The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-16 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge expired onMondaynizht. The following officialannouneementwas immediately issued : " CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, 10 o'clock. " His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, after passing a tranquil day, expired somewhat suddenly, and without suffering, at 20 minutes before 10." MEMOIR OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The deceased prince (Adolphus Frederick) was the se venth son of King George 111. He was born on the 24th February, 1774, and received his earliest education at Kew, together with his brothers, the late Duke of Sus sex and the present King of Hanover, under the care of Dr. Hughes and Mr. Cookson. At 15 years of age, he was sent with his brothers, to Gottingen, to finish his studies. He also received a regular military training; and as soon as his age allowed, he entered the army. As early as 1793, he had already seen active service, having served with the British forces in that year before Dunkirk. Like his brother, the King of Hanover, he was no mere holiday warrior, but bore about him marks of having been actually engaged in conflict. By the year 1794, he had been pro moted to the rank of colonel. It was in the year 1801, we believe, that his royal highness received his rank as a peer of the realm, by being created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary, and Baron of Culloden. At the same time that he was thus honoured with the rank to which his princely birth entitled him, parliament voted him a yearly allowance of £12,000. This was increased (we be lieve on his marriage) to £27,000 per annum. In the year 1803, he was placed in command of a force of 12,000 men, whose destination was the relief of Hanover, then menaced, together with the rest of eastern and northern Europe, by the French armies. The revolutionary fever, however, had so far affected the people of the electorate, that they spewed no great disposition to accept the aid thus profferred, but rather evinced an inclination towards the French. The prince, therefore, solicited and obtained permission to return to England, leaving the British forces under the command of Count Walmoden, who soon after surrendered. In the year 1805, on the sth of September, the Duke of Cambridge was appointed colonel of tle Coldstream Guards, and in the year 1813 (on the 26th of November) he was made a field-marshal. In 1816, when the final defeat of Napoleon had restored the old bounda ries of nations in Europe, the Duke of Cambridge was appointed by his father Governor-General of Hanover, and he continued to fill that most important post with sa tisfaction to the country, until, in the year 1839, the death of King William IV. opened the succession to the throne of Hanover to the Duk • of Cumberland, when the Duke of Cambridge returned to England. The general administration of his royal highness, in Ha nover, had given great satisfaction to the people, and he was universally respected and beloved. But the spirit of revolution acts altogether independently of considerations of the personal merits of governors, or the actual condition of the governed. The change of dynasty that took place in France, in the year 1830, had its effect—like that which we have seen more near to the present day—on surround ing nations. Hanover, or at least a part of the kingdom, did not wholly escape the contagion. In January, 1831, its effects became manifest in the university of GOttingen, where insurrectionary symptoms displayed themselves. As usual in all German popular movements, the students of the university were active on the side of the malcon tents. The insurgents used a very menacing tone. A municipal council and a burgher guard were organised ; the troops of the king (William IV. of England) were driven from the city of Gottingen; and there was every disposition to render this famous city the nucleus of a re bellious movement, which it was hoped would spread all over the kingdom. _ _ The sudden suppression of this rebellious attempt was mainly due to the energy displayed by the prince whose death we now record, and who, as we have said, was our viceroy in Hanover. On the 12th of January, on receiv ing news of what was going on, his royal highness issued a spirited proclamation, in which, after briefly recounting the circumstances of the revolt, he ordered all the Hano verian students of the university forthwith to return to their homes, and all strangers who were students to quit the city, on pain of their being regarded as participators in the rebellion. At the same time proclamations were issued by his royal highness to the citizens and students of Gottingen, declaring his determination to put down the rebellion by !orce of arms, unless all parties at once re turned to their allegiance. On the 9th of February fol lowing, his royal highness having been in the meantime strengthened by express instructions from his majesty William IV., issued another proclamation, couched in firm but moderate language, in which the hope of some reforms was not precluded ; but a determination was ex pressed to resist to the utmost all attempts to carry such reforms by illegal or revolutionary means. These energe tic proceedings had the effect of bringing the malcontents to their senses, and tranquillity was restored. On the following 7th of March, the Duke of Cambridge. in opening personally the Hanoverian diet, was enabled to announce that the disturbances were at an end ; but at the same time he wisely added, that certain political re forms were contemplated, more especially in the repre sentative system. It is not necessary to follow his royal highness through the details of his Hanoverian adminis tration ; it is enough to say that it was generally of a mo derate and conciliatory character, and that at its close he left the country with every mark of respect and esteem on the part of the people, he had governed for twenty-one years. In the year 1818, his royal highness married, at Cassel, on the 7th of May, and afterwards in London on the Ist of June, the Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa. the youngest daughter of the Landgrave Frederick of Hesse Cassel. In 1827, his royal highness was appointed colonel in-chief of the 60th Foot, and in 1845 he was made warder •and keeper of the New Forest, Hants. He was also ranger of Richmond Park. Beyond the few facts we have recorded, the life of the Duke of Cambridge presented scarcely any features for the biographer. But although his royal highness was less before the public than had been some members of his family, the general sentiment towards him was one of esteem and respect. This was a personal feeling, and not merely a tribute to his rank as one of the royal family. It is almost needless to remind the reader of the active part taken by the late Duke of Cambridge in the cause of charity. His name was to be found as a patron and con tributor to many most valuable institutions, and was always ready to give them his further support by pre siding at their anniversary meetings and festivals, where the frankness and bonhommie of his manners, and the straightforwardness with which lie advocated the interests sought to be advanced, rendered him an universal fa vourite. His royal highness was made a privy councillor in 1802, and in 1842 he received the distinction of D.C.L. of the University of Cambridge. He was also K.G. and G.C.M.G. and Grand Master of the order of St. Michael and St. George. He had passed his 76th year when he died. He leaves issue Prince George of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge. His royal highness's last speech in the House of Lords was delivered on behalf of the Bishop of London's recent Church Discipline Bill ; but lie meddled very little in politics. The interment of the remains of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is fixed to take place on Tuesday (to-day) in a vault under the parish church of Kew, and closely adjoining the cottage in which his royal highness has resided for so many years. The body of the illustrions prince has not been sub jected to any post snortem examination, nor have the remains been embalmed. The body is contained in a !mahogany shell, lined with white satin, which is enclosed in a leaden coffin. A second coffin, of the finest Spanish mahopny, covered with crimson velvet, forms the outer covering, and is surmount e d by a h an d some p l a t e , upon which are enumerated the style and titles of the deceased prince. STEAM-BOAT OPPOSITION. TO THE EDITOR OF SAUNDERS'S NEWS -LETTER. SIR, —Concurring in the views of those who have anonymously, through your columns, condemned the waste of property which the present steam opposition occasions, I feel called on, in my own name, to set the public right on a point on which there seems to exist a doubt ; and some well-directed remarks in the Evening Packet, of the 6th instant, just come to hand, have induced me not to delay this communication. The Evening Packet observes that, " Without hazarding an opinion as to which of the contending parties may be in fault, the suggestions thrown out by a correspondent of Saunders's News-Letter are based in equity and justice." Now, sir, as the question, " Which of the contending parties may be in fault ?" is an all-important one, and stands on the very threshold of the ii,quiry, and is one which the shareholders and the public are justified in asking, I venture here to assert, that in the present case, it is easily solved. I ask, how can the Dublin Steam-packet Company be considered " in fault," seeing that they have done nothing whatever to provoke or justify a quarrel? They have in no way interfered, nor has it been imputed by any one that they gave any cause for the outbreak of Mr. Molcolmson, or that they ever violated the recognised principle of non-interference among steam companies. They were throughout the mere passive, unsuspec ti ng objects of Mr. Malcolmson's attack, until compelled, in self-defence, to resist. Mr. Malcolmson himself has not breathed the suspicion of any hostile or objectionable act on their part. On what principle, then, can there be an imputation of their being " in fault ?" It is true Mr. Malcolmson did imply a charge or impu tation against the directors, while, through an unwilling ness of further complicating the quarrel between him and the British and Irish Company, they continued to abstain even from measures of resistance against his attack. At that time, and to myself personally, Mr. Malcolmson, as it were in the spirit of a man anxious for the excitement of a contest, imputed that the directors " wanted pluck" meaning, I presume, the absence of that chivalrous prin ciple that would at once, and regardless of cause or con sequence, have urged them to take up the gauntlet he had thrown down, and, like a genuine Irishman, who fights for fighting sake, have made themselves principals in a contest in which they had no imaginable cause for inter fering, and when, in fact, they were at the time exerting themselves as peacemakers. had the directors then shown themselves eager for the fray, however such a pro ceeding might in private quarrels, and among youthful unreflecting disputants, be characterised as a display of vigour or spirit, I venture to think that the mercantile portion of our fellow-citizens would have regarded the exhibition of such a reckless fighting propensity rather as a want of prudence, although Mr. Malcolmson, in the ardour of his imagination, by , the Way so unusua l i n men of his order, considered it a want of pluck." Your correspondent Viator observes, that " it is a fair deduction that one of the parties must be wrong." He asks, " Is there to be no attention to the merits of the case ?" and then suggests the sound and proctical mode of proceeding, namely, " Let the relative merits of the contending parties be examined." By all means, I reply. Let the merits be examined by impartial disinterested persons ; but I protest against the repetition of the charge implied by a doubt as to " which of the parties are in fault," unless, indeed, it he urged that, in compliance with the views of the peace-preservation party, the direct ors should at once have submissively bowed their heads, to allow Mr. Malcolmson at his pleasure to take their business from them, and occupy their unquestionably legi timate line, merely to enable him to find employment for all his vessels, new and old, and ultimately become. the dictator of the channel intercourse. Sir, the Dublin Steam Company was established by me six-and-twenty years ago, (under the firm of C. W. Wil liams and C 0.,) the first steam company that undertook to carry merchandise, and plying throughout the winter. As sole manager, and during many years, the company was conducted on the principle of reducing the rates of freight to the lowest possible point, consistently with the payment of a moderate dividend and a due regard to efficiency. The interest of shippers and importers was ever uppermost in the contemplation of the management, and has never been changed. Can Mr. Malcolinson say the same of the Cork or Waterford lines, in which he exercised an arbitrary sway ? At least, can he promise more ? In the Dublin Steam Company I vouch for the fact that there were no private interests to be promoted— no favouritism to warp the decision of its directors—no patronage to lead them from the path of duty in selecting the ablest commanders and officers. There was, in fact, but one common feeling among the directors, namely, that they were the trustees of a public trading company, their main object being so to meet the wants and wishes of the trading community that no other party could afford to do their business on cheaper and better terms. This is the principle which has stood the test of six-and-twenty years. The enlargement of the company naturally caused a change in its management, but no change in that liberal commercial spirit which should ever be the guide of a trading company, looking to the public for support, and reciprocating benefits with them. I venture to ask, is this a company to be neglected, or crippled, or put down—were that possible—for the mere purpose of enabling an ambitious or aggressive rival, who has never complained or preferred a single charge against its principles or practice, to put himself in their place and compel them to lay up their ships, or any of them, and work the remainder to disadvantage ? The management of the comvany is now in the hands of a body of directors who are well known and respected. They are but trustees for the public, and have no personal interest in the issue of the contest. With the exception of their share in the common lot—the loss of dividend, and the deep sympathy they must ever feel for those who are the innocent sufferers—with these drawbacks, it is a matter of indifference how long the opposition lasts. Under such circumstances, then, it is important that no doubt should exist as to " which of the parties are in fault." Fearlessly, I ask Mr. Malcolmson himself, in his cooler, reflecting moments, to say what could the directors of this company have done that they have left undone ? or what have they left undone that they should have done, either before or after they were so unprovokedly and unrelent ingly attacked by him ? It has been insinuated by others, but I will not give way to the feeling, that Mr. Malcolm son will—despising the common principle of non-interfe rence, and before the commercial public—justify this quasi quarrel, and real aggression on the wolf and lamb princi ple of—" True, you have done me no wrong, but others have ; and as you drank at the same spring of public favour, it is the same to me ; I will make my reprisals on you, as the most accessible, and make you amenable for the faults of those others." I believe Mr. Malcolmson, precipitate as he has been, is nevertheless too just in his dealings between man and man to adopt so unjustifiable a precedent. With reference to the conference which took place at the Chamber of Commerce, but at which I was not pre sent, although in the public prints my name is given in the list of those that were, I will, if no other correspond ent puts the matter right, at another opportunity endea vour to do so. I am, sir, yours, &c., C. W. WILLIAMS. Liverpool, July 8, 1850. SUNDAY POST-OFFICE LABOUR. A great number of the members admitted freely that the experiment of a total cessation bad not had a suffi cient trial ; and that, having been commenced at all, it ought to receive fair play. And thus, for the first time, a probability appeared that Mr. Locke's motion would be negatived. The Ministers, too, appeared not at all at ease. The representations of the Scotch deputation had clearly produced an effect ; petitions against Mr. Locke's motion came pouring in iii great numbers : besides which, they doubtless were apprised of the feeling of the House, and perceived a danger of their being left in a disreputable minority. The first cocsequence of this state of things was, that the Ministry itself declared against Mr. Locke's motion, which motion was accord ingly rejected by the large majority of 233 against 92. It is remarkable that after our opponents had been scorn fully repeating, for a month past, that Lord Ashley's motion was passed in "a thin house," and by only ninety three votes, they themselves, in a full house, could only muster ninety-two votes in favour of rescinding it. This was the first point of our victory. It shewed the " Anti- Sabbatarians" to be really weak,—weaker, in fact, than we had supposed them to be. But next came Lord John Russell's own proposition, which was to be adopted in lieu of Mr. Locice's. This offered the great advantage, that it did not order the immediate revival of Sunday labour, which Mr. Locke's motion had done. But still it enjoined, and committed to Government, the task of an inquiry, " whether Sunday labour might not be re duced, and time be given to the clerks for attendance at Divine Service. &c., without entirely stopping the Sun & y deliveries." This was a middle course, exactly cal culated to catch all the wavering and doubtful. It was framed for that purpose, and it succeeded. It gained the support of such men as Sir T. D. Acland, Sir J. Tyrrell, Mr. B. Cabbell, and several others, whose votes would have been against Mr. Locke. But, as it went to unset tle, or rather to revoke, the former decision, which wholly stopped Sunday deliveries, Lord Ashley and Lord Robert Grosvenor thought it their duty to divide the house upon it, and they obtained 112 votes against 195. So that 112 members actually voted against the Govern ment, for an entire stoppage of all Sunday deliveries, while Mr. Locke, for an immediate resumption of Sun day deliveries, could only get ninety-two votes.—Record. The following disgraceful document was on Friday night forwarded to all parts of the kingdom :—" To all Post masters. General Postoffice, July 5, 1850. To enable the Postmaster-General to decide what reduction shall be made in the wages of letter-carriers and rural post-mes sengers, in consequence of the diminution of their labour, effected by the new regulations which came into operation on Sunday, the 23d ultimo, I have to desire you will im mediately furnish the following information, viz. :—How many deliveries were made by each letter-carrier attached to your office, in a week, previously to the 23d ultimo; and how many are made at present ? What are the wages of each letter-carrier? What rural post-messengers have been relieved from work on Sunday within the last twelve months, without any reduction being made in their wages? What are the wages of such messengers ? The question of the relief which may have been afforded to clerks will be the subject of a future communication. John Tilley, Assistant Secretary." In every respect this is one of the most discreditable documents that was ever issued from St. Martin's-le-Grand, and is evidently intended to excite the feelings of the letter-carriers and clerks throughout the kingdom against the new arrangement, and for the sake of regaining the pittance of which they may be mulcted, to induce them to ask that they may once more be employed for seven instead of six days in the week. The attempt to cut down the hard-earned wages of district letter-carriers and postoffice clerks, is in itself a shameful and beggarly expedient, as all must certify, when they learn that the average wages of the former are but from Bs. to 9s. per week, and the salaries of the latter only from £3O to £4O per annum. No wonder that we so often hear of postoffice robberies. The only marvel is that they are not more numerous ; and yet, for the sake of a hostile movement to the security of the Sabbath rest, it is now designed to bring these hard-worked individuals to the level of paupers, and to make them toil for wages that can scarcely keep themselves, much less their wives and children, from starvation. Orneral f+llsrellany. The Nepaulese Ambassador visited Woolwich on Wed nesday. The infantry are about to have a steel scabbard for the bayonet, as the leather ones are constantly breaking. The honour of knighthood has been conferred on Dr. (now Sir Charles) Ilastings, of Worcester. A cargo of 30,000 pine apples was received in London last week, from Eleuthera, one of the Bahama islands. Irish labourers are working in Staffordshire, at weed ing, &c., for fivepenee per day, against English women, who work for fourpence per day in the fields. On Wednesday morning the shop of Mr. Emanuel, silversmith, Southampton, was entered by thieves, and jewellery worth £l,OOO was stolen. Two persons were fined at Maxwell town, Dumfries shire, a few days since, for having exposed for sale and sold the flesh of an ass instead of beef. Experiments at Woolwich have established the fact that an iron vessel cannot in any way compete in action with a wood-built vessel. On Sunday last the Rev. M. Chapman, late a minister of the Established Church, was baptised by immersion, at Counterslip Chapel.—Bristol Journal. The Romanists of Hartlepool have availed themselves of the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a new church, to display their ceremonies in a procession through the public thoroughfares. An extraordinary committal has taken place at Swan sea, viz., a woman named Margaret Jones, charged with murdering her daughter, who was enceinte, by squeezing her sides, during labour, in order to destroy the child. Walter Watts, late the lessee of the Olympic Theatre, has been sentenced to seven years' transportation for rob bing the Globe Insurance Company. His defalcations are stated to be £BO,OOO. On Wednesday, as the Duke of Hamilton was riding in the Park of Hamilton Palace, his horse stumbled and threw his grace, whose right arm was fractured. He is progressing favourably towards recovery. Baron Alderson, in sentencing Pate for the late assault on her Majesty, said that had it not been for the respect due to his family, he would have sentenced him to be horsewhipped. A farmer, at Doncaster, put half a sovereign and eight shil lings into a greasy purse on going to bed, and found next morning that the rats had eaten through the trousers pocket, and abstracted the purse with its contents. The number of bills of Exchange protested in London on the 4th instant amount to about 2,700. These con sisted almost exclusively of bills due by small tradesmen and country shopkeepers. The She f field Times describes an invention for marine pTopulsion, by which vessels are said to gain twenty per cent. increased speed. The improved propeller is made of flexible steel. , On Friday, the large furnace chimney at Mr. Price's glass works, Gateshead, fell with a tremendous crash, killing two men. Several alterations have recently been made about the chimney. Thousands of baskets of cherries, currants, gooseberries, new potatoes, cucumbers, and other fruits, have lately been imported into London by the steamers from Antwerp, Bologne, Dunkirk, Havre, &c. Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, of her Majesty's steam-ship Cyclops, has been recently cast in £5,000 damages, by the Slave Commissioners on the coast of Africa, for a Portuguese ship. A baptism of a novel nature took place on Sunday, the 23d ult., at Marown parish church, Isle of Man. The engineer of the Foxdale mines, who is above 30 years of age, was baptised at the same time as his infant child. The farmers of Bedfordshire are agitating for the abo lition of the rural police force on the ground that the benefit derived from it is not worth the cost of mainte nance. _ _ _ . . The Nepaulese minister has paid the penalty of driving constantly about in an open carriage, in our climate, in the evening, and is suffering from our national complaint —a cold. ... ~. A whirlwind visited a hayfield on a farm near Saffron Walden, Essex, on Tuesday week, and astonished the haymakers by carrying part of the hay over the tops of the tall trees, and depositing some of it half a mile off. Two mock suns, which were connected by a radiant arch or bow, and one of which appeared on either side of the true sun, were seen at Perth during about an hour on Friday evening week. J. H. Duncan, known as "the Chartist Poet," charged with creating a riot at a meeting held at the London Tavern, on Monday evening, for the purpose of peti tioning the legislature to rescind the new postal arrange. ments, has been held to bail. "A Newsman," writing to the Times, complains that at periods of public excitement, such as the recent shock ing occurrence of the death of Sir Robert Peel, one paper out of every twelve never reaches its destination, through the dishonesty of country postmasters. Great excitement has been occasioned at Sheffield, by the expulsion Alderman Scholfield from the office of local preacher and trustee to the Wesleyans, because of his presence at the recent reform conference, held in London, and for his attendance at other similar meetings. The clerks of the Bristol Post-office attended St. Wer burgh's Church on Sunday week in a body, to show their gratitude at being released from Sunday labour. Forty five were present, and the Rev. Canon Hall presented a new prayer-book to each individual. On Monday, the Church of St. Thomas, situate in Nova Scotia-gardens, Bethnal-green, the last of the ten new churches, the erection of which was commenced on the 23d of February, 1839, was consecrated by the Bishop of London. - - In one article of the Times, last Thursday, the gentle men who desire a national recognition of the sanctity of the Sabbath day are termed " sanctimonious banditti," " Sabbatarian pressgang," " Saints," " Judaizers," and " raging Sabbatarians." „ DEATH AT THE TOILET —On Wednesday as the servant of Miss Wallis, an elderly maiden lady, residing in Trinity street, in Bristol, was engaged in attending her mistress's toilet, and whilst in the act of brushing her hair, to her great horror, the unfortunate lady suddenly fell off the chair and expired. The West India Royal Mail Steam- packet Company have at length determined on building timber, and not iron, ships, as was at one time contemplated, for the five new 2,000 ton steamers. One of them will be built at Southampton, one at Bristol, and three in London, of which it is reported Mr. Pilcher will build two. Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert has been much admired at Lisbon, where she had arrived at half-past two p.m. on the 29th ult., after making the passage of 760 miles from Plymouth in sixty-five hours, with a current against her the whole run of thirty-seven miles, giving her aver age speed as 12 2 knots. Five flax-dressers of Montrose got into a crazy boat last week for the purpose of fishing. They drifted out to sea, and a schooner, which they hailed, threw them a rope, but they were unable to retain their hold. They were ultimately rescued by some fishermen five miles from the shore. A magnificent entertainment was given on Thurs day evening to Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P. by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Edinburgh, as an acknowledgment of the hospitality shown by the hon. Baronet to the Corporation, at the Mansion House, on a recent occasion. Such is the eagerness with which a certain party in our church push forward their doctrines at every turn, that, in a case which has come under our notice, a clergyman, giving a certificate of baptism for a legal purpose, desig nates the baptismal register as " the sacred registry of regeneration." Mr. Farrands, of Basford, Notts, was waiting in a plantation near his house yesterday week, when he was startled by the furious bellowing of a bull in the next field, and at length discovered that the bull had blun dered his nose into a rabbit trap, which stuck fast in spite of all his efforts to disengage it. Al Darl:ston six hundred gun-lock filers have struck, and that just at the time when a government contract for 50,000 locks has been taken. The filers were lowered 10 per cent. last September ; and the present endeavour is to tax their wages to the still greater amount of 25 per cent. additional. A flourishing trade has sprung up recently at Newcastle in rats, which are said to be used for matches in rat-killing with dogs. Little urchins may be seen almost daily fishing for them with baited hook and line through the grating of the street sewers, and it appears they find a ready market, so much as three-pence ner head being paid for them. ALARMING COACH ACCIDENT.—The Retaliator coach, returning from Writtle races on Tuesday night, on its way to Romford, was overturned near Shenfield toll-gate, and the passengers, about twenty in number, were precipitatei with great violence to the ground. Though many sustained bruises, happily not a bone was broken. The vehicle was shattered.—Chelmsford Chronicle. Last week, while a young man named Fish, who carried a large hayfork in his hand, was descending a ladder from the top of a hayrick, in a field near Romsey, Hants, he slipped and fell upon the points of the fork, which entered his abdomen, and wounded him so fright fully that he died after enduring excruciating agony for about thirty hours. A farmer named Belton, living at Hemingsby, Lin colnshire, lost a cow some five or six weeks since, and in spite of an active search he failed to discover what had become of her. About a fortnight ago, while passing near a stack in his yard, he smelled a strong stench, and upon a close examination the remains of the cow were found between the joints of a straw stack, where she seemed to have jammed herself. A few days since, two boys, who were bathing at Cove Haven, near Arbroath, narrowly escaped from a large shark, which turned upwards to seize one of them, at a moment when they were scrambling on a rock to avoid his pursuit. Several sharks have lately been seen on the coast in the neighbourhood of Arbroath, which they are supposed to have visited in pursuit of the young her rings which now abound in those waters. While some children were amusing themselves by leap ing from a stile over a stick fixed in the ground, at Hardendale, Westmoreland, on the 18th ultimo, a little girl, named Bainbridge, only four years old, fell upon the stick, which pierced the flesh below her elbow, and broke her arm. She lingered for several days, but at length mortification appeared in the wound, and she died on the following Saturday. MAJOR EDWARDES AND THE CORN LAWS.—We find the following in the Morning Herald : Next to Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Eisenberg claims the gratitude of England for repealing our oppressive Corn Laws. June 21, 1850. H ERBERT EDWARDES. Now the gallant Major is a Protectionist, but his eulogy of Mr. Eisenberg is accounted for by the fact that that personage had the honour of operating on the feet of the Major. Ife is a corn Doctor ! Some thieves broke into the Blue Posts Tavern, South ampton-buildings, London, a few nights eince, and stole a cash-box, containing about £5 in silver coin, and some dock warrants and other securities. On the following day, they returned the cash-box and the papers, which were useless to them, through the parcels delivery com pany; but it is needless to add that the cash was retained by the thieves, whom the police have hitherto failed to discover. While a chimney-sweeper was sweeping a chimney on the roofs of a building in Rose-street, Glasgow, on Sa turday week, the pot broke, and he rolled down the roof. In his despair he clutched the gutter at the end of the roof, and hung by his hands for several minutes, until at length his grasp relaxed, and he fell from a height of three storeys, into the yard below, sustaining very severe injuries from the fall, though hopes are entertained that he will recover. THE NEW CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT.—It has been determined that the chief town of the new settlement of Canterbury, in the middle islands of New Zealand, shall be called " Lyttelton," in honour of the noble lord who is chairman of the committee. The seat of the new diocese will be in that town, and Dr. Jackson, who is about proceeding thither, will take the title of " Bishop of Lyttelton," instead of " Bishop of Christchurch," as was at first intended. STEAMER BLOWN UP.—On the 10th instant, at Ply mouth, at a little before seven o'clock, the Queen stea mer, Captain Williams, blew up when lying off North corner-steps, Hamoaze. At the time of the accident the only person below was a man named Lane, who was carried away with the wreck. The after-end of the boiler is blown completely out, taking with it the after deck and cabin, companion, seats, and all. Six persons were on board; Lane is missing; Mitchell, the engineer, seriously scalded ; James Smith, stoker, leg broken ; a fourth man injured ; and two escaped without hurt. THE MAD CHARTIST.—At Guildhall, on Wednesday, the person who stands charged with using seditious lan guage, and who refused to give his name, describing him self as " a determined Chartist," was brought before Alderman Salomons for further examination. The pri soner still declined to give any account of himself, an d during the reading of the depositions and doaiments found on him (one of which, it will be recollected, was a plan to set fire to the ladies' dresses at Kensington Gar dens,) frequently burst out laughing. Mr. Raven, from the office of Mr. Maule, solicitor to the treasury, attended, and said that the desire of the Secretary of State was that he should be bound over to keep the peace in sufficient securities. The prisoner entered into a rambling state ment, saying that he was anxious to serve out the aristo cracy, that he would think no more of killing 500 persons than he would of killing a fly, and that he should take time to consider the proposition as to finding bail. Ile was then removed in custocli4 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. A ROYAL PRESENT FROM NEFAUL.—Amongst the treasures brought over for the Queen by the Nepaulese Ambassador, are twelve cows' tails set in silver ; this gift being considered by the Rajah of Nepaul as a mark of the greatest respect. The Rajah himself only possesses eight, and as the possession of these insignia of greatness are considered a proof of the highest position, a presentation of twelve was considered quite overwhelming. The value of the gifts amounts, we believe, to about £20,0t49. ISLE OF MAN HERRING FISHING-BOATS.—On Tues day night last, as the boats were lying with their nets shot, a sudden gale sprung up, which carried away the trains of nets from twenty boats. Some of the boats were very nearly lost, as the sea ran high, it being off the Calf. The loss of nets was estimated at £l,OOO. We are happy to hear that the whole fleet of boats went in search of the nets on Thursday, and recovered eighteen trains : some had drifted as far as the Point of Ayr. In consequence of this disaster, the fishing has been limited this week.—Mona's Herald. PERILOUS BALLOON EXCURSlON.—Lieutenant Gale made his ascent from the Swiss Gardens, Shoreham, at seven o'clock on Monday evening, and took a southerly direction across the Channel, the wind at the time of the ascent being very moderate. About nine o'clock, Lieut. Gale was seen by the master of a Brighton plaasure boat, who had put out expressly to follow the aeronaut, making rapidly for the French coast. Since the above period nothing was heard of Lieut. Gale until two o'clock on Thursday morning, when information was received that he had effected a descent in the neighbourhood of Dieppe. USE OF CHLOROFORM.—A little girl, five years old, daughter of a respectable inhabitant of the town, while playing with another child, accidentally got a small pebble about the size of a pea into one of its ears. On surgical assistance being resorted to, it was found to have sunk to the lowest part of the orifice, resting on the tympanum, and owing to the smoothness of the stone, the smallness of the aperture, and acute pains attending the introduction of either forceps or probe, it seemed next to impossible that it could be extracted. As delay was dangerous, an experienced medical practitioner pro posed the use of chloroform, under the influence of which the little sufferer sank into a short trance, and the slippery substance was got out without any ill effects, except a slight inflammation.—Gloucester Chronicle. PEN AND INK PORTRAIT OF CAXTON.—A portrait of William Caxton, the first English printer, has been exe cuted by Mr. Minasi, with pen and ink, which is really an extraordinary work f art. It is elaborately finished, and presents all the appearance of a line engraving, from which, indeed, few persons could distinguish it. The pen must have been used with a firm, soft, and skilful hand, to have produced a work of such exquisite finish ; and the power of Mr. Minasi over such an instrument as the pen is the more remarkalqle, inasmuch as he is now far advanced in years. The artist has copied a couple of sentences respecting Caxton, which will apply with equal truth to himself:—" His great age seemed not to have abated his constant application at a period when nature, worn out by the cares and trammels of life, seeks repose. He continued indefatigable, labouring with the vigour and more than the perseverance of youth." The portrait is rather appropriately dedicated to the editors and printers of England. A NEW ISLAND.—A very interesting discovery of a large island, entirely unknown, we believe, to navigators, was made in November last, by Captain M`Michael, of the ship Montauk, on his voyage from Sidney, N.S.W., to Shanghai, in China. It lies between the Loo Choo Islands and Japan, and occupies the positions embraced by what are presented in the ordinary Admiralty charts as three distinct and small islets, termed respectively Harhor, Bungalow, and Crown Islands ; of which the two first named have very nearly the same meridian, about 130 deg. 6 min. E. from Greenwich ; while Bungalow is in 28 deg. 20. min., and Harbor Island in 28 deg. 20 min. N. lat. ; Crown Island being placed more at the south and west. It was, of course, the eastern front of the island which was seen by Captain M'Alichael ; and so far as he was able to observe, it extended from 27 35 to nearly 28 40 N. lat., and from 120 5 to 130 18 E. lon., through out which limits he coasted it, approaching sometimes within ten or fifteen miles of the shore. HARROW SctiooL,—The annual fete clay at Harrow school came off on Wednesday, instead of the first Wed nesday in the month, when a most numerous and dis tinguished company assembled. Long before the hour appointed for the speeches a vast number visited the old school-room to see the autograph of the late Sir Robert Peel, carved in the panel, one remove from the seat of the head-master, and it was remarked that within the two last letters of his name was the name " Percival," cut by that unfortunate statesman. On the same panel were the names of Sir Robert's three elder sons—" R. Peel, 1835 ;" "F. Peel, 1836 ;" and "W. Peel, 1837." Many also paid a visit to the monitor's library, to see the re corded speech list of July 5, 1804, in which his name was mentioned in conjunction with that of Lord Byron, and a scholar of the name of " Lecke," unknown to contem porary fame. At the present moment when Sir R. Peel's untimely death is fresh in the public mind, the follow. extract taken from the speech list of the year before men tioned, may not prove unacceptable : Lord Byron .. Latinus. Lecke .. Dances. }Ex Virgilio. Peel, sen. Turnus. _ _ GAS-BURNERS.—We have received from the commis sioners for lighting the parish of St. James, Westminster. a report of the results of experiments made by Mr. Leslie, at their request, in the presence of a deputation from their body, viz.:—Lord de Manley, Hon. Frederick Byng, Messrs. Bidgood, Clark, Gabriel, Rose, Sasse, Tritton, and Woollams, as to the comparative value of the gas supplied by the Chartered Gas Company and that made by the Western Gas Company, from Cannel coal. Each company supplied its own burners, and in every in stance the unanimous vote of the deputation decided the point of equal illumination. These experiments show several points. First, that although the illuminating power of the Western Company's gas made from Cannel coal is much greater than that of the Chartered, it is not so much so as to enable the former to maintain the high price they put upon it ; 2d, that the " hat's-wing" burner is superior to the " fish-tail" and 3d, that Les lie's burner is to an extraordinary extent better than the best of them. The evidence given to the House of Com mons on the Central Gas Company's Bill by Mr. Boken ham, the superintendent of the Inland Department of the London Postoffice, is even more conclusive on the point.— The Builder. IRON ORE.—IMPORTANCE OF AN INCREASED SUP PLY.—We have received a report, addressed to the di rectors of the London and Northwestern Railway Com pany, on the subject of iron ore, by Mr. Braithwaite Poole, general goods manager of the London and North western, Lancaster and Carlisle, and Caledonian Railway Companies. The object of the writer is to show the value of iron ore to the iron trade generally, and the ad vantages to be obtained by the ironmasters of Stafford shire and Yorkshire in having daily supplies of ore, in stead of uncertain and irregular supplies, as at present ; and he also urges the necessity of railway managers ac commodating and encouraging this trade, pointing to the district of Furness, near Ulverstone, as a locality parti cularly worthy of attention, from the superior quality of the ore which it yields. After expressing an opinion that most of the coasting navigation trade is divertible to the railways, he proceeded to point out the value of pig-iron, " the basis from whie% evarything in mechanics is made or constructed." Pig-iron, he tells us, is chiefly made from the best iron ore ; and the Staffordshire ironmasters have reef ntly had their attention directed to the fact that the use of the haematite ores of Furness imparts greater strength, greater power of resist ance to sudden shocks or strains, and will produce more dense, solid, and sound metal thon any other ore of iron ; their purity and easy fusibility rendering the use of them very desirable and advantageous, especially in furnaces where more refractory and less pure mineral is used, as the rich ores assist to fuse, smelt, and separate more per fectly the iron from poorer ores :—" Taking a retrospec tive view of this trade in Furness, it appears that, half-a century ago, the total quantity of ore sent from Barrow, say in the year 1800, was 1,200 tons, and last year (1849) it amounted to 146,000 tons, as shown by the books of the harbour trustees; and such is presumed to be the inex haustible supply in the Furness district, that double the latter quantity might easily be obtained and disposed of annually, if greater convenience of transmission be esta blished." DOUBLE SUICIDE IN NEIVGATE—It is not often we have to record a more awful effect of crime than that which took place on Saturday. The two convicts, Walter Watts, late lessee of the Olympic Theatre, and Donald Black staff Donovan, who was convicted of having thrown his wife out of the window, committed suicide in Newgate, both in a similar manner. The first-named W. Watts, bad been ill for the last few week of his confinement, and had been an inmate of the ward infirmary. The unfortun ate man had suffered severely from diarrhoea, and was in the habit, during the night, of going to the water-closet. A fellow-prisoner, who slept in the adjoining bed, having perceived his absence on Friday night for an unusually long period, thought that something wrong might have taken place, and, having gone down to the water-closet, dis covered the deceased hanging to the bar of the window sill by a piece of rope attached to his cravat. He was immediately cut down, and Mr. M`Murdow, the prison surgeon, was called in, but the unfortunate man had breathed his last. The deceased (Watts) for a long time before he became mixed up with theatrical speculations, was looked upon as a most singular and somewhat ex travagant person. He kept his town house and also a country establishment : the latter was near Brighton, and when he came to London, which was generally of a morn ing, he would have his carriage and servant in waiting at the London Bridge terminus ready to drive him to the Globe Insurance office, or any place he might wish to visit. Although he enjoyed a good salary, it was a matter of astonishment to many how he could keep up such an rip pearance, more especially as he was in the habit of giving, on frequent occasions, champagne breakfasts and other expensive entertainments. Prior to taking either the Marylebone or Olympic Theatre, he mixed frequently with betting men, and, according to his own account, was lucky enough to win considerable sums of money. From what has since transpired, there is every reason to belive that, instead of his gaining such large sums as he had re presented, lie was a considerable loser by his speculations. His defalcations to the Globe Insurance Company reached, it is said, to nearly £BO,OOO, a small portion of which will have to be made good by his bondsmen. The career of Donovan, who was termed an ex-pugilist,is shortly told. His life wai one of great dissipation and riot, and in a moment of great pass on he attempted to destroy the life of his wife in the brutal manner already fully described in the report of his trial, 11 throwing her out of the window. After th 3 sentence of death was recorded against him he passed the convict Watts on his way to the prison. He was then placed in the cell appropriated to prisoners after trial, and was visited several times by the officer in atten dance. About three o'clock the officer, upon going into the cell, discovered that he had hanged himself by tying his neckerchief to the iron bar of the window, and then jumping from the beadstead. Winn taken down, ke wag quite dead.—London Paper. , . FUNERAL OF ThE LATE CAPTAIN AND' MR4: M'NEIL AND THEIR Two DAUGHTERS, LOST iN THE ORION.— The body of this unfortunate gentlemaii*iii•yvith that of his wife and those of his two daughters; anieyed on Wednesday by the steamer Briton, from Stranraer to West Tarbet, where the vessel was met by a large number of near relatives and friends of the deceased, and then proceeded to the family burying ground on the island of Gigha. On nearing that island each of the bodies was placed in a separate barge, and rowed ashore. At this time the neighbouring land was covered with multitudes of Highlanders, who had come to see the last sad rites performed over those whom they had revered and loved; and the scene was a most painful and affecting one. DETENTION OF A WIFE. — The Rev. Josiah Bartlett, of lvington, near Leominster, in the adjoining county of Hereford, has sued his brother-in-law, Mr. Boult, for compensation in damages for having unlawfully induced the plaintiff's wife to leave him in 1845, and keeping and harbouring her ever since. It. was pleaded by the defendant that the plaintiff's wife left him partly in consequence of his own ill treatment of her, and also in obedience to letters written by him, in which he ordered her to leave his house and go to her relations. The reverend plaintiff sued in forma pauperis, and the case was heard on Tuesday in the Court of Exchequer, when certain docu mentary evidence being ruled by the court as inadmissable, the plaintiff consented to a nonsuit. ESCAPE FROM A NUNNERY.—The Roman Catholic nunnery, which was commenced near Loughborough some time back, is now completed, and is inhabited by a number of ladies. On Tuesday morning, one of them, who, it would appear, had become weary of such a se cluded life, by some means effected an escape. The sisterhood were thrown into a state of confusion and excitement at so unexpected a flight, and messengers were speedily despatched in various directions in quest of the fair fugitive. Before the close of the day she was found at the monastery of Mount St. Bernard, near Whitwick, and the following day was removed to her former place of abode. Her escape must have been effected in a manner somewhat irregular, as the building is entirely surrounded by a high brick wall.—Nottingham Journal. DEATH ON A RAILWAY.—On the arrival of the up mail train at Loughborough station, on Friday evening last, a first-class passenger was missed from one of the carriages in which he had been placed at Derby. The telegraph was set to work to send a pilot engine from Lei cester station, and ascertain, if possible, what had become of him. Notice was also given to the engineers of the down mail train to be on the look out for him. There was no spare engine to be got at Leicester, consequently a telegraphic message was sent to Derby, and a pilot engine was despatched from that town in quest of him. When the down mail had got near to Kegworth, the passenger was seen lying by the side of the rails. On stopping the train, and proceeding to his assistance, he was found quite dead : the train had taken off a portion of one foot. Whether the unfortunate man jumped out through the window (for he was locked in), or was leaning over the side, and overbalanced himself, is not known, but the pro bability is, that it was intentionally done. We under stand his name to be Harley, a traveller for a London house. STATE EXHIBITIONS.—During 1849 no less than 168,000 visitors repaired to Hampton Court, and 137,000 to the Kew Botanic Gardens. In July, nearly 50,000 visited Hampton Court. To Kew the largest number of visitors was in August, when 31,100 persons took their pleasure in the gardens. The Tower does not appear to be by any means so popular a place of public amusement. The number of visitors to the Armoury last year was 45,000 ; the number to the Jewel House, 41,000. The receipts, at 6d, each person, fell somewhat short of the expenses. With reeard to Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's, the total sum received for fees at the Abbey in 1849 was £96S Bs. 6d. Of this amount £739 was paid to the tomb-showers, £34 was paid for cleaning the mo numents, and £195 was carried to the " Ornamental Fund," from which, it seems, all the recent improvements and decorations in the choir have been made. At St. Paul's last year the amount of fees taken was only £430, the whole of which is given to the vergers. Since 1845 the receipts bane fallen off every year, and last year they had decreased £l5O upon the amount then received. ImmeßsioN.—On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Williams, of Cornbourne, Goudhurst, had come from thence to Yald ing, to witness the ceremony of immersion performed by Mr. Pryer, farmer, of this place, who is a Latter-Day saint, or Plymouth Brother. The company were pre paring to start for the river in Northwood, where the business was to be transacted, and a Mr. Slade, of Goud hurst, was the person who was to be immersed, but the ceremony was prevented by a most serious accident. Mr. and Mrs. Williams had concluded to ride down to the river, and had just got in a cart for that purpose when the horse ran back into a very deep pond in Mr. Pryer's yard, and horse, cart, and Mr. and Mrs. Williams, were very quickly out of sight, and under the water. The persons present, with great presence of mind, threw into the pond a sheep gate, and Mrs. Williams came up first, and caught hold of it, and then grasped her hus band by one arm, the party dragging the sheep gate to wards the yard, with Mrs. Williams and her husband, and thus both were saved from their perilous situation. The horse was drowned and the cart broken to pieces.— Rochester Gazette. A MAGISTRATE CONVICTING HlMSELF.—According to the Bradford Observer, the following rich scene occurred in the Police-court of that borough on Tuesday last :—lt seems that the authorities have been waging war against all parties suffering their dogs to go at large, and in this anti-canine war Mr. Alderman Rand has zealously distinguished himself, and won the thrnks of many persons who stand in dread of hydrophobia. On Tuesday, however, when Mr. Rand was on the bench, policeman Dean came forward, and addressing Mr. Rand, said—" About five minutes to twelve o'clock, on the 2d of July, T saw your dog going at large !" Alder man Rand—" You saw Mr. Rand's dog going at large? How far was it from his house ?" Policeman—" About thirty or forty yards." Alderman Rand— " And are you quite sure of that ?" Policeman—" I am quite sure of it : I followed it to the back door of your house, and your servant owned it was your dog !" The worthy magis trate, concluding that the evidence was dead against him, proceeded to pass sentence upon himself in the following terms :—" For this offence, Mr. Rand, you are fined ss. and expenses 9s. (Laughter.) If not paid a warrant of distress will be issued ; and if there be not sufficient goods upon which to levy, you will be committed for 14 days to the House of Correction !" (Loud laughter.) THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The opposition to the erection of the proposed structure in Hyde-park conti nues to be maintained by the press generally, even by those journals who are friendly to the exhibition itself. The Times especially devotes the service of its powerful pen, day after day, to the defence of the green sward and the elms of Hyde-park. The only exception of any weight to this unanimity of sentiment is the Morning Chronicle, which undertakes the advocacy not only of the exhibition, but of its intended site :—" We heartily congratulate," says our enthusiastic contem porary, " the country on the victory which justice, public spirit, and common sense, have won over a little knot of exclusives and obstructives. The great and noble undertaking to which the name and honour of the nation stand pledged will now go forward with the increased prestige derived from difficulties surmounted and oppo sition subdued ; the Industrial Festival of 1851 will be kept in a style befitting the m'ghty interests which it is designed to promote ; and the hundreds of thousands of hard-working operatives, who are husbanding their spare earnings that they may participate in the triumph of their " order" will not undergo the humiliation of being told that the best of the London parks is too good for them, and that wealth and fashion cannot even spare a corner for the seemly and honourable accomodation of Industry." The Daily News brings up the rear by declaring that however it might have been disposed to discountenance the site in question, the objections now come too late. THE POST-OFFICE AND ITS ABUSES.—It appears from a certain most extraordinary ledger which we were per mitted to peruse, that a portion of the public availed them selves of this inestimable literary indulgence with about as much consideration as a herd of very hungry pigs might be expected to evince on being allowed, for recreation, to walk in a garden of beautiful tulips ; and, certainly, if the ghost of our excellent old friend the late Sir Francis Free ling could by conjuration be made to read the list of the " packets" which have been transmitted and delivered by post, it certainly, like that of Hamlet, would exclaim to our energetic Postmaster-General— " 0 horrible ! 0 horrible ! most horrible, If thou bast nature in thee, bear it not." For instance, it appears that there have been transmitted as " packets"—From Blackburn, in Lancash;re, to Spi talfields, London, two canary birds, delivered by the post man alive and well. From Devonport to London, a pork pie. To London, a woodcock, also a pair of piebald mice, which were kept in the postoffice a month, fed, and at last delivered to the owner, who called for them. From Man chester to Castle-street, Borough, two rabbits and one bird—fifteen parcels of plumb pudding. From Bangor to Plymouth, a lobster. In one day 31 letters containing wedding-cake. On more than one occasion, without any envelope, a bank-note (one was for no less than £5O), the two ends being merely folded upon each other, wafered, and the back of the note then directed ! Innumerable leeches in bladders, several of which having burst, and the water having wetted the letters, many of the creatures were found crawling over the correspondence of the coun try. From Plymouth to " Hunmanby," a bottle of cream. From a mother to her son, a pottle of strawber ries, which, being smashed in the bag, completely de stroyed a " packet" full of very valuable lace, addressed to the late Queen Dowager. A ship-biscuit, the address being on a very small piece of paper pasted thereon. From Totness to Dublin, an uncovered bottle full of liquor, merely labelled with an address and the words " sample of cyder." From Exmouth to Hastings, half a pound of soft soap in thin paper. From Bishop's Stortford to Brunswick-square, a fish ; also several packages of plants in wet moss. From Hasti ngs to Bath, a bunch of grapes ; road,ad l e s r o . shrimps. i fi‘ m tlyr p -a s t.h . taining a box of lucif'era ;_eeFrom Kingston to Westminster -bridge handled, exploded in the post-office. A travell eror a bffaego: affec tionately sent it, merely labelled, loade d al man wrote to his beloved wife for his pisto l ; she e t to the separatemr o a, cs "packets," ae d es u k, c oo k t na. of fe each which, hf o ,t f h g oe u no b p oe o c i v nu almost dissolving robably fancy the paper covering of these brushes, they, p mouth a withpair of f o w fi d e e a r h ,.b b a r l u l , a h a : a d ; slugs,the mail-cart, To oa t the Countess comingntes o from the West was upset into a brook, whichf end, instantly set ing they had arrived at their journ e y 's t to ola w r o y r Miss From — Londou to Sudbury , two sweetbreads., L o ndon, a live mouse, two From Oxford china teacups, and a box of li ve cont and ents destroyed o f thab a a g c . o n s T i doe Mr.r a b 1 e___ pno e :ii a o al f ivv t oe h r e ayu e la p ok i n s eg cucumber. To a naturali st 1 9 -. From London to Wellington , Somerse a stomach, &c. &c.—Q4artedy Review. !woks ; a human astrmeeotst beautiful head-dress of to Merr'ion-square, Dublin , addressed genus spiders. ,address j e i d gm to ar M ee i h um an heart ; a partri d g e ; a mac kerel , a paper of fish. ___------------- i 0 01 ' NEW CLAIMANT l'ol Ilig ritIKEDOSt orm•orth,„ the Duke of Devonshire, the object of which i s L iitioot —beeWneeoamremcreendeeibdlybirnfaorgmenedtletnt proceedings ate a itp w -lier! the invalidity of the title of his grace either to the . . the estate of the illustrious family of Catendisali. ,40:f Souter rests his claim upon his descent from l I elf ts e, Cavendish, who married, in the year 1744, James uunal . Esq. , of Whitehaven ; and he maintains that theft:7;f duke and his cousin and heir presumptive, t e oi l l m tiotu B urli ngton , had no claim whatever to their present P „. 441 : This is a second action which has been broughtvbyol7o branches of the Cavendish family, the first he let, k es commenced in 1848, by a person named Hudsoutn,oo since the appearance of the latter claimant, icliuw from the contest.—Netecastle Chronicle. . wilt . l e tter WAR STEAMERS.—Sir C. Napier has Witten 73,000 f his il repeated saya, i, i. opinion obaerve tthhaet Admiralty,warstei ' 4 to the newapers, g a curious fact in con fir m e ; 0. 0 f r om the illn. --at them, have tried shot on a butt made of iron of tee . .. 710 thickness as the Simoom's sides. The results sre,roo curious. The splinters from the iron were rnosit,nee4 ive, and the holes so large that they could not e gtuS bs t up in action. But the most extraordinary thing nearly every shoe split into fragments ; this val . !l s ereee enemies the expense of firing shells. A call c 7:btut t, was stretched across between the two sections rn . .. of die which was riddled like a sieve, although,surcl. Die pieces of the shot were not bigger than one s luT tne es the a pity the late board had not been present to 11 .,. se t do rinefisuuletnotfiatlhmeiermhbanerdiwwiourkm.oveThfoisr etxhpeerwiniheoniet : I :m nt e be eth: this iron fleet, including their fittings. question at rest; and I do hope Mr. Hume; ec . e i e „eese ~,°` lt wio"" 4 March 31st, 1850; namely, 3,579 short of a million." ; *l4 OO u f THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.--The .115-1 eoalo te!.. so i London contained 40,783 inmates in the trl ar in the M a r s 23,91 would? ; jot naval asylums, 670 in military and naval bosPi le ; l ot el in the workhouses, 3,067 in hospitals for the treh42s ill common diseases, 3,849 in lunatic asylums, anurkbeasesat' prisons. Of 10,000 inhabitants, 108 are in "I t o; ~,I ° '" i n pteur p t r io i c s ne o : ns, 17 in lunatic asylums, 14 s l h i o n uid u co in nti l n a u n e at t i h n e as s y a lums l in illr s P"io our in one kind of public institution or other. „4,1111 words, 1 in 93 of the inhabitants are in workhotrisilo 726 in hospitals, 1 in 5;8 in lunatic asylums, a e , doe I t. in of io th in e tthontawlardkehanthasse,s, : I t' ll t z lle i,i. : 01 51 1 7 in prison. The deaths are in very differelo 400 tions :—Of 13,719 deaths in London during the l e g is o w f e t e h k e s, i 2 n ,3 h 6 a 3 bi t t o a o n k ts place nf rnL eni,nnidopnwubelnicdsi nnsitsitudat_izosli.oo;dtiloirbe institution proportion is much greater. ;. Chi t° STRAIGHTENING , large OS A CHIMNEY.--Tiio -- ce ll built at the bis se Thornes has long been overhanging its base, from four to five feet, and ere long ~,,f bsbillY mass of 200 tons of brickwork would in a ll Pw po ttle!,' b w ee a pe s nt i j b u mi s y t a, cut out a o ns u e t aw ; b oa lime v n e d , have fallen with a tremendous crash. To Pr ev ` bri" .. „ se i to _, Mr. Green • , engineer, of Wakefield, was enresday rig it back to a perpendicular position. 0 0 1. 7 dire fl° at the and dll taking ad atdbuist 1 ''', po ts workmen commenced under Mr. Green br icks or-a to cut out about four-fifths of one course cl t he`.. le.' the bottom of the chimney, taking co re to 1 1 . . 1 , 1 ts, Oa thus made with a mixture of new lime anujlobtlA Wednesday, during a heavy gale of wind; tithis_,,, w operation, the chimney began to move slowlYdea 010 i h m oo m r e a nse pressure, and were removed i se tf e w sicil ll os i week, for an attem d p aae t sns Albert ALBERT'S CHARITIES. --A yr-- the open space of nearly four oche , ' sits T h e c „ f rt had at the top more than four feet to a perPe nui " , tion .—Wakefield . Wakefield Journal. • h ° Tv wit Of PRINCE nno3 l / 1 c O ons alias e s, oge e ' ce this has been tried at a metroplitan P Vie .., s , from he jet' ter for .£5 re • been lase' , presenting h er self as having , scill the young Princess Maude,of one her Molest,' colonels and she made out distress. let t i l Phipps, . the Pr ince's treasurer, who gave e':•es. _A public into the secret • cher° dim' of Prince Alberts bad re 4 said :—" In consequence of instruction s iler to alleTto upon taking o ffice, from Prince Albert , ne •ts, e n 01 case to pass without • • ts Me rl Are proper inquiry into 1 0 6. d o relieve it • if of a suitable nature, he s t a c 00 0' person to inquire into thi s such letters Pets beeee, case, but no Suc h ~.,,d er t A ou writer was known at the address given. 'P t _ isfee'"for cumstances he had forwarded the letter to to', . 5 csr 4 a Society. He was instructed i 01 ' to prosecute 11 , o w beg, the protect ion Central of the poor, as the greatest dite,cfriocelie in c • bertarryleg out the wishes of her Majesty ea l ! ~ sua 40 was to discriminate between the deser%;loho 3 0 of toe undeserving applicants. There were s° ta ct Per day , and impositions wer e P r° ~ 00 considerable extent." --P 0 THE r yr, i'V.de , ' R o bertotore or arraigned for rs ay,..„,_„ ~, an assault on her Majesty. "Iv,'.' 0%0. General appeared - W. as c 0 defended the • for the prosecution., se t if ~ IF miffed under prisoner on the plea that to e t he le r i e ,,, the influence of insanit i i ~„r i ctOn f 5 11 ' shewed tric such to be the fact. He mention eu -- n ig "' Dli actions which the prisoner had been .....g: rs eter . . Or, co called witnesses to prove former ood c"-eleice° of nolly, Dr. Mon his g . , ne w _. 1 , 5 00 ro, and other media' I d aP° ce j to posed that, in ' ~ their opinion, the prisoner 5-0,010,0, unsound seven years ' tr ansportation. He was found guilty , e l 2,site C ." inee l.. The Lincol7,sto It o f the contains the foll o wing :—" Extreme 0010 00°,6 gr. Tested in IV isbeach for R. F. Pate 9( l '' t ° le i ° ecb' young man who struck the Queen, ' Fa ta ll • 'W•s be o ly Pate was the • • principal - I., „ Titi ll 000 11- •,,. corn and coal mere. - h aell' e fiv e and was highly esteemed for his thorolli; rat, bea • ring and rectitude in mercantile ffail". '''" be a t years ago he gave r c f a ncei up business in favon , es e , 1 0.3. Morton, and has since then lived in inc ell m mtil e l 'i 0' fruits of a long life passed in extensive Merl- greo s ol• The news of this A v ery „,c0 „A strange affair has cause.. citementsirray-,,A,5...- . in the town, Mr. Pate, • being to - leS dered a jun., fee 0 health remarkably quiet young man, rather,- t bes e goss, c somewhat delicate. The statemeet tusAi.isretlil mmission because he was afraid to go tOlll4lO 1 ,,, e- ocil falsehood, the fact being, that hi s regiment k.,sssnife day last, a s a very aristocratic and expensive one• l ie • 'l lOl he 01 1 _A t somewhat underLA Criminal TEo fnaAl os sencaepoArsut lei Court, on pretences. icoedceontwarsoNeir.ablaTsoyer hbdtusfheout, hxauEegiPcranrdiesi.aocupdntaikcpeluelhod eilet s 1 di_, sat d uring ltiiii.e. hr l :gt 0 0 ibiop,:nou pEoi.a r - . 0 . 1_ , involved, and fearing the r acket ° depteuheee in India would involve him still further, he 1 , 11 0 he s ;jar/ Assembly in the chair. prudent course of selling out. Since then ~,,,eciv ot kept very short of money, and it is believed thsVi s p rese difficulties have preyed o n his mind and led fe statement com pany, disgraceful position." 10 5°6 5: ~ ~,a) Toe „ COMPANY.—(From a Correspondent) resw IN T G HE ANGLO-CALIFORNIA GOLD MINIS,* - -- . _oll '' l ol, present, and the latter entered .into. boldece Cro° in the i rr 0. o general raisr,.p levn r. it meeting nh : , Tv of r o r. . ef hatal.tredilsohwtahnireaans;cieteoerr,to.oloorot: county of Cumberland was held at the crew m ite the of f n t d h Mr. eco m p Luke any, sfr a affa i rs Williams , rssi a f . ull sou p olbl i l, its fir st ' foli c f mint, s , g ivi ng also an outline of the new pro ) 000 to , ing depCits for the assaying. refin i ng , and P er ch e s if gold in Upper California. .,___ for eu feit h, The necessity ever& ~ the blishm t •ens in that country has long been s , i n ed w f a ir neeth 111.;:fgeoriali.0:,,o, the inhabitants, and Mr. William sfully exP ia a n d the ;i v meeting the means of ••out the same , e '„ carry mg , . g for re Ow prospects of profit offered to share ~., ice .., vested in the undertaking. it i s not senerertbst tyre. but it is, nevertheless, a well-established fac t' gold w e re wards of eighty millions of dollars w orth s 0 .„ omi t f g o obtained from the Sacramento and the 5s A the fier' ) tricts of California during the last year; Sa n e by 101; eg fl a market for the disposal of the gold obtaineu. e elY " 0 t '0 and emigrants of all nations has, therefore, nf st i n jaqo much felt, but has continued to exercise a 1111 ' „ il l la ',a influence on the transaction of business in 401%nee5 Fi o , country, inasmuch as the system of batter state'' for ' o pounds weight of gold, in its unrefined _ vo i c ed 7 0 , Common necessaries of life, has incariablY emigrel.lllibi d immense sacrifice of capital both to natives an a _ .. , n 0 4 The desideratum so long wanted will be thus u a v o r e ce 'o the Anglo-California Compan y, anti the mull k iog ' l t o derta es profit which will arise from the new flu 1 ret er oel doubtless form an important item in the amine. _ te r' fr e t shareholders, irrespective of the profits anticip4c. am, the mining and dredging operations, for c arry.,editio,.! ised el‘r.-. ptSIP which, as we are informed, two vvell organ o f us . 0 of Cornish miners, under the superintendence a...y.00w Sir Henry tiers Huntley, R.N. , with milling to cyp ,g forn &c., have been despatched b y the cornpanY 10 1 —Carlisle Journal. IWO V' IT IS AN UNDENIABLE FACT THAT y051.,,.4 PILLS ARE THE FINEST MEDICI sets 11100 000'0, In all cases of deranged stomachs,tnin a 1 , jiver c 4 . ) ,„e. to the head, bile, sick head-aches, stomach tial,ioch itoT.ise plaints, there is no remedy known that give,!.; pr ope r :o diate relief as those far-famed • hePecurve, so , or e, of which act directly o main springs o thereltliie no disease of the - resists their influene?;_..id, f it _,, s , all persons p isposed to any of those slleau‘ser des`l.o season of year, promptly have recourse to .. 1 . , a T ete whi ould effectually check every symptor, ell 00' Of health and vigour. ..,1-,n tile I:eage,s le TO THE LADIES.—At this period, when bur - o p' the season invites to out-door enjyent, OF re pee,he of necessity exposed to those influences whi,copetio. oAe-ot arly prejudicial to personal comfort and attr J ." perlu e n fre• solar heat produces on the delicate skin the no ' , roll/ stain of tan, the disfigurement of freckle, 11 :01 g ra to p, quently a discoloration and swelling, wil l o f eruP or assume one of the multitudinous forme o wn , t se 'c exe or i During the ride, promenade, aquati ~, s _ s s while otherwise exposed to the scotching_ 0 iu tb. o sun, ladies will find "RowLANI3S,-101717dispoliilirrtt refreshing preparation for the,coniniexielb t line ° • all he a t 5 I cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying ._.„ 00 e the tability, and immediately affording the pleerlote of t o attending restors,d4lasticitv, and healthful ' o f balnel l skin. Comppee essentially of choice exotics . to re, dot a d 03 1 %, p ly nature, utterly free from all mineral _ cis _ t he plc arattiand delightful in its effects, Rowlat,..orpou.co, tends to neutralize the action of the attnosPJ!,!: oicr;101 skin, and to promote that healthy action of l.ltheb 00, pic vessels, by which its general well-being.T. yrect'iso.o of its appearance are so essentially prolulseolourtleelr sunburn, tan, spots, pimples, flushes and p lace d t° is freta r are eradicated by its application, and give an re„ 01 cately soft, clear, and fair skin. Its purifYlctio n lip ° ing properties have obtained its exclusiv Royal F O O l of Majesty the Queen, the Court, and the " toge of eroPe, stoef Great Britain, and the several Courts of altrY e l ' ilt r with the elite of the aristocracy, from the !_ a hig h r eP af fer India to the frozen realms of the Czar. T he te.oool tion it bears induces unprincipled shOP"...Vjog ulitbeif their spurious Kalydors for sale, con and by Or, astringents utterly ruinous to the couaniee'l_ re for e ( 10 ts tie lse repellant action endangering health. I t J. .‘ SA perative on purchasers to see that the woru-l on d eg ts ets. Kalydor" are on the wrapper, and "A. g uy ' Grote rti 6 d* 20, Hatton Garden," also engraved on. th! an d Se, Stamp affixed on each bottle. Price 40. 6a• ble OP Sold by the proprietota, and. JAY U. re 9 P ectra and perfaakers. -...----) ' ) 4nly 1i_22.% •~-~.. Ji 1!..._