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ZittratOre. - -•• 4. - • POETRY SONNET. For the Liverpool Standard.) In them bath he set a tabernacle for the sun ; which is as idegroom coming out of his chamber." The curtains of the east are drawn, and he Who rules the day', and glorifies the earth, A bridegroom comes, in beauty's fulness, forth; The heavens rejoice, and joy is on the sea; naste, Flora ! deck the bridal festival! Open, thou waving grove! a solemn bower For Hymen's rite; while the lark's plcans swell. Oh, Nature ! thou art glad at thy heart's core, And deep delight i , flashing from thine eye ; Spring laughs at youth, and beauty human-born; And summer—our magnificence to scorn: -Truth claims thy smile; renew'd is thy first joy We, while thy balm from many a bud is shed, Mourn that our early flowers of hope lie dead May 28th, 1847 SAML. HUGGINS NOTICES. Atlas to Alison's History of Europe. By Alexander ,Keith Johnson, F.R.G.S. Edinburgh and London : W. Blackwood and Sons. Part 1., decoy Grno.. The first part of this very neat publication contains six beautifully-finished maps, viz. :—Paris at the Outbreak of the Revolution, 1789 ; Map of the Netherlands, to illustrate the Campaigns of 1792 to 1795; Battle of Je mappes ; Battle of Neerwinden ; and Siege of Toulon. As a companion to the historian, it will be invaluable and aimost indispensable. Brief Memoir of Joseph John Gurney, Esq. By John .Alexander, Minister of Prince's-street Chapel, Norwich. Norwich : Josiah Fletcher, Upper Haymarket ; Lon- don : Charles Gilpin. Bvo., pp. 72. This is the tenth thousand of a brief memoir of a gen tleman, whose philanthropic and Christian labours for the benefit of his fellow-countrymen are well known, in con junction with those of his sister Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, and with Clarkson, Fowell Buxton, and others, for the aboli tion of negro slavery. It is a most interesting and in structive record of a life well spent. History of the French Revolution. By J. Michelet. Translated by C. Cocks, B.L. London : H. G. Bohn, York-street, Covent work, in an English dress, has just been published by Mr. Bohn, and will doubtless take its place as a standard work in our literature. Its style is marked with all the quaintness and force of Mr. Michelet's other works, with occasional obscurity and Germanism. Much research has been evidently employed ; and many incidents of the eventful times and scenes misrepresented by preceding have been attempted to be truthfully brought before the public. historians Now Brunswick ham Gesner, 1 rotes for Emigrants. By Abra ;eon. London : Simmonds and Ward, 6, Barge-yard, ilucklersbury. Bvo., pp. 388. The author of this lucidly-written and instructive work was employed for five years by the Government of New Brunswick to make a geological survey of the province. The opportunities of personal observation thus afforded him, enabled him to make himself thoroughly acquainted with the climate and the general resources of the country, the manners and habits of its population. and the claims which it possesses upon the notice of the British emigrant. He has introduced also an early history of the province, an account of the Indian tribes, and a large mass of topo graphical and statistical information, embracing its tim ber trade, commerce, manufactures, shipping, agriculture, fisheries, &c., and some valuable remarks upon its con templated railways. The work is one of great value to the emigrant, the merchant, and the statesman as well, who will find in it the observations of a practical man who has had Opp( iities of arth Upon that knowledge sound concl with woodcuts, and very neatly gi Dublin U) lg at a correct and and leisure to form It is illustrated month, is an some very inter the Blind Girl's Love re intellig ` Irish Aoyne ' and an Ihn Doherty SKETCI S OF A RIP TO THE CONTINENT ,GYPI 1 Standard.) visit of t w seldom, if ev . ch ! Only a f were savagely murdered Inch a deed of ingrati ve made had it occurred like the pestilence black gl annoyed by rising at so unusual an early hour. I soon found my cunning Bostonian had gone quietly down the street while the horses were being put to, and got himself a cup of coffee and some cigars to fortify himself against the miasma of the marshes. Not dreaming any house would be open at so early a time of day, I proceeded, con trary to all rule, without any refreshment, the 25 miles of marshy route. . _ These marshes are from six to twelve miles broad. If we take the average at nine miles, there are 225 square miles of this half-drained and halt-cultivated plat of land. The Romans made over it the Via Appia, and attempted to drain it. Many succeeding Roman Catholic pontiffs have also tried, and Pius VI. and VII. cut many canals, brought vast tracks into cultivation, constructed a new covering to the antient Roman road, and the much dreaded malific" marshes appeared in many places to be rich meadow land, cattle grazing in herds here and there. The people were certainly pale and sickly-looking; one sturdy fellow was, however, heating a pool of transparent water lustily, to bring up leeches to carry to market. Altogether, the ride was an anexceedingly pl e asant one, malgre the incessant cigar-smoker, and a Neapolitan wife and child constantly sucking at a wine-bottle. In about three hours we arrived at Terracina. I could but draw a comparison between our pleasant ride along this excellent road and the old mode, when travellers were drawn slowly by mules along the canal that intersected the stag nant lake and marsh. A good breakfast awaited us at Terracina, to which I did ample justice. This is the bor der town, last of the Roman, first of the Neapolitan states, The cathedral contains a sarcophagus inscribed to Theodoric, first king of Italy. The baldacchino is sup ported by four Parian marble Corinthian columns, taken from the temple of Apollo, the ruins of which, and the temple of Jupiter Anxur, as also the port of Antoninus Pius may be seen at Terracina. This town, so beautifully situated, was called by the Volsci, Anxur, and by the Greeks Trakina. I soon, in my perambulations, diico vered that the heights were crowned by some curious arches, so determined to climb and inspect them. My Yankee companion, however, tired halfway up, and re treated. I found 12 arches, 24 feet high by 12 broad, 61 paces in width, fronting the sea, which, with the town and port, were at my feet. Wiping the perspiration from my brow, I sat down among the masses of stones of the arches, and pencilled this note : "Dear C. R. Smith,* by permission.—From the heights of Terracina I write this. The fires are not yet extinguished, kindled here to greet the arrival of Pope Gregory XVI ; the blue and boundless sea is before me ; in- the distance the mount of Circe ; a lovely bay, like that figured of Naples. The grand and simple work of the Romans re- main even here, and where are t _ rings pealing up the mountain from yonder cathedral which seems no larger than a dove-cot. I wish you were here to enjoy the solitude and grandeur of the scene ; but, alas ! I am alone ; my only travelling companion has forsaken me. Addio, cara amico !" ley not ? We arrived at Lago di Fondi at 2 p.m. The antient stones of the Via Appia were still the paving of the street of this poor little town. It was plundered in 1534 by Barbarossa, a painting of which adorns the Church of the Annunciation. It is a beautiful coast, with the bays and ports of Mola and Gteta. The ruins of Cicero's villa, and a monument upon the spot where he was overtaken and murdered, stands as a landmark for the traveller's notice. We slept at a delightful inn at Mola, the antient Formix, built by the Lacedemonians, containing now about 10,000 inhabitants. Up a mountainous ascent we passed through the wild, savage, dirty town of Itri, amidst vast volcanic remains. Then came we to another dirty town, called St. Agata. The difference is marked, indeed, between the Roman and Neapolitan states. Here, having passed from the former, we soon discover the filth and vice of the lat ter. Pigs, with head-gear and harness, running about the filthy streets like dogs ; girls, ten years of age, with no thing but one ragged chemise to hide their dirty naked ness with a dirtier covering; old beldams crackin vermin at their doors, and scratching themselves, by way of pas time, in the sun, make you walk quickly by them on tip toe. There is a curious tower here. the walls of an an cient theatre, and an octagonal altar fourfeet square ; And I copied this inscription in this filthy town, which Dickens designates, not inappropriately, a pig - stye! near the castle: IMP C2ESARI CAROLO V SVLEMANO TVRC O R V M PANONIA PVLSO S VESSANI irrived on our third day's There is a cathedral her travel at Capua, by two Capua is a 1 figures adorning the high altar thinly-populated town, giving indicatil cupation and strength ; but as we only ourselves and ho empty streets Ni of military oc- s here, a passing glai uspended vines gave richness an, s.nd now from an eminent lioht filmy red the f ancient of its wide .11 that an amp: trellised s to the El jaded noisy, r After bei of streets and rough pavements, we were put down at the New York Hotel, whither my Bostonian churl induced —But I must reserve my first impressions of me to go Naples fi THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LORD ASHLEY AND THE ENDOWMENT OF ROMANISM. I —Turning to the other suggestion for the pacification of Ireland, there are few of you, I suspect, who will not take large exceptions to plans for encouraging the Roman Ca tholic religion (cheers), fostering its colleges (cheers), and endowing its priesthood. (Cheers.) Such measures as these involve great concessions of principle without any compensation or proportional benefit ; those who argue them on the highest ground declare them to be sin ful : those who assume the lower maintain that they are useless in one respect and perilous in another. (Cheers.) That they are useless as a means of conciliation is mani fest from the events of the last twenty years (loud cheers), and especially in the late legislation for the College of Maynooth. (Cheers.) The fact is, our statesmen lie under a grievous mistake ; they seek to govern the people through the priests, whereas they should endeavour to control the priests through the people. (Cheers.) De pend upon it, the difficulty is not in the Irish nation, which is panting for spiritual emancipation ; but in the sacerdotal and monkish orders (loud cheers), who, re versing the piety of Aaron, stood between the living and the dead—the living word of God, and the dead congre gation. (Loud cheers.) Only protect life and limb, free discussion and Irish Bibles, and you will soon cease to be perplexed with inquiries how Ireland is to be governed.— . Great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea." —Lord Ashley's Speech at Bath. - THE REV. BAPTIST NOEL.—The evening I attended St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, Mr. Noel preached up on the kingdom given to the Son of Man. (Daniel vii., 22.) He is certainly a most interesting and delightful preacher ; altogether extemporaneous ; mild and per suasive in his manner, yet sufficiently. impressive, and sometimes powerful, having a very clear and consistent flow of thought ; decidedly evangelical in doctrine, though less deep and instructive in doctrine than I had expected. His great beauty of appearance, his soft, and gentle, and musical voice, and his dignity of manner in the pul pit, add also much to his power as a preacher. And with the single exception which I have made—which to me is not a small exception—he fulfilled all the expectations which I had formed of him as a preacher, both from pre vious information and from his address on Friday evening. There is no cause for wonder in the popularity of such a man, so devoted, humble, and faithful, among all who love the truth of the gospel. There is no clergyman in London, I think, who has greater influence in the religi ous community, and certainly no one whose ministry and character unite more valuable properties and qualifications. In the afternoon I attended a church in the neighbour hood of my dwelling; a strange contrast indeed it was to St. John's in everything but its equally unfurnished ap pearance, though it is a new church : a hundred poor people, perhaps, were scattered over it, to listen to a ser mon absurdly written, above their comprehension in its inflated style, and containing little indeed in sentiment which could benefit them had it been far more simple. It is a fact, in London and everywhere, that the preaching of the gospel gathers a congregation and makes a full church, and a veiled and darkened gospel empties it. And I re joice that it is so. It is one of the securities which God has provided for the preaching of his truth ; against the coldinfluence of mere formalism and self-righteousness in the church. From this church I went unedified, except in the increased delight with which I returned, for the evening service at St. John's. Here, again, I was ani mated and refreshed by divine truth faithfully proclaimed. Mr. Noel preached on the word of God, from Ephesians vi., 17, a bold and most interesting exhibition of the im portance and influence of the Holy Scriptures to the Chris tian and the Church, with an especial reference to the present efforts of the enemy to take from us the Bible, and to substitute some invention of man in its place. Like other evangelical brethren in England, he feels the vast danger of this hostility or indifference to the word 'of God, which the Oxford party have attempted so earnestly and so secretly to spread abroad, and which you find rather as the waters of a morass, than as the distinct flowing of any one stream ; and like many others whom I heard afterwards, he lifted up his voice against them this night with great solemnity. The audience was very large. Every foot of room, from the outside step to the second gallery, seemed to be occupied: And though he was more than an hour in his sermon, the multitude stand ing throughout the chapel seemed unfatigued.—Dr. Tyng, of New York. LORD ASHBURTON AND THE CURRENCY BILL. — Lord Ashburton has published a pamphlet on the financial and commercial crisis from which the country is now suffering, in which he plainly and unequivocally declares his opinion that the Bank Charter Act of 1844 has proved a failure, and that it would be difficult to form an estimate of the im mense losses, both of the Exchequer and of individuals, which have ensued from its operation. With regard to the operation of the existing law, Lord Ashburton ob serves, that as the amount of bank-notes must at all times and under all circumstances be determined by the amount of bullion in the Bank, the reduction of the issues, when the necessity which the law determines shall arise, must be effected by withdrawing accommodation to the mer chants or to the Government; in the one case by refusing public securities upon the market, and this - is to be pe remptorily persevered in without any discretionaiy power to the directors to act according to peculiar circumstances, although it is well known by practical men that very sel- dom two conditions of the in - oney market exactly resem ble each other, and consequently require the same treat ment. This, indeed, is the palpable evil of the existing laws—an evil upon which we have so often insisted, that it leaves no power or opportunity for relief in peculiar cases of emergency, that it is liable to such cases of trial as were foreseen by the bankers of London when they ad dressed their letter of warning and remonstrance to the Government in 1844—a warning which the Minister, in urdity of his vain re ,ct theori leliberately refused to listen to en ever have proved t i in 184 A boy belonging to a Scottish fishing smack, was lately found floating on a ladder at the mouth of the river Tay. The vessel foundered, and all the - crew were drowned, ex cept this lad, who clung to the ladder, upon which he passed several hours before he was descried by a bo a t. The fine old mansion, Ragley Hall, the next neighbour almost to the archbishop's palace, and within sight of Littlemore, the late scene of Mr. Newman's transition state, has been taken, says the Oxford Chronicle, for the purpose of being converted into a monastery. The King of the Belgians has done Mr. Weale, the scientific bookseller, of Holborn, the honour of presenting him with a splendid gold medal, in acknowledgment of his services, in publishing several scientific works, more espe cially the valuable papers of the Royal Engineers. Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier's squadron has com menced assembling at Spithead. The Howe, 120 ; the Terrible and Birkenhead steam frigates joined the St. Vin cent on Friday. The Queen and Caledonia are hourly ex pected from Plymouth. The Bishop of Norwich, at a recent meeting to pro mote " ragged schools," observed that Mr. Peto, by edu cating the nevigators working on the railways in the county of Norfolk, had beaten the beer-shops out of the field. ELOPEMENT.—Great distress has been occasioned in the family of a gallant M.P. residing in this county, by the clandestine departure of his daughter with a gay Lothario. To aggravate the calamity her husband is on a bed of sickness, and her young family will severely feel the loss of a mother.--Noils Review. Mr. Frederick Douglass, the negro-slavery abolitionist, has arrived out in the United States. He says that he was treated on the voyage with the greatest kindness by the Christian passengers, and obsrrves, " I left republican America a slave—l returned from monarchical England a freeman." A woman of the name of Anne Cleveland, and a man named Hill, alias "Dolly ," who cohabited together at a disreputable house in London, have been committed for trial at the next Central Criminal Court sessions, charged with the wilful murder of nil infant son of the female pri soner. NOVEL EPITAPH.-On a grave-stone recently put down in a churchyard at Newchurch in Rossendale, is the fol lowing inscription :—" Here lies the body and soul of Ann Gill, the wife of John Gill, who died aged , where she must sleep with the children of the resur rection." The Tablet, the organ of the Roman Catholics, says that when the Pope was informed of the defeat of Mr. Watson's bill for the removal of the remnant of the penal statutes, he said—" That puts an end to further ne gotiations for diplomatic relations with me. I will never receive an ambassador from England while there remains a vestige of those penal laws against the church." DISTRESS AND MORTALITY.—About six hundred Irish poor landed at Newport on Sunday week. Persons are dying there at the rate of five or six in a day. Fever is raging from one end of the town to the other amongst the poor, and some respectable parties have fallen victims. Captain Palfrey, of Dartmouth, who brought a great many Irish over in his vessel, died on Saturday. DEATH FROM THROWING ORANGE-PEEL UPON THE PAVEMENT.—A poor man died at Bristol last week from the effect of injury he had received in falling backwards from having trodden upon a piece of orange-peel when walking up Redcliff-hill. On Tuesday, Mr. Lorymer, of that city, also had a fall from a similar cause, and was se riously injured, so as to ,be confined to his bed. POOR-LAW MANAGEMENT.—An inquest was recently held at Deddington, on view of the body of Rose Davis, a poor woman, when the following verdict was recorded : —" That the deceased Rose Davis died from famine—that is, from the want of the common necessaries of life ; and that blame attaches to the medical and relieving officers for neglect of duty." A London surgeon, to whom the body of an extraordi nary dwarf, named Leech, had been sent for dissection, has died from an accident which occurred to him while engaged in that operation. He accidentally pricked his finger with a lancet, and the poison produced by animal putrefaction afterwards superinduced abscesses, which gradually spread, and put an end to his life within a few days. _ A Yorkshire paper states that a young lady, residing near Holme, was lately attacked with violent pains in the stomach, which afterwards transferred their seat to her shoulder and arm, and did not terminate until, after seve ral month's illness, six needles came out of her, arm. It is presumed that she must have accidentally swallowed some needles, though she has no recollection of having done so. A HIGHWAY-WOMAN.-At noon, on Monday, as a labouring man, named Pineham, was passing through one of the streets in the neighbourhood of Wapping, a woman named Hannah Haley asked him to give her a glass of beer. He refused, on the plea that he had no money, and she immediately knocked him down. She took 19s. from his pocket, and she was captured by a policeman who arrived opportunely. On Tuesday, she was committed for trial from the Thames Police-court. The draughts of mackerel within'the past week have been unprecedently abundant; upwards of three hundred thousand have been landed on the beach between Port land and Burton, Dorsetshire. Seven thousand were shipped on board one small craft on Monday evening, for Southampton, the owners hoping to be in time for the first morning train from that place to London. So large have been the quantities landed that spectators were per mitted to take with them as many as they chose gratui tously, the beach being strewed with fish. THE Plum JUICE.—A city chemist , in New York, not long since, analysed a bottle of imported champagne, sold as ppre, and found in it one quarter of an ounce of sugar of lead. A writer in the Observer states that a liquor dealer admitted to him that on one occasion he purchased of a country merchant a lot of whiskey, and before th wprenensions ex merchant left the city, sold him bt i ed, and proved it factured into various kinds of wine at from one to five A FORTUNATE SPORTSMAN.—Last month a person of the name of Macleod, residing at Rosehall, while out shooting, was so fortunate as to kill twelve wild ducks with one shot! In 1846 the same person accomplished a feat which, we dare say, few others have done—he killed two large eagles with one shot; and in March last, at one discharge, he shot two swans. Sixteen birds thus fell at three sho ts.—lnverness Courier. CHEESE RETURNS. A return obtained by Sir P. Egerton, the member for Cheshire, shows that the total quantity of cheese imported into the United Kingdom froth Europe during the year 1846, amounted to 249,663 cwt., and the quantity imported from the United States to 1,901 cwt. The aggregate of the importations of cheese amounted to 341,682 cwt. The different kinds of cheese are not specified, nor are the exports of British cheese adduced. 3,624 cwt. of foreigacheese were so ex ported in 1346. n SUICIDE FROM LOSSES ON THE DERBY. Monday morning,. Mr. Frederick Cruso, landlord of the Crown and Sceptre, Great Titchfield-street, Marylebone, poisoned himself with prussic acid. He had latterly attended much more to sporting matters, races in particular, than to his business, and from his irregularity of living it was sus pected that his mind was disordered. He was a loser to a considerable amount on the last Derby, and was to have settled his bets on Tuesday evening, but it is supposed he was- unable to meet them. After his death a razor was found in his pocket. COLOURED MINISTERS.—PubIic Interest was much ex cited on Sabbath by the preaching in town of two mini sters, both men of colour. The Rev. Mr. Clark, minister of a congregation at Washington, most of whom are slaves, preached in the afternoon in Dr. Candlish's church, and in the evening in the Music-hall. The Rev. Mr. Gloucester, from Philadelphia, preached in the forenoon and evening in Mr. Begg's church, Newington. We understand that both have been preaching much in England for the Metho dists and Independents there—the latter, especially, for Mr. James, of Birmingham.—Edinburgh paper. A strike for increased wages took place among the slaters and plasterers of Berwick, a few days ago, owing, it was understood, to the present high price of provisions. Their wages, when in regular employment, were 17s. per week, but from the nature of their occupation—their work being frequently stopped for weeks at a time from varia tions of the weather—their earnings did not average on the whole year more than 13s. 6d. per week. A meeting of the masters was held, when it was agreed to assent to their demand for 20s. weekly, and to charge the public 4s. per day, instead of 3s. 6d., as formerly. CONFLAGRATION AT CHELTENHAM.—A fire broke out, on Monday night week, in the manufactory of Mr. John Alder, upholsterer, Albion-street, Cheltenham; which destroyed property to the value of nearly £5OOO. Besides the very extensive workshops and warehouse, there was a large quantity of mahogany and other valuable timber, which was entirely consumed. Mr. Alder is stated to be insured in the Royal Exchange office to the full extent of his loss. The greatest sufferers, therefore, are the poor workmen, of whom there are between 40 and 50, whose valuable chests of tools fell a sacrifice to the flames. SNOW STORM.—The Perth Advertiser states that on Monday morning the whole Grampian range, as well as the °chill. and Sidlaw hills, were enveloped to their base in snow, and that even Kinnoull hill had clad its shoulders in an arctic mantle. The snow on the lesser elevations soon melted. The Kinross correspondent of the same paper states that so intense was the cold that numbers of swallows were found dead, in small clusters of six or eight, under the thatch of houses and other places where they had taken shelter. Many were observed, also, flying about in a weak and disabled state, and in various in stances were, without difficulty, killed by th 6 BREAD FROM WHEAT MEAL.—It i 3 stated by a cor respondent of the Salisbury Journal, that bread is made and sold at Mere, containing the whole of the produce of the wheat without any dressing, and that the price is only 81d. the 41b. loaf, while the other bakers' bread is lOd. and 11d. It is a matter of surprise that the former de scription of bread is not made and sold in this city; but instead of such being the case, there is a difficulty in ob taining it, even if ordered, and the same price is charged as for other bread. Bread from wheat meal is recom mended as both wholesome and nutritious; it is in fact highly conducive to health. THE MENACED DESTRUCTION OF THE HOUSES OF SHAKSPEARE AND OF BAXTER (the Author of the Sainte Rest).—lt is already known that the house which Shakspeare was born in, is in the Sale-market; and we now learn, in addition, that the house of Richard Baxter, (the author of the Saints' Everlasting Rest,) is about to be pulled down ; which has induced Mr. G. R. Withen Baxter to address a letter to Lord Morpeth on the sub ject ; and his lordship's letter, in reply, simply asks " what the Government can do, where the property does not belong to the state ?" Mr. Baxter as simply and briefly replies, " buy it ;"—and there the correspondence ends. THE JEWISH MEAT TAX.—The Jewish Chronicle, of Saturday, has a long article on this subject, and complains strongly of the great extra price which has to be paid by the Jews in consequence. Our contemporary says, "The laws of the Jewish faith demand that our meat is to be killed according to certain rules ; the observance of these laws necessarily entails a certain amount of expense on the congregational boards, who have to watch over their strict execution. That, therefore, meat, (lawful to eat,) must be somewhat higher in price than that generally sold, is but just and natural. No Jew, who feels consci entiously bound to eat lawful meat, can find fault with a trifling addition to the general price, required to defray the expenses incurred by the board, to pay the officers per forming the duties appertaining to cur sacred observances. But we complain of the enormous abuse of this, to a cer- FOR THE tain extent, unavoidable taxation ; we complain'of the un just increase of this tax by the cono ' regation hoards, who derive an annual profit from this heavy meat tax ; we g 25 per cent. higher f our pay- market June 1, 1547: COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY. The improvement of the money market has now assumed a decided character ; and we may congratulate ourselves with safety that the severest point of the pressure, under which we have been labouring, is over. It is not at all likely, however, that commercial affairs can return to their ordinary activity, or that parties who have been suffering will be relieved at once. A few months of cautious and forbearing conduct will, no doubt, yet be required before everything is set right ; and we must remember that the cause which has most contributed to restore us—the weather—is proverbially fickle. The crops throughout the country are thriving ; but it ought to be borne in mind that they are not yet reaped and housed. The market for our leading staple—cotton—has been animated throughout the week, and a large business has been done at higher prices than last week. American was quoted on Friday, id. to id. higher; Surat, to d. ; and Brazils, about kd. The sales for the week, ended Friday, were 39,000 bales—of which 10,300 American, and 700 Surat, were on speculation, and 3,370 American,;Bo Surat, and 890 Pernams, were for export. The imports for the week were only 2,066 bales. By the arrival of the Caledonia, with dates from New York to the 15th instant, we have little that is decisive with respect to the produce of the cotton crop, the reports being conflicting, but on the whole not favourable. In Louisiana and Mississipi the low lands were flooded, and the season backward. From New Orleans, however, the accounts are more favourable. There was little doing in the market, prices being too high for the English buyers, and money plentiful. The receipts up to the 12th inst. (the 35th week of the season) had been 1,640,550 bales, against 1,847,284 in 1846, and 2,233,451 in 1845. The exports to Great Britain were, respectiiely, 590,376 in 1847, 696,159 in 1846, and 1,104,000 in 1845. The stocks were, 1847, 537,808, 1846, 560,633, and 1845, 384,698 bales. There were loading for Great Britain 78 vessels, against the same number on the corresponding date of 1146, and 77 in 1845. Our corn market, during the week, has continued to decline, notwithstanding the arrivals were small, both foreign and coastwise. On Friday, wheat was 3d. to 4d. per 701b5.. below the prices of the previous Tuesday, Stettin being offered at 12s. 9d., and American red at 12s. Western canal flour was ls. to 2s. per barrel cheaper, having been sold at 435. Oats were lower ; and yellow Indian corn, at 575. to 565., attracted no buyers. The advices from the continent of declining markets, with the favourable prospects of the next harvest, both at home and throughout Europe, seem to have paralyzed speculators, whilst they are inducing consumers to keep out of the market, except for such sparing supplies as are sufficient for their immediate wants. The opinion is becoming very general with all parties that much further reduction must be made, even before the harvest is over; and that, should it prove anything like A favourable one, we shall have prices very low, as was anticipated, under our present free trade system. The advices per steamer state that the canal was opened on the Ist instant, but the arrivals of provisions of all kinds had, up to the last dates, been small, a portion of the cargoes sent forward having, it was supposed, been detained to supply the wants of the country along the line of navigation. Prices were high, S 7 81c. to S 7 87c. being the ruling figures, and 441 for delivery in August. The shipments of bread stuffs from America, from Sep tember Ist, 1846 to May Bth, 1847, had been, flour, 1,685,724 brls, corn meal 455,666, wheat 1,570,614 bush., corn 11,245,775 bushels, rye 39,769 bushels, oats 294,9,35 bushels, barley 138,540 bushels. At New Orleans, from which we have advices to the 7th inst., flour was quoted 4?f6 121 c. for Illinois, and 86 37ic. for St. Louis ; Indian corn 69c. per bushel. The advices from Montreal, up to the 12th inst., state that the season was very backward, and that the farmers had got little or no field work done. The last week—Whitsuntide—during which business in the cotton manufacturing districts is generally suspended, was an unfavourable one for testing fully the effect of the decline of the corn markets, and the relaxation of the money pressure upon manufacturing activity. At Tues day's market, in Manchester, however, we observed a much improved feeling amongst both manufacturers and merchants, which has continued during the week. The rise in the cotton market, against which some of these parties protest as caused solely by speculation, and to put down which short time has been so freely resorted to, has interfered to prolong the present dulness. It is consi dered impossible, however, by parties of experience, that either buyers or manufacturers will be disposed to hold out long, in the face of the now ascertained fact of a short crop of cotton, their own decreased stocks, the wants of some foreign markets, and the orders already arrived for goods. So soon as ever prices can be established at a remunerative nature, and in conformity with the price of the raw material, we shall have, no doubt, a revival of activity, and our working classes regaining gradually their usual state of moderate comfort. IMPORT AND ENTRY FOR CONSUMPTION OF BREAD STUFFS, MONTH ENDED STH MAY. The Government return, just published, gives the fol lowing as the imports during the month ended sth May : Corn and grain from foreign countries, 933,611 quarters 2 bushels ; from British possessions, 847 quarters 5 13:11s.; total, 930,45 S quarters 7 bushels. Of this quantity 446,082 quarters 6 bushels was Indian corn. The meal and flour from foreign countries was 615,936 cwt. 19 qrs. 12 lb. ; colonial, 15,090 cw t. 17 lb .: t o t a l , 628,026 cwt. 2 qrs. 1 lb. Of this quan tit y 138 , 77 1 cwt. 2 qrs . 25 lb. was In dian meal.—Th e en t r i es f or consumpt i on were--foreign corn and grain, 942,011 quarters ; colonial, 1112 quarters 6 bushels ; total, 943,123 quarters 6 bushels • of which 446,082 bushels 6 qu ar t ers were I nd i an corn. 'The entry 11 1 1 1 n !Ms..; return extemp is two crowns to bind our bargain : :hout this " good hand." Addio the May- ns, from whe 1, and those o adorn the good din ht deli )ur, and luckless was the day •om itoma's walls I bent my way." too, who haC ) is ordered for Naples ; the dri it would to the excursions to Veii ,ce, the Music, ti exhibition under and so abundant ly, tranquil Roma ! t six a.m., when I tt leaving the 'oil may depart amer sometimes, in the summer months, the Tiber, passing Ostia, the Isles of d the Gulf of Gaeta ; but the more usual is by Vetturino. I must g, this route, as I had. heat say I was rather timid at 'd of the Neapolitan bandits, heir and unequalled recklessness Of conduct and consequences ; and tile iffs nducteur, who lsnd:baro - b ained for the journey, and given m e a t wo d o ll ars i n id to bind the bargain, was not forthcoming, but had s regular rough mountaineer-looking rood rule in travelling to bend nd make the best of every- bich can never be re- , ute I v k of wisdom as much a of their valet—and the miasma of the so exaggerated by travellers, weighed However, it 1. but to inc Irs. Hunt, in the N q)inits down with despondency ; and my hare-lipped conceited, haughtily-reserved' American fellow. Boston fended in nowise to raise them. As the Gate of San Giovanni, past the antique Roman ! excavated baker's tomb into the so tetnn Campagna, busy memory conjured up the painful remembrance of joys departed, never to return. Adieu to those Palace balls !—those sacred dramas of David and Goliah—the Deluge, with Noah and his sons !—those I picturesque human tableau nis ! those solemn el those gorgeous pro ntings ! those lively cafe con- news !—we are leaving Rome Some natural tears we dropped, but wiped he world was all before us." tabulations over Galig for ev From Rome to Naples is but 152 miles, yet by Vettu -10, so slowly winding your way, it is_ equal_ to two three thousand miles by 'railway. - In about three hourg we arrived at the height of Albano, 14 miles from Rome; near this is the tomb of Ascanins or Clodius, with large shrubs and young trees growing out of its ruined walls, and the mausoleum the sepulchre of the Curiatii. The view from the terrace and height of Albano is. surpassingly beautiful ; on the top of the hill is the castle Gondolfo. We had just time allowed us to walk down to the vast lake. This lake used to be occasionally, in heavy rains or in the dissolving of the mountain snows, overflowed, doing much injury to the surrounding cultivated grounds ; but the ancient Romans constructed an emissario or sub terranean arched passage, one mile and a half k Through this emissario se 1-- . arge a mass of water flows oc casionally as to reduce the height in the lake, which is or six miles in circumference, seventeen feet. An `--.ee of Roman skill and power. arrived at Velletri. om Albano w Near Albano is It is built inthree platforms or stories, majestic in its decaying grandeur. Velletri has several fountains, and a bronze statue to Pope Urban VIII., by Bernini. The palace of Lancellotti is now an inn. Here we saw the remains of . a grand display at the pupe Vialt urimtu2 , oo. -------, - • fiowers and shrubs still ardorned the streets, churches, and principal houses, and the road for a considerable dis tance was strewed with fragrant shrubs and leaves. From Velietri . Tv;;;ed through a • pleasant country Torre de tr Ponti. Here commences the much-talked ot, and foolishly -dreaded Pontine. marshes.. Wearied with my first day's 17 hours' ride, and occasional walks during change of horses, I ate the welcome supper, enjoyed the humble bell for only the allowed six or seven hours. rind •ut nye a.ut. ens,a3kAlliic rtutuitio, but hali-mireliett and ONE C VARIETIES !kets w in Lot It of tl themsel mild not be f DAY IN NEI May an- ary part of hoz reof ; f despair theory or fact was proved 1 Irojectors of 1844 still cling to their stoutly . maintained," says Lord Ashburton, "in the house o Commons, by the leaders of both parties, and their mime• roils partizans, that look about as you may for the cans( ..._ lifficulties, the last charter of the bank, with it was an act of abso dom ; e .d if it be Hinted that it has failed upon the very first experiment, the answer is ready which, during nearly half a century, that I have now watched then luestions, has invariably been given by every successive linister, that the stupid Bank Directors—thOse scape• )ats so conveniently at hand—have spoiled the wisdon , gislature. But the promoters of this measure have disentitled themseves to even this excuse, for the! maintained that such was its perfect machinery that i defied all mismanagement or neglect. Former difficultie had had their source in the incapacity of Bank directors but such were to be no longer possible. It is, however fair to add that this error was not confined to statesmen but was common.to some highly respectable authorities ii Of the L( the City, where, indeed, the scheme is said to have origi nated. Now, my object in appearing before the public i to endeavour to maintain, with as few words as the case will permit, the opinion . I gave when the Charter Act wa before the House of Lords, that the expectations enter tamed of this infallible panacea were unfounded—that i would only work in fair weather, when restrictions of al sorts are inoperative and immaterial—that it could not fai to break down under the first difficulty—and that it is ii fact a serious aggravation, if not indeed the actual cans, of the distresses we now experience." This is indee( strong testimony, but it is a title testimony, the truth c which t many - of our countrymen bitterly—experience erntral iNtOrrllany. aking began at Stamford on Thursday The Bank of England advanced, on Thursday, a consi derable sum on Coils°ls and Bills, at five per cent. Haymaking has commenced in the neighbourhood of Bath. On Tuesday, four cottages were destroyed by fire in the village of Throckmorton, near Evesham. The foundation stone of a new market in Doncaster, was laid last week with great ceremony. The Rev. H. *Walrus - ley, Roman Catholic priest, of Park-row, Leeds, has died of typhus fever. The journeymen bakers have held meetings in Chester Nottingham, &c., for bettering their condition The Sh-' spere Society has very properly presented a copy of its publications to Mrs. Cowden Clarke, for hex ample Concordance to the immortal bard's works. A correspondent of The Times proposes that the flour of the horse chesnut should be used for the stiffening of calico, &c., instead of flour obtained from wheat. Dr. Pusey, Mr. Keble, and two other leading tracts- rians, have annolinced a " commentary on the hay scrip tures for the unlearned." The Driver, war steamer, which arrived at Vortsmouth on Friday week, from New Zealand, is the first steamer which has ever sailed round the world. A boy, five years of age, died a few days ago in Scot land, from lock-jaw, arising from a wound inflicted onone of his feet by a thorn. NETIC DISCOVERY .—lt is said that a the south of England has discovered the principle of magnetic force which explains he deviation and dip of the needle. . :ar, no t whose religious opinions are not well defined at in the light of an honest public man ['RE IRISH POOR BIJ - aded in the columi not believing in the correctn t some pains to procure the 'e have following, which m Dissentient.-1. a claim for relief, ( of somebody to provi( will inevitably lead to me of i; and extravagant hopes ice. 2. Because the Irish en to starvation, and an listress of interference with national habits cannot be d Because the tendency of the bill is to increase of the landlords while attempting to relieve the distil the whole people. 4. Because the bill, having been framed under an urgent necessity, was framed in a hurry; and as nothing done in a hurry is done well, nothing ought to be done when an urgent necessity demands it. 5. Because it will ruin the independence of the poor in Ire land, by giving them something to depend upon. Radnor. Monteagle of Brandon, Fitzwilliam.—Punch, • LORD ASHLEY AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—I Should weary y them ; it will )se lor hid, b€ the evil be col - dent to await the develop contemplat before them' ry one who search out these things, and nip them in the bud ; taking as the text for their policy and their eloquence a zeal for the honour of God andn desire to do all imaginable .good to the children of men. Whether we have such ministers at the present day, rulers of such a spirit and wisdom, remains to be seen. I confess I am greatly disposed to place much confidence in Ltild John Russell (loud cheers), and one or two of his colleagues. (Loud cheers.) He ias a fine understanding, an honest, generous, and patri )tic heart ; and if he fail, it will be not because he is tricky n- self:seeking, but because he has misannrehended the sentiments of the country. (Loud and coniinued cheers.) Amongst the inventions registered last week is a venti -Lord Ashley's Speech at Bath. lating pane of glass, wherein small holes are drilled ob.. A DAY IN THE EAST.—The native of Damascus or liquely, an inch or an inch and a half apart, thus giving an Beyront rises very early in the morning, by five o'clock. inward direction to the current of air. If he is a Mahommedan; he goes at once to his prayers; No FAITH IN HIGH PRICES.—At the Hull Corn if a Christian, to his church. The Mahommedan must Market, on Tuesday last, a gentleman, residing at Bar pray seven times a-day ; a Christian three times—morn- row, bought a quantity of wheat, now growing in Lincoln ing, evening, and at bed-time ; the proverb being " Al- shire, to be delivered in August at £3 per quarter. lakwa taken ala alrezek"—i.e., "Piety helps the liveli- Instead of rising the price of bread, the bakers of De. hood." They drink their coffee, go to their business, go vizes have entered into an agreement to make it of a home at noon to their meal ; they sit together, eat im coarser quality, and continue to sell it, as long as they kebabs and rice grapes and figs, drink their sharbet, iced possibly can, at ls. 9d. per gallon. water and coffee, take thtir siesta during the heat of the A Scotch paper says that a field of oats, at a place called day, go again to their business, and return home by sun- Borlands, has been nearly destroyed by an immense mul ch, his way home the father of the family brines the titude of small snails, which devoured the green' blades. A farmer near Retford, Nottinghamshire, having seve ral corn-stacks in his farm-yard; has received an anon), mous letter stating that unless he thrashes out the grain, and puts it into market, it will be done for him. All the Southampton drapers, save one, consented to ue nas cameo T ea t Gay sumce ior tuat nay s close their shops in the summer months a t ei g ht. T he expense ; if not, he takes care that next day less expense solitary dissentient opposed the arrangement because " the shall be incurred. He takes his children to walk at any town would look so dull at nights to strangers !" leizure time, and on festivals. If he is religious, he is PRICE OF FOOD.—It is calculated that, on the average, very devout ; and though his religion is not free from su- an advance of 45 per cent. has taken place on all the arti peerstition, it is free from infidelity. If he makes money, des of food. Vegetables have risen 100, 150, and, in thfirst thing he does is to furnish his house with carpets, some instances, 400 per cent. china, &c. He dresses his wife in cashniere shawls, jewels, CONWAY.—On Thursday morning week, the son of and gold pieces :h e ma k es her his savings -bank, and from Mr. R. Mactellan, of Penmae n bath, a g ed ei g ht y ears, her receives his prop er ty aga i n, i f he is in want of it, but was found a corpse under a tree, near Brynmor. He was only in case of absolute necessity. He marries his son at supposed to have climbed up the tree in order to get at a an early age, keeps him and his wife in his own house as nest, which was found lying near the body on the ground. long as he can, and does not part from them till the other Mr. Joseph Crossfield, and Mr. Howell, secretary to sons are of an age to marry. The richest of the sons ge- the City of Dublin Steam Pac ket Com p an y , have con nerally settles as near as possible to his parents' home ; tradicted the statement in the Manchester Examiner, of and thus the patriarch may be often seen with his children paupers being sent to England by relief committees hi and grandchildren rvuud Galway. mutton, the grapes, the fig kerchief, and takes his si in his basket or hand per, his chief meal, sitting cross-leiged, with his wife and children round the table; after which he says, "Atoned-lillah 1" " Praise be to God !" He takes his coffee, lights his pipe, and is satis- communion win( 6t five dollars per gallon, to save appearances. THE STOCK OE CORN AND TIIE CROPS.—A letter from Frome says—" The corn markets are coming down. All the corn rooms are full of wheat, and some of it has been in the London Inn for the last two years, and the sacks are rotten. There were 2,000 sacks left unsold at Bath last Saturday, and the farmers in this part hold good stocks, and some of them are yet sanguine of getting 70s. or Bs. per sack. Potatoes look well. The blight is said to have commenced in the Isle of Wight. The wheat and the grass crops look exceedingly well. Fruit is likely to be abundant. We shall be obliged to pluck off half the cherries to make room for the others to grow. The apples and nears are somewhat similar." ROYAL DECREE EXTRAORDINARY ! — Some few days ago, a respectable, but unsophisticated matron from Mad ley, made the most diligent inquiries, publicly and pri vately, in this city, respecting a supposed decree issued by the Queen, that in consequence of the high price of food all children (" babbies") under five years old, and all 7rown-up persons above seventy, should be put to death ! :fficult to convince her that it was a false report— seemed to have no doubt of the fact, observing, " This It was e .1 is just as King Herod did, but I thinks her Majesty should gie up her own " babbles" as well as the rest. Ibe only 60, and be safe, but its a terrible business. There is plenty of corn in the country, but the rich men and the farmers hoards it all up, and keeps it from us poor eritturs." Strange as it may seem, the notion of an order having been given for the massacre of superfluous infants and helpless old people, is prevalent. We know not whether there is an adult school at Madley, but it is clear that such esta blishments are necessary there and elsewhere.—Hereford Journal. DISBUDDING FRUIT TREES. — The increasing attention to the cultivation of super Apr sorts of fruit, gives addi tional interest to such hints, as emanate from really prac tical men. In Maund's " Botanic Garden and Fruitist" for June, the subject of disbudding fruit trees at this sea son, is so practically treated, that a hint or two from it c - 14. nn tl a nrinainlp of 4 ' TIM. vention is in the summer, the growth of the superfluous wood is pre - - I vented, and the whole power of the tree is thrown into that portion which is retained as useful for bearing. It will be clear, even to the unlearned in these matters, that this sys tem must be superior to permitting the tree to exhaust it self on that which is to be cut away. Another evident advantage arises from the light being fully admitted to act on, and properly ripen the wood that is retained ; for it is stated, " light is more especially required, to act on the leaves belonging to the embryo buds, or spurs, which are ultimately to produce the fruit." We give one other ex tract from amongst these directions, very useful for those to remember who cut, or direct the cutting of, trees, many of which are pruned by those possessing no know ledge of the subject. " The plum, apricot, pear, apple, and the red and white currants are instances of fruit trees bearing principally on spurs ; whilst the raspberry, black currant, vine, peach, and morello cherry , produce the chief of their crop on the young shoots.' A YACHT CAPSIZED IN A SQUALL.—The greatest consternation was produced at Beaumaris, Anglesey, on Whit-Monday last, a pleasure-boat with six persons on board, belonging to the town, having gone .down, within sight of their relatives and friends, and at about half-pistol shot from the promenade. The party had gone out in the morning on a fishing excursion, in the direction of Aml- ' wch, there being what sailors call a " capfull of wind and a bit of sea on." With what success they plied their nets it is impossible to say at present, the sole survivor being in too weak state to render any account of the day's proceedings. Let it suffice that with the return tide and the coming on of night the vessel was homeward-bound, and had gained the Roads about seven o'clock, by which time the wind had freshened to a gale, producing a heavy cross-sea, such as no small craft would choose to be abroad in, when, on making a tack, and before the vessel had way on, she was struck by the wind and sea at the same moment, and went down by the stern. Some of the party were observed struggling with the waves, and before a boat could reach them, which it tried in vain to do, they were swept off by the tide. Another boat at the greatest possible risk, went up the Straits in the direction of the tide, and at a considerable distance picked up the body of a youth in whose arms an oar was firmly grasped. The rest of the party could not anywhere be met with, living or dead, all having perished miserably. The names, &c., of the unfortunate party are, Mr. George Owen; druggist ; Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Mr. Spackman, officer of Excise ; Mr: Jones, painter ; Hugh Tyrer, an old seaman, who had weathered many a gale ; and Roger Hayes, aged 16 (saved). PHYSICAL VERSUS MORAL.—Whether the. Physical wants should be remedied through the Moral, or the Moral through the Physical, has been a question which has occupied the attention of philosophers and philanthro pists, for centuries. Without attempting to decide the question, there can be no doubt that when the Physical condition is impaired it demands the first attention. For instance ; a person whilst suffering from an acute attack of Gout would be unable to appreciate the sublimest lessons of philosophy, even though enunciated by the divine Plato, How much more welcome to the sufferer would be a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, so eitcaciow in eradicating this distressing malady. JEWISH SCHOOI There has been a most inefficient supply of inefficient masters; there has not been, nor is there, any regular attendance at these schools ; and they have wanted a moral cleansing, which alone would have remedied all these defects. Let any one go to these schools, and see what impression is produced on them by the children there assembled. Dirty, wild, and unruly, the first principle of social life—cleanliness—utterly dis regarded ; and, from want of proper means and due regu lations, disorder reigning throughout. What signify proud public examinations, where children are previously taught answers to .the questions there asked, in one or two the higher sciences, while they are ignOrant of the commonest principles a most ordinary education affords ? Do we not see the fruits of these in one fact—there is not a child educated in the commonest and cheapest twoperice a-week school who is not better informed than any child who has followed the course of education adopted in our schools ? Their best supporters and friends have acknow ledged this failure. And wherein lies the great secret of this failure ? It is because the Jews, as a body, have taken no part in the education of their people—because those who, by their position and authority, have been bound to examine all these things, and report on them, have given their donations, and remained satisfied with this paltry discharge of their duties. It seems most strange and remtirkable, that, with few exceptions, none of these children ever turn to any but roving trades, in which their fathers have laboured, and to which, for want of knowing better, they cling ; and such a thing would be impossible were their minds properly prepared and trained.—Jewish Chronicle. JENNY LIND.—From a little m emoir of this interesting o list we extract a few notabilia respecting her early career. vca It seems she was born in 1821, in Stockholm, where her parents kept a school. Her precocity appeared in its usual forms, and excited the usual attention, particularly that of Madame Dunfiberg, an actress, through whose instrumentality she was placed under the tuition of a local music master, and subsequently sus tained children's parts at the th ea t re w i t h great liveliness and originality. The historian then tells a mi racu l ous p . _ anu intim tale or now Jenny lost her voice for four years, and how it came back again upon a certain occasion, when she was accidentally called upon to sing an "insignificant solo" in Robert la Diable, leading to her debut at the Opera-house while " yet a maiden of sixteen summers, as the writer sweetly expresses it, and her performance of a round in the highest class characters. A narrative is then given of her desire to go to Paris, and the tender re sistance of her parents, and of her ltimate prosecution of the scheme. She had introductions to Garcia, the brother of Malibran, who told her she must not sing another note for three months. Unfortunate Jenny ! For three months, then, she " lived on the tears and the agony of the mal de pays ;" but she eventually secured the desired tuition from Garcia, though that respectable, individual seems to have had more faith in her intelli gence than in her power. But it was left for Meyerbeer to recognise " the pearl under the modest unpretending shell," and at Dresden, whither she went at his sugges tion in 1844, her German fame had its earliest origin,: leading to her subseguently visiting all the principal northern cities, crowning her repute at Vienna, where, in 1846, she sang before all the musical public, as well as the hunerial court. TIIE TRIPLE MURDER AT MIRPIELD. — The examina tion of the two prisoners, Michael M'Cabe and Patrick Reid, apprehended a short time since on suspicion of being the perpetrators of this appalling crime, took place on Saturday at Dewsbury. The accused have been care fully watched since their arrest, and have been kept in separate cells. M'Cabe is stated to have manifested con siderable uneasiness and restlestness since his removal to the station at Dewsbury, but on his being brought into court he maintained the same calm demeanour which he preserved at his first examination before the deputy coroner. He was placed in the dock in the long brown overcoat which he wore at the time he was taken into cus tody, and on the left arm were placed several pins, to mark the place from which had been cut pieces of cloth, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the marks on his clothes were or were not really those of human blood, and which were submitted to the inspection of Mr. West, of Leeds. Reid, who is a much younger and more I I athletic man, was also dressed in the dark green coat and buff waistcoat which he was sworn to have had on on the morning of the murder: and on his left arm, immediately on the round of the shoulder, and the inner part of the wrist, were similar marks placed, to denote the spots whence the cloth had been cut for the chyinist's inspec tion. The most important witness was Benjamin Horton, a hawker and dealer in rags and pots, who lived in Mab lane, Mirfield, and who said, that as he was passing down the road leading from M'Kinnell's house, by the Baptist Chapel, close to that of Mr. Wraith's he accidentally turned his head, and he then saw Patrick Reid at the lane end, near Mr. Wraith's house, and from which one im mediately faces into his dwelling by the back yard. He could not speak as to what distance was between them ; but he passed on, and a shower of rain almost immedi ately overtook him. In his cross-examination, he said he had known Reid personally for some time, but not his name before murder;the and he knew M'Cabe well. He did not see their faces, ut he spoke to their dresses and person. and swore positively that they were the two meek he had seen in the locality lie had described, course, if only refers to the quantity left ov Queen's warelious, of imports made before ti sion of the corn law THE STEAM-SHIP SARAH SANDS At a meeting of the cabin passengers held on board the steam-ship " Sarah Sands," which arrived here yesterday morning from New York, Thomas Egleston, Esq., being called to the chair, and Mr. Yule requested to act as sec- retary, it was resolved that Capt. H. G. Anderdon, Bri tish Army, Joseph Murdez, and Wm. A. Stokes, Esqrs., do form a committee to draw up an address to Captain Thompson. The committee reported the following letter, which, having been signed by all the passengers, was pre sented to that gentleman : Steam-ship Sarah Sands, off Liverpool, May 30, 1847. DEAR SIT The undersigned cabin passengers in the steam ship Sarah Sands, on her late passage from New York to Liver pool, beg to return their unanimous and cordial thanks for the attention, courtesy, and kindness, which have always marked your conduct. Your established reputation as a commander renders it unnecessary that we should speak of the prudence and energy with which you have sailed your ship ; but we think it proper to say, that since the heavy easterly gale which we encountered during five days after leaving New York, we have run an average of 235 miles per day ; that the ship has proved under all circumstances a safe and easy vessel, agreeable, com fortable, and in every way worthy of the most entire confidence. Wishing you and your splendid ship all the success you so well J v.n .aV ~G L deserve; - we are very respectfully and truly your friends,— Thomas Egleston, New York ; John Yule, Canada ; Joseph Murdez, France ; William A. St o k es, Philadelphia ; H. G. An derdon, Capt. 23d Fusiliers, British Army, Can a d a; Houghton, Madeira; Chas. B. Loomis, New York; J. J. Sin? Ditto ; Thos. W. St rong, Di tto ; Wm. Pichlay, Sheffield ; Junet, ; Phillips Kellum, Liverpool; C. Agostini, Franc e F. Morton, Li ver p oo l ; Edward Wetherell, Philadelphia •, ROA. Fletcher, Massachusetts ; C. Armantz, New Orleans ; Samuel Hayward, Pennsylvania; Jeremiah Osier, Canada; John bl. Bradbury, Newaork ; S. H. Carryer, Brantford, Canada West; H. Simmons, Hamburg; R. C. Fuller, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Sarah Sands made a most excellent passage, having, during the first eight days, encountered heavy easterly winds, which drove her much to the south. She com pleted the voyage in eighteen day's. NEW LIGHTS. — In a return of 285 licenses to preach, taken out at a sessions of the peace for the county of Mid- dlesex, is appended a transcript or eighteen different ways in which the words dissenting, minister, preacher, and gospel had been mis-spelt by the applicants who signed the rolls. They are as follows :—Preacher of the Gopsel ; preacher of the Gosple ; precher of the Gospel; precher of the Gospel! ; preacher of Gospel!: preach of the Gos pel!; precher of the Gospie ; precher of Gospel! ; mi n.iester of. thr Gospel ; preacher of the Ghospel ; preacher or teacher of the Gospel! of Jesus Christ; a discenting teacher; desenting teacher; prashr of the Gospel!; preicher of the Gospel. Perhaps some of these learned pundits figured in Mr. Baines's paper array of school masters.—Liverpool Mercury. • BRITONFERRY.—THE PORT OF NEATH.—The " Bri tonferry Iron Company"- rolled their first bar of iron on Whit-Monday, amidst the acclamations of a multitude aSsembled to witness the commencement of " rolling," by these new and important works. The day was kept as a holiday in the neighbourhood. The vessels in the harbour were gaily decorated with flags, and throughout the day the rocks and mountains reverberated the roar of PIPS and the shouts of the people,—all was excitement and con gratulation and joyous. anticipation. This company of spirited capitalists have judiciously selected, as the sit° for:their works, a piece of ttround which is the terminus both of the Neath canal and of a branch of the South Wales railway. The river Neath flows on one side, and the proposed docks bound it on the other. This 'position thus commands unequal facilities for the transmission of the raw materials from the adjacent native beds, and for the transport of the manufactured article to the market. Under the skilful management of an experienced gentl e " man, a powerful engine, numerous furnaces, large rolling mills, and all the apparatus for the manufacture of iro" bars, rails, slates, &c., as well as comfortable cottages for the workmen, have been erected. FALL IN THE PRICE OF CORN.—The price of corn ll ° come down sooner than was generally anticipated. th t Monday it fell at Mark-lane fully Bs. per quarter, as wi ll : pared with previous rates. At Hull and Leeds on Tuel t day the decline was 9s. to 10s. on the prices' of the paL week. The glorious weather has, of course, had much _ll do with, this agreeable change. But it is also apPa r that there is a vast quantity of grain in the hands of spe culating capitalists, who have been greedily anticipt)p_it, much higher prices. It would appear that they ha • been. " out " in their _calculations. We sincerely I °P .. they will prove still more so during the weeks now intsra vening before harvest. From Russia and the Black _°% we learn that the supplies of grain were freights could be found for; whilst the Straights _t I.`„ braltar are represented, by a late letter, as absolutc~llbb`© sieged with corn-laden vessels. The rye in France_ !! ripe in a few days ; and in,Britanny and Normand lYto the greatero,.tl;', ascertained that the grainun hand is fully equa conse _ local consumption untillarvest time. Prices f . tr quentiv falling in France; and as the Frelflshu c may-be expected shortly to, cease, the Eng lish will become still more easy.. Bh AIE Ise burg Ha Pal En l bar 0