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A CHAUNT FOR MIDSUMMER Earth is lying in thy S Languidly beside the And the tall green cor And the Tout birds aI Earth is lying in its Passes from the sx Warm a - mil al! day the stately stee For the calm sea tossi Which shall thunder c BOOKS R REVIEW, & LITERATURE and receiv London, a ," when Sr. C. Mitc s of Aiis sbman's nce Chronicl .—The V ,—The Bulwark, N tiliar Things.—The Bio hroat Deafness Home Cir ~rapn —The Botan Part 37.—The —The Irish Emigrant's Duett ,tiff! Erin," Ba Song of the Emig of Eve The Reh s Return," Balla, g on the Summer Sea ' 6 "le IV. Annie Laurie." The ng.— ksmith," S To the Gold Fields, or the '—The Charming Polka.—' Science - . By :John Pye Smith Paris of Geologici D.D. London: H. G. Bc This is one of the cheap but elegant series con stituting "Bohn's Standard Scientific Library," and we strongly recommend it to those of our readers who have hitherto feared to look into the noble science of geology. Many there are who have acquired the - belief that geology scriptural. It would be easy to convince such persons of their mistake; but it would be very difficult to do so in the masterly style of Dr. Pye Smith, whose well-known piety is the best guaran tee for the motives and management of the work. We have in the pages before us the carefully con sidered opinions of an able theologian and an emi nent man of science, whose expansive mind has grappled with the difficult task of robbing the 'unbeliever of the flimsy obiP of an almost infant sciP- s anti ctions gnorance tAence hare originated in minds No family library should too prone to disbelieve be without this ptiblication 4n Introduction to Geology and its Associated Sciences, Mineralogy, Fossil Botany, and Pak ontology. By G. F. Richardson, F.G.S. A new Edition, by Thomas Wright, M.D. London : H. G. Bohn. With the magnificent resources of the British Museum,- and an ardent love for geological science, it is not to be wondered at that the highly illus trated manual of the late Mr. Richardson should have been a universal favourite with students. Time, however, has worked such extraordinary changes in geological science, that even that useful book would soon have lost its value, had not Dr. Wright undertaken the ta.k of revising it and bringing it up to the present period, a task which he has executed most ably. Outlines of Comparative Physiology. By Louis Agassiz and A.A. Gould. London: H. G. Bohn. The study of zoology has ever been more or less a favourite one with men of intellect ; and the wonderful discoveries and deductions of Cuvier, Owen, and others, have given a rank to zoology and comparative anatomy which could never have been anticipated in the days of Buffon and Gold smith, whose pretty Natural Histories were the delight of our boyhood. Comparative anatomy, the most important branch of zoology, has hitherto been unknown to the general reader, and probably would long have remained so had it not been for the united efforts of Professor Agassiz and Mr. Gould, who entertained the idea of a student's manual, which they gave to the world, and of which the work before us is an ably revised edition. The Gold Colonies of Australia. By G. Butler Earp, formerly Member of the Legislative Coun cil of New Zealand. London : Routledge & Co. A new edition of this, the best guide which we have yet met with,—one of which sixteen thousand copies were sold within ten days of publication,— a satisfactory proof that the public have confi dence in the author and like his book. As we have already noticed this work, it remains for us only to say that the present edition contains all the recent intelligence, and gives the emigrant sound advice, whether his intention be to go io the gold mines, or, what is far better, to settle down to pastoral occupations. The work we have read with plea sure, tempted on from page to page, and we have now a much more vivid impression of Australian life than before. Let the reader follow our exam ple; and, as if to whet his appetite, while he may form some idea of the author's style, here are one or two quotations : NATURE TURNED TOPSYTURVY "The seasons, of course, are the reverse of ours in England ; the middle of summer falling in January, and midwinter in July. The summer is considered to extend from the beginning of November to the end of February ; the spring months are short, consisting of September and October; the autumn months are March, April, and May; and the winter, June, July, and August. The rainy months, par excellence, are March, April, and Augtfst. Time is also opposite to our own, the English day being the Australian night. Our longest day is the shortest in Australia ; we look south at the sun, our friends at the antipodes look north. With us the baro meter falls before bad weather, and rises before good ; in Australia it rises before bad weather, and falls before good. The north wind is there hot, and the south cold, whilst the valleys are cold and the mountain-tops warm. Australia has been called a country of c on t rar i e ti es, not only i n point of climate and its accessories, but in nature also. The swans are black, the eagles white ; cherries grow with the stones outside, and delicious-looking pears are solid wood ; bees have no stings ; flowers, for the most part, no smell; birds do not sing; the greater por tion of the trees have no shade, whilst, instead of turning the broad part of the leaf to the sun, they turn its edge, giving an idea of a forest in rags; for a great portion of the year the trees are destitute of hark, ?hewing only their naked stems ; animals have pockets, in which they stow their young; some quadrupeds have ducks' bills, and lay eggs ; birds carry brooms in their mouths, in place of tongues; owls screech in the daytime, and cuckoos sing at night,—with a variety of other contradictions, which convey the idea of nature turned topsyturvy." A SQUATTER IN THE FAIR WAY TO WEALTH, " A thousand pounds would, at the present time, lay the foundation of a fortune, provided the possessor made up his mind not to be tempted to the diggings. The first step would be to put it in the bank at landing, then to start at once for the out stations. There would be at this time little difficulty in buying a run, with its stock, for a little money ; should means be wanting, go and look out for a run for yourself ; and having found one to your pur pose, so situated that stock can be readily p u t upon i t, apply to the Commissioner of Crown Lands fo r a depas turing license. This application will secure your run for Six months. After this you will be required to pay an an nual sum of £lO for your license from the first of July in every year ; this will secure you an estate of some score of square miles, till the government wishes to sell it, which will scarcely be in your time. Water, pastpasturage, &c., must depend on your own judgment. In addition to the license, you will have to pay a half-yearly tax on all the stock at your station, viz., a halfpenny a-head for sheep, three halfpence for cattle, and threepence for horses. Before you get your license, the capabilities of the run will be valued by a person appointed by the government, and another appointed by yourself, as to the number of sheep or cattle it is capable of supporting; and if this ex ceed 4,000, you w ill h ave to p.y £2 10s, extra for every thousand, though you have them not, which the run is adjudged to carry. This will give you a right to the run and also to the preemption of it, Should you des Preference to any other person." ire it, in But the settler may not be, and often is . _not, a even for him there i s the way, if there Let him buy some sheep, at about 7s. a head, and go halves with the stockholder who takes them into his flock. The first year wilt yield a profit of nearly 20 per cent. upon the sum in vested, besides the original sheep and half the lambs; the second year will increase the profit to about 26 per cent. upon the original outlay, while the flock is increasing in numbers likewise. Thus may the settler in a few years be enabled to realize enough to become a squatter, or a purchaser; and, says the author very pertinently, " it is somewhat questionable whether gold-finding would have paid him better, or more satisfactorily." capitalist : is the will But that the reader may not accuse us of "harp ing on one string "—though we truly think the gold-seeking far less likely to profit the emigrant than if he quietly determines to turn his attention to pastor life—let us extract the following quota- tion, which is of extreme interest in a scientific point of view and Afr relics of n the precious PENCILLING"-OF MR. DISRAELL—Disraeli had ar rived before me Eat Lady Blessington's], and sat in the deep window, looking out upon Hyde-park, with the last rays of daylight reflected from the gorgeous gold flowers of a splendidly embroidered waistcoast. Patent leather pumps, a white stick, with a black cord and tassel, and a )1 chains about his neck and pockets, served to en in the dim light, rather a conspicuous Disraeli has one of the most remarks . He is lividly pale, and but for the _ )1 his action and the strength of his lungs, would em a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Ere- ble faces I ever saw THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, 'TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1852. POOR RATES AND THE CHURCH OF IRELAND TO THE RIGHT HON. TILE EARL OF DERBY. Mr LO&D,—I trust that in the multiplicity of subjects which must occupy your lordship's attention at the present time, that of the Church of Ireland will not be forgotten. There are many individuals, both in England and this country, whose idea of the Church of Ireland is, that her clergy consist of a large body of men totally dispropor tioned to the wants of their flocks—or rather having no flocks at all ! and, at the same time, enjoying enormous revenues ! But what are the facts ? After the census of 1831 the Church Protestants of Ireland amounted to over 186,000 individuals. From various causes this number has been coniderablyaugmented. They cannot now be less than one million—some say they are much more: while the number of clergy ministering amongst them is something over two thousand, or about one for every five hundred persons—a proportion, I believe, somewhat greater than appears in England, without taking into account the great extent of Irish parishes in comparison with those in the sister kingdom. With regard to the incomes, they, too, are about equal in nominal value to those of the English branch of the Church, i.e., £216 a year, while the actual value is con siderably less. In this diocese—Limerick and Ardfert— the average is £196 and £167 respectively, exclusiveof rates. The incomes of the clergy—as your lordship is aware — were formerly , made up of tithes and glebe lands. The former were altered by the Tithe Composition Act of 1824, which reduced them on an average about one-third. This was the first reduction. - The tithe agitation caused another act to be passed in 1832, by which the burden of paying the composition directly to the owner was taken off the occupier and trans ferred to the landlord, who received 25 per cent. for the trouble of collecting it with his rent, and handing it over to such tithe owner. This was the second reduction, which brought down tithe property to about half its original value ; but the clergy made no complaint. The next reduction was one which no policy (except a hatred of the Church) could justify. 'When the Poor-law Act was passed in 1838, the general rule for levying a rate was, that each occupier should pay a rate on each pound of value according to a certain valuation, and that if such occupier were liable to pay rent, he was empowered to deduct half a rate from each pound of such rent. The tithe-rent charge was made an exception. not only to all other rent charges, which were entirely exempted from poor rate, but. also to this rule—the person paying it being entitled to deduct a whole rate from the tithe owner, though he paid but half a rate himself. But this very practice was felt by the landlords be an evil, when applied to themselves. The Boards of Guar dians and their valuators began to lower their valuations, by which means an undue proportio❑ of the rate was thrown upon the landlords. Parliament applied a remedy to this by passing an act by which no tenant can deduct from his landlord more than half the amount of poor's rate he himself has actually paid, led the disproportion between rent and valuation be what it may. This brought matters to an equality, as far as landlords and tenants are concerned. When a rate is levied the amount and relative proportions remain the same, while from the decrease in valuation higher rates must now be struck, and the tithe owner's income remaining the same, his rates have in. creased in more than duplicate ratio. To illustrate my meaning, I take the case of a property in my neighbourhood ; rent, £7OO ; valuation, £700; tithe rent charge, £25. Suppose £250 to be required for the poor, a rate of about seven shillings in the pound will produce this, and the tithe owner has to pay £8 155., or above a third of his income—while the landlord's pro portion is £125 out of £7OO, or less than a fifth part, and tenants' the same. The valuation has been reduced from £7OO to £5OO. This requires a rate of ten shillings to make up the same amount, but from the tithe owner is deducted £l2 10s., or one half his income ! Had the mode of deduction from the landlord remained as for merly the tenants would pay £250, and deduct from the landlord £175 on the £7OO rent, leaving their own share only £75. But the late act remedied this as far as the landlord is concerned, for the tenants cannot claim more than £125, or one half of what they themselves have paid ; so that while the amount contributed by landlords and tenants remains the same, the clergyman or tithe owner's income is reduced from two-thirds to one-half ; and what makes the case more grievous still—the landlord, who has paid less than 3s. 7d. in the pound himself, that is little more than one-sixth of his income to the support of the poor, is entitled to deduct from the clergyman the whole rate of len shillings ! ! This is not an exaggerated case. As an instance of the deterioration in church property, I take the liberty of stating the facts as regards my own parish, Brosna. Five-and-twenty years ago it was consi dered worth £3OO a year. The Composition reduced this to £175, the balance going to the occupiers. The tithe rent charge next brought this down to £l3l, 25 per cent. or £44 being allowed to the landlords for collecting this sum. This income—small as it is—has been further reduced by the poor rates, so that out of my half year's income of £65, due last May, no less a sum than £47 is deducted for poor rates, leaving but £lB for my support and expenses of every kind I In one electoral division, instead of £3B to which I am entitled, I can claim only £2 4s. 4d. ! ! My lord, what have the Irish clergy done to merit this treatment ? " Facts," my Lord, " are stubborn things," and these are facts. The clergy of the church of Ireland have flocks, whose average numbers equal, if they do not ex ceed those of their brethren in England. Their incomes, too, are equal, while their spheres of labour are much more extensive and the duty more harassing. In the discharge of their duties they are, to say the least, equally conscientious. But here the parallel ceases. The English clergy, no doubt, pay a poor rate ; but it is not with them a crushing impost. It does not amount, as in my case, to 18e. 10d. in the pound on a half year's income in the greater part of a small parish, and Ss. in the remainder, sweeping away the whole at one blow ! The remedy is in your Lordship's hands. If an income of £2OO a-year he not considered too high for the duties we hare to perform, let the impost (which is the merest fraction to those who receive it,) be altogether removed. But if a deduction must be made, let it be such as shall be paid bona fide, for the use of the poor, and let no man have the power, as at present, of demanding, say three shillings in the pound, under the name of poor rate, and then applying two shillings of it to his own use !—I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's very obedient humble servant, EDWARD NORMAN, A.M. Rector of Brosna, Diocese of Ardfert, &c. Brosna, Abbeyfeale, 30th July, 1852. DISTRICT NEWS. ST. HELENS AGRICULTURAL REPORT.—The corn harvest bas begun Oats are being cut, and wheat is ripening faster than will expected. Barley is full ready for the scythe. Bean: are going on nicely. Cabbage, vetches, and turnips ari thriving rapidly. Potatoes are rotting very fast; indeed those that are got up good and sound one day - the next. Cows are milking well, and butter is e rotten t of eddi said to be light, but good ling in the ordinary w The us oni are proce a scarcity of hands; what it is to be attributed -CORN SET ON FIRE afternoon, a most aw ed in tt new bu r, Part 5, An Examinat n of It H.—Wonderful Thin gi Yearsh cal Mag Gar a and I ne Companion, Part NEW MUSL Scotch Ballad Irish Exile " In Shades :s, Mus I's, Red le Edit° LOCALITIES OF GOLD lar fact connected with the Austra ntains. Exactly 90 0 from the main ain is the reral chain, and exactly 90 0 from s the Californian chain tn fang The fourth between Brazil In three of these Tons reg s been fissured, a nd transmuted elevated ther curious fact nototherium, and detritus. Hence Dus ro, Australian al; ; in other word On Ti By James Y - London: Churchill. When we inform the reader that, for the mainte- nance of hearing, there must be preserved an e librium between the air within and the air without e auditory org, e him the key to nearly the entire question; and when we tell h that for him Where is a sin ,old chain of m e same c e preservation of this equilibrium there is a little ge, called the eustachian tube, leading from the throat into the chamber of the ear within the drum or tympanum, he can easily understand how I the necessary counterbalance may be destroyed and if this passage should be closed ; ity will also enable him to see how rane of the throat may, by extend along this pas- ye with a kind king and impatient nervousness, and when he has Forth. as he does constantly. with a particularly suc- His mouth sal cessful cataract of expression, it assumes a curl of trium phant scorn that would be worthy of a Mephistopheles. vy mass of jet black ringlets falls over his left oat to his collarless stock ; while on the right temple is parted an with the smooth careful- nes most unctiously, With thy incomparable oil, Macassar, Disraeli was the only one at table who knew Beckford. and the style in which he gave a sketch of his habits and manners was worthy of himself. I might as well attempt to gather up the foam of the sea, as to convey an idea of the extraordinary language in which he clothed his de scription. There were, at least, five words in every sen tence that must have been very much astonished at the use t _ were put to, and yet no others apparently could so well have conveyed his idea. He talked like a race horse approaching the winning-post, every muscle in ac tion, and the utmost energy of expression flung out in every burst. It is a great pity he is not in parliament. * * * * Victor Hugo and his extraordinary novels came next under disclission ; and Disraeli, who was fired with his own eloquence, started off, apropos des bottes, with a long story of empalement he had seen in Upper Egypt. It was as good, and perhaps as authentic, as the descrip tion of the chow-chow-tow in " Vivian Grey." He had arrived at Cairo on the third day after the man was trans fixed by two stakes from hip to shoulder, and he was still alive ! The circumstantiality of the account was equally horrible and amusing. Then followed the sufferer's his tory, with a score of murders and barbarities, heaped together like Martin's Feast of Belshazzar, with a mixture of horror and splendour, that was unparalleled in my ex perience of improvisiation. No mystic priest of the Cory bantes could have worked himself up into a finer phrenzy of language.—N. P. Willis Authors and A RIDE T TROUGH THE NUBIAN DESERT.—From an interesting little work by Capt. W. Peel, recently pub lished, we extract the following :—" It is the halt in the Desert by night that forms so sublime a scene. Men, camels, and baggage lie stretched upon the plain ; all are still and scattered ; yet all seem bound together, all seem passing away; there is no other shadow but theirs to stain the soft purple of the sand. And yet there is a melan choly in the Desert, and a gloom in the breast you cannot dispel ; though lying in the vaulted chamber of the skies, the thoughts are not heavenly—they turn, they cling to all that is earthly. Why are they not heavenly ? What is there between you and eternity? Are you not there alone ? No, though you have left life behind you, you are not alone: Death is your companion, it stares you in the face at every step. Take care, or you will stumble over its victim. Lave the road, you perish ; follow the track of the caravan, and rotting carcases are its mile stones. Why is the voice of the caravan so hushed, and why db you urge your camel's speed ? See, your spirit is wounded ; you are musing on a secret in your own breast, and yet it is known to all. Look at that horrid object that lay in your path, his head turned back, and his month wide open; he wanted water, Death has mocked him, and choked it with sand ; he wanted air, the wind is laughing through his ribs; he struggled to reach his journey's end, his feet are striking in the air." He speaks of the heat and thirst as quite agonising, and twice mentions that a bird came fearlessly to the shelter of a sorrel-tree, under whose shade they were resting. He says —" A strong southerly wind, as hot as a furnace, painfully oppressive, cloudless sky; so oppressive, that a poor bird came to take refuge in the same place, though aware of my presence. I put out my hand and caught it; it was quite overcome. We gave it some water, which it took most greedily, and set it free ; but it was too weak, and, after flying short distances, it lay down on the sand to die." The heat then was shown by the thermometer to be 103 degrees, and the sand itself 140 degrees. Once again the same thing happened, and a little bird was re freshed by these weary men, and this time it hopped mer rily away, keeping under the camels' legs for shade. They were ten days in crossing this land of desolation, travel. ling as fast as possible; and Capt. Peel ends this chapter thus :—" This is my description of the Nubian Desert; and now, perhaps, some other traveller will come, not bound for such distant regions, and therefore choosing his own time and moving with conveniences. He will go in the winter season, or perhaps after some great tropical rain. He will see the water dashing down the burns, and carving a channel through the sand ; the face of the desert will be refreshed ; he will not be pained by the hot south wind, or scorched by the glaring sand ; and will he, there fore, say that I have exaggerated ? I could not wish him a severer punishment than that he might be made to tra verse it at the same season and in the same time." THE Rom( TEMPLES or EGYPT.—There is nothing in Egypt which can be likened to the great temple of Ab ou-Simbel. Karnak is grander, but its grandeur is hu man. This belongs rather to the superhuman fancies of the East, the halls of the Afrites, or to the realm of the dethroned Titans of early Greek mythology. This im pression is not diminished on passing the second hall and corridor, and entering the adytum, or sacred chamber of the temple. There the granite altar yet stands in the centre, before the undestroyed figures of the gods, who, seated side by side, calmly await the offerings of their worshippers. The peculiar individuality of each deity is strikingly shown in these large statues, and their attitude is much less constrained than in the sitting statues in the tombs of Thebes. these look as if they could rise if they would. The walls are covered with sculptures of them end of the contemplar deities, in the grind bold style of the age of Rameses. Some visiters had left a supply of dry palm branches near the entrance, and of these I made torches, rhich blazed and crackled fiercely, flaring with a rich red light on the sculptured and painted walls. There was sufficient to enable me to examine all the smaller chambers, of which there are eight or nine, cut laterally into the rock, without any attempt at symmetry of form or regularity of arrangement. Several of them have seats running around three sides, exactly like the divans in mo dern Egyptian houses. They were probably designed for the apartments of the . priests or servant s connec t e d w ith the temple, The sculptures on the walls of the grand hall are, after those of Medeenet Abort, and on the exterior wall of Karnak, the most interesting I have seen In Egypt. On the end wall, on either side of the entrance, is a co lossal bas-relief, representing Rameses slaying a group of captive kings, whom he holds by the hair of their heads. There are ten or twelve in each group, and the features, though they are not coloured, exhibit the same distinction of race as I had previously remarked at Belzoni's tomb, at Thebes. There is the Negro, the Persian, the Jew, and one other form of countenance which I could not make out, all imploring with uplifted hands the mercy of the conqueror. On the southern wall the distinction be tween the Negro and the Egyptian is made still more ob vious by the colouring of the figures. The sculptures on the side-walls of the temple represent the wars of Rame ses, who, as at Medeenet Abou, stands in a chariot, which two horses at full speed whirl into the ranks of the enemy. The king discharges his arrow against them, and, directly in front of him, a charioteer, mortally wounded, is hurled from his overthrown chariot. The groups are chiselled with great spirit and boldness ; the figures of the king and his horses are full of life. Towering over all, as well by his superior proportions as by the majesty and courage of his attitude, Bameses stands erect and motionless amid the shock, and jar, and riot of battle. There is no exultation in his face; only the inflexible calmness of destiny. 1 spent some time contemplating these grand and remarkable memorials of the greatest age of Egypt, and left with my feeling for Egyptian art e ve n stronger than before. —Journey from New York to Nineveh. ALGIERS AND THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSES.— When viewed from the sea, this town presents the appear ance of a vast stone quarry, with huge blocks of white marble piled one above the other, in the form of an amphitheatre, on the shore of the Mediterranean. At a distance its aspect is desolate and melancholy, but on a nearer approach the simple but picturesque style of the buildings offers a most pleasing spectacle, and recalls to mind the well-known descriptions in the Arabian Nights. Lofty domes and graceful minarets rise from the confused mass of humbler edifices, thus varying the monotony of the general plan. The streets are so narrow that the projecting upper stories of the houses on each side almost meet, while a tole rably laden mule occupies all the width. In thehigher partof thetown thestreets ascend, and are generally so steep that it was found necessary to place the pavement in the form of steps, to enable both men and horses to accom plish the feat of climbing them. This, however, is still a most difficult enterprise, especially in the streets that lead from the lower town to the Casbba. In all the cities of Algeria, not only the houses, but also the public edifices, are constructed according to the same architectural plan, and have the same inte rior arrangement. It is only in the larger towns that luxury and the fine arts display their wonders for the convenience and ornament of the buildings. * * Speaking of the ordinary dwelling-houses, I, of course, except those in habited by great personages of state, and wealthy private individuals. These buildings are on a larger scale than the rest, and are laid out in splendid suites of apart ments and rich marble galleries, that are decorated with the well-known Moorish sculpture, so scrupulously correct in its least detail. The projecting parts of this elegant tracery are tastefully painted in brilliant colours, arranged in harmonious contrast, and surrounded with gilding, thus producing the effect of gems set in gold : while the light, falling obliquely on several of these ornaments, enhances their beauty by forming a mixture of tints like the vary ing hues of the rainbow. None of the furniture so profusely scattered about Parisian saloons is to be found here; pic tures, engravings, and tapestry are alike unknown, and even mirrors arebutjust coming into notice. But, to compensate for this deficiency, each apartment is bordered all round with a wide divan, covered with rich silk brocade, and serving the purpose of a seat by day, and a couch by night. Soft carpets are laid on the floor during the wet season, to preserve the feet of the luxurious inmates from the cold arising from the porcelain mosaic work with which it is ornamented, but which, during the summer, yields a de. lightful coolness. * * * * * Algiers appears still more picturesque when approached by land. Then the traveller, standing in an immense plain, resembling a vast carpet of verdure strewn over with groups of the brilliant cactus and sombre tinted yellow, beholds afar a bright ap parition as of a fairy city, the walls of which are bathed by the Mediterranean, whose clear depths reflect their glitterin g whiteness; while the battlemented fortificationsand splendid edifices cast a wide extensive shade on the ground, thus affording a grateful relief to the eye, oppressed with the brilliancy of a sky of dark azure, and of a sea so intensely blue, that at the horizon its colour amounts almost to blackness. Towards the north Mount Boudjareah forms a background to the town rising to the height of 500 me tres' above the level of the sea. Pretty country houses are built on its slopes, separated from each other by deep ravines, planted with trees and shrubs of rapid vegetation, whose green luxuriance presents a pleasing contrast to the dazzling whiteness of the town below.—A Residence in Algeria, by Madame Prus, LOLA MONTES. Having been spoken of as a brazen and shameless repro bate in a leading article in the New York Times, Lola Montez has written a long letter in vindication of her character, which concludes thus : " What has been my past history ?—why am I a home less wanderer in America, in city after city, toiling day after day, and night after night ? Is it not to gain an honest livelihood, or acquire a competence ? If I had been the vile character you would wish to make me appear, think you that I need have left the shores of abandoned and gay Europe to acquire money or luxuries ? My career thus far onward in life, Mr. Raymond, has been wild, eccentric, and unfortunate—but not guilty in the light you pretend to show it, and which you would convey to others for my detriment, so unjustly and so unmanly. When a mere baby I was taken to an oriental clime, and there, before 1 had reached the age of eleven years, had acquired those wild, free, and eccentric habits which have ever been retained without doing any harm to any one, and which a mind constituted like yours, little conversant with the great world, cannot understand or appreciate— and you would construe the untamed habits and innocent gaieties of my disposition into evidences of moral guilt. When I read your article of this morning, I blushed not for myself, but for you as a responsible editor to the public, for what you state. When I returned to Enrope, after a very short time, domestic troubles, of which I was the victim, forced me to free myself from them, and with the thoughtless ignorance of a school girl, at the age of fourteen, I made a most unfortunate marriage with one wholly unsuited to be my husband and protector, and with him I returned again to India ; there my husband died. I returned to Europe, and being without means, resorted to the stage, and became a danseuse, and years passed away on my career, in which I was gaining daily in the public favour, and did not meet with a reproach. In the pursuit of my professional engagements I danced at Munich, in Bavaria. The aged King sought my friend ship. I gained his confidence, and for three years I used it for great and noble purposes, and for no mean end. At the expiration of that time I found myself an exile in England. I met with one said to have position and wealth ; he offered me his hand, and we were married. He was unsuited to my character, and I found myself disappointed in all my best hopes ; instead of finding a quiet, domesticated happiness, I found myself the wife of a dissipated and impoverished spendthrift. I divorced him, and returned to the stage. Circumstances controlled my destiny, and led me to leave Europe for America. It would be strange indeed if. during my prominent public career in Europe, and while being mixed up in the great political events of an important kingdom, I had not been the victim of calumny and slander, and if I had not made many and powerful enemies. It would be still stranger, after I became a poor exile and retired to private life, if I had not been still the victim of calumny, owing to the influence, as generally and widely extended, of a certain body ; the more so when I left private life to return to my profession on the stage. The first night I made my debut in Paris, after six years, many even in America, who were present, must remember the scalding bitter tears I shed on the occasion. I knew well I then saw before me the long continued persecutions of all kinds that would follow, first as LolaMontez, then as the Countess of Landsfelt ; but, alas I 'all the fearful pictures that had passed in my mind, in a few moments so vividly, were too pale, by far, for the reality of which I am now the victim. When I left Europe, sir, I did proudly hope that in this land those attacks would cease (though I must remark that no European paper could ever sanction you to use the gross insulting language you have done to mc), and that while quietly following my profession, the American press would not slander me. They have no reason to do so. In many of the newspapers I have not been abused ; but from others I have received the most cruel, uncalled for, and constant abuse—the foremost among them has been your Daily limes. You, sir, called upon me, a helpless woman, to make my enemies prove that lam a brazen prostitute.' You, sir, shall prove that I am ; and I will appeal to a jury of American men, your own citizens, to make you prove your words, or make you and your press compen sate me, so far as your deep wrong to a woman can be compensated for, or the American Daily Times will be a bye-word before the whole world. I give you one more chance to do justice, and to be a gentleman. Simple justice is all I ask. " Publish my letter, and state, as an honest man, that you have clone me foul wrong in your articles—that you have written of me under wrong influences, hastily, in ignorance —and I will forgive you. But if you do not this simple act of justice, I then will make my appeal for jus tice, protection, and redress, to the courts of your own city, in whi c h I am a stranger. No w take your choice. I write this letter hastily, and more in sorrow than in sneer. I use your English words as they come to me, and the subject is one that no female of delicacy, however i ndependent and high-spirited, wishes to write about. But it must be done, and I have finished my part. ~ " U. DE LANSFELDT, LOLA MONTES. leafness foil his sag of the mucous mem contiguity and continuit3 sage and lead to the same result; and it remains that he should remember that such is the sympathy between the nerves of the throat and those of the ear, that disease in the one may produce sympa thetic suffering in the other. These simple but all-important principles are in this little treatise carefully examined, and it well deserves attention. Rules c Atheneum Institute for Men Qf cienc lig is a new society, of •hich the public are yet norance, but its piincipl , s are faMiliarly knoivn cognised throngh t existence of I incired institutions. In some respects it resembles the " Guild of Literature and Art," but in others there is a difference worthy the attention of those who desire to become members of either, or of both. The object of the Athenaeum Institute, as stated in the circular, is fourfold :-Ist. It is protective, taking cognizance of legislative measures affecting literary and artistic interests; 2nd. It is philan thropic and provident, granting money to necessi tous members, their widows or their children, and assisting from the funds of the society those who are unable to sustain their annual life assurance; 3rd. It is educational; and lastly, it combines a life-assurance department with its other branches. A subscription of one, two, or three guineas yearly will obtain the advantages offered to the participa ting class of members : these advantages are im plied in the objects of the institution. The names of the directors are highly respectable. It is to be hoped that many of our men of fortune will join this society, becoming members for the sake of those whose circumstances in life call for the aid offered by the Athenaeum Institute. To the one class of supporters, viz., the philanthropic or non participating, we thus make our appeal ; to the other, the provident subscribers or participating members, we would say, join by all means, and God bless your efforts to earn an honourable sup ndependentiv of this aid. port i VARIETIES. IF WOMEN knew their real power, and wished to exert it, they would always endeavour to shew sweetness of ,temper, for there they are irresistible. THE YANKEES assert that all their children are born geniuses, and, to verify this, they say that when a baby is not sleeping or eating, it is rolling its eyes about, thinking how to improve its cradle. DESCENT.—Francis I. asked one day of Duchatel, the learned Bishop of Orleans, if he was a gentleman. "Sire," was the prelate's reply, " in the ark of Noah there were three brothers—l cannot tell from which of them I am descended." " No MAN," said Mrs. Partingfon, " was better calcu lated to judge of pork than my poor dear husband was ; when he was living, poor man, he knew what good hogs were, for he had been brought up amongst 'em from hii childhood." THE BISHOP AND THE FOXRUNTING PARSON.—Bishop Blomfield was a very young man when first he came into the diocese of Chester, and some of the older clergy ra ther presumed upon this. There were at that time many among them who would cross the country, and take a five-barred gate as if it were that fortieth article of which Theodore Hook spoke to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford. The bishop one day met a number of these black-coated Nimrcds. The scene was not far from Manchester. After dinner some of the old incorrigibles persevered for a long time, with marvellously bad taste, to talk of their dogs and horses, and nothing else. His lordship looked grave, but was silent. At last one of them, directing his con versation immediately to him, began to tell him a long stot y about a famous horse which he owned, and which he had lately ridden sixty miles on the North-road without drawing bit. It was the bishop's turn now, and down came his sledge-hammer with all the force of a steam-en gine. " Ah," he said, with the most cutting indifference, " I recollect hearing of the same feat being once per formed before, and, by a strange coincidence, on the north road too ; it was by Turpin, the highwayman." ExERCISE IN THE COVNTRY.—Walking is good; no stepping from shop to shop, or from neighbour to neigh bour, but stretching out far into the country, into the freshest fields, and highest ridges, and quietest lanes. However sullen the imagination may have been among its griefs at home, here it cheers up and smiles. However listless the limbs may have been when sustaining a too heavy heart, here they are braced and the lagging gait be comes buoyant again. However perverse the memory may have been in presenting all that was agonising, and insisting only on what . eannot be retrieved, here it is first disregarded, and then it sleeps ; and the sleep of the memory is the day in Paradise to the unhappy. The mere breathing of the cool wind on the face in the commonest highway is rest and comfort, which must he felt at such times to be believed. It is disbelieved in the shortest in tervals between its seasons of enjoyments; and every time the sufferer has resolution to go forth to meet it, it penetrates to the very heart in glad surprise. The fields are better still, for there is the lark to fill up the time with mirthful music, or at worst, the robin and the flocks of fieldfares, to show that the hardest day has its life and hilarity. But the calmest region is the upland, where human life is spread out beneath the bodily eye,—where the eye moves from the peasant's nest to the spiry town, from the school-house to the churchyard, from the dimi nished team in the patch of fallow, or the fisherman's boat in the cove, to the viaduct that spans the valley or the fleet that glides, ghost-like, on the horizon. This is the perch where the spirit plumes its ruffled and drooping wings, and makes ready to let itself down by any wind that heaven may send. How EMINENCE IS ACQUIRED AT THE ENGLISH BAR. —For mine own part I should not be uneasy if it was not for your anxiety and the present heavy expense of liv ing and buying very dear books, so many of which are in dispensable. You are aware that none but easy matters can or ought to be intrusted to a beginner at the bar, as the least mistake may materially injure the whole progress of the cause ; and consequently, while men of long ex perience are always to be had, attorneys cannot, in fairness to their clients, procure any but the best advice and as sistance. Add to this. that they are almost always in the habit of employing particular men, with whom they form a sort of connexion, from which they are reluctant to depart, and it will not seem wonderful that business does not come at once. I have taken a great deal of pains to inquire how men of great practice at first got on, and I find that it has almost invariably been by very slow degrees • at first being only employed when easy business happened to occur, and when men more advanced were either out of the way or so much otherwise employed, that they could not use the despatch which in particular cases happened to be necessary. On thus finding that many men who are now making great fortunes were sometimes for two or three years without getting any business, and sometimes for eight or ten years hardly able to maintain themselves, I see no reason for being anxious but the present difficulties to which I have alluded. On every other hand I am more comfortable than I have been ; being very much more reconciled to my business, to which I now devote my whole attention, and far which 1 have relinquished every other pursuit. My whole time will be passed either in chambers or in court ; and, if being always in the way and always attentive to my business will give success, I shall be successful, as soon as favourable cir cumstances concur to give me employment. When that may he I am afraid does not depend on myself, but on the friendly disposition of others. I should be very glad indeed of some employment, but I confess that if a great deal were to come to me all at once 1 should be afraid to undertake it ; and if it were not on account of having money in hand, I would rather not have it, because I am convinced that by begining slowly I shall have a better chance of doing more in the end, after the example of many men who are now very eminent in the profession. I have said all this in the hope of persuading you that in time I shall succeed, and of preventing your being uneasy at the time which is requisite. But, in the mean time, I eannot express how uneasy I always am at the thoughts of having been, and continuing to be, so heavy a burden to you ; but, indeed I hardy know how it could have been other, ise. In clothes and living I have been as econo mical as I could, consistently with keeping up a decent appearance. My chambers are certainly expensive ; but to have worse, or in a worse situation, would hardly be advantagious to me on many accounts. The buying of books harasses me most, and must continue to do so, till I have a better stock; and they are so very expensive, that a law-book generally costs twice as much as any other of the same size. I have, at different times, paid nearly £2OO for three or four shelves full, ( which I could not have done without selling several other books for which I had not immediate use,) and still I am in want of some which are essential ; the Statutes at large, for instance, which at this time cannot be bought for less than £5O, and others, though not of equal importance, yet very necessary ? for a lawyer's library is like a tradesman's stock in trade, with out which his business cannot be carried on.—Memoirs of Lord Langdale. cheap, owing Fruit generally farming oper but there to, we know r FEARFUL T LIGHTNING.-O❑ Wednes exhibition of lightning and thunde town and n 'abourhood completely destroyed, have been thro;vo down - . '0 on the spot, whilst t There are sere'. wife of Daniel Atherton field-rovi, Haydock, and two of her chili burn* n were severe eaves of oats in Mr. P. Ford's fiel Parr Hall, took fire and were burnt to cinders. The new gas works' chimney of Messrs. Bromilow, Brother, and ern, at Blacklirook Colliery, is split ; also two large engine chimnies belonging to Messrs. Bournes and Robin son, of the Broadoak Colliery, are damaged ; one of them was nearly levelled once befs)re by a similar stroke; and the side of the engine -house was also completely brought to the ground. Horses on the road were dreadfully frightened, some_running away, others remaining Ued to the spot. Cattle in the fields ran to and fro terror stricken, and we have heard that several have run dry The rain filled the brooks, and all the corn in the hood is laid and likely to sprout. AND W CHESHIRE ALES. Mr. C. P. RONEY has retired from the traffic manage ment of the Chester and Holyhead Railway. FATHER GAVAZZI AT HOLYWELL.—On Tuesday last Father Gavazzi delivered a lecture at Winifre l's Hall, Holywell, to a very numerous and respectable audience. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF CARMARTHEN.—AIan James Gulston. Esq., and John Lloyd Davies, Esq., to be deputy lieutenants. TUE BIRKENHEAD Docx COMPANY hold their half yearly meeting on the 25th instant. After the usual business has been gone through the meeting will be made special, and the bill of the Birkenhead Dock Trustees will then be under discussion. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY.THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF FLINT.—Sir John Hanmer, Bart., Sir Wm. Henry Clerke, Bart., Philip Davies Cooke, Esq., Edward Morgan, Esq.., Edmund Peel, Esq., and Charles Butler Clough, Esq., to be deputy-lieutenants. THE MILITIA.—There was a meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire at Crewe on Tuesday. to consult with the Lord Lieutenant of the County, as to the best means of giving effect to the provisions of the new Act for enrolling an effective militia force.— Chester Courant. NEW STEAMER FOR WOODSIDE FERRY.—The Cleve land, steam-boat, which plied on the Monks' Ferry station, having been condemned, the Nun is to be substituted and a new boat-built to ply between Woodside and the Land ing-stage. Mr. John Laird is to execute the work, and the boat is to be double bowed. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Aug,l, 1852.—Railway : Passengers, par- eels, &c., £3,186 183. 7 d. ; goods, £650 17s. 4d7—Stearn boats : Passengers, parcels, &c., £354 7s. lld.—Total, £4,192 3s. 10d., being a decrease under the correspond ing week last year of £l3B 4s. POPERY Iv CARNARVON.—We hear that a house has been taken at Carnarvon as a branch from the Jesuit Col- lege at Tremeirchion. The mission is composed of young priests, who have acquired a knowledge of colloquial Welsh, and who expect thereby to ingratiate themselves with, and make converts trona amongst the lower orders. —Eddowes's Journal. THE HARVEST IN CHESHIRE. — Reaping is now general in this neighbourhood and county, and is being carried on generally under the most favourable circumstances. Some heavy rain which fell in the beginning of the week has laid the wheat in certain places, but not to any rerious extent. It is, as yet, obviously premature to say anything about the yield.—Chester Chronicle. IN THE ROLLS' COURT, on Thursday, in the case of Brassey v. Chalmers, a motion was made involving the question whether a partition of certain lands in Birken head, which had been made under certain agreements, was valid under the will by which the testator had devised the lands in question to certain persons, in trust for pur poses named in the will. The Master of the Rolls took time to consider his judgment. EXCLUSIVE DEALING.—We have heard that one of the leaders of the " Liberal" party in Chester has commenced the system of " exclusive dealing" I:ere by closing his accounts with respectable tradesmen who promised to vote for Mr. Holme. If the Radicals are bent on this game, they may find that the Conservatives can " better the instruction"—though we should regret the imitation of so bad an example.—Chester Courant. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Oa Tuesday, an inquest was held at North Birkenhead, before Henry Churton, Esq., on the body of a boy, aged 13, named Charles Newman. On the previous Saturday he was engaged at some railway wag gons, at the upper end of the docks, when he either fell or was knocked down, and one wheel passed over his body. He was carried home, and died from the injuries the fol lowing day.—Verdict, accidental death. PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.—Mr. William Rogers, gar dener, of Oxton-hill, lately forwarded a basket of peas to her Majesty. The present to the Queen has been acknow ledged as follows :—" Lieut.-Colonel Biddulph's compli. ments to Mr. Rogers. He begs to acknowledge the arri val of the basket of peas forwarded by Mr. Rogers for her Majesty's use, and is commanded by the Queen to thank him for this mark of attention. Osborne, August 3, 1832." VOCAL ADVERTISEMENT AT WREXHAM.—The inha bitants of this town were on Friday last week much amused on hearing the town-crier give to the shop keepers and others public notice not to trust a female named Barton for goods, under a penalty of not being paid. The woman's husband, to give due weight to the announcement, went around the town with the crier, followed by some hundreds of urchins, who shouted to their hearts' content, and appeared to enjoy the fun exceedingly. CHANGE RINGING.—On Sunday reek, the change ringers of St. Peter's Church. Liverpool, paid a visit to the Parish Church of St. James's, Christleton, near Chester, and rang on the eight bells a true and complete peal of grandside triples, consisting of 5,010 changes, in two hours and forty-two minutes, by the following per sons, viz., George Helsby, treble ; William Evans, jun., second ; Joseph Mears, of Christleton, third ; John Grindrod, fourth ; Richard Cross, fifth ; Thomas Gay, sixth ; John Burkinshaw, seventh ; Hugh Walmsley, tenor. Conducted by T. Gay. Weight of tenor, 9 cwt. LOVE AND ROBBERY.—On Tuesday, a young man named William Poynton was committed for trial at the Birkenhead Pollee-court, on the following charge. He was employed as the letter-carrier for the New Ferry dis trict, and, in the pursuit of his daily avocation, became acquainted with a servant girl in the establishment of Mr. Okell, broker. On the night of Thursday week he re mained in company with the girl at the house all night— Mr. and Mrs. Okell being from home—and, on the fol lowing morning, departed with a gold watch, two gold rings, and other articles. THE RIOTS AT STOCKPORT.—The magistrates have at length concluded their lengthened investigation. Twenty prisoners have been committed for trial, ten being English, and ten Irish. The prosecution of the English prisoners at the assizes will be conducted by Mr. Gibson, the Go vernment defraying the extra expenses. The Irish will be prosecuted by Mr. Reddish, solicitor, of Stockport, the expenses being borne by some of the persons whose pro perty the Irish were charged with destroying, and for whom Mr. Reddish has appeared during the inquiry. A committee has been formed for the purpose of raising funds to meet the expenses of defending t he English pri soners; and a " grand ball" was to be given in the Coro nation-gardens, Shaw-heath, close to the scene of the dis turbances at Edgeley, in furtherance of this project. THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.--The usual monthly meeting of this board was held on Tuesday even ing: Mr. Greene, chairman. The chief entry in the mi nutes of the road and improvement committee was a reso lution that each commissioner should have a ticket which he might lend to a friend for fishing at the lakes in the park. —Mr. Curry moved that fifty tickets for the purpose should be sold for a guinea each ; but, after that and another amendment had been put, the original resolution was, by a large majority, confirrned.—A refreshment room is about to be erected in the park.—From the proceedings of the Ferries Committee, it appeared that a new boat had been ordered of 70-horse power. The receipts of the last month were stated to be £2,592 against £2,490 in the corresponding month of last year.—Mr. Ravenscroft wrote, resigning his seat as a member of the board. The meeting then broke up. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The first monthly meeting of the ne-y board was held on Thursday evening, at the Queen's Arms Hotel, Liscard. Mr. Charles Hol land presided. The first subject for consideration was a plan and estimates for the construction of the proposed culvert across the north reserve at Seacombe, which, after some conversation, were referred to the Improvement Committee. Mr. Coulborn proposed that two additional constables he appointed, one for Seacombe and the other for New Brighton, and that it be referred to the Watch Committee to make the appointments. An order sent down by the hoard of health, respecting the application of the Public Health Act to the district of Wallasey, was referred to a special committee. On the proposition of Mr. Poolev a resolution was passed to the effect " that it be an instruceion to the Improvement Committee to as certain what power the commissioners possess to main tain good footroads in such public roads as are not yet under the power of the commissioners, and that if the commissioners have the power, such footroads be at once put in good order." The meeting then broke up. THE ELECTIONS ORKNEY ELECTION.—CIOSC of the poll ;—lntdis, 194 ; Dundas, 227 ; majority for Dundas, 33. The declaration of the poll took place on Tuesday. GOVERNALENT, it is stated, is sending barristers down to various boroughs for the purpose of inquiring into the practices at the recent elections. SIR GEORGE GREY, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, and Arr. Horsman, are talked of as Liber_d candidates for the seat vacated at Peterborough by the death of the Hon. R. Watson. DEATH OF MR. GRANGER, M.P. FOR DURHAM CITY. —lt is our melancholy duty to record the death of Mr. Granger, the member for the city of Durham. The me lancholy event took place in York, on Thursday last. The hon. member had been on the northern circuit at the Durham assizes, and arrived in York on Saturday evening. Mr. Granger was Recorder of Hull, Queen's Counsel, and Bencher of the Inner Temple. This is now the third vacancy by death in the new Parliament. as present, HORTICULTURE. lOPERATIONS FOR THE WEE K. Stove, Conservatory, is time to remove thd shading from the houses, except during the middle of a as mf plants have now made cousida.rs' it comes a matter of the utmost very sunny day, as mos ble grow e to effect a complete ripening of the woo d ; a Ise, the next year's display will be much l e ssene' and the rev) I portanc hers require constant attention, se in the conservatory are - as by lof superfluous shoots ; th rapidly, and require to be kept in bou also growl carefu ning and tr Garden.—' v i plants are The beds I making their full disp lay, and it s time to note are most desire file for propagation, which s commenced forthwith, especially verbenas, the succi' llc b keeping of which through the winter depends very °l ona upon their being well rooted in time. Nierembergias a s theY are As also require early management., - to root, and if left late are apt to damp off. Ki tchen Garden.—The rapid spread of the P° tat° :o ease, which appears likely to exceed tha t of Pre % a t years, makes it necessary that every avai lable Piec or ground should be immediately covered with cabbag 3di brocoli plants ; spinach (winter kinds), lettuce ( 1.1 fo r , green, and cos), endive, Tampions, corn-sala d, and `l,rger. rican cress, should be sown. The little wall-cress k '7 15 damine hirsuta), which exists as a weed in m any garae,a; would, if cultivated, make one of the best winter sa' f i s coari plants, being scarcely inferior t water-cress in it' and certainly inferior to no salad in the elegance ° petunias appearance MUSIC AND THE DR-- A -t‘l*- A sp THE AMATEURS OF THE GUILD OF LlTERJ s ` l•C c hArig e again, it is said, will visit Liverpool aain, w ith % c ured' of performance. The Philharmonic-hall has been scosien' and Friday, the 3rd of September, fixed for th e ° Miss GLYN AGAIN AT THE CONCERT 11111 ;re 5 5 l i f public will be glad to learn that this great Bc g ` i iee cl ; l ll ,v o nights, distinguished v z 11 theak s 2 p o e a t h r i a a n n dreader instant, n b t e , et:f e v q b h e e btae i a l t read " Romeo and Juliet" and " M ac beth.' has been recently painted; and a b u de light s c ,"ive's t r ; for the former. On the last occ a sion of 31iss a n d pearance here, the hall was crpeled to exce ss ' welcome most sincere. -- Mx? COURT AND FASI - Jlti' of 'OO agg HER MAJESTY'S Cross.—The royal irt"Lo tl eti ; :, putting to sea, on a trip to Antwerp, was abe 9 " l , o ;bar,'"`, Saturday, owing to very foul weather, half a -,.. l4a `;;dolria been blowing the whole of the day. a' ° .. 7 1 1 .14b e1P n; weather was rather worse than better, a strong ' s ' q uae t " o ". o accompanied by squalls of rain. The attendant jo remained in Cowes Roads. and would move UP veei'N divisions (as before), off Osborne, on Sunday e if the weather moderated, in order hat the (W ri e r % ingt il l e make the earliest start yesterday (Monday) 51 " a t l,e the elements were favourable. On the r etail% tt - Queen and Prince Albert from their eculso'ont°'B when nt the e ll r r e e m ye a l in fe a m t Oilyabworinne proceed until theZtoOth of th is i, birthday of Prince Albert will be observed the 26th, attended by the customary rural festivittetate ;t1 Earl of Malmesbury will be the °I tb6 Secretary to attendance on the queen in her Majesty's j o urne i Di; nortis, where he will be succeeded by the Earl he rlo 9 „ f at Balmoral. His Grace the Duke of Northo r ' to "" •;it - 00 First .Lord of the Admiralty, arrived on a c' claD ee Majesty on Saturday, and remains to be in attee o r L e the Queen at the embarkation, and to accorePa Majesty on the marine excursion. OD . big ft, THE HoN. ABBOTT LAWRENCE has r esige-; - ,b - t as American minister to England and it is said that' Webster will probably be his successor.. Another a d stat e says that Mr. Davis will assume charge of the V" ite ministry in England. Secto otl:be9errrolioo The London Sta ndard, BRA S qu S oting ß fr A om N a D nu . xton Jo, or givesLsp spring. )r a ri ponied dßa hisilsihs t op of o Right eminence sighhrte Shrewsbury, s e by Cardinal u e r r y e t quoting nL Wi seman i ras i r g. There was the Lord Bish o p Salford 613 v d they all stopped at "the Old 11 ( all,9'n'swi-hn:rre the c ru appeared in full costume. htgta the which e n t aT e i I c hY r o s be i o m tsi e is O hmn a m t tl lep d e e h o trseh n d i l ei l r r nts y a e a htga al s i e l s m g t , ios i on 'i n p u tf d a l : gp w r oep o t i the Lion's Mouth, at which the truly, 1 s ras h Y la in'biC' ave That Lion generously bestows ;tons a ut t er a e n ve d r H it a b rr e o , ga ß t u e x i t s on exc is ee n d o in t g u l s y u s a a ll . y a priest•liWt O bject to the doctors. whose business more p ro petli :hicli '- Buxton ,: however, possesses an a: l t r r e ac ie tio a ti ve::lbli pos ib;: apb:vaos Devonshire s b h a i band," e d ~ I R t or is a s n ,, e_clesiastic of the Fr sent day can be 1115 ; Of tbe "awndbiathb band Duke of indignant that th e .' c ' - ' 6ll • po sil said band was placed at the dig Ili A act , Cardinal Wise Wiseman upon this recent occasion, fin' gi ber' a h t i t s ended him to a fete champetre, at Erwood Piir i ' A aid eminence in pharaphernarb entertairle". iiiil z us was Le do where he had a • private confabulation with tP t Izi' harper. scandalous in English e yes' We These facts appear they cause a very slight sensation in Ireland, v ' j he coo' have lately seen one of the P ' Ban ants re $4 ope s Brass . on to mended by the Duke of Devonshire to his t e , b•az to Dungarvon, with Standard isdathree pirsopveer;menitolif . a request that they would se ol i 1 10 06 parliament. That is rather serious ft I more 5 0 s i% few bars of " T Priest a he Priest in his Boots," or ch ief Dolly," at the Erwood Park picnic. t he When we had personal knowledge of Bllxtooo d or; performer • in the Duke of Devonshire's 3 17611 10 1 ' bras 0 , e tai• elated on Sundays• in the church as clerk. Th 9 " l , ll A c• lIl wind a Recheat before the purple stockings of t he ne a9• nal, would be a turning of Amen corner with 0 fit es We hope that worthy and orthodox member of t gs be befo ra blishment has cut the duke and his brazen dc/ i°6- general iinuner trh r rtoia e teact l m eriptemtgss e eoi rs m vmtimeimh b hbf ita:iionhtnsr.ori3rean7eDie.eotcgpniniffposordetucenhreotwsicsroeeif:oilhoirroonnrn.eoufsgganstctibclbehlaaelobgacetecnrioteSc eavtss_::pelae,nbc., Is r r 001 3, ni c a :A wt,t ° o l ; . s,ii:oe. Hell o t t o t l it b ii :0.1,61 it comes to this.—Dublin Evening Mail. 10 . yr, A _ A MATRIMONIAL NEGOTI' iff Sti tt t AC 'ti A good deal of merriment was caused je kce li, e ,. 9r ,:lif f oSfmtailileDfoeliootwCinogurt, case,on wTililinerhsclwaayslairsre,dduherifongrot.Sille del: Bell. It appeared that the pursuer had m e . t sc l3 l- e11' 5 ,!: 417e. fender a short time since in a spirit-ccil ar in i' I ' ls ' ti e ' e is v l a e n c t o r and t thcre, over a gill, some conversation to°, o l ' l 4 tbe o p, orn es fin u t l hi t ses i o o f n t a h g e e n fender them as to a certain lady, whose sffe,g:lst 41 . 0 1 te: The er was anxious to secure in his: own par ts 0 ' -r h" agreement, or understanding, by which the P u ' o fi e , the, enee, s eci P;ofe' hand in marriage of the lady, who is Hoar ` u het de. wedded wife. The pursuer in' isted that th e i tbe, - 0 0 nanted and agreed upon h f i o s r i ll serv e ices in the fli ae 'd t° with the ot int, e m of licate matter of " usin ,, defender,rt ctshohrnoofuaulbgd'h' receive liis inf appearednue e rttoa i n,:::::: behalf of his friend and client n tleiencdefender; s :te ci' ll o - lisi £3O, which he had restricted to the 11 0 " er-- ha nd , re Olt o ' £8 Gs. Sd. ; while the defender t he irg of that the whole agency was a joke, and n ot . ,, ( 0 110 / gen any serious bargain. Be this as it may, " 1 , - 10 0 ' - count was .read by the sheriff a midst mile having been served upon the pursuer :--- he " Mr. Thomas Scott, merchant and Inar ll2l—' Ag es tura., Nelson-street, Tradeston. ..„i-si° l ' - " To Archibald Deans, C001,'",.-400' No. 10, Albion-street, ‘).-- on the othcr 0 5- lic, " 1852. co to It June 7.—To sum agreed to be paid bF r o fia' me as commission or agency, for the purP° se r liti e ' troducing you to Airs. Margaret Gray or ro ar' now Scott, your present wife, with a vie•. 70 1 1 The pursßueers,troicntebdeitnog..a.s k.e..d. '' b .. y ... t .. h . e . I s l ii • e ' r i t k il . e a pi S r t .. ° r i ,, o ,o oit e riae between you and her, and using rnY in .oce,, thereanent at your special request, which s e too:', As t undertook and performed, and the mart £3U• , 30 , " oli the place in consequence probable pecuniary gain to the defender the f r oto ot bis; arrangement, said he had got him a wif e w°,3erea 1 1 ',is ff; to £3OO, and the sum in question he con' n for A boPrg more than a fair per centage, or cornfaissTeserveTroifils t v b i c a e t s s , o w in b e i e e l: n h v a e d rs b a e t e i o n n to o followed k phice with th e h i I e o` . ; if 11 . ,' result. The defender, on the other hand , "; biaw o b b . ; Mr. Deane over a gill, denied that therel34; ~t il s s k i f i l s i o, ti !, gain, or that the proposal was intended bY i,_'",t "I." , rte' more than a joke. The pursuer replie, L",,,ettiPt.) P after I' btCr /01• scurvy thing not to pay him his mone,F f 1/3tlg, too u s e w Sc it o h tt ti a ie w t i w fe o w w o i r ie th n Xti2loeoloiti:.Erri3::.'n'sciOlrell,..ing °` li°" - cl witness who had been present at the theol,; pablTtoile4 leged agreement deposed that he was in . 430 03 orico amidst give you tthaenother laughter Bill." i l 1 0 . the bt o~is,e•sted a e l t , j about, but he did not, regard it in the lig ai s aii s .' os isif i i bargain. The sheriff, after hearing parties, 0 , 130 i ef i Wier , r ol b of t, c3se, jocularly remarking to the Pu „ qt y., 0 ,, o ca upon the fairness of the claim, " Oh. P h a on felt "' v s t . f"allTptrieesePnntr.t--ic.s atinbtirgh f Brewery, on '. o'clock and a unfortunate - ers. : : DESTROYED ---------lIY SCISSORS.."---rswilit,„ .o,_ most resp l e , c n t g able person and tenant of .tliseer nine ccn 3 o # llJaudflgaen,nnerlily 17 years of ably named Sunday n:ofronri is,togornshiejeertnbbocendct;s,oool::.nianbslihialosit.toixtv,:ei::,:ere: ` i. do p er ,NeV ° o fter t' a oh i)L ,pears, delivered herself of a female child• "deo caly) 3 7 iths p. , rag b ° in a '. anden she was undressed. Mrs. urg eoni ti t 0 0. , neighbour and sent for Mr. NV• puk e ' 5 t tlie l ' l- e%' severed.. _f Ecle': w ci ti t ie whom a bed, fouiidthebodygiorfl ba rfcearmiateieexecheieladino7;:: vessels in front of the spine being questioned, a i r ir or the girl said it was done with a P,oij I , p 10 6 and pointed out where they might be founo,,t,,,tler_ot ciissors were discovered. A verdict of wifus_P;, litp been returned against the wretched creature, ;t. "be .„ for her committal to Lewes has been 0,3,c1e .•• ' petticoat covered ovr :cboie 0i,.i0; t" ill, however, at present to be removeu. T A thy' th e w er , A,,,,; ro Aid; auc th e Of Rer