The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

I; Eitcraturr. POETRY. (For the Liverpool Standard.) lIE sends the fruitful rain to bless The creatures of His hand ; Its nectar flows in plenteousness O'er all the thirsty land. Look whence the pearl-drops of the sky! From baths of gold are they? Flow bright, ether's' springs on high? The thrush to shelter steers; The music of the grove is hush'd, For Nature is in A gloom steals o'er the spirit too, As from some joy's lost trace; Yet Nature wins a lovelier hue, And Spring renews her grace. And brighter things than here may vie Have thus their glorious birth ; The stars sublime—the moon on high— Know naught of Daylight's mirth. And Hope, that tells of life and joy When life and grief are past, Trims her pure lamp when Pleasure's sky Awhile is overcast. Liverpool, Oct. Bth, 1847 . STANZAS WRITTEN IN SPRING. Or silver fountains play? Nor baths of gold, nor silver's ray Are seen ; but clouds of gloom ; From these the drops which wake to day The rose and lily's bloom. Now sadness broods where sunlight blush'd; SAMUEL HUGGINS. VARIETIES. Malevolence to the clergy is seldom at a great from irreverence to religion. THE CLERGYMAN AND SCEPTIC.—" If we are to live after death, why don't we have some certain knowledge of it ? " said a sceptic to a clergyman. " Why didn't you have some knowledge of this world before you came into it," was the reply. There are now surviving three lieutenants who served as such in the battle of Trafalgar, namely, Alexander B. Howe, who served in the Leviathan ; James Hugh Par ches, who served in the Defiance, in Calder's action also ; and W. H. Boyce, who served in the Mars. THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY.—The Paris National, Lifter a long tirade against the British aristocracy and the Bank of England, which it asserts contributed more to the overthrow of Napoleon's empire than did the Duke of Wellington, concludes by saying, that until Great Bri tain rids herself of the aristocracy, she must of necessity be the enemy of the entire world. ONLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.—A revising barrister in the north recently treated the absence of a person in America as no disqualification. He illustrated his view by an anecdote of a Liverpool merchant, who bade his Son just to " go over " to America to settle a matter cf some little difficulty with which he had that moment been made acquainted. The young man made ready his carpet bag and set off the same day. THE LAITY.—See here, a blind and unlearned man stulging more rightly of divine things than the whole learned council of the Pharisees : whence we learn that 'we are not always to be led by the authority of councils, popes, or bishops; and that it is not absurd for laymen sometimes to vary from their opinions, these overseers being sometimes guilty of great oversights.—Poynder's Literary Extracts. Some years ago a number of Roman coins were found near the ruins of Brough Castle ; and now again, within a very few weeks, a great many more of silver and copper have been discovered, bearing the impress of the following emperors, viz.:—Julius Ctcsar, Galba, Vitellius, Vespa tian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trojan, Adrian, Antoninus Pius, (with one of his wife Faustina,) Marcus Aurelius, liteverus, Geta, Probus, and Constantine the Great, be sides a very great number of stamped pieces of lead, brooches, rings, spear and arrow points, and hammers. IDLE ARMIES TRANSFORMED INTO " INDUSTRIOUS NAVVIES."—By a sort of exemplary inversion of Mr. Weale's proposition to turn " navvies' into armies, 50,000 soldiers have been turned into " navvies," on the St. Tetersburg and Moscow line of railway, and the immense limited strength is thus turned to better account than to the idle and continual waste of this description of " working power," so prevalent elsewhere, yet so capable every where of assisting great national works, not otherwise to .be even dreampt of.— The Builder. • ETYMOLOGY OF " LIVERPOOL."—This knotty point seems completely smoothed down in the following extract from .a review of Thorpe's edition of the Elfric Homilies, in the Athenceum of last Saturday :—" On the passage, King Xerxes wrought the arches over with golden plates,' amid ggldenum ifcerum] the editor observes, ' In the translation, I have followed Aldias, whose words are Camera ipsa laminis aureis suffixa—though lefer signifies a rush, and gylden lcefer the plant golden rod.' Now, levers, or lever-leaves, (also livers, &c.) is yet the corn iron South of England name for the yellow flag (Iris peeudacorus), and, for any other plant with long sword shaped leaves, as the leaf-bearing rushes or the like." It 'would seem, then, that Leverpool (as it is spelt in the earliest known documents) means simply the rush-pool, , on the sides of which the original town was built. AN APOLLO WHO COULD REND THE HEARTS OF DRINKING GLASSES WITH HIS PIERCING NOTES.—In .Aubrey's MS, on Wilts, it is stated that Mersennus, or Ciacher, says, That one may know what quantity of liquor is in the vessel by the sound of it, knowing before the empty note. I have several times heard great brasse pannes ring by the barking of a hound, and also by the loud voice of a strong man. " The voice if very strong and sharp, will crack a drinking glass," adds J. Evelyn. Air. Britton says in a note, " I have been favoured with a confirmation of this note of Evelyn from the personal ex perience of my old friend, Mr. Brayley, who was present Ott a party on Ludgate-hill, London, many years ago, when Mr. Broadhurst, the famed public vocalist, by.sing ing a high note, caused a wine glass on the table to break, the bowl being separated from the stern."—The Builder. ROME IN 1847.—Rome is a city of priests. They pene trate, every cranny of domestic life with the subtlety of air or light ; are found everywhere, from the torso to the thin goon; they cluster in the streets like musquitoes ; you .cannot turn round without stumbling against an ecclesi astic ; in short, that which is a very large episode in the life of all other Italian cities is the whole life of Rome. This is the first and the last impression left on the mind of a stranger. When you enter Rome the first thing that strikes you is the immense concourse of priests, of all kinds, crowding, pressing, driving, sauntering, and hang ing about the streets ; when you leave Rome this same tumult of priests is the last thing you see and hear. The image of that ghostly multitude rises upon your imagina tion long after you have crossed the Roman frontiers, and when years have elapsed you can never think of Rome that the same heaving multitude of sacerdotal costumes does not come upon you as vividly as ever.—Atlas. A VISIT TO HENBURY CHURCH.—The little village, the surrounding country seats, the brook, the bridge, the old church, with its low fiat to wer, the picturesque gothic school close by—upon all the soft air of peace, comfort, and repose seemed to rest, reminding one of what I think Mary Howitt has said, that no other country in the world has a parallel for an English village. We crossed the pretty churchyard with its cypresses, and looking as quiet in its "russet mantle clad," as if none but those who "slept in the Lord" slept there, to the sextoness's •cot tage, to solicit permission to see the inside of the church. The good woman took down the key, and throwing her bonnet loosely on her he - ad, civilly complied with our re quest. The "dim religious light" through the painted glass, fell with its varied but subdued hues on the little chancel, sculptured altar-screen, carpet and communion cloth, while a parting ray or two from the setting sun, glancing obliquely through the more western windows, lingered on one or two of the many white marble tablets that around recorded the worth of those who had gone, and the affectionate recollection of those who remained behind. A silent church is at all times a peculiarly solemn scene, but Henbury Church seemed to me on this evening particularly so: all three indeed, even the sextoness, ap peared to feel, I thought, the "influence" of the hour and place, and we walked noiselessly , about , as i f instinctivel y understanding each other's impressions, and unwilling to disturb either them or the holy quiet of "God's House" . with the sound of our own voices. The fretted roof, the long-drawn aisle, the pointed arch, and the lofty column of the cathedral, have all their awe-creating power ; but the soft repose of this beautiful village church was of a different character, and had a more soothing and almost as solemn an effect, which was not at all diminished but rather enhanced by the pretty even-song of the robin and green linnet without.—The Church Goer • Rural Rides or Calls at COuntry Churches. THE STAGE COACHES OF BYE-GONE DAYS.—About _ffty years ago, the Holyhead mail left London at eight at night, and arrived in Shrewsbury between ten and eleven the following night, taking 27 hours to run 162 miles. This distance, however, before the establishment of railways, was done without difficulty in 164- hours. At the time when this rate of travelling was considered all that was required, there was a coach on the road between Shrewsbury and Chester, called the " Shrewsbury and Chester Highflyer." This coach started from Shrewsbury at eight o'clock in the morning, and arrived at Chester about the same time in the evening, the distance being 40 miles. This was a good hard road for wheels, and rather a favourable one for draught. " But how," inquires a writer in the Quarterly Review for 1832, " can all these hours be accounted for ? Why, if a commercial gentle man' had a little business to Ellesmere, there was plenty of time for that ; if a real gentleman' wanted to pay a morning visit on the road, there could be no objection to that. In the pork-pie season, half-an-hour was generally consumed in consuming one of them, for Mr. Williams, the coachman, was a wonderful favourite with the farmers' wives and daughters all along the road. The coach dined at Wrexham, for coaches lived well in those days—they cow live upon air ; and Wrexham church was to be seen — a fine specimen of the florid Gothic, andsilo one of the wonders of Wa les ! Threxham was famous for en its ale; there were no public breweries in those days in Wales ; and above all the inn belonged to Sir Watkin. About two hours were allowed for dinner ; but Billy Williams,' one of the best -tempered fellows on earth, as honest as Aristides, was never particular to half-an -hour or so. The coach is ready, gentlemen,' he would say, but don t let me disturb you if y ou wish for another bottle.' " The Edinburgh mail ran four hundred miles in forty hours, stoppages included. This B r ed mil e s eleven miles an hour. A coach to Exeter, the " Held . , went over its ground, 173 miles, in 20 hours, and teat is a very uneven country ; and the Devonport mail its journey, 227 miles, in 22 hours. This increase of performed speed was alarming to those who had been accustomed to the old-fashioned slow coaches, and the rate at which the new vehicles travelled was considered reckless risking of human life. Nevertheless, the thing went on, and it be gan to be whispered, in spite of the merciless ridicule of the Quarterly Review, that if steam were to be employed on a railr oa d, it wou ld be even possible to attain a speed of some 20 miles an hour. In reference to a proposed 4.4ndon and Woolwich railroad, the Quarterly not only 'l3 acked "Old Father Thames against it for any sum,' but assured its readers that the people of Woolwich " would as soon suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of the Congreve's richoset rocket as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine (a high pressure engine), and going at such a rate (11 or 20 miles an hour !)" And the reviewer expresses his trust, that " parliament will, in all railroads it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles an hour, which is as great as can be ventured upon with safety." The experiment has, however, been tried, rnd we all know with what success.—The Rail ; its Origin and Progress. erntral No fewer than 114 foreign vessels arrived at London on Monday. The venerable king of the Gipsy tribe, Will Faa, died in Scotland last week at the advanced age of 96. The town of Keswick was lighted with gas on Thursday night for the first time. "Victoria-Septibus Cab" is the name of a new four wheeled cab, made to carry seven persons, which has been brought out in London. A correspondent ofil;Galedonian Mercury says, the whole story about the loss of letters addressed to her Majesty is without any foundation in truth. The experiment of employing gas for lighting Hartle pool lighthouse has been made, and the result has been completely successful. The Queen Dowager has sent a donation of £lO for the benefit of the children of the late favourite vocalist, Madame Albertazzi. Mrs. Fay, the unfortunate woman who was confined in a water-closet by her husband, died at the hospital in Glasgow on Wednesday. The inhabitants of Staindrop, Durham, are contem plating lighting the village with gas. If decided upon, a tank will be sunk in a suitable place to light Raby Castle as well as the village. Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., has purchased the Tewks bury Theatre, for the purpose of converting it into a silk throwsting manufactory manufactory, which will enploy about sixty hands. It is said that the gentleman who engaged Jenny Lind to sing in Scotland, got alarmed when she was taken ill at Edinburgh, and actually insured her life for £lOOO for six weeks. At the Bloomsbury County Court, on Thursday, Cross, a master sweep, obtained judgment for £6 and costs against the Duke of Brunswick, for sweeping his chim neys. SUSPECTED POISONING.—The body of James Cooper, a puddler at Dudley, has been disinterred, suspicions arising principally from his dying declarations existing as to the cause of death. A woman with whom he cohabited is suspected. On Saturday the new wing at Buckingham Palace, and the marble arch, built by George the Fourth, at a cost of several thousand pounds, will be demolished in the course of a few days, and the materials sold to defray the expense incurred in building the new wing. A few days ago, as Mr. Edwards, surgeon, of Ingate stone, Essex, was returning from a professional visit, his horse suddenly shied, and bounding from the road, struck his head against a tree with such force that it instantly dropped dead. Mr. Edwards escaped unhurt. Earl Devon is in the prospect of a speedy release from all the pecuniary obligations which were entailed on the property by the late Earl—an act having been passed to enable the trustees to sell the Irish estate, which is valued at £300,000, and will pay everybody. HoP3. — Hop-picking having generally been brought to a close, a better estimate can be made of the yield, the result of which is evident in the enhanced rate of duty, it being now laid at from £lBO,OOO to £l9o,ooo.—Kentish Observer. At a late sale of books, the auctioneer put up " Drew's Essay on Souls," which was knocked down to a shoe maker, who very innocently, but to the great amusement of the crowded room. asked the auctioneer if "he had any more works on shoemaking to sell." The Lords of the Treasury have given official notice that they can apply no sum to the sinking fund this year in reduction of the National Debt This is the first time for six years that this has happened, and is another beauti ful specimen of the results of free trade. A YOUNG ROGUE.—A lad, a mere child, was committed to Wakefield House of Correction, on Monday, by the Bradford magistrates. The young scoundrel got a girl to personate some children, and by that means obtained their wages. Such is the immense quantity of nuts this year, that a woodman in this neighbourhood is feeding his pigs upon them, driving them into the wood for the day, and bring ing them home with aching jaws at night.—Norwich Post. _ _ APPALLING ACCIDENT. — On Thursday Mr. Samuel Whiteway, banker, of Teignmouth, was shooting in the neighbourhood of Chudleigh. Mr. Whiteway had just fired one of the barrels and was in the act of reloading, when the other barrel went off, and the charge passed up wards through his head, causing instantaneous death. The Durham Chronicle mentions the exit of Mr. Chas. Isaac Humble, recently a member of the firm of Milbourn and Humble, sharebrokers of that town, after having committed numerous and daring forgeries. His forgeries have been committed chiefly upon his relatives and family connections. They amount to £lO,OOO. The Cambridge Advertiser mentions that a brickmaker (a brick) wagered to mould 700 bricks in an hour. When the hour had expired he was moulding the 702 d, " but was so much exhausted in strength that a pea thrown against him with force , might almost have knocked him down. . . ----- DEATHS FROM IMPURE Ait—Orquestlay last._two infants died at Hackney, an on, aged respectively, two years and eleven weeks. The verdict at the inquest was, that death wavtaused "by the noxious and poisonous vapours arising irom a stagnant and exposed sewer in the neighbourhood of their residence. The Duke of Northumberland entertains projects of extensive improvements of his large property, and he intends (as a commencement) to offer hisitenantry a more permanent tenure of their farms, by granting leases on corn rents, based upon and varying with the averages of the Tithe Commutation Act. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, when the colliers proceeded to their work in a pit in the precincts of Airdrie, they found lying at the bottom the mangled bodies of three young men. The deceased were trades men belonging to Calder Bank, and had been drinking on the preceding night. There is little reason to doubt that they stumbled down the pithy accident.—Glasgow Herald. The York Courant states that at the funeral of the Rev. T. Billington, the Roman Catholic priest of that city, the shops of the inhabitants were closed out of re spect to his memory, and the tenor bell of the Cathedral was tolled. The Dean of York, also, in his sermon in the Minster, paid a high tribute to the character of the deceased as a Christian clergyman. The Morning Herald and Morning Chronicle pub lished, on Saturday, a circumstantial account of an awful triple murder, alledged to have been committed at Foot's Cray, in the county of Kent. It was stated that a re spectably conducted female and her two children had been murdered by a gentleman of fortune. There is not a word of truth in the statement. CHARITY. —A. gentleman residing at Hackney, but who declined giving his name, presented, on Friday, 10s. to the magistrate at Worship-street Police-office, for charit able purposes, and expressed a hope that his example would be extensively followed by those who disapproved, like himself, of the proposed public collection of subscrip tions in the churches on the day appointed for the general thanksgiving. THREE CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH.—On Wednes day week, a hut occupied by a man named Roberts, near Beattock, on the Caledonian Railway, was burnt to the ground. Three children of Roberts', who were sleeping in the loft, were burnt to death. The fire is supposed to have been occasioned by a candle, which the mother was c arrying whilst she was intoxicated, coming in contact with the bedclothes. SALMON JUBILEE.—The first jubilee year to salmon ever known in Scotland is now begun. The Duke of Sutherland, in all his fine rivers in Ross and Sutherland, of which his grace is sole proprietor, has issued orders that no fish shall be taken above the influence of the tideway, either by net or the angler's rod, until the Ist of February, 1849 ; thus giving the salmon undisturbed rest and pos session for eighteen months of their own domain. At a meeting, last week, at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, E. S. Chandos Pole, Esq., offered to pay the passage out to In dia for any man who should stand up to claim his liberal offer ; and, though no one then answered his challenge, we doubt not that the glove is still on the ground, and may yet be taken up by any one who desires to try his strength in so noble a contest. The inquiry into the cases of poisoning at Ely has ter minated in a verdict of " deaths from poison administered by some person unknown." The investigation was a very protracted one, the principal evidence being that of Mrs. Young and her husband, who both proved the finding of a paper containing a white substance like arsenic near the fire-place, which Barnes (the accused person, and the mother-in-law of Mrs. Young) caused to be burnt. A school for gipsies was opened at Farnham, on Tues day. It is intended for the education of orphan gipsy children, and for the children of those gipsies who have large families. All will here be taught to read and write. The girls will be trained to the various household duties, and fitted to go out to service ; the boys will be carefully instructed, and, when arrived at a proper age, apprenticed to some useful trade. The building is capable of accom modating twenty-four children, but as yet rooms are pre pared only for the reception of twelve. An explosion of gas took place at Walsall Church, on Sunday evening after divine service, when a beadle named Lunn was dreadfully shattered and mangled to death. It appears, that for some weeks past an escape of gas had taken place under one of the churchwarden's pews, and. Lunn had gone to the spot with a lighted candle immedi ately after the congregation departed, and the gas coming in contact with the flame, the explosion resulted. The damage done is estimated at upwards of £l,OOO. THE CHINESE. JUNK.—It must be some time before the Chinese junk, Keying, can reach this country, for it appears that she has been seized in America. The Chi nese sL dors, to the number of twenty-six, not having been paid their wages, have arrested the vessel, and Mr. Lord, their advocate, pleaded for them before the civil court of the district. The court decided in favour of the crew, maintained the seizure, ordered the sale of the vessel, and condemned the captain to pay each man one to two hun dred dollars, according to rank. POACHING AND CRUELTY.—Yesterday night week four men went poaching upon the Brin Hall estate, in posses sion of Sir John Gerard, when they were met by one of the assistant keepers, who was instantly seized, and stuffed head foremost up a drain, after which they drove a stake between his legs that he could not get out, his body being wedged fast in the drain. He e m r a e n ma e i ar ne ly d i i n n t t h h e is m p e r rr eta ing: him out in an exbA s t e d whomeat h e u a n r t d i until h d i s i s m c o o v a e n r e s , al,nyd got state. During the past week a beautiful gothic window of stained glass has been placed in the chancel of the parish church of Belton, by the Hon. and Rev. R. Cust, as a tribute to the memory of the Dowager Countess Brown low. The window, which is extremely lofty ( 10ft. 6in. in height, and 6ft. lin breadth ), consists of three compart ments, representing the following subjects :—Our Saviour raising Lazarus, the widow's son, and the daughter of Jairus from the dead. _ _ _ On Monday a shocking murder was committed at Bir mingham, by a Welshman, named Matthew Davies, keep ing an eating-house in Moor-street. He had for a long time ill-treated his wife, who threatened to exhibit articles of the peace against him, as she had been obliged to do more than once. It appears that she had threatened to do so on the day in question, when he declared he would put a stop to her doing so altogether, and, seizing a carv ing-knife, nearly severed her head from her body. The murderer is in custody. TESTIMONY OF A JUDGE IN FAVOUR OF WOMEN.—In a trial at the Ayr assizes of a man who had cruelly mal treated his wife, for which he is to be punished by banish ment for seven years, Lord Cockburn remarked inciden tally, that it was a fact as disgraceful to the male sex as it was honourable to the female, that during all his long experience, he had never once met with an instance of a wife who had been abused and maltreated by her hus band, even to the point of death, who did not, when placed in the witness-box against him, greatly understate his treatment and her injuries, in order to shield him, her husband, from punishment. THE LATE MURDER AT CARLISLE.—DEATH OF THE MURDERER.—We last week gave the particulars of the inquest upon the body of Mary Hanlin, the wife of Peter Hanlin, a travelling ,` potter, ' who died from_ certain wounds inflicted on her head by her husband, on the 25th ult. The proceedings before the coroner were terminated with a verdict of wilful murder against Hanlin. He was at that time in gaol suffering from erysipelas, produced by a blow which it was believed had been given to him in a scuffle to ascertain which was "the better man. The symptoms gradually assumed a more dangerous form, and have since terminated fatally. AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesday, Mr. Joseph Histon, of Spring Gardens, near Dudley, nailmaster, and his wife, fell out respecting a son of Mr. Histon by a for mer wife, and after a violent altercation they proceeded to blows, when Mrs. H. at length struck her husband with her clenched fist near the temple, and he instantly fell to the ground. When picked up insensi ble, . he was found to be and soon afterwards expired. Mrs. IL, upon dis covering the fatal act she had committed, was in the most bitter distress, and has remained in that state ever since. The parties are respectable, the deceased being possessed of some houses and other property, and they have always lived upon good terms. The deceased was in his 50th year. TRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.—The usual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters of South Stafford shire and Shropshire have been held. The attendance of all interested in the trade was numerous, and the opinions gathered from those variously concerned tend only to the conclusion that the general condition of this branch of industry is satisfactory as contrasted with the general commerce of the country. The orders for iron, both home and foreign, are considerable, without being exces sive ; but at least abundantly so to enable the ironmasters to abide by the resolve at their preliminary meeting to maintain existing prices. These are, for the best Staf fordshire bars, £lO per ton ; for pigs, the figures will range from £4 15s. to £5 55., according to their quality. PROGRESS OF POPERY. — e copy the following from a radical paper :—" At an immense meeting of Roman Ca tholics held on Monday night for the purposenf express ing sympathy with the Pope in his present struggles against Austrian aggression, the reverend parish priest of the city of London, Dr. Moore, one of Dr. Wiseman's intimate friends, and believed to enjoy the vicar-general's unlimited confidence, told his flock that within the pre vious forty-eight hours he had been specially favoured and honoured with a perusal of private letters just then re ceived from Rome, and he believed he could in the most confident manner assure them that the occupant of St. Peter's chair had sealed the mandate for Dr. Wiseman's elevation to the Archbishopric of Westminster., Dr. Wiseman will be an Archbishop, and it is not improbable that the Rev. Dr. Moore will be Dean of Westminster." The Tablet, in reviewing a volume of sermons by H. Edward Manning, M.A., Archdeacon of Chichester, says —" The heart and affections of the writer are with us (the Romanists) and with our Church. The amiable writer urges the necessity of confession with great energy —with a consciousness of that necessity and of its advan tages. The archdeacon (adds the Tablet) is not in his true place; his feelings and affections, the instincts of his whole nature, guide him to the (Romish) Ciurch. He comes, as it were, to the very door of 11. t Church (of Rome), and yet will not enter in and see there realised what he labours to describe and almost succeeds. Upon the whole, we are glad to see these sermons. The earnest mind that conceived them must feel that there is no cor- ----- respondence between itself and the system in which it moves. " _ _ ALARMING RIOT.—On Tuesday, the town of Hamilton was thrown into a state of indiscribable alarm. Some hundreds of navigators turned out and actually took law less possession'of it. They filled the streets, brandishing clubs, picks, &c.,broke windows, assaulted every Scotch person they could meet with, jumped, yelled, and alto gether frightened for their lives the peaceable inhabitants of the usual quiet town. All the shops were shut, and the shutters put on. A gentleman, a J.P., who was for merly a magistrate, got a gig and drove up to the barracks, where a portion of the Ist Royals are presently lying, land they immediately accompanied him. Mr. Sheriff Veitch, and the procurator Fiscal, were speedily at the scene. The riot act was read by a magistrate. A number of pri soners were apprehended, but the blob IS not' quiet.— Glasgow Herald. USEFUL AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT. — At the Peter- borough Agricultural Show, on the 4th inst., there was an unusually large show of implements and stock, and six out of the eight prizes were awarded to Mr. W. P. Stan ley ; the one of £lO, open to all England, was awarded to his steam generator, for cooking linseed, chaff, and vege tables for feeding cattle. Its principle and objects are thus described by the maker :—" The linseed compound tub has a graduated scale affixed, by which the weight of water may be at once seen ; a jet of steam is introduced, which stirs the liquid more effectually than it can be done by hand, and so economises superintendence, that in place of two men or boys only one is necessary. By merely turn ing the steam-cock off or on, the boiling is carried on more or less rapidly at pleasure. The same tub answers for steaming chaff, potatoes, carrots, and all roots, and for boiling water even for domestic purposes ; forty to eighty gallons may be boiled by it in twenty-five minutes." MELANCHOLY SUICIDE FROM SHAME. — An inquest was recently held at Munsorrel, on the body of Sarah Thompson, aged thirteen years. The deceased got into 'an apple tree in the garden ; she was seen by an elder sister, who requested her to get down, and offered her assistance. In attempting to reach the ground she slipped backwards, and hung by one leg 'from a bough. She was released from this perilous situation by two men, who were at work in a shop close by, and they remained a few minutes in consequence of the deceased appearing in an unconscious state. After they had left the deceased ran away, without speaking, towards a deep pond, which had once been worked as a stone quarry. Her sister, hearing a splash, ran to the water, and saw her sister in the pond, waving her hands. She went in the water and caught hold of her. The two men who had before as sisted her from the apple-tree rescued the elder sister, but the younger one perished.—Leeds Intelligencer. TREMENDOUS GALE.—Since Wednesday morning, we have experienced a violent gale from N.B. to S.E., accom ranied in with rain ; and a fearful has been and still is runng on our bar. At daylight sea on Thursday morning, two brigs were observed in the offing, which proved to be the Patriot of Aberdeen, Captain Leask, from Riga to this port for orders, with flax, and the Prompt, of Seaton Sluice, Captain Lodge, from Archangel to Newcastle with tallow. The Patriot, as she approached the angry surge, was stranded on the beach ' • and the Prompt came ashore almost at the same spot. The life boat followed the un fortunate vessels, and was happily the instrument of rescuing them from imminent danger. In this laudable effort, the success of which was hailed by acclamation by a vast multitude collected on the sands, Mr. John Taylor, of the. smack Vivid (Leith trader), Mr. David Sutherland, and others, particularly distinguished themselves. The poor fellows, about twenty in number, were immediately supplied with warm clothing and refreshments at the Life Boat Establishment—an institution of which has just reason to be proud. Montrose Review. WONDERFUL PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE.—On Saturday morning, a man employed in the excavation of the railway tunnel under Standedge, near this town, was completely immured in the bowels of the earth by a large " shoot" of earth having taken place. Such was the quantity of earth that fell, that though a great number of men were employed to clear it away, and they continued to work night and day, in " shifts" of three hours' dura tion, it was Monday afternoon before they got to the poor fellow, when, surprising to say, he was found alive. Alto gether he was found to be immured in the place t with a sufficient space to move about, but with no food to eat, for six hours ! When the workmen engaged in his libe ration had proceeded a considerable way, they found the poor sufferer had contributed ill his power to his own liberation, having with a large hammer, the only instru ment he had, perforated through the mass of earth some three or four yards.—So intense was his mental agony, that he could form no judgment of the period which had elapsed since he was so suddenly shut out from the world ; but on seeing his master, he tremblingly asked if it was Saturday night. Hot blankets were immediately at hand, and he was wrapped in them and taken to the nearest house, and a surgeon immediately attende d ; and it is hoped ' the rescued from the grave will soon revive.—Leeds Intelligencer. PHYSICAL VERSUS MORAL.—Whether the physical wants should be remedied through the moral, or the moral through the physical. has been a question which has oc cupied the attention of philosophers and philanthropists for centuries. Without attewertig o decide the ques tion, there can be no doub at when the physical conch tion is impaired it dem . s the first attention. For in stance, a person whil- suffering from an acute attack of gout would be un: • e to appreciate the sublimest les sons of philos . ,y, even though enunciated by the divine Plato. 'ow much more welcome to the sufferer would be a .ox of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, so efficacious in eradicating the distressinKmalady.. IMPORTANT FAMILY MEDlClNE.—lrran3pton's Pill of Health effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxation, without griping or prostration of I strength. They remove head-asPergOkness , dizziness, pains in the chest, &c. ; are higffy grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and de press,lop, of spirits ; whil9 f lo those of a full habit and free livers, who are contiA•ally suffering from drowsiness, Weaviness, and singi in the head and e p a e r r s, b t e h x e . y o s ff e e e r a th cl e - . vantages that wil of fail to be appreciated. Sold by all venders of m eines. Price ls. lid• name of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on t: tte government stampi THE LIVERPOOL §TANDAM A poor frame-WA knitter, of Hinckley, nattied Joseph Hutt, has, after twenty years application and study, com pleted a machine, which he calls a " self-moving machine" or " perpetual motion." He set it in motion on the 26th August last, since which time it has continued to work with the greatest regularity. The motions of the machine are both quick and powerful, and may be greatly in creased, and applied to any purpose. It does not require the aid of steam or any other power to keep it in motion, having one continual and .regular movement of its own. Hutt, who is a poor man, is anxious to obtain assistance to enable him to test still further the value of his inven tion. A VIPER Iv A CARRIAGE.—On Saturday, Miss Ca tharine Hayes, daughter of Captain Edgar Hayes, of Lauder-house, Brompton, accompanied by a female friend, her brother (in his ninth year), and the governess, were proceeding in the carriage to a friend in Burlington street, when, at the corner of Sloane-street, the young gentleman, imagining that he saw something moving in the pocket of the coach, drew his sister's attention to the subject, placing his hand at the same time within the pocket, but almost immediately withdrew it, exclaiming that he had been bitten in the wrist. The governess was about to order the carriage to be stopped, when a small viper sprang from the pocket and fastened itself upon the fur mantle of the friend of Miss Hayes, wounding her just above the shoulder. The screams of the ladies brought several persons to their assistance, and a young man of the name of Brodie, a waiter at an hotel in Bow street, seized the viper and destroyed it, the creature mea suring seven or eight inches in length. Medical assistance was procured, and the wounds of the young lady and gen tleman dressed, those of the latter being of rather an ex tensive character. How TO CiBT UP CHEAP TEAS.—On Saturday, James Styles, a marine store dealer, living at No. 8, Milton street, Cripplegate, appeared at the Guildhall, London to answer an information filed by the solicitor of excise, for unlawfully converting 131 b. of leaves of tea that had been used in a spurious tea, by means of their being dyed and dried. There was also another complaint laid out in the information, for fabricating a certain description of tea, by mixinc , a peculiar shrub with colouring, &c. James Jordan, officer of the customs, stated that on the 29th of June, he went to the defendant's house, and saw his wife, who said he was not at home. He went into the back room, where he found a pan before the fire, with old teas in it drying, and a deal box, containing waste leaves. Under the bed he found more old leaves, with gum about them, and mixed in a preparation of what seemed to be stone blue and French chalk. In a cupboard in an ad joining room he discovered ttree• paper bags filled with spurious tea, in all Silb. One was filled with mixed tea, and the other black, and the third green. The samples of the stuff said to be tea in the paper bags were pro duced, and their inspection created some amusement. Several excise officers gave corroborative testimony, and deposed to the probable object of fabricating tea. Mr. Phillips, chemist to the excise, said 'he had analysed the contents of the paper bags. The black• was dried ex hausted leaves. The green was dried leaves, covered with a slight coloured coating, and the mixed had some genuine in it. What he had seen of the colouring mat ter, it comprised the ordinary stone blue, Prussian blue, chrome, and Dutch pink.—Mr. Alderman Musgrave in flicted a penalty of £5 for each of the 81bs. fbund in the cupboard. THE ROBBERY AT ROGERS'S BANK.—The•manner in which the strong room was entered is one of the most extraordinary circumstances connected with this extensive robbery. Against the door was a turn-up bedstead, on which one of the clerks slept on both nights, yet he was not disturbed, and the bed was found in its place. The probability appears to.be that the thief or thieves got in with assistance, and remained there all night. Another of those employed by the concern, from some words used by him, and also from being possessed of several sums of money,. and making purchases, was strongly suspected, but great caution was used in accusing him. The com panions he was seen with also heightened the suspicions against him. The sum of £3,000 was offered for the capture of the spoil and offenders, and the police were very active. A connection was traced between the person alluded to and a man who had before been convicted, and the house of the former being searched by warrant, 500 sovereigns were found, which he failed fully to account for. It was contemplated to arrest him. This step, how ever, was abandoned on the arrival of one of the partners, who declined giving the party into custody on the grounds that they could not swear to gold, or the box. At this juncture, remarkable to state, the officers were informed that their services were no longer required, and so the prosecution of the affair in this quarter ceased. The original reward, £3,000, was the sum named to effect it. A larger amount was desired, and refused. Ultimately it fell to £2,500, and finally a personal interview took place. A guarantee passing to stay all ulterior proceedings, an appointment was made for the following evening. The parties met, the stolen notes were returned, and the re ward, £2,500 in gold, was handed over. The expenses are said to have exceeded £12,000. The amount stolen was upwards of £40,000. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—At the Wesleyan Methodist Association Chapel, Bacup, on Sunday evening week, there were about one thousand persons present, (the place being crowded,) to hear a female preacher. The piping of the stove which warms the chapel' is attached to the beam which supports the roof, and both the beam and piping are visible from below. Prior to the sermon, and while Mr. Newton, the minister, was giving out the first hymn, this piping was observed o give way.; caused, we understand, by the pressure of the crowd against the stove. An alarm was unfortunately raised that the roof was falling, and instantly, although implored by the minister to remain seated, the dense assemblage rushed to the door, eager to escape from the anticipated danger. A fearful scene ensued. The only means of egress from the chapel (a folding door of the usual size) was soon blocked up by those of the .terror-stricken congregation who were nearest to it, and whose frenzied efforts to escape _ only served to retard each other's exit. Within the chapel the scene was indescribable: Strong men, under the influence of fear, were seen leaping over the forms, re g ardless of those lying crushed' beneath them, and intent only upon individual safety. A. few of the congregation, who had the presence of mind to remain seated, escaped altogether unhurt. When the chapel was at last cleared, a most distressing scene presented itself. Three persons were taken up in a dead or dying state, and several others were found to have sustained serious injuries. The names of the unfortunate victims of this distressing occurrence are Mary- Ashworth, aged thirty, the wife of Nathaniel Ashworth, weaver, of Bacup ; James Moorhouse, aged ten, the son of a blacksmith at Broadclough ; and Richard Law, aged nineteen, also of Broadclough. Mrs. Ashworth was taken up in a dying state, and conveyed to her home, where she expired a few minutes after. The print of a man's, heel was distinctly visible on the unfortunate woman's face. NEW STEAM ENGINE.—Mr. Remond, of Birmingham, has just completed a. new steam-engine, with improve ments. His object has been to get rid , of back action of the steam, by which in all engines of the ordinary con struction a great amount of power is lost. It is estimated that a cubic foot or 601 b of water should give one-horse power, but it is known that high pressure engines of the ordinary construction consume at least 100th per horse. This shows that the loss of power from reaction is forty per cent. By making the passages for the exhaustion of the steam much larger than at present, and by slide valves of a new construction, M. Remond gets rid almost entirely of this reacting power, and thus saves steam and fuel to a Firth, of Broad-street, on the most im p roved principles at very nt s g rweearte e w x:t r e k n e t d . w a T s b e e . n engine e w d i whichtbhyMessrs. th e B a e e x h p ii and • - present acted upon in the construction of steam-engines. Its power is nearly 14 horse. The cylinder is so con structed that it can be worked with Either the ordinary three port valve or those of M. Remond, thus ensuring a fair trial, since whatever may be the defects of the cylin der or piston, they must tell equally against both contri vances. The engine was fitted with Prony's friction break, and the strain was not altered during the,experi ments, which proved that with half the steam the amount of work done was nearly fifty per cent. more on the new construction. The manner in which the waste steam escaped was an important corroboration of the results. Under the old system the escape was attended with great force and noise ; under the new. the escape was gentle and almost noiseless. The main principle of the inven tion is the effective manner in which the steam is emitted from the cylinder, reducing the back pressure as much as possible. When the piston rises there is little or no waste steam to prevent its ascent ; when it descends, there is little or no steam to retard the descent. We under stand that engines of considerable power on this principle are in daily work on the continent at the present time. DRAINING ON SIR R. PEEL'S ESTATES.—Ii is to be regretted that the proceedings of Sir R. Peel in Stafford shire should not be more generally known—how large the sums expended by him for the benefit of the land, how moderate the charge made to his tenantry (4 per cent.) for the money sunk upon their farms. We believe we are. thr.b Ma. Yal Kt-5 alone-has-already drained for him 500 or 600 acres from four to six feet deep, with 11-inch pipes, and that 1,000 acres more near Black burn, in Lancashire, are about to be drained by him in the same manner. By this means, by throwing down useless fences, filling up useless ditches, felling useless trees, and pulling up or undercutting the old useless tile and sole drains, the productiveness of the soil cannot but be enormously increased. It appears, indeed, from the statements at the Drayton dinner, that in some cases the produce of wheat land has been nearly quintupled by similar operations. With respect to the draining, we cannot do better than recommend all, who have the op portunity, to inspect it ; for they will find- the details of Mr. Parkes's arrangements such as cannot,. be too gene rally imitated. All the pipes are collared, so that neither soil nor roots can find their way into them, nor the joints be dislocated ; and the expedition with which the appa rently tedious operation of collaring is performed by boys is not the least interesting part of the operation. Where the pipes meet from opposite directions, they deliver their water into open cesspools, or wells so contrived that the action of the draining can at all times be readily examined, while at the same time the water from the pipes is thus conducted to a common outfall. One of the most re markable features in these operations is the drainage of about 100 acres of the Drayton meadows on the banks of the river, on a dead level, and subject to annual flooding to the depth of about two, feet. The whole of this has been drained four feet deep, and although the flooding is not thus prevented, the consequences of the floods are converted from an injury into a benefit ; for the moment the waters fall the superfluous moisture passes off with great rapidity, all the matters suspended in the overflow being left in the ground, which acts as a filter. It is like the inundation of a little Nile. One of the results of this action is that the drainage water becomes so pure and transpr,rent that it is perfectly fit for drinking. Nor are these, (training operations confined to the farm. The gr.rden of Drayton Manor has been treated in a similar manner. The whole of it is drained five feet deep, with collared pipes, and the, consequence is abundantly conspi - ipieu/ cuous in the altered character of the produco..-4 (ural Ga;ette, Ciii.lietE OF STEALING A BILL OF Excff.44laa,—Mr. Henry Pitt, of the firm of Pitt and Maybury, of "Wednes bury,. Staffordshire, was charged with stealing a bill of exchange for £lOOO from Mr. Thomas Lee, clerk in the WolVerhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company. The bill was dated Liverpool, Ist of July, 1847, payable three months after date, drawn by Higgins Brothers, upon Pitt and Maybury, Victoria Works, Wednesbury, accepted by Pitt and Maybury, at Spooner and Co.'s, bankers, London. The bill bore the endorsement of " Higgins Brothers," and then next, " Pro George Jones, John Jones." This bill had been received at the bank in part liquidation of Mr. G. Jones's account. Mr. H. Hill, the manager of the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank, received the bill from London noted for non-payment. He directed Mr. Thomas Lee, one of the clerks, to re quest payment of the bill at Messrs. Pitt and Maybury's. Mr. Lee accordingly took the bill to Pitt and Maybury's, and showed it to Mr. Pitt, who snatched it out of his (Mr. Lee's) hands, and refused to pay it or deliver it back. Mr. Pitt stated that he had never received value for this bill; but if Mr. Jones would let him have his pig-iron, he would pay the bill. Ultimately Mr. Pitt was given into custody on a charge of stealing the bill, and brought before the magistrates. It appeared that he was much excited and exasperated at the time that he seized the bill ; and after much discussion as to the nature of the offence, the charge was withdrawn on the bill being res tored to the bank. THE CHOLERA.—The steady advance of the cholera westward has induced a general apprehension that it will not be long before it is imported into this country. In the Times of Tuesday there is a letter from Mr. William Herapath, of Bristol, in which he recommends fumigation, by means of chlorine, as the only effective means of palli ating the ravages of this alarming disorder. He says, " The two most popular disinfectants of the day—the chloride of zinc and the nitrate of lead, known as Sir W. Burnett's and Ledoyen's, will be of no avail, although they will promptly remove ordinary putrid effluvia. The only chemical preventive I depended upon in my numerous exposures to the virus was chlorine gas, and this I believe to be a perfect one, if the fumigation is complete. 1 inva riably passed through an atmosphere of it on my return home, and kept it escaping in my residence during the continuance of the disease in the city. I also placed large quantities of the substance necessary for the evolution of this gas in the hands of a Bristol druggist, who was kind enough to distribute 1,200 quantities of it gratuitously to applicants during three days, with instructions for the use, and am happy to say that during that time the deaths fell from ten to one per day, and I have but little doubt that if every ship arriving in England from an infected place, should be exposed to a perfect fumigation with chlorine, we shall be preserved from the infection. If the disease should pass this cordon, by any accident, then every house in the infected district should be simultaneously fumigated with it—say three times a day; unless done in all houses at the same time it would be useless or nearly so ; and to do it effectually, a mixture of three parts of common salt and one of black oxide of manganese, should be placed just inside the outer or street door of the dwelling-house, and a little common vitriol poured upon it. The inward cur rent of air will convey the chlorine gas to every part of the interior, and whenever it can be smelt the effect is produced—the miasm is destroyed. If articles of clothing are infected, and the colours likely to be injured by the gas, they may be heated in an oven or on a kiln,.to 2500 r 300 degrees (about the heat of baking bread), when they may be handled or used with perfect impunity." COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. — The failure of James and William Morley, Manchester warehousemen, has been announced. The house was of about forty years' stand ing, and the liabilities, it is supposed, may amount to about £60,000 or £BO,OOO. The immediate cause of the suspension was the circumstance of their holding ac ceptances of Rickards, Little, and Co. On Tuesday, it was announced that Mr. W. Nash, Manchester and woollen warehouseman, had suspended his liabilities to the extent of £60,000 to X 70,000. Up to the previous day, Mr. Nash entertained the hope of going on, but the:im possibility of obtaining discounts rendered his definitive stoppage unavoidable. It is said that his assets are con siderable. Thirty years back Mr. Nash, being then largely engaged in business, was compelled to suspend, and upon a composition of Ios. in the pound a release was granted by his creditors. Within eight years, how ever, of that event, he discharged in full the whole of these claims, and he subsequently realized a handsome fbrtune. Family losses, added to the pressure of the times, are the causes of his second failure, and much sympathy is felt for him. From other quarters the only unfavourable announcement is that of White and Co., of Waterford, timber and corn merchants, whose liabilities are said to be from £40,000 to £50,000. One other large London firm was obliged to suspend payment on Wed nesday; Messrs. Barclay, Brothers, and Co., merchants, of Austin-friars, who had been - largely engaged in the Mauritius trade. The liabilities of the firm are said to be for £435,000. The head of the house is one of the present members for Sunderland. On Tuesday, another meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Sanderson and Co. was held, and it is a source of congratulation that the af fairs of the firm become more favourable on each inquiry. The creditors of Messrs. De Jersey and Co. have met at Manchester. The firm offered monthly instalments of 25 per cent. to all the creditors, which was unanimously accepted, and the house was congratulated upon the early prospects• of its being again in a. sound position. The Times of Saturday announced the failures of Mr. Had low and Mr. Oakley, on the Stock. Exchange, and the suspension of Messrs. L. Phillips and Sons, merchants, whose liabilities are stated at £70,000, whilst their assets are £120,000. The failure of Messrs. Knapp and Co., bankers, Abingdon, has been announced. This bank was one of issue, but its present circulation was only £29,316. CHARGE Or ABDUCTION. — W. H. Kavanagh, 40, of Brentwood Hall, Essex, was charged, on Friday, at the Mansion House, with abduction. About three months agora respectable family, resident in the neighbourhood. of St. Paul's, was thrown into the greatest distress by the disappearance of the eldest daughter. Advertisements appeared in the newspapers ; and at length it was ascer tained that the girl had been ruined by the defendant, who was unknown to her relatives, but had prevailed upon her to leave her father's house by promising to marry' her. The girl returned a few days ago ; and after having in the most affecting manner expressed her sorrow and contrition, said she had been. abandoned by the man, who had sent a letter inclosing £5. The letter was dated Dover, and was to the effect, that before she received it the writer would be out of England. Mr. Kavanagh had paid his addresses under the name of Kent ; but, by the instrumentality of the bank-note, his real name and ad dress were discovered. The father of the girl ascer tained at the bank that the note had been paid at the establishment on the 9th inst., to W. H. Kavanagh, of the Adelaide hotel, Londnn-bridge. It was found that Kavanagh, instead of having left town for France, had slept at the Adelaide hotel on Sunday night, and that he had contrived to get the letter referred to put into. the Dover post-office.—The father of the girl stated that on the 27th of July the prisoner took away his daughter from home, without his knowledge, and until Wednesday last she was not seen by any of her family,—The defen dant owned to having written the letter.—The landlord of the house inDuke-street, in which the defendant re sided with the girl, stated that she was introduced as the wife of the defendant: they had the drawing-room floor. —The father of the girl said he had every reason to sup thme town.—A clerk from the London and Westminster s la a r t g t e h p e r w op e e s rl t y ebd an o d f p a ose em th b a e t r th of e d so ef rn en e da a nt th w e a c s lu a b m -h a o n u o se f a n account there, and had a large balance. The Bankcom plainant stated nantcou t ld hat no t t h e s a d y e f w e n h d e a t n h t e r had h s ford daughter ug many h ter years ta k k e e p n t away against her will, but the ease was most atrocious. It had ruined the happiness of his family. The girl is 19. —The Lord Mayor said the charge of abduction fell to the ground, since she was above 16, and it could not be said that therewas any compulsion used ; but the conduct of the defendant had been base in the extreme. PERILOUS. UNDERTAKING,—At the last meeting of the town council, it was left to the work committee to accept of the offer of a Mr. Wright, to ascend and bring down the City Church vanes, for a very trifling sum, to have them cleaned. The first, and most difficult and perilous part of this extraordinary undertaking, being the vane of St. Paul's was accomplished on Tuesday, in the presence of thousands of spectators. Nothing could have been more adventurous. The usual method of- throwing a rope over the summit of the steeple by the working of a kite, had failed, and he was necessitated to adept another plan. On the west side of the steeple there are four sets of copper spikes—two in each set—apparently distant from each other about fifteen feet, the first set beginning about two feet above the window of the belfry, and the last termi nating at the very apex of the steeple. Through the win dow of the belfry he hove a rope, and up that length he sprung like a squirrel ; but here the first part of his diffi culty lay ; he had no tackling above him, and nothing to raise himself farther up by than the mouldings of the window. But he got over this, and placing himself be -evv ear' a pisffseev-Ie and - the steeple, on a standing room of not, we should suppose, four inches, took a rest for awhile. During the time he was taking a breath, we must state that he had slung round his waist a rope and a light but tough piece of wood, fifteen feet in length, having on the end of it a strong rope with a running noose,. inge niously fastened thereto, for the purpose of raising it up, and throwing it over the spikes before spoken of. This essay at the first set of spikes was very successful. He raised the stick, got the noose over, swung himself up, and was seated upon. them in a few seconds ; but here the most serious part of his work began. Seated upon two copper spikes, projecting some twelve or fourteen inches (about eighteen inches apart) from a nearly perpendicular wall, barely able-to,move his head round, requiring to raise a rod fifteen feet in length, with a rope attached to the end of it, to the next two copper spikes fifteen feet or more above him, keep his balance while doing so, swing himself up, and repeat the same thing four times—who could have supposed it practicable ! At the last set of spikes but one the greatest apprehensions were entertained for the ad venturer's safety, and many spectators went away unable to look on any longer He had three times been unable to get the rope over the last set of spikes, and it was ap parent he was a good deal exhausted. Nevertheless, in his fourth attempt he succeeded, and the feelings of the multitude were relieved by their observing him clapping his hands upon the steeple to cool them, and from the calmness he manifested while he took a rest of two minutes. Rested, he sprang up to the two last spikes, and grasping the stalk of the vane with one hand, stretched out the other in token of success. Three prodigious cheers were sent up to him from the assemblage below, apparently more relieved than himself by the issue. After fixing his ropes to the top of the steeple, he descended to the street in a minute. Mr. Wright is a young man, not much above thirty we should suppose. He has the regular Jack Tar build, and we believe he has been a sailor in her ma jesty's fleet; and from his performance on St. Paul's steeple, which was managed with consummate coolness and dexterity, we could imagine he had belonged to the party who drank King George the Fourth's health on the top of Cleopatra's Needle. He goes up the spire of St. John's. Church next week.—Perth Courier. Oct. 19, 1841. STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERY WAREHOPS. LACE AND ADDISO pf 00L STANDARD , PUBLISHERS OF THE LIVERP • - WHOLESALE AND RETAA STATIONOgf ACCOUNT BOOK MAKO AND PR/INTERS, Have in Stock, andian ufactaveto ofder; .., /DGERS, DAY BOOKS, CASH P.O S, JOURNALS, tETTER 8000 COPYING BOOKS, LL BOOKS, & WASTE BOOILS; IN E V VARIETY OF STYLE. PAPERS, From the Mills of Whatman, J, R. 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GEORGE'S-CRESCENT LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. _ MINES.—Even amidst the confirmed failttren(4 old' houses, the unparalleled depressibn of the funds, and the ruinous fall in the value of railway speculative pope generally, we have much gratification in learning t-hatP'' mining share market maintains a firmer position Mao could possibly have been expected under these pneuPf, events. The business in the share market, this week , o°. been well supported, and several large transactions frac u taken place, whilst many others are in course of neget! , l: tion. We may, therefore, fairly assume that capitali- ; have discovered that mining property, when purcheV; under the influence of precaution and discretion, may considered a far safer investment than usually conteel" plated.—Mining Journal. MORAL. AND PHYSICAL COUHAGE.—Lieut. esh was at the storming of Morne Fortunee, in the vv Indies ; his behaviour on that occasion excited genel the following morning he waited on . his admiration. He was the first to ascend the breach , plant the King's colour on the captured redoubt. 11'g, gallantry was recorded in the orderly book, and 11 , e sa y recommended for immediate promotion Strang e n .,, n officer, then Lieutenant-Colonel V—d—r and leave of absence to return to Ireland, his native eoli ntrY e 9 and to resign his commission in favour of- a- youlk e " brother, who was desirous of entering the service. colonel, surprised at this extraordinary request on tbe part of a young officer with such bright prospects hefi re him, very naturally asked him what motive induced to make so• singular a proposal; when the young frankly told-him, that when the troops were moving O. ward for the attack, and the enemy's fire had open; upon them, he felt a. strong—almost an unsurmount a f4 —disposition to fall out, and he believed that nothing u ei r the rapidity of the advance, and the shouts of the i f or prevented him from disgracing himself ; but after 8 I ,d time, he added, his brain was on fire, he knew not wr i re he did, nor where he was, and he found himself on be summit of the breach with the colours in his handto, knew not how ; but he added, not without some hesitat7o, that he felt the profession of arms was not his vocA ti t . e re and fearing that at some future period he might not 7 0 5 sufficient moral courage to overcome his fear, 1 10 wa g desirous to leave the service with honour, whie i t e°'- r — eq a u n es "...—g sti A ll in his power.—Dr. Milligan the . lete ch FANCY FAIR.-A tlast it wares were comP en d and sent in, to the great exultation of Mrs. bacque r Ay equal admiration of the lady-committee, who unanife"., est declared that Misses Lacquers' stall would be t he attractive, and confer the greatest benefit upon the l'iut sury of the association—whose sole end was charity. `" those good christians never gave a thought to thenugrig rag of consumptive, heartbroken girls who we re o a t o thers for a slender livelihood—in many cases to sal same kind besides themselves—by manufacturing the rw of things offered at the fancy fair, withervee the ama teurg better made and much cheaP than articles. Or if they did once think about it, the feeling was in all probability one of vanity, in-being:lei to compete with regular manufacturers, wit/101PC' been brought up to labour. And of course th© c %,.. i ay able Kensington Pump would sooner wear a pair 01- "Stiss braces painted upon velvet by the fair hands 0 ' o r. Lacquer herself, and exhibit them at water-prti e 'i other-occasions on which he had to take off . his coat public, than a pair of the same kind ornamented 9Y, n - ,f body knew who, and bought at a bazaar. How coulciolr, one expect it would be otherwise ; although a bewit smile of thanks was all the change he got for his exception of fi °- pound note ? And young Fitzmoses also, who had an the inclination and none of the ability to become a ities about town, did not at all grumble at buying a 0...r0 pen-wiper for the purposes of charity ; it was such V t 7 he chance, also, to -get the opportunity of " chaffing t he refined daughters of the west end, whilst making purchase, just . as if they had been common stall-keen,74 at the counters of the Pantheon or Soho-. Bazaar.. , , e a, was very pleasant and agreeable to all parties, heigmfrent by the good they felt they were doing in a benes","l'd,,, point of view. It was impossible to benefit everyo,ttsiro and although every article that was sold took a crust "`134, the board of some industrious female artist, yet it swel;,., the treasury of the " Ladies'-babies'-bib-and -t . a l e g , general-loan-association" ; and the various young c.1,b,. who kept the stalls were so much delighted with the lic exhibition of their own wares and attractions—sowelt, tified at the compliments paid to both.by the g i o i ol t purchasers—including even the officers who had tho. rally allowed the band of their regiment to Play gr uPtociety -woror s occasion ; but who, however, did not buy cifalmost hoped the funds o e f they would get into the an y embarrassed state once mor e, that the might again have the pleasure of assisting them.- --- L f ral History of Stuck-up People. BEETHOVEN. — At first, the fingers of the player see . 4 to frolic over the keys, as though they toyed with the .. .. ° ,1 brations of the strings. The sounds we r e sportiffi;:4s jocund ; they rippled like laughter • they were c 0 , 0 ",f i n to as the merriment of a coquette. They then nierg -7 ble a sweet and warblin g cadence--a cadence of inireltaora tenderness, the very suavity of which was rendered piquant by its lavish variations. The measure chance_7o. with an abrupt fling of the treble hand : it gushed air quaint and sprightly as the dance of Puck-011311'k, odd—sparkling on the ear like zigzags : it threw ou_ ;;; , shower of notes : it was the voice of agility and Ine f; ment : it was grotesque and fitful, droll in itnabsurdsl;, fusion, and yet nimble in its amazing ingenuity. eirnif ally; however, the humorous movement resolved . .ff',Zo into a strain of preternatural wildness—a strain: we made the blood curdle, and the flesh creep, and the twilit shudder. It abounded with dark and goblin passages was the whirlwind blowing among the crags of the J ll ` ° o frau, and swarming with the cries of the witches of ,of Walpurgis ; it was Euridice traversing the corridors? hell ; it was midnight over the wilderness, withthe drifting before the moon ; it was a hurricane on the de3, sea it was everything horrible, weirdlike, and tuel t ;', tuous. And through the very fury of these passage' there would start tones of ravishing and gentle beatd s ; o . the incense of an, adoring heart wafted to, the black t. yens through the lightnings and lamentations of Nine a , Again the musician changed the purpose of his improi l 0 . tion : it was no longer dismal and appalling, it was thetic. The instrument became as it were the org. of sadness, it became eloquent with an inarticulate „ e ii it was a breast bursting with a ffli c ti o n, a voice brow o with sorrow, and a soul dissolving with emotions. the variable harmonies rose from pensiveness into fred from frenzy into the noise and the shocks of a great 10 tie ; they swelled to the din of contending armies, to storm and vicissitudes of warlike deeds, an& soared at W IT into, a pwan such as that of victorious legions when " Gaily to glory, they come, Like a. king in his pomp, To the blast of the trump, • And the roar of the mighty drum." ffet As the triumphant tones of the instrument rolled up .• o f its recesses, and filled the a p ar t men t w ith a torrente majestic sounds, as the musician swayed to and fro in a enthusiasm of his sublime inspirations, and enhanced , divine symphony by th e cras h o f man y an d a b r upt; i , cords, the Rosi cruc i an gaze d w ith awe upon the re,541 sive grandeur of his countenance. The impetus ca superb imagination imparted an inconceivable dignitl every lineament, to his capacious forehead, to his br°o and distended nostrils, to the fierce protrusion of 44 under lip, to the mobile and, generous expression ofc,t mouth, to the tawny yellow of his complexion, to brown depths of his noble and dilated eyes. There something in unison with the glorious sounds that res: . ,,, t y berated through the chamber even in the. enormous tour of his head, and. the gray disorder of his hair; ri ot , seemed to exult in the torrent of melody as it gushed' the piano and streamed out upon the dusk of the eve While Cagliostro was listening in an ecstasy of admira i i,d he was startled by a sudden clangour among the ire notes—the music seemed to be jumbled into co nfer and the ear was stunned by a painful and intolerable Aifi sonance. On looking more intently, he perceived '11) 0 the comdoser had let one hand fall abstractedly on o gi key-board, while the other executed, by itself, a 1 , " 9 , 0 0 , of extraordinary difficulty and involution. Then, 101 ,44' first time, the thought struck him that the musician 1 00 deaf. Alas! the supposition was too true : BeethoveM cursed by the loss of his most precious faculty. . 1 . 0 0 who appreciate the full splendour of his gigantic ge li d bf * * who worship his memory with a devotion inspir e r i s i ' his compositions, can sympathize in that terrible deg r eti tion of the powers of hearing, by N:lxich his art was bit' dered a blank, and the latter days of his life were e'" tered.--.Blaciwood's Mayadne, . Ai .. 011 4 /•1 bi ttl 3t p i xel 1114 S A the 4 i s? ' "3o Ak i •, 4 1)1 . 101 l • fo r C 1 Z d oeb nrld .1