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T is existing French government, under the pretext of putting down socialism and disorder, has set up a pure despotism, and carried into practice those views which the Socialists merely advocated as.a theory. It may be that there is some short-sighted world4y wisdom in the policy which has been adopted ; but assuredly it has neither honesty nor prudent statesmanship. The effect may be to distance and outbid all rivalry, for the present ; but to what point must it tend, when men's eyes are directed to the future ? If the Socialist principle of appropriating private property, for the benefit of others than the owners, be once recognised as a matter for legitimate ex periment, who can_offer the smallest guarantee that there Thy features have not lost the bloom lhat brig,h•ened them when first we met No ; rays of softest light illume '1 heir unambitious beauty yet. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, And it the passing* clouds of Care Hive cast their 811.114m/a o'er thy face, They hAsti. but left, triumphant, there A holier charm—more witching grace. And if thy voice hath sunk a tone And sounds more sadly than of yere, It hath a sweetness, all its own, Methinks I never marked before. will be an end of the husiness,•when the estates and heri tages of princes and aristocrats shall have been exhausted. The decree of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, for the con fiscation of the private domains of the princes and prin. cwees of the Orleans family, is a measure that was oriel ginally suggested by the Provisional Government of 1848, of which poor Louis Blanc and .wrong-headed - Rollin were influential members. But, although the Thus, young, and fair, and happy too, — it hiss indeed may here be won, — In spite elan that Care can do, In spite of all that Time bath done. Is yon white hair a boon of love; To thee in mildest mercy given ? A sign, a to;:en from above, To lead thy thoughts from earth to heaven pri•ject was carried so far as sequestration, on the plea that the debts of King Louis-Philippe should be paid from the proceeds,. the entire management of the details was en -trusted to M. de Monteliver, the 'King's confidential agent, who was soon enabled to discharge all legal and equitable demands upon his master, end to redeem the estates, and, as he thought, to secure them for the future permanent advantage of their owner. This, however, af forded no triumph, and, cons quently, no satisfaction to To speak to thee of life's decay; Of beauty, hastening to the tomb ; Of hopes, that cannot fade away ; Of j ys, that never lose their bloom? THE EMIGRATION TRADE. LETTER To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Or sprints the thread of timeless snow With those dark, glossy locks entwined, Month's and Beauty's morning glow, To emblem thy maturer mind ? . . . the Socialists, and they therefore made another effort, in July, 1848, through the agency of M. Jules Fabvre, a Red-Republican leader, absolutely to deprive the exiled king and his family of their inheritance as French citi zens, in addition to their loss of power and status as its rulers. The proposition, however, was-coldly received, notwithstanding the general excitement which then pre vailed; and being referred to the Standing Committee on Finance, the report drawn up by M. Berryer—a legiti mist, and hence no friend to any unjust pretensions on the part of the House of Orleans—established the private right of the exiles to enjoy what fairly belonged to them, and totally demolished the claims and arguments of those who 3ought to put money into their own pockets by spo liation. It does, it does:—then let it stay; Eve ' , Wisdom's self were welcome now: Who'd wish her soberer tints away, When thus they beam from Beauty's brow! VARIETIES General Lamhort said pithily, were but men at the best." There is not a more extraordinary instance of constant application than that which is shown by the tax-gatherer. Intellect is not the moral power ; conscience is. ' that the best of men It was then clearly shown that the property of Louis 41 H moor, not talent, makes the - gentlem . nn." . . Philippe had besn held under two distinct CIEISSeE of title. One was the appanage of the Dukedom of Orleans. as held by a Bourbon of the royal line, nearly relater" to the sovereign, and granted by Louis XIV., in 1692, to his brother, by letters patent ; but on the express condition that i should revert to the crown, in case the duke or any of his descendants in possession should ascend the throne. This appanage comprised the forests of Orleans, of Villara Cotteret, of which such charming descriptions have bean given in the " Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpeo sier," and of Coucy ; together with the Palais Royal. and sundry other pleasant and profitable domains, realising, altogether, an income of about £lOO,OOO per annum. The contingency provided for in this endowment did arise, in the year 1830, by the elevation of Louis Philippe to the rank of " King of the Barricades" ; and the whole of the property, accordingly, reverted to the civil list, and ceased to be treated as belonging to the Orleans family. Nor has any claim been set up for its resumption since the expulsion of the king, and the destruction of the throne. The state has done with it whatever seemed good, without contention or even question. The other portion of the ample private fortune of the late king was derived chiefly from hie mother. the heiress of the old and historically renowned Dukes. f PenthiCyre, to which were added such purchases of land as his pr , de cessors and himself had been able to make out of the savings of their income, marriage dowries, and IN quests of friends. This property was absolutely vested in Louis Philippe before his accession to the throne ; was never appropriated to the purposes of the state, nor was a ques tion ever asked as to its management or use by those who moat grudged the king his abundant wealth, and the influence it necessarily conferred on him, independently of his exalted position and patronage. It was because Louis Philippe had this enormous property, and had pro mised, when the crown was tendered to him in 1830, to provide for his children by dividing it among them, that the Chamber of Deputies repeatedly refused to allow any " dotation" to he made for the hehoof of the Princes and Princesses of Orleans, as they grew up and got settled in marriage. Yet this is tire property which Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has seized, affecting to treat the booty as a resumption of what once belonged to the public. To a , gue about the justice of this confiscation, after the broad facts are stated, would he absurd. Its defence can only be drawn from the canons of the socialists, whose mission the President. has taken up, after they have been driven to abandon it, as one which conduces to his own pe-sonal benefit, and may serve to gratify the troopers of that army by whose bayonets and suffrage alone he rules. M. Bonaparte has not even the poor plea for his pro ceedings that it was necessary to disarm, by quartering upon, his enemies ' • for Louis Philippe and his family were ever the indulgent friends, and, to some extent, the admi rers of the Emperor Napoleon and his immediate con nexions. He was perpetually lavishing eulogies on the memory and actions of the great soldier and lawgiver who had " made Paris the capital of Europe." More than once he admitted members of the family, though known to cherish and to have put forth pretensions to the French throne, to enter the realm ; and he ever afforded a refuge to Queen Hortense, the mother of Louis Napoleon, when surrounded by difficulties and dangers, in his own palace. He begged the exiled corpse of Napoleon from the British government, and brought it from its appropriate monu ment—the giant rock of St. Helena—to the banks of the Seine, which he had loved so well ; dedicated Statues to his honour and glory ; and decorated the walls of Ver sailles with pictures, and other monuments and memo rials, of his exploits. He was tolerant and forbearing even to the Pretender who twice invaded his kingdom. Nay, he went so far as to shield him from the extreme punishment which his breach of faith and treason had incurred. The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversi'y is fo,titude. Hurnan exi-t, nce hintes upon trifles—what is beauty without SOll An eas'ern si?e, being desired to inscribe on the ring of his sultan a motto equally applicable to prosperity and zdver.ity, returned it with these words engraved on the marface. " And this, too, shall pass away." It being reported that Lady Caroline Lamb, in a moment of pass , o , i, knocked down oneof her pages with a stool, the poet. M ore, to whom the story was told by Lord Strang. ford. observed, "On ! nothing is more natural for a literary lady than to double down a page," " I would sather" replied his lordship, " advise Lady Caroline to turn over a new leaf." AN EMIGRANT'S HOME", It is a grievous perverting of the design of speech to use it to the defaming and disquieting our neighbour. It was given us as an instrument of beneficial commerce, and ideb-ctahitt conversation ; that with it we might assist and advise, might cheer and comfort, one another; we, there fore. i , i employing it to the disgrace, vexation, damage. or prtjudice in any kind. of our neighbour, do foully abuse it ; and so doing render ourselves indeed worse than dumb beasts ; for better far were it that we should say nothing. than that we should speak ill.— Barrow. ACTING THE AGREEABLE.—An Englishman seldom lays tiimselt out to act the agreeable to women—a French xnen r omits an opportunity of so doing ; hence the attentions of the latter are less gratifying than those of the former, because a woman, however tree from vanity, .may suppose that when an Englishman takes the trouble —and it is evidently a trouble, more or less, to all our islanders to enact the agreeahle—she has really inspired him with the desire to please.—Lady Blessington's Idler in France. POPULAR PROVERBS.—Pride frustrates its own desire: it will not mount the steps of the throne, because it has 210 t yet the crown on.—Sound not the vain trumpet of self-condemtation, but forget nor to remember your own imperfections.—The thinking man hath wings; the acting man has only fett and hands.—The pur.•st joy that we can experience in one we love is to see that person a source of hapoinesa to others.—Kindly appreciative words may bring upon the spirit of a man a softening dew of hu mility. in:tead of feeding within him the boisterous flame of vanity. RARE INSTANCE OF NERVE.—An Indian sword-player declared at. a great public festival that he could cleave a small lime laid on a man's palm without injury to the member; and the General (Sir Charles Napier) extended bis right hand for the trial. The sword player, awed by bis rank, was reluctant, and cut the fruit horizontally. Being urged to fulfil his boast, lie examined the palm, said it was not one to be experimented upon with safety, and refused to proceed. The General then extended his left hand, which was admitted to he suitable in form ; yet the Indian still declined the tri I, and when pressed twice waved his thin keen-edeed blade as if to strike, and twice withheld the blow, declaring he was uncertain of success. Finally he was forced to make a trial ; and the lime fell open, cleanly divided—the edge of the sword had just inarked its passage over the skin without drawing a drop of blood. !—Sir C. Napier's Administration in Scinde. INTERCOURSE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.—Toge ther with other. valtuible hints, he recommended me never to assume airs of superiority, never to speak slightingly about American institutions, and never to draw invidious comparisons between the old world and the new. Ile pressed upon me the importance of avoiding all expressions unfavourable to negro slavery, and recommending me to treat all perzons with respec', whatever might be their condition in life. " Remember, for example," he added, di when you enter a public-house, instead of giving orders, as you would do in England, to ask modestly for what you want, and to pay great deference to the innkeeper and his attendants. Frequently," he proceeded, " the master of the house is a colonel, a general, or a judge, and the most influential pet son in the place : while those who might be mistaken for his servants are none other than his wife, his sons, and his daughters. In all your intercourse with Americans of every description, recollect, as you value your peace and comfort, to avoid the use of the imperative mood."—Caswell's America and the American Church. AN EPISCOPAL PII.OTEIJS--Re [Bishop Chase] was not only the Bishop of the Diocese, and Rector of the Parish ; but President of the Convention, of the Board of Trustees, of the Professors, and of the little societies formed by the residents at Gambier. He had the ap pointment of professors, tutors, headsmen, and clerks; and, as General Agent, possessed a complete control over personal and domestic comforts of the College officers and their families. He was the Postmaster, and had the ma nagement of the hotel, :he shop, the mill, the farms, the printing-office, the tailors, the shoemakers, and the la bourers. As Steward of the Refectory, he could and did say when, where, and what both the professors and the students should eat. He was also the Treasurer, receiv ing and disbursing all moneys, fixing all salaries, and set dins all accounts."—lbid. And it is for this that Louis Napoleon, who owed so much to the Orleans family, now despoils and impover ishes them ! Robs them of their patrimony, and appro priates to himself, and to the reward of the t..oops who effected for him the coup d'etat of the 2cd of December, the very tombs of their ancestors and brethren at the Castle of Dreux, which had been spared and held sacred through ell the revolutionary violence and violations of former years 1 Such a policy must needs gratify the socialists and anarchists, for it is their own ; but it has so effectually disgusted sober-thinking and honest-hearted men in every part of France, and so associated infamy with the name and proceedings of M. Bonaparte in every part of Europe, that, to use the language of the TimeB on the subject, " already have many minor shades of difference been re moved from among the constitutional party, and some dis tant prospect prepared tor a union of all, in the restoration of law and government, to the French nation." MARRIAGE IN GERMANY is preceded by the following Ceremonies and forms :—First, proposal ; second, be trothal ; third, a public family dinner or supper of an nouncement ; fourth, the protocoling, or testimonials required by government, being-1. A certificate of vac cination. 2. A week-day school ticket, in proof of re gular attendance there. 3. A certificate of attendance upon a religious teacher. 4. A certificate of confirmation. 5. A conduct certificate. G. A service book. 7. A wan derbueh (this refers to the compulsory travels of their handwerks burschen, or handicraftsmen.) 8. An appren tice ticket. 9. A statement made and substantiated as to which. if not considered satisfactory, eccording destroys the whole thing. 10. A per mission from the parents. 11. Residence permission ticket. 12. A certificate as to the due performar,ce of militia duties. 13. An examination ticket. 14. A ticket of business or occupation at the time. The higher classes have even more difficulties than these. Thus a Bavarian officer cannot marry until he has deposited enough to provide £4O per annum for his future family. propert to circumstances THE SISTER OF GEORGE 111.—The official journal of Copenhagen at the 17th instant, gives an interesting do cument, hitherto unpublished, the original of which is in the secret archives of the State of Copenhagen. It is the letter which Queen Caroline Matilda, wife of Christian VII., King of Denmark. wrote during her exile, and on the day of her death, to her brother, George 111. of Eng land. The letter is as follows :—" Sire,—ln the solemn hour of death I address myself to you, my Royal brother, in order to manifest to you my feelings of gratitude for the kindness you have shown me during my life, and particu larly during my long misfortunes. I die willingly, for there is nothing to hind me to this world—neither my youth (she was then in her 23d year) nor the enjoyme, is which might sooner or later he my portion. Besides, can life have any charms for a woman who is removed from all those whom she loves and cherishes—her husband, her children, her brothers and sisters ? I, who am a Queen. and the issue of a Royal race, I have led the most wretched life, and I furnish to the world a fresh example that a crown and a sceptre cannot protect those who wear them from the greatest misfortunes. I declare that lam inno cent, and this declaration I write with a trembling hand, bathed with the cold sweat of death. lam innocent. The God whom I invoke, who created me, and who will soon judge me, is a witness of my innocence. I humbly implore Him that He will, after my death, convince the world that I have never merited any of the terrible accu 6ati°" by which my cowardly enemies have sought to blacken my character, tarnish my reputation, and trample under foot my Royal dignity. Sire, believe your dying sister, a queen, and, what is still more, a Christian, who with fear and horror would turn her eyes towards the next world if her last confession were a falsehood. Be assured I die with pleasure, for the wretched regard death as a blessing. But what is more painful to me even than the agonies of death, is that none of the persons whom I love ere near my death bed to give roe a last adieu, to console we by a look of compassion, and to close my eyes. Ne vertheless, lam not alone. God. the only witness of my innocence, sees me at this moment, when, lying on my solitary couch, I am a prey to the most excruciating ago nies. My guardian angel watches over me; he will soon conduct me where I may in quiet pray for my well-be loved, and even for my executioner. Adieu. my - Royal brother; may Heaven load you with its blessings, as well as my husband, my children, England, Denmark, and the whole world. I supplicate you to allow my body to be hid in the tomb of my ancestors, and now receive the last adieu of your unfortunate sister, CAROLINIC gATILDA. Celle, (Usaor er o may 10, 1775." ThE GREY HAIR. " WAYS AND MEANS'IN FRANCE. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. ______„...__ • 4. Come, let me pluck that silver hair ITHE existing French government, under the pretext of Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the Which ',Hid thy clustering curls 1 see; real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but The withering type of 'rime or C.,re putting down socialism and disorder, has set up a pure as a guarantee of good faith ; this • is indispensably requisite Hath no, lung, sure, to do with thee. despotism, and carried into practice those views which the in any statement of facts. Years have not yet impaired the grace Socialists merely advocated as. a theory. It may be that The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold That charmed me once, that chains me now ; himseif responsible for the opinions or statements of his And Envy's self, love, cannot *.race there is some short.sighted worldly wisdom in the policy correspondents. trite wr.nkle on thy placid brow. which has been adopted ; but assuredly it has neither SIR STRATFORD - CANNING. . - SIR,—In your last paper you gavean interesting biographical sketch of Sir Stratford Canning, who is announced as a candidate for the representation of Liverpoolat the next election. Perhaps you will be kind , enough to state, in your paper to-morrow, the views of Sir Stratford on the two very important subjects of Protection and Protestantism. The name of Canning is a very popular one in Liverpool; and I hope our new candidate is one whom all Conservatives can support. I trust he is -not-only a Protectionist, but a sound and consistent Protestant : one who will vote against that national disgrace—the endowment of Maynooth. I can assure - you many of - the elec ors are very anxious on these points. We must have two good sound men brought into the field,—men about whom there can be no mistake,—whom we can all support with heart and hand. and then we may bid farewell to Cardwell and Birch.—l am, Sir, yours truly. Feb. 2, 18.52. A PROTESTAAT ELECTOR. We believe that Sir Stratford Canning'a views on both ques tions are in accordance with those of our correspondent. —.ED..' Sir,—l take credit to myself for having, through your columns, been the first tocall publicattention to the apparently systematic attempt made by certai n parties, for purposes best I , nown to them - selves, to depreciate the character of this town, as a port of embarkation for emigrants, by bringing the most wanton accu• sations against the" entire system" f carrying on the passenger trade. The Journal and Mercury have now, lam glad to see, taken up the subject also; and -we-may, therefore. con:lude that public opinion will soon be set right in the matter. I propose in the present letter to•offer come remarks on the re port of the select committee, and the suggestions contained therein. But, in the first place, it must be remembered that the select committee was appointed for a one-sided purpose, and with a onesided object in view, even as the 12th and 13th Vict. c. 33, is a onesided act, and the government officers appointed under it one sided and partial agents. The whose proceedings of the legislature and the government officers are based on the false assumption that the shipowner, the captain, the passenger broker, the lodging-house keeper, and the runner, are knaves, extortioners, and swindlers, eagerly watching every opportu nity to defraud the emigrant ;—thus acts of petty tyranny, and instances of clear injustice, are from time to time occurring, which it is better policy on the part of the passenger broker or captain to pat up with quietly, than by reAeting to risk making an enemy of on.. having such unlimited and uncon trolled authority as the government officer. So also the repoi t of the select committee is entirely confined to the case of the emigrant, offering scarcely a suggestion for the better protection of the shipowner, the charterer, or the passenger broker from the numerous frauds practised on them by emi grants' runners; or for relieving them from some of the heavy burdens of the existing Passenge- Act. I must, however, pass on to notice some suggestions thrown :out by the select committee, for further fettering the passenger trade. This proposition appears to be considered itte grand remedy to be applied for protecting emigrants against mancatchers or runners. I have shown (Letter I) that the mass of emigrants are perfectly sate in the hands of the runners. and (Letter 2) that the shipowner, or charterer, is, irr fact, the sufferer un er the present system. Now, if a government depOt be estab. fished, it will ire maintained by a direct tax on the emigrant of Is. a-head, whether he enters the depOt or not—a method of protecting the emigrant from imposition so very Hibernian in its character that it may, perhaps, prove acceptable to the Irish. but will, I imagine, be far otherwise to the English emi grant. As to the extortionate c.manrissions paid to lodging house keepers by the passenger brokers, a depfit would pro. batily afford no resief—at least the proprietors of the emigrants' homes referred to in the report have not thought fit to forego the demand—and in Ibe c. se of Air. Sabers home, to which such especial reference is made, the inmates are carefully pre vented from choosing their own ships, while the " line" which Air. Sabel chooses to patronise does not, I believe, include a single regular packet : ship, So much for emigrants' homes. MANCHESTER GRAND MASONIC BALL, The brethren of the Ancient and Royal Order, in Man chester, held their annual masonic ball, on Thursday last, in the Town-hall, Salford, the proceeds to be applied in aid of the fund for establishing a Female Orphan Charity for the eastern division of the county of Lancaster. The ball was held under very distinguished patronage. We may note especially the Grand Master and his Countess ; also the Earl of Ellesmere and his Countess. The parties present were the Deputy Grand Master Stephen Blair, Esq., M.P.; John Bell, Esq., senior grand warden; Albert H. Itovds, E=q., junior grand warden ; together with the committee and the honorary secretaries, Messrs. Chadwick and John Bleackley, jun., and many of the provincial grand officers. The following brethren from Liverpool were also present ,—Arthur Henderson, Esq., provincial grand registrar, West Lancashire; Henry Holbrook, senior warden, knight-templar, &c. ; R. H. Hartley, knight commander. grand hospitaller, knight.templar, &c,; Ang. and Wal., John Leah, jun., Esq., and William Carne, The company numbered about three hundred. The ladies vied in elegance and beauty with those assembled at our own grand Masonic assembly ; and, as this was a ball at which none but Masons were admitted, all the brethren appeared in the full dress regalia of their rank and office. The " entered apprentice," in his sruallwhite apron of lambskin, "the badge of innocence and the bond of friendship," the master Mason, the despotic worshipful master and his wardens, the chief of the chapter and his companions, the grand officers and their grand master, in their purple and gold, the Knights-Templar and their commander, in their flowing mantles ennobled with the red cross of the order, the rich decorations of the rose croix, and other higher degrees, together with the rooms beautifully decorated with banners, standards, and other insignia of the " mystic rite," forming a most imposing spectacle. The dances were admirably arranged—one we must especially note, " The Templars' Quadrille." All the sir knights and their ft it ladies, headed by theeminent Sir Knight Stephen Blair. Knight Commander, occupied the centre of the ball-room, and formed one large qua drille of thirty-two couples. The music to this was most appropriate and marshal in its character, and caused the rest of the company assembled to suspend dancing for the time, and to look on with admiration at the sir knights and their fair dames in the peaceful dance. Brother Jones, of the 16th Lancers, directed the very delightful and superior band, and performed selections from favorite operas between the dances. The supper-rooms were elegantly and sumptuously supplied by Mr. Johnson, of the Albion Hotel. 6PLENDID FIRE-SAFE.—Mr. Harrison has now on view, at his establishment, in Lord-street, a splendid specimen of Tann's patent fire-safe. It was exhibited at the Crystal Palace, and obtained two medals—one for its own merits as a safe, and another for the construction of its locks. E x t erna ll y i t i s po li s h e d w i t h t h e b r illi anc y 'if a mirror, and the interior compartments are formed of satin wood. It certainly is the most elegant article of the sort that has yet been constructed. ACCIDENT TO THE NEW YORK STEAMER GLASGOW. — The steam-ship Glasgow, which sailed from the Clyde on the 10th January, with fifty-four passengers, and freight valued at £106,000, returned to Glasgow on Wednesday night last. She was struck by a dreadful sea on the even ing of Tuesday, the 20th of January, which carried away the starboard bulwarks, the wheel-house, and binnacle, and filled the saloon with three feet water. Mr. Robertson, the second officer, was swept overboard and drowned. The first and third officers, the carpent er , an d t h ree o f the cre w , were se verely injured. Captain Stewart, there fore, thought it prudent to return. The hull of the ship and engines are injured. [The " Glasgow" must not be confounded with the " City of Glasgow, " which is now loading at Liverpool. CENTRAL BOOKING OFFICE This is another crotchet professedly for the advantage of the emigrant, but how any advantage is to be gained is not very clearly shown. I suppose that, if such an office existed, and the names of the ships on berth and the rates of passage were there posted up, it would still be desirable that he should see the ships, and then the runner would still have to be employed; but perhaps the government officer whom it is proposed to station here would dictate whi:h ship should have the prefer ence—indeed, one witness is said to ha•re made this eroposition. It is a pity the name of this zealous witness is not made public, that he might receive the thanks of the emigrating class on his sapient proposal. _ COOKED FOOD, This would, no doubt, much increase the comfort of the emigrants, if it be possible to lay down a scale of provisions not too expensive for a £3 passage, and yet of a d , scription to satisfy a mixed company of English, Irish, and German. Ido not think the Australian ships could be quoted as examples in this respect, as the passengers in them ate nearly all English, and all of a somewhat superior class to the emigrants to America. If this system be adopted, we must be prepared to hear volumes of complaints against the food, the cooking, and the time and canner of serving. BERTHING. Let this question be decided by an experiment, unless it is thought right that, on the score of morals, the government should decide it. Let two ships of equal character lie side by side in dock—one berthed as at present; the other according to the proposed plan for separation of the sexes ; let the same sailing day be fixed, let the same broker do the business, and let equal rates be fixed. The ship which fills most rapidly will, of course, be that which is berthed most in accordance with the feelings of the passengers. I will venture to predict that the present system would have the preference with the Irish passengers, if not with the English. In conclusion, let me remark that it strikes me all this agitation is four years too late. Ido not believe we shall ever again see the same amount of emigration from Liverpool as we witnessed last year. There is nothing to warrant us in supposing that this tice can continue to flow. It behoves the legislature. therefore, to be careful in meddling with this business ; not to create unnecessary obstacles to an emigration at once advantageous to those who leave and healthful to the country they desert; not to raise the price of passage beyond the means of those who most desire the move, and who can best be spared from among ourselves. VERITAS THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE To the AMALGAMATED SOCIETY of OPERATIVE ENGINEERS, 4r c . . - MY INDUSTRIOUS FRIENDS, From long and intimate connexion with mechanical labour, and deep and earnest investigation of all the circumstances which. in the complex state of English society, affect the rela tions between Employers and Employed, I have watched with intense interest the progress of the disputes in which you are at this moment unhappily involved. Bear with me. if. having no personal interest to serve, anxious only for truth and jus tice, and solicitous above all things for the prosperity and hap piness of the industrial portion of my felow•countryinen, I venture frankly, but in a spirit of the most friendly sympathy, to invite you to a more comprehensive consideration of the points for which you are contending than the narrow ground you occupy has hitherto permitted you to give. I feel it then my duty at once to tell you that you cannot suc ceed in your immediate object, however just, because you have placed yourselves in a false and inconsistent position. You have been, and you still, 1 fear, remain, supporters of the ffllse principles, which, with telling force, are now urged against you by the Times anti the II eekly Dispatch, the Economist and Lord Cranworth ; and you have isolated yourselves therefore from the sympathies of the party you uphold, while you reject the aid of those whose principles are in harmony with all you have any just right to require. Free-trade demands unrestricted competition to produce cheapness as the greatest of blessings •, —and you are free-traders. Yet you demand regulation of your own labour,—which is protection and dearness for your selves,—while you resolutely deny it to all others. You thus lose every hold on public opinion Freetraders oppose you be cause you seek selfishly to violate the principles you profess in common with them; with Protectionists you cannot ally your selves, because you would violate their principles in every case hut your own. Open your eyes, I beseech you. You can no longer safely halt between these two opinions. 7'hetchole indus try of the nation is at stake on the issue now joined by you be. tween the two antagonistic systems. Protectionists have always maintained that their doctrines, more than all, affected the in terests of labour. Impartially examine that question now by the light of what is actually passing before you. Unrestricted Competition ;—Natural Prices ;—Cheapness : these are the dogmas on which Free Trade rests ; they are the very life and soul of the system. But what is unrestricted competition, when applied to labour where it exists, as in this country, in redundance ? Setting man agail st his fellow-man, like hungry wolves in savage rivalry, each contending for his own subsistence. What are natural prices of commodities ? The lowest prices at which they can be produced in the world's market. And where will he the cheapest production ? There precisely where labour, the great component element of all t commodies, is content toreceiveas its recompense the smallest portion of the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of life— there, where the condition of man is most nearly assimilated to that of the brute. This, then, is the inevitable tendency of the Competitive System, if carried out to its final results. Yet this is the very foundation of the Free Trade you support. Be not longer deceived. You cannot have the cheapest bread pro duced by the abolition of Corn Laws and the cheapest .freights by the abrogation of Navigation Laws, and make the Farmer and the Shipowner purchase dear steam-engines by combina tions of Amalgamated Societies. The time has arrived when you must make your choice. Protection offers you a just regu lation of labour and production at home, and of importation from abroad. Free Trade consists in unlimited competition, as the means of reducing prices by a reduction of labour—the only capital the poor man possesses. I have said that you cannot succeed. If you could, I could scarcely congratulate you on such a triumph. In these con tests victory always leaves ranklinglieartburnings, and usually sows wide the seeds of future tyranny. I earnestly - counsel yoit to withdraw your present demands,—which you may do with out surrendering: your employers have no right to require your humiliation ; and if they do, public opinion will not sup port them. And then in conjunction with spinners and wea vers—carpenters and cutlers— every mechanic of every pursuit— unite your efforts to obtain from the Legislature the recognition of the principle that labour ought to be justly protected and regulated, and the adoption of well-considered arrangements for giving to that recognition practical effect ;—and be well as sured that, in such efforts, in spite of Free-trade bullying, you will never lack efficient support. I remain, your sincere well wisher, N MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. January, 1852. London CURE OF CONSUMPTIVE COUGH BY Da. LOCOCK'S PULMO- Nic WAFERS.--From Messrs. Carey, Cocks, and Roper, Man of Ross House :—" A lady, a few months ago, told us she should never fear a consumptive cough again as long as she could get a box of Dr. Lococ.k's Wafers, although the greater part of her family had died of consumption." To singers and public speakers the Kreinvaluable for clearing and strength. ening the voice. T have a pleasant taste. Price Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and Ils er box. Sold by all druggists.—Also, Dr. I.ococK's F - ALE WAFERS, the best medicine for Females. They have a - pleasant taste. Price Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and Ils, per box, with full directions for use. All Pills under similar names are counterfeits. THE TEETH.—A new and very curious invention connected with Dental Surgery, has been introduced by Mr. Howard, of 17, George-street. Hanover : equare, London— d is the introduc tion of an entirely new description of Artificial Teeth, fixed without spring, wires, or ligature - 'they so perfectly resemble natural teeth, as not to be di guished from the originals by the closest observer. T 4 ill never change colour or decay, and will be found superi6r to any teeth ever before used. This method does not re the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and n support and preserve the teeth that are loose, andis p eranteed to restore articulation and mastication. The invent' deserves the notice of the scientific, and is of importance to many persons ; and those who are interested in it, should avail themselves of Mr. Howard'a skill aa a dentist, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1852. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. This court was open from Monday to Friday last. The causes, though numerous, were, for the most part, devoid of interest for all except the persons immediately con cerned. ILLEGAL EXACTION OF TOLL.—Sumner F. Shuttle worth.—Theplaintiff was Mr. Richard Sumner, of Formby, surgeon, and the defendant was Mr. Wm. Shuttleworth, town-clerk of Liverpool. The claim was for the value of a sack of peas, which had been seized by an officer of the Corporation, because the plaintiff had refused to pay the toll of ls. 6d. thereon upon their delivery to Mr. Taylor, in Great Charlotte -street, he alleging that he could not legally be compelled to do so, as the sale had taken place in Everton, out of the jurisdiction of the borough. The defendant objected that his honour had no jurisdiction in this case, for which the remedy must be sought by appli cation to the justices of the borough. His honour, how ever, overruled that, and then the objection was stated that one calendar month's notice shall be given to the mayor for the time being " prior to the commencement of proceedings, and the action shall be brought within six calendar months after the act committed." These con ditions, it was contended, had not been complied with. The Judge consequently ordered the plaintiff to be non suited, giving the defendant power to move, at, the next court, to enter a verdict for the defendant instead of a non-suit. LOST PROPERTY.—Francis v. Dowling.—lt appeared that the plaintiff, Noah Francis, about November, 1850, found a gold ring in Back Houghton-street, said to be worth £6 Os. 10d., which he delivered to the police, and which they had detained. He had been told, in the first instance, to call for the ring at the Police-office after three months had expired. He called accordingly, and saw Mr. Clough, who told him he was going to the Exhibition, ' and on his return, if the ring had not been claimed, he would return it. After the present summons was taken out, an offer was made by some of the police-office officials to return the ring, and pay costs ; but, plaintiff declined. It turned out, however, in the course of examination, that Francis was under age, and consequently ought to have sued by his next friend. The Judge, therefore, had no alternative but to strike out the case; but suggested that it would be better to carry into effect the arrangement which had been proposed than to bring t he ease there again. LIABILITIES OF HUSBANDS.—George Hayes, roach and car proprietor, 13amber.street, Paddington, Edge hill, sued William Walker, of the same street, watch finisher, for £6 12s. 6d., chimed for the board and lodging of defendant's wife, and money advanced to her. It appeared that defendant and his wife had lived unhap pily together on account of his intemperance, and, there fore, carted in September last, when plaintiff received her into his his house, and, according to his account, obtained from the defendant a promise of payment for the wife board, &c. The judge, at the conclusion of the evidence, thought the plaintiff's case had not been made out, and he must, therefore, give a verdict for the defendant without costs. SEAMEN'S SHIPPING NOTES.—In this case, Patrick Green sued a man named ✓ones for the value o a ship ping note entrusted to him to cash on the 12:h of April last, together with £2, which he gave the deft•udant to cash it. It. appeared that there bad been a transaction with plaintiff respecting three other notes, one of which was dishonoured, and defendant averred that having paid £5 to the wife there was a balance due to him of ss. in consequence of the note that was not paid. The judge held that Patrick Green's wife could not pledge his credit in the business, and therefore the defendant was respon sible for what he had received from the husband. The verdict must therefore be for the plaintiff. POOR-LAW A DM INISTRATION.. I FranCeB Hews/0/1 sued Thomas Philips, her uncle's executor. for X5O, the amount of a legacy bequeathed to her by William Mackay, in 1838. The plaintiff was now of age, and claimed what she conceived due to her. On the part of the defendant, it was contended that there ha. not been sufficient funds to discharge all the debts, legacies, and funeral expenses of the testator; and also, that as about nine years ago the plaintiff's inother had been to the parish for relief, when an arrangement was wade that the defendant should pay £1 per month for the maintenance of plaintiff and her sisters, which was more than the interest of the sum in hand, the difference ouvt to be deducted. Some points of law were then raised as to the jurisdiction of the County Court in a dispute of the kind; and the judge said, that as the point was new and impor tant, he would take time to consider the case, and deliver judgment at the next court. MR. RAMSHAY, THE LATE JUDGE.—Application was made to the court on Wednesday evening, for a summons against a party who was stated to be out of the juris diction of the court, though the alleged debt had been incurred in Liverpool.—His Honour, having looked at the particulars of the claim, said the application had better not be made at present.—Mr. Duke : We have wasted a great deal of time over it, your honour.—The Judge : You had better not proceen at present. The last day of the term is Friday.—Mr. Duke : Very well.— [The name of the individual against whom the summons was applied for did not transpire, but it was generally understood in the court that Mr. Itimshay, the late judge, was the party, and that the cl: im was for the expenses of one of the witnesses at the Pi Estill inquiry.] _ - • • a " HALF PAY."—An action was tried between John Rolm ris and Francis Strong—the latter a half-i ay officer in the royal navy—for £8 154. Bd., the amonnt due for lodgings, Bt.e. It was alleged that defendant was in the habit of obtaining credit, and then leaving without mak ing any settlement. Part of the money had been lent, and defendant left the house before his half-pay became due, in order to avoid payment. Ordered to pay half the amount in April next, and the other half in July. The same defendant was also sued by John Jones, butcher, for £3 ]3s. 7d., a debt which he had incurred and then set his creditor at defiance. In this case it was proved that the defendant had midered himself ao notorious for this sort of conduct, that when on duty up the Mediter ranean be had been tried for it by court martial. LIABILITY OF AN INFANT.—A claim for £2 lls. 6d. was preferred by William Slater, bootmaker, of Ba-nett at eet, against a Mr. Brownoit, for goods sold two years ago, when defendant was under age, The judge made an order for payment of the costs on Monday next, it having been shown that defendant had ample means to do so. and the debt by monthly instalments of Bs. THE LATE HEAVY GALES. The furious gale, swelling almost to a hurricane, which swept over the coasts of the United Kingdom on Satur day night and Sunday week, seems to have produced seri ous disasters. On the eastern coast, between Cromar and Yarmouth, the brig Guide, Mr. Russell, master, bound from Hartlepool to the Thames, sprang a leak on Saturday. Tremendous seas broke over, swept her decks, and carried away everything moveable. In the evening she lost her steerage, and, catching a heavy blast of wind, went over on her beam ends, and instantly foundered, in some 8 or 10 fathoms of water, when all the crew, except the master, who made his way up the rigging, and secured himself in the cross-trees, perished. Mr. Russell was rescued by the Inconstant, of Blyth, after 12 hours' ex posure, in a most exhausted condition. Early in the morning of the same day, the Elizabeth, Mr. Negus, master, on a voyage from the Tyne to Lon don, came in collision with a bark, in ballast, so violently, that within five minutes afterwards the bark foundered in deep water, with every sc,ul on board. Its name could not be ascertained ; and the state of the weather was such that the Elizabeth could render no assistance. That ves sel lost her bowsprit, and sustained other damage. About the same time, the schooner Ann and Elizabeth, from Mogador to London, beating up the channel, was driven on the shoal called the Kentish Knock, and be came a wreck. A passenger, whose name has not been given, and the master, were lost. The remainder of the crew and a second passenger were preserved by the Alpha, of Barking, which landed them at Harwich. On the same day, Nenagh, in Ireland, was visited by a fearful hurricane, which carried away the entire roots of houses, and several chimneys at the same time. It did not continue more than a minute, or it must have devas tated the whole town. The entire roof of the police-bar racks, a new and substantial building, was among the wreck ; the mail-coach was transferred from one side of the street to the other, and nearly driven through a shop. window, and the windows smashed were innumerable. At Southampton, the gasometer, containing 50,000 cubic feet of gas, was blown down. At Whitehaven, 50 yards of the sea-wall and an em bankment 20 feet deep, were washed away from the Whitehaven Junction Railway ; an occurrence which has stopped for some time to come the passage of all traffic on two miles of the line. At a short distance from the scene of this disaster, an immense rock, which must have braved the elements for many centuries, was torn up and hurled to a considerable distance from its original situation. Minor disasters occurred on several points of the eastern and western coast. The Earl of Errol, bound to Bou logne, sprung a leak, and foundered near the Kentish Knock. Her crew found refuge in the lightship there, and were afterwards conveyed to Deal. In the upper part of the Swin, several sunken wrecks have been observei by mariners ; but the fate of the crews, or names of the vessels, have not transpired. A WOMAN BOILED TO DEATH.—On Thursday, at Wapping Workhouse, London, a female named Sarah Torson, aged 69 years, was discovered in a copper of boiling water. Deceased had been in the Workhouse several years. About seven o'clock, one of the girls pro. ceeded into the washing-room to light the copper fire, after which several of the other females began to prepare for the usual day's work ; and, when they considered the water was sufficiently heated, one of them went to put some clothes into the boiling liquid, when she screamed at the sight of a female's head and shoulders which were projecting from the copper. It was afterwards ascer tained that the deceased must have got on the top of the copper by climbing up with the assistance of a stool, and when the water was cold. SINGULAR AND FATAL. ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident occurred the other day at Landshipping, near Haverford west. Mr. Owen, son of Colonel Owen, was out shoot ing, accompanied by a man named Mathias. In beating down a hedge a rabbit was started, and Mr. Owen fired, exclaiming, " I have hit her." Before a moment had elapsed Mathias replied,—" And you have hit me too," and immediately fell to the ground. Mr. Owen imme diately got over the hedge, and, running up to Mathias, found him on the point of death, and in a few moments be breathed his last. On a post mortem examination of the body no cause of death could be discovered. Two small shots had struck him, but not apparently in a vital part ; and the supposition is, that the spinal cord must have been injured slightly by one of the shot. HORTICULTURE. The exciting topic of the horticultural world at present is certainly the proposition of Mr. Ewing, gardener at Bodorgan Castle, to erect hollow glass walls for fruit trees, as a substitute for those of brick, in use at present. So feasible does this plan appear, that a patent has been secured, and gardeners are all eager to try the expe riment. Where the means are plentiful, this is desirable; but if economy is sought for, we should certainly advise a little delay. It must be confessed that a more captivating idea has hardly ever been promulgated in the gardening world ; and that it will have many advantages there can be no doubt —tor instance, the ease with which glass walls may be removed, and their decidedly orna mental appearance. But though these points are desira ble, they are not the principal objects sought for. Shel ter, warmth, and support for the trees, and protection for the garden, are the uses of ordinary walls : if all these are found in the Patent Glass Walls of Mr. Ewing, there is the strongest reason why they should be adopted, for they would add to this their elegant appearance. We, how ever, very much doubt their utility. As shelter to the enclosed garden and the trained trees, they would proba bly he equal to brick walls ; but we doubt their warmth. Even if fire-heat be used to increase the interior tempera ture, the exposure of such a large surface of elass to the cooling effects of the wind would tend to the injury of the enclosed espalier trees ; besides which, the walls being per fectly upright, they would not receive so much heat from the sun, and the bad-conducting power of glass would be a poor substitute for the heat-absorbing properties of dark-coloured brick walls. There seems to be one point entirely lost sight of in all calculations respecting the erection of horticultural structures, and it is this: the heat of the sun's rays does not pass, like light, directly through glass, and even if it did, upright walls would be unphilosophical, because even the light ray is refracted in passin;, through the denser medium ; hence it is that roofs sloping so as to receive the rays of the sun at a moderate angle of incidence, have been found to succeed hest. But the heat which passes through glass is transmitted, that is to say, it acts first by heating the surface which communicates by conduction the heat so acquired to the under surface, from which it radiates through the enclosed atmosphere of the structure. in ordinary glass plant• houses, the largest possible amount of surface is exposed to the influence of the sun's rays, by giving a considerable pitch to the root ; consequently, the radiation from the internal surface is correspondingly large ; besides which, the back wall and soil receives anti retains by absorption very much of the heat. so transmitted. In the class walls these advantages cannot be secured ; no sooner will the hat be transmitted through one side, than by the same process it will be lost, through the other; while the sur face of soil exposed to its influence is so small that it will not counterbalance the effect of external dampness. All these points should be well considered before any great outlay is incurred ; as to the protection afforded to pro perty, glass walls have no claim to the least consideration. MISCELLANEA. Winter Food for Pheasants.—To gentlemen fond of the sports of the field, the Jerusalem Artichoke offers peculiar claims to notice, as pheasants are excessively fond of the roots, preferring them to grain ; moreover the expense of feeding pheasants with grain in winter is a very considerable item, which I have no hesitation in say ing might be almost, or altogether saved, were the Jeru salem Artichoke introduced largely into game preserves. In the severest weather the instinct of the birds leads them to seek out the artichokes, which trom the dense covering of their own leaves are always tolerably preserved from frost ; by which means the pheasants are able to feed, to all appearance, as well as in open weather. The ex pense of the first planting would be very inconsiderable ; and when once planted they would soon increase them selves to any decree.— W. H. in Gardeners' Chronicle. A New Fruit Discovered.—lt appears t hat a new fruit has been discover , d in Massachusets, North America, 44 deg. 30 min. N., by a Mr. Needham, resembling a blackberry in growth and habit ; the fruit is however a transparent white, with very fine flavour. The fruit is larger than the blackberry, arid produced in greater abundance.— Gardeners' chronicle. Firing Apple trees in Devon—an Old Custom.—The singular old custom termed firing the apple-trees, to induce fruitfulness. although showing some symptoms of innovation and decay, is still observed in many parts of Devonshire with great hilarity. On cld Christmas eve, soon after it becomes dark, the villagers assemble, some of them with guns charged with powder; when, after appointing a leader, they proceed to the nest orchard, and, selecting one of the oldest. best-bearing apple-trees, they make an oblation, by pacing a piece of toast on the stem, and pouring some cider over it ; the leader at the time commencing with— .' Hail to thee, old apple-tree ! We drink thy health at Christmas, Remember us at Michaelmas. CHORUS. Bear an' blew, Apples anew (enough); Hat fulls, Cap fulls, Three-bushel bag fulls, Hip, hip, hurrah 1" After this they proceed, with a volley from the runs, to the farm-house, where they are usually regaled with warm toast and ale ; which after partaking, they march off to perform the same ceremony at all the neighbouring orchards.—J. C. in Gardener and Farmers' Journal. LoPlia Anceps.—Where orchards are cultivated this species should form one of the collection. It is one of the best of the genus, flowers freely—the flowers being large and of various shades of rose colour, and have the property of remaining a long time in perfection, like most other o' chide. To be duly appreciated it is requisite to see a tolerably good specimen ; as a small plant, even when fi'wered, has hut an insigtoficant appearance by the side of a fine, large, well-flowered specimen. It is one of those kinds that are "at home" in a cool temperature, where the thermometer ranges from 60 to 65 deg. in winter, and 70 to 75 deg. Fahrenheit in summer; then it grows with great vigour, producing its flowers at a season when they are the most valuable. Fine specimens of it are in flower at K.•w, and have been for a month past ; they are at present in high perfection, and will continue for a month to come.—J. H. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK, The extreme dampness of the weather calls for increased vigilance in the conservatory and greenhouse. All dead leaves, and everything which ern ourages mouldiness, should be removed, and the houses thoroughly ventilated. If fire heat is necesQary to expel the damp, give plenty of air at the same time ; otherwise the moisture, instead of being carried off, is rendered more injurious by being converted temporarily into vapour. Ericas, Hybrid, Rhododendrons, and other plants, growing in heath soil, and now coming into bloom, require a regular supply of water, given with care ; and Camellias, now coming into full flowering condition, will be improved by slight water ings of weak liquid manure. In the out-door department, the wet will prevent much being done at present. Planting and removing fruit trees, and deciduous shrubs, should be finished as soon as pos sible; and in dry situations potatoes mPy be planted. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS " A Lover of Spring Flowers."—We will adopt your suggestion next week. _ _ " J . West, Birkenhead."—Rather a heavy clayey loam well Immured with stable dung is best adapted for straw berries. " S. S."—lt is much too early to sow even the hardiest annuals ; your directions were erroneous, they might struggle through the sharp spring weather which we must expect, but they would not bloom earlier, and would be weak and mutilated plants. September is a good time for sowing them, as they become strong enough to resist the cold weather. [ADVERTISEMENT.] TANN'S PATENT FIREPROOF SAFES J. G. HARRISON and Co. beg to draw the attention of the public to an advertisement which Mr. Miler has published for sometime in the Liverpool papers, setting forth that the Court of Chancery had granted an injunction prohibiting the sale of safes made according to " Tart's Patent." The perseverance with which Mr. Milner still proclaims an assertion so manifestly untrue prevents further forbearance on the part of J. G. H. and Co.. and compels them to repeat that his attempt to invalidate " Tann's Patent" has been completely unsuccessful. In proof of this J. G. H. and Co. would quote the following extracts from the judgment of his honour, Vice-Chancellor Sir George Turner, given so recently as the 15th instant, in the cause of Milner v. Harrison. His honour says, " I have very carefully perused the affiaav!ts on this part of the case, 8114 I am fully satisfied that no order for commitment c be founded upon it. Any comn ents upon these affidavi would involve obser vations calculated to affect the char ers of the parties, and I therefore abstain front commer s' tg on them." His honour also stated, referring to a safe de according to Tann's Patent, " This safe is proved to ha been manufactured according to ' Tann's Patent,' and tl (region, therefore, is, whether the manufacture under 'l' n's Patent' is an.infringement of Mil ner's patent. This estion hss not been tried in the action at law for it is in pro before me that the safes which formed the *subject of that /tt''' tion were not manufactured according to Tann's Patent, nd, therefore, if I am to make an order for commi•ting t s defendant I must do so on my own opinion, unaided by nything which has passed at law. lam not pre pared to go that length; it would be to affirm that Mitter's patent applies in all cases where the materials interposed between the boxes evolve steam on being affected by heat. which is certainly not a necessary construction of Milner's patent, nor, as I think, a necessary corollary from what has already passed at law. The case cannot. I think, be put more favourably for the plaintiff than to suppose that the action, in this case, which was brought against the defendant had been brought against Tann, and that the action having succeeded, this bill had been filed to restrain Tann from manufacturing according to his patent ; and in that position of the case I think the court would not have granted an injunction until after a further trial at law, even independently of the plaintiff's conduct in having permitted Tann so long to continue manu facturing under h's Latent. and certainly not after such a long acquiescence by the plaintiff ; and, yet, what the plaintiff tittles by this motion is in effect to stop Tann's trade, by committing Tann's agent." .1. G. Harrison and Co. have only to add in conclusion, that until Mr. Milner proves that Tann's patent is an infringement of his patent, he is hound, in common hone s ty, not to publish statements which convey most inaccurate im pressions. Messrs. Tann have used their patent 7ith . success for upwards of six years, without a word ofeomplaint front Mr. Milner or any other party ; amid,. up to the present moment, all the proceedings taken by Mr. Milner have failed to invalidate " Tann's Patent." 14, Lord street, Liverpool, Jan. 2Q, 185?. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS THE MOSTCERTAIN REMEDY FOR THE CURE or Ititorsv.-I%lr. James Smith, of Oxford-street, Man chester, suffered for years from a gropsical complaint ; his pfreetrix.ercter.ra body and legs were swollen to a most ( arming extent, and no hopes whatever were entertains its recovery; he was for some time in the hospital, ( es having taken every variety of medicine usually i ribed for the cure of dropsy, yet all proved useless, an s case was pronounced incurable. Hol h,way's Pills w then resorted to, which soon had the effect of improvinglis health, and reducing the swelling, so that now be is perfectly cured of that direful complaint, by taking these wonderful Pllle. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. It is stated that the Kendal and Windermere Rana's"' is about to be leased to the Lancaster and Carlisle Company. ►SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS.—The Vale of Neath Rag way Company are proceeding with the necessary prelimi nary surveys for securing railway communication with the rich and important mineral district of Cwmdare and Cwmamman. THE ST. HELENS CANAL AND RAILWAY, half-yearlf statement of aceouots shows that the canal •traffic has produced £8,300. and the railway 412; 355,, making.? grand total of £20,655. Th e ne tt surp l us f or t h e hall' year is £5,199. The project for leaeng the Northwestern to the North Midland Company is said to be strongly opposed by need/ the whole body of shareholders in Lancaster, who are fullt convinced that the line will eventually pay, and pay well too, the receipts being gradually increasing. The Morning Herald intimates that the differences be• tween the London and Northwestern and Great Norther! , Railways have been amicably settled, and that equal farm will now be charged to and from the towns of York, Leeds, Wakefield. Doncaster. Lincoln, and Peteruorough. The Northwestern (from Skipton to Lancaster) share' holders have rejected to hand over the working of the rail way for a terin of twenty-one years to the Midland Rail' way Company, and have appointed a committee to watch' over the interest of the line, as well as to make other ne gotiations. MANCHESTER. SHEFFIELD, AND 'LINCOLNSHIS S RAILWAY.—The standing orders were complied with ill this case for limiting the tolls now leviable upon the Trent and Mersey navigations and Macclesfield Canalt accommodation on such navigations to be given to the Manchester. Slit-ffield, and Lincolnshire, on payment o f the tolls demandable by the North Staffordshire. NEWPORT. ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAIL; WAY.—The works on this line we re f orma ll y commen eett yesterday week, by cutting the first sod ' at the intendee cutting at Ab-rgavenny and at Llanvihaneel. The lint is to join at Pontypool the Newport and Pontypool finer which is now completed and nearly ready for opening' The new line will pass through Abereavenny and Llsn' vihangel to Hereford, a distance of 32 miles. _ ... KENDAL AND WINDERMERE.—The. accounts o f tbii company submitted to the proprietors at the hall . ..yeller meeting, on Saturday, showed that £202.777 had been re' ceived on capital account up to the 31st of December, in' eluding £2.075 during the half-year, and £212 378 eV pended, including £5,501 during the half-year, leaving balance against the company of £9 601.. The revenue se: count for the half- year, endin g 31st I)..rember. states that £5,977 had b, ee received, and £2.248 expended, leavia a balance of £2,729. out of which £1,231 is deducted for interest on debenture bonds, and £1,054 for interest 00 preference shares and banking account, leaving a balance of £1,444, which added to the balance of reserved profit/ from the openin g of th e li ne (£2.717) ma k es a tota l o f £4.171. The proposed' dividend, at the rate of 55. Pe r share, would absorb £1,117, and leave a balance for the next account of £3,044. SPORTING NEWS. TATTERSALL'S.—THURSDAY.' The betttng. which was dull until near the close, enables O l t to submit a somewhat lengthy quo t a ti on , but was remarkab le only for the spirit with which N anc y was b ac k e d for the Chew ter Cup, and for a rather heavy outlay on Augur, Lapidist, ar!, Home-brewed for the Derby. We did n o t h ear an o ff er abou Hobbie Noble or Claverhouse, but 14 to 1 would have taken about Drell°, and 20 to I laid against Kingston. 1.1 NCOLN HURDLE-RACE. 2to 1 agst Mr. Martinson's View Halloo. 3to 1 Melford—taken. LINCOLN TRIAL STAKES. Mr. Osborne's Lady Agnes. Mr. Pilling's High Sheriff—taken. Mr. E. Jones's lantlie. Mr. Inman's Maid of Lincoln—taken. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 1%. r. Goodwin's 1 a Gazza Ladra—taken. Mr. Bradshaw's Ilardwick—taken. CH ESTER CUP. 25 to I Mr. Martinson's Nancy—iBB to I taken. • • 33 to l Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken. 33 to 1 Mr. Herbert's Grand Duke—taken. 33 to 1 Mr. oreville's Scarecrowtaken. 40 to I Lord Waterford's Cock-crow —taken. 1000 to Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe—taken. 2000 to 30 Mr Dashwood ns. c. out of the dam of DU c. an- Dhurras—ta k en. Captain Harcourt's Burndale—taken. Mr. T. Dawson's Ga'vanism—taken. Mr. Meiklam's IVryneck colt—taken. Duke of Bedford's Hesse Homburg—taker ) . THE DERBY. 12 to 1 Lord Zetland's Augur—taken. 14 to 1 Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio—taken freely.. 20 to 1 Lord Ribblesitale's Kingston. ‘,„ 20 to 1 Mr. Sti-bbing's Alfred th e G reat —t a k e 22 w 25 to 1 Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist—taken. 28 to I Sir R. Pigot's Filius. 30 to 1 Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed—taken -30 to I Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson—talio” and afterwards offered. 1000 to 15 Lord Exeter's Ambrose—taken. 3to 1 4to 1 4to 1 6to 1 12 to 1 20 to 1 3000 to 30 3000 to 30 3000 to 30 3000 to 30 MANCHESTER.—FRI DAY. teS There was a strong tnuster of the subscribers at the f o °„tg , this morning', and the betting on the forthcomingspring eve" t o, was carried on with great spirit until an unusually late o° ll For the Derby, the horses quoted were backed only for S :.mounts. Since Tuesday the investments have been heaVY t y the following horses for the Chester Cup :—Ringleader,, At Fancy, Hothorpe, and colt out of Duc-an-Dhurras's datm following are the closing prices : LINCOLN TRIAL STAKES. sto 2 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes—taken. sto 2 Mr. J. Pilling's High Sheriff—taken. 4to 1 Mr. Jones's lanthe--offered. 6to 1 Mr. J. Inman's Maid of Lincoln—offered' 6to 1 Mr. E. It. Clark's Poetess—taken. LINCOLN HURDLE RACE. 2to 1 agst Mr. Mixtinson's View Halloo—taken. 3to 1 Mr. E. Jones's Melford—taken. 6to 1 Mr. B. Land's The General—offered. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 2to 1 agst Mr. Martinson's View Halloo—taken. sto 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes—taken. Bto 1 Mr. Whitworth's Lady Jersey—offered. LINCOLN TWO-YEAR•OLD STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. 's Ace of Trumps—taken. sto 1 Mr. 's Broughton—taken. sto 1 Mr. 's Youthful Days—taken. LINCOLN STEEPLE-CHASE. 4to 1 agst Mr. Higgins's Maria Monk—taken. 4to 1 Mr. Hutton's Lucy Neale—taken. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. BSt Nl iy r. o K u i e )g r— 's o A ff l e )lx i. s of Jerveaux—taken. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. :2 0 to 1 a g st a agst Mr. Goodwin's La Gazza L a d ra —taken. 16 to 1 Mr. Gooch's Victress—taken. t to o 1 1 20 to 1 Mr. Elliott's Chieftain—taken. 20 to 1 Mr. Higgins's Maria Day. 25 to 1 Mr. S. Thompson's Hardwick—taken. 30 to 1 Mr. Mangan's Dolly's Brae. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron—taken, 100 to 6 Mr. Dawson's Wryneck colt—taken. 25 to 1 Lord Clifden's Royalty—taken. 25 to 1 Mr. Morris's Haresfoot—taken. 33 to 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Landgrave—taken. CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Martinson's Nancy—taken. 28 to 1 Mr. Merry's Ringleader—taken. 39 to 1 Mr. Parkinson's Grand Duke—offered. 30 to 1 Mr. Pilling's High Sheriff—taken. 33 to 1 Mr. Greville's Ariosto—offered. 33 to 1 Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—taken. 33 to 1 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor—offered. 40 to 1 Lord Waterford's Cockcrow—taken. 40 to 1 Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder—taken. 40 to 1 Mr. H. Hill's Hothorne—taken. 40 to 1 Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken. 50 to 1 Mr. Wilkinson's Neasham—taken. foci 1000 to 15 Mr. Dashwood's c out of Duc-an.Dhurtl e 1000 to 15 Mr. Eyke's My Fancy—taken. 1000 to 10 Mr. T. Dawson's Galvanism—taken. 1000 to 10 Captain Harcourt's Burndale—taken. 1000 to 10 Mr. Gooch's Surprise—taken. 1000 to 10 Lord Clifden's Royalty—taken. WOO to 10 Mr. Cholmondeley's Knavestnire—taken• THE DERBY. Bto 1 ags Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble—taken. 13 to 1 Lord Zetland's Augur—taken. 13 to I Lord Eglinton's Claverbouse—taken. 14 to 1 Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio—taken. 20 to 1 Mr. Parrison's King of Trumps. 25 to 1 Mr. Stebbings's Alfred the Great-- - 28 to 1 Sir it. Pigot's Filius—taken. Mr. Elliott has given not ce in the Court of Common tilotg that he intends to bring under the consideration of tha t 0, l the subject of betting houses. which novv disgrace Lon.;" consequence of the fraud which is committed. Ax e I LIVERPOOL HUNT CLUB . — The Spring Meeting is -- Wednesday and Thursday, the 19th and 20th May. The 1.-10 0 , for the first day are the Hoylake Hurdle-race, the Shorts, tb dicap. the Tally Ho ! Welter Plate, the Hilbre Este, an i u oiir I iee Selling Stakes ; those for the second, the Birkenhetroptl dle-race, the Liverpool Hunt Handicap, the Hunters t .'aCe: the Wallasey Handicap, the Leasowe Stakes, and a „ Handicap of 5 toes. e cb, for all the winners, and ope.l tr horse that has run during the meeting. The members club are to dine at Lynn's, Waterloo Hotel, on Saturdne Bth of May, the day of entry. Mr. Topham will 00 0 clerk of the course and handicapper. ES TO COME. •• # Moreton-in-the-Mara- • : I 9 .„ Grand Military • • ~ 0 Weatherby • • „ Cheltenham ........ •• • , Navan West of Scotland .. • • ~.• I Liverpool Hunt ...... • „ t i 5 I Carlisle 9 Abergavenny .• 1 STEEPLE-CHA Feb. 5 Lincoln Carmarthenshire Fylde Kingstown Vale of Aylesbury Belfast Liverpool Tadeaster Coventry Doncaster March 3 THE CHASE. The CH ESII IRE HOUNDS will meet 00; To-morrow (Wednesday), the 4th February.... Dudrlou , Thursday, the sth Taff Saturday, the 7th AstOl i . _ _ Each day at half•past ten. Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS meet This Day, the 3d February Thursday, the sth Saturday, the 7th - et 4e Green r- Each day at half-past ten. The NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOUNDS Meeleigkii.p To-morrow (Wednesday), the 4th February Friday, the 6th _ Each day at half-past ten • 0 0 ;0 Loss OF THE AMAZON.—lntelligence was recel!4 Wednesday, at Southampton, from Christchurch, tvl: port life-boat of the unfortunate steam-ship Atnalo,"' on Monday picked up and taken into Christehurollecl"cr, placed in charge of the coast guard. It will be rec j that both the larboard and starboard life-boats were stated to be on fire by many of the surviv o r"foll: have already reached England ; it is supposed, t he C 4 that the boat at Christchurch is the one in which f O tt l i Grylls and his party succeeded in getting clear ye Amazon, and has been sent adrift either from this galliot which picked up the party in the Bay of "'CO or from the revenue cutter which received the 13 P bb , from the Dutch vessel, and took them into Plyrnow • 1)4 ti4z,