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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMI3ER, 28, 1852. " THE MERCHANT SHIPS OF ENGLAND." THE LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTUE. "THE ADMIRAL LECTURES AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. On Friday evening the Rev. Dr. Baylee, of Birkenhead delivered the first of two lee. In the opening of his :_ anonymous letter published one of his former lectur' res on the above subject. marks Dr. Baylee alluded to an lelivery of fter th views respecting the ver opinions held by the in the The objectio classed um ery part of t t. his c only mad correctinz him - se! )1d of Stephan was it i this sill Aration v The of the most impor evelation not onl Themrrchant ships of England The carriers of the deep; 1 tempest toss'd, by compass Teach England's arts to Afri And robe the Indian maid r mariners are terror Tender hips of 1 When Heav'n f " The S Shall tr GENERAL ORDER, Horse-Guards, Sept. 23, 1852. In obedience to her Majesty's most gracious commands, Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge assumes the com mand of her Majesty's army, and all matters relating to her Majesty's military service which have heretofore been performed by his grace the late Commander-in-Chief, will henceforth be transacted by his lordship. He confidently hopes that, in the performance of the duties intrusted to him by her Majesty's favour, he will receive the assistance and support of the general and other officers of the army, and be enabled to maintain its discipline and high character by a continuance of those services which have identified the British army with the honour, power, and prosperity of their country. The Queen having, in the general order to the army of yesterday's date, expressed her Majesty's sentiments on the irreparable loss sustained by her Majesty, the country, and the army, in the sudden death of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Hardinge presumes only on this occasion to give utterance to his devoted attachment to the memory of " the greatest commander whom England ever saw," and whose whole life has afforded the brightest example by which a British army can be guided in the performance of its duties. By command of the Right Hon. Lieutenant- General Viscount HARDINGE, Commanding-in-Chief. G. BROWN, Adjutant-General. On Wednesday evening Mr. Secretary Walpole sent a telegraphic despatch to Walmer, directing a guard of honour to be placed near the body of the illusteous de ceased. On Thursday the guard of honour, consisting of a cap tain's guard of the depot Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, ap pointed to watch over the remains of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington, took up their station at Walmer Castle. The state coffin arrived the previous night, and the body was placed in it. The corpse had previously lain in the leaden coffin, inside of which is the shell. This is, therefore the third and last coffin in which the remains of the illustrious deceased will be deposited. The corpse be ing now finally encased, a black pall has been hung over the coffin. The floor of the chamber is completely co vered with black, and the whole room is appropriately hung with mournful emblems. The utmost privacy is maintained with regard to the chamber containing the duke's remains—no one being permitted to enter or even to take a glance at the interior. Now that the castle is under military guardianship, Captain Watts, the captain of Walmer Castle, has taken up his quarters there. The directions issued to the sentries by the commanding offi cer, Lieut.-Colonel Beckwith, of the Rifle Brigade, are of the most stringent nature, and require that no persons, except the domestics, shall be admitted within the castle gates, except on the production of an order signed by the captain of the guard. The appearance which the castle presents, with the slow-pacing guards mounted, and the union-jack half-mast high, is solemn and imposing. Two men are stationed at the entrance gate, while the number constantly on sentry is seven. By the special desire of Lord Chaales Wellesley, a sentry has been posted in the Castle moat, and the ramparts are also guarded. A dark coated rifleman, pacing the southern rampart, marks the place where the remains of the illustrious warrior now lie, namely, immediately in front of the chamber which his grace occupied. Many have been the applicants at the castle eager to be admitted even to view the exterior of the duke's apartment, but the orders to refuse them were steadily enforced. At ten a.m. on Thursday, the present Duke of Wellington, accompanied by his brother, Lord Charles Wellesley, took their departure from Walmer Castle. It was originally their intention to leave on the previous day, but they postponed their journey until Thursday morning, in order to be present at the last sad offices previous to the final interment of their revered father. Their lordships travelled by road to Dover, which place they left by the first train after their arrival for town—having taken this route in order to avoid any display of public feeling on the part of the inhabitants of this locality. Their suite left at the same time by way of Deal. The late duke's horses and equipages werealso removed on Thursday for London or Strathfieldsaye. Almost the whole of his attendants have likewise quitted Walmer.—Movning Chronicle. TILE LYING-IN-STATE.—We believe it is decided that the late Duke of Wellington will lie in state under the cupola of Chelsea Hospital. The outer coffin, the last which is intended to enclose the remains of the departed Duke, is formed of solid mahogany, of great thickness, and is covered upon the outside with crimson velvet se cured with gilt nails. The ornaments and handles also are of silver gilt, and are of elaborate device. The inner coffin of all is made of strong deal covered with black cloth, and it was constructed at Walmer Castle immedi ately after the Duke's decease. Ou' side this is a leaden coffin hermetically closed. Enclosing these two is a coffin of solid oak, and above all is the mahogany coffin which has just been described. The Observer says, it is not yet decided where the re mains of the late Duke of Wellington are to lie in state. If, following the precedent in the Me of the former Com mender-in-Chief, the Duke of York, St. James's Palace will be appropriated for this purpose ; but Westminster hall has been suggested, as, from its vast size and noble proportions, it would give greater scope for funeral dis play. The matter is at present under consideration. The only objection that is urged against Westminster-hall is, that there are not sufficient facilities of ingress and egress. The remains of the Duke of York lay in state in the Banqueting-room of St. James's Palace. I THE LAST HOURS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE 135, Lower _ _ MEDICAL TIMES A street, Deal, Sep . Sir,—l enclose you an account of the death of the Duke of Wellington for insertion in the Medical Times and Gazette, should you deem it sufficiently interesting le readers c our widely-circulated journal J. W sir, &c HITLKE " TUESDAY, September 14.—About half-past eight this morning my father received a note from Walmer Castle, stating that the Duke of Wellington wished to him. He immediately went to the Castle. His Grace see nun plained of un thc‘n ness abort the him with 0 during its_pr me tea . , ....„ ther communieatior►, stating that his Grace was much worse ; he had had fits similar to those he was subject to. My father and I went directly, and found his Grace in bed, unconscious ; eyes turned a little upwards, fixed ; pupils of med laborious, from accum Before our arrival his va tion of mucus in air tubes. had applied a mustard poultice to his chest " Dr , as on a former occasion this had giv M'Arthm Fergusson were telegraphed for. " Dr. M'Arthur advised a mustard emetic to be given, having prescribed one with advantage for the Duke several years ago under similar circumstances. This and other s were now of no avail His Grace became restless, tried to turn on his left side ;occasionally there were slight twitchings of the left arm. When raised in bed, his breathing was much more free, and this induced us to place him in an easy chair, when his respiration became much less embarrassed ; his pulse sank, and his Grace was now placed more horizontally ; the pulse rallied for a little time, and then gredually declined ; the breathing became more feeble; and, at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock p.m., his Grace breathed his last. So easy and gentle was the transition, that for the moment it was doubted. A mirror was held before his Grace's mouth ; its brightness was undimmed, and he was no more. " JOHN WHITAKER HULKE." TRE DUKE'S WILL.—The Duke of Wellington has left a will, though the contents of it as yet remain undisclosed. It is dated as tar back as 1818, and was found late on Saturday nightiweek at Coutts's Bank. The existence of this document was, we believe, unknown even to those most nearly connected with the Duke, who, though of late years he had ordered several wills to be prepared, yet never could make up his mind to execute them. The Duke appears to have always avoided the subject of his own death, and the arrangements connected with it. Those who knew him best hardly ever remember to have heard him talk of such matters, and, in illustration of this feature in his character, a curious fact may be men tioned. Every one knows that he received, in the ccurse of his long and distinguished life, many presents of im mense value, and that Apsley House is filled with a great variety of objects, the interest attached to which can hardly be overrated. The collection, as personal property, was, of course, exposed to the risk of dispersion after the Duke's death, and with a view to its preservation, an act of parliament was obtained, enabling his Grace, within a space of two years, to make heirlooms of such objects as he wished to see inalienably attached to his title and estates. Singularly enough, it was not till the last day of the time thus granted that he signed the documents re quisite to make the act available. RFAIARKABLE COINCIDENCE.—It is a singular circum stance that an old Waterloo man, of the none of Henry Judd, about 80 years of age, who resided here, died on Tuesday last, the same day and nearly at the same moment that his Grace the Duke of Wellington expired. —Sherborne Journal. A FACT..-It is astonishing the extent of ignorance frequently met with even on matters of current history. A good dame, the wife of a well-to-do tradesman ate cer tain favourite watering-place, being informed of the death of the Duke of Wellington, innocently asked the ques tion, " Is that, sir, the man who wanted to go to war with England!' THE DUKE'S BODILY SYSTEM remained sound to the last. His fine nervous energies were wonderfully pre served. For example, he alAays shaved himself; and the only change in this which was observable as years accu mulated was that a rather longer time was occupied in the process. He also wrote a good firm hand, and, until within a very years before his death, would not unfre quently indite three or four:letters before breakfast. There is another fact of the same character. In his eighty-fourth year, and half a century after many of his greatest vic tories, the Duke could raise to his lips a glass of water, filled to the brim steadily, and without spilling a drop ! - - THE DUKE'S CHARGER.—The late Duke's charger, " Copenhagen," took its name from the place of its birth in 1808. The dam was taken over by the late Field Mar shal Grosvenor with the expedition to that place in 1807, and there, it is said, produced a chesnut foal, which after wards became the property of the Duke, then Sir Arthur Wellesley. It was consequently seven years old, and in its full vigour at the great battle of the 18th of June, 1815. The famous old English racing blood was in its veins ; the sire was the celebrated " Meteor," the property of the Grosvenor family, which was foaled in 1783—its grandsire was the celebrated " Eclipse," and its great erandsire a brnth.” ,f tha tt Ti'Tying ClAildoro," which was born about 1717, and son of the celebrated " Darley Arabian."—John Bull. THE DUKE'S OPINION OF THE BATTLE OF WATER- Loo. — The following anecdote may not be generally known. Some of the Duke's guests were discussing the circumstances of the battle in his presence. It was not his habit to take an active part in any conversation refer ring to his own campaigns. But on this occasion, the arrival of Blucher, the absence of Grouchy, and other similar topics, together with the antecedent probabilities as to the issue of the great conflict, being talked of, the Duke suddenly said, " If I had had the army which was broken up at Bordeaux, the battle would not have lasted for four hours." As the Duke was not given to boast, and his judgment may be relied on, this forms an important comment upon the engagement, about which so many theories and speculations have been offered. WAS THE DUKE EVER WOUNDED ?—The following letter, which appears in Saunders' News Letter, is con. elusive on the point :—" Sir,—Having read in your paper of to-day the paragraph, Was the Duke of Wellington ever wounded ?' it is replied that he was. I had the ho. nour of dressing that wound. His grace received it on the field at Orthes. It was caused by a spent ball on the hip, breaking the skin and causing severe contusion. I had also the honour at the same time of dressing General Alava, who received a similar wound on the opposite hip. These circumstances are known to Lord George Lennox, who was then his aide-de-camp ; also to Lord Fitzroy Somerset and Sir Edward Kerrison, who then commanded the 7th Hussars, in which regiment I then served.—l am, sir, yours, &c., James Moffit, staff surgeon, first class, half-pay. 1, Otranto-place, Sandycove, Dalkey, Sept. 23, 1852." WALMER CASTLE, where the Duke of Wellington died, is just the sort of residence that would have been pointed out by an imaginative mind as appropriate to such an event. Placed behind the high shingly beach which the incessant action of the waves has formed on this part of coast, and surrounded on the landward side by lofty trees, it does not arrest notice by any pretentious prominence, and the modern windows opened in the thick old walls look as if its warlike uses had been laid aside for the milder, and more peaceful influences of the times in which we live. There are, however, some heavy guns upon the upper walls pointed towards the Downs, and below a battery of smaller pieces that seem to include foreign invasion among the contingencies to which we are still exposed. It was a place of strength built for rough work in stormy times. It has become a quiet sea-side residence within earshot of the surf as it breaks upon the beach, and within sight of those essentially Enlish objects, the chalk cliffs of Dover, the Goodwin Sands, and the ship ping in the Downs. :This was no unsuitable place for the Duke of Wellington to die in—that man in whose eventful history the largest experiences of military and civil life are so marvellously united. LETTER FROM THE PRINCE REGENT (AFTERWARDS GEORGE IV.)—The battle of Vittoria was fought on the 21st June, 1813, and among the trophies taken was the baton of Marshal Jourdan, who commanded the French army under Joseph Buanaparte. The baton was sent to the Prince Regent, who in return conferred the rank of Field Marshal upon Wellington (then Marquis of Wel lington), accompanying the appointment with a letter, of which the following is a copy :—" Carlton House, July 3rd, 1813.—My dear Lord,—Your glorious conduct is above all human praise, and far above my reward ; 1 know no language the world affords worthy to express it. I feel I have nothing left to say, but devoutly to offer up my prayers of gratitude to Providence, that it has, in its omnipotent bounty, blessed my country and myself with such a general. You have sent me, among the trophies of your unrivalled fame, the staff of a French marshal, and I send you in return that of England. The British army will hail it with enthusiasm ; while the whole uni verse will acknowledge those valorous efforts, which have so imperiously called for it. That uninterrupted health, and still increasing laurels, may continue to crown you through a long and glorious career of life, are the never ceasing and most ardent wishes of, my dear lord, your very sincere and faithful friend, " G.P.R. " The Marquis of Wellington." A writer in the Dublin Evening Mail, " who has en joyed the rare privilege of being admitted into the domestic circle of the late Duke," mentions a few brief reminis cences of the illustrious dead, which display points of character not generally known, at least beyond the pale of private society. And first, of his kindly feeling towards his afflicted countrymen : " The sufferings of the Irish poor during the famine period engaged his deepest sympathies, and he expressed himself with the utmost warmth and feeling on the subject of the savings'-bank failures, considering those deposits of hardly -acquired earnings as a sacred trust, to be repaid, without reference to legal technicalities, on the implied faith of an imperial obligation. He seldom took the pains of contradicting any calumny with regard to himself, or to refute any aspersions on his fair fame, however destitute of truth." Secondly, with regard to the oft-repeated falsehood that he denied the place of his nativity, and repudiated the land of his birth, what will the libellers ( - - to this ? Eiis memory s " No statement can be more utterly unfounded or un tenable. On the contrary, he was proud of Ireland ; bestowed the deserved praise on those noble qualities with which her sons are distinguished, but was grieved and wounded to see that warm-hearted people misled and mis directed by senseless tirades against everything English, fostering national animosities, and engendering sectarian strife. He certainly was impressed with the idea that he was disliked by his own countrymen, but could not account for the unmerited prejudice that prevailed. It is to be hoped that this misconception will now cease, and that we shall render a just tribute to the statesman, soldier, and citizen, who earned an imperishable and unsullied reputation, and left a brilliant example, which cannot fail in exercising a salutary influence both on the present age and on generations yet to come." STRANGE COINCIDENCE.—The column commenced at Wynyard, in honour of the Duke of Wellington, on the occasion of his Grace's visit to Wynyard in 1827, was only finished on Saturday last, and the scaffolding was _ - - taken down the very day on whi c h the illustrious Captain died. —Sunderland 7'imes. A TYPE OF CONSCIOUS DECAY IN THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—Upon the late occasion of the proro gation of parliament by the Queen in person, his late the Duke felt observe , prove irk " I DO feel 4. T Rra LITER ATU s sons, merchant rim WILLIAM DIGBY SE eral History of th fron; the German of N iondon of Neander, brought too soon to a death, are being republished Mr. Bohn, in the series of his " Standard and no - clerical, or even by Librar„ family library, which extends to ecclesiastical history, will be complete without the writings of Neander—that man who brought to our mind more the realisation of the beloved John than any one else. This is the seventh volume in the series, but from the author's pr learn ti tant e VII., in l histor of the - Church's constitution, as in preceding parts Guide t zstralia and the Gold Regions hant. Liverpool : H. Young By a Liverpool Me This is a v and NI much rlocira m as any ordinary emigrant can about the colony but the way of getting there. The press teems with guide-books, and they cannot all be expected to contain novel- What we most desire is truth and common sense, and this one appears to possess both. NEW MUSIC A Good Old English Cheer; written by S. P. Goddard, composed by J. Emery, jun. (London : D'Almaine and Co.) This is a right hearty, spi rited song, with a very suitable accompaniment. When sung by a rich harytone voice, it will prove Beware of the Gipsies, and exceeding] effective Maiden Beauty ; written by C. Swain, composed by G. Simpson (London : D'Almaine and Co). Songs of very unequal merit, by the same composer. former is much the feebler of the two, but w when the duet i Beauty" yen with nerve. The s exceeding) Maiden sweet ARIETIES A GRAVE-YARD THAT CAN NEVER BE OVERCROWDED. —Oblivion—where there is always room for whatever has to be buried there.—Punch. " WHEN SHALL WE THREE MEET AGAIN ?" .as the Up, the Down, and the Luggage train said, when they all ran into one another at the junction.—Punch. WEALTH AND TALENT.—Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible. BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM.—It was an ancient custom to bury the young at morning twilight; for as they strove to give the softest interpretation to death, so they imagined that Aurora, who loved the young, had taken them to her embrace. To KEEP PART OF A BOTTLE OF PORTER BRISK.— Put in the cork, and set the bottle up end down in a tumbler or any other vessel of water. The porter, it is said, will open as fresh the next day, or any number of days after, as when first uncorked. SHORT DRAMA IN TWO SCENES.—First Scene; Mil lionaire seated in an easy chair. By him stands a poor man, in a supplicating attitude. Millionaire—" Ahem 1 Very sorry, my young friend, that I can do nothing for you. But I can give you a word of good advice—econo mise !" Poor man—" But when a man has nothing to—" Millionaire—" Nonsense ! Under certain circumstances, a man must know bow to save." Second Scene : The Millionaire drowning in a pond : the poor man calmly re garding him from the shore. Poor man—" Sorry, my friend, that I can't do nothing for you, but I can give you a word of good advice—swim !" Millionaire (choking)— " Bub-bub-but wh-wben a man can't swim !" Poor man —" Nonsense ! Under certain circumstances, a man must know how to swim." OUR DINNERS.—It is a vulgar notion that a dinner to be good must be expensive—a fatal mistake, preventive of much social enjoyment. To say nothing of those _ " Who think less of good eating than the whisper, nuscripts, and they would find all the essential doctrines When seated near them, of some pretty lisper,' , of the Bible in it. Let every disputed passage be blotted nine-tenths of the recipients of a grand state dinner, out, and not one vital truth of Christianity would be af d. formal and costly, would infinitely prefer a fish, a joint, fecte Turning next to the language of Scripture, the le c t urer "Boys, 'tis little I care to dine observed that it was the language of pheno mena . Thi s Where the host is vain and the guests are fine, was the nature of human language. If wor d s did no t re - Where the wines are warm and the dishes cold, present the appearance of things, we could not convey our And the mutton is young and the spinsters old." thoughts at all. As knowledge increased men came nearer Some of the most delightful dinners in memory have been and nearer to describing things as they really were; but, • - simplest—all wit, fun, and good sense, with merely even at the best, language must be the description of 'e." " Cheerful looks make every dish things as they appeared. This was illustrated by the The very essence of a dinner is absence of account of the appearance of the th ree ange l s t o Ab ra h am. Half the dinners that one goes to, offer but First they were called "men." Subsequently, when .stead of flowers : they are but mockeries of Abraham had discovered that one was the Lord enjoyments, waste of hours, through fear of tyrant Cus- Jesus Christ, and the others were hi s at t en d ants , language So w in as changed, and the case of the we "sunrise."read of two The very few know how to dine so as to insure the greatest tom and desire to be thought " genteel." Mr. Walker, the lage human_ of " The Original," truly says, " Anybody cao dine, but " angels. , utmost powers ot speech could not invent a si ng l e - would describe the rising of the sun as t o it s amount of health and enjoyment." Those who will help word that society to this knowledge, strangle foolish forms, and real cause. It could only be done by a long d e s cr ipti on . answer the purpose intended. It substitute for wasteful expenditure good taste, good sense. And even this would not w . . not indicate the appearance pr e se n t e d by th e —The Builder. and good humour, should be regarded as its benefactors. would cnanged position of the earth with respect to th e sun ; whereas ' sunrise" was most accurately descriptive of that A SEAMAN'S STORY.—A certain elderly lady, dearly appearance. The use of such language in no way affected loving a dish of chat, never lost an opportunity of partaking the truth of divine revelation. Being the language of of this luxury. Sitting on a bench on the esplanade at phenomena, it conveyed no inaccuracy to the mind of the Weymouth, warming her feet in the sun, she addressed a person who took it as the language of phenomena. In rough-looking old tar who was lounging near, and after this way they might go through every scientific statement seeking his age, whether he had fought under Nelson, if in the Bible, and demonstrate them all. he was married, the number of his children, and whether Dr. Baylee next remarked upon the difference between they had been vaccinated, she proceeded to generalities. the Hebrew and Greek texts, and showed the importance " You must have seen some wonderful thi ng s i n your of correcting the one by the other. He also pointed out travels, Mister Sailor ?" " Yes, warm, I've seed a few." " I suppose you are familiar with th wonders of the some of the peculiar beauties of the Hebrew arising from the extreme y ideal and original character of its roots. l ' • The old boy looked at her, as if taking the rrea. Thus, in the account of the creation, the word " deep " her faith, turned his quid, and replied, " I believe in English, signified merely a hollow.' But, in Hebrew,' you, marm. ► Why, I've knowed it blow so hard that it it signified, " the broken up mass," an expression won blew the very teeth out of a handsaw, and I've seed fishes derfully suited to the appearance of the crust of this as big—aye as big as from here to that 'ere flag-staff," earth. The Hebrew word for " earth" signified " run (rather more than a quarter of a mile.) " Dear me ! have ner, " conveying the idea, not only of a body, but of a you indeed ! I suppose those are the leviathans that body in motion. " Light," in like manner, included Solomon—no, David—mentions. And pray, what do the idea of constantly glowing; and, when it was said those monsters feed upon ?" " Why, little fnhes, to be t h at G o d ma d e two great " l i ghts, " the Hebrew gave us sure, marm." " But do they eat them raw ?" The to understand that these were not lights i n the same sailor gave a slight cough, hitched up his waistband, and sense, but " dispensers of light," or lamps. Very much replied, " Raw, mann ! No; every tenth big fish carries was to be learnt from a wise study, even of the words in to a kettle on his tail to bile 'em in." "La ! Do they which God had revealed his mind man. indeed ? And now tell me what else you've seen ?" In further elucidation of his subject, the rev. doctor " Why I've seed oysters a-growing on trees, (alluding to referred to five different divisions under which it might the mangrove trees in India, which dip their branches be considered, namely, historical matters, natural objects deep into the water, and are covered with shell-fish in and science, mental phenomena, doctrinal teaching, and consequence, presenting a singular appearance when left prophecies. He pointed out, under each of these heads, bare by the ebbing of the tide.) Up got the old lady, the suitability of the language made use of by the sacred gave a flourish with her parasol, and a toss of her head, writers, and concluded by reserving the consideration of as she, with an injured air, replied, " Well, Mister sailor ! the " Interpretation of Scripture" for his next lecture on I suppose you take me for a fool ; but it is not very civil Friday evening. of you, I think, to attempt to impose on me in that man -T. I wish vou good morning, sir, and away she sailed ............................... v i r t u ous indignation, believing the untrue portion of THE MUSICAL SHEPHERDS OF AUSTRALIA.—What ~. a narrative, but rejecting that which most approached does the reader suppose is the favourite pastime of a to probability.—Bentley. very numerous class of the rough customers who find THOUGHTS WHILE SEWING.—(By an old maid who such ready employment and handsome pay in the grazing lis of sile ceremony dry leaves is deep sure o _ . _ ...,uot bear the sex.)—Men sow wild oats, and women and cattle-breeding districts of New South Wales— buttons.—A man may "do good by stealth," but as for namely, of the shepherds ? Virgil, Florian, and other his blushing " find it fame," that's all nonsense !—Women great authorities, have impressed us with the conviction may be guilty of scandal, but, thank Heaven, they are that a certain amount of poetry and sentiment is inse never guilty of bills ! at least, I never heard of the parable from the keeping of sheep. But when we learn instance of a lady rushing about, asking her female that the swains in charge are of the queer sort usually acquaintance "to do her a little bill !"—The dif f erence is found in Australia—uncouth gentlemen, carrying their simply this ; women ruin one another with their tongues I " possibles" in opossum rugs, or hired convicts, emanci -men with their bills.—The needle is to woman what I gated, expirees, or ticket-of-l eavers —th e F renc h porce the cigar is t o man. — Man takes a woman with her d owry lain visions of garlands, swains, ribboned crooks, and me in the same way that be accepts the hamper that brings lodious reeds, which our imagination at first conjured up, him a handsome present of game !—Wives are often fool- melt and change, as in a dissolving view, and we behold, ish enough to sit up for their husbands, but you hear of smoking their pipes under gum trees, the Aervgate coun iery few husbands who have the patience to sit up for tenances of gentlemen whose departure from their coun 'eir wives,—Man shrinks from cold meat. Does this I try was the greatest benefit they could confe r u p on it. of always ruling the le from man's innate presumption For a tobacco-pipe is the only sort of pipe we can bring Women, who have not the means of purchasin g ourselves to place in the mouths of such sheph er d s . -Tresses, console themselves by s h op ping.—. Men Here, again, our imagination has taken us too far a-field. -einted to me who were said to be grea t Rough though his husk may he, the Australian pasto r h as 7e watched them , and found th em to be a soul for harmony. The Jew's harp and the accordion sreat thinkers—men who evidently thought a great are the instruments of his choice. Their importation and deal—but th en it was en tirely about themselves. —O r _ sale, we learn from Colonel Mundy, are immense. " Five pheus lost his Eurydice by a turn of the head. When a ' hundred accordions, and fifty gross of the harps of Judah, husband' s h ea d is tu r ned now-a-days, it is generally not are considered small investments by one vessel. A shep by his own wife, but somebody else's !—Women rarely i herd has been known to walk two hundred miles from a flatter each other. They flatter men (poor weak thin gs !) distant station of the interior to purchase one of them at but they imitate one another, and imitation is the highest j the nearest township." There is something appropriate kind of flattery.--I n a dil emma , during the time a man l i n the notion of these convict-Corydons entertaining their has been standing like a fool, fumbling for an excuse, a sheep, and solacing their leisure, with the strains of the woman will have invented ten thousand.—Mall's lore is ignoble Israelite instrument. We are curious to know their favourite composers. The strains of the Beggars' like the moon ; if it doesn't grow larger, it is sure to Opera should . be popular with them ; and doubtless the grew less.—The shortest way to a man's heart is down his of air of throat.—An old maid's only confidant is her pillow. All t i ! Samuel Hall," are familiar to the auriculars of Aus ' Nix my Dolly," and the doleful lament her cares, wrongs, and thoughts, both sleeping and waking, are confided to its soft embrace. It is the only depository tra ian muttons. These musical sheep-keepers, we regret and witness of the tears she sometimes sheds over broken to find, are not held i u th at d egree of esteem in bush and hope s , M ore than th i s, i t i s a confidant that never mocks pas t u re, which their assiduous cultivation of a fine and —never b e t rays h er ! gentle art ought assuredly to se cure f or t h em,—Blacktcood . will be for !ander Gen C I If t it is the fifth of the or lume dwells upon one of monachism b in the Church's history, from Gregc '3, to Boniface VIII., in 1294; t g incorporated with that controverting some of his piration of Scripture. The niter, he s very prevalent 'of modern —n to its ation, Word of God d 3, if it did not stand nd not to stand at all 3 the theory of hat fou seven heads Bible were s The first w ken by God, nmight as considered at that, if it. The idea of t the works of God should contain not} his word should not. We might )ak as to expect that tt ,ing but what to the h uld contai nd ther were verbally ps of memory example, id, 1 ` I more to make jection arose from forgetting the man ner in which God had delivered his mind to man. There _ _ at which the human the same ich was contradictory to it, ht in t d mentioned did with the inspire ment. I not in the of St. Paul. lation th . ere would have been ument was left to his own IT epistles, and one, 'ee interf If it had Iron a matter of r a difficult' ; but, in n question about inspiration, it pre. fficulty at all. No one would suppose that it was needful the apostle should be inspired to tell tl , e num ber of persons he had baptised. It was needful he should be inspired when he had to speak about the things of God; but, in matters in which no inspiration was required, his mind was left to its own separate aad independent action. Thirdly, it was urged that there would not be the diver sities of style that we found if the Bible were verball inspired only a beintifuliflust rnents, :Inns, intelligent it And this he sions of di 1 be The diversity of style,_ however, wa t the Lord, in choosing indru- Istruments. When he chose an trument to convey his own mind_ to man, he dance with that ould be the nat t►ument, and used suc nguage of that man 3opted his 3 tO tl: The re fferentclasses Le comprehen urth objection eighty . one, if it were true It was, were inaccur n the Rihle_ even contradictions, to overthrow the verbal in piration of Scripture not true which were a times and circumstances under which the Bible was v ten. A favourite instance was that in which Matthew quoted from Jeremiah what was found to be in Zacha nisi]. It was asked, with an air of triumph, did the Holy Spirit make a mistake here ? Without entering into the question of ancient manuscripts, but taking the Bible as it was, it by no means followed that Matthew had made a mistake. The passage was not said to be written by Zachariah, and it was quite possible that Jeremiah might have written the four chapters which were ascribed to Zachariah. This was the opinion of many learned men, and, among others, the celebrated Joseph Made. Another of these alleged inaccuracies was in the account of our Lord with the blind man in Jericho. One writer said that our Lord was going into Jericho, and another that he was coming out. One spoke of one blind man, and another of two. It was strange how many commentators, learned in Greek particles, had expended their ingenuity in attempting to explain this away, when a simple consideration of the narrative would have made it perfectly clear. Our Lord was moving on at the time. Jericho was but a small place. On entering it he met with a blind man ; as he passed through anotht r joined them ; and, on coming out, he spoke to the two. In this way the whole list of such apparent discrepancies might he got rid of. The fifth objection referred to the supposed illogical rea soning of the Bible. The sacred writers were accused, by the wise men of this world, of catching at a mere verbal analogy when there was no real connexion. In all such cases, however, there was the truest logic and the deepest truth. In Matthew it was said, " Out of Egypt have I called my son." This was quoted from Hosea ; but, on referring to the prophet, it was found that he was speak ing of the people of Israel ; and Matthew was charged with laying hold of the mere word " son," and, on the strength of it, applying the whole passage to Christ. But our blessed Saviour came to be as his people were, and to suffer as they suffered ; sin, and remorse for sin, alone ex cepted. Therefore, the experience of every child of God in this world harmonises with the experience of the Sa viour. Consequently, it was perfectly logical to take up events and allusions in the history of Israel, and apply them to him. The sixth objection was, that there was no necessity for verbal inspiration ; that if God gave to man the knowledge of his will, man was capable of expressing it. But nothing was more rare among men than the power of expressing their sentiments with perfect accu racy. Even those who wrote carefully found it extremely difficult ' • so that there was no one, perh a ps, w h o wou ld pledge himself to a statement of views made by another. Those who were most familiar with us constantly took misimpressions of what we meant. How much more must this be the case with the mind of God. Could it be supposed, then, that he would have left to human imper fection that declaration of his will which was to be the standard of men's action, and the test by which they were to be judged at the last day ? The seventh objection was, that, if the Bible were verbally inspired, there would be be no such things as various readings. When no two manuscripts perfectly agreed, who was to tell which was right ? This was a very frivolous objection. The powers of the mind were most healthfully exercised in the exa mination of different texts. Patient investigation shar pened the faculties, while the truth of the Bible was per fectly secured. _ Let them take the very worst of the ma- ich inac-cu from i But it was ies. Those Tance of the THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The following important later has been addressed by the Earl of Derby to Mr. Walpole, Home Secretary, communicating her Majesty's wishes and intentions with reference to the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington : To THE RIGHT HON. SPENCER H. WALPOLE, SECRE TARY OF THE HOME DEPARTMENT, ,—Her M last th is Grace the late Duke of Wellington lough the Queen could not for a momer of the country would be unanimo " SIR Thursda " BALMORAL SEPT. 20, 1852. ijesty received with the deepest grief on afflicting intelligence of the sudden death of t doubt subject of the honours to he paid to the memor test man of the age, her Mr t jesty crinsidere due to the h no step should t Charles Well to En len retur 'uke had his Gracf s surviving relations that even in his honour without their rlin gly, on the y's cowman he pregent Duke h to ascertain whcthe nme even- ions ; or whether his family de- sired to express any wish upon the subject; and suggest ing the course which appeared to her Majesty test calcu lated to give expression to those feelings, in which the na t. rn, as one man, will sympa " Having this d Elise with her Majesty. y receivld letters from the present left no directions on the subject; and placing themselves wholly in her Majesty's hands, I hasten to relieve the public anxiety by signifying to you, for gene tion, the commands which I have received fi AI informa m her Ma "The great space which the name of the Duke of Wellington has filled in the history of the last 50 years— his brilliant achievements in the field—his high mental qualities—his long and faithful services to the Crown—his his country—eon- stitute claims upon the gratitude of the nation Which a public funeral, though it cannot satisfy, at least may serve to recognise " Her Majesty is well aware that, as in the case of Lord Nelson, she might of her own authority have given im mediate orders for this public mark of veneration for the memory of the illustrious Duke, and has no doubt but that Parliament and the country would cordially have ap proved the step. But her Majesty, anxious that this tri bute of gratitude and of sorrow should he deprived of no thing which could invest it with a thoroughly national character—anxious that the greatest possible number of her subjects should have an opportunity of joining in it, is anxious above all that such honours should not appear to emanate from the Crown alone, and that the two Houses of Parliament should have an opportunity by their previous sanction of stamping the proposed ceremony with increased solemnity, and of associating themselves with her Ma jesty in paying honour to the memory of one whom no Englishman can name without pride and sorrow. " The body of the Duke of Wellington will therefore remain, with the concurrence of the family, under proper guardianship until the Queen shall have received the for mal approval of Parliament of the course which it will be the duty of her Mejesty's servants to submit to both Houses upon their re-assembling. As soon as possible after that approval shall have been obtained, it is her Ma jesty's wish, should no unforeseen impediment arise, that the mortal remains of the late illustrious and venerated Commander-in-Chief should, at the public expense, and with all the solemnity due to the greatness of the occa sion, be deposited in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, there to rest by the side of Nelson—the greatest military by the side of the greatest naval chief who ever reflected lustre upon the annals of England. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " DERBY." MOURNING FOR THE ARMY. Horse Guards, Sept. 22, 1852. The Adjutant-general has received her Majesty's most gracious commands to issue the following general orders to the army : 1. The Queen feels assured that the army will partici pate in the deep grief with which her Majesty has received the intelligence of the irreparable loss sustained by herself and by the country in the sudden death of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington. In him her Majesty has to deplore a firm supporter of her throne, a faithful, wise, and devoted councillor, and a valued and honoured friend, In him the army will lament the loss of a commander in-chief unequalled for the brilliancy, the magnitude, and the success of his military achievements ; but hardly less distinguished far the indefatigable and earnest zeal with which, in time of peace, he laboured to maintafn the effi ciency and promote the interests of that army which he had often led to victory. The discipline whic'h he exacted from others, was the main foundation of the military character he sternly im posed upon himself; and the Queen desires to impress upon the army, that the greatest commander whom Eng land ever saw has left an example for the imitation of every soldier, in taking, as his guiding principle in every relation of life, an energetic and unhesitating obedience to the call of duty. It is her Majesty's command that this general order shall be inserted in the order-books, and read at the head of every regiment in her Majesty's service. 2. The Queen does not requ're that the officers of the army should wear any other mourning with their uniforms, on the present melancholy occasion, than black crape over the ornamental part of the cap or hat, the sword-knot, and on the left arm—with the following exceptions, viz.— Officers on duty to wear black gloves, black crape over the ornamental part of the cap or hat, the sword-knot, and on the left arm, the sash covered with black crape, and a black veep* -scarf o,cr the left zhouldul. " The drums of regiments are to be covered with black, and black crape is to be hung from the pike of the colour staff of infantry, and from the standard-staff and trumpets of cavalry. 3. The Queen has been most graciously pleased, under the present afflicting circumstances, to direct that Lieut.- general Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., shall be placed on the staff of her Majesty's army, and that all - matters res pecting her Majesty's military service, which have here tofore been transacted by his Grace the late Commander in -chief, shall henceforth be performed by Lieut.-general Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B. By her Majesty's command, G. BROWN, Adjutant-general. For 3 Ist , aration soon arrive ND GAZETT 21, 1852 of Montague :e of Marlbo- rough, to view the dispositions for his funeral, which, said, will be solemnised the 9th of next month. Five of the lower rooms are not yet quite hung with mourning, in one of which, which is the largest, is a canopy of state over the corpse, which latter is about three foot from the ground, with fine black cloth round it for the mutes and other attendants. The deceased's domestics attend al ready night and day in mourning round the corpse, and are relieved every four hours. In another room is a chair of state with escutcheons, representing the victories and trophies of the late Duke renowned memory, and among other arms are those of the Empire, the picture of Prince Eugene, the Earl of Cadogan, and other great generals, who assisted in the glorious battle at Hochster. " The open hearse, made by Mr. Awberry, for the obsequies of the late Duke of Marlborough, is finished, and all possible expedition is used in completing every thing for the approaching funeral, which is modelled according to that of General Monk, with this variation, among others, that the late Duke's hearse is to be drawn by eight horses, whereas that of General Monk had only six. " The Duke of Marlborough's funeral will be per. formed, as we are told, after the following manner :—The body is to be received into an open hearse with a velvet canopy over it, in St. James's Park, part of the garden wall belonging to his Grace's late dwelling-house being first taken down. The funeral procession (which will be the most pompous and magnificent that bath b een seen for many years) to pass thro' St. James's Park, up Con stitution-hill to Hyde Park-corner, so thro' part of Pic cadilly, down St. James's-street, Pall-mall, Charing-cross, and King-street, to Westminster Abbey. A little time before the arrival of the body at the park gate, the army in Hyde Park, both horse and foot, will, upon firing a cannon, be commanded out to march before the funeral cavalcade of their late most noble and victorious General. The Tower guns to be fired by the minute at four or five of the clock, being the time of the said cavalcade ; and after the body is interred, and Garter King at Arms bath proclaimed the style of the deceas'd, the trumpets will sound, and the whole army will make three discharges with their firearms. Four thousand medals are to be struck, in order to be given away at the solemnity. The pall is to be supported by eight Knights of the Garter. Seventy-three poor old men (being the number of his Grace's years) to walk in new mourning with badges of his Grace's arms, in the procession. None to be admitted to see the body lying in state but quality, persons of dis tinction, and such as are furnished with tickets. The whole expense, 'tis thought, will amount to £lO,OOO, which will all be defray'd by his Grace's family. " We hear that a suit of armour is now cleaning in the Tower, which is to be laid upon the coffin when 'tis car ry'd in procession, the helmet lying between two coro nets, one his Imperial coronet, as Prince of Middleheim, and the other his ducal one, as Duke of Marlborough ; and that a piece of ordnance is to be drawn at the same time, which is to be attended by the officers of the Ord nance. Seventy-three of the out-pensioners of Chelsea ammo to watt in- goivna hio Citn,e'a arum before the corpse. The Dean of Westminster has appointed Dr. Crofts to compose a funeral anthem. The Dean and Prebends are to walk in their copes, and Dr. Crofts in his mantle, and 'tis said that the choirs of St. Paul's and St. James's are likewise to attend. THE ORDER OF THE PROCESSION OF THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH'S FUNERAL, ON THURSDAY, THE OTH " Detachment of Horse Grenadiers. The two troops of Grenadier Guards. The four troops of Horse Guards according to their priority. The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards. A train of artillery, consisting of fifteen field pieces and two mortars, conducted by proper offi cers. &c., of the Ordnance. Forty gentlemen on horse back in mourning cloacks, hatbands, and gloves. The standard of Great Britain carried by a collonel, and sup ported by two officers in new scarlet cloacks. The ban ner of Middleheim carried by a collonel, and two captains to support, in scarlet as before. The banner of the Gar ter, by a collonel and two captains, as before. The ban: ner of Woodstock, by a collonel and two captains. A led horse, adorned with the arms of the banner. Four chief officers of his Grace, viz., chamberlain, steward, comptroller, secretary, with white staves. The serjeant trumpeter with the mace. The great banner, the arms of the family, carried by a collonel and supported by two captains. Chief mourning horse, covered with velvet ca parison to the ground, and adorned with escutcheons. Officers at arms, in their coats, following each other, bear ing the regalia—viz., spurs, gauntletts, helmet, sword, shield, surcoat. The open chariot, after the model of Queen Mary, drawn by eight horses, covered with black velvet down to the ground, adorned with badges and sup porters. Feathers on the horses, the chariot, and canopy covered all with black velvet, and feathers on the canopy ; the vallen of the chariot all round with gold fringe and with four gold tossels, lines on the corners, and gold lace. The top of the canopy within adorned with his Grace's arms, on the eagle, with stars and badges about it. The bottom part adorned with the arms of the principal towns taken by him, with this motto under them, Bello htee el plura. The whole chariot adorned with banners, &c., of victory. The body in a crimson velvet coffin, adorned with watergilt nails, and a gilt copperplate of his. Grace's titles, with a rich pall of state on the body drawn up in festoons. Upon the pall a suit of armour richly gilt with gold, lying upon a crimson velvet cushion, with gold tos sels, with a ducal coronet and cap on his right side, and on his left the coronet and cap of the empire. A gold truncheon in his right hand, and a gold sword on his left side, girt to him by a crimson velvet belt, and the collar of the Order and George about his neck, and his garter, a lion couchant at his feet, holding a banner, and his two chief gentlemen sitting at the head and feet of the body, in mourning cloacks, bareheaded. Ten officers, in new scarlet cloaths, on horseback, carrying the ten banner rolls, viz., five of each side of the hearse, in silk scarves, hatbands, and gloves. His Majesty's coach. His Royal Highness's coach. The nobilities' coaches according to their degree. One hupdred Horse Guards to close the procession." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. REDUCTION OF FARES ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.--It has been mentioned, on reliable authority, that the London and North-western Railway Company contemplate a further reduction in their passen ger fares, in order to meet the increased competition to which they will be subjected on the opening throughout of the Great Western line. The proposed reduction, it is stated, will come into operation in the course of next month, when, it is understood, passengers will be con veyed at the rate of 2d. per mile by the express trains, 14d. per mile by the ordinary trains, and :Id. per mile by the third class or parliamentary trains. WELSH SLATE TRAFFIC.—The development of the slate traffic on the Chester and Holyhead line is gradually proceeding, and in a short time there is no doubt that it will form a most important item of revenue. The branch rails from the great slate-wharfs at Port Penrhyn and Port Dinorwic have been connected with the tramways at the quarries, and in a short time, it is hoped, there will be a communication at Carnarvon between the line and the tramways leading to the great slate basin. In order fully to ensure an adequate supply of slates, the company have purchased a large piece of ground at Saltney, near Chester, whereon they can range and stack the slates car . ,„ ried along the line. This piece of land is eight acres in extent, and on it no fewer than 30,000 tons of slate can be securely stowed. This hill prove an immense depBt, from which the wants of the surrounding districts can be fully supplied. The great quarries of Penrhyn and Lien beris are now connected with the main line, and the con sequence will be a vastly increasing amount of slate traffic by railway. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY : SHOCKING ACCID sad accident happened on the new line, between Carrnar the.n and Ferry Side, on the return of the last of the ex cursion trains from Carmarthen on . F of the formal opening. Mr. Wil ay, on the oc Cambrian newspaper, was leaning upon the door of carriage in which lie was travelling, and it not havint DISTRICT NET'S• ST. HELEN'S. THE POISONING CASE.—This week, M a n" , w i n g, ca 03 11 charged at the St. Helen's Police-court wi th ' v t 6 o ki ll the 13th instant, administered arsenic with intent price, her husband and her son, Edward Price.—Wil lia Tsolv the husband, stated that when he came all: w.orkriiiis wife. day night, the 11th, he went home and Jou"- - risoo drunk, and they had a few angry words. The P Oat left the house, and did not return at all durinfidoelc night or the following day. He left home about eil % u se. on Monday morning, and left his daughter in the 11 lock t W t hh ee h e sta n ema h et e ha if r nt e ez t rs u n r oo n on e n d ,t l ih i l o ee m fto e aubn t l o ed. ht the s eu t r e a ts p , o a t h o o n ut t hfour v eotitc, Prisoner W, Ina it_ayPe tea had been n drank half of it, and b is: no runner notice, c...••••- • - e some time and had been stan4inverf 'fan to be sick, and comit.eu the cramped.—Edwar d Price, to, '',at he had som e of tilted! son, n and th and proved t and was very m is called, t he i- Elizabeth I mediately be o'clock on Monday mor .emained about d Zi and volvil o o !d ,th.aLt2,,,boeuntt g a t inte,'T e s, father!noC atm iva _ ...ace o'clock she mane uva dja put the teapot near the fire, left the house , aeu ibber., H return until about seven o'clock. —Joseph h a lf -P B ' druggist, proved that prisoner called on him at s verf ten o'clock on Monday morning, and said she le bet much troubled with buss. and asked if he wow" nil. neer ek have some arsenic to destroy them. He mixed " o f 6 05 n of an ounce of arsenic with a quarter of a pou,. no the soap, and gave it to the prisoner. On analYsa' l " p r ice remainder of the tea was found to contain arsenic' 'war to is likely to recover. It appears that, about se ve l l ,°, isru c e h y e s h n i e n l g i v , e t d h , e a p n r d i s a o s n k e e r d returnedo f t o il e t r u iir . t i g b h; ened. Upon being t°,. id be ' , een poisoned- shVother on Alonda ,rirs if anythi had happ itliniselli (meaning her husband) must have do. r ed , expressions of a similar kind were a:so Pr ° '— prisoner, who appeared to be very much affect! after' then cautioned, aud, making no statement , sr" e9 , wards committed to take her trial at the next Assi° SOUITIPORT. tle rt --Yesterday evening week , S° ll ;e a bf uy a dreadful thunderstorm, accoaillen'uocler a deluge of rain, which laid a great part of the to" tool water. At seven o'clock the thunder broke over 011;4°0 in a most terrific m an n er , th e e l ectr i c fl u id desce e i' l . t host a piece of vacant land at th e t o p o f U n i o n-street , a r ea' doing any damage. Th ere was , h owever , anothe r . gait' ful peal about a quarter past eight, when the e lectri 2 e , seB struck the gable end of the dwelling-house N.P., Isdl; Bank-road, occupied by Mrs. Wagstaff, a Evwi e- of and did very considerable damage to the insi A u e- 0 the premises. The fluid appeared to have passe d , 'then deg himney, which was partly thrown down, ano, stroyed the staircase window, forcing it out oi r a o 05, carried a large iron weight out of the casing inin,hoss I , l ' joining room, broke every square (twelve) ei t : r fre t atoms, removed several yards of laths and P t i h e e ; - forer. the inside walls, tore away the washboards , 4. of O P chimney-glassii injured u w r e a d y a th p r i o c u tu g tr h oe t a ht i h t ea a fit p r e ew r_ture in the chimney bree s 1 ' toe' drawing-room, ran down the wall, removed the P le ' ip t he and ironwork surrounding drawing-room window, but not before brealciintgO' squares of glass. At the time the shock was ge n ' Wagstaff, her daughter, and six or eight ladies a n r losr i ' :s ra h t w g ah u ned p r ,e escaped st n cd d aips t ep h di e fi n et c eb e dr o a t üb ° ge b o lo 04 10 0 tlemem residing in the house, were sitting in the, affected One gentleman only experienced the shock, wh ie ' l his head and back ; and Mrs. Waystaff also felt it Ol e os on the head, but she did not suffer any ioc°9 l ,llo l , e ; therefrom. The gentleman received medical e'"l, i ico' - diately, and a few days, it is hoped, will resto re health. THUNDERSTO CHES,HIRE AND WALES Ttles'", GALE AT BANGOR.—OiI Monday n.gat nd a. '` .s morning, a rather severe gale, unusual at this perieolei felt nt Bangor, but no damage was done.—A rorth Se i Chronicle. l a MODEL YACHT CLUB.—The second race 0, •- l e va c•-• o i of the Birkenhead Model Yacht Club, for a $ 1 Trose came off on Saturday, and was again won by the belonging to R. M. Grinnell, Esq. t of t b° COMMISSIONS signed by the Lord-Lieutenaniold' County Palatine of Chester :—Lord Warren de 1101° Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, t,ll`l.0 -be' Thos. Grenville Cholmondeley, Wilbraham T e liePe tr Esq., and Harry Mainwaring, Esq to be Lieutenants. O r !O il ! CHESTER AND HOLYHEA D RAILWAY.--rrt" week ending 19th Sept. 1852 : Railway 14 0 - 4 parcels, &c., 3.619 6s. lid. ; g oods, £792,,'-'lo,t,t Steam-boats, £435 4s. 2d.---Total, £4,8 47 uof Increase compared with the corresponding ic e ' year, £4Ol lls. sd. t° f t he COMMISSIONS signed by the Lord-Leiuten s J ° s o county of Carnarvon :.—James Edwards, Bs , Whitehead Greaves, Esq., the Rev. John P n t 14 6 , 4 MacDonald, Esq., Nathaniel Matthew, P c i" the. a Morgan Morgan, Robert Owen Moulsdale, E S n Thomas Lloyd Owen, Charles Johns Cl" aniP sO the Rev. Thomas Norris Williams, John Vincell„t ivt!c d Pa trl ley Williams, Esq., Cyril Williams, Esq., 3 CU ", s . I Ogilvey Carnegie, Esq., to be Deputy-Li WO' sa' SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWA I r . „„pSILC TllO journed meeting of the shareholders of this ea' - d o. b held at the Royal Hotel, Chester, on Al° ° „,33 : r° „ -t a• friends of the amalgamation with the London ",• Pr western, and not the Great Western CornP s ',ln'ot'"„ t es derated ; and a resolution was passed " prolsib" o3 'eas - i a rectors (who were not present) from taking a t " Aio o. to promote the Great Western alliance," and e" the meeting till the 14th of December. to procure the means of affording a suitable e duc iiti , EDUCATION IN WALES. — Great efforts are he i liol the children of the lower classes in the princiPhe, much good is rendered at the present time bY. t ", i s j 0 et roes schools which are being established in var i , ° h - fol' a ti ties throughout North and South Wales. In aiarel division new schools are being erected in the 11 31 i dres o f slate districts, while care is taken to make thesebeartrd established as eff ec ti ve as p oss ibl e . In the veil O tte od people, a swhool has been established, whicli t,, °° , 4 0 eloit the hills of Merioneth, with a thin and vvidelY-soid with remarkable vigour ; but in the more nertw' re st !tie? ties, and particularly the level one of Anglesea, g in „ s is effected, as there the schools can be es tablisb e e dloi e ;g. hilly and isolated spots, where the physical tr e ,,Pooet, ° , are not so formidable, and the populace morn strihe The Training Institution at Carnarvon is in e r la, Of g d r io e c a e t u e s ffi o c f ie ß n a 7 g , der 11 , Bangor the and t trt. ained e A d sa m ph as i. t .. e a r y s in s g en u t t : t i' s , h ar e e i r s ;:' many thousands of children. Energetic elf bles s wise being made to secure to South Wales th e a ll of an enlarged education. ,or e f 0, CHESTER REGATTA.—The banks of the Dee c oi oll oo of animation on T ue sd a y, a t Ch es t er , on the (if an tclf the regatta. There were twenty races in 3 ifbe 131 . ,, t3 pfr moon had risen before the last was decided. a y a ts' for £3, between pair -oared bo a ts, wa s won by b. re d b"tlie In the Trial Stakes, of .£lO in specie, for four -0a (rove, is the Harkaway, of Mancheste r , carried the lauret hea t `, id two Chester boats, Hester and Earl, in the fi q n firs t Abe the second heat the Mystery of Chester caire, ips t the third heat the Trwell, of Manchester, de de se t ha Princess Royal, of Chest er . Obj ec ti o ns were ma over t oo the crews of the Irwell and Harkaway, as bet eg best , ,,pdf age specified in the conditions. In the decidiagrysecuo4 under protest, the Harkaway came in first,MYs „ tc i n coe' i jog and Irwell third. The Cheshire stakes, of 2 5 1 3 .? ' e at: carried off easily by the Lady Wynn, Ches . "' gee Fire Club. The Dee Stakes, of 40 guinea% for foar' ° ,ryoevio rigger boats, succeeded. In the first' beat the, th e Jo the Princess and the Deva ; in the secotrus D eer Brothers (Taylors, of Newcastle,) were viett,%l 3 °,juie r Lady Wynn and the Pilot; and in the deete n "ler "*" Tyne was victorious over the Fve Brothers. races followed. for of the Be ,ell our, upon the line as the train wa s proceeding at full speed. O n th e t ra i n stopp i ng at the Ferry Side station, two porter - 6 were dispatched up the line, and at Pibur they found the u n f or t unate gent l eman in great agony by the side of the iron road. When he fell from the carriage his body fell clear of the rails, but feet fell upon them, and the carriage wheels passii., both his feet, cut his toes completely off. The unfortunate gentleman was carried back to Carmarthen, and imme diately taken to the hospital there, whLre it was found necessary to amputate portions of both his feet. At the last accounts be was going on well, but if he recovers be wilt be a cripple for life, proper] g over len a noble peer, perceiving that the weight of it sensibly, obliged to shift it from one myself of the burden . : it really appe a regimental THE DUI; 's DIET was as I cook, but Lad he alv havs been a perfect sinecure IP nni-inrrunihr ight of that sword.' " replied his grace position to another to ease s, con- r, but wa re was duly placed before his ric always returned with, in addi some such word I by the tr he gastronomist to a plain joint and tart," occa- of meat ngenuitv of t f the we , uree of disquiet to the cook was positively that the Duke h. " If I cook a good dinner," the desponding artist would say, ''the Duke remarks ' It ts_ well ;' a n d if I coo k a dinner THE LATEST PUBLIC FUNERALS.—Among the latest instances of public funeral honours being paid to illus trious men of Great Britain, and voted by parliament as demonstrations of ri . • The Duke of Rutland's funeral (in Ireland), Nov. 17, 1787 ; Lord Nelson's funeral, Jan. 9, 1806 ; Mr. Pitt's funeral, Jan. 22, 1806 ; Mr. Fox's funeral, Oct. 10, 1806 ; R. B. Sheridan's funeral, July 13, 1816 ; Right Hon. Geo. Canning's funeral, Aug. 16, 1827. It will be ob served that the funerals of Nelson, Pitt, and Fox, all oc curred in the same year. FUNERALoF THE DUKEoFMARLBOROUGH. The public will be interested, at the present moment, in perusing the following particulars relative to the Duke of Marlborough's funeral, which are extracted from the London Post of 1722 : " Last Friday (July the 13th) the Duke was at the late dwelling-house of the Dub COURT AND FASHION THE QUEEN still remains at Balmoral. 1 , 11 CO i i n gtq fi g to e % i le „; of the lamented death of the Duke of our l3/- 14 14" Majesty and the Royal Household went into, n' t be i :0111 0 ' Wednesday for a week. Her Majesty an a o jor Consort continue to take their usual driv e l, the e and, with the rest of the Royal Family, a re Pte went of excellent health. . 11 P o ote OXFORD, SEPT. 24.—1 t is officially stated, coo circular just issued, that the Early of Derby gol f' to be put in nomination for the Chancellors 't th e RUMOURED INDIAN APPOINTMENT ° 1' ,0 3 LEY.—The Madras United Service Journtniel, j os . report is current at the club, that Lord n' of ) 15 poor funeral Tti of PRESENThS i to succeed Sir Henry Pottinger as governor ti ode et the un o (lir has declined to be addressed by that title h os io Em . c f r oo , i oe d lington has, we regret to state, been sufferl"'sastoleate lillustrious opFaIrVenEtL.LITNGheTO/4? lie aft sire; position, arising from the shock her graciee u tiexr 0 learning the mournful intelligence ( 4,.. - „era b i l , demise of the great Duke.-11.terning f e— Jt ve ace VISCOUNT COMBERMERE.—This ilimt su ,ortb nobleman has been named by her MajestY trastrbette Duke of Wellington in the important al l„„, i %occ e c office of Constable of the Tower of Lon"d the o piP appointment could not have been made, a n ,.is ior sion to such a man is a graceful tribute to •PI P 4 le personal character and military reputation. oo p 0 0 VISCOUNT HARDINGE transacted busr Thesdhe; at the Horse Guards sr Commander-iaClgoa. tb i e of he; and gallant viscount eceived the Righ t 1 so fit tary at War, the Adjutant General, SL e. .c.tyroY Mier Master General of the Ordnance—Lord 4, Prue fore — will, we believe be Baron Ragland.t -I ,', Ong ° rri fi g, be, we understand, Lord Warden of (10 $1,, and Lord Combermere Constable of the 'fladierpg6 tt Albert will have the colonelcy of the C -..e rtifie Aib e ig and also the colonelcy-in-chief of tb e l Prince George of Cambridge will succe,f,l,looel ee as Colonel of the Fusileer Guards. t- '" 10 , J Military Secretary.—Morning H erald. 03;" op, 110 THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-001"• T or in 0. tie was born in 1785. He entered tile and portol.birilao served with great distinction in Seailir lOcot was also at Waterloo, and lost his left I . ,,,,erat s 4 0,4 receives a pension. He was Govern or Gene sva from April, 1844, to January, 1848 as Governor. General, and was seconcl.l_,,7 aid Janus battles on the Sutlej, December, be ': e eta., 1846. For his services on these eq_aescrto the the thanks of Parliament, and was C is st India Id p aitf,ifet He also received the thanks of the Da a 11 0 ,4 0 1 . 0 t the freedom of tile city of London, an for hr e ' lis re° the e d n a ex p t e i t i ls s , i o on su o c f ce l s 3 o , £5,000 front the East India CerneanYt t,3 lo 9 j dal so THE FREEDOM OF STIRLING Wa v i!,_ u e s gis o bnoo Parliament presented to Lord John Russell., bY af fo r d tO orrinfrtohme I ;e s t oo town council of that ancient royal 1)u:in • __ 01},sioa the course of his spee ch, made a f eilus death of the Duke ot to I Qt (NI pftl ed he ' for P I t . !411 6 °ll 1.4 d 4 111 !th