The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-13 00:00:00

August 13 , 18-14. E'o be i,-.lolb. O N SALE, a handsome well-bred HORSE, 15 hands high, perfectly steady in Harness, and a fast goer. a ia➢ he seen at Davies's Lirth Stables, No. 71, Vine street Abercrornby-spare. ON SALE, OLD BUILDING MATERIALS of sisti Houses in Crosbie-street, now pulling down, con w• n,g of Bricks, Stones Slates, Joists, Spars, Doors, In uows, Boards, &c. I ..APtily to JOSEPH JONES, on the Premises, or at 131, aulbalload. -- TVALUABLE CHE MICAL WORKS , IN FLINT . '' be SO LD, by PRIVATE CONRACT, all that Piece chi or Parcel of LAND, with the Manufactories, Office, ber Enn evs, Black and White Ash, Furnaces, Lead Chain- Es . , Undergroimd Flues, Cast-iron Vats, Boilers, • aP " at ing Pans and other Fixtures thereon erected, situate near ant pans, in the parish of Maiden, in the saidcoontY of Flint, n andow in the occupation of Mr. John Ford, as Alka li Works, at the annual rental of : _..The e Land contains two acres, or thereabouts, and is mat about a q W uarter of a mile from the sea shore, here there is a harf connected with the Works by a Itailw a Is a n d at Y 9 by means whereof Coal is obtained with moderate price. facility, About fift -3 Yards from the Works is the proposed line Forks9.th Chester and Holyhead Railway, from which the _will derive increased advantages. E The Land is held under a Lease from John Dawson, s q . . , for the term of 63 years from the 29th of Septem er, 183, i at th e and sub' ' Yearly rent Of £5, payable half-yearly, clujingcontained,(in Jett to the covenants, &c. therein a covenant for renewal.) natht.e Premises may be viewed on application to the Te- For f ur apply t ther particulars, and to treat for the . purchase, Liver- Pool; tr , ° Jr?}lN CORNTHWAITE, Esq., Solicitor, . er ha re t „ -- ‘-'IIARLES CORSER, Esq., Solicitor, . v 1 N "61 - Lio,,,V ia n ; ; t0 Messrs. W. and E. DYNE, Solicitors, and e -;B'nnlds London ; or to Messrs. SURRAGE '..........--- ......_ "4 " , SOlicitors, Sandwich, Kent. to by .01171 or Ed. TO be sn r ; .-41) or LET, an excellenlxell-bailt HOUSE, „ hi h'n Bedford-street South,...A.Sercromby-square, of Y possession may itelad. ply — to Mr LATHAAirfI ANDIER, Jun., Solicitor, No. Dale-street.. "c Co be Ket. TO YOUNG GENTLEMEN ATTENDING THE COLLEGIATE INSTMUTION. ONE or two YOUNG GENPETIMEN can be accom. ['iodated with genteel-APARTMENTS, in Bruns. wick-road, within five Minutes' walk of the Collegiate In. stitution. For cards of address apply at the Standard-office. 1 1 1 0 be LET, in Prince's-buildings, west side North 4 - John-street, Lord-street, commodious suites of O FFICES, with Sp a cious Double Entrance, Fire-proof S afes, Gas., Water, and every convenience. Likewise, Two WAREHOUSES, in klarrington.street, and Two Suites of OFFICES; in Lord-street-chambers. Andy to JOSEPH CR6SSLEY, Lord-street-chambers. T ° ROYAL ROCK FERRY. j'E'r a WELL-FURNISHED:HOLSE, close ' "" e SIiP, and overlooking the River;; contains Din- Togu-1)11.7-mb d p d erd", )Ing .. room, g and fsur - chambers,-cilamber4, (two Term two Kitcheps - , Pantries, and Garden. 08; Per Per week ; if taken for eight or twelve months, • We. p e 7PIY at Mr. G REENWOODS, 3, Willow 'Terrace, Rock •y, (first lane to the right from the Ferry Gate.) DING,,, T° be MOUNT TOXTETH-PARK. . ET, an excellent ' FAMILY HOUSE, with —. Garden, Coach-house, Stable, and Harness-room. The House contains large lining-room,. Drawing-room, litfoeoakfast Parlour, and Butler's Patitry on the . Groun h d and r • eight Bed rooms and Dressing-room, with Bat 'Water Closet, on the 'ChamberFloors, and good Kitchens, Cellarsßed roo , Store-room, and Servant Man's In on the Ba ement Floors. Rent £l5O per annum. ' P * to Messsrs. HARMOOD BANNER and SON, Har ringtonchambers, Morth John-street. ' 11 "4- A SHLEY, and may be entered upon a small Family, HALL acomfortable Residence for . _ , . immediately, - room, sumprising Entrance, Dining-room, Drawing- Office udY. tw o convenie n t Kitchens, and other suitable isy on the ground floor; five good Lodging-rm , door; ressiog_ro uEns, and a Water-closet, on the first a Coach-ho and P a cious Attics. Th ere a re alalsoinuse sB+ and Garden s good Cellars, Stables and other -6onvenient Outbuild in g ihurt ; and' any quantity of Land not exceed of 8„ ..een acres may be,baa, as also the exclusive Right E2 r .:lng over about.44oo Acres, if desired. int o e..11,005e and Outbuildirr4s have recently been put pl eass u t h t i , plet e ~,, .repair, and the situation is very healthy and of Whi tel ' l L , is two miles from the market and post tor Grand 140 1, and twelve from the Crewe Station on he Ap,l' ancti °r , Railw a" '''' itncati°ll may be made to Messrs. BROOKES, LEE, Mess". ?"S, S olors, Whitc'mrch, Shropshire ; or W hiteh o . ' re r and SONS, •,......—_ • Land Agents, Redbrook, near °1?-t-k lA NTT .S' to CERAL RAILWAY OF FRANCE. VIER - ZON, CHAT.EAUROUX and NEVERS. 1 CAPITAL 32 00 000 ANCS, ( -11 G4,ooo,Shares, of 5 0 00 Francs (X 20,) one-half of whici to be subscribed in France. £1,280,0000 . . 3 DEPO SIT £2 PER SHARE. Mon s i eu c udenet, (' ih„, DIRECTORS. MOnsieureA - " all waY ) Paris, a nd O r r ) aanS,,--,:r Leconte (Original Lessee of the Paris '' des Q . _ 0 . uatre Ca n Banker, . M nsieur O. B a A ,". ') Paris, 1,4 7 'Director of - lre - tana Compan„ ll'°'ll, Director o ..„_n_.eu .7,Paris, r e* tvio sl_ rA• Bluhdorn p im . / John Macterman, •ta ' a"-- _ street, London, j n''' Ea' 4. Jacob Salvador, , • 11 Great Winchester. street, London. `,1., Pinner's-ha , mon •' sa.eries sieur Touchard f A ‘`.4 • • trator of the " Mes 0 minis ii,,Generales",) Pari's -4athew Uzieilli, Esq., G 2, King William-street, London, with power to add to their number. In Lone on—BANKERS. Co. Messrs. M as t erman an d In Paris —Me ssrs . L. D'Eichtlial and Co. In Li verpool —Messrs. Moss Co.anDdoN. SOLICI and Dalrymple, IN LON 15 Bedford- row . Messrs. Bi rcham oh, , . A st 2. . THIS Railway, !o those com gu prised lB44 under the law of the 11th whichis June, on 1842, has the great advan tage of being brought before the Public after th e l aw au thorizing the French O pcernment to construct it, and also to grant it to a public Company on lease fo r working. Chambers. Tile Minister of has passed both the to grant the lease within two Public Works is required lard, and, under all these passing of the . Months from the the Subscribers can e.xperi favourable circumstances, nor the delay which has disappointment 'ence neither the undertakings. lofre quently attended similar. h Railway accommoda- This Line is intended to furn i sh France. Provinces of tion to alarge portion ' of the Central It wit and will form a continuat i on . of tla commence at Orleans, nearly in a direction d __ s e Paris and Orleans Railway, ld'verge from Vierzon, due outh, to Vierzon ; it wil 1 d in a south soittlawesterl d• • Chateauroux an c ameo. . Y irection to The Line is A 07 Beltondir to Bourges and Never. t, but the j aw ..- e n lY to c onstructed thus far at presel h i C lteauroux to L. Plates its future extension from and fromltn.,°ges, and, ultimately, from thence to Toulouse, INevers to CI ' A due c • Clermont. Map of France will show, tkat this R oariliswidaerati have of the he t he vi'hole traffic of the vast Iciartilgolar. district willounded by the intended Railway from from p__.: to Lyons and Marseilles on the east; by on the west ; and t!yo .!Irleans, Bordeaux, and Bayonne, and Marseilles on th e „„ t i at from Bordeaux to Toulousee part of the Whol e o ri,th ; and c omprising almost one-fift h that in this dis trict itniir ranee. It will be seen, also, doubly ne cessar °°" Illeans of communication are develop canal ent of andtll that afs t heY must cause an immense the country, in con se e 4-we and natural resources of of river or canal 04iinen.ce c 0 . the almost entire abspee n . d Orleans Railw ay ifation. The opening of the Paris a e between Orleans as already increased the intercourse n of the t in _ .1. and Vierzoo 40t and the portion et mu Orle Per cent., •, . les) is and must e°n tioue t h ans to Vierzon (fifty ml between all the Centra° , e the great route for the traffic ra r i s A S of F and the North, including Li ' A t Vierz o ranee Branch of the Line (thirty -s n, the South western teaur„_ even iniles) will lead to Issoudun and C h o a r, - t4le hix,r containing 2 5,500 inhabit an t s , and situate es 11. 11 0 4 rnadl„ cl t°,_ Limoges Toulouse, and the Pyrenees. a>, °i Yvhen c C . r'cwo to traverse' a ost fertile country, a nur i a i c h t es, ~a d iune rosropolis draws a large port on of m i a t . branchuri°g emarlpich are situated many important Vierz Pf the Li :An:lents and coal-fields. The other, will °ll t° t iou ''- tak es a outh-easterly direction rro n u! ci r carry ail thris and Nevers, (fifty-four miles,) a d a nd The inont, and of v_itrge traffic of Nevers, Moulins, . ~ _ e town of N he Present " R ute du Bourbonnais.. the thief town evera h a , ° • f 18,000, and p Ilia • the h e d a population , o Nievre." in 'au are situate exte ePa rtment of 'La Fourcham ft)_l, osne, Imply, &c naive iron works of i: with the no r ,„ '' a nd their adjacent coal-fields, Nevers eith er aced • -`4.°118 glass works of Deuze. 1.1 1118 f r to the great L. - which as f CU the he . Inc of communicat . ion that is to L. , a . o to w ante_ Atlantic to the Mediterranean , Roanne, thr4lB, ltd A v i.2l 131 Tours, Orleans, lVe . ver a s, few years co will, d 6"11, to Marseilles. Withia ub 1 f rlway 0 : I a n?, Onic ati ° t ess, be an unbroken chain o as the Yinal c on for this entire distance, inasmuch th e sh riot ot/ passed is dd f b • already b_ ort p o ,,_ 1 , e or y Railway Acts alr d esieux and and RaiiZoo between Nevers and the An ' d t1 e... 4 is the chiefYt. Clermont contains 40.000 inhabitants,_ v. bo n , own of the important department ot r n nd itteltide-'e, 01. which the population exceeds 600,00-, a Franees, the thriving towns of Thiers (the Sheffield of 4 44 " Ambert, Billow, Riom, &c. ' Clermont is the la e o f •exports rrte a great trade and of a district which other q_oantities of wool', leather, hardware, cattle, and eight oPrr°,(llletiOnS, and is on the route through which r c oloni al ten of the adjoining departments import on suinotio` Produce and other principal articles of c Th e i ; ° • at ~,,,,e inp from Orleans to Vierzon is intended to be laid of th e w.lth double line of rails. The other portions i hmi et it is proposed to furnish with a single line aer Y are respectively carried on to Limoges and :e Urbaine Insurance Nicholas-lane, Lombard Clermont. The gradients of the Line are favourable, and the cost of its maintenance and working will be moder ate, from the absence of heavy works, and from its prox- ' imitv to coal-fields. Coal is got on the southern parts of the Line at half the price it costs at Orleans, and at one third of the price paid at Paris. The important portion of this Railway between Orleans and Vierzon is already so nearly completed, that it may be opened and in working within twelve months ; but the term of the lease to be granted by tie Government is only to date from the opening of the whole undertaking : consequently, exclusive of the term of lease, the Com pany will have, besides, all profits arising from the partial working of the Vierzon and other sections until the final completion of the Railway. The law authorizes the Government to treat with a competent Company for a term not exceeding 40 years, to date from such final completion. The State is to provide the land, to construct the earth works, masonry, stations, workshops, and all other buildings ; to uphold the earthworks for one year, the masonry on the Line for two years, and the buildings for five, after they shall have been respectively delivered in a complete state to the Company. The Company will only have to ballast the Line, to provide and lay the rails, chairs, &c., to fence the Railway, to maintain it and the works during their lease, and to find the locomotive carriages and other stock for working the Line. At the expiration of the lease, unless it be renewed by the Government, the Company will be reimbursed the value of their stock, materials, stores, &c. The State will participate with the Company in the nett profits of the Railway whenever they shall exceed 8 per cent. per annum on the capital expended ; but this is not to take place until after the expiration of the first five years from the opening of the entire Line, nor until all the previous years shall have averaged a nett annual profit of 7 per cent. on the capital expended by the Company. The rate of charge, or " tariff,' for the conveyance of passengers and goos is to be nearly the same as that of the Paris and Orleans Company, except an increase of 10 per cent. in the rate for third-plass passengers, in consequence of hav ing to cover and put curtains to the third-class carriages. By the constitution of the Company in " Societe Anonyme," the liability of each Shareholder will be limited to his own shares, as in the incorporated Com panies of England. The original Subscribers will, also, after transfer, be liable for the first three-tenths, or Li per share only. In other respects the statutes will be as similated as nearly as possible to those of the Rouen and Havre Railway Company. On the 32,000,000 francs (£1,280,0001 which form the whole capital of the Company, it is considered that it will only be necessary to raise or call 24,000,000 francs, or £960,000, until the second line of rail.;, from Vierzon to Chateauroux and Nevers, shall be laid. The Company will be constituted as soon as shares to the amount of 24,000,000 francs shall have been subscribed for, if the Directors shall think fit; and in that case the remaining capital will be raised by the future issue of the remaining shares, or taken up by way of loan, as the Directors shall here liter find expedient. One-half of the capital is to be raised in France. A deposit of 50 francs (£2 per share) is to be paid on allotment, and the remainder in instal ments not exceeding £2, with one month's previous notice. The bankers will give to each Subscriber, on payment of his deposit, an accountable receipt, and (on pain of for feiture of the deposit) each Subscriber must execute such deed of contract as the Directors may require, and must exchange his deposit receipt for a certificate or certificates of Shares at the London Office of the Company, within twenty-one days from the first appearance of an ad vertisement requiring him to do so. This advertisement will appear three times in two daily morning Lon don newspapers. When the Shares are fully paid up, certificates to bearer, transferable like English Exchequer Bills will be given. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be allowed on the deposits and calls paid up, from the date of the final concession or grant of the Line to the Company, or from the subsequent payment of each call until after the opening of the whole Line. No trans fer of Shares can be made before the Company shall have been finally constituted. It has been already stated, that this Railway will very shortly be adjudicated, or given on lease to a Company, and the law states within two months from its promulga tion. In the event of failure to secure the grant of this Company, the projectors will bear all the expenses, and the deposits will, immediately after the return of the caution money by the French Government, be restored to the subscribers without any deduction. The affairs of the Company will be managed by a Board of not less than seven, nor more than twelve, Directors, who will meet in Paris. It is proposed that one English Director of experience shall reside in Paris, or on the Line, and shall take au active part in the management of the Company. The proceedings of the Board will be regularly com municated to the London Directors, who will meet when ever the affairs of the Company render it advisable. The English Shareholders will always be able to obtain full information at the office which the Company is to have in London. The English Directors will have the power to appoint an English Engineer, if they should deem it necessary. After the opening of the whole Line, the profits of the Company will be appropriated as follows, upon the prin ciple now generally adopted in the French Railway Go vernment: namely, 100,000 francs (X 1000), or the pro portion of the profits mentioned below shall be paid to the Directors, including the English resident Director; after which the Shereholders shall receive 5 per cent., and 1 per cent. per annum shall be retained as a sinking fund and reserve. Of the remainder, the Directors may, at their own option, claim one-twentieth for their remu neration, instead of the £4OOO above mentioned. The surplus will then be again divided into twentieths, of which eighteen-twentieths will be given to the Share holders, and the other two-twentieths to the projectors. The allowance to the Directors, including the English resident Director, shall be fixed at £4OOO per annum until the opening of the entire railway. A close and careful calculation of the receipts and ex penses of the Line has been made in the first instance by the French Government officers, and, subsequently, by the projectors. The details of these estimates and cal culations, which are two voluminous for publication, may be seen at No. 62, King William-street, London, and they are such as have induced the Directors to conclude that there are no lines of railway in existence, or projected in France, to which the line now proposed will prove in ferior, both on account of its traffic, and from the peculiar advantages granted by the Government. In conclusion, the Directors have only to add, that, although they have endeavoured in the above statement faithfully to represent the undertaking, and the advantages which it is believed will accrue to those who subscribe to wards it, they can by no means pledge themselves to secure any particular set of conditions , and must, on the very contrary, ask of the subscribers l ibert y to exercise a overn wide discretion in their negocia tions with the ment. The subscribers maytiorensst w will conduct the negocia as t s h u r c e a d r oe t fh andt o the e D si iot i yr nearly c e a t a o nl r d s ofex exercise of which not ne n e s w s a i t r l i i l o y n t a t a c d n e e e s p dcearnsn the e t too fully delegation s state, o t e f , such to sen t s h e e the nature o unrestricted, b th u e t e t n h t e e D rp i r r i e s c e to re r n s powers absolutely undertaking,ecessary and, n thatot in re i thesu a b n s o c e ri subscribers must enter upon the they shall obtain the particular advantages now antici pated, but in confidence that the Directors have sufficient knowledge, zeal, and integrity not to commit them by the acceptance of inadequate terms. Application for the shares to be made to the SECRETARY, at the Office, 62 , King William-street,BLondon, or rto Messrs. PARSONS and TOWNLEY, Royal appeared ank-b i ulld n in the gs Liverpool. By A drertisement which has just Moniteur, this Rail wa y w ill b e a d' d list will yed to a C ompany on the sth of October. Th e be closed on Thuls day, the 15th instant. FORM OF APPLICATION. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE ORLEANS, VIERZON, AND CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY. 62, King William-street, London. GENTLEMEN,-1 request that you will insert my name as a subscriber for shares in the above Company, upon the terms and conditions of the prospectus, dated 2d August, 1844 ; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may allot me, to pay the deposit, and to sign all required deeds as and when I shall be called upon so to do. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name — Trade or profession Residence Date 1844. TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST DERBY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , th at a SPECIA L PUBLIC MEETING of the RATEPAYERS of the Township of West Derby will be held on THURSDAY, the 15th instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, in the Public Office, Harper-street,,Low-hill,' for the pur pose of taking into consideration the recommendation of the Overseers, that an additional Collector of Rates and Taxes be appointed for' the Municipal Division of the Township. THOMAS HARRISON, 1 Overseers of the Poor of the PETER YOUD, J Township of West Derby. THOMAS AUGUSTUS GRANVILLE DOLLING, Assistant Overseer of the Poor. Public Office, Low-hill, 3 d Aug., 1844. LIVERPOOL. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, AND STEEL YARDS, OR OTHER WEIGHING-MACHINES: WHEREAS, great comp laint is made.ofFraud s in the use of FALSE and DECEITFUL WEIGHTS arid MEASURES, and Steel-yards and other Weighing machines. In consequence whereof, it is determined to enforce the law strictly against all offenders. NOW, IT IS ORDERED BY THE MAYOR, that, to do away with any pretext for excuse on the ground of ignorance e of the provisions hereto fore made and notified for the/ Adjustment of Weights and Mea sures, that Notice be, and is hereby given, that the fol lowing Inspectors attend from nine in the Forenoon to Six in the Afternoon daily, (except on Sunday, or other holyday allo we d b y l aw ,) a t th e p l aces un der-mentioned, for the Adjustment of Weights and Measures for this Borough : that is to say, Mr. JAMES WALTHEW, 2, Blundell-street. Mr. SAMUEL ROUNTHWAITE, 1, Roe-street. Mr. THOMAS ARSTALL. 115, Scotland-road. And, by order of th e M ayor , N ot i ce i s f ur ther given, that, after this Public Notice, the Inspectors will be re quired to lodge information against all Persons offending, and that all such parties will be prosecuted for the full penalty of £5 for every o ff ence th ere b y i ncurre d, b es id e s such forfeitures of the Fraudulent Articles as by Act of Parliament is provided. RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-Clerk. Town-ball, August 5, 1844. ipany THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. LxotES AND GENTLEMEN, A VACANCY having occurred in the NORTHERN PI DISPENSARY, by the decease of Mr. Tetlow, late one of the Honorary Surgeons of that Institution, I beg to offer myself as a CANDIDATE for that Situation. Having been for eight years a Student of St. George's Hospital, and during the last year of that period Resident House Surgeon to that Institution, I have had great op portunities of studying,an'a treating Disease. In conclusion, I can only assure yon that should I be thought worthy of your support on the present occasion, it shall be the highest object of my ambition to prove my self deserving of the confidence reposed in me. I have the honour to be. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, E. DICKINSON. 14, Rodney-street, 3011 s July, 1844. TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE NORTHERN DISPENSARY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, T BEG to announce myself a CANDIDATE for the I Office of HONORARY SURGEON to the NORTHERN DISPENSARY, now vacant by the de cease of Mr. Tetlow ; and should you do me the honour to elect me as his successor, the duties devolving upon that office shall be zealously,and faithfully discharged. I trust, in consideration of my numerous professional engagements, you wilt kindly excuse the formality of a personal canvass. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, THOMAS BALMAN. 2, Oxford-street, August 9, 1844. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. PRESIDENT—Lord ASHLEY. SECRETARY : Rev. E. F. CHAMPNEYS, Falco?. court, Fleet-street, London... RANKERS: WIC I LIAMS, DEACON, and Co., Birchin-lane. TREASURERFOR LIVERPOOL: A. W. POWLES, Esq., 4, Water-street. A T the Monthly General Committee, on Thursday, the Bth instant, 19 grants were renewed and 8 fresh ones made, 3 of the latter being to the Diocese of Chester. The aggregate population in charge of the 8 Incumbents thus aided, is 59,727 ; the amount of the new grants, £740 ; the average income of the Incumbents, £l5O each. There are still 26 applications before the Committee, most of them of a painfully urgent character, but which cannot be relieved for want of funds, the income of the Society being scarcely sufficient to maintain its existing grants. These at present provide stipends for 230 Clergymen and 30 Scripture Readers. The Incumbents aided by the Society have an aggregate charge of about two million souls, or each on an average 8,475 ; while the average amount of their incomes is only £172 each per annum, and 127 of them are without parsonage houses. Twenty-four of the Society's grants are towards the maintenan'e of Clergymen for Churches without endow ment, or sufficient means for the support of a resident Clergyman. These have been found most beneficial in preventing the frequent change of Ministers, which too often acts so prejudicially to the success of the pastoral work in poor districts. In addition to the direct operations of this Society upon the large population above stated, it has been the firtt to call public attention to the actual state of such populations, and showing, by the results of its own la bours, the most effectual means for their amelioration, has thus led to the institution of a similar Society in this country, of one in Ireland, and another in India, while the example has been followed on the Continent of Eu rope, by the evangelical Christians of Prussia. The mere statement of these facts, it is hoped, will be sufficient to stimulate the friends of pure religion and of the public good to increased exertions and contribu tions on the Society's behalf, so as to enable it to main tain its present grants, and, if possible, to relieve some of the pressing cases now urged upon the attention of the Committee. The Society is supported by ten of the Bishops best acquainted with its operations (including the Bishop of this diocese), and by upwards of two thousaad of the most laborious of the Clergy. The grants to the Diocese of Chester are for 74 addi tional Clergymen and 7 Scripture Readers, to the annual amount of £6,740. Of these, 11 are to the town and im mediate neighbourhood of Liverpool, viz., 10 for Clergy men and 1 for a Scripture Reader, amounting to £930 annually. Liverpool, August 12, 1844. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. ALTERATION and ACCELERATION of TRAINS. BY ORDER OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. THE Public are requested to take NOTICE, that on and after the 15th AUGUST, the Trains of this Corn pany will be despatched as follows : FROM AND ARRIVE AT LIVERPOOL, ,BIRMINGHAM. 4 0 A.M. Mail 6 0 „ Third Class ," ll 36 „ 9 0 First Class 11 30 „ Mail . . 4 45 P.M. Second Class lO 23 „ 815 „ Mail (Mixed) . .. FROM BIRMINGHAM. ARRIVAL AT LIVERPOOL 1 10 A.M. Mail (Mixed) 6 0 „ Second Class 11 15 „ Mail 215 P.M. Mail 415 „ First Class.. 6 0 „ Third Class Note.—The Clocks are set according to the Longitude of each Station. New Time Bills may be had at any of the Company's Stations on and after the 13th instant. Arrangements are in progress for attaching Second class Carriages to the Fast Trains, for Reducing the Fares, and for adding a Cheap Train for the Poorer Classes, of which due Notice will be given in a future Advertisement. _ By order, MARK HUISH, Secretary. Liverpool. 9th August, 1844 London V‘'A Postmaster-General ,atio there Trains, by order of the . TIMES of DEPAR- T be an ALTERATION in the ILNIVcEoRnsPeOquOmLceANofD t M he A a N ce C e ll le MANCHESTER RAILWAY. R t A he lL UNION TRAINS, on and a the LIVERPOOL and MAN ill be the correct Time Bill on and after NORTH a t l he 15th instant. FROM LIVERPOOL FROM MANCHESTER TO MANCHESTER. t aClw h it e UlFlTe l hEß s eTSE t f h gTou i lEo n loßfß s ws ta spi n neavAg t nYed : wr—' TO LIVERPOOL. First Class. Second Class. First Class. Second Class. 845 A.M. 7 0 A.M. 9 0 A.M. 715 A.M. 12 0 NOON. 945 t i 12 15 P.M. 10 olf 2 0 P.M. 11 0- „ 2 0„ 11 15* 4 0„ 2 30' P.M. 5 0„ 2 45 P.M. 515 ~ 530 „ I 7 45 „ 7 45* „ 8 20 „ 8 20* „ * Stopping at Huyton Gate, Rainhill, St. Helens Junction Newton, Parkside, Kenyon Junction, Bury Lane, and Patricroft ON SUNDAYS. First Class. Second Class. 4 40 P.M. 7 30 A.M. 5 30 P.M. 7 45 „ 7 45 „ Stopping as on other days. First Class. Second Class 5 0 P.M. 7 30 A.M. 5 30 P.M. 8 20 „ 8 20 „ Stopping ason otherdays. f NORTH UNION TRAINS. To PRESTON AND WIGAN. FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 8 45 A.M. Mixed Train. 9 0 A.M. Mixed Train. 12 0 NOON, First-class do. 12 15 P.M. First-class do, 230 P.M. Mixed do. 245 „ Mixed do. 440 „ Mixed do. 5 0 „ First. class do 745 „ Mixed do. 820 „ Mixed do. ON SUNDAYS. 7 30 A.M. Mixed Train. 7 30 A.M. Mixed Train. 4 40 P.m. Do. 5 0 P.m. Do. 7 45 „ Do. 820 „ Do. Lime-street Station, Liverpool, 12th August, 1844. TO ENGINEERS AND IRONFOUNDERS. THE COMMISSIONERS for the better PAVING and SEWERAGE of the town of Liverpool HERE BY GIVE NOTICE that they are ready to receive TEN DERS of CONTRACT for the furnishing, delivering, 'And fixing certain CAST IRON PIPES, SLUICES. and other Works required in the construction of a RESER VOIR, about to be formed on lama situate on the south s id and side the nearly turnpike oppositeroad t dead -house, agreeably to Plans, Specifications, and Requisitions pre voetrpKooolno to ing Pres cot,ton, pre pared by James Simpgon, Esq., the Engineer of the Works, and deposited in the Office of the said Commis sioners, No. 1, Parish-offices, Fenwick-street, Liverpool. Sealed Tenders, with the names and designations .of two approved Sureties, at the least, to be delivered at the Office of the said Commissioners, addresssed " To the Commissioners for the better Paving and Sewerage of the Town of Liverpool," on or before WEDNESDAY, the 21st day of August instant. The Commissioners do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender • and further reserve to themselves the right of rejecting all Tenders which are not deemed satis factory. By order of the Commissioners, EDWD. G. DEANE, Clerk. Liverpool, Bth August, 1844. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. AGE NERAL + MEETING of the GOVERNORS of this INSTITUTION will be holden in the Board room, Parish-offices, No. 1, Fenwick-street, on WED NESDAY the 21st instant, between the hours of Eleven and HONORARYThree o'clock, R fo G r E t h o e N p t u o r p t t o i s e e N_ o p f R E T L H E ELECTING N a n SARY, which office is now vacant bf the decease of Mr. Tetlow. No Surgeon is eligible unless he has taken his Diploma as Surgeon, in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, or Glasgow. Gentlemen intending to offer themselves as Candidates are requested to send their certificates to the Dispensa ries'-office, Fenwick-street, on or befote TUESDAY, the 20th instant, at Twelve o'clock, addressed " To the Pre sident of the Dispensaries." To prevent any misunder standing on the day of election, the Governors will please to observe, that no votes can be received by proxy, ex cepting from Ladies, and those only in their own hand writing, presented by:a Governor; nor can any Subscri ber vote if his or her subscription be unpaid. Subscriptions received at the Office, No. 1, Fenwiek street, daily, from Three to Four o'clock ; or at the North Dispensary, Vauxhall-road ;or the South Dispensary, No. 1, Upper Parliament-street, at all hours. By order of the General Committee, J. WHITBY WILLIAMS, Secretary. Dispensaries'-office, Fentvick-street, 7th August, 1844. The Treasurer begs to acknowledge the rece i pt of the following Contributions, received towards liquidating the heavy debt of £lBOO. DONATIONS. David Mac Iver, Esq., per James Mullenenx, Esq. Miss Mather.... Miss Jane Mather Mrs. Moore (Paddington) .... .....• • • 10 0 0 Robert Clay, Esq... Misses Chaffers A Friend, per Messrs. Jonathan Banks and Co. 5 0 0 Mr. Thomas Smith, per Mr. George Ashlin.. i• 0 0 INCREASE ON SUBSCRIPTIONS. Misses Colquitt, Green-bank, from£3 0 oto £4 0 0 Robert Hutchison, Esq. William Reynolds, Esq., M.D. Rev. Thomas Bold, M.A.I 1 0.. 2 2 0 Richard Alison, Esq... Thomas Harvey, Esq. 1 1 0.. 2 2 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS. Macmurdo, Rathbone, and Martin £2 2 0 Joseph Dickinson, Esq., M.D. .... Charles Thomson, Esq. . James Price, Esq., India-buildings TO EXCAVATORS, BUILDERS, AND OTHERS. THE COMMISSIONERS for the better PAVING and SEWERAGE of the town of Liverpool, HERE BY GIVE NOTICE that they are ready to receive TEN DERS of CONTRACT for EXCAVATING, PUD DLING, and RAISING the EMBANKMENTS ; also, for BUILDING TANKS and CULVERTS, and PAV_ ING the BOTTOM and SLOPES, and executing other WORKS required in the construction of a RESERVOIR i n tended to be made on land situate on the south side of the turupike road leading from Liverpool to Pre sco t, an d nea rly opposite to Gilead-house, at Kensington, agreeably to Plans, Specifications, and Requisitions, prepared by James Simpson, Esq., the Engineer of the Works, and deposited in the Office of the said Commissio ners , N o. 1, Parish-offices. Fenwick-street, Liverpool. Sealed Tenders, a form of which may be had on appli cation at the Office, to be sent in, addressed " To the Commissioners for the better Paving and Sewerage of the Town of Liverpool," on or before WEDNESDAY, the 21st instant. The Commissioners do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender, and further reserve to themselves the right of rejecting all Tenders which are not deemed satis erformance of the Work s ; and the names satis factory. Two approved Sure ties, at th e least, will be required due performance of such Sureties mu s t b e g i ven in with andti for e the Tenders.d designations s gn By order of the Commissioners, EDWARD G. DEANE, Clerk. Liverpool, 814 August, 1844. HYDROPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT, SUDBROOK PARK. CAPTAIN CLARIDGE, Author of " Hydropathy," " Guide along the Danube, to Turkey, Greece, &c.," instigated by a desire to secure to secure to the British Public the eminent services of Dr. WEISS, formerly the associate of VINCENT PRIESSNITZ, and who is renowned throughout Europe for the wonderful cures he has for many years past effected by the Water Treatment, has, contrary to his previous intention, taken upon himself the arduous duty of forming a HYDROPATHIC ESTA BLISHMENT, in order to satisfy t epublic mind that drugs, so highly injurious to the an system, may be altogether dispensed with in e cure of disease. For this purpose he has take the Crown that beautiful domain, Sudbrook Par , for centuries the residence of the Dukes of Argyles, forming part of the Richmond Park, Surrey. The Establishment is now in full opera tion. The Terms vary from three guineas and upwards, according to the apartments. This sum includes Dr. WEISS'S fee, board and lodging, &c. Dr. WEISS may be consulted daily at Sudbrook Park, except on Fridays, when he attends at 28, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, from Eleven till Four. Captain CLARIDGE'S New Work, entitled "FACTS AND EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF HYDROPA THY," will be Published in a few days, by Messrs. MADDOX and Co., and may be had of all Booksellers. Price ls. 6d. IMPORTANT TO LADIES. TI EARSLEY'S ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S IX FEMALE PILLS, so long and justly celebrated for their peculiar virtues, are strongly recommended to the notice of every lady, having obtained the sanction and approbation of most gentlemen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and valuable Medicine in effectually removing obstructions, and reliev►n IT other inconveniences to which the female fram liable, especially those which, at an early period qf ►fe, frequently arise from want of exercise and generardebility of the system : they create an appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and nerv ous headache, and are eminently useful in windy disorders, pains in the stomach, shortness of breath, and palpitation of the heart : being perfectly innocent, may be used with safety in all seasons and climates. *** It is necessary, owing to the numerous imitations, to inform the Public that KEARSLEY'S is the only ORIGINAL and GENUINE MEDICINE of this de scription ever made, and has been prepared by them for more than FIFTY YEARS Purchasers are particulrrly requested to remark, that as a;testimony of authenticity, each Bill of Directions contains an affidavit, and bears the signature of " C. KEARSLEY," in writing, also en graved on the Government stamp, and each is wrapped in white paper. • Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by J. SANGER, 150, Ox ford-street, London ; and all respectable Medicine Ven dors throughout the Country. 5,000 SHOOTING COATS ARE KEPT READY MADE, OF THE MOST NOVEL PATTERNS, FOR ONE POITND EACH, AT B.' HY AM' S MAGNIFICENT TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 63, LORD-STREET. OBSERVE THE NAME. DUBLIN PORTER. THE SUBSCRIBERS, having been appointed SOLE AGENTS for the Sale of Messrs. JAMESON, PIM, and Co.'s celebrated DUBLIN STOUT, MILD ALE, AND INDIA BEER, are prepared to supply the Trade upon the most moderate terms. These articles will be found very excellent, both in quality and flavour ; and the.Bifter Beer has long been recommended by the Facultrfor the use of Invalids. Their WELSH ALE continues to be much prized by Connoisseurs; and their BURTON ALE is in the high est possible condition. Orders for the Co- , sumption of this district, or for Exportation, executively attended to. JOI - 1N and CO., Ale, Porter, and Provision Merchants, Mersey-court, Old Church-yard, Liverpool. TAND H. SMITH'SFLUID EXTRACT OF • SENNA, prepred in Vacuo, sold in Bottles at 2s. 6d., 55., and 10s. each. This is a pure Extract of Senna, ja high state of per f ec ti on , prepared in Vacuo. -It is an efficient and easy purgative, in small , doses ; those for adults even se ld o m exeeeding one or two teaspoonfulls, and produces no sickness or griping in its operation. Not only are the nauseous taste and smell corrected, but the taste is ren dered positively agreeable and inviting ; consequently, with this preparation, the difficulty attending the giving of Senna to children is entirely removed. Instead of the loathing which the bulky dose of the ordinary Senna Tea produces, the Fluid Extract of Senna is taken by them with the greatest readiness, and even with a relish. The following complimentary testimonial has bee vo luntarily published by Dr. Christman, the distinguishedhed Professor of Materia Medica in the Edinburgh University : " The Fluid Extract of Senna is now used very largely in this city, (Edinburgh.) and by many medical practi tioners, as well as klyself, almost to the exclusion of every other preparation. I have no doubt it is the best form, in every respect, which has yet been proposed." Observe, the actual signature of the Inventors, on an engraved label, is attached to the wrapper on each Bottle. Prepared only by T. and H. SMITH, Chemists, 21 Duke -street, Edinburgh ; and sold Wholesale by Join.; CLERK. 30, Mersey-street, Liverpool ; BARCLAY and SONS, Farringdon-street, London ; and may be had retail of all respectable Druggists, by asking for T. & H. SMITH'S FLUID EXTRACT OF SENNA. Cturation. EDUCATION. A GENTLEMAN, who has been accustomed to study and travel, is desirous of receiving Four or Six YOUNG GENTLEMEN to EDUCATE with his orn Sons. In addition to the general Course of Education, his Pupils will receive Instruction in the following De partments of Learning :—Roman and English Literature, the Latin and French Languages, the .Fine Arts, Poetry, and Music. Lectures will be delivered to the Pupils three times every week, in the following Branches so es sential to Youth :—History, Biography, Astronomy, Geo graphy, the Use of the Globes, Elocution, the Moral and Physical Management of the Person, Political Economy, Wealth of Nations. The Pupils will have the advantage of enjoying exercise free from street inconvenience, in Great George-square. No. 8, where all applications will meet with immediate attention from Mr. RANSOME. Mr. R. gives Private Lectures in Families that may de. sire so advantageous a mode of Education, or he will aci as Private Tutor. Gentlemen can read with Mr. Ransome at any hour of the day, in all the above Departments of Literature. Evening Lectures given to Gentlemen who wish to im prove their leisure hours, at No. 8, Great George-square, on calling on Mr. R., or addressing a note to the Post. References—Hugh Price, Esq. ; J. Hosken, Esq. ; Capt. Snell, R.N.; Sir W. Martin. The following Families have been under the care of Mr. Ransome :—The Hon. Mr. Cruikshank's, the Hon. Capt. Baldwin's, Count Shotten's, Judge M'Cauley's. Contrarts. TO EXCAVATORS AND BRICKLAYERS. THE COMMISSIONERS for better PAVING and SEW ERAGE of TOXTETH-PARK, will receive TENDERS of CONTRACT for EXCAVATING and for BRICK WORK, &c., required for the Construction of a SEWER in Warwick-street, Plans and Specifications of which may be seen at the Office of their Surveyors, Messrs. H. EDWARDS and SON, 27, Hanover-street. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Commissioners. marked " Tender for Warwick-street Sewer," and giving the Names of Two Sureties fo e performance of the work, to be left at the P is Office, 22, Park-place. Toxteth-park, on or befg THURSDAY, the 22d instant. The Cornmissionersdo not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender. By order of the Commissioners, P. MACAULIFFE, Clerk. 91h August, 1844. TO IRONMASTERS. THE LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER RAIL WAY COMPANY are desirous to CONTRACT for the PURCHASE of Five Hundred Tons of best RAILWAY BARS, of the Parallel Double T, form: weight, about 751bs. per yard. Each rail to be made exactly 15 feet in length, and in strict conformity with a template y the cross section of which may be seen at the Compatiy's Office, and which will be delivered to the Contr d adtor for his pattern : each end of every Rail to be r,ut square and smooth to the precise sectional form. The rails to be made in a work manlike manner, of the best No. 2. Mine Iron, free from cinder, constituting the Rails, when made, No. 3 best Bar Iron. To be delivered at the Company's Yard. in Wapping. Liverpool, straight and free from warp or twist; and the Railway Company to be at liberty to put every Rail to such test, in proof of its strength and quality, by bending or breaking, as they shall think expedient, with power to reject all defective Rails, the cost and charges on the rails not accepted to be borne by the Manufacturer. One Hundred Tons to be delivered in three months from the date when the Tender shall be accepted, and the re mainder within four months from the same date. Payment to be made by a Banker's Bill, at three months' date, when the Rails shall have been delivered and approved. Tenders to be addressed to the Treasurer, and trans mitted to the Lime-street office, on or before WEDNES DAY, the 21st instant. By order of the Directors, HENRY BOOTH, Treasurer. Railway-office, Liverpool, 7th August, 1844. WORSDELL 'S PILLS—By JOHN KAYE. The above celebrated Family Medicine continues to effect Cures the most astonishing. The following Tes timonials are selected from the many thousands that we have received from parties of knovrir-intelligence and espectability. CURE OF COLIEUMPTION. _ _ W. WlLsow, ofl3;iffield,,,Jefis afflicted for eight months with the above complaint, reclyeed to a state of excessive weakness, so that the last four nitnths of the time he was compelled to keep his bed half of ch day. Medical aid, as usual, was re sorted to without eriving benefit to ground a hope of ever being restored, sd much debilitated, and without appetite, he was given up by two doctors. Hearing of the benefits resulting from the use of Worsdell's Pills, he obtained a box, and gave them a trial. While taking the first few doses he felt ill. When he had taken a box in daily doses of from four to eight pills he felt a little better; the use of two boxes he went to work, three boxes quite restored him to the enjoyment of what he despaired of ever obtaining, good health. All inquiries will be duly an swered. CASE OF ASTHMA AND DROPSY ON A WOMAN AGED SEVENTY. MR. WO RSDELL, SIR,-1 have been afflicted for a great length of time with difficulty of breathing and water in my chest. So distressing was my situation that, on arising in the morning, I frequently thought I could not survive many minutes. My daughter has wept by my side on observing my painful and afflicted state : my mouth gushing with blood, and the difficulty I had in breathing, brought floods of tears into her eyes. I have spent large sums of money in obtaining various kinds of medicines, but seldom realised any benefit from their use. A pamphlet of yours describing the nature of disease, and how it must be re. moved, was left at our house. and I felt resolved to give your Vegetable Pills a trial, and after taking a few boxes, I am happy in stating that my health and strength are so far restored that I can work in my garden, and sometimes go with my husband to Doncaster market.—Yours, sincerely. ANN BELDAN, Nutwell, near Doncaster. CURE OF A VERY SORE LEG. ERASMUS VIANT, of Redruth, Cornwall. had an inflammation in his leg about fifteen years since, which left a large running wound that has been continually discharging for the last four teen years ; several times during this period he has been obliged (owing to his wound) to leave his employment, and last summer he was confined to his house for ten weeks, and had a doctor to attend him ; at the same time his other leg was dreadfully afflicted with the scurvy, which was so irritated at times that (as the man expresses it) it looked like a piece of raw flesh ; and he declared, with all the medical attendance he received, that it proved quite ineffectual in eradicating this dreadful com plaint. At last, having heard so much of " Worsdell's Vegetable Restorative Pills," and of the wonderful cures that had resulted from the steady use of them, I was induced to obtain a box of them; I had not taken more than one-half of them before I saw a great change in both my legs ; I continued to take them till I finished one box, and am thankful to Almighty God (and to Mr. Worsdell, as the inventor of these invaluable purifiers) to be able to state, that the benefit I derived from their use is be. yond my most sanguine expectations; the wound on my leg is completely healed, the pain quite removed, and the scurvy en tirely eradicated, and both my legs are as sound now as ever they have been at any period of my life. WORSDELL'S PILLS are prepared only by JOHN KATE, Esq. Dalton Hall, near Huddersfield, to whom has been transferred from W. Worsdel, Esq., late of Myton Hall. Hull, the sole right and interest in compound ing the said Worsdell's Pills ; and to prevent fraud, the Honourable Commissioners of Stamps have ordered the words Worsdell's Pills, by John Kaye to be engraved on the Governmsnt Stamp, and as a further protection, pur chasers are requested to observe that a fac simile of the proprietor's signature is printed on the direction, wrapped round each box, without which none are genuine, and to imitate which is felony. Sold in Boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. Gd. N.B. As there are still many Country Towns in which no Agent has been appointed for the sale of the Pills, we shall be happy to forward, from our wholesale Depot in London, by Post, and free of expense, a single box, on the receipt of Is. 2d. in postage stamps, or the larger box on receiving 2s. 9d. in stamps. _ Address,l(Ayc's WHOLESALE DEPOT, 44 Coleman. street, near the Bank, London. Agents for Liverpool—J. Banks, 37, Copperas-hill ; Dunsford, 4, South Castle-street ; Arnold, Stationer, 93, Scotland-road ; Shepherd, Stationer, 173, Vauxhall-road ; Hafemeir, Provision Dealer, 2, Pownall-square ; Mrs. Glesdale, 111, Pitt-street ; Brown, Cooper, Market, Bir kenhead ; Baxter, Queen-street, Lower Tranmere. MISCELLANEOUS. WESLEY'S BIBLE.—At the Wesleyan Conference re cently held at Birmingham. it was announced. that the late Rev. H. Moore, the surviving executor of John Wesley, had begpeathed to the Conference the pocket bible used by thereunder of Methodism in field-preaching, and pre sented to him by Mr. Wesley. RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—On the return of the Cabi net Ministers to London, after visiting the Queen, on the birth of the Prince, they traversed the distance from Slough to Paddington, eighteen miles and a quarter, by the Great Western Railway, in fifteen minutes and ten seconds, being at the rate of upwards of seventy miles an hour 1 CONSERVATIVE TRIUMPH. The Anti-Corn-Law League has sustained another severe defeat, in the rejec tion of its treasurer, Mr. Wm. Rawson, of Manchester, as a candidate for the representation of Dudley, by a large majority. The polling took place on Thursday, and the numbers at the close were—For Mr. Benbow, con servative, 388; for Mr. R awson, leaguer, 175; majority for the conservative, 213. A majority which, considering the numbers on the register is larger than any that the conservatives have before achieved in this borough. At the election in 1841. Mr. Hawkes, the retired member, had a majority of 247 over Mr. Adams Smith ; but on that occasion there were 921 names on the register, 729. Dudley did itself honourand at present there are only in 1831. by the rejection of Sir John Campbell , on his ap pointment to the Attorney-Generalship , and it has now done itself still further honour by the rejection of the league's nominee. LONDON WOOL SALES.—The sa in lel .... of d sheep's wool, which com mence d on th e 16th ult brought to a close. The quantity , brought forwa n ;ct aamveobuenetn ed to 29,557 bales, and the interest was pretty brokers supported throughout. The experienced givel their opinion that the prices have averaged very nearly the same as at the last sale. It must, however, n b e ere y re membered, that the prices with which this comparison is made, were in advance of those at the beginning of last year, not less than from 35 to 40 per cent. Our colonial wools are evidently in a regular course of improvement, but, as far as preparation is involved, the improvement made in the Cape wools was the most conspicuous. Our colonial production is rapidly throwing the German wools into the shade, and as the quantity can yet be almost in definitely increased, in a few years more we shall be independent of all foreigners, except for a comparatively small quantity of the finest qualities. There was a small quantity of :Spanish wool in the sale, and nothing can more clearly exhibit the change of circumstances than the fact that it sold from Is. 6d. to is. 9d. per lb., whilst the best Cape wool fetched 2s. 3d. to 2s. 10d. per lb. SUGAR.—Sugar is characterized by its solubility in water and alcohol, by its sweet taste, by being soluble i n alkalies, and by its crystallizing readily. There are several varieties of sugar, but the two principal are cane and grape sugars, the latter being that which gives the sweetness to fruits, as to grapes, plums, pears, apples, figs, &c. Although the difference between cane and grape sugar in composition is merely that the latter contains one atom more water, yet the former possesses sweeten ing properties in a much more eminent degree. Un fortunately for domestic economy the sweeter sugar can be artificially converted into the one less sweet, but not vice versa. These sugars can be distinguished from each other by the action of acids and alkalies. Sulphuric acid completely decomposes cane sugar, leaving nothing but a carbonaceous mass, whilst it but slightly colours grape sugar. Honey, which consists principally of grape sugar, is merely rendered into a fluid like treacle, whilst a so lution of sugar candy is acted on very strongly, little else but a mass of charcoal being left. Alkalies hav ande a but slightly con traryut effect, acting strongly upon grape su gar, s li g htly on cane. There are several other means of dis distinguishing between various sugars, and amongst the best is their action on sulphate of copper.—Architect's Journal. CHINESE DWELLINGS.—In all China the houses are built upon the ground ; i. e. without any cellar under them. The apartments are paved with flat square bricks —a thing very agreeable in warm weather, but very little suitable to the severe season of the year. To defend them from the piercing cold which they experience in the nor thern parts of the empire, the Chinese have devised sub terraneous furnaces in every direction under the bricks of the floors, and on a kind of platforms on which the Chinese sleep. They even pass through the walls which divide the different rooms, so that the heat diffused by the tubes produces in the apartments the temparature desired. The fire is kept up night and day in the outer stove or furnace, without the slightest danger to the buildings, because a coat of bricks closely confines that destructive element, and opposes its disastrous effects.— Chineze Olio. MILITARY ATTTIIORS.—It is a curious fact, formerly stated in this magazine, that the private soldiers of Eng land, though taken from the humblest classes of society, and few in number when compared to the hundreds of thousands forced by conscriptions into the ranks of Con tinental armies, have yet surpassed all foreigners as much in letters as in arms. We have several highly-interesting books of military adventure written by private soldiers, and conveying vivid pictures of their habits, feelings, and opinions ; as well as the dangers and terrible hardships to which they are exposed in the field. No work of this kind, deserving of notice, has been produced by either French or Germans, for the memoir of the French Serjeant Guille ward is a poor and paltry fabrication ; and though the Germans have two works of military adventures edited by Goethe, even they were both written by soldiers who had served in the British army, and only convey to German readers pictures of English military life. This literary triumph of our countrymen is not, indeed, likely to silence the liberal and patriotic persons who so constantly tell us of the brutality of English soldiers ; but, as an established fact, it may be successfully urged by the unbiassed against the mere declamations of party orators.—Fraser's Maga zine. THE ROMAN Aucn.—l agree with Mr. R. C. Long, of Baltimore, Maryland, in his very judicious remarks relative to the capabilities of the Roman arch, which he considers has not yet been fully developed as a beautiful feature in architectural composition. What in the archi tectural world can exceed in sublimity and grandeur the long unbroken line of arches in the Roman wilderness? But there must be no higgling, sniggling, paring, frost- , ing, tinkering, and the rest of the little ings and things with which our modern arches are ornamented. I verily believe that the man who spoils an arch with a dropping keystone could be guilty of inserting a ring in the nose of, the Venus de Medici, and though it might be merely his own bright idea, he might think all the while, persuading himself that others thought so too, that it had been se lected by the fair band of science to set off the Queen of Beauty io advantage. 1 have seen, or perhaps only think I have seen, sculptured keystones which had a good effect, the sculpture alone being in relief. By the bye, sculp ture is too seldom called in aid by architects to embellish their works. I do not mean the Paul Pry intruding or protruding keystone with mere glyphs, but something like what is to be found in nature relieved on a smooth ground appearing like a single star in the firmament, or to speak of things terrestial, a single and well selected ornament on the arched and unwrinkled brow of beauty.—Civil Engineer. A PLEASANT BEDFELLOW.—I was awakened last night at midnight by a violent storm of thunder and lightning, and wind and rain. Hard dreaming as I was, I had sense enough left to feel something moving in bed, and, by the light from a flash of lightning, to my unspeakable horror,, I saw crawling over the mattrass a cobra de capello. He reared his head when be came to my body, and slowly crawled on my legs ; and, as there was nothing over me but a thin cotton sheet, I could distinctly feel the cold, clammy body of the venomous reptile, through the sheet, the heat of my body seemed agreeable to the monster, as he coiled himself up there. I lay dead still ; I knew my life depended upon my remaining motionless, for had I moved a leg or an arm be would instantly have bitten me, after which I could not have lived many minutes. A cold sweat ran in a stream down my back ; I was in an agony of terror ; home and friends, and all that was dear, rushed to my memory ; my whole life passed in review before me. I saw no way of escape, and considered my doom sealed ; every flash of lightning showed me my new bedfellow in all its loathsomeness. When I had lain in one position about three hours, my legs became sore and stiff, from having been kept so long motionless ; and at this time I gave an involuntary shudder, which attracted the notice of the reptile. He raised his head about a foot high. thrust out his forked tongue, looked around him, as if for some living object to prey upon. I now thought it was all over with me. 1 prayed mentally (for I dared not move my lips, for fear of attracting notice) for the forgive ness of my sins, when — heaven be praised—the reptile unfolded his coils, and crawled slowly away from off my limbs, on to the bed, down by the bedpost to the floor, and left me. It has been said that poverty make s a mat; acquainted with strange bedfellows; it might be added , so does wandering in foreign climes.—J ourney o f a Wanderer. - A PLEA FOR SIR JOHN BARLEYCORN.—However praiseworthy the efforts of those may be —and none can impugn their motives—who have waged war upon fer mented liquors, we think that they would eventually do more good, and be more likely to carry out their inten tions farther, if they would insert some saving clauses in favour of the grape and John Barleycorn. We cannot imagine that the English people can forego the use of malt liquor consistent with their nationality, and that, when they awake from this play which is now acting be fore them, they will say, with Christopher Sly, " And once again a cup of the smallest ale ! " It is worthy of remark, that the increase of dyspeptic complaints has been very great of late years ; and such hosts of these affec tions, if we may judge from medical records, were not to be found furlong the same class of people in the good old days when John Barleycorn reigned autocratically. This is due to that great change which has taken place in the march of society —to that restlessness of mind which has engendered so much uneasy feeling—that desire of "going ahead," which has pervaded all classes of people. to such a degree, as to leave it a query whether any one cl ass i s particularly adapted to any one station in life. The ex citement attendant upon that species of education, which has only taught so many to be what they are not, rather than what they are, has unhinged the lower orders. If happiness be not compatible with profound iznorance, neither is it with that spirit of dissatisfaction, disquietude, disloyalty, which are the result of having placed the means of education in the people's way without securing to them its real advantages. Where is the yeoman with his twenty' acres of land, his sons following the plough, his daughters in the dairy or at the spinning -wheel ? Contented with their means, to them reward enough to tap the Christmas barrel, are they happier that they have quitted their sphere to be wrecked on a sea of adventures ?—Fraser's Magazine. TRIUMPHS OF PITT IN PUTTING DOWN JACOBINISM. In January, 1793, the cruel murder of the innocent and unfortunate Louis XVI. had been perpetrated by the National Convention—an act which Napoleon long after wards pronounced " a grand political error, sufficient to stamp th.t government not merely with guilt, but with in fatuation." The French minister at the Court of St. James's was ordered to leave the country, and war was proclaimed. The revolutionary committees in England now assumed increased activity. Communications were established between them and the Jacobin government; and while France prepared for war, English republicanism prepared for revolution. The time of the struggle was fully come. The English minister now buckled on his armour. A succession of vigorous measures employed the legislature during the wholeperiod; c t a h r e r y ied. were fiercely combated, but they were all u ltimately Opposi tionfieely never exhibited . more de b c r la il m li Fox was matchless in rli a nl alternatelyent a ry powers. salem brilliant parliamentary • able talent, , Grey, and a long list of prac were in perpetual debate ; and touching; Sheridan tised and indefatig but Pitt, " with huge two-handed sway," finally crushed them all. The classic illustration of Hercules destroying the Hydra, was frequently used to express the solitary prowess of this extraordinary man in resisting the multi plied, wily, and envenomed attacks of his opponents; and he realized the fable to the full—he not merely crushed the heads, but he seared them. Ile extinguished that principle of evil increase, by which all the efforts of fo reign governments bad been baffled in their contests with Jacobinism ; and in the midst of an empire at all times inclined to look with jealousy on power, and at that mo ment nervous for the suspended privileges of its constitu tion, Pitt utterly extinguished the Whigs. Fox was de feated so hopelessly, that he gave up Parliament altoge ther, and his party followed his example. Pitt had not merely cut down the statelier trunks of Opposition, but he had swept away the brushwood, and smote the ground with sterility. His bold enterprise had not merely taken the citadel of faction by storm, and driven its defenders, faint-hearted and fugitive, over the face of the land, but he had sown the foundations with salt. The total soli tude of the Opposition benches, during the greater part of the minister's political life, was the most unequivocal and striking evidence ever given to ministerial supremacy. —Blackwood's Magazine. DRAPERY.--It will be seen by reference to an adver tisement in another column, that the .remaining portion of Mr. M'Connell's excellent stock is now selling at Mr. Kerr's, by whom he has been succeeded, at half the origi nal cost. New FANCY REPOSITORY.—It will be seen by an ad vertisement in our paper of to-day, that Mr. E. Flower,. who is meritoriously known to the public as having been one of the most strenuous advocates of early closing, has. opened a shop in Renshaw-street. Amongst the stock are many novelties. We wish him every success. ICE.—AMERICAN REFRIGERATORS.—Having already said so much in favour of American ice, to dwell fur ther on its excellent and sanatory qualities at this time, would be a work of supererogation. But we owe another duty to the first spirited importer, Mr. Dean ; and that is, to state that his American Refrigerators, repositories for the preservation of the ice, and of any perishable article of food, the most delicate, are being constantly constructed by him, at a moderate price, and will be found most serviceable and economical for house-keepers. They are in the form of a double chest, with the ice below, and the viands, &c., on a latticed shelf above them—the whole being so contrived, with a nonconducting substance be tween the double sides, &c., that not only the ice, but the meat is preserved for a long time, even in the warmest weather. We have since writing the foregoing to add the name of another competitor for public favour in the same line,—namely, our respected townsman, Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, who is also an importer of pure Ameri can ice, and has a supply on hand of the same refrigera tors. Mr. L.'s long standing in the town as a purveyor of all the good things of this life to his customers, gives him also a strong claim to support in this department, and there is ample room for both. The ice trade is one in which it is scarcely possible to suppose that one will keep the other " in hot water." 71 C_ 7 0 ) 10 itn br