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...ttcraturr. P 0 E it Y. THE VIOLET. (From Poems and Ballads of Goethe, in Blaelewoo,Ps MaTazine.) A vio'et blossom'd en the lea, Half hidden from the eve, As fair a flower as you might see ; When there c me tri pin, by A sh:Therd maiden fair and oung, Lightly, lightly o'er the lea; Care she knew not, and she sung Merrily ! " 0 were I but the fairest flower That blossoms on the lea; If only for one little hour, Th t she might gather me— Clasp me in her bon.) , beast!" Thong' t the little flower. " O that in it I might rest But an hour!" Lack-a-day ! Up came the lass, Heeded not the vio et ; Trod it down into the Grass; Though it nied, ' , was happy yet. " Trodden down although 1 lie, Yet my de ,th is very sweet — For I cannot choose but die At her feet !" N o TICE S. A System proposed and recommended fir the Better, Manallement and Improvement of Landed Estates in Liven pool and its Neighbourhood. • An interesting pamphlet. under this title, has just issued from our local press, and we reck , mmentl it to the perusal of proprietors. It appears to us to cont,in some sugges tions which, if nut already generally acted upon by intel ligent landlords, it might be well for them to adopt, not only for their own interests, but for those of their tenants. The author (a profes,i .n l gentleman in this town) commences by recommending an accurate plan and survey of every estate not recently inspected, and a report on its condition, to he taken, so as to &ter mine what leases should be given or renewed, and what alterations or improvements should be made. lie next proposes that no lease should be granted for longer than seven or fourteen years of lands already in a fair state of cultivation, or for mote than twenty-one years where wastes are to be cultivated, or considerable sums to be laid out for enclosures. He urges the necessity of good draining, judicious application of manure, and a proper rotation of crops; and makes some useful remarks on the duties of the officers whom he considers it the duty of the proprietor of landed property to appoint. He also offers suggestions to those officers as to the provisions of leases, the engagements of landlords and tenants, and other simi lar subjects. He next treats on the renewal of bulling leases—on repairing leases—on yearly tenancies—on the care requisite in the tinanciAl department—on the neces sity of employing an experienced surveyor to make plans of the estate, superintend buildings, &c.—on the duties of the steward—the annual reports and accounts, &c. &c. But we must refer to the work itself, which is very neatly printed by our townsman Mr. Marples. The Star of Jacob. Edit el by the Rev. MosesMargoliouth, Author of " The Funda.nental Principles of Modern Judaism Investigated," and " Israel s Ordinances Examined." Under the above title, nur talented and excellent towns man, now Curate of St. Augus'ine's, proposes to publish a uionthly magazine, designed for the improvement of those of his brethren of the house of Israel, who still dwell in the faith of their fathers, and refuse to believe in the true dispensation of Christ ; the first number to be issued as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is procured to warrant the expense of the undertaking. The nature of the magizine will be best explained by the following passage from the prospectus It will contain critical expositions of prophecy, and at the same time perverted constructions corrected. It is intended to examine all the principal Jewish objections against Christianity and to refute them even on their own grounds. According to the suggestion of a prelate of our beloved church, it will also be retrospective in developing the state of the Talmudical tra ditions, as they have varied from the time at which they were censured by Christ Jesus. The inquiry will b • also retrospec tively conducted back to the time when the sacred text began to be the subject of the commentator, who gradually debased its meaning by various steps, and at various times, until the Christian wra, when our Lord declared that the Scribes and Pharisees made the word of God of n ne effect through their tradition. The different departments of Jewish literature, of which there are ,ome most valuable. will he noticed. The ma gazine will also contain articles on the Old Testament institu tions, as they are now observed by the Jews, throughout their dispersion. Their present state and movements in all places of their captivity will also be described." Mr. Margoliouth is also preparing for the press a " Translation of the Babylonian Talmud, with a Preli minary Dissertation on the real Genius and the Nature of that extraordinary Production." The work—one of great labour and research, and which it is admitted must be of great value to the theological Christian student— will be publ'shed in separate vo!umes, at two guineas each to subscribers, as soon as a sufficient number of names are received to cover the expenses of the press. Martin Chuzzlewit. Nos. 19 and 20. London : Chap man and Hall, 186, Strand. Webb, Liverpool. In these two numbers Mr. Dickens winds up the thread of his story, and administers poetical justice to each of his characters. Mr. Pecksniff, the hypocrite and cheat, despoiled himself of the fruits of his roguery sinks down into "a drunken, begginz, squalid, letter-wri'ing man," such as may be met with by hundreds, stealing through the haunts of crime and low dissipation in our large towns; and Mr. Jonas Chnzzlewit concludes his murder ous career by suicide. Tire remainder of the personages introduced to us are made happy according to their vari ous inclinations and tastes. The author has displayed his peculiar powers in these concluding chapters. To two of the characters in particular—those of Tom Pinch and " little Ruth"—tie has lent a charm which will make them live in our affections, as beautiful creations of the poet rather than of the novelist, when many a more laboured eon shall be forgotten. As a whole, we cannot say that Martin Chuzeewit is inferior to any of the previous productions of Mr. Dickens. Less striking it may he than some, and less original in conception. There is a continual freshness, however, in the style of the author which wins admiration and imparts interest even to subjects and characters which we feel that we have had presented to us before from the same pen. Upon a work published in the serial form, with an inter , ul of eighteen months between the first and the last number, it is difficult to form a just judgment until we have an opportunity of repet usal in its compli to form, which we shall shortly have. In the eantime we can a fely say for ourselves that by none of Mr. Dickens' previous works we have been more interest , d than by this his history of the Chazzlewit family. We observe that the work is now to be had complete, stitched in cloth or bound. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country. London : G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent-street. Fraser leads off this mon'h with an article, perhaps somewhat too laudatory, upon the history and character of the Emperor Nicholas of (kis:4a, by the same hand which recently furnished us with sketches of Louis Phi lippe, Prince Metternich, &c. The remaining portion of the number is made up of varied articles in prose, poetry, history, and criticism, written with the talent and taste which ordinarily distinguish the contributors to this ma gazine. In particular we have a masterly cutting•up of Mr. D'lsraeli's new work " Coningsby," and an excel lent paper entitled " Southey's Sale and Southey's Works," which contains some sound and excellent cri ticism. The political article, on '• The State of Parties," is well worth perusal. If anything, it is more severe than it ought to be upon the refractory members of Sir Robert Peel's party, and less severe than, with justice, it might be upon the Premier himself. Dublin University Magazine. Dublin : William Curry, jun., and Co. ; London : W. S. Orr and Co. This magazine continues to display the excellence of spirit and interest of detail by which it has been distin guished from its commencement. The present number contains the commencement of a new tale by its talented editor, Lorrequer, entitled " The Neville's of Garrets town, a tale of 1760," from which we have borrowed largely in our " Selections." It contains, as well, some able reviews, in particular a second notice of Captain Siborne's recent excellent work " The Campaign of 1815," and a review of " Remedies for the Perils of the Nation." The remaining articles fully sustain the repu tation of their talented writers, and are full of variety and interest. The Farmer's Magazine. London : Mark-lane Express office, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand. To the agricultural reader we need not enlarge upon the general usefulness of this magazine. The present number contains some highly valuable papers, and is il lustrated by a splendid portrait of that eminent agricul turist, Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., together with a plate of a short-horned heifer, bred by Mr. H. Watson, of Walkingham, near Gainsborough. No practical far mer, desirous of being guided in his improvements by the experience of his brother agriculturists and by the lessons of science, should be without this excellent periodical. dedicated Song of the Zephyr. Ballad, composed and to Mrs. Morrison, by H. V. Lewis: L iverpool: published by the Composer, 11, Elizabeth-street, Pembroke-place. A very lively song has just appeared under this title, by our talented townsman Mr. H. V. Lewis, composer of " Sing not of the Past," and other pieces. The air is light and fiowing, and is likely to become an established favourite with the fair portion of the public. The words, which we believe are by a lady, and are very gracefully written, we make no apology for giving here : I come on the wing of the beautiful Spring , As she streweth our earth with flowers ; And I pass through the air, with a footstep rare, To the fairest of Eden's bowers. I kiss the rose, as it sweetly blows the In the earliest blush of which night tau strewsm th o r o n rn ; And shaker ff the dews w . On the blossom-bearin wing, I come on the &c. In summer's bright glow, where rivulets flow, I skim o'er the rippl►n stream ; And float in the shade of woodland and glade, Like the thought of a fairy dream. Then wildly gay through the valleys I play, 'Mid flowers so rich and fair g And waft he perfume of their fragrant WOOtrl, To sce.,t the pure mo main air. I corns on tho wing, &c. The New Monthly Belle Assembhce. L0(14/011 : Joseph RogeNon, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand. The Jnly number of this excellent and cheap period;:tal is full of entertaining li.erary nuttier, tasteful y and : , hly stl-cted by the for edit ress, po:t y and tale aiternat and both well suited for the boudnir or the drawing r,.om, for the yiailg as well as for the mature. A beautiful en gr tying is as u•wil given with the number, and the usual " Fa,hions" ifeet,llli any it, upon the cnrrectuess of which we do not presume to express an opinion. Tom Burke of Ours, No. 19. Wi:liam Curry. jun., and Co., Dublin ; W. S. Orr and Co., Pate. noster-row, London. The present number, although the incld , nts are no longer connected with the movements of the Frtnch army, is yet stirring and striking, as are all Mr. L , •ver's tale;. A Sc , ne with the Maitne Guard is leo:4 graphically described, as is the descent of Burke over the cliff at t.,e Fahuse to the vessel by wh ch he achieved his escape from France on his leturri to his native land. An extract or two we may probably find room for in our next. The Illuminated Magazine. By Douglas Jerrold. Lou- don: Office, 2, Crane-court, Fleet-street. The second number of the new and improved series of this splendid specimen cf art of typography and illustra tion, contains some excellent articles, both in prose and poetry. Amongst the former we may particulari•e the " Yankee Sparking Frolic"—a racy sketch of Yankee life, which we should almost be inclined to attrbute to the pen of the lively author of " Uncle Sam ;" and the " Last Hour of a Suicide"—we rear "an ower true tale." The " Adventures of a Scamp," of which we have here the first chap'ers. promises to be an amusing story to som e t as tes, but we like not these incursions, too corn men amongst certain writers of tire present day, into the haunts of roguery and crime. Our lite.ature is already quite fill enomli of Newgat9 Calendar Riograllies. Or a much better character is a sketch of the career of the wonderful boy poet Chutterton, which is ably and feel ingly written. Punch. Part 36. Office, 194, Strand. Wise and witty by turns in its literary matter, and in imitable in its illustrations. The age would be indeed dull, aid humbug, and imposture ove.iuti.this land, if we had not Punch to enliven us and occasionally to flog us into honesty. We are compelled this wj ek to postpone notices of " The Church of England Quarterly Review," " The New Quarterly, or Home Foreign and Colonial Review," " The Asiatic Journal," " Simmonds' Colonial Maya &c. &c. - SELECTIONS. IRISH MODE OF GETTING RID OF AN AWKWARD WITNESS.—" It is to be hoped that his last affair may last him for the remainder of his life. At his years and mine, Mrs. Mary, there's more to be thou lit of limn the laws of honour. But inched Longuevil'e's affair was a thing of the moment ; it arose out of the great trial of the Swindletraps, at the ass zes before last. Longueville was the chief witness against them, and Miles Swindletrap thought he might put him out of the way. The colonel used to walk early in the morning by the water side — Miles took care to meet him, and the thing was soon set tled. A word and a blow affair. They drew—both good swordsmen—but Swindletrap was in the duel what he used to be in court. Longuevilie made two passes that should either of them have settled the neater. Suddenly he hears a fellow in the crowd (for you may be sure there's no place so lonely that a duel wont bring a multitude there,) cry out the word ' rabbit.' Now, just think of his quickness in such a time; be pushes next sir ight for the neck, where rabbits are sometimes killed with a stroke. and the sword goes clean through the throat and out at the back of the head—Swindlettap was buffed. Longue ville wipes the blood off his sword—' Not bad," says he, ' for seventy-two,' an I walks back to breakfast."—The Nvvilles of Garrelslown, in Dublin Universily Mag. STORY OF A MONKEY.—Some time ago a French gentleman, who was very fond of animals and of natural history, brought from the captain of a ship a monkey re markable for its cleverness and surprising powers of imi tation. The same gentleman had a magnificent parrot for several years, which was a great pet in the family. Poor poll evidently did not like the new -corner, and from the first regarded him with an evil eye. The monkey, on his side, was quite ready to take up a quarrel, acid exerted all his cleverness to teaze and annoy his companion; so that often it was found necessary to separate them by violent means. At length. one night, when all the household had retired to rest, they were waked up by piercing screams, as if from a person being murdered. The gentleman started up, and se zing his gun, rushed towards the room whence the screams pro ceeded. All the house was soon stirring, each one armed with the first weapon he could lay his hands on ; and ac companied by this escort, the master of the house opened the door, and there beheld the monkey with a large kitchen-I:idle in one hand, with which the cook had killed some chickens the day before, and holding the unfortunate parot in the other. He had killed the poor bird in the same way that he had seen the chickens killed the day before. The cook had missed the knife immediately after using it; so it was supposed the monkey had hidden it till a convenient moment should am rive for executing his plan of vengeance.—Burns' Magazinefor the Young. LABOURS OF A. LORD CRANCELLOR.—The following is an extract from a letter wr tten by the late Lord Eldon, just published in a Lfe of the venerable chancellor : " After all, Mary, I think I am wonderful, considering how much I hive gone through; for mine has been no easy life. I will tell you what once happened to me. I WAS ill with the gout; it was in my feet, so I was carried into my carriage, arid from it I was carried into my court. There I remained all the day, and delivered an arduous judgment. In the evening I was carried straight from my court to the House of Lords : there I sat until two o'clock in the morning, when some of the Lords came and whispered to me that I was expected t,) speak. I told them I really could not, I was ill, and I enuld not stand ; but they still urged. arid at last I hobbled, in some way or other, with their assistance, to the place from which I usually addressed the House. It was an important ques tion: I forgot my gout. and spoke for two hours (on the peace of Amiens.) Well, the House broke up, I was carried home, and at s x in the morning I prepa•ed to go to bed. My poor left leg had just got in, when 1 recol lected I had importat.t papers to look.over, and that I had not had time to examine them ; so I pulled my poor left leg out of bed, put on my clothes, and went to my study. I did examine thepapers •, they related to the Recorcar's Report, which had to be heard that day ; I wa: again car ried into court, where I had to deliver another arduous judgment, again went to the house of Lords, and it was not till the middle of the second night that I vt into bed. These are hard trials to a man's constitution." FEMALE WOKKERS IN COTTON-MILLS. — The great majority, probably nine tenths, of all the workers in cot ton-mills or printhe ds, are females. We have heard much of the profligacy and licentiousness which pervade such establishments ; but though that may be too true in some cases, it is for from being universal, or even gene ral ; and there are numerous instances of female virtue being as jealously guarded and effectually preserved in such establishments, as in the most secluded rural dis tricts. The real evils—and they follow universally from moll employment of the juvenile females in great numbers in laborious but lucrative employment—are the emanci pation of the young from parental control, the temptation held out to idleness in the parents from the possibility of living on their children, and the disqualifying the girls for performing all the domestic duties of wives and mo thers in after life. The evils are real, general, and of ruinous consequence. When children—from the age of nine r ten in some establishments, of thir een and four teen in all—are able to earn wages varying from 3s. 6d. to 6e. a week, they soon become in practice independent of parental control. The strongest of all securities for filial obedience—a sense of dependence—is destroyed. The children assert the right of self-government, because they bear the burden of self-maintenance. Nature, in the or dinary case, has effectual!, provided against this prema ture and fatal emancipation of the young, by the pro tracted period of weakness during childhood and adoles cence, which precludes the possibility of serious labour being undertaken before the age when a certain degree of mental firmness has been acquired. But the steam-en gine, amidst its other marvels, has entirely destroyed, within the sphere of its influence, this happy and neces sary exemption of infancy from labour. Steam is the moving power • it exerts the strength ; the human ma chine is required only to lift a web periodically, or damp a roller, or twirl a film round the finger, to which the hands of infancy are as adequate as those of mature age. Hence the general employment of children, and especially girls, in such employments. They are equally serviceable as men or women, and they are more docile, cheaper, and less given to strikes. But as these children earn their own subsistence, they soon become rebellious to parental authority, and exercise the freedom of middle life as soon as they feel its passions, and before they have acquired its self-control.— Causes of the Increase of Crime, in Black wood's Magazine. LORD ELDON'S FULFILMENT OF A PROMISE.—In 1783 when Mr. Scott, afterwards Lord Eldon, first be came a candidate for the borough of Weobly, he was re ceived and lodged in the house of Mr. Bridge, the vicar, who, having a daughter then a young child, took a jocular promise from him, that if he should ever become Chan cellor, and the little girl's husband should be a clergy man, the Chancellor woul d g ive that clergyman a living. Now comes the sequel, partly related by Lord Eldon himself to his niece (Mrs. Foster.) "Years rolled on— I came into office : when one morning I was told a young lady wished to speak to me; and I said that young ladies must be attended to, so they must show her up. A n d up came a very pretty young lady, and she curtsied and simpered, and said, she thought 1 cou ld not recollect her. I answered I certainly did not, but perhaps she could recall herself to my memory ; so she asked if I remem bered the clergyman at Vv'eobly, and his little girl to whom I had made a promise. Oh, y , es !' I said, 'I do and I suppose you are the little girl? She curtsied and said Yes." And I suppose you are marr ied to a clergy man ?" No,' she said, and she blushed, 'I am only going to be married to one, if you, my lord, will give him a living.' Well, I told her to come back in a few days ; and I made inquiries to ascertain from the bishop of the diocese that the gentleman she was going to be married to was a respectable clergyman of the Church of England ; and then I looked at my list, and found I actually had a living vacant that I could give him. So when the young lady came back I told her she might return home and get married as fast as she liked, for her intended husband should be presented to a living, and I would send the papers as soon as th e y cou ld be made out. ' Oh, no! she exclaimed, and again she simpered, and blushed, and curtsied ; ' pray, my lord, let me take them back myself.' I was a good deal amused; ao I actually had the papers made out, and I signed them , herself the following day d s he took them back g a i n Lord Eldon. PORTUGAL —There are few things more remarkable in diplomat c hisim y titan' the lime, connexion of Portugal with Ea... t imid. It arose r aurally from the commerce of the two nations—Pm-trig elre idy the most adventurous of nations, aid England growing in commereiil enter prise. The advantages here mutual. In the year 1367, tie have a Portuguese treaty stipula•itig for protection to the Portueu •se grad irs in England. In 1382, a royal or der of Richard II permits the Portuguese ambassador to bring his bagga g e into England free of duty—perhaps one of the earliest instances which marked the progress of ci vilisation, and winch has since been generally adopted thrnughout. all civilised nations. A decree of Henry IV., in 1405. exonerates the Portuguese resident in England, and their from being made responsible for the debts contracted by their ambassadors. In 1656 the important privilege was concerted to the English in Portugal, of be ing exempted from the native jurisdiction, and bring tried by a judge app ainted by England. This, in our days, might he an inadmissible ; but two centuries ago, in the disturbed condition of the Portuguese laws and general society, it might have been necessary for the sim ple protection of the straneers.—Blackwood's Magazine. A DINNEIt WITH THE RAJAH OV BHURTPORE. — T h e Rajah of Bhortpore gave an entertainment to the European residents of Agra, while we were there. He had some large tents pitched near the fort, handsomely carpeted, and hung with a most singular colection of handsome glass lustres. gilt chandeliers, tin candlesticks, valuable paintings, and twopenny prints, mixed together in most beterogeaeous confusion. He evidently thought them all very fine and well matched. We sat down, in number about two hundred, to a dinner in the European style, which was really exceedingly well got up, excepting that there was the same mixture of the best and commonest description of articles as was exhibited in the adornment of the tents. So re of the plates and dishes were of the richest china, while others were of the meanest blue crockery, and handsome ivory mounted table cutlery were nixed up with the vilest black-handled imi•ation of knives and forks I ever saw. In the centre of the . table was an immense pie, to ascertain the contents of which much curiosity prevailed. At last it was cut open by some one near,- when ow. Hew about twenty little birds, which had been concealed under this mountain of paste. The rajah seemed much tickled at the surprise depicted in the coun tenances of those around, and laughed till his fat sides shook again. It was, however, no effort of the obese lid tentate's own invention; hardly any native entertainment ever taking place without some dish of the kind. There was plenty of wine of all sorts, champaene corks were flying in every direction, and altogether the banquet was on the most liberal scale.—Greenwood's Campaign in Afghanistan. _ _ - CRIME IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.—The great source of demoralization, destitution, and crime in the manufacturing districts arises from the sudden con gregation of human beings in such fearful multitudes to gether, that all the usual alleviations of human suffering, modes of providing for human indigence, entirely fail. We wonder et the sapid increase of crime in the manu factin ing districts, forgetting that a squalid mass of two or three hundred thousand human being. are constantly precipitated to the bottom of society in a few cd'unties, in such circumstances of destitution that recklessness arid crime arise naturally, it may almost be said unaveidably, amongst them. And it is in the midst of such gigantic causes of evil—of causes arising from the extraordinary and unparalleled influx of manktnd into the m inufactur ing districts during the last forty years; which can bear a comearison to nothing but the collection of the host with hich Napoleon invaded Russia, or Timour and Genghis KIM() de-ola ed Asia—that we are gravely told that it is to be arrested by education and moral training ; by infant schools and shortened hours of labour; by multiplication of ministers and solitary ionpeisonment ! All these are very good things ; each in its way is calculated to do a certain amount of good ; and their united action upon the whole will doubtless, in process of time, produce some impression upon the aspect of society, even in the densely peopled manufacturing districts. As to their producing any immediate effect, or in any sensible degree arresting the prodigious amount of misery, destitution, and crime which pervades them, you might as well have tried, by the schoolmaster, to arrest the horrors o , the Moscow retreat. —Causes of the Increase of Crime, in Blackwood's May. MANNERS IN IRELAND IN 1760.—There was some thing very impressive in the manner in which the aristo cracy of that day presented themselves upon occasions of pomp and ceremony among the people. Favourite actors were not more attentive to costume, nor were theatrical processions arranged more carefully than the " exits and entrances" of the gentlemen of Munster, when they as sembled at the assizes. The town was their stage—the whole public their auditory ; and they dressed and deco rated with an anxiety not less than profes-ional, to pro duce effect. Nor was this ostentation impolitic. By the high bearing of the gentry, a sense of their superiority was impressed upon the people • and passions were frequently overawed and kept in check by a stately carriage, which, nad they broken out in popular violence, would have been with very great difficulty resisted. The times, too, de manded, on the part of every gentleman, a train attendant, on which he could place reliance for needful defence, no less than for pureoses of show. He lived surrounded by a population where law was had in little esteem. Its lic. tors, the constabulary of the time, were not well qualified to add to the majesty of its terrors—to grace its pumps, or to enforce its ordinances. The military, narrowly limited in numbers, and widely dispersed, could do little more than retain the towns, and occasionally make demonstra tions of strength, to overawe a turbulent district. Every landed proprietor was thus taught to feel that he must find protection in his stout heart and practised arm, and in the services of his faithful retainers. Tnus each gentle. man, according to his property and degree, had a train more or less numerous, constituting, whatever he chose to ca 1 it, what was substantially his body-guard. The sys tem or fashion might be described as general throughout the country. The gentleman had his followers—the poor man of influence had his faction. All had something to look to for protection, different from, and often oppoged to, the laws which all professed to live under.—The Ne ville: of Garrelstown, in Dublin University Magazine. TOM PINCH IN HIS HAPPY RETIREMENT. — What sounds are these that fall so grandly on the ear! What darkened room is this! Arid that mild figure seeted at an organ, who is he ? Ah Tom, dear Tom, old friend ! Thy head is prematurely grey, though Time has passed between thee and our old association, Tom. But in those sounds with which is is thy wont to bear the twilightcnm pany, the music of thy heart speaks out : the story of thy life relates itself. Tny life is tranquil, calm, and happy, Torn. In the soft strain which ever and again comes stealing hack upon the ear. the memory of thine old love may find a voice perhaps • hut it is a pleas tot, softened, whispering memory, lake that in which we sometimes hold the dead, and does not pain or grieve thee, God be thanked ! Touch the notes lightly, Torn. as lightly as t'iou wilt, but never will thine hand fall half so lightly on that Instrument as on the head of thine old tyrant brought down very, very low ; and never will it make as hollow a response to any touch of thine, as he does always. For a drunken, begging, squalid-letter-writing man, caged Pecksniff, with a shrewish daughter, haunts thee, Tom; and when he makes appeals to thee for cash, reminds thee that he built thy fortunes better than his own ; and when he spends it, entertains the ale-hou-e company, will tales of thine ingratitude and his munificence towards t hee once upon a time; and then he skews his elbows worn in holes, and puts his eoleless shoes up, on a bench, and begs his auditors look there; while thou art comfortably housed and clothed. All known to thee, and yet all borne a WI, Tom ! So. with a smile upon thy face, thou passest gen tly to another measure ; to a quicker and more joyful one; and little feet are used to dance about thee at the sound; and bright young eyes to glance up into thine. And there is one sight creature, Tom—her child ; not Ruth's —whom thine eyes follow in the romp and dance : who, wondering sometimes to see thee look so thoughtful, runs to climb up on thy knee, and put her cheek to thine : who loves the?, Tom, above the test, if that can he : and falling sick once, chose thee for her nurse: and never knew impatience, Tom, when Thou wert by her side. Thou glidest now, into a graver air : an air devoted to old friends and byegone times; and in thy lingering touch upon the keys, and the rich swelling of the mellow har mony, they rise befere thee. The spirit of that old man dead, who delighted to anticipate thy wants, and never ceased to honour thee, is there, among the rest : repeat ing, with a face composed and calm, the words he said to thee upon his bed, and blessing thee ! And coming from a garden, Tom : bestrewn with flowers by children's bands : iy sister little Ruth, as light of foot and heart as in old days, sits down beside thee. From the Present, and the Past, with which she is so tenderly entwined in all thy thoughts, thy strain soars onward to the Future. As it resounds within thee and without, thy kindling face looks on her with a Love and Trust, that knows it cannot die. The noble music, rolling round her in a cloud of melody, shuts out the grosser prospect of an earthly part ing, and upllts her, Tom, to Heaven !—Martin Claus zlewit. AN least' SHERIFF IN 1760.—" You must know, sir,". said tbe old gentleman, Mr. Chamberlain, to the stranger who afforded him a convenient opportunity of relating his knowledge, " You must know that one of the Maras was foster brother to Mr. Prittyman of Gayville, and had be side the strongest faction in the country. The petition was ready to be sent up to Dublin Castle, and all the pri soners had to do was to get a long day from the time of the sentence. Well, it was dark in the evening when the jury came in with the verdict. You could not see a fea ture in any man's face. But there was not much thought about the thing for awhile. Every one knew the fellows must be brought in gu lty. The judge, Judge Crofton, put on the black cap, and Sir Thomas Brazier, the sheriff, standing at his side—he passed sentence of death, and Mara says, firm enough, though his voice was not quite stout, ' A long day, my lord.'—Not a word for a while from the judge. He made Sir Thomas Brazier sit at his side on the bench. You never saw in your life anything like the court-house. A kind of unknown terror seemed to be creeping in the dimness through people's hearts, and the place was so silent that the whispering of the judge and the sheriff, although the meaning of their words could not be made out, could be heard—we all heard it through the whole court. At last the judge speaks up, ! and speaks to the prisoners. They were to be taken from 1 the dock to the prison, where their bolts were to be stricken off, and they were to be taken thence without a pause to the place of execution, where they were to die. Oh ! sir, death is dreadful enough in its mildest form— but such a form as that. If there was terror in the si lence of the court, what was it to the shout of horror when this terrible sentence was given. But Brazier was ready . for every thing. He had sixty liverymen that year; he had all the constables, such as they were, of the county. They took off the men from the dock, in a faint, and be fore an hour they were dead. To be sure they were des perate villains, highwaymen, and murderers : and this I must say, the gang they commanded has disappeared from the country ; but all wont do for Brazier. If he was to live as long as his grandfather, who followed the hounds when he was eighty-six years of age, and_ lived to an hun. dred, that one night would never be forgotten or forgiven to him.—The Nevillee of Garrelelown, in Dublin Uni versity Magazine. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'clock. The "London anti Bir•mii u and the " Grand Junction" Railway Companies. This day, at one o'clock, a special general meeting of the Directors and Shareholders of the " Grand Junction Railway" was held in the Cotton Sales Room, for the pur pose of obtaining concurrence in the formation of new shares towards the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and also of furnishing those present with an official state ment of the favourable arrangement recently made for a mutually beneficial alliance betweea that company and the " London and Birmingham," the terms of which had previously transpired, (though tite arrangement took place only on Wednesday last,) and will be found in another column of our present publication. JOHN Moss, Esq. took the chair, and, after the notice calling the meeting had heen read, said— The Lancaster and Carlisle act having been passed on the 6th ult., we have lost no time in calling you together for the creation of the £l2 10s. shares, S i , as to raise the capital agreed to be raised by the Grand Junction Com pany towards that undertaking. The needful formal re solutions for this purpose will be submitted for your ap proval, and with the adoption of these resolutions the re gular business of the day will be concluded. Althoueli it does not, strictly speaking, form a subject of discussien at the present meeting, we cannot deny ourselves the satisfac tion of stating what, we are assured, you will be equally gra tified to leant, viz., that the points of dispute between the Grand Junction and the London and Birmingham b ards have been set , led to mutual satisfaction; that the general resolutioas of the two boards, by the arrangements in pro gress, be placed permanently on an improved touting, whilst the result, so far as the public is concerned, is, that the two cowponies will, by working together, be ena bled to give increased accommodation, and or, reduced terms, such as it will be out of the power of any other party to offer. The proprietors were informed at the last general meeting, and I have great plea sure in now repeatinc , it, that the Grand Junction Board have been always impressed with a deep sense of the importance of keeping on the best possible terms with the London and Birmingham Company. We concurred with you that the Grand Junction Company could never be fairly expected to consent to the London and Birmingham either making, guaranteeing, or support ing a Shrewsbury and Bit mingliain Railway—or any other north of Bit miaghatn, in opposition to the Grand June t on. We nevertheless felt, at the same time, that teat difficulty once out of the way, there was no other which did not admit .of easy arrangement. Uion the occur rences of the last f ur weeks, (which have fully borne out there impressiena,) it may suffice for the present to state, that the Grand Junction hoard, after receiving from the London and Birmingham board an offer of amalgamation of the two concerns, which off:4 doubtless the proprietors generally have seen in the newspapirQ, gave it their most anxious and mature consideration ; anti that the result was an unanimous decision against the amalgamation as proposed, and a communication of the decision to the London and Birmingham board, with the reasons for it, said with such a recapitulation of past transactions and communications between the two boards as we trust has sati-fied t e London and Birmingham board that nothing had ever been further from our wish or design than to prejudice the London and Birmingham Company, or to act otherwise than in harmony and in the most friendly concert with them. We also offered a meeting for discussion on a basis not inconsis eat with your reso lutions when you last assembled ; and this meeting took place accordingly on Wednesday last, the 3d instant. Nut only was the subject of a Shrewsbury railway then satisfactorily disposed of, but the general arrange meet which was made includes the prosecution of the Trent Valley Line on fair terms to all patties. In the present state of matters, some minor points of detail (though fully seta led as between the two companies) being still under the consideration of caller pat ties whose iiite,.ests are involved in them, we must ask for a continuance of your confidence without more full explanation, at all events until our general meeting next month. I am sure this meeting will agree with me, that, having happily terminated our differences, it would be unwise to recur further to the past, or to publish any letters bearing on questions now I trust for ever set at rest. I cannot close these observations without expressing my belief that much of the unfortunate feeling which has lately existed may be traced to incorrect reports, circulated by parties who have neither the interest of the London and Bir mingham nor Grand Junction Company at heart ; and I sincerely trust that the arrangements now made will, by securing an alliance of the closest nature, put an end to the hopes of those who can only expect to live by pro ducing discord between us, who sought always to be at peace. .. . _ Mr. SWIFT (the Secretary) then read the resolutions, most of which were of the usual formal nature in such ca-es. It appeared that 22,031 shares (of £l2 10s.) were to be created and offered to the several corporations and individuals who are proprietors of the 10,918 £lOO, 10,918 £5O, and 22,627 £25 shares in which the capital stock of the company stood, and which were to be divided as follows: For every £lOO share one £l2 10s. share. „ two £5O ~ ~ ~ „ four £25 „ rr sr Until the Ist of September next will be allowed to take up .and transfer shares, in order that the new shares may be ecpially divided; but should any of the new shares nut be take)] up on that day, they will be sold for the benefit of the company. Until the first general meeting for decla ring a dividend in 1847, no dividend wid made; but, until that date, interest at the rate of £5 per cent. rer annum will be paid out of the company's fund on the paid-up portion of the £l2 10s. shares. Toe resolutions were unanimously agreed to by accla mation, and wi hout a remark bei ig tendered, the subject having before been amply discussed, and the meeting ripe upon its merits. The CHAIRMAN then announced, that unless some gen tleman had to offer some remarks, the business of the meeting had come to a close. The parties were about to retire when _ _ r. MOZELEY rose, and after congratulating the meeting on the advantageous arrangement of the differ ences between the two companies, entered upon a long explanation and apology of the former droceetlim:s of his brother, thereto, and who he regretted was not present to speak for himself. He believed that his brother had been actuated by the best motives throughout, though, at first, opposed to the ()Onions of those with whom lie usually acted in concord, and that no one rejoiced more than he in the cone liation that lvid taken place. He alluded at some length to the angry feelings that had, for some time, existed between the two companies. lie highly complimented the chairman fur the part he had taken in bringing about the settlement be tween the two companies. The. CHAIRMAN said, in effect, that he was not aware of such feelings having been ever entertained between the two cempa , :iei. There was no such feeling at their board, nor did be believe it existed in the other.. When the re sp, ctive deputations met the other day, no such feeling was evinced by the members on either side, but all was most courteous and agreeable, (hear) and he trusted they would long continue so, their mutual interests being now interwoven. Alter all that Mr. Mozely had stated with reference to his brother, he could not help saying that the latter, however he might be gratified with the result of the arrangements made, had considerably retarded their progress, but probably from mistaken views ; but he felt grateful for the kind. feeling expressed towards himself. The meeting, which evinced great gratification at the announcement made relative to the London and Bir mingham Company, and their concurrence in what was proposed as to the new shares, then broke up. We should add, that the attendance was very numerous, and highly respectable. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Tins DAY. (From Messrs. R. Makin & Sons' Circular.) Up to the close of last week, the arrivals of Grain into this port from any quarter were extremely light, and ex cept a fair quantity of Oats and Malt, Coastwise and from Ireland, the receipts thence are still rather inconsidera ble; of Wheat from abroad, however, we have to notice a tolerably good supply fresh in for to-day, and of Cana dian and States Flour 11,895 barrels as specified below. Although, at this day's market, few buyers appeared, from the country, there was a tolerable number of local millers in attendance, and good English, Irish and Fo reign Wheats were disposed of to a moderate extent, on terms varying little from those at the end of the week, being in some instances at, and in others rather under the currency of Tuesday last. Approved brands of Canadian Float were in fair request at full prices, and superior marks of Irish commanded rather higher rates, bat infe rior parcels of each were difficult of sale. Barley and Malt were little noticed, and barely main tained our last quotations. Beans and Pease were more unsaleable than usual, and each is. per quarter cheaper. Oats were also in very slow request, at a decline of id. per 451 b. ; whilst Oatmeal, though meeting some inquiry, was taken off sparingly at late prices. Exclusive of a few showers on Saturday evening, the weather here, since the middle of last week, has been dry ; notwithstanding which, the crops of grain around us con tinue to improve ; and Potatoes alone appear to suffer in any serious degree, the rains hitherto not penetrating sufficiently to insure an abundant yield. ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 2nd to the Bth July, 1844, inclusive LAND. IRE- ." COAST.vvIS. CANADA REITG-N. 1 ----- Wheat .. ... Ors. 542 643 1880 i 5385 8450 34 Barley ...... Qrs. 14 20 2682 Malt Qrs. 117 2565 5639 Oats Qrs. 4390 1249 Rye Qrs. 78 TOTAL.______ 151 Beans Qrs. 7 66 54 r,4 Pease Qrs. Shelled BarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. I i Rapeseed Qrs. i 9 ' 1617 Oatmeal .. Loads t 1808 80 2461 Flour. .. .. Sacks; 2381 Ditt o aria. 9083 , 5812 11895 Inn It nor_,rn . an Cnastwise ,—qrs.; Oats, 1240 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads; Flour, sacks. EXPORT4.—Foreign. Wheat qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats. 35a qrs.: Pere. 2.:9 qrs.; Indian Cor . - qrs.; Oatmell, 0 loads; Flour. 6t4 brls.--1: eland Whet. 40 qrs. : Bar. ley, qrs ; Oats. qr , : Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn. 103 qrs. ; Oatmeal. Ids; Flour, sks, Wheat, 1 09 qrs. ; Barley. 20 qrs.; Malt, qrs ; Oats. 35 qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, 2 qrs.; Oatmeal, 8 loads ; Flour, 217 sacks 773 brls. Avera,re prices of train, for the week eruhrur June 29. 1914. Wheat 555. Eld. 1 Itarley 345. Cd. 1 Oats ..22.5. gd 1 Rye 353. Cd. Beani..sCs. Cu. f Pease.. 30i. Id. Aggregate averagxe of the six weeks. Wheat 55s 8d I Barley 31s to.l Oats /2., Rye 333 6d Beans.. 365. 3d, Pease.. 3 i 5. hi. Duty on Foreign Grain, &e. this week. Wheat 17s rid I Earley 7s Se. I Oats .. . 6s Od I Rye.. !Is 6d Beans 6a 66 Pease.. 8s 6d Ind. Corn Os Ori Flour los .2VI Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.. Is. od. I Barley.. Os. 6d. I Oats .. 61. I Rye., is 6d Beans Os. 6d I l'ease us (id. I led. Corn C's. oil. I Flour .. Os 74,1 Liverpool Averages, week ending 4th July, 1841. Wheat, 659 qrs., price. 525. Id.. Barley, 18 qrs., price, 31$. 4d.; Oats. 248 qrs., price Sus. Bd.; Beans, 123 qrs., pr.ce 365. 4d.; Pease, qr., price s Duties paid in Liverpool, for week en'ing 4th July, 1844. Foreign—Wheat, 39 . 34 qrs.; Beans, 471 qrs.; Pease, 116 qrs.; Flour, brl Colonial-11 heat, Wheat, E3i cps. qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads; Flour, • THE BERTHDDU ESTATE, LLANWRST.—L ist week this fine estate was sold in lots by the cele)rat-d George Robins. The rental was es:imated at £l7OO per annum ; and the price realised was upwards of 70,090 guineas, ex ceeding on the aver,ge forty-two years' purchase. is stated that anmher lar:;e of the value of £150,000, will speedily f,ll under the same hammer. ATTEMPTED M it o tt.—Ou Thursdry afternoon, Mr. Samuel Johnson arri,ed at home, in R.- deross-street, Southwark, to dinner from Billingsga.e-market, at which place he is a salesman, when he found his wife inebriated, and no dinner provided for him or lus faintly. He re monstrated with her for Litt. conduct, and was about to leave the house, when his wife, in a state of frenzy, seized a table-knife, and stabbed him in the back of the head, just below the scalp. He was taken to Guy's Hospital, a here it was ascertained that the knife had entered with great force betaeen the nape of the neck a.id the skull bone, against which it had struck, and that little hops were ent-rtained of the man's recovering. The wife was taken into cosrody. LONDON DOCKS.—The half-yearly meeting of the London . Dock Cotnpany he'd on Moaday. The Dock returns du ipg the half-year ending the 31st May last were £173,888 Bs. 5J., including the profit on the sale of London Dock stock h ld by thecomoany ; the nett revenue from the business transactions during the hal -year being £160.169 ls. Id. lint octant imptove mews had been eifected in the warehousing and other departments, especially in the West Qua), where four separate warehouses were available. Owing to the in creased operat•ons of the company, the directors were enabled to recommend a forthyr augmentation in the di vidend, viz., to £2 ss. per cent., for the half-year, and which would still leave a balance in favour of the company of £429. _ ROASTING A BAILIFF.—It was asserted in the courtat Dudley. same few weeks back, by one of an ill.used fra ternity, that " it was quite a common thing fir bailiffs to be ripped up and stuck !" The gangs of ruffians that frequently appear before the Courts, both at Stourbridge and Dudley, upon similar charges, would make it appeal less of a joke than at the time we wt-re inclined to treat it. On Wednesday last, Bennett, the deputy-beadle of the Court of Request. charged Joseph Mills, Martha Heath cot, and others, with attempting to put him on the fire, at a house called the " Little Pig," kept by Mr. Watts. It appeared that Bennett went to serve a process upon one of the prisoners, when he was attacked by the whole of the parties then before the bench, with others who had not been apprehended. It was clearly proved that the officer had been in danger of burning. The prisoners were fined 10s. and costs, or one month's imprisonment; they were locked up in default of payment.— Worcester paper. INDOMITABLE PERSEVERANCE,—Some two or three years ago it was stated that Mr. Fitzgerald, the o vner of extensive property at Pendleton, new- Manchester, had, at an immense outlay, sunk two coal-pits at the extra ordinary depth of 425 yards, and at which depth he had what is termed in the north " won themine; " a mine of s•ven feet in thickness, besides having passed through three or four other consideritble beds of coal at an easier depth. It was also subsequently stated,. that all the im mense outlay was rendered useless by a sudden and over powering irruption of water, which even the cast-iron td,bing, which the pits were lined, could not with stand, and that the mine, in consequence, was so com pletely inundated that to work it was impr'ss ble, and that the works therefore for the moment had tohe abandoned. Mr. Fitzgerald, however, is not the man whose purposes are to thwarted by trifles, nor even by difficulties, tbat to most men would appear insurmountable. He has de termined to use three steam-engines of, in ally 450 horse power. These are in preparation, and will be set to work with all possible celerity. DIALOGUE ON DIVORCE.—At a certain board of guar dians, in Glarnor.2atishite, the following dialogue took place between one of the guardians and a pauper named John Williams. better known by the sobriquet of Will Bright, one of the class on whom the usual " test" of the house had heen r.-sortect to in vain :—Guardian--" Well, John, the board are of opinion that yourself and family have been sufficiently long in the house, and that you ought to go and seek. employment." Pauper- 1 7 lam very willing to work, and with the permission of the hoard will leave on —." Goardian—" Accompanied by your wife and family." Pauper, looking seriou-ly— " I have got no wife." Guardian—" No wife !" Pauper —" No wife: it is true I once had a wife and children, but"—Guardian (interruptittg)—" Is she not your wife who stands by your side ?" Pauper, survi ying the woman—" She was my wi7e, certainly ; but when we came into the. Union we were then sepatated by law."' It is needless to add, that the board did not altogether coin cide with this Br;ght, though perhaps not very novel, interpretation of the New Poor Law.— rVelchman. TOE AFPGRAN MASSACRE.—A handsome tablet' has been ercc ed in Alverstoke Church, near Gosport, to , the memory of the officers and soldiers of the 44th Regiment who fell in the Affghan war, over whi h hang the colours of that ill•fated regiment. The following is the inscrip tion : " Sacred to the memory of Colonel T. MAckrell. A.D.C. to Her Majesty; Major W. B. Scott, Captain T. !•waine, Captain R. B M'Crea, Captai- F. R. Leighton. Captain T. Robinson. Captain F C. Colli s, Lieutenant W. H. Dodgin, Lieutenant W. G. White, Lieutenant W. G. Wade, Lienten int 11. Cadett,.Lieu tenarA S. Swinton. Lieutenant F. .1. C. Fortye. Lieutenant A. W. Gray. Paymaster T. Bourke, Lieutenant and Qu rtermaster R. B. lialah :n, Surgeon J Fla ,court, Assistant- , urgeons W. Balfour and W. Primrose, and 645 t on-comman ing officers an.i soldiers of the 44th Regiment, who fell upon the field of battle in the disa,trous Affghan war of 1841 and 1842. They sank with arms in their hands,.unconquered, but overpowered by the united horrors of climate. treachery. and barbarous war fare; their colours. saved by Captain J. Souter. one of the few survivors, hang above this stohe, which is erected to their me mory by the Officers of the 44th Regiment.—June, 1844. " ' And if Thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against Thee; and shalt re turn and confe s Thy name, and' pray and make supplication before Thee in tWs house ; then hear Thou from the Heavens, and forgive the sins of Thy people Israel.'-4th chap er of the second hook of Chronicles, 24th and 25th verses " A SHARP AND A FLAT.-Our hor4e fair last Monday was not very prolific in acts of swindling; or if it were but few of them have been brought to light. One little case, however, has reached our ears, which we record for the warning of the credulous portion of the public. As the tale goes, a respectably dressed man, with a tidy looking nag for sale, accosted a farmer of this neighbour hood in the fair on Monday, and after some preliminary confab told our unsuspecting rustic that he had been offered a rea , onable price for hi, horse by a dealer; but he could not accept it, because he was the son of a clergy man, and had made la's papa•.a faithful promise to have no transaction in the way of buying or selling with any mere horse-dealer. A man standing near was pointed out as the dealer referred to, and' this clergyman's son said the offer made for his horse was £4O. Now, he was very anxious to get rid of the animal, and generously offered to give his conscience the go-bv, and put a couple of so vereigns into the farmer's pocket at the same time, by selling him for £3B the nag which he might immediately dispose of for £4O. The farmer seized the bait and struck the bargain at once ; but not having any cash in his pocket, he walked with the conscientious clergyman's son up to Messrs. Foster's bank, and there drew a cheque for the money, which he handed over to the stranger, in exchange for his £4O horse. Thus far all seemed fair and above board ; but on returning to the fair for the purpose of pocketing his commission of £2, the farmer looked in vain for the dealer : he and his friend were missing. This excited suspicion, and now for the first time the horse was examined : like some other cattle, he was all outside show, and his blemishes, skilfully concealed', were found to be so numerous, that £5 was his utmost value I.—Cam bridge Chronicle. THE COLLIERS! STRIKE.—The pitmen continued upwards of three months, antlis yet without The coal certain indication of its speedily terminating. The the owners are unanimously determined to rest d at a delegate unrea sonable demands of their late workmen. an i t wa s resolved meeting held in this town, on Wednesdayei.o.aine . „ d a little unanimously that the strikel shonldb ee e s m t coal-owners would at longer," in the vain hope that the us i n g great exertions to length give way. The owners are we rkmen. by introducing supply the places of their late aw l several hundreds of other parties from a distance, into the district. The de- Welchmen have been imported t h e greatest hardships, d i n to this town, we have seen several 'fr str i k e has n s o e v; lubd "turn-outs" ate s r l o - s i d . this and the neighbouring and the pawnbrokers' te _u shops u' one or two large pawn bt o r w ok n i s e ure arrive from the neighbouring collie cart-toads of furniture the day- A serious affray took place ries in the course Monkhesledon, near Castle Eden, between on Saturday at of the rural police. Warrants. pitmen and a party _forthe .. some rs, were issued it appears, charged with riot and assault, and these warrants men sted to a party of rural policemen, who proceeded were entrusted act upon them. The police having discovered the re treat of of the rioters, in the house of Benjamin Greenwell, one of the parties charged, proceeded thither in a body, yresor and having effected an entrance, they found ten of the men of whom they were in search. They were concealed in a g are establishments dail loft, and on being summoned to surrender they perempto rily refused. The superintendent then endeavoured to gain access to the loft, and in doing so received several severe blows on the head from an adze and an iron lever or crow bar. On this the police, who were armed with cutlasses, tushed forward, and a desperate conflict ensued. Greenwell, who wielded the crow bar with furious energy. was overpowered after he had received five dangerous wounds about the abdomen and chest, and the whole gang were ultimately captured, after wounds and bruises had been plentifully distributed on both sid4s.—Newcastle Journal. July 9, 1814. THE LATE STE AM MANcuEsTEn.—By the nag. , 11%, Caot tai B, own, .re lean' Chit the en:tines of the Mani st,or h d hen found no') the Ressen sand. about ur n il-s hortri of the entrance of the Elbe, and a out ne mile s.)tito Of the moranoe of the Elder; they were in tv‘o fathoms w iter at low water. On Sunday week the ib.dy of a lady was picked up, her linen was m .rked M.A.S. or 1-I.A. S. Nine waggon io.ids of bale goods was picked up on the sand. be; wren the wreck and Holstean, and had been landed at Cuxhaven, where they were advertised for sale. Further accounts from Cuxha ven state that large quantit'es of the cargo of the Matt chester continue to he found. ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—On Sunday week two young torn were in a boat on the Thames, near Westmin ster-bridge, when the Thunrier, a river steamer, ran into them at the top of her speed. One of them was whirled round by the paddle-wheel and was seen no more. He must have been dreadfu!ly mang!ed, as parts of his gar ments adhered to the wheel. The other passed under the paddles, and was immediately after picked up in a state of insentibdity, about one hundred yards astern of the Thunder, which passed over the boat with such force as to cut the handle of a nap in two as if it had been done by a hatchet. He lingered in great agony until next morning, when he expired. Hoartmt DEATH --In the village of Ensham, 01• fordshire last week, a wild young lonely slightly'stabbed two men in a drunken quarrel, for which he was put in the cage; he begged he might not be locked up alone, and offered monty to any one who would sit up with Ilia?, hut in vain; they Licked hint in, and haw! not left him la long when they found the cage was on fire. It was sums time before the c instable who had the key could be found, and when the door was at last opened, the flames rushed forth to such a degree that they could nut get the poor wretch nut till water had been thrown in to extinguish them. The mar was then driigged out quite insensible, though not de d, and dreadfully scorched. Dr. Hitcbin* from Oxford, arrived just in time to see him expire. THE MUREiEIL AND SUICIDE AT WORCESTER.--The miserable man, Jabrz Hoover, who, the week before last, at Worcester, took away the life of hi: nephew, and then attemoted self-destruetion, died on Saturday week from the eff,cts of the wound in his throat. He had nut exhi bited any symptoms of insanity, but appeared anxious tO know the result of the inquest on his nephew. It seems; that Jabez Hooper formerly kept a draper's shop at Ab berley, and is respectably connected ; but about twelve months ago removed to Worcester, and has been living at his brother's, in Pheasant -street, in that city, There does not appear to have been the slightest ill-will aubsist ing between hi to and his brother's tamily : on the contrary, as was stated by the mother of the ill-fated deceased'on the inquest, he was rather fond of her children, and; they were equally as fond of him, . SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--On Sunday, a Free Church congregation in our neighb , nrhood was not a little surprised, during divine service,- by the appearance of a pigeon in the church. The innocent intruder came in at one of the open windows, and after flying round the church made fir the pulpit, and alighted on the clergyman's right arm, who being somewhat annoyed with his freedom, made" a slight motor, with his head, whereupon his antediluvian' friend again made the circuit of the church, and perched upon his left arm ; but being again removed from this po sition, the bird rested on the Bible. Forced to remove from the sacred volume he seated hirrs , elf upon the rev. gentleman's head. Being again driven from his high es tate, he could find no resting place, till thee lurch officer, after several fruitless attempts, succeeded in. securing him. This circumstance has put the superstitious in the parish to their wit's end, in coming to a just conclusion for the appearance of this emblem of peace. What is. not a little remarkable, the bird was a wood pigeon.—.RossMire Ad verliser. STRANG& CASE.—A very singular action-at-law it going on at Leicester, it is said at the suggestion of Mr. Muggeride. A master storkinger, named Cummins, hav ing charged high rent, is now sued by one of his journey men for all the frame rent be has paid for the last sit years, the commissioner having given it as his opinion That frame rent cannot be legally stopped without a special written agreement. It is a matter of great interest ttr this district, as it involves a question as to the value of stock ing frames which certainly cost more than £600,000. Tlie commissioner has been noticed going to Tamworth and London, apparently to confer with ministers; and, there fore; it is but fair to supp ,se that this action, which has far its-tendency the abolition of frame rent, has the coun tenance of the Cabinet. Should thistake place, one house in Nottingham will lose an income of more than £2,00 0 : per annum. To us the action appears more than absurdt , as it has been the custom of the trade to pay frame r ent for more than a century and a half. The holders or frames (not being hosiers) are extremely numerous, and the abolition of frame rent would reduce many of them to penury. It is suspected by many enlightened workmen to be a free-trade snare.—Aottingham Journal. SPO TINGR INTELLIGENCE. TATTE 11 SALL'S—THURSDAY. THE GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton'Oil. 12 to 1 „ The Doke of Richmond's Red Deer. 16 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Franchise—taken. 17 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's Canton. 18 to 1 „ The Duke of Richmond's The Courier—lkno 18 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklam's The Best of Three. 18 to 1 „ Mr. Ir.in's Ihe Pride of Kildare. 18 to 1 ~ M....Johnstone's The Era. 18 to 1 „ Mr-Shelley's Lucy Banks. 20 to 1 „ Colonel Anson's Parthian--taken... 20 to 1 „ Lord Exeter's Elegance filly. 20 to 1 „ Sir S. Spry's Subduer. Franchise was backed to win a good stake at various n"ices, commencing at 19 to 1, and finishing at 16 to 1. The betting in artier respects, althou4h it embraced sol extensive list of favourites, had nothing in the shape of novelty to recommend it beyond the advance of Croton Oil to 10 to 1. GOODWOOD CUP. 6 to 4 agst Mr. 3alvin's Alice Hawthorn—taken. 9to 1 „ Mr. BrWs The Squire—taken. 20 to 1 „ Lord Verubtw's Robert de Gorham--taken• ST. LEGER. 4 to I agst Mr. Wdlirmson's The Cure—taken. 7 to 1 „ Lot d • tanley's Ithuritl—taken. Bto 1 „ Colonel Anson's The Princess —taken. Bto 1 „ Mr. J. Diy's Ugly Buck—taken. 11 to 1 ~ Mr. J. Scott's Bay Mornus—taken. 12 to 1 „ Tne Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken. 20 to 1 „ Mr. H. Robins m's Morpeth—taken. 25 to 1 „ Mr. Frwin's Fuig-a-Ballgah — taken.. The Cure was hacked, for two or threehundred.pounds. at 4 to 1 ; Ithuriel freely at 18 to 1, and in some instatrces at a point less ; the Princess at 8 to 1 ; and Bay Momus at 10 and 11 to 1 : the investments much heavier them as have noticed since the Derby. DERBY, 1815. 5000 to 100 agst Mr.flerbert'sßloodstone—aftersvara g4i 300) to 50 „ AlE...Ferguson's Clear-the-Way. MANCH ESTE 11.— FRIDAY. Scarcely a dozen bets, independent of those enumerated, have been laid in the s-abscription-room since Tuesdtbl• Those principally invested upon were :—Aristotle, at 16 t° 1, Mickey Free, at 33, and afterwards at 25 to 1, Everton• at 33 to I, and the British Tar, several times, at 50 to IF for the Liverpool Cup ; and 13 to 1 agst Croton. Oil, 20 ' tO j 1 agst Canton, and. 25 to 1 agst Poussin, for Goodsv o .l Stakes, yesterday. The following is all that need be 50 ' 1 of the business to day : THE LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S CUP._ 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklatn's Aristotle. 14 to 1 „ Colonel Cradock's Pagan—offered: 16 to 1 „ Mr. Jacques's British Yeoman., 20 to 1 „ Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne—offered . 25 to 1 „ Mr. J. Irwin's Mickey Free—offers.to 25 to 1 „ Colonel Anson's Arundo. 25 to 1 „ Mr—Cook's Trueboy. 25 to 1 „ Lord Eglington's Pompey—offered. 25 to 1 „ Mr. Johnstone's The Era—offered.. 33 to 1 „ Mr. Speed's Everton—offered. 50 to 1 „ Mr. Jones's British Tar—offered. GPODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil. 12 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Red Deer. 16 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's The Carrier.. 16 to 1 ~ Colonel Peel's Canton—taken. 18 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklam's The Best of Three. 20 to 1 „ Mr. Forth's Lucy Banks. 20 to 1 ~ Mr. Meiklam's Poussin. GOODWOOD CUP. 6 to 4 agst Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn—taken 9to 1 „ Mr. Bell's The Squire—offered. ST. LAGER. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure. 6to 1 „ Lord Stanley's I thuriel—offered. 10 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Red Deer. Bto 1 „ Mr. John Day's Ijoy - Buck. ofRUNNINGTHE the and °f r ac e ; tlemeu ,ity horses, and others interested in the honour and prosPe'. th of the turf, intend to present Lord George Bentinek a . piece of plate, to mark their sense of the immense sett: !ice he has rendered to the racing community b y the ing and . defeating the attempt at fraud exposed in the late INC7Cub", CASE.—The e trial in the Court of Exchequer. The subscription is con fined to £25, and it will, no doubt, be a very large one. Catex.wr.—The match b e t ween th e University of %:. ford and the University of Cambridoe o- was commenced 01; Thursday, and continued on Friday, but the weather it so wet that it was found impossible to play it out, ti ri o f was, therefore, given up by the Cambridge, vrhP' o r course, were the vanqu i s h e d p ar ty, s eeing that their 6. ponents had head e d th em by 27 run s on the first inn de CRICKET.—Some important alterations have been olos by the Marylebo n e Cl u b with the law of cricket , esPee' to with reference to the " wide balls ,•,' which are in futuo' ; de tell the same as "no balls. " The rules relati ve to 17.1`0 balls are as follow :,—"lf the bowler toss the ball v o ot the striker's head, or bowl it so wide that it shall be._ b e of distance to be played at, the umpire, (even thougrities attempt to hit it) shall adjudge one run to the 9 11r Pe st receiving the innings, either with or without an !P wi ts from them, and shall be put down to the score of bt oli balls. If the bowler deliver a no ball, 'or a • wid e get , the striker shall be allowed as many runs as he Of to and he shall not be put out except by running 01 . ..,00 , the event of no run being obtained lc;) , any other 1 ,T 6 , then one run shall be added to the score of no ba', frol* ' wide balls,' as the case may be. All runs obtaine d ' wide balls' to be scored to wide balls.' " HOW TO GROW RICH. I'll tell you a plan fur gaining wealth, Better than banking, trading, or leases: Take a bank-note and fold it up, And then you will find your money in-can has. 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