The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

44, 'ERlN ~z.iutecl :using. Church lON of nily in 'is, &C., ,ksellert shop of by a • o wn or ! f er red. _street► ,K, to Twelve 1845, to the pplica. yobs for rtruc r two Jocks. ,er in weyor, h day nor. May 7, 1844. IROSPECTUS OF ruiE ABERDEEN RAILWAY. Cdp 77AL, £1,000,000, in SII ARES of £2O EACH. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. TROI4IAS BLAIKIE, Esq., Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen, Chairman, T he Right Honourable the Earl of Erroll, K.T., Lord lientenant o f A b erdeensh i re, The Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore, The Right Honourable the Viscount Arbuthnott, Lord ,,,.Li,utenant of Kincardineshire, Te Righ t H onourable the L,rd,Forbes, ha Right H onoura b le the L ord Panmure, e Pr.,vost of Dundee, ~,The Provost o f A r b roat h , The Provost o f M ontrose , ,tne Pr ovost of Forfar, Th e Provost of Br& chin, ideeelearcl,cler Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aber dward Ellice, Esq., M.P. for the East Fifeshire Burghs, George Duncan, Esq. M.P. for Dundee, The Count Leslie, of l'3alquhain, Job " A. darn, Esq., of' Scobbach, David Barclay ' of Ury and Allardice, Aberdee n lcie; Esq., of the firm of John Blaikie and .1.7. 'ls pt.-General Byres, of Tonley, atwell Burnett , Es q ., Ab er d een , krick Chalmers, Esq., of Auldbar, w, is Crombie, Esq., ne of the Baillies of Aberdeen, ff utia 'n P. L. Carneg ie, Esq., of Spvnie and Boysack, Tobert Duff, Esq , of Culter and Frtteresso, Abercromby Duff, E,q., of tiaddo, !Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly, James Farquharson, Esq., of Invercauld, a n nl f e lFarquha r , Esq„ of Hallgreen, Kineardinshire, one ‘ Directors of th , - Union Bank of London, James, Farquharson, Manufacturer, Anchinblae, Colonel Fraser, of Inverallochy and Castle Fraser. - "ft rt Grant E of T'll four Convener of Aber deenshire sq.' 1 Colonel G. - Ale nd 'Nen, of Park, Convener of Banffshire. Jobr G e " And orrion, E sq , 1 Esq. of Johnston. of Avochie and Drumlithie, Joh rew Gnirt 'all, ' Esq., of Drumtoclity Castle, James n aylor Gordon, Esq., of Nethermuir, Hadde n , SOnusn”"l" E of the firm of Alexander Hadden and Frederick Holland, Esq., of the firm of Richards and COnapany, Wdohb Angus , Esq., City Clerk of Aberdeen, illiam h ales , Esq., of Raemoir, Convener of Kincar dineshire,Alexander opp, Esq., Aberdeen, James Kilgour, Esq., of the firm of Gordon, Barron, raid Company, Clements Lumsden, Esq., Aberdeen, Alexander Morrison, Esq., of Bognie and Montblairy, Isaac Machray, Esq., Torry Farm, Mail Coach Contrac .. . , tor ' Aberdeen, John Morice, Esq., of Tullos, Kincardineshire, Merchant in. London, Alexander Pierie, jun., Esq., of the firm of Alexander ~Pierie and S ons , neon , Paterson. Esq., Manager of the North of Scot illa.nd Bankin g C ompany , Jos . George Thompson, C. 8., Bengal Engineers, of wyllte, Esq., ritirle_y. Aberdeenshire. residing in Liverpool, George Th DaAbider—deenl7. Piton, jun., Esq., Shipowner in Aberdeen, Cashier of the Banking Company, The Banking Company ANKERS. Th? North of Scotland Banking Company, in Aberdeen and Branche s , B Aberdeen and The Royal Bank of Scotland and Branches, 1 The The_, Union Bank of Scotland and Do., Edinburgh, Commercial Bank of Scotland and Do., ~..re Richard Carr Glynn and Co., ivl Theirs. Richard Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co.,} London, Union Bank of London, Messrs. Beckett and Company, Leeds, " Commercial Banking Ctimpany, Liverpool. Mess es G . ENGINEERS. Messrs.' Joh n r aeer and Miller, Edinburgh, Gibb, and Alexander Gibb, Aberdeen. ARAILWAY, connecting the City of Aberdeen with ,_ !.ehe southern lines through the populous towns of I;l'444triportea.titPerthi Abrouth, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose, and !atonehaven, and the numerous towns and villages in this agrieuli 1 and manufacturing district, has Tarrigblarn anxiously desired, and the land was surveyed as la a kine khoa:etvileer,lewar 1837. The execution of the under cow taken place. communication as deferred until .the chain of railway projected from should be further advanced. This has Railways have been completed or are England and the south and west of Scot tland to the southern termini of the present line. A fresh i o r.e/ and estimate having been obtained, the undertak iti -`,_ l3 n_ s since received the sanction of the Noblemen iu •.e tlemen, Proprietors of the greater part to be t subs ra:ersed, and a large portion of the Capital has been of . the lads Line, it iv p r e o r i m b :I within the district. ..ansideratio n of the route and length of the Railways ill be seen that the whole traffic of the various -ays throughout the south and west of Scotland must, in its progress to Aberdeen and the northern coun tielisifeall into and be convey, d along this line. length of the line is sixty-six the centre of br anches, r -, miles, including 'meet. encing at the harbour and wet docks in Aberdeen, it proceeds by the villages of Cove, Portlethen, Skateraw, and others, to the county of Stonehaven : thence through the fertile district of the Mearns, near to the villages of Drurnlithie, Auchinblae, and X , aurenceki, k. by Marykirk to Brechin, and having a branch to the docks at Montrose. From Brechin it is Proposed that the line shall be continued to Friockhei m on the one h an d, f orm i ng there a junction with the rail ways already, finished to Abroath and Dundee, and the Edinburgh and Northern, through File ; and, on the other hand, to be continued to Forfar, where it will meet the Northern Junction Railway from Perth through Strath more, thus connecting it with the Scottish Central Line. NO tunnel is required on the whole length of the line, the gradients are good, the value of the land is compara tively small, and the wor k s are o f a description which can be estimated with certainty. In addition to the experi enceof Messrs. Grainger and Miller and Messrs. Gihb, as Railway E ng i neers, t h e practical experience of the latter as Contracts, undtr the firm of Jeh Gib en is av It known, n and will gi ve more than usual confi d - dence in the est mate of cos , . Atter the most car, ful rrxannsiateerattnd of tire whcile works on the train line and iltlading the plant, the capital has been , 7, 4 at 1,000,000 sterling. other re line traversed is very populous, and, besides the large t earns above mentioned, Aberdeen alone con tafins 75.000 inhabitants, and is the dealt for the supply o w t , h e important and wealthy district north of that city ,0 1 i t tii i g e e r t i m i al merchandize. Aberdeen and the other towns .0, 0 . 1 . 1 the line are also important seats of the linen, cotton, %symeetiite'naanid other manu c acrures. Tae salmon and other ieries are of gre it magnitude. These afford a very nthe present carrying trade of the country, ta e_om mo t a h a dvantage of a rap-d transit so necessary o This --- " 7 of a perishable nature will largely increase.. is trade 't. lady eirein e * 18; is sto well known, has in lines of railway stun- A . aticed, proved a source of great revenue. nenfoorttion of the country traversed being deficient of eseriptilahnus:lding purposes , while the other is abundantly supplier with stone finest quality and of different a large traffic will thence arise. its importance as an A gr i cu lt ura l distekt, in which the fine st Cattle are reared and fed in great numb. re, requires rev enue to b e mentioned to satisfy every °tie of the large 'evenue which the Railway will realize nom the transit o Live and Dead Stock to the southern markets, to which ~ they are at present driven by tedious and expensive medi was of conveyance. The Grain Trade also forms an im- Pnetant item in the anticipated receipts. and Tables of traffic have been prepared from the passenger carrying tract-, exhibiti ng a clear revenue of upward~ •£BO,OOO, or o f 8 per cent. on the capital of 11,000,000, withd into existenc e , or on any undue i ncrease o f t h at at present ex i st i ng. It is proposed that the stock shall be divided into 50,000 Shares, of £2O each ; and, as the standing orders of the House of Commons provide that 10 per cent., on the sums 811bsCribed shall be paid before a railway bill can be read a second time, a deposit to that amount will be required before applying to Parliament. A deposit of 20s. per Share to be paid as the shares are awarded. and the 1,- lb/titling 20s. before the Ist February, 1845. The amount of future Calls to be payable at such time as the Commit tee Cali dict, and the shares of pariies fading to pay the s w hen - required, will be forfeited,. along with any 14111 4 Which they may have previously paid. The act_ vi t '' , ll pros that no subscriber shall be liable beyond I e r a be nritor ir o e f his subscription. that no more than £2. Ws. shall be called for at any one time, and that b' ere 411 811 be an interval of not less than three months °twist the Calls ,floater ft the act is . obtained, 4 per cent. interest will be the Upon the Calls, from the date of payment . uht:l me is the p opened for traffic. If the act is not obtained, A a,,`,lttestlts, deducting expenses, will be returned. lade`i l ft ea A t lons for Shares in the form annexed, may be t a d A.. j„ -I ,a,m , and Anderson, Blakie a- d Smith, or P. ;.; Web 7L'asorn Advocates in Aberdeen ; to G. and T. - . 71 ' Leech, -c., - 'ti Palace-yard, and Johnson, Farquhar, ta r s. es, se olicn„, -. 'norgate•street, London, the Parliamen lEssex •••.,,e .4. to Cl rk Davidson, and Brown, 36, bs°°,!incirrmee,thi-.01..d0n ; a Shiell and s . Small, Dundee; L0u.... Ile;*7 . e l 'ek. lire°l3l,9d, Arbroath ; illiam Gordon, and D. - ' - 'mart e ' d ni; Acam Burness, Montrose ; Alexan -4°4 Leap and Xitinear and Monro, Stonehaven ; Duncans . I ° l lowi e ~ and - Gray and Jamieson, Perth ;or to the '`ehai4,6"arebrokers,namely, William Gordon, Ma. Co CO. :.t. Oswald, ‘George, and Co., and James Black 0, and 'PPrdeeti ; Hubert Allan, John Robertson, and and j Olin nillans and Home, Edinburgh; D. B. Niven P Perth I. tu rck, j, Dundee ; W. H. Oliphant, li,n,. , ..4 si it In' t anti r.l "en and Auld John C Foulds. and Jarres ta'vililtioa:•"l4"d,lalskßeorw ; Moore' r and Gail Ef, Huddersfiell ; and George Heaps and Co., Leeds ; st "L huil, -:°n, Manchester ; B. and M. Boyd, 4, New B, et' Lo u-L4B . and C. and J. H. M`Bae, 57. Moorgate. • on •e• and p A RD D. and J. tit s , , ORRYTH RITCH e I go or to RICHARD SCHOLES, Liverpool. Por t ,, To I . l _ ''' OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. JP. p 4O VISE°I4AL COMMITTEE OF THE ABERDEEN' , O lt RAILWAY. ;rh4reS• T(1114"7,---1 request that you will allot to me 44v1h,e, tc,ll;;2oa..._,tach. in . the proposed Aberdeen lia . ilwa\%, 4 ,,T, (Tie d e nu corantions of the Prospectus. 1 shall pd. Posit a A n , .. Sign the necessary deeds iThrn re bilteti at a' • . . he....... ... . ads or Profeteion day of 1341. GLASGOW, DUIVIFRIEs. AND CALtLISLE RAILWAY. THE Provisional C:onvtiittetrespeclfuly rm au pleants for Shares in iris Undertaking, that the AllocAtion has now been coionlet d. and they regrA that from the number of a;p:icvli ns received beyond ill , amount of C pital regimen eo many reepectable par ies have been cln-aopointed. Thoee parties who have not re ceived let:ers of Allotment pill, therefore, undersia , d that the Committee have been unable ti comply with tilt ir wishes. The Subscribers' Deed of A •reement will lie for Sig nalure in the hands of Mr. MATTHEW WOTHERSPOON, Sharebroker, No. 7, India-buddinge, Liverpool, florin the 3d till the 18th instant. • By order of th.. Comnii'tee, WILLIAM LOGIE, Interim Secretary. Glaßyow, lit May, 1844. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. CONVEYANCE DIRECT BETWEEN LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. T ° prevent delay in tra 'sit, a id counteract excessive charges which are still practised on the Public by common. Carriers, parties should expressly d rest. all Merchandise from London for Liverpool to be deliver, d to CHAPLIN AND ItORNE, HAMBRO'-WHARF, THAMES-STREET, LONDON. AGENTS FOR THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. or at either of their Receiving-offices, Ci , y or West : vz., Spread Eagle.. Gracechurch-street, • Swan with Two Necks Lad-lane, Cross Keys.... George and Blue Boar Holborn, Goldin Cr 055........ Spread Eagle.. Griffin's, Green Man and Still ; and Euston-square, whose Rates throughout rt arranged according to the weight, va!ue, and bulk of the Goods, but in no case ex ceeding 4s. per Civt., including cartag , l in Londo'i. Goods are conveyed daily by the Grand Junction Rail way Company between London and Liverpool direct, without change of Waggon t.r 10-s of time. Apply to BRAITHWAIIE POOLE. Liverpool, 24, Water-street, Ist May, 1844. GUARANTEE SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL £lOO,OOO TRUSTEES. Charles Runge Price, Esq. Thomas Fowler, Esq. John Francis Maubert, Major - General Pariby, Esq. C.B E.I.C. TO Officers of her Majesty's Service, both (Civil and Military,) Secretaries. Clerks, and all others hold ing, or about to hold, confidential and resror,sible situa tions, this Society presents immediate facilities for obtain ing Surety for Integrity, upon payment of 'a small annual premium, and by which relatives and friends are rel:eved from the various pecuniary responsibilities attendant on private suretyships. The surety of this Society is accepted by the War-office, (for Paymasters of Regiments and of Out-Pensioners,) the Ordnance, East. India Company, the Customs, the Bank of England, and numerous Banking, Mercantile, and Commercial Firms, both in London and in the country. _ Forms of application, and every information, may be obtained at the Offices, 28, Poultry, London. THOMAS DoDGSON, Secretary. AGENTS FOR THE LIVERPOOL DISTRICT, HUGHES AND RONALD, 1, Cook-street. T ROBERT BLACKHURST, at present and for two weeks past residing at number nineteen, Mill -street, in the parish or place of Toxteth-park and county of Lan caster, and for four years previously residing at number fourteen, in Mill-street aforesaid, and heirg an auctioneer and appraiser, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I intend to present a petition to the LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, prying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effect.: ; and to be protected from all process, upon making a Lull dis closure and surrender of such estate and effects, for pay ment of my juat and lawful debts. AND I HEREBY FURTHER GIVE NOTICE, that the tine when the matter of the said petition shall be heard, is to be adver tised in the London Gazette, and the Liverpool Standard newspaper, one month at the least after the date hereof. As witt.e , :s my hand this sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord o e thousand eight hundred and forty-four. ROBERT BLACKHURST. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30.000,000 fls. (of 1839.)—1 AUSTRIAN SCRIP for £3, 6 for £l5, and 13 for £5O ; reimbursable by Dividends of £30,000, £23,000, £20,000, £15,000, &c.—Smallest Dividend £5O sterling. IMPERIAL RUSS IA N-POLTS II LOAN of 150,000,000 fls. (of 1835 )-1 RUSSIAII-POLISH SCRIP for X 2 10s., 4 for £lO, anti 9 for .C2O. General and chief DISTRIBUTION Ist Ju le, at Vienna. A few SCRIPS are vet on SALE. Dividends repaid at Paris, Frankfort, Vienna, and London. Apply for prospectuses, with full pariicularq, without delay, to A. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frankfort-on-Maine. Or, to cave postages, letters may be sent to Mr. Jacons, 34, Wellclose-square, London, from whence tbey will promptly be forwarded. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN-POTASH LOAN of 150,000,000f15. (of 1835,) IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 fl. (of 1839,) guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS at Warsaw and Vien - na. In the Russian-Polish Loan the following divi dends will be re-inabursed :—One of 1,000.000 11., one of 300,000 fl , two of 150,000 0., six of 25,000 11., eight of 14,000 11., &e., tog:- ther 7000 dividends, gaining 7.970.000 11. Smallest dividend 750 fl., largest 1,000,000 11. In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,700 fl., in lots of 230,000 11., 50.000 0., 15,000 fl., 10,000 fl ., &c. Smallest dividend 500 0. . 10 floJins are egml to £1 sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's exchange. The prices are -1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2 10 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 4 Ditto 10 0 6 Ditto 15 9 Ditto 20 0 13 Ditto 30 Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Divi dends r -imbursable at Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of the holders. The undersigned ge neral agent, in claiming the attention of the imperial and foreign public to these more important Loan Div begs to stare that, agreeably to the instructions with which he has been honoured, he is now receiving the orders of the public. To save poster's, apply to his houses in Paris, New York, and London; foreign subscribers may at Mr. A. Schwarzschild's 1. Plough-court, Lombard- Street.the Distribution, p, om promptly rui p irticulars, and Lists of forwarded to every shareholder abroad. J. A. SCHWARZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General. Fraukfort-on-Maine, April, 1841 FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, Price ls. per box. THIS excellent Family PILL i s a M edicine of long tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowel, the common symptoms of which are Costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of Appetite, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulness alter meals, Dizziness of the Eves, Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels, Indigestion producing a Torpid State of the Liver, and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perseverance, he effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The Stomach 'rill speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will be the quick result of taking this Medicine according to the directions accompanying each box. These Pills are particularly efficacious for Stomach Coughs, Colds, Agnes, Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the Urinary Passages; and if taken after too free an indulgence at tattle, they quickly rest me the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a FULL HABIT, who are subject to Head-ache. Giddiness, Drowsiness. and Singing in the Ears, arising from too g rea t a flow of Blood t o th e H ea d , should never be without them. as many dangerous symp toms will he entirely carried off by their immediate use. For FEMALES, these Nis are most truly excellent, removing all obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very prevalent with the sex ; Depression of Spirits, Dull ness of Sight, Nervous Affi-ctions, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. To 90TH E RS. they are confidently recommended as the best medicine that can be taken during pregnancy : and fur children of all ages they are unequalled. As a pleasant, safe, easy Aperient, they unite the re commendation of a mild operation with the most success ful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their use. By regulating :he dose according to the age and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case, in either sex, that can be required ; and for elderly people they will be found to be the most comforta ble Medicine hitherto prepared. Sold by T. PRO UT, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. IN. and 2s. 9cl. per box; also by Rennie, Wagstaff, Howell, Phillips, Aspinall, Fisher, Apothecaries' Company, G. Syers, J. Syers, Roberts, Johnson and Son, Lathbury, Scholefield, Smith, King, Bradford, Blake, Bird, Gerard, Watson, Mucklow, Lloyd, Carter, and Rowland, Liver pool • Law, and Gaskell, Manchester; and by the vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. CHEAP TRIP TO LONDON.—TO those of our renders who have not visited the eindern Babylon, an opportunity will present itself on the 18th and 20th instant, by which they will be enabled to go to the metropolis of the world, and gaze on i's varied wonders, as the late contractor has again entered into arrangements with the railway com panies to carry passengers there and back, for the par tieulsrs of which we beg to refer to the advertisement. EYE AND EAR IN FIRMARY.—The folloutinc , extract from the jourtals kept at the Eve and Err T, titm , try of I h t, r On the operations pelf , rmed by Mr. Hugh N. ill end the other talented gervihro-n conne c t, d with the estatl;sh mur, shows the eNt , rs:ve us f,i! ness o f t ',l B exe !lent ct: h ri: :—" the fi;h April It ; a• Mr. N e ill opei nted on nice person Y for ea.,./.l.l.artifieW pt , pil, &p. ; mid i n the G three tor citarnct. Oil the +he settle it oath upon Lot .r d y ~ i..,htv-t ,‘ 0 perbvas skere ads,' preberibcd for and rec..ivrd u.editioes." TI-IF LIVERPOOL S'FANDARI). VARIE ribs. AN AGED FAMILY.—Tiwre is now residinz at Rusted N ,, ok. in t!.e , owns.iip of W' ardale and Wasd!e, an aged fa , 'lr of 'even i , divitio.ds, all in coorl health,— narnelv, J m M oth , ws 85 ; fthtn rt. 75; Th 73; Joists, 77; Ma. v, 82 ; 13c tty. 71 ; Richard. 67. Toe r united ages a onnt to 531) year , .--Blackburn Standard. FRENCH PURITY OF EI.ECTION.—On Monday lasi - , the Fre 'en t Irimher of De , itities de , icled that the third election of Mr. Charles Lafit'e, for the bo- °ugh of Lou wa, no' a good elects n. and ought to be annulled. The ground of his rejection was, nit he had been guilty of " c .rruption," in liavinz, pro , nised the eiec t•trs to cause to he co.struct-d a branch from the Rouen railroaf to that town ! TRAVELLING IN SPAIN —WC rend in a Madrici•jour md—" Ma:l-ern:hes ai h three places for pa. - sengers, like those or F a• ce, have been established upon all our roads. It is difficult to give an idea of the multiplication of public carriag s of all kinds in Spain. They are run ning in every direction, and there is so much opposition t hat 'he fares are extremely low, and travelling has become so great ly increased, that the in its and other estabisliments for their accout m ()eat ion are as greatly improved. If our highways are but cleated of the brigands who infest them, foreigners will flock to explore our country and its inter esting curiositi..s, hitherto almost unknown to the rest of Europe "—Go/i f/ wines Meosenyer. A LIVELY PLACE.—They have a little town out west which appears to have been overlooked by Dickens, and other English travellers of his class, and which is all sorts of a stirring place. In one day they recently had two street fights, hung a man, rode three out of town on a ra 1, got up a quaver race, a turkey shooting, a gander pulling, a match dog fight, had preaching by a Methodist circuit rider, who afterwards run a foot-race for drinks all round ; and, as if this was not enough, the judge of the court, after losing a year's salary at single-handed poker, and whipping a person who said he did not under stand the game, went out and helped to Lynch a man for hog stealing.—Picayune. SOUND OF BELLS ON WATER —Dr. Arnott relates a case where the sound of bells was heard on hoard a ship sailing along the coast of 13, azil, far out of sight of land. The sound was heard during att hour or two, at a particular spot on deck, and it seemed to vary as in human rejoic ings. A 1 on hoard came to listen, and w. re convinced as to the existence and na•ure of the sound, hut to account for it was impossible. Months afterwards it was ascer tained, toat at the time of the observation, the bells of the ; city of St. S.•lvador, on the Brazilian coast, had been ringing on the occasion of a festival ; their sound, there. fore, favoured by a gent'e wind, had travelled over, per haps, a hundred miles of smorth water, and had been brought to a focus by the concave sail in the particular situation on the deck where it was li.t , ned to. ARRIVAL AT BEYROOT.—The traveller, whose good for, une it has been to make his first approach to Syria by sea, and to land at Beyrnot, must always esteem it a harpy coincidence thst the most frequented port on all the coast is likew se precisely the point where a man of taste and quick fe , ling would choose to receive his first im pressions of the country. Long before the vessel nears the shore, the sunlit peaks aid wavy ridges of Lebanon arc seen marking the blue sky, while its sides are hid from sigl t nv rite haze upon the waters ; by and by the craggy masses of the mountain some forth like eiry promontori- s ; the eve gradually distinguishes ihe deep-and dark valleys that cleave its flanks ; the rocky crests assume a balder outline; and ytu half discern villages se tTered on the mountain sides, and monasteries like feudal fortresses crowning their summits. Each object eau:lt sight of is hailed with delight; all hands are on deck ; every eye is strained. and each gazer has continually some new disco very to impart to his companions. It is always an ex citing thing to have a mountain land in view as the termi nation of a sea voyage ; but here the charm is felt with untold strength, for the held before you is endeared by a 'net of associations linked with your earliest and most hallowed recollections. Meanwhile, the vessel holds on its course; the lard grows beneath the eye; the white walls of the country houses. spread all along the plain at the Mot of the mountain. peep out with a look of welcome from between their clustering trees, and the air is loaded with the perfumed breath of orange and lemon blossoms. At last the anchor is dropped, and you are riding in the bay of Beyroot, in front of a long promontory, rising gradually from the water, above which are seen the mina rets and towers of the town, and beyond them the sum mits of the Jebel Sunnin, and the Jebel Kneese, and the long lines of the Jebel el Dius.—Library of Travel. DIVISIBILITY or MATTER.—We not unfrequently speak of things as being "as fine as a hair." Now the human hair varies in thickness from the 1.2 oth to the 1.600 th part of an inch ; and it is a massive cable in corn:. parison with the fibres produced by other animals. The thread of the silk-worm is many tunes finer, being from the 1-1700th to the 1-2 00th of an inch. 'I his, however, is nothing to the slenderness of the spider's thread, which has been found in some instances to be no more than 1-30,000 th of an inch in diameter. It is difficult even to imagine criantties so small ; and the best way to realize them to the mind is to consider that 30,000 such threads laid side bYside would make a riband only one inch broad. But this is by no means the entire wonder of the spider's thread. Each of these slender colds is composed of four nr six twisted together ; and every- one of these is formed by the pressing out of a .iscid fluid through a sort of teat or spinneret at the hinder pat t of the animal, the point of which. instead of having a single orifice, is perforated by not less than 1000 very minute apertures. The thread of each spinneret most he formed. therefore by the union of not less than 1000 fibrils ; and four or six of these threads go to form the cord of 1 30,000 th of an bide in diameter, of which the spider's web is coostructed. It has been calculated that two drachm- (12e grains) of such thread would reach from Edinburgh to London. The fibres yielded by the vegetable kingdom are not se fine as these; yet their minuteness is most. astonishing. Every fibre of flax is composed of a bun-tle of other fibrils, which have been found to be about 1-2500 , b of an inch in diameter. Similar fibres, obtained from the p;ne-arple plant, have been ascertained to be no more than 1-5000th or even 1-7000th of an inch in diameter; these when twisted into threads, and woven. are said to from cloth of very beauti fouolttwexhteunret.he ium stomped by drawing the ends apart , are ma fibrils o ra s wh i chtr are w o b r or e drawnr r t y h n s llelt'ief-gstlisaltkero'ifnga spirit i t Cyclopeedia of Natural Science. 1-12,000 th of an inch , A GOOD CRITIC S in o di e ni s n ie e s t e e i: — o -P ; P Ertet see—Second Concert of the Philharmonic Society.—A prominent of Herr Ernst. Much as it may be the continental feat ore in th••s concert was the first Philharmonic appear ancefashion to effect a contempt of English judgment, it is yet, unquestionably, a fact. that the greatest artists of all countries seek from the Philharmonic audience the last and conclusive testimony to their powers. In the case L t g oo t( po hi m n p i. t a n d Te e n t, t a h v t e t i a a l s r t e i a c d t y o s b p e o o k t e h n e t o w n ise several than of Herr ernst, this was yi e ld e d on M on d ay evening in a te n r a a oecasiens of this extraordinary violinist. He has, assu redly, no superior as an executatit, even among the most madly emulous of the fas tenable gymnasts ; while in that dee' er and less ncqu't able excellence, the genial in terpretation of musical poesy, no one but he has been able to sustain the all-passionate idola which Paganini created. He could not have made a better selection for the display of his prodigieus capabilities than the Seelig Cantante of Spohr. The recitatives, the can tabile, the I final allegro,—all were abredute perfec tion. We have heard Spobr execute this same com position, but, nevertheless, prefer its rendering at, the hands of Ernst. Nothing, of course, can transcend Spohr's understanding of his oon work; lint the youth of Ernst is vet hot and fresh with him, and he sings through his lovely guTh of pathos, not as a cherished relic of bygone feeling, but as the prompt exponent of pre. sent and living passion. His solo in the second art, though less ieteresting to the musician, was, perhaps, necessary to substantiate his position among ihe wonder workers of the day. As a collection of miraculously achieved difficulies, we have heard nothing beyond it; one variation, indeed.—an overwhelming torrent of rapid churns — was so obviously an all but. preternatural marvel as to compel a tremendous encore. Ernst was vociferously received throughout, and he deserves it. As a player he is certainly second to none; but his composer-1 ke feel ing and genial attachment to everything intrinsically excellent in music. place him above all comparison in his walk of art.—Atlas. A VETERAN.—The late Sir Jahleel t oo on c e the service in 1777 ; was • d 1 • ni e a Aeutenant on the 22nd of November. 1790, and as such serve d n Bat fl• ur in Lnrd Bridport's action offCa eiSr hoard the Vincent's n 1697 (in which were also his gillant frie nd , * tut Admirals at the present Board of Adieu , al ea of the ; was made a commander on the 3rd of July, 1799; a nd command of the Speedy, 1 I-eutt brig, in that actions in the vicinity of Gibraltar , ar fetieht several vessels he captured during eeie c ommand near Cape de Galt, under a heavy fire of musket,. f hills. In the following month at . Y o rom the surrounding four of the enemy's vessels in a heavy ctober he destroyed exposed to the guns of a fortificatio n surf, at the time the beach, and in the next mo ,tit anfaNnd musketry from dis played consummate skill and gallantry November be Spatiish schooners, and ten other ed in v beating off two services he won his post rank. wh'cli is dated t h e ; by these April, 1800. He was then selected by Sir . Li the 25th of wards Lord) de Satnaurez as his flag captain, Zeds" (after mend of the Cceser distinguished himself in the severe "m -action off Aleesires, of the 6th of July, 1831 . quently, in command of the Minerva,. when that frigate "- got aground in a fog and was lost near Cherbourg, he e e fended her during a heavy fire of seversl hours, for wh' c h" . unsurpassable gallantry he received the highest prai se whett acquitted at a court martial for the loss of his shi p. In 1807, when in command of the Spartan f r i gate, s p ir - Jahleel assisted in driving the French garrison out e e Pezaro and destroying the castle; in the f tlln w i ng month he assisted in blowing no the Castle of Cesaratieo, destroy ing a neighbouring battery, And comet-Hill th e island destroy_ Sitssin to surrender; assisted at the reduction of. Zante and Cephalonia, and particularly distinguished himse l f at the capture of Cerigo, where he was first in com mand. These and many other Mai ortant services did this (Want officer render in the Adriatic. In the same ship in 1810, in concert with the Sms, x, fought a most gall an t action with and defeated, a French scoadren in the B ay of Naples, in which action he w,is eever , ly wound t d . The gallant deceased was created a Baronet on this occasion, and received other honours, and on the 8 h of F e b ruary, 1811, had a pension cohferte.l up 'n him of £3OO per annum for the vremids he hat r-ceived. He obtained his flag promotion as Rear-Admiral on the 22d of July. 1830, and as Vice-Admiral on the Ist of .idly 1810, oitd sequently had another pension conferred mein hi m of £31)0 rer Annum for coed st-rv , ce : he also r , eei sed a giant born the P.tri, t c Find. The geraio deteased wa s 11 e seri of the I. ts Rear- k,linirel Btenton. t le wis twie e merried. H s elde t son, The femne let Charles L i ., Brent who bilk:CtellS to tl Baronetcy, was bOill iti 1807. INDIA AND CHINA. (From Yesterday's Times.) We received on Saturday evening our despatches from India and China, which left Bombay on the 1:-t of April. The chef intelligence of the month relates to the con duct of a part of certain native regiments on the north west frontier, which refused to march to Scinde, in con sevence of some allowances granted to the troops on the banks of the Indus during the time of war being with drawn when that province was declared to be in peace and annexed to the British Empire in India. The pay of the native soldier is five rupees and a half (11s.) per month, besides which he receives subsistence money ' (called batta and half-hatta) of one rupee and a half in cantonment, and, if marching in the Company's territo ries, an additional sum of the same amount called " extra batta," whereby his pay becomes eight rupees and a half Per month. If he is on a foreign station, and in peculiar cases of scarcity, he receives 'an additional sum called ration money," as a conapensation for the dearness of the articles of his use, such as grain, &c. Thus there were three indulgences to be considered, viz., Ist, the cantonment rate of half-batta ; .2d, the marching rate of extra batta ; and 3d, the extraordinary indulgence of ra tieo toOTV-y. MI cause for alarm had ceased, and the several regi ments ordered were proceeding to their stations on the Indus. Three regiments have been ordered to he dis banded,—viz., the 7th Light Cavalry, and the 4th and 34th regiments of Native Infantry. The 64th regiment, in which but a few began the mu tiny, having proved that the mass of the men t-aew nothing of it, and having volunteered to go to Scinde, had been allowed to proceed, and with the Foot Artillery, under Captain Grahain, bad embarked at Ferozepore on the 18th of March. The 6th Irregular Cavalry, which had not, to its honour, shown the smallest symptom of dis affection, was also in progress there. The Artillery had alsci at first begun to march, but the Hindoo Brahmins and the Mussulman Mollahs had gone to tamper with the men, and produced for a time some disinclination, which ceased on explanations being given. The government, which has made the concessions to the troops, will take care to weed the disaffected out of all these corps. _ The propriety of an increase of the Bombay army had been admitted by the Governor-General, and lists had been prepared of the officers to be appointed to four new corps, ft orn which it appeared that the colonels had served 40 years,' the lieutenant-colonels upwards of 30 years, the majors more than 25. and the majority of the captains 19 and 20 }ears, while it would leave the average of two brevet-captains to each regiment after 15 years' service. There was a great wish expressed in Bengal and M"dras that Scinde should be, made over to the Bombay Prssi dency as an appanage, an,4, that its army should he ang mewed to meet the demand on its service. In such cir cumstances the augmentation of 10 regiments would be necessary ; but the Bombay army has never yet been stained with mutiny on any occasion whatever. The 47th Madras Regiment, which had shown a muti nous spirit in Bombay, had been sent to garrison Aden. The cost of the grant to the Sepoys in Scinde is va riously estimated ; it has ben calculated at £50,000 per annum, hut the imptovements going on in the districts on the borders of the Indus will soon repay it. Fortu nately for India the flourishing state of the revenue will not cause any pressure front the grant of the batta to the Scinde and Gwalior armies: Such is its prosperity, that the Governi.r-Goneral has issued a notification abolishing the transit duties in the Presidency of Madras. This is considered as a most useful measure, as introducing uni formity into the various provinces of India. The news from Scinde represents that district as tran quil and comparatively healthful. The Bombay troops there were satisfied to retain it, and an augmentation in that army was expected. From Lahore the news is of great importance. There a civil war is raging ; a chief called Cashmeera Singh, a bastard of Runjeet, is opposed to the new Prime Minis ter, Heer Singh, and, as Sikhs support him, it is proba ble there will he another revttlution within a few months in the Punjaub. The notorious Affghan leader ' Akbar Khan, had led his troops to invade Pe-h awur an d be will, in all probability, force the Lahore Government into an application to the Governor-General for assistance. It is not improbable that there will he another conflict with the Affghans on the plains of the Panjaub, a here the Indians, when not aided by the English, have almost always been routed by the hardy mountains era. It seems that these mountaineers have an established right to overcome the people to the east of the Indus, and when they lately invaded Peshawur they were surprised at being beaten back by the Sikhs under forei.vn generals. The conquest of their country by the British army had surprised them ; yet now again they are to be seen moving to tie Indus, and there the British army must again meet and defeat them. The Sikhs have lost their weight in the scale of India since the death of old Runjeet, and it is therefore imperative on the British government to be pre pared to conflict with the Shiks ag4inst the Affghans, and not to allow them to make a junction, which might lead to numberless invasions on the fertile north-western pro vinces of the Company's territories. The late rumours of a mutiny amongst the native troops had encouraged both the Sikhs and Affghans to exhibit a ho,tile spirit towards the British. The antipathy between the Affghans and the Sikhs is proverbial; they are continually quarre lli ng , an d as the Sikhs have atterly, by means of foreign generals and British aid, been successful, the former now seek an opportunity of having another cor filet, for they are anxious to become masters of Peshawur, and of Cash mere., The Governor-General arrived in Calcutta on the 28th of February, and was well received. In Gwalior tranquility prevails. The new contingent was arranged, and the' people appeared sntistipd. It is worthy of remark, that the neighbouring district of Bun delkund has been thoroughly pacified by the subjugation of Gwalior, and so far was that pacification effective that the whole of the Bundelkund contingent had volunteered to proceed for three years to Scinde, thereby demonstrating that die late disaffection relative to money matters in the four regiments of Bengal bad not any extensive ramifica tions. In all parts of India tranquility prevailed when the mail left. Amongst the late passengers from Bombay were Sir K. and Lady Sale, and their daughter, Mrs. Sturt ; they left i►► the shiv True Briton, and are coming to England round the Cape. The news from China comes down to the 27th of Feb ruary, but presents nothing remarkable. Sir H. Pottin ger was at Hongkong, which island was healthy. He was, while waiting for his successor, enga.ted in regulating some of the buildings at Victoria, and also in making pro per arrangements for the trade at the new ports. The ChinNe were robbing houses and plundering the foreigners as well at Macao as at Hongkong. Great anxiety prevailed in India respecting Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, as the rumours on the sub ject were conflicting. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CHINA. The accounts received state that the Chinese new-year holidays had almost entirely put a stop to business, and few transactions either in imports or exports had been effected. The following report of the Colton. market comes down to the Ist of January : Deliverie% in Dec. Stock let Jan. American Bombay.... Bengal Madras ...... 10,915 .. 24,813 Total bales .... 41,877 127,260 Cotton was quoted at T. 5/ to T. 7 for Bombay ; Ben gal, 6.2 to 8 6; Madras, 6.4 to 8; American, 6 to 6 5. In the Cotton Piece Goods market there was a good deal of activity, and large sales had been made at the following quotations :—Grey Longc'oths. 2.80 dols. to 3.20 dole. ; Bleached do., 3.60 dots. to 4.20 did& ; Drills, 2.30 (Ms. to 2 35 dols. ; American Sheetings, 2.45 dots. to 2.60 dols. The demand for Cotton Yarn continued as before. Sales were with difficulty made at 22 dol.. to 24 dol.. for Nos. 16 to 32. There was no inquiry whatever for the' higher numbers. The demand for Woollens had fallen off considerably. We give below the quotations at which Dirge shipments of Tea had been bought: Congnu Tea, 15 to 20 per pecul ; Hyson, 32 to 70 per pecul ; Young Hyson Tea, 25 to 36 per pecul: Hyson skin, 14 to 35 per pecul; Gunpow der a n d I mper i a l T ea. 38 to 70 per pecul. The export of Tea to Great Britain, in the month of December, in 12 vessels, Was of black. 5,955.1031bs ; and 4,f green, 592,4521b5.; to ta l, 6,547,645 . The total exp o rts in six months from July 1 to F, b. 22 w as o f black, 29,429,33 5 1b5.: and of green, .; iu all, 35 ' 200 2911b5. Prices of Opium were quite nominal— ttam .1;, Malwa, 670 dols, to 680 dols.; and Patna, 595 to 600 do's. Exchange on London, six months' sight, 4s. 6d. ; with Bengal, 30 days' sight, 22415. per 100 dols. n ' CALCUTTA, MARCH 2 3. Since the issue of last week our money market has been tranquil, and capital abundant for all commercial purposes of a sound character. In government securities there had been a good deal of business at advancing valuations for some days. The Four per Cents. at one time reached within 1 or 12 annas of par. They have since receded to 1 a 1.2. Exchange is dull. and few bills for sale. The rate may be quoted at Is. 104 d. to Is. 104 d. at 10 months' date. Bank Stock is in demand, and the premium rising. INDIGO.—The imports of the season have now nearly closed, and the amount of produce approximates to fy. mds. 1,70,000. The exports since our last issue of 17th ultimo, are 4393 chests or fy. mds. 16,992 to England, 2021 chests or fr. mds. 7111 to France, and 2302 chests or fy. mds. 7787 to the Persian Gulf and Red Se, ; which make the shipments of the season to the 15th instant, inclusive, as below. BOMBAY, APRIL 1. METALS.—Iron has been in limited request during the month, and nearly all kinds are rather lower, as our quo tations will show. Tile Copper has declined ab , ut I r. per cwt., and sheathing + r to 1 r. ; but brazier's and raised bottoms are 'unaltered, and South American has advanced Rs. 3 per cwt. Svelter is nominal at Rs. 161 to Rs. 17 per cwt. Lead is it, ry dull of sale, paitictilarlv sheet, and only Rs. 114 for Pig, and Rs. II at 11+ for Sheet, are now obtainable. Red Lead is steady at Rs. 11 to 11+ per cwt. Tin Plates and Steel are una lt er e d i n 5 in 1 g ...12 a i t s. R pesr. cwt.s2- value. We subjoin a list of the sale s t h at h ive been re ported to us for publication :—Copper, 225 cw t. Sheath_do. at Rs. 52-gas. tier cwt.; 450 c w t. B raz i er ' s, at Rs. 564 per cat. ; 110 Ingots, at Rs. 52 ; 100 cwt. Rod . , at ; 2 asl. 145 spcewr cwt. do. ; 900 cwt. Tile, at Rs. at Us. 52 ; an d 9 1 cat. 11.- , . 54 ; :lid 150 cwt. South American. at Rs. 47 ; Iron. 120 tons Eltiiish Bar, at Rs. 22 to 6 22- 2.is. per candy ; 308 tons do., at R.. 22 per cane ; 75 candles Nail Rod (round and squire) .it Rs. 25-12 as; 398 caned. s Swedish Bar, at Re. 50; 400 cwt. Hoop, at Re., 4.7a5. per Ca t. --- CorToN M A N UFA CTURES — The f ihriestlifit hate been in hest drma•id }tau. been Ivey and t-I , achrti ja cont-ts, ai,tl these have cutomauded au advance of about 1 to 2 aunas per piece. Bleached lon, cloths an , l mad ri.o I , lns have also been in lair r , qne-t at torn er rate-. but grey madapollants arid long el •rhs are rather steady, and wily in moderate ituv ry. Muslins are rather scarce and wanted, as also Turkey red goods of all kinds, but prints have been in the most limited request, and the prices ob tained are extremely low, and I, ave a heavy loss to im porters. Z bra dresses are marly nn-a:table, and appear to have gone almmt out of consumptiotr. YARNS.—There has been a fair dr mand during the month, especially since the arr val • f the mail, and the stocks in first hands being small prices base advanced to 4 anna per lb. PREIGHTs.— Freights have risen and may now be quoted at £3. 17s. bd. to £4. for fir t-vless shi s, to Landon and Livrrronl ; and at £3. 15, pee ton fir second class ships ; but 'her er•rzo offering at prestnt. SPAIN. The following telegraphic des...atch, dated Madrid, May 2d, apptars in the Times of vesteiday " The entire (Spanish) Minis.ry has re:.izned. The Quern has accented their re.ignation, and has charred General NarYarz wtth the formation of another Ministry, of which M. Mirallores is to be a member. " M. Bravo and his colleagues have announced to the Queen that they will lend their support to their successors. " Madrid is tranquil." THE BRAZILS. Her Majesty's packet Penguin, Lieut. Le , lie, with mails from the Brazils, Videc, and Buenoa Ayres, arrived at Falmouth on Friday. She sailed from R.o de Janeiro on the 13th of March ' and has come home thence direct, consequently brii , ging 14 days' la er advises than were received by the la,t packet. She brings on freight in gold, &c., about £20,000. The brief interval between the despatch of this packet and the Linnet appears to have b >en devoid of both mer cantile and political interest. T'ie exchange had ruled during this period from 25 to 241. with a tendency still further to recede. Coffee had slightly improved, owing mainly to the small quantities arriving to market through the demand not having been so brisk ju-t previously. The prices were 3,000 reis to 3,200 reis for superior, 2,600 reis to 2,700 reis for good first, and 1,800 reis to 2,400 reis for good second. A good crop of this article was exp. cted. Freights, which also had been flat, had since recovered to their previous rates. Her Majesty's schooner Cockatrice brought up the Monte Videan and Buenos Avrean mails to Rio, with dates from time former to the 19th, and from the latter to the 21st of February. From Monte Video we learn that Rivera, from the la-t accounts, was at a place on the frontiers called Taquerimbo, closely pur,ued by General Arquiza, with whom he had a slight rencontre on the 24th of January, near the Rio Negro, and where be was obliged to abandon the only cart of ammunition which he pos seesed. From Buenos Ayr-s it was reported that Rosas was amp'y provided with money, and that the exchange kept advancing. There had recently been a ris;ng in one of the adjacent provinces, but it was quelled immediately by General Garcon, who defeated the insurgents, and restored tranquility. MISCELLANEOUS. The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society for Eng land for 1845 will be held in Shrewsbury. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Wai ing, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before six o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of the Royal H orse Guards. for Claremont. A HOUSE OF M OURNING. —The typhus fever has been raging in the parish of Easthope, roar Much Wentuck, since last Midsummer nearly to the present time. In one house seven persons were dangerously ill, three of them died, and the only child which escaped that dreadful malady was burnt to death. Few parishes in the country can exhibit such a house of mourning as this. COSTS IN CASES AT PETTY SESSIONS.—A labouring man, earned Robert Ltinnon, was summoned a few days since before the bench of magistrates sitting in petty st•s sinns at Marlow, to answer the charge of damaging the signboard and awindow at the Black Lion public house at Little Marlow. The defendantwas con victed in both cases as follcws :—for damaging the signboard he was fined 25., and ordered to pay 13s costs ; and for damaging the win dow he was fined Is., and mulct in 15s. costs ! KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE. ISLE OF MAN,—The restoration of King William's College is progressing ra pidly. The workmen are now engaged upon the roof, and the chapel is also in a state of forwardness. The patrons and friends of the institution are saneuine that the annual meeting for the distribution of prizes, on the 4th of June, will he held within the walls of the renovated building. It with be remembered, that the edifice was insured for £2,000, but the estimate of the necessary repairs was £3,100 ; the trustees, however, calculate on a gloss ex- pend.tote of £4,000, thns leaving a deficiency of £2,000 to be provided for.—Mona's Herald. Loss OF THE SHIP PALESTINE BY FlRE. — lnten- getice has been received within the last few days of this disastrous event. The vessel was the preperty of Mess s. Ashley Brothers and Co., of this town. She was almost new, having been launched at Quebec in 1811, and was a very fine vessel of her class, her tonnage being between 700 and 800 tons. The vessel sailed from Gravesend in September, bound to Aden, Bombay, and Calcutta, with a cargo consisting of several hundred tons of coals, tar, pitch, and pine deals, which was taken on board at New castle. The voyage was very favourable, and all went on well until the 4fh of February, a hen, about half-past two o'clock in the morning, the ship being in lat. 26 15 S. long. 58 35 B, the watch on deck was alarmed at observ ing a st.ong smell of fire, which was discovered, after peat difficulty, to proceed from nearly the bottom of the vessel. Every exertion was made to save the vessel, but without success, and eventually the captain and crew were compelled to take to the boats, and shortly after they had lift the ship she suddenly gave a heavy lurch, and then I disarpeared. head foremmt. After enduring the most se vere privations, Captain M`Leari, and the men in the boat w ith him, were picked up on the seventh day by the brig Solway, which landed them at the Cape of Good Hope. . The other boat, contrary to toe instructions of Captain M` Lean, parts(' company, and the party in her arrived safe at the Mauritius. The Palestine was partly insured. Loss OF THE BARQUE INTREPID.—Captain Stuart, commander of the barque Intrepid, has published the following account of the loss of this vessel :—" The bar que Intrepid left the Sand Heads on the sth of January, 1844, for Liver p 'Ol, and crossed the equator on the 19th of of the same month. From lat. 65t014 S we had very bad weather, with a high cross sea. On the 28th it blew a hur ricane. We brought the s . ip to under a closed re. fed main topsail, and main trysail, and sent down top-gallant royal yards. The ship began to make so much water that we could not play the pumps. The bulwarks being partly gone on both sides, the sea made a complete breach over the decks, washing the people from the pump, which now could not be lett. At eight a.m. on the 21th, less wind but more sea if possible ; she was labouring to such a degree that I expected the toasts to go overboard. On the 31st the weather was fine, but the leak increasing, I ordered cargo to he thrown overboard, which we continued at all the day ; three of my crew sick, and the rest much fatigued. 1 plainly saw that we could not keep her up much longer, I therefore thought it prudent to turn back and make for the nearest lane, and the nex. moinrng we -a w a shin. She proved to he the Philopontes, from Liverpo,.l to Bombiy, Capt. Bell kindly came on hoard wi.h ti.e half of his crew, and his crew kept ar the pumps, whilst ours sent up the torrgallant yards and set the sails. At night they went on board, it being then calm : at 2 a.m. it began to blow from the northward and the water gained en the pumps fast ; at 7 p.m., we left her with Vie water up to the lower deck beam. 4, expectin in a very short time she would go down; the jute kept her up, having or, b nird five hundred bales, until next morning: we sent the boat on board to get some more provisions, the water then being up to her deck; at 2 o'clock the unfortunate ship went down head foremost, distance about two miles, latitude 17 13 south, longitude 83 34 east, on the 3d of February."—Bombay paper. THE GWALIOR BATTLES TRAVESTIED.—On the 22d of February, about 300 boys, of 10 to 12 years of age, collected on the hills, and divided themselves into two parties—and counterfe;enz the Engiish army, and the oth-r the Mahratta. On the one side two of the boys were appointed to rept , a itt the Governor-General arid the Commander-in-Chirf, a number more as generals arid other officers. and the remainder appeared Es soldiers. On the other side a boy represented the Maharajah .T, are Rao, another Rim Rao Phalkeea, other General Baptist, Maj. r Seconder and Bapoo Seetolia ; a girl of the Kachee tribe represented Tara Blee, and of the Koine bar tribe Rookh na Baee. It was proclaimed, that whete'er boy in the lu-likur should refuse to come he. should be counted as fai•hless as Jacob. A quantity of ottn and dal was collected to represent the Commissariat it .res, and four boys were appointed to carry water as Bheesties ' • a mussuck was filled with cowries a s a treasure chest, and the pay of the Sepoys fixed at 8 cowries, and that of the offieers according to their rank. About 25 canons brass and iron. of a cubit long, with a quantity of gunpowder, were brouiht from ne bazaar, and when all was ready the fight commenced. First the 11 , 11.harajah's gong 7c immenced, and then the ripresentaises of the Ettglisn began to int•ve onward : in this attack seven or boys were killed, and 10 or 12 w..unded. The boy who , is w ,unded in th e arm, represented Sewaee Seconder and was conveyed away in a dhoolie. The Mahrattd army then having seized on Ram Rao Phalkeea and Bapoo Sect, l'a beat them. In the evening th s news was con veyed to Tara Baee. She s.-nt to them to stop the fight, but the boys stoned the noes-eager; the latter began tta explain that he came by order of the Baee, when both sides answered, that the Baee was the mistress of her own army and her own house, and they %%ere their own masters, and would here and die. The messenger returned without being a bl e to aecomphsli his err an d , and soon after sun se t th e b oys o f themselves dispersed. S ome boys of bath sides went to their I.omi s, while some remained as st4itinels and prepared , their fond. On the n ext d ay (Ng.) there was no fi the after noon, when about ghting' 4 o'. Lick 600 boys collected and made read y for a second edition, and thousands of t eople assembled to see the sport. At this moment another mr ssenger came to forbid the fight, and offered them 300 ropes as a present. l hty answered that they were not in e at,t o f money, but that they would fight for their salt Ind die fighting. St waee Seeunder's representa tive, hav i ng hal the b:el extracted from his wound, again came on the field and mixed with his comrades. While thus parleying with the Baee's mes-,iigers the evening fell and no lighting took place. On the morning of the 2 5th about 310 - to 410 boils were a ill collected . , when the " m r"ig , rs of the Pair, again came, and se izing some 21 or 25 b an.oisg the rest the mock s t ivare Secunder, , ht them in he sticks; the their seeing this fl Ttr • nw en t: r t• w o s et th ,, e het oes in their couti,, inert were f e'i h ern ,‘lth earth. The Durbar has •-; u a 1 r , that a rhe n d e in the ho( tir torLio,:in g suet, sp, r.s in ti.t...re's a der paw ut puoishineut. LOCA I. NEWS. " THE QUEEN'S 1-1,0 EL,"—NI ANC .ERR.—Cur well known and esteemed t wnstuao, i‘L. 'rowers, of the Angel Hotel, has (as wll be seen by n a !vett:seinent) commenced an est .11i,timent under this name, in Man chester. The ope,in, &niter is fixe.l 't,r Tuesday next. and from p .st ioon, of "mine host's" taste and judgement, a- api oridore, we need sc !re say that the entertainmei , t w,il be of the shoic st h]nd. whether as regards viands or s, ioes. We have seen h.- new hotel, it is in Piecadills ,an is a superb and exc , ehu gly -pacinus stone buildi, g, apparer,tly as large as th Adelphi, in this town; elegant() R•ted up. and un•u pas-. 3 in comfort and convenience by uty in the kingdom. LIVERPOOL, l'iin.TF,u.—We ha , e hitherto considered the flavour o' the London, Dublin, and Cork Porter unapproachable, and hate, in some way, been inclined to think that Liverpool br , wed porter a as greatly inferior to that produced oy its rival towns; but from the samples we have been -hown by Messrs Cross and Metge, who have opened extens;ve stores in Water -street, ye are now lead to believe that Lis erponl is about to compete with these hitherto fa.oure I places in the pruluction of this popular summer beverage. The Swot', of IW• porter is excellent, and it p •stases those combined qualities of strengt and m;ldn-as so much desired. Those who are about to lay in their summer stores would do well to try the article. FIRE IN Cu AP EL-STREET. —A bout Ilelf-past se7ett o'clock ye,terdav evening, a fire WAS discovered on the premises enjoining Adelaide Butldito s, Chapel-street. The ground floor is ocrupted by Mr. Graces, a merchant, and the upper rooms ere occripie 1 by Mr•ssrs. T. and .1. Connell, Mr. Thos. Sleddon, arid Me.srs. Bournes and Robinson, and in the office of the r the tire originated, but was fortunately di.royered ar it arrested before any material damage was effected. A large hole was burned in the floor, and a numt , er of files ot bills, t:,e Telegraph, &c., consumed Mr. Miller, the chief supe , intendenc, as also Mr. Hewitt, were speedily on the spry:. The fire was fir 4 di ,, cover,tl by a men named Picketsg:ll, who rendered efficient service in preventing its progress by a few buckets of water. THE LATE EXPLOSION OF GAS IN A DWELLING HOUSE.—We related a yew weeks ao the particulars of an extraordinary explcsi-m r>f acs in a large (and then luckily untenanted) dwelling-house in ltoinoon, coiner of &disbars , street. which greatly shattered the building, blew out several rf the windows, overturned the door steps, and did other damage. It was a fte. wards found necessary to remove the greatet part of the wags, and have them rebuilt, which is just aceornpli- bed. The front wall to Isliny.ton is rebuilt almost ent;re'y from the cel lars. The back call to the yard had t, he similarly re newed, and the fr nt,ige to Salistlury sr-ret (the bluest) to about ht , lf the same proportionate exte:it. The attics had to be nearly all rebuilt. The rely arts that appear to have stood th shook were the lmer aiglea or corners. To effect the ret,airs, the floors and roof lad to be sup— ported with pr , o. , s all round; and the buildag.t td h oe u st s tghra o eu r cle e tr n ioi e ett d s pro prietorout,representedr a n. m ' a she very the v " e v y r et appearancehoe s o i t , fhe other. r l t e w Theal large (- s opent, would not be made uoml by the insurance office. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—We know of no place of summer recreation more worthy of t. .e attendance of those who have a few hours to spare thrm Mr. Ailons's beautiful and iiitturesqte gardens, which have all the ad vantages of rural air and brightness. though in the almost immediate proximity of the town. Those who have visited them will readily acknowledge that the comparatively small space of gr. tin which they occuov is so tastefully and so scientifically laid out is to be almost interminable in new charms and vistas, rising up at every step to those who meander through thedi,ersified walks, and along the peopled lake.. Forrned upon ground Or uneven surrace, the spot, indeed. 5 , ems to he teat from which Milton derived his beautiful idea of diversity, when he penned the lines,— • " For earth has this variety from heaven . " Of pleasure sip uste in hill and die. In addition to the usual attractions or the gardens in them;elves, the proprietor mindful of past encourawement, has in prepay ,tinti on a scale of unplec• dented splendour a series of "Fetes Ete, of a niost novel and striking character which will shorly be completed, and of the com mencement of which due notice w.ll bp given. He has also in order to obviate the inconveni , nce to which visi tors, and partieuLrly ladies, have+ithrrto been liable by viewing out-door exhibitions, alter the dens of evening have begun to rise, erected a spacious saloon, which will be lighted by gas, arid will afford a deli 3tful promenade. He has in fi e, spared no expense " the recess render his little paradise more and more attractive; and purposes to enliven the season by a success,on of unique and pleasing performances. A FEMALE FOUND DEAD IN HER HOUSE.--Yesterday an inquest was held before H. H. Statham, depute , borough coroner, on view of the body of Dinah Graf, aged 23, wife of Leopold Graf, formerly warehouseman to Mesirs. Wilson at.d Dawson, and now interpreter to one of the partners on the continent. Police constable, Samuel Kirkpatrick, while on duty on Saturday after noon was informed by a female, that the shop kept by the deceased had been closed from Friday nis.ht up to that time, and that her mistress wished to set him. Witness went with her, and wie sated that he vas wanted about a woman who had been in the habit of ci•iithing. Witaess went to the shop, No. 2, Crown-stree,, and found the doors and windo.vs all fast. He went through Dr. Nigh tingall's house in Eliz ibeth .street behind, and succeeded in opening the back window and then the door. Dr. Nightingall accompanied him into the house, and they first found an infant sitting in a bed tip stairs, crying, and in a state as if it had not been seen for some time. They took the chill to Dr.N's• , where it was fed and attended to. They afterwards found the deceased, 151 e,,; on her back on the floor of the cellar with her arms , p-ried out, and her legs on the stairs. She was quite dead and cild. • She had the handle of a jug in one hand and the remainder scattered about. There was some blond at the back of her head and on her shoulders. She was removed up stairs and placed on the bed. The servant OH (before alluded to) who lived in the neighb•aurhood, said that on Saturday last, as the shop kept by the deceased had been closed all day, her mistress sent her for the polce-officer, as she was afraid something was the matter. Witness after wards saw deceased dead. She had last seen her alive on Friday night, when she called at the shop for bread, and she then appeared to be in drink. Deceased had been ob served for some days frequently sending for drink to the neighbouring public houses by girls and others passing. Deceased was married about twelve months last Christ mas. Her husband went abroad abut five weeks ago. She was placed in the sfrip before he went. A servant of Dr. Nightingall said deceased sent for her on Friday night to mit up the shop shutters. She went, and found her in quite a confused and stupified state. Anthony Bell, Joiner, said he knew deceased r-el her husband. At the request of her husband, a little girl of his, two-and a-half years old had been with the deceased since the hus band went abroad. This was the child found in the house. The witness had often seen deceased riming the last eigh teen mon:hs, and had never seen her otherwise than sober, and never saw 11 ,, Otake ally drink in the house. He had called every week except last week. Sir. Nightingall, surgeon, corroborated the officer's evidence as to finding the body. There was congealed blood about the head, which had come from the left ear. .Ater an exam;natian, he found no external wounds. The sckilp at the base of the skull behind was contused; upon reflecting the scalp, he found an immense quantity of extraicated blood, and a fracture of the occiputal bone. There were also other injuries of that part of the head; and all those would r!ro dnce instantaneous death. He afterwards found the fiver Touch diseased, no doubt the eff-ict of rodent spirits. A fall from the stairs to the fines below would produce the effects stated Verdict —" Died from. the effects of the wound, but bow that was received there was no evidence to show" • SINGULAR CASE nr BIGAMY : A WIFE LIVING WITH TWO HUSBANDS.—On Thursday last Margaret M`Neal, with a child in her arms. was placed lief-re Mr. Rushton, when Mr. Dowling said the prisoner was charged with bigamy under peculiar circumstances. She was living with her husband about three years ago, and there was a man lodging in the house at the same time. The man put the banns up, and was maul d to the prisoner at St. Nicholas' Church, she being already married. The wo man still continued to live with her first husband, and the second had also lived with them, as a lodger, ever since, but the first marriage had only been di,cot reed the day before. Mr. Dowling said t.,ey had obtained a certificate of the second marriage, but had not been able to find the witnesses. Under these circumstances, .1 - 1 e prisoner, who s tid she knew nothing at 811 about it, was remanded. It is said that the prisoner wns married to her first husband, James M'Nenl, about ten years ago, at the Old Church, Manchester, and that, on the 10th A 1843, she was again married to Michael Devine, the lodger, at St. Nicholas Church, in this town. At both marriages she gave her maiden name Margaret Hannah, and lately the parties have resided together in Thompson-street, Tea teth-park. As it is somewhat singular that the second marriage should have remained t.o lone. a secret, it may be interesting to know how the fact was !:• eded. On Tues day morning the second husband ga‘t the prisoner into the custody of acting inspector Tuck for robbing him of an I 0 U for £3, a coat and vest, and ss. 6d. in money. The officer, nn investigating the case, found there were no grounds for the ch•atge of felony. , :)irt during the time he was in the house where the money was deposited, pri soner snatched a pap-r out o► Michael Devine s hand. On SI doing a fight took place between the parties. Tuck interfered, and took the taper from them. This turned out to be the certificate of the second marriage. The pri soner then said, " 0, nod, don't take that; it belongs to him." The parties were then taken to Bridewell. Ott the road thither Tuck met M'Neal, the first husband, and having asked him whether the pris oner was his wife, he answered in the . affirmative, and th us t h e w h ole matter was brought to light.—Yesterday the prisoner was again placed at the bar, and some further evidence wit- tuain brought forward, thou gh not yet final. William M'lsTeal said he was' preSent at thimarliaci. of his brother James to the prisoner, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, on the 22d July, 1834, Her previous name was Margaret Hannah. He produced a certificate of tne martiage from the registry, and said that the prisoner had had six chil dren, five of whom were alive. John Ltvatt said he was assi.tant to his uncle, registrar tut St. Nicholas's Church, in this town, and produced an extract from the registry, to the effect that Michael Devine and Margaret Hannah were there untried, 10th Arr . ', 1843 John Madden, the next witness, said that at the req.)e-t of Devine,wlnn he knew, he had attended the tratatage, but he could not swear to th e I erscn o f t h e pr i soner as b etas the woman. Some other persons n-ere present in, the church at th e tine, as th ere were o th er roprriPg.s, hut he d id . net know them. This was all the f ur th er ev idence mat could he bought up, an d M r . Ilnshton ,a4l t i.n:, some tf the I el. sons mar ed on e stow day. or t/ :nen& who wre t reset t. n ust he inonired t -r. ao:1 tl, meantime the to istmer n u-t he r.rranded. Ttl I , r..bability 81 pexi to Le that the case nitl fthl to thy grcund, :hair pais 344. AY: k I L- E RS f an over iger bout nen eer's )001, ;t be ' the con- swim.' 7EB his rito /nal