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?Lit tr turn. P 0 E R. Y. HYMN FOR THE HEART. BY C. D. STUART. (From Me New York Sun.) Give me, whatever fate may bide, Thou,4ll every smile but chase a tear, One sin;;ie friend 'mid fortune tried, An,t in misfortune still sincere; And on the stormy sea of life, Through ail the !empest and thc. , jar, My !Jar!: shall calmly bear the strife, Willie beams that single guiding star. A friend l—Ah ! kintis have lest and wen Tne trophies of a million's toil, And died, when empire's day was done, Unrnourn'd amid their empty spoil. A friend !—What wreath, what fame can fill The measure of that priceless gem, Which victor strength and tyrant will Can neither woo nor wed to them, Let every other ill be Trine— The sc,rn of foes I freely bear, While there is left beside the shrine One friendly heart to lo r ve and share SELECTIONS. LEVEN BETTER THAN A DOZEN.—Lord Eldon told Miss Ridley, Lady Eldon's niece, that the king, speaking to 'the archinshop, Dr. Charles Manners Sutton, of his large farMly, used the expression, " I believe your grace bas better than a dozen." " No, sir," said the arch bishop, " only eleven." " Well," replied the king, "is not that better than a dozen?"—.Life of Lord Eldon. DEGENERATION OF MANKIND.—It was the opinion of the. ancients that mankind degenerated in size and strength. Virgil, in the 12th }Eneid, represents Turnus throwing a stone of such magnitude that twelve such men as lived in his time could hardly lift from the ground. In the first Georgic, he represents their degenerate posterity astonished at the bones of the Romans who fell at Phar salia and Philippi, which, in comparison of those of later ages, might be accounted gigantic.—Marlyit's Notes. THE HORRORS OF A DEPARTURE.—" Your letter found us in what we have termed, with scarcely any ex agg'erati•.-m, the `horrors of departure.' All the callings, the leave-taking, the apologies for the omissions of both, and all the other external and internal Variety and com plication of social contrivances for manifesting civility, and wasting time, and diminishing comfort; and, to close the whole, bill upon bill, and new claims coming forward, when you suppose all had been satisfied, while the supplies which you intended to carry away with you grow less and less, and you doubt whether you shall have enough to go off like an honest man."—Letter front Wilberforce. PERSEVERANCE OF Lotto ELDON.—Shortly after his commencing the profession, Scott reduced himself into a state of invalidism by excessive study. In 1774, when he and Cookson, another invalid, were returning to Ox ford from Newcastle, where they had gone to vote at the general election, the good-natured cook of the inn at Bir mingham, where they arrived at eleven at night, insisted on dressing something hot for them, saying that she was sure neither of them would live to see her again. A me dical friend remonstrated with him on the severity of his studies. "Itis no matter," answered Scott, " I must either do as lam now doing, or starve." He rose at four in the morning, observed a careful abstinence at his meals, and, to prevent drowsiness, read at night with a wet towel round his head.—Blackwood's .4.layazine. IRRECONCILEABLE ENMITY.—Tbe hatred between the Late kings of Prussia and England began by the quarrel they had when boys, and was carried on with the greatest inveteracy on both sides, to the day o f their deaths. George called Frederick, " My brother the sergeant," and Frederick, George, " My brother th e d anc i ng mas ter." When the king and was surrounded by his queen, his sons, &c., he asked the. priest, " Must I, to go to Paradise, forgive all my enemies ?" On receiving for answer that without it it was impossible, he turned round to his queen and said, " Well then Dorothy, write and tell your brother I for give him for all the injury he has done me. Yes, tell him I forgive him ; but wait till I am dead."—Diary of the .Ear! of Malrnesbury. SITE OF APSLEY HOUSE.—On this site stood a cele brated tavern, or better kind of public-house, called the Hercules Pillars. Fielding brings Squire Western to this house, and here that bluff old soldier the Marquess of Granby would drink his second glass and pass his joke with mine host of the Hercules Pillars, callous to the at tacks of Junius and unconscious of the existence of a boy destined in early manhood to take up his stately resi dence on this: spOt. What Abila and Calpe were to the ancients the Hercules Pillars at Hyde Park Corner was to our• London forefathers. The limits of London got no further, and all our milestones on the great west road were measured from this spot : " Soon as I enter at n y country door, Aly mind resumes the thread it dropt before, Thoughts which at Hyde Park Corner I forgot, Meet and rejoin me in the pensive grot." e'raser's Magazine. LEGAL SAGACITY.—Lord Eldon's sagacity gave him additional triumphs on the northern circuit, where be soon took the lead. He was counsel in a cause which depended on his being able to make out who was the founder of an ancient chapel in the neighbourhood. " I went to view it,"said Lord Eldon. " There was nothing to be ob served which gave any indication of his date or history. However, I remarked that the ten commandments were written on some old plaster, which, from its position, I conjectured might cover an arch. Acting on this, I bribed the clerk with fire shillings to allow me to chip away a part of the plaster; and after two or three attempts, I found the keystone of an arch, on which were engraved the arms of an ancestor of one of the parties. This evi dence decided the cause. Here was an instance of good luck, undoubtedly, but also of great diligence and great sagacity. A nedigent counsel would never have thought of examining the chapel in person • a dull counsel would 'lever have thought of ex am i n i ng the arch ; but it happens that the sagacious are generally lucky and that, therefore, the first quality is sagacity.- Blackwood's Magazine. DATES.—Datea so well known and so esteemed in an eient times, are oftener served at dessert in Spain, Italy, and the south of France than in England. Theophrastus, Plutarch, and Pliny speak in rather extravagant terms of the date tree, and the excellence of its fruit. Nicholas of Damascus' in Syria, one of the most distinguished mem ber of the Peripathetic school, sent to the Emperor Au gustus the famous dates that grow in the valley of Jericho. Pliny says they are so thick, that four ranged together would be the length of a cubit. This fruit is gathered in the autumn, and dried in the sun. The Tunisian dates are tile best ; they are pulpy, mucilaginous, saccharine, and nutritious. The expressed juice of the grape yields a syrup, which serves as a substitute for butter, and is used as a seasoning. Lemery says that those who feed on dates are generally afflicted with the scurvy, and lose their t ee th. We have always considered them a dry and strin gent fruit. Though incentive to wine, they are indigesti ble, and, in Spain, have generally a harsh, roug h, an d unpleasant tas: e.—Fraser. AGES OF SENATORS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.—A more just limit seems to have been fixed by our legislators —a more happy medium between excess of encourage ment to juvenile loquacity and harsh prohibition, than was achieved by the senates of ancient or modern times. The councils of Athens and Sparta were composed of greybeards of 50; at Rome, with better discretion, the statutable age for admission is said to have been 35. Our volatile neighbours appear to have erred in deference to classical authority, no deputy being introduced to the chamber before 40. In America, the president of the congress must be 35 years of age, every senator must be 30, every member of the house of representatives 25. The mame'period, 25 years complete, was the statutable age at which every Venetian noble had a right to take his seat at the great council. But the names of those who had passed the age of 20 were annually put into an urn, and four fifths elected by lot. " Were spinsters allowed to vote," said Cobbett, and to vote by ballot, what mass of youth and beauty would St. Stephen's exhibit!" Even as it is the majority of members have often been es ti ma t e d as I under 35 years of age.—Townsend's House of Commons. AN ETON SCENE.—It was about an hour before sun set, the day of this very breakfast, and a good number of boys in lounging groups, were collected in the Long Walk. The sports and matches of the day were over. Criticism had succeeded to action in sculling and in cricket. They talked over the exploits of the morning ; canvassed the merits of the competitors, marked the fel low whose play or whose stroke was improving, glanced at another, whose promise had not been fulfilled; dis cussed the pretensions, and adjudged the palm. Thus public opinion is formed. Some too might be seen with their books and exercises, intent on the inevitable and im pending tasks. Among these, some unhappy wight in the remove wandering about with his hat alter parochial fashion, seeking relief in th e s h ape o f a verse. A hard lot this, to know that you must be delivered of fourteen verses at least in the twenty-four hours, and to be conscious that you are pregnant of none. The lesser boys, urchins of tender years, clustered like flies round the baskets of cer tain vendors of sugary delicacies that rested on the Long Walk wall. The pallid countenance, the lack-lustre eye, the hoarse voice clogged with accumulated phlegm, indi cated too surely the irreclaimable and hopeless votary of lollypop—the opium eater of schoolboys.—Coningsby. MADAME DE SEVIGNE.—In appearance she was every way captivating. Her complexion was of a rare and ex quisite transparency and freshness; her eyes were bril liant and animated; her hair was light and luxuriant; her features, though somewhat irregular, were exceed ingly expressive ; her shape and form had been stamped in the mould of perfect symmetry; she was graceful in her movements and attractive in her manners. The fresh air of the country, and the freedom of exercise which a coun try life permits, added to her natural openness and beauty of appearance and stability of health. * * Her's was, after all, a very strange destiny. tier course of life was ever attended with prosperity; there were no t urns , shifts, changes, or alternations of joy or sorrow, to awaken rnpathies or agitate our h earts ; her career hforuotmc uarliomuossitnied:rilrtis_ our secret sy was uniform and of placid teannodr, yet, wit or remarkable adventures ; fancy to old age, she moved among w the most illustrious, the noblest, the gayest; and she as the eye-witnes s of all the great which event? • ch characterised the times. Her descriptions, therefore, are valuable, even if unaccompa nied by the ex q ui s ite charms of style. Of these perso nages and events she has made herself the faithful histo rian, without being at all aware that she was about to place herself in so important a position. One might al most fancy, from the perusal of her Letters, that she was the centre figure of intrigues, cabals, adventures, and scenes without nu m b er ; such is her vividness of fancy and the minute facility with which the descriptions are even.—Fraserio Magazine. ORANGES.—There is not a more grateful or a less nox ious fruit at dessert, than oranges. Loins XIV. was par ticularly fond both of the tree and the fruit. When the monarch cave those magnificent fetes, so vaunted both in prose and verse, the porticoes, hails, and ante-chambers of his palaces were decorated with orange-trees, and the fruit, then esteemed rare, always appeared at dessert. The Maltese oranges, were, at that period considered the fire , t ; while the fruit of Portugal maintained a secondary rank only. But even Portuguese oranges were deemed a present worthy of being offered to the children of kings. " Monsieur me vint" (says the Duchess of Montpensier in her Memoirs ;) "il me donna des oranges de Portugal. , ' Moliere, in gving a description of the comedy which formed a portion of the f amous fetes given at Versailles in 16S8 by Louis XIV., remarks that there was first laid . a magnificent collation of Portuguese oranges, and of all sorts of fruits in 30 baskets. About this period a species of sweet citron was much in vogue. It is mentioned by Lernery in his treatise on foods, written about 1705, who says, " that the ladies of the court carried about sweet citrons in their hands, which they bit from time to time to produce red lips."—Fraser. BURYING CLUBS AND THE RATE OF MORTALITY.— In the evidence of one of the physicians examined before the Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of large towns, &c., whose first report has just appeared, we observe these words :--" I used often to observe great apathy in a certain class about the death of their children. They did not seem to look on the death of the young as t great evil which is commonly regarded ; they said, God took care of young children who died ; that their death did not matter much : that life was full of hardships and misery, and that the child was provided for when it died.' This feeling I found to be rather common " (3,313, p. 203. The picture here presented is true to nature so far as it goes ; but the shades in which it must be finished, we regret to say, are of a much deeper grain than those yet laid on. There is not merely indifference among the labouring population of England in regard to the death of their children ; in some places there is a positive premium upon the event. The new sacrifice to Moloch is perpe trated in this way :—Soon after the child is born it is en tered on the books of as many burying clubs as the parent can command funds to pay for. The sum subscribed to each is but a few pence, or even halfpence, weekly; so that those in full employment can sometimes of to have the name on the register of ten or a dozen of these societies. And the investment may always be made a profitable one. The hapless child has but to be killed by exposure, by neglect, and worse treatment, to give these unnatural parents a claim upon the several societies of which they have enrolled their infant a member, to the extent in all, perhaps of £3O or £4O, and even £5O. We feel the hot blood rising to our cheek, as the outward sense follows the pen thst is fixing indelibly such state ments as these, which will soon be before the public in all their revolting details, authenticated by the commission whose first report is referred to above. What comment shall we make—what comment can be made--upon a state of society so horrible ?—Medical Gazette. THUNDER STORM AT WALTON HALL.—On the 10th of August, 1842, during a terrible storm of thunder and lightning, the poplar tree depicted in the engraving to the first series of these Essays, was struck and sadly rent. I had passed the day at Leeds, with oar celebrated Dr. Hobson. Having had an early dinner, I felt a great in clination to get home, and repeatedly requested that the carriage might be brought to the door. To this the doc tor obstinately objected, but finding me unceasing in my entreaties, he at last consented, and off we drove. You must know that everybody, rich and poor, has permission to fish at Walton Hall, from the first of April to the first of October. Having reached home, I saw that the thun der storm was just going to burst over us, the rain having begun to fall. Seven of the fishermen had collected un der the poplar tree; and on seeing them there I ran out of the house, and warned them of their danger, and de sired them to repair, without loss of time, to the saddle room, where they would get shelter from the impending storm ; forbidding them, at the same time, to stay for a moment under any of the lar ge t r e es on th e i r way thither, as the consequences might be fatal to them. Scarcely had they reached the saddle-room, when the lightning struck the poplar tree, and sent fragments of it in all directions. It may be well supposed that we were not long in thank ing God Almighty, on the beaded knee, for the escape from death of those who had intended to remain under the shelter of the poplar tree, until the storm should have passed over. My father brought it, a plintling, in his pocket, from a gentleman's house near Doncaster, and planted it where it now stands, the year in which lie came of age. It has grown surprisingly. and is perhaps the largest Lombardy poplar in this neighbourhood. Amongst those who had taken shelter under its foliage was a fine, handsome recruiting sergeant. He has been to fish again to-day, and he told me only an hour or so ago, that hehad determined to wait under the tree until the storm should have passed away ; adding, at the same time, how grateful he was to Almighty God for his preservation. He said he had only just got into the saddle-room when the storm burst over us.—Waterton's Essays on Natural History. EXTENSIVE AND FATAL USE OF " GODFREY'S CDR DIAL."—The inquiries recently made under the Chil dren's Employment Commission are very extensive, be cause the terms of that commission directed an investiga tion to be made into the actual condition of the children employed, not only in mines and collieries, but also in all branches of trade and manufacture whatever, in which children work together in numbers, not included under the Factories Regulation act. It was found impossible to describe the condition of the children without giving some account of the domestic habits and mode of life of the parents ; and, among the facts brought to light under this inqury, one of the most remarkable is the extent to which opium is proved to be used by the poorer classes, and more especially the extent to which it is given by mothers to their children. Among others, Dr. Mitchell, one of the sub-commissioners, reports that the medical witnesses examined by him state that the infants and children are seldom brought to them before they are benumbed and stupified with opiates; the usual preparation given being Godfrey's cordial, a mixture of treacle and opium, known by the name of "comfort, " and an article in constant demand. A little girl will come to the chemists and ask for a dose of it to give to the baby next day, telling him that her mother was going out to wash. A respectable chemist stated that he made twenty gallons of "comfort" in the year, and that there were chemists who lived near the market-place, and more in the way of the country people, who made a good deal more. "It must not be supposed, " adds the sub-commissioner, " that such me dical treatment of children is pecfaliar to colliers, or only prevails in places far remote from the light of the metro polis ; for, on making inquiry of a medical man, and of a chemist, at Croydon, in Surrey, the same thing was found to exist there, and in the country around." Speaking of the districts of Nottingham, Derby, and Leicester, ano ther sub-commissioner, Mr. Grainger, states that the practice of administering opium to infants, which is very general in these districts, "is usually begun when the child is three or four weeks old." But Mr. Brown, the coroner of Nottingham states " that he knows Godfrey's cordial is given on the day of birth, and that even it is prepared for that event." The extent to which the sys tem is carried out may be judged from the fact expressly ascertained by this gentleman, that a druggist made up in one year, 13 cwt of treacle into Godfrey's cordial. The result of this terrible practice is that great numbers of in fants perish, either suddenly from an over-dose, or, as,.i more commonly happens, slowly, painfully, and insidi ously. Those who escape with life become pale and sickly children, often half idiotic, and always with a ruined constitution." " Compared with this," adds the sub-commissioner, "the Chinese practice of infanticide may be called merciful."—Evidence of Dr. Smith. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Captain Bernal, M.P., is authorised, by the Gazette of Friday night, to change his name on his marriage with Miss Osborne, which has taken place, to that of Osborne. On Thursday the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a very Splendid entertainment to Sir Robert and Lady Sale and Mrs. Sturt, in the Egyptian Hall, at the Mansion House. The foundation stone of the monument to be erected on Pensher Hill, Durham, to the memory of the late Earl of Durham, was laid on Wednesday with the usual masonic pomp by the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master. Naw AIR PUMP.—Dr. Arnott has invented an air pump to supply a draught to furnaces, and supersede the necessity of chimnies in factories, steam-vessels, &c. The invention also forms a powerful ventilator. Mr. Dyce Sombre, who lately eluded the vigilance of those who had charge of him, escaped to Boulogne, from whence he has written an extraordinary challenge, and has since taken his departure for Paris. A fishing-boat belonging to Peel, which sailed thence some ten days ago, has not si nce b een heard of • it is sup posed that she has been run down whil s t r idin g at her nets. She had a crew of seven. TIIE DEBTORS AND CREDITORS ACT.—Bristol has followed the example of oilier places in holding public meetings, which will no doubt become general, in con demnation of this monstrous injustice to tradesmen. Sir William Nat, the her of Affghanistan, is about to visit Carmarthen,. where he formerly resided for some years, and in which city he has relaty)ns still living. It is intended to give the valiant warrior a public and most cordial reception. George Murray, an old man, half pedlar, half beggar, and supposed to be miserably poor, died the other day in the neighbourhood of Godstone, covered with filth and vermin. Concealed about his rags was found the sum of £llO 4s. 11.!,d. A WHALE CAUGHT AT THE MOUTH OF THE HUMBER. A large firmer whale was caught near Spurn Point on Wednesday morning last. It was alive when taken, but died in the afternoon. It measured from 25 to 40 feet from the tip of the nose to the tail.—llzill Packet. AN OLD TOPER.—Thomas Wyer, a brewer at the Beat Inn, Kidderminster, and who has numbered upwards of threescore and four years, has drunk for 35 years one gal lon of ale per day, and spent 9d. per week in tobacco. The total amount be has expended is—for ale, £1,277; for tobacco, £67. In all, £3,314. FELONY AND MATRIMONY.—A few weeks since Mary Cook, a young spinster, of Bury, was committed for trial for having stolen £24 from a Mr. John Ogden. She was liberated on bail. Since then she has contrived to per suade Mr. Ogden, who is sixty-seven years old, and has buried two w i ves , t o comprom i se the matter by marr i age. The parties were linked together by the superintendent registrar, at Bury. EXPORT OP FURNITURE. --A parliamentary return has lately been printed, showing the cnr as i t n . the years declared value of furni niture exported from the United Kingdom 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844, to Julyg 1 n 1840, the declared amount of British cabine and upholstery wares exported from the United Kingdom was £7B, B l t g y ; in 1841, £76,548 ; 1842, £75,344; 1843, £80,525 ; and in 1844, to July last, the amount was £35,159. There are now building in the various yards above the bridge at Sunderland no less than forty-two vessels, whilst last year at this time some half a score would be the extreme number. Several new ships have also been lately sold and are now fitting out for sea. A dreadful fratricide took place at Weavering, near Maidstone, on Saturday. An aged widow had two sons, named John and Edward, the former a drunken fellow. In consequence of John coming home drunk a fight en surd, end Edward was stabbed in the abdomen with a sharp instrument. He died almost immediately. ARCIIIMEDEAN SCREW.--On Thursday last, the se cond sea-going vessel, built at Hull, on this principle, a handsome schooner, called the Senator, departed on her first voyage, wilh a very valuable cargo, for Constantino ple. She will probably be the first vessel upon the same construction, which has passed the Dardanelles. - The Admiralty have issued orders to build, by contract, two second-rate iron steam-frigates—one to work with paddle-wheels, and the other to have a screw prePell They are each to be 203 feet in length, 37 feet in breadth about 1,300 tons burden, and 500 horse pow-en—United Service Gazette: A SMUG CAPTURED.—WC understand that a seizure was made a few d,ys ago, off the Calf of Man, by the government cutter Prince Albert, Captain Croker, commander, of a French schooner called the Ceres, with 360 hales of tobacco on board, and also 46 bales of the same precious weed in her open boat.—Nona 's Herald. AN ODD Prsu.—A fisherman recently caught, in the river Tees, a fish with two horns on its head, two firs on each side, and a pouch or side-pocket under one shoulder. Its teeth are described as enormous. It weighed about three stone. It is called, by naturalists, the Plstystaeny Chaea, and is represented to be a most ravenous and greedy fish. DEATH BY FRIGHT.—An inquest was held at Bedling ton, a few days ago, on the body of Mrs. Ternant, aged 30, whose death was occasioned by fright, produced by the riotous conduct of a body of turn-out pitmen on Sa turday se'nnight. The unfortunate woman lingered until Monday last, when she expired, having previously been prematurely delivered of a child.—Newcastle paper. The Bank of England have given notice that they are ready to receive applications for loans upon the deposit of approved bills of exchange, not having more than six months to run, Exchequer Bills, and East India Bonds, such loans to be repaid on or before the 23d of October next, with interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, and to be for sums of not less than £2OOO each. PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS TO THE 49TH REGIMENT.—The ceremony of presenting a new pair of colours to ti e 49th Regiment took place at Winchester, on Tuesday, when the colours were consecrated by the Bishop of Winchester, and presented by Lady P a k en h am to the troops. The day was remarkably fine, and the, concourse of spectators opposite was immense. Probably 10,000 people were collected. MURDER ON BANBURY RACE COURSE.--Samuel Newman, a hawker, was murdered a few nights ago, on the above race-course, by two men and a woman, who are well known as frequenters of .race-courses and fairs. They brutally assaulted him, and after they had rifled him of every thing, threw him into a river near the spot, where he was discovered. One of the men is known by the name of Gloucester Bill. The woman is known as Gloucester Eliza. LORD BROUGHAM AND THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS.-- His lordship has been very active of late in sending cir culars to gaolers, and writing letters to newspapers, touching the release of insolvent debtors under the new act. Some of the papers state, that so little does the learned lord understand the provisions of his own mea sure, that some of the prisoners, by complying with his instructions, have been detained in prison for several days longer than they otherwise would have been. DIEADFUL SUICIDE.—On Tuesday the body of a man named John Cooper was found in a plantation near Witton Church, with his throat cut in a shocking manner. It appears that the wife of the unfortunate man had for some days past had reason, from the depression of spirits she had noticed in the deceased, to suspect that he might commit some rash act; and that morning her suspicions were confirmed by her ascertaining that one of his razors was missing. She immediately raised the alarm, and a search was instituted, which ended in the finding of the deceased in the manner described.—Blackburn Standard. FATAL THUNDER STORM.—On Saturday afternoon week, during a heavy thunder-storm, the electric fluid fell on Sandford-hill, in the parish of Winscombe, Somer set, which we regret to say was attended by lamentable results. As a farmer, named Adams, accompanied by three boys. was walking up Sandford-hill, they were pros trated by the electric fluid, which ploughed up the earth to a considerable depth. One of the boys, named Hares, was killed on the spot ; another had his clothes entirely stripped off, and remains lame ; and the third was so much injured that it is feared he will not soon recover his reason.—Bristol Journal. SERIES OF CALAMITIES.—Joseph Marshman, aged 53, a tailor, residing in the Strand, London, committed sui cide on Thursday week, by hanging himself. He had been reduced to a desponding state of mind by a cata logue of calamities. About nine months ago his wife was accidentally burnt to death. The day afterwards one of his sons fell from the mast-head of a ship at Blackwall, and was killed. About a fortnight afterwards another son was run over by a cab in the streets, and killed. A third child fell down some steps, and fractured its skull, from the effects of wlrch it ultimately expired. And bf seven surviving children, several are now laid up with rheumatic fever. DEATH OF THE CHAMBERLAIN OF LONDON.—Sir W. Heygate, Bart., Chamberlain of the City of London, died on Wednesday, at Roecliffe, Leicestershire, in the 63d year of his age. The deceased baronet was elected to the Chamberlainship only about 15 months since. Two can didates have declared themselves for the vacant office, have already addressed the citizens, and the friends of both parties have commenced their canvass. Sir John Pirie, who opposed Sir Wm. Heygate in 1843, has de clined to come forward, and Mr. Alderman Brown, Mr. Alderman Humphrey, and Sir John Key, are the candi dates upon the present occasion. Mr. D. W. Harvey, who had come forward, has resigned. The office is worth £4,000 a-year. The election is fixed for Thursday. THE lOWAY INDIANS.—An extraordinary and novel entertainment is being given at Lord's cricket ground, Sr. John's-wood, London, for the purpose of exhibiting the loway Indians encamped in their " wigwam's," and also for the bette► illustration of their domestic life, mode of warfare, peculiar rites and ceremonies, and likewise their wild and exciting sports and pastimes, characteris tic dances, song, &c. ; in fact a perfect representation of Indian forest life. There is also a grand archery fete, to which the members of all the leading archery clubs have been invited, to witness the Indians display their skill in shooting with the bow and arrow in competition for several prizes. The chiefs and " braves" of the party also engage in matches at " ball-play." FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.—One of these brutalizing spec tacles, which terminated fatally, took place on Monday last, in Tolney• lane, Nottinghamshire. The belligerents were a waterman, named John Toder, and Thomas Jack son, a labourer, and the cause of the battle was a dispute between the parties in a public-house, the night before. They fought for an hour and ten minutes, during which time there were 56 rounds, and Jackson was declared the winner. His opponent was so dreadfully beaten that he was carried off the ground insensible, and died in about twelve hours after the occurrence, without having spoken or rallied once. A verdict of manslaughter has been re turned against the principal and four others, and they have been committed for trial. " BLIND SAM", OF STAINTON.—A blind carrier, from Stainton, in Yorkshire, well-known, at Stockton and the neighbourhood, by the name of " Blind Sam," has been engaged at harvest-work, in the present week, binding sheaves, &c., which be has done in a very workmanlike manner. Such is his sensibility of touch that he readily recognises anything by feel after having once passed it through his hands. A neighbour of his, some time ago, lost an ass. Sam undertook to go in search of it ; and, having heard that a drove of asses had been in the neigh bourhood, he went in pursuit, overtook them, and soon detected the stolen ass ; and, what is more singular, he found amongst the lot another ass, which belonged to a neighbour, although not previously acquainted with ita having been lost.—Sunderland Herald. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE AT LAVENFIAM. —Some gleaners on the farm of Mr. Richardson going into the part of a field which had been cleared, whilst he and his men were clearing the other part, his men tied a waggon rope to two" horses, to which they fastened the poor glean ers, and the men rode full speed round the field, dragging the poor gleaners after them ; the consequence of which was that one woman received a compound fracture of the leg, another had her ancle, and a third her wrist injured, and several other women and children were lamed and bruised, a great part of them being exposed in a shameful way.—ln reference to this statement, Mr. Richardson has published a letter in the Bury Post, admitting the out rage, which he laments, and declares that it was contrary to his orders and wishes. He has bad every attention paid to the people hurt. - - IMPORTANT .TO CLERKS, COMMERCIAL TRAVEL LERS, &c.—ln the case of " Kynaston a. Crouch" a judgment was delivered, which, if confirmed, will preju dicially affect all classes of confidential servants, and must tend to place in a state of continual insecurity numbers of most respectable individuals. It was ruled by his lordship (Mr. Justice Patteson) that in case of any act of bank ruptcy being committed by any person or persons, the chrks and confidential servants of the said person or per sons were liable to be called upon, by the assignees of the estate, for all sums paid by them after the act of bank ruptcy, although they did not, or could not, know when it was committed ! His lordship admitted the hardness of the law, and hoped he was wrong in its interpretation, but directed a verdict to be recorded for the plaintiff, with leave to move to enter a nonsuit, or to reduce the damages to such an amount as the court above might direct. A New TRICK.—It has become a maxim among those who supply the labourers on the railway lines with neces saries, to have the money in one hand before they deliver the goods from the other, to prevent any possibility of being cheated. The following device was lately practised by one of these workmen, to evade this safe practice. The dupes of his inzenuity were a couple of shoemakers, residing at Shap. The labourer, having ordered a pair of shoes, with particular directions as to the manner of their make, went to the other, and gave a similar order, with the like directions ; both pairs to be ready by a cer tain day. Accordingly, on the day specified, he called for his shoes, and played his part so as to manage, by some petty excuses, to get a shoe away with him from each place, without paying for them. A shoe for each foot was all he wanted ; and, of course, he left the sons of St. Crispin to condole with each other on their loss. — Kendal Mercury. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. DREADFUL THUNDER STORM.—On Saturday last, about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, the town of liaslingden was visited by a severe thunder storm. The rain came down in torrents and flooded several he uses. A cow was killed at Hartley House Farm, in the Grane. It appears that Kenyon, the farmer, apprehensive that the storm would be a severe one, fetched his cows up from the fields and secured them in the shippon. This had been done only a short time NN hen the electric fluid struck the barn. It entered through the roof— went through the hayrrow, which it set on fire, and killed one of the cows in the shippon. ATTEMPT TO BLOW" UP A HOUSE AT SHEFFIELD.— On Weduesday morning, about half-pest two o'clock, a man named Joseph Almond, a penknife grinder, residing in Sidney-street, was awoke from his sleep by the breaking of a window in the bedroom underneath that in which he was sleeping. fie directly jumped out of bed, and ran to the room where he heard the noise. He there found a ginger beer bottle, commonly called a pop-bottle, with a burning fuse inserted in the cork. Tins he succeeded in putting out without any injury —and, en going to the window, s aw th ree men i n the street below. He forthwith sallied into the street, and collared one of the three ; upon which the other men attacked him, and rescued their com panion. The three then ran away, and, as no other as sistance was at hand, succeeded in making their escape. One of them, in the course of the morning, was captured by the police. On exarni nation of the ' bottle, it was found to be filled with gunpowder. It is said that Al mond, who is a hard-working man, was in distressed cir cumstanees, and had left the union to which he belonged, that he might be enabled to obtain a living, uncontrolled by union regulations. In the course of the day, the police succeeded in capturing another of the suspected parties.— Sheffield Iris. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF Two HORSES.—On Tues day William Squire, Brigg, Lincolnshire, and Robert Cross appeared before the magistrates, to answer the complaint of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which charged them with wantonly and cruelly ill-treating a horse. The case arose out of a match. David Tong stated, that on the 17th instant, he made a match with Squire to run a horse 40 miles against one of his for £5, pay or play, both horses to be ridden by riders of equal weight. The match came off on the 19th. The defendant Cross rode Squires's horse. Witness lost the match, and paid the £5 to Squire, whose horse was most cruelly used. The witness admitted, in cross-examina tion, that his horse was lame and out of condition ; that he had given 50s. for it, and that it was 20 years old. .William Kennington stated, that he saw the horses start. Squire's horse was ridden by Cross. Saw Cross return. The horse was dead beaten, and was dragged along by a boy with Cross on his back. Cross was fined . - £5 25., penalty and costs. Squire was dismissed for want of evidence, but the magistrates made some severe observa tions on his cruel conduct. William Kirby, the rider of the other horse, was convicted, and fined 225. for ill treating the horse. The penalty was reduced in his case, as it contained many mitigatory circumstances. The penalties were paid. POPERY.—The Roman Catholic Cathedral at Notting ham, dedicated to St. Barnabas, was publicly consecrated on Tuesday. The church is the largest vet completed in this country since the Reformation. The building is of the early English style, and is, professedly, a perfect re turn to the ancient arrangements of a Christian Temple. There are no galleries. The windows consist entirely of stained glass, which imparts a great degree of richness and solemnity to the whole interior. In the centre light of the west windows• are painted the arms of the Earl of Shrewsbury (a contributor of £lO,OOO to the building) ; and in the windows of the aisles are the armoreal bearings of Drs.Walsh and Wiseman, the Romanist Bishops of the midland district. The eight principal lights bear the following inscription :—" Good Christian people, of your charity pray for the good estate of John, Earl of Shrews bury, the chief benefactor of the building of this church, dedicated in honour of St. Barnabas." The high altar is especially splendid, and consists of a single slab of stone, supported by eight shafts of Petworth marble. Ott the south side of the choir is the chapel of the " Blessed Sa crament," and this is the most splendid part of the build ing, the adornment being very profuse. There is another chapel in the crypt, under the choir, in honour of St. Peter, as the foundation or rock of the church ; this will be used in masses for the dead. The pavement of the choir and chapels is composed of incrusted tiles of various devices and colours. SIGNAL REPUDIATION OF LEAGUE PRINCIPLES.-- On Thursday and Friday last Mr. Falvey, from Manches ter, one of the paid lecturers of the League, who had by some means found his way to Blackburn, at the Theatre, to a dingy gathering, delivered a couple of discourses on the lovely effect that would follow the abolition of the Corn Laws. At the termination of the first night's ad dress, an operative, taking the lecturer at his word, pro posed to discuss the question fairly next night. After some demur, the lecturer, who did not seem to have ex pected such a challenge, agreed to do so; and it was ar ranged that the discussion should be confined to a decla ration of the lecturer's, that " a repeal of the Corn-laws did not mean low wages."—On Friday night there was a full attendance; the Anti-Corn-law man having had the first fling, a Mr. C. West (a Chartist, we believe) had the second, and to work the , ' went. The result, however, is all that our readers will care to know. The lecturer moved a resolution condemnatory of the Corn-laws, and proposing that they should be immediately repealed. This was met by an amendment from the opposing party to a contrary effect ; and on a show of hands the amend ment was carried by a large majority ! so that with a care fully prepared discourse, delivered by one of the most able lecturers the League have in their employ, and addressed to an audience of their own choosing, the effect has been a most signal defeat. Can there be a more convincing proof that the League humbug has had its day ?—Black burn Standard. JAMES COCKBURN BELANY.—This unhappy man, unhappy, whether innocent or guilty, left London on the morning of the 23d instant, (the day following his trial and acquittal.) and passed through Gateshead, in the evening, on his way to North Sunderland. His return home, as well as thatof some of the witnesses who appeared in his favour on the trial, (according to a letter dated the 28th instant, giving an account of his arrival,) has been the reverse of welcome. One party, (Mr. Hall,) it is said, was stoned from the village half-way down to the Sea houses, where he resides ; and. on Wednesday, an effigy was elevated on a pole, and after being paraded for some time round the neighbourhood, it was set fire to in the presence, and amidst the shoutings, of some hundreds of the population, in front of Belany's house, on the road to Bamburgh. It was afterwarda thrown, half consumed, into a park, or gar ten, adjoining his residence, and the people concluded their " labour of love" with a tremen dous hurrah. A letter which appeared in The Times newspaper, of Saturday last, signed G.S., strongly con demnatory of the jury who tried and acquitted Belany, has also been reprinted, at Alnwick, and extensively cir culated. The excitement in the locality of North Sunder land, where Belany and his unfortunate and much re spected wife were so well known, and where her friends mostly reside, is described by a correspondent as being still very great.—Gateshead Observer.—A correspondent of the Globe, who signs himself "A Northumbrian," states that, "within one hour fro m th e ti me B e l any quit ted the dock, at the Old Bailey, he proposed to a gentle man from the north to accompany him to a wine-mer chant's, in Regent-st ree t, t o se l ec t a d ozen o f c h ampagne to regale his friends on his arrival at North Sunderland, for which place he , ,proposed starting, the s ame even i ng by the mail train.' FEARFUL MISCHIEF.—Another of those terrific explo sions which have of late disgraced the locality of Sheffield took place on Sunday night last, at the colliery known by the name of the Deep Pit, and in the occupation of the Sheffield Coal Company. This pit is situated about two miles from the town, on the right side of the road to Eckington, and is one from which the colliers turned out a few months since. A number of the old hands intended to go to work again at this pit, and it appears that a num ber of others were determined to prevent it. It is sup posed, therefore, that to carry this determination into effect, the destruction of the boiler and steam engine was accordingly resolved on. The pit was guarded by an old watchman, named William Prince, who, on the night of the explosion, evidently thought that the better part of valour was discretion ; for on seeing some men pass the hut in which he was watching, about a quarter before eleven o'clock on Sunday night, he remained perfectly quiet till the explosion was over, and the incendiaries had decamped. The explosion was heard many miles off, in the direction of Eckington, the wind at the time being in the west. On this occasion the chief movers in the act have been caught in their own trap, for not being aware that the embers under the boiler were then smouldering, they introduced the cask of gunpowder, and by some means it ignited while they were close to the door of the flue. The effect on one misguided man, named Boden, is terrific. He reached the door of his sister, who keeps the Norfolk Arms at the Manor, about twelve o'clock, and who, but from his voice and dress, would not have known him. .His face and hands presented a spectacle truly pitiable to behold. The face was like one large black cinder—the hair entirely singed from off the head—and the eyes, though not lost, fearfully swollen and burnt round the lids. Both hands were in a similar state, and the left side was also much injured. GENERAL Tore THUMB'S CARRIAGE.—" This little hero (says the Standard) is now in possession of the outward and visible sign of a gentleman—he keeps his carriage. An ingenious artificer has devoted his energies to the task of building it ; and his genius has enabled him to produce a beautiful model suitable to the dimen sions of the general, complete in all its parts —even to springs, window blinds, and folding steps—and quite available for the purposes of locomotion. It is a chariot about three feet and a half in height ; the body is of in tense blue, and the mouldings are of silver; the wheels are elegantly picked out with white; the hammercloth is of rich crimson, embroidered fancifully, containing also the general's arms—a mixture of the heraldic symbols of England and America,—with the business-like recom _ mendation, ' Go a-head,' flourishing unde;nCaih,hiifie form of a motto. We are informed, that a pair of ponies of matchless size are in training for this pretty little ve hicle, and that two small boys have been obtained to fill the arduous situations of coachman and footman." The Morning Chronicle tells us, in its notices of the perfor mances at Astley's (whether it is another version of this story, or refers to a distinct thing, we cannot tell), that a minature horse was exhibited in the circus. This wonderful little animal, which is called Tom Thumb, is well made, and something like a Shetland pony, though not so shaggy ; he stands only twenty-five inches high, and weighs but 731 b, was presented to Mr. Batty by the celebrated equestrian Mr. Wells, and has not his equal in the three kingdoms. Tom Thumb (the original) will appear in the circus at Astley's, we arc told, during the week, in a minature carriage, which has been built for him by Mr. Beaton, of Soho Square , and which will be drawn by this little horse. Man, carriage, and horse, will all then be in proportion; and such another equipa g e is only to be found, probably, in the description of fairies." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The South Devon shareholders have determined to adopt the atmospheric principle for working their line when it is completed. The capital of this company is to be reduced to £1,000,000. The Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junction Railways contemplate erecting a statute to perpetuate the memory of George Stephenson. Mr. Gibson is to be the sculptor, and the principal room in St. George's Hall is spoken of as the most likely place for its reception. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The Sunday excursion tran to Brighton and back for one fare on Sun day conveyed 2,200 passengers, in 80 car:iages, and eight engines —the largest number of passengers, carriages, and engines vet conveyed by one train. It was stated at the meeting of the Maryrort and Car lisle Railway, that it will be completed within six months, and that the cost of its construction will not exceed the estimate sum of £320,000, being at the rate of ;C11,500 per mile. ANOTHER KENTISH RAILWAY PROJECT.—Another proposal for a KentiSh Railway has just appeared. It is styled " The Kentish Railway from London to the Downs, through Woolwich, Grave - send, Rochester, Chatham, and Canterbury." The capital is to be 43,750,000, in £25 shares. LEEDS AND BRADFORD RAILWAY.—The first general 'Peeling of this railway was held last week. It is ex pected that the line will be completed by the spring of 1816. An application is to be made to parliament next session to extend the line to Keighley, Howarth, and Skipton. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—Strong resolutions were passed, at the meetings held at Ross and Gloucester, on Monday and Tuesday, against the route of the Great West ern Railway, from Stone over the Severn, and in favour of the line vid Gloucester, Ross, Monmouth, &c., but not pledging the parties to any particular route. FURTHER AMALGAMATIONS—THE GRAND JUNCTION AND LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAYS.—We are informed that the Directors of the Grand Junction and Liverpool and Manchester Railways have resolved (subject, of course, to the sanction of the proprietors) to amalgamate the two Companies. The details have not reached us.---Railway Record. At the half-yearly meeting of the Yarmouth and Nor wich Railway the report laid before the proprietors showed, that from the Ist of May, to the 18th instant the gross receipts had amounted to £6,265, a sum which is considered to show very favourable results it being recollected that the goods traffic has not yet com menced. No dividend was declared, the opening of the line having been so recent. THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The greatest activity prevails on different parts of the pro jected line of railway between Lancaster and Carlisle; at Shap and at Lowther Bridge the works are in rapid pro gress, and it is expected that in the course of a fortnight all matters will have been completed so as to enable the company to take possession of the land at Wreay, where ground will also be instantly broken. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—We under stand that the directors of this project have concluded an arrangement with the government for the carriage of the mails, &c. It is rumoured that, to commence with, the government pays £35,000 per annum. A meeting of the proprietors was held on Friday. The purchase of the Bir kenhead and Chester line was spoken of as desirable. Capt. Moorsom was appointed managing director at a salary of £l,OOO per annum, and £1,500 was voted to the directors for their services. MORE RAILWAYS.—A special general meeting of the proprietors of the Preston and Wyre R-iilway Company is convened for the 13th instant, to determine on the pro priety of applying to parliament for powers to make branch railways from Poulton to Blackpool, and from Kirkham to Lytham. A prospectus has also been issued for a line of railway from the Lancaster and Carlisle rail way at Kendal to the head of Lake Windermere, thus affordin an uninterrupted railway communication from London to the lake district. This branch line will also give the benefit of a convenient station to the town of Kendal which the levels of the Lancaster and Carlisle line would not allow. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Friday morning a most destructive fire broke out in the extensive buildings be longing to the Dover and Brighton railways, at theirjoint station, New Cross. The fire originated in the centre of a long range of shedding, principally used as store-houses for the carriages belonging to the company's works. At that time there were in the budding about a dozen car riages, of great value, besides others in an unfinished state. The flames ran with the utmost rapidity along the building. When the roof fell in the fire mounted terrifi cally, and from that moment the scene was awfully grand, the range of building, about 200 feet long by 40 feet broad, exhibiting one mass of flame. By half-past two the whole range, with its valuable contents, consisting of several carriages, was entirely consumed, nothing but the iron wheels remaining. How the fire originated is not known. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On Friday week, Ellen Allan, a blind woman, 61 years of age, was accidentally killed on the York and North Midland Railway, near York. She resided with her brother, who is a farmer, at Copmanthorpe, and whilst she was crossing the line to get to some of his fields, a train came up and she was killed on the spot.—A dreadful and singular accident oc currd, on Wednesday last, upon the Leicester and Swannington Railway. A train, consisting of two pas senger carriages with thirteen coal-waggons behind and thirteen before, was proceeding to Leicester, when one of the axle-trees of the coal-waggons in front broke, and was forced into the ground, producing a total stoppage of the whole. In consequence of this, the w ggons in the rear were forced upon the passenger carriages, which were crushed and raised in the air to a considerale height, by which a fine young woman, in her 23rd year, met with almost instantaneous death. She was completely jammed between the coal-waggon behind and the seat of the passenger carriage in front, which, pressing upon her chest, produced suffocation and almost instant death. BLACKW ALL RAILWAY. —The half - yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday. No dividend was declared, the revenue account only showing an available surplus of £1.730 5s 6d. The directors, however state that it must be borne in mind that this was the balance on the worst half of the year, and that there was a de ficiency of £2,411 4s 2d on the corresponding half of 1843, making, therefore, an actual increase of 4,141 9s Bd. in favour of the past half-year. The number of pas sengers landed and embarked at the Brunswick Pier by the Gravesend boats during the past six months has been 394,506, while during the same period of last year the number was only 191,357, thus showing an increase in this branch of traffic of upwards of 100 per cent. Al though the provects of the railway have thus increased, the receipts of the winter months, it is stated, require a considerable advance, but the directors appear to rely with much confidence on the results to be expected from the Chatham and Gravesend line, soon to be effected, by means of which they look for a generally augmented sraffic. The workingslor the past half-year, compared with the same period in 1843, show an increase of nearly 30 per cent in the receipts, and of 50 per cent. in the numbers carried. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY,—The 13th half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at the office, Queen-street, Glasgow, on Tuesday last, John Learmonth, Esq., in the chair. From the report it ap peared that the gross receipts during the half-year were £55,866 16s. ; working expenses, £20,167 Is Bd, and the interest on loans £9,272 16 s 9d, leaving a nett profit of £26,436 17s 7d. The directors recommended that of this £25,312 lOs should be appropriated as a dividend at the rate of 22s 6tl per share on the original stock, and of 5s 7d per share on the new stock for the half-year, or 41 per cent. per annum, payable on Tuesday, the 17th Sep tember; and that the balance of £1124 7s 7d to be added to the existing balance of £1905 14s at the company's credit, in addition to the £5OOO placed to the credit of the depreciation fund last year.—The chairman moved the adoption of the report, and was seconded by Mr. Wotherspoon, of Liverpool. Sir Andrew Agnew, seconded by Mr. W. Campbell, of Tilliechewan, moved an amend ment for the discontinuance of Sunday traffic, which, after a long discussion, was negatived by a majority of 1207 votes to 410. The original motion was then carried. [The total number of passengers taken along the line during the half year amounted to 331,578 of these 46,797 went in the first class, 82,684 in the second class, and 202,097 in the third class.] RAILWAY FROM BIRKENHEAD TO MANCHESTER.— There are three plans of Railways which may be said to be now before the public for connecting Manchester with Birkenhead. The Grand Junction Railway Company with the object of effecting a communication with Holy head and Manchester, purpose running a line from Ches tar and Crewe terminus, through Altringham, going somewhat near Stockport. The other plan, is the one in greatest favour at Birkenhead. It is to commence, say at Preston Brook, cross the• Weaver and Canal, and enter the Liverpool and Manchester line six miles on this side of the latter town ; from Preston Brook one branch will proceed to Chester, facilitating the journey to Holy Bead, and another will join the Birkenhead and Chester line at Sutton, and thereby render the distance between Man chester and Birkenhead within thirty-six miles. Thy advantages of this latter plan are said to be very great. The ground is a dead level ; no cutting, very little bridg ing; no inconvenient gradiants, no expensive stations. The cost is estimated not to exceed £12,000 a mile, or total outlay £400,000. A survey has also been comp', ted for a line of railway to extend from Preston Brook, on the Grand Junction Railway to Chester, which, communi eating by the Manchester and Liverpool line with all the northern lines, will unite by the shortest route Manches ter, Leeds, and the other populous towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire, with the Chester and Holyhead railway, and with Birkenhead. t h h e e l d r e o p n o r S t a . t u d i l a a y c i c a o s r t d . a n T e e h e w fo i t l h l o w p i r n e g_ SELBY RAILWAY.—The genera l meeting HULL AND Manchester and Leeds company, a bill was b rought into i v os i f o t u thi s elis r s e ur s ba o is l lt u 'a‘ t 'an io ye n ew s oa r fs elative to a uni on o f i nterests with the parliament for that purpose, but was successfully opposed the standing orders not being complied with for want of time, and it is therefore deferred until next session. The arrangement with the Manchester company has to some extent been acted upon since January last, but the ac counts are made out witho t reterence to that arrange ment. The receipts for passengers during the last half year have been : 13,133 First Class Passengers 18,998 Second ditto 62,958 Third ditto Excess Fares 26 12 0 95,089 £10,566 15 1 Showing an increase of 14,540 passengers, and of £369 6s 4d in fares over the corresponding half-year of 1843. Sept. 3, 1844. The encouragement given to persons taking excursions into Ferr h t yh and c r ou n ry; u 'lJ r, allowing an d back, themen three egeo days to H n the week, zi4' week, has had a beneficial effect on the receipts. The goods had rdso been increased, yet the entire expenses,. were nearly the same as before, b u t th e re t urne d rates of carriage prevented the benefit that would otherwise arise from the increase of traffic. The directors recommende d a dividend of 255. per share (or 5 per cent per annum) , on the half year, payable on the 16th of September. As the trade of the country is increasing, the directors re commend an application to parliament next session, for power to purchase additional ground rear the Hull The two also more locomo t i ves f or goo d s trains, &e.lue two new docks at Hull would be another great advantage to the line anti to that town. After alluding to the recent act regulating railways, which had been favourably mo dified, the directors urge', the formation of a line of rail way from Hull to Beverley, Driffield, and Burlington Quay, in connection with the present undertaking. Th e traffic between these t ow n s was now very extens i ve , and i ," there were many i m po r t an t v ill ages near t h e li ne, which as a branch could have many advantages, and the expense of working it would be small. They propose to lay down one line at present, but to purchase ground for two lines, and no difficulties are anticipated from land owners, wh o , from the advantages to th e i r property w i l l gener all assist in its formation. The directors would therefore submit a resolution to empower them to make the sur veys, and apply to parliament for an act next session to construct the line. They conclud e b y an assurance that they will observe the strictest economy, and congratulat e the meeting on the present state and future prospects of the undertaking. The report was received and approved of. The dividend reco mmen d e d was a l so agree d to, and resolutions passed authorising the directors to apply to Par' liament for powers to purchase the additional land at the Hull terminus, and also to take the preliminary steps fee the formation of the proposed new branch line. 'THE COURT. HER MAJESTY'S MARINE EXCURSION.—ACCOrding to present arrangements. her Majesty and the Prince Consort will take their departure from Windsor Castle about Monday or Tuesday, the 9th or 10th instant, erna proceed to the coast of Hampshire, to embark on board the Royal yacht. Their Royal Highnesses the P r ince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, will, it is fully expected, accompany their illustrious parents to the Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and Prince Albert will shortly afterwards proceed to Scotland in the Victoria and Albert ya c ht, l eav i ng t h e i n f ant Royal Familyat Osborne House, and where it is expected they will re. main until the return of the Queen and the Prince from the north. It is believed that her Majesty's marine el' cursion, and series of v i s it s t o t h e S cott i sh nobility , .7 „ occupy from three to fou r wee k s . Th ere i s not supPnse.r to be the least pr o b a bility o f th e S overe i gn visiting "„f Irish dominions this autumn, the arrival of the King the French in this country being expected to take pia" immediately after the return of the Court to Windsor. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—The engrossing topic in all circles in Dublin is the royal visit, w hich is now spoken of as a matter almost of certainty, although nothing whatever in a posit've or official form has trans pired upon the subject. The Evening Post of Tuesday says :—" We stated on Saturday that a communication had reached us which left little doubt in our mind, that the Queen will arrive in Dublin in the course of the nel t month. We have since heard nothing to weaken tlt impression; but, on the contrary, much to confirm it. The London journals, however, ridicule the idea. Monday last being the anniversary of Prince Albert birth-day, the morning was ushered in with the usual de monstrations of loyalty and attachment towards the con sort of our beloved sovereign. The bells of the metropo litan churches at an early hour rang merry peals. At one o'clock the Park and Tower guns were fired, and in the evening her Majesty's tradesmen brilliantly illuminated their houses. His Royal Highness entered his 26th year , having been born on the 26th of August, 1819. THE ROYAL FAMILY.—Since the departure of Dr• Locock for the continent, her Majesty has been attended by Mt. Brown, the surgeon to the royal household, a t Windsor. On Tuesday morning, Prince Albert inspected the second battalion of the Scots Ftkileer guards, in the Great Park. The Queen took an airing in a pony pini e " ton, for upwards of an hour: Prince Albert drove her Majesty out. Th e queen d owager, after lunching with the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore, went with her royal highness to the castle, on a visit to the Queen. q l . / , Wednesday morni ng , th e ceremony of churching Queen took place in the private chapel of the castle; the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiating. n'' Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the ceremony' The Queen and Prince Albert walked on the Terrace and in the pleasure grounds adjacent to the castle this morn' ing. A garden chair was taken for her Majesty's use, when required. The Queen took an airing in the after noon, Prince Albert driving. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined at the castle. On Thursday morning, his roy a l hi g h ness P r i nce A lb ert l e f t the cas tle at seven o'clo c k, f or th e F arn b oroug h stat i on o f the Southwestern Railway, en route to Osborne House, IS I C of Wight. His royal highness was expected to return the same evening to dinner. The Queen walked in the pleasure grounds of the castle, attended by the VicountesS Canning, lady in waiting, who has succeeded the Coun tess of Dunmore. In the afternoon, her majesty, ac companied by the royal family, and attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, took an airing in a pony car riage. The Hon. Colonel Grey, equerry in waiting, _.,vis s in attendance on horseback. Her Royal Highneso cr Ti Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty at the castle. royal family have been taking their accustomed aineD" each day. The fee presented to Dr. Locock, first physician B ,e: coucheur to the Queen, i s , it i s un d erstoo d , upon the birth of a royal infant, £l,OOO. Dr. Ferguson, w ho is th second physician accoucheur, receives £5OO, and Di' James Clark the same amount. Mrs. Lilly, the Queen l4 monthly nurse, recei ves "f or th e mcnt h" £ 3 O O. This amount is generally swelled to upwards of £6OO, the elr tras being derived from the handsome presents the nurse receives from each guest invited to the christening. The wet nurse is said to receive £lOO per month for her ser vices, besides the gratifying prospect of some portion of her family being provided for (either in the army navy, or in some of the public offices) for life. SPO RTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. So determined a set was made against Ithuriel that at one time appeared to be " all up" with him. sto 1 was then laid, to betwee n £4OO and £5OO, and the takers for a moment were choked off. 6 W 1 was then laid to upwards of .ElOO, but the layer refusing to go 0,, confidence was partially restored, and two or three other bets sni booked at sto 1 ; nothing less, we believe, was taken. The eu7 of this movement was to giv e mos t o f t h e ot h er favotuites a li: and more particularly Red Deer, 'Valerian, and Foig-a-Ballag" The betting, however, irrespective of Ithuriel, was far from brisk* ST. T. EGER. 3 to 1 agst Mr Salvin's The Cure (tk and aft offd) 5 1 Lord Stanley's Ithuriel (taken) 7 1 Duke of Richmond's Red Deer (take 15 to 2) 11 1 Col Anson's Bay Momus 10 1 Mr Vane's Valerian (taken) 10 1 Dawson's lot 11 1 -- Colonel Anson's The Princess 11 1 Mr Irwin's Foig.a-Ballagh 30 1 Mr Meiklam's Godfrey 40 1 Mr Mostyn's Milton DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Col Anson's Kedger (taken, and aft offil) 25 1 Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger (taken) MANCHESTER. FRIDAY EVENING. very important t T m u o es v d em ay e movement none he en wtpoed was also booked between hi m an d Th e C ure, aga i nst whom It' As l r aid g rrt ne "lam" fa a gi t ne 7 re O nw t ee o s 'l 2 ) , do a fa n d also a t 200 to 50 t w i ce . 5t 04 i n P t 30 was laid several times. Bay Momus was backed at 8 to L the Bush, at night, from 4 to 1 he fell back to 7 to 1, a good deal money being invested on spec. The following day 10 to 1 wellt. e , begging ; 7 to 1 was the n accepte d on M omus, and 8 to 1 in ponl2o on Bed Deer. Shortly alter the room had broke up, we found b, to 1 laid. with a party or two anxious to cross bet, Foig-a-Ballto &c., against him. I n th e even i ng 60 to 20 was booked under t Bush against each, Red Deer and Momus. Yesterday morning ° s o one " bid " direct against the supposed dished-up Ithuriel. Stret, enough, 3to I was l a id aga i nst The Cure; 6to 1 bar one „ and', o . 1 agst Mom us t o £3O ; 4 to 1 was much wanted on him and v!'„, rian. 800 to 100 w ou ld h ave b een taken on one of Scott ' s lot, ie'f posed to be Momus. 25 to 1 in ponies was laid against GO ci to is (backed at 500 to 20 on M on d a y, an d Th e P r i ncess at 13 to 1 " tenner''); afterwards the layer offered 400 to 20. DOINGS TO• DAY.jg Ithuriel at sto 1 taken in hundreds, and offers to take on. 00 move was joy to his downcast f r i en d s o f y es t er d ay . Th e Cute W 0 0, ' backed for upwards of £l3O at 3,3 i. and 31, in one hand • lq° o o at Bto 1, but then no f r iends. 4tol to £7O laid rtgainsthiloiog Valerian. The Princess in fashion at 12 and 11 to 1. C prices:— „ae ! 5 to 4 on Scott agst the crack; 100 to 6 t w i ce l a id agst The uoinst Mickey for the Handicap, and Alice for the Cup. 3t 04 ag any two, otio•offi agsters to take Tie , 50 to (taken4Oon and offered)lliturielags The Cure. 3 4 1 Ithuriel (offered, 5 wanted) 100 15 Rod Deer (offered) 8 I Momus (taken, and of 8 1 Valerian (taken, and wanted) 10 1-- The Princess (offered, 11 wanted) 11 1 Foie•-a-Ballagli (offered) 20 1— Mr ostyn (offered) 25 1 Godfrey (offered) 25 1 Lightning (offered) Tiff: LEAMINGTON STAKES. 4 to 1 on the field (off) 6 to 1 agst Advice (tak e° 5 1 agst Mosque 6 1 Councillor eo 5 ' — -- 1 Walking Stick 8 1 Johnny hits 57 I I agst s t RowenaAlg:riil (taken) I THE YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. ia .41)0 0 01 stol on the field (off) I2oto 1 agst Alice ~.a- a ou, (taken, a n 7 1 Dodger (nom) . I The others as before, not being named. THE DERBY. , (OS) 300 to 12 agst Kedger (otl) I 12 to 1 agst NewsMonga w. atta r Cotherstone is said to have been disposed of by Mr. 13 ,7 i 'reas. , his break-down at Goodwood, to Earl Spencer, for 20° ..7. - n i tilick, ''', The subscription for a testimonial to Lord George ' - n ex posins. acknowledgment of the services he rendered to the turf rd. the Running Rein case, alrey ounts to ,EISI9 II .„' d mu nicati an DERBY AND ST. LEGER CLUBS.ID reply to R C0.. -- c i r .loo7 requesting information as to the legality of these clubs, " erson 0_ Graham " refers to the act prohibiting lotteries. Al l a j oast 4 " fending against the statute is liable to be proceeded d tba therein directed.'' CRICKET. —The return match between the n" vet Manchester Clubs came off on Wednesday, on the grell_ dies e fai former, in the presence of the largest assemblage otuLined 00l Club g" ditto, witnessed on the Lip erpool ground. The Liven" easy victory, in one innings. Manchester, first Innings, second, 69; total, 127. Liverpool, first innings, 100 Liverpool r ot oe 115 CONSUMPTION OF HONEY BY BE ES.—But few per°,, r are aware how early in the season bees eat honey ra';:h than they produce it. By not attending to this, 03 honey is lost. When the weather is dry bees usually 01., r sume honey faster than they collect it after the raidd le er g cultivated for their use, in which case they may gain 11 0 °H 20th of July, unless they have access to suitable f 10"... until the end of September. This subject is important _u: bee masters, who follow the old system, and destroy t°a bees when they take the honey. Some let them remso` till the latter after they hare ceased to collect any o f consequence.. part of September, eating ho ne y two m ~:~- '.