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REPLY TO SUNDRY WllO OBJECT TO "ARM What ! will they tell us that timely precaution Causes the peril it strives to avoid? Or that true safety is found in proportion With the true danger of being destroyed ? What ! with the wolf looking Over the hurdles. Mustn't the shepherd be loading his gun? Or. while his liver with cowardice curdles. Should he cry Welcome,—and prudently run ? Further,—they hint. becanse England is waking, This is a challenge, an insult, a threat. — That we affront them and taunt them, by taking Rational means for security yet : Ha ! they would rnther still see us all sleeping, Then, as on Corinth and Carthage of old, Secretly creeping, and suddenly leaning. Teach us how kind is the wolf to the fold I No! let us all, When a first It Now ha found rn na erst we were bowmen, hard or Edward was Ring, ly to scare away toemett. izger, as once with the string! ..nen dressert, and drillers, rnssol. and made listless the while, True with the t s stern resOute rifle gnerillas Bu Able to r ick off a man nt a mile vnu those African-razz : a heroes ita lie'as tame as they Took at reviews, Anything rrr than—Guises and Neroes, Tinz just to amuse? ICo.--in had earnest, for venzeance and plunder __Ruthlessly world they he sacking each farm, vay to the traitorous blunder foolish and timid to ARM ong to live kindly with neighbours; dreams but of war as a curse; middle of peaceable labours, rise to be ready for worse? the nature of things as of seasons ; may he nearer than any one knows; P hest as the btron rest of reasons, Let us stand ready for friends or for foes I But in t Isn't Change Char, And for nee! If no one attack us. an well, for the rifle may rust —and God be your trust men% he steady; lmly et there's Skilful Ther. wit duteously, quickly prepare; a nation of riflemen ready, Nobody'!! come—because no one will dare ! MARTIN F, Tur'tEß. INDUSTRIAL RAGGI'D SCHOOLS, S'OHO, STREET The Annual Meeting of the subscribers and friends of tion was held on Thursday last, at the Schools, as present a hiehly-respectable gentlemen. The chair was on y Edward 'Heath, E.q , and the ned with prayer by the Rev. Thomas this insti Soho-street, and there w n proceedings Moor CHAIR AN, before calling on the Hon. Secretary ort for the past Tear, made some very in- to read teresting prefatory Observations, in the course of which be directed attention to the most prominent points in the Report about to be read. He stated that, in the three years during which the schools had been in operation, led for t girls had gone to situations heße, without the help of have continued wretched and it the •majority of them would, in all ernme pests to, and plunderers of, so- As . . - proof of t sstisfactor manner in which these e letter had referer h. to 1 1. The ed by I ken the ng of ti armest Voles- Tro the RR destit a probab boys and girls conducted themselves in their situations, the Chairman read some letters. He also referred with much rile of the Recorder in his address had speeiallv referred the lizhtn he calendar to the exertions of Ragged Schools. The Ann ry, JosFPH HIII3BACK, Esq., having CHAIRMAN put to the meeting that read t it be a TRACT OF REPORT The obj persons f Lye in view is to rescue young and thus prevent lowintr. donation expressiy in con ,t" present destitution and inripient vire, becoming confirmed criminals." The foi e separately acknowlefted, being sent ace of a letter from the Secretary to Mr. Rushton Rountliwni The avern!! and 37 girl only motl from . J. K 'fiend. £2l ; from John liuddlestone, £lO. endance throintboct the year was 65 boys had no parents, and a-half had nowledze of the children when ded improvement is re daily employed in admit ted. was observable in some industri bov s'a trestilt.. Half attendance have reports from their ,eir own accord, and e; and for the retention of wired. It is usually through rather keep their chi dren in the than allow them to be reclaimed. .trPet schools is not s would, in all,vary itions into account. to the effect that go- interference was necessary to honls to meet successfully the Is moved b , ss charg, at a late meeting neat object was i.hte.r. hman.. ti a el terference in ri ;t Church, and t children were to them Dyed one of D their own gzed school wise. He 'er asked , r not, though in fact ter of Mr. me the la- e to a bill pr, .r beer ,t before Pitrlia- reformation of juvenile YLOR, and passed can confident creased support," been pro that the who wil these m worthle streets, vernment al tion ver' of Roman C to make r Lion fo matters was at sent to C chapels Roman would himself whether bad advar Rushton' nented d made pub by Dr. Bell, of Edinbt went. whi Offenders The motion was had for its The third re9ohition, whi committee, while enabled tc Call upon the publ said that t rootio of the Bing mo econded perimpn ill from all quarters D. ANDERSON, Eq., treasurer, who so fully supported the first part of the tance of a friend alution rial Schools would had been completely th the admiration of visitors but mar, cient extent govern m e of those v be reclairr that ladie! sent, had by lad than £6 cheapest sums often for transportation After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting was dismissed, the Rev. 11. 11. lIIGGINs pronouncing the benedict PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENCE OF BELGIUM. has bee gages to fur tory. in case it should be invaded by France. Should the Bal open these troops Imperial Guard n fleet to Antwerp. transported i promises us assistance to like extent. The he present mission of the Prince de Ligne to to arrange the modus operandi numbers 90,000, f whom 70,000 would " Hope are entert powers co-operate w the citadel of Antwer atunder occupy our fortresses. the protection of Luxembourg, ;tent of 30,000 .1 ti , nr. T " But you. see that: - indcp€ tria, who rnight weaken nur I Mediterranean, our norther :ngland, as one of the ence of Belgium, will .kit and a garrison for land and Aus a diversion on the , - mi musters 300,1100 a force quite sufficient to repel Luo not chastise its authors at a second Waterloo. ' This country still swarm; police s. " I am assured, in a trustworthy quarter, that the Em peror of Russia has ordf red the 50 millions o f f rancs , which he invested in French R u tes in 1847, to be transferred to the Dutch fonds. as h,e does not consider his m one y sa f e in France after Me OrMors confiscation." —Times. NS OF THE LATF -ket arrived SHEIL.—The Merlin y morning from the .jean, having on board a leaden coffin contain.. remains of the Right Hon. R. L. Shell, late governor of Malta. The body was to be conveyed to Dublin by the Sprightly steamer. Ma. HOBBS AGAIN IN LIVERPOOL — The L:verpool Polytechnic Society, which has acquired well-merited reputation for its utility in investigating and developioa improvements and inventions connected with the useful and practical arts, announces for its next meeting a com munication of vast importance to the public at large. Mr. Wm. Milner, of world-wide celebrity as the manufacturer of the fraud and fire-resisting safe, has, in his uniting zeal as a member of the above society, induced Mr. Hobbs to read a paper at the meeting on Monday next : "on the pridciple and mechanical construction of locks, illustrated by diagrams and models of several locks now in use, and he will also exhibit the celebrated American lock and explain its construction." The members of the Architec tural Society have been invited to attend, The chair will be taken half-pest seven 4'0041 Medite There were two others in the town more would be required to © great mass of o t would rat fluence to a suffi- Dr whom such the case ldren to r train them up in crime; a number pre- , n the subject was ed in the success of e maintained at less 3 in the Borough Gaol (the .hey cost £l2, and additional THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRITARY 24, 1852. CHURCH 6F ENGLAND INSTITUTE, THE second in the series of Conversational tr: eet i ngs was held at the Rooms, 33, Bold-street, on Thursday evening 44, when the Rev. Dr. Hume addressed the members in reply to the question, " What books ought a man to read ?" There was a numerous attendance of the younger members, and the rooms appeared greatly improved by the recent alterations. The SPEAKER said that men read books with very dif ferent objects in view, and of course the results were dif ferent. Some had motives of a professional kind, and therefore limited themselves to a narrow line, though the application of the principle was broad Some read merely to relieve the tedium of idleness, and at an American watering-place an almanac had been read through several Many read for display, and instances are known in which Boswell's Johnsen had been carefully perused. in order to use up the conversations of the great scholar in ordinary intercourse; and perhaps the majority enter tain the idea and wish for self-culture, less or more. An instance was quoted, in which a teacher read for the sake of his pupils, the prominent idea being the communica tion rather than the acquirement of useful knowledge. On this subject the direction of Bacon was quoted : " Read, not to contradtct and refute, not to believe or take for granted, nor to find talk and distourse, but to weigh and consider !" The varirras modes of reading 'wore all noticed. There are those who make no distinction in books, but read all attainable kinds with equtil avidity. There are others who do not distinguish between the applicable and inap plicable'parts of any volume ; the notes, episodes, and ap pendices being treated with the same care as the direct chapters. Some, in their haste, glean only the outlines of a story or argument'; aid others think they know an author's meaning when they have glanced over title-pages ant] tables of contents. There is the piecemeal reader, who is constantly losing the connexion by reading only a few pages at a time; and the reader of great faith, who believes all that hecfinds in print. Thus " some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ;" hut the difficulty is to know when and how to apply'Bacon's aphorism. Books for guidance are those which are either by de sign, or in fact, of a practical character. Such are the Sacred Scriptures, in reference to the external deport ment, language. and inward thoughts of man. Lectures to particular classes are usually of this kind ; there are those which are designed for different sexes, ages, and professions. Advice to emigrants, guide-hooks for tra vellers, and directions to unlearned persons in the arts, are specially of this kind. All writings of this class come to us on the sanction of some authority ; and without this authority being well founded, the instructions are less valuable, or not at all so. Books for information depend on the taste, acquire ments, habits. &c. of the reader. As a learned man " knows one subject well, and several others respecta bly," so those whose inquiries are of a professional kind, should know the allied suhj'cts which are connected with their own in a secondary way. Example , were given to show the direct subject and its numerous collateral affini nities, as botany, ornithology, anatomy, mineralogy, &c. with Geology ; mathematics, drawing, carpentry, natural philosophy, &c. with Architecture ; philology, antiquities, history, geography, chronology, manners, customs, &c. with Theology. Those who read for general information are guided, in numerous instances, by their previous acquirements ; as it is both easier and pleasanter to increase partial know ledge than to break ground on a new subject. Thus some men acquaint themselves with wars, others with ships, horses, painters, heroes, foreign lands, The distinc tion was shown between theory and practice to be iden tical, or nearly so, with that between science and art; as the former contemplates the abstract idea, the latter its application. It was shown that almost every science has its corresponding art, as astronomy and navigation, geo logy and mining, music and singing or playing, trigono metry and land-surveying. There are persons of limited knowledge but of great mental activity, who amuse themselves with abstruse speculations and metaphysical discussions of a peculiar kind. In some religious sects, and in certain countries, these are very numerous. There is also an age in young men, which is preeminently that of discussion ; and the questions which have agitated the men of a hundred gene rations are examined anew, to he left precisely in the same condition as before. In such cases, it is well to propose some subject requiring knowledge, not mere acuteness or speculation; that the mind may be turned towards the acquirement of materials. Books for mere amusement were spoken of with great caution, for that which is suitable in some circumstances is quite unsuitable in others. In general, the young rea son very erroneously on matters affecting their own in terests or inclinations, for that which is spoken with a marked modification is quoted as if it had been uttered absolutely and with reference to all. Human life may he ta ken away in certain circumstances ; even poison is used me dicinally ; and men when dangerous may be deprived of liberty. But it would destroy all security, if these acts were performed indiscriminately. Just so, novelsand other works may he read ; but not of all kinds, at all times, or by all persons. An infant or a schoolboy may eat sweetmeats, but if the quantity and kind be left to his own selection, he will be certain to injure himself. After a few remarks respecting books of reference, an interesting conversation ensued, in which these and other topics were discussed in detail. DR. M`NEILE'S LECTURE ON ANGELS. ---.4...-- The first lecture of the series, intended to be given during the current year at the Collegiate Institution, was delivered in the lecture-hall of that establishment, on ening last, by the Rev. Dr. M`Neile. The sub ject was " Angels, good and evil," a theme which attracted a large auditory. The reverend and learned lecturer commenced by stating that men could know nothing of angels except by revela- mysteries of the subject. Neither telescope nor micros cope could procure for us a sight of the persons of angels ; neither observation nor calculation could enlighten us as to the mode of their operation. The Deity, however, could work independently of ordinary means ; though it enerally His pleasure to emp y subordinate agents, upon for action to-morrow. That was what we called the laws of nature, to which gravitation and other forces belonged, and which were realised to our apprehension by their effects. It was by such means that the Great Creator kept the stars and the planets in their spheres, and clothed the earth with verdure. It was, in his opinion, in that e good angels were employed ; but whether ) ornot, man dare not decide, because they letting loose the winds of heaver nere imagery, such as was to be found in other of prophecies contained in the Bible. In the history of mankind, nevertheless, the instrumentality of angels was seen to be real, though not so visible as the agency of men themselves in the affairs of the world. He then cited a numbor of instances in which angels had made revelations to men—as to Cyrus, King of Persia, to the patriarch Abraham, to Moses, and to others. Those were revealed truths as to the agency of angels. How far the agency of lying spirits, whom we knew to have been also employed, were allowed to influence the affairs of the world, was a matter on which we dare not speculate. The ministry of holy angels again, as we learned in the New Testament, was employed among men to make them heirs of salvation, or, in other words, real Christians—sons of God by adoption. That angels take a lively interest in the affairs of men, is proved by the fact that there is joy among the angels when sinful men are converted. That passage showed that at least some of the angels were cog ' - ^t of the proceedings, and rejoiced in the repentance in man. There was, then, a general watchfulness among them over the interests of men, their happiness and their sufferings upon earth. And it was a consolatory of falle ht to reflect that not only is our condition, our wants and endurance, known to God, but to the angels whom He has appointed to minister to our necessities. They were the witnesses of our Christian conduct, and we ought to be influenced by that consideration in all that we do or undertake. The lecturer next asserted that the angels were inferior to men, and that it had been ordained by God that they should be in subjection to him. That was believed to have been the cause of the fall of some of the angels, who were called unclean spirits, while their chief was called Diabolus, from which we derived the word Devil. It was certain that their fall had been occa- sioned by pride ' • and it was supposed that when the creation of man had been proclaimed by the Deity, and the angels were commanded to render Him obedience, they refused, and thus awakened the anger of God, who cizst them out into the bottomless pit, or Tartarus. He spared none of those who revolted against Him ; and it did not appear that, as in the case of fallen man, there was any redemption for failen — ang;i: - in the Divine purpose. It was no part of the Divine plan that the Son of God should take upon Him the nature of angels, or their character and sins; and hence, we were taught that He punished, and spared them not. The word Tartarus, as applied to the place to which the bad angels were doomed, was not often used in the Holy Scriptures, though it frequently occurred in heathen writers. It meant a place separated from and opposed to Elysium, and seemed to include a permission for those unhappy spirits to go about the world tempting men to sin, in order that they also might share in the condemna tion of the disobedient. It was said that the evil angels were bound in chains of darkness ; but as darkness was generally used for wickedness and sin, he conceived those chains to be the fetters of vile passions—envy, hate, malig nity, and all that was the reverse of enlightenment ; and, as it was thought that a future judgment was reserved for dose spirits, it might be conceived that their doom here after would be to entertain the same foul passions and bitter feelings, without the power to indulge or vent them; and 0 let they should remain thus for ever. The bad angels knew di: t s period of future j u d gment awaited them, for when those who had entered i nto the swine recognised our Saviour, 6,7;_v demanded, " What have we to do with importance that th e ex i stence o f Thee ? Art Thou come to torment us bef ore th e t i me ?" noticed in the b oo k which s l u t c w h a s s vi o l f b e t i h n e g s h s i th o ey d con tained the hilitory, iiid TOTC4 II O th? mew of man's sal . vation, in order that we should be put on our pied . against their snares, and keep aloof from all idolat ry, The demons—for it was remarkable that Ole Word whteb we translate devil was never applied in the plural nutnber, , ' there being but one chief- were the gods whom e vi l men worshipped. We had the authority of St. 1 :aul for saying that the things which the Gentiles Pf.erifived were offered to demons. The pagan divinities were of that kind. They not only did not aspire to worship the one true God, but they never believed that any of the gods they did worship had created the earth. They were,in fact, what we should now term atheists ; men in whom the knowledge and belief of God was not. He then described the characters of some of the gods and goddesses of classic Greece and Rome—Jove, Pluto, Mars, Bacchus, Pan, Venus, Diana, and others; and showed that their actions were of the vilest kind, and such as to originate the terms by which we continued at the present day to designate vice—as jovial, bacchanalian, martial, and panic. Again, mine of the ancients had ever considered their gods eternal. They were immortal, hut in all cases there were traditions extant of their birth. Most of them had been remarkable men, who became eventually deified ; many had been conspicuous for nothing better than atrocious tyranny, profligacy, and debauchery, and were worshipped rather from fear than love. He conceived that these hein s were actuated by some of the fallen angels—the demons of Scripture; a fact which had been suggestea by the inspired writers of Holy Scripture. He then described the fairy system of the middle ages, and intimated that such beings might really nave had existence, and been the bad spirits who continued in chains of darkness. At the present-day. although some of the most ignorant might still believe in such, it was in other shapes that the fallen angels assailed the learned and civilised portions of society. They made themselves the ministers of scientific disco very. tied deluded people with a show of advancement in knowledge. He instanced mesmerism as one of these " inventions of the enemy," and thought that snares might be laid for the souls of men in the so-called tri umphs of electricity and other branches of science. In conclusion, the lec!urer exhorted his hearers to live at all times in such a way as that the ministering angels ap pointed to watch them might be able to sympathise with, and approve their conduct ; and that the bad spirits, whom Gad permitted to roam the earth, should be unable to prevail against them. CHESHIRE AND WALES. MAYNOOTH.—The petition adopted at the meeting in Chester, against the grant to the Romish College of Maynooth, on the 9th instant, has received about 3000 signatures. CANDIDATE FOR BIRKENREAD,—Mr. John Deane Case is among the candidates named for the future bo rough of Birkenhead. The township of Tranmere, if included in the bill, would furnish 1400 voters upon a £5 franchise. RICK-BURNING AT HOYLARE.-011 Tuesday last, four stacks, belonging to Mr. John Bull, of the Green Lodge Hotel, Hoylake, were destroyed by fire. When first dis covered, it was manifest. that the stacks had been set fire to in no less than four different places. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—A deputation from the Birken head Dock Trustees, consisting of Baron Goldsmid, Mr. Goldamid, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Penny, Mr. Laird, Mr. Had field (secretary), and Mr. Abernethy (engineer), had an interview, yesterday week, with the Hon. C. Gore, at the office of Woods and Lind Revenue. NEW CH ESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—It is understood that the London and North-Western Railway Company have made arrangements with govern ment for the purchase of the North Reserve at Birken head, as a terminus for the proposed new Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Tho purchase money is said to amount to £2oo,ooo.—Chester Chronicle. THE LATE LORD DINORDEN.—The funeral of this venerable and esteemed nobleman took place on Wednes day last, at St. George's, a village about a mile from Kinmel-house. The weather was exceedingly stormy, and prevented a great number of his lordship's admirers and friends from attending ; but it cleared up at one o'clock. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS AND RAILWAY.—In the House of Commons on Tuesday eve ning, the Birkenhead Dock Bill ; the Birkenhead Dock Trustees and Birkenhead Dock Company's Bill ; and the Great Western, Shrews bury and Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Chester, Shrews bury and Hereford, Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Companies Bill, were read a second time, and referred to select committees. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RA I LWAY.—Traffie for the week ended 15th February, 1852 :—Chester and Holy head Main Line : Passengers. £lOO4 199.3 d. ; parcels, H. C. & D., £6O 49. 4d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £567 149. ld. ; mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £44 Bs. 4d. ; parcels, £1 9s. 11d. ; goods, cattle, &e., £43 Is. 11d.—Steam boats : Passengers, £lBB Bs. 11d. ; parcels, £29 ss. 6d.— Total, £2,514 12s. 3d. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN CHESTER.—We are informed that the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury has intimated his readiness to bestow the sum of £lO.OOO for the purpose of building and endowing a cathedral in this city, for the purposes of worship according to the forms and ritual of the Roman Catholic Church. It is added that his lordship intends to appropriate a similar sum for the same objeet in Shrewsbury.—Chester Chronicle. It is stated that the Romanists have recently com menced organised operations for the extension of Popery in North Wales. They have built a College at Tremeir chion, near St. Asaph, capable of accommodating 300 students. The funds are said to be chiefly derived from France. Italy is reported to have supplied an eminent ecclesiastic to act as superintendent. The students are instructed in the Welsh language. Ten of them have been ordained, and sent forth two and two through the country on a missionary errand. A school has been opened near the college, and other means are adopted. We trust that the knowledge of this attempt to pervert the simple Protestants of North Wales will lead to effec tive counteractive efforts.—Record. TRANMERE FERRY ESTATE.—This property was offered for sale on Thursday. at the Wellington Hotel, Dale-street, by Messrs. Churton, auctioneers. Chester. There were about sixty or seventy persons present; and amongst them was a gentleman who, on behalf of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, took objection to the right of the proprietors of the ferry property to the foreshore of the Mersey. After the conditions of sale had been read, the property was put up in one lot, but there was only one bid of £30,000. The property was then divided into two lots. No bid was made for either lot, and the property was withdrawn. STABBING.—On Tuesday five Greek sailors, belonging to the barque La Onelia, now lying in the Birkenhead Docks, were brought before 'William Jackson, Esq., M.P., charged with stabbing another Greek sailor, named Nicholas Petrie. The names of the accused are George Nicholos, George Jarvis, Manuel Larkin, Francis Partley, and Nicholas Partley. The wounded man, who is in the hospital, being unable to attend, the prisoners were re manded. It appeared that on Sunday some quarrel arose between the parties, which ended in a fight, and, accord ing to the custom of their country, knives were intro duced, when the complainant was severely wounded, but not so as to he in danger of his life. oman who resides • and at Llansaintffraid Llan, Conway, left hursday last for Denbigh, where she had to pay some money, and previous to leaving Rhyl, where she had arrived by train, she agreed with the coachman of the Ruthin and Denbigh coach to be carried to Den bigh, but unfortunately she did not arrive at the place of ' starting in time for the coach. Finding this the case she determined to walk the journey, and whilst proceeding between the Pengwern lodge and St. Asaph (on the shaded part of the road) she was accosted by a man who told her to deliver all her money, to which she replied that she had none, and put her hand into her pocket, when he immediately thrust his hand in also, and very dexterously slipped her ring off her finger, which he drew out, ac companied by a purse containing about £3 10s. The purse he emptied and returned with the ring to the woman, at the same time cautioning her very coolly not to cry out, or he would murder her. WELSH COCRAGE, AND MILITARY SOLUTION OF A DIFFICULTY.—The following authentic story has been communicated by a late officer of the 85th Light Infan try :—There is now residing in or near the town of Mold a military pensioner named Robert Jones, a native of Denbigh, who was discharged in 1834 from the 85th Light Infantry with a good character. Jones presented himself with two of his friends, for enlistment into the regiment at Chester, in 1817. where the head-quarters were then stationed. He ana vuc or his friends were ineligible on account of some slight surgical defect; that of Jones being a contraction of the fore-finger of the left hand, the result of an accident, which would have pro vented him holding a musket properly. Col. Thornton, who commanded, expressed his regret that he could not receive so fine a young man as a recruit, in consequence of the contraction of the finger. " Will you take us all three," remarked Jones, " if I have it cut off, for we will not be separated ; we must all be taken, or not one of us will enlist ?" "Itis a bargain," replied the gallant Colonel ; " such a fine fellow must not be lost to the service." Jones's finger was forthwith amputated by Dr. Roleston, who was then staff-surgeon at Chester, without his uttering a single groan, and all the three friends en listed in the regiment.—Y Llais o'r Bryn. WALLASEY IMPROVEMENT BILL.—The special com mittee Appointed at a meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Wullasey, for the purpose of considering a bill proposed to be applied for in the present session of Par liament for paying, lighting, sewering, and improving the parish, and for authorising the construction of gas and ell water-works, have recommended that the bill be proceeded with. This is founci: partly on the fact that a large por tion of the expense oi obtaining the bill has already been incurred ; partly on the consideration that the introduc tion of the Public Health Act would deprive the pa rishioners of the management of their own affairs ; and partly that the prodigious l e illux of strangers into the pa rish on Sundays renders it necessary that powers should be obtained for preventing uproar, indecency, and the horrible cruelty to a n i ma l s which is committed on the New Brighton sands every Sunday in the year. A contemporary says, " Having ourselves lived in the parish for three years, and having repeatedly, especially on the Sunday, witnessed acts of cruelty and turbulence which would disgrace the lowest racecourse on a week-day, we are sincerely glad that the committee have come to this resolution. More over. the drainage of the parish is shamefully defective ; many of the roads are almost impassable ; and nothing deserving the name of lighting exists beyond Egremont Ferry." The gentlemen to whom the ratepayers referred the consideration of this subject were—Mr. Pooley, Mr. Lewin, Mr. Winch. Mr. Roinrts, Mr i Glikzel?Fookt Mr. Mawdeley, and Mr. Holland, with her bu home on bECOND EMIGRANT VESSEL FROM BIRKENifiIAb IieCTIRIEWT IN COMING OCT OF DOCK.—The second Vessel ':.rtered by the Government. Emigration Commissioners for the conveyance of emigrants to Australia, the Runney mede. Captain Brown, was towed out of the Birkenhead Dock on Friday last, having on board a comPit;nent o f passengers hound to Portland, Australia, nuo":oering, with her crew, 260 persons. In her passavb out of dock she got foul of a brig, and carried away her jibboom, which she is now refitting in the river, opposite the Monks' Ferry slip. Although this accident may not delay her long, it is unfortunate, as a fine breeze from the E.N.E. was blowing during the day, which would have given her a tolerable help down channel. CANINE SAGACITY.—A curious and very interesting instance of the sagacity of " man's faithful friend," the dog, occurred on Monday week, at Sterling-park, the residence of Samuel Tardrew, Esq. There were a large bulldog and a Newfoundland dog kept about the premises, for their protection. and on Monday, as a little boy was carelessly wending his way along the path leading from the turnpike-road to the house, the bulldog broke the chain with which he was fastened, and sprang fiercely on him, and commenced savagely tearing him. The poor little fellow, being dreadfully frightened with the sudden ness and severity of the attack, cried out for assistance most piteously. At, this lime the Newfoundland dog was in another part of the premises, but, as soon as he heard the cries for help, he darted away with tremendous velo city, and quickly reached the spot, and seizing the hull dog with his powerful jaws, instantly flung him off his prey, and held him firm, until the boy got up from the ground, and was completely out of harm's way.—Car marthen Journal. NATIONAL SCHOOLS AT OXTON.-011 Friday evening last, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Oxton and its neighbourhood was held in St. Saviour's Church, to receive the report of the committee appointed to manage the erection of new national schools in that locality. and to consider the propriety of opening temporary schools pending the building of the national schools. The Rev. Mr. Cockroft occupied the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Ca: es Ashlin, tendering his resignation as treasurer of the school fund, in consequence of his re moval from Oxton. Mr. Brown, the corresponding secretary, read the report of the committee, which ex plained the cause of the delay attending the commence ment of the schools. The first meeting was held on the 17th April, 1850. after which, on being applied to, the Earl of Shrewsbury granted a piece of land as a site. Plans of the building were then prepared, and sent to the council of education in London, but were returned with an intimation that they were unsuitable. After a great deal of delay, all the arrangements were nearly completed. The plans would be inspect - id by the archi tect who furnished them, and in a few weeks the con tracts would be signed. and the building commenced. The estimated cost of the undertaking was £1,250. The building would consist of a boys' and girls' school to contain 180, an infant school for 120, and residences for the master and mistress. Towards the expense of these schools. £274 had been alre idy collected and was in the bank, £5OO more were promised, and government would grant either £3OO or £5OO, besides giving £l5O towards the two houses, and furnishing all the books, and part of the desks and benches. The committee was still deficient a sum of about £2OO. As nine or twelve months would probably elapse before the completion of the new schools, it was thought desirable to open temporary schools ; and Mr. Newborn, of Rose-mount, had offered part of his premises, which would contain 100 children. Resolu tions, expressive of thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who had assisted in the cause, and authorising the provi sional committee to make arrangements for the opening of the temporary schools, were passed. Thanks were voted to the chairman, after which the meeting separated. GENERAL NEWS. ALBANS I DISFRANCHISEDIENT. - ;1' he bill broxi g ..! forward by Sir G. Grey to disfranchise the borough of St. Albans was printed on Wednesday last. It is very short, and the enacting part states, "That the borough of St. Albans, in the county of Hertford, shall from and after the passing of this act cease to return any members or member to serve in Parliament. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—A fire of a very destructive character broke out on Friday morning, on the premises belonging to Mr. T. W. Chandler, in Billiter.street, London, occupied by a great number of merchants, and used for the storing away of pictures, furniture, and other articles of value. Notwithstanding all the efforts of the firemer, the fire was not extinguished till 7 o'clock in the evening, and not before 420.000 worth of property had been destroyed. THE PUBLIC FUNDS.—A sudden fall of Corisela took place on Tuesday morning last, occasioned, according to the Times, by the extraordinarf announcement from tide Treasury that the eight and a half millions of Exchequ e r bills, which become due next month, will be renewed at their existing rate of interest. A more inco;nprehensihle proceeding, or one that has excited such 'universal censure among men of business, has rarely been recorded. By this step a direct loss of .E 32,00;) has been inflicted upon the public. DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT.—There is reason to fear that a felucca captured by H.M.S. Sampson off the coast of Africa in October last has been lost, with a prize crew on board, consisting of Lieutenant Gilbert Elliot, Mr. Wood, midshipman, and 12 seamen. She was last seen off the Isle of St. Thomas, on the 31st of October, and departed on that day for Badajoz, a distance of five or six days' sail. But although anxiously expected, and notwithstand ing that several ships of war have since passed over her track, she has never been heard of since. Some severe tornadoes are said to have occurred about the time when she was missed. PROTECTION FROM DANGEROUS ANIMALS.—A bill in the House of Commons has been printed to extend the power of magistrates in England and Wales regarding dangerous animals. Justices may order any dog proved to be in a rabid state to be shot, and may order all dogs within ten miles of the spot to he kept muzzled for ten days. The parties disobeying the orders are liable to penalties. There is a provision to prevent dogs from being used for drawing carts, &c., beyond the metropolitan district. Bulls are not to be allowed in fields near high ways, unless fastened with a tether. Prosecutors, beyond their expenses, may be allowed a part of the penalties. ACCIDENT TO MR. BARON MARTIN=This learned judge, we regret to say. met with a serious accident on his way to the court on Friday last. It appears that his lordship's horse fell while crossing Cheapside, where the pavement was exceedingly slippery. At first no mischief was supposed to have happened, and his lordship took his seat, but he had not proceeded very far with the first cause when he became so faint and ill as to be obliged to retire A medical man was immediately sent for, who pronounced that his lordship's left shoulder was dislo cated, and the proper stew; having been successfully taken to restore the limb to its socket without loss of time, his lordship was removed to his residence, and the chief baron took his seat after the delay of about an hour. NAVIGATION LAWS.—FRENCH RECIPE OCITV.—The French government have issued the following decree in reference to shipping :—" Importations to Senegal in French ships are chargeable with two francs per cent. duty, on foreign ships four francs per ton, and exports must be sent in French ships and for French ports. Trade among the colonies is only to he carried on in French ships." Now this is neither more nor less than protection to the French colonial trade—a trade which the British government have handed over to foreigners. Surely this ought to open the eyes of our navigation laws repeal men, and to cause the president of the board of trade to pause before proceeding with his measure " to enable her Majesty to abolish, otherwise than by treaty, on condition of reciprocity, differential duties on foreign ships."—Bell's Messenger. Two MORE MEN FROM THE AMAZON.—On Thurs day night intelligence was received at Southampton, from Dorchester, that two men, named Thomas Sergeant and Allen. belonging to the Amazon, landed on Wednesday at Weymouth. They assert that they were picked up by a Dutch vessel, after floating about, with two others (who perished from cold), for two days upon a life-buoy. Sergeant states that they were not far from the Amazon when she blew up, and that a piece of the wreck struck Allen on the shoulder, and that he thought he was killed. No such names. however, appear in the list of the miss ing, and the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company had received no such intelligence. On Friday night it was ascertained that no further information on the subject had reached Southampton. It is therefore believed that the men were impostors, and made up this story for the pur pose of obtaining pecuniary assistance from the inhabitants of Weymouth. SINGULAR CASE.—A girl twelve years of age, named Isabella Waterson, residing in Waterloo village, has been complaining for upwards of 13 months. Several medical men had seen her, and prescribed medicines; but without in the slightest alleviating the sufferings of the poor girl. A few days ago, Dr. Strachan, of Ban kfoot, near Perth, was called in—the girl being apparently dying. Conceiv ing from the symptoms that there was some inexplicable obstruction of the bowels, he exhibited an electuary with the view of overcoming the obstacle ; and in about eleven hours afterwards, the patient disgorged a quantity of coarse thread, &c., interwoven with human hair, which measured 15 inches long and three and a-half inches in circumference, and weighed five and a-half ounces. The girl, we understand, was long in the practice-of eating the hairs of her own head, pieces of yarn, worsted, and such. like raw materials,—which accounts for such a strange and dangerous accumulation.—Perth Constitutional. FIRE AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—On Saturday week much excitement prevailed in the vicinity of the new houses of parliament, in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a fire in No. 8 committee room. The buildings are heated by means of hot air pipes, and in the room referred to the gas pipe is placed on the top of the one through which the steam is conveyed. On the usher entering the room earlier than usual with a lighted candle to apply to the gas-burners, an immediate explosion took place, and the apartment was instantaneously in a blaze. An alarm being raised, prompt assistance was rendered by the numerous officials, who, by means of buckets suc ceeded in extinguishing the flames without any serious mischief or damage having been sustained. On a subse quent inspection it was ascertained that the gas had escaped from a fissure in the pipe, which had been no doubt caused by the hot air pipe, with which it was in such close proximity.—Daily News. FIRE AT TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE..--A destruc tive fire broke out at Trinity Hall on Friday morning, about 6 o'clock, and which at one time appeared to have obtained such a mastery as to threaten the whole building with destruction. It was first discovered about 6 by a " gyD" named Custance, who, on entering the rooms of Mr. Nunn, who " keeps" in a set of rooms over the en trance gateway of the principal court, almost facing Senate House-passage, and it spread with such rapidity that the whole of the pile of buildings forming that side of the court was soon in flames. The fire-bell was rung, plenty of aid and plenty of engines were soon at hand, and willing hands and an abundance of water succeeded in confining the fire to the one range of building-, which were gutted by 9 o'clock, but all danger of its extension was then over. The cause is not yet known, but is be lieved to have been either a spark from a candle left as a light on the staircase, or a beam running into a flue. The college is insured. THE lIOLMFIRTII CATASTROPHE.—Further particulars are given of the disastrous Holmfirth flood. It has been calculated that one hundred and fifty millions of gallons were in the reservoir at the time of its bursting. It is believed that upwards of 100 lives have perished, and 71 dead bodies have already been found. That is a fearful destruction to overwhelm the few thousand inhabitants of one :mall valley in a single night. But the loss does I not stop here. There have been 4 mills, 10 dye-houses, 10 drying-stoves, 27 cottages, 7 tradesmen's houses, 7 shops, 6 bridges, 1 county bridge, 10 warehouses, 18 barns and stables, totally destroyed •, while 5 dye-houses and stock, 17 mills, 3 stoves, 139 cottages, 7 tradesmen's houses, 44 large shops, 11 public-houses, 5 bridges, 1 county bridge, 200 acres of land, 14 warehouses, 13 barns, 3 places of worship, and 2 iron foundries, are partially destroyed. Such is the return made to a committee ap pointed to institute inquiries on the subject. The number of adults thrown out of employ is stated at 4986, the number of children 2142; altogether, 7128, whose earn ings when at work amounted to £3748 per week. INEW ra,r,urnac MAN (ilNE. — messrs. t,otter ana canciee, of Ploughkeepsie, America, have constructed an engine to run by electricity. It is the invention of Mr. Gusten, of New Jersey. The Ploughkeepsie Eagle says, " During the building of the machine we have watched its progress, and its different parts have been explained to us. When Mr, Gusten came to Ploughkeepsie he brought a small battery with him, which he thought was not sufficiently powerful to move the engine when finished • but, on its completion, the battery was applied, and tile engine in stantly moved, running with great regularity and some , power. This so much more than exceeded the expecta tion of the inventor, that all doubts in his mind were dis pelled. This machine is the model for a powerful engine. It can be run with a far less expense than a steam-engine, its power will be more uniform, less room will be required, no boilers will burst, and it will not affect insurance. We have confidence the lone -sought-for power has now been practically applied, and that great benefits will re -1 sult from it. In a few days a large battery will be pro cured, and the engine applied to machinery to test its power, after which we will say more about it. SINGULAR AND FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN LONDON.-- ' On Tuesday afternoon John Canfield, of Windmill-street, Hoxton, a waiter out of employment, was having his din ner in the parlour of the Fountain and Star public-house, Castle-court, Lawrence-lane, when a man came in having a small roll of paper, of the contents of which lie stated himself to be entirely ignorant, having but just picked it up ; and he proposed to Canfield the examination of the interior. Both parties proceeded to examine the packet, by breaking it at one end ; but, not succeeding in expos ing the contents, Canfield picked it with a knife, when an instantaneous explosion took place. When the smoke bad cleared away, poor Canfield was found upon the floor in a dreadful state of agony, his left hand having literally been torn away, and also two fingers from the right hand. The man who drew poor Canfield's attention to the par cel declared that he had found it that morning in the cellar of it - houseberonghig - iO Mr. Croft, No. 4, King street, Cheapside, where he had been at work. The injured man having been taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, it was found necessary to have both his terns amputated, and he at present lies dangerously exhausted from the operation. The police are actively engaged in An endeavour to elucidate the ciremptonce, LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, Re Jonx Hoknocks.—The bankrupt in this case came up for judgment on Thursday. Mr. Commissioner Ste venson observed that the case was fraught with mystery, and confessed that it would be necessary for him to be informed on several points before he could give judgment. He therefore again adjourned the case for the purpose of having Mr. Lockett present to offer some explanation relative to the fiats. Re JOHN FLEETWOOD.—On Thursday, the bankrupt, who wus a erocer and provision dealer, carrying on busi ness in St. James's-street, passed his last examination. Re SAMUEL WHARTON.—The bankrupt was a spirit merchant and brewer, carrying on business at Hartford, Cheshire. He came up on Friday, to pass his last exami nation. His h , nour directed that the balance.sheet, with an estimate of the cask and bottle account, should be fur nished to Mr. Hull in a week, and that the hearing should be adjourned for a fortnight. Re D. E. MONIES.—Mr. Whitley, solicitor for the bankrupt, in applying for a certificate, on Friday, observed that the assignees did not intend to oppose the applica tion.—Mr. E. Banner, the solicitor for the assignees, confirmed these observations. His Honour, after exchang ing a few words with the professional gentlemen, decided that the certificate should be of the first class. HORTICULTURE. The Gardeners' Chronicle has been recently making well-directed efforts to expose the malpractices of certain seedsmen who are by no means remarkable for the excel lence or genuineness of the articles which they vend. This exposure has occasioned great sensation amongst horticulturists, both amateur and professional, and will doubtless in the end prove most beneficial. When such nefarious practices are perpetrated as purchasing utterly useless seed for the purpose of baking it, to mix with good seed in order to increase the quantity, it is time to open the eyes of the public. Cases have been proved of twice the selling price having been given by dealers for various kinds of seed, mixed largely with seed of a worthless cha racter, the germ of which has been destroyed by heat or other means, thereby enabling the unfair dealer to under sell his more honest competitor. This, however, is not easily perceived, because most persons are in the habit of sowing so thickly. that if half the seeds sown come up they must be weeded out; but this does not lessen the dishonesty of the practice, nor the injury done to the fair trader, who seeks the best market, uses his experience in purchasing genuine articles, and then charges a fair per centage for profit. We have adverted to this subject principally because we know many gentlemen who have been tempted by the enticing advertisements of the Lon don seedsmen to purchase their supply from that place. It is well known to those who have dealt with Liverpool seedsmen that they have always given satisfaction. We can testify to the careful anxiety with which they test the samples and prove the bulk of the seeds they purchase. The proof is easily made. Take 100 seeds of any kind ; sow them in a pot, with an equal, but very slight covering of soil ; place the pot in the hothouse or stove, and care fully count the number of seeds which vegetate. What ever is short of the 100, is the per-centage of bad seed. At this season of the year it is common in this neighbourhood to have a great space in the nursery hot-houses filled with trial-pots, which receive the most careful attention. REVIEWS A Popular History of British Ferns. By Thos. Moore, F.L.S., 8; c. London : Reeve and Benham. Some time since we noticed the Hand-book of British Ferns, by the same author ; and we thought at the time It was all that could be desired. Messrs. Reeve and Ben ham have, however, published in their popular series one of the most pleasing books we ever saw. Twenty elegant coloured plates give figures of nearly all our choicest Bri tish ferns, accompanied by a description in an easy and interesting style; besides which, the scientific classification and nomenclature is given for the benefit of the more advanced student. It embraces the ferns, the equisetums or horsetails, and the lycopodiums, and contains quite sufficient to guide and instruct every person anxious to acquire a knowledge of this delightful tribe of plants, the interest in which is daily increasing. Ferns are amongst the most beautiful objects in nature; their graceful foliage is unrivalled by any other tribe in the vegetable kingdom, and the eye of taste has at length raised them from the neglect they formerly received to rank with the choicest flowers of the stove and conservatory. Sowerby's English Botany this month contains the whole of the beautiful tribe of geraniums (comprising the genera Geranium and Erodium), which are indigenous to this country. The plates are beautifully coloured. The Garden Companion and Florist's Guide (the new name of the Gardeners' Magazine of Botany) contains fine figures of three new varieties of gladiolus, named laud 1 . 1 1 / 1 “, ill4ctu. Thu filmo, one is a remarkable instance of the extraordinary perfec tion to which this elegant and showy genus can be brought. It also contains masterly coloured figures of two new plants—lpomcea palmata and Dillwynia scabra. The articles on botany are short and interesting. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK Greenhouse, Stove, cc.—ln these departments much may now be done, which, if left to a late period, will greatly impede the general operations of the gardens. Most kinds of hard-wooded plants should be re-potted, and the best way to do this (supposing a proper compost, or soil, has been prepared) is to put a good drainage of broken crocks, at least two inches deep, in large pots, and over this a little dry sphagnum moss, to prevent the soil working downwards and choking the drainage. Let the compost be well broken up, but not sifted so as to sepa rate the fibrous parts, and mix a few lumps of charcoal with it. Before being placed in fresh pots, the roots should be carefully shaken, so that the exhausted soil may be removed without injuring them ; and, after being re-potted, should have a slight watering with a fine rose watering can. Verbenas. calceolarias, salvias, and all sorts of bedding plants should be propagated as fast as possible. Flower Garden.—Give to the beds a top dressing of well-rotted manure, or the contents of an exhausted hot bed, mixed with fibrous loam. This should be nicely forked in during the process. It is desirable to raise the roots of hardy herbaceous plants which have been large, and divide them, as they are much improved by dividing every two or three years. Prime roses of all the hardy kinds thus require judicious management, and some little knowledge of their habits ; and those which contain any admixture of the Chinese sorts require less than those in which the Gallic kind prevails : these latter are gene rally benefited by severe pruning, otherwise they will become very weak and straggling. Kitchen Garden.—Continue to sow successional crops of peas and beans ; prick out a few lettuce plants from the frame!; sow parsnips on a well-dug quarter, and give a plentiful supply of manure. . , for plants a double g o r s e , an d ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDEN TS. J. Hodson.—Apply to some respectable nurseryman pocure them in pots. They will not always bear removal. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS: The Standard Life Assurane. i :6iiii)"* Las jecfl eid a dividend at the rate of 5 per cen t . r,Sit The dollars by the last West India packet sold at -- being a further decline of td. At a meeting at the Earl of Derby's it w a s resolved° oppose the second reading of the Reform Bill. Th r47 were 102 members of Parliament pres e nt. Government notices have been is sue d of guaran t e e loans for Trinidad and B r itish G u i ana t o th e amounts;spectively of £40,000 and £50,000. under the act of 1 7. Lord J. Russell h a s gran t e d t o th e c hild ren o f the 1t Professor G. W. H earn t h e sum o f £lOO f rom the B Bounty Fund, The f; r een oc k Ad ver ti s er remarks that since thee ° ,o 7 eencement of the year there has been scarcely 09 ' 14 day A without rain in that part. of the country * dCOOr committee has been constituted called the ht. mittee of Australian Colonists," to afford gratuitea9'' formation to persons desirous of emigrating: The widows of Pennyeuick and Curetart, two oC.Ce‘f who fell in the Sikh war, have b een pro v id e d by her PP jesty with apartments in Hampton Court Palace. ~,,t, At a public meeting held at L ee d s on M on day £1,916 11s. 4d was subscribed for the sufferers b/ Holmfirth inundation The metropolis was . visited with hailstorms of consiclL able violence.on Wednesday, by which much damage done in different localities. " What a strange thing it is," remarked a Frenchel after making the tour of G re at B r it a i n , " thpt you Ale' have two hundred different religions, and only one gr 6 i ,.of A wicked hoax was circul a t e d i n B r i s t o l, l as t wee k' s { the sudden death of his Royal Highness the Prie°' • Wales. The estimate for the Post-office packet service for tbs year 1852-53 is £870,158, and the last year's vote W. £809,496. to S.r Walter Trevalyn, B ar t., h av i ng l ong been he abstainer from all i n t ox i ca ti ng d r i n k s , i s a b out t o sell t ill stock of port wine, which has long been improving age in the cellars of Wallington. t 9 The cause of Achilli v. Newman stands adjourne d the 10th of May next. Dr. Newman has already been O f the expense of bringing witnesses over from the shore s the Mediterranean to this country. By the new Sale of Beer Bill, just printed, no debt fr o beer drank on the pr em i ses i s t o b e recoverable. •114$ is a provision, m a ki ng co ff ee h ouses an d b eers h ops s u b) to visits by the police. Mr. Green, the veteran aerial voyager, retires this sedgy son from mronautic pursuits. He has now m ade e vin ascents, and intends compl e tin g th e num b er o f 500 di the ensuing season. Charles Pickering, a gentlemanly-l oo ki ng man , plead guilty at the Middlesex sessions, on T ues d a y, t o steel ,• , io l 240 prints from the British Museu m , an d was se nter.' to three months' imprisonment. At the Middlesex sessions, on T ue sd a y, a di ss ipated r e/ 0 : low, named a orge Austin, was sentenc e d to be tra n o a ported for seven years, for teaching his son to thieve , receiving the stolen property. On Wednesday, Mr. Justice Crompton, the new 10 appointed judge, appeared for the first time i n publie his judicial cap ac ity, sitti ng w ith M r . J us ti ce Erle, the Queen's Bench Judges' chambers, Serjeant's inn • •ef A subscription is on foot to place a m emor i a l wln„ cl ,s in the transept of Cockermouth Chu rc h t o th e late r" e , Laureate. Wordsworth was a native of the town, ana l ' ceived the early portion of his education there. The Governors of the Free Grammar School of „h Edward VI. at Birmingha m h ave erec t e d a f our th bran` - 0 , school, which will a c c ommo d a t e a h un d re d an d tiftl, b° ' l o ( and an equal number of g i r l s , a t a cos t o f upwar d s £2,000. Among the passengers who left Southampton on l' u • e b day in the Royal West I n dia m a il p ac k e t Clyde, sw.„„ bj r a ' took out the West India and Pacific mails, were Pvt, Harris, the Governor of Trinidad, and Captain De n the Lieut.-Governor of Montserrat. fitin Mr. Robert Blackwood, of the eminent publishing - 0 0 of Messrs. Blackwood and Sons, died in Edinburgh , Saturday last, at the age of forty-four. He had retires° from active business about two years previously, owing ill health. ev/ 0 ' A notice has been issued at the Post-office, that n- . 0 0 papers to any foreign cou n t r i e s, or th e B r iti s h c olon , and possessions, must be p u t i n t o th e P os t- o ffice wi i tbis seven days after the date on which they are publishes this country, or they will be liable to be detained. ho The body of Alfred Jowell, aged 23, an engineer , ° e a had withdrawn from the amalgamated society, and siq o o the masters' declaration, was found in the Surrey Csea o . Friday last, under circumstances which lead to the sePr sition that his death had been occasioned by foul play' alo A discovery, supposed to have been made by an a teur chemist, that oat straw and other common straws °, this country can he converted into c ott on b y M. Clenj sen's process, in the same way as fl ax s t raw, h as cre w considerable interest in the manufacturing districts. A During the past week the r e w e r e man if es t a tions of '- outbreak among the inmates of Barham Union Heil near Ipswich, more particularly amongst the married we. who, by the Poor-law regulation, are separated ft ° their wives. sel L ve a s st ab w o e u e t k the g wh ab ile le o o t m an n childrencc ie w d e h re ou m e u the wall fell down, and killed three of them on the sPe°l,, s unoupasastiGngreetn h: ol ' severely injuring a fourth. It is said the children ut' d mined the wall while amusing themselves. An English company is in course of formation for 0 1:, plying Madrid with an abundant quantity of vis t i e jt Hitherto the greatest possible inconvenience has been t o from the insufficient supply of this necessary elemee: h e that city, and enormous annual expense is imposed on inhabitants to procure it from a distance. The standing orders have been declared complied 0 4 in the following c ases b e f ore th e examiners :—Lancash':4 and Yorkshire Railway (for regulation of capital creation of new sh ares an d o th er p ur poses), Manche s ; and Southport Railway (reduction of capital and aban" went of portions of main line). kB On Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, a fireb r out on the extensive premises of the St. J ame s's 1 1° ,3 1 .• Jermyn-strect, London. The fire origin a t e d in the ':" 0 . then. The floors were extensively burned, and the Liij luable furniture seriously injured ; the tot a l damage " amount to several hundred pounds. tiro ' A beautiful woman, with artificially-heightened C O , lo 0 0 once said to General Shields—who, by the byes " s„cli ' Irishman—" How is it that, having obtained so 9.e. nti glory, you still seek for more ?" " Ah, madam," be , plied, with more force than politeness, "how is it tha t , who have so much beauty, should still put on paint ? „f 6 The man of middle rank believes that the man a i ":;to him stands one step higher on the social ladder mer e "ott overlook him. This one, however, has his eye less ur re . the man beneath him than upon the back of the otle : P ri alit ceding him ; and thus it is, up and down. The rn'" man receives from the higher no othe r forgetfulnesS 130 he again throws upon the one beneath him. 0 The Braintree church-rate case, in which there question as to the validity of a church-rate made by 8 d i nority of parishioners in vestry assembled after a re N o p by a majority, was again argued in the House of Lortil e it Tuesday. Few of the judges were present to assist t i 'to Lordships, and time was taken for considering the Po' raised. An old man, named Goodwin, residing at Bratoft, )- colnshire, occupying a cottage and a few acres of la n d has just come into possession of the handsome sile i to £30,000, left by a very distant relative. In addition ng the above sum, each member of his somewhat nualer ° 4 . family receives £l,OOO, and one of them 20 acres of ' luable land besides. A man has been arrested in London on a chafg eg o fraud committed in the following ingenious manner. knocks at a door at twelve o'clock at night, calls tuter " late post," and produces a small bundle with a l e gn ar attached, and directed to the resident. Three or shillings are charged for the delivery, and after the del° ture of the fellow the trick is discovered. ity The Commissioners appointed by the Treasury ,0 ,0) quire and report on the proposed purchase and ttpprq,:ty tion of the Crystal Palace have concluded their inves"Do tion. It appears that there is a project for removing D A, transept, with a certain portion of the nave east and flys and re-erecting it in Kew-gardens ; but we are not s o f to state that the Commissioners have yet agreed upon e report.— The Builder. ftb The report of the joint committee of the Benchers 0 Four Inns of Court. on the subject of legal education, Pee, poses to establish five professorships—of Jurisprud ell di ld Civil Law, Real Property and Common Law, EquitY , ; i v Constitutional Law; the institution of regular cxae il all tlons and that the degree of barrister be refused t e who have not attended the lectures and passed the e /1 minations. • gO O On Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, .a vcogr,;,6 belonging to Messrs. Archer and Co., Golden-lane, Citlf '; ( 1, proceeding with a load of sugar along the Hampstead-re London, when the waggoner was attracted by a scr ee of and, upon looking round, saw a boy, about 14 Y 0 76 0 age, lying on the ground, and cut in two by the whe. e— pot known,thl itseA Britishbwb oo a du y g i‘tw o wilau n. oass : eyw uae absolutely tlrshost suffered o a su p tt le e yr a r sb e eo d vye t sr h ,e at t c. r t a h p e d i ng e c t e h a e s e s d u ,wh garf o r 0 t3 O ,1 casks, when he slipped from the cart under the wheel , his op go t the m l o a s n s u b s cyri the i department cutting ou et' o the manuscripts of several autographs of the e arlY, Liii . formers. Eight mo n th s s i nce t h e a utho r ities of the ' t he seum received a note from a Catholic priest enclosing e r purloined autographs, in which it was stated, that to i o, trernis, a man whom he attended had handed them tO ' and requested that they might be forwarded to the Pro f lty authorities. On referring to the period when the s e mi graphs were abstracted, it was discovered that the Pe who had committed the felony was a foreigner. t ill EXPORT OF SPEClE. — Amongst the cargo taken o ? o o, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer A.,„`r ii iit which left Southampton on Friday, with the Indin,,,T for was specie to the value of £267,000 ; viz., £87, 00 " l ie Alexandria, and £lBO,OOO for India. Amongst the g o o sengers per Ripon was Sir Henry Leeke, the cororn e of the Indian navy. A WELCIIMAN'S USE OF A POST-OFFICE 00, 10 :;1 07 S A person residing not many miles from Swansea 0 0 sum of money to a person residing at a distance, b e '", in at a loss to know how to send it. He had the n30 0 , e „. 1 , 10 his possession for same weeks, waiting an opportan i "t send it. His creditor hearing this, advised him to ggia; post-office order for the amount, which it appears he Aft but instead of forwarding the order to the proper P o at' he carefully put it by in the drawer. thinking the Poe) , master would send the money. He was afterward s 0 t) quently requested to remit the money, and even th r oat ened with legal proceedings; but his only reply viss„',. e ip! he lead paid the money six months ago, and had a In t an for the amount. At last his creditor called on hial , the mystery w as revealed.—Stvaneea Heralds