The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

Zittraturr. PEEL AND RUSSELL'S CONTEST FOR POPULA RITY, DRAMATIZED BY ARISTOPHANES ! in Blackwood this month, in an articl subject of the in of Sir Robert Pe s recent picture of the present )f party in the followi passage from A ler will only have tc 1, Cleon t 'ler to I 'ds of 2000 y 14 much (baited an They're coin Demu# theft c eon.-1 u Oat-faced and This is a new wractical want I( nnprivement an atly prmtec wdlian's Musical is worthy of of jullian is polkas, qiadrill THE ( OF OAK from the fact that fence.by'H before Christ "A little bird tali( me Hogg's II 8 origin to the albun DE FOR CIVI travelled we re-seller he is going ti Ito you? Can't ye I Look there ! ry. London alculated to supply a are interested in the are too scient f merely contemporary interes nost appropriately ; and being, atleman of gre ►ot doubt that fully co t experience, literary what has been begun id full of ina London Jtablo , of the presents got up this really, b. t guarantee of the • quality of its that we have here thirty. , British and continental, J: L. Hatton, Jose ni Verdi, Donizetti, and s, waltze z, Kceni wns Of Sci himself, and VARI most part, shut about twilight t _by flowers, in this " early cic MOUS I ed 500 are unable with Eiccur ition. Can we not ti 20th verse of the 18th chapter of EC preacher admonishes, us not to 131 high authorities, even hi he adds—"A bird. of ti zry the voice, and that which hath atter." THE FL is Incogeno I New Zealan' onia, and t ven-whc domed with an undergrowth of beautiful ttell - sias, now (October) in full bloom. This shrub, in its uncultivated state s bean two distinct sets of flowers—one green and purple, the other purple and red ; and the pollen on the anthers of the green blossoms is of the most Milliard cobal blue colour.—Savage Life in Australia and New Zenlond. A REASON FC ARROW WAIL sh the most :nuns Yu little paths lead in every erection tl Innumerable he fields, and among th vary Unsociable, for they at But this was explained to hie bya j Freneh demoi hind, 4a if Monsieur, who is be- tear or not a es it." I con. The king and quee bed, which is almost as broad as it - is - Aro halves are very differently composed. Qn one side is a plain horse-hair mattress, on the other an excellent feather-bed. The latter is for the queen. es are accustomed, like the king, always a light in istels are placed Ten Years at the and prim i single mattr There i n. a table ' apartment, and two ear the king.—Appert illippe. DIAMOND.—SOMe lurt of Louis I A YORICSIIIRI n the north of Yorl le gentleman havir is to Mr. id to the lad. " Give ini id say," & When an I a of arse th, 4 for t, !pliments The ci'owdir to the id still s told, Son di each prisoner, it trc quer " as being essential one fifteenth part of AaCall Health of Towns Advocate, 11 N'oluntar a wretched RDS AT AUCBLANT tment con- g Mlle more than jails.—Liverpool - o.f Auckland, I On the slope behind the eastern ,e buria ngland and on the oppo: in the open fern ue Jews, also, have railed in teat parallelogram of ground, with a simple yet elegant where they too bury their dead. The Dis ext to that of the Jews, and is hut id further on, the burial-place of the n is voluted out by a few flower: interm ,rd is n :ottisii I the fern and ine from BOILING PONDS IN Ni . . great swampy flat I met with z. .., of boiling ponds some of them of very large dimensions. .We forded , river flowing swiftly towards the lake, which is fed by th, snows melting in the valleys of the tongariro. In man: places in the bed of this river the water boils up from th ZEALAND.-011 " UM/ subterranean temperature of the stream, to the imminent risk of the individual who may be crossing. Along whole tracts of ground I heard the water boiling violently beneath the crust over which I was treading. It is very dangerous *-avelling ; for if the crust - should break, scalding to aath must ensue. lam told that the Rotuma natives, ho build their houses over the hot springs in that dis •;-.- " — ke of constant warmth at night, frequently of this kind : it has happened e been dancing on the floor, the aid the convivial assembly have allowed up in the ,boiling cauldron b of the ponds are ninety feet in ci rcum f e • ,t when a party have e, filled wi nsparent pat blue boiling vaer:;;A Channels of boil along the grouna this calcareous 1] Ids is covered with beautif bons of lime and fat saucer-like figures. ,ches of vegetable sub- stances were incrusted in the same manner: I also ob served small deep holes or wells here and there amongst grassthe and rushes, from two inches to as many feet in diamet er , f i lled with boiling mud, that rises up in large bubbles as thick as hasty-pudding : these mud-pits send boiled violen - a sil'ong t] sulphurous smell. Although the ponds , I noticed small flies walking swiftly , or rather runnin g on from these boiling their surface. The steam that rises sprin g , is visible at a distance of many miles, appearing like the jets from a number of tteaM cnigilleB.—Ange New Zeal an d. . THE NERVES 0.1? THE HEART.—An interesting dis covery has recently been made by Dr. Lee, of London, respecting the nerves of the heart. The doctrine that the heart was wholly devoid of nerves (cor nervis carere), and was a stupid= et insensibile viscus, which obtained, we believe, at the close of the last century, had already been modified by later authorities, but until Dr. Lee com menced his inquiries it was generally supposed that the ,erely to hearth eind he roof, that d erect in it hick sea it fr Ec of the R l'e brc —Where d the exec 1. 1164-9, NOTICES vcizine for Ja Monthly nerves were very few in number, and I 11 --• • that the organ performed its important functions with little or no nervous action. This supposed fact having been stated as an obj ec ti on t o Dr. Lee's theory as to the -essity of the existence of nerves in the uterus, was the `on, we understand, of his undertaking the examina- tion of the heart, the results t is said to be his intention shortly to publish in a detailed form stated to establish not merely - • . _ ;herto unnot nerves increase wit 1; and that the nery ht. This latter circum- ice is accounted for by the differ.._ he two sides, it being the office of the )erne the blood through the whole b o dy by mean left ventric arteries, while that of the right ventricle ii asmit it though the lungs to the left auricle, !onsequently les: ,orous pulsation; ,and , over, than that of the left :nt of H, requiring a h nervous discovery may led as the comple ev's doctrine of the circulation of the blood YSICAL YoucE.—A poor Welsh miner who had ed to join in a riot, vi la under examir - • -.•• •••••••.9 • cpc•••cuxy U.d.,LaILLIGLI. as Ili,. wur never for vissikful force." Being asked n himself, he replied—" Why, zur, I never wur pysonin urn !" AN OLD ENGLISH FERRY Many of our fine old 1 pictures, not of land- English ri Fects of sunshine, cloud coloured lwhere but a imte before we saw every object as if cut out in gold, the next changes to a dim bronze, and then shuts all in under a cover of dusky green. Under such a sky as this, (when sun and shade come down to play with one another on the earth,) what can look more picturesque than a large flat-bottomed old ferry-boat, creeping, as if half afraid, from the further shore of the rive;, and throwing into the water, clear-shadowed - , images of sheep and oxen, the red_cloak of an old market woman, the blue farmer's Lie huge square-headed boat, the splashing water broken by the bleating of the lamb, How clear is - the figure of theft reflected, with his weather-stained racket, as he leans over with his long boat-hook, rearing it at first, like a above his head, then lessening it as the lumbering ; now reaching but a yard above him, then coming to a level with his brawny shoulders, against which it rests, while with all his strength he walks the whole length of the boat, and, red in the face as a lion, pushes her across the river. Up comes the long boat hook once more, from out the clear wider under which it was buried, high up in the sky it rears, making a hundred pretty dimples with the drops that fall from it ; the same craft advances illerciilean - arm again plantsit in the river bed i if it slips ward another length he walks ; he has given her plenty head-way now, and she will soon come grinding upon t gravelly shore.—Miller's Pictures of Country Life CHARITY OF THE QUEEN OF THE FRENCH queen disposes of five hundred thousand francs a all her personal expenses ; and certainly's than four hundred thousand in charity of Appert,"_she would sometimes say to me The -year for hundred francs we spoke of, but put them down upon next month's list, for the waters are low, my purse is empty." Imposture, ingratitude, even the insolent form of +l,. titions addressed to her, fail to discourage her in her bene volent mission. " Madam," an old Bonapartist lady, one day wrote to her, " if the Bourbons had not returned to France—for the misf or t une o f th e nation—my beloved mistress and Droteetrpgq_ ib. AT- • T • ca would still be upon the throne, and I should not be under the humiliating necessity of telling you that I am without bread, and that the wretched mattress upon which I sleep is about to b e th r o wn ou t o f t h e garret I inhabit, because rent is unpaid! I dare not ask you for assistance, for my heart is with my real sovereign, and I cannot pro mise you my gratitude. If, however, you think proper to preserve a life which, since the misfortunes of my country, has been so full of bitterness, I will accent a loan: I my ye Should blush to receive a gift. I am, maciam i— , ser vant, Ch—r." Here was a prettyietter to set before a peen ; a mode of imploring alms that might well have 'isgusted the most charitable. Maria 'en's reply to the precious et But what stle? She wa homed to open all the petitions addressed to her merous indeed they were—with her own han, and nu 1, and to Appert. ;reached write upon many of them her instructions for M. When the impertinent missive of the Bonapartist "She must be very unhapioy for, she is very unjust. ndred francs to be sent to her immediately ; and I M. Appert to make inquiries concerning ti Appert, indi, ter, ventured to rim-onsir nant at the tone d of the but the queen insisted, 1.044,111 ;111 1.1 Z 1 ;4 . A, A/1111 by her sing ed at a worm in the Rue , St. accordingly -proceeded to visit. "I linocl eaten door, on the fifth floor of a hou Andr( ' only gown,) opened it " are you the commissary of police come to arrest me for my shameful letter to the queen? You must forgive Me : lam so unhappy that at times I become deranged. lam sorry to have written as I did to a princess whom all the poor call good and charitable.P "Be not alarmed, C. read the affecting words added by bursting into tears, - she pressed the paper to her lips. " Sir," she exclaimed, " give me nothing, but leave me this holy relic. I will die of hunger with it upon my queen's generosity, I left the three hundred francs, but had much difficulty . in prevailing on her to give up the petition, which I still preserve with respect and veneration. This trait of the Queen of the French is only one of ten thousand.—Appert's Ten Years at the Court of Louis Phillippe. g irtROBERT PEEL'S CLAIM FOR GRATITUDE FOR THI CORN LAWS.—Sir Robert Peel, how- REPEAL OF Tr ever, seems mo, y satisfiec ploit, and Lim to the - er for a moment to dOubt that it entitle greatest applause. St. Augustine could not speak with more exultation of converting millions of Pagans to Chris tianity by the fervour of his eloquence, than Sir R. Peel, does of his illustrious feat of converting some hundred ig- noble minds to free-trade by his paltry government in fluence. This is the glorious, the devoted deed, upon which he rests his claims to immortality ; this it is which is to enshrine his name amid the gratitude of an admiring posterity. On account of this he trusts that " his name Wlll De gratenuiy remenTheretl in those places which are the abode of the man whose lot it is to labour, and to gain his bread with the sweat of his brow, when he recruits his .ength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter r leavened with a sense of injustice." of food will actually turn out to be. and when it is to begin, (for I apprehend that as yet, although the law is in operation, no labourers have been incommoded with plethora,) we will not here endeavour ? mine. But even if it should turn out to be an mce altogether unlooked for and unprecedented, old not have Sir Robert Peel imagine that much of tude will go to him. The labourer is with a rood share of honest com- we v the labourer's gi ieither likes bis bread nor his ministe to be leavened with the taint of injustice. He is perfectly capable of discriminating between those who consistently advocate a cause, and those who, having profitably opposed it in the hour of its weakm might have aided it, embrace it in the eleventh hour, in the time of its triumph, when it is capable of aiding them. It is not on that posterity confers were. not to the a nires those who and Posterit ho can only convert influence. If, then, ere null and superfluc ; if they were itutional. He whatever to the caul constitutional principl interval of the enjoyment of free trade is then, it appears, the utmost extent of his services. Against this aro to be placed all the evils arising from his peculiar mode of passing the measure—the shock . given to confidence i❑ public men by such sudden inconsistency ; the general lowering of political character by his craftiness and dupli city ; the disgust excited at the avowed and conspicuous part which government influence has played on the occa sion. The country feels justly offended with the minister, who, in a free nation, where the conscientious voice of • the majority should alone decide, attempts to anticipate that decision by the voice of those who are biased b lov I, and who boast of the success of such a method, and lay claim to merit on its account. It feels justly offended also at the discovery, that no less than a hundred of its representa looked on as the elite of the land, are mn a measure of first-rate importance, their own heartfelt convictions ; who a ;t it if proposed by A, and Even t associated witl Vernon Smith, he should be very sorry. in tus the belief that official that they are ready to vote ag for it if proposed by B aselves, that has fallen under my , emolument is a motive of action among public men. Sufficient shock," he says, " has already been given to public virtue;" and he subsequently adds, speaking of the corn bill, "We have to await many mischiefs from its mode of settlement." For our part, had we been free traders, most earnestly should we have implored that our cause might not be encumbered with the sinister aid of Sir Robert Peel. Weighing,_ then, well, all the circum- stances of the case consi tiring the relative value of a' moral and economical advantages —nay, even looking principally merely to the latter, it appears to me, as the rPanit of Sir P ----- ,• reel s recent procea duum of benefit to the country is 1 .e.., U 1.1.4 is very CUllbl, - derable amount of injury. Such a result is not one of he burst into a flood of tears, at which the unknown per sufficient lustre and brightness to enable us to grant him sonage felt himse lf g r eatly moved. the title in question of " splendid meudax."—Blackwood's " Does your mother," said he, " live far from this ?" Magazine. " She is," answered the youth, " at the end of the ,ns of relievi: handsome datighter? were in f Near and more near Out triumph to•his foss THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SINGULARITY IN THE FRENCH DYNASTY.-It is a re markable fact in the history of France, that since the time of Louis XIV., who succeeded his father Louis XIII., there his not been a single instance of the crown descend ing directly from father to son. Louis XV. was the grand son of Louis XIV. ; Louis XVI. was one of the grandsons of Louis XV. ; the son of Louis XVI. died, (query if not murdered in the Temple.) Napoleon did not succe e d i n _ . tne crown to his only son, who died at Schoenbrunn. Louis XVIII., brother of Louis XVI., had his brother, Charles X., for his successor. The Duke of Orleans, Prince Royal, was carried off by an accident ted as it was deplorable, and interrupted, it may be said, before even it commenced, the order of succession under the new dynasty. Louis Phillippe I, will not have, as his royal heir, a son ; it is his gr a nd son , th e C o u n t d e Paris, son of the late Duke of Orleans, who is to be his heir presumptive to the crown. " In the THE PHILOSOPH Y ne 0 s of r th N e m m edl:a7 P o l itte i 7 . o — f the West Union s , al l o attended a family of thirteen, twelve of horn had typhus_ fever, without a bed in the cellar, -ear 1836 without straw ( They lay on the floor timber shavings—frequent substitutes. id so crowded that I could scarcely een them. In another house I attended four n patients : there were only two beds in the house. All the patients lay on the boards, and during their illness had their clothes off. I met with many cases in similar conditions ; yet amidst the greatest destitution and want of domestic comfort, I have never heard, during the course of twelve years' practice, a complaint of inconvenient accommodation." This fearful statement would be in- complete without Dr. Southwood Smith's commentary. " This want of complaint," he says ' " under such circum stances, appears to me to constitute a very melancholy part of this condition. It shows that physical wretched- ness has done its worst on the human sufferer, for it has destroyed his mind. The wretchedness being greater than humanity can bear, annihilates the mental faculties— the faculties distinctive of the human being. There is a kind of satisfaction in the thought, for it sits a limit to the capacity of suffering which would otherwise be with out bound."—Liverpool Health of Towns Advocate. Louis Philippe is at a loss to know what to do with the Victoria Gallery at Versailles. The meetings, the royal embraces, the festivities at Eu,—the whole series of pic tures representing the entente cordiale have been com pletely thrown in the shade by recent events,that the visi tors only laugh at them. It has been sugzested to put them into mourning, and cover them with the deepest crape. Another recommendation has been to turn the pictures round and set their faces to the wall. The blank canvas would certainly present a correct picture of the present state of affairs, and could not possibly offend the ye or t e amour propre of the most . ptriotic Englishman or Frenchman. The blanks, also, 'night be taken as a gallery of portraits of the greatest statesmen of thedaresent day, and a strong family likeness to be traced between the Thierses and the Palmerstons of the two countries. But we think we have a proposition which will save Louis Phi lippe the necessity of colouring over the past, or drawing on the future. Let him send the pictures to the Commis sioners of our National Gallery, with directions to have them thoroughly cleaned. When they have undergone that operation, the. pictures can be hung up with the greatest safety, as no one will be able to know what they mean. They might illustrate .the next dozen victories which the French are sure to win, the coming twelve SIR ROBERT PEEL AND C` SAFE" STATESMANSHIP. — We will hazard the opinion, that Sir Robert Peel is no child of light. We suspect that there are very few prin ciples for which he would suffer himself to be burnt tured on a career beyond his p ower mi:Ekp 2T OPixll Inv.+ Fitted by nature . . not known how to content himself with his proper post. A narrow egotist, he has attempted to guide the destinies of a great nation. His career, as might have been expected, has been a notable failure. If it be not exposed to very heavy blame, we decided l ' wi''' ' aly must ~tihold all praise if it have little of the execrable, it, certainly has nothing of the admirable. Unstable as water, how could he excel ? and excellence has been wanting accordingly. His career has been one continuous mistake, the greatest mistake of all being that he ever began. it. His only discoveries have been, that he had previously been in error. His only victories have been over his friends, whom thrice he has dragged through the mire of dishonour. (Catholic bill, factory bill, corn bill.) He has portioned street, in the furthest house to the left, on the third st orey." " Has any physician as yet visited her ?" " I was just going in search of one, but I kno w ne ithe r how to recompense trim, nor how to provide what I shall have ordered." The unknown gentleman drew from his purse some florins, and offering them to him, " Go quickly," said he, " and procure medical aid." The youth having rendered thanks in the most simple, but at the' same time most energetic, expressions of a grateful heart, departed immediately. The gentleman, meantime,' whilst he was away in an other direction, resolved to go himself, and • see the af flicted widow. Having ascended the stairs, he entered a small raom where he saw nothing but a few chairs of straw ; a few kitchen utensils ; a table; rough, and ill put together ; an old chest of drawers ; a bed, on which lay the sick widow ; and a small couch beside it. She was in the most profound dejection, , and the little ,son at the foot of the bed was dissolved in tears. The mother strove to .com fort him, but she had herself need of comfort. The per sonage approached softly, and, as a • physician, questioned her regarding her distress. She stated briefly the symp toms_ ; then, with a si g h an d w ith t ears, "A h ! s i gnor, " she said, "my malady arises from too deep a cause ; the medical art has no remedy for it. lam the mother, alas ! the unhappy mother of two miserable children. My' misfortunes and those of my children have already pierced this heart too deeply. Death alone can put an end to my affliction, but this even makes me tremble for the deso lation in which my poor children will be left." Here her weeping increased ; she related her own misfortunes, which the supposed physician, notwithstanding the in formation which he had already obtained, feigned not to know, and which anew d rew t ears f rom hi s eyes. " dome, cheer up," said he at last ; "do not yet de spair ; Heaven will not be unmindful of you. I pity your calamity, but Heaven is provident ; you will not be aban doned. Think, in the mean time, on preserving a life which is too precious to your children. Have you any writing paper ?" She tore a leaf from a small hook on which she exer cised the child of about seven years of age, which was at the foot of the bed. The unknown, after having written, said, ",This re medy will begin to comfort you ; we will proceed by and by to another better when necessary, and by degrees I hope you will become well." He left the note on the ta- Me . and went away. A few minutes after, the elder son ret urne d. " D ear mother," said he, " take courage, Heaven has had pity Look at the money which a gentleman has ge nerously given me this morning ; this will be sufficient for a few days. I have been for a physician, who will be nere r. self." console your:- embrace A . m y o y u . son z s c j a e. i n d i ri n s lo ih t_ y h l, e ir r , , "come nwoeneontche —a s t m h b a ea t eyni l ti , ie v m e r a ee y r, protect it. A' and has just now left. Behold the receipt on th e t a bl e : go, dear, and bring what he prescribes. 3 The son took the billet, read it, and made a motion of extreme astonishment ; he looked at it again, read it over once more ; then raised a cry, "Ah, mother ! what can this be ?" The mother, amazed and perplexed, took the paper and ad it impatiently : "nh t +1„. Itt ua catal. .n. was an or(ier trom Augustus IL, in which he assigned from his own private treasury a generous asSistance. The doctor arrived opportunely to )m the. swoon into which the sur mhe remedies applied soon re- recover the mother fl prise had thrown. he: covered her from. th, ions of her mi monarch, loaded with praises and 134enedictions,TaTii; pleasure of restoring health and life, and of forming the happiness of an honeSt family, harshly persecuted by fortune. entrrai Passages between Folkestone and Boulogne are now made twice a-, The Free ChM•ch of Scotland has collected considerably upwards of £lO,OOO for the famishing poor in that country. A line of packet ships will shortly be established between New York and the rising port of Belfast. • The Morning _Chronicle of Saturday announces that M r . Mandeville will shortly replace Mr. Ouseley in th e Ri ver Plate. , have given notice of their intentior !ge, excavate, build re- deepen Holyhead harbour, to dre( taming walls, and erect timber jetties. On the seventh edition of the Encycloptedia Britanidea alone there , has been expended, to the close of 1845. no less a sum than £125,667 9s. 3a It has be en said that the late . Mr. Grenville possessed the secret of the authorship of `! Junius ;" at least, it was a question to which he would not speak directly. _ _ c mue paupers cleat in the Mallow workhouse on Christmas • day. The next rate, it is thought, will amount to five shillings in the pound. The incorporation of bakers in Glasgow. this week raised the price of bread : the household ditto 9d. 41b. fine loaf is now selling at 10d. cuu,autuutu. nus ueen estannanen in Huddersfield, and no fewer than sixty-three females en tered their names as members during the three evenings that were set azurt last week for that purpose. Sir Fianeis Ttnri- at Lie ter, on Thursday... He was. .father of the - present Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who is now the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart:,: M. P. for. Halifax. The H - -1 r ...ion:and Rb v Spencer, brother of .Earl Spencer, has joined the Order of the PASSieniStS, one of the severest in the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Spencer will be ena- poor. There are now 1630 inmates in the Manchester workhouse, a greafer number than was ever known. On Saturday week, a woman was burnt to death at Southwark. She had fallen asleep before the fire, when her clothes became ignited and the house was almost destroyed. The 4 iill of Z. Massa Alsager, late city correspondent to the Times, has just been proved. His share in the Times newspaper has been left to his son, Thomas Hicks CONVERSIONS TO ROME.—The Rev. 11. M. Walker, of Oriel College, Oxford, and the Rev. E. Laing, of Queen's College, Cambridge, have made their publi c • Mr. T. C: Foster is at present publishing a series of letters, in the Morning Post, on the subject of marriampa with a deceased wife's .sister Tuesday The firs VORACITY OP THE RAT.—A few appeared on I longing to Mr. John Barnes, farmer, near Leach-hall, WoodplumPton; farrowed seven pigs, the whole of which were destroyed by rats the following morning. GREEN PEAS • IN JANUARY.—On Friday, green _ TT 11 to possess the same flavour and quality as when gathered in the middle of summer, were being sold in the streets of the metropolis at Gd. the quart. A wolf was shot at Peckham, on Wednesday. It was an old animal, and i s supposed 3 have escaped from some travelling menagerie. Near its place of refuge a number of cats' skins were -found, as if it had fed on the tabbies of the neighbourhood. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—At Newquay, on Friday last, a lad, six years of age, son of Capt. Champion, of Treloggan Mine, in getting out of bed, hitched his foot in the bed clothes, fell on the floor, and broke his thigh above the knee.— West Briton. At - ' - -^nt . 1 meet - Exete-, a few days since an educational ang in - of dissenting clergymen from most of the towns in th count- - " the question of Accepting government aid was discussed with much earnestness, and, on the whole, ole,the feeling . seernedtO lie in favour of accepting, but the ques tion was adjourned. On Thursday, a pigeon flying match came off between pigeon f L o o r n t d h o e n priz e ea f c a h n fl ei y e i r n s g . ' n r e h g e e w o e n r . e fi T ft h e e e n s t a l c o . t m i tpiltao place was Southampton, where the pigeons were thrown up, and the winning bird flew the distance between that town and London, 77 miles, e p. person nnn Fleet-street heading h ste o . .asdtir u r nee a g nd twenty-seven, Smithfield? Guildhall, i examination i , ro The li‘fn new oor brought,a foriminutes. A. HAPPY REFORMATION.—The L on d on Times states, under the usual -ohnoeus p e year commenced happily i n th e western portion of the t c b it e y. sta N tio o n t Moor fields, nor was any charge brought in during the day." MELANCHOLY DEATHS.—On Wednesday, an Irishman b d e ie in d g i b n is a on lo ly dg b in ed g :_ ho A u i s i e d, t L S \ t v o , c ed k i p c f r i n e ' d ° n f a r g o e m r sponge a n e x c . cake, from sheer want. posure to the frost. w dd e r for m nst Or rs t a l tried for five years past at Birming ham, of binding young ydo beenu n g oeffoemncmleirtstet!'comtirlYst°leire-SnibniWnaghrgeenleistthwesaes held Ao d l , o p n :ain a ier p iej o ash or eb fe ea l e l n owwho n h:d fee t. t li can be found to receive apprentices from the :lock, instead of committing them to prison. The number of such ap prentices, up to last Michaelmas, was 113. Of these, ,40 had returned to bad Courses ; 29 were doubtful ; and 44 had entirely reformed, " their reform having stood the INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY.—A corres pondent of the Glasgow Argus says :—" In regard to the paragraph at present going the round of the newspapers, headed ' Interesting Antiquarian Discovery,' and refer ring to sundry Roman coins, manuscripts (!) &c., said to have been found in the neighbourhood of Beattock, I have to inform you, on the bestatithority, that the whole story is a fabrication—' got up' apparently with the .object of hoaxing the respected editor of the Dumfries Courier." Dr. Wolff has made " an appeal to the British nation," to induce the people to petition ministers to interfere on behalf of the. Nestorian Christians. If necessary, he says, though tired, fatigued, and worn out by my yet late expedition to Bokhara, still I am ready to face, if re quired, the Koordish tyrant, and try to persuade him to revoke his horrid order for exterminating all the Chris tians in Koordistaun. OMNIBUS ADVERTISING.—The public are invited, by advertisements in the London papers, to inspect the om nibuses containing the Omnibus Publicity Company's re tered frames, fitted with advertisement cards. Orders Advertisement compartments in Lre now being received fc 100 omnibuses, which will be started as soon as the liSt is filled up and the frames completed. The size of such compartments is nearly one foot square ; but no order for CURIOUS - ACCIDENT.—On the 19th ultimo, a horse, the property of a person known by the name of Twin y Jocky, strayed into Llansarnlet Church yard, and walking among or over the graves seems to have sunk into a vault. On Tuesday, th e place where he sank was discovered, and on descending into the vault, the horse was found dead ; several of the coffins were broken, apparently by the struggles of the poor animal. By means of a pulley and a triangle he waa taken up. DEADLY FISH ENCOUNTER.—The other day an un usual commotion was observed in the Findhorn, at one of the spawning beds, by a party of men. It was soon discovered to be occasioned by the fighting of two salmon, both large males. After a long struggle the water be came still, and one of the combatants floated to the sur face dead. The fish was picked up by the onlookers, and it was found that the whole of its flesh, or fish, had been torn, to the depth of the bone, from head to tail.—lnver ness Courier. TRADE WITH CHINA.—It appears from a table pub lished in the China Mail of October 30, that there has been an increase in the quantity of tea imported into Great Britain, during the last two years, to the amount of nearly 7,000,0001b5. The return for the year ending June 30, 1844, is 97 vessels, and 5 0,613,3281b5. ; for the year ending June 30, 1845, 105 vessels, and 53,570,2671b5.; and for the year ending June 30, 1846, 117 vessels, and 57,504,5611b5. The quantity of raw silk imported in 1845 was 10,727 bales ; in 1846, 18,600 bales. At *he London Mansion House, on Friday, three per sons were brought up charged with conspiring to obtain £lOO from a gentleman, who was' induced to lend them the money on the deposit of railway scrip in the Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffi6ld Railway, the defen dants having produced copies of the Times containing ad vertisements announcing the intention of the directors to return £1 12s. 6d. per share. The defendants said they wanted money before the deposits could be returned. The advertisements were forgeries, and the defendants were remanded. CONVERSIONS FROM ROMANISM.—On Sunday last, the first in the year, an unusually large number of persons were admitted into the communion of the ancient Irish Church, in St. Audoen's Chitrch, Dublin. The class in cluded three superior young men, who were intended by their parents for the Romish priesthood, and others who are also well versed in the Scriptures of truth. There are now 150 names of persons on the renunciation roll of St. Audoen's Church, who have abjured the false tenets of Rome. Two fresh priests have applied to the Priests' Society for protection. A WOMAN FROZEN TO DEATH. — Another shocking case of death from the inclemency of the weather has occurred near Worcester. The circumstances are briefly as follow: On the 23rd of December, a woman, named Elizabeth Sefton, aged 66, who, with her husband, receives a scanty support from the Droitwich Union—half-a-crown a week each—left her cottage at Warndon, about four miles east of Worcester, to walk to Cotheridge, about the same dis tance on the west side of the same city, for the purpose of seeking alms. After wandering about the country, how ever, it appears that she lost herself, and having been for several days subjected to the severity of the weather, was at length found, on Sunday, fi ve d ays after, she left home, frozen to death, at Hallow. " A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE."—It is seldom that, writ ing upon the same topics, and often with a parity of rea soning, day after day, that there is to be observed in the morning newspapers anything like a. paraphrase, or, in two papers, the use of one simile. There are, however, exceptions, and one occurre d on Th urs d ay . The Times had a long article abusing Mr. President Polk, and the Daily News had another long article doing the same thing ; and in setting out the two journalists indite the fable of the lamb and the wolf, and with equal wit, if not with truth. They compare the complaints urged by Mr. Polk against the Mexicans as having been suggested by the special pleading of the fabulous aggressor. The same LONDON DOCKS.—TRADE OF LONDON.—At the half yearly meeting of the proprietors on Monday, Mr. W. King in the chair, the directors presented an interesting report of the business done in the half-year to Nov. 30. From this it appears that the number of loaded ships which entered the London Docks during the six months ending the 30th Nov. last, was 703, measuring 181,196 tons. In the corresponding period of last year it was 731 ships, measuring 168,553 tons. The amount of earnings last half-year were £209,166 ss. sd. Same time in 1845, £209,094 Bs. 6d. Expenditure in the last six months had been £110,885 Bs. 9d., including the income-tax. The income had exceeded the expenditure in the last six months by £90,979 ls. 10d. The directors recommended a dividend of £2 l Os : per share. FOUR YOUNG MEN DROWNED.- young - men, of . the parish of Allcamlings, returning from Stanton, were rash enough to venture on the canal, the ice of which is daily broken by the barges. Still -On Sunday, five went upon it, whether to slide or merely to cross the water is not known, and were instantly immersed, and soon sank to rise no more. One of the party, however, Igh the mercy of God, and after struggling an hour, and by the help of the masses of_ ice escaped, throu around him finally reached the shore. What overwhelm ing sorrow to the families of these deceased youths this fearful visitation has occasioned , may too easily be con ceived. Nor should the voice of God, here admonishing the young, of the uncertainty or nre and t each returning Sabbath, be speedily forgotten Devizes defeat and 1 porters. He quits power amid the disgust and indignation of his old friends, and the contemptuous patronage of his new. Such has been the career of the safe man, the practical and able statesman ! The generous Canning, a man of real and noble ideas, was hioked upon as power in his stead. Could they dan gerous, and the wary and cautious Peel was raised- to have foreseen—those who were toiling for their safe man, and so alarmed at the uangerous meas or uanmng—LnaL ---- they were to be indebted for Catholic emancipation, and repeal of the corn laws ? Reflect upon this, ye lovers of safe men, and be wise. Choose those who are really safe, and se, they h st that they are men at all, and next only that —men of high and bold ideas, not crafty Ilackwood's Magazine. safe ones LORD SANDON'S ORATORY. — Lord Sandon's claims as an orator may be very summarily disposed of; they do do not constitute his greatest merit. Considering his' 41,0 1, evr lon I,n 'IQ ATIP of the least king a man of sound mated, and with very extensive ter of his speeches is generally of a prepossessing speakers there common sense, highly ec information, the r superior order ; and on questions of a higher interest than the ordinary political topics of the day, he displays an earnestness, at once _ religious and philpsophical, which be attained some patience and observation to detect these merits under a perpetual hesitation of speech, and an apparent confusion of utterance, which at first produce unfavorable impressions. A little consideration satisfies require you Luau mese aelects are of physical origin only ; teat the mind is right although the organ of speech does not immediately perform its wonted duty. You see that theie is a high tone of moral feeling, combined with great practical knowledge, and that the noble lord has a highly cultivated and well-regulated mind, which has been well and assiduously applied to the elucidation and manage . _ ment of even the most minute details of public business. On subjects which have a religious bearing, such as education, or matters connected with the church, he is earnest and impressive, animated by the most exalted views for the welfare of mankind, and sustained by principles which he will not compromise, although ready to yield the most liberal acceptation to the views of opponents. On questions of practical lezislation. involv- ^ .s..tiIMLULII.III, iRs• irig the social welfare of the people, he distinguishes himself by a mode of handling them which is at once statesmanlike and philanthropic, With much upright ness and ability, a middle course between the harsh ....+Amome ou - me one .....u ► and the rash, sympathetic ardour of some political phi lanthropists on the other. With mild manners and benevolent purposes he has a manly spirit, which will not suffer itself either to be led away by delusive hopes of legislative perfectability, or to be quelled by the threat- congregated opinion. At the same although on the more vital principles of govern ment, as connected with religion and morals, he displays an unyielding spirit, he is fully alive to the importance of party combinations, and to the necessity of occasional compromises in political affairs. His high character pre serves his motives on such occasions from suspicion. The most striking sacrifice he made to expediency, within a reeptit rtivrinfi pvi-Lou, on the sugar question. It - Will be re membered howhis motion on the subject of the sugar duties jeopardized the Melbourne Administration : it might naturally have been supposed that, having taken so prominent and decisive a part on that question, he would have felt it necessary to adhere to a consistent course ; to have been indifferent altogether to party considerations. Yet the result did not justify this expectation. Lord Sandon, having given steady support to the great mea sures of Sir Robert Peel's Administration. in 1841, did not choose to peril the existence of the Government, E L S far as his ejample could have affected it, by opposing the new P,remier on the sugar question. Yet, when we remember what were the grounds on which his motion in the first instance proceeded, we shall see that there was gross inconsistency in such a course. On the other hand, it should be remembered that Lord Sandon steadily refused to accept offi from Sir Robert Peel, although, ° from I- could - lave done so wit} THE SICK WIDOW (From Hogg's Weekly Instructo49 Sweet at every time is a benefit, but still more swe when it is accompanied with surprise. Whilst a pers( of exalted rank was passing one morning, early, unknov and quite alone, through one of the suburbs of Vienna, youth, apparently about twelve years of age, accosted hir who, with downcast and tearful eyes, and with a tim and desponding voice, began to ask some relief. T 1 genteel air, the composed bearing, the blush which ci loured his face, the suppressed t ears wh i ch b e dimmed h eyes, and the faltering and broken accents of his voic made on the mind of this gentleman a very lively impre • " You have not," said he, "been born to ask alms ; what is it that has brought you to this ?" " Ah I I was not certainly born," replied the youth, with a sigh accompanied with tears, " in this miserable condition. The misfortunes of my father, and the preient unhappy state of my mother, forced me to it.' " Who is your father ?" " He was a merchant who had already acquired some credit, and had begun to make his fortune, when the fail ure of one of his correspondents entirely ruined him at one blow. To heighten our misfortunes, he was unable to survive his disgrace, and in consequence died a month after of a broken heart. My mother, a younger brother, and I, are left in extreme misery. I have found shelter with a friend of my father. My mother has struggled hitherto by her labours to support herself and my little brother, but this night she has bemi suddenly seized by a violent malady, which makes me fear for her life. I am destitute of everything. I am totally unprovided with money. and I cannot succour her. Unaccustomed to can recognise me. You, signor, seem to me a stranger ; before you, for the first time, I have taken courage to overcome the shame which I feel. Oh, have pity on my Trinther 1 :ma T A._ _, AN IDIOT FROZEN TO DEATH.--On Wednesday morn ; a poor creature named Charles Chittick. living at Freckenham, ;earched for Suffolk, being missed from his :house - was It appears he left the house the previous His shirt and nightcap were left on )out eleven the pillow of his bed, covered over with his clothes. An aunt was called, and a further search was made every where they could think of, but without effect. It was dark and freezing sharp. His day clothes lay ode of his bed. Information was immediately conveyed to the neighbours, and about eight o'clock on Tuesday morn ing the poor fellow was found in a meadow_lying flat on his back, entirely naked, and quite dead. His eyes were open, and he was dirty, as if he had been through water. The spot where he was found was about 200 yards off his cottage, and the river was nearer the cottage than the place where he was found. THE NEW POOR LAW AT WHITCHURCIL—An unfor tunate 'instance has occurred in this place of the great Law. A respectable woman names Laws, was suffering under diseased lungs, her three children being at the same time sick with the measles. On Monday she was ordered by the parish surgeon to keep her bed, and her husband was desired to apply for a nurse to the board of guardians. On Tuesday, he was, however, stepped in linzine by Mr. Penfold, at once relieving-officer, doorkeeper, and master . . of the workhouse, who 'fold him that the application not having been made on Saturday (according to rule), could not now be heard ! The event was, that the woman died on Friday, and the eldest child on Tuesday, and the broken-hearted husband is left aT witness to the sad fact that if obstinate paupers will be taken ill on days unauthor ized by the Poor Law Guardians, they must die without pity !—Hampshire Advertiser. Between the hours of three and a fire was discovered at the EXTENSIVE FIRI four on Thursday afternoon Irongate Wharf, - contiguous to the Tower of London and St. Katherine's Docks. To such an extent did the fire rage within a few minutes after its first appearance, that a the (Vas were on fir The premi;es destrOyed are at least 200 feet in length, and nearly 100 feet in depth. The warehouses were filled with articles of merchandise of every description, princi- A great many walls tell out, but no one was in the slightest degree hurt. All the property in the warehouses was totally destroyed. The damage, it is feared, was much larger than was first expected. £200,000, it is said, will not cover the loss. It was feared at one time that the whole of the St. Katherine's Dock warehouses would have been destroyed, but by the exertions of the firemen they escaped. Two vessels, the Busy, .of Bridport, and the Hawk, of Montrose, were also destroyed. At a Wednesd n a le y e , tin (L g o o r f d tl A ie s il m e e alth ypr o e f si T de o d ws s Dr. Association,Southwo od Smith laid before the meeting a correspondence between himself and Mr. Daniel Smith, a surgeon of Minchen hampton, developing the cause of an epidemic fever which had recently ravaged that town In 1844, many cases of ..v.. ut,Lu - reu, flaying a uniform typhoid character. There were fewer in 1845 ; but within the last two months there have been upwards of. 150, causing the greatest consternation among the residents: In 1813, the church, about 500 years old, was rebuilt ; a great portion of the church-yard was lowered and removed, many bodies being , -interred. An immense quantity of the earth was used land close to the town ; but a large 'OO loads) remains within fifty as manure on pasta bank of it (estimated at yards of the town. Some of the earth ;;;;;ed was of a ii . ' exceedingly dark colour. h th a e ve fever. The street and rectory, both adjoining this mound, first suffered from the ravages of Ignorance the th it s a a n n t a s t , or a y nd ma a t m ter ng ap th p e e m ars rector, from connecting, the visitation with the presence of the noxious earth; indeed, the town is split into two prevented lgl the inhabitants, parties on the question. ANECDOTE OF A DoG.—A few years ago, in the shire of Edinburgh, a splendid Newfoundland dog might have been seen every day visiting every pond or brook in the neighbourhood of his master's residence. It had been instrumental more than once in saving persons from a grievous death in the waters. He was respected for his magnanimity, and caressed for his amiable qualities, till, strange as it may be considered, this flattery completely turned his head. Saving of life from drowning became a passion. He took to it as humanity takes to dram-drink ing. Not having sufficient scope for the exercise of his diseased benevolence in the district, he took to a very questionable method of supplying the deficiency. ever he found a child on the brink of a water, he wa When- patiently for the opportunity, he placed his forepaws sud denly on its person, and plunged it in before it was aware Now all this was hone for the mere purpose of fetching them out again. He appeared to find intense pleasure in this nonsensical sort of work. At last the outcry became so great by parents alarmed for their children, although no life was ever lost by the indulgence of such a singular taste, that the poor dog was reluctantly destroyed. We saw a fine pair of boots which was manufactured from his skin.—Glasgow Chronicle. THE IRON TRADE. — Great activity has prevailed during the past two or three weeks, in the iron trade, in South Staffordshire : many large contracts have been taken, and others as extensive are now under consideration : much is said of the unusual scarcity of ironstone, and very high prices are realised—while coals are a still more difficult article to obtain. Notwithstanding this - state of things, a great discrepancy exists as to prices ; a large Welsh house has tendered to the South Staffordshire Company ; to de liver at one of the Grand Junction stations, rails at £lO 2s. 6d. per ton ; while a Staffordshire house has found it to their interest to violate the rates agreed upon at the previous quarterly meeting, and who have supplied rails at £9 18s. 6d., and chairs at £6'lBs. 6d. per ton. Some speculation is entertained as to the decision which .y meeting ; artv e an u c e e n3 , a t n e h i n r e o i n ie , v e w a hi t e n h at w , o n u o l t d wi j t i n is s i t i a f r an n g masters will not make any addition to present prices. fisoi general lyrailway The advance on coals at the pit's mouth is ls. per ton. Upon the whole, there appears every probability th a t t h e price of iron for the next three months will remain firm ; and that, notwithstanding the demand is considerably above the supply, every effort will be made to execute present railway orders at existing rate-s.—Mining Jan. 5, 1841. THE GIPSY FesTrtrAe.—The eighteenth anniversary of reclaimed wandering gipsies was held on Tuesday, at the residence of their old friend and missionary, the Rev. James Crabb, at Spring-hill House. There was a number of respectable visitors, and many groups of the swarthy tribe had assembled on the occasion. A great number of gipsies have been reclaimed by the institution ; many have been apprenticed or put out to service, and educa tion extended to numerous children ; but a much larger amount of good has been effected by the example ana success of the establishment at Spring-hill having induced the formation of other kindred institutions. At this anniversary there was divine - service, with a very interest ing address to the gipsies, and another to the visitors, embracing the report, which contained-a variety of details connected with these people past and present. After the meeting a capital dinner was given to the gipsfes, and a supply of blankets, clothing, Bzo. The appearance of these wanderers, in all their variety of costume, in the ground, was a very curious and interesting sight.—Dorset Chron. A LADY PIG-DRIVER. —A lady connected with the establishment of a gentleman, as governess, not one hun dred miles from Edenbridge, being about to visit her re;. , lations in the vicinity of London on Wednesday last, a: few days previously remarked she should have no objec tion to one of the gentleman's fat pigs to enjoy her Christ mas with. The offer of one was immediately made by the gentleman, if she would drive it to Edenbridge station herself. Early in the morning of Wednesday, she had. one, weighing from 30 to 40 stone, secured by a cord to its leg, and having equipped herself in a dress suitable to the occasion, she drove the animal to the station, with the view of taking it with her to London ; but was in formed that no truck could be attached to the passenger train for the purpose. She was, however, furnished with a ticket, with an assurance that it would be forwarded by the goods train in the evening, and on application being made at the Bricklayers' Arms station on Thursday morn ing, it would be delivered to her. On her arrival at , the time appointed, lo and behold ! instead of the pig being delivered up, according to Promise, a policeman took charge of the lady, and placed her in durance vile. A, g m e e n s t r eun ng an er , w r a ei squlikrienwgis his e daesttpeantdchanedce in London,totheresidentcoesoay f ti lle the authorities of the truth of the lady's statement, and, the pig was ultimately restored to her.—Maidstone Gaz. MATCH MAKING.—In a street,—not a yard and a half distant from Salt-house-lane; stands a Registry or Adver tising Office ; among the many curious " wants " the notices in the window proclaim to passers-by, might have - been noticed until very recently the following : A. WIFE WANTED, by a person of respectable address, and possessed of a little property. The female must be from the age offrom twenty to thirty, and must be prudent, and respectable character." Well this notice has beers withdrawn, and it will be a matter of no slight import ance to the interested in this subject to know that the person of respectable address " who took this original and business-like method of making known his desire for a " help-meet," has been eminently successful, and that he has not only obtained a partner for life, but has had " two pledges of affection' thrown into the bargain. It seems there was no lack of competition for the hand and heart of the now thrice happy advertiser, no scarcity of damsels fair and widows buxom. The first candidate ' honoured with an interview was (in his opinion, though probably not in her- own) " ower young tb marry yet ; the seeend was equally unsuccessful ; but then cattle the - lucky third—a blooming widow with two charming babes; a glance, a word, was quite enough • resistance was no longer possible, and the hand and hearf, thee" resp ec t a bl e address," and " the little property " were. all )lelded up at once. " The marriage followed hard upon ; and the " merry Christ Church. bells" rung a lively peal, (or would have done, no doubt, had Christ Church any bells to ring,) in celebration of the indissoluble union of the advertiser and the buxom widow of his choice. We have only to add, that if any person doubts the truth of our - story, he (or she) has only to go to an Inn we wot off in this town, and in the persons of " mine host and hostess" he will see this same fast wedded pair."—Hull Packet.. FEARFUL DESTITUTION IN SCOTLAND.—At a public meeting in Edinburgh, a few days ago, to devise means of mitigating the distress in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, at which the Lord Provost presided, the Rev- Norman M'Leod, of Dalkeith, thus described the con dition of the people :—" Taking, round numbers, there were 430,000 souls, who, strictly-speaking, inhabited the eight Highland counties. From statistics furnished front different parishes, this number were divided in the'follow ing manner : those in comfortable circumstances, and who could not be affected much by the failure of the potato crop, amounted to 100,000: those who only de- pended for three-fourths of the , year upon potatoes, to 200,000; those who depended upon the crop for the whole year, to 130,000. • These numbers were an approximation to truth. Mr. M'Leod read several other figures; of which the result was, that in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland there were 330,000 persons deprived of the usual means of subsistence this year. Of these, 200,000 required assistence to enable them to live over the season.. If they (lid not assist them immediately, these poor per sons would have to sell their cows and eat their seed-corn,, - and thus utterly destroy the prevision for the future- The other 130,000 required food immediately to keep them from starvation. The Rev. Dr. Candish stated the substance of a,communication from the island of Ulva : He did - not suppose that the whole of Skye could fur nish twenty barrels of potatoes free of disease. The population numbered 4,000 souls. Of these, nearly 2,000 " occupy small crofts, which have not yielded sufficient to support them for three months. The other 2,000 were is a state of absolute destitution. But the whole 4,000 • would immediately be left destitute. The proprietor was Lord M'Donald ; who had already made such arrange ments for relieving the people as would involve au expen diture greater than the rental of the island. It was there- _ fore plain, that unless the proprietors were- assisted the . people could not be supported. The letter , concluded by statinn-. that frnm • liarcd to that • impifttlir;- at present 13trirt grius. The cotton waste spinners o commence working four days per week. The statement that Mr. IVlott is now confined for debt in Lancaster Castle is incorrect, as he was admitted to bail a fortnight ago. At a meeting of fifty-six short-timA hplrl ;iv Manchester, On Sunday week, a resolution, in favour of Mr. J. Fielden's bill, which provides for a limitation to ele ven hours on its passing, and to ten in 1849, was carried. The Manchester Examiner says that Lord Lincoln has about as much chance of becoming M.P. for that bo. 'l, as he I —f succeed;- roug, aas of . —ing the urand Sultan. [Man=- chester will not be over Bright, either way ; but the broad-brim cotton lord is said to be in danger of being worsted.l The Earl of Derby has distributed his usual gifts of warm clothing, blankets, &c., to the poorer residents of the districts for some miles round Knowsley. All the labourers on his lordship's estate had the opportunity a tertainnient given to them. THE REGISTER FOR NORTH LANCASHIRE.—The regis ter of electors for the northern division of this county is now printed, and as it will in all probability be the register upon which the poll will be taken at the next general election, it may be interesting to know that it contains 1100 more names than that of the preceding year, or, , 0 An extraordinary meeting of Irish Roman Catho"lics wag held at Manchester on the subject of the removal of Father Hearne. Resolutions were passed rescinding those passe at a previous meeting, which were considered an interfe'l', rence with their spiritual rulers. The rescinding of t' resolutions was not, however, relished brinany in tuel meeting. BLACKROD.- In this village it has been usual at he scholars attending Christmas for a treat to be given to _l_ year, in conaegn, C r to the distressed state of the neighbourhood, it has been deemed prudent to distribute amongst the poor a quantity of soup and bread instead. Accordingly, 100 - sixpenny loaves and a quantity of soup were yesterday dispensed amongst the poor residents of the neighbourhood, under the directions of the esteemed minister of the place, the our readers P ader ß s r w ow il n l BM remember . M.A.--Bolton this ßl I; e — [Many of the curates of Christ Church, in this town. 3 A MELANCHOLY FACT.—The .Rev. C. F. Bagshawe; chaplain of the New Bailey Prison, in his report to the. magistrates of the Hundred of Salford, thus speaks of then lenient sentences and fines inflicted in cases of drunken-. gentleman ljcie. ness :—" I am bound to say that the effect of such sen tences and fines, amounting to five per cent. upon the cost of the drunken debauch,ls to teach the :prisoner to make a mock of a sin which is at the root of a large por tion of the poverty, misery, and crime of the country—at. . sin which calls forth a large part of the poor, police, prison, hospital, lunatic asylum, and other county rates. Their sojourn in prison, in many cases, barely suffices to wash and describe their, and then they are turned out literally to go like the dog to his vomit- again, or the so w th a t hal been•washed to her wallowingiahe mire-" MASONIC FESTIVAL, IN CHESTER.— Brethren of the Cestrian Lodge of Fly Johnsto Masons, which assemble at Mr Hotel, Chester, celebrated, with all the ancient rites an. ceremonies appertaining to the mystic craft, the festival of SC John the Evangelist. The Right lion. Lord Vis count- Combermere, the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master •of Cheshire,' and several , brethren froUZ Cheshire, Wales, and Lancashire, were present. At three o'clock the service was commenced by Brother P.M. Willoughby opening the lodge in the third degree, and shortly afterwards the R.W.D.P.G.M. Brother Finchett- Maddock, town-clerk of Chester, arrived, preceding by is few minutes the , Provincial Grand Master, who was reeds^ cd with the usual ceremonies. Among the more interest ing portions of the business of the day, was the installatioa of Robert Dymoke Vaughton, Esq., son of Vaughtonf Esq., of - Whitchurch, and related, we believe, to Sit Henry Dymoke, Grand Champion of England, preparatory to his leaving England to join his regiment in the Canada. The principal feature of this meeting was, however, the; installation of the m as t er e l ect f or th e ensu i ng year , a n Brother T. A. Yarrow was accordingly invested with the distinctive badges of that high office, and received the masonic homage of the brethren present. The following officers for the ensu i ng year were then a pp o i n t e d by 0 - W ' • orshipful Master :--- 7 Biother the Hon. Wellington Got' ton, to be senior warden ; Brother Bailey, junior war den Brother S. B r own, treasurer and secretary ; Brother V" Dixon, senior deacon; Brother Lewis, junior deacon ' Brother E. Moss, inner guard. The investiture of Brother Cotton was performed by deputy, he being unavoidab l y absent. A vote of thanks was given to the W.M. elec for his handsome present to the lodge of a set of r ichl'o embroidered gauntlets for the principal officers. The log?: b e i ng again closed down to the first degree, a process!,_l; was formed to the banquetting room, where an admiran dinner, at which the Right lion, Grand Master proi4" was provided. On Monday, that and Accepted 's. the Royal atone( Si, 10 !The I 'St. tene( Mn lfe