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LITER ATURE, Boons FOR RIMER*, &r.—New Bens. Prints, Music, &c., intended for review, may he left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Feet-street, London. addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded, and receive attention Luther; or, Rome and the Reformation. By Robert Montgomery, Sixth Edition. London : James Blackwood The poetic works of the Rev. Robert Montgomery are now, despite the virulence with which they were first assailed, universally admitted to stand in the first order of excellence. The " Omnipresence of the Deity," " The Messiah," " Satan," and " Luther," rank with the best poems in our language for sublimity of thought, for grandeur of expression, for varied imagery, and for that intense and fervid eloquence which flows from an inspired mind and a heart overflowing with divine emo tions. If these noble poems depended solely for their claim to general admiration on their powerful diction, their exquisite ideality, and their harmonious numbers, their claim would be irresistible as works of high art ; but when to these grand poetic requisites are added bril liant conceptions of heavenly truths, splendid elucidations of spiritual mysteries, and lucid trains of reasoning lead ing directly up to the Great Fount of light, they acquire a higher claim —a claim to universal veneration as - holy compositions, the emanations of a fine intellect touched by the hand of Omnipotence itself. " Luther" is a poetic reflection of some of the prominent features and prevailing expressions in the life, character, and writings of the illustrious Reformer, artistically wrought into an epic of surpassing strength, beauty, and harmony. That the seal of public approbation has been affixed to it, is amply proved by the fact that six editions have been al ready called for. The sixth edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged, is now before us, and to it we would particularly draw the attention of our readers. It should be well borne in mind that Mr. Robert Montgomery is not only a poet of rare ex cellence, but that he is a sound and zealous incul cator of the glorious truths of Protestantism. He un ilinchingly declares himself to be a loyal member and minister of that antient communion in this country, which rightly and scripturally claims to he " the Church of Eng land ;" and the chief aim of all his magnificent works, poetic and prose, is to expound the doctrines of that Church, and to clothe its immortal trut of expression which mortal langu 1 the beauty e is capable of affording. xth - edition of " Luther," just 1 and enlarged ; but these words We int issued, give on undergone added, equ best of liar int( int idea of the improvement the poem has A whole chapter of about 1000 lines has been _ ....dins, and possessing pecu st at th uresent moment on account of the "-r The new chapter is headed 'klind of Man," and the themes thus - 73—" Mind is Power," The Vow," " The Sys nism," " Confession and Con- subject they refe, to. " Jesuits and the eloquentlybroughtunderdiscussiona Ignatius," " The. " tem," - Anil fessional ' F " Soiritttal MP( readily ininzine the scope and object of this ne " Luther ;" but we would not be doing just;( thor did we not quote a ple of a description of Deluded, who can And morals, just Her ritual, or Eta This sacri The woc Behind whos Contains it. At noon-tide e or two by wa earnestne ESSION AND CONFP Or, make Humanity to 1 With shame eternal, mit All which confessional Or, vilely dared within t Laid on the rack of som Whose tones are torture, Pierce their And skil s fur tY s a probing Priest, gh to blot the sun rife the blood, is of mind 1. ions tonzue he fiem Way with foul success, , till the Heart is won. Tpent-priest, spired reader w portion of to the au- of exam- Here is mans Inn Mark that Down trampi'd Holding his ear, las With loathsome appet. Be wordless, and in bins Feed on confession with his vampire -taste; While maid sod mother, wife, and sister wring Their secrets into language, till their souls Are agonized at every modest pore Of feeling; wrencli'd, as though infernal screws Tortured their silence to convulsive speech. Each riven word seems like an oral pang Breath'd into utterance, with a growing shame Which burns, and blisters, almost frenzies Mind And Reason. Hell itself might cry. Enough ! When a foul priesthood thus Satanic E'en as from flesh, an Inquisition tore The limbs asunder, till each art'ry writh'd, And gush'd the life-stream from the corded veins In drops of anguish,—so, Confession tears The spirit into torment, on a rack of words When some strain'd heart is by the priest outstretch'd; Oh ! how it quivers, till the soul doth swoon With dread; and, as the hideous work proceeds, Well may wring'd Conscience tremble, start, and groan! that should g silence sleep,— "Nature bath no monopolist like man Unprincipi'd, to conscientious brute Transformed by juggPries of Jesuit- By her foul science — for confessing he — arts, Crafty as hell, and cruel as t he grave, A very Sodom for the souls bath Rome Created; and with criminal excess Of action, on man's inward life bath laid An incubus of everlasting wrong. True personality in mind inheres, Lives in the thought, and, when that thought is gained, The moral person to a priest belongs, Who holds it. Thus, Confession drains and draws The secret life-blood of a spirit out By science; melts it with Satanic shill Into the mind of some mechanic priest, Who to his own assimilates the same, By progress gradual, stealthy, sly, and deep. Thus, mind confess'd is through the month transferr'd Into the Priesthood, which in turn reacts With fearful magic on the mental wreck.— Somt :yr at his feet, unsaurd "The shaping genius of a priestly tongue When so applied, can secretly impress On the soft wax of Woman's yielded mind Each vile impression, which a Jesuit loves Or sanctions. What a rav'ning hist of poi Inhuman, must that papal church corrode Who God v-onld rival, by discerning soul, And analyse its living esssence down To System l—wP'' As impious' rr Respectft.. when such priest- For, what th. cannot, en , -bort, Master the the -h• t mechanise "But, at may Superstition, mad Angels stand ith all his gods pass, or speak ; h-born priests achieve,— source—the bastard system erroneously styled Tree-trade, which has been foisted upon tircid and unprincipled statesmen by the brawling agitators of the Manchester school. The able writer of this, and of other previous unanswerable articles, holds fast to the policy of Protec tion to native industry of all kinds, as the only means to retrieve our fallen fortunes, and of staying the frightful flood of emigration. He declass that to talk of Protec tion as hopeless is to acquiesce in the national doom. He freely canvasses Mr. Disraeli's scheme for the equalisation of the burdens of land, and while supporting any such principle as one of abstract justice, he pronounces it as quite inadequate as an equivalent to the injuries most cruelly and falsely inflicted on the landed interest. Upon this scheme it is well to know the opinion of so influential an authority as this leading writer in Blacktcood:— " We have no hesitation in stating our opinion on this mat ter in the broadest possible terms. We do not differ from Mr. Disraeli in his estimate of the unequal burdens which are laid upon the land in comparison with the other property of Great Britain. That is a subjectwell worthy of consideration ; and if it can be treated as entirely subsidiary to the greater question of Protection, and enforced without any appearance of an at tempt at compromise, we are not prepared to say that any other step, under existing circumstances, would be preferable. But we cannot regard any such adjustment of taxation as a re medy of the grand evil. We doubt the advantage to be derived from a policy which, if successful, would only protract the pe riod of general suffering; whilst, in the mean time, it will as suredly be represented as an attempt to compromise a princi ple, and therefore weaken the amount of that support noon which we now can confidently reckon. ' Never,' said Burke, in his latest political ti eatise, never succumb. It is a strug gle for your existence as a nation. But I have no fears what ever for the result. There is a salient living principle of energy in the public mind of England, which Only requires proper direction to enable her to withstand this or any other ferocious foe. Persevere, therefore, till this tyranny be overcast.' The lesson of the great statesman, though directed to other dangers than those which now beset us, has lost none of its value. Per severance, where the principle is clear, is less matter•of policy than a duty; and therefore we cannot but feel some regret that, at such a time as this, any declaration should have been made, or any policy indicated, which can have the effect of damping the hopes or checking the ardour of those who are most reso lute in the cause. That the rfforts of our adversaries to misre present the tenor of some of the late speeches have been par tia'ly successful, can hardly be doubted by any one who has noted the prevalent tone at the subsequent farmers' meetings. We believe that Mr. Disraeli is at heart and by conviction as much a Protectionist as before. We do not even deny that his tactics, if pursued and successful, might, from the universal impatience of taxation which prevails, compel any ministry then in power to raise an additional amount of revenue by the imposition of customs' duties. Or otherwise, the success of his movement might have the effect of displacing the present Ministry, and necessitating an entire party change in her Ma-. jesty's counsels. We are fully alive to the advantage of one or other of these results. We are opposed to further direct taxa tion, and we have no confidence whatever in the present advi- sers of the Crown. But we cannot approve of any move or any tactics which may have the effect of throwing even the slightest doubt on the determination of the great Protectionist party to persevere in this struggle, until due Protection is obtained for all the productive classes of the community. That party has taken its stand upon a principle so just and so true, that, sooner or later, despite every effort on the part of its oppo .. ase is that of the whole industrious population of Britain, not of a section or a class." A first-rate criticism on the dramas of Henry Taylor will convince the reader that Blackwood is still in the vigour of a good old age, with all his perceptions sharp as ever and with his judgment matured and chastened by exne perience. The author of that fine drama, " Philip Van nenus, works, who i f, poet at least in comm.( full ju". the reviewer of his ension and sensibility, and therefore is properly qualified to pro nounce a just decree upon what he undertakes to judge Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton oper 'o view six more chap. ters of those graphic scenes of the work-day wend which he depicts in his new romance entitled "My sented in the y working of in ies - are designed to represent the power and activity, uncontrolled n oral restraints ; and this they do The Dublin University Maga, The cont-4 of somethi cated the res , zine. London : Orr utors to the Dublin University have, lik s, been touring it, and sight-seeing, for want better to do ; ac they have commur to the m One has been to London, and to that monster attraction, Exhihitin and all the English objects, man and customs, that appeared strange to his Hibernian eye. " London during the Summer of 1851," which is the label on his budget of gossip, is a lively record of his impressions, dashed with the genial spirit of Irish humour. The gentleman who wended his way to Glasgow, and who gives his drawings of that seat of industry under the ap pellation of " Glasgow in 1851," if not so racy in style as the person who travelled south, is more instructive and reader will derive pleasure and profit from the written ac count of these recent voyaees to London and Glasgow. " Maurice Tiernay," the soldier of fortune, confides to his dear public three more chapters of his stirring history. They are as checquered as his adventurous life itself, and contain a cheering mixture of love, war, and fun, delight ful to peruse. " The Village Svndicus." " The Lucky Meeting," and the " March on Vienna," are the heads of the new chapters given this montb. An interesting me moir of the admirable sculptor, Patrick MacDowall, R.A., and a very striking well-engraved portrait, grace the pages of the November number of this excellent and carefully edited periodical. Articles on " The Salmon and the Sea Fisheries," and on tie " Irish Census," may be noticed as especially deserving the attention of those who look for . . deeper sources of entertaining knowledge than imagina tive pictures or superficial sketches. " There is no rose without a thorn is a—prim-rose. __ Quiz says there THE STONES OF VENICE IN 1851.—1 t is a melancholy fact to consider, that most of the Venetian Palaces, erected and adorned during the flourishing periods of this Italian republic, have got into the hands of st rangers and foreigners who have very little interest in preserving their historical records and memorials. The Palace Pesaro, one of the finest on the Canal Grande, belongs now to the Austrian General Lienberg, who restores it Vienna-fashion. The Palace Vendramin Calergi has been acquired by the Duchess de Berri ; that of Cavalli belongs to the Disc de Shambord ; and the Palace Rezzonico to Don Carlos of Spain. The Palace Grassi has been purchased by Emperor Ferdinand of Austria ; that of Foscari converted into military barracks. Madame Taglioni, as we have already mentioned, is said to have acquired half a dozen of old Venetian patrician palaces on the Canal Grande, amongst them the famous one called Ca' d' oro. [Sic transit . . •] —The Builder. SPANISH DRlNKS.—Leaving the Post-office, with eyes on every side, we walked slowly up the Calle de Alcala, a magnificent street bordered by acacias, and for width, I should think, nearly unrivalled. At last, perceiving a cafe, a fine large room, we went in to rest our limbs, weary from our journey, and to refresh ourselves with some of the cooling drinks for which Madrid is celebrated: this is a fine opportunity for me to give a description of the land flowing with sling and coblers. First and fore most, peerless and revivifying, comes agraz—pearl of drinks, talisman of potions. Pressed from the pulp of the unripe grape, the acid freshness of immaturity is tempered with pure water of icy coldness ; mixed with the camomile wine of Southern Spain, the Manzanilla, it gives fresh life to the weary traveller, and he would fain die whilst its luscious fragrance still lingers on his lips. Next comes orchata de chufas, white creamy nutty liquid, soothing the soul excited by the sun ; then we drink orangeade and lemonade only to be made in Spain ; and last, not least, leche helada, fresh goat's milk, rendered more palatable with sugar and beaten snow. This last liquid is not lack ing in the smallest village in Spain, as goats pervade the land ; and as tea and beer are indigenous in the remotest corner of Great Britain, so ice or beaten snow is to be found in the meanest hamlet of Spain ; for all over the land there are mountains whose heads are ever capped in white. Such drinks bear the names of sorbetes, from the Persian sherbets, to distinguish them from the quesitos, (literally small cheeses.) hard frozen creams and water ices. These are the only things sold at the cafes in Ma drid ; which do not, as at Paris, profess to give any eata bles.— Wolff's Pictures of Spanish Life. LIFE ON BOARD SHlP.—Rising at about half-past six or seven in the morning, you perform your ablutions on deck, if the weather be warm and fine, by getting a bucket of sea water thrown over you by one of the sailors, while they are occupied in•washing the decks. Later in the day, and when the decks are dry, this will not be allowed. You then dive to your berth, dress yourself, and come on deck ; take a few turns to and fro before breakfast, which is served precisely at eight o'clock, or, in nautical language, eight bells; the morning watch is called, the captain comes on deck, and crew and passengers afterwards go to break fast, usually a substantial one on board a well-found vessel ; tea and coffee without milk (except in a large ship that can carry a cow), ham and eggs, or dried fish, butter, and hard biscuits. Tile f gers according to the various hUmours Some stay below in tha cibin with the skylight on, reading, writing, or drawing ; others remain on deck, converse with the officers of the watch, or climb into the main or foretop, with a telescope or hook ; while some go forward into the bows and lounge in the network of the fore-topmast stay sail. When the weather is particularly fine, much amusement is afforded by the shoals of fish, dolphins, bonettas, and porpoises sporting about. Draughts is a favourite pastime on board, and there are few vessels where a draught-board is not to be found. At noon precisely, the watch being called, both the cap tain and mate make their appearance on deck, quadrant in hand, to ascertain the ship's latitude, (unless the sun be obscured by clouds), and the seamen, with the excep tion of the helmsman, repair below to dinner. At one, p.m., the captain's steward dives below, cloth in band, with a " Now, gentlemen, by your leave ;" so books and desks disappear, and the table is spread. If the weather CHESHIRE AND WALES. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The following short statement of facts relative to a case reported as having been brought before the Birkenhead Police-court, last week, may prove interesting to a large portion of the respectable inhabitants of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum- Grange, and part of Oxton. For some time past a scoundrel, respectably dressed, and seemingly of a better class o f society, had been in the habit of most grossly insulting females and cl.ildren whenever an oppor tunity offered, by indecently exposing himself : policemen in coloured clothes were set to watch, and on Wednesday last the fellow was caught, immediately after the repetition of his disgusting conduct, and taken to the - irkenhead Bridewell. Next morning, at ten o'clock, he was brought before William Jackson, Esq., M.P., and the case was gone into; the offence was clearly and distinctly proved against him, two instances having been sworn to. It was also stated by gentlemen in court that there were other charges which no doubt could be proved against the prisoner; the fellow gave the name of , Wyke,' and stated that he was a cabinet maker, and was working for a gentleman residing at Claughton. Mr. Jackson sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprison ment and hard labour on the treadmill, which was afterwards commuted to a fine of 40s. and costs. I am very sure that the respectable inhabitants of Birkenhead will feel as much astonished as I do at so mild a punishment being awarded for so disgustine• an offence. I shall not attempt here to describe the feeling that this circumstance has created, but would most strongly recommend the female portion of our populous town ship to avoid lonely walks or unfrequented roads, and I would further recommend the gentlemen residing in the locality to administer a severe castigation to the miscr3ant the next time he perpetrates such an offence. I annex a description of his person,—black hair, sallow complexion, rather a hang-dog look, blind of one eye, wears green spectacles, and is about five feet four to five feet five inches in height, dressed in black. —I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, AN INHABITANT OF BIRKENHEAD. November 10, 1851. The North Wales Chronicle says that the inhabitants of Rhyl have resolved to apply for a charter of incorpo. ration Two men were crushed to death on Saturday, at the Holyhead Harbour works, by the falling upon them of a train of waggons, which were precipitated over the scaf folding of the temporary pier. On Wednesday evening last a dinner was given at the Royal Hotel, Chester, to Mr. Roebuck, the projector of the new gas company. About fifty persons were present. The price of gas will be reduced nearly one-half by the new company. On Tuesday evening last about 300 persons took tea to gether i4i the lecture-room of Queen-street Chapel, Chester, in connexion with the London Missionary Society, when several appropriate speeches were made by ministers and laymen. OYSTER FISHING.—No less a number than seventeen smacks are daily dredging in Pwllheli Bay, and each boat generally takes about a thousand a day. The fish are of an excellent quality, and are chiefly exported for sale at the Liverpool markets. The Menai fishery is also active and productive.—North Wales Chronicle The Nr ,corning Post states that the county of Flint will be the arena of a sharp struggle between the Free-traders and Protectionists. Amonst the Protectionist candidates are—the Hon. T. R. Rowley, of Rhyddorddwy ; P. D. Cooke, Esq., of Gwnsaimey; and E. Peel. Esq. ,of Brynyps. A few days ago, on the snow at the top of Snowdon, was written, in a well-known-hand, the following memo randum, with the date attached—" J. Russell, F. Russell, and party." A subsequent visitor to the " high places of the earth" had added—" Heaven bless your lordship, and may you give us a good reform hill." An application by Stewart Henry Bell for a license to build and open a theatre at Birkenhead, has been refused by the magistrates, on the ground that the memorial in favour of the theatre was only signed by parties likely to "erested in the establishment of a theatre, and not by any of the respectable and independent classes. RUNCORN CHURCH CLOTHING SOCIETY.—The lady secretaries, Mrs. Wright, Miss Bainbridge, and Mrs. Wylde, have made the annual distribution of the clothing of this very useful but unpretending society. The amount was about £330, distributed amongst 240 contri butors, which had been collected in weekly sums of from twopence to one shilling, to which a bonus from the subscribers of about 25 per cent. on the average has been Efforts are now being made to establish ragged schools in Chester. The directors of the Shropshire Union and Canal Company have granted an acre of land fronting tuation for the erection of a scho - 01, at the nominal rent of one shilling per annum. Mr. E. Roberts has also kindly offered a long lease of some property in St. Olave-street, where another of these useful institutions might be advantageously founded. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 2nd November :—C. & H. Main Line : Pas sengers, £1,117 16s. 11d.; Parcels, H. C. & D., £67 7s. lid. ; Goods, Cattle, &c., £585 Bs. 4d. ; Mails, £575. Mold : Passengers, £33 14s. Id. ; Parcels, H. C. & D., £2 lls. 9d. ; Goods, Cattle, &c., £99 lls. 4d.—Steam boats : Passengers, £lBl lls. ed. ; Parcels, H. C. & D., £27 16s. ld.—Grand total, £2.690 17s. sd. "THE OVERLAND MAIL" AT THE CRAVEN-ROOMS. —Albert Smith gave morning and evening entertainments at the Craven-rooms, on Saturday last, to extremely full and fashionable audiences, who were delighted with the versatile accomplishments of the talented author of "Christopher Tadpole," and many regrets were expressed that it was the last time " The Overland Mail" could be produced there. Our Birkenhead friends, however, will be glad to hear that they will shortly have an opportunity of seeing him in a new entertainment, which we have noticed elsewhere. _ _ " TAKING ROPE ENOUGH."—On Thursday, a man named Leigh, with a sack containing a quantity of ropes, was stopped in Grange-lane, by Matthews, the Oxton Con stable, and as Leigh was " tolerably well known," he was detained. It eventually turned out that the ropes had been " taken" from a vessel belonging to Mr. Saunders, lying in the Birkenhead Dock, by a shipkeeper named Long, to whose charge, as watchman, they had been en trusted. Both parties were brought up at the Birkenhead Court on Saturday, and committed to Knutsford for trial, he one for stealing the coil, the other for receiving it. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday evening, about half-past eight o'clock, as Mr. Bennett, who keeps a hotel on the Woodchurch-road, near Oxton, was returning home from Birkenhead, he was waylaid, and, when within a hundred yards of his own house, pounced upon by two ruffians, and so violently assaulted that he became almost immediately insensible. One of them struck him fero ciously with a brick, and the other kicked him in a brutal manner. After rifling his pockets, they made off with the contents, viz., 6s. 6d. in silver, a knife, and a pencil case. The poor man lay for some time insensible, but, eventually recovering consciousness, managed to get home. Dr. Godding was immediately sent for, and promptly attended; but, so severe were the injuries, that it could not at the time be ascertained whether any of his ribs were broken or not. No clue has yet been had to the cowardly scamps. The part of the road where the assault and robbery occurred is generally very dark, and there are no houses for a distance of a quarter of a mile. On Saturdays, however, numbers from Birkenhead pass that way to South Bank, Woodchurch, &c., which makes this outrage the more daring. FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR MACCLESFIELD.—On Tues day morning, about nine o'clock, two farm servants, on their way to Alderley, observed a hat and a travelling rug lying on the road, and immediately afterwards they dis d the lifeless body of Mr. Lenthall Coates, lying in the keeper's lodge, in the ditch on the road side, near Birtles. Life appeared to have been extinct for some time, the body being quite cold and stiff. On examination it was found that there was a large bruise on the left temple, but there was no abrasion of the skin, and it appeared to have been the result of a fall rather than of any personal violence. The suspicion that there had been any foul play was allayed by the fact that the money and other valuables upon his person remained ; and there was no appearance of any struggle having taken place. The body was soon identified by several of the friends of the deceased, who, haying been alarmed by the arrival at the Manor-house, Fallibroome, his residence, of the horse and phaeton without him, had gone in search of Mr. Coates. In the absence of all positive knowledge as to the precise cause of the accident, the probability is that he had been pitched out of his conveyance and fallen on his head. An inquest was held and a verdict of accidental death was returned. The deceased gentleman was for- merly a resident of Liverpool. He was married, but had no family. He was between forty and fifty years of age, and had some peculiarities of dress and manners which rendered him remarkable. tie was seldom seen abroad till evening, and %Its then in the constant habit of driving out in his phaeton, at dusk, at a very rapid pace, and after passing some hours at an hotel in town or country, would return home long after midnight. ATTEMPTED MURDER ON SHIPBOARD.—John Davies, a seaman on board the Marco Polo, lying in the Sloyne, off Tranmere, was charged on Tuesday, at the Birkenhead Police-court, with having stabbed Francis Beane, a fellow seaman, with intent to commit murder. One of the sea men on board the vessel stated that the prisoner was abusing an old man on board, who was designated " the father," when Beane interfered, and a quarrel took place between the prisoner and Beane. After a few blows had passed, in which the prisoner received several bruises about the head and face, the quarrel was made up, the parties shaking hands, and drinking together with the other men. Shortly after, as Beane was about to get in to his bed, a violent attack was made upon him by the prisoner, with a knife, and he was so severely wounded that it became necessary to remove him to the Northern Hospital. From the certificate of the house-surgeon it appeared that Beane had received four stabs,—one in the chest, about three inches deep ' • a second in the arm, in juring some of the large vessels, and causing a consider able loss of blood ; a third in the shoulder ; and a fourth in the back. It was also stated that the complainant was in some. danger ; and, in consequence, in the course of the afternoon, the prisoner was conveyed to the hospital, where the deposition of Beane was taken. Beane, on " I am a seaman on board the Marco t present lying on the Cheshi... aide of the river The prisoner, John Davies, board the same vessel. On Sunday ev being sworn Polo, a Mersey o'clock, I had a quarrel with man he was going to strike. ;o a seaman on ❑g, about five e prisoner about an old We fought upon it, but and drank together 1111LVEIVISEUD wuun io up, DIIIJVA 1111124., with the other hands. Some time afterwards Imo, ing on my sea-chest with one knee, when the prisoner came behind me, and struck me on the head with - --- boot, and pushed something sharp into my side said, ' You son of a-, I'll kill you.' I could not sa3 what it was he struck me with, but the blood flowed very much. He struck me three or four times. Some of the men, with the mate, took him away from me. All this happened in the forecastle of the vessel. 'We had all been drinking, but I was sober enough to know what took place." The witness then signed his deposition, and, after it had been read over to him, the prisoner was remanded for further eXatPination before the Choshim authorities. s kneel- MATRIMONIAL QUARRELS NOT- ALWAYS DISCREET. —On Saturday evening last, as a bricklayer, who resides in the village of Great Sutton, was returning homeward from Sutton, where he had received a sum of money,. in company with a friend in a shandry, he was met on the road by his wife, who conceiving that he had been from home too long, jumped into the shandry, and commenced a volley of abuse, a la Caudle, at the same time making a violent attack upon his person. In the ?nage, the bricklayer's coat tail was torn off by his loving spouse. and was thrown by her into the high road—the said coat tail containing the pocket in which was the money her hus band had received at Chester. They, however, got safely home and went to bed ; and in the morning, when the husband awoke, he found himself minus his coat tail and his money. He inquired of his wife if she knew any thing of either, and was informed by her that they were, no doubt, in the shandry. Search, however, was made for them, but in vain ; and the bricklayer continued in great distress until Sunday evening, when he walked as far as the Swan Inn, Great Sutton, and there instituted further inquiries. Whilst doing so, a young man, named Robert Knight, came into the house, and announced that he had found the pocket and money on the highway, which he immediately handed over to the owner. We would advise all " gude wives" to endeavour to govern their temper, if possible; for if they dispose of their husbands' money after the fashion mentioned in the above instance, it is more than probable they may not recover it, and that none may have cause to lament their indiscretion more deeply than themselves.—Chester Courant. A CURIOUS CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—On the 16th ultimo an inquest on the dead body of a man found in the brook, at Olerton, near Middlewich, was held by Thomas Roscoe, Esq., deputy coroner, when the body was identified by the wife of a man named Joseph Cook son, as that of her husband, and a verdict returned of " found drowned." The woman it appears attended the funeral of her (supposed) deceased husband, and duly mourned his sudden exit. A few days after the funeral, the widow, as she imagined herself to be, was somewhat alarmed by the appearance of her husband, who quietly walked into the house, little thinking of the kind offices recently performed by his wife at his obsequies. What adds an interest to the story is, the fact of the relieving officer of the district of Cookson's settlement receiving on the 23d ultimo a letter from the relieving officer of the district where the body was found, requesting payment of the following account :—coffin Bs., burial fees 7s. 6d., drawing corpse 55., bearers 45., putting him in coffin 25., total £1 6s. 6d. in explanation of the absence of Cook son from his wife, it may be stated, that for several weeks previous to the inquest he had been an inmate of a work house, at some distance from their house in which his wife continued to reside. A few days before the inquest he left the workhouse, but instead of returning to his wife he went on a visit to one of his relatives in Staffordshire. On the wife learning of the circumstance of a body having been found, she immediately made inquiries at the work house, and ascertaining that he had left several days, concluded, from the description given, that it was the body of her husband. On seeing the corpse her fears were realised, and upon her evidence the coroner and jury were satisfied as to the identity.—Chester Courant. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. - At the meeting of this board on Tuesday evening, some conversation took place relative to the publication of a placard offering a re ward for the discovery of some persons who had pulled down a portion of the wall and coping of the Roman Catholic Chapel. In the opinion of some members of the board, the Rev. Mr. Brown, the author of the placard, had de liberately insulted the whole Protestant community. The clerk in the Post-office, who ordered the publica tion of the placard without consulting his superior officers, was ordered to be disrated.—The proceedings of the Health Committee stated that there were 800 common lodging-houses in the town, and that Messrs. Webster, Appleton, Milnes, and Graham had been appointed a sub committee to report upon the duties of an inspector of lodging-houses.----From the proceedings of the Road and Improvement Committees it appeared that Mr. M'Cor mock had given notice of his intention to build a terrace of eighteen houses in the Park, which led to some discussion as to whether the plan was in accordance with the pro visions of the building act, the minutes being confirmed with that reservation.—From the proceedings of the Finance Committee it appeared that a correspondence had taken place between Messrs. Watson and Webster and the Town-clerk, relative to a claim made by Mr. J. Laird for compensation for a deviation from the original considerations on which he had sold land in the Park to the commissioners, and which land bad subsequently been re-sold ; but Mr. Laird had refused to sanction such sale without compensation. The result of the correspondence appeared to be, that Mr. Laird would not object to the matter being referred to independent arbitration to ascer tain the difference between the price at which the land was originally sold, and the price fixed by the act under which the land was sold. Such difference in price, when ascer tained, to be divided, and one-half paid to Mr. Laird, the other half to be retained by the commissioners. The matter was left in the hands of the committee.—The re ceipts of the Ferry Committee for the past month were £2,109105. 24., and for the corresponding month of 1850, £1,914 13s. 4d. From April 23d to October 31st, 1850, £12,632 6s. ; for 1851, £12,386 ls. 9d. The total ex penditure for the latter period, £8,065 ls. 94.—0 n the motion of Mr. Gough, the chairman signed a memorial to the Gas Company to reduce the price of gas. Mr. Graham said he had been informed by Mr. J. Jackson that the Gas Company were about to reduce the price. GALLANT CAPTURE OF BURGLARS, .--......,4,-. Our readers will rejoice to learn that the men who lately broke into the house of Miss Nicklin, Newbury-lane, and perpetrated so murderous an outrage on one of the inmates, are now in the hands of the officers of justice. The capture was a gallant though unexpected one. It would appear that on Wednesday night, one of the county constabulary stationed at Leominster, was patrolling a road in the immediate vicinity of that town when he met two men of suspicious appearance. One of them carried a bundle; but a saucy answer being given to his inquiry as to what it contained, the constable very winly sought assistance before he attempted to act upon the suspicions he entertained. He accordingly got the aid of a brother officer, and having overtaken the two men, the capture was attempted. One of the men, however, drew a pistol and fired it at the constables, slightly wounding one of them, and the constable thus injured, deeming himself justified in using a gun which he happened to be carrying, discharged the contents into the lower part of the abdo men of his assailant. After some further scuffling, the apprehension was effected, and the two were safely lodged in Leominster lock-up. On being searched, no fewer than four revolving pistols were found, two having five barrels each, and the other two six, nineteen of the barrels being loaded with deadly charges. Nothing was known of the men, but their connexion with the Oldbury burglary was proved by nearly the whole of Miss Nicklin's property being found upon them, including the four £5-notes, the too shirts, the purse, the watch, and the silver spoons, along with five or six sovereigns. The Leominster officers brought the articles capable of being identified to Oldbury on Thursday, and the result was that Miss Nicklin and a Miss Lewis, of Rowley Regis, (the latter of whom knitted the purse,) went over to the former town yesterday, in order, we suppose, to give the evidence necessary to justify the prisoners being sent on remand before the magistrates of the Oldbury district. We understand that the burglar who was shot is in a dangerous state, and we are sorry to learn that Mr. David Nicklin has not progressed so satis factorily as to enable his medical attendant to pronounce his recovery anything like certain.—Birmingham Journal. THE STRANGER IN LONDON, who has no connection or circle of acquaintance, such as requires time to form, is apt, especially if he is of a thoughtful and not over buoyant disposition, to experience a strong reaction of feeling. When the excitement produced by the " great city" has passed away ; when its sights have been seen, and its streets, with their shops, have grown familiar ; then he begins to understand what it is to be a hermit amongst millions. The sense of self-importance is crushed : he knows no one, and no one knows him : he is a mere atom amongst the thousands that flit around him—a drop of rain that has fallen into the ocean ; and it is a long time before he becomes reconciled to his lone liness. But the manly and cheerful mind gets over all this, ar.d the streets of London become full of instruction and entertainment, truly a living panorama : the most humble and dingy-looking streets have some points of interest : the shops, from the coal-shed and potato-store to the stately show-room, with its plate-glass doors and mirrors that multiply its extent, are full of animation : on either side ample accommodation is offered upon the most reasonable terms, such as hats that you can fold up and put into your pocket—cloaks impervious to rain— boots and shoes the neatest, easiest, and cheapest— clothes of the newest cut, and warranted to wear at least for some time—patent sauces—patent medicines—patent harps—patent mangles—portable steam-engines and eco nomical boilers—iron and brass bedsteads—invalid sofas and chairs—bazaars, &c., with " no charge for admis sion"—Britannia metal tat cannot be distinguished from silver—goods selling off at an " immense sacrifice"—and everything, in short, for money that money can buy.— Builder. HOME.—I know of no passage in classical literature more beautiful and affecting that than where Xenophon, in his " Anabasis," describes the effect produced on the remnant of the ten thousand Greeks, when after passing through dangers without number, they at length ascended a sacred mountain, and from its peak and summit caught sight of the sea. Dashing their bucklers, with a hymn of joy they rushed tumultuously forward. Some wept with the fulness of their delirious pleasure, others laughed, and more fell on their knees and blessed that broad ocean. Across its blue waters, like floating sea-birds, the memo rials of their happy homes came and fanned their weary souls. All the perils they had encountered, all the com panions they had lost, all the miseries they had endured, were in an instant forgotten, and nought was with them but the gentle phantoms of past and future joys. One was again scouring on his fleet steed across the hoof-trodden _ sins of Thessaly : another reclined beneath the flower crowned rocks of Arcadia, and gazed into the dreamy eyes of her whose form, amid battle and bivouac, was ever with him ; a third recalled that proud day when, before the streaming eyes of his overjoyed parents, and amid the acclamations of all Greece, he bore off from amid compe titors the laurel-wreath of the Olympian victor. Oh ! home, magical spell, all-powerful home ! how strong must have been thy influence, when thy faintest memory could cause these bronzed heroes of a thousand fights to weep like tearful women. With the cooling freshness of a de sert fountain, with the sweet fragrance of a flower found in winter, you came across the great waters to those wan dering men, and beneath the pepceful shadow of your wings their souls found rest GENERAL NEWS. NEW VOTERS.—By a derision of the revising barrister for Finsbury, the whole of the eighty brethren of the Charter House Foundation have been invested with the parliamentary franchise, as £lO householders. NOVEL SAILS.--Since the feats performed by the Ame rica in sailing to windward, some experiments have been made at Cowes with wooden sails (veneers), the results of which have astonished all who have witnessed them. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ARTHUR LLOYD. —This officer died a few days since at Lytham, at an ad vanced age. He entered the army in 1794, and has been a major-general since the brevet of 1837. A HAPPY ANswER.—A young gentleman the other day asked a young lady what she thought of the married state in general ? "Not knowing, I can't tell " was the reply; "but if you and I were to put our heads together, I could soon give you a definite answer." SUICIDE AT DEVONPORT.—On Saturday afternoon the wife of a shipwright was detected in stealing a piece of dressed meat from Mr. Frost, publican. in King-street. She was taken to the town prison and locked up, where she immediately hung herself by her necktie. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lard James Murray, brother of the Duke of Atholl, with Miss Elizabeth Marjory, only daughter of the Hon. Mr. Fair holme, and niece of Lord Forbes, was solemnized on Thursday last, at Leamington Priory. A CRITERION FOR A DRUNKARD.—On Saturday even ing last a countryman visited Burnley, and was complain ing of the trouble a drunken man had given him. " How do you know he was drunk ?" said a bystander. The countryman indignantiy replied, " What could he be else, when be asked for the shoe-horn to put his hat on with ?" THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.— Winter has set in early in the north of Scotland. On Sa turday week a snowstorm came on and continued for three days, until the snow lay in the country a depth of several feet. The crops, however, were all secured in good condition, and will give fully an average return. PRESENT FROM THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—A case of legislative documents, which has arrived by a steamer from Havre, t ddressed to the Ambassador of France, and intended as a present from the National Assembly of France to the House of Commons, has been delivered by order of the Lords of the Treasury for that purpose. DEATH OF THE REV. SIR HENRY DELVES BROUGHTON, BART.—This venerable baronet died on the 3rd inst., at his seat, Broughton-hall, county of Stafford, aged seventy four. He is succeeded by his son, Henry Delves. The family property is considerable, and is situate in the coun ties of Stafford, Lincoln, and Chester. The title is an old one, and was created in 1660. EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE.—Mr. E. Ward Jack son, of Stockton-on-Tees, has, in a communication to Lord John Russell, made a novel proposition for the ex tension of the franchise. He suggests that the income tax be extended to all persons having an income of fifty pounds, or any lower sum, and that the payment of the tax should confer the privilege of a vote for a member of parliament. _ _ MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S LAND SCREME.—The es tates of " The National Land Company," Mr. Feargus O'Connor's pet scheme, now being wound up by the Court of Chancery, represent a total area of 1,300 acres, and a purchase-money value of about £50,000. There are 75,000 shareholders, and 600 Zistrict secretaries, con nected with the branches and estates, to deal with. FREE TRADE.—In one parish the free trade policy is making the most serious revages. One tenant farmer bad a distress for rent and tithes at the same time. Three farms, amounting to upwards of 1,000 acres, are now, this Michaelmas, in the landlord's hands ; and the inhabitants generally are fearfully alarmed at the effects produced by free trade.—Cambridge Chronicle. A HORRIBLE EVENT.—A few days since a man named Daniel, residing in the commune of Sorges, Perigueux, went with his wife to work in the vineyard, leaving their child, two months old, asleep in its cradle. On returning home they were horrified at finding that two sows had en tered the room and almost devoured the body of the child. The arms, legs, and head had been eaten off.—Galignani's Messenger. INTERESTING TO NATURALISTS.—Mr. John Thornber, of Settle, has in his possession a hen which, when she first cast her feathers, became quite black ; after the second moult she had a white neck and tail ; at the third the feathers hecame speckled ; the fourth black and white ; the fifth and sixth completely white; and at the seventh, which has just taken place, she has again become quite black. TIVERTON.—SINGULAR RAILWAY BLUNDER.—On Friday morning last, through the negligence of the rail way people in not hooking on the carriages, the engine and tender of the 6 30 a.m. train started without the passengers, and were thus kept waiting nearly two hours, till the engine returned from the junction. The driver appears to have been ignorant of the blunder until he arrived at the end of the journey. Two FRIGHTFUL STEAM BOAT ACCIDENTS took place on the Thames on Tuesday. Whilst a Gravesend steam boat was conveying passengers to a prize fight at Long Reach, George Owen, the proprietor of a coffee-house in Bear-street, Leicester-square, fell amongst the machinery. and was literally chopped to pieces.—The City of Boulogne steam-boat arrived at London-bridge with someportion of her machinery out of repair. Whilst Edward Gore, the mate, with two other men were examining the injuries, the paddle wheels were unfortunately put into motion, and Gore was killed and the other men seriously wounded. CONVERSION TO PROTESTANTISM. — On Sunday after noon the Rev. F. Gadaleta, lately a Benedictine monk of the Cossinensian Order, and priest in full orders of the Church of Rome, made his public profession of Protestant ism in the Italian chapel in Defour-place. Dr. Achilli con ducted the usual afternoon service. The Rev. Mr. Ga daleta then addressed the congregation at length on his reasons for separating himself from the communion of the Church of Rome, and uniting himself to the Italian Pro testant Chuach. The chapel, which is merely a room fitted up for the purpose of worship, was completely filled on this interesting occasion.—Church and State Gazette. LORD BYRON'S SISTER. The Hon. Augusta Mary Byron, better known as the Hon. Augusta Leigh, died a few days since at her apartments in St. James's Palace, in the 68th year of her age. She was the half-sister of the author of " Childe Harold," by a former marriage. Her mother was Amelia Darcy, Baroness Conyers, the divorced Duchess of Leeds. In 1807 she married her cousin, Lieutenant-Colonel George Leigh, of the 10th Light Dragoons. By this marriage (it was, we believe, a happy one) "Augusta" nad several children, some of whom sur vive her. She had been a widow for some time. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE CUSTOMS.—Mr. Baldwin, collector of Customs at Douglas, in the Isle of Man, has been appointed to the situation of collector at Stockton, and the following promotions have taken place in consequence—namely, Mr. Wearne, collector at Pen zance, to be collector at Douglas ; Mr. Beresford, collec tor at Newport, to be collector at Penzance ; Mr. Lee, collector at Boston, to be collector at Newport ; Mr. Strike, comptroller at Rochester, to be collector at Bos ton ; Mr. Thomas, collector at ' Cardigan, to be comptrol ler at Rochester ; Mr. Edwards, principal coast-officer at Pwllhely, to be collector at Cardigan ; Mr. Atkey, prin• cipal coast-officer at Ryde, Isle of Wight, to be principal coast-officer at Pwllhely ; and the situation at Ryde, hell by Mr. Atkey, has been abolished, and the duty will in future be performed by the coastguard there.—Observer. A WELL EARNED PUNISHMENT.—A fortune-teller has met her deserts at the Southampton Quarter Sessions. She not only duped the credulous, but incited a girl to rob her father. Mary Anne Blandford was in the habit of consulting the fortune-teller, Charlotte Morris ; she wanted to go to London, to see the Exhibition ; Morris asked her whether her father had any money, and when she found he had, directed her to make free with it. The girl took £5 or £6; went again to consult the wise woman, and laid down ss. as a fee ; Morris turned her back, and would not handle the money, as she could then say, with a clear conscience, that "she had never taken any thing from her." Mary Anne's motions had been watched ; Morris's house was entered, and the five shillings were found to have been moved from where the girl placed them. The fortune-teller was convicted of " feloniously and unlawfully receiving" the money. Sentence, fourteen years' transportation. THE GREAT EXHIBITION—DISPOSAL OF THE SURPLUS. —The Commissioners of the Exhibition have reported to the:Queen on the general objects to which they consider it desirable to devote the Surplus Funds. They state that they do not consider it expedient to keep it as a re serve for future exhibitions, because the success of the one that is past gives ample guarantee that a future one will be self-supporting. They therefore proceed to con sider what is meant by the term used in their pledge— " the ends of the Exhibition." These obviously mean the advancement of industry, and the promotion of a kindly feeling among nations. But they come to the conclusion that, after discharging all the expenses of the Exhibition, they have exhausted the powers of their charter, and have no authority to deal with the surplus. On this point, therefore, as also on another very inti mately connected with it—that is, the fate of the building —the public curiosity must consent to be balked till her Majesty has granted another charter, with further powers. MURDER AND SUICIDE IN LONDON. —On Saturday evening, considerable excitement was created in Soho, by the discovery that Mrs. Mary Ann Blakeman, aged 26, the wife of a very respectable music printer, residing at 45, Greek-street, Soho, had destroyed the life of her only child, three months old, by cutting its throat with a carv ing knife, and committed suicide subsequently, by cutting her own throat with the same instrument. The unfortu nate young woman had not been well since her confine ment, having sufiered very much from nervous debility, and had not from that time been without a nurse and medical attandant. About eight o'clock on Saturday evening, her nurse left her for about ten minutes, and on her return found the door locked. From the desponding state the deceased had recently been in, she suspected something was wrong, and had the door immediately forced open, when an awful sight presenced itself. The poor child and its mother were both lying on the bed weltering in gore, and a large carving knife was by the side of the latter, covered with blood. Mr. Marshall, surgeon, 53, Greek-street, was immediately sent for, and his assistant, Mr. Jackson, promptly arrived, but in both cases pronounced life to be extinct. AN OBSTINATE SKIN DISEASE CUR nBY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.- - Mr. Fisting, late of Broad. street, Bath, suffered for many ye‘rs from a severe scor butic disease, which affected , his hands to such a degree that for months together h/was unable to work at his business. He consulted/ nearly all the faculty of the place, and for a long time used the Bath waters, which are so celebrated fop - the cure of cutaneous disorders, but the virulence of the complaint remained unabated. He then tried HolLe 4 way's Ointment and Pills, which have so effectually cured hies that -he hag had no return of the malady for niore than two years, tOld REVELATIONS OF ST. ALBAN'S.—The •••• A •"' A o. ! Bribery Commission for inquiry into tke existences corrupt practices at elections for the borough is sitting. The evidence shows the utter political worthonii ness of the voters of the borou g h. Mr. Bell coul d , o t get votes by buying them. Si r R. Carden woula spend a shilling, and so lost his el e ction. On Thursd Y °ss Mr. Edwards, who managed for Mr. Bell, stated th e been sums which the different elections in which he had lit engaged had cost. In 1832, Mr. 'Ward's election 1, 3 £2,000; perhaps £2,400 or £2.500. In 1835, Mr. l , Var i e e election cost £2,400. In 1837, Mr. Aluskett's eLei t io ' r a cost from £l,BOO to £2,000. In Febivary, I3u. Listowel's election cost £3,000 ; and in June, 1841,making There was more spent by witness but not repaid , : l ec tion nearly another £l,OOO. •in 1846, Mr. Cabbell's q 0; cost £5OO. Mr. Raphael's election in 1847 cost L 3 e', er and Mr. Bell's, in 1850, cost £2,800, making eltogetawn about £19,000. This was the cost of elections on his, ° , o side only. He calculated that about two-thirds °lila money were spent in paying voters, and about one-t for incidental expenses. ONE CHILD KILLED BY ANOTHER.—A singular fatal win 17 arising out of a quarrel between two little children k. at school, occurred in Solly-street, Sheffield, last cce, e i , i The death of a child four years of age was caused by 3 l ' e , from a school-fellow little more than five years of g bt gf The deceased, Arthur Brown, attended a school taut , 7 „ ) , a widow, residing in Wheeldon-lane. On Wednes`,": o forenoon, about half-past eleven o'clock, Mrs. Castle!or left the school-room for a few minutes, and during I°o absence the deceased and a child called Walter Starl i k e quarrelled about an apple that the latter wished to 0 ' from Brown. Not succeeding in getting the apple, S tal l; dish spat in Brown's face, and Brown did the sam e o r 1841 , Standish, when the latter struck him with his littlece twice in the pit of the stomach. The fellr, poord ie a complained of great pain, and he was sent home. ov,, on Saturday. On Tuesday last an inquest was hot' : - e l view of the body of the deceased. The coroner explai n that within the age of seven years no infant can be g.u1. 0 of felony or be punished for any capital offence, for so'' e d that age he cannot, by presumption of law, e enb w r , with any discretion, against which presumption no the ment shall be received. The jury therefore returned ; 1 „ r following verdict :—" That the said Walter Standish bel an infant under the age of discretion, to wit, of the ogee,' five, not being capable of discerning good from evil , , r he kill and slay Arthur Brown, but not feloniously." i th coroner then addressed a few words to the child Stall,"' teaching him in the spirit of the lines by Watts.— " But, children, you should nei - er let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes." d, The child, who is a strong heavy lad of his age, rer'l e t "He struck me first." He appear, d thoughtful, but n ° sorrowful. DREADFUL STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION AT BRISTOL."... On Wednesday evening, a dreadful steam-boat explos i°P „ whereby four lives were lost. occurred on the river 0 : about four miles ft om Bristol, and adjacent to the , i ,"' be 3 Brislington tunnel on the Great Western RailwaV• spot where the fatal accident occurred is known a s Coat. Ferry. The ill-fated steamer was called the Lady BIM; she was a small tug on the screw p r i nc ipl e , an d had laL e ,, been put on the Avon, f o r th e p ur p ose o f t ow i ng bare; It had been noticed, a short time prior to the accidOri that the Lady Emily, which h a d a b arge i n t ow , was gl i er at an extraordinarily qui c k ra t e . S u dd en ly, the b° l „t burst with a terrific noise. On the smoke clearing off a vestige of the steamer was visible. The deck had D ee d rent to pieces, the fragments were hurled into the air, t al e descended into the fields on both sides of the w ater, w ill the hull, shattered and torn asunder, sank to the bottelt2, of the canal, which is about twenty f e et d ee p i n that sP °l 'd At the time the explosion took place, the crew consist!, of four persons, three of whom were killed on the sP° l i: -the other has since died. One of the crew, Wm. Hagge tt, who was taken out of the water alive, stated that at the time of the explosion he was steering the vessel. and. c on ' sequently, was at the extreme end, notwithstanding which" and his distance from the boiler, he was blown clean ; "„ the deck into the air. The poor fellow was dreadfully '"; jured, his left foot hanging to his leg by the skin just abo:„ the ancle, and his body was shockingly bruised. Ile It 1 immediately placed i n a ca b an d conveye d t o th e Brist i °, Infirmary, where it was found th a t h e h a d sustaineu,o compound comminated fracture of th e l e ft l eg . it amputated shortly afterwards, but the shock to his systf at and the injuries to the body, ge nera lly, were so gr eat, t'`,:a he did not survive many hours. Th e names o f the OIL: A are—William Bailey, married, with one child ; Walla; Griffiths, a boy who acted as stoker ; the ca pt a in, til e unknown, but who, it is stated, has left a w ife and Or children ; Wm. Haggett, unmarried. The general opini° s , is, that the steamer was drawing too hard. The bodte have all been found. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. --...-- A new gas company has been started at Sheffield, for supplying pure gas at a maximum price of 3s. per 10001 Shocks of earthquake were felt, on the 12th and 13IP ult., in several parts of Sicily. arl Fitzwilliam was on Tuesday invested, at Windsor, with the order of the Garter. • to' An exhibition of the results of Austrian industry 15 take place in Vienna in the year 1853. On Tuesday Parliament was formally prorogued t ill Thursday, the 15th January next. Mr. Nassau Senior has been appointed to the legal in India recently vacated by the death of Mr. Bethune' It is worth £lO,OOO a year. Prince Alfred is destined to enter the Royal NovY , 1/5 his late grand uncle, King William, did. This will be agreeable news for the " blue jackets." The statue of the late lamented Lord George Bentiq l‘ was on Tuesday placed upon the pedestal in Cavendish square, London. The reports of Sir George Grey's health are still %la i r vourable. It is said that, unless some marked imPrti f ' . ment takes place, he will retire from office, A valued lump at t quartz.ts 00, gold frora exhibiting California, in t h 1 bullion-broker in Winchester-street, London. An American paper states that the bite of a rattlesl: can be cured by the free administration of brandy, tumbler full at a time. It is said that the liquor in 5 " Gh st cases does not intoxicate. P c i La week from twenty to thirty young females left t_ll4 Orkneys by the Queen steamer for the south, all bou 5, for Australia, where they expect to find ready places 7oepi-gwhiinndgolw7lot; b l 3 and good wages, if not husbands, shortly after landing. , i 19 5, It is stated to be the intention of the students of 10 `if gow to contest the Lord Rectorship of the rnivers.', o again this year, and place Lord Palmerston in oppositi to the reelection of Mr. Sheriff Alison. a A county magistrate, last week, in acknowledgi o to toast at an agricultural meeting, observed that if it °I 's not for disorderly public-houses and unruly women tongues, they would often have a maiden session. . n i f f The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable,,g s t , Council will meet in the Exchequer Chamber at "f minster, to-morrow, Wednesday, to settle the ro ll - o sheriffs for the ensuing year. • 'WI M. Kossuth has refused to accept the general Inv' sent to him from Birmingham, and the mayor has declfrits to invite officially, because his year of office is so near termination. fee/ The Treasury have directed that the practice i n n 0$ under the Act Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 86, see. 97 ',o restricting the claims for drawback on wine and toba c e n el. three years from the date of payment ofd uty, be discontili e The Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Musgrole , s of his farewell ball, at the Mansion House, on Tile o p evening, when upwards of 600 ladies and gentleiveroo sembled to do honour to the closing festivities 0 ' civic year. We understand that the Earl of Lanesborough is 5" neat to be united to Lady Hunter, of Delany * Arundel. His Lordship arrived at the Bedford ljr,;ter' few days ago, but has since left on a visit to Lady 11 ' 1- —Brighton Gazette. meet.o' TheT Cambridge University Commission had a ra t i.,o o on Wednesday, at the official r e sid ence o f the First Of of the Treasury. Present, the Bishop of Chest John Herschel, Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. Bateman (secretary). The Tablet reports the "failure" of "the Catholictby'' legiate School" in London, owing to the " utter 913 . 3 0 Car and " disorganisation" of the metropolitan R 0133 -0 0 1 ' tholics, and states that failures in'other matters h a t sen from the same cause. ,boa, A novelty in the annals of the drama is, we lear n, . 0 t b . to be brought out at one of the principal theatres :000, north. It is a drama, in three acts, written by an on of the Crichton Royal Institution for Lunatics:loW- Dumfries. The unfortunate author has written fiv e of considerable ability. M. Robin's popular place of amusement, in F i l t a rol. e r j a London, had a narrow escape of being totally t 0 114 by fire on Sunday evening. Various rooms on h trat ° 17' floor of the building, with their contents, were - I w o 5° and part of the roof destroyed before the flames t he dued. b bY cit t , Some interest has been excited in Pittsbu r g d da to performance of Mr. M'Cormick, who walks he° 0 ; 0, 4 , by,wards, on (or rather under) a slab of polished , a to t be which his feet attach themselves, as he assert s te es, pheric pheric pressure. He made some six or seve n 7 e r, slab being only nine feet long.—Montreal Cou,, n o t, In the Court of Queen's Bench on TuesdaY , d 'i, l re a b iet obtained a rule nisi against Messrs. Burnes a 0 1 1 1 0 1 libel, D Po e r s t e rn ri a b n ed -s7ar T e, he for pa a mpblet chargedpubiished in ith entitled " The Position of the Church 01 b illi li e Dr. A c d to g gross acts of immorality. The publishers re m at . the name of the author. e h al° P r The Committee of the Protestant Alliane , ta tioa,„o termined to commence forthwith a vigorous 06'e'selut;t. the repeal of the grant to Maynooth College. ,_"::" rs dal_;o3 to this effect were unanimously adopted on Ta_7 / a tta! f at a meeting presided over by a noble earl, "i s ters by several distinguished laymen, as well as limn for evangelical denominations. n A woman has been tried and convicted e i n ._ nne a to teaching a slave to read the Bible , a nd s w,ceordreforo years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary. feat' ..700d tic n e at her eyes, but moved and instigated by t'e u cer tain ~,re t a disp jeaS 5 woman m n a nd maliciously,lCttoment, she, " not having the , u v ii, y to „ ule Almighty God." ndaY , r sr rf At the Court of Queen's Bench, en atioa ie to , r read d d th fe e lo ß n i i o b u l e s info°, „roPr libe` granted to show cause why a criminalthe sol e pr not be filed against the defendant, na i, f j ot' le Jour _ 0 printer, and publisher of the Carlzs _ E a rl vov l or published by him in that paper upon tnuistrates dale, who was charged with selecting ma gte P c be relief able to his views, and who would prop? t interests in negociating with the guartilaa' of the poor. d i i d n e teach ,r ea let Pity weep For such a Being, ny Fell must the heart, and foul the conscience By such a process ! Ener His faculties became, who And hour by hour, in Btu, Woman and Hell before him must m,. For questions, and for trial! Not for worlds With all their glory, ought man to command So foul a scrutiny, which scans and sees ssion trai ate, as vile, day by day, 1 study, tholig ;ht, in seem , , What yon confessor, through a loathsome skill Must probe, and punish.—Hark 'mid choking sobs And big slow tears, that with a burning trace Scald the fair cheeks they moisten, or with sighs Heavy as deep, by agony inton'd, The Bride, the Mother, or a Sister kneels Before her priest-god. Heart, and home, and love, Secrets of th3uzht, and starts of young Desire, Each throb of Passion, throe of feeling wild, With warm emotion, in the blood or brain Excited,—all must sternly be exposed In language, by demanding Speech unveil'd Ay, word by word, before that priestly ear Be all paraded! When that fiendish work is done This immolation of the soul complete And actual, maid and mother, wife and child In purity The Woman clic Her heart is corp: Most apse Transphi For eve if sex exi when modesty is dead ; le-like ; and the Priesthood reigns . ,—a soul within a soul ted, ruling there with master-spell He in her becomes an all 1" The introduction to the portrait of the great Jesuit foun der. Ignatius Loyola, is very fine. We must make room for a scrap " IGNATIUS "But, did we crave a specimen, and type Embodied, how a single mind can move Backward, or forward, churches, thrones, and creeds, How, on the motion of one mighty will, Hist'ry depends, and earth and hell are sway'd,— Turn we to him, in whom did blend and burn Passion and principle, which make a Soul, Though single, like a miracle to act On men and empires. Turn we unto thee, IGNATI US ! with that rich Castilian blood Rolling within thy veins its noble tide Ancestral,--dreaming, daring, all on fire With mad devotion, from whose wondrous spell The elori of the Reforms Never to a Cau n's power Receded A devotee, more pass e was chained ly rais'd human zeal To heights enrnpi o Than was that flaming Heart, when first it felt How Law, and Gospel, Heaven, and Earth and Hell, Sin, grace and time, eternity and truth, Down that abysmal thought, THE CHURCH OF ROME, — Should be engulf'd! And thus, to thee, that church A Christ impersonal on earth became A dread abstraction,—thine almighty all ! ! " We heartily commend this poem to the lovers of true poetry, and especially to those who wish to see the highest intellectual faculties of man devoted to the loftiest and holiest purposes — the di ssem i nat i on of truth, and the il lustrating of divine subjects. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Blackwood & Sons, Old Christopher keeps up a raking fire upon the Free traders, and gives it to them right and left this month. rou gh , cross the of wood, about the thickness of laths, He demolishes one by one all their strongholds, and lays are ue lashed r othe e r t w a i b s l e e, u to pse s t te . ad an y d th i e t plates and dishes, their boasted fortifications in ashes: If we did not firmly which wou c i7:l ° plantereo eny happens, when the sea runs high, you get a ° believe that they were an irreclaimably destructive and Pity them, they scald ingw soup ot thrown l over you, or a hot fowl or duck fetches mischievous class of politicians, we might p o a t irs e t c n al i 2;i i n s floor . ost. the After dinner, the o ffi cer of the are so fallen, and all their brilliant prophecies and antici- waTch n repas se nge rs remain below to pations have become so completely falsified. _Blackwood, converse, or go on deck , p as the hum o ur takes them : tea is served at six ; the evening generally concludes with a in a review of the present condition of the country, and r u bb er at whist, social converse, accompanied by a glass of the rospects before it, which be entitles " Autumn o Politics,' lays bare the evils which depress every native th: r o og i n a cigar ; at ten all lights are put out, except to torn n er a binnacle ; then those who feel no inclination nreemain on deck, and chat with those who hap industry, and are depopulating the British Islands at a pen to most alarming rate, and tracps their origin to iti proper be ar.. — Bentlep's lifificellan Y. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, - NOVEMBER 11, 1851.