The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-20 00:00:00

arraturr. _--.:.- POETRY the following lines were suggested on hearing the pupils of the Collegiate Institution sing the well-known song, "Ye Mariners of England," during the last examination.] Ye Protestants of England Let not your courage shake Remember how your fathers braved The scaffold and the stake. Around' your blood-bought lit In dauntless phalanx stand, Guard the Faith, to the death he bulwark ( When tt And the And the land, tormy winds do blow eaves of Persecution rise, stormy winds do blow. Our Cranmers and Riiht well the batt Thank of the day_s Think then When Popish malice th , ned witt The proud A Then He ble And bade thi Then the sto And the foer, tio 'dubious Faith instead Boy For breakers ar wast, look to the mast thend, inds may blo And the storm And the floods - of pers( And the stormy winds may Long live the Queen of England ! Long may she faithful be Unswerving from her grandsire's We want no foreign prin - ce's aid, Be England's watch-word still. Iler Land, her Queen, the Word of Him Who shields that land from ill. Then the stormy winds may blow, - We need not fear for He is near -Though the stormy winds mayblow. N 0 TIcE sacred 'So? Words by the late Mrs. James Gray sed by Henry Vin- M. A. Browne ie nev. nugn Ivrivene, , 11, Elizabeth-street ; ?0, Soho-square. _ he mu cent Lewis, uuu M.A, Liverpool: H. Lewi. London : D'Almaine and Co., '4 In attempting to adapt to music the beautiful poetry of the late - Mrs. James Gray—ever most beautiful when the *re which struck so well was tuned to sacred themes — Mr. Lewis attempted an arduous task ; and we feel bound to say that he has got through it well, and, amongst the seven melodies which compose the present volume, pro duced at least three or four which will not readily be se torated from the touching songs to which they are set. Amongst these are the first, Oh ! could we see the regions'," an expressive andante movement of great chasteness and beauty ; " Watch and pray," which is eally in the tone of feeling conveyed by the poetess "Behold the man of Nazareth !" and No. 7, " 'Thy will be done' _ a touching composition." Although, how ever, we have selected these as our own favourites, the remaining pieces possess great merit, both artistic and otherwise. The work is very neatly got up ; and as either organ or piano-forte music, ought to have extensive circu lation. VARIETIES There are, it is said, 4,400 walled cities in China. Among the trophies taken by the Americans, at the bat of Cerro Gordo, was the cork leg of Gen. Santa Anna, rich was found in his carriage, and has been conveyed New Orleans The editor of the Worcester Journal, speaking of the igh prices demanded for singing by Jenny Lind, says— If her voice drop pearls of softness, she must be first fed 7th hard crumbs of diamonds." Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh, in visiting the poor, used often to begin his prescription by breaking a pane or two of the window with his walking-stick, which he made good again at the end of the illness. - It has -been found by experiment that sensitive plants re as susceptible of the influence of ether as animals. By subjection to the vapour of a small quantity of ether they lose their irritability, which they do not recover for some " THE DUKE" ON EARLY RISING:—Among the cu riosities at Apsley House is the truckle-bed in which the Duke of Wellington sleeps. " Why is it so narrow ?" exclaimed a friend ; " there is not even room to turn in it I"- " Turn in it!" • cried his grace; " when once a man begins to turn in bed, it is time to turn out." How TO PRESERVE HEALTH.—DO not expect, Sir, some wonderful announcement, some fascinating mystery ! No. It is simply the plain little practice of leaving your bed-room window a-little open at the top while sleeping, both in winter and summer. Ido not come before you as a theorist- or an inexperienced teacher, in thus calling - loudly upon every family to adopt this healthful practice. 1 am the father of ten children, all in pure health, and (thank God) never lost one, although their natural con stitutions were not robust. But in addition to the salu tary effect of the practice in my own family, wherever I have advised others to try its effects, it has invariably been found to be both pleasant and beneficial.—Corres pondent of the Sun. MANX SUPERSTITION.—The Manks esteem it very unlucky to receive anything given by turning the hand outwards. They will not turn a herring at table, until one side is eaten • they then take away the bone, and eat the rest. They drive a cow, which has just calved, over a burning turf; and when removing from one habitation to another, a cock is put into the house before the new corners take possession, to thwart the bad wishes of the last inhabitant. They believe, like the Scotch, in " second-sight." It was formerly conceived that families had the second-sight by succession, descending from parents to children, and the only way to be freed from it is, when a woman hath it herself, and is married to a man that hath it also." Many place great reliance also on the " Evil Eye," and " Spectral Illusions." — Letters from the 181 e of fan. Goon FARMING. — Here is the secret of good farming. You cannot take from the land more than you restore to it, in some shape or other, without ruining it, and so de stroying your capital. Different soils may require dif ferent modes of treatment and cropping, but in every variety of soil these are the golden rules to attend to : Drain until you find that the water that falls from heaven does not stagnate in the soil ; but runs through it and off it freely. Turn up and till the land until your foot sinks into a loose powdery loam, that the sun and air readily pass through. Let no weed occupy the place where a useful plant could possibly grow. Collect every particle of manure that you can, whether liquid or solid. Let nothing on the farm go to waste. Put in your crops in that course which experience has shown to lead to success in their growth, and to an enrichment and not impoverish ment of the land. Give every plant room to spread its roots in the soil, and leaves in the air. EGYPTIAN POLITENESS.-1 was told an amusing story, illustrative of the people. A man travelling on his own business, went to pay a visit to the nazir of the place through.which he was passing ; his dress was plain white, with an ordinary shawl and a common tarboush or cap. The nazir never asked him to sit down, but took no notice of him, and paid no attention to his presence. Irritated at this, he returned the next day, dressed in a cloth suit, with a handsome cachemire, and a sword. The nazir, as soon as he saw him, desired him to be seated, and gave him a pipe and coffee. When the pipe was brought, the litranger . deliberately took the silk sleeve of his dress, put it over the mouth-piece, and began smoking through it. The nazir stared, but said nothing. On taking his cup of coffee, the stranger dipped the end of his sash into the cup, and returned it. On this, the nazir lost patience, and asked what he meant by smoking through his sleeve, and staining his sash. He answered, "You give pipes and ...free. not to me, but to my dress—let the dress have COOK AT WATERLOO —Among other domestic servants who had attended him in the Peninsula, and afterwards followed his fortunes to London; Paris, and Vienna, was a French cook, a man of much science and excellent method in his artiste always contrived to get his mast€ • linner ready ie exact time wnen it was w unLcu, he applied himself, as usual, to his duties in the len of the house in Waterloo, where the head-quar of the army were established. Amid the thunder of men an housand voices urged - him to escape while he could, he teadily refused either to budge an inch or intermit his lbours---" His Grace had ordered dinner, and would 'rtainly return to eat it. He was not going to digap 'nt so generous a master for any consideration what -" • And his Grace did come back, as he had pro ..and found his dinner not less recherch6 than ...gh the state of his own feelings, victor as he _..,, could hardly permit him to do justice to it.—Gleig's Battle of Waterloo. THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. — The Red River Set - al ; thong rig forty returns of wheat an after twenty years of tillage, without manure, or green cro p, yielding from fifteen to twenty-five an acre. The wheat is plump and heavy, and itities of otker grain, with cheese, and wool in abun• dance. Phis Would be the true" country for emigration from our impoverished islands, and will, of course, be rowded, when conveyances s i 11 become more manage- A railroad across Canada might be well worth the -0 of making by government, even though it pro throuoh -thing for the next half -dozen years,te heart f for the o whom it would carry years t o rgiaannddinfote•vfe.,hrye ealth -which they would pour ,ountry in the h alf-dozen ear to come. The settlement, however, meets in its urn the common chances of the American climate. In winter, the cold is intense. The summer is short, an d the rivers sometimes overflow and drown the crops. Still, what are these things to the population, where food i s plenty, 'the air healthy, and the ground cheap, fertile, and untaxed? In fact, the difficulties in such instances are scarcely more than incitements to the ingenuity of man, to provide resources against them. The season of snow is a time of cheerfulness in every land of the north. In Denmark, Russia, and Canada, when the rivers close up, business is laid by for the next six months; and the time of dancing, driving, and feasting begins. Food is the great requisite; when that is found, everything follows. In addition to agriculture, or in place of it, the settlers devote the summer, the autumn, and sometimes the win ter also, to the hunting of the buffalo, bringing home vast quantities of dried meat, grease, tongues, &c. which find a ready market. —Biackwood's Magazine. Iltituae THE tiMIPOOL STANDARD. TONNAGE AND SHIPPING RETURNS TO KEEP AWAY TIIE MOTH.—Before folding up and putting away your winter blankets, furs, and other arti cles, sprinkle them. or smear them over with a few drops of oil of turpentine, either alone or mixed with an equal bulk of spirits of wine. No stain will be left ; and if spirits of wine be used, the odour is not disagreeable.— Sharpe's London Magazine. GREEDINESS OF PRAlSE. — Authors, artists, and public performers are rarely satisfied with the most favourable notice which they receive from the press ; and they some times think fit to remonstrate and complain when they have every reason to be more than pleased. The habit, however, of expressing discontent is more prevalent in France than among us. "We are overwhelmed" says the• Gazette Musicale, " with letters, sometimes proud and haughty, sometimes modest and suppliant. We have a voluminous collection of these epistles, among which, not the least curious is one (for the authenticity of which we vouch) beginning thus lam much obliged to you for the little notice which you have had the goodness to insert your journal : only I regret that you have called me a distinguished artist, while, for these three years past, you have always called me a celebrated artist ! ' " PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY IN CENTRAL AFRICA.— While more than one state Government is blundering away at measures of proved uselessness to mitigate the horrors of barbarity on the seaboard of Western Africa, a Liverpool merchant and a sea captain have penetrated to the interior, and have surveyed the highway not only to that inner region but to the civilization of Africa. Mr. Robert Jamieson, of Liverpool, has collected the means and planned the enterprise, with a disinterested perseve rance and zeal for discovery far above the mere trading spirit of the time. Mr. Becroft has immortalized himself as one of the most daring, most discreet, and most intel ligent of English discoverers. In spite of the obstacles aggravated rather than removed by the proceedings of the English government—in spite of the most disastrous mis chances, Mr. Becroft has succeeded in establishing the fact that the interior is accessible for navigation and trade ; he has thrown light on the interior navigation up to Tim buctoo, insomuch that only 40 miles of the river remains to be explored—the part between Lever, his highest point, and Boussah, Park's lowest ; the great waterway being the key to several regions of beautiful and fertile country, peopled by divers races, and affording opportunities for legitimate commerce of indefinite extension. The lower Niger and its branches permeate an immense delta, con taining thousands of miles of richly fertile and wooded country. The unhealthy climate extends only fora limited space inwards ; and as you ascend the river the healthi ness becomes equal to that of the tropics generally A return " Relating to Tonnage and Shipping," has just been published, from the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade, under date of 30th June, from which we give a few data. The tonnage of shipping which be longed to the United Kingdom in 1821 was 2,355,853 ; Colonial 204,350 ; total 2,560,253. The tonnage in 1846 was, 8riti5h.3,199,785; Colonial 617,327; total 3,817,112. The increase is probably greater than it appears, owing to the fact that a new Registry Act came into operation in 1827, which compelled owners of ships to register anew. Many vessels which had been previously lost, but no evi dence of their loss produced, continued to swell the returns up to that time. The shipping built in 1821 was, British 59,482 tons ; Colonial 15,365 ; total 74,847. In 1846 it was, British 127,498 ; Colonial 86,133 ; total 213,631. The greatest amount built during the period was in 1840, when the total was 360,237 tons. In 1825 it nearly equalled the quantity built last year, being 205,640 tons. The entries inwards and outwards in each of the years 1814, 1824, and 1846, were as follows :—ln 1814, British 2,562,200 tons ; Foreign 1,202,228; total 3,764,428 tons. In 1824, British 3,454,853 tons ; Foreign 1,506,148 ; total 4,961,001 tons. In 1846, British 8,688,148 tons ; Foreign 3,727,438 ; total 12,415,586 tons. The increase from 1814 to 1824 is thus in British 892,653 tons, or 34.83 per cent. The increase same period in Foreign is 303,920 tons, or 25.27 per cent. From 1824 to 1846 the increase was, British 5,233,295 tons, or 148.84 per cent. •, Foreign 2,221,290 tons, or 151.47 per cent. From 1814 to 1846 .the increase was, British, 6,125,954 tons, or 239 per cent. ; Foreign 2 , 525210 tons, or 210.04 per cent. _ „ Table No. 4 contains a statement of " the tonnage of British ships which have entered the ports of the United Kingdom, in each of the two years 1824 and 1846 ' • dis tinguishing the tonnage employed in the trade with Bri tish possessions, and which is protected by the Navigation Laws from the tonnage employed in the trade with foreign countries, and which is unprotected from competition with foreign ships." We give only the general results. The tonnage of British vessels employed in the trade to our colonies in 1814 was 893,097, against 1,735,924 tons in 1846, showing an increase of 842,827 tons, or 94.37 per cent. The tonnage employed in foreign trade in 1824 was 904,223 tons, against 2,558,809 in 1846, showing an increase of 1,654,586 tons, or 182.98 per cent. ROBBERY AT LORD TEMPLEMORE'S. — The police have received information of a robbery committed at the resi dence of Lord Templemore, No. 45, Upper Grosvenor street, when a number of valuable snuff-boxes and other property were carried off. The robbery was committed by two sweeps, who went to the house to sweep the chim neys at four o'clock, and were admitted by a footman, who let them out at five o'clock. - _ _ _ BEE-SWARMING EXTRAORDINARY.--Mr. Thomas Moore, farmer, of Broomhouse, Hatfield, has this year obtained four swarms of bees from one hive, as follows : he got from the old hive one swarm on the 27th May, and another about a fortnight afterwards ; the first young one swarmed in three weeks, and again on Sunday last, so that he has obtained six virgin swarms, which is a very rare occurrence. _ _ - In consequence of an application to the Board of Cus toms, by a party who had removed some bonded sugar from the West India docks to the Isle of Man, to dis charge his bond by payment of the insular duty only on a deficiency that had arisen, the board ruled that in all cases of deficiency of bonded goods occurring in removal to ports, where a rate of duty different from that at the port of removal is chargeable, such deficiency should be charged with the higher rate of duty. AN EARLY HARVEST.—On Thursday men were em ployed in cutting a field of rye, the property of Mr. Bir nall, Low Hall Farm, Walthamstow. On Monday Mr. Delamean, who has a farm in the parish of Tottenham, near Marsh-lane, commenced cutting a field of barley, which promised to produce a bountiful crop. Mr. Talbot, of Tottenham, has also a field of rye being gathered. The effects of the extraordinary heat of the weathitT during the last few days has given a yellowish hue to the wheat, and should it continue, the cutting of it will be commenced in ten days. From another table we find that whereas, in 1820 the centesimal proportions of British vessels enf ered and cleared from British ports was 78.50 British against 21.50 Foreign, a change against us had been gradually taking nlace, until in 1846 the proportions were 69.27 British to POISONING BY A WIFE.---At the Chelmsford assizes, on Tuesday, Elizabeth Hume was indicted for attempting to poison her husband, Thomas Hume. Her husband, it appeared, was labouring under a liver complaint, and she made two large pills of sugar of lead (sufficient to cause death), which-she put in a box with other pills he had been instructed to take. He fortunately refused, against her entreaties, to take them, owing . to their unusual size and taste. She had made two or three previous attempts to poison hint. She was found guilty and sentenced to trans portation for life. THEFTS ow LEAD ORE IN MOLD.—Through the acti vity of John 'Williams, the police-officer of Buckley, an ektensive and systematic plundering of lead ore has been detected. It appears that the officer met a man with a cart load of ore, and suspecting all was not right, entered into conversation with the driver, and eventually appre hended him; and having got a further - clue, captured five more, who were' all committed for trial. For several months scores of tons of ore have been missed from the works near Mold, and remained undetected until now, though there is a Derbyshire police. SELLING A CHILD.—The Doncaster Gazette publishes a long account of a hostess of a public-house there selling, in a sort of a joke, her infant child to a sailor, who hap pened to call, and who asked the price of the babe. She, it is said, replied, " one shilling," and Jack paid the money and went off tb-a neighbouring sea-port to hand it to his ` Black-eyed Susan." The mother pursued him, and, as he refused to return it, had him, it is said, brought before a magistrate, who persuaded him to restore it, on the woman paying back the shilling, and paying also the cost of the proceeding!' This is the first time that we have heard of human beings being saleable in England, and we presume the storyis altogether a romance of some 30.03 Foreign. Similar tables, affecting the centesimal proportions of the tonnage of France and America, as compared with British and Foreign tonnage, show a result unfavourable to these countries. The concluding table shows that, whereas the proportion of British tonnage entering the ports of the United States to other tonnage not under the national flag was, in 1821, 64.98 per cent.. it had increased in 1846 to 83.61 per cent. The propor tion of British to American was in 1821 as 52,976 tons to 765,098 tons, or, in round numbers, about one-fourteenth. In 1844 the proportion was as 766,747 tons to 1,977,438 tons, or upwards of a third. destitute of civilization, and eager for trade. On the mid dle Niger, above Iddah, the inhabitants assume more of the Arab aspect, are more civilized, congregate in towns so large that one is mentioned which is computed to con tain 20,000 inhabitants, but the people are less eager for trade. They are prejudiced against strangers from the West by the Arab dealers who come to them in caravans across the continent, and strive to exclude rivals from the market. This prejudice, however, does not seem to be very powerful ;- and the trade which can repay the toilsome transit across the continent by land is sure to remunerate traders who come by the comparatively short and easy path of the river. The requisites for a successful trade with the inhabitants of the Niger are now well ascer tained by the experiences of Mr. Becroft and his fellow voyagers in the Ethiope steamer. First, you want iron steamers of less draught and greater engine power ; for by such vessels not only the Niger but its Tshaddah branch might be navigated at almost all seasons of the wag. year. You want officers like Mr. Becroft, of hardy con- MURDER AND SUICIDE.---On Tuesday afternoon last, stitutions, inured to the climate, of brave spirit, discreet, a man named Henry Parker, aged 21, murdered a young and shrewd. You want trading managers capable of ac- girl, aged 19, named Matilda Griffin, and afterwards de commodating their manners to the wayward dealings of a stroyed himself in an upper room of her father's house, rude people, and able to estimate the value of produce No. 6, Hickman's-folly, Bermondsey, London. They little known. You want crews mostly of African blood, had been engaged for some time past, but during the last and at all events of snfficient stamina to bear the climate. few days Parker had accused the deceased of loving some It is obvious that efficiency of navigation, the power to one else, and threatened that' he would lay violent hands move rapidly, and tact in dealing with the natives, are on her. The poor girl laughed' at his threats, and only requisites far more important than mere armed force. a short time before, a nei g hbourin q uiring after her health, Ivory, vegetable tallow, peppers, indigo, cotton wool, palm she replied, " she was quite well, only going to have her' oil, a sort of caravances or haricot beans, dye woods, throat cut ;" and was heard singing, as she went up into timber woods, skin's, and a great variety of produce that the room where the deed was committed, " There is na is but slightly known, invite the trader. - The sole desi- luck about the house, there is na luck at a'."—Guardian , deratum is thorough efficiency in the means of navigating [lt is to be hoped, for the sake of humanity, that the the river; and it is evident that a commerce of indefinite , man laboured under temporary insanity.] extension will repay any sums laid out in thoroughly es- ISLE OF MAN.—The Mona's Herald states that various tablishing that efficiency of navigation. Of course the reforms are at length to be effected in the island. 1. The free blacks educated in the West India trade will become criminal code is to be amended, and punishment by death useful workmen in penetrating the native land of their race. abolished, except in cases of murder and treason. We must depend, at least for generations to come, on the 2. Improvements are to be made in the market towns. black race to supply the bulk of the crew. It is, how- 3. The system of keeping and auditing the highway ac ever, doubtful how far these legitimate trading measures counts is to be wholly changed, so that the clerk of the can be carried on conjointly with the armed measures on rolls and the highway committee shall: be mutual checks the coast. The cruising system nct only keeps up the upon each other. 4. The system of. highway rates is to jealousy and shyness of the native tribes, but fosters all be altered, so that the tenants at a rent of less than £5 sorts of jealousy among the rival cruisers. Mr. Becroft shallnot be required to do but one day's work in a year encountered some impediments to his exploration of the upon the highways: 5. The Tynwald Court are to Gaboon River from a French commandant, who suspected transfer their power over the cases of Insolvents to the him of territorial objects, and had been making " treaties " Chancery Court, and a new system to obtain discharges is with the native chiefs conferring some kind of territorial to be adopted. 6. A batch of obsolete and foolish laws right on the French. All this is very idle. The natives is to be wiped from the statute book. are too rude to make treaties worth any European con- A COMMISSION OF LUNACY was held on Saturday, at sideration ; but they have a productive country, and per- Kennington, on Miss Ann Harum, aged 56, of No. 2, feet freedom of commerce would soon instil ideas into York-row, Kennington-road. Her property was stated their minds which they can never derive from treaty- to consist of houses, which were in a dilapidated state, and making mummeries or forcible interference with their of Government stock, to the amount of £10,000; three of free trade in slaves.—Spectator. the houses had not been tenanted for eight years. Her PITCAIRN'S ISLAND.—Her Majesty's brig Spy arrived &mai figisrtilailP. delusions were that her hands were not human, but the off this island on the 26th of February, about ten o'clock ___-_-...--- claws oleagles ; that it was not her tongue that spoke but in the morning, and was boarded by George Adams and Kimpton and Hickson, for perjury in the Dagenham magic ;:andthather heartwas being torn to pieces. She said some more natives shortly after she hove to. George murder case, have been transported for seven years. she could not see, and that she was stone blind. She was Adams is the son of the celebrated John Adams, the father The Washington steamer sailed on Thursday morning, constantly grinding her teeth. The servant who attended of the colony. Went ashore in cutter, piloted by George from Southampton, for New York. her for many years had become impaired in mind by wait- Adams. Landing-place a very small sandy beach with A field of oats, near Sutton, in Cheshire, was housed on ing on her, and died in liethlem Hospital. The jury had many rocks, and in the least breeze impracticable. We Thursday in good condition. an interview with the lunatic lady in ker house, and they were met on the beach by some of the natives, who cor- The Countess of Mornington has advertised in the pa- were quite satisfied of her insanity. They found her on dially welcomed us to Pitcairn's Island, and showed us the pers for asistance to prevent her from going to the work- the , bed to which she had been confined for years, and she way to the market-place up a steep and rugged path, wind- house. gave full proof of her delusions by heranswers to the ques ing along the cliff, and through a beautiful variety of all On Wednesday last, the gun cotton mills at Pavers- tions put to her. The jury returned a verdict dating her kinds of tropical flowers and shrubs. The scene when we ham, Kent, exploded, and killed between forty and fifty unsoundness of mind from March, 1841: arrived at the summit was picturesque in the extreme. persons. GALLANT CONDUCT OF A CLERGYMAN.—A wonderful The whole of• the natives, men, women, and children, Sir William Symonds, K.C.8., who has enjoyed the instance of providential escape from drowning, through headed by Mr. Nopps, the schoolmaster, had assembled in office of Surveyor to the Navy for so many years, has re- the gallant conduct of a Clergyman, occurred on Monday a space of about half an acre square, carpeted with thick signed his appointment. week. About six o'clock on the morning of that day ' , soft grass, and canopied overhead by the spreading branch- At the Central Criminal Court, some days ago, a wit- William Patey, a labourer, residing, in the parish of es of cocoa-nut trees, to meet the strangers, all of them ness described himself as a " penman ;" but on being Southpool, Devon, went down to the. Salcombe river to being dressed in their gayest. Their welcome was warm, asked in what species of "penmanship" he was employed, get a beat, which was moored out into the tide, beyond all of them advancing and shaking us by the band, and he replied that he " penned" sheep in Smithfield market. his reach. He stripped himself, but not being able to addressing us in perfectly good English. We were ex- EXTRAORDINARY HOP PLANT.—There may now be swim, he collected two or three oars, a spar, and a gang tremely pleased by their quiet and decorous behaviour. seen at Mr . Ashb y' s, ironmonger, Gold-street, in this hoard, which he placed under his chest, without lashing As soon as we had made acquaintance with them all , we tow n, a sin g le hop plant, thebine which has grown more them together ; then paddling them with his hands, en were led through gently winding paths to the principal than 2,000 feet in fifteen weeks.—Northampton Herald._ deavoured to reach the boat. The moment, however, he village, where the court-house and church stands, as there The Journal du Havre: gives a laughable account of a got out into the run of the tide, out of his depth, the were one or two slight disagreements about land, which train being stopped a quarter of an hour to find the night- timbers parted company, and he was at once left to his own they wished to be brought before Lieutenant Wooldridge, cap of M. de Rothschild, who was afraid of travelling resources. For a moment or two he continued above commander of the Spy, and who very speedily disposed of without it. They are evidently more accommodating water, but, just as he was sinking for the second time, the them without their having evinced, either during the inves- there than in England. Rev. B. L. Davies, of Holwell House, near Kingsbridge, tigation or afterwards, the least feeling of dis c ontent or Two colliers were tried at the Durham Sessions last who had arrived at the spot, plunged into the water with displeasure. The church is a neat building, we ll arrang ed, week charged with having stolen a duck, the property of a his clothes on, but before he could reach him the drowning with a pulpit and benches, and is used as well for a court- blacksmith. In defence they said "it was a lark." They man had disappeared. Mr. Davies then took one of the house as a church. Mr. Nopps, the schoolmaster, performs were found guilty, however, and sentenced to a week's oars, which was floating, and pushed it down upon the the various offices. We were shown the old gun belong- imprisonment. man, whom lie could see moving to and fro •, the poor ing to the Bounty, that had been under water for fifty-six A commission de lunatico inquirendo held in Carlisle, fellow grasped it and rose to the surface • sufficiout life years, and which was now lying near the Court - house. on Friday week, adjudged that Sir E. Marmaduke Vava - was left him to enab le him to kee p ,his hold Mr. Davies We visited old Adams's house and grave, the last of which sour, Bart., of Haslewood Castle, Yorkshire, aged thirty- gained' the shore, which he did by towing the man after is situated in a beautiful spot, next to his wife's grave, years, was of unsound mind ; being a furious lunatic, and him West Briton. and kept in trim order. After rambling about and visit- fancying himself Julius Caesar, and other delusions. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—The Messrs. Hall, a Paver ing one or two of the inhabitants who were not well (one The typhus still continues to ctrry off its victims in sham, have for some time been engaged in extensive pre of whom had wounded himself with his gun while out Leeds. The Rev. Mr. Monks, a young clergyman con- parations for the manufacture of gun cotton, in which a shooting goats, a short time bef .re we arrived, but was netted with Leeds parish church, died of the fever yester- number of men, women, and boys were employed. About doing well), we returned to dinner, which had been pre- day week : he also received the contagion whilst attending three minutes past 11 o'clock, on Wednesday, a most pared for us at M'Coy's house, and consisted of pork, to the spiritual necessities of the afflicted. terrific 'report alarmed the inhabitants, and in less than yams, and sweet potatoes. Each family on the island M. Jullien signed last week a lease for three years for half a minute, a second report equally loud, occurred. take it in turn to entertain strangers when they arrive , and Drur y Lane Theatre. The house is to be splendidly de- A few seconds more, and the rising of a dense body of never accept any reward. Their food is principally vege- corated, and the present intention is to give promenade smoke convinced those who. knew the position f the tables, of which they have almost every kind, and twice concerts, the legitimate drama, and English operas, with differe n t d epar t men t s th a t it wa s in that part in wil: 4 l the a-week either meat or fish ; but there is difficulty in get- a first-rate band and chorus.—Morning Post. t io ro w m n tine the latter, as the .A.hinff-eround is bad, and water The parish-clerk of Winkleigh has a salary of a guinea th e great num b er of persons em ploye , . .e a ll nd ki '-'- "hurch clock 'ally. _To earn that there must be much loss of life. _ A great number of " cotton" was prepared for explosivedpuirtpweasessw, very deep. The animals on the island are goats, which a year for winding up the c_ ..att,, . ...... „.__ are wild, pigs, and fowls. Their houses are the perfection this sum he has to travel 102 miles, ascend and descend of cleanliness and good order, and each person has his plot 29,000 steps, and haul up eighteen tons weight 26,000 of ground to cultivate. Their form of government is yards ! Verily this is not an ecclesiastical sinecure. more or less injured, were removed, most of them to their persons cat e t i r: u n ff i e n r s e t r a s n . t li n t a o s te r p t l t a i c m e e , , and ab out twenty proceeded enty to persons,extr i - simple. They elect a magistrate every 12 months, upon The number of vessels with cargoes from foreign ports h om es, and surgical attendance ordered. By two o'clock, which occasion every man and woman above 18 is entitled arrived in London during the six months to the sth inst.,. ten lifeless bodies had been removed—some of them with to a vote, and, if married before that age, they are allowed was 4,284, and the tonnage 794, 268 tons, against 3 , 296 scarcely awound , and ot her s somutil ated as not to be recog -, ~ an ships, and 660,567 tons, in 1846, the increase arising nised. As it was known that seven or eightmore were miss j again chiefly from the imports of corn and provisions. ing, the search was continued, and abouteight o'clock two another, who acts as a sort or cneca, win,. J., indeed, THE MIREIELD MURDERS. -- The grand jury at York more bodies were found. It was feared, from the number little wanted—for there is no place in the world where have returned three true bills against Patrick Reid for of detached limbs, Svc., found, that the remainder of the such perfect unanimity and good feeling exist as in the Mirfield murders. M`Cabe has been admitted to give missing were blown to pieces. Some very remarkable this happy island. The number of inhabitants is 134, but evidence on the part of the prosecution. Mr. Serjeant escapes occurred. One boy was carried out of the build the island can support many more, and they increase Wilkins has been retained for the prisoner. The trial ing with only a slight mark on his face; a man was nm but slowly. The island itself is only four miles and a was to take place yesterday (Monday). ning about in a state of nudity, he being but very little if half in circumference. We heard with pleasure that THE CHESTERFIELD MURDER. — Mr. Robt. Statham, at all hurt. Mr.. W. Hall, one of the partners, was con though several whalers touch there, yet, in no instance, a respectable master butcher, of the Market-place, Cites- I versing with Mr, Day, one of the superintendents of the had any impropriety keen committed. 46 whalers, mostly terfield, has been committed to take his trial, charged with i factory, on his-way to the office, and was but a short dis- American had called during the year 1846. They all ap - being an a ccessor y before the fact in the murder ota man tauce from the place when the explosion ha pp ened, Mr. peared to talk of Adams with the greatest respect, and named George Collis, for which crime a butcher named Monk, the general superintendent of the Messrs. Halls' seemed to have a strong feeling of the crime that their Platts was convicted and executed as a principal. works, was also on his way, and in three or four-minutes ancestors committed in mutinying. They talked in the Much alarm was excited on Monday, at Darley,, by the Mr. Hall and the other two would have been in the office most affectionate loyal way of " our Queen," and ap- appearance of an extraordinary monster, striped and with Mr. Toppin, (another of the superintendents,) who peared exceedingly proud of being English—but com- spotted, like a leopard or panther, and several men, is amongst the killed. On Satarday,nineteeri of the un plained that they were so neglected, the Spy having been armed with swords, pitchforks, and old muskets, assem- fortunate sufferers were buried.in the churchyard of Da the first man-of-war which had visited them for more bled to attack it. It was discovered, however, that the venham. than three years. They, however, were quite satisfied monster was a painted pig, turned loose by some wag, to ' THE POTATO ROT.—An amusing paper appeared on when told that the exigencies of the service had lately hoax his neighbours. Saturday in the Manchester Examiner, entitled " The prevented their being visited so often. They begged A few days since, at Greenock, a highland lad peeped Curiosities of the Potatoe Rot," from the pen of the gifted earnestly for a visit by a man-of-war as often as she through a hole in Wombwell's menagerie, in order to writer, " One who has Whistled at the Plough." Seve could be spared from other duties ; but, as George obtain a gratuitous view of the encaged wild beasts ; but f ral of the popular notions of the superstitious peasantry Adams remarked, they " could not complain, as the Go- he paid dearly for his curiosity, as one of the leopards and others, both in England and Ireland, as to the occult -ernment had already been kinder to them than they de- struck him with his paw on the face, and would probably cause of the rot, are touched off with great felicity and ef • _ __.,., ~..smn.fiftpr us have torn out his eye, if the hole had been an inch or , fect, but we have room only for the concluding passage of a vote in consequence The magistral assistant, and the remainc Jerved." Betore our leaving, the women came-aster us ua v a., &v., .. ~.... --- -, , with little presents and keepsakes, such as locks of hair , tw o lar g er. the communication, which is of a serious character, and whales' teeth, and other little curiosities , refusing to be The Journal des. Debats has published a letter from well worthy, we think, of perusal, as conveying gratifying rewarded in any way. We took some of their names Cannes, which states that Lord Brougham and Mr, facts, apart from all theories, relative to the yet myste down, as they struck us as being as pretty as the fair Leader have reaped magnificent crops of wheat on their rious disease of the crop in question :—" Whatever the owners themselves—Marian, Louisa, Emily, were among property in that neighbourhood, and the letter goes or; cause of the potato rot may be, it is, universal in its opera the prettiest. Marian Christian was a beautiful girl, with to say that the example of these English agriculturalists , don ; and it is old. Any person who. has been in the habit quite a Grecian cast of countenance, and very kindly al- will be of great advantage to the French farmers in Use of watching the potato plants. over long periods of time, lowed her likeness to be taken by one of our party. Their best mode of cultivation. knows that the symptoms of last- year have appeared-every way of dressing the hair is odd, it being rolled up in a We sincerely regret to have the melancholy duty of year in a milder or a more aggravated form. It would he conical fashion at the back of the head. Their dress, recording the:death of Mrs. Quillinan, wife of Edward well to ascertain every fact which human power can when they do not wear the European one , is simple , con - Q uillinan, Es q ., and onl y dau g hter of the venerable Poet re ac h, o f this, and of all diseases affecting either vegetable sisting of only a sort of skirt of some dark colour, with Laureate, Wordsworth. She expired at Rydal Mount, or animal health, and each experimenter and inquirer is an upper short petticoat of white stuff, and a handker- the poet's residence at one o'clock on Friday morning, d o i ng a public duty by trying to reach the facts. But at chief tied loosely round the neck. At last, having loaded after many weeks' suffering from pulmonary consul/Ip_ the same time they are doing each and all a 'public mis the cutter with eatables, which was . obliged to lie off on don. chief when they publ ish their su pp osed discoveries with , .- m-.... LT-- cr........ —A correspondent of the mit nrothicinff evidence of their truth. The mischief is all account of the increasing surf, and it being nearly sunset, IDE nousa ur 0u.......... ---- . , we were obliged to tear ourselves very unwillingly from 1 Tim es says :—" On the 29th of June last tne small, and the greater in a time of extreme depression, in a time of this enchanted island, though all came round to beg us , now dilpidated house in which Schiller lived at Weimar, commercial nervousness, if we may so speak , when sha llot to go, but to stop one night — only one — with them, was purchased at a public auction, by the corporation of dows have more terror in them than the sternest realities and, finding they could not succeed, accompanied us that town, for 5,025 dollars, being nearly double the. have at other times. If the potatoes should be agai n lost, down to the beach, where we embarked in canoes to amount of its act ual value. May we not hope. that there it will be time enough to mourn over them when that is take us off through the rollers to the cutter. They then will be found as much p atriotism among the inhabitants the case. They are not lost yet, nor is there yet any sha enihraced u s a ll most affectionately, beseeching us to l of Stratford-upon-Avon ? „.., `loo_ of such a future event. But if they should perish ut writ9 and remember them to their friends in England, , AWFUL AND DES ...... Prr.rminVll-STATLM- -- lin al- ~ 1,..nn a,aal.l ha vaanh lirrhtpr this vear than it wa`' particularly to Cantiy, iinnt. formerly of the Basilisk, Thurso - whom the; seern—ec The was !ed the crops o: • embarkation in t e cutter was accomplished safely, and thunder - storms known in Cornwall for many years. ; ; • sities can be grappled with ana overcome, .i.u.,.... --.- we gave them three hearty cheers, and, accompanied by Happily we are spared the pain of recording any loss of George Adams and Christian, we got on board the Spy ; human life, though there were some very narrow escapes. to this time we have everything good to hope for, nothing au arise, sooner this year than they could be last year. Up and after their remaining a short time with us, and being The loss of life and dead farm stock, and of other private . very much delighted with a couple of rockets that were property, is very considerable ; and a heavy expense has. such glorious weather to mature it and heap plentl , upolt fired, they bade us good-bye, when we filled and made sail laeen thrown on the county by the destruction of several our heads, and give gladness to our hearts, were hardly evil to fear. Such abundant vegetation on the earth, d for Valparaiso.—Naval and Military Gazette, f county bridges.—Cornwall Ga.:elle, ever before known in ccubinatiou," STEAM-BOAT COLLISION.--A fearful collision occurred Olt Tuesday in the Thames, near Northfleet, between the Satellite and the Eclipse. Both boats were crowded, and were steaming at full speed when they were seen coming into immediate contact. The crash was dreadful. The bowsprit of the one ran into the near bow of the other; all were in the deepest consternation. One of the passen gers, a young person, who was near the bow, had his leg and thigh smashed by the violent stroke of the up boat. 'Only a few inches nearer, bow to bow, and all in both boats might have perished. The vessels, however, with the exception of the bowsprits, paddle-box, &c., escaped unhurt. At Gravesend the poor sufferer was got on shore, where every attention was paid him by the master of the poorhouse, and also by Mr. Grimshaw, surgeon, who, as soon as possible, amputated the limb near the thigh.— Correspondent of the Times. EXTRAORDINARY SURRENDER. Yesterday week, Lieut. Munro, who shot Colonel Fawcett in a duel three years ago, gave himself up at the Marylebone police-office. The three gentlemen who were tried as accessories, it will be remembered, were acquitted. After' some little hesi tation on the part of the magistrate, who was evidently unprepared for such a proceeding, the clerk took down from the lips of Lieut. Munro, who throughout the pro ceedings seemed much dejected, the following brief state ment :—" I am here to give myself up to the laws of my country. having understood that a warrant is out against me for killing Colonel Fawcett in a duel, and I have come forward voluntarily from Dresden to surrender and take my trial. The duel was fought on the Ist of July, 1843." Lieut. Munro, having affixed his signature to the above admission, as taken down by Mr. Phillips, was conveyed, accompanied by the usher, in a cab to Newgate. BRANDING DESERTERS.—The following circular, in reference to the mode of branding deserters to be adopted in future, has been issued from the Horse Guards " Horse Guards, June 25, 1847.—Circular memorandum.. —The mode of marking deserters by means of an instru-- ment, prescribed by the circular letter of the sth of May, 1842, having'been found ineffectual and easily erased, the' Commander-in-Chief has, on , the recommendation of a board of influential medical officers to whom the subject has been referred, been pleased to direct that the use of the said instrument may be discontinued, and the method of marking with needles be reverted to throughout the service. His Grace the Commander-in-Chief further de sires that the Operation of marking deserters may hence forth always take place in the hospital; under the superin tendence of a medical officer, who will be held responsible that it is effectually performed, and that the letter "D" shall be indelibly impressed on the skin.. By command of Field-Marshal the Commander-in-Chief•'' A GRENADIER CUCUMBER.—There is now growing in the garden of Miss Penruddocke, at Fifiela House, near Pewsey, a cucumber of the extraordinary length of six feet eight inches ; and three inches and a half in circum ference !—Devizes Gazette. --- MAGNETIC MAGIC MritßOß.-A new discovery made by the Baron Dupotet, the great Paris magnetizer, has given an immense shock to the scientific world. It con sists in the composition of a toy, which he designates as the magic mirror, and which he supposes to be the same that was used amongst the professors of the black art in former times. It is a small instrument, made of 'a sub stance resembling talc, or any kind of dull white' metal. The baron explains its effect as being produced by the transmission of the maWre animante of his own body into the metal. The seance of last Sunday was exceedingly curious—many people who were pronounced to be im pressionable having been thrown into convulsions by: the bare approach of the mirror, while others declared, amid the transports of grief or the stupefaction of surprise, that they beheld'reflected on its surface various scenes of their past lives, or saw themselves engaged in acts which they remembered not, and therefore supposed that they must be anticipations of the future. One lady beheld herself in prison, conversing with the gaoler, whose face, at first turned from the light, she knew not, but, presently turn ing slowly round, discovered the features of the gaoler of a maison centrale in a country town which she had been to visit some time before. Baron Dupotet declares that this discovery is an immense step made in the science of magnetism, and that it will lead to many more of greater value still. It is but just, however, for the sake of the in credulous (who 'do not deserve this attention, by the bye), to add that there were many present upon whom the mir ror produced! no effect whatever, and who were conse quently dismissed as unworthy, cold, and use-impression able, and, I regret to add, that your humble servant was among the number.—Pnris Correspondent of the Atlas. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1847 The CROXTUTH STAKES of 25 sovs each., 10 ft.,. 30 added One mile and a quarter. 10 subs Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity, 3 yrs. Mr. A. Johnston's Rowena, 6 yrs Mr. Bainbridge's Mary, 3 yrs Woa by 20 lengths. Mary was restive, and did not (J. Evans) 1 get of A FREE HANDICAPAA 10 iovs. each, 5 ft. T.Y.C. 17 subs. Mr. A: W. Hill's Burlesque, 4 yrs . (Tasker) 1 Mr. J. Lillie's Spithead, 4 yrs Mr. Walter's Radcliffe, 6 yrs Nine others started Won by a length FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF INDIA. Some voluminous financial returns relative to Ihdia have been presented to Parliament, pursuant to the act 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 85. It appears from a general abstract view of the revenues and charges of India, that the great total revenues of the Indian empire amounted in 1845-46 to 18,69,73,955 Company's rupees (X 17,528,808) ; and in 1844-45 to 18,44,55-,072 rupees (£17,292756.) The con current changes amounted in 1845-46 to 17,01,09,803 ru pees, or £15,947,794; and in 1844-45 to 16,58,82,001 ru pees, or £15,551,437. Adding the receipts from the pro duce of the Company's commercial assets in India and China, the total revenues and receipts in India are found to amount to £17,529;745, against £15,947,794, the amount of charges. This is exclusive of the charges disbursed in England, which amount to £3,044,067, so that a deficiency remains, after deducting the net produce of the commer cial assets of the Company, amounting to £1,462,118. The home accounts of the East India Company (made up to the Ist of June, 1847) show that the receipts of the Home Treasury, from the Ist of May, 1846, to the 30th of May, 1847, amounted to £5,130,463, and the disburse ments to £4.060,963, leaving a balance of £1,069,499. The estimated receipts and disbursements for the year end ing the 30th of April, 1848, amounted respectively to £5,817,799 and £4,407;175, leaving an estimated surplus balance of £1,410,624. The debts of the Indian Govern ment in England amounted, on the Ist of May last, to £3,351,670, and the credits to £2,744,492, leaving an ex cess of debts amounting to £607,178. This is exclusive of the amount owing to proprietors for their capital stock. The total number of persons employed by the Company .in England amounts to 513, who receive salaries and allow - - ances forming altogether a grand sum total of £126,120. Amongst the pensions granted or created between May, 1846, and Mav, 1847, we find one of £5,000 to Lieutenant- General the Right Honorable Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., Governor-General of India ; and one of £2,000 to General Lord Gough, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the Indian forces, as a special mark of the high sense entertained by the East India Company of their eminent services in India. The MERSEY STAKES of 25eovs. each; 50 added. T.Y.O 20 subscribers. Mr. B. Green's Assault Mr. Pedley's Tuscan Lord Warwick's Lahore.. (E. Edwards.) 1 2 Three others started. Won in a canter by a length. The BICKEB.STAFFE STAKES of 100 sovs. each, h.ft., was walked,over for, by Lord Stanley's Bowstring. The SEFTON STAKES Of 30 •sovs. each, h.ft 1 mile 11 subscribers Lord Exeter's Circassian Maid Mr. 11jerry's Maid of Motherwell.. Lord Westminster's (W. Abdale.) 1 2 Won cleverly by a length. ' PLATE of 60 sovs. Heats, 1 mile. Mr. Gray's Little Casino , 4:yrs. . (Cartwright) 5 2•.1 .1 Mr. Mostyn's Alsatia, 3 yrs.. - 2 2 Mr. Seholefield's Cock Robin, 3 yrs 4 1 3 3 Mr. Phillips's f. by Touchstone, 3 yrs 2 3 4 .d Mr. J. Gill names Prince Alfred, 3 yrs 3 d The first heat 'was won by a length, the second-by . a head, and the other two by three lengths each. THUILSDAY The FOAL STAKES of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for foals of 1844, Once round and a distance. 5 subs. Colonel Anson's Lazarillo Lord Stanley's Bowstring , . .. Lord a Bentinck's Sloth. Won easy by a length (Butler) 1 The DERBY .HANOICAIOf 10 SOVS. each, p.p., 80 added One mile. 45 subs Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary. Mr. Worthington's Sharston Mr. Merry's Pilgrim Eight others started. A pretty race, but won very easily A MATCH for 100 sovs. T.Y.O (Kitchener) 1 9 Lord Stanley's Abdiel beat Lord Glasgow's Discontent. The LIVERPOOL CuP or PLATE, value 300 sovs., added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and 5 only, if,. 34c., the winner to pay 30 sovs. to the judge, and the second to receive 50 from the stakes. Two miles. 135 subs. Mr. Meiklam's br m inheritress, aged... (Templeman) 1 Mr. Fraser names ch in Rowena, 5 yrs.. Sir W. M. Stanley's b m Pic Nic, 5 yrs 14 others started. A splendid race. Won by a length. The GROSVENOR STARES of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft. 14-mile. Mr. Hill's Burlesque . Mr. T. Dawson names-St. Leon Mr. Green's Conjuror - 3 Mr. Bainbridge's Mary The QUEEN'S •PLATE was won in two) heats by Mr. Slaelmerdine's Walmgate Bar Without. FRIDAY The KNOWSLEY DINNER STAKES Of 100 SOUS. each, h. ft. Colonel Anson's Lizarillo (Butler) 1 Mr. W. Watt's Chat Lord G. Bentinck's Projectile (Nat) 3 The STANLEY STILKES of 15 sovs. each. 10 ft , with 30 added, for two to three year olds Mr. H. Wadlow!s Volley Lord Stanley's Abdiel 1 (( ( Butler) 2 Lord Caledon's c by Plenepotentiary Sir J. Gerard's_St. Leon ..... Mr. Green's The Swiss Boy . The next race. for the Liver (Cartwright} 4 0 pool St. Leger, excited mere tnan UMI2II II IGa4 11um uaac nib iivw „Lc one of the best horses of the year, appearing in it. As- together with the principal members of the court aed the pro might be expected, the field was small, only three, and the, fessions, as, also, general favour with the great triddle classes betting was. 4,, 5, and in some quarters 7 and Btol on the of this country. It has already been described, that, when first introducing The LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER, of 25 . soya. each, with 100 '""' ^` """ "-- - —''--"- - - added, for three year 01d5. , . colts Sat. 81b,, fillies . Bst. „ known in this country.; as, tracing the origin of the word pa-, letot, it was shown that it was derived from the Greek, adopted - , 31b. One mile and three quarters. (39 subs.) by the Roman, and afterwards by the Frenclamguists. " Cir-. Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp. (Merson) 1- cumjicitur corpori palliuxn habitus Griecorum" ; by Bayley,, Mr. Mostyn's The Swallow. - 2 thus, paletoque,pr pallescote, a coat with sleeves. 3 That we exercised due caution in selecting an unusual name - Mr. Fas Executor lsb y the result of these recent proceedings in the C ourt, of Executor made running, but at a very. slow pace, Van Chancery, been fully proved. For such , unfortuna tel y , is the Tromp second, and continued in this order until very near state of competition of trade, or the envy of. individuals en:gaged, the T.1.C., indeed, until within the distance, only that in it, that,. - should eminent patronage and success attend any' the pace improved in coming up the hill,.when Van Tromp member in p articular, he is. immediately subjected to the. likii came out and won very easy, though only by half a length. injury of which we have had cause to complain. Now, had. we vertised our invention simply as a new overcoat, it is: more Haw this will affect the betting for the Doncaster Leger than probable that, ere this, we should have been confounded we cannot say : we heard none on that event. with the many advertisers that since qtr appearance before the The BENTINCK TESTCMONIAL, a Handicap S takes of 15 public have assumed a somewhat similar description to that says. each, 5 ft., with a Piece of Plate of 100 sovs. value which from the first has been employed by us. well aware of the interest taken by the press in discou added, for all ages. Stable corner.in, nearly a mile and B.eing raging all grievous annoyances that may affect industrious . _ a half I e ii - erii or deter persons with capital from developing any new Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell, 3,yrs. .. , ... (Prince) 1 m anufacture, we unhesitatingly, present this matter to the Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscures , 4 yrs (Kitchener) ) 2 notice of your readers, some of whom may, perhaps,. b e on the Mr. Worthington's Sharston, yrs (Marlow 3 point of introducing to the public some patented , 4 improve- Yardley, Morocco, Hydrometer, Comme-it-fact, St. I ment upon some other article of highly useful,yet ordinary, Leon, and Bedouin, also started, but were not placed, nature, that they may be thus forewarned to select some oiiginal or distinguishing title. Otherwise, so many merits as 2 to 1 , agst. Yardley, 3 to 1 agst. Maid of Motherwell, 5 tek the invention may possess. over anything else of its kind in 1 agst. Sharston, 6 to 1 - agst. Camera Obscura, 12 to 1 existence, evel so many envious competitors will it excite to use agst. Hydrometer. A very good start ; Morocco making,v. , , iovi, b , e in thej el f l ai a r t or l unfair, .to share all the running to the distance, when Maid of Motherwell some portion of its i t : are w took it up, followed by Sharston, , Camera Obscura, and their false imitations are similar only: in name,tlesame time, that and that they •_,..,......11-.., AT-:,/ -I . 1\ If IA II /lore not netnnllll7 infrinze the natent Or desizn• ze race nnisilen uy main of Iviotne4weil •winner by a length, and a neck between second yon walk these remarks worthy of insertion in, a we have the honour to be, your obedient servants, H. J. and D. NICOL. 12, Cornhill, London. ardley going and third The AI Yrs.' STAKES, of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, f 114, Regent.street, and ' two year otos ; e....a ~.,.3..,. iii., nuies ost. 411), tir turn in, about three quarters of a mile. (13_ subs.) ' Mr. Allen's c. by Q ui d . (Oates Mr. Jones's f. by Charles XII ' Sir J. Gerard's Matadore ' Lord Stanley' Fandango - Mr. Dawson's The Spaniard ' s , Mr. Irwin's The King of Kildare MACBETH'S DRAWING ACADEMY, LBECE-STREET.-- 1 We have much pleasure in directing public attention to 2 I Mr. Macbeth's advertisement in another column. It 3 I will be seen that that gentleman has opened a repository 4 of arts, in Leece-street, opposite St. Luke's Church, and, 5 I from personal inspection, we have it in our power to bear 6 willing testimony to the excellent condition of oil, water -1 colour, and pencil drawings, chiefly by Mr. Macbeth him-. self, with which his establishment abounds. He is ad vertising for pupils ; and we should say that parents and guardians of youth would find it to their advantage to avail themselves of the services of an artist who has, by A rowing mat c h f or £lOO has been agreed upon between his improved genius and natural talent , earned for himself Coombes, of London, and his brother, and Clasrer, one a well-deserved reputation among the lovers of pain tit4 • - 1 of his brothers, in Liveri?oul. AKES were won in Mostyn's Alsatia July 20, 1847. LIVERPOOL ELECTION MOVEMENTS , The past week has been a busy one on the part of the Conservative portion of the constituency ; and the result has proved most entangling, and threatens to produce a total disruption of that hitherto strong body, unless its various sections, since they cannot, unfortunately, agree in the choice of candidates to represent them, agree to conduct the trial of strength, which seems approaching, with good temper and calmness. The readers of our last publication were made aware of the fact that Sir Digby Mackworth having been chosen by the Protestant Con servatives of Liverpool as their candidate, Sir Howard Douglas had been relied upon to come forward, at the ear nest solicitation of his friends, to stand as his colleague ; and at a meeting of the Conservative Association it was determined that every effort should be made by that body to ensure their joint return. As we were going to press, however, it was announced to us that Sir Howard posi tively declined; and that Mr. Edward Cardwell, M.P., whose address appeared in our columns of the' same date, would at once present himself to the electors, backed by au influential party in the borough. On Tuesday after noon, accorningly, he presented himself to the merchants on 'Changer and his speech, which we gave in a second edition, appears in our columns this day. It was a clever, business-like speech, well delivered, and shewed, bye the able manner in which the honourable gentleman treated of some of the leading topics of the day, that he was fami liar with those subjects which most interest a commercial• constituency. AfthoUgh upon some points, regarded as essential by a large body of the Liverpool public, his de 2 -- clarations of opinion were not regarded as sufficiently ex plicit, the feeling created by his first appearance was highly satisfactory. On Wednesday a meeting of the Conservative Associa tion, called by circular, fn 'receive the reply of Sir How ard Douglas to the requisition forwarded to him, was held at the office, in Harrington-street. As we had prepared our readers to expect, the gallant and honourable bart. repeated his determination not again to seek the suffrages of the constituency—an announcement which was received with regret by the major part of the gentlemen present. The discussion which followed, as to the course to be pursued under this new aspect of affairs we do not feel at liberty to detail. The result however was that Lord John Manners and Mr. Cardwell were- proposed and seconded by their respective friends as the colleague of Sir Digby Mackworth ; and, on a show of hands, the choice fell upon Lord John, and himself and Sir Digby being thus adopted as the candidates of the Association, the forma tion of a joint committee was decided upon, and a' meet ing of the Conservative Electors called for Tuesday, (this day) at the Amphitheatre, at which both Candidates were to be requested to attend. Placards, calling such• meeting, were forthwith issued. On l i riday morning,ilre&ndidate thus adopted, Lord John Manners, was introduced to the merchants, on the. Exchange flags, by the Chairm an o f th e Association, companied by a number of his immediate supporters, and: addressed them from the window of Messrs. T. and Hi Littledale's office. His speech will be found elsewhere. He was very favourably received and listened to ; and, upon those topics, into which he entered without reserve, his opinions and his mode of placing them before his audience won him many friends and admirers. In consequence, however, of a communication received by the chairman from . Sir Digby Mackworth, another meeting was summoned for Saturday last, which was very numerously attended, and was obliged to be held in the Clarendon-rooms, At this meeting, the letter 'in ques tion was read, its purport being that Sir Digby should consider himself 'to some extent committed by a joint canvass being made in-behalf of himself and a nobleman, between whom and himself such important differences existed upon what he considered to be the main points on account of which he had been solicited to come forward as a candidate, namely, his views with respect to the policy to be pursued to ensure the Protestant institutions of the country from the aggressions of Popery. He expressed himself quite willing 'to =attend the meeting, it being understood that each member, if his pretensions should be approved of, should have a separate committee. After considerable discussion, it was at length agreed that each member should attend themeeting,. accompanied by their immediate friends ; that the chairman should introduce them separately to the meeting, and afterwards be re quested to express their political sentiments, and to take the sense of the electors in theusual manner. Virtually, therefore, the resolution of the previous meeting, at which the two were alopted jointly;is'annelled, and Lord John Manners alone is now the candidate of the Association, the other candidates standing singly upon their own me rits and the interest of their friends. That the issue of an election so conducted must weaken the Conservative party, whose strength will be divided into , three sections, is as certain as that the proceedings will throughout be of a most anomalous, and, so far as Liverpool is concerned, an unprecedented character. Of ihis the Whig Radical partyseem assured ; . and have been quietly keeping back their candidate until yesterday, when he was at length introduced to the merchants on 'Change, and addressed them, as is usual at elections in our borough. A report of his r3reition , and speech will be found in our columns. Whether another Whig-Radi cal candidate will be found, or the Whig party will split with Mr. Edward Cardwell, as most approaching upon commercial matters their own views upon free-trade po licy, we-shall not venture to predict. In the meantime an active canvas is being carried on by the friends of all the candidates. CORRESPONDENCE CARDWELL ON THE ENDOWMENT OF THE. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. TO THE , BDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—l wish to call your attention to the reasons given by Mr. Cardwell for not supporting the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church - in Ireland, in the event of such endowment being proposed. He says, in his speech on 'Change,— "I am not the advocate or supporter-of that measure ; and if you askme why, I tell you because I believe (amongst other vital and-important reasons) that to bring it forward, instead of doing anything to promote practical good and religious peace, would be doing a great deal to =promote practic a l evil and religious discord." It is, then, the DISCORD that woutd , ensue upon the propo sing of this measure, that prevents Mr.Cardwell's entertaining the question. Alas ! sir, it is because those vital questions are treated as expediency questions, that the defence of them so utterly fails in the House of Commons. The reason, and the only reason, why the proposition should be opposed, is because to set up or support an idolatrous church i3.offensive to the Almighty, who has taught us in the history of the Jews, as recorded i n his -Word, that whenever that people set up idolatrous worship, they offended him, and called down upon their nation his chastisement. The God of Israel rules-over the destinies of England ; he is unchangeable in character ; And he will punish Englishmen, as he did Jewish men, if they persevere in like disobedience to his command ments. If Mr.Cardwell and others would may oppose these ques tions in parliament on the right grounds, then their task would be comparatively easy, and in the end undoubtedly successful. Yours, obediently, Liverpool,loth July. AN ELECTOR. THE REGISTERED PAL.KrOT CASE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In a report published by most of the London daily journals of the proceedings before the Vice-Chancellor of England on Saturday, June 12th, we-were described as re ceiving, the protection of the Court in respect to an infringe ment of our patented right to ,en invention, and by an assumption of the title by which it has been publicly known. From the great popularity we have attained by the sale of the subject of the injunction ' aigarment styled the Registered Paletot, of Llama Cloth, itnufy be assumed that the public will be somewhat interested with the precise facts of the case. The defendant in this case, being perhaps more conspicuous than the rest, was first selected to be an example, as we are now determined to enforce r rightful claim to the originality (as far as regards the E lish language) of the title Registered- Paletot of Llama Cl ; but yet-being unwilling to proceed against those who y have unguardedly used a similar title without first giving em notice. We would, therefore, respect fully beg permiss n, through the medium of your columns, now to notify thi our intention. with regard to all present or future copyists; or it would appear, from the affidavits made by Messrs. Dawbarn and Son,„ of Liverpool, 3lessrs. Waring and Son, of Biritiingham, as, also, many of our other influential agents, that they have experienced equal inconvenience.with ourselves through so many . ,tradesmen in their neighbourhood assuming the same, or a similar unauthorized, title to. that of the Registered Paletot of .Llama Cloth. It may be judicious here to explain, that we believe that, had a continuanceof these unfair proceedings been allowed, we should have been seriously injured should purchasers have been induced to believe that these piracies were articles.of our manufacture, the moderate .d natronage, extend the continent,