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71tteraturr. POETRY. THE ORIGIN OF THE HUMMING•BIRD. (From the Dublin University Magazine for May.) When Saint Patrick reached in the Emerald Isle, The Fairies that haunted the green. And their revels had held, in olden time, Were filled with envy a d splCn. So they went where the water-lilies float, On the edge or the shoal ow bay, And they chose themselves each a little boat, To carry them far away. Merrily now that little fleet Bounds o'er the waters blue; Boldly the fairies have taken th.ir seat. Each in her light canoe. They gave to their Queen the largest flower, Their pi rilous course to guide; And after her, like a snowy shower, The tiny vessels glide. The eddying ripples that bore them along, A murmuring melody played ; And the fairie . who knew the words of its song, A whispering answer made. The waters are hurrying away to the south, And bear them on with their tide, Till safely they reach the river's mouth, And float on the ocean wide. Though many a day and night they sailed, Warmly the sunshine fell, For the might of the winds and wares was stayed By the power of their magic spell. That magic spell has banished the night. While their westward c orse they take, For a glorious trail of burnished light Is following in their wake. The fairies have reached the coral strand, And left the lily-flowers; They fly away in a merry band To the pleasant citron bowers. And the humming-birds seen in that sunny clime, Sparkling with rainbow hues, Are the Fairies who left the Emerald isle, In their lily-white canoes. H.B. NOTICE. The London Polytechnic Magazine. We have perused the number for May, and can pro nounce it to be replete with matter interesting to scienti fic men. There is an excellent paper on the Metalization of Wood, by which it appears that mated it may be ren dered irnpervio::s to rot, the ravages of insects, and the action of fire. It is coming into use for rails on railways, in place of iron rails. The paper on the arts and manu factures of the Esquimaux is continued. The next article is a description of the improved screw propeller, by our townsman Mr. John Grantham. One of the best papers is on Artesian Wells, by Mr. Arago, who furnishes some curious particulars. There is also a clever and cutting review of Dr. Elliotson's journal of mesmerism, and some other interesting papers. SELECTIONS. ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF METTERNICH.—In one of the great battles of the fifteenth century, the emperor of Germany saw an entire regiment tike to flight with the exception of one man, who stood his ground and defended himself gallantly, till he fell covered with wounds. • The emperor enquired his name. It was Metter. That night at supper the emperor said, talking of the regiment in question—" They all fled. but Meter nicht." Every body knows that " nicht" is the German for not. The family adopted the additional syllable, and hence the ori gin of the name of Metternich.—Dumas, in Blackwood. PAYNISED WOODEN RAILWAYS.—SeveraI experiments hate been made with the process to test its applicability noteanly for railway sleepers, but actually as a substitute fo iron rails. A wooden tramway was laid down near uxhall, on which 9,000 miles were travelled, equal in c, it was calculated, to a year of a great Ilne, without Kraffi any perceptible deterioration of the machinery ; without even the obliteration of the saw marks on the beams; and 1000 miles of this traffic were performed with 30 cwt. of this fuel, costing about 405., being less than one halfpenny per mile. It is to be observed, that the surface resistance of unprepared wood is about 50 per cent. greater than that of iron. On prepared wood the result is the reverse of this, at the same time that the granulated surface offers a bite to the wheels which enables the engines to mount in clinations impossible upon an iron railway. The process is also extensively used at present on the viaduct now making under the direction of Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, on the Dover line, between the Bricklayer's Arms and New Cross, two miles in length. The London and Guild ford Junction line is to be entirely laid with Paynized timber rails, as well as sleepers. The chain pier at Brigh ton, we may also observe, has recently undergone exten sive repairs by wood submitted to this process.—Poly lechnic Magazine. THE WALTZ, GALLOPADE, AND POLKA. —Though ladies are always more gr a c e ful than men, I must here warn them against the modern style of waltzing, which is the reverse of graceful, being little more than a mere romping twirl, intended only, as far as I can perceive, to make parties giddy. The old waltz, sometimes called the Spanish waltz, was a very graceful dance • but its char acter is changed, and there is nothing either graceful or pleasing in seeing gentlemen pulling and hauling their partners on, seeing the pretty pairs spinning round and round, jostling against each other, to say nothing of an occasional tumble, till the few who can keep time and step feel their heads going, and till ladies are forced to lean, panting, and with flushed cheeks and heaving breasts, against the very walls of the room for support. Gallo pades and polkas are worse still, for few, very few gentle men can dance them, and with any but an actual opera dancer this exhibition is ungraceful in the extreme. The gallop and polka step, in which gentlemen w th legs wide astride push their fair partners along, is absolutely dis gusting; and I will hold no mother guiltless who after this public warning shall allow her daughter to join so brutal a display. In an ordinary way, young ladies may depend on obtaining easy forgiveness for a few trifling follies when committed in a cheerful and good-humoured mood, but let them beware of any thing that is coarsely ungrateful. No pretty girl, no young lady indeed, whe ther pretty or not, should ever, if she values true and gallant admiration, allow herself to be associated with the recollection of anything that is markedly ungrateful, however harmless in itself, and should never therefore dance modern waltzes, polkas, or gallopades.—Frazer. MANUFACTURES OF BEYROOT.—The only shops con taining native manufacture somewhat worthy of note are those of the silk-mercers. After having seen the coarse machinery in use, one can scarcely conceive how such beautiful textures can be produced by such clumsy means. Formerly these silks were more or less employed in the dress of all classes of the population, but latterly they have been greatly supplanted by the cheaper cotton goods of Manchester. Still the rich gold and silver brocades, ma nufactured in Beyroot and its vicinity, are in much de mand among the wealthy Syrians as the chief material for their gala dresses. Caftans made of this gorgeous mate rial have a most brilliant effect. The silk sashes of Bey root are also much esteemed, and are exported to different parts of the East. They are often ten ells long, and an ell and a half wide ; and, though made of heavy silk, are yet so fine and elastic that they may be compressed into a bulk scarc?ly more than can he covered with both hands. Worn round the waist, in a band varying from four to five inches to a foot in width, according to the taste of the wearer, they are a very useful and agreeable article of dress, from the support they afford the loins in these warm, enervating climates. It is rather an amusing thing to see a gentleman rolling himself up into his sash, like a great overgrown silkworm wrapping itself up in its cocoon. He fastens one end to a door, a post, or a bush ; then walking out to the full length of the sash, he adjusts its width, arranges its folds, and turns round and round, with great deliberation, till the nice operation is completed to his satisfaction. The part of the dress above the girdle serves, as it has always done from time immemorial, for stowing away all kinds of things ; handkerchiefs, when people have any, bread, fruit, &c., nothing comes amiss. As the receptacle goes all round the body, it is equal to three or four of those large pockets our great grandmo thers used to wear.—Library of Travel. THE MONSTER MISERY OF LITERATURE.—As regards the state of literature, take out your pencils, (you all carry pencils, to calculate either the long odds or the odds on 'Change,) and make out a list of the works published dur ing the last five years, likely to be known, even by name, a hundred years hence ! It is some comfort to feel, that by sight they cannot be known—that few of them will survive to disgrace us—that the circulating libraries pos sess the one merit of wear and tear for the destruction of their filthy generation, like Saturn of old ; for it would grieve us to think of even the trunks of the two thousandth century with being lined with what lines the brains of our contemporaries. So that in the sear of grace two thou sand and forty-four, we shall have the Lady Blarney of Kilburn-square (the Grosvenor-square of that epoch,) en quiring of the Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Sk eggs of Croy don Mace (the Belgium Square)—" My dear soul, what could those poor people do to amuse themselves ? They bad positively no books ! After Scott's time till the mid dle of the nineteenth century not a single novelist; after the death of Byron, not a poet ! I believe there was an historian of the name of Hallam, not much heard of; and the other day, at a book-stall, I picked up an odd volume of an odd writer named Carlyle. But it is really curious to consider how utterly the belles-lettres were in abey ance." To which, of course, Miss C. W. A. S.—even Dr. Panurge could not get through the whole name again !) —" My dear love, they had Blackwood's Magazine, which, like the Koran after the burning of the Alexan drian library, supplied the place of ten millions of vo lumes !" But, alas, some Burchell may be sitting by, to exclaim " Fudge !" Some groper into archives will bring forth one of those never-to-be -sufficiently-abominated catalogues of Bond and other streets, showing that, on a moderate calculation, twenty books were published per diem, which, at the end of three months, possessed the value of so many bushels of oyster-shells ! And then, pray what will you have to say for yourselves, Ci, public! f rom your tombs in Westminster Abbey, or your cata combs at Kensal Green ? Which among y ou w ill dare come forward, with blue lights in his hand and accompa. nied by a trombone, like the ghost of Ninus in Semite snide, and say—" We warned these people to write for immortality. We told them it was their duty to stick in a few oaks for posterity, as well as their Canada poplars and Scotch firs. It was not our fault that they chose to grow nothing but underwood. It was the fault of the circulating libraries, which, instead of allowing the milk of human genius to set for cream, diluted it with malice prepense, and drenched us with milk and water even to loathing !"—Blackwood't Magazine. PRICE OF AN AUTOGRAPII.—M. de Metternich it ap pears, is a great collector of autographs, and of course his position has facilitated the gratification of this taste. Il is collection is rich in royal, imperial and princely letters; nor is there any lack of odes from German poets, and sonnets from Italian improvisatori. One day, however. it occurred to him that now the public press had become a power in many countries, he ought to have the autographs of a few journalists, in order to complete his collection; and as in Italy and Germany, thanks to the cens wship, there are plenty of journals but no journalists ' he was obliged to send t o F rance . A mongs t o th e r s , M. Jules Jannin; (one of the edi ors of the Journal des Debats) received a most polite request for an autograph from the rival of M. de Tallevrand. Janin immediately took up his pen and wrote as follows—" Received from - his excel lency Prince Metternich, twenty-four bottles of Johan nisberg, first quality.—Paris, 15th May 1838."—Black wood. DEPTHS OF THE MOST REMARKABLE ARTESIAN WELLS EXECUTED BY THE HAND OF MAN.—The Perforations, by which the Chinese obtain salt water have been alt eady mentioned ; they are 1800 feet deep : but as the water does not of itself appear, they are scarcely Ar tesian. The seventh bed of water at St. Nicholas d'Alier mont, already mentioned, is 1025 below the surface. As coals, not water was the object of search, the works were abandoned, but the Artesian well remained. A hole re cently boared at Geneva, did not reach water at 682 feet. At Sursene, near Paris, a hole 663 feet deep has been pierced; but no water flows: as the chalk-bed is nearly penetrated, it is to be regretted that the works are nor continued : it is on Mr. Rothschild's property. The fountain at Cheswick belonging to the Duke of North umberland, is 582 feet deep. The deepest fountain of the Pas-de-Calais, is 461 feet. T , ere is a well at Tours 259 feet deep; and one at the silk manufactory of the Cham poiseau, 273 feet.—Polytechnic Magazine. THE RHINE.—" On the Rhine, I am never more than twenty years old !" says the Countess Ida Hahn Hahn, in her Brinnerun gen. There only do I feel myself quite at home. Whether arriving from the Baltic or the Qua dalquivir, I have always a recurrence of the same name less home-feeling, which renders me at once happy and tranquil. 0, the Rhine! the Rhine! What are other rivers—your Seine, and Garonne, and Tagus—compared with him ? But small and secondary streams beside the mighty Rhine. There are certain rivers which represent nations, and ideas, and periods of history—the Scamander for instance. bringing t our thoughts the days of Grecian heroism ; when men fought with gods, and in so doing seemed to wrest from them a portion of their supernatural strength and beauty—the Nile, the priestly Nile, myste rious as a dogma, but rich in blessings as the agency of a divine spirit; concealed in its source, but manifest in its operation—then the Jordan, the s ream of revelation, on whose banks is heard the rushing of the wings of the dove, while a voice, other than that of man, murmurs over the waters—and the Tiber, a small and muddy stream, but the gigantic and sparkling reflex of Rome's immortal turrets. But the Rhine. that heroic river, which nations never cross without buckling on their armour for the fight ; and yet, on whose banks life is so free, so safe, an.] so delightful. Hark to the clatter of wine-cups, the echoes of music, the whispered legends, and the clash of wea pons I while the old river flows on so cheerily, murmuring as he goes words of encouragement to his children. I em brace thee, 0 Rhine ! and wherever I go I will not cease to love thee. * * * * When I pass in review all the beautiful scenes 1 have visited, and then ask myself the question, Where I would fain see the sun set for the last time ? the answer is unhesitating and heartfelt, and inva riably the same— ' Behind Stobzentels, on the Rhine.'" —Blackwood's Magazine. THE INDIAN ARMY.—It has been contended of late' years, by some public writers. that we hold India entirely by the force of opinion ; that is to say, that we are per mitted to rule simply because the principles of justice a-td equity, and the respect for the religious usages of thou sands under our sway, are carried out to the fullest extent compatible with human frailty. On the other hand it has been argued that our empire is held entirely by the sword ; and our wars, victories, and their political results, have been pointed at as evidence f the soundness of the theory. Truth lies, in most cases, between extremes, and there seems little reason to doubt that such is its proper posi tion in the present instance. The highest opinion that might be entertained of our character as governors, would of itself, we apprehend, avail but little of the retention of the country against the schemes of disaffected or design ing men, if it were not backed by a well-organized, and judiciously-distributed physical force. If there were no descendants of the countless chieftains, who once held possession of the country, eager, upon any pretext sue ported by opportunity, to assert fanciful claims to territory or to privileges : if there w- re no frontier foes, whose in cursions it were necessary to resist or prevent, as much for the peace and happiness of the people as for the main tenance of Britsh supremacy ; there would still be evil powers within the heart of the empire against whose machinations the greatest amount of political integrity could not successfully contend. The Hindoo and the Mussulman are priest-ridden; and the Hindoo and the Mussulman are alike avaricious. What elements more potent than priestcraft and avarice to excite a populace to rebellion ? while the Zindar's disinclination to pay his rent ignited the spark of insurrection, on the one hand there would not be wanting the ambition and the self in terest, of the Brahmin, and the savage religious fervour of the Moollah, to fan she flame, upon the other. The sword, therefore, is an indispensible agent in the retention of India ; and it is a happy thing for the populace of that empire, that the mercy and humanity which distinguish the administration of a civil government attemper the steel by which the sedition of the disaffected and the incur sion of the foreign foe are chastised.—Slocqueler's Hand- Book of India. CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND.—New Zealand being situated within the temperate zone, although nearer to the equator than Great Britain, possesses, from its pecu liar geographical position, especially from its being insu lar, and also from the nature of its surface a climate, so modified as to resemble that of England more nearly than that of any other country lam acquainted with. It is moderate in every respect; the range of its tempera ture throughout the year and during the day being very inconsiderable. This is principally owing to the immense expanse of ocean which surrounds these narrow islands on all sides, preserving a temperature little varying, and moderating alike the cold of the antarctic regions, and the heat of the tropics. The continent of Australia,—for as such we must regard ir, is too distant to affect the climate, which it would undoubtedly do if it were nearer; as New Zealand would then receive an air heated in its passage over the vast plains of Australia, which extend far within the t:opics. In like manner, the southerly winds which although at all times the coldest, as coming from a polar terra firma, surrounded by eternal ice, are greatly tem pered by the intervening ocean. If instead of the latter, a continent extended to within a little distance of New Zealand, as Europe and Asia do, with re'erence to En gland, it would produce all the phenomena of climate in which we observe England to differ from New Zealand, such as the greater cold in winter, and during certain winds. The east coast on which Wellington, Auckland, and the Bay of Islands are situated is colder than the western, where the settlements of Nelson and New Ply mouth have been founded, and where the air is far softer and milder. I ascertained this by actual comparisons, and in this respect the western coast must have great ad vantages over the eastern. In the interior of the islands the climate is colder, and less changeable, in consequence of the presence of a now clad mountain-gronn,. and the greater distance from the ocean. I found at Taupo. the acacias of Van Diemen's Land, the Ricinus palms Christi, and potatoes, affected by the f r )s t, a c i rcumstance which , never happens near the coast ; the leaves also of several trees had become yellow, and deciduous •, the land cape assumed an autumnal tint, although it can scarcely be said ever to have had a wintry appearance. At Welling ton, on the contrary, and along the whole coast, the natives plant their potatoes at all seasons of the year, the forest remains evergreen and the opening of the flower buds is merely a little retarded during the season of winter, the presence of which is only indicated by more frequent winds and rains.—Dhffenbach's Travels. BRAVERY OF THE KOORDS.—Though pastors, the Koords are a people of dauntless bravery ; they are habi tuated from their childhood to the use of arms and to feats of horsemanship. Their breed of horses is small, but hardy, active, and full of spirit, and superior, perhaps, to every other breed in surefootedness. A Turkish troop succeeded, in the year 1837, in capturing one of the most formidable chiefs among the Koords. His age was barely thirty, his figure was tall and finely shaped ; so handsome a Koord had never before fallen into the hands of the Os manlees. He was led into the presence of Hafiz and, had he been a vizier, he could not have been treated with more flattering attention by the generalissimo of the Sultan's forces. Hafiz Pacha and the cadi of the army exhausted all the arts•of persuasion to induce their pri soner to give them information respecting the movements and resources of the Koords ; and the seraskier even went so far as to promise, that, if he replied frankly to his questions, he would make him colonels of one r,f his regi ments. " You are mistaken, Pasha," replied the captive Koord, "if you think to find in me another Revendouz Bey. Having once been a chief of the Koords, I will never be the chief of any:other people ; were I at the head of one of your regiments, the first thing I should do would be to turn my arms against you ; and, Allah knows, I am no traitor. As for the disclosures you expect from me, you shall never receive them : fate has thrown me i n t o your hands ; do with me whate v e r you will." Despairing of effecting anything by fair means, Hafiz Pacha had re course to torture. He began by sentencing the prisoner to receive five hundred bastinadoes on the soles of his feet. As the stouthearted Koord lay on the ground, with his heels in the air, which the executioners were beating to a jelly, he coolly asked for a pipe ; it was brought to him, and, raising his head on his hand, he began to smoke with perfect composure. Amazement seized the two ex ecutioners at the sight of such unparalleled fortitude, and for awhile they forgot to strike. But the horrible punish ment was renewed, and repeated on two successive days. On the third day the invincible Koord was stripped naked and placed in a cauldron of water, under which a fire was lighted. The same questions were reiterated to him , ; but not a word passed his lips. '`You do not answer, sail Hafiz Pacha "do you not hear me ?" The Koord raised his head, and, looking sternly round on his foes, sad calmly, "Allah be thanked, my ears are no t c l o sed ; but my tongue is dumb to your questions." " W hit torture more severe can we think of to make the fellow speak .' said the cadi, to the seraskier. An expression of fierce disdain lighted up the sufferer's features at these words. " No torture," he exclaimed, pointing to a man opposite to him, " no torture could be more horrible to me than to see there, be fire my eves, a dastard Koord, who has de serted his brethren, to consort with our foes!" Th e Koord thu s a dd r essed, struck with sudden remorse, snatched a pistol from his girdle, put the p uz zle in his mouth, and blew ou t hi s brains. The unfortunate chief expired soon after in the boiling water. —Library of Travel. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—Tuts DAY. An exceedingly quiet market to-day : the demand does riot seem likely to make the sales reach 1,500, or at the utmost 2,000 bales, at rather easier prices. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, THIS DAY. (From Messrs. R. Makin Sr Sons' Circular.) The arrivals into this port from Ireland, since Tuesday last, consist of a limited quantity of Grain and Oatmeal, with a fair supply of Flour ; but except a few parcels of Wheat and several of Malt, the receipts coastwise are small. As anticipated, however, in our circular of Fri day last, the imports of foreign Wheat have been consi derably increased since that date; and of other Grain and Flour, from abroad, we have to note a tolerable accession fresh in for to-day. We had about an average number of buyers at our Corn Exchange to-day, and from the healthy state of many leading country markets last week, a more lively trade was expected this morning ; but the partial decline in London yestet day serving to counteract the least improve ment here, even good fresh qualities of English, Irish, and Foreign Wheat hardly sustained the rates of this day se'nnight, and other descriptions, especially the damp samples of the present arrivals of Foreign, receded ld. per 701 b., at which a very moderate extent of business only was transacted. Flour of all denominations was less saleable than be fore, and scarcely maintained our last quotations. Foreign Barley, of superior quality, was held on rather higher terms, but the general runs of this grain met little inquiry, and were unaltered in value. Malt and Pease ruled nearly the same as last reported. Beans, although in slow request, were ls. per qr. dearer. Although by many of the reports we have received, rain is stated to have fallen partially last week in various parts of this country and Ireland, we have had very little here; all the crops around us, therefore, especially spring corn and grass, begin to exhibit a want of moisture, but do not yet appear to be materially affected. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 7th to the 13th May, 1844, inclusive. IRE- COAST. ( CANADA _ PC). TOTAL. EIGN. LAND. WISE. R Wheat .. Qrs. 536 ( 1514 126)2 14662 Barley - Qrs. 94 768 862 Malt Qrs. il 2848 28 6 Oats Qrs. 1494 470 1100 3064 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 334 148 2go 772 Pease Qrs. 57 1064 1121 ShelledßarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. 2512 2612 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Loads 1975 9 1984 Flour. .... Sacks '5861 155 6016 Ditto Brls. 1 2853 301 3155 Into Runcorn. !viand ar qrs.: Oatmeal, 569 loads Id Coast ; Flour, ise, Beai sacks. LS, 420 qi ; Oats, EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat. qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 4 qrs. ; Pease, qrs.; Indian Cori, qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, 210 brls.--Ireland. Wheat, 280 qrs. ; Bar. ley, qrs.; Oats, qrs ; Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn, 10 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads; Flour, sks, 10 brls.--Coastwise. Wheat, 670 qrs. ; Barley, 125 qrs. ; Malt, qrs.; Oats, 35 qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 11 qrs.; Oatmeal, 203 loads ; Flour, 469 sacks 119 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending May 4. 1814. Wheat 535. 3d. I Barley 31s. Bd. l Oats .. 20s. Id. I Rye 30s. 11. Beans.. 31s. 9d. I Pease.. 31 s. 2d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 55s 631 I Barley 32s 74 I Oats 205 14. Rye 323 3d. Beans.. 315. 3d. j Pease.. 31s. 54. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheatl7s Od I Barley 6s Od I Oats .. . 6s 04 I Rye.. les 6d Beans los 64 Pease .. 105 64 Ind. Corn Os 04 Flour lOs Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat., Is. od. I Barley.. Os. 6d. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye., is 6d Beans 2s. ocl I Pease 2s. Od. j In.d. Corn Os. Od. I Flour.. Os 74d Liverpool Averages, week ending 7th May, 1844. Wheat, 967 qrs., price, 5,i3. Id.; Barley, 15 qrs., price 31s. 4d. Oats, 2.,0 qrs., price 18s. 7d.; Beans, 100 qrs , price 28s. 9d. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL MISCELLANY. It is seated in Herapath's Railway Magazine that an invention is about being tried to make boats go on canals at some thirty miles an hour. The appointment of Sir Henry Hardinge to the Gover nor-neneraiship of India has caused a vacancy for the borough of Launceston. A woman named Amelia Ogden, is in custody at Ashton, charged with cutting her son 's throat, and attempting to murder her husband. She is supposed to be insane. Friday, the 24th instant will be the aniversary of he majesty's birthday, when the sovereign will complete her 25th year. On Wednesday last no less than 2,310 gallons of spirits, which were going to be rectified at a higher strength than the law allows, were seized at Messrs. Smith's distillery, in London. THE LATE MURDERS NEAR TAUNTON.—A subscrip tion having been raised to send Mary and Faith Sealy out of the country, they have proceeded to one of our scuports, whence they will take their departure for Australia. REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON.—A rumour is preva lent in this town that Sir Hesketh Fleetwood. Bart., M.P. for this borough, intends shortl3 to resign his seat in Par liament.—Preston paper. A Court of Directors was held at the East India House on Monday, when Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., was appointed unanimously Governor-General of India. CARGO OF Wines.—The first cargo of foreign wine ever imported direct to Preston arrived in our river on Friday from Oporto, on board the Georgina, for Mr. ichaTrd Threlfitil of this town.—Preston Guardian. A child, aged five years, was poisoned in London, last week, by swallowing a small piece of putty which had been incautiously given to it to play with. A post mor tern examination of the body showed clearly that the child had b, en poisoned. LUNAR ECLIPSE.—A total eclipse of the moon will take place on the last day of the present month, Friday, the 31st instant. It will commence at 14 minutes after eight in the evening and end at 26 minutes after one. This eclipse wilt be visible. On Sunday week, the Minister at the Independent chapel at Long Sutton, Wilts, preached his farewell ser mon, in which he informed his attached congregation.. of his intention to obtain ordination in the Church of England. • The Scotch banks have 340 branches, and the Irish' 137, being in the former case one bank to every 7,750 persons, and in the tatter one to every 60,000. The banking capital of Scotland is £l5 per head to the whole population, and in Ireland £1 18s. 6d. per head. THE MURDER ON BATTERSEA BRIDGE.—The inquest on the body of iqrs. M•Farlarie was continued yesterday morning week, when a verdict of wilful murder was re 'tuned again 4 Augustus Dalmas. The examination of the latter was resumed on Friday, and continued on Sa turday, when it was adjourned till to-day (Tuesday). The expensive establishment of the royal buck-hounds, which wilt' the salary to the noble master, the Earl of aosslyn, £2,000, the chief hunt-man, Mr. Davis, and the wages to whippers-in, feeders, &c., amounting to a con s;derable item in the civil list, is to be broken up. Prince Albert will still keep his fine pack of harriers. SALE AT ROSSALL H ALL,-The sale of Sir P. H. Fleet wood's furniture. books, pictures-, &c., at his Seat, Ros sall Hall. near Fleetwood, is advertised to take place the first week in June. The building has been engaged for a large school, a prospectus of which appears in -our ad vertising columns. • UTILITY OF LIFE-Buovs.-The entire crew and pas sengers, upwards of two hundred souls, which were on board the emigrant ship Amity, when she was wrecked, during a hurricane on the 3d January, on the reefs of the Mauritius, were saved by means of two of Carte's life buoys, which had been purchased in Liverpool. Lord Brougham, mho has not presided at any public meeting at Exeter Hall since 1838, is to tilki the chair at the anniversary meeting of the British and Foreign Anti- Slavety Society, on the 17th instant. Many well-known and old friends of the cause are likely to be present, and among the rest Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., has sig nified his intention to attend. The fourth Bristol Tea Sale took place on Wednesday, when 4000 packages, were offered for competition. In consequence of the Trade having freely laid in stock a week or two ago in anticipation of a reduction in the duty, they were not in a position to support the sale as well as heretofore. The proportion sold, theretore, was small; the prices in most instances were reasonably taxed. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Friday last, an extensive fire took place at the malting-houses of Mr. Garrad, situate near the Hythe, Colchester. In about three hours nothing was left standing but the brick walls. Between 3,000 and 4,000 quarters of malt, and 1,303 quarters of barley, be sides a considerable quantity of valuable merchandize, was consumed or rendered useless. The value of the property destroyed is estimated at about £13,000. ST. HELENS. —THE COLLIERS. --The strike in this district may now be considered as completely at an end. We believe that all the pits have now their full comple ment of hands, and that notwithstanding the transference of a portion of t e coal trade to Wigan and other places, owing to the strike, St. Helen's is doing quite, if not rather more than en average amount of blueness in the mineral. The general trade of the town is slowly trecover ing from the shock which it sustained by the recent strife. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT.—On the decease of the Rev. G. W. Onslow, some months back, the Incumbent of Pyrford, near Ripley, Surrey, the Churchwarden applied to an Anaba ,, tist preacher of Horshiil, a neighbouring parish. to officiate on a Sunday in the parish church of Pyrford. which he actually 'did. He put on the surplice, went through the usual duty, buried a corpse likewise, but refused to baptize a child 13, ought by its friends to the church. • Of course Archdeacon Wilberforce will inquir e into the business.—Church Inletligencer. BANK OF ENGLAND.—A special court of the proprietors ,f stock in this corporation was held in the court-room of the establishment, to consider important communications relative to the terms upon which the charter is proposed 'ay her Majesty's government to be renewed. The meet ing, although fully attendA, was not nearly so crowded as when the same topic was brought forward in 1833, the year in which the last renewal occurred. There were but a few country bankers present, but of the leading London capitalists there sas a strong muster. The correspon dence between the government and the bank having been read, some discussion ensued on the affairs of the bank. The chairman moved that the proposals of the govern ment should be acceded to. It was agreed that the papers should be published for the use of the members. and that the court should adjourn till Monday. ALARMING FIRE AT EXNING, NEAR NEWMARKET. — On Saturday evening last this village, so notorious some twenty years past for the operations of incendiarism, had been nearly totally destroyed by an act of this description. Mr. Stigerwood, an opulent farmer, and the parish sur veyor, lost eighty combs of wheat, while his live stock escaped by a miracle, attributable doubtless to a well supplied stream, or small river, which intersects the vil lage. Several thatched cottages in the immediate neigh bourhood were more or less ignited, and had not four engines arrived from Newmarket the whole village, com nosed chiefly of thatched cottages, would have become the prey of theconflagration. Whatforms not the least alarming feature in the case is, that threats are abroad about a speedy revisitation of the spot, and certain destruction of the village.—Morning Herald. ALARMING ACCIDENT.—( From the Welshmanof Satur day.)—A most dreadful accident occurred yesterday in a colliery near Llanelly. It appears from the particulars we have been able to gather, that between two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon the engine in the Penbwlrh gwyn colliery, about two miles from Llanelly, caught fire. After a short time the engine with a tremendous crash fell into the pit, shutting out every chance of escape for the hundred men and children who were working in the pit. All attempts to put out the flames were vain. Ex ertions to extricate toe sufferers were used incessantly, but at eight o'clock last night not one of them was got out of the pit.—[Subsequent accounts contradict this ac count. It appears there were only from twenty to thirty persons in the pit, and the whole of them were h a p p ily extricated alive.] SERIOUS ROBBERIES.—CAUTION AGAINST PETTY HAWKERS. —The following serious robberies have been committed in the day during the last and present month, in the neighbourhood of Manchester. On the 20th ult., a watch from the house of Miss Needham, Pendleton; on the 26th stk., quantity of silver plate from the house of Mr. Slater, Broughton ; on the 28th ult., a quantity of silver plate from the house of Mr. Walton, Stretford terrace 2 • on the Ist inst., a quantity of plate from Bi rc h Hall, 11usholme ; on the 2nd inst., a quantity of plate from the house of Mr. Scholes, Prestwich ; on the 3rd inst., a silver basket, value twenty pounds, from th e h ouse of r, Slater, Victoria Park ;on the 4th inst., from a house at Swinton, a work-basket, containing trinkets ; and on the 6th inst., a quantity of plate from the house of Mr. Owens, Stretford. All these robt•eries are supposed to have been committed by petty hawkers who go about to the houses in the outskirts of the town, with matches, paper, small books, pens, sealing wax, &c., as a pretext for loitering about premises. THE PERILS OF STEEPLECHASING,,AD inquest vas held on Wednesday evening by Mr. Higgs, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Charles Barnell, aged 38. The deceased was a trainer of horses for steeplechasing. In his capacity of " toper," he taught the horses to leap, for which purpose a number of bars are required of different heights, for the animals to jump over. On the 18th ult. he purchased a horse at Dixon's Repository. On arriving at Kilburn, he took the horse into the yard for the pur pose of trying his leaping powers. The bar was brought out, and amidst many spectators, it was cleared in good style by the deceased. Elated with success, he ordered the bar to be raised higher. The horse cleared the bar, but the deceased, by some mischance, slipped off, and alighted on his feet. The ground being rough, and the force with which he came to the ground, broke his right leg. He was removed to the hospital, when delirium tremens set in. He lingered for some days, and died on Tuesday night, from mortification of the injured part. The deceased, during his steeplechasing career, had broken his left leg on two previous occasions. THE POLICE AND THE GAMBLING-HOUSES. —On Wednesday morning, shortly before one o'clock, a very determined attack was made by the police upon a number of gambling-houses at the west end of the town, situate in Bury-street, Albemarle-street, St. James's-street, and their neighbourhoods. By a preconcerted arrao.,.ernent, in pursuance of orders from the commissioners of police, a body of policemen from several divisions of the force were ordered to be in readiness between eleven and twelve, to proceed to a certain destination unknown to the men, but which was eventually found to be in making a simul taneous assault upon gambling-houses at the west end of the town. The men, on leaving the stations, were sup plied with sledge-hammers, crow-bars, &e., for the pur pose of obtaining immediate entrance, Upon the divi sions reaching the houses, an attack was at once made upon the doors and admission obtained. The police then rushed up the stairs into the rooms. In some of the houses the gambling was going on, when, upon the noise of the police entering being heard, a general attempt was made to escape. The police, however, succeeded in cap turing several persons, and also getting possession of the rouge el noir tables, the 100-tables, the cues, &c., which, with the prisoners, were taken to the station-house of the C division in Vine-street, where they were safely lodged. CONVICTION OP CROUCH, THE MURDERER.—The trial of William Crouch, who, it will be remembered, murdered his wife by cutting her throat at her lodgings, in Marylehone, from which she died instantly, took place on Wednesday, at the criminal court, London. Two or three publicans, in whose service the prisoner had been as potboy and waiter, proved that he was extremely stupid —so much so, that they had been obliged to discharge him. His intellect was so limited, that it more than one customer gave him an order at the same time for different. kinds of liquids to drink, he could not remember them. The jury retired at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and there being no prospect of their agreeing the same night, they were locked up. On Thursday morning, they came into court, at ten o'clock, ann upon being asked whether they had agreed upon their verdict, the foreman answered in the negative, and requested the learned Judge to read' over to them the portion the evidence which bore upon the prisoner's insanity. Mr. Justice Coltman, who presided, immediately sent for Mr. Baron Alderson, who tried the case. The jury asked in the mean time to be allowed some refreshment, as they had been without food for twenly-jour hours ! the learned judge expressed his inability to comply until the arrival of his learned brother. The starved jury then retired feeble and ex haus' ed, and, after waiting an hour and a half, sent a re quest to the court to be allowed a glass of water. Mr. Justice Coltman informed them that he was obiized to refuse their request. Mr. Baron Alderson h wing arrived, the jury again retired, having received from his lordship,' the intormation a‘hich they sought ; about two o'clock they came again into court, with a verdict of guilty. Mr. Baron Alderson immediately passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, giving no hope of mercy. THE PROPOSED NEW Docks AT HULL.—The Hull Dock Company, as we have already stated, are proposing to construct two new docks at that port,—the Victoria Dock, east of the harbour, and the Railway Dock, near the railway station. The first (which is to communicate with the old harbour by means of a basin, and also with the Humber in a similar romner, so as to form a circular string of docks) would provide for the timber trade, and the latter for the trade in salt, cotton-twist, &c., by rail way. The area of the Victoria Dock is to be nearly 13 acres, the Humber basin about 3, and the Drypool basin 11; the length of quay round the dock 3,390 feet, and the area of the quays 13 acres. The length of quays round the Drypool basin will be 1,390 feet, and the area 4 acres. The length of the quays round the Humber basin will be 1,390 feet, with 61 acres of quay room. At the e ist of the dock there will be a slope for the landing of timber. The e,timate for the Drypool basin is £46,361 ; for the dock, £87,263; for the south or Humber basin, £36.847. The total estimate for this dock is £32,941.? The Rail way Dock will have an area of 24 acres. 'I he quay, will be 50 feet wide on either side, having an area of 2 acres. It is proposed to reserve 1 acre 2,000 yards for ware houses. The estimate for the Railway Dock, including contingencies, is £58,576. The cost of the rails and rail way machinery will be £8,600, of which the Dock Com pany are to bear one-half. Both docks are to have a depth of 30 feet at spring tides, and 21 or 22 feet at neap tides. Toe estimates provide 24 acres of quay room, and 19 acres of docks. The total cost is estimated at £410,000. It was stated in the committee on this bill, onWednesday last, that the export of cotton-twist from Hull (which reaches there chiefly by railway) was about 80 million pounds annually. WRECK OF THE SEVERN STEAMER.—Within these few weeks, two new iron steamers, the Severn and Avon, fitted with the Archimedean screw, and high-pressure engines, were started in opposition to the old line' Of steam packets between Bristol and Nwport, South Wales. We regret to state that one of them, the Severn, was wrecked in the Newport river, just at the moment of her starting on her return voyage to Bristol. About a quar ter to six on Saturday evening, when about to start, the Severn was lying at her berth near the Newport bridge, with her bow towards the bridge, her stern being down the river, or in the direction of Bristol. At this time the tide was running up the Newport river very strong. The signal for starting having been given, the captain com menced swinging her round, and cast off the stern chain, depending upon the bow rope and the power of the engine for bringing her round with her head to the tide, and thus getting her under weigh. At this moment, when the order was given to back her, it was found that the screw would not revolve; the vessel immediately swung round, and carried with the tun of the tide, struck with her bow against the sharp wedgelike buttress of the bridge, and recoiling, almost instantly struck with her side against another buttress with such force, that every one on the bridge fully expected to see her turn right over. At this moment the scene wos indescribable ; the spectators on shore, as well as their friends on board, screaming dread fully. Boats were instantly put in requisition ; and the Passengers, upwards of 50 in number, were fortunately all got on shore. The removal of the luggage, &c., was safely effected. In about an hour arid a half, she was seen to go down, the captain and crew having only just jumped into some boats previously to her sinking ; indeed, they stayed by her so long, that the boats in which they were were swamped. The crew were, however picked up by other boats. No cause could be assigned for the non-ac tion of the screw, till, on the tide leaving her, a chain was discovered firmly twisted round the screw, which bad thus caused her destruction. How the chain came there is a complete mystery. The vessel has since rolled over with every tide. and has a rent in her side from the deck to her keel large enough for men to walk in and out ; so that is very doubtful whether she will not go entirely to pieces.— Time*. BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY AND ALL THE ROYAL SCH WEPPE'S SODA WATER LEMONADE, arid other Aerated Waters continue in the highest repute amongst the Nobility, Gentry, and Pubic throughout the United Kingdom, that any enconium on its merits appears quite superfluous. None is genuine without.a Red Label over the Cork of each Bottle of Soda Water, representing the Royal Ap pointment in the centre, and the name of their Firm on each side. Also. SCHWEPPE'S LEMONADE; has a Yellow Label on each Bottle, with their Name and Address, without which none is genuine. G rman Seltzer Water, as imported in Quarts and Pints. EXPORT ORDERS manufactured especially for Warm Climates. THE FOLLOWING ARE THEIR AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. T. Nixon, Jun , R. Lattabury, Castle-street ; J. Priest ley, Lord-street ; T. Thompson and Son, J. H. and S. Johnson, Wm. Rawle. Church-street ; Man and Crosth waite, Wm. Lloyd, Parker-street; Wm. Hope. J. Wood ville, R. Clay, Bold-street; Wrn. Proctor, Ranelagh street ; Wm. Jones. T. M. Davies, Berry-street ; G. Wood, Pitt-street; G. 4spinall, G. Webster, St. James street ; Wm. Wagstaff, Great George-place ; Thos. Ho garth, M. Redhead, Great George-street; F. B. Sykes, Upper Parliament-street ; G. Bolderston, Mill-street ; E. Pearson, Fair-view, Park-road ; G. H. Howell, Dale street ; James Gerard, Oldhall-street ; J. Britten, Old Haymarket; D. Scholefield, Queen-square; E. Tiernan, London-road; W. W. King, William Henry-street, Soho -street; J. W. Williams St. Anne-scree. ; James Fergie, Brunswick-road ; E. Ti ernan, Everton ; J. Ball, West Derby-street ; James Peddlebury, Brownlow-hill ; C. W. Shaw, Russell-street ; E. Jardine, T. Tithering ton, Oxford-street: S. Maskery, West Derby Vtllage; G. Dare, Seacombe ; John Eastwood, W. Higgins, Bir kenhead ; R. Smith, Mrs. Barclay, Woodside ; W.West head, R. Brining, Waterloo. rp AND H. SMITH'S FLUID EXTRACT OF .1 • SENNA, prepared in Vacuo. sold in Battles at 2s. 6d., 55., and 10s. each. This is a Ow Extract of Senna, in a high state of perfection, prepared in Vacuo. It is an efficient and easy purgative, in small doses ; those for adults even seldom exceeding one or two teaspoonfulls, and produces no sickness or griping in its operation. Not only are the nauseous taste and smell corrected, but the taste is ren dered positively agreeable and inviting ; consequently, with this preparation, the difficulty attending the giving of Senna to children is entirely removed. Instead of the loathing which the bulky dose of the ordinary Senna Tea produces, the Fluid Extract of Senna is taken by them with the greatest readiness, and even with a relish, The following complimentary testimonial has been vo luntarily published by Dr. Christison, the distinguished Professor of Materia Medica in the Edinburgh University : " The Fluid Extract of Senna is now used very largely in this city, (Edinburgh,) and by many medical practi tioners, as well as myself, almost to the exclusion of every other preparation. I have no doubt it is the best form, in every respect, which has yet been proposed." Observe, the actual signature of the Inventors, on an engraved label, is atta;hed to the wrapper, on each Bottle. Prepared only by T. and H. SMITH, Chemists, 21, Duke-street, Edinburgh ; and sold wholesale by JOHN CLERK, 30, Mersey-street, Liverpool ; BARCLAY and SoNs, Farringdon-street, London; and may be had retail of all respectable Druggists, by asking for T._AND H. SMITH'S FLUID EXTRACT OF SENNA. TEETH. MR. A. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, from the Firm of Messrs. Eskell and Sons, 99, Norfolk vtreet, Sheffield, and 28, Cooper-street, Manchester, 74, SEEL-STREET, Eight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpool, has the honour to acknowledge the very dis tinguished and gratifying increase of confidence daily re posed in his professional skill and abilities, and takes this opportunity of informing his numerous Patients and Friends that he has taken the above Permanent Residence, and may be Consulted Daily. ARTIFICIAL and NATURAL TEETH, of SUR PRISING BEAUTY, fixed from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots, or giving any pain, and without springs, wires, or ligatures, answering all the purposes of MASTICATION and ARTICULATION, REMAINING PERFECTLY secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility, at the following low charges : A single artificial tooth. A complete set A complete set of natural teeth, on fine gold plate An entire set of natural or terro-me tonic teeth, highly finished in the first style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged 40 guineas 2O 0 0 INC 0 R ItOD IB LE STONE TEETH, warranted never to change colour nor decay. The great beauty of these STONE TEETH is that it is impossible to detect them from natural. £ s. d. ........... 010 0 5 5 0 Loose Teeth 'fastened, arising either from age, disease, or mercury; and DEFICIENCIES of palate EFFEC TUALLY REMEDlED.—Artificial Teeth, out of re pair, re-modelled to fit the mouth. and restored equal in BEAUTY and DURABILITY to the original state. FILLING DECAYED TEETH. Messrs. ESKELL'S celebrated MINERAL TERRO METALLIC, for tilting Decayed Teeth, without heat, pain, or pressure. This Mineral is applied, in a soft state like paste, into the cavity of the Decayed Tooth, how ever large or small ; it hardens in a second into an enamel, becomes incorporated with the outer shell, arresting thereby the progress of further decay and toothache, and lasting for many years. All other Dental Operations, Scaling, Separating, Ex tracting, and Regulating Children's Teeth, Mr. E. per forms with ease arid safety. r. A. E. begs to infoim those who require Artificia Teeth that his method of practice combines all the modern town improvements, both in the Teeth and mode of fixing them, which are highly approved of, not only by his Patients, but also by the first medical authorities in the kiwzdom. 74, SEEL-STREET, (Eight doors from Berry-a l ) Liverpool. PATRONISED AND SANCTIONED BY HER MAJESTY "THE QUEEN." H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND THE SEVERAL COURTS OF EUROPE. R 0 W L AN D'S MACASSAR OIL. This elegant, fragrant, and pellucid oil, in its pre servative, restorative, and beautifying qualities, is une qualled over the whole world. It preserves and reproduces the hair, even at a late period of life ; prevents it from turning grey ; or if so changed, restores to its original colour ; frees it from scurf and impurity, and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy. CAUTION.—Each genuine bottle has the words " ROW LAND'S MACASSAR OIL," engraved in two lines, on the wrapper. *** As a further protection to purchasers, the words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" are engraved on the back of the envelope nearly 1500 times, containing 29,028 letters — WITHOUT THIS NONE ARE GENUINE. Price 3s. ; 75.; Family Bottles, (equal to four small,) 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. per bottle. ROWLAND'S KALYDOR. - An odoriferouscretWilicit;id of Balsamic Exotics. It pleasingly dissipates all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Red ness. Tan, Freckles, and other Defects of the Skin, heals Sunburns, Stings of Insects, and reruces inflammation. It imparts a youthful roseate hue to the most bilious Complexion, and renders the Arms, Hands, and Neck, transparently fair and delightfully soft and smooth. It is invaluable as a renovating and refreshing Wash, during travelling , or exposure to t h e sun, dust, or dry piercing winds, and after the heated atmosphere of crowded assemblies.----GENTLE MEN will find it peculiarly grateful after shaving in allaying the irritation of the Skin. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle, duty included. ROWLAND'S ODONTO ; OR, PEARL DENTIFRICE. A Fragrant White Powder, prepared from Oriental Herbs. It eradicates Tartar and decayed Spots from the Teeth, polishes and preserves the Enamel, to which it imparts a Pearl-like Whiteness, and fixes the Teeth firmly in the Gums. Being an Anti-Scorbutic, it eradicates the Scurvy from the Gums, strengthens, braces, and renders them of a healthy red; it removes unpleasant tastes from the mouth, which often remain after fevers, takiag medicine, &c., and imparts_swgetness and perfume to the breath. Price 2§. - 6(J. per box. duty included. OBSERVE !.- 7 , .T0 protect the Public from fraud, the lion. Cornmislionel4 of Her Majesty's Stamps have authorised the Propridtors' Signature to be engraved on the Govern ment Stamp, thus-- A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton Garden, which is affixed to the Kalvdor and Odonto. None are Genuine without the Stamp. N.B.—The principle on which each article is prepared is confined solely to the knowledge and practice of A: ROWLAND and SON, 20, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON— the amalgamation of their costly exotic materials neu tralizes all attempts to separate Mir component parts, and thus proves the imposition of all other articles bearing the same names. _ Be sure to ask for " ROWLAND'S Articles." Sold by them and by Perfumers and Chemists. IMPORTANT TO LADIES. EARSLEY'S ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S -lA. FEMALE PILLS, so long and justly celebrated for their peculiar virtues, are strongly recommended to the a pp notice roba tio of n every mos t lady, having obtained the sanction and gentlemen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and valuable Medicine in effectually removing obstructions, and relieving all other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which, at an early period of life, frequently arise from want of exercise and general debility of the system : they create an appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and nerv. ous headache, and are eminently useful in windy disorders, pain 3 in the stomach, shortness of breath, and palpitation of the heart : being perfectly innocent, may be used with safety in all seasons and climates. *** It is necessary, owing to the numerous imitations, to inform the Public that KEA RSLEY'S is the only ORIGINAL and GENUINE MEDICINE of this de scription ever made, and has been prepared by them for more than FIFTY YEARS !! Purchasers are particulrrly requested to remark, that as a testimony of authenticity, each Bill of Directions contains an affidavit, and bears the signature of " C. KEAHSLEY," in writing, also en graved on the Government stamp, and each is wrapped in white paper. Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by J. SANGER, 150, Ox ford-street, London; and all respectable Medicine Ven dors throughout the Coubtrv. May 14 , 1 844. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 as. (of 18390-1 AUSTRIAN SCRIP for £3, 6 for £l5, and 13 for £5O ; reimbui sable by Dividends of £30,0 00, £23,000, £20,000, £15,000, &c.—Smallest Dividend £5O sterling. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN-POLISH LOAN of 150,000,000 fis. (of 1835 )-1 RusszAN-Pousa Sala for £2 10s., 4 for £lO, and 9 for .C2O. General and chief DISTRIBUTION Ist Juae, at Vienna. A few SCRIPS are %et on SALE. Dividends repaid at Paris, Frankfort, Vienna, and London. Apply fox prospectuses, with full particulars, without delay, to A. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frankfort-on-Maine. Or, to save postages, letters may be sent to Mr. JACOBS' 34, Wellclose-square, London, from whence they will promptly be forwarded. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN-POLISH LOAN of 150,000,000114 (of 1835,) IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 11. (of 1339,) guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS at Warsaw and Vienna. In the Russian-Polish Loan the following divi dends will be re-imbursed :—One of 1.000.000 11., one of 300,000 fl., two of 150,000 fl., six of 25,000 fl., eight Of 14,000 fl., &c. , together 7000 dividends, gaining7,97o.ooo fl• Smallest dividend 750 fl., largest 1.000,000 fl. In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,700 11., in lots of 230,000 fl., 50,000 fl., 15,000 fl., 10,000 fl., &c. Smallest dividend 500 fl. 10 flotins are equal to LI sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's exchange. The prices are— -.- 1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2lO 1 Austrian Scrip for 0 4 Ditto 10 0 6 Ditto 15 9 Ditto 20 0 13 Ditto 30 Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Divi dends re-imbursable at Frankfort, Paris. London, or New York, at the option of the holders. To save postai:at foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris. New York, and London ; at Mr. A. Schwarzschild's ' 1. Plough court, Lombard-street. Prospectuses, with fuil palmy.. lars, and Lists of the Distribution, promptly forwarded to every shareholder abroad. J. A. SCHWARZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General. A florin being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. In the Austrian Government Distribution, is relatively much more ca'uable than one Red Bond in the private specula tion of the 25th. Frankfort-on -Maine, April, 1844. • PARSON'S ALEPPO 0 PFICE WRITING INK. TH IS very superior Ink being m a d e w i th pure ALEPP O GALLS, is equally adapted for Quills and Steel Pens, and combines the requisite qualities of INCORRODIBILITY and PEEMANENCY of COLOUR with an easy flow from the Pen. It is therefore strongly recommended to Merchants, Bankers, Solicitors, Accountants, and others. * * Warranted not to be affected by time or - climate. Sold in Quart, Pint, Half-pint, and Sixpenny Bottles, by JOHN PARSONS, at his Manufactory for Printing and Writing Inks, 9, Ave-Maria-lane, London, and sold by all the Booksellers and Stationers in Liverpool. PHYSICIANS' & SURGEONS' PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY PREPARED. MEDICINE: CHESTS FITTED UP FOR SEA' GENUINE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. j PRIESTLEY, CHEMIST, Lord -street, begs par -0 • ticularly to call the attention of his Friends and the Public to the under-mentioned selection of Preparations: PRIESTLEY'S CONDENSED ANTI BI LIOUS ANTACID SOLUTION OF MAGNESIA. The PROPRIETOR has at length by Chemical aid, suc ceeded in forming a Solution of that admiral medicine perfectly free from all extraneous matter which Magnesia, in a state of ponder, contains. This Solution is partica= larly recommended to correct Bile and Acidity; for In digestion and Sea Sickness, Gout, and Red Gravel. To persons having resided in hot climates it is invaluable. Sold in Bottles, Is. and 2s. 6d. ; or Family Bottles, containing two half-crown Bottles, 4s. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS, which approach nearer than anything yet discovered tO the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style of pre paring PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is peculiar tO himself, and combines scientific skill with great accuracsr; and though numbers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years att, mpted imita tions, they have invariably been found to be spurious.. compounds, neither possessing the afire-able flavour nor the medicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Powders, and make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases' The latter are put up in a very eligible form for exporta tion, or to use at sea, and will keep any length of tune in all climates. PRIESTLEY'S FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA. In this preparation are concentrated all the Medicinal Properties of Sarsparilla Root. To persons, t h e refore, who, from various causes, would expe r i ence great Incon venience, or with whom it would be utterly impossible to prepare the Compound Decoction, the Fluid Extra ct, which posses-es the advantages of portability and of keep ing in any climate, will be found a most desirable mode of employing this much-esteemed Medicine. two teaspoonfuls of this Extract, put into a wine-glass _ full of water, makes a preparation equal to half a pint of the Compound Decoction as •prescribed by the London , Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharmacopoeias. The diseases in which it has proved most beneficial are those of the Skin ; such as Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases. Secondary Symptoms, & c ., arising from a di seased state of :he system at lar ge ; f or remov i ng Blotches, Pimples, &c., from the Face, this Medicine has no sipe rior. The extensive use and high reputation of this prepara tion has led to numerous imitations. VEGETABLE HAIR OIL, Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and renovating the human Hair, It eradicates the Scurf, nourishes the Hair, prevents its falling off, produces a most beautiful natural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar softness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles at ls. 3d. and 3s. each. VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER. . A pleasant Tonic Tooth Powder, which simply remo ves all tartarous incrustations from the enamel ; and by its peculiar properties preserves that necessary covering. -- Sold in Boxes. 2s. 6 , 1. PRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASTE, For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture without labour or trouble. This paste is used for cleaning and polishing every description of furniture ; whatever preparation maY have been previously used for that purpose, it adds a high lustre to French polish.—Sold in Pots at Is. each, or Three Pots fur 2s. 6d. FURNITURE OIL, Half-pint Bottles, Is., Pint Bottles is. 9d., Quart Bot tles, 3s. GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE. This article is recommended to Housekeepers for clean ing all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter Measures, Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Pl a t es on Do ors , Ti n Covers, &c. &c., with half th e usua l l a b our w hi c h i s genera ll y requ i re d with other preparations, the above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish!on the Metal.—Sold in Squares 6d. and Is. each. ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS, For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains out of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &c., and for many other use ful purp oses .— P r i ce s. per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. 6d- MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. A few drops of this Flavour added to Custards, Pad" dings, dings, Cake s , Wi n es, Jelli e s, &c., c ommun i ca t e a ' delicious taste of Al m onds.—Sold in B o ttl es , w ith Dire c tions, ls. 6d. and 3s. EWLY-INVENTED CRYSTALLINE On" This is a limped VEGETABLE Ott, consolidated by a eculiar process, and really is one of the best PrePara pons ever made for nourishing and beautifying and keeping it in cu r l. the hair AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROYAL TABLE. CAPTAIN PI DDING'S 110WQUA'S MIXTURE TEA is an admixture of 40 rare Black Teas, produced on as many different plantations, each Tea differing from the rest, and possessing a flavour, a fragrance, or strength, peculiar to itself. Blended together in the proper pro portions, they comprise all that is desirable in Tea. This discovery was not the ef f ect of chance, but of many grea t advantages united in one individual, and the result of numerous experiments and the most minute analysis. For another to produce the same result, he must possess_ equal skill, the same disc r i m i na ti ng tas t e , equa l power.ol procuring the forty various Teas required, and know -i t exact proportions of each kind used—and tho ug h be V 7, 1 never once have visited China, he must have had equal opportunities of securing to himself, its productions : with one who, like Captain Pidding, has spent years there in acquiring these advantages, and to whom alone Hort • qua—years before his death—imparted at Canton, the secret of compounding his Mixture. Yet there are upwards of 500 retailers pretending to se. ll tea, they call " How qua ' s Mi xture "— eac h m i xture dif fering from all the others. Now as there can be but Of REAL " Howqua's Mixture," it follows that, as 500 dif ferent medleys are offered-499 must be spurious. The 499 counterfeits are so many evidences of the superiority of the ONE GENUINE. And it would be absurd to sun Pan wouldmade t b o e s C o h s i i n i a l y , e n v d e u fi v w e e r y e e a i r t s p ospentpossible e i — n a that that Captain Pidding, with a d van t ages , t h e result of Eight to m up to 500 other s , or i mpart to them so va l ua ble ay c se u el n dc rt Voyagesre theyt., The very great celebrity this Tea has acquired, having_ tempted many unprin c i p l e d persons to g i ve s i m il a r, ct nearly similar titles to their own spurious mixtures' t ° guard against such imposition, purchasers should o bserve that " THE SIGNATURE THUS," Captain JOHN RHODES PIDDING, Honourable Company's Service, is on every genuine Package. To those who d r i n k G reen T ea , " C ap t a i n Pidding Howqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder," grown only o n estate, is recommended for it• strength and economY, B° as being the purest and most wholesome Green Tea i° 2- ported from China. this GEORGE C a ti tiding has appointed the under Agents for Captain Pt CARLYLE, Repository, 38, Bot.n.sTag sr, ___ Agent for Liverpool. . . Accrington W. Hutchinson, Stationer. Blockburn J. Parkinson, Chemist, Church.stre et• Bolton Burnley . Everton . J. H. Pyer, Great Homer-street. Williams, Draper, &C;: . tr eet. Lancaster George Carruthers, Chemist, New — re . Manchester J. Ford & Co., Drapers, St. Ann's-sq" ra Present W. Turner Kydd, Tea Dealer and G roCe Preston .. Ditto .. Ditto J. Knight, Waterloo House. Ditto Roehda'e .... J. Booth, Chemist, Southport .... S. Whitely, Wine Merchant.