The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

i 7 ISA KRUPTCY, Z PERRY. v e jtOff '. Evans, se",top. obtain the re- ejo i rich had been 5 . 31r. f the ~ Court•e nt e4 letcher, rePr e o Co., under,, ef el had been 0 10 cans, the ba n e in of the an n ' be tt ca. £B5 bad I), nd seven eini t ri are • necessary Pr" t ho Lied, and node: eol a gold iratc4ll d recommee w : 4 o. zed by the at e ;i c h , ind a silver 0 1 e pt's sons. 13 1 0 13'0 elementary staid, and h e t b e ? Hon. Under love, that any l ie f'. Idnot be con' d dm the' triesai, l4 oo and state, 9 none other ! n il , if the excePn: r. Fletcher, n", 01 it' the moil t y , bankrupt, an at the News because not c,, e t !d by a late A In Thursday ng Assizes Mr. Baron . A et besides a con s bail. rn, on Mona3;', late of Mill-ot A p iot having 09 '0 ciently satisfye )n Wednesdal,tll; atleman. slie d ,;lr of £8 Bs•+ i'pirit of the at which ore 0 RD IN Cu' Thursdays sc* age, a butler!" ement on tbe eulo at the lad,' I ?, i or i rs of age) ' 3 ' . _ _ _ ,100 a-year• 1 ,, IY 9. Shiptos ctiO ['his was an ° 6 lb l uries sustaiae >eve railway• ofi Vhen the Jury car he defendants , r, in the C o b 1 tr/ 0 1 was brough t compensati on o , r Lord Cauldil, the 3rd of ed steamer cul l o' s ce to the V truer came ljo pry ed where the., o id / speed to !I'S" le. In dou)..j, w the broad ,a d against the f,s ti a good wo r, e '' , returned ages at £ 1 "" )(de £17 5 . 'nomisE elr ,ste sc!: t )en man, c re ro sought t° de" y, an IndePbrov., pages for cle of the li3". d ame placet i nll s at £l, o °The° ° Vootton• dKf l ~, the Augu' t w ee!,, ,nd. after u s h ou ld be P i fe r" )me he wr° re m, ,meritsss'e:fiterlio' pered dap, foo to iroceeding 9 S tpP t an e ntire OK I for the P t and Pri c/ nt n o cel l t tt o f the c- , c reg eo tt i Nlueh t-I , ..e e l' o bse j jo r hem wei leliester, -; 11 0" l w ith a uf d obr; Albert's 'dipus at e Queen P e so, O Bartholow A, the two ttrtl; of time Pe n i ie l s ' gd rdeen for e o,v; ace, toget' t ! e r ty, rent Prl9Piesst/jr i o d of notP., odeo 1 also, it ee p ° e t The a u l the Hi , h" miles fro,„ -- lo d 0 suite ww ..._........ TNag• ,• 3:PLE-CP ,AO- 0 11 .4, affair al l : of 10 7 r .able , 'anus than ° EA; d G. Pay ne e return a t ton, with l' P " 1 5 ft. ...... • - ...... • • 1 5 1, 119 ig, at a br a 0;4 ll up, 811 ,6 1 V Dk place o t, it to the P.- lo f t ' , ,I vifi f (0 0v er) , 121 b • • ( „ n tril i m irably c•„" s ij d ok4 )n' s The A pis near c-and-nee 4 501 dicap Sorel,l r 100 sovs• I r . ....... 1, 4 yrs • • ' a ce,.; lesperate P it ioP l * ifferent of the. ra; e f, 'ady by a lenlv MEETIN G ' ~RPOO1" CBS )4r, / 0 " 1 ""_ Or Sir St. G am `' an up. i3jac iibt dr. J. f. Mr v ie Mr. Tem EIASE. rood; he usual g o ief Vlassev st9 t 8 60 e' f i were a'` l hoO r o o i ; be calle d b o ' O O 01, Birkeoso, as ircollOwe! USUaI efirt The )n s rollowo ` 1 0 ''' vs. each , 4 to fis 20 se- , E b Ls goceol si-131b •i%Pyprit: if 31b • • • ' • • • • /1" / . # noteia - es , 410 )they ro e The leaps 0 1 ' 111 ach, 4°,3.513 tV I 114 1 4 D o aged. • 'Ow e le'g 'laced. 1 4 1/1 t oo latine he see( o 7 ! i vot;, of • CrU; l‘s n ber "no 1 1 0 t ol l , Pf to IP' i ii to w p ie 0 o y 'ming ja f th e Iv cr i 13° , !se 5t 1 .4,*0 e t ce . Ole foi to und• jej 0,1 dell C O March 7, 1818. SECOND EDlllaluisN. Standard Office, Ten o'clock, LAY OF THE MAIL TRAIN bConsiderable anxiety prevailed in Liverpool this morn , in consequence of the non-arrival, until about fo ur u's after the usua l t i me, of the early mail-train from Lond on. , ‘ ,fe are happy to announce that there has been no loss l'' re. The delay was occasioned by the upsetting of a ci'agerZge, train from the . south, containing heavy iron gir about nine miles on the other side of Crewe, and both lines of rail became so blocked up in conse !aitquence that the mail train could not pass, and had to the arrival of 630 up-train from Liverpool, when 'lle one train mail, to pa the ot sse ngers,her and lugga ge were t rans f erre d f rom . 'CARLISLE ELECTION. Irest erd aY the committee declared the election of Mr. _ government for Carlisle, to b e vo id , on the ground that he was th at hi contractor at the time it t oo k p l ace ; an d or• Hodg son ' s election for the same place was void, a ccount of bribery by his agents. lot and Desperate Col lision with the Police, 111 London. "nz a Fourth Edition of last night's Sun.) Wh The s °ll l' rePortcr returned from Trafalgar-square to Pose 0rf,.. °16 c.e, shortly before three o'clock. for the pur which ''''ung the report of the Income Tax meeting e , that thaePPeared in our last edition, he was led to behev rosi ly letruisPle would quietly disperse : indeed, a g reat sas til e auteb t " Place. but it seems that as many ep, Persons _ 0 ,..r 12,000 e: Mentioned in our last edition—namely 10, )00 No "P - s e ß hi ,, ai „. ti ed, apparently with no settled purpose. • tsca Ped re tbe l er - 0 1,.5 , far as . we were able to ascertain. it►M_eeting, mightfr e ” Tri u na. i t ei l l •ema e medafter the termination of jud ,, e of the settled 04 P 1 se ,which th w i ll ; -€7 Had in view. He helot) one man cry RepT;Uirgen,c'''' Death to Guizot," " Long live le Observ e a out he seemed afraid that any one should At t --a , t he as the utterer of such sent . vents. Poli ce 7 0 ? c lock, or a little after, a great number of the t rn h cllla e :e the . °° ,, K up their position in different parts of the ero w ' a nd Proceeded simultaneously to clear away inwhich cl ,i Who resisted the rather summaryway ,Y , Ueg an better the number of them to put their orders into for t ce ln fact the ;;;PeLe--and it is right to state that l ; , i o v u a r s ing class--did not tell j °un g men and boys of thel who in order the interference . of the police , . vi.s, to accomplish their object, smote with too much They were assailed with the most eence right and left. ti'serdant yells, and we saw several stones thrown at rl e ul. Some were severely punished, and . the truncheon t "' Pte was wreste from him and thrown ipto the basin ,TNat cheers. Alt ltle boy was struck so violently across e head by one of A division, of whose violence at great F5nY complained to us, that he fell, and the blood hithcito beneath his cap. A young man was knocked dow ff n f '' ' ' a bullock by one of the same division, and carried o .0 1 . d ew. ~. I t is ri g ht t o mention that the tempers of the police wi"etve to tried. Wh en we saw th em str ik e, they did so their tem , nn ecessary force, and s eeme d a l to g et h er to have lost e eUtpred i pers. M any respecta bl e persons with whom w theento conversation, agreed in opinion that if the had not interfered, no acts of violence would have s haevue le)oeemorriit!ed. Between thirty and forty men te p a o n i d ic h e y in th e exe t taken into custody for assaulting h w _ cu lon of their duty. Some of them are severely Cuided about the head. A great many were taken to 1 Charing -cross Hospitals to have their wounds dressed. vithusaPector Baker, 19 A, had his eye-lid severely cut of w !tone; he received also a severe wound at the back 7Abo i n it ea ti d ir ' ee ati o d ' -,(rgeon of the forwas obliged immediately to go to the numbe r of crock that portion of the palings of the d own, a c n o d l u a m i n n . Nelson monument nearest the National Gallery were torn ad notes cape without le and boys got on the plinth Two or li thr n ee persons who stood on the ,t!rgin of the basins were pushed in out of sheer fun, and „It; A. had his e yeslethlinred.the police are more or a severe ducking. Police constable severely cut, and 4lal.past five o'clock, t_,l„he greater portion of the police were withdrawn was Aurwgreat measure restored. the peollicaeve seld°lll and as soon as they went order st h ers sem . seen a mob more inveterate ag l a u in m. Had they not mustered in such large i cries of e ,?"st have been killed, for there were bitter Were exaq Throw them into the basin." The people Th e fi e ' 'perated at being ,„,_ e _l:ce ru s hi e le struck with their timi . cheons. 1, gto and fro of large knots ot peop t4ongjesrtc..e.,ly, and 24" d by toe police, , now closing upon them, then.strug their milit, with the shouting with all . °f a f 9 . 41 .4 away in all directions, had the appearance Of St' riot, looking down upon it from the steps ev:t Martin's Church. The club windows, and in fact eotilY4 bueva_ilabte spot from which a view of the conflict Th., obtained , were crowded. The People are dispersing. hit h ,hgt/L —-....___- rAi t RIOTS AT GLASGOW. THE MILITARY CALLED OUT. It b the e seen from a paragraph in our third page that ether an op era ti ves i n Gl asgow were l as t wee k i n 1 0 an excited state, and that they assembled in very le g di riuntb ers on Friday, to be addressed by one of the ag chartists They however, separated peaceably ; but will be seen by the subjoined copy of a letter which ttnootinbue,esiennn received by the master of the Exchange NewNse tohfisiotnogwneo,ntthinauat their nee. peaceable intentions have Extract f erring•y act rota a private letter dated Glasgow, Monday ....- p al s t o e City i s i n * / 1 0 ar: great confusion and excitement. Sere snitnrrok.en into and gutted, by the unemployed,_ l B9sh op in hing about with guns, guns tl _ n Buchana nge-square and theigoldsmith . 's shop i contents,nstreet,, are for Ced in ; the former is cleared of s, a n' , the windows smashed. All shops are fir • ft _ ll cl the streets crowded. Several shots were teLl Buchanan -street a few minutes ago." ehe:.....following despatches contain the latest intelli- A 1. GLASGOW, MONDAY, 4 P.M. eity . e. .artist riot is at this moment taking place in this Th e T he mob are breaking open the gunsmith4' shops. is, iTe next our office is now being pillaged. The cry 100 0 °wn with the Queen !' The mob is composed of P e rsons. Two policemen shot." " HALF-PAST Six, P.M. Rol fie city is now quiet, but from the number of guns . th e e ri l?. it is feared that there will be fresh outbreaks during lap lilt * The military are posted in various parts, . and 9e4e n b . ?dy in the Royal Exchange. The shops of Jew bu-stinuesgsuinsssmui9tphesnhdze been more or less pillaged. fore, rsdrie railway. ""150 a "EDINBURGH, 11 O'CLOCK, P.M. re "Tgoons have just left for Glasgow. The mob l eft Th(y are pulling up the rails on the Pais eft 600 of the ilst foot have just g°w." AN EAsy the TRAN SITION.—Mr. Emerson, speaking . of k nf with which the New Englanders pass from wit, e-ttet:vl°_,.ll at.other, said that a man might one day tr ao :',P"Keeper and the next a judge ! " A very natu kgeneh ,;;"01:4" whispered a wag—" from the Bar to the CA us ,„ k o n t lnmkth .. op THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.--T he of Louis Phili p and of Guizot perished at Tahiti to a rid. Th e men who wielded the power of France t er he„, U sh a missi onary stat i on at the bidding of Rome, and to —en who bartered character, and truth, and honour, 1)4 1. °/ide a 'Bourbon dynasty in Spain, had put aside the pl., Panoply of human power. The King lo u st .. ne e r u v s e a tir l i e d , t tli rce of mind when these were most indispensable, tot, defences became unavailing. Th T and th t ,Lalai s Royal were stormed and . sacked, and Instead of b icolouredda cockade, with which on one of the last ti of July, 1830, L ou i s Ph i l ip ro d e into the court of 4 4,2 4 tel de Ville, he was \ doomed to see the red fl ag o f dro b lic floating from the towers of Notre Dame, as he 1;?!eff, once more a private citizen, to seek a temporary St Neuilly, on his journey to the coast. tatig"l' Is A BARRICADE ?—Before all traces of the v ert 4l ea tles, those popular checks on miscalculating go-_ one h eats disappear, I will endeavour to give an idea of I t t Lo t !, an illustration that will be fully comprehended by 4 10 , 4 all,'"°,.tter• Suppose the commissioners of avements, ra°' t heir perpetual diggings up, piled the stones of iIP -.street across the way instead of along it, inserting a or two on the top with a few lengths of iron v'il4,4lifbaellatlalf a dozen trees from . Temple.gardenNat 'ti le kris , u , a rtleade like scores which have been raised d "ioe last movement. They are rude enough to 4 t . t e litti) at most formidable in their effect. Troops can er4,4agalast them ; cavalry are quite useless, as they d e e av t t t t pll the intersections of the qreet? whic c h u -_ Aq t allon turned, it would find . itself in a more • nt I h a t b hey are formed with a rapidity truly ma 48 1? 1- ,; er estib e examined a hundred of them with much Cuall'etEl o f I should feel in the Pyramids.—Cor tible ! ti ost: Y remark of th OV E RCOMI NG FEAR.—One . very 1r00 1 ,,,, a 11ee that I have noticed, is the fearlessness 1114 and crowd into the thick of the . tump u lt n , sh„_ers of t ° s siag their arms, and often remain h mov e with 1;e0 men have given ground. The Boulevards w I/ 1 . 41 414_ 1 n rettes, elegantly dressed, who watch . the 10„ 4 ad re peat ' he troops, and mix in the groups , inquir : it 7re st. P4eating the news with the utmost curiosity , and , he ho?). gentletnan to whom I remarked this, bean a f..,eeey struck with the same fact. He said that Ao in t 4 he It u ri e Were watching the conflict at ab d ent:twenty Martin, and they were surrounded a by flew' i so , Work girls, probably sernpstresses. Sud- IlePhistliu..arge of muskets took place, and the a. b Ils lag Past, and rattled against the wall over their satitteh,;"eY all fled, and took refuge under a neighbour at aY ; but the firing having ceased, the girls peeped hi`srislv, and went forth one by one till at last he kettt n e.nd were left alone. "We thought" he added, u r - e gi f _' that as all the women had gone, we might . rcep on u c il ent a again, and accordingly we did."—Paru I THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m I LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. In addition to Friday's arrivals, we have a few more parcels of Wheat Flour, and Oatmeal from Ireland ; whilst of any other produce thence, as well as of all articles coastwise and from abroad, our market continues to be very scantily supplied. Our market this morning was, in general, by no means so lively as yesterday. Old Wheat hardly exceeded the advance of Friday ; New, however, must be noted 2d. to 3d. per bushel dearer than on this day week. Flour respectively 6d. to Is. per sack and barrel dearer. In Barley, Malt, and Beans no change to note. Oats in moderate request, at an improvement of fully Id. pe r 4511 3 Oatmeal no variation. Idian Corn and Corn Meal merely supported the amend it of Friday. c ... . , . ›. En -4-4 2 o,?,'Z'tl .>q z . .., riE nn..7.1 : : ..4 7 4 -.= o cgo . .. Egao m ,, sl o ;41' !!) ~.4) r,. mg t . ~ 0 0 Aq, m . -3 ‘;5:. 0 ... - . F - c.',: l • 0 =K.; T. 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OD ?,,,• il. . :4 g C. , m' —As a specimen of ,e unicorn is mentioned beyond the management questions regarding him, detail, serve to impress us dess when we attempt to con ic( bath instituted, and which He a there is after this a sanction for the strength only, but of the beauty .e whole of animated nature. In the ne goodliness of the peacock's wings, we minded of our Saviour's testimony to the de field, surpassing in glory all the array of And then what a further sanction to the na ence, which tells of the specialities in the habit indition of animals; and there are none more fitted xcite our wonder and interest than those of the os n, no less signalized by speed and strength than she is he want of foresight and understanding. There is an uri~y in the clause of " her labour being in vain with fear." Her labour i n producing seems not in keep with her carelessness and fearlessness as to the pro -a carelessness due to the want of wisdom, but which is made up , for by Him who ordained and regulates the processes of Nature, by which the heat of the weather suffices for the hatching of the young, after the eggs are deposited in the sand. From the scorn which is felt by the ostrich for the horse, transition is made to the horse itself, in the truly magnificent representation of which we have one of the sublimest uassapes in the na-t. T.. +l-.. NCE OF T hip in zoolo, mtameable, at or skill. Th lit forward in which God hat} I. And there not of the stren , the whole of .ation— Tvades and to e trick by tl obsc the goodliness ( clothing of his neck with thunder, the very indefiniteness of the image adds to the immense power; nor can we figure a more gorgeous anU impressive picture than is bicvn ne this creature--it`Must brleit — to — s - peakftn c ts " S; and the argument passes on to other exemplifications, as the hawk, poising herself in the air, and cleaving it with a power which man is unable to comprehend, and far less to imitate. The description closes with the eagle, king of the birds, and with whom there stand associated so many lofty and commanding images —as the elevated crag in which it builds its nest, the munition of those rocks where it dwells and rears up its young, the pride of its supe riority over all other tenants of the air, whom it holds in perpetual subjection and terror, and seizes upon for its prey. The force of her far-seeing eye, and the ravenous appetite both of herself and her young ones for blood, are here powerfully depicted—all serving to enhance our view of the littleness of man in comparison with the God who made all and sustains all.—Dr. Chalmers' Daily Scrip ture Readings. EXECUTIONS IN CHINA It is confidently stated that when Keying demanded the execution of four persons for the murder of the six Englishmen near Canton, that the men who were executed off'red to suffer, provided certain honours were conferred on their families. In Europe this may appear incredible, but in China, where life is held cheap and the laws are loose, substitutes are found. It was but lately that on sentence of death being - -'n a murrip,..- pane(' ......erer in Hong Kong, he inquired whether he would be allowed to pro . . vide i substitute. The following account of the execution is given by one who was present : " The first of the criminals who was brought out seemed to be about 25 years of age, decently dressed, tall for a Chinaman, and strongly made. He had good fea tures, but was ghastly pale, he was gagged, and had his hands tied together behind his back, and his feet were fettered in the Chinese manner. He had a piece of wood, about twn forA in lcanrab mall a Olin of rter.c.s. L al-- 1_ I ----`•••••' • ~ G t icaigtu t vv.. a asap tat Fisprr aL toe Head of it, sticking down between his clothes and back. This piece of wood is called Cha-peaou, and the criminal's name, with a description of his crime, &c., is written on the paper attached to it. He passed from the boat to the shore along some planking, over which he was supported by a Chinese policeman on each side. There was another policeman behind him pushing him roughly forwards. The eyes of this criminal were rolling about in a fearful manner, as he turned them from the foreign soldiers ' b Vo gt the seamen between whom he passed from the boat to the field. He was run out about twenty yards from the river, into the square, till about ten yards from the spot where 1 was standing, with a clear space between, so that I was able to see very plainly the whole of the proceedings. When the policemen had led him to that distance, they threw him down on the ground, and in consequence of his hands being secured behind his back he fell quite for ward on his face. The executioner, who, on his bein g brought out, came running f rom where he mandarins were stationed, with his naked sword in his hand and his sleeveslucxed up to - his - elbows, was by thiS time at him, ae crimin: into t knot, with the left een previously rolled up and, and by the help of this hold by pressing the right foot on the criminal's hands, or on the small of his back, brought his head and neck into the requisite position, sticking almost straight out and horizontal from the trunk, but slightly bent down. He then, retaining his hold of the tail with his left hand brought his sword down in the right band, so as almost to touch the criminal's neck, which I suppose he did in order, as it were, to mark the exact place at which to strike, and then raised the sword quickly up, and at one blow severed the head from the body, only leaving it attached by a small piece of skin, which he afterwards separated by a tug. The policeman now took the trunk and put it into a Chinese coffin, which some of the other policemen had brought forward while the beheading was going on. " The second and third criminals who were brought out close behind the first man seemed to be about fifty years of age, and meagre-looking people. They were gagged and fastened in every way like the first man, and were as roughly handled. The executioners, however, cut their heads completely off at one blow. They were then put into the coffins, first the trunks and afterwards the heads. The fourth was carried out from the boat into the square, by means of a piece of matting slung between two poles. He sat huddled together. with his head resting on his breast; and being tumbled out of the conveyance in such a manner that when the execu tioner raised him up the man's back was turned towards me. I did not see his face, so as to judge of his age. I remarked, however, that he was dressed in very ragged clothes. The executioner had a good deal of trouble to get this man's head in the proper position, and seemed, in consequence of having to handle him so much, to be rather unnerved, for in taking his aim with the sword, in the manner described above, I saw that his hand trembled very much; notwithstanding this, however, he severed the head from the body at one blow. " The circumstance of the executioner being punishable if he strike more than one blow may account in part for his anxiety and nervousness. When all the four criminals were beheaded, and the trunks and heads put into the coffins, the Chinese policemen carried them into a small boat," ate given to .gly reef rs in the Ant 1 science, w couditioO o TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. POLITICAL VARIETIES. The committee on the Bolton election have declared W. Bolling, Esq., duly elected. Lord John Russell is indisposed, and it is said that he intends to resign office. Lord Robert Pelham Clinton, son of the Duke of New. castle, is a candidate for the representation of Kinsale. Mr. Benjamin Hawes a sub -secretary in the Colonial Office, and the defeated of Lambeth, is the Whig candi date. The polling is expected to take place on Saturday. Mr. Gregson, the Radical member for Lancaster, has been unseated and convicted of bribery ; and the election has been declared void. At the beginning of the business in the Commons, on Monday, Mr. Hume asked Lord John if the ministry in tended to interfere in the affairs of the French govern ment. Lord John replied in the negative. A deputation, consisting of Lord Robert Grosvenor, Rev. George Everard, Mr. Field, &c. &c., had an inter. view with Lord John Russell on Thursday, to present to his lordship a petition to the House of Commons for the repeal of the legacy duty on charitable bequests. The parties to the petition against the return of Fear gus O'Connor for Nottingham, have, for some cause not explained, signified their intention not to proceed with it before the election committee, and as a matter of course he has been declared duly elected. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in the course of the debate on Monday in the House of Commons stated, that he had the authority of Government to announce that it it was not their intention to press the increase of the In come Tax, but to continue it as at present for the ensuing three years. For Lyme Regis, the case for bribery against the sit ting member has failed, and the tables are now turned against the petitioner, Sir Fitzroy Kelly. But, to judge by the disclosures going on, if ever there was a " rotten" borough under the old system, the reformed eonsituency of Lyme is deserving of the title. A new writ has been ordered for Kinsale, in the room of Mr. Guiness, unseated. When the news of Mr. Gui ness's defeat reached Kinsale, most disgraceful riotings took place among the radicals. Lighted tar barrels were carried through the town, and the houses of several of Mr. Guiness's supporters were attacked, and the windows broken. WATERFORD.—The nomination took place on Saturday week. The poll was appointed f uesday, and at the close the numbers were—for Si .W. Barron (Liberal), 319 ; Mr. Costello (Old Irela ), 301 ; Mr. Meagher, 154. ve ar-T S I The last named was the Y9ttng Ireland candidate, but he s 'I polled all his friends by eleven o'clock, at w hi c h h our h e us retired. RESIGNATION OF THE FRENCH AMBASSAbOR IN ENG % LAND.—The French charge d'affaires, the Comte de . Jar con. received, on Tuesday, a communication from M. de Lamartine, announcing that he had become minister of foreign affairs in France, and tendering him, in very flat -63 tering terms, the office of representing the French repub lic at this court. The count. in reply, regretted his in = ability to accept the mission in the spirit in which it was y MI offered by M. d e L amar ti ne , an d requested that he mi g ht wi be superseded as early as possible. IRELAND F Great numbers of persons are still doing at Mayo from stavation. About twenty men charged with Ribbonism have, with p all their papers, been lodged in Lifford gaol. Henry A. Herbert, M.P., pays the entire poor-rate for r- e: his numerous tenantry in Kerry, and all he demands in return is a diligent cultivation of their farms. :e An English gentleman, resident at Kinsale, is now ma nufacturing oil from sprats very profitably. During the past season he has caught forty-four boat loads, and from these he procured fourteen puncheons of oil, which he sold during last week in Cork at ls. 2d. per gallon. In the Roman Catholic diocese of Ossory, which in cludes the county of Kilkenny, the priests have been enj3ined by their diocesan, Dr. Walsh, to abstain from all political allusions whatever, and even to desist from subscribing to the " Conciliation Hall" rent. At a meeting of the Young Ireland party in Dublin, on Thursday, Lord Wallscourt was in the chair. One of the speakers recmamended the formation of a national guard " to defend the country." , The meeting ended with cheers for a " young republic. Mr. C. Cahill has retired from the Repeal Association, because " it does not appear that there is any honest or bona fide intention evinced by their acts to carry out their professed object ; and besides, if a man followed a lion, it is not a .necessary consequence that he is to be led by a mouse." AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Friday, Mrs. Armstrong, of Ballincar (a lady most respectably connected), in a fit of temporary insanity drowned herself and her three young children. She tied two of them on her back, took the third in her arms, aed deliberately walked into the sea. They all perished.— Sligo Champion. There are not less than 27,000 persons on the out-door relief in the union of Ballinrobe, Mayo. The cost of out door rations is about £BOO per week, and, with the ex pense of the workhouse, would amount to £50,000 per annum. The whole valuation of the union amounts to £BO,OOO per annum only. A COMPLIMENT.—The Dublin Post of Thursday, al luding to the affairs in France, the finance difficulties in England, and the clamour raised against the measures proposed for the national defences, concludes by saying : —" We declare solemnly, we regard the crisis which is approaching as the most terrible England has seen since the battle of Hastings. And it is the more terrible, be cause of the stupid sleep, or nightmare rather, in which the whole community is so swinishly buried." The great rock of Cashel has fallen. In connexion with this ancient monument exists one of those prophe cies which abound so much in the traditional history of Ireland—namely, that the year wl,ieh wittmcnaa the fall of the rock would also see a great revolution in England. Not a peasant in Munster who does not believe this. A funeral procession reached the spot a few minutes after the fall. Had it reached before, the loss of life might have been most fearful. FEARFUL MURDER.—On Friday night week, a young woman named Mary Herlihy was found on the Monerea Marsh, Cork, bleeeding profusely from a stab in the neck. The stab was inflicted with a knife which was found on the spot the following morning. The caroted artery and jugular vein were completely cut across. The moans of the woman first attracted observation, but she died almost immediately after being discovered. The deceased was pregnant at the time she was murdered. TOM FOOLERY.—On Wednesday, the rnemberi of the " Desmond Confederation," Young Ireland Club, Castle street, Cork, had an immense piece of tri-coloured bunt ing floating in the breeze from their building, with the view of fraternising with their mercurial brethren in France, now luxuriating in the excess of revolution and anarchy.—ln the evening the windows were illumiated, and a large placard, conspicuously placed, bore the words ' France is Free ! an example to the WORLD !" A POSER.—The Rev. J. W. Franklin, rector of Clon mulsk, Ireland, says," I would rest the question with the advocates of the National Board on the following fact : That, supposing a school in which fifty children were reading the Scriptures, if any one individual of them, through the interference of their parents or their priest. wereto complain of offence being - given to their religion; feelings by the rule of the National Board, the remaining forty-nine—yes, though thirty of them were Protestants —would be compelled to give up their Bibles during school-hours. I challenge the great doctors on the side of the board to deny the fact ; and if they admit it, to show me how the Scriptures are honoured under such a system." CONVICTIONS.—At the Roscommon assizes a man named Donoughoue was put upon his trial f or 'intr- der. From the evidence adduced there was not a s shadow of doubt as to the guilt of the prisoner, who called no witnesses for the defence; and the jury, without hesita tion, brought in a verdict of "guilty." The prisoner did not seem much moved. He was sentenced to be executed on the 22nd. inst. Patrick Flynn, who had been tried and found guilty of the murder of Michael Duignan, was then put forward. Baron Lefroy, addressing the prisone, aaid, you went with . a party who traversed the country taking up arms. 1 don't know that when you went you intended to commit the murder which you afterward:, perpetrated ; but as you proceeded from house to house, at last you came to the house of deceased—you presented a pistol at the wife of the deceased, and her husband then came in, and you turned your baud from her and fired at him, and laid him dead at her feet. AWFUL SCENE.—Wednesday was the day fixed for the execution of John Lonergon, and of Henry and Philip Cody, at Clonmel. The culprits were attended by the Rev. Mr. Power, Roman Catholic curate, and, after a few minutes spent in prayer, John Lonergon came out on the drop. Philip Cody then walked out with a firm step, and after the hangman had fixed the rope. &c., Henry Cody came et fter settling when all Philip Cody. was standing in front of the drop, of a aarirlan Tionra ("nay at the hangman, caught him. and actually had him half way over the railing, when the Rev. Mr. Power caught Cody, and prevented him throwing him down, otherwise the finisher of the law would have been killed. Philip Cody, who, as before stated, had the rope adjusted and the cap over his face, on hearing the noise tore the cap off his face and actually got the rope off his neck, and was going to help his brother. On the hangman coming out again, Henry COdy made two desperate kicks at him, and hurt him much. Father Power got them at length into a quieter state, and in a short time they ceased to live. Loss OF THE CALYPSO.—The splendid iron vessel, the Calypso, Capt. Savery, was driven on shore near Arklow, in the storm on Saturday night. She left Dublin on Saturday night, bound for Rio de Janeiro, with a large and valuable cargo, wind from the N, but had not pro ceeded farther than the coast of Wicklow, when the wind suddenly shifted to S.E., S. and S.W., blowing a most terrific gale that carried away her topmast. Becoming, in a degree, encumbered, and the sea breaking fearfully over the bulwarks, fore and aft, she was driven on shore. The crew, about 16 in number, we are happy to state, were all saved. The captain (J. Savery) writes as follows : —" The rollers making a breach fore and aft, washing everything before them, bulwarks, stanchions, spars, boats, and all on deck, we drove on shore at 3 P.m,. and in this miserable conditio n we rema i n ed till 9 a.m., cling ing to the mizen rigging, the sea breaking over us enough to smother the men, till Lieut. Lyons, and some of his men, accompanied by some of the humane inhabitants of Mizen Head, rendered us every assistance in rescuing us from our awful situation, by hauling each of us from the ship to the shore with a hauling line. During my stay on the wreck, endeavouring to see my crew safe on shore. I could no,t-hut admire the daring and intrepid courage of one of Ueut. Lyon's men, James Dillon, often nearly forfeiting his own life to rescue others. As for myself, I should, I think, have died with the cold, only for his hu manity in sharing with me part of his own clothes. I have not saved a single article. The vessel's bottom keeps well together, and if the weather moderates, I should hope some of the cargo might be saved." We under stand the vessel is insured.—Cork Examiner. ANOTHER SAMPLE OF A ROMISH PRIEST.—At the Waterford election, last week, Mr. Costello was proposed by a Roman Catholic priest, of the name of Cuddihy, and throughout the entire of his speech the audience manifested the most unequivocal impatience, disgust, and' contempt of the speaker. Groans, hooting, and cries of " you lie"—" down with him"—" out with him," &c., greeted him throughout the entire performance ; and one of the crowd went the length of asking, when he com plained of such language being held to a priest, " And what business has a priest in such a place ? "—an interro gatory with which the rev. spouter did not attempt to deal. His language in addressing his flock is a perfect anthology. "Oh you ungrateful wretches," he exclaims —" oh you dastardly crew"—" oh you mad individuals." This complimentory effusion was followed by " cheers, groans, and tremendous confusion." Then came an eminently decent and humane allusion to the late Thos. Davis. " Davis, the coward. who ran away from the monster meetings." Loud cries of shame compelled the reverend gentleman to direct his Billingsgate elsewhere, and he turned upon the Young Ireland party, collectively, as " cut-throat felons," and a " foul and filthy gang." Mr. Cuddihy is particularly happy in repartee. Here is a sample : Mr. 'Doheny is to be proposed as a candidate to make a speech ; but I can tell you he was not let open his mouth in his own county at a meeting lately. (Cheers, and cries of " You lie.") Mr. Doheny—l was not there at all. (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. Cuddihy—You had the audacity to call the Li berator a liar : do you dare call me a liar ? (Cheers and groans.) Mr. Doheny—l repeat, I was not at the meeting It all. (Great applause.) The lee;•. Mr. buddihy—l saw you there, and how dare you tell me a lie to my face? (Cheers, and cries of " You are a liar.") _ _ Take also the following The Rev. Mr. Cuddihy—" Hang the calfskin on those recre ant limbs." (Yells ' and cries of Kick him out.") There is none of you able to do it; but for this (pointing to his coat) I'd beat the best half dozen amongst you. (Cheers and biases.) What can be more polished than his sarcasm, too ? Take an example:— Imagine Mr. Meagher and the paltry Nation gang going to war with Queen "Victoria. Oh, Beelzebub! (Groans and laughter.) The nice propriety which regulates the Rev. Mr. Cud dilly's oratory is pre-eminently observable in the passage in which he arraigns Mr. Meagher of irreligion : He (Mr. Cuddihy) arraigned Mr. Meagher for— A voice—The colleges. The Rev. Mr. Cuddihy—Damn the colleges 1 I would not gire a damn for them. (Cheers, and cries of Shame.") The rev. gentleman then went on to say he arraigned M r . M eag h er f or infidelity. @tuna! ifligrtllann. The Welsh hills are now covered with snow. Numbers of Irish paupers are now being passed from Hull to Ireland. Nine new houses are about to be commenced upon the Castle Lawn, Douglas, Isle of Man. The slate trade in North Wales is in a depressed state owing to free trade. The export of iron ore has alto gether ceased. Prince Louis Napoleon has retired from Paris, and ar rived in London. The French provisional government did not wish him to remain in that country. The importations of cheese from foreign parts into this country for the year 1847, were 355,253 cwt., for 1846 they were 341,682 cwt. House bread is now selling in London at 44d. the four pound loaf—the lowest price at which bread has ever been sold in the metropolis. The French residing in London have resolved to pro ceed in a body to the French Embassy to deposit the manifesto of their adhesion to the Provisional Government. Mr. Sampson, a young farmer at Hillsley, near Wotton under-Edge, a few days since, quarrelled with his family about a very trivial matter, and in consequence of the dis agreement left the house, wished the family "good bye," and shot himself. At Winchester, last week, Mr. Bishop, the manager of a branch bank at Christchurch, was convicted of embez zlement. The deficiencies are stated to be £B,OOO. There was also an indictment for forging an I 0 U for £8,470. He had been engaged extensively in railway speculations. An affray between five poachers and three keepers took place at Cadland, near Southampton, on Sunday morning week. One of the keepers, named Payne, had his skull fractured by a blow from one of the poachers with the butt end of the gun, and he expired on Thursday. CHLOROFORM.—Dr. Simpson has computed that of 300 operations performed with ether and chloroform, fewer proved fatal than is usual in the same cases without these agents. Of 1,088 cases of amputation of the thigh, with out an anesthetic agent, 44 in 100 died ; out of 135 ca es with ether or chloroform, 33 only died—or 24 in 100. On Wednesday week, Frederick Douglas, aged 26, a coalheaver, at Richmond, whilst attempting, for a wager of half a gallon of beer, to carry a red-hot .poker between his teeth round the room, slipped, and drove the poker into his throat. The poor wretch died next day in excru ciating agonies. CHEAP; GAS A PAYING CONCERN. — Notwithstanding the Whitehaven Gas-light Company thought fit to lower (some two or three years ago, at the positive request of the consumers) the price of gas in that town, from Bs. to 4s. per 1000 cubic feet, the directors, at their last half yearly meeting. held on the 18th ult., made a favourable report. THE ROBBERY OF DR. BOWRING.—At Swansea, on Tuesday, John Lloyd and Richard Mahony pleaded guilty of the robbery of Dr. Bowring ; and Evan Evans, weaver, and Richard Thomas were convicted of feloniously receiving a portion of the property. Lloyd and Maliony were transported for life ; Evans was sentenced to 18 months' isonment. The friends of Mr. Buckingham are raising a testimo nial fund for the purpose of building a public lecture room in London for the advocacy of temperance, Arc_ Tr is a very appropriate and delicate way of testifying to Mr. B.'s labours. Amongst the subscribers are Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Cleveland, and the Earl of Devon. CA MBRIDGE.—A tradesman of the town, a hairdresser, perfumer, and printseller, has just been discommuned for a month by the Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Houses, for taking legal proceedings for the recovery of a debt against :bachelor of arts of two years' standing, of Trinity College, without first giving notice to Mr. Thompson, the Tutor of the College. SHOCKING BRUTALITY : - KIRKALDY.-A train of cir cumstances has led to the discovery of one of the most horrible instances of the depravity of human nature with which we have met. A boy of the name of Fife, of weak intellect, has been found living in an old press, lying amongst rotten straw in a state of filth almost indescrib able. The inhuman parents have been apprehended. A SIMPLE PROCESS OF FILTERING RIVER WATER.- A process is described by Mr. John Aird, of Greenwich, in the Builder, as in use on the Thames. It consists merely of a cylinder or well, without bottom, but with a close covered top, sunk into clean sand and gravel, within about twenty-five feet of low-water mark, and containing the end of a suction-pipe leading ashora to an engine, through which an almost continual or inexhaustible sup ply of clear filtered water is said to be got. The Leeds Intelligeneer mentions that, on Wednesday week, a man who was drinking in an alehouse at Nether Thong, near Holmfirth, quarrelled with another man, and swore that he would place him on the fire, which was blazing on the hearth. He rose to fulfil his threat, seized the other man, and after swearing a disgusting oath, was in the act of lifting him from his seat, when his hold sud denly relaxed, and he fell dead on the ground. Between Saturday evening and Monday morning week, the premises of the Worthing branch of the Joint-Stock Company's Bank were entered by thieves, who carried off £6OO or £7OO in notes and gold. Several trifling articles were also taken, and a ledger weighing about 251bs. It seems probable that this was taken on the supposition that it contained the numbers of the notes; and that all clue to them would be thus removed. The number, how ever, of every note has already been made public. ABERDEEN.—More than ordinary interest was excited at the election of Lord Rector for Marischal College this year on account of the students having nominated two gentlemen of high literary :pretensions, Lord Robertson of the Court of Session, and Mr. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P. The election took place on Wednesday, when Lord Ro bertson had a majority in all the " nations." Lord Robertson has promised to deliver his inaugural address to the students at his installation at the end of this month. FOREIGN GRAIN.—On Monday and Tuesday last up wards of 14,500 bags of wheat alone were exported, chiefly from Hamburg into Hull, besides sundry parcels of pease, beans and barley. The amount of duty saved by the importers, in consequence of those cargoes being entered previous to the Ist of March, would exceed £2250. The duty was levied on Wednesday, the Ist March. was for wheat 65., and barley, oats, rye• heart,' and peas. 25.. 6d. per quarter. A . dividend of six per cent. was declared at the annual metting of the London and Westminster Bank, held on Wednesday last ; and the report stated, that with the exception of the outstanding instalments, amounting to £3273, the paid-up capital of the bank is now £1,000,000. It was explained that the reason of the bank's profits not being sufficient to pay a bonus, besides the usual rate of dividend, arose from a loss, to the extent of £20,000, occasionerl by a sale of Government Securities during the " week of terror" during the autumn of last year. MARK OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—A public meeting was held lately in the Savings' Bank News room, Poulton-le-fylde, by the friends and admirers of the Rev. Mr. Bateson, curate, (who for some unknown reason has been unexpectedly dismissed from his curacy), for the purpose of showing their respect for him, and their esteem of the zealous performance of his ministerial duties. The meeting was attended by the resident gentleman ; and a handsome subscription was commenced, which will be followed up by an active canvass, in order to present to Mr. Bateson a suitable testimonial, on his removal to another sphere of usefulness. DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH IN LONDON.—It is reported that there are in London twenty thousand tradesmen, &c., who pollute the Lord's-day by following their worldly occupation. There are about 1200 shops open every Sabbath at Westminster, and thousands of public-houses likewise ! We feel disposed to ask the Commissioners of Education what reason they would as sign for this ? Is it beeauso the " people are ignorant of the English language ?" [Yet those who want to have the day a little better observed, and so to give numbers of persons the rest of which they are now robbed, are termed " Sabbath-howlers," " Mawworms," " fanatics," and " hypocrites !"] THE " ISLE OF MAN COMMERCIAL BANKING CoM PA NY" suspended payment on Wednesday ; their issue of local notes are known to be large, and their other liabilities are also, it is feared, very considerable ; while nothing satisfactory has transpired as to their assets. This is the second and sole remaining Joint Stock Bank in that island which has exploded. Messrs. Henry Holmes, Sons and Co., are now the only bankers in the island, and they are said to have declined receiving new accounts. Hence every way the private as well as the trading and mining operations of that island are reduced to a deplorable condition, A HEAVY AESTZE !—Looking at the amount of crime in other counties of England, we were rather struck with the following intimation in a country paper respecting the Westmorland Assizes :—" The criminal business is unu sually heavy, eight prisoners committed for trial." TRIAL OF ANNETTE MEYERS FOR THE MURDER OF HENRY DUCKER.—On Friday at the Old Bailey, Annette Meyers was put on her trial for the murder of Henry Ducker, a soldier in the Coldstream Guards. She ap peared but little agitated when she took her place in the dock, but became more affected as the trial proceeded. It is unnecessary to re-state the evidence. She was found guilty. The jury strongly recommended her to mercy, on account of the extraordinary provocation she received. The judges then put on their black caps, and the Chief Baron passed sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner was then removed from the dock without uttering a word. She looked very pale, and was seated (luring the trial, and kept her handkerchief to her face nearly the whole time, and appeared to be crying. A HEALTHY DISTRICT.—The parish of Romaldkirk, North Yorkshire. is the largest in extent in the kingdom, with the exception of one other. It contains a population of 2379 persons, and within its wide circuit are the town ships of Cotherstone (from which Mr. Bowes' celebrated race horse received its name) and Mickleton, which has likewise given a name to that gentleman's racer, the Mickleton Maid. For the last six months only sixteen deaths have taken place, and not a single case of influ enza, or fever has occurred. Amongst the deaths were very old people :—one died at the age of 101, another 94, another 92. another 84, and two 79. Although sanatory regulations are required in many parts of the country, our friends in the district we have named appear free from all disease, and to die only of sheer 0141 age. WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF HARROWBY.—Probate of the will of the late Right Honourable Dudley Earl of Harrowby. of Sandon-hall. Stafford, and Grosvenor square, London, was granted on the Ist instant, to his son, the present Earl of Harowby, (heretofore Viscount Sandon,) the acting executor, a power beirip., reserved to his son, the Honourable Granville Dudley Ryder, to prove the same hereafter, being also an executor named in the will, which bears date the 10th of July, 1843. The per sonal property was estimated for duty at £60,000. The manor and lordship of Harrowby, in Lincolnshire, and all his messuages, tenements, and hereditaments, with the lands and woods in Harrowby, Somersby, Grantham, and Ropsley, all in LincAdnshire, his lordship has devised and bequeathed to his son the Earl of Harrowby, subject to two contingent annuities of £2OO each to two of his daughters. THE APPROACHING COMET.—The following particulars respecting the portentous visitant of the solar system were delivered by Mr. H. Altbans, before the Hackney Literary and Scientific Institution, at the Mermaid Assembly ooms. The last appearance of this eccentric stranger took place - on the sth of March, 1556. From the left wing of the .sign Virgo, it passed by the constel lation Bootes, and ascended to the northern pole of the ecliptio ; thence, by Andromeda, it came to the northern Fish, where it was lost. In its middle course it was most swift, running through fifteen degrees daily. At first its motion was retrograde—at last direct. Its nucleus pre sented the appearance of a bright globe of flame, equal to a half-moon, but the rays an] colours interchanged. The tail was rare and thin, casting forth rather a pale than ruddy light, narrower near the head, and extending westward. At its former appearance, A.D. 1264, it lasted three months. MEETING OP THE UNEMPLOYED.—On Friday, a meet ing of the unemployed working people of this city was held on the Green, in pursuance to intimation by hand bill. The number present might be about three thousand. The speeches and resolutions bore reference, for the most part. to complaints against the Relief Committee, on account of the rates of wages allowed for the work which had been tendered. In the course of the proceedings, Dr. M`Douall, from London, delivered a long Chartist ha rangue. After the meeting, from 1,500 to 2,000 marched in procession through the streets to the office of the Treasurer, when a deputation was appointed to confer with that gentleman as to what was to be done in regard to the urgent necessities of the unemployed. We under stand that at the moment he was engaged in issuing circulars for a meeting of committee (all the magistrates being members of the same) with a view of consulting as to the state of matters. This seemed to be satisfactory to the deputation. who announced the same to the assem blage, and advised them to depart quietly,' which they did.—Glasgow Paper. APPREHENSION BY A FEMALE.—On Tuesday. a fellow was seen near this town to go up to the cottage of a poor woman, and soon after a shirt was missed. Sus picion falling upon the stranger, a woman named Martha Bartup, living next door, immediately started in pursuit of him, and after a two-mile chase came up with him. She immediately collared him, and having unbuttoned his coat, found the shirt concealed on Ms person. She then led her prisoner back to 'fakely, but unfortunately on arriving there found that the constable was at Chelmsford attending the sessions. Determined not to give up her captive until she had safely handed him over to the law, she started with him for Dunmore police-station, a dis tance of four miles, and had marched him a great part of the way, still holding him by the collar, when a waggon came up, and the driver put the fellow into it. The wo man, with meritorious perseverance, walked behind to prevent him from escaping ; but before they reached Dunmow, a police-officer drove up, and the thief being given up to him, was safely lodged at the police-station. On Friday he was committed for trial—Chelmsford paper A MAN MURDERED BY HIS SISTER.—Ou Saturday week a man named Harris. along with n married sister named Mary Hoopnr, went to Heniton-market with a cartload of hay to sell. This they effected, and then went to a public-house, where they partook of some refresh ment. and deceased became inebriated. Instead of tak ing the cart home themselves, they sent it home by another person, tho deceased- imagini ng that the walk would enable him to get the better of the drink he had taken. The moment after he commenced walking, however, he stumbled and fell down in the road. His sister came to him and persuaded him to get up, but he was unable to do so. She then flew into a violent passion, struck him several times with her fists without being able to rouse him, when at length she kicked him - in a most brutal manner over the head and face. Her shoes having heavy nails in them, the front teeth were knocked out, and the head terribly mangled ; so much so, that death ensued. A neighbouring farmer found the unfortunate man deluged with blood, and scarcely able to articulate. Mary Hooper was committed to the Devon county gaol on the capital charge. An extraordinary .- degree of excitement has been pro duced at Aberdare by a report of the state of soriptv in that parish, written by the Rev. J. Griffith, the Vicar, and printed in one of the Blue-books of the Commis sioners on Education. The report states that drunken ness is very prevalent at Aberdare, that the men are des titute of decency before women, and, vice versa, the women of feminine modesty before men, morality being at a low ebb with both ; that workmen in many instances live in dwellings too expensive for their station in life, and that there is a great want of provident foresight, &c. On Wednesday night a crowded meeting was held in Siloa Chapel, Aberdare, when, although it was admitted that there was drunkenness and immorality in the parish, it was contended that the general body of the inhabitants had made as much progress in improvement as those of other places. The statement about the luxurious dwell ings was also denied ; it was complained that Mr. Griffith had made his report within one short month of his com ing to reside in the parish. Resolutions to this effect were agreed to ; the objectors, however, disclaiming any personal towards the Vicar, or hostility towards the Established Church. MISTAKEN USE OF CHLOROFORM.—A few days since a female of Hereford being in a delicate state of health, intended to take a composing draught, but by mistake a bottle of chloroform was given to her, of which she swal lowed only a tablespoonful as it stopped her breath. In a few minutes she began to feel great prostration—confu sion of ideas—and faintness followed by vomiting (a single attack) the gruel she had recently taken, smelling strongly of chloroform. After this the prostration became .extreme so that scarce any pulse could be felt by those about her; and she then fell into a tranquil sleep. As soon as she felt herself ill, the bottle was examined and the medical attendant sent for; but before his arrival she began to mend, though still sleeping : her pulse had become stronger and beat about 80 in the minute; and she could be roused to make brief replies, by dashing cold water on her head and face. A mild emetic was administered with difficulty —which acted immediately : some cordials were now cautiously administered and she gradually went on impro ving, so that, in about four hours, she was pretty nearly "herself again." It is remarkable that she had no pain in the head in the attack or afterwards—the pupils were neither dilated nor contracted—she eyppripnepti no diffi culty in breathing—and but little dislike of light or sound. GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COMPANY.—The ge neral annual meeting of this Company took place on Thursday last, at their offices in Bristol. Henry Bush, Esq., having been called to the chair, the report of the directors was read and adopted. It stated that the Great Western steam-ship had been sold since the last meeting for the sum of £25.000, as she came from sea, subject to a deduction of £250, for removing her to Kingroad, and replacing her paddle-wheels. The fortunate recovery of the Great Britain from Dundrum Bay was next adverted to ; the expenses attending the operation for protection and removal, after deducting the proceeds of materials, amounted to £12,670 14s. Id. On this ship's arrival at Liverpool she was surveyed by Mr. Patterson and Mr. Field, of London, on behalf of the Company, and by Mr. Grantham and Mr. Cassidy, on the part of the un derwriters. The estimates for restoring her to the con dition she was in previously to her stranding were, for hull, masts, sails, cabins, boats, anchors, cables, &c.. £15,886 ss. Od.; machinery £5,808, making together £21,694 ss. The directors then state that an amicable arrangement had been come to with the underwriters at Liverpool, for an immediate settlement, on terms differ ing but slightly from the original claim, and that they had reason to believe the underwriters at Glasgow would be induced to settle on the like terms. After this had been effected, negotiations for her sale would have the best attention of the directors. SHIPWRECKS AND Loss OF LIFE AT DOUGLAS.—OR Sunday we were visited with one of the most violent storms that was ever remembered in this Island. It blew a perfect hurricane from the S. accompanied by torrents of rain. While the storm was raging with its utmost fury, several vessels attempted to make the harbour, in which some succeeded, but unfortunately three others were driven, or compelled to run ashore, upon the sands. One of these vessels—the brig Delight—first struck S. Mary's Rock, and sprung a leak, when the crew took to the boat and came safely to land. Five of our veteran pilots,—Edmund Craine, John Younghusband, Jos. Hogg, Jas. Stewart, and Paul Kelly, put off to render assistance, and could not get back to the harbour. They were driven to the sands, and when close to the windward of one of the stranded vessels, the boat upset. Three of the men reached the shore speedily, but the other two—Craine and Younghusband, were still struggling for their lives. Craine was at length rescued in a most exhausted condi tion ; butlainentableto state, poor Younghusband perished in the breakers. Had he at first made for the land, he would in all probability have reached it in safety, but he clung to the boat with an astonishing tenacity, till he was utterly exhausted. So dreadful was the raging of the water, that for any person to attempt to reach him would have involved the inevitable destruction of both. The stranded vessels are the Delight, brig, Wilson master, from Marvport to Dublin with coals ; she is a total wreck. The Mills, flat. Abraham master, of Liverpool, from Douglas to Bangor, in ballast. The Anne, brigantine, of and for Newry, from Whitehaven with coals—total wreck. Besides the above there is a schooner, Mary Ann, of Liverpool, from Glasgow to Preston, cargo pig iron, sprung a leak, and hoisted a flag of distress and came into the harbour on Monday, and had six feet water in the hold.—Manx Paper. STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY, ON THE IST MARCH, 1848, (Fro= Colburn's United Service Magazine.) [Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the depot o f the regiment is stationed.] Ist Life Guards—Regent's Prk 36th—(1st batt.) Corfu. 2d Ditto—Hyde Park (2d batt.) Ceph a l on i a Royal H. Guards—Windsor ! 37 th—Ceylon, Chatham Ist Drag.Guards—Birmingham 38 th — Jamaica, Boyle 2d—Newbridge 3 9th—Gosport. 3d—Piershill 40th—Galway 4th—Nottinghans 41st—Clare Castle sth—York • 42d—Bermuda, Isle of Wight ; 6th—Dundalk Reserve batt., Bermuda. 7th—C. Good Hope, Maidstone 43d—Newport Ist Dragoons—Cahir '44th —Cork 45th—CapeG.Hop e , I .o f Wi ght; 2d—Athlone 3d—Bengal, Maidstone Res. batt., Cape G. Hope 4th— Dublin 4 6th—Halifax, Guernsey sth 4 7th—Clonmel 6th—Newbridge 48 th — Enniskillen 7th Hussars—Dub. is 4 9th-Dublin Bth—Baliincollig 50 th—Bengal, Chatham 9th Lancers—Bengal, Maiddtn. 51st--Madras, Chatham 10th H ussars—Bombay, Maid- 52d—Portsmouth stone 53d—Bengal, Chatham 11th Hussars—Coventry 54 th — Barbadoes, Exeter 12th Lancers—Hounslow 55 th—Templemore I3th Lt. Dragoons—Longford 56th—(1st batt.) Cib 'altar 140—Bengal, Maidstone (2d butt.) Isle Wight 15th Hussars-51adras, Maid- 57th—Hull stone 58th—N. S. Wales, Chatham 16th Lancers—Brighton 5 9th — Templeinore 17th—Dublin 60th—(1st bt.) Bombay Grenadier Guards— (2d bt.) Bury (Ist butt.) Wellington Bar. 61st—Bengal, Chatham (2(1 batt.) Chichester 62 d—Winchester (3d batt.) St. John's Wood 63d—Chatham Coldstream Guards— 6 4th—Limerick (Ist batt.) The Tower 65th—N. S. Wales, Chatham (2d batt.) Windsor 66th—Barbadoes, Kinsale Scotch Fusileer Guards— 67th—Gibraltar—Isle of Wight (Ist batt.) :tt. George's Bar. 680—Mullingar (2d bait.) Portman-st. Bar. 69th—Malta Ist Foot— 70th—Cork (Ist batt.) Antigua, Glasgow 71st—Edinburgh (2d batt.)—Newry Reserve butt., Canada 2d—Ath;one 72d—Gibraltar, Hamilton 3;l—Belfast 73d—Cape G. Hope, Birr 4th—Madras, Chatham 74th—Dublin sth—Mauritius 75th—Dublin 6th—Cape G. Hope 76th—Corfu —Isle of Wight 7th—Barbadoes, Dublin 77 th — Canada—Nenagh Bth—Bombay, Chatham 7 8 th—Bombay, Chatham 9th—Winchester 79th—Gibraltar, Mullingar 10th—Bengal, Chatham 80th—Bengal, Chath am v- , A. S. Wales, Chatham —Mauritius, Isle of Wight Reserve batt., Mauritiu 181st-I)evnn Port ^ ; 1 82d—Halifax, N. S., Brecon s 83d—Kilkenny 84th—Madras, Chatham, 85th—Dublin 86th—Bombay, Chatham 87th—Weedon 88th—Barbadoes—Tralee 89th—Ashton-under.Lyne 90th—Cape G. Hope, Sheerness 91st—Cape of Good Hope, Gos port Reserve batt., Cape of G. Hope ; 92d—Limerick 93d—Canada, Aberdeen 94th—Madras, Chatham 95th—China, B aas 96th—N. S. Wales, Chatham 97th—Malta, Isle of Wight Reserve batt, W. Indies 98th—Bengal, Chatham 99th—N. S. Wales, Chatham Rifle Ilrirade— (lst batt.) Cape of G. Hope, Bristol (2d batt.) Canada, Isle of Wight Reserve batt., Quebec. 14th—Plymouth 15th—Ceylon, Chester 16th—Corfu, Youghal 17th—Dover 18th—Bengal, Chatham 19th—St. Vincent, Castlebar 20th—Canada, Isle of Wight; Reserve batt., Canada 21st—Madras, Chatham 22d—Bombay, Chatham 23d—Halifax, Isle of Wight Reserve Batt., Canada 24111—Bengal, Chatham 2.stn—Madras, Chatham 26th—ltuttevant 27th—Cape G. Hope, Fort G. 28th—Bombay, Chatham 29th—Bengal, Chatham 30th—Newcastle-on-Tyne 318 t—Manchester 32d—Bengal, Chatham 33d—N. Brunswick, Stirling C 34th—Corfu, Waterford 35 th—Mauritius, Jersey COLONIAL CORPS Ist West India Regiment—Jamaica 2(1 Ditto—Windward and Leeward Islands. 3d Ditto—Demerara, Sierra Leone, &c. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ceylon and China Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Canada Cape Mounted Riflemen—Cape of Good Hope Royal Newfoundland Veteran Company — Newfoundland Royal Malta l'encibles—Malta St. Helena Regiment—St. Helena STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER.—There has been very little change in the asnect of the market for goods and yarn since Tuesday last. Perhaps, on the whole, the more peaceable character of the re cent accounts from France, has tended to remove some portion of the extreme distrust which prevailed a week ago; and more inquiries have been made for yarn suitable for India, though hitherto, we believe, without nrom 1 irins, mrinik rt town . Notwitiitanding the suspension of purchases, actual w hoever, nusmess and the decline in the Liverpool cotton market, there is not so great a chang e in prices here as m i g ht , per h aps, have been expected. Whilst stocks and railway shares have fallen decidedly lower than at any former period during the last twelve months, goods and yarn have not sunk to the extreme rates which prevailed a few weeks ago and a return of confidence in the preservation of peace, would probably lead to a speedy improvement. Wo understand that some exception has been taken to the correct ness of our statement as to the rate of insurance demanded and paid on shipments to the Mediterranean, because insurances were effected at much lower rates by London underwriters. We have consequently made some further inquiries, and are enabled to repeat, that although policies were underwritten in London at four guineas to ..e4 10s. per cent.,—fro - n 10 to 12 guineas was the rate demanded and paid in Liverpool. We understand that the reduction in the hours of labour is still extending on all sides. Roc it DA LE.—We have had a very still market, and the busi. ness transacted has been more limitea than that of last week. In wool there has been very little doing, and prices are merely nominal. LEEDS —There is no change of importance to note in the woollen trade this week. A moderate amount of business con tinues to be done; but events in France have checked sales. BRADFORD.—WOOI : Notwithstanding all the accounts of disturbance in France, and the general limited use of Cobourg wools. still there is no disposition to press sales. The supply of skin wools, which is now becoming good, and combing length, does not affect the price. The stock in the market cor t"--- -1- " Armes only bare, and contrary to former years, conntrysupplieS are not sent forward, which is accounted for by their be►ng in the hands of the growers, who are firm holders for prices far too high to bring to this market. Yarns: Thee is decidedly more inquiry for yarns suitable for the shippers ; and contrary to their expectations the stocks ready spun are reduced to a lower point than for many years. The mouseline-de-laine trade is now active, and large quantities are in regular consumption. The buyers for home use are also more free to buy for delivery, feeling confident that as soon as the spring trade opens more demand will operate and bring an increase in prices. —Pieces. We cannot hear anything particularly dif f erent in the demand, which is not very animated, but quite equal to the quantity making. HA rAx.—Even if there had been any tendency towards a better state of trade, the convulsions in the political world would have checked it. There were scarcely any merchants in our Piece Hall bn SAurday, and the French revolution was the only topic of conversation. There is a slight improvement in the demand for Yarn, owing to the shippers coming into the market, and the spinners are firm in demanding. old rates. Se veral mills have resumed full time. The stot kof deep grown wools is short, and some sorts inquired for, though the con sumption still falls below an average. Prices without varia tion. NoirribionAst.---Lace: We are happy to announce that the foreign trade is very brisk. The home trade, we regret to say, continues to be flat. Hosiery : If there is any change to be no ticed from our last, we fear it is for the woi se, as most branches of the trade have experienced another shock of great depres sion, quite unprecedented at this season of the year; this, in some measure, may be partly accounted for from the political agitations at home, together with the attentio paid to the strife abroad ? all tending to increase the want of that confi dence which is now so much needed to give, an improved turn in the commercial world. LEICESTER.—The worsted hosiery trade still continues in a very depressed state, and the manufacturers make with ex treme caution. There is no pushing of goods into the market, as they are aware, to make sales, it would be at a ruinous sacri fice. The cotton branch is more brisk, and one or two heavy sales have been effected; still, the spring demand has not yet taken place, nor are there any shipping orders at present to re lieVe the market. Worsted yarns are dull of sale, although wools continue firm. RAILWAY R ECEIPTS The following are the receipts of that is to say, up to the date to are made:— ,1 railways for the past week; which the respective returns RAILWA YS, Amount e 6. d. 0 0 0 795 0 0 0 0 0 715 0 0 2596 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 658 0 0 29 745 0 0 26 704 0 0 27 642 0 0 26 2637 0 0 26 660 0 0 27 10759 0 0 26 956 0 0 20 1000 0 0 26 397 0 0 26 1920 0 0 26 905 0 0 26 1814 0 0 27 15983 0 0 26 99 0 0 26 8522 0 0 25 1322 0 0 0 0 0 26 118 0 0 27 33598 0 0 27. 6 35 0 0 26 1 55 99 0 0 27 6351 0 0 26 2033 0 0 27 538 0 0 927 0 0 -0 0 0 -26' 1751 0 0 - 27 1595 0 0 - 26 1730 0 0 - - 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 - 27 520 0 0 -26 i 581 p -25 644 0 0 - 26 1337 0 0 -27 I /.58: - . 0 0 -27 f 166 0 0 - 26 785 0 0 -26 19689 C 0 -26 (5599 0 0 477, 724 2058 969 1080 15097 Aberdeen Amiens and Boulogne Arbroath and Forfar Birkeuhead, Lan. and Cheshire. Caledonian Cockermouth and Workington Chester and Holyhead Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen East Anglian Edinburgh"and Glasgow Edinburgh and Northern Eastern Counties and N. Eastern East Lancashire Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Ctbrg Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr. Glasgow and Greenock Great Southern and Western Great Western Kendal and Windermere Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Thirsk Londonderry and Enniskillen London . and North-Western London and Blackwall London & Brighton, South Coast London and South-Western M'chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birminp,-- Midland Great Western (Ireland Newmarket Newcastle and Carlisle ..... Norfolk North British... .... . ...... Paris and Rouen Itouen and Havre Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester South-Eastern and Branches South Devon Taff Vale Ulster Whitehaven Junction Wishaw and Coltness York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and North Midland, ix.