The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00

IruHEIGN AM) COLONIAL. TRINIDAD COURT OF CIVIL JURISDICTION. THE TERCERIA. OF MESSRS. MILES AND KINGSTON, IN THE MATER OF LOSII AND CO, V. EDWARD JACKSON. In this case, tried in the island of Trinidad, on the 21st of June, here were present the Hon. Wm. George Knox. acting Chief Justice, and two puisne judges. The Chief Justice having enquired whether the Mar shal had returned the writ, Mr. F. W..rner, counsel for that gentleman, said he regretted that it had rot been returned, but he bad a certificate under the Marshal's hand which be trusted the Court would receive under the circumstances. It sh)wed that ex,•cution had been levied upon oxen, cgrts, mules, and sugars, found on the Golden Grove, and Upper and Lower Caront estates, which Edward Jackson was possessed of at the time of his decease ; the proceeds of which the Terceros Oppositores chimed preferentially to the Defendants in Terceria, by reason of their basing been mortgaged to them with the estates by the common debtor before the writ of execu tion issued. The certificate stated the amount realized upon the furniture and other household effects lev' x ,A upon and sold, and showed that the mules had ben sold for 1,398 (lois., the oxen for 660 dols., the carts . for 557 dols., and the sugar for 3,286 dols. It furo„ er showed that Messrs. Colhoun and Milne, the at..erttie ' of . the Terceros Oppos tores were purchase;„ to nearly the amount of 6000 dollars, which sum ev refused to pay, so that the Marshal could not ret'arti the writ. The pur chases bad been delivered to 'diem by Mr. Clogston on the faith of their bonour as British merchants, and upon a disinct ortamise that they would wive him a check for the areoun.l when called upon. They, however, gave evasive replies to all applic-itiens of Mr. Scotland, the plaitailr's legal counsel, and others, and finally said they would not pay until compelled by law. It was evident that they had never intended to pay for what they had purchased, and that Mr. Clogston had been deceived ; and he trusted the Court would enlarge the time for the Mar shal to make his return, and not now press ti e matter against him. The Attorney-General said he etruld not help express ing his extreme indignation at the conduct pursued by Messrs. Colhoun and Milne—conduct deserving the re protration of every honest man in the community. In his experience he had never nut with a more disgraceful proceedine.—The Chief Justice s:dd there was no ques tion that Messrs Coliseum and Milne ought to have paid the Marshal, and had he been aware of what had occurred, he woulit not have ordered the Marshal to return the writ. Could the writ -be returned in one month ? 14h.. Warner feared nut, for the .tiarshal must write to England in order to sell out property sufficient to make up, what had been retained by Messrs. Coihoun and Mane, and this would require three months. 'Witnesses were then called by Mr. Scotland to prove 'Vial the property sold belonged to Mr. Jackson, and was tiallitualy need on 'the mortgaged estates—also that the =gar was there made. After some discussion as to the mortgage, from which it - appealed that b a deed subsequent to the original mort gage, from Mr. Jackson to Mr. Burnley, Mr. Jackson had been released from the covenant between them to ship the sugars to him, which invalidated the mortgage upon that -part of the property,—it was settled between the counsel for the two parties that the proceeds of the mules and .oxen should be held to be the property of the Tercerios Oppositores under the mortgage, and that the amount of 4he sugar-should be paid over by the Manhal to Messrs. Gray, Losh, and Co. By the , last accounts from Jamaica, fever was prevalent at Kingston, as well as at Port Royal. El Erpecador (Madrid paper) says everything is pre pared for the marriage of the Queen with the son of Don 'Carlos. The price of bread in Paris, durinz the second fort. night in September, stood fixed, the first quality, at 36c, per kilograme, and the second at 28c. 'The Queen and King of Portugal are making eacur •sions amidst gratifying proofs of loyalty. The gentry appear to escort them dressed in the costume of their "ancestors. The Baron Achille de Maynard, aged 25 years, owner of a fine fortune, a successful poet and author, and only a fortnight married, committed suicide, about three weeks ago, by throwing himself from one of the towers of Notre anne, at Path. Letters from Monte Video, of 2d July, confirm the .previous accounts from Buenos Ayres as to the failure of Mr. Ouse ley's attempt at negotiation, owing to General Rosas refusing to yield one iota of his belligerent rights, including that of blockading Monte Video, and making the acknowledgment ^f those by France and England the condition of his treating at all with them. The nego -ciations were, therefore suspended. THE PROTESTANT CHURCH AT JERUSALEM.—CON STANTINOPLE, August 28.-1 am happy to inform you that our Arnbass , kdor, Sir Stratford Canning, has at length succeeded in obtaining a finnan or permission to build a Protestant Church at Jerusalem. I understand that his i• xcellency, in his late audience with the sultan, had the satisfaction of receiving from his Iliehness's own -lips a declaration to this effect. —Morning Post Corres pondent. An aged Churchman has sent the Bishop of Montreal, £6,000 for the advancement of the Church in his diocese. The Bishop will apply it to the College at Lennoxville. The donor above referred to lives in great privacy, with an establishment upon the most mod.-rate and simple scale. He lately alive £5OO towards tt.e endowment of the Bigionric of New Brunswick. His deceased wife and ' her brother, a country clergyman, al , o gave jointly £5,000 towards the churches erected by the Bishop of . London. "Go thou, and do likewise."—American Paper. THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.—The Mining Journal states :—" By the last West India Mail Packet from Chagres, a most scientific British officer of engineers, who has been out for many years surveying the isthmus, has come over with his plans, estimates, &c., for the cutting of an excellent road from point to pointawhich will be hid b4ore a committee of a company now forming, for the purpoQe of carrying out this great project, and also esta blishing a regular line of steam-packets that will commu nicate with this country, will ply regularly on the Pacific side to Chili and the whole of the South American coast in that hemisphere " DREADFUL MURDERS AT BUENOS AYRES. —The Buenos Ayrian papers received by the Sultana brings ac -counts of several atrocious murders committed in or near that blood-s.ainen city, and amongst them of the butchery , Of all the nnanbers of a Scottish family nam• d Kidd. who were slaughtered in their own house in the country, in the district of Van Vincente, not far from General Rosas' country seat. This family consisted of nit less than nine persons, including several young children; but neither childhood nor innocence is any protection in a county in which murder has been reduced to a s} stem, and made a common instrument of governing. STEAM NAVIGATION IN NEW YORK.—Tne New York Mirror says, " although this city has been extremely negl•gent of its true interest, in omi ting to procure a line of steamers to run weekly, or senv-monthly, to Liverpool, the ground lost wilt soon be recovered; and we hazard little in saying, that 1846 will see this city the centre of steam , avigation of toe country, as it now is of the sail ing ships. The steamers plying to this city will comprise the Great .Britain and Great Western, the latter of which, the past season, has carried more passengers than any other Atlantic steamer, and now stands at the head of the list in public lavuut.—Besides the two btmts of tht. line, there will be the propeller line of Hariiden and Co., of which the pioneer, the Ma.sachnset's, will make her trial trip iii t.. , eptember, we doubt nut, with success. Add to these th,e Liverpool line now building, and there will be but lirtle want of steam communication. At any rate, there will be enough to supply a rapi.l communication .with England as Mien as every week. The first success :fill attempt will be followed by so many applicants for .patronage, in this way, that it will not be long before we shall be as fully supp,ird with steam packets as we now lire with the sailing ships, which are so just:y the pride of New Yerk." IRELAND. 'We have heard that Robert Caldwell, Eq., has been osuKrseded, at his own request, fr In the Gmaroission of the• Peace fur Fvrtnanagh.—Evening Post. A cnmpany is proposed to be formed in Dublin. for the manufacture of window glass, wan a capital of .£lO.OOO. There is no manufacture of the kind at present it) Ireland. in the Cork papers then , is a prospectus of a stock c, , tton manufactory and spinning mill to be egra_ blished on tbz river Clida, in the brimming town of Mal low, and within a short distance of the city of Cork. The Gazelle announces that the Queen has appointed the following gentlemen to be visitors of Mavriooth Cot. lege :—The Duke of Leinster, the Right lion. the Earl of IKenreare, the Right Hon. the Earl of Rose, K.P., the Right lion. David Itict.ard Pigot, and the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Francis Freemantle, Bart. RlBANDlSM.—Accordit:g to tie authority of some local repeal wardens, a nest of riband lodges has been discovered to exist in the town of Belfast. The report was, that six separate gangs of these hopeful " sons of St. Patrick" had been plying their vocation there for a length of time, without let or hindrance. The Cork Examiner says that a Mr. Valmer, of Lon. don, on a visit to his tenantry in the county of Waterford, astonished at the sight of their wretched, smoky, half• thatched cabins, directed that sub,tantial slated houses he built at his expense. This bad been before done in vari ous parts of Ireland by considerate landlords, and the ex ample, we hope, will continue to be followed. CORK.—The officers of the fleet of thirteen ships of the navy, now at Cork, have extended the vteatest courtesy and attention to all visitors of the vessels, from the high , st to the humblest. Admiral Sir Hyde Parker opened his cabin last week to all corners, including numbers of well dressed peasants from the surrounding districts of Cloyne, Carrigaline, &c. The Cork Examiner says :—There is a rumour afloat in Cove, or rather in the fleet, that her Majesty might, in all probability, pay a short visit to the south of Ireland, entering Ireland ov Cove Harbour, and that the flea would await the royal coming. We only give the on dit, without in the least vouching for its accu racy. The probable stay of the fleet is uncertain. DVPARTURE OF THE .SQUIWRON FROM CORK.—The unexpected departure of the fleet took place on Thursday. After dinner on board the ships the signal for sailing was rows, and in a short time the Albion, Canopus. Queen. • Traf:lgar, Suberb, Ro , iney, St. Vincent, vnd Vanguard, bad respectively given out their ample canvass to the wind , end were successively bearing out of the harbour's mouth: Pawing into the Atlantic they shaped their course to S.E. by S. accompanied The Rattler and S !r:rmbolt them. The Crocodile and Tartarus alone remuin in this harbour. It is said that several officers were left behind, so sudden Wita . the order to sail. They will join their re- Pe:44.Fe kbips.4 The Marquis of Conyngliam has given orders for a survey, plan, and estimate of a Tcrrrce in front of the beautiful horse-shoe bay of Kilkee; also, of a range of handsome marine villas, to the east of Atlantic H.ouse, on the side of the hill.—Limerick Curonicle t INTERESTING ANECDOTE.—A* ene regent Protestant, meeting at Belfast, the estimable Earl of Roden said.-- " I feel happy th pu hew► chosen for your colours orange atm blue, to which you are so math attached. I am proud of that, for that happens to be tht colour of the very ancient livery (trenvndous cheering and Kentish tire) of my own family. (Renewed cheers). I know not whether it is a crime, I :Jut I don't think it -culpable that I -hould carry about person the image of the glorious William. (Kent: A l i fi re .) I have done so for many years, for two r for the good .easons. First, from my love and affection and glorious man himself, and next, from my °ve and certitude for the man who gave it to me, the Earl of inchilsea. (Kentish fire, in the midst of which hts i".srils.hio took from his breast a miniature pictcra of u third William, and exhibited it to the meeting amidst the most rapturous applause.) This I received from the Earl of Wir,chilsea, whose ancestor, the Earl of Notting ham, wore it during the revolution of 1688, as the per sonal friend of our great deliverer. I know not whether that I am worthy to be deprived of the commission of the peace ; but I do know that no persecution will deter me from giving my zealous support to the good cause. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)" CLERICAL NEWS. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. H. Marster to the incum bency of Roecliffe Aldborough, in Yorkshire. The Rev. W. F. Wingfield, brother-in-law of Mr. Ward, has " gone over," and has written a lone letter explaining his reasons, which appear to be chit-fly these : 1. That it has been decided by bishops and lawyers, that a clergyman of the Church of England may not hold all Roman doctrine. 2. That Sir llerbert Jenner Fust, it is alleged, has decided that the English Church has no Altar and no Eucharistical Sacrifice. RAILWAY INTE LLIGE CE. As an additional proof of the great increase of railway speculations, it may he mentioned that Herapath's Rail way Journal is about to be published twice a week. If the grand experiment of the atmospheric principle should be terminated successfully, it is the intention of the directors of the Great Midland and Western Railway and Canal Company to adopt it upon their line. VALUE OF EN GINEERS.—We hear that the:price of en gineers has so advanced in the market that Sir John Ren nie is to have £l,OOO per week for the survey of a new line in the north.—Herapath. KENNET AND AVON CANAL.—We are informed that applications have been made by the public (exclusive of proprietors) for upwards of 20,000 shares in the project for converting this canal into a railway.—Bath Chronicle. SHEFFIELD, BARNSLEY, AND WAKEFIELD, AND MANCHESTER, BARNSLEY, AND GOOLE.—The latter of these two schemes has merged into the former. Two shares of the Manchester, Barnsley, and Goole are equal to one of the Sheffield, Barnsley, and Wakefield. MR. H upsoNS's OPERATIONS. —Mr. Hudson last week completed the purchase of another estate, from the Duke of Devonshire, at £400,000. This gentleman has recently purchased 10.000 tons of rails, 5,000 at XS 17s. 61. and the remaining 5,000 at £9 per ton. He wanted to purchase more. We presume this is a symtom of a con siderable rise in iron.—Herapath. EFFECTS OF RAILWAY EXTENSION.-0111r Irish rail way contemporary tells us that railroads are already be ginning to give substantial proof of the commercial acti vity which they introduce into Ireland. Already, several ports are making efforts to extend their steam shipping establishments. Among those mentioned are the communications between Slign and Cork, Limerick and London. Cork and Duhlin.—Railway Gazette. DIRECT MANCHESTER. RAILWAY, (N.ASTRICK'S.)—IC was rumoured to-day in the City, and we believe there is good foundation for the report, that the directors of the London and York Railway and the Leicester and Bedford Companies have participated very largely, to the amount of some thousands of shares, in the allotment of the Di rect Manchester Line. This is indicative of an amalga mation of the three companies.—Railivuy Director. The longest tract of railway ever contemplated in Eu rope is that from St. Petersburgh to Odessa, extending over an uninterrupted line of 1.600 miles. It will connect the Baltic and the Black, and, consequently, the Caspian Seas, traversing three different zones of temperature; and, a person may then leave the Russian capital in the depth of winter, and arrive, on the sine rail, at Odessa, in warm, nay hot, weather. It is, moreover, the begin ning of what may really be termed an overland route, con necting, in fine, the Russian metropoiis and Ispahan. The Emperor Nicholas takes a great interest in this gi gantic plan. GLASGOW AND GREENOCK RAILWAY MEETING. — The half-yearly meeting was held at Greenock on alon day. The report alluded to the future prospects of the line, when, instead of the Greenock line being an isolated one, it should become a part of the great chain of com munication by land and water with all parts of the country now praj cted. The receipts had been larger than during any pre,ions halt-year; but it would not be desirabl:f greatly to increase the dividend for the present, but rather to increase tire efficiency of the works and machinery. The dividend proposed was six per cent. upon the prefer ence shares, and two per cent. upon the original. The capital account showed an expenditure of £806,134, and a balance in hand of £31.863. The receipts for the past half-year had been £25,260, the expenditure £12,261, leaving a balance of £13.054. Appropriate resolutions were agreed to, and the meeting separated. THE COURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the royal family, are not expected to arrive at Windsor Cas tle for Ihe remainder of the autumn and winter season, until the latter eud of the month. Friday, the 26th inst., is the day at present named for the departure of the court from Osborne-house to Windsor. The Duke of Wellington intends to remain at Weimer Castle until the close of the ensuing month, when his grace is expected to proceed to Str .thfieldsaye for the winter. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES, These races commenced ~n Tuesday last. The assem blage, especa!ly on the " Great St. Leger day," not%ith standing the unfavourable state of the weather. was numerous. The following is a detail of the running : THE FITZWILLIAM STAKES, of 100 SOTS. each, with added. Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 5 yrs.. .... 1 THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES, Of 50 Sovs. each. Lord George Bentinck's Princess Alice 1 11 ER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 Guineas. Mr. Cook's The Shadow.... 1 THE CLEVELAND HANDICAP of 20 Sovs. each. Mr Meiklam's Godfrey,4 yrs SWEEPSTAKES of 500 Soya. Lord George Bentiuck's Ennui 1 A. PLATE of £5O, for horses, &c., that never won a plate or sweepstake. Mr. Dawson's Sheet Anchor .. 1 WEDNESDAY. THE MUNICIPAL STAKFS of 200 Says. each. L Chestef fi , 4d's Ark wright.... walked over. THE SELLING STAKES Of 10 S,vs. each, and 30 added. Mr V.ne's Valerian . 1 THR GREAT ST. LEGLR STAKES Of 50 Sovs. each. The w , r,nrr to pay 100 Soya. towards expenses. (101 sub. scriber s.) Mi . Watts's The Baron .. jor Yarburth's Mi s Snub Mr. Mot.tyn's Panta , a 3 Twelve others started, but were not placed. Won by a length. A very fast race. THE FOAL ST %Ky.: , of 50 Soya. each. Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Midlothian.. walked over. THURSDAY. The SCARBOROUGH STAKES of 30 soy. ouch. Sir J. tlawley's ch c. Comrade. . . The GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP of 25 80y. each. Lord G Betv.inc,'s ch. f. My Mary Sir C. Monck's b. m. Glossy - - 2 The THREE-TEAR OLD STAKES of 20 soy. each. Sir R. W. Bulkeley' , b.c. Ch-rrbey. . Mr. Gully's br. c. Weatherbit .. The INNKEEPERS' PLATE Of 15 soy. each. Mr. Jaques's br. m. Semiseri., by Voltaire . ... FRI DAY. Tuz PAHIC HILL STAKES, of 50 aovs. each. Maj. Yarburgh's bay, Miss Sarah.. MATCH for 500 sovs. h. ft. Mr. Clifton's ch. g. Nottingham...... walked over. THE Two YEAR OLD STAKES of 20 soya. each. Sir C. Monck's hr. f. by Velocipede. out of Garland.. 1 THE GASCOIGNE STAKES of 100 SOTS. each. Lord Chesterfield's ch. c. Pam . 1 THE Cur of 300 soya. with 50 sous. added for the owner of the second horse, the gift of the Corporation. Mr. A. W. Hill's b. c. Sweatmeat .. Mr. Salvin's b. an. Alice Hawthorn THE TOWN PLATE of £lOO, wa s won b y M r . Meiklam's br. C. Godfrey, beating Jinglepot and two others. MATCH for 500 SOTS. 100 ft. Mr. O'Brien's b. c. The Traverser, rec. ft. ; Mr. H. Johnstone's br. c. Lord Harry, pd. The match between the Duke of Marlborough's schooner yacht Wyvern, and that of Mr. H. Hope, the Zephyretta, terminated on Thursday by both vessels abandoning the race. They received considerable damage. OLD PIIGILISTS. — Tbe following is a list of the ages of the moat celebrated old pugilists of the present time:— Jackson is now in his 78th year. Torn Crib is 65 : he en tered the ring in 1805. Tom Belcher has attained his 63d year ; he made his debut in 1804, and retired in 1813. M. Gully is 60;' he made his final appearance in the ring in IboB. T om Oliver is 55 ; he commenced his pugilis tic career in 1811, and concluded in 1834. Tom Spring is in his 51st year ; his first fight was in 1814, and last in 1824. Jem Ward is 44. If there any imported delicacy more suited to the distinguished palate of an Englishman than another it is turtle—turtle in its perfection; and the extensive cors'gn rhent Mr. Whiteman of the Brunswick has just received, i and the facilities he has n expressly-built tanks, places him in a position to supply it during the season in atl its excellency. Whether it is the superiority of his cook we know not, but his turtle soup is unsurpassed; his pricts too are most reasonablt. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE NEW FISHERY ACT.—By the new Fishery Act for England and Wales, it is enacted that all rivers in Eng land and Wales are to be clotted on the 13th of September in each year; and that, in addition to tie regulations con cerning salmon, any person catching, or having in his pos session, any trout, measuring in length less than seven inches from eye to fork, shall subject himself to a penalty not exceeding £lO, nur less than £5. THE ATMOSPHERIC PRINCIPLE.—A letter dated Purtsinouth sacs—" An atmospheric apparatus is being constructed in this d ,, ckyard to drive the saws in the wood-tnilis, which will supersede the use of steam-power in that department, and in every other where steam is now used, if the application is found to answer." The. success of the atmospheric principle is stated to be in no degree doubtful.-7'imcs. - THE GIPSY KING AND HIS CAMP• — Information hag been sent to the police of an enormous amount of property found in the possession of a gipsy of the name of Lee, who is said to be the king of that tribe, and which for the most part is supposed to have come from the neighbour hood of London. It consists chiefly of watches, plate, jewellery, and valuables of wearing apparel. The "King" is in custody. SOCIALISM.—The Social [Owen] Institution in John street, Tottenham-court-road, is defunct, like its late prototype in the Blackfriars•road. The building changed hands Jal.t week. Its members and finances have been slowly dwindling down till they are considerably in debt. The building, which is very commodious, is now turned into a mechanics' institution. Harmony Hall, in Hamp ton, which cost the socialists £30,000, will shortly be brought to the hammer. POTATO STARCH.—Mr. Herapath, the celebrated chemist, of Bristol, recommends that the potatoes in jured by the present general disease be immediately dug up, and the starch, the only nutritious part of that vege table, which is not yet injured, be extracted, by which 2010 or 251 b of highly nutritous food would be the pro duct of every cwt. fit for using for bread, pudding, pies. and miser varieties of food. The starch, when extracted, will keep any length of time. OMCEOGAPHY IN ENGLAND.—A new body has been formed, under the title of the English Homoeopathic Asso ciation, to promote inquiry into the claims of homoeo pathy. Its president is Lord Robert Grosvenor, and its treasurer Mr. Marshall, the chief cashier of the Bank of England ; Mr. Leaf, Mr. Under-sheriff Ashurst, and Mr. M. B. Sampson, appear on the committee, alo: g with Dr. Currie, and other leading practitioners of the new system. The association already numbers between two and three hundred members. PHONOGRAPHY.—This is a novelty ! It is intended by the aid of this to teach persons to write just as they speak, without reference to the present system of orthography ; thus one grophy is to upset another. The professors of Phonography believe that by adopting this system the English will become the universal language of the world ! Let us see how it will act in our own country first, by comparing a few extracts from letters received from differ ent counties : From Northumberland.—Oor Bairn varra seick and bard ha' th' heead. From Yorkshire.—Mither gat uup to steek the deer (shut the door.) From Somerset.—lze's a bin to zee our zister Zalley From Devonshire.—l cti t refoos sto send to foo lines. From Norfolk. —We took too or tree turns right trow the garden— (This must be sung.) From London.—l rites to sea vee shan't be abel to come cos vy my vife's kritch'd a cold cum in from the Wictori Thee-ha te-her.--Joe Miller Junior. THE SHAREHOLDERS DUPED.—On Saturday morning last a most ludicrous occurrence took place in this town. A man whose name proved to be Sagar (formerly of this town) arrived it was said from Rochdale, and immediately gave it out that he had two or three thousand " Grand Unions" to dispose of, and that, owing to the shares be loneing to a club, they were wishful to dispose of them ; £4 3s. 6d. was the price asked, being nearly £2 below the market price. This " windfall" coming to the ears of the brokers, numbers of them took up a position at each corner of Cross Church-street, eagerly watching for the appearance of the " gentleman, who expected a parcel by the next train." No sooner did he appear than a rush was made who should be the first to catch him ; one broker purchased 2110, others 20, 40, 60, and so on ; many of the brokers actually selling a quantity of shares then in their possession purposely to raise the needful to pay for the expected purchase. 'Buss after 'buss arrived from the station at Cooper Bridge, but still no parcel arrived for Mr. Sager. Four hours passed in vexatious disap pointment, and the innocent dupes having been sufficiently boxed, the supposed holder of the scrips decamped, laugh ing heartily at the trick he had played upon the Hudders field brokers.—Halifax Guardian. AWFUL EXPLOSION IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.—An explosion of a most awful nature took place in the Laboratory department of the Royal Arsenal, at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, by which five per sons were killed instantaneously. It appears the work men who have unfortunately perished were employed under their foreman, Mr. Crake, who is one of the killed, in breaking up fuses, but it is impossible to state from what taus.- the melancholy event took place, as none of those inside the building escaped. The whole of the glass of the windows was destroyed by the explosion, and the building set. on fire, and on bursting open the door a most awful spectacle was presented of the dreadfully scorched bodies of four men and one boy heaped above each other at the back of the door, to which it appears they had rushed, but failed in opening it. The clothes of the deci-ased are literally burned off their bodies, and their remains blackened. The Royal Sappers and Miners and others were soon on the spot, and with the Royal Artillery and workmen of the arsenal five engines were put in operation, which checked the progress of the flames. and prevented them from spreading to the other buildings. After the fire was got under, and a portion of the roof taken off the building, the police proceeded to the melan choly and trying task of removing the dead bodies. It - was then ascertained that four men and three boys were killed, including Mr. Crake, the foreman, an aged but uncommonly active gentleman. When it became known outside the arsenal that so fetal an accident had tiken place, the distress of wives and mothers was very great in the uncertainty that prevailed as to the names of those actually destroyed. The greatest sympathy has been shown for those who have lost their husnertds on this me lancholy occasion. There is no means of ascertaining exactly what was the cause of the explosion, all that is known being that the men were employed in extracting the composition from old fuses. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LONDON.—On Tuesday after noon last, about a quarter before two o'clock, an alarm. nig fire broke cut in the warehouses belonging to Sir C. Price and Co., oil and colourmen, situate at the bottom of William-street, New Bridge-street, nearly adjoining Blackfriar's-bridge, at the right hand of which are the City Chartered Gas Works, the gasometers being imme diately contiguous. So large a body of gas being in such near contact to the flames, naturally caused serious ap prehensions, which were considerably increased when it became known that several tons of oil, vitriol, and turpen tine were upon the burning premises. Scarcely a quarter of an hour elapsed before sixteen or seventeen engines were upon the spot, all of which were quickly supplied with water. In its progress the fire communicated with a number of carboys, containing vitriol and turpentine, and suddenly a dull roaring sound was heard, and the flames, which had never risen snore than ten feet above the build • ing, burst forth to the height of at least a hundred feet, and emitted an intensity of heat which forced several of the firemen from their positions. A jet of blazing turpen tine ran from one of the windows on to the river, arid set fire to a number of barges, and al o a floating engine, which was doing effective service. This engine was worked by about fifty madmen, who were thrown into the greatest consternation by this circumstance, and only escaped by jumping into the river, and clinging to ropes which were thrown to them frem the surrounding boats. The fears of the inhabitants were raise,. to a fearful pitch, as the conflagration extended towards the gas works; but by well-directed efforts, so terrible a cidamity as the threrened explosion was happily averted. By f"ur o'clock the fire was mastered, without any further mate rial damage than the destruction of Messrs. Price and Co.'s premises. The origin of the fire is not known with accuracy:but it is generally supposed to have been (*era sinned by the rtnireng over of some turpentine in the bon nie-house. Providentially only one life has been sacri ficed in this fearful fire, and that was the life of a men who was assistitig at the engines. The whole loss. it is calculated, will not exceed £5,000. Probably it will be under that sum. The stock of M• sm... Price i- insured in the Imperial Vire-office, and the West of England. The premieee are insured in the Sun Fire-office. We understand that Mr. T. C. Thompson, Royal H. Academic'ati, who has so successfully pourtraved many of our leading townsmen, is about to visit us profession ally for a short time during this autumn. He has been engaged in making " Studies from life " for a work of great importance, which have been successfully brought to a conclusion for the present. PRESERVATION OF THE another part of our impression will be seen the advertisement of Mr. Ayres, from whose treatise on the hair we copy the fol lowing remarks :—To the neglect of the hair during the earlier periods of life, is attributable the deteriorated ap• pearance it assumes at an age when it should be luxuriant and beautiful. The growth is frequently impeded by the existence and accumulation of dandruff, which, if allowed to continue, will produce so great an enervation to the roots of the hair as to cause it to fall off, and occasion baldness. Tbis arises from the impracticability of im parting any nourishment to the bulb, owing to the incrus tation of scurf completely clogging up the pores of the skin." THE OCTAVE CANDLES.—Since the primitive ages the ordinary tallow mould has remained nearly unimproved. It is the only article over which the refining influence of science and art has shed so little beneficial effect. At last, the clouds have vanished, and the world has received another proof of man's intellectual advancement. The Octave Candles, a patent of Messrs. Palmer and Co., which, while they require no snuffing, give at least twice the light of ordinary moulds, and what is most sin gular and desirable, not by more rapid consumption, hut by burning with a thinner and whiter flame. This flame. which is beautifully bright, is obtained by a double parallel wick, the points of which expand uutwardly, thus spreading the flame, and be the ad mission of cold air between the wicks, it causes a more thorough combustion, and a total prevention of smoke, without increasing the consumption of tallow ;in fine, the cold air prevents it being so rapidly burned. The fl , me resembles that of a bat-wing bunter, and, if we may judge from those we have tried ourselves, is certainty equ.ei to that of two ordinary candles. One other great ILlvantage is that they are- less liahk to waste and go tet. As the price is moderate, the comfort of shear use all be enjoyed by every class of society. One of these, as also an ordinary candle, may be seen burning at our office during to-day. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Th'c engineers are very busy strengthening the ford& tattoos and defences of Portsmouth harbour, The Free Church of Scotland are about to establish col- 'ges at Edinburgh and Aberdev.n. Twelve thousand dollars have been stolen from a ship at G ravesend. —•-• The wages of Irish reapers in Scotland this harvest is 2s. a-day, and Id. Bd. for women. A Glasgow paper states that 15,000 Irish reapers had passed through that city in one week. We understand that the government have determined to materially increase the present military force iu our North American colonies.—Morning Chronicle. Launder, the surveyor, has been found guilty of forg ing a railway deed, and sentenced to seven year's trans portation, the jury recommended him to mercy. At the Plymouth regatta. the yacht of John Congreve, Esq , of Mount Congreve. Waterford, bore away the 4:50 prize in gallant style from all her competitors. On Thursday last, the annul meeting of the South Cheshire Agricultural Society, was held at Sandbach, and was weli attended. A. flue vein of copper has been discovered in the Broom• field-hills, Somersetshire, only forty feet from the sur. face. From a recent Parliamentary return, we find that the declared value of the British machinery and mill work exported in 1844, was £776,255. The whole mainland of Orkney was covered by a fine impalpable dust on the night of the 2d instant. An erup tion of Mount Hecla is supposed to have been the cause. The Board of Stamps and Taxes leas extended until the 10th of October next, the period for claiming exemption from the Property and Income Tax for the last three years. Tue Earl of Shrewsbury, with his wonted liberally, has thrown open his magnificent collection of palntings at Alton Towers, twice a week, and the gardens and pleasure grounds daily, for public inspection. Six infantry officers quartered at Dover rowed in a light six-oared regatta galley from Dover to Boulogne last week, setting out early in the morning, and reaching their destination before noon. Accounts have been received at Lloyds of the discovery of black lead wines at Davis's Straits. One vessel, the Eagle, arrived at Leith, has brought 100 tons, and several others were loading. - The sugar crop of the present year is expected to be the largest ever raised in the West Indies since the abolition of slavery, and considerably to exceed the crop of last year, which amounted to 2,400,000 cwts. THE LAKES.—There is still much travelling through Miinthorpe to the Lakes. The Lord Bishop of Lichheld passed through on Monday last, -on his return for the south.—Lancasler Gazette. An Irish reaper, named Morley, was found dead near Rotherham, the other day, in a field, in which he had slept tor economy's sake, although he had upwards of 42 in his pocket, Immediate immersion, or bathing in cold water, is said to arrest the effects of that deadly poison prussic acid, whether taken into the stomach or applied out- wardly. A person named Richard Archer, clerk to a solicitor, is in custody at Newmarket, charged with the manslaughter of Mr. Henry Thom, hatter, by knocking him down in the street, with such violence as to produce a concussion of the brain. The examination of witnesses by the committee on the guages Is suspended till the 15th of October, when Mr. Brunel will return from Italy, and they will then have the broad guk,e evidence her , re them; atter which they will proceed to consider it, and draw up their report. Mr. Kempster; the Queen Dowager's boot-maker, at Clifton, (Bristol,) forwarded to her Majesty, on Friday last, six pairs of beautifully made boots. They were con structed with elastic steel springs, so as to supersede lac ing or buttoning. The enormous increase of orders produced by the ex tent of speculation in the provinces, as well as in the me tropolis, has so multiplied business, that many of the brokers in London now receive and despatch between 300 and 400 letters per diem. A London dustman, named Reilly, succeeding.to a for tune of £50,000, clothed, booted, and fed his former comrades, took a house in Argyle-square, and upon enter ing it he purposes giving a dinner to all the dustmen in London, and illuminating the front of his house. INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. — The total number of deaf and dumb in the United Kingdom is 14,328, of these there are 1,018 under the course of in• struction ; while in France the number is 20,189, and the number educated only 789. Workmen are very busy at the slate works on Valencia Island, preparing a splendid spiral stair case for the New House of Commons. A cargo of the same material is preparing for shipment to the Mauritius, for the erection of a Government prison there.—Limerick Chroniele. SINGULAR COINCIDENCE. — During the past week we hate bad in our city three es-Lord Lieutenants of Ire land—namely, the Marquis of Anglesey, Earl Fc , rteseue, and Earl de Grey. The Marquis of Anglesey attended Divine Service at the Abbey Chu, ch on Sunday. The number of negro slaves in the civilised and,Chr;s /fan world is estimated at 6,600,000—viz., United States, 2,600,000 ; Brazil, 2,500,000 ; Spanish Colonies, 800,000 ; French Colonies, 250,000; Dutch, Dani-b, and Swedish Colonies, 100,000; South American Republics, 400,000. On Thursday a collision took place at ')akenshaw (Wakefield) Railway Station, a train from Hull having dashed into one going to Doncaster races. Some persons were hurt, none seriously. Prince George of Cambridge was in his own carriage, in the Hull train, but his Royal Highness escaped unhurt. W ors.—Picking was begun in somedistrictslast Monday, and, by next Monday, wi;t become more general. The duty is laid from L 175,000 to £lBO,OOO. At a' hop dinner at Maidstone, last week, we see that it advanced to £195,000, though tar from a firm quotation, the general run being some 10,000 and £20,000 below that sum.—Kentish Ob server. The celebrated schooner, the Fair Rosamond, is ordered to be broken up at Poi tsmouth Dockyard. She was originally a slaver, and, on being captured, was com missioned fur her Majesty's service as a cruiser, and obtained a very high reputation for the number of captures of slave vessels made by her. She is only 172 tons burden. There has been a vast increase in the importation of foreign live stock during the first seven mouths of the year, as compared with the same periods in 1843 and 1844. The gross importation, which in 1843 amounted only to 1.080 head of cattle, amounts in the present year to 2,786 head of cattle, showing an increase of more than 800 per cent. The owners of Chartershaugh Colliery shipped the first cargo of five-quarter coals, on the Bth inst., at Sunder land, on board the brig ewhottle, bound for the Medi terranean. Although this colliery was drowned up in 1771, the coal has been pronounced by competent judges, to be the best steam coal produced in this county.—Dur ham Advertiser. SINGULAR FACT.-- . ; here is now growing upon the very top of Portlike;ry Cburch-steeple, about forty feet from the surface of the earth, an apple tree, with from seventy to eighty apples thereon. Part of the tree anti apples can be seen titan the churchyard, but the sea breezes prevent its growing many inches above the battle ment a. The meeting of the Directors of the Bank of England to-day led to no cl,arige in the rate of discount, nor was, indeed, any such change expt ctedi or even desired. The discount firms who, a tew weeks ago, considered the ex isting kw late au obstdcle in the way of their profi!s, now find money at the same rate little more than a drug in the market.— Tit, es, Thursday. Of three hundred and sixty geese driven ov their owner last week towards Ilexham col.irket, about three hundred died without reaching their destination, in cenaequence of their having pet witted to drink freely at a stream leading front Fallo , A field .'imelt.mitls to the Tyne, the Water of which was probably ationgly impregnated with lead. The potato cholera, as they call it, has become as far as our information yet esiends, almost uniYersal. We hear of it in Normandy, and in the vicinity of Paris, in Canterbury, in NGrfoik, tn-Laime and Namur, _in the Old World, and in alm.isi every one of the : - ...tates of the great Atlantic Repub.h., from Vermont and Rhode Island to Louisiana and Missouri.• . A novel invention, by an American, is now exhibited in London, for enabling locomotives to ascend an inclined plane. It has an Archi edean screw between the axles of the carriage, which conies in contact, when required, with a series of friction rollers placed between the rails, and, by means of this contrivance, the carriage and train attached to it are forced up the incline. REDUCTION OF THE PR.CE OF BREAD..—The continua• tion of the tivourahle harvest weather has at length had the gratifying effect of producing a general reduction in the price of bread, of from a penny to three halfpence pet loaf of 4lbs. There are, however, some exceptions as in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell little or no altera tion has yet been made.—London Paper. The election expenses, lately contracted by the League in the town of Sunderland, aewain still unpaid. Nor can any of the unfortunate creditors, from the highest to the lowest—from the retained agents and unfortunato printers of electioneering speeches and libellous handbills, down to to the poor men who live upon their earnings, from day to day, obtain a settlement of their deatand.-->iVewcastie Journal. CURE FOR THE POTATO DISEASE.--The Dusseldorf Gazette states, that a farmer living on one of the estates of the Duke d'Aremberg, near Dusselnorf , has dis covered a mode of preventing the rotting of potatoes, and even curing it when it has already commenced. The method is very simple; it consi.ts in merely harrowing deeply the earth in which the tubercles ar: planted. so as to produce an evaporation, which will diminish the fer mentation caused by humidity. This plan has proved completely successful. DAVIS' STRAITS FISHERY.—The St. Andrew'S Penny arrived at Aberdeen from Davis' S. rides, I , ft the ice Ist of August, with 19 fi s h, f u ll . an d bri g s the following re port : Truelove, of Hull, 32 fish ' 130 tuns ; Abraham , of do., 26 fish, full ; L a d y J ane, o f Newc,stle, 2B fish, 200 tons ; Horn, of Dundee. 36 fish 200 tuns ; Alexander , of de., 22 fish, 130 t uns; Advice, o ' f do., 22 fieh, 100 tuna; Pr'oe,ss Charlott e , o f d o.. 26 fish, 170 tuns ; Alfred. of 80',,e-s. 26 fis`., 150 tuns ; Cal Moria, of Kirkaldy , 25 fish , 16U tuns; Chieftain, of do.. 26 fish, 160 tuns; Joseph Green, of Peterhead, 40 fish, 400 tuns; and Travaer, of do., 26 fish, 200 tuns. VARIETIES. Faith is the spring of all energetic action. Men throw their souls into objects, only because they believe them to be attainable and worth pursuit. Never tread on the tail of a cat, or tell a woma she is not handsome, unless you are fond of music.—American Paper. - - - - The Spr;npfield Post mys a lame man would have been drowned in the town brook had he not been full of liquor that the water couldn't get into bitp.—Boston Paper. TRUE COURAGE.—Have the courage to speak to a pour Iriend in a seedy coat, even in the strew, and when a rich one is nigh. The effort is less than many people take it to be. and the act is worthy a king. MISNOMERS.—Nine out of ten persons say, " I will put on my coat and waistcoat." We do not ; we must first put on the waistcoat. So, " I will put on my shot s and stockings." Impossible, the stockings must be on first. Again," I will put on my hat and mg." As suredly the wig ought to be first on t .e head ; al'hough we have seen an Irish gentlemen put on both hat arid wig at once. AMERICAN COURTSHIP.—A young and pretty girl stepped into a store where a spruce young man, who had long been enamoured but dare not speak, stood behind the counter selling dry goods. In order to remain as long as possible, she cheapened everything; at last she said— " I believe you think lam cheating you." "Oh no," said the youngster, "to me you are always fair." " Well," whispered the lady, blushing as she laid an enip' asis on the word, " I would not stay so long bargaining if you were not so dear." THE LADIES OF LANCASHIRE IN 1715.—Dr. Ilibbert Ware in his Lancashire memorials of 1715, gives the fol lowing as the cause of that fatal wavering and procrasti nation which the rebel troops exhibited in the town of Preston.—" The Ladys in this tonne, Preston, are so very beautiful' and so richly attired, that the gentlemen soldiers from Wednesday until Saturday minded nothing but courting and feasting." In another part of the same work relating to the deeds in the county town, we find the fol lowing.—" This afternoone, the Gentlemen soldiers dress ed and trimed themselves up in the=ir best cloathes, for to drink a dish of tea with the Laydys of Lancashire. The Laydys also here appeared in their best riging, and had their tea tables richly furnished for to entertain their new suitors." LORD ELDON ON LEASES.—The late Lord Eldon was an advocate of leases, both in theory and practice. In a letter, dated Eldon, Durham, 1636, and published in his life by Horace Ta iss, his lordship alludes to the improve ments made by all of them in their farms, and then says, "'For this I thank you ; and I cannot but attribute these beneficial effects in a great measure to the alteration which you have made in the tenure of your farms, in taking them for a term, instead of from year to year. It is evident to me, as it must, 1 think, be to you ail, that a tenant who is liable to be removed in a year from his farm cannot satisfactorily to himself make those improvements which he will do when he is sure that he can remain on his farm long enough to reap the benefit to himself of those improvements. I thank you all for your improved management." A SCENE IN COURT.—" I call upon you," said the counsellor. " to state distinctly upon what authority you are prepared to swear to the mare's age?" " Upon what authority ? said the other, interrogatively.—" You are to reply, and not to repeat the questions put to you,"—" I doesn't consider a man's bound to answer a question afore he's time to turn it in his mind."—" Nothing can be more simple, sir, than the question put. I again repeat it. Upon what authority do you swear to the animal's a ge ?"—" The best authority," responded the witness. gruffly.—" Then why such evasion ? Why not state it et once ?t'—" Well, then, if you must have it—"—" Must I I will have it," vociferated the counsellor, interrupting the witness.—" Well, then, if you must and will have it," rejoined the ostler, with imperturbable gravity, " why, then, I bad it myself from the mare's own mouth."—A simultaneous burst of laughter rang through the court. — Land Sharks and Sea Gulls. NAVIGATION.—At the Collegiate Instituticn and Me chanics' Institute in Liverpool, classes are announced for teaching, among various scientific subjects, navigation and nautical astronomy, with an especial regard to the views and convenience of seamen. The provision is a well-in tended one iii all respects ; very liberal inducements have b-en held out to persuade seamen to avail themselves of the advantages thus laid before them ; but it will be no disparagement to the reputation of either of those institu tions to say that the success of the scheme has been by no means commensurate with the expectations of its promo ters. There may be some inclined to ascribe this to apa thy or neglect on the part of the seamen, but we should rather infer that a better way to succeed with theta is to place their own subject, navigation, by itself—to set apart schools for teaching it first and mainly, and then other subjects allied to it as far as possible. There must be building which the sailor can call his own, to which he can resort when lie pleases, and where he knows he will get exactly what he wants: The merchant service is com posed of upwards of 30,000 sail, which gives. of course, 30 000 masters,—at least as many mates.—and, on the average, twice as many apprentices. Surely their profes sion is of sufficient importance, and their number large enough, to demand a special arrangement of some such kind as that proposed. With en institution equivalent to a " Greentaich Hospital School" in every port, a wonder ful improvement would soon be visible iu the service.— J. A. Sharp on Aavigation Institutions. ANATOMICALKNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS. —Surgical skill was, probably, at a very low ebb. It has been supposed that dissection was considered irreligious. Becker alludes to a passage in Plutarch, describing an operation upon the larynx of a man who had swallowed a fish-bone; and he notices the circumstance of the Lace dwmonians having opened the body of Aristotnenes, " to see whether it contained any thing extraordinary." The late John Bell admitted that Hippocrates dissected apes. The reader will consult with advantage Haydon's first lecture on painting for some remarks on the probable knowledge of anatomy possessed by Greek artists. He appeals to Burke in his behalf, who said, •' The author of Laocoon was as deeply skilled as Halle or Gaubius, and hence has been able to give that consistency of expression which prevails through the whole body, from the face through every muscle to the ends of the toes and fingers." Burke added, that he had been told by one who bad stu died anatomy, that every discovery he had made opened fresh beauties in that extraordinary group, and that to its full comprehension and appreciation a larger knowledge of the human frame was required than even the majority of anatomists possess. It is certainly very remarkable that Hippocrates should speak of an acquaintance with the physical constitution of man, as belonging less to the art of medicine than to the art of design to ietriche techne eto graphike). That must have been an extra ordinary people, who thought more of the accuracy of their scuiptute than of the restoration of their health. The leader may consult Warburtan's Divine Legation (h, iv. sect. iii.) for some curious remarks upon physic.— Fraser's Magazine. THE HOUSE OF DESMOND.—Dromana, the seat of Lord Stuart de Decies, is not less attractive from the beauty ()fits scenery, than from tile number of its histori cal associations. It is eituoted on the opposite bank from S raneally, on the right hand as we approach the town of Cappoquin. The present noble owner, though a peer of but recent creation, is lineally descended from the Earls of Grandison, who had here their residence; and again threueh the; from the Earls of Desmond. Eleanor, Countess of Desmond, and widow of James, the thirteenth earl, was horn hene in the early part of Edward the Fourth's reign. She lived to witness the ruin of her princely house, by the attainder passed in 1586: when one hundred and forty years eld, made her appearance at the English court, to si licit the restoration of her j iinture, and we believe it was immeeiately ordered. The cherry was first doeresn cated in this country, at Dromena, having been brought from the Canary Isles, by Sir Walter Raleigh ; and the countess's death is attributed to have at last taken place in consequence of a fall from a high branch of a frvcurite cherry tree, into which she had climbed to get at the fruit. A turiou , battle was sought at Affatte, in this neighbour , hood. in Feteuary, 1564, between the re'ainers of the ri val Earl. of Ormond and Desmond. The latter had two hundred and eighty of his men killed, and was himself taken prisoner. When the victors were bearing him from tip• field, their leader rode up to satisfy his ma kerma k, awi taunted the captive with the inquiry, "Wu re i; now the great Earl of Dese,one ?" " Where ?" was the tierce reply of the wounded chief, as with pain he lat es t Limself upon les elbow —" wh-re. but in his proper place still en the necks of the Butlers ?" It is pleasant to add, that lite usli the intervention of Coartni-sione;s appoiiited by the English government, a reconciliation took place, though at first of so uncertain a nature, that en aperture was made in the oak door of St. Patrick's chapter-house, Dublin, for the purpose of enahling the rival, to sir tke hands. without the hazard of either beleg I,,oigruirde..l by the other.—Dublin Universilv Magazine. COMPETIINCY OF COASTING SHIP-MASTERS.—It wars intro Ike evidence given before the parliamentary committee, by Capt. Hicks and Mr. Riddle, that the coasting masters are deficient in education, but are good seamen ; in other words. that they possess sufficient abi lity to carry them from port to port at home, but not science enough to qualify them for extended voyages. They are not competent, then, as a matter of course, to take charge of foreign-bound ships, which is sometimes done (vide Ev. of Capt. Sparshott, R.N.) It is among this class that losses are most frequent ; but, with all these drawbacks, it is impossible to speak disrespectfully of a trade ''high is the nursery of our primest seamen,* from which thy inherit their mostcharacteristic features, their practical skill, their professional knowledge, their strong power of endurance, their easy familiarity with danger, and that thorough hardening, which, penetrating the entire frame, nerves, heart, and soul of a landsman, transforms him into the aquatic being called a sailor. But it is the evidence of ship-owners and ship-masters—of men wino have been, or who are now, in the merchant service, that is chiefly to be relied on ' • and their testimony is almost uniformly favourable (vide Messrs. Somes, Rid ley, Anderson, Straker, &c) There is an admission that cases of incompetency are to be found here and there; but what they say goes mainly to show that masters and mates are improving, and are generally equal to the duty requi , ed of them ,• that they are more moral and respecta ble, and better educated than they were thirty or forty years ago; mt.re scientific, inasmuch as they are better able to toke and work the necessary observations, and have become better acquainted with the higher branches of navigation and nautical astronomy ; that where ships are lost, it is less through incompetency than carelessness, in trusting too much to themselves, and neglecting the old-fashioned precautions of " lead and look-out ;" and that if, as it seems from Capt. Fitzroy and others, foreign bottoms are sometimes preferred to English, the secret is that they sail cheaper, rather than from any cause to ex cite vouch apprehension.— The Establishment of Navi gation Institwions at the Outports, by Jos. A. Sharp. * Conk an d Nelson. for example, both of whom were under 01 , lieRtion to the Merchant t;ervice, in the early part of their Career. Sept. eeese The identity of a gentleman being ed wh e° I 7 signing a railway contract in Loirdon, be, irritatedrbee doubt, and not havine the proper documents to ier . offered es a last resort to preduce the tail of his o. o, tittle ontobyer " WHERE INNOCENCE IS BLISS," Sie• --- just returned from a long visit, was asked by 03- Ilt how he enjoyed himself. He answered with hell - ti o a 'a plicity, that 'he liked his visit very well, but Ile w e sol oio tti —no, that he wouldn't—never ride home between d e kiss , George and Sarah again, for they kept buggil en e es all b cl ing each other sO much thet they were sque"'" the time, and almost spoil - 1 t e its new • „ Coreee.—Englishmen had long heard of a s' el' kind of essence consumed Turkey, but it. real % re pt ties continued a matter of much dispute. Oar encrod in their ignorance of its real nature, attributed eofl,rere cies of iefluence to this mysterious drink. Thus h: i ' eteo old eccentricity, Burton, the famous anatomiet efe e m• choly, gives tile followine quint description d ri nk s edie meter :‘—" The Turks," saith he, " have ablse l ‘ cojra (for they use no wine). so named of a berry as op as d es soot, and as bitter, which they sip etill of• a eu • thos e warm as they can suffer; they spend much time ' fl .p i or , co./fa-houses, which are so , newhat like our ale-beu'rieve rti taverns. and there they sit chatting and drinking "'weep! question _ . 1 to away time and be merry t oge th e r "—the kno wing dri n k —" because they finde by experience that kinde so used helpeth digestion, and procure,h in ca 1 te eing There's something very innocent in the old fellel w ,„, lean us all these astounding facts about a remote at° h„old be I almost ficttious liquid : he little nticipated w_e penning thi i s article in the year a of erace one tu e eo tral eight hundred and forty-five, in one of the 03est large quartere of London, with a coffee-pot before uspece enough for a Brobdignag and glossy enough ft )r , %gal l sniff, twisting forth its aroma into a kind 0 , 9 e er ees• shaving-lather. Blessings on he memory of Del. oaee junior—he was merely an epicurean in the el 11 1 9 %!, 0 9; i n taken a k g e e n , whereas wingn ” untonow now—looking —we have budded into the butterfly of degllit',,grah the same manner that theatres were originally if l 2 l of e o m ki s lig elve o s n ! their scenery—we cannot but acknowledge that the , he /AP" Magazine. f t_ .s l o THE POWER OF KINDNESS —The existe nce ~° S .rss love of kindness in the soul is nobly exhibited armor', tale, the substance of which I obtained from es 01 title's translation of " A Residence among the i' r e was the Great Desert." In the tribe of Nedgde tAberoift• a mare of great reputation for beautY ge "l, r ness, which a member of another tribe, named Das e - r : ' hemently desired to possess. Having fa il e d toobtViab• by offering all he was worth, he proceeded to e ffect • v g• jest by stratagem. He disguised himself as a la e ' e Ns' gar, and waited by the side of a road, knowing tb.atoos bee, the owner of the mare, would soon pass. Ae s , : j t ee Nabee appeared, Daher cried in a feeble voice , to poor stranger ; for three days I have been unn ble *red food ; help me, and God will reward you." N a bee , c: ble to to carry him home; but Daher said, " I sn , net - . ly rise; I have not strength." Nabee then gener" le ' ' er rt° mounted, brought his mare near, andhelped toed,bg set _tlrie:aiveeloni pee ho 1 mount her. The moment he was rnoun ji touched her with his heel, and started, saYi"'' Daher, who have got her, and am carrying her oe.„obee bee called upon him to stop, which Daher d id d , then said, " Thou bast my mare ; since it pleases lse(' wish thee success ; but I conjure thee tell noon- ho e ",, e hest obtained her." " Why not?" said Daher. , d: yoti, cause some one really ill might remain without le e n et would be the cause why no one would perform 9eerot charity more, from the fear of being duped as I iv" ;w e u ; This discriminating kindness subdued Da her tra i diately dismounted, and returned the mare to 1%19 - ) 1, - ' . 0 when they parted, they parted sworn friends• arl; shows forth the power of kindness in a beautiful a v3 i i", de' and the delight with which the Arabs heard it: Tnf monstrates that they can appreciate true eene e r e ,L,` t 'jati l .R.ev. G. W; Montgomery's Illustrations i"' Kindness. re stie 6i , A PIG IN A. POKE: A SCOTCH STORY 13$Vh-0,1 tte'S " Would you like to have a het crock in s)l ► aid lit night, mem ? " said a goodnetured cheteu'',iced a id our town to an English lady, who had lat ely Scotland for the first time in her life. " whet; ou r be- 1 the lady. " A pig.* mem : shall I put a p i g iJ: o rea n ; to keep you warm ?" " Leave the room, Y0u"...-eer Your mistress shall hear of your insolence." , bid he fence, I hope, mem. It was my mitres th 9 '" 0 31 '; ask ; and I'm sure she meant it in all kindges- lady locked Grizzy in the face, and sew at a gl l e e; no insult was intended ; but she was quite at a to account for the proposal. She was a ware tbei rbe'' children sleep with pigs on the earthen floc" ° eating; cabins ; but this was something far more • es ° t° did: Her curiosity was now roused, and she said for r 16d tone, "Is it common in this country , my girl' 'e th e- i t to have pigs in their beds?" " And gentl e men lin got f° i f too, mem, when the weather's eauld." would not, surely, put the pig between the sheet',?, 13 0 4 you please, mem ; itiwill do you flutist good tere. / e olo r tween the sheets !It would dirt 1 0 1 ' I<ele y t - tem. ~ e never sleep with a pig between the sheets. e , ii eee fear, mem ! You'll sleep far maim corufortable. 1 ,, " . . 13 : the mouth o't tightly, and tie it up in a pokes 0 0 P"' you sleep with a pig yourself in celd weatlier r be n; mem. Pigs are only for genths that lie on feat i , i . e a p! 9 „, I sleep on earyr,t with my neighbour-I res." " you sleep with a calf between you ? " seid" the r 'risies Sit Dtt lady. " No, mem ; you're jokin' nots;, said Girt with a broad grin, " we lie on the t o p o t e Herald. p ie , .‘ Pig," or crock," is a usual term in seotlaud fora ° d crockery-ware, such as a brown bottle, washing or I)ss - In this case the pig was merely to hold hot + Chaff. ADVANTAGES OF NAVIGATION INSTITOTII4-iure instruction of masters and mates is a prutelPa i r t e e e s ecl t h s t :t the navigation houses. But while I am etiV ° " - ee such institutions wt uld offer the safest 1.1 t as we f s se b p direct and available means of improving their Pr e edee ,j character, it would be too much to expect airy o'c'iotr`; success with the re esent \ class of officers. Son e , i r of time is required to bring the measure to a 9 e e. It is rather to the rising generation of apprenticessot Fpm must look for proofs of its beneficial and per m pr efer tll ° thi j ration. Tie shipowners would natural l y 1° had been educated at the navigation schools; ,4' n r otti, would produce a great effect. At present heal l Y r B e t 9 1 c t ic of preference exists, and the consequen ce let -,:iectoe owners as concert, themselves at alt ahnot qualifications of their officers go to the Greetiy`"°-.rk tat School. It will not be out of plac e to 'res te r ne- e 11 ,111 ;,, that in addition to the instructio n , the Nac dco if could be made instrumental in helphig Sor° be es , o remedial measures which have been prejected it' tro';a seamen. The masters of the schools would fc' e rll e ) for l9 i i c link with the next generation, who will have uf-nd to t il e under their tuition. The additional room ett nel leigt:Jit school-buildings could be used ' a 113 1 10" as a Were , y , be t a lecture-room ;so that, if after all, it s heulu a 0 9 , 1 ,1 that the officers of the service are sci ntific en oag i ' - 0 1 and that what they chiefly want is an epportunq preseo tivating their minds, the Navigation House w i e citn e e l ‘ that opportunity. Here might be deposited sf..onee and roce'els of new inventions and °veil ° e) ren s be oisc te e t with maritime affairs; and thus, perheps , th e i . q t it ' 9 , or service would be saved from the reproech. t."` .o'r o al slowest to adopt advantageous i m proverne r q ; ' Pr r .er which, long after they bad been stamped be "t e e ' o r of the rest of the world, are entirely uriknowts tee looked by its seamen, A museum also roi O3 .iitie 9 l ed ° for which there would be peculiarly ample fa L,' qn 9 eir' cause the contributors would be sailors v esi it" -. lo ol ' olc of the globe. And it might net be ton much 10.00-brf Ward to the time when a benefit society end *a s ao esi' l eee would be established at each Nay i gat i on 'louse. teo . „I.P le pt to the main object of the institution. Thu- it ese i ti l a d a centre to rest upon, for want of which reeelhe p'ans for henefierieg the u-ofes:ion now fall to I sh e/ ahno.t as soon as they are thought jj. ite Naviga:ion Institutions. th e r SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S IRISH PitC":),gfel, Itrvrt locale of the forty.two thoesand acrea. w"c e . " t he lot of Sir Walter was the valle e T e e: e eel Blackwater, extending from the to err of !..re Vic'P'r "J- O . Liars - lye, both towns being inrluded ttte re d-, t he w the progress of the Reto , ue•tio. Yeugl - ial, minded a century before by the l'" i; b ee suppre-sed, and its r.vertues t.equesterteg, ate. -s! warden's h,,use and grounds were bri.eeied sl, o d 9 his own reeideece In the la ter ire ie planted that root, liter ally and figura: eriY• . ° „try °,,:< bane or bt..ssintr, e potato ; ant the •ralite:woratt!,pread a 4 Riven by Smith, the Cork le-torian, I .' ttr , r r th e r i Y er e et "The person who planted them, itt.:;K nin ' which grows on the stalk wits the pia te be e e t ee e" s e rs, t , - ,s them, but not liking their taste, negivete. rr ret r .'pr o ground beine dug afterwards to sow :woe et '00 .4 113 potatoes were discovered therein, aed to the f 4 : ro c; 9 , of the platter vastly increased ; fr , t l l L t h d . e t , s dr n ,03 11 ,; country was furnished with seed." Colw e ", r e ths l .' e eo' e l lion of the plant is too well known to beretee--S,„, ded to ; but a greater than Cobbett---"L'erter mended festivals to commemorate Pe Pelf these ogre actually holden 'n • pars rlo mans ere a tr e I,e the autumn of last year. We may only re e eie 9 , 0 0 10 sant, that our Deutsche friends seem to f4te confounded history ; for the bust of Sir Franc was crowned with garlands, and rapturous f ir tf I . .i re ir ,ol w ie him as the discoverer of the poor man's b P e r ° e ;'irre t tO believe the praise or blame of the m atter l 4 e a . o f os el" to be asciibed to Raleigh and his colost ig .?ie dilr jo ree # o How long Raleigh may have resided here,fils ' f ee re i• determine, but he seems to have mad e e * r " the intervals, at least, of his stirring l e sc ot o pt Mayor of Youghal in . 1588, which imp lies b e e re es oe r teo dence at that season ; and in the next een r a t Sll e fsr Ireland, for.we find him then visiting their - , 00`) of . e$ C Kilcolman. Our records after these are te cri ers: s et t r tween. In 1592 he was far away , bei eg a g d 'To r P Panama expedition against the Spaniards ; liz n oetl l tyg year came his marriage with the lovely t the on e , 1 morton, and his subsequent reaiderice the t er c oe 00 0 court. With the succession of James !.,° Oa vet" the blighting of all Raleigh's hopes. " e t eleg e ev e it ° Lord Cobham of having participated th e , e s ubs e ettter of Lady Arabella Stuart ; and throng h t i i,co or rePsto of an easy jury was found guilty-, wl - te e 'being l ' E at' t :ri‘' the Tower followed instantly. In 1602, 0 0 Ey sive of an attainder, he disposed of an tedis fi(f of Sir Richard Boyle, subsequently c rea o w or if t , S' It has been contended—and with everY 0' 0 01 . nip that the shrewd Boyle. who had advance.ts i,sce t Te rv e o r sagacity from very smell beginnings, renerrresebeeosilods vantage of Raleigh's misfortunes, and civ e is t o b e d )7 4 °,0 6 this transaction ; for whatever allowance bro cif. e ve , t` the relative value of the mom Y, fiftee . e . ee renS l rof t el ° 1 was an inadequate price for property et' Et' patent confirming the sale of the lands', ere t ere : ov . e oe ees • 5 0 was made of the College of Y loot hoer' Cork now establidird himself as owner it l eij. tv here Le'died in the month of SepteinbeTs.,d of it po9jr the steeled earl, in the tear 1670. disPl'io t he and deaiesne to the Heymen ; to sion, we believe, the phice has coil tieuet —Dublin Unite city Magazine. _ B e pt. tora 4 4 : ° LteR tnitt_ 0 poi W4tl ; ti ii t i o a r 4 tla 14 Qt the SSE tl i „ l ate fir %arch , E 4 iuTio be Ter ter rial pt, Pie 4 t ter , 171;7 1 111 t L r Aj lqa nY 0 P?;?,?.gnes' Ter !a g( e h; a tw E g rb l of Et 44 ":l ati v r ill t t eilnd and 4 t f tj , tLe v 1 4 7 4 ter ,