The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-29 00:00:00

tittraturt. POETRY. MIDNIGHT AT SEA (From the Illuminated .3lagazine for July ) Alone with God upin the boundless sea, No spot of e,rth i❑ view. no sombre cloud, The glittering stars and gentle moon to shroud; On rides the bark in calm tranquillity— Quiet the autumn breeze, while in the lee The hill. ws part without a sign of life. Silent the mighty ocean vast and free Seeming to het alit S me portentous strife. Alone with God ! how limited the powt r Of man t e creature here to shield or save, For ew the hounds that part the yawning grave ; Most awful thoughts at this most solemn hour. Al ne with God ! alone to worship Slim Before whose throne ail worldly thoughts grow dim. HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, PRACTICAL AND ,‘IEDICAL. (From an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician of Liverpooli BY EDIC US. (CONTINU , . D FROM OUR LAST 62. Sleep . np.:, or taking, as it is called, a nap, after dinner, is a habit good or bad according to age and cir cumstances. Elderly people seem generally to get into it, and to reap no great harm from it. After a hearty meal, it interferes, like exercise, with the usual powers of dizestion, and it tends to replete the system tao much, which Boileau has pithily alluded to, describing some Friar Tuck, thus : " Muni d'un dejetmer Dormant d'un Leger somme. attendait le diner— La j. unesse en sa fleur hrille sur son visage, Son menton sur son sein descend a triple a age, Et son corps ramasse dans sa courte g, aisseur Fait ge it les coussins sous sa molleepaisseur." We can only offer a literal translation to the reader who may have forgotten his French : Fortified with his broken fast, Catching a" gentle nap." waited his dinner: Youth in her flowery charms sparkled his face; Pis chin on his breast falls in triple-tier'd grace ; And his body, rolled up in its fat dumpy fold, Makes the cushions beneath his weight grumble and scold , For young people, however, the napping propensity ought to be undoubtedly discouraged and resisted. As a rule, sleep ought to be wooed with an empty stomach ; for the wasted energies of the body are recruited in one of two ways—either by food or sleep : the conjunction of both is a work of supererogation and error ; witness late suppers, which are now much discarded, owing to the fulminations of the faculty of physic against the baneful old custom. An authority we often take pleasure in bringing be fore our reader,* says :—" In tropical climates, where a burning sun quickly exhausts the sensibility of those actively employed, and to the extremely aged, who are subject to a like rapid dissipation of nervous force from the diminished rate at which it is generated, a brief interval of repose may be permitted in the course of the day —the siesta of southern countries; a practice scarcely allowable, except in the circumstances enumerated. It should always be adopted with caution, aild only pur sued for the purpose of a slight refreshment ; otherwise it readily degenerates into a habit very prejudicial to health." 63. Those who are in the habit of " fuming the light eigar," will feel disposed to exercise their gift, at this period of their proceedings, as a kind of reward for hard work, and " of course by way of helping the di gestion of their dinner." This supererogatory amuse ment has its advocates as well as its enemies, both in and out of the medical profession. Those who do smoke generally relish the luxury after dinner, and, if they avoid smoking in the earlier part of the day, they can't do themselves much harm if habituated to it ' • but they should use the privilege in great moderation, because it has an effect on the nervous system decidedly prejudicial when pushed to a constant habit of excess. In the morn ing part of the day, when you are doing the main stroke of your day's task, there is a real objection to be urged against smoking, because it narcotises, that is, depresses the system, when, in fact, you require all the " steam" you can muster. Towards the close of the day, we have ourselves sometimes taken a mild cigar by way of in dulging and promoting good humour, alone or in coin .. y ; it is a very obsequious " compagnon de voyage." ; owever, we are bound to state that many have seri ously injured their health by smoking and snuffing. The heart may be affected by the active principle-of the to bacco, called nicotianin, to so great an extent, as to for bid the practice of smoking;— e• If the nicotianin he in large quantities, and the individual unaccustomed to its use. it may paralyze the heart, and render it totally unfit to persevere iu its functions.--Such has been tie case where smoking has been indulged to excess. 'As he smokers,' says Deslandes. makes a chimney of his mouth, his teeth become black, and fuliginous ; his breath acquires a de testable odor Hence cleanliness, and the preservation of the teeth require, that the month should be washed after smoking.' —bunglinson's Elements of Hygiene. p. 385. Raving so far smiled at the ornamental crown of the day's labour, as an innocuous accomplishment under re stricted practice, we fancy we hear the gentle tap of the risiff-box, as it has been chasing in mimic sport the decanter round the table ; and the next who opens its fragrant treasury will not be behindhand with some little poetic commendatory, and, before discharging his pinch at his own olfactory battery, quotes off by heart— " A delicate pinch ! oh. how it tingles up Th titillated nose. and fills the eyes And breast. till in ne ennsfr.••••..• • ^ pleasure bursts at last I" We now shall beat the drum for mustering to the last part of the day's march, when the hill-tops smile in a glowing sunset, and the renewed song of birds pipes gaily to the waning glories of the god of day. Across that meadowed plain, and towards yon skirting wood, rtes a mile or two of agreeable walk. Away, then ! 64. After a little progress, the grateful breeze dies away, the oppressive heat of noon returns, and clouds come on apace, betokening the approach of a thunder storm, ere half the broad meadow is traversed, and the sheltering wood, a mile off yet, is impossible to reach. How suddenly the fair face of heaven can change ! In the " Recreations of Christopher North," the subjoined description drenches us with wet in the very reading, of " A Storm, closing a Pleasure Excursion.— Well, that is very extraordinary.—Rain—rain—rain ! All the eyes of heaven were bright as bright might be—the sky was blue as violets--that braided whiteness, that here and there floated like a veil on the brow of night, was all that recalled the memory of clouds—and as for the moon, no faintest halo yellowed round her orb, that seemed indeed one perfect chrysolite' ; yet, while all the winds seemed laid asleep till morn, and beauty to have chained all the elements into peace, overcast in a mo ment is the firmament—an evanishing has left it black as mist - there is a fast, thick pattering on the woods— yea, rain, rain, rain and ere we reach Bowness, the party *ill be wet through to their skins. Nay, matters are getting still more serious --for there was lightning— yea lightning ! Ten seconds! and hark, ver y respec table thunder ! With all our wisdom we have not been weather-wise, or we should have known, when we saw it, an electrical sunset. Only look now towards the west. There floats Noah's ark—a magnificent specta cle,; and now fur the flood. That far-off, sullen sound proclaims cataracts. And what means that sighing and moaning and muttering up among the cliffs ? See—see how the sheet lightning shows the long lake shore* all tumbling wi•li foaming breakers. A strong wind is there—but here there is not a breath. But the woods across the lake are bowing their heads to the blast. Windermere is in a tumult the storm comes flying on wings all abroad—and now we are in the very heart of the hurricane. See, in Bowness is hurrying many a light—for the people fear we may be on the lake ; and litithful Billy, depend on't, is launching his lifeboat to go to our assistanc e . W e ll, t hi s i s an adventure But soft—what ails our argand l amp ? O ur study is in such darkness that we cannot see our paper —in the midst of a thunder-storm we conclude, and retire to bed by a flash • lightning." 'ander the presumption that our friends are involved in this common drenching and fearful calamity; we pic ture to on:salves their precipitation and eagerness to escape part of the desperate wetting, which hurries them to seek the only shelter that a solitary tree near at hand seems to invi'e them to run to; where, in com mon with the feathered fowl and lowing cattle, they may betake themselves in breathless haste and anxious alarm. The forked flash and instant crash repeat their awful visits with terrific rapidity, whilst the whole plain around is deluged with the pouring rain! The party must surely be young and inexperienced in the common hrinciples of Nature's wondrous laws, or they would ave avoided the very shelter so kindly near. ' A wet ting was all that they could commonly'have experienced f,y " standing out to sea" in the open meadow : on the contrary, danger imminent and great awaits them under the tree ; and hurry away they must, and that instantly, ere the next flash succeeds the dazzling one just gone ! Why so ? Because the electric fluid always, if suffi ciently near— that is, if in what is technically called " striking distance," will follow the best conducting means towards the earth ; and anybody in close neigh bourhood or contact with such conductor, generally shares the effects of such transmitted agency. Metallic substances, particularly if bright, and moisture in every shape, are amongst the first conducting powers. The very rain itself, therefore, is a conducting medium of the lightning most favourable because most diffused ; yet things of a more solid and projecting form will be rather chosen by the lightning in its course, by their attracting it and concentrating it upon themselves : when such is the case, the object is either frequently damaged in itself, or wherever the conducting medium IN Cut off from the ground by some other thing inter posed between the latter and itself, upon such the elec tric fluid spends its force—shattering, injuring, scorch ing as the case may be; and then the object is said to have been " struck" by the electric current. Trees, buildin g s, and tall objects in general, especially when wet, attract the lightning; and, the less perfect their conduction may be, th e mor e injury they are likely to * Mr. Davis, Manual of Health, p. 415. sustain, as e ill also objects close Leside them : hence, when trees are struck, being shivered and buint, cattle or men sheltering under them frequently lose their lives at the same time, sharing in the fate of the conducting tree. In the creature world, the endowment of a ner vous system seems to render them peculiarly susceptible to electric changes, in addition to their common physical qualities : thus a man may be " struck," because he is conductor in common with inanimate things around, but the sitar/ endowments he possesses are also involved in the ~ a t erial changes, and they can be annihilated, thus, either as dependent upon or superadded to their material basis : hence the sacrifice often of life, caused by the superior conducting power of his material frame. One step farther, and our explanation is finished, in words as simple as we can find, supposing that we are writing for the non-initiated or only partially informed. But, the human body when heated, and its nervous sys tem. when agitated with fear, appear to be more than ordinarila susceptible of attracting the lightning; hence the double source of dangers to us when we place our selves in such circumstances, as that, around us as well as within ourselves, such favourable conducting means are brought into a fearful locus. Many valuable lives have been sacrificed to the want of knowing these sim ple facts of such easy recollection. The writer lost an old friend in this regretful way ; and if he appear to some tedious on this subject— now, happily, commonly understood, in part at least—yet some one individual reading these pages may happily be cautioned off, thereby, from possible danger ; and the already well informed reader would be selfish indeed if he begrudged a moment's patience over a passage which the author begrudged no trouble to indite—seeing that thereby, as before said, some one case may possibly occur where a party may be so exposed, and where no other means of gathering the necessary instructions, for instant adop tion, may be within reach. Never, in all the course of his life, would the humble author feel more happy, than if permitted, only for once, to warn off another success fully from danger, by anticipation of the fact, in the compilation of a little manual for the purpose of pointing out to the pedestrian his wisest and best course in gene ral, and in such special, cases ; being got up as it is in the most portable and cheapest manner. Away ! then, from the possibly fatal shelter, my friends; and prefer to Nee before the storm rather than to harbour in decep tive security ! When you have left that tree, the next flash may prostrate both the shelter and the sheltering cattle to the ground—monuments of the scathing fury of the thunder-storm. With no other ill effects than a good wet jacket, our friends, after some patient putting in practice the motto that " ills which can't be cured must be endured," at last emerge from their unpleasant drenching, having pushed along under as " tight a reefing, and making all as snug as they can," as the sailors would term it. Perhaps there may be one mariner in the company, who has hardily just condescended to button his coat, and declares that the shower is nothing compared with a " sea breaking over the decks" in the midst of the tossing ocean ; and so, by comparing less with greater evils, wins contentment, and practically sets forth wisdom. Supposing that endurance wins its own reward for our heroes, the witty repartee and laughing pleasantry bear up, by their volley after volley, the spirits of the party, which otherwise would flag under the late dis comfiture of pelting wet. The clouds have exhausted their " dread artillery," and the landscape again begins , to smile, as the blue mountain ridges stand forth in their variously chiselled outlines; whilst the sun gathers after him his attendant retinue of fleecy clouds, and, as he sinks finally beneath the visible horizon, flings back his parting mantle of glory upon his earthborn,_ yet aerial servants. Our party reach the brown woodside, and, tracing its primrose borders, regale themselves with the fragrance of its flowery people, as it rises upward on the evening exhalations, and is quickened with the humid atmosphere around. The " bonny moon" lights up the calm heaven as she ascends her sun-born truck, and the hamlet on the skirt of the wood sends upward its " grace fully curled" wreath of smoke from its low chimney top, to telegraph to our soaked travellers the welcome hospi talities which blaze within its jessamined walls. 65. Our slippers, a hasty change of all wet garments, a cheerful fire quickly kindled by eager hands, and a cup of tea as quickly prepared, all form a series of shift ing scenes in our little drama of the " rural," such as all lovers of the " natural" must remember often to have seen enacted in the course of their devotional pil grimage to the shrine of the " picturesque." If the said tea-drinking to close upon the "hours" of rest, and if the article be brewed, as frequently is the case on such occasions, into " veritable stingo "—travellers thinking they cannot have too much of a good thing— then it probably will be found to interfere with the crown of the pedestrian's labours, " balmy sleep." It is not unlikely, however, that after tea an hour may be devoted to the honour of the crackling hearth, during which the scenes of the day's changeful experi ence may be recounted over with sundry emendations and humorous colourings ; and, whilst discussing in di vers tones the varied themes of general and absorbing interest, the plans for the following day must be allowed to "go into committee of the whole house." Whilst some, perhaps, from a notion of warding off a n y c h ances of rheumatic twinges from the late drenching, as well as conceiving that, whilst following a comparatively Indian hunting qe, the pipe of peace is requisite, some how or other, to constitute a Council of Deliberative Proceedings, in all its unblemished integrity of forms, will dare again to light the fascinating weed of India's growth. Our friends have much endured, perhaps much forborne, at our respectful remonstrances, it may be : they must who ('lion..e. eliet, claims to some of the credit of Indian warriorship on the seve ral grounds of that endurance, forbearance, equanimity, high-souled resolve, and, lastly, as a make-weight re semblance, re-kindle even the little witchery of the social sacryice ! But we are forgetting, all this whila, we mean to put in one more claim to be heard, though not until the council has broken up, and the votes been col lected in the bowl of some one's exhausted pipe-head. If it is not too late, or the party not too sleepy, some of the scraps further alluding to pedestrian or valetudina rian matters, either in instructive prose or pleasing poetry, as found in the following supplementary chapter, may be read, pro bono public°, and discussed profitably, either now or at some future leisure of walking or halt ing. We have chosen no order in it, as it is to be a dish of fragments of all sorts to suit all. 66. Finally, then, whether our pedestrian group—of whom we are about now with regret to take our leave, and to conclude, in the regular part of the story, our labours in their behalf—chuse or not to wind up with a nightcap of negus, it is not our business to play the spy. Early rising deserves, because it earns, the grateful meed of early rest: when the day is properly filled up with work and good humour. We shall just once more play the travelling physician to our respected group, and chew them all good and faithful service to the last, be tore we can feel satisfied to make our parting how. It lies in the matter of an useful hint, touching that hideous region to a tired tourist, which has not for ever been to ourselves, unfortunately, a " terra incognita," viz., a damp bed. It is possible that some such mischance may await some one of our company, the bare supposition of which makes our teeth chatter with memory of a by gone tour. If there is any suspicion of such being the case, from the smell or feel of damp, cold sheets, &c., or if any one, without reason particularly to apprehend it, yet wishes to establish the negative to a demonstra tion, we know no better or easier method than to request the servant to take up a warming pan of coals, (warming pans are not used in Ireland, perhaps not in Scotland— we don't remember—a great nuisance ftir travellers there, not to get so useful a test any way,) and to warm the bed as usual for a few minutes ; then take a glass tumbler, wipe it very dry with a silk handkerchief, within and without, and put it upside down, mouth downwards that is, in the middle of the bed, between the sheets ; take it out in a minute or two, and f the bed is damp, there will be a dew formed on the sides of the tumbler inside, of course ; in which case, we need scarcely add, it would be imprudent to sleep in the bed, at least in those sheets. Where, from the use of this test, or from any other evidence, the sheets appear damp, get them dried. Often it is that they are not suitably aired at the fire, but just removed carelessly at once from the linen-press, or worse from the mangle, where, in order to mangle them well, they were previously sprinkled, and never subsequently dried. In whatever way, if the sheets are cold, and stick to the hand, it is better to send them again to the kitchen fire as a pre caution ; or in case, for instance, all in the house have reti , •ed to rest, and this is impracticabl e ,—perhaps your candle has been p u t out, an d yourself undressed, P before our you make this discovery last, which ought to have been verified earlier,— then your only way is to throw the sheets comp'et, ly off the bed, and to get in between the blankets ; for, however unpleasant this may be espe cially in summer, yet it is better to put up with this than to risk taking a cold, which proves seldom anything hut a formidable a•tack of fever, along with some inflamma tory seizure, as in the chest, &c., &c. We believe we have now completed our day's under taking, leaving our little attempt in the hands of the charitable folks for whose benefit, combined with amuse ment, we have endeavoured thus to cater after our best fashion. Now, we shall beg leave, then, to discharge the very last act of our willing service, viz., to bring the bed-candlestick, and attend the best-humoured of the party to his charming little bedroom, with modest old fashioned oriel window, it may he, through whose crys tal* panes, mayhap, come streaming in the bonnie smi ling beams of the bright harvest moon, and, as they seem to straggle across the neatly carpeted floor, just reach the snug little white bed with dimity hangings, in the middle of the room, there to fall upon the dazzling snow-white counterpane, with a spell only felt in the country on a "stilly night" ! If one single ray, the furthest flung of all the pencilled host, stray onwards to the bed's head, and there enable him to spell the grate ful invitation of the downy pillow, we will take the part ing liberty of reading aloud, for the gentle reader's be nefit and closing sympathy, the lines under which he has already fallen fast asleep— - " To ail and each a fair good night, And rosy dreams, and slumbers light 1" Bram * Query—" shaped "?—Printer 'a Devil, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SECOND ELF' . FATHER MATHEW IN ST. GILLS'. On Sunday a " batch" of aspirants for the pledge at the hands of Father Mathew received orders to kneel down. While in this position, A respectably dressed man asked Father Mathew if it was absolutely necessary for him to kneel down to receive the pledge at his hands ; if so, he should refuse to take it. Father Mathew said it was not necessary ; he could take it standing if he pleased. 'l' he Inquirer—l not only object to the kneeling down, but also to your placing your hands on my forehead, as I un derstand is your practice. Father Mathew—l wish neither to place my band upon you, nor that you should kneel, unless you desire to do so, as I have no desire in administering this pledge to inter fere with the religious feelings of any man. The fact is that the large body of Roman Catholics who take the pledge will not be satisfied without kneeling to do so, in reverence to the Deity, and without receiving my blessing. It is natural that they should do so, and that they should wish me to place my hands on them, for it is one of the rites of our Church. I do not see why Protestants should object to, it, for they themselves have the sign of the cross made on their foreheads at their baptism. A voice in the crowd—The truth is, Father Mathew, they come here to receive your blessing. They make quite a religious matter of it, and are not satisfied with kneel ing out of reverence to the Deity unless they also kneel to you. The pledge was then administered, the person who bad interrogated Father Mathew receiving it standing, and with his hat off. Another batch of a very motley character next took the pledge. Amongst them were many notorious drunk ards, as well as some of the poorest inhabitants of the district. A Mr. Donaldson then addressed the meeting. How many familiar faces, he remarked, did he see before him? —(cheers)—and how many had he kissed and wept over when they were babies in his arms—(cheers and laughter.) (It was here stated that be had for years past been an itinerant preacher in the " Rookery.") Yes, he had watched over them at the time of the cholera, and many and many a time, on a Sunday morning. he had wept over them in that very mews, whilst preaching against drunk enness. And what had he got for his pains? Why they had tried to make him drunk many a time—(loud laugh ter)—and never but once succeeded—(renewed laughter.) Many was the drunkard he had reclaimed in St. Giles's, and he could give them some striking instances.. Let them look at Joe Birkitt, the cadging psalm singer— (roars of laughter.) They all knew " Joe"—(cries of "To he sure.") Yes, he knew they did. Many a time he had met " Joe" with his hymn-book in his band, so drunk that he could not speak ; hut " Joe" was at last prevailed upon to take the pledge, and he was now living in comfort in a neat and snug little cottage down at Hull. Then there was " Poll Moriarty"—(hear, hear. A voice —" My eyes, she was a ruen'un ') Who was there among them that had not come in contact with " drunken Poll ?' They all knew what she had been, but what was she now? A virtuous woman, who had been holding the keys for " the Sisters of Mercy," at half-a-crown a week—(laugh ter.) Let them all come forward and take the pledge at the hands of the " holy father," and they would then, instead of being the " rooks," become the doves, the vir tuous doves of St. Giles's—(roars of laughter.) THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. (From the Dublin News Letter.) A preliminary experiment of the principle upon which the atmospheric railway is to act was made on Saturday, and it answered in every respect the expectations of the patentees, Messrs. Clegg and Samuda, as well as of all those concerned in the introduction of this most important national project into Ireland. At five o'clock the scientific gentlemen interested ar rived, and the steam was soon after laid on, when the leviathan air pump commenced its labours—the mercury in the barometer soon displayed with what success. In sixty strokes an altitude of twenty inches was obtained, and shortly afterwards it reached twenty-two inches and one-tenth. This was the realisation of the most sanguine expectations, and left no room for ,:..abt as to the com pleteness and power of the machinery and its capability of producing sufficient vacuum. Mr. Jacob Samuda asserts that he will, with the efficient means at his disposal, have twenty-seven inches at any time, if required. The power may be estimated thus :—The exhaustion indicated by each inch of mercury in the barometer guage is capable of propelling nearly nine tons on a level road, or nearly two and a half tons up an inclination of one in one hundred and fifteen, that of the Dalkey line, at a velocity dependant on the speed of the air pump piston with the present apparatus; each double stroke of the air pump is equivalent to upwards of two miles per hour; and the Dalkey engine being constructed to work at the rate of twenty-four double strokes per minute, it follows that if desired the trains may be moved at upwards of fifty miles per hour. Thus far having progressed—the next course pursued was to introduce the piston into the tube at the equili brium valve near Glasthnle-bridge ; but while this was being done the key of the fly-wheel slipped, and a delay of nearly an hour elapsed before it was adjusted. It has been stated that the experiment was but preliminary, and to this may be ascribed this trifling incident, for accident it cannot be called. The fly-wheel movement being rectified, the engine was set going once more, but not on its condensation princi ple, for there was no cold water to condense. It was at high pressure and half power ; the height of mercury in the guage varied from eleven to fourteen inches. The signal was given by men stationed with flags along the line, and the piston carriage, with two passenger carriages, one second and one third class, attached, moved along juy 'Jut* alAgau4.o %Jr tl. oao oLooorithif.d. It seemed more as if some magic poWer were at work—some force that no human energy could awaken into existence. In four minutes they accomplished the distance, one and a quarter mile, retarded considerably at starting by the breaks on the wheels to keep the motive power under proper control, as also at the terminus, not to let the train overshoot the line of rails. Mr. Joseph Samuda was on the piston carriage, and several gentlemen took seats in the other carriages, and they describe the motion to be more than ordinarily smooth and easy—the curves were passed without the slightest perceptible difference in the motion of the car riages; altogether, it is pronounced to be no longer an experiment, but un fail accompli. What was deemed to be a problem by the uninitiated is now perfectly solved. A few data of the line of railway and the machinery may not be uninteresting. When finished there will be in length 9200 feet of open pipe. The close pipe forming the connexion with the air pipe is upwards of 400 yards. The engine is one hundred horse power —to be worked on the expansive condensation principle. The air pump is double stroker, its diameter sixty-seven inches; the diameter of the tube or open pipe fifteen inches. The station at Dalkey is seventy-six feet higher than that at Kingstown. The elevation varies—one in fifty seven being the greatest, one in one-hundred and forty being the least, and the main ascent being one in one in one hundred and fifteen. It is computed that the train will descend from Dalkey by its own gravity, at the rate of from thirty to thirty five miles an hour. The sharpest curve is only 547 feet radius. Another trial has taken place in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant, with still more signal success than the experiment before recorded. Two carriages ascended at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, in three minutes, and returned down the inclined plane, by their own mo mentum, in five minutes. MORE FIRES IN LONDON.—On Thursday a destruc tive conflagration broke out in the extensive hemp, flax, and cane warehouse, belonging to Messrs. Mandeville, Kent-street, Borough, and which has resulted in an im mense loss of property. A colour-maker received a most frightful injury whilst he was removing some of the hemp out of the warehouse. About four hours previous to the above conflagration, a most alarming fire was discovered raging in the workshops of Mr. Bourne's cooperage, 7, Cornwall-road, Lambeth; and so rapid was the progress of the flames, that before the inmates of the dwelling house could escape, the staircase had taken fire, and was all alight. Instantly on the alarm being given, Mr. and Mrs. Bourne attempted to pass down the stairs, but find ing it imprac►icable they returned to the second floor, and precipitated themselves into the road. Mr. Bourne is severely cut in different parts of his person, and Mrs. Bourne has broken her collar-bone and both her legs, and lies in Guy's Hospital in a dreadful state of suffering. POOR LAws.—A parliamentary return has been issued, headed " A return showing the number of in-door and out-door patine. s relieved during the first week . of the month of April, 1843, in the several unions comprised in each assistant poor law commissioner's district. It ap. pears that there are nine assistant commissioners. The number of unions in the nine districts is 567. In-d oor Poupers relieved in the week ment ioned, 115 250. Out door paupers relieved in the same period, 701,741. Total of paupers relieved in one week, 816,991. The popula. tion in 1841 was in England and Wales, 13,762,853. The proportion of the total number of paupers to the popul a . tion is at about 6 per cent. The return further sh ows the followi ng t wo it e ms :—Estimate for unions not in. eluded, and places not in unions, in-door paupers, 17,958 ; out-door, 109,346. Total, 127,304. Estima'ed totals of (paupers) England and Wales, in -door, 133,208, out door, 811,687. Total, 941,295, out of a population in 1841 of 15,906.829, being 6 per cent. on the w h o l e 6 per sons out of ev er y 100 r e ceiving parish relief. DISGRACEFUL SCENE —On Saturday afternoon a scene took place in the neighbourhood of the old bridge of Dee, of a character that cannot be too severely censured. A silly fool, slightly the worse for drink, urged apparently by some companions of his own stamp, having collected a crowd about him by the profane use that he was making of a copy of the Scriptures he had in his possession, began to mimic the performance of public worship. Part of a Psalm was sung, mingled with oaths and chorused by laughter; a passage of Scripture was next read in the same manner ; and, lastly to crown his profane mockery, the silly being, who had not even the poor excuse of youthful thoughtlessness to plead in behalf of his conduct, flattered apparently by the laughter that he elicited from the crowd of young men and women that surrounded him, stood up in the attitude of worship, and brought his blasphemy to the horrible climax of giving utterance to the Lord's prayer, mingled with imprecations on his ribald audience to cease the peals of laughter, that, by discomposing bis gravity, seemed likely to put a close to the wretched exhibition.—Aberdeen paper. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Four boys were drowned at Dawlish, near Bristol, on Sunday morning, by the upsetting of a boat. An immense number of frogs fell in the town and neighbourhood of Stourbridge during the late violent storm ! The congregational plan of collecting from pew to pew, has been introduced into London, where it is regarded as a great novelty, and called the Lancashire system. - - From Gainsborough to Hull by water was a two days' voyage thirty years ago. It is now done by stiam in two hours and a half. From the reply of Sir James Graham to the memorial of the Cheshire Grand Jury it would appear that there is a probability of having a winter assize. The number of fires in the metropolis (there were six teen between Friday evening and Wednesday morning) has suggested a suspicion of incendiarisin. PAISLEY.—Trade is continuing brisk ; every loom is now sending forth the joyous sound of the shuttle, and the state of the *Jacket is steady and favourable. Another destructive fire took place in London on Wed nesday morning, by wh , ch the oil and varnish manufac tory of Messrs. Wentworth and Son of Mill-end gate was destroyed. It is said that upwards of 40,000 persons, principally Irishmen, have taken the temperance pledge at the hands of the Rev. Theobald Matthew, in the metropolis and its vicinity. The pensioners now in Greenwich Hospital, who fought with Nelson, amount to 199; namely, those who fought in the battle of St. Vincent, 13; the Nile, 25; Copenhagen, 31; Trafalgar, 130. The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal is now completed, and opened into the Severn; and the number of large ships passing through that river is consequently much increased. During the last week, the influx of visiters to Bakewell was so great that carriages stood for more than an hour in the streets, whilst accommodation and beds could he ptocured for them. Mrs. Williams, the wife of the chartist leader, Zepha niah Williams, who was reported to have been executed in New South Wales for murder, has written to the Northern Star, de n yi ng t h e truth of the statement. A splendid new packet-ship, of 1,250 tons burthen, ailed the Queen of the West, and belonging to Messr. Woodh,ll and Minturn, was launched at New York, on the sth instant. The steam-ship Londonderry arrived at the Broomie law last Friday morning, bringing the enormous freight of between 1,500 and 1,600 " sons of the sod," to reap a harve.t in Scotland.—Glasgow Citizen. Cavalry and infantry barracks have been commenced at Newport, Monmouthshire. The area within the wall will be about ten acres, and the estimated cost of the erection is reported at from £4,000 to £5,000. Between Monday morning, the 31st ult. and the night of Saturday, the sth instant, just one week, one hundred and twenty-nine prisoners were lodged in Stafford county prison, being at the average of 221 per day. The estimated damage done to property in the towns of Rochester, Chatham, Stroud, and Brompton, during the short duration of the awful thunder- storm, was about £6.000. Asa curious instance of the peculiar effect of the severe storm of Wednesday night last, on the following morning no less than 136 dead sparrows were found in the front garden of No. 1, Moore-place, Lambeth. It appears from the statistical reports issued th Registrar-General, that abo u t one-fifth of the totalmore tality of England and Wales is attributable to pulmonary consumption. FATHER MATHEW AND LORD BROUGHAM.—On Wednesday last, Father Mathew breakfasted with the Hon. Stafford Jerningham, where he was visited by Lord Brougham, Lord Glenelg, and other persons of distinc tion. MANSLAUGHTER.—At St. Neots, on Saturday week, the death of an old man was occasioned by two market carts knocking him down and running over him whilst racing. A verdict of manslaughter has been returned by the coroner's jury against the drivers. ISLE OF MAN JOINT . STOCK BANK.—A meeting of the shareholders in this concern was held at Douglas on Tues day. The liabilities amount to £175,388. Is. 2d., and the good debts to £93,812. 7s. Ild., leaving a loss to the bank of £81,575. 13s. 3d. E NATIONAL GALLERY.—A fine full-length:portrait of Mrs. Siddons has recently been added to the collection in the National Gallery. It was painted by Lawrence, and was presented to the government for exhibition by Mrs. Fitzhugh. the portrait is placed in the same room as that of John Kemple as Hamlet, by the same master, and attracts much notice. TIIE PEGASUS.—The jury who sat to inquire in the circumstances causing the death of two of the passen gers by this unfortunate vessel, have brought in a verdict of accidental death, occasioned by the gross carelessness of the master and those on the look out ; and the jury, in addition to this expression of their opinion, have added a deodand of £lOO against the company, on each body— £2oo in all. THE OPIUM COMPENSATION. — Friday night ' s Gazelle contains a treasury notice, that the holders of the certifi cates given by Capt. Elliot for the British-owned opium, entitled to compensation, may, on or after the 30th inst., apply at the office of the Paymaster of Civil Services, at the Treasury-chambers, Whitehall, London, for payment, the receipts in question to be delivered at the Treasury chambers two days before the demand for payment. The grand cricket match between the Marylebone club and the Midland counties players came off on the Leices ter ground this week, and was decided on Wednesday, in favour of the Marylebone, with ten wickets to go down. In the first innings the Midland Counties scored 93, and in the second 62; the Marylebone scored 139 in the first innings, antigile game was won by the first two bats in the seconcW EXTRA PAROCHIAL PLACES IN LANCASHIRE.—There are 13 extra parochial places in this county, containing 7,161 inhabited houses, and a population of 43,288 per sons, according to the census of 1541. There is no other county in England that has one fourth as large an extra parochial population ; indeed it exceeds Two-fifths of the whole extra parochial population of England, viz. 103,461. THE INCOME TAX.—The commissioners for the in come tax, at their sitting on Friday week at Kensington, decided that a beneficed clergyman has no right to make any deduction from his gross receipts on account of sti pends paid to licensed curates ; but that in a case where a curate having a stipend of £l5O per annum had paid the tax upon the same, the incumbent ought to pay also that sum. as having formed part of his original income. Six LIVES LOST.—On Wednesday last, at Messrs. Bramah and Cochrane's Thick Coal Pit, Woodside Col liery, near Dudley, some of the men went down to work, by some means or other (not yet ascertained), the gas in the pit became ignited : the consequence was, that five persons were killed on the spot, and the other died soon after he was taken home. Several others were injured but not seriously.— Ten Towns' Mrssenger. Two SISTERS KILLED.—On Sunday last five persons, two females (sisters), two men of the name of Robertson and Johnstone, and an infant child of the latter, were proceeding in a cart from Hughmill, when the vehicle came in contact with a large stone, which upset the whole. Robertson was much bruised, Johnstone and his infant escaped unhurt, but Mrs. Robertson was killed on the spot, and her sister. who was never again sensible, died on Monday.—Fifeshire Journal. PETITIONING.—In spite of the loud complaints which issue from all parts of Wales in regard to tolls, rents, tithes, county rates, &c, no petitions were presented for redress. And what is still more extraordinary is, that in spite of the whole of Ireland being torn to pieces and dis tracted by the agitation and the " monster meetings" now going on, and being held in favour of the repeal of the union, only ten petitions have been presented to Parlia ment in behalf of that measure, and nine were presented against it. Rebecca," like Robin Hood of old, has turned moral ist arid a wild minister of justice. About two years hack, says the Carmarthenshire Journal, a servant girl gave birth to a boy, the son of her master. a respectable free holder. A few days ago a carriage drove up to the man's house ; a black footman opened the door ; an elegantly dressed lady alightrd, with a child in her arms, and, en tering the Lothario's house, presented herself as " Re becca," and the child as his own, with an injunction that he should cherish it. The Welsh dictatress has been im plicitly obel ed. GOVERNMENT AND THE SOCINIANS.—It is now con fidently stated, that a royal commission is to be forthwith issued for the purpose of inquiry into the state of the trust property of evangelical donors. usurped by the Socinians in England and the Arians in Ireland, with a view to what is cantingly termed " an equitable adjustment" in the pre mises. If this step had been taken at first, there might have been some show of public utility in it. But now, when the law has been repeatedly declared in both king doms, and finally decided by the House of Lords, it seems difficult to know what a commission would be appointed to inquire into, or wherefore it should meddle in the affair. MR. BRAHAM.—ThiS unrivalled vocalist, after a pro fessional tour through the south-western parts of England, has lately been delighting with his powers of song the in habitants of the Channel Islands. His career, however, was, a few days since, nearly brought to a close by the rash attempt to cross, with his son Charles and his friend Mr. Torre, in a small open boat, from Guernsey to Jer sey, the difficult and dangerous navigation in that quarter being unknown to any of the party. After having been " rocked on the cradle of the deep" for upwards of fifteen hours, and exposed during the whole night to a rough sea, they providentially reached terra firma in safety, drenched and famished. • SENDING THREATENING LETTERS.—George W. A. Hamilton, alias Robert Bell, was on Friday tried at the Central Criminal Court, for having sent to a respectable young lady, named Jessie Hopper, letters demanding money, with menaces, &c. The prisoner threatened, in his infamous epistles, to blast the reputation of the young lady by publishing to the world that she had been visiting a .e or .r :dm did um buy Ills secret from him. His conduct had such an effect on the young lady. that she has been seriously ill ever since. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Baron Rolfe sentenced the prisoner to transportation for fourteen years. WARRANTS OF ATTORNEY.—Among the acts which received the Royal assent on Tuesday was one of some importance to the trading community, entitled " An Act for the better prevention of Frauds by Secret Warrants of Attorney to confess judgement." By an act passed some years ago all the warrants of attorney were required to be filed, and an index kept for public inspection. It has, however, been considered necessary to afford greater facilities on the subject, and by the present act any per son before he gives credit, or an extension of credit, can, on the payment of is. 6d., ascertain whether any warrant of attorney or legal instrument exists by which the pro perty supplied to that debtor can be suddenly seized upon. It often happens that tradesmen supply goods, and find them swept away in a short time by a warrant of attor ney. MURDERS OF COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CoNoLLY.—In the House of Commons, on Thursday last, in reply to a question, Sir R. Peel said that though he was not in possession of any direct information offici ally as to these murders, yet he believed there was no reason to doubt the intelligence that they had been barbarously murdered by the Ameer of Bokhara on the 17th of June, 1842. The Emperor of Russia was indig nant at the crime, and had since then refused to hold any communication with Bokhara, and the Sultan had pur sued a similar course. Notwithstanding the distance and the difficulties in the way, he did not despair of obtaining satisfaction for the atrocious crime. Colonel Stoddart was in the public service, but he could not speak with certainty as to whether Captain Conolly was or was not in the public service. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—" We cannot deny," says the National, " whatever be the cause which para lyses the progress of our agriculture, that our produce is much inferior to that of the English. The following is a comparison of the agricultural produce raised by 1,000 families in France and England : In England. In France. Difference Horses.. 273 65 four times less. Oxen ... 1,230 203 six times less. Sheep... 11,000 1,043 ten times less. Corn .... 56,000 hectolitres 40,000 hectolitres. In France it is calculated that on every thousand square yards of ground there are 33 cultivators. In England only 28. Our agricultural produce ought, therefore, to be at least equal to that of England, and our inferiority con sequently proves the want of skill amongst the French agriculturists." FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—A few days ago, the Isle of Tiree was visited by a shoal of whales, which were no sooner observed than several boats put out to sea to surround them. The " leaders" were shaving a creek, when a Herculean native, Mr. D. Maclean, who chan ced to be riding by, with heroism worthy of a better cause, jumped off his horse, •taking with him the bridle and his trusty dirk. It is well known, that, if one whale bleeds, and is stranded, the rest of the shoal, by some fatility, follow, and are easily secured. Mr. Mac lean, seeing the leader quite close, jumped upon its hack. and stabbed it in the belly. The moment the monster took in the saline element, it turned belly up. Donald nut his bridle about its tail and swam with it to an ad jacent boat ! In this manner the unequal fight was car ried on for about an hour ; when Mr. Maclean, after hav ing secured eleven whales, felt exhausted, and had to give up the contest.—Abridged from the Dumfries Courier. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCR.—This body is now sitting and discussing in Cork. The attendance of savans is said to be numerous. In the report it was stated, that since its establishment the association had expended £8,300 in scientific investi gations ; that £3,339 were pledged to be paid for scientific inquiries suggested at the late meeting at Manchester; and that it had only a sum of £5,000 invested capital. During the last eight years of its active operations, it had expended in astronomical investigations, &c., £2,200; in tidal observations, £1,550 ; in meteorological and mag netical observations, £1,400 ; in experiments and observa tions on the forms of vessels, £9OO ; in experiments on the manufacture of iron, £400; and in inquiries connected with medicine, botany, zoology, chemistry, and other branches of science, nearly £5,000. They also represented that the disposable funds of the society were nearly ex hausted. The balance in hand previous to the last meet ing at Manchester was £538. 14s.i d. ; the sum received at Manchester, £1,737 ; contributions for books, £192. 10s. ; dividend on the funded property of the association (£5.500) in the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Consols, £247. 10s. ; received for the sale of reports, £l7O. 155.3 d. ; for ladi es ' t i c k ets at Manchester, £331 ; for sectional tickets, £33 : an d i n t erest on money remaining in the hands of the Manchester bankers, £ll. 18s. 7d., making a total of £3,271. 4s. 4d. The expenditure consisted of payments for various grants for scientific purposes, £1,565. I ls. 2d. ; printing reports, &c., £446 ; salaries, £435, and expenditure at Manchester, £328. Bs. 10d. ; leaving a balance in hand of £496. 4s. Id. The property of the association consisted of funded property, £5,500, which, with other assets, made a total of 6,705. ---- 0,, J 1 fev • . a le a , fre ' ' On the evening of Thursday last, tba r' l Qu een las friendsßutler sat down to tea at the ..00 ,10 P l' 1 4 : a othomyi t ei r, os r eceu e tasnch, waiting, s: hteeii tohassnoseain :Messengers that until oefdora e pwurneicn l ysrsno e :idotoaoo b tut, anhmuui , rri and , hdat i iR i hdsa t ebeado previously 1 I w, t t etr : i;kse, r ei e i (rnTf : un i r , ph) st r efi,yi n t yt 1 tit been patience n t te. flirt John :v i. : t o: :,av :b i - ps e tali t ai v abscut L . ieci ,lynv. g i a) ae i eptii . i b o:aguionrAet : Ili t, , a: I t:0 sot ar 01. .1:1 0 . ‘4l:.i, li, , 11 tea would be served at eight o'clock precise Uwe:fro )kiii Langan, the chair was taken by a Jur. ''..-- il ea ..„0 Si the absense of the guest, the tea wa s rio. ; e arn . ' S i o'clock. It was half-past ten before the ,i n sils i t lions of the town to explain to him that the. re p a , They returned, however, with them elaneuu_li,cor C 6,7„ he was non est ; and, under these disastrouS9fo , those of the parties that remained took tea l '. It 0 Ai in big __ ei A enr t tye le rwe n deg were ae h m , b ie a dc f lo t o e mu r id s n e cg v h e re r ae a tr l hse b r a a lead odguovvdnae: away • ,t fro . awbner A dita f ttt t eo e nt r ht hbe a ey and the cries of '' it's au infernal humbug o t die hand by about two huncl;ed of thencdc!rofureiaqPialttigelgilegri ~.,1 1 kli ti l pale and much dejected, notwithstanding ',', ktl before. About. ~wll o' the scene. Gnor D tieffi r a . : B ,n u snt t e l a e t r sina r yg ose and said :—Mr. Cba' r " -- o ologi..l llr , ILI G nn e t n b tl e em he e r n e , , a l n s di hall confine myself to an a ro Dc- o rr lii f p ae i : sw i a s r c iw . g e where I dined, th e car 8.1 .' t " I pointed time, but, previous to its arrival!, i t ' )( 0 00; . , i 4 nGotihrnrdrigeffiseheoorftialri.hhtto,aomurretsahsaeogriCo,whatiayrmviinaho:9,:oer:eer:4HreD;;:: .litilli tit o bl T aier h l bTaaa F l 3 innr ) eh A tck — seesah o .Done t PARTY her ais e , 1 N I i-shouIdHONOUR ° have U R beenOF hereto ril B ad.a o a ' lh .; 111 . 1 Irish meeting gh l h a a wriv v r P da l i s f s r s r i Poi Trans t °n e r b u t te of r j e t r t 6 r e t " e l.l 2 P ru A!,/io' .... I t t 0 rh.dgtkehrwriaenAeet kindness h f ana u ttaet h l esvdess a eotr n weaw d mingil t sloo. l3 ll:o ; de n ei g: k r di te l bs u esoose l tnpfp t eesi o n jesyt cr I: Y ylis ed igtp t i teieroere . tb sgor tio e :01 tri 0 too i l :":, :4441, n'etacetraigh,'.sl S: Ireland, I think the sooner you com °1.c4611.1441740 paid e u : e t three-quartershei audiencer admission were o eac f r nehada grievouslyr lmo money, Marchioness minute rec h i Egerton, o i n n no et t ds h fsi o e s nor pp d f.v ;,1,,, I , ,ch e. i oki i v ,,,,, Ipy, pe e s, ti ~ ir, r , esoo fi er:sot 5. t op e is : , obo ,e i i ii _ 0 1 .. gait_ 1106, 0 oesit ,v O , ,pr..a, hi,:i i llifill: t 1 adsoL i n boefo g nisoftmut t ieu h tnae e t td t e e rt a os or oref tmah remain innati un dance, rieg but npoerr as n o o c f ilea, h to e a tno r i ;g i ~1i50:,,,,,,,,,.1,,,av ~,4 .,„ the Doctor of his mission to Rome, 3nd 50 e lf Oil fe l° Ittr i s i h n ia t lf r v e ae s n t ah w ror a iuv s re r ,d e r c e e ot n nu t r l an y eedviliestiiottehdtio.s 1:1. -i- gr p e w - g e .i pa ti - _..ib i5:4,,,, 144 , f ioti . i' 0 th, M.P. T i h n . ee and MarquisD o Doctor, after after having witnessed W s 11 4 1 1 dfasvot C oujoifbsrem h etote e imielyi s Trtedp h :or:a. i r. r g: e ß . oini iitaehoTT G raeulohwr u sse,ea .. ..k Assmnim ß oixidnygr ri ej t vt A eh rr ne A S byoutcaneEtTinicy,e. ------ a Dot? N . I S of the Junction R en a c d i o l i m w n secretary of the Liverpool, and 31r. Coti a.- ' ' i t tf l' the vice-president, an" ~,, tbe , -., /1 1 (, 1 Manchester, age Guardian Societies. _,, t itio°_,Wr S of epp f ‘t C l a%i r ooo - o, o o cocern m m hktdt: enofif L tternsi sil i o,easd v mdjt e c l a at a i tEI, iasnggpN o n:al efsaAnEomiCwdi complaining l i i director a eai n tlr ,hsi r ucoe i ea c osn a s dft r oe d astrel e ha, ri,etai p hi gffn r eear e go,r s e s . 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N a Pi ° of r t tec guvMhh hvi ai peo r e A Tnar c mu r i eg u rt t y sier m ota u onnyd s r s i- t diP:T a l sse N G Pie Nlc.—onW e d n e s d a 9 s t a 0 1 : , % i of party e 0 0 0t f enhe e i,egxohtrt extraction, te l ladies and mmeat t g iby e y n s t a l geeetr.nme eeerirnd,eueins,llt,:sesreliton::: I: ; tVs be e 0 0 0 ' 16 dooruuels contributea nd arrangement fourttrailers on ti a eh d res b se(heonar p nl efe e e Ae l pf_i e t.c: o oo tit tiut l wnon c :A ol ,, , ! t pn i aloeelrdLtpdrihidreoaelpsornychairiolsTtt impair ip n sa a Ti t ir i L o thielTaaivos avidity possible , i.t_y A with gn : e ob r i a c , 0105. p . r .10e oil 01 : 1„. u t . y e - t s . i x sheep's Theci cu mhesatadnsc,eVlciat:setdhegirr.:7, n e t r: t oy; : it one h t. w a ban . q n . " 44 . oRl G .puti r srh ii e n ttso e ci s io , cuA w hs on ae e r r pig e noeldwi ewhe iilfiebtdcherierendsgpsdrteal:cconeocedee rg r t :0 : ei s b :1 , 1010 ) 1000001 . 1 . . 0 1 . i , 11 11, stillad n o dn at tilsaficuteel full w a t t t.o c er h k e p, d rw , e but in,hi s ea n sb o .o t u l tn o 2 c e l: ed, an salt' 114 o i-1 ": og a bl s odey t .n i ,o l c l wn . eTe ' h:eh a T lesi nse h , (l e a,: hca, prison e rs ison e r s were up stai..er /i I s elt 1, part of their clothes on. The exeise-ou''t be ' 01 i t E le v m an e s n , B w o e i r d e . I dearlt of which he was sent to gaol for thre e .. b o)i , I The foiw t o evil' I DOCK COMMITTEE, TIIURSDAY•--"L On 10 . , f er,i 1 Horsfall, Holmes, Nicol. Aikin Buil e Y' c,e e ' on . , wh e a- „he r 4,1_,‘ e e% • • 1 fri report from the Dock Surveyor relative t he, itt,op and repairs of the dock works and a ls c irelierl o i o t from the 21th of June, 1842, to the sare,erconelPit from which it appeared that the exPee,, d „ i `o o Ott' was £153,545 Is. 7d.—that of the due",h 3 e at a k9KAll: ' making a total of £l - 9 3 - 4 15s 8d• 'O. 11'40' 4 , in 1842 was £26 762 7s. ' il l - , ~:d i n 18'43 Pi°.(001114 ~ _ _ _i., .. - Th e •c it . e l being a decrease of £3922 14s. 2d. tba t le to ceived. The Marine Surveyor reportedfo 1000,0 necessary that the Clarence Dock 6 ) )° ,,lthenejets o, ,, engines arid make some necessary repairs, and he P 74 ' few 4 01 ' speedily extin for r that purpose, on account of the staehnotheroyetbee Bullet' stated that he in compaeY w ,, ' ,. 1 1,e0 / ! it , tel t /O i l, had visited the light-ships and foun".", belt° or - ro.. good order, o"' wry' V o l lb only a few 1-tecessar V North t o° l s fi which had been attended to. The y 1 0 '0v 11 A # reported that a fire occurred on Allow' ow B r i,oo'oj schooner, in the Canning Dock, bu t , o p n tbe ;la ' 1 .0; 3 re s d , anst Lloyd's. ,es7hiads bbeeheiaa:l(cli eerssvistliodiril"pe'll'i";.,ll'letrbepegri:,d,(44:tinoo'oll4, $t i . other articles of an inflammable nati."tre6.l4s;jichaliclOitti. the port of Runcorn amounted to ..'" mr.l - j c ptoo , crease of £2 ss. since the last report. to be o ag ialre proper means being tai'ahoien -11.0e'roiy, to know whether any measures wer e A nd 1 / a re 1842184 tnt 3 t de h , respect to the measurement of vesels,r and loodtb M ahfniudea r l ety . ri nncono ß agmsons a ietless r his i ipi6el n nsi w e lptsaa , by the chairman that the whole mat te 0. 1. o f revision. The committee then adjou rn 0 and registered tee! e l 4 r cf rs• - " o re t b o r• a ill SELECT COMMITTEE ON SO li'v'T9l' t her„„a', o°, I,, i v /, cpurhirieitswianselta,teareotn:dhbntwee. ,f:aaohsiTro required before liisble:euis-veosf fienrosts,csisrog:,teei b a e a cii. pnestl mwleatoae:larrinvstisitanat,btefeofirg'tbd, rocso:befei:hloe::ooeri:;io ;iisgoopii:mi:oo se: I this committee, upon which, a mengs t ;,.. u' a dar_ n i e 4" 1 7 ", 0 1 of Sir C. Napier, Sir H. Douglas, ; h ips le , '",:eti'' ti Ther e eres raatihstwectrohihoimevdepl:simsros;ortefwbeeißtscipri; t ete i hoi s i so b s:Le:6lf ' o;rsiliot:ieti:Diveieoerrh. , n iathisiis 2 cn : vhsc e , ee :oa.dewcnocodr occurred a ndr heruseyycadevdi findni nt g o : pt ihrree2eve°io:rultsyeirteeyar4::ssot jioo,:c , t r e c cotn n l " o ' h e r re fo c°' of s s i b li ee n a reduction in the 103$ of o f itbo o re ib os the remains of their comrades. ..- . , -- „Ic is - u nc t 0 . ~ cargo, and recommend an extensinieg of - 1 . A tetiol o ,. meat prohibiting the futui:hcielcilti•elru:vr°-f t s li f e or : t i.je o il:rl teof e c4 lr STATE OF SOUTH WA hES•--AS ~,rappir at e l‘b4/ outrages, from being con'ined to. l_ o t pri f th e l l elt s l now spread to the wanton destruturce. jrr ...e dof 0 0 4 , and the endangerment of human ' li n e tfi rru",ooa o o r bi Tuesday the village of Llanon , and t o f th e _ r son s to / of character.bourhoi)d was l scene tilsresaid fla o t of gnat uur ge r BO P c --J ej - 4° '''' 00 o ld p ro cc ro i tl o i r es housebled with o f mr. their Ed wfaucredss.blackeoed, n .. ' Goriu,gbere. t o 1020 irn pro pr i a tor of the tithes agejoitf r t ° lle, A c t i ' le ` ri r 9 tl b s i ;s jra il t i ; Pi' peatedly fired their guns. gr. F '' t o tbe ° 'o• / 0 the time, and Mrs. Edwards spoke re brolce s it th e s i l t 4 continued, and 52 panes destroyed were o eorir tt, ° $ O O entered the garden and „ oassg eo ce',d,.) , Soon after they entered the house 01_ tfroge .seoiefr keeper, against whom they 'O F then broke the furniture the poor P sv e ° o l ; t h or r carried away a gun and 10s. or 12s re ce Oi r Ot is 0 1 10 shot. They then departed. _ Ate ref). , o its 0 1 1 id , PROSPECTS OF THE HARVESTro•vri the og re io ii i 1 0 b$ 1 at Mark-lane, on Thursda y , f, and th e t ry ' l OOO . tricts continued highly favourabte,',b, coun_aio o,o„ik doubt that the harvest throughout, ' The rsottoupp jt , 4 neral be more than an average crr: ,ioce _O, vocie fallen in arid about the metropo a „ to tu b i r e,,, e , o u„Ad not been much felt at any distaet ' faroretiolWedf.cro I, dlesex, Kent, Surrey, Susses' flerse'fordLbire, V 01; * , Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, fier t fo r!'; e oi i rel t i t ) . , ford shire, Buckinghamshire, . , i ,briog.,, 14vberlSi shire, Essex, Suffolk, Yorkshire, rfolK,porlgoirrthoo,o9 tershire, Lincolnshire. --nberlandt n Oir e ' goreb t • tonshire, Westmorland, t-....- -- • shror,le apes,CAtp In Scotland they will not comM..c'es th e wootisf?e flo y 4 00 , but the reports of the crop l s, r' 1 a l es are ve,rYthougi:eoo4lol jog. The accounts the , In - „.=niono, no o gtu; s aat L emr l er r s n obi c :ui a tris s et h i ioiyarrenag,tdrDaotiboenerr b khu y a: s sai Idiri),,, and stacked Cses,eltravteicesiihritterdnesoe:inttribleeeo::ceie:lici:iele'toii Ili t lejlce te t,oe : ::t i ci,i) il e iv t Corn sby 00(1 O il of die their fing er •cb 6 0/ 00 6 crops. The speculators burnt their w rit A ot 0 , to • :11:11-3(1;81rn'e"rieYebt:;bitiliPit:10;e -have bur re . o w heat. t t ea l' i de c et tt s r oi e n l aetaphibrin,ualinnditsahhnaagtte; ti n nh t e g l e r r y : l e h a t u a h r . e s e ' r e c e i a t 11 t nearlys uch 35,060 quarters of f ( ! edr i i tt g ), g_ t t btebej;9hdoveeeil,i,tl Irtt,:.4o°llo; atong fro'i $ O- ie home-grown proves so g" w e, . 3 illt 6 0 1 ' o p en represent the harve already ~e O3 g 0 the greater part bas u andofd Belgium,i evens pos 6 n s g ti oopf ll eairnt Holland. o u Ga aretdrecmra. Do n lno t o;il.:Jda c o c t,i o lio t ne. " .„ o y e i t r I; 0 Standard-of f ice, Half-past Ten o'clock. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. The Boston and Halifax Royal Mail Steam-ship Acadia, arrived in the river this morning at half-past four, having left Boston on the 16th and Halifax on the 18th instant, at 3 o'clock p.m. She has therefore accompiished the passage from Halifax in ten days and nine and a half hours. The case of Mrs. Gilmour, the Scotch murderess, has been at length brought to a decision, and the marshal of the United States has received a warrantcommanding him to surrender her to the British authorities. The elections through the various States for the Con gress were proceeding generally in favour of the whig candidates, and in some instances by immense majorities. We have melancholly details of the ravages by the late storm at Pennsylvania. The destruction of life and pro perty is immense. The loss in Delaware county is es timated at 500,000 dollars. A riot took place at Philadelphia on the 6th instant, when several men were severely injured. It seems to have arisen between two rival fire companys. Another demand under the treaty has been made of a man charged with having committed a theft in Canada, and absconded to New York. The commissioner decided that he had no jurisdiction in the case, as " theft" was not enumerated in the treaty. Robbery, which is men tioned in the treaty, and ordinary theft, he considered to be distinct classes of crime, the former depriving a per son of property by force. Strong hopes were entertained that the ship Memphis would be got off, although much boisterous weather had been experienced ; she had made but little water. The operations at the New York Board of Brokers on the 15th were to a fair extent, and generally at an advance in rates. Domestic Exchanges are in limited request, and rates are steady. The demand for Foreign Bills of Exchange for the packet of the 16th was unusually small. The supply of bills, however, was moderate, which enables holders to maintain their position. Specie was dull, and the recent exports have been more than counterbalanced by various importations. Money continued abundant for all business purposes, and although the improvement in mercantile affairs gene rally had caused an increase in the amount of paper of fering for discount, no corresponding advance had taken place in the rates of interest. Loans were readily effected upon undoubted securities at 31 a 5 per cent. per annum. The transactions at the Stock Exchange for some weeks had been moderate, with but little variation in rates—the demand being about equal to the supply. The improvement in the Cotton Market noticed on Friday still continued. The sales of the 13th and 14th amounted to 2,500 bales, at an advance of to ;1- cent per lb. upon the prices obtained previous to the arrival of the Acadia. This advance, however, was principally in the middling and lower qualities. Uplands, very ordinary to middling, 51 to 61 cents per lb. ; fair, to good fair and good, 7i to 71 and Scents; Tenessees and Alabamas, 51 to 61 cents; Mobiles, Louisianas, &c. ordinary to mid dling, 51 to 6i cents. ; fair, to good fair, 7 to 81 cents ; good and fine, 9 to 10 and 11 cents. The receipts of Cotton since the first of September were 2,367.000 bales against 1,663,000 last year. The exports to Europe amount to 1,990,000 bales, of which 1,461,000 were to Great Britain. ------- The supply of Western Flour was large and the demand moderate. List of Passengers from Boston to Halifax.—Sarah S. Jacobs ; Mr. Read ; Fred. Myers ; Mr. J. M. Tobin-4. From Boston to Liverpool.—Mrs. Western ; Warren Delano, jun. ; J. W. Webster ; Mr. Hector Turnbull ; S. Wittering ; Dr. Alleyne ; W. Sandom, R.N. ; Mr. Ricalton, Secretary and Servant; Robert Haynes; Jos. Haynes; Charles W. Claude; Mr. John D. Blithe; J. R. Poizet and Mrs. Poizet; W. H. M'Neil ; J. Stur• gis Nye ; W. Page ; W. Bond ; W. Peter ; Gustave Joly ; J. S. Muir; Major Ewing ; G. Y. Davis ; Rev. C. Mathews; R. E. Cook ; Francis Carpanato ; Felix Fouche ; Jase de Laine ; G. W. Whistler ; Miss Whistler, three children and servant ; Mr. F. B. Blanchard ; A. S. Addison ; J. H. Willis ; Thomas Kennedy ; G. M. Bay ley ; Cmser Vernet, 42. From Halifax to Liverpool.—Mr. W. J. Ritchie ; Rev. R. Williamson, 2-48. Abstract of the Log. August 16th, at 2h. 30w. P M. left Boston for Halifax. ~ 17th, running along the Coast. ~ 18th, in 7 lat. 30 lon. arrived in Halifax at three o'clock, P.M. Left Halifax for Liverpool. August 19th, in 44 36 tat. 59 13 lon. wind S.S.W. 192 miles. Moderate breezes and thick weather. August 20th. in 45 15 lat. 54 11 lon. wind S.W. 217 miles. Ditto. August 21st, in 45 51 lat. 48 25 lon. wind S.W. 243 miles. Moderate breezes and foggy. August 22nd, in 46 49 lat. 43 11 lon. wind variable, 230 miles. Ditto. August 23rd, in 47 49 lat. 37 56 lon. wind variable, 224 miles. Strong breezes and clear. August 24th, in 48 23 lat. 31 53 lon. wind N.W. 246 miles. Ditto. August 25th, in 48 50 lat. 25 50 lon. wind N.N.W. 238 miles. Ditto. _ _ _ ---- —.—. August 26th, in 49 34 lat. 19 17 lon. wind N.W. 260 miles. Ditto. mi A le u s g . us p t 27 in in 50 36 lat. 12 24 tuu. wtua ZOO August, Wax, In 61 60 lof. 6 23 lon. wild S.W. 245 miles. Strong breezes, thick, and foggy. At ten, p.m. off Holyhead, and arrived in Liverpool on the 29th, at 4 30, a.m. being 10 days 9 hours from Halifax. 21st spoke the Juiian, from Quebec to Bristol. 29th spoke, in the Channel, the barque Tinwall and schooner Providence, of Liverpool.