The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-29 00:00:00

29, 183 G. .son would not hold deed, all things now not without honour s, the ellipsis of the zeneral truth as re- it from us, impute )gblen ; though WC olie is always ready ahrenheit tube, and 11 virtue more than re Protestant Con- nenee human con elevates the moral emperature of Ire of England, would •h we do not im ghlen, we are quite of an angel, but is frailties, like other le principle not the example most ad a Roman Catholic ominous—it is the power —admitting r montes equum,") One hundred and , since a precedent measure—but ex ! Danaides, spring of the present ad ge cloth hiss the What may be ['he path to public most there are but I who will venture he same authority these also—a rote would be recorded' if another session invidious impedi rell and truly be- • should have nar personal honour, , oghien, or have Maims with those stions with which le words of Plan hat pledge has he !ways observe an • how will he, put gist, on many oc contravention of which is a ques this exaltation of s upon the politi= itary elevation of might be disre and the vacant p with one Ho- Aliened in coun justiceship with lay be all Catho t of an injured e hands of such a such a court, , would not only rdirectly, wound they are all irn- our Protestant ►ts—an ox sees ;ee the future in and then lament ,y of Romanism the grave, yet, id you. To them. the inheritance which you re this, you must n the constitu we live under unremitted of imagine that r - passions—we final revenge to !gilt to feel, for ity of its insti- are placed in oat unjustifiable oseconnivance er, and speak- his, besides the ne read in' a since the PriCl their 'separate- gent the esta -and, that in .oyal artillery, the dispropor- ian and Catho- rnment If a the idolatrous hier him;—if ant ordinances condemn the can vindicate 1)o Can reeon- 31y reason is, powers, and enemies of the undermining rjustice—the mons" of Bri- is the union;-- reates alarm ar nothing-- any regularly I—but, be as- eir combined 'rid move on Ve have kept are not igno- can see ono lilst the half- We behold ey, shunning ize its prey. .o, when the Darliament— mbled at thdi3 i would have in the shore Ley and pro- British se , ) destructive. should con, i like physi- celerates as ing, a p a p a l religion of holicjudge and a Ca y annul the union, you ce the pre7 er that even wes its 'eX- nhluence of a of policy interests -of when that ty to itself, have pene- , e encroach ), with the e shield of pression; of lit to foster ig its flow ;1 pleasure agedand iulous ope of nature. Nov. 29, 1s:;6. either to gratify an enlightned and laudable curiosity, to 1 adv ance his temporal interests, or to enlarge the sphere of us e f u l knowledge; We have been much p l ease d w i t h t he rPport of the late lecture on chemistry, delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, by Mr. John Hemming, of London. Of that gentleman, as a lecturer, we have heard frequently, and of his ability much to his praise. We make these few prefatory observations to qualify the comments we are about to offer upon his opening lecture. What we think correct, which is the main character of the lecture, we shall leave in the lucid statements of Mr. It; to what we think obscure, or erroneous, we shall add such illustration, or apply such correction, as we think ne cessary ; and, in doing this, we are assured, that we are doing no more than Mr. H. would have done, had he been called upon to give explanation. To him we need tender no apology. Speaking of chemical attraction, Mr. H. truly ob served, "that it was usual to divide the elementary bo dies into two classes, electro-positive and electro•nega tive;" but he adds, " this mode of distinction is arbitrary and unscientific." Though sanctioned by this authority of Mr. 11,, we confess that the distinction" does not a PPear to us " arbitrary," notwithstanding the apparent anomalies to which he refers; we say apparent, because they are not real, but are reconcileable with the known Itwir.of chemistry. We shall not seek for examples of our 'own to' verify, our. position, but take that offered_ to us b ,YM - r• 1- I.—" Sulphur will combine with oxygen and hy drogen; in these cases," Mr. H. observes; the sulphur is negative to the hydrogen, and positive to the pxygen.". Tlns, whilst it declares a chemical truth, in no degree in- validates the electro-chemical theory. It never was un derstood that electrical characters indicated absolute bu Illative qualities. Like every point except the-Centre, of a magnet--to one extremity it will be north—to the other extremity south. The most perplexing case in the Play of. affinity as supposed to depend upon electrical a gency we ever remember to have seen, is that of passing Btetkyrnver red hot iron, %hence result oxide of iron and hYdrogen gas ; and then repassing the hydrogen gas on: th e red hot oxide of iron, whence there results the.ork ginal metallic iron, and water. But.this we think capa ble of eXplanation upon known principles. Positive and negative, as the very terms imply, are relatives, - just as t he PPet,observ..es-r— -" Ask where's the north.? : At York,.!tis.on the Tweed.; Scotland, at the Orcades; -and there, At Greenland." • All these Places, and had there been . a thousand more, with the exception of the extremes, are, and would have b een respectively north ,and smith of each. other. One sturdy question, however, arises here, which we base ne ver seen solved : if the two bodies which are farthest 'zgunder in electrical habitudes ,combine, which implies the greatest intensity of attraction, what cause can ever separate them.?, We cordially unite in.the commenda., tiu n so juitly,..paid to Dalton for his labours in perfecting the Atomic Theory ; though to the. industry and skill of I3 erzelius we owe more, as regards the determination of t he 'Atomic weights._ .. If Mr . . H., when ,he speaks of Mayow, meant that that i ngenious chemist was acquainted with carbonic acid gas, "which escOPed with effervescence when oil of vitriol is Mixed witli salt of tartar," we wholly, dissent from his opi nion---that honour belonged to Dr. Black, and Mayow's knowledge of pneumatic chemistry was confined to ann. t hei gas, of Which lie treats, in his "Tractatus ---- de Spiritu Nitro-dereo.” "Potassium," says Mr. H., " is made by heating pot " 11 (which is a compound of oxygen, carbon, andinetal). in a close vessel with charcoal." The process is correctly stated, but we object to the rationale—the charcoal added to the potash„does not take away the carbon of the car bonic acid united with the oxide of potassium, but sim-. Ply 'deoxidfzeS the oxide of potassium, and then the car bonic acid is set free, according to.a law mentioned by that " acids do not combine with inetals"—it is possible, that the carbonic acid may be partially or en- - y converted into carbonic oxide at the moment of li beration. Again, when "potassium is heated in carbonic acid gas," something more happens, than the mere rege nerationof carbonate of potash—a portion of uncom bined carbon is also evolved. " Nisi fiuida non agunt"—except bodies, one or both, be in a state. of fluidity, they will not combine. This maxim of- Black is not,as Dr. 4. justly observes, a uni versal law, if the instance mentioned by Mr. H. con firms it, viz., ".the mixture of tartaric acid and carbonate. , of soda," the ease of sulphate of copper and acetate of lead contradict it; and in both examples there is -present water of crystalization. With regard to the process of .obtahung lime, we be lieve that there is something, owing to the tendency to form carbonic oxide, by uniting one atom of theoxygen ' 4) f ate carbonic acid in the chalk.or marble with one atom of the ignited carbon; and to.this conclusion we arrive, because carbonate of lime , _heated per se, in close tubes, to an equal temperature, is more slowly, and more diffi cultly, decomp,osed and rendered caustic. W e are much inclined, to • doubt, whether in any case of the chemical union of two metals, they are separable by beat. We know. from many experiments upon spe- - culum metals, that no such separation takes place. We finish our remarks upon the opening lecture. We ha ve much for which to thank Mr. Hemming ; and. if the minds of our operatives can be turned from the bar ren wilds of politics to; .the fertile fields of chemistry, the town of Liverpool, and. especial -the operatives them selves, will-have abundant cause to add their thanks to OUis _, hi' our last -number we criticised' pretty freely the *Neches of several members of the Town Council, who took pa r t .in the discussion , relative to the Corporation Schools. We endeavoured-to expose the - sophistry, and to correct the misrepresentation, which were indulged in, by what is called the liberal part of the Council, to pre judiee and mislead the- public. From the hasty manner in which our commentary was written it was impossible thitt.we could enter, at any length, into the merits of this important controversy. The speech of Mr. Councillor Rathbone is one' of the most vague, .absurdi and incon sistent addresses we ever read; and we defy any man, who is qualified to judge on the merits of a literary corn-, position, to contradict our assertion. :We defy the-most outrageous Radical to reconcile its discrepancies, or ap prove its reaspaing. This worthy Councillor has taken very active part in the establishment and prolGction of these schools.. He has also addressed a letter upon thIS subje c t 7to the - liberal mcrnbcro of the CuttotAt, upon them to support this system. The- importance, ; - therefOrP, that attaches to his character and office, claims (our respect, and demands from. us a:.candid ,and,faitlifttl . examination of his, speech. Re cotumence4,o7sting : 'the great, disadvantage he laboured under,,,in bringing fore them dry details of facts, after the very brilliant and -to his mind, powerful and logical address of Mr. Comm-, cillor Blackburn. Now, we. have perused this speech -v ery-carefully, and cannot discover a _single fact. that bears upon the question at issue between .the Rev. H. M'N'Cile and Mr. Councillor Rathbone.. We admire the 'discretion manifested by this honourable Councillor in 'shrinking from the task. assigned to him. The better part; of valour is. discretion. Perhaps, as Mr. Rathbone put. these facts into writing," he will favour us with a sight of his manuscript and point out a few of . the fact., to which he refers. We cannot- pass over the reck less assertion," that the selections .are not intended or used as substitutes but as encouragements or aids to the r eading of the . Bible." Whatever may be the opinion 4r. Councillor Rathbone upon this subject, it is clearly evident that such design formed no part of the intention of government when the system was introduced into Ire land. The circulation of the Bible was opposed by the Romish priests, and its unrestricted use spoken of as the occasion of all time irritation which existed between Pro testants and Catholics. It was to conciliate the Catholics, and to allay the irritation that so unhappily existed, th a t government introduced the " healing measure." The selections were to be purged of all the " offensive Passages " which exposed the iniquity of Popery. The Bible was thus intentionally made for all religious Purposes, of none effect to the poor . deluded Catholic ch ild. And such we boldly affirm was the design of our Ll),:rul Town Council in introducing this system into Liverpool. The character of the speeches prove this fact 7—the nature of the motion, and the object of the amend- Ment. We, as Protestants, use selections from the scriptures, but we do not, dare not, mutilate them to serve the interests of any man. At the great meeting held in the Amphitheatre, the reverend rector, who pre sided, made this simple and beautiful remark :—"We, as Protestants, use selections, brit whilst we put the selec tions into the one hand of the child, we place the Bible in the other." Mr. Rathbone is inexcusable in making this observation. There could be no necessity for thus violating the obligations of truth and sincerity. He wrote his speech in the absence of. all excitement, and it should have been consistent with the character he has uniformly sustained. Mr. Councillor Rathbone asserts the selections are used to encourage the children to read the Bible. Mr. Wahrisley asserts that these schools are in nowise sectarian in their character. Will either of these straightforward councillors answer one or two plain questions ? Do you not deny to the Catholic children the use of the Bible, after you have encouraged a taste for it by putting the selection's into their hands? Have you ever allowed a visitor to read the Bible to the poor Catholic when such a wish has been expressed ? Will you grant us this permission ? If you dare not yield this point, we tell you both that you mock your children — you insult your constituents, and you disOace yourselves. Grant us but this privilege, and we will soon test the sincerity of yout profession. If you will not give con sent, you must acknowledge that your schools are both sectarian in their 'character, and that yOu withhold the Bible. By this test the public can judge the value of your assertions. For the* present xe forbear, and advise those of our friends who have leisure for it to visit these Schools, and we pledge ourselves that our columns shall be open for the insertion of any authorised 'communica tion. We shall recur to this subject. LOCAL NEWS. Citinen.,--Theperpettiepreseritation and advow 'son of the Church of St; Luke has been purchased by Mr. Joshua Walunsley. teltort_.KALL—We beg 1 1 -, .recommend to the notice of our reagef4 the advertisement of Atkinson's Lemon Kali; they will find it anlicst delightful beverage. • Mrs. Butler and her infant daughter arrived .on Sunday, in the South America, ,from New York. 'Her father and sister Miss''Kemble) had previously reached theAderphi, to await' her arrival. 'Mr. Butler is expected to join his ladyin the spring. CnanTs.ol , THE HISTORIES OF ROME, FRANCE, AND - are - glad to find this truly useful historical 'corhperidiiiin has reached a fifth edition. It must prove a very valuable acquisition both in the school-roomand in the library, and Will often be foUnd a substitute for more ponderous coin ' lti piaons. • "nRAREST LOW, I WATCH FOR THER," a Serenade, com posed by J. A/Av.—Palmer, Liverpool.—This beautiful compo sition we remember hearing Mr. Wood sing, and we were struck at the time with its harmonious expression. The prac tical application of this delightful air could not fail in producing an impression 'on any fair lady to whom its tender appeal might be addressed. We recommend our gallant readers to try the experiment. CAUTION TO HACKNEY COACIIMIIN.-011 Saturday, at the Police-offiet, a number of drivers.,of cars were fined ss. and costs each, on the information of the dock constables, for plying for hireat"-the Pier-head, (that not being au authorised stand,) on the coming in of the mail-packet, and causing inconvenience thereby. Mr. Hall sail if the nuisance were not discontinued he should inflict heavier fines on future informations. FIRE ANtS Loss OF LIFE.—On Wednesday morning, at five o'clock. a free broke out in the alms-houses, at the top of Mount Pleasant. An alarm was quickly given, and immediate intelli gence was conveyed to the fire-police station. The fire, which was confined to one of the bed-rooms, was quickly got under, hut not before the bed and a portion of one wall were nearly consum ed. We regret to state, that an aged female, who occupied the room, was . burned to death before the slightest assistance could ber rendered ,ta her. Mrs. Griffiths, the deceased, was mother in-la w of the renowned Mr. Ducrow, and widow of Captain Griffiths, who sailed from this port. THE THEATRE.—Last evening Mrs. Clarke took her benefit and had one of the fullest houses this season ; we hear about £2:10. The play of " Hamlet" was performed, Mr. Charles Kean being engaged, on his passing through the town, to per form the_ part of Hamlet. We have before noticed at some length his talented personation of this character, which may be termed historic, and shall on that account, and on account also of the crowded-state of our columns refrain from any detailed notice. Mr. and Mrs. Wood who are on their return from Dublin, are re-engaged for a "limited number" of nights and will again afford an opportunity of a musical treat to the play goers. VENTRILOQUISM. —The extraordinary performances of Mr. Sutton, at the Liver Theatre, last night, attracted considerable attention. The house was quite crowded, and the audience seemed highly delighted with the novel illusions practised on theoccasion, many of which have never before been witnessed in. England. We shall give a more detailed account of Mr. Sutton's wonderful feats of legerdemain in our next; in the meantime we recommend our readers to go and judge for them selves. His ventriloquism, although he evidently laboured under a cold, was admirable. - - TATHAM V:WEIGHT.—I n this cause an application has been made for ne,)e trial, As was . a:nticipated, but security for costs having been given by the defendant, a bill of exceptions will be filed, to be argued in Hilary Term following. The excepted points are the. refusal of the learned judge to receive the former verdict and decrees in evidence; and also certain letters(among which was the letter from the Admiral's brother, Charles Tatham dated Alexandria)—upon which no act could be proved to have been done by the late Mr. Marsden.—Kendal paper. Tint LfrTE Stotini.—The dreadful hurricane which visited this town on Tuesday night last appears to have been very ge neral over the country. In some places considerable damage has resulted. Much alarm was felt for the safety of the vessels which bad sailed on Monday and Tuesday, but they appear to have all weathered the storm. A small schooner, of about 32 tons, named the Thomas, laden with grain, from Ramsey, Isle of Man, was overset opposite Hoylake, and drifted, keel up wards, to the sands near New Brighton, where she now lies a complete wreck. The crew consisted of only three personi, two of whom were saved by the life-boat, but the third, who had clung to the keel, was unfortunately washed off and drowned. The cargo was insured for £320. Another schooner, laden with iron, from Milford, Was wrecked on Formby Bank. In the 'town, a number of slates and cans were thrown down from the rtsofs of the hmises, to the no small danger of life and limb. PEESENTATION"L/F-A PIECE OF PLATE TO T. DOVER, EsQ. - • On Monday, the 2lat instant, the trustees of 'the new church lately erected at Kirkdale met at the house of T. B. Horsfall, E'.erton, for the purpose of presenting to their co-trustee, Mr. T. Dover, apiece of plate, as a mark of their sense of the services he has rendered to the long-neglected village of Kirk dale, id procuring for it a church in connexion with the esta blishment. The plate was- a richly-chased salver, with the fol lowing inscription, in the centre :—" Presented to T. Dover, Esq., by his co-trustees,. on the consecration of St. Marv's Church, Kirkdale, as a - small token of their esteem. November, 1836.'!—We record this fact not only because it does great credit to all the parties, but in' the hope that it may serve as an in ducement to other young gentlemen similarly situated with Mr. Dover, to:make every effort to confer a similar benefit on.those districts. of the town and neighbourhood which are in a deplora ble state of destitution as to religious means and church accom modation. , . • Bony Frameo.--Foitiwirr, Nov. 25.—The body of a bly, ap parently, about 14 or 15 years of age, has been washed ashore, supposed-to 'be one ou beard a vessel which sunk off this coast on Wednesday morning last. The dress of the unfortunate boy consists of a narrow blue striped shirt, no marks upon it; yellow, dark red and light-blue comfortable round his neck, dark brown twilled frowsers •inuch' patched and a blue patch on the left knee ; light grey ribbed stockings, nearly new quarter boots, shod with iron on the heels and toes, the other part of the soles thickly studded with strong nails, two front upper teeth very -broad, and a rather prominent upper tooth on the left side. If not claimed, the body will be decently interred 'in this church yard as soon as the coroner's inquest is taken. A man's shoe was also found very near the body. Two Welsh Bibles were washed ashore,vesteiday morning, but no names in them, supposed Irma the smite wreck. Fa TO,,..Rair , war AccinEwe.—Yesteithy evening week, a-. bout live o'clock, a fatal accident happened on the Liverpool and Maticiefiter Railway, between Edge-hill and Wavertree. A noe:Ag egine had been out to snake a short experimental trip, and the engineer was backing it slowly towards the shed, when tnienitinecr Michael Johnson, a labourer on the railway, who had been making some fun with a fellow labourer, happened to stephluick,4ust between the tender and the engine, the wheels of which went over his bead and killed him on the spot. The deeellted 'Was - not of course aware that the engine was so near, auclihe4ngirieer on the other hand was eqtially:Unconstious of the r meident, and imagined that ahe;„elatne,hadLinerely gone . over of the switches. An inquest was heldon - tiiii body on Wad:lo4day; before 'Mr: 14eathdote .- Stritlram,qritigatenee of Mr. Curry, and a verdict of accidental deathreturnedt • LaSINTERMENT.OF MADAME MALIIILLAN.--,Coooiderable ex citerrient appears to prevail` in Manchester on his subject. The Manchester Courier of Saturday contains a long article which remarks,strongly on the recent decision of the chancellor of the diocese, in granting a faculty for the disinterment of the body.. The article also embodies several documents from mem tiers of the police force stationed at the doors of the public places at the festival, which declare that on two or three occa sions, when Madame Malibran was so ill 'she could scarcely walk, she was suffered to come alone in a one-horse car, and had to beObliged to the civilities of an inspector of police for assis'tiog her into the theatre. 'There is a long letter,•also, charging De Beriot with marked inattention to his wife, and also a communication from a gentleman in Italy, stating that there is no practice • prevailing in that country which could sanction such an indecent procedure as his leaving the corps of his wife amongst strangers for their burial, and that such an act would be treated with as much abhorrence there as it could be in this country. • It does not yet appear decided what steps are to be taken. SPREAD OF CONSERVATISM. —in addition to the societies continually forming' amongst the middle and lower classes in Support of the principles of conservatism, (the meetings and an niversaries of which scarcely a week elapses without our re cording to have taken place in various parts of the kingdoin,) another feature is—the establishment of strictly conservative 'news-rooms. We have lately had communicated to us several instances of their recent establishment in various towns. We yesterday received a glowing account of the 'spread and the Cheering prospects of conservatism in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in almost every town of which conservative news rooms are establishing on a liberal and uon-exclusive scale for the purpose of spreading as widely . as _possible what are the objects which conservatism advocates and'what those it depre cates—the maintenance of the constitution and the upholding. of peace, good order, and good government, and enmity to that pseudo, whig " liberality" which begins and ends only at home. We hear that last week the censervatives of Borobridge, the centre of a most loyal district, have established a news-room on the above principle, with every prospect of extended usefulness. A subscription has been commenced in this city for the erec.: Ron of a new church on Beacon-hill, a district in which a church is much wanted.—Bath Chronicle. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD FATAL Acctoesm—On Saturday last an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq.. Coroner, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances which led tOthe death of Mr. John Courts., Ralph Clark stated that he was a police-officer stationed on St. George's Pier. On Friday, the llth instant, between' five and six o'clock, he was standing on the stage that is used for pas:- sengers, when he heard somethin g c , fall forcibly to the ground at a few yards distance from him. He went to see what it was, found that it was the deceased who had fallen from the pier head on to the corner of the slip. The deceased had a servant boy with him,. and they procured assistance and conveyed the unfortunate man to the Northern Hospital. The deceased said his name was John Courts; that he had come from Whitchurch, whither he was about to return when the accident befel him He had gone to the pier with the intention of proceeding over the water to Mr. Whalley's, where he had a horse and gig, with which he was going to proceed home. Benjamin Blower, house surgeon at the Northern Hospital, stated that when the de ceased was brought to him he found that both his thighs and two of his ribs were fractured. Every attention was paid to him until Friday last, when he expired. Verdict, accidental death. DEATH BY BURNING.—WARNING TO PARENTS. — An inquest was held on Saturday last, before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, to inquire touching the death of Mary Anne Robinson. Alice Davenport deposed, that she resided in Grosvenor-place, Duckinfield-street, and the deceased, with her father and inn ther, lodged at the same house. At nine o'clock on Fridaylast; witness heard a scream from the room of the latter,'and ran to ascertain the cause. She found the deceased in flames, and a candle burning on the fender near her. The mother of the de ceased had gone out a few moments before, and had left the poor child by herself. Witness, with the assistance of a neighbour, extinguished the flames, but the little creature was so dreadfully scorched about the neck and breast that she died in less than three hours.—Verdict, accidental death, • INQUEST.— Y . sterdav an incoest was held before Phillip pinch Currie, Esq., coroner, touching the death of a fine full crown male child, which was found dead in a midden in Great Newtou,street, on Saturday, noon. Eliza Lewis deposed to be ing servant to Mr. Harris, in Great Newton-street. ,About .12. o'clock, on Saturday, she was in the yard throwing something into the midden, when she saw the body of the child laying, there. She did not touch it hut ran and gave information to the Police-office. There was a door from some vacant ground into the midden. Inspector Roberts deposed that he was on duty in Mount Pleasant, when he was informed that a child was ly ing dead on a midden in Great Newton-street. He went to the house of Mr. Harris and found the child lying dead on the dung-hill as described. He got assistance and had the child conveyed to Mr. Lockwood's the surgeon, but it was quite dead. Mr. Lockwood, surgeon, deposed that he had opened the body of the deceased and from the appearances of the viscera and the chest, and the state of its blood vessels, he was of opinion that the child, had been still born. There were no, external 'marks of violence. Verdict. —Found dead still born. INQUEST:--Yesterday an Inquest was held before Phillip Finch Curiie,- Esq., coroner, to inquire into the death of Frank Fulton, a sailor. Thoinai Flitcher, a labourer, dePosedthat an Saturday, the 19th instant, he was standing at the end of the Goree, when he saw the wheel of a cart which was passing, go over the legs and hand of the deceased. There were two horses in the cart and a driver at the head of the leading horse. - He lifted up the deceased and assisted in taking him to the Northern Hospital. David Young, a Dock Policeman deposed to being on duty at south end of the George's Dock, and saw the de ceased "taken up. The mit appeared to be passing at the ordi nary rate. Jane Fulton, the wife of the deceased deposed to his being 78 years of age. Mr. Benjamin Blower, house Stir geon of the North Hospital, deposed to the deceased' being brought there 'on Saturday, the 19th instant. His right thigh was fractured, as were also some of the fingers of his right - hand. Every thing was done for him that could be done, but ho died on Sunday, the 27th, in consequence of the injuries he bid re ceived. The jury - returned a verdict of accideutal death. ImacesT.—Yesterday afternoon, an ihquest was held before Phillip Finch Currie, Esq., coroner, to enquire into the circum stances attending the death of Frank Bryan, cattle dealer, who came by his death from a fall in the engine room of the Bir mingham steam-boat, on Friday last. Thomas Williams, se cond engineer on board the vessel, deposed that the Birming ham was one of the City of. Dublin Co.'s ships. On Friday night last, they left Dublin with a cargo of cattle of which the deceased had the care. About 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, he was going down the ladder into the engine room when'he saw the deceased lying on his face in the bilge and the beam of the engine working upon him; he called to the fireman who a sisted him to raise the deceased whilst he ran to stop the engine. Deceased's head and limbs were very much shattered. Hugh Hughes the fireman deposed to raising the deceased, but he was quite dead. He had seen him previously drying his clothes before the fire in the engine room. His body was given up to his friends. The jury found a verdict of accidental death. POPULAR COURSE, ON CHEMISTRY, AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. LECTURE 111. On Wednesday evening Mr. Hemming delivered his third lec ture to an overflowing audience, upon the tests and antidotes of various poisons. The beauty of his experiments was only equalled by the peculiar neatness of his manipulation. Chemical affinity is succes4felly applied to the detection of poisons. One of the most frequently administered, as well as the most destructive of these, is arsenic. Without entering into a detail of the processes for ettracting this poison front the stomach, which would he both tedious and offensive, let us sup pose that the poison. has been extracted, and we wish to ascer tain beyond a doubt whether it be arsenic or not. Arsenious acid, which is the most fatal of the common poisons, is a chemical combination of the metal arsenic and oxygen. As a metal, arsenic is innoxious, and it owes its poisonous properties to its combination with that vital principle of our atmosphere without which we could not exist ten minutes. If there were no oxygen combined with it, we might swallow a great quan tity of it with perfect impunity. Almost the whole of the arsenic we employ in Europe comes from the Cobalt mines of Saxony. It is to be found in copper pyrites combined as a sulphuret; but this arsenic is not considered to be equal in purity to that obtained from the Cobalt works of Saxony. These Cobalt works are now considered very valuable, but a century and a half ago the ores of Cobalt were thrown aside as worthless. Indeed the ores of Cobalt are very hard to reduce, and on ac count of the great quantities of Cobalt these ores contained, the mines were abandoned. So pernicious was it considered, that the workmen put up prayers to heaven to deliver them from evil spirits and Cobalt. The name Cobalt is derived from Cobalus, whom the Saxons believed to he a lady. There is a sermon in the British Museum which was delivered by a divine against this lady, in which he calls her the consort of Satan. It was, however;discovered that this ore contained a very valuable ox ide of,the metal Cobalt; which, when properly prepared, has the property of imparting an indestructible blue to all vitrifia ble as glass, porcelain, &c. The blue tints on our plates are affixed with the ore of Cobalt. It is first ground and mixed, with oil, and then applied with a brush to the plates. The plat'e's' are then Vitrified and burnt, when the Cobalt causes :an indelible blue stain. A mine in Saxony, which had been abandoned for a century, was reopened and worked by the pro prietor with such success that annum for a long period to the time of his death he netted L 14,000 per by the Cobalt extracted from his mine. • The oxide of Cobalt was a few years ago, worth two guineas tin ounce, but it is now worth less. The first step towards the purifaction of the Cobalt ore is to roast it to drive off the arsenic and sulphur with which it is combined. This is done -in a'reverberatery,ftirnar-, fiirnished with an horizontal floe extending for 410 yards: in this-flne the arsenic and sul phur become cendensed, • aneitiVidScourse of a few months ehektl'it up. This. flue -term - Mater - I'lPa large chamber for the riptise preventin , ,etlie escape oft'the arsenic fumes. The cobalt is fused with glass, or the materials for making glass, with whichit-entel combination, and produCes a strong blue co lour. This compound is poured whilit hot into water, when it becomes brittle, and forms the smelts which are so useful-in the arts. When the Cobalt is more intensely combined with the glass, the colour becomes almost black; and is imported un der the name of Zaffre. It becomes necessary to remove the concrete matter when the flues become choked, and it is so highly dangerous a task that none but criminals condemned to die are employed for that purpose, and although they take every precaution to prevent the arsenic power from entering the lungs, very feW of them survive more than a few. months. Indeed the symptoms they present exactly resemble.those of persons who have taken a portion of arsenic. It becomes necessary to re duce the arsenic and sulphur to a minute powder, and to mix them with potass. Heat being applied, the arsenic sublimes in a white state, and the sulphur unites with potash, forming , the sulphnret of potash. The arsenic (arseniotle acid) is then ground into a powder as we generally see it. It is barely soluble in cold .water, rather inure so in, boiling water, and it does not precipitate, the least of it when cold. The lecturer did not know whether its insoluble property was more fortunate or unfortunate. When it is taken in the state of meehanical mixture by those who destroy life, those portions of it which are undissolved will adhere with singular obstinacy to the stomach and intestines and where this takes place inflammati ,n ensues; which extends, to the adjacent parts. If the powder were soluble, by means of the stomach pump we could extract it, and many lives might be preserved; but to attempt to withdraw. the undissolved arsenic would be useless, as we should have to inject many gallons of water before we could dissolve the arsenic. Let us Suppose that we have withdrawn the poison from the stomach, and here itmay bowell to remark that in all cases of poisoning we should preserve the bottle, vial, or glass from which the poison has been taken, and take it to a medical man, so that he may tell what poison has been taken, and be able to bring the antidote, by which in all probability the life may he saved. We will suppose 'that the poison has been extracted, and that we wish to employ chemical tests for its detection. We have many valuable liquid tests for arsenic, but none of these can be depended upon where taken isolatedly. Indeed, in these days, although we have two Or three tests corroborating each other, we do not find juries believe us unless we get the arsenic in its metallic state. If we have only the I,oooth part of a grain of arsenic, we can always reduce it to its metallic state, which is always conclusive evidence. We should then convert part of this metal into the poison, which we can do by heating it with free access to the atmospheric air. We have, therefore, analytical and synthetical proofs as to the nature of the poison. Although none of the four liquid tests can be depended upon in their simple and separate state, yet when we find them corro borating each other, we conclude that arsenic is present, for we have no other substance in chemistry to which the four tests will apply with the same results. The first of these is a solution of ulphate of copper. Upon adding it to the solution of arsenic there will be no precipitate, but merely a change in colour; but if we add ammonia, we have a precipitate of a grass-green colour which will indicate the presence of arsenic. The next test Is to add a solution of the nitrate of silver, an exceedingly beautiful and delicate test; and here again we shall have no Precipitate, unless it be a faint white one, arising from any im purities in the water; but here again, when a • small quan tity of liquid ammonia is added, we shall have a yellow preci pitate, and, as iu the former instance, droppin g from the glass rod with which we introduce the ammonia. We may then apply another test, but one which the lecturer did not recom mend—a solution of lime, and this will give another precipitate, but it requires to stand several minutes before any effect takes place. The fourth test is applied with the best effect of all our tests; It is a solution of sulphuretted hydrogen gas. For the ,purpose of detecting the poison we do not employ the gas con densed in water, but wise a' current of the gas through the water, and this saves us a great deal of trouble. When either the solution or the gas itself is applied, a precipitate, the sul phnret of arsenic, is found. We may then proceed to reduce these precipitates to their metallic state. We first filter and dry them, and, having mixed them with black flux, heat them in a tube, when the arsenic is reduced to a metallic state and deposited on the tube. The ammonia should be added in test ing very cautiously and sparingly, otherwise the precipitate' will he immediately dissolved. These are the modes resorted to by the chemists for the detection of arsenic; but, within the last few weeks, we have been presented with a new test , su perior to all others, the most delicate and the most infallible. It wil enable us to detect minute quantities and without any precipitate whatever. If we adopt the test of Mr. Marsh, of Woolwich, it is unnecessary to adopt any means to separate the poison from the stomach, which is an exceedingly offensive operation. Mr. Marsh ascertained by means of this operation the presence of one grain of arsenic mixed in a pint of soup, a pint of coffee, &c. Hydrogen, in its nascent state, will dissolve arsenic and other metals. In lieu, therefore, of attempting to separate the arsenic from the contents of the stomach, we place substance supposed to contain arsenic in a vessel and add zinc and sulphuric acid. Mr. Hemming used a Dobereinet's lamp fur this purpose, with great success. Hydrogen will thus be generated and take up the arsenic with it, becoming arsenu rated hydrogen gas. This gas wemay ignite as it issues through a small aperture, when, by holding a piece of glass in front of the flame, the metallic arsenic, or arsenious acid, according to our mode of performing the operation, will be deposited upon it. By holding the glass near the flame metallic arsenic is ob tained, and at a greater distance arsenious acid. A smell of garlic likewise accompanies the burning ufarsenic, besides what this colour of the flame indicates of its presence. Now, with respect to the remedies, it most be admitted that it is difficult to say whether there is any. Mr. Hume, to whom we are indebt.. Kirin. one of the best tests of the presence of arsenic—the nitrate of silver, informed the lecturer of a remarkable case of poison. ing by arsenic, in which he had been called in. Happening to have read of-the virtues of carbonate of magnesia' in cases of poisoning, he administered a dose of it with opium. The lady recovered, and he published an account of it. Shortly afterwards, a medical gentleman in the country administered the same remedy with .the utmost success. It does, therefore, appear atrauge that this efficacious remedy should not be better known. It certainly can do no ,harm if it does no good. The next poison in order is bichloride of - mercury or i core e occur sive sublimate. This is a poson seldom, given, but th m any cases of poisoning by and the lecturer tit t ie er d in the STANDARD of last week that a portion of it had been taken in stead of sulphur. How it could be mistaken for sulphur he could not tell, as sulphur was yellow, and corrosive sublimate white. The latter was hard, _and the former brittle. This poison will seldom-he administered wilfully, and seldom could betaken by the suicide, as it is so nauseous in its taste that he could not hear it in his mouth. If we were to touch the tongue with the smallest portion of it, the nauseous taste would remain for days. This poison is always formed at the same time as the useful use diciee, calomel; indeed; the orily,difference between them is, that the one contains more chlorine than the other. They are. however, easily separated, as corrosive sublimate is soluble in water, and calomel is not. We have frequently a specific an tidote for corrosive sublimate in our kitchen; and that is albu men-or the white den egg, which immediately neutralizes it, and tonverts it into calomel. In addition to this test we have many others which lead to infallible results. We may apply the alkalies such as lime water, ammonia, and potash. These will all give us peculiar appearances. Ammonia gives a dense white precipitate. Potash will afford a bright yellow, and lime water will give us a yellowish red precipitate. By adding an acid these colours will again be rendered transparent, in con sequence of the oxides, being' dissolved. We have one other test which ought neverao be omitted for we never can multiply tests too abundantly when the life of a fellow-creature depends en our evidence.. This test is a solution of the hydriodate of potash, which will give us a yellow precipitate at the first, but Which will giadually redden into a deep crimson. But the most delicate and the most infallible of all tests is obtained by the voltaic decomposition of the substance; that is if we decom pose it by the contact of two dissimilar, metals. , In every in stance one metal should be gold, and on that we should drop a little of the suspected substance, if it be corrosive sublimate a small-piece of lead or copper will cause it to adhere with great Violence to the gold. As much as can be taken up on the point of a needle will be sufficient in this way to plate the surface of a sovereign. Heat will remove the mercury from the gold. 'The next poison we have to consider is copper. Copper is not a poison in its metallic state, but when combined with oxy gen it becomes The salts of copper are exceedingly dan gerous. Copper is not wilfully taken or given, but deaths by copper poisoning are not rare. It is usual to employ copper stew-pans, and although they may he tinned, the tin is liable to wear away, and if some articles of food remain in such a pot for a few hours in all probability they will become deadly poison, for the a c et a t e o f c opper or verdigris will be formed. lire find that copper is wilfully employed for the purpose of improving the appe ara n ce of some articles of food. Some articles of con fectionary are greened by copper. Mr: Hemming had extractei. copper from comfits. In some cases large quantity ployed, as in making of green pickles, as gherkins andaftoneeny,e beane. The pickles, we are told in cookery books, are e (in t t heated in brass or copper vessels, but if these are net to a few halfpence will make the pickles delightfully greaneci n e e y e: ft : lecturer was not certain whether they would be green, but he would was certain that a deadly poison wo - uld be for . copper. They had in London a fair called Irrdtho°flo At the period of this fair all the gingertireadA i e n h u i s l t be d the gilding is performed with copper leaf.. hink .. eat it. In al it iefe g dig, or indicative of bad taste to eat ungilt gingerbread at that time. But if parents thought of the consequences he gilding they would not permit their children to certain prepata.ions are neces sary ; if we gild copper we are o . bead to amalgamate the gold; if we gild wood certain prep aratio n s are necessary; but in gild ing gingerbread no such pre cautions are required; the artist who performs thatoffice passes his tongue over the gingerbread, dead the deposition of the saliva causes the copper to adhere to INQUESTS it. It May not he known that there is in every instance stiffi bient copper to destroy the children, as the acid kt the stomach acts on the copper, and turns it into verdigris, but fortunately, at the same time that the child eat sthe poison, it eats the antidote, as the saccharine matter in the gingerbread destroys the powers of the copper; were it not for that many children would be poisoned. In circler to detecrthe poisons of copper one or two simple tests will only be necessary. Slice the pickles, and Wash them in distilled water; neutralize the acid if there be any, and add ammonia which will produce a deep blue tint. The copper is first precipitated and then dissolved by the ammonia. We then have a solution of the ferrocyanuret of potassium which will give us a chocolate-coloured precipitate which has been used as a pigment. The next poison is lead, which is never administered or taken wilfully; nevertheless lead has been the cause of many deaths, accidentally and wilfully. In Devoushite a disease prevails which is generally called the Devonshire cholic. This arises from the practice of pressing the apples in leaden vessels, whereby the acid of the apples combines with the lead, and forms that very deadly poison sugar of lead or acetate of lead. When the cyder becomes dead, the farmer sweetens it by push ing a piece of lead through the hung-hole. ./Setate of lead is also employed in adulterating wines for the purpose of making fine old port and fine old sherry. Lead, ton, has become poi sonous in consequence of leaden vessels containing water for a considerable time, by which carbonate of lead, or *kite lead, is formed. It is a little singular that spring or river water is not liable to this, but that rain water is. Carb . onate of lead is not soluble in water, but may be separated by simple filtration. It is very well known that our lead pipes, through which the water proceeds, become corroded; but the corrosion takes plate exter nally. Nevertheless all these evils might be prevented if plum bers would use the tinned lead pipe which has been introduced within the list few years. The lead pipe is introduded before it is drawn into a bath of tin, and the coating of tin is drawn out with the pipe. Sheets of lead are tinned and drawn in the same manner. Tin is not acted upon either internally or eater= daily, and if every cistern were made of this tinned lead, no apprehensions need be entertained. It is not, however, a Mat ter of surprise that these are not used; —" it is too dear," says the plumber; "it lasts too long; it will never wear out." The antidotes to lead are the sulphate of soda or the sulphate of magnesia (Glauber's salts and Epsom salts.) These convert it into harmless insoluble sulphate of lead. They are powerful tests and antidotes. We have many other tests which may be employed for this purpose. Hydriodate of potass, chromate of potass, and sulphuretted hydrogen are amongst these. The latter forms a black precipitate; the hydriodate of potass and the biehro nate of potass give a beautiful yellow. • We must now consider the effects of the vegetable acids, and we may confine ourselves to one only, as what is said with re spect to that will in every case - apply to the others, and the remedies will almost always apply. Oxalic acid is frequently taken by mistake for Epsom salts, for which it is sometimes sold by the druggist, It is somewhat difficult to account for one being taken for the other as a medicine, the taste being so dif ferent, one being a perfect acid, and the other having a bitter taste; but this may be accounted for, as persons taking salts gulp them down without tasting them. We have, however; powerful tests to distinguish the poison frorhiba_tnialicine. The-, irst is by dropping a little ink into water, Oxalic acid wi 1 destroy the colour of the ink, but Epsom salts will not. If lime water is poured into a solution of oxalic acid, the mixture will become turbid, forming an oxalate of lime But in private fa: , milies there is no better test than this. A piece of chalk is as• good a test es can be desired; for if it is plunged into a solution of oxalic acid, an effervescence will ensue, which will not take place in Epsom salts. - An infusion of violets will is like man= ner be reddened by the oxalic acid, whilst the Epsom gaits pio duce no change in it. In cases of poisoning by oxalic acid, or any other acid, the remedies are chalk, whiting, or potash mixed with water, or, when these are not at hand, a large quantity of soap suds. Were any of these antidotes quickly administered, many lives would be saved. . - In the lecture of to-morrow evening, Mr. Hemming will show the most improved modes of Obtaining and supplying artificial light, and new contrivances for procuring instantaneous light by friction, percussion, and chemical action. As this will, un doubtedly, be the most brilliant lecture of the course, so we have no doubt it will be the most interesting and attractive. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. The requisition of the radicals of Newcastle to that pink of coxcombs, Sir Win. Moleswortb, Bart., to come forward on the first occasion for the representation of this town lags most lamentably. The signatures are 'few and of an .utterly con temptible character, and it would seem that Mr. Attwood's cunning attempt to hook the Whigs, gudgeons as they are, is not likely to be successful in respect to the present sapient prosition.—Neweastle Journal. REPRESENTATION OF LEEDS.—It is rumoured that Lord .John Itussell will be invited to offer himself tor ; Leeds, in case of a general election.—Hdifax Express. We have pleasure in announcing that Lord Melbourne has appointed a son of Mr. John Martin, the eminent historical painter, to a clerkship in one of the Goverpment Offices. — Observer. We learn from good authority that in Northam and Apple dare, once the strong bold of Lord Ebrington and his party, out of 155 electors, 140 have pledged themselves to vote for Sir T. Acland at the next election.—Dorset County Chronicle. A meeting, of the elecctors of Holbeck took place on Thurs day evening, when 160, out of 180 voters, promised to support Sir William Molesworth, should he accept the invitation given to him to become a candidate for the representation of Leeds. — Leeds Times. It is stated that Mr. Barkley, who is on the Continent, will not again offer himself for York, should an election occur either during the winter or spring. The York Tories talk of bringing forward the Marquis of Douro, in connexibn with Mr. Lowther.--;-Hatifax Express. The result of sixteen parish meetings in the county of York on the subject of the diet table, ordered by the Poor Law Com missioners for the paupers, is a determination to support the poor by voluntary subscriptions rather than submit to such treatment.—Leeds Intelligences.. The Poor Law Commissioners have objected to the payment of the ordinary fee of eightpance each to Coroner's Jurors, but most inconsistently they do ,not object to the payment of the constable's expenses in summoning the Coroner, but recom mend that the,charge should in future' come out of the Church i rate. The duty of sending. for a Coroner is imperative on the parish officers, who should not be left in a state of uncertainty as to the manner of meeting the inevitable expenses incurred in the fulfilment of a public benefit. — Taunton Courier. IMOItTANT TO BRITISH SHIPMASTERS. The following has been received at Lloyd's : " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, " Whitehall, November 2-1, 1836. " Sts;--I am directed by the Lords' Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to inform you that it has been represented to his Majesty's Government, that the ordinance which has been in force in Sweden since the Ist July last, directing all Foreign vessels, arriving from ports where a Swedish c..nsul is station ed, to be provided with a manifest of the cargo, duly attested by such consul, under a penalty of 600 rill dollars, is but imper fectly known to British shipmasters, who, in more than one in stance, have already become liable to the ahove-mentioned penalty. "'Their Lordships therefore request that you will have the goodness to take such steps as may appear to you beat calcu lated to give the ordinance increased publicity among the ship ping interest. A copy of the ordinance was transmitted to you by Lord Palmerston's direction, in February last, and the same regulation had previously existed with respect to Swedish ves sels. " I am, Sir, &c„ (Signed,) " DENIS LA MERCHANT. "To G. R. Robinson, Esq., M.P." Extract of a letter from the Agents at. Genoa. Nov. 17:— " The Board of Health ordered that clean bills of health should be given on the 12th; and have accordingly since that time abolished the quarantine against vessels proceeding from Trieste, Venice, the lungarian and Illyrian coast." FIRE.—The whole of the neighbourhood of Copperas-hill and Brownlow-hill, was thrown into the greatest consternation about ten o'clock on Friday night, by a fire wthich took place in a chandlery warehouse, belonging to Messrs. Banks & Co., in : Trowbridge-street, and which, at first, 'threatened the most direful consequences to the surrounding neighbourhood. In the building where the rite was first observed, a large steam appa ratus had lately been erected for the purpose of performing all the operations of smelting. This apparatus; which is fixed in a cellar of part of the building adjoining that where the chand ler's stores are kept, was in operation, we believe, as an experi ment. The fat was thrown over the sides of the boiler, and at once communicated itself to the fire underneath, when the flames ascended with fearful rapidity to the ceiling above. The chandler's workmen were plying their usual vocation within a portion of the same building. An immediate alarm was then given, and the fire-bell was tolled. In justice to the fire police, we must say, that the engines, which were accompauiEd by Mr Whitty, the suite' intendent, were promptly on the spot. In fact, fifteen minutes had not elapsed from the moment the alarm was given to the time when they arrived at the Warehouse. The fire had by this titne reached the root of that part of the warehouse where. it had originated, and the flames were making rapid pro gress towards another part of the building which was heaped with candles in a manufactured state, and barrels of raw tall h aw. This threatened the most dire destruction not only to the building itself, but to the entire street in which it was situat wole ed, and many of the inhabitants were making active prepara tions to remove their family and furniture from the scene of danger. Happily the fire-engines being instantly ,as a tisp d e e e ff d e il c y ti s v u e b l! brought into requisition, the raging element ~, dued, and in a little more than an h our after the engines had arriv n ed eig t h h b e n w m h s ol w e nwraesqgiontetuendd.er:la‘hued=fglissooffttbh surround inga n wh o engine were most .had the practical management of the praise worthy on this occasion, for if the fire hud t io u t t br e n tp o ic e kly ex tinguished, there is not the smallest doul?otsbs thath 4 w as h be l en str s e u e s t would have been destroyed; as it is, the taiped is comparatively small.' li q a tu ti rte ic r this within the memory of the oldest inhabitant,. lt was melancholy, , tit u a t N b under c iertruillinge , i d s n c a e t s as it was certainly a very unusual sight to see two tnen d u ri ttg the whole (lay with their spades shovelling,.the -snow irinn oft the corn before the sbearers. The heavy storm towards the end of last month literally.levelled and smashed: to the ground the standing corns , of which there was a ver y great deal in the country at the time; and sheep in the grazing districts, driven to the Power grounds, also broke in, and spite of the utmost vigil , ance by day and night, did incalculable damage to the crops. The farmers, alarmed at the state of things, and seeing that certain loss would be the result of leaving their crops thus ex posed, commenced cutting down, or rather lifting tip, with no intermission be the days fair or foul. What was actuady drench ed was left spread upon the lands, and what was in anything like tolerable order was bound and setup in single sheaves, or stooked according to the degree of humidity. From the moist weather that we have yet had, the consequence is, that all thus bound in an improper manner has clotted together, impervious to the wind until again opened up, and both •straw. and grain are in a great many instances all but perfectly destroys-I. Peas and beans, even in tho most favourable places, are, a-lost crop. Potatoes, except in a very few places, are now lifted, -and the loss from frost ha s no t at a ll b een so great as was. at one time anticipated ; but the deficiency upon the whole..is.still gieat.— Perthshire Advertiser. It appears from the papers from New Orleans that there has been a pressure on the money-market there, in consequence of the measures of precaution taken by the banks to retain their specie. Th e y h a d b ee n discounting freely during the summer , and the enormous speculations in the real estate had caused a great demand for accommodations. At the port of Gloucester has been commenced the magnifi cent undertaking of forming a line of public wharfs upwards of 100 feet long, in continuation of the present basin (double its length,) at which ships of the largest size, capable of entering. the Gloucester and Berkelv Canal, will be enabled to lie along side and discharge their cargoes. At that point the canal is also to be widened 30 feet. A canal is likewise to be cut, the effecte of which will be the removing of a c onsiderable p ortionof th e the coal and barge trade to wharfs at some distae large r present basin, and the giving of greater facilities n for the vessels. LIVERPOOL POLICE. STEA LING A COAT.—Steven Evanson was placed before Mr. Hall, en Saturday last, charged with having stolen a great coat, the 'property of Edward Lloyd. The latter stated, that he was a stable boy at the stables of Thomas Roby, publican, Warwick street, Toxteth-park. Between eight and nine o'clock on Thursday night last, he hung his top-coat on a nail at the upper end of the stable. where he left it, and went out without locking the door. In 'about half an hour he returned, when he found that the coat had been taken away, but the cape left behind. On that morning (Saturday) he had seen the coat produced in the possession of Mr. Gal Way.. It was his property, Mr. Gal way stated, that he was an assistant in the shop of Mr. Kitchen, pawnbroker, Park-lane. The prisoner had pledged the coat with him for twelve shillings. Police-officer Whalley, who took. the prisoner into custody, stated, that, on searching the prisoner, be found in his possession the pawn-ticket for the coat. The prisoner said, be had found the coat in Park-lane. He was committed for trial at the Borough Sessions. A METROPOLITAN IN THE COUNTRY.—A swell, dressed, at all points, quite the thing, was placed at the bar of the P olice-. ; court, on Saturday, charged with having assaulted Police-officer John Temple ' and another officer. Temple stated , tha t, at twelve o'clock on the preceding night, he heard a disturbance in London-road, and went to see what was the matter. He found the prisoner kicking up a row, and endeavouring with all. his might to astonish the provincials. He (Temple) requested him to be quiet and betake himself to his domicile, but the pri soner was determined to show the bumpkin country officers a little of the metropolitan play; so he put himself in a pugilistic attitude and fired into them right and left. Poor Temple was speedily overturned, and the other officer, who bad come up to his assistance, came in for a share of the good things which the prisoner was so liberally dispensing. The two officers, however, soon overpowered the Cockney, and he was lugged off to the Lock-up. Mr. Hall asked the prisoner what he was. The prisoner replied, that he was a tea-dealer, front London. M r. Hall—" You have come here on business, I suppose?" Pri soner.—" No." The prisoner refused to give any further account, either of himself or the transaction. He was ordered to pay a fine of 10s. and costs. In default, to be committed fur 11 days. STEALING CHEESE.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a woman named Mary Leigh, was brought before the magistrates, charged with having stolen a cheese, on Saturday night, f r , n , a cheese shop in Freeman-street. A witness stated, that he was coming up Dale-street, about seven o'clock on Saturday night, when he saw the prisoner go into Mr. Rushton's cheese shop, in Freeman-street, and tak e a cheese, ' and put it under her cloak, and walk off. He then gave_her into custody. Par kinson, the Bridewell keeper, said that the prisoner was known ; she had been. tried at the s essions for stealing a cheese before, and had been imprison ed twelve months for it. The prisoner said that distress had com p elled her to do it. Since she had been out of prison, she had had nothing to keep her of, and she had had no meat all that day. Mr. Hall enquired what the cheese was worth, and was told, about 15s. A police-officer, who - took her into custody, said she had 2s. on her person wh en she was taken into custody. The magistrates ordered the irifor mations for her commitment to be taken. DOG FIGHTING. —Yesterday, at the Police-office, a Young man, named Thomas Price, appeared before the magistrat es on a summons charging him with dog-fighting, on Saturday. Policeman 35, stated, that on Saturday, the defendant was fi g hl. ing his his dog with an other,_ on the plot of waste ground be tween Renshaw-street and B o ld street, at three o'clock in the afternoon. The defendant said that he lived in Cropper-street, near the Arcade, and his dog began fighting with another, and he ran out to try to get him off, when the policeman came. The policeman denied this. Mr. Hall, "Have you any- tiro perty toiray a fine r —Defendant, "No Sir." Mr. Half, y ou must pay a penalty of 205., and in default, be committed for sixteen days to the Borough Gaol. STEALING BY DEPUTY. —Yesterday, at the Police-offi ce• a girl about fourteen years of age, named Jane Brennan, was owng si t brought before the magistrates, charg ed with having stolen some pig iron from the docks. A dock - p oliceman stated, that a little before twelve o'clock that morning , he saw the prisoner giving a little child a piece of pig iron , which she had. in her hand, to carry over the dock-bridge. M r- D li the prisoner had four or five little children, whom she em a d l a hat yed to pick up iron, and carry into the town fo r her. She .was well known about the docks. Parkinson , t he bridewell-kee p er, p sail she had been committed before for similar offences. Mr. Hall said the prisoner thought she would be protected by em ploying the child to steal for her , - he should com mi t her for seven days to the house of correction. • MR. HEMMINP'S LECTURES .ON. CHEMIS TO EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDdED, SIR, —Having just seen your report in Friday's (the 18tli) paper of Mr. Hemming's first lecture on cheinigry, at the Mechanics' Institution, I must beg to point out two inaccu racies of an important nature, which I doubt not •from your known candour.you. will take an early opportunity of correcting. In that part of your report which notices some of, the causes' which modify and-sometimes reverse the order of chemical ef finity, you ascribe to Mr. Hemming the folloWing statement, "Iron has so great an affinity for oxygen, that it decomposes water,-and takes tho oxygen from. it... If we add • acid to the water containing the iron, the acid will dissolve the oxide. as soon as formed, and thus continually present a new surface for oxidation. In this manner hydrogen is liberated from iheoA ter. Oxygen thus has a greater affinity for iron than bydrn has." So far the report is perfectly correct; but you conclude the statement thus:— " But if we heat the oxide of iron in a tube, and pass a cur rent of dry hydrogen gas over it, the hydrogen will have an affinity for the iron, and leave it in a metallic state in the tube." I was present the whole of the lecture alluded to, and per fectly recollect that the statement made by the lecturer was, not that the hydrogen had an affinity for the iron, but that the hy drogen would, under the circumstances alluded to, exert a supe rior attraction for the oxygen of the oxide of iron, and by combining with it, produce water, leaving the iron in the tube in a metallic state. ,- The next error is the following:—Your report says, Potas sium is made from the alkali potash. By heating potash, which is a compound of oxygen, carbon, and metal. in a close vessel with-charcoal,,the charcoal takes away the oxygen and the car bon from the potash, and the metal flows over." The lecturer did not assert that potash was a compound of carbon with oxygen and the metallic based, but that it was a compound of oxygen with the metallic based, which, by expo' sure to a high temperature with charcoal, yielded its oxygen to the latter, and the metal became reduced. Justice to the professional talents of a gentleman who de• servedly' stands high in public estimation has induced me to trouble you with these remarks, your early insertion of which have no reason to doubt, as the dissemination of erroneous statements'is calculated to injure thOprofessional reputation of a public man; and I am satisfied that the errors in question could only have arisen from inadvertenCy attendant on the hurry arising from a very, limited time occupied in getting up the report in question, the general accuracy of which I have great pleasure in bearing testitnony to. —I am, sir, &c. G. FUME, Practical Chemist., Lime-street, Liverpool,2sdt s lVay., 1836. In consequence of the great advance of horse prow-14f, the postmasters have advanced the price of posting to Is. 6d. per mile, a rate which has uow become general throughout the king, dom. sEcoND t.DITION. Standard Office, Three o'Clock LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE.—TUESDAY, Nov. 29, 1836. There was a fair arrival of all kinds of Grain from Ireland and the Country during the week, and previous rates were generally maintained. At thia Morning's market Wheat met a dull sale at 2d ad vance on prices of this day week.—Flour was not so saleable9 , as 60s was asked for the first qualities, and 52s to 578 tor finess , but very few sales made at these prices.—Oat: :.ere 2d lower, and Bran 2d to 3d.—No alteration in Barlei or Meal. The imports of Butter were small this week-3,931 firkins; notwithitanding there was a very dull sale, and last week's prices could scarcely be Maintained.—Hims were in More re= quest, and Is to 24 dearer. Av ERAG PRICES. VII,, , . , VRII.T, 41 , 70 tbs. s d 1 d TIRANA; g ri p. Win II d A a Irish.dned red.: 8 g 0 9 0 Irish Do. dried white, 9 2 .. 9 8 FOUR; lj)' 280 lbs Do.undried new 8 2.. ,8 6 Eng.lc Irish sup 5B 0.. 60 0 English , Canada .. ... . Ovrs, 4fP 45 Ms 8 Do. thirds...... 00.. 0 Q . Irish BARLEY, <11" 60 Its: Do. old 36 0.. 38 0. Irish grinding... 5 0.. 5 4 BRAN, 41 ). '...' 4 W 2 U.. 0 0 OF BUTTER, &,e. Bacon, V cwt 48 0 0 52 0 Hams, dry 5O 0 .. 53 0 Do. wet ... . 0 0 . Firkin Lard, '',4l 0 .. 58 0 Bladdereti do. Grcase Thitter Prirde Mess , Vtierco, 98 0 ..110 rime 1 , 48 Pork, dif barrel. 70 0 .. 75 n AVEPAGE PRIC SD SD anbridge ... . ..100 0 8102 0 Waterford. new..loo 0..102 0 Colerain 0 - - - Carlow...l 2 0 Limerick —lo2 0.. Belfast ' 100 0 .110 ~104 0 ~10 t 0 Derry IU7 0..108 Cork, 2ds = 0 0 0 New Ty. Dundalk 0..- 0 Sligo — 0 0 ARRIVALS OF CORN. Frcm the 22d to the 28th November, 1886, inclusive. IRE. COAST- FO- BRITISH DESCRIPTION. TOTAL. LAND. WISE. REIGN. AMER. Wheat Qrs 729 511 .. , 1243 Barley ' Qrs 1578 273 1851 j Oatt Qrs, 5333 140 5473 i Flout _Sacks 11893 141 12034 j Ditto Barrels 1016 1016 Bran.... C wt Oatmeal Loadi 3033 3033 Malt Qrs! Id 1065 1083 Beans 240 so 320 Peas Qrs! 19 19 Rye i Qrs. Shelled Barley Cwt Rapeseed Barrels Indian Corn • Qrs -, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE; A nut v ED.—Elizabeth, Scott,from Bahia—Ruby, Farra.nt, fin Lisboti —Sarah, Coventry, from Corkl—Mark Freed Robins, from London — Active, Roberts, from Diogheda--Iris, Taggart, from Uublitt—Provi= deuce, Starner, from Yarmouth—Betsey; Bence, from Fowey. . , Bahamian, Lizard, sailed from Mauritius for Calcutta 9th Aug., and the Wanderer, Cobb, on the I I th. Stirlingshire, Scollay, from Calcutta for Sydney, at Tamar, N.S.W. Schwartz, Boult, hence, at Demerara. Tampico, Crichton. hence, at Lima. Grace, Reid, hence, at Virginia. Silvia, De Grasse, from Havre at New York. Exquisite, Hoye', from Smyrna for this port at Zante, with loss of • foretopmast. Union, hence, and Mary, from Restigouche, at Dublin. . THIRSTED, WEST COAST OF D NM•IRK, NOV. 16 —About 200 small brindlesa hemp and 2400 staves have been driven on the (toast, ari abandoned vessel having gone to pieces on the shore. The hemp bundles are marked C N, VVtic P, and C 15, W P ; the staves are mark ed B&R,EIS,AS,S S, C S, W S, and ZM Z. A deck beam is also driven on the coast, on which is burnt " Norsk Erendom, 85 common lasts." MISCELLANEOUS: HULL FLAX AND COTTON MILLS.—The foundation-stone of these mills has been laid th►s week, in the presence of the direc tors of the establishment, and the workmen are proceeding with the erection of the new buildings with all possible speed.—Hull Rockingham. ABSENCE OF MIN D.—A southern editor rebates a most remark able instance of absence of mind. A friend of his on rising in the morning put on his wife'B petticoat, and did not discover the mistake unt►l he attempted to nurse " the little one."—Ariieri- can paper. CORN REIT RN 3.—The Board of Trade hat issued peremptory instructions to the inspectors of corn returns to proceed forth= with against those persons who neglect to make regular weekly returns of corn bought by them, according to the act. A fatality appears to attend the matrimonial alliances of the female vocal corps, both native and foreign. Letters from Paris state that Madame Grisi and " the gentleman of moderate Fortune," to whom she was married last spring, have separated by mutual conseut. It is also added, though we hope that the report may prove unfounded, that since her recent dccouchement she has lost her voice. " I cannot imagine," said Alderman II- " why my whiskers should turn gray so much sooner than the hair on my head." " Because you have worked so much more with your jaws than your brains;" replied a wag. MORE IMPARTIALITY.—Lord Mulgrave has been pleased td appoint Edmond M'Sweeny, Esq., of Reen , near Kenmare, (nephew of Mr. O'Connell,) to the situation of Chief Constable of Police.—Dublin Mail. THE STORM or 4 TUESDAY NIGHT.—This town was visited on the night of Tuesday, by a severe storm of wind and rain. We are happy to say that the damage is very trifling. A new wall, 27 yards in length, and 16 feet in height, at Sweet Green, be longing to John Hargreaves, Esq.. was blown down, and seve ral sky-lights from the roof of Messrs. Thomasson's factory Mill-hill, were destroyed, There are also, we have heard, a few lamps broken at the outskirts of the town.—Bolton Chro nicle. HURRICANE AT BARNSLEY.-011 the night of Tuesday last, the town of Barnsley was visited by a treinefutons hurricane, the wind blowing from the north-west, and bringing with it a considerable quantity of rain. The storm continued nearly the whole of Wednesday, the market day, and scarcely any stalls could be erected, from the violence of the wind. The damage done to the roofs of the houses and chimneys is not so great as was anticipated, but in the neighbourhood a great number of trees were blown down, particularly in Stairibro and Tanker sley parks, as well as many of the corn stacks adjacent to the town. - - - - - AFRICAN TRAVRI.---Letters from Mr: Davidson, dated Wady-uoon, July 20, state that be has arranged with the na tives to be transported to TinibuCtoo, along With his attendant, Abiuu Berk, who is a native of that place. He was only de layed by the want of a sufficient present for the sheikh of Wady-noon. This, however, he expected from I, 3ngland by November ; and, in the mean time, was training himself for his dangerous expedition.—Literary Gazette. ENNUI or Ltee AT SEA.—I defy anybody not thoroughly accustomed to the sea to feel much of its grandeur after thought, imagination, feeling, sensation, have been rocked into that in• describable state of ennui, di.quiet, discomfort and inertness which the sea often produces. No, let me look off from some headland, out from some quiet nook of the fast-anchored earth, to feel the grandeur or to enjoy the romance of the sea. I life, the o first have v I e gone by sea when he might ha ve g one by land, to have past a a wonder that nobody has talked, or writt en, or sung, or satirized about this horrible discomfort of a se a vo y a g e. It is said that Cato repented only of three things during his withsotsea-sickness; kness; day inactive, and to have told a secret to his wife." I will not discuss ee rt a inl t y h t e l a c v i pointst e h t e h r emo st pe r fe ct a-i t with s the ym p o a l d t h s y t . o t , I have had none of it; but it is a sickness of the sea, which has never, that I know, been described. It is a tremendous ennui, a complete inaptitude to ell enjoyment, a total inability to be pleased with any thing. Nothing is agreeable; neither eating, nor drinking, nor walking, nor talking, nor : read ing, ea; experience, nor but I writing;b i s e nor even is going to slee p au agreeable process, and waking is t p r e u r e fe , c o t at s d e h r e Y s fi j ad a m a hasi:rp'ilekrinfogrtuoftieng town t h a t it is the experien c e of a class, not much less unhappy than e t h e most miserable victims of sea-sickness.—Dean's Journal. How TO BREAK ILL Nnws.—Mr. Jervas! How are you my old boy? how do things get on at home? Steward —Bad enough your honour. Th e mag pi e 's dead. Mr. G.— Poor Mag! so lie's gone • how came he to die? Steward— Over ate himself, Sir. Mr.i G.—Did he faith! a greedy dog! Why what did he eat that he liked so well ? Steward—Horse flesh, Sir; he died of eating horse-flesh. Mr. o.—How came he to eat so much horse-flesh. Steward=All your father's horses, Sir. Mr. G.—What, are they dead too? Steward — Aye, Sir, they died of overwork. Mr. G.—And why were they overworked, pray? Steward—To carry water, Sir. Mr. G.- I'o carry water ! and what , were, they carrying water for ? Steward—Sure,' Sir, tir put 'mit tire fire. Mr. - G.-Fire! what fire? Steward—Oh, Sir, your father's house is burnt down to the ground. Mr. G.—My - father's house burnt doWn ! and how came it set on fire? Steward—l think, Sir, it must have been the torches. Mr. G.—Torches! what torches ? Steward—At your mother's funeral. Mr. G.—My mother dead? Steward —Aye, poor lady, she never looked up after it. Mr. G.—Aftef what? Steward—The los9 of your father. Mr. G.—my father gone too? Steward—Yes, poor s c 'entleman ! he took to his bed as soon as he heard of it. Mr. G.—Heard of what ? Steward —The bad news, Sir, an' please your henour. Mr. G.—What, more miseries ! more bad news! Steward—Yes, Sir, your bank has failed, and your credit is lost, and you are not worth one shilling in the world. I made bold, Sir, to come and wait on Iyou, to tell you about it, for I thought you would like Sir, to hear the news. o jo:,oicini,ni it her re covery ol.fYtthirelmhein:tsieerdehotfhaldi SUPERSTITioN.7—A lamentable instance of the gross slitter- - stition which has not been extirpated from the more remote 100 calities of France, may he found in a recent occurrence at Mery-en-Bois, where an unfortunate female, named S e stre, was exposed to the most shocking awl brutal treatment from a family of the name of Blondet, who imagined that the poor woman had cast a spell upon Madame Blonder, her daughter, and the cattle belonging to their farm, Mad. Sestre, who was inveigled to the house of the Blondets, on pretence that Mad. Blondet was expiring, and desired to see her behire breathing her last, was, on her arrival, knockmeed.dboe:: inily, seized by the throat, and dr.igged along the floor by the hair of the head, whilst the younger applied a piece of lighted wood to her. mou t: t en h ot , lty a a n o d rt o u t u h a e t r e w w is o e . shockingly maltteatred her. The son-in-law of Blondet even proceeded to cut off her nose with his knife, and, to add to her terrors, Blondes applied the muzzle of his grin to her breast, and threatened spell t w t t, r ,a r b e si r t r .a t h e t nsl last se d t at hadi o s ‘c h :e o s, o it t tt: h or e ,,i, r enpharist unless co.ant t s al h e e r. ; i nt turn i n g ho m e fur a book of ft frightful nii and gehtbt s u i t ) t h e r t c r e e r a :, m b ei s t a t inlta.d w hi chr which she was to destroy the effect of the 4ti'ppo's d c ha r m. On reaching her own house she swoonel awa:y, e e v il c------'. f ee rom the furs of her inhuman a nd mortal torture is 48 years of age, Who was subjected to this physical (p, hoiis,eir,eunto;rssh. r elated e la, t hn o ed a h neighbour e: female h l, a n (timh enjoy she had been exposer!, at the sam e with her, and protect her family a e xc ellent naengdtnhge h m i n o h t oe reputation,rretmifas it: She is now confined to her bed; and serious apprehensions are entertained for Am 0 11 1,1 7 , A life'. 6ountry Magistrate, being asked what watt meant by a Minor Cation I answered " I suppose it means . a pistol or a yam?. I