The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER-TUESDAY EVENING COURSING. THE IIAI)DON MEETING CONCLUDED.—We gave, in our last, the result of the diversion up (as then stated) to the passing of the Derby mail through Bakewell; below we give the remaining ties fwr the two principal events, as well as the classes and deciding course fur the Granby Stakes. Other stakes were 9n the card to. come off on Friday, but were not touched upon, owing to the lateness of commencing Thurs day's sports, and the extreme wretchedness of the weather on that day. The diversion was better on Friday, but the hares ran feebly. The closing struggle for the Rutland Cup ex cited very great interest, particularly amongst the Manchester speculators, with heavy books. It was a pretty close contest ; in bettin g , Major had the call. The field each day was very numerously attended, and the condition of many of the grevhbands was greatly admired, reflecting much credit upon Inc Juuge, and gave general satisfaction in his difficult and laborious occupatiun. TIIE RUTLAND CUP. THIRD TIRE. Venus beat L'lliroudelle; Major beat Pluto. DECIDING COCRSE. Mr. Bake's Major; by Lowther, out of Whip, beat Mr. King's Venus. THE HADDON CUP.—For Puppies. SECOND TIES. Belvidera beat Fly; Lightning beat Carpenter. DECIDING COURSE. Mr. Lucas's Lightning (late Priam,) by Steamer, beat Mr. Bak 's Belvidera. by Oscar. out of Yertiena. THE GRANBY STAKES.—For all-aged Dogs. Mr. Edwards's Pepper - beat Mr. King's Touchstone. Mr. Rowley's Negro „ Mr. Hunt's Balloon. Mr. Robinson's Brilliant „ Mr.Whitehead'sHarlequin Mr Ogdel.'s Talleyrand „ Mr. Chew's Elis. Mr. Alayall's Rattler „ Mr. Slater's Spree. Mr. Ogden's Black Diamond „ Mr. Machill's Mary. Mr. Hunt's Hollyhock „ Mr. Gale's Chasse. Mr. Bakc's Skimmer „ Mr.•Chew's Venture. SECOND TIES Pepper beat Negro. Brilliant beat Talleyrand. I Black Diamond „ Rattler. Hollyhock „ Skimmer. DECIDING COURSE, Mr. Hunt's Hollyhock, by Bolivar, beat Mr. Robinson's Beilliant. As will he expected, since the result of the Derbyshire coursing events become known, and since the - return of a large number of the leading turf speculators, there has been much talking over the performances of the winning grey hounds, and the untoward mishaps that befell others highly thought of. Yesterday there was a reasonable quantity of money chanted hands; s e veral o f th e b ac ker s of lots having had Major as one of their five. He was never backed here, we rather think, previous to the commencement of the sport, under 10 to 1. Upon racing events very little has been doing, and the Derby engagements have been scarcely to be met with. The front rank remain stationary, and but seldom asked after. Fitzambo at 25 to 1, Derrynane at 26 to 1, and Wapiti at 100 to 3, seemed to have been most in request; and the last-named has been touched upon rather freely. Honeymoon bas been laid 'against at 4() to 1. This gloomy and chilly November day is not calculated to infuse much more spirit into the market, nor do the doings at Tattersall's yesterday afternoon promise to act as an impetus to Derby business. Things are evidently on the flat key. TATTE RSA LL'S—MoNDA Y . The attendance this afternoon was good in every resrect ; but there was nothinz commensurate in the betting, whether we look at the amount laid out or the results. A trifle was laid out on Lord Jersey's crack, and 20 to 1 in fifties taken about Flambeau. with offers from the takers to go on. This was all we heard of the favourites, nor was much more said about the 25 to 1 horses, which remain pretty nearly at the prices quoted last week. The following were the average odds, at the close of a dull afternoon.. THE DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton (tk.) 20 to 1 „ Duke or Rutland's Flambeau (tk.) 25 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Accelerator. . 25 to 1 „ Sir G. Ileatticote's lot. 27 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Erm-go-bragh (tk.) 27 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers (tk.) 29 to 1 „ Mr. Allen's Fitzambo. 30 to 1 „ Mr. Grevilm's Derrynane (tk.) 33 to 1 „ Colonel Anson's Zimmerman (tk.) 40 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Wapiti (take 50 to 1.) 10(X) to 15 „ Sir G. I - I , athcote's Chimborazo (ik.) 30 to 1 each against Fitzambo and Bloomsbury, laid in one bet; 700 to 50 against 'rros and Fitzambo (tk;) 700 even between llderim and Flambeau. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ( From the Oxford Herald.) It has bee❑ generally believed in the political circles, for the last week or ten days, that mini.•ters had proposed to meet parliament on the 4th of next month, to which day it stands adjourned, and that the arrangements would be made. at the first Cabinet Council, hut that the unexpected resolu tion of Lord DurhaM to return without delay caused• them to waver. The Cabinet Council met on Thursday. Its decision is of course unknuan to any not in the inmost confidence of the administration, and we are, therefore. left to guess whether ministers adhere to their first intention, or have abandoned it. The public service, indeed, requires that not an hour shall be lost in assembling the legislature, as too much time has been lost already ; but considerations of the public ser vice, indeed, requites that nut an hour shall be lost in assem bling the legislature, as too much time has been lost already; but considerations of the public service form no element iu the calculations of the men now in office. If we would trace the course of conduct iu any important case before them, we must take self-interest—we mean that low and short-sighted self int:rest which makes up the motive and policy of "baud to mouth" politicians—as our guide. But first it may be well to put the reader in possession of the really important intelli gence from A merica, which is to exercise an influence upon the determination of the Cabinet, _ . The Garrick, packet-ship, which left New York on the2sth ult., and made Durigarvon, in the south of Ireland, on Satur day last, brings this intelligence. The Garrick landed most of her passengers at Dungarvou,—among the rest, Mr. Ed ward Gibbon Wakefield, and another adjoiat of the governor general of the British American colonies. These gentlemen state that Loi a t.nav them at a week's interval, having abandoned his design of visiting the United States, and resolved to embark for Eng ch., cik Quebec. The New York papers confirm this statement, which is also said by the ministerial journals to be verified by the official despatches. All the several informants concur in ascril'ing Lord Dur ham's abandonment of his visit to the States to the discovery of a conspiracy of formidable extent, resources, and maturity, the tiorpee of which is the renewal of the rebellion as soon as the winter shall close Lower Canada against reinforce ments from the mother country, or her loyal dependencies. Subjects of the United States, if it is not an abuse of lan guage to call the lawless communicants in that anarchy by the name of subjects, form a great proportion of the conspi rators; and some of these pirate Republicans are rich men, and some of them holders of offices. It is, however, no more than justice to Mr. Van Bur e n t o s ay, that he is free of the guilt of countenancing the villany of his countrymen—he was, in fact, among the first to denounce the plot to Lord Durham. The wealthier trench Canadians, and many of them possess considerable wealth, are also implicated in the treason; so that one, and that the chief, of the requisites for war is forthcoming to the rebels. The scheme is supposed to be a simultaneous eruption of a rebellion along the whole frontier line. Lord Durham, having resigned the de facto government into the hands of Sir John Colborne and Sir Geo. Arthur, to gether with the most ample powers that it was in the author ity confided to him to bestow, powers of which the two gallant officers were promptly making the best use, returns to Eng land, to lay the true state of her North American dominions before the Queen—and here begins the difficulty of her Ma jesty's ministers. While there was an expectation (bat the insulted and incensed governor would loiter a month or two in the United States, au early meeting of parliament held out a promise of some advantages—facts might be brought forward to condemn the absent peer unheard—parliament would have disposed of the affairs of Canada—and the peo ple, a little wearied with the subject, might not be in a tem per to inquire very narrowly whether the terms upon which the quarrel should be accommodated were altogether honour able or consistent with the interests of justice and other pub lic interests. Lord Durham's precipitate return, though, undoubtedly, what his duty and honour demand, must, however, very seri ously embarrass the chances either of condemning or conci liating him, should parliament be sitting at the time. The parties will stand face to face; the matter unexplained be tween them will he fresh, and of full interest; time and op portunity for mediation, collusion, and compromise will be wanting; and they, whose part it is to procure justice for the public. will have the political accountants submitted to them, with all advantage to the cause of truth. Now, these are considerations strongly urging upon ministers to delay, as long as possible, the meeting or parliament; but they can scarcely dare to delay it. According. to the concurrent tes timony of all witnesses, Canada is on the eve of a tremendous convulsion ; according to Lord Durham, the present state of the law is ❑ot &legume to the meeting of such a crisis ; ac cordilw to ministers themselves, the present state of the law is unintelligible; surely, then, they cannot dare to lose more time in providing the necessary legal guards against the press ing danger. A few days will tell; hut we are bound to avow our own impression, which is, that ministers will dare do anything in preference to meeting Lord Durham unappeased. We see that their newspapers are already at work, labouring to mollify his lordship: the very newspapers which, but a few days stigmatized him as something little better than a mischievous madman, are now all courtesy and compliment to his lordship. MR. O'CONNELL. (From ;he Oxford Herald.) Mr. O'Connell is making his annual agitation tour, pre paratory to the collection of "the tint." He has been rather more violent than usual this year, but that is easily account ed for. by the decline in the ragged man's" and "starving man's" emit' ibutions. The public ought to thank him, how ever, for one piece of very c:andidly•given instructing of his former and his present relations to- the parliament and to the English people, he said—" I cringed to them while we were weak, but I kick them off now we are strong." These are actually the impudent words of this audacious and disgustingjperson. Who can keep any terms with a be it4r so lost to shame, as well as to honesty? It is remarkable that this season of preparation for the collection of Mr. O'Connell's excise—and every similar sea son in former years—has presented a comparative repose from murders and other kindred crimes. The O'Connell ales are too busily engaged to find leisure for their ordinary pastime of bloodshed. ANOVER, Nov. 17.—1 t seems that the operation nn the Crown Prince is to be deferred till May next. It is again reported that the Assembly of the Estates will meet immedi ately after the new sear. Papers and letters have been received from Caraccas to the lsth ult. It was stated to be probable that General O'Leary, now envoy from Venezuela to Rome, would be named to proceed to this country as commissioner for ar ranging with the bondholders on the part of that republic. The government, it is mentioned, intended punctually to re mit the sum allotted, say 80,000 dollars, in January next, as their proportion or account of interest on the Colombian EXTRA OR DINA It Y SUICIDE.—On Saturday night one of the most extraordinary and incomprebensiLle acts of self destruction that has, perhaps ever come within our notice, occurred, under the following circumstances :—At ten o'clock on the above night a young gentleman named Henry Curtis, accompanied by two friends named Quenton and Ludlow, having spent the evening at the Theatre Royal, entered the oyster-shop, 13, Triudy-street, and called for supper. Mr. Curtis asked for a bottle of soda-water; it was in the act of being uncorked, when he leaned his head towards the table as if drowsy or fatigued. His companions did not take par ticular notice of the circumstance, but, at the same moment the soda-water bottle was uncorked, the explosion of a pistol was heard, and in an instant Mr. Curtis fella lifeless corpse at the foot of the table intended for the festive board. lie ceased was of extremely handsome exterior and prepossess ing manners. He appeared to be 26 or 27 years old. He enjoyed an independent fortune of £3OO per annum, and no visible cause whatever existed for the perpetration of the horrible act. The gentlemen who were sitting with him at table had not the slightest notion of his frightful determina tion until they saw him drop down dead. He was perfectly sober at the time, at least as far as regarded the influence of spirituous liquors, and had been previously as gay as usual at the theatre.—Freeman's Journal. LONDON LAW COURTS. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-MONDAY. THE QUEEN r. CALCHAFT.—The prisoner In this case was brought up for judgment, upon an indictment on which he had been convicted of an offenee of secreting a material and necessary witness, who ought to have appeared to give evi dence upon an indictment preferred against a man fur mur der. The indictment was tried at the last assizes for Liver pool, when a verdict of guilty was returned. The affidavits now produced disclosed the following facts :—The person in dicted fur murder was a man named Duffield; the witness who had been carried off by the prisoner now before the court was Sarah Duffield, the daughter of the person charged with the murder. The prisoner himself was the brother of Duffield's wife, and Sarah Duffield was the only person on whose testi mony her father could possibly have been convicted. The prisoner went, at the desire of his sister, to the house in Man c esterweliee.,saidthatilse came. from her mother, who was very ill, and asked for her to ac= company him to her mother. - Having then got her away he took her to Nottingham, and she had never since been heard of. In consequence of her absence her father was acquitted. The affidavit of this prisoner alleged, that when he had taken the young woman to Nottingham, he ceased to have any con trol over her—that she was 20 vears of age, and might have returned to Manchester if she had pleased. There were se veral affidavits from neighbours of the prisoners, describing his character in the very highest terms. „ M r.NVightinan addressed the court in mitigation of punish ment. After the conviction that had taken place, he could not possibly deny that the prisoner had been guilty of the of fence charged, and that it was one of a very grievous kinJ ; but there were some circumstances of mitigation connected with it. The prisoner bad notsordid acted from a base or motive; he found himself placed in circumstances too pain ful to think of. The young woman was the daughter of his own sister. She was the only person whose evidence could have convicted her father,, awl if he had been convicted, his life would most certainly have been forfeited to the laws of his country. The prisoner was called on by her mother, by the wife of the man charged with murder, to take away his daugh ter, on whose evidence that charge could be made out. Tbe mother WAS at that time suffering from illness, on account of this charge—an illness which nearly terminated in death. No wonder, then, that the prisoner had acted as he had done. These circumstances almost confounded our notion of right and wrong, and almost made them rejoice that the public were spared the exhibition of a father brought to destruction by the evidence of his own daughter. There was one other circum• stance which ought to be mentioned. The prisoner had been in decent circumstances : since this affair he bad been driven from his home, and in consequence of this prosecution had wandered up and down the country and was now a ruined man. His trial had once been put off, and when it did come on he had in the mean time become so - poor that he could afford neither the expense of counsel nor witnesses. No blame whatever was attributable to the prosecutors on that account, but such was the fact, and the consequence was that no appeal could be made to the jury, who might otherwise have given a recommendation in his favour. He should not trouble the court with any further observations. Their lord ships knew the circumstances of the case, and would, no doubt, give every proper weight to them. Mr. Starkie, in aggravation of punishment, admitted that the circumstances of the case were of a painful nature, but the prosecution was one which one of the judges of assize had directed, and which the corporation of Liverpool had therefore undertaken. Mr. Justice Patteson, addressing the prisoner, said that he bad been convicted at the last assizes at Liverpool upon an indictment, which charged. him with having secreted a wit ness whose testimony was material and necessary to prove a charge of murder against another person. It appeared that she was the daughter of the person charged with the murder, and that the prisoner was brother to her mother. The pri soner stated, that the mother being ill, he had assisted in taking her daughter from Manchester to Nottingham to see her. That when the daughter arrived at Nottingham, she being 20 years of age, might have returned to Manchester if she had pleased, for that she was perfectly her own mistress, as soon as she had arrived at Nottingham. That might be the case, but it was clear that the prisoner had assisted in her going away in the first instance, and that her doing so was with the purpose of avoiding giving her evidence in a court of justice. The court took into its consideration all the circumstances stated in the prisoner's affidavits; but it must be understood by all persons whatever, that the offence which the prisoner had committed was one of a most serious description. The prisoner had assisted in producing a per version of justice, and his object had been to prevent a person front being tried for, and convicted of, a foul and atrocious murder. Every body must be aware that it was the duty of every subject in the kingdom, not only not to take any person away out of the reach of justice, but to use all his eudeavours to bring all offenders to justice. It was true that this was a painful case, in some respects, as the person secreted from being a witness was the daughter of the man who was charged with the murder. It might not, therefore, surprise any one that she should want to go away, and that the prisoner, being her relation and the brother of her mo ther, should wish to remove her; but still he ought to have resisted his own inclination, and done his duty in forwarding the ends of justice. The court had been informed that he had already suffered in circumstances, and had undergone some imprisonment; end in the hope that the example which his present condition afforded might prevent all other per sons front imitating his offence, the sentence would be but comparatively light. The sentence of the court was, that he should be imprisoned in Rutland Gaol for two calendar months. LANCASTER INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. On Saturday se'nnight, N. J. Law, Esq , commissioner, opened his Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, the first under the new act of Victoria, at Lancaster Castle. The number of persons waiting to be heard on their petitions was much smaller than ou former occasions. Counsel present—Messrs.Venables, Wilkins, Bateman, James, and Boileau. The following is alist of the cases adjudicated up to Thurs day night. The commissioner brought the business to a close on Friday morning. Fifteen calendar months.—ltobert Meaden. Nine months.—lsaac Jacobs. Seven months.—James Bury. Six months.—John Low, Joseph Chatterton. Five months.—John Liptrott Hatton. Four months.—Piers Wiert Walmsto7• Hill. Adjourned y übwr, Adjourned to next circuit.—George Royle, Samuel Brett, John M'l nty re. Discharged cunditionally.—Mary Swarbrick, on payment of £45 into court. Nations dismissed.—Ricbard Wells, John Ingham, Geo. Gregson, John Turner. Discharoed forthwitli.—James Pollard, Christopher Orr, William Hume, John Simpson, William Robinson, William Holt, Andrew Moon, James Shoreman, Daniel Potter, Wil!iam Wells, Robert Lee,. George Shackleton, Francis Derellin, John Rutter, Robert Prestwich, Elizabeth Ashton, James Newton, Jane Tyldesley, Hugh Thomas, Thomas Sinister, Hannah Whitehead, Henry Thornley, Patrick Doran, Henry Holden, William Clayton Adlington, Francis Cooper, Richard Preston, Robert Woolstenholme Robert Harrison, William Hartley, the elder, William Chapman, James Greases Blackhurst, Thomas Beckett Bamford, William Harding, Henry Marriott, Caroline Stokes, Henry Harper, Dennis Leeson, Matthew Standen, Thomas Buck ley, Joseph Kirkpatrick, Adam Martin, Houghton Walsh, Robert Collins, William Cook, James Scowcroft, John Procter, Thomas Hall, James Bennett, John Heys, the younger, Robert Howe, Thomas Holland, Robert Sutcliffe, Catherine Hatton, Thomas Oldham, William Parkinson, Edward M‘Alister, John Ormrod, James Westhean, James Armstrong, Thomas Addison, jun., David Flight, John Wentworth, Alexander Smith, James Warbrick, William Morgan. DESTmUCTIVE FIRE AT WARRINGTON. On Saturday morning last, a fire, supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, broke out in Mr. John Furnival's tannery. Mersey-street, Varrington, which destroyed pro perty of about £BOOO value. Mr. Furnival's premises occupy a frontage of about 40 .yards on the river side of Mersey street. The basement is occupied by an extensive range of tan-pits, and the upper stories as drying rooms, sizing sheds, and warehouses. Part of the property is underlet ; one room to Mrs. Bethell, a glass-cutter, another to Messrs John Ed dleston and Co., pin -makers, and two other rooms to Samuel Utley, a bobbin-turner, all persons using the power from the same steam engine, attached to the tannery. The engine house is situated at one end of the building, and Mr. Funii vat's counting-house at the other. The bobt:in-turners' rooms are situated one on either side of the engine-room. As usual, the men employed on the premises left the works at seven o'clock on Friday night : about eight o'clock the counting house was locked up, and two large mastiff dogs let louse for protection of the 'itemises, which were at that time perfectly sate. The engineer had raked up his fire for the night, and by which all the premises were lighted, h a d b een the ex g t ing a u s ished. Formerly a watchman was employed, but within the last two years that practice has been abandoned as unnecessary, and-no person has been left in charge of the premises during the night. Between twelve and one o'clock on Saturday morning a lad, on going into the Ship yard, i n Bridge-street, smelt fire, and saw a white smoke proceeding from the tannery. He gave the alarm to some of the Furni vals' work-people, living in the cottages adjoining. On open ing the door leading to the tan-pits, a body of flame rushed put, and they perceived the building over-head to be on fire in three distincialaces. One of the town engines, stationed on the preiniseas got out with all possible expedition. but for some time not more than six or seven persons were got together, —a number quite insufficient to work it properly. Mr. George Furnival, the owner of the premises, was soon in attendance, and be, with the workmen, got the engine to work, and vainly endeavoured to battle with the flame. In less than half an hour other engines arrived, but owing to the insufficient supply of water, the rapid progress of the flames, and the combustible nature of the materials deposited in the upper story of the premises ' it was soon evident that there was nu chance of saving the buildings. For a time the destruction of the whole street seemed certain. The furni tare was removed front the adjoining cottages, and deposited in Mr. Booth's garden: care was also taken to secure the books, and for that purpose the counting-house door bad to be forced open. By two o'clock the roofing had given way, and the fire communicated to Messrs. Eddleston and Co.'s pin factory, the property of John Clare, Esq., notwithstanding it was se parated from the other portion of the buildings by a strong party wall. Floor after floor successively gave way, and so brilliant, and yet so awful a sight as the fire, at this moment, had nut been witnessed in Warrington since the destruction of the Mersey Mills, an event which took place about eight years ago. Mr. John Smith, who had charge of the No. 4 engine, took his station in Mersey-street, and, abandoning the property then on tire, directed his efforts to prevent the extension of the flames to Messrs. Thewlis, and Griffiths' file manufactory-, the next buildings in the street. Mr. Thos. Hope and Mr. Griffiths, by means of a ladder, got on the outside of Messrs. Thewlis and Co.'s warehouse, and the hose from another engine having been conveyed to them, they greatly contributed to the forwarding of Mr. Smith's views, and, aided by a better supply of water, brought by the work house water-cart, and in buckets by the inhabitants, at length the progress of the flames in that direction wls put a stop to. Three engines, under the charge of Mr. George Higham, Mr. David Houghton, and other gentlemen, were stationed in the yard at the back of the premises, and having. obtained water from the public baths and a ditch at the bottom of the yard, played upon the burning ruins. Mr. Lane, surgeon, in attempting to convey a hose from one of the engines to the top of the building, fell to the ground from the top of a three story ladder. He was taken up in an insensible state, but soon recovered sufficiently to be able to walk home with as sistance. lie received a severe blow on the left eye, but we are nappy to state his sight will not be permanently affected. ! For some hours the stock of bark and valonia deposited in a large barn, at the back of the premises, sufficiently large to dine one thousand persons, burned with great fin v. The lire was seen for nearly twenty miles round the adjacent couutry. The eugines continued to play until half-past eleven o'clock, when the fire was fairly got under. The whole of the tannery was reduced to a complete ruin. The steam engine is considerably injured, and the machinery, allowed to be both extensive and complete for the various purposes to which it was applied, entirely destroyed. A small portion of the manufactured stock was saved, and about a third of the leather in the pits, it is calculated, will be made available. It is with deep .regret we state that Mr. George Furnival, the owner of the freehold, as well as his son, Mr. John Furnival, the tanner, are uninsured. Their loss has been variously estimated, but all parties agree in stating that -it cannot fall far short of £BOOO. Messrs. William and John Booth, Mr. Wm. Eddleston, Mr. Tbewlis, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Pierpoint, Mr. Peter Smith, and other inhabitants of the town, used great exertions to extinguish the fire. The fire-engines belonging to the town are very deficient in power, but a new engine is in progress of building at Manchester. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF DESIRE ROU SELLE, FOR THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE ASSUMED DUKE OF NORMANDY. ( From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.) Yesterday having been appointed by the magistrates of Union Hall for the purpose of making a strict and further investigation into the circumstances of the late attempt upon the life of Charles Louis, the assumed Duke of Normandy, and son of Louis XVI., and it being known, in the early part of the morning, that the assumed duke, as well as the prisoner, would be at the office, a crowd of persons collected in- Union-street, and the interior of the office was filled with persons anxious to witness the proceedings.- Those, how ever, who obtained admission to the office were disappointed, as the examination was taken in the pirate room. About ten o'clock Charles Louis arrived in_aroluz,h,--arLd----was d-inti—i - a - private room; he was accompanied by several of his friends and domestics ; he appeared to be about five feet seven inches in height, corpulent, and has grey hair and mustachios; he wore a figured satin surtout and a large circular blue coat; in his manners he is lofty and his general appearance strongly resembles the Bourbon family; his left arm, from which two bullets were recently extracted, was tied up in a sling, and he seemed occasionally to feel the effects of the injuries he had received. The soi &sant duke's son sat next to him during the examination of the accused, also Count Thierry, and a number of English and foreign ladies and gentlemen were anxious lookers on during the four hours the investigation lasted. The prisoner, who does not appear to have undergone any change since his imprisonment, was brought from the county gaol by Blythman the gaoler, with the other prisoners, and immediately after bis arrival he was taken into the magis trates' private room. An interpreter attended for the purpose of communicating to the prisoner, in his native language, the nature of the evidence against him. The prosecutor having been accommodated with a seat at the magistrates' table, and the usual oath ad►ninistered to him, he said—" My name is Charles Louis, and I have been residing for the last four months at Camberwell. The pri soner came to my house, No. 8, Clarence-place, to ask for assistance of me, on the 'Wednesday previous to the attempt upon my life, tle nlver saw me that lam aware of at my house in Clarence-place but once, unless be is the person saw in the garden. M. JEREMY—Had you then any opportunity of seeing his features? The prosecutor replied at some length in broken English. • Mr. JEREMY—Now, see if you understand me, and whe ther what I have taken down as your supposed answer is what you meant (reading from his notes)—" The person I saw in the garden had the personal appearance, but not the features of the prisoner. The eyes were protruding and staring like a ferocious dog's, and I thick the per s on had purposely dis guised his face. The evening was foggy, and front the agi tation which followed the act, 1 could make no observation so as to speak positively to the identity of the person who committed it." (To the Duke)—ls that what you intended to say ? Duke—lt is. Mr. JEREEY Can you say if the person stood upon the grass plat ?, Duke—l was about three steps from the water closet corn ing towards my house, when he arrested me. Did you approach him ?—No; he came near to me as I moved towards the house. Mr. JEKEM Y—NOW describe slowly what took place. Duke—l had a lighted candle in my left hand, and hearing footsteps I turned round to see if it was any of my friends, when I saw pistols in his hand. Mr. JE REM Y—Frotu the sound of the footsteps can you say in what direction he approached? Duke—No, I cannot. Were the footsteps quick or slow ?—lt is footsteps were such as made me believe it was a friend coining to the closet. Wag anything said before the pistols were fired?—No, no thing was said. 1 saw the pistols, and at the same moment he shot at the 1 turned a little away and fell down directly. I thought I had been hit in two parts, the concussion was so dreadful. And you recollect nothing after that, I suppose ?—I cried out as well as I could, " De la Barre, De la Barre." Did observe if the person fled or escaped in any par lar direction ?—He " dyed" across the garden—across the garden. . . _ - Is that towards the fosse or ditch ?—Yes, it is. Air. JEREMY now read over the duke's deposition, and it was interpreted to the prisoner sentence by sentence, in order that 'se might ask any questions that he might think proper, but at the couculsion liouselle declined putting any. Mr. Wyche, of No. 4(1, Alooregate-street, who attended as solicitor for the prosecution, said it had been suggested, and very properly as he thought, as the night was fog g y on which the act was committed, to darken the room, and allow the prince to have a light, and see if he could recognise the fea tures of the prisoner. Mr. JEREMY.—Of what use could that be? You don't mean to say a person's features can be seen better in the dark than in the Light? Mr. Wyche—No; but the shade materially alters the effect upon the countenance. • _ _ _ Mr. JEREMY-But be says he cannot speak positively to the roan's identity, as it appeared as if he had disguised him self. (To the duke)—There are other circumstances I wish to question you about. Do you recollect any time previous to this seeing any person in the garden ? Duke—Yes, about six months ago I was in the water closet, and about half-past eight o'clock I saw a man in the garden. More than one ?—No. I was going into my house, and I mentioned it to my friends, and said hear any communication that took place with them. 1 want to know if you had any opportunity of seeing that person so as to be able to speak to his identity ?—No ; I told my servant that I would shoot the person if he came there again. - Then you believed he came after your servant?—Yes. • Did you see in what direction that person withdrew from the garden ? Yes; from towards the bottom. Mr. JEREMY—Was that the same direction as the man who shot at you withdrew in ? The Duke replied in the affirmative. Mr. JEREMY said that the interpreter might tell the pri soner that the latter questions and answers did not at present implicate him; and, therefore, unless he liked, he need not V. ' , ay.. • Mr. JEREMY (to Mr. W yche)—ls there anv other topic that you may wish to question the witness upon . ? Mr. Wyche requested permission to put some questions to the prisoner. Mr. JEREMY—Oh, no, I cannot allow that, most. certainly not. Nu prisoner in this country is allowed to be cross-exa mined. The duke here produced a letter left by the prisoner at No. 9, Holland-place, l3rixtou-road, where the prince for merly lived. The prisoner stoutly denied, in French, that he had left it there. The duke said that he had witnesses in attendance to speak to the fact, and called Mrs. Mary Ann Brook, who deposed—l live at No. 9, Elolland-place, Brixton-road. The prince has lived at my house, but he had gone a few days before the prisoner came and left a letter for him. The prisoner called about the 21 week in August. Ile said he very much wished to see the Duke of Normandy. Mr. JEREMY—Are you sure he is the person? Witness—l am quite positive of it, he came three times, but I opened the door to him but once, although I saw him on the other two occasions coming up to the house. When I spoke to him it was on the first time of his calling. Did you say anything to him about the letter?—Yes, he said he very much wished to see the duke to give him the letter, and I told the prisoner that if he would leave the letter I would send it to the duke. What did you do with the letter ?—I gave it to my Sister. The interpreter having translated the depositions to the prisoner, the latter said he did not know the witness, and that he was in Ireland in August last. The Magistrate again examined the witness as to the ith!ritity, and she repeated her assurance that the prisoner was the man. Itouselle here laughed and shook his head. Esther Birch examined-1 received the letter from my sister, the last witness. I believe the letter now produced to be the same, because, it has no superscription. I took the letter to the duke's house, and gave ►t to Mr. De la Barre. The prisoner came the next day for an answer, and I told him there was none. He said there were some papers of consequence in his letter, and I replied that they were per fectly safe, and if he would call on the following day he should have them. lie told me that his passport was in the letter, and I went to the duke's the next day, and Mr. De la Barre gave me a letter, with an enclosure, for the prisoner, who called soon after my return home, and I gave him the letter which I received for him, at the same time telling him, pursuant to Mr. De la Barre's request, that the prince was in the country, and Mr. De la Bane says, " You must not trouble him with any further letters." The prisoner asked me when the duke would return, and I said I did not know. Mr. JEREMY—Was that all the conversation that passed between you ? Witness—lt was. Ilave you the slightest doubt that the prisoner is the per son who called at your sister's house ?—Not the slightest. Indeed, I believe he has got the very saute coat on now that he had then. --- The prisoner, upon hearing this evidence, said he was in Dublin, and was differently dressed at the time. Mr. John Brown, the surgeon who attended the duke, here observed that, as his medical adviser, and anxious forlhis safe recovery•, he should recommend that the duke be now per mitted to retire. But a short time had elapsed since the in juries had been inflicted, and the duke was now complaining of pain. He (Mr. B.) therefore suggested that the duke should be allowed to proced home. Mr. JEREMY said that the duke tnigbt withdraw. He be lieved he should not require his attendance any more that day, and if it should Win out to be necessary to have his deposition against the prisoner signed, he (Mr. Jeremy) would let him know when it would be requisite for him to attend fur that purpose. He did cot wish to put the duke to any inconvenience. rite duke observed that the prisoner had said to many of his friends that he was condemned to death. Mr. JEREMY—That was in the presence of Mr. De la Barre, 1 believe? The duke—lt was. Mr. JEREMY —Oh, never mind that, as Mr. De la Barre has already stated it. The duke then ruse, and after making some observations to the prisoner as he rassed him, which was'replied to by the latter, he pronounced "adieu" as he quitted the room. • Mr. De la Barre stated that he received the letter addressed to the duke from Mrs. Birch, and that it had been in - his possession ever since. Witness returned a passport which the prisoner had enclosed in the letter in an envelope. Mr. JEREMY—Do you recollect the name in the passport? Witness—No it was not a passport, but a liberation from the French military service. I do not recollect the Hanle that was in it. [The letter, which was written in French, was here read, and its contents, which could not be fully heard from the crowded state of the room and the rapidity with which it was read, were understood to be, that the writer described himself as belonging tothe province of Normandy, and supplicating alms from the duke, in consequence of his destitute condition.] The prisoner declared that he knew nothing of the letter, and that it bore the signature of a different name from his. Mr. De la Barre said he begged to call the attention of the magistrate to the papers bearing different signatures and names, which were found upon the prisoner when he was taken into custody. Mr. JEILEM Y.-1 am aware of that; there is uo doubt the prisoner has gone under different names. Frederick Gurrel!, linen-draper, of Camberwell-green, said the prisoner called at his shop and asked if there was a French prince living in the neighbourhood. Mr. JEREMY —Du you recollect how many days that was before this affair happened? Witness—lt was either on the day itself, or the day before. I told bins that I had been given to understand that the Duke of Normandy lived opposite, and I pointed out to him the house upon the green. He said it was a very small house, and I told him there were 14 or 15 domesti cs in it,.at which he seemed surprised, and said that he was a French refugee, and bad been a captain. He wished particularly to know to a certainty what prince it was, and I referred him to the post-office next door, and he went there accotdiugly. Did he speak English ?-0h ! yea, but not very good Eng lish. _ ....... Did you see him afterwards ?—Yes, he returned in about two minutes, and said he had not got the information he wished for, he wanted the name accurately, but seeing that I was engaged he went away. 1 particularly observed as he went out of the door that one of the waist buttons of his coat was off. The prisoner was here desired to turn round, when a button was discovered to be uff the back part of his coat. The witness concluded by saying that the prisoner had the same camlet coat he then wore. The prisoner, through the interpreter, denied that he had represented that he had been a captain. Sophia Upton examined.—l am cook to the Duke of Nor mandy. The family reside on Camberwell-green, and the duke and Mr. De la Barre went to the house in Clarence place to sleep on the night the duke was shot. I recoileettlic' prisoner perfectly well. I have seen him about four times at the house. The first time he came I think was on a Tuesday. The footman brought him into the kitchen, and he had din ner on that occasion. The prisoner had dined there altogether four times. Mr. J It * E 1' —Do you recollect him coming on the Friday ? Witness—Yes, he came about a quarfer before seven o'clock in the evening; he had dinner, and went away about half past seven o'clock. I let him out and did not see him again. Did he not ; now recollec. yam:. 1 . 6117 12- oEryes, sir, that was the day atter the duke was shot; he came and was taken away by the police. I got some soup for him, but he did not have it. The duke's family dined on Friday about live or a quarter-past live o'clock. The duke and Mr. De la Barre went out on Friday while the prisoner was in the house. The prisoner left about a quarter of an hour afterwards. Tell me as far as you can all the conversation you had with him?—l asked him where he lived, and he said at Greenwich, but he did not like it. He-inquired if the gardener (as the witness was understood to say by the reporter) lived. in the house, and whether he was my husband ; 1 told the prisoner he was not. The prisoner said he should like to sleep in the house, and I told him he could not, as there was no room. I believe this took place the second tune he came. Did you ever say anything to him about the duke?—Yes, I asked him if he knew the duke, and the prisoner's reply was, " 011 yes, quite well." Mr. Wyche, the solicitor, said that Mr. De la Barre was anxious that the witness should have an opportunity of cor recting herself, as she had made a mistake in her evidence. The prisoner did not stay and dine at the duke's on Friday, the night of the attempted assassination, but he put some bread and meat into his pocket and left the house. Mr. JERRAIY observed that there was little or no doubt that the prisoner had been to the house al Camberwell-green ou the evening in question, bat he wished fur further evidence to connect the prisoner more particularly with- the house in Clarence-place. Mar y Ann Bridges was then sworn, and said— I keep the Crown Inn, at Peckham. The prisoner lodged at my house on Thursday night, the 15th. and Friday night, the 16th inst., when the duke was shot. I do nut know where he came from before. On the Thursday evening he came to my house about eight or a quarter past. He remained up until a quar ter or half-past nine, but did not tak e an y re f res h men t, an d then went to bed. I. had another foreigner in my house at the time. He had lodged with we seven or eight mouths. lie is not an acquaintance of the prisoner. They did not associate together until Saturday morning, when they held considerable conversation. • Mr. JEREMY Did they breakfast or dine? -Witness—No; the prisoner did not. On Friday night he had some supper and half a pint of beer. He left that even.' ing at six o'clock. and he was out and in several times, but I can't state the exact tines. He came home for the last time that evening at ten, or half-past ten o'clock, and went to bed directly. Did you see him do anything to his dress ?—Not till the next morning, when I saw• hint scrape some dirt from his shoes. • Did you pay any attention to whether it was of the upper or lower part of the shoes ?—lt was lions the edge of the shoes. He scraped it off with his stick, and was sitting in tha tap-room at tne time. Did you observe whether it was mud or clay ?—lt looked a light sort of clay. Did you pay sufficient attention to notice it ?—Yes, I did; and my reason for doing so was, that I thought he was about to ask fur the shoe-brushes. Are you then enabled to swear positively that it was a light kind of clay ?—Yes, t am. the magistrate here ordered police-constable 58 to show the witness some clay, uioich had been taken from near the bank and the hedge across the ditch over which the guilty party was traced to have made his escape. The officer accordingly pulled out some clay of a light colour. Mr. JEREMY (to the witness Bridges)—Does that corres pond in colour and substance with the clay which the pri soner scraped off his shoes? Witness . —lt does. In answer to some questions from •the magistrate, Police-constable Johnson, P 16, stated that he searched the prisoner when he was apprehended, but did not find any wadding or paper about his coat, or any part of his person. Benjamin Biidges examined—l am landlord of the Crown, at Peckham. I remember the prisoner coining to my house on Friday night, the 16th instant: He told my wife he was on the "tramp," and could not afford to pay more than six pence per night for his lodging. Mr. Jscaxmf—Do you recollect his coming home at six o'clock on Friday evening? Witness—l do; he remained about half an hour or so, and then went out again. Did he go up to his room 7—Not that lam aware of. • How far is your house from Clarence-place ?—About a mile. • When did the prisoner return?—About twenty minutes after seven o'clock, as near as I can recollect. He then ate some bread and meat, which he pulle d , out of his pocket, and had half a pint of porter with it. He stayed until twenty minutes after eight, as near as 1 can recollect, and then went out again. During the time he was in my houie that evening he had some conversation with three men, who were also " trampers," and who came in to sleep on the same night as the prisoner. Were they foreigners ?—No ; but one of them understood French, and papers were produced in the course of. conver sation. You say one of the men understood French; is that the man who lodged at your house for six or seven months ? No, he is a different party altogether. - - What was the nature of the papers produced ?—One of the papers I observed was a kind of petition addressed to the Chamber of Deputies, urging the claims of the . Duke of Normandy; another of them was a petition addressed to the humane and benevolent. The man who spoke French, after -reading the papers, put them into his pocket. The prisoner came in the third time about nine o'clock, and remained up about a quarter of an hour or. twenty minutes; he sat by the tire in the tap-room until he went to bed. • - Bid youaoo V i ‘a r nslitoper the following morning?— did. '"J -k any nart Yes, I saw him scrape some light moo his shoes. - Has your wife or anybody else said anything to you on this subject - - The witness was here shown the clay taken from the bank of the ditch where the assassin's footmarks were visible, and he said it resembled the clay upon the prisoner's shoes on the Saturday morning. The witness continued—The pri soner told me his'namewas Rochelle, and that he came from the province of Normandy. The prisoner also, in the course of conversation with the tramper who spoke French, alluded to Louis Philip and the Duke of Normandy, although I did not hear the latter's name mentioned. They spoke to each other partly in English and partly in French,. and I gathered from theirobseryations that the prisoner was strongly opposed to the Bourbon dynasty. Mr. JEREMY — How do you know that the prisoner was so. opposed : give me, if you can, some idea of what actually passed ? Witness—he said that the per Son they were speaking of was a pretended son of Louis XVI.; he also flourished . his stick about, and appeared to treat with much disdain and contempt the claims of the son of Louis XVI. By Mr. Wyche—l did not observe that the prisoner had a parcel in his hand when he went out on Friday evening. He had a small bag with, him when he came to my house on Thursday night, which I handed to the officers. Mr. JEREMY—Has his room and the bed in it been tho roughly searched? Witness—lt has, and upon the sheet on which he slept, as well as upon the chamber utensil. I found marks of blood. I think, however, they might have been caused, as he states, from his nose bleeding, as the stains on the sheets were "spots," and ten in number. Mr. Wyche said that the next witness he had to present before the magistrate was the foreigner who lodged at the Crown, and who conversed with the prisoner on the morning after the duke was shut. postpone fo t th e present hearing an of that nature; th e ev i dence already adduced is quite strong enough to justify a fur t h er reman d . i‘ y l f r. r j th E e ß ru E ev iY i;l — en I evidence shall Two or three points which require strict investigation; and which appear to be very material to this inquiry, have arisen, and I shall therefore remand the prisoner until a future day, and I shall take care that the' necessary witnesses have no tice to attend. The prisoner was then removed in custody to the lock-up, and the magistrate proceeded to the public office to dispose of the usual charges. The prisoner throughout this lengthy examination treated the matter very lightly, and repeatedly laughed at the wit nesses when they spoke of any circumstance in any way casting a suspicion upon his being connected with the offence with which he stands charge& WANTS IN AMERICA. I Extracted from the last papers per Great WesteTn.) - . WANTED—A man, to lay out crockery. lie must be sprack and handy, and balance his own. breakage. WANTED—A hardware lad to yo South. WANTED—Part of a house in the region of East Broad way, by a family without the least disposition to meddle with other folks' affitirs. WANTED—Some bricklayers to go West. WANTED—A satisfactory journeyman in the rush-bottom inggelding that can go straight. To save to go South. WANTED—A gray trouble a hundred dollars will be the figure. WANTED—A good place for a resp ecta bl e woman, now living at 93, Nineteenth-street;—either as seamstress, laun dress, nurse, pastry-cook, confectioner, or companion after the English fashion. cri. This is comprehensive, and merits attention. WaNtED—A young - woman—(thm plainer the better) to help a small genteel family in their domestic matters. One without ringlets would be preferred. WANTED--.A clerk in a soft store. One who will make business his pleasure, and not pleasure his business, may dron into a good place by applying, &c. WANTED—Twenty-five well-seasoned hands fur whaling. Ask for Seth Turner. North Wail. WANTED.—A coloured girl who has been used to waiting Such a one need not wait long for a good place, —provided six hours' sleep per night will satisfy her, and she brings character. WANTED.—A situation for a youth, very genteel, whose education has been neglected, but who is stout and of good address. will expect a comfortable salary and de cent treatment; and he can walk twenty miles a-day with ease. WA NTE Sotnebody to do as they would be done brain the care of . a house and furniture during a forthcoming six weeks' absence of the proprietor,—Sex no object. WANTED.--Board and lodging for a lone gentleman, where there are no children nor dogs. N.B.—His appetite is moderate, and the terms must be moderate also. WANTED.—A great number of customers.—At Dr. Lewis Teuchtwanger's establishment, in Courtlandt-street, any number of customers may be instantly accommodated with any quantity of spoons, knives, ladles, forks, figures, cups, speaking trumpets, thimbles, knobs, locks, ventilators, coffin plates, door ditto, pitchers, combs, tobacco boxes, communion services, snuff mulls, muddlers, napkin-rings, strainers, and mugs of all sorts; all manufactured of American silver, and of the very best quality, for cash. WANTED.—Five or six smart girls, to show off millinery and make themselves agreeable at a store of soft goods. Tus cans and Dunstables are the great staple. WANTED.—A lad to go West in the boot-polishing line. If handy, he will have chances of getting - on. NTE D.—Several plaisteters, at houses now rapidly go ing p. Apply, &e.' SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Tuesday morning week, about day-break, the mate of a vessel lying in the Old Dock, Hull, had his attention attracted by an extraordinary noise, like repeated thumps upon the decl. On looking to ascer tain the cause, be found no less than half a dozen partridges prostrate on the deck, four of which he succeeded in catching with his hand ; but the other two, having recovered suf ficiently froin their shocks, made their escape. He deposited his booty alive with some food in a basket, where they re mained until evening, when, on looking to see how they were, they arose in an, instant from a perfect stillness, and flew out of the basket. One of them put out the cabin light, and the whole were much more difficult to take in the cabin than they had previously been in the open air. The sailor, determined to haire no furthey trouble, twisted each of their necks as he secured them again. MISCELLANEOUS. The number of sudden deaths, among all classes in this country, have of late years very much increased, and pre sent a subject well worthy of investigation by the medical profession. A few days ago, Mr. James Dixon, of Lamblon, shot a wild swan in that neighbourhood, which measured seven feet between the tips of the wings. The Duke of Euccleugh has resolved not only to build, but also to endow, a new church at Hawiek, solely at his own expense. Such magnanimous and liberal conduct is truly characteristic of that noble family. Mr. Terry, the treasurer of Kyan's Anti-Dtyrot Company, has, in the vernacular tongue, made himself scarce ; having contrived to bolt with about £70,009, which he has got toge -ther-irrre-issning the scrirntotera thd MlT:in _ We regret to announce the death of J. P. Thomson, Esq., at his house in Ruehampton. This gentleman was the father of Mr. Poulett Scrope, M.P. for Stroud, and of the Eight Hon. Q. Poulett Thomson, president of the board of trade. The tee-totallers ofliorucastle have recommended to their friends not to eat bead made of beer yeast, and also to ab stain from eating pork where the pigs bad - been fed upon grains, thinking such actions infractions of the total absti nence pledge.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. A family at Marseilles was poisoned a few days since by eating some larks which had been caught by means of spread ing quantities of the MIX vomica over the open fields, in order to attract and stupify or kill partridges and other birds, which, when thus taken, are commonly sold in the markets. Medi cal assistance was speedily procured, and the lives of the in dividuals were with difficulty saved. As an idle boy, the son of Mr. Robinson, blacksmith, a t Slaggvford, in Knarsdale, was a few days ago bearding his father's cows in the Town Field; he tied two of their tails together, which set the poor animals pulling against each other, and one nulled the other's tail off, neatly coating the poor animal its life.—Newcastle Journal. A GEoLocicAL WONDUR.—On Wednesday, the miners at work in Ridgehill Lower•Clarkstield, Oldham, struck upon a rock, which, on cutting, they found imbedded in the solid mass a frog alive ! It was discovered at a depth of 104 yards from the surface, and was of a coal colour ; but, on being brought out of the pit, it became of the usual hue, and was alive a few days ago at Lower Clarkstield. ESCAPE OF A LEOPA n.—At Wakefield fair no little com motion was produced in Wood-sreet, by the apperance of a leopard, which had escaped from Mr. Hunter's managerie. The beast walked deliberately from his den upon the platform, then jumped into the street, and pounced into the laundry of the Woodman Inn, where he was locked up until secured by the keepers, and conducted back to his former quarters. DISCOVERY OF COAL.—At Scrachy, near to Castlederg, a bed of coal has been discovered only ten feet beneath the surface. It has more of the mineral characteristics than be longs to most Irish coal, which is anthracite ; and from the bitumen Which it contains, it runs like English coal, into cake. On the value of this discovery, not to Castlederg only but to Strabane and Derry, and the intermediate district, we need not enlarge.—Derry Standard. One of those "extraordinary occurrences" which occasion ally happen to vary the dull routine of human affairs took place at Bristol last week, by the marriage of Mr. John Veale, bachelor, aged 79, of the parish of Stanton Drew, to Miss Edith Hughes, spinster, aged 83, of the parish of Pensfeard. The youthful couple and friends retired to the "Good Queen Bess," and regaled themselves with o ld E ng li s h f are , a f ter which the "happy pair" left for the continent.—Salisbury Herald. ROMAN REMAINS.—A number of human skeletons, re markable for their high state of preservation, have been dis covered at Shooters-hill, near Pangbourn, Berks, on the line of the Great Western Railway. This was probably the scene of some great battle with the Britons, as spearheads, war axes, spurs, &e., both of Roman and British manufacture, lie scattered about, and many coins of gold, silver, and brass, bearing the impress of Domitian and other Emperors, were found in various of the graves.—Bristol Journid. TOWN CouNcas.—There were no municipal elections at Swansea, for the following reasons :—On the mayor appoint ing assessors at the revision of the burgess lists they refused to attend, and there was consequently no court. The mayor called on the assessors to come forward and assist him at the time appointed fur the election of councillors in the place of those going out, which they refused to do. It is the intention of the council to apply to the Court of Quevi's Bench to re medy the defect.—Cheltenham Gazette. It is said that a clue has been found 0 the : discovery of the murder of Eliza Grimwood, in Waterloo-road, and that Hubbard, her paramour, is a party implicated. lie left this country for America shortly after his liberation from custody. The new drama of Nicholas Nickleby is carrying all before it at the Adelphi Theatre, and deservedly so, for, besides being well dramatised and excellently acted, it is intrinsically interesting in its characters and incidents. The workmen have now commenced laying the foundation of the fifth and last bridge of the Great North of England Railway, near Northallerton, a little to the south of the town, which will cross over the high road leading to Borough bridge, near to the 250th mile stone from London. SRA COw.—An animal, which, according to description must have been a sea cow, (Trichechus Rosmarus), has been taken at Verdon, on the Pointe-de-Grave, when it was asleep, with its head in the water, and its body on the sand. It made great resistance when about to be captured. PROLIFIC VILLAGE.—At the village of Chedder, in Somer. setshire, on the Ist instant, the wife of the master of the na tional school*as delivered of two daughters ; and on the same day the wife of T. Masters of two sons; and on the following day the wife of T. Harris of a son and daughter; and of Mr. \V. Main,.of two. sons. REPIZESENTATIOIsI OF THE STEW A 11TR Y OF KIRECUD n RIG ir.—Me believe we can stale with confidence that Mr. Forbes, of Callender, the unsuccessful candidate for Stirling shire at.the last election, will be the candidate brought for ward on the conservative interest for the county of Kirkcuil brigh 1.- 7 Galloway paper. THE Pot ATOR CROP.—The. Sun says, " all consumers of potatoes know that the root is bad, as well as little produc tive this year." The very reverse is the fact in the Western counties;-where the crops are most abundant, and the root in the brightest perfection of which it is capable.--Bristol Journal. The " glorious free trade system" goes on admirably. In consequencB of the great importation of foreign boots and --t , .ans of the " gentle craft" are petitioning the legislature for protection. If the " glorious system" . con tinues for a few year., ..;ii nation or .pau pers—thanks to wit ig liberality.—Morning Herald. An Iron Stone Mine has been discovered upon the Manors of Sir Henry Wyndham and Sir George Musgrave, Batts. near to Croglin in Cumberland, by J. Fulltaia and Co., of-Al sten,' who have taken up grants from the abovenamed gentle- Men to work the same, and they are now raising the ore in abundance in both of the manors.—Newcastle Journal. . The effigy of the Bishop of Durham, together with a volume, bearing the title of Turner's Sermoni, were paraded through the streets of Bishop Auckland, on Monday evening, and af terwards publicly burnt together in the market-place. The Bishop was dressed in his canonicals, hearing a torch in his hand, and having the inscription of Unitarian Bishop. —New castle- Journal. EMIGRATION.—The number of emigrants who sailed from this port to British America, the United States, and our Australian 'Coldnies, during the last .spring and sumnier. amounted to 2,400. or thereabouts. Owing to the unsettled state•of affairs in America, emigration thither was very small, while in some measure, from the same cause, the number of emigranti to Australia was increased, 551 passengerslaving left for New South Wales. Ism,: 60 MAN.—On Tuesday a petition, containing be - - tween Sand 900 signatures, was forwarded from this town to the Lieutenant-Goliernor, praying his Excellency to prevent the further exportation of potatoes, an adequate quantity of which is so essential t o th e poor at all times, but especially when the price of bread-corn has risen so much above its usual rate in the island. A DEAR LETTER.—On Saturday morning the letter-car rier presented to Messrs. Peter Lawson and Son, nursery and seedsmen, Hunter-square, a packet addressed to them from Calcutta, marked " Seeds," for which the sum (4 . 1;114 and a halfpenny was charged for the postage.—Edinburgh Courant. The harvest is not yet over in the Ochills. There are still a good many fields of corn in the stook, which, when thrashed out and ground, will give a very small return. There are se veral fields of potatoes still in the ground. The intense frost which has set in prevents their being dug up, and will, it is to be feared, render them of little value.—. Edinburgh Evening Post. Though the lower parts of the country are yet free from snow, the whole range of the Cheviot and other hills in the North have been covered for some days past with their wintry mantle; throughout the present week the weather has been unusually cold for this season of the year, the wind blowing from the - North-East, and frosts prevailing during nights.— Newcastle Journal. DESTRUCTION OF THE PALACE OF RAPHOE BY FIRE.— This magnificent structure is now a heap of ruins. It was burnt to the ground on riday night. Raphoe is one of the suppressed sees, and since the death of the late excellent pre late, Dr. Bissett, who had expended a considerable sum in improving it, the palace was occupied by a care-taker and his family, employed by the ecclesiastical commissioners, whose property it was. The conflagration is supposed to have been caused by the lighting of a fire in one of the un occupied rooms, which was not properly attended to. The only article of furniture was an organ that belonged to the late bishop, which was saved. • Two bears were killed not many days since in the environs of Somvix, in the canton of the Orisons—no uncommon oc currence in that country, but on this occasion the death of one of the bears was attended with a curious circumstance. The animal was struck but not killed by the ball fired at him, and he retained force enough left to spring upon and grasp the hunter. A struggle ensued, during which the man and beast rolled over a steep precipice, and were buried in the bottom of a deep ravine filled with snow. Here they were found clasped together by another hunter, who soon de spatched the bear and released his adversary, who was not ,dangerously hurt. One day last week. Mr. Bailey, bookseller, Wotton-under- Edge, on his way to Uley, observed a quantity of wild straw berries growing on the bank by the side of the road quite ripe. There is an apple tree in the garden of Mr. F. Dauncey at the steep , Wottou-under-Edge, now i n f u ll bl ossom. — Bath Chronicle. STATE OF TRADE.—Within the last few days, there has been very little demand for yarn; and, as there is reason to believe that the rivers in the noith of Germany are now closed, much activity in the market can hardly be expected. For manufaCtured .goods of most descriptions there is still a fair demand, and stocks continue very low.—Manchester Guardian. EAST WORCESTERSHIR E CONSERVATIVE DINNER.—This dinner took place at Evesham on Friday last, at which about 150 were present. The chair was taken by J. W. Jones, Esq. who was supported by some of the first gentlemen in the county. • Mr. St. Paul. M.P., Mr. Barneby, M.P., Mr. Vakington, M.P., and the Rev. J. Harling, addressed the meeting in excellent speeches. GIANT CELEay.—Vie have received an uncommonly fine specimen of the Giant Celery. It was grown at Castlefreke, the seat of Lord Carbery, and a single head weighed 21b. 2ez. It was accompanied by an equally favonrable specimen of the American Potato. Specimens of the Celery may be seen at Mr. Ilartland's and Mr. Haycroft's—the former says it is the finest he has ever met with.—Cork ConslituNon. TAKING TT COOLLY.—As the Firefly was coming into dock in the Hull basin, on Monday morning, a sailor fell over board ; he sank, but instantly rose again, when his messmates threw a rope to him, which he caught hold of, and they began to haul hint on board, upon which Jack called out, "Avast there, leave gio hauling ; I fell overboard. by myself, and I'll get on beard by myself; which he effected by climbing up the ship's side, as if nothing bad happened.—nuil paper. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, Nov. 26.—We have had a brisk market to-day quite equal to those of past weeks. The chief demand still continues to be for low priced goods, and former rates have been fully maintained. The good demand for flannels, at present, may partly be a tt r ib u t e d to the severe frosty weather,i which has generally a consider able influence on the flannel market at this time of the year. The wool market is steady, and without, alteration in prices. The effect of Mr. Urquhart's valuable and eloquent expo sitions of the foreign and commercial relations of the king dom, addressed to the Chamber of Commerce of this town, will be felt throughout the mercantile communities of the British empire, and cannot fail to awaken their feelings and arouse their energies. The merchants of Leeds and of Hull have, we understand, invited Mr. Uurquhart to visit their towns, for the purpose of addressing them ; and those of other places , we have no doubt, will follow th e exam pl e .— Newcastle Journal. Last week some boys were amusing themselves with letting off fire-works and guns at Burton-upon Trent, when the con tentents of one of the pieces, consisting of paper pellets, were discharged into the abdomen of a girl named Ellen Warren, who was looking on the sport. The sufferer was immediately removed to her father's residence in New-street, where she lingered in great agony until Sunday, when she expired. Ors a post mortem examination, the pellets, which consisted of pieces of printed paper wetted and squeezed into balls, were found to have passed through the viscera and lodged in the lungs and liver. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," and strongly condemned the use of lire-arms in a town.—Derby Mercury. A PROPHECY FULFILLED.—The cause of all the mishaps of her Majesty's must wise and paternal government is at length developed. The mighty mystery in which the germ push them tram their stools were involved has been unravel led. Hear the awful reproach of Francis Moore, in his sage " Judicium Asirologicum pro Anne 1539." Thus speaks the ancient physician and astrologer :—" Her Majesty's govern ment, to do them but justice, look about them pretty warily; I wonder, therefore, they do not study my alinanack more attentive. Why have they disregarded my repeated warn ings, year after year, about Canada ? All the evils now de plored would have been prevented : but will not exult in a nation's mortification." Old Francis, we see, is thus as mag nanimous as he is wise. A GIPSY WEDDING.—A wild and singular scene was ex hibited on the Dunkeld road, a little above the barracks, on Monday last. A band of gipsies, numbering upwards of a dozen, encamped at the road side, when two of the party were joined in w e dl oc k, accor di ng t o th e f as hi on o f their peo ple. A deep caroue followed the ceremony, which was kept up for many hours, so long, indeed, as any of the "ruin" remained, or they were able to swallow the. liquor. At the commencement of the dobauch mirth and good humour pre vailed among the troop; but as the whiskey did its work, very different feelings were manifested. Ere all was ended, men and women were shouting, cursing, and fighting together in one general melee; and, when no longer able to "wag a tongue or lift a hand," the party dropped down here and there upon the road, in the stupor of intoxication, the bride and bridegroom being snugly "bedded" in a ditch !— Perth Paper. SINGULAR AND APPALLING EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS. —Last week a person died, who, along with his partner, was in very respectable business in Preston ; his death being mainly attributable to a long course of indulgence in •in toxicating liquors. He had, however, latterly become a tee totaller. He was interred on Sunday, and his partner (an old man) went to his funeral. The latter became excessively drunk from the liquor which lie took after the funeral, and on going home late at night, he joked with his wife about the mourning she would wear when he was dead. A few moments after this circumstance, he went up stairs with the intention of going to bed, when; being'unable to preserve his balance, he fell backwards over to the bottom of the stairs. He never spoke afterwards, having died almost instantaneously.— Preston Chronicle. AN IMPOSTOR.—A pretended ;,tipsy called lately at the house of a dress maker, in Preston; and gave her an orde r for making 18 white lutestriug dresses, and as many white lutestring bonnets, for a wedding that had tii take place in the course of eight weeks. She then pulled out a quantity of lace, and wished the dress-maker to -buy some, observing that she considered it would,be lucky for her, inasmuch as for every farthing she spent in the purchase of the lace she would receive as many pounds iu retuin. The dress-maker, however, had more sense than be duped; but there are others to whom the impostor has succeeded in selling her coarse and spurious articles of lace at a most exorbitant price. The same cheat likewise ordered of a respectable confectiOner in the town, forty pounds weight of bridercake, against the pre tended wedding.—Manchester Guardian. CLavaa APPREHENSION OF HiGnwAraisN.—A daring act of highway robbery took place on Tuesday, about six p. in. in the lane leading to Tiehfield Common, by two fellows named Fennell and Smith, wh o st o pp e d M r . Davis, jun., of York Buildings, on his roan to Southampton in a gig; one seized the horse's head, and the other jumped up behind, and, placing his arms round Mr. Davis's neck, rifled his pockets of his purse, containing 20s. in silver, having in vain tried to pull him out of his gig. The ruffians overlooked a gold watch which Mr. Davis had about him, it is presumed, owing to their being disturbed by hearing some one approach: They then turned the horse's head towards Titchtield, and made for Southampton. Mr. Davis soon after met Mr. Edward Knight, of Southampton, upholder; and on hearing the cir cumstances, Mr. Knight drove on With the gig he was in, overtook and passed the fellows, and suspecting they would pass over 41chen Bridge, instructed the men on board to keep the bridge in the middle of the river after they got them on it. - This was well executed, and Mr. Knight speedily re turned with the police, and secured them in the middle - of the river, where the bridge stopped, and they have since been committed. Too much praise- cannot be awarded to Mr. Knight for his courage and clever management of the capture. —Salisbury and lViltshire Herald. A CLEVER COBB USR.---The following is from the Notting ham Review of Friday week :—The other evening we pain a visit to a modest, unassuming young man residing on the Mansfield road, of the name of Whittle, a native of this town, and by trade a shoemaker: but who, having a strong taste for mechanism, has abjured his business, and is now following the avocation of a smith. lie has lately completed a small steam-engine, on the condensing principle, which, for neatness and Leauty of workmanship, we- have not seen equalled; the cylinder. is three inches in diameter, and the stroke six inches, and it works with all the steadiness and regularity of a larger engine.' We were also extremely gra tified by the inspection of a lathe, with screw, butting. tackle, &c., complete, with which he produced some singularly beautiful specimens of eccentric turning. But it is not only as an inventive. mechanist this self-taught young man sur prised us, for as .a drau g ht sman o f mach i nery, we do not think Nottingham has his equal; in his drawings of the most complex machinery, there is a clearness and precision but rarely met with, even in professional draughtsmen. We must add, that some of his m , chatiitial combinations for producing various artrcles are distinguished- for great ingeninty,and ihov , our readers will ask, has M , , Whittle found time to ac quite so much knowledge? By deioting those hours to study which most do to sleep, and in the intervals of his employ ment. .Talent like Mr. Whittle's must ti.':e its way: and, unless we are .very much mistaken, he be au honour to the town of which he is a native. NEWLY INVENTLD l i toCcu.—A practical farmer in the north of Lincolnshire has invented a plough which he has made throughout with his own hands, and which he proposes to call the "Farmer's Friend," as performing its work more effeetoati, , -with a great saving of 11°1.Fr-flesh and wear and tear of materials. This plough has no slips ; but by means of a light wooden wheel, about the size of au ordinary barrow wheel, attached to the lower part of the left hail or rail, and of a smaller one placed in the beam, the draught is more easily effected; and the only other pressure being thrown equally upon the share from eud to end, it wears sharp and not blunt as in the common plough, -and consequently will last so much longer. Some experienced ploughmen have tried it, and pronounce it the best they have ever seen; they calculate that more than half a horse-power in two horses will be saved, and the share will last twice the time of the ordinary one. Another advant age i s, t h at i t w i ll plough land, however hard, and is with.ditficulty thrown out of its course; when that happens,it immediately re-inserts itself to the pro per depth, without any .exertion of the ploughman beyond keeping it straight,. The inventor represents the smaller wheel as not absolutely necessary, except for the inexperi enced ploughman; hut. it is very useful on moving the plough from place toplace, rendering a sledge ttnnecessary.— Adreitiser. • . . THE RULING PASSION STRONG AFTER DEATH.—An old lady, in a retired part of the Peak, had plagued her liege lord some forty years., in consequence of an apparently unex tiuguishable thirst; and it was a subject of remark in the neighbourhood, that she was always more thirsty in propor tion to the potency of the beverage at.the time within reach. The husband was one day persuaded, by some friends, to try the effect of 'a surfeit on his spouse, and for this purpose be purchased a bottle each of the best brandy, gin and rum, and placed them on the table at supper time. Many were the thanks and endearments bestowed on him, and great was the demolition of the three alcoholi c preparations. So much so, in fact, that some neighbours, who dropped in about mid night (by previous appointment) to see the effects of the experiment, severally declared, that the dose was sure to do good one way or. the other, on the kill or cure principle. Total insensibility, at length, canto on, and in this state they deposited her in a large meal chest, and sat down to await the result. Towards daybreak the old dame began to be restless, and, about breakfast time, she fairly awoke. All was dark—all was still: Not a whisper escaped the philoso phical experimentators, when, after considerable scratching, and feeling, and fumbling in her narrow prison, she, at length, in a very sepulchral tone, broken only by an occasional hiccup, delivered herself of the following soliloquy:—" Why, I'm dead—and buried—and in my coffin. Oh ! that last tumbler of ruin punch did the mischief. Well, I declare, how thirsty I am." After giving two or three distinct taps against the side of her supposed coffin, she shouted, as loud as her situation would permit, "Dan ve sell ony drink in this country." The husband and neighbours were, by this time, fully convinced that the experiment was a failure. The lady was released from the meal chest, and still continues to take a wee drop, whenever she has a wee drop to take.— Derbyshire Courier. CURIOUS ANSUDOTE.—An anecdote to the following pur portis going the round of the French papers :—One of the most pleasing cantatrices of the Parisian stage was, a short time since, on a provinci a l t our w ith her husband, when she found herself exposed to the disagreeable assiduities of a rich old Turcaret of one of the principal towns of France. This per son could devise no other means of making himself welcome to the lady than by writing her a very impudent letter, and enclosing in it a not e f or 500 francs. Feeling the insult very warmly, the lady put the note into her husband's hands, who, to avenge himself as a man of wit and good sense, wrote exactly a similar note to the wife of the old gentleman, a young woman like his own, and enclosed in it the 500 franc note, and sent it to her with all proper mystery and precaution. This lady, nut less insulted in her affections than the canta trice, gave the letter to h er h us b an d , w h o concea l ed his as tonishment, and affeCtecrto treat the affair as one that had better be hushed up than be made a noise about. His wife, however, who was not aware of the real circumstances of the case, was by no means disposed to take it so easily, and, ac cordingly, went to the cantatrice to tell her of her husband's supposed infidelity. An explanation ensued, and the resu lt has been a legal dem a nd of separation, corps et blend, made by the lady against the old gentleman. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—On Thursday the 'ship Welcoine, Captain Ritchie, sailed with a fair wind from Greenock, for Adelaide, with eighteen cabin, four intertnediate, and a full complement of the commissioners' steerage passengers. This is the first ship which has sailed from the Clyde to South Australia, and we are happy to learn the complete success of this commencement of a trade which is likely soon to be of great importance between this country and the rising colony. So great was the quantity of goods offered, that about 100 tons were short shipped. The cabin passengers were of a very superior class to the general run of emigrants. They were accompanied down the Clyde by a large party of friends, who engaged a steam-boat for the purpose, and parted above the Cloth Lighthouse with three hearty cheers from each vessel. The Welcome is to be succeeded by the Lady Bute, lately launched at Greenock, and decidedly one of the handsomest ships yet built in the Clyde.—Glasgow Courier. A PaacTlcs JOKE.—A gentleman, of considerable talent as an orator, became a member of a legislative body, in one of the Eastern States. In speaking, he was addicted to an odd habit of handling his spectacles,—first placing them upon his nose, suffering them to remain a minute or two, throwing them upon his forehead, and finally folding them up and laying them before him upon the desk. One day, a very important question came up • for consideration, and he commenced a speech in opposition. A friend to the proposed measure, who was a most incorrigible wag withal, deter mined to spoil the effect of the honourable member's re marks. and accordingly, before he entered the house, provi ded himself with a dozen pairs of spectacles. The menthes commenced his speech with his usual ability. But a few minutes had elapsed before he %vas at work with his spectacles, and .finally got them upon his forehead. At this Junction, our wag, who stood ready, laid another pair upon the desk before the speaker. These were taken up, and by regular gradations, gained a place upon his forehead, by the side of the other. A third, fourth, and fifth pair was disposed,of in the sane manner. A smile settled upon the countenance of the honourable members, which gradually lengthened into a grin, and at last, when the speaker had warmed into one of the most patriotic and eloquent sentences, he deposited a sixth pair with the others, and there was one long and loud peal of laughter from all quarters o f th e h a ll— pres id ent, clerks, members, joined in chorus. The speaker looked round in astonishment at • this curious interruption; but ac cidently raising his head, he grasped the spectacles, and the whole force of the joke rushed upon his mind. He dashed the glasses upon the floor, took up his hat, and left the hall. The bill passed by a triumphant majority, probably in con sequence of the gentleman's very billy and useless "habit.— Cincinnatti New:. THE BATTERSEA PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Harris, the pedes. trian, is still prosecuting his arduous task of walking 1750 miles in 1000 successive hours, and fast advancing to the com pletion of it, having performed 1465 miles at eight o'clock on Saturday night. lie appears in good spirits, but, as the difficulties of the match now daily thicken upon him, his phy sical energies begin to • fail. lie no longer walks with this firm and vigorous step as heretoline, but evidently labours under a weakness of the sinews, which causes his action to be traced and enfeebled. Ills cough (caught during the late rains) is of a most violent and trying description; in addi Lion to which he suffers consider a bl y f rom sores an d bli ster in his feet, produced by his lengthened walking, that cause l Partial limping. He sleeps but little, but that little is soup and refreshing. lie says himself that he could now do will out any sleep at all until the wager shall be_kerfected. anAi,,Ty w comptete It tang 06great as to keep him abut): continually awake. Should he accomplish it, of which hk has himself no doubt, he calculates that he shall receive about £lOO, depending entirely upon the generosity of the , " who have betted in his favour. Several heavy bets were laid during the past week, and, in consequence of 'Barris having completed so much of his arduous undertaking, odds are is his favour of live to one.—Morning Herald. ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT STORAL—Tuesday was the anniversary of the great storm in. England in 1703, which caused more devastation throughout England than any situ[' lar calamity on record. We ale informed, by a writer of that period, that this fearful tempest was preceded by a strong westerly wind, which set in about the middle of November and increased daily to such a degree that, on the 26th beta' ness was totally suspended, and few persons had courage to leave their dwellings. The succeeding night was dreadful , and the noise made by the wind resembled a continuous peel of thunder. 123 persons were killed in the course of the night and following morning by the fall of buildings, and nearly the same number of persons were buried alive in the ruins of their own habitations. On the 27th London pre' sented the appearance of a desolate and ruinous city ; the principal thoroughfares were rendered impassable, for the ruins of houses and tenements blown down. About 800 dwellings were laid in ruins, and a few of tho se th a t res isted escaped from being unrooft e d, a fact that receives additioual confirmation from the circumstance of house tiles, which bad recently been selling at 21s. per thousand, rose 10E6. The lead, which covered 100 churches and other public buildings, was rolled up and hurled in prodigious quantities to almost tu credible distances. The damage done in the city of London alone was estimated at the vast sum of £2,000,000. Only four vessels remained moored between Loudon-bridge and Limehouse, the rest being driven below, and mostly destroyed by beating against each other. Th ose w h o per i s h e d i n the floods of the Thames, Severn, on the coast, and in ships blown away and never heard of afterwards, are estimated at 8000. The Eddystone Lighthouse was also destroyed on the night of the 27th, the lives of its architect, Mr. Winttaulev, and other pers o ns w h o were in it at the time, b e i ng sacriflce . d• SINGULAR AND INTERESTING STAG HUNT.—A few dap' ago, two gentlemen, passing through the demesne of Calor nane. near Killarney, had their attention arrested by a loud barking of a terrier, which had accompanied them, in an ad joining thicket, when, on turning round,' to their great sur- prise, they beheld a noble specimen of that beautiful animal the red deer, which has of late contributed so much to the ill' terest with which every eye beholds the enchanting s ce nery of Killarney. One moment, and away he bounded towards Cahirnane•House, doubled back by the avenue, till he reached the gate, and, impeded here by some persons attracted to the spot, leapt the stone fence and pailiug, a little to the left, when, after swimming the 'leak, he bent his way for the tollo, of Killarney, which he would hav e e nt ere d, b u t f or a p ar ty 0' boatmen. A general pursuit here took place on the part of several inhabitants of the town, in the course of which one individual was severely hurt, who had endeavoured to impede his progress after his le-crossing the Flesk. Leaving his pur' suers at fault, after a hot chace, the antlered Monarch finally gained the lake, and, taking the soil, sought repose in an ad joining island. Next day, however, his rest was disturbed by the Muckruss pack, and be was soon se( n en homing towards the mainland, with the dogs at his heels. tiainin; terra f i rnut, he ran for about half a mile, and again took the soil, making for Castlelough Point. lntercepted here, he strrined away towards Castlelough House, where he had nigh demolisbegl, a fair specimen of the "p rec i ous porce l a i n o f h uman d a p," but for her presence of mind in suddenly opening her no' brella in his face. Diverted from wreaking his anger on the fair demoiselle, he made fur a neighbouring wood, the hounds still following him in full cry. Aroused from this retreat, be was once more seen taking the water, the. hounds switniuirif after with unabated vigour,' when, the , shades of evening closing in, he baffled his pursuers--Tralee Mercury. MUNTZ AND lIIS WIIIAKERS.—We extract the ful' lowing paragraph front the Northampton Ilereld of last week: —" A correspondent on whose veracity we place the fullest reliance, informs us, that the friends and supporters of this celebrated Birmingham political character are at this mo ment in a state of painful anxiety and excitement at the pre' veiling rumour of a het for a large amount, which has been made by a certain Nobleman and some other friends well known in the spotting circles. His Lordship,„it is stated , has staked a considerable sum that he will, on or before. th e 25th of December next, with his own hand, ' shave one side, of Mr. Muntz's fa ce .' Th e d e t erm i ne d reso l u ti on an d coot courage of the hero of the 'morning star,' coupled with the fact of the arrival of several strange and mysterious:.looking characters, part of whom have taken up their quarters in the, immediate vicinity of Mr. Muntz's country residence, le ad to the expectation of this unexampled feat shortly. Mr. Mintz is continually well and . povverfullY coining off '. YerY guarded, and does not, be says, intend to he deprived of the distinguishing feature in his personal appearance without u struggle." Whether this extraordinay bet has really bee n made or not we have no . means of knowing, but the rumou r has•been gaining ground for some t i me past, and we do knot s that it has given our old pet, Mr. Muutz, no small unee'i" ness. The eccentric character of the Noble Marquis to whom the paragraph alludes gives an a i r o f s t rong prebabilitY to the report, and if his Lordship has made such a bet, 116 will gladly bet long odds th a t h e w i ns it.—Birming/urta , vertiser, THE MANUFACTURE OF SHERRY.—The old wines are kept in huge casks—not much inferior iu size to the gr ea t tun ?; Heidelberg—called 'Madre' butts; and some of these 0 1 " ladies contain wine that is 120 years of age. It must, how ever, be confessed, that the plan adopted in keeping them L 0 partakes somewhat of 'rote imposture delicate ;' since, when: ever a gallon of wine is t a k en f rom th e 120 year o ld b u tt, it replaced by a like quantity from the next in seniority, and d° on with the rest; so that even the very oldest wines in th e store are daily undergoing a mixing process. It is thus per t fectly when a customer writes for a 't e n-y ear old' t ul.Sherry, to exp ec t t o rece i ve a w i ne w hi c h was grown that number of year s p rev i ous l y. H e w ill get a most exce llent wine, however, which will, probably, be prepared for him tp the following manner :—Three-fourths of the butt will coni sist of three or four y ear o ld w i ne, to w hi c h a • f ew ga llons rujarete,. or Amontillado, will be added, to give the part' . (Altar flavour or c o l our requ i re d ; an d the remainder will b° made up of various proportions of old wines, of differeo vintages; a dash of brandy being added, to preserve it frl seasickness during the v o y age . T o ca l cu l a t e t h e age of In t !, mixture, appears, at first sight, to involve a laborious aril . metical operation. But it is very simply dune, by strik' an average in the following manner:—The fon, we t suppose, is a four-years' old wine, with which figure we in?' therefore commence ou r ca l cu l a ti ons . To flavour and Oi k age to this foundation, th e h un d re d an d twenty years 'maitre' is made to contrib u t e a ga ll on , w hich , b ein g ab out the hundreth part of the proposed butt, diffuses a year's turity into the compo s i t i on . Th e centigenarian stock-un, next furnishes a qu a n t ity, w hi c h i n t h e same way a dds ao", ther year to its age. The next in seni o rity supp li e s a 11 1 , 1 ', portion equivalent to a space of two yea's ; and a fourth au a similar period to it s ex i s t ence . S o t h at, w i thout going , ther, we have 4 ><2 V,2=--10, as clear as the sun at no n '; day, or a demonstration in E uc lid.—C apta i n Scott's Exo. sions. DEAFNESS.—It unfortunately happens, says Mr. r y Curtis, in an article in the L ance t f ur N ovem b er, t h a t a st_eii'e strong prejudice is entert a i ne d b y th e nen-pro f ess i ona l Pu b re against having recourse to professional assistance for the O of deafness, a complaint w hi c h i s, i n genera l , looked ul'°„aj when commencing, as trivial, and wh en es t a bli s h e d, asheY a c 'i, ten e powers of art to re move . Thi s un h appy f ee li ng i s a P rla pat cause of the great numbers of deaf persons who are C O iit staptly met with in society, and who, to remedy is compla i k ; which in all probability can be cured, or at least alleviated , ti proper nteasures,have recourse le palliative plans of t reatil o ", e and use acoustic iustrutnente, by trusting to which they , that time to be frittered uselessly away its which, bs , thejtru l- a, misapplications of remedies they might be cured. It is a sitg esa gar fact, if we take into co n s id erat i on t h e d am pness of t", by countries, that in Holland and B e l g i um, as I was inform { u er some medical authorities when I was there, there are f e l,. cases of confirmed deafness than there are in these islu a t be but the reason f or it i s evident, the disease is attacked to beginning, and, removed before it can fix itself, or cause ir' t , mediable mischief. The inhabitants of those countries sold be all surists, using fothentations of aromatic herbs' 1e cleansing of the m ea t us , as soon as the ear b ecomes sue- , a . and acting on the only- t rue an d w i se pr i nc i p l e, venienti 19° s 0 , rite morbo. One of the principal, and most cocuni!,,, causes of deafness is a deficiency of the secretion, from want of action of the cerumiuous glands. Many ca se bee loss of hearing whi c h h ave beets under my care, even ! fa . the disease has been o f l ong s t a ndi ng, h ave b een fairly able to this cause, and, on its removal, the deafness appeared ; of course, in a longer or shorter time, actort of to the previous dur a tion of th e di sease , and the sev ert Yoe !he primary cause of the inaction of the glands. Wh e % c es meatus auditorious has be e n duly c l eanse d, an d the or_t oea l of the ducts have been, as it w ere , re - opene d , by the relt i, a of the diseased secretion - by w hiCh th ey were occludeuthe moderate stimulant is of essential service in restoring ..eV glands to healthy action; but the cleansing i s i na peretr tioa necessary, and nu remedy will be of use until that op ,a has been properly performed. 1 generally employ a with a ration consisting of half an ounce of ox-gall, mixed v! .4i i c h drachm of tincture of castor or tincture of musk, with 7. st us a piece of cotton is moistened, arid inserted luta the n7_ e i a g at night, to soften the hardened cerumen, the ear o ne syringed in the morning with warm water, to svhie; b e ets ounce of soap liniment and a littl e eau d e Cologne hay g a b of added. 1 occasionally sub s tit u t e th e so l u ti o n of pota atioa the Pharmacopoeia, with oi l o f a l mon d s , f or the PrePa r the of ox-gall and castor, with equal advantage its dissolvrater cerumen. In effecting this, it is necessary to be pa nic bas in the choice of a sy ri n ge . Wh en thi s i mpo rtant ohie e _ t te ' to been obtained, and the ducts and glands are in a fit s t e t of be acted on by the stimelant, a solution of creosote tie tads to be of great advantage in inducing th e cerumiuous s lap to resume their healthy action. -ally ill TIIE Hilo Moori.—lt is believed g enerally, es e el o f the the neighbourhood of Paris, that in certain months _ aa year the moon exerts a great influence on the 'plieullooo, vegetation. Gardeners give the name of the " Re. l „ a d the to that moon which is full between the middle of rp a t close.of May. According to them, the light of the ine oo p e urig that season exercises an injurious influence upon th r, the shoots of plants. They say that when the sky is clot' „re leaves and buds exposed to the lunar light reddens, s au a sed killed as if by frost, at a time when the thermometer Vt_Peziag in the atmosphere stands at many degrees below the fr e es ap e point. They say, also, thet if a clouded sky interce s l",_ t he moon's light, it prevents these injurious consequencee reunaal plants, although the circumstances of temperature a g o. in both-cases. Any person who is acquainted with th e o dan tiful theory of dew, which we owe to )Jr. Wells, find o ,, te d to culty in accounting for these effects, erroneously' " i,llsub' the snoon. If the heavens be clear and unclouded, stances on the surface of the earth which are strongn the ful radiators of heat lose temperature by radiation they 00' unclouded sky returns no heat to them to restore n :'7 aa ees,t, have lost. Such bodies, therefore, under these circu " even become they be b t e h t a r n , z theee. Ice,t surrounding fa e, i p rodu cers e,e et v r ea l climates by similar means. But if the firmaneut be " in clouds. These clouds having t• flees upon tio- lose will restore by their radiation. to subs d I einselves of the earth, as much heat as such substanctis c l m s t. . dies v! tto ill by radiation : the temperature, therefore, of air s h ' urrat a-j a d be maintained at a point equal to that ttr t re strong A them. Now the leaves a" nut "' sof Pla • nts a theY t her' t the quality of radi.ist.itbigurbrxec: powerful, radiators of heat; when the sky is c l e ar, the o tk o e fore lose temperature, and may be frozen; i f m hand, the sky is clouded, their tempera ur is ai no co p " The moon, therefore , has the reasons above stated. betties thellot would su ff er under the same eirctimstances, l w uite tr ue I ns is above or below the horizon. It is plants y g rout s _ . , rer a 'section whatever with this e ff ect : and it is certain that errs on less it be visible; because a c 'anis c louds much to the production of the injury to the p • ... me ,_ 0 if the moon be above the horizo le n a t r he sk p yisiu c dispen ;Ll i e jith s e which veil the moots, and intercept her ig , a d v er prevents the injury her' the egg', visibility of the moon ; and . on the other l h . a i n t d,! , : v re e ' b " ac k to ten d plants that warmth whic h to. b tithe nce is dis but wrong as to the cause; and its ertrss betels covered, by showing that, on a clear night, P a e "„ ave sthete s The popular opinion, therefore, is right as to tu snu eiv e , r. a_nd mo tb n e th r i e li fo c re hr n m o d t el v e i . sible, the plants Y "