The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-29 00:00:00

iittraturr. P 0 E 'F It Y. MIDNIGHT AT SEA. (From the Illuminated Magazine for July ) Alone with God upon the boundless sea. No spot of earth in view, no sombre cloud, The glittering stars and gentle moon to shroud; On rides the bark in calm tranquillity — Quiet the autumn breeze, while in the lee The billows part without a sign of life. Silent the mighty ocean vast and free Seeming to herald s me portentous strife. Alone with God how limited the power Of man t'e creature here to shield or save, For tew the bounds that part the yawning grave; Most awful thoughts at this most solemn hour. Al ne with God ! alone to worship l lirn Before whose throne all worldly thoughts grow dim. HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, PRACTICAL AND MEDICAL. (From an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician of Liverpool.; BY MEDICIJS. (CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST ,62. Sleeping, or taking, as it is called, a nap, after dinner, is a habit good or bad according to age and cir cumstances. Elderly people seem generally to get into it, and to reap no great harm from it. After a hearty meal, it interferes, like exercise, with the usual powers of digestion, and it tends to replete the system too much, which Boileau has pithily alluded to, describing some Friar Tuck, thus " Mimi d'un Meaner Dormant d'un leger somme. attendait le diner— La Lunesse en sa fleur brille sur son visage, Son menton sur son sein descend b triple e age, Et son corps ramasse dans sa course K aisseur Fait ge i it les coussins sous sa molle epaisseur. " We can only offer a literal translation to the reader who may have forgotten his French : Fortified with his broken fast, Catching a" gentle nap." waited his dinner: Youth in her flowery charms sparkled his face ; His chin on his breast falls in triple-tier'd grace ; And his body, rolled up in its fat dumpy fold, Makes the cushions beneath his weight grumble and scold. For young people, however, the napping propensity ought to be undoubtedly discouraged and resisted. As a rule, sleep ought to he wooed with an empty stomach ; for the wasted energies of the body are recruited in one of two ways—either by food or sleep : the conjunction of both is a work of supererogation and error ; witness late suppers, which are now much discarded, owing to the fulminations of the faculty of physic against the baneful old custom. An authority we often take pleasure in bringing be fore our reader,' says :—" In tropical climates, where a burning sun quickly exhausts the sensibility of those actively employed, and to the extremely aged, who are subject to a like rapid dissipation of nervous force from the diminished rate at which it is generated, a brief intel-val of repose may be permitted in the course of the day —the siesta of southern countries; a practice scarcely allowable, except in the circumstances enumerated. It should always be adopted with caution, and only pur sued for the purpose of a slight refreshment ; otherwise it readily degenerates into a habit very prejudicial to health." 63. Those who are in the habit of " fuming the light cigar," will feel disposed to exercise their gift, at this period of their proceedings, as a kind of reward for hard work, and " of course by way of helping the di gestion of their dinner." This supererogatory amuse ment has its advocates as well as its enemies, both in and out of the medical profession. Those who do smoke generally relish the luxury after dinner, and, if they avoid smoking in the earlier part of the day, they can't do themselves much harm if habituated to it ' • but they should use the privilege in great moderation, because it has an effect on the nervous system decidedly prejudicial when pushed to a constant habit of excess. In the morn ing part of the day, when you are doing the main stroke of your day's task, there is a real objection to be urged against smoking, because it narcotises, that is, depresses the system, when, in fact, you require all the " steam" you can muster. Towards the close of the day, we have ourselves sometimes taken a mild cigar by way of in dulging and promoting good humour, alone or in com pany : it is a very obsequious "compagnon de voyage." However, we are bound to state that many have seri ously injured their health by stacking and sniffling. The heart may be affected by the active principle of the to bacco, called nicotianin, to so great an extent, as to for bid the practice of smoking;— " If the nicotianin be in large quantities. and the individual unaccustomed to its use, it may paralyze the heart, and render it totally unfit to persevere in its functions.--Such has been Inct case where smoking has been indulged to excess. •As he smokers,' says Deslandes, ' makes a chimney of his mouth, his teeth become black, and fuliginous ; his breath acquires a de. testable odor. Hence cleanliness, and the preservation of the teeth require, that the mouth should be washed after smoking.' —Dunglinson's Elements of Hygiene. p. 385. Having so far smiled at the ornamental crown of the day's labour, as an innocuous accomplishment under re stricted practice, we fancy we hear the gentle tap of the snuff-box, as it has been chasing in mimic sport the decanter round the table ; and the next who opens its fragrant treasury will not be behindhand with some little poetic commendatory, and, before discharging his pinch at his own olfactory battery, quotes off by heart— " A delicate pinch ! oh. how it tingles up Th. titillated nose, and fills the eyes Inc fun cdileeted pleasure bursts at last!" We now shall beat the drum for mustering to the last part of the day's march, when the hill-tops smile in a glowing sunset, and the renewed song of birds pipes gaily to the waning glories of the god of day. Across that meadowed plain, and towards yon skirting wood, lies a mile or two of agreeable walk. Away, then ! 64. After a little progress, the grateful breeze dies away, the oppressive heat of noon returns, and clouds come on apace, betokening the approach of a thunder storm, ere half the broad meadow is traversed, and the sheltering wood, a mile off yet, is impossible to reach. How suddenly the fair face of heaven can change ! In the " Recreations of Christopher North," the subjoined description drenches us with wet in the very reading, of " A Storm, closing a Pleasure Excursion.--Well, that is very extraordinary.—Rain—rain—rain! All the eyes of heaven were bright as bright might be—the sky was blue as violets—that braided whiteness, that here and there floated like a veil on the brow of night, was all that recalled the memory of clouds—and as for the moon, no faintest halo vellowed round her orb, that seemed indeed one perfect chrysolite' ; yet, while all the winds seemed laid asleep till morn, and beauty to have chained all the elements into peace, overcast in a mo ment is the firmament—an evanishing has left it black as mist - there is a fast, thick pattering on the woods— yes, rain, rain, rain and ere we reach Bowness, the party will be wet through to their skins. Nay, matters are getting still more serious —for there was lightning— yea lightning ! Ten seconds! and hark, very respec table thunder ! With all our wisdom we have not been weather-wise, or we should have known, when we saw it, an electrical sunset. Only look now towards the west. There floats Noah's ark—a magnificent specta cle ; and now for the flood. That far-off, sullen sound proclaims cataracts. And what means that sighing and moaning and muttering up among the cliffs ? See—see how the sheet lightning shows the long lake shore all tumbling with foaming breakers. A strong wind is there—but here there is not a breath. But the woods acres the lake are bowing their heads to the blast. ' Windermere is in a tumult—the storm comes flying on wings all abroad—and now we are in the very heart of the hurricane. See, in Bowness is hurrying many a light—for the people fear we may be on the lake ; and faithful. Billy, depend on't, is launching his lifeboat to go to our assistance. Well, this is an adventure. But soft—what ails our argand lamp ? Our study is in such darkness that we cannot see our paper—in the midst of a thunder-storm we conclude, and retire to bed by a flash of lightning." Under the presumption that our friends are involved in this comm,,n drenching and fearful calamity, we pic ture to ourselves their precipitation and eagerness to escape part of the desperate wetting, which hurries them to seek the only shelter that a solitary tree near at hand seems to invite them to run to; where, in com mon with the feathered fowl and lowing cattle, they may betake themselves in breathless haste and anxious alarm. The forked flash and instant crash repeat their awful visits with terrific rapidity, whilst the whole plain around is deluged with the pouring rain! The party must surely be young and inexperienced in the common principles of Nature's wondrous laws, or they would have avoided the very shelter so kindly near. A wet ting was all that they could commonly have experienced by " standing out to sea" in the open meadow : on the contrary, danger imminent and great awaits them under the tree ; and hurry away they must, and that instantly, ere the next flash succeeds the dazzling one just gone! Why so ? Because the electric fluid always, if suffi ciently near—that is, if in what is technically called " striking distance," will follow the best conducting means towards the earth ; and anybody in close neigh bourhood or contact with such conductor, generally shares the effects of such transmitted agency. Metallic substances, particularly if bright, and moisture in every shape, are amongst the first conducting powers. The very rain itself, therefore, is a conducting medium of the lightning most favourable because most diffused ; yet things of a more solid and projecting form will be rather chosen by the lightning in its course, by their attracting it and concentrating it upon themselves : when such is the case, the object is either frequently damaged in itself, or wherever the conducting medium is cut off from the ground by some other thing inter posed between the latter and itself, upon such the elec tric fluid spends its force —shattering, injuring, scorch ing as the case may be ; and then the object is said to have been " struck" by the electric current. Trees, buildings, and tall objects in general, especially when wet, attract the li g ht n i ng ; an d, th e l es s perfect their conduction may be, the more injury they are likely to . 1 Mr. Davis, Manual of Health, p. 445. sustain, as will also ob e k them : hence, when trees are struck, being shiver • - huint, cattle or men sheltering under them freqv I se their lives at the same time, sharing in the fa f the conducting tree. In the creature world, the c., 1 ,niLnt of a ner vous system seems to render tin in v ec , lllarly susceptible to electric changes, in ad lition to their common physical qualities : thus a man may be " struck," because he is conductor in common with inanimate things around, but the vital endowments he possesses are also involved in the material changes, and they can be annihilated, thus, either as dependent upon or superadded to their material basis : hence the sacrifice often of life, caused by the superior conducting power of his material frame. One step farther, and our explanation is finished, in words as simple as we can find, supposing that we are writing for the non-initiated or only partially informed. But, the human body when heated, and its nervous sys tem when agitated with fear, appear to be more than ordinarily susceptible of attracting the lightning; hence the double source of dangers to us when we place our selves in such circumstances, as that, around us as well as within ourselves, such favourable conducting means are brought into a fearful focus. Many valuable lives have been sacrificed to the want of knowing these sim ple facts of such easy recollection. The writer lost an old friend in this regretful way ; and if he appear to some tedious on this subject— now, happily, commonly understood, in part at least—yet some one individual reading these pages may happily be cautioned off, thereby, from possible danger ; and the already well informed reader would be selfish indeed if he begrudged a moment's patience over a passage which the author begrudged no trouble to indite—seeing that thereby, as before said, some one case may possibly occur where a party may be so exposed, and where no other means of gathering the necessary instructions, for instant adop tion, may be within reach. Never, in all the course of his life, would the humble author feel more happy, than if permitted, only for once, to warn off another success fully from danger, by anticipation of the fact, in the compilation of a little manual for the purpose of pointing out to the pedestrian his wisest and best course in gene ral, and in such special, cases ; being got up as it is in the most portable and cheapest manner. Away ! then, from the possibly fatal shelter, my friends ; and prefer to flee before the storm rather than to harbour in decep tive security ! When you have left that tree, the next flash may prostrate both the shelter and the sheltering cattle to the ground—monuments of the scathing fury of the thunder-storm. With no other ill effects than a good wet jacket, our friends, after some patient putting in practice the motto that " ills which can't be cured must be endured," at last emerge from their unpleasant drenching, having pushed along under as " tight a reefing, and making all as snug as they can," as the sailors would term it. Perhaps there may be one mariner in the company, who has hardily just condescended to button his coat, and declares that the shower is nothing compared with a " sea breaking over the decks" in the midst of the tossing ocean ; and so, by comparing less with greater evils, wins contentment, and practically sets forth wisdom. Supposing that endurance wins its own reward for our heroes, the witty repartee and laughing pleasantry bear up, by their volley after volley, the spirits of the party, which otherwise would flag under the late dis comfiture of pelting wet. The clouds have exhausted their " dread artillery," and the landscape again begins to smile, as the blue mountain ridges stand forth in their variously chiselled outlines ; whilst the sun gathers after him his attendant retinue of fleecy clouds, and, as he sinks finally beneath the visible horizon, flings back his parting mantle of glory upon his earthbom, yet aerial servants. Our party reach the brown woodside, and, tracing its primrose borders, regale themselves with the fragrance of its flowery people, as it rises upward on the evening exhalations, and is quickened with the humid atmosphere around. The " bonny moon" lights up the calm heaven as she ascends her sun-born track, and the hamlet on the skirt of the wood sends upward its" grace fully curled" wreath of smoke from its low chimney top, to telegraph to our soaked travellers the welcome hospi talities which blaze within its jessamined walls. 65. Our slippers, a hasty change of all wet garments, a cheerful fire quickly kindled by eager hands, and a cup of tea as quickly prepared, all form a series of shift ing scenes in our little drama of the " rural," such as all lovers of the " natural" must remember often to have seen enacted in the course of their devotional pil grimage to the shrine of the " picturesque." If the said tea-drinking to close upon the " hours" of rest, and if the article be brewed, as frequently is the case on such occasions, into " veritable stingo"—travellers thinking they cannot have too much of a good thing— then it probably will be found to interfere with the crown of the pedestrian's labours, " balmy sleep." It is not unlikely, however, that after tea an hour may be devoted to the honour of the crackling hearth, during which the scenes of the day's changeful experi ence may be recounted over with sundry emendations and humorous colourings ; and, whilst discussing in di vers tones the varied themes of general and absorbing interest, the plans for the following day must be allowed to "go into committee of the whole house." Whilst some, perhaps, from a notion of warding off any chances of rheumatic twinges from the late drenching, as well as conceiving that, whilst following a comparatively Indian hunting life, the pipe of peace is requisite, some how or other, to constitute a Council of Deliberative Proceedings, in all its unblemished integrity of forms, will dare again to light the fascinating weed of India's growth. Our friends have much endured, perhaps much forborne, at our respectful remonstrances, it may be :" they must, who choose so to do, to establish their claims ral grounds of that endurance, forbearance, equanimity, high-souled resolve, and, lastly, as a make-weight re semblance, re-kindle even the little tvitchery of Me social sacrifice ! But we are forgetting, all this whila, we mean to put in one more claim to be heard, though not until the council has broken up, and the votes been col lected in the bowl of some one's exhausted pipe-head. If it is not too late, or the party not too sleepy, some of the scraps further alluding to pedestrian or valetudina rian matters, either in instructive prose or pleasing poetry, as found in the following supplementary chapter, may be read, pro bond public°, and discussed profitably, either now or at some future leisure of walking or halt ing. We have chosen no order in it, as it is to be a dish of fragments of all sorts to suit all. 66. Finally, then, whether our pedestrian group—of whom we are about now with regret to take our leave, and to conclude, in the regular part of the story, our labours in their behalf—chose or not to wind up with a nightcap of negus, it is not our business to play the spy. Early rising deserves, because it earns, the grateful meed of early rest, when the day is properly filled up with work and good humour. We shall just once more play the travelling physician to our respected group, and shew them all good and faithful service to the last, be fore we can feel satisfied to make our parting how. It lies in the matter of an useful hint, touching that hideous region to a tired tourist, which has not for ever been to ourselves, unfortunately, a " terra incognita," viz., a damp bed. It is possible that some such mischance may await some one of our company, the bare supposition of which makes our teeth chatter with memory of a by gone tour. If there is any suspicion of such being the case, from the smell or feel of damp, cold sheets, &c., or if any one, without reason particularly to apprehend it, yet wishes to establish the negative to a demonstra tion, we know no better or easier method than to request the servant to take up a warming pan of coals, (warming pans are not used in Ireland, perhaps not in Scotland— we don't remember—a great nuisance for travellers there, not to get so useful a test any way,) and to warm the bed as usual for a few minutes ; they tale tumbler, wipe it very dry with a silk handkerchief, within and without, and put it upside down, mouth downwards that is, in the middle of the bed, between the sheets ; take it out in a minute or two, and if the bed is damp, there will be a dew formed on the sides of the tumbler inside, of course ; in which case, we need scarcely add, it would be imprudent to sleep in the bed, at least in those sheets. Where, from the use of this test, or from any other evidence, the sheets appear damp, get them dried. Often it is that they are not suitably aired at the fire, but just removed carelessly at once from the linen-press, or worse from the mangle, where, in order to mangle them well, they were previously sprinkled, and never subsequently dried. In whatever way, if the sheets are cold, and stick to the hand, it is better to send them again to the kitchen fire as a pre caution ; or in case, for instance, all in the house have retired to rest, and this is impracticable,—perhaps your candle has been put out, and yourself undressed, before you make this discovery last, which ought to have been verified earlier ,—then your only way is to throw the sheets completely off the bed, and to get in between the blankets ; for, however unpleasant this may be, espe cially in summer, yet it is better to put up with this than to risk taking a cold, which proves seldom anything but a formidable attack of fever, along with some inflamma tory seizure, as in the chest, &c., &c. We believe we have now completed our day's under taking, leaving our little attempt in the hands of the charitable folks for whose benefit, combined with amuse ment, we have endeavoured thus to cater after our best fashion. Now, we shall beg leave, then, to discharge the very last act of our willing service, viz., to bring the bed-candlestick, and attend the best-humoured of the party to his charming little bedroom, with modest old fashioned oriel window, it may be, through whose crys tal' panes, mayhap, come streaming in the bonnie smi ling beams of the bright harvest moon, and, as they seem to struggle across the neatly carpeted floor, just reach the snug little white bed with dimity hangings, in the middle of the room, there to fall upon the dazzling snow-white counterpane, with a spell only felt in the country on a "stilly night" ! If one single ray, the furthest flung of all the pencilled host, stray onwards to the bed's head, and there enable him to spell the grate ful invitation of the downy pillow, we will take the part :nu: liberty of readin g a l ou d , f or the gentle reader's be fit and closing sympathy, the lines under which he has already fallen fast asleep— " To ail and each a fair good night. And rosy dreams, and slumbers light ! " BYRON. * Query — "shaped"?—Printer's Devil. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SECOND EDl`llol\. FATHER MATHEW IN ST. GILES'. On Sunday a " batch" of aspirants for the pledge at the hands of Father Mathew received cutlers to kneel down. While in this position, A respectably dressed man asked Father Mathew if it was absolutely necessary for him to kneel down to receive the pledge at his hands ; if so, he should refuse to take it. Father Mathew said it was not necessary ; he could take it standing if he pleased. The Inquirer —I not only object to the kneeling down, but also to your placing your hands on my forehead, as I un derstand is your practice. Father Mathew—l wish neither to place my band upon you, nor that you should kneel, unless you desire to do so, as I have no desire in administering this pledge to inter fere with the religious feelings of any man. The fact is that the large body of Roman Catholics who take the pledge will not be satisfied without kneeling to do so, in reverence to the Deity, and without receiving my blessing. It is natural that they should do so, and that they should wish me to place my hands on them, for it is one of the rites of our Church. I do not see why Protestants should object to: it, for they themselves have the sign of the cross ovule on their foreheads at their baptism. _ A voice in the crowd—The truth is, Father Mathew, they come here to receive your blessing. They make quite a religious matter of it, and are not satisfied with kneel ing out of reverence to the Deity unless they also kneel to you. The pledge was then administered, the person who had interrogated Father Mathew receiving it standing, and with his hat off. Another batch of a very motley character next took the pledge. Amongst them were many notorious drunk ards, as well as some of the poorest inhabitants of the district. A Mr. Donaldson then addressed the meeting. How many familiar faces, he remarked, did he see before him? —(cbeers)—and how many had he kissed and wept over when they were babies in his arms—(cheers and laughter.) (It was here stated that he had for years past been an itinerant preacher in the " Rookery.") Yes, he bad watched over them at the time of the cholera, and many and many a time, on a Sunday morning. he had wept over them i❑ that very mews, whilst preaching against drunk enness. And what had he got for his pains? Why they had tried to make him drunk many a time—(loud laugh ter)—and never but once succeeded—(renewed laughter.) Many was the drunkard he had reclaimed in St. Giles's, and he could give them some striking instances.. Let them look at Joe Birkitt, the cadging psalm singer— (roars of laughter.) They all knew " Joe"—(cries of "To be sure.") Yes, he knew they did. Many a time he had met "Joe" with his hymn-book in his hand, so drunk that he could not speak ; but " Joe" was at last prevailed upon to take the pledge, and he was now living in comfort in a neat and snug little cottage down at Hull. Then there was " Poll Moriarty"—(hear, hear. A voice —" My eyes, she was a rum'un") Who was there among them that had not come in contact with " drunken Poll ?" They all knew what she had been, but what was she now ? A virtuous woman, who had been holding the keys for " the Sisters of Mercy," at half-a-crown a week—(laugh ter.) Let them all come forward and take the pledge at the hands of the " holy father," and they would then, instead of being the " rooks," become the doves, the vir tuous doves of St. Giles's—(roars of laughter.) THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. (From the Dublin News Letter.) A preliminary experiment of the principle upon which the atmospheric railway is to act was made on Saturday, and it answered in every respect the expectations of the patentees, Messrs. Clegg and Samuda, as well as of all those concerned in the introduction of this most important national prcject into Ireland. At five o'clock the scientific gentlemen interested ar rived, and the steam was soon after laid on, when the leviathan air pump commenced its labours—the mercury in the barometer soon displayed with what success. In sixty strokes an altitude of twenty inches was obtained, and shortly afterwards it reached twenty-two inches and one-tenth. This was the realisation of the most sanguine expectations, and left no room for doubt as to the com pleteness and power of the machinery and its capability of producing sufficient vacuum. Mr. Jacob Samuda asserts that he will, with the efficient means at his disposal, have twenty-seven inches at any time, if required. The power may be estimated thus :—The exhaustion indicated by each inch of mercury in the barometer guage is capable of propelling nearly nine tons on a level road, or nearly two and a half tons up an inclination of one in one hundred and fifteen, that of the Dalkey line. at a velocity dependant on the speed of the air pump piston with the present apparatus ; each double stroke of the air pump is equivalent to upwards of two miles per hour; and the Dalkey engine being constructed to work at the rate of twenty-four double strokes per minute, it follows that if desired the trains may be moved at upwards of fifty miles per hour. Thus far having progressed—the next course pursued was to introduce the piston into the tube at the equili brium valve near Glasthule-bridge ; but while this was being done the key of the fly-wheel slipped, and a delay of nearly an hour elapsed before it was adjusted. It has been stated that the experiment was but preliminary, and to this may be ascribed this trifling incident, for accident it cannot be called. The fly-wheel movement being rectified, the engine was set going once more, but not on its condensation princi ple, for there was no cold water to condense. It was at high pressure and half power; the height of mercury in the guage varied from eleven to fourteen inches. The signal was given by men stationed with flags along the line, and the piston carriage, with two passenger carriages, one second and one third class, attached, moved along per se amid the joyous shouts of those assembled It force tilat no human energy could awaken into existence. In four minutes they accomplished the distance, one and a quarter mile, retarded considerably at starting by the breaks on the wheels to keep the motive power under proper control, as also at the terminus, not to let the train overshoot the line of rails. Mr. Joseph Samuda was on the piston carriage, and several gentlemen took seats in the other carriages, and they describe the motion to be more than ordinarily smooth and easy—the curves were passed without the slightest perceptible difference in the motion of the car riages ; altogether, it is pronounced to be no longer an experiment, but un fait accompli. What was deemed to be a problem by the uninitiated is now perfectly solved. A few data of the line of railway and the machinery may not be uninteresting. When finished there will be in length 9200 feet of open pipe. The close pipe forming the connexion with the air pipe is upwards of 400 yards. The engine is one hundred horse power—to be worked on the expansive condensation principle. The air pump is double stroker, its diametersixty-seven inches ; the diameter of the tube or open pipe fifteen inches. The station at Dalkey is seventy-six feet higher than that at Kingstown. The elevation varies—one in fifty seven being the greatest, one in one-hundred and forty being the least, and the wain ascent being one in one in one hundred and fifteen. It is computed that the train will descend from Dalkey by its own gravity, at the rate of from thirty to thirty five miles an hour. The sharpest curve is only 547 feet radius. Another trial has taken place in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant, with still more signal success than the experiment before recorded. Two carriages ascended at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, in three minutes, and returned down the inclined plane, by their own mo mentum, in five minutes. MORE FIRES IN LONDON.—On Thursday a destruc tive conflagration broke out in the extensive hemp, flax, and cane warehouse, belonging to Messrs. Mandeville, Kent-street, Borough, and which has resulted in an im mense loss of property. A colour-maker received a most frightful injury whilst he was removing some of the hemp out of the warehouse. About four hours previous to the above conflagration, a most alarming fire was discovered raging in the workshops of Mr. Bourne's cooperage, 7, Cornwall-road, Lambeth ; and so rapid was the progress of the flames, that before the inmates of the dwelling house could escape, the staircase had taken fire, and was all alight. Instantly on the alarm being given. Mr. and Mrs. Bourne attempted to pass down the stairs, but find ing it impracticable they returned to the second floor, and precipitated themselves into the road. Mr. Bourne is severely cut in different parts of his person, and Mrs. Bourne has broken her collar-bone and both her legs, and lies in Guy's Hospital in a dreadful state of suffering. POOR LAWS.—A parliamentary return has been issued. h e e u a t d - d e o d o pAa ureturn r e s l h i eovwe ngduthriengnut mhebefirsot of wineedrorf end e month of April, 1843, in the several unions comprised in each assistant poor law commissioner's district.' It ap pears that there are nine assistant commissioners. The number of unions in the nine districts is 587. In-door poupers relieved in the week mentioned, 115.250. Out door paupers relieved in the same period, 701,741. Total of paupers relieved in one week. 816,991. The popula tion in 1841 was in England and Wales, 13,762,853. The proportion of the total number of paupers to the popula tion is at about 6 per cent. The return further shows the following two items :—Estimate for unions not in cluded, and places not in unions, in-door paupers, 17,958 ; out-door, 109,346. Total, 127,304. Estimated totals of (paupers) England and Wales, in-door, 133,208, out door, 811,687. Total, 941,295, out of a population in 1841 of 15,906.829, being 6 per cent. on the whole 6 per. sons out of every 100 receiving parish relief. DISGRACEFUL SCENE.—On Saturday afternoon a scene took place in the neighbourhood of the old bridge of Dee, of a character that cannot be too severely censured. A silly fool, slightly the worse for drink, urged apparently by some companions of his own stamp, having collected a crowd about him by the profane use that he was making of a copy of the Scriptures he had in his possession, began to mimic the performance of public worship. Part of a Psalm was sung, mingled with oaths and chorused by laughter; a passage of Scripture was next read in the same manner ; and, lastly to crown his profane mockery, the silly being, who had not even the poor excuse of youthful thoughtlessness to plead in behalf of his conduct, flattered apparently by the laughter that he elicited from the crowd of young men and women that surrounded him, stood up in the attitude of worship, and brought his blasphemy to the horrible climax of giving utteran ce to the Lord's prayer, mingled with imprecations on his ribald audience to cease the peals of laughter, that, by disco m posing his gravity, seemed likely to put a dose to the wretched exhibition.—Aberdeen paper. Standard-office, Half-past Ten o'clock. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. The Boston and Halifax Royal Mail Steam-ship Acadia, arrived in the river this morning at half-past four, having left Boston on the 16th and Halifax on the 18th instant, at 3 o'clock p.m. She has therefore accomplished the passage from Halifax in ten days and nine and a half hours. The case of Mrs. Gilmour, the Scotch murderess, has been at length brought to a decision, an'd the marshal of the United States has received a warrant commanding him to surrender her to the British authorities. _ _ The elections through the various States for the Con gress were proceeding generally in favour of the whig candidates, and in some instances by immense majorities. We have melancholly details of the ravages by the late storm at Pennsylvania. The destruction of life and pro perty is immense. The loss in Delaware county is es timated at 500,000 dollars. A riot took place at Philadelphia on the 6th instant, when several men were severely injured. It seems to have arisen between two rival fire companys. Another demand under the treaty has been made of a man charged with having committed a theft in Canada, and absconded to New York. The commissioner decided that be had no jurisdiction in the case, as " theft" was not enumerated in the treaty. Robbery, which is men tioned in the treaty, and ordinary theft, he considered to be distinct classes of crime, the former depriving a per son of property by force. Strong hopes were entertained that the ship Memphis would be got off, although much boisterous weather had been experienced ; she had made but little water. The operations at the New York Board of Brokers on the 15th were to a fair extent, and generally at an advance in rates. Domestic Exchanges are in limited request, and rates axe steady. The demand for Foreign Bills of Exchange for the packet of the 16th was unusually small. The supply of bills, however, was moderate, which enables holders to maintain their position. Specie was dull, and the recent exports have been more than counterbalanced by various importations. Money continued abundant for all business purposes, and although the improvement in mercantile affairs gene. rally had caused an increase in the amount of paper of fering for discount, no corresponding advance had taken place in the rates of interest. Loans were readily effected upon undoubted securities at 34 a 5 per cent. per annum. The transactions at the Stock Exchange for some weeks had been moderate, with but little variation in rates—the demand being about equal to the supply. The improvement in the Cotton Market noticed on Friday still continued. The sales of the 13th and 14th amounted to 2,500 bales, at an advance of tog cent per lb. upon the prices obtained previous to the arrival of the Acadia. This advance, however, was principally in the middling and lower qualities. Uplands, very ordinary to middling, 54 to 64 cents per lb.; fair, to good fair and good, 74 to 74 and S cents ; Tenessees and Alabamas, 5i to 64 cents; Mobiles, Louisianas, &c. ordinary to mid dling, 54 to 61 cents. ; fair, to good fair, 74 to 84 cents ; good and fine, 9 to 10 and 11 cents. The receipts of Cotton since the first of September were 2,367,000 bales against 1,663,000 last year. The exports to Europe amount to 1,990,000 bales, of which 1,461,000 were to Great Britain. The supply of Western Flour was large and the demand moderate. List of Passengers from Boston to Halifax.—Sarah S. Jacobs ; Mr. Read ; Fred. Myers ; Mr. J. M. Tobin-4. From Boston to Liverpool.—Mrs. Western ; Warren Delano, jun. ; J. W. Webster ; Mr. Hector Turnbull ; S. Wittering ; Dr. Alleyne ; W. Sandorn, R.N. ; Mr. Hicalton, Secretary and Servant; Robert Haynes; Jos. Haynes; Charles W. Claude; Mr. John D. Blithe; J. R. Poizet and Mrs. Poizet; W. H. M`Neil ; J. Stur gis Nye ; W. Page ; W. Bond ; W. Peter ; Gustave Joly ; J. S. Muir; Major Ewing; G. Y. Davis; Rev. C. Mathews; R. E. Cook ; Francis Carpanato ; Felix Fouche ; Jase de Laine ; G. W. Whistler; Miss Whistler, three children and servant; Mr. F. B. Blancbard ; A. S. Addison ; J. H. Willis ; Thomas Kennedy ; G. M. Bay ley ; Creser Vernet, 42. From Halifax to Liverpool.—Mr. W. J. Ritchie; Rev. R. Williamson, 2-48. Abstract of the Log. August 16th, at 2h. 30m. P.M. left Boston for Halifax. IP 17th, running along the Coast. „ 18th, in 7 lat. 30 lon. arrived in Halifax at three o'clock, P.M. Left Halifax for Liverpool. August 19th, in 44 36 lat. 59 13 lon. wind S.S.W. 192 miles. Moderate breezes and thick weather. August 20th, in 45 15 lat. 54 11 lon. wind S.W. 217 miles. Ditto. August 21st, in 45 51 lat. 48 25 lon. wind S.W. 243 miles. Moderate breezes and foggy. August 22nd, in 46 49 lat. 43 11 lon. wind variable, 230 miles. Ditto. August 23rd, in 47 49 lat. 37 56 lon. wind variable, 224 miles. Strong breezes and clear. August 24th, in 48 23 lat. 31 53 lon. wind N.W. 246 miles. Ditto. August 25th, in 48 50 lat. 25 50 lon. wind N.N.W. 238 miles. Ditto. - August 26th, in 49 34 lat. 19 17 lon. wind N.W. 260 miles. Ditto. August 27th, in 50 36 lat. 12 24 lon. wind variable, 260 miles. Ditto. . "-- 74:ji LA Al CI I • aliu 1.7. rr. a. - 2•1 miles. Strong breezes. thick, and foggy. At ten, p.m. off Holyhead, and arrived in Liverpool on the 29th, at 4 30, a.m. being 10 days 91 hours from Halifax. 21st spoke the Juiian, from Quebec to Bristol. 29th spoke. in the Channel, the barque Tinwall and schooner Providence, of Liverpool. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Four boys were drowned at Dawlish, near Bristol, on Sunday morning, by the upsetting of a boat. An immense number of frogs fell in the town and neighbourhood of Stourbridge during the late violent storm! The congregational plan of collecting from pew to pew, has been introduced into Londnn, where it is regarded as a great novelty, and called the Lancashire system. From Gainsborough to Hull by water was a two days' voyage thirty years ago. It is now done by steam in two hours and a half. From the reply of Sir James Graham to the memorial of the Cheshire Grand Jury it would appear that there is a probability of having a winter assize. The number of fires in the metropolis (there were six teen between Friday evening and Wednesday morning) has suggested a suspicion of incendiarism. PAISLEY.—Trade is continuing brisk ; every loom is now sending forth the joyous sound of the shuttle, and the state of the market is steady and favourable. Another destructive fire took place in London on Wed nesday morning, by wh'ch the oil and varnish manufac tory of Messrs. Wentworth and Son of Mill-end gate was destroyed. It is said that upwards of 40,000 persons, principally Irishmen, have taken the temperance pledge at the hands of the Rev. Theobald Matthew, in the metropolis and its vicinity. The pensioners now in Greenwich Hospital, who fought with Nelson, amount to 199 ; namely, those who fought in the battle of St. Vincent, 13 ; the Nile, 25 ; Copenhagen, 31; Trafalgar, 130. The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal is now completed, and opened into the Severn ; and the number of large ships passing through that river is consequently much increased. During the last week, the influx of visiters to Bakewell was so great that carriages stood for more than an hour in the streets, whilst accommodation and beds could be procured for them. Mrs. Williams, the wife of the chartist leader, Zepha niah Williams, who was reported to have been executed in New South Wales for murder, has written to the Northern Star, denying the truth of the statement. A splendid new packet-ship, of 1,250 tons burthen, ailed the Queen of the West, and belonging to Massr . Woodh►ll and Minturn, was launched at New York, on the sth instant. The steam.ship Londonderry arrived at the Broomie law last Friday morning. bringing the enormous freight of between 1,500 and 1,600 " sons of the sod," to reap a harvest in Scotland.—Glasgow Citizen. Cavalry and infantry barracks have been commenced at Newport, Monmouthshire. The area within the wall will be about ten acres, and the estimated cost of the erection is reported at from £4,000 to £5,000. Between Monday morning, the 31st ult. and the night of Saturday, the sth instant, just one week, one hundred and twenty-nine prisoners were lodged in Stafford county prison, being at the average of 22/ per day. The estimated damage done to property in the towns of Rochester, Chatham, Stroud, and Brompton, during the short duration of the awful thunder-storm, was about £6,000. As a curious instance of the peculiar effect of the severe storm of Wednesday night last, on the following morning no less than 136 dead sparrows were found in the front garden of No. 1, Moore-place, Lambeth. • It appears from the statistical reports issued by the Registrar-General, that about one-fifth of the total mor tality of England and Wales is attributable to pulmonary consumption. FATHER MATHEW AND LORD BROUGHAM.—OH Wednesday last, Father Mathew breakfasted with the Hon. Stafford Jerningham, where he was visited by Lord Brougham, Lord Gleneig, and other persons of distinc tion. MANSLAUGHTER.-At St. Neots, on Saturday week, the death of an old man was occasioned by two market carts knocking him down and running over him whilst racing. A verdict of manslaughter has been returned by the coroner's jury against the drivers. ISLE OF MAN JOINT STOCK BANK.--A. meeting of the shareholders in this concern was held at Douglas on Tues day. The liabilities amount to £175,388. Is. 2d., and the good debts to X 93,812. 7s. Ild.,leaving a loss to the bank of X 81,575. 13s. 3d. TUE NATIONAL GALLERY.—A fine full-length:l)of trait of Mrs. Siddons has recently been added to the collection in the National Gallery. It was painted by Lawrence. and was presented to the government for exhibition by Mrs. Fitzhugh. The portrait is placed in the same room as that of John Kemple as Hamlet, by the same master, and attracts much notice. THE PEGASUS.—The jury who sat to inquire in the circumstances causing the death of two of the passen gers by this unfortunate vessel, have brought in a verdict of accidental death, occasioned by the gross carelessness of the master and those on the look out ; and the jury, in addition to this expression of their opinion, have added a deodand of £lOO against the company, on each body— £2oo in all. THE OPIUM COMPENSATION.—Friday night's Gazette contains a treasury notice, that the holders of the certifi cates given by Capt. Elliot for the British-owned opium, entitled to compensation, may, on or after the 30th inst., apply at the office of the Paymaster of Civil Services, at the Treasury-chambers, Whitehall, London, for payment, the receipts in question to be delivered at the Treasury chambers two days before the demand for payment. The grand cricket match between the Marylebone club and the Midland counties players came off on the Leices ter ground this week, and was decided on Wednesday, in favour of the Marylebone, with ten wickets to go down. In the first innings the Midland Counties scored 93, and in the second 62; the Marylebone scored 139 in the first innings, and the game was won by the first two bats in the second. EXTRA PAROCHIAL PLACES IN LANCASHIRE.—There are 13 extra parochial places in this county, containing 7,161 inhabited houses, and a population of 43,288 per sons, according to the census of Is4l. There is no other county in England that has one fourth as large an extra parochial population ; indeed it exceeds • wo-fifths of the whole extra parochial population of England, viz. 103,461. True INCOME TAX.—The commissioners for the in come tax, at their sitting on Friday week at Kensington, decided that a beneficed clergyman has no right to make any deduction from his gross receipts on account of sti pends paid to licensed curates ; but that in a case where a curate having a stipend of £l5O per annum had paid the 'ax upon the same, the incumbent ought to pay also that sum. as having formed part of his original income. Six LIVES LOST.—On Wednesday last, at Messrs. Bramab and Cochrane's Thick Coal Pit, Woodside Col liery, near Dudley, some of the men went down to work, by some means or other (not yet ascertained), the gas in the pit became ignited ; the consequence was, that five persons were killed on the spot, and the other died soon after he was taken home. Several others were injured but not seriously.—Ten Mums' Messenger. Two SISTERS KILLED.—On Sunday last five persons, two females (sisters), two men of the name of Robertson and Johnstone, and an infant child of the latter, were proceeding in a cart from Hughmill, when the vehicle came in contact with a large stone, which upset the whole. Robertson was much bruised, Johnstone and his infant escaped unhurt, but Mrs. Robertson was killed on the spot, and her sister, who was never again sensible, died on Monday.—Fifeshire Journal. PETITIONING.—In spite of the loud complaints which issue from all parts of Wales in regard to tolls, rents, tithes, county-rates, &c, no petitions were presented for redress. And what is still more extraordinary is, that in spite of the whole of Ireland being torn to pieces and dis tracted by the agitation and the " monster meetings" now going on. and being held in favour of the repeal of the union, only ten petitions have been presented to Parlia ment in behalf of that measure, and nine were presented against it. " Rebecca," like Robin Hood of old, has turned moral ist and a wild minister of justice. About two years back, says the Carmarlheralzire Journal, a servant girl gave birth to a boy, the son of her master. a respectable free holder. A few days ago a carriage drove up to the man's house; a black footman opened the door; an elegantly dressed lady alighted, with a child in her arms, and, en tering the Lothario's house, presented herself as " Re becca," and the child as his own, with an injunction that he should cherish it. The Welsh dictatress has been im plicitly obeyed. GOVERNMENT AND THE SOCINIANS.—It iS DOW con fidently stated, that a royal commission is to be forthwith issued for the purpose of inquiry into the state of the trust property of evangelical donors, usurped by the Socinians in England and the Arians in Ireland, with a view to what is cantingly termed "an equitable adjustment" in the pre mises. If this step had been taken at first, there might have been some show of public utility in it. But now, when the law has been repeatedly declared in both king doms, and finally decided by the House of Lords, - it seems difficult to know what a commission would be appointed to inquire into, or wherefore it should meddle in the affair. MR. BRAHAM.—This unrivalled vocalist, after a pro fessional tour through the south-western parts of England, has lately been delighting with his powers of song the in habitants of the Channel Islands. His career, however, was, a few days since, nearly brought to a close by the rash attempt to cross, with his son Charles and his friend Mr. Torre, in a small open boat, from Guernsey to Jer sey, the difficult and dangerous navigation in that quarter being unknown to any of the party. After having been " rocked on the cradle of the deep" for upwards of fifteen hours, and exposed during the whole night to a rough sea, they providentially reached terra firma in safety, drenched and famished. SENDING THREATENING LETTERS.—George W. A. Hamilton, alias Robert Bell, was on Friday tried at the Central Criminal Court, for having sent to a respectable young lady, named Jessie Hopper, letters demanding money, with menaces, &c. The prisoner threatened, in his infamous epistles, to blast the reputation of the young lady by publishing to the world that she bad been visiting a house of ill-fame, if she did not buy his secret from him. His conduct had such an effect on the young lady. that luusly lir ever SlTice. Inc jury round tne prisoner guilty. Baron Rolfe sentenced the prisoner to transportation for fourteen years. WARRANTS OF ATTORNEY.—Among the acts which received the Royal assent on Tuesday was one of some importance to the trading community, entitled " An Act for the better prevention of Frauds by Secret Warrants of Attorney to confess judgement." By an act passed some years ago all the warrants of attorney were required to be filed, and an index kept for public inspection. It has, however, been considered necessary to afford greater facilities on the subject, and by the present act any per son before he gives credit, or an extension of credit, can, on the payment of Is. 6d., ascertain whether any warrant of attorney or legal instrument exists by which the pro perty supplied to that debtor can be suddenly seized upon. It often happens that tradesmen supply goods, and find them swept away in a short time by a warrant of attor ney. MURDERS OF COLONEL STOD D A RT AND C APTAIN CONOLLY.—In the House of Commons, on Thursday last, in reply to a question, Sir R. Peel said that though he was not in possession of any direct information offici ally as to these murders, yet he believed there was no reason to doubt the intelligence that they had been barbarously murdered by the Ameer of Bokhara on the 17th of June, 1842. The Emperor of Russia was indig nant at the crime, and had since then refused to hold any communication with Bokhara, and the Sultan had pur sued a similar course. Notwithstanding the distance and the difficulties in the way, he did not despair of obtaining satisfaction for the atrocious crime. Colonel Stoddart was in the public service, but he could not speak with certainty as to whether Captain Conolly was or was not in the public service. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—" We cannot deny," says the National, " %%hatever be the cause which para lyses the progress of our agriculture, that our produce is much inferior to that of the English. The following is a comparison of the agricultural produce raised by 1,000 families in France and England : In England. In France. Difference. Horses.. 273 65 four times less. Oxen ... 1,230 203 six times less. Sheep... 11,000 1,043 ten times less. Corn .... 56,000 hectolitres 40,000 hectolitres. In France it is calculated that on every thousand square yards of ground there are 33 cultivators. In England only 28. Our agricultural produce ought, therefore, to be at least equal to that of England, and our inferiority con sequently proves the want of skill amongst the French agriculturists." FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—A few days ago, the Isle of Tiree was visited by a shoal of whales, which were no sooner observed than several boats put out to sea to surround them. The " leaders" were shaving a creek, when a Herculean native, Mr. D. Maclean, who chan ced to be riding by, with heroism worthy of a better cause, jumped off his horse, taking with him the bridle and his trusty dirk. It is well known, that, if one whale bleeds, and is stranded, the rest of the shoal, by some fatility, follow, and are easily j secured. Mr. Mac lean, seeing the leader quite close, jumped upon its back. and stabbed it in the belly. The moment the monster took in the saline element, it turned belly up. Donald put his bridle about its tail and swam with it to an ad jacent boat ! In this manner the unequal fight was car ried on for about an hour ; when Mr. Maclean, after hav ing secured eleven whales, felt exhausted, and bad to give up the contest.—Abridged from the Dumfries Courier. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.—T his body is now sitting and discussing in Cork. The attendance of savans is said to be numerous. In the report it was stated, that since its establishment the association had expended £8,300 in scientific investi gations ; that £3,339 were pledged to be paid for scientific inquiries suggested at the late meeting at Manchester; and that it had only a sum of £5,000 invested capital. During the last eight years of its active operations, it had expended in astronomical investigations, &c., £2,200; in tidal observations, £1,550; in meteorological and mag netical observations, £1,400 ; in experiments and observa tions on the forms of vessels, £9OO ; in experiments on the manufacture of iron, £400; and in inquiries connected with medicine, botany, zoology, chemistry, and other branches of science, nearly £5,000. They also represented that the disposable funds of the society were nearly ex hausted. The balance in hand previous to the last meet ing at Manchester was £538. 145.6 d. ; the sum received at Manchester, £1,737 ; contributions for books, £192. 10s. ; dividend on the funded property of the association (£5.500) in the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Consols, £247.105. ; received for the sale of reports, £l7O. 15s. 3d. ; for ladies' tickets at Manchester, £331 ; for sectional tickets, £33: and interest on money remaining in the hands of the Manchester bankers, £ll. 18s. 7d., making a total of £3,271. 4s. 4d. The expenditure consisted of payments for various grants for scientific purposes, £1,565. Ils. 2d.; printing reports, &c., £446 ; salaries, £435, and expenditure at Manchester, £328. Bs. 10d. ; leaving a balance in hand of £496. 4s. Id. The property of the association consisted of funded property, £5,500, which, with other assets, made a total of 6,705. ---j:-'--------'j('Eg'vtfl TEA PARTY IN HON O m UR OF DR. - ----- A for) t friends of Dr. Butler sat down to tea at theAntlearsai . atre, to celebrate the return of that rev. g: li 0 4 oo : On the evening of Thursday last, th a c l i e u a e l e u do , his mission to Rome. The theatre was iwcadgerrised' occasion. It had previously been J ohn sod o'clock. tionsofgth l e t the chair would be taken by Mr. John LIP' botael' 1 tea would be served at eight o'clock precise yslerc. of these promises,was fulfilled. in the 813 71 1, I, IQ OOP * t o Langan, the chair was taken by a Mr. m u ro d ati the absense of the guest, the tea was not g o. c , t_nr; ; waiting, and that their patience was all hitinos. They returned, however, with the melancholrn town was a half-past o r e explainsl he was non est ; and, under these disastrous?' Zs; those of the parties that remained took tea T.% d 1 At length, after several had gone awe)? 141,„orbe and the cries of " it's an infernal humbug I _"' tb , s 1 "Y were becoming rather loud and frequent.keolg entered amid loud cheers, and was cordially swim hand by about two hundred of the companl:_'de,ilif the scene. After a few words from the Chairman, _Ls t e t ho n e he b ai e m f d o ert the a b t ttete avi,ll: F i Dr. Butler rose and said :—Mr. Chairmanorforcto pale and much dejected, notwithstanding tP l ' 1 Gentlemen, 1 shall confine myself to an al) otbe eli df and to the assigning of a reason why I orderedhaveaent before. About. three hours ago, having O lO be at the place where I dined, the car c_OOOlA pointed time, but, previous to its atrial o iroS trial „ i to bireTio nots—one saying that a particular not e be here, and the otber, which purporte:Aireal/AlOll written by Mr. Griffin, but which was not IL, re d Griflin, stating that the meeting was traurotaflL4 oh !)—otherwise, I should have been here w o lls , thanks. lam grateful and thankful to Yli ce t he 0:01 4 you that until the latest moment of Inf ''' res sekrji brance of your kindness will be deeply ° l i e gO l 9 heart and soul. As there i a great strugg , 4 00,,d s ence t °l- tr r Ireland, I think the sooner you colon , tr sisb tables here, and we have a good, honest, 5 ,, r. ) . 0 4 Irish dance the better. (Cheers and laugh L ec e 0 00 1 4 The Doctor here sat down. His speech of Crree-quarters of a minute in the deliverY:. of , , the audience were grievously disappointed 050 o f. paid their admission money, not for the PtirP.oolo ing the tea or the dance, hut of hearing some e l ' op the Doctor of his mission to Rome, andliTsba‘.l ', of matters of a nature personal to hhn s w w ere."' , 4 Some interest was recently excited• Thel „olaiscii destined to remain in ignorance on all tbase r 0 the t 8 ,r The Doctor after having witnesseu s. 4 1 tfs fore reme d e mo d 0 - r r. about half an hour , returned to his i n ) _-_—_------------------- prod The Marquis and Marchioness of E 19 , 1 , 61,0 oi li s to ecr M eta r. ry Loftus have arrived on a visit to Mr - i , a t' Bt tk eir ..,,,,' M.P. and Lady Charlotte Egerton, in''' fir Cheshire. w igh t io V i GUARDIAN SOCIETY.-0O Tharsdel ° e f We p. ner was given by the members of the Isliseeefiritisto, OF of the Liverpool Guardian Society, a t t : gr. l e , lof the Manchester, Guardian Societies. 1 0 0' o f Bage, the the Liverpool, vice-praeos and d i v r t ~ c a o 7 o ....., i t b 0 P " PIeA The Marouis of Clanricarde presented nog J H o o n tr o s t e i 000 f RailwayLo rd s , on with Tuesday, ureesgdaaryd, to fr o t tn C i l ! er steei li T, hams, managing director of the Du blin of th i l e y , Company, complaining of the regulationa_o( from Liverpool, and also of the larch: 6°P ~,, be O. 7 'va o he tl r t e er on si T de hu th rs e d A ay tl , antie, To AMERICAN EMIGRANTS. —It ;led s t stei,' je, j y . vice to intending emigrants to the Unit e : A s rri7 l la false expectations in this country as tion, that not an Amrican sailing Wn a tinolv ai i port, from New York at least, which d°e'lio°viagm'ekdoy 100 to 150 persons in the steerage, ' oll° ' ro se °. Oa to P tonguej toottr home disappointed. The Indevendence, ro o. ~ , T , ~, 11- I ° o _l TWO PICKPOCKETS CAUGHT.---.11-stopb9,, fr pockets, James Williams, and James ` - ,. t 10 11- 0 6 i 1 Wednesday, charged at the police-e,St%bst o n el fourberie. Inspector Thompson said gill at, vious night, he found the prisoners au - ,bsta of_4 4 Murray-street, in what was evidentlY ,a' o tblf Ir up in order to gather a crowd and Wis e l' ' tors' ?A O gang to pick the pockets of the spe c ° O' each fined 40s. and costs. si lo . $ AMUSING PI N 0W d eSdar .- bi li ' el o o c lc.— n e n , Viet s ot., , circumstance occurred at a pie nic s '' tit 11 11 party of eighty ladies and gentlemen, en -- Opt, it; broughtia have Cte been a t hce°sel 'chic:o pro of Scotch extraction, met by agreelne,nt'as ta, l ; , SY O O no previous arrangement bad been 1 10 1,stabl d . party should contribute in the shape 0 ' ; N os ° of 4,, every one, or at least many seemed deal er , oe / to, the repast as national as possible, the re fl P r° red d li twenty-six sheep's heads, with their dn e ro clo i ii, , one handred and four troller: (or feet)tPorislere.7 distilling d on piacespirits. latched, banquet. The circumstance caused gr : e s , t bef l o t , it did not impair the avidity with whit " A ' lei „ n i a !rook ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—A. Marl t i ,""" t e at -, • A . ofR U t S h h e t Oh. house us e charged in r e il ° o 2l g t o b i l lo t 0 01 11 10 01 1 ,4 a boy,W. Grimes, were on WedoesuaY • -- pr pea l te lv-0, a N n o d o v n i e s i ,eel else tl - e was premises.in A b th u e t p o h n l o o i u c t e s l Heo ° . c e k f fi e T e s d e tiai r et a e s n ed l i t t i e m i e... P fb i rg a::: :e r a still. The prisoners were up stairs,4ooooo!„,, i'. part of their clothes on. The excise-ett be ,oelribe still at full work, with about 21 gallonsience A w IJ nof boy, ug e di). ... 0. . w i: h : o hrec i is n a umai hica carter, nlhTnaTedEwbE w ea, fs a oT s sr 1 le n n ue btseßutesoffioDgcAoiaei too : a: : . , f_ f ri.l ,7 ,:t ee d ro 0. o f iil7o 0 too l in if::: e m n e e ne, wereand hperews present t :requiredNiess :—Messrs. Pa: ant : We e goidl ini : ot E H lffve v o a r n sf s a , ll ß . o H ld o . lm c e h s iit N on ic , oaltidAliikthino,r23. u T l .c h, see r : ' he • gbe i : bitil ti c de (I tiel k e ?‘ report from the Dock Surveyor f ele!" t bet•die d ' 0 and repairs of the dock works and a pew - o r it from the 24th of June, 1842, to the s' l , 6° . ,„ r een 1 0 ) trsshc i f _o n epceauhvresid l kvei 08tsEendovhdojoina2lEs.wyntei SELECT purpose, TaxduisiciTitrni whether p£eonhhtto:g2eehA Marine eu 6 eem ri , a ,7lcraotT6ii committee from which it appeared that the exPena"-02.40 0 was £153,545 Is. 7d.—that of the do t. The 0 s o , making a total of £179,374 15s. Bd. ,:ii2k f t 0 :1 1 / 1 , being a decrease of £3922 14s. 2d. The ho t lat j , necessary that the Clarence Dock all rbeg"• t O t io# good order, only a few necessar , make some necessary repairs, and he fil e f tbe ti e d if 13 Iley stated that he in company wi t ' l e el l ree l O r rePairhs 11 5rOil which had been attended to. The N° r , t ''„ lot, 0 0 which reported that a fire occurred on Mona" he 0 1 0 4 e ane nn2 Tnyd e E 7a n.E cs imn : light-ships OuoTegiSurveyor v psi dn et e u a hs .t o y i rel icooeadrlkisrni vessel p, tdr i b ivd o e b i i e :: n . .I: °s n tliv itrd ao: :t sri ' t e l tel he i i_et:ttir°:lci,tr e. be, be ..ell be Ati r' I ' ll ' t . °6ll tiii ‘ v b r: , t o $' !i0: 0 , 41 ):11 , engines and proper means being takeladen r ece l , d ll s other articles of an inflammable natureZos. u." hot", oil the port of Runcorn amounted to X4lor,lsilfse or crease of £2 ss. since the last report- beau-01;01 were to lid beau- respect to the measurement of vesse ls ',. ° o ol4 by the chairman that the whole mat te ' d • j r" ,Th e ,be ll s oi l a' „ se' „ alb this committee, upon which, among stn. - PI:rill r„j of Sir C. Napier, Sir H. Douglas, L i ;ips '105°,,'0 1 .,0r r Mr. Baring, that the loss of British s lo tin th e v r t; 1842, and 1843, as compared with th° se .r fro ° 't ro le :, and 1838, as far as could be ascertains r t be °, l6 til registered at Lloyd's, has been less da erg er doe h i/ during the latter period, more especially as io ye, is so , 1 laden ships and the lives of the crew s e _ in ts P b" llsl :o l l o,4l' There has been a reduction in the loss u 0 0 00 4 0 illo of from 56 to 23, and a saving of 200 lic e „, of tPdbef°,oo only one instance do they find a recurren'ors, 011,4 ble cases which occurred in Previ°usaliti °fee re crews of ships were reduced to tbe ne°6-00,0i0 bedi" the remains of their comrades. The de c k 0 1 °1 of r that no ship is seaworthy when her neni t he s i r li ps. 0 cargo, and recommend an extension f'.., 0 , of 0 4,.,0 meat prohibiting the future deck-loaa'R° t icie.. rot) it BO tr'.l A 1 1 „ora and the endangerment of human STATE OF SOUTH WALES. --45 W ,t g ipi lt " to ne,s• outrages, from being confined to t u o 'iprilbe Ppll.,:i house of Mr. Edwards, now spread to the wanton destructile in 0 0 at 11 -burroPoost 1V Tuesday the village of Llanon and th e f th e 00 06 1 t . bourhood was the scene of an outrage ‘i);ooperael or character. It is said that about 70°1 proceefboaiordrog bled with their faces blackene,sanGoringberer,e4 inapropriator of the tithes of the P aris O h ° oth i r A , peatedly fired their guns. Mr. Bdwa'tbere," IV OS. the time, and Mrs. Edwards spoke agent to N r *,.i i h, ' E ill P' e Pra to bro keo4 of ( 0 , continued, and 52 panes of glass peawerety al l tiO entered the garden and destroyed DesOl e t ct e dl d i Soon after they entered the house of l oge - 0 01r keeper, against whom they ha° s w° ,, rl ;oPl e ai l l Fol 0 1 then broke the furniture the Poo r ' w orth - Al carried away a gun and IN. or 125. r r oro ni 10 shot. They then departed. „,. --Th e re , P ia °" :o l !f PROSPECTS OF THE HARVES• • t he Sy r , jO - 1 1,10 at Mark-lane, on Thursday, fro 13) the W ry ., eicli JO tricts continued highly favourable, ( . O L' 00 0 1 1 0 Ab o , doubt that the harvest throughout eio The 'pi l e lA/ neral be more than an a verage er', 3 •P: s ine e ,.,4o , , Ire fallen in and about the metropoo''froto '''' s bir'pork not been much felt at any distance tom„Perysh ice dlesex, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Wj lt , l3 ;forat h ire!, ifi ro l Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Pice"itforna9Re'oo.7o'olo fordshire, Buckinghamshire, , am brl g r b e 4' shire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, ' nu rhO r ;bo ll V oe o tershire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire2o w a, 1.10. 10? , o cy,o tonsbire, Westmorland, Cheshire , beri " sbr ops i s e <op , Lancashire, Derbyshire, the ° ic o ue tl c od l i ek tershire, ad the midland counties', _ ho e e . 4 v are busily at work, and in several 0! 1000011, 01 e rear) le l torlf 00 In Scotland they will not commene , 0 w bo . 5 0C o ttl A k nre 0 0 t " ..., Sa tl ti a 4 a!'„i but the reports of the crops - are yet, b og r ovir jug. The accounts from NV ales r „ an d, t _ 0 e ve eel amount of grain has been stacked In M t ' cri C reaping is general there. In I. !'., ea rly ". tbejitolol so abundant, the harvest will V ' . ,,ffe t u .,,eo",:peit il the rain having caused a little_nosf.grsobtrA, 11.00,1,0 crops. The speculators of the Id f u 6 - " ri ger . : " c ji el P ,,. oi'de thei r t 1 10 ' Jer i At to think that they have burnt w ho , t on le r such large quantities of foreign ~,e to _. lilt, 0 ,1, 1 , nearly 35,000 quarters during t"theY ileuclOeu lro_, home.grown proves so good On „ v ia fro° o / 1 Sy or of disposing of it to advantage, I ' c ount s , t h S eer The a c O H se and even 6s. per quarter. d the e t, re t han • represent the harvest as 03 0 _ ~o t lo• the greater part has already been r. Belgium, Holland, German'', 51 1 0 80 Ir/