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A BIRTHDAY POEM. Lady, accept on this thy natal day The warmest wishes-of an anxiocs friend, - Who in thy path the choicest gifts would lay That can to earth d happy prospect lend, And bid us taste, e'en. whilst we here remain, A portion of thatbliss which will above, In lands where angels dwell, for ever reign, Springing from God and universal love. I would not wisliThatin thy lap might flow Abundant stores of earth's unreal wealth; For, lady, they could never yet bestow Gne joy of virtue; innocence, or health : Nor would I wish that thou might'st'never feel What 'tis to have-one hope or wish denied, Or suffer naught that might a tear reveal; For such things are, alas! to earth allied. But I would wish that thou might'st live to see Full many a birthday sun upon thee shine, With friend , around, and each one loving thee With au affection as sincere as mine ; And casting round thy life the richest charm That friendship's pow'r, o'er scenes of earth, can throw; An.► by their soothing bidding thee be calm, When from thine eyes the tears of grief may flow. I would that thy young mind should early soar To dwell on themes that vulgar souls pass by, That teach man to enjoy life's journey more. And. having wisely lived, not fear to die ; I would that ►ife should yet, for many years, Its fairest scenes before thy footsteps spread ; And that but lightly e'er might fall the tears That must, for human sufferings, be shed. Yet, still, I would not that these scenes should cause All deep reflections from thy soul to fly; But that amidst them thou shouldst often pause, To think how soon earth's fairest scenes pass by. Yes, lady, yes ! however joys prevail, Life, at the best, is bz:t a troubled sea, On which our tiny bark-s in danger sail Unto their destined shore—Eternity Oh ! then, in youth's gay time thy soul prepare To meet the trials after years will bring; And whether joy thy lot may be or care, In all things, lady, to thy Saviour cling : Then will thy joys in richer tints appear, Thy griefs be robbed of more than ball their gloom ; The first will teach thee to be happy here — The last, to look for rcst , beyond the tomb. For him, who thus, in simple words but true, His wishes for thy welfare (loth unfold, One wish remains, an anxious one, that you For him thy warm atTection e'er may hold ; And when to boast of those true ones ye've known, Thy voice with those around the hearth shall blend, That thou wouldst cast thy thoughts o'er years then flown, And say,—l have a fond and long-tried friend. Tintwistle Parsonage. ,GEORGE CANNING PAGE. LITERATURE AND:TILL' FINE ARTS. The Church of England Quarterly Review. July, 1851. London : Painter, Strand. The opening article in this talented periodical is a re view of the Bishop of Exeter's Pastoral Letter to the Clergy of his Diocese, on the present state of the Church. The notices of Professor Blakey's - " Historical Sketch of Logic," and on " Primitive Alphabets," by the Rev. C. Forster, are highly interesting. The notorious " Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development," by _Miss Martineau and Mr. Atkinson, have come in for a good share of criticism, in which the doctrines of mate rialism are combated with irresistible argumentative force. Among the remaining notices are those on " The Moral Principles of the Jesuits," by the Rev. M. A. Tierney.; " Milton and his Opinions," by Robert Fletcher ; and on the " Report of the National Society and the Education Question," which are handled with considerable ability. The Irish Land Question, with Practical Plans for an Improved Land Tenure and a New Laud Systenz. By Vincent Scully, Esq., Q.C. Dublin : Hodges and Smith. We have seen the desolating effects which that unfor tunate system of commercial policy, known as " free trade," has wrought upon the sister isle; and we eagerly peruse a work professing to alleviate those effects. The book now before us proposes an entire alteration in the present tenures of landed property in Ireland. After discussing what the author terms the evils of the existing system, and the modus operandi necessary for re forming them, he thus enumerates the direct advantages of the change :—The security of the payment of the rent to the landlord ; a permanent interest by the tenant in I.` his holding, and a power of disposition of his interest, and of purchasing that of the landlord ; mutual powers to sell and mortgage by the landlord and tenant ; and the establishment of land companies, for the purpose of ac complishing " a more perfect free trade in land, by faci litating its free transfer, and by supplying means for its beneficial use." We do not altogether concur with Mr. Scully in his projected alterations, but he has certainly opened up a field for investigation of the matter. Popery not Catholicism : a Course of Six Lectures on Infallibility, and the right of the Laity to the unre stricted perusal of the Scriptures vindicated. By the late Rev. B. W. Mathias, M.A. London: J. C.Bishop. Powerful as Popery is over those in its own communion, and vast and crushing as is its influence, only one thing is required to overthrow it,—namely, the unre stricted dissemination and light understanding of the Scriptures. The unbiassed perusal of their pages will refute and expose the errors of Popery more than the flowery rhetoric of a Cumming. We have therefore no ticed this pamphlet with gratification, and we are not without proof of some of the good effects which it has produced. The lectures are written in moderato and unvarnished language; and as antidotes to the subtle ties of the doctrines of the Church of Rome, we cordially recommend them. Fraser's Travelling Map of Ireland. Dublin: M`Glashan. This is the most unique and accurate map of Ireland we have yet seen. As we hope to see the restoration of that ill-fated but beautiful country to prosperity by the efforts of Englishmen and their capital, we take the op portunity of commending the exertions of the compiler, and congratulating him upon the superior manner in which be has performed his work. The real distances between all the towns, villages, &c., have been inserted, and every possible guide necessary for the traveller is laid before him. The Dublin University Magazine. August, 1851. Dub- lin : M`Glashan. The present number of this well-known magazine abounds with interesting and valuable matter. It opens with " Fruits and Flowers—a Symposium in Summer," which contains some poetical matter of a high order. The article, " The British Officer," is highly entertaining, containing, as it does, some rich anecdotes. The re ♦iewer says, speaking of THE PRESENT STATE OF DUELLING : " With respect to duelling, military men are placed in an awkward predicament. Fortunately, the practice is creeping fast into disuse, and single combats are now as rare as they were formerly frequent. half a century ago, and even later, it was considered necessary to meet your man before you could establish your character. It was almost equivalent to taking out a diploma to legalise regular practice. Many a trifling quarrel has been fo mented on this principle. The decline of duelling may, in great part, be attributed to the abolition of long sit tings after dinner, with heavy potations, which led to much intemperate language, usually winding up with a challenge and a fight. This was the natural course of things in the good old days, when four or five bottles per man was the common allowance, and the last bottle not unfrequently ended its existence against the heads of some who h d assisted in its exhaustion. It is now generally understood that rudeness addressed to an individual is re sented by the company in general as an offence against the laws of good breeding; a sound maxim, well calcu lated to prevent quarrels, and to keep turbulent and tem pestuous spirits within the bounds of decorum." Decidedly the best article is that on " The Line of the Lakes," which vividly pourtrays the natural beauties of those of America, and speculates on their future ad vantages to the human race. There is no doubt that the New World is already vieing with, and will, .if we do notlook about us, soon surpass the Old in the develop ment of commerce ; indeed, we are but beginning to see the era of its future greatness. The writer says, of THE RIVER ST: LAWRENCE : " On the whole, therefore, it appears certain that the river St. Lawrence is destined ere long to become a most important medium of intercourse between the World, various sections of th e New as well as between the Old World and the New, and to give to the provinces of Canada a far more extensive and commanding influence over the commercial operations of North America than any other state east of Louisiana can ever aspire to. and the outlet which it affords to the produce o f Ohio, ot h er n orth-western districts of the U n i on , will becom e en th o e f incalculable importance in case of any rupture betwee n the free and the sla ve states, as the m outh and keys of the Mississippi are completely in the hands of the latter. Such a rupture is not only inevitable, but at present ap pears close at hand ; and as the free States of the north, and the Government, intend to oppose any secession from the Union by force of arms, it cannot be doubted that at least a temporary closing of the Mississippi will be re sorted to by the southern states. But by cultivating the route of the St. Lawrence a hostile measure of this kind would fall less heavily upon the states of the interior; and most assuredly it would greatly benefit our British pro winces. Already, however, and independent of such con tingencies, the future greatness of the line of the St. Law . retina is secured; and all that is required of our brethren in Canada is to be patient and bide their time." Mak gavels, we still preserve our Canadian posses sions, notwithstanding the results *four "free-trade" po licy, and the treachery of colonial-dismemberment advo cates. They will no longer be an incumbrance or -a slur on.the finances and policy of England, but will be one of her most prosperous and valuable colonies. 'The writer also views the Canadian empire through the •medium of a 'high spirit of Christian philosophy, in which we concur and admire. He says, alluding to THE TAVERFOOL STANDARD, 'TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1851. THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY IN ,AIORRICA " When we reflect upon the gradual extinction of 'the -aborigines of America, from the Frezen Sea to:CapdHorn, -and the unceasing spread over its plains of the people and -religion of Europe, two designs of Trovidence—or, rather, perhaps, one grand plan seems to dawn , uponus. :Are we •not warranted in supposing that Providence so long held America from our knowledge, in order that .Christianity, after fighting its way to a contested supremacy in the Old World, might there find a new world in which to develope itself untrammelled ; and that the northern and largest half of that continent was reserved for the noblest of hu man races, the Anglo-Saxon ? The blessings of Chris tianity, the freedom and energy of Anglo Saxons—do not these sum up all that a land.mn -wish? And these are the gifts of America. Fast and surely the wave of -emigration is moving over the prairies of the Far-West; from Hudson's Bay to the Gilf of Mexico, mankind are -advancing abreast, ' like an army of banners,' thirteen miles every year." " Chatterton—a Story of the Year 1770," although almost worn threadbare, is invested with some new fea tures of interest. Horace Walpole's-correspondence with the wondrous boy" is extremely characteristic ; and the whole narrative arouses a sympathy which reminds us of striking instances frequently occurring in our own day. The notice on " Pendennis," and the continuation of 4 ' Maurice Tiernay," are well handled, and together with the concluding articles, are well worthy of a place in so excellent a periodical. Deafness. .An Exposition of Original Views as to the Nature, Causes, and Treatment of the Diseases of the Ear. By James Yearsley, R.C. S. London : Churchill. This is a highly-interesting and scientific treatise, adapted for the perusal of the public as well as of the me dical profession. The results of a long period of study and practice by the author are invaluable. He skews that almost all uiseases of the ear originate in a morbid condi tion of the mucous membrane of the throat, nose, and ear, which becomes affected from a variety of causes, among which cold, scarlatina, and stomach derangements stand preeminent. In this consists the originality of the work. He strongly condemns indiscriminate syringing, &c. Tl:e author holds that late hours are very prejudicial to the hearing, owing to the exhaustion of the nervous system. He mentions the fact of the extreme preva lence of impaired hearing among the members , Of the houses of Parliament, attributable, no doubt, in some measure, to the late hours to which their sittings are pro longed during so many months of the year. It appears, from his statistics, that housewives and domestic servants are the classes mostly afflicted. Meteorological Results, cleducedfrom Observations taken at the Liverpool Observatory during five years, ending 31st _Dec. By John Hartnup, Esq., F.R.A.S. We have much pleasure in noticing the publication of the tables of the above results, which are extracted from the proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society for Liverpool. The Orange and Blue Banner. Burton : Bradford. This magazine continues to support its reputation by its spirited, vigorous, and appropriate articles. An Elementary Speaking French Grammar Exemplified. By John Loth. London : Whittaker and Co. So many grammars of the French language have been published of late years—we may say months, that a man must have no small degree of confidence to write another. The present little work is the result of practical observa tion, and agrees with our notions of the best way of acquiring a language. Three months is sufficient time for any one of ordinary memory to become acquainted with the principles of a modern language, and the acquisition of some of the most useful words and idioms. The com mittal to memory of a necessary stock of words for writing with facility, and speaking with fluency, is, of course, a work of time, the length of which is dependent upon the strength of the pupil's memory. We feel no hesitation in recommending the work. Fraser's .31a9azine. London : J. W. Parker and Son. August, 1851. Fraser is uncommonly rich this month. The article " Memorabilia of the Exhibition Season" is a highly graphic piece of writing, and abounds with wit, and humour, and descriptive felicity. What can be more strikingly delineative than THE EXHIBITION DOOR SCENE. " Making your way slowly through a maze of carriages, omnibuses, and cabs, by which the entire passage is choked up at all hours of the day, from the corner of Regent-street to the front of the Palace, you believe, or hope, that you have now exhausted the vehicles, and that, with the exception of a few speculative Hansoms skir mishing on the outskirts of the crowd, you are free from impediments of that kind. But it, is only at this spot that the bewildering crush of wheels really begins. Stretching away before you down the high road, and reaching nearly to the toll-bar at Kensington, is an un broken line of cabs, of an extent such as the longest stand in the memory of the oldest inhabitant' might be stolen out of, and hardly missed. And close to you, lying up in serried ranks under the shadows of the trees, are two, three, or more rows of omnibuses, patiently waiting their turn with the cabs, to convey back to their destinations group after group of the wearied visitors who have been exploring the curiosities of the bazaar. As quickly as one omnibus fills and wheels off, another arrives with a fresh batch ; and so they go on, filling and emptying, going and returning, cab and omnibus, all day long, from nine o'clock in the morning till seven in the evening. There is no end to the bustle, no pause in the incessant move. merit ; and yet, with all this traffic, there is neither noise nor confusion, and the police regulations are so admirably observed, that the ebb and flow of the cross currents of this teeming multitude of human beings have never, in any single instance, been productive of the slightest riot or disorder. Occasionally there has been a blundering gentleman in the crowd, who has made a mistake in look ing for his handkerchief in somebody else's pocket; but the error has always been rectified without the least com motion, the mass of pedestrians closing up very quietly, after some singularly bland constable has removed the gentleman in the most courteous manner, to explain his mistake to him at the station-house." Here is a lift of the curtain to the uninitiated in the " mysteries" of the great modern Babylon, which we may venture to affirm surpass even those of the ancient one : TIIE MYSTERIES OF LONDON. ' The mysteries of London involve many strange and hideous evils that must not be revealed, and that cannot even be legislated for. Tn what other part of the world is an avowed calling made to minister so successfully to a concealed one ? or where the most apparently dissimilar and incompatible pursuits Pare driven together with the utmost ease, like a team of differently coloured horses? or where ostensible respectability of station, and a cha racter carefully built up of plausible externals, ate so adroitly cultivated and employed as a mask for the most audacious robbery and swindling ? Look at the long established and orderly jewellers' shops, that do not sell five pounds' worth of jewellery in twelve months, and are nothing more than blinds for smelting pots ;—the atter ries' offices, that are really no better than baits to entrap young spendthrifts into bill transactions and suicidal post obits ;—the fashionable establishments, which shed such lustre on the West end—mercery, tailoring, plate—and which, instead of rniking their profits, as they seem to do, out of the regular channels of trade, derive their income exclusively from an invisible and unsuspected system of usurious discounts. A catalogue of the fraudulent mas querades of London would fill a volume, and a very sin gular volume it would make, if we had a Vidock or a Eugene Sue to do justice to its multifarious topics." " Chamois Hunting" is an interesting and exciting narrative. " The Mineral Waters of Germany" is a re view of certain lectures by Dr. Sutro, in which a favour able view is taken of their effects. The continuation of " The Revelations of a Common-place Man" sustains its amusing tone. " Wordsworth" contains some of the most striking characteristics of the poet's private life. The noted " Soyer's Modern Housewife" is severely and amusingly criticised, and the writer's remarks somewhat agree with our own opinion of M. Soyer. The Review on " The Bridgewater Gallery of Paintings," although superficially. is strikingly written. The other articles— " An Excursion to California," Rovings in the Pacific," &c.—also deserve commendation. The Dalton ; or, the Three Roads in Life. By Charles Lever. London : Chapman and Hall. August, 1851. This interesting number begins with chapter xi.— " The March"—and continues to increase in interest. Space forbids a longer notice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Edinburgh : Black, wood and Sons. August, 1851. The present number of this well-known periodical com mences with a powerful article on " The Census and Free Trade," and seldom have we seen the fallacies of the " free-trade" policy more admirably expressed, and in . so practical a manner. The state of the nation, in connexion with this policy, is vividly shewn, and we advise every well-wisher of his country to examine the arguments for himself. The state of the census affcrds an unanswerable argument that " free-trade" is fast hastening England's ruin. The declining state of our mercantile marine, and the prosperity of that of foreigners, is incontestably ahown. This able article concludes with the following remarks on THE UESULTS OF FREE 'TRADE, We conclude with the words, rendered now more impressive from the entire confirmation they have •re ceived through subsequent revelations of disaster, with which we ended a similar essay two years ago :—'t Let the Free-traders be of good cheer.: they have done marvellous things. They have accomplished what no British statesman since the days of Alfred has been able to effect. They have stopped the .growth of our popu lation, and for the fi rst time during fi ve centuries ren dered it retrograde.' But the now-ascertained result has greatly outstripped what we then predicted—so much have the real effects of Free-traders' measures gone be yond what the most gloomy imagination among the:Pro tectionists could then anticipate. Irrespective of plague, pestilence, and famine, they have caused a chasm in five years in the Irish population of _1,800,003 souls, in the whole Empire of 000,000. They have sent, for the last three years, from 250,000 to 300,000 people yearly out of the country in search of that food of which they were de prived at home. They have with one blow swamped the Poor Law Amendment Act in England, rendered neces sary a crushing rate in Ireland and Scotland, and made rates higher in England during two years of boasted prosperity, when measured in grain, their real stantard, than they ever were before in the worst years of deplored misery. They have extended crime, during these two boasted years, to an extent never before known in the gloomiest periods of disaster. They have, on the admis sion of their ablest supporters, rendered agricultural in dustry unremunerative for two years and a half over the whole country. They have cut.Xo,ooo.ll_o annually off the income of trades and professions, .C 20,000,000 off the rent of land in Great Britain. They have destroyed all hope—as long as their system is continued—of reducing the debt ; and have added 30 per cent to its weight by taking as much off the incomes of those by whom it is to be paid. They have extirpated in a few years 200,000 cultivators in Ireland. They have lowered, by their mone tary system, railway property at least a half over the whole Empire, and cut a moiety off its whole commercial wealth. They have rendered the nation dependent, in three years, for a fourth part of the .entire food of the people on foreign states. They have compelled the Go vernment, by the cheapening system, and consequent de clineof the revenue which it is possible to extract fron the people., to lower the national establishmens so much that the occurrence of disaster, on the first breaking out of hostilities, is a matter of certainty ; and the maintenance of the: ational independence, if the present system is con tinued for any length of time, has become impossible. They have destroyed £100,000,000 worth of property in the West Indies. They have sown the seeds of separation by severing the bond of protection in Canada, and diffused such discontent through the other colonies, that, in des pair of preserving, they are preparing to abandon them. ' They have repealed the Navigation Laws, and caused two thirds of the annual increment of the shipping employed in carrying on our trade, to pass into the hands of our enemies. The Peace Congress, headed by Mr. Cobden, has done that which no war congress in modern times has been able to effect. They have caused the disappearance, in five years, of a million and a half of our people, while the most sanguinary war recorded in our annals was attended, in the same time, by an increase of as much. They have stopped the increase of the remainder by de priving so many of them of 'dread. They have been worse enemies to human happiness than either the rivalry of kings, or the ambition of their ministers : they have done that to stop the growth of mankind which neither the guillotine of the Convention nor the sword of Napo leon had been able to effect. They have not only mowed down the present generation, but prevented the possibility of its restoration, for they have deprived the majority of those who survive, not only of subsistence for the present, but hope for the future. " Voltaire in the Crystal Palace," is a very clever article, presuming the return of the philosophical wit to this sublunary stage, and his inspection of the Crystal Palace ; " Pictures from St. Petersburgh," " Paris in 1851," " The London Diary of a German Authoress," are well written, and highly entertaining. VARIETIES. Douglas Jerrold wonders what the poor little royal children tave done that they should be made to learn the Gaelic dialect. QUEItY.-If the practice of wearing men's apparel becomes general with the ladies, what is to become of the side-saddles? When does a man look like a cannon-ball ?—When he looks round. The cause of the decline of the stage is now attributed to the increase of omnibuses. If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies—seldom safe to venture to instruct even our friends. An English actor, on visiting the Niagara Falls, wrote home— "Oh, what a fall is here, my countrymen !" An attorney in the country advertises for a young lad that can write a legible hand and read illegible writing. Good temper is like a sunny day; it sheds a brightness over everything. It is the sweetner of toil, and the soother of dis quietude. Hannah More said to Horace Walpole: "If I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody." In walking, always turn your toes out and your thoughts in wards. The former will prevent you from falling into cellars, the latter from falling into iniquity. Lord Lindsey before he charged, at the battle of Edge Hill, made this short prayer : "O, Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me?" A TAILOR'S REsoLvc.—A tailor, who, in skating, fell through the ice, declared that he would never again leave his hot goose for a cold duck. " Bob, is that doz. a hunter?"—" No ; he's half hunter and half setter—he hunts hones when he's hungry, and 'sets' by the fire when he's satisfied." A young lady was told by a married one that she had better throw herself into the river than marry. "So I would," re plied she, "if I thought I should find a husband at the bottom." The sexton of Salisbury cathedral was telling Charles Lamb that eight persons bad dined together upon the top of the spire, upon which he remarked that " they must have been sharp set." CONUNDRUM FOR THE CRYSTAL. PALACE.—WiIy are the Russian malachites in the Great Exhibition like young gentle men who have just come into a lot of money? Because they are all green and gold.—Punch. A man with eleven daughters, was complaining that he found it difficult to Ii ve. "You must husband your time," said another, "and then you will do well enough." I could do much better," was the reply, " if I could husband my daughters." " Father," said a roguish boy, " I hope you won't buy any more gunpowde , " tea for mother." " Why not ? " " Because every time she drinks it she blows us up." "Go to bed, sir, immediately." INFLUENCE OF SCOTTISH MUSIC.—An A merican paper says: —" If the Scotch bagpipes be played occasionally for a few days in any place infested with rats, they will immediately quit the premises, and never return." • A young man asked his governor for some money, as he wanted to go out of town to recruit his health. " Recruit your health!" exclaimed the old captain; "well, then, here 's a shilling, that is all we pay for recruiting in the army." The Nee; York Spirit of the Union (at the suggestion, pro bably, of a young lady in her teens) has a column of extracts headed each week as follows :—" Atoms on the literary atmo sphere, and shells on the shore of the book ocean." WHITED SEPULCHRES.— How many persons in the world resemble a mummy case, emblazoned with gilt and paint, but within empty, or full of "dead men's bones and all unclean ness." How many mighty volumes could I point out to you, the whole purpose of which is to reconcile the mind to some mani fest contradiction, or to disprove some self-evident truth ! Aitkin. A bricklayer, not many miles from Leeds, the other day asked his labourer if he thought of going to London to see the Exhibition, to which he repled, " Nay, I think I'll stop in old England !" WITTY RETORT.—Curran being angry in a debate one day, put his hand on his heart, saving : " I am the trusty guardian of my own honour." "Then," replied Sir Boyle Roach, " I congratulate my honourable friend on the snug sinecure to whi , !ii he has appointed himself." Formerly, it was the maxim, that a young woman should never be married until she had spun herself a full set of linen. Hence all unmarried women have been called spinsters, an ap pellation they still retain in certain deeds and law proceedings, though many are not entitled to it. YOUNG LA NCASHIRE.—A gentleman, riding towards Chow bent, and seeing a boy in the road, shouted out to him, "My lad, am I half way to Chowbent." Young Lancashire looked up at the querist, and said, " Halt con aw tell, tha' foo, when I doon't know wheear ta' coom fra ?" Man and horse vanished. An Irish insolvent. an artificial fly manufacturer, who was examined in one of the London insolvent courts, last week, excused himself for not having kept accounts by ssying that he had been bred a gentleman, and " despised himself for having to earn his bread." A rogue asked charity, on pretence of being dumb. A lady having asked him, with equal simplicity and humanity, how long he had been dumb, he was thrown off his guard and an swered. " From birth, madam." " Poor fellow," said the lady, and gave him a shilling. DERIVATION OF HONEYMOON.—It WAS the custom of the higher order of Tentones, a people who inhabited the northern part of Europe, to drink mead or metheglin, a beverage made with honey, for thirty days after every wedding. From this custom comes the expression, " to spend the honeymoon." "Where was I, Ma," said a little urchin one day to his mother, as he stood gazing upon his drunken prostrate father, "where was I when you married Pa? Why didn't you take me along with you ? I could have picked out a better man than he is !" SIMPLE SClENCE.—Juvenile : "Papa, I've spilt the butter all over the new table cover."—Papa : Rub the solid portion briskly with some wollen fabric, my dear."—Juvenile: " But what good will that do, papa ?"—Papa (clearing his throat): " Why, friction generates caloric, which volatilises the olea ginous particles of the stearine matter!" To be sold, a thrashing machine, in good working order. Has birch, cane, and strap barrels. Warranted to lick a school of fifty boys in twenty minutes, distinguishing their offences into literary, moral, and impertinent. Only parted with be cause the owner has flogged all his school away, and his sons are too big to beat. Apply at the College of Preceptors. On the steam-boat St. Louis, not long since, a raw Hoosier came on board. At night the Hoosier turned into his berth with his boots on. The steward seeing this, said, "Sir, you have laid down in your hoots." The raw one raised Ibis head, and looking down at the boots, innocently replied, " Well, it won't hurt 'm ; they ain't the best I've got." A miller, who attempted to be witty at the expense of a youth of weak intellect, thus accosted him : • John, people say you're a fool." John replied, " I don't know that I am, sir;" littics some things, sir, and some things I don't know, sir." " John, what do you know ?" I know that millers have ant hogs, sir; I don't know whose corn they e4ttsir." .-•- SAN Uovr GARMENT.-Dr. Hynchliffe , who died Bishop of Peterborough, was extremely apt at checking these who were fond of cavilling at the meaning of different texts of scripture. On being asked what was to be understood by the expression, "'He clothed himself with curses as with a garment," " The clearest thing in the world," replied the doctor. " The man had a habit of swearing." 'OLD TRAVELLINO.—A describer of England• in the reign of William 111. speaks of it as excelling all .other nations in the ecelveniency of coaches, especially of stage.eoaches. He says: "Here one may be transported without over•violent motion, and sheltered from the injuries of the air, to the most noted places in England ; with so much speed, that some of these coaches will reach above fifty miles in a summer day!" • MONEY AND EnucATtoN.—Anecdotes of the miser Elwes are common, but the subjoined we do not•remember to have seen before. The respectable skinflint here openly expressed what English society has sneakingly acted -upon for many years :—When the rich miser, Elwes, who left about a million of money to be divided between his two sons, was advised to Five them some education, his answer was: " Putting things into people's heads, is taking money out of their pockets." " Father, I hate that Mr. Smith," said a . beauty the other day, to her honoured parent. " Why -so, my daughter?" " Because he always stares at me so hard when meets me in the street." "But, my child, how do you know that Mr. Smith stares at you?" " Why, because I have repeatedly • seen him do it." Well, Julia, don't you ever look at the impudent man again when you meet him, and then he may stare his eyes out without annoying you in the least. Remember that it always takes two pair of eyes to make a perfect stare."— " Ahem—well—l—l believe you're right, pa!" JENNY LIND'S GENIUS DEFICIENT : "CAN'TS/lUCK CORN." —At the conclusion of the last concert of Miss Lind, a worthy farmer from Jackso❑ county, in this tate, thus expressed himself to an old acquaintance :—" Well, she's an almighty screamer, and a darn'd pretty gal at that. She's the very image, too, of Sally Jones, Parson Joncg's daughter, -who is counted the best singer in old Jackson. But Sally can beat -her shucking corn, I warrant you. You never seed Sally .shuck? " " No, I never did." " Well, you ort'en !" The :acquaintance mentally conceded the question, that if Miss Lind is a" screamer," she can't shuck corn;- at least with --Sally Jones.—St. Louis Times. A PUGNACIOUS SPOUSE.—At the Loughborough Petty-Ses sions, on Thursday, an elderly female, who charged two young fellows with making her a black eye on Saturday night, was asked by the solicitor of the defendants whether she would swear that her black eye was not made by her own husband? She replied, "No; my husband never struck me in his life; •whenever there has been anything amiss between him and me, have struck him, but he has never touched me." This state ment was made with considerable warmth, and caused the ma gistrates and every person in court to laugh heartily. Whether it would have produced a similar effect on the meek-tempered husband, had he been present, we cannot tell. GENERAL NEWS. PROPERTY TAX, CLAIMS OF EXEMPTION.—It is im portant that it should be known that persons entitled to exemption as not possessing incomes of £l5O a year, and who desire to claim repayment of property tax, for any of the three years to the sth of April, 1851, must forward their claims to the surveyors of taxes for the districts in which they respectively reside, on or before the 10th of October next, otherwise the claims will not be admitted. ROMANTIC SELF-DEVOTION.--Karl Schurtz, a former pupil of Professor Kinkel, who with most untiring devo tion at length succeeded in liberating the latter from his close confinement in the Prussian fortress of Spandau, has been recognised near the Rhine,in female habiliments. Schurtz, animated by the hope of turning it eventually to the liberation of his beloved teacher, learnt the trade of a blacksmith, and afterwards apprenticed himself to the smith employed in Spandau. Alter upwards of a year's time he in this manner accomplished his aim, at the peril of his own life. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning an accident of a most frightful character took place on the premises of Mr. Keatley,soap manufacturer, Bermondsey, to a man named John Murphy. The unfortunate man was engaged, with other workmen in the manufactory, in preparing a large quantity of boiling ley, and while walk ing across a plank on the side of a copper he slipped, and fell into the boiling liquid. His screams soon brought his companions to his assistance, and with considerable diffi culty he was extricated in a most shocking condition, being scalded to a fearful extent. FRUITS OF FREE TRADE IN CORN, AND THE SUS PENSION CF THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—There arrived in Falmouth harbour on Sunday, twenty vessels to await orders, all charged with foreign corn, and one of them—a Russian ship—having no less than 21,248 Winchester bushels of wheat, the freight of which is 10d. per bushel. Of these 20 vessels. 16 are foreigners—four only are English. This has been about the usual proportion of arrivals of English and foreign vessels during the past twelve months. Will our blind legislators desist from their present course, or will they wait until the British farmer and the British shipowner are ruined ? A COSTLY DISPUTE ABOUT A PORTRAIT.—In 1849, Mr. Snare exhibited, having previously exhibited in Lon don and other places, an alleged portrait of Charles I. by Velasquez. The trustees of the Earl of Fife seized upon the portrait, which they stated had been stolen from their collection. After keeping it for some time they returned it ; and this week Mr. Snare recovered from them, in the Edinburgh Court of Session, £lOOO for the loss occasion ed by the retention. Among the witnesses examined were Sir John Watson Gordon, P.R.A., Mr. Boner, R.A. and Mr. Harvey, R.A., who gave it as their opinion that the picture was not a genuine Velasquez. MISS SELLON'S SISTERS OF MERCY.—The sisterhood appear to have now fully established themselves in Bris tol ; for, in addition to the house in Harford's-court, they have recently taken the large residence in Park-row, adjoining that of J. Howell, Esq., J.P. This makes the fourth place which they have taken in the city and neigh bourhood of Bristol, viz., the house in Park-row, the house in Harford's.court, two rooms in Lower College green, and a house in Brislington. Park-row wonld seem to be their head-quarters, as sleeping accommodation for twelve sisters has been prepared there. It is said that Miss Sellon's father and some friends recently visited her in Bristol, for the purpose of inducing her to return to her family (who are of the highest rank and respectability), but their efforts were unavailing.—Bristol Journal. TIIE PEACE CONGRESS. — An assemblage of persons calling themselves a Peace Congress, has filled Exeter hall two or three days this week. The annual concourse appears to increase in quantity, but not in quality. The lions present were few, and, when trotted out, refused to roar. In fact, with the exception of the distinguished savant who filled the chair, Mr. Cobden seems to have had it all to himself. Far be it from us to let fall a dispa raging word against persons who think it worth while to meet and declaim against wooden soldiers and penny trumpets in the peaceablest metropolis of the peaceablest age which the world has ever seen. If the practice of international duelling can be put down by such harmless means, so much the better. A meeting of a more purpose like sort, for promoting missionary enterprise and erecting a bishopric in Borneo, was held at the Hanover-square rooms on Thursday.—London Guardian. DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM. — On Tucsclay last one of those fearful hailstorms, accompanied with thunder and lightning, which have lately proved so destructive in vari ous parts of the country, broke immediately over the boundary line between the counties of Nottingham and Derby, on the Erewash line of railway. Shortly after 3 o'clock in the afternoon two heavy clouds, one from the south and the other from the south-east, met apparently just over the village of Sawley, and immediately after wards large hailstones, mingled with heavy drops of rain, fell in torrents, deluging the streets, and beating down the crops in the neighbourhood. Four yearling calves, the property of Mr. Parkinson, were killed by a flash of lightning ; and the electric fluid, passing down the chim ney of a cottage, shattered to splinters some bedsteads that stood in the corner of a room, broke all the windows in the place, and caused other considerable damage. At the neighbouring villages of Sandiacre, Breaston, and Wilsthorpe, the storm was equally violent, five cows, also the property of Mr. Parkinson, being killed. At Draycot the lightning killed a fat cow belonging to Mr. Timson, and a vivid flash darting down a chimney in the house of Mr. Smith, butcher, set a bed on fire. At Sandiacre, 9 acres of grass land, never before under water, were inun dated ; and at Stapleford a valuale young cow, belonging to Mr. Burton, farmer, was destroyed by lightning. At Cuckney, near Worksop, a village some miles further in the north, a servant employed by Mr. G. Swift, of Nor ton, was holding her hand on the door-latch of Mr. Smith's house, when she was struck by the electric fluid ; she became insensible, arid was unable to speak until the following morning, hut is now partially recovered. On the London-road, near Cavendish-bridge, a horse, which was drawing a chaise containing a lady and gentleman, was struck by lightning, its eye was burst, and its forelegs were broken. The animal was immediately shot ; the persons in the chaise sustained no injury. The water in the Trent, near Long Eaton, rose three feet during the storm, but subsided to its former level soon after the rain and hail had ceased falling. THE EASTWOOD MURDER.—Sarah Barber, the woman condemned to be executed to-morrow (Wednesday) morning, the 6th inst., in front of the County Gaol, Nottingham, for wilfully poisoning her husband, Joseph Barber, on the 24th of March last, since her condemna tion has become extremely penitent, and appears disposed to confess to the crime with which she is charged. Indeed, it is understood that already she has divulged some particulars, sufficient to satisfy her prosecutors and the jury as to the correctness of their conclusions ; but. the precise nature of these disclosures, as well as of any others that may subsequently be made, will, by command of the High Sheriff, be kept strictly secret until after the execution. The chaplain to the gaol (the Rev. W. But ler) and the Rev. H. W. Plumptre, rector of Eastwood, the parish in which the culprit has passed the greater part of her life, are in constant attendance upon her, and by their exhortations to repentance and scriptural teach ings appear already to have wrought a marked change in her behaviour. Previously she was frivolous in her man ner, and extremely indecent in her language, in conse quence of which, previous to her trial, she was placed in a solitary cell. The unfortunate woman, who is but 23 years old, has passed through a strangely varied existence from the time she was a child ; nevertheless, she is good looking, and her manners appear prepossessing. She has ever been remarkable for her unusual stature, her gaol admeasurement now being slightly over 6 feet 11inch. It having been by mistake announced that the execution would take place on last Wednesday, instead of to mor row, and this having been copied into the newspapers, thou ' sands of the people of Nottingham on Tuesday afternoon thronged the front of the county gaol, where they re ' mained till nearly midnight, in spite of all the efforts of the police to disperse them, or persuade them to go home. The early train on Wednesday brought into the townmany others from a distance, all boomed to disappoint ment. No female has been hanged ip Nottingham since 1802, and only two others during the .esstairy previous, consequently the excitement in anticipatson pt: the event is very great, and grave fears ars? ,entertained as to the ,consequences to some of the matitiude from th.g vast ' t e.Amd that will no doAi.b l t Assemble 00 pccasion. 4 . t A-striking instance of the results of competition in rail ways hasjust occurred in Leeds, Where the Midland and Great `Northern are struggling in a most extraordinary manner'for the exhibition traffic. The consequence is, that on 'Tuesday the third-class fares from Leeds to Lon don and back were only 4s. 6d. by the Great Northern, and ss. by the Midland, with a prospect of a still further reduction, each company having announced its determi nation to be sixpence lower than its competitor. *JENNY LIND AND THE " HIGHEA LAW."—A friend has handed us a private letter, received from a correspon dent in Boston, in which we find an anecdote in the his tory of the fair songstress that shows her to belong to the "higher law" school of moralists. The correspondent writes :—" Every day I hear something new of Jenny Lind, which increases my admiration of her. A Swedish captain, a pious man, who went with me to her concert last evening, told me that when she was last at Stockholm she was required to sing on the Sabbath, at the King's palace, on the occasion of some great but not religious festival. She refused, and the King called personally upon her ( in itself a high honour), and as her sovereign commanded her attendance. Her reply was worthy of herself,—' There is a higher King, sire, to whom T owe my first allegiance,' and she peremptorily refused to be present. God be praised for her pure and exalted ex ample.—Springfield (U. S.) Republican. NEW ACT RELATING TO LANDLORD AND TENANT.— A new act came into force on Thursday last (14th and 15th Victoria, chap. 25), to improve the law of landlord and tenant in relation to emblements, to growing crops seized in execution, and to agricultural tenants' fixtures. It enacts that, on the determination of leases or tenan cies under tenant for life, &c., instead of claims to emble. ments, the tenant should continue to hold and occupy such farms or lands until the expiration of the current year. Growing crops of the tenant seized and sold undqg an execution shall, in default of sufficient goods and chat tels of the tenant, be liable for the accruing rent ; " not withstanding any bargain and sale, or assignment, which may have been made or executed, of such growing crops, by any such sheriff or other officer." A tenant may re move the buildings and fixtures erected by him on a farm, unless the landlord shall elect to take them. Fur ther, it is provided that on a tenant quitting the place, leaving the tythe rent charge unpaid. the landlord may pay the same, and recover it from the first named tenant as if it were a simple contract debt. The act, which is not to extend to Scotland, contains five clauses. Mas. HICKS.—The forcible removal of the vendors of cakes and other small luxuries from Hyde-park, ordered by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, when con templating the Exhibition, has been an occasion of much distress to many of the poor people who had long sub sisted on the trade. Among others was a Mrs. Hicks, of the " White Cottage," whose history is somewhat re markable. About a century ago her grandfather assisted in extricating George 11. from the Serpentine, and, as a reward for this service, he was permitted to have a stand in the Park, which he kept for sixty-nine years. Her father occupied the stand forty-nine years, after which she came into possession of it. She had been allowed to erect the " White Cottage," from which, after many struggles to remain, she was finally ejected in November last. The Commissioners agreed to allow her ss. a week for twelve months. Reduced to extremities, she has of late been attempting to hawk her eatables in a basket near the Crystal Palace, for which violation of the new stand ing order she was, on Wednesday last, brought up at Marlborough -street. The poor old lady told a piteous story of her losses, and was only with much difficulty made to comprehend that she had done wrong. On her reluct ant promise not again to sell cakes in the Park she was liberated. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. --An accident of a very shocking character, by which an unfortunate man was literally decapitated, occurred on the London and South-western Railway on Thursday after noon, within a short distance of the spot where the poor fellow was killed on Friday week. From inquiries made, it appears that on that portion of the railway lying between the Vauxhall station and the goods deceit at Nine Elms, a number of men have been ern ployedinrefixing or examin ing the plates. Among the number was a man who was called "Butcher." and while he was attending to his dutics on Thursday afternoon the 2.25 p.m. train came down the line. The engine -driver having given the signal, the man stepped from the down to the up line, and the train passed along without doing any mischief, when almost instantaneously afterwards an up-train was perceived within a few yards of the man. The engine -driver at once sounded the whistle, and the guards applied the breaks vigorously, hoping to stop the train, but it was found impossible, and the engine struck the man with such violence as to throw him across the metals, when the wheels of the locomotive and carriages passed over his body, literally decapitating him, and covering that portion of the line with blood. The passengers in the train who witnessed the occurrence were most painfully excited. The deceased has left a widow and two children to deplore his untimely end. THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The appearance of this apartment has been considerably improved since the last occasion upon which the house sat there, and it has now a splendid appearance. No amount of decoration can, however, atone for the mutilation of the noble cham ber by the deprivation of half of the windows, and the concealment of the beautiful archwork which formed the end of the hall. The ugly new roof which accomplishes these two purposes has been ornamented with shields, painted into compartments, and with smaller shields affixed at the crossings of the wood-work, and a gilded and coloured row of similar adornments, with the bearings of these kingdoms, runs along above the windows. What is left of these latter has been filled with coloured glass, on which are largely blazoned the arms of our principal cities and boroughs. The galleries have been widened, and a more compact appearance has thereby been given to the house. The seats for the members are now perma nently fitted up with dark green seats and backs, and the curious little pens which stood near the members' entrance have been exchanged for comfortable looking benches. The two tints which strike the eye upon entering the house are the dark brown panelling and the dark green of the long rows of seats ; the general effect, therefore, is very sombre, but not unpleasing. There do not appear at present to be any arrangements for lighting the chamber artificially. It is just to state that the object for which so much of the architectural beauty of the hall has been sacrificed appears to have been obtained, and that the voices of the speakers are nearly as audible as in the plain looking, but, acoustically considered, excellently con structed building at present in use.—Morning Chronicle. SANITARY REFORM A VITAL QUESTION.—That we should find even now, as we do, " educated" persons scoffing at the requirements of sanitary- science, and denying all belief in the„ importance of the subject, affords a striking example of the strength of prejudice and ignorance. The insidious destroyers of life are not visible, and so they are permitted to roam abroad, and all the pain, misery, death, and guilt which they produce are ascribed to " Providence :" the saving of life and sor row effected by caging them is not immediately obvious, and therefore it is denied. Yet the evidences are so numerous and powerful that there surely ought no longer to be two opinions on the subject. The next generation will not believe it when they are told, that a Chancellor of the Exchequer in this has said, " Sanitary reform is a humbug." Demonstrate as we will to some minds, it is all useless : we must wait for their children. If we were to get rid of our graveyards ; form paved ways and imper meable roads ; build our houses to live in, and not to sell; give constant supply of water, light, and fresh air; it may be safely asserted we should reduce to half the pre sent mortality of towns. We have said this for years; we said it when there were fewer to say it than there are now, and the experience of each succeeding year more fully confirms the truth of the statement. To raise the moral and intellectual character of the people while they remain in their present physical debasement is impossible'. Grown in dirt, and kept in dirt, how can we expect to wash the earth from their souls and lead the spirit sky ward ? To raise the masses in the scale of social order, we must first give them, after the means of getting their bread, light, air, water, and a decent dwelling. Let us earnestly exhort those who have long fought the good fight against filth and ignorance to persevere to the end. —The Builder. AFFECTING INCIDENT. — III a late number of the Knickerbocker Magazine is an anecdote of childish hero ism, which will go straight to the hearts of parents : " You are fond of telling stories of children (writes H. F., an old friend and contributor), of their loves, rogueries, and heroism. Let us make an addition to your stock of tender anecdotes. A hearty, generous boy of my acquaint ance, between six and seven years old, in a neighbouring town, was afflicted with a dangerous chronic disease that rendered a surgical operation necessary. The little fellow bore his periodical attacks bravely, but his parents saw et each return his sufferings increased, until at last, yielding to the advice of the attending physician, they consented that their darling should undergo the operation, although they knew that it would be at the peril of his life. The father told his boy that he must submit to a dangerous and painful operation, and asked him if he would , for his mother's sake, consent. The little fellow replied that he would do as his father requested, but he must allow him to name his own time. Nothing more was said to him, but at the end of a week he said to his father, Now lam y vv , as papa; sent students and assistants. The preparations were a l l made , the child was undressed and a loose gown put over his to let til t e he s te urg o e p o e n ra , te wh o o n c m a t e o - a m t t o e r n r d o e w d . ' by N h o i - s t r i e c a e d shoulders, when he was taken into the room where the operation was to be performed. He saw the tub placed under the table to catch his blood, and permitted himself without a murmur, to be laid u p on the boa rd , and volun tarily stretched out his little arms to be bound. Th e s p ong es were placed around his body; then, looking up to his uncle, he said—'Now tell my papa and mama to go out of the room, and I shall be ready." His parent s were a l rea dy gone, and would be distressed by his cries. But he uttered no cry. Ether was administered to him and the operation was performed. But th e littl e h ero never again opened his eyes to bless those whose happiness was bound up in his existence." IMPORTANT FAMILY MEDlClNE.—Frampton's pill of health effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gen tle relaxation, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove headache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite,' relieve languor and depression of spirits; while to tbSse of a full habit and free livers, who are continually / suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in ifie head and ears, they offer advantages that will not to be appreciated. Sold by all venders of medicines. Price Is. 1-1(1. per box. See the name of "Thomas Prout, 229, staxld l i on4op," on the govern ment stamp. CHESHIRE NEW S ' ofMr. Tonemaehe, M.P. for South Che shire, hag off, for the remainder of the Session, with Mr.lte : CHESTER CENTETERY.—The first interment in' took senters' burial ground in our beautiful cemetetigoillt place on Monday last, when the Rev. Riehe_ m rd t l minister of the Independent Chapel, Queen-sntee elated at the burial of Mr. J. Hope's eldest de" Chester Courant'. ee,„ CHILD DESERTION.—On Tuesday night , " child, neatly attired, was-found inside the doorvoll) 118, Allen's beerhouse, in Chester-street, Birkenheseholti infant was wrapped in a shawl. The child w as d i s trict' over to the charge of the relieving officer of the The unnatural parent has not yet been discoveredwoorit, DARESBURY PETTY SESSIONS. -- willlam, ee toot charged with bein g d run k an d disorderly, in the s'irepe* Runcorn, was fined ss. and costs. This man ha s 6 00 wh ah T di c l l e y h C seo h wai es ae t s er Chronicle edly been brought before the magistrates 0 0 g oott f a jb charges, and there were then three fines standing,eBlo. him. He paid the sum of £1 7s. 6d., and was ise e ott) has befallen a man working at the lead works thi r oic), the first place he was stunned by a piece of wee u ' o fi. upon the revolving saw himself, his head was at open. No hope is entertained of his recovery • means of t ii within ia flying ia T o e ahCilsi face, and BCoiTdallar details a frightful accidente. lo INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—SOMe WOrkinen Ogle by Mr. Evans in digging a cellar near the Esel l , B l , l lleP th week, exposed several large blocks of stone at `",,, e ot &f ir of eight feet, and among them one with an . 8 , 11 ,,. - of': scription, which induced Mr. Jones, the proPrie";, Pt; house, wisely to preserve it from harm. It o e rt i ' the Rectory of St. Mary's and turned out to be a, h preserves r f e a s n e altar, rves 0 with f m an s , legend in i Ie R Greek loiz c e h n : g ra , c a te p r h s;: i c h i a . i n c o a r ; cribed it as having been dedicated to certain P i ot , ' seems to have exercised his profession in the Rer na er litl lh atCh well-knownester, as mark therear kof tile 2 were several tiles othL nearegiaa i ts2l the Chester Courant. u ea d PROPOSED NEW DOCK ON THE DEE.—We that the Shropshi re U n i on C ana l C o mpany ( w- no -c connexion with the L on d on an d North-Western '74 Company) have taken from the River Dee Coon to the river frontage from the Sluice-house uP eluding Moss's-crane, at the corner of Crane-e''iner tb". wl c acef g peonm e aem t dttp l tl e onoh r sl gyeAe w ei dnon i r t fiti l .vo4 l nmed t orta h n:pal rra s iraan o egltg a pti a p yoa ande nrsdsa r o.at y tueco anTk:stea m er ee:: sroge,ts floatl wpi l aoet hns l v a pdpe n ess ec d scmetei sela a isnpa d n ntcrp j i eroinpani Pere n tnt to r t! .bef: board, is now, and has been for the last thret, P3 e sted p 0 look business-like.—Chester Chronicle. RUNCORN.—James Perry, Richard Arnastronfo, Robert Leyland were charged, on Tuesday last , ,he - r magistrates, with having, in company with two et- got; not in custody, committed a violent assault uP e° .pef Pendlebury, a servant in the employ of the 1 3 , 1.1 ,Ac trustees. The defendants were chainmakers , ployed by Mr. Hammond, who had become batik, r; s ioc er had been discl,sarged on Friday last. A short ""3„t-ed 0 the plaintiff, in pursuance of orders, had Pre ve- otigo defendants from bathing in the cana l,. and they' bra revenge, had assaulted him in a most savage ° n s. ao manner on Saturday night. Fined severally forty costs, and, in default, committed to Knutsford' toot months. ho por:" SANATORY INQUIRY AT SEACOMBE.- - A n e - g e gCO' hi inquiry relative to the sanatory condition 0 , il - n teb, ; ',/ ' took place on Thursday, at Parry's Seaconahe "tern, fore Robert Rawlinson, Esq., one of the superi!l inspectors appointed by the general board °t ip fit; Several of the leading gentlemen of the tos s.° tolo lii r present, and in the course of a long conversation -001: nicated a good deal of local information to the, c p olo sioner bearing on the sanatory condition' of t i l te d tL i ii bourhood. Ultimately, the commissioner int i r„, - 0 1 50 he would attend again on Saturday, and nle', l " tko," t bo acquainted with the district. He sugeot e :,. o f should be armed with a letter to Lord Seyineul 'ra m Woods and Forests, complaining of the nu isane is e i be r Hassell said the matter would have to be brongt . 00'1) tern ° 01 the commissioners. The proceedings then rdobveee.-tieong, A BLACKGUARD AT NEW BRIGHTON. — A be e°, 4 o a formidable moustache and a showy air, P a „ .. d ov e r some time insulting ladies when unattended , f"" g tiott in care of children, at New Brighton, by a di s g u- tb o- 01 hibition of himself. One female, more resolutelotolo rest, tno taltaagd last, a t shte, andscou into b n r d o r l e i l o t l a t k b e e n fote J° Joseph Ev‘ custody y ,l Ts t, sitting magistrate. The case was proved 80, 1 1 0 v or In answer to the magistrate, he said his nam e caolt s frtr, mas Hodd ; that his usual residence was in , o sor,d street, London ; but that he followed theatricao balO'fo fession. Latterly, however, he had been in tile c ieo o o , exhibiting panoramas throughout the countryvriglito hope, less offensive than he has afforded at Ner v eca l h i e it The ru ffi an's dress, on examination, see me " r oil' made for the perpetration of the offence for i lv, he tie now paying the legal penalty—three m onths 0 min.—Liverpool Journal. MISCELLANEOU S ' The crops in the East Riding of YorkSb irer- o tr i most promising appearance. her ° cil , A parliamentary paper just issued, shows that t e port last year 3,551,880 tons of coal, cinders, and °I VA 5 f 8 i ll e the duty of which amounted to £1,045. 15 5 . `,-. esrs" ) , Mr. James, the novelist, has bought a sm aji d j 9 °.,".0 , Berkshire, in the state of Massachusetts, an. 00 3 ribir erecting a mansion upon an eminence within bis ect c o , Mrs. Jameson, the authoress, has been Pl i a c er ced Queen's Pension List for £lOO a-year , a ues foe knowledgment of her great merits. laid be el ° We hear that an invention will speedily he, s toP i ii, the public, which will enable engine drivers A i stst l ,4oo train, even when at the greatest speed, almes'tli, e/elOB A requisition, very numerously signed bY tod, d i ' o hacca f ni omtAdl H or Ttrne a oeci i i ..alsewopli comevr a i es c ec l aedt i csa , :bi forwardFee i l atneaaslrcdfbyocaemnvfeoesnarrlp:ptr againi r eEi n e ves s ai q e iomas n u. sl :a t sa e dinl o : cd l r.aA t ont o l hfd. i eei l\ ldn 'rat, Van n . err re C f pi os t r i or l :rt w :71 !< 0 ,1 0 e r o : t it ' port, Falkirk, has died in consequence O f t ~n o iat A ; Da avri j aa!, Henry Samuel Chapman, Esq , has been 'e egter es . 0 Australia. s. 1° c oo ,e 0 li A few weeks ago, a sparrow flew into the o f Cot tr 'i e pc l " room attached to the hospital at the Haa se e pos ' d in Preston, and ever since has been on the 133 0 ati terms with a cat which is in the same room. well e o bo c t ; Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, the eminent 3° peter, ri, i silversmiths, are preparing for shipment to S„ i t ' t l i e 0 ''' for the Grand Duchess Helen of Russia, ar t f `j, e We' * 4 Katschonkey, two services of plate, of ( .'t - ere• k eno: nearly 20,000 ounces, and of costly mana' a " to t s Orto An imposing ceremony is expected shortlYf Weillootoo at Hythe, near Walmer Castle, the Duke ° •og lro ° the Chief Warden of the Cinque ports, ba, vl .oo o/ 0 8 to lay the foundation-stone of the national ' 000 of that district. efatt e lo lt e A young man, eighteen years of age, a r v iag 0f.,41$ mother is a Polish Countess, is at present etothe,t,,riu" a pasaf r s ptioo, a plipmieosr m l ihednas o -stnen u ,end l aout d t Ifn e idoAn r griabLe i Wr n suioassnern a hsdd .ron f ieo o nnef u sugd i agi ai d ieviyge r i i , y sacar, ttsdh a thee t anennis ß adlgg l o.3 a onc y tteci clisueoi. Augusta upe . v.gauioo: :: tivef. , n ers, de. ti ; : t ttrotti v r :I" i 1$1:1 , 000 i dt l 9; A general meeting of the members of th i , et wi to l s et o o on f fe DAa t a l r i u e c%:aiei c snra o eyrg r falgar Hotel, Greenwich, when it is Wee:foil ° , fi t a ea t en i k q d rz t e ne, a xe n ene d t lyl t e- h nfi e tv d e i ci s qu t n i a n ar g;: ovit e 1; 4;0: to f 8° 5 6 14 Outhwaite, belonging to the Rev. R. W e ' s before the quarter sessions, arising out 0 , 4 10 0 '', O tl o thei; Baptist Chapel, in which a secession 1 155 : a t o l !,"cl' h iel .. ,`" e j ° u l s . t been sent by the Bedfordfltia!ille;L:ft:lo both parties claiming possession, an art ei- i ; to '''„( P'ees", administer the Lord's supper in opnnsitionlber e igs 0 ,, 111 In consequence of a considerable ru l ,e vi e pia l " et shipwrights having now remained for vet,,,selide i) ployed, a distinguished firm of s hiph e ' , immediately,u nderst o. n d , g i e f n t er e us m ly en off w e i r l e l d co to nse s n e t tip O i e e ar f o l l pp- op , heft week.—Berwick Warder. the 0° 001 ;0 1 The Chicago Journal perpetrates, jtol,„ ....-- $ it punishment for which he should be lin 3 t i b e is l h ',o o l Oli e old pair of socks," the balance of i n hs tr " re ers" 00 9 dresses, if adopted by the ladies, w re to effect, at any rate :it will oblige t he l a st ° .1 1 4 stockings." t th e eli te le 0/ Thomas Hewitt, who was convicted, 9 an d s,, ao i'of I of stealing an axletree at Sunderlarh. fesci11010;11 seven years transportation, managed, ; In of the v A iti get unobserved into the chopniuglc upi t .'lo l / 4 0 .1 " J Durham, when he deliberately tat, le'" id ' 4 1 chopped off the four finger ends of ", l s , is O lt A bt„ i 'll reason why ho thus mutilated himself' 3 covrop avoid being sent out of the country o f inia r the Aro! A remarkable instance of presenc,.e, o e a; s tisSieooll with high courage, is told of theAraish`" War' oo",,,0,0 1 Refugees in this country. During 1 v ree d P e D o v il ' e li shell was thrown amongst a Part© a des troli o e if O b i whom he was one. It would 1 10 ° ° t co t e s of ~ oP when, quick as thought, ho dashed I; ow liv l oom( ing fusee with his sword, andsavea , be, ftt r i v tl and companions. ... Ow; ,- ) 0 .' 1 , Shaft bb l for A A CHININEYSWEEPERS.--I,or. '-' WO IV regulation of chimneysweepers. _ oil , • e d. $ O-cl , person under the age of twenty-oereate,4, e, /of , a chimneysweeper, unless dulY "I:obibtrtoos iri the table of the House of Lor ds I s prop s t he p ip 4 re ° ie 0' carry the apparatus. Penalties are iel ife .. ,t,iio is obeying the new regulations. eee ntlF ' I terro al i t In the course of a lecture. r ove i irate sped Otto apostate Newman, the followrag va pouo, a poiatbotYo under sixteen years are sinailarlY r o be iow , lif o o ' the apocalytic, number 666, ;ca.! P a i s tioct i l r of 0340 ishing to say, Queen Victoria is . _, lt aiu: t br°olo 4 the Book of Revelation as havingnitu; tot a id. Of 1 ,0 year '37, at which date she w?! ver y n ° el l tO then, 37 by 18, and you have the Ifliti re ire ll i FS iir P% -1 e ire' io The number 666. Now, she c g i 8 year: o ber 00 , OA is the mystical emblem. l • me elf Pi • 0 th i Go e e b er An individual styling 11 te fr ° • 0 ° fat 0 1 ~ delegs won l ot b l io I advertised himself as a prov i 0 pv of France," visited Nesvcas b on ds o . .., e 0 o „ i tie.phij the purpose of extending .the ~.t' two , scr e the;e01;00 sembly, and late secretary uftitel.tuepOnSf Ygifere't Cillf . 0 i i i hood. He was accompanied r e , I'l9, to soalt,illo able character, one rrsing " n oires o ther sister. After taking in the . :pf and r filddply decamped leavingprillt. . Hartlepool. i t laealsirpsegd eilPassi imwt 3: