The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. WEST INDIES The Dee royal mail steamer has arrived, bringing files of papers from the various islands, the dates of which are Jamaica, the 24th ; Demerara, the 20th ; Trinidad, the 21st ; Barbadees, the 24th ; Grenada, the 25th ; and St. Thomas's, the 31st of July. In most of the places, the Sugar Duties Bill was a topic of bitter complaint. The Jamaica papers, however, say that one cheering feature in the aspect of colonial affairs was the zeal and energy with which the resident pla n t ers h a d b een pus hi ng for ward improvements in agriculture. The preparation and manuring of the land, the planting and clearing of canes, and a variety of other matters, were now performed much more economically and effectually on the most extensive plantations. Nor were these improvements confined to the sugar estates. On the coffee properties guano manure was being tried, and, as far as the appearance of the trees enabled one to judge, with every chance of success. The advices from the country generally were to the effect that the rains have been abundant. In some districts near the coast a want of rain has been experienced, but ap pearances led to the conclusion that there would soon be a fall of water in those places, for it was close and cloudy weather, with little or no wind. A fire had occurred on St. Toolie's estate, in Clarendon. The estate had just finished crop, and the sugar on the premises was de stroyed. The reduction of postage throughout the island bad taken place, and the working of the altered plan gave considerable satisfaction. The [louse of Assembly had been further prorogued to the 20th of August next. The yellow fever, accompanied by the black vomit, had made its appearance in the island, and the cases already occur. ring were fatal. With respect to the state of affairs in Hayti and Cuba, the Jamaica Morring Journal of the 24th of July has the following:— " From Hayti the intelligence is that Guerrier, the new Pre sident, had directed two of his Generals t) proceed to Aux Cayes to see Acaou, and induce him to lay down his arms. These bad so far succeeded as to induce the latter to proceed to Port au-Prince with them, where he had an audience with the Presi dent. Subsequently, however, he was arrested arid imprisoned. What steps his friends and adherents would take upon receipt of this intelligence was not known. Information from Aux Cayes and its neighbourhood is therefore anxiously looked for, especially by those who, if matters were settled, might return to that place to ascertain if any portion of the property they left behind remains and is available to them in their time of need. " In Cuba, we are told, the system of terror, thoroughly esta blished and kept up by the tyrant who rules the destinies of that island, with his orders for the departure of all free people of colour, keeps all in a ferment. By the last steamer to Vera Cruz upwards of no departed. The Captain-General appears to pay no attention to the remonstrances of the British Consul, who, some parties think, i; not as determined as he ought to he. We hope Government will pay particular attention to what is transpiring in this island, and will be especially careful of the rights of her subjects, which the Don has been trampling under foot without any compunction or hesitancy whatever." Sugar was scarce at Jamaica, and commanded better prices in consequence of the near approach of the Ist of August, the time of departure for the homeward-bound vessels. The transactions between the Bth and 18th of the month had been at prices varying from 235. 3d. to 265. per 1001 b. In the Trinidad Legislative Assembly the estimates of revenue and expenditure showed a deficiency of £43,109, the latter being reckoned at £82,236, and the former at £39,126. To meet the difficulty it had bee❑ determined to increase the import duty on specified and unspecified articles to such an extent as to leave no greater sum than £1,064 to be provided for, which it was considered would be amply made up by increased exportation, the present estimates being based on the returns of 1843. The new tariff would not come into operation before the beginning of October next, and it is stated that, notwithstanding the increase alluded to, the scale of duties at Trinidad is much lower than those of the other colonies. The an nouncement of the consent of her Majesty's government to the immediate introduction of English criminal law and trial by jury had been received with much satisfaction by the colonists. The weather in Demerara, Barbadoes, and the other principal islands, is described as favourable for the crops. PERILOUS ENTERPRISE.—Four mechanics, three of them English, and the other Irish, arrived at Lewiston last Saturday in an open boat, after fourteen days of peril and suffering. They went to Bermuda in search of em ployment, but being disappointed, left there in a boat for want of means to obtain a passage in any other manner. —New York Paper. SUPPOSED PIRACY AND NlURDER.—lntelligence has been received from Dundee respecting the brig Hannah, bound for Quebec, belonging to the former port, from which strong suspicions are apprehended that the captain, Mr. Lowther, was murdered by the crew, fur the purpose of possessing themselves of the vessel and cargo, but af terwards their plans were frustrated by the ship becoming leaky. DEATH OF THE GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDRA.—We are sorry to have to announce that the long-expected death of the Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia, third daughter of the Emperor of Russia, and consort of Prince Frederick of Hesse, has at last taken place. Intelligence of this mournful event reached the Russian Embassy on Wednes day afternoon by special courier. The deceased duchess was born June 24, 1825, and was married on the 22d of January in the present year. NEW TRICK IN THE NEW WORLD.—The latest novelty amongst the sharp blades of America was practised as follows :—" The adept prepared a genuine quarter of a dollar by rubbing it over with quicksilver, so as to give it the blue tinge and s lipp er y f ee l o f a counterfeit. Goinginto a store he would purchase some trifling arti cle and tender this quarter dollar in payment, when it would at once be refu s ed. Th e s h arper, k now i ng the passion for betting amongst all classes, would then offer to bet five dollars that the piece was good, and would stand any test that could be applied, and, as he took care to have the stakes lodged, in nine cases out of ten he was successful in pocketing the proceeds. TANGlERS.—Tangiers is situated near the western en trance of the Straits of Gibraltar, built at the entrance of a bay, on the side of a hill overlooking the sea, and about fourteen miles west of Cape Spartel. It has a population of nine thousand souls ; and, in conjunction with Tetuan, supplies Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, and other parts of the coasts of Spain and Portugal, with fowls, beef, mutton and fruit. During the memorable siege of Gibraltar, 1779-82, Tangiers was of considerable importance to the English ; as from thence much valuable information respecting the movements of the French and Spaniards was constantly transmitted. Tangiers was formerly in the possession of the English ; having been ceded by Portugal, in 1662, to King Charles the Second, on the occasion of his marriage to Donna Catherina, Infanta of Portugal, as part of her dowry. In the spring of 1680, Tangiers was beseiged by an army from Morocco ; and Charles recommended the parliament to take measures for its prevention. The maintenance of a sufficient garrison was, however, found to be too expensive ; and the nation refusing to grant sup plies, the fortifications and mole were blown up. On the retirement of the English, the Moors quickly occupied the place, and it has ever since continued in their pos session. Whilst the English were masters of Tangiers, the works on the land side of Tangiers were considered almost impregnable. In April, 1634, the troops returned to England. IRE LAND. Capt. Elliott, of the 4th Dragoons, and his son about fourteen years old, were unfortunately drowned in the river at Athlone, on Wednesday last. The boat which the captain had hired was found sunk, but there is no account how the accident occurred. On Sunday two men and a woman were drowned at Voughal by the upsetting of a boat. REPEAL ASSOClATlON.—Therepealers held their usual weekly meeting on Monday, in the Conciliation Hall. On the motion of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, jun., Mr. R. Dillon Brown, M.P., was called to the chair. The fol. lowing sums were handed in from America:—£l2:i from Montreal, Canada ; from St. John's, New Brunswick, £240; and from New Orleans, £242. In consequence the rent amounted to £1,162 3s. 9d. DARING ABDUCTION.—OnThursday evening, between five and six o'clock, while a young lady of this city, Miss Cussen, was walking in company with her aunt, Mrs. O'Leary, on the Boxborough-road, they were met by four men, unknown, one of whom was armed, who seized on Miss Cussen, and dragged her down the avenue lead ing to the Cork-road, where two covered cars were in waiting, in one of which a respectable young man, in ap pearance, was observed. The victim of this outrage screamed violently when torn from the grasp of her aunt, and with great exertion was thrust into the car in which the gentleman was, when another struggle ensued, and she succeeded in getting out, but was again dragged into the vehicle, and the assistants having mounted the second car the party drove off rapidly on the Cork-road with their prize. There were a few persons attracted to the spot, one of whom seized the horse's head, but was obliged to let it go when a pistol was presented at him. Miss Cussen is supposed to have a handsome fortune, which may ac count for the abduction.—Limerick Chronicle. THE QUEEN AND IRELAND.—The Dublin Evening Mail of Friday contains the following extraordinary an nouncement :—" It is stated in a private letter we this day received from London, and written by one who has peculiar means of obtaining authentic information, that it has been resolved that her Majesty should visit Ireland this year. If our information rested here, the duty de volving upon us, as journalists, would be clear and sim ple; for it would merely consist in a cordial and sincere call upon all her Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects, of every class and creed, to unite on this auspicious occasion in paying every tribute of respect and fealty to the Sove reign of their affections—the only rivalry being one of love. But, alas ! the authority upon which the fact of the intended Ro al visit rests, adds—' Sir Robert Peel intends to make the Royal progress the opportunity of a coup d'etat—that of releasing Mr. O'Connell and his co-conspirators from prison, as a graceful concession on the part of her Majesty on her first visit to her Irish dominions.' Is it possible that a Prime Minister of England can—is it credible that Sir Robert Peel dare— convert his Royal Mistress into a political puppet in his hands, or induce the Sovereign of England to play so disreputable a part as this, in so vile and so contemptible a drama ?" A RETRoonNnE, MOVEMENT.—The unusual circum stance of a barrister be a i s ng admitted to the roll of attornies recently took place , que a r PPears by a late decision of the Irish Court of Exchequer, an application made by the Solicitor-General, who Symes, late a barrister- ght be admitted as an barrister-at-law , that a Mr. Arthur - been articled. It attorney, notwithstanding he lit i cl i appeared the applicant was brother of Radcliffe Syn)es, a solicitor, who dise:dits:ureclSarni.nlyle'dihnoinnaFaaens bruary last. At his decease several • incomplete state, and the application arose from many psrties interested bei n g of opinion their interests would be promcted by the applicant acting as their solicitor. It appears that Mr. A. Symes was called to the bar in 1836, and during the last three years he acted as the legal ad viser of his brother in the- abovementioned suits and ac tions. Under these circumstances, he applied to the Court to be admitted, and was strenuously opposed by the Law Society. lie thereupon petitioned the benchers, and they accordingly gave him permission to be " appren ticed," and ordered his name to be struck off the barris ters' roll. The applicant was then debarred, and he at once articled himself. The counsel, in opposition to the application, observed that, " Mr. Symes, after serving an apprenticeship of a full week, now came into court and sought to be admitted an attorney ! He supposed the day was not far distant when half-pay officers from the army and navy would be applying to be transformed into attor neys, and that some ordeal shoud be gone through by candidates for the bar than that men should be called to the bar with wigs on their heads, and nothing inside their wigs but their heads." The Court, however, thought its powers might be exercised in favour of Mr. Symes, and a rule was made that he should be admitted an attorney. CLERICAL NEW S . SUDDEN DEATH.—O❑ Sunday morning last, during Divine service at Emanuel Church, Camberwell, and whilst earnestly joining with the congregation in singing, the Rev. J. T. P. Wyche, M.A., Curate of Granfield, Beds, was seized with a fit of apoplexy.' He was imme diately taken to the porch of the church, and there bled, and subsequently conveyed to the residence of his father, where soon afterwards he expired in the 37th year of his age. SALE OF CHURCH PATRONAGE.—At a meeting of the Edinburgh Town Council, one day last week, a proposi tion was brought forward for selling the ecclesiastical pa tronage vested in the magistrates and the council. It was proposed that the council should, in the first place, be bound to give the congregation of each church the offer of their own patronage at a certain estimated value ; and, in the next place, to make this offer to government. Should these offers not be accepted, the patronage then to be sold by public auction. It was further proposed that the whole proceeds arising from the sale of the church pa tronage shall be formed into a fund towards the payment of the stipends of the eighteen ministers of the city, and that these stipends shall be fixed at £5OO per annum. PREFERMENTS.—Rev. Mr. Birch, the Government Chaplain to the British residents at Monte Video in South America, to the vicarage of All Saints with St. John annexed, Ilertford ; Rev. Thomas Murray Brown, M.A., vicar of Standish, Gloucestershire, to an honorary Canonry in Gloucester Cathedral ; Rev. John Collinson, 8.A., formerly of Queen's College, Cambridge, rector of Boldon, to an honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral ; Rev. John Edmunds, fellow of the University of Dur ham, to the perpetual curacy of Castle Eden, Durham ; Rev. E. Evans, to the perpetual curacy of Voclas Chapel, Denbighshire, vice Rev. Howell W. Lloyd resigned; Rev. W. W. Hanway, M.A., fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Rockland, in the county of Hertford; Rev. Oswald John Howell, to the curacy of Thurmaston, Leicestershire; Rev. J. D. Lane, M.A., fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the united rectoriesof Forncett-St.- Peter's and Forncett-St.-Mary's, Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Jack ; Rev. Edward Marsden, to the perpetual curacy of Aston ; Rev. George Newby, vicar of Stockton, to the rectory of Whickham, in the diocese of Durham ; Rev. H. Raikes, chancellor of the diocese, to an honorary Canonry in Chester Cathedral ; Rev. George Ray, M.A., fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Strat herne, Leicestershire ; Rev. Henry Sewell, of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to be chaplain to the Chorley Work house, in the room of the Rev. W. Davenport, resigned ; Rev. Joseph Taylor, 8.A., of Muncaster, to the vicarage of Castle Sowerby ; Rev. John Thomson, formerly minis ter and missionary at Tanjore, Southern India, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury to the respective curacies of Woodsford and Tincleton, Dorset ; Rev. J. K. Tucker, 8.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Pettaugb, Suffolk; Rev. J. B. Turner, 8.A., to the curacy of St. George's Church, New Mills; Rev. Elisha White, to the perpetual curacy of Quernmore, Lancashire; Rev. Marmaduke Vavasour, M.A., vicar of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, to be a rural dean, in room of the Rev. M. D. Babington, M.A., resigned • Rev.J.Winter, M.A., of J esus C o ll ege , C am b r id ge, an d assistant curate of Wednesbury, Staffordshire, to the incumbency of St. John, Wednesbury. THE COURT. Her Majesty is now sufficiently well to he enabled to dispense with the further attendance of Dr. Locock, who took his leave of the Queen on Wednesday, and left the Castle for London, intending to proceed immediately upon a tour to the Continent. THE KING OP THE BELGIANS.—HIS Majesty King Leopold is shortly expected to visit England, and Wool- wich, his Majesty's favourite landing place, has been named as the port where the King will disembark. The King and Queen of the Belgians have generally visited this country, and been present at the christening of her Majasty's children. Her Majesty, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with a portion of the infant royal family, are expected to set out on their marine excursion between the sth and the 9th proximo. The precise day for the departure of the court from Windsor Castle has not yet been finally deter mined upon. Her Majesty is not expected to be absent from Windsor Castle more than a fortnight or three weeks. It is considered very probable that her Majesty and the Prince Consort will visit Claremont for a day or two pre viously to proceeding to the Isle of Wight. Prince Albert yesterday (Monday) entered upon his 26th year. The Revue des Deux Mondes seems to think it doubtful if Louis Philippe will pay his intended visit to Queen Vic toria, on account of the state of the political world. ROYAL FARMERS.—I have heard it stated that the illustrious consort of the sovereign has expressed a desire, should Providence spare the youthful Princes, and the peace of the world permit, to bring them up to the plough —to make farmers of them. That his royal highness is ardently attached to agricultural pursuits is notorious ; and that he should thus express himself on the part of the royal offspring is quite natural, and in keeping with the peaceful and unassuming habits of the illustrious prince.—Correspondent of the Edinburgh Weekly Re gister. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Yesterday week a labourer was kicked to death at Hud dersfield by three men with whom he had quarrelled. Lord Stanley is named as'one of the stewards of Good wood races next year. The Goodwood Stakes already have 120 subscribers, the Cup upwards of 30, and the March Stakes nearly 50. There has been a very large importation of new pota toes this season from Holland, one salesman alone in Spitalfields market having received as many as 2,103 bas kets during the present month. Four men were drowned in the Humber this week, by the shipwreck of a vessel called the Neptunus, to which they belonged. They remained too long on board the ship, and were drawn down by the eddy produced by her foundering._ On IVlonday, at Bow-street Police-office, Patrick Lar kin, a letter-carrier, was fully committed for trial charged with having stolen letters containing a number of bills of exchange and other valuable securities, worth £782 7s. 6d., from the General Post Office. He has since been sen tenced to transportation for life. A WEALTHY BRIDE.—The settlement made on Miss Pierrepoint, by her father, on her marriage with Lord Charles Wellesley, was £40,000. A similar sum was set tled on his lordship by the Duke of Wellington. On the death of her father the lady is to inherit a further sum of £120,000. At the late Warwickshire Assizes, 'William Stanley Warner pleaded guilty of having robbed his employers, the Town and District Bank of Birmingham, of twelve £lOO notes. Mr. Justice Coltman sentenced him to be transported for fourteen years, observing that the confidential nature of his service was an aggravation of his guilt. From the commencement to the conclusion of the late session of Parliament, there have been no less than eighteen changes among the representatives of the diffe rent constituencies ; of these eighteen new members, thirteen are Conservatives and five Liberals ; but the ad dition to the Conservative party consists of one only, Mr. Spooner. SUDDEN CHANGE OF VALUE.—During the last week, two rich and valuable veins of copper ore have been fallen in with, by the workmen employed at Cockleybeck. If these be as valuable as report represents them to be, the shares will be shortly worth one hundred pounds each. A share was bought a fortnight since for sixpence !—Xen dal Mercury. The locksmiths of Walsall, Wolverhampton, Willen hall, and neighbourhood, numbering about 300 persons, have turned out for an advance of five per cent. on their wages. The prices paid to this class of persons are ex ceedingly low ; many of them, having large families, being compelled to work 14 or 16 hours per day for ten shillings per week. FOREIGN FRUITS.—The imports into Hull of last week have been rather small, comprising 570 baskets of plums, apricots, melons, and currants, 50 baskets cucumbers and girkins, from Rotterdam ; about 100 baskets pears and apples from Antwerp, by the Princess Victoria; 50 baskets cherries, by the Helen M`Gregor ; and 16 of the same fruit by the Leeds, from Hamburg. STRANGE ACCIDENT.—A singular circumstance oc curred at Rivenhall on Wednesday ; afield of barley, ad jacent to the line of railway, belonging to Mr. Upson, containing two and a half acres, was destroyed by fire, which, it is supposed, was occasioned by sparks from the engine of a train which passed just before the fire broke out.—Essex Standard. Viscount Cranbourn, eldest son of the Marquis of Salisbury, accompanied by his doctor and courier, left the Tower last week, by the mail steam-ship Coun tess of Lonsdale for Hamburgh. This young nobleman is one of our greatest travellers, having visited all the chief cities throughout the globe, and is now en route to China, traversing the more remote parts of Russia on his way, and returning by the overland journey to England. THE SALE AT BRISTOL.—It was cheering to witness the animated competition at the sale held on Wednesday morning, at the Assembly Rooms, when a selection of 3,500 chests from the imports per Anna Maria, Eagle, and Malacca were brought forward, and upwards of 3,000 chests sold at full prices. We observed several strangers from the London and Liverpool markets amongst the purchasers ; and, upon the whole, the result, as a specimen of the revival of this important trade in Bristol. is very manifest, and must prove gratifying to the parties concerned.—Bristol Mirror. THE LIVERPOOL BTANIARD. A FARMER CHARGED WITH INCENDIARISM.—Oo Tuesday last, Mr. '1 hos. Chinery, a respectable tarrner, was charged at the Castle liedingham (Surrey) Petty Session with setting fire to farming buildings in his occu pation. The evidence was very slight against the pri soner, and he was acquitted. FATAL. FIRE. —At a fire which took place on Thursday evening last, about eleven o'clock, upon the premises occupied by Mr. W. A rgen t, h ear th-rug mar.utacturer, 16, London-street, Ratcliff, a poor woman, 72 years of age, was so shockingly burned that she has since died. The damage by the fire to the building, furniture, and stock was inconsiderable. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—Up to the present time the number of persons confined in Lancaster Castle, for debts of and under £2O, who have availed themselves of the new act, is 24. There are 97 debtors still in the Castle. Of these about 43 are in for debts of and below £2O, and several are preparing to make the necessary ap plication. ACCOMMODATION BILLS.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, a young man was indicted for haling obtained a sum of £350 by false pretences. It appeared that be bad presented for discount an accommodation bill, which he represented to have been given in regular busi. ness transaction, and so obtained discount. The accused escaped conviction by a flaw in the indictment, which misdescribed the scene of the alleged transaction. A vessel which arrived in London on Thursday morning from Ichaboe, with a cargo of guano, reports that on her departure from that island there were not less than 46 British vessels taking their turn to bring home guano. In the neighbouring island there were eight more ships simi larly occupied. It is interesting to know that this new branch of traffic affords so much employment for the shipping interests of this country. - - - ANGLING.—Last week was the best of the season for anglers. Sir Richard Sutton caught 52 salmon and grilses —one day's take in the Inver amounting to 9; another day at the Beauly 5, one of the fish weighing 17th. Mr. J. M. Campbell, landed 15 from Laxford ; Colonel Hay, 5 ; from the Kirkeg Mr. Maxwell took 8 ; In the Ness, Sir H. Meaux, Mr. Arabin, and other gentlemen have taken some grilses.—lnverness Courier. RIVALS TO ROYALTY.—On Monday, the sth instant, the wife of Mr. 'l'. Thomas, hatter and inkeeper of Pro bus, Cornwall, was confined of a daughter. The worthy pair most loyally chose the Queen's wedding-day for their own nuptials, and with equal loyalty have kept even pace with her Majesty in the nursery, their fourth little one having been born but a few hours before the infant prince. MURPERS.—A woman has been committed at Bristol on a charge of " wilful murder," for killing an infant child, the daughter of a man with whom she cohabited, and who had a wife living, but whom he has deserted.— On Thursday, a man named New, whilst in a state of drunkenness. murdered his wife at Richmond, in Surrey, by stabbing her with a knife, in consequence of her re fusing to give him more money to spend in drink. EXECUTION.—On Friday last the extreme penalty of the law was carried into effect on Mark Sherwood, for the murder of his wife at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The prisoner confessed his guilt, but denied that the murder was pre meditated, and asserted that it was his wife's provoking conduct at the moment he was shaving which led him to commit the crime. He died in a very penitent frame of mind. FATAL CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM.—On Sunday week, William Noon, aged 72, who lived with his son-in-law at Ison-green, near Nottingham, rose from his bed in a fit of somnambulism, put on his coat and waistcoat, opened the window, and jumped out. The poor man's scull was frac tured by the fall, and he was otherwise dreadfully injured. At the inquest the following verdict was returned :—That the deceased accidentally fell out of his chamber window, he having got out of bed and gone to the window in his sleep. THE TEA TRADE, Aug. 19.—The tea market has been steady since our last, although the large prospective sup ply rather presses on it, and it is considered will prevent that decided improvement which the excellent consump tion going on would otherwise occasion. At the public sales of 28,000 packages, but a very limited proportion found buyers, and this is partly to be ascribed to the dis satisfaction manifested at the present system of weighing in some of the docks. The deliveries last week from the London warehouses were 519,7141 b., being rather under those of the previous week. A HOPEFUL FAMILY.-At the last Wells Assizes a most notorious character named George Culliford, of Il chester, was tried on four indictments, three for burglary and one for sacrilege, and transported for the term of his natural life, having only been liberated from gaol about five days, during which period he committed all these offences. The judge, told him if the law had not been altered, he would most assuredly have left him for execu tion. This makes seven of this family in a short period that have been sent out at Government expense.— Western Flying Post. IMPORTATION OF RACOONS.—ILFRACOMBE.--A far mer in the parish of Ilfracombe having set a vermin trap in one of fields was surprised one morning last week to find in it a racoon, which, as it was merely caught by its claw, he was enabled to secure and preserve. Another of the same species was lately taken at Lynton, and a third has been traced to Ilfracombe. They are supposed to have found their way to this country in some of the timber vessels which have lately arrived from Ame rica—the two near Ilfracombe were probably from the vessel wrecked at Wollacombe.—North Devon Advertiser . " THE BITER BAT."—About a fortnight since, a young man, neatly dresses, having the appearance of a country schoolmaster or dissenting minister, and calling himself John Duncan, went round to many of the booksellers in Bristol, and ordered quantities varying from six dozen to 100, of a 6d. pamphlet, entitled " The Biter Bit." The books were never called for, and it was found on comparing notes, that 3,000 copies had been procured from London at his request. The pamphlet is a farrago of nonsense, detailing the quarrels of two itinerant lec turers. NOVEL FRAUD UPON TH•E BANK OF ENGLAND.— About three weeks since a £5OO note was presented to one of the cashiers for payment in specie, being marked to all appearance in the usual way, and having the corner torn off. It was discovered afterwards that the note, although genuine, had been stolen, and the number stop ped at the bank ; but that the delinquent himself imitated the red-ink mark of the chequer, and thus obtained pay ment. Two notes were got rid of in this manner, and the Clerks' Guarantee Fund at the bank will, it is said, have to make good the amount, £l,OOO. The parties guilty of the fraud are as yet unknown. THE COLLIERS.—The whole of Lord Londonderry's collieries are fully stocked with men, and again i❑ active operation. The Little Town Pitmen (a colliery belong ing to the executors of Lady Durham) have also gone in ; and the men at Sherburn Hill and Lumney (under the same owners) have also resumed their employment. Old Hetton having brought upwards of 100 Welshmen, at once convinced the old workmen that they must either go to work or have the colliery filled up without them; so they, at last, had the good sense to make sure of what was left to them. North Hetton is also in full work.— Durham Chronicle. ROBBERY AT THE EARL OF HARROWBY'S.—At the Marlborough-street Police-office, on Thursday, Alfred Walker, a bug destroyer, No. 41, Vere-street, Clare market, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, on suspicion of having been concerned in stealing from the residence of the Earl of Harrowby, No. 39, Grosvenor-square, be tween £4OO and £5OO in bank notes and gold, and some articles of jewellery, the property of Elizabeth Tarbox, the housekeeper. The wife of Walker, and a man em ployed about his lordship's house, named Tuddenham, were also included in the charge. Walker was remanded for a week, and the other prisoners were discharged. The property had been taken from the bedroom of the house keeper. It will be heard with regret, that " the Duke" was seized, on Sunday week, with a fit of deafness, of so extra ordinary a character as to produce some uneasiness among those more immediately about his person. H is Grace has always been subject, more or less, to slight attacks of this kind, which is accounted for, by saying that he supposed the roar of the artillery in his various battles had de ranged or impaired the auricular nerve ; but this last at tack was so decided as to make him completely deaf; and though he went to his office in the Horse Guards, and at tended the Cabinet, and his general health appeared alto gether unimpaired, yet at his advanced age the slightest symptom of derangement cannot but be regarded with un easiness. A JUVENILE SUICIDE. — On Saturday last an inquest was held at Sneinton, near Nottingham, on the body of Frederick Smith, aged 14 years, who met his death under the following melancholy circumstances :—The deceased, who was a servant at Mr. R. Morley's, had been a witness of the execution of Saville the murderer, and had often since been heard to say that he should like to know how hanging felt. On the day of the inquiry he had done his work in his usual cheerful manner, but in the afternoon he was found suspended by a cord from a tree, quite dead, and from the manner in which he was discovered, there can be little doubt that he was experimenting upon the theory and practice of hanging. This makes the fourteenth death which has taken place in consequence of Saville's execution. SERIOUS ROBBERIES.—On Wednesday, at the Central Criminal Court, Octavius Clarke (son of an eminent de ceased divine) was indicted for stealing a gold watch, two gold rings, a coat, and other articles, value £2O, the pro perty of D. S. Leese, from the dwelling-house of Anne Hetherington ; a gold watch, value £5, the property of Alexander Stewart ; a mare, value £l5, the property of George Smoothy ; and also a number of less valuable articles, the property of divers persons residing in the city of London. On being called upon to plead, the prisoner, in a low tone of voice, said he was " Guilty." The Com mon Serjeant said that the depredations of the prisoner had been of a most wholesale nature, and bad been carried on in a most systematic manner. The sentence of the court was, that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years. POWER OF THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. — There has been rather a long correspondence going on for some time between the commissioners and the guardians of the Bradfield Union, Berkshire, relative to the appointment of a master to the workhouse. The commissioners refuse to sanction the appointment of a Mr. Brangwin ; and the guardians will not discharge him. The former in a letter, dated July 27, say, "it is not their intention that the workhouse shall remain in Brangwin's charge;" and the guardians resolve, that they will not proceed to another election, till the charges against Mr. B. are known and proved to their satisfaction. Last week Mr. Brangwin was brought before the magistrates, and Mr. Assistant Commissioner Parker laid an information against him under the act, which subjects persons disobeying the commissioners' orders, to fine and imprisonment. The magistrates were compelled to convict Mr. Brangwin, and they fined him one farthing. COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY.—The Times publishes a letter from Captain Grover, of the 20th inst., in which he says—" In the letter which Dr. Wolff was forced to write at Bokhara, and which you had the goodness to insert at my request, the King of Bokhara proclaims to the world that he put to death Colonel Stod dart and Captain Conolly in the month of Sarratan, 1259. The Christian date is not given in Dr. Wolff's letter, but for the information of the public I inserted within brackets what I had calculated as the English date. I was wrong; the correct date should be July (Cancer,) 1843. It there fore appears that at the time I proposed to her Majesty's Government to proceed at my own cost and on my own responsibility to Bokhara to attempt the release of Col. Stoddart and Captain Conolly, those wretched men were actually alive." THE STEPNEY POISONING CASE.—James Cockburn Delaney, the surgeon, whose singular and suspicious case attracted so much interest some time since, was on Wed nesday brought up at the Central Criminal Court, Lon— don, to answer the charge of having poisoned his wife. The trial occupied the court during the whole of Wednes day and Thursday, when the evidence produced for the prosecution was almost entirely a repetition of that which has already been published in the accounts of the inquest. Mr. Bodkin, who conducted the defence, made an able ad dress to the jnry, and called on several witnesses, among whom was the prisoner's brother, the Rev. F. R. Belaney, who testified to the happy terms on which he had lived with the deceased. Mr. Baron Gurney summed up, and the jury, after a consultation of four hours, returned the verdict, " Not Guilty." On Tuesday last, being St. Bernard's day, the conse cration of a Romish monastery, or Roman catholic church and abbey, took place at Mount St. Bernard, Leicester shire, and, being the first consecration of an abbey church in England since the Reformation, the attendance of Romish bishops, priests, nobles, and gentry holding the Romish faith, was exceedingly numerous. The services commenced with a grand procession of monks and eccle siastics, from the old temporary monastic buildings, chanting appropriate ps films ; and, on reaching the abbey, after the usual ceremonies, the office of consecration was performed by the Right Rev. Dr. Walsh. Bishop of Cam bysopolis ; high mass by the Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman, Bishop of Melipotamus, assisted by the Right Rev. Dr. Morris, Bishop of Troy. A sermon was afteawards preached by Dr. Wiseman, and the day being spent in re. ligious exercises, vespers were sung, and the proceedings were closed by a sermon from Dr. Morris. ROYAL VISITORS.—The Prince of Prussia arrived at Stratkfieldsaye shortly before seven o'clock on Monday evening, and the same night the Duke of Wellington gave a grand banquet. On Tuesday morning, the prince, ac companied by the Duke of Wellington, as Chancellor, proceeded to Oxford. At five o'clock, the royal party drove off in the direction of Nuneham. It was generally remarked that the Duke of Wellington was looking much better than upon the occasion of hi s l as t v i s it with Prince Albert, three years since. The royal party dined with the Archbishop of York, at Nuneham. On Wednesday morning the Prince visited Stowe, and went thence to Derby, where he was to sleep. Thence, after visiting Chatsworth, he proceeded by York and Newcastle to Edinburgh, where he was to sleep. On Friday, the royal party were to visit Glasgow. On Monday last, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, went from Kew to Alton Towers, Staffordshire, on a visit to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and returned to Kew on Wednes day. SUICIDE.—On Wednesday last two young women aged 20 and 18, sisters, threw themselves into the Grand Sur rey Canal, near Deptford. They were observed by a shipwright who immediately precipitated himself into the canal and rescued one, who was resuscitated after great exertion, but who again would have attempted to destroy herself. The other was unfortunately drowned. At the inquest it came out in evidence that the poor creatures were slop-shirt makers for which they were paid five farthings a-piece, and of which each of them could make eight if they worked to the utmost of their power. They never had dinner and the only meals of which they par took were breakfast at eight o'clock, and a meal which they called supper at six o'clock in the evening. In consequence of their extreme want the deceased girl bad pawned some shirts entrusted to her to make, and it was believed that this was one of the chief causes for the commission of the rash act. Alas, alas, that such oc curences should take place in Christian England, but it is one of the fruits of "buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest." THE RECENT DISCLOSURES AT THE POST-OFFICE.— The inquiries at the Post-office into the circumstances connected with the recent cases of letter opening by the letter-carriers appointed to deliver and collect the letters belonging to the leading members of the sporting world resident in the metropolis, are still being instituted from day to day. The six men implicated by the letter-carrier Tapson in his statement to the authorities of the Post office, we understand, have all admitted having received their information, as to the state of the odds and other racing particulars, from the opening of letters directed to, or received from, Lord George Bentinck, Mr. Tattersall, Mr. Ives, and other celebrated sporting characters. Upon the strength of these communications several parties con nected with the turf have received the earliest information of what it was proposed to do in the case -of a favourite horse whose betting value was upon the decline, or upon the situation of a well-backed four-year-old, the position of which upon the list it might be considered advantageous to raise at " Tattersall's. ' These letter-carriers, it appears also, have'been in the habit of betting themselves to a large amount, at the races at Epsom, Goodwood, and other meetings of importance, as well as upon the Leger at Doncaster, during the current year. Two returns have lately been printed by order of the House of Commons, which at this peculiar juncture of affairs will be read with interest, and, we are inclined to think, with satisfaction. The first gives the " amount of horse-power ordered for her Majesty's steam-vessels be tween the Ist day of April, 1839, and the 31st of August, 1841," as follows : Horse-power. I Number of vessels. I Tonnage. 4.196 I 18 I 16,581 The second describes the " amount of horse-power, &c., between the Ist day of September, 1841, and the Ist day of July, 1844," thus : Horse-power. I Number of vessels. I Tonnage. 11,261 J 30 I 26,892 from these statistics it seems that in the first three years of the present administration there has been an addition of twelve to the number of our war steamers, with a cor responding increase of more than 10,000 tons in their burden, as compared with the strength of the same de partment during the last years of their predecessors—a period memorable for the isolation and the irritability of France, and the grand naval demonstrations in the East. THE LAND TAX.—A paper containing an account of the land tax, redeemed and unredeemed, in England and Wales has been printed by order of parliament. We hence find that the gross total amount of the land tax in all the counties of England and Wales (both redeemed and nnredeemed) is £1,858,924 6s. Id. The total amount of the land tax redeemed is £724,463, and that of the land tax unredeemed £1,134,460. The land tax is distri buted as follows, (both redeemed and unredeemed,) viz., in Bedford, £28,433 ; in Berks. £40,197 ; in Bucks, £46,818 ; in Cambridge, £36,462; in Chester, £27,476 ; in Cornwall, £30,477; in Cumberland, £3,727; in Der by, £23,403; in Devon, £77,772 ; in Dorset, £32,026 ; in Durham, £10,444 ; in Essex, zt88,647 ; in Gloucester, £46,657 ; in Hereford, £20,106; in Herts, £41,783 ; in Huntingdon, £15,278; in Kent, £80,495; in L'ancaster, £19,406; in Leicester, £34,328; in Lincoln, £70,548; in Monmouth, £9,612; in Norfolk, £81,819; in North ampton, £47,159 ; in Northumberland, £13,460 ; in Not tingham, £26,733 ; in Oxford, £38,127 ; in Rutland, £5,743 ; in Salop, £28,684 ; in Somerset, £69,902 ; in Southampton, £52,596 ; in Stafford, .£26,140 ; in Suffolk, £72,499 ; in Surrey, £65,110 ; in Sussex .£sB ' 399 ; in Warwick, £39,106; i n Westmoreland, £3 , 030 ; in Wilt shire, £50,987 ; in Worcester, £32,411 ; and in York shire, £88,405. In the county of Middlesex, including both the cities of London and Westminster, the total amount of land tax is £236,249, v i z ., £87,794 redeemed, and £148,455 unredeemed. THE ATTEMPT TO SCUTTLE A SHIP.—Mr. Day, mas ter of the brig Earl Vane, of S un d er l an d, was brought, be fore the magistrates of that port on Saturday, charged with having attempted to scuttle that vessel at sea. The vessel returned from sea, after being out for about nine weeks on a passage for Archangel. Soon after her arri val an investigation took place by the committee of the as surance policies, when it was elicited that the cause why the vessel had returned was, that an attempt had been made by the master to scuttle her. When near the North Cape, it was discovered that the vessel was making water at the rate of nine feet per hour. On examining, they found that two trenail holes had been bored with an au ger in the hold, which were plugged by the carpenter; and, by the exertions of the crew at the pumps, the water was greatly reduced. The master did not take that inte rest in assisting that he might have done. He afterwards confessed that he had bored the holes, and that a third had been commenced, which was also discovered ; but it was not very deep in the timber. It appears that the master, not being a complete navigator, the duties de volved entirely upon the mate, who, in consequence of the extra duties he had to perform, treated the master with great harshness, and applied to him horrid names. The defence set up is insanity. The master was much agi tated by the very harsh treatment of the mate. He is a timid, nervous man, and at the time was so much excited that his conduct in some instances was like that of an in sane person. The captain has been committed for trial n the charge. SOMNAMBULISM EXTRAORDINARY.--On Tuesday night, a lad named Smith, in the employ of Mr. Cot terell, a farmer, of Cleeve, awoke in great fright, on find ing himself crammed into some dark corner, nearly smothered and blinded with dust and soot. Not being able to make out his whereabouts, he tried for a few minutes to collect his scattered senses, and found himself with an indistinct recollection of having dreamed of climbing to take a rook's nest in his master's field ; con cluding he was still up in the tree, and being unable to get down, he cried out lustily for assistance, but without effect. After bawling for some time he became exhausted, and was compelled to relinquish his hold, and fell with great violence on the hard ground. Groping about he found himself still in his own bed-room ; and glad to escape so easily, he scrambled again into bed and fell asleep. But on waking in the morning, the mystery of his night's bird-nesting was unravelled, for, to his great discomfiture, he found his person and the bed and bed clothes, as well as the floor of the room, completely covered with soot ; and from a quantity of the same ma terial lying in the fire-place, there is no doubt t h e poor fellow got up in his sleep and attempted to climb thee seven or eight feet up, awoke with the sens ations chimney, and getting jammed in the narrow part, m described. Fortunately his rapid descent occasioned and the damaged state of oe other injury than a few slight bruises on hisw was person, before e s dim h r e e t: paired by a plentiful app tenham Examiner. the l i b c a e t d i o n and or be s d el d t i e n n g d water.—Chet - ENDURANCE OF A HEN.—At the farm of Pitcorthie, near Dunfermline, a hen that bid fare to enrich its mis tress with a " cleckin, " was confined for that purpose under a large iron pot, and shut up in an out-house; but poor chuckie was speedily forgot in the daily routine of the farm, and there was she kept prisoner absolutely for three weeks; when luckily a boy turned up the pot, look ing for eggs, and found the hen hovering between life and death. Air and food, however, speedily revived her; and when we saw her, only yesterday, she was running about as lively as the rest. She had lost almost all her feathers out of her tail, either from weakness, or in her struggle to get free.—Fife Herald. NARROW ESCAPE OF GENERAL TOM THUMB.—The renowned General Tom Thumb was taking a ride near Clifton on Sunday afternoon last, in an open carriage, ac companied by his father, his guardian (Mr. Barnum), and his preceptor (Mr. H. G. Sherman). The General and Mr. Sherman, being desirous of obtaining the best view of the country, were seated on the driver's box, and on descending a steep hill the horse took fright, ran at the top of his speed and dashed against a high stone wall with such tremendous force as to instantly break his neck and shiver the. shafts and a portion of the carriage into atoms. Mr. Stratton (the General's father) and Mr. Barnum who wt re inside the carriage, escaped with some bruises, and were on the ground in an instant, anxiously looking for Mr. Sherma❑ and the General, both of whom they supposed were crushed beneath the horse and car riage. Their fears were readily dissipated, however, upon hearing the shrill voice of the General crying at its high est pitch from the adjoining field, " All right—there's no danger—don't be alarmed !" Mr. Sherman had seen the approaching danger, and with remarkable self-possession he held the General firmly in his arms, and the moment the concussion occurred he gave a fearful leap, cleared the horse and wall, the latter of which was nearly five feet i❑ height, and landed safely in an adjoining field, preserving his little charge perfectly harmless! The General's father and Mr. Burnum presented the little hero's cou rageous preserver with a hundred guineas as a token of their gratitude.—Cheltenham Chronicle. SINGULAR OUTRAGE.—The police have, during the last week, been making inquiry into the circumstances connected with the most extraordinary outrage, which oc curred on the Friday evening of the great cattle show. It appears that a number of persons had got upon a wall which separates the Green from some private property on the north side, for the purpose of having a better view of the show-ground, wHle a considerable number were as sembled in front of the wall inside for the same purpose, when a pistol was discharged among them, which, as af terwards appeared, had been loaded with slugs. The pis tol was believed to have been discharged from a garden inside the wall, and we understand smoke was seen rising from among some shrubbery in it immediately afterwards, while a person dressed like a lady and wearing a turban, was observed hastily to enter the house situate within the garden. The police instantly entered the premises, and there found an elderly lady standing at a mirror, and fit ting a bonnet upon her head. She, however, denied all knowledge of the transaction ; and, though a strict search was made for the pistol, it could not be found. Under these circumstances, and as no one directly saw the pistol fired, the police did not deem themselves justified in tak ing the lady into custody. An elderly man, a servant in the house, was strictly questioned, and he also denied all knowledge of the matter. By this gross outrage, five or six persons were wounded, two of them boys, one not more than six or seven years of age. The elder boy, about ten years old was taken to the Police-office, where several slugs were extracted from his arm by the surgeon. A policeman was also slightly wounded ; though, fortu nately none of the parties were •ery materially injured. The occurrence took place at the verge of the police boun dary ; the pistol having been discharged beyond the bounds, while it took effect within. The case has accord ingly been reported to the county authorities, though the city police have been making every exertion to bring proof to bear against the party suspected ; as yet, however, without success.—Scottish Guardian. REPORTS OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORS.—The half yearly reports of the factory inspectors give evidence throughout of great activity in every branch of manufac tures except flax spinning. Mr. Homer says on the Ist of May— " The cotton trade is iu a state of great activity; new mills are building, others long unoccupied have been taken by new tenants, and in some places it is difficult to find workers. There is also a much more prosperous state in the woollen mills. It is otherwise in the flax-spinning mills; there we have great complaints of bad trade ; some are working less than twelve hours a day, and some are entirely stopped." And again on the 12th of July he says— " There is great activity in the factories, especially in the cotton mills. In many places large additions have been made, both of bui dings and machinery, to existing mills; and several entirely new mills have been built, and are now in progress. I not only do not hear of any persons being out of employment, but in some places hands are scarce. One mill-occupier, who employs a large number of hand-loom weavers, has stated that he is paying them fully 3 per cent. more than he did twelve months ago, and that this advance is general for most descrip tions of work." Mr. Saunders says in his report of the 10th April— " The state of trade continues much as at the period of my last report, except that there has been more activity in the woollen branch." Mr. Stuart says, writing on the Ist April— " The cotton factories in this country are, with the most tri fling exceptions, all at work, and for the period authorised by law for the employment of young persons; but not one new cotton factory either at Glasgow or in this district, so far as I have observed or cau learn, is in course of being erected." Mr. Howell, on the 30th June, reports— " In the quarter just ended the greatest activity has prevailed in the several branches of manufacture." The activity of trade has tempted a considerable number of mill-owners to work beyond the legal hours. Mr. Stuart bears a very striking testimony to the healthiness of working in woollen mills, and quotes a medical testi mony to the effect that it had cured a young man, a son of the chief magistrate of Selkirk, and that " children employed in these works are more healthy than other children who are kept at home without following any em ployment." The quarterly reports of the inspectors of factories also give a very favourable general view of the condition of the manufacturing population. SHIPWRECK AND PIRACY.—The Robert and Ann, of Newcastle, William Venus, master, bound to Alexandria, with coke and coals was steering a fair course through the Gut of Gibraltar on the night of the Ist instant, when the weather came on so thick that the crew could scarcely 'this Cape ti S p see from the h ea d t o th e s t ern o f t h e vessel ; and, having got into a st rong current, were d r i ven ashore, at l i o clock, near m e thear t w e l e . a t h T e h r The crew to noetl clear r k kedge , out, e w o h u e t n , and for four h ours l a b oure d unsuccessfully to haul her off. ff. About the crew, to their surprise, discovered another vessel within pistol-shot, exactly in a similar situation to their own. She proved to be the Syren, of Plymouth, Wil liam Turner master, bound from Swansea to Messina, and also laden with coals. The two masters consulted to gether, and it was determined that two of the crew of each vessel should be despatched to Tangier to get as sistance. The men pulled off for that purpose, and just as they rounded Cape Spartel, were observed by Her Ma jesty's steamer Hecla, which vessel was on her way to Tangier with despatches. The officer in command de sired them to return to their vessels, and he would send off assistance immediately on his arrival at Tangier. On the boat's crew re-approaching the stranded ships they found the decks covered with Moors and Arabs ; and being fired at from the shore immediately pulled off the land, and again made for Tangier. About two hours afterwards the boat again fell in with the Hecla, which having delivered her despatches was returning to assist the vessels. The Hecla took the boat in tow, and on nearing the Robert and Ann, the Moors made off; and together with a body of armed companions on the beach, amounting, as the men say, to at least 1,000 (a great number of them mounted on camels and horses), pro ceeded inland. Finding that both vessels had been stripped, and that the captains and remainder of the crews had disappeared, the Hecla returned to Tangier; where to the satisfaction of all, it was found that the two cap tains and their men had previously arrived, having pulled there in boats. They had been compelled to leave the vessels in consequence of one party on shore firing on them to cover another armed party who wet e advancing to board. The captains ani crews were forwarded to Gibraltar in the Hecla, and were brought in the Mon trose mail-steamer to Southampton. The crew of the Syren got re-shipped at that port, and the other crew were forwarded to London by the local agent of the ship wrecked Mariners' Society, to receive further assistance. —Kentish Mercury. A meeting of the South Staffordshire Iron and Coal masters took place at Tipton, on Wednesday, to take into consideration the great decrease in the sale of South Staffordshire coal in the midland counties and in the me tropolis, which is alleged to be occasioned by an advance in the tonnage dues of the Warwick and Birmingham, and Napton, and Coventry Canals. It appeared, from what transpired on this occasion, that there was a falling off in the transmission of coals from that district of 82,259 tons, comparing the year 1843 with the year 1832, while the ac counts of the three months of May, June, and July, in thr present year, showed a reduction of 4,360 tons. The cause of this was attributed to an arrangement between the Warwick and Birmingham and Warwick and Napton Ca that readiestataddressof inwwdnauuclid7 Ca nals, by which a charge had been imposed upon naviga tion which almost amounts to a prohibition. For instance, it is stated that a boat passing with 20 tons of coals or less would be charged with 30 tons weight ; and if a boat passed singly through the locks, it is charged 10s. It such a boat should return empty and pass through the locks singly, 21s. is charged for the same boat. It is said to be a common thing for a boat to be detained several days waiting for another boat to accompany it, in order to save the charge. Another ground of complaint is, that coals sent to Rickmansworth and Uxbridge have to be of ten or fifteen miles) and pay the Canal Company from sent to Brentford and thence back again Brentford Id. per ton per mile for such coal, to entitle (being a distance them to the same drawback as was allowed on coal passing through London. Parties living within 15 . or 20 miles of ter distance. The South than those living at a greater Staf fordshire trade in coal with the metropolis is said to be greatly injured by the present outrageous canal tonnages London are thus subjected to a higher price for their coal and their regulations. It was determined at the meetin g the Birmingham Canal Company to make y the f gettingßoard o r f i d T o r f a t d h e e on ev i l the a s suggested subject, and to the b e i o aiser n ptcex ,pufi experienced. sse n sriedti d oae, ntnta c eoel u tdtee t h,dno a o.dubi n gnv e lhgi wta to strongly seems r n mseoh e mnu g o cs l f hytbh / roe 2 ef 1 ne m t aih i nn l e e da miles, which, decwnoon compa nies pvt c hea h ..e. , , on the question of a reduction of consequences. A fact was mentioned in the of were the leastthe 10 Grand o,ooo toos per Junctioner annum. an d Oxford It was Cana lalalso iutnn i bcs t htoiyli oaeetdeu a intmsi ormelr l coso o hpdeaerne c aa, at g a voetat l Companies e : rna i tb u shteattb e etedeo s uhnay t detd i r ur r a le a a a s e n d i ,nin consent to charge the toll on brooch coal s o t f a ff short n r d s weights, n n ena l it mightwould o w b o e w i p n g u s crease would take place if a reduction were submitted to, were it not for the heavy canal tonnages, at 1/s. viz., con sumption that London, or 18s. per ton, whereas Newcastle coal is now fetching £1 16s. per ton. August 27, 1844. Gateshead Iv -lies were . returning from the and two - in a dog-cart, the vehicle was °" gatta er to Newcastle, d lithe the latter town, an...a turned at Mufgray...'-terrace, in 0 , ACCIDENTS.—On Friday week, as a gentlere . party thrown out, by a r s a i l: d f rrieclf ) • to have been ma , and gentleman, (who were shortly the hors' don, was killed.—On Monm3y were riding in a gig from Pelton to Newcastle, lop a Miss Henderson, , took fright, and the vehicle came in contact with t,,, 00 post aid was overturned, by which the lady Pliss i T.,,;el of Gateshead) was thrown out, and received such • 17 030 (yesterday) week that she only lingered about an hour. The gen.tL e : o sustained little harm. Both accidents happened with short distance from the same spot.—On Saturday as the mail coach from Whitehaven was proceeding i o English-street, Carlisle, the coachman, to avoid a to which was obstructing the thoro ug hfare, drove cl og, the wall, and a gentleman (Mr. Bonner, surge on ' 3 0 Brighton) who was an outside passenger, had his P o e. frightfully crushed, that amputation was immediateyotei, cessary, and on Monday he expired at the Royal Ael To render this affliction more severe, the decease d%O upon his wedding tour, his bride being inside of thee" at the time of the accident. ; War tiet CAPTAIN WARNER'S CH ALLENGE .—Captain o rf has published the following offer in the morning PP: it —" If the government will anchor a line-of-battle -shi p the back of the Goodwin Sands, out of the ship tra,oftrops that no harm may happen to passing vessels, I wil l , five on board another ship destroy her at a distance of miles. lam willing to take on board the vessel in ° no t I opera'e, General Sir George Murray, Captain V„i s , c ' ts io Ingestrie, R.N., Captain Dickinson, R.N., and u".P t ,of Henderson, R.N., who shall have every opportall e i n v inspecting my mode of operation, and satisfying k i n d selves that on this occasion I use a p ro j ec tile. Tu e , ne & liberality of my friends enables me t o ex hibit this e 'r tce ment without asking the government for a shilling e , wards it. If I fail I am to receive nothing but ricile w s ble of which I have received enough to sati s fy any reasl o ro man already. But previously, I re qu i r e a gua rante e her Majesty's government for it s p urc h ase o f al! Sod for £300,000 in the event of my destroying the abJ.P b iliti satisfying the four above named officers of the fear o4' and practicability of my plans." The gallant captain Ad eludes with an invitation to Sir Howard Douglas: l ; i , three other equally eminent officers, to w it ness the °P„ tion, that they may he assured th a t th e d es tructiar t o caused by a projectile. The son of the i nv entor o l d " Shapnell Shell" has addressed a lett er t o th e Ti' se answer to this, in which he says,— " I am not aware of the method of Captain w a rner's o p range fire,' but from import an t exper i ments at 111ount''" where near 300,060 rounds were fi re d to ascertain corre ctio and elevations, I am prepared t o p rove b eyond a doubt tha' t y greater the distance at which the object or target is pisced A , r e , more difficulty the position assumes, from the density sol f r fraction of the atmosphere so cons t ant l y c h ang i ng the ewpol ture of the line of sight. Perhaps some of your readers are po aware that we do not see through the atmosphere (as throtir , vacuum) in a direct or st ra i g ht li ne , b ut t h at of a curv e, r lated by distance, refraction, and density of the atraosPo 1 Place a gun-barrel in a vice, s o th a t it canno t b e move d, re" c ol 1 the breech, and place an obj ec t a m il e o ff, so t h at you eauded through the barrel and see that o bj ec t, y ou w ill fi n d that 0 0, constantly changed in position; sometimes not to be see° s eri from its being visually moved on one s id e , an d a t a nother t y of the day it will be seen in another position, 501e1Y.., 1 1, 1 0 changes and density of the atmosphere. How Captain 7 0 9 1 has overcome this difficulty lamat a loss to account. 11 1, have overcome the effects of ever-changing atmosPhe" o - 01 , sistance and the errors occasioned by incorrect centr.bot gravity, which hitherto have been an evil from the ' dust!..ol up to a 68-pounder, and the reason why no two shots P; A ce alike; the projectile must be projected from a piece of orde bo ol not, troubled with winda g e rr ang l es o f aispart, and the 14 40, of our artillery as to pra c ti ce mus t consequent l y b e ho -, te with a terminus. I have had the honour to state the effec t of my invention to Sir Rotert Peel—viz , that lam ready to de s eyf i at any distance fro m our s h ores an enemy ' s fleet , i n the and 011 est sea, in the darkest ni g ht, an d w i t h out any no i se , an ie sor expose my bombproof bark to th e h eav i es t fi re f rom batter 01 a fleet, and shall have much pleasure to chase or attack CaP,itr Warner, and will defy any one to destroy my bark with 0 ,0 visible shell', or with such a much more invisible range as miles' " A WITNESS TO THE RESCUE. From a recent number of Tom Burke is taken ,thebot, lowing characteristic sk e t c h— one o f t h e aut h o r 9 bees Tom Burke, the hero, afte r hi s re t urn f rom F ran ce, f ri el he had been servin g und er N a p o l eon , i s seized anc.d.. tube for a crime supposed to h ave b een comm i t t e d bei c,- the quitted the land of his birth. Darby M'Keovo' t he prisoner's old friend, who had been transported, * ras ?' only person who could exonera t e hi m , an d b e wit? - , 4 0' posed to be far away " oPr the sea." As the tria l r ceeds however the following scene occurs:— d ie A tremendous uproar in the hall without drowned , remainder of the sentence; and a lth oug h th e crier itt proclaimed silence, and the Bench twice interPes e ott' authority to enforce it, the t umu lt con ti nue d, and o!, - e ar tually extended within th e cour t it se lf, w h e re all - blance of respect seemed suddenly annihilated. t he " If this continues one moment longer," exclairae fit gt Chief Justice, " I will commit to Newgate the veil , disorderly person I can discover." The threat, however, did but pa r ti a lly calm the the bance, which in a confused murmur prevailed fro?? the benches of the counsel to the ve ry galleries ei of Court. " What means this?" said the judge in a I° ic , e Ad- voices A anger. " Who is it that dares to interfere with the ministration of justice here ?" w fromi tne s s the a p w a i s t s n a e g s e s , 0 m y y the L oCnio,u"rt called, pushed violently forward, and came struggling O w " till the leading figures were pressed over the inner bar c i e $ Again the judge repeated his question, while be Iva ,' b ' r s o h k o e ut fr e o d ra a t d h e e e p r - a t g o g n e e d d vaob l , e . e iv i i l n g l f o r signal D a f r o b r y t the officer , o K ffi e e n e w r n o , f a the d court n t , o t biin approach sel rs hi m• te , : n: the middle of t - he crowd. " Your Lordship V° ask of r p y y r ol lord," avenueradl and the name !" cw ..., passage of th e ll even jammed up the stairs and the entrance htt'''' crowd And now, raised upon the shoulders 0f the broad an . Darby appeared, borne aloft in triumph; his broddw_tt daring face, bronzed with sun and weather, glowe _oeirlit a look of reckless effrontery, which no awe of the nor any fear for himself was able to repress. e l at es while a s e e r c .nr,l l Of my own sensations while this scene was eusb need not speak ; and as I gazed at the weather- rt o f features of the hardy piper, it demanded every eir c ig ht• my reason to believe in the testimony of my, eY e w s ' o uld Had he come back from death itself, the surprse it 1 44 5 scarely have been greater. Meanwhile the tumult $ allayed, and the lawyers on either side—for now t a w ith, glimmer of hope appeared, my advocate had entered of spirit on his duties—were discussing the admissibili.Thig n oA‘w":fielilsiledmofe:vamep evidence at the present stage of the proceeding s. ot her point being speedily established in my favour, alL o of and a graver question was raised—how far the testovioj of a convicted felon—for such the lawyer at once c le Darby—could be received as evidence. pr o p Cases were quoted, and authorities shown, t° Pore that such could not be heard as witnesses—that thel l or among those whom the law pronounces infamous all'potiti worthy of credit ; and while the lawyer continued t f, i ple i forth a perfect ocean of arguments, he inter' — re was ~r by the Court, who affirmed the opinion, and e oll ' in his view of the case. e l ' all " It only remains, then, my Lord," sa id my c i ,,1 11° I " for the crown to establish the identity 9f the inu l ff " Nothing easier," interposed the other. th e " I beg pardon. I was about to add—and proda ce record of his conviction." 0 0 This last seemed a felling blow ; for although the wA . 4 ; 43 0, w i lawyer never evinced here, or at any other .• .00,.0 0 slightest appearance of discomfiture at any 0pp 051 4 P, could see. by the puckering of the deep lines arotwile mouth, that he felt vexed and annoyed by his new 5 tion. 1) 0 PI : An eager and animated discussion ensued, in w 00 1 advocate was assisted by the advice of some senio' d pf sel, and again the point was ruled in my favour, al l 4 "YourbyM!Keo n w a n na lva i s s d m es ,K ire e d ow to n, m sr o i u ? nt " t a h a e id ta t b h l e e lawyeerin l o t t that abruptness which so often succeeds in °verse' balance of a witness's self-possession. " Yes, sir—Darby M'Keown. " " Did you ever go by any other than thi s ? " tb itl " They do call me ' Darby the Bl as t' b e ti m es, ti , II , a name. bl " Is that the only othe r name you h ave b een calle d i ; c " I misremember r i g htl y, i t ' s so long ailiceboa° among friends and acquaintances ; but if yet, would remind me a littl e , may b e I cou l d tell. , 0 dodo " Well, were y ou ever ca ll e d ' L arry the Fl a il? doe " Faix, I was," replied he, laughing, ‘' devil II ~' . 7 of it." Flt al. fo f " How did you come by the name of ' Larry the " They gave me that name up at M u lh u ldad, til p A r beating one M'Clancy wid a flail." be illi. " A very good reason. So you got the naive t he u yo beat a certain M'Clancy with a flail?" pi e " I didn't say that. I only said that they gal e name because they said I bate him." 0 Were w er a e s, y o o f u te e n v . el called ' Fire the Haggard ? ' '' " For no reason, of course ? " 4. lost twbi emo:, always Idlpiwda_ i eaot v disywo i e,s l cdehaoiuvrmeya you mean, ei humbugging gn T ,t h ht e aa lt b k wo of f s y 1 n. said ,e, ? , , i t in s po r - , - they talk of yer honour out there in the hall. do 0 0 do " Sure I heard them say myself, as I was IVY that you wor o clever man and a cute lawyer. t/0 at t ot A titter ran round the benches of the b arr ister ' 4 speech, which was delivered with the naive sio 3 P L i t e ow "10' " You are a United Irishman, Mr. 3 1 `r p terl i believe? " rejoined the counsel with a frown 0.1 ( 1 ° an der, , t t n sir, and a White Boy, and a Def eli t i l ves• pin 6, Th- . . , rasher besides. I was in alithe fun thew ~,bo -,,, , " The Thrash ers are th e f e ll ows , I b e lieve , t ibsts" . beat any man they are a pp o i n t e d t o attack--id - 0 t c) . a pe ..,;orf' "So that if I was to be mentioned to you 3 . , " , be assaulted, although I had never done 3 7 °' " II , ye' you'd not hesitate to waylay me. t Ott e ' " No, sir, I would'nt do that 0.- co t , / honour." he oul a° " Come, come—what do you mean W- , w attack me ?" e?" f t 1 011 " I'd rather not tell, av it was pleazing to y flu ldu ' " You must tell, sir. Speak out ? Why w " ,10 " They say, sir, " said Darby, attack me ?" o pOU' o 7" sS V - vo rt and as be -res t 0 11 voice assumed a peculiar lisp, meant to exPr e h i e fo ( desty, " they say, sir, that when a man hasfbito, there, like yer honour it's not lucky to bate elf, that's the way the divil marks his ovvm " . ent ir ar This time the decorum of the court gave s_), a P 4 of and the unwashed faces which filled the avennufwasit_ool sages were all expanded in open laughter ; . ° r o t. er1 3 %. 0 10 Ks l e to restore order again amid the many mar ~; 00 and encouragement bestowed on Darby by P w admirers. _