The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

ling. 31, 1841: UN! Mita. WANTED, in a Merchanirs office, a respectable YOUTH, of about 16 years of age. The Applicant to %may, in his own handwriting, with address, &c., to L. M. N., STANDARD-OFFICE. ARESPECTABLE FEMALE, twenty-six years of age, wishes for a RE-ENGAGEMENT as NURSE in a Pentleman's Family. She is fully competent to take a Baby from the month. Can have a character from a place she is now leaving. Address, A. B" Mr. JUDSON'S, Printer, Ripon. CONTRACTS FOR POLICE CLOTHING. BOROUGH LIVERPOOL.bfr THE WATCH COMMITTEE HEREBY C TIT f NOTICE, that they are prepared to receive TENDERS r 80,pplying, 'by CONTRACT, the following Articles of "" I AING for the Constabulary Force: namely, 1. 7 40 TOP FOR CONSTABLES. TS. 2. 1678 BODY O COATS and PANTALOONS. 0 „„ u 64 viremen's FROCK COATS and PANTALOONS. 4 . , - Uniform FELT HATS. 5 . 1 !. 2 • 10 Pairs of LEATHER BOOTS. 30 m Pairs of WHITE COTTON GLOVES. 7. ° I L-CLOTH CAPES. • S. 1 800 MILITARY STOCKS. 00 ° ARMLETS. FOR 'INSPECTORS. 1e • 40 TOP COATS. „• 40 FROC K COATS an d PANTALOONS. '" 4 0 MACKINTOSH CAPES. FOR. BRIDEWELL-KEEPERS. 12. 30 BODY COATS, VESTS, and PANTALOONS. 13.‘ 3 0 Plain FELT HATS. Committee reserve to ;themselves the option of dividing 'flY One of the Contracts, as above-mentioned, into Two Lots ` ol ' equal proportions. Persons, therefore, sending in Tenders, are requested to state their prices for the whole of anyone Lot, or for One-half. ,Sample Patterns may be inspected any day between the hours Of Nine and Twelve in the Forenoon, at the Office of the Head -Constable, until MONDAY ' the 20th September. The whole of the Cloth to be WOOL-DYED, and one quality ' and description for the Articles named in Lot 2. The Uniform Buttons for Coats and Vests are provided by 'the Committee. The Committee will not pay for any Sample Patterns sent for inspection except those they approve of for the Contract. The Parties whose Tenders shall be accepted will have to enter into the usual contract with the Watch Committee for the due fulfilment thereof, and also engage to complete and deliver the Goods on the 20th day of April, 1848, to be paid for, on approval, in cash. at the expiration of one month from the delivery. Sealed Tenders, separate from the sample patterns, must be left at the Secretary's Office, not later than FRIDAY, the 24th day of. September next, addressed to the " Chairman of the Watch Committee," (Alderman John Hayward Turner,) and marked "Tender for Clothing, Lot No. -," and any person offering Tenders for more than one lot or number of the afore said Articles must send Namp separate and les and Tenders for each Lot , numbered on the outside as before described. BY order, CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary. No Penteiek-street, 28th August, 1847. geb) Vublltations. JENNY LIND. LANGUAGE OF SONG. THEjThe celebrated CANZONA, sung with so much eclat by with Lin d, in Donizetti's Opera, "La Figlia del Reggimento," inn an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte, by Charles H. "daY, and embellished with The only correct Likeness of that elVDrated Vocalist. Price 2s. L i „,,Au adaptation of the celebrated Melody ung by Mdlle. ja `La Viglia del Reggimento,' and conveys s the best iidea Pnliter style of singing that has yet come under our notice. i tn e port . r ie i r t eu is r a y. most faithful image of the fair cantatricc."— sernd" Z. T. PURDAY, 45, High Holborn, and all Music ers er, post free, sending twenty-four stamps as above. 1,,, E ,,,., 11 G1NEER5, CONTRACTORS, AND ALL INTER- IitN—"' IN THE GREAT ENGINEERING WORKS OF GIAND. BSII -,,, • WILLIAMS and CO. have th' pleasure of *announ ic•ing tnat the most important Work on Engineering everpub ished in this country, is now ready. 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Series ill be distin . c . t and separate. urintin natnr e, it , :in of this of Vi•orks with othemofa SrL conga,ll,l„u.s.,y!ll be seen that . as regards composition,. ln__nt, Groa n ,nis 61 Ai,,,,. Vi s o (,matter, it has . no rival. Tack u / Jo ° Mai w ra T ~,es p Bvo., with N ignette Title and ;. 411 tO boo k CR A P", and the price only Sixpence. , 'seti .°" &Co., 48, Paternoster.row, and sold Or eks of Liverpool) Preston, Maitchestsr, &c. Co be Oolb. MO be SOLD, a bargain, in consequence of the death of a Lady, a very light handsome BROUGHAM, built expressly to order, which was to have accompanied the Lady abroad, painted blue, and, lined in a plain and chaste style, which cannot be surpassed for ease and comfort. No ex pense has been spared to make it a Carriage of distinction. To be seen at HOPKINSON'S Coach Manufactory, Seel-stseet, Liverpool. TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, all that MESSUAGE Or DWELLING-HOUSE, on the west side of Upper Mann-street, Toxteth-park, being No. 82, together with a COTTAGE behind the same; total rental .4'24 10s. ()d. Also, all that Plot of eligible BUILDING LAND, situate on the west side'of Townsend-street and on the north of Holland street, Wellington-road, within Toxteth-park, and contains in front to Townsend-street and on the west side of the same Plot of Land 40 yards, and on the north and south sides thereof respectively 15 yards, be the same more-or less. For further pirtictilars apply to Mr. TROUGHTON, Solicitor, 74, Paradise-street, Liverpool. (IN SALE, pleasantly situated, near Aigburth, a k.. 5 comfortable FAMILY HOUSE, in the Cottage style, with accommodation for a large Family, with Coach-house, Stable, and about an Acre-and-a-Half of Land. Apply to OCTAVIUS WATERHOUSE, Statham's Buildings, Tithebarn.street. TO IRONFOUNDE RS AND OTHERS REQUIRING EXTEN SIVE PREMISES, WITH CONVENIENT ACCESS. TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, 50,000 Yards of LAND, within 21 miles of the Exchange, and having a frontage of 320 yards to the London and North-Western Railway. A sketch of the Property is given below:— and North Western Railway. 320 yards. \ London Prot), tiPerpool to It4vertree. For particulars apply to OCT. WATERHOUSE, Statham's buildings, Tithebarn-street. CO bt SANDFIELD PARK, WEST DERBY. TO be LET, FURNISHED Or UNFURNISHED, a first rate VILLA RFSIDENCE, beautifully situated in Sand field-park, West Derby, containing Three Entertaining Rooms, Kitchen, Pantry, Housekeeper's Room, &c., on the Ground Floor; Six Bed-rooms, Dressing-rooms, Bath-room, Water closet, on the First Floor; Two large Servants' rooms over, Conservatories, Coach-house, and lar . g Garden. For particulars apply to OCTAVIUS WATERHOUSE, Statham's Buildings, Tithebarn-street. MO be LET, a SHOP in one of the principal Tho roughfares in Liverpool, handsomely fitted up for the TEA and COFFEE BUSINESS. For Reference apply at the STANDARD-OFFICE. August 30th, 1847. MO be LET,beautifully situated at Holt-hill, Cheshire, and commanding a fine view of the surrounding country, a HOUSE, with Coach-house and Stable. The House is ele gantly fitted up, and contains Drawing-room, Parlour, and Sitting•rooms, seven Bed-rooms, Butler's Pantry, and Bath room, and large Kitchens. Rent .e 75 per Annum. A HOUSE, containing three Sitting-rooms, five Bed - -rooms, and good Kitchens. Rent per Annum. A HOUSE, with two Sit ting-rooms and four Bed-rooms. Rent .e 35 per Annum. Apply to WILLIAM SHARP, Clifton House, Holt-hill ; or at 16, Drury-lane, Liverpool. PAPER HANGING MANUFACTORY. T, be LET, and may be entered on the Ist of November next, the most extensive PAPER HANGING MANUFACTORY in Liverpool, to which is annexed a commo dious SHOP for the Retail Business, and an extensive Apart ment as a SHOW ROOM, and to which has been attached, for several years past, an extensive HOUSEPAINTING BUSINESS, situate No. 4, Slater-street, two doors from Bold-street. These Premises were erected by the late Mr. James Calloway, expressly for the Business, and wherein he carried on an ex tensive Trade, both in the Wholesale and Retail Departments, which has been successfully continued to the present time. The demand for Paper Hanging is greatly increasing, particu larly in Liverpool and the Neighbourhood, and, with a moderate Capital, a very extensive and profitable Wholesale Manufactory may be carried on in these Premises, for which they are in every respect adapted. The Premises would be Let on Lease, or otherwise, and, also, a convenient Residence adjoining, if required. Apply to !WILLIAM HOSKIN°, Agent for the Trustees, 27, West Derby-street, Liverpool. TO ARTISTS, ENGINEERS, OFFICES, &c. NEW DRAWING AND WRITING PENCILS, Elegantly got up in Polished Cedar, to prevent the Lead Dust adhering to the Pencil and soiling the hands. 3d. each, or 2s-. 6d. per Dozen. Extra letters, (such as hitherto sold at Is. each, 38, &c.,) 6d. each, or ss. per dozen. 78, or Crayon Pencil, now so much used for bold Drawing, and highly recom mended by most eminent Artists, Is. each, or 10s. per Dozen. The Lead in this Pencil is nearly a quarter of an inch thick, and does not break in cutting or using, so that, from the length of time it lasts, it is really cheaper at is. than the ordinary letters at 3d. ROWNEY, DILLON, AND ROWNEY, (LATE ROWNEY AND FORSTEE,) MANUFACTURERS, 51, .RATHBONE-PLACE, LONDON. TESTIMONIALS. From W. G. Herdman, Esq., Secretary of the Society of Arta Liverpool. _ _ "6, Lansdowne place, Everton, 6th March, 1847. • " I have tried the Pencils Manufactured by Messrs. Rowney, Dillon, and Rowney, and find them most free and pleasant to work with ; and capable of producing great depth and richness of effect. " WILLIAM GAWIN HERDMAN." From the London Art Union, " We have recently tried some Lead Pencils manufactured by Messrs. Rowney and Co., which we can confidently recom mend. Their quality is good, both as respects colour and firmness; they are free from grit, do not easily break, and, moreover, are remarkably cheap." From George Barnard, Esq., Head Drawing-Master to Rugb School. " 85, Great Portland-street, London. " Gentlemen,—ln reply to your inquiry respecting my opi nion of the quality and value of your new Pencils, I do not hesitate to say, that I find them excellent in all respects, with entire freedom from grit, and working well whether hard or soft. These qualities, combined with their moderate price, render them very valuable to Artists and their Papils. "Truly yours, " GEORGE BARNARD." To be had at R. H. GRUNDY'S, 26, Church-street ; G. CA R- LyLE,33B. Bold-street; C. E. CHOFFIN, 23, Parker-street; G. KEET, Arcade ; and at most•of the Booksellers and Stationers. Wholesale Agents for Liverpool, G. WCORQUODALE, 38, Castle-street; THOS. ROUGHSEDGE, IL Cable-street. To be had in Manchester, at J. C. GRUNDY'S. Exchange street; Tuos. AGNEW'S, Exchange-street; and, Wholesale, at LOVE and BARTON'S. NICOLL'S PALETOT, OF LLAMA CLOTH, REG.'D 6 AND 7 VIC., CAP. 65.—Messrs Nicoll, Court Tailors, of Regent-street and Cornhill, London, have the honour re spectfully to announce that MESSRS. DAWBARN AND SON, of 110, Bold-street, Liverpool, will continue to be t m l o e es i r t s s ca o hl l ee e eo a r f„fcrue thisnl y t r f e o fea r osit t i l mo a n t e an t b o d r et n hc , i soaantd. establishment w m i l e s h s a r s v . e ht Nicoll a e ll x n c yca l u on - f their patrons residing in its neighbourhood who may re quire, with the Paletot Coats, e ith er D ress or Fr ck, o Trousers, Waistcoats, &c., MESSRS. DAWBARN AND SON being constantly supplied from London with every improvement in taste and fashion, and more particularly as the same principles of business for which their own firm is now well known are maintained by Messrs. Daw barn, viz., very moderate prices, combined with every ex cellence of material for prompt cash payments. Messrs. N. are well aware that there are some fashions which have so little of the enduring principle in them that they sel dom survive the fluctuations of a single season; others, which from their intrinsic merit, acquire a firm footing in public esteem and enjoy a more extensive vogue in pro portion as they become known to the public. To the lat ter order the Paletot has an undoubted claim, as by its unassuming, yet gentlemanly appearance may be ascribed the constant patronage of H. R. H. Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the principal members of the senate, the pulpit, and the bar. Price of Paletot, rich silk lining, two guineas and.a half; not silk, two guineas. The Paletot D'Ete, only weighing a few ounces, one guinea. 110, Bold street, Liverpool. BRITISH INDlA.—British dominion in India may now be said to comprise a territory fluctuating between, if it cannot be admitted virtually to comprehend, an expanse of surface varying from 553,000 to 1,280,000 square miles; with a population alternating between the extremes of 83,000,000 and 134,000,000 of human souls. Surrounded by the extensive and fertile countries of China Burmah, Siam, Persia, Arabia, and the Eastern Archipelago, it may be described as comprising some of the richest and most sumptuous portions of — the globe, terminated by a sea-coast of 1,500 miles, indented with various harbours, .and an interior intersected by the magnificent streams of the Ganges, the Brahmapootra, and the Indus. In cli mate, it is classed by the latest authorities as falling under three general divisions, viz., the Himmaleth, the belt of the flat country, extending frona_the Indus to the Brah mapootra, and Peninsular India. In short, reaching as our Asiatic possessions do from within six degrees of the equinoctial line to the thirty-fifth degree of northern la titude, it may be easily perceived to possess a range from the temperature of the torrid zone to.the region of per petual snow. The agricultural wealth of such a realm is of course of the grandest to be conceived, comprehending all the demands of the vastest commerce. that could be prosecuted. Yet, what is the reason that ,such rich and profuse elements have not attained their rank in the mar kets of the world ? How is it that we import cotton from America ; wheat from various quarters of the globe ; tal low, flax, hemp, from Russia ; that we squabble about sugar from Brazil—when India is the natural storaouse of the empire for every raw product to he yielded by the bounteousness of nature? The trade of India with the whole world has been estimated at about £30,000,000 sterling annually. It may well be hoped to be only in its infancy. It is, however, delightful to reflect upon the impetus which must naturally he given to it by the in crease of her steam power, and the introduction of rail rokik.,-.4.Biatic Journal. . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. REMINISCENCES OF A TOUR TO ENGLAND. BY THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN. (Brom Flogg's Weekly Instructor.) The first spot of English ground on which we touched was the shore of Liverpool, and in the course of three weeks' sojourn we managed to see much of it and its neighbourhood, and to form certain tolerably distinct and decided impressions about both. Coming from Scotland, we were, of course, immediately struck with the points of dissimilarity between Liverpool and our great Scottish cities. Its vast windmills, carrying on their endless mimic warfare with the air; its tall black horses, with long sweeping tails, reminding you of that described by John, whose rider had " a pair of balances in his hand," hurrying hearses along the street ; its funerals, attended by women as well as men ; its spired churches, so visibly and so ostentatiously " established ; " its boys, beggars, raggamuffins, policemen, "and porters—all speaking out their glee, or wants, or wickedness, or coarse conceptions, or brutal fun, in English, in an accent and language we. had been accustomed to associate with gentility and re finement—all contributed to throw a strange and foreign air about the place. The presence, too, of a great empo rium was proclaimed perpetually, in its warehouses and stores, in its gigantic . docks, in its teeming quays, in its multitudinous vessels, and in the strangers, principally from America, who crowd its streets, and make it, as even its inhabitants say, a " half Yankee city." It might move a Jonah or a Paul to see a city so wholly given to the worship of Mammon—the "least erected spirit from heaven that fell," and to whose honour this town is little else than a mighty shrine, for true, heartfelt, and unwearied homage. Liverpool, sooth to say, is little of a literary or intel lectual town. Antiquities it has few or none ; it derives little grandeur from the past, little lustre from the genius of the present, and the only future to which it distinctly points is that of multiplied gain, and not of accelerated spiritual progress. Still, as a hive of busy humanity, as the link connecting us with that " vast old world beyond the deep," and as the love and mistress of the hoary At lantic, it has around it far from a vulgar glory •, and if earth, " which proudly wears the parthenon as the best gem upon her zone," can hardly be called proud, she is not entirely ashamed of this modern Tyre, this " mart of nations," and haven of ships. We propose to conduct our readers to some of the more prominent places we saw, and then to some of the more remarkable persons whom we met or heard in or about Liverpool. We are bound first to say something of the Mechanics' Institution. This institution is certainly one of the re deeming features in the city. It is under excellent management, and seems in a very flourishing condition. Its numerous schools are under the care of able teachers of both sexes. Dr. Hodgson, formerly editor of the _bile Herald, and well known in Scotland as a lecturer on phrenology, is the president of the institute. He still frequently lectures on his favourite topic and others, and, generally, his energy and zeal are the moving spring of the establishment. He is ably seconded by Mr. Thomas Hogg, the secretary, who is also a Scotchman. Lectures are delivered in the Institution hall twice a-week, during part of autumn, all winter, and on till the middle of sum mer. Of these we saw and heard enough to be satisfied, in the first place, that they do not to any considerable de gree reach the class for which they are professedly de signed—they ire attended more by the middle classes than by mechanics ; and, secondly, to confirm us in an opinion we expressed long ago, that lecturing, as a source of in tellectual advantage, is mightily overrated, and that as a medium of communication between the higher minds of the age and the, community, it is worthless, and ought forthwith to be abandoned by these to the glib declaimers, the impudent quacks, the needy literateurs, and—save the mark !—the ladies who are driving in it so brisk and profitable a trade. We saw, besides, most of the usual sights of Liverpool. Nelson's Monument struck us, as it does most people, as the grossest piece of affectation in stone we had ever seen; and affectation in sculpture, like affectation in the pulpit, is particularly offensive. It insults the severe and naked majesty of the art, and changes that pure and terrible tool, the chisel, into the toy of an ambitious child. As fitly almost conceive of the tongue of the lightning be coming a flatterer of greatness or the instrument of con ceited conception as the point of the chisel ! The Town hall is a splendid edifice, and our fancy fired as it conceived the immense lustre suspended from its ceiling lighted up, and pouring a richer day upon the guests who are favoured at times to feast below it. In the Park we had a deli cious walk on one of the last evenings of May, and the cool and silent water, the rich grassy fields, the stripes of shrubbery and wood, the cheerful faces of the company, composed a scene from which the red, rayless sun seemed slowly and reluctantly to retire. Another very pleasant night was passed 'at the Zoological Gardens.=These, though not equal, it is said to the gardens in London, in terested us much, who had never seen any similar sight before. We admired the sweet winding walks, did not inquire too severely into the pretensions of the gaily dressed throngs of ladies and gentlemen we met, paid due devoirs to the wolves, bears, lions, leopards, eagles, owls, &c., which were doing their best for the amusement of the company, and were particularly struck with the ele phant—the largest we have yet seen, and which amazed us precisely as a Cockney is amazed at the first sight of a mountain. It seemed some huge dream of nightmare stalking across the view. We felt disposed to rub our eyes and then go forward and test by touch its objective reality, till lo ! the dream began to move and move to wards us. and soon its crushing contact might have taught us that it was no mere vision. And then he looked like a half-animated mass, made not of the fiery dust, whence the tiger and lion are taken, but of the dough of nature ; his eye seemed scarce awake, and his principal life concentrated in that " serpent between his eyes " the restless trunk, which moved as if impatient of confine ment to such a lumpish frame. We were transported to the days of Pyrrhus, and could easily figure the Roman soldier trembling through his mail at the sight of the tall towered monster, as though an Apennine were in motion. After asking its keeper if they kept a Pegasus in these gardens, and being solemnly assured that they did not, we proceeded to the great show of the night—the fireworks ; and there certainly we found a very pretty caricature of Pandemonium, We stood, as it were, in the midst of a whole world of tickled flame—of laughing gas, and wild was the mirth of the exploding rockets, the dancing lights, the showering, shivering sparkles, and fantastic and fairy forms that seemed self-assumed by the tipsy element ; and great the glee of the crowd, delighted to see the object of their terror nodding and doing them courtesies, and becoming so tame, tractable, and amusing, as to brighten every eye, set off every fair face, convulse every chest with laughing wonder, without singeing one hair or burning one finger. And behind us, meanwhile, the evening star and Jupiter were shining. Was it in mild reproach at us for so admiring the aspiring cinders that were flashing into everlasting darkness all around ? Be patient, we thought, ye bright tremblers ; shine on in your courses, and, like great poets momentarily eclipsed by shallow rhymsters, say "we bide our time," Nor was that time long to come. The lights speedily paled, the mimic conflagration burned out, the palace of the king of France sank like a dream, the last rocket came hissing down, and then again, not un-noticed even by that frivo lous multitude, appeared, in their calm immortality, the " street lamps of the city of God." And yet the thought arose, are there not beings who, from their high vantage ground, see in those stedfast seeming stars only a flight of larger rockets, and in those heavens burning themselves out, the true and only general conflagration already be gun Pondering this speculation, we returned, pensive but much pleased, from that evening's entertainment. On the bright and burning afternoon of a holiday in the town, in company with a gentleman, to whose un ceasing attention and kindness we owed much of the plea sure we derived in Liverpool, we sailed up the river to Eastham. This is a favourite resort of the Liverpoolians on holidays. We liked the scene for its intensely English character. There was, close to the shore, an elegant inn ; all its windows open, and all its rooms crowded with pleasant parties. Beside it were tea-gardens, looking so temptingly cool amid the heat of the day, and all flutter ing with the gay dresses and lively motions of the citizens. Behind, through woods, you reached a wide rich common, commanding an extensive prospect of the interior ,of the country and of the river, from Liverpool to Runcorn. A. female school, turned loose on the green to enjoy them selves, added a peculiar interest to the scene. A mile or two inwards lies the village of Eastham. On our way to it we met numerous donkey parties in high glee , whose merry shouts of l aug ht er m i g h t have made old' Giant Despair smile, even when his fits were on him. Eastham we found a very fair specimen of the southern village. We entered a little house in it, and had a tolerable tea for not above twice what it was worth. We then leaped the dyke of the churchyard, and delighted ourselves with peer ing into the windows of the church—a plain old edifice— with examining a large yew-tree literally mouldering be fore our eyes, and with studying the march of intellect and the state of " British Literature " in the epitaphs on the tombstones. Another day we drove to the village of Hale, a village which lies to the east of Liverpool. On our way we halted at Wavertree, once the abode of Mrs. Hemans. Having all along had a deep interest in this beautiful writer, and having so recently written on her merits, we could not choose but stop and see the spot where she had • spent two or three years of her life. The house stands at the west end, somewhat apart from the village, and is marked and shaded by some large trees. A decent-look ing elderly Englishwoman gave us a very cordial recep tion. She showed us the room where Mrs. Hemans was wont to write her poetry. It has now become a snug kitchen, and, had time and tide permitted, we s h ou ld have liked to have verified our conviction that the steaks now produced in it were quite as good in their way as the songs had been. The spot is quiet and cool, but hardly retired enough for the purposes of a poetess. The hoarse sough of the city is too audible. To this place Mrs. Hu mans was allured by her intimacy with the family of Henry Park, Esq., then resident, at Wavertree. Lodge, and Mrs. Laurence, of . Wavertree Hall. Here she wrote the " Songs of the Affections." She left it in the spring of 1831 for Dublin, whence she was never destined to return. It is much visited, we are told, by Americans, who vent on Mrs. Hemans a peculiar portion of their cheap entusy musy. We ourselves " felt, or deemed we felt, no com mon glow," as we fancied the form of the dove-like poetess standing before the window, through which an afternoon sun, split by the trees into a thousand glorious fragments, was streaming in ; or hurried, on the soft warm wind of her gentle afflat us , i n t o t h e i nner apartments to record the thoughts and feelings which those intense atoms of brightnes‘ awakened in her mind. On Tuesday, Alexander Hume, a child three years and a-half o ld, living in Bayhorse-lane, was burned to death in the absence.of the ,parents. and lard, from L on d on an d Liverpool, Th e importations in the last week in c l u d e beef, pork, le harns, Leweo h o e,a, in his work on the m i croscope , says fr h .i i e t k he eiro rtoista2ii , that the mite makes 500 steps in a aecond. Each leaf on a tree 'az a coi 'vy of insects grazing on it like oxen o n a autadow. Pete articles of .export from Limerick.—Linze- STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION ON THE THAMES• SEVERAL LIVES LOST. An accident of a most terrific and unusual nature, we regret to say attended with a serious loss of life, occurred on Friday morning, about half-past nine o'clock, at the pier of the halfpenny steam-boats, below Hungerford bridge. As the Cricket, halfpenny steam-boat, with the deck crowded with passengers, was about to start for Lon don bridge, a fearful report, which was heard at great distances around drew all eyes in the direction of the steam-boat, and, to the horror of the beholders, fragments of the vessel and human beings were seen scattered in the air in every direction. The boilers had burst, and the explosion sent all behind the paddle-box to,atoms. Only the keel of the after part of the boat remained, all the rest having been scattered about in pieces in every direc tion. The unfortunate passengers shared the same fate ; some were precipitated into the river, and others cast upon the shore and the numerous craft lying near the spot. The boilers burst into fragments, and parts of them were thrown to a distance of twenty or thirty yards. Immediately on the explosion being heard, crowds rushed to the spot from all parts of the Strand and the neighbourhood, and a great many boats came from the Surrey side of the river to behold the dreadful scene. For at least ten minutes after the fatal event, several persons were busily engaged in taking up the unfortunate passen gers. Very few of them were able to walk—not one escaped unhurt—several had heads, legs, arms, or some other members broken or injured ; a great many who were precipitated into the river, although not killed by the explosion, were unable, from the effect of the shock, to attempt to extricate themselves, and were drowned before their bodies were discovered, or assistance could be ren dered to them ; and there were others who were killed directly by the accident. The Cricket, at the time of this terrible explosion, was crowded with several hundred passengers, and there were a great many running along the pier to get on board, but who fortunately escaped uninjured. The engines of the Cricket were high-pressure engines. One of the parties injured, the call boy, received a fracture of the skull, and died soon afterwards. Four bodies were taken from the vessel and the river, and two on Saturday, and it is feared that the river may yet have other corpses to yield up. On Saturday an attempt was made to raise the vessel, and soon after ten o'clock three barges were moored along side the steamer. By twelve o'clock the chains were set underneath the boat, and it was then fixed upon to raise the remains at the ensuing tide. At half-past three the attempt was made, when she was raised up as far as the paddle-wheels. She was then examined, but no person was found in either cabin. The head of the boat was then turned towards shore, when the chain at midship slipped, and the other broke; the result of which was, that the boat went down with great force. As a considerable time elapsed before the chains gave way, several of those em ployed were enabled to make not only a minute examina tion of the boat, but also to remove some portions of the engine. Although the boat was raised in the course of the day, she broke in half, and thus added to the losses of the company, which will be compelled, under Lord Campbell's act, to make compensation to the families of those who have been killed. The deceased persons have been identified, one of whom is John Littleton, costermonger, who resided at No. 6, Bloomsbury-street ; others, George Shute, Farmer's buildings, Mile-end, also a costermonger ; John Blunt, watchmaker ; Thomas Shade, the call-boy ; and John Buckley, aged 19, the engineer. In the course of the morning, a widow lady called at the hospital, and stated that her son, William Smith, aged 39, and her son-in-law, John Beadle, aged 25, left home on Friday morning to proceed to the city by one of the early boats, neither of whom had since been heard of, and she was afraid they were drowned. Fourteen persons were taken to the Charing Cross Hos pital after the accident, of whom two are dead. There were two boilers in the steam-boat, abreast of each other, one of which (the starboard boiler) exploded. The boilers are tubular, the fire being placed in a large tube, say of 3 or 4 feet in diameter within the boiler, and therefore surrounded by water. The flame or heated air is returned to the front of the boiler by about 60 or 70 tubes of about 2 inches in diameter, and it is the use of these small tubes that gives the boilers the name of " tubular." The chief advantage of these boilers is. that a larger heating surface is obtained in a smaller space than when the old-fashioned flues were exclusively used. It is said that a saving of not less than one ton of coals per day is gained by the description of engines used on board the Cricket. The boilers were three-eighths of an inch thick in every part except the steam-chest or dome, which was five-sixths of an inch thick. The tube-plates were three quarters of an inch thick. The boiler case was six feet six inches long, the fire tube two feet six inches, and the smaller tubes one-eighth of an inch thick. A DAY AT AIGBURTH ; WITH A PEEP AT THE MYSTERIOUS MACHINE. BY HUMPHREY JOHNSON. Eager to procure a relaxation from the bustle and toil of every-day life, and, at the same time, to inhale as much as possible of a purer atmosphere than that of Liverpool, I determined, a few days ago, to " sink the shop" for a time, and seek some retreat where my enjoyments should have as little of the alloy of care as possible. The representa tions of a friend having induced.me to select Aigburth as the scene of my rustication, I stept into one of Laurence's omnibuses, which, in due course of time, deposited me safely at the door of the Aigburth Hotel. The day was one of nature's best and brightest, and contributed no little to enhance the beauty of the scenes through which I had passed ; and, I must confess that, in all my perambu lations, I have rarely travelled over six miles of country better calculated to call forth admiration than those be tween Liverpool and Aigburth. The long avenue of stately trees, whose boughs project from either side of the road, mingling their branches at the centre, and bearing a strong resemblance to a grand triumphal arch, forms an agreeable adjunct to the handsome villa residences of the merchant princes of Liverpool, which so thickly stud the locality, and burst upon the view in rapid and pleasing succession. My first care, on reaching the hotel, was to bespeak a share of creature comforts" from mine host's larder and cellar. That (to an Englishman) the most important part of a coun try excursion being done, I strolled into the gardens which I found laid out with taste and judgment, and abounding in choice specimens of plants and flowers, decked in all the gorgeous colours of high perfection. In the centre of the garden is a fountain, the waters of which fall into a basin, tenanted by gold and silver fishes. Several good speci mens of statuary effectively placed over the grounds, give a pleasing variety to their appearance. A full length statue of Psyche, with busts of several eminent men well known in Liverpool, Manchester, Chester, &c., hold prominent positions ; nor must I forget a well executed statue of a bull, whose appearance induces a belief that the hero of the china shop has abandoned his crockery destroying propensities, and,become the domesticated guest of Flora. Numerous grottos and arbours admirably suited for the enjoyment of " cigars and cold without," are placed in convenient and picturesque situations. As I approached one extremity of the garden, my eye fell upon a huge structure, having the appearance of a booth ; on enquiring what it was. I was told it contained " The Mys terious Machine," of which I had heard so much and of which I was exceedingly anxious to get a sight. My wishes were scarcely expressed, when the gentleman under whose superintendence the machine is being produced, offered to show me over it ; this he did in the most cour teous manner possible, but at the same time exhibiting so much reserve in answering my questions, that I must acknowledge I left the spot little wiser than when I entered upon it. The whole affair is to me involved in deep mystery, and whether this strange piece of mechanism is intended to mount upon the winds or descend into the sea, this deponent knoweth not, but may say with the showman, it must be seen to be believed." I will attempt a description. It is tubular in form, and upwards of 120 feet long, and 36 feet in circumference at the broadest part, being con siderably broader at one end than the other. It is built of pine planks, free from knots and made air-tight. From the little I could gather from my conductor, " I guess " that the small end is intended for the stern, at which I ap prehend the propelling power will be placed. The en trance-door is at the side :and near the widest part ; on entering I found a door on my left, opening into a small state or anti-room, intended to be fitted up in a superior style. This room will receive light from a glass door; there is also a window in the roof (to which there is a winding staircase) to enable a good look out to be kept. The remaining portion of the interior is, I understand, intended for a public saloon, capable of containing con sideably more than 100 persons, for whose accommodation seats will be placed on each side. This saloon will be lighted by dead lights and furnished in an unique and suitable manner. At the stern there is another opening to the roof or deck. Of the propelling power I could learn nothing. In fact everything with this strange " nondescript," save its accommodation for pas sengers, is shrouded in mystery, the development of which will, doubtless, prove an interesting epoch in this scientific age. I ascertained that no less than two years will elapse before the completion of the machine. Although longing, with almost a woman's curiosity, to know more, good breeding prevented me from prying any further into a secret the divulging of which might expose the projectors to the risk of rivalry. I was, therefore, compelled to rest satisfied with what I had seen, and, after thanking my conductor, I quitted the building yard and hastened to discuss what was far less mysterious to me—a good dinner. I must here remark that the repast was all the most fastidious could have wished, and at a reasonable cost. After sitting a while I betook myself to the grounds, where I found numerous parties of well dressed visitors, including a fair sprinkling of the far famed Lancashire witches, whose sparkling eyes and joy ous looks gave a decided finish to the picture. A green, upon which several parties were enjoying the once classical game of bowls next attracted my attention, as also did several specimens of wild animals, birds, &c. After some time spent in a second interview with my conductor of the morning, ( for the mysterious machine still ran in my head,) the "last buss" was announced, and I took leave of Host Prest perfectly satisfied with my day's enjoyment. The ride home, though last, was not least in its contribu tion to my pleasure. The beautiful and picturesque avenue through which I passed lost nothing by the ab sence of old Sol. On the contrary, the scene was ren dered far more interesting when bathed in the silvery light of the moon, riding in a cloudless sky, mingling in its soft beams with the foliage of the trees, and producing an effect at once grand and magnificent. I was vet in the midst of a reverie, induced by the scene I had just left, when the rattling of the vehicle over the broad pavement indicated my:approach to Liverpool, and the termination of my rural excursion. " I cannot close " A day at Aigburth without express ing my unqualified approbation of the attention and cour tesy of all parties connected with Host Prest' s establish ment, with whom I came in contact. I have , therefore , no hesitation in recommending all who wish to "leave the gay and festive scene," and " hark to the woods away," to try Aigburth, where pleasure awaits them on econo mical terms, and at a cost for conveyance of one penny per mile, in first-class omnibuses. In fact, it is a matter of great surprise to me, that whilst other places of a similar description are held forth to the public in glow ing terms, so little is heard of a locality possessing facili ties for enjoyment of more than ordinary description. I confess a strong partiality for the place, and promise my self many a repetition of " a day at Aigburth." HOYLAKE RACES.-THIIRSDAY. The HACK STAKES of 1 sov. each, with five added, once round and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Leach's Gipsey Queen, aged, list 131 h, (owner) beating Mr. Ball's Bendigo, 4 yrs, list. 111 b; and Mr. Parson's Mystery, 6 yrs, list. 31b. The GREEN LODGE HOTEL CUP, value 10 sovs, added to a sweepstake s o f th ree sovs . each, one mile and a half, five subs, was won in two heats by Mr. Davis's Tom Bowling, 4 vrs, Bst. 21b., (E. Lloyd,) beating Mr. Ed ward's b g by Voltaire. A SCENE IN THE LONDON CRIMINAL COURT, On Saturday, when Mr. Commissioner Bullock was about to retire, that Mr. Justice Erie might take his seat on the bench, the following scene took place : Mr. Platt (with some warmth)—l am sorry to-interrupt your lordship, but the person by my side (pointing to Mr. Newton, the barrister), has made use of the most dis gusting language, and applied a most offensive epithet to me—l mean the epithet ' scoundrel," and I must call upon the court to protect me. I feel, my lord, that lam disgracing myself in speaking to or of him. 1 hope your lordship will interfere. Mr. Newton.—The learned counsel is disgracing him self in -making such a statement, in which there is not one single word of truth. Mr. Cooper.—My lord, T can confirm every word that has been said by my learned friend Mr. Platt, and that the conduct of this person has been most disgusting. Mr. Newton.—My lord, when I came into court I saw a vacant seat here, and I took possession of it, when the conduct of this person became very offensive and intolera able, but I did not make use of the expression which he attributes to me. Mr. Ryland.—My lord, we all heard the epithet scoun drel applied to him. A Juryman—Yes, my lord, we heard it distinctly. Mr. Commissioner Bullock addressing Mr. Newton) — Since your statement has been contradicted, I cannot be lieve what you state, more especially when the statement made by Mr. Platt is confirmed by several persons ; and when such gross epithets were applied to a learned coun sel, he has, in my opinion, a right to vindicate himself. Mr. Newton.—l should like to know what is the nature of the application ? Mr. Commissioner Bullock.—l do not know what is the nature of the application, but the complaint made by Mr. Platt is, that you applied offensive and disgusting epithets to him. Mr. Newton.—l used the term " scoundrel," because this person, who is no gentleman, applied an offensive epithet to me. When 1 came into the seat, which was vacant, he applied the term " blackguard" to me. Mr. Platt.—l did not use any offensive epithet until you applied the term " scoundrel" "to me. When you did apply that term to me, I certainly made use of the term blackguard," which I was perfectly justified in doing und4r the circumstances. _ _ . M. Newton.—When I made use of the term "scoun drel," it was under very great provocation.: When I came in and took possession of the vacant seat at the bar, he asked me if I was waiting for a case. That appeared to me a most extraordinary question, and one which no gentleman would have asked. I understood that these seats were open to any member of the bar of England. Mr. Commissioner Bullock.—Yes, that is perfectly true ; but why did you make use of such disgusting lan guage ? Mr. Newton—l should like to know why I should be obstructed in approaching an empty seat, or why I should be questioned before I took possession of it ? Mr. Cooper—My lord, he was not obstructed in ap proaching the seat. I was sitting by the side of my learned friend, Mr. Platt, when this person came in and rudely pushed by me, and then unceremoniouly seated himself between us. Although I thought such conduct anything but gentlemanlike, I made no observations upon it. Mr. Newton—When I came in the seat was vacant. No person has since left the bar. I have occupied the seat, and you can see there is sufficient room, and that ought to prove to you that the seat was vacant. I deny having passed this person (pointing to Mr. Cooper) rudely, and I was first insulted by this individual (pointing to Mr. Platt), before I applied to him the term " scoundrel." Mr. Commissioner Bullock—l advise " the gentleman" who has, as it appears to me, without any provocation, made use of such improper language, to apologize. The judge is coming. I hope he will do so, and that the mat ter will drop. Mr. Newton—lf Mr. Platt will apologise to me, and say that he withdraws the expression which he has applied to me, I shall then apologize to him, and say that the language I made use of was unfounded, and was occa sioned by heat and irritation. The learned judge here entered,and the subject dropped, to the no small regret of the spectators, who were de lighted with so delectable a specimen of the courtesy and amenity of the " gentlemen of the bar."—Sunday pap er. CHOLERA AT CHORLEY.—Several eases of malignant cnolera have occurred in Chorley during the past week, in which death has ensued after a period of only a few hours duration. As the eating of unripe fruit has been frequently found to have caused the attack or greatly to have accelerated the disease, too great caution cannot be excercised in this respect by the public.—Manchester Courier. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—A notice issued on Tuesday from the General Post-office states that the Government of the United States having raised the transit rates of postage chargeable on newspapers conveyed through the American territory in the closed mails between Great Britain and Canada, all newspapers hereafter forwarded by the closed mails to or from Canada will be liable to the charge of one penny each, instead of one halfpenny as heretofore, and this rate will be levied on the delivery of each newspaper, whether in the United Kingdom or in Canada. CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN AUSTRALIA. —On Thursday last, at a meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Lang delivered a very clear and con vincing speech, on the adaptation of a very large extent of territory in South Australia, on its north eastern side, being suitable for the cultivation of cotton, by means of European free labour. He was listened to with great attention, and questions were afterwards put to him, the replies to which tended to establish the facts he had stated. He showed satisfactorily in what manner poor persons in this country might be enabled to emigrate, and pursue the cultivation of cotton with advantage to themselves and to their country. A vote of thanks was passed to him for his valuable communication. We shall probably revert to the subject when our space will permit. THEATRE ROYAL, WILLI AMSON-SQUARE.—Mr. C. Pitt, a well-known favourite in Liverpool, commenced an engagement of five days last night, previous to his depar ture for America, where, if rewarded as very inferior men have been, he will reap an ampl e rewar d f or hi s un d ou b te d talent. he piece was Othello, which was given with all the strength of the house. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—In addition to the continued attraction which the sterling dramas enacted at this theatre afford to the play-going public, and a further de velopment of the talents of the Lauri Family, the won derful feats of strength and agility performed by Signor Letort have been very highly applauded. THE METAPHYSICAL THEORY 0* PERCEPTION. — When a man consults his own nature, in an impartial spi rit, he inevitably finds that his genuine belief in the exis tence of matter is not a belief in the independent existence of matter per se—but is a belief in the independent exist ence of the perception of matter which he is for the time participating in. The very last thing which he naturally believes in, is, that the perception is a state of his own mind, and that the matter is something different from it, and exists apart in naturd rerum. He may say that he believes this, but he never does really believe it. At any rate, he believes in the first place that they exist together, wherever they exist. The perception which a man has of a sheet of paper, does not come before him as something distinct from the sheet of paper itself. The two are iden tical : they are indivisible: they are not two, but one. The only question then is, whether the perception of a sheet of paper (taken as it must be in its indissoluble to tality) is a state of the man's own mind—or is no such state. And in the settlement of this question, there can not be a doubt that he believes in the second place, that the perception of a sheet of paper is not a modification of his own mind, but is an objective thing, which exists alto gether independent of him, and one which would still exist, although he, and all other created beings were annihi lated. All that he believes to be his (or subjective) is his participation in the perception of this object. In a word, it is the perception of matter per se, which is the kind of matter, in the independent and permanent existence of which man rests and reposes his belief. There is no truth or satisfaction to be found in any other doctrine. This metaphysical theory of perception is a doctrine of pure in tuitionism : it steers clear of all the perplexities of repre sentationism ; for it gives us in perception only one—that is, only a proximate object : this object is the perception of matter,—and it is one indivisible object. It is not, and cannot be, split into a proximate and a remote object. The doctrine, therefore, is proof against all the cavils of scepticism. We may add, that the entire objectivity of this datum (which the metaphysical doctrine proclaims) makes it proof against the imputation of idealism,—at least of every species of absurd or objectionable idealism. But what are these objective perceptions of matter, and to whom do they belong ? This question leads us to speak of the circumstance which renders the metaphysical doc trine of perception so truly valuable. This doctrine is va luable chiefly on account of the indestructible foundation which it affords to the a priori argument in favour of the existence of a God. The substance of the argument is this,—matter is the perception of matter. The perception of matter does not belong to man ; it is no state of the human mind—man merely participates in it. But it must belong to' some mind,—for perceptions without an intelli gence in which they inhere are inconceivable and contra dictory. They must, therefore, be the property of the Divine mind ; states of the everlasting intellect ; ideas of the Lord and Ruler of all things, and which come before us as realities,—so forcibly do they contrast themselves with the evanescent and irregular ideas of our feeble un derstandings. We must, however, beware, above all things, of regarding these Divine ideas as mere ideas. An idea, as usually understood, is that from which all reality has been abstracted ; but the perception of matter is a Divine idea, from which the reality has not been ab stracted, and from which it cannot be abstracted.— Blackwood's Magazine. • PRIESTLY PERSECUTION IN KINSALE- (From the Cork Constitution.) Before we received the following letter we had heard of the persecution referred to, as well as of the scene in the• street—a scene possibly in keeping with the principles cd the Priest, and the spirit of his system, but utterly at variance with the spirit and principles of the British Call stitution. We did not, however, feel at liberty to allude to it, as our informant, though himself" satisfied of the accuracy of his information, was not as eye-witness. _ - - The writer of the letter gives us his name, and all we can say is, that the performers in the deeds which have - disgraced the town, and put in jeopardy the lives of res pectable inhabitants, ought to be indicted. Nothing short of legal conviction and legal punishment will stop them, unless, indeed, their Bishop interpose, and pe remptorily forbid a continuance of conduct which has provoked the reprobation of almost every respectable Romanist. We believe, in fact, that a representation has been made to him—at least, we heard that a deputation was to have waited on him yesterday in order to invoke his interference. Whether he will think proper to grant it we know not, but the sufferers must be protected. For our parts, we wish they had the manliness to abandon a system whose priests are prosecutors, as they in their own . persons feel, and to defy the despotic intolerants who,. proud of the power which they derive from the darkness and delusion in which their votaries are nursed, trample with relentless heel on every professor of their creed who► ventures to disobey them. 1 - low can—we put it t o th em as men—how can they continue allegiance to a tyranny which they strengthen by submission ? What do they gain from it—what do they owe to it ? Wh ere w it ness they anything of the kind among Protestants ? Where is the clergyman who would dare to threaten the poorest of his people ? Where is the congregation that would - not feel itself degraded by a voluntary tolerance of the insult And why should Romanists be less independent ? In a Romish country there would be reason for it,. for in such a country the rack would rend, or the pincers tear them if they moved a lip against ecclesiastical intolerance;' but in a free country, protected by free lows. and surrounded by free men, why not assert the liberty the law allows, and crush the tyranny that tortures them ? It is their own interest we are consulting when we exhort them thus. Policy might, perhaps, council us to refrain,. and let the Priest strain the cord until it snapped ; but humanity must not be postponed to policy. As fellow subjects we have a fellow feeling. We desire their eman cipation— their emancipation in the best, the highest, the mast ennobling sense the term can be employed in ; but are they worthy of emancipation if they make no effort to achieve it ? If ever there was a proposition plainer than another in Romanist experience it ought to be this—that without spiritual freedom political freedom is impossible. Talk as Romanists will, they are the veriest serfs, the mass of them, that ever bent neck or knee to tyrant, awl their tyranny is the most vulgar, the most brutal, the most despicable and the most degrading that ever sunk the soul in slavery. When will they awake to a sense of their humiliatiop ? When will they burst the chain and stand up in the attitude that becomes them ? When will they teach their teachers that they h ave r i g ht s w i th which intrusive ecclesiastics must not intermeddle ? When will they go forth in the freedom which the poorest Protestant would not part with to the proudest Priest that ever strode in purple ? Do they not in their hearts feel that there is a difference between the servility of their system and the liberty of ours ? And which is the more conducive to in dividual comfort and national elevation ? Let them look at the history of the world—at the condition of Europe or of America North or South, and let their consciences whisper which ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORR CONSTITUTION. Kinsale, August 26th, 1847. SlR,—Allow me through the medium of your journal to draw the attention of the public to the outrageous per secution carried on by the priests of this town against certain Roman Catholics who supported Mr. Guinness at the late election. These devoted Panics have been; r 4-- peatedly denounced from the altar as " traitors to their country," as " infamous beings accursed in the sight of God and man," to hold any communication with whom. would imply a participation in their guilt and their con demnation. All this was bad enough, but it was only the prelude to the following scene which was enacted yes terday, Father —* being the principal performer. A woman, named Royle, residing in the house of one James Cartwright, a Roman Catholic who voted for Mr- Guiness, being taken ill, desired the attendance of the- Priest ; he accordingly came, but on arriving at the door stopped, and having abused Cartwright in no mea sured terms, designating him as a " traitor," " devil,"" &c., &c., (to the great delight of an admiring crowd Mice had assembled in the street) he finally refused to visit the woman while she remained under " that accursed' roof," adding that he would make Cartwright suffer foe his conduct, to which announcement the Sans Cullottes responded by shouting "turn him into a cat, your Rever ence "—turn him into a rock," The woman was at length removed to an opposite house, and the Priest, 1 suppose, proceeded to administer to her that sacrament for partaking in which he had prepared his mind in sa befitting a manner. I am, Sir, truly yours, A * Our correspondent g i ves th e na e, bu t OF LIBERTY. , but we purposely omit it. ARE WE TO HAVE A THANKSGIVING-DAY ?- 4 ` Without a solitary exception," says the accounts from Ireland, " the report of the grain crops, north, east, south, and west, are of the most cheering nature ; and there is every appearance of the harvest being one of more than average abundance." In England and Scotland we have the same joyous prospect before us—we might almost say without. any fear of its being realized ; so much of the crops have been gathered, while what remains yet to be reaped is considered beyond the reach of the ordinary vicissitudes which frequently blight the hopes of the husbandman.. What, then, are we about? Are we not bound to look upon this abundant harvest as the answer of a merciful God to our supplications ? The latter can have no mean ing if the former be not thus interpreted. A whole nation prostrated itself in prayer before the Almighty, and ear nestly besought him to avert a repetition of the scarcity of last year. Did we pray in vain ? And if we did not, what is the pleasing duty which prayers answered impose ? What, but thanksgiving ? We will not doubt, therefore,. that, at the proper time, our spiritual rulers will prepare a suitable form, whereby the people may offer up their heart-felt acknowledgments for the mercies they have ke ceived.—John Bull. THE LATE FRENCH MURDER. —One of the Paris papers of Saturday gives the answers of Madame Luzzy to intero gatories put to her. She states in the most formal man ner, that the duchess never expressed to her the least suspicion of an improper connection between her and her husband. " The duchess may have said that to others," she added, "but never to me." Two years ago, wliexa in Corsica with her pupils, at one of the estates of the Marshal Sebastiani, a journal published that she had taken to flight with the Duke de Praslin. In conse quence of this she resolved to leave the house immediately, but the marshal, father of the duchess, opposed this, re presenting that such a measure would be a confirmation of the rumour. The duchess showed great coldness and dissatisfaction at seeing Madlle. de Luzy abandon her de termination and remain in the house. However this seemed gradually to wear away ; and especially within the last year the duchess had become kind towards her... . Mdlle. de Luzy adds that she was thunderstruck when, in the month of July last, a priest, a friend of the family,. told her that her presence in the Praslin family was &. cause of trouble, and that she could no longer remain there. To the question which arose from the facts which accused the duke of having caused the death of his wife,. Mdlle. de Luzy replied,—' Oh ! no, no, no, gentlemen,. tell me that that is not the case ? It is impossible ! He I he, who could not bear to see one of his children suffer f No ! Do not tell me that it is he! You say that grave charges arise, hut say rather that there exists suspicion that will not be justified ! No ! no !' As she spoke she fell on her knees, clasped her hands, and b en t h er h ea d to the ground. ,Oh ! she resumed, oh, tell me, gentle men, I beg of you! But no ! If you told me I wonhi not believe it,—no, never ! She then paused and p r e sse d her forehead with her hands. 'lt is impossible !' she continued. My conscience tells me that he did not der. it ! But if he did it, oh God ! why then it is I—l alone who am guilty,—l who loved the children so much, who adored them ! I have been cowardly ! I dreaded mis fortune, misery, and knew not how to resign myself to my lot !' After another pause, she proceeded,—` That is all mycrime ! Write it, sir!' she added, lookingfixedlyat the magistrate, ' yes, write it ! He must have demanded that unfortunate letter which was to vouch for my character. she must have refused it, and then !—Oh. yes ! It is l— it is I alone who am guilty Write it ! write it l' " NATURE'S POWERS AND PRODUCTS SHELVED BY .ART. —lnvention is the leading feature of the day, celerity its natural concomitant. These features are exhibited in every species of art and science. Literature, music, painting, sculpture,architecture, engraving, mechanics, engineering,. all are influenced by them, and exhibit a marked character• from their presence. Nature herself would appear to be inadequate to the task of providing necessaries for our arti ficial requirements. The horse, most noble, patient, and symmetrical of her bounteous gifts—the type of swiftness,. strength, and beauty—stands at a discount in competition. with the fire-breathing locomotive : the breeze, once deemed sufficient to waft the wealth of the Indies to our recipient shores, now idly beats the spray caused by the revolving paddle of the steam-ship—nay, the very seasons,. short of their prerogative of producing fruits and flowers when nature so ordained, are anticipated in their intentions and forestalled in their productions by the precociously generative powers of the hot-house and forcing -bed 1- 7'lle Builder. INDURATED AND IMPERVIOUS STONE COMPANY.— We have seen the prospectus of a company under the above title, formed for carrying o u t severa l patent inven tions for indurating stones of all d escr i pt i ons naturally soft, and rendering them as compact as polished marble, quite impervious to air and water, and not affected bx heat or frost by the intr o d uc ti on o f a cement of s i m i l a r qualities; a process for hardening plaster of Paris, and. rendering it compact for purposes of decoration, and giving it various colours ; and, also, simple hand chtnery for sawing, ripping, rubbing, and polishing all kinds of stone, marble, and granite. These are the several operations which the company propose to undertake ; and„ although in the absence of any specimens of the work, iti would be premature in us to give a n opinion on the merits,. . we may just observe, that there in England a wide field for the carrying out such inventions, provided they are perfect in their results, and economical. Many of try softer kinds of stone found in this country in vast ahnna ance, and which are comparatively useless, would thus be rendered available, and with a fair return to the share_ holders. promised the sight of some specimens , . na fw Nlr e and shall return to the subject in our next.. e days, The capital is to be .:C300,000, in 30,000 shares of. ;Eh:t each—the calls not to exceed 10s. per share ; but the. prospectus states that the promoters calculate that sat . more than one-half the amount will be required.—Mj u i s .7; , - • Journal. ~ . _;,. I