The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. Some of the French papers mention that the accouchement of the Duchess of Orleans would take place in the course of next week, and that 30 cannons would be fired if the infant proved to be a crirl, and 120 if a boy, and that the title of such Prince would be" " Count of Paris. Two complete batteries of artillery, furnished by the regi ment in garrison at Vincennes, are to be forwarded to the northern frontier of France. • SPAIN. A. letter from Bayonne of August 3 says :—" Don Carlos has ordered all the marines on the coast of Biscay to take up arms in his favour; the order was issued on the Ist. He also directs four armed trincadores at Berne° and other points of the coast. This order was immediaiely carried into effect; nevertheless some marines, being discontented, passed over to Bilboa. TURKEY AND EGYPT. Constantinople letters of the 16th alt stale that the insur rection of the ruses hail not yet been appeased ; that it wasy on the contrary, gaining ground, a nd wou ld probably end in a general rising of Syria against the Egyptian army. The Ottoman fleet hail not proceeded beyond the Dardanelles up to the 4th ult. The most warlike preparations occupied the Porte. Two regiments of lancers are stated to have been dis patched at the latter end of the week ending the 15th'ult., their destination being the division under the Seraskier, which at this moment is on the very frontiers of Caramania and Syria, if it have not actually advanced into the Viceroy's ter ritory. A large quantity of ammunition and 6000 stand of arms were also sent off on the 15th ult. for Angora, though it was doubtful whether that was their real destination. The exchange on London was at 108 i. We learn, via Marseilles, that Mehemet Ali's fleet quitted the port of Alexandria on the morning of the 17th, consisting of nine ships of the line, mounting 100 or 120 guns, five fri gates, five corvettes, six brigs, and a large steamer, in all 25 sail. Each ship had 4000 rounds of ammunition for her guns. Mehemet Ali had not sailed with the fleet, as was his first in tention. The squadron was destined for the coast of Syria. The Alexandrian correspondence, which brings this intelli gence, treats the chances of war between the two powers with slight, and says no such thing will occur. The Journal de Smyrna of the 14th ult. publishes a letter from Beyrout of the 27th of June, announcing that the 1-la ouran insurgents were still in the field, keeping in check the imposing forces commanded by Ibrahim Pasha and Soliman Pasha, and had been joined by a multitude of mountaineers and deserters from the Egyptian camp. It was reported in Beyrout that the Egyptian army had been completely beaten, and suffered a considerable loss in a late engagement. Ibra him having gained a trifling advantage over the Druses, pur sued them in the hope of cutting them to pieces before they could reach their fastnesses It appears, however, that on ar riving in the first defiles of Hanuran, the fugitives rallied, at tacked with desperation their Egyptian pursuers, and made a horrible slaughter of them. According to less exaggerated accounts, the loss sustained by Ibrahim on that occasion amounted to upwards of 6000 men. Others estimated it at 10,000. These may be erroneous, but all the reports agree in representing it to have been very considerable. After this sanguinary conflict, the Drusei recovered their former posi tions, where they were collecting ammunition and provisions of all kinds. Ibrahim, on the other hand, was preparing to take a signal revenge for his defeat, and had sent to Aleppo for large reinforcements. A chief of the Druses had decapi tated the Governor Reshlya. GERMANY. Great preparations are making at Milan for the corona tion. According to the German papers, Genoa was not able to supply the quantity of velvet necessary for hanging around the cathedral, and 10,000 yards were got from England. An English gentleman had paid £3OO sterling for an apartment °flour rooms on the Piazza. BA HIA, BY the Harriet we have received advices from Bahia of the 17th of June inclusive. The province remains tranquil, and no apprehension of outbreak or disturbance appears to be entertained. The latest rate of exchange is quoted at from 29d. to 3()d. BUENOS AYRES By way of Bordeaux we have received accounts from Bue nos Ayres to the 2tith of May. At that date the River Plate continued to be completely blockaded by the French; _there were 14 or 15 French vessels of war in the roads of Monte Video, and many foreign ships awaiting the raising of the blockade. which it was feared wonld not take place so long as the governor (San Rosas) was its power. L IM A. Letters from Lima of the latter end of March mention ',bat a Mr. Lance had been appointed and was about to pro ceed to this country as Consul of the Peru Bolivian Confe deration. He was said to be charged with a proposition to the bondholders here relative to the Peruvian loans. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By Cape papers to the 3d of June we ►earn that accounts had been received from Port Natal, at Graham's Town; by way of Caffre land, with the painful intelligence of the total destruction of the Natal Settlers by the warriors of the Zoola tribe. Fourteen Europeans, who marched with the settlers against the Zoolas in this expedition, which was commanded by Mr. R. Biggar, to revenge the death of Halstead, with Retell and party, were killed. with the exception of four na tives, who had returned to the port, bringing the disastrous intelligence. There are other versions of this disastrous affair in the Graham's Town Journal, but they are evidently much exaggerated, and have not obtained full credit at Cape Town. The same journal adds that the Cadres had been in continual movement on the frontiers, and that, at Konsap and others of the frontier settlements, they had been making very serious depredations upon the cattle and other stock of the Boers. No further intelligence had been received from the Boers under Maritz, in Dingauu's country, and it was therefore the general impression that they had been hemmed in by his tribe among the mountains. The trade of the colony was rapidly improving, if we may judge by the following comparative official returns of the estimated value of the imports and exports of the three un dermentioned years:— Imports. Exports. 1835 £541,000 £361,000 18.36 1837 1,090,000 368,000 STATE OF IRELAND. MURDER.—A passenger by the Dublin coach to this city on Wednesday, upon whose veracity we can place the fullest reliance, has given us the following piece of information : On Monday night last, a woman of rather respectable ap pearance, and of about the age of forty, was found murdered in the neighbourhood of Blackcburch, within ten miles of the city of Dublin. She had a large gash on her forehead, and a very severe wound extending to a considerable depth in her side, from which her bowels protruded and caused a very offensive effluvia. The body was found on the top of a quickset hedge, where it was evidently dragged, and near to the spot lay a large clasp knife, full of blood. Who the female was, had not been known, but the inquest was not to have been held until yesterday for the purpose of obtaining information.— Limerick Standard. OUTS AGE.—On Sunday evening last, a man named Sulli van and his niece, while on their way home to the residence, which is about a. mile from Cashel, they were followed by a ruffian, who set a dog at Sullivan, with an intention to ill treat the young woman while the dog would be tearing her uncle; but when he saw she would not satisfy his wishes, he then set the dog at her—so they both lie in a most dangerous state in the county Infirmary; their bodies are all bit and torn by the dog. The ruffian was arrested and lodged in bride , ,vall by Head-constable Stack.— Tipperary Constitution. OUTRAGE.—MichaeI Kieran, Laurence Kieran, and Thomas English, left the market of Dundalk, on the 23d inst. with the intention ot going home to Drumas, county of Monagham. Having got as far as Philipstown, they were overtaken by Francis M'Kenna, Anne, his wife, and James Fitzimons, who were all seated in a cart. M'Kenna, on joining them, asked them to take a seat, which they did, and proceeded together as far as Miltown, where he jumped out, and refused to sit any longer in the cart. His wife begged of Kieran to help him in again, and whilst he was doing so M'Kenna stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife, causing protrusion of the bowels to a considerable extent. Infoima non of the outrage having been forwarded to Mr. Armstrong, c. c. he, accompanied by Dr. Walker, left Dundalk on the following morning, and proceeded to the place, where they found the unfortunate man, Kieran, in a state of great agony. After considerable difficulty the bowels were replaced by Dr. Walker, and the sufferer conveyed to the county Louth infirmary. M'Kenna and Fitzimons have been taken into custody, and committed to Dundalk Gaol.—Drogheda Journal. MURDER.—The body of a man named Peter Shanley was found murdered on Saturday last, within a hundred yards of the town of Mohill, County Leitrim!, from the market of which place he was proceeding home. His skull was frac tured with several blows of a hatchet. The body was found covered up with weeds. Six persons are in custody on sus picion of being concerned in the sanguinary deed. A man named M'Manus is also missing from the same neighbour hood.—Limerick Standard. ANOTHER MURDER IN THE COUNTY ARMAGH !—On Tuesday last, a young man named Murphy, son of a bailiff, employed by Mr. Courtney, of Mouutbailey, was murdered on the new road near Silver-bridge. The parties, we are informed, had settled some trifling dispute, and had shaken hands when about parting, when unfortunately some expres sion revived the dispute, after which deceased received a blow from one of the adverse party, which deprived him of life. The murderer has fled from justice.—Newry Telegraph. POPERY.—R' VIE EFFECTS OF MARRIAGES BETWEEN PRO TESTANTS AND ROMAN CATHOLICS.—The following inci dent, for the truth of which we pledge ourselves, will serve to show the animus of Popery. The names of the parties alluded to in it, though in our possession, we do not, for several reasons, choose to disclose, hut we may mention that they move in the middle rank of life, and are what may be called respectable :—Within the last few days, a young man, a Protestant, was married by a Protestant clergyman of this city, to a young woman, a Roman Catholic. The father of the young woman is a Protestant, but, her mother being a Roman Catholic, he, permitted the girl to be brought up in the faith of the Romish Church, in accordance with the mother's desires. At the wedding, in the evening, a nu merous party of both persuasions were present, and every thing went on agreeably for a few hours. At length, how ever, a Roman Catholic female present threw out an insinua tion to the effect, that "no marriage had taken place, inas much as they were not joined together by the Priest." The bride's father very properly suggested, that the present was not a fitting place for the introduction of any subject border ing upon religion, and that a personal favour would be con ferred upon him, if it were not brought forward a second tune. Upon this, ell the Roman Catholics in the room, females as well as males, broadly reiterated what had been said before, and, as with one voice, exclaimed , that the cere mony, which haft been gone through in the morning, was a perfect nullity. The Protestants here interfered—they en deavoured in the first place to prove that the marriage was perfectly valid, and, in the next, to remonstrate with their opponents upon the impropriety of their conduct in broach ing such a topic at such a time. Both argument and remon strance were in vain—the Roman Catholic party became furious, and, from words, they proceeded to blows. Their protestant antagonists endeavoured, of course, to defend themselves as well as they were able from the unexpected assault made upon them —a scene of indescribable confusion followed which lasted a considerable time, and which at length ended in t he bride ' s fat her and the bridegroom himself being severely beaten, and in several others of the party on both sides receiving black eyes and bloody noses.—Limerick Standard. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) We have frequently , when writing upon the foregoi n g topics, assumed a tone of sa rcastic levity very foreign ind ee d from the feelings of our hearts, and, under other circum stances, quite unsuitable. But it was almost impossible to contrast the "tranquility" which the government asserted to prevail, with the facts which bespoke the real state of the country, without smiling at the cool impudence which could plume itself upon such a state of things , a nd laughing openly at the Marquizzical charlatanerie which could extract a re port of peace out of the outcries of murder, and draw titles of commendation from that fearful state of society which, as Doctor M`liale truly says, made "the country echo with We the artificial chorus of praise on a paternal government." Can, however, smile no longer. The airs of the coxcomb cease to be ridiculous when they involve the community in danger. We m i g ht laugh at the idiot flaunting in the fea thers of state, but when he begins to toss firebrands, we call for manacles and bind him. Onr task today ii of tto mast serials description, We shall begin with the Gazette—not that it presents a picture of the whole truth—but because what it does present is a minia ture, an abridged representation of the hideous truths that are to follow. Two proclamations exhibit the leading features of the country—assassination and arson. One announces the attempt on the life of Mr. Edward Smith, (lately detailed in this paper), the other the total destruction by fire of the house and property of Mr. Ledger, in the county of Limerick, per petrated by a body of ar me d men at midnight.. The accounts from the provincial journals may be said to be nothing more than an enlargement of these features, or a multiplication of them, with the awful addition of sacrilege, .be plunder of fire-arms, and other crimes of an insurrec ionary character. We shall classify the contents of our ex- racts in counties, viz. : CU UNT Y or TIPPER A RY.—Two murders, one case of arson, two of the plunder of fire-arms, one sacrilege. COUNTY OF CLARE.—One murder, awfully barbarous. COUNTY OF WEEFORD.—One sacrilege, and the inter ruption of divine service in .a Protestant church on the Sab- bath day. COUNTY OF KlLlCENNY.—Disasters and outrages arising from the fatal anti-tithe meeting of Knockrue. Coe NT r -er-A it yrs - We have thus to record in one publication the prepetration of four , murders; one attempt to assassinate ; two gross sa crilegious outrages; two robberies of fire-arms; and to wind up all with the account of a drunken and diabolical revel upon the Sabbath-day, ending in a. furious faction battle, on the very spot where the earth was yet soaking in the life blood of those deluded victims of agitation, who meeting to dese crate the Sabbath by an illegal political meeting, met with an untimely death in the midst of their crime. Is not this a hideous—a frightful state of the country? We ask not redress from the government; it were vain to ask it. But we beg the man who is able to procure redress —we beg the Duke of Wellington to look into our case — and if he wish bis country as well as we believe he does — and as he lately declared he did—let him take the vigorous but necessary Measures of ridding her from the mis-goveru ment which produces such horrible consequences. The government press boasts that there are no capital con victions at the assizes, and puts this fact forward in proof of the tranquillity of the country. No convictions! To be sure there are none. How could there be ? Bad as is the con struction of the juries, acquittals in every instance are se cured by the conduct of the crown lawyers; and it is in these times quite sufficient that the governii.entprosecutes, to in sure the escape of those charged with felonies, however atro cious. The crown foregoes its rights of challenge, and the party accused "puts by" twenty jurors, if necessary, until be fills the box with his own relatives and connexions his sworn brother Ribbonman ; and in many instances, the participator in his crime, and the partner in his guilt. And, with matters thus arranged, we are triumphantly told —that there are no convictions. We append the details upon which we have offered the fore going comments:— (FROM THE DUBLIN GAZETTE OF TUESDAY.) "DUBLIN CASTLE, AUGUST 2.—On the eveningof the 28th ult., about half-past nine o'clock, Mr. Edward Smith, son of D. - V. Smith, Esq., of Oakwood, parish of Kilcommon, in the King's County, was fired at by some person in ambush, within a few yards from the avenue gate leading from the high road. —One hundred pounds . and a free pardon, &C. "AUGUST 3.—Between the hours of two and three o'clock on the morning, of the 22d ult., the house of Mr. Zachariah Ledger, of Kilibreedy, parish of Bruree, and county of Lime rick, was attacked by seven or eight armed men, who set fire to it and burned it to the ground, together with property to a considerable amount, for which outrage two men have been apprehended and fully identified.—Fifty pounds, &c. T. DRUMMOND." MURDER.—On Wednesday evening last, a woman (a stranger, name unknown) was found lying in a state of in sensibility on the road side, near Templetooby. At first it was.thought to be the effect of liquor, hut, on the following day, the police hearing of the case had her removed to the village of Templehoohv, and had medical advice procured, when it was ascertained that the stupor did not proceed from liquor as was at first supposed, but was caused by an exten sive fracture on the side of her head. The poor woman died the sime day. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of wilful murder returned against some person or persons unknown. She is supposed to be the wife of a pedlar. MURDER AGAIN.—On the 17th of March last, a man, named Connors, was murdered near Ashlvparli, about half way between Burrisokane and Nenagh. His wife identified some of the murderers, had them apprehended, and they were to be tried at the last assizes. However, a few days before the assizes, two men came to the deceased's wife, with a false token, and told her that her sister wanted her on par ticular business; she, thinking their story was correct, went with them, and has not been since heard of.— Tipperary Con- stitution. INGENDIARISM.—On Tuesday night, the dairy-house and furniture belonging to Mr. Alleyn, of Tipperary, was en tirely consumed Fortunately a person in the house was alarmed by the flames, or a family, about eight in number, would have shared the same fate. The reason assigned for this outrage is, that the dairyman (named Walsh) had taken a farm a fw days before, which was occupied by some de faulting tenants.—Limerick Standard. On Thursday evening last, two men, with their faces blackened, went to the house of Robert Kennedy, within a mile and a-half of this town, and took two guns. Kennedy was attending the funeral of a frfend when the occurrence took place—had he been at home they would hot have got off so.easilv. It is said that Kennedy's wife knows one of the ruffians. Kennedy transported a man named Egao, for taking a gun from him about two years back. Two ruffians, with their faces blackened, went to the house of Mr. Palmer, near Cloughjordan, on the 22d ult., whilst the family were in the above town at prayers, and took a blunderbuss and case of pistols. The " fine pisantry" ..are determined to be well armed for the winter's work. MOST BARBOUROUS MURDER.—Although the following barbarous murder was perpetrated so far back as Friday week last, the 27th ult., yet, so silently are those matters kept by the government and the populace just now, that the particu lars were not communicated to us before yesterday. We, however, lose no time in giving them to the public, in nearly the same words as they were narrated --On the day men tioned, a young man of the name of James O'Neil), of this county, was, with two other young men (comrades,) coming through Liscannor, in the county of Clare, after bathing in the river, which flows near that place. They were at the time amusing themselves by playing on a flute, when a fellow named Darby Considine, overhearing the sound of the in strument, came out of his house, and in an impassioned tone, asked them, "Why they dared to make such a noise, and a friend of his sick in the place ?" O'Neill replied, that he was a stranger in that part of the country--that he was consequently not aware of any one being sick there, and that it he had been aware of it he would not have played. Instead of this appeasing the fellow, it had the contrary effect—for, calling two others to his assistance, the three of them commenced to beat the young men in the most savage manner. O'Neill, after receiving several blows, made an effort to escape, but being quickly pursued by Considine, the latter overtook him in the middle of a potatoe garden, where he most barbarously kicked and struck his unfortunate vic tim. Not content with this, however, he seized him by the collar of the coat, and dragged him out on the road, where, raising a hurley above his head and striking him with it with his main foree, he—horrible to relate—killed him on the spot at the first blow ! His two blood-thirsty assistants he came up and began to strike the unfortunate deceased with stones, which they ceased not to do until satisfied that they had made a finish of him, and until they had broken his skull in such a manner as to cause the brains to protrude !! ! Considine and the two others have since absconded. This murder, it is most important for the public to know, was perpetrated within only a few perches of the police station at Liscannur. We do not believe it possible for even the greatest savages on the face of the earth to commit a more cold-blooded or a more horrible one ; and yet what reward have the government offered to bring the offenders to justice ? £2OO, the reader will naturally suppose, as should we ourselves if in his place. No, reader, it is not the one-fourth of that amount. They have 'ordered the chief constable of police at Ennistimon, Mr. Kittson, to offer forty pounds only, for their discovery ! Comment on this would surely be superfluous.—Limerick Standard. SACRILEGE.—On last Sunday evening, between the hours of six and seven o'clock, as the Rev. Mr. Goolde was reading the burial service over the remains of Michael Shea (a Pro testant) in Finnoe churchyard, two men, one armed with a stick, the other with a spade, followed by others, rushed in, knocked the minister aside, (alike regardless of his calling, and the manner in which he was engaged) and commenced huddling the coffin into the grave and covering it, remarking at the same time that they would not allow any friend of theirs to be damned. The widow of Shea threw herself into the grave, and implored of the miscreants to let the service he read; the man with the spade struck her, and she fell pros trate on the coffin, while the other fellow shovelled the clay on her. Her outcries alarmed Thomas Waller, Esq. whose house is in the vicinity of the grave yard. and were it not for his interference and that of Counsellor Waller, Dr. Hopkins, and Thomas Stoney, Esq. it is not unlikely but the savage monsters would have buried the woman alive sooner than allow the burial service to be read by a minister.—Nenagh Guardian. MORE SACRILEGE.—On Saturday last a funeral entered the grave-yard of Rossdroit, county Wexford; during divine ser vice. The mob, composing the procession, attempted in the most insulting manner to prevent the service of the day pro ceeding within the church; they succeeded in drowning the voice of the officiating clergyman, the Rev. Ephraim Hinson, the further outrage would in all probability have been com mitted, had not several of the congregation immediately risen to avenge this insult to the house of God. The scene now presented was appalling—several females were carried in a state of insensibility into the vestry, and the service speedily concluded. It is needless to state, that the dastards who were foremost in the outrage were also amongst the first to retreat, and were chased to the company of their fellow-ruffians in the grave-yard. Has it come to this, that no protection will be afforded to the altars of onr religion, and that Protestants of the country must in future trust to their own strong arms for the defence refused by a mob-led, priest-ridden, and besotted legislature ? Waterford Mail. APPENDIX TO THE KNOCKRUE ANTI-TITHE MEETING.— Another victim of anti-tithe agitation, or, according to the logic of our local contemporary, another martyr has to be ad ded to the bloody catalogue hitherto produced by the mani festoes of such ministers of peace as the Right Rev. Doctor Doyle, and such disinterested patriots as' Daniel O'Connell. A man of the name of M'Daniel, of Courtown, was buried on Thursday last, having survived the injuries received on the Sunday of the meeting, by the falling 'of the platform, not quite two days. But there is another circumstance connected with that Sunday's meeting, which it is right the public should be made acquainted with. Notwithstanding the instituted sanctity of the day itself—notwithstanding the awful exam ples before their eyes, a very considerable number of those who call themselves Christian members of the Catholic Church, commenced (a few moments after the awful occurrence rela ted in our last) a most disgraceful scene of whiskey drinking on the very spot where the blood of their deluded fellow-crea tures was actually soaking into the earth ! and which termi nated towards nightfall in a disgraceful scene of fighting and uproar, extending nearly a mile from the fatal spot! Now, Christian reader, contemplate a Sabbath so begun and so ter minated, and then admire and adore the long suffering of the Almighty.—Kilkenvy Moderator. Duke Henry of Wurtemberg, uncle to the King of Wur temberg, died at Stuttgardt, on the 28th ult.. in the 67th year of his age. SNUFF TAKING.—A New York paper says that a dead body of a person, who, when alive, had been a great snuff taker, was galvanised in that city, and as soon as the galvanic battery was applied to the spine, the body very gently raised its arms, and put its fingers to its nose as if taking a pinch of snuff. GLUTTONY.—A female in the neighbourhood of Kirkella, on the 16th ult., undertook after supper, for a wager of six pence, to eat sixteen boiled eggs in ten minutes. She dis patched them in seven minutes and a half, went to bed, and the morning was ready fora dozen at breakfast.—Hull Times. ABSENCE OF MIND.—A gentleman while out shooting in Tennessee, put the wadding into his clothes, and rammed himself down his rifleinstead. Having, however fortunately left his cap s on , he was instantly shot to the top of a pine tee, into the society of a racoon, who explained to him his mistake. B ONES.—It appears by a return ordered by the House of Commons that the declared value of hones of cattle and other animals, and of fish, (except whale fins,) whether burnt or not, or as animal charcoal, imported into the United King dom in the year 1835, amounted to £155,279 9s 11d; and in 1836 to 171,806 7s 10d. BRUTAL AssAum—Robert Ward, who is constable for Wuerdle and Wardle, was charged along with John Whit worth, with committing an indecent assault on Elizabeth Swire, who was far advanced in pregnancy, and has since been prematurely confined, the prosecutrix being unable to 'attend they were ordered t ß o i ac fin k d b g r o n od a st a a nd d sufficient bail, t o appear op her recovery,— u a Imperial Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. The cop yrrgitbiliwa; read a third tftWe andpassed. On the motion that their lordships resolve into committee on the prisons bill, Lord LYNDHURST again opposed it, and it was eventually negatived by one; there being in its favour, 32; against it, 33. Several other bills were then forwarded a stage; but the third reading of the tithes (Ireland) bill was deferred till next day. TRADING COMPANIES BILL. Lord BROUGHAM gave•notice, he should feel it his duty to take the sense of the house upon the third reading of the bill. He thought it was a bill founded upon a worse princi ple than any bill which had been offered to their lordships daring the present session of parliament. The report of the bill was ordered to be received on Wed nesday. REGISTRATION OE VOTERS BILL. Their lordshipi went into committee upon the registration off-voters bill. - --- Lord LYNDHURST proposed a clause after the 15th clause. , Its object was to remedy a defect in the reform bill, which suffered two or more parties who were trustees under a deed to a property consisting of freehold to vote in right of such property, without its Leing necessary they should be m the reception of the rents and profits of the same to their own use respectively. The noble and learned lord submitted the following clause, "That it should not be competent to any person or persons, being such trustee of property so circum stanced, to vote in right of such trusteeship, unless he were also in receipt of the rents or profits to and for his own use. Lord Viscount MELBOURNE objected to the introduction of a clause which had reference to the prevention of a clause which had reference to the prevention of fictitious voting, rather than the registration of votes. After a few observations from the Lolso CHANCELLOR, their lordships divided. The numbers were, for the clause, `23; against it, 16: majority, 7. The clause of Lord Lyndhurst was agreed to; and, the other clauses being agreed to, the report was ordered to be received on Thursday. The Duke of WELLINGTON asked at what period was it intended the hill should take effect. Lord MELBOURNE.—From the period of the bill's receiv ing the royal assent. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS -MONDAY. On the motion of Mr. AGMONBY, the lords' amendments to the recovery of tenements bill were agreed to. PENSIONS BILL On the motion that the pensions bill be read the third time, Mr. O'CONNELL wished to move that the payment of the Marchioness of Westmeath's pension be suspended during the marquis's life, as he in reality received it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that this was impracticable, as it was fixed by att of parliament.—The bill was then read a third time and passed. The Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster bill was read the second time; but, in a subsequent part of the evening, the CHANCELLOR of the' EXCHEQUER withdrew the Duchy of Cornwall possesSions bill. On the motion of Lord Jo HN RUSSELL, the house took into consideration the lords' amendments to the benefices plurali ties bill. His lordship observed that he assented to them ge nerally; there were some few exceptions. Mr. AGLIONE,Y moved the re-insertion of clause 3, but the proposition was negatived on a division. He next moved the re-insertion of "£150" instead of "£300," where the popu lation did not exceed 2,000. Lord J o RN RUSSELL supported this proposition, whereupon the lords' amendment was disagreed to. Mr. HAWES made a proposition to Frovide for inquiring into the circumstances where a bishop became incapacitated by age or other infirmity; but it was withdrawn, Lord John Russell representing that this bill was limited to the regula tion of benefices pluralities. The amendments being disposed of, a communication with the lords thereupon was ordered. The remaining orders were then proceeded with. Sir E. CODRINGTON moved for returns regarding the grounds on which certain naval officers had been deprived of half-pay; but the house was "counted out" a few minutes before ten o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, The LORD CHANCELLOR, in answer to Lord Brougham's inquiry, said that there would be no objection to lay on the table a copy of the London University charter. Lord GLENELG, in answer to Lord Brougham's observa tions on the subject, defended Lord Durham's conduct, ob serving that it had given general satisfaction in the Canadas, but added that the part of his lordship's ordinance which referred to Bermuda could not be rendered available. The commons' amendments to and alterations of their lordships' amendments to the Municipal Corporations (Ire land) bill were taken into consideration. Some were agreed to and others rejected. The commons' amendment of the •' qualification" clause was negatived on a division, there being 67 for it, and 144 against it ; majority against it, 77. The other alterations called forth considerable, but desultory discussion. A conference with the Commons was ordered, and lords named to manage it. The Tithes (Ireland) Bill was deferred till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TcEsDAY. Reports were presented from the select committees on " church leases", and the "Poor Law Amendment Act," Mr. FIELDEN entering into observations on the latter re port. Mr. .D. W. HARVEY gave notice that he should to-day move the discharge . of the order regarding the Southwark Grammar School Bill. Lord MoRPETH brought in a bill to prevent the alienation of corporate property in Ireland, which was read the first time. Mr. SHAW brought in a bill to provide compensation for certain officers of the Dublin Corporation. Read the first time. The Exchequer Bills Bill, the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Duties Bill, &c., went through committee. The lords' amenilments to the Royal Exchange Re-build ing Bill were agree to. The Duchy of Cornwall Tin Duties Bill went through committee, after. Lord G. SOMERSET proposed that the duty should be 12 , 3, a proposition that he eventually withdrew. The remaining bills being forwarded a stage, and the other business being disposed ot; the house adjourned at eight o'clock. ROUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY The house met at four o'clock; Lord Shaftesbury presided on the woolsack. Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from Louth, Lincolnshire, and other places, against idolatrous worship in India The Military Pay Bill went through committee. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition Irons Leeds in fa vour of a Ten Hours' Factory Bill, and another petition from Bristol to the same effect. _ The Stamp Dies Bill went through committee. The Slave Trade (Tuscany) Bill went through committee. The SlaVe Trade (Sicily) Bill, the .Duku of Hamilton's Estate Bill, and the Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill, seve rally went through committee, and were ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. . _ _ The Fines and Recoveries (Ireland) BM was read a third ime and passed. CANADA. Lord BRouGuAm laid ontietat;le a bill to amend and ex plain the act relating •to the government of Lower Canada, and to abolish the ordinances issued by Earl. Durham. The noble lord said he would explain the enactments of the mea surelo-mortow. The bill was read a first time without dis- cussion. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from Dundee, in favour of the Sheriffs' Courts (Scotland) Bill. The house adjourned at a quarter-past five o'clock until to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair this day at two o'clock. ST. SAVIOUR'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Mr. HARVEY moved to discharge the order for lectve for the committee on St. Saviour's (Southwark) School Bill to sit on Thursday. The hon. member said, according to the rules of the house, a bill could not be referred to a select committee until seven days had elapsed; and the seven days in this case would not expire until Tuesday next. The oh lect of the bill was to erect a new school, and a house for the master to reside in at an expense of £4OOO, which he consi dered quite unnecessary, as there were so few pupils in the school, hp believed only 15. He, therefore, trusted the house would agree to the present motion. Mr. P. THOMPSON said Ile did not object to the motion, as he considered in this case the rules of the house had not been complied with. Motion agreed.to. The reports on the following bills were brought up and agreed to;_ the Consolidated Fund Bill, the Exchequer Bills Bill, the Exchequer Bills (Public Works) Bill, the Four and-a-Half per Centum Duties Bill, the Slave Trade Trea ties Bill, the Coal Trade (London, &c.) Bill, and the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill. 'l'he Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster Bill was read a third time and passed. The Corporate Property (Ireland) Bill went through com mittee. The report on the Duchy of Cornwall (Tin Duties) Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Several petitions on various subjects were presented. The o►her orders of the day were then disposed of and the house adjourned at half-past two o'clock until a quarter be fore four o'clock to-morrow. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. WEDNESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.--The accounts from Manchester state that there was a very active demand for yarn yesterday, and a considerable extent of business was done at the full prices of the preceding week; some of the spinners were demanding a slight advance, which was not ob tained. In goods there was no material change from the preceding Tuesday. The operations in the British funds during yesterday were of a limited description, and Consols closed steady with a trifling improvement at 93i 94 for the Account, Money 934 Opened at the same prices. The foreign exchanges were ra ther lower, and it is expected that some further extensive importations of foreign grain will take place, which will cause the rates of the exchanges to continue low. Exchequer Bills, 75 77 pm.; India Bonds 76 78 pm.; Bank Stock 207 208; India Stock, 264 265; Spanish Active 211 Z; Port uguese34l • Three per'Cents. 24 23; Brazilian 31 3 / 4 to 82; Mexican 2-11 25 3 / 4 ; Colombian 26 3 / 4 27 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cent. 54155. HALF-PAST ONE.--Consols, which were stationary in the early part of the morning at 931 94 for Account, have since improved to 94 3 / 4 , and the market has at present a firm ap pearance. Consols for Money, 93g 91; Exchequer Bills, 78 76; India Bonds, 78; Bank Stock, 2071; India Stock, 265 2641. In the Foreign Market Brazilian improved to 81 3 / 4 82 3 / 4 7 Spanish Active, 21i ; Portuguese, 344; Three per Cents, 224; Mexican, 25 26; Columbian, 27 3 / 4 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 54i 55. In the Share Market a few bargains have been done; Great Western, 13 pm.; Brighton, l 8 dis:; Birmingham, same as yesterday; ditto quarter shares, 282 pm. FOCR o'CLocx.—Consols for Aug. 28, 94k. Spanish Bonds, 21i 3 / 4 . Portuguese Bonds, 3415. Lining the business actually cted.) JAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock, 265 44 India Bonds, 78 76 South Sea Stock, Bank Stock for Acct., Consols for Acct., 94 3i 41, £lOOO Ex. Bills, 78 6 8 £5OO do. 78 6 8 Small do. .78 6 8 Ditto Coulmercial, RES. al price, without reference to • discount.) Asphalte, United States, Asphalte, Netherlands, Asphalte, Swiss, Asphalte (Claridge's Patent , ) 4 London Joint Stock Company (From the official list, con transa BRITISH FUNDS THIS Bank Stock, 2071 3 per Ct. Red., 94; 3 per Ct. Con., 93i ; 3 4 33 4 31 per Ct. Anus. 181 4 8, 3 per Cent. Antis. 1726, 3% per Ct. Red., 1014 2 New 3M per Cents., 101% 11 Long Ans. 1860, 15' 7-16 Ditto, 30 yrs. 1860,15 i SHA T (The quotations give the aettv premium or Real del Monte Unregistered,' Great Western, 79 78 91 London & Greenwich, Northern and Eastern, North Midland, 48 Asphalte, Scotch, Asphalte, Liverpool, Asphalte, Polonceau, Asphalte, British, N r a o t v ion e a i l a t noaannFis of i Fund, Provincial reian MISCELLANEOUS. There have been some renewed trifling disturbances on the part of the Arabs in Constantine. It is rumoured in parliamentary circles, that her Majesty will prorogue parliament in person, on Thursday the 16th nstant. HINT ABOUT UMBRELLAS.—A correspondent of the. Liver pool Mercury suggests an improvement which he says has been found most convenient by all who have adopted it, viz. —carrying your umbrella hung from the braces. • It is understood that 54 surgeons of the royal navy . have accepted the commuted allowance offered by ►he Admiralty, and will be placed on the retired list.—Hampshire Chronicle, The French, not merely of Bordeaux but of Paris, are in great excitement at the arrival of five female Indian dancers, that menace to eclipse Taglioni and Fanny Elsler outright. On Wednesday last, the Earl of Stamford and Warring ton, arrived at his seat at Dunham Hall, on which occasion the Bowden bells rang a merry peal to welcome his lordship. -, Sir Philip Crampton, the Surgeon-general for Ireland, de nies that he has, as- alleged, become a convert to the doe-, trines of animal magnetism. Both the wheat and oat harvest commenced partially last week between Croydon and Lewes. Near Brighton great part of the wheat has been laid as fiat as a turnpike road. BARON BoLr.sNn.—lt gives us pleasure to state that Mr. Baron Bolland, although unable to resume his professional duties, is able to be about again. Mr. Sergeant Andrews tried the prisoners at Lewes in his absence.--Hertibrd Be• former. EARL SEFTON.—This distinguished and much b i eloved nobleman has been removed from his town residence to Stoke; and we are truly sorry to learn, that his lordship re mains in the same alarming state, almost without the possi bility of recovery.—Reading Mercury. A further promotion of clerks to pursers, and of second masters to masters, is expected about the latter end of this month, none having been advanced at the coronation.— Hamyshire Chronicle. MAGISTERIAL PATRONAGE.—It appears by a return to the House of Commons, that the Middlesex and Westmin ster magistrates have the patronage of 220 places, the aggre gate of the annual income of which is £22,250 Bs. 21d. The Marquis of Waterford has sold his -vatch brig the Charlotte to the lion. Col. Fulke Greville, who was expected to sail on Monday from Cowes, with despatches for the Earl of Durham, at Quebec. The young nobleman to whom allusion has been made as about to give a tournament on a magnificent scale, at his baronial castle in Scotland, is the Earl of Eglintoun i whose seat is Eglintoun Castle, in Ayrshire. On Saturday last, as some men were mowing near Luthrie, the electric fluid was attracted by their scythes, anti one of them had his watch nearly melted, and was himself consider ably benumbed, but not seriously injured.—Edinburgli Even ing Post. We are authorised to state that there is no truth in the re port of Lord Shelburne's marriage with Miss Elphinstone de Fla hault.—Morning Chronicle. The two Americas do not produce a single heath, nor the southern part of the Continent a rose.—Floricultural Mag azine. The present receipts of the Newcastle and Carlisle Rail way Company exceed by one thousand guineas per month, those of the corresponding period of last year. Mr. Abercromby, son of the Speaker, one of our foreign diplomatists, is, it is said, about to be united in marriage to Lady Mary Elliott, eldest daughter of Lord Minto. The following anagram may amuse some of our readers: — Victoria Regina, in Old England. I reign a victor in a golden land. The Duke of Montebello has demanded the expulsion from the Swiss territory of Prince Louis Napoikon Bo naparte. - - - - • • • STATE OF TRADE, Mosaay.—Little business has been transacted to-day, and there as been no improvement in prices. It does not afford a fair remuneration to the manu facturer, nor any adequate compensation to the hand-loom weaver.—Blackburn Standard. SCOTT THE LEAPER.—On Tuesday, and each of the two following days, the celebrated Samuel Scott, plunged into the tide from off the summit off one of the highest masts in the port of Swansea, a fiat which astonished the spectators. —Methyr Guardian. The grand entertainment to be given by her Majesty at the new palace, on the 17th instant, in honour of her august mother's birthday, will be a sumptuous dejeuner, and not a ball as at first rumoured in the higher circles. We pledge ourselves to convince the most sceptical, that letters, taking one with the other, can be carried throughout the kingdom for a penny, with an average profit of cent. per cent. on each.—Fraser's Magazine. The Bishop of Llandaff is, we are happy to state, quite re covered from the serious indisposition which that revered prelate was labouring under a short time since. His lordship is at present on a visit to Lady Wilson, at SidElOnlh. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET. AUG. 6th.—There iS but little change in the market to-day ; perhaps, rather more business has been done, and at prices certainly not lower than those of last week. There is no alteration in the wool market : the prices may be quoted the same as last week.— Manchester Guardian. Very stringent measures will be adopted to punish the slop dealers at Woolwich and elsewhere, wbo induce soldiers to sell their necessaries; this has been found necessary in con sequence of the great frequency of the crime, and with a view to diminish corporal punishment as much as possible. We are glad to be able to contradict the statement of the death of Mr. Poyntz, the member for Midhurst. Mr. Poyntz has been very ill, but is now much better The rumour ori ginated in the Brighton papers, and is still going the round of the local journals•—Morning Herald. We are happy to announce the convalescence of Lord Stor mont, after a long and severe indisposition, with which lie was attacked soon after the demise of his deeply-lamented and ac complished lady. His lordship has arrived at Lord Mans field's, in Langharn.place, fur the purpose of resuming his parliamentary duties.—Morning . Herald. The report of the Irish railway commission is not given in favour of any particular line or lines, but comes to the conclu sion that, as no rail line in Ireland would pay more than four per ceut., the government should take the railway system in that country under its management. Lux uttIANT CROP.—A stalk of Wheat has been left at this Office, by a respectable farmer of Itathrautlan, which measures seven feet and a half inch. The head is quite full, This re markable instance of early vegetation is a good omen of a plentiful crop.—Downpatricic Recorder. Colonel Wyndham, Major 'Jones, Royal Engineers, and Mr. Buck, Civil Engineer, examined the River. Fergus on Tuesday with a view to making the river navigable for ves sels of 300 tons burthen up to the town of Ennis. Mr. Buck is now making the requisite survey, for the purpose of ascer taining the probable cost of the work.—Linierick Standard. Lord John, Russell professes to feel himself exceedingly scandalised at being called upon, as he expresses it, " to bow his neck to the yoke of the House of Lords ;" yet the noble lord can bear the O'Connell yoke without venturing a word of complaint, and willingly becomes the slave of the lowest of the low without any (avowed) sense of degradation. SPORTING WAGER!—Mr. Lamb, of Youghal, rode his splendid llav Horse from that town to Cork, on Tuesday a distance of 30 English miles in two hours and eighteen minutes, winning the wager (1.:500) in sporting style, having twelve minutes to spare. This is a feat almost unprecedented in Ire_ land, and shows the very superior qualities of the horse, being as we understand, twenty-five years old.—L imerick Standard: MOOR GAME.—It is likely that the game in the moors in the neighbourhood of Rochdale and Whitworth will be very scarce this season, as great quantities of the young birds have been found dead: no doubt they have been killed by the se vere storm on the 4th ult. One person alone, in one day last week, found upwards of fifty birds dead on one moor near Whitworth; and large quantities have been found by others. —Bolton Chronicle. On the Ist of July, Holland had in commission nine fi igates, seven corvettes, four large and one small brig, three steam boats, thirteen gun-boats, each carrying five guns, and twenty five, with three guns; - together manned by 4,793 men. Not in commission, three ships of the line, thirteen frigates, seven corvettes, nine large and three small brigs, one steam-boat, and a great number of gun-boats. On Sunday morning last, a farmer residing at Miln's Hill, Tonge-lane, near - Middleton, had an excellent cow died of the milk fever; and on Monday three Manchester butchers were observed dressing it. A watch was consequently kept by a number of navigators employed on the railway; and, on towards 'ruesda Manchester in a.van, when a Tuesday morning, the three butchers aboutwer e seen twok takingoc lo'clock it oif general attack was made by the navigators, who took the cow from them, cut it into pieces, and threw it into the canal. They also broke the van to pieces, and beat the butchers in a shocking manner. It is only a few weeks since another butcher from Manchester was sarved in a similar manner, near the same place. THE WESLEYAN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.—On Thurs day last, the preachers and other deputies, .amounting to about seventy, from different parts of England and Scotland, held their first meeting in Bailie-street Chapel, Rochdale. Part of the day was occupied in the case of Dr. Warren, which was not concluded till the following morning. On Sunday morning, Mr. Eckett, from London, preached; in the afternoon, the - Bev. Mr. Kennedy, of Paisley; and in the evening, the Rev. Mr. Peters, of Liverpool. On Mon day the case of chapel trustees was brought before the meet ing, and underwent a long discussion. The business on hand is not likely to be got through before the end of the week.—Manchester Guardian. Some researches recently made in the cathedral of Rouen have led to the discovery, under the pavement of the sanctuary of the statue of Richard Cceur-de-Lion, which used to orna ment his tomb, and a box enclosing his heart. This statute, which is in perfect preservation, is six feet and a half in length, and represents the king in a recumbent position, with his feet resting on a lion couchant. The tomb was once enclosed bY a railing of silver, which was sold in the middle .of the 13th century, in order to pay the ransom of St. Louis. This tomb is to be restored and placed in the chapel of the Holy •V irgin. There is at present working at the North Midland Railway Tunnel, at Chevet, near Wakefield, a Polish refugee, named Francis Frowiski. This man was a doctor in his native land; but, being driven thence by the Russian tyrant, adversity now compels him to carry bricks and mortar. He has been in Yorkshire three years, and from the notice he has met with at Wakefield, we hope that something will be done to elevate a man who is " ashamed to beg" (though not to work) into a station more like his former one than the brick-yard.— Leeds_Mercury. FIRE AT THE LANCASTER TuEATIiE.—On Monday, just previous to the ornmencement of the Misses Smith's concert, some calico-looking cloth, on which were painted some of the temperance mottoes, and which were used to fit up the right wing of the stage, accidentally ignited. As may he imagined, from the inflammable nature of the material, a blaze of fire shot up in an instant. By great exertions on the part of the performers, in which they were assisted by some of the audi who rushed to the spot, the cloth in question was torn down, and the fire extinguished before any further damage was done, The performances soon after proceeded.-- Lancaster Guardian . The Duke of Wellington had a long conference yesterday at Apsley House, from one till three, p.m., with the Earl of Haddington, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, and Lord Lyndhurst. There have been several meetings of conservative peers at his grace's mansion, during the last few days, on the subject, it is understood, of the Irish tithe bill— the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earls of Rosslyn, Aberdeen, Haddington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Bishop of Exeter, and other peers, assembled at Apsley House on Saturday and the preceding ay. ,We understand the noble duke has, at pre sent, no intention of making a continental tour, as reported. His grace, after the prorogation, will probably proceed as usual to Walmer Castle for the autumnal months.—Morning Herald, Tuesday. CIRCASSIA.—We have received, via Constantinople, ad vices from our correspondent in Circassia dated the 14th ult. which fully confirm our previous announcement of the catas trophe experienced by the Russian fleet in the Black Sea on the 11th ult. Three ships of the line, two corvettes, five brigs, two steamers, and two smaller craft, had been com pletely wrecked on the coast, and ]1 ships of war stranded, and supposed to be irrecoverable. It was believed that not fewer than 30 Russian ships had been put hors de combat by the hurricane. The garrison of the fort of Scotcha, having made two sorties to protect the wrecks of the two corvettes, was attacked by the natives, and compelled to retreat with the loss of 1000 men out of the 1100 of which the party had consisted. The Circassians, after plundering the cot vettes. set fire to them, and burned four other vessels., under the very guile of tho fort—Threes, Thuriday, ELOPEMENTS IN is reported at Paris, that since the commencement of this winter seven young ladies of noble families have eloped : one of them is stated to have gone off with her corn-cutter! .THE IRON TRADE.—The iron trade in this neighbourhood (says the Wolverhampton Chronicle) continues in a cheerful and prosperous state; and we learn that the principal iron masters have on hand as many orders as they desire, and there are large contracts yet to be made for railway iron. A large poplar tree was blown down last winter on the demesue at Newcastle, in this county, and on its being lately cut-up, itwas discovered that upwards of one hundred large nails were concealed in it, probably for the purpose of training shrubs against it, and over which the timber had grown nearly two inches all round.— Limerick Standaru. A TREMENDOUS HORSE.—On Saturday last was exhibited in the King's Head stables, Derby, a gigantic bay horse, "Phenomenon," wbo stands upwards of twenty hands high, weighs 16 cwt. is seven years old, and his perfectly and pro portionately formed. Sixpence a head was charged for a sight of this extraordinary animal, and the Visitors were. numerous. The horie is nearly thorough bred. The Duke of Devonshire, as English ambassador extra ordinary, intends to surprise the Milanese nobility by the splendour of his equipages, at the coronation at Milan, next month. The noble duke has already assisted in the capacity of minister plenipotentiary at the coronation of the Emperor Nicholas, at Moscow, when he was accompanied by Lord Morpeth, Mr. Crow, Lord Robert Grosvenor, and Mr. Caven dish, now Lord Burlington. CHATSWORTIL—The Duke of Devonshire is now at Chats worth, settling with Sir ieoffery Wyattville for further im provements about that noble mansion. It is understood that his grace will leave for the continent in 'about a fortnight. The Sardinian Ambassador Extraordinary (the Marquis of Brignole,) the Earl and Countess of Harewood, Count Paul Esterhazy, and Mr. and Mrs. Rothchilds of Naples, have visited his grace during the week. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVER LUNE.—Mr. Stevenson, the civil engineer employed to improve the navigation of the Clyde, and subsequently of the Ribble, has been in Lancaster with his assistants recently, for the purpose of surveying the Lune, with a view to report On the capacities of the river, and the probable expense of deepening it, so as to render it navigable as far as the old bridge for vessels of large burden. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—Workmen are employed in clearing the whole of the wooden pallisades and temporary workshops which liad enclosed the space fronting the grand entrance of the London and Birmingham Railway at Euston-square. A number of workmen have commenced digging the foundations for two immense hotels, fronting the entrance. These hotels will form a crescent, and each hotel will comprise 150 beds. EDINBURGH OPERATIVES' CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. —On Monday evening, a meeting of the operatives of Edin burgh was held in the Benevolent and Strangers' Friend Society Hall, High-street, when they formed themselvesinto an association to be called "the Edinburgh Operatives' Con servative Association." We understand that a large number have already joined the association, and that it is contemplated to set on foot a reading-room in connection with it, under the management of the office-bearers and committee.—Edinttryli Evening Post. STATE OF TRADE.—The activity and the increased firm ness observable in the Liverpool cotton market have produced some effect here. There was an extensive demand for most descriptions of yarn yesterday, and an advance of a per pound was pretty generally realized ; but the spinners complain, that this advance does nut compensate them for *the increased price which they must pay for cotton. The demand for goods was also tolerably brisk, especially for printing cloths, which were rather scarce, and commanded an advance of P i to 3d. per piece on the rates of last week.—Manchester Guardian, Wednesday. CAUTION TO BANKERS, TRADESMEN, &c.—A person of gentlemanly appearance, about 2.3 years of age, short in sta ture, fair complexion, light hair, and fashionably dressed, was a few days ago in the neighbourhood of Halton, York shire, endeavouring to circulate notes of various banks in the south of England, payable in London, and which notes formed part of a considerable parcel that was forwarded not long ago by one of the Bath banks to Loudon, and stolen during its transit. Payment of the notes has been stopped, so that bankers, tradesmen, &c. should be on their guard. NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—The most strenuous and ac tive efforts are in progress for the completion of this line. The contractors are making every possible exertion to effect an opening in the town of Preston as early as possible in the next month. The works of the Ribble bridge have of late proceeded very satisfactorily, and with extraordinary expedi tion. The arches already finished have a very beautiful ap pearance; and the bridge, when completed, will undoubt edly be one of the most elegant structures of the kind in the north of England. The tunnel, south of and immediately contiguous to Fishergate, is in a forward state, and the exca- ' vations for carrying the line under that street will commence immediately. . FRAUDS IN TRANSMITTING NEWSPAPERS BY POST. — CAUTION.—II is not, we believe, generally known, that an act was passed in the last session of parliament (namely, the Ist Victoria, cap. 3b, sec. 5,) by which parties enclosing let ters or other writings in newspapers forwarded by post, or writing iu the inside thereof with common, sympathetic, or other secret ink, shall forfeit treble the amount of postage as if the paper were a letter so.chargeable by weight or dis tance, or may be prosecuted for a misdemeanor, at the option of the postmaster-general. The Gazette des 211bunau.v states, that on the night of the 231(1 ult. about fifty evil disposed persons- assembled on the lands lately purchased by Mr. Matthews, au English gentle man, at Fanton, in the Cotes- du Nord, and set about a ge neral destruction of all that stood on them. Five thousand yards of ditching were levelled, and all the crops completely destroyed, Not satisfied with this, they collected in a barn the Implements of husbandry which Mr. Matthews had brought over from England, and set fire to them, with a view, no doubt, of completely ruining the establishment. The authorities are taking active measures for the discovery and punishment of the perpetrators of these acts of igno rance and savageness. STEAM-BOAT FROM LONDON TO OXFORD.—The novel ex periment of driving a steam barge from London to Oxford, capable of carrying two hundred tons, was on Saturday last successfully accomplished. This boat, called the Shell, draws only twb feet of water, and is impelled by two 20-horse high pressure engines. Her paddle wheel is in the stern, to en able her to pass the locks without difficulty. She is 120 feet long, and 15 feet in width; has two rudders (one at each quarter), Worked by one wheel, arid her chimney lets down on the deck, for the convenience of passing the bridges. To give a fair idea of her rate of travelling, it will be sufficient 'to state, that she was only two hours and a half in coming from Old Windsor to Maidenhead, a part of the river rendered most particularly difficult by the rapidity of the current, and . the numerous very sudden turns in its course. The vessel also laboured under many other disadvantages, from this being her first voyage, all of which can easily be remedied in future. She returned to towu early on Tuesday morning last.-41vford Chronicle. ENTRY OF ADMIRAL TATHAM To HORNBY CASTLE.— Friday last being the day appointed for the triumphal entry of Admiral Tatham into the estates and domains, the posses sion of which he has so lon g and gallantly contested, was a day never to be forgotten atHornbv. At an early hour in the morning, the roads leading to the village were thronged with pedestrians and vehicles of all descriptions: so great a concourse of persons has not, indeed, been seen in that vil lage for many years. Admiral Tatham left Swarthdale Efouse, the - seat of his gallant brother officer, Sir Robert Barrie, about twelve o'clock, and proceeded to Melling, having agreed to meet his relatives and friends from York shire at the house of the Rev. J. Tatham, vicar of Melling. After waiting a short time here, the procession formed; and, about one o'clock, the cavalcade set out for Hornby, distant about two miles, preceded by three hands of music, and con sisting of an almost interminable line of vehicles. The people of the neighbourhood insisted on drawing him into Hornby. A great concourse of persons was here assembled, by whom the admiral was welcomed to his patrimonial estate with warm enthusiasm. On.alighting from his carriage, the admiral briefly addressed the crowd, telling them, that from that day forward the right of fishing in the noble river at their feet was free to every inhabitant of the two parishes, and he should be happy to see the poor man help himself to a dish of ssh at any time. At about half-past three, about one hundred ladies and gentlemen of the admiral's friends sat down to a sumptuous repast. The dinner was succeeded by dancing, and in the evening a splendid display of fire works took place. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—We understand the works of this railway are in a much better state than they were ; and that the line is not like the same. That the chief fault lies, as we observed, in the carriages, is manifest. A friend of ours, who went down for the purpose of examining the running, as sures us, that even between carriages of the first class there is no comparison; one jolting like a cart, while the other he went down by was pleasant and easy. No alteration is con templated in the line, except completing.the packing, which is doing as fast as possible. The carriages, however, that are faulty, are being altered. As to the gage, about which there has been so much ignorant clamour, we simply mention the following facts, and leave them without another word to the good sense of our readers :—The editor of this journal, when the question of an increase of gage was first mooted, without knowing what Mr. Brunel intended, on a scientific investiga tion of the subject fixed on six feet as the minimum, and six feet and a half as the maximum, or standard. Since that the subject has been deeply considered by men of science, scien tific engineers, &c., and if there had been any error these men would quickly have discovered it. But the simply fact is, Von Gertsner has constructed his Zarsko Selo line of 18 miles, on six feet the minimum gage, which has now been in work for nearly two years, and works, as we are informed, admirably. Lastly, the Irish commissioners' report, just out, in which are associated Professor Barlow, Lieut. Drummond, Mr. Vignoles, C.E., and Mr. Macneill, one of the most scien tific practical engineers of the day,, fixes upon the same mini mum gage of six feet; two inches more are added for the con venience of placing the wheels outside the carriages; On the bank, by the side of the railway, the directors are now laying down iron tubes containing wires for communicating with the various 9 stations by means of Wheatstone's electric telegraph. The advantages, if it succeed, will be immense; the expense we have heard shout £l3O Per mile. The contractor will coin mence repairing his fault on the Maidenhead-bridge this week.—Railway A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.—ROBERT TAYLOR.,—AC cording to his account, he is the son of t he late Lord Kennedy, who married his mothertwclve months after his birth. His mother dying when he was young, his father ordered him to be put to nurse ; and a woman named Rubinson, in the City Road, London, received £lOO a-year and £1 a-week, to tak . e care of him. When about seven years of age, he was stolen by some gipsies, who deserted him at Bilston, where a collier Picked him up, and he was employed in the pits. It hap pened in the mean time, that Lord Kennedy died ; and having no lawful issue, he bequeathed the greater portion of his property to the subject of this narrative. Inquiries were Instituted in all directions to find him out ; and advertise ments fully describing his person, and some particular marks 'upon his arms, were inserted in the leading journals. Just at this time he was taken ill at Bilston, and was in the habit of attending a surgeon daily for his prescriptions. The sur geon, having seen the advertisement, thought he recognised the person wanted in his patient; and on asking him questions, and examining him closely, he .became convinced that he was a "diamond in the rough ;" and he accordingly wrote to the advertising parties in London. He was recognised by Mts. Robinson, and was placed in a situation of affluence; but, unhappy there, he took a large sum of money with him, and went to Bilston, where, in dissipation, he soon spent it, and was brought near to death. In this situation, an angel of the temperance society crossed his path—he became a " tee-totaller;" and, after raising the wind to a considerable extent from those who had well assured themselves of his future hopes, he started again for London in good style, and once more placed himself under the care of Mts. Robinson. Having remained there for the last three years, he became uncomfortable, and resolved upon leaving. It appears that, according to one of the eccentricities of the will under which he has obtained a portion, and is to have the whole, of his property, he was bound to live with Mrs. Robinson until he got married, or attained the age of twenty-one. He ad vertised for a wife, and receiving an answer from Birmingham, went there last week, and seeing the fair one, fixed Saturday for the marriage. She wished to wait till Monday. Upon which he inquired fur another girl, was introduced to Mary Ann Skidmore, who was fetched out of Mr. Barnes's factory, in Newhall-street, to see him on Friday, and on Saturday morning they were married by license at St. Phillip's church , both looking' forward, no doubt, with the pleasing anticipation of being in two years in the enjoyment of property, it is said, to the enormous amount of £60,00t) per annum. He is now only nineteen years of age, and his wife not so old. She is a good-looking girl, and the daughter of a pour but honest parents in Edmund-street. She bore a good character from her employer. They remained in. Birmingham until Tuesday raore i n o-, when they started- for Derby,—..Abridged frow tho BirtnirNMl, flOUrl4Ol. The Bishop of London is enabled to resume his duties in he House of Lords. Monmouth is to be transferred from the diocese of Here ford to that of Llandaff. At a sale of Mr. Pearson's effects in Nottingham, a lock of Napoleon Bonapatte's hair fetched the sum of seventeen shillings. • • - - A large cotton and woollen cloth factory at Elbeuf was burnt to the ground on the 4th instant. The loss was esti mated at a million francs (£40,000.) It is reported that Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield's salary is £2OOO per annum! This is, we should think, as good a thing as kidnapping an heiress.—Brighton Gazette. The Earl of Romnev, on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter on 'l'hurday last, presented to each of his work men 2s. 6d., and 3lbs. of meat and two pots of ale to each member of their families. Lord Powerscourt, in consequence of indisposition, is going to the south of Europe, where he will reman until the opening of patliament-in-thi- spring, by which time he hopes he will be sufficiently recovered to resume his attendance in the House of Commons.—Bath Journal. There is now growing in the garden of Mr. Samuel Jack son, Winsford, eleven roots of wheat, on which are 458 stems, occupying three yards of ground, or twenty-seven square feet, being the product of one grain of common white wheat, sown about the beginning of last August; some of the stalks 'are more than five feet high. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of 'London for the week ending Saturday last, the 4th instant, consisted, according to the official returns, of 451 ounces of gold, and 17,295 ounces of silver, all which was forwarded to South Australia. EDINBURGH.—TO mariners who navigate the northern seas it will be interesting to learn that the commissioners of the Northern Light Company have it in contemplation immedi ately to erect a light-house on the Covesea Skerries, a dan gerous reef of rocks which often proves destructive to life and property. WARNING TO GROCERS.—A grocer was convicted before the Mayor of Wexford, this week, on the summons of an inhabitant, for including the brown paper covering in the weight of his teas and sugars. The grocer pleaded in bar what he said was the custom of his tradeln Dublin, Cork, Limerick, &c.—Saunders' News Letter. HORTICULTURAI. SOCIETY.—At the meeting of this society on Wednesday, a Trinidad pine-apple, weighing 51b. 120 z., from the gardens of this society, was exhibited. It is one of those extraordinary fruits that grow on that island near a pitch lake, and are there met with at a weight of 281bs. which they might probably attain in this country were the soil and cultivation properly known.—Standard. A girl living at Hythe, near Southampton, has a singular propensity to eat hair, and is kept closely cropped in conse quence, to prevent her eating her own hair. Amongst other modes of gratifying her perverted taste, she picks the blan kets of her bed and any similar substance that will afford a substitute.—Dorset Chronicle.., WEIGHT OF THE HUMAN BODY.—M. Chaussie dried a human body in an oven, the original weight of which was 1201bs ; when dry it was reduced to 12lbs. Hence the solid matter of the body was water as one to nine or one-tenth. From t_his it will be seen how great a proportion the fluids of the body bear to the solids. Curtains Fisn.—A very curious fish or the species of Opah or Imperial Zeus, was found last week at Colbugh ; its di mensions were as follows: —length three feet, breadth 23 inches, weight about 100 pounds, predominating colour red, with a rich lustre of gold, and appearing as if varnished, the back of a silvery white, tongue subulate.—Merthyr Guardian. A new species of pea has been just introduced into the neighbourhood of Dorchester by Mr. Harris, of Upway Nur sery Gardens, which offers an excellent imitation of the French bean. This pea, which is termed the Sultana bean pea, is dressed in precisely the same manner as the French bean—viz., without being `• shelled," and they form a re markably nice and succulent dish. The little Canadian Rebel, Roebuck, did not appear at our assizes last week as was expected. It has come out that he met with no encouragement at York, and conceiving that his great talents were neglected, he took the sulks and marched off the circuit altogether.— York paper. FlRE.—Between four and five o'clock on Wednesday morn ing, an alarming fire broke out in the lower part of the house of Mr. Crawford, bookbinder, Amen-corner, Paternoster-row. The room in which the fire originated is used as a workshop, and contained a very large quantity of new publications just published by Mr. Orr, of Paternoster-row. The damage done is estimated at £3OO, but Mr. Crawford is only insured fur £2(lo. —Standard. Ono ALE.—A short time ago as a man of the name of David Clayton was digging for fir wood on Sutton Moss, he discovered at a considerable depth, immediately under some wood, a bottle of ale, which proved to be of most excellent flavour. It is calculated that the fir wood has been imbedded in the Moss for upwards of forty years. The ale must have been there for an equally long period of time.—Macclesfield Courier. LICENcES.—The licenses of dealers in plate expired on Thursday lest; in cases where the licenses ate not renewed, defaulters are subjected to a penalty of £2O. The licences of hawkers expired on Wednesday, and persBns hawking with out a fresh licence will subject themselves to fine and impri sonment. Valuers and appraisers, acting without a licence, will render themselves liable to heavy penalties. Though there are at present 140 Barristers belonging to the Northern Circuit, at the Durham Assizes last week, there were but 17 civil and 11 criminal causes tried. The disparity between the number of wigs and briefs was still greater at Newcastle and Carlisl e . Th e p ro f ess i on i s overs t oc kd, crime is diminishing, and people are getting wiser than to go to law for trifles.—Newcastle Journal. The follow is a comparative statement of vessels, their ton nage, and the number of passengers which have arrived at the port of Quebec to the 11th of July, 1837 and 1838: Vessels. Tonnage. Passengers. 1838 . ... 534 .... 172,032 .... 1,721 1637 .... 501 .... 155,359 ... . 15,543 More this year 33 .... 16,673 Less 13,822 THE RUSSIAN NAVY.—The Russian force in the Baltic may be rated as follows :—Four three-deckers, of 110 guns . each ; twenty-six other ships of the line averaging 80 guns each ; twenty frigates, some 60, the others 41 guns, avera ging 50 guns each. Corvettes, gun-boats, armed steamers, &c., in great numbers. In the Black Sea Russia hat 15 sail of the line and many frigates of 60 guns and downwards ; so that Russia may be said to have 51 or 55 heavy ships of the lines and from 30 to 40 frigates, besides a multitude of other vessels of war, all manned, equipped, afloat, and regularly ex ercised. SPORTSMEN.—THE Moons.—Wc understand the prospect for the sportsman this autumn upon the Perthshire moors is much better than has been the case for several seasons. The snow storms of last winter and spring, which were so disas trouS in Aberdeen and Kincardineshire, wore comparatively moderate upon the central Highlands, which seemed to have been resorted to by the grouse from other quarters for shelter. Upon all the higher shooting grounds in this county' the birds are very plentiful, the coveys strong in number, but very ir regular as to size, which is supposed to have been caused by the interrupted incubation by the weather in May. The in quiries after the moors are very numerous this season, and few in this county of character are now to let.—Perth paper. The passage in Scripture, "The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, and a little child shall lead them," has lately been literally realized by a most extraordinary exhi bition of Mr. Van Amburgh, at the New York Zoological Institute. This gentleman enters a cage containing lions, tigers, and other beasts of prey, accompanied by a child nine years' old, and a pet lamb, and alter the whole have gone through various groupings, he fearlessly places his bare arm, moist with blood, in the lion's mouth, and thrusts his head into the distended jaws of a tiger. The animals, we believe, are now on their way to the metropolis, and Mr. Van Am burgh, who has lately arrived at Liverpool, is about to follow them.—Sheffield Mercury. CONSECRATION OF NEW CHURCHES IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH.—The new Church at Greenfield, near Mold, which contains 524 sittings, two thirds of which are free, was consecrated by the esteemed Bishop of St. Asaph, on Mon day week. The Incumbent, the Rev. D. Williarzrs, deliv ered an admirably appropriate sermon in the morning; and in the evening, the Rev. R. Richards, Rector of Caerwvs, preached an excellent sermon.—On Tuesday, his lordship consecrated the new Church at Brymbo, in the parish of Wrexham; and on Wednesday performed the same ceremony at the new Churth at Cefu Buchan, near Ruabon ; on Thurs day he also repeated the same rite at Rhyd y Croesan, in the parish of Llansillin, near Oswestry ; and on Friday, his lordship completed his interesting labours, by, consecrating the new Church recently erected by a liberal individual, in the parish of Llanfawr, near Bala. RAILWAY FROM VENICE TO MILAN.—By letters from Italy, of a late date, it appears that the directors of this great undertaking, for which a capital of 50 millions Austrian Livres (about £1,700,000 sterling) in 50,000 shares is sub scribed, are in daily expectation of receiving from the Em peror of Austria, its still required conclusive privileges. Already the plans of the line and the calculations of the levels and inclines are completed. This railway will pass through the most densely populated and the most interesting parts or the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, connecting the splendid capitals, Milan and Venice by - the ancient towns of 'Brescia, Verona, Vicenza and Padua, besides numerous smaller in termediate places. The length of the whole line from Venice to Milan will be 271,361 metres or about 1461 Italian or En glish miles. It will cross the post-roads eleven times—four times on the same identical level, six times almost, at one and the same level, and in one instance only, at an elevation of 3 metres. None of the inclinations will exceed 3in 10(X), and in the entire length of the road, being, as stated, 271,361 metres this very inconsiderable maximum in elevation, ex tends over 24,014 metres only, divided into 5 tarts, none of which exceeds 6000 metres (or a little more than 3 English miles) in length—all at some distance from each other, and in many instances favoured by a counter inclination, so that the locomotive engines may with perfect ease run the whole length . of the line, without the assistance of additional power. Although this . railway will traverse a country highly cultiva ted, the amount required for indemnities, for demolitions as well as decrease ru value of buildings, 2k.c. will scarcely reach 500,(X)0 Austrian Lires (about £17,000). The calcula tions of the lateral line froln Bermago to Triviglio are also rapidly approaching towards completion. The above results are deemed, highly favourable and have much increased the hope for success of this splendid undertaking, which fairly, promises an important increase to the prosperity of the port of Venice and all Lombardy.—Gore's Advertiser. THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAMEP..—WhiIe on the Clyde the other day, we went ashore at Port Glasgow to have a peep at this must splendid vessel, the largest ever built in Britain, and we freely confess that the sight amply repaid us for the visit. From the river, the British Queen, owing to her ele gance of shape and fine proportions, does not look so large as she really is, but us you approach her on the wharf, com paring her with other large vessels pear her, tier tremendous bulk becomes more imposing, her extreme length stretching 275 feet, being 35 feet longer than the largest line of battle ship now afloat. But, if the visitor is surprised while stand. ing near her, he is doubly so after ascending the ladder and going upon deck, which being flush ail along, in length and breadth resembles a tolerable street, being clear over deck 40 feet, and over the paddle-boxes 64 feet. The workmen are at present employed in fitting up the interior, and she will be ready to receive her boilers and machinery in a month; but will not be finished for five or six months. The space in her cabin is large enough for a ball-room. All the materials are of the first .quality, and the workmanship is of the best order, combining durability with great elegance, uniformity, and chasteness of ornament. We almost wandered in the space set apart for the passengers' berths, which can be tom pared to nothing else than a barracks. The passage is some what in the form of a horse's shoe, with small apartments with double berths, one above the other, on each side. In the front part of the vessel there are additional berths, and in all she is to have accommodation for about four hundred passengers t—the passages between the different suites of apartments. and their arrangement, rivalling those of a modern well-furnished hotel. The hold is also the most ca pacious we ever saw, and will afford abundance of stowage. The paddle-boxes are entirely outside, and do not at all in terfere with the sweep of her deck, which stands at present from 30 to 40 feet out of water—of course when her ma chinery, amounting to something about WO tons, is on board, her draught of water, at present perhaps 10 feet, will be con siderably increased. '['here she lies, her gigantic bulk throwing every other stearnes into the shade—an admirable . illustration and a noble monument of the irresistible power and progress of science. The sight will he more attractive some months hence when the boilers and machinery, of, - we believe, 450 horse-power, are on board, and the interior in a more forward state. Since her arrival in Port-Glasgow; she has been daily visited by hundreds of vimiribg ineetators.— • 4tir 4drorfiyvr, . INFIDELITY.—We hear that a Jew is now perambulating the agricultural districts in this county, preaching, by ap pointment, in the open air, denying our Saviour. Should this be tolerated ?—Chester Courant. Eight hundred acres of land in the fens of Lincolnshire were sold by Mr. George Robins last week, at Spilsby, for fifty-one thousand four hundred and eighty guineits.—Lin .. colnshire paper. . . Lord Western has recently presented' Cranmer's or the Great Bible, to the Duke of t.-:,ussex, as a tribute Of - respect to his Royal Highness, whose collection of Bibles 'in all languages and of all editions is probably the finest in the woad.-:Evening paper. IMPORTANT TO MERCIIANTS.—The following is an extract of a letter from Sir Henry Parnell to one of his constituents in Dundee :—" The exertions I have made in order to pre vent the government of France from imposing additional duties on British linens and yarns imported into France have . . been successful, so far as to prevent those measures from being passed during the late session of the French chambers; : and I believe that active steps will be taken by our government to protect our linen and yarn trade from such a measure, here after taking place." PAYING FOR THE WHISTLE.—II will be remembered that in November last the corporation of this borough entertained at a public dinner (the mayor in the chair) that notorious libeller of English female chastity, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, and so extensive and costly were the preparation, that two penny balls and other low temptations, calculated to. debauch the mind, were resorted to in order to "raise the wind" and meet the expenses; but notwithstanding all these means and appliances to boot of the committee, one individual of it bas had to pay £9O as his share of the transaction.--_-Stockport Advertiser. BALLOON ASCENT.—A Mr. Brown, in imitation of' Mr. Green, has taken to aerial navigation. He ascended from the Sheffield Botanical Gardens on Monday, accompanied by a Mr. Spring. The ascent took place at '2O minutes to six o'clock. The balloon has been entirely made by Mr.-Brown, and is next in size to the great Nassau, while all theimprove ments in aeronautics have been introduced in the preparation' of the silk and the various details, and it is, perhaps, thelnost perfect air vessel ever made in this or any other country:'' Mr. Brown passed over Doncaster, at a quarter past sit, at'srgreat altitude, and was going in the direction of Goole or BeVerley. —Sheffield Iris. • CAUTION.—On Saturday last, as two young gentlemen were walking near the Serpentine, they saw a lad, about 141'years of age, with a Lucifer match in his hand, attempting to. fire off a small cannon which lay on the ground before Mini . but the snatch failing to do it as. readily as he wished, he knelt dews, and applying his breath to the almoSt dying einberS'Of the lucifer, a spark caught the priming, and with a loud explosion the cannon burst. The boy fell to the earthin seeming agony. The gentlemen hastened to his assistance; kz i a on raising him they discovered that one eve was completely forced from the socket, and hanging on the cheek, that his face was dread fully lacerated, and the other eye so much injured that to all appearance blindness will be the poor boy's lot for the re mainder of his - days. fie was conveyed to St. George's Uos pital.—Standard. MARRIAGE IN Hicil LIFE.—The 'lovely and amiable Lady Mary Alethea Talbot willbe-shortly led to:-the altar of Hymen by the young Prince Doria, of Rome, 'who besides immense possessions in Naples and Tuscany, has the Three finest palaces in Rome, containing the most aplendid'collec tion of paintings in Italy. His Highness is also nearly re lated to the royal families of Naples and*Sardini* Are-is at present on a visit at Alton Towers, where are also his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Marqpis of ,Douro, and other fashionables. The nuptials•are' Id be :Celebrated at Rome. The Prince is in the 25th year of his „age,And,her ladyship in her 21st year, She is grand-deUghter of Mr. William Talbot, of Rocklands, in this county, arid - niece to the member for Ross.— Wexford paper. THE HARVEST IN IRELAND.—The reports of. the appear ance of the crops in the west of Ireland are much More satis factory than could have been expected, considering the'late ness of the spring, and the partial failure of the potatoe crop. The wheat and oats, if not injured by the present heavy rains, will be a full crop—the straw of the latter rather short. The potatoes, notwithstanding the blight, which was.princi pally confined to the middle sowing (the early and late ones having escaped), will yield more than an average 'return. Hay and flax, however, will be a short crop—the former, on the high grounds, is very poor, while on the low lands it has been in many districts injured by the' floods, and is still uncut; the latter has not been sown in the usualluantities, and, generally speaking, is looking very badly. , Should the present rainy weather be succeeded by a few' weeks 'Or tun shine, an abundant harvest may be calculated on.—Dublin Evening Mail. ~. . . DEATH FROST HYDROPHOBIA.—The following lamentable occurrence at 20, Upper Lissuntstreet t - Lisson.grOve,' ar)- bone, has thrown a respetable family into lhe,greatest afflic tion, and caused no inconaiderable degree of excitement throughout the neighbourhood :—lt appears Chat about two mouths ago a fine little boy natned.John Evans,. son of a painter and French polisher, residing at the house above referred to, was seized upon and bitten in the lower part of the stomach by a dog, supposed to be in a rabid state ;.a sur geon who was sent for immediately, cauterized the part, and no unfavourable symptoms were evinced by the 'child until Thursday last, when he experienced much difficulty in breath ing, and in other respects seemed unwell. Medical aid was_ once more obtained, but in spite of all the exertions used, he rapidly got worse, and on Sunday afternoon died from the effects of the wound. The deceased who has fallen a victim to that most dreadful of all maladies—hydroplibbiawaS po more than 10 years of age, and during the last few hours of his existence the agony he endured was terrible in ,the extreme.—Standard. ENTOMOLOGICAL SocIETY.—A letter from Lady . Grey, was read on Monday evening at the Entomological' Society, on the habits of the Elator Putator, 'a beetle, - which was said to be possessed of electrical properties. The writer stated that on one flying on her shoulder it made her start, 'giVing a shock from the elbow to the shoulder, which : was accom panied by an explosion similar to the ticking of a clock. These singular effects of this insect had been noticed on several previous occasions, and Lady.Greywore 's i k dress at the time, to which it was probable that the electrical effect was to be ascribed. A communication was read - 11-din Mr. Spence, F.R.S., on the deplorable and almost total desquc tion of the apple crop in Herefordshire and Worcestershire,- a similar effect having been produced in Devonshire. So great was the failure of the crop, that where -50 casks•had previously been obtained the average will not this year exceed live casks. He considered it desirable that the society should make an investigation into the cause, which the farmers at tributed to a blight, from the effects of the frosty nights in May before the full expansion of the blossom ; but a pinkish aphis has been found on the trees in great abundance, to which, in all probability, the ravages are to be ascribed. — Standard. LAMENTABLE SurclDE.—On Friday evening, Thomas Badger, Esq., held an inquest at the Red Lion public-house, Charles-street, touching the death of Mr. ,Taines Thompson, of the firm of 'Thompson and Son, cutlery manufacturers, Charles-street. It appeared from the evidence of some mem bers of the family of the deceased, that he was suhject to great nervous debility and consequent depression of spirits. Since Monday he had suffered much from this distrOsing malady, but still not to such an excess as to.excite particu larly the fears of his friends. It was his custom to rise be fore the rest of the family, and on Friday miming he eras heard to go down stairs as usual before six o!clock,. Soon after the family were disturbed by a - pectiliar noise, and hastening down stairs they .found the deceased 'seated liefore a looking-glass, with a razor in his hand, and a Tery „severe wound inflicted upon his throat. The 'assistance of Mr. Gregory, surgeon, was procured without - delay,:,but it-Vas unavailing, as the deceased expired in a very short time- The jury were satisfied that the act- hail been committed under the influence of tetnporary insanity, and foUnd a ver dict accordingly. The deceased was highly esteemed by a large and most respectable circle of friends, who deeply lament the sari catastrophe. The age of the deceased was 63.—Sheffield Iris. COMMUNICATION BY SIGNALS.—An exhibition of what was said to be a novel method of communication by means. of signals took place yesterday iu Trinity-square, on ,the northern side of Tower-bill. The place selected. fr t g„this exhibition was a very inconvenient one : a ffagssfaff or spar, with pulhes and other apparatus at the top of it,rw'sts , fikeil on the summit of a heap of rough blocks-of granite i that were piled up for the purpose of paving the streets; there Was no accommodation whatever-for those .who were - f6' display the signals, or for those who were to behold them,- . 'the,:uOvel method consisted apparently in the hoiSting to the rop of, the 'flag-staff a great variety of pieces of cans/ass, paititd black, and cut in the shapes of squares, 4iamonds, triangles,cir cles, Sic., and in occasionally combining an angle and. a cir cle, or an allele and a square, or an angle with a• diamend, and so forth. These signals are to be interpreted by-refer- ' once to a code of signals, which is Said.to be prepared, but not yet published; and the new system is theantlo Supersede the system.of signals by means of flags now generallysin use. It was not explained in what respect the new . system is supe rior to that already adopted, and indeed, from the inconve nient and imperfect manner in which the business was yes terday conducted, it is difficult to give any opinion as to the merits of the invention. Several persons were furnished with printed letters, the words and sentences of which were written opposite to the aforesaid squares, triangles, which triangles and squares were tantamount to the•expres sion in the word or sentence, and indeed, Unsed in• conjune lion whh the projected vocabulary of the code of signals, may be made to signify' anything whatever. 'The experiment of yesterday was, however, as has already been said, too inn' perfect for a fair estimate of the project to be formed. The pieces of canvass of which these are made were described by Mr. Smith, the inventor, to be capable of being joinedioge titer, and of forming a vessel sufficiently% large to contain seven tons of water. What connection a canvass water-butt has with the communication lay means'of sigtrals is net very obvious.— Times. . . FRENCH VOYAGE OF D ISCOVER Y.—The itfoniterir, of Thursday publishes a-letter from Captain 'Min out At dated " Island of Conception,. A prillo, lt-04," announcing the arrival in that harbour of the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee, sent by the French government on a voyage of dis covery to the Austral regions.. After remaining an entire month in the Straits of Magellren, M. d'Uryille left them-on the Bth of January, and, steering towards the triuth, came within of the first mountains of ice on the 15th. Seven days afterwards, at break of day, his progress was checked by solid barrier of ice, which he sailed along at a distance of 240 miles, from lat. S. 64 de , . to 61 deg. (near the New Ork ney Islands.) On the 2d of February he vont innedto. advance southward, and on the 4th, being in lat. S. 62 deg., the two corvettes were so hemmed in on all sides that_CaptanystrUr ville was beginning to despair of extricating them, when 0 0 the 9th, he availed himself of a strong E. S. R. wind to hoist all sails, and so got clear of it. He then coasted the barrier of ice for a distance of 300 miles, without perceiving an) opening, and on the 15th, having reached the 33d deg. of long. (Paris), after visiting the points explored by Weddell• and seeing the rampart of ice extending northward towards the Sandwich Islands, he proceeded westward by the Neu' .Orkney Islands, t he eastern part of those of New Shetland , and, turning again to the south, he explored, between the 63d deg. and 64th deg. of latitude, a hitherto unknown re' gion, for a distance of 180 unites. . Crossing the whole o f the straights of Barnsfield, he left the Ansi i shores on the 701. March, after a most painful mivigation of 52 days among the ice. The crews being much fatigued, and the scurry having manifested itself with considerable intensity among.uheolr particularly on board the iZelee, Captain d'Urville _deter.. mined on making for the nearest harbour of the coast of chili', and safely reached the Bay of Conception un the 7th THE Bowie KN I F e.---The papers the other day..,had. A great deal of twaddle about the origin of the Bowie knife: their statements were entirely wren;. The first:person WO had a Bowie knife made in this country was tine father of Col. James Bowie, who was killed at Alumna. The old man , wa s originally. from Scotland, and settled on a plantation sip /b.' Red River. Re nsed it altogether as whin:tit - 1g and.cane knife• Col. James Bowie, or, as ire wins MO rf. familiarly called, Jeri'''. Bowie, improved upon it, as he thought, and first usedill weapon in a duel. He became notorious by his bloody due at Iberville, on the,Plaquemine Bayou, iu Louisiana; he w . 3 _ s there shot down, and as his antagonist was stooping over 101 to despatch bim Jem Bowie seized him by the waist, and The "brother" of Jel l ' him nearly i n e74 l o Y k i e i n i l ol l i r n ' t v l i n t e h E h r is pr k Z ii :n e ; the inventor of tire klot e t ; is Reason Bowie, who lately lived at Thibadouxville, on Bayou-La Fourche, near Lake Chicot, iu Louisiana. Ile "1.5 nearly blind; and so far from being what he is described I ! the Express, used to be a perfect rowdy, as was Join Bow ie himself. - Again, the Express says Jem Bowie used the k r, ' re , art the Alamo. This is untrue; he wa s s i c k an d h e lpless, an , was butchered in bed. Col. Almonte total .the writer of th r 's -, 'article so; and Jem Bowie himself i n f orme d us o f the l'i't°r."v .and origin of the knife as described aliove. This was 3 '7:: corro borated by Dr..Gault, of N ova Ib er i a , AttakitPu', whose'possession we saw the ori g i na l B ow i e knife, ,in , •tr The knife found with Col. Bowie's baggage, in tire,Al oo ' now in the possessiou of Miss Chatlotte'Cushipau,..- 6 f4SF 4L - Ttlegte,- 4 -ektericazt • "