The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-12 00:00:00

TIE LlVERi'ota STAADVID, CORRESPONDENCE. AGItICULTIT RAL DISTRESS AND THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR,D Sin,—The folio% of your correspon service. Agreeing ising from the perusal it's letter on Tuesday, are at your Man`3.^_wsm=lmscrsmg2,sr= • bmwmmimais mercifully bestowed, impress upon our minds a gracious of the London Times, whose editor not only admitted admonition to prove the sincerity of our thankfulness, by un- this article, but, lam told, in an editorial article, asserted wearied perseverance in the cause of O r ph an i sm ." that the American ships were not only badly built, and Yours, BENEVOLENS. notoriously so, but badly found, badly arranged, and Liverpool, March 9, 1850. badly commanded ; and that the " Caleb Grimshaw was, P.S.—The institution of the School for the Blind is doubtless, what, she claimed to be, a fair specimen." "A about to be removed to Hardman-street. This will afford fair specimen !" In such company, then, I take leave of a good opportunity for the editor of the Mercury inquir. Captain William Huxie. late of the packet-ship Caleb ing into the propriety of only one religion being adopted Grimahaw. I think, if he is " a fair specimen' of the there. American shipmaster, that America may challenge com parison with the world, confident of the result. I wish him, and all like him, every success. I believe they deserve it. And I hope the day is far dist a nt when th e i r A letter published in th e L on d on Ti mes o f F r id ay s t a t es countrymen will allow any one of such a class of men to A SIGN OF THE TIINIES.—The Shropshire Journal, of Wednesday last, contains advertisements of nearly seventy sales of farming stocks. Most of the other provincial papers in agricultural districts are similarly filled. The Newcastle Journal' of Saturday contained announcements of tea farms to be let, and of several sales of farming stock. t letter, I yet-notit A farm servant, in the employ of Mr. Wheatley, near East Boldon, Northumberland, was working in a field on Saturday last, when he observed a flock of wild geese to alight in the adjoining field. Having obtained a gun, he at once took aim at six bi r ds i n a li ne , fi ve o f wich he killed at one shot. They proved to be fine young birds, and averaged Gibs. weight each. An agricultural labourer named Watson, who carried a " big loaf" at the head of the free trade processions at the last Beverley election, and who was much made of at the time, has been compelled to go into the workhouse tra- I saigneua ___ for want of employment for labourers of his class. He iv +bp British barque Sarah. I now feels his position grievously, and r e p u di a t es f ree trade doctrines altogether. i which 0 While Mr. G. E. Danberry, a student of M ag d a l en College, Oxford, was returning thither a few days since from Godston, he fell over an unfinished bridge on the Birmingham and Rugby Railway,•and was so severely in jured that be was carried to the college in a state of insen sibility, from which he never rallied, but died on Tuesday, n after lingering about a week. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—George Perkins, eleven years old, is in custody in London, charged with having a set fire to the apparel of a little girl, five years old. A companion of Perkins put brimstone on the little girl's a pinafore; Perkins set fire to it, and the p oor c hild was instantly enveloped in flame. She was horribly burned, v and lies without hope of recovery. h THE SABBATH AND THE POST-OFFlCE.—Numerous t meetings continue to be held through the c ou n t r y t o peti t tion Parliament to close the post-office on Sundays. Up to the 4th of March, no fewer than eleven hundred and 0h twenty five had been presented, bearing the si gna t ures o f 149,003 persons. And these were chiefly from the smaller I towns ;—the larger having notyet forwarded thei r p e titi ons . a The general average price of wheat for th e wee k en di ng Saturday last has fallen to £1 18s. 6d. per quarter, whilst a the average for the six weeks was only £1 18 s . Bd. per a quarter. The grain trade throughout the country is in a very stagnant state. Now that the weather has improved, u immense supplies are expected f rom a b roa d, an d th ere i s a no prospect for the home g ro w e r b u t grea tly re d uce d Pc prices. ii On Tuesday an alarming accident occurred at the Albion s Brewery, Camden-town, belonging to Mess r s. B a k er an d Son, from the explosion of a boiler, of six horse-power, c which has resulted in the tot a l d es t ruc ti on o f th e i nter i or of the premises, besides causing a great devastation of It property to the houses adjacent. There were only five workmen on the premises at the time of the accident, none of whom have received any serious injury. e The Gazette contains an offer of a reward of £20,000, T by her majesty's government, to an y p ersons w h o s h a ll discover and efficiently relieve the crews of H.M. ships Erebus and Terror • and secondly, a reward o f £lO,OOO c to any person who shall discover and relieve either of the ii ships, or shall convey any intelligence which shall lead to 1 to the relief of either; and thirdly, to any party who n shall first succeed in ascertaining their fate. it At Grantham, the other day, a poor travelling woman, f who was said to have been turned out of a lodging-house, si in order that she might go to the union-house, was seized t with labour on the great north road. On her condition being known, a surgeon was sent for, and admission soli il cited at a public-house, but refused. B e f ore th e surgeon e arrived, one child had been born, but she was still in re labour. She was then removed to the public-house, and ti there delivered of another child. Both were still-born. i At the Hertford Assizes, a lad na m ed M ea d b roug ht an action, and obtained.a verdict of £l5 damages against a R Mr. Bodger, a cockney sportsman, who must needs " go e out a shooting" with a friend named Green, at Finchley, ; ; and in the course of the day the two succeeded in bagging es a partridge, a sparrow, and a bl ac kbi r d, b u t unfortu as Brooklyn narely in firing at the latter, the shot s en t ere d th e nec k , cud shoulders, and other parts of th e d e f en d an t' s b o d y , h e • and • being at the other side of the hedge. .t sir THE CASE OF ALLEGED INCENDIARISM AT EXETER. re .iude —On Wednesday last M r . S amue l F oote , w h o i s now ; s te confined in the city prison, awa iti ng hi s t r i a l on t h e c h arge ao - us of setting his house on fire, attempted to commit suicide. said He tied his silk neckerchief tightly round his neck, and, atie- by fastening one end of it to the windo w f rame o f hi s not, untess cell, attempted to strangle himself. H e was di scovere d i when life was almost extinct, cut down, and by proper means restored. A carter who was proceeding towards the neighbour hood of Wigton, on Friday week, with two horses and carts, imprudently attempted to cross the river Waver, at I fling the Lesson Hall ford, although the stream was much of swollen at the time. Before he reac h e d th e m iddl e o f al the river, the horses and car t s were fl oa t e d away b y t h e s om ' current ; and it was with m uc h diffi cu l ty th a t some per f ' sons, who chanced to be at hand, succeeded in rescuing him and one of the horse s ; th e o th er h orse was d rowned. limit .1 R cart The extent and importance of th e Alk a li T ra d e of the tic ;ht o i Tyne may be inferred f r om th e su bj o i ne d s t at i st i cs. T he G ; mete upon his chest. annual con sum pti on o f sa lt i s 42 , 000 tons ; sulphur 1 -,e, Hermann steamer a rr i ve d o ff B owes on F r i day, 14,000 tons ; nitrate of soda 1,100 t ons ; coa l s 80 . 000 OM and proceeded to Bremen aft er l an di ng t h e ma il s and chaldrona ; coke 40,000 ch a ldr on s ; ti m b er 700 k ee l s . T he f passengers. She left Ne w Y or k on t h e 20 t h J anuaay , commercial product of these mat er i a l s i s a b ou t 37,000 f t Her late arrival is owin g to b a d coa l s . tons of cr yst a l s o f so d a ; 20.510 tons o f a lk a li ; 1,500 tons of bicarbonate of soda ; and 2,000 t ons o f c hl or id e o f Mr. Allan Glen, a citizen o f Gl asgow f or h a lf a c - ntury, OW who died last week, has left the grea t er par t o f hi s f ortune, lime. Direct employment, too, is g i ven t o near l y t h ree ; I amounting to nearly £20,000, for the endowment of two thousand. met schools in Glasgow. ero CHARGE AGAINST CALCRAFT THE H ANGRAM .—W m . e 0 The Rev. T. Cornthw a ite h a s h ea d e d a su b scr i pt i on li st Calcraft, the public ex ecu ti oner , was c h arge d at Worship !pi with £3,000 for a new chu rc h i n F ores t- ga t e ( part o f W est street police office, L on d on , on Wednesday, with having is I and East Ham), and the Vi cars o f th e t wo par i s h es w i ll refused to suppo r t hi s age d mot h er , S ara h C a l cra f t, who heal endow it with £5O each. had become chargeable to the p ar i s h o f H a tfi e ld P ever i l, ibe French Teas-'es, let in by f ree• t ra d e , w ill soon dr i ve he being of sufficient ability t o d o so , an d l ega ll y li a b le English teasles out of the ma r k e t, as t h ey can b e sold at for her maintenance. The case wa s a dj ourne d f or a wee k _ _ • 6,_ limseir, ana at Luau time they all agreed that Capt. to afford the relieving officer an opportunity of adducing much lower rates. It is well known that sonic of our poor H. was fully equal to the emergency, and that, under ees heavy soils will grow nothing else than teasles, the formal proof that the defendant was in a condition to God, they owed their lives to his prompt and energetic A meeting of the Great Western Steam Ship Company support his aged mother. HOW THE GOVERNMENT EMIGRANT SHIPS movements, to his ingenious and udicious measures— dramatric version of the "Vicar of Wakefield " was was held at Bristol last Thursday, and all " who wished In ARE PROVISIONED. which, by the way, this "narrative" itself abundantly produced, with entire success, at the Strand Theatre, close the concern and get anything out of the fire" were proves. It then adds ?—" But why Captain H. left his London, on Monday night. Mrs. Stirling played Olivia, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. requested to attend. ship and went into hislong-boat, remains to be explained." Sir Peter Laurie announced to some vagrants that six Mr. Farren Doctor Primrose. The drama is the pro- SlR,—The London emigrant ships, from the complaints We know that, in emergencies, no captain ever stops to new machines for punishments are now in the course of duction of Mr. Tom Taylor, and a question has arisen already before the public, as per late numbers of the explain or give reasons for the steps he is taking • yet, in erection, which will be far more severe than the treadmill. which does not seem creditable to Mr. Farren. 'ln 1847 London Shipping Gazette an d th e L on d on papers in this instance, I believe, most of them knew at ;he time They are called " cranks," and are in use in Scotland. Mr. Coyne adapted the " Vicar of Wakefield "for the general, are infamously provisioned, going to sea with the Capt. H.'s motives for taking charge of his boats in per- The estates of the late William Russell, Esq., of Haymarket Theatre. The manager not producing it, worst salt meat for passengers' use; whilst for the cap- son. Every one capable of junging is now fully aware Barncepeth Castle, devolve upon that gentleman's sister, Mr. Coyne offered it to Mr. Farren, who accepted it, but tains' officers and crews none but very best are ever taken. that it was this step that saved their lives, not excepting Mr. Webster refused to give it up. Mr. Farren then the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, who will in consequence assume No wonder that sickness and deaths, disaffection, and the "Cabin Passenger" himself, who lives, and misrepre- the name of Russell. applied to Mr. Taylor, and thus Coyne and Webster were open mutiny, have appeared recently ere they left our - " done " tents these steps and the man that took them. A fire occurred on Thursday in the premises of Mr. • shores. The London papers salve all over by saying "the The following will explain why Capt.H. took to his boats REMARKABLE FAMILY HISTORY.—On Friday last, White, Stepney, an elderly person and bedridden. On contractors are of the highest respectability in the city"— as he did. When the alarm of fire was given, Capt. a breakig into his room, his body was found on the bed, Mr. Susan Clarke, of Rushmere, near Ipswich, died at "an old cask of beef was put on board by mistake"— went below to see and direct, in person, the efforts to ex- black as a coal from burning, the advanced age of 90, leaving her husband, who is now " the captain knew nothing about it." tinguish it. This, at the time, he deemed indispensably A man named Eiger, who has been married only three 95 years of age, to lament the loss of an affectionate I have just learnt that Messrs. Fielden, who are esta- necessary. (Would not any one ?) During the time he weeks, has absconded, ' and left his wife at Lambeth partner, to whom- he had been married no less than 70 blishing a line of Australian packets, make it a sine qua was below the most disgraceful scenes were enactingyears. There are 10 children now living, and, it is sup nenniless havin robbed her of £4OO, the produce of her non that the provisions to be furnished to the contractors upon deck. The man had deserted the wheel, joined • * previous industi g ifor many years. He has sailed from posed, at least one hundred grand-children, but at present shall be of the very best quality, without reference to by others, and, headed by the boatswain, they bad rifled Southampton for America. the number is not accurately known. Sixty-eight years cost. the pantry of its eatables, the binnacle of both compasses,since they lost one child, since which lengthened period On Friday, at Swansea, damages to the extent of £l5OO What is her Majesty's Government about to permit the and the cabin of charts, baggage, &c., &c., had got intothere has not been a death in the family ! The West were awarded to a young man, named Rhys, in a suit London vessels to be fitted out as they now are ? Who the stern-boat, lowered her, veered her astern, and were against f Me . ssrs.. Hall, guts-cotton manufacturers to re connives at it ? Qui facit per cilium, facit per se. Arechild is now 68 years of age; the youngest is 47.—Ips wick Express. now quiet spectators of the scene, and at a safe distance. cover . for injuries sustained from an explosion to tha - t they not responsible for the agents—the inspectors or Others had attempted the same thing with a quarter-boat , material. WELSH SIMPLICITY.—A correspondent writes :—A emigrant agents appointed by Government ? had swamped her, and all of them, some sixteen in num- friend of mine received a letter from Wales the other day, Let me draw your attention to the following figures : beg, were drowned. On Friday, Ann Merrit t was condemned to death at the Central Criminal Court, Lo n d on , f or th e mur d er of her and, as it lay on the t a bl e , h e o b serve d th a t it was mar k e d PRICES OF OLD BEEF, PoaK, AND NEW TAINTED, When he came on deck he restored order, but tben, "twopence more to pay," although stamped in the usual Liverpool, 7th March, 1859. while doing this, everything went equally bad below. The declaring husband, at Hackney. The prisoner was very firm in her innocence, but the chief baron in passing manner. He took it up and opened it, when, to his sur per tierce 455. a 50s. „,.. _ ~.,s . passengers scuttled both tanks, containing 2,200 gallons, sentence was very much affected, and almost unmanned. prise, a halfpenny fell out, and in the inside of the letter ?a! vs " being all the available fresh water in the ship. Captain 11. now armed himself, exp ec ti ng t o b e o bli ge d t o resort The bullion in both departments of the Bank of E ng - there was a postage st am p. F rom th e l e tt er w h ic h I to indiscriminate slaughte r . O n consu lt at i on w ith hi s land had increased f r o m £17,122 , 221 t o £1 7,125,860, be- have seen, it a pp ears th a t t h e wr i ter, after stat i ng what mate, however, they thou gh t bett er t o t r y w h a t energet i c ing a difference of £3639. The paper in actual cir c ul a - information he wanted, con c l u d es b y say i ng t h at , to ma k e exhortations and cheering could do, b e f ore resor ti ng t o tion had increased f rom £20,000 , 213 to £ 20,104,581, being all sure of a reply, he enclos es a p os t age s t amp an d a such sanguinary measures. Fro m thi s ti me matters a difference of £104,363. b halfpenny to buy a sheet of letter paper—hence the fur rather improved, until two or three o' c l oc k, p in., of the The Cambridge Chronicle s a y s th a t scarce l y a n i ght Cher charge of twopence. PLOUGHING BY STEAM.—A tri a l i n thi s way was ma d e 12th. The raft was now ready ; so were a ll th e boats. now passes in which the g l are o f bl az i ng stacks does not at Grimsthorpe, on Thursday, th e 7th, b y L or d Willi am All were again exhorted to contin ue su b or di na t e , while affright the country, an d p roc l a i m a lik e the pitia b le con -1 dition or the misguided despair of the labouring 's t ipul e - d'Eresby. It will be sufficient at p resen t t o say t h at t h e the captain should cause an equ a l di v i s i on among them . machinery employed consisted of a sma ll l ocomot i ve of the trifle of provisions and wa t er th a t rema i ne d. But, lion as if every soul had bee engine, with a capstan attached, m ov i ng on a porta bl e THE SWEATING SYSTEM.—Lord D. Stuart presented a n fired from the infernal regions, a ll railway. An ordinary plou g h, f o ll owe d c l ose l y b y a sub petition on from ,70 journeymen t a il ors o f th e rushed as one man up on w h a t th ere was . Th e i ce . house, Friday lB soil plough, was drawn by a c h a i n f rom th e caps t an , metropolis, complaining of the evils o f th e swea ti ng sys harness casks, the store-room, &c., were inst an tly broken tern, and praying for a committee to be appointed to in- working with perfect precision, and at a greater depth open and rifled of their contents, and if, in their haste,and speed than usual. Several gentlemen and farmers quire into their grievances. something had not been overlooked, few that remained could have been li v i ng w h en I f e ll i n w i th them. Most Death has been busy i n th e hi g h p l aces o f E d i n b urgh. who were present express e d a f avoura bl e op i n i on o f th e In Jeffrey she has lost h er mos t distinguished man of let- experiment. Should the plan be found advantageous, it raft, which was i mme di a t e l y cut a d r if t b y the thirty or of what was secured i n th e scram bl e was taken to the tors ;in Alloa, her most t a l en t e d an d accomplished painter; will be published in f u ll f or th e b ene fit o f t h e pu bli c . forty who had possession of it, and has not since to them is now added Sir James Gibson Craig, the most TAMENESS OF THE ROBIN.—A friend took us, the stalwart and consistent of h er lib era l political eders. other day, into his garden. At a certain spot we we r e been heard of. Insub or di na ti on an d villainy, such' as As Mr. Edward Evans, joiner, of Holywell, Flintshire, told to halt, while he himself advanced forwards for a few this, i must be instantly . suppressed, or certain destruction ..stay on closing in many ways inevitable. What could be done ? Who was walking through Bagilt, on Thursday week, with his yards. He then called on some one to come near perch him, where : how the editor la- head down in order to evade the dust and wind, he was when a robin instantly issued from the trees, and ped could be singled out as leaders where revolt was so arse would be, using knocked down by a horse, and the wheel of the cart on his hand. He fed it from his palm, and then placed general ? At this awful moment, Captain H. called his nently answered, passed over his head, killing him on the spot. it on his shoulder. Here it fed itself from his mouth, e our grand mate and said—" Sir, I se e th a t w hil e th ese creatures The enormous quantity of potatoes lately brought into ',and it remained seated on his s h ou ld er till h e approac h e d al again think they have the means of escape, violence will con- London from the Continent has reduced the price from within a short distance of the dwelling-house. At this tinue, and every means of preserving the ship be neglected. 90s. to 70s. per ton. As many as 5000 tons have been spot it invariably leaves, and cannot by any means be - Immediately about our persons we can procure order, imported within the last week, principally from Dnnkirk, prevailed upon to enter under a roof. This pleasing trait This, however, will not save us. I have decided, there- Dieppe Ostend, and Antwerp. of docility may any day be seen at Bank-street, Girvan. fore, to take every means of escape from them. I shall 'On Sunday' the Rev. George Rowe, sen., snperinten- —Ayr Observer. take charge of all the boats in person—shall put my cabin dent of the Wesleyan Connexion in Maidstone, whilst on ALLEGED MURDER AT BRISTOL.—A coroner's inquest and such other passengers into them, as all know I would his knees in prayer at the administration of the ordinan c e sat on Monday, at Bristol, to investigate the death of be most anxious to save, and together we will all drop of the Lord's Supper, was seized with a fit, became un- Margaret Culley, aged 25 years. A number of witnesses astern. You, with eight or ten seamen, will remain on conscious, and expired. were examined, from the evidence of whom it appeared board. One boat we shall al w ays bold i n rea di ness f or There seems no longer any reason to doubt that the that the deceased was brought to the infirmary about one you and the seamen who are with you. When they find Sarab, West Indiaman, perished during the late storm. o'clock on Sunday morning, quite dead. 'There was a all hope of escape cut off, and that to save their lives they She went down, apparently, on the Long Sand. Quanti- wound on her left temple, and a contusion over her left must save the ship, they will come to order. If they do ties of West India produce have been picked up. More eye. Death was occasioned by a concussion of the brain. not, tell them that you are well armed, and that. you will than thirty men are supposed to have perished in the ship. It further appeared that, about ten o'clock on the previ cut your way to the boat in spite of them and leave them The mayor and burgesses of Flint have agreed to peti- ous night, a man named Joseph Prigg had threatened to to their fate." This was done at once. Capt. H., with tion against the bill now before P ar li amen t f or t h e I m . kill her, for not having washed his shirt : he knocked her all his boats, dropped astern. F ear o f b e i ng d eserte d b y provement of the Dee. The p e titi oners , amongst ot h er d own an d ki c k e d her on the head and side. The coroner the mate kept them all in perfect obedience for ten days, things, allege that the passing of the bill into a law will having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of " Man when I succeeded in getting the last person from her that interfere with Flint as a " free port," which seems to be slaughter" against Prigg. famine had spared. This, then, is why Captain H. left their principal objection to the measure. his strip. Who will say it was ill judged ? Who will say MORTALITY OF LONDON IN SEVEN YEARS.—A table The Globe bas every reason to believe that the water accompanied last week's report, arranged in the order of it was not his only wise course ? For one, I assert, un- bills, introduced by hesitatingly, sitatingly, that I think it was. So thought "private companies and corpor a ti ons th e ra t e o f mor t a lit y f rom a ll causes d ur i ng the seven e when I talked with him, and I remember Cabin during the present session, will not b e p rocee d e d w i t h years 1838 - 4 4. B y th i s arrangement it appears that the the conversation well. for some time aaleast, as it is the intention of th e govern- W es t L on d on Di str i ct (i n wh i ch Sm i thfield market i s ment to introduce a gener a l mea su re u p on th a t i mportant s i tuate ) i s t h e un h ea l th i est i n the metropolis. The mor payln winding up his narr a ti ve , " A C a bi n Passenger" sanatory subject. ta li ty i s at t h e rate o f 30 2 annually in 10,000 i nha bi tants, s a just compliment to th e fi rs t ma t e , M r. Hoxie. Two MENj SHOT.—Another serious oc currence t oo k w hil e i n H ac k ney i t i s 197 ; in the Lew i sham 1 7 3 i n No doubt it will be app r e c i a t e d, an d muc h i n t h e same place at Barnsley, on Wednesday, arising out of the game- 10,000 inhabitants. Only fourteen in thirty-eight dis way Ido the one to myself, that immediately follows it, laws, on an estate belonging to Lord Wharncliffe, by tricts of London experience a mortality of less than 230 True to his point, be falls again upon Captain Hoxie, and accuses him of h urry i ng o ff f rom F ayal, deserting which a poacher named Mo o dy *as sh o t i n th e thi g h and i n h a bi tants i n 10 , 0 00 ; of twelve the mortal i ty l i es b etween wounded severely, and another person, named Hunt, was these extremes. The densest, lowest, poorest districts, again his passengers. He says, one " elderly lady" even wounded in the left arm and side. in which the water and the sewers are the worst, experi begged of him to take her a l ong ; b u t t h e capta i n gave The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have madetheir report enced the greatest mortality. the preference to his officers, and even his servants, relative to the defalcation of their secretary and treasurer, At the Windsor:Assizes two men were indicted for steal- The truth is this,—We had not been one hour at anchor Mr. C. C. Murray, which it appears amounted i n th e fi rst i ng some coa l f rom a b arge. Th e j ury h av i ng d e lib erate d at Fayal befor e C a pt a i n H ox i e h a d provided a free pas- instance to £6999, 10s. Id., but has been reduced to for some time, Mr. Justice Talfourd asked them whether sage to New York for all who wished to go, giving £6047 Ils. Id., by a sum of £6OO refunded, and the sale they would wish to retire. One of the jurymen said there them this choice of vessels in the port. The " elderly of Mr. Murray's furniture, &c. was a doubt among them. The evidence was not satis lady" came home with me in the Sarah, simply be- A veterinary surgeon at York lately removed more factory to him ; they were nine to three in favour of the cause she preferred doing so to going in the C. C. Bell, than 200 warts from the throat and mouth of a valuable prisoners. A bailiff was then sworn to take charge of the in which the captain and several others took their passage. dog, which those excrescences had rendered almost ince- jury, and to lock them up. In a short time it was inti- Is it not fearful to think how the best measures, and the best men, are li a bl e to b e m i srepresented, Pablo of swallowing food. Before the operation was p er - mate d t h at some o f t h e jury were l os t. Th e b a i liff said and to be placed in such a light before the public, formed , chloroform was administered to the dog, which he had to take them through the ball, where was a great crowd of persons, to a room at the back of the building, that they will appear not only unwise, but even disgust- 1 s since ' completely recovered. la Aun was discharged on Tuesday evening last, at a and when he got there, four of them had escaped. After ing. How careful editors of influential papers should train of carriages as they were passing along a cutting some time, the Under-Sheriff intimated that the four lost be of admitting into their columns that which will towards Berwick, on the Kelso Railway, near to Norham. men had been found, and that they . were locked up in injure an already unfortunate man, when, ten to one, the The man who discharged the gun was seen by the guard another room ; and, by-and-by, the jury came into court, wretch who brings it owes his life to the skill and forecast doing it deliberately ; unfortunately the scoundrel has and found the prisoners " guilty," but strongly recom of the very man he is traducing. What can we say, then, hitherto escaped detection. mended them to mercy. ,nd oihei f the curr that a restriction of ti it is undoubt4 duce the pricy prebend to be the lative measu: view, it is of arise so /8 prodiced by tk it cannot be said lso other demand, which I ap ) corn ; and also we niance of money excess of suppl: nted by the late ; indeed, in th,,,, n1.n.11,1 things the most likel 1, but that stage thereof loch as we vus to lose a pi tha❑ we need t ich a standard ust be t then a go in our present vernment to be the sole somett which appears torn ad cause less ( d be fo Nits of Then of convertible ; say that, making the paper, they thiy or quarterly, also far c c to hall its nominal value ve want notes for our I Old Beef Tainted New Beef New American hest Beef New Irish best Beef Old American Pork, of most i EMIGRATION TO CANADA rior quality, per Jul. of C 0011)., 325. 345. New Irish, suitable for Australian voynges, 655. From these quotations, taken from our broker's circu lars, will be shown the difference in profit to the char terers of emigrant ships, betwixt shipping bad and good suitable salt provisions. I leave philanthropists and her Majesty's Government to look after the results ; suf fice it to say, that, under this beneficent system, the Irish trade in salt provisions has become ail but extinct. Yours, &c., DICKY SAM ---- •...., ..... j c.... kout, a 1..., alit'', I/ 11l .Lunginnu 1.11411. iAII:UUUI-• buner in Lneir criaracters trom a statement by any annny pletion of the canals on the Canadian waters has opened mous scribbler, even if he do sign himself " A Cabin out a new channel of communic a tion w ith th e western Passenge r." With high respect, I am, dear Sir. truly yours, districts, and that steam-boats of the first class no (Signed) DAVID COOK. Of the British barque THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY AND ITS LOCAL POLITICS. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE LIVERPOOL NTANDARD. SIR,—You are aware that the Liverpool Mercury has changed its proprietors lately. In some particulars the change is for the better ; but I fear not in all. ]tit me call your attention to the remarks last Friday on closing the Postoffiee on Sunday everywhere : how the editor la bours to show how wicked such a coarse would be, using arguments which have been already frequently answered, and taking care to put then: forward long after cur grand public meeting, fearing they would bc answered again even to annihilation. The popular voice used to be the great rallying point of the Mercury ; but in this instance the editor has set it at defiance. _ ,urwaruea utrect from trio hips . _y have crossed the Atlantic, thus escap ag the expense of disembarkation and living at Quebec. The impri 117 been de •son say There are wheels within wheels, and the Mercury may have its reason for supporting postage Sabbath desecra tion, thereby keeping thousands of postotlice clerks and servants, as well as many others, in unnecessary and for bidden bondage. But take another case from the same paper (last Fri day's). The editor deipv laments that the proposed Orphan Boys' School should be attached to the "Church of England exc l us i ve l y. T h i s in his eyes is a grievous drawback. But may I ask him, or those few who think with him, wh a t wou ld h e h ave instead ? Would he have it, like the Mechanics' Institution, with no religion —nay, no Bible—or would he have it, as used to be advocated for the Corporation School, with spiritual teachers of several religions ? The editor seems to mistake the case. There is no compulsion to send an orphan to this school ; and if its friends arc so horrified with the tenets of the Church of England. they will do well to keep the boy away, and send him to the Roman Catholic Orphan School, (what! is there another school in Liverpool where the tenets of only one religion are acknowledged ?) or persuade the Unitarians to attach an orphan school to their new chapel in Hope-street. I fear very much that if parents and friends of children took the same view as the Mercury does, many of our public schools would not be half filled. Our noble and time-honoured Blue Coat Hospital re ceives with open arms children of all denominations, and I never heard that any evil consequences ensued, either to them or the public, arising from the fact that they were brought up in the doctrines of the Church of Eng land, and in none other. The benevolent promoters of the Female Orphan Asy lum have bad God's blessing on their labours, and which their report, now being delivered to the subscribers, gratefully acknowledges, and all true friends of orphans will say to them " see that ye go forward," and I greatly regret that any public journal should say anything less. I cannot do better than close these remarks with the last clause from the report I have just referred to : "Year after year have we abundant reason to render the homage of thankful hearts to Almighty God Who, ever the father of His orphan children, continues to venclisafe His watchful care over this institution ; and may His blessing, thus enteral The sum of £B,OOO has been subscribed towards the erection of a large music or public hall at Bradford. &t Northampton assizes, last week, there was only one the civil side and sixty-three barristers. is received in the Thames Tunnel during the past year amount to £3,480, and the rents to £906. No fo wer than five persons died in an awfully sudden manner at Woree: in Birmingham a It is in contemplation to esta market for the sale of hides and skins A coloured butterfly was caught near Halifax, on Friday Salomons, charged in London with the assault on his father's servant girl, has absconded. Mrs. Jefferson, a lady of fortune, was accidentally drowned in the river at Fulham on Friday. Several English schooners have been chartered at the Azores to convey cargoes of oranges to New York, whence they have been hitherto excluded. Last whit ~itst hunting near Coldstream, Mr. Wolfe Murray's horse's feet went into a ditch, which caused him to fall and break his collar bone. Mr. Cobd,m has placed his son under the care of Dr. Heildenmaer, of Worksop, for the purpose of receiving his education according to the Pestalozzian system. The press has lost a worthy member of its executive department, by the death of Mr. Treleaven, for nearly forty years reporter to ilia; Exeter Flying Post. . . rive years o: dog on the 15th of November last picture: ,ondon last ) bite of a Lieut. Noble, of the 27th Regiment of Foot, destroyed himself at Paisley, on Tuesday. He was found suspended from the stair-rail in his quarters by his own sash. The screw steamer Grappler, 557 tons and 220 horse power, sold out of the service for £550, cost the coun try, in building and fititings, £13,035." Some thieves are stated by the Doncaster Gazette to have stolen two hires of bees from premises at Brins worth, near Rotherham, on Saturday night week. The Messrs. Marshall, of Leeds, are about to erect a flax-spinning mill that will rival their famous building at Holbe:tk Franklin very properly regards the intelligence said to have been received at San Francisco of the safety of Sir John Franklin as utterly devoid of foundation. The Rev. H. Thompson, rector of Fobbing, in Essex, while driving home from a Protectionist meeting on Fri day, died suddenly in his vehicle. Fives courts have been ordered to be formed at several of the barracks in the United Kingdom, with a view to enable the soldiers to enjoy a healthy pastime during their leisure hours. A man named William Vost was married in London last week, and whilst sitting at his wedding dinner with his bride and a number of friends was accidentally choked by a piece of meat which he was eating At the Central Criminal Cc rt, London, Elizabeth Higgens, charged with attempting to drown herself and three children, was declared not guilty, as labouring under temporary insanity, She remains in custody. The Marquis of Londonderry has given the Primitive Methodists a large piece of land in one of the best situa tions at Seaham Harbour, on which to erect a chapel; as also the stone required for the building. A Scotch paper mentions that a fishing boat, belonging to the parish of Barvas, in the Isle of Lewis, was lost in a gale of wind on the 21st ult. off the Butt of Lewis, and '' • . were all drowned A flock of wild geese, computed to number between 200 and 300, flew over the town of Ulverstone on Saturday week, about half-past eight in the iirection from east to west. It is reported that Mr. Heald, husband of Lola Montes, is now residing in the house of a medical gentleman at Westminster, and that he is suffering from an aberration of mind, and raves about his wife. While a farmer named Byers was returning home from Penrith market, on Tuesday week, his cart turned over, nressed to death by the weight of the fore end and be was of the vel suppose other countries m stern, W a profit is to be m that our capit'alis' drain of gold tal Ibylawto notes in proport evil, does not reds will tal other, most likely in good turned into co'd. . What possi exporting our g ium, thereby cat that can think it u a our home e for all or that a-I acted I have been prOpos most r arrangements issuers of a paper cum instead of the Bank of I -^innd would any government sty. the Bank of Englam debt of fourteen or fifteen millions, and also for our gold, and they would become an incorporated body of immense magnitude, using the notes tE ' advances on sto the: and other wealthy f , as tti anent as to advances on stoi The country banks who 1 issue notes might continue btained for discounts or ; and in all probability able in government paper on d issue to be allowed. I profess ut merely to pr ke disc depends the success and cv resent a legal right to a, making them pay but no new bank of for making mon .on on this rnomen- truly represent a value either rity, not taking in land or ar doctrines, or a regular ['his would be no plan be a medium - of excha but woad really.and commerce ❑ univer the troublesome mode of debt to itself, instead of b, bullion or floating seen aing; that cannot of itself the circulation as commerce rec a metallic currency may be rem all we want as to internal exchanges agreed medium to save and thus the country's much a dead letter, as it cpanding or contracting fired it. The advocates of ded that the medium of does not consist wholly of gold and silver - and bank notes convertible, but, also of bills of exchange very far excP--). amount f the I others, and it is - upon i t that panics act, with the In a day millions of paper s to discount, and it is not ates, but immediately 3 an incredible extent. 1, and offers it to his A a buyer," (having had )nly can he not discount, I have o-c um to-d rapidity of electric ielegrapli; money r only on that account chicks the mat A party has 100 qrs. of wheat to factor ho says " No " I must take 1 cent. le- 1 you bu tat " Well, I tate, and think if he can raise t and hold it till t mediate st( least cau execy •e obliged . to p . ay I give our gold for nothim twenty or thirty millions of much cf good I such transactions in a have a certair money any w s of bad harvest, when we for corn to eat, we do not [1 if, instead of having s convertible into golf , which o read. It has hlied me with indignation. It is got up ~ee in with some talent. It would even appear calm and honest, ue nrst no law can do, when to one perfectly ignorant of the class of ships and the ; the last may be done, and thus class of men to which it relates. But, Sir, rest. assured, altural friends, 'nd, indeed. the whole that towards Captain Doxie its insinuations are most the '-oe -a le under the present restrict coma gold or alter the system there is a tempting profit U. --- unjust; its assertions most untrue; its omissions most state of things. The land, with the ble3sing of its forty, ungenerous. I feel certain that lam perfectly acquainted sixty, or a hundred fold produce, provided by the with every step taken 'uy Captain Hoxie, from the time Almighty Ruler of all for man's support, is the founda- the fire occurred in his ship, on the 11th of November, Lion of all wealth. Let not any section strive to destroy until I picked him up on the 16th. Indeed, my oppor it, but do what they can to enable us to grow corn as tunities have been such that I cannot be mistaken. I cheap, or nearly so, as other countries, and all will have heard the opinion of every intelligent person who prosper. __ _ was on board of her, includi ng thi s sa id " C a bi n Passen- AMERICAN PICTURE OF ENGLAND. .igners upon vis ing, and occasional er struck ourselves s recen ng our country are always interest- impart to us views of our own posi- An eminent Avering -countrymen in New York, contain his observations whilst on a visit to tilt lily flattering to John . Bull's self- Lion which have nE lecture to his fello in the results c country, which are h " On landing at Liverpool everything struck him ns perfect and complete. The highest cultivation met his eve in every ..the kingdom and chosen home of common they se( the n:oi ed to have 1. You rod. .1 neat that ather than with the pencil r times the case, and three times the comfort you do in this country. Over rivers and through ravines, and through tun - von are carried from place to place as if of convenience anti luxury; your material wants are pr - ovideci for in a style of artistic perfection. * * * * When an American first puts his foot upon English ground, he seems to have come - back to some long-forgotten home : the pictures of Ids childhood are here in reality. He sees the same ruddy, h.nc,,mt. grandfatherly Englishmen whose s. aunts, cousins, and grandfathers on the spot to meet The porter, the coachman, the guard —every one be sets --bears the plump, stalwoith, upright look of those We can readily believe that such are the first impres sions of a man arriving amongst us, from a land where nearly every thing is in an unfinished state, and where as to the locality in which they are ultimately to settl6 themselves down. But we are afraid that, upon a little further inquiry, Mr. Emerson would find there is some thing below the surface not quite so flattering. Mr. Emerson sets his face altogether against the no- tion so prevalent amongst our t ... England has seen her best days, and is on the verge of a break-up. He remarks : " With such a sturdy population, England is not likely to hreak up. Though lam aware, when speaking on this subject, and as in its de not the case. She now contains the essential elements of growth. London will soon fill Middlesex. The British Museum is not yet arranged; its catalogue of books reaches only through the let;er A. The National Gallery is too small to hold the pictures. The Nelson Monument is just finished, and the new Houses of Parliament are ye: gins to completion, with their Victoria-tower, which is to shoot up 400 feet into the sky. The London University is adding to its size with a rapi dity similar to our own growing colleges in the West, and towns are starting uas rapidly "- • Birkenhead was 1 to, theme' anuuen __„a lately it had received a check; and when Mr. Emerson was in England the country was in a ferment, and, in some eases, seen under unfavourable circumstances. Mr. Emerson then alluded to many of the wonders he saw. Lint it would require some art akin to photography to give Every Eng;isliman, he nuout him an atmosphere of his own, and they hence were said to be a reserved people,_ and he gave an amu _ ;tuner gave sing quotation from a French author. You were as yo'u were ' --, introduced, and even then the man looked coldly enough, though be was thinking all the while how he should nerve you best; but when his door was opened, you were at He, the lecturer, had never met w►th such nttortt inn}, Ile amiability displayed by Mr. Emerson in this pas. is very great; but, like the other views of the writer, e are afraid the re a little overdrawn THE SHIP CALEB GRIMSHAW. The following letter appears in the New York papers Capt. E. Knight, Ship New World. DEAR Sta,—The article you sent me, entitled Caleb Grimshaw,by a Cabin Passenger I hive carefully. FAILURE OF A CHARGE OF ABDUCTION ON A POINT OF LAW.—At the Newcastle assizes, before Baron Rolfe, W. Blyth was charged with abduction. The prosecutor was a hawker at Long Town, Cumberland, and occa sionally travelled to Berwick-on-Tweed. He had a daughter named Mary Ann, about 15 years of age. On the 13th Septe m b er l as t , the prosecutor was at Berwick, and on sending his daughter out on an errand, the pri soner induced her to go with. him, and she was away a night and day. The case, however, was stopped by his Lordship in consequence of the prosecutor not being able to tell the exact age of his daughter. The prisoner was, therefore, acquitted. BLINDNESS OF A CHILD CAUSED BY BEATING. the County Court of Cornwall, on Tuesday week, action of damages was brought against William Brabyn, a schoolmaster in Withiel, by a boy named Nicholas Lobins, nine years old, who, in consequence of a beating inflicted on him by Brabyn, had lost his sight. The wit nesses proved that the defendant had struck Robins several times on the head with a stick, and that the boy had been ill ever since, his health having been remarka bly good previously. The medical gentleman who had attended the plaintiff stated that, when called in, he found the boy labouring under symptoms which led him to sup pose that there was pressure on the brain. These symp toms were succeeded by blindness and deafness. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £2O. FICKLE AND FAITHLESS.—At Marlborough -street the other day, a fair one applied to the magistrates under the following circumstances :—On Ash Wednesday she was to have been married, and had arranged to meet her in tended on that day at the church, St. George's, Hanover square, for the purpose of going through the ceremony. Owing to some mistake as to the time, the clergyman could not marry them on that day, and Cie} , were obliged to postpone the ceremony till the following Sunday. Her intended went down to Reading, where he lived, and on Saturday last he was married to another woman. The applicant produced the license which she had received from her faithless admirer, which was in the names of James Wickens and Elizabeth Draper, widow, and wished to know whether she could not have some redress tor the injury she had sustained ? The Chief-clerk said, if she estimated the damage she had sustained at less than £2O, she might proceed against the man in the County Court ; if at a higher sum she must consult an attorney. She thanked the chief-clerk and left the court. AN ORNAMENT TO SOCIETY.—At the Thames police court, on Wednesday, a respectable-looking man, named William Harvey, and described in the sheet as an outfitter, residing at 58, King-street, Stepney, was brought up amongst the drunk and incapables. A constable named Sheridan found him on the previous night in Jubilee place, wholly incapable of taking care of himself. Mr. Yardley.—How is it, Mr. Harvey, that a man of your appearance should be found in so disgraceful a position ? Mr. Harvey.—lt is all the consequence of my superiority. I am the ornament of the society to which I have the honour to belong. Look here, sir (taking out a hand some silver snuff box bearing an inscription), I had this as a token frcm them that I'm an ornament to my society (loud laughter). Mr. Yardley.—Your position in the dock is not very ornamental, in any point of view, social or individual (renewed laughter.) Mr. Harvey.—That may be, and yet it is all owing to my superiority. The fact is we were discussing some nice points in the society, and I carried my arguments against all my opponents. The consequence was, that those whose views I sustained gathered . round me, and I must have a drop with one, and a drop with another. Mr. Yardley.—Until at last vou had a drop on the pavement (loud laughter). Well, Mr. Harvey, you may go. The ornament of his society then left the court, with a most self-satisfied air. THE EXPERIMENTAL BALLOONS.—The largest of the balloons despatched from the Admiralty on Friday last, carrying with it 2,500 slips or messages, has been very successful. The first lot of slips were liberated over London, at an elevation of between 3,000 and 4,G00 feet, and some of the slips fell in Lower Thames-street, some in Bethnal Green Cemetery ; others were found on the Surrey side of the water, and down the river side to near Greenwich, affording evidence that the first lot were scattered over an area of several miles. From the nume rous slips of paper returned to the secretary of the Admiralty, from different places, the balloon appears to have taken the direction of Woolwich, Gravesend, and Rochester, and then crossed for a short period into Essex, and again altered its course for Maidstone, Cranbrook, and Dungeness, which it left in the direction of the French coast. In travelling to Dungeness, according to the time it was seen there, it had dropped 1,200 of the slips, and 1,300 remained for further distribution. Some of the parties who have returned the messages to the Admiralty have particularly requested to be informed whether "it is all right," or "if some person has not been playing a joke mein them." One lady states that her daughter found the slip of paper in her garden, .and she was confi dent it was not there the night before; bet how it came there she did not know.—Times. THE ARCTIC SQUADRON.—As so much public attention is absorbed in the cruising expedition of Sir John Franklin, and the ships now in search or about to proceed in search, of the gallant officer and his companions, it will be interesting to learn the number of ships and men engaged in the Arctic service. They are as follow : Ships. Guns. Men. Commanders. Route. Erebus 3 CO Capt. Sir J. Franklin. North-west. Terror 3 68 Capt. Crozier. Ditto. North Star 2 63 Mr. Saunders, R.N. Ditto. Enterprize Investigator Plover 4 52 Commander Moore. Ditto. Resolute 4 CO Capt. Austin, C.B. Fitting for N.W. Assistance ... 2 30 Lieut. Osborne. Ditto. Intrepid Lady Franklin 2 25 For North-west. Sophia 2 25 Tender for ditto. Thus it will be seen that there are no less than twelve sail (exclusive of boats and men and travelling parties in the Hudson's Bay Company's territories) engaged in the Arctic service; and in which the lives of more than 600 officers, seamen, and marines, of the royal naval and merchant service, are perilled. The Plover, we believe, is to be surveyed in the Pacific, and, if found defective, will be sold on the station, and the officers and men sent home, or taken on board the other ships. Ai ELOPEMENT.—Gossip has been busy for the last few days with the story of a young lady's elopement from our town with a gentleman, who, until lately, held a commission in Her Majesty's service, and whose depriva tion thereof has been the subject of a good deal of news paper and pamphlet discussion. The circumstances, as far as we have been able to collect them, are these :—On Monday, the 25th ult., the young lady in question, during the absence of her father at Berkeley Castle, whither he had gone on a visit t o E ar l Fitzhardinge, left her home unknown to her family, who did not discover her absence until late in the evening, when instant application was made to the proper authorities. Through the exertions instituted by the police, it was next morning found that the fair inamorato had taken shelter for the night at the residence of the ex-Captain above alluded to, whence she was conveyed back to her own home. Here she con tinued until Saturday, early in the morning of which day she again eluded the vigilance of her family and house hold, and went off a second time, nor had she down to yesterday been heard of since. It is generally thought that, as the object of her supposed affection had left Chel tenham for London on the Thursday, the young lady's journeyings have taken the same direction, and on this presumption her father proceeded thither in quest of his daughter. What success has attended his inquiries we have not yet heard.—Cheltenham Chronicle.—[lt is said that the parties in question are Captain Douglas and a daughter of Mr. Elliott, of Cheltenham.] CASE OF POISONING.—Some weeks after Christmas last an old man, named Samuel Tunnicliffe, formerly a weaver, and who resided in a small cottage of his own at Bullerton, went to reside at Swinscoe, near Ashbourne, with a young man named William Chadwick, who had married his nephew's daughter. Not feeling comfortable in his new situation, he intended returning to his cottage at Bullerton, but he became unwell, and died after eight or ten days' illness. After the old man's decease, Chad wick, instead of employing a joiner or undertaker to provide a coffin, took the dimensions of the body himself, and had the coffin made to order. He then screwed down the lid with his own hands, and had the deceased buried in the churchyard of Blore. Immediately after this he started for Bullerton, and claimed the old man ' s property, which consisted of a dilapidated cottage and two plots of land, valued at about £6O. Tunnicliffe had nearer relatives, who at the time were in possession of the property, and circumstances had raised a suspicion that be had been foully dealt with, the body was exhumed. and the stomach and intestines subjected to a chemical analysis, the result of which allowed that the deceased had been poisoned. On the inquest which ensued, be sides the preceding facts, it was proved that Chadwick had asked for arsenic at the shop of a druggist in Ash bourne, shortly before the old man's death, stating that , he wanted it to poison rats and mice. It was also proved that when Tunnicliffe was dying, Chadwick pressed him to sign a deed, which, however, he did not do, and that during the illness of deceased, Chadwick gave him his drinks. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Chadwick, who is in custody. He is a remarkably tall man, with a heavy sluggish expression of countenance, and his occupation is that of a labourer. He betrayed no emotion during the proceedings, but is said to have made statements since, calculated materially to strengthen the evidence against him. SCENE BETWEEN MR. RAMSHAY AND MR. BARON ALDERSON. — In a trial at Lancaster last week, for an alleged robbery of a man by an abandoned woman, a stormy altercation arose between Mr. Ramshay and the learned judge, of which a Lancaster contemporary gives the following account :—A question asked by Mr. Ram shay, of the prosecutor relative to the place whither he accompanied the prisoner, his Lordship characterised as " studiously ambiguous," and this formed a series of wranglings until the case was completed. His Lordship asking Mr. Ramshay, " for Heaven's sake to go on or else go out of court," and Mr. Ramshay rejoined that he bad as " much right in that court as his Lordship, and he would not go out," as well as a perfect chaos of " I have my rights as well as your Lordship," " now go on Mr. Ram shay," "not while I am interrupted, my Lord," ensued, In addressing the jury for the defence, Mr. Ramshay alluded to the allegation of "studiously ambiguous ques tion," and denied that he had ever asked a question of that character in his life, and he felt called upon, as a bar rister of some standing on that circuit, to repel the impu tation. Mr. Baron Alderson said he did not intend to use the word offensively. Mr. Ramshay—lt cannot but be offensive. His Lordship—Well, if you won't take any explanation, I can't help it. Mr. Ramshay, in continuing his address, said that a person who could use " studiously ambiguous" questions was unfit to move in society. Re verting to the case, and the question which had provoked the expression, he remarked that his Lordship and Mr. Milne might rake up the filthy details of the case, but he would not.—Mr. Baron Alderson (repeating the words, " his Lordship may rake up the filthy details of the ease") : You have no right to insult me. I beg to say that I will not submit to any such insults.—Mr. Ramshay—lt was not intended your Lordship, as an insult, but a proper March 10 DO, "*"-" Mar c h Reim, A he belief upon the fact.—ln resuming his tiddrestio the jury that if they entertained any doubt "To money had been feloniously obtained, th e y 11i3U to that doubt, whatever was said by anybotlY• ship, in summin g u p, comme nted on this exPre - a i tr ibg the course pursued by Mr. Ramshay, w hich t i o p to his being in ill-bealth. After a short delihbers jury acquitted the prisoner. I 1 b , ; ll 1 : 441 1 1 . tatt 18a;:::latet .on ll ittin;ei'lt7e:iQta; ti:l s l :°Ol and i l l IPb : tat ite : htbla e l jaiatilw a tnliethlc c :l l !aet r , d P f „r , tor ) ' ' 411 • !B''• . 4 a TAXATION! Taxes, laid where or how you will, Must be unpalatabe still, And yet no other being can Endure them like an Englishman ; _ And, though aloud he sometimes cries, He gets but little sympathies, For, though he over-tax'd may be, At least his speech and pen are free; , And. when his hard-ea r n'd cash is spen t, He grumbles to his heart's content, And certainly 'tis hard to pay, And bite your tongue and walk away- You tax his victuals, tax h.s drink, But give him privilege to think; You tax his houses, tax his land, But leave his tongue at his command, You tax his servante, tax his light, But let him swear it's far from right; He sings " Britannia rules the wave," Then labours like a galley slave; One thing alone can make him fret The nation's great and hopeless d • Let us as individuals, take Warning for individual sake, And hesitate before we get • Into a great and hopeless ebt, And of all debts none ca compare With those we owe for hat we wear. 'Tis maddening forth style to dash, And know the tailor ants his cash, To know that trou rs, coat, and vest By credit solely a possest,— To think, when our garments view, We pay most a ul taxes too; For those who •ait for money out Must tax the' customers no doubt. Hyam gives orth the only plan To make y feel the gentleman; With rea money in your hand, From hi you always may command The ver best of modern clothes, At pri s which none dare oppose. Then cease in garments to appear Unpaid for, and most monstrous dear; Deal with the clothier of the nation, And thus escape immense taxation. all,d navie itlazpacri!riot he per - i a un crop ke t t t Le 1 0 4 that tiafte to a.sLt.in the tt p ‘tki . est 46, (41 (1 , % ,' kff„t Lg. b . : / at% t 0 , () , 1 ° ".' ( th ' 4i tft HYAM, NATIONAL LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL -- • An unbounded assortm en t o f BLACK CLOTH ri COATS, for Men and Boy s , f ro m 10s. 6u. 1.1.1.1111.11.11.34311N.A.-135.....- _ ill 15trirt ftelus. , of • Theehreesatereruapswsiazerdssaroef filxoeod pfr oi sr al% 'n leornsdfaoyr,trithallet-ing 00, Messrs. Bellhouse, of Manchester, are eree Ad large iron warehouses for California. or' In the city of Chester there are 175 taverns' f!fif' ‘ where spirits are sold, besides beer-shoPs. 1 ,v" rl ‘ Elizabeth Riley, servant of Mr. George CarlYaleittal hound Inn, Chester-road, Hulme, has been COW p 4t, the assizes for concealing the birth of a child. neo.l A, David Bromilow, Esq., of Harefinch-house;the r k'n' Helen's, has been placed in the commission 01 A, gli`,e for this county. .3 pfset°l' §:,t4r Mr. Isaac Grayson, bookkeeper at Cock verlco 1- II fe ' N e Warrington, who had been labouring under aOO rl ezt'tio,„ deranged state of mind, threw himself into. 0: kt',Ne, Mersey on Saturday and was drowned. ~ for $ 4 Pa tl' go A Chester paper says, last week a person ate jost`s tyllt fling wager, at a house in Saughall, a red cabbagee, tbe 4:4: out of the garden, and a large wax candle, sva't Ail, IkPaa, down with half-a-gallon of ale. f TijP.: Itro4 Or On Thursday evening last, Dr. BrindleY, Po, jecr torN hall-school, delivered a very able and interest'Pdi, ~7.1), ' in the reading-room, Chester, to a crowded se or ,',,")1,11,41.( " Men of Genius." ,d 0 i , el, The inhabitants of Nantwich have presenter t fi',4 t 41 public medical officer, Mr. Williamson, a etive- sd'i tq' vice and a purse of 50 sovereigns for his serviCe,. 0,0 Ltiot, .t the cholera. To his assistant they have given ' )1 ''ilz c'h ,t 4ti instruments and a purse of 25 sovereigns. pe etia' 0 , sot i' In consequence of an unfounded report. e"e 019 ;;qtro solvency of the Preston Savings' Bank, a seve-TraDe°o 111)01" that establishment took place last week. It ee'daelo, '1.1.4e1 on Saturday, nor was confidence restored till beenrt ', Blift tic by which time a large amount of deposits had ti lolerib°4l drawn. te aft eteti 4 CIGAR SMOKERS, BEWARE !=-13 the hrevi„Arldt.o ,t'lcp,el Salford Water Works and Improvementy Bill ei''' v'e'al ' !Itieti;tl the corporation of the borough are asking for gjo ~'atl(l,ll't impose a penalty on persons discharging sw° i(f; 1!,,,.11t0 :i street, otherwise than from the top of a bouser,'„lrt, ",r1 p.N; On Wednesday, at the Salford Borough `l,l il'°"pll `rio„l., 'William Chadwick, of Ordsal Paper Mill, vve.5,,',40,,,4 ,01';'114 upon an information charging him with otiv" to #:F t 1,4 the duty upon 85,60541 b. of paper, amountin4 5,0'0 1,,,,, 16s. 3d. by which he had forfeited double theacler tl410! £1,123 12s. 6,21. The magistrates granted Bta - 1 liPr 1404 at the amount claimed. , I I,t vit The greatest preparations are being made 13b 1,01 I',s'll by Freemasons, Oddellows, Druids, and other 1 01.41 14:1 escort Clement Royds, Esq., the High Sher'preroP, ply' county, on his leaving home on the 21st of tb,e,Alo Po month to attend the assizes at Liverpool. The P-vle NI it is said, will surpass anything that ever tools 'de , Rockdale. ,),,irl k; ST. ANNE'S SUNDAY SCHOOLS, LANCASTER',,'' klir ! mon was preached on Sunday night week, at ',,'ilte, ill '1 Chapel, by the Rev. J. S. Howson, of the Collelols t stitute, Liverpool, after which a collection 10540.1'm' ~9 aid of the above schools, which amounted to leall ~.' Saturday night the same gentleman lectured to t ;eV, ' hers of the Church of England Instruction Sue. JO " the Shipwreck of St. Paul." olpl, 1 „. wee Ifo/ BOARD OF GUARDIANS, PRESCOT.—The .i, ',lop, i ing of this board took place on Thursday lest' t red Esq., in the chair. The proceedings of the Itt,soliciy were confirmed. Messrs. Francis and Almona':t ti)iep having entered a cause, to be tried at the Peilie °if' court of St. Helen's on behalf of Mr. Pearson, so cal officer of Woolton, for £l3 35., being for eleo9 vices performed by him during the late pre b+ cholera in his district, it was ordered that Mr. 'lig ot solicitor,stloy.NfGsSeostFs.ioHTninesl7eonTn'sE,WNdefend the case on bells 4, andbguu WORKING burn SondOPißaenKt attended to answer 40 VIN ~, the 014 4nooeUsßidnsafyoA,r informations ACT.—i soriFs't 1. yt . oil Pgil •• ir.4, 1 them for an infringement of the Ten-hours Actv of 0, were fined in ten penalties of £3 each, and 0'1.1,101 each, making in the whole £6O and costs. Tile caer t trledieeelstneth, etwarhotmeiwromienpns,pemedolsfuratteioaudhnglmitiatvhryoeagroteee fffchcseoietectaatt atonitnnniodyg spint titii?abtibe,i Urea(l,of,footi wtmMhoaarmnt. magistratesrehi manufacturer William cwat ntdruel were children take ed: noticed that since the operation of the act taper than they had been previously. SCVI' MR. FEARGIIS O'CONNOR AND THE LAN:;.: all."(,)1I' —On Sunday last, Mr. O'Connor, Mr. Cloighis,l Magrath, attended a meeting of the members.° 00'0 0 cern, in the People's Institute, Ancoats, gi9,,05ti°13.4 Mr. O'Connor entered into a lengthened esP lea 1 , the various proceedings which have recentlY to he ae( with reference to this plan, and, after detailing he 00,11 assured the members present that the whole of t'; 59 subscribed should be refunded—every rnerabefaer9 have the full 20s. in the pound paid. This state thni 0 received with much cheering. He also added' one's committee of the House of Commons had re.Pe o, Id favour of his being allowed to wind up the eff3iresse"3o company without being charged the usual elss lir) such cases. During the day a subscription .I, if towards defraying the expenses of the late tri° 10 aect,,lol amounted to £lO 2s. 6d. A re-_,. 0.11., ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT AT POISONING.— toe, C female who keeps a cigar shop in Manchester• twohtf,sl'S upon on the evening of the 25th of JanuarY,,ll„oo6l9, dressed young men, of foreign appearance, sw°;oroe 'll,' some cigars. One of them who was eatitlgirrod' r("1 lozenges asked her to take some, but she dee ,;a sbe Dr, then pressed her to take some rose lozenges,,a„." the` ' ;re.., et 11,•". at last persuaded to eat two of them. Finot"' oly e'the t t(,i, . Ith I, a disagreeable taste, she refused to eat any 173°,ir feli, ie h:lainv repeatedly pressed to do so, and on going awsiods or."' ~oh,N, th-', ighb, left a quantity behind him. She soon aftersv .4 to totO, tOrRiN4 't tl, burning sensation in her throat, and vomited cjerils t'''s °''ln4ktltltlll:l°'4ll•ltiNl-to 1 She afterwards became very ill, and rernaine, to be! coll 3' Vto,ll°P 01 at: of insensibility all night. She was confine" it i't tliv vii, Nils dor J 0 11,sv,„en for nearly a month afterwards. The two men' (IP° ,ha 4 t 'l,t % ‘‘,.. 4; - are jectured, had intended to return afterwarciel ~0011,"o 0 0,1) 'NA ant lady procured assistance, and rob the shorn, ley lir V, ~`.,1)',,,k1 taitil4 in EXTRAORDINARY LEDGER.—At the Col oe °4 li; VI ''tted Into e Court, an action, Silcock v. Silcock, disclose ever ,`,E; 'tl,lkt,tit'et.t: tbd,,, most extraordinary specimens of numeration,avee., ili; ~I4ltti.ia,,qt of bited in a court. The plaintiff in the action %. 0P,411, ~ctVltSilfor h and the defendant pleaded a set off of Xl6 'he br°o-107 '4Ol, ',e'''. tlle't plaintiff being called upon to produce hisbonk,, ter 00 A t Ittka2llßh, NI se so too ~ tt. 'qit kA7o 0 N Lts forth, amidst peals of laughter, a large lieu De earl tNI lk°, 9 4gisi was covered over with what, at first sight, 1;0'1710; 1et,tt6441,1r, IT, most mysterious hieroglyphical characters, u'diags'bee; te,,,e',liiiikkittiteci to ing of which, at a later period of the pro h$ hag aPi 4,,N,N hk:obt duced one of the must amusing scenes whi:ppeo Clell iii,,\''''Pro, witnessed for a long time. Mr. Backhone.e,„,..' IS Pi 0 , On ee h toN'ttz ,a, the defendant, and Mrs. Kay for the plaintill.te plit. .10D,0 , lON 43 i ini judge called for proof of the particulars of 1'0000,1030'10 141144'eritoetN:ry I demand, the slate was produced. A the beoacl,,o, ti.llt NI Perolt! d ti 1 Tuley, a blacksmith, in Croston, proved isge, ite:, "11 %sill thOp pdoc a copy of the bill of particulars from that ; ever,' ,Irl, p 114,41 4 'B4 i" Ili 40r i the astonishment of the court, he read rto tovroric, , ot4ot i ti,, trt4 that'o The advocates on both sides were requested went fedbie i lit ~ e 1 0 ,N N• 11, t‘i son, and whilst the process of decyphering, the spur, i11Y14°,44:,,111'31,,1 ha:ll,istil the most profound attention was given, al the eyes , i'N'tritt'ed '44eeh Dee, three heads being in close contact, and a the u:stcl'r( %111 d'el,ltel 'ti! ti :0, or, with wonderment over the cabalistic signs,,,ing".. efed ila -Qt,, al,„ .4e al" tli the interpreter, as he traced the characters, u. the rain ; ..4,,,,,p4ti_ 4.0_ ttorr with the greatest eagerness. The result wr. co,o9P:t101 S,,rte,,!ti.j, 0,4? 1),,J item in the bill of particulars was found t? suii-i.pofsto; t0,,i!,;? jerz.,,Ltiat:o', on the slate. The plaintiff expressed much t o'3l c°l'l :410:11:ttli:tt:Lti:tiltIt_leiti.tiebtsett::1 Mr. Backhouse, being a scholar, could 10 coo 100 tha !ty tit. : all tett t 4 Of 'tt leo `e Oa the writing on the slate. The following .8 fp; Ila ~t t..ee t of Wm. Silcock's ledger, alias slate. Oa. e 3. k-o weeps 'lll7a f eta% e 111. 18xxxxxIN RIPXXII,, 144.111' 4::: 41.61,4 th; 11XXXXIINIVIICyl" AIIIIOXPXXX 4 111 4r4 " kftl4 (111, 4,. 4dj trt eet aiVAIXXV MXFXII 18XXXXVDXIIOCV1 04 Cl 4 °tile Y Iht . ....• I I I Ow • kilh Net Of °Cell 1 The following is the interpretation of the r) I I, Ink, Eto P 3 1,,,,,, the 11,1,1+ too'ora 1842 Nov. 11. potatoes,£22. price 30' f4ttiSa etTQ,Sdrl 1 1842 March 7, a Cow, £9. April 4, Oats, 10 bushels, )i 4tNe 4to "-- or tc qt rte 14 tie4P4.l '''art May 5, Meal, 255. A tOy the • Vice, , May 10. Flitches, 129 e A. 6. ~1 kilt :)ettle 714 est 1 1845 Dec. 12, Owing for a 0058., '''' 144 j, LN 14k wolPt at el Interest, £2. clal°Blo,6 niN Lk itri ''' 1 owing the plaintiff £l4, a Terdiaffm 501,,"-tia turned to that amount, t 4 at 1 A witness baling proved that defendantiatehe:lBlo / , itt:etighwttle'rlovie;li 1 1; i„§ 4 3 el l) )?(144t ' Of jreland., 3 , 4 ' an,i" 6, 4, 4 1 1 O f Ti c Of Ti 4,1 4 44,141 0 7 th 4' loq , 1 iq red arY o Yeti, I 0 W 8 br eat p IYh 'll 47 ( 'W/1 yt i 4, 1 ILt•t:_/.. E. r ~ 8 7 ,lIR k pp , ~ ++~Fl~ d d9es~r P ~ I~'.. ~ a. ta_.. e ) 14icz . ,7 4 4''Y q: O 4 . the ' Y' l! t 4 kot tt',llott.l,lle:,,llY ' i m lftti ),,ttb`'„( i'4 l , 4 ;l P aredt ,7*4 1 1 4 i i rt i iri ti ed r th vtq Ik ea(' c a 34 , lee , c b lltt Urt t N t ,h l . her, IkIN*;" %Olt IQ ni ow, I, , 1 , 1 , 8 th aq tl Eat ( 3 are ill the —1 still sto' th I°l. Sei a u ! Do r e th th..4k