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W.tteraturr. P 0 E T it Y. THE PATHS OF LIFE, (Written for the Liverpool Standard.) There winds a smooth and flowery road, Through life's extensive vale; And footsteps numberless have trod That passage through the dale; Pleasant the path and passing fail, The vassal and the sing are there Where count.esi thousands stray; Fanned by the breeze that pleasure brings, Ant lulled by gentle murmurings, They track that awful way ! I hear a voice in warning tone Spe.•k in each sinner's ear Oh I leave this path ere yet have flown Life's precious moments here. You gaze upon those towers afar, That glisten like the morning star, Flashing in rosy light ; This road will never leave you there, Know, that it lingers but to where It sinks in endless night. And deep those piercing accents sound, Ah ! heeded but by few, Culled are the flowers t at bloom around, Sipped is the crystal dew; But now that awful brink appears, The preeipice in silence rears Its crest above the gloom. Mi lions of souls repentant now Are hurried o'er i s rugged brow, Dashed to their dreadful doom. Oh ! man, there is another way By righteous footsteps trod, Where holy men, in ancient day, Have hastened to their God; There it the sorrowing drop descends, A beam of sympathy attends, To wipe away the tear; And hovering n that narrow way. There shines a light, a heavenly ray, hose wanderers to cheer. And here are seen no empty joys, Uneto ered is the bower, Untasten is ti,e cup vi hich cloys, The folly of an hour. Faith, hope, and love illume the track, Truth casts the bright reflection back, Upon the wavering mind, Aei e meek-eyed pity finds a home, And bids he weeping m urner come, And leave his woes behind. Arid now this better way is passed, Lite's journey soon is o'er, Eternal splendour bursts at last, From Heaven's trauscendant shore. Angels of light are ushering now, Wits joyful wing and beaming brow, The saved before the throne. Then dawns the day of endless bliss, To view each work of loveliness, In boundle s worlds unknown. Woodside, July, 1844 W. J. L. AERIAL PHENOMENON, Subsequently ascertained to be the Cornet (of 1843). We have been favoured with some cleverly-written and interesting " Observatioas" on the comet of last year, as seen " off the island of Timor, at the south-eastern en trance to the Indian Archipelago, on board the ship Ty rer, Captain R mmer, on her pas-age from Bombay to China, by John A. Murray, passenger,'' together with an illus trative drawing of the appearance of the comet on the 10th of Mai ch ; and we should gladly have inserted the whole, did our available space allow. We, however, give a few extracts which may be acceptable to the astrono mical portion of our readers, and also subjoin some very neat verses by the same author, appended to the account. " On the 2d March (1843). at sunset, about half-past six o'clock, our ship being 15U miles to the westward of Sandalwood Island, steering E. by S. in lat. 10.5 S., long. 116.45 E., we observed, a little above the western horizon, a long luminous streak resembling a silver thread, with a slight inclination towards the south at the upper end. Moon three days old. Weather clear, calm, and sultry." On the sth and 611 the same streak was seen, at the same time, and had incre tsed in lustre. On the latter day the idea suggested itself to those on board that it was a comet. Two slight shocks or tremors passed through the ship, the first at s ten o'clock p.m., the se cond at midnight. The writer, under date of the 7th, says : —" This evening the appearance of the ' illustrious stranger' in the clear open sky was truly magnificent. Unmarred in its stately proportions by any intervening cloud, it app ared to have attained the maximum of its size and brilliancy. Tne streak was of a grayish white ness, with a slight slit or division at its upper end. The star or body of the comet was distinctly visible, and of a clear vivid lustre. It was just visible at half-past 6 p.m., reached its greatest brilliancy at about 7 o'clock, and gra dually decreased until it set at past 8. At 5 o'clock p.m. another tremor passed through the ship." The various extraordinary appearances are detailed from this time until the object disappeared on the 2d of April, when the weather changed " from calm and sultry to cold and squally." On the 27th of the previous month, the ship spoke a Portuguese vessel, belonging to Fort Con cordia, Copang Bay, Timor; and her captain confirmed the identity of the comet. lie had first seen it at Timor, precisely at the same time; stated that its former visit occurred at the beginning of the 16th century ; and attri buted the calms and intense heat of the mouth before to Its influence. ADDRESS TO THE COMET OF 1843. Written on board the ship Tyrer, off Timor Island, Mar. 10,1813. We heard not of thy coming from the prophet, sage, or seer; No voice to herald thine approach ((II on our careless ear: For we wa e ocean-wanleiers try the isles of tit h perfume, Where aloe, myrrh. a,d c tssia groves it: picy verdure bloom. The odr•ur-laden zephyrs, as they sk mined along Ihe deep, Were lulling with their lullaby the inta , it waves asleep; The golden sun declining sought the chambers of his rest, his glory Crimsoning the clouds and w ters of the west; The queenly moon uprising left hi r cauch within the sea, And the multitude of stars began to gem the canopy:— When, sudden from mysterious realms, exceeding far the ken The wisdom of the Highest gave c nto the sons of men, Thou didst thy mighty form to told, outstretching vast and high, A beauty and a terror in the clear and el tidies, sky. Awhile we did behold thee with utideparting gaze, And our spirits in their inmost depths were silent with amaze ; e hailed thee not, strange visitant, with shouting or with song, But, omen-'ike. thy tearful name was whispered along; The mariners their legends wild wi h solemn cadeti^e t Id, Ot deeds of havoc done by th e in the ages past ef old : How the living streams of water were parched up by thee, How the billows far recoiling fled from thine intensity; How the land of corn and oil and wine a desert hard became. Consoreed beneath the searching breath of thy remorseless flame; Wit a it': pests in the heavens above, with pestilence on earth, It re: shaking r f the nations, all attet.ded at thy birth. ;A us whe efore now thou (lost apt next' our borders near? _:;I I r ur Ito errene with hope, or darken it with tear? ,ercy travel with thee on thine ever glorious path ? Or , 1,,t thou hover over us a messes er of wrath ? A: - thou that oriental star that lit the Maui's road, To ,vitete the young child Jesus arid h a mother made above? 1-hot thou, before us, heard on high the final trumpet sound? The arinie- of the heavenly King. al marshalling aroun.t. The judgment of one world and of her taller: sons to eee. We Mt have eard her burning shall thy di ea,ltul province be. But 'tis an instant only that w. view with pale affright Thine ever-blizing wheel revei've on axle purely blight; For vteit '<is known to re of earth that though to thee be given An omit stretching far beyond the visual veree of heaven, Yet Sri .1 thou art for evermore beneath tie stilt c ntroul Of Him who cloth create, elance, and sustenance the whole. Omnisrience and Omnipotence thy furthest flight can tra e, An.i bid thee, wild erratic one ! know thy appointed J lace. . A. . SELECTIONS. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.—I have heirtl some very extraordinary c4s - es of murder tried. I remember. in one where I wai counsel, for a long time the evidence did not appear to touch the prisoner at all, and be look , d about with the most perfect unconcern, seeming to think himself quite safd. At last the surgeon was called, who stated deceased had been killed by a shot, a gun-shot, in the head, and he produced the matted hair and stuff cut from and taken out of the wound. It was all hart:tenet' with bloo 1. A basin o"! warm water was brought into court, and, as the blood was gradually softened, a piece of printed paper appeared—tne wadding of the sun, which proved to be half of a ballad. The other half had been found in the man's pocket when he was taken. lie was hang A.—Lord Edon's Note Book. ANTIQUITIES OF DAMASCUS.—Damascus possesses fewer authentic antiquities than might he expected in one of the ear:iest cities mentioned in the Bible: the most an cient remains are some of the lower portions of the walls, built with squo.re stones, and in •-ome instances of blocks, of which the h-izht eNceeds the breadth. Some of the blocks measure from six to eight or ten feet, by fAir, six, or eight. They are united without cement ; and many have Arabic and Saracenic inscriptions on them. This style of building is one belonging to a very ancient period. The castle, like every place of strength in this country, bas been destroyed, rebuilt, and altered at various pe riods. The oldest Dart, near the foundation, is formed of stones of a very great size; and the broad ditch which surrounds it is built in the rustic masonry of the Romans. Its extent is considerable. Erected before the invention of gunpowder, it could offer but little resistance to artil lery ; but, being, constr acted with large diamond-cut stones, and including eleven bastions within its circuit, some of them mounted with cannon, and all supplied with a guard, it is still capable of overawing the factious inha bitants of the town.—Library qf Travel. LORD ELDON AS A Boy.—Lord Eldon, late in life, told his niece, Mrs. Foster, that " no boy was ever so much thrashed as he was," and to Lady Eldon's nephew lie once said :—" Mr. Surtees, when your father and I were boys, and that is now a long time ago, I remember our stealing down the Side, and along the S.nd-Hill, and creeping into every shop, where we blew out the candles. We crept along the counter, then popped our heads up, out r io e!'t,;be candles. and away went we. We escaped detec n On another occasion Lord Eldon said to Mrs. Forster:," I . remember ' my father coming to my bedside to accuse Harry and me of having robbed an orchard ; some one had com e to complain. Now, my coat was lying by my bed withits pockets full of apples, and I had hid some more under the bed-cloths, when I heard my father on the stairs, and t l ho w s a e s_at that moment suffering intolerable tortute from were eaten ; yet I had the audacity to deny the fact. We i e ertice flogged for it. Ido not know how it was, but w. always considered rob bing a n orchard as an honourable exploit. I remember once being carr'ed before a magistrat e for robbing an as we call e d i t. There were orchard --'boxing the f ix, ' three of us. liowet Johnson, another boy, and myself. The niagiArate acted upon what I think va , is rather curious law ; for he fined our Fathers each 30s. for our offence. We did not care for that, lut they did ;so thy a message to Moi,e , , and father flogg , thennt Moises fl wgeil me aLa.n. We were very good bo , s, very gond indeed; we never did any thing worse twin a robbery." .--Life of Lord Eldon. MORAL COURAGE OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. — The [nor,' an-I physical courage of the emperor ha- hero treqiiently displayed. At the period of the c:•o!era. wheit the ignlrant and infatuated people were tug medic men because they could not stop the ravages of that fearful disease, the emperor in person appeared amongst them, shoved his n-rdding plumes. and com manded them to kneel with him en the earth and ask the pardon of heaven for such enormities. He was obeyed ; he offered up an extemporaneous and eloquent prayer, arid 'he carriage ceased. His moral courage on all ti yi.ig occasions has not been less marvellous, arid although tried by great events and fearful complicat ons he has ever held high his head, preserved a calm and dignified mind, and kept in abeyance all passions opposed to the triumph of reason. Nicholas wr.tes decidedly the best hand of all the Russian emperors. It is call graphically irreproach able, and as he begins with an arc rug stroke of the pen his name stands as beneath a roof. The emperor passes the greater part of his days in the open air, at reviews or in rapid journeys. Hence his late vis't to England was by no m-ans rapid in his eyes, nor wearisome to hi., frame. During summer the shade of his military hat draws across his forehead an oblique line, which marks the action of the sun upon the skin. The figure of the empress, when less oppressed by suffering, was very elegant. There was an indefinable grace about her whole person. Her mein, far from being haughty, was expressive of habitual resigna tion. One of her daughters, the Grind Duoess of Olga, is the most beautiful woman in the whole empire —perhaps in the world. The imperial family is one of the happiest upon earth, for their views, tastes, occupations, destres, are all similar, and none are not in harmony with virtue and religion.— Fraser. DAMASCENE BARBERS.—Among the shopkeepers we must not forget the barbers, those dear old friends with whom the Arabian Nights have put us on so cordial a footing of intimacy. With that ease and suavity for which their fraternity is renowned all the world over, they invite the passers by to enter and submit their heads and faces to their beautifying fingers. Their shops are always full of customers. They are long oar ow room., with benches on each side, on which a dozen Turks may some times be seen squatting in a line, with tin it bare heads, already shaved, poked out in the most patient manner, to be kneaded between the hands of the barber, who rolls them about as if they were balls. quite unconnected with the shoulders they belong to. The barbers of Damascus are celebrated for taste and skill in all the myst, ries of the toilette, including the art of imparting to the beard and mustachios that dark glo-sy hue so anxiously and universally coveted. The important affair of arranging the turban is their daly business, and the 19:Towing variety displayed in the disposition of the turbans worn by the gallants of the city, does infinite honour to these meritorious artists. It is pleasant to know that such torn continue to enjoy a clue share of consideration in the East, arid that their tal-nts often raise them to affluence. When Mr. Carne's party wished to hire a seperate resi dence in Damasrus, they were recommended to a barber who had become a sort of capitalist, and was possessed of some houses. The old gentleman, extremely well dressed, with a goodly length of beard, was always found seated at his ease, smoking or chatting with some of his friends. He wished the Englishman to take a luxurious apartment of his, situated on a terraced roof : it was profusely gilded ; the cushions of the deewan were as white as snow ; and it commanded a superb view of the mountains. But the barber's wife was by far the more zealous part of himself, and protested with loud clamour, that infidels should never sully t , e purity and beauty of her deewan, and after a warm dispute the good man was forced reluc tantly to give way.—The Library of TI avel. AN ENTHUSIASTIC NATURALIST. — One of my first movements in Nashville was a walk to the College to see Professor Troot, who is a great enthusiast in geology. It is to be mentioned, to the honour of the State of Tennes see, that it has been one of the first Amer can States to patronise science, by allowing him 500 dollars a-year as geologist to the state, in addition to his a t pointment at the College as Professor of Chemis'ry and Natural His tory, to which a salary of 1.000 dmlars a-year is attached; so that the worthy professor is thus enabled to enjoy all the comforts of life and to make himself perfectly happy as the distributor of these stems; for, like all philosophic enthusia-t+, he places no value on money, and willingly gives any of the country people 20 do lays to bring him a live rattle-snake, or anything new or curious in natural history. Everything of the serpent kind he has a peculiar fancy for, and has always a number of them that he has tamed in his pockets or under his waistcoat. To 101 l back in his rocking.cliair, to talk about geology, and pat the head of a large snake, when twitting itself about his neck, is to him supreme feicity. Every year in the vacation he makes all excursion to the hills ; arid I was told that upon one of these occasionQ, being taken up by the stage-coach, which had several members of Congress in it going to Washington, the learned doctor took his seat on the top, with a large basket, the lid of which was not over and above well secured. Near to this basket sat a baptist preacher, on his way to a great public immersion. His reverence, awakening from a reverie he had fallen into, beheld, to his lulu' terable horror, two rattle-snakes raise their fearful heads, and immediately precipitated himself upon the driver, who, almost knocked off his seat, no sooner became apprized of the character of his ophidian outside passengers, than he jumped upon the ground with the reins in his hands, and was followed instanter by the preacher. The insides, as soon as they learned what was going on, immediately became outsides, and nobody was left but the doctor and his rattle. snakes on the top. But the doctor, not entering into the general alarm, quietly placed his great coat over the basket and tied it down with his handkerchief,. which when he had done, he said, " Gentlemen, only don't let dese poor dings pine you, and dey won't hoort you."—Peutherstonhaugh's Excursions through the Slave Slates. SINGULAR NAVAL OPERATION.—The line of piles which had been driven in across the river was not less than 20 feet wide, or rather it was a double line, tilled up be tween the two with large sunken junks laden with stones. Great labour and perseverance were required to get up sufficient of there piles to clear a passage broad enough r the steinter to pass. This was only accomplished alter four hours' hard work, in which, oddly enough, the Chi nese peasantry bore an active part, voluntarily co ring forward to assist, and even venturing to come on hoard the strainer itself. This was undoubtedly one of the good results of not having inflicted any injury upon the country people or inhabitants of the villages through which the little expedition had passed. Inquiry has often been made what method was adopted in order to open a passage through obstacles such as I have described. It may, therefore be here remarked, that several modes were at different times resorted ti, according to circumstances. Where the stakes were not driven in very firmly, it was easy, by f istmling a hawser round the top of them, and making it fi-t to the steamer, to back her out, and pull them one be one away; but, as this was a tedious process, a hawser was , ometirnee festered retied ten or a dozen of them in a line across the lever, and carded (loin one to the other, but fastened to each of them in such a way as to leave about a few fathoms of slack rope between each pair. The end of the hawser was made fast to the steamer with a tolerable length of line out, and site was then backed at full speed. The momentum thus acquired was s• on sufficient to drag the first pile away with a jerk; and this one being already fastened to the next, as before de ecrib •d, with a fathom or two of slack line between them, the force of the steamer, which still continued to back astern. was sufficient to jerk that one away also; and thus proceeding at fill speed backwards the steamer pulled them all away one after another, still remaining fastened toge her by the hawser; but the power of the jerk was only amdiedto one at. a ti me . I n cases w h ere the sakes . were driven to some depth, or where the bed of the river was tenacious, it was m-c essa ry t o pu ll t h em f a i rly out perividietilail , , by lull tackle led up to the tnast head. The pil a were gradually loosened a little. by bring - pulled to and fro; for which purpose chain slings were passed round the head of the pile, and a hawse. being then made fast. were lai I aft along the deck ; thus, by being pulled in verious directions., sometimes one way and seme tim-s mother, the pile was at length drawn fa!rly out, something like drawing a tooth. Tee bows of the steamer wee run neatly r 1 ise up to the piles during this operatien, and she was steedted by a hawser run out from the quarter to the banks of t he river.—Voydge of Ike Nemesis. WASHING DAY AT THR PALACE. — We are indebled to a lady fir the tollowiegoriginel anecdote of King William IV. :—A great deal has lately been said of the re'entive memory of the Emperor of Ii uss;a, hut his late majesty William the Fourth was not far behind him in this re spect. When he was a young man, serving on board 11.11.5. Pegasus, he was for some tame on the North American station ; and at one time while lying in the har bour of Sr. John's, Newfoundland, he gave a ball on board, to the elite of the town, which gave general satis faction to those who were fortunate enough to receive in vitations. One gentleman, who had been particularly de lighted at the novelty of the scene. on leaving the ship thanked the prince for the honour paid to him and his fa roily, and slid he would be happy to see him at his house, at any time that he found himself disengaged on shore.. Accordingly, Prince William Henry, as be was then called, determined to avail himself of the invitation, and a few days afterwards presented himself at the door of his worthy friend, by whom he was most graciously received, and hospitably entertained. The lady of the house not making her appearance, the prince most politely inquired for her health, and hoped he was to have the pleasure of seeing her. Mr. H— . replied she was quite well ; but he must ask his tr royal highness to excuse her, as it was washing day at Apple-ee Lane. The prince, bearing which appeared to be of ch importance that a business was going on, rose to take leave, and, while doing so, told Mr. It-- if he should at any time visit London, he hoped he would find him out and call on him, telling him he had only to send in his card, and he would be most happy to see him. It was not for many years after that Mr. ti— visited England; but when he did, he re membered the invitation of the prince (at this time Willi am the Fourth) ; so one fine morning he hired . a cab, and drove off to the palace, but wa s very mucadisappoit i ted t o find that " cabs" were not admitted within the palace gates—he was obliged to get out and go in on foot ; but what was his indignation when he found he could gain no admittance to his majesty ! He remained expostulating servants he for some time with the servants , telling themthat he w as specially invited by the king to call upon !rim, , and was a personal friend of his majes t y . length consented to take in his card, which, on its bein g presented to his majesty, be immediately remembered the name and address, and desired the attendants to show him in, and received him with that frank and easy manner for which he was at all times distinguished, which the simple. hearted man taking advantage of, he ventured to express a hope that her majesty was well, and that he should have the honour of paying his re-pects to her. His majesty,in stantly recollecting the circumstances attending his call at Apple-tree Lane, replied with much acuteness, that he was happy to inform Mr. El— that her majesty was quote welt, but he must ask Mr. H---- to excuse her making her appearance that morning, it aS it wax washing day at the palace." It is tieedless to add thtt the hint was taken by the unsoplii•ticattd son of Terra Nova, who very soon backed himself out horn the presence of roy alty.—Greenock Adverti.er. TIIF, LIVERPOOL• STANDARD SECOND EDITION. Standard-rjloc, Ten o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Last Night. BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILL. LORD STR A DBROKE moved the third reading of the Birkenhead Deck Bill. wh..n the Marqu;s of SALISBURY moved that the suopresed clause. agreed upon with the Shipowners' Association, be inserted. He commented warmly upon the conduct of the party who signed the agreement, as detailed in our first edition, on behalf of the promoters of the bill. Lord BROUGHAM and MONTEAGLE defended the party; Lord Wicict.ow supootted the Marquis of Salisbury. Ultimately the amendment was wi hdrawn and the bill passed, there being a manifest disposition in the House to support the Committee in their report. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—At the meeting yesterday the chair was fi by the newly elected repeal member fur Limerick, Mr. James Kelly. The rent was expected not to be much under £2,000. _ _ BIRTH OF A FRENCH PRINCE.—On Friday the Ducie-s de Nemours Aas safely delivered of a son, to whom the King of the French has given the name of Duke d'Aleiig,in. THE BIBLE IN CHINEst , . —China has been opened by recent tavent4, no: only to commercial speculations but to missionary enterprise, and there appears to be quite as much ardour in the religious world to send the in the of di%iiie truth among its m Mons, ons, as there is the manufacturing and commercial world to supply them with calicoes and woollens. In our native laud, the London and Church Missionary Societies have made new and successful rff rrs to raise funds for this specific object. arid it is rumoured that the weekly collections made in London by order of the bishop are intended for the planting of Snglish episc itiar.iy in that soil. America has long taken a very prominent share in missionary labours on the outskirts of that hitherto sealed country. The Baptist and Congregational denominations have for some time past had (Fissions in China, and we learn that the facilities now afforded for the residence of missionaries on the eastern coast, have served to kindle the zeal of the Preshyterian churches, an I that they are about to establish an extensive mission in that country.—Captain Piddiny's Chinese Olio. NIGHTLY SERVED.—Reay and I (Lord Eldon) went up from Oxtord to London together, we dined at March's Maidenhead-bridge, and upon the window Reay observed that a person of Chipping Norton, whose name I now for get, had written that he dined there on a leg of mutton, upon a day and year mentioned in what was written. When we gut to the Somerset coffee-house Reay sent him a letter, stating, that as he had thought it impoitant to inform the public that he had dined at Maidenhead-bridge, and upon a leg of mutton, he must expect that some of tli public would inquire how the mutton had aereed with him ; and he therefore took the liberty of sending such an inquiry, from his friend Tom Comical. Next day he sent him a double letter, hoping that, as probably he had po tatoes with his mutton, they bad not disagreed with him, Two days afterwards he sent a treble letter, representing, that as his fiend Tom Comical had received no answer to his inquiry how the mutton and potatoes had agreed with him, he had probably made a mistake, and stiould have inquired how the mutton and French beans, or some other vegetab es, had agreed with him, and assured him that he should repeat his kind and anxious inquiries every day till his answer c +me. We were soon afterwards obliged to return to college, and, stopping at March's, we found that the pane had been taken out of the window and anew one put in its place. Whilst we were looking at the window, old March came in, and, observing us, he said, 'Ay, ay, one of you must he the gentleman that sent the person that has been here from Chipping Norton so many letters. Poor man I lie came all the way from Chipping Norton, 20 odd miles the other side of Oxford, and insisted upon ste'ng the pane of glass, the leg of mutton, arid all the re-t, taken out of the window, and a new pane of glass put in, before he would eat a morsel.'—Life of Lord Eldon. GENERAL MISCELLANY. There are seventy prisoners for trial at the York assizes. Of these five are charged with murder. Of the round number of barristers attending the Pres ton sessions, seven were fast asleep in court at the same time, the other day. A lady residing at Stamford, received last week through the Post-office, a gooseberry pie, sent to her from a friend at Cambridge.—Stamford Mercury. Passengers are being conveyed by the splendid steamer on the line from Hull to Hamburg for 55., the charge for the saloons being only 10s. The Wesleyan conference commences its sittings at Birmingham on the 31st instant. The Rev. Dr. Bunting is expected to preside. The will of the poet, Mr. Thomas Campbell, was proved on Saturday. by the executors, Dr. Brittle and Mr. Moxon. The personal property is sworn under £2OOO. The will and a codicil are dated 1842. An arri.al of 2,000 pine applt s from the Bahamas is a new feature in the fruit trade, the sale of those brought over la•t season having encouraged the importation by the merchant;.—London paper. A coal vein at Beaufort iron works, Ahergavenny, recently ignited, and is now on fire to the extent of three miles! Many fatal accidents hare already been the con sequence. THE FISHERIES.—Large quantities of mackerel con tinue to be brought in daily. They have been sold a• low as Bs. per 100, and ►etailed in the street 10 and 12 a shilling. La-t Friday morning upwards of 50,000 were landed.—Brighlon Paper. On Tuesday last, during the sale of the surplus properly of the N , rthern and Eastern Hallway Company, Mr. Ralph, a gentleman or tot tune, entered the room, and was proceeding to a seat, when he tell down and expired. Toe blither sale was immediately post pi ned. Mr. John Groves, a lar4e landowner in the neighbour hood of Ayle bury, last week sent his tenant-tartners their half-)early receipts, at the same time telkig them no! 10 trouble themselves in sending the money, but to keep it in their pockets. At a meeting of " the soap trade" of Glt.gow and Paisley, last weak, it was unanimously agreed to advance the price of soap to the following rates per cwt. :—White, 53-. ; pale, 485.; second, or br,gbt, 465.; yellaw, 42s. — Edinburgh Paper. It is said that a new use has been discovered in the ar ticle guano, which was never anticipated. Hitherto it has been merely looked upon as applicable t i agricultural purposes, but now the tumour goes that it may be em• vloyed in the manufacture of a certain colour. Works for a new harbour at Aberdeen have been con tracted for by Messrs. Oldham, builders and rid way contractors, of Cheltenham. The sum is £99,C60. Wi.en corrinteteit, the new harbour will be one of the most com modious in the kingdom. A dacovery was made at Buckingham Palace on Thurs day morning, that a man en p'oved in the upholstery de t artutent a the Lord Chamberlain's office had commit ted suicide in one of the store-rooms. The deceased was of regular and sober habits, and the cau,e which led to the sad catastrophe was unknown. GREAT DEPRECIATION.—The ingenious Model of Venice, reeen ly rah bited at Pall-mall, and very poorly patron . zetl, was sold. on Wednesday, by auction. It is said to have occupied several artists fourteen tears in prndne nrr it. at en expense of nearly £2,000; but it was now sold to Mr. Tyler, of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, for thirty-one guineas I Tea IRON TRADE. —As an instance of the increa‘ing briskness of the above trade, we may mention that the shipping agent at Newp9rt of a large establishment on the Mills, in one day last week received, by post, advices of chuter parties for cargoes to be shipped amounting to 3,000 tons of railway iron. The rails are chiefly for Soath Carolina.— Worcester Paper. On Wedneiday morning an unusual number of letters and newspapers arrived at the General Post-office by the ordinary ma'ls from Egypt, Greece, India, the lonian via Southampton. There were 52 boxes of letters, containing together upwards of 12,000 single packers, and five bags of newspapers, most of which were in perfect files. DIVORCES.—The total number of divorce acts passed by the legislature in the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843, amounted to 27 ; making an average of nearly seven per annum. The total amount of fees was, in 1840, £605; in 1841, £4OB ; in 1842, £768 ; and in 1843, £589 ; making altogether, £2370. The average expense of each divorce act amounted to £l7 16s. 10d. The House of Lords have decided against the claims of Sir Augustus d'Este, in the Sussex peerage case. They have decided that the marriage between the late Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray, however valid in every thing essential to a marriage as such, is against the pro visions of the Royal Marriage Act, and is therefore not considered a marriage by the English law. ASSIZE TowNs.—By a recent return it appears that there are 66 assize towns in England, 34 in Ireland, and only nine in Scotland ; total, 109. Of these towns in England, seven of them are in the Home Circuit; , eight in the Midland; seven in the Norfolk ; seven in the Northern ; nine in the Oxford; nine in the Western; seven in the North Wales and Chester; and seven in the South Wales Circuit. GLAMORGANSHIRE Assizes commenced at Cardiffee Monday last, before Baron Rolfe. At these assizes, Ann Williams and John Rees were sentenced to transportation for life for attempting to administer poison to Thomas Vaughan and Mary his wife. It appeared that the female prisoner (an illegitimate child of Mrs. Vaughan before her marriage,) was about being married to the other prisoner, and expected, by causing the death of the Vaughans, to come into possession of their property. • • - BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 12.--We have expe. rienced rather more inquiry for sugars this week, and although the transactions do not exceed 400 hhds. West India, still there is evidently a better feeling respecting this article, with an impression prevalent that prices have reached the lowest point. In Bengals and Mauritius there has been rather more business doing at steady price 4. Ruin is in fair demand at the former value. Gazetted average price of Sugar, July 9. is 335. Bd. pa owl. MURDER.- On Friday a sheriff-officer, mined George Murdoch, weir, in the course of his duty, to Lave an ar restment of wages against a man in the the-works at Govan, when, as is said, he was rouchly used. On the following day, however, he proc,eded to lift the s , im which had been so arrested, when, according to our informa tion, the work-people threw the officer down into a vat, and struck and stoned him, in con , equence of which he died on Sunday morning.—Glasgow paper. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.-Mr. Jeffreys, a farmer residing at Great Bartford, on the 20th ❑lt., while his neighbours were sowing barley, cut and carted a quantity of the same grain. The barley in question was the produce of a field that had been severely injured by the hail-storm of last year, and the occupier had had it ploughed up for the purpose of sowity , it with wheat, but observing a good deal of grain growing, he allowed it to stand, and the result has been that he has obtained an ex cellent crop.—Bri , tol Journal. CONVICTION FOR ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. —At Lewes Quarter Ses-ions, on Wednesday, James Simmonds, of Maresfield, shoemaker, aged 75, was in dicted for unlawfully attempting to hang himsrlf by the neck to a tree. He pleaded guilty. A Mrs. Hartfirld ran to the spot and cut him down. He was black in the face, and insensible for an hour. The Earl of hiche-ter ('•hairman) asked the prisoner if he was seasible of the enormity of his offence ! The prisoner replied that he ads. His lordship sentenced him to six months' impri sonment. AN "ARTFUL. DODGE. "—In the Exeter Court of Bankruptcy last week the bankrupt under examination, an attorney, named Drake, lately in exten,ive practice at Barnstaple, stated that it had heen his practice to carry in his pocket-book a blank cheque-book of each of the local banks; and the reason he assigned for this practice was. that sometimes people would say, `• Dear me, it I had my cheque-book I'd pay you." "Oh ! you would, would you ?" "Yes, certainly ;" whereupon he was down upon them with a blank cheque, and the transaction was closed. RIVER WEAVER.—The yearly survey of the River Weaver took place on the 26th and 27th ult., and the an nual meeting was held on Thursday 1 ist, at Northwich. Egerton Leigh, Esq. of Jodrell Flail, retired from the Trust, and his son, Egerton Leigh, jun. Esq. of High Leigh, was elected in his stead. '('his %ear's tonnage o duced £38,308 ; miscellanies. £425. The expenditure : general repairs, £7204 18s. 744. ; incidt-nts, £3629 15s. 2d.; Weston new entrance, £4529 Os. Oid. ; W , nnington new lock, £3444 14s. Bd. ; new churches, £2302 13s. 3d. — Total, £21,114 Is. 9d. CURIOUS LOCALITY FOR A NEST.---A steamer, the Clarence, lies at Ahrtan Waterloot, and plies be , ween it and Port Carlisle, in the way of lugging vessels. A pair of swallows built their nest last year under the sponsons of one of the paddle-wheels, not more than three feet abaiiithe water, and succeeded in bringing forth their young." There they are this summer again. During neap tides the Cierence plies every other day, and often every day. When she leaves the Watet foot, the birds leave her, ann keep on the Scotch side ; and then when she returns, and is nearing Annan, the swallows invatiably meet her, and accomratly her to her berth. GRAND CHRISTENING AT BLENHEIM PALACE.—The infant Earl of Sunderland. the first born of the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford, was baptised at the palace chapel, Blenl.eim, last week. The Marchioness of Lon donderry presented the child at the font, who was named Gt orge Charles, the names of his paternal and maternal grandfathe , s. Besides the sponsors, there were also pre sent the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Louisa Spen cer Churchill, Lady Caroline Stewart, Lord A. Churchill, and Lord Seaham. The font, richly embossed silver gilt, was presented by the Marquis of Londonderry to the in fant earl, his first grandson. DISGRACEFUL ASSAULTS ON FEMALES.—On Thurs day, a man named William \ hite was brought before Mr. Maude, at the Borough Court, Manchester, charged with an indecent assault on a lady named Cartwright, in Great Ancoats-street. It appeared th,,t the prisoner had twice knocked her down without the least provocaton, and that he and another man (not in custody) had at.a,kei a number of (Aber females, lilting their clothes, throwing them down. and assaulting those who came to their as sistance. The prisoner was fined Z 7 10s. for the two as saults proved, and, in default, to be committed to hard labour for two months. FATAL ACCIDENTIN A STONE-YARD INMANCHESTER. —On Tuesday last, while a man named Gay 1. , r a as engaged in Mr. Routledge's ,tone-yard, Trafford-street, Albion street, in turning a large block of stone, by means of crab and chain, on a temporary railway, the stone went down on its side with greater force than was expected, forcing out of his hand the handle of the windlass, which struck him violently, so that he fill amongst some other large stones, had his skull fractured, and died instantly. The machinery was stated to be good, and had deceased held the windlass handle with both hands, he might have saved himself. On the inquest the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Four:. LIVES LOST.—On Monday last very great ex citement was created in the neighbourhood of Beauf trt, by a report that a great many miners had been car, ied out of the " old coal " mines in a state of suff cation, caused by the noxious effluvia emitted by the subterra nean fire still burning in the workings, in spite of the efforts made to drown and smother it; but its further progress has by these means been considerably checked. On inquiry it was found that the whole had been reco vered, with the exception of four individuals, who had been so long exposed to the deadly influence of the gas, as to preclude all hopes of saving them.—Hereford paper. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.—The following was the verdict returned at the inquest. "We are unani mously of opinion that the death of James Swift, Bridget Hart, and James M'Donald, was caused by the explo.•ion of the steam .boiler at Mr. Brook's mill ; that the said boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam being too great; and that George Branscome has caused the explo sion. We are also of opinion that due care has not ben used in the general superintendence of the steam engines and boilers." George Branscome was therefore com mitted to take his trial for manslaughter. A subscription was entered into by the jury for the relief of the families of the deceased, and the sum of £8 10s. was handed to the coroner as the commencement of a subscription for that purpose. The b• , y Jones (the interesting ch;mney.sweep, who so ingenkusly contrived to secrete himself to the private apartments of the queen at tiuckitrgha•n Palace), now a first-class boy on boat d H. M. S. Warsait.e, when between Tunis and Algiers, was la,t month rtscue.d, late at night, from a watery wave I y the lye buoy. The ship's crew are of opinion that if it. ha I been a rough night Jones would not have None overboard at all ; they think th it lie jrunped overhoarl, for no other ourpose than to see the uoy ligt t burtnn2, ant it is is in some measure con firmed by the fart of hi, haw l,ng out when falling "man ovetb turd," arid again, whr-ti immersed, " let go the life-buoy. Tuft WrtoNG Box —On Sunday week, three drunken soldiers, intent on i y tlenominsted " a lark," stopped a cab in I it rip. o'-to Mane; es er, imi:ted on the otiver turnit g r nt it e nutty:duals wino were its:ide and carrying them to b•,r, ticks. declaring their colonel h td etven orders th,t Ih-y shoal t ride home a hen cared. T 1 , e cabomn rrmoustrate , l, the soldiers were violent, and the pollee grab. red at the spot. Su 'deftly one of the g-n lemen inside vat. his band out of toe win d w and arm h .ti•atively ordered the poltcern-n to take I ha- ge of the st,Liers till be sent a piquet for them, It was no other th m the colonel himself. The coast. rnation of the drunken soldiers may be conceived. being made, by are whichto he the con v fi e e r. l e l sa to a n i s )uie o PUBLIC WALKS WARRINGTON.—It is currently i i r n ifrrt b o l t Ba . k rumoured in th e t o w n o f Wariiiiwon, that arrangements Ida the seat of Jahn Wilson Patten, Esq.. M.P., for are Noah Lancashire, sore g,cmod, fur ttie - u,e of the inhabitants of the town and nefithbourhood. It is sail that Mr. Patten has con sented to give .€l.OOO towards the iliject. and that about an equal cum is to I e advs. ced out of the government fund available for the purpose, the remaining part t f the purchase money to be raised by private subscription. The name of Mr. Beaumont, whose liberality on other occasions is well !mown to the town and neighbourhood, is intimately connected with the scheme. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—A most heart rending and fatal accident happened on Monday to a lime-burner em ployed at the Southwick litne-kilns, near Sunderland. The poor man. whose name was Bell, went on to the top of one of the kilos when it was burniog. When stand ing on the stones, about the centre of the kiln, the burn ing mass beneath him suddenly gave way, and lie sunk up to the shoulders in the " furnance of fire". In this po sition he remained for a short time in the greatest agony, till his limbs and body were so burned as to cause his death. A rope having been fastened round the Upper part of his body, he was with difficulty dragged out, when his mangled remains presented a mo-t horr,ble spectacle—appallicg even to contemplate. The wifor tunate man has left a widow and large family to mourn his truly melancholy death.—Durham Advertiser. BIRMINGHAM ELEcTroN.-01, Friday he nomination for the representation of Birmingham, vacant by the death of Joshua Scholefield, Esq., took place. There were three candidates—Richard Spooner, Esq., on the con servative interest; Mr. Wm. Scholefield, son of the de. ceased; and Mr. Sturge, the " Complete Suffrage" ad. vocate. It is known that Mr. Sturge has already been twice a candidate for that town ; and conservatism has been so much on the increase there that the liberals well knew Mr. Spooner (whose minority at the contest of 1811 was a very small one) would have gained an easy victory over him. The son of the deceased was therefore hurried into the field with something like indecent haste, in the hope of gaining over some of Joseph's friends. The whole of the three gentlemen were proposed, and the show of hands were in favour of Mr. Sturge. On Saturday the voting took place, and the state of the poll ing each hour we give in a leading article, where the voting in this and previous years is compared. Our readers will scarcely give credit to the revolting fact which we now disclose, and which mertts the strong est condemnation. Frequently since the establishment of the low rates of postage it has been found that letter bags. on being opened at the Post-office, emitted a stench scarcely endurable, but as nothing appeared on the face of the letters or parcels to account for this strange cir cumstance,_we the cause remained unknown until withinnad few days back. The discovery took place in this way wa s a have positive authority for staling the fact : packet A llondon, posted in a country town, addressedto a surgeon in General Pos t - the envelopes of which, on its arriva l at the G office, having been almost destroyedbayma quantity of blood having oozed out, it w i pt care fullyeX ined and found to contain a portion of a hume n bo d. ev idently forwarded for the purpose of dissection.the art noon of the authorities was immediately called ti the shucking fact, and we understand t hat measures h a ve since been adOoted to prevent any recurr en ce of so di-gusting an outrage 01 public feeling , and an gross an abuse of the facilities of . communication afforded by ded the post-office.—Observer. THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, 7hree o'clock. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—This DAY. A very quiet market to-day; demand will rot ex ceed 1200 or 1 ,- .00 bales, at yesterday's prices, with a dull and heavy feeling. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCEIANGE, THIS DAY. <From Messrs. 1?. Makin & Sons' Circular.) The receipts into this port Coastwi.e and from Ireland furnish a moderately fair supply of Grain and Flour ; and united to considerable arrivals flowing in daily from abroad, especially of Wheat and Flour, the total imports since this day week amount to 23,307 qrs. of the former, with 6,788 sacks and 38,034 barrels of the latter ; besides 3,384 qrs. of Barley. Occasional showers in this district in the course of last week, a copious steady rain for about ten hours on Satur day, and more again yesterday morning, followed by a brisk drying wind, have proved a seasonable relief to all the growing crops ; which are greatly improved. and if favoured with fine weather, promise a much more pro ductive harvest than was previously anticipated. These superabundant accessions, and a return of fine clear weather, have produced, not only increased dullness at this day's market, but a further decline in the value of most articles of the trade. Having few millers in attend ance, and those exercising caution, the sales of Wheat were very limited in amount, and all descriptions of Eng lish, Irish, and Foreign receded 2d. to 3d. per 701bs. from the terms of this day se'nnight.—English and Irish Flour in consequence, being more difficult to at-11, an abatement of 6d. to Is. per sack was submitted to ; and Canadian barely supported the reduced rates of Friday. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, continued to be nearly without inquiry, and were offered, with very little effect, at a decline of fully Is. per quarter. Oats, parricipating in the general I inguor, were Id. per 45 lbs. cheaper, and small retail sales only practicable. Oatmeal was also 6d. per 2401b5. lower, at which, how ever, about 3,000 loads were cleared off by consumers. ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the pth to the sth July, 1814. inelush,e. IRE- COAST CANADA TO LAND. WISE. REIGN. TOTAL. ...---- ----.—•-- Wheat .. ... Ors. 1520 I 283 4425 17079 233,7 I Barley Qrs. l4 i 3370 3354 Malt Qrs. 65 3011 3 , 76 Oats Qrs. 4700 710 5411 Rye Qrs. 4 4 Beans Qrs. I 150 20 170 Pease Qrs. I 20 112 132 Shelled BarleyQrs.i Indian Corn. Qrs. I 15; 155 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Loads I'ls 3 1918 Flour. .... Sacks 6735 53 6788 Ditto Brls. 9 3 j 60n63 22798 38954 In o Runcorn, Ireland an 4 Coastwise.—Malt, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, sacks. ire.—Malt, —qrs.; Oats, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Pease. qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs.; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour. 771 brls.--Ireland Wheat, 45 qrs. ; Bar ley, qrs ; Oats. qrs : Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn, 20 qrs. ; Oatmeal. 240 Ids; Flour, so sks, hrls.—Coa , twise. Wheat, 58 qrs. ; Barley. 29 qrs. ; Malt, qrs ; Oats 119 qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 20 qrs.; Oatmeal, 6.1 loads ; Flour, 445 sacks 836 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 6. 1414. Wheat 555. Bd. I Barley 345. sd. I Oats .. 225. I'd I Rye 355. Od. Beans.. 38s. 2d. I Pease.. 365. 6d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 55s Btl I Barley 32s 6d I Oats 22s sd. I Rye 34: Id. Beans.. 36.5. I Id. j Pease.. 3 is. 11d. Duty on Foreign Grain, Ric. this week. Wheat] 7s Od I Barley 6s Od I Oats .. . 6s Od Rye.. Ss 6d Beans 6s 6u I Pease.. 8s 6d I Ind. Corn Os Od Flour Its lid Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.. Is. od. 1 Parley.. os. 6th I Oats ..Is. 61. 1 Rye.. is 6cl Beans Os. 6d 1 Pease us 6d. Ind. Corn os. od. I Flour.. Os 74d Liverpool Averages, week ending 11th July, 1844. Wheat, 641 qrs., price, 475. 4d.; Barley, qrs., price, Cs. Od. ; Oats, y 7 qrs., price 2os. 4d, ; Beans, 20 qrs., price 37a. Od. ; Pease, qr., price i s d. Duties paid in Liverpool. for week ending 11th July, :854. Frireign—Wheat, 438 d qrs.; Barley, 53 qrs.; Beaus, 1058 qrs; Pease, 137 qrs. ; brls. Colonial-0 heat, Wheat, 4250 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads; Flour, i 0,032 brls. THE INDIGO SALES.—The quarterly sale of Indigo commenced on Tuesday. The quantity declared, includ ing 999 chests of goods left over from former sales, amounted to 15,146 chests. The qualities of the Bengal are in the proportion of two-thirds good and middling. and one-third fine and ordinary, being in t!ie whole 11,587 chests. The attendance from the continent was more numerous than usual, and very fair also from the manu facturing di,tricts. The bidding soon became spirited at from 3d. to 61 per lh. lower titan the April sale prices for Bengal; 2d. and 3d. for Madras and Kurprih, and abtmt the April prices for Oude; 875 thefts passed the sa'e, and of which 51 were withdrawn, and only 25 chess bonAt in be lhe exposers. At the Indignl sale on Wed ne-day. 1,085 chests were gone taroueh, making a total of 1,950 chests, of which 52 have been withdrawn. and 118 boullit in. Prices rul d much the same as on Tues day, excepting for the batter q. &Wes, which were rather lower. At the sale on Thursd , y 802 chests were gone through at the prevous day's t nets, making a total to this time of 3,859 chests, of which 195 have been with drawn. 192 bought in, and 3,485 sold. The sales were to be resumed again yesterday, and continue about a fort- Honsy: FAIR TRictc.—At the late Chester fair, the servant man of Towoshend Ince, Esq of Chr was sent by his ma-tet to the lair to sell two horses; the prices being about £lO for one, and £l5 for the Other. biking out fir a customer, a strat:ger came up to him kod " Oh, yoo have two horses to se 1, I sup pose ; what's the price?" Tie s-rvant man inf .rite-1 him, upon which tie stranger replied that he had a very good carriage horse to di-pose of, for which he had just been bidden £3 1, but for ceitain reasons he did not wish to transact business with ihe bidder. He off: red, however, to make an excha• ge with the servant m:mn, and give him £2 tor his trottimle. Having stepped aside. atimher fell mw then came up, and asked if he was gOing to exchange his horses for the one belonging to the mtn wh m had just lett biro ; and taiog him also that if such were time case he would give him £3O for the horse. In the course of avm ry short time the exchange was mmmde, and the three pro ceded to the Swan public-house to close the s de for time single horse. Alter they had conversed a short time, this shaper suldenlv recoll,cted that he had not a recept sta.') in his pocket. and requested the servant man to go out and fetch one. He accordingly did so, but it is al most heedless to say that when he returned the toree rogues were gone, leaving a poor old hack behind them hardly worth a groat. SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP.—An in quest was held on Friday list, before the coroner of Hers, on the body of a child of t,nder age named James l)sce, who was suffocated in one of the kitchen flues at Goldings.the sect of Lord ltetty, near Hertford. It ap peared that the father of the deceased had been emp oyed to clean the flues by the machine; but having experienced some difficulty in treeing one of the flues from the soot, made the child go in to clean the soot from the ledges. After the boy hat b. en up some minutes he called out. to Ifs father V:at he could ascend no hither. The father t ild him ta go tip t i the top, and he would Linage fgo up the great kitchen chimney and bring him down. The poor little fellow then found that he could neither ascend nor &seen I, and his pit-ous cries induced the servant: to send for a bricklayer. A breach was made in the wall, at the spot whence the sounds proceeded, but upwards of four hours el rpsed before the flue was discovered. The child was then quite dead. The child had got into a shaft, not intended for a flu', having no outlet, and to which no fireplace was attached. It was presumed that he had slipped into the aperture, and was suffocated in the soot. The coroner told the father that be was at first disposed to treat it as a case of manslaughter, and undoubtedly had the child been compelled to enter the flue by threatsit would have amounted to that offence. The father had, however, rendered himself liable to a fine of £lO for an iticingement of the act of parliament; a punishment wholly inadequate to the offence. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A SHOOTING G ALL ERY.; On Saturday week, a respectable-looking young W.aos; aged 22, who gave his name as the Hon. William Touchet, was charged, at the Bow-street P t oli t s Al i e g c h with shooting Thomas Smith, a gunsmith , are that Holborn, with intent to murder him. • ap pearedtry the back the prisoner had gone into a shooting ga llski the latter to of Mr. Smith's shop, where, after having bad two shots, b uild, and, while Mr. he, without saying a word, turneir w t lax his back towards Smith was loading another it t an d wounded him in the shoot with him at the target, and him, he fired the pistol at e b a d done it for, but no answer ol)ie d that he was shot in the back, 'la pri soner was taken into custody by a was given. The om h e said lie was tired of his life, police-officer, to r. W 54 Smith on purpose, as he wished to be and had shot M r. This be repeated to another party, adding that Mr. Twyford, the sitting magistrate ' animosity to Mr. Smith. In reply to ques tions bore no a l h o n a i d n n g s a:s d k . l ed i r p . r S i m so i n t e h r e w xcla t i , prisoner th b a y t the witnesses spok en truly, and repeated had had done it in order that he might be hanged, adding that he lived in lodgings by himself in Weymouth street, Portland-street; that he was single,, had enough o f money, and had not been ill or had fever, but, for a variety of reasons, was very unhappy, alt-rwards found, is a It was directed that inquiry should h b e le al w le i r lo noo ap o p , be made respecting him, and, as it co l n n st t a was certified that Mr. Smith was not out danger, he accom panied d A b u y d l t e h y e . was remanded for a week. The prisoner, it was soon thatst i tt o iti n s h e younger brother of the present r L eh o e r n d ee A d ud ti l i e e v, pr a i c so co ne tn r: arrived at the court, evidently much affected at the ac count he had received of his brother's conduct. He en tered into a long conversation with Mr. Twyford on the bench, the par iculars of which did not transpire. Mr. Smith is still in considerable danger, and M.. Touchet has been further rr mended until tne unfortunate gentle man is able to appear. July 16. IS-44._ I METHOD OF CURING OBSTINATE iIORSE.I fe l days auo, as a ea t •r eots tiroceed ne or, tie York " (l a ; n st e mi tar de l n iu , n t c o .i , s . te a r n , d w r A e a lus a tt, l l ,:a e f ve o n f whipping, to poweed. A gentleman t 11 the o . lll' l l cm ter lie must not beat him any mare. " Wieit stati c! , do ?" the man '' my la irse has wood here upwar to of at, hour ; shall stand here ell day ? ' " Ott horse must go, but you must not beat him any 01 ,, R Get me a rope twice as lone as the horse." The Ot e i a s t t t o , t r e s a . I,l,isoaltierusieint;:f. jut was obtained, secured to the hors-'s rail, and thee 1 , : 5 0 , 3 0 between the legs forwards, after a slight put' tif given. The animal was frightened, and showe I sull, symptoms of kicking, but the pulling was ()mina!, Suddenly he started forward, and went off eitoout more beating. The g'-ntl,man said he had seen the sa w , method tried, with a similar effect, on tee most refrse l T, asses ever bred. If this fact is di:puted by those 11 . 1 , have obstinate horses or asses, 1 A them try the ex periateu eluf o DISAPPOINTED Love AND RE%ENGE.—In the -- ee , of the past week the imprisonment of a young, handso w : and accornpl shed lady of 21 years of age, tarok place Oa der the following circurns•aoces, and that on the steP s o , the house of one of the h ghest law officers of the ern fat This well born and highly educated young woman ba' , o , 6 three years, exercised her musical talent. for the pall if , eo : of aidinz in the means of supporting her mother and s e , ters, whose fortunes were lost by their father's unsuc fel speculations. A music seller from rime to time st i r; plied her with music for her professional uses, hut al'l, sent much more than was desired. The personal eha t e and talent of the lady ha I attracted the us •c s eller's °1 rice, and he avowed nimself, to her gre a t a-tan , shinel l a her admirer; hi: suit was calmly rejected, the lady be t engaged to an offieer of rank. Oa hearing this, the 0 491 seller demanded instant payment of la's money, accomP oe , nying it with a writ. Expostulation was u s ed. the O w cessary part of •he music seer without orders offered t 0 returned, and the remainder pad fen During this co f _5, respondence the action was continued, judgment obtaia,, execution against the person issued ; a n d the young lady taken from the steps of one of the bight-sr law of fi cer s o l the crown, where she was about to attend her piled'. p, carried to is spone . ng house in Chancery-lane, and her° the affair could be settled three days elapsed.—Tintes. • fad The new chatter of the Bank of Eneatid will be In operation in the course of a few weeks from the 10°1 - time. The part of the bi'l which trio-4 engages the atla s' Lion in th e mone t ary c i rc l es i s , that more ban seven rO, lions of Bank of En g l an d no t es are to be cance ll e d o nv; before so early a time as t h e 10th day of October; f° l 2 though notes are to he allowed to be i-sued in the proPo; tion of two-thirds to the amount of bullion, the a men!' so issued may be very insu ffi cient to c oun t eract the viltIl; drawal of so immense a sum on the securities, as nit% circumstances may occur to diminish extensively bet that time the present amount of bullion in the bank. dependence on the amount of bullion for all Batik of gPil s i land notes beyond the small arid entirely insuffic' e • amount of £11.000,000. with tile additional restraints ° , the provincial bankers from issuing notes for the suePt of the trade of the country, and filling up the chaste; the circulation, is viewed by many parti e s : s f u ll of 11 . 4 certainty in its operation, for the prese n t excess!" amount of bullion appears to have been relied upon as r; pable of permanency. or that permanently £10,000,S can be retained , the sum aimed at by Sir Robert Peel, P o i though the public witnessed, in 1836, the withdrawal 0 1 bullion so rapidly, and in defiance of all the exertion°, the directors, that only about one million of sovereirt remained in the Bank. It is not &tutted that the 4 . '7, of such a dependence must produce great irregularitio; the price of commodities, when the bullio n ma y veil ' 0 amount from £16,000,000 to £1,000,000, and no Per i l perceives any power in Sir Robert Peel to keep the anatl s stationary et £10,000,000, as he has promised the 1 40 • of Commons within the last few days.—Midland Corral „ ' e Herald. THE NAVY.—A discussion was last week excited ip the House of Commons by the Prince de Joinville'S fib brand pamphlet, addressed the other day to th e wtr-P ee ° in France. Sir Charles Napier, Lord Mi n t o , a nd Ph." r ii Shiel, roundly rated the government for mai n taintn inadequate naval force. This on the part of the whiga.o passing strange and not a lit tl- impudent. The comPl a eo l ,‘ against the Whig government in 1839, was, that theY P no vessels in reserve ; and that the dock-yards wer e t e such a decayed and inefficient state that no addition e, the force afloat could he made in any reasonable O li o Now, however, it would appear "27 sail of the line 8 0 actually ready for service, and independently of the` ' sail of the line, of which six are three-deck ers , and tPO of 92 guns, complete for comenissioni ng , w i t h ou t the ',I of a shipwright, and irrespective of the frigates 81 : 0 smaller vessels, altogether 50 sail, we have in two Of ° O l ports no less than three 3-deckers, one 84, three 78'5 , 1, 0 , five 72's, 13 sail of the line, four 50-gun frigates, ten 4 if three 26's, and a dozen sloops of war, which would I' o require docking, to be coppered, and small repairs, t ° .„ o l ready for sea." The complaint ag a i ns t th e whin' " not only that the vessels afloat were o n ly half tnan ij , 4ol ", and badly " found," and that there was no adequate F . `,„ .4 vision for a reinforcement in an e mergenc y, but it A lp alleged alleged against them, and proved too, that in no si n 7, department were the dock-yards in an efficient st ao, The staff of artificers had become incompetent throlgc; reduction or the appl'cation of a pinching economy, V ii4 n t, occasioned able workmen to abandon their ernploYtn e t .4l The store departments were reduced to such a sate, l.e g at one time there was not su ffi cient timber and materi; on hand to build and fit out one ship. With regard the number of ships in commission at the present ti nt " compared with the number in 1841, the c l ose o f micro we find that, although at peace, we have more 50-g ships, and more of each of she other classes of frigates; whilst we have nearly 20 more steam- vesse l s o f a super nif class. As, however, the comp ar i son i n the House ° e : Commons. on Monday, was chi e fly b etween the fir and French forces, we may state that all t h e Frenc h of battle ships note in existence amount to but /wen"' llf WRIT OF ERROR.—On Tuesday morning Mr. Kee resumed his address, which lasted till f our o 'clock. „, concluded by saying that their lo r d s hip s would not I s % mit the provisions of an important act of parliament' a ", der which the jurors were chose n , who we re to try a ma c, it might be, for his life, to he violated, but they wind', `el,o qu're it to he strictly complied w ith. He sehmitted, their lordships upon thi s groun d, as upon a ll the o th o grounds mentioned in the course of the argument, the defendants not having had that t o w hi c h eve ry Br l ` i , ll l subject was entitled, in every trial, civil or cr i m inal-t o is, rot having had a fair trial by law —were entitled b , cl dm the benefit of the error upon the record, and too e , mit to their lordship, that this judgment (ma l t to b versed. Tuose were the grounds upon wh eta they ru b , witted that this judgment was erroneous ; and they ' ll e s mittetl, wi:h all confidence, to their lordship:, that till, or some of them, the judgment must be rever ,e o ,l (This closed the case for the traversers.) After it sh 0 , consultation between their lordships, they adjourned 11 10 til six o'clock.—At a few minutes past six o'clock' judges having taken their seats. counsel an I agents a' c o j again caned in.—The Attorney-General, on the pa r t o at the crown, addressed years o t fl age,e e, a r court, i r rt, i :ad d tcessi S exaf il ,pa,i o eldrrte,t , eeih e scrnssee l pr i aaie ll sitanee.,n t rdti O T daw t f h i,si e g:lirAp P eofelpro# o 7.o4o. o ,, at which the r lordships adjourned till Tuesday. ptsbwh ' f u laaole}amriruyt a sei d eoitl a s,nro y uotsbhahj m etuee.nrcd o t r e.sc u e i h n aAel g the Attorney-General cont i n ued . dii,:snyssttantiteeet hteor, arguments, and concluded at two o'clock, by m ah.ta'P i . that the judgment was correct and legal. The Att " °e ",l General for Ireland (Mr. T. B. C. Smith) followed , spoke until a quarter-past five. An a joernment place till half-past six, when tlie counsel tor the plailit! er l Sir T. Wilde, Mr. NI. D. Hill, and Mr. Kelly, ° r e heard in reply. The latter had not clused at ft"' past e'everi, when their lordships adjourned to W,dar /l e morning, when Mr. Fitzroy Kelly rtsuir,ed his argnracil a-id concluded his address at a (pouter before three 0c1°,4 by stating that his clients felt s oisfied that h-ir lord--'ht decision would be founded on justice. The Atte r "fo General said, he bel-ved the Crown had the right °he final reply, but he would not press it on this oce,isioti i r e wished, h wever, that it should not be drawn into s e , P a t' cedent. The Lord Chancellor then sa:d. that in conr r el Cori with his learsaebewsedotda.: walked eet i ad i e d sanarih n odre o : hle friends , he had prell e e certain questions for the opinion of the Queen's .o" . , g t ic° which his lordship banded to "the Lord Chief d t k° Tindal. Lord Chief Justice Tindal, cm the part of ar il judges. asked time to consider the question:. Tile t ill Chancellor: " Most certainly, you must he alloor o iel reasonable time to consider lour decision." T i le P`' immediately afterwards adjourned. 0 1 APPALLING MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED SUICI P ":114 A tragical occurrence took place Saltord on Su l ia l e f°, night last,—the murder of a female by a man, with '''te° she had been on the point of inarri , ige, and the attenWso, self-destruction of the murderer. The name of th e a 1 fortunate victim was Alice Nolan, about thirty year'sbit age, who supported herself by working as a reeler. t bl was, we believe, a native of St. Helens. The name o ' lo l perpetrator of the horrid deed is Thomas Stew. a 'Ai about 29 or 30 ten o'clock at nil? v tl l i t e lo o r c . cu ti p ,bhteitaneasr the lipi a ter n teei i d dioeii : on, : usfes n s Na a o v ni :11. i : e gr e t di t t o . navigator ," o haep pi l elfe ee n a tw p ic ,r h s . o C n he n s ite u rt u o th . apparently on friendly terms, he accompanying her on t t a b ß h g a r e a t i l i g °b u g an s t s a - n a t s s t d t r oh o e fe o e Briggs -street , taiewnrprthlo' when ngwßehhoiccarkhnl throat h fil t e to : e a : S t t a r w e yh e a a t s d , but for some adnladot Sunday lodgings. pgbaases.ttewrae The that ad t ni asdchk discovered hv n ee m ry i e u n od s u t P nt u r g t}1 , 5 : ;: 0 111 0 0 0: time ; and on Sunday they were heard conversing °n ot/ by a young woman named Mary Barlow coming f 0 noticed that she staggered, and had her hand placed l A n n a a s l h ar o m ck w i n a g s m e a v n e n n e: a , n t d he se b v l e o r o a d i fl p o e w rs i o n n g s tr r o a m n t . t o h d e t t b h w e e :- # 00 9" 641 Shepherd , to f th e et to render assistance, but she died in about ten Wi tt O g g without being able to speak. The young woman b at first saw the deceased perceived no one near her ; very short time elapsed before all doubt as to the vist trator of the murder was dispelled, by the attetoPlC ire cide of Stew, the man who had accompanied b e . r be !k i d Shepherd's house. It appears that after cutting l o on ceased's throat, he returned back to the house wh e o t P r had spent the day ; and, on arriving at the door, it own throat, but not so as to occasion death. Sorg.,,e4„ was procured as soon as possible, and he was con'''lem the Royal Infirmary, where he now lies in a verf o r t e rictus state, the chances of his recovery being el doubtful. We understand that his windpipe is coi l : li r / 0, cut through, hut the large blood vessel was not , oh He has never been able to speak since, and at fir s 'bitlfs nately refused to take food, though he afterwards c in that respect. A razor was found near the doocoviiti house where be cut his throat, and the razor 118 seaS been identified as one which he borrowed on b a , 'l afternoon, under pretence that he wanted to 5 b 5 „, - ors v o l self. He was not intoxicated at the time of the .I,t, fo l and, from the facts which hive so far come to a c t re stLi motive can he assigned for the commission of th, e ,. o isetoi acts above described, except the refusal of toe ue" s t rfr tit marry him. A verdict of wilful murder seal against him at the coroner's inquest. nea t wri l the d eceased yards and at thi h Cloth dealit warp ' l ' o ol tiers t done of the HA Piece mai n stock iiBS tlll Roe e xPeci; has b e has be the it, ' , Etc kid th Orders f or the --- Rhea Oats. PF ~~ w ....."'': _. 2. C ii' ,- ra;i w r alk t BB . .t