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iL itt rat ur t. POETRY. THE PATHS OF LIFE. (Written for the Liverpool Standard.) There winds a smooth and flowery road, Through Tile's extensive vale ; And footsteps numberless have trod That passage through the dale; Pleasant the path and passing fair, The vassal and the king are there Where countiess thousands stray; Fanned by the breeze that pleasure brings. Ant lulled by gentle murmurings, They track that awful way ! I hear a voice in warning tone Speak in each sinner'i, ear. Oh ! leave this path ere yet have flown Life's precious moments here. You gaze upon those towers afar, That glisten like the morning star, Flashing in rosy light ; This road will never leave you there, Know, that it lingers but to where It sinks in endless night. And deep those piercing accents sound, Ah ! heeded but by few, Culled are the dowers t at bloom around, sipped is the cry,tal dew; But now that awful brink appears, The preeipice in silence rears Its crest above the gloom. Mi lions of souls repentant now Are hurried o'er i s rugged brow, Dashed to their dreadful doom. Oh ! man, there is another way By righteous footsteps trod, Where imly men, in anei.mt day, Have hastened to their God; There if the sorrowing drop descends, A beam of sympathy attends, To wipe away the tear ; And hovering n that narrow way, There shines a light, a heavenly ray, lhose wanderers to cheer. And here are seen no empty joys, Unentered is the bower, Untasteu is ti.e cup w hick cloys, The folly of an hour. Faith. hope, and luve illume the track, Truth casts the bright reflection back, Upon the wavering mind, Bete meek-eyed pity finds a home, And bids he weeping m urner come. And leave his wues behind. And now this better way is passed, Lite's journey soon is o'er, Eternal splendour bursts at last, From Heaven's transeendant shore. Angels of light are ushering now, Wits joyful wing and beaming brow, The saved betore the throne. Then dawns the ddy of endless bliss, To view each work of lot eli❑ess, In boundle s worlds unknown. Woodside, July, 1844 W. J. L. AERIAL PHENOMENON, Subsequently ascertained to be the Cornet (of 1843). We have been favoured with some cleverly-written and interesting " Ohsert atio.is" on the comet of last year, as seen " off the Island of Timor, at the south-eastern en trance to the Indian Archipelago, on board the ship Ty rer, Captain R miner, on her pas-age from Bombay to China, by John A. Murray, passenger," together with an illus trative drawing of the appearance of the comet on the 10th of Ma ch ; and we should gladly have inserted the whole, did our available space allow. We, however, give a few extracts which may be acceptable to the astrono mical portion of our readers, and also subjoin some very neat verses by the same author, appended to the account. " On the 2d March (1843). at sunset, about half-past six o'clock, our ship being 150 miles to the westward of Sandalwood Island, steering E. by S. in lar. 10.5 S., long. 116.45 E., we observed, a little above the western horizon, a long luminous streak resembling a silver thread, with a slight inclination towards the south at the upper end. Moon three days old. Weather clear, calm, and sultry." On the sth and 6'h the same streak was seen, at the same time, and had increased in lustre. On the latter day the idea suggested itself to those on board that it was a comet. Two slight shocks or tremors passed through the ship, the first at seven o'clock p.m., the se cond at midnight. The writer, under date of the 7th, says :—" This evening the appearance of the ' illustrious stranger' in the clear open sky was truly magnificent. Unmarred in its stately proportions by any intervening cloud, it app ared to have attained the maximum of its size and brilliancy. Tne streak was of a grayish white ness, with a slight slit or division at its upper end. '1 he star or body of the comet was distinctly visible, and of a clear vivid lustre. It was just visible at half-past 6 p.m., reached its greatest brilliancy at about 7 o'clock, and gra dually decreased until it set at a past 8. At 5 o'clock p.m. another tremor passed through the ship." The various extraordinary appearances are detailed from this time until the object disappeared on the 2il of April, when the weather changed " from cairn and sultry to cold and equally." On the 27th of the previous month, the ship spoke a Portuguese vessel, belonging to Fort Con cordia, Copang Bay, Timor; and her captain confirmed the identity of the comet. Ile had first seen it at Timor, precisely at the same time; stated that its former visit occurred at the beginning of the 16th century ; and attri buted the calms and intense heat of the month before to its influence. ADDRESS TO THE COMET OF 1843. Written on board the ship Tyrer, off Timor Island, Mar. 10,1843. We heard not of thy coming from the prophet, sage, or seer ; No voice to herald thine approach fell on our careless ear : For we we e ocean-wanderers by the isles of rich perfume, Where aloe, myrrh, and cassia groves in -picy verdure bloom. The odour-laden zephyrs, as they skimmed along the deep, Were lulling with their lullaby the infant waves asleep; The golden sun declining sought the chambers of his rest, His glory crimsoning the clouds and w ters of the west; The queenly moon uprising left her couch within the sea, And the multitude of stars began to gent the canopy:— When, sudden from mysterious realms, exceeding far the ken The wisdom of the Highest gave unto the sons of men. Thou didst thy mighty form ur fold, outstretching vast and high, A beauty and a terror in the clear and cl tulles , sky. Awhile we did behold thee with undeparting gaze, And our spirits in their inmost depths were silent with amaze; We hailed thee not, strange visitant, with shouting or with song, But, omen-like, thy fearful name was whispered along; The mariners theil legends wild wi h solemn cadence t Id, Of deeds of havoc done by tit; e in the ages past of old : How the living streams of water were parched up by thee, How the billows far recoiling fled from thine intensity; How the land of corn arid oil and %A ine a desert hard became. Consumed beneath the searching breath of thy remorseless flame; What tempests in the heavens above, with pestilence on earth, Ant! shaking f the nations, all attended at thy birth. But tel us whe:efore now thou dost approach our borders near? To gild our lot* , errene with hope, or darken it with fear? Both mercy travel with thee on thine ever glorious path ? Or dost thou hover over us a messen er of wr nth ? Ar thou that oriental star that lit the Maui's road, To where the young child Jesus and h a mother made above? Bast thou, before us. heard on high th, final trump, t sound? The armie- 01 the heavenly King. al marshalling anion The judgment of our world and of her talten sons to vee, We oft have , card her burning shall thy rhea hut province be. But 'tis an instant only that we view with pale affright Thine ever-blazing wheel revive on axle purely blight; For well 'tis known to , s of earth that though to thee be given An orbit stretching far beyond the visual verge of heaven, Yet still thou art fur evermore beneath the still t c ntroul Of Him who cloth create, elance, and sustenance the whole. Omniscience and Omnipotence thy furthest flight can tra e, Ant bid thee, wild erratic one! know thy appointed place. J. A. M. SELECTIONS. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.—I have bend some very extraordinary cases of murder tried. I remember. in one where I was counsel, for a long time the evidence did not appear to touch the prisoner at all, and he looked about with the most perfect unconcern, seeming to think himself quite safe. At last the surgeon was called, who stated deceased had been killed by a shot, a gun-shot, in the head, and he produced the matted hair and stuff cut from and taken out of the wound. It was all hardened with blood. A basin of warm water was brought into court, and, as the blood was gradually softened, a piece of printed paper appeared—the wadding of the gun, which proved to be half of a ballad. The other half h-id been found in the man's pocket when he was taken. He was hang-d.—Lord Kdon's Note Book. ANTIQUITIES OF DAMASCUS.—Damascus possesses fewer authentic antiquities than might be expected in one of the earliest cities mentioned in the Bible : the most an cient remains are some of the lower portions of the walls, built with squire stones, and in some instances of blocks, of which the h-ight exceeds the breadth. Some of the blocks measure from six to eight or ten feet, by four, six, or eight. They are united without cement; and many have Arabic and Saracenic inscriptions on them. This style of building is one belonging to a very ancient period. The castle, like every place of strength in this country, has been destroyed, rebuilt, and altered at various pe riods. The oldest cart, near the foundation, is formed of stones of a very great size; and the broad ditch which surrounds it is built in the rustic masonry of the Romans. Its extent is considerable. Erected before the invention of gunpowder, it could offer but little resistance to artil lery ; but, being consttucted with large diamond-cut stones, and including eleven bastions within its circuit, some of them mounted with cannon, and all supplied with a guard, it is still capable of overawing the factious inha bitants of the town.—Library of Travel. LORD ELDON AS A Boy.—Lord Eldon, late in life, told his niece, Mrs. Foster, that " no boy was ever so much thrashed as he was," and to Lady Eldon's nephew he once said :—" Mr. Surtees, when your father and I were boys, and that is now a long time ago, I remember our stealing down the Side, and along the Sand-Hill, and creeping into every shop, where we blew out the candles. We crept along the counter, then popped our heads up, out went the candles, and away went we. We escaped detec tion" On another occasion Lord Eldon said to Mrs. Forster :—" I remember my father coining to my bedside to accuse Harry and me of having robbed an orchard ; some one had come to complain. Now, my coat was lying by my bed with its pockets full of apples, and I had hid some more under the bed-cloths, when I heard my father on the stars, and I was at that moment suffering intolerabl e torture from those I had eaten ; yet I had the Clo audacity to deny the fact. We were twice flogged for it. not know how it was, but we always considered rob bing an orcha r d as an honourable exploit. I remember once being carried before a ma g i s trate for robbing an orchard—'boxing th e f ox, as we called i t. There were three of us. Howet Johnson, another boy, and myself. The magistrate acted upon what I think was rather curious law ; for he fined our fathers each 30s. for our offence. We did not care for that, but they did ; so nay father flogged me, then sent a message to Moises, and Moises flogged me azain. We were very good boys, very good indeed ; we never did anything worse than a robbery." —Life of Lord Eldon. MORAL COURAGE OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. — The moral and physical courage of the emperor has been frequently displayed. At the period of the cholera, when the ignorant and infatuated people were massacre ing the medical men because they could not stop the ravages of that fearful disease, the emperor in person appeared amongst Owns, shoved his nodding plumes, and com manded them to kneel with him on the earth and ask the pardon of heaven for such enormities. He was obeyed ; he offered up an extemporaneous and eloquent prayer, and the carnage ceased. His moral courage on all trying occasions has not been less marvellous, and although tried by great events and fearful complications he has ever held high his head, preserved a calm and dignified mind, and kept in abeyance all passions opposed to the triumph of reason. Nicholas writes decidedly the best hand of all the Russian emperors. It is calligraphically irreproach able, and as he begins with an arc .ing stroke of the pen his name stands as beneath a roof. The emperor passes the greater part of his days in the open air, at reviews or in rapid journeys. Hence his late vis , t to England was by no means rapid in his eyes, nor wearisome to his frame. During summer the shade of his military hat draws across his forehead an oblique line, which marks the action of the sun upon the skin. The figure of the empress, when less oppressed by suffering, was very elegant. There was an indefinable grace about her whole person. Her mein, far from being haughty, was expressive of habitual resigna tion. One of her daughters, the Grind Duchess of Olga, is the most beautiful woman in the whole empire —perhaps in the world. The imperial family is one of the happiest upon earth, for their views, tastes, occupations, desires, are all similar, and none are not in harmony with virtue and religion.—Fraser. DAMASCENE BARBERS. —Among the shopkeepers we must not forget the barbers, those dear old friends with whom the Arabian Nights have put us on so cordial a footing of intimacy. With that ease and suavity for which their fraternity is renowned all the world over, they invite the passers by to enter and submit their heads and faces to their beautifying fingers. Their shops are always full of customers. They are long narrow rooms, with benches on each side, on which a dozen Turks may some times be seen squatting in a line, with tMir bare heads, already shaved, poked out in the most patient manner, to be kneaded between the hands of the barber, who rolls them about as if they were balls. quite unconnected with the shoulders they belong to. The barbers of Damascus are celebrated for taste and skill in all the myst, ries of the toilette, including the art of imparting to the beard and mustachios that dark glossy hue so anxiously and universally coveted. The important affair of arranging the turban is their daily business, and the becoming variety displayed in the disposition of the turbans worn by the gallants of the city, does infinite honour to these meritorious artists. It is pleasant to know that such men continue to enjoy a due share of consideration in the East, and that their talsnts often raise them to affluence. When Mr. Carne's party wished to hire a seperate resi dence in Damascus, they were recommended to a barber who had become a sort of capitalist, and was possessed of some houses. The old gentleman, extremely well dressed, with a goodly length of beard, was always found seated at his ease, smoking or chatting with some of his friends. He wished the Englishman to take a luxurious apartment of his, situated on a terraced roof : it was profusely gilded ; the cushions of the deewan were as white as snow ; and it commanded a superb view of the mountains. But the barber's wife was by far the more zealous part of himself, and protested with loud clamour, that infidels should never sully t: e purity and beauty of her deewan, and after a warm dispute the good man was forced reluc tantly to give way.—The Library of Travel. AN ENTHUSIASTIC NATURALIST.—One of my first movements in Nashville was a walk to the College to see Professor Troot, who is a great enthusiast in geology. It is to be mentioned, to the honour of the State of Tennes see, that it has been one of the first American States to patronise science, by allowing him 500 dollars a. year as geologist to the state, in addition to his al pointment at the College as Professor of Chemistry and Natural His tory, to which a salary of 1,000 do.lars a-year is attached; so that the worthy professor is thus enabled to enjoy all the comforts of life and to make himself perfectly happy as the distributor of these sums ; for, like all philosophic enthusiasts, he places no value on money, and willingly gives any of the country people 20 dollars to bring him a live rattle-snake, or anything new or curious in natural history. Everything of the serpent kind lie has a peculiar fancy for, and has always a number of them that he has tamed in his pockets or under his waistcoat. To 101 l back in his rocking-chair, to talk about geology, and pat the head of a large snake, when twining itself about his neck, is to him supreme felicity. Every year in the vacation be makes an excursion to the hills •, and I was told that upon one of these occasions, being taken up by the stage-coach, which had several members of Congress in it going to Washington, the learned doctor took his seat on the top, with a large basket, the lid of which was not over and above well secured. Near to this basket sat a baptist preacher, on his way to a great public immersion. His reverence, awakening from a reverie he had fallen into, beheld, to his unutterable horror, two rattle-snakes raise their fearful heads, and immediately precipitated himself upon the driver, who, almost knocked off his seat, no sooner became apprized of the character of his ophidian outside passengers, than he jumped upon the ground with the reins in his hands, and was followed instanter by the preacher. The insides, as soon as they learned what was going on, immediately became outsides, and nobody was left but the doctor and his rattle-snakes on the top. But the doctor, not entering into the general alarm, quietly placed his great coat over the basket and tied it down with his handkerchief, which when he had done, he said, " Gentlemen, only don't let dese poor dings pite you, and dey won't hoort you."—Feathersionhaugh's Excursions through the Slave Slates. SINGULAR NAVAL OPERATION.—The line of piles which had been driven in across the river was not lees than 20 feet wide, or rather it was a double line, tilled up be tween the two with large sunken junks laden with stones. Great labour arid perseverance were required to get up sufficient of these pilea.to clear a passage broad enough fur the ste tmer to pass. This was only accomplished after four hours' hard work, in which, oddly enough, the Chi nese peasantry bore an active part, voluntarily cowing forward to assist, and even venturing to come on board the steamer itself. This was undoubtedly one of the good results of not having inflicted any injury upon the country people or inhabitants of the villages through which the little expedition had passed. Inquiry has often been made what method was adopted in order to open a passage through obstacles such as I have described. It may, therefore be here remarked, that several modes were at different times resorted to, according to circumstances. Where the stakes were not driven in very firmly, it - was easy, by fisteiling a hawser round the top of them, and making it fast to the steamer, to back her out, and pull them one by one away; but, as this was a tedious process, a hawser W 43 -ometimes fastened resod ten or a dozen of them in a line across the river, and carried from one to the other, but fastened to each of them in such a way as to leave about a few fathoms of slack rope between each pair. The end of the hawser was made fast to the steamer wilt a tolerable length of line out, and she was then backed at full speed. The momentum thus acquired was on sufficient to drag the first pile away with a jerk; and ih;s one being already fastened to the next, as before de scrib ad, with a fathom or two of slack line between them, the force of the steamer, which still continued to hack astern, was sufficient to jerk that one away also; and thus proceeding at full speed backwards the steamer pulled them all away one after another, still remaining fastened togeiher by the hawser; but the power of the jerk was only applied to one at a time. In cases where the stakes were driven in to some depth, or where the bed of the river was tenacious, it was necessary to pull them fairly out perpendicularly, by luff tackle led up to the mast head. The piles were gradually loosened a little, by being pulled to and fro ' • for which purpose chain slings were passed round the head of the pile, and a hawser being then made fast, were laid aft along the deck ; thus, by being pulled in various directions, sometimes one way and some times another, the pile was at length drawn fa!rly out, something like drawing a tooth. Tee bows of the steamer were run nearly close up to the piles during this operation, and she was steadied by ahawser run out from the quarter to the banks of the river.— Voyage of the Nemesis. WASHING DAY AT THE PALACE.—We are indeb'ed to a lady for the following original anecdote of King William IV. :—A great deal has lately been said of the retentive memory of the Emperor of Russia, but his late majesty William the Fourth was not far behind him in this re spect. When he was a young man, serving on hoard H.M.S. Pegasus, be was for some t;me on the North American station ; and at one time while lying in the har bour of St. John's, Newfoundland, he gave a ball on board, to the elite of the town, which gave general satis faction to those who were fortunate enough to receive in vitations. One gentleman, who had been particularly de lighted at the novelty of the scene, on leaving the ship thanked the prince for the honour paid to him and his fa mily, and said he would be happy to see him at his house, at any time that he found himself disengaged on shore. Accordingly, Prince William Henry, as he was then called, determined to avail himself of the invitation, and a few days afterwards presented himself at the door of his worthy friend, by whom he was most graciously received, and hospitably entertained. The lady of the house not making her appearance, the prince most politely inquired for her health, and hoped he was to have the pleasure of seeing her. Mr. El replied she was quite well; but he must ask his royal highness to excuse her, as it was washing day at Apple -tree Lane. The prince, bearing that a business which appeared to be of such importance was going on, rose to take leave, and, while doing so, told Mr. H--- if he should at any time visit London, he hoped lie would find him out and call on him , telling him he had only to send in his card, and he would be most happy to see hire. It was not for many years after that - visited England; but w hen he did , he re membered the invitation o f the p rince(at this time William the Fourtb) ; so one fine morning he hired a cab, and drove off to the palace, but was very much disappointed to find that " cabs" were not admitted within the palace gates—he was obliged to get out and go in on foot ; but what was his indignation when he found he could gain no admittance to his majesty ! He remained expostulating for some time with the servants, telling them that he was specially invited by the king to call upon !iim, and that he was a personal friend of his majesty. The servants at length consented to take in his card, which, on its being presented to his majesty, be immediately remembered the name and address, and desired the attendants to show him in, and received him with that frank and easy manner for which he was at all times distinguished, which the simple hearted man taking advantage of, he ventured to express a hope that her majesty was well, and that he should have the honour of paying his respects to her. His majesty, in stantly recollecting the circumstances attending his call at Apple-tree Lane, replied with much acuteness, that he was happy to inform Mr. that her majesty was H---- to excuse her quite well, but he must ask Mr. making her appearance that morning, " as it was washing day at the palace." It is needless to add that the hint was taken by the unsophisticated son of Terra Nova, who vets* soon backed himself out from the presence of roy. alty.— Greenock Adverli.er. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD ANIMAL. MAGNETISM IN CHINA.—This is understood in the crl,stial empire, and turned to good account. being practised by the barbers of Canton. " I observed," says AI. Borget, " that the greater part of the patients slept while they were being shaved, and I could net account for this singularity. But one morning 1 observed a man seat himself on a st ml a little apart fr .m the rest; began my task of sketch*, when the barber, instead of commencing his operations, placed himself before his customer, and, first of all, took hold of his hinds, and then passed his own several times over the shoulders, and before the face of the sitter, who shortly fell into a state of quiet drowsiness, if he did not actually go to sleep. lle then moved his customer's head about in every direction he pleased, to facilitate the operation of shaving. When lie h►d finished he shook the sleeper gently and awr•ke him. I frequently saw the same thing practised after wards."—captain Piddi••g's Chinese Olio. AMUSEMENTS or AN EMPEROR.—One of the passions of the Emperor of Russia, that is, one of his passions for small matters and amusements, is for masked balls. On these occasions he, of course, is not masked, whilst all the world are; and then, throwing off all restraint, he allows his arm to be taken by a 1 who present themselves for that honour. This is easily to be accounted for. On such occasions revelations are made to him often interest ing to himself, his family, his dynasty, and his govern ment. Individuals who do not dare to approach his p rson in public or in private lest their names should be known and they should be somewhat compromised by the disclo sures they make, at masked balls feel none of this reluc tance, and confide to the imperial ear secrets of vast importance. Undoubtedly, these are of comparatively rare occurrence in an empire where the police are so ac tive. zealous, and intelligent; but still they do take place, and the emperor avails himself of such means of commu ica t ion . —Fraser. THE BIBLE IN CHINESE.—China has been opened by recent events, not only to commercial speculations but to missionary enterprise, and there appears to be quite as much ardour in the rel;gions world to send the mes sage of divine truth among its millions, as there is in the manufacturing and commercial world to supply them with calicoes and woollens. In our native land, the London and Church Missionary Societies have made new and successful efforts to raise funds for this specific object, and it is rumoured that the weekly' collections made in London by order of the bishop are intended for the planting of English episc ipacy in that soil. America has long taken a very prominent share in missionary labours on the outskirts of that hitherto sealed country. The Baptist and Congregational denominations have for some time past had missions in China, and we learn that the facilities now afforded for the residence of missionaries on ' the eastern coast, have served to kindle the zeal of the Presbyterian churches, awl that they are about to establish, an extensive mission in that country.—Captain Piddiny's Chinese Olio. IGHTLY SERVED.—Reay and I (Lord Eldon) went up from Oxford to London together, we dined at March's Iklaidenhead-bridge, and upon the window Reny observed that a person of Chipping Norton, whose name I now for get, had written that he dined there on a leg of mutton, upon a day and year mentioned in what was written. When we got to the Somerset coffee-house Reay sent him a letter, stating, that as he had thought it important to inform the public that he had dined at Maidenhead-bridge, and upon a leg of mutton, he must expect that some of tli' public would inquire how the mutton had agreed with him ; and he therefore took the liberty of sending such an inquiry, from his friend Tom Comical. Next day he sent him a double letter, hoping that, as probably he had po tatoes with his mutton, they had not disagreed with MM. Two days afterwards he sent a treble letter, representing, that as his friend Tom Comical had received no answer to his inquiry how the mutton and potatoes had agreed with him, he had probably made a mistake, and should have inquired how the mutton and French beans, or some other vegetab'es, had agreed with him, and assured him that he should repeat his kind and anxious inquiries every day till his answer cime. We were soon afterwards obliged to return to college, and, stopping at March's, we found that the pane had been taken out of the window and a new one put in its place. Whilst we were looking at the window, old March came in, and, observing us, he said, 'Ay, ay, one of you must be the gentleman that sent the person that has been here from Chipping Norton so many letters. Poor man ! he came all the way from Chipping Norton, 20 odd miles the other side of Oxford, and insi,ted upon seeing the pane of glass, the leg of mutton, and all the rest, taken out of the window, and a new pane of glass put in, before he would eat a morsel.'—Life of Lord Eldon. GENERAL MISCELLANY. There are seventy prisoners for trial at the York assizes. Of these five are charged with murder. Of the round number of barristers attending the Pres ton sessions, seven were fast asleep in court at the same time, the other day. A lady residing at Stamford, received last week through the Post-office, a gooseberry pie, sent to her from a friend at Cambridge.—Stanford Mercury. Passengers are being conveyed by the splendid steamer on the line from Hull to Hamburg for 55., the charge for the saloons being only 10s. The Wesleyan conference commences its sittings at Birmingham on the 31st instant. The Rev. Dr. Bunting is expected to preside. The will of the poet, Mr. Thomas Campbell, was proved on Saturday. by the executors, Dr. Beittie and Mr. Moxon. The personal property is sworn under £2OOO. The will and a codicil are dated 1842. An arrival of 2,000 pine applt s from the Bahamas is a new feature in the fruit trade, the sale of those brought over la t season having encouraged the importation by the merehauti.—London paper. A coal vein at Beaufort iron works, Abergavenny, recently ignited, and is now on fire to the extent of three miles! Many fatal accidents have already been the con sequence. - - - - - THE FISHERIES. — Large quantities of mackerel con tinue to be brought in daily. They have been sold as low as Bs. per 100, and retailed in the street 10 and 12 a shilling. La-t Friday morning upwards of 50,000 were landed.—Brithlon Paper. On Tuesday last, during the sale of the surplus property of the N( rthern and Eastern Hallway Company, Mr. Ralph, A gentleman or fortune, entered the room, and was proceeding to a seat. when he tell down and expired. Tue fun ther sale was immediately postvned. - - -r • . Mr. John Groveq, a large landowner in the neighbour hood of .kyle-bury, I.st week sent his tenant-farmers their half-dearly receipts, at the same time telling them not to trouble themselves in sending the money, but to keep it in their pockets. At a meeting of " the soap trade" of Glasgow and Paisley, last week, it was unanimously agreed to advance the price of soap to the following rates per cwt. :—White, 53-.; pale, 4 48, second, or bright, 465.; yellow, 42 5. Edinburgh Paper. - - It is said that a new use has been discovered in the ar ticle guano, which was never anticipated. Hitherto it has been merely looked upon as applicable to agricultural purposes, but now the rumour goes that it may be em ployed in the manufacture of a certain colour. Works for a new harbour at Aberdeen have been con tracted for by Messrs. Oldham, builders and railway contractors, of Cheltenham. The sum is £99,660. When completed, the new harbour will be one of the most com modious in the kingdom. A discovery was made at Buckingham Palace on Thurs day morning, that a man em ployed in the upholstery de partment of the Lord Chamberlain's office had commit ted suicide in one of the store-rooms. The deceased was of regular and sober habits, and the cause which led to the sad catastrophe was unknown. GREAT DEPRECIATION.—The ingenious Model of Venice, recen ly exhibited at Pall-mall, and very poorly patronized, was sold. on Wednesday. by auction. It is said to have occupied several artists fourteen years in procinc . nst it. at an expense of nearly £2,000; but it was now sold to Mr. Tyler. of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, for thirty-one guineas! THE IRON TRADE.—As an instance of the increasing briskness of the above trade, we may mention that the shipping agent at Newport of a large establishment on the Hills, in one day last week received, by post, advices of charter parties for cargoes to be shipped amounting to 3,000 tons of railway iron. The rails are chiefly for South Carolina.—Worcester Paper. On Wednesday morning an unusual number of letters and newspapers arrived at the General Post-office by the ordinary mails from Egypt, Greece, India, the lonian Islands, &c., rid Southampton. There were 52 boxes of letters, containing together upwards of 12,000 single packets, and five bags of newspapers, most of which were in perfect files. DIVORCES.—The total number of divorce acts passed by the legislature in the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843, amounted to 27 ; making an average of nearly seven per annum. The total amount of fees was, in 1840, £605 ; in 1&11, £4OB ; in 1842, £768 ; and in 1843, £589 ; making altogether, £2370. The average expense of each divorce act amounted to £l7 16s. 10d. .The il infe o sdndt u teuht s d seea that o hßd: f aoyEot L ysaAta o t hlemu r e,dgmaisumnr Augusta atitr a arahr v rgi emeai marriage gdsaueeesrucrbAssi Murray, however he, a a poen g eiwnsde a e i tr eg s gser t ae lity t nah h catsea e letirsd e eeti h S tvsl a i ' ucs r i v sro e A sgen d u xse e g sa c o u ' s considered a marriage by the English law. ASSIZE Towrrs.—By a recent return it appears that there are 66 assize towns in England, 34 in Ireland, and only nine in Scotland ; total, 109. Of these towns in England, seven of them are in the Home Circuit; eight itanuiermkeeypesner The yryooooiff in the Midland; seven in the Norfolk ; seven in the Northern ; nine in the Oxford; nine in the Western; seven in the North Wales and Chester ; and seven in the South Wales Circuit. GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES commenced at Cardiff on Monday last, before Baron Rolfe. At these assizes, Ann Williams and John Rees were sentenced to transportation for life for attempting to administer poison to Thomas Vaughan and Mary his wife. It appeared that the female prisoner (an illegitimate child of Mrs. Vaughan before her marriage,) was about being married to the other• prisoner, and expected, by causing the death of the Vaughans, to come into possession of their property. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY I2.—We have expe rienced rather more inquiry for sugars this week, and although the transactions do not exceed 400 hbds. West India, still there is evidently a better feeling respecting this article, with an impression prevalent that prices have reached the lowest point. In Bengals and Mauritius there has been rather more business doing at steady prices. Ruin is in fair demand at the former value. Gazetted average price of Sugar, July 9. is 335. Bd. per cwt. MURDER.- On Friday a sheriff-offi.vr, named George Murdoch, went, in the course of his duty, to leave an ar restment of wages against a man in the dye-works at Govan, when, as is said, he was roughly used. On the following day, however, he probeeded to lift the sum which had been so arrested, when, according to our Informa tion, the work-people threw the officer down into a vat, and struck and storied him, in con:equ-nce of which he died on Sunday morning.—Glasgow paper. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—Mr. Jeffreys, a farmer residing at Great Bartford, on the 20th ult., while his neighbours were sowing barley, cut and carted a quantity of the same grain. Tne barley in question was the produce of a field that had been severely injured by the hail-storm of last year, and the occupier had had it ploughed up for the purpo,e of sowing it with wheat, but observing a good deal of grain growing, he allowed it to stand, and the result has been that be has obtained an ex cellent crop.—Bri , tol Journal. CONVICTION FOR ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. —At Lewes Quarter Ses-ions, on Wednesday, James Siam onds, of Maresfield. shoemaker, aged 75, was in dicted for unlawfully attempting to hang himself by the neck to a tree. He plealed guilty. A Mrs. Hartfield ran to the spot and cut him down. He wai black in the face, and insensible for an hour. The Earl oft. hichester ('•loirman) asked the prisoner if he was sensible of the enormity of his offence! The prisoner replied that he was. His lordship sentenced him to six months' impri sonment. AN " ARTFUL DODGE."—In the Exeter Court of Bankruptcy last week the bnikrupt under examination, an attorney, named Drake, lately in extensive practice at Barnstaple, st.ted that it had been his practice to carry in his pocket• book a blank cheque-book of each of the local banks; and the reason he assigned for this practice was, that sometimes people would say, " Dear me, it 1 had my cheque-book I'd pay you." "Oh ! you would, would you ?" "Yes, certainly ;" whereupon he was down upon them with a blank cheque, and the transaction was closed. RIVER WEAVER.—The yearly survey of the River Weaver took place nn the 26th and 27th ult., and the an nual meeting was held on Thursday I.A, at. Northwich. Egerton Leigh, Esq. of Jodrell Hall, retired from the Trust, and his son, Egerton Leigh, jun. Esq. of High Leigh, was elected in his stead. 'ibis year's tonnage pt o duced £38,308; miscellanies. £425. The expenditure : general repairs, £7204 188. 71d. ; incidents, £3629 I ss. 2i1.; Weston new entrance, £4529 Os. 0 d. ; Winnington new lock, £3444 14s. Bd. ; new churches, £2302 13s. 3d. — Total, £21.114 le. 9d. CURIOUS LOCALITY FOR A NEST.—A smsll steamer, the Clarence, lies at At.nan Waierfoot, and plies be , ween it and Port Carlisle, in the way of tugging vessels. A pair of swallows built their nest last year under the sponsons of one of the paddle-wheels, hot more than three feet above the water, and succeeded in bringing forth their young. There they are this summer again. Daring neap tides the Clarence plies every other day, and often every day. When she leaves the Waterfoot, the birds leave her, ana keep on the Scotch side; and then when she returns, and is nearing Annan, the swallows invatiably meet her, and accompany her to her berth. GRAND CHRISTENING AT BLENHEIM PALACE.—The infant Earl of Sunderland. the first horn of the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford, was baptised at the palace chapel, Blenl.eim, last week. The Marchioness of Lon donderry presented the child at the font, who was named Gtorge Charles, the names of his paternal and maternal grandfathers. Besides the sponsors, there were also pre sent the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Louisa Spen cer Churchill, Lady Caroline Stewart, Lord A. Churchill, and Lord Seaham. The font, richly embossed silver gilt, was presented by the Marquis of Londonderry to the in fant earl, his first grandson. DISGRACEFUL ASSAULTS ON FEMALES.—On Thurs day, a man named Witham White was brought before Mr. Maude, at the Borough Court, Manchester, charged with an indecent assault on a lady named Cartwright, in Great Ancoats-street. It appeared that the prisoner had twice knocked her down without the least provocat , on, and that he and another man (not in custody) had at ackei a number of other females, lifting their clothes, throwing them down, and assaulting those who came to their as sistance. The prisoner was fined £7 10s. for the two as saults proved, and, in default, to be committed to hard labour for two months. FATAL ACCIDENTIN A STONE-YARD IN MANCHESTER. —On Tuesday last, while aman named Gal l.rr was engaged in Mr. Routledge's stone-yard, Trafford-street, Albion street, in turning a large block of stone, by means of crab and chain, on a temporary railway, the stone went down on its side with ereater force than was expected, forcing out of his hand the handle of the windlass, which struck him violently, so that be fell amongst some other large stones, had his skull fractured, and died instantly. The machinery was stated to be good, and had deceased held the windlass handle with both hands, he might have saved himself. On the inquest the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." FOUR LIVES LOST.—On Monday last very great ex citement was created in the neighbourhood of Beaufort, by a report that a great many miners had been carried out of the " old coal " mines in a state of suff..cation, caused by the noxious effluvia emitted by the subterra• nean fire still burning in the workings, in spite of the efforts made to drown and smother it; but its further progress has by these means been considerably checked. On inquiry it was found that the whole had been reco vered, with the exception of four individuals, who had been so long exposed to the deadly influence of the gas, as to preclude all hopes of saving them. --Hereford paper. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.—The following was the verdict returned at the inquest. "We are unani mously of opinion that the death of James Swift, Bridget Hart, and James M'Dgnald, was.caused by the explosion of the steam .boiler at Mr. Brook's mill; that the said boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam being too great; and that George Branscome has caused the explo sion. We are also of opinion that due care has not hfen used in the general superintendence of the steam engines and boilers." George Branscome was therefore com mitted to take his trial for manslaughter. A subscription was entered into by the jury for the relief of the families of the deceased, and the sum of £8 10s. was handed to the coroner as the commencement of a subscription for that purpose. The boy Jones (tbe interesting chimney-sweep, who so ingeniously contrived to secrete himself in the private apartments of the queen at 13uckitighan Palace), now a first-class boy on boat d H. M. S. Warspite, when between Tunis and Algiers, was last month rrscued, late at night, from a watery grave by the hie buoy. The ship's crew are of opinion that if it had been a rough night Jones would not have gone overboard at all ; they think thit he jumped overboard, for no other purpose than to see the life-buoy light burning, and this is in some measure con firmed by the fact of his bawling out when falling "man overboard," and again, when immersed, " let go the life-buoy. - - - THE WRONG Box.—On Sunday week, three drunken soldiers, intent on what they denominated " a lark," stopped a cab in Liverpool-road, Mancl ester, in.i:ted on the driver turning out the individuals who sere inside and carrying them to the barracks, declaring their colonel had given orders that they should ride home when intoxi cated. The cabman remonstrated, the soldiers were violent, and the police gathered at the spot. Suddenly one of the gentlemen inside put his hand out of tee win dow and authoritatively ordered the policemen to take charge of the soldiers till he sent a piquet for them. It was no other than the colonel himself. The const.rnation of the drunken soldiers may be conceived. PUBLIC WALKS IN WARRINGTON.—It is currently rumoured in the town of Warrington, that arrangements are being made, by which the fields in front of Bank Hall, the seat of John Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., for North Lancashire, are to be converted into a public plea sure ground, for the use of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. It is said that Mr. Patten has con sented to give £l,OOO towards the object, and that about an equal sum is to be advanced out of the government fund available for the purpose, the remaining part of the purchase money to be raised by private subscription. The name of Mr. Beaumont, whose liberality on other occasions is well known to the town and neighbourhoo d, is intimately connected with the sche m e. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—A. most heart rending and fatal accident happened on Monday to a lime-burner em ployed at the Southwick lime kilns, near Sunderland. The poor man, whose name was Bell, went on to the top of one of the kilns when it was burning. When stand ing on the stones, about the centre of the kiln, the burn ing mass beneath him suddenly gave way, and he sunk up to the shoulders in the " furnance of fire". In this po sition he remained for a short time in the greatest agony, till his limbs and body were so burned as to cause his death. A rope having been fastened round the upper part of bis body, he was with difficulty dragged out, when his mangled remains presented a most horrible spectacle—appalling even to contemplate. The unfor tunate man has left a widow and large family to mourn his truly melancholy death.—. Durham Advertiser. BIRMINGHAM ELECTION.—On Friday he nomination for the representation of Birmingham, vacant by the death of Joshua Scholefield, Esq., took place. There were three candidates—Richard Spooner, Esq., on the con servative interest; Mr. Wm. Scholefield, son of the de ceased; and Mr. Sturge, the " Complete Suffrage" ad vocate. It is known that Mr. Sturge has already been twice a candidate for that town ; and conservatism has been so much on the increase there that the liberals well knew Mr. Spooner (whose minority at the contest of 1841 was a very small one) would have gained an easy victory over him. The son of the deceased was therefore hurried into the field with something like indecent haste, in the hope of gaining over some of Joseph's friends. The whole of the three gentlemen were proposed, and the show of hands were in favour of Mr. Sturge. On Saturday the voting took place, and the state of the poll ing each hour we give in a leading article, where the voting in this and previous years is compared. Our readers will scarcely give credit to the revolting fact which we now disclose, and which merits the strong est condemnation. Frequently since the establishment of the low rates of postage it has been found that letter bags, on being opened at the Post-office, emitted a stench scarcely endurable, but as nothing appeared on the face of the letters or parcels to account for this strange cir cumstance, the cause remained unknown until within a few days back. The discovery took place in this way, and we have positive authority for stating the fact :—A packet was posted in a country town,addressed to a surgeon in London, the envelopes of which, on its arrival at the General Post office, having been almost destroyed by a quantity of blood having oozed out, it was carefully examined and found to contain a portion of a human body, evidently forwarded t for the purpose of dissection. The attention of the authorities was immediately called to the shocking fact, and we understand that measures have since been adopted to prevent any recurrence of so disgusting an outrage on publicfeeling, affandoried gr b o y ss tb a e n p a o b st u_soeffioe. f e t_he o l b a , c e r rv lit e te r s . of communication THE POET ButtNs.—lt is intended to have a grand fes tival in honour of the poet Burns. It will be one of unu sual brilliancy; and will be patronised by large numbers of the Scottish nobility and gentry, who have already sig. nified their intention of being present to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of Scotland's greatest poet. Ap plication having been made to Lord Eglington to preside on the occasion, the noble lord replied that nothing would afford him greater pleasure than to comply with the re quest, so that now complete arrangements have been made, and the festival will take place in Ayrshire on Thursday, August I. Two days after wards the Highland and Agricultural Society's Grand Slow, at Glasgow, will take place, so that both places may be easily visited. ACCIDENT TO THE HON. MISS BOYLE.—The Hon. Miss Caroline Boyle, niece to the Earl of Cork, and maid of honour to the Queen Dowager, had a miraculous escape from drowning last week, at Allarston, the noble earl's seat near Frome. It appears that Miss Boyle was on a pleasure excursion on the lake, and when pushing off amongst some willows she lost her footing, and fell from the boat where the water was 16 feet deep. Miss Boyle clung to the boughs. Miss Warburton, her com panion, threw her the end of an car from the shore. Miss Mary Boyle, who had been waiting the arrival of the boat, at the further end of the lake, alone unmoored another boat, and, assisied by Miss Warburton, succeeded in dragging in the half-lifeless lady just as her strength was giving way and her hands were relaxing their hold. DEPARTURE OF BARBER AND FLETCHER.—The Agin court, convict-ship, with Barber and Fletcher on board, and upwards of three hundred other convicts, left Wool wiCh, for Norfolk Island, on Monday morning 1 ist, at six o'clock. It will be recollected that two declarations of 13at bees innocence have been made and signed by Fletcher. Barber himself wrote, just before the vessel sailed, a letter declaratory of his innocence, which was published in the Sun. On Thursday last a document, signed by William Sanders, another of the convicts, who is on board the Lord Auckland, under sentence of trans poitation for seven years, was received by Barber's attorney, and transmitted to Sir James Graham. It avers solemnly that Barber is completely innocent of any guilty knowledge whaiever of the transactions, and that he received no more than the usual professional remuner ation. A STRANGE FANCY.—The following ludicrous circum stance took place, in Falkirk, last week. The parents of a child, about six years of age, on ordering him to bed, were not a little nonplused by his answering, " I'm no Bann to my bed the night, for I dreamed the ' streen that I was to sit on a stick and sleep like a hen." Persuasions and threats were all in vain. on a stick he would be; and, willing to gratify what appeared to be a momentary no tion, the parents, in want of a proper bauk, proposed that the back of a chair should serve for his roost during the night. No sooner said than done, the child denuded him self of his clothes, hung them on the chair back, mounted his roost, and, in a few minutes, to the surprise of all, was fast asleep. He was allowed to remain thus for some time, and, on being awake; ed, it was only by working on his fears that lie eas ultimately induced to relinquish the batik for a more comfortable nest.—Edinburgh Rost. BREACH OF PROMISE.—At the Yarmouth Quarter Sessions last week one of the cases (Spillings v. Morley) was a writ of inquiry to ass•ess damages for breach of promise of marriage. Plaintiff's counsel stated that Miss Spillings was a highly respectable person, her father being a proprietor of fishing boats, and defendant being also an owner of fishing boats, and a person of pro petty. The case excited much laughter, as, in answer to the recorder, it appeared, that the plaintiff's father was a shrimpman at Gorleston, and the defendant a shrimpman also, being possessed of a fourteenth part of two shrimp-boats. The plaintiff's sister was called to prove that the plaintiff took the loss of a husband much to heart, but failed in doing so ; she said her sister was pretty middling, for she had no doubt that she would marry some one else. as she had taken it " pretty tidily." The recorder, in summing up to the jury, made some very strong remarks on such a case being brought into court, and told the jury it was a case for the very smallest damages. Verdict—damages one farthing; which has the effect of plunging the defendant in about £l5 costs. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Mary Dillon, a very young and beautiful Irish girl, splendidly attired, and wearing a profusion of valuable jewelry, was placed before the magis trate, Marlborough-street, on Tuesday last. Police-con stable John Cox stated that he found the defendant sitting on the step of a door near St. James's Church. Her bead was leaning on her knees, and at first he con chided that she was sleeping, but on a closer inspection he found that she was in a state of complete stupour. He therefore conveyed her to the station-house, but two hours elapsed before she was restored to a state of con sciousness. She afterwards intimated by signs to the inspector that she was deaf and dumb, and ultimately wrote her name and her address at Fulham, on a slate; but she dec fined giving any further information respecting herself. Sergeant Burnett, said that a twelvemonth ago she was living in a style of great splendour in Piccadilly, under the protection of a nobleman. It also appeared that, about twelve months ago, she was found insensible in the street, and was locked up in a station-house for the night, on the supposition that she was drunk, and from that time she became deaf and dumb. Mr. Maltby hu manely directed Burnett to see her home to her friends. THE INDIGO SALES.—The quarterly sale of Indigo commenced on Tuesday. The quantity declared, includ ing 999 chests of goods left over from former sales, amounted to 15,146 chests. The qualities of the Bengal are in the proportion of two-thirds good and middling. and one-third fine and ordinary, being in the whole 11,587 chests. The attendance from the continent was more numerous than usual, and very fair also from the manu facturing districts. The biddir , soon became spirited at from 3d. to 6d. per lb. lower than the April sale prices for Bengal; 2d. and 3d. for Madras and Kurpah, and about the April prices for Oude; 875 chests passed the sale, and of which 51 were withdrawn, and only 25 chests bought in by the exposers. At the Indigo sale on Wed ne=day, 1,085 chests were gone through, making a total of 1,950 chests, of which 52 have been withdrawn. and 118 bought in. Prices rul,d much the same as on Tues day, excepting far the better qualities, which were rather lower. At the sale on Thursday 802 chests were gone through at the previous day's prices, making a total to this time of 3,859 chests, of which 195 have been vs ith drawn, 192 bought in, and 3,485 sold. The sales were to be resumed again ytsttrday, and continue about a fort- HORSE FAIR TRICK.—At the late Chester fair, the servant man of Towhshend Lice, Esq , of CliestLiton, was sent by his nailer to the fair to sell two horses; the prices being about £lO fur one, and £l5 for the other. While looking out for a customer, a stranger came up to him ai , d said, " Oh, yoit have two horses to se:l, I sup pose ; what's the price?" The servant man informed him, upon which the stranger replied that he had a very good carriage horse to di•pose of, for which he had just been bidden £3l. but for cestiiii reasons he did not wish to transact business with ibe bidder. He offered, however, to mike an cxel.a ge wan the servant nom, and give him £2 for his trot de. Hiving stepped aside, another fellow their came up. and asked if he was going to exchange his horses for the one belonging to the man whl had just kit hint ; and tel nig hitt also that if such were tire case he would give hint .1230 for the horse. In the course of a very short time the exchange wis made, and the three pro ceAefl t,) tire Sv,a , r public-house to close the sale for the sing'e horse. A,t:T they bad conversed a short time, the sharper su Idettiv tectllerted that he had not a receipt sta,..o in his pocket. an] requested the servant man to go out and fetch one. He accordingly did so, but it is al most needless to say that when he returned the three rogues were gone, leaving a poor old hack behind them hardly worth a groat. • SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP.—An in quest was held on Friday list, before the coroner of Herts, on the body of a child of tender age named James Dyce, who was suffocated in one of the kitchen flues at Goldings, the seat of Lord Reay, near Hertford. It ap peared that the father of the deceased had been emp'oyed to clean the flues by the machine; but having experienced some difficulty in freeing one of the flues from the soot, made the child go in to clean the soot from the ledges. After the boy had been up some minutes he called out to h*s father that he could ascend no higher. The father told him to go up to the top, and he would Hansel' go up the poh r g l r i e t a ti t e kitchen t h c e l n iim fo n u e n y and d t ha t bring h e could him down. neither ascend T ite s feo e hu t i i lr d dh f o ow r ua r a ss b te e a gd y u e bi r tee . f dr A ee at la nd r .e e i c Tu h a w, s ,ahs n i d a d d i hs e c i iod n v e t g h r eo e dt w . i a n l Tt l , oh a ea t nor descend, and hi s pit eous cr i es i n d uce d th e servan t s to hen he the spot whence the s oun d s p rocee d e d, b ut upwar d s o f shaft ' not intended for a flue, having no outlet, and to which no fireplace was attached. It was presumed thet he had slipped into the aperture, and was suffocated in the soot. The coroner told the father that lie was at first disposed to treat it as a case of manslaughter, and undoubtedly had the child been compelled to enter the flue by threats it would have amounted to that offence. The father had, however, rendered himself liable to a fine of £lO for an infringement of the act of parliament; a punishment wholly inadequate to the offence. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A SHOOTING GALLERY. — On Saturday week, a respectable-looking young man, aged 22, who gave his name as the Hon. William Ross Touchet, was charged, at the Bow-street Police-office, with shooting Thomas Smith, a gunsmith, at 288, High Holborn, with intent to murder him. It appeared that the prisoner had gone into a shooting gallery at the back of Mr. Smith's shop, where, after asking the latter to shoot with him at the target, and having had two shots, he, without saying a word, turned round, and, while Mr. Smith was loading another pistol , w ith his back towards him, he fired the pistol at him and wo unded him in the loins. Mr. Smith exclaimed that he was shot in the back, and asked prisoner what he had done it for, but no answer was given. The prisoner was taken into custod y b y a police-officer, to whom he said he w as tired of hi s life , y , prisoner said aglinatrreaptel and had shot Mr. Smith on purpose , as he wishe d to be hanged. This he repeated to anoth er p art y , ad ding that ques thieo n b s o re said that the witnesses had spo ken trul y , and repeated by n m o r animosity wy f o that he had done it in order th at he m ight be hanged, adding that he lived in lodging s b y him self in Weymouth rdt,othMe r s . it S t m in i g th m . street, Portland-street ; that be was single, had enough of money, and had not been ill or had fever, but, fur a variety of reasons, was very unhappy. It was directed that inquiry should be made respecting him, and, as it was certified that Mr. Smith was not out of danger, he was remanded for a week. The prisoner, it was soon afterwards found, is a younger brother of th e present Lord Audley. In the afternoon, L or d Audle y, nt accom paniede by the constable who apprehe d the pr isoner , arrived at the court, evidently much affected at tl count he had received of hi s b rot h er ' s conduct. Heec a-en tered into a long conversation with Mr. Tw ford on the bench, the particulars of whi c h did not tran, • spire. Mr. Smith is still in considerable danger, and Mc. Touchet • has been further remanded until the unfortunate gentle man is able to appear. METHOD OE CORING OBSTINATE HORSES.--A felt days ago, as a carter was proceeding on the York road, near Doncaster, with a load of stories, his horse made sudden stop. and refused, even alter a most unmerciful whipping, to proceed. A gentleman gild the infuriated carter he must not beat him any mire. " What shall I do ?" said the man " my h.irse has stood here upwards of an hour ; shall I stand here all day ?" "Ohno ; the horse must go, but you most not beat him any more. Get me a rope twice as long as the horse." The rope was obtained, secured to the horse's tail, and then passed between the legs forwards, after which a slight pull was given. The animal was frightened, and showed strong symptoms of kicking, but the pulling was continued. Suddenly he started forward, and went off without en/ more beating. The gentleman said he had seen the same method tried, with a similar effect, on th ,' the .most refractor) asses ever bred. If this fact is disputed by t h os e who have obstinate horses or asses, let them try the experiment. DISAPPOINTED LOVE AND RE% ENGE.—In the course of the oast week the imprisonment of a young, handsome , and accomplished lady of 21 years of age, took place wa der the following circumstances, and that on the steps 0 ' the house of one of the highest law officers of the crOvro* This well born and highly educated young woman has,for three years, exercised her musical talents for the purpos e of aiding in the means of supporting her mother and sis ters, whose fortunes were lost by their father's unsuccess ful speculations. A music seller from time to time Or plied her with music for her professional uses, but alwale sent much more than was desired. The personal charm and talent of the lady had attracted the a usic seller's 0 0 " tice, and he avowed himself, to her great astonishmen t, her admirer; his suit was calmly rejected, the lady being enraged to an officer of rank. On hearing this, the musi c seller demanded instant payment of his money, accornPe* nying it with a writ. Expostulation was used. the urine* cessary part of *he music sent without orders offered to be returned, and the remainder paid for. During this Ot• respondence the action was continued, judgment obtained , execution against the person issued ; and the young lariP, taken from the steps of one of the highest law officers 0: the crown, where she was about to attend her pupils, an carried to a spong'ng house in Chancery-lane, and before the affair could be settled three days elapsed.—Times. The new chatter of the Bank of Eng'and will be in fun operation in the course of a few weeks from the present time. The part of the bi'l which most engages the atrol tion in the monetary circles is, that more han seven mu' lions of Bank of England notes are to be cancelled on or before so early a time as the 10th day of October; fore though notes are to be allowed to be issued in the propor tion of two-thirds to the amount of bullion, the a mount so issued may be very insufficient to counteract the with drawal of so immense a sum on the securities. as ma o l circumstances may occur to diminish extensively before that time the present amount of bullion in the bank. The dependence on the amount of bullion for all Bank of Eng' land notes beyond the small and entirely insufficient amount of £1:1,000,000, with the additional restraints on the provincial bankers from issuing notes for the support of the trade of the country, and filling up the chasm in the circulation, is viewed by many parties F s full of un certainty in its operation, for the present excessive amount of bullion appears to have been relied upon as ca pable of permanency, or that permanently £10,000,0 00 can be retained, the sum aimed at by Sir Robert Peel, al though the public witnessed, in 1836, the withdrawal of bullion so rapidly, and in defiance of all the exertions of the directors, that only about one million of sovereigns remained in the Bank. It is not doubted that the effect of such a dependence must produce great irregularities io the price of commodities, when the hullion may vary ill amount from £16,000,000 to £1,000,000, and no p erson perceives any power in Sir Robert Peel to keep the amount stationary at £10,000,000, as he has promi-ed the House of Commons within the last few days.—Midland Counties Herald. THE NAVY.—A discussion was last week excited is the House of Commons by the Prince de Joinville's fire brand pamphlet, addressed the other day to the wa--part; in France. Sir Charles Napier, Lord Minto, and gr. Shiel, roundly rated the government for maintaining all inadequate naval force. This on the part of the whigs tlt passing strange and not a little impudent. The complaint against the whig government in 1839, was, that they had no vessels in reserve ; and that the dock-yards were ie such a decayed and inefficient state that no addition to the force afloat could be made in any reasonable time' Now, however, it would appear "27 sail of the line al actually ready for service, and independently of these 21 sail of the line, of which six are three-deckers, and three, of 92 guns, complete for commissioning, without the ale, of a shipwright, and irrespective of the frigates and smaller vessels, altogether 50 sail, we have in two of out ports no less than three 3-deckers, one 84, three 78's, and five 72's, 13 sail of the line, four 50-gun frigates, ten 44'ar three 26's, and a dozen sloops of war, which would on l l require docking, to be coppered, and small repairs, to be ready for sea." The complaint against the whigs vias not only that the vessels afloat were only half manned and badly " found," and that there was no adequate pro vision for a reinforcement in an emergency, but it was alleged against them, and proved too, that in no single department were the dock-yards in an efficient state. The staff of artificers had become incompetent through reduction or the apphcation of a pinching economy, which occasioned able workmen to abandon their employment: The store departments were reduced to such a state, that at one time there was not sufficient timber and material s on hand to build and fit out one ship. With regard t° the number of ships in commission at the present timer compared with the number in 1841, the close of miaruler we find that, although at peace, we have more 50-0 ° ships, and more of each of the other classes of frigates, whilst we have nearly 20 more steam-vessels of a superior, lastedresumed important act till concluded by saying that their lord s hi ps woul d no t per offo four o parliament, rl ' i c a loc me k. nt, n a n o . der which the jurors were chosen, who were to try a many it might be, for his life, to he violated, but they would re• qu re it to he strictly complied with. He submitted to their lordships upon this ground, as upon all the other grourn's mentioned in the course of the argument, that the defendants not having had that to which every British subject was entitled, in every trial, civil or criminal—tha t is. i.ot having had a fair trial by law—were entitled to cl+int the benefit of the error upon the record, and to sub mit to their lordship; that this judgment ought to be re' versed. Those were the grounds upon which they at witted that this jud e m en t was erroneous ; an d t h e y sou.; mitred, with all confidence, t o th e i r l or d s hi ps, t h a t uP°" all, or some of them, the judgment mus t b e r eversed' (This closed the case for the trdversers.) After a s hort consultation between their lordships, they adjourned til six o'clock.—At a few minutes past six o'clock, the judges having taken their seats. counsel and a gen t s were, ' 'led in.—The Attorney-General, on th e again (a part 0 ' the crown, addressed the court, and spoke tip to th e hour at which the r lordships adjourned till Tuesday. 00 Tu sday morning the Attorney-General continued hilt arguments, and concluded at two o'clock, by maintaining that the judgment was correct and legal. The Attorney: General for Ireland (Mr. I'. B. C. Smith) followed, and o s poke until a quarter-past five. An ejournme.n took place till half-past six, when the counsel fo r the p l aintiffs, Sir T. Wilde, Mr. M. D. Hill, and Mr. Kelly, were heard in reply. The latter had not closed a t a (1 9 al ', a er" past eleven, when their lordships adjourned to We doe,d morning, when Mr. Fitzroy Kelly resumed his argument, and concluded his address at a quarter before three o'cloclt; by stating that his clients felt s disfied that their lordshiPs decision would be founded on justice. The Attorney' General said, he believed the Crown had the right of,' final reply, but he would not press it on this occasion; wished, h wever, that it should not be drawn into a Pt' • cedent. The Lord Chancellor then said, that in conjun e i tion with his learned and noble friends , he hail prep ae , certain questions for the opinion of the Queen's jtidgc; which his lordship handed to the Lord Chief Jou 6 Tindal. Lord Chief Justice Tindal, on the part of t'd judges, asked time to consider the questions. The I ,or o Chancellor: " Most certainly, you must be allowed reasonable time to consider sour decision." Tue bogs" immediately afterwards adjourned. APPALLING MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED Suieto-,* o A tragical occurrence took place in Salford on Son s night last,—the murder of a female by a man, with v; 11 . ° ,4 she had been on the point of marriage, and the atteniPt„, self-destruction of the murderer. The name of the 'ld fortunate victim was Alice Nolan, about thirty years hit , age, who supported herself by working as a reeler. 5 1 ,6 was, we believe, a native of St. Helens. The name of t' is perpetrator of the horrid deed is Thomas Stew, a °l 5 about 29 or 30 years of age, and has alternately follos i " the occupations of a carter and " navigator," or es vator. vator. He is stated to be a native of N an t w i e h, Chesb .. .. 4 " but for some time past, has lived in Salford. It apPeT e r that on Sunday last, he and the deceased spent a gr ea part of the day together, in the house of a person n ag 4 Shepherd, and left between nine and ten o'cloc k at ni p ., apparently on friendly terms, he acco mpanying her on the way to her lodgings. The previous night at the Of; house, the deceased was heard to express htT disaPP!.:e bation at the steps which Stew had taken in publisb7 the banns of marriage, and to say that he must wait bo time ; and on Sunday they were heard conversing oil ;e0 same subject. About ten o'clock th e d ecease d was l a tit by a young woman named Mary Barlow coming. 1 ;0 Brigg's-street, into Rockliffe.street, and the young vi°7 o o noticed that she stagger e d, an d h a d her h and placed Ilrfell her throat. She walked a few yards farther and they nc ut against a door, whe n h er th roat was di scovered to be pd, in a shocking ma nner , th e bl ood flow i ng from the w°"-not An alarm was gi ven , an d severa l persons ran to the 9 [o to render assistance, but she died in about ten ini n ;o o without being able to speak. The young woroaa ‘ a first saw the de cease d perce i ve d no one near h e r ; u-or very short time elapsed before all doubt as to the P j e r ; o lo trator of the murder was dispelled, by the attemPteupta cide of Stew, the man who had accompanied het Shepherd's house. It appears that after cutting tu e t bal ceased's throat, he returned back to the house where, bto, had spent the day ; and, on arriving at the door, c tla own throat, but not so as to occasion death. SurgtuTA was procured as soon as possible, and he was CORVeI.:4" the Royal Infirmary, where he now lies in a very P;;; e 11 rious state, the chances of his recovery being ext r i e telf doubtful. We understand that his wiudpipe is c omf. t i e 4 , cut through, hut the large blood vessel was not di c Alt e ti He has never been able to speak since, and at first_ nately refused to take food, though he afterwards 03_100 in that respect. A razor was found near the do or house where he cut his throat, and the razor hak o fsi been identified as one which he borrowed on 7_ him, afternoon, under retence that he wanted to shaw!_rdeo self. He was note n toxicated at the time of the in t . oi and, from the facts which have so far come toNtreooo! motive can he assigned for the commission of th e Ti o dts, acts above described, except the refusal of the decja,Ass marry him. A verdict of wilful murder was b against him at the corouer'a inquest. July 16, 1814. / Dan a nd inct na d has for col( rnai woi cir c a si Pie, mai 6 to( asst tilac nllen of tt Still likel hack Weel in m alltU elpe has has the