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ittraturr. POETRY. THE PATHS OF LIFE (IVritten for the Liverpool Standard.) There winds a smooth and flowery road, Through life's extensive vale; And footsteps numberless have trod That passage through the dale; Pleasant the path and passing fain, The vassal and the king are there Where countless thousands stray ; Fanned by the breeze that pleasure brings, And lulled by gentle murmurings, They track that awful way ! T hear a voice in warning tone Speak in each sinner's ear. Oh ! leave this path ere yet have flown Life's precious moments here. You gaze upon those towers afar, That glisten like the morning star, Flashing in rosy light; This road will never leave you there, Know, that it lingers but to where It sinks in endless night. And deep those piercing accents sound, Ali ! heeded but by few, Culled are the flowers tl.at bloom around, Sipped is the crystal dew; But now that awful brink appears, The preeipice in silence rears Its crest above the gloom. Millions of souls repentant now Are hurried o'er is rugged brow, Dashed to tl.eir dreadtul doom. Oh ! man, there is another way By righteous footsteps trod, Where holy men, in ancient day, Have hastened to their God ; There if the sorrowing drop descends, A beam of sympathy attends, To wipe away the tear ; And hovering n that narrow way, There shines a light, a heavenly ray, Those wanderers to cheer. And here are seen no empty joys, Unentered is the bower, Untasted is the cup which cloys, The folly of an hour. Faith, hope, and love illume the track, Truth casts the bright reflection back, Upon the wavering mind, Here meek-eyed pity finds a home, And bids the weeping mourner come, And leave his woes behind. And now this better way is passed, Life's journey soon is o'er, Eternal splendour bursts at last, From Heaven's transcendant shore. Angels of light are ushering now, With joyful wing and beaming brow, The saved before the throne, Then dawns the day of endless bliss, To view each work of loveliness, In boundle , s worlds unknown. - "Woodside, July, 1844. W. J. L. AERIAL PH ENO M ENON, Subsequently ascertained to be the Cornet (of 1843). We have been favoured with some cleverly-written and interesting " Observations" on the comet of last year, as seen " off the Island of Timor, at the south-eastern en trance to the Indian Archipelago, on board the ship Tyrer, Captain Rimmer, on her passage from Bombay to China, by John A. Murray, passenger," together with an illus trative drawinc , of the appearance of the comet on the 10th of March'; and we should gladly have inserted the whole, did our available space allow. We, however, give a few extracts which may be acceptable to the astrono mical portion of our readers, and also subjoin some very neat verses by the same author, appended to the account. " On the 2d March (1813), at sunset, about half-past six o'clock, our ship being 150 miles to the westward of Sandalwood Island, steering E. by S. in lat. 10.5 S., long. 116.45 E., we observed, a little above the western horizon, a long luminous streak resembling a silver thread, with a slight inclination towards the south at the upper end. Moon three days old. Weather clear, calm, and sultry." On the sth and 6th the same streak was seen, at the same time, and had increased in lustre. On the latter day the idea suggested itself to those on board that it was a comet. Two slight shocks or tremors passed through the ship, the first at seven o'clock p.m., the se cond at midnight. The writer, under date of the 7th, says :—" This evening the appearance of the ' illustrious stranger' in the clear open sky was truly magnificent. Unmarred in its stately proportions by any intervening cloud, it app. aced to have attained the maximum of its Size and brilliancy. The streak was of a grayish white ness, with a slight slit or division at its upper end. The star or body of the comet was distinctly visible, and of a clear vivid lustre. It was just visible at half-past 6 p.m., reached its greatest brilliancy at about 7 o'clock, and gra dually decreased until it set at 4 past 8. At 5 o'clock p.m. another tremor passed through the ship." The various extraordinary appearances are detailed from this time until the object disappeared on the 2d of April, when the weather changed "from... calm and sultry to cold and squally." On th e 27th' of the previous month, the ship spoke a Portuguese vessel, belonging to Fort Con cordia, Copang Bay, Timor; and her captain confirmed the identity of the comet. He had first seen it at Timor, precisely at the same time ; stated that its former visit occurred at the beginning of the IGth century ' • and attri buted the calms and i n t ense h ea t o f th e month before to its influence. ADDRESS TO THE COMET OF 1843. Written. nn hoard the .chip Tyree, Timor reload, Mar. 10,1543. We heard not of thy coming from the prophet, sage, or seer ; No voice to herald thine approach fell on our careless ear : For we we, e ocean-wanderers by the isles of rich perfume, Where aloe, myrrh, and cassia groves in spicy verdure bloom. The odour-laden zephyrs, as they skimmed along the deep, Were lulling with their lullaby the infant waves asleep; The golden sun declining sought the chambers of his rest, His glory crimsoning the clouds and waters of the west; The queenly moon uprising left her couch within the sea, And the multitude of stars began to gem the canopy;— When, sudden. from mysterious realms, exceeding far the ken The wisdom of the Highest gave unto the sons of men, Thou didst thy mighty form unfold, outstretching vast and high, A beauty arid a terror in the clear and cl lidless sky. Awhile we did behold thee with undeparting gaze, And our spirits in their inmost depths were silent with amaze; We hailed thee not, strange visitant, with shouting or with song, But, omen-like, thy fearful name was whispered along; The mariners their legends wild with solemn cadence Of deeds of havoc done by thee in the ages past of old : How the living streams of water were parched up by thee, How the billows far recoiling fled from thine intensity; How the land of corn and oil and wine a desert hard became, Consumed beneath the searching breath of thy remorseless flame; What tempests in the heavens above, with pestilence on earth, And shaking the nations, all attended at thy birth. But tell us v now thou dost approach our borders near? To gild our with hope, or darken it with fear? Doth mer v ish thee on thine ever glorious path ? Or dost ,•1 ~ ver us a messenger of wrath ? Art tho star that lit the Magi's road, To wi child Jesus and his mother made abode ? East ti ; heard on high the final trumpet sound ? The a- c heavenly King, all marshalling around. The ,• -air world and of her fallen sons to see, We or c ,: l her burning shall thy dreadful province be. But only that we view with pale affright Thine • - -lazing wheel revolve on axle purely bright; For vie '.is known to us of earth that though to thee be given An oria stfctehing far beyond the visual verge of heaven, Yet still thou art for evermore beneath the strict controul Of Him who doth create, elance, and sustenance the whole. Omniscience and Omnipotence thy furthest flight can trace, And bid thee, wild erratic one ! know thy appointed place. J. A. M. SELECTIONS. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.—I have heard some 'very extraordinary cases of murder tried. I remember. in one where I was counsel, for a long time the evidence did not appear to touch the prisoner at all, and he looked about with the most perfect unconcern, seeming to think himself quite safe. A t last the surgeon was called, who stated deceased had been killed by a shot, a gun-shot, in the head, and he produced the matted hair and stuff cut from and taken out of the wound. It was all hardened with blood. A basin of warm water was brought into court, and, as the blood w a s gra d ua lly so ft ene d, a pi ece of printed paper appeared—the wadding of the gun, which proved to be half of a ballad. The other half had been found in the man's pocket when he was taken. He Has hanged.—Lord Eldon's Note Book. ANTIQUITIES OF DAMASCUS.—Damascus possesses fewer authentic antiquities than might be expected in one of the earliest cities mentioned in the Bible : the most an cient remains are some of the lower portions of the walls, built with square stones, and in some instances of blocks, of which the height exceeds the breadth. Some of the blocks measure from six to eight or ten feet, by four, six, or eight. They are united without cement; and many have Arabic and Saracenic inscriptions on them. This style of building is one belonging to a very ancient period. The castle, like every place of strength in Isis country, has been destroyed, rebuilt, and altered at various pe riods. The oldest part, near the foundation, is formed of stones of a very great size; and the broad ditch which surrounds it is built in the rustic masonry of the Romans. Its extent is considerable. Erected before the invention of gunpowder, it could offer but little resistance to artil lery ; but, being constructed with large diamond-cut stones, and including eleven bastions within its circuit, some of them mounted with cannon, and all supplied with a guard, it is still capable of overawing the factious inha bitants of the town.—Library of Travel. LORD ELDON AS A BOY.—Lord Eldon, late in life, told his niece, Mrs. Foster, that "no boy was ever so much thrashed as he was," and to Lady Eldon's nephew be once said :—" Mr. Surtees, when your father and I were boys, and that is now a long time ago, I remember our stealing down the Side, and along the Sand-Hill, and creeping into every shop, where we blew out the candles. We crept along the counter, then popped our heads up, out went the candles, and away went we. We escaped detec tion" On another occasion Lord Eldon said to Mrs. fe r ster :—" I remem b er my f a th er com i ng t o m y b e d s id e accuse Harry and me of having robbed an orchard ; some one had come to complain. Now, my coat was lying by my bed with i ts pockets full of apples, and I had bid some more under the bed-cloths, when I heard my father on the stairs, intolerable torture and I was at that moment suffering fromi ose I had eaten ; yet I had the audacity to deny the fact. W e were twice flogged for it. Ido not know how it was, but always considered rob bing an orchard as an honourable e o nce being carried before a eforß e bbing an magistrate remember crc hard—toxing the fox,' as we called it. and d r m e were se three of us, Howet Jo hn son , anothe r boy, The magistrate acte d u p on what I think wa s rather y curious law ; for he fined our fathers each 305. for our offence. We did not care for that, but they did ; so my father flogged me, then sent a message to Moises, and Moises flogged me again. We were very good boys, very good indeed ; we never did anything worse than a robber y . " —Life of Lord Eldon. MORAL COURAGE OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. — The moral and physical courage of the emperor has been frequently displayed. At the period of the cholera, when the ignorant and infatuated people were mwsac reing the medic,l men because they could not stop tin ravages of that fearful disease, the emperor in person appeared amongst them, showed his nodding plumes, and com manded them to kneel with him on the earth and ask the pardon of heaven for such enormities. He was obeyed ; he offered up an extemporaneous and eloquent prayer, and the carnage ceased. His moral courage on all trying occasions has not been less marvellous, and although tried by great events and fearful complications he has ever held high his head, preserved a calm and dignified mind, and kept in abeyance all passions opposed to the triumph of reason. Nicholas writes decidedly the best hand of all the Russian emperors. It is calligraphically irreproach able, and as he begins with an arcning stroke of the pen his name stands as beneath a roof. The emperor passes the greater part of his days in the open ait , at reviews or in rapid journeys. Hence his late visit to England was by no means rapid in his eyes, nor wearisome to his frame. During summer the shade of his military hat draws across his forehead an oblique line, which marks the action of the sun upon the skin. The figure of the empress, when less oppressed by suffering, was very elegant. There was an indefinable grace about her whole person. Her mein, far from being haughty, was expressive of habitual resigna tion. One of her daughters, the Grand Duchess of Olga, is the most beautiful woman in the whole empire —perhaps in the world. The imperial family is one of the happiest upon earth, for their views, tastes, occupations, desires, are all similar, and none are not in harmony with virtue and religion.—Fraser. DAMASCENE BARBERS.—Among the shopkeepers we must not forget the barbers, those dear old friends with whom the Arabian Nights have put us on so cordial a footing of intimacy. With that ease and suavity for which their fraternity is renowned all the world over, they invite the passers by to enter and submit their heads and faces to their beautifying fingers. Their shops are always full of customers. They are long narrow rooms, with benches on each side, on which a dozen Turks may some times be seen squatting in a line, with their bare heads, already shaved, poked out in the most patient manner, to be kneaded between the hands of the barber, who rolls them about as if they were balls, quite unconnected with the shoulders they belong to. The barbers of Damascus are celebrated for taste and skill in all the mysteries of the toilette, including the art of imparting to the beard and mustachios that dark glossy hue so anxiously and universally coveted. The important affair of arranging the turban is their daily business, and the becoming variety displayed in the disposition of the turbans worn by the gallants of the city, does infinite honour to these meritorious artists. It is pleasant to know that such men continue to enjoy a due share of consideration in the East, and that their talents often raise them to affluence. When Mr. Carne's party wished to hire a seperate resi dence in Damascus, they were recommended to a barber who had become a sort of capitalist, and was possessed of some houses. The old gentleman, extremely well dressed, with a goodly length of beard, was always found seated at his ease, smoking or chatting with some of his friends. He wished the Englishman to take a luxurious apartment of his, situated on a terraced roof : it was profusely gilded ; the cushions of the deewan were as white as snow ; and it commanded a superb view of the mountains. But the barber's wife was by far the more zealous part of himself, and protested with loud clamour, that infidels should never sully the purity and beauty of her deewan, and after a warm dispute the good man was forced reluc tantly to give way.—The Library of Travel. AN ENTHUSIASTIC NATURALIST.—OIIe of my first movements in Nashville was a walk to the College to see Professor Troot, who is a great enthusiast in geology. It is to be mentioned, to the honour of the State of Tennes see, that it has been one of the first American States to patronise science, by allowing him 500 dollars a-year as geologist to the state, in addition to his appointment at the College as Professor of Chemistry and Natural His tory, to which a salary of 1,000 dollars a-year is attached; so that the worthy professor is thus enabled to enjoy all the comforts of life and to make himself perfectly happy as the distributor of these sums; for, like all philosophic enthusiasts, he places no value on money, and willingly gives any of the country people 20 dollars to bring him a live rattle-snake, or anything new or curious in natural history. Everything of the serpent kind he has a peculiar fancy for, and has always a number of them that he has tamed in his pockets or under his waistcoat. To 101 l back in his rocking-chair, to talk about geology, and pat the head of a large snake, when twining itself about his neck, is to him supreme felicity. Every year in the vacation he . makes an excursion to the hills ; and I was told that upon one of these occasions, being taken up by the stage-coach, which had several members of Congress in it going to Washington, the learned doctor took his seat on the top, with a large basket, the lid of which was not over and above well secured. Near to this basket sat a baptist preacher, on his way to a great public immersion. His reverence, awakening from a reverie he had fallen into, I beheld, to his unutterable horror, two rattle-snakes raise I their fearful heads, and immediately precipitated himself upon the driver, who, almost knocked off his seat, no sooner became apprized of the character of his ophidian outside passengers, than he jumped upon the ground with the reins in his hands, and was followed instanter by the preacher. The insides, as soon as they learned what was going on, immediately became outsides, and nobody was left but the doctor and his rattle-snakes on the top. But the doctor, not entering into the general alarm, quietly placed his great coat over the basket and tied it down with his handkerchief, which when he had done, he said, " Gentlemen, only don't let dese poor dingi pite you, and dey won't hoort you."—Featherstonhaugh's Excursions through the Slave States. _ _ SII;OULAtt N Orisii,TroN.—The line of piles which had been driven in across the river was not less than 20 feet wide, or rather it was a double line, filled up be tween the two with large sunken junks laden with stones. Great labour arid perseverance were required to get up sufficient of these piles to clear a passage broad enough for the steamer to pass. This was only accomplished after four hours' hard work, in which, oddly enough, the Chi nese peasantry bore an active part, voluntarily cowing forward to assist, and even venturing to come on board the steamer itself. This was undoubtedly one of the good results of not having inflicted any injury upon the country people or inhabitants of the villages through which the little expedition had passed. Inquiry has often been made what method was adopted in order to open a passage through obstacles such as I have described. It may, therefore be here remarked, that several modes were at different times resorted to, according to circumstances. Where the stakes were not driven in very firmly, it was easy, by fastening a hawser round the top of them, and making it fast to the steamer, to back her out, and pull them one by one away; but, as this was a tedious process, a haWser was sometimes fastened round ten or a dozen of them in a line across the river, and carried from one to the other, but fastened to each of them in such a way as to leave about a few fathoms of slack rope between each pair. The end of the hawser was made fast to the steamer with a tolerable length of line out, and she was then backed at full speed. The momentum thus acquired was soon sufficient to drag the first pile away with a jerk; and this one being already fastened to the next, as before de scribed, with a fathom or two of slack line between them, the force of the steamer, which still continued to back astern, was sufficient to jerk that one away also; and thus proceeding at full speed backwards the steamer pulled them all away one after another, still remaining fastened together by the hawser; but the power of the jerk was only applied to one at a time. In cases where the stakes were r drive we s r n e n i e n e t i u s s o , m i t e depth,was necessary or w etore pullthe t b h e e d m of f a i t r h l y e out perpendicularly, by luff tackle led up to the mast y head. The piles were g ra d ua ll y l oosene d alittle b being ' pulled to and fro • for which purp ose c h a i n slings were passed round the head of the pile, and a hawser being then made fast, were laid aft along the deck ; thus, by being pulled in various directions, sometimes one way and some times another, the pile was at length drawn fairly out, something like drawing a tooth. The bows of the steamer were run nearly close up to the piles during this operation, and she was steadied by a hawser run out from the quarter to the banks of the river.— Voyage of the Nemesis. WASHING DAY AT THE PALACE.—We are indebted to a lady for the following original anecdote of King William IV. :—A great deal has lately been said of the retentive memory of the Emperor of Russia, but his late majesty William the Fourth was not far behind him in this re spect. When he was a young man, serving on board H.M.S. Pegasus, he was for some time on the North American station ; and at one time while lying in the har bour of St. John's, Newfoundland, he gave a ball on board, to the elite of the town, which gave general satis faction to those who were fortunate enough to receive in vitations. One gentleman, who had been particularly de lighted at the novelty of the scene, on leaving the ship thanked the prince for the honour paid to him and his fa mily, and said he would be happy to see him at his house, at any time that he found himself disengaged on shore. Accordingly, Prince William Henry, as he was then called, determined to avail himself of the invitation, and a few days afterwards presented himself at the door of his worthy friend, by whom he was most graciously received, and hospitably entertained. The lady of the house not making her appearance, the prince most politely inquired for her health, and hoped he was to have the pleasure of seeing her. Mr. H replied she was quite well ; but he must ask his royal highness to excuse her, as it was washing day at Apple-tree Lane. The prince, hearing that a business which appeared to be of such importance was going on, rose to take leave, and, while doing so, told Mr. H-- if he should at any time visit London, he hoped he would find him out and call on him, telling him he bad only to send in his card, and he would be most happy to see him. It was not for many years after that Mr. H— visited England ; but when he did, he re membered the invitation of the prince (at this time William the Fourth) ,• so one fine morning he hired a cab, and drove off to the palace, but was very much disappointed to find that " cabs" were not admitted within the palace gates—he was obliged to get out and go in on foot ; but what was his indignation when he found he could gain no e admittance to his majesty ! He re mained ex p ostu lating for some time with the servants, tell in g them that he was specially invited by the king to call upo n bim, and was a personal friend of his majesty. The servants at length consented to take in his card, which, on its being presented to his majesty, he immediately remembered the name and address, and desired the attendants to show him in, and received him with that frank and easy manner for which he was at all times distinguished, which the simple hearted man taking advantage of, he venture d to ex p ress a hope that her majesty was well, and that he majesty,sho ldhave the honour of paying his respects to her. H in stantly recollecting the circumstances attending his call at Apple-tree Lane, replied with much acuteness, that he was happy to inform Mr. H that her majesty was quite well, but he must ask Mr. H— to excuse her making her appearance that morning, " as it was washing day at the palace." It is needless to add that the hi nt was taken by the unsophisticated son of Terra Nova, who very soon backed himself out from the presence of roy alty.—Greenock Advertiser. THE LIVERPOOL STANijAiiii. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Ten o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Last Night. BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILL. LORD STRADBROKE moved the third reading of the Birkenhead Dock Bill, when the Marquis of SALISBURY moved that the suppressed clause, agreed upon with the Shipowners' Association, be inserted. He commented warmly upon the conduct of the party who signed the agreement, as detailed in our first edition, on behalf of the promoters of the bill. Lord BROUGHAM and MONTEAGLE defended the party. Lord WICKLOW supported the Marquis of Salisbury. - - - Ultimately the amendment was withdrawn and the bill passed, there being a manifest disposition in the House to support the Committee in their report. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—At the meeting yesterday the chair was filled by the newly-elected repeal member for Limerick, Mr. James Kelly. The rent was expected not to be much under £2,000. BIRTH OF A FRENCH PRINCE.—On Friday the Duchess de Nemours was safely delivered of a son, to whom the King of the French has given the name of Duke d'Alengon. THE BIBLE IN CHINESE.—China has been opened by recent events, not only to commercial speculations but to missionary enterprise, and there appears to be quite as much ardour in the religious world to send the mes sage of divine truth among its millions, as there is in the manufacturing and commercial world to supply them with calicoes and woollens. In our native land, the London and Church Missionary Societies have made new and successful efforts to raise funds for this specific object, and it is rumoured that the weekly collections made in London by order of the bishop are intended for the planting of English episcopacy in that soil. America has long taken a very prominent share in missionary labours on the outskirts of that hitherto sealed country. The Baptist and Congregational denominations have for some time past had missions in China, and we learn that the facilities now afforded for the residence of missionaries on the eastern coast, have served to kindle the zeal of the Presbyterian churches, and that they are about to establish an extensive mission in that country.—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio. RIGHTLY SERVED.—Reay and I (Lord Eldon) went up from Oxford to London together, we dined at March's Maidenhead-bridge, and upon the window Reay observed that a person of Chipping Norton, whose name I now for get, had written that he dined there on a leg of mutton, upon a day and year mentioned in what was written. When we got to the Somerset coffee-house Reay sent him a letter, stating, that as he had thought it important to inform the public that he bad dined at Maidenhead-bridge, and upon a leg of mutton, he must expect that some of the public would inquire how the mutton had agreed with him ; and he therefore took the liberty of sending such an inquiry, from his friend Tom Comical. Next day he sent him a double letter, hoping that, as probably he had po tatoes with his mutton, they had not disagreed with him. Two days afterwards he sent a treble letter, representing, that as his friend Tom Comical had received no answer to his inquiry how the mutton and potatoes had agreed with him, he had probably made a mistake, and should have inquired how the mutton and French beans, or some other vegetables, bad agreed with him, and assured him that he should repeat his kind and anxious inquiries every day till his answer came. We were soon afterwards obliged to return to college, and, stopping at March's, we found that the pane had been taken out of the window and a new one put in its place. Whilst we were looking at the window, old March came in, and, observing us, he said, 'Ay, ay, one of you must be the gentleman that sent the person that has been here from Chipping Norton so many letters. Poor man ! he came all the way from Chipping Norton, 20 odd miles the other side of Oxford, and insisted upon seeing the pane of glass, the leg of mutton, and all the rest, taken out of the window, and a new pane of glass put in, before he would eat a morsel.'—Life of Lord Eldon. GENERAL MISCELLANY. There are seventy prisoners for trial at the York assizes. Of these five are charged with murder. Of the round number of barristers attending the Pres ton sessions, seven were fast asleep in court at the same time, the other day. A lady residing at Stamford, received last week through the Post-office, a gooseberry pie, sent to her from a friend at Cambridge.—Stamford Mercury. Passengers are being conveyed by the splendid steamer on the line from Hull to Hamburg for 55., the charge for the saloons being only 10s. The Wesleyan conference commences its sittings at Birmingham on the 31st instant. The Rev. Dr. Bunting is expected to preside. The will of the poet, Mr. Thomas Campbell, was proved on Saturday. by the executors, Dr. Beittie and Mr. Moxon. The personal property is sworn under £2OOO. The will and a codicil are dated 1842. An arrival of 2,000 pine apples from the Bahamas is a new feature in the fruit trade, the sale of those brought over last season having encouraged the importation by the merchants.—London paper. A coal vein at Beaufort iron works, Abergavenny, recently ignited, and is now on fire to the extent of three miles! Many fatal accidents have already been the con sequence. THE FISHERIES.—Large quantities of mackerel con tinue to be brought in daily. They have been sold as low as Bs. per 100, and retailed in the street 10 and 12 a shilling. Last Friday morning upwards of 50,000 were landed.—Brighton Paper. On Tuesday last, during the sale of the surplus property of the Northern and Eastern Railway Company, Mr. Ralph, a gentleman of fortune, entered the room, and was proceeding to a seat, when he fell down and expired. The further sale was immediately postponed. Mr. John Groves, a large landowner in the neigbbour hood of Aylesbury, last week sent his tenant-farmers their half-yearly receipts, at the same time telling them not to trouble themselves in sending the money, but to keep it in their pockets. At a meeting of " the soap trade" of Glasgow and Paisley, last week, it was unanimously agreed to advance the price of soap to the following rates per cwt. :—White, 535. ; pale, 485.; second, or bright, 465.; yellow, 425. Edinburgh Paper. It is said that a new use has been discovered in the ar ticle guano, which was never anticipated. Hitherto it has been merely looked upon as applicable to agricultural purposes, but ❑ow the rumour goes that it may be em ployed in the manufacture of a certai❑ colour. Works for a new harbour at Aberdeen have been con tracted for by Messrs. Oldham, builders and railway contractors, of Cheltenham. The sum is £99,660. When completed, the new harbour will be one of the most com modious in the kingdom. A discovery was made at Buckingham Palace on Thurs day morning, that a man employed in the upholstery de partment of the Lord Chamberlain's office had commit ted suicide in one of the store-rooms. The deceased was of regular and - sober habits, and the cause which led to the sad catastrophe was unknown. GREAT DEPRECIATION.-The ingenious Model of Venice, recently exhibited at Pall-mall, and very poorly patronized, was sold, on Wednesday, by auction. It is said to have occupied several artists 'fourteen years in produc:ne it, at an expense of nearly £2,000; but it was now sold to Mr. Tyler, of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, for thirty-one guineas! THE 'Box TRADE.—As an instance of the increasing briskness of the above trade, we may mention that the shipping agent at Newport of a large establishment on the Hills, in one day last week received, by post, advices of charter parties for cargoes to be shipped amounting to 3,000 tons of railway iron. The rails are chiefly for South Carolina.—Worcester Paper. On Wednesday morning an unusual number of letters and newspapers arrived at the General Post-office by the ordinary mails from Egypt, Greece, India, the lonian Islands, &c., vid Southampton. There were 52 boxes of letters, containing together upwards of 12,000 single packets, and five bags of newspapers, most of which were in perfect files. DIVORCES.—The total number of divorce acts passed by the legislature in the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843, amounted to 27 ; making an average of nearly seven per annum. The total amount of fees was, in 1840, £605 ; in 1841, £4OB ; in 1842, £768 ; and in 1843, £589 ; making altogether, £2370. The average expense of each divorce act amounted to £l7 16s. 10d. The House of Lords have decided against the claims of Sir Augustus d'Este, in the Sussex peerage case. They have decided that the marriage between the late Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray, however valid in every thing essential to a marriage as such, is against the pro. visions of the Royal Marriage Act, and is therefore not considered a marriage by the English law. ASSIZE TowNs.—By a recent return it appears that there are 66 assize towns in England, 34 in Ireland, and only nine in Scotland ; total, 109. Of these towns in England, seven of them are in the Home Circuit; eight in the Midland; seven in the Norfolk ; seven in the Northern ; nine in the Oxford; nine in the Western ; seven in the North Wales and Chester; and seven in the South Wales Circuit. GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES commenced at Cardiff on Monday last, before Baron Rolfe. At these assizes, Ann Williams and John Rees were sentenced to transportation for life for attempting to administer poison to Thomas Vaughan and Mary his wife. It appeared that the female prisoner (an illegitimate child of Mrs. Vaughan before her marriage,) was about being married to the other prisoner, and expected, by causing the death of the Vaugbans, to come into possession of their property. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 12.—We have expe rienced rather more inquiry for sugars this week, and although the transactions do not exceed 400 hhds. West India, still there is evidently a better feeling respecting this article with an impression prevalent that prices have reached the lowest point. In Bengals and Mauritius there has been rather more business doing at steady prices. Rum is in fair demand at the former value. Gazetted average price of Sugar, July 9. is 335. Bd. per •wt. FOURTH EDITION. Standard-office, Half-past Four o'clock. EASTRAIII RE GATTA. The first Regatta that ever took place at Eastham came off this day, and afforded a delightful recreation to some thousands of persons, not only from the excellence of the spo. is themselves, and the subsidiary amusements, but from the beauty of the scenery, rural and marine, and the general hilarity and good humour that prevailed through out. The day was beautifully clear, with a refreshing breeze from the northward ; and from the fine sloping pleasure-grounds of the hotel, and the still more roman tic line of shore near it, the diversity of prospect was truly charming, the several contests being seen to much advan tage, as well as the fine expanse of the grand basin of the Mersey, bounded on the north and south by the wooded shores of Lancashire and Cheshire, while the great west ern emporium of commerce loomed in the distance. It being announced that the Eastham steamers would run every half hour, their decks were crowded to excess, and in one of them Mr. Stubbs's excellent band took pas sage to the scene of action—having been engaged for the day. The EASTHAM CUP, value 10 Guineas (in specie,) for Four-oared Gigs, to be rowed and steered by Fisher men or Boatmen plying on the rivers Dee or Mersey ; the second Boat to receive £3 3s.—Entrance, 10s. each Boat. The Little Mersey. John Murphy.. The Midge, W. Griffiths .. . The Nettle, J. Murphy.. A well contested race between the first and second boats, both of which belonged to Liverpool, and was won by about 200 yards. The distance was about 3 miles. The LADIES' PURSE, value 2 Guineas, for Fisher men's Boats, to be rowed by women residing in the Hundred of Wirrall, Chester, or Liverpool ; the second Boat to receive 10s.—Entrance, 2s. each Boat. The Midge.. Little Mersey Considerable merriment was occasioned by this race— each of the contending parties wearing party colours, and each confident of success. Immediately after the start the Little Mersey unavoidably got foul of a fishing boat, owing to which we believe the prize will be divided. Had this not occurred, though the women of the Midge were the decided favourites, there is little doubt that the Little Mersey would have been the winner. The HOOTON CUP, value 20 Guineas, given by Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 Guineas each, for Four-oared Gigs, to be rowed and steered by Gentlemen Amateurs, (open to all the world ;) the Second Boat to receive a Guineas out of the Stakes.—Entrance, One Guinea each Boat. The Earl, Chester Club Boat, No. 1 Princess Royal Amphitrite An easily won race A PIECE OF PLATE, value 5 Guineas, for Skiffs, to be sculled by Gentlemen Amateurs, the gift of the Pro. prietors of the Eastham Ferry.—Entrance, 10s. each Skiff. Gazelle, G. Matthews Psyche, A. Byrne Ariel, W. Young .. This prize was won by a skiff belonging to Birkenhead, but we were unable to get her name, but should be in clined to think it was the Gazelle. The TRIAL STAKES, value 5 Guineas, for Four oared Gigs, to be rowed and steered by Boys under Eighteen years of age ; second Boat to receive the En trance money.—Entrance ss. each Boat. The Echo, Thos. Chesters The Queen, W. Gibson The Small Go, Thos. Painter . . (white) Running when our Reporter left. The STANLEY PLATE, value Five Guineas, for Boats pulled by two oars, to be rowed and steered by Gentle men Amateurs.—Entrance for each Boat, 10s. Chester Club Boat, No. 2, C. Walker ...... (blue) The Little Mersey, H. Williams.. (light blue, M.R.C.) The Dart, W. Byrne The MERSEY STAKES, value 3 Guineas, for four oared Boats, rowed and steered by men employed on Flats plying on the rivers Mersey, Dee, or Weaver ; second boat to receive £2.—Entrance, 2s. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—We ex tremely regret to announce that in the contest for the Hooton Cup—one of those lamentable casualties of but too frequent occurrence took place—a short time after the boats had rounded the flag barge situated about a mile and a half above the Eastham ferry—the Amphitrite shipped a sea and swamped. A number of boats as also a steamer were close at hand, but despite of all their endeavours they only succeeded in saving four out of the five of the crew, and two of them, a Mr. Dixon, and we believe a Mr. Mould, of Chester, in an almost senseless state. The remaining one, a fine young boy, who acted as coxswain, Mr. Wm. Henry Brown, son of the late Mayor of Chester, was drowned. The body had not been recovered at the time we left, which was about half-past three. ROUSE OF LORDS.—Last Night. Dissenters Chapels Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that their lordships should agree to the amendments made by the House of Commons in the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, and, address ing himself to an anticipated motion by the Bishop of London, that the amendments should be considered that day three months, recounted the several stages in which the general principle of the bill had been affirmed in either house; and after showing that the amendment's them selves were of so trivial a character as by no means to affect the general character of the bill, called upon their lordships to refrain from stultifying themselves and cast ing such a slight upon the House of Commons as the adoption of the proposed motion would involve. The Bishop of LONDON moved that the bill be read a third time that day three months. ..... The right rev. prelate was opposed by Lords BROUG HAM and COTTENHAM and the Bishops of DURHAM and NORWICH ; and, although Lord RODEN warmly con demned the bill, and expressed deep regret that a Con servative Government should have brought forward a measure so essentially un-Conservative, the Lord Chan cellor's motion was carried by a majority of 202 to 41. MURDER.-- On Friday a sheriff-officer, named George Murdoch, went, in the course of his duty, to leave an ar restment of wages against a man in the dye-works at Govan, when, as is said, he was roughly ust d. On the following day, however, he proceeded to lift the sum which had been so arrested, when, according to our informa tion, the work-people threw the officer down into a vat, and struck and stoned him, in consequence of which he died on Sunday morning.—Glasgow poper. CURIOUS LOCALITY FOR A NEST.--A small steamer, the Clarence, lies at Annan Waterfoot, and plies between it and Port Carlisle, in the way of tugging vessels. A pair of swallows built their nest last year under the sponsons of one of the paddle-wheels, not more than three feet above the water, and succeeded in bringing forth their young. There they are this summer again. During neap tides the Clarence plies every other day, and often every day. When she leaves the Waterfoot, the birds leave her, and keep on the Scotch side ; and then when she returns, and is nearing Annan, the swallows invariably meet her, and accompany her to her berth. GRAND CHRISTENING AT BLENHEIM PALACE.—The infant Earl of Sunderland, the first born of the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford, was baptised at the palace chapel, Blenheim, last week. The Marchioness of Lon donderry presented the child at the font, who was named George Charles, the names of his paternal and maternal grandfathers. Besides the sponsors, there were also pre sent the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Louisa Spen cer Churchill, Lady Caroline Stewart, Lord A. Churchill, and Lord Seaham. The font, richly embossed silver gilt, was presented by the Marquis of Londonderry to the in fant earl, his first grandson. DISGRACEFUL ASSAULTS ON FEMALES.--On Thurs day, a man named William White was brought before Mr. Maude, at the Borough Court, Manchester, charged with an indecent assault on a lady named Cartwright, in Great Ancoats-street. It appeared that the prisoner had twice knocked her down without the least provocation, and that he and another man (not in custody) had attacked a number of other females, lifting their clothes, throwing them down, and assaulting those who came to their as sistance. The prisoner was fined £7 10s. for the two as saults proved, and, in default, to be committed to hard labour for two months. FATAL ACCIDENTIN A STONE-YARD INMANCHESTER. —On Tuesday last, while aman named Gaylor was engaged in Mr. Routledge's stone-yard, Trafford-street, Albion street, in turning a large block of stone, by means of crab and chain, on a temporary railway, the stone went down on its side with greater force than was expected, forcing out of his hand the handle of the windlass, which struck him violently, so that he fell amongst some other large stones, had his skull fractured, and died instantly. The machinery was stated to be good, and bad deceased held the windlass handle with both hands, he might have saved himself. On the inquest the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Form LIVES LOST.—On Monday last very great ex citement was created in the neighbourhood of Beaufort, by a report that a great many miners had been carried out of the " old coal " mines in a state of suffocation, caused by the noxious effluvia emitted by the subterra nean fire still burning in the workings, in spite of the efforts made to drown and smother it ; but its further progress has by these means been considerably checked. On inquiry it was found that the whole had been reco vered, with the exception of four individuals, who had been so long exposed to the deadly influence of the gas, as to preclude all hopes of saying them.—Hereford paper. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.—The following was the verdict returned at the inquest. "We are unani mously of opinion that the death of James Swift, Bridget Hart, and James M'Donald, was caused by the explosion of the steam .boiler at Mr. Brook's mill ; that the said boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam being too great ; and that George Branscome has caused the explo sion. We are also of opinion that due care has not been and used boilers"in th eg . e r G a e l nrge Branscome superi n tendence of wasth ethseteraemforeenngninmes. mitted to take his trial for manslaughter. A subscription was entered into by the jury for the relief of the families of the deceased, and the sum of £8 10s. was handed to the coroner as the commencement of a subscription for that purpose. THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, * Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-THIS DAY. A very quiet market to-day; the demand will not ex ceed 1200 or 1500 bales, at yesterday's prices, with a dull and heavy feeling. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, This DAY. (From Messrs. R. Makin & Sons' Circular.) The receipts into this port Coastwise and from Ireland furnish a moderately fair supply of Grain and Flour ; and united to considerable arrivals flowing in daily from abroad, especially of Wheat and Flour, the total imports since this day week amount to 23,307 qrs. of the former, with 6,788 sacks and 38,954 barrels of the latter; besides 3,384 qrs. of Barley. Occasional showers in this district in the course of last week, a copious steady rain for about ten hours on Satur day, and more again yesterday morning, followed by a brisk drying wind, have proved a seasonable relief to all the growing crops ; which are greatly improved, and if favoured with fine weather, promise a much more pro ductive harvest than was 'previously anticipated. These superabundant accessions, and a return of fine clear weather, have produced, not only increased dullness at this day's market, but a further decline in the value of most articles of the trade. Having few millers in attend ance, and those exercising caution, the sales of Wheat were very limited in amount, and all descriptions of Eng lish, Irish, and Foreign receded 2d. to 3d. per 701bs. from the terms of this day se'nnight.—English and Irish Flour in consequence, being more difficult to sell, an abatement of 6d. to Is. per sack was submitted to ; and Canadian barely supported the reduced rates of Friday. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, continued to be nearly without inquiry, and were offered, with very little effect, at a decline of fully ls. per quarter. Oats, participating in the general languor, were ld. per 45 lbs. cheaper, and small retail sales only practicable. Oatmeal was also 6d. per 2401b5. lower, at which, how ever, about 3,000 loads were cleared off by consumers. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the gth to the 15th July, 1844, inclusive, IRE- COAST- irANAnA; FO LAND. WISE. i - i REIGN. TOTAL. Wheat .. Ors. 1320 283 4425 17079 23307 Barley Qrs. 14 3370 3384 Malt Qrs. 65 3011 3076 'Oats Qrs. 4700 710 5410 Rye Qrs. 4 4 Beans Qrs. 150 20 170 Pease Qrs. 20 112 132 ShelledßarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. 150 155 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Loads 1015 3 1918 Flour. ....Sacks 6 735 53 6788 Ditto Brls. ' 93 60063 22798 38854 93 Into Runcorn, Ireland a qrs.; Oatmeal, loads; all Coast' ; Flour, 60063 22798 ice. —Malt, qrs. Oats, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats. qrs. ; Pease, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, 771 brls.--Ireland. Wheat, 45 qrs. ; Bar ley, qrs. ; Oats, qrs ; Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn, 20 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 240 Ids ; Flour, 20 sks. brls.—Coastwise. Wheat, 158 qrs. ; Barley, 2g qrs. ; Malt, qrs.; Oats, 119 qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 20 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 601 loads ; Flour, 445 sacks 836 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 6, 1544. Wheat 555. Bd. I Barley 345. sd. I Oats ..225. 11d I Rye 335. Od. Beans.. 38s. 24. I Pease.. 363. 6d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 55s 84 I Barley 32s 64 I Oats 22s 54. I Rye 343 Id. Beans.. 363. lid. j Pease.. 345. Ild. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheatl7s Od I Barley 6s Od I Oats .... 6s Od Rye.. 8s 6d Beans Os 6d I Pease. . 8s 64 I Ind. Corn Os Od I Flour 10s 2d Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.. Is. Od. Barley.. Os. tid. I Oats .. is. 6d. I Rye., is 6d Beans Os. 6d I Pease Os. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour .. Os 7441 Liverpool Averages, week ending 11th July, 1844. Wheat, 641 qrs., price, 475. 4d.; Barley, —qrs., price, os. Od.; Oats, 97 qrs., price 20s. 4d.; Beans, 20 qrs., price 375. Od.; Pease, qr., price os Cd. Duties paid in Liverpool, for week ending 11th July, 1844. FOreign—Wheat, 4386 qrs. ; Barley, 55 qrs.; Beans, 1058 qrs ; Pease, 137 qrs. ; Flour, brls. Colonial—Wheat, Wheat, 4250 qrs.; Oatmeal, loads; Flour, 10,032 brls. THE INDIGO SALES.—The quarterly sale of Indigo commenced on Tuesday. The quantity declared, includ ing 999 chests of goods left over from former sales, amounted to 15,146 chests. The qualities of the Bengal are in the proportion of two-thirds good and middling. and one-third fine and ordinary, being in the whole 11,587 chests. The attendance from the continent was more numerous than usual, and very fair also from the manu facturing districts. The bidding soon became spirited at from 3d. to 6d. per lb. lower than the April sale prices for Bengal; 2d. and 3(1. for Madras and Kurpah, and about the April prices for Oude ; 875 chests passed the sale, and of which 51 were withdrawn, and only 25 chests bought in by the exposers. At the Indigo sale on Wed nesday, 1,085 chests were gone through, making a total of 1,950 chests, of which 52 have been withdrawn, and 118 bought in. Prices ruled much the same as on Tues day, excepting for the better qualities, which were rather lower. At the sale on Thursday 802 chests were gone through at the previous day's prices, making a total to this time of 3,859 chests, of which 195 have been with drawn, 192 bought in, and 3,485 sold. The sales were to be resumed again yesterday, and continue about a fort night. HORSE FAIR TRICK.—At the late Chester fair, the servant man of Townshend Ince, Esq., of Christleton, was sent by his master to the fair to sell two horses; the prices being about £lO for one, and £l5 for the other. While looking out for a customer, a stranger came up to him and said, " Oh, you have two horses to sell, I sup pose ; what's the price?" The servant man informed him, upon which the stranger replied that he had a very good carriage horse to dispose of, for which he had just been bidden £3O, but for certain reasons he did not wish to transact business with the bidder. He offered, however, to make an exchange with the servant man, and give him £2 for his trouble. Having stepped aside, another fellow then came up, and asked if he was going to exchange his horses for the one belonging to the man who had just left him ; and telling him also that if such were the case he would give him £3O for the horse. In the course of a very short time the exchange was made, and the three pro ceeded to the Swan public-house to close the sale for the single horse. After they had conversed a short time, the sharper suddenly recollected that he had not a receipt stamp in his pocket, and requested the servant man to go out and fetch one. He accordingly did so, but it is al most needless to say that when he returned the three rogues were gone, leaving a poor old hack behind them hardly worth a groat. SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP.—An in quest was held on Friday last, before the coroner of Herts, on the body of a child of tender age named James Dyce, who was suffocated in one of the kitchen flues at Goldings, the seat of Lord Reay, near Hertford. It ap peared that the father of the deceased had been employed to clean the flues by the machine ; but having experienced some difficulty in freeing one of the flues from the soot, made the child go in to clean the soot from the ledges. After the boy had been up some minutes be called out to his father that he could ascend no higher. The father told him to go up to the top, and he would himself go up the great kitchen chimney and bring hicri down. The poor little fellow then found that he could neither ascend nor descend, and his piteous cries induced the servants to send for a bricklayer. A breach was made in the wall, at the spot whence the sounds proceeded, but upwards of four hours elapsed before the flue was discovered. The child was then quite dead. The child had got into a shaft, not intended for a flue, having no outlet, and to which no fireplace was attached. It was presumed that he had slipped into the aperture, and was suffocated in the soot. The coroner told the father that he was at first disposed to treat it as a case of manslaughter, and undoubtedly had the child been compelled to enter the flue by threats it would have amounted to that offence. The father had, however, rendered himself liable to a fine of £lO for an infringement of the act of parliament ; a punishment wholly inadequate to the offence. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A SHOOTING GALLERY.— On Saturday week, a respectable-looking young man, Touchet, was charged, at the Bow -street Police-office, with shooting Thomas Smith, a gunsmith, at 28%High aged 22, who gave his name as the Hon. William Ross tiat Holborn, with intent to murder him. It appeared latter to of Mr. Smith's shop, where, after askingthehad two shots, the prisoner had gone into a shooting gallery shoot with him at the target, and having had while Mr. he, without saying a word, turned round, h. adding h n d t e o i h dn gt back that answer a c b k e Smith was loading another pistol, d wounded him in the him, he fired the pistol at him a t n e b was shot in the back, loins. Mr. Smith exclaimed t a ha d done it for, but and asked prisoner what he had taken into custody by a was given. The prisoner said he was tired of his life, he police-officer, to whom purpose, as he y, w on and had shot Mr. had spoken truly, and repeated Smithrepeated to another part hanged. This he f to Mr. Smith. In reply to ques tions bore no animo i Twyford, the sitting magistrate, prisoner with is back . towards . said that the . . done it in order that he might be hanged, that he had . . t he lived in lodgings by himself in Weymouth adding that , Portland-street; that be was single, had enough Weymouth street, and had not been ill or had fever, but, for a var i e ty of reasons, was very unhappy. It was directed that inquiry should be made respecting him, and, as it tions by Mr. was certified that Mr. Smith was not out of danger, he was remanded for a week. The prisoner, it was soon afterwards found, is a younger brother of the present Lord Audley. In the afternoon, Lord Audley, accom paniedwitnesses by the constable who apprehended the prisoner, arrived at the court, evidently much affected at the ac count he had received of his brother's conduct. He en tered into a long conversation with Mr. Twyford on the bench, the particulars of which did not transpire. Mr. Smith is still in considerable danger, and Mr. Touchet has been further remanded until the unfortunate gentle man is able to appear. July 16, 18-07_ METHOP OF CURING OBSTINATE HORSES. -- A fet days ago, as n carter was proceeding on the York ro ad near Doncaster, with a load of stones, his horse rnad!! sudden stop, and refused, even after a most tiomercifol whipping, to proceed. A gentleman t o ld the infuriat ed carter he must not beat him any more. " What shall do ?" said the man " my horse has stood here upwar t i;, of an hour ; shall I stand here all d a y ?" " no; ~e „ horse must go, but you must n ot b ea t hi m a ny in ch , Get .me a rope twice as long as the h o r se ." The told obtained, secured to the horse' s t a il, and then pos es between the legs forwards, after w hi c h a slight pull g given. The animal was f r ight ene d, an d s h owe d stO e n c i symptoms of kicking, hut the pulling was contiall Suddenly he started forward, and went off without s% more beating. The gentleman s a id h e h a d seen the sea t method tried, with a similar effect, on th e mos t re fractor ) asses ever bred. If this fact is di s p u t e d by those Who t have obstinate horses or asses, l e t th em t ry t h e experiment' DISAPPOINTED LOVE AND REI , ENGE.—In the coo ll . l of the past week the imprisonment of a y oung , h o odooer and accomplished lady of 21 years of age, took place ' l ' l 4 der the following circumstances, an d t h a t on t h e steps' the house of one of the highest law officers of the er° /fil m ; This well born and highly educated y oung woman hos , ': g three years, exercised her musi ca l t a l en t s f or t h e parr:: of aiding in the means of supporting her mother a nd ters, whose fortunes were lost by their father's unsuceesS• ful speculations. A music seller from time to time ,r plied her with music for her profe ss i ona l uses , b u t alics„r sent much more than was desired. Th e persona l OW' and talent of the lady had attracted the music seller's 13 T tice, and he avowed himself, to her great astonishme," her admirer; his suit was calmly rejected, the lady bel, engaged to an officer of rank. On hearin g thi s , the must seller demanded instant payment of his money, accolnl* nying it with a writ. Expostulation was used, the MI; cessary part of the music sent without o r d ers o ff er ed to returned, and the remainder paid for. During this eel: respondence the action was continued, j u d gment obtoinr, execution against the person issued ; and th e young Isuii taken from the steps of o n e of th e hi g h est l aw o ffi c ers ° a the crown, where she was about to attend her pupils, a n , carried to a sponging house in Chancery-lane, an d befo" the affair could be settled three days elapsed.—Times• The new charter of the Bank of England will be in ft l operation in the course of a few weeks from the prese" time. The part of the bill which most engages the attl: tion in the mone t ary c i rc l es i s, t h at more than seven In lions of Bank of England notes are to be cancelled on c if before so early a time as the 10th day of October; for, though notes are to be allowed to be issued in the pr oof: tion of two-thirds to th e amoun t o f b u l l i on, the amolni` so issued may be very insufficient to counteract the w ith' drawal of so immense a sum on the securities, as meal circumstances may occur to diminish extensively before that time the present amount of bullion in the bank. dependence on the amount of bullion for all Bank of Eng; land notes beyond the small an d entirely insuffieje ° amount of £14,000,000, with the additional restraints 00 the provincial bankers from issuing notes for the sulll,nl 1, 1 , of the trade of the country, and filli ng up th e c h as m the circulation, is viewed by many parties as full of 111 !,. certainty in its operation, for th e present exce ss'" amount of bullion appears to have been relied upon ass pable of permanency, or that pe rmanen tl y £10 , 000,r, can be retained, the sum aimed a t by Si r R o b ert P ee l, though the public witnessed, in 1836, the withdrawal 0 bullion so rapidly, and in defiance of a ll th e exertions °/ the directors, that only about one million of soverer: remained in the Bank. It i s no t d ou bt e d th at t h e e of such a dependence must produce great irregularities r, the price of commodities, when th e b u lli on may var y 1: amount from £16,000,000 to £1,000,000, and no pers o 7 perceives any power in Sir Robert Peel to keep the arn00 0 ; stationary at £10,000,000, as he has promised the Hou. s : of Commons within the last few days.—Midland Counts° Herald. THE NAVY.—A discussion was last week excited is the House of Commons by the Prince de Joinville's fir e ; brand pamphlet, addressed the other day to the war-part ) in France. S ai i wn r rrthoiea C ngß h e.h a o,, rles Napier, Lord Minto, and NO: Shiel, roundly rated the government for maintaining s." inadequate naval force. This on the part of the whigs i s t passing strange and not a little impudent. The com plain t , against the whig government in 1839, was, that they had no vessels in reserve ; and that the dock-yards w ere i° such a decayed and inefficient state that no addition 0 the force afloat could be made in any reasonable time' Now, however, it would appear "27 sail of the line 1 actually' ready for service, and independently of these sail of the line, of which six are three-deckers, and thil of 92 guns, complete for commissioning, without the aid of a shipwright, and irrespective of the frigates our smaller vessels, altogether 50 sail, we have in two of O.ta ports no less than three 3-deckers, one 84, three 78's,ar five 72's, 13 sail of the line, four 50-gun frigates, ten 44!!' three 26's, and a dozen sloops of war, which•would ong require docking, to be coppered, and small repairs, to _ a ready for sea." The complaint against the whigs w as not only that the vessels afloat were only half rriannP" and badly " found," and that there was no adequate Pro" vision for a reinforcement in an emergency, but it W ie alleged against them, and proved too, that in no sing, ea department were the dock-yards in an efficient Eta' h The staff of artificers had become incompetent thrnq h reduction or the application of a pinching economy, v ll '7 occasioned able workmen to abandon their employnae° at The store departments were reduced to such a state, materialsat m wa e s re c s h t i e e a fl En y -vessels at one time there was not sufficient timber a nd „, on hand to build and fit out one ship. With regard to the number of ships in commission at the present timer compared with the number in 1841, the close of misrule, we find that, although at peace, we have more 50-0 1 ships, and more of each of the other classes of f r i ga te , ' a w cn h o di: Commons, oe w nn e se have a of v on e r c n me e s a ,o r nw l y dea 2 y o , class. As, however, the comparison in the H's.e--° may state that all the Fren i g t li s ta l ; of battle ships now in existence amount to but twenty WRIT OF ERROR.—On Tuesday morning Mr. Kelly resumed his address, which lasted till four o'clock. He concluded by saying that their lordships would not per mit the provisions of an important act of parliament, 10 " der which the jurors were chosen, who were to try a ma il ' it might be, for his life, to be violated, but they would re,' quire it to be strictly complied with. He submitted 0_ their lordships upon this ground, as upon all the otb_a_ grounds mentioned in the course of the argument, that th? defendants not having had that to which every BritiS! subject was entitled, in every trial, civil or criminal—th e ' is, not having had a fair trial by law—were entitled 0 claim the benefit of the error upon the record, and to sub mit to their lordships that this judgment ought to be r,e,' versed. Those were the grounds upon which they su b ' mitted that this judgment was erroneous ; and they W e ; mitted, with all confidence, to their lordships, that uper all, or some of them, the judgment must be reverse°.• (This closed the case for the traversers.) After a s hot' consultation between their lordships, they adjourned 0, 0 ; til six o'clock.—At a few minutes past six o'clock, W e judges having taken their seats, counsel and agents wet/ again called in.—The Attorney-General, on the part e; the crown, addressed the court, and spoke up to the he r ; at which their lordships adjourned till Tuesday. u , ; , Tuesday morning the Attorney-General continued °'., arguments, and concluded at two o'clock, by maintainin g that the judgment was correct and legal. The Attorney' General for Ireland (Mr. T. B. C. Smith) followed, 50 1, spoke until a quarter-past five. An adjournment toe place till half-past six, when the counsel for the plaintiff s ; Sir T. Wilde, Mr. M. D. Hill, and Mr. Kelly, we e heard in reply. The latter had not closed at a quarter' past eleven, when their lordships adjourned to Wednesd a y morning, when Mr. Fitzroy Kelly resumed his argumen t ' and concluded his address at a quarter before three o ciao; by stating that his clients felt satisfied that their lordship s decision would be founded on justice. The Attorney' General said, he believed the Crown had the right Ol t ., final reply, but he would not press it on this occasion; 11 wished, Ir , wever, that it should not be drawn into a Pr e ; cedent. The Lord Chancellor then said, that in conjuril tion with his learned and noble friends, he had prepay certain questions for the opinion of the Queen's judg; which his lordship handed to the Lord Chief Just i ,,, Tindal. Lord Chief Justice Tindal,. on the part of ti: a judges, asked time to consider the questions. The 1.1°) . 1 Chancellor: "Most certainly, you must be allowed a reasonable time to consider your decision." The bon s/ immediately afterwards adjourned. ,„ .., APPALLING MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED SulclD. i A tragical occurrence took place in Salford on Sunda ) night last,—the murder of a female by a man, with wl°,:a she had been on the point of marriage, and the attetnl , " self-destruction of the murderer. The name of the W l i fortunate victim was Alice Nolan, about thirty years f o age, who supported herself by working as a reeler. St, was, we believe, a native of St. Helens. The name of t',, perpetrator of the horrid deed is Thomas Stew, a 0 15 _ 1 ; about 29 or 30 years of age, and has alternately followe d the occupations of a carter and vator. He is stated to be a native of Nantwich. Cheshir I that on Sunday last, he an s d fetw ! e h ew e y e a d h o r e a u . d c d ‘ s s en e a ft a ar s O a ve k i t dg he a a n s e pt r p o a r ' n_ : and but for some time past, has lived in Salford. It appears' that erso a n g named part of the day together,h in n the and ten o'clock at night' Shepherd, and left betw te e r e ms, he accompanying her on the apparently on friendly The previous night at the earn / way to her lodgings. .. .... house, the deceased was heard to express her disaperu the banns t i me ; and on Sunday they were heard conversing on the time Sgtheepswawlkheicdha same subject. About ten o'clock the deceased was se e r ," in a shocking manner by a young woman named Mary Barlow coming fr°,o - that she staggered, and had her hand placed uP,4I then „rit An alarm ' was given, and several persons ran to the re p to render assistance, but she died in about ten min u " - h0 without being able to speak. The young woman w t • first saw the deceased perceived no one near her ; b ut very short time elapsed before all doubt as to the Int,i , trator of the murder was dispelled, by the attempted tide of Stew, the man who had accompanied her R ae' Shepherd's house. It appears that after cutting the /1 ceased's throat, he returned back to the house where si• had spent the day ; and, on arriving at the door, en! is itl own throat, but not so as to occasion death. Surgica l to was procured as soon as possible, and he was convei e ,,,r the Royal Infirmary, where he now lies in a very Pr o ' e ll rious state, the chances of his recovery being ez t l e telf doubtful. We understand that his windpipe is comp . 0 1, cut through, but the large blood vessel was not diva all' eetakrhl eti dhff throat 00. asstt bloodar weyfl e a o t was discovered that adinni sgdc h ofterhvoeemr from young e u n dt s ht publishing o o w r i cb i ooe e t 103, c ; li ; el .f. nately refused to take food, though he afterwards clanr%o al3 H gr e ajig h ng a s't s s-a n s e tdr v ie e foe r rtn: b , been able to speak since, and at first o _.e4 in that respect. A razor was found near the door 0t,t7,• s house where be cut his throat, and the razor has odsf been identified as one which he b orrow ed on o u ias• afternoon, under pretence th a t h e wan t e d to share ;a ct .; self. He was not intoxicated at the time of the el it . 0, 0 and, from the facts which have so far come to lig ;JO+ motive can be assigned for the commission of the dreg tO acts above described, except the refusal of the decet t oi marry him. A verdict of wilful murder was re'" against him at the coroner's inquest. Dart and incl and Las Sla, lac Of I Sti bk( bac •• , i . - - _ , t . ; 1