The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Henry Cooper has been appointed judge of the colony of South Australia, in the room of the late Sir John Jeffcott. It is rumoured in the fashionable circles, that a marriage is on the tapir between Lord Duncan, the eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Camperdown, and a lady of great Wealth. We are clad to hear that Mrs. Langton, who was thrOwn from her horse some days ago in Hyde Park, and severely injured, is now in a fair way of recovery. Rutland must be a pleasant county to live in. At the assizes last week, there was not a single prisoner for trial, and only one cause at the nisi Arius bar. According to a recent tourist, of the whole population of Limerick, one third, at least, live during some part of the year by begging of the residue. THE POLITICAL USE OF ASPHALTE.—The English ex port gas tar for the French to make pavements, that the people may have 'to paviny•stones wherewith to defend them selves in case of another revolution! . The E ar l o f S an d wich will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar Lady Mary Paget, one of the unmarried daughters of the Marquis P of aget, &c Anglesey, and sis.terof the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Alfred . HONEST BARNESLEY !—There has not been one single de linquent for trial front Barnesley at this or the three prece ("hit assizes, although the population exceeds 15,000 persons. --Sheffield Iris. Lotto 'WILLIAM BENTINCK, M.P.—We understand that the noble Lord has taken the beautiful property of Ousdale, in Stith er l ands hire,_where he will chiefly reside during the autumn, —Scottish Guardian. LORD LIEUTENANT OF RF.NFREWSHIRE.—It iS now un derstood that Mr. Speirs of Elderslie, M.P., will receive the appointen to nd that is ocial nnuncement, as Lord Lieutenam to nt f a Renfrews h hire, ffi may s be o daily expected.— Scottie& Guardian. e WoECEST ER E LECTION P ETI T ION. —E ac h o f the petitit- ion rs against th e return o f M r. B a il ey as M.P. f or thi s Y, has, b een served with a copy of a writ for the amount of e expenses incurred by the above-named gentleman in pre paring h is defence.— Worcester Journal. IT Is AN ILL WIND, &c.—The gentlemen of the long I,obe will uot be inclined to agree with the Duke of Wel- In g t °D, that the English municipal bill has produced no R o od; for to them it has been, and has not ceased to be, an endless source of profitable litigation. 1 E OPEMENT.—A n elopement has taken place, within the : li l t few days, from the neighbourhood ef Marlborough, which tI excited 'considerable interest. The gay Lothario has en t l Pwards of 50 summers; the fair lady is about thirty.— ernes Gazette. We Paragraph is going "the round," stating that 5,000 ne'lteYen ministers are assembled in Bristol at the confei e - A -8 ' TheY do not amount to quite 500.—Bristol Journal. " l ing man, being asked if he had ever been abroad, answered ~ Ist ' 111 ? e o; but I had an uncle whol once intended to voyage to the Isle of Man." a; . " ° , 11116 of the judgesset an example of early rising and ac tin tite.,w„. which might be advent ." na"- .. ageously followed. Whilst Coltman estern circuit, Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice returning lu rid ari es , with a prudent regard for their health, took morn w;„ on horseback, whenever the weather permitted, e ; f r .p ": from their equestrian excursions before 8 o'clock. M ee he alstat, of Tile MORGUE.—When a new corpse ar rish Pots himself at the desk, th enters it and with a giaceful fluu on the book; and when not claimed . at , if e k en t' ar teree days he writes in German text, "inconnu,' laag e t t n u t y st e titi oir e n iu .." The exhibition room is, since its en on emergene ent for the ordinary wants of society ; Gut l ike, the,- le l , as on the `'three glorious days," and the elsewhere'- arte obliged to accommodate a part of the corset ii l v e e r r the hey hive been seen strewed, on these occasions, garden; and Miss Perrin bas had to take some in its a l r'.3aln ' Alas! that no state of life should be exempt from ~ . 'series'. You who think to have propitiated fortune by ?Ti e . p btl e rn r i .lltY of your condition, come hither and contemplate rm. Only a kw years aeo, when quietly engaged in e official duties, his own wife ° came in with the other ens ! ona e rs. He was struck with horror • and he went to his bureau and Wrote d own " C0J17111."-116 , American in Paris. Dzeitect the gold artom OF THE Goin COINAGE.—The subject . of .coinage is beginni ng of the to attract the serious attention rtew c:uTate hankers in the city, its depreciation in weight ank a o n f by the B• ng immense nragelannsde , q t ti o an th ti e tv of sovereigns to be rejected, of one half of all'th egtablishment. InethaiailY paymentsoffered which are usti tied undoubtedly, the s course the Bank of England is t j tlre rent the practice of "sweat' of the regulation being o that nefarious practice is termsweedating" the gold co inage, as are shaken in a hue., whic,hby which a number of sove reig ns_ and the gold dust collected from the "afterwards burned, , .( this practice the depreciationri"D"'tahienS. (:)wing principally to a;:e is so rapid that by experiments weight of the _ gold.nt year 1833, it was found that the made at the Mt in the 8s 10d in each hundred sovereigns of 1817 had lost pounds; those of 1821, 9s Id per hundred; those of 1825, 6s 8.1; and those or 1829, 6s 2d per hundred; whilst-of the half sovereigns coined in 1817, the l oss, accordi ng t o th e same experiments wes as great as 16s `2_ t I per t wo h un d red; of 1821, 13s 10.1; of 1825, 13s 6,1 d; and hose of 1829, 6s 2,1 per t wo h un d red half sovereigns. At this time the • • quantity of gold rejected by the Bank of Eng land, and by th e C ustoms, Excise. and Stamp-office, is so set iously complained of by the mercantile interests, that some remedy for these ineouvenienc es and losses must be found, it rs thought, before a very long titne.—Morning Chronicle. THE WEATHER IN AMERIcA.—The extreme heat of the weather since the end of Mar has been the subject of much remark on this side the Atlantic, and already, 1 am sorry to s i n there have b een severa l d eaths from coups de soleil, or sun -strokes," as they are here termed. In this city (lati tude 30 deg. 56 sec.) the thermometer stood, on the shady sid e of Chestnut -street, at 1011, and for more than a fort night together it has risen to from 91 to 96, far beyond the heat even of the West Indies. Streets, however, are hardly a fair criterion for a thermometer, as the sun shining on the opposite side will throw much heat as well as reflection hack upon the houses that are shaded. In the garden of the Penn Hospital, where the glass i‘ embowered by large trees, the mercury has risen to 95 , In Boston it has been 91; New York, 96 ; Baltimore, 10.)' ; Richmond, 99; Charleston, 97; and New Orleans, 98. Thinking that such a table would in terest scienti fi c men in England who study meteorology, and throw additional light ,tu the summer cli m ate f of or the month America, I have procured a series of averages ~_ of June in Philadelphia, for nine year, from a professor f ho se of day and night. this university. By averages 1 , mean3,c was t 67; 1831, 6.5 ; 1832, The average heat in June. 14- '18.36, 60; 1837, 61; 1838, 61; 1833, 63; 1831,6.1; 1835, 66; the month has been 75. The average heat at sunrise furpast .average for 2 m The mean 66 and 1-10th, and 81 at p. • .__ .,ere rmnark,how , sot. 1 nouid 1 July, up to Yesterday, i ' thermometer is by no means a cor rectever, that the bight of the upon the human frame, nor index of the effect of heat o. t 0 e dryness of the individuals. A Ing 0 I .., of the sensation of A mer i c an atmosphere, it is not so oppressive or insupport able as you might lmagine. Indeed it is Inv firm conviction, rs- stand's at 80 or E 35 in Europe, it is quite as oppressiv e s that when the mc e rc i li s at 90 or 95 in this country. The large cities of the union were never more healthy than at the pre sent time, notwithstanding the heat.—New York Letter. GREAT WESTERN RAILW A Y.-011 comparing the traffic upon that portion of the Great Western line, which is yet opened, with tke traffic of the Liverpool and Manchester, and London and Birmingham Railways, the result is most favourable to the former line, and must satisfy the share holders, thet its spite of a tempOrary depreciation of their property, effected by the most unscrupulous means. the Great Western Railway will shortly prove a superior investment to any other line. It will b e recollected that the arrange- Memo of . the company_ are not yet - sufficiently matured to convey a large proportion of the traffic, of various kinds, which is ready to be transferred to the railway when in full working order. But, notwithstanding this, we are enabled to state. that from the opening of the line to Maidenhead (23 miles) on the 4th of June to the 10th inst., the number of passengers conveyed on the line was upwards of 55,000, or an average of above 1.500 per diem. The receipts (luring the Rame period have exceeded £8,600. During the first six months of the Liverpool and Manchester line's working, the total number of passengers was 135,000, or less than ,000 per day upon the average; and after the line had been opened fifteen months, the daily average was little more than 1,200, and the receipts from passengers (upon a line of 30 miles) about £B,OOO per month, which enabled them, with a com paratively small profit on the merchandise carried, to declare dividends. of 9 per cent. per annum. From the last report of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, it ap pears, that from the 20th July, 18.37, to the 14th February, 1838, (a period of 30 weeks,) the number of passengers con veeed on their line to Boxinoor and Tring (the latter being a distance of 30 miles) was 162,216, or an average of 772 daily. This result the directors considered as fully bearing nut their estimates of the traffic, and as most encouraging for their future prospects; but on competing it-with the traf fic on the Great Western line, our reathirs will be surprised to see that it is only in the proportion of one to two. We hive conversed this week with a gentleman well conversant With railway matters (Mr. Tothill), who had just returned from a careful examination and trial of the Great Western l ine, and he gives it as his decided opinion, after snaking a temporary trial of the other lines. that in all those portions w hich hare been properly peeked, the Great Western is superior for ease and motion to either the London and Bir mingham or the Southampton line. We have little doubt 01;4 in a short time the whole line front London to Maiden head will tie in an equailv satisfactory state, and that public enntidence in the undertaking will be stronger than evei.— Bristo/Jeurnd. A great number of men are employed on the line between Maidenhead and London, in repacking and ' Ca king more solid the foundation on which the rails are laid. A n improvement is already perceptible, the jolting of the , " vriag es b e i ng cons i derably abate d . As t h e repa i rs p rocee d , 'e alteration will of course be more sensibly felt by passen "r'• There is no truth in the report, which has been so Prevalent of late, that the railway would be closed until the re pairs were completed. The formation of the line between !tending and Maidenhead occupies a large number of work fin"?, but th e permanent rails will not b e l a id d own to Twy or(„and Sunning f or some mont h s to come; p ro b a bl y th e tra , c will not he opened until late in the next spring,— et erhire Chronicle. c l u 'i t' Rev. Robe r t M ontgomery preac h e d i n St. Chad's rch, in this town, on Thursday evening last, to a very .4 , k 111 0n erous congre ga ti on, i n aid of the mission he has under i'...Hito rai se f un d s fur the erection of an Episcopal Church a u , ' a l in sg fl ow. The s u bj ect h e selected for the occasion was, yy unced in our l ast Journal, "the Temptation of Christ, 3 6 recorded i n t h e 4th chapter of St. Matthew. It would be inadequate even by simple analysis to detail the artsuments which the Rev. Gentlem an a so zealously and elo quently dwelt upon, there was tr t uafire of imagination, a brilliant conception of thought, the whole of his discourse. that almost defies description , which we are assured remi se d the hearts of man l y 11' 110. heard him burn within them as he reasoned upon what g as written fur the instruction an d correction of mankind• set forth in gemlanguageLiegee the tempnteasl;tie l; whil e h e o o n o s nera ol a Christ, in reference t o hi mself, his church, his pirihdestimable grac e s o f h um ili ty, resignation, fortitude, and sisym pathy, which w ere pecu li ar l y illustrative of them, and which the Great Redeem er o f th e W or l d taught and leftfor exampl e to the church in all ages to copy, not by speculation but by experience. B e i ng una b le to finish Ins subject within th e l t nnits of one discourse, he took th e o pp or t un ity o f resum i ng again on Sunday mining last, at St. Julian's church. Long before the hour a p po i nte d for divine service, every part , t the body and aisles of the building was crowded to excess iii y a a highly respectable congregation: in fact, every approach t ) ! e _nd around it where a hearing; could be obtained was occu pied, and hundreds returned unable to procure even that ac trtithns°lda".". In propounding to his hearers the great tninyy4 had to discuss, in the exposition of the duct rine con ;diluted' s thesth and following verses of the chapter above _;o, he most forcibly dwelt on the necessity of a Na. "l lolucatom being based upon the Scriptures and those f'd Principles which accorded with the doctrines of the Establish urch of this land ; that it was the height of absurdity y,t,plefiteporise with the souls of mankind; and as a mistaken was bad been the curse of this country, Religion, he t i ony conduced, mu s t h e i ts salvation; and that soun d i ns titic- Irst whether afford e d on a limited or more extens i ve sca l e havehere, a t en d ency to snake mankind not only good e i t i. e, but to secure their eternal happiness. Many, he lind a es a .ore, mi g ht b e i ndifferent to this view of the subject serr false not i ons of toleration and aff ec t e d liberality—a p e mous mask u n d er which many Well as Churelo were half-and-half Christians as anxiona to conciliate . all sects and , inneO if the_end to satisfy none,—and whose hearts. fess 4 i, ": l cif wereliberalityalike favourable to uone,—since the pro these who mightoftendiffer even in trivial matte's from their own —The collections after the several the same e , to upwards of i.:7o.—Mr. Montgomery, on u this.o cpreached two sermons in Salopean Journai the parish church of Mrs. Ann Highman, of Nottingham, died, recently, from mortification of the tongue, occasioned by the prick of a needle which she had in her mouth. VIENNA, JULY 29.—The troops that are to be assembled here for the review during the visit of the Russian great prince, amount to 15,000 men. At the Hereford assizes, there were thirty barristers and three causes, only one of which came on fur trial, the others being settled by the parties! Mr. Bunn, it is now definitively arranged, will be the lessee of Drury.laue Theatre for the nextseasou. Mr. H. Bishop will be the musical director. The author of the two admirable and quaintly unique works, under the name of " Sam Slick," holds a high judicial situa- tion in one of our colonies, and has been lately in'this cuuntry. CLAY Cnoss TUNNEL—This Etupendous work is advan• cing with all possible dispatch. The excavation is completed to the extent of 430 yards.— Leeds Intelligencer. The Duke of Devonshire has been appointed Ambassador- 'xtraordinary at the coronation of the . king of Loinbardy.L 3ost. We regret to learn the death of Sir Hesketh Fleetwood's only surviving child, who died at the hon. baronet's house in the Regent's Park on Wednesday; she. was an interesting gill, in her llth year. The Marquess of Clanricarde has been appointed Ambas sador to St. Petersburgh. His lordship is busily employed in making preparations for his departure, which, we• hear, will take place in October next.—Post. POOR-LAW COMMITTER.—The poor-law committee met again on Thursday morning, for the purpose of agreeing to their final report, which was made to the house that evening. The committee have now closed their labours. The difficulties in the way of Lord Foley selling Whitley Court to Lord Ward have been got over, and this magnificent property will, i❑ the course of a few days, change owners. It is the intention of Lord \Yard to make the mansion his resi dence.— Worcester Herald. We have much pleasure in stating, that the Conservative registrations for the present year have been most successful. For the first time since the passing of the Reform'Act we have enrolled a greater• number of names than the combined army of Whigs and Radicals. There is nothing wanted but perseverance and diligence.— Glasgow Courier. We learn from Falmouth, that the Admiralty - have sent in structions to the naval superintendaut at that station, to di rect that the packets shall not in future receive specie on board at Vera Cruz or Tampico, on merchants' account, during the continuance of the French blockade--London Paper. • HEREFORDSH tß.—The wheat harvest will commence in many of the forward situations in this county about the 10th instant. The continued cold nights have made sad havoc in the hop yards; and it is now thought, in the most favoured spots where the bines looked well a._ fortnight ago, there is no hope of even a small produce. SPLENDID GERANIUM.—We hear that Mr. William Charles, of Silcoates Gardens, near Wakefield, has raised a most splendid seedling, which for regularity of form and finess of "pencilling," cannot at present be excelled. • It has been valued at not less than from fifty to one hundred guineas, by some competent judges.— Wakefield Journal. On Monday, the members of the Stock Exchange were startled by a visit from Lord Brougham, escorted by three members; and it excited quite a " sensation." His lord ship was conducted over the building, and initiated into so much of the mysteries of the stock exchange craft and forms of the establishment as in so brief a visit could be ex plained to him. One of the west-end dentists has invented an ingenious and useful method of extracting the fangs of teeth when they are so deeply imbedded in their sockets as to be incapable of re moval by ordinary methods. It consists in boring a hole to a sufficient depth in the centre of the fang, into which a screw is inserted to take hold of the fang, and give the hand of the operator a complete command over it, so that it may be loosened and extracted with great ease, and comparatively little pain. The British whaler Gladstanes, Brown, of London, was totally lost on a reef, supposed off Ocean Island, lat. 28 N., long. 178 W., in June, 1837. The captain, mate, and eight of the crew had arrived at the Sandwich Islands in a small vessel they built out of pieces of the wreck; and a schooner had been despatched for the remainder of the crew, 23 in num ber. CONVICTIONS UNDER THE BEER LAWS.—From a return just presented to the House of Commons, it appears, that the number of convictions in England, for adulterating beer, against beer retailers licensed by the excise, was—in 1835, three; in 1136, six ; and in 1837, two; making a total of 11. The number of convictions against retailers licensed by the magistracy, during the same years, was respectively,-15, 108, and 79 ; making a total of 202. HIGH LlVlNG.—Messrs. Crosse and Co. of the Hull Soap Works, having finished their immense -octangular chimney on Wednesday night, the whole of the men employed by them had a substantial dinner provided and set out upon the top of it, on Thursday, of which they 'all heartily partook, and afterwards enjoyed themselves by singing "God save the Queen," &c., to the delight of hundreds of spectators, who would rather dine at their own tables. CONTEMPLATED MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The Earl of Shelburne and Kerry, only surviving son of the Marquis of Lansdowne, will, ere long, lead to the altar Madlle. Elphiu stone Flahault, eldest daughter of Count and Countess Fla hault, (Baroness Keith in the English peerage.) Theepi is in his 23d year, and the lady is in her 18th. Poon LAW LIBERALITY.—`The Keighley Board of Guar dians advertise for a Relieving Officer for one of their districts, comprising two townships, "who is to devote his whole time .to the business of the office, and not to follow any other trade or profession," at a salary of £25 per annum ! They had bet ter at once select a pauper to relieve his fellows, than ap point a man to starve on less than ten shillings a week. Her Majesty will give dgrand entertainment at the new palace on Friday, the 17th instant, to celebrate the natal day of her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent. This will close the court parties in town during the present season. The O f ficial Gazette of Naples, of the 14th instant, con tains a royal ordinance approving of the railroads from Naples to Portici and Castellamare. The terminus of the principal line will be at the place between the gates of Car mine and Not... ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL—For the last few days, several workmen have been busily employed in making an attempt to restore to their original brightness the splendid monuments raised in this sacred edifice, to perpetuate the memory of the good and brave, and as humble tributes to their praise. "Though the attempt has not had the effect of completely re storing them to their original whiteness, it has, nevertheless, been productive of very great improvement, in having ea. tirely removed the quantity of dirt and stains with whit% they have hitherto been covered. The British whale ship James Colvin, Maughan, was de stroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean, in lat. 32 N., long. 167 W. She was set on fire by the cook, Peter Williams, who hid himself in the coal-hole, and when discovered cut his throat, from which death speedily ensued. She was four days on fire, during which time the crew were vainly, but anxiously, endeavouring to extinguish the flames; but the oil with which she was laden proved too powerful an auxiliary in the burn ing hold; and on the afternoon of the fourth day the crew were providentially saved by the American ship Catawbu, of Nantucket. TOE DUKE OF WEf,LINGTON.-A paragraph has gone the round of the papers, stating that the Duke of Wellington - was about to leave this country for the continent, and that he had paired off in the House of Lords with the Marquess Wel lesley, for the remainder of the session. The noble duke in formed the committee, previous to attending the meeting, on the subject of the Nelson Testinumial on 'Wednesday, that the statement was entirely without foundation.— Times. At Hereford Assizes, William Cooke and Thomas Robert Comber were indicted for lbrgery. The former' for some years carried on an extensive business at Hereford, as a tim ber merchant. The indictment charged them with uttering, with a guilty knowledge, too forged bills of exchange, one purporting to be of the value of 1,0001., and the other of 5001. with intent to defraud the National and Provincial Bank. Comber was admitted evidence fur the Croon. Cooke was found guilty on both indictments, and sentenced to tran sportation for life. • LAMENTABLE EX PLOSION.—On Tuesday last, a most lamentable explosion of gunpowder took place iu the out buildings belonging to Mr. Harrison, who is a shopkeeper and farmer, residing at Hartingdon, Derbyshire, by - which three persons, two men and a boy, were killed. The cause of the accident has not transpired, as yet ; but no blame appears attributable to any, one, the gunpowder having been deposited in one of those outbuildings ordinarily used for this purpose. The premises were entirely destroyed, together with a quantity of hay in the building.—Derby Mercury. STEAMING ON CAN A LS.—The canal steam-boat of Messrs. Robins and Co. arrived in this town again, from London laden with goods, early on Monday morning, having left London at twelve o'clock on Wednesday night. On Wed nesday she made a trip on the Duke's Canal, bavin,g on board Lord Francis Egerton James Loch, E sq ., 111.1), the pro prietors, and sever a l other gentlemen, who expressed their approbation of its construction and capabilities. On Thurs day night it left (fully laden) for London, via Macclesfield, where the canal committee, and several other influential gentlemen join it, and proceed some distance, fur the purpose of seeing its powers.—Manchester Courier. H AN9VEH, JULY 24.—Your readers will learn with inter est that his Royal Highness the Crown Prince set out for Nordenay this morning, wherd he will rem a in un d er me di ca l direction for some we e ks. Should he derive as much benefit from his stay there as he did lap, year, it may then be thought advisable to perfor m th e operation which it is now confidently hoped, under the blessing of Divine Providence, will restore to him the enjoyment of sight. He caries with him the wishes and prayers of all who have had personal opportunities of estimating his character, and indeed of every one among his future subjects • for never was a prince more cordially, and, it must be added, more justly the object of popular con cern .and affection. It is stated, that, b y the decision in the House of Lords in the great cause of "Scarisbrick. and Lord Skelmersdale," the appellant, Mr. Scarisbrick, recovers an estate of the value of £20,000 a year. The point at issue between the parties had been three times decided against Mr, Scarisbrick: of the two last decisions, one being by Master of the Rolls, and the other a decision by the Lord Chancellor (on appeal), and affirming the tleciee at the Rolls. Mr. Searisbrick considers that the advice and assistance of Mr. Duval, the conveyan cing counsel, who is understood to have prepared the reasons for the appeal, contributed so essentially to his ultimate aue mg, thai he has presented that gentleman with a magnificent service of plate of the value of £1,500. • - • • • ARTESIAN leVet.t.,—The bore which has been going on for so long a period near Paris, has now reached the depth of 410 metres (or about 1,315 feet;) and, the funds being ex hausted, M. Elie de Beaumont has been requested to examine the matters lately brought up by the auger, and to say whether they afford any indication by which the thickness of th e bed to be pierced, before arriving at the sand; may be ga thered. M. de B. has accordingly given his opinion, that the bore has reached the lower beds of the chalk formation, and that the marls and g ait which still intervene between the bore and the stratum , where the water will be found will probably be less than 100 metres thick (328 feet.) If M. de Beau mont's anticipations should prove correct ; the well should have a deptt? of 1,600 feet; at which depth, according to re cent calculations the water should have a temperature suffi ciently high t o furnish Paris with an abundant supply of hot water for baths, and for many other purposes. SINGULAR WEnoaN3.—On Monday last, an aged couple appeared at the hymeneal altar, at the' Rochdale parish church, to be married, when the following scene took place. The minister had got to that part of the ceremony where it is said, " Whom God joineth together let no man put asunder," when the old man exclaimed, " Howd, howd, stop! aw wont to ax yo o question obewt that. Aw say, winnot this new poor-law bill doo that ?" The minister declared that he could not suffer himself to be interrupted in that manner. lie would. answer any p roper quest i on a f ter t h e ceremo ny was com pleted. The old man, looking steadfastly at him, replied, "Oh ! aw nobut thout Pde ax vo if it wur true." EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY or NOTES. —Some time back, a gentleman, who was on business at Braemar, accidentally dropped from his pocket three five-pound notes, on the pub lic road, near the inn at Achandrine. The day being rather windy, they were instantly driven away, unperceived, in dif ferent directions, and tw o ofithem were carried to a considera bleldistance; yet, at intervals of several weeks, the whole were found by three different individuals—one of them about half a-mile below Castletown, hanging on a twig, close by the water's edge • and, much to th e cre di t o f t h e honesty and good principle of the finders, were all restored to the rightful owner. Stich an example of honour and Christian integrity is highly commendable, and highly worthy of universal inn tation.—Aberdmn Journal. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The Last Week of Mr. DOWTON, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. The NEW COMIC PANTOMIME having been received with the most distinguished approbation, will be repeated EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK, being the last nights it can be acted this season. rin H IS present TUESDAY, August 7, 1838, will be per il. formed Colman's celebrated Comedy of THE POOR GENTLEMAN. Sir Robert Bramble.... Mr. Dowton. Frederick Bramble Nt..Mr. W. Howard. Sir Charles Cropland—Mr. W. H. Bland. Lieutenant Worthington Mr. Gray. Doctor 011apod..Mr. Baker Stephen Harrowby Mr. Shiite, Corporal Foss.. Mr. G. Horncastle. Emily 'Worthington Faucit. Miss Lucretia Mac Tab.... Mrs. Clarke. Mary ... Tellet. To conclude with the New Grand Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN- IN SICILY. Pantaloon ....M r. Jonas. Clown.... Mr. T. Ridgway. Harlequin.... Mr. J. Ridgway. Columbine Mrs. J. Ridgway. Mr. VANDEN HOFF, who is engaged fora limited period, will make his appearance here TO-MORROW EVENING, in the character of CORIOLANUS.—After which, SIMPSON & CO. Mr. Simpson, Mr. Dowton.—To conclude with THE COMIC PANTOMIME. On Thursday, Mr. Vandenhoff will perform the character of CATO.—After which, ENGLISHMEN IN INDIA. Sir Matthew Scraggs, Mr. Dowton.—With THE COMIC PANTOMIME. On Friday, Mr. DOWTON'S BENEFIT, on which occasion Mr. Vandenhoff has kindly offered the aid of his valuable services. On Saturday, a Variety of Entertainments, in which Mr. Dowton will perform, being the last night of his engagement. Ttc V,Vocn,3oot TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1838. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morning at 5 o'clock. LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM NEW YORK.—By the packet-ship Orpheus we have received New York papers to the 20th ultimo and Montreal papers to the 15th ultimo. The latter are chiefly occupied with ac counts of the hearty celebration of the coronation day in various parts of the North American colonies. In Halifax the day was celebrated in the most enthu siastic manner by all classesby firing of artillery, military and civic processions, popular games, and magnificent displays of fireworks. All the prisoners in the gaol and bridewell, excepting a few of the more hardened, were liberated. The same description will nearly apply to the other parts of our colonies in Ame rica. In all there was the most unequivocal manifes tation of loyalty and attachment to the British throne. We learn that Lord Durham had arrived at Mon treal on his way to Toronto, which latter place is spo ken of as the future capital of the united colonies. His lordship held a levee previously to his departure for Niagara. Amongst ether addresses presented to him was one from the Scottish Presbytery, breathing the most ardent devotion to the British constitution, and expressing a hope that his Excellency would coun tenance the religious education of the Canadian youth. The reply was a tissue of vague generalities. His lordship promises that immediate inquiries into the state of education in Canada %yin be instituted, and that, after this investigation takes place, he will issue an ordinance for establishing " a comprehensive" sys tem of instruction. We can readily guess what Lord Durham means by " a comprehensive" system of edu cation. He evidently intends to introduce the Irish system, or some modification of it, in which religious instruction will be considered as unnecessary and su pmfluous. The consciences of "our Roman Catho lic fellow-subjects"—that is of the rebels of Canada must by no means be offended. Oh ! no 4 It is the policy of our present ministry and of their minions in all the colonies to offer every possible encouragement to Popery, and to humble and insult, and degrade, as much as they can, the loyal and suffering Protestants. Respecting Lord Durham's subsequent movements we have accounts in the .Yew York Gazette of the 18th ultimo. We quote the following Lord Durham and his suite were at Niagara a few days since, and were shortly expected at old For t Erie, opposite Buffalo. It has never been our lot to witness broader farce, or`conler, or snore impudent rigmarole, than the remarks of the Buffalo Journal in relation to this event. The pithy periodical urges the authorities to invite Lord Durham to visit Buffalo ! The editor is decidedly of opinion that such an act of courtesy would "have a good effect," and then the same wisdom proceeds to utter itself after this wise : • " And should he visit our city, he will have a fair opportu nity of judging for himself of the real feeling and temper of the American people—that although their sympathies are ever.strongly excited in favour of men contending manfully and. - -fairly for what they consider the inestimable principle and right of self-government, they can, at the same time, draw a just distinction between such a course, and the unwise marauding acts of a few deceived and evil-disposed individu als, who may yet entertain hopes of overthrowing the pro vincial government, or of reaping private emolument from plunder. Let the invitation be given, at all events." We should think Lord Durham would be particularly anxious to bandy courtesies with the Buffalonians. That city has done a great deal to earn the affection of the Colo nial Government. It would be specially pleasant and con venient too, for the Earl to visit Buffalo with his train, some individuals of which, would, we dare say, be arrested for the "murder on board the Caroline." But did human nature ever before make itself quite so disgusting, and quite so ridi culouS as this slaver of the Buffalo paper, about the "unwise marauding acts of a few deceived and evil-disposed individu als." &c. The very paper that has cheered on these scoun drels, and uttered more fustian in their praise and behalf than a man of any pretensions to sense would utter, if he could, for a continent—for such a paper to prate in this style i s nearly enough to make a man ashamed of the gift of speech. It appears that Lord Durham had liberated on bail all the prisoners accused of high treason, excepting five. This act is one of very questionable expediency. Respecting the discharge of state prisoners we find the following extract from the Toronto Patriot : Thirty-four of the state prisoners who have confessed their guilt, and thrown themselves on the mercy of the government, will leave this day in the William IV. for Kingston. Seven teen of them are sentenced to three years' hard labour in the Penitentiary, at the end of which time they are bound to ex patriate themselves for ever. The other seventeen are sent for safe-keeping in Fort Henry, or such other place as the Commander of the Forces may think proper, till her Majes 's pleasure respecting them can be known. The seventeen sentenced to hard labour seem to be the most ignorant and misguided of the lot. Of course, it is expected the sentence of the remainder will be more severe. Two were discharged yesterday, pardoned: W. G. Edmondston, grandson of the late Colonel Graham, and Charles Low, a captain of rebels. Some strong circumstances, it is understood, appeared in evidence to induce the Executive to extend pardon to these men. About the third of the above number claim to be Americans. The Buffalo papers announce that Sir George Ar thur, the Governor of Upper Canada, had tendered his resignation to the Home Government. The alleged cause of this step is, the amnesty act of " his Excel- lencyc" The New York Daily Express of the 16th ultimo contains a long rigmarole epistle from the rebel Mac kenzie, under his usual signature of "0. P. Q.," in which, having exhausted the subject of Canadian grievances, he indulges in the most outrageous abuse of the British parliament and the British nation, for the cruelties which he says they have committed in the government of Ireland. His opening sentences are extremely rich. He evidently studies with great attentite the harangues and letters of his pattern, O'Connell. Witness the brevity and abruptness of the following :—" Ireland ! where shall I begin ? and, having begun, where shall I end ? Ireland ! there is in that one word an eternity of wrongs—a hollow caust of victims—volumes of bloody history—outrages without compensation, and injuries without cause." What a hollow caust of victims can mean we are quite at a loss to divine. This incendiary writer proceeds in the same sententious style to declaim against the recently introduced Irish bills. What business have the Americans to interfere in these matters ? The news from the United States is comparatively uninteresting. The steam-ship Royal William had not arrived at New York on the 19th. It will be remembered that she sailed hence on the evening of the sth. She was expected to sail from New York on the 29th. BLOCKADE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS.—The great inconveniences and losses occasioned to com merce, by the continued blockade of the South Ame rican ports, is now exciting attention throughout Europe. Even the French merchants, who carry on a considerable trade with South America, are begin ning to feel uneasy at the obstinacy of the blockaded states, and to entertain some misgivings, that, if dri ven to extremities, the•v will retaliate by issuing let ters of marque. These blockades have been got up on the most flimsy pretexts imaginable, and it is very difficult to exonerate the government of France from the serious charge of having ulterior objects in view. It has been broadly inEinuated that France is only seeking to embroil the South American States in in ternal confusion and anarchy, with the intent of pro fiting politically or commercially by their disasters. Whatever foundation there may be for these surmises, it is the undoubted duty of the government of Great Britain to see that our own trade does not suffer through the unjustifiable line of conduct which the French government has thought proper to pursue. A strong remonstrance would not be without its effect; and unless this be resorted to very speedily, the most disastrous consequences are likely to ensue. Should the governments of Mexico and Buenos Ayres have recourse to the expedient of granting letters of marque and reprisal, as apprehended, swarms of privateers would speedily be armed and dispatched from ports belonging to the United States, which, under cover of the Mexican flag, might cause the most serious damage to the interests of commerce. Is Lord Pal merston asleep ? THE IRISH MUNICIPAL BlLL.—This bill, as amend ed in the House of Lords, was again brought under the consideration of the House of Commons on Thurs. day evening last, when Lord John Russell, backed by the motley factions who fight under the Whig-Radical banner, took occasion to insult the House of Lords by imputing to them the most fraudulent and corrupt mo tives, as a preliminary to thearmal rejection of the amendments which the Peers had introduced into the bill. The principal point under discussion in the de bate which took place on Tuesday evening was, the qualification. The bill, as sent up by the Commons, entitled all who were rated at five pounds to the right of voting, the tenants paying, in addition to the ordi nary charges of a tenant in England, such other out- goings in the nature of repairs and insurance as in Ireland are customarily borne by the occupier. The Lords rejected this provision, which would have open ed the franchise to the whole Popish rabble of Ireland, and substituted a net annual value of £lO, either con- Fisting of the amount for which the tenant should be rated to the relief of the poor, or composed of that amount with the addition of the repairs and insurance: so that a tenant paying £9 as rateable value, Iss. for repairs, and ss. for insurance, would be qualified as a burgess having a franchise of £lO in the aggregate. Such is the character of the qualification acceded to by the House of Lords. Their object was, to secure a bona fide qualification. But such a qualification could never prove satisfactory to the master-spirit who moves the ministerial puppets. Accordingly Lord John Rus sell proposed, in obedience to the mandates of O'Con• nell and the Irish faction, that a simple rating of £8 should become the qualification, with an addition of one fourth to its amount, which every tenant should be allowed to make. We can see neither wisdom nor common sense in such a provision. It is, indeed, nei ther more nor less than a juggle, like most of the legislative expedients of the present ministry. When the rating clause came under the considera tion of the committee, Sir Robert Peel made the fol- lowing pertinent remarks respecting this new mode of estimating the franchise :—" This presents a new principle. Heretofore we have argued this question with reference only to the allowance for landlord's charges defrayed by the tenant; but to make up your now proposed amount of a fourth, you are obliged to admit that you include in the estimate other charges which, both in Ireland and in England, are properly payable by the tenant. The just measure, in order to equalize the Irish with the English franchise, is to reckon, as part of the Irish tenant's qualification, those items of repairs and insurance additional to his rent which are borne by the tenant in Ireland, but by the landlord in England. Nor is there the difficulty of ascertainment which you allege, because the estimate for each respective house will be already made under the Poor Relief Bill. Yet, having thus arrived at the ' precise amount in every individual case, you reject that accurate return, and take instead of it, a conjec tural, uniform, average value." Much has been said at different times about the jus- tice of equalising the Irish with the English franchise; and many have been the demands by O'Connell and his party for a municipal bill framed exactly the same as the English municipal bill in its rating clauses. We shall presently show that such a bill would be very different in its effect from that which is at present before the House of Commons, and that the principle introduced by Lord Lyndhust would have rendered the Trish franchise as nearly as possible the same as the English. The castigation which Sir Robert Peel so liberally administered to the puerile lordling, who ventured to impugn the motives, and to ridicule the proceedings, of the Peers, was tremendous. Nor was the very sen sible and straight-forward speech of Sir Edward Sug den less effective. The learned gentleman proved that the franchise fixed by the House of Lords was precisely the same as that which the Scotch possessed, for which O'Connell had so long clamoured, and with which he said he should be satisfied. Of course, no one could be so far imposed upon as to believe O'Con nell when he said he should be satisfied with the Scotch franchise. This crafty Jesuit will be satisfied with nothing less than the entire overthrow of Protestant influence in Ireland. That is the grand end at which he aims, in connection with his own personal aggran disement, which, in. all his agitation, is never for a moment lost sight of. In the course, of the debate on Thursday night, O'Connell, having procured some returns from up stairs, proceeded to show that the municipal constitu ency in England far exceeded the parliamentary. He doubted whether Lord Stanley was correct in assert ing that, in the town of Liverpool, the discreparicy be tween the two lists was trifling. We can enlighten O'Connell on this subject. By a reference to the lists for the year 1837-8 we find that the parliament- ary voters, exclusive of the freemen, amounted to 10,715, whilst the municipal constituency for the year 1837, (the last time that the list has been revised,) amounted to 8,930 only. What will Mr. O'Connell say to this ? How will he account for the discrepancy ? We would ask him whether it is "all nonsense" to say that the municipal bill gives the English boroughs a smaller constituency than the reform bill? The fact is, that the qualification under the English municipal bill is of a far more restricted character than that which the House of Lords introduced into the Irish bill, and for this reason, that, in this town at least, no houses are rated at all which are below a £lO rental, and, in addition to this, that no tenant is admissible on the burgess roll until be has been a resident ratepayer for the period of three years—a regulation which• must obviously tend to diminish the .number of votes. On this point we have another observation or two to offer, which we cannot better introduce than by quoting so much of the debate as relates to the muni cipal constituency of England. "Mr. O'CONNELL had sent up stairs for some returns. With respect to the borough of Liverpool, he could not speak from recollection, but he much doubted, whether the noble lord (Stanley) was correct in asserting that the municipal and the parliamentary franchise was there identical. The re_ turns proved that they were not so in some other populous boroughs. For instance, at Stockport the number of Par liamentary electors was 3000; of municipal electors 9000. Again, at Leeds the number of parliamentary electors was 6000, and of municipal electors 25,000. "A Member on the opposition benches.—Are the municipal and parliamentary boundaries the same in these boroughs? (Hear, hear.) "Mr. O'CONNELL believed they were. (Hear, hear.) "Mr, BAINES said, that at Leeds the parliamentary and municipal boundaries were the same. (Hear, hear.) "Mr. O'CoNNELL.—And after this, hon. gentlemen op posite say their proposition is justice to Ireland? (Cheers.) " Mr. SHELL did not know how hon. gentlemen opposite could get over the reference which his hon. and learned friend had made to the parliamentary returns. The same argument had been used elsewhere, and had never been contradicted. He thought, however, there was some exaggeration as to the number of municipal electors at Leeds. The return which he had seen gave them at 17,000, and that was almost as good for the argument." Respecting these extraordinary assertions, our able contemporary, the London Standard has the following pithy remarks : "And after this, hon. gentlemen opposite say their pro position is justice to Ireland!" (Cheers.) Pity it is that so fine a triumph should have no better foundation than a piece of swindling! But. so it is. And truly, when we come to look into the facts of the case, our admiration at the progress of Mr. Baines in assurance is extreme. Of the other two gen tlemen we say nothing . . The overseer's list of parliamentary voters for the borough of Leeds, in August, 1837, contained 5402 names. The overseers' list of municipal Voters for the borough of Leeds, in 1835, contained 7213 names. The proportions, therefore, were nearly as four to three. And considering the bias towards the voter which Leeds over seers would be likely to feel, we have little doubt that the municipal list of 1835 was one made out on very "liberal" principles, and containing quite many names as had any right to be there. The overseers' list of 1837, however, exhibited a wonderful advance. How far the influence of Messrs. Baines and Co. —now predominant in the borough—might have any thing to do with the matter, we know not, but the overseers of that year seemed to have thought it quite unnecessary to pay any attention to acts of parliament, and they therefore boldly made out a list containing 18,451 names ! The Leeds Intelliyencer of that date offers the following ex platltion of this circumstance:— "'this document was published by the town clerk on Thurs day last. We understand that it contains about 20,000 names being four times as many as were in the last years' list; and that this has been occasioned by the overseers of some of the townships patting in all the names found in the last poor rate, whether qualified or not, in order that they might have a larger claim on the borough fund, out of which they are paid at so much a score." Now it is impossible to imagine that Mr. Baines could be ignorant of this fact. This very exeinplary member of a Dis senting church well knew that his own creatures, the over seers of his own borough, had fraudulently, and contrary to law, fabricated a list of voters, containing at least, ten thou sand names, which, by the statute, had no right to be on it ! He knew all this; and, knowing it, he coolly helped Mr. O'Connell and Sheil to found an argument upon this illegal list of voters, and to impose upon the House of Commons the downright falsehood, that the English municipal bill gave to Leeds a borough constituency of 18,000 voters ! As we have already said, we have nothing to say to Messrs. O'Connell and Sheil. The people of England already know and appreciate their merits. But why should a man who goes about to bible and missionary meetings, as Mr. Baines does, be perpetually forcing us to remember the brand set upon his forehead, it would seem, not undeservedly, by THE LATE WILLI AM COBBETT. Well, indeed, may the Standard express its surprise at the conduct of Mr. Baines, who has expended much of his time in endeavouring to persuade the public, that he is a purist of the first water, He has, however, only exemplified the real character of a Whig-Radical dissenter. The discussion which took place on Friday evening, in the House of Commons, on the municipal bill, cou pled with information of a private character on which we can rely, leads us to the conclusion, that no muni cipal bill fur Ireland will be carried this year. The leers will remain firm in their adherence to Lord Lynd- burst's amendments, and these will not be accepted by O'Connell, without whose concurrence the ministers dare not force them through the House of Commons. FREEMEN'S ADMISSION.—We perceive that the Bristol Town Council has just decided, by a very large majority, to reduce the fees upon the admission of free men from £1 3s. Od. to 3s. 4d. We mention the cir cumstance, in order that our own Town Council may be aware that a precedent of so recent a date may be quoted in favour of the extension of a similar indul• gence to the freemen of Liverpool. The Solons of the Town-hall will surely not suffer their brethren in Bris tol to outstrip them in the march of liberality. THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4NDARD. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 4, Ib3B. SIR --(n your yesterday's number, after giving a report of the half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Proprietors, held on the 24th ult., I observe that you conclude with an observation or two, which are intended to account for the diminution of the dividend of the last half year in comparison with the previous one. Now, as I am sure you would not allow currency to be given to an error, through the medium of your paper, which may have arisen from an oversight, and will not object to in sert this correction of it in your next/ number, permit me to remind you, in reference to the explanation you have en tered into, that the previous half year's dividend was not on 8,000 whole shares, as you report it, but on 9,698 whole shares. And as the number entitled this half year to a dividend is 10,097 estimated whole shares, it is evident that it is not on 2,000 additional whole shares that a dividend has now to be paid, as would be inferred from your observations, but can only be on 399 estimated shareholders. As therefore the ad ditional dividend now to be paid on these last, at the rate of di per cent, is not equivalent to the difference between the dividend of £48,495 declared in January last and the pre sent one, of £45,437, it becomes clear from the last ,report, that we have here an instance of increased railway traffic, which, instead of yielding a proportionate profit to the pro pi ietors, has produced a contrary result. A SHAREHOLDER. THIMBLE-RIGGERS AND THE POLICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE, LIVERPOOL ST.iIND..4RD. Ste, —May I be allowed to inquire if the gentlemen follow ing the dignified profession of thimble-rigging are, by special permission of our " intelligent and efficient" police force, permitted to drive a good trade once or twice a we e k on t h e open space of ground by the Zoological Gardens? On gala nights they muster in strong force, and play their interesting game with impunity. Perhaps some of the " highly intelli gent and efficient" will, as Shakspear says, "look to it."—l am, &c., VIATOR. FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Sunday last, a party of young gentlemen, accompanied by a boatman and a, boy, in charge of the boat, started on a pleasure excursion in a yacht, well known as a superior sea boat from the circumstance of her having won several prizes at various regattas. On reaching the floating light, it . was discovered that the boat leaked con ; siderably and it was resolved to return as speedily as possible: the wind blowing very fresh at the time. On crossing West Hoyle bank, they encountered a very , heavy sea, which cap sizes! the boat, and she instantly went down. Another yacht, which was fortunately following in her wake, came to the as sistance of the crew, and succeeded in saving two of the gentlemen-and the boatman from a watery grave. Another of the party obtained possession of a plank, on which he floated for some time. Every attempt It as made by the crew of the yacht to render assistance, but without effect. Ropes were thrown three or four times, but owing to the speed of the vessel, driven by the wind and a heavy sea running, it Was i m p o s s ible to assist him. It however fortunately happened that a vessel, inward bound, having seen the accident, imme diately lowered a boat, and, after much difficulty, succeeded in taking the gentleman from the plank. We regret to state that the boy in attendance on the boat, after supporting him self in the water for some time, sank to rise no more. We I sincerely hope that this solemn warning will prove an in structive lesson to all who are prone to indulge their pleasure on the Lord's-day. Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Mr. Atkins was again dis appointed last night by the weather, and not a few visitors of the gardens„ The gala, which is patronized by the Mayor, was, in consequence, postponed till to-morrow, ( Wednes day,) weather permitting. FlRE.—Last evening, about half-past ten o'clock, smoke was discovered issuing from the windows of the warehouse belonging to Mr. Maxwell, in Strand-street, a part of which is occupied by Mr. Dempster, ship-bread baker. Mr. Whitty, with a strong body of the fire police, were quickly on the spot, and No's. 2 and 4 fire-engines shortly arrived. The fire appeared only to be smothering, and in about an hour, was got under with very little playing of the engines, by the exertions of the &erne!). The warehouse is used as a corn warehouse, and was tilled with a large quant►ty of malt. We understand that a fire occurred at the same warehouse in the morning, but was quickly got under. It was extremely for tunate that the fire was discovered before it had made much progress, otherwise great damage might have resulted to the neighbouring warehouses as well, from the high state of the wind. MR. STRAUSS'S CONCERT AT THE ANIPHITHEATRE.—We understand tickets for this concert on Saturday evening last 'were sent to our office; but owing to the late hour at which they were delivered, we did not hear of them till yesterday. As we do not profess to give critiques of matters of which we are not cognisant, we cannot give our readers any accoun t of it further, than that we. heard it was well attended, and that the parties present were highly pleased with the musical treat afforded to them. On Saturday last a child at play in Elienborough-street was thrown down by a cart wheel, which passed over the thigh and caught its head against the edge of the foot-path, severely lacerating the face and head ; the thigh was also fractured. A gentleman passing had the child taken to the Northern Hospital, Leeds-street. We understand it is doing well. - During the night of Monday last, a sailor belonging to the ship Cambria, lying in the Waterloo Dock, while in a state of intoxication, fell into the dock; he was speedily rescued by the police, and conveyed to the Northern Hospital, Leeds street. He has since left the charity quite recovered. Mr. Parry, of the Hotel, Seacombe, gave a magnificent treat to the children of the Welsh Charity School, on Tues day, by sending a steam-boat for them, and bringing them back, after they had amused themselves some hours on the Cheshire sands. A new arrangement has been made by the owners of our several lines of Liverpool packets, under which there are to be five packets monthly hereafter, instead of four, the days of sailing being changed from the Ist, Bth, 18th, and 24th, to the Ist, 7th, 13th, 19th, and 25th.—New York paper. • , _ _ • APPALLING ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday; a seaman he hm,,ing to the Pensylvania, packet-ship, Prince's Dock, fell from the royal-mast head, a height of nearly 120 feet; the unfo r t una t e man, in his d e scent, nearly carried along with him a sailor engaged in the rigging , some 70 feet from the deck; he then struck upon the quarter of the ship Na poleon, lying alongside, and finally.fell into the dock. He was immediately taken up and carried to the Northern Hos pital, Leeds-street, but died on the way thither. The de ceased bore a most. excellent character among his shipmates. THE Ray. T. D. GREGG —lt has been resolved at a pri vate meeting, on Monday, July 30, that a public meeting shall be held in Mr. Hennessy 's schoolroom, Lime-street, on Thursday, August 9, at half-past seven o'clock, to take into consideration the hest method in which the Protestants of Liverpool can testify their respect to the Rev. T. D. Gregg, for the bold and u ncompromising manner in which be upheld the scriptural doctrine of the Protestant Church of England in opposition to the false tenets of the Apostate Church of Rome, in the late discussion with that subtle-chanipion of Popery, the Rev. T. M c Guire. NoT TIME, SURELY.—At half-past ten on Wednesday night, an individual, to all appearance very respectable, was found in Whitechapel in that slate which Inclines a man, in his pedestrian movements, to imitate the beasts, and walk upon all fours. He was taken to Bridewell for safety, and, when his tongue bad been loosed, stated that he had been robbed of £lO in money, as well as of his hat, coat. and waist coat; bat when, where, or by whom could not be ascertained, as the statements of the quadruped were contradictory. It was strongly suspected, however, that the robbery had occur red in a brothel; but this can scarcely be true, as the gentle man declared that he was a missionary for the suppression of crime, in the service of the Anti-prostitution Society. ' POOL, CLERGY EN DOWAI ENT.—The following is the breviate of this bill as amended :—The bill, as amended in committee, recites in the preamble that it has been agreed that the suit for calling in question the appropriation of the £105,000 shall be forthwith put an end to, and the fund, with its accumulations, restored to the corporation; and that the corporation shall pay out of the borough fund live half-yearly payments of the sums mentioned in the schedule to the mi nisters therein named (being the arrears of stipends payable by the corporation at the passing of the Municipal Corpora tion Reform Act), with interest at three per centum, and all the costs of the suit and incident to winding up the same; and it makes Provision accordingly. St. Thomas's Church— It provides that the payments directed to be made to the ministers of St. Thomas's are to be over and above all other stipends, now or hereafter to be payable to them otherwise than by the corporation. St. Martin's Church—lt gives a power to the minister, or assistant minister, to exchange with any other minister of the church of England, not being a younger life than his own, if the corporation or other patron for the time being think fit. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A BARBAROUS JOKE.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a tall young man named Core, a member of' the shaving pro fession, was brought before the magistrates, charged with running away with a rival barber's pole.—A policeman stated, that be saw the prisoner late the night before bearing away a barber's pole, and on asking him where he got it, be was not able to give any very satisfactory account about it, so he took him into custody. He had since made inquiry, and found that the pole had been carried away from the door of another barber in Rose-hill.—Another shaving individual here stood up and said the pole was his; but good-naturedly enough, be said he thought it had been carried away as a joke, and he did not wish to press the charge.—Mr. Hall asked the prisoner what he intended to do with the pole?— Prisoner : Nothing, sir; I did not intend to rob him of his pole.—Mr. Hall inquired if the "pole-bearer" was sober, and was told by the officers that the man was sober enough. The man himself said he was himself he was neither drunk nor sober; he was " just middling"—which means mis chievously drunk.—Mr. Hall said he was afraid the prisoner wanted the pole to exhibit at his own place.—The prisoner denied this, and said it was a trick he bad often bad played bins.—Mr. Hall advised him not to do so again, as he might find he had got himsell into trouble the next time he tried •such a trick. The prisoner promised he would not do so again. The complainant shouldered his pole, and the two, though of one trade, agreed tel settle the matter between them, and cut their sticks out of court. DRUNK Ott SOBER ?—THAT IS THE QUESTION.—It would be highly desirable if some learned bibliographer would de fine the positive meaning of the word " drunk ;" and the po sitive meaning of the word "sober;" and also enlighten the public, by informing them at what preciie point the former quality of mind, or of stomach, or of both mind and stomach, entrenched upon the precincts of the latter; for this appears to be a matter of most difficult solution. For our own parts, we have heard so many definitions of what means sober and what means drunk," in our Police-court visits, and the state ments as to when men are in this "happy state," and when not, are so very various, that we confess we have but a very confused idea of the precise period when oblivion com mences. Mr. Hall, it _is true, has done much to produce clear-headedness in the comprehension of this knotty point; and the theory at present laid down at the Police court is, that when a man has imbibed any portion of liquids to which the term aqua pura cannot be applied, and thereafter gets into any mess, or is productive of any mess whatever, the liquid is guilty, not the individual, though it is a standing rule always to punish the individual for the offences of the liquid. The liquid being proved to be guilty, it is then as sumed that the individual is not perfectly sober; and not be ing perfectly sober, he is, therefore, quod erat demonstrandum, drunk, and in a fitting state to be " booked for safety." This appears, however, to be very far from the general un derstanding of what is meant by the word "drunk." We have heard a sailor at the police-office after having betrayed manifest symptoms overnight of liquid participation in " Old Moll," or what has been dignified with the appellative of " heavy wet," swear he was not drunk because he could walk in a straight line. We have heard others swear they were not drunk because they could recollect what they said; others that they were not drunk because they knew what they (lid ; but by far the greater portion that they could not be drunk because they knew what they were about. There ap pears, however, to be a different scale applicable to different classes of society, for the higher we go the more decided proof of liquid " potation pottle deep" does it require to pronounce a man to be drunken. We once heard a gentleman who had been " booked for safety," who had been picked up out of the kennel the night before, assert that he was not drunk " because he could • lie on his back and call for a coach;" and in Cambridge, amongst the students, a still higher order of drunkenness exists, where no man can with any sort of propriety be called drunk as long as he can lie tin bed after he is put there. In fact, if we were to enumerate all the de finitions of what really is drunkenness and what is not, we are afraid we should both weary our readers and crowd our columns. But to proceed from this general digression to the particular charge which has called it forth, a female, bearing the euphonious name of Alice Gray, once most familiar to the officers of Bridewell, and whose face bore that peculiarly disgusting appearance of shrivelled, flabby yellowness which is the consequence of gin drinking and debauchery, was yes terday placed at the bar, charged with being drunk and dis orderly, preaching in the streets, and creating a great crowd on Sunday afternoon, till at length the officers were obliged to remove her to Bridewell. The prisoner, of course, denied that she was drunk, and the Bridewell-keeper, being sworn to prove that she was, abiding by the definition of drunkenness laid down by Mr. Hall, pronounced her, in monosyllabic style, to be drunk." "Oh dear," said Alice, " I was not drunk, because I could keep my legs." Alice's definition of what was and what was not drunkenness did not, however, satisfy Mr. Hall, and, though she could " keep her legs," she was ordered to pay ss. for being drunk, or take three days to sober in the Borough Gaol. A HELP MEET.—Yesterday, at the Polico ffice, a stout, good-looking young woman, named Mary Williams, was placed at the bar, charged be her husband, a mechanic, with a long list of offences. The husband being asked to state his charge said,' " I call her a very troublesome woman, and as to living with her, it's out of the question." Mr. Flail.— " What does she do ?" Complainant.—" She drinks every thing she gets hold of." (A laugh.) Mr. Hall.—" Why don't you lock her up in your own house instead of sending her to Bridewell ?" Complainant.—" I can't keep her in any house; I catch'd her with one of the men at the brew house, yesterday morning. Mr. Hall.—" Hadn't you better separate from her; will you allow her ss. a week ?"—Com plainant.—" I think it is too much to allow her, considering the circumstance yesterday morning—and that is'ut all.. She pawns her boots, her shoes, her gowns, her stays, and every think she has or drink, and what am 1 to d o with the wo man ?" Mr. Hall asked the prisoner how old she was? She said she was Mr. Hall said she was strong and able to work for herself, and ought to do it. The woman here began abusing her husband, and said he beat her shame fully—cause enough, if anything could justify a man beating a woman—and exhibited her back which was marked with many biuises. Mr. Hall (to complainant) well, are you willing to pay her ss. a-week ? Complainant.—" It is too much sir." Mr. Hall.—Discharge her. IRISH COWARDlCE.,—l r eftterdayjat the Police-office, two Irishmen, named Murphy and Canon, were placed at the bar, charged by a miler named Moore, working at one of the mills in Kirkdale-road, with having knocked him down, and kicked him, The complainant stated. that on ,Sundry night, between nine and ten o'clock, tie was going into his ewn house, on the .BoOtle.road, when a young girl ra n u p t o him, and claimed his protection from three Irishmen—the , .-• two prisoners and another, who were pulling her about. il. let her into the house, and bhe got awa, when one a the Irishmen walked up to him, and asked him it he wanted any thing of hint—that he would pitch it into him for two pins, and before he knew what he was about, he knocked him down, and then ail three began kicking him, and jumping upon him. He fought as well as he could on the ground, and got one of the ruffians down, and pummelled him to his heart's content, and he saved him from many kicks. At length, some person coming to his assistance, they all ran away. He had said or done nothing to them whatever to provoke them. The policeman said he saw the three men running down Bootle-road, pursued by the complainant and another person, and stopped the two prisoners, the third escaped. Carron was trying to hide himself in the hedge from those following him, when he took him into custody. The complainant said he was very stiff and sore from the kicks he had got. Both prisoners are labourers about the docks. Mr. Halt finedleach of them 20s. and costs, or to be committed in default for sixteen days to the Boroughl goal. COURT OF PASSAGE.-FRIDAY. POTTER AND ANOTHER V. JONES.—This was an action to recover the sum of £1 lOs , the value of ten boxes of lemons which had been sold by Mr. Fletcher, a broker, to the defend ant, on account of Messrs. Potter and Co. It appeared that the broker had followed the general practice of selling the goods and drawing out the invoice in his own name; subse quent to the transaction, the defendant had fallen into diffi culties, and had prevailed upon certain of his creditors, among whom was Mr. Fletcher, to sign a release; and Ls the debt now sued for had been incurred in what, on the face of it, seemed to be and was esteemed by the defendant a bona fide transaction with Mr. Fletcher, the detendant pleaded that the plaintiffs had to power to sue. Mr. Fletcher, on his examination, admitted that he had released the defendant from that part of the debt owing to himself, but not from that due to Messrs. Potter, the principals. The plea of the de fendant was overruled, and a verdict for the plaintiffs, for the amount claimed, given. CASE OF TRESSPASS.—The plaintiff in this case was Mr. Thomas Kenworthy, a rent and debt collector, and the de fendant Mr. Thomas Ayres, a watchmaker, in Itanelagh street. Mr. Murphy appeared for the former, and Mr. Cot tingliam for the latter. The facts of the case were as follow : Between five and six o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, the 17th of April, a person entered the shop of Mr. Ayres on the pretext of purchasing a gold seal, but left the shop without having done so, and immediately after his departure it was found that a gold watch had been stolen from a glass•case on the counter. That evening, as an apprentice to Mr. Ayres (who had been present when the individual who bad commit ted the theft was in the shop) was goini. home, he saw in Whitechapel the plaintiff, whom he strongly suspected to be the guilty person—followed him, and at last gave him in charge to a police officer. 'Mr. Kenworthy was taken to the Rose-hill lock-up ; but the keeper was unwilling to book the charge unless Mr. Ayres was sent fur to speak to the identity of the - prisoner. Mr. Ayres was sent for, and, having exa mined him both in a sitting and standing posture, said, " I do not think that he is the man." Mr. Kenworthy, feeling in• dignant at the manner in which he had been treated, threatened to seek redress in a court of law, on which (according to the testimony of Butler, the late brideweil-keeper—for the wit nesses varied in their account of what had occurred) Mr. Ayres at once declared that, if such were the case, he would follow up the charge, and, saying that " he believed that was the man," then and there ordered him to be booked for the felony. He was consequently brought .up before Mr. Hall on the succeeding day, and that the case might be sifted to the bottom, and for the satisfaction of all parties, Mr. Hall remanded the prisoner until Friday. On that day he was again brought up before the police magistrate, and Mr. Ayres refusing to swear to his identity, he was dismissed, having remained in custody about three days. The present action was brought by Mr. Kenworthy to recover damages fur the trespass, and for the injury sustained by him. The plea of the defendant was that he had had good and reasonable cause for suspecting Mr. Kenworthy to be the person guilty of the felony, and his apprentice was called to give evidence in support of the plea. The learned Assessor, in summing tip, said that if the jury thought that the defendant had made out his case—namely " that he had had good and probable case of suspicion, and vehemently suspected the plaintiff to be the party who had committed the felony," they must give him a verdict ; but if, on the other hand, they were of opinion that his charge had arisen from the threat of the plaintiff to resort to legal pro ceedings, the would give a verdict for the plaintiff, and award him damages as they should think fitting. The jury, after a consultation of a few minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £lO. SATURDAY RICHARDSON AND COWBURN V. CHRISTIAN. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Richardson and Cowburn, silk mercers and drapers, of Dale-street, to recover from the defendant, Mr. Christian, a sum of money- for articles purchased from them by Mrs. Christian, the defendant's wife. Mr. Murphy appeared for the plaintiff, Mr Henderson for the defeqdant. The wife of the defendant formerly kept a respectable tavern in the Old Cburch-yard. She was a widow, and her name was Gould. Some little time since she married the defendant, Mr. Christian, who had been a master of a vessel. Soon after the marriage the defendant and his wi:e disagreed. and the consequence was an arrangement before the Magistrate, in which it was agreed, that the defendant should allow her ten shillings per week, and the patties were to live separate. On the day preceding that on which this arrangement was made, Mrs. Christian went to Messrs. Richardson and Cowburn, and obtained certain dresses and other articles to the amount of £5 15s Again, some time after the separation had taken place, she went to Messrs. Richardson and Cowburn and purchased flannel, calico, sheet ing, &c., to the amount £1 ss. It was proved, on behalf of the plaintiffs, that Mrs. Christian had been in the habit of dealing at their shop, and had had credit before for goods of a similar description; that the articles were suitable; and a Mrs. Sarah Waters, who had lived with Mrs. Christian for nine years, stated, that they were articles which she stood in need of, and were, consequently, necessaries. The shopman who supplied the second parcel of goods was not, at the time, aware that Mrs. Christian was separated from her husband. It was fur ther proved, that Mr. Christian bad sold the stock, license, and fixtures of the house for £449, and the household furni ture for £l6O 3s. 3d. The defence set up was, that the wife of the defendant was in the habit of drinking ; and it was attempted to be shown that the articles were not necessary, but only procured for the purpose of raising more money than had been allowed. It was further shown, that Mr. Christain bad paid, out of the property, several large sums owed by the wife when she was Mrs. Gould. The learned Assessor summed up at a considerable length. The jury, after a few minutes' consideration, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for both the sums of money. The business of the court was concluded on Saturday night. A man named Patten, well known to the police, accom panied by three other men, went on Wednesday evening into the tap of the Mitre Inn, Dale-street, and called for drink to the amount of four shillings. They asked for change of a sovereign, and on the landlady producing it, Patteu snatched the money out of her hand, knocked her down, and ran away, as did also his companions. He has not yet been apprehended. A seaman, on Thursday morning, had his thigh fractured by failing into the hold of the American ship Howard, Prince's Dock. He was carried by his measmates to the Northern Hospital. FRODSHAM AND NORLEY LADIES' BAZAAR.—The vil lage of Frodsham, on Thursday, exhibited a very gay ap pearance. The baza - ar was held in the Grammar School, at Overton, a pretty little village, distant half a-mile from Frod sham, and situate at the foot of the Overton Hills. A mar quee was erected on either side of the building, one of which was approl _fated to the purposes of a promenade, and the other was u.ed as a refreshment-room. Soon after ten o'clock, the doors were thrown open. Mrs. Woodhouse, Mrs. Turner, and Mrs. Hayes presided at the stalls, assisted by sixteen other ladies. The articles, which included both the useful and the orn amen t a l, consisted of a varied display of female handicraft, from Lilliputian shoes and purses, made from the dress of the Empress Josephine, up to ottomans and other specimens of needlework, that would confer credit upon the name of Linwood. Lord and Lady Brabazon presented some beautifully-executed drawings, from their own pencils; and the Rev. W. P. Hulton, M.A., formerly curate of Frod sham, presented a number of copies of a poem, written by himself, and printed for this occasion, entitled "The Prodigal Son." T he great attraction to the bazaar was a splendid proof engraving of the queen, in her state robes, enclosed in a massive gilt frame, displaying the national emblems—the shamrock, the rose, and the thistle, as well as a figure of St. George, on horseback. This was valued at forty guineas, and was disposed of by way of lottery, which was divided into 1,624 shares, of half a-crown each, thus realizing the sum of £203. Their names were inscribed on a roll of parchment, 51. feet broad and 8 feet long. At three o'clock The drawing took place, Lady Ann Wilbraham undertaking that task. The fortunate winner was Mr. Tidswell, of this town. The bazaar throughout the day was crowded with company. Amongst others present were Lady Ann Wilbraham, G. Wilbraham, Esq. M.P., Sir Richard Brooke, Dowager Lady Brooke, Miss Brooke, the Honourable Mr. Stuart, R. Legh, Esq., G. Greenhall, Esq., P. Greenhall, Esq., J. Lyon, Esq., J. Bagnall, Esq., John John son , E s q., C a pt a in Edwards, - Rev. R. E. Warburton, Rev. James Warburton, Rev. George Gibbons, Rev. C. Stanhope, Rev. William Turner, &c. The sales were exceedingly brisk, and all the articles dis posed of realised prices highly beneficial to the funds of the charity for which the bazaar was raised—the supporting of the Girls' National School, at Frodsham, and the building and supporting a Sunday School in connection with St. John's Church, Norley. Stubbs's royal harmonic band was stationed in the large marquee, and during the day played a variety of selected pieces from the works of Beethoven, Ros sini, 8:c. Three Indian jugglers, from London (little dolls hung upon horse hair), attracted a numerous company to witness their performances, and brought no less a sum than £l6 to the general fund. At i past 5 o'clock the bazaar closed for the day. The sums taken were as follows :—The Queen's picture, £203; Mrs. Woodhouse's stand, £110; Mrs, Tur ner's (iticlnding donations), £7B; Mrs. Hayes, £BB 10s. ; at two refreshment stalls, superintended by Miss Singley and Miss Guest, £l4; at the large marquee for refreshments, £l2; at the doors, £6O : making a total sum (including the jugglers) of £4Bl. The band then played "God save the Quee'n," and the company separated until the morrow—The arrangements made at the bazaar, and for the convenience of the public, by the providing of conveyances, both.bY land and water, for the surrounding towns, reflect great credit upon the committee.—On Friday there was a full attendance. In addition to the fashionables present on Thursday, were the Hon. Lady Talbot, Arthur H. Wellesley Aston, Esq„ S. Chadwick, Esq., T. W. Williams, Esq., J. Cheshire, Esq., and J. Aspinall, Esq. At Mrs. Woodhouse's stand, about £7O was taken; at Mrs. Hayes's, £45; and at Mrs. Tur ner's, £22. The total receipts of the bazaar cannot, on the whole, amount to less than £7oo.—ln the evening a miscel laneous concert took place in the grammar school, under the management of Mr. G. Holdeu, of Liverpool. Between 400 and 500 persons were present. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Mackie, Esq. KH. to be Lieutenant-Governor of her Majesty's set tlements in the Gambia ; and John Gervas Hutchinson Bourne, Esq. to be Chief Justice of the Island of Newfound land. Lord Duncannon is to be the new Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Kilkenny; and Mr. Alexander Spiers of Renfrew shire. The vacant Lieutenancy of Carlow is to be given to the Hon. John Ponsonby, eldest son of Lord Duncannon.— Ministerial paper. STATUE OF Dn. JOHNSON.—On Thursday week, the foun dation for the statue of Dr. Johnson, intended to be erected in the Market-place, Lichfield, was laid, with appropriate ceremonies, by the Rev. Chancellor Law, to wh om th e c i ty is indebted for zealously promoting this testimony to its most illustrious townsman. The statue, which is completed, is reckoned an excellent likeness, and will stand in such a position as to be seen from the furthest extremity of Market street. GRAIN AND MEAL.—From a retum ordered by the House of Commons, it appears that the total quantity of grai n re maining in warehouse in the United Kingdom on the sth ult. was 894.800 qrs. 7 bushels; total of _meal and flour, 120,937 cwt. 3 qrs. 81bs. Of the gram, the largest quantity is wheat, namely, 578,123 qrs. (exclusive of colonial, 5,112 qrs.); and the smallest quantity colonial Indian corn, namely 805 qrs. WEsTsirr;sT TER BRIDGE.—The removal of old London bridge has caused very serious injury to this structure; the current having, by its constant action, under m i ne d t h e whole . fabric. The principal cause of its dangero us an d d e f ect i ve state arises from the piers having been built originally on caissons, and lowered down to the bed of the river, without removini , the stratum of gravel and sand. The who constructed it llkevrlb, oegleutetlilie precautionarymea sure of flxitig sheet piling round the piers, exceptin g in the case of four; and it has therefore been rendered necessary to surround all the remaining piers with coffer-dams, for the t olrposi. of effectively securing their foundations. This will. be dune by driving sheet piling into the substratum, which is clay, as veil as other measures for security. The works have already commenced, and the amount of tender is £87,000 The WI.ATIIEK AN!, Me. MURPHY'S ALATANA.CK.—At the commencement of this . year, this n ew pu bli cation stood in high esteem, as being found generally correct, , parti cu l ar l during the frost. Since that lim e , mu c h o f i ts reputatio n' has been lost, as the predictions have generally failed. But the month of July, Mr. Murphy predicts to contain 27 wet and changeable days, and only four fair days. That month having now terminated, the result is found not to be so much virtually wrong, as having contained 21 wet and changeable days and 10 fair days, total 31 days; but, divided after a dif ferent manner, the result shows 17 days predicted wet to have been wet, and 4 days wet, predicted fair, and 10 days fair, predicted wet, total 31. It would seem, therefore, that Mr. Murphy's predictions are entitled to greater respect than some persons are disposed to accord to them, and that his theory for judging of the state of the weather i s at least wor thy of attention.—Leeds Itztelligencer. SUICIDE AT UNSWORTH.—Between six and seven o'clock on Tuesday morning last, a man name . d . John H armon, a blacksmith, at Unsworth, was found by his son (a lad o f 1 2 years of age,) suspended by a cord in his own shop, and beenT his seenwork quite.dead. An inquest was held the same day bef ore 1 1Ir. Butter, at the Bay Horse public-house, when it appeared, from the statement of the son, that the deceas e d h a d been drinking for about a fortnight, and that he had th at morning said to do t h . witness, te the then left a tthe despondent h9use, an to d n h e 'ad " lean ing on several gates in succession, which he had to pass on his way to the shop. On witness going to the shop, he found him hanging as stated. T he jury found a verdict of " Tem porary insanity ; and the coroner dir ecte d the lad's sei consideration to his father's untimely end, as an awful w r a ous ing against intemperance. rn- THE Conti enops.--The state of the w eat h er in this n e ighbourhood, since our last publication has been very un settled. Showers have f.requently fallen ; and the atmos phere occasionally has been remarkably chill. Notwith standing these rather unfavourable appearances, the crops have made greater progress to a state of maturity t h an, judging from the weather, might have been expected. The barley is gradually changing colour; and the wheat is assum ing a brighter appearance. it is generally conjectured, that the late weather, which was the reverse of scorching, con duced to the fuller developement of the plant,—a conjecture which is justified by appearances; and that as a wonderful improvement has been already effected, the crops will con tinue to advance, with fine weather extremely rapid to a state of perfect ripeness, and yield a bountiful produce. The price of wheat rose in Mark. lan., on Monday last, two shillings per quarter; This circumstance has contributed to the probability that foreign corn will, before long, be thrown upon the markets. —.Leeds Intelligencer. "THE CONFEDERATION OF GAUL."—MM. Slowaezinki and Moreau, who have long been engaged in statistical re searchei, have just detected the source whence the English pamphlet has derived its plan of partition ; it is a work in two octavo volumes, which was published in 1828, by Bechet, the Paris bookseller. The work intitled "Etudes de Geographie appliquees a la Politique Actuelle," contains several synop tical tables, wherein not only France, hut all the great states of Europe are divided after a system which, according to tbo author, must produce perpetual peace. Russia, to which new provinces are to he added, was to have three Emperors. The King of France, Charles X., was to give up 7,000,000 of his subjects to the Prince Louis Philip, who was to becom e a King, and reign at Orlekns; the Emperor of Austria was re duced to 19,000,000 of subjects; George the Fourth was to be King of England, Wales, and Scotland only; Ireland was to devolve to King William Henry; 'an Italian prince was to reign at Calcutta, and an English prince in the country of the Papoos. In the time of Charles the Tenth,George the Fourth, and Alexander the First, this fantastic division gave rise to no observation, nobody considered it seriously, nor cared about it.—Cou•sier Francais. BRITISH SHIPPING.—From a parliamentary return, it ap pears that the total number of vessels which entered the ports of the United Kingdom during the year 1837 was 146.100 with an aggregate burthen of 11,625,200 tons, exhibiting an increase of 4000 vessels, and 1,155 tons over the arrivals of the previous year. Of the arrivals, 18,100 vessels, with a burthen of 3,215,800 tons were from foreign parts, and 128,000 vessels, with a burden of 10,409,400 tons were engaged in the coasting trade. Of the last number a very considerable proportion must have been steam vessels, which arrived at ports between which they ply three or four times a-week, and whose arrivals give an idea rather of the extent, frequency, and value of the intercourse existing, than of the number of vessels employed. COUNTY VOTERS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP OF MANCHES TER.—By the overseers' " list of persons entitled to vote in the election of knights of the shire for the southern division of the county of Lancashire, in respect of property situate within the township of Manchester,"--which is now publish ed,—it appears that there are this year 1,822 persons on the list, being 69 fewer than in 1836. 'Of this number, 115 are objected to by the overseers, chiefly on the ground of change of residence, or death; not more than three or four objec tions being taken by the overseers on other grounds. Of the 1,822 names, 18g are fresh claims, of which about 90 are in consequence of . chanzes of residence, and alterations of qualification. FUM A T.F. RAS HNESS.— A circumstance occurred at New lin, t. (s , s a cfirresponilent of a Bristol paper,) on Monday last, which shows bow unbridled are the passions of some ladies when thwarted in their inclinations by their husbands. A , VOlllan. by the name of Phillips, wished to attend a fashion able Baz , .ll ' given for the benefit of the new church ; b u t her husband objected, on account of her services being re quired at home, upon which she declared, if he did not allow her togo, she would immediately chop off her finger. The threat was of course treated with contempt: but, strange to say, she carried her intention into effect, and no sooner was one off than a second shared the same fate; when, with the most extraordinary perseverance, she exclaimed, "Here's to go at the hand." The hatchet (for that was the instru ment used) immediately fell just below the wrist, and severed the whole of the tendons, but without injuring the bone. Mr. Harry Fry, a surgeon was sent for, and the lady was destined to undergo a second infliction, by having both the stumps am putated, and her mutilated hand, was dressed. She declared, in the presence of that gentleman (although she regretted the loss of her fingers, she. would do the same. thing again rather than any restraint should be put upon her reasonable inclinations.—Bath Journal.