The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

ROMISH DOINGS iN SWITZERLAND. fiappily at an seCtied wi t} may perhap its real ehan to you and the mural influen those who fo ' Sonderbund were gaged in denouncing from t raring th that she w talent was accepted to the let larger extent than you w Lightened who were foremost i to acknoWledge their of proof arrived. 'I Eliken. midway betv day previous to the of the little v tion not to be . alarmed even if they shot their village, for that on ti _ . its wrath upon them and hpn thrr pour ( gular to relate. bow( Vederd t ken to take no. heard of on 1 ; C'e !re many sin itv. One ( (From the Berne correspondent e. the Times.) great Powers have resolved to take into their of the civil war, now nd in Switzerland, a few incidents con which have come under my knowledge, serving to illustrate :s - under which informed you, in a former Icerne had been actively en he pulpit the Federal cause, and misguided hearers that the Holy Virgin had declared ty and paralyse the exertions qtly true ; and the announce ter by the people, to a much Id believe possible in an en- Vet the Priests themselves in; the people, were the first When the time ivancing to ild eneini eaven ving th Eli- were actually on their march through E unciations of Divir ance, but a propitiat oblation in the shape of 50 vere cheerfully accented. I ntleman who info-rnied me, that. he so fu lounc,ement of the f she should fail of her promi More— believe in a' I have seer )us little bri with the effigy of the Vi a one side and the Cr the other. which v as charms sold at sev nst all n Lnd ten b at 10d. and 15d. of our isket and carbine balls; money) those at 1) were proof against cannon shot also ! The pun, also presented with ;bast rs of these medals were of which the following is italics, and all: a verbatim transcript, capital " CON et PECIIE, .--_, ItECourts A. voila! PRIEZ POUR. NOUS 9t " Quiconque, portant u :uleuse, recite eed I may , be excused h from profanin blasphemy—is. sh tor without sin—pray for u have recourse to you medal, who recites u lny one carrying a miraculous he above invocation, rcial protection of ti made by Mary hers( Mother of God - . laced confidence (and I r) has been related to doubt'not th me on good author sued, and challen flight, and was wounded successively by four shots, when he sank under his wounds. Upon being captured, he de clared that having a medal, had he thought it possible the bullets could have touched him he would have surrendered at once. — l understand that be is since dead. Upon a like principle—or want of principle—the land •trum and soldiers were invited to bring their arms to the churches to be blessed ; for which fees of five or ten francs were charged. Whole piles of arms received bene diction in this manner, and were then declared to be sure of hitting A. SCENE IN THE CO) lONS, In the House of Commons on Tuesday, during a debate on the Irish Coercion Bill, Mr. WALTER rose, but had spoken two sentences t as interrupted by who reminded the MORGAN JOHN O'CONNEL and seconded Mr. D'lsa Lted the right of which had just D be in order sh members Mr. Wm had spoken in t the hot government best test of If-government ow, one rig from what question w he had hea could say that the Irish ion as the blacks. The ), that "If the were not n kimen would be nigger Mr. Joul4 - o'Ci should L asked if it was in order that t buffooner The SPEAKER informed Mr. J. O'Connell that he was mself out of order in applying the term " buffoonery " to the observations of M Mr. J. O'CONNELL bc the chair, and retracted his offensive expression Mr. WALTER said, that the proverb which he had just quoted was derived from high authority—that of an Irish bishop, well conversant with the habits of Irishmen, Bishop Berkeley, of Cloyne. If lie might judge from the speeches of that evening, the grievances and distresses of Ireland were quite new matter to that house; and yet there was not one gentleman present who had not heard them discussed a hundred times over. That was not the time for a discussion of those subjects. We were assembled at present to protect the lives of our fellow-subjects ; and we .d at once to the authority of ht to be placed upon nd assassination until we had ascertained the causes of them, and had redressed the grievances of Ire land ! What would Irish members have said if we had refused to grant any relief to their country until we had inquired into, and ascertained, the causes of the failure of of the potato crop ? He called on those who said that there ought to be no delay in administering to their dis tress, and whose constant cry was, " Give, give," to be consistent in the course which they had pursued. He agreed with his hon. colleague, that for the repression of ordinary crimes the ordinary law of the land was sufficient. He thought they should deal with those who commit such crimes as Dr. Johnson proposed to deal with madmen— knock them down first, and reason with them after wards. (A laugh.) He would say, in the words of King Richard 11., were to be told that no cl murder We must supplant those rough ru g-headed kerns, [ere no venom else, , ge to live." (Cheers.) But only they, bath privi - - Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL commented on the pert and flippant speech of the last speaker, which, he said, bore a striking resemblance to the clever but bitter .rtiptp. of a Ipariinv journal. which was in the habit of throwing oil of vitriol on the irritated feelings of Ireland. That speech, however smart, _was not at all relevant to the subject of the debate. He hoped that Mr. Fagan would persist in his motion, unless the house showed an inclination to listen to the speeches of Irish members. Mr. O'GORMAN MAHON moved, as an amendment upon the motion of adjournment, that Mr. Fagan be asked to continue his address. Having had some experience in the house thirteen years ago, he bore his willing testi mony to the increased patience with which it now listened to every member who addressed it on the affairs of Ire land. He asked the house to continue its generosity a few moments longer; for perhaps Mr. Fagan would not trouble it long. He hoped that the house would allow the debate to terminate with the same feeling in which it Sir G. GREY interposed to the same effect. He was sure that if Mr. Fagan confined himself within proper limits the house would be glad to hear him. Mr. Jones O'CoNTNELL said that he had been sixteen years a member of the house, and in no Parliament had be seen such a wish to crush discussion on Irish questions as in the present. lie had never been in any Parlia ment in which there was so much intolerance directed against Ireland. PAPIER MACHE MANUFACTURE (From the Birmingham Herald.) We recently visited the Papier Mache manufactory of Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge in this town. In furniture we had an opportunity of testing the appearance of the paper chairs, as compared with those made of wood ; and also of ascertaining, by comparison, the progress made in manufacture. That paper has an advantage over wood we have already remarked, but we were scarcely prepared to find such manifest improvement in the design of the paper furniture at present made, as compared with that first pro duced. At first, makers appeared to doubt the capability of the material, and were consequently cautious in their effirts ; but at the present time the power of the material is so well developed that no fear is entertained as to its capability, and therefore, no design is too difficult for pro duction. We were shown some chairs which are in every respeet.equal both in appearance and in firmness to the old Buhrfarniture ; and others which are faithful copies from the richest specimens of old carved English oak. — One of these latter has been copied from an example in Aston Manor House, the seat of James Watt, Esq., near this town, and presents an appearance of firmness and solidity equal in every way to its old prototype, whilst in the delicacy of finish the wood is, of course, far surpassed. Some chairs are slight and elegant, others massive and imposing, but all possessing, from the character of their material, a lightness of which other furniture is destitute. One chair is worthy of particular notice. It is Moorish in d es ign, and the ground colour is white, which is picked out w i t h bl u e, pink, green, and gold. The back is delicately perfoiated, and the ornament is in very good taste. On the whole, the forms given to the chairs are good, and great attention has evidently been paid to the importance of securing a well-formed outline. A charming and valu able feature in the paper furniture is the truth and variety of the various Perforations, which are of all descriptions, and in many cases most elaborate. Perhaps if the painted ornaments were freed from some of their gilding, an d the high and glaring colours frequently employed were a little toned down, a better effect would be gained. In tables, of various kinds, considerable taste has been exhibited, both as regards shape and ornament. Mitch has been gained in decoration by the introduction of pearl, as an adjunct to the pencil, and by this means many effects are acquired which could not be otherwise produced. In one case, that of a small round table, a group of shells and coral, resting on sea-weed, is very effectively represented in pearl. The centre group► is contained within a delicate gilded ring, and the whole is bordered by an arrangement of shells, again in pearl. The pillar of the table is good in design, the stem moulding being that of the lotus leaf.— The colour is rather gaudy, otherwise the general effect of the article is very good. Other tables are ornamented by 'Adam scenes, epics of laulicapes and genre paintinp, and classical subjects. Among the latter is a very notice able specimen, the subject of which is the story of Europa. "he figures are spiritedly rendered, and the execution is dby the highest finish. We must here advert an omission which we feel convinced Messrs. Jennens Bettridge will readily correct. In copying scenes om the painted or engraved works of artists, the name of lie artist copied is omitted. Now this should not be : here is no doubt that an artist is benefitted by having '<.s of his work used in decoration, but in no case should aracterise this appropriation be made without acknowledgment. It would be no trouble to copy the name of the artist as well as his work, and at the same tijne the adoption of such a course would merely be an act 6f justice. To return to our notice. A large centre table (which was last year exhibited during the session of the London Society of Arts) is re markable for the beauty of its ornament, consisting of a group of flowers, such as poppies, lilies, roses, camellias, convolvoli, and honeysuckles, nicely grouped, and painted with great breadth and effect. Much taste is also dis played in the borderings. Many views, which w nised as being from Prout, Sh recog- Ateau, Jan Both, and others, had a pleasing effect when painted on tables; and we may justly admire the feeling which dictates the production of works of this description. provd re efrEc- introduced, and the forms have been much im . The old cramped outline has given place to a graceful curve, while the ornament has racter from gaudiness to chasteness of eft are many features in the decorations of ti would willingly see avoided much gold may be dispe give place to tints mo much - to praise. nsed witt übdued Design has made a for e articles we re is, however, complain are the exceptions to the rule Two cheval creens are of a high character: one containing a view of Salisbury Cathedral is remarkable for the clearness of the drawing, and the management of the pictorial effect; the other, a view of the Hall of Judgment, at the Alhambra, is a rich specimen of colour. We do not recollect the artist from whom it is copied, but the copy is evidently faithful, and the colour is exquisitely managed. The frame of the screen is a copy of the entrance-gate to the palace of the Alhambra, the tracery in the original being -4 in the screen by perforations of a most elaborate The drawing of the stand is correct, with the exception of the feet, which appear to be slightly too de pressed. The colcur of the frame, though brilliant, is not sufficiently subdued for our taste. The colours are crim son and white, picked out with green and blue. , 'n from David Roberts, R.A., Clarkson Stanfield, R.A and other artists, are also nicely copied ii , - - -- - represente character. is rema screen, nearly seven feet I Scenes can be manufactured in paper pots are noticeable as possess' A pleasing branch of paper manufacture is that of vases, and in this department we saw many articles of great beauty. On the whole, the forms of the vases are good, and the ornament is, as we have always urged it should be, subdue& The principal ornaments for vases were flowers, of which we saw many specimens. The whole of them were naturally and effectively painted. One or two copies of Etruscan vases were remarkably fine and correct, both in form and colour. We may mention that A few cabinets and tea- vases are made from four inches in height up to forty inches. In work-boxes, desks, inkstands, and tea-caddies, great variety of form is apparent, and, in many cases, there is a good deal of vigorous design. _ Still there is also a straining after effect, which sometimes leads to a distortion of fortii in the attempt to produce a novelty. Many of the desks ani work-boxes are ornamented in a very splendid style, and on the whole there appears to have been a considerable effort at consistent design. Not only, however, are the designs improved, but Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge aim at making their workmen good also, by teaching them to draw, and imbuing their minds with the principles of art. METEOROLOGY THE STORM PREDICTED At the meeting of the Polytechnic Society, last week, Mr. SALT, the secretary, said, knowing that Mr. Dwyer, who was present, took great interest in meteorological subjects, he begged to ask his opinion of a very great de pression which he had observed in his barometer, in which the quicksilver had sunk to the very lowest point MY. DWYE said he had observed a barOmeter which. although at a low point before, had fallen considerably on Sunday, and on that day. That evening he had remarked that the height of the mercury was 28 3-10ths, a very low degree, and invariably accompanied by a storm. If the storm was not in our locality, there could be no doubt that it was raging at no great distance. Whenever the barometer was low, without bad weather here, we were sure to hear of storms in the Atlantic. Local causes ght prevent a strong current from visiting any particu- The CHAIRMAN said, Col. Reed's theory was torm goes in a spiral form—in the centre leaves a v .num, and in conseouence of that vacuum the barometer that a falls very considerably lower part of it was often retarded on the earth's surface, while the upper part of it careered through the air. Now the barometer showed the depth of a column of air, and this was the chief use of that instrument at sea ; for when captains found the barometer low, they prepared for a hurricane ; and according to the present prevailing theory, as the first gusts of wind blow upon them, they can tell upon what side of the ocean the hurricane is raging. There was an account, a few weeks ago, in the Illustrated London News, of a typhoon in the Chinese seas, and the writer says,—" You will be amused to hear we are stopping of a storm passing by." There was a little hand-book of storms, which might be the means of saving much life and property were it more generally known. He himself conceived it quite possible for a ship in the tropics to get out of a storm. The air, when it met with resistance, sometimes went on with increased force; and it was a singular fact that many of the hurricanes commence where the trade winds cease. If heavy rains fall, an amount of vapour was extracted from the air, a vacuum was produced, and there must, consequently, be a set of air towards that vacuum. Perhaps condensation was the cause of the original set of the air • then there was the sun's reflection over a large portion of earth—and many things to bear in mind. But he thought it was a subject worthy the attention of governments. If they took it in hand, it was possible, from the various lighthouses over Europe, and from vessels' logs, to ascertain, at a certain moment in the day, the direction of the wind over a whole hemisphere. Were this done, we might ascertain causes producing hurricanes which are not felt till weeks afterwards. _ _ Mr. SPENCER expressed his approval of Mr. nesphy's theory. When a cloud formed rapidly, it was certain that the barometer would fall. A typhoon extends a very short way. He recollected reading a paper five or six years ago, at another society, when the late Mr. Turner said, on one occasion he came from New York to Liverpool. Another vessel intended to sail at the same time as the one in which he was, but was detained till the next day. He enjoyed a fine passage ; but the other vessel had en- itered heavy storms, W and did not arrive till two or f weeks after, almost in a state of wreck. She had - . come with them to the west coast of Ireland, then parted and was in the centre of a storm. At first they saw astern of them a great cloud, and were then enveloped in it all the way till she got here. It was pretty generally known amongst captains that, to put the vessel's head to the point, whence the wind was blowing hardest, was the readiest way to get out of it. An interesting dic•cussion followed, in which the correct ness of Mr. Hesphy's views were generally admitted. Mr. Dwyer thought, however, he was too local and limited in his observations. There were many facts which his theory could not account for. etntral tsrellanv. The Times states that no fewer than 1,200 of the London police were at one time laid up of influenza. There is no truth in the statement of cholera having made its appearance in London. The performances at Covent-garden, on Tuesday, for Shakspeare's house, realised £BOO. Mr. D. Salomons was, on Monday, elected Alderman of the Ward of Cordwainers, London. - - The Macclesfield Chronicle has been bequeathed a le gacy of £lOO, by the late E. D. Davenport, Esq. Mr. Murphy, the celebrated weather prophet, died very suddenly on Wednesday. The bank with the lowest fixed issue is a joint-stock bank—the Helston Banking Company—whose authorised imit of notes is to-the extent of £1503 only. At Buckenham, in Norfolk, the seat of the honourable F. Baring, a party of eight sportsmen shot in one day, 1 0 besides hares and rabits, 930 pheasant and 90 partridges. Mr. John Cook, has sold the Snigsend Estate, about six miles from Gloucester, to Mr. Fergus O'Connor. The quantity is about 250 acres, and the price £l2OOO. HAY HARVEST IN DECEMBER. — On Friday last, we observed a man cutting grass with a scythe in a field near the railway station in this town.—Bradford Observer. On Tuesday night last, the Princess's Theatre, London, was closed, in consequence of nearly the whole of the per formers being laid up with the influenza. A " Beef Association " has been established at Mont rose. They advertise " boiling pieces "at 41. per pound, and " steaks " at sd. Oranges are arriving in London in great abundance. On one day last week no less than ten vessels arrived there from Oporto, &c., entirely laden with that fruit to the amount of several thousand packages. SMALL ECONOMY. — At a meeting of the finance com mittee of the Ruthin Town Council last week, the salary of the Town Clerk was reduced £5, and that of the Trea surer £1 per annum. The assets of Messrs. Coots and Hillard of London, American merchants, are £35,462, to meet £72,057 of liabilities. It is not expected the estate will pay 10s. in the pound. _ _ _ _ —. . The small country bank of Messrs. Gibson and Start of St. Albans, has stopped payment. Its fixed issue was less than any other private bank in the kingdom. It had only £l5OO of notes in circulation. A plantation on the estate of Carnousie, in Banffshire, was lately wilfully fired by some unknown person, and fine young trees, covering nearly two acres, were destroyed before the progress of the flames could be stopped. A GOOD Smx.—Notwithstanding the distress which has so long existed in this borough, there :are only six leases from this neighbourhood for trial at the present assizes, being about half the usual number. —Halifax Guardian. GAs. — M a meeting in Southwark last week, one of the speakers said that nearly all the principal towns in York shire were supplied with gas at 3s. 31d. per thousand cubic feet, and that in the large manufacturing towns the price did not exceed 4s. to 4s. 6d. A soldier has lost his life at Glasgow in a singular way He had gone to sleep on a " common stair ;" in his sleep he slipped through the rails of the bannisters, and, falling, was caught by the chin, when his feet were within two foot of tho around, and was thus suffocated, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND EDUCATION.— Official notice has been published that the first general examination of schoolmasters who are candidates for certificates will be held in Easter week next. The United Presbyterian Congregation of North Leith have presented a house ar.d garden, of the value of £1,250, to the Rev. Dr. Harper, as a proof of the esteem in which they hold him as their pastor. Madame Mendelssobn Bartboldy, *widow of the cele brated composer, has received letters of condolence from the Queen of England, the King of Prussia, and the King Miss Birch, the celebrated singer, In” written to the paper° to say that she did not keep her engagement with the French Operatic Company in consequence of "an insurmountable terror having taken possession of her on account of the imperfection of her French pronunciation." At the general rehearsal she was the victim of the laughter and jokes of the company. She adds, "You can imagine with what alarm I was seized on finding how easy it was for a public, so fond of a joke as the people of Paris, which makes game of everything, including itself, to find in my accent a perpetual subject of pleasantry." Jenny Lind and Alboni have already shrunk from a similar ordeal. A CHARACTER.—LateIy died in London, William An thony, Esq., one of the most remarkable men of his day. He was of a very ingenious turn of mind, and effected many improvements in watchmaking, arid other mecha nism : 30 years ago he joined in a patent for the applica tion of steam-power to passenger vessels in the Thames. In 1823 he singly resisted an attack of burglars on the house, where he had a consignment worth £2OOO of watches for exportation. In 1825 (the bubble year), he engaged in many of the schemes then afloat, and lost con siderably ; but his love of speculation still led him to in vest large sums in exhibitions in the metropolis, and in chemical works in Clerkenwell. He was also one of the earliest shareholders in the Manchester and Liverpool line ; but his speculations resulted in great losses. He was engaged for nearly 20 years in a disputed reference of partnership accounts, which cost him above £30,000. He has left some freehold property to " his nearest of blood, claiming within 12 months,' and in default of nearer, then to his first cousin's son, Mr. Charles Nash. FAMILY FREAKS.—Four years ago, says the Notting ham Journal, a young couple—the bridegroom twenty, the bride eighteen—took each other " for better for worse" in Nottinghamshire, and returned from church to a com- fortable home. He was in easy circumstances she had a snug life-annuity—tolerable securities for happiness. But the honeymoon had hardly " filled its horn ' ere the bride became false to her husband. Several suitors were at first encouraged, but in a short time she settled' down with a shoemaker, a married man and a father. The injured husband entered the army. Crispin and' his paramour fled into Derbyshire. Not lor.g had they lived together before they were forcibly separated, the shoe maker returning home, and his depraved companion nobody knew where. Lately, however, an acquaintance received a letter from her, inquiring after her guilty lover, and took it to her husband's father. He, strangely enough, entered into correspondence with her in the name of the shoemaker, and several letters have been ex changed, the lady begging him to rejoin her in London. The hoax, it seems, " forms the staple topic of conver - -• certain age." It is difficult to divine why so stupid, not to say unbecoming, a correspondence should have been carried on PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The seventh annual meeting of this company waa held on Wednesday. This powerful association, composed of the wealth of the merchant princes of En gland, which has opened up such extensive facilities for communication with our important possessions in India, and, still more distant, China, is progressing most satis factorily. An additional capital of half a million sterling is about to be raised, for the purpose of extending opera tions in the East; and. in all probability, a line of com munication will be established with Australia, under con tract with the Government, for the conveyance of the mails between those colonies and the mother country, and which is to be effected by stated voyages from Singa pore to Sydney—a route at present almost totally unfre quented, but which, with government aid, it is expected would be rendered profitable. Such an establishment would be of Oe utmost advantage to the rising colonies of New Holland, as tending to open new and extensive markets for their agricultural and mineral' produce, and the supplying, with greater facility, many articles of merchandise which they now import. The financial statement is highly satisfactory—a dividend, for the whole year, being paid of 8 per cent., free of income-tax, with large reserves, in the shape of "depreciation" and "in surance" funds, and the ordinary reserve fund, preparing them for any casualties to their vessels, without a fear of being obliged to encroach upon the capital. Upon the whole, it would appear, that this important company was never in a more prosperous state ; and their present position, with the vastly extended undertakings now under consideration, undoubtedly stamps it as the greatest un dertakine, for a company of private merchants, ever established in the history of the civilized world. THE INFLUENZA IN LONDON.—The rate of mortality during the last twenty days has been something, we should think, very far beyond what our best informed readers are prepared to expect. The autumnal weekly average of deaths in the metropolitan districts, containing at the last census a population of 1,948,211, is 1046. In the week ending Saturday, Noy. 27, the total deaths were 1677, being 631, or 90 a day above the average. In the week ending Saturday, Dec. 4, the returns of which• will not be published till to-morrow, the total number of deaths was 2454, being 1408, or 200 a day, above the average. In the fourteen days, therefore, ending last Saturday. there were 2038 deaths more than usual, and as such to be ascribed to the epidemic, or the prevailing unhealthiness of the season. We are now informed, though we hope and trust without sufficient grounds, that since last Satur day, the rate of mortality has continued to increase. It is scarcely necessary to remind the public that this is a greater mortality than any which this generation has known. The total deaths from Asiatic cholera in the me tropolis and its vicinity in 1832 was not more than 5275. The most important feature of the epidemic is that which every household has probably experienced for itself, and which is borne out by the returns of the Registrar-Gene ral. It operates rather as a noxious and lethal element, attacking each particular infirmity of constitution, assist ing ill tendencies, and giving the last blow to sickness, to weakness, and to age. The weak head, the weak lungs, , the weak throat, have had to stand the brunt. of the in fliction. In the last published returns, i. e., for-the week ending Nov. 27, very little is set down to the head of " influenza," which has, of course, a more limited signi fication in medicine than in popular parlance. The greatest increase is in what are called the zymotic class of diseases, and in diseases of the lungs.and other organs of respiration.— Times. THE CHARTIST ESTATE.—A correspondent of the Gloucester Journal thus describes the politico-agricul tural colony recently founded in that locality. I deter mined to judge for myself, and there being a fine day, last week, off I started for Lowbands. The first glance of the estate is anything but attractive to an Englishman—to an Irishman it must appear a kind of " model Tipperary." here the resemblance ends. The settlers are an intelli gent, sensible, and civil body of mechanics, who have left their profitable occupations in the north to enjoy, in the west, what they describe as a profitable independence. — Well, good luck to them—Mr. O'Connor's judgment was sadly at fault in his selection of the spot upon whichto try his plan. The distance of the Lowbands estate from Gloucester is about nine miles ; it is nearly all arable, and the soil, in most parts, a strong, wet, clay, unfit, since the last rains, to be much worked until the spring. They have not a draught horse upon the place, and consequently they are compelled to pay others for hauling their coal. Mr. O'Connor has had the estate partially drained, but the drainage is miserably defective. The morning I was there, several of the ailottees were engaged in letting down the water from their allotment upon those of their neighbours. Unless some more main drains are speedily cut to suit the convenience of the holders, they will find that, after a deep fall of snow and a sudden thaw, it will be next to impos sible to live there in health. The young wheat is just above the ground, but not a barn or straw house is there on the estate ; there must, therefore, at additional expense, The lotm a e i n io t t t a e e b s a w r till will have straw vo no v h e o g u e s t e ab y e - . till spring, and no b read corn till harvest ; and I could not be erected harvest.o neach a but notice that ma n y of them were sorely puzzled to say l how they were to exist till nex t harvest—how those who have no money from other sources can ever live there and save money enough to pay for their allotments, is more than I can see or they can tell. Again, upon the death of the present owners, the estate must be either sold or di vided ; and, if it should come to a division amongst the children, I shall feel that the landowners of Redmarley will deserve sympathy. Mr. O'Connor has got the wrong men for the work, and, more than that, he has brought them to the wrong place. - EDUCATION IN WALES,—COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS-. —ln the session of 1846 a motion was made, praying her Majesty " to direct an inquiry to be made into the state: of education in the principality of Wales, especially into the means afforded to the labouring classes of acquiring a knowledge of the English language." The Secretary of State undertook to have this inquiry conducted under the authority of the Committee of Council on Education, Three Commissioners, Mr. R. IL W. Lingen, Mr. Jelin ger C. Symons, and Mr. Vaughan Johnson, were sent into Wales. The first undertook the inspection of the counties of Carmarthen, Glamorgan, and Pembroke; the second of Brecknock, ardigan, Radnor, and 'Monmouth ; the third of North Wales. The reports, therefore natur ally divide themselves into three parts. Our present bu siness is with the first part. The object of the govern ment was to have a full and exact account of the state of education in the principality ; every facility, for this pur pose, was given—each commissioner having the permis sion to associate with him two or more assistants versed in the Welsh language. The area inspected by Mr. Lin gen contained 2376 square miles, and a population (1841) of 365,388. The number of day schools, excluding the few where the lowest terms exceeded 6d. a-week, were 712 day-schools, said to contain 30,910, or about 1 to 12 of the population, and 913' Sunday-schools, said to contain 72,392, or just about lins of the population. The edu cation of the district is therefore carried on principally by the means of Sunday-schools. Through them the younger portion of the labouring classes in Wales can . generally read, or are in course of learning to read, the Scriptures in Welsh. A fifth of the population are in them, about half this number is returned as able to read the Scriptures. These schools organized some of them well, seine of them ill, are especially attractive to the Welsh people. They are the best conception of the wants and objects of edu cation and of the means of applying it, which the volun tary principle, acting with great energy, has been able to work out for itself. Whatever the amount of instruction conveyed in them, they are stated " to be real fields of mental activity." The activity, though, is within a piti able narrow range, and often of a most pernicious or waste ful tendency. "The topics current in them are those of the most general (religious) interest, and are treated in a mode partly didactic, partly polemical, partly rhetorical, the most universally appreciated. Whatever ignorance is shown there, whatever mistakes made, whatever strange speculations started, there are no superiors to smile and open their eyes." FEARFUL MURDERS AND SUICIDE.—OR Wednesday this town was horrified by the news of a tragedy, such as was never before known to have taken place within its precincts—the murder of four children by their mother, having cut their throats with a razor, and the taking of her own lite by the same means. The woman who per petrated these crimes was the wife of a jobbing brewer, named Ritiont, who, at the time of the occurrence was absent from home. The co.ttage in which the family re- of Saxony SIR WALTER SCOTT'S PIPER.—Among the latest vic tims of the fever at present raging in Edinburgh is J. Bruce, or " John of Syke," for some years - he Highland piper at Abbotsford. - In 1813 Robert Duncan was wounded in the American war, at Chippeway by a musket-ball in the left knee. It could no:, then be extracted, and it remained in his knee bone until last week, when Dr. Guthrie of Montrose took it out, as it caused the old pensioner great pain, in consequence of shifting out of the bone into the flesh. JOSEPH ADY CAUGHT.-At Bow-street police-office on Wednesday, Joseph Arty appeared to a summons issued at the instance of the Post-office authorities, for the recovery of 14s. Rd. being the amount due for postage on 208 unpaid letters which had been returned to the Dead Letter office, and which purported to have been written and sent by the defendant. He will have to pay the amount. The suspension . of railway works has caused a great fall in iron, and in consequence, ruin amongst the iron mas ters. Scotch pig, which, during the late mania, went up to £6, can now he bought at £2 is. ! The article cannot be produced under £3. Considerable orders from America 1, like all other trades, munch of commerce will survive. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—White the fishing boa* of LN this important aster ws at sea recently ,i a gale sprung up with such - fury that the men were ouoged to quit their lines, and make for the nearest haven. One boat was dashed to pieces, but the men were saved by a rope cast from the shore. Another boat was totally lost, and her crew of eight men drowned. By this calamity six widows and twenty children have been left destitute.—Bristol Mirror. The annual meeting of the Central Agricultural Protec tion Society was held at 17, Old Bond-street, on Thurs day, when an admirable report, to which we shall do jus tice next week, was presented by the committee. A long discussion took place on the subject of tenant-right, ori ginating in a suggestion in the report, that a sub-com mittee should be appointed to consider the subject, which was confirmed on the motion of the Duke of Richmond io made some strong observations on the subject The ropewalks of the Gourock Ropework Company, at Greenock, were destroyed by fire last week. The pro perty destroyed is valued at £20,000, and about 100 hands are thrown out of employment. Some idea of the intensity of the flames may be formed when we mention, that in some quarters as many as 200 barrels of tar were in flames at one time, and that in others 20 to 50 tons of hemp, probably more, were closely packed, and these for many hours emitted brilliant flames. The Duke of Cleveland has presented the munificent sum of £5OO in aid of the building of a new infirmary for the minty of Durham. The Dean of Durham has given a simibir donation ; the Earl of Eldon £3OO, and the Bishop of Durham £250; the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Ravensworth, Lord Harry Vane, Sir William Eden, Bart., and Sir Thos. Clavering, Bart., have respectively given donations of £lOO in furtherance of the same de sirable object. In 1845, the tonnage of vessels entered inwards was 4,114,532 tons; in 1847 it was 5,189,220. Of vessels cleared outwards in 1845 the tonnage was 3,723,185 tons; in 1847 it was 4,066,134 tons. The increased tonnage is to he traced to the enlarged demand for foreign provisions, and to the suspension of the navigation laws. It is some satisfaction to observe, that the increase of the ships and tonnage of the United Kingdom keeps a primary place in the advance. A meeting of the shareholders of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank, which recently suspended payments, was held at Newcastle, on Monday, when a resolution was unanimously passed, confirming the pro ceedings of the recent meeting for increasing the ca pital of the company from £600,000 to £1,200,000. — Mr. B. W. Ogden, who presided, explicitly stated that it is not the intention of the directors to make any calls upon the old shares, whether the new shares be taken or not. THE CHOLERA.—The Globe tells us that we may now expect an immediate visit of the Asiatic destroyer; that it has taken possession of some provinces of Austria, and is ly:und westward, —adding, that it is proved to be non contagious. It is universally reputed to travel inland, by river waters; if it land at the Humber, it will come from the north on us ; if at the Thames, it will first strike on London ; if at Bristol, it will advance up the Severn. But these may be all vain predictions. A SINGULAR ENCOUNTER.—The fishermen of Cadg with have lately been bringing ashore some good catches of fish. Recently, one of the fishermen caught a large conger ; and, as soon as the monster was on board, he seized his captor firmly by the throat, and coiled himself tightly round the poor fellow's body, as if he would be at once avenged. The fisherman was unable to free himself until be took his knife, and drew it across the conger'S head. Its jaws then became unlocked, and its victim liberated.—Cornwall Gazette. ENTICING BOYS TO BE SWEEPS.—At Doncaster, on Wednesday, a chimney-sweep, named Hatfield, was fined £5 for detaining two boys and using them as sweeps. Hatfield was applied to by an elder brother of the boys to give them up, and refused, stating that he had given £1 each for them, and had also paid a person named Holland' of Manchester, something for his trouble in procuring them. The boys had been made to ascend chimneys sadly against their will, and in one instance when the older could not get up a flue he was severely thrashed by the defendant. On Monday week two boys, named Gabriel Harris and Thomas Howlett, were sentenced by the Mayor of Glou- Cester to ten days imprisonment for placing scraps of paper in the pews of St. Michael's Church, in that city, contain ing filthy language and doggrel rhyme of an indecent character. They had pursued their disgraceful proceed ings for six Sundays, dropping the papers from the galleries into the seats below as they left the church. The church wardens had watched some time before they discovered the perpetrators of the crime, which has been justly punished, as a warning to others. _ _ ROMANISM.—It appears from the Roman Catholic Di rectory for 1848, that the total number of Roman Catholic churches and chapels in England and Wales is 545; in. Scotland 85, besides 22 stations where divine service is performed ,• making a grand total of 630 churches and chapels. Of Catholic colleges, there are in England 10; and in Scotland, 1. Convents, 38, of which 12 are in the London district. Monasteries, 4. Of Missionary priests in England and Wales, there are 707, including priests without any fixed mission ; in Scotland, 99 ; making a grand total of 806 missionary priests in Great Britain, in cluding the Bishops. This is a goodly . staff, and well calculated to extend and uphold the interests of. the Church of Rome. POST-OFFICE SABBATH DESECRATION.—OB reference to the Post-office Directory, page 1689, the following statistics will be found. In England and Wales alone there are 4250 post-towns and sub-towns, in Scotland 715, and in Ireland 750, making a total of 5715 towns and villages which make up a letter-bag on Sunday. Al lowing two officers only to each of these places—viz., a postmaster and letter-carrier—and to 800 post-towns a clerk each additional, we arrive at a numerical result of twelve thousand two hundred and thirty persons who are compelled, by a government which supports a religious , establishment, to break the fourth commandment. Truly an army of Sabbath-breakers under the patronage of the Crown ! Ti N c C r 1 B e As that Su there THE ,iu AvnmbeY: ere I t ma a further augmentation of the army. is n r The last in de, a bout eighteen months since , amo unted to 10,000 men. — r m o o u n r t e h d s eiln in fluentialaapse , Our readers may recollect that the late Secretary at War (the Right Hon. Sir Sidney Herbert) contemplated the formation of a voluntary militia force, and that the in tention was abandoned by the present Government. The staffs of several of the regiments had, nevertheless, been filled up, so that very little additional expense will be in curred should the militia be re-embodied. It would, perhaps, be well to inform the public, particularly those in the habit of writing to the Duke of Wellington on the subject of the militia, that his grace has no mo re t o d o with that body than he Prince de Joinville, nor has he the control over the army which some are led to imagine. His grace is the Commander-in-chief, but, nevertheless, has no power to make the slightest alteration in the con stitution of the service without the consent of the Go vernment. POTATOES FROM SPROUTS.—The Rev. George Brown, of Egglestone, Durham, gives the following account of an experiment he made of raising potatoes from sprouts : —About the end of April I broke off some sprouts from, some potatoes, both ash-leaf kidneys and a rough round sort. I had the sprouts (a good handful) planted in a box and raised a little, till they had got about five inches above the ground, and had a nice little leaf at the top. I then planted them out on the 26th of May, and they looked rather weak for some time in the top ,• however they began to look better, and near the end of July I ex amined some of the tubers, which looked remarkably well and were considerably larger than any one expected. I had them taken up on the,2nd of October. They proved to be an excellent crop, and larger in size than those raised from the potato, and remarkably fine in quality. had three pecks of fine potatoes from that handful of sprouts, and the potatoes I took them from I had cut and planted. This way of proceeding is a great saving of seed, as a great many potatoes might be raised from a small quantity. There was one thing very remarkable ; the potatoes were nearly all a good size, and there were much fewer small than there are in the common way of growing them. THE FLOODING OF THE MlNES.—Since Wednesday morning, up to which time the river continued to flow into the mines, the most active exertions have been made to secure the embankment of the river Douglas against the encroachments of the, water, and an apparently sub stantial barrier is now erected. The water still oozes a little underneath the pudding, but there is every hope.that it will be stopped in a day or two. On Wednesday n i g h t the rains fell again so heavily, that the barrier was very strongly tested, and had the current, which was level with the top of the banks on Thursday morning been a few inches higher, it was feared that all would have been washed away. After that time, the stream abated a little, and the works progressed as before. The coal proprietors have, we understand, determined to work together simul taneously until the waters are cleared from the mines ; at present they are, of course, in the same state as on Wed nesday, the first attention of the owners being directed to the stopping the current of the river entering them. The wife of Rutter, one of the unfortunate men in the mines, is very ill, and in an almost distracted state at the loss of her husband and son. Until the second flooding of the mines on Sunday morning, she indulged in a fituit ]lope that they might be got out give, sided is situated in a garden, and the way to it is so in tricate, and the situation so lonely, that very few of the inhabitants cf Bath, perhaps, have ever been to the spot ; and, but; for this horrid occurrence, such a humble and retired recess would have remained unnoticed except by the occupants of some of the straggling houses in its vici nity. This cottage has but one floor, which is divided in to two apartments, the one a kitchen or sitting room, and the other a sleeping chamber. A poor woman, named Seers, lives in another cottage, not far from it, and was in the habit of seeing Mrs. Ridout. In the afternoon it struck her as remarkable that she had seen nothing of her for the day, and she thought she would inquire how her neigh bour was ; but on trying to open the door she found it locked. Mrs. Seers was then induced to look in at the window, when the horrid spectacle presented to her eyes was the wretched woman lying on the kitchen floor, steeped in her blood. She immediately called the atten tion of another neighbour, a labourer, to the shocking sight, who gave information to the police. Passing the dead body of the woman, whom they found with her throat cut, and a razor lying by her side, the next object which met her eyes, just within the adjoining room, were the lifeless bodies of the four children, weltering, in blood which had flowed from the fatal wounds inflicted on their throats. One of the murdered innocents is an infant nine months old, and the eldest of the four is about sire years old, deaf and dumb. A large tub was standing in the room almost full of blood and water, and the circum tance suggests the probability that the wretched mother had, on making the incisions in the necks of her unhappy off.:nrincr_ hpla their heads over the toll as a rprpntsiplP of the'vitarcurrent as it flowed from the wounds. 1 One a the little victims was found with. his legs partly hanging over the step leading to the bedroom, as if he had strug= gled and made an ineffectual effort to get away. The per- p - etration of the tragic deeds is supposed to h - ave been the effect of insanity, as it is stated that the woman had been subject to symptoms of unsoundness- of mind for some time past.—Rath Chronicle.—The inquest on the five bo dies was held on Thursday. The different witnesses proved the facts as above stated, the only additional circumstance deposed to being that, some time aga, the unfortunate woman, who had been for two months suffering from me lancholia, took her children to-the canal gide with the in tention of destroying them and herself,. but that their cries, to use her own expression, " softened her heart," and she brought them home again ; and also-that the sur geon who attended her had cautioned her husband to re move all destructive instruments out of her way, and had advised him to send her into an asylum for treatment. — The Coroner having summed up, the jury, iwthe case of the four children, returned verdicts of " Wilful murder bouring . under such distress of mind, as it is end in mental derangement. ared will TH LATE GALES ;-SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE. The East of England and Scotch papers contain lament able details of disasters at sea, and on the shores of the eastern and southern coasts of Great Britain especially ; also in lieland. caused by the - late severe gales. We enu merate the principal casualties : An Italian vessel, called the Addolante, bound from the Thames for Naples, sailed on Thursday week with a cargo of tobacco; sugar, &c. Owing to the strong head winds, she reached no further than Beachy-head by Saturday night, and'there went on shore: The vessel and cargo were entirely lost, and nearly all her crew perished. Nine bodies had been picked up. Two of the men saved were so exhausted by cold, fatigue, and exposure, that they are not expected to survive. The captain was picked up in a state of insensibility. He was not aware that he was so near the land, and the vessel ran on a dangerous bank called " the Boulder." Her rudder was carried away, and she became unmanageable. The crew were all Italians. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Erin, Captain Russell; sailed from Southampton on Friday, the 3rd instant, for the Mediterranean, with thirty-five pas sengers, and returned on the Bth in a disabled state. The weather became stormy on the day after she sailed, and on Sunday it blew a gale from the S.W. The vessel was run into Dartmouth ; but as it moderated, the captain again put to sea. He had scarcely obtained a good offing when another gale arose. On Monday a tremendous sea rolled, and it became necessary to ly-to almost under bare poles. At 9 P.M. Ushant Light was seen, bearing south. At half-past rine a frightful sea broke over the ship, car rying away toe deck-houses and the greatest part of the larboard paddle-box, which was floated almost entire on the quarter-deck. At this moment the ship was literally ingulphed ; not a bit of the bulwarks or-remaining deck houses was to be seen ; and although the weight of water on board must have exceeded 100 tons, the ship (an iron one) immediately rose. Had she not been so quick, the seas following might have done serious mischief. There was no resource but to put back for repairs. Fortunately no accident occurred to the passengers or crew. The mails and passengers for India were transferred to the steamer always kept in reserve by the company against an emergency. The gales caused much havoc on the more eastern parts of our coast, and an equal amount of mischief in the North Sea. At times it blew a perfect hurricane from the S. S. W., and at its height several vessels were instanta neously lost on the Gunfleet Sands, The City of London steamer, from Rotterdam for London, had a very narrow escape. She left Rotterdam on Saturday, and the same night was thrown on her beam ends, the sea bursting furiously over her decks. A number of cattle were washed overboard and lost. Upwards of thirty bullocks and sheep also died on board during the raging of the storm. The captain, Mr. Cook, very wisely determined to run for Harwich, and, after encountering further fearful weather, succeeded in making the harbour.—A three-masted vessel and a brig were seen to go down with all hands, it is sup. posed, to the westward of that port. The crews of the Albion and Bridgeholm were rescued, and are reported to have been taken on to Gravesend.—The accounts from Yarmouth, Cromer, and other places along the northern coast, communicate a sad list of casualties. In the road stead off Yarmouth the shipping suffered severely. The Concord, Mr. Clum, master, of Ramsgate, got ashore on the Sheepwash Sands during the night, and all attempts to save her proved fruitless. The life boat was, launched, and by dint of the usual exertions of the Yarmouth boat men, rescued the crew. The unfortunate vessel was to tally lost, and in the course of the morning the Darling ton packet, belonging to Stockton, met with a similar fate on the Scroby Sands. The captain, however, and his crew were preserved. Every port along the coast has had to record its losses in shipping. On the Saturday a large ship, timber-laden, was totally lost with all hands, on, the Godwin Sands. A quantity of the wreck had been washed up, but nothing that could lead to her name. On the same night the New Holland, from Port-au-Prince, for London, was driven on the same sands. The craw were picked up by the Tartar, lugger. A number of vessels run into Ramsgate, with loss of cables, anchors,-&e. At Shoreham the gale was severely felt. On Sunday the captain of the Diligence, of Brightonsea, descried two vessels to have foundered in the Swin, on the south side of the Gunfleet. Their names were not ascertained. Fur ther northward, on the Gunfleet, two other vessels, the Albion and the Bridgeholm were wrecked,—both crews saved. At Sheerness much anxiety existed, on Tuesday last, as to the fate of the Magnet, Rotterdam steamer, which had not been seen or heard of since the Saturday previous. Thames eee, ,ee f sn t et a ß or In o y t t t uh e u r e d s mHeu4ouny Sand, u , Fr o r d au a ni y ud . gt. ir.SseolTiceorlifeewwpaswusy Dundee, rp d deh u e ee preservedfai n n d Duntt h h e e_ by the life-boat. T he St. Lu . cia, al S u o p u o t n h t S h l i e s ld a m s , n a m sands, tte andptin g weret o make k t e h d e . Montreal, Theharbour, cr e w g s o w oft ere preserved. The Scotch traders report here many sad losses along the more northern portion of the coast, and upwards of forty fishing vessels are missing.— At Berwick the storm appears to have effected much mis- chief. Three vessels Were lost in the district, namely, John Whall, belonging to Shields ; ,the Tyne, bound to Port Dundas ;. and the Thomas, from Seaham to Dundee. In each instance, however, the crews are stated to have been saved. Much injiry has also been done , on the French coast. The royal yacht Comte d' Eu, which went out in tow of the Alcide steamer on Saturday night, from Havre for Cherburg, parted from her companion during the gale, and was lost sight of near Barfieur. The Alcide got into Havre, and some alarm prevailed as to the fate of the other, which, however, might possibly have put into Cherburg. The Francis Lawson, bargne, from America, for Bridg- water, ran on shore on the ah, at Warren Point, east ward of Minehead. The sea was making a breach.right over her. She was from Quebec. SCOTLAND.-011 the 7th, 20 or 30 beats were more or less damagec Cockburn path. The Scotsman of the Bth says:=" The wind at the outset Tas E,S.E., but it ultimately veered round to the N.E., and in this direction it continued. At Granton, three sloops, named the Poulton, the Ann, and the Tontine, coal laden, from St. David's, ran ashore, and were dashed to pieces. All the crews, however, were saved, but some of them made very narrow escapes. Much damage has been done to the new slip in the course of construction,, by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway at Granton ; and all along the shore from thence to Trinity, considerable injury has been done to the remaining wall, and to that part of the old road which runs between the railway and the sea-wall. Although the railway is far above the high water-mark, yet so heavy was the surge that it washed completely over it, covering it in several places, with stones and gravel. Ihe tide, we understand, rose five or six feet beyond its usual height. About three-fourths of 60 fishermen's boats in Newhaven bay were wrecked. The damage is estimated at £2OOO. Much damage was done to the harbour at Musselburgh, and to the herring boats moored. there. A vessel was driven ashore at Cockburn path, and it was reported that the crews were all saved by means of Captain Manby's wapirtsis tviaienehde.veTtherseteetveestshealst apparatus, brought from Ltinbar. the crew i c c r c e a w r At Dundee, on the 7th, the wind rose to a hurricane. Great damage was done all along the coast. The number of wrecks was great, and many lives were lost. Point a foreign barque went to and A th t perished. Several casualties had pieces: d u as rre ; d an o d n t t h h e e west coast of Scotland, but not to so great an extent as dT)cen. e 'T b h o c u i n v d ew t s -a or a e r- each c o h pouene were fortunately on the east. At Berwick much injury the John Wale, belonging w tsoe e a r si e hia l im o d s d t tso ic t t i h uie e u district, viz., saved. Coming nearer to our C the Amelia, from the ba o f Fund ' Fundy, s tr uc k on Puffin Island, on Friday, and afterwards went on to the main, where she remains, and is likely to wreck. She has lost her rudd become a complete er and keel, and is,full of water. The Margaret Ann, for. I4iverpool, from Newfoundland, has put into Holyhead, with loss of boats, bulwarks, and sails. She shipped a sea whieh fille4 10r cabins, and da►uaged her cargo, Dec. 14. 1947. Etterature. VARIETIES td As we cannot bring events to our minds, let us strive bring our minds to events. THE WORD " SPECULATIVE."—This is an epithet use among official persons, for the condemnation o f (what soever proposition is too adverse to private interest not to be hated, and at the same time too manifestly true W denied.—Bentham. oa - rnoon.Aetnr.—The following is a true copy of 8 letter received from the Post-office of Bury, Lancashire! —" Mr. Ackkin and Mr. Purbim burry In geo near ess Lankyshur." Translation of the above—Mr. Hacking and Mr. Berring, Bury, Engineer Manchester Guardian. East Lancashire.-- FRENeu POLISH ING.—A correspondent complain' bitterly of the effect of the excise l a w s ' on this branch° trade, and argues, if exemption could be obtained for it, that it would be used extensively in lien , of paint. be ‘ ..l cheaper and incomparably better. He en n ti nu es.—" Du' it is not French polishing alone that is suffering f rom these laws ; the cabinet trade, the spirit varnish trade, and, above all, the manufacture of paper-hangings, as the French all enabled to employ designers and use numberless blocks, producing a washable paper that is not to be equalle llll this country. Our excise restricts us in e v ery quarter."""' The Builder. THE LIBERT Dry TEE PRESS Many can 46G , 6/1 LLIG /16/ IAZ”COO US 6 ULM]. LLIIJJUr..r S c° 11 " sisted, in the view'of court, in its being or not' °n the ministerial side. Many can remember when old Mr ' Walter, the grandfather of the present proprietor of the Times, was most cruelly treated for alleged libels. ° ll l was for stating that the Prince of Wales and the Duke 9 York had incurred his majesty's disapprobation for their conduct in some trivial matter. He was fined £lOO, and had one year's imprisonment in addition to a sentence he was undergoing. tie was - nned a. I UU oesides, tor that it was understood the Duke of Clarence had returned home from his station without leave. At this very timer for some remarks upon the dissolute conduct of one of the princes, he was undergoing imprisonment for a year in' Newgite, fined £5O, sentenced to stand in the pillory haviour for seven years.—Fraser'& Magazine. Suctgss.--Of all silly things; nothing is more silly than. by elaborate proofs, to show to ourselves that we ought on- such and such occasions to- have been successful when it so. happens that we have not been so. Whenever we fail, we - are paying both God and ourselves a suitable ikewise re- ligion. We have failed ; well, then, the wisdom is to take care that we do not fail again. To fail, and fail, and fail again and again, is not to prove that- we do not deserve success, or that we shall never obtain it. How often we fail, matters not. We have not failed as long as our spirit quails not, but only grows stronger in the conflict. Our enthusiasm, if it continue undaunted by obstacles, unsub dued by defeats., is itself success, and the most glorious of all success. The blows we receive, however hard, if we receive them as all true enthusiasts receive them, are only preparing us for future triumphs ; for they only more closely incorporate the idea which dominates our whole being with the affections of our whole being; they create within an intense and more restless enthusiasm ; they make more radiant on our brow the high title of prophet, so that the entire world may see it, and bow to its import. YANKEE ENTERVRISE.—Among the first' American' who entered Vera Cruz on the cessation of hostilities , wa s the owner of a small schooner .from " down east," th en anchored off the harbour. He might be seen with breath less haste making his way to one of the best hotels in the conve la y y ed vi t i e.ty, upon entering which he voc if era t e d f or the: lan" - lord ?" That important persona ge o b e y e d th e ca ll on the instant, but in evident t r epid a ti on , as a matter o f cour se' when the Yankee, in a . s h ar p accen t, w hi c h idea to the uninitiated•M ez i can th a t hi s sa f ety implicit acquiescence, thus accosted hi m , " I wan t th i l house, lot, furniture, and eve r ythi ng as it s t an d s. What 11 you take for it ?" The Me x i can , h a ppy t o b e perm itr the privilege of naming a price at all for property which permits supposed to be at the mercy of the enemy, named sotor as he judged he wanted, to put a respectable distance b e . tween him and " los Yankees." " It's a bargain shouted the down-easter, as he commenced shelling ol l • the money. " And now my friend (he added), what's the least possible time it will take you to clear out ? 11 , 4 ° was told that half-an-hour would s u ffi c e. A n d, in be"' an-hour, accordingly, our friend, the Yankee, was mixing juleps and otherwise ministering to the comfort and ac commodation of his countrymen in particular and" t he public in general.—Norfolk Herald. OLIVER CROMWELL.—In Fraser's Magazine for t his month are thirty-five unpublished letters from Olirt Cromwell, which are communicated by Tho m as Carlyle, who states 'that these resurrectioniSed documents will per form the following services They present to u , s ,. the ; „,..t same old Oliver whom we knew, 'hut in still more chs""; lineaments and physiognomy ; the features d e eply, ev en coarsely-marked ; or, as it were, enlarged to the gigan,"" by unexpected nearness. It is Oliver left to himself , '" stript bare of all conventional-draperies ; toiling, wrestling as for life and death, in his obscure element ; none lookinif over him but henven only. He `can stand no noneense_,;- he is terribly in earnest : will have his work done—witi have God's justice done too, and the everlasting laws ob. served, which shall help, not hinder, all manner of work. The Almighty God's commandments, these, of which this work is one, are great and awful to him ; all elie is rather small, not awful. He has pity—pity as of a woman, of a mother, have we known in Oliver ; and rage also, as of a wild lion, where need is. He rwilies direct to hi, point : • If resistance is made, pistol him.' Wear them ( these uniforms), or go home.' `bang him out of hand; he wantonly killed the poor widow's boy—God and man will be well pleased to see him punished !' The attentive reader will catch not only curious minute features of the old civil war in these rude letters, but more clearly than elsewhere, significant glimpses of Oliver's character an& ways." STATE OF TRADE MANCIIESTER.—This week has been, upon the whole, a rime: one, and no great amount of business has been transacted.' Considering the season of the year, we could not, even unclet more favourable circumstances, expect anything like a bri s z s and active demand •, and we need not therefore be surp r ised _ the character of this week's market. The principal buyfeairr' have been the Greek houses,-who have been doing !o a r amount of-business in the cloths suitable for their Pe' ar e trade. For these descriptions of goods, some producers engaged for the next two months. In all other kinds, the mar ket has been exceedingly quiet. In domestics for the 1 1 ° W. _I; trade there has been rather more inquiry, but the busi ne 7 doing in them has been very limited. Prices during th' week have kept low for all kinds of goods and yarn. No positive of general decline under last week's prices can be quoted, ati though occasional sales have been made at lowgr rates; a n had buyers been inclined to operate freely, there can be no doubt that slight concessions .would have been submitted to. Flat although the market has been this week, yet a hopeful f eel ' ing seems to be gaining ground that, after the turn of the years we shall witness a decided improvement. The two main .ele ments of a good trace we have, viz., a moderate price of foot and a fair prospect of a tolerably abundant supply of the ra , ' material of our staple manufactures. LERDS.—December is generally the slackest month of the year in the Woollen trade; and from the depression which bag for some time prevailed in the whole of the English commer cial circle, it could not be expected that the staple trade cf this town and neighbourhood would be as brisk as at the corre sponding seasons of past years. The Cloth Halls, on bcth the market days since our last report, were thinly attended by buyers, and very few goods changed hands. Rather more bu siness has been done this week at the shipping houses, off the market, than was done last week, but lower prices have had t o be submitted to. Little or nothing is doing in the he but from the caution manifested by all class( tuners, stocks are not very heavy rnanufac BRADFORD. — WOOL.—There is nothing new to report since our last. The demand.continues exceedingly limited. YARNS. —Although we cannot report a decided improvement in the de mand, there is fu'l as much inquiry, no doubt to be attributed to the fact, that the lowness of price is a safe groundlyhereon to buy for distant delivery. PIECES.—There has been rather more activity this week, and several inquiries making for rem nant stocks of silk stripes and coloured checks, which, owing to the caution of the manufacturers, are scarce. As there is n° disposition to make, except to order, we look for an early im provement, and a. maintenance of present prices, if not an advanc. ROCHDALE.—The Wool market has been extremely flat, and very tittle business transacted at similar prices to last wee , `• The hands at several of the cotton mills in the Rochdale dis trict have this day commenced working rather longer tilde - There is not a doubt but there will be a brisk trade in the cot ton business there after this month. Confidence is certainq restored, and there are good demands for goods, at still" profits. UDDERSFIELD.—There has been a little more animation in the market than for several weeks past, and more inquiries, although the amount of business done has been very limited. Prices are without any alteration, and stocks generally low. lIA LI FAX.—For pieces we have had again a-very dull market. and only a small amount of business doing, at very l ow pricesj T More pieces would have been sold if the manufacturers cool have taken the prices offered. Yarns continue in a very ....- pressed state, but the spinners are looking for better demand. Wool still continues much the same, the spinners only buy sparingly. THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINOHAM, DEC. 10.—The suspen sion of the various railway works has at length produced its injurious effects upon the iron trade axsd those engaged in it. The men engaged in producing the iron, and in the employ of several of the largest works in the naighbou is rh n o o o w d th of e o D r u d dl er ey o : have received notice of a reducti. , ri of 20 per cent. in their wages ; it is understood also that it is the intention of the coal , noticeto the of a amountre d u o c f t i 1 s o u . p in er t d h a e y 7 - t a h g e e r s eb o y f mthaeucionls lmtileiaersswtetaorgs- metsooorrgfiotvhwee colliers 45., and those of the stonemen 2s. 95 1 ., of the iron masters have resolved upon suspending operations altogether at present. A meeting 0t those engaged in th e t ra d e was Ikea at Wolverhampton, on Wednesday, when it was resolved also o n u a g d h d o ti t o s il o to this, I Staffordshire, "sli ort and time " many to reduce the wages of the men in that district, so that tha thing will be general in the course of another fortnight. the rer ddanyy.thrr On Saturday night, Henry Quinn, a seaman on board the schooner Humility, in Alorpeth Dock, lArkenhead. was drowned whilst trying to get on board the vessel. - - Sum. EMBELL ISHMENT.-Dawbarn's establishment , in Bold-street, has long been celebrated not only for the high character and extent of business transacted in It, but for the ornate character of the premises, their external and inter na l d ecorat i on. The show-room has been s till further embellished by the addition last week of a colossal painting, of beautiful and ingenious device, and which re!ti challenge the attention. if not the admiration of connois seurs. The paintinc , is the produce of Mr. Gurnell, Liverpool artist, and certainly argues well for his skill air taste. The subject certainly is unclassical, and the a rtist it fancy has boen inspired but by the comfort imparted 13 1 the patent paletat, in honour of which the painting ha g been designed. The centre contains a view of Winclo r " park and pretty portraits of her Majesty and PrUh ' Albert, mounted on steeds, and viewing attentively thr. llamas feeding near. The top is adorned with the ror' arms; the bottom, enriched with the arms of Liverpoo l; and an emblazoned scroll-work of the most beautiful de' vice encircles the picture, and in this the artist has ill geniously inserted the names of such magnates of our oval country, and the leading potentates. of Europe, as hat honoured witiktliqtr patronage this famous and f4icalabe* c**". bee. TUESDA . ARRIVED.— 'Phynx, Conni th s i m gh o y r , n b i n e e St, Vincent, g The brig Mal torning to the Frankficid, t ie crew drover Arciilncn, Pa Lt noon in Liar A barque wa! toasted vessel Rival,-,1 Lady Flora I "aya 23d Nov. _B_t. Paul, Soh %train, hence at Margaret, At Cygnet, Bop Maria, Harni Ke!sick We( kr. cfi o rs. The barque 1 8th of Nov , cir? Wednesday With no mated _has been plund ~'amued at upwt The barque ,recke'd on the !fere;;;edeXC ['l consequent 14 01 c for some tspect;laCol "I-le!en Hami 7ackar; from 4 79 the Helen iive A r l.34o l U f l o ' r H i l eaky, has heel frotn Pal Dyson, -Cr , ` V es t l.oihia Amelia, 1) 0] Cig loss io. An ed, „ Murp fund to her to_Oster HOLYHEAD i!rPoo! for N "ern which fi "ern moorinp tiiI7MARTS ring c ort for L in igl et:ns,vt,T t ; e hlNde n st. ii. eal/14 ug, ala last nigh Wii o r ts Liverpool. IrrALERII.IO, 9 0t0 Nide 4th TH URSI ARRIVED.— Sceptre, Flc in comp, LOarrb the Mary Allan, BERBICE, i Liverpool, here she has RAMSi:UTE ' eqoool, each FRIDAY 4ttßivED. bletoo All VIATLErt. , —l% Ythicoinbe, M‘Farls Mobil The Wilson b a g reported Wed, but he I teit annah 80, art xx n ps i Sept. i a c n a i t All a ! th”bert , Bur Fted. OTRA rTAN, ',,,eXford, fro teen Bude i t ,LraAcour ' *lasted, ha ItFoßn, r h o' to Galwa V, but has t - AROMAN , k4OOl, from t, Came on t l n e a d she , %ed. ttk Petersburg J tkiL buniop, l h4 l ;Yclia, Soul tr e L 4 nr, in lal itiendous s l e 'nn, Bend a Nymph 1, 0 , Gerdef. Is'ilza, henc( etrell, Gar L c lirt, Robei ilpf sails. 1 s rozi bw a,A u fki a r i Yrene, Mt 41 Ile, azelle, La] 41 ul. 1 1 ,trihora, of 4„lng been i , , `ghton, whit y - ;;aSTLETO N Fks a t Ortif th rr e y, Est disCharl Vll: LA I7MARI A Laren Sa ti.„ ‘ Dier.—An tp . t t,h, and h ' , ay for St. P A LMOUTH fOl a foot of c) ns, and ip l, or vY sea wh Oakley, here o : da j SUN 114 , RaivEn.- 41 b e r r i4t La ar gun • \ 4 ,ibassa, HI yZ 4ll llra,Piel <tt, Shephe vridgetowi k 4:? Maryla Adeline, : John F gbody, an( P t elphik—Pl tkins, Bo 4p 4 h tn N e; .B.— Edir 14,21, 11, ) " 1 , and Cl 11 1 :c -- Frovid 4,olvae, 4 ebloed, Crocl ly • Left a t„:4cess no ) 11 1 Maceio tel with c, sth insta tkkh lasted til l i dlendous p. reefed h 'lltrney (al APton ,onna Lai, Ird ).ft a rY Bari pet. til•Vxro t rri Liverpi t44!lail s and 41,; ° 4 leg l bore try, HI