The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

4 SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Half-past Two, p.m. ] ....._ o ______ i TRE - NoNEy pREssrRE THIS DAY. E THE BANKS AND THEIR DEPOSITORS. v / We have no new disasters to record as having taken la ( place this day. If we except the fact that the Liverpool Banking Company have solicited from their depositors their forbearance for a few days, until the severity of the I present pressure is overcome. We are not, however, a aware of any parties being refused payment when insist- •ed upon. The feeling amongst merchants and other .. classes continues in a very feverish state ; and rumour is I busy with her hundred tongues. Nothing definite has yet a been arranged with respect to the relief of the Royal Bank, i whosestoppageweannouncedthis morning, from its present t state of inactivity. Expectations, however, are still en- E tertained that some assistance will be rendered to it, but t on what terms, or in what shape, has not transpired. I We learn that very great exaggerations are abroad with v respect to the position of this concern. A local contem porary, after referring to a rumour that one house has a been accommodated to the extent of £400,000, and that : two other houses have had between them an amount which makes up in all nearly a million of the capital of a the bank, states, that whilst giving such great fad- 1 ; lities to these three houses, "no extreme liberality has i, characterised its proceedings among men in ordinary business." We are assured, on good authority, in t the first place, that the accounts of the parties re- : ferred to are greatly overstated ; and it must be i borne in mind, that although the true amount appears excessive, it is based upon the best security. 1 With respect to the charge - of neglecting men of• ordinary i business, we are authorised to state that the Royal Bank I has been ever ready to assist, as far as applied to, the whole mercantile community; and in many instances it has eve n ; extended its assistance to the constituents of some other € banking houses. a We regret to observe symptoms of a movement taking 13 place, which, if persevered in, must still further increase r the difficulties which surround commercial men. We I refer to the demands which are being made upon certain 0 banks by depositors, who have taken alarm for the safety ] of their deposits. It is most important that this feeling / should be allayed ; and we would earnestly impress upon c our readers and the well-informed portion of the publiC ' to do everything in their power to allay the apprehen- i sions of the few timid people who are making such mis- i chief. I These parties should be reminded that the banking in terest of the country is now in a very different position to that which it occupied in the disastrous crises of 1816 and 1825, in the latter of which years seventy banks failed, and 1 1 the average dividend paid did not exceed ss. in the pound. The majority of our banks now are conducted on the joint , 1 stock principle, by which the whole property of every pro- j 1 prietor is liable in case of the bank not meeting its i • .engagements. It is a fact to be set against the re- j collection of former losses by the failure of private banks, issuing their own notes, that there has not been.as yet an i i instance of a joint-stock failing, in which every deposi- , for was not paid in full, with interest. Moreover, in the few cases of suspension, the depositors have been paid . first. 1 With respect to the present position of the banks of Li- 1 verpool, we are certain that the depositors need be under no apprehension. It is well known that our three private ' banks are full of money, having prepared themselves be- 1 forehand for the possibility of a contingency like the pre- 1 sent. Our joint-stock banks have also for months past i been restricting their operations, and providing themselves 1 : with cash to meet any sudden demand upon them. We have authenticated information of one which, if necessary, I i is prepared to pay back the whole of its depositors' money , i to-day; and we have little doubt that others are , if not , altogether, at least nearly as well situated. I i There can be no dou'at of the fact that the restrictive efforts which the Banks have had to make to place them- ! selves in this position has seriously increased the pressure ' i on the public and the embarrasment of our commerce. 1 , Each Establishment has been placed under the necessity of k ' keeping a large mass of capital locked up and idle, instead of i, its being circulated in the ordinary channels of business. Only let those for the payment of whose claims thit i hoarding system has had to be practised—the depositors —throw away their absurd fears, and manifest more con_ fience, and the money, at present withdrawn from trade, will be brought out, and the commercial energies of the country receive new life, and assume their usual healthy action. .—....___.... LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE—Tuis DAY, Although we have some fresh arrivals since Friday, the sup- 1 plies of Wheat and other Grain, whether British or foreign, ' durinF the entire week, are only moderate; but of Canadian and States Flour, which had been delayed at sea by contrary winds, the import is liberal, amounting to 42,794 barrels. There has been a moderate demand for Wheat at this day's 1 market, the best qualities on terms rather below the rates . ofFriday, making thereduction on fine qualities 3d. to 4d., and on inferior fully 6d. per 701b5., from this day week. 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ETYMOLOGY OF " LIVERPOOL."—This knotty point seems completely smoothed down in the following extract from a review of in the Atherwu nt of la Thorpe'sst Saturday :—" On the passage, King Xerxes wrought the arches over with golden plates,' {mid ggldenum lfcertem] the editor observes, In the translation, I have followed Aldias, whose words are Camera ipsa laminis aureis suffl.va—though lefer s i gn i fies a rush, and gylden leer the plant golden rod.' Now, levers, or lever-leaves, (also livers, &c.) is yet the com mon South of England name for the yellow flay (Iris pseudaeorus), and for any other plant with long sword shaped leaves, as the leaf-bearing rushes or the like." It would seem, then, that Leverpool (as it is spelt in the earliest known documents) means simply the rush-pool, on the sides of which the original town was built. THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY.—The Paris National, after a long tirade against the British aristocracy and the Bank of England, which it asserts contributed more to the overthrow of Napoleon's empire than did the Duke of Wellington, concludes by saying, that until Great Bri tain rids herself of the aristocracy, she must of necessity he the enemy of the entire world. Otneral 31i5rellanp. No fewer than 114 foreign vessels arrived at London on Monday. The venerable king of the Gipsy tribe, Will Faa, died in Scotland last week at the advanced age of 96. The town of Keswick was lighted with gas on Thursday night for the first time. ‘Victoria-Septibus Cab" is the name of a new four wheeled cab, made to carry seven persons, which has been brought out in London. A correspondent of the Caledonian Mercury says, the whole story about the loss of letters addressed to her Majesty is without any foundation in truth. The experiment of employing gas for lighting Hartle pool lighthouse has been made, and the result has been completely successful. The Queen Dowager has sent a donation of £lO for the benefit of the children of the late favourite vocalist, Madame Albertazzi. Mrs. Fay, the unfortunate woman who was confined in a water-closet by her husband, died at the hospital in Glasgow on Wednesday. The inhabitants of Staindrop, Durham, are contem plating lighting the village with gas. If decided upon, a tank will be sunk in a suitable place to light Raby Castle as well as the village. Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., has purchased the Tewks bury Theatre, for the purpose of converting it into a silk throwsting manufactory manufactory, which will employ about sixty hands. It is said that the gentleman who engaged Jenny Lind to sing in Scotland, got alarmed when she was taken ill at Edinburgh, and actually insured her life for £lOOO for six weeks. At the Bloomsbury County Court, on Thursday, Cross, a master sweep, obtained judgment for £6 and costs against the Duke of Brunswick, for sweeping his chim- neys. SUSPECTED POISONING.—The body of James Cooper, a puddler at Dudley, has been disinterred, suspicions arising principally from his dying declarations existing as to the cause of death. A woman with whom he cohabited is suspected. On Saturday the new wing at Buckingham Palace, and the marble arch, built by George the Fourth, at a cost of several thousand pounds, will be demolished in the course of a few days, and the materials sold to defray the expense incurred in building the new wing. A few days ago, as Mr. Edwards, surgeon, of Ingate , stone, Essex, was returning from a professional visit, his horse suddenly shied, and bounding from the road, struck , his head against a tree with such force that it instantly dropped dead. Mr. Edwards escaped unhurt. Earl Devon is in the prospect of a speedy release from all the pecuniary obligations which were entailed on the property by the late Earl—an act having been passed to enable the trustees to sell the Irish estate, which is valued' at £300,000, and will pay everybody. Hon.—Hop-picking having generally been brought to a close, a better estimate can be made of the yield, the result of which is evident in the enhanced rate of duty, it being now laid at from £lBO,OOO to £l9o,ooo.—Kentish Observer. At a late sale of books, the auctioneer put up " Drew's Essay on Souls," which was knocked down to a shoe maker, who very innocently, but to the great amusement of the crowded room, asked the auctioneer if "he had any more works on shoemaking to sell." The Lords of the Treasury have given official notice that they can apply no sum to the sinking fund this year in reduction of the National Debt This is the first time for six years that this has happened, and is another beauti ful specimen of the results of free trade. A YOUNG RoGuE.—A lad, a mere child, was committed to Wakefield House of Correction, on Monday, by the Bradford magistrates. The young scoundrel got a girl to personate some children, and by that means obtained their wages. Such is the immense quantity of nuts this year, that a woodman in this neighbourhood is , feeding his pigs upon them, driving them into the wood for the day, and bring ing them home with aching jaws at night.—Norwich Post. APPALLING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday Mr. Samuel Whiteway, banker, of Teignmouth, was shooting in the neighbourhood of Chudleigh. Mr. Whiteway had just fired one of the barrels and was in the act of reloading, when the other barrel went off, and the charge passed up wards through his head, causing instantaneous death. The Durham Chronicle mentions the exit of Mr. Chas. Isaac Humble, recently a member of the firm of Milbourn and Humble, sharebrokers of that town, after having committed numerous and daring forgeries. His forgeries have been committed chiefly upon his relatives and family connections. They amount to £lO,OOO. The Cambridge Advertiser mentions that a brickmaker (a brick) wagered to mould 700 bricks in an hour. When the hour had expired he was moulding the 702 d, " but was so much exhausted in strength that a pea thrown against him with force might almost have knocked him down. DEATHS FROM IMPURE AIR.—On Tuesday last, two infants died at Hackney, London, aged respectively, two years and eleven weeks. The verdict at the inquest was, that death was caused "by the noxious and poisonous vapours arising from a stagnant and exposed sewer in the neighbourhood of their residence. The Duke of Northumberland entertains projects of extensive improvements of his large property, and he intends (as a commencement) to offer his tenantry a more permanent tenure of their farms, by granting leases on corn rents, based upon and varying with the averages of the Tithe Commutation Act. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, when the colliers proceeded to their work in a pit in the precincts of Airdrie, they found lying at the bottom the mangled bodies of three young men. The deceased were trades men belonging to Calder Bank, and had been drinking on the preceding night. There is little reason to doubt that they stumbled down tbepitbyaccident.—Glasgow Herald. The York Courant states that at the funeral of the Rev. T. Billington, the Roman Catholic priest of that city, the shops of the inhabitants were closed out of re spect to his memory, and the tenor bell of the Cathedral was tolled. The Dean of York, also, in his sermon in the Minster, paid a high tribute to the character of the deceased as a Christian clergyman. The Morning Herald and Morning Chronicle pub lished, on Saturday, a circumstantial account of an awful triple murder, alledged to have been committed at Foot's Cray, in the county of Kent. It was stated that a re spectably conducted female and her two children had been murdered by a gentleman of fortune. There is not a word of truth in the statement. CHARITY.—A gentleman residing at Hackney, but who declined giving his name, presented, on Friday, 10s. to the magistrate at Worship-street Police-office, for charit able purposes, and expressed a hope that his example would be extensively followed by those who disapproved, like himself, of the proposed public collection of subscrip tions in the churches on the day appointed for the general thanksgiving. THREE CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH.—On Wednes day week, a hut occupied by a man named Roberts, near Beattock, on the Caledonian Railway, was burnt to the ground. Three children of Roberts', who were sleeping in the loft, were burnt to death. The fire is supposed to have been occasioned by a candle, which the mother was car rying whilst she was intoxicated, coming in contact with the bedclothes. SALMON JUBILEE.--The first jubilee year to salmon ever known in Scotland is now begun. The Duke of Sutherland, in all his fine rivers in Ross and Sutherland, of which his grace is sole proprietor, has issued orders that no fish shall be taken above the influence of the tideway, either by net or the angler's rod, until the Ist of February, 1849 ; thus giving the salmon undisturbed rest and pos session for eighteen months of their own domain. At a meeting, last week, at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, E. S. Chandos Pole, Esq., offered to pay the passage out to In dia for any man who should stand up to claim his liberal offer; and, though no one then answered his challenge, we doubt not that the glove is still on the ground, and may yet be taken up by any one who desires to try his strength in so noble a contest. The inquiry into the cases of poisoning at Ely has ter minated in a verdict of " deaths from poison administered by some person unknown." The investigation was a very protracted one, the principal evidence being that of Mrs. Young and her husband, who both proved the finding of a paper containing a white substance like arsenic near the fire-place, which Barnes (the accused person, and the mother-in-law of Mrs. Young) caused to be burnt. A school for gipsies was opened at Farnham, on Tues. day. It is intended for the education of orphan gipsy children, and for the children of those gipsies who have large families. All will here be taught to read and write. The girls will be trained to the various household duties, and fitted to go out to service; the boys will be carefully instructed, and, when arrived at a proper age, apprenticed to some useful trade. The building is capable of accom modating twenty-four children, but as yet rooms are pre pared only for the reception of twelve. An explosion of gas took place at Walsall Church, on Sunday evening after divine service, when a beadle named Lunn was dreadfully shattered and mangled to death. It appears, that for some weeks past an escape of gas had taken place under one of the churchwarden's pews, and Lunn had gone to the spot with a lighted candle immedi ately after the congregation departed, and the gas coming in contact with the flame, the explosion resulted. The damage done is estimated at upwards of £l,OOO. THE CHINESE JUNK.—It must be some time before the Chinese junk, Keying, can reach this country, for it appears that she has been seized in America. The Chi nese siilors, to the number of twenty-six, not having been paid their wages, have arrested the vessel, and Mr. Lord, their advocate, pleaded for them before the civil court of the district. The court decided in favour of the crew, maintained the seizure, ordered the sale of the vessel, and condemned the captain to pay each man one to two hun dred dollars, according to rank. POACHING AND CRUELTY. —Yesterday night week four men went poaching upon the Brin Hall estate, in posses sion of Sir John Gerard, when they were met by one of the assistant keepers. who was instantly seized, and stuffed head foremost up a drain, after which they drove a stake between his legs that he could not get out, his body being wedged fast in the drain. He remained in this predica ment until discovered by a man early in the morning, who heard his moans, and got him out in an exhausted state. THE CLERGYMAN AND SCEPTIC.—" If we are to live after death, why don't we have some certain knowledge of it ? " said a sceptic to a clergyman. " Why didn't you have so me k now ledge of this world before you came into it," was the reply. THE LAITY. —See here, a blind and unlearned man judging more rightly of divine things than the whole learned council of the Pharisees : whence we learn that we are not always to be led by the authority of councils, popes, or bishops ; and that it is not absurd for laymen sometimes to vary from their opinions, these overseers being sometimes guilty of great oversights.—Poynder'o Literary .Ertrack. Daring the past week a beautiful gothic window of stained glass has been placed in the chancel of the parish church of Belton, by the Hon. and Rev. R. Cust, as a tribute to the memory of the Dowager Countess Brown low. The window, which is extremely lofty ( 10ft. 6in. in height, and 6ft. lin breadth), consists of three compart ments, representing the following subjects :—Our Saviour raising Lazarus, the widow's son, and the daughter of Jairus from the dead. On Monday a shocking murder was committed at Bir mingham, by a Welshman, named Matthew Davies, keep ing an eating-house in Moor-street. He had for a long time ill-treated his wife, who threatened to exhibit articles of the peace against him, as she had been obliged to do more than once. It appears'that she had threatened to do so on the day in question, when he declared he would put a stop to her doing so altogether, and, seizing a carv ing -knife, nearly severed her head' from her body. The murderer is in custody. TESTIMONY OF A JUDGE IN FAVOUR OF WOMEN.—III a trial at the Ayr assizes of a man who had cruelly mal treated his wife, for which he is to be punished by banish ment for seven years, Lord Cockburn remarked inciden tally, that it was a fact as disgraceful to the male sex •as it was honourable to the female, that during all his long experience, he had never once met with an instance of a wife who had been abused and maltreated by her hus band, even to the point of death, who did not, when placed in the witness-box against him, greatly understate his treatment and her injuries, in order to shield him, her husband, from _punishment. THE LATE MURDER AT CARLISLE.—DEATH OF THE MURDERER.—We last week gave the particulars of the inquest upon the body of Mary Hanlin, the wife of Peter Hanlin, a travelling "potter," who died from certain wounds inflicted on her head by her husband, on the 25th ult. The proceedings before the coroner were terminated with a verdict of wilful murder against Hanlin. He was at that time in gaol suffering from erysipelas, produced by a blow which it was believed had been given to him in a scuffle to ascertain which was "the better man. The symptoms gradually assumed a more dangerous form, and have since terminated fatally. AWFUL OCCURRENCE. — On Wednesday, Mr. Joseph Histon, of Spring Gardens, near Dudley, nailmaster, and his wife, fell out respecting a son of Mr. Histon by a for mer wife, and after a violent altercation they proceeded to blows, when Mrs. H. at length struck her husband with her clenched fist near the temple, arid he instantly fell to the ground. When picked up: he was found to be'insensi hie, and soon afterwards exp►red. Mrs. H., upon dis covering the fatal act she had committed, was in the most bitter distress, and has remained in that state ever since. The parties are respectable, the deceased being possessed of some houses and other property, and they have always lived upon good terms. The deceased was in his 50th year. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.—The usual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters of South Stafford shire and Shropshire have been held. The attendance of all interested in the trade was numerous, and the opinions gathered from those variously concerned tend only to the conclusion that the general condition of this branch of incldstry is satisfactory as contrasted with the general commerce of the country. The orders for iron, both home and foreign, are considerable, without being exces sive ; but at least abundantly so to enable the ironmasters to abide by the resolve at their preliminary meeting to maintain existing prices. These are, for the best Staf fordshire bars, £lO per ton ; for pigs, the figures will range from £4 15s. to £5 55., according to their quality. PROGRESS OF POPERY.—We copy the following from a radical paper :—" At an immense meeting of Roman Ca tholics held on Monday night for the purpose of express ing sympathy with the Pope in his present struggles against Austrian aggression, the reverend parish priest of the city of London, Dr. Moore, one of Dr. Wiseman's intimate friends, and believed to enjoy the vicar-general's unlimited confidence, told his flock that within the pre vious forty-eight hours he had been specially favoured and honoured with a perusal of private letters just then re ceived from Rome, and he believed he could in the most confident manner assure them that the occupant of St. Peter's chair had sealed the mandate for Dr. Wiseman's elevation to the Archbishopric of Westminster. Dr. Wiseman will be an Archbishop, and it is not improbable that the Rev. Dr. Moore will be Dean of Westminster." The Tablet, in reviewing a volume of sermons by H. Edward Manning, M.A., Archdeacon of Chichester, says —" The heart and affections of the writer are with us (the Romanists) and with our Church. The amiable writer urges the necessity of confession with great energy —with a consciousness of that necessity and of its advan tages. The archdeacon (adds the Tablet) is not in his true place; his feelings and affections, the instincts of his whole nature, guide him to the (Romish) Church. H e comes, as it were. 'to the very door of tl • Church (of Rome), and yet will 'not enter in and see there realised. what he labours to describe and almost succeeds. Upon the whole, we are glad to see these sermons. The earnest mind that conceived them must feel that there is no cor respondence between itself and the syet,em in which, it moves. " ALARMING RIOT.—On Tuesday, the town of Hamilton was thrown into a state of indiscribable alarm. Sdrae hundreds of navigators turned out and actually took lave less possession of it. They filled the streets, brandishing clubs, picks, &c., broke windows, assaulted every Scotch person they could meet with, jumped, yelled, and alto gether frightened for their lives the peaceable inhabitants 'of the usual quiet town. All the shops were shut, and the shutters put on. A gentleman, a J.P., who was for merly a magistrate, got a gig and drove up to the barracks, where a portion of the Ist Royals are presently lying, and they immediately accompanied him. Mr. Sheriff Veitch, and the procurator Fiscal, were speedily at the scene., The riot act was read by a magistrate. A number of pri -1 soners were apprehended, but the mob is not quiet.— Glasgow Herald. I USEFUL AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.—At the Peter borough Agricultural Show, on the 4th inst., there was an unusually large show of implements and stock, and 'six out of the eight prizes were awarded to Mr. W. P. Stan ley ; the one of £lO, open to all England, was awarded to his steam generator, for cooking linseed, chaff, and vege tables for feeding cattle. Its principle and objects are thus described by the maker :—" The linseed compound tub has a graduated scale affixed, by which the weight of water may be at once seen; a jet of steam is introduced, which stirs the liquid more effectually than it can be done by hand, and so economises superintendence, that in place of two men or boys only one is necessary. By merely turn ing the steam-cock off or on, the boiling is carried on tnore or less rapidly at pleasure. The same tub answers for steaming chaff, potatoes, carrots, and all roots, and for boiling water even for domestic purposes ; forty to eighty 1 gallons may be boiled by it in twenty-five minutes." MELANCHOLY SUICIDE FROM SHAME.—An inquest was recently held at Munsorrel, on the body of Sarah Thompson, aged thirteen years. The deceased got into an apple tree in the garden ; she was seen by an elder sister, who requested her to get down, and offered her assistance. In attempting to reach the ground she slipped backwards, and hung by one leg from a bough. She was released from this perilous situation by two men, who were at work in a shop close by, and they remained a few minutes in consequence of the deceased appearing in an unconscious state. After they had left the deceased ran away, without speaking, towards a deep pond, which had once been worked as a stone quarry. Her sister, hearing a splash, ran to the water, and saw her sister in the pond, waving her hands. She went in the water and caught hold of her. The two men who had before as sisted her from the apple-tree rescued the elder sister, but the younger one perished.—Leeds Intelligencer. TREMENDOUS GAM—Since Wednesday morning, we have experienced a violent gale from N.E. to S.E., accom panied with rain ; and a fearful sea has been and still is running on our bar. At daylight on Thursday morning, two brigs were observed in the offing, which proved to be the Patriot of Aberdeen , Capta in Leask, from Riga to this port for orders, with flax, and the Prompt, of Seaton Sluice, Captain Lodge, from Archangel to Newcastle with tallow. The Patriot, as she approached the angry surge, was stranded on the beach ' • and the Prompt came ashore almost at the same spot. The life boat followed the un fortunate vessels, and was happily the instrument of rescuing them from imminent danger. In this laudable effort, the success of which was hailed by acclamation by a vast multitude collected on the sands, Mr. John Taylor, of the smack Vivid (Leith trader), Mr. David Sutherland, and others, particularly distinguished themselves. The poor fellows, about twenty in number, were immediately supplied with warm clothing and refreshments at the Life Boat Establishment—an institution of which has just reason to be proud.—Montrose Review. WONDERFUL PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE.—On Saturday morning, a man employed in the excavation of the railway tunnel under Standedge, near this town, was completely immured in the bowels of the earth by a large " shoot" of earth having taken place. Such was the quantity of earth that fell, that though a great number of men were employed to clear it away, and they continued to work night and day, in " shifts" of three hours' dura tion, it was Monday afternoon before they got to the poor fellow, when, surprising to say, he was found alive. Alto gether he was found to be immured in the place, with a sufficient space to move about, but with no food to eat, for six hours ! When the workmen engaged in his libe -1 ration had proceeded a considerable way, they found the poor sufferer had contributed all his power to his own liberation,, having• with a large hammer, the only , instru ment he had, perforated through the mass of earth some three or four yards.—So intense was his mental agony, that he could form no judgment of the period which had elapsed since he was so suddenly shut out from the world ; but on seeing his master, he tremblingly asked if it was Saturday night. Hot blankets were immediately at hand, and he was wrapped in them and taken to the nearest house, and a surgeon immediately attended ; and it is hoped the rescued from the grave will soon revive.—Leeds Intelligencer. PHYSICAL VERSUS MORAL.—Whether the physical ' wants should be remedied through the moral, or the moral through the physical. has been a question which has oc cupied the attention of philosophers and philanthropists for centuries. Without attempting to decide the ques tion, there can be no doubt that when the physical condi tion is impaired it demands the first attention. For in stance, a person whilst suffering from an acute attack of gout would be unable to appreciate the sublimest les sons of philosophy, even though enunciated by the divine Plato. How much more welcome to the sufferer would be a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, so efficacious in eradicating the distressing malady. IMPORTANT FAMILY MEDlClNE.—Frampton's Pill of Health effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxation, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c. ; are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and de pression of spirits ; while, to those of a full habit and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsi ness , heaviness, and singing ;n the head and ears, they offered.. vantages that will not fail to be appreciated. Sold by A venders of medicines. Price Is. lid. per box. See. the name of " Thomas Prout, 229. Strand. London,' On the government stamp, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. A poor frame-work knitter, of Hinckley, named Joseph Hutt, has, after twenty years application and study, com pleted a machine, which he calls a " self-moving machine" or " perpetual motion." He set it in motion on the 26th August last, since which time it has continued to work with the greatest regularity. The motions of the machine are both quick and powerful, and may be greatly in creased, and applied to any purpose. It does not require the aid of steam or any other power to keep it in motion, having one continual and regular movement of its own. Hutt, who is a poor man, is anxious to obtain assistance to enable him to test still further the value of his inven tion. - A VIPER IN A CARRIAGE.—On Saturday, Miss Ca tharine Hayes, daughter of Captain Edgar Hayes, of Lauder-house, Brompton, accompanied by a female friend, her brother (in his ninth year), and the governess, were proceeding in the carriage to a friend in Burlington street, when, at the corner of Sloane-street, the young gentleman, imagining that he saw something moving in the pocket of the coach, drew his sister's attention to the subject, placing his hand at the same time within the pocket, but almost immediately withdrew it, exclaiming that he had been bitten in the wrist. The governess was about to order the carriage to be stopped, when a small viper sprang from the pocket and fastened itself upon the fur mantle of the friend of Miss Hayes, wounding her just. above the shoulder. The screams of the ladies brought several persons to their assistance, and a young man of the name of Brodie, a waiter at an hotel in Bow street, seized the viper and destroyed it, the creature mea suring seven or eight inches in length. Medical assistance was procured, and the wounds of the young lady and gen tleman dressed, those of the latter being of rather an ex tensive character. _ _ _ —..-.._ How TO GET UP CHEAP TEAS. — On Saturday, James Styles, a marine store dealer, living at No. 8, Milton street, Cripplegate, appeared at the Guildhall, London, to answer an information filed by the solicitor of excise, for unlawfully converting 131 b. of leaves of tea that had been used in a spurious tea, by means of their being dyed and dried. There was also another complaint laid out in the information, for fabricating a certain description of tea, by mixing a peculiar shrub with colouring, &c. James Jordan, officer of the customs, stated that on the 29th of June, he went to the dgfendant's house, and saw his wife, who said he was not at home. He went into the back room, where he found a pan before the fire, with old teas in it drying, and a deal box, containing waste leaves. Under the bed he found more old leaves, with gum about them, and mixed in a preparation of what seemed to be stone blue and French chalk. In a cupboard in an ad joining room he discovered three paper bags filled with spurious tea, in all nib. One was filled with mixed tea, and the other black, and the third green. The samples of the stuff said to be tea in the paper bags were pro- duced, and their inspection created . some amusement. Several excise officers gave corroborative testimony, and deposed to the probable object of fabricating tea. Mr. Phillips, chemist to the excise, said he had analysed the contents of the paper bags. The black was dried ex hausted leaves. The green was. dried leaves, covered with a slight coloured coating, and the mixed had some genuine in it. What he had seen of the colouring mat ter, it comprised the ordinary stone blue, Prussian blue, chrome. and Dutch pink.—Mr. Alderman Musgrave in flicted a penalty of £5 for each of the 81bs. found in the cupboard - . THE ROBBERY AT ROGERS'S BANK.—The manner in which the strong room was entered is one of the most extraordinary circumstances connected with this extensive robbery. Against the door was a turn-up bedstead, on which one of the clerks slept on both nights, yet he was not disturbed, and the bed was found in its place. The probability appears to be that the thief or thieves got in with assistance, and remained there all night. Another of those employed by the concern, from some words used by him, and also from being possessed of several sums of money, and making purchases, was strongly suspected, but great caution was used in accusing him. The com panions he was seen with also heightened the suspicions against him. The sum of £3,000 was offered for the capture of the spoil and offenders, and the police were very active. A connection was traced between the person alluded to and a man who had before been convicted, and the house of the former being searched by warrant, 500 sovereigns were found, which he failed fully to account for. It was contemplated to arrest him. This step, how ever, was abandoned on the arrival of one of the partners, who declined giving the party into custody on the grounds that they could not swear to gold, or the box. At this juncture, remarkable to state, the officers were informed that their services were no longer required, and so the prosecution of the affair in this quarter ceased. The original reward, £3,000, was the sum named to effect it. A larger amount was desired, and refused. Ultimately it fell to £2,500, and finally a personal interview took place. A guarantee passing to stay all ulterior proceedings, an appointment was made for the following evening. The parties met, the stolen notes were returned, and the re ward, £2,500 in gold, was banded over. The expenses are said to have exceeded £12,000. The amount stolen was upwards of £40,000. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. — At the Wesleyan Methodist Association Chapel, Bacup, on Sunday evening week, there were about one thousand persons present, (the place being crowded,) to hear a female preacher. The piping of the stove which warms the chapel is attached to tha beam which supports the roof and both the beam and piping are visible from below. Prior to the sermon, and while Mr. Newton, the minister, was giving out the first hymn, this piping was observed to give way ; caused, we understand, by the pressure of the crowd against the stove. An alarm was unfortunately raised that the roof was falling, and instantly, although implored by the minister to remain seated, the dense assemblage rushed to the deer, eager to escape from the anticipated danger. A fearful scene ensued. The only means of egress from the chapel (a folding door of the usual size) was. soon blocked up by those of the terror-stricken congreg ation who were nearest to it, and whose frenzied efforts to escape only served to retard each other's exit. Within the chapel the scene was indescribable. Strong men, under the influence of fear, were seen leaping over the forms, regardless of those lying crushed beneath them, and intent only upon individual safety. A few of the congregation, who had the presence of mind to remain seated, escaped altogether unhurt. When the chapel was at last cleared, a most distressing scene presented itself. Three persons were taken up in a dead or dying state, and several others were found to have sustained serious injuries. The names of the unfortunate victims of this distressing occurrence are Mary Ashworth, aged thirty, the wife of Nathaniel Ashworth, weaver, of Bacup ; James Moorhouse, aged ten, the son of a blacksmith at Broadclough ; and Richard Law, aged nineteen, also of Broadclough. Mrs. Ashworth was taken up in a dying state, and conveyed to her-home, where she expired a few minutes after. The print of a man's heel was distinctly visible on the unfortunate woman's face. • NEW STEAM ENGINE.—Mr. Itemond, of Birmingham, has just completed a new steam-engine, with improve ments. His object has been to get rid o f back action of the steam, by which in all engines of the ordinary con struction a great amount of power is lost. It is estimated that a cubic foot or 6011 s of water should give one-horse power, but it is known that high pressure engines of the ordinary construction consume at least 100th per horse. This shows that the loss of power from reaction is forty per cent. By making the passages for the exhaustion of the steam much larger than at present, and by slide valves of a new construction, M. Itemond gets rid almost entirely of this reacting power, and thus saves steam and fuel to a very great extent. The engine with which the experi ments were worked was constructed by Messrs. Bach and Firth, of Broad-street, on the most improved principles at present acted upon in the construction of steam-engines. Its power is nearly 11 horse. The cylinder is so con structed that it can be worked with either the ordinary three port valve or those of M. R6mond, thus ensuring a fair trial, since whatever may be the defects of the cylin der or piston, they must tell equally against both contri vances.fiwn4ht ph a e l a t rl altered r et e d ehnet d. steamumr ionr more to t h h ne e tah e rn : experi ments, inwt pwsra s t o?e proved that nearly t was h a t The engine was fitted with Prony's friction b omf r ee work a w n dh d oi net which e construction. The manner in which the waste steam s i t m em po t r i t l a e n e t sca co p n. e o w b a o s ra a ti tt o e n nd o e f d th w e it r h es g u rea lts t . e U s r n a d p e e r d t the wa s o d an system force and noise ; under the new. the escape was gentle and almost noiseless. The main principle of the inven tion is the effective manner in which the steam is emitted from the cylinder, reducing the back pressure as much as possible. When the piston rises there is little or no waste steam to prevent its ascent ; when it descends, there is little or no steam to retard the descent. We under stand that engines of considerable power on this principle are in daily work on the continent at the present time. DRAINING ON SIR R. PEEL'S ESTATES.—It is to be regretted that the proceedings of Sir R. Peel in Stafford shire should not be more generally known—how large the sums expended by him for the benefit of the land, how moderate the charge made to his tenantry (4 per cent.) for the money sunk upon their farms. We believe we are not wrong in stating, that Mr. Parkes alone has already drained for him 500 or 600 acres from four to six feet deep, with I't-inch pipes, and that 1,000 acres more near Black burn, in Lancashire, are about to be drained by him in the same manner. By this means, by throwing down useless fences, filling up useless ditches, felling useless trees, and pulling up or undercutting the old useless tile and sole drains, the productiveness of the soil cannot but be enormously increased. It appears, indeed, from the statements at the Drayton dinner, that in some cases the produce of wheat lang. has been nearly quintupled by similar operations. With respect to the draining, we cannot do better than recommend all, who have the op portunity, to inspect it ; for they will find the details of Mr. Parkes's arrangements such as cannot be too gene rally imitated. All the pipes are collared, so that neither soil nor roots can find their way.into them, nor the joints be dislocated ; and the expedition with which the appa rently tedious operation of collaring is performed by boys is not the least interesting part of the operation. Where the pipes meet from opposite directions, they deliver their water into open cesspools, or wells so contrived that the action of the draining can at all times be readily examined, while at the same time the water from the pipes is thus conducted to a common outfall. One of the most re markable features in these operations is the drainage of about 100 acres of the Drayton meadows on the banks of the river, on a dead level, and subject to annual flooding to the depth of about two feet. The whole of this has been drained four feet deep, and although the flooding is not thus prevented, the consequences of the floods are converted from an injury into a benefit ; for the moment the waters fall the superfluous moisture passes off with great rapidity, all the matters suspended in the overflow being left in the ground, which acts as a filter. It is like the inundation of a little Nile. One of the results of this action. is that the drainage water becomes so pure and transparent that it is perfectly fit for drinking. Nor are these draining operations confined to the farm. The garden of Drayton Manor has been treated in a min*ar• collaredm ann e r . . pip T e h s e , wholeand t l e ait consequence it drained is cuousih the altered character of the produ.--4..r ou t. ;rural Gcreftes five abundantlyf cet deep sco r w t.lll. CHARGE OF STEALING A BILL OF EXCHANGE.-Mr. Henry Pitt, of the firm of Pitt and Maybury, of Wednes bury, Staffordshire, was charged with stealing a bill of exchange for £lOOO from Mr. Thomas Lee, clerk in the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company. The bill was dated Liverpool, Ist of July, 1847, payable three months after date, drawn by Higgins Brothers, upon Pitt and Maybury, Victoria Works, Wednesbury, accepted by Pitt and Maybury, at Spooner and Co.'s, bankers, London. The bill bore the endorsement of " Higgins Brothers," and then next, " Pro George Jones, John Jones." This bill had been received at the bank in part liquidation of Mr. G. Jones's account. Mr. H. Hill, the manager of the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank, received the bill from London noted for non-payment. He directed Mr. Thomas Lee, one of the clerks, to re quest payment of the bill at Messrs. Pitt and Maybury's. Mr. Lee accordingly took the bill to Pitt and Maybury's, and showed it to Mr. Pitt, who snatched it out of his (Mr. Lee's) hands, and refused to pay it or deliver it back. Mr. Pitt stated that he hod never received value for this bill; but if Mr. Jones would let him have his pig-iron, he would pay the bill. Ultimately Mr. Pitt was given into custody on a charge of stealing the bill, and brought before the magistrates. It appeared that he was much excited and exasperated at the time that he seized the bill ; and after much discussion as to the nature of the offence, the charge was withdrawn on the bill being res tored to the bank. THE CHOLERA.—The steady advance of the cholera westward has induced a general apprehension that it will not be long before it is imported into this country. In the Times of Tuesday there is a letter from Mr. William Herapath, of Bristol, in which he recommends fumigation, by means of chlorine, as the only effective means of palli ating the ravages of this alarming disorder. He says, " The two most popular disinfectants of the day—the chloride of zinc and the nitrate of lead, known as Sir W. Burnett's and Ledoyen's, will be of no avail, although they will promptly remove ordinary putrid effluvia. The only chemical preventive I depended upon in my numerous exposures to the virus was chlorine gas, and this I believe to be a perfect one, if the fumigation is complete. 1 inva riably passed through an atmosphere of it on my return home, and kept it escaping in my residence during the continuance of the disease in the city. I also placed large quantities of the substance necessary for the evolution of this gas in the hands of a Bristol druggist, who was kind enough to distribute 1,200 quantities of it gratuitously to applicants during three days. with instructions for the use, and am happy to say that during that time the deaths fell from ten to one per day, and I have but little doubt that if every ship arriving in England from an infected place, should be exposed to a perfect fumigation with chlorine, we shall be preserved from the infection. If the disease should pass this cordon, by any accident, then every house in the infected district should be simultaneously fumigated with it—say three times a day; unless done in all houses at the same time it would be useless or nearly so ; and to do it effectually, a mixture of three parts of common salt and one of black oxide of manganese, should be placed just inside the outer or street door of the dwelling-house, and a little common vitriol poured upon it. The inward cur rent of air will convey the chlorine gas to every part of the interior, and whenever it can be smelt the effect is produced—the miasm is destroyed. If articles of clothing are infected, and the colours likely to be injured by the gas, they may be heated in an oven or on a kiln, to 250 or 300 degrees (about the heat of baking bread), when they may be handled or used with perfect impunity." CommEuciaL Dtsriuss.—The failure of James and William Morley, Manchester warehousemen, has been announced. The house was of about forty years' stand ing, and the liabilities, it is supposed, may amount to about £60,000 or £BO,OOO. The immediate cause of the suspension was the circumstance of their holding ac ceptances of Rickards, Little. and Co. On Tuesday, it was announced that Mr. W. Nash, Manchester and woollen warehouseman; had suspended his liabilities to the extent of £60,000 to £70,000. Up to the previous day, Mr. Nash entertained the hope of going on, but the im possibility of obtaining discounts rendered his definitive stoppage unavoidable. It is said that his assets are con siderable. Thirty years back Mr. Nash, being then largely engaged in business, was compelled to suspend, and upon a composition of 103. in the pound a release was granted by his creditors. Within eight years, how ever, of that event, he discharged in full the whole of these claims, and he subsequently realized a handsome fortune. Family losses, added to the pressure of the times, are the causes of his second failure, and much sympathy is felt for him. From other quarters the only unfavourable announcement is that of White and Co., of Waterford, timber and corn merchants, whose liabilities are said to be from £40,000 to £50,000. One other large London firm was obliged to suspend payment on Wed nesday, Messrs. Barclay, Brothers, and Co., merchants, of Austin-friars, who had been largely engaged in the Mauritius trade. The liabilities of the firm are said to be for £435,000. The head of the house is one of the present members for Sunderland. On Tuesday, another meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Sanderson and Co. was held, and it is a source of congratulation that the af fairs of the firm become more favourable on each inquiry. The creditors of Messrs. De Jersey and Co. have met at Manchester. The firm offered monthly instalments of 25 per cent. to all the creditors, which was unanimously accepted, and the house was congratulated upon the early prospects of its being again in a sound position. The Times of Saturday announced the failures of Mr. Had low and Mr. Oakley, on the Stock Exchange, and the suspension of Messrs. L. Phillips and Sons, merchants, whose liabilities are stated 'at £70,000, whilst their assets are £120,000. The failure of Messrs. Knapp and Co., bankers, Abingdon, has been announced. This bank was one of issue, but its present circulation was only £29,316. CHARGE OF ABDUCTION.—W. H. Kavanagh, 40, of Brentwood Hall, Essex, was charged, on Friday, at the Mansion House, with abduction. About three months ago a respectable family, resident in the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, was thrown into the greatest distress by the disappearance of the eldest daughter. Advertisements appeared in the newspapers ; and at length it was ascer tained that the girl had been ruined by the defendant, who was unknown to her relatives, but had prevailed upon her to leave her father's house by promising to marry her. The girl returned a few days ago; and after having in the most affecting manner expressed her sorrow and contrition, said she had been abandoned by the man, who had sent a letter inclosing XS. The letter was dated Dover, and was to the effect, that before she received it the writer would be out of England. Mr. Kavanagh had paid his addresses under the name of Kent ; but, by the instrumentality of the bank-note, his real name and ad dress were discovered. The father of the girl ascer tained at the bank that the note had been paid at the establishment on the 9th inst., to W. H. Kavanagh, of the Adelaide hotel, London-bridge. It was found that Kavanagh, instead of having left town for France, had slept at the Adelaide hotel on Sunday night, and that he had contrived to get the. letter referred to put into the Dover post-office.—The father of the girl stated that on the 27th of Judy the prisoner took away his daughter from home, without his knowledge, and until Wednesday last she was not seen by any of her family.—The defen dant owned to having written the letter.—The landlord of the house in Duke-street, in which the defendant re sided with the girl, stated that she was introduced as the wife of the defendant : they had the drawing-room floor. —The father of the girl said he had every reason to sup pose that the defendant was a man of large property, and a member of some of the club-houses at the west-end of larg . frodemfentdhaentLohnaddofnoramndanWy years s tmin k s e te p r t an account there, and had a e balance. The tßhaenk town:stated A com plainant could not say whether Ms daughter was taken a way against her will, but the case was most atrocious. thcaltertkhe It had ruined the happiness of his family. The girl is 19. —The Lord Mayor said the charge of abduction fell to the ground, since she was above 16, and it could not be said that there was any compulsion used ; but the conduct of the defendant had been base in the extreme. PERILOUS UNDERTAKING.—At the last meeting of the town council, it was left to the work committee to accept of the offer of a Mr. Wright, to ascend and bring down the City Church vanes, for a very trifling sum, to have them cleaned. The first, and most difficult and perilous part of this extraordinary undertaking, being the vane of St. Paul's was accomplished on Tuesday, in the presence of thousands of spectators. Nothing could have been more adventurous. The usual method of throwing a rope over the summit of the steeple by the working of a kite, had failed, and he was necessitated to adopt another plan. On the west side of the steeple there are four sets of copper spikes—two in each set—apparently distant from each other about fifteen feet, the first set beginning about two feet above the window of the belfry, and the last termi nating at the very apex of the steeple. Through the win dow of the belfry he hove a rope, and up that length he, sprung like a squirrel; but here the first part of his diffi culty lay ; he bad no tackling above him, and nothing to raise himself further up by than the mouldings of the window. But he got over this, and placing himself be tween a pinnacle and the steeple, on a standing room of not, we should suppose, four inches, took a rest for awhile. During the time he was taking- a breath, we must state that he had slung round his waist a rope and a light but tough piece of wood, fifteen feet in length, having on the end of it a strong rope with a running noose, inge niously fastened thereto, for the purpose of raising it up, and throwing it over the spikes before spoken of. This essay at the first set of spikes was very successful. He raised the stick, got the noose over, swung himself up, and was seated upon them in a few seconds ; but here the most serious part of his work began. Seated upon two copper spikes, projecting some twelve or fourteen inches (about eighteen inches apart) from a nearly perpendicular wall, barely able to move his head round, requiring to raise a rod fifteen feet in length, with a rope attached to the end of it, to the next two copper spikes fifteen feet or more above him, keep his balance while doing so , swing himself up, and repeat the same thing four times—who could have the greatest apprehensions were entertained for supposed it practicable ! At the last set of spikes but one venturers safety, and many spectators went away t unable to look on any longer. He had three times been unable to get the rope over the last set of spikes, and it was ap-. parent he was a good deal exhausted. Nevertheless, in his fourth attempt he succeeded, and the feelings of the mu ltitude were relieved by their observing him c l a ppi n g his hands upon the steeple to cool them, and from the calmness he manifested while he took a rest of two minutes. Rested, he sprang up to the two. last spikes, and grasping the kof the vane with one hand, stretched out the other in token of success. Three prodigious cheers were sent np to him from the assemblage below, apparently more relieved than himself by the issue. After fixing his t and y n w d e w should suppose. has been ile has a sathileori ropes 'it? the top of the steepl e , h e descended to the street in a minute. Mr. Wright is a young man, not much jesty's fleet; regularn her Jackm a Tar abovebutihlz- and from his performance on St. Paul's steeple, which was managed with consummate coolness and dexterity, we could imagine he had belonged to the party who drank King George the Fourth's health on the top of Cleopatra's Needle. He goes up the spire of St. blues Clukrcliuext week.—Pedh Courier. Oct. 19, 184 STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERY WARE LACE AND ADDIS PUBLISHERS OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDABD . , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONSRw' ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS AND PRINTERS , Have in Stock, and Manufacture to order, LEDGERS, 00 0 Ti DAY BOOKS , CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS, LETTER - COPYING BOOKS, BILL BOOKS, & WASTE 13041°' IN EVERY VARIETY OF STYLE. PAPERS, f ed From the Mills of Whatman, J. R. Jones, and other Prr- Makers: CREAM, LAID, NOTE, AND LETTER PAPElff el o t LARGE AND SMALL POST, IN FOLIO AND Qll o ' LAID AND WOVE FOOLSCAPS, L ,47 DEMYS, ROYALS, IMPERIALS, DRAFT, BRIEF, COPYING PAPER.. MORISON'S BLACK, COLOURED, AND COPY , INKS. ERRY'S, HARWOOD'S, VOORSANGER'S, AND 6i° . STEEL PENS.. PAPER CASES, WITH AND WITHOUT LOCKS AND KEYS. PENCILS, SUITED TO MERCANTILE AND OTHER PURPOSO. ENVELOPES OF EVERY SIZE. d e , QUILLS AND PENS OF EXCELLENT Ql7 o ' CARD CASES AND POCKET BOOKS, IN CALF, RUSSIA, AND MOROCCO. WRITING DESKS. HARWOOD'S METALLIC MEMORANDUM BOO :. SEALING WAX, WAFERS, LKITER FILES. ANNEXING RIBBON AND TAPE. SHAREBROKERS' SALE AND PURCHASE 8 00 BOUND IN MOROCCO, FOR THE FOCAIr• LETTER-PRESS PRINTING : REPORTS, CATALOGUES, SHAREBROKERS' _ l3 "t, FORMS, BILLS OF LADING, CARDS. ClRCu''''' INVOICES, CUSTOM-HOUSE ENTRIES , B ‘., c „ '' s . EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROUVTITu.' sc. LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINT' MACHINE RULING, Bcc. STANDARD OFFicx,, 4, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT LORD-STROH LIVERPOOL. MINES.—Even amidst the continued failures ate houses, the unparalleled depression of the funds, aerti ruinous fall in the value of railway speculative Pr o p t he generally, we have much gratification in learningt ha ol mining share market maintains a firmer position 'lig could possibly have been expected under these Pen ho events. The business in the share market, this weell,so been well supported, and several large transaction s ; t ip taken place, whilst many others are in course of neg l igi tion. We may, therefore, fairly assume that c a p i t s d have discovered that mining property, when pare be under the influence of precaution and discretion, mate . considered a far safer investment than usually COn plated. Mining Journal. ~ I r.-- MORAL AND PHYSICAL CO URAGE.--Liellt . " .a-ry was at the storming of Morne Fortunee, i n the ' cps ! Indies ; his behaviour on that occasion excited ge'),,ol leave brother,of absence w h ow was admiration. He was the first to ascend the breach , 1 ,44 s to de r s e i t r u o rn as gallantry was recorded in the orderly book, and / 1 , f , plant the King's nie u t n colour ant. c o , o n , 0 the :pt . : 1,1 : 1.n a r at e i d v eorucln. e _ jortii, recommended t for immediate promotion. Strange tonZi the following morning he waited on his ri cr e n n e qe 4 , to o l e re nt l e a:l, g the service. go and to resign his commission in favour of a . Y °I T ° colonel, surprised at this extraordinary request befog part of a young officer with such bright prospects , 1 0 him, very naturally asked him what motive induc e " 0 0 to make so singular a proposal ; when the- yout i g V' frankly told him, that when the troops were rooving e ped ward for the attack, and the enemy's fire had °P o ttle upon them, he felt a strong—almost an unsurmonn_toi —disposition to fall out, and he believed that no thing the rapidity of the advance; and the shouts o f the: 1 ;0 prevented him from disgracing himself ; but after 5 ;ost time, he added, his brain was on fire, he knew 11 °L, th e he did nor where he was, and he found himself "4,o summit of the breach with the colours in his ha. t " at iolif knew not how ; but he added, not without some heel A tioo that he felt the profession of arms was not his O c t ha d and fearing that at some future period he might 1 0 , 0 0 sufficient moral courage to overcome his lein.l. it 1f 65 desirous to leave the service with honour, ivin'' , still in his power.—. Dr. Milligan. Am plet e ` l j A FANCY FAIR.—At last their wares were C - or Sl 4 and sent in, to the great exultation of Mrs. La c q a olisti t equal admiration of the lady-committee, who trig 0 10°' declared that Misses Lacquers' stall would be the tell' attractive and confer the greatest benefit upon! pit sury of the association—whose sole end was c haritY!. u per those good christians never gave a thought to the u ti u,orig of consumptive, heartbroken girls who were s e ra o g,, , , jeo ri for a slender livelihood—in many cases to suppoarrnt _o: . besides themselves—by manufacturing the very s F ,101 l ot of things offered at the fancy-fair, with the ex cePan° their being better made and much cheaper than the .e „if teur articles. Or if they did once think about it, u s oet feeling was in all probability o ne of vanity, in being D., to compete with regular manufacturers, without haYlut; been brought up to labour. And of course the H a . 11,4/ able Kensington Pump would sooner wear ij i e' 1155 a of - braces painted upon velvet by the f • air alies, or Lacquer herself, and exhibit them at waterl ; co at il l other occasions on which he had to take off Or . public, than a pair of the same kind ornamented loot body knew who, and bought at a bazaar. new Cites one expect it would be otherwise ; although a beW , . 5 ist:, smile of thanks- was all the change be got for 11 ' who h t ' 0 P pound note ? And young Fitzmoses also, ea 0 the inclination and none of the ability to becora t o about town, did not at all grumble at buying t g a tar pen-wiper for the purposes of charity ;it was such e tb" chance, also, to get the opportunity of " chaffin, g„ e tii,' refined daughters of the west end, whilst mai' l ' l‘e 7,per 04 purchase, just as if they had been common stall at the counters of the Pantheon or Soho Bazaq' u tesei was very pleasant and agreeable to all parties , helg4olell by the good they felt they were doing in a hot bo(191 point of view. It was impossible to.benefit ever s i t foil and although every article that was sold took a er i ,, ce llo' the board of some industrious female artist, yet it yr the treasury of the - " Ladies'-babies' -bib -and- lad general-loan-association" ; and the various youq_'"„iilY who kept the stalls were so much delighted with tlifore lic exhibition of their own wares and attractions--. 400 tified at the compliments paid to both by the gltt s Jibe; purchasers—including even the officers who lia" D - 0 , 3 tli" rally allowed the band of their regiment to play I r oil occasion; but who, however, did not buy a gr b e: soc iet, things—that they almost hoped' the funds °f re t that the, would get into an embarrassed state once t nl L ni ' .—Net' v might again have the pleasure of assisting t .' t rah History of Stuck-up People. ',slaver Se e l3o fr BF.ETHOVEN.-At first, the fingers of the 0. h the to frolic over the keys, as though they toy u, brations of the strings. The sounds were sportiq,i o ti 4 jocund ; they rippled like laughter ; they were mol'o as the merriment of a coquette. They then merf e Tt il bY a sweet and warbling cadence—a cadence of in' t3 "„ioll tenderness, the very suavity of which was rendered ;A piquant by its lavish variations. The measure chi toy with an abrupt fling of the treble hand 1 itpiched 1311075 c. air quaint and sprightly as the dance of let — re e ss , tit! odd—sparkling on the ear like zigzags: it t an _ m o A , shower of notes : it was the voice of agility _ s d , er; meet : it was grotesque and fitful, droll in its ab ur_a_..,tV fusion, and yet nimble in its amazing ingenuity. ,11;P:dit ally, however, the humorous movement resolve%Ptiee:i into a strain of preternatural wildness —a strai _ esi . i made the blood curdle, and the flesh creep, and the s ; shudder. It abounded with dark and goblin Pas sage jtioc was the whirlwind blowing among the crags of the f tli t4 frau, and swarming with. the cries of the witchq,`",o ; Waipurgis ; it was Euridice traversing the corrinov, hell ; it was midnight over the wilderness, wit h the ' du e , drifting before the moon ; it was a hurri can e on t :0, 4 sea ; it was everything horrible, weirdlike, ant l ..., q saP j tuous. And through the very fury of these r - st it! there would start tones of ravishing and gentle be, be t , the incense of an adoring heart wafted to the bnee.j, yens through the lightnings and lamentations of N ro o,, Again the musician changed the purpose of his inirl,oro tion : it was no longer dismal and appalling, It ' 0 0 7 , thetic. The instrument became as it were the,. 6 of sadness, it became eloquent with an inartic ula Zo r it was a breast bursting with affliction, a voice u 031:, with sorrow, and a soul dissolving with emotions• m ei, the variable harmonies rose from pensiveness into irvi from frenzy into the noise and the shocks of a greilo fy tle ; they swelled to the din of contending armies'," storm and vicissitudes of warlike deeds, and swell,. into a paean such as that of victorious legions whe n "Gaily to glory they come. Like a king in his pomp, To the blast of the trump, „ g r i d And the roar of the mighty drum." As the triumphant tonesof the instrument llea'_.„o'sr ii ro its recesses, and filled the apartment with a tf_,." - is' majestic sounds, as the musician swayed to and" rru.,4 enthusiasm of his sublime inspirations, and e nbann divine symphony by the crash of many and abl e gi cords, the Rosicrucian gazed with awe upon the sire grandeur of his countenance. The itnpetu,„' id superb imagination imparted an inconceivable dab' y'' ..„, 1 every lineament, to his capacious forehead, to h is dd. and distended nostrils, to the fierce protrusion 1 i f' under lip, to the mobile and generous expressioVi mouth, to the tawny yellow of his complexion , .., ri brown depths of his noble and dilated eyes. Tinefd something in unison with the glorious sounds that, ,' berated through the chamber even in the enorine, 1/ tour of his head, and the gray disorder of his br o if io , seemed to exult in the torrent of melody as it gli.`" v e4 the piano and streamed out upon the dusk of the e. 01!„/ While Cagliostro was listening in , an ecstasy of ac lll 2, ef jf he was startled by a sudden clangour among 1 " i notes—the music seemed to he jumbled into co 1:, Aft and the ear was stunned by a painful and intolern'a 10 1 sonance. On looking more intently, he percei l 7o the comdoser had let one band fall' abstractedly key-board, while the other executed, by itself, 9 for of extraordinary difficulty and involution. Then , „ 40 d first time, the thought struck him that the runstli t i, deaf. Alas! the supposition was too true : Beeth ° cursed by the loss of his most precious faculty' ai r who appreciate the full splendour of his g i ga ntic * * who worship his memory with a devotion ills his compositions, can sympathize in that terrible _,., tion of the powers of hearing, by which his art dered A blank, and the latter days of his life wew tereti,—.Blaekwootry Magazine, 0 1 Cc Cine, If - `4l te