The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-16 00:00:00

UEc• 16, 1836, el' a compliniteo:4l6 burlesquing. Bnt whether the chairman sang the health of Mr. Jones, a!i,t, r if so, W'- should be delrghteitio knOw to what tune, and whether the e,rn-an received it in full chorus, and " roared upon hini like fat bulls of Basan-,"'and whether Mr. Jones scknowledged the toast singing, and to the same tune, 01 with variations'-all these-are still with us irresoluble 6iiiien hies. We have heard of worthless fellows drum med out or regiments; brit we never called such cere lumlY musical honours. It-even gave rise to a doubt in b een minds whCtiter Mr: Vice-president Jones . had not "een grievetiSly`ill.used ;. and we on this occasion should have thought so, if we had not read some Words in reply, i n which, though - tide could discover little sense, there wa s no anger, hut which we are surprised to find are not n 4 into met re . We t hi n k they wou ld eq u a l some o f th e aPPiest bursts of the improvisatore of Italy or Spain. , We have heard of a twilitarv-stricken aloWn, wire "sowed wheat:to the tune- or the 13elleisle . march," 'and also of R °rne Tooke's'Offering. to sing or whistle a tune, we thaliy t forget which, before a court of - justice, in order the judge and. jury Might deterinine whether there wa s treason in it; but we haVe' never yet had the felicitas cz&io.Sa." 'of .WitrieSsing a' health drunk with f n 'utical honours."' It' must b'e a fine Irving. A shrewd' ' rie nd, to I.Yhom"we•shOWeiFtlie report, stiyS'eonfidently that it was nothing but Erc4M;pany tal,„ wi , `" th:them tlfeterAlenpunf their trade" rn?rrow , . "'es and cleaveljs"--41dch, .so far . . north as' Liverpool, Riay Very properly bra t musical 2 . 7istru777en 7 g: 4 , 8 Ile is so m e t hi ng o f a i t g„ rt'e dikrust his opinitin,'4l Blink h e only meant they were 'el 71Stittitioti Izitche'i4i l ut the subj ec t h as taken full possession cif We hav e framed .to our mind how •g6ceful and spirited' it Wil l sound in a report of a ptiblic• dinner, that tart an Councillor. A. proposed the health of Mr. Roman - C atholic CounciHor B. to the. time of •-" ilfdry in Ileaten," . Burn s )'which Mr. Roman. Catholic Councillor B. n'lndsomely acknowledged, like: a •dying swan, and in retu rn begged begged to propose the health of Mr. Unitarin. O ttncill or A...-to the 'tune or " There is but one, and a fi g for him Ir.. We are so rr y that we hav e been obliged to condense the report oftlitkygrwiliteresting meeting of the Literary .11.4(1 Scientifis,lnstitmion. . We.are happy to find that ties trul y valuable soviety continues to rise iu importance. ts excellent , sonstitution, and the zeal, prudence, and , "sistency manifested in the conduct of its affairs, enti tle it to our warmest approbation and our most energetic support. b r it( MNEY-STREET WARD CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. e are glad to . perceiVe that the members of thisasso ation have passed a resolution expressive of their un qualified approbation of the straightforward and uncorn 14°Inising conduct of James Heyworth, Esq., in his e"flict with the servile majority in the Town Council. We trust that other wards will follow the example.. T he extended space allotted to our remarks on other end most important topics, precludes the possibility of our r eV ievving at l e pith the subject so ably and conclusively h andled in the letter of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, which a ppears in our columns to-day. However, the discussion Is f thi s su bj ect could not be left i n b etter h an d s; .an d we tr ust that the cogency of the rev.gentieman's reasonings, and the force of his illustrations, will carry conviction I nto the mind of every sincere and unprejudiced inquirer aft er truth, and dissipate those lingering doubts which t he confident assertions of certain of our liberal Town Co uncillors were calculated to excite. THE THEATRE. ( i r k rather novel entertainment has, during the last week, been A r "fing good houses—the engagement of a company of BedoUin * a ° tumblers': 'This entertainment consists of a number of 14,kordinary tdrabling feats. We cannot admire (and have ti l ,'.°Te expressed the same opinion that. policy which goes to Urns' lowering of intellectual attainMents to the level of ical feats, and Which is, consequently, degrading to themeelleM character .and- acceptation of the stage, however much v A I proceeding mav make heavy the treasury-box, The no 12,;"etY of the Arab -tuiiiblers has succeeded in attracting good 'll,:es, and, as tombless, their feats are certainly extraordinary. perfo re r is a degree cr .. f,aC:ti,v,ity and strength combined _.in. their 14 ... 'minces wnirn :Ite'nave' never seen equalled. We have , 0 :1'„I?meh stroggentnetrosudinewas - active, but - neve r such a ho 'nation of. strength' aird activity. Their. : pe,rformance,. _wever extrao'rdlitarv, 'is' still but the entertainment of the :ells, and not that: "feast of reason and flow -"of soul" which AOlt t o b e the main attraction at tlie•Theatre-royal. The " ( ottate drama" has not, however, been entirely- overlooked: number of standuritzplityr-htiv-during the week, baen re- Pt .sented. * , ( _ ) o Monday night Tobin's comedy of the " Honey Moon" tr Played, and 'on Ttitilday Shakineare's tragedy " Macbeth. a f '• Stuart playing r as.,actop#l., and , Mrs. Stanley - as Lady aeb et h . S tuart th is At :.M ening did not perform with.hiansual * j er gY, and the 2:play iticitieard to gn off tamely. Mrii. Stanley (4Yed better thafinivanal. On 'Wednesday night Sheridan ve t ' r owles' s fine ‘.` Tpll," .was performed to a c ..4Y good house and last night Shakspeare's tragedy of ( . ) riolanus." .I‘{n Stuart took the character of Caiiis Marcius Ai r u'iontts, Mrs. Stanley Vqiumnia, Miss Faucit Yiryilia, and p ee r i Howard TulAte.AirfidAli.' The prOud'alalntemperate chtt ,se.er of Caine Marcius Coriolanus, was most ably sustained by rt; his elocution . or s some pass.ages was .allave,coold wish. 11 ,2 1 delivery of the paSitige deScriptiVe Of the iialeness of the th;itade—" the people," was in -a style which did justice to -, rtltkr of the sentiment. , • " With every minute you do chang, a mind.; And call him noble that.'wns now , vourrhate, . ga d again Him vilelhat waslour. gatlawl.' ; • • " Are these you-r . Must these have voiees that can yield . them now, - And straighqiscla.im their tongues ?" :ef •S *ll, rs• Stanley Aid - the majority of her part, some of it i tuo a reprentaton. Unles an aco can .. work hiMself lie state se of m i ind,,nr near s tr ive he 'ultt repiesent,- 11 1 , 0 , 1 % the attempt to act" it: It is .like a daubed sign -post of n tle King's-headzeiit"4l - a bead to 'be' sure, but not such the as nature ever inane : it wants proportion,: and 'an'd Af i ge, and truth nr - Cliloor. Mr. Howard .played tolerably: )yPancit's was iiialtiOvialkii* part : bk . she played that ell she h a d to do judiciously.• Mr. Baker,. the bead of the ' Z eus, also place) well. The house was. a sverylairone. LOCAL NEWS. Qa THY tHRATRE.--.The French company commence their en st!ernent at our Theatre-vocal on Monday next: We under stlVlhat Miss Adelaide O'Bryan, " the English Tag,lioni," as ip~nas been styled, and. Signor. Saxoni,who have been delight (lll4'!"e freq uen t ers o f . the Dublin theatre with their a excellent , are also engaged, and will make their de , :ut on the evening, in conjunction with the French company. li k xTasoiroiNa v:.OSciXFIRENCE —A very strong glare of The is Was perceived to ,illuminate the Town-ball last evening. e re phenomenon wati-Oectiiioned by the Mayor giving a dinner s a C,at Judoi us Pipes, tobacco ; and pots of ale were much . Ye e ' for in their respective markets during the whole o f ste r d ay. th, A' Bea ov.This jeu d'esprit, which, in a strain of r acteristic Irish humour, sets forth tn the life What may fa irly li 4 4 PPoited to result; in inunmerable .. instances,fromdhe aciup r a of the National'SYsterii ofZducisfirm. - of which it is hard to ti4 w hether it be mute inignitons . oeprepostetons,is.tir produc. 4 , We l und n erstand; ora young clergyman in ,Dublin of. the rwi. e „„, rtEGISTRALTS:OI4.7-2. 11 , .e'rrig.ster o f voters 'en t,,tlt Year was last week delivered up by the clerk-of theliettc9, 5,9 : te sheriff. The - total number in " the northern division is y ear and i n the southern, 17,574: cmnoared with the last th e t ' %re is a decreaie in tho,nurthern division of 37, and . in ° ern of 226. -' fit p. riaiTosn's Cuisican.—We' beg to refer our readers to tli kk 1 !)y(is advertisement, his uitide of cleaning the waterproof are 8 i s most excellent and b y the process used by lum they , A i e ndered equal to . new. fiet . "„.•.Russell, whose' advertisement appears in anothercolum . n , laq h ",ith a very flattering reception in his new character ot a 4 lid n .urarnatist on Monday evening last, at the Templars' Hall, lioN's a ,.ve, with excellent effect, "Two Volumes" of "Re ” collec.. 4 114 °I Things what in - ay or may not have Happened. We se aPeak too highly of the talent of. this. gentleman ; and oar who have the satisftiaion of witnessing him will not think Dar t : l leonium undeserved. It would occupy too much space to tsi tihs le lliarize each cleVer. feature in . Mr. 11.'s innusing enter- Jatl i t, and we shthild strongly recommend our readers to se ^e for themselves op ,Monday e.vening , next. AR nioss ASIMLICA.—The following is a list of pas „a ell'', " by the St. Andre*, W. C. Thompson, from New York, a”:—MoncureAtobittson, Philadelphia; Mr. Elliat, 13 461 1 1 ",..t0n ; Messrs. l3ucitanan, Ewing, Flail, Cocker, and uanada ; Mr. tinghes, London; Mr. Powers, lady, two kat h P, and servant, Ireland;' Lieut. Hayes,' 15th Regiment, ; Mr. Hamblin, Bowery Theatre, New York; Mr. liev i tle y tt 4E k tigland; Mr. Rankin, Nova Scotia; Mr. Morewood, Ri „, • as 1 , '.I.:TR OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF A CLERGYMAN 1 11 4 t li t ! CHURCH OF ENGLAN D.—We are much grati fi ed to find Pav e t he congregation of St. Michael's Church, Pitt-street, 1 4 th e :ected a mos t c h as t e and elegant marble monument, with altar, to the memory of the ir late much-loved and Pros: lt i ed mi n i s t er th e Rev. Henry Berry. In times like the ~T; when cler'gymen of the Established Churc inattentive t o are assailed the 8 - :"quy by the LIBERAL. press of the day, as o e tlu e N atl ! i tual welfare o f their flocks, as well as to the scriptural p° o of their poorer brethren, we earnestly recommend the nr - l e aders and the public to visit the above church and satisfy listri l : lv es of the feeline's which must exist in that, populous m'e t owards the establishment, and that it does not require Par teci of a wealthy congregation to testify their esteem for d h e. 4 eca reA w'orth. Diiring his short ministry among . them, e atm etc, ' their love and affection by his zeal' for their tempor al t 'Oarac tlial haPpiness and by promoting and carrying into fnll • 111 a daily scheol's for the education of the rising genera hq, whieli schools the children are taught to fear God and by our the the lire. We -understand the monument was erected 111(1 A" wns mati, Mr. Sponce, Browhlow-hill. The design Pstie s "",matiship reflects the highest credit upon ban. ,4ive r tfie remark that - with proper management, the town of and . ` 4l ea te r Zl it t i ) i Pzl . not loek'beyoud their own neighbourhood for LIVERPOW, POLICE. ItJ. wit DtsTir.i.csto.--On Tuesday, at the Volie.e - Offir.e, - cadaverous and miserable-laokin young cpaui , named:William !'ranter, was hroadil up, charged with working an illicit still. Mr. James Boys,ian excise officer, deposed that from informa tion he had re&.ived, he went on the Sunday, accompanied by Ainsworth the police officer, to a house in Harrison-street, and in a room there he found the prisoner; and in another room a still in full work, with a mug underneath in the receipt of the spirit. There were other mugs about containing small portions of whisky, as if it had been drunk as manufactured, whiCh he understood was the case. Only the prisoner was found on the premises, and it was impossible but that he must have known that the manufacture was going on. There was a tub contain ing thirty gallons of wash, and all the apparatus for distilling. Ainsworth deposed, that the prisoner had told him that an old man had left the still at the house on Saturdps,night. The pri soner said he had been bad of a fever for eight weeks, and he knew nothing whatever of the distillery. Mr. Hallsaid, it only remained for him to .adjudge the fine under the act of parlia ment; he was bound to commit him if the case was proved. He was of opinion that the case was proved, and he' adjudged that he should pay the .flue of £3l), and in default be committed for three months. " A HOSTiL.E Mcssacx."—On Tuesday, at the Police-office an Irishwoman. possessing the usual characteristics of Erin's fair sisterhood, as seen in the classic purlieus of Ben Jonson street, named Sarah Raclin, was placed before the ma gistrates, Messrs. Hall and .Birch, charged - with sending a hostile message of rather a novel, and of certainly a very un pleasant 'character, to one of the 'police. Policeman Andrew, 'Connelly' defused, that that inor.niag, about one o'Cleek,, litttiad.th.e,iinfotter; at the I - tar-making a terrible nnise in Lean-. clei=sWfit, over whiCti stip . ,appeared 'have 'utidisputedaviiy„.... none dining 4piiiisB .. ! . 6 artOtnritiii'ciaieten her. •Ele-sie,ikr-to• her!ektuiceteoo'h.frtrwhu-quiti and Wi•hoine; 'at - whiCh she wai'.; . . yet y,wrethi and running int.eh_r h - Ose, came out d'*eat36lC'' .niiencenstinntid contend, and frost u l t 1104(1,130W' t lie .cun a-4ra ,Of fence"' to -protect self. The tveapen . , ..n9tTel,icier than what thewitoess.de-, Velee.te'a twist bashful Whisper) as the tbisikl.oo.!!* top,* ts.ll :di • which. `she • "'shove" en to lii It withiOnvrip , ,aitri„prpg„}!.,,tak the, ayick achree, as tit e C toek' 'her te ens:cm' as sticht' . o)tiz4v.lnift i itiosesH enrsleasant to sensitive noses if. hMaje,sty'Bl-servants, and, eXceeding'4t , clecogatory ." to the dignitY of ihe ' Mr. 1-rall'iliettired'il.' he t was ustafh worse? ~ : The.OrideWell'lke.eper " Oh; your I W.ors c : ship„ 6e Was in a very dirty state,'!,, .(A laugh.) Mr. Hall (to. faisO ner)ll--"'\t'rell; wtrat you' say?" Prisoner: "Oh no ; .u n tkint, n„y the pier wurititip ; I never .seed ttie gitit le-. man. It isn't nuself 'ud do what'ud not becoine,a leddy ; was Ailiefrrylimf limner , I'd - empty the pO ott any wait, and Send 'JO cosse;,' clhe6)WS on a, gintleinati's coat ?" Notwith§ta ing the " leddy'S" protestations that she had not made such a hole in hermanners. Mr. Hall tined her ss. and costs, orlu ' default to be comblitted. Seven days. - • EOFIVIENT" POLICE.---On Wednesday, at the Police office, 0 respectably-dressed leituile, named Catherine Wright, having the ;-I . epearan,_:e )1 -. a servant, was placed before the ma listrates., hall and Birch, on a charge of havitw a quantity oc.,cotton. stockings in her possession the night before, for which she. could not satisfactorily account. Police man John Dovilitig, Mo. 239, deposed that he Was about leav ing, his beat the night before, and showing to another officer his beat, when lie saw the' prisoner with a white bundle under her arm, walking ''up Bevingtou.street; he shouted after her, " What have you got there ?"when she turned into an entry to get away. lOitowed bier, and found a bundle of cotton stockings upon' her, ',larked. She did not answer for their possession,, as he thought, satisfactorily, and he accordiugly took her to Bridewell. The prisoner, on being asked what she had to say, said the stockings were hers and she was carrying them home. A very respectably dressed young woman and an elderly woman, the one, the sister and the other the mother of the- prisoner, here stepped forward. The sister said that she had given the stockings to her sister, who was carrying them home. She, herself lived with a family in Chatham-place, where she had lived for the last twelve years, and her sister had .told the policeman that she (witness) had given the stockings to her, and of to bring him to her master's house to corroborate her statement; but he had ref used. Mr. Hall.—" Did she do that?" Policeman.—" Yes; hut it was too far out of my beat, so 1 took her to Bridewell." Mr. Discharge the pri soner." The mother of the prisoner here applied to know if she could haveno redress for her daughter being kept in Bride well on such a charge? The magistrates made no reply, and the policeman laughed aloud. The next case was called on, anal the applicant was thrust unceremoniously down to make room for the witnesses in the next case. The probability is that, the friends of this pour girl being poor, this wanton exercise of authority and breach of law in-confining a respectable young woman in Bridewell all.night, amongst the vilest wretches that infest the town, because the reference she gave as to her right to the property she was carrying was toofarj'rom the policeman's beat, will go unpunished;, but a mote barefaced infringement on the liberty of the subject we never heard of; and the police man who committed it received no reprimand from the Magis= Crates. A FORTUNATE OWNER.—On- Wednesday,. at the Police office; an ill-looking fellow, a . porter, named Edward Connolly, was placed before the magistrates charged •with offering a watch to pledge which had been stolen about twelve month before. A pawnbroker deposed that the prisoner had brought the watch to pledge the night before. On referring to the books, he found that the watch answered th e d escrip ti on o f 'one that had been stolen about twelve months ago, and he ac cordingly detained the prisoner and gave him in custody. A respectable-looking female, apparently a mechanic's wife, de posed that the watch was her husband's, and that lie:had lost it about twelve months agM He went late one Saturday night to get shaved, and left his watch at the' barber's shop; there were other three men in and it was supposed one of tilein had taken it. When•he got home he found he had left his watch, and on going to the.barbers it. was gone.. Her husband was then at work at Manchester. Mr. Hall said he supposed her husband bad toid'her that tale, as she had called him to account. about the watch. He could.not put the. prisoner on his trial for such an offence,. committed at that distance of time. The judge would stop the trial 'at *even two months from the coin mission of the :uffeule. The• mere circumstance of the watch being foUnd in his possession will nothing. He might have come honestly by the watch, He must leave her husband to settle the matter with the _prisoner by an action ; he could make no order about the watch, and must dischaige the prisoner. The watch was 7 CAUTION TO HACKNY .COACHMEN.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, Jathes Roon, the driver of coach 174, and John _Heaney, the driver of coach 57, were Summoned before the magistrates on a charge of driving furiously down 'Parker street, after the mail. A gentleman named Preston stated that nu Saturday, ahoutsix o'clock in the evening, he was driving his gig up Parker -street, and he met the north mail about halt way up; iimrediately after it, comming at full speed, were three cars, two of•which, driven by the defendants, were foremost and :abreast. He saw it was.almoSt impossible to avoid coming iu contact with them, and with a great deal of difficulty he suc ceeded in pulling his horse and gig . on the parapet, and the car nearest him contrived to:pnll up just before it run against his gig. If he had not .pulled his horse, on the parapet it must have been killed, and his gig would have been upset if the car had not been stopped. as it was The cars filled the whole street, and it was impossible. to get past them. He supposed • they were striving which could get first to obtain a fare from the passengers the mail.."Helrrought the case forwards as a public duty; he thought .it Ame in : which:the 'magistrates ought • to,interfere. he'qeferidantil, ofrouise, denied that they _were either. driving fast ;oi• conting . abreast. Mr. Hall said he had fined ear iltiers: , so.repeatedly :for.. this offence that it appeared; 'to him to haven() erteat''''lle was not in the habit of imposing: . heavy fines, but Olisseetiakl-,16• be• a case which dulled for the inflieticin of ahekvy,,penalty., , He s h ou ld fine . lorin,'who was on the Wrong side of th'e street: 20s: and Lusts; and Heaney 156, • .•• and costs.. • UN wHot.usONIE.:I I IgA T.—Yesterday,- a t th e • Police-Office; BetnaidMurphy; wh,9 leepsat . stand. at St: Johifs' Market;' was summoned bth)re the s charged by Holden, the market inspectiir,, With haring exposed- for sale, on Saturday night. last, 108 lbse of tneasled pork,. unfit for. human .food.• H e was fined 7i." 4 an4'ciiSts. 'Catherine Evans, the - keeper of a stand in St. John's-Market, was summoned for' exposing. :15 lbs. of measled'poik for sale on' Saturday : night last, unfit .for food. - As she had . previously borne a good character the fine, was remitted, and she was ordered to pay the costs. Wm. Hisky, the keeper of a , stand in .St.. John!sllarket, was fined. 55.. and costs for espoSing for sale 83 lbs. ,of measled Patrick Banner,. the keeper off-a -shop in Standish-street, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs for exposing 3'2 lbs. of measled pork for sale on Saturday night. " THE SATISFACTION OF A GENTl.EMAN."—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a gentleman named Geo. H. Kemp was summoned before the magistrates, Messrs. Hall and Birch, bye gentleman named Bird, on a charge' Of having sent him a challenge and otherwise threatened. him. The challenge - was said to have originated out of a love affair. Both parties. we understand, had been paying their best attentions to a oung lady, and, the complainant _being the more lucky. Lothatio, the defendant vented his disappointment' in sending the other a challenge, which forrned the subject of the present complaint, the defen dant alleging that he was put in, bodily fear thereby. Mr. John Bird, the cemplainant, stated that on Sunday night, about eleven o'cloCk, he left a houke in Northumberland-street, where hehad been. He had got but a little way Unit it, when Mr. Kemp came yp. and said he " Wanted to speak" with him. He (complainant) replied he . did not wish to haYe anything to say to him. He was aavare that he.had been threatening him. About three months before, defendant, met him and threatened to horsewhip He in consettuence thought it best to go home agairt,andhe returned to the house, in Reethuniberland street, and gitveo,Jouil knock at the door. The defendant then came up to' hint " stop till I Iv, a.:horsewhip about your back,''. cane' him " cowail:" lady of the house then . id the door and called a yolicenaa9, and the defendant ran:iiiyay down • the street. 'Next itiortiing he re. ceived a note frogs the.; (complairianthere handed a note to the niiigistrates,) and he understiod.that,,he l ini:d been laying Vaitl4 hitn since. He was afraid of injury, awl , 0 Could not walk,the streets in safety. 111 r. Hall (to defendant.)—" What do you say - I.fitthis ? Is that .your note ?" DeTendaut,----" Yes, it is." • How came you to send such a one?" , Defendant.'—l received a summons last evening. I imme diately consulted a mutual friend, wishing to settle the matter out olcourt, and I have only received the answer this morning, and in consequenc lam quite unprepared to say anything. If I could get the case deferred until to-morrow, I should be pre pared with my flefence. Mr. Hall.—" What defence could you have then more than you have now of Complainant.—" I must have protection ; I went over the water last night. I thirst not sleep in tovii." Defendant,—" I never intended to injure the yonng Man at all." Mr. Hall.—" You ask him to give Toil satisfaction 2" Defendant..;-lf I went into a vindication of my whole con duct I could show you—" Mr. Hall.—" I am not going into the whole of the transac tion. This note, after the above demand, says, ' If not I shall be obliged to brand you as a coward in every p u bli c p l ace i n . which I may see you: You then give your address and, where von may be found at such an hour. It then goes on, 'lf you have the soul and spirit of a man and a gentleman, you will give me immediate satisfaction as a gentleman:. Are you prepared with bail 2" Defendant.—" No, I am not." Mr. Hall.—" Cannot you send for any, respectable per Son to bail you? We cannot all6W this to pass. This,gentleinan has called on us for protection, and he must have it at our hands." Complainant.—" It is a great annoyance, to the.family? , Mr. You must find bail; yourself in 1.100, and two respectable sureties of £5O each. (TO complainant.)—That is your object I believe." . Complainant.—" It is, Sir." The complainant then left the court,' and the-defendant:re mained in custody until his bail should arrive. The epistle commenced, " I do not mean to dispute your charming prize with von;" and then went on "I neither intended to cut or murder you as you seemed so much to apprehend last evening ; I merely wished for an explanation from you as to the cause or your re-adinission to Mr. 's. This, I conceive, you can not but give me, as you must be aware that I answered you a similar question on a similar occasion. If not, -of course you cannot object, if Yon have the soul and svirit or a in in and entletnan, to give me satisfaction in a wailer way. Sliouid you feel inclined to do neither, I shall be under the necessity of branding von as a coward in any public place in which I May meet you, which I shall assuredly do.—l am yours. Stc., • "G. 11. KEMP." A POPULAR COURSE ON CHEMISTRY, AT THE MECIIANICS' INSTITUTION,. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LECTUREI , III. On Saturday evening Mr._Hemming continued. Water exists naturally in three separate states. e It exists in the solid at the arctic and antarctic regions, in the liquid be tween the temperatures of 32 .and '212, and in• the vaporous at all temperatures. - It is erroneously supposed that Water will not vaporize under '212 degrees: ice itself wilt •do so. Steam is the vapour of water at 212 degrees; but vapour is the term applied when vaporization takes place at lower temperatures. r here • are various causes which regulate vaporization, amongst these temperature, the motion of the air, and its..dryness, are the principal. The amount.of evaporation, as stated.•ut,the: preced mg lecture, which takes place daily, is so prodigieue that had we not su ffi cient data for th e fact, it would appear incredible. We find the quantity of vapour held in solution by the .atatos.. s_phere to be variable; under •stime •circumstances, as when the Harmattan blows, it is almost dry. Ureter high temperatures there is a targerquentify of vapour contaitied.in the atinenphere, and this often when we . think it is th'eT, rpst.., - iplls, on , hot day, t here 'f's a eery eeriseat - quept ityl, gelpriF,l l l:4_4ll4. in it.... 4. very l'aAigitlh&raitY 'Of Vapoterli' ' reeepiljoniith i t, e' • ferne o f affil, rain, and snow; but a-veryefeesatequeentete'ita eif-peigia . returned is tin rAiifft'i s ti Ole i fo e ti4 nr dAi.:;;lli r• ,,*vMemor,it t lof gYpir*.to account for the formatiou . of .i*ie ...• iefeetnete are , ii i igertiptet, end both of therNeeeseilittglOrol" - eibir t :slPftili 46'.iiilOd that be se r a, MP `tW litliiiikilfier tor 4livr4i ,i,,lßis,ttite'i tic re ake'Ll'et. I . 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"tit• r. e e f this i *fieesettr etritytor ,holifUtgMie4sigt.R.A . ta”,e ;l , u t t . < ? . .,4,littiiffil it ~7s!. .o i:lole''-41;; . , OnObe p i udi(4o4 44,9:8 1 40$ tivap l Oratiu4 iit'll tkilileNt ti * Valitiriae. tile. day,' au ,14 :1 t eslol4:fiko4treifia z iV a t :falling i 4 a inist,or dew .up eti Citt!eenre.. 'cue ,(iftlia eartli,, Or.liii.ton iinaicines that - wllen tWO, clouds. ,;r4iffe're . iit tenipereteres'4leet, there is en interehenge of edit,- ric ; and:as:the ureen temperature thereby produced 'ail'. not holtl the .saneeceeatitity of yapour in solution, thate he siipeilloity is precipitated in the form of rain, snow, or hail.. The. other theory lathe eiectric e theery, in which it is Mentioned that the: aqueous particles of the clouds exist in different states of clete ; tacit y with eegard to each other, and that when a elouil posi- tively charged with electricity approaches one negatively charged an iiitereleange of electritity will take place, and rain be pre cipitated. We find that electricity does tend to precipitate j waterefor, ifs 'sponge be soaked in water, and well Squeezed, we ~can cause it to give out more water by the application of elec- tiicity. , In the sane manner, if we take a sypiani of such a mi nute diainater that the water will only issue front it drop by drop, and connect it with an electrical machine, the water will'ilow in a eoutinuous stream. Each of these theories tnay be correct—, there is nothing to militate against either of them. We have only - lately been acquainted with the theory of dew, and we are indebted for it to Dr. Wells. It was known that dew was only precipitated when it was most wanted—on a cloudless night, when the plant seems must to require it; but no correct notions were eutertained with respect to the cause of this phenomena. Dr. Wells found that the earth is warmerat night on the surface than a few 'feet above it. This is accounted for by the earth giving back again at night the beat which it received from the sun during•the day. This heat, if there be no clouds to inter cept it,' will pass off into space. On this account it is found that if a thermometer is placed on the ground ou a cloudless night it may staud in our climate from 10 to 15 degrees higher than .it will at six feet from the ground. The consequence of this is, that the vapour contained in the atmosphere on the surface of the earth will be precipitated upon its arrival amongst a colder Stratum of air, and fail down in the form of dew. Dr. Wells was led to this by several experiments; for example, he placed small portions of cotton wool upon sticks, at certain altitudes. If the night was cloudless the wool was found to have increased - I in weight; but in every case, if he covered the wool with a pent house or a handkerchief, there was little or no dew . precipitated... This is the reason why We have no preci i itation on cloudy_ nights, because the heat that is given off by the earth is: received by the clouds, cad returned back again, by whieh the deposition of dew is prevented. Dr. Wells candidly aCknow ledged that in the pride of his heart he had laughed at persons who covered their plants at night, little supptisieg that by .. this means the radiation of the heat of the earth around the plants was prevented, .. .. • ' • • We have now to consider the boiling points of water. under diffeient circumstances. It is found that whatever degree of heat we apply to water, that is, whenever it is eepaiied to the atmosphere, we cannot compel it to assume a higher tempera ture then 212 degrees. At that heat it begins to boil. This is our usual exposition of the boiling point et water; but it is an incorrect one, for at the bottom of some. of the London brewers' boilers, in which the liquor • is 30 feet high, the temperature is 250 degrees iii consequenee of the pressure of the column of water, which is equal tneptither atmosphere. It is 4 fact. that none but the great breWhimses of ' Loudon eon brew porter of much better quality. thanthe smaller ones. The probability is, that this superiority is owing to the depth of their boilers, as . by that means they may he able to extract a certain quantity of matter which cannot be extracted at lower temperatures. It we boil water in VaCtlo, we shall find that the teniperature of the boiling water will be only 88 degrees instead of 212; and we find that, its we ascend e. mountain, the water boils at a lower temperature as the atmosphere becomes rarer. Saussure boiled water. at the top of Mont Blanc at 187 degrees. ,Dr. Wollaston constructed an instrument on this principle for meet- . suring, elevations, by indicating the temperature of boiling water, on which a degree was divided into a thousand parts. We find that, if water boils at 212 degrees on the surface of the earth, it will boil at one degree lese:sso feet high. 'Dr. Wollaston found,. by means of this instrument, that there was an .appreciable dif ference hetvreen water boiling an the floor anti water boiling in . the same vessel on a table, The variation of temperature was very visible between the water boiled in the cellar of a house and in the garret. - Tito heieht of St. Paul's Cathedral wee_ cc .-t,ee.........ieee uy this instrume... 0.... az e iiiii tiug env: ascended in a balloon for'the purpose of contrasting the indica tions of altitude furnished by that instrument with those of a barometer. He kept the water boiling all the time he was in the air by means of sulphuric acid and water. On his return, he gave the iudications of' the barometer to a friend of his to calculate the different elevations, whilst he himself calculated those of Dr. Wollaston's instrument. When they met to com pare their calculations, there was only 11 difference of six feet between them. although the hellion had ascended two miles in height. This will show that we may measure altitude with as much precision by Means of a boiling liquid as by means of a column of mercury. We say that water boils at 212; but in reality it seldom boils at that temperature. Much depends upon the state of the atmosphere, the vessel in which the water is boiled, and the purity of the water, and from these causes there in a difference of several degrees in the boiling point. The heet which is imparted to water after it has reached the boiling point is carried off by the steam in a latent barn; end it has been calculated that it requires 1000 degrees of heat to convert water intri steam : 'This latent'heat becomes free again as the stearri is con vei:ted intO water. If •this quantitseOf heat were not car. ried eway With the vapour, the inevitable consequence would be, that the inefant . water raiiched7the Boiling, temperature,. the. .whale mass would be carried awayeimultaneottsly:, and produce.; 'it terrible' explosion.. Ice also absorbs latlat : heiit in its con version into water to the amount of 140 degrees. The simplest. . Mode of proving this is to mix a pound weight of - water at 32 . degrees with another pound in 172 degrees, when the water will` `be found of it mean teuipsirtiture; but if a peund weight of water at 17'2 be mixed with a pound or pounded iceethe Ampere t tere will be reduced to 32 degrees. We are indebted tai Dr. Meek , ferohr'knowledge of this property of ice. lie ', ' "" led 10 e 111 ( 4 -'" ,rein the idea that'such wasa be case by noticing thaf' - thefitirt,iice of his eend 'was crieered..with ice although the temperature of . the itir,itad bei.n . at 40 digtees for several days previettsly. 'He %. immersed- a ,tbereviineter.in • the pond, anti ttiund . tb.at, it re-. mauled . Stationary at 32 degreet until the whole of, the ice..cone tained iii the pond wee dis Solved. In the sonic inanner, when • water is ,cenverted into iceeit gives out a portion of,:heit, and.. expapde.l-10th (if its bulk. Mr. Herriming illustrated tins by freezing unite water in a bottle, when it cracked in every direc tion. According to some experiments made by the 'Fiorentine academicians . , it was found that this expansion takes place ,with a force of.27ltonsein tha square inch. The disitife'-rrati" of rocks is owing to this circumstance. The rain which has en tered their pores in the autumn freezes, and the e.xpatisitei which takes place' tears the strongest rocks asunder. Rapid evapora tion, by taking away the caloric from the water, produces ice. Mr. Hemming beautifully illustrated this by means ,of Dr. Wollaston's oryophorits, tfie principle of which he explejned: When water is heated in a boiler, the fire should always be applied to the lower surface, as water is with elifficulty heated. from above. Mr. Heminiug illustrated this by means of a glass tube containing water, at the bottom and top of .which were pieces of lard. He applied heat to the middle of the tube , wh en the upper portion of lard melted, and the Water boiled , but th e lard at the bottoM of the water remained in the• eolid s tate. This arisCs from the .bad conducting ',ewers of water. This may likewise be illustrated by colouring some water and heat ing it. when it will be found that the heated water may be poured upon cold water without mixing with it. The densities of fresh' and sea water are very different ; ' hence persons sWini with more ease in the latter than in the former. The water Of the Dead Sea is so remarkably buoyant that a person may fleet in it with his head and shoulders out of the water without any exertion, :This difference of density is owing to the satiric matter which sea water contains in solution. Air. Hemming 'ills gritte(' this by caieiing alaittle - te rise front the bottom of a glass jar '.by .adding salt to the atltter. • - LEXITURE IX. . , . On Wednesday evening Mr•. Hetmning continued. W'eliaVe now to consider the various distinguishing properties off - those bodies called metals. These are a numerous and im portant class of substances, amounting so far as at present known, to forty-two, in number. Some of these, it is true,ltave not yet been reduced from their earthly state, as for instance, Ytt r ium, Thoriuniiiind ,Zircorium, but we are led from several circumstances tO7tfppose, that they possess a metallic base. We find on deconiposition, that they combine with mercury, from which they cannot be however, separated in the metallic state. - We have another proof that they are metals, which is this, if we throw the amalgam into water, hydroge❑ gas will arise. It appears in this instance that the bases of these bodies are like those of the alkalies. because they, combine with the oxygen, and release the'tydrogen of water. Some have never been discovered in the separate state. Gold, silver, mercury, copper. tin, iron, and lead were known to the ancients in early times. The iron and copper known at these periods were not, however, similar to those which we are now acquainted with. The iro❑ was in that state which we call cast iron, and the cop per was alloyed with zinc, silver, tin, or other metals. At that period the tools, and the spears, and other warlike weapons, were notformed of iron or steel, but of copper, and some alloy like our bell metal. or gun metal. In the remains of Hercu laneum nod Pompeii, various implements are daily found con taining a certain alloy which renders them durable, hard, and sharp. We find the term brass used in scripture, but it refers to this alloy, for copper is one of the most difficult metals to reduce to a state of purity. In like manner iron is difficult to reduce, it is easy to convert iron ore into cast iron, hut nut into wrought iron. We are, therefore, sure that the ancients were not acquainted with pure copper, or with wrought iron. bun was first used in a wrought state; - in the reign of King Solomon, the mode.of so manufacturing:it haiing been discoved by some Pheenician workmen. •At that, time,Pcedaltithand Cadmus in vented the gimlet; and Saw, and lathe, which enabled Minor to build a fleet, and reign ttioniphant as king of the "Ws. It is remarkable that the - majority of the .ancient- .metals. are found in their native state, gold and silver especiel/Y; wereury is found in such a-state as by distillation in be easily terratafed from the ore which contains it. In like manner copper is found in native state. Lead is not found in the native state, but chiefly,_ as a sulphurot. The seven metals known' to ancients were distinguished by the different symbols 'applied to the 'seven planets. Thus gold was typified as the am by a circle; silver as the moon, bt a crescent; co pper was tvpif►ed by a circle with a cross underneath; the embl e m of the looking glass of Venus. Melly W. 14 represented by a diduceus like figure, consisting nita L a,circle and half a circle one over another, enible inatiCal'of Ntereury. Iron was represented by the shield and dsrt, used to represent Mars. .'Pin was typified by a figure in tended to represent the lightening of Jupiter, and lend by a symbotetuuleinatical of the seYthe of Saturn.. All the remain ing metals have been discovered within the last two or three centuries.,' - • The metals all possess certain general properties, viz , lustre. opacity, combustibility, and fusibility; they reflect light and heat, and are conductors of electricity and heat; many of them have the properties of malleability and ductility. Before no. tieing these properties inure at large it may be useful to say a levrwords of them as they exist in the mineral state. The use ful metals are seldom found in their metallic state near the sur- face of the earth. They generally abound iu mountainous and hilly countries, and here the previous remark will not apply, for by sinking a shaft near the base of mountains we arrive some- times quickly at the Solid ore. This is found in veins contain ing the matrix: of the ore, which matrix performs a very im portant part in veducing the ore to the solid state. This de scription will not apply to all the metals, as some of them are obtained without this difficulty. The ore is reduced, in most eases, to a coarse powder, and then it is placed on an inclined surface, and partly separated from the matrix by washing, which, being lighter than the metal, is carried away with the water. After this the ore is roasted in order to drive off as much as pos sible of the arsenic and sulphur, fur mist of the metallic ores contain a quantity of these substances. In the course of this roasting or torrefaction the ore imbibes a portion of oxygen, vvtlich we then have to separate from the metal by fitsion. An intense heat is applied, and carbonaceous matter introduced to ..quite with the oxygen, by which means we obtain the metal in I ,t.t, separate state,..and the lime•or other earths/ material floats on , the surf;ic of time metal( and prevents' oxidation from taking - place, whieN,watild ntherwise he.'the,ease were the metal ex, •o*.a k isto the : actitin of the at inasii•liere.s , The nte'tals when loan tl . finagle state q(ailltiert4s - Albtays -bear 1 name indiCative :nr.their .putnpv„sivon.Ainis, wheniweestiy , a-stietal is f,ptind in fis . rilitise ~ ,:late :it is eonsidieredla native metal.' Gold is always ftititieni, :ith l 3B6initi•Ps liaiLl called. tyltiie lgoid. But . We' soirtnuei, 'lave-metal clip - came.witliothek• they qtra then called native: alloys ; if they4tilie sonal4netl-fwitir'inerctiry thny - are '.called it.oAt i ppy; if„eon•&in el vtitli.sti!phus-, sulpha rots- -ir ivitti irsiii; 1 icirartirets ;' if with. phimphirrus, plpishurits • aid so on, -..- 4 1 sAiestilfsti of Jte, niedalli prop . 4rt iSS' is itb4i t luStre. . All' .of tl44ti i wisstefisa.c, nein ,dag e rdNitstres And - this %St re; unlike llacleAresot ii# . lsub.stau ed. iv,r. are..aequainted . with; is not i.,,ttogtfifjiii - ,.i4,,i,t! ery'rples. he.alole!nrussta -If we' iake'a. nietal h .;impcji . btetti it,, oi cutl it, ; e shell find the lustre` isunif orm jhroug hoist ft the, holet.unts .., lA' ale. atquai n te4: .itith many suliStiniees 'maiden the' rue • .wlik hex h i bit a ' lifer:6;lo Very t‘i . te4 T except tlie ~Iniials otts4 .aupiaternal.fmttret 'llle lustre of A metal , may * ,,le ,tn are seil.lay, artificial. mea n . 8;11611 polishing. . Nickel and cobalt have thelleast lustre of all the metals. 'The lustre of at metal is : very soon lost by exposure to .the atinos phere.., Sometimes the metal loses its lustre on exposure to the atmosphere by combining with oxygen; this is the case with iron, especially in damp weather. Gold and silver soon loose their lustre by exposure, and: become what is called tarnished. Now, thia.tarnish is ili4ll(t iti 13+ owing to the action of sulphuretted hydrogen with the metal.. l Mr.-'-lemming here exhibited a leaf of silver which displayed the satne- hue as cop per in consequence , of being .exposed in his 'laboratory to the flumes of sulphuretted hydrogen gas. In countries where there are many silver images of.saints, especially in the Netherlands, flakes of.sulphuret• of silver tire ',cOntinwilly dropping on the floors of the churches. Platinumi is not acted'upon by either of these agents, and we may expose it-to a fire or to an-avid with out any change. It is 'difficult to work, and so expensive, that its use is limited. It hat;. been stated that these ores may be re duced to their natural states by a simple process; but it is stated in the 4th chapter of Genesis. that '' Tuna( Cain was an in structor of every artificer, in brass and iron,'? We find that in very earl tiines they found, the art of purifying and refining gold, and also the ail of dissolving gold-in water. 'We have an example of this in Exodus. During the temporary absence of • Moses, Aaron was prevailed upon by the Ist seines to form them a golden calf out of the ornaments. which they brought with them out of Egypt. When Moses returned he was indignant at their conduct, " And he took the calf which they had made, andburnt it in the fire, and ground•it to powder, and strawedit I 'upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it." ' l'his passage of scripture. has given rise to much controversy "amongst the learued. We know that gold may be exposed to the ,triust intense heat for a length of time without' under g oing 'arty 'a sensible diminution of wei g ht. • G o ld h a s been b o il e d by exposure to the Ischirnhausen burning lens, but it has merely been converted int, vapour. It was conjectured by Soule that Moses accomplished the, dissolution of , •tlio 'gold by miraculous interposition. Stahl, the Swedish chemist, wrote a work to show that there was, no..tte.ed of miraculous interposition to ef fect this phenoineenn.„ Moses was skilledin ail the learning of the Egyptians„aggihere is,l'un: doubt that he was acquainted with sulphur, sett ago with, the alkali natron, for in those coun tries Ibis substance abounds ii If we heat gold with uatron and sulphur we forrn.ajnixttire which may be reduced to powder, and dissolved in .watcr:„lntleed;.io pin•fectiv dissolved is the gold, that It will pas*threngh a filternig piper. .'Thereiß no doubt, therefore, that . this' :Was the manner in, which , Moses dissolved gold - when.*e compelled the Israelites to drink of' it. Gold is very frenuently, combined with ;silver, as well as other metals. It is eas'ylnseporate gold and silver from other metals, but the same process will not separate the gold and silver from one another. It appears that this was known. in early periods, and that the method usually employed to separate these metals was merely tq melt them with sulphur, when the sulphur com bined with the silver, but not with the gold. If the quantity of silver be very small, we cannot separate it until we acid more silver to the mass, when the sulphur will not only combine with the silver we have added but al s o with what was in the gold be fore. This mode of refining gold . was known as early as 601) years before Christ. • Isaiah, in his beautiful and 'peculiar lan guage, says, " Behold I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." Gold is the me tal here alluded to, as there is no other metal which can be re fined with silver. Metals lose their lustre by exposure to the ' atmosphere, the more so if exposed in a molten state: Lead thus exposed for twenty-four hours becomes coated with a film of oxide, and is converted into red lead. - i :, . The next of the general properties of the metals appears to be capacity. There appears to be no general exception to this pro perty. We are acquainted with a great variety of substances which are impervious to light in the mass, but not in a state of fine diviiion •, thus if a shaving were cut from a board it would allow the light to pass throught it. A sheet of paper will do the minute than any other substance; aCCrirdingl7:• -• ;:i;inr, ii"Ye'a . 72 gold can be fabricated 1-360-000th part of an inch in thickness, and yet they will not allow the light to pass through them. If we hold a leaf of gold near the candle, we see agreenish ray of light, but this is no proof of transparency, for it is possible that the 'aniline of the gold may be separated , from one another by the beating they have undergone, and the'iays of light may not pass through the gold, but between its particles. Silver may be reduced to 1-100,000 th part of an inch in thickness, and yet it will exclude light. The metals are transparent, however, in a state of solution. _ The next of the general properties is combustibility. All the metals are .combustible, if we apply sufficient heat to them. Many require an intense degree of heat to effect this. Platina requires the greatest heat that a chemist can produce—either by means of the ox yhydrogen blow-pipe, or from the voltaic battery. It is • remarkable that metals, otherwise refractory, will sponta neously take fire When immersed in chlorine gas. Mr. Hem ming then ekhibited the combustion of platina, iron,copper, and read,' by means of the °Xs-hydrogen blow-pipe, as well As the fittrititin and diksiriation . of,gidd,silyer and, copper leaf, and tin:' foil, by means of the y . oltilic battery, remarking, en pos./tit, that site troWer of 'the voltaic battery, is greatly.increased if . a . little suiphAt e - of .04per tie :added to the acid iind . water in which the Plates of cOpper ;and .iinc are • immersed. The metals we then tra4e'seen.are.att cqinbustible„ The next property which. they :nstsSe s 's they.nndergo at rations heats. Many vfahtim'when state of fusion, combine wild oxygen: • .:The nest 4,roe: g e,neri&properties of metals is their power of e - myeyingc,heataind electricity, These the's , pOssess ie differ:grit 4 4 krees. t r espect;:io heat. some are bail ciinductins of it : platissu m 4s he i ym rst._ It is a ll itficultmetterto uscert lilt 11,)?itila is the hest couslucter becanse the progress litlefeidricity is o:instllntarteons•;- rmyerthelqsa -there is reason •,to:lo.4ll , ie.thEit subm,of„ them are better than otheis, anil-ritietilits 4 'tirertint Possessed' by all inetiils. bleaucta Is it re'rollkitiirikilstiVi , ts h passi lig them between fO/16:su diminishing spaCcs between them. When a metal ikrequirect.to be made thinnerlliiiit accomplished.by this process, it is beaten .otit , Gritlt liteiity'fiammets to the required size. The term durtiWicused'fri ilescribe; the capability of a metal for being drawn': Ole wire! ` -5 Most 40s, 0 metals which in are malleable,are ductile; aorigSt` , these ! i r k wild, silver, pia-, tina, and'copper, and iron to a certalit ftteki 11.titind lead can tie brought,into a state of leaf; but neitfAYMlfese bmlies, is capa ble of twin.. drawn into fine wire.. .I).t.i4illVa aoptls:tip:ou the , tenacity or strength of the•rnetat''' The - in'etal is 'drawn into wire by passing a rod of considerable thickness through aper tures continually diminishing in size, wail t he:wire becomes of the required diameter. In this process the metals become brit tle. an&WOilltlW .if not Unnea led'lry : heat ing them, to restore the properties of 'the wire. But we may, by a vcry ingenious process, Obtain platintirit Wire 1 , 30,000 th of an inch in diameter. rile 'Mode rif doing. this was tliscoVereti - by Dr. Wollaston. Gold and platinum cannot he, dissolved except by means of nitro munatic acid, whilst the other metals are all soluble in nitric aeid. Dr. Wollaston therefore enclosed a fine platinum wire in the cstntre of a rod of silver, and drew the united wires to as tine a - state as possible. Ile then dissolved the silver in nitric acid, when the platinum wire remained of the aboyementioned thick nesst;' •' I • 'Platinum was discovered by Don Antonio Ulloa, in 1735, and was first. brought to England by Mr. Charles Wood, in 1741. It is found in South America, at Choc°, and Santafe, and also at St. Domingo, and the Brazils. It has since been found in the Georgian mountains, Indeed, so abundantly is it found in die Russian dominions, that it is used for coin. It is found' in the state of grains containing a great variety of foreign mapiaditli,tiffiedrti.,,uusiinut, s c proe a tiun s (l,j le st, la s r i , :: t a n n :, tinionv, bisniouth, &e., and also iridium,. rhodium. In order to separate these, be resorted to, which Mr. Ileinniin minutely explained. Platinum is the heaviest of metals, being ‘jl,times heavier than water. It is the most durable and un changeable of all metals we are itcqua ted with, as it is not liable to be affected by fire, water, or acid. We require the greatest heat, of a wind furnace to melt it. It is invaluable to the la boratory in the manufactory of articles which are exposed to an ' intense heat, as well as for its bad conducting power, and its little expansibility Ity heat. The ends of the collie wires are tiPtied with platinum, otherwise oxygen would combine with them. In a spougy.state.itiikfieated to redness by hydrogen gas, which it inflames. It i ltasl,bcen used of late years for the purposo of coneentrating no simple acid will act upon it. The expense of a runif f hpiw z iepoirsed of it will amount to between £SOO and ,411P001Ahaugh it is merely used as a thin lining .or. ,11:00.„ boiler. The expense arises from the heiiyla:„ i f w,At,,qt' metal„, and its great value, its price being 355, per ow . m r j ,pA9oyiqultanding its expense, s uch is its iltirabilitVlh4 O 44; much ,cheaper than lead or glass boiiers, and hu t s tliis,„viOtage, that it will always be worth nearly as Much a s cost. Tu-inorrow evening Mr Irimmin , will resume the subject of metallurgy- FLOUR PROM FROZEN POTATOES.—III our paperof last week, we published a very remarkable statement by Mr Johnston, factor to the Earl of Glasgow, that potatoes whiCh have been frosted to such a degree as even to resemble pulp, will still yield by proper treatment, farina of a 'perfectly pure and pleasant kind. A gentleman in our own . neighbourhood having observed this paragraph in our journal last Friday, determined instantly to try the experiment. Having g one to a field where the p ota toes had been raised and the lan d harrowed previous to the se vere frosts'in the end of October, lie there picked up a number of potatoes that had been left on the surface as useless, and had lain bleaching through all the rains and frosts We since have had. None of them were so fresh and firm'that he could not have g rushed them into a jelly with his hand. Very well ; he put them through th e timi d process of flour or starch makin g; and the result . was, as in Mr. Johnson's recor ded case, a farina perfectly wholesome and good. A parcel of the p otato flour, thus obtained b) him, be brought to our Herald office, on Wed. nesday, and, as we supped on it that same evening, we can bear testimony to its excellence. 'We trust that none who see this corrobative statement will be so foolish as to throw away their frown potatoes.—Dumfrier Herald. LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUiIoW: The second anneal meeting ut the friends of this institution , was held on Tuesday evening Lost, at the Music-hall, in Bold: street, Mr. Charles Horstall, president of the society, in the chair. The report, which appeared to give much satisfaction, stated that the fiumber of menitierm who had subscribed during the la.t half year amounted to 594, namely, 3 honorary mem bers, 9 life subscribers, 6 donors of various sums of £5 and up wards, constituting members; 576 hat f-v,strly subscribers. rile language classes still continued to be numerously attend ed, particularly that of the Erench. The committee regretted that the nature of Mr. Black's engagements prevented his valuable services from being secured to the institution, at the same time the inconvenience had been to a great degree ob viated by the appointment of Mr. Hubert, whose exertions to promote the improvement of his pupils had given the highest satisfaction both to the committee,and to the members generally. The Spanish languit4e class still continued under the able superintendence of M. Vidal. The drawing class continued to answer the most sanguine expectations of its original pro moters. The committee felt that it would be unnecessary to speak in terms of praise of the recognised talents of the pro:: lessor, Mr. George Pickering, the rapid improvement of his pupils in this interesting and elegant accomplishment, and the unabated attendance at the class-room, being.'sufficielt proofs of the ability of the teacher and the popular nature of the study. The library+ had been increased by 801) volumes, 204 of which had been presented by the friends and members of the institu tion. Mr. William Potter had presented the magnificent do nation of a E ffin plete series of the Annual Register, comprising in the whole 76 splendidly-hound volumes. 'l' wentv-nine vols. had also been presented by John Eden, E q., and 40 by James s Parker, Kq.- The whole number of vo l umes in the library was . - now _ •__ • 1 T n he adoption of the report was then moved by' Mr. GtoGF. 1-lot.T, seconded by Mr. Wir.uams, and unanimously carried. M . r• - HENRY LAWRENCE, after drawing attention to the utility o f the institution; as affording an advantageous opportunity for . improvement to`the vaunt; men of the town, 'during their . nu-' occupied time:Concluded by proposing A resolution folbeCifect• that institutions of - this nature were calculated to advance the moral and intellectual character of the members, which was seconded by Mr. ATK INSON, the . eecretary to 11143 and unanimously adopted. . Mr. J. C. EwattT proposed a vote of thanks to the Patrons and Vice-Patrons of the institution,. which was ably seconded by Mr. DOWDALL, and unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks to the President and Bonorasy Cffirers of the institution, on the motion of Mr. RA Tel. witg; secOnded by Mr. CuaasEariaocon, was then unanimously carried. Mr. JAMES LEWIN proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Jeffrey, president of the discussion class, of whose services he spoke iii warm terms. Mr. J. E. GL4DSTONE, in an eloquent speech, seeonded - the resolution, which was unanimously carried. The (batiks of the meeting to the Managing Committee wire then moved by Mr. CuAemAN and seconded by Mr. GA W. T HOR PR, and carried. Mr. C. TINLING moved a vote of thanks to the donors to the institution, which was seconded by Mr. D. I.Ensost and carried_ Mr. It. E. LaWIN expatiated on the merits of several p hito sophieal and literary authors of the present day, and conc luded with proposing that they be added to the list of the members of the institute, which was seconded by Mr. STithi. and carried. A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Chairman by Mr Collet, and after Ito had returned thanks the tneetingseparated, EXAMINATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE ROYAL' INSTITUTION. Yesterday the annual examination of the pupils of this In stitution was held in the Theatre of the Royal Institution. The following are the pieces recited by the different pupils. Master BitooKEs....Battle of the Antels 11i/troi. „ Fa ECK LIVION' . Retrospect of .`shoot Days.. Gray. Ode on Else. „ FLaTema..Changing Quarters „ SW A INSOM .. Defence of Milo. -. Cicero. „ BANNER. Siege of Corinth.. Lord Blown. „ . BA n a.. Sot:Tates appeals ti hi, Judg , s Plate. RustfToN—Orestes Killed in a Chariot Race :nuns luted from Sophocies. ~ PICK HIVING .. Dido's Suicide Dryden's' Virgil. ~ Gkoom.. Ditto - Virgil. „ RA MSS Y.. Medea's Soliloquy .. --Ent ipide.e. ~ 13. BititricKEß..The Immuring of Constance,...Secti The manner in which the various p►eces were delivered, was highly creditable, and spoke much for the care and attention bestowed upon the tuition of the pupils by the Rev. Mr. Iliff the master, and his assistants. The Theatre was exceedingly crowded by the friends and r elations of the young orators, who appeared highly delighted with their juvenile effsits, The hol lowing is a list of the prizes which were awarded after the reci tations, by the Rev. Rector Brooks :—For Classical Compo sition, the President's prize, Master Swanson. The Master's prize, Master Groom. For Mathematics—The President's prize, Master Swainson ; the Master's prize, Masters Fletcher and Groom, equal. General Prizes—Masters Ramsay, Glad stone, A. Robertson, and Aspinall. The Presideet'S report read after the recitation spoke in very gratifying terms of the. progress of the institution, and of its increasing utility. The new buildings connected with this institution, which are very commodious, and rendered now necessary from the increase of the members, will be opened after the vacation. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND 3RD. Sta,—Observing your leading article on the Currency, permit me to inform you of one or two circumstances for your consideration. The institutes of all joint stock banks give the shareholders the advantage of credits to the extent of the se veral sums paid upon shares. The paid up capital being com monly invested in Government stock, it follows that all such banks of issue have not only a return fiir the capital so invest ed, but the shfreholders the use : of a duplicate capital gratis, except what is caused for office expenses. The richest landlord in.the kingdom cannot gel the like privilege but by being a si milar associate in the original shares of a bank. T. this and to.thelnode in which they have Allowed the corn trade to be carried on, is imputable the growing difficulties of the landed interest; and it is obvious that henceforth trade cannot be car ried on with general success so long as this inequality in the va lue of the paper currency remains unremedied. The associated thus are the only gainers. Nu competition can withstand this .mil Ikar or " plain and palpable, and every mu ive cans for its speedy a op tbin. The humble depositors in savings banks are relatively losers to the extent of one million per annum on their capitala sixteen millions. It holds out a bribe to pauperisna,.this ano malous state of currency 1 . The one party may be said to draw dividends for a capital which has been abstracted. The savings bank depositor, when he draws, ceases to receive any further interest. Besides, he is perhaps paid in notes of his employer's bank; and it is well known that power as well as credit is often emploved to suborn opposition of interests. This should not be. t 500,000 is lost thus to a pot tion of the humbler classes, by the want of a principle of credit for savings banks, and £500,000 by the use of notes of antagonist interests. Hence you have a clue to the increase of poverty among the lowly even in this Christian age. There is nothing to binder any fraternity to institute a bank; but what is to become of the fag end or society; or of those who begin business, between the last and the next-to-be .bank in ilka place? Let deposit banks be separated from (discount adventurers) couiraercial banks—let Gevernutent itist itule_deposit i,atiks ge, nerally,--aud, as money is merely the representative of ploper ty, let a.naper currency be issued cerrespoildin g r‘i the 0;14 de pesits, and let all ranks whatsoever have the optional of depositors lieconting-surety for advalle4to whom they: pleased "npou.lieuof their deposits. 'Vim may depend upon it this must be he case, if en everrul ing Providence has decreed the enrangi m tiilu otltt4? Vet and the extension of the of righteoosneisli` and peace on earth. • • ' Thisi currency would' proVe in , every nation a_regent circule-• tiou,, perfect in every sense of the term.-1 • Union Nett's ROPlng,` -! CREDO. ,• 36 George-4feet, Edinburgh, Dec. 10, 1836. • •, • • . . AGENTS F' olt E AT(ON.—The Horne Secretary has ?tape ' , , tioneu tneulipointtnent of the following offi,ers to 6e govern s for emigration; —Liverpciol, Lieut. Low, li.N.; 1 13Witiii,.Lieutenaut Henry, ,K. N:; Dublin, Lieutenant Hod ; Cork Lieutenant Shuttieworth, It.N.; 13eifsst, Lieutenant Lynch, R.N.; Limerick, Lieutenant Forest, R.N.; Greenock; Lieutenant Hem:tits, R.N.; LOndon Agent, General Colonial-Ace, Mr. J. 1). ial print. GRRAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.—This company has given notice of their, intention to appiv to parlia ment in the ensuing setsion fur powers to extend their line from the river Tees, through Northallerton, Thirsk, and Easingwood, to the York and North Midland Railway, at Hub Moor, near York—to construct a bridge across the river Ouse, at York—to form a branch front a poiut iu the present hue to the city of -Durham, amid fur other important objects. MIDI - MR.3RX REGISTRATION.—The annual meeting of the Middlesex registration committee was held at its looms 00 Thursday last, December 8, Colonel Clitherow in the chair. The report read by the secretary seas of the most gratifying de scription. It stated that of the objections taken iu the courts of the revising barristers, during the sittings of the present year, the couservatives had sustained 416 out of 742, of nearly four-sevenths; while the radicals hod only supported 2-18 out 709, or about five fourteenths. Besides which, the objections taken by the overseers were, in a majority of eases, beneficial to the conservative interest, increasing the gain on objections to at least 200 votes. Of the new claims admitted, the conin"; - tee could calculate 410 a , considerable majority; as far as }'e't ascertained, probably to the extent of front 150 to 200. 04ihe whole, the advantage gained to the pmeseut year might be thus summed Op:—At the end of the registration of 1835, the con servative majority, on the ascertained votes, was 1,514; at the, present time that majority unmounted to 2.161. Still, theme re mained a considerable body of registered voters whose sinti- l a December, 18:15, acaleu lation, which supposed a very larinents Were not yet ascertained. proportion of these to h e o f ge radical opinions, still left the conservatives a majority of 536. A similar calculation, made at the present moment, would leave the conservatives a majority of 1,179, even ,ttl'p" , stlig all the uukuowu voters to poll, and in a very groat proportion on the radical side.— Times. DISTRESSING AND REVo LTING CIRCUMSTANCE.—The parish Church of Logie, in the county or Russ, h as aga i n ' become vacant, and under circumstances of the most painful and awful description. On the sth of November last Miss K., sister of the minister of the parish, who resided in the manse and super intended the domestic establishment, was suddenly taken ill while p l ay b i g the pianoforte. Her brothe l w as a b se nt, ass i s ting to dispense the sacrament in another place, but aid was imme diately piocured. The young lady's illness continued to in crease, and at length (to the grief and astonishment of those present, who never once suspected her condition,) she was de livered of a child. She made no preparation for the event, and she refused to give any information as to the paternity of the i n f an t. About ten days passed over, when the minister disap peared, leaving.his church and flock.. No person knew whither he had gone, but in a short time the Moderator of the Pteshy tery received a letter front him, written from Aberdeen, acknow ledging an incestuous connexion, and resigning his living. The effect of such intelligence on the virtuous and religious inhabi tants of that district we shall not attempt to describe. The un fortunate female who had participated in the unnatural eiiiit of her brother was pursued to the west coast, whither she had fled, was apprehend e d, and brought last week to Dingwall. Flom the latter pl ace she was conveyed in a chaise, accompanied by lii 1)f icer and female attendant, to Tain ; but while the man left the vehicle for a few moments to wait upon the sheriff with an account of her apprehension, or receive fresh instructions, the offender and her attendant alighted from the chaise and es caped. We know not whether they have been closely pursued but we sincerely trust that they will elude detection, and thus prevent a trial which would be fraught with so much sorrow, shame, and disgrace. A similar case, perhaps. never occurred before in the annals of the Church of Scotland, so long and se justly famed for its purity and vigilance, and we can only trus t ourselves to repeat the words of the apostle, " Let him th at stancleth take heed lest be fall."—fueerness Courier. SECOND ED I' lON. Standard Office, Three o'Clock LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE.—FRIDAY, Dm 16, 1836. lu a:ldition to the scanty arrivals up to Tuesday's market, we have had very few vessels in with any descriptiou ; and those of Flour since then are only moderate, but of Oatmeal liberal. - The Corn trade generally since our last report has been very inanimate, and at our Exchange this morning continued to ex hibit a similar appearance; the best kinds of English Wheats notwithstanding were held with some degree of firmness at pre vious quotations, but, the buyers remaining very inactive, little business was done, and the middling and inferior descriptions were decidedly cheaper. Select parcels alone of prime sound Flour are saleable, at late prices, having no demand whatever for imperfect qualities. i"ine English Barley is wanted, and would bring the rates last noted; and grinding samples maintain their former value. Malt and Beans ruled much the same as bel,,re. In Bonded Grain and Flour, the transactions during the week have been very unimportant, buyers refusing to give the prices required. Oats continuing to move off slowly, barely supported our last currency ; and Oatmeal, with an extremely •dull sale, was 61 per sack lower. . AV ERAG cir 70 !ts. s (1 s Irish dried red 8 6 qr 8 9 Do. dried'white 9 1 9 8 Doom/tried new 8 2 • b G Englieh Can'tda ..... • . 0 0 0 0 OATS, ar ms Irish BAIiLI?.Y, 47 1 ' 60 lbs _ Irish grinding 5 0 5 3 AVERAGE PlllO s n s nr Banbridge .lOO 0 QlO2 0 rtterforcL •new..loo 0 _lO4 0 Colerain C.zirlow, L . meriek. B , ifast lO4 0 _lO i 0 Dorry lO7 0 . 108 0 Cork, 2,15, 0 Newry Mind — 0 Sligo — 0 0 ARRIVALS From the 13th to the 15:1► COAST WISE. DESCRIPTION. Wheat Qrs Barley Qrs Oats Qrs Flour ... ... Sacks Ditto Barrels Bran.... Cwt Oatmeal Loads! Malt Qrs l Beaus • • • • Qrsl Peas. Qrs! Rye Qrs. Shelled Barley Cwt Eta neseed Barrels I nuian Corn .. • Qrs SIIIPPING IN TEI GENCE, FRIDAY. Dre. 16.—Noon, Wind W.N.W.—Moderate. (An Irish mail—High Water fib 3m p.m.) ARRIVED—The Ca.thcrine M'Donald, Jackson, from Quebec—Ellen Jenkiason, from Lisbon—Fair Arcadian, Rogers, from Honduras. railed 20th Oct. —Toni Tough, (not quite sure) from Charente—The Itebeeca, Sayer, from Marseilles—Water Witch, from Messina, (otf.) The Mary Catherine, Colburne, for Alexandria, leaky; and Hebe, Thompson, for Gibraltar, have both put back. The - Margaret, Williams, for Newport, has put hack with loss of foremast, having been in contact with the William Penn. The Chatham, Gill, hence for Jamaica, was spoken in lat. 41, long. 9 21, by the Monk, from Leghorn oft Gibraltar. for St Domingo. The henry Allen, hence, at Leghorn. The Ann. M`kay. from Bay Chalenr. at Campbeltown. The Cornelia, Davidson, from Ayr to Lough Sw illy, drove upon one of the piers, at Caunpbeltown, and sunk, 12th instant. The Lord Abercromby. Jeans, from Islay. alter being on shore at Kirkham Sand, 3 , th ult, near the l'rawle Head. TELEGRAPII—Off Point Lynas, inward-bound—No. 1589. Champion Bk, :rom Richihucto. No. 1625, Bvergreen, B Bk, from St John, NB. No. 1.254, Charles ilomerton, 88, from Trieste. No. 232, Ti namara, B Bk, from New Orleans. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK SEVENTY-SIX PERSONS DROWNED. (From the New Fork Daily Express, November 23.) We mentioned, in the express of yesterday, the shipwreck of the ship Bristol, Captai❑ M'Koun, from Liverpool, on Far Rockaway. We have now to state, that this has been the most appalling disaster that has occurred on our coast since the shipwreck of the British sloop of war at Southlitupton, Long Island, during the war, we believe in 1813, when 108 peisons perished. The loss of the Bristol is must heart-rending. The sh►p was off Sandy Hook, at 9 p.m. on Sunday night, with her lanterns out as a signal for a pilot, at which time the gale had just ecamenced. No pilots, however, were out, and the ship had to stand off; at a quarter before four, a.m. tin Mouday morning, the ship struck on Far Rockaway, and, distressing to relate, at day-light, although within half a mile of the shire, no relief could be afforded to the distressed passengers and cus , / who Were clinging to the shrouds. All day they remained in her. af Xout eieveu o cluck, p.m. the sea abated and boats went to her relief, and sueceeded in taking off the captain and a portion off the crew, and wine of the cabin and steel age sengers. We are, however, distressed to state, that two sort men, the cook and steward, with a Mr. Donnelly. two Messrs. Carltons, cabin passengers, and about sixty steerage passen gers perished. All were rescued that remained on the wreck when the boats reachKl.her ; but during the day the ship went to pieces, and yesterday morning the stern-post only was left. In connexion with this loss of life, the .-lawrican calls public attention to the fact, that it was occasioned by the negligence of the pilots, who, on account of the monopoly they enjoy, are not attentive to the performance of their duties. " Here was, (says the American,) a ship within jive miles of her port, and making every exertio❑ to procure a pilot, and yet no pilot was to be had, and the gale coining on, caught her so much in shore that it Was impossible to claw off, stud the result was, her destruction, and that of many human lives, we fear.". (From the Daily ktpres.l of Noe. 24.) We are at length enabled to state, with s•une degree of cer tainly, the number of lives lost and saved on board the Bristol. So far as we can learn,. forty persons only are saved and more than sixty lost. Several bodies came nu shore, an.! were buried yesterday and during the night previous. The spars and upper (leeks are entirely gene, and the bea • ch is strewed with ftit. , _ianeuts. The heavy part of the cargo keeps the bottom of the ship stationary on the outer bar: efforts will be made to recoviir part of the iron, copper, &'. A few packages of d r y r oods and crates, and 29 puncheons of whiskey had washed ash ore, and would be 'sent round to the city. The American, of last evening. gives IN the f‘itlowing particu lars of the disaster. The Ditates abed.' to upon the shores of llocLaWaY' &serve a wor:c boo than that which has befallen the unfortunate beings who h.,vc lost their lives and their all : "Amon , t h e passengers lust was Mr. D o nnelly, the son-in law of Ow I dg e Michael lloan,of this city, and he died a victim to' his ow wo n philanthropy.. Mrs. Hogan and t daughters, her nurse and children , were saved, and, with other women and children, landed by the first boat. 'Twine the boats returned to, the wreck, and twice Mr. Donnelly yielded his place to others. In the third attempt to gff o o, ! l otwgo back. M eant the storm increased, and Al r. Donnelly, with the two Mr. ere swamped, a nd t h e crew became diseouraged. and would t Carl tons took to the foremast, wh e r e the creW and many of the steerage passengers had songht temporiry safety.- Unhappily this mast soon went by the board, and, -of about 20 persots on it, one Only, Mr. Briscoe a t.,oiin ra,senger, was sated, and by catching at the bowsprit riggin(. front whence he was taken by the boats. The captain and other cabin and steerage passengers wore on the mizenmast, and when that fell, he and others lashed themselves to the tuffsail, where fur four hours the, sea broke over them. Some twenty of the steerage passengers, principally women and children, perished almost immediately atter the ship strock• Even before they could leave their berths the ship 'dived, tilled, and all below were drowned. Not a giiiiu was heard to denote the catastrophe, so awfully sudden was it. " And to those whom the waves and the mercy of God bed ,:pareil, what was the conduct or their brother man ? Their persons, their trunks, were searched and robbed by the fiends that gathered around the wreck. One hapless being, thrown senseless but yet alive, on the shore, and having about him his all (ten sovereigns) was plutoleted of them! " Among other things, Mrs Distinctly was robbed of a value able ease of jewellery, some of which were publicl) paraded, as we are told, by an individual who can be traced." ONn oF THk SilFFEavas.—Yesterday' afternoon. one unfortunate passengers of the ship thistol was picked Long Island, almost in a state of nudity. lie was taken Alms-house, where it was found he was both deaf acid He had four sovereigns and some English silver coin possession of Ih9 up to the in his, M A lICH OF TE 1.1.P.CT. —A fsa proof of the great sagacity of the new corporations, and their ft erdoin from a 1 vulgar (twos, the Bath corporation have taken into their employ a man i t , o w ~,r vi c e of a Mr. Haocock, 10.111 councill . 1 ., woo pretends to find water by the divining roil, for the purpose of availing themselves of his supernatural poweis.— Bath Chro nicle. POPISII LOYA LTY.—At n Roman Catholic dinner given to the titular Bishop of Cork the first natal given was, "The tattier of the Chi istian world, the representative iir the majesty of God, the centre of peace nod tinily on earth. the great tiffcctual•pro imier of religion and civilizai ion on COI th —the Pope." Ano ther CiAliolie Bishop proposed. "The King, the first servant of the people." , —Cumb e i land t'acict. SAGACITY OP A 1)01i, ANO Pll,l { ll.ol_lS SITUATION Or A DRER• The following singular circumstance ',veined at I'•K ham Park on the evening of Tuesday last : Whilst Colonel ::;alwey was envogail in directintz some labottrnrs tail ‘,ere eta plo)ed in clearing the ground of Intilosr, blown down by the violence of the late hurricane, his curiosity was excited by the earnest at tempts of a favourite terrier to lead him in the direction of a high iron-spiked gale at the extremity of the Park. On direct ing his attention to the spot. he perceived stone object suspeloied f.om the spikes, which, upon a nearer ai , proaell, proved to he h t e he had ha r t:, one o! . * His Majesty's Swinley deer. strtiggiing i t , t•v.o.cit,,y, but the gate the wretehed a nimal hail heroine perfectly fixed and ineffectually, to obtain its rfie lz;. tw ß is y t . e, l i ii: i t t i i i: i , l e i resting upon it, had caused qmathidloett:rniheoc:::,a; motionless, dreadful i s , ti : } , ~p t ; ai nie l i .e i h,d l i e ria) ::: ,,,, i i , b e n l e ia e g i c l i: e g t f ro t a h it e ti (I s ne it sharp iron iyiireotnhsrpoeaat.rs, which i n eni tic oe; i - t :,; 148 : d ressed, h 'l and everrsuigtgreecsau wever, speedily eon f;l11-Ifiatt ed deer had afforded much precau tion ineowynut a . itd i i n i tk t o t ei., a in, l stt iv )at e ist ), : la e ve n., 1 I t t l u ll: inse l n y el\ri t tr l ohoe i u s eu.o t te r , t e dd ITs field iste direction h i eit ceiro g tei :0;1 0 f Staines, mil e te i t steam pertsmen on the previous day, having been turned out at the Magpies on Hounslow-heath, from whence it had run field the river and escaped. quietly grazing in the tobecrlelr du gs following day it was discovered e sa n i d le e d ay b o y ur a in n s near Runnymede: hut being as _Ts, escaped into Egbano : park, and in e lofty iron gate met with tits inuel disaster.—Wiq uir Rspreff, E PRICES. rirl,l,l. Imp. mea. s d d Irish .. 55 0 56 0 FLouft, 4-Iz , :180 tto Entz.Ncirisltsup 55 0.. 56 0 Du. fines Do. seconds 0 .. 42 0 To. thirds 0 0.. 0 0 vl.,2l!itbs. new 35 0 36 0 Dn. oil 3l 0 .. 34 0 BEAN. 44''.'4 tbs 1 6.. 1 6 OF BUTTER, Sc 9D SD Bacon, ewt.... 48 ord 51 0 Hams, dry 50 0 .. 53 J Do. wet Firkin Lard, 54 0 .. 58 0 Bladdered 66 0 0 Grease Rutter .. • . 50 0 .. 56 U Prime Mess Beef, :te• tierce, 98 0 —llO 0 Prime Mess Pork, AP barrel. 70 0 75 0 OF C Deremb4 DRN. , r t 1836, inclusive, BRITISH AItRR. 774 675 505 2156 774 115 505 1192