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my blo' dim wit lice winsi t hastening. THE BOWL do I talk of Deatl hantom of fleshles ,ee a thousan treadful than ntless sprites, Oro axing round my be . . . Reflect, and pray, and Ere your souls be snatch '' 'lark and d Ere alcohol had enslaved n and worn, With nose of th Id that its tones iii,ATURE LITF , et, Lond s. New I t at Mr. C. Mitche 1, addressed " to tt Board of Health, on the Tot Woolton. By R. Rawlinson, Es sic, Szc fi's, Re, ship q lowin From this sanitary report we glean the fol airy—April 2nd, 1852 4.—Situated four miles east of Liver land being about 293 feet above medium le lowest about 100 feet above the same level, and tl: mark ; t the val!e, abstratum is new red sandstone, covered in alluvium ; the prevailing winds are bet ncl south, and the average fall of rain is 344 inches. al Increase of Houses.—Rapid, and built without Ith or comfort ; rows of cottages erected by sts, who look for large returns, their object :roved as many on as small a space as possible. es are chiefly occupied by poor Irish, who over en to a dangerous degree. Many of these are lodging-houses for tramps and vagrants; thirty of whom (sexes not separated) will spend the night in an apartment a'oout four yards square. Healthy respiration requires nearly 1,000 cubic feet for each adult ; in these there is not more than from 25 to 33 cubic feet for each according to the number of inmates 1851, has E (y.—Average of seven years, endim ailed 30.79 per 1,000, an extraordinary rate population at the census was 3,669. This mortulit3 of several European countries, e. g. exceeds - TABLE OF ANNUAL AVERAGE MORTALITY. In England, 22 deaths to 1000 living. France, handle 1000 1000 1000 1000 THE SONG OF With features wan and w tt man ther Who lifte A - a ragged irk e drove a nail i Who cr A funiac And consc a hum — an I it scum Prussia, Austria, Russia, e of t high mortality in Much Woolton is at tributed to the overcrowding of the houses with low Irish occupants, the overcrowding of the streets, and the want of sanitary measures for the health and comfort of the place. The prevailing diseases are those which generally originate under such circumstances, e.g.—Fevers, exan themata, diarrhoea, and dysentery, and consumption may be added to this list. Childwall Churchyard.—The burial ground of nine townships, situated on a hill side. How many bodies have been buried in this plot of ground it would be diffi cult to calculate, with any degree of accuracy, but the number reaches to several thousands. The level of the surface, over the w by the constant a, hole area, has been raised several feet, ldition of human remains. There is itle doubt hut that, originally, the floor of the church as above the level of the yard ; it is now, at the higher de, six steps down into the church. Fence of the Rector.—" The churchyard of Child quite full, and I have not room to bury the dead. bodies are taken to this yard from Much Woolton ; [rish. They bring the bodies against all remon- strances, and in some instances they have threatened to leave the coffins in the road if they are not buried. This ices me in a very awkward position. The bodies can t, of course, be left on the highway, and there is no nd to put them in. I have taken every avail . with which I am acquainted, to induce Lord to let us have land, but he refuses. There is coming on : T shall soon not have any por d which can be disturbed, and then the dead unburied, and thus public decency will be must re Vocal Music. By C. D. Hackett, B. Mus. Oxen Lon - don Jos. Surman This is a rudimentary work, characterised by simplicity. Those who study it carefully will learn much, and find themselves in the position of choral singers advancing to the practice of the standard music of our great masters. There is not a super fluous word, and as an elementary work it is suffi ciently full and excellent. Mackenzie's Australian Emigrant's Guide. A judicious pamphlet, calculated to be of essential service to those who desire information on the choice of a ship, outfit, and free passage. —This month brings more matter than ._nce of material, The Biographical Magazine ,oadon : Edwards) sustains its high character, .ad in the selection of biographies there is some thing for all : " Joseph Hume" for the politician ; " Oliver Goldsmith" and " Charles Reece Pember ton" for the literary reader; and the sainted professor of Berlin, " August Neander," for the theologian. There is capital writing in this maga zine, and life-like sketches, whoever should be the subject of the memoir.—The Christian Family Ad vocate (Edinburgh : Whyte) shews on the part of the editress the same desire to cater for the best SERIAL eynnii s of the reader The prettily-written series of articles on the Port-Royal is sure to interest, and carmot fail to quicken in us the love of spiritual truth. The story is brought down to the death of Mother Angelica and the persecutions of the Port- Royalists. The Bulwark (London : Seeleys), and the Protestant Mag . azine (London : Shaw) scarcely require commendation ; their zeal is undiminished, and many unwelcome truths to the Romanist are told in their pages.—The Home Circle and the resemble previous numbers ; and Moments and Kidd's Own Journal we may say the same.—Wonderful Things, Nos. 5 to 8, (London : Edwards) will be much relished by young readers : written with simplicity, and the in formation good. So, too, of Familiar Things (Lon don : Hall, Virtue, and Co.), the Juvenile (London : Houlston), and Walks Abroad and Evenings al Home (London : Bennett), which addre.- them- We selves to the same class of 'inquiring readers can confidently place them in the hands of our children.—Punch has been more than usually racy of late, and spirited in the illustrations. VARIETIES A COCKNEYISM. -A " fast" young gentleman, who indulges in a pipe of Orinoco occasionally, amskre.dTuthrbeafkoal: lowing simple question of his purveyor—.. horroonoker, with a naitch or a nist, flow do yo g advice to wives : ndoubtedly will, uld perform ) chasti 'our husbanc h the soft e] th© bream, and A THE LATELY-APPOINTED BISHOP OF bCOTIA applied to the government of that province to allow th e so ldiers of the garrison to present arms to him, which Eir John Harvey permitted until he heard from the Com mander-in-Chief. The old duke's answer was, " only attentions the soldiers are to pay to the bishop are t ( his sermons." —Weekly Paper RAILWAY AMALC MATION.—A PLEASANT STATE OF THlNGS.—Passenger —" What is the matter, Guard ?" 3uard (with presence of mind)—" Oh, nothing particu- We've only run into an excursion train!" Pas " 13nt, Food gracious ! there's a train just behind 't there? ' Guard—" Yes, sir ! But a boy has gone down the line with a signal; and it's very likely Pey'll see it!"--Punch. SICRIBINC A RECENT VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT Sandwich Islands, the writer says :—" The horizon in murky drapery ; detonations, like distant are heard from the mountains, and caniliform ng our streets !" thunder ceons vitrifi the protect( The high r consider as ations are obstruc IN HUNGARY.—There is scarcely a cot- Protestants in the land without its Bible ; All religious exercises and meetings are 9 the population. But especially e popular poetry and language. a in of the Hi Ppealed to, aced to Jehoitt as the " thefr G e nation, the father of each individual nit of this I must THE FEMALE CAPACITY.—Women in their course of f f‘ tion describe a six in of a circle There a looks dow d _inches direc the wider is the s and propr dom ; and there than a well propo THINGS EXTP A German count, er ; a bad n its dimensions but in its position that we ere and the knocker is the idea ti he earth soaring fe a on the paltry affair stupid little baby .ous of a gt:ovelling spirit ; but a sound Der the capacity ontrary. The lar, of duties it takes in ) roPortio the . world ; a amok. domes egrity a c wis- Moore. judgment DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF the cloth has been laid for d ell-street; a head-ac most wonderf 1 little bab chimney nose, a Chancery suit, a habit of ner is not ready, are all th;ngs e wort on the hen the din- rid of; hut they are nothing compared to the diffieul of your w getting when once u have en her cause for it A LAWYER' S TEARS owing sto Americ wyer, who has since attained in his profession 1 / 4 . case in which he was Dunsel for the fendant came on he was expedient was insufficient the case pi OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK Stove, Conservatory, Greenhouse, Arc.—The fine mild and dry weather with which we have been lately favoured use of in admitting air freely to the ought to be mad plants under gla he winter in order to t oroughly harden them Nothing so bad for plants a shutting them up too soon ; absolute frost is all that we have to and so long as t ,s excluded from the houses the ill take no harm. Of course th to those plants wh are undergoing the forcin for winter flowering ; for these a good pit, with p er Garde, is indispensable of the self-sown seedlin move them to s the be ess is most essential as the gaiety of the borders fails atinue to plant out bard green and endive, taking care to have a light south horde: 0 CORRESPOND me now to make ne plantations 's Field Botany is an ad- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1852. related of a mineno anxious to have THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, .bought himself of a rchief to his face, he apparent emoti t just been info ~,,uc of death. to proceed in this casE. D 1 emotions are too glu— m-- I more that it be postpont. til the day after to-morrow." '4 of s request wou een granted by the court, whose sympathies were strongly excited in his behalf ; but, at this moment, o the discomfiture of the lawyer, and the amusement of Bence, the shrill voice of his mother was heard " Ichabod ! lchabod ! how inrse halt .he au ave 1 whipi r Irino ! The case was not ,ned, nor was it gained by the afflicted cou CUNNING AND Cunning is a kin minutest objects to disce Cunning has only pri- sticks at nothing near at band, bu grata sses it; cunnir force, and makes a those events a ooks out a hich may make views, tedness that discovers the hlp is not au Discretion, the more it is - gives a greater authority to the person who s once detected, loses its .n incapable of bringing about even might have done had he passed only Tejon is the perfection of reason, ide to us in ell the duties of life: cunning er our immediate Discretion is only found in it nstinct, that only interest and welfi !ratanding : cunning is often to (selves, and in persons who are t removes from them. In short, cunning is of discretion, and may pass upon weak y is often taken for wit, id good met with in but the fe only the 1 men in the same manner a and gravity for wisdom.—, fddison: THE STOCKMEN OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH.—The lives on horseback. He has always a good— has selected the best—young horse in his em ad, and is the only person aware of his superior He has need of a good and fast horse, and one quality that not afraid of a three-rallied fence or a wild bullock's .. The riding after cattle in the bush, for the pur pose of driving them in or collecting them for muster, is very hard and sometimes dangerous work. It is so ex - an employment as not only to become a favourite one with stockmen, but of the bush gentlemen ; nay, the stock-horse himself is said to enjoy the ort— ,, 4luch as the high-mettled hunter at borne, when . not distressed, seems to relish his gallop with the hounds. By this rcuzli work, however, many a fine young horse has been broken down or stumpt up' before he has shed his colt's teeth; and many a broken rib or limb has fallen to the stockman's share. The stockman brags of his horse's prowess and his own, and contemns the shepherd's sloth ful life. You know the stockman by his chin-strapped cabbage-tree hat, his bearded and embrowned visage, his keen quick eye. He wears generally a jacket and trousers of colonial tweed, the latter fortified with fustian, or lea ther, between his thin bowed legs. But the symbol of his peculiar trade is the stock-whip—a thick but tapering thong of twelve or fourteen feet, weighing, perhaps a couple of pounds, affixed to a handle of a foot and a half at most. At the end of this cruel lash is a " cracker," generally made of a twisted piece of silk handkerchief, or, what is better than anything, a shred from an old infan try sash. The wilderness echoes for miles with the cracks of this terrible scourge, which are fully as loud as the report of a gun, and woe betide the lagging or unruly bullock who gets the full benefit of its stroke, delivered by an experienced hand. I have seen a pewter quart pot all but cut in two by one flank of the stock-whip.— " Our Antipodes," by Col. Mundy. HINTS ON PAPER HANGING.—Many a fever has been caused by the horrible nuisance of corrupt size used in paper-hanging in bed-rooms. The nausea which the sleeper is aware of on waking in the morning, in such a case, should be a warning needing no repetition. Down should come the whole paper at any cost or inconvenience ; for it is an evil which allows of no tampering. The care less decorator will say that time will set all right—that the smell will go off—that airing the room well in the day, and burning some pungent thing or other at night, in the mean time will do very well. It will not do very well; for health, and even life, may be lost in the interval. It is not worth while to have one's stomach impaired for life, or one's nerves shattered, for the sake of the cost and trouble of papering a room, or a whole house if necessary. The smell is not the grievance, but the token of the grie vance. The grievance is animal putridity, with which we are shut up, when this smell is perceptible in our cham bers. Down should come the paper ; and the wall behind should be scraped clear of every particle of its last cover ing. It is astonishing that so lazy a practice as that of putting a new paper over an old one should exist to the extent it does. Now and then an incident occurs which shows the effect of such absurd carelessness. Not long ago a handsome house in London became intolerable to a succession of residents, who could not endure a mysterioul bad smell which pervaded it when shut up from the outes air. Consultations were held about drains and all tha particulars that could be thought of, and all in vain. At last a clever young man, who examined the house from top to bottom, fixed his suspicions on a certain room, where he inserted a small slip of glass in the wall. It was presently covered, and that repeatedly, with a sort of putrid dew. The paper was torn down, and behind it was found a mass of old papers, an inch thick, stuck together with their layers of size, and exhibiting a spectacle which we will not sicken our readers by describing•—Dickens's Household Words. A FAMILY TRIP TO THE SEASIDE.—PACKING FOR TRAVELLING.—I wonder whether any one ever liked packing-up,' as the ingenious process of cramming an indefinite number of habiliments into impossible spaces is termed. When I was a bachelor I detested it, though then it consisted of little more than throwing things in a heap into portmanteaus and carpet-bags, and stamping and sitting on them to make the locks close. But, mercy on us ! if I were to attempt such a process now, Mrs. Peter would stand aghast with horror at my depravity, and rate me for a week afterwards on my slovenliness, carelessness, and want of economy, and ten thousand other little domestic vices, making in the aggregate an amount of moral turpitude perfectly shocking to a correct lady's notions. I am obliged to fold every individual shirt separately, and flatten the collars, and lay them neatly between each shirt ; I have to make my coats, waistcoats, and pantaloons into neat and convenient packages, roll my docket handkerchiefs, neckcloths, and socks into little cylinders, twist the tops of my Welling ton's round the feet, and wrap each one separately in paper, while even then, if I should deposit one of them in the same compartment with my clean shirts, I verily believe my spouse would faint. And then, when I fancy my labours are at an end, and that I have done the thing as it ought to be (for positively the locks will close), Mrs. Peter will suddenly exclaim, in the blandest of tones, " And now, dear, I want you to make room for two or three dozen baby's things' in your portmanteau." Baby's things ! and in my portmanteau, too ! Why, there isn't space left to cram in the leg of a fly. Nonsense ! non sense ! Mrs. Peter will soon show me that there's plenty. Out go my boots, out goes my razor-case--ladies never treat razor-cases with proper respect—out go half a hun dred things which Mrs. Peter re-folds, and squeezes into smaller compass, adding, perhaps, when she comes to the razor-case, ' Cant you put this nasty thing into your pocket, dear ?' There, again, is a fallacy of the female sex—they think that a man's pockets will hold everything. If you object, they say, ' What ! not hold a little bit of a thing like that ?' perfectly forgetful of the five hundred other ' little bits of things' which they have already en tombed in the same place, making you feel as heavy as a felon in fetters, and fearful to sit down, lest you should smash a scent-bottle or a fan, a sandwich, or a pomatum pot. However, the feat is accomplished—six square inches of space are gained, and two dozen ` baby's things' are crammed into it. After all, your own packing-up is nothing to your wife's and your children's. The infinite number of delicate, gauzy, flimsy little things that make up the sum of a modern lady's wardrobe are awful to contemplate ; and if, instead of cleansing the Augean stable, Hercules had been set to ' pack-up' a fashionable lady's wardrobe properly, and within the space of three days, my private opinion is, that he would have pitched up the labour as a thing impossible of accomplishment. Perhaps it would more resemble his battle with the Hydra, where two fresh heads sprung up as soon as he had ...ocked in an old one, for as soon as everything that it seems possible for a lady to put on any part of her per son is knocked into the portmant-au, half a hundred others, that no one but the oldest and most experienced of Benedicts in our sex ever dreamt of, start up and claim admission into the already-crammed receptacle. And then the children ! Master Tommy's bath and Master ''s cradle • and both young gentlemen's wearing apparel, toys, baskets, jugs, mugs, and everything that the infantile mind or infantile body can require for its amusement, sustenance, or cleanliness—all these, with household articles without end, and Mary's box, and the nurse's box, both without locks, and with very weak and two or three bandboxes that gape and look , complete an amount of travelling discomfort to your back, compared with which the barnacles on a whale, or the parasitical insects that stick to various animals, and torment them to madness or d eat h, appear ec ' 13 Mile AVICCIIan IVO Wain , yi I Bobby rickety HORTICULTURE. Kitchen Garden.—C cabbage, soil, and, if pos ANSWERS T S.C.—lt is a I stravrt Botanist ion—Miss Catlow mirable little wort WOOLTON FLOWER SHOW.—The second f er show on Thursday last, season took place at Woolto and was attended by a very large and fashionable com pany. The floral and horticultural display was very fine, and considerable interest was excited by the specimens of agricultural produce, which were exceedingly well grown. The mayor's prize, for the best cultivated garden and cleanest cottage, was awarded to Mr. John Leadbetter, of Speke. The principal exhibitors were Mr. Charles Wil son. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow, Mr. Richard Allison, Rev. S. J. Phillips, Mr. T. A. Busby, &c. of tae 11InCELLA'NE laving been a very successful cult and exhibitor of this fine autumn flower for several years, and the size of my blooms generally having attracted much notice, I beg to offer a few brief remarks upon its . „ culture, more especially as respects watering. I have tried all kinds of manure water, likewise guano, but T have found nothing, as yet, equal to soot-water and soap suds. It is a general rule with most growers to place half rotten manure round the roots, and then draw the earth up so as to form a basin, a practice which is greatly re quired ; but then there is an evil attending it, for often -nes when the roots are taken up to be stored, they are cankered or warty, and hundreds are also discovered there ; by watering with bund to be very m of worms soct-water and soapsuds the roots will 1;e perfectly clean and free from all insects, and much larger flowers may be expected. The mrst successful traps for earwigs I have found to be the bloom stalks of Hog-weed, or Rhubarb, &c., dipped in milk, to soften the pith, which earwigs are particularly fond 'of ; blowing them out of the stems into a bottle, and pouring scalding water on them, is the quickest way to dispose of so great an enemy.— Gardeners' Chronicle. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. ROYAL ANIPHITHEATRE.—In one of the most important points of view, viz. : the choice of pieces for the amuse ment and instruction of the people, the present engage ment of Mrs. Fitzwi!liam and Mr. Buckstone, has not been satisfactory. Encouraged by the success of certain pieces in London—by no means a proof of their merit, nor a guarantee of similar support in Liverpool —we have had several new pieces produced ; but none of them of sterling quality,and none of them likelvto become either favourites or " stock pieces." The " Foundling" is one of these, and it has been frequently played to large, but somewhat wearied, audiences. We do not mean to say that the peo ple found no pleasure in it ; but, like an April day, between sunshine and shower, so in the interval between the dis appearance of Buckstone and his re-appearance after a whole act, all was a yawning blank. Every alternate act Mr. Buckstone was off and on, and so the excitement wagged. We never saw a more unequal play, nor do we remember a heavier one—heavy in everything but Buck stone himself, who was all fun and sprightliness. Buck stone's drollery upon the stage is now only about equalled by the extravagance of his writings, and in the latter par ticular it were well to be cautious of his fame as a play wright. The one is most excellent, the other is danger ous. We come now to another piece : it was an "after piece," so we did not see it, but we have heard enough of its nonsense and its worthlessness—we mean " Baker wor ried by Buckstone." We lay on the shoulders of the translators of this piece (for it is French, and was recog nised by several of our foreign friends as having been played in Paris, by Ravel and Grassot,) the blame of all its 'folly. It drew at the " Haymarket," but here it does not suit the tastes of the people. " Sea and Land" is another new piece, and of a different calibre. It is Mr. Mark Lemon's recent " Adelphi piece," and that is enough, almost without another word. It is full of spirited and tumultuous action, and ;s sapped with pathos. Wild Meg in the hands of Mrs. Fitzwilliam, is the character, and is drawn with breadth enough to give it great indi viduality. She acts it well. THEATRE-ROYAL CONCERTS.—This week Herr Som mer will astonish and delight the publicwith performances on his silver Sornanerophone. Miss A. Poole is enßaged as vocalist; and Miss J. Poole and Madile. Hund will assist as instrumentalists. The Toronto Colonist states that the " Swan of Erin" is no longer Kate Hayes, but Mrs. Bushnell ; or, in other words, that Catharine Hayes has married her agent. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND MIDLAND RAIL WAYS.-It is stated to us, on very good authority, that the negociations between the above companies for an amalgamation are on the eve of a satisfactory conclusion. The great question is—will parliament sanction an amal gamation of the two undertakings ?—Morning Herald. FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON IN Two HOURS.— The approaching opening of a broad gunge communication between Birmingham and London has stimulated all the energies of the London and North-Western Company not to be beaten in the competitive race. 'With this view it is the intention of the directors forthwith to increase the speed of one train daily between London and Birmingham, and vice versa, so that the distance shall be performed in two hours. Engines adequate to the task have been con structed under the superintendence of Mr. M'Connell, and are nearly ready for delivery. Before the end of the month it is expected that London may be reached in the brief space specified.—Birmingham Journal.—[ln reference to the above, the Morning Herald says : "To perform the journey between London and Birmingham in two ho 4r3 will necessitates speed of 65 miles per hour over more than 50 miles of the distance, even supposing that th 9 engine runs through without stopping. We shall see how the permanent way will ' stand' the working of engines ' adequate to the task.' "J SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY C'oMPANY•—At the half yearly meeting, on Thursday, the directors' report, re commending the declaration of a dividend of 7s. 6d.- per shareovas received. The report showed that a correspon dence had taken place between the board and Lord Sondes, who had suggested the desirability of their.gua ranteeing 3 per cent. upon an outlay of £600,000- in con structing a continuation of the North Kent line from Stroud to Chilham ; and, in the event of their failing to do so, Lord Sondes threatened to proceed to Parliament for powers to construct a line, not only from Stroud to Chilham, and from Stroud to Maidstone, but from Stroud to Dover, and from Rochester to Gravesend, under traffic arrangements with the London, Tilbury, and. Southend Railway. In reply to his lordship the directors had stated that they disapproved of the proposed extension, and that they should recommend the shareholders to authorise them to take measures to defend their property. In ac cordance with- this recommendation it was_ resolved,— " That this meeting approves the views of the directors, as expressed in their letter to Lord Sondes of the 2d De cember last, as to the extension of the North Kent Rail way from Stroud to Chiiham ; and that the directors be instructed to take such further steps in relation to that extension as they may deem to be most expedient for the promotion of the interests of this company." The direc tors were also authorised to negotiate terms with the South-eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company for the purchase of that company's steam-boats, such terms to be submitted to a future meeting of this company for their consideration. TRAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic returns for the week ending Sept. sth, on the undermentioned English lines of railway, are as follows : London and North-Western Midland ... £ 53,782 . 25,603 . 60,053 24,279 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... London and South-Western .... London and 8right0n.... ...... Great Western ..... ........... South-Eastern .......... ..... York and North-Midland... Manchester, Shetf. and Lincoln Bristol and Exeter York, Newcastle, and Berwick., Shrewsbury and Chester.... .... Eastern Counties and Norfolk .. Great Northern .. ...... Chester and H01yhead..... ..... North Staffordshire... ..... Leeds Northern .............. South Devon.. .. ..... South Wales.... ...... East Lancashire 19,928 .. 14,248 .. 14,046 .. 19,160 .. 20,315 .. 10,710 .. 7,981 .. 5,610 .. 15,021 .. 1,929 .. 15,619 .. 13,384 4,730 .. 5,596 .. 1,683 .. 2,311 .. 2,655 .. The total receipts on the above lines being £259,399, against £266,065 in the corresponding week of last year; the decrease is shown to be £6,666. The number of miles open on the above, was, in 1852, 4,3121, and in 1851, 4,179, showing an increase of 1431 miles. The returns for the corresponding week in 1850, on the above lines, was £229,211, and the mileage 4,1541. The results afforded are extremely satisfactory, and show a very marked increase over the receipts of 1850, whilst in seve ral instances the returns exceed even the takes of 1851. The Lancashire and Yorkshire still shows an excess, whilst the South-Eastern runs to within a few hundreds of the receipts of the Exhibition year. We are glad to note also an improvement in the traffic of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lancashire line, which has recently suffered from the competition of the Great Northern since the opening of the Towns line of that company. The South Yorkshire is also improving, as likewise the Midland, the Chester and Holyhead, and others which will be readily distinguished in the foregoing list. On the whole, the re turns are very promising.—Railway Record. LORD LYNDHURST has lately been suffering from an affection of the eyes, and. bus undergone two operations. Ile is IMP mull better. *o zet f certain does not apply 1g process —Go over the borders and pick out any s of annuals and biennials ; rye bed ; they will make After t his give by forking -a over and raking ; THE SHEFFIELD MURDER. In ou last publication we gave, under the head of .npo! Murder at Sheffield," the particulars of the discovery of the body of a young man named Alexander Robinson, a Scotch hawker of drapery goods, in a deep ditch in the outskirts of Sheffield, who was supposed, from the mutilated state of his body, to have met his death by foul means. Since the discovery of the body the police " Supposed found that a watch the property of the deceased had been pledred in town, and they ultimately apprehended James Barbour, a hawker of drapery goods, and a young man named George Nl`Cormick. It was proved in evidence before the coroner's _him on Wednesday last, that Bar bour was lernoon, ant about half-past four or five o'clock, Barbour went to the ltandard, and there left a bundle that was in the on of the murdered man two hours before. He t to another place, where he showed a I%X'Cormick is charged with having ich is identified as Robinson's, the the deceased were, some time posses afterwards we tch produced pledged the watch, wh Darbour a deceased since, both in the employ of Mr. Barbour, draper, of Doncaster. Barbour is nephew to that gentleman, Whilst in this position, he was accused of having robbed the de ceased of £2O. The evidence, however, was not sufficient Mr. Barbour to convict, and he was d scharged same time, discharged him from his employ, and retained Robinson, who was placed in his situation. From this it is alleged that Barbour owed the deceased a grudge. A short time ago, Robinson quitted Mr. Barbour's employ, and commenced hawking drapery goods. It appears that the deceased and the prisoner have frequently met in Sheffield on good terms, and on Thursday morning they dined together, and afterwards adjourned to a public house, where they had some drink. The prisoner and the - atter place together. deceased left tl The inquest as resumed on Thursday afternoon, in the the Town-hall, which was greatly with spectators. The deputy coroner, after callinr names of the jury, informed them that the police fined evidence tracing the prisoner and the de- had obta Feu within a short distance of the field where the latter was afterwards found murdered. He believed the evi dence would show that midway 'in the interval between the prisoner leaving Naylor's with the deceased, at two o'clock on Thursday, and the prisoner calling at the Royal Standard; a little after four o'clock, and leaving the pack of the deceased, the two were seen walking along the footpath of the field adjoining that in which the mur der was committed. At the conclusion of the voluminous evidence, bearing out the deputy coroner's assertion, after the prisoner had been asked the usual questions, his answer to which he reserved, merely stating that he was not guilty, the jury retired, and, after an absence of twenty minutes, returned into court with the following verdict:—" We unanimously agree in a verdict of wilful murder against James Barber." The coroner at once made out hii' warrant for the pri soner's committal to York Castle. M'Cormick, who had been admitted as a witness, 'was brought up in custody, and, after signing his deposition, was informed that he would be detained in custody until the magistrates could consult as to the means to be taken to secure his attend ance on the trial. Although the prisoner's name is given as Barber in the verdict, he wrote it Barbour in signing his denial of guilt. THE HARVEST Tux great bulk of the wheat crop is now gathered throughout the United itingdom. Barley and oats are yet out to some extent on the late soils, and'the bean crop is almost entirely unsecured. The weather in the present week has been very unfavonrable, and the' outstanding crops mutt have suffered by the continual showers that have fallen in this district. The new wheat that has vet appeared at our market is very inferior to last year ; but on the whole better than rumour had led us , to expect. We are happy to hear that the yield per acre is quite equal to the farmers' expectations, especially on clay and loamy soils. Doubtless on the lighter quality of land, there was considerable blight, and premattire ripening, and'the yield from such is consequently less productive. Taking the district, however, which usually supplies' our market, the wheat crop will be inferior to last year in quality and quantity, superior to 1850, and about an average produce. Barley is various in quality, some very good, bat very irregular, which' the maltsters will . discover. The aggre gate quantity is likely to be large, and above an average in that respect. Both beans and cats may be considered an average quantity in this district, and there are some exceedingly heavy crops of the former grain. Looking at the market reports of the south of England, the quality of wheat is evidently very inferior, and the price at which it is selling must be ruinous to the farmer. Prices are quoted for seed wheat in several of the south country markets at 265. to 365. per quarter, being from 3s. 3d: to 49. 6d. the imperial bushel. Prices are not only unre munerative, but a positive loss to the grower.—Doncaster Chronicle. EAST RETFORD.—We believe we may with certainty announce that the harvest is now completed in this dis trict, as far as the wheat crops are concerned, and that, with a few exceptions, the whole has been housed in capital condition. On the clay soils the crops have been most abundant, and from all we can learn the yield here is considerably above an average one. On the lighter forest soils, however, there is a slight failing off this year, hut upon the whole we think this district will afford a full average yield. Hop pulling has partially commenced in the North Clays, but the picking will not be general until next week. Where there is a fair quantity of bine the-. yield will be good and the produce of the very best quality, but in many parts of the district there is a paucity in the bine, which cannot allow any great weight to he gathered• therefrom. The -general yield of the Mirth Clays will range from four cwt. to fourteen or fifteen cwt. per acre. DLlleaster Chronicle. The crops throughout these counties, and, indeed, in the south generally, have all been gathered in. With respect to tha crops themselves, all the accounts that reach us confirm the fears before expressed. Much has been injured by mildew and sprouting; more has been hurried up in a state that will deteriorate its quality ; and this will be more severely felt by the wheat-growers in this district, because all the letters agree that as to the north of the Humber, the crops came on late and escaped all injury from the wet, a deficiency is not likely to be found, either in quantity or quality, throughout that important tract of the kingdom.—Chetmsford Chronicle. LINCOLNSHIRE.—TIie fine weather during the last week has been of great service to the farmers in this neighbourhood, they having secured the principal part of the white corn, though not in a condition to thrash im mediately, consequently old wheat is in request by the millers. The farmers have commenced taking up their potatoes, but they are much diseased, the largest being most affected ; buyers are very keen to send away, and there is no doubt potatoes will be found scarce towards the spring, and very dear.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. WISBECII.—Most of the white corn in this district has been gathered, but a good deal of it will come to hand in bad condition, and the best of it rather light in weight. A few extraordinary fields (such as six and seven quarters an acre) are spoken of by parties who have thrashed, but the average will not be good either in quantity or quality, particularly in the fens. Grass keeping is very plentiful, and our feeding pastures seldom look so well ; a ride now across our rich grazing districts, well stocked with huge beasts and sheep, is a glorious sight to behold. THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND Last week closed with highly-favourable weather for winning, and, consequently, a large breadth was carried to the barn-yard in prime condition, This week, howe ver, we have had a recurrence of close wet weather, and the rains of Monday and Tuesday put a stop alike to reap ing and leading-in. Yesterday and to-day have again opened more cheeringly with a bright sunny sky and a somewhat sharpish breeze from the east ; and, if this fa vourable change continues, the present will all but clear the fields in the Howe and north of Fife, also in the southern and eastern districts of the county. In the middle districts, a few days of good weather will suffice to cut down all that is now standing, and we should say that by Thursday next the harvest of 1852, so far as Fife is concerned, will be " a fact accomplished. " As the barn yards begin to fill, complaints seem in a great measure to cease, and most of our friends admit that, as far as bulk is concerned, they will have fully a third, and in some instances, even a half more than last year. The quality has yet to be tested, but we have no doubt that with a few days of good sharp weather to get all tidied up, we shall also hear little more of blight, dis coloured wheat, or shelly oats. The potato disease still increases with virulence, and there are very few fields that do not show symptoms of the taint. As we said last week, it is ',impossible to predict or estimate; but we are within mark when we affirm that a fourth of 7 0, very luxuriant crop is already tainted and worthless. Turnips are still maintaining their luxuriance, but a considerable breadth of the early-sown has run to seed and will be all but use less. Pastures endure well, and have this season been great bargains to the tacksmen. Young grasses are also unusually strong, and the fields being already cleared, will afford an unusual amount of autumn keep for bestial.— effeshire Journal. AUCHTERM(TCHTY.—A great proportion of the grain in this district is now cut, but a considerable amount of it still remains exposed in the stock. The weather at pre sent is much broken, and it would seem as if this season the farmers were to experience in full the tantalising pecu liarities of our " weeping" climate. The potato crop is nearly a complete wreck. PERTHSHIRE.—There is still about a tLird of the crop out in the low country, and nearly all on the high and back-lying lands. The potatoes have been thoroughly examined by agents from the London dealers, and the disease is found very prevalent, extending to perhaps a fifth, and in others to a fourth of the crop. Even the infected portion, however, is worth about ss. a boll, and some farmers are flattering themselves that for sound potatoes in the month of May they may look for 20s. Much will depend upon the weather before the lifting season. THE POTATO CROP THE POTATO DISEASE.—Tho disease amongst pota toes in the East Retford district is spreading far and wide, and unless some beneficial change should take place almost immediately, three parts out of four of the pro duce will be rendered altogether unfit for food of any de scription. Whole flats are now suffering from this mys terious fatality, the stench from which is almost intolerable. It is said that a large breadth of land has this year been planted ; but will this avail, for ten acres of land are as soon destroyed as one ? Another disease incident to the present season is that prevailing amongst apples, which which turn black and rot in a few days after they are ga thered. They are only a short crop, but the diseaQ likely to make them exceedingly short indeed. WEIUYSS POTATO - ROT.—The rot made its appear ance among us early this season, and the roots are to:a great extent useless as food. The plague is still increasing AT THE ILFORD PETTY SESSIONS, on Saturday, Mr. Simpson, proprietor of the Cremorne-gardens, London, and M. and Madame Poitevin, were charged by the .So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with having, a fortnight ago , crue ll y ill use d a h e if er by taking it up in one of the balloon ascents, which caused it to suffer so much that it had to be slaughtered. They pleaded guilty, and were convicted in the penalty of £5 each and costs, which they paid, ari of State , and the ith their Royal H ess Roy A were tt trhoq_ uF nesses Prince Aifre COURT AND FASHION BALM Malmesbury in her M YRIDAY.—The Earl of Derby arrived here a offs T 00. rr to-day to relieve attenA annual gathering of Highlanders yesterday at Castle Farquharso the Duff, the A A Majesty and Prince the Prince of Wales bert ncess A terdav mor ce. Soon after the an royal party the various Hichl ig, to honour the meeting with val of the Queen ar id games and sports menced, and were keenly cOnteste&by the different clans. These games took place in front of the terrace of Braemar Castle, where Her Majesty, His Royal Hianess Prince Albert, and the royal family were seated. The royal party remained till about five o'clock in the after when the Queen and the royal family were conduc their carriages by Mr. Farquharson, of Inverceui. Tnoon, cted tc . . Mr. Duff, of Carriemulzie, and returne The Queen will leave Balmoral on the for Windsor Castle, where the on the evening of the 13th October mesbury has left Balmor.l fo Fort William 'here he remains for se )ert is expected The Earl Atimacs in g.— Observe mined to build a new . It is to be built on a site be PALACE AT BALMORAL.-It has just been deter palace for the Queen at Balcooral. ;seen the river and the pr ?sent is estimated to cost castle, fronting the south, at £BO,OOO to £lOO,OOO. The architecture is modern, and will combine the ornamental with the useful. A new bridge is to be thrown across the Dee, and the public road which now leads through the forest of Ballochbine is to be shut up, and a better road provided along the south The old palace is to be entirely re- o balm° . of nntn to arriv of AT.I bank of the river. The new palace is already staked out. AND COUNTESS OF DERBY and family for Scotland on Thursday. TirE EAR. left Knowsle TIM DUKE OF HAMILTs, )s has, it is stated, left the bulk of his personal property, amounting, it is said, to more than £lOO,OOO, to his daughter, Lady. Lincoln. THE DUCHESS DE BEAUFORT has died at the chateau of Florennes. She was daughter of Prince d'Arenberg and grand-daughter of Prince de Starhemberg, 7 of Austria at Brussels, under Prince Charles of Lorraine Mr. MAC. Minister :A7SLAY", it is confidently affirmed, has aban itention to take his seat for Edinburgh, and doned his that the -V ;solved to start .sman in hi, burgh Post room, as soon as a vacancy is declared.—Edin CONSERVAT XE DEMONSTRATION.—On Tuesday last a grand banquet was given, at Newcastle, to Henry Geo. Liddell, Esq., M.P.,- to celebrate his triumphant return for the southern division of Northumberland. Between 400 and 500 of the most influential gentlemen of the divi• lion were present. ELOPEMENT IN HIGII LIFE.—The Leinster Express states that Lady. Elizttbeth Bryan, daughter of the Mar quis of Conyngham, and wife of George Bryan, Esq., of Jenkinstown, county Kilkenny, has eloped with Captain James George Hay, of the 92nd Highlanders. Lady Elizabeth Bryan is in her twenty-third year, and was married to Mr. Bryan (who possesses a very large property in Kilkenny) some two years ago. Captain Hay, the partner of her flight, has been quartered, for some months past, at Carlow, with the depot of the 92nd. Mr. Bryan is said to be in pursuit of the fugitives. Loam DALKEITH, the eldest son of the Duke of Buc cleuch, came of age on Thursday last, and the event was appointed to be celebrated at - Beaulieu Abbey, in rA shire, one of the duke's seats•, with great festivity: 'r&m arn p. ox-was to be roasted whole, and old English sports were to be renewed on the dukeilrounds. A large number of persons, from all parts of the country, were invited to Beaulieu, to participate in the festivities. There collie not have 3 - less than 3000 or 4000 persons conc- - * at IV ') wit' scenes, ivgated eatil i en were, ho ness or join in the festi spoilt by unfavourable weather wever, of rain fell during the day, and nearly all persons present were drenched to the skin.. The grand dinner to the tenantry and visitors was in the open air, and three times the company were obliged to rush from the table, to escape from the deluge of rain-that poured on them Beaulieu'Abbey is celebrated as the refuge u Anjou, during the wars of the roses, and as t •garet of of the pretender,. Pe the Duke of Buccleuch from his uncle, Lord Montague, the friend of Sir Walter Scott. STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE IST Or SEPTEMBER., 1852. [Where two places are mentioned, the latter is the depot.] Ist Life Guards, Hyde-park4oth, Cork, for Australia 2d Life Guards, Windsor '4lst, lonian Isles ; Boyle Royal Horse Guards, Re- 42d, Nova Scotia ; Stirling gent's-park 43d, Cape of Good Hope; Ist Dragoon Guards,.Dublin Buttevant 2d, Manchester 44th, Gibraltar ; Chatham 3d, Cahir 45th, C of G. Hope; Chatham 4th, Dublin 46th, Belfast sth, Newbridge 47th, lonian I.; Templemore 6th, Canterbury, for India 48th, Newport, S\V 7th, Ballinoollig 49th, lonian L ; Waterford Ist Dragoons, Brighton 50th, Preston 2d, Dorchester ,51st, Madras ; Chatham 3d Light Dragoons, Bengal ;'s2d, Dublin Maidstone 153 d, Bengal; Chatham 4th Light Dragoons,lpswich 54th, Quebec ; Londonderr7 6th Light Dragoons, York 55th, Gibraltar; Tralee 7th Hussars, Piershill 56th, Bermuda ; Chatham Sth Hussars, Nottingham 57th, Cork 9th Lanc., Bengal; Maidst. 58th, N.Zealand ; Channel 1,. 10th Hussars, Bombay ; 59th, China; Fermoy Maidstone 60th, Ist bat, Bombay ; 11th Hussars, Newbridge Chatham 12th Lancers, Cape of Good „ 2d bat, Cape ; Kildare Hope ; Maidstone 61st, Bengal ; Chatham 13th Lt Dragoons,ilounslow 62nd, Athione 14th Lt Dragoons, Bengal ; 63d, Dublin Maidstone 64th, Bombay ; Chatham 15th Hussars, Madras ; 65th, Australia ; Canterbury Maidstone 66th, Quebec; Channel Isles 16th Lancers, Ireland 67th, West Indies; Dover 17th Lancers, Brighton 68th, Malta;. Nenagh Grenadier Guards- 69th, Barbaoes ; Brompton Ist bat, St. John's Wood 70th, Bengal; Chatham 2d bat, Tower 71st, Ist bat, Kilkenny 3d bat, St George's Barracks „ 2d bat, Canada ; Grnsy Coldstream Guards- 72d, N Brunswk; Channel I. let bat, Wellington Barracks 73d, Cape of G Hope; Bristol 2d bat, Windsor 74th, Cape of Good Hope ; Scots Fusileer Guards- Charles Fort Ist bat, Chichester 75th, Bengal ; Chatham 2d bat, Portman-st Barracks 76th, Malta; Chatham Ist Foot, let bat, P'smouth 77th, Plymouth ~ 2d oat, Cork 78th, Bombay ; Chatham 2d, C G Hope ; Kinsale 79th, Edinburgh 3d, Malta; Castlebar 80th, Bengal; Chatham 4th, Bury 81st, Dublin sth, Mauritius ; Chatham 82d, Manchester 6th, C G Hope ; Cork 83d, Bombay ; Chatham 7th, Devonport 84th, Madras ; Chatham Bth, Bombay; Chatham 85th, Portsmouth 9th, Galway 86th, Bombay; Chatham 10th, Bengal; Chatham 87th, Bengal; Chatham 11th, N S Wales;. Walmer 88th, Parkhurst; Isle Wight 12th, Ist bat, Newry 89th, Templemore „ Res. bat, C G Hope ; 90th, Dublin Chatham 91st, Ist bat, Enniskillen 13th, Gibraltar; Channel I. , 2d hat, Cape; Chatham 14th, Limerick 92d, Corfu ; Naas 15th, Ceylon; Mullingar 93d, Portsmouth 16th, West Indies; Cork 94th, Madras ; Chatham 17th, Dublin 95th, Chatham 18th, Bengal; Chatham 96th, Bengal ; Chatham 19th, Winchester 1 97th, Fredericton, NS; L o 20th, Canada ; Chatham Wight 21st, Hull 98th, Bengal ; Chatham 22d, Bombay ; Chatham 99th, N. S. Wales; Chatham 23d, Ist bat, Chester Rifle Brigade, Ist bat, Cape „ 2d bat, Canada of Good Hope ;-Walmer 24th, Bengal; Chatham „ 2nd bat, Canterbury 25th, Madras; Chatham COLONIAL CORPS. 26th, Gibiltar ; Isle of Wight Ist West India Regime n t, 27th, Dublin W. and L. I. 28th, Newcastle-upon-Tyneld, Bahamas; Sierra Leone 29th, Bengal ; Chatham 3d, Jamaica 30th, Corfu ; Dover Ceylon Rifle Regt, Ceylon 31st, Limerick Cape Mounted Rifles, C G H 32d, Bengal; Chatham Royal Canadian Rifle Regt, 33d, Glasgow Canada 34th, Trinidad; Glasgow St Helena Regt, St Helena 35th, Ply mouth Royal N'foundland Veteran 36th, Barbadoes ; Newport Companies, N'foundland 37th, Ceylon, Chatham. RoyalMaltaPencibles,Malta 38th, Portsmouth Gold Coast Corps, Coast of 39th, Dublin Africa A MARRIAGE PORTION FUND.—The British Friend, the organ of the Society of Friends, gives a notice of a somewhat singular fund—a fund for " removing obstrue. tions to matrimony among the lower class" of Friends. A sum of £l,BOO has been raised, the interest of which is to be disposed of according to the original purpose, " by a deed poll entered into by the subscribers." Ten pounds are paid to every woman and man, two years members of certain meetings, provided they are not otherwise worth £3O. When the money is short, women are to be prefer red to men, and spinsters and bachelors to widows and widowers. The stock of this Marriage Company is lent on mortgage. The names of the subscribers to the fund are given, A" FAITHLESS WOOER."—A novel case came before the Central Police-court yesterday (Wednesday) morning, in which the defendant, a tailor, named Webster, belong ing to Arbroath, was accused of obtaining at various times the sum of £6O from a widow residing in that town, on fraudulent pretences. It appears that the defendant was a lodger in the complainant's house, both before and after the death of her husband, which took place three months since. Shortly after the occurrence of the sad event, an attachment, seemingly reciprocal, sprung up between the landlady and her lodger, which resulted in the latter pledging to lead the buxom widow a second time to the altar, so soon as her regard for the memory of the departed yn e a f pp t e h a e ra n n u c p es tie lh le r e t b e st s e u r ce h e a e d d not the waitedwou ldeceased, p fo e r r h m t e l nc it. From e l r i b t o e r m a r e t o l all stepped into his shoes by having appropriated to himself all his personal effects, consisting of wearing apparel, watch, &c. In addition to this, the lucky tailor also persuaded the too credulous woman to advance him sums of money , varying from £ 5 to £l5, at different periods, but towards the end of last week, a ft er receiving one of these pecuniary instalments, he bolted from the town, leaving his disconsolate landlady to look after her money and a husband as best she might. The fox was unkennelled in this city two days ago, and he is now on his way to the authorities whose province it is to hisa g e promise agai n a against t p andr the ese n defendant tvindicatein bachelor hood, his e if deal with the case. We may add, that the w id ow i s so d es irous of effecting the coveted matrim on i a l a lli ance, that she withdrawfo wo l the e r m s e e . charge Although fidelity, by at once joining his f or t unes w ith h er own f or " winnowed by th e w i ngs o f lib erty, " t hi s o ff er is too tempting, we sho u ld thi n k, no t t o b e ta k en advantage c " o better nsweniltis or t ot implement mp of by Webster, who, in refusing it, runs the imminent risk of being immersed in the county prison for a period, and under a discipline by no means to be preferred to the joys of double-blessedness, and the gentle rule of a loving SPOUSg• — Nortli 13ritiilt DISTRICT NEWS ORMSKIRK FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last, as some leg ' g removed from the south to the were beir noith siding of the Ormskirk static shire Railway, John Howard, la on on the E. t Lanca. 25 yes"' platform st two wag and thro ed to get oa in Orde r 2 a firlP finder over en. who was standing the connecting rod between the to have a ride. The unfortunate roan d of the wag gon, a ieing abl .led quickly rou st one, which was empty ae died soo s arrival Ey mangled his right leg, left thigh, anti aken to the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, Where SI the Ormskirk On Tues' )y them in two inn SHIRE AN D WALES THE HON. E. G. D. PENNANT has been Lieut.-Colonel of the Royal Carnarronshire M: TING. OF lONARY SOCIETY The room u, and ten single gt,. me off on their ground in gentlemen were beaten; thee. NHEAD — CHURCH MIS. Oil ed' crowded to eXce:=, Dr.M`Neile, and the audience n-era address& George Hodson, and o Batchurch, an aged we MARY LEWIS, OT over and literally cut to y Chester Railway, last weel deaf, and laying down on ti eces on the Shrewsbury on: She appears to hasTitifleed on the CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILV, week ended the sth September, 1852 stingers, parcels, &c., £3,724 Bs. Bd. steamboats : Passengers, parcels-, _ nding £4,730 ss. 10d.—Increase ove r the corre3P°- week last year, £306 Is. Ild. —Traffic for the Pas' :—Railway • goods, 1'527 7 3 , £4lB 1"- ABRAHAM FRANCIS has been committed by kenhead magistrates for trial at Chester assizes,' 0 , bigamy.. He had married a respectable female at chester, in 1838, with whom h e li ve d on l y a few In°, 11 ; or , and in May last be again m arr i e d A nn M at h ews . in discovering the deception, gave inforraat the Lord-I of Merionit: —Viscount S Thurst Claug. - oie unds, discovered a ation r oyea. to w e from th° on ep e 3 g t swee t dathhhkeeefheeor; srle 7aueu EAD —At the formation as tTISANCZa IN BIRKENB- ualf' meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners, the CPfir, .ian said that he had received a communication fro m i 4 Stevenson as to the danger of an epidemic, of chale r i a c i be fact, and pointing out several nuisances which sh",..ect, removed. Some conversation took place on the 5 0 ' 4 ,0 in the course of which the board expressed its willing;ocl to remove any real nuisance within its jurisdictiO• r e• one member stated that there was a book kept for the cord of nuisances by such as choose to complain of tb e r 74 As to the health of the township, however, it aPP ea that it was unusually good. or had accidentally REMOVA oft BIRKENHEAD CgMISI/SSIONERS.—At the tnee'",,„, sr Tuesday evening, the Ferry Committee recommended rbto the wages of the three collectors at the ferry be ral' ea o. 355. per week, as a reward for their good behaviour• del salary of Mr. Rudd, the , manager„ was also ,ioa to he advanced £5O , per annum. After some disculic, the advance of salary was carried. The offer o f l t he Pendiebury to undertake the goods department °,` ferry was accepted. The committee had also agreeato. a new boat which was to be built forthwith. The r" ° "ntll ing is the statement of finances :—Receipts for the o l d.; ending 31st August, 1851 and 1852.-1851, £2,05 6 55 " „ii to 18D2, 1'2,100 2s. Bd. Receipts from th e 24th of -, 11 '0.; the 31st of August, ISM and 1852-1851, .fS.49S d s 'A 14 1 1852, £8,862 Bs. 10d. Expenditure from the 24th to the 31st of August, 1552—X5,075 , 145. 6d. M ad 9. ./ FREEMASONRY IN NORTH WALES. —On • -- A ) eu last, the provincial grand master opened a new, or. Ig or, resuscitated an old, lodge of this ancient order at -D "'d by which was most numerously and respectably attenuecoo the brethren from all parts of the kingdom. At tn, the elusion of the ceremonies -a procession was forrae.u„,Three Cathedral, where an eloquent and impressive di n r g ibi was delivered by the very rev. the dean, accomPs n i Tieb n choice selections of raalmody and music, after 1%400 collection was made in aid of the funds of the Carnloolc and Anglesey infirmary. An adjournment th en „ t uota 9 place to the Penrhyn Arms Hotel, where a suovotiv banquet was provided by Mr. Bicknell, comprising son, game, fish, and all the delicacies of the seasn n iffirt Watkin Williams Wynne, -ALP., the P.G.M. K o ther Wales and Shropshire, _presided, supported by Lord Viscount Dungannon, K.T., Rev E. H. v,", - e ptle:i D.G.111., and other distinguished noblemen and ustl"' men, members of the craft. After dinner theaotlf loyal and masonic toasts followed, and were el °q Ist/ responded to. The conviviality was kept uP de with hour, and the brethren and guests.retired highly " e "' with the day's proceedings. DESTRUCTION OF PARTRIDGE& BY LIGHT,,-`.,TheaP Last week, as some reapers were cutting a pieen,, °. `piloio in a field at Hampton Wafer, in the parish of P ° ",,ui o they found eighteen young and two old partridgf, 9 dead, and which were supposed to have been 10 ' 1 4 s ceo lightning, visible effects of the electric fluid being "on: in the immediate neighbourhood. As feathers ar e e ven" conductors, it is somewhat singular that such an should have hap pened.-e-Herefoie!, Journal. t isitlC: NATIONAL TIME.—It would have been more t nc ler 6 tort', since we are to have uniform time, could the siT ti tb, ° have been calculated from the sun's full meridian ' se° heart of the 'slated, midland between its easternoret ' western coasts, rather than from a point so nec.c h e 13 0 3 . 8,1 14 the eastern than the western. All disCrepane le 'e l st i er e thus at least have been reduced to their minimuwe of, as will be the case, rendering such absurdities t ic a ) iso of as the sun coming lagging up every day to his v 3 a tl of 6 ' Bristol, Liverpool,. or Manchester, some quarterlities, hour or so behind the time called noon in such-10'ee tll6 This is indeed a go-a-head British generation , o '4oo' sun becomes, in its estimation of time, a laggard t4i/de l. ' out the greater part of the whole country !—Vie `' 9 10 9 4 TREMENDOUS OFT t: it ? C ONFL A GRA TI ON BuisED.on — F r E i d [ a v y z g o t ; BARRELS oll° rj , was received at the London Fire-offices of the /4 r tfo t dreadful tire which took place at Cheshunt, in eZ)Of ee d shire, the previous day, by which a factory near" tolo— long and about 150 feet wide was burnt to the T t o de r : and property of vast extent reduced to ruins. , to 'f e y raises in which the disaster occurred belonge d t he ti p 1; Perry, the varnish and turpentine factor, and at ' fl titY,'; ‘ contained 700 barrels of turpentine, g great tlt 13 0 0$ 1 " 0 . rosin, varnish, and various other atticles of, all,ieeS.l,l inflammable character. Upon the alarm hei n g„ v ot, 6 "e number of labourers and others hastened to the s rf e eter';: were instrumental in rolling 200 barrels out oft he to tlri which were deposited in one of the fields, but esc i e lls r eelS ° o f rapidity with which the flames progressed 500 i' ll ete elt e turpentine ignited.. In an adjoining field stoorta BtorlL t hay, the produce of five fields, belonging to ring rula which took fire from the intense heat of the hisi ivo 8 11 it pentine. Every endeavour was made, by Mr. 13 4 1 je the villagers to save the stack, which was one ° I ',lit e t) ",j, in that part of the country, but without avail, stl in sur e r. tinued burning all Friday. The hay was fortunate)? to The whole of the valuable stock in trade belonginggedeC; Perry, except the 200 barrels of turps before , 6 " elem has been destroyed, and the factor y consumed' Ti..,10 1? tunately the sufferer was not insured. 0 4k Ter 04 d THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY IN AN d0 13 "..011 2 POSITION.—The name of the Marquis of I , ° ll l. r - ce figured on Monday before the Paris Civil Tribuol l ip pf, e f what was stated the following facts appeared : t hat t' t ' o f 1850, the agents of the marquis informed WO e fe'l l e too had received a letter from M. Soupe, a wine Inca thrior. Paris, stating that he was about to retire (row . ' s er t trade ; that he had a large collection of wines o _,‘ a P i o quality, which he was anxious to dispose of ;. l ( ; re c t o the Marquis of Londonderry would consent t oter e t them, he would take coals in payment. Sher,t l 4 asil l g e e ge wines were sent, accompanied by a bill fixing no °Cot' 10,000 f. The marquis had not been dispeseu e , e s, s t e et e; in the transaction ; but, on receipt of the ° l j o g tr.pe respondence took place, and he ended by accer4 3l. so to and by giving orders to have the coals wh ich that 6440 had demanded forwarded. Things were d e rrY ,ari when, some time after, the Marquis of Lend g aru e ,ol to Paris. To his great surprise, one morninF.,,t an d to commerce and two of his men waited on h l " ? e led ° .40 him that ho was their prisoner, and must be ca t the se- 0 0 the debtors' prison in the Rue de Clichy. Trib l t l ole time they produced a judgment of the Cirl ee te e authorizing the provisional incarceration 0f en gral l e pe lord. This judgment set forth that it had, be en 5°,10' in virtue of the law of 1832 on the dermal"' f l e en" Ot ft a Fdi ah r bere t er d eet rrsnyot Presidentoy n ewf. o h an i st his The oi h e sle p ei ad i os e i eetfA s b, e lo t n tenhor t d ro repres e entation n ittavesi rd t hle h ecia a tTo t hv cri foreigner,ri totbehuduel Tribunal, 3 aet as beo sa u ! itu ° lo i i g r bg t e to lib : : it law. The president, 31. de Belleyme , o n li id be e s e r no s o e f t . 10 the e e y e a ahids validity desof his .e x Consignat ion ] Tho dei t J us e lo r°l6tll is i d ,r e o r m r y t s h e e n m t altroscisoa 10,000 f., which for M. Soupe, in the event of the tribuna t_i Lo o II set at liberty. M. Soupe had previously °' - " tbe f‘L eo cl action, and it was set down for bearing by. en tiy Chamber of the ;Tribunal. It was subsceee an ev e aeon , se nt that it could not be pleaded before the vac_ eou ld ia- Soupe thereupon procured an order that iteseacation,_ before the chamber which sits during ; da ys a•, ° ett e, stead of before the Fourth Chamber. A'e pi' to Messrs. he te F. rll un e rri d ' ° li ba c st ed u lP r a c t fu l t a ne i re l l i : tt r ao d t , oi n t rg l d r e etrh a et d h y pe o rt c e a ct t eh e dei o no f ge the so s facts,hMo drciquuteii requested e o biu f , 'tetieei Ceivil I l e er 0 ,5 Chamber of the Vacation. There was , . , l es, peel, Os gency in the case ; and there were, bested I be tr ieci in it which made it desirable that it shon , .. se nt. _ s iee < to the al leged of the wines supplied by M. SollP-0, the cla ill9 and quantity of coal delivered, and as t and he o3 otle to the marquis for his arbitrary arrest ; c e f th , e etle chamberpont points th abte had d e t o whichbe raised t had were, be he e d i c t ed it s : r a y s that, according to article 44 of the de F , e' ebe egea _ re a March, 1808, the Vacation Chamber is or?, _°one app re' short questions which require despatch. .0° jetted the application. for M. Soupe, and the tribunal, to 0 1 ' 3 ;00' after deliberatiour to the pot Williams sanLv; ~;r 1 Sir \N ON! Robert John Esq., George Price Llo Lewis Williams, Esq., Williams, Esr , -nd Jo be Deplo- -fa -Lieute UPPOSE Sumn morning, at fi .-park, on going immersed i ,pparently 1 of the water selves, and she. usual restorat ever, refused to give any intended self•destructioi the water Tiart., John Lloyd, of R, } yam, Esq., Edward LloydEdir.,ardsf. 4 - Er ~ George Casson,,,rli l Holland, Esq. _. u 3.- to nitehead Greares, 7 1)aggat: o'clock, the night watchma --g z , b. 1 14 0 11 :t 6,. le s ° Po Tour Agee St' S t , i2it 1 01 4 411 mp )` ll ' 0 1 1 bl. ti