The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOF ...-.." ' .---------1114 '"...............„......................___________________ .......... , 4=IIIIIIIIMI t° I) t to o r 0.., IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—BREAD Nor t , Oat. STEAMER FLAMBEAU. _-,-.., To -,----- ' lie BE e A N Advertisement has appeared, signed by " Isaac LIABLE TO DECAY. IA i .''' foli o BY By II- Wood, Middlewich," and some other individuals, i r Pit PRIVATE TREATY, in praise of the above Steamer, and in which this most a e a t t St 4 r6 4 ., litifiLtiliistiiinowgl)lo7—wexAteansiEveliar,nd.,eligible PROPERTY, extraordinary remark appears :—" N . Ve feel altogether On Wednesday last an experiment was brou •it to an hill io n it , 8 , Es, and "uS E 5, OFF I C ES, assure d that the placards of the opposite party are wholly issue, which may be pregnant with consequences of vast e no ~ . eted, eau. a T ho L se AN en D , 4 B l 4c. it exceeding Half without foundation, and we would recommend them not telt , Clq d ere vettee • importance to the world. Some time ago, a'_lTr. Mr. Gilbert Offices ; for a moment to be listened to ; " and the sub.:equent sot 4, Sirs, oittttdet err d' e xten e l', " AD ELAIDE- - e ß a tlf e L i g Claude Alzard, a Frenchman, discovered a peculiar :node portior , i of the isplacard points out clearly that the Erin go _ , 1 10 . '! r t ee to, Ri n _fO r ve Range of Offices South John- Bra gh s party meant as the " opposite party." of manufacturing bread, biscuits, macaroni, &'. which ----- : e tr ; L t iot i o i c t ; ex"tenst.eet ; Ditto, Chapel-;treet ; Ditto, I beg to put a few questions to Mr. Wood and his should possess the property of being impervious to decay, ite SalthouseisDeso'ck IS ' bf 714ette8"PPos' " e Prem COM :tod,de 1,,:z1,1 'Corn er Ditto, ;two Waterloo-road ias two.. Par.kms : and as well of being considerably cheaper than the ordinary oe, 1. !....445. spat. eet ; one Ditto, Wapping; l l s s it true that the Flamb . eau has only one engine? it true that she is without water-tight divisions in articles in use. In 1841 he succeeded, after giving ample ~,biti e s lar4 l tsverock B' - cul -h ;Ir ery eli:itile, Countr- her hull ? proof of the value of his discovery, in securing from the ..--- . vuerb L an d , auk') Toxteth k Ditto, with f Ts it true that she has no Life Preservers on board? _..„‘ . pi ate 7 7, is 0 Everton.b row : iE ar ; Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro H, a patent right for his acres of Land, Is it true that she has sometimes gone to sea without a invention ; but from the violence with which he was 0p ,....-nie.l_4oo „ouespislGattes:cs7oOGuie,nAcive,oEf s the ' death of the Owner, single boat on board ? LIVERPOOL Is it true that the Erin go Bragh has two engines • has posed in that country, the bakers and others carrying their ;:rifinit?', Z)017 11 es,CI III ' With Boalt;l,.'ChtLs, Sco. ; two ex- water-tiht bulkheads ; h as pl en t y o f Lif e prese'rvers opposition so far as to threaten personal outrage, Mons. s e rrli . itt ;t e llure . thaugliton, C , hes lire; four Ditto, Grange-ree Ditto e ll 0 ns; :/° Ditto, old , ' • i i ° D' le Dirt ' Deau-stre detached, Rock Ferry, Che t. Itto,-. 0, wi t h 4 , et. opposite the Botanic Gar- Can on board; and has two large boats always slung on her quarters ready for use ? these gentlemen reply " NO " to these questions? : o ,,,i th Lth 1 7,-,„ ' 0 96 yards of Land, Duke-street; and if they cannot in what position have 0 0 ' UOO ' " Yards 0 1 lii tilth9 o Yards Land L __of Land, Soho-street ; one themselves by signing the advertisement Alzard was compelled to give up the atcempt to effect any thing in that country, and determined to proceed to Eng ahovethrieuyotpeldac!ed land with his invention, bringing with him very fl • atter' ng testimonials, the originals of which we have had the plea )atoir t iot4tto, t. y ards L , N etherfield-road North ; one W. TODD. Land, Phythian-street, Low-hill ; Erin go Bragh Steamer, August 31st, 1843. sure of inspecting. Previous to leaving the Brazils, how -001, ' 04,4tikilaceekiin-stkreet, Toxteth park ; twelve Ditto, in O r o IN uy.140 gruallt-terr_ac.e, T - oxteth- park. one Ditto, ever, a portion of the manufactured articles, consisting of : o tac .., „, , , et t., , , , , , i n t iiz t :s ee t a ; e o ; n y e boi,Ditto, Falkner-terrace, Upper TO CAPTAIN KEMPE, OF THE " FLAMBEAU." biscuits, fine and coarse, was enclosed in a small wooden i otooe, R D o i c t k t O F , e u r r p y p , e C r he Parliament-sh ire; one SIR, box, closely fastened, but not air tight. The box in ques eloltiott; 4 1 9 4 h z ; a o s ilet ultos,tr Roaneeet Y attention has been this day directed to a placard, Jf lion was then tied with tape, the ends of which were sealed M issued by parties connected with the " Erin go )10 4 I ,.tts t tt rtet ;a l) , l ;tto, u.__ Y-street ; two Ditto, Soho- Bragh" Steamer, headed " Scandalous Disregard of with the seal of her Majesty's consul at Rio Janeiro, and „l o p itk ,, 10 ~,,a tw o 11 ':Pe o r Islington ; one Ditto, St. Hum an Safety," in which it is stated, that on the day of a certificate attached certifying that on the 22d of January, ;Dirloont : ::::::7 p ,lf l i t t t t o o p , u 6_ut vi, n-street ; two Ditto, Chatham- the ll , th instant, when so dense a fog was experienced at o& i l l t ,, est ; " t ° w Yard s L ' a ' ri s ci ell-street, Everton-road ,• one that but for a Providential rescue by the Blanche 1842, the contents, biscuits, were so inclosed, and the box , Soho -street ; six Ditto, Cun vvis,h, horeebo Ditto, yid Swan; three Ditto, Bootle- sealed in the presence of Robert Hesketh, Esq., H.B.M. s S e t a Arner," (of which vessel I am commander ) " the lin.tlrteage. oneer P arliament-street ; one Ditto, Flambeau would have run on a sand-bank, near the wreck consul at that port. Public -house, one House and Shop, of the Superb," &c. In contradiction of this assertion, On Wednesday, in the presence f li s v e a v te er r a o l o i m nflue t ntial ifiees Jr 414 1 411 14 0 4„h t o ° .: i s in es . ' stitnd w e o ho D us it e t s o , Great Howard-street ; I willingly declare the whole to be Flambeau UTTERLY FAL.SE, gentlemen assembled in taeMayor's o itsa thes la I, fo rtnn ree r, t l3 ; a t k and without foundation. I met am eau in the . river, Town-ball, the box was opened by the town-clerk ' Saline lane ; twept- off the Magazines, a few minutes e before her arrival at rarity having been previously ascertained by all town-clerk, Oi ii ,. /e lle-s - t g t'°orts, Rathhone-street ; four Ditto, t l ia l t t ao _reet ; four Houses,George's Pier. and the genuineness of the seal verified by the Brazilian and Shop, Horatio- I am, Sir, yours, &c., Vice Consul, both of whom were present. Although W t too ti l a 4 tises, and two Shops, El , in-street • SAMUEL FRYER, nearly two years had elapsed since they were packed, the tvob° , lt t in• r us, Old ' ' Haymarket ; twenty-two tio th . 44 ,•otirtee (Commander of the Steamer Blanche.) contnts proved as sound, sweet, and in all respects as 1101, three tiel b i n,s li klao I) , an 1 ( 1 Ditto, Great Howard-street ; Liverpool, August 31st, 1843. . two Houses, Dublin-street ; ;11,13f to ttre:hibt.ttolo,,e? uthilielYn:street , eight Ditto Trafalgar-place; TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. is manufactured of a mixture, in certain proportions, 4ed. to 4rencestreet; two Ditto, Sa A lt o n n e e y :s s t t r r e e e e t t ;. SIR, —In reference to an Advertisement which has been of rice and wheat flour. The coarsest quality of flour / two 00, oi le tedf or ;Plsee ; six Ditto, St.may be used, and will produce bread not inferior to that inserted in the public journals,. bearing the signature ~. !i reeh tt a o.pl ac 2:-stre e t •; two Ditto Olive street ;of Mr.. Isaac Wood, Rector of Middlewich, and several made of the finest description of flour by the ordinary ket i tl o4 4 7 St a b le ; eight Ditto, Egremont, Cheshire ; other• individuals, who were passengers in the' Flambeau' method. It is also, we are informed, extremely nutriti -1 t r ii ! I lt g e et. I I NSh ' on 340 yards Land, Drury-lane; Steamer on the 24th August, I beg your insertion of the ous, very beneficial to the system, and a certain antiscor tltyltto'N Ditto°Ps, S cotland-roadone tto, Par- enclosed Letter in your next publication. butic. Some of it was eaten by the Mayor, who pro nounced it excellent, in which opinion he was joined by i t i f,t t t,litt g . 4 :: V e it Ti le a nd four Houses, lieresford-street ; Mr. Wood's communication proves one of two circurn -01 li °ll, h ket ; sei•xsttreet;astisv-(l3.auildings ; four Ditto, and four stances: it proves either that he and the other individuals _al c l . p , resent. It . was asserted by M. Alzard, the discoverer withoutw. % nepropess, that the bread would keep two centuries o ft b ir y M T . e en ii _ Ditto and Warehouse, Para whose Rames d appea t r on the . document put before the pub eonsothe slightest alteration, , and it can be offered . to Of Pia el l4e e tl oass a, Uses, Paul -street; six Front and lie never a eot t zsred, or that all those portions. t he regocuwmil h consumer at the s.aerc t w o t. less than the ordinary biscuit. 0 , iiv t ll ol -4tdg e . h i l l° . rnby-street ; ten Houses, St. of the said w fhe ic a a ss r e e n no e t rs confise f d h to "the cm- He has secured m right manufacture it in this country two Front and Nine Back lit of the captain to V C ' t 4 41 44 11 'Q: s treet . 2 e ur s e p s ee w d e r of e otge by patent. 4 tZet ; o i l lt e r e , t; ‘r,eet ; t V o rFront and one Back Ditto, vessel," were interlineated after the ' a s ' ignat Since this examination of the character of the invention and Front and six Back Houses, tained, and consequently was a fraud on the whole, ;by itop r _ Pqbpaye Front - we have been favoured, by Mr. M`Divett, of Cable-street, A/ If tt ; ti "( 1; s''e-h°use - and brought them closely to the verge of an action for of whom samples of the bread may be procured, with a cv , o tise , e is I/ _ ,four Shops, and Two Houses, libel. few of the biscuits, baked in this town on Friday last, and er e s k iiti i „tti , d B,Pitto,utl.rses, libel. and Sheriff et. neVI, t q . ' 0 1) a d nhu-street Toxteth-ark ; one 'tA ° Pr " ,h, ;1 -- a nd ont dthree Houses, Boundary -street, iiv 4 'to If a n si / bit,,!lit Pitto l4° bitt x Back Houses, Kew-street • Liverpool, I v a h m, Sir, your obedient servant, September,lBl3. WM . TODD "Erin go Bragh "'Steamer. can speak without hesitation of the excellence of their quality and taste. 11: •,. e o e Di and and •0, Upper Mann-street Toxteth ' -- THE HAPPY FAMILY.—This surprising triumph of NI . iitio:tortst..o, s ix Ditto, Kew-street • two ' 'Ditto - "Middlewich, 2d September, 1843. the art of training, which, at the Mechanics' Institution, ri 'te b .Pp e , 4,.eet, q , and-stre e t ; one Ditto and three " SIR,—I found your letter on my return home last and the Collegiate, attracted so much curiosity, will after . •T a t w o l f -.oxteth p os• ti ; th ° o 4 e-street -park ; one Ditto and one night. I beg to say, that when I went on board the this week, as will be seen from the advertizement Ar s 1, 4 11 04 , re e b ee•s tre , Toxteth-park ,• one Ditto and Flambeau steamer, on Thursday, the 24th August, I was be removed. On the last occasion that we visited them' ( V 4 1 ,op (101 l it kst, eh. ses et; one House and Shop, Oriel- not aware of the kind of contest which was being carried we witnessed the novel sight of a Hawk feeding two i. i th,,..tt. uitt o , S heriff -street; two Ditto, Ken- on between the two Bangor and Beaumaris packets. as eof Starlings—a . sight which is certainly as curious i ' r",, P l it itel °4 :tbiti Cases -street ; two Ditto, Great Or- "On reaching Beaumaris, the passengers were re- could be imagined. Pil, i ltte : sb.itt , c , '; -Bedford str e e t e . t ; fi t v w p o Ditto,. rt Crown- quested to sign a testimonial to two facts, viz., the civi -104,4 - i ' , P , e tt;' ° %t •:;(:), R: ' ,7, lllo ur - sire 7 - ) tonn.-,_ 14,, of th. ~n,, , rnir, t. th..,....,,,,,,....• --I ft, . 1 '''------ ------------ 4 „„E OLD BY PRIVATE TREATY, IheosAi,ti"4 extensive and eligible PROPERTY, i'LLAS, HODS WARE li 0 uSES, OFFICES, kilt USES and LAND, &c., exceeding Half IN I° ' l in t 1 ' k o r ti er ected, a lie : Those eligible Range of O ffi ces, 'Street • Called " A DELA I D E-BU ILDI NG S," t; Dit,,, extensive Range of O ffi ces, South John ; irlkolitlitietz.tti:tlo;:eozristgitnestreet ; Ditto , Chapel-street; Ditto, ssivaeitiPremises Waterloo-road ; two ~,:.440 'corn er oc two Ditto, muse Dock; ' . _ . G , 1 .. a:- . t z. , !, od yr ,. i Calton -street ,one Ditto, wAPPin. I 1 0e ace, (I , -!AS: SP aforth ; fery elTble Countr y . 9,11111..,_ Land, Bank,) Toxteth-park ; Ditto, with 14:41,berbsy,i'Lliand, Everton-brow ; 45 acres of Land, ? to t e iNti consequence of the death of the Owner, tiIPNGII3AB.,,,,YoGLAN, Esq. the LIVERPOOL to y n nou ses 61.1. n, with Boats, ' Chains, ,tc. ; two ex e: ClAiesliire. sughton, Cheshire ,• four Ditto, Grang - itttwoDit,t three Ditto, detached, Rock Ferry, Che r. 4 0' )I 'e Ditt o ° ' Dean -street, opposite the Botanic Ga . b it Ditt o ~, With 4,396 yards of Land, Duke-street , k t ,s,wi t i, Ith 1,700 yards of Land, Soho-street ; one hemtLaitll9°Qo,,„Yards Land, N etherfield-road North ; one 044;e ti Fitt 'l7 Yards Land, Ph thian-street, Low-hill ; -eel-street, Toxteth 17 ark ; twelve Ditto, in q:tslCkatb,4.e..kingham-terrace, To p xteth•park ; one Ditto, i Nett:'srltlare; two Ditto, Falkner-terrace, Upper g, te at one Ditto Rock Ferry, Cheshire ;one ; osson_ st. , . 1ia1.., ate h. sop-street • ; one Ditto, Upper Parliament- Ar iT iZt op 'Vte, Rodney -street ; two Ditto, Soho- Itre„strest;a'Aitte, Upper Islington ; one Ditto, St. t;; fas t n r !" two, Wilton-stree t ; two Ditto, Ch atham hirv, I N „,..-ntto, Cresswell-street, Everton-road ; one ,„..Ntr o ., ) o Yard ' l l , -`,; t w -s Land, Soho -street ; six Ditto, Cun ,, th ree h.O Ditto, Old Swan • three Ditto, Bootle gkitpepvipuitto u Prier P arliament-street ; one Ditto, Ikat tio'n!e; one Publichouse, one House and Sho, i lll ie% vies .., a.. 1 Bakehouses, Great Howard-stree t; IY°kikvkaitOotraltreet ; two Ditto, Saltney-lane ; twepty- P, teeing Courts, Rathbone-street ; four Ditto, th ! ,,, t Leitht bv-street ; four Houses, and Shop, Horatio- Dit o noillesaack Houses, and two Shops, Elgin -street ; kis iitkis,:ad Shops, Old Haymarket; twenty-two No ii a te tbia; fourteen Ditto, Great Howard-street ;. th ,, r ee iji h s , S l i t Bllo P, and two Houses, Dublin-street; ~ eigh t Dit ty neY-street ; eight Ditto, Trafalgar-place il k mt o ' uuhi; et h. 'el. r-street ; two Ditto, Saltney-street ; edino el. ; six Ditto, St. Anne-street; thbr,oittiuedford-street ; two Ditto, Olive -street; Illrethtlasklace; eight Ditto, Egremont, Cheshire ; etit;lsgegit tables, on 340 yards Land, Drury-lane ; A tllt bit eet ; trrl•ShoPa, Scotland-roadi one ditto, Par yos,, sir zuitto and four Houses, Beresford-street ; el i k•s' bale h°tras 's-building s • four Ditto, and four Dr bkti.'street; two Ditto and Warehouse, Para liletyirei ilotelleto Houses, Paul -street ; six Front and ibets.. Nee baes, H ornby-street ten Houses, St. oi-.;'kilior.t'lly',.dstge-hill ; two Front and Nine Back It il lkid l 'lll. st s Net ; four Front and one Back Dit to, ,Itt t , atre,t. street ; 1" ~ Front and six Back Hous e s , u 4,,.(kepo;„ave vront and ten Back Houses, Bea - nst,gess4;",‘e-house, four Shops, and Two Houses, tlNit: 4 e .1°;!t ouses, Beresford-street and Sheriff lkistlid sh"nto, Jo n -street, Toxteth-park ; one tb i ,l tw o i', l) and three Houses, Boundary- street, t `ta Dod o r .°ot and six Back Houses, Kew-street ; i„_4„° 1 " 1) ito Upper Mann -street, Toxteth bim, rf Ditto Po six Ditto Kew street ; two Ditto ti. ) or -, r o il ' _, ' 1 11?.. , II 'street ~, snug -street ; one Ditto . and three l ot b it ) . Per w,,,,,, -toxteth-park ; one Ditto and and e , i - "N ; e;ot, wolf, Toxteth-park ; one Ditto _r.e.d.. lo t lks,,, .° ee en reet; one House and Shop, . 0 . 1 1 4"at r. ,.. ) (ale bfil'ses, S heriff -street ; two Ditto, Ken t, ; - `' n 0ne6.0, Ca ses -street ; two Ditto, Great Or restßAl;i'wn' bittnitto, Be dford -street ; two Ditto, Crown ilp; I ° but ."' Sell/lour-street : five Ditto, Moon itrZtt; 'tkt Ditt o Salthouse- lane ; three Ditto, Egerton k ski d ° NO' Mosley -hill • four Ditto, Tenterden • :),,0;014,-,\o, Kirkdale rOad • one Ditto, Crown -qtr.liord '; 04 uitto, Moon . streA • two Ditto, Rich 'elrs. e Ditto G . itrerstreet th _ , .reat Orford-stroet ; two Ditto, 164; 0 ,,_ , tw o ;',r.ee Ditto, Moon -street; . two ... Ditto, ),i til ; Arge bittnitto, Hart -street; one Ditto, d .u%e u d u s - - ), s , I ° m e bit t °, Mill -street , and two, Hen er, pLaitsYullue,Trowbridge-st'roet ; one Public-house, itZbittt°Lstre;,,f Land, Liscard, Cheshire ; one Ditto, , 1 06`7,; 01,%°,41,' Ditto, Alason-street, Harrington- 144:n0r Oit t rivate Ditto, and Stable, g t bi t ,ko ti l ls o(f)',and four Cottages, Clements-stree ; 10 1 °, -"atto, 'Ad, in one or more lots, Everton 1146qat eotle; 5 0,000 Ditto, Old Swan ; 50,000 le; :40,11,0W...1, 1000 Ditt o t erry Cheshire ; Docks • 30,000 Ditto, Waterloo ; 110 12,826 Ditto, Boc tu tl u e : bs et ; 71 4 0 b.,, i g b urt e h sh • ir l e 2 ; ,ooo Ditto, ver 4 1 1‘ "57 .140, Lark I ' • 10 000 Ditto, Jubilee 0= 6 thtt o H 11 1 , 4uoo b.,. , ope- a st n r e ee' t ; '6,500 Ditto, West 004;4,0000, Liscard, Cheshire; 6,000 Ditto, kti,4ll4t; 1,70440! Leeds. street ; 1,750 Ditto, Bonn bitlild r eet f T ‘4 D itto, Regent-street; 1,360 Ditto, bi t i t :, iltreet;%°oo Ditto, Lime-street ; 1,152 Ditto, ,erortiry,4)4.s Ditto, Great Howard-street . ; : , 119, "'Csatre":, 2 5 0 Ditto, Warwick-stree t ,mu IN v t i?o t ; 500 Ditto, Parliament-street. ° tii 44 11 T ___ k4044,0t1nt LOW ING " TO BE LET : l,teh r mre c i A tY Residences (one with from Forty to l ik ik ii 4 !Yili a c ga r es or Land, One Ditto with Two Acres,) 01Ot of ga N e i' and sorne f the most eligible Houses 1 , the f.gbourhood • l kewise Houses and Shops 'et 4t.,,,'°ciPal thorOughfares. "ILL/Ams, Estate Agent, 57, Ranelagh- " Middlewich, 2d September, 1843. " found your letter on my return home last night. I beg to say, that when I went on board the Flambeau steamer, on Thursday, the 24th August, I was not aware of the kind of contest which was being carried on between the two Bangor and Beaumaris packets. " On reaching Beaumaris, the passengers were re quested to sign a testimonial to two facts, viz., the civi lity of the captain to the passengers, and the swiftness of the vessel ; for my part, I considered that paper as having reference to those two points only. " I am, your obedient servant, " J. WOOD." VARIETIES. A person who tells you of the faults of others, intends to tell others of your faults. Have a care how you listen. Timm—Time is like women and pigs; the more you want it to go, the more it wou't.—,SamSlick. A SOBER PUN.—Why are temperance societies a bar to friendship? Because they prevent shaking hands. When does a man shave himself with silver ? When he cuts his heir off with a shilling. A false friend is like a shadow on a dial plate, which appears in fine weather, but vanishes at the approach of a cloud. When a man says that another thinks properly, it will generally be found that the two think alike! An American paper, announcing the opening of a new cemetery, says—" Mr. had the pleasure of being the first individual buried there ! " Too Goon BY HALF !—A poor law commissioner, at Bath, has discovered a system by which he can make out of a pint of water a quart of milk, and have enough left to make cream for the commissioners' tea !—Punch. While the Granadeers were lately entering Swansea, an old woman, struck with amazement at the appearance of their fur caps, exclaimed, " Lah ! lah ! why how do 'em manage to make their hair grow like that? WINE FROM THE COMMON BRAMBLE.—Five measures of the ripe fruit with one of honey and six of water, tet ott7li fo" . • r EEN l'a THOUSAND. OUSAND. boiled and strained, and left to ferment, then boiled again . 6.• a se , 4 i vipt of sled envelope, price 3s. ; sent free and put in casks to ferment, are said to produce an ex kk,p)6t4CATi N a post o ffi ce order for 3s. 6d., callent wine. The colour of wine is often rendered darker 4 1 4. 1 '14,S of ~ I I 0 0 D;"by a mixture of blackberries with the grapes.—Louden's It o ltt t pd dr 4 l b ia '-s PREMATURE DECLINE, Gardener's Magazine. k h ,l 4 ,._erss ed , ECTioNs for its PERFECF RESTO- CHANGE OF TIMES.—About the middle of the Seven- Ig e i ;, l oll,7essi ve Tt ‘ hose suffering from the destructive teenth century, persons hiring furnished lodgings in Lon -114'tt..17.ed „'Z l e s gencp, Solitary liab . its, or In- don had to find their own linen and pewter, or pay dearly 41 04 7ri a i V-'e_lo, ervations on Marriage, Local for their use. In the nineteenth century, so much have r,. WitO, i esn atiess, Mental and Nervous De- notions of comfort and social sagacity improved, that "Aw n h ase s B : c eltY, Consumption, &c. &c. Il- many persons especially houourable mimbers of the tail, ' I4 YJ . L• . ' can get themselves accommodated by finding only their g Bor L. CURTIS and wn brass and fustian and without paying for anything. koll/41 geo n . ~ 'i i, Frith -street, Co., goho -square, COUNT D'ORSAY'S BARGAlN.—Whatever appears in tt!,llSIXT L ,,,,Lundo n . jii,',V the V'ATII EDITION ' . a newspaper must be true. It is true, therefore, accord to the Siecle . (French paper), , that at the sale of the Duke V, 6r, Cove othors and sold by Burgess, Medical I+ e t't tklip• lltry. st ' r l ek lc ti a e, 21, p_. er eet, Haymarket ; Mann, 30, chaser of 1000 Havannahs for £3OO sterling ! That there 4,1 ; h u . L o ,,, o u n t . noster-row; Barth 4, Bra- may be no misunderstanding on the point, the Seicle Skil i k o chilii, , l ou , h Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, adds :—" 7500 francs of our money ! " Were the sale NC' d . :' i3 risfoi .1" Castle -street, Liverpool ; v e e§ tor, afto n , Gnest, Birmingham ; Fannin not over, we should be inclined to exclaim Puff; as it is, 1 411 ,,W i ll e tl, 5 . Eliere.ts, Dublin .; Bolster and Co., we shall merely say, Smoke. THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—During the excitement of h .l 11 0 , 1 4, G ils wt.reet, Edinburgh ; Strachan, an election, in Kentucky, a Mr. Clay, said to be the son NI , (Vier s. g° , and sold in a sealed enve- L to , L ork 'NIO \r , , of Mr. H. Clay, made a most murderous attack on a Mr. Ned t he ' 4 l' E ' ' u•P THE PRESS : Brown, a gentleman in the nost-office department, in ko b pk e INht e N T. Edition of which is now pre. consequence of some political difference. The Madiso ye44ll(l 4 .first thousand collies have been ex- nian says, " Mr. Clay assailed him (Mr. Brown) with a 41 4 11 4 e,..titteVarg:(l by been very much huge bowie-knife ; cut out his left eye ; cut off his left niihtetit'kePei °f ben '-'}' the addition of a more extended ear ; gashed . his left shoulder six inches in length,. and one Zk b ,,,, 1 4;:i05 t. , 4 e1y a : d al Principles as also by the inser- and a half in depth, so that it is expected he will die." 1 •sio hot, ~ ~eee. _,"`• high/ interesting ' The STRENGTH OF PAPER.—During a lecture by Mr. Pt C, 1 , itlitti . sat Y . .cases. . Oh, pi l c , he or. Y. occurring, wherein affections Cooper, before the Society of Arts, he produced a quarto ,44;4 14t to r Q, h ow ' all the outer appearances of con- sheet of post writing paper, the ends of which he had ,i t N I , th e Nit f ever, when traced to their source, pasted together, thus forming an endless web. Into this ii,tlb i Nap o t.tirt e i pi r ena certain baneful habits, fully web he inserted two rods of wood, to one of which was P loZ o lth 4 hi: c able t e h of the. division of labour is no- attached a half-hundred weight ; and taking the other in 60L i ello o tYjilk tt _ a e lo medical practice. We feel his hands, he raised the weight. With the same material, v i kiiil,th e ‘ Will there there is no member of society he observed, had been lifted a man who weighed 150 lbs ittt l lt eil t N, rei sti "et be found useful, whether such With a bail note could also be lifted eighteen lbs.— . t. rewt o e 4 p. °4 of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a Magazine of Science. NI ' lik• 0 k l as m lti l it is ti lel l. li ta ll ti o ll e Zt called MANHOOD,. is one KEMPER COLLEGE.—This institution is the most western Protestant Episcopal college in the world, being "C ° 41 114 141 la Y • gbefore the public on such a nearly half-way between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. li ft Ito i 1 w il ,at ti , c laim to the character of being The main building was completed externally during the k,',(16 p er i l it. ° read r t e same time that it is fully in- year 1841, Bishop Kemper having solicited and obtained VN l 2l ll . ll 64l o l ;ead er it ; The moral and medical pre- funds for the purpose, to the amount of twenty-five thou olrt ;, re 4 l l l kess„_ inv aluable."--Magnet. sand dollars, from zealous Christians in New York and tlet b ' the h i ti ev Y ast ce ?; Curtis's book, entitled MAN- Philadelphia. In the same year a considerable amount of .1, 4 ►N 1 li, i t er.N iii i_sned us by developing a series of valuable books was presented to the college by pious in- Vi l ilhe y he 4 . 4 ,eat s t . i g_consequence of the vicious dividuals in England, as well as by several of the great ket, 4 4 0 .14 1 g0 e d _ The clear connexion pointed societies. The object of the college is the preparation of x:4l h2 t on te crk tty.i,.....Ttse and the effects is percep- young men for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal N4r t lle t hat 4 fi e • Church, and, under the enlightened and active presidency i ti t; t,lt e : k, 14 to hesitate fear there exists too much of the Rev. E. C. Hutchinson, it bids fair ultimately to N tie r,es t , it ery b ra itate to recommend it for ge kolti'V'tr af j i , neh of those frightful maladies realise the sanguine expectations of the Church. p k4lttlt ‘p 1 4 4 Ned rnoral habits o s t vices, is Caswall's City of the Mormons. 1 4 N y tir, ll ea t ; atpd, divested of rallemereedicateh- HOGS AND WAX CANDLES.—At the presentment of the t tE,V.°l)ei e e d in s ir e etions are given for the best British Association of Science . in Cork, a curious method, It i N , ht ti ss. 1, cases, however complicated or recently adopted in the United . States, of bringing their seiNi e t Ze s e Week ° .the married as well as the un- hog produce to market, was noticed in one of the sections. O il A ~ ~,d alike affords consolation ' and cure It appears the pigs near the vale of the Mississippi, cannot t i k `ape to to g e n e are doing service to society in be brought to a profitable market as an . article of food, Vtriktl c e % eral notice."—Essex and Herts they are converted by a chymical . process into wax and oil, S l 'tt kn d e t h l titt e c y leW s t L in which form they are readily transported, and the pigs 4 teri li ste e 'rtte ec i kiaa taken by the authors, of the of the Misissippi d are thus . converted into oil candles for for t Il it.k th 0: 4 e l habit the most distressing effects illuminating our rawing-rooths . eoi is oexcel e o u r ~t S 'll 4 0 , 11 141Perie nn % fully establish their claim to quality and is well adapted for lubricating . Machinery, for o n of thnu surgeons . and the result of which purpose the best sperm oil has hitherto been most iikop t 7 to - °Ofid - work has Ceen to impress us used. The custom of the North Americans, who carry on t t, q g a ,.. en,,, , the business of converting . pigs into wax candles, is to reo l er e Lisfy :2, 1 1 the talent and skill of the kk kei th ~ilot a ii ,,,telat those intrusted with the drive the animals into the woods where they feed for some 1 ei tti, Nit a t lble ans `l 4 ,9 indebted to them for fur- months on the acorns,. &c., and then they . are fattened . for It• CU ' Whi c h ' l, Preventing some of the most one month on Indian corn, by which time they are quite fit L t 4t Akti t i ett kri ..........._ flesh i s h eir. ,, — Old England. for the process of conversion, and they are boiled en masse, fat and lean together,unless the state of the provision . ;1 8N ' t t O te ' a 7" e° . a to market make it profitable to spare vii 4 ~ NI! ,. F R I W I :) , ? 1: consulted SOHO- daily at GOD'S DISPENSATIONS.—AS it has been said that Vhlit!le PEN, ql 3 'Nil ' are r e there are stars so distant, that though their light has been kit t rh e4 P tie , M their glieSted to be as minute as travelling towards us ever since the creation, it has never s e o ve t n h t e s l o a n r g e p m as e t an w in h g i s ci i l n t T lr o o d u i s; i li o s u pe r n i s m a - - c zze t he ~ ,g o b i t s c u a a s i e c s 0 ; n t s h I t com m f uni Tian l i e o t ns rea a c l iV t u i s n , i llito p t ,Q6obe Inviolable secruesyatmumalyelL°relieci ' perfection of moral vision, or the thick' medium g through Iv ti t a, '0 say ork which we have to judge, may not yet have broken upon 4 q. • 6 se nt 1 , 4 4 t, ,(1., b add res free, enclosed in a SEALED The and may not, indeed, till far in the bosom of eternity. 'N,L4II7 . 4IVi r s io ,',...en receipt of a Post-office The meaning of the brazen serpent in the wilderness was q-tAi=-',..,tPo'nt,tllLlP, Bookseller, South not seen till the Son of Man was lifted up on the cross ; - `k•;1-1t —1 - ; Mr• SOWLER, 4, St. the purpose of David's education as a shepherd was not sTER. • read till the publication of the Book of Psalms. There was a meaning in that three years' drought and famine in the time of Elijah, in the reign of Ahab, in the land of Judea, not known even to the church of God till the gene ral epistle of James, after the crucifixion of our Saviour. An event like that of Bunyan's imprisonment for thirteen years had a meaning that could not be seen by that gene ration, indeed is but beginning to be known now, after the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress" into more than twenty languages. An went in a still greater cycle of dispensation, like the banishment of the puritans to Ame rica, had a meaning which we are now only beginning to comprehend. And lastly, circumstances like those which threw the key of the Mediterranean into the possession of a Protestant power, did the same with Malta—the bridge between the Oriental and the Occidental world—and, finally, opened one of the antique gates of Christendom to the same nation, can only be understood when those future events have begun to march by in succession, for which those previous steps of God's providence are so evidently taken.—Claims of the Christian Aborigines of the Turkish or Osmanli Empire. It I , N is t Witt * V 4I tl ,'Aq h i % 4 tEtPtlo l ,—_________ . ., It ittliltietlttei;. own -4.-The villagers have a feeling I N , tp l ,,ltt i'',.e abti,),l3tisjt h church. Generally vene ;lSkNpotig.try tPoavat_o?ut!„ r a nd firm as the hills t around iti'lliiStil lboltivages7 It a a ti p y p e e l a a l n a d m , a a r n e d ov o er, d to all 1 ; 1 0t1,1 )11 1, 14 4 ,efor e t ts e Which. penetrate the inmost * tw4. lll, 01.11 d dut!orslupper his birth, his d t o 7 Zk , 44 , : 4 1 :4 0 i v i t: et tl eath. Y , It l l : l b ia r a i er i o le or a y ees of th d e e f p o a a r t departed s Vietheolltid it' and the alta'r where he knelt at ri li lil t kl._ttre4ot Wil?c_olatemplates the graves of his . hi m 1° fe e har tus ",.. 0 ,9e day will probably be Ins 1 'Atetho 4 Ulm. Which speak to every bosom. (IN,k . Nt e „ I lt th e "' ; 1 Picture of English scenery is t ilir e ..t:es ts .°,..K1 tovver, or the village spire, kti,4 Act t I ti l wilo " the loveliest picture of the 4;41441441.'1 hear the distant bells in the 10413'•1/ithostitib°rning, or the stillness of ...0., feeling their soothing power neP 04 the Churc4. It is said that a special commission will be held at Nenagh about the close of September, or early in Octo ber. CRIME IN STAFFORDERIRE.—During the six days ending August 5, no less than 129 prisoners were lodged in the Stafford county prison.— Worcestershire Guardian. O'CONNELL AT LOUGHREA.—The liberator has ap pointed Sunday, September 10, for the great repeal de monstration and banquet of Loughrea. We understand that his Highness General Espartero has taken the mansion Abbey Lodge, the property of Mrs. Norris. On Saturday last, the King of Hanover left his resi dence at Kew for Blackwall, for Antwerp. On arriving there his Majesty will proceed for Cologne by railway. DEATH OF MR. CHARLES ASHLEY.—This gentleman, so well known in the musical world as a violoncello player, expired suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy on Tuesday, in the 72d year of his age. " Old Sergeant Reid," who was in the ranks at the battle of Bunker's-hill, still survives, in his 108th year. A short time ago he was struck with paralysis, which de prived him of locomotion.—Dumfries Paper. The take of salmon in the river Lune has been prodigi ous of late, averaging at least I,ooolbs. daily. In the rivers Ribble and Eden, also, the produce has been very great.—Newcastle Journal. It is rather a remarkable fact that the cow and stable keepers of this Town find it cheaper to fother with hay than straw, and in consequence the former is very gene rally used at the present time.—Newcastle Juurnal. HAMMESLEY BANK.—It appears that a dividend of 2s. lid. on the estate of Messrs Hammersley is now in course of payment at the Office of the Accountant General in Chancery. Nothing is known as to any further dividend to be looked for under the estate. POTATOES.—We have mentioned the great abundance of the potato crop in the north this season. The further north we proceed the produce seems to improve, and, compared with the southern counties of C.-otland, our countrymen in the Highlands are highly favoured.—ln verness Courier. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.-Dr. Hope, Professor of Chemistry, has resigned, after holding the office for fifty-one years. The new election is to be in October. Dr. Liebig, the celebrated German chemist, and Sir Michael Farraday, are spoken of by the clectors as his successors. A SIGN OF THE TIMES--The Wesleyan Bishop New ton attended afternoon service on Sunday last, the 20th inst., in the parish church Prestwich,—found all the pla ces in the prayer-book with perfect ease,—made the re sponse like a good churchman,—and stood up (as of old) the whole of the time the anthem was being sung. A MAN COMMITTED FOR STEALING A HALFPENNY WORTH OF WOOD.—On Tuesday last a man named Si mon Fowler, of Risely, between 60 and 70 years of age, was committed to take his trial at the next quarter sesions at Bedford, for stealing on the 22nd ult- certain sticks out of a faggot stack, of the value of one halfpenny. The prisoner was subsequently admitted to bail. MUNIFICENT GIFT.-It is in contemplation to form an institution for the relief of decayed merchants and trades men in Leeds, and at a preliminary meeting held last week, the Rev. Dr. Hook in the chair, the object of the meeting was folly detailed by Mr. Sidney (of the firm of Sidney and Hall, wholesale tea-dealers, London), and that gentleman concluded his address by announcing his intention of giving the very liberal donation of 500 gui neas. PRESENTS TO THE QUEEK.—Captain Harris, who went out as an ambassador from this country to the court of Shoa, a kingdom situated in Southern Abyssinia, for the purpose of concluding a treaty of commerce with the King, brought to this country, as presents to the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, an immense quantity of rare and valuable articles ; and amongst them a jet black mule, of the most exquisite symmetry, taken from the stud of the King of Shoa, and presented in his Majesty's name to the heir apparent to the British throne. The trappings of this beautiful animal (which in the lan. guage of the country, is called " Tishal," or sans pareil) consist of a saddle-cloth, of a peculiar form and exquisite workmanship, upon which is elaborately emblazoned the Ethiopian lion ; an extraordinarily-shaped Abyssinian saddle, with breastplate and head• . stall en suite, are of the most gorgeous and magnificent description. FATAL AFFRAY WITH REAPERS.—On Wednesday, while the reapers employed by Mr. Childe, of Grange, were at work, three of them, young men, had a slight difference, and for some hours they continued " chaffing" each other ; at last an unguarded expression was uttered by one of them named Palmer, which excited the rage of Stephens, and he unfortunately gave him a blow with his fist, when Palmer struck him with his sickle on the back part of the right thigh, completely severing the grand artery, and the blood flowed with great profusion, and in a few minutes he was a corpse. No sooner had Palmer inflicted the fatal blow, than he dashed at the other reaper, and cut him with his sickle in a brutal manner across the abdomen and thighs ; and though he is still alive, but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery.—Ten Towns Mes senger. A PIPE " Pretty tube of mighty power Charmer of an idle hour; Object of my hot desire; Lip of wax and eye of fire; And thy snowy taper waist, With my fingers gently brac'd ; And thy lovely swelling crest, With my bender stopper prest ; And the sweetest bliss of blisses, Breathing from thy balmy kisses; Happy thrice and thrice again— Happiest he of happy men 1 " CHEAP HYDROMETER.--A simple way to detect the presence of moisture on the surface of the earth, is to wear boots with holes in the soles, or sit upon the ground out of doors for two hours, and then calculate according to the degree of rheumatism to which you will rise.— Punch. MR. SCADDER.—He was a gaunt man in a huge straw hat, and a coat of green stuff. The weather being hot, he had no cravat, and wore his shirt collar wide open ; so that every time he spdke something was seen to twitch and jerk up in his throat, like the little hammers in a harpsichord when the notes are struck. Per. haps it was the Truth feebly endeavouring to leap to his lips If so, it never reached them. Two gray eyes lurked deep within this agent's head, but one of them had no sight in it, and stuck stock still. With that side of his face he seemed to listen to what the other side was doing. Thus each profile had a distinct expression ; and when the moveable side was most in action, the rigid one was at its coldest state of watchfulness. It was like turning the man inside out, to pass to that view of his features in his liveliest mood, and see tow calculating and intent they xvere.—Boz. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE MERCURY ON THE MINISTRY Our contemporary of Friday has had a fit of such un- usual liveliness upon him this week, that we have been able, not only to read his lucubrations,—a task of no small magnitude—but to read them without yawning! With one or two portions indeed of an article, in which the measures of the past session of parliament are re viewed, we have been so amused that we cannot resist givi❑g to our readers a specimen or two. Speaking of the condition of Ireland, the Mercury sagely, and with a gravity peculiar to him, remarks : " The course which Mr. O'Connell is pursuing will very soon force the alternative upon every man in the kingdom, of choosing between a whig government and civil war." Sad choice between two evils ! The choice of a whig ministry, which the mass of the Irish people would reject with contempt and aversion, as " base, bloody, and brutal,—which the Demagogue himself would either treat as his abject slaves, or spurn with his foot from the path of his bad ambition ;—a whig ministry which would foster rebellion, fatten and feed traitors, un loose the prison doors of murderers and felons of all degrees of criminality, or—CIVIL WAR, most wise con temporary ? Not so—not so ! To hurry forward such a catastrophe a whig ministry would be the best of all ap pliances ! With so imbecile a thing to contend against, rebellion would soon indeed throw off its mask, and rush to the field and to bloodshed. The alternatives, which we have to choose between, are vigorous measures and civil war; a whig ministry might retard the latter, but would render its advent inevitable, and its success decisive ! But with respect to the Irish arms bill, our contempo rary is still more rich and rare in his absurdity. " The Irish arms bill," he remarks, " was a disgraceful proof of the unpopularity of Sir Robert Peel's government in Ireland." Of what were the various arms bills passed in the days of whig supremacy proof? " A whig govern ment," he continues, " could have afforded (!) to relin quish that bill if opposed." We don't know, by the bye, what a whig government could not afford to relinquish if opposed, or what they would not relinquish to secure place and pay. But the reason assigned for such relin quishment is most rich of all. Under a whig ministry " the arms used would have been used for legitimate or insignificant purposes"—(are assassination and midnight robbery of arms insignificant 1);—" but the tory govern ment could not do so, because they feared that an armed nation might start up against them, like the volunteers of 1782." Of course a whig government has no such diffi culty—no such fears. The rising of "an armed nation" would not be necessary against a government prepared to concede all that faction or treason could demand. An armed nation, rising to coerce a whig government, would be about as utter an absurdity as a levy en masse of all the men, women, boys, cats, and dogs of the empire, to kill a poor score of blue-bottles, entangled amongst the sweets of a treacle pot ! • . Poor Mercury with what zeal he endeavaurs to forget, and to fancy that the world forgets, the history of whig misrule in Ireland—its arms bills and coercion bills—and the scorching contempt which has been levelled against its wretched imbecility, and glaring and desperate cor ruptness, by the very man, and the very people, whom he now assumes to be anxious to accept of that miserable effigy of a government—that pitiful and paltry scarecrow— that empty and hollow mockery—A WHIG GOVERNMENT ! CORRESPONDENCE. O'CONNELL AND THE QUEEN'S SPEECH TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, see the Queen's speech bas put Mr. O'Connell in a rage, during which he has stumbled on a new griev ance-700,000 human beings lost by the grinding murders of the landlords ! within the space of ten years! all owing to the cursed Union ! Pray calculate, on this principle, what would have been the population of Ireland at this day, if the Union had not taken place, and what it would be 43 years hence ; and then conjecture how happy that population would be, the demand for labour being such, that high wages would be paid (and in advance !) in order to secure labourers ! Can we be surprised, if O'Connell labours under this conviction, that his rage against the Union should be excessive ? In the paroxysm thus ex cited, no wonder he should abuse Wellington and Peel for granting the Catholic emancipation, or rather that he should laugh at the image of their being " dragged in chains after the chariot of Ireland's" (i.e., Mr. O'Con nell's) " victory" ; nor that he should forget how far the people of England contributed to forge those chains by a gradual diminution of religious prejudices, and by a grow ing confidence in the professions of Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Sheil, and the Catholic priesthood, as to the results of Catholic emancipation. In the passion which the murder of these 700,000 innocents has excited, he forgets that these circumstances may have contributed, in some slight degree, to have placed those chains on the ministers of the day, by which they were compelled to grant Catholic emancipation. To this end the eloquence of Pitt, Fox, Burke, Grey, Canning, and Brougham may have contri buted ; althopgh now, alas ! they are the objects of vitu peration to those who formerly applauded their labours to the skies. C. UNLAWFUL DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a man named Robert Daulby was charged with having attempted to destroy a quantity of fringe, on the premises of Mr. Thomas Dutton, uphol sterer, from whose service he had been discharged. It appeared that the fringe bad been lying on the premises for a long time, and that the prisoner put it into a furnace, by which it was partly scorched and burned. The priso ner said that the fringe did not belong to the complainant, but had been ordered a long time ago, and not being ac cording to order, was thrown aside, and bad become mil dewed and useless. He had, therefore, put it in the fire, so that no disturbance might afterwards be made about it. Mr. Rushton said such destruction of property was not to be justified, and fined him 40s. and costs, the alleged value of the article. t:)„.., REPEAL INTIMIDATION IN IttELAND. I The public has never, perhaps, been furnished with a stronger evidence of the awful state of popular feeling in Ireland, and of the gross dishonesty of the means adopted to further the cause and swell the funds of the repeal agi tation in that country than in the following brief narrative which has just been furnished to us by a witness of the whole proceedings. The principal party in our history is a man named James Cockayne, the owner of a travelling exhibition con taining a giant, a dwarf, and other similar objects of curi osity. As our great dramatists occasionally visit America, when their native country is weary of them, or they of it, Mr. Cockayne, with his caravan, recently determined to visit the Emerald Isle ; and in the course of his travels arrived at Carrickmacross. Before exhibiting at the fair here, however, he was authoritatively questioned by the assembled mohocra7y whether he was a repealer. His reply was that he was not, and that he had no idea that a simple showman, and a stranger, was required to meddle with politics at all. He was assured, however, that he must "join the repale," or not a visitor would he have in his booth ; and so it was. For two or three days he trumpeted and beat his drum, and shouted his ordinary " walk up ! walk up I" in vain. Not a paddy would look at his giant, or his dwarf, or his learned pig, or any thing else, for love or money; and he was at length co m p e ll e d to enrol himself, hi s helpers, the giant, dwarf, pig and all, as repealers, and to pay down six shillings to the repeal fund for the cards, without which he would not be per mitted to exhibit in any fair in Ireland! His next step was to Monaghan ; and there he was all right, so far as repeal went. But an unfortunate piece of showman's wit, uttered by one of his assistants, undid him there ! He had with him a little house, which he exhi bited in front, containing an automatan figure, or some thing of the sort; and on being asked by some gaping rustic the name of the little being, his assistant most in judiciously informed the querist that he was Father Ma thew. An ebulition was the i mme di a t e consequence. " What ? d'ye mane to insult the great apostle of temper ance?" assailed him on one side. " Smash his booth— break his windows" assailed him on the other. And with much damage to his humble paraphernalia. and no small danger to the lives and limbs of his whole company, he was compelled to evacuate Monaghan ! He went on to Cavan : but there his unhappy fame followed him. He had committed the unpardonable sin of treating with levity the saintly name of Father Mathew ; and from fair to fair throughout Ireland, the wrath of the disciples of that great man would follow him ! he was eventually compelled to retrace his course, and to return to England, where he arrived last week, somewhat poorer, of course, for his speculation amongst a people so ferocious and besotted in their passionate hatred of every thing and every body English ! THE CUSTOM-HODSE. — The following notice has been issued by order of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, and put up in the long-room :—" The Commis sioners of Stamps and Taxes, having received informa tion that it is a frequent practice with agents and others, in the shipment of goods, to include in one bond the goods of distinct persons, deem it right to give this notice, that a penalty of £5O is imposed on so doing by the act of 6 Geo. IV., and that the commissioners are determined to enforce the penalty in all cases of such an evasion." THEFTS.—A porter of the name of Peter Hagan was, on Wednesday last, charged, at the police-court, with stealing a ham. It appeared he had been employed for some days at the warehouse of Mr. Cummings, Charlotte place, Salthouse Dock, and that on Tuesday he was found in the cellar w here he had no business. On being accosted he said he had come for his cap, which was iota room above. A ham, weighing 20 lbs., was at the sage time found concealed in a hamper, also a quantity of butter. Both the articles had been removed from the room above, and no one but the prisoner was seen in the cellar. He was committed for trial.—Same day, a woman, named Mary Newmatch, was charged with robbing James Da vison, a seaman, of seventeen sovereigns. The parties bad gone together in a coach, and on leaving it complain ant missed his money. Ten sovereigns of it were found in the coach under the cushion, and four upon the pri soner : the rest had disappeared. She was committed for trial. NEW AND IMPROVED IRON ROOF.—There is DOW in progress of completion, at the works of Messrs. Garstang, Turner, and North, cotton manufacturers, a shed for the stowage of cotton, the whole of the roof of which, with the exception of the slates, is of cast and wrought iron, of a construction combining great strength and security with extraordinary elegance of design and lightness of ap pearance. The whole is from the foundry of Mr. John Clayton, Soho Foundry, Preston, and the work is super intended by his foreman, Mr. John Beveridge, who has politely explained to us the manner in which it is put to gether. The building is 160 feet long and 64 feet wide, and, as there are no central pillars or other support, the span of the principals is equal to the latter. These are each in four castings, handsomely perforated and moulded, forming a flattish eliptic arch below, and carrying out the usual straight pitch of roof above, so that goods may be stowed almost to the slates without interruption, from one end of the building to the other. The castings are so made as to lock into each other with nuts and screws, and each set (forming one principal) weighs about 31 tons. No stay-bolts, posts, tension-rods, or the like, are re quired, these being supplied by the divisions or arms of the castings, which form a succession of arches, capable, from the bulk of the metal being on edge, of sustaining a great weight. The lower extremities of each principal, which are nearly perpendicular, up to the spring of the arch, are placed on brick pillars, about 12 feet high, topped with stone, and running down each side the walls, of which they form part. It was apprehc dd, that with a great pressure above, these would be thrown somewhat outward from their position, in the absence of abutments ; but on an experiment being made upon one of them, though it was but slightly stayed to keep it upright, it was found that it bore, per se , f our tons, without giving way on either side in the smallest perceptible degree ; and when the whole roof is secured together there can be no doubt but one of them would bear half as much more. The same principle of roofing might, we should think, be applied to churches, or other public buildings, even with a span of 100 feet, without any central pillars or support from be. low. The appearance of the castings from the interior is also highly ornamental, and if painted or otherwise deco rated they would be still more so. The spars, ribs, and laths are comparatively light, and are so secured on edge as to bear the required weight of covering, whether of iron, slate, or other material. We roofs of various kinds, but none so compact and hand some as this; and those especially who are building fire proof warehouses, would do well to inspect it before they decide upon what kind of roof they will adopt. It is also, we think, worthy of the consideration of those en gaged in the construction of our new Assize Courts. We have ourselves no acquaintance whatever with Mr. Clay ton, and no interest in the matter beyond a desire to bring before the public an improvement that may be found ad vantageous in many of our larger buildings. The cost (owing, probably, to the present low price of iron) is, we learn, comparatively moderate. POLICE BUSINESS.—The following is a return of the number of prisoners brought before the magistrates from the Ist September, 1841, to 31st August, 1842, with a corresponding return for the same period in 1842:3 September October . November December 1841:2. 1842-3 1670 1638 1446 1231 1596 1352 1245 1239 1481 1363 1603 1647 1731 1900 January February March .. July .. August 18,666 16,361 A deduction should be made in the total of the last twelve months of 361, that being the number of beggars taken up by constables, specially employed on that duty, in March and April. The totals will then stand -1841-2 1842-3... Decrease in the last year The decrease has been gradual in each month (with the exception of the two months stated) since the operation of the new improvement act. _ _ _ On Mondays. Other Days In 1841-2 there were brought up.. 5929 .... 12,737 „ 1842-3 „ „ „ „ ..4915 .... 11,412 Decrease Making a total decrease of 2335. LECTURES ON BALLAD POETRY.—On Tuesday even ing last, the Rev. A. Hume, B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, delivered the first of a series of five lectures on English ballad poetry, before a pretty numerous and highly respectable audience. He commenced by defining the nature of the ancient ballad ; its relation to other poetical compositions, and its metrical structure—gener ally of four-line verses of six and eight syllables alter nately, commonly called metre. It was usually of the narative kind, the measure was common to all countries, and the style simple and easily comprehended. These popular productions were wont to be chaunted, and in illustration of the music to which they were set, the airs of " Chevy Chase," " the Children in the Wood," and "the Friar of Orders Grey," were played on the organ, and received with much applause. :History was written in poetry before records of events were penned in prose, but the poetry of the " Chronicles" differed from the ballad, (which was still more ancient,) the former par taking more of the character of the epic poem. Ballad poetry had had great influence on popular feeling in all countries and all ages—in Greece, in Rome, and in more modern times in our own country. This influence of the bards—for whom high respect was entertained—extended to all classes, for the sentiment expressed, and the music that accompanied it, was addressed to the feelings of the general community. He illustrated this by several recita tions, including " Lili Burlero," verses of Sir Philip Sidney, the " Songs of the Trades," &c., and he quoted Dibdin's testimony in behalf of national songs, and the stimulus they gave to physical exertion, and to deeds of heroism. The ballad had also been useful in preserving in a popular form the manners, customs, and events of past ages ; it was easily acquired and held in memory, as was instanced in the case of a man of 101 years old, who could repeat a whole ballad of 68 stanzas without omitting a word. He concluded by dwelling on the universality of the ballad, and its early use, even in the days of Homer. It was alluded to even in scripture, particularly in Num bers.—On Friday the lecturer delivered his second dis course, embracing "ballads purely English,"—their na ture and history. He quoted Percy's " Reliques of An cient English Poetry"—submitted an analysis of portions of " Che v y Chess ;" noticed " Ritson's Ancient Songs ;" the Homeric ballads—compared with Robin Hood ; the alterations in the character of the more modern ballads, and in those of the present time, and several of the recent compilation of that species of lyric composition—lllustra ting his subject by frequent recitations. The reverend gentleman is an energetic and pleasing speaker, has evi dently well matured himself in his Subject, and was re ceived with much applause. The remaining three lectures will bring the subject down to the present day, showing the influence of ballad poetry in this and other countries, illustrated by specimens from the works of our most ap proved and gifted modern poets. [We may hereobserve that the reverberation of the lecturer's voice in the lecture theatre is at times so great that parties in the reserved gallery, in particular, can with difficulty hear all that is uttered, when the seats are not all, or nearly all, occupied. The directors would d o well to institute some exp eriment for the removal of this great defect, by the application of some deaden;• successfro- ..oi; eliance, which we understand has been The theatre in other to elsewhere. resp, 411 y resorted • , L. S. • rots it all that can be dealreaq 1014 1,321 GALLANT CONDUCT IN THE SAVING OF LlFE.—Se veral instances of the fearless conduct of an individual in humble life in saving parties from being drowned have come to our knowledge, and are, we think, worthy of no tice, more especially as the man himself is of too modest a character to proclaim his own merits to the community. His name is Joseph Gurnell, and he is, and has for some years, been yard-keeper at the coal-wharf, (Coburg Dock) of Messrs. Clarke and Frankland, by whom he is much esteemed as a faithful servant. On the 25th December, 1838, at seven o'clock at night, a man named Davies, then and still a moulder at Messrs. Fawcett and Preston's iron works, fell from the Coburg Pier-Lead on to the bank , below—a height of about 25 feet. Gurnell and his wife, who live underneath the coal office, a short distance from the spot, heard his cries, and taking a rope which he kept ready for such occasions, he found the sufferer, and with the assistance of another man whom he called in, suc ceeded in passing a noose over his head, and hoisting him safely up. The man had been mjsled by the darkness of the night, and the lights on the Cheshire shore. The tide was down at the time, but was fast rising, so that but for this timely aid he would soon have been swept away, as he was much hurt by the fall.—On the 27th of July, 1841, Gurnell, in a most praiseworthy manner, plunged into the Union Dock, to save the life of John Mackrell, a painter, who fell into the water from the Neptune, and would in all probability have perished but for the timely exertions of that individual.—About two years ago, while the qua rantine hulk Newcastle (which had drifted from her moor ings) was lying in the Coburg Dock, Mrs. Smith, the wife of the captain, on going on board, accidentally trod upon her gown, and fell overboard, Gurnell, who happened to be at hand, immediately went in to rescue her, with a rope round him, and getting hold of her before she sank, got her on shore, and had her conveyed (she being insensible) to the receiving house, where he and others, by rubbing ' and other means, endeavoured to restore her, but she being a very lusty person, and therefore more liable to suffocation, entirely without effect. On this occasion Gurnell lost his hat in the dock.—On another occasion, a fine youth, 18 or 19 years of age, an apprentice on board the ship Pollock, belonging to Messrs. Pollock and Gil mour, and lying in the Coburg Dock, fell overboard in the dead of the night, and endeavoured to save himself by swimming across the dock. Gurnell ran up, found him in an exhausted state, and, at much personal risk, res cued him from an untimely death. The sufferer was so far gone that he conveyed him to his own house for more immediate attendance, placed him before the fire, and used every means to restore him, but he was unable to speak for some hours, and could not be safely removed until the afternoon of the next day, when he was taken away in a car by his captain. He afterwards recovered.— On the 4th of last month a boat containing 12 men was run down by a river steamer off the Coburg Dock, and the whole party were immersed in the water. They endea voured to save themselves by swimming, and two boats went to their assistance, and brought 10 of them on shore. Another of them, named Griffiths, was rescued by Gur nell, who (as we stated at the time) " resolutely jumped off the pier -head and seized him as he was sinking."— The only rewards Gurnell ever received for so mud; ser vice in the cause of humanity were £2 (on the representa tion of a few friends) from the Shipwreck and Humane Society for saving Mackrell, and 2s. 6d. from another quarter for rescuing Davies. Surely he is worthy of some thing much more substantial than this, independently of the respect due to him for his disinterested exertions ; and we heartily recommend him to the societies within whose province the consideration of such matters falls, as well as to others who may be disposed to contribute for his behoof. The number of accidents constantly oc curring in our river and docks renders such a token of approbation desirable, not only in justice to the man him self, but in go od policy with reference to the community at large, as an encouragement to a noble emulation in Others fox the preservation of life in the hour of danger. EXTRAORDINARY AND AFFECTING CASE OF THE SEDUCTION AND ROBBERY OF A RESPECTABLE YOUNG FEMALE. On Monday evening last, while a commercial gentle man, Air. S., was conversing with a person who was ac• companied by a lady, of prepossessing appearance, in the travellers' room of the Menai-bridge Inn (Mrs. Dixon's), near St. George's Church, in this town,—he thought he perceived something in the manner of the gentleman not quite accordant with his notions of the character he assumed. On further observation, Mr. S. conceived, from the conduct of the man, that he and the lady were not married. This suspicion was communicated to a person belonging to the house ; but no further notice was taken of the matter that evening, as there appeared to be a possibility of mistake, and the strangers slept in the house. On the following morning the lady and the gentleman (who had called himself her husband) appeared at the breakfast table, and many endearing expressions were passed upon the former by her companion ; but it became evident to those by whom they were surrounded, that, in the first place, he was not a " gentleman ;" and, in the second, that he was not the husband of the lady. In the course of the day, this couple were visited by two men whose external appearance and manners induced the in mates of the house to infer that there was " something rotten in the state of Denmark." The wine passed freely round, and whether from the novelty of the liquor or the goodness of Mrs. Dixon's port, we know not, but from some cause the three men of the party commenced quarrelling, and exhibited their true colours--as arrant blackguards. At this crisis, Mr. Lyon, who is stopping at Mrs. Dixon's, interposed ; called in the police to restore quiet; and taxed the lady with having left her home unknown to her friends. This she then denied, and stated that she and the " gentleman" - married. This did not satisfy Mr. Lyon, and he com municated his suspicions to Mr. Brown and Mr. Gittins, who were in the house, and who had also entertained 1 opinions of the matter almost equally strong. The pa r ti es ' were not, however, taken into custody, as no particular charge could be substantiated against them. On the following morning, Mr. Lyon kindly re-ques tioned the lady, and she exhibited symptoms of sorrow, and gave indications of a desire to open her mind. Mr. Brown (before-mentioned), who had also observed her sufferings, drew from her some expressions which con firmed his previous suspicions. Her so-called husband made his appearance after a short absence. Ile requested her to accompany him into the town, and she assented. On her appearing at the bar of Mrs. Dixon's house, her companion asked her to deposit her money in his pocket, observing, that she might otherwise lose it, or be robbed of it. She complied, and the fellow, addressing himself to Mrs. Dixon, said, in a laughing manner, " Now, Mrs. Dixon, she has put her money into my pooket, and I have not taken it." This observation did not particularly at tract Mrs. Dixon's notice at the time, as she, no doubt, thought it was some badinage between them. They left the house together, and the pretended hus band took the lady into Dale-street ; when they had walked some distance he paused and requosted her to stop there, and that so soon as he had made some purchases in a druggist's shop, be would return to her. He did not return ; and the poor girl was left without a shilling and without a friend in the streets of this town. After walk ing about in a frenzied state of mind for two or three hours, she returned to Mrs. Dixon's, and told to her, her tale of misery, being then convinced that she had been grossly and unmanfully deceived. Mrs. Dixon, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Gittins happened to be all present, and, indeed, all in the house, seeing her extreme distress of mind, deeply sympathised with her, and of fered her every consolation. Mrs. D., indeed, acted the part of a mother, and deeply lamenting her misfortune, offered her an asylum in her house. At her request Mr. Lyon undertook to accompany her back to that home she had so rashly left. This offer the lady refused, declaring, in the most impassioned manner, that rather than return home she would commit some act which would terminate her existence. A consultation was then held between the gentlemen named, and it was agreed that Mr. Gittins should ad dress a letter (unknown to the lady) to her father, and request his attendance at the house. In the meantime the young woman, who was quite disconsolate, expressed her extreme gratitude to her benefactors, and tendered with almost childish simplicity to serve Mrs. Dixon in the most menial capacity, or to work as an operative at Mr. S.'s, who is a manufacturer at Manchester, expressing at the same time great contrition for her abandonment of her home, and a fearful apprehension of meeting her parents. The father of the unfortunate young woman arrived on Friday at Mrs. Dixon's, while she was conversing in the ccmmercial room with the gentleman who had shown her so much sympathy. The meeting of the father (a fine old man) and his unhappy child is represented on all hands as one of the most affecting that ever was witnessed. The aged man unable to restrain his paternal feelings rushed up to her sobbing and took her in his arms—and she hung on his neck and poured forth the story at once of her wrongs and her folly—acknowledging her offence without a plea of justification. The warm manifestation of forgiveness in the father was not delayed, and the fer vent prayer that she might be restored, and the blessings he called down upon those who had protected her as speedily followed. There was not indeed a dry eye amongst the whole assemblage. Something further may now be stated of the young woman, who is of considerable personal attractions, and not yet 21 years of age. She is the daughter of a respect able tradesman in a small town not twenty miles from Chester; and it appears from her own statement and that of her father, that she became acquainted with the villain who seduced her from her home, at Tarporley Wakes. The fellow introduced himself to the family as a master of a company of licensed dealers in woollen cloth, and a person of property. In a few days he made proposals of marriage, which were mentioned to her parents, but dis couraged. Determined, however, to carry his point, he prevailed upon her to leave her home, and meet him in Chester, where, he said, he would marry her. She went to that city, and was there met by the intended husband, who introduced her to the two other individuals who afterwards (as stated) went to Mrs. Dixon's. One of them represented himself to be a Roman Catholic priest, and (the whole of the three ruffians being together, and favouring the delusion) arrayed himself in a black gown, and went through what he called the marriage ceremony, the pretended bridegroom stating that he was a Catholic, and that that was the Catholic ceremonial. This, it appears, took place in a private house. Immediately afterwards, the " married" pair left Chester for Liverpool, and ar rived, as before stated, on Monday (yesterday week). After the young woman began to discover the villany that had been practised upon her, she slept with Mrs. Dixon (whose conduct was most praiseworthy through.. out), and declared that she would not again meet him. Immediately after she left her home, her parents came to Liverpool in search of her, but could not find her ; and it appears, that, before she left home, s h e h a d rece i ve d £l 2 from a friend, which was drawn from her in the artful manner described, at Mrs. Dixon's bar—leaving her des titute. It is rumoured that the seducer is 0. married man, with five children, residing in Manchester ; and the whole ap pears to have been a plot, laid by the three scoundrels, to seduce the girl from her home, and possess themselves of her money, which they probably thought would be greater in amount. We have heard that her father is a man of considerable property ; that she herself has also a mode rate amount in her own right ; and that the money of which she was dispossessed was her own. We could furnish some information respecting the per sonal appearance and dress of the three men, but are in duced to suppress it, lest it might defeat the ends of public justice. Much praise is due to Mrs. Dixon and to the gentlemen named who were in her house, EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Wednesday morning, a man, named Patrick Dotty, a milkman, 86 years old, went down to George's Pier-head with his two milk cans, and had just obtained his supply (for retail) from a steam boat, when, probably from imperfect vision, in place of going on his way, to the astonishment and alarm of the bystanders, he deliberately walked over the sea-wall into the river! Luckily, there was only about two to three feet of water at the wall at the time, and though he mnst have fallen about twenty feet to its surface, he was but slightly bruised. Had the tide been at low ebb, be would, in all probability, have been killed ; and had it been flood, he would as likely have been drowned. ODDFELLOWS' ANNIVERSARY AND PRESENTATION. —On Wednesday evening last, the Loyal Adelphi Lodge of Independent Oddfellows, No. 2212, celebrated their anniversary by dining together at the lodge-house, Mrs. Hill's, Nook Tavern, Brownlow-hill. The dinner was served up in the most sumptuous manner, with every delicacy of the season. After the cloth was removed, several loyal and patriotic toasts were given from the chair, which was ably filled by N.G. Hay, supported on his right by P.G. Richd. Holmes, on his left by P.G. T. Higgins; the vice-chair was occupied by V.G. T. Black burn. In the course of the evening the lodge took occa sion, through the medium of their chairman, to present to P.G. Richd. Holmes, of the Adelphi Lodge, and host of the Prince of Wales Inn, Fleet-street, a most splendid gold watch-guard, attached with a neat ancient gold shield, with the following inscription :—" Presented to P.G. Rd. Holmes, by the officers and brethren of tl:e Loyal Adelphi Lodge, 2212, as a token of their estimation for services rendered as Secretary, V.G., and N.G.—Aug. 30, 1843." ROBBERY OF CARGO FROM A VESSEL.-011 Thurs day last, Isaac Herriman, second mate of the packet-ship Hottinguer, was brought before Mr. Rushton at the Police court, on a charge of stealing a quantity of cotton, part of the cargo of that vessel. A seaman belonging to the vessel, which is lying in the Waterloo Dock, said that one day last week, while he and others were scraping be tween decks, he saw the prisoner amongst the cargo taking out cotton from the bales, which he put into two casks in the lower hold. The prisoner filled both casks, and let them remai n till th e cargo was all out, when he got three men on board, who put the cotton into two bags, which they took away from between decks. One bag was as much as a man could carry. Another seaman corroborated this testimony, adding that he saw the pri soner talking with the three men, and pointing to the bags, whic carrie off. A third seaman said he saw one of the menTh "There r i e v e s the.the . prisoner n a_ piecetak cotton--take o i t f oI d I t , and prisoner said , then in the steerage. William Story, warehouseman to Messrs. Fielding, consignees of the Hottinguer, said the vessel commenced discharging on the 10th August, and completed on the 19th. There were 317 bales of cotton on board. Witness received some information, and went to the vessel and had the prisoner taken into custody. The prisoner declined saying anything, and was committed for trial,