The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-29 00:00:00

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Without honour !, the ellipsis of general truth as re-',f. it from us, impute ghleu ; though' we : die is always ready ihrenheit tube, and .:-• I virtue more thatf: re Protestant e0n.... nenee human eon, 't elevates the moral 3mperature of Ire of England, would we do not im- Olen, we are quite of an angel, but is frailties, like other e principle not the example most ad , a Roman Catholic ominous—it is the power —admitting monies equum," ) One hundred and since a precedent measure—but ex- Danaides, spring of the present ad r' e cloth hiss the ," What may be 'he path to public nost there are but who will venture le same authority hese also—a vote Would be recorded if another session invidious impedi ell and truly be md. should have "nar- personal honour, ioghlen, or have . laims with those !stions with which e words of Platt hat pledge has be !ways observe an' how will he, put list, on many oc contravention of which is a ques :his exaltation of 4 upon thepoliti itary elevation of might be disre .," and the vacant p with one Re thened in coon justiceship with lay be all Catho t of an injured e hands of such n such a court; , would not only sdirectly, wound they are all our Protestant, its—an ox sees see the future in and then lament :y of Romanism the grave, yet, id you. To them the inheritance. which you re- this, you must , n the constitu- we — live under unremitted calls of imagine that it passions--we mal revenge to fight to feel, for ity of its insti ! are placed in ost unjustifiable lose connivance )er, and speak his, besides the Ire read in a ,a since the 'vac- their separate cent the esta- 4° (—and, that in _ LI royal artill er y, the dispropor lan and Catho ,rnment ! If a the idolatrous shier him ;—if ant ordinances condemn the can vindicate ho can recon- nly reason is, powers, and enemies of the undermining fjustice—the !mons" of Bri is the union, ;reales alarm ,ar nothing-- any regularly .I—but, be as ieir combined and move on We have kept are not igno- e can see one bilst the half- We behold rey, shunning size its prey. zo, when the parliament— mthled at the h would have in the short acy and pro e British se ;o destructive .s should con id like physi ccelerates as king, a papal religion of tholic judges . ' Ins, and a Ca- Ily annul the -' If union, you 'ice the pre ber that even ' )Wes its ex- influence of in of policy interests of when that ity to itself, have pene se encroach !), with the lie shield of )pression, of gilt to foster ng its flow pleasure ;aged—and„ nulous ope of nature, ,;' Nov. 29. 1836 • .'~ ~'~_O. .r~I:.. either to gratify an enlightned and laudable cuvico:. , t,-, advance his temporal interests, or to enlarge the spht-re of useful knowledge. We have been much pleased with the report of the late lecture on chemistry, delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, by Mr. John Hemming, of London. Of that gentleman, as a lecturer, we have heard f requently, and of his ability much to his praise, We make these few prefatory observations to qualify the comments we are about to offer upon his opening lecture. What we think correct, which is the main character of the lecture, we shall leave in the lucid statements of Mr. H.; to what we think obscure, or erroneous, we shall add 'inch illustration, or apply such correction, as we think ne ees savY ; and, in doing this, we are assured, that we are doing no more than Mr. H. would have done, had he been called upon to give explanation. To him we need tender no apology. Speaking of chemical attraction, Mr. H. truly ob served, " that it was usual to divide the elementary bo dies into two classes, electro-positive and electro-nega ti";" but he adds, " this mode of distinction is arbitrary and unscientific." Though sanctioned by this authority of Mr. H., we confess that " the distinction" does not appear to us "arbitrary;' notwithstanding the apparent anomalies to which he refers ; we say apparent, because they are not real, but are reconcileable with the known l aws of chemistry. We shall not seek for examples of our own to verify our position, but take that offered to us b yMr. H.—" Sulphur will combine with oxygen and by (ilr°gen ; in these cases," Mr. H. observes, " the sulphur k negative to the hydrogen, and positive to the oxygen." This, whilst it declares a chemical truth, in no degree in validates the electro-chemical theory. It never was un derstood that electrical characters indicated absolute but relative qualities. Like every point except the centre, °f a magnet—to one extremity it will be north—to the other extremity south. The most perplexing case in the Play of affinity as supposed to depend upon electrical agency we ever remember to have seen, is that of passing Steam over red hot iron, whence result oxide of iron and hydrogen gas; and then repassing the hydrogen gas on the red hot oxide of iron, whence there results the ori ginal metallic iron, and water. But this we think cepa bie of explanation upon known principles. Positive and negative, as the very terms imply, are relatives, just as the poet observes— " Ask where's the north ? At York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland." All these places, and had there been a thousand more, with the exception of the extremes, are, and would have been respectively north and south of each other. One sturdy question, however, arises here, which we have ne ver seen solved : if the two bodies which are farthest (4 unckr in electrical habitudes combine, which implies the greatest intensity of attraction, what cause can ever separate them? We cordially unite in the commenda tion so justly paid to Dalton for his labours in perfecting tile Atomic Theory; though to the industry and skill of berzelius we owe more, as regards the determination of the Atomic weights. If Mr. H., when he speaks of Mayow, meant that that ! ngenious chemist. was acquainted with carbonic acid gas, Which escaped with effervescence when oil of vitriol is olixed with salt of tartar," we wholly dissent from his opi- I nno—that honour belonged to Dr. Black, and Mayow's knowledge of pneumatic chemistry was confined to ano tiler gas, of which he treats, in his " Tractatus de Spiritu Nitro-dereo." "Potassium," says Mr. H., "is made by heating pot ash (which is a compound of oxygen, carbon, and metal) l a a close vessel with charcoal." The process is correctly s tated, but we object to the rationale—the charcoal added ( 0 the potash, does not take away the carbon of the car bonic acid united with the oxide of potassium, but sim- Itly deoxidizes the oxide of potassium, and then the car b°nii acid is set free, according to a law mentioned by Mr. H., that "acids do not combine with metals"—it is possible, that the carbonic acid may be partially or en tirely converted into carbonic oxide at the moment of li beration. Again, when "potassium is heated in carbonic acid gas," something more happens, than the mere rege neration of carbonate of potash—a portion of uncom hined carbon is also evolved. " fluida_non agunt"—except bodies, one or both, be in a state of fluidity. they will not, combine. This triaxim of 131ack is not, as Dr. H. justly observes, a uni versal,law. If the instance mentioned by Mr. H. con firms it, viz., ‘.‘ the mixture of tartaric acid and carbonate of soda,",the. ease of sulphate of copper and acetate of ha l i contradict it; and in both examples there is present waler of. crystalization. With regard to the process of obtaining lime, we be heVe .that there is something owing to the tendency to form carbonic oxide, by uniting one atom of the oxygen of the carbonic acid in the chalk or marble with one atom of the ignited carbon; and to this conclusion we arrive, hecauSe carbonate of lime heated per se, in close tubes, t ° an equal temperature, is more slowly, and more di& "MY, decomposed and rendered caustic. We are much inclined to doubt, whether in any case 01 the chemical union of two metals, they are separable by heat. We know from many experiments upon *pe culinn metals, that no such separation takes place. We finish our remarks upon the opening lecture. 'We h ave much for which to thank Mr. Hemming ; and if t he minds of our operatives can be turned from the bar ren wilds of politics to the fertile fields of chemistry, the town of Liverpool, and especial the operatives them selves, will have abundant cause to add their thanks to ours. In our last number we criticised pretty freely the speeches of several members of the Town Council, who took part in the discussion relative to the Corporation Schools. We endeavoured to expose the sophistry, and to correct the misrepresentation, which were indulged in, 1) Y What is called the liberal part of the Council, to pre- J e ilice and mislead the public. From the hasty manner In which our commentary was written it was impossible iliac we could enter, at any length, into the merits of this l eiPortant controversy. The speech of Mr. Councillor Rathbone is one of the most vague, absurd, and incon sistent addresses we ever read; and we defy any man, Who . is qualified to judge on the merits of a literary corn- Position, to contradict our assertion. ‘Ve defy the most outrageous Radical to reconcile its discrepancies; or ap prove its reasoning. This worthy Councillor has taken 4 , v ery active part in the establishment and prooction of these schools. He has also addressed a letter upon this s ubject to the liberal members of the Council, calling U pon them to support this system. The importance, therefore, that attaches to his character and office, claims o ur respect, and demands from us a candid and faithful ex amination of his speech. He commenced by stating the great disadvantage heJaboured under, in bringingbe 'ere them dry deiails of faits, after the very brilliant and hiv mind, powerful and logical address of Mr. Coun cillor Blackburn. Now, we., have perused this speech ver y carefully, and cannot rtiscover a single, fact that be ars lt upon the question at issue between the Rev. H. and Mr. Councillor Rathbone. We admire the discretion manifested by this honourable Councillor in shri n ki ng ith from the task assigned to him. The better Part of valour is discretion. Perhaps, as Mr. Rathbone had put these facts into writing, " lie will favour us a sight of his manuscript and point out a few of the act. , to which he refers. We cannot pass over the reck less assertion, "that the selections are not intended or ruled as substitut es but as encouragements o r aids to the urea ding of the Bible." Whatever may be the opinion e f . Mr. C ounc ill or R at hb one u p on thi s su bj ect, i t i s c l ear l y e vident disc such design formed no part of the intention rgovernment when the system was introduced i n t o I re - The circulation of the Bible was opposed by the Itoinish priests, and its unrestricted use spoken of as the occ asion of all the irritation which existed between Pro t. estants and Catholics. It was to conciliate the Catholics, 411(1 to allay the irritation that so unhappily existed, that government introduced the " healing measure." The selections were to be purged of all the " offensive c a ts'ages " w hi c h expose d the iniquity of Popery-. ee Bible was thus intentionally made for all religious 1) 1 11 . '1)84es, o f none effect to the poor deluded Catholic t ,!. il d• And suc h we b o ldl y a ffi rm was th e d es ign of o ur Liberal Town Council in introducing this system into :--,--~-- ~ w -x ... 'f,iverpor.i. The. character of the speeches prove tills fact —the nature of the motion, ind the object of the amend- rent. We, as Protestants, use selections from the scriptures, but we do not, dare not, mutilate them to serve the interests of any man. At the great meeting held in the Amphitheatre, the reverend rector, who pre sided, made this simple and beautiful remark :—" We, as Protestants, use selections, but whilst we put the selec tions into the one hand of the child, we place the Bible in the other." Mr. Rathbone is inexcusable in making this observation.. There could be no necessity for thus violating the obligations of truth and sincerity. He wrote his speech in the absence of all excitement, and it should have been consistent with the character he, has uniformly sustained. Mr. Councillor Rathbone asserts the selections are used to encourage the children to read .he Bible. Mr. Wahnslev asserts that these schools are in nowise sectarian in their character. Will either of these straightforward councillors answer one or two plain questions ? Do you not deny to the Catholic children the use of the Bible, after you have encouraged a taste for it by putting the selections into their hands? Have you ever allowed a visitor to read the Bible to the poor Catholic when such a wish has been expressed ? Will you grant us this permission ? If you dare not yield this point, we tell you both that you mock your children — you insult your constituents, and you disgrace yourselves. Grant us but this privilege, and we will soon test the sincerity, - of your profession. If you will not give con sent, you must acknowledge that your schools are both sectarian in their character, and that you withhold the Bible. By this test the public can judge the value of your assertions. For the present we forbear, and advise those of our friends who have leisure for it to visit these schools, and we pledge ourselves that our columns shall be open for the insertion of any authorised conmiunica tion. We shall recur to this subject. LOCAL NEWS. Sr. Lurch's C H !Ate 11.—The perpetual presentation and advow son of the Church of St. Luke has been purchased by Mr. Joshua Waltusley. LEMON KALL—We beg to recommend to the notice of our readers the advertisement of Atkinson's Lemon Kali; they will find it a most delightful beverage. Mrs. Butler and her infant daughter arrived on Sunday, in the South America, from New York. Her father and sister (Mr. and Miss Kemble) had previously reached the Adelphi, to await her arrival. 11r. Butler is expected to join his lady in the spring. "THE CHARTS OF THE HISTORIES OF ROME, FRANCE, AND BRITAIN."—We ai - e glad to find this truly useful historical compendium has reached a fiph edition. It must prove a very valuable acquisition both in the school-room and in the library, and will often be found a substitute for inure ponderous com pilations. " DEAREST Levi, I WATCH FOR THEE," a Serenade, com posed by J. lthy.—Pslmer, Liverpool.—This beautiful compo sition we remember hearing Mr. Wood sing, and we were struck at the time with its harmonious expression. The prac tical application of this delightful air could not fail in producing au impression on any fair lady to whom its tender appeal might be addressed. We recommend our gallant readers to try the experiment. CAUTION TO HACKNEY COACHMEN.—On Saturday, at the Police-otiiee, a number of drivers of cars were fined ss. and costs each, on the information of the dock constables, for plying for hire at the Pier-head, (that not being an authorised stand,) on the coaling in of the mail-packet, and causing inconvenience thereby. Mr. Hall said if the nuisance were not discontinued he should inflict heavier tines on future informations. FIDE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Wednesday morning, at five o'clock. a fire broke out in the alms-houses, at the top of Mount Pleasant. An alarm was quickly given, and immediate intelli- Bence was conveyed to, the fire-police station. The fire, which was confined to one of the bed-rooms, was quickly got under, but not before the bed and a portion of one wall were nearly consum ed. We regret to state, that an aged female, who occupied the room, was burned to death before the slightest assistance could be rendered to her. Mrs. Griffiths, the deceased, was mother in-law of the renowned Mr. Ducrow, and widow of Captain Gtiffiths, who sailed front this port. THE THEATRE.—Last evening Mrs. Clarke took her benefit and had one of the fullest houses this season;_ we hear about £220. The play of " Hamlet" was performed, Mr. Charles Kean being engaged, on his passing through the town, to per form the part of Hamlet. We have before noticed at some length his talented personation of this character, which may be termed his forte, and shall on that account, and on account also of the crowded state of our columns refrain from any detailed notice. Mr. and Mrs. Wood who are on their return from Dublin, are re-engaged for a " limited number" of nights and will again afford au opportunity of a musical treat to the play goers. VENTairoallsm.—The extraordinary performances of Mr. Sutton, at the Liver Theatre, last night, attracted considerable attention. The house was quite crowded, and the audience seemed highly delighted with the novel illusions practised on the occasion, many of which have never before been witnessed in England. We shall give a more detailed account of Mr. Sutton's wonderful feats of legerdemain in our next; in the meantime we recommend our readers to go and judge for.them selves. His ventriloquism, although he evidently laboured under a cold, was admirable. .TATHAM v. WRIGHT.—In this cause an application has been made for a new trial, as was anticipated, but security for costs having been given by the defendant, a bill of exceptions will be tiled, to be argued in Hilary Term following. I'he excepted points are the refusal of the learned judge to receive the former verdict and decrees in evidence; and also certain letters(among which was the letter from the Admiral's brother, Charles Tatham dated Alexandria)—upon which no act could he proved to have been done by the late Mr. Marsden.—Kendal paper. THE LATE STORM.—The dreadful hurricane which visited this town on Tuesday night last appears to have been very ge neral over the country. In some places considerable damage has resulted. Much alarm was felt for the safety of the vessels which had sailed on Monday and Tuesday, bnt they appear to have all weathered the storm. A small schooner, of about 32 tons, named the Thomas, laden with grain, from Ramsey, Isle of Man, was oversct opposite lloylake, and drifted, keel up wards, to the sands near New Brighton, where she now lies a complete wreck. The crew consisted of only three persons, .two of whom were saved by the life-boat, but the third, who bad 'Clung to the keel, was unfortunately washed off and drowned. The cargo was insured for £320. Another schooner, laden with iron, from Milford, was wrecked on Formby Bank. In the town, a number of slates and cans were thrown down from the roofs of the houses, to the no small danger of life and limb. PRESENTATION OF A PIECE OF PLATE TO T. DOVER, ESQ.— On Monday, the 21st instant, the trustees of the new church lately erected at Kirkdale met at the house of T. B. Horsfall, Everton, for the purpose of presenting to their co-ti ustee, Mr. 'l'. Dover, a piece of plate, as a mark of their sense of the services he has rendered to the long-neglected village of Kirk dale, in proem ing for it a church in connexion with the esta blishment. The plate was a richly-chased salver, with the fol lowing inscription in the centre :—" Presented to T. Dover, Esq., by his co-trustees, on the consecration of St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, as a small token of their esteem. November, 1836."—We record this fact not only because it does great credit to all the parties, but in the hope that it may serve as an in ducement to other young gentlemen similarly situated with Mr. Dover, to make every effort to confer a similar benefit on those districts of the town and neighbourhood which are in a deplora ble state of destitution as to religious means and church accom modation. Bony FOUND.—FonmeY, Nov. 25.—The body of a bay, ap parently, about 14 or 15 years of age, has been washed ashore, supposed to be one ou board a vessel which sunk off this coast on Wednesday morning last. The dress of the unfortunate boy consists of a narrow blue striped shirt, no marks upon it yellow, dark red and light blue comfortable round his neck, dark brown twilled trowaers much patched and a blue patch on the left knee ; light grey ribbed stockings, nearly new quarter boots, shod with iron on the heels and toes, the other pa; t of the soles thickly studded with strong nails, two front upper teeth very broad, and a rather prominent upper tooth on the left side. If not claimed, the body will be decently interred in this church yard as soon as the coroner's inquest is taken. A man's shoe was also found very near the body. Two Welsh Bibles were washed ashore _yesterday morning, but no names in them, supposed front the same wreck. FATAL RAILWAY ACClDENT.—Yesterday evening week, a bout five o'clock, a fatal accident on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, between Edge-hill and Wovertree. now engine had been out to make'a short experimental trip, and the engineer was backing it slowly towards the shed, when a man named Michael Johnson, a labourer on the railway; who ,had been making some fun with a fellow labourer, happened to stop back, just between-the tender and the engine, the wheels of which went over his head and killed him on the spot. The deceased. was nut of course aware that, the engine was so near, and the engineer on the other hand was equally unconscious of the accident, and imagined that the engine had merely gone over one of the switches. An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, before Mr. Ileathcote Statham, in the absence of Mr. Curry, and a verdict of accidental death - returned. DISINTERMENT OF MADAME MALlBR.AN.—Considerable ex citement appears to prevail in Manchester on this subject. 'rho Manchester Courier of Saturday contains a long article which remarks strongly on the recent decision of the chancellor of the diocese, in granting a faculty for the disinterment of the body. The article also embodies several documents from mein hers of the police force stationed at the doors of the public places at the festival, which declare that on two or three occa sions, when Madame Malibran was so ill she could scarcely walk, she was suffered to come alone in a one-horse cur, and had to be obliged to the civilities of an inspector of police for assisting her into the theatre. There' is a long letter, also, charging De Beriot with marked inattention to his wife, and also a communication front a gentleman in Italy, stating that there is no practice prevailing in that country which could sanction such an indecent procedure as his leaving the corps of his wife amongst strangers for their burial, and that such an act would be treated with as touch abhorrence there as it could be in this country. It does not yet appear decided what steps are to be taken. SPREAD OF CONSERVATISM.—In addition to the societies continually forming amongst the middle and lower classes in support of the principles of conservatism, (the meetings and an niversaries of which scarcely a week elapses without our re cording to have taken place in various parts of the kingdom,) another feature is—the establishment of strictly conservative news-rooms. We have lately had communicated to us several s n d N t V h e e instances yesterday or received v ei r ed a recent glo w establishment account in of e various spr t oe a cheering prospects of conservatism in the North Biding of Yorkshire, in almost every town of which conservative news rooms are establishing on a liberal and non-exclusive scale for the purpose of spreading as widely as possible what are the objects which conservatism advocates and what those it depre cates—the maintenance of the constitution and the upholding of Peace, good order, and good government, and emity to that pseudo, whit; " liberality" which begins and ends only at home. We hear that last week the conservatives of Borobridge, the centre of a most loyal district, have established a news-room on subscription the above p r in c ipl e, w i t h ever y pros p ec t of extended usefulness. oof a new Aiiion has been commenced in this city for t he erec tin uhC church on beacon-hill, a district in which a church is much wanted.—Beth Chronicle. THE I, P , STAN MA) POPULAR COURSE ON CHEMISTRY, AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION LECTURE 111 . , On Wednesday evening Ar. Hemming delivered his third lec ture to an overflawine audience, upon the tests and antidote• of various poiseus. The beauty of his experimeatt was only equalled by the peculiar neatness of his manipulation. Chemical alliaity is successfully applied to the detection of liaisons. One of trie most frequently administered, as well as the must destructive of these, is arsenic. Without entering into a detail of the processes for extracting this peison from the stomach, which would he both tedious and offensive, let us sup pose that the poison has been extracted, and we wish to ascer tain beyond a doubt whether it be arsenic or not. Arsenious acid, which is the most fatal of the common poisons, is a chemical combination of the metal arsenic and oxygen. As a metal, arsenic is innoxious, and it owes its poisonous properties to its combination with that vital principle of our atmosphere without which we could not exist ten minutes. If there were no oxygen combined with it, we might swallow a great quan tity of it with perfect impunity. Almost the whole of the arsenic we employ in Europe comes from the Cobalt mines of Saxony. It is to be found in copper pyrites combined as a sulphuret; but this arsenic is not considered to be equal in purity to that obtained from the Cobalt works of Saxony. These Cobalt works are now considered very valuable, but a century and a half age the ores of Cobalt were thrown aside as worthless. Indeed the ores of Cobalt aro very hard to reduce, and on ac count of the great quantities of Cobalt these ores contained, the mines were aeandoned. So pernicious was it considered, that the workmen put up prayers to heaven to deliver them from evil spirits 'and Cobalt. The name Cobalt is derived from Cobalus, whom the Saxons believed to be a lady. There is a sermon in the British Museum which was delivered by a divine against this lady, in which he calls her the consort of Satan. It was, however, discovered that this - ore contained a very valuable ox ide of the metal Cobalt, 'which, when properly prepared, has the property of imparting an, indestructible blue to all vitrifia ble substartee;4 assglatiersaiacelaiti, See. The blue tints on our plates are affixelastitli ,o4 nre of Cobalt. It is first ground and mixed with :oily:kind -theteespplied• with a brush to the plates. Th&plates , are thetioeitrified and:burnt a wben the Cobalt causes an indelible , blue 'ste.inaaAhisirie in Saxony, whiff hi bad been abandoned for a ceeturyerwae.teopetterLami worked by the pro prietor- with Audi , titiceest , that .fora 'bag period to the time of his death:he netted s£l4,oooperattaintrin by the:Cobalt extracted from his ruinea'!The oxide-of - cabals was a few years ago worth two guineas aniattuce;but The first step iftnow•worfh less- . towards the purifaction of' the Cobalt ore is to roast it to drive off the arsenic and sulphur with which it is combined. This is done in a reverberatory furnace furnished with an horizontal flue extending for 400 yards. In this flue the arsenic and sul phur become condensed, and in the course of a few months choke it up. This flue terminates in a large chamber for the purpose of- preventing the escape of the arsenic fumes. The Cobalt is fused with glass, or the materials for making glass, with. which it enters into combination, and produces a strong blue co lour. This compound is poured whilst hot into water, when it becomes brittle, and forms the smelts which are so useful in the arts. When the Cobalt is more inteusely combined with the glass, the coliiur becomes almost black, and is imported un der the name of Zaffre. It becomet necessary to remove the concrete matter when the Hues become choked, and it is so highly dangerous a task that none but criminals condemned to die are employed forthatpurpoee, and although they take every precaution to prevent the arsenic power from entering the lungs, very few of them survive inure than a few months. Indeed the symptoms they present exactly resemble those of persons rho have taken a portion of arsenic. It becomes necessary to re duce the arsenic and sulphur to a minute powder, and to mix them with potass. Heat being applied, the arsenic sublimes in a white state, and the sulphur unites with potash, forming the sulphu ref of potash. 'rho arsenic (arsenious acid) is then ground into a powder as we generally see it. It is barely soluble in cold water, rather more so in boiling water, and it does not precipitate the least of it when cold. The lecturer did not know whether its insoluble property was more fortunate or unfortunate. When it is taken in the state of mechanical mixture by those who destroy life, those portions of it which are undissolved will ,arthere with singular obstinacy to the stomach and intestines And where this takes place inflammation ensues, which extends, to the adjacent parts. If the powder were soluble, by means of the stomach pump we could extract it, and many lives might be preserved; but to attempt to withdraw the undissolved arsenic would be useless, as we should have to inject many gallons of water before we could dissolve the arsenic. Let us suppose that we have withdrawn the puison from the stomach, and here it may be well to remark that in all cases of poisoning wa should preserve the bottle, vial, or glass from which the poison has been taken; and take it to a medical man, so that he may tell what poison has been taken, and be able to bring the antidote, by which in all probability the life may be saved. We will suppose that the poison has been extracted, and that we wish to emploaseheinical tests for its detection. We have many valuable liquid tests for arsenic, but none of these can be depended upon where taken isolatedly. Indeed,. in these days, although we have two or three tests corroborating each other, we do not find juries believe us unless we get the arsenic in its metallic state. - If we have only the I,oooth part of a grain of arsenic, we cats always reduce it to its metallic state, which is always conclusive evidence. We should then convert part of this metal into the poison, which we can do by heating it with freo access to the atmospheric air. We have, therefore, analytical and synthetical proofs as to the patine of the poison. Although none of the four liquid tests can be depended upon in their simple and separate state, yet when we find therm corro borating each other, we conclude that arsenic is present, for we have no other substance in chemistry to which the four tests will apply with the same results. The first of these is a solution of sulphate of copper. Upon adding it to the solution of arsenic there will be no precipitate, butmerely a change in colour; but if we add ammonia, we have a precipitate of a grass-green colour which will indicate the presence of arsenic. The next test is to add a solution of the nitrate of silver, an exceedingly beautiful and delicate test; and here again we shall have no precipitate, unless it be a taint white one, arising from any im purities in the water; but here again, when a small quan tity of liquid ammonia is added, we shall have a yellow preci pitate, and, nada the former instance, dropping from the glass rod with which we introduce the ammonia. We may then. apply another test, but One which the lecturer did not reconi mena—a solution of lime, and this will give another precipitate, but it requires to stand several minutes before any effect takes place. The fourth test is applied with the best effect of all our tests; it is a solution of sulphttretted hydrogen gas. For the purpose of detecting the poison we do not employ the gas con densed in water, but pass a current of the gas through the water, and this saves us a great deal of trouble. When either the'solution or the gas itself is applied, a precipitate, the mil phnret of arsenic, is found. We may then proceed to reduce 'these precipitates to their metallic state. We first filter and dry them, and, having mixed them with black flux, heat them in a tube, when the arsenic is reduced - to a metallic state and deposited on the tube. Tho ammonia should be added in test ing very cautiously and sparingly, otherwise the precipitate will he immediately dissolved. These are the modes resorted to by the chemists for the detection of arsenic; but, within the last few weeks, we have been presented with a new test, su perior to all others, the most delicate and the most infallible. It wil enable us to detect minute quantities and without any precipitate whatever. If we adopt the test of Mr. Marsh, of Woolwich, it is unnecessary to adopt any means traseparate the poison from the stomach, which is en exceedingly offensive operation. Mr. Marsh ascertained by means of this operation the presence of one grain of arsenic mixed in a pint of soup, a pint of coffee, &c. Hydrogen, in hs nascent state, will dissolve arsenic and other metals. In lieu, therefore, of attempting to separate the arsenic front the contents of the stomach, we place substance supposed to contain arsenic in a vessel and add zinc and sulphuric acid. Mr. Hemming used a Dobereiner's lamp for this purpose, with great success. Hydrogen will thus be generated and take up the arsenic with it, becoming arsenu rated hydrogen gas. This gas weritay ignite as it issues through a small aperture, when, by hulling a piece of glass in front of the flame, the metallic arsenic, or arsenious acide'according to our mode of performing the operation, will be deposited upon it. BY holding the glass near the dame metallic arsenic, is ob tained, and at a greater distance arsenious acid. A smell of garlic likewise accompanies the burning of arsenic, besides what the colour of the thole indicates of its presence. Now, with respect to the remedies, it twist be admitted that it is difficult to sav whether there is any. Mr. Hume, to whom we are indebt icaer one of the best tests of the presence of arsenic—the nitrate of silver, informed the lecturer of a remarkable case of poison ing by arsenic, in which he hail been called. iii. Happening to Kaye road of the virtues of Carbonate of niagnesie in cases of poisoning, he administered a dose of it with opium. The lady recvered, and he üblished an account'of it. Shortly afterwards, a medical gentleman in the country administered the same remedy with the utmost success. It does, therefore, appear strange that this efficacious remedy.: should not be better known. It certainly can do no hartwif it does no good. The next poison in 'Orilet biehloride of mercury or coro sive sublimate. This is a poison seldom given, but there occur many cases of poisoning by it, and the lecturer had read in the Sr/trawls, of last week that a:portion of it had been taken in-. stead of s ulphur. How it could be mistaken for sulphur he could not tell, as sulphur was yellow, and corrosive sublimate white. The latter was hard, and the former brittle. This poison will seldom be administered wilfully, and seldom could be taken by the suicide, as it is se nauseous in its taste that he could not bear it in his mouth. If we were to touch the tongue with the smallest portion of it, the nauseous taste would remain for days. This poison is alwaye formed at the same time as the useful me dicine, calomel; indeed, the only difference between them is, that the one contains more chlorine than the other. They are, however, easily separated, as corrosive subliinate is soluble in water, and calomel is not. 'We have frequently a specific an atidote for corrosive sublimate in our kitchen; and that is albu men or the white of an egg, which immediately neutralizes it, .and converts it into caloinel. In addliion to this test we have many others whiCh lead to infallible results. We may apply the alkalies such as lime water, ammonia, and . potash. These will all give Us' peculiar appearances. Ammouta gives a dense White precipitate. Potash will afford a bright yellow, and lime water will give us a yellowish red precipitate. By adding an acid these colours will again be rendered transparent, in con sequence of the oxides being distiolved. We have one other test which ought never to be omitted for we never can multiply tests too abundantly when the life of a fellow-creature depends on our evidence. This test is a solution .of the hydriodate of potash, which will give us a yellow precipitate at the first, but which will gradually redden into a deep crimson. But the most delicate and the tnost infallible of all tests is obtained by the voltaic decomposition of the substance; that is if we decom pose it by the contact' of two dissimilar metals. In every in stance ono metal should be gold, and on that we should drop a , little of the suspected substance if it be corrosive sublimate a small piece Of leadnr copper will cause it to adhere with great violence to the gold. As much as can be taken up on the point of a needle will be sufficientiwthis :way to plate the surface of a sovereign. Heat will remove the mercury from the gold. The next poison we have to consider is copper. Copper is not a poison in its metallic state, but when combined with oxy gen it becomes so. The salts of copper are exceedingly den geroes. Copper is not wilfully taken or given, but deaths by copper poisannig are not rare. It is usual to employ copper stew-pans, and a lthough they may be tinned, the tin isliable to wear away, and if some articles of food remain in such a pot for a few hours iu all probability they will become deadly pi,iVnt for the acetat e o f copper or verdigris will he formed. Vu C u that copper is wilfully employed .for,. the purpose of imp r f " c o ng the appearanc e ofsoine articles of food. Some articles ° lectionary are g reene d by copper. Mr. Hemming hadtextasate•tiencl. copper from conifits. In some cases a larg e quantity ployed, as in ma king of green pickles, as gherkins aturekidoney; beans. The pickles, we are told in cookery book)st,tao t y green. The heated in brass or copper vessels, but if these are e green, but he a few halfpence will make the pickles delightful 'lecturer was not certain whether they would be d was certain that a deadly poison walla be formed acetate . of fa i r aele r ci: l isa e rtho , oniew fair. copper. They had in London a At the perii et of this fair all the gingerbread m idst be gilt, and the gilding is performed with c opper leaf. A child would think it in fra dig, or indicative of bad taste to eat might gingerbread ' atsthat time. But if parents thought of the cousequences of the gilding they would not permit their children to eat it. In al most every ' species of gilding cer tain preparation s are neces sary if we gild copper we are obliged to amalgamate th e go ld ; ; if we gild wood certain pr eparations are necessary ; but in gild ing giugerbread no such precautions are required; the artist who perform; that office passes his tongue over the gingerbread, and the. deposition of the saliva causes the copper to adhere to it. It may not be known that there is in every instance sulli dent copper to destroy the children, as the acid of the stern tch acts on the copper, and turns it into verdigris, but fortunately, at the same time that the child eats the . poison, it eats the antidote, as the saccharine matter in the gingerbread deseroys the powers of the copper; were it not for that many children Would be poisoned. In order to detect the poisons of copper one or two simple tests will only he necessary. Slice the pickles, and wash them in distilled water ; neutralize the acid if there be any,"aml add ammonia which will produce a deep blue tint. The copper is first precipitated and then dissolved by the ammonia. We then have a solution of the ferrocyanuret of potassium which will give us a chocolate-coloured precipitate which has been used as a pigment. - The next poison is lead, whichis never administered or taken wilfully; nevertheless lead has been the cause of many deaths, accidentally and wilfully. In Devonshire a disease prevails which is generally called the Devonshire cholic. This arises from the practice of pressing the apples in leaden vessels, whereby the acid of the apples combines with the lead, anti forms that very deadly poison sugar of - lead or acetate of lead. When the cyder I:weenies dead, the farmer sweetens it by push ing a piece of lead through the bung-hole. Acetate of lead is also employed in adulterating wines for the purpose of making, find old pert and fine old sherry. Lead, too, has become poi- . sonous in consequence of leaden vessels containing water for a considerable time, by which carbonate of lead, or white lead, is formed. It is a little singular that spring or river water is not liable to this, but that rain water is. Carbonate of lead is net soluble in water, but may be separated by simple filtration. It is very welljknown,that our lead pipes, through which the water proceeds, become Corroded; but the corrosion takes place exter nally. Nevertheless all these evils might be prevented if plum bers would use the tinned lead pipe which has been introduced within the last few years. The lead pipe is introduced before it is drawn into a bath of tin, and the coating of tin is drawn out with the pipe. Sheets of lead are tinned and drawn in the same manner. Tin is not acted upon either internally or exter nally, and it' every cistern were made of this tinned lead, no apprehensions need be entertained. It is not, however, a mat ter of surprise that these are not used ;—" it is too, dear," says the plumber; "it lasts too long; it will never wear out." The antidotes to lead are the sulphate of soda or the sulphate of magnesia (Glauber's salts and Epsom salts.) These convert it into harmless insoluble sulphate of lead. They are powerful tests and antidotes. We have many other•tests which may be employed fur this purpose. Hydriiitlate of potass, chromate of potass, and sulphuretted hydrogen are am o ngst th e se. The latter forms a black precipitate; the hydriodate of potass and the bichromate of potass give a beautiful yellow. We must now consider the effects of the vegetable acids, and we may confine ourselves to one only, as what is said with re spect to that will in every case apply to the others, and the remedies will almost always apply. Oxalic acid is frjquently taken by mistake for Epsom salts, for which it is sometimes sold by the druggist. It is somewhat difficult to account for one being taken for the other as a medicine, the taste being so dif ferent, one being a perfect acid, and the other having a bitter taste; but this may be accounted for, as persons taking salts gulp them down without tasting them. We have, however, powerful tests to distinguish the poison from the medicine. The first is by dropping a little ink into water. Oxalic acid wi I destroy the colour of the ink, but Epsom salts will not. It lime water is poured into a solution of oxalic acid, the mixture will become turbid, forming au oxalate of lime But in private fa milies there is no better test than this. A piece of chalk is ,as good a test as can be desired; fur if it is plunged into a solution of oxalic acid, an effervescence will ensue, which will not take place in Epsom salts. An infusion of violets will hi like Man ner be reddened by the oxalic acid, whilst the Epsom salts pro duce no change in it. In cases of poisoning by oxalic acid, or any other acid, the remedies are chalk, whiting, or potash mixed with water, or, when these are not at hand, a large quantity of soap suds. Were any of these antidotes qhickly administeted, many lives would be saved. In the lecture of to-morrow evening, Mr. Hemming will show the most improved modes of obtaining and supplying artificial light, and new contrivances for procuring instantaneous light by friction, percussion, and chemical action. As this will, un doubtedly, be the most brilliant lecture of the course, so we have no doubt it will be the most interesting and attractive. I YQUESTS. FA TA T. AceterNe..—On Saturday last an inquest was held before i'. F. Carr,. C•ironer, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances which led to the death of Mr. John Courts. Ralph Clark stated that he wes a police-etlicer stationed on St. George's Pier. Oa Friday, the Ilth instant, between live and . six o'clock, he Ives standing on the stage that is used for pes sengers, when he heard semething fall forcibly to the ground at a few yards distance front him. He went to see what it was, and found that it was the deceased who had fallen from the pier head on to the corner of the slip. The deceased had a servant boy with him, and they procured assistance and. conveyed the unfortunate man to the Northern Hospital. The deceased sa id his name was John Courts; that he had come from Whitelmrch, whither he was about to return when the accident betel him He had gone to the pier with the intention of proceeding over the water to Mr. Whailey's, where he had a horse and gig, with which he was going to proceed home. Benjamin Blower, house surgeon at the Northern Hospital, stated that when the de ceased was brought to him he found that both his thighs and two of his ribs were fractured. Every attention was paid to him until Friday last, when he expired. Verdict, accidental death. DEATH BY BURNING.—WARNING TO PARENTS.—An inquest was held on Saturday last before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, to inquire touching the death of Mary Anne - Robinson. Alice Davenport deposed, that she resided in Gresveuor-place, Duckinfield-street, and the deceased, with her fattier and mo ther, lodged at the same house. At nine o'clock on Fridaylast, witness heard a scream from the room of the latter, and ran to ascertain the cause. She found the deceased in flames, and a candle burning on the fender near her. The mother of the de ceased had gone out a few moments before, and had left the poor child by herself. Witness, with the assistance of a neighbour, extinguished the flames, but the little creature was so dreadfully scorched about the neck and breast that she died in less than three hours.—Verdict. accidental death, INQUEST.— Yesterday an inquest was held before Phillip Ruch Currie, Esq., coroner, touching the death of a fine full grown male child, which was found dead in a midden in Great. Newton -street, on Saturday, noon. Eliza Lewis deposed to be.: ing servant tie Mr. Harris, in Great Newton -street, About 12 o'clock, on Saturday, she was in the yard throwing something. into the midden, when she saw the body of the child laying. there. She did not touch it but ran and gave information to the Police-office. There was a door from some vacant ground into the midden. Inspector Roberts deposed that he was on duty in Mount Pleasant, when ho was informed that a child was lv ing (lead on a midden in Great Newton-street. He went to the house of Mr. Harris and found the child lying dead on the dung-hill as described. He got assistance and had the child conveyed to Mr. Lockwood's the surgeon, but it was quite dead. Mr. Lockwood, surgeon, deposed that he had opened the body of the deceased and from the appearances of the viscera and the chest, and the state of its blood vessels, he was of opinion that • the child had been still born. There were no external marks of violence. Verdict.—=Found dead still born. INQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Phillip Finch Currie, Esq., coroner, to inquire into the death of Frank Fulton, a sailor. Thomas Flitcher, a labourer, deposed that on Saturday, the 19th instant, he was standing at the end of the Goree, when he saw the wheel of a cart whic was passing, go over the legs and hand of the deceased. There were two horses in the cart and a driver at the head of the leading horse. He lifted up the deceased and assisted in taking him to the Northern Hospital. David Young. a Dock Policeman deposed to being on duty at south end of the George's Dock, and saw the de ceased taken up. The cart appeared to be passing at the ordi nary rate. Jane Fulton, the wife of the deceased deposed to his being 73 years of age. Mr. Benjamin Blower, house sur geon of the North Hospital, deposed to the deceased being brought there on Saturday, the 19th instant. His right thigh was fractured, as were also some of the fingers of his right hand. Every thing was done for him that could be done,. but he died on Sunday, the 27th, in consequence of the injuries he had re ceived. 'rhe jury returned a verdict of accidental death. IN(4l2EsT.—Yesterday afternoon, an inquest was held before Phillip Finch Currie, Esq., coroner, to enquire into the circum stances attending the death of Frank Bryan, cattle dealer, who came by his death from a fall in the engine room of the Bir mingham steam-boat, on Friday last. Thomas Williams, se cond engineer on board the vessel, deposed that the Birming ham was one of the City of Dublin Co.'s ships. On Friday night last, they left Dublin with a cargo of cattle of which the deceased had the care. About 5 o'clock on Saturday morning,' he was going down the ladder into the engine room when he saw the deceased lying on his face in the bilge and the beam of the engine working upon him; be called to the fireman who as sisted him to raise the deceased whilst he ran to stop the engine. Deceased's head and limbs were very much shattered. Hugh Hughes the fireman deposed to raising the deceased, but he was quite dead. He had seen him previously drying his clothes before the fire in the engine room. His body was given up to ' his friends. The jury found a verdict of accidental death. LIVERPOOL POLICE. STEALING A. COAT.—Steven Evanson was placed before Mr. Hall, on Saturday last, charged with having stolen a great coat, the property of Edward Lloyd. The latter stated, that he was a stable boy at the stables of Thomas Roby, publican, Warwick street, Toxteth-P ark. Between eight and nine o'clock on Thursday night st, he hung his top-coat on a nail at the upper end of the stable: where he left it, and went out without locking the doer. In about halt an hour he returned, when he found that the coat had been taken away, but the cape left behind. On that morning (Saturday) he had seen the coat produced in the possession of Mr. Galway. It was his property. Mr. Gal way stated, that he was an assistant in the shop of Mr. Kitchen, pawnbroker, Park-lane. The prisoner had pledged the coat with him for twelve shillings. Police-officer Whalley, who took the prisoner into custody, stated, that, on searching the prisoner, he found in his possession the pawn-ticket for the coat. The prisoner said, he had found the coat in Park-lane. He was committed for trial at the Borough Sessions. A METROPOLITAN IN THE COUNTRY.—A swell, dressed, at all points, quite the thing, was placed at the bar of the Police court, on Saturday, charged with having assaulted Police-officer John Temple, and another officer. Temple stated, that, at twelve o'clock on the preceding night, he heard a disturbance in London-road, and went to see what was the matter. He found the prisoner kicking up a row, and endeavouring with all his might to astonish the provincials. He (Temple) requested him to be quiet and betake himself to his domicile, but the pri soner was determined to chow the bumpkin country officers a little of the metropolitan play; so he put himself in a pugilistic attitude and tired into them right and left. Poor Temple wag speedily overturned, and the other officer, who had come up to his assistance, came in for a share of the good things which the prisoner was so liberally dispensing. The two officers, however, soon overpowered the Cockney, and he was lugged off to the Lock-up. Mr. Hall asked the prisoner what he was. The prisoner replied, that he was a tea-dealer, from London. Mr. Hall—" You have come here on business, I suppose?" Pri soner.—" No." The prisoner refused to give any further account, either of himself or the transaction. He was ordered to pay a fine of les. and costs. In default, to be committed fur 11 days. STEALING CHEESE.—Yesterdav, at the Police-office, a wom an named Mary Leigh, was Lrouiht before the magistrates, charged with having stolen a cheese , on Saturda y ri g ht, fro m a cheese shop in Freeman - street. A witness stated, that he was coming up Dale-street, about seven o ' clock on Saturd ay night, when he saw the prisoner go int o Mr. Rushton's chees e shop, in Freeman-street, and take a cheese, and put, it under her cloak, and walk off. He then gave her into custody. Par kinson, the Bridewell keeper , sai d that the p risoner was known ; she had been tried at the ses sions for stealing .a chee se before, and had been imprisoned twelve months for it. The prisoner said that distress had compelled her to do it. Since she had been out of prison, she had had nothing to keep her of, and she had had no meat all that day. Mr. Hall enquired what the cheese was worth, and was told, about 15s. A police-officer, who took her into custody, said she had 2s. on her person when she was taken into custody. The magistrates ordered the infer mations for her commitment to be taken. DOG FlGHTlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a youn a man, named Thomas Price, appeared before the magistrates on a summons charging him with dog-fighting, on Saturday. Policeman 35, stated, that on Saturday, the defendant was fight ing his his dog with another, on the plot of waste ground be tween Renshaw-street and Bold street, at three o'clock in the afternoon. The defendant said that he lived in Cropper-street, near the Arcade, and his dog began fighting with another, a n d he ran out to try to get him off, when the p oliceman cam e. The policemen denied this. Mr. Hall, " Have you any pro perty to pay a fine ?"—Defendant, "No Sir."—Mr. Hall, You must pay a penalty of 205., and in default, be committed for sixteen days to the Borough Gaol. STEALING BY DEPUTY. —Yesterday, at the Police-office, a girl about fourteen years of age, named Jane Brennan, w as brought before the magistrates, charged with having stolen some pig iron from the (locks. A dock-police ma n stated, tha t a little before twelve o'clock that morning, he saw the p risone r giving a little child a piece of pig iron, which she hail in her hand, to early over the dock-bridge. Mr. Dowling said that the prisoner had four or five little children, whom she employed to pick up iron, and carry into the'town for her. She was well known about the docks. Parkinson, the bridewell-keeper, said she had been committed before for similar offences. Mr. Hall said the prisoner thought she would be protected by er n _ ploying_ the child to steal for her; he should co mmit her for seven days to the house of correction. MR. HEMMING'S LECTURES ON CHEMISTRY. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin, —Having just seen your report in Friday's (the 18th) paper of Mr. Hennniug's first lecture on chemistry, at the Mechanics Institution, I must beg to point out two inaccu racies of an important nature, which I doubt not from your known candour you will take an early opportunity of correcting. In that part of your report which notices some of .the, causes which modify and sometimes reverse the order of chemical af finity, you ascribe to Mr. Hemming the following statement, viz.:— " Iron has so great an affinity for oxygen, that it decomposes water, and takes the oxygen front it. if we add acid to the water containing the iron, the acid will dissolve the oxide as soon as formed, and thus continually present a new surface for oxidation. In this manner hydrogen is liberated from the wa ter. Oxygen thus has a greater affinity for iron than hydrogen has." Solar the report is perfectly correct; but you conclude the statement thus : " But if we heat the oxide of iron in a tube, and pass a cur rent of dry hydrogen gas over it, the hydrogen will have an affinity for the iron, and leave it in a metallic state in the tube." I was present the whole of the lecture alluded to, and per fectly recollect that the statement made by the lecturer was, not that the hydrogen had an affinity for the iron, but that the hy drogen would, under the circumstances alluded to, exert a supe rior attraction fur the oxygen of the oxide of iron, and by combining with it, produce tooter, leaving the iron in the tube in a metallic state. The next error is the following :—Your report says, " Potas sium is made front the alkali potash. By heating potash, which is a compound of oxygen, carbon, and metal, in a close vessel with charcoal, the charcoal takes away the oxygen and the car bon from the potash, and the metal flows over." The lecturer did not assert that potash was a compound of earb"on with oxygen and the metallic based, but that it was a compound of oxygen with the metallic based, which, by expo sure to a high temperature with charcoal, yielded its oxygen to the latter, and the metal became reduced. Justice to the professional talents of a gentleman who de servedly stands. high in public estimation nas induced me to trouble you with these.remarks, your early insertion of which I have no reason to doubt, as the dissemination of erroneous statements is calculated to injure the professional reputation of a public man; and I am satisfied that the errors in question could only have arisen froM inadvertency attendant on the hurry arising from a ver •y limited time occupied in getting up the report in questio n , the .general accuracy of which 1 have great pleasure in bearing testimony to.—l am, sir, &c. C. FLUDE, Practical Chemist. Lime-street, Lireqmol, 25th Nov., 1836. In consequence of the great advance of horse provender, the postmasters have advanced the price of posting to Is. 6d. .per mile, a rate which has now become genlral threoghout the kmg dom., POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, The requisition of the radicals of Newcastle to that pink of coxcombs,• Sir Win. Molesworth, Bart., to come forward on the first occasion for the representation of this town lags most lanieutably. The signatures are few and of an utterly con temptible character, and it would seem that Mr. Attwood's cunning attempt. to hook the whigs, gudgeons as they are, is not likely to be successful in respect to the present sapient proposit io n. —Newcastle Journal. REPRESENTATION of LEEDS.—It is rumoured that Lola John Russell will be invited to offer himself for Leeds, in case of a general eleetion.—Halffaz Express. We have pleasure in announcing that Lord Melbourne has appointed a a in of Mr. John Martin, the eminent historical painter, to a clerkship in one of tha Government 011 ices— . We learn from good authority that in Northam and Apple dore, once the strong hold of Lord Ebrington and .his party, out of 155 electors, 140 have pledged themselves to vote for Sir T. Arland at the nest election.—Dorset County Chronicle. A meeting of the elecctors of Ilalbeck took place on Thurs day evening, when 160, out of 180 voters, promised to support Sir William Molesworth, should ha accept the invitation given to him to become a candidate for the representation of Leeds.— Leeds Times. _ It is stated that Mr. Barkley, who is on the Continent, sill not again offer himself for York, should en election occur either during the winter or spring. The York Tories talk of bringing forward the Marquis of Douro, in connexion with Mr. Lowther.—Halifax Express. The result of sixteen parish meetings in the county of York on the subject of the diet table, ordered by the Poor Law Com missioners for the paupers, is a determination to support the poor by voluntary subscriptions rather than submit to such treatment.—Leeds Intelliyencer; r , The Poor Law Commissioners have objected to the payment of the ordinary fee of eightpence each to Coroner's Jurors, but most inconsistently they do not object to the payment of the constable's expenses in summoning the Coroner, but recom mend that the charge should in future come out of the Church rate. The duty of sending for a Coroner is imperative on the parish officers, who should not be left in a state of uncertainty as to the manner of meeting the inevitable expenses incurred in the fulfilment of a public Lenefit.—Taunton Courier. IMORTANT TO BRITISH SHIPMASTERS. The following has been received at Lloyd's : "Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, "Whitehall, November 21, 1836.. " am directed by the Lords' Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to inform you that it has been represented to his Majesty's Government, that the ordinance which has been in force in Sweden since the Ist July last, directing all Foreign vessels, arriving from ports where a Swedish c.insul is station ed, to be provided with a manifest of the cargo, duly attested by such consul, under a penalty of 60() rix dollars, is but imper fectly known' to British shipmasters, who, in more than one in stance, have already become liable to the above-mentioned penalty. "Their Lordships therefore request that you will have the goodness to take such steps as may appear to you best calcu lated to give the ordinance increased publicity among the ship ping i n t er est. A copy of the ordinance was transmitted to you by Lord Palmerstonsis direction, in February last, and the same regulation had previously existed with respect to Swedish ves sels. " I am, Sir, &c„ (Signed,) " DEtits LA IMMO! ANT. " To G. IL R o binson, Esq., /—• Extract of a letter from the A.gents at Genoa. Nov. 17 : " The Board of Health ordered that dean bills of health should be given on the 12th; and haVe accordingly since that time abolished the quarantine against vessels proceeding from Trieste, Venice, the Hungarian and Illyrian coast. • Ftee.—The whole of the neighbourhood of Copperas-hill , and Brownlow-hill, was thrown into the greatest consternation about ten o'clock on Friday night, by a tire which took place in a chandlery warehouse, belouging.to Messrs. Banks & Co., in Trowbriage-street, and 's hien, at first, threatened the most direful corisequenees to the surrounding neighbourhood. In the building where the file was first observed, a large steam appa ratus had lately been erected for the purpose of performing all the operations of smelting. 'this apparatus, which is fixed iu a cellar of part of the building adjoining that where the chand ler's stores are kept, was in operation, we believe, as an experi ment. The fat was thrown over the sides of the boiler, and at ouce communicated itself to the fire underneath, when the flames ascended with fearful rapidity to the ceiling above. The chandler's workmen were plying their usual vocation within a portion of the same building. An immediate alarm was then given, and the fire-bell was tolled. In justice to the fire police, we must say, that the engines, which were accompanied by Mr. Whitty, the superintendent, were promptly on the spot. Intact, fifteen minutes had not elapsed from the moment the alarm was given to the time when they arrived at the warehouse. The tire had by this time reached the roof of that part of the warehouse where it had originated, and the flames were making rapid. ,pro gress towards another part of the building which was 1r,1 0 7 itih°etdehhox'uebrtt but te whole with candles in a manufactured state, and barrels of raw tallow. This threatened the most dire destruction not only to the tl building itself, but to the entire street iu which it . was a. situat ed, and many of the inhabitants were making actillee t scene of tions to remove their family. and furniture danger. Happily the fire-engines being instanti,l:y°,:nseisillte4dreileviivi brought into requisition, the raging elemee l the engines had sub dued, and in a little more than an afterhour fc, tows of the surround arrived, the whole was got under, and the exertions of the man who s y treet engine were most praise_ ing neighbouis were quieted. had the practical management o'fr c ack le ' s ' s o t [ha l t ee been has 1 i b e e k e i n s e u x : worthy on this occasion, for if the fire tinguished, there is not the Halt s .: would have been destroyed; 1 , tained is comparatively small. THE HIGHLANDS.--ShOaring is at last brought to a close in this quarter, but under circumstances which have no parallel within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. It was melancholy, as it was certainly a very unusual sight to see two men during the whole day with their spades shovelling the snow from off the corn before the shearers. The heavy storm towards the end of last month literally levelled and smashed to the ground the standing corns, of which there was a very great deal in the country at the time; and sheep in the grazing districts, driven to the lower grounds, also broke in, and spite of the utmost vigil. ance by day and night, did incalculable damage to the crops. The farmers, alarmed at the state of things, and seeing that certain loss would be the result of leaving their crops thus ex posed, commenced cutting down, or rather lifting up, with no e n: i t e vi r e u s i is loftsifm spread be t he o d p a o y n s f t a h i e r o l r ee fo d u s l ; like tolerable order was bound a W ed hatwas actually drench stooked according to the degreewhat . was in t anything and of set up i 4n ,. moisto i• weather that we have vet had, the consequence is, that all thus bound in au improper manner has clotten together, impervious to the wind until again openedand both straw and grain are in a great manyinstances . all e b i l perfectly destroyed. Peas; and beans, even in most favourable places, are a lust crop. Potatoes, except . in a very few places, are now lifted, and the loss from frost has not at all been so great as was at one time anticipated ; but the deficiency upon the whole is still gieat.— Perthshire Advertiser. . Itl appears from the papers from New Orleans that there has been a pressure on the money-market there, in consequenc e of the measures of- precaution taken by the banks to retain their specie. They had been discounting freely during the summer, and the enormous speculations iu the real estate had caused a great demand for accommodations. • At the port of Gloucester has been commenced the magnifi cent undertaking of forming a line of public wharfs upwards of 100 feet long, in continuation of the present basin (double its length,) at which ships of the largest size, capable of entering the Gloucester and Berkely Canal, will be enabled to lie along • side and discharge their cargoes. At that point the canal is also to be widened 31) feet. A canal is likewise to be cut, he effect of which will be the removing of a considerable portion of the coal and barge trade to wharfs at some distance from the present basin, and the giving of greater facilities for the larger Vessels. M ISCELLANEOUS. II;;tt. 1. 7 LAX ANTI COTTON Mrt.Ls.—The fotindation•stone of these Mills has been laid this week, in tir presence of the direc tors of the establishment, and the workmen are proceeding with the erection of the new buildings with all possible speed.-1-Ita6 Rockinghatia. . . . . ABSENCIi OF Minn.--A southern editor relateS a most re►nark able. ituitance of absence of mind. A friend of his du rising in the morning put on his wife's petticoat, and did net discover the mistake until he attempted to nurse " the little one."--"ltiteri., can paper. Coats IthTu s.—The Board of Trade has istued peremptory.• instructions to the inspectors of corn returns .to proceed forth with against those persons who neglect to make regular weekly returns of corn bought by them, according to the act, A fatality appears to attend the matrimonial alliances of the female vocal corpS; both native and foreign. Letters from Paris state that Madame Grisi and " the gentleman of moderate fortune," to whom she was married last spring, have separated by mutual consent. It is also added, though we hope that the report may prove unfounded, that since her recent accoachement she has lost her voice. " I cannot imagine," said Alderman " why my whiskeri should turn gray so much sooner than the hair on nay head.", " Because you 'have worked so much mote with your jaovs than your brains," replied a wag. MORE INPARTIA LITY.—Lord Mulgrave has been pleased to appoint Edmond M'Sweeny. Esq., of neer., near Kenmore, (nephew of Mr. O'Connell ) ) to the situation of Chief Constable of Police.—Dab(in Mail. Trig STORM ON TUESDAY NIG llT.—This town was visited on the night of Tuesday, by a severe storm of wind and rain. We are happy to say that the damage is very trifling. A new wall, 27 yards in length, and 16 feet in height, at Sweet Green, be longing to John Hargreaves, Esq., was blown down, and seve ral sky-lights from the roof of Messrs. Thoma.sson's factory Mill-hill, were destroyed. There are also, we" have heard. a few lamps broken at the outskirts of the town.—Holton Ciro nide. HunntcANA AT BARNSLEY. — OrI the night of Tuesday last, the_ town of Barnsley was visited by a tremendous 'hurricane, the wind blowing from the north-west, and bringing.with it a' considerable quantity of rain. Tin , sto continued neatly the whole of Wedoeslav, the market day, and scarce!): any stalls could be erected, from the violence of the Wind. The damage done to the roofs of the houses anti 'chimneys is not so greet a,; was anticipated, but in the neighbourhood a great number of trees were blown down, particularly in Staintiro' and Tanker sley parks, as well as many of the corn stacks adjacent to the town. AFRICAN TRAVEL.--Lepers from - Mr. Davidson. dated Wady-noon, July 20, state that he has arranged with the na- • tives to be transported to Timbuctoo, along with his attendant, Ahiutt Berk, who is a native of that place. Ile was only de layed by the want of a sufficient present for the sheikh of Wady , noon. This, however, he expected from k:ogiand by November ; and, in the mean time, was training himself 'for his dangerous expedition.—Literary Gazette. PROPOSED VISIT OF SIR ROBERT PEEL TO BELFAST.-- Steps wilt be immediately taken to ascertain whether it will practicable for Sir Robert so to arrange his movements, asirli , ! cotnbitie a visit to Belfast with his proposed jouruoy to Glas gory, and to graco with his presence the approaching festivalLof the Belfast Society.—Ulster Times. SPORTING EXTitAnRDINATIY. — k gentleman of this town got permission to enjoy a day's sporting near Captain White's pre serves ; he took forty shots, and returned home, having hugged one rabbit and his favourite terrier dog !—Stuckpart Advertiser. We regret. to say Mr. Maurice O'Connell, /41.1'., the eldest, son of Mr. O'Connell, is seriously ill, and no hopes are enter tained for his recovery. We uuderstand. his sou's illness has had a visible effect on Mr. O'Connell hi►nself.—lrish pap n. THBVAUX CALLBALLOON.—Mr. Green, Mr. Monck Mason, and Mr. Hollond arrived at Paris, from Germany, on Monday afternoon last, with the huge balloon. We understand that arrangements have been completed with the Gas Company at Paris as to the inflation of the balloon, and that Mr. Green . will attend with several scientific gentllemen, and those who accompanied him "on his voyage of discovery," on Sunday week, the sth of December, from the Tuileries, Paris.—Obscreii% Tut.. " NON-INTEUVUNTION" SYSTEM.—We ask is it tine, or is it not, that a party of the Royal Engineers has been sent tO Spain, and is now actually in the service of the de facto Queen of that country in the civil war waging between her and Don 'Carlos? Lord Palmerston may chuckle because there is no parliament sitting in which the question may be asked; but we can tell this lord that there is a power even above the parlia ment which may ask the question. We repeat it—is it true that a pert of his Britannic Majesty's army, a detachment of the Royal Engineers, - is-now employed in Spain under Lieutenant Vickers? - If it be so, by what treaty, or fur what purpose or consideration, has this.detachment of his Britannic Majesty's Royal Engineers been sent thither ?--fehn Bull. The Hon. Lady Louiia Finch Hatton, only daughter of the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, was on Wednesday led to the hymeneal altar, at Ashford, in Kent, by Mr. Turne r, a weal thy' commoner. NEW RAILROAD SIECULATIOXL—One hundred and five no tices have been given of applications to he made to Parliament in the next session for the formation of new railroads. The Earl of Winchilsea will, in a short time, he united to Miss Begot, one of the Maids of Honour to her Majesty, and eldest daughter of Sir Charles Begot. It is at present undeter mined whether the ceremony will take place in England or in Paris, where Miss Begot is at present staying with Lady Mary Fox. . DEATH OF M. MALIBRAN.—M. Malibran, the former hus band of the celebrated songstress whose. recent loss is so much deplored in the musical world, has died at Paris in his 54th year. On Saturday morning he paid several visits, and appeai ed in the enjoyment of good health. About three in the afternoon he was seized with a violent pain in the head, and although he im ,ippdiately underwent a copirms , bleeding, he was carried off du ring the night by a fit of apoplexy. Notwithstanding the heavy losses he had experienced in business, M. Malibran was stilt in possession of a comfortable independence. These losses themselves were much exaggerated by the journals in their biographical notices of Madame Malibran.— Paris paper. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE DOWLAIS IRON WORKS, IN SOUTH WAT.ES.—On the 14th instant, at nine o'clock a.m., an accident of a most distressing nature occurred at these works, the largest we believe in \Vales : a high pressure boiler in opera tion at one of the forges burst with a tremendous explosion, and was thrown with such force out of the masonry in which it was built, that it threw down a chimney stalk 120 feet high. A part of the boiler, weighing from 3 to 4 tons, was carried to the distance of 50 yards over an embankment, and fell into the lawn in front of the proprietor's residence. Three lives are re ported lost by the latest accounts, and several persons are dan gerously wounded. ANECDOTE OF THE KING.—His majesty some time ago ac costed an old workman who had been Hid ny years employed about the palace. " How long have you worked here, old gentleman, eh?"—" Why, sir, a matter of Live-and-thirty years," replied the old man, pretending ignorance of the person of the king.— " Five-and-thirty vears,eh? why you must have known the late king, then ?",-"Yes, sir," returned the old, man, "and his blessed father, too,—ah, sir, he was a king; many a time when he saw me, his blessed majesty used to say—Ah! Brown, what ! . at work still ? there's a crown fur you, Brown ! Those were good times, sir, then, "—" You do nut know the present king, then, eh ?" asked his majesty--" No, yuur honour," replied the wily old workman, " 1 ,never saw bim ; but they do say he's as like his blessed old parent has peas—open and generous like, sir, you know."—" Should you like to see the king ?"—" Ay, that I should, sir."—"Then take this," said his majesty, throw ing half a sovereign, " and, if any body ask you where you got it, say the king gave it yon ;" and off went the good-heal ted monarch, chuckling•at the idea of having stolen a march upon the old soldier. ENNUI OF LIFE AT SEA.—I defy anybody not thoroughly accustomed to the sea to feel much of its grandeur after thought, imagination, feeling, sensation, have been rocked into that in describable state of ennui, disquiet, discomfort and inertness .which the sea often produces. No, let me look off from some headland, out from some quiet nook of the fast-anchored earth, •to feel the grandeur or to enjoy the romance of the sea. I wonder that nobody has talked, or written, or sung;, or satirized about this horrible discomfort of a sea vo y age. It is said that Cato relented only of thr ee thin g s during his life, " to have gone by sea vi hen ho might have gone by land, to have I willwife." net aDf I day inactive, __ t o have .9 h ave the most perfect sympathy. It is not sea-sickness ; discuss the ether points with the old stoic, ,but with the fit st I Fall none of it; but it i s a s ick ness of the sea, which has e l e h r a ta v i e t neve r; that I kno w, been described. •It is a trem e nd ous ennu i, a complete in a i ,titude to all enjoyment, - a total inability to be pleased w ; with auy thing. Nothing is agreeable; neither eating, nordrinkiug, nor walking, nor talking, our reading, nor writing; nor even is going to sleep an agree a bl e p rocess, an d wa ki ng is P erfect misery. I am • speaking of my own experience, it is true, that others find a happier fortune on the sea; hut I believe that it is the experience of a class, not much less unhappy than the most miserable victims of sea-sickness.—lletay's Journal. How To BREAK ILL NEWS.—Mr. G.—Ha, Jervas! How are you my old boy? how do things get on at 'home? Steward -,.Bad enough Your honour. The magpie's dead. Mr. G.— Poor Meg! so lie's gone; how Came he to die? Steward — Over-ate himself, Sir. Mr. G.—Did he faith! a greedy dog! why what did he eat that he liked so well? Steward—Horse flesh, Sir; he died of eating horse-flesh. Mr. G.—How came he to eat so much horse-flesh. Steward—All YOUr father's horses, Sir% Mr. G.—What, are they dead too? Steward— Aye, Sir, they died o f overwork. Mr.G.—And why were they overworked, pray? Steward—To carry water, Sir. Mr. G.— To carry water! and what were they carrying water for? Steward—Sure, Sir, to put out the fire. Mr. G. — Fire! what fire? Steward-Oh, Sir, your father's house is burnt down to the ground. Mr. G.—My father's house burnt down ! and how came it set on fire? Steward—l think, Sir, it must have been the torches. Mr. G.—Torches ! what torches ? Steward—At your mother's funeral. Mr. G.—My mother dead ? Steward —Aye, poor lady, she never looked up after it. Mr. G.—After what? Steward—The loss of your father. Mr. G.—Mv father gone too? Steward—Yes, poor gentleman ! he took to his bed as soon as he heard of it. Mr. G.—Heard of what? Steward —The bad news, Sir, an' please your honour. Mr. G.—What, more miseries more bad news! Steward—Yes, Sir, your hank has failed, and your credit is lost, and you are not worth one shilling in the world. I made bold, Sir, to come and wait on you, to tell you about it, for I thought you would like Sir, to hear the news. SUPERSTITION.—A lamentable instance of the gross super stition which has not been extirpated from the more r emote lo calities of France, may be found in a recent occurrence at Mery-en-Bois, where an unfortunate female, named Sestre, was exposed to the most shocking and brutal treatment from a family of the name of Blondet. who imagined that the poor pretence that Mad. woman bad cast a spell upon Madame 1301)(tet, her daughter, and the cattle belonging to their farm. Mad. Sestre, who was to her mouth, and otherwise inveigled to the house of the Blow lets, on Blondet was expiring, and desired to see her before breathing her last, was, on her tirrival, knocked down by the entire fa mily, seized by the throat, and dragged along the floor by the hair of the head, whilst the y o unger members of the household lighted sou-in-law o f applied a shockingly maltreat red her. Blondet even piece of proceeded to cut off her nose with his knife, and, to add to her terrors, Blondet applied the muzzle of his gun to her breast, and threatened to shoot her unless she instantly removed the spell uhich she hail cast upon his cattle. The man was at last allowed to depart on a , unf ortunate wo man home for a book of ma“ic an p romise Of instantly re which she was to destroy the efi:eet of t sorcery, by the aid of On reaching her own house she the supposed evil charm. covery related to a neighbour the swoonel away, . and on her re she had been exposed, at the frightful treatment to which with her, and protect her same time begging him to remain . prosecutors. the female fam ily from the fury of her inhuman who was subjected to this physical and mortal tortu re i s 48 s children; she and, e years of age, and the mother of six. he is now tuut i n u ed n t he r husband enjoy an excellent reputation, her bed, and serious apprehensions are entertained for her life . MINOR C %NoN.—A . country Magistrate, being asked wha t was meant by a Mi no r Canon i suppose it means answered " I ' i a pistol or a gun."