., was knocked down to a Mr. Hamilton, of Islington (who is and cu the curious s in econd t produced autographical matotenryl 11 s matters), and sum waso f £2 145., by the same party. Upon examination, they proved to ho an invaluable series of original correspondenc e ; several thousand letters to and from this eminent divine with his own family ; some of the clergy in America, and most of the dissenting clergy in England of the period, Orton, Watts, Hervey, Warburton, Clark, T. Scott, Newton, Neal, Colonel Gardiner and his lady, M rs . A nn D u tt on, and many others, mostly during his ministry at Northamp ton, including the diploma for his doctor's degree. Mr. Alfred Smee, of London, in a letter to the Times, recommends the following treatment for the potato crop during the present year :-1. Cultivate all crops to the usual extent. 2. With regard to potatoes use sets from former healthy plants. 3. Select early varieties. 4. Plant early. 5. Use but little or no manure. G. Choose sandy or peaty soil. 7. Destroy the plants the Aphis Vastator, andis no t z rn ip living ;o o n n which t , he se accountsa r e the the husbandman shepherd's pue, should destroy these plants as well as possible before spring advances to furnish it with abundance of food. The Vastator causes the first damage to vegetables it attacks, and is thus the cause of the disease from which all subse quent changes take place as a consequence. Every farmer should know the form and habits of the creature, and every one should assist him to kill this destroyer of hu man food. DESTITUTION IN SCOTLAND.—The accounts from the highlands and islands of Scotland are truly awful. The labouring population of Sutherlandshire, Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, Argyleshire, and of the Hebrides and Zetland Islands, are at this moment threatened with starvation, hi consequence of the total fail ure o f th e potato crop. Al ready have many of these poor people perished from cold and hunger, and, horrible as are the sufferings of the destitute Irish, we believe that they are quite equalled by those of the poor inhabitants of the highlands and islands of Scotland ; but as there are no coroner's inquests in Scotland, and but few local newspapers, deaths fronistar vation take place, and the public are uninformed of the occurrence. Under these circumstances, the Edinburgh Committee for the Relief of Destitution in the Highlands have determined to appoint a deputation to proceed to London for the purpose of laying the claims of the suf fering population before the people of England. NEW BRANCH OF INDUSTRY. Anne Wood, an expert artist in simulating fits, who has succeeded in deceiving experienced medical practitioners, was charged at the Mansion-house, London, on Saturday, with practising her imposture in Petticoat-lane. Mr. Jacobs, a surgeon, found her lying in a fit. By the application of strong sti mulants he revived her, but she immediately relapsed. She was taken to the police-station, where even the in spector was moved to pity by her appearance, and sug gested her instant removal to the workhouse. Mr. Jacob handed a shilling to pay for a cab to convey her thither. She recovered, however, very suddenly, and, on opening her eyes, asked, " Who's to have the shilling, the officer or me ?" At the Mansion-house she was recognised as an old offender. In her defence she said she was the wi dow of a policeman who died five years ago, and that since his death she had been obliged " to support her family by hysterical and other fits." The Lord Mayor committed her for three months. • DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—A most awful catastrophe occurred at Neath Abbey, on Sunday morning. At about nine o'clock, the cry of " Boys drowning !" was heard from the canal near to the IsZetll Abbey ..'en - IpaJay's boi ler-building establishment. On inquiry it was ascertained that Francis George, 14 years of age, went on the ice on the canal to ascertain its strength, when it gave way, and he was precipitated to the bottom. David Torah, 15 years of age, perceiving his friend's danger, proceeded to the spot, and stretched himk4f on the ice in order to render assistance • but no sooner was he within reach than George seized him by his neckerchief, and drew him into the water also. By this time there was a general alarm throughout the neighbourhood, and George's fa ther being directed to the spot, immediately plunged into the water, where he remained about twenty minutes in a very excited state. Not being able to save his son, his shrieks were most heart-rending. Boat-hooks, irons, &c., were resorted to in the hope of recovering the bodies, but this being found impracticable, a boat belonging to a ves sel was soon on the spot, and launched into the canal. In the course of a few minutes the • two bodies were brought to the surface, but, from the time they remained in the water (half an hour) life was extinct.—Caledonia. Tun REVENUE,—The national income has been so sten" dily increasing during the last four or five years, that we now look for a surplus as a matter of course. The reve nue table for the year and quarter ending the sth of Janu ary, 1847, does not disappoint the expectation. Com pared with similar periods calculated to th e sth o f Janu „.... ary, 1846, it shows an increase of £19,873 on the quarter, and £13,032 on, the year. These figures, however, do not present the most favourable view of the matter, in asmuch as they give only the net total, after. deducting a decrease of £1,016,225, consisting chiefly of repayments of advances, and of a falling off in the Chinese tribute, which are not included in the general estimates. The statement of the ordinary revenue is very much more brilliant, and shows an increase of £454,662 on the quar ter, and £1,028,257 on the year. In fact, there is an ad vance on the year in every item, except stamps, and on the quarter in all except _stamps and miscellaneous re m' r t ii h ss : e s .a e s y, e h a ae d e s cro i r s ui nn n eti o ep t da l lf a o r irn g e ber , ye a tas e ee i with diminution respect s. eo s tftdooemoc railwayrsn ea E soe x f nh Excise, underr P a d Property -tax :in the first, is £205,650 and £159,932 for the year and quarter respect ively ; in the second £344,138 and £269,318 s and in the third, £868,821 and £63,234. In the Post-office also there is an advance of £85,000 on the year, and £14,000 on the quarter. vinel HE vv o m F A MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY BY A YOUNG FRENCH. having stolen, at Fareham, for having on the 28th of October .last, a japanned cash box, containing £135 in sovereigns, I N o . r — en O ti n na W d 23 half-sovereigns, a guinea, and .other articles, the pro perty of Thomas Purkis. The extraordinary nature of this robbery, and the somewhat romantic circumstances attending it, of which a full notice appeared in this jour nal about two months since, created an intense interest in Hampshire, and long before the case was called on every available seat was occupied. The fact of the prisoner be ing a Frenchwoman had created considerable sympathy on her behalf, so much so as to induce several benevolent individuals to furnish the means of providing - her with counsel. The prisoner, who was led into the dock, ap peared to have suffered much during her lengthened im . prisonment She was respectably dressed, and wore a black veil, apparently to conceal her features from the public. The facts stated in evidence were to the same effect as those deposed to by the witnesses during the examination before the magistrates. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The prosecutor recommended the pri soner to mercy. The chairman then said, notwithstand ing the recommendation to mercy, h e cou ld not d i scover any extenuating circumstances in the case. He had seldom seen cases where the advantages of ceucation had been applied to such deep laid schemes of vice. The sentence of the court was—ten years' transportation. The decision appeared to create extreme surprLe, and the prisoner fainted. THE SECOND ELOPEMENT ! — Again we are enabled to furnish the lovers of gossip in Taunton with a little more food of a rich kind. It will no doubt be in the recollec tion of our readers that a young lady, a ward in Chan cery, and daughter-in-law of Captain M—, eloped for the purpose of being united in wedlock with a Captain P—, but her plans were frustrated, and Miss B— once more returned to her residence. We understand that she has not since shown any signs of contrition for the offence of which she had been guilty, but, on the contrary, has con tinually notified her determination to have the sporting Captain " for better for worse." Accordingly she began to concoct her plins, but how far they will succeed re mains to be seen. It appears that a female residing some-. where in the neighbourhood of Silver-street has been her confidant, and for some time past notes had been sent to her by Miss B— in a—(do not blush ladies)—stocking On Thursday eveni ng she pleaded indisposition, wag nnable to cat any dinner, and retired to her bed-room. After dinner a servant was sent up to her to lit ow whether she would like to take a little dessert, but, alas, the ser vant came to her mistress with the intelligence that Won was no where to be found. The 'mates of the house were in consternation, and Captain M— imme diately started for Bristol, to ascertain whether the fe.! gitive had taken that road. Mrs. M. received information that the lady near Silver -street had been engaged in the matter, but she, poor innocent creatre, disclaimed all par' ticipatien in the affair, but - it is.generally understood that Miss B— fled from that house keels', having procured 1 1 . widow's cap and bonnet f or th e purpose . W e h ave t" yet heard whether the gallant captain has traced th° whereabouts of his dutiful daughter.in.law or her lothario.—Somerset paper. land, ' I crew s New Honda Ilirarr A lexa from : Silva ; Boseitii —Join Cove. Fene at Kinl Alve of but part of 23d No Salol Chan Buen Nov. Avoc Ona Watc Barber, hei MAL! 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Herme s , D, rortena, Pyot Sr. HELEN . e_Lin.B Pestin "' Gave al b been Won Fame Niag Wilb, Quee Ex, isuppi lai'