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THE POET STERLING'S LAST LINES. Could we but hear all Nature's voice, From Glowworm up to Sun, 'Twould speak with one concordant sound, " Thy will, 0 God, be done !" But nark I a sadder, mightier prayer From all men's hearts that live. " Thy will be done in earth and Heaven, And Thou my sins forgive!" LITERATURE. 100E8 FOR REVIEW, &c.—New Books, Prints, Music, &c., intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded, and receive attention. The Poem and Ballads of Schiller : translated by Sir tton, Bart. Edinburgh : Black- Edward Bulwer Ly wood and Sons , This translation of the minor poems of the inspired eached a second edition, independently of German has the large number of copies wh hich were distributed in Blackwood's Magazine The selection, it may be, has been somewhat capriciously made. To our own judgment, more than one of the most beautiful of Schiller's legendary compositions have been excluded, in order to make room for sentirnentalities which were composed at an early age, and are marked with the puerilities of youth. But Sir E. B. Lytton's taste in such matters possibly differs from our own ; and we have no right to question the value of what he warrants. A novel mode of arranging the several poems has been adopted in this volume. Instead of setting them forth in chronological order, according to the invariable usage of the German editors of their favourite bard, they are mar shalled in eras. in conformity with some fantastic notion of their maturity as evidencing expanded intellect and Hence it occurs that it is Lytton rather than genius Schiller whom we peruse ; and our attention is busy with the translator, when all our faculties ought to be absorbed by the living fire, energy, and dramatic passion of the author There is a similar drawback in the language into which Sir Edward Lytton transmutes his original. The ballads of the German are eminently simple in construction, subject, and diction. They were intended to appeal to the general heart of Germany, and, touching the right chord, they swelled into natural sublimity, as Shakspeare was wont to do in his plays, and as many of our own old Iliad-writers did in those cherished " reliques y" which the British nation " would not " The present translator, on the con appeals to the an nameless of ancient y willingly let us© of the drawing-room, and beau monde, in a laced coat and finest of fine phraseology. This is espe cially perceptible in " The Diver," the first piece in the little book before us ; in " The Fight with the Dragon" ; and in " Fridolin." These have been much better ren dered—more truthfully and more forcibly, because with introduces Schiller to th ruffles, with t fort and more genuine feeling—by meaner hands author of " Eugene Aram" and " King Arthur." eless, is an acceptable one, as it ful ls at least one portion of Pope's canon, that " an indif ferent translation may be of some use, while a good one will be of a great deal." As a specimen that will enable our readers to comprehend fully what we mean, we give the following, which they will do well to compare with the translation of the first two stanzas) by S. T. Cole ridge, and the paraphrase of the same by Chas. Lamb : than the The volun THE MAIDEN'S LAMENT, The oak-wood is roaring, The clouds gather o'er; There sitteth a maiden Beside the green shore; The breakers are dashing with might, with might And she sighs out aloud in the gloomy night, And weeping, thus waileth she— " My heart it is broken, The world is a void, Nothing more can it give me, For hope is destroy'd. All the bliss that the earth can bestow I have proved; Heavenly Father—Oh ! take,—l have lived—l have loved— Oh ! take back thy child to thee." " The tears that thou weepest Must vainly be shed; For no sorrow awakens The sleep of the Dead I Yet say what can solace and comfort the breast, When it mourns for the love by which once it was blest, And the balm shall descend from above." " Let the tears I am weeping Still vainly be shed, Though my , sorrow can wake not The sleep of the Dead ; Yet all that can solace and comfort the breast, When it mourns for the love by which once it was blest. Are the tears and the sorrow of love." Family Pastimes, or Homes Made Happy. Houlston and Stoneman This is a little book for the young, consisting of tricks and puzzles, with a story called the " Hour of Christmas," and remarks on the " Philosophy of Pastime." It is neatly got up, and an excellent work for the young. Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh : Blackwoods The number for February contains, among other excel lent papers, a long and instructive article on Alison's Life of the Duke of Marlborough ; and after the usual amount of interesting matter, it concludes with an essay on the " Results of Revolution in Europe." The execution of this shews great power of generalising, and minute atten tion to detail—qualities that do not always or often coin cide in a writer's mind. We quote the following re marks on ENGLISH COLONIAL POLICY. Novel and extraordinary as were the results of the revolution of 1530 upon the political relations of Europe, its effects upon the colonial empire of England, and, through it, upon the future destinies of the human species, were still greater and more important. To the end of the world, the consequences of the change in the policy of England will be felt in every quarter of the globe. Its first effect was to bring about the emancipation of the negroes in the West Indies. Eight hundred thousand slaves in the British colonies in that quarter of the globe received the perilous gift of unconditional freedom. For the first time in the history of mankind the experiment was made of extending the institutions of Japhet to the sons of Ham. As a natural result of so vast and sudden a change, and of the conferring of the institutions of the Anglo-Saxons upon unlettered savages, the proprietors of those noble colonies were ruined, their affections alie nated, and the authority of the mother country preserved only by the terror of arms. Canada shared in the moral earthquake which shook the globe, and that noble off shoot of the empire was only preserved to Great Britain by the courage of its soldiers and the loyalty of its English and Highland citizens. Australia rapidly advanced in wealth, industry, and population during these eventful years. Every commercial crisis which paralysed industry, every social struggle which excited hope, every successful innovation which diminished security, added to the stream of hardy and enterprising emigrants who crowded to its shores ; New Zealand was added to the already colossal empire of England in Oceania ; and it is apparent that the foundations have been laid in a fifth hemisphere of another nation, destined to rival, perhaps eclipse, Europe itself in the career of human improvement. For the first time in the history of mankind the course of advancement ceased to be from Bast to West; but it was not destined to be arrested by the Rocky Mountains ; the mighty day of four thousand years was drawing to its close; but be fore its light was extinguished in the West, civilisation had returned to the land of its birth ; and ere its orb had set in the waves of the Pacific, the sun of knowledge was illuminating the isles of the Eastern Sea. Dublin University Magazine. Dublin : 314Glashan The current number is, in some respects, less interest ing than usual. The article on Mirahean is a good one, but that on Sterling is a stale subject ; and " Ireland under Lord Clarendon" treats of events, the most impor tant of which have already been noticed in the maga xine. The Portrait Gallery contains Henry Brooke, the dramatist and politician in the early part of last century. In the reviewing department there is a spirited analysis and criticism of " Ravenscliffe," a new novel by Mrs. Marsh, the able authoress of " Emilia Wyndham," containing some capital extracts, one of which we copy. It is the description of A WEDDING MORNING At nine o'clock Lady Wharncliffe entered her daugh ter's room. Whilst Randal, feeling every moment more distressed and irritable, vainly endeavoured to beguile his impatience by pacing up and down the hall, pausing from time to time to cast a look at the stairs, or at the door by which Lady Wharncliffe had vanished. Then he would place himself before the tall, narrow-arched windows of the hall, and watch the sleet and rain driving against the small panes; or listen to the howl of the winds, which at intervals shook the casements as if they would hurl them through, and groaned and whistled around the house or among the trees. The hall clock told the quarter past nine, and then Sir John Wbarncliffe, accompanied by the other young men, sallied forth from a small breakfast room where they had been taking chocolate over a blazing fire, and began to look for their bats, great-coats, and gloves, for the carriages were by this time prepared to come round ; there they found Randal. " Heyday !" cried Sir John, " you here, my good fel low. It is dreadfully cold ; there is chocolate in the little breakfast-room, and a roaring fire. Do come in and take something before starting ; you have a good four miles to go, over a rough north country road ?" " No, thank you, Sir J'ihn, I am waiting to see Lady Wharncliffe. Everard," taking him aside, " listen to me, I must see your sister." " Well,' answered Everard, affecting to laugh, and glancing at the clock, " then just have patience for four teen minutes longer, and down the lovely bride will come." " But you do not or will not understand me. Everard, every one seems in a league, I think wilfully, to misun derstand me this morning. I want, I wish—l must and will speak for a few minutes to Eleanor alone before she comes down to enter your father's carriage." He spoke earnestly, angrily, passionately. Everard cast a hasty, alarmed, scrutinizing, glance at him. The glance did not escape Randal ; but the other recollected himself, and with a laugh which he intended to sound careless, hurried away, saying, " You must be clever if you get it ; women—the deuce take them —can think of nothing but their dress on a wedding morning. I'll be bound they are all too busy with her toilet to remember you ;" but, observing the increasing gloom of Randal's THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1852. face, he added, " If you really do wish it, " I'll run up stairs to my mother, and see what can be done ;" and lightly he ascended the stairs. The door closed after him. He did not return any more than his mother had done. Randal remained standing at the foot of the stairs, his eyes fastened on the door; he could scarcely contain his rage and impatience. And now the carriages are heard coming round, whilst the sleet and rain beat piti lessly against the windows, and the wind roars and howls furiously. Mrs. Langford, who had been sitting over the fire quietly in her own dressing-room, now entered the hall, accompanied by two or three young ladies who were to officiate as bridemaids ; servants were seen hurrying up and down, preparing people for the departure, helping the gentlemen to their coats, and holding shawls and great-coats, while the young men attended upon the young ladies. There was much chattering, laughing, and bustle going on, whilst the wind without burst out at intervals into the most furious blasts, howling and shriek ing, and the rain and sleet drove more violently than ever against the chattering windows. Surely such a day of tempest had scarcely ever been known in the country. What weather ! we shall all be blown over ! How horrid cold, &c., &c., and small feet kept stamping in pretty impatience upon the floor; and in the midst of this can fusion of cheerful voices, and all the hurry incident to the occasion, there that tall, dark figure stood, his eyes riveted on the red door, and suffering from an agony of mingled vexation, anger, distrust, and impatience, impopsible to describe. Feeling desperate, and resolved to force an explanation at any risk, Randal set his foot upon the stairs, and was beginning impetuously to ascend, when the bated obstacle was suddenly thrown aside. the door flew wide open, and at the head of the stairs, as about to de scend, the bride at last appeared. She was leaning on her brother's arm, and supported, as it were, behind by her mother. Her white dress floated round her, the beautiful hair was half hidden, half displayed, by the light folds of the rich Brussels veil. Her fair forehead GUILD OF LITERATURE AND ART. AMATEUR PERFORMANCES AT THE, PHILHAR- MONIC HALL, We have taken several previous occasions to explain the objects of the'" Guild of Literature and Art," as stated in the prospectus of that institution ; but they are so well, and so briefly, set forth in a rhymed postscriptum or epi logue, to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's play of " Not so Bad as we Seem," that we may repeat them here without incurring censure for tediousness. The question there put is— " Wherefore should authors not build * * their own noble guild? Some fortress for youth in the battle for fame; Some shelter that age is not humbled to claim ; Some roof from the storm for the pilgrim of knowledge, :Not unlike what our ancestors meant by a college; Where, teacher and student alike the subscriber, Untaxing the patron, the state, or the briber, The son of proud Learning should knock at the door, And cry, " This [the head] is rich ; " and not whine, " That [the pocket] is poor." For the promotion and support of such a guild, or col lege, it was, that two performances were given at the Phil harmonic Hall, in this town, on Friday and Saturday evenings last, by a company of amateurs, who, in the va rious departments of literature and art, have acquired a world-wide celebrity. The pieces performed on each occasion were Sir E. B. Lytton's comedy, " Not so Bad as we Seem ; or, Many Sides to a Character :" a piece expressly written to serve the Guild, and the copyright of which was presented to the institution ; and a farce, by Mr. Charles Dickens and Mr. Mark Lemon, entitled " Mr. Nightingale's Diary." The cast was as follows : NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM. The Duke of Middlesex and the Earl of Loftus (Peers attached to the son of James 11., commonly called the Pretender), Mr. DUDLEY COSTELLO and Mr. COE. Lord Wilmot (a Young Man at the head of the Mode more than a Century ago, son to Lord Loftus), Mr. CHARLES DICKENS. Mr. Shadowly Softhead (a Young Gentleman from the City, Friend and Double to Lord Wilmot), Mr. WILKIE COLLINS. Mr. Hardman (a Rising Member of Parliament, and Adherent to Sir Robert Walpole), Mr. LACY, of the London Theatres, in the unavoidable absence of Mr. John Forster. Sir Geoffrey Thornside (a Gentleman of good Family and Estate), Mr. MARK LEMON. Mr. Goodenough Easy (in Business, highly respectable, and a Friend of Sir Geoffrey), Mr. F. W. TOPHA m. Lord Le Trimmer, Mr. PETER CUNNINGHAM. Colonel Flint. Mr. R. H. HORNE. Mr. .1-aeob Tonson (a Bookseller), Mr. CHARLES KNIGHT. Smart (Valet to Lord Wilmot), Mr. JONES. Hodge (Servant to Sir Geoffrey Thornside), Mr. JOHN was surmounted by the pale greens and the white blos soms of her bridal coronet, and beneath them appeared a face paler than all these ; the cheek was colourless, wan greenish shades were around her bloodless, ghastl s and beneath hereyes, whichwerewide open, and seemed to gaze into vacancy with a ghastly, unmeaning stare. She moved forward as if impelled by others only, and by no will of her own, in a strange, spectral, silent manner. He was inexpressibly shocked. It was with a feeling approaching almost to horror that he stood there for a moment gazing on the altered face of her whom he loved ; then no longer master of himself, he was rd to address her even now; but Everard waved him imperiously back, saying in an angry tone— " Are you resolved to drive my father mad ? For Heaven's sake get along, Eleanor ; do you hear how it rains, you will be drowned before you get to your carriage ;" and he passed with her hastily on. And even while he was speak ing, the hall-door was opened, and such a whirlwind of rain and storm burst in, that everything was thrown into the most unutterable confusion. And in the midst of this, scarcely sensible of what was going on, he saw that pale spectre hurried forward, followed by Lady Wharncliffe, who saluted him with a nod and a smile as she passed. * * * * What followed was all confusion ; and the wind roared through the door, and hissed against the case ment; the rain poured down in torrents with deafening violence. People laughed and cried out, and the young ones enjoyed the hurry and disorder to the utmost ; but he heard nothing, for the roar of many waters was in his ears, and a stood there like one bewildered. He started, and was awakened, for now his grave and formal mother came up to him in her coldest and most composed manner, and as if this morning were the most ordinary in his life, addressed him with, "You go with me, Randal, and Miss Montague and Mr. Wharncliffe are of our party. Come, if you please, the carriage is at the door, I believe. and we must not keep any one waiting this horrid day," &c. And his servant came up with his hat and gloves, which he took mechanically, and followed passively out to the carriage, whilst the winds lifted their loud voices, and whistled and roared as if in glaring mockery ; the huge trees bent and bowed their huge branches to the earth, as if in a bitter irony of congratulation, and all nature seemed rushing together in wildest uproar, like that which was raging in his own breast. so passionat z forw TENNIEL. Paddy O'Sullivan (Mr. Fallen's Landlord), Mr. ROBERT BELL. Mr. David Fallen (Grab-street Author and Pamphleteer), Mr. AUGUSTUS EGG. Lord Strongbow, Mr. JOHN EVANS. Sir John Bruin, Coffee-house Loungers, Newsmen, Drawers, Watchmen. Lucy (Daughter to Sir Geoffrey Thornside), Miss MITCHELL. Barbara (Daughter to Mr. Easy), Miss FANNY YOUNG. The Silent Lady of Dead Man's Lane, Mrs. COE. MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY. Mr. Nightingale, Mr. DUDLEY COSTELLO. Mr. Gabblewig (of the Middle Temple), Charley Bit (a Boots), Mr. Poulter (a Pedestrian and Cold Water Drinker), Captain I IBowler (an Invalid), a Respectable Female, a.Deaf Sexton, Mr. CHARLES DICKENS. Tip (Mr. Gabblewig's Tiger), Christopher (a Charity Boy), Mr. AUGUSTUS EGG. Slap (professionally Mr. Formiville—a Country Actor), Mr. Tickle (Inventor of the celebrated Compounds), a Virtuous Person in the confidence of "Maria," Mr. MARK LEMON. Lithers, (Landlord of the Water Lily), Mr. WILKIE COLLINS. Rosins, Miss FANNY YOUNG. SUSRD, Mrs. COE. The amateurs themselves are, we presume, too well known to need describing in detail. Mr. Dickens, as everybody is aware, is the author of " The Pickwick Papers," of " Nicholas Nickleby," and a number of other works of genius and humour. Mr. Charles Knight is the editor of the best edition of Shakspere extant, and the author of a number of biographical andcritical works, and of numerous admirable essays on life and manners. Mr. Mark Lemon, besides being the writer of a number of successful dramas, is the editor of Punch. Mr. R. 11. Horne has produced a couple of tragedies, one of which has been emi nently successful on the stage ; and of the epic poem of " Orion," which, to say the least of it, proves that the age of poetry has not passed away. Mr. Robert Bell has I - lORTICULTURE. given to the world a cou pl e o f fi ve ac t come di e s, a nd t wo or three longer works of fiction, among which is the novel, " The Ladder of Gold." He is also, or recently was, the Grape Mildew.—The Journal des D6bats contains a editor of the Atlas newspaper. Mr. Dudley Costello has feuilieton. by Monsieur Lion Foucault, on the occurrence published several welcome books on continental travel. of this disease in France. It seems to have spread uni- Mr. Peter Cunningham —son of the late poet-sculptor, versally from the stoves to the vines in the open air, and Alan Cunningham—has issued a valuable book on the to yield to none of the prescribed remedies. M. Guerin streets and historical memories of London, and is well Meneville found in September, 1850, in the south of known as an accomplished antiquary ; and Mr. Wilkie France, a similar, if not the same, Oidium on Sainfoin, Collins—the son of C o lli ns , th e well-known English though the surrounding vineyards were unatt ac ked. Th e pa i nter—is author of a clever novel, " A Christmas same Oidium occurred also in the c o ur se o f th e same Tale," and some other works that have acquired a fair year on clover, as well in localities where the vines were reputation in the world of letters. Mr. Tenniel, Mr. affected, as where they were free from disease. Professor Topham, and Mr. Augustus Eeg, are artists of some Crevelli, of Milan, has found the Oidium on Verbascum, eminence already, and have given the world an earnest of Ranunculus acris, and other weeds, and has figured the future fame. spores of every variety, and believes that all are referable It may be proper to mention, that, in consequence of to one and the same species. He has also found, in the the unavoidable absence of the gentleman who was to neighbourhood of Gap, on willows, a mould not distin- have sustained the part of Lord Strongbow, our towns guishable from that of the vines ; and at Paris, clover and man, Mr. John Evans, of Upper Dawson-street, at the re groundsel have been gathered covered with Oidium. quest of the amateurs themselves, undertook the part at Monsieur Robineau believes that the true enemy of the a b ou t h a lf -an- h our ' s not i ce; and, as the racy talent of vine is a species of Acarus, which occupies the larger that gentleman is well known amongst us, we scarcely veins of the leaves or the point where the leaf is given off need add that he acquitted himself in the most credit from the stem, and which extracts its juice with its pro- able manner. boscis. Linnaeus had observed these insects on exotic ' The plot, scope, aim. and object of the first piece will plants in stoves. They have at first six and then ten feet. L c b e tte r uoderst oo d from the center/Mg ef . it, Monsieur Robineau refers the potato disease to similar which appeared last spring in the Times, than from any mites which suddenly spread over whole fields. and de- thing we could hope to say on the subject : range the process of nutrition.—Botanische Zeilling. " The action of the drama takes place in the reign of George In the current number of Hooker's Journal rf Potany, I.: and it is connected with history by a Jacobite plot and the there is a notice, with an illustration of a new fern, called introduction of Jacob Tonson, h the a l s to r ol l s o e l l , i s er. Red t il i t n w t hic a l e i Deparia Moorii, in compliment to Mr. Charles Moore, !Vo n a% Mowbray, ae clearest, is somewhat who ha; died before y t he director of the Sydney Botanic Garden, who discovered it I play begins, has left some posthumous memoirs in the hands in " a dense wood, southside Copenhagen River, New lof Mr. David Fallen, a Grub-street author. These memoirs Caledonia." It is remarkable for its reticulated fronds, a i contain facts likely to prove annoying to several persons in high character which, Sir William Hooker stares, would, in the society, and more especially to the brother of the deceased, the minds of some very able botanists, entitle the plant to I proud Duke of Middlesex. Lord Wilmot, a leader of fashion, constitute a new genus; but he does not view the impor- who is idolised by the rakes of the day, but who conceals an lance of such a structure in this light. excellent heart under a mask of profligacy, and Mr. Hardman, a plebeian member of parliament, who strongly supports the Tuberoses.—There is no difficulty in flowering this Walpole administration, are rival lovers of Lucy, the daughter charming plant by the following treatment. Select now of Sir Geoffrey Thornside, an honest gentleman, who in early large and well-ripened bulbs, an d h ave th em p o tt e d by lif e h as sus p ec t e d hi s w if e of an intrigue with the deceased the first week in March in six-inch pots, in a compost of Lord Henry, and has led an unhappy existence ever since. mellow loam, leaf-mould, and some rough sand. Use David Fallen, though he is starving himself, and has six starv plenty of drainage, and let the soil be tolerably moist. n children to feed, is too honourable to part with the scanda lous bequest, either for the price offered by the renowned book- When finished, about one-third of the bulb should stand seller, Jacob Tonson, or for that offered. by Lord Wilmot, who above the soil. Place the pots on a shelf near the glass in assumes the name and appearance of the equally renowned an early vinery or a forcing-house. Apply but little water bookseller, Edmund Curll. But when Lord Wilmot, throwing until the pots are full of roots and the plants are in full off d h l d e i x sgi tt e in a ti d n d o r r (rri s ibl D e a s v t i r d „r raenfireiemnt()leorino.thtehaDatkeehaosf growth, when they will need a liberal supply—observing, been especially neglected by the aforesaid duke gives up the however, never to water unless the plants require it ; over- manuscript, by way of taking the noblest i evenge on the watering is the cause of numerous failures : in the earlier haughty aristocrat. Now, this manuscript, though excessively stages of the growth it causes the embryo flower to perish, stinging as far as the Duke is concerned, is accompanied by a and in the later stages it very often causes repletion, and letter which fully clears the fame of Luc)'s mother; and both leaves and flowers perish from premature decay. Hardman, aware to his re of this fact, obtains the letter from the Duke When honour. On the other hand, Lord Wilmot the flower-stems have a tt a i n ed a f oo t or so in " hasy a Il discovered a that Sir Geoffrey's wife, reputed to be dead, is height, it is best to remove them t o the greenhouse, tak- living in an obscure residence, and procures a meeting between ing care to secure them to a neat stake. the mother and daughter. Thus the game of generosity is well OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. played on both sides, and if Hardman saves the Earl of Loftus The Greenhouse and Conservatory will require fire-heat (Wilmot's father), and the Duke of Middlesex, from the con to expel the damp • and, with a littl e managemen t, we may sequencese nos of s lieingim implicated for dinr he hasaJao urbiptepelhone t;A(Ii from lmo s Wilmot has been no less magnanimous, for he has purchased from Sir now have a tolerably good supply of sprin g fl owers . Ca- Robert Walpole magnanimous, agovernment office for Hardman, at the price mellias will still assist the display. Hyacinths, tulips, of a Murillo. Advantages being so great on either side, love jonquils, narcissusses, are rapidly pushing forward ; many alone can settle where the balance is to be placed, and Hard heaths and acacias, and the various Australian leguminous man, discovering that Wilmot is really the man . after Lucy's (pea-shaped flowers) plants are coming into bloom ; all of heart, resigns , rco l a n s ey is vo t r i s e hi m pp a e m r o ; t i a T io i n n , which will assist in the display. Commence propagation from the stock plants of Verbena petunia, scarlet gera- whichwho takes Wilmot ?Or his model, and Mr. ‘ Easy, a respectable city gentleman, who is, nevertheless, so proud of getting drunk niums, calceolarias, and other bedding plants, which can- with a lord that his pride takes him to the watch-house, appear not be got too forward ; they will bear hardening off as secondary personages. In the delineation of his characters sooner; and do not receive so great check when planted o u t. the author has kept in view the title of his l norlc, , ot sol s d is lir Kitchen and Fruit Garden.—Finish the p run i ng of c a co s e r the e m in'a " n s a • n s i d iets f t a i e oL e i c l ia n r at f o a faculty o • f Hardman Thus, cco to accordance fruit trees as soon as possible. Make successional sowings with the good-humoured moral of the play, the proud Duke's of peas and beans. Sow round-seeded spinach, and in superciliousness is compensated by his high sense of honour, dry light soils commence planting early potatoes. Wilmot's rakish aberrations are excused by his excellent heart ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. and head, and David Fallen, though apparently an abject hire "J. N., Chester."—Many thanks for your contribution, ling, is found to possess a strong sense of virtue—and so on, as but it will require condensing very much before it is suit- far as one may be pleased to pursue the work of analysis." able for this column. The merits or demerits of the production it is not our "R. Symes."—The Chard beet i s a goo d su b s tit u t e f or purpose now to criticise. Ample commentaries have spinach, if the leaves ar e ga th ere d young — p i gs are very already appeared in the London weekly and daily news fond of the roots and waste l eaves . papers ; in periodicals of all sizes and denominatio n s ; and " Amateur."--The weeding hoe ca ll e d Gid ney ' s I ma for the last few days, in most of the Liverpool and Man proved Prussian Hoe is the best for a lady' s use . Chester journals. It must suffice for us to say that the entertainment proved in all respects a most attractive one, and that more brilliant or more crowded audiences THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.—The first step towards a re- never filled the noble hall in which the performance took sumption of labour by the operative engineers was made place. At Devonshire House, where the play was first on Monday morning last, in compliance with a resolution brought before the public in May last, in presence of the of the Central Association of Employers, the members of Queen herself, thorn could not have been a more atten which at that time opened their workshops to such men as tive, a more discriminating, or a more delighted audience. were willing to sign the declaration agreed to by the The prelude to the piece was an overture of music, masters. The Globe says that up to twelve o'clock on resembling that which was current in the early portion of that day, not less than 400 men had signed the declaration the Georgian era, and at which Steele, Addison, and their at Messrs. Maudslay and Field's factory, Lambeth. The contemporaries and immediate successors, occasionally Morning Chronicle, after quoting this statement, says smiled in the Tatters, Spectators, and Guardians of their that the attempt to open the shops with men who are day. That over, the curtain rose, and the distinguished willing to sign the declaration " may be said, at least for amateurs presented themselves in succession, according. the present, to have proved a perfect failure." as the author had prescribed for his dramatis personce, THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—The Board of Admiralty and were successively received with enthusiastic applause. have appointed Sir Edward Belcher to the command of The acting was, generally speaking, of finished excellence. the Arctic Expedition which will be sent out this spring So far as reading, comprehension, and appreciation of to renew the search for Sir John Franklin. It is probable character could go, this was to be expected from men that Captain Kellett, lately returned to England from a whose lives have been devoted to kindred studies of the service at Behring's Straits, and who has volunteered to varying phases of mankind, mentally, morally, and eater act as Sir Edward Belcher's second captain, will be nally ; but the imitative power—that faculty which is appointed. Commander MlClintock and Lieut. Osborne peculiarly the department of the actor, by which alone he are likely to have the command of the two steamers. can hope to realise the ideas of the author in the mind of This arrangement excludes Capt. Penny ;—for it is not the spectator, and to create the emotions and impressions contemplated that the expedition shall consist of more which the play was written to impart—could scarcely have than two ships and two steamers. But it is affirmed that been looked for is the perfection with which it was brought Captain Penny will have the command of a private expedi- forth. Everything harmonised admirably, and the absence tion. Beatson's expedition will shortly be ready toleave of those efforts for effect and for applause, which so fre- England. Overtures have been made to Lieutenant Pim quently mar the presentments of less skilful amateurs, to accompany Mr. Beatson as scientific observer ;—but gave a vraisemblance, in this instance, to scenes and per that officer prefers enrolling his name among the volunteers sonages which the most accomplished professional players to join the Wellington Channel expedition.—Athenceurn. would have found it difficult to excel. STRANGE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. —About two o'clock The afterpiece—a one act farce—has not been quite so on Thursday morning one of the city police, in passing long before the public as the comedy. It is a clever and along King William-street, London, was startled by ob- amusing brochure, in which Mr. Nightingale (Mr. Dudley serving a body of fire suddenly burst from a man's mouth, Costello)—we borrow the outline which we find ready pre who was standing at the corner of the street. The officer pared to our hands in the columns of a Manchester con. ran forward to ascertain the cause, and discovered the temporary—is a peevish dyspeptic, who keeps a diary of party to be a Frenchman, and that he had attempted self. his ailments and their treatment. IraVing refused his destruction by the following mode of procedure :—lt niece Rosins (Miss Fanny Young) to an overtalking appears that having withdrawn the yoke of an egg, he had barrister, Mr. Gabblewig (Mr. Charles Dickens), the inserted three ounces of gunpowder, and, placing this in I lover is despondent. till he finds that uncle and niece are his mouth, ignited the sa me w ith a fuzee. His mouth and I coming to the same inn at Malvern. They arrive; and throat were greatly burnt, b u t o th erw i se h e escaped ma- the dyspeptic is immediately beset by a country actor terial injury. He was immediately conveyed to Guy's named Slap, alias Mr. Formiville (Mr. Mark Lemon), Hospital, where he was searched. The only articles found who, disguised as a medical man, endeavours to wheedle on him were a large canister of powder and a box of him into buying his nostrums. Gabblewig, discovering fuzees. He gave his name as Henri Rengree, belonging the tricks of Slap, his quondam brother Thespian, circum to Aix.la-Chapelle, and was by trade a watchmaker and vents him by assuming in succession five different die jeweller. He remains in the hospital under the surveil- i guises, and at length wins the pretty Rosina from he lance of the police, churlish uncle, by proving that hie termagant wife (Slap' sister) had been dead many years, and that Slap bad in her name received a yearly allowance ever since her death. The chief, almost the only parts of any importance in this light-hearted and frolicsome piece, are those which Mr. Dickens and Mr. Mark Lemon sustained ; and the audience, from beginning to end, were kept in the most agreeable state of mirth, good humour, and enjoyment. .7 The scenery, painted for the guild, and for the pieces above noticed, gratuitously, by some of the most eminent artists of the day, was admirable; and gave a force and truth to the piece and to the actors, which we should vainly endeavour to describe in words to those who had no opportunity of witnessing the performances. The costume and properties also were of the same complete and appropriate character; so that nothing seemed want ing, except a larger space to accommodate the overflowing audience. The whole was under the management of Mr. Charles Dickens ; and, as our readers are aware, the local arrange ments had all been perfected by Dr. Sheridan Muspratt, whose services on the occasion cannot be too highly appre ciated or extolled. We are glad to add that the amount realised by the two performances exceeds £l,OOO. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT.—We see that Mr. W. B. Wray has announced a grand vocal and instru mental concert, to take place in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson -street, on Monday next. Among the singers engaged are Mrs. Sunderland, well known to the admirers of music in this town, Miss E. Skinner, Mrs. Rose, Miss Jessie Hammond, Mr. Frank Allberi, Mr. Miranda, and Mr. Wray himself ; the list of instrumentalists, and, indeed, the programme altogether, is equally attractive; as our readers will perceive on reference to the advertise ment in another column. THE CONCERT-HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET, was crowded on Saturday night, on which occasion the enter tainments gave the greatest satisfaction. In the unavoid able absence of the Earl of Sefton, who had been announced to take the chair, Mr. John Smith occupied that position. THEATRE ROYAL.--This is the last week of the pan tomime, which has had a more prolonged and successful run than for many previous seasons. During the past week amongst the pieces played was a new one, entitled " Time Tries All," which will be repeated this evening. On Saturday, Mr. Copeland intends giving a day perform ance of tho pantomime, to which he has invited the children of the free schools. Next week a series of opera tic performances will take place. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The Equestrian perform ances closed on Saturday evening, the business done dur ing the last few weeks having been very limited, A con cert is announced to take place here on Friday week, and among the artistes who will appear, we notice the names of Bottesini, Sivori, Herr Reichert, Miss Bassano, Ellen Day, and Cicely Nott. A rich treat may be expected. We beg to direct our readers' attention to two lectures to be delivered by Mr. Sheppard on musical education. The first on its influence on the " Music of Home," and the second on the " Music of the Church." LEWIS'S PANORAMA.—A change of exhibition took place at the Panorama-hall, Bold.street, last night, when Mr. Lewis opened his magnificent views of the Lower Mississippi to the gaze of a crowd of spectators. This is a continuation of the Panoramic exhibition which has been on view for several weeks past ; and shows the course of the great river of the Western world through seven States of the American Union—Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois—commencing with a splendid view of the Gulf of Mexico. CATHERINE HAYES.—The concert last night, at Hibernian-hall, was one of the most satisfactory and successful that has ever been given in this city. Miss Hayes more than realised the expectations excited by her great reputation, and in the opinion of many may fairly contest the palm of pre-eminence with the most distin guished of her predecessors. The compass and flexibility of her voice, the exquisite taste with which it is managed, the thorough musical training evinced in her mastery of the most difficult and complex passages, all showed the perfect artist; while her ballads were given with a simpli city and pathos, and with a plaintive sweetness that seemed to embody the very soul of melody. The hall was crowded, and the audience was warmed up to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. The announcement that another concert would be given on Friday evening was received with the liveliest demonstrations ofsatisfaction.— Charleston (U.S.) Mercury, Jan. 29. THE LATE FLOODS. BURSTING OF AN AQUEDUCT AT LITTLEBOROUGH. On Sunday morning week an aqueduct, which carries the river Roch across the front of the Littleborough Tun nel of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, imme diately over the line, burst, owing to the great accumula tion of water from rain during the night, and inundated the line, so as to prevent several of the morning trains from passing along it. Fortunately, the tunnel having a rising gradient under the bills into Yorkshire, the water took an opposite direction, and the damage was easily re paired. The passengers were transferred over the hill from Lancashire to Yorkshire, and vice versa", by vehicles which were promptly supplied by the railway authorities. A great number of excavators were set to work to cut out a new channel by the side of the line for the river, and, be fore night, one line of rail was entirely restored to work ing order. BURSTING OF THE HOLMFIRTH RESERVOIR The names of 91 persons who pErished by this teriiblo eatastrbpne nave been given ; but it is still believed that all are not included. A public meeting was held in Holmfirth, on Saturday evening week, to consider the propriety of raising subscriptions for the relief of the sur viving sufferers. The most influential gentlemen of the district were present. The following subscriptions were announced in the room :—Messrs. W. and C. Brooke, £200; Mr. Joshua Charlesworth, £100; Mr. Joshua Moorhouse, £100; a friend, per Joseph Firth, £100; Mr. Joseph Firth, £75 ; and Mr. Joshua Charlesworth, £5O; besides numerous smaller sums of £25 and under. The total amount raised at the meeting was £l,OlO. A public meeting was held in Huddersfield on Monday evening, and at the close the amount promised was £4,934 4s. In addition £6 lls. 10Id. was collected at the doors, after the proceedings had terminated. During Tuesday the subscription was increased to upwards of £6,000. A committee is to be formed in Manchester, for the pur pose of taking steps to raise subscriptions for the benefit of the sufferers. In Ashton-under-Lune a committee has already been formed, and they are said to have been very successful in their first canvass ; a place has also been offered and accepted for the reception of cast-off clothing. We believe that sermons are to be preached, and collections made, at the parish church. LOSS OF LIFE AT LONGTOWN On Monday week, at Longtown, near Carlisle, William Johnstone, ostler at the Graham's Arms Inn, together with four-post horses, were drowned in the river Esk, into which Johnstone had driven to wash the horses' feet, after having conveyed Sir James Graham, Lady Graham, and part of their family to Carlisle, en route for London. Another carriage driven by a post-boy named Dennett, was entering the river at the same time, and the wheels of Johnstone's carriage came in contact with those of Dennett, and thus overturned bcth. Dennett being able to swim reached the bank in safety. Johnstone and the four horses perished, one of the carriages was completely destroyed, and the other was much damaged. The river at the time was greatly swollen with the flood waters from the hills. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. . _ _ . The magistrates of Middlesex talk of withdrawing the license from publicans who hire barmaids to figure in the Bloomer costume. The case of Mrs. Cumming, lately declared a lunatic, is to be re-heard before the Lord Chancellor and a full court of appeal. The body of a gentleman, supposed to be one of the passengers in the Amazon, has been picked up on the north coast of Devon. On Sunday week, at Thorne, Doncaster, Eleanor, the wife of Mr. Henry Smith, hairdresser, was safely delivered of three fine boys, who, with the mother, are doing well. A gateway of the Royal Pavilion, at Brighton, was blown down by a gust of wind on Tuesday last, killing a female, and dangerously wounding Mr. Sheriff, a gentle man of fortune, residing at Kemptown. A surgeon, named Armorer, whilst dissecting a corpse at Newcastle-on-Tyne, a few days ago, accidentally wounded his finger with one of his instruments, and he has since died from the effects of the wound. An " Established" minister, near Balmoral, wanting a wifo without wooing, gave a friend in Edinburgh an order for one, and was supplied, almost, " by return of train." At the flood which occurred at Holrofirth in 1799, an innkeeper was drowned, and his body was found in the river at Wakefield, where it had been carried by the flood. He had nothing on but his shirt. The destiny of the Exhibition building is not yet sealed; but if it remains, a new roof must inevitably be con structed. The cost of that and other repairs is estimated at about £20,000. In the Anatomy School at Oxford, among other curi osities, they show the skeleton of a woman who had ten husbands, and was hanged at the age of thirty-six for the murder of four of them. The Times refused to publish the advertisement of the Roman Catholic Defence Association, as the assumed titles in the advertisement are contrary to law ; but the same advertisement appeared in the Morning Chronicle. The skeleton of a female was found beneath a slab, in front of the fire-place of an old house at Reading, which some labourers were pulling down last week. The slab bore an inscription dated 1707, and the house is supposed to have been standing about 200 years. A remarkable circumstance in the corn trade is noticed by the Hull News :—" At the present time there are not 1,000 quarters of foreign barley, malting or grinding, in the three important ports of Hull, Newcastle, and Leith. Last year, at the same time, there were above 100,000 quarters. The Hon. Mr. Doyle said. in the course of a late debate in the Halifax Legislature, (Nova Scotia,) that the most obnoxious thing within his recollection was the labels which he saw everywhere in Lancashire and Yorkshire,— " All persons trespassing on these lands will take notice that there are spring traps set, strong enough to take off the legs a/a horse." On Tuesday last a general assembly of the academicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Trafalgar square, London, when William Calder Marshall, Esq., was elected an academician, in the room of Wm. Wyon, Esq., deceased, and Richard Partridge, Esq., professor of anatomy, in the room of Joseph Henry Green, Esq., re signed, and John Prescott Knight, Esq., was appointed professor of perspective. CHESHIRE AND WALES. CHESTER RAILWAY.—In the House of Commons, on Tuesday evening, the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill was read a second time, and referred to a select com mittee. A CALF IN A CONGREGATION.—A Birkenhead butcher, powerfully refreshed, entered the Roman Catholic Chapel where Dr. Cahill was lecturing the other night, and inter rupted the learned disquisitions of the doctor by shouting at the top of his voice, " I'll bet you a guinea I've the best coaf in all the market." „ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITY BALL.—The Birkenhead annual Roman Catholic charity ball was held on Wednes day evening, at the Monks' Ferry Hotel, Mrs. William Cafferata officiating as lady patroness. The company num bered 170, and included many of the most influential Roman Catholic families from Birkenhead and Liverpool. MOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—A gentleman from Farndon was returning home from Chester late on Thurs day evening, when his horse took fright as he was passing a new house on the Dee Banks. He, together with his horse and gig, were precipitated down the bank to the level of the river, but both driver and horse escaped serious injury. GAS EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday night last, at about seven o'clock, a smell of gas was discovered in the house of Messrs. Price and Roberts, grocers, in Eastgate-street, Chester, which caused Mr. Price to go in search of the escape, followed by Mrs. Price, who incautiously struck a light. The consequence was an explosion, and a large portion of the front of the premises was forced into the street. Both Mr. and Mrs. Price are considerably injured. CHESHIRE YEOMANRY.—The following commissions were announced in last Tuesday's Gazette to have been signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester, for the " Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry :"—The Hon. Arthur Lascelles to be Captain, vice Lyon, resigned ; Cornet Henry Hill to be Lieutenant, vice Barker, resigned ; Thomas Horatio Marshall, gentleman, to be Cornet, vice Leigh, promoted. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended Bth February, 1852 :—Chestcr and Holy head Main Line : Passengers. £993 lls. 3d. ; parcels, H. C. & D.. £75 2s. Id. ; goods, cattle, &c., £495 7s. 9d. ; mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £2B 10s. 9d. ; parcels, £1 9s. 9d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £lO3 Bs. 7d.—Steam boats : Passengers, £155 Bs. Bd. ; parcels, £25 Bs. 6d. — Total, £2,453 7s. 4d. CHESTER CONSISTORY COTJRT.-1H the resumption of the proceedings of the divorce case, Schroeder v. Schroe der, on Thursday, Mr. Boydell was called upon to pro duce his client, Mrs. Schroeder, pursuant to an order made by the last court. The lady was not forthcoming, neither were sufficient reasons given for her non-appear ance. Mr. Ayrton, on behalf of Mr. Schroeder, then prayed that notice should he given to the Diocese of Manchester, that the attendance of one George Katz warren was necessary to proceed in the case, and the further inquiry was adjourned until the next court, to be held on the 4th of March. A CASE OF MURDER.—The neighbourhood of Garthe win and Llanfairtalhaiarn, in the county of Denbigh, was a scene of great alarm on the morning of Friday, the 6th instant, by the finding of the body of one William Davies, game-watcher to B. W. Wynne, Esq. The unfortunate man went out to watch, as was his customary duty, on the night of Thursday. and was not seen by his friends until found early the following morning, in a field adjoining a wood, the property of Mr. Wynne. The poor fellow was brutally murdered ; his skull being frightfully fractured, one of his ears completely cut off, and otherwise greatly bruised. The perpetrators of this foul deed have not yet been apprehended, but an active search is being made by the police. Loss OF LIFE AT HOLYWELL.—An awful accident, involving the loss of two lives, occurred on Friday week at the Holloway lead mine. While a number of men were employed in lowering some pumps down the engine shaft, the winch suddenly broke, and the capstan being thus set in rapid motion the men were completely over powered. Two of them were struck with such force that they shortly afterwards died from the injuries sustained ; and others were thrown a distance of some thirty yards and seriously hurt. Some were burned by being knocked into a fire that had been kindled on the bank ; some had their heads broken in a fearful manner, and others had their limbs fractured and dislocated. Two or three sus tained such severe injuries that their recovery was con sidered hopeless. HOLYHEAD BREAKWATER WORKS.—A grand explo sion took place a few days ago at Holyhead in the quarries at the mountain, now in course of working for material for the formation of the extensive breakwater and pier at the new harbour. Upwards of 70001 b. of gunpowder were lodged in three chambers in a shaft 55 feet in depth, with 66 feet of heading, and this heavy charge was fired by means of wires attached to a galvanic battery. The ex plosion was, of course, instantaneous with the transmission of the electric fluid, and proved eminently successful, dis lodging and throwing down upwards of 30,000 tons of stone, many masses of which were of immense weight.— Several fatal accidents have lately occurred. A day or two before the above dislodgment, a lamentable occur rence took place at the quarry, whereby a man named Owen Williams lost his life, being literally crushed to death, by the falling of a large block of stone, weighing about four tons. He had been employed clearing away loose stones, when he slipped and fell, and before he could regain his footing, the heavy mass rolled on him, and occasioned instant death. MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY AT CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE. —On the night of the sth inst. some nerson or nersons entered Unolmondeley Castle by breaking a pane of glass in the servants' hall window, removing the fastening, and passing from the servants' hall through a passage, at the end of which is a door leading into the great hall, partly of glass, which was bolted. They first commenced to cut through the door right opposite the bolt, but this not suit ing their purpose, they then broke a pane of glass and reached through and unbolted the door ; it appears they then passed through several rooms, in one of which they had lighted a wax candle which stood in a silver candle stick. With this light they proceeded through various parts of the Castle, to the sitting room of the Rev. W. Fielding, chaplain to his Lordship, where they cut open the portfolio of the rev. gent. and abstracted 13 sovereigns, 1 half sovereign, and some other money, in all we believe about £l5. With the gold there was a quantity of bank notes, none of which were taken. They then retraced their steps back to the servants' ball, unfastened the door, blew out the candle, left the silver candlestick behind the door, and so passed out. What adds to the mystery is that four watchers, on the look out for poachers, were stationed round the Castle all night, and did not see or hear any one. The police are most active in endeavouring to trace the delinquents, but as yet without avail.—Chester Chronicle. ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. A. T. Attwood, M.A., Worcester College, oxford' to the Curacy of Leak, Yorkshire; the Rev. S. Banks, Al• l ' d Rector of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, to the Rural Deaner/ of Chesterton, diocese of Ely ; the Rev. Robert Blakist!.. l4 M.A., Rector of Ashington, to a R ura l D eanery i n t h e dioce.` of Chichester; the Rev. W. M. Brady, hector of Farri.lD Cloyne, to be Chaplain to the Lord Lieute nan t o f I re l a nd; A Rev. S. Briggs, to be Chaplain to the Leeds W or khouse et: Industrial Schools; the Rev. S. P. Denning , Censor of p!.. Mary's Hall, Durham University, to be Head Master of NV,_,. center Cathedral Grammar School; the Rev. E. Eedle, of South Bersted, to a Rural Deanery in the diocese Of Cb l : cheater • the Rev. G. F. de Gex, M.A., to the C urac y of Fronl . Seiwood, Somerset ; the Rev. R. C. Hales, M.A., to the Recta); • of Carfax, Oxford; the Rev. T. W. Herbert. to the Curacy f a St. Thomas, the Apostle, Exeter ; the Rev. T. Hugo, M.A., 11 ,_: Incumbent of St. Paul's Church, Hallivvell, Lancashire, to qt.. Curacy of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate ; the Rev. J. F. INT. 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Barron. upon-Humber, Lincolnshire; the Rev. J. Jackson, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Mossley, in the parish of Ashton-un der. Lyne ; the Rev. Henry James Ltoyo, to the Rectory of SelattYl l a r Salop ; the Rev. A. Marshall, M.A., C urate of Upvvell, to be: Surrogate for the diocese of Norwich ; the Rev. J. Fate. 8.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of 8i11.% ton, Hunts; the Rev. It. E. S an d erson, 8 .A., Lor d Crew Exhibitioner of Lincoln College, Oxford, to be Head Master o f St. Andrew's College, B ra dfi e ld, near Reading • the Rev. e- Silver, M.A., St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, to the Vicara of All Saints, Fulbou rne , Cambridgeshire • the Rev. John ( Williams, M.A., Recto r o f Llanymowddwy, to' be Inspector 4,),. Schools in the Deaneries of Mo w dd w y an d C e if e ili og ; the 11 P. G. Willoughby, t o th e Vi carage o f C ar l ton-le-Moor laoo d and to the Vicarage of Stapleford, Lincolnshire. OBIUARY. • Feb. 3, at Bardwell Rectory,, Suffolk, aged 81, the Rev. HeorY Adams, 8.D., Rector of that parish above 36 years. 8 601 0 Feb. 9, at his residence, B ar i ng - crescent, E xeter, i n his „ i s year, the Rev. Charl es T uc k er , l ast surv i v i ng son of Benedic'", ti Marwood Tucker, Esq., for me ly o f C or y ton P ar k , near AVIA ° e ter, Devon. netr• Jan. 31, at Easthope Rectory, in his 47th year, the Robert Armitage, Rector of Easthope, and Incumbent of ow- 0 Preen, in the diocese of Hereford. .40 DEATH OF DR.. EYLERT.—The German papers anneal A the death of Dr. Eylert, senior Bishop o f t h e succe ssion ‘;'s g King William 111. of Prussia, whi c h t oo k p l ace a ob° l l th time ago at Potsdam, at the age of 82. H e was the auth o of several works on theology, and a member of the Mini stri of Public Worship and Instruction. tbe " QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—On Wednesday last annual account relating to Queen Anne's Bounty, Pt e la sented to parliament, was issued. The receipts for 1 1 year ending the 31st of December, 1850, were £215, 6 ' ,1 d iiei 17s. 9d., of which £15,124 15s. 7d. were " first fruits an tenths." The disbursements were principally reade fo — f 1 1 4 the clergy, paid for purch a s e o f c l er i ca l property, o"" bo the erection of residen c e h ouses . Th e sum o f .£5 3, ' r 8 4 17s. 3d. was laid out i n th e purc h ase o f s t oc k f or g ene 01 purposes. in , 1 1 7 THE CLERGY DISCIPLINE BILL.—We h ave been .Rt e, formed that the clergy discipline bill will not be be kb, introduced during the present session of parliament. The Ttle, unequivocal feelings of the clergy upon their right to 0 N I , consulted as to its provisions, expressed in the nuroell e g ra t , petitions presented last week to convocation, toge - o f 1 „" 1 41. 4 with the Bishop of Oxford's motion in the upper houl a , :utt a , convocation, in which he prays for synodical action 1 0 ,1 4 1, . 41 t0 a . , cuss this point, are the grounds upon which it is said '7 ' tiopi; W the Bishop of London h as w ithd rawn hi s i nten d e d S" "%eh' -1 cation to parliament.—Morning Chronicle. .el 14 2? i THE ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES.—" Nicholas, ...Br d - 1 ,10 Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster"—such is ;iet "" A kl signature appended to a document published in the 1, 4 ", t i, ql4, of this week, and dated Jan. the 3d, 1852. This a, o ",i, 1 ,1 i t ,,' ment is styled "An appeal to the German Nation ( re s t' Luaqj dent in London), and to the Friends of Humani f lip bop, which the Cardinal states he considers himself boun d ,1 118 6 4 , 1 make, inasmuch as he is entrusted " with the spirP t bs e titt4 charge of a city, in importance inferior to none in d 'ai world." Thus Nicholas, Cardinal Wiseman, at le ° so t toy, boldly assumes, in despite of the 15th Vict., cap. 6 0 , it:Or style and title of Archbishop of Westminster. - Gib Zqe at,. feta' ittn' THE MILITIA.—We understand that it is in coll'Aito inn ts: plation to take immediate steps for enrolling the rn";.e , ,!e t " to the extent of 70,000 men ; and that reports will be ifs •qlf ed ti quired as to the efficient state of the staff of the respe ct 4 v et j IN .'th regiments preparatory thereto.—Globe. i f e 1, , 1 1) ,. SCHOOLS OF DESIGN.—The Government have res, ° ,,,ds ;,eir e; to organise a special department in the Board of ." - ilig " t o pg for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of the el':1 0 r, ° ' p m schools of design, and aiding art education in gener'ibis lo b pro applied to manufactures, and have offered a respon 9 t ia I ) t r res t j office in management to Mr. Henry Cole, one of the 0 F 0 , II s e 4 . members of the Executive Committee in the Exbibiti°,p are Lill ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF B l 'i l lhe ibe t 4ti nueTs.—The Lord Chancellor has laid on the table 0 ` o f ) .,eio te l k i House of Lords a bill to abolish the office of Secretarir o f r ost at 'l Bankrupts and to regulate the office of Chief Registrt a ° ,,,tith: l the Court of Bankruptcy. A declaration of insolven c ,ett' b h tittl a trader is to be filed with the Chief Registrar. COe'„'" be ~:t cl ~i sation is to be given to the party holding the office ' - " e otl ec , tel l, ' l abolished. , the eu THE NINEVEH ANTIQUITIES.—We COngratUlal e ft er 0 i ell e "' public upon the arrival in St. Katharine's Docks, e j o lie k i ! l 'qta o a ' rapid passage, of the bigantine Apprentice, Captain ys' Ne ' t eLhi si t l i Hardy, from Bussorah, with the remainder of g r ; p os‘ tt ec a l l yard's collection of antiquities from Nineveh, f 4 5 0,. : 00i t ,,,0 which there is one piece of sculpture far exceedingliV l e tt eil ' i c any brought home upon a former occasion. It we l g It le / , Ili °f' tons. ~„. „iofr,, 41, Pre, ATTEMPT TO MURDER BY THROWING V IT , f 0 g., , ! o 4 • • Edward Straggles, a young man, eighteen years ° ,,,, r ai' tell e ' i P was on Thursday committed for trial from the SOUti'..llo: Vit 1 1 , Police-court, on the charge of attempting to murcle,.'• i a' t t 7,C° l H. Barber, his former employer, by throwing over, i i i i iia: t ilt4d, pailful of sulphuric acid. The prisoner had secretent.ales i t 'qe 4 iili self in the cellar of his master's manufactory, and P t ... wil e 4, r e . : t i the liquid upon his victim in the dark ; subsequen t Iraq ` ll attempted to shoot Mr. Barber. Of 'lto It „tent t i til l , DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN SKYE.—A correctione,4o the Inverness Courier states that the people of the y e ilff of Skye are in the greatest state of excitement at Pr e f tiO Tl, a gold-mine having been discovered on the banks 0 /0 401 0(4, river Sten schol, in Waternish. A travelling tinker,; me rsN't,ilkh name of Stewart, has converted some of the g° l , bil, P , !itl i het ring s. f m rc ta l t , h l e l i h d e a e v a s e c d rn d io s p , tdi ` o ' onu l bg h ti a vt v iel e nat n b o ity t i anys si e hg e o n osled .w hT o o f h i i is t ili s myse lf tateo :tile 0 t t t : l . 41 i t e o t t i htl t e h ol l e , quite correct, and you may insert it. Samples as of ; t ie metal have been sent to Edinburgh." . piti , 1/ f o hip t ) e e et‘ t SHIPPING GOODS.—In a recent number of the S , •Il eq. 41 so ilea i , Gazette, a case is reported the knowledge of which r i l e lat et Vi a of importance to exporters. An Australian me 151 ttit t t i tor lately agreed to ship a quantity of liquids by a vess e „fet; d 40 hi London, but sent them too late to be stowed with 'titre Tay of The shipbrokers having, therefore, refused to alloy? tli , ' 4 , ,, iy ept k 4 to be taken, the merchant brought an action ~/ co il to Ipttt l i'D Sheriffs' Court for damages. The judge, howeetylpe 1 ,, tet et sidered that he was bound to have sent them ill a g le %,,,Nti 4 ,,a( admit of their being arranged with proper care, 101 1, elt Lui COUNTY COURT.—This monthly court was held on dict was accordingly given for the defendants. otiv; f , ",,o,h e ,", Tuesday last, before William Adam Hutton, Esq., judge. NEW RIVER COMPANY : VALUE OF AN Ortg e s s o4 v t ."tk'4,l There were 32 cases entered ; eight were settled before a to n d deductionsxso p producing e r a a n n d ou i f v m i dividend e o 6d f se.e £ ms B ed s 0 . p " cc) :a:5 " ; lezv ` :r ,, t i'‘ ro l a,t; e, t KING'S SHARE--At the Auction Mart, last week , 'geli d ( aoe e hearing, and 24 stood for trial. Daniel Smith and Son sold an entire original Kioit„ e tt Pet 1 1 ,,,' h tt( B l 4 NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.—A public ' 1 , annum, Kingthe , s s c l Company, o bj g e , c , subject meeting to consider the plan of this association was helddls ° • is, Ne l 't in the Theatre on Tuesday evening, which was numerously The New River is divided into only seventy-two 1;t040 kity : and respectably attended. The Mayor presided, and shares, one-half of which are denominated the s. ,e , • 1 ,1, 1 , 1 ,,, amongst the gentlemen on the platform were—the Rev. moiety, and the remainder the adventurer's sher e , : yed i b fi i , t ot t i H. Bostock, Rev. R. A. Maul (incumbent of Trinity), share sold was submitted in four parts, which res" pig . ," hrly Y Rev. E. J. Hartland, Alderman Beamont, Alderman Hardy, AldermanWMinnies, Alderman Rylands, Messrs. spectively £4,200, £4,350, £4,400, and £4,400, 450 y 44°Li p , , H. Gaskell, Robson, E. Robinson, &c. In the body of total of £17,350. A fixed perpetual annuity of ':ocl Pee Do to the meeting we noticed the Hon. and Rev. H. Powys annum, secured upon three entire adventurers , ' to th re i lkl 4 (rector), Rev. James Poole, Counsellors Artingstall, San- King's share in the New River Company, subjec t ,4 , Went ho derson, &c. Very able addresses were delivered by the per annum land-tax, sold for £4,550. • , ~..../ I l be t 0, St l'i Ete, Rev. H. Hardinge (rector of Theberton), who attended as AGRICULTURAL DEPUTATION TO LORD J 0 r" ... ,' e ti I, 0 1 4 1 trly ai a deputation from the association, the Rev. F. Bishop (of SELL.—On Tuesday a deputation, consisting of '"' 004 tlilea Liverpool), 'and Mr. Wm. Thistlethwaite (of Preston.) of the Eastern Counties Agricultural Association , re 0; 0 1 ar id oh iv upon Lord John Russell for the purpose of hi l l :l d es` it by i .tli at Resolutions in favour of the plan were unanimously passed, upon his lordship the necessity of conceding the r r iglit;l i e Pli l i ceN l and petitions to both Houses of Parliament adopted. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of this the malt tax, an equitabl e measure o f t e nant inso o / 1 /0, by t thorough revision of the present mode of !panto, it i , Ari ei 'liil l body was held on Thursday morning last, at the board_ thorough expenditure, the abolition of the game,l' o tic,,itig l ,,,a,il e room, when the chair was occupied by W. Welsby, Esq., removal of restrictions to the growth of exciseab! e .. dent , %V el lii Qn and the following guardians were also present :—John and the adaptation of the tithe-rent charge to tnf il ' e Ilse th e l oes t i, Rosson, Esq., ex-officio ; Messrs. Stoner, Tilsley, R. Forshaw, Srnythies, Balshavv, Whalley, Mercer, Hunt, prices. Lord John replied that, with regard to e ' tati g ' 4 ,l 3 . l)h s , Mawdsley, Leyland, Peet. Sutton, J. Forshaw, Alty, tax, it supplied so large a source of revenn j to J o ttli 'et i tio i Howard, Holdroft, Baker, Fowler, and Carr. The Chancellor of the Exchequer could hardly amount of out-door relief administered during the past were ,li° stil l ' 1 , it. He could not deny that the excise duties . . 4 t. ~ ape 4 affor iii il l 1).. ohi, week had been as follows :—Townships, £36 13s. 4d. ; respects injurious, and he promised that the siini` ri t, ili kelp o ; fl union, £lO 18s. sd. ; non-resident poor, £1 Ils. 6d. ; receive the fullest consideration of the governin e ,„P e r "elO total, £49 3s. 3d. The expenditure for the week on RETIREMENT OF MR. JUSTICE PATTESO:: O i t Y , of ic e teresting and affecting scene occurred on Tn ~,,.; o t jel ~,i10 , !Ilti account of the inmates of the workhouse, had been the Court of Queen's Bench, upon the rctirenoe'; t liS.e, r" eat £7 6s. 4d. The number of inmates was reported to be 82. A cheque for £1,448 19s. 4d. being the amount of Justice Patteson. Upon closing the business 01 olug iw ,. Et t ,, h 7 . 4 , the county rate for the half-year, was signed by the chair- the Attorney-General rose, and the whole htn . ..dget,ll:, t u t.i', O t h man. The report of the committee appointed for making his example, and addressing the venerable J''` e itiP . ,,, 5 eltstt expressed their common regret and sorrow at . " o ,l)ey il iF f , 0 4 ', 01 the necessary arrangements for the erection of the in- learned Judge for the last time on the bench' e f '„aat 4i iilti tended new workhouse, was unanimously adopted, and a had occupied a seat for twenty-two years with snc t i t eW iittl s qlp committee was formed with power to obtain the amount of money required, and to do all necessary things for the honour to himself and unbounded satisfaction T e elii i rite li e llop t p completion of the building. The board then separated. fession. Mr, Justice Patteson expressed his _f e el,' i n W i ,,, TOWN COUNCIL.—The quarterly meeting took place on deep gratitude for the kind expression of ther 6r st A l ie, 1 ,, i !it oi ; 18 1 Thursday, in the Council Cnamber at the Town-hall. He explained that it was not now that lie lia c ticw,g t e ', o l 11 ;1 Twenty members were present, the Mayor presiding. On templated retirement, and he was afraid that e u t i l ey, a,.' e l9 t r y , his resignation too long, on account l, c at. 0 tri„, s el the minutes of the Street steerlmpovement, Lighting, and and, ncreasing infirmity of his hearing. He ncul o at' ,e i'l , ttl t 'e Market Committee being read, y animated discussion bidding them all an . affectionate farewell. The r ef/ te t ,,'tri k ensued respecting the proposed new market. At a former I rose, and his lor ship retired. iete ° ,,cy Atf q t meeting of the Council it had been determined that the T ETH.--In consequence of the cornP• i ft• i ii I , o t rc l Lnss OF ..E ~ . 0 .t , .. li _ present market-place should be the site of the new mar- partial loss of the teeth, the face shrinks, the coups oil ~„gea,e37. ket ; and in pursuance of that resolution the committee sume s a different expression, and wrinkles will l'„' ty l If b - Ppo; '4l now recommended that £lO should be offered for the best furrow the face. The only remedy for this is to sat;ail i iif -13 4', 11 tel plan of a covered market to be erected in the present with Artificial Teeth, thereby restoring clear artiCl 0)0 kinr,('• -hew I i market-place. Desiring to procure an enlarged space, feet u m s agi e crg i o n n, an ert oo tnraeutinf the hollow al r ir s tic tio lk i 8 41 41 , 1 1)0 i they ascertained the price asked for the property in and teeth p i , rn s ' o ene h g r U C y te g r ill i fr t e q; 'r near the market-place, belonging to Mr. J. T. Blackburne ne s h li ae r te g u e r en o l l ) d en a ti g s e t,3l; lll G e eorge-street, Hanover-squat e ,;t 0 4 1 a Pro ki ,,ili and others, and which, if obtained, would give an additional I must fully_aasgfer tins purpose, and are fixed withe" 4, Veip , area of 1480 square yards ; but the sum asked appeared so ing ti a o n L y Lo ro m o A ts y o ,s r t o ee t t N l T ), A o lE r N g T ivi A n N g D a any I pain HWAIIVERVcetV,6I 'O 4 r. 6 ,7 \ , 3 ti! very exorbitant to the committee that they abandoned 1 the idea of its purchase altogether. Ir. the course of the ,P A E N R D SW IS S EA A S F E F S L l O C I T T E H D E NV4T fc .sc",,, scoß.t o rTic 1 40 i :ell Ok i cutaneous disorders are enge — Ze u re r tl y by rh ge w in rin Pi s u 'rit pl il e t Sc rre ri ' lr e 4 : discussion it was elicited that the present area would only admit of a cart-way 12 feet wide round the building, i blood, and the only sure means to eradicate such CO f t's' which, it was contended, would be very inconvenient. A 1 to undergo a course of Holloway's Pills„and at Ole (o'l l l l 4 P 4 ..,411 ! astonishingborough,various parts committee,n ether r it e - e. l , ! t. ie t i o rtft:• i t i g n tlie he b a lmd, s i tr i eg y roe li do i r th it v ki h certain in the c a ttr u e-6f cancerous ' sores, ulc . erate e d , f,l l l l. , f tl ,,!.i l l t li glandular swellings, and persons so afflicted sl l ° ll ' c e' " (1 ALb iig 144 ° ,,, t rie iN)ii were unanimously sanctioned. course to these excellent medicines. - ..1110111111111.1■11 FREEDOM FROM COUGH IN TEN MINUTES By ~,:„,,, ',,t,0,),,ta t , ?1• % ., to.—Twenty-five recommended tY five new gasto lamps be erected for b PULMONIC WAFERS.—FrORI Mr. James Macar,:iopiciircac,R4 Hall, 4, Essex-bridge, Dublin :—" I can bear testil'sre i tO,V, N: 6 44 efficacy of Dr. Locock's Wafers, which act as t,iif,,t ',„?a . B, e , i t OPENING OF THE ORGAN IN THE TOWN-HALL.—This aifecton; z , c of the ,o lungs, ni viz., l influenza, colds, astljgo s c ois v jet;thts ~,4 ti lt organ, which has been erected on a new plan by Mr. l co o u ge of a damp or foggy e( have - prove. ,01 0 jek j 0 E 1.," -t t , day,ery 11 , e e r y sonsw! ~, A a A . a Groves, of Great Marlborough-street, London, was opened boon." To singers and public speakers they are I n e . a l p Vioie of 1 on Tuesday evening, by the St. Helens Choral So c iety, clearing and strengthening thfr-voice. They hay 4001S,find ij Ityi with a selection of music from oratorios by Haydn, Han- taste. Price is. lid., 2s. 011 and lis. per b0%• 5 ;,4, # O ,O hi, ro h .,. I b - ` ll druggists.—Also, Dr. I.4COCK'S FEMALE WAF..,ste'llr r ot del, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Sec., which was executed medicine for Females' They have a plesant ''',,es in excellent style. The net proceeds of the concert on Is. lid., 2s.j d ierd - Ifs. per box., with full directiv Tuesday, to behanded to theerection fund, will be about £35 —All Pills tt . similar Names re Counterfeits, WARRINGTON. ST. HELENS.