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rid the Rev. Dr. , ,regor, Poison and Co itarraturt NOTICES John Brown IZOSV M Henry Cooke We have rece i ved the first part of this splendidly illus trated edition of the Holy Scriptures. The renown of Mr. Brown, as a judicious commentator, has long been established, and the numerous additional notes by Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, render this a truly valuable work. There is an immense fund of information in the explana tory notes, and the practical observations are calcul-ted to impress the sacred precepts on the memory, and to cultivate in the reader those Christian graces, which it is the aim and tendency of the Gospel to produce. Every advantage has, evidently, been taken of the recent disco veries in all the branches of science, to elucidate the ap parently obscure portions of Holy rrit, whilst no oppor tunity is spared of " comparing Spiritual things with Spiritual." The marginal references are very copious. and the work, which is published in parts, is illustrated by a number of steel engravings. The publication is printed with a legible type, is of the quarto size, and will form when completed a very elegant volume. SELECTIONS. CURIOUS, IF TRUE.—The following is literally trans lated from Le Politique Beige:—" The Commissioner Lau (Law ?), member of the Court of Insolvent Debtors, has just finished h s report on the debts of Father Ma thew, the Temperance Apostle, contracted in 1842. The debts recognised amount to £13,000 sterling, upon which a dividend of 4s. 9d. is about to be paid. The declared debts amounted to £27,000 sterling. The bankruptcy of Father Mathew arises from the cost of hiring Covent garden Theatre !" A ROARING ORATOR.—" Mr. President, I shall not remain silent, Sir, while I have a voice that is not dumb in this assembly. The gentleman, Sir, cannot expostu late this matter to any future time that is more suitable than now. He may talk, Sir, of the Herculaneum revo lutions, where republics are hurled into arctic regions, and the works of centuries refrigerated to ashes ; but, Sir, we can tell him, indefatigably, that the consequence multi plied subterraneously by the everlasting principles con tended for thereby, can no more shake this resolution than the roar of Niagara rejuvenate around these walls, or the howl of the midnight tempest conflagrate the marble sta tue into ice. That's just what I told them." The Presi dent fainted.—Boston paper. were e thems€ sports than s worthies. ferior at lover of senatorial sportsma side. Li sport, an g matter n in the ke battne Wishing to borrow some books at ielphia, I presented several in Phi posit. , t to r At home shudder mmortaliz H tor mal, 3 every body e , there might have amecocti I 8 Cas House would be Pound v :-shooting, the steeple-char mpt to graft foreign cus n are on exchanged our canoe for this boat, as the river was now of considerable wind), and tossed by the wind into large waves. The same morning a boat, containing fifteen per- sons, in attemOtio to cross the water, had upset in 'he tures, who, hUve no day's toil in the legitimate pursuit of beasi whom nature seems to have designed fur th testing the skill and resolution of men in thi capture of them.—Colburn's New Monthly • middle of the river, and every one in it perished. We saw the boat turned over, floating down the stream. This was a melancholy sight, yet ludicrously commented on by the balelier, almost the whole stock of whose French con sisted in the word seulement. When we asked him what had happened, he answered, laying particular emphasis on this favourite dissyllable, C'est settlement un bateau, qui hail seulement renvers6, et tons les peuples sont seu lement noyie air of lightness given to it by the water, which traverses it in every direction, and the life and movement of the port, that form its chief recommendations. In the archi- ENGINEERS. Robert Stephenson : Esq. J T. E. Harrison, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL R. Mallins, Esq. SOLICITORS. to fur Messrs. Burehell, Kilgour, and Parson, 47, Parliament street, Westminster. Messrs. Rawstorne and Wilson, Preston. Henry Toogood, Esq., Preston. LOCAL SOLICITORS Messrs. Fielding and Wright, Richmond. Messrs. Hartley and Heath, Settle. Dixon Robinson, Esq., Clitheroe Castle, Clitheroe, Messrs. Robinson and Hartley, Blackburn. BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay and Co. Lombard -street. London{ London and Westminste r B an k, L o thb ury, and its Branches. Liverpool—The Royal Bank of Liverpool. Manchester —Union Bank. Preston—Messrs. Clayton and Co. Richmond—Messrs. Stapleton and Co. Settle and Clitheroe—The Craven Bank. Newcastle-upon -Tyne-113 e Northumberland and Dur ham District Bank. A RRANG EMENTS have been made with existing rail way companies now inconnexion with this undertaking, by which a portion of the capital will be required to be re served for them. Further arrangements are pending with Other companies; the Provisional Committee, therefore, reserve to themselves the right of m..king such extensions of this project and of increasing the capital for carrying out any such extensions as they may consider advantage ous, with the view of forming a comprehensive system of railway communication from the Northern and Eastern coast with Liverpool and Manchester and the manufac turing districts generally. The Committee have received a communication,through Mr. Robert Stephenson, from Mr. Hudson, in connexion with the Great Northern Lines of Railway, to the effect that he will give to this project all the assistance in his power. Applications for shares must be made to the Solicitors, of whom also Prospectuses may be had, and should be made in the annexed form, accompanied by a reference to some member of the Provisional Committee, one of the Solicitors, or a Banker. Applications from persons lo cally interested will have a preference. FOR OF APPLICATION SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of FOR the Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway. 1 request you to allot me Shares of £25 each, in the above undertaking ; and I hereby engage to accept the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. Dated the day of 1845. , Name in full -------- Business or Profession (if any)— PP (PPP n eseA LIVERPOOL, MANCH ESTER, AN) NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY. IVO further Applications for Shares in this Railway will 11 be entertained, unless the same be delivered to the Solicitors, on or before SATURDAY, the 2nd day of Au gust next. BURCHELL,--KILGOUR, and PARSON, 47, Parliament street, London, July 24th, 1845. Just published, price 2s. 6d. ; free by post, 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIE ND, a Medical Work on Human Frailty, Nervous Debility, Constitutional Weakness, excessive Indulgence, &c. With Observations on Mar riage, &c. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold at their residence ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford -street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall street ; Purkiss, Compton -street Soho, London ; and Newton, 16 and 29, Church -street, Liverpool ; and by all Medicine Vendors in Town and Country. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is a gentle Stimulant and Renovator in all cases of Debility, whether C ons ti tut i onal or acquired, nervous mentality, irritation. and C onsumpt i on—by the use of which the im paired System becomes gradually and effectually restored to pristine health and vigour. Sold in bottles, price Ils. and 335. The £5 cases may be had, as usual, at their Establishment. The CONCENTRATED DETRESIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the diseased humours of the blood, removing all cutaneous eruptions, Scurvy, Scrofula, Pimples on the head, face, &c. Price lls. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS have long been used as the most certain remedy for Scorbutic Complaints of every description, Eruptions of the Skin, and other disagreeable affections. These Pills are per fectly free from mercury, capavia, and other deleterious drugs, and may be taken with safety, and relied upon in every instance. Sold in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.. and Ils., by all Medicine Venders. Messrs. Perry and Co. may be consulted at their resi dence daily, from Eleven to Two and Five till Eight. On Sundays from Ten till Twelve. Sold by Mr. W. RAWLS, Chemist, Church-street, and Mr. PRIESTLEY, Chemist, Liverpool. A RHINE BOATMAN.—The latter part of this voyage STATISTICS OF SAVINGS BANKS.—These institutions THE LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER JUNCTION MANCHESTER, AND (Shelley's Tour) was p er f orme d c l os e un d er l an d, as t h e owe theireerigin to Miss Priscilla Wakefield, who in 1804 - I wind was so viol en tly aga i ns t us , th a t, even w ith a ll th e i n d uced six gentlemen residing at Tottenham to receive NEWCASTLE-UP force of a rapid current in our favour we were hardly per- deposits for labourers and servants, paying 5 per cent. as RAILWAY, witted to proceed. We were told (and not .without rea- interest. Four years later eight persons, half of whom (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. ) were ladies, took u p on t h emse l ves t h e same responsibility Capital, £2,000,000, i n 80 , 000 Sh ares, of £ 25 each. at Bath. The first savings bank regularly organised was Deposit £1 7s. 6d. per Share. formed at Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire; its success led to Under the sanction of the following Noblemen and Gen many imitation s , so th a t b e f o r e any l eg i s l at i ve prov i s i on tlemen, Proprietors o f E s t a t es i n con had been made f or th e i r management, t h ere were seventy nected w i t h, Lancashire, Yorkshire; otherwise iDurham ' &c. Devonshire, K.G., &c. banks in Engl an d, f our i n W a l es, an d f our i n I re l an d . I n His Grace th e Duke of Devonshire, 1817 an act wa s p asse d t o encourage b an k s o f sav i ngs i n His Grace the D u k e o f Cl eve l a nd , K.G., & c. England and Ireland, but it was not extended to Scotland The Most Noble the Mar ars of Londond err y, .GC. B ~ until 1835. The a verage b a l ances to t h e cre dit o f eac h Lord Li eu t enan t of Perham, &c. depositor in 1844 were, in England £3O, Wales £32, The Lieutenant of Rig ht Hon. ths,E r arl De Grey, K.G., &c. Ki; Ireland £3O, S co tl and £l 4, an d the e.:"nited Kingdom The Right Hon. ord Wharncliff, Lord the West Riding of Yorkshire. £29. Next to Middlesex, Devonshire exhibits the , The Hon. Col. R. Pepper Arden, Pepper Hall, Yorkshire. greatest amount of deposits in proportion to the popura- ee, Standish _ w a ... e.d.ce_ekee S . t H an e d it i , sh tie E rh sq atn .,.Duxbury Park, Lancashire,. , (It is " only" a boat, which has " only tion, and this satisfactory result is attributable to the ad- W. Monett, Esq., Rokeby Park, Yorkshire. been upset, and all the people are "only" drowned.) mirable management of the Exeter Savings Bank. La h r s - CONSTANTINOPLE.—ROMANCE AND REALITY.—If cashire exhibits a very low amount of deposits, but this but dogs were the inhabitants of Const an ti nop l e , i s exp l a i ne d b y the fact that operatives find a more pro- &c. &c. & c . you would find it sufficiently difficult to mak e y our way fi ta bl e i nvestment for their money —The Bishop of Nor- PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. through a city where helps of dirt, rubbish, an d re f use o f w id e di rected attention to the evidence afforded by the The Right Ho n . L or d B eaumont, Carleton Hall, York every credible and incredible compositio n o b s t ruct you sav i ngs b an k s of the improved condition of Ireland,e i cif. The Hon. J. C. D un d as, M . P . for Richmond. nnot shire. at every step, and especially barricade the corners o f t h e on l y mater i a l ly, but morally, and attributed it to h streets. But dogs are not the only dwelle rs . T a k e care f us i on o f t h e national system of education, d the pro- The Hon. W. N. Ridl ey C olborne, M.P. for Richmond. of yourself—here comes a train of h orses , l a d en on eac h grass of temperance. Dr. Cooke Taylorand the Mayorstated ing of Yorkshire. The Hon, John St uar t W ort l ey, M.P. for the West Rid side with skins of oil—all oil without as we ll as w i t hi n., o f C or k confirmed what the right rev. prelate had And, oh ! take care again, for behi n d are a w h o l e troop an d a dd uced evidence of the great improvement ofthe Saville C. H. Ogle, E sq ., M . P . f or N orthumberland. of asses, carrying tiles and plank s , an d a ll ki n d s o f b u ild - I r i s h people in their food, clothing, and habitations. — ing materials. Now give wa y t o th e r i g ht f or t h ose men Si gnor Enrico Mayer gave an account of the moral effect W. Hutt, E•q., of Gibsid e , M.P. f or G ateshead. Donald Maclean, Esq., M.P ., Wi lton Castle, Durham. with baskets of coals upo n th e i r h ea d s , an d g i ve way, too, pro d uce d b y savings banks in Tuscany, and related some George Dodd, E sq ., M . P . G rosvenor-place, London. John Hornby, Esq., M.P. for Blackburn. to the left for those other men—four, six, eight at a time, facts confirming the national value of the nr t l eme A ra s n so ce . Theodore W. Rathbone. Esq., Allerton Priory, Liver staggering along with such a load of merchandise, that movement in Ireland.—Proceedings of t h e 't pool, Chairman of the North Union Railway. the pole, thick as your arm, to which it is suspended, elation at Cambridge. bends beneath the wei g ht. M Reece Bevan, E s q., Wi gan, eanwhile don't lose you r HISTORICAL TRUTH FORBIDDEN IN SARDINIA.— Joseph Hornby, E sq ., Li verpoo l , Directors of the North Y ago two professors of the Uni- Charles S wa i nson, E sq. P reston, Union Railway. head with the brayi ng o f th e asses , t h e ye lli ng o f t h e d ogs, About one hundred ears the cries of the porters, or th e ca ll s o f th e swee t meat and versity of Turin, one of whom was named Lama,awere Sir Thom as G eorge H es k eth, Bart., Raiford Hall, Lan chesnnt vendors, but follo w y our d ragoman , w h o , accus- employed by the Court to write a history of Smy : cashire. tomed to all this turmoil, flies before you with winged materialsm were put into their hands, and to work they C. 1). Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire steps, and either disappears in the croed or vanishes ,til their Thep comosition was finished. But w thettt George Ashlin, Esq.. Mark-lane, London. round a corner. At length you reach a cemetery. We was the result? manuscript was delivered to but Christian Allhusen, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Director all know how deeply the Turks respect the graves of the censors, and the authors were paid for their trouble; of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Rail dead—how they visit them and never permit them to be the history was suppressed ; and Lama found that he had way. disturbed, as we do in Europe, after any number of years. given so much offence, by the free exercise of his judgment E. Benham Esq., Great Coram-street, London. In the abstract this is very grand, and when we imagine upon the documents that were entrusted to him, that he William Birley, Esq., Kirkham, Lancashire. to ourselves a beautiful cypress grove with tall white mo- made a hasty departure from Turin to escape the royal John Burrell, Esq., Durham. James Burt, jun. Esq., Manchester, Director of the numental stones, and green grass beneath, it presents a displeasure. The celebrated Giannone was more wise hi stately and solemn pi c t ure . N ow con t emp l ate it i n the his dealings with these sensitive people. After having and Birkenhead Railway. reality. The monuments are overthrown, dil a pid a t e d, or been driven from his own country, for treating the origin H. Cl Chester eaver Chapman, Esq., Liverpool. awry—several roughly-paved s t ree t s i n t ersect t h e space — of the Papal power too freely in his " History of Naples," Thomas Chilton, Esq., Liverpool. here sheep are feeding—there donkeys are waiting—here he took refuge at Turi n , an d was th ere i n high favour William Clayton Esq., Lostock Hall, Preston. geese are cackling—there cocks are crowing —in one part with Victor Ainedee, who then happened to be quarrelling George ClifforJ, ' Esq., Wycliff Hall, Greta Bridge, Yorli of the ground linen is dryi ng —i n ano th er carpenters are with the Pope. Now, thought the descendants of Boson shire. planing—from one corner a troop of camels defile—from and Berold, we have got the very man whom our smiles Thomas Bright Crosse, Esq., Shaw Hill. Lancashire. another a funeral procession approaches—children are will induce to immortalize our family, and to discuss the T. R. Wilson France, Esq., Raweliffe Hell, Lancashire. itroNjAoht,ncpoomrsutse7FEl.Etz._we_ra PROVISIONAL I S a playing—dogs rolling —every kind of the most uncon- history of Savoy and Piedmont, without speaking too George Gradwell, Esq., Preston. cerned business going on. And what can be a greater plainly of the heroes who have enlarged the borders of Daniel Grant, Esq., Manchester. K.C.8., Montague-street, Po tnian.squae're. profanation of the dead ? But, true enough, where they their country and the limits of their prerogative. Before Thomas Haigh, Esq., Elm Hall, Wavertree, Liverpool. Id, Bart., were buried four hundred years ago, there they lie still.— the eyes of the historiographer were spread all the literary Henry Harrison, Esq., Aigbur'h, Liverpool, Visit to the Courts of Vienna, Constantinople, Brc. treasures of the university and of the public offices of John Hartley, Esq., Catterall Hall, Settle. ,E.Erepidsbury, Manchester. Turin—the charters, the stat e p a p ers , the ordinances, he Jonathan Hayne, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maids Hill, sCaohmlaoumneellHßteaburetsoeHn, o L n e o e u d r e a n bl . e Le' ster Stanhope, Ashburn- STOCKHOLM.—StockhoIm, the Venice of the North, q., Boroughreeve of Manchester. has been thought by many travellers to present a more correspondence, private and diplomatic, of every prince London. , London and Macclesfield. e U t, p c pe a r re ß e e rv d e fo e e Ashburn striking coup d'eeil than an y o th er European capital, who bore the fomile-honoured names of A t neel e , Phili- Frazer B. Henshaw, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Port- AlWai jlloiarmjoAhnrn:d,CrEosfqt: Hegtetoxt.estterre. John Burgess, Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Constantinople excepted. Built upon seven islands, bert, and Emmanuel were confided to him ; but, at the man-square, London. , formed by inlets of the sea and the Maeler Lake, it same time, a few hints, such as poet-laureates and court- Edward J. Hilton, Esq., banker, Faversham. Kent. Major Ford, Bodlond' spreads over a surface very large in proportion to the chroniclers are accustomed to receive, were whispered in Captain Hogg, Gitlin Lodge, Richmond, Yorkshire. number of its houses and inhabitant., and exhibits a the ears of Giannone. The prudent Neapolitan read the Hugh Hornby, Esq., Ribby Hall, Lancashire. weighed Patrick Kilgour, Esq., Woodside, Aberdeenshire, and James Esdaile, Esq. singular mixture of streets, squares, and churches, with rock, wood and water. The ground on which it stands is documents which were placed at his disposal, well the conditions on which he was to employ them, and . Hamilton-terrace, St. John's Wood, London. n le ' ondon. uneven, and in many places declivitous; the different restored them to their custodians, with the humble re- E. R. Langworthy, Esq. Manchester. parts of the city are connected by bridges, and on every S. Hamer, Esq., the General Postoffiee and Southa quest that some abler and more pli an t p en than his might John Lawrie, Esq., Charles-street, St. James's, London. ton row, Russell -square, London. ' cali. side is seen the fresh green foliage of the north. The be honoured with toe delicate commission.—Church of James Lees, Esq., Manchester. Sir John Hare, Lanham. natural canals which intersect Stockholm are of great England Quarterly. Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, London. , am-place London. Captain Sir John R. lilt lel I on, R. Isle of Wight. depth, and ships of large burden are enabled to penetrate PROTESTANT AND CHRISTIAN ENGLAND.—It is very Thomas Markland, Esq., Mabfield, Manchester. J. Harney Hi son Esq , M •' into the very heart of the town. The general style of erchant Manchester, clear from the success of the bill which has just passed in P. Constable Maxwell, Esq., the Grove, Richmond, Richard Hine, Esq. Macclesfield.. ' ' building offers little to admire ; the houses being for the favour of the Jews, that a; this nation .is fast ceasing to Yorkshire. Lieutenant-Colonel ' Hutchinson B.E. R S Director most part flat-fronted, monotonous, and graceless, with_ favour nationally a Protestant people, so is it fast ceasing Thomas Meynell, jun., Esq., York. of the College of C . 1 '"' • ' " out any species of architectural decoration to relieve their from being nationally a Christian people. To the Jews, Ralph Naters, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. D. Johnson, Esq tviEngineers. Ald inelegant uniformity. It is the position of the city, the as good and valuable subjects, as likely to afford their William Nicol., •, ermary Churchyard, London. Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Lain- Richard Jolineon. jan. Esq 7tforir ate - constant influence for the protection of property, and to burgh and Glasgow Railway. John Jose la Keene, ' Es • " S g ' -street London. oppose a q., t. John's-wood London, all acts of despotism, we have no o bj ec ti on w h at _ B. Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., Upper Hyde Park-street, Director of the Nation lP• • 1 Bank ' I a rovincia of reland. ever. We think that in what constitutes the chief quali- London. W. King, Esq., Director of ficetions of good and valuable citizens, they are far more Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester. ranee Company. the Freemason's Life Assn . richly endowed than Papists. It is far less, accordi ng ly, Joseph Paxton, Eaq., Chatsworth, Derbyshire. George Peter Livins, Esq. Th G on personal grounds that we object to their admission to col. Rawatorne, Penwortham Priory, Lancashire. bert's, and Cauldwell P'' e rove-house, St. Cull riory, Bedford. every office in the State, than to that of the Roman Ca- William Richardson, Esq., Charlotte.street, Bedford. W. Horace Mete and Esq., B.C.', tholics. We object to both from a regard to this nation's square, London. and Chatham-place. ~Middle Temple, duty as before God. To the charge of this NATION has Edward Riddell, Esq., Cheeseburne Grange, Northum- James orreii, Esq., Culcheth-house, Kenyon. been committed, in the good providence of God, the Di- berland. James Ogden, Es MD • Manchester. vine truth which has Christ for its subject, and which is Solis Schwabe, Esq.. Manchester. David Price,E q '' . • sq.e_• Manchester. of infinite value to mankind. Papists corrupted that Wm. Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pult e frnm this and other harmonious London. James Retitle, Es en y,Parliament-street James Thomson, Esq., Wray, Lancashire. James Farish, Esq.' I Lower Berkeley -street, London, Charles Turner, Esq., Dingle Head, Liverpool. Major James Wa t er, cl•, ..ancaster-place, London. James waiter, K.H St James -square. James Hibbert Wankyn, Esq., Mandhester, Director of Henry Wardle, Es .. • ernes -square. the Trent Valley Railway. q., Macclesfield C. J. S. Walker Es . Charles Wardell, Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park , q., Longford, near Manchester (With power Gardens, London. to add to their number.) W. A. S. Westoby, Esq., Hyde Park-place, London. George H. Wilkinson, sq., Haperley Park, Durham, Chairman of the Great North of England Railway. Emanuel Zwilchenbart, Esq,, Liverpool. Bedford iLPr e loal . le de o ' COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Christian Allhusen, Esq. James Lees, Esq. George Ashlin, Esq. Donald Maclean, Esq.,M.P James Burt, jun., Esq. William Nicol, Esq. William Clayton, Esq. B. Oliveira, Esq. T. R. Wilson France, Esq. Francis Parker, Esq. John Hartley, Esq. Charles Swainson, Esq. Jonathan Hayne, Esq. Charles Turner, Esq. Joseph Hornby, Esq. Charles :Wardell, Esq. William Hutt, Esq., M.P. W. A. S. Westoby, Esq, Patrick Kilgour, Esq. Established by Act-of Parliament ; 5 Victoria, session 1842. GUARANTEE SOCIETY, 19, BIRCHIN-LANE, LONDON; For providing Security for the Fidelity of Persons in Situations of Trust, where Sureties are required, on pay ment of an Annual Premium per Cent. James Colquhoun, Esq T RUSTEES. , Major-General B. B. Par- Thomas Fowler, Esq., -151 - , C. 8., E.I.C. Charles Rugge Price, Esq., James Colquhottn DIRECTORS. , Eq., Chairman. Charles Sauotlerson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Thomas Attree, Esq., Mayow Wynell Adams, Esq John Benson, Esq., Patrick Colquhoun, Esq. Captain John Enoch, Abraham Lindo Mocatta, Major-General B. B. Par- Esq., bly, C. 8., E.I.C. Francis Lysons Price, Esq. George Scovell, Esq., Wm. Stark, jun., Esq. AUDITORS. H. H. Cannan, EN.; R. Smith, Esq. ; George Thomas, Esq. ^ • ------ Sir Charles P r i ce , B art . BANKERS. Marryat, Coleman, and Price, King William-street, Lon don. STANDING COUNSEL. R. Ryder Dean, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. W. and S. Cotton, 7, Lothbury. AGENTS. Birmingham.. Nathl. Lea, Esq. Bristol . . Dublin . . Dundee .... W. Shaw, jun., Esq. Glasgow.. Hull Leeds... Liverpool .. Messrs. Hughes and Ronald. Manchester S. Taylor, Esq. Norwich Sheffield Samuel Mitchell, Esq. Forms of application and other particulars may be ob tained at the Society's Offices, 1 9,13irchin-lane, London, or from the Agents. By order, TH6S. HUGHES and RONALD, 33OHDGSO le , Secretar. , Da-stre N et, Liverpool CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY, WITH A BRANCH TO BIRKENHEAD. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) Capital £1,000,000, in 20.000 Shares of £5O each Deposit, £2 15s. per Share. ---- r l l l - 1E Prom o t ers o f this Railway, encourage .1 favourabl e support which has be en g i ven tod the by proth e ject, and in compliance with various recommendations they have received, have determined upon the addition of a Branch to Birkenhead, which, a'though it will mani festly tend to the advantage of the Shareholders and the Public, will be attended with comparatively little addi tional outlay. The project will still retain its chief cha racteristic of a direct Railway, and, by its connexion, near Warrington, with the Grand Junction Company, is sufficiently comprehensive, without resorting to a com plicated system of branch lines, or materially conflicting with the interests of existing companies. The Line will commence at the city of Chester, and proceed, by way of Trafford, Frodsham, and Pres'on brook, to Warrington, thence, by Lyrom and Stretford, direct to Manchester. From a point on the main Line, near Frodsharn, a Branch will be taken to join the Ches ter and Birkenhead Railway, so as to unite Manchester, in the most direct manner possible, with the Docks now being formed at Birkenhead. As Manchester, from its geographical position, is the centre of railway communication between Scotland and the most populous districts of England, so Chester, from a like cause, is the great centre of railway communication between the capitals of Ireland and of England. To connect these two points by a direct and independent line of railway must, therefore, be of the utmost inopor tance, not only in a local point of view, but to the whole commercial intercourse of the country. This Line will be the most direct route, by Holyhead, to Ireland, and will be, in all respects. by far the prefera ble channel of intercourse and transit between Ireland and the great manufacturing districts of England. By the railways connecting Chester with Wrexham, Oswes try, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Gloucester, and South Wales, this will be the nearest route from Manchester to the southwestern parts of England and to the minerals of Monmouth and Glarnorganshire. The communication with Bristol, Gloucester, and Exeter will be speedy and direct. On reference to the map, it will be seen that a very considerable distance will be saved by this Line, as compared with the present circuitous routes by Crewe and Birkenhead, the former being fifty-two miles and the lat ter forty-six miles, while the proposer' Line is only thirty four miles, saving in one case eighteen miles and in the other twelve miles, besides the serious inconvenience, loss of time, and expense of passing through Liverpool and crossing the water at that place. It is confidently expec•ed that this Line will be the precursor of another scheme, of no ordinary importance, namely, to render Chester an efficient port for large ves sels. This subject was entertained by Sir John Rennie, in 1835, and subsequently, in the same year, by the late Mr. Chapman, who wrote an able report upon the capabilities of the River Dee. It was again investigated, in 1837, by Sir John Rennie and Mr. George Remington, and the practicability of forming a good navigable channel for ves sels of large burthen, together with docks at Chester, was then fully and clearly established. The entrance channel would commence at Dawpool, which is easy of access (and infinitely preferable in point of access and safety to the docks at Liverpool or Birken head) for vessels of large burthen, during eight hours every tide, both at springs and neaps ; and the sill of the lock would b e l a id suf fi c i ently low to admit vessels draw ing twenty feet water to enter at all tides. This Railway, therefore, in connexion with the proposed docks, will render to Chester and Manchester incalcula ble advantages. To the former, it will restore the proper position natural to so important a city ; to the latter it will give another outlet; by sea, to the m anu f actur i ng dis tricts, fre e o f t h e h eavy port charges, dues, and risks to which the produce is now subject. It has not been thought advisable to combine the two objects in one com pany at present, but, should it be found requisite, the two may hereafter be amalgamated. Merits of no ordinary degree, therefore, may fairly be claimed for this Railway, whether taken in connexion with the proposed docks or as standing alone, combining, as it does, all the advantages of any other lines, with this great addition, that it will be the high road to the most conve nient outport of Manchester, and will be quite independ ent of any associations or influences that might tend to oppose the growing desire for a means of direct and inde pendent communication between Manchester and the port of Chester. The Line has been carefully examined. There are no difficult earth works to be encountered ; on the contrary, it will be cheap, and of easy formation. Power is reserved to the Committee to deviate from the proposed Line in the vicinity of Manchester, should ulterior arrangements ren der it expedient. ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. George Remington, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sir G eorge Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Moor gate-street, London. John Owens, Esq., 51, Moorgate-street, London. Messrs. Higson and Robinson, Cross -street, Manchester. R. B. B. Colibett, Esq., Marsden -street, Manchester. John Walker, Esq., Chester. --- Applications for Shares, Prospectuses, and Plans to be made ►o the above -named SOLICITORS, rto the follow ing SHAREBROKERS : Messrs. Neilson, High-street, Liverpool. Mr. S. R. Healey, Castle-street, Liverpool. Messrs. Thomas Leeds and Son, Msnchester. Henry Benton, Esq., Cross-street, Mancoester. J. B. Loch, Esq., Manchester. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Chester and Man chester Direct Railway. with a Branch to Birkenhead. GENTLEMEN,—i request you to allot me Shares, of £5O each, in the above Railway; and I undertake to accept the same, or such less number as you may appro priate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when re quired, the Deposit thereon of £2 15s. per Share. Dated this day of 1845. Name in full ---- Profession and Professional Residence in full- Residence in full --- ectural ideas the Swedes appear to be entirely utilitarian, lisdainful of ornament; and if a house of more modern ,nd tasteful build, with windows of a handsome size, atures, is here and there to be met with, it i. 3 almost certain to have been erected by Germans and other foreigners. The royal palace, of which the first stone was laid in the reign of Charles XII., is a well conceived and finely executed work, some of thechurches are also worthy of notice; but most of the public build ings derive their chief interest, like the squares and barons, an a I the apartment puncture something is the bit rasshoppers and ruing the latter . , I and y are no more trouble- said by many'to be reasons, rrametl tne LngliSti Constitution to their ever storesassociat:ons connected with them. Few cities off er r i c h er lasting exclusion, and presented a natio n to th e world, not to the lovers of the romance of history th an d oes the capital of Sweden. One edifice alone, th e Ri t t er h aus only Christian, but prote s tin g aga i ns t th e gran d A n ti - Christian apostacy foretold in the word o f G o d • and in —literally, the House of Knights or Lords—in w hi c h th e ' this position we have prospered, under the goo d provi furnish subject-matter for a score of romances . N ot a SwediA nobility were wont to hold thei r Di e t s , wou ld deuce of God, beyond every other nation on the earth. door nor a window, scarce a stone in the b u ildi n i This pro!est we are now rapidly departi ng f rom . A s a ; - ,1;11; NATION, we are soon to give no opinion wh e th er Pi otes iells of some sanguinary feud, or fi erce i nsurrect i on of the' populace, in the troublous days o f S we d en . F rom tantism or Popery is according to God's truth. B u t no t floor 'o ceiling of the great h a ll i n w hi c h th e Di et h e l d only so. By the admission of Jews to th e f ram i ng an d hang the coats of arms o f S we di s h coun t s , administering of our laws, and by pl ac i ng th em i n t h e - • • s highest offices of the State, we are NATIONALLY about to )art from our character, even of a CHRISTIAN people. • coverings of the seats and balustrades, tOconveytheidea According to the common law of England, whatever is that this is no arena for showy shallow orators, hut a place opposed to Christianity is opposed to law : now we ar e in which ster n t rut h an d na k e d rea li ty have been wont to making lawgivers and law administrators of a body of prevail. The ch a i r o f G ustavus V asa, of i nlaid ivory, men whose present distinctive character res t s on th e as and covered w i t h purp l e ve l vet, stands in this room.'-- s u med fact, that the basis of the hop es o f man ki n d i s a -- Blackwood. fable and an imposture !—Record. THE GREYHOUND.—The modern smooth-haired grey- THE PROSPECTS OF THE CHURCH AND HER CLERGY. hound is a very elegant dog; remarkable for its extreme —No one cm contemplate the prospects of the English velocity, in which it is, we believe, superior to the rough- Church without a thought of what she has been ! No one haired dogs of the olden time, though not to so me of th e can look upon a future, full of strife, without recalling the modern rough gr e yh oun d s , i n w hi ch a cross of the old Peaceful past : s and though th e ti mes d emand a sterner spi rough breed, or Scotch deer-hound, prevails. No grey- tit for its fierce encounters than the dre. , mings of poetry hounds used for the hare eoual in snppri find .r.ri....—.„,. e.mn notion. ~or ~,........:,....-1,- ._ l ionour the memory of e . , ee i m p re•ee . _ — j e anu scenes that are gone , w h en men were more re ........ equal them in sym me t r y ; every act i on i s verent of what God o r d a i ne d, an d more confident in each .., easy, and elegant, y e t fi rm an d v i gorous. The other than they will eve r b e aga i n , a t l east i n t hi s dispen ., greyhound is highly sens iti ve, an d very good-tempered ; sation, may be permitted t o a ll w h o nee d pause an d re f like the Irish wolf-d og , it i s peacea bl e and affectionate.reshment in the struggles o f ac ti ve lif e . M oreover , w i t h and fie, ce only in th e c h ase o f i ts quarry, oil when excited all the onward tendencie s o f th e age , th e di spos iti on to to combat. O n on e occas i on on l y h ave we ever seen a look back upon th e p as t, i s st ill one o f i ts c h aracter i st i cs: greyhound fight with ano th er d og; an d i n that instance under all the circumstances th a t surroun d us , i t i s very the animal, a rou e hi s h b r i n dl e d d og, was set upon by a nfeurally called into o p era ti on , an d i ts exerc i se possesses large dog of a m ongre l mast iff b ree d , and forced to self- a charm which few can res i s t. A s age creeps upon us. defence. Sho r t, i n d ee d, was t h e combat; in a few with its infirmities, th oug h it h as i ts own b lesse d h opes a seconds the aggressor sun k severe l y torn, and was taken and wisdom, we often pau se i n me di tat i on to re fl ect upon t away. Slim as th ose d ogs are, the i r muscular powers are those scenes of joyous y o uth w hi c h memory ten d er l y pre serves. As the home that we l ove an d a ll t h at i t conta i ns very great ; like the ra ce -h orse , t h ey are compact of iron muscle and ivory bone, w i t h no superfluous fat or loose are left behind us in a d e p ar t ure f or ot h er l an d s , we fi n _ cellular ti ssue , an d are consequently deceptive to the ee, ger on each rising height t o gaze upon i t, t i ll d i stance hi des which is in gener a : accus t ome d to see strength conjoinyed it from our view—we tre asure i n our reco l lect i on t h e l ast with m ass i veness . Y et we have but to consider the chest. form in which it met the e y e , ever recall i ng assoc i at i ons loins, and limbs of a greyhound, and retard the " tori " of happiness and peace—surely we may properly and na of the arms and thighs, to feel assured of the possession turally carry the same disposition into the wider regions of thought which the pa s t an d f uture h i story o f man de of great powe r . Th e smoot h greyhound, or of the old wr it ers , f o ll ows exclusively by the eye— gaze-hound whereas, mends. In the social ch anges t h at so rap idl y succeed all the old r oug h b ree d s cou l d recover the track of the each other on every side — am id st the fa ll of time-honoured game by the p owers o f sme ll ; b ut in the modern dog institutions—the decay of many a no bl e th i ng—t h e depre every quality i s sacr ifi ce d t o fl eetness, and certainly for ciation of all that our fath ers f oug h t and bled for that they sudden and v i o l ent b urst o f exertion the present breed has might win it—the conti nua l an d approved insalt put upon never been e qua ll e d. M any trials for ascertaining the high and chivalrous senti men t b y the coarse utilitarianism speed of th e grey h oun d h ave been undertaken; and of modern philosophy—it is m os t natura l t h at our specu- Daniel's opi n i on seems to b e on the whole correct, viz., lations on the future should b e accompanied with the vi that on flat g roun d a first•rate race-hone would be supe- sions of the past. Many thi ngs t h at present themselves riot to the grey h oun d , b ut that in a hilly country the therein we may not hope t o see aga i n ; b ut it does us good greyhound would have th e a d vantage. Much, however, to know that they have been, an d th ere i s d eep i nstruction in the latter case wou ld d epend upon the dog being ha. to he derived from cont e mpl a ti ng t h e manner and pro. bituated to hilly districts; for a greyh oun d accustome d gre ss o f th e i r d ecay . Wh o can l oo k back upon the past only on flat plains, though swifter on th em t h an a Y or k - without thinking upon the pl ace w hi c h th e C hurch once shire greyh oun d, wou ld y i eld to the latter in a hilly occupied in the faith and aff ec ti ons o f h er c hild ren? Who country. Th e h are an d t h e greyhound seem to be well can fail to contra s t it w ith th e pos iti on w hi ch she now matched ; the swiftness of both animals is astonishing, holds almost, it would seem, by sufferance, and so long and a well -cont es t e d run i s an animating sight. Daniel only as the p o p u l ar w ill s h a ll d ec id e h er to b e of good records the circumstance of a brace of greyhounds in , behaviour? Who can think of the pastoral office as Her- Lincolnshire running a hare from her seat to where she bert sets it forth—as good old Isaak in his life of Hooker was killed, a distance measuring in a straight line upwards ' describes it, even with all its toil of learned labour and of four miles, in twelve minutes; but as there were a pains of suffering love—and not see how different a thing great many turns during the course, the actual distance it was in men's estimation and affection than that which was considerably more. The hare ran herself to death it is now, or likely to be again? Peace and the quietude before the greyhounds touched her. — Knight's Weekly of retirement; leisure for study, and yet time for pater- Volume. nal watchfulness over all—for the reading of God's open A Deeeca tterare L OVE STORY.—Now for a little love book of natu re an d t h e deep things of man's heart to story! A young f armer l oved, at the same time, two gether—a simpl e wa lk of mutual faith and confidence, young women, an d, t h ough strange enough, loved both disturbed no oth erw i se t h an by the backslidings and wan with, as n ear l y as poss i ble, the same affection, and the derings of er r i ng s h eep from the fold : these character y ized the relatio n o f t h pastor to his flock ere infidelity, both of the m warm l y returned his passion. But one of missons of rd them show e d f or hi m an almost boundless devotion ; and, sectarianism, and th e ev il- wor ki n perhaps, thi s m i g h t b e the cause, that at once, with a systems had sent th e i r emissaries through i mode the length aid breadth of the l an d, t o i ns i nuate distrust amongst the more determined sen ti ment, h e turned towards the other, confiding, and be ge t di v i s i on an d strife amongst the peace but she answe re d hi m , " I will not be married amid the sighs of any unh a ppy one, an d i t is now thy daty to wed ful. The sheph er d' s o ffi ce i s to lead his flock and to fol- Kirstin. To me th ou w il t ever remain dear, but now low them when th e y wan d er, and this was fulfilled its the must we part." Wh a t a fi e ld would there have been here days that a re gone ; b ut another part of his duty is to for the French roman ti c ! W hat agony, ravings, explo - fight for their saf e ty. an d t hi s i s to come. The time of ' siona, and explic a tio ns w ith out end ! Here had been sacri- the Church s " green p as t ures " and " still waters " are fices and poisonin gs , an d , et l ast, three corpses. But, how no more; "the va ll ey o f t h e shadow of death " is before her ; the "li on an d th e b ear. " " the thief and the wolf, " simply did the genius o f t h e D al people resolve this knotty point! Th e y oung man o b eyed the exhortations of the await her; an d t h e s h epherd must put on David's serious damsel,—obeyed th at o f d uty, he married Keratin ; strength that he m a y sm i te an d slay them—he must con andees they were b ot h truly good and excellent people, sent to the f e llo ws hi p o f hi s Lord's suffering, even t o th e they %ere h appy toge.her. They had lived ha l to laying do wn o f hi s lif e for the safety of the flock. ppi the y Henceforth, in what was once the quiet village, strife gather fur four year., and had th ree children, when awaits him, an d i n th e crowded city active warfare. The wife died. B ut as she lay on her death -bed she said to gentle, the modest, an d t h e peaceful may shrink, as they her husband, " I wou ld ask one thing of thee, and that is, that th ou , a ft er my death, wilt marry Anna, who was will, fro m th e encounter: there is a spirit abroad which once, and is still, dear to thee, and who, I know, still will force them to the contest, unless they purchase ease by spiritual dishonour and cowardice. Concession after loves thee, and that thou m skest no other the mother of my children." The husband mourned sincerely for his concession may be counselled ; reluctant indolence, nay, wife ; but, when the customary period of mourning had the charity of Christian minds may advise, that even vio expired, it was not difficult for him to endeavour to fulfil lessee be done to convictions of what is right, that peace her last pray er . H e went to the still unmarried, the may be mai n t a i ne d ; b ut sooner or later the limit must be still beloved Anna. and told her the wish of his late reached, which no man who honours the Lord and be wife; and his own. And she answered, " Thou art lieves in his own calling can pass, and the strife, deriving still as dear to me as formerly, and willingly would 1 element s of strength from every conces s io n ma d e t o avert be thy wife, but I fe ar f or thy children. I fear that I it, must be entered into. Gentle reader, if it seem to could not be to them such a mother that I could answer you that these are gloomy and groundless forebodings, it to my conscience and to the dead, and that would make seek the confirmation of them in that which is around you thee dissatisfied with me." And by that reply Anna and wi thin you! Do you not see ho w a ll, h owever re stood fast, spite of all arguments of l ove and reason that luctant or unwilling, are compelled, by the force of cir were employed to move her. Quite distracted came the cumstances, to assume positive positions; Do you know young man one day to me, and implored my counsel, and any one who is not taking active part, in spirit if not in begged me totalk with the girl, and to endeavourto persuade fact, in some one of the many questions that are rending her to become his wife. "To seek to persuade her I can society in pieces? Think of the various names that men not promise thee," I said, "for in so solemn an affair a put upon each other, indicative of opposing principles, woman should make a resolve in freedom ; but speak with and see of there be any, whom yon love and honour, who her I will, end tell her what I think and advise in the hes not one of them written upon his thoughts and ac matter." I sent to the young woman, talked with her of lions 1 Think of the separation that exists between her future duties, and succeeded in pacifying her all too classes and the dissensions of religious communities, and sensitive conscience. Soon afterwards I had the pleasure tell us what is your no'lrum for their healing and ameli of uniting the two lovers. A few years afterwards I came oration, since all others have hitherto failed ! Nay, come on an official journey into the district where they resided. nearer home, and if you be a pastor of Christ's flock, read It was a dark autumn evening, and cold and dull without. your own experience —enquire of the depths of your own But when I entered their room, the fire blazed cheerily, heart —and say, from a ll you h ave l earned and seen and and in its light on the floor play e d f our children, full of known, is there prospect of honour for the Church from pleasure. Husband and wife arose to meet the enterer, the State —of f a i t h i n her institutions—of peace for her ministers ag en for the time to come ? Church qf but, when they recognised me again, they became deeply England Q uar t er l y moved, and began to weep. " Ask her, ask her," said the husband, and pointed to the wife, " whether she be not satisfied with me?" But I did not ask her : I saw warm and happy tears already speaking.—Miss Bremer'e Dalecarlia. " Sir" was formerly applied to priests only—" Master" to laymen. This former title was invariably used with the priest's Christian name, as though he had been a knight. AMERICAN NOTES a circuta z librar dollar-nc s as a peen a ringing of coin upon the counter, to ascertain whe ther it was true or counterfeit; here, the shopwoman re ferred to a small pamphlet, re-edited " semi-monthly," called a " Detector," and containing an interminable list of banks in all parts of the Union, with information as to their present condition, whether solvent or not, and whe ther paying in specie, and adding a desciiption of " spu rious notes." After a slight hesitation, the perplexed li brarian shook her head, and declaring her belief that my notes were as good as any others, said, if I would promise to take them back again on my return, and pay her in cash, I mi-• It often happened, that when w fruit in :nt nave the volume 'tired to buy rticles of small value in shops, or market, the vendors declined to have any deal ; unless we paid in specie. They remarked, .hange might in a few days be worth more that thei ur paper. Many farmers eners are ceasing r prod u, very ab-unda if the city m STEEPI arket, although the crops are her and higher, as it, and prices are rising n _ s besieged.—Lyell's Travels -CHASING brutal sports that er invented for rational, no and brutal as steeple-chas horse may, now and t accide it is true, a over-ridden, or killed 'by of the run may be pleaded exci ten In excuse. fool is killed blow, and it pummel one happens that one but unintentional for honour and )ut merely to them for their bruises purse of mone i now alm pck.fighting too, the lowest of lated, - is far more merciful 31e chas polished s er spur speedily ch every Oh county Galway id °the chasing very true se is - a bastard Ins in good Eng- nd bit ds, purpose of e pursuits and INSECTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—There are insects of the hug tribe in great variety. The hou , e-bu4 is no very rare thing in some houses in A ustralia. There are centi pedes —so called from th-ir hundred feet ; and scorpions. The bite of a scorpion is considered so venemous as to cause death. I was cutting timber with a man when he was stung by a scorpion.• The man waa dreadfully fright ened, thinking nothing would sa, but the ampu- and all t Of a glow-worms ;mosquito my son arc some than the gnat in I are ants—white very destructi timber—t by thes Ire. I ha ground —al known pieces of at part next the .pparently eaten away white ants, but my experience cannot point out a ..gle piece of furniture that they have destroyed. Some times ants here will be found equally destructive. There creatures—fleas. The natives declare that they as until WE arrived. That I cannot believe, for extremely numerous in the sands on the sea shore, If there were none before we arrived, there are plenty now, and they will cause the good housewives some trouble to keep them under. The common black fly is a great torment—it has such a disposi'ion to get into the corner of your eye. If you wish to learn a lesson of per severance, come to South Australia. 'So soon as you find a black fly in the corner of your eye, dash him off, and he will be back again before your hand has gained its original position.—Rev. R. W. Newland. are other had no fl they a r LORD ELDON'S PROPHECY ON POPERY.—(From his speech in the House of Lords, on the occasion of the (so-called) Emancipation Bill.—" It is my fi rm , my fixed, and unalterable conviction, that if Roman Catho lics are once permitted to take their seats in either house of parliament, or to legislate f or t h e state; or if they are granted the privilege of po-s ess i ng the great executive offices of the constitution, from that dap, and that mo ment, the sun of Great Britain is set." "Ifit be t rue . RS so many I 1. • ierigions opinions have nothing to do with politics,' then it is equally true that the King [now read Queen] has no right, or ever had, to sit upon the throne of these realms. The fact is, his Majesty sits upon the throne at this hour, as his predecessors did before him, by virtue, and in consequence, of peculiar religious opinions. Th e present line was called there on these very grounds. How, then, can religion and politics be so widely dissevered in this country ? Was not the descent of the house of Stuart interrured, in order that no Raman Catholic should be seated on the throne of these realms? Are not Roman Cathollcs excluded from the Commons' House of Parliament by the oath of su premacy ; and have not persons of that persuasion been subsequently excluded from seats in the Upper House? By these acts the constitution was scaled—the union between church and state was thus preserved—it is, ac cording to the present (?) constitution of the country, an union, intimate and indissoluble as that between man and wife. IF WE ABANDON THIS PRINCIPLE, WE ABANDON THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF." !!—" Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my peo. ple have changed their glory, for that which cloth not profit. Be astonished, 0 ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, sai t h the Lord. For !viis ; they have forsaken rs, and hewed them out , that can hold no water." (Jer. my peop Me, the cisterns, ii. 11-13. have coma d two e FRENCH WARFARE IN 1510.—1 n our last paper we gave an account of some horrible atrocities lately perpe trated by the French in Algeria. The folowing parallel case, which occurred in 1510, is taKen from Sismondi's History of the Italian Republics :—" A party of citizens and of inhabitants of the neighbouring plains had chosen another place of refuge. In the mountains, at whose base Vicenza is situated, is a vast cave, named the Grotto of Masan°, or Longara. * * * * * * This cave having a narro is easy of defence entrance, is easy of entrance, nd in the preceding campaign it had served as a refuge for the neighbouring people. 6000 'un fortunate beings had retired there with all their goods; the women and children were at the back of the grotto, and the men guarded its entrance. A captain of French adventurers, named L'HCrisson, discovered this retreat, and with his troop made vain efforts to penetrate into• it ; but, foiled by its obscurity and its windings, he resolved to suffocate all within it. He filled with faggots the part he bad occupied, and set fire to them. Some nobles of Vicenza who were among the refugees now intreated the French to make an exception in their favour, and let them ransom themselves, their wives, and children, and all of noble blood. But the peasants, their companions in mis fortune, exclaimed that they should all perish or be saved together. The whole cavern aas now in flames, and its entrance resembled the mouth of a furnace. The ad venturers waited until the fire had finished its terrible ravages, to enter the cave, and withdraw the booty which they had pit-chased by such horrible cruelty. All had perished by suffocation, except one young man 'A ho had placed himself near a chink through which a little air had reached him. None of the bodies were disfigured by the fire; but their attitudes sufficiently indicated the agonies they had undergone before death. When the adventurers brought back tiler booty to the camp, and recounted the mode of their obtaining it, they excited universal indig nation; The Chevalier Bayard went himself to the cavern with the Provost Marshal, and caused him to hang in his presence, and in the midst of these scene of hor ror, two of the wretches who had kindled the fire. But this punishment was ❑ot sufficient to efface from the minds of the Italians the memory of so great a barbarity." Sismondi, Hist. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD July 29, 181.5, 'PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. N 1 NORTH DEVON RAILWAY COMV . 0 95 e Capital, £1,750,000, i n 70,000 Shares, of ... Deposit, £1 7s. 6d., Payable on each skirt. Liability limited to amount of Subscr:lN" AL COMMITTEE._ The Right Hon. P EarI ROVISIO Fo N rtescue.,-- ---- The Right Hon. Lord Clinton: - The Right lion. Lord Poltimore, The Right Hon. Lord Palmerston, M.P. Lord Courte;ajefP. Lord VISCOU rington, M.P. Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey, Bart. Sir Robert George Trockmorton, Bart. Sir John Trevalyan, Bart. Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, Bart. Lieutenant-General Sir George Adams. Sir Anthony Buller. Lewis William Buck, Esq., M.P. Charlesß nasilav usel w l,E c sq o „ mp lV a l n . y. P., Chairman of the Gr Western Montague Gore, E•q., M.P. Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. South pet Thomas Gill, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the So Railway Company. Frederick Wynn Knight, Esq., M.P. Gtt Western' Railway Company. William G. Hayter' Esq., M.P., Director of te Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P. John Heathcoat, Esq., M P. L s E a d ri z e, a ire r B d ieTt.re Dv° ll ' Ay:ahlwokre K d Sandford, ehewieh E Esq., sq. N p y e n a e m b o e r a e d : e ° e t John Knight, Esq ., Simonsbath, Devon. George S. Buck, Esq., Hartland-abbey, D e "„ n , Augustus S. Will e tt, Esq., 'Tapley-park, De v- ;. William A run d e ll Yen, Esq., Fremington. D e co James W entwort h Buller, Esq. Downes, DeV a t i e Gte t Frederick Pratt Ballow, Esq., Director 0 ' Western Railway Company. John Hip?isley, Esq. Shoebrooke-pa r k, Deg °. John M ac k re ll . Esq., 'Barnstaple. John Beauis, Bignell, Esq., M.D , Barnstap le ' James Whyt e, E •q , Pilton-house , Barnstaple' 10 1 George Bragington, Esq., Bideford. t the James Gibbs, Esq., Deputy Chairman 0 " and Exeter Railway Company. Thomas G. Harding, Esq., Mon kleigh, Devon . William Tard rew , Esq., nnery-house, Dev° l3 ' t h De l Edward St. A u b yn, Esq Director of the Sou Railway Company. t a Chri stopher gue S Bakerh a land, B e re E E s q s q „ . , S ik n i e o e r d e - b p a a t r h k , S B e r el is e t°rsLet. Henry Badcock, Esq., Taunton, Somerset. George Elers, Esq. Stogumber, Somerset. at , Phillip Broadmead, Esq., Wiveliscourbe, Soi W ne r i isc os' be, John Bl emmart, Esq., Willett-house, ive Somerset, t. William Hancock , E sq., Wi veliscombe, sone.- „ ge . A Henry D. H arvey, E sq., Wiveliscombe, Soreer se t too t 11 7 1 , William M organ, E sq., Director of the 13( Exeter Railway Company. William Henry Hawker, Esq., Plymouth. George Jones, Esq., ReMand-house, Bristol. Henry Hooper, Esq., Exeter. 3 Patrick Miller, Esq., M.D„ Direct or of the Exeter Railway Company. i 01 311 J. C. Wilcncks, Esq. Exeter. th t Charles Bowles Fripp, Esq., Director of the n Exeter Railway Company_ Richard Bastard Esq., Exeter. Edward Davy, Esq.. Crediton, Devon. Philip Davy, Esq. Morchard Bishop, Devon . , t Willoughby Bryant Stawell, Esq., Rhyll, E ast sji. Devon. Henry Si mon d s , E sq., D irector of the Great Westete p, r o way Co m p an y. P t° Henry Willi am Chichester, Esq , R ose -house , t a p - .1 1s1 ' William William Fox, E sq , Director of . the South D e ' way Company. John Gribble, Esq., Barnstaple. Stephen Bencraf, Esq.. Brnsta. William Watson Esq., Dire a ctor of ple the Bristol an petit y ill a i vti C rn cef o ro i oy t t : t h ,dt 11 , 0,E a n E E :b: E q q 1 ..., ,Bq r s f . ror Barnstaple.aun e tth b a ee r, Cotton, Esq., Barnstaple. NJGN, A vv, Knill i ilih r ib i l; a i a e;i l aa i r r K l t a rar m Barnstaple, Humphrey John Norris Bawde n , Esq., South„, 03 P ai John R un dl e, E sq Director o f the South v e ' way Company. John Elworthy Cutliffe, Esq., South Molton. William Gould Smyth, Esq., South Motton. Francis Maunder Hitchcock, Esq. , South th Mo" . ou Robert S co t t , E sq., Cockram-house, South 5 Ho Wes tell William T ot hill , Esq. Director of the Great Railway Company. Thomas Besley, Esq , Tiverton. Colonel Harris, Radford, near Plymouth. John Colwell lioe, Esq., Lynmouth. Charles Palk Collyns, Esq., Dulverton. Ralph Cole, Esq., Plymouth. John Tandyn, Esq., 44 Chancery-lane ; London , (with power to add to their number.) ENGINEER. L. K. Brunel, Esq., F.H.S. r s ba tab tap rr i,l,,,,iisnto H hiebeeal l ffsep S tewrecixant C ompany the it l a coinpiehansive system of Railways for „wo e 0 of Devon in connexion with the existing lines, e ivet asg, t t he of communication rl c tedh i n p ,i st a t tc l :wtoi to ant wsrihdinersst consistent tff n ew d rie g t v t a i t en o netr e ian a in c ps h i af t o h n igp r a e i : al, walr' d a,k w in: i g th ß E d x rn eti ta r li o i n e most important pints in North Devon and as rL w ca. h. t oo' u t tug a district, it is proposed to form a and C- n ls° t he other. o mbre - t he mostae u onent o andan completed .a'nimedearpntrlTT;:tal-athigo,o:s ne e 0 - the largest amount of population, and giving' sse er tih, and Bideford as the prin e li ese ; greatest extent of intercommunication between '"detorls, towns, it is proposed to carry a Line from 1 3 ' 110 0 ter Barustasle, and tlience by South Molten d P e t s (joining the Tiverton Branch of the Bristol ae Railway,) with a line diverging eastward, from 38Si'eos, f c tun, rbao miles enu t Biwdai e trish a i ilssEtiti,;(l.ete)firteetnr and iv,, South dl.ain v Holton eefriort eor Bideford, a n fs d i npcnoaitronr points towards T aal n v t e r t giving the whole of the district thus traverseo,e,fe d direct communication with the north and east, ti ro t a h i . l e ot , h ,i e ne r li h r a ie nd wo t u o ld be taken southwards, towards leigh, and front the neighbourhood of that placerto P .,l ‘' otel Ceediton, Okehampton being either close to w e ors'' Plymouth, and on the othe r 1,0 1 101 be called the main, line of this system, or b evl lare' i r ° ,:rl l l n tj 3 : e r tt , t c ' t c communicating with it. By these means Di p , t o would have a second road to Exeter, and, wi tb • t h 311 0 0 would have. a di rect railway communication wit t . oo it b principal pl aces of South Devonshire, and g?'eteion'll have the great advantages of railway coultnne le- the all these part s . ab is is o l The ground h as been sufficiently surveyed t o eti truc t o t Engineer to report upon the practicability of 110 L e is° lines in the general directions above mentionetio P r tilts length of which will be about 120 miles, but * t he r e 4 .00 course of such lines must be dependant tlP° ° pron i , t ,tele of more detailed surve the object of th e i e tel tb e being, to construct the wos: perfect and corePd that the conntry admits of, weighing equally - a n th e l'" advantages to the respective interests and to , pro' generally. 31 p r i l e ' t h a e ry, Company includingis f t o h r e m e p d r o b in y o t a e n rs influential of the trijt.Aci:l;pioef (Crediton and Barnstaple) Railway ComP e c t „ l- ';'alatb r eir, parties who have interested themselves in the v: t he sail' a line from Barnstaple to Tiverton, united W ir A e pott fa t,:e r Western, the Bristol and Exeter tat I South v thre e way Companies, it being proposed, that the Cap and Companies should contribute one•half of the o y. oir join in the direction of the affairs of the C0c017, 9 aio f t he ( The important interests which these Rail wa i o ent. ° o serve and benefit may be estimated from a state u ts , l °t ), Otiv fact, that the greater part of the entire rtS °`' or ill Devonshire, which exceeded at the last ee l " l i n es , sei se persons, is located at the extremities of thes e ht ding ets e l ' the district is traversed by them, the latter in c A Surnsib of the finest agricultural portions of Devon ortocasiieso 'l'he traffic to th e i nterior from the seal", ste t° th e on the English and Bristol Channels, and O h flog 0 4 , corn, wool, cattle, and other produce wh ic hie, t latter in return, are already very considerable] , re al c. , p r confidently be expected to be augmented to 7, 1 by the increased facilities and diminished cost n , afforded by railway conveyance, the advanta e :,era l ' 1,01 ea especially in the articles of coal, lime, an d 'ca t ' manifest. „ion' .10 , eon , — Its' ell The opening of a direct and speedy . the teuce between the north and south coasts, wine o le , e a t _ will effect, is a feature inthe present underta:t'tVreotloe importance in a public point of view ; and f to local advantage, and a profitable Siurrce.on the p the Proprietary, leitsmsnaobnfedroltf a oym line of Railway to a putti .Ira te - i C n h g, i , i ph n e n la e nc l considerablesaintßomantic sc s attractedcScenery n er moment.of annually h 0 t,c,:hn t o, e c : ec a e t e is also very great, and will, doubtless, be ru , t u t t e o g Arrangements are in progress for °bra. 0 , to.' e t counts by actual observation of the traffl o c t , o ffice ti or; s but the promoters are already possessed o f 3 'l i e deuce to justify the confident expectation ..,, b t live income on the proposed capital, rt;37ohje'' assured is fully adequate to accomplish al eig 1 r eC e d posed. a lreadl o cce e e at The numerous promises of support the 5 pail' from the landowners leave no doubt made to V' lr fo W , l t. issue of the application which will be 6 ,; 0 0- er ( 4 .4 for an Act of Incorporation in the next e t a t £- 1 f,clori t g will be sought in such act to allow interest Ca! _ cu r the e r panrnigmrmessoonf the ee work:; and a a n n , d l n o o n s a t ! b l bar ill I.ll,,f a scribeC ete d io bility beyond the amount of his subscT by sa l li to oo to , Application for Shares (accomPau reference when the parties are not Messrs. OSBORNE, WARD and Co., a ar iessr be members xi ess rs of the . P a r n o d v i s w i on . Committee) loPnedrft ir ti l ee a bs Y , s ft ,. e CLARK, and Co., Bristol; Messrs. to 5 f v' t ti• d also ni NET, and TucKEE, Plymouth ;an , TLEDALE and BARDSWELL, SoikitoTS , 1-41 verp ~a v b Prospectuses and Forms of A ENTE I9 TO ° sty TOOTH ACH E PRE V „, r pHO II f o r b e s, BULLOCK'S ORIGINAL CA'" cv j o use be Gil t os PASTE is the best preparation no thening t sgre es tbe tifying and preserving the Teeth, str en g i ns an 0 e , It for nee and preventing the Tooth-ache. and sweetens d tarot breath. refreshing wash for the mouth, 4ro niq Fo wl breath. For many years it has been Ra ts ono 5, Dent's f is t , s commended by the most eminent , a 1 • ;1 Vi• of distinction. Fare' 4 an , ee ' Prepared only by Mr. BULLOCK., _ sale Ag reet ,p 00 , r Princess -street, Manchester Wh we Que en , , t ro coa ree ti RUMSRY, Wholesale Druggist, 3, bY Cheapside, London. 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