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And all C lelOw tE And near and wider And who," saith he ARMAD h elPnkir !re the tyrant cornea in vain Who shall hid England vanish from the main Ne'er be this only Eden freedom km Man's s THE WOFUL VOICE BY MISS SKELTON fence from Power, to Fate c,nsign'd.' ice of pain, despair, ar " Weary and wou We die And to th and leave An altar and a fi And En heau gland he And there went a wail round her sacred shores, a mourning for the. el c,1.-1 . And ma And Englar a happy hart was chill'd. and many a hope laid low, a warm atrec.i sleeps with them beneath the snow. may she weep—yet doth she weep in tears, her blood, her wealth, can bring back life Or ehaw e ., that note of utter grief, or hush that voice of shame, Which tells of chains and bitter dealt , defeat and tarnish'd fame. ice from a distant land, a wild and mournfn and ! mother! weep for us, a bitter death we die ! e leave to thee our desert tomb, a fitting shrine to be - )r such fate as ours, a vengeance worthy urn thy fallen sons ; oh ! gallant hearts and ant and as true—mourn, for ye could not it distant, desert tomb, a deathles ee worthy wrongs like theirs, to vengeance worthy altar be ~-~-- HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, PRACTICAL A i\ D DICAI an unpublished luscript, by a PhyBician of BY MEDICUS :CONTINUED FRO" OUR LAST, 45. If you have a great li.,ing for ease, you will not 'have your coat made with any fashionable tightness, but quite loose, particularly in the arms. By having it to button very easy in ordinary, it just fastens up comfor tably when the pockets are stowed away. The button loop is a good plan : the coat does not cut so soon in the arm-holes, and it keeps the skirts down in walking. 46. The waistcoat would be well to be made either double-breasted, or at least so as to button up tight across the chest and up to the neck, for rough weather, inde pendent of the coat: it can be buttoned or thrown back in fine weather. The cravat may , e taken off with comparative im ; of walking, but it should be re g to this simple rule being dis- punity , t in the act rrielves for sore it have been , ctable distance by a ttle exercise of 48. With regard to pantaloons, &c. Col. Shaw says— " Have two pair of trousers, of dark gambaroon. As it is of consequence to walk cool, it possible march without drawers, but he cure to put them on at the end of the journey ; one pair is enough ; they can be washed and dried whilst you are in bed." " The best gaiters to wear are those used by the French They are made of the strongest, softest to tighten if necessary. They should and buckled over the trousers, when shooting. he knE be, on throwing them riade of calico or long „ I— linen being now discarded, partly on account of the economy of the former, but chiefly because after exercise has heated the body, the linen strikes cold to the surface: the adoption of calico d oes h a lf away th the necessity for flannel or framework singlets, owing greater warmth, a fact resulting from the supe rior non-conducting power of this calico (cotton). "As to shirts, have one in the knapsack, VW' 1, very long night shirt, made of the finest and lightest ,otton, which will he found of the greatest benefit, when you are not sure of the cleanliness of the bed. If your trousers are wide, you can wear it at the end of a day's jotlrney. Of course a fresh flannel under -vest must always be in the knap .," says the above authority. 50. Cap:: are much worn by pedestrians, and some them-lighter and mo re suitable _ hats in several respects ; but Col. Shaw cf.ves a good reason why hats are preferable, viz., because you can carry things in the hollow of a hat. By all means avoid a waterproofed as they are called, do ventilate, cap. Waterproof hats perforate them with pin-holes for this pur are cooler, because they don't sit so close As to other requisites, the first to be provided a good knapsack," says Col. Shaw, " of the best oil skin. It is to be had in all the h m a i \ litary store shops in London. Care should be had to best patent leather, and a degree The proper breadth for ease iseregulation'r th n usual. b-eroathde straps of the the loh strap th for the Guards' knapsack. They should be so long L se a . t you ß could use them in the foreign manner if this I mean that, in the foreign knapsack, the fixture y from which the shoulder-straps play is placed in the centre of the knapsack, while the English fixtures are placed on the points of the shreilders, Just in a line with the shoulder-straps ; so that the whole weight of the knapsack is on the upper part of 01.7 arms, instead of being divided over the back. In the French manner the knapsack sticks closer to the back, consequently you do not feel its weight so oppressive." Improvements are daily occurring in everything, and of course we find fresh plans even for carrying and constructing knapsacks. However, one point might be certainly adopted with advantage, viz., the making of the knapsack so as that wet clothes, stockings, &c., can be left outside to dry on the journey, instead of being put inside along with the dry things. "In Germany," a continental student and ex-militaire remarks, " the stu dents in the time of vacation are constantly, with their knapsacks on their shoulders, visiting distant countries, and often roam on foot as far as Italy ; and it is a plea sure to see the rubicund youths walking the roads singing, ad smokir. Next, a cloak, for protection in wet weather re- quires a word or two. Col. Shaw's advice runs on from the wallet thus :—" When provided with a knapsack, get a wide cloak (so wide as to go over the knapsack) of the very best oil-silk, long enough to reach to the middle of the thigh ; likewise an oil-skin for the hat. The oil skin cloak can he used either for sitting or laying on the ground." There is a very light and portable article of this kind imported lately from France : it is termed, from these qualifications, the " Zephyr " cloak : it is composed of some very fine material, with a very thin layer of caoutchouc between : the weight of a cloak runs about 20 oz. Our remarks on the prejudicial effects of waterproof garments in general, seems to be here con flicting with Col. Shaw's advice. We can only qualify our own statement by admitting that a light cloak of oil silk or india-rubber cloth, of the dimensions of a cape rather than of a full-grown cloak, makes this difference, that it does not stick to the figure like a coat, and so allows of ventilation being carried on underneath, and still air more so when worn over the knapsack, a body of bein g always pres er ved about the shoulders: again, its protection as a sitting cushion is manifest and unob jectionable. There is a light summer walking surtout, which would t urn a gentle shower sufficiently—the " D'Orsay " build. Th e F renc h bl ouse coats are rather " Oh, En For a vengearx iterature. is also by taking off sow )f the body from the lower limk xtremity the upp tvs—" The use of which grasps a stick s artially, id only partially, to combine the action of the upper rubs in the exercise of walking." Those who are _ or wish to preserve their right land in working trim for using the artistical pencil, &c., 1 stick, that swelling of the hand sed to much writin would avoid, by usi always i economy .hty gave hear and fee by steel. ;land low— ad lamenting w, a wild and mournful cry— for us, a bitter death we die! d, faint ght, and fight in tes to strew this desert's icy plain, if our blood, and our dis'ant tomb to be ,ne for a vengeance worthy thee." )ful voice, and bow'd her queenly produces CHAPTER, V. These high, wild hills, and rough, uneven ways, Draw out our miles, and make them wearisome; And yet your fair discourse path been as sugar, Making the hard way sweet an , delectable.' Liverpool.) " For know, whate'er Beyond its natural fervour hurries on The sanguine tide; whether the frequent bowl, High-seasoned fare, or exercise to toil Protracted; spurs to its last stage tired life, And sows the temples with untimely snow." • Doris' Manual, p. 354. of the stick should he at a right angle with the shaft, and not a mere knob or steam-turned bend. A good hazel, indle worked nut of the root, comes up nearest o the mark for durability, lightness, general service, A small 'brass ferril, tightly fitted on, saves the wear and tear. A stick should not be too tall. We are indebted to a friend of the quill for these useful suggestions on the practice of the stick. We advise the selection of a good light cane in preference to a heavy walking-stick. A cane of a large calibre (one of the Malaccas is the best, though expensive) will give you all the support you can want towards the end of the day, not always unwelcome, whilst from its lightness, through the whole day, it will do all but carry itself—a companion never leaning too heavy on your arm. The last make of umbrellas appears very inviting to use, as they are very little heavier than a stick, the ribs being made of fine-drawn steel. Of the comfort of an um brella in a soaking wet, we need not speak, nor of their comparative inutility in a high wind, except you mean to try the " aerial principle" of flight. Every one has a predilection for or against a thing in matters of taste and comfort : some never go without one, some never use one by any chance. We can only bow our head and say, "de gustibus non disputandum est." However,. there is one point, touching the steel ribs to umbrellas, viz., that they are more likely to attract lightning than whalebone, especially if any part of the steel has been uncovered from the varnish, or has got rubbed bright, as at the points leath, power lost, and glory 54. We can hardly leave off without equipping our knight-errant with a pair of gloves, though he does not require the " spur" ; and of gloves there is one kind far before all other for walking, and for weather fair or wet, hot or cold : it is the " Woodstock," or doe-skin—a glove that will wash and wear better than any (ab sorbing perspiration), and keep the hands from suffering by the weather-changes. Belts are used by some. Par ties are better without, unless corpulent. THE START-FIRST DAY'S DOINGS AND UNDOINGS 55. Having all matters arranged, the toggery all donned, the knapsack fairly strapped on, we should say, select in the next place some suitable companion of con genial feelings and cheerful humour : for much of the pleasure of a tour depends on this having of company, even if only a dog to whistle to. " The influences of agreeable conversation, in alleviating the toilsomeness of travel, have been pleasantly depicted by Shakspeare : . ....... Richard 11., Act ii., sc. 3. Indeed, every one knows that the Irish bull, that a journey of ten miles is reduced to five a-piece when undertaken with a companion, is founded in truth and nature. It may be that the cultivation of the mind, and the improvement of the taste, might have enabled the traveller to have found, at least in part, that companion ship he desired in the birds, beasts, plants, trees, brooks, hills, and stones, he encountered in his excursion ; but still the force of the observation remains the same, that the most pleasing and unwearying efforts demand an impulsion from the mind as well as from the mere bodily powers." • An additional reason for seeking cheerful companions is, that the mind is unbent from intense thought or anxious care by the presence of others and their extem poraneous converse, when, if left alone to yourself, it might prove next to impracticable to unshackle the trammelled habits of intense application ; and unless such be accomplished, the chief end of the excursion is missed : the mind must be at ease to allow the body to reap the benefit of its exertions. Davis observes most justly, in his interesting Manual, p. 355,—" As we have seen that, for an agreeable and beneficial exercise, there must be an harmonious action in a large number of the parts and organs of the body, so there should be a like harmony of excitation to call this action forth. The will, the great stimulant of muscular contraction, must direct its efforts with singleness of purpose to the acting limbs." 56. The allotting of the amount of exercise each day is, for the commencement of such a tour, and to the unaccustomed, of the greatest consequence ; and we must proceed to shew why it is so, in order that this condition, absolutely essential to the pleasure and bene fit of the pedestrian excursion, may be cautiously secured. People may he accustomed to walk about all day in town, and yet find a day's walk in the country very different ; end, from their not rightly estimating this experience, may he very apt to overdo themselves at starting, and so get fatigued with the new and exhilarating demands upon their animal frame and spirits : therefore it would be well to limit their first and even second day's work to something under what they might possibly accomplish at a great stretch ; for, if the first day become a toil instead of a pleasure, the spirits begin to flag, and a listlessness as to the objects undertaken steals over the l i mind, owing to fatigue. Few minds can then, under the pressure and lassitude caused by the first day's forcad march, muster up courage sufficient to throw themselves out of bed, early, to begin with spirit and alacrity the second day. Davis remarks (p. 323) that " all exer cises should be accurately apportioned to the age, strength, and previous habits of the individual. Where this rule is neglected, exercise becomes an evil, and that of serious magnitude." And further on, alluding to undue exertion of any powers, whereby their growth and development suffers in the young—" A state of weariness comes on, that sleep refuses to alleviate. Such a call is made upon the digestive organs and the nervous sys tem, for velocity of action, that these parts are first to fail ; and fever, accompanied with serious digestive dis order, ensues. " * Under an extraordinary stimulus, the task may possibly be performed: but tho onricp- , quences are disagreeable and prejudicial. Excessive fatigue takes the place of that moderate tiredness which conduces to sleep, and the balmy soother of wearied nature refuses to do her office ; a painful restlessness, attended with fever, and, in extreme cases, with deli rium, distresses the frame ; and when at length slum bers steal over the troubled system, they are not fol- lowed with any commensurate degree of refreshment." Dr. Combe relates a very striking instance of the folly of over-exertion of this kind. Exercise pushed, then, to the point of inducing fatigue, so as to render the muscles sore and trembling from over-strained efforts, remaining stiff and sore after a night's disturbed repose, is not the way to derive either benefit or pleasure from a country tour. On an average, we should say, that, for those who can accomplish by effort some 20 miles for a day's walk, a dozen or 15 is the outside they should lay out for the first day's exercise; then, by getting a refreshing night's rest, they will have the power and disposition to walk 20 miles on the next day, and perhaps 25 on the third, and increase a little each day as they feel equal to do so : thus they will adopt the safest way to secure all the beneficial and agreeable results of a pedestrian journey. Experience will probably have already convinced some of our readers that our advice, resulting from the same instructive source, is not to be despised, even by comparatively old hands, on com mencing a tour after a period of sedentary pursuits and comparative bodily inactivity : though there may be some buoyant spirits who feel as if they had done no thing unless they came in like a horse after a day's hunting, tired and jaded with a glorious run, (in exci ting companionship of the baying hound and bugle note,) forgetting most probably, as such highflyers generally do, that the hunter gets the next day for recruiting re pose; so that, in fact, he only runs generally three or four days out of the week. This reflection will be suf ficient to moderate, we hope, the zeal of those freshmen who seem not yet to have learnt that discretion is the better part of valorous enterprise ! We are certain that many a green tourist gets dispirited, if not almost dis gusted, with what he pays too dear for in the purchase of, whereas the fault lies entirely with the folly of his own extravagant bid, and not in the article. This re mark applies not only to this little episode of our com mon life, but to that ordinary routine of our course, as well, which—because we pursue with too absorbing an aim, too avaricious a grasp—palls, wearies, and disgusts. What saith the sage Armstrong (page 36 of his valuable poem on health) in reference to overwrought exertion ? 57. Early rising is at all times so unquestionable a good habit, and so conducive to mental and bodily vi gour, that few words need be added to enforce the car rying• out of this practice, as well on the starting as on all succeeding days ; the pure freshness of the air penetrating like a cordial to the inmost recesses of our nature, fulfilling body and mind with the glow of con . the ped her to his 'b-alkir _ -stick or cane, which deserves or people would not prove so wedded to t 53. Of a walkin, not a mere fancy ; there is a real utility in havii a weapon of self-defence uanner of attacks from men and animals •ee'ulator of the locomotive vibrations of the body an 3ne, not only as .gainst all but, as a es a real servic j Sir E. L it adal than wet : for this purpos le by a clasp or sprir THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD scious and joyous existence, until a sensation of almost ses the blood through its several chan flow of healthful activity —an never realizes, even in the all ideal life. A few miles t the sl stepped out before breaking the fast will make light work of the rest of the day's labours ; and a keen appe tite acquired for breakfast is of itself no mean recom mendation—indeed, of such preponderating value is this motive alone with many, that did it co-exist with no other, it would raise them from their couch, and cause them to sally forth early. We need scarcely stop to remark, besides all just stated, that, as far as the search of the picturesque goes, no time equals the morning for ')eauty and sharpness of outline, whether the objects be nountain peak or mirrored lake : all nature around row, and, if the sun shines out, then, guage of Shelley's translation of a wears a youtlth and I hymn in Faust " The world's unwithered countenance Is bright as on creation's day." kn old Latin doggrel has presumed even to fix the hour g, in order, wesuppos that, by adopting the benevolent suggestion of a standard hour, mankind may derive the advantage of imitating the regulated visits of Aurora's early beams : _ . Praiide Dona, Coena golutil, Dormi Ilona, Nec est morti Vita prona." Which eing rendered into English, will run thus, making allowance for our modern confusion of meal Rise at five who has the power; Breakfast and lunch at nine's good hour; Dine at five's revolving magic; So shall death by sickness tragic, Who by nine sleeps if he can, Ne'er cut short life's little span. Thus, then, we have got our chart to steer by ; and, though an adage of olden time, it will hold good now-a days—at all events, in country rambles and health seeking tours. We have the hour, then, laid down, though the cloth wants laying for— 58: Breakfast; and, moreover, something to garnish it with, suitable for the devastations of a hungry pedes trian. We can't exactly produce the materials, but we can suggest what we have found, from experience, the most hunger-proof amongst provisions —that is, in stead of tea or coffee, a good jug of well-made cocoa or chocolate. There is something substantial in it : the stomach takes some time to discuss its endless resources of liquid nutriment. If to such a host in itself, you append plenty of bread and butter, and an assortment of fish, flesh, or fowl, or eggs, you cannot starve though you wait till afternoon for your next substantial meal, viz., dinner. Tea is all very well in a drawing-room ; or when pursuing literary avocations, a light meal is required, in order to let the brain have more opportunity for concentrated thought ; but when at ploughman-like labours, the nearer you come to his solid subsistences the better. We fancy tea will come in with a better grace towards the fag end of the day, say after dinner, as a diluent of aromatic and grateful nature. In C. Croker's Legends we find, and cannot help extracting, the following rich and appropriate passage : " A fine day anywhere is a fine thing ; but a fine day at Killarney is the finest of all possible things. Only see how clear the mountain looks, with but one little silvery cloud sleeping in the hollow of the Devil's Punchbowl, the broad face of the sun smiling on it, as if he was just going to say, You brat of a cloud, I'll swallow you up in a twinkling !' It would be a pity to lose a moment—' Hallo, Gorham ! breakfast, break fast, all in a hurry, if you please ; tea, coffee, bread, butter, toast, eggs, ham, honey, salmon, all very good —is everything ready, Gorham ? " Yes, sare.' " (TO BE CONTINUED.) ARCHBISHOP CRANMER NO PERSECUTOR (From the Works of Roger _Hutchinson, edited by the Parker Society.) Much undeserved odium has been cast upon Archbishop Cranmer in connexion with this case of Joan Bocher, in consequence of an erroneous statement of Foxe the mar tyrologist, respecting the importunity with which he urged, if not forced, the young king into the signature of the death-warrant upon which she suffered. All classes of objectors to the Reformation have availed themselves of this presumed fact, to magnify the clemency of the king by way of contrast to the primate's " importunity for blood. * Cranmer's advocates have apparently felt this passage in his life to be one extremely difficult, if not incapable, of defence. They have mostly contented them selves with alleging that it was contrary to the general tenour of his life, and with bringing forward the entry in the privy-council book to prove that he was not present when her fate was finally determined, and may therefore be presumed to have exhibited but little of the eager spi rit of a persecutor. The last writer of the history of the Reformation t has gone a little farther, and has ventured to impugn the authority of this particular passage in Foxe, on the ground of the silence not merely of the king's journal, but also of the Romanist libellers of the primate, respecting the alleged interview. Nothing is more likely than that if the king's feeling had been such as Foxe re presents, the entry in his journal would have been differ ent from the one we find there: ; whilst, if such an in terview had really taken place, Sanders, and other writers of that class, would have been delighted to avail them selves of it against Cranmer ; but it is unfortunate that Cranmer's defenders have not produced the whole entry in the privy -council book. instead of merely referring to it, in proof of the single fact of Cranmer's absence. Had that been done, it would long ago have occurred to some one, that it contains evidence that Foxe's story, for which he does not assign any authority, could not be true. Amongst the minutes of the business transacted by the council (who, be it remembered, under the will of Henry VIII. were the actual governors of the kingdom during the minority of Edward VI.) on the 27th April 1550, is the following entry : _ " A Warrant to the L. Chauncellor to make out a writt to the Shireff of London for the execucon of Johan of Kent, condempned to be burned for certein detestable opinions of heresie." It appears from these words, that, in conformity with the ordinary legal practice of the period, Joan Bocher was executed upon a writ de hwretico comburendo, ad dressed to the Sheriff of London, and issued out of Chan cery, upon the authority of a warrant signed, not by the king, but by the council. It would have been contrary to constitutional custom for the king to have signed any such document ; it is quite clear, from the entry quoted, that, in point of fact, he did not sign it ; and the narra tive which the worthy martyrologist was misled into in serting, and Cranmer's difficulty to cause the king to " put to his hand," and the tears by which subsequent writers have declared that his submission to the stern pleading of his spiritual father were accompanied, all vanish.§ * Hayward's Ed. VI. p. 16. Ed. 1636. t Soames, in. 544. I "Joan Bocher, otherways called Joan of Kent, was burnt for holding That Christ was not incarnate of the virgin Mary : being condemned the year before, but kept in hope of conver. sion ; and the 30th of April the bishop of London and the bishop of Ely were to perswade her, but she withstood them, and re. viled the preacher that preached at her death." g That no doubt may remain upon the subject I will add, i. That it was not customary for the king to attend the meetings of the council. ii. That whenever the council desired that the king should be consulted, or communicated with, an entry was made upon the council book similar to the following, which occurs on the same day as the preceding: " It was agreed by the whole counsaill, that the king's majestie should be moved for the restitution of the duke of Somersett unto all his goods, his debts, and his leases yet ungiven." iii. That the p ersons present on the day referred to were " The Lorde Chauncellor, The L. High Threasorer, The L. P. Seale, The L. Great Cham berlaine, The L. Chamberlaine, The L. Pagett, The 13usshopp of Ely, Mr Threasorer, Mr Comptroller, Mr of the Horse, M r Vicechamberlaine, Sir Rauf Sadler, Sir Edward Northe." A DUEL IN THE DARK. (From Ainsworth's Magazine.) All things being ready, the door, which had cauti ous l y been kept closed, to prevent the interior of the place f rom being seen by the duellists, was opened, and they entered the room of death together. The old man whose friend one of them was, wept in silent bitterness, but by an in voluntary action, as the young man passed out of his sight, evidently besought heaven to assist the insulted and the innocent. The door was closed. The time-keeper drew out his watch, and kept his eyes steadily fixed upon it. The assembled party employed that brief period in offering and accepting (in whispers) bets of from one to five hundred and more dollars , as to the result. Accord to sporting phrase, " the colonel was the favourite," though the backers of neither one nor the other appea re d inclined to offer very long odds. The ee time-keeper closed allosed his watch, andon the landing an d gave the sign a l ; at staircase were extinguished, in order that no ray might pass through the least crevice into the inside of the room. Everybody expected, upon the giving of the signal, to hear the commencement of the strife; but they listened in dead silence to no 'purpose, not the remotest sound, even of a footstep, could be heard. And thus they waited five minutes, and ten, and twenty, and yet the combatants gave no sign. After the lapse, as near as might be conjectured, of half-an-hour or thereabouts, one pistol was discharged ; and although the listeners had been in the continued expectation of it so long, yet when it did come, a sudden start of surprise ran through them, as though each man had instantly felt that he might have received the contents himself. And then followed a hasty step across the floor—another pistol report—the clashing of knives, and a brief but seemingly desperate attempt to wrestle, which quickly terminated, and all again was quiet. " It's all up !" whispered one—" I'll bet drinks for the crowd I" " Taken !" said another—" I begin to want a julep !" " Fifty to forty the colonel has killed him !" remarked a third ;—" he was a very nice young man, but he can't come in this time !" And thus would they have gone on, bad not the third report been just then heard, followed by a prolong e d con . flict hand to hand, and knife to knife, in the course of which the fourth pistol was exploded. The strokes of the knives began to grow less frequent, and more faint in sound ; but ere they had entirely ceased, a h eavy body dropped with a dead sound upon the floor of th e room. Another instant, and there followed another fall. openingover the door irn ruled, on t h e mediately Som proposition ein ; di b vi u d t ua tt i is present w were for u ground that if the fight were not yet over, the most able might take advantage of the appearance of the li g ht to kill the other, even ing on the boards. About half-an-hour was, if I recollect aright, allowed to pass in close and attentive listening to catch the most dis tand sound from within. None was heard ; and at the expiration of that period, amidst a crowd of the most hor rible of anxious faces, the door was opened, and the whole party rushed in. Towards the remoter end, and not far from the wall, lay a heap like red cloth. It was com posed of the gashed and bloody bodies of the duellists ! One lay across the other. They were taken up, and some thing like a distant murmur of applause followed, when it was discovered that THE COLONEL WAS UNDERMOST! But many who best knew him spoke outright their glad- ness, when an examination proved that he was perfectly dead. Both bodies were so mangl-d, that it was next to impossible to handle them without touching the wounds. The best of it was, however, that the conqueror of this fearful white savage was found to be still alive. He was taken down stairs instantly, stimulants were given, and he began to revive. His body was then carefully washed ; after which, being cautiously wrapped up, he was con veyed away to the nearest surgeon's, sometime after mid night. The room exhibited a spectacle not to be described. The young man eventually recovered entirely of all his wounds, and was often congratulated on having rid the country of a monster whom few dared to attack. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'clock --.,..,.--_ COTTON MARKET—Tits DAY An excellent demand to-day for Cotton, and chiefly from consumers ; the extent of business may be estimated at 4,000 bales at the full prices of:yesterday, with a steady and firm market : many say prices are hardening. __,.._______ LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Tins DAY <From Messrs. R. Makin & Sons' Circular.) The arrivals of Grain into this port since Tuesda which prove altogether very trivial in amount, are wholly from our own Coast and Ireland ; the fresh supply of Flour thence is also comparatively light, and that of Oat meal only moderate. We experienced a sudden change in the weather yester day, and a heavy fall of rain for several hours during the night, which has completely prostrated some of the corn crops in this locality; but as we do not yet learn that it has extended beyond the circle of a few miles around us, it is hoped the effects may not prove extensively injurious. The depression, however, in many other markets last week, and the decline in London yesterday, with a better appearance of the weather this morning, have decidedly counteracted any tendency to improvement here ; on the contrary, we have to report an extremely dull sale for every article of the trade, and Wheat of all descriptions was offered with very little effect at a further abatement from the reduced rates of Friday ; and from those of this day week, English and the best qualities of Foreign may be noted about 3d., and the general runs of Foreign as well as Irish, 4d. and 6d. per 701bs cheaper, and for some parcels still lower prices were accepted. The holders of Irish Flour submitting to a decline of 3s. per sack, this description sold rather more freely ; but States and Canadian receding only Is. per barrel, were taken off very sparingly. Barley remained unvaried ; but Malt, Beans, and Pease, though offered Is. per quarter cheaper, were neglected. Oats, contiuuing to come forward in small parcels onl't were notwithstanding very unsaleable, and scarcely more than nominal in value. Oatmeal likewise seemed to attract very little notice, though offered at a decline of 6d. per 2401b5. below our quotations ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the Bth to the 14th August, 1843, inclusive , DESCRIPTIONS IRE- , COAST- 1 FO LAND. 4 WISE. CANADA REIGN Wheat .. Ors. I 429 Barley Qrs. Malt Qrs. 14 719 Oats Qrs. 799 883 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 387 Pease Qrs. 11 ShelledßarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Loads 3682 8 Flour. .... Sacks 1534 41 Ditto Brls. 2 I 1 Into Runcorn.—lreland and Coastwise.—Oats, 480 qrs.; Oat meal, 1689 Ids. ; flour, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Beans, qrs. ; Oats, 76 qrs. ; Pease, 3 qrs.; Flour, 4 brls. ; Oatmeal, loads.—lreland. Wheat, 27, qrs. ; Barley, qrs ; Indian Corn, 65 qrs. ; Flour, 35 sacks 570 brls.—Coastwise. Wheat, 732 qrs. ; Barley, 604 qrs. ; Malt, 50 qrs.; Oats. 12 qrs. ; Pease, 2 qrs, ; Oatmeal, 839 loads ; Flour, 336 sacks 192 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Aug. 5, 1843. Wheat 60s. pd. ; Barley 325. 4d. I Oats 21s. sd. I Rye 375. Id Beans.. 31s. 9d. I Pease.. 345. 4d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 538 ltd I Barley 2gs 10d f Oats 20s 2d. I Rye 34s 3d Beans.. 305. 3d. Pease.. 335. Od. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. WheatlBsod I Barley gs Od I Oats .. . 6s Od Rye.. 8s 6d I Beans los fid Pease .. gs 6d Ind. Corn Os 0(1 Flour 10s 10d Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.. ss. Od. I Barley.. is. 6d. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye.. Os. 6d. Beans 2s. 6d I Pease is. od. I Indian Corn Os. Od. I Flour 3s Od Liverpool Averages, week ending Aug. 8, 1843 Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Qrs... 86 320 50 Prices 575. 5d Os. Od.; 16s. 6d. 295. 6d. GOSPEL PROPAGATION SOCIETY.—" There has been a considerable stir at Baripore in consequence of a perse cution headed by the Zemindar of the village, and direc ted with peculiar bitterness against a Brahmin of high connexions, who bad lately become a serious inquirer after Christianity. That mission, as I think, is proceeding most hopefully, thank God ; and not at all the less so, because Satan, seeing his kingdom shaking, excites, as in the days of the blessed Apostles, the hated of the sur rounding heathens. Thus it has always been when a great and effectual door is opened to the ministers of Christ;' there are many adversaries,' as the Epistle to the Corin thians records, There is about our young missionary so much simple, evangelical piety, such discretion and meek ness, and an activity so encouraging, that nothing in In dia has ever given me more pleasure. A work of consid erable extent, and daily widening, is there going on, by the power of truth, accompanied with the blessed influen ces of grace in the consciences and hearts of men, and guided and adorned, I may add, by the meek, gentle, prompt, and wise behaviour of the chief Missionary."— Bishop of Calcutta's Letter, Jan. 21, 1841. AMERICAN MANNERS.—The following is a descrip tion, by the late Lord Sydenham, of some of his visitors in Canada :—We have a host of Yankees, either in the house, or arriving daily from the opposite shore, a gun shot off, to see Mr. Governor Thomson. You never saw or can imagine such a set of people ; but they are great fun. I gave them a review yesterday of the 92d, a High land regiment in kilts, which delighted them not a little, I guess. I overheard one of them say, " I guess these Britishers do it a'most as handsome as the Buffalo Citizen Militia !" Another said to me, meaning, I presume, to pay me the highest compliment, " I opinionate that you are very like our old Hickory" (Jackson)—you downs them everlasting locusts of play-goers, and won't stand no up but your own ;"—pretty true by the bye. Yes terday on the balcony a Yankee lady was walking with her little girl ; the child said, " Mamma, I can't bear this." Upon which mamma looked daggers at her and said, " How can you talk so before the governor ? You should say I can't tolerate this." Such is their delicacy of lan guage. What it is practically, you may imagine from the circumstance of my bed rooms opening ou a balcony that is common to the house; and there is not a young lady in the hotel who does not walk up and down staring at the window of the room, which is about eight feet square, every morning whilst I am going through all the processes of my toilet.—Life of Lord Sydenham. LONDON DINNER PARTIES.---" Sarvants keep goin' round and round in a ring, slow, but sartaig, and for ever, like the arms of a great big windmill, shovin' dish after dish, in dumb show, afore your nose, you t o see h ow you like the flavour ; whe n y our glass is empty it's filled ; when your eyes is off your plate, it's off too, afore von can say Nick Biddle. Folks speak low here : steam is valuable, and noise onpolite. They call it a ' subdued tone.' Poor tame things, they are subdued, that's a fact ; slaves to an arbitrary tyrannical fashion, that don't leave 'em no free will at all. You don't often speak across a table any more than you do across a street, but p'rhaps Mr. Somebody of West End of town, will say to Mr. Nobody of West End :of America, Niagra is noble.' Mr. Nobody will say, Yes, it is ; it got its patent afore the Norman Conquest, I reckon, and afore the subdued tone came into fashion.' Then Mr. Somebody will look like an oracle, and say, ' Great rivers and great trees in America! You speak good English.' And then he will seem surprised, but do not say it, only you can see the words on his face, ' Upon my soul, y ou are a'most as whit e as us.'—Dinner is over. It's time for ladies to cut stick. Aunt Goosey looks at the next old goosey, and ducks her head, as if she was goin' through a gate, and then they all come to their feet, and the goslins come to their feet, and they all toddle off to the drawin' room together. The decanters now take the ' grand tour' of the table, and, like most travellers, go out with full pockets, and return with empty ones. Talk has a pair of stays here, and is laced up tight and stiff. Lar nin' is pedantic; politics is unsafe; religion ain't fashion able. You must tread on neutral ground. Well, neutral ground gets so trampled down on both sides, and so plundered by all, there ain't anythin' fresh or good grown on it, and has no cover for game nother. Housundever, the ground is tried, it's well beat, but nothin' is put up, and you get back to where you started. Uncle Gander looks at next oldest gander hard, bobs his head, and lifts one leg, all ready for a go, and says, Will you take any more wine ? 1 - 1 No,' says he, ' but I take the hint, let's jine the ladies.' "—Sans Slick, SOMERSET BRIDGE, BRIDGEWATER.—Another and fatal accident has occurred at this bridge, in the death of two boys, brothers, Richard Hall, 18, and Joseph Hall, 15 years of age, who, being driven by the current against a piece of balk. placed by the Railway Company, to pre vent boats striking the arch, were upset, and both drowned. At this same dangerous spot a boy lost his life in Septem ber last, from the ill-adapted construction of the bridge. DANGEROUS USE OF MESMERISM.—A young lad, in Glasgow, who had for some time past allowed himself to be mesmerised by all his companions who desired it for their amusement, was for two days past so completely put into the magnetic sleep that it was found impossible to get him ont of it. During this time his eyes were shui, his jaws firmly fixed, and neither food nor drink could be administered to him. It was feared that the unfortunate youth had forfeited his life to his folly. We are glad to be informed, however, that he was taken out of this un natural sleep on Thursday afternoon by a lecturer on Mesmerism, after two hours' work. This ought to act as a caution to inexperienced operators.—Glasgow Chronicle OUTRAGE ON A SAILOR.--A seaman, having occasion to buy a suit of clothes, entered the shop of a broker in the Bridegate. On turning over a number of clothes he found a suit which he thought would fit him, and pro ceeded to try them on. For this purpose he divested him self of the garments he usually wore, and laid them aside. As the price asked did not please him, however, he threw them off, and wished to put on his own clothes previous to leaving the shop to seek a cheaper article. This the broker would not agree to, but instead insisted that, be fore returning him his own, he should either take the clothes at the price he fixed, or pay him a sum for the trouble he had been put to. This the lad resisted, whe❑ the broker praduced a drawn sword by way of intimida tion, upon which the other got out in the street, and was discovered by the police all but naked in a close in that quarter of the city.—Glasgow Journal. SCENE IN A PLACE OF WORSHIP. —An occurrence of a most unseemly character occurred on Sunday evening se'nnight at the Welsh Baptist Meeting-honse, Ponty pool, and but for the arrival of the police, a serious riot would have been the consequence. It appears that Mr. Isaacs, the present preacher, has for some reasons given offence to a part of his flock, and in the course of his ad dress on the above evening went so far as to threaten ex communication to several present, which led to an out break, and a series of recrimination and abusive lan guage, some of the party insisting that Mr. Isaacs should immediately descend from the pulpit, whilst others urged him to proceed. By this time many of the congregation became alarmed, and a ush was made to the door, cries of " send for the police" being heard within. The police was immediately sent for; the tumult, however, con tinued, the following being part of the discourse which took place in the mean time : "If he does not leave the pulpit, he shall not have his life to go home with him." " Pull him down ; turn him out.'. "He has done no harm—he has told the truth," ke. Bcc. At length the police arrived and rescued Mr. Isaacs. HORRIBLE CASE.-At the Stafford assizes, on Wed nesday last, before Justice Maule, Charles Higginson, aged 26, was tried for the wilful murder of his son on the 2d April last. It appeared that the prisoner, who is de scribed by the reporter as a man of dull and stolid look, was a widower. He had but one child, a little boy, aged five years. This little fellow he put out to board, but was unable to pay the charge, one shilling and sixpence a week, for his maintenance. He was told that he must remove him, which he did, borrowing a spade from the parties by whom alone the poor boy had been supported. The prisoner reappeared without the child, and gave such answers to repeated inquiries made respecting him that suspicion was excited. At length, he said his son had died as he was taking him through the wood, and he had buried him there. Search was made, and, near a gate, some fresh soil was observed, upon turning up which the body of the poor boy was found about ten inches below the surface. There was a handkerchief over the eyes, and another very tightly bound over the mouth. There were contusions on the head, but no fractures. From the state of the lungs, the surgeon thought he had died of suffoca tion. The surgeon having given his evidence, the pri soner was asked if he had any questions to put to him. He replied, " I put the child in alive." A thrill of hor ror ran through the court at this declaration. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Judge immediately passed sentence of death upon him, holding out no hope of mercy. REVERSES OF FORTUNE (From Railway Rambles round Manchester Whalley is a c uiet and secluded villa, " far from the town, its madness, and its riot." — .A . coach passes through it twice a week. Here, in this locality, lives Mr. William Brooks, familiarly styled in the village " Old Billy Brooks." This gentleman is the father of two of the Crcesi of Manchester—viz., Mr. Alderman John Brooks, the rich merchant and calico printer, and Mr. Samuel Brooks, the opulent banker of the firm of Con liffes, Brooks and Co. Mr. William Brooks was origi nally a hand-loom weaver of Whalley, but is now a nartner in the bank just named, and is a man of considerable pro perty. His manners are quite primitive, and his diction that of the working operative of these districts half a cen tury ago. He lives in a house less ostentatious than that of one of his clerks, and this from liking and not penu riousness. This family affords another instance of those gigantic strides which many of our Lancashire manufac• turers have made from poverty to enormous wealth. It was in this village, too, when passing through it, ac cident detained the late Dr. Hardy (the father of the highly respected physician of that name in Manchester), and who, in consequence, was induced to fix his abode here, where, in the course of forty years, he acquired, as the reward of his very superior talents, an ample fortune. This gentleman was of rather a rough exterior, but con cealed beneath it lay a heart of kindliest warmth, always open to the claim of the poor and needy. He never dunned for his debts, and his system was to send in his accounts every seven years. He never sued for the reco very of a debt but once, and being the loser by some quibble, he determined never more to employ a lawyer ; he notwithstanding died rich, after having discharged his arduous duties on horseback till nearly 70 years old. It was no uncommon thing for him to tell the young wife who came to give him notice of her expected accouche went, that he had never been paid the fee for her own entree into the world, but the doctor was not therefore absent in the hour of need. He was independent in the avowal of his political opinions. On the occasion of Mr. Brooks and he voting for Mr. Fort, a lady of the neigh bourhood, in the opposite interest, who was the proprie tress of the houses in which they lived, sent them notice to quit the abodes they had occupied for more than this ty years (how absurd was such a notice to such men !) ; but the doctor went at once to her ladyship, and told her he was independent of such intimidation; that he, with the ability of buying her estate, had paid in rent, several times over, the value of the house which he h e ld o f h er ; an d that he gave her notice in return—he had been useful to her when his skill was in requisition, but if she attempted to fetter him in the exercise of his conscientious duty as a citizen of a free country, she must look for another doc tor when she needed one, for, in such case, he would not visit her "if she died on a hillock." Great ability like his could not be spared, and the notices to quit were withdrawn. Wh Ist chatting on the personal histories of this neigh, bourhOod, we may mention that the steward of this estate accumulated many thousand pounds, and when his mas ter, who, by his convivial habits and his losses in play to George IV., had become straitened in his circumstances, and was on the edge of difficulties, he found seasonable relief in the thrifty savings of his servant, who, dying, bequeathed all his property to his master. Passing by Padiham, we pass along a road of varied beauty, the length of which is forgotten by the wayfarer, as each new feature of grace or grandeur alternately en gages his contemplation. Sabden lies on the left of the road we have chosen. Here are the print works of Messrs. Sheriffs, Foster, and Co., the well known Lon don House, whose beautiful work has so high a reputation in our home trade. We cannot refrain from a passing remark on a gentleman connected with this establishment whose character and conduct have endeared him to every individual in this neighbourhood. We allude to Mr. George Forster, the junior partner in the firm just men tioned,who,to his honour be it spoken,resides atWinshouse, a mansion, his father, as a labourer, limewashed. He is a partner in one of the most respectable print-houses in Britain. His history is briefly told. He is the son of a poor man ; was born at the village of W iswall, near Whalley. At the age of ten he was put to the occupation of a hand-loom weaver, and his prospect at this time, did not encourage him to hope for anything beyond the com forts of that class of now miserably remunerated operatives. Evidencing, however, a taste.for drawing and design, an opportunity occurred, when he had attained his fourteenth year, to be apprenticed to a pattern designer —an opportu nity eagerly embraced by his father, as opening for his son a more lucrative employment. During his apprenticeship and subsequently his steady attention to business his efforts at self improvement, and his superior moral character acquired for him the high respect and confidence of his employer--the late Richard Fort Esq. father of the late M.P. for Clithero, At the death of the former gentleman, Mr. John Fort succeeded to the works. Being soon after elected the member for Clitheroe, and being the senior partner at the large establishment at Oakenshaw, he made a liberal offer to Mr. R. Cobden (the present M. P. for Stockport) and Mr. George Foster, which enabled those gentlemen to take this valuable establishment into their hands. Two men, so well skilled in their respective de partments, with youth, indomitable spirit, and energy to sustain them in their first efforts, were sure to succeed. Their progress was almost unparalleled, and their advances to wealth have been very rapid. The member for Stock port has of late occupied too prominent a position in the world's regard for us to dwell upon his fortunes here. It is only necessary to indicate that this place is the point whence the " son of the Sussex farmer" first plumed his wing, when he sought to soar high above the heads of his former compeers. Mr. Foster, from his less conspicuous situation, has not become, like his late partner, the " cy nosure of all eyes," yet he is a man of no mean mark. For miles around his home he is regarded as the poor man's friend, the encourager of virtue, the promoter of education. From the time of his apprenticesnip, he was a laborious and exemplary Sabbath school teacher, and to the present hour takes an active concern in the same es tablishment. In purposes of charity and religion he has expended large sums. To the Baptist jubilee fund he gave a thousand pounds, and his firm has established a hand some educational institute near the works, capable of ac commodating in its lecture room upwards of 800 persons. Mr. Foster is a dissenter, but is no bigot or gloomy fana tic. Nor is he blinded to the merits of other churches in his attachment to his own, for, as we were informed, that when about leaving home on a recent occasion, to visit the continent, without any solicitation, he left a handsome do nation towards the collection which was announced as about to be made in aid of Sabden Church. RAILWAY INTELLIGIICO the Sheffield station. --- nu SHEFFIELD AND ROTH EREI A M .1 1 ;111 1 4 -1 i f V"' . al meeting of this Company was !lei" f,.3 31° 1;09 was equal to five per cent. on the capita" ,b 4 to:that amount was declared. ~., EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. E°' -- w ieble lic meeting was held at the Town Hall , IP s en dthe o f! day last, at which it was determined to.,est,ich,b,ile Counties Railway from Colchester to Norwich, b to etween Ipswich, with branches from them a in - ef DIP . Harbour and Bury St. Edmunds. 0 111 i n g 01 ,? pot o FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONL , -- a sp , ' I N Birmingham Londn n o a n nd Saturdayß,irni Birmingham HAM RAILWAY.—A shocking accident,'Fogrelg; death of a man named John Robins , a ' a , l - 413 111 f The net profit !radi, on this line of railway, occurred to tbe u. e th i f i 9 and a half of the lioade station, Oa De „.. RAILWAYS.—It appears, from tbe ciren ro , se if Bell and Rhodes, for this month, th at P tieki r 0 unite the North Midland, IVlidland Celees.,:artiii of t irmingham and Derby Railway Conil$70:1111110 the two former to be rated equal ia O h iglb 04 4 ter to receive 255. less per annum for e, B , c N0r4 1 ... ,':' 1 has been agreed to by the directors of Os . 1 and Birmingham and Derby comPan ies. Ig Al.. P ll l6l - _ NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTO, be l t , to half -yearly meeting of this ComParq 'LI and c ot inst. at York. The land is all pure o be. 00F contracted for, and the line is OEI3O tea t te a by the Ist Jul . Th e w h o l e li ne is We e . the 04 than £400,000, being 20 per cent less tha u 001 je estimate. Interest at 6 per cent has beenowir shareholders in this • 'tibia l r . 0 line by the mi ~, , h il? years. - TAA I- 0 1 .0 glihigahnti 1. at, w. hir-srorli ~, Dsatlhhp2eoepj. r i eb u h : ry ekr I n Hv i aaelt le Ilile'tec'll h: I te i0;1)1.- ad :u , teo P r p oot l up-train r ba G a a bun i pe n t da F Fleet another passenger connected with In ° t he n oc d o p over the side of the carriage to recover bo or, J O it was thought was killed on the SO; or di !, 09 'that I t i , e , will recover the shock. It is a rner,v,', tim e ' dashed to atoms, as the train was at I''' ; Je r i the rate of 20 miles an hour. it . 0 36 10 and very warm debate too MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWA - c o l '' 0 , 0 meeting of the proprietors of this r c e i l o f 24 6 ' A I shares and 6s. on quarter shares was cl !,, to ilf ' on Thursday last. A divider' cisoe ti. rpo 4 amalgamation of the North Midland! s ilitil l ''',4 and Derby, and the Midland Cou o ne ore _ A ro panics. Ultimately three proprietorath ,1.11011 part of a committee, of which the North W . h pany were to nominate other three, to ' ' V 0", the proposed amalgamation. R CO A L 0 0 0 l Y il GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND - A l ,, a nil. , , 4 , —The half-yearly meeting of this Ces•"1 0 1154 9 mended that a dividend of £1 Darlington on Tuesday last. The y go to P o it revenue account for the half-Year diree";4l.f.,l, £13,622 7s. led., out of which the bo tersre ss . per o de p erip'y come tax, should be declared and re f k3,3 6 ! it 31st instant. This would a mount ta w!. ior° leave a reserve fund of £3,259 17s• i the • . o f confirmatory of the recommendation oi A l 6/ unanimously agreed to. it 1. 1 f, A , f ,' ti 0 ,7 0 ;0 LONDON AND BRIGHTON - A L e la •-t„,, ' d yearly meeting of this company w„, r es l , o 9 l llid, Dili Tavern, on Tuesday, at which J. '''''' as egpfi beingswilPlea erMsnegps etrpaAroorsnocoe fe, p.Reataii Id:1'g: near i OA r n d- c t la j e:ll.stisrlrtorki.bili:io6:Poo sided. The report was extremely that they sir were fully detailed. It appeared th a w be ov , railway was £2,606,349, which wc iont lll o,6l o lo £2,707,872 by the following items ' ose si i•ras" r tion, £20,000; land, for ternporarY Parl i t,6_,,l.'o roifo; carriages, &c., £4,750 ; re-ballsstinki2, ribooot &c., £16,666; new buildings, k6r,dond,lo/. of £2,707,872, the items £49,9 32, I° '' th•frie, v i f ie, and £327,334, receivable from th e Sou e op eo to o r ny, would have to be deducted. T oo h 7. 110 4 ,01 1° &c. for the half yeer, was X8 5 ..'" w as P S 1 0. Loounted to £74,394. A resolution /01, £120,000 by loan notes. It , A 1,1,/` / :: 0 9; NORTHERN AND EASTERN " -- s i hel“ rai rl re pf ei ;:p yearly meeting of this common) ? v 'l l if-Ye e , 4; The receipts from traffic for the a ba lauk"9 ( l. p,lj d £35,547. 7s. 6d., which, added to the, PO. a d, ,014, 4 d Xluv• ri6,v•A. i r half-year, £1,246. 7s. ld., an i ce s ot o 85 unclaimed quarter shares, amenses, .OiPP: Ac y from this, deducting working exP ° ter ir interest on debentures and loan 0 so, tern /It toll to the Eastern Counties' CoMP, sss fk oi and reserving £3,500 for rent due to i ti76 ( 1 ..., „ , , i Company to the 30th June, antl,.bare,of 04. ' 1 the Ist September on 3,136 scoP i i, We,'" f the divisible balance of £6,199. 4 _, I,f in; the directors recommend a dividers P co o et j , on the 9,072 original shares of th e „,011 0 7 0 - 04 01 , • -an - io a ~f' the Ist September next, leaving . T 1 0 £529. Ils. 10d. A resolution dot_ %., authorising the payment of a divid ; At op 04 go k it YORK AND NORTH MIDLANO v o t il t t ott Oil yearly meeting of this Con 3 Pa rl ib e re 116 0 , 2 fitV cForrirdeasyp.onTdii:egrheapio:ytesatratee:lditnhag t `,5001%,fir If f .o) off in the amount received for P 0 or ' mails, during the last half-Yea r : 0 30, 1 I I" e ll of £2,200. The receipts for tne j r u f e b o rto o o4 l4 2 .ll. 6o ceeded the corresponding half Y ee 'b o an re ar r p / as the working expenses had als° h of Il e ~ 40 0/ tent of upwards of £l,OOO on the ~ 0 , 0 of 10 per cent. would be maintain% the 0 0, 0 1 0 AO considerable increase of traffic, fr ° _ a iwalt, A/ of the Newcastle and Darlington toidtfotror;01101 ed as extremely encouraging. l i t l e or s taat f° ,.4 lll oo," eApediency of undertakin; tic f s c orb°'ihe ; g o r , A the fashionable bathing-Pla St a ted() ths t p26o , s r imously agreed to, it being a for e" 7 0 104 proposed line would be complete fli' ir .. lk , £6,000 or £7,000 per mile. ..„. RAs 11 et 0 0;1 1 ,0 ) LONDON AND BIRMINGH,vo, b , or s"fo. yearly meeting of this comPaat. ba1t116,5,17 on Friday. The receipts for the to 1 1 , 1 :j, , £389,658 7s. 10d., and the exP e 2 g 4 3s. 1 10, t li nf, J,,d 11 0) showing a net profit of £223 ,9 r o f 1 , 64 ,151 A, with the corresponding half YeA 3, 113 '00, 1 M5,1 traffic showed a falling off of more hi p 3d1 0 0 1 ,09 goods and cattle traffic was, "'3,09 4 r est iTiro l making a decrease in traffic 0 12 ',. 0afr l th ia e t ol e 0 , 10 , :otr 5•56 a decrease also on the net re n: VS., ° o p tl 0 as compared with the charg es x 4,2.5. eo er t f,,1 locomotive power wass less by t he 1 5,i n g . g a iip, r cPripeaysMeeinntroecfebipatlaonfeexs3o,sf3pas 3 d. i y t o .00, , / Aid expenses by £3,636 lEls. B „. u ig; 01 09 11 01-,/ £514 9s. ; depreciation, by ' A . 5 0 1 21,44,0 0 ' these heads of £8767 9s. - 1 i"' o f I.‘"' for / other items gave a total decreAs_d was aa rd . , - .4 ti state of the balance to be rlivi t n, forisnt,t ,4•60 , The balance of profit brouen4diog3l. ir,,,1 from the half year's acount , e ......:„ ' 1 0. 11 1 Dec. last, is .......... • • •;,: 0 "f tbe,!,:. A The profit realised by the aMshareslo prir mainder unapproPriatedo to OI a deduction Leaving(the bills i l flos passedi ncorocieurttiloaE..t.,:tlic!elFrjesfccseeae".l:;eilt.!brtli,:ii. the Iv • • ton 1 "' te' 11 1° '0 ,1r ,: ' Warwick and Learning Ppterh°r° bade, 0 0 , if! 1 they had reason to believe t hat q.,.e eooke;i3i. ~ of £1,375,000, in addition to I' o ' t he t he I,aretti; etibleracnacphitalilneosf £5,500,000, would be adequatF _.! oo d t,,,,rei, t ,e'd „ uestiproo, l e ! , r e 1 .011,0 the borrowed money. The ch.,,,`,5' goir ; 10 '0;04(4 1 mend the creation of 55,000 oft? ,j to I'l9oPa:ea eP, capital of .C 1,373,000 to be allont o f of r ip ot 0 i pany's existing shares (on paYme_ share „artic,f4,4i share,) in proportion of Sharesn. ot to r.,eolotv,k) capital stock—these new t" r le t o rs li t io lo l dividend of the companY till a,..,f1e direetto ev 104 from the Ist of Jar next. "-l. d 4toel‘ti efitedrAf • Nate b o, d'il / , for converting into a conso ~,ioc o f t f Abe t lP £25, and old £32 shares, on "01.011_05 8 0 0 , f e , made and discharged. The Pr"elbog, ' l ' 0 00' 4 oi . from the profit on Sunday trav _,, waded, ie 4s. 10d. per £lOO. The repo e n to , , ow' t. proved of, and the dividend r„ec ._ .‘t o io,' iith I °' „ b et t P : to be paid on and after the 0; 7' il • In ntbeq compansv sof. to (ret, a, " v AO Ore ~, 1 sal f too 0 Dill' i lo, Brixxv34.—"Brinkuro • bear 0 sag ); s lot ,i v, never." " Why you don't l'ijoeeosetisor lrotsi.,'; kum ?" " Did you never 'earl , o ' v l e 4' l . l i what that is ?" ' Ido 00t .' n No ° er" Ple 7 , 1 ',O Why, there is more of itoli,.. iii go*: 0 0; et , oi , than would pape.r every ro 0.1 1 in j 11, 7 0, oe,„ lif i /0 ',,,, , then curl the hair of every ~boolii, bee 1,,,,,,, bunkum 7 why how you trotatt o' o 2oo tl l ,, ,i if that don't pass ! 1 thou;bat t)Tit, 0 , 0 „ , ,/ ~..) America, every place likes Lo ' an d if.! 000h0ift140,j word. I'll tell you, then,,. ~eor.olliei Ovf P I 4 , ' press, and see their speeoll!isn', if tbell)roje 01',i091 0 a piece to the paper, irgluuti w ith a ,_is friedr'l4ol,o' teral death, or was skivere . _, so d u , te a bo Luel hante seen his speeches latelytta eoigPseeolo;oB ori,o to know his fate. Our free an do nut ob er!,,,ill? t i V approbate silent inewher4fe; or 1-etipaolo o i, e 0 V Squashville, or Punk/0110111e, 0,1"0010,000Voidt represented, unless qua a rid s cia ty , dett e c t p)' ~i bertown, makes itself 1 qoanden the 10 ergo / 00 0, j i too. So every fe ller in ',_„ sta te , ~,,o o,ii 7 i ,7 ,0 big too, and the sn3aller L".Zioii, v?epoirero7,:tr fiercer its members talk. ~c i , loll', bil l 0 .0.5' , talk sake, jist to hove tisPe' oPP° ,o r eg ° I" rtblY I t he , r 1 pa $ l 4 , and not for any other al Novo bens ro_„, 0, 0 0 i l our folks call it bunkors• its olernoo o_ li e f 0,01ii,4, great place for bunklog w ith 61 1 7513iiiii°1:0 0 7 1 0 d 1 1) ,;" to run foul of E0g13,9„„,' vote d s ..ds ' IP ili li° l 3f t , • about the boundarY ...700 boa%fid 1 40 0 0 , , s, able in pine logs Oa sl.ed tholi to 14411,08rb0 16 and called out a bu n , a saw g i a bol lt oinf a t l ioco l never come) to captor / ais t 1300 P I that's bunkum --3 brag o rec I) 0 0 IJo ) 11 that baa beo 'hi li/.o' bunkum. A ll that 0 the , so re ; e l Ido i , l O O eheriff was btinktitn't gig ° Cotiforif CV line and Creole, an, s od j to , s t, o p" short, almost all th!l no to tbe _ PO (for we set the a u _ itoefiel, milliners) and all ofe r • in Ragland. . . • !o thei ,tl 4 . t ,4i n al t i 4 4, q , i , k h 94 m kti t hnti