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Zittraturt. POETRY MIDNIGHT AT SEA From the Illuminated Magazine far 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 cairn 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 he:aid some portentous strife. Alone with God ! how limited the power Of man the creature here to shield or save, For tew the hounds that part the yawning grave; Most awful thoughts at this most solemn hour. Aline with God ! alone to worship Him Before whose throne all worldly thoughts grow dim. HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, PRACTICAL AND MEDICAL (From an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician of Liverpool.) I3Y MEDICIIS :CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST 62. Sleeping r, or taking, as it is called, a nap, after bit good or bad according to age and cir- Elderly people seem generally to get into 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 : " Muni d'un Mettler Dormant d'un leger somme, attendait le diner — La ,junesse en sa deur brille sur son visage, Son menton sur son sein descend l triple &age, Et son corps ramasse dans sa courte graisseur Fait gea.ir 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 "-- nowever, the napping propensity ht to be undoubtedly discouraged and resisted. As to be wooed with an empty stomach for the wasted energies of the body are recruited in one wo 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 interval of repose may be permitted in the course of the day—the siesta of southern countries; a practice scarcely • 1 • sued fo' xcept in the circumstances enumerated. It tys be adopted with caution, and only pur purpose of a slight refreshment ; otherwise generates into a habit very prejudicial to 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 in the earlier part of the day, they can't harm if habituated to it ; but they lo them should has an effec ge in great moderation, because it .r - vous system decidedly prejudicial stant habit of excess. In the morn- g part the main strokE use it narcotises, that is, depresses . . 1, when, in fact, you require all the " steam" Luster. Towards the close of the day, we have .es sometimes taken a mild c Bulging 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 smoking and snuffing. 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 /- - ~,e nicotianin be in large quantities. and the individual unaccustomed to its use, it may paralyze the heart, and render 't totally unfit to persevere in its functions.--Such has been where smoking has been indulged to excess. 'As the Deslandes, makes a chimney of his mouth, his e black, and fuliginous ; his breath acquires a de- Jr. Hence cleanliness, and the preservation of the teeth require, that the mouth should be washed after smoking.' —Hunglinson'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 it has been chasing in mimic sport the 'd the table ; and the next who opens its will not be behindhand with some testable c snselbo, decanter ttle poetic commendatory, and, before discharging his nch at his own olfactory battery, quotes off by heart— " A delicate pinch ! oh, how it tingles up The titillated nose, and fills the eyes And breast, till, iu one comfortable sneeze, The full collected pleasure bursts at last !" at mead all beat the drum for mustering to the last y's march, when the hill-tops smile in a .t, and the renewed song of birds pipes ailing glories of the god of day. Across 1 plain, and towards yon skirting wood, tc-n . tie progress, the grateful breeze dies live heat of noon returns, and clouds , etokening the approach of a thunder . broad meadow is traversed, and the mile off yet, is impossible to reach. the fair face of heaven Can change ! In , s of Christopher North," the subjoined us with wet in the very reading, of g a Pleasure Excursion.—Well, that iry.—Rain—rain—rain! All the eyes eight as bright might be—the sky was hat braided whiteness, that here and n drenches 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 yellowed 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 y rain, rain-- and ere ti e reach Bowness, the through to their skins Nay, matters e serious —for there was lightning— end hark, very respec- Ten seconds With all our wisdom we have not been weathe should have known, when we saw ;et. 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 across 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 See, in Bowness is hurrying many v people fear we may be on the lake ; and epend on't, is launching his lifeboat to ince. Well, this is an adventure. But )ur argand lamp ? Our study is in such cannot see our paper--in the midst of -e conclude, and retire to bed by a flash mption that our friends are involved __i drenching and fearful calamity, we pic lves 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 ion with the feathered fowl and lowing cattle, they iay betake themselves in breathless haste and anxious The forked flash and instant crash repeat their its with terrific rapidity, whilst the whole plain eln,Pd with the pouring rain ! The party and inexperienced in the common wondrous laws, or they would ery shelter so kindly near. A wet hey could commonly have experienced to sea" in the open meadow: on the mminent and great awaits them under cue tree ; an d h urry away they must, and that instantly, ere the next flash succeeds the dazzling one just gone ! Why so P Because the electric fluid always, if suffi entlynear--that i s , if i n 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 t ransm i tted agency, Metallicy substances, particularly if bright, and moisture in every shape, are amongst the first conducting powers. Th e very rain itself, therefore, is a conducting medium of the lightning most favourable because mo s t diff used ; more solid and projecting form will b e )3 , the lightning in its course, by their tracting it and concentrating it upon themselves : when such is the case, the object is either frequently iamaged i n it se lf , or w h erever t h e 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 lightning ; and, the less perfect their conduction may be, the more injury they are likely to Nature's avoided yet thing rather a( * Mr. Davis, Manual of Hiaith, p. 445, sustain, as will also objects close beside them : hence, when trees are struck, being shivered and burnt, cattle or men sheltering under them frequently lose their lives at the same time, sharing in the fate of the conducting tree. In the creature world, the endowment of a ner vous system seems to render them peculiarly susceptible to electric changes, in audition 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 snore 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 wo u ld b e 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 earthborn, 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, cheerful fire quickly kindled by eager hands, and a -‘f tea as quickly prepared, all fr f sti ft _arm a series o, ,nn ing scenes in our little drama of the " rural," such as all lovers of the " natural" must remember often to awe seen enacted in the course of their devotional pil- grimage said tea-drinking be 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 to some of the credit of Indian warriorship on the seve ral grounds of that endurance, forbearance, equanimity, high-souled resolve, and, lastly, as a make-weight re semblance, re-kindle even the little witchery of the social sacrifice ! But we are forgetting, all this while, we mean to put in one more claim to be heard, though not until the council has hrnk n nn and +l,O +rm... 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 bono 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—chuse 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 weed 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 pau 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 war m the bed as usua l f or a f ew m i nutes ; then take a glass 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 f 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 ori e l w i n d ow, it may he, 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 furthest flun g of all th e penc i lled host; stray onwards to , and ther e ena bl e him to spell the grate ful invitati on o f the downs pillow, we will take the part ing liberty of reading aloud, for the gentle reader's be nefit and closin g sympathy, the lines under which he has already fallen fast asleep— "To ail and each a ir ood night And rosy dreams, a nd s lumbe r s light 1,, * Query- 0 ' shaped" ?' . printer's Devil. BYRON THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL MISCELLANY. All the attempts to raise the Pegasus by means of lighters have failed. There is every reason to think the settlement of the Portuguese tariff question is going on swimmingly. 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 London, 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 which 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 Messr . Woodhill 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 beerr 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 221 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.—On Wednesday last, Father Mathew breakfasted with the Hon. Stafford Jerningham, where he was visited by Lord Brougham, Lord Glenelg, 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. ls. 2d., and the good debts to £93,812. 7s. 11d., leaving a loss to the bank of £81,575. 13s. 3d. ROBBERY OF £3,000.—0n Thursday information was received and circulated throughout the metropolitan po lice district, that £3,000, consisting of thirty £lOO note of the Limerick bank, had been stolen from the house of Mr. John Wright, in Roche's-street, city of Limerick. LARD OlL.—Lard oil from the United States of Ame rica, which has hitherto been charged with a duty of 255. per ton only, as raw animal oil, is in future, by treasury order, dated 15th August, 1843, to be subjected to the duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem, as a manufactured article. DEPARTURE OF THE BENTINCK.—At Southampton, on Thursday morning, the Bentinck steamer, Captain Kellock, took her departure for Calcutta. She is to call at the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius, for which places she took a mail. She had seventy passengers. One hundred guineas have been placed at the disposal of the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, president of the Lancashire Independent College, as a prize for the best essay on the education and improvement of the people of Great Bri tain. EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF HAY.—In a small field of 24 acres, the property of Mr. Francis Dodd, of Hedley, near Stocksfield, there is the astonishing number of 21 pikes of old-land hay, being equal to 101 tons ! The same field, a few years ago, produced only 11 ton. The Leith Docks are full at present with vessels freighted with grain, commissioned when the unfavoura ble weather gave reason to anticipate a deficient harvest. The contingency on which these speculators calculated has happily not overtaken the country. MURDER IN LEICESTERSHIRE.—Mr. Messenger, of Gaddesley Lodge, and two men named Timson and Hy man, are in custody at Leicester, under suspicion of the murder of James Garner, a servant of the former, whose body was found, with the head cut off, iu a corn field, the other day. Dr. Bowring is expected to arrive in the Island either on Monday or Tuesday next, and is the bearer of the views or intentions of the Board of Trade respecting our Fiscal Laws ; and we further understand that Mr. Glad stone is considered to stand pledged for the abolition of the 21 per cent. duties. SINGULAR DEVELOPMENT OF PHILOPROGENITIVE NESS.—One day last week a woman named Ann Hill ap plied to the manager of the Humane Society's funds, at Worcester, for the usual remuneration awarded in case of preserving life, for having rescued her own child from a watery grave! GAME.—The coveys of partridges are unusually nu merous this season. As many as eighteen, twenty, and in one instance twenty-one birds, have been counted in a single covey. Hares are also abundant, and rabbits swarm past enduring where they are not vigilantly kept down. At the Lockerbie Lamb Fair. last week, the number shewn was from 35,000 to 40,000. considerably under that of last year. The Dumfries Courier says that the prices were not only higher than were expected, but in various instances above the mark of last year, say from 6d. to Is per head. On Thursday last, four young laides, of high connec tions, named Beaucamp, Pallet, Dawson, and Savage, took the veil at the Roman Catholic chapel, Bermondsey, preparatory to their becoming " Sisters of our Lady of Mercy," in the convent of that order attached to the chapel. The Earl of Roden has contributed £lO towards the " Building Fund of the Free Church of Scotland :" and in the letter accompanying it, his lordship says, " I assure you no on e can more en ti re ly s y m p a thi ze with those good men who, for conscience sake, have left house and home, and kirk, than I do." IMPORTANT SALVAGE CASE.—Dr. Stock gave judg ment in the Court of Admiralty on Friday in the important case of the Windsor Castle, which vessel, it may be re collected, was wrecked some months since off the south ern coast of Ireland. The learned judge decreed £5OOO to the salvors, being one-fourth of the amount of the property saved. GRAlN.—Foreign grain still pours into our market in vast quantities. On Sunday alone, 27 foreign vessels came up to the Leith roadstead, twenty of which were laden with grain ; the others contained miscellaneous cargoes.—Scoisman. A rumour was raised on Friday by a Sheerness corres pondent of the Times, that a French merchantman had been brought into that port by the Cyclops war steamer, having on board a quantity of fire arms, with which she was proceeding to the coast of Ireland. The story is ad mitted to be unfounded. UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY.—It is estimated that the number of dwellings, mills, and warehouses, at the pre sent time unoccupied in the parish of Leeds (which in cludes the out townships), exceeds 6,000 ! This estimate becomes the more startling when it is considered that these are times of partially improved trade. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.-At the meeting of the general committee of the British Association, at Cork, Yesterday week, it was resolved that the next meeting should be held at York. The time was fixed for Septem ber. The Very Rev. George Peacocke, D.D., Dean of Ely, was elected president for the next year. We have reason to believe that an unfortunate occur rence in high life, which is sure to excite a very great sensation when known, will very speedily be brought be fore the public. It is said that two of the most distin guished of our aristocratic families will unhappily be af fected by the untoward affair. We are not at liberty to say more at present.—London paper. THE FIRE IN FETTER-LANE, LONDON.—On Wednes day morning the remains of the late Mr. Newbury were interred in the family vault in the burial ground of St. Andrew, Holborn. Shortly after twelve o'clock four coffins entered the same burial-ground, containing the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Rose, and her two sisters, Eliza beth and Margaret M'Crindell, followed by 24 mourners. The scene at this moment was truly heart-rending, be tween 600 and 700 persons being present, many of whom shed tears. The burial service having been read, the four coffins were lowered into a 16-feet grave. The solemn speetacle will long be remembered by all who witnessed it. FATHER MATHEW IN ST. GILES' On Sunday a " batch" of aspirants for the pledge at the hands of Father Mathew received orders 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—l 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. Ido not see why Protestants should object to; it, for they themselves have the sign of the cross made on their foreheads at their baptism. A voice in the crowd—The truth is, Esther 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? —(cheers)—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 had watched over them at the time of the cholera, and many and many a time, on a Sunday morning, he had wept over them in 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 ATMOSPIIERIC 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 project 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 renelled 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. JacohSamuda 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. 'lt was at high pressure and half power; the height of mercury in the gunge 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 seemed more as if some magic power were at work—some force that 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 perneptible 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 diameter sixty-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 main 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 ret urne d t o th e 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. Pooß LAWS.—A parliamentary return has been issued. headed " A return showing the number of in-door and out-door paupers relieved during the first week of the 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 fl i t proportion of the total number of paupers o the popula tion is at about 6 per cent. The Teta rther shows the following two items :—Estimate fo? nions not in. eluded, 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, 944,295, 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 be 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 utterance to the Lord's prayer, mingled with imprecations on his ribald audience to cease the peals of laughter, that, by discomposing his gravity, seemed likely iID put a close to the wretched exhibition.—Aberdeen paper. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—A fine full-length:portrait 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 Kemble 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 1841. There is no other county in England that has one-fourth as large an extra parochial population ; indeed it exceeds two-fifths of the whole extra parochial population of England, viz. 103,461. THE 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 tax 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. Bramah 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 Towns' 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 Carmarthenshire 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 now 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. BRARAM.—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 had 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 she has been seriously ill ever since. The jury found the 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 ls. 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 STODDART AND CAPTAIN 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 bad 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, " whatever 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 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 had to give up the contest.—Abridged from the Dumfries Courier. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.—This 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, Li ,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. 14s. 6d. ; 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 M anc h es t er , £331 ; for sectional tickets, £33 ; and interest on money remaining in the bands 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. lls. 2d.; printing reports, &c., £446; salaries, £435, and expenditure at Manchester, £328. Bs. 10d. ; leaving a balance in hand of £496. 4s. ld. The property of the association consisted of funded property, £5,500, which, with other assets, made a total of 6,705. 1 . TEA PARTY IN HONOUR OF DR . B UTLE°- ---- atre, to celebrate the return of that rev. geo i t 4 l Td 0 n . ,11 0 1 his mission to Rome. The theatre was ". pear t o h c e ca e s h io ai n r . wolntlhdandeptraikeinouts)lyy mbere.n jpoubbnliceanagds;r_tal,o:ool.o fri O en n ds th o e f eDvr e . ni ß n u g t o le f r. Tsahtudroswdanytloasteta, tahtethniesaleaaenednan,sfe: tea would be served at eight o'clock precisely; ou'in $* of these promises was fulfilled. In the absencee.„o Langan, the chair was taken by a Mr. BunburY! ~.:50 the absense of the guest, the tea was not served eMol, entered amid lou i d ‘n‘ tions of the town to explain to him that the audleir laomen'rcdeylsotswchekeenr.gecerrbilseetscwhooaamfds previouslyhalf-past t e h n e ebnefdo ereaptahteehDe do idiom Messengers joc waiting, and that their patience was all but e.ftTisi They returned, however, with the melancholy tlautok he was no n est ; and, under these disastrous cirelyotd* Athtoseof length,th the f parties ter sevtehraa several had remained taowoakytetnaiblghhTtobsee hand by about two hundred of the compel. ". tid y ' • the pale and much dejected, notwithstanding t n n h o o rT t t e n he b s e. the scene. After a few words from the Chairman, /Joe' t4bo G arerhb r aa i ll, : T ete Griffin aho , Dr. Butler rose and said :--Mr. Chairmen, Pr 1,0 e_ here,on notes—one s anda Gentlemen, I shall confine myself to an apolog, egithr'esaetarhnse,riannlfodeurwndaaasl nhedo7fdrehiaqatug;fthst,attinho "itrirbtoitli in t g h e thato pointed n oee fi d noa rt t t ceotd. the h teiA e mp a bel s oa, s uc i b g e, n utw i th n ,hr g ee per o re f ehlv a o i uroderuisanssaeotgdono : w t ssh theaay arrival, ani vrhgaacv:aerrodn:eor o f pc 0 one f s rd t e y a : toniaounnlrikt we edts have t t aen h sve e ser wea m i giel is o t ab i d n eg, g rdeh w eaeet e np s e: syt t : u r i : rog n s gp l ir f es e e i r i gi r : :: :: written by Mr. Griffin, but which was not 04°10' therwise, I should have been here to r e A l e an. ~., thanks. lam grateful and thankful to Yot. 0 pr . - i f you that until the latest moment of toy "' a s e ed Ons Irishl e landda,nlcethtihnekbtehteters.oon(ecrbyeoeruscaonmdmiaeungcbetteor., !ode" th a er, particular which friend.l lorte:4o q D na o r c t t e o r r s h o e f r eas minuteat do wn in theil s t r e eg e h f t y ) . Cc O P re l f 1 pthaeidatuhdeiierncdernwisesiroenginrioenvoeyus,lnyotdifosarPtPho:riptulp.o posit.46i theing Dthoectteoaroorfthhiesdmainscseio, nblittolohmeaer,inagndso:me e_occ;tlo.oo,pistrar of matters of a nature personal to himself e.t. urported t0,..-ii 1 some interest was recently excited. They sere ' ot destined to remain in ignorance on all those Poso; The Doctor, after having witnessed the about half an hour, returned to his lodgingg• AO ------------"". d 1 0 The Marquis and Marchioness of EllettopE,gs Loftus have arrived on a visit to Mr. a t "ope; M.P. and Lady Charlotte Egerton, g•P" sir Cheshire. Isle 'll.llielid GUARDIAN SOCIETY.-011 Thurss se 'p ' , ffl .- ner was given by the members of the l ritio; 0 1 of the Liverpool Guardian Society, at a u t b t l e iyfi ti :: to Mr. Bage, the vice-president, sli d thi. v m-' secretary of the Liverpool, and Mr. Cottsun, 1 of the Manchester, Guardian Societies. titiolao The Marquis of Clanricarde presented el' e e s Viy, Qat ste " hams,H ouse m of so L s o g r i d o s g , Tuesday, d o i n rooto r o t from ho Company, complaining of the regulations 'limy Junction Railway with regard to the ti ree". , from Liverpool, and also of the fares. , si t /' be i r toy To AMERICAN EMIGRANTS.--Unw e dSta e s ' ~ vice to intending emigrants to the t arr ive ,.. %/e . l l tion, that not an American sailing Pe elle . not b7sibt port, from New York at least, which do e " haviol. or 100 to 150 persons in the steerage, os nr osPe, etl io otsi false expectations in this countrY as L r nes -ot ho e t hree homero n s d i iT d s e shpu t p h ro e sido A atye t l,dab.nrtoi The hohtaivlnetobe ee n Co r e P e % chi el l , o P f en T th ci e e s n e ce l ; e e i r i l:o s : reol l Two PICKPOCKETS CAUGIIT."--.• °Ajt,trp...,. pockets, James Williams, and Joules '7Oll-6,0010/5 Wednesday, charged at the police-courthat on, e l fourberie. Inspector Thompson s aid h i still en igh, l ',o pe v aa io crt u hy s fio n nf i e g de h i4 t, os h . eanfdoucnodstst.he prisoners Ole " of tepocgoMhvaifapreerAnu: every gru r yoymce r mto a psuooo y thasrsents - odplha s etuieNn t ,cr r k e t Murray-street, the es i gather whater pockets o r owowafds the evil s e pe n : t e l a Y b l e , 0t h e l' lid 7, tate r°. 4 00 / tie t i O ° A a 05 1 0 ° 1 twenty-six no previous arrangement had been n , e7 E stab' e j Old, w i t h their " I " p rodu" 00' Id contribute in the shape ei'..„roosnesigi as national as possible, then due P r f4ol. l one handred and four trotiers.efe(olurefdeeu t i ele po re:e f ltr °l":ll ibtandqiduet. not iTmhpeocirirtchuomasvtaidnicteycwauitsefbriectatbef .$;:: ir d' fore Mr. Ru shton su n e L d I . CITDISTILLATION.—A man -$ ., 131 10:1 11 1; a t distilling d t a l o i b e n ° d Y P O l o W a r ce . o f G I a t r t n ea t ro ' " extraction,isohehrPt yea c tpl occurredal, Nd seiaeishcs e . a—amnadedOtst malty gna by ynp lA ta c cg C e drroneDieecenr:alol:Bl. orsest!:o,,,,sb:t:Ofri, it 5 but isrhc i hi m ehttsoe e h.dri s o, , cuA w hs ea e r r g e noel O dwi c ll whe ii:tohhrebtdcheneirne and:pgsariaso/tonoencercie.rtob,lflti:ri not locke d, ~ iitSzow t i v, a still. The prisoners were up staa . ',A c et 0%0. 1 part of their clothes on. The excise-°`7,Bt he,„0 01 ", clo and visited tl - e premises. He stated t' n e''''', l lo 9 y still at full work, with about 2' allons - 6 Dr air, 4 g %We thu g ' No one else was in the house. The ell c os:, ii i : o /1 11 boy, who is a carter, was insufficient, an et t lef , ged. The man had before been coniro'fitie u o ptP A , offence, and he was required to Pal s tbtee /33 _4 1 .2, ,deDfaoulcticofcwohmimchurhTeEwEa,sTsnenutittsoDgAaoyl. fOr A ; „ ly" (oldenfioll°06:„ the tlemen were present :—Messrs. Sir,, - ; I. e torf ro / Horsfall, Holmes, Nicol. Aikin, Bil, rl ,e' bel""kh p 9/1 Evans, Bold, Chilton, and Moore. -"`", to ' e r report from the Dock Surveyor alsorela 010, and repairs of the dock works and e per s eil j l3l from the 24th of June, 1842, to the 5540006;90P from which it appeared that the exPen ° 0- s, e ° O s thncwr owhteaeahhesidcsvikeepcervi:hodosi articles htri s rtato 3 yoeidTc , dft s ltobe 4 thietse s hiaaeeumolt n 1 fnl s otaai c. light — ships , h 3 a 7 t 4 o l f s t s h . the d d 0 . e n i kt tit ocro s Cpp t I f ; A t ; in 1842 was £26,762 7s. ltd., and inln' reperooloili The t it being a decrease of £3922 Is. 2cl. a ths 10, OS make some necessary r• e u p rer a nv ir ec s ey , o a pr nd ecP i ersfit t e : cil i thhebti : t g ei ti gi°/14; for that purpose, on account of the sts.' tb o tbe i 'd Bulley stated that he in companY I ft v be o s '; MIA r g e o p o order,odoed that only n a l y firea fewo • inflammable e s dc h ou i d p rrt s oed a . necessary n o d Tn i c vi l ,e r u so e n o P:l n i t i r h y : b fl i b S r 11 :0 1 0 11, 04 b rArAi e o ra r t 0 : 1. schooner, in the Canning Dock, hut, e ii the f itkiio,„, engines and proper means being take 10 10 1 19 o speedily extinguished. The vessel was Th t e o il 4 crease of £2 ss. since the last report. to be I, t d to know whether any measures vrer e , ....sad " - i, respect to the measurementm°umnaotbef ide v et%sastfriVi. w iSr O .S :I 9..;CA;;IP 1 by the chairman that the whole rse tte n ed• revision. The committee then adjalr- b a~~ ,T_~ _ Ira_ during 11 ahenBfudga4drreits2i. registered nt SELECTBrgBeaso3rhacntesshri and ißaring, a,4 piLloyd's, lh:oaar COMMlTTE Edcts,ohsile: hpiil aoa o ss.r N esbpdeo S efo l i svr :13 1 r gti P heri W asi Is i I : ci:s ..o : llsi e revids s :ol s ofis ' e r rs -S r e i 01. : 5 ;li r r atio 1 : ;, 00 1 1 ;: 1 )9 ' t j !, # 1 I 0 1 this committee, upon which, atnongstivirb.e°lB/091516.51c in previ °u 9 ssiti' Ite e oll e i s ik only one her d eck I t/ c c a r ersgwTosA, hp , ionsi a lpsa s at tiantfsndea seaworthy teeph a ae s dev vrocliooiotrvdhuteh,elsdinyy ofbno ernteadhoseacs Therehieca cases s s been whic h a reduction occurred i n t li r rre e et l e c a o vij u i; r s r e • g e:s sP e htl e a l:i t i le ss i tli eir :L 6ll: o ;:ll :o: o of from 56 to 23, and a saving of 20 0 I ' 4 o o "p outrages, oT and 1 s d l of fi rFr p oe s mcso w : e bu r em e Ti nue r ng e ddwcuoacAnnewitid,:xteseotod.e_tnhste:oi : sho e i c vli c ili o is : ppoi l : fi l e l ot o bger b :oiro i A" ' the remains of their comrades. 1 " e is " 'j et °' ment prohibiting the future deck-loeu 1 " op tiel s 9 / 4 Tuesday the village of Llanon and 0 „ o f t.. 000, to ; 4 . 06 now spread to the wanton destruetiol . Ip ti o A io , impropriator of the tithes and the endangerment of hum an the lle sur t s, ° 9 0 ° 71 , 0 bourhood was the scene of an outee`..l3oPredoAFPs• o f the 1 g as - ha , 1 07 1 1 0 h ch o a o r s a o c o te f r m . r l . tis saidthat abtoutot 7:_nOrs:distip::000:11; bled with their faces blackened,fellootiotere. 91 Edwards, agen peatedly fired their guns. gr• ~1 1 : the r° „;p t ,b dr the time, and Mrs. Edwards spob e *..°„, hre'"ol..trhs 6 i continued, and 52 panes of glass We' - e arY It, entered the garden and destroyed f t i oa ssG o oe.j, Soon after they entered the house 0 11 ` se , a°o9oo keeper, against whom they bad s w.°l. eoP P f po . 0 1 then broke the furniture the poo r P worth e " ie carried away a gun and 10s. or 125 ' 01 TO ort ° ' shot. I then departed. .. she r eP. oo itil i dle . 0 1 , pe, wa l Pesos SOF THE HAayss'r• the eO l ilvr at Mark-lane, on Thursday, frow o d the r e 1 tricts continued highly favourable,l. 0 c00e..,i0 ' f o ld doubt that the harvest throughout tu` , rb e i s o 0 ,), neral be more than an average crq' since 00• re fallen in and about them etropolis,groo tesbitelirki dlesex, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, not been much felt at any distance ' 0 0 0 1 9 00 1t orior gee jobil v •re": Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, oerifor,A,o6l34o;„, fordshire, Buckinghamshire, ';-,, r obrno, ' i , shire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, ,' ~,rbe of tershire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, _vd, Nebo, 4 tonshire, Westmorland, CUMberilbrOPVie 01,0,00 Lancashire Derbyshire, Chohire, , e s ieo 4 ,ovol4 tershire, and the midland counties,,Tboe c: eo s c: / 02 are busily at work, and in several.o!.. ejteel_`4llle,4 70 amount of grain has been stackec_fropil, fe.Vril In Scotland they will not comolennbe Whustiofto.ool/1 but the reports of the crops ar e ° a r t !, yerY: b out, h , e rif jug. The accounts from Waleeirood, * 9 O 0 19 ' i , reaping is general there. in ,_ e n earlY t o twbei . " 9 so abundant. the harvest will u isni age hoe •m°. the rain haiing caused a little u pc b y 00 9 Coro 40. • . crops. The speculators of the , _, I . Aor,hicbasie•' ~,, to think that they have burnt when tOvlt, 0 0 „jot t9p such large quantities of foreign ost 9 10 ' W oo the hey ;0e nearly 35,000 quarters durin,. the! deli r o home-grown proves so good that havivg„ fre4S, of disposing of it to advantage, 1:000,,,.th u, 0 0 and even 6s. per quarter. l'hel3:l t he 13;erite Belgium, Holland. Germany' and Lin represent the harvest as more got ,p• the greater part has already been Wilmford, 13. _, ~ 4 ~~ ~'b ~~ iii ~,