The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-30 00:00:00

ORRELL COAL AND BLACK. ' • , 4,_ r• REMOVAL. AGRICULTUR AL INTELLIGENCE. VITYRICK BANKES,, Esq., of Winstauley 1, nea r T EITYNOLDS, Suraiestnr n apd Agent, begs to return his IVA Wigan, begs to inform the Inhabit an t s o f t verpodl "e 3 • grat e f u l Acknowlert effirlA +0 Ith t'reend.l and the . and the Neighb our h oo d, th at on t h e 2 n d J anus , 4843, he Public for th e i r ki n d an d liberal Patronage, a informs THE CANADA CORN TRADE. will OPEN COAL YARDS at the CANAL . joining the, them that he has REMOVED his Office fr a No. 60, A special committee of the Legislative Assembly of Canada, bottom of CHARTERS -STREET, and at the VARRINGT,ON PARK-LANE to 56, SOUTH CASTLI•:-STR •' T, where he appointed to consider the subject of a free trade with Great Docx, for the sale of the pure Orrell COAL and SLACK hopes to be favoured with their continued s opt, assuring only, which w ill b e supp li e d f rom hi s own extens i ve C o b- t h em that no exertions on his part shall spared to pro- Britain in the ag ri cu l tura l pro d uct i ons o f British North America, states that the cost of conveying a barrel of flour lieries in the Township of Winstauley. mote their interests. from the Welland Canal to any port in the United Kingdom, Winstanley Hall, Dec. 28, 1842. The several Sums of by way of the St. Lawrence, is 14s. 6d.; but that after the £5OO, £7OO, £l,OOO, £1,500, and £2,000 completion of their communications, a reduction will he 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. . ready to be advanced on approved security. Apply o Mr. made in the transit of 2s. 6d. per barrel. As respects the WINI'ER FASHI INS - J. REYNOLDS, 56, South Castle-street. admission into Canada of American products from the TOP C'OATS. GREAT ACCOMMODATION, western states, the report sa y s th a t t h e f re i g h t o f a b arre l o f . flour from Clevel a nd, Ohi o , to L a k e O ntar i o , i s l s. 6d ., ' THE LIVERPOOL GENERAL AGEi' Y COM PATENT WATERPROOF TATTERSAL TAGLI - "hick, with the d u ty an d ot h er c h arges, w ill , i n the i r op i nion, PANY beg to infor m L a di es an d G ent l e ,. ONIS, CHESTERFIELDS, D'ORSAY '-, & M ANY ." in want of be a sufficient pr o t ec ti on to t h e h ome - pro d ucer aga i nst • OTHER NEW STYLES OF TOP ' OATS FOR HOUSES and APARTMENTS, Furnished o Unfurnished, American competition from their quarter through the St. or comfortable and. eligible BOARD and ESIDENCE, GENTLEMEN,Lawrence." The report is very minute in its calculations, that they can have Tickets of Reference, wi out any charge, which are most laboriously framed to show that grain cannot AT THE CIVET CAT ESTABLI'I MENT, at this Office. be exported from Canada to England at a profit to the FOR GENTLEMEN'S TAILORING, AND NAVY WANTED to PURCHASE, two good OUSES, in re- °Tower, unless the home price for flour be equal to 335. per ' AND ARMY OUTFITTING, spectable situations, or the immediate vicinity of Liverpool. 'barrel, and wheat from 60s. to 61 s. per quarter. They then 72, 'LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Also WANTED, a cheap FURNISHED HOUSE, in the refer to Lord Stanley's despatch of the 2nd of March last, as Park or its neighbourhood. . ' DANIEL MYERS, a proof that the imperial government never contemplated this Public attention is particularly requested to several FUR- • ..- state of the relative prices, and suggest as the only effectual FAVAITROUSERS MAKER AND TAILOR, NISHED HOUSES and APARTMENTS in and near remedy to guard against the danger to which the trade is e a t LSriends himself:cf this opportunity of informing his Woodside and Seacombe, and to Hotel Accommodations, posed, that their legislature should allow a drawback at Friends and the Public, that he has just completed near Egremont, all of a superior kind, to which this Office Quebec or Montreal whenever the price at these ports shall his Purchases for the present Season, with every Fashionable can refer. Material for Gentlemen's fi rs t- c l ass D ress, consisting of . Travellers in want o f i mme di a t e accommo d at i ons are re- exceed 30s. per barrel. Th e y th en suggest resolut i ons Superior Waterproofßea vers , W aterproof Pla i ds, Doeskins, expressing confiden ce th a t t h e pu bli c d ec l arat i on of the quested to call at thi s Offi ce . Pilots, Devon Kersey s , an d Alb ert T weeds,Constitutionals, enlightened states man w h o pres id es over the councils of Debts and Rents Collect e d, an d every other species of the mother country w ill b e carr i e d i nto e ff ect, and that Mixed Tattersall Tweeds, for splendid Agency transacted, on extremely moderate terms. Chatham Buildings, 15, South John-street. - Canada will be treated as an integral part of the empire; Top Coats. Black and Blue Kerseys, 1 which desirable objects, they observe, can only be attained and Double-milled Cassimeres, COMPTON HOU E by removing " all d u ti es on t h e pro d ucts of Canada, Westof Englandß roa d Cl ot h s f or Gentlemen's Trousers, particularly on all description of grain and meal when F U R R 0 0 M. from the first Makers in warranted to retain their admitted to the ports of the mother country," in return England. colour. T HE above Room is now replenished wi a carefully for which the Legislative Assembly is recommended to I. selected Stock of the newest designs in RDINALS, remove all duties on the manufactures of the mother A Foreman being engaged at this Establishment for the CAMAILLES, and ROMAN FUR SHA LS, which for country, when admitted into the ports of Canada from purpose of cutting out Gentlemen's Riding -Trousers and extreme simplicity and comfort, will be f ad superior to sea, which they expect the finances of the province will Breeches, this very important part of Gentlemen's Dress any thing produced at any previous seaso render safe and practicable within a few years after their has proper attention ,• and those Gentlemen who have not JEFFREY and MORRISH would emark that their great leading communications to the ocean are opened. A already experienced this Benefit of D. MYERS'S Tailoring; Stock of real RUSSIAN SABLES is eing offered at the circular addressed by a house established at St. Louis, to the will immediately upon the first trial acknowledge this great same prices as in the earlier part of th e season , notwithstand improvement, farmers, millers, a n d merc h ants o f Illi no i s, Missouri, g nd improvement, both i n fit, style, and ease. ing C the great advanee on that article. , D. MYER S , i n su b m itti ng t h e f o ll ow i ng li st o f pr i ces, begs HILDREN'S FURS of every descripti on , a ll warts e d full- Wisconsin, estimate s th e w h ea t crop o f t h e U n i ted States for,ooo assure his Friends and most r es p ec t a bl e C onnex i ons , t h at seasoned. 1842 at 110,262 bushels, and the estimat e o f consum pti on • all the M a t er i a l s at hi s E sta bli s h ment are selected from the in the United States at four bushels, or a f rac ti on over four first Houses in England and Paris ; that no Job or defective HODGSON'S ROOMS fifths of a barrel of flour per annum to every inhabitant, Goods are tol era t e d, an d th a t t h ey are manu f actured entirely 50, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERP IL. allowing for the quan tit y use d i n manufactur i ng and other from New Wool: £ S. d. 1%/jR. HODGSON respectfully i nv it es t , attent i on of purposes, so that with a population of 18,500,000 the gross The New Waterp ro of T a tt ersa ll .1.12. the Public to his SPLENDID Estab '-htnent, consumption will be 74,000,000 bushels. On account of the Ditto Silk Lined and Stitched four bushels and a half per head, making an aggregate con- Pilot Wrapper Coats Waterproof Pilot, Tweed, or Beaver Chesterfields. 114 0 excelled by few in the Metropolis; the art thus affording Superfine Cloth Great Coats, with Silk Velvet Col- to purchasers the best opportunity of securing 27,019,000 bushels to supply foreign demand. The yield of laps, Cuffs, and Facings, &c., bea ut if u ll y ma d e.. 3 18 0 HOUSEHOLD Ohio is stated at n o t l ess th an 21,000,000 b us h e l s; I ll i no i s, GOODS AND EFFECTS which in 1839 yielded 3,335,000 bushels, is expected to yield Livery Top Coats, with Cape 3 10 0 ON tlig mosT ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS, 5,847,000 bushels ; Missouri, A hich in 1839 yielded 1 ,037,000 Superfine Cloth Dress Coats, in Black, Blue, Invi- As every article which domestic comfort can require or bushels, is estimated at 2,064,000 bushels; Wisconsin, which sible, or any other c010ur...~„. Cassimere Vests Stout Waterproof Tweed Trousers Double-milled Constitutional Do. - the surplus yield of the United States.—Chronicle. Splendid Qualities, is Plaids, Albert Mixtures, and room 70 feet by 17 feet, together with a spacious Warehouse all the Newest Patterns -- 1 6 0 contiguous, which having the advantage of being on the The very best Trousers that can be produced, in ground floor, are better calculated for Sales of HOUSE. ALMANACK FOR 1843. Black, Blue, Milled Drab, Devonshire Fine Cas- HOLD FURNITURE, Manufacturers' STOCKS, GLASS, simeres, double-stitched, and fitted beautifully to CHINA, &c. In addition to which, Mr. HODGSON has re- We give the subjoined tabular view of the months, weeks, the boot, in French or English Styles . Real Genoa Silk Velvet Vests Rich French Figured Velvet Waistcoats, of the at the rear of his Premises, Church-street, (with dome lights, of a diary, while it is so compendious as to be readily trans- 1 newest and most beautiful designs.. £1 16 oto2 2 0 &c., essential for the proper display of HIGH CLASS ferred to a pocket-book, if desirable. Its use will be at once I Figured Shawl Vests,. most Fashionable Patterns, PAINTINGS,) for the reception of PICTURES and other apparent : for instance, the first of January falls on a Sun- I bu rs in English and French Fabrics X 0 16 oto 1 8 0 VALUABLE PROPERTY, thus preventing the LEAST day ; hence the table not .only presents in the column under I The first order at this Establishment will prove that it is POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENT to the MOST RARE AND COSTLY that head the date of every Sunday in that and succeeding i not only more moderate in prices than any respectable House ARTICLES entrusted io his care. months, but also at one glance, in other columns, the figures 1 in Liverpool, but that it is also conducted with precision and Mr. HODGSON having facilities of procuring the best ma- corresponding with every day in the year : I attention equal to any of the most noted Tailoring Este- nufactured Modern Furniture, as well as other Goods, soli- blishments of the West End of London. tits the attention of • ...cf D.. - I• i I • I • . • i ~" , ,y 1 ::3 1f• t.... • D... D., co aS I NAVAL AND MILITARY UNIFORMS, FAMILIES FURNISHING, s., 0 ,a a-0 • .!! s:-. "s7'7o' f) -6" • "" c T4l the latest regulation. To whom every accommodation is afforded, in the choice of 1843. cs -n -n aw „' ~.- 1843. 43, -417 as 2 g , - 2. t 'a a 's -a ..- - 0 0 A variety of Tots, coats, Macintoshes, and Waterproof articles from the Mart, on the most advantageous terms. = 0 N a, _g ._ 11 (2 E-, 3 E-, 41 x gofE "E 1 ~., 752 .F, c cn "A ! IE. 51P r?..4 1 c;)' „ Clothing, kept ready uncle. His long experience in the business he submits as a guarantee --- - - - CONTRACTS Three Snits, any . Colour .. . • Four Ditto, Ditto Five Ditto, Ditto , assuring the who ma Xll 14 0 15 4 0 have occasion to purchase, tiii.,_ adopted of procuring New Furniture, manufactured by un atiii.a —.44,....- :... • le practice , too frequentl January . I 21 3 4 5 6 7 Jul S 9 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 1017 18 19 20 21 Six Ditto, 231456'78 9 10 11 1213 14 15 16 17118 19 120 21 22 23 30 3U 24 25 26,27,28 1 '29 I 21 0 0 Large Sizes Extra. The old Suits to be returned. Merchants and Captains supplied with Clothing suitable for any climate, at prices unprecedented, owing to the now prevailing depression of Trade in the Manufacturing Dis tricts. OBSERVE, 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL,-72. pecuniary sacrifice in the eventually, from inattention t first instance, and a serious loss to the material by the manufac 122 23 1 24 2512612128 29 3031 February 2341 5 6i 7 8 9 011 August 1 12 92 13 0 1 2 14 1 o 2" 23 16 17 2425 18 ,26 27 28 March I 1 23 4 Stock of FASHIONABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE will be generally found a superior description of SUPERB DRAWING-ROOM SUITES Of rear and imitation Rosewood; comprised in Card, Lod Work, Flower, and other Tables, Chairs, Couches, Sofas . Tea Poys, Chiffonniers, Canterburies, Screens, Ottomans, &c. &c. 1 2 : 3 41 5 6 71 8 00 11 12 1314:15 1617 1819 20 21 . 22 23:24 25 126 27 28,2930;31 MILK PUNCH ROYAL MANUFACTURER OF MILK PUNCH TO HER MAJESTY. MHIS unique and nectarious Liqueur bas, for nearly a 1. century, been duly appreciated at CHICHESTER AND THE METROPOLIS. It was at►the former place where the original projector of this delectable beverage had his abode ; no doubt the corporation of that ancient borough evinced their good tfiste, and marked their approbation of this 5 61 7 8 910 11 Septemb 12 1314 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 415 6 1 7 8 9 10 11 1 12 13;14 15 16 17 18 19 20;21 22 23 24 25'26 27 28 29 30 1 21 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30,31 1 FOLDING CHAIRS AND SOFA BEDS, PATENT RECLINING-SPRING SEATS. THE MAHOGANY ARTICLES Are of a very superior kind, and comprise Secretaires, Pe destal and Cellaret Sideboards, Double Wardrobes, Trafal gar Chairs, Sofa, Pembroke, Snap, Screen, and Work Ta bles, Couches, Sofas, Children's Chairs, Cribs, Swing Cots, Chests of Drawers, Night Commodes, Bidets, Hat Stands, Bootracks, Music Stands and. Stools, -- April.... 1 1 2 31 4 5 6 7 8 October 9 10'11 12 13 4 5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 2 3 44 5 6 Novemb 7 8 910 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 14 15 161 24 1 21 22123' 25 26 27 28 29,30131 j _ _ 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 910 1 12 1314 15 16 17 19 2021 22123 24 21 26 27;28 29130 GREAT DISCOVERY, by presenting to him the freedom of the town ; but with that the present generation have nothing to do ; suffice it to say, that this ELIXIR FANCY CHAIRS, Four-post, Tent, Cottage, Canopy, French, Nursery, and Press BEDSTEADS, WELL-SEASONED FEATHER BEDS, Mattresses and Paillasses, ELEGANT CHAMBER FURNITURE is now, for the very first time, introduced to the notice of the bon vivant of the northern parts of this great Kingdom for their judgment. 1 2 3 4 5 61 1 7 8 910 D cemb 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22123 24 25 26;27,28 29130 3 415 6 7 8 10 102 13 14 15 1 17 18 1 19 20 21 22 2, 24 1 25,26 27 28 29 3' 31 It would be quite in vain to enter into any detail of it: excellencies, yet, thus far may be vouched, that it is composed of the best materials, without any adulteration, and, in flavour, possesses the combined sweetness of the Grape, the fragrance of the Lime, with the exhiliration of Champagne ; and while of every kind. SUPERB CHIMNEY AND TOILET GLASSES BATH OR GOUT CHAIRS, CHILDREN'S CARRIAGE And a lar assortment of the very best manufactured CARPETING, Of the most approved and fashionable Patterns, consisting of Brussels, Venetian, Damask, and Kidderminster. HEARTH RUGS AND DRUGGETS. Figured and Plain Floor and Lobby Oil Cloths. AFFECTING SCENE AT THE BOMBARDMENT OF NINGPO. At one spot were four children struck down, and the frantic father was seen occasionally embracing their bodies, or mak ing attempts to drown himself in a neighbouring tank. Many similar scenes were witnessed.—Spectator. Thirteen families have been thrown on the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell, for support, within the last few days, in consequence of the male parents having deserted them. The authorities of the parish have offered a reward of 13 guineas for the apprehension of the deserters, some of whom were tradesmen in comfortable circumstances. THE LORDS OF THE CREATION will find it an excellent addenda to the Dinner Tabl THE GENTLER SEX may not disdain to sip, the more so as ROYALTY •ed its has acknowlea 6 ._ .ranseendant merit It has been intimated that it will prevent SEA SICKNESS. Mr. HODGSON has the honour t announce that he con- tinues to appropriate a part of his extensive premises sole') as a REGISTER OFFICE but of that we will not vouch, never having crossed the " briny deep" with it in our possession; but should not Pro prietors of FOR LETTING AND DISPOSING OF ROUSES AND LANDS. OUT-DOOR SALES AND APPRAISEMENTS Solicited, and in cases where pecuniary aid is required, 'Money advanced On every description of Property consigned FORFEITURE OF A RAILWAY.—On Wednesday the 21st inst., Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart., of Wingerworth Hall, pro ceeded, along with Mr. Brown and other witnesses, to take possession of the branch line of railroad leading from Hopton bridge to Timber-lane (known as the Duke's lin e ,) wh i c h the North Midland company has forfeited to him under cer tain arrangemeuts.—Derbyshire Courier. for Public sale. SOLICITORS Are acquainted th AGENTS, AND CONSIGNEES ities are afforded for the Sale of BANKRUPTS' STOCK, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, GLASS, CHINA, PICTURES —ANCIENT AND MODERN. Loss OF AN AMERICAN SHIP.—By the packet-ship In dependence, which arrived from New York on Sunday last, accounts were brought over announcing the melancholy loss of the Ameriean ship Milwankie, which occurred, on the morning of the 18th ult., on the beach two miles north of the mouth of the Kalamazoo. There were of officers and seamen fifteen in number, out of whom only six were saved : these swam ashore. &c. &c. &c., at the Mart in Church-street, or on the Premises of STATES, HOUSES, AND LAND ' or Disposed of by Treaty with Principals Or their.Solicitors'on-1-4 : A MURDERER'S SCRUPLES. — MonteIy, the murderer of the messenger of the Orleans Bank, is now quite recovered from the effects of his late attempt at starvation. He takes his meals as usual. Last Saturday, as his breakfast, con sisting of eggs and a cutlet, was placed before him, he ex claimed, " What ! eat meat on a Saturday ! Not so bad as that ! Give me the eggs." Montely's scruples call to mind the conduct of the Calabrian robbers, who kill a man with one hand, and make the sign of the cross with the other. The trial will, it is supposed, come on next month. EXTORTING A CONFESSION.—In Calvert county, one night last week, a free negro man went to the house of an elderly lady in the absence of any male member of the family, and after violently beating her, robbed the house of about 500 dollars in specie. He was apprehended a day or two after, and after having been banged up by the neck four or five times, until be was nearly dead, was induced to confess his crime, and the whereabouts of the largest portion of the money. He had secreted it in different places. The lady did not recover until the next day, and was then unable to give any definite account of the matter.—New York paper. THE HOLYWELL-STREET NUISANCE,—The man Patter son is at length driven from his lair in this street, the person from whom he rented the shop having given up possession to the head-landlord, a gentleman residing in Chancery-lane, who immediately, and to the great satisfaction of the He brew residents, bundled out the boy who carried on the busi ness, papers and all. The shop therefore closed at five o'clock on Wednesddy; and shortly after that time a friend of Patterson's, by somt means or other, gained admission, and threatened the man who was left in care of the premises with violence if he did not leave at once. The man, however, sent for a policeman, and charged the intruder with bursting open the door, whereupon the latter left the shop, and took to his heels; so that the public may now pass through a convenient thoroughfare without having their eyes and understandings shocked by the emanations of this daring blasphemer DARING ATTACK AT TENNYPARK.—On the morning of Wednesday, between the hours of one and two o'clock, an entrance was effected, by three men, into Major Keating's house Tennypark, near this city, by removing, by means of a crow-bar or some such instrument, the grating (which was leaded into cut stone) over the basement story, and raisin the window of the servants' hail. They then pros.— the apartments of the two servant men, and, having pre sented a pistol, demanded their fire-arms. There were none, however, in the house. Having left one of their number on guard, to prevent any resistance from that quarter, the re maining two proceeded to the room of the servant-maid, and sent her to Mrs. Keating to announce their intention of waiting on her, and immediately after entered her bedroom. The lady, greatly alarmed, of course, asked them what they wanted ? upon which they replied that they wanted her money, and told her not to be alarmed, as she should not be molested. She said they should have all the money in the house, and then gave her maid the keys to give it to them, which mounted to z£ll. The party then left the house. One of these robbers had on a mask, another had his face blackened, and the third was muffled in a riding -coat. Al though Mrs. Keating's gold watch was lying on the table, and one of the party actually had it in his hand, yet they did nos take it, nor anything else, though there was a large quan tity of plate and other valuables in the houae.—Kilkenny Journal. The credit of the United States is no more. It is worth a moment's inquiry to ascertain the causes of its fall. We need not delay the investigation by following the President's attempt to distinguish between the credit of the Union and the several credits of the different states of which it is com posed. The Union is afirm, the several states are the part ners in that firm, and whether we regard the causes that have led to the general loss of credit as founded in dishonesty or insolvency—and they must be assigned to the one or the other—the effect must be the same.. If the bankrupt mem bers of the firm are merely dishonest, their dishonesty must reflect upon the whole company, which wants either the will* or the power to restrain its members from the commission of gross frauds, and which may, therefore, be expected to imitate, in its collective character, the same fraud when oc casion shall arise. If, on the other hand, the repudiating states can plead insolvency, the Union must be regarded as insolvent, unless it can be shown that some of the states are rich enough to make good the defalcation of their partners. We ke, however th e c h ar i ta bl e hy pot h es i s—we believe the repu4ating states to be really insolvent; that it is " their poverty and not their will consents" to the cheat by which creditors suffer. These states have borrowed more than they are able to pay —more than they ever will be able to pay. This casts a useful light upon the future, as well as upon the past, of American history. If the republicans have been borrowing more than they have any prospect of being able to pay, they have been all this time living upon the money and the industry of strangers. All the prosperity, all the improvement, all " the going a-head," which they and and others have been fond of ascribing to their demoeratical institutions, have been fallacious at such a proof, because they have been the fruit of a robbery—it may be, and we are willing to believe it has been, an undesigned robbery —of the people of countries that are not democratical. The in ference as to the future is gloomy enough. If, with an un impaired credit. with a land-fund difficult to exhaust, with that prosperous use of both which has been the subject of so much exultation, the republicans have not been able to avoid bankruptcy, what may they anticipate with these re sources cut off, and in their bankrupt condition ? It is no pleasant prospect to look upon, the retrogradation in civili zation and happiness of so many millions of our kinsmen, but we confess that we cannot see any other prospect except through an essential change in the constitution of the repub lic—a change, perhaps, extending to a dissolution of its union.—Standard. PACKET-SHIPS AND STEAMERS take the hint ? And although it may not produce that " con summation devoutly to be sure we are, its grateful properties are such as will be found to be an excellent restorative to the palates and stomachs of those who suffer from the effects of a sea voyage. It will keep in any climate, and possesses that sure criterion of genuine excellence, improves by age. LE GRAND GOURMAND will find it a most social companion to his Calepash and Calepee, and the temperate man, while he masticates his biscuit over a glass of it, will be constrained to eulogise this incomparable Liqueur. " Come and try, Don't like—dOn't buy," isan old saying and a good one ; and as in matters of taste every man is the best judge, this invitation is given in the full assurance that, if the Milk Punch only finds its way to the palate, it will quickly be acknowledged to stand A 1 amongst the list of those good things which cheer the heart of mankind. Sold, at 245. per dozen in pint bottles, and 425. per dozen in quarts, by B. HARAM, Wine, Spirit, Ale, and Porter Merchant, 42, Chapel-street, who is appointed SOLE AGENT or the counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffo dshire, by Mr. Hudson, of Chichester, the Manufacturer of Milk Punch to the Queen, by appointment. Just published, the 12th edition, Sold by T. Newton, 16 and 29, Church-stret, Liverpool, Price 45., and sent free to any part of the kidgdom on receipt of a Postoflice Order for 54, THE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical ork, on nervous Debility, and Disorders arising from Impure State of the Blood, embellished with Engraving representing the deleterious effecef Mercury on the Sic' , by Eruptions on the Head, Face, and Body; followed y Observations on Marriage. By R. L. PERRY and ~ Consulting Sur geons, LONDON and BIRMINGHAM Published by the Authors, and sold by Strange, 2 Paternoster-row ; Wilson, 18, Bishopgate-street • Parkin, Compton-street, Soho; Jackson and Co. 130, New Bo n d-str ee t, L on d on ; Buckton, 50, Briggate, Leeds ; Steward, Oldham-street, and Courier-office, Manchester; and by all Booksellers in town and country. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life, and is, therefore, calculated to afford decided relief to those who have fallen into a state of chronic debility. In such persons the appetite is generally defective, and the relish of if- • most sut the owners Valued, Appraisei N.B.—REGULAR WEEKLY SALES of FURNI TURE and MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY, EVERY THURSDAY and FRIDAY, at HODGSON'S Rooms, CHURCA.STREET, thus affording every facility either for PURCHASING or DISPOSING of HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS. MISCELLANEOUS. Oldham Churc rations are in a forward state fo- On the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, the navigation has been entirely closed on Sundays. Workmen are emplo round the Bank of En lyed in laying down wooden pavement gland, in Thread -needle-street • On Friday night last, a woman was killed on the Brorns grove Lickey incline of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, by a truck running over her. TRAFFIC BETWEEN IPSWICH A rD LONDON.--Last week the Orwell steamer carried not less than 5,000 turkeys, geese, &c., to the metropolis.—lpswich Express. In consequence of the low price of grain, the wholesale price of whisky has been reduced from four to five per cent. —Glasgow Chronicle. TAE EARL OF LoNsDALE.---This venerable and muc h respected nobleman w ill complete his 15th year on Saturday next, when his lordship's birthday will be celebrated with the customary rejoicings on his estates. The Times denies on authority that there is any intention of the retirement of the Duke of Wellington from the leader ship of the House of Lords, or of the elevation of Lord Stanley to the peerage. SCARCITY OA . .re is ak __Jrlued •they are wanting in that acti v ity o f ,s Or ILL., _ St mind and energy of con duct which their affairs require ; and leg is af ra id t o venture of partly from consciou s weakness, partly from e xcess i ve appre- robbed of it.—N ew Y or k hensions, are liable to sink despondently into a premature SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A: gentleman of this town grave. It is for these that Messrs. PERRY and Co., observed a bee gathering honey from a flower on Wednes- Surgeons, particularly designed their CORDIAL BALM of day last, the 21st instant, being the shortest day.—Maid- SYRIACUM. store Journal.—lsn't this a hum ? Whatever enriches the blood, without inflaming it ; what- A society is about to be formed, to consist of two thousand ever brace s without stimulating too violently the nervous subscribers, for the issue of a cheap and complete edition of system ; whateve r fre es an d di s burdens the viscera and other Handel's compositions, to be edited by the best musicians of important organs ; whatever resolves obstructions, and the day. throws off viscid humours ; whatever strengthens the general habit, an d b r i ngs b ac k t h e muscu l ar fib res to their nature, A drove of -- and healthy tone ; whatever is calculated to produce in a considerable degree, all or any of these effects, must be, under certain modifications and restrictions, equally adapted to every species of decay. Hence, though the Cordial Balm of Syriacum makes a direct attack upon the many-headed hydra in one quarter only, it will be found to apply indirectly or collaterally, to almost every other; in short, the debility of nature can be completely reinstated by this excellent me dicine, for its reanimating powers exceed almost credibility ; its fine, rich, stimulating balsamic stomachic qualiti es —it s purification of the blood—and, above all, the complete invi gorator of the nervous system, whereby the whole faculties become restored to their proper power and functions, and the fallen fabric of life is raised up to beauty, consistency, and duration, upon the ruins of an emaciated and premature decay, to sound and pristine health. As nothing can be better adapted to help and nourish the constitution, so there is nothing more generally acknow ledged to be peculiarly efficacious in all inward wastings, loss of appetite, indigestion, dep ression of spirits, trembling or shaking of the hand s or lim bs, obstinate cough, shortness of breath, or consumptive habits. It possesses wonderful efficacy in all cases of syphilis, fits, head-ache, weakness, heaviness and to wanderiwnesss of th e of spirits, dimness of sigh t, , confused mind, vapours, and melancholy ; thougng and all kinds of hysteric complaints are gradually removed by its use. Constitutions relaxed, weak, or decayed, in men or women, h a bits are soo n relieved, and speedily are under its immediate influence. Old coughs, asthmas, and consumptive cured. Poverty of blood, and ema c i ated limbs, will, ere long, meet the happiest change ; the chill, watery fluid will become rich and balsamic, and the limbs b e covered with flesh, firm and healthy. or the quantity of f Sold in Bottles, price lls. each, ates, that a man with a wooden after dark, for fear of being 00 geese through Cambridge wee!, on thei r wa y to t h e great holocaust in London. When they halted, the hissing multitude were fed with 10 combs of oats and 20 bushels of potatoes. The election of a member of parliament for the northern division of the county of Salop, in the room of Sir Rowland, now Viscount Hill, is fixed for the 16th of January. Viscount Clive, is the only candidate. SINGULAR CIRCI _____._--. batch-lodge, Lutterworth, was ir. Garner, of Cottes- around a table, they were suprised by a partrid, glass, flying on to the table, and perching on a ough the aperture it had rrthamplon paper. square of ge breaking a cheese, from which h quickly flew thr UNITARIAN DOCTRINE.—Last Sunday evening the Rev G. W. Philps openly renounced Unitarianism from his pul pit in Blackwater-street, Rochdale, and we understand that several members of different families attending there have also declared their conviction that their religious views hitherto have been erroneous.—Leeds Mercur.y. On Saturday week, an old man at Chillington, Sussex, 82 years of age, hanged himself in a hovel near his house, having previously declared to his wife that " he could not be saved ; his sins would not be forgiven him," and on Mon day evening, an old woman of 70, in St. Luke's, cut her throat in despondency, brought on by distressed circum stances. The actions of damages brought by Mr. Wallace, city clerk of St. Andrews, and the Rev. Mr. King of Largo ward, against the Rev. Dr. Ferrie of Kilconquhar, for alleged libellous words used in a prayer from the pulpit last spring, and for expressions of a similar tendency at a Pres bytery meeting, are expected to be tried before the Jur Court in Edinburgh next Tuesday.—Fffe Herald A friend to Astro-Met this winter will not only be much mor one lls. Bottle is iaved, ted by letter, the t one Bottle for 335., by wl _ _ Messrs. PERRY expect, when c y states This opinion, " thE evere than any w fee of one pound, withont which no notice w, taken of the communication (postage pre-Paid.) PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIPIC PILLS, Ptice 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I ls. per box, Warranted not to contain Copaiba, Cubebs. or Mercury Are of the utmost importance to those afflicted with Scor butic Affections, Eruptions in any part of the body, Ulcera tions or Scrofulous Taint, Pimp, &c., being justly calculated to cleanse the blood from all foulness, counteract every morbid affection, and restore weak and emac i a t e d cons tit u tions to atever can be I mence soon after the new moon, if not before. The year wil pass out with sharp weather, whilst from the Ist lo the iltl of January we a re lik e ly t o ex p er i ence the l o west temp era Lure for the next year. About the third and seventh day will be ex t reme ly r i gorous , w i t h muc h snow , an d pro b a bl wind. "—Hampshire Paper. As a party o f revenue po li ce were searc hi ng f o , th rough the mounta i ns o f B arnes t hi s wee k , t h ey di scoverer -a stl.ll-house, in mryll;,r,h ~... .4..:11 .. ("11 rurs.L. ...,,1 ..,.....a.l pristine health and vigour fire lay two— ~ i ,..1 wd. u. Still 111, I Mi. wl.rftl, 1:11/11 Fl/tIIIII LIU men in a state of insensibility from intoxication, and another roan quite dead. The police did all in their power to restore a........_ vlut in vain ; the unfortunate man was called befor e his maker while in a state of drunken - The two other men are Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at No. 9, B erners - s t reet, O x f or d -street, London, and tore his anim a ti on 4, Great Ch ar l es - stree t , (f our d oors from Easrow,) Bir- ther me , mingham, p unc t ua ll y f rom El even i n the Mo y- rning until eat ever Eight in the Evening, and on Sundays from Eleven till One. counties. Only one pe rsona l v i s i t i s requ i re d f rom a country patient, to enable Messrs. Perry and Co. to give such advice as will he the mean s o f e ff ect i ng a permanent and effectual cure, years a mlingh e after all other mean s h ave prove d i neffectual. anguag N.B.—Country Druggists, Bo o k se ll ers , P a t en t M e di c i ne diagran Vendors, and every oth er s h op k eeper can b e supplied with lied any quantity of Perry's Pu r ifyi ng S pec ifi c Pill s, an d Cordial d called Balm of Syriacum, with th e usua l a ll owance to the Trade, by auu , — )(lest sel most of the principal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in b London. ra a c r y ras o s t m . m e n i t n , rd minute detail, WE. Sold, Wholesale, by Messrs. EvArrs and Co., Druggists experinced lecturer.—Norio. Lord-street, Liverpool. would have been better in bed wly recovering distillation to a great extent is going o n throughout this ana th e neighbouring counties.—Ballyshannon Herald. INFANT LE CTURER .-- Master A r th ur H arvey, o f Hales worth, aged eight years and a half, has been lecturin g o n astronomy at Framlingham, ' W oodbridge, &c. The correct and appropriate language of the young lecturer, illustrated by many suitable diagrams constructed by himself, excited the admiration and called forth the w arm -' approbatiOn of his !f-possession and freedom from em inary retentive memory and accu - are told, would do credit to an paper. [The poor child EADFUL CATASTROPHE IN GALWAY, EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF PRESERVATION, ROSCREA, TUESDAY, 27th DEC., 1842.—Having just read in your paper, of Monday, a distressing account of a most dreadful calamity which happened on Christmas-day, at a chapel in Galway, in which, at least, thirty-five individuals were crushed to death, I thought it would b e we ll t o ment i on a very extraordina r y ev ent which occurred, the same day, in the parish of Corbally, near Roscrea. There is no Pro testant church in the parish ; but the people have, for some years, assembled in the lofts of a mill. They bad latterly been transforming this mill into a chur c h, but divine service was still conducted there. On Christmas-day the congrega ton was unusually large, every corner filled to suffocation, several hundreds crowded together. Service ended, sermon closed, and the clergyman having sat down in the pulpit, (waiting until the people would separate, that the commu nion might be administered,) a crash like thunder was heard : then shrieks, groans, and cries of the most annallintr nature : and, lo ! the greater part of the long loft on which the people were crowded, in the act of going out, was seen sinking ! A beam had given way,, and all —men, women, children, forms, beams, rafters, commingled —were crushed into an under story, lately excavated, twelve feet deep, and covered with stones and rubbish. It was, indeed, the most horrible scene I ever witnessed : nothing was expected but a sight of human death and suffering such as the mind shudders at the contem plation of. It is calculated 150 went down, nearly one-half the congregation ! But here came the cause of gratitude, here the subject of praise to every tongue : not a man, wo man, or child, that I can learn, was killed, nor a bone oroken I A few had scrapes, some clothes were torn, and bonnets and bats broken. It, certainly, is a most astonish ing instance of providential interposition. Boards were torn to pieces, boards rent and wrenched, rafters and beams broken, immense spikes and nails standing out in every di rection, through which the people were p rec ipit a t e d .• p , yet, so did .ite give his angels charge concerning them, not one individual wa's seriously hurt. It is worthy of observa tion, that the service was completely finished before this catastrophe took place; and that the part of the floor on which their plain and humble table , was laid for the com munion, was left untouched: so that the event afforded a grateful restorative to those who, through terror or the shock, had fainted or were indisposed. I may, perhaps, also add, that in that spot, on which a church had never been erected, surrounded by those hundreds of poor Protestants, the clergyman is now endeavouring, by private subscription, to erect a permanent church, and that any benevolent indivi dual who sends a subscription to the curate of Corbally, Roscrea, will aid and encourage a labour in the Lord's vine yard.—Dublin paper. I THE MURDER. OF MR. SCULLY.—The amount of the re ward offered for information respecting the murder of this ill fated gentleman considerably exceeds £2,000 including £l,OOO from the Kilfeacle family, and £2OO from govern ment, with what ultimate prospect of leading to discovery, time alone can tell. There were nearly £6,000 offered in the case of the late Earl of Norbury. On Saturday week, an old man at Chillington, Sussex, 82 years of age, hanged himself in a hovel near his house, having previously declared to his wife that " He could not be saved ; his sins would not be forgiven him ;" and on Monday evening, an old woman of 70, in St. Luke's, cut her throat in despodency, brought on by distressed circum stances. On Wednesday last, a poor fellow, named Rowbotbam, 40 years old, who had for 20 years earned a subsistence by sweeping the crossing of the Strand, opposite Waterloo bridge, was locking up his room to go out for the day, when his landlady came up stairs. He remarked to her, " This is the shortest day God has permitted us to see; but God only knows who will live to see the longest one;" when he in stantly fell on the floor, and expired. Surgical aid was pro cured, but without effect. NOCTURNAL. ASSEMBLING OF RIBBONMEN.-011 the night of the 22d of December instant, the Ballinagh police, under the command of Serjeant Spinks, came up in the townland of Shannon, parish of Ballintemple, county Caven, with a large party of men amounting to at least two hundred, who were marching in regular order, five deep, accompanied with music, several of whom were armed with either guns or large poles, carried on their shoulders like fire-arms. They were under regular command. The police, who had con cealed themselves behind the fences, heard the word "halt" given. The police jumped up, challenged them, and receiv ing no reply, seized seven, one each, who are now in Caven gaol. Parties similar to that mentioned have been frequently met on the roads in this neighbourhood after night. Balls, as they are called, are held in different houses, from which, women being excluded; there Can be no cloubetnt mischicr in some form is intended. Great praise is due to Ser , jeant Spinks and his party for their exertions on many occasions ; they are a most respectable and active body of men, esteemed by every well-thinking person in the community--Evening Packet. il t BIGAMY-A FAMILY COMPLAIN ngraan named William Bowden was brought before magistrate, on Tuesday, at Stockport, on a charge.of bigamy. It was proved that he was married to Mary Holland, at the parish church of Ashton-under-Line, on the 17th of May, 1835, and in July, 1839, to Betty Holland, at Almondbury, near Huddersfield, both of whom are now living. He was committed for trial ; but on the application of Mr. W. Vaughan, who appeared on his behalf, bail was accepted for his appearance at the assizes, Strangely enough, the prisoner's mother, Hannah Bowden. who, on hearing of his apprehension, had come to see him, was also taken into custody, under a warrant which had some time been out against her on a similar charge. She was also brought before a county magistrate the same day, when Mr. - J. S. Barrett, deputy constable, stated, that a few years ago the prisoner was married to a person named John Smith, of Stockport, her first husband, Joseph Bowden, being then and now living at Sheffield. Smith is also living at the present time, but the prisoner and he had separated some time ago, and she bad lately been residing with a man named Joseph Lockett, ,near Huddersfield, to whom it was supposed she had also been married. She . was remanded. FREAKS OF A MANlAC. — Tuesday forenoon, an Italian of the name of Scale Della Dominica, recently an officer in the army of Mehemet Ali, made a most singular attempt to disable himself by cutting off his toes, to overcome he said, " the charms of the priests, who wanted to get rid of him." He had lately been lodging in Stafford-place, Pimlico, and though considered to be of weak intellect, was known to be able to take care of himself and his property until the event above alluded to occur r ed. At two o'clock, Mr. Turner, surgeon, of Coventry -street, called upon him, according to appointment, to transact some business in which they were mutually concerned, and was surprised at seeing as he en tered the room, a pool of blood upon the. floor. The lunatic (for he is now called one) was sitting on the carpet grasping a razor, round the handle of which he had bound a towel, and again covered it with string, saying, as he pointed to his feet, "You see what I have done." His friend remarked that he had severed one of the toes, and that blood was flow ing copiously from/the wound. He then said that he would cut off the other, but before he had time to carry his threat into effect the razor was taken from him, and he was prevented from doing himself further injury. He gave as a reason for his strange conduct, that he knew if he cut off both his little toes it would put an end to the charms of the priests, who wanted to get rid of him. The blood having been stanched, he was taken to St. George's Hospital, but it is fe l -tred that lock-jaw will come on. Mr. Pollock, the house surgeon, under whose care the man now remains, has no doubt of his insanity, and, i n th e even t o f his recovery, intends to send him to Bethlem. MURDER AT SPERNALL, NEAR REDDITCH.—We have the painful duty, this week, of recording another murder , which was committed, on Sunday last, (Christmas-day,) at Spernall, near Studley, in' the county of Warwick, by a young man, named James Crowley, the son of a respectable farmer in that village. It appears that his father had two sons, of whom one was dutiful, affectionate, and industrious, whilst the other (James) was wild, idle, and dissipated, though possessing considerable talents. He had often threatened to beat his father, and had carried his unnatural violence so far as to menace his life, and bad, consequently, been bound over to keep the peace towards him. The father, however, at length became so terrified at his desperate behaviour that he was compelled to have some one to reside in the house capable of protecting him from the violence which he appre hended, and - the party selected 'for this duty was one of his labourers, a fine young man, named Tilsley, standing six feet in height, though not more than twenty years of age ; and, in order to give him additional authority, he was regularly sworn in as a constable. Mr. Crowley did not, however, enter into these arrangements without making conciliatory overtures to his son, who was to receive an allowance of £1 per week, together with a saddle horse, and keep for the animal, on condition that he resided away from the farm house, and did not come to annoy its inmates. As the pre sent festive season approached, the prodigal, not content with his punctually-paid allowance, demanded more money of his father, to spend in folly and riotous living, than he chose to provide him with, upon which he gave vent to his passion, and swore that he would shoot him. On Sunday last the unhappy young man proceeded from his lodgings in the neighbourhood to the farm, apparently with the intention of carrying his awful threat into effect, as he took a double-barrelled gun with him. As he ap proached the house, the inmates, apprehensive of a dis turbance, locked the door and went up stairs ; and the young man, finding that he could not gain admittance, began breaking the windo ws ; upon w hi c h Til s l ey, and two others descended, and Tilsley told him that if he did not desist he should take him into custody, and convey him before the magistrates on the following day ; and on his approaching to arrest him, he suddenly turned round, and, fiercely ex claiming " D—n your eyes, I'll shoot you I" raised the piece to his shoulder, fired, and in an instant Tilsley' fell to the ground a frightful corpse, the contents of the gun having en tered the skull at or near the eye, and the blood and brains being scattered about the court-yard in all directions. As soon as he had consummated this appalling deed, the mur derer walked round the mangled body of his victim, dared the bystanders to come on and receive the contents of the other barrel, went to his lodgings and untied his horse, mounted the animal, rode off in the direction of Coventry, and has not been heard of since, though every exertion has been made to trace him. As soon as assistance arrived, the body was conveyed to an adjoining building, to await the coroner's inquest, which was held yesterday (Tuesday), by W. 0. Hunt, Esq., of Stratford-upon-Avon, one of the Warwickshire coroners, and a respectable jury. The public sympathy is increased by the fact that poor Tilsley, though so young, was a married man, and has left a widow and t wo children to lament hi s untimely end. It was stated at the Bromsgrove Petty Sessions yesterday, that the murderer bad been apprehended, but our latest accounts from the scene of the tragedy do not confirm the statement, and the last re port received at the County Police Station, in this city, also states that he has not yet been taken.—Worcester Journal, Dec. 29. GALWAY, DEC. 25.—One of the most melancholy cir cumstances on record occurred here this morning at six (From the Cheltenham Looker-on.) o'clock. The parish chapel of St. Nicholas was, as is usual, There seems to be no doubt but that there is to be another crowded by the poorer classes of persons to hear first mass. ' intermarriage between the Citizen-King and that of the Ducal Some person in the gallery broke one of the rails, which House of Coburg. The second son (Prince Agustus) of alarmed the re s t so m uch that a rush was made down the Duke Ferdinand of Coburg Kohary is to marry the Princess stairs, and so great was the struggle for freedom that thirty Clementine. Duke Ferdinand fixes the apanage of his son persons were a c t ua lly suffocated by the numbers literally at £4,000 a-year, which few will think a very liberal ' pro lying over them. While I write this the dead are passing on vision for one who is to support a daughter of the Royal doors carried by their friends. In fact, the whole town pre- House of Fiance. We will undertake to say, that the Duke sents a melancholy spectacle, the friends and relatives of tilt of Hamilton will do something better for the Marquis of unfortunate sufferers running here and there in a distracted Douglas whenle marries the Princess of Baden. The present state. When I went to the spot the scene was awful; the Duke of Bedford, when Marquis of Tavistock, had £lO,OOO large temperance room next the chapel was full' of the unfor- a-year settled on him by his father, when he married. It is tunate victims laid out in rows, waiting some friends to re- not as if Duke Ferdinand were very poor, for he married the cognise and take them to their dismal homes. Several heiress of the first and last Prince of Kohary,—one who made medical men were in attendance, but all they could do was an immense fortune in trade, and invested it in a title and to open a vein in each, which had no effect. I next w ent to estates, leaving his daughter one of the greatest matches in the watch-house where several lay in the same state. How- Germany. and of whom Duke Ferdinand was the greatest ever, one man who had been bled recovered ; also two wooer. Duke Ferdidand must therefore be rich • he has no women ; one of the l a tter ca nno t surv i ve l ong. I was i n- o th er c hild ren to provide for, his eldest son being on the formed by the apothecary of the dispensary that he had throne of Portugal, and his daughter is Duchess de Nemours ; succeeded in recovering five who were brought to him in this son is therefore to be the heir of the Kohary property. time. Several more are despaired of. £4,000 a-year secures therefore rather a shabby allowance Since writing the above a gentleman has called on me, for the future Kohary and husband of a royal bride; but in who states he was i n the gallery at the time, and that it was pecuniary matters both papas are likely to look very sharp, the ladder used for lighting the candles, that fell from the for Louis Philippe has the reputation of being rather a keen place where it was hung, that caused the first alarm. How- man, and so, perhaps, after all, it is only " diamond cut ever, it matters little what caused it—the numbers stated are diamond." dead, and many are not expected to live the day. The approaching accouchement of her Majesty is beginning At this moment (two o'clock) thirty-five persons are dead, to be a subject of conversation. We do not affect to be in and it is supposed that from ten to fifteen more will shortly the confidence of either Sir James Clark or Dr. Locock, and be numbered among the dead. There are a great many, be- therefore we do not pretend to fix a day when this interest sides, maimed. They are all of the lower classes, such as ing event may be expected to happen. There are two fashion poor tradesmen, labourers, and servants—no respectable able newspapers, however, who would fain persuade us they persons among them. There was no danger at all of the gal- are in the secret; but, unfortunately, one fixes the time at lery giving way; it is very strongly built, and would bear the latter end of February, and the other the latter end of four times the w ei g ht that was on it at the time. There May, which is guessing with rather too wide a margin to be must have been b e t we en four and five thousand people in it very satisfactory. The fact is, that her Majesty has become at the time.—Dublin paper. much more matronly since the birth of the Prince of Wales, and she has latterly adopted a style of dress which tends to conceal, in a great degree, any alteration in her appearance. We must, therefore, be content to remain for the present unenlightened. Connected with this subject has appeared a hint, that it may be expected that the• Duchess of Kent, assisted by Prince Albert, will hold the Drawing Rooms this season; but we hold this to be fudge—neither more or less, IRON The patent is the joint property of Mr. Wm. Neilson, builder, who has so successfully proceeded with the erection of that splendid edifice, the new County Buildings ; of Messrs. David Lyon, and Co., at present engaged in the construction of the Victoria Harbour at Dunbar; and of Messrs. P. and W. M'Onie, engineers, Glasgow, by whom this machine has been made. The cost of these machines, with engines to drive them, will vary, we believe, according to size, from £4OO to £6OO each.—Glasgow Herald. SUBSTITUTE FOR COFFEE.—Sweet potatoes cut up in small pieces, and browned as you do coffee, and afterwards ground in the same manner, and afterwards boiled as ground coffee, make a substitute which cannot be discerned from the genuine Havana. This information we get from Jno. V. Singer, captain of the steamer Mustang. —Texan Times. We have seldom had to record an instance of heavier bereavement than the following, with which Mr. George Smith, gardener at !Erse!, has been visited :—On the Gth Nov., his eldest daughter, Margaret, aged six y ears, was cut off by typhus f ever; on ie 29th, Margaret Brown, his wife, aged thirty-four; on the Ist Dec., James, his only son, aged two and a half; and on the 14th, Elizabeth, his second daughter, aged four—all by the same disease.—Kelso Mail. SUDDEN DEATH. —On Saturday last an awful instance of sudden death occurred to Mr. Robins, a respectable wine merchant of Brighton. Mr. Robins was engaged in his of fice on the Marine-parade, and complained of illness. He , got into his gig and proceeded to his residence, in the west part of Brighton. On arriving at the door he was got out of the gig with some difficulty, and although sev era l me di cal contlcrnon troy attenglancv, be cx.pired In a few minutes. THE FEATHERED TRIBE OUT OF THEIR RECKONING. Within the last few days, sparrows, in several instance, have been seen busily engaged in building their nests. They have been thus observed at different farm-steads in East Lothian, and also in the neighbourhood of Musselburgh. The crows, too, have shown indications of pairing. As a further proof of the mildness of the season, certain kinds of trees ate in pretty full blossom, which in all likelihood will be nipt ere long.—Edinburgh Standard. l MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—In the garden of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society a splendid specimen of the rhododendron dahuricum atrovirens is now to be seen in full flower. This plant, which usually blossoms during the months of February and March, came into flower about the 10th of December, and has been literally covered with its delicate pink blossoms since that time. This hardy shrub was removed to its present situation during April, 1841, but did not produce its usual complement of flowers last spring, which in some measure may account for the abundance of its blossoms at this period.—Caledonian Mercury. MONUMENT TO BURNS'S HIGHLAND MARY. Our readers will recollect that some time ago a subscription was commenced for the purpose of erecting a monument to High land Mary, over the spot where repose her ashes in the West churchyard, Greenock. Somewhere about £lOO was collected, and a very handsome monument, designed and executed by Mr. Mossman, has now been erected over the grave. The inscription on the monument, unless good taste prevent it, is to be the following bald conceit :—" Sacred to genuine and love—to Bqrns and Highland Mary ;" it being considered too common-place and vulgar to inform the stranger that the monument is erected over the ashes of Mary Campbell. FRENCH ATTEMPT ON MADAGASCAR.—A letter from St. Denis, (Isle of Bourbon,) July 22, states, says the Con stitutionnel, that two French corvettes had arrived there, on their way to Madagascar, where they were going to join five other government vessels that had taken possession of the island of Nosse Be. It was said, that the expedition against Madagascar was seriously spoken of. At present, we have only succeeded in occupying some points on the seashore; and, for a length of time, we have been cooped up in the island of Sante Marie, which is moist and unwholesome. The Ovas, seconded by the English, who have neglected nothing to render abortive our attempts at colonization, could not resist a vigorous and well-combined effort. The resources and advantages of all kinds which the island of Madagascar presents are immense. Its situation is excel lent, and the soil fertile. It contains spacious and excellent harbours, where our navy would find a sure and easy shelter; whereas, at Bourbon, the harbours are half the year untenable. EFFECTS OF BAD DRAINAGE.—BERLIN.—We look, in deed, about for some peculiar advantage to recommend the choice of Berlin. We wonder whence come all the articles of life, vegetables, fruit, and meat, to support 300,000 people. Not a single natural feature renders it attractive. Besides its location in this wide sandy wilderness, it is built on so dead a level, that they have never been able to this hour to draifi it, but before every house, in the very best parts of it, aye, in the immediate vicinity of the palace itself, lies a stinking festering kennel, rank with bubbles of putrid effervescence. So accustomed are the inhabitants to this that they do not even cover it over. There it is, open to the day. Children roll in it as they play in the streets, and the whole city has the odour of a great sink. Yet, again, so in sensible has custom made the inhabitants to this nuisance, j that when we spoke of it they said, " 0, was that anything uncommon? They thought that was the smell of all cities. The bills of mortality, however, are not so unconscious of this, for they place Berlin amongst the very lowest on their scale. London, with its vast population, has but one death in about fifty; Berlin, onein thirty.—Frorn William Howites " Rural and Domestic Life in Germany." , AN OLD OFFENDER.—The number of thieves lately arrested at Paris, says the Gazette des Tribunaux, amounts to about 50, of whom 20 are receivers of stolen goods. Of the latter a man named Cottin appears to be the most re markable. Living with his mother in the Rue de Roche chouard, No. 31, this man bore the character of a perfectly honest man. He never allowed anything to be brought there that was of a suspicious origin, but he had four depots in different parts of Paris, where he purchased everything, no matter of how strange a character, provided it was sold cheap. To give an idea of this, it appears from the disco veries of some of the thieves taken up, that on September 12 he purchased 200 pairs of boots stolen from a man named Poussieux, Rue Rambuteaa, No. 14, at sf. each ; a valuable watch and pendule, stolen from M. Genetreau, watchmaker, Rue Laffitte ; and several pieces of merino taken from a shop on the B oulevard du Temple, a t If. a metrs. This man has been frolikt,he age of 14 engaged in robbery either directly or as receiver,And has undergone not less than 13 condemna tions. Two of his associates were also arrested about the same time, one named Rienx, and the other Lacour. At the lodging of the former a complete collection of house-breaking tools was discovered, and the mistress of the latter, a female named Roque, had on, when arrested, a handsome dress of blue merino taken from Malet, the receiver, who was robbed in the Rue de Suresnes. In the Faubourg St. Germnin band of theives, three are far more prominent than the rest. Labru, of whom we have already spoken, was excited to crime by his insatiable desire of amassing. He had already founded an establishment at Villeneuve-le-Guyarn, and wanted to possess more. Gauthier is the father of a family, and remarkable for his tender affection for his children. Seeing himself tormented by creditors, he robbed to pay on account, and obtain time. "It was all over," said he ; " I was on the point of giving up robbery, and living like an honest man. We had a last affair to transact at General de La Houssaye's, from which I should have got 25,000 f. or 30,000 f. I should then have retired to the country, and lived a farmer's lif e w ith m y family. I would have been honest, and have done good. By that I could have compen sated for many misdeeds, but which, a ft er a ll , never injured my hut the rich." Flachat is a different man from his two associates. He was formerly well to do in the world, but laving committed a crime, was sent to the bagne, whence he . eturned with the most depraved habits, rendered more langerous from his being a man of feeble mind. Three Juges d'lnstruction are engaged in investigating this compli cated web of crime, and the result will be to clear the capital of some of its most dejing theives.—Galignanes Messenger. MASON, OR STONE-CUTTING MACHINE On Friday, the 23d instant, a number of gentlemen en gaged in the building business of the city and neighbourhood, were invited to witness the performance of the new Patent Stone Dressing Machine, erected in Mr. Neilson's quarry, Kelvin-street, North Woodside. The machine since its erection in the early part of the year has been principally em ployed in making experiments to ascertain the best forms and method of setting the tools, and to find out the proper velo city for their motion, and for the advance of the stones to be dressed under them ; besides this, however, a number of the blocks employed in the erection of the new County Build ings were hewn by it. It is driven by a strong steam engine, and is intended for the larger sizes of stones, but can be used, we understand, at any time for the smaller kind. The ex periments of Friday were to show how the machine will dress the Kenmure rock, which is perhaps the best and stiffest of the freestone employed in the buildings of Glasgow, and most extensively used for the finer fronts. The trial showed that this new and giant mason is perfectly able to put out of his bands beautiful work, and at a rate which, if practised in n Pnrrtnlato a complete estaolishment and on a large scale, will go far to revolutionise the trade, and it is not unlikely' that in the coming season it will be widely brought into operation. The stones pass through the machine on a long train of carriages, each carriage having one stone fixed into it. The cutting is performed by revolving wheels having tools fastened in them stones f-- _yes enter at one end of the machine, rough as they come from the quarry man's pick, and at the other end come out hewn and polished on the surface, and cut straight and square down the sides. The stones dressed on Friday were of the size of ordinary ashlar. Eight of them, containing forty feet of surface work and _thirty feet of side hewing, passed out in twenty minutes, which is equal to the labour of 120 men • but as the capacity o f t h e mac hi ne i s for work two and a half times the breadth of this, and as it has already dressed the broad work many times with the same facility, it is equal, we are informed, to 300 men. The greatest difficulty in the way of preparing building stones by machinery, was presumed to be the preserving the corners and edges unbroken and unhurt. This difficulty, however, has been effectually obviated by giving all the cut ting wheels a slight inclination, or, in other words, by giving the plane in which the points of the tools revolve, a slight dip where the tools first strike into the stone, so that id passing away off the stones the tools are elevated so as not to touch them. Many of the most eminent builders and architects of the city have at various times witnessed the experiments with high satisfaction, and in the present instance the trial was eminently successful. COURT GOSSIP, ROYAL LIVER THRATRE. THIS EVENING, (Friday,) and TO-M ,BROW, (Sa turday, the 30th and 31st instant, will e presented a new Romantic Fairy Drama, entitled the GUARDIAN SYLPH. After which the Comediettlet f the FOREIGN ARTIS . To he followed by the Burletta of WOMAN'S THE DEVIL. TO CORRESPONDENTS OEibtrpool &tanbarD. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1842 So much for the internal policy of the government during the present year, and its results; let us briefly glance at our external position. We found ourselves, at its commencement, engaged in two expensive and unjust wars in Asia. In one of these, during its pro gress, we sustained disasters at, the contemplation of which, as having befallen British arms, the entire nation stood amazed and indignant. We have ter minated both quarrels, in honour and triumph. The British name is once more, and more than ever, para mount in Asia. • We no longer occupy, in Affghanis tan, that false and aggressive position which brought disaster and slaughter upon the heads of so many of our brave fellow -countrymen ; and, in China, we have achieved the opening of her vast markets to our com merce, whilst her three hundred millions of people are brought within the reach of European civilisation and the blessings of Christianity. We were threatened, through a prolonged dispute, upon a question of terri tory, and a misapprehension with respect to the course to be taken for the suppression of the slave trade, with a suspension of our friendly relations with the United States. We are now —by successful negotiation, guided in its efforts by justice and a knowledge of the extent to which Great Britain might go, in the effort to conciliate, without stooping from her proud position as a nation—relieved from all fear of embroilment with that country. To whatever quarter, then, we turn—to our foreign relations, to our social condition, to the state of our commercial and industrial interests, to our financial position or to the temper of the national mind,—we are met with a gratifying prospect as compared with our condition at the close of last year. And though we are quite ready to admit that, upon one question— as to whether the recent changes made in our com mercial system are to be pushed to an extreme length— an attempt is being made to excite popular ferment, and the boast is indulged in that such attempt is sure of success, we have that reliance upon the native good sense, and good principle, of the British people, and the wisdom of the statesmen who now rule the desti nies of our country, that we cannot bring ourselves to contemplate, as at all probable, such a course of rash legislation, and the disastrous consequences which must inevitably he its result. Above the surface, all that we see is gratifying, or nearly all ; whilst, below the surface of society, a strong undercurrent of changed feeling is recurring, from which, at no distant period, we anticipate important and blessed results. The heart of the nation, which has for years past been narrowed by a selfish philoso phy, is becoming enlarged with a religious sense of its duties towards those who form its most numerous and most suffering classes. The cold utilitarian feeling, which prompted the passing of a new poor-law bill, is no longer the feeling of any influential portion of the British people. It is no longer regarded as the acme of enlightenment to teach that the industrious poor of the country-are to he coerced into self-depen dence—that utter blasphemy !—but, on the contrary, the opinion has gained ground, and is daily gaining ground, that the state has a duty to perform to those poor, of a far different description, and the perform ance of which it has, as yet, scarcely attempted. In stead of being coerced into self-dependence—which is, in other words, uncomplaining starvation—by work house tests or labour tests, the opinion is gaining ground that the poor man may be raised to a con sciousness of his duties, by an attention, on the part of the state, to its duty of providing moral and religious instruction for the people. A sound scriptural system of education, widely developed and rendered accessible to the children of the poor; an extension of church accommodation to the poor;—these are the instru mentalities, and not the coercive tests of a Malthusian poor-law, by wliich the poor of the empire are to be won to a sense of their moral duties and their interests, and to be taught the important truth—which has too often, in their unalleviated and uncared-for wretched ness, appeared to them but a bitter mockery—that The letter of " No Dickey Sam" has been handed to the publisher of the useful work to which our correspondent refers, who, we feel persuaded, will do all in his power to remedy the annoyance complained of. Unfortunately, our poet's corner was preoccupied, or the lines of "J. M. L." should have appeared. We shall be glad at any time to comply with the request at the conclu sion of " J. M. L's" letter. We differ in toto from " One of the donors." The publi cation of his letter would confer no benefit on the insti tution to which he refers ; and as we are ignorant of the truth or falsehood of " the reports," we cannot consent to publish them on anonymous authority. Were some of the queries answered in the affirmative, we cannot per ceive that any blame can be attributable to the directors, though we cannot say the same of the remainder. A few more hours—another sunrise and sunset— and the year, which is now running its course, will have passed away ; will have been gathered to the years before the flood, and become, with all its busy thoughts and feelings, its eventful histories, its crimes, its sorrows, its triumphs and its disasters, but A MEMORY—to he enshrined in some hearts, to be blotted out in others, to fester, as an irremediable sore, in —alas, how many! It is not our province to enforce upon the minds of our readers, as individual members of this Christian community, the lessons which the approach of such a season is so strikingly calculated to convey—to moralise upon the noiseless but terrific rapidity with which we progress towards " the end of all things." We cannot enter by the Christmas fire side, to mark the vacant chair or the added blessing— the tear of bereavement, or the joy which beams upon the face and throbs in the heart which the passing year has gladdened—the gray hair, the enfeebled gait, or the stooping frame which has visited the aged, or the lusty manhood and the womanly grace which are now seated at the festive board, where so lately thoughtless youth and playful girlhood smiled. We can only pray that, in the year which is to come, the mourners' tears may he dried, the step of age may be held up by a hand from above, and that the shadow which is over the hearts which time has visited roughly, may not be cast over those which are now bathed in life's sunshine and gladness. As journalists, however, we are entitled to remark upon the mingled good and ill with which the year now passing has visited us, as a nation, and to specu late upon the prospect which the coming year brings with it. To that duty, therefore, we now address ourselves. To Great Britain the year Eighteen-hundred.and forty-two has been, indeed, eventful; we trust eventful for good. 'fired with the wild fever for speculative change, and disgusted with its results, the national mind has at length directed itself to the repair of social disorganisation ; and we have witnessed, in the pre sent year, a series of valuable legislative efforts, having for their object the restoration of society to that well balanced state, in which alone is to be found safety from the assaults of anarchy, on the one hand, and oppression on the other. An. ill-adjusted corn-law, added to the effect produced by a succession of deficient harvests, had raised the cost of food to an almost famine price. A faulty tariff was impeding the healthy motion of our commerce, and inflicting serious injury upon many important branches of native industry. The financial affairs of the kingdom, too, had become seriously disorganised, and its credit imminently perilled. By a course of wise and cautious legislation, aided by the dispensations of a bountiful PROVIDENCE, these evils have been materially alleviated. We are blessed with cheapness and abundance of most of the necessaries of life ; our commercial activity is steadily reviving; industry is raising itself from its late pros tration ; whilst, to right the financial condition of the nation, we have submitted to a measure of wise self denial which may justly entitle British honesty to rank second to that of no other nation. Added to these noble efforts, we can point to many important legisla tive measures, conceived for the nrotection of the in dustry of the country, and which we confidently believe will result in completely fulfilling the benevolent intentions of the statesmen by whom they were brought forward. they are members of the great human family, entitled to share in the blessings and the fostering care, to provide which all governments are established. We doeht much whether the government of Sir Robert Peel is alive to the extent to which this feeling has spread amongst the community. They will learn it, however, in good time, when their wretched and unchristian poor law—how we regret to have to call i t theirs !—is swept away by the resistless indignation of a Christian people. And now, before we bid farewell to this good Pia year—and it merits the term well; for the good, which it has brought to us as a nation, outbalances the evil let us, in our private capacity, say a few words to our friends, the Conservative public of this town. We have to thank that Conservative public for a large amount of their encouragement and support, which, we trust, we have deserved—in the honesty of our intentions, at least, if not in their performance. We accord our thanks sincerely and gratefully ; and we trust that we shall never be found, by the desertion of one principle which we have ever advocated, worthy of standing lower in their estimation than we are at the close of this year, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Farewell, then, old year ; and may thy successor bring blessings and plenty to those who now watch over thy parting hours It will be seen, from our report of the Town Council proceedings, that two memorials were pre sented, on Wednesday, on the subject of the long contemplated improvement at the top of Cook-street. We hope the Finance Committee, to whom these documents are referred, will be able to comply with the wishes of the memorialists, and thus confer an incalculable convenience on the public, and beautify that part of the town. LOCAL NEWS. THE SMITHS' FRIENDLY BENEVOLENT, STelc AND BURIAL SOCIETY.—The members of the above Society held their annual Ball on Monday, the 26th inst. at their club house, the Grapes Inn, Charlotte -street. Dancing com menced at an early hour, and was kept up w ith that enthusiastic spirit of harmony and vigour, which at all times so truly characterizes these jolly sons of the forge. A good quadrille band being in attendance, the true knights of the anvil with their bellows, hammered away to time and tune, until warned of the lateness of the hour. After many hours spent in conviviality the company separated highly gratified with the evening's entertainment. A " DARK" DEED AT " NIGHT," BROUGHT TO LIGHT BY " DAY."—On Friday last, a young man named John Dark was brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court , on the complaint of a gentleman of the name of Day. The complainant was at the Liver Theatre on the previous even ing, and, while coming away, found some one twitching his pocket, at the top of the stairs, with intent to rob him of its contents. He gave the alarm, and the prisoner was secured , with some of the property in his possession. The case being proved, and the delinquent having received an admirable character for dexterity in such exploits on former occasions, he was consigned t to durance vile for three months. THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The public secu rities remained steady all day, with a very small amount of business in any description. The English stocks support late quotations, Consols for the account being quoted 931; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 94;1 to -} ; Bank Stock, 171 to 172 31 per Cents. Reduced, 101 k tot; Long Annuities, 12 9-16 to s ; India Bonds, 48s. to 495. premium ; and Exchequer bills, 535. to 555. premium. The two last-mentioned securi ties. it will be noticed, are gradually advancing, which 15 attributed to the general abundance of cash, and the small employment that can be found for it. Spanish stock has not supported the improvement of yesterday. There is hardly any doubt now but that the operations then entered into were speculative purchases put out as a feeler of the state of the market. Not having the anticipated effect, the parties have been glad to secure themselves by sales. The Actives closed ISa to 8; and the New 3 per Cents., 21- 6 1 to Portu guese 5 per Cents. a re quo t e d at the higher price of 40 to s ; ditto 3 per Cents., 231 to 244; Brazilian, 71 to 72 ; Danish, 84 to 85 ; Colombi an , 2l ; Mexican, 34' to 32 ; Dutch 2} per Cents., 54 to 53 ; and Belgian, 1012 to 1021. I CHARGE OF STEALING A QUANTITY OF TEA.—On Wed • nesday, (the prisoners being remanded for further evidence,) P three young men, George Morecroft, Thomas Marsh, and John Makin were placed before the police magistrate, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of tea from some packages. From the evidence given on both days, (and which was more lengthy than interesting,) we gathered the following particu lars in point:—The prisoner Morecroft is owner of a cart, and the other two—Marsh and Makin, are acquaintances of his. It appeared that on the 14th of the present month, Messrs. Moffat and Co. of this town, wholesale tea dealers, had to send to Mr. James Hogg, of Preston, nine half-chests of tea, which were to be got out of Messrs. Green's ware house in Manesty-lane, and sent by railway through Messrs. Hargreaves and Co. Davies, warehouseman, went for a cart, and finding Morecroft, (with whom was Makin,) in North John-street, he engaged it. The cart went to Manesty lane for the tea, and it was put into it, each package being in good order—the whole weight being, including ropes, &c., 5 cwt. 1 qr. 241 b. Morecroft was not present when it was delivered—so at least it appeared. The usual note was given for the carriers, and the packages were delivered at Messrs. Harareaves', but it appeared that some of them were then in bad condition ; and, finally, that there was a deficit of about 201bs. of the article, exclusive of the ropes, &c., the weight being only 5 cwt. 1 qr. 81b. It was about three o'clock when the tea was delivered at Hargreaves'. The re ceipt note was there given to Makin, and Marsh was with him. Soon after four o'clock the cart was seen, with ap parently nothing inlit, going up Tabley-street, across Park lane and into Suffolk- s t reet . Th e t h ree prisoners were with it. It appeared that the return or receipt note for the tea from the cart had stated that some of the packages were in bad order, but that some erasure had taken place to conceal that fact. The packages, too, were not delivered at Hargreaves' until much later in the evening than the hour they ought to have arrived at.—lt was stated for the prisoner Morecroft, that, though the owner of the cart, he was not present or cognisant of any thing wrong during the transit of the tea; that he had left the cart to be driven by Makin, while be went to draw a bill due to him ; that he afterwards was en gaged to carry a load of furniture for a gentleman in Ren shaw-street ; that he went to look after his cart, and found it coming up Tablev-street ; and that he proceeded to Ren shaw-street, as agreed upon, but, after waiting an hour, could not find the gentleman. No witnesses were, however, produced to bear out these assertions ; and though the case as against Morecroft was not so strong as against the others, they were all three sent for trial at the sessions. THE GREAT FIRE BETWEEN GREENLAND -STREET AND PARLIAMENT-STREET.—The scene of the tire, though a week has elapsed, still presents a picturesque, and, in some points, a threatening appearance —as regards the safety of the men employed in " clearing the wreck," and especially in pulling down the remaining ruins. The long side wall of the large warehouse, on the east side of the area of the destruction, and near Newhall-street (which was standing at the date of our last account), has been taken down, and the back-yards and outbuildings of the houses saved in that street are ex posed to view. A great part of the long west wall of the other large warehouse that bounded the area on the west has also been got down from its perilous eminence, by means of ropes, fastened through the window openings above. This was a work of much danger to the police officers and others employed, but happily no accident occurred. The turpentine distillery in the middle is reduced to a ruin. The south front to Greenland-street (close to which were the engine and fires of the distillery) has fallen. The other front, or end, to Greenland-street, still stands; but the whole building, from north to south, is entirely gutted—the roof, floors, and materials in the works being consumed—and the walls so much injured—the mortar being, in all probability, calcined by the heat within and without, that repair appears to be oat of the question. The highly combustible contents of the nine vaults under the large yard close by, on the west, —chiefly turpentine and tar —were all burnt out. The vaults have stood, but the arches are in a dangerous state. Although much of the materials of the warehouses, &c., has been re moved, the ruins are still in several parts from ten to fifteen feet in height. A great number of men are employed in ex tracting such damaged goods—cotton, corn, &c.—as can be come at amongst the r u bbi s h. M asses of these are still in a burning state, and the whole is doubtless much damaged by water, &c. The engines are still employed in keeping down the smouldering combustion wherever it appears. Many cart loads of damaged stuff have been, and continue to be, carted away, but the general salvage will be comparatively trifling in amount. The total loss will be somewhere near the estimate which we furnished.—Connected with this fire we may notice one remarkable, though not important fact. The warehouses, as before stated, contained large quantities of corn from time to time, and at the period of the ignition. As is not unusual in such cases, a considerable flock of pigeons, pleased with the provender they could there find, by occasional spillage, and probably not less occasional pilfera g e on their own part, h a d t a k en up th e ir abode in and about the buildings. During even the height of the fire, we observed numbers of them, unwilling to quit their domi ciliary haunts, hovering and flutteri ng a bout on the tops of the walls, and not unfrequently amidst the smoke, and even apparently venturing to tip their wings in the flames. Guided by instinct, they were mostly observable about the top of the remaining wall of the western or" windward" warehouse; and ven on Wednesdaytnight, though the whole of their aerie was razed to the ground, they were still performing girations over the ruins, or perching on the fragments of walls that yet stood high over the smoki n g masses, as if in mournful council of war on the destruction of their homes, and debating to what point they should migrate in quest of more congenial quarters. Although they paid no rent, and con seq uently did not come under the provisions of even " the small tenement act," they seemed to rebel most lustily against so unexpected and summary an ejectment. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon last, about half-past four o'clock, a labouring man, named Thomas Rotherham, accident a lly f e ll i nto the new graving -dock, on the west side of the Salthouse Dock, and was so much lo' jured that he died soon afterwards. He had been engaged in working at the graving-dock, which is not yet completed. He was picked up by some fellow-workmen and carried to his lodgings in Sparling-street, but was found to be dead be fore they arrived. The inquest will be held this day. DREADFUL CASE OF DISTRESS. —The attention of the be nevolent and humane is drawn to the distressing ca se of George Jordan, living in St. Andrew's -court, St. Andrew street, a market porter, who is now confined to his bed, his sickness having been Occasioned by hunyer. His wife sea four children are also in a starving state, (the eldest of the latter being a cripple.) The slightest relief would be thank fully received at the STANDARD -OFFICE, where any further information required will be given. SHAMEFUL fl oAx.--The public are requested to be On their guard against an impostor who has adopted an ingenious method of raising money in the neighbourhood of Edge hill. He calls on rectable Families with a , message, p porting to be from J. e S. sp Leigh,q., or some one in the neigh ur bourhood, to th e e ff ec t that different kinds of game will be left for them at Mr. Marshall's coffee-house on a certain day, and requests them to send for it. In many cases he has suceeeded in obtaining a fee for his promised present , which it is needless to say has in no case been found when sent for. IMPUDENT ATTEMPT AT RAISING THE WlND.—During the present week, small handbills have been widely circulated amongst the domestic servants in the most respectable parts of the town, in which it is stated that a man and woman, " students in divine philosophy," may be consulted at their residence, in this town, and " where all lawful questions may he answered, upon property, business, marriage, health, sickness, friends at a distance, &c., &c." This, we presumes is a genteel way of fortune-teiting, but it is not on that ac count the less disreputable.