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Ituraturr. NOTICE. A Treatise on the Climate and Meteorology of Madeira. London: Churchill. Liverpool: Deighton &Laughton. This elaborate work is the production of three highly talented and respected gentlemen. The first portion, which is comprised under the title we have quoted above, was written by the late Dr. Mason, who visited the island for a protracted period for the benefit of his health, and whose important and carefully recorded observations on the climate and meteorology of that interesting spot, are here presented to the public. Dr. Mason's scientific in vestigations have evidently been conducted con amore, and his valuable life was, we regret to say, sacrificed for his love of research, and his enthusiastic devotion to his subject. His numerous statistical tables and practical observations are most valuable. The second part of the volume consists of a treatise on the agriculture and tenure of land in Madeira. by Dr. Peacock, Dean of Ely. From this part we may quote the following remarks on THE VINES AND OTHER PRODUCTIONS OF THE ISLAND. " The finest wines are produced on the gentle bills, to the west of Funchal, as far as ('ems dos Lot'os and the Estreito. The finest Malmsey. on an estate formerly belonging to the Jesuifir, still called Fazenda dos Padres, which is an extensive landslip. at the west part of the base of Cape Girao. Some wines of a delicate flavour are produced at Santa Cruz ; and some, also, in the lowlands near Porto do Cruz, on the north ; but the wines, generally, of the north of the island are very imperfectly matured ; and are either distilled into brandy, or are exported to the extent of nearly two thousand pipes yearly, to Harnlmrg, where they are said to be manufactured into hock. The same remark app ins to all the wines, even in the most favoured aspects and soils, if produced at an elevation exceeding fifteen hundred feet. " More than half the surface of the island is found at an elevation of more than two thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea, which may be considered as the superior limit at which cultivation generally ceases ; for, though a crop of rye may soot , times be grown at higher levels, the general barrenness of the soil. the violence of the storms, and the droughts of snootier. where there is no artificial irrh:ation, make it very seanty and uncertain. large portion of these mountain tr eta are covered by the Voecinium—Harberry— tree-heaths, broom, furze, and other shrubs, both indigenous and foreign, which, by being cut , or fuel, and carried to Fun chal, afford occupation to great numbers of the people. The other parts, when not bare and sterile rork, afford a very scanty herbage for cattle, rows, and the miserable long-tailed sheep of the island. In the region between two thousand and two thousand five hundred feet, the pine, anal nearly all the timber trees of Europe, china, and New Holland, are found to flou rish. when planted, in gnat luxuriance. The Camellia Japo nica, in particular, attains a height of forty or fifty feet, and may be seen in great beauty at the Palheiro, the garden and park of the late Count Carvalhal, about three miles to the east of Funchal. All the fruits of Europe, also, the apple, the pear, the peach, attain the greatest perfection in this region The cultivation of the banana anti sugar cane ceases at an elevation of one thousand feet. At lower levels, and particularly in sheltered situations, neat the set, we find the coffee tree, and nearly all the productions of th , tropical climates. The date palm, when not stripped of its leaves for the exhibitions of Palm Sunday and Easter. produces fruit, though it neverarrives at perfection. The broad light green leaves of the banana, the inten•e bright green of the orange tree, always in fruit or in tlo er. the tan stems and cnron 'inn tops of the palms, are amo :gat th most picturesque objects in the varied landscaFss of this b. a VIII region." The historical and descriptive account of the island is furnished by John Driver. Eq., of this town, who, as our readers are aware, is well conversant with the condi tion of the country. He details to us in a very interesting manner, nad with much intelligence, the internal re sources of this beautiful little spot, and graphically wurtrays every feature of interest to th e public—the hbits, occupations, amusements, &c., of the inhabitants --th- productions, exports, &c. of the island—the best mode of transit—the accommodations for strangers; and last, not least, he proffers some valuable advice to visitors who, for the restoration of their health, may be inclined to transport themselves thither. We have read Mr. Driver's remarks with much interest, and, whilst they show him to he a man of intelligent observation, they warrant us in hoping that we shall again be favoured with some productions of his nen. The work is elegantly bound, and fitted for a place in her Majesty's drawing room. Mr. Driver gives the following DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND AS SEEN FROM SHIPBOARD. " On approaching Madeira from the north, the island has a decidedly majestic appearance,—the summits of the moun tains being generally canoed with clouds, with here and there some jagged peak, peering above; whilst, below, are seen the dark luxuriant foliage of the forest trees, and, again lower still, a bold range of cliffs, lashed at the base by the broad swell of the Atlantic, and presenting, occasionally, an opening ravine, like the mouth of some vast chasm. Nearly the whole of the coast consists of a succession of cliffs, or headlands ; the most remarkable of which, Cape Cirao, is more than one thousand seven hundred feet above the sea, being by far the loftiest in the world. The cliffs, in general, are more precipi tous on the north than on the opposite coast ; from the greater -prevalence of moisture, the ravines are clothed with forest trees. which is not the case or the south side of the island. The whole island presents the appearance of one mass of vol canic mountains, riven lot , ' slopes, or ridges, all tending sea wards, and crowned with various peaks, rising from about its centre; the highest of which, Pico Ruivo, is more than six thousand one hundred feet above the level of the sea." We may also quote his notice of a visit to A WATERFALL "One of the lions in one of which we had heard a great deal—is the Waterfall, about three miles from the city. At the kind invitation of Mrs. Stnddart, a friend and myself joined a party on an excursion thither. Westarted about nine o'clock, and found ourselves, soon, in a deep ra vine: the only road to the fa 1 lying along the bed of a river. " For a considerable time the journey was pleasant enough. as the wooded sides of the hills, which walled us in, varied at every turn ; sometimes broken and enlivened with, here and there, a patch of verdure, and a cottager's hut; at other times rugged and nearly perpendicular, with huge masses of stone hanging above us, and giving to our route an interest not very consistent with a feeling of perfect security. We had calcu fated upon arriving at the waterfall between eleven and twelve O'clock. That hour had passed, and we were still toiling on; and though. what with skipping from rock to rock, and some laughable incident or another that ever and anon occurred, our Progress was agreeable enough; still, when one and two o'clock had passed, without any appearance of the wished-for object, we thought we had been deceived with respect to the distance; and began to regret having undertaken so fatiguing an excursion However, after being half-broiled with the sun, and nearly knocked up with sundry upsettings—all fortunately on terra firma-we et last errivrni at tim „, r”, Luc lulis-104 , KC11-11/1” goal and, certainly, felt fully compensated for our labour and en durance. " The stream of water was not large ; but as it bounded over the heights above, into the basin of the amphitheatre, with an uninterrupted fall of more than 2no feet, it had a very imposing effect; and shed such a coolness around as was particularly grateful, after our long and harassing walk." The Land We Live In. Part 31 (The Parks and Gardens of London); Part 32 (The Exhibitions of London). This work proceeds with Mr. Knight's usual spirit, and the two parts last published would form an excellent guide-book to the Whitsuntide visitors to London. Part 31 contains a map of London, and both are embellished in the usual style. The Teacher's Collect Book; London, J. J. Guillaume. This excellent little work has been written by a devoted and painstaking clergyman in the manufacturing districts, the Rev. H. Ki ton, curate of Oswaldtwistle, near Black burn. The work is calculated to be of the most essential service, not only in families and schools, but to all who desire to become practically acquainted with the real doc trines and festivals of the Church of England. The first part of the work is devoted to a very able explanation of the names, object, and reference of the seasons of our ecclesiastical year, and of other important matters con nected with them. The second part comprises a very clear analysis and explanation of every collect, along with many leading. questions arising from them, and the last part contains an admirable glossary of leading theological terms, in which scarcely a word can arise during the perusal of the work which is not here scripturally and simply explained. We shall he glad to hear that the work has been introduced generally into our Sunday schools. It ought to be in the hands of every churchman. [FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF TUESDAY LAST LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS BILL The Parliamentary Committee appointed to consider the bill for extending the time for completing the Rivington works met again yesterday, when, after considerable discussion, the Committee declared the preamble of the bill proved. The Committee, however, ordered that clauses be inserted in the bill indemnifying the Chorley Waterworks Company against any injury or expense they may have sustained by reason of the delay, and that, if necessary, such clauses be inserted as will ensure to the population of Chorley a supply of water on the same terms, in ail respects, as the supply of water provided for the population of Liverpool.—Adjourned until 12 o'clock on Thursday. MEETING AT THE MUSIC-HALL OF THE FRIENDS OF DR. GIACINTO ACHILLI. Yesterday evening a very crowded and respectable meeting of the clergy, gentry, and others, friendly to the cause of Protestant truth, was held at the Music-hall, Bold-street, to receive Dr. Achilli, lately a prisoner in the Inquisition at Rome. His worship the Mayor, John Holmes, Esq., was in the chair, and amongst the occu pants of the platform we noticed the Revds. J. Cordeaux, W. Maynard, F. Parry, H. W. Wright, C. M. Birrell, Dr, Crichton, --Edwards, —Appleford, W. W. Ewbanke, V. M. White, Dr. Raffles, Elosken, M`Naught, Williams, Hughes, D. James,:' D. Fergusson, Graham, Brown, Dr. Poggi, and Rees, Dr. M`Naneht, J. Loneton, Esq., J. Cropper, W. Curfield, and T. Blackburn, Esqrs. Dr. Achilli, who on entering the room, was received with demonstiations of applause, appears to be from 45 to 50 years of age, is of middle size, with a frame well built, and apparently capable of great endurance. His features are pleasing and expressive, and denote firm ness of character, combined with thoughtfulness, a m i a . bility, and high intellect. His complexion is dark ; but he might be taken nevertheless for a native of a less southern clime than that to which he owes his birth. His elocution is fluent and effective; and, even under the discouraging circumstance of having to pause between every sentence, it was easy to perceive that he possesses eloquence of a high and spirit-stirring description, from which he can descend at will to a sportive colloquial style. The Rev. J. CORDEAUX having opened the meeting th prayer, His Worship the MAYOR briefly explained the objects of the meeting, which had been called exclusively by the friends of Dr. A.chilli. The Rev. C. M. BIRRELL rose to offer a few prelimi nary remarks introductory of tho subject which would be brought before them. The object of the meeting was to promote the spread of enlightenment and Protestantism amongst the population of Italy ; but the first efforts of Its promoters would be made amongst the Italian resi dents in London ; and he st a t e d i t as a remarkable coin cidence that by a combination of circumstances an indivi dual so capable of forwarding the work amongst the people, acquainted as he was with all their traditions, &old be thrown amongst them. The re v . spea k er weat on to review the events of the siege of Rome, during which a far more momentous siege was being carried on against religious error within its walls. 'Menthe churcheU were emptied, and the convents deserted, Dr. Achilli was going about from place to place preaching the Gospel to wil ling hearers ; and when the city was at length entered by the French troops, he still persevered in performing his duties, and at length was cast into prison. The rev. gentleman de tailed the efforts made by the religious public, and especially by the evangelical alliance for his release, which was at length successfully accomplished. After a few concluding obser vations, Doctor Actium rose to address the meeting, amidst loud applan e. He spoke in Italian, which was interpreted sen tence by sentence, by Hubert Harrison, Esq. He said he had much pleasure in appearing before that assembly; he had long wished to meet thetas; they had sympathised with him, and they were assembled there to do so. He thanked them for this, and would long remember it. They did not know each other when he was in prison, but there was still a sympa thy between them. They met at the throne of God, and their prayers went tip to him as incense. They were praying to Almighty God for his deliverance, and his prayers for them were offered up at the same time. He had often asked himself. Should he ever get out of those prisons, and he reflected how many had been there, and had never again seen the light. Persons who, for having believed in the Gospel, had been Im prisoned in the dungeons of the inquisition, and had never been released. He recalled to mind the names of two, who for the same offence were burnt alive; and how could he have ex pected to be released ? But one thing consoled him, that the prayers of his christian brethren were with him. He cast his eyes over the 12th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles ; and when he found that the prayers of the church liberated Peter, he felt assured that the same prayers would release him. Peter was reserved to be made a spectacle to the poeple ; and of him self what would have been the end? Certainly his life would not have been safe in that prison. He had often been yearned by his friends of the means that might be adopted to take his life ; but he was without fear, and believed that the heads of the Inquisition were more agitated than himself. When lie first had the happiness of hearing a friendly voice ask him in Eng lish of his feelings, his reply was, " I delight in my prison." The rev. doctor here stated that he should proceed to give an account of what took place during his imprisonment. He was at first taken to the prisons of the Inquisition, without knowing the why or the wherefore. He waited to learn his crime. It is the custom of the tribunals to inform prisoners of the cause of their imprisonment; but it was nearly five months before he was told anything. At last a person appeared before him professing to be a friend; and this person was the solicitor general of the Inquisition and one of his judges. He said "now I shall know what is my crime ;" but it is difficult to divine what is the meaning of an Inquisitor. Questions were put to him and repeated to see if the answer was the same. If it was not he was declared guilty. In this way they were able to confound him, and then they declared him guilty. It was useless to attempt to justify himself--doing so was held to be proof of guilt. Dr. Achilli's examination was in Latin, and he was not allowed to answer in Italian. If he did so be was told to translate it into Latin, and if lie answered in Latin he had to translate it into Italian. Yet he was tranquil before that judge, who did not approach him with sterness, but with a smile. If he smiled the judge looked grave; and if he looked grave the judge smiled. In this way passed the two examinations. The first question was, why he had left the Italian Church; the second why he had left Italy; and the third, after having left Italy why he had publicly denounced Popery. It would be no use his describing any more of these examinations. It was a sea of words. The Inquisitor often made up his mind after a few questions. For example, to the question why he had left the Romish Church, his reply was that he could not remain in it any longer conscientiously. The conclusion he immediately drew was that he was guilty. Dr. Achilli again reminded him that he left the church conscientiously. The reply made was that then he w a s " consc i ent i o u sly guilty.' He thought the judge wanted to accuse him of having printed the New Testament in Rome, and of having contracted a marriage there, but these matters were never mentioned. He still thought that more serious charges would be brought against him, but he never saw that man again. The next party who appeared before him was a clergyman. He requested of this man to know by whom lie was sent. He said from the Pone himself, who was very good towards him. After six months that he had been in prison, he sent him a comforter. The clergyman, who was one of the members of the holy office, in formed him that be had come to offer him spiritual consolation. He asked him was it to prepare for death and the reply was no, for life. Dr. A. continued to describe the interview between the theologian and himself, which took place in prison, whither the former had been ordered to seek him out. After some intro ductory conversation, the theologian began to question the Dr. relative to different books, and, amongst oth ers , t o one on the Reformation in Sweden. Dr. Achilli told him that they (the Roman Catholics) had collected together a great number of charges against the Protestants, and hurled insults against them which they did not descry ‘, and which showed that their characters were not understood. I believe, said Dr. A., you have never lived amongst them. (Hear, hear.) I have been for some time amongst protestants, and have formed my opi nion of them from experience. Anti here began a question between us on the meaning of the word protestant. Ile wanted to prove this word protestant was an insult to religion, because religion requires people to be obedient, not protestant. (Laughter.) I answered there was good reason for the Roman Catholic Church requiring people to be obedient and not pro testant ; the Roman Catholic Church requires sheep that the Pope may be their shep!ierd; sheep which will yield good milk, good cheese, and good wool. (Laughter.) No doubt the Pope would he the shepherd if there were plenty of such sheep as these, but the misfortune for bins is that for the last three or four centuries the sheep have turned into men, and after this great metamorphose the Pope does not find himself in the same position as formerly. The theologian answered, lie knew I had renounce l their religion. I answered, you mean your church, because if your religion is the Christian religion so also is mine, and in that case it would be one and the same thing, but religion is not the same thing as the church, for we have in the Christian religion a great many denomina tions; we have a great many churches in Christendom, some of which are pure, but others have fallen. Oh yes ! he an swered, I agree with you there are many churches that have fallen from the faith of the church, because they have left the Roman Catholic church ; and here arose a dispute about the Roman Catholic church and the churches which had sepa rated from it, and lie asked me which I called my church. I said you will find it in the Bible. (Hear, hear.) I will show it you in the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews, where he speaks of a general meeting of the universal church whose names are written in the heavens. Oh yes! he said, that is what the Pro testants say; but that is not the church. Besides, what you say does not refer to the Protestant Church, because there was no such church in the time of St. Paul. (Laughter.) If that be the church of St. Paul and St. Peter it is mine; hut where is the Bishop of that church? I answered he would find him mentioned in the Epistle of St. Peter as "the shepherd and bishop of our souls." Oh yes I lie said, that is what the Pro testants say. But I said, my dear sir, Ido not pride myself in calling myself a Protestant, but I pride myself on calling my self a Christian, because I am a minister of God, and am sent to preach this truth. Dr. Achilli then went on to say that his opponent charged him with a desire to protestantise Italy, but he rebutted the charge, averring his object to be to make Italy christian. The former wished to know how they could do without a Pope, and the Dr. answered that he would not object to one if be were like the first bishop of Rome, but, notwith standing these arguments the Dr. expressed his thanks to his opponent on the very day on which he was liberated, namely, theleth of January. He then gave an account of the manner in which, between two French soldiers, he effected his deliverance from Rome. After leaving Rome, he went on hoard a French vessel. He said it was with grief that he left the country of his birth—the country in which he had opened his eyes to the true light; and in which he had nourished so many fond wishes ; and his heart was filled with sorrow for .the fate of that Church which he had established and for those brethren which he had left behind him in Rome. But his grief was very much moderated by reflection on the divine truth of the immortal gospel which with his brethren he had left be hind. His last adieu was a prayer to the Almighty that the Lord would continue to retain in that country the seed which had there been sown ; and that time birds of the air, according to the parable, might not be allowed to pick them up. He had Heavenly reason to believe that his prayers had not been un heard. When the Pope fled from Rome the Bible entered, but now that the Pope had returned to Rome did they believe that the B ble would run away? No. But would they both remain together? No. One would send out the other—the Bible would make the Pope fly. (Loud cheers, in the midst of which Dr. A. resumed his seat.) The Rev. Mr. Ewns NK next addressed the meeting. He said that his duty was to propose the following resolution , " That this meeting cordially congratulates Dr. Achilli on his escape from the prison of the inquisition at Rome, grate fully and devoutly thanking God for the happy deliverance which his Providence has wrought for him ; and that, being thus reminded of the inestimable privileges of this favored country as regards the sacred rights of conscience and the free circulation of God's word, this meeting desires both to cherish itself and recommend to others an increased interest in all Christian endeavours to extend to the Continent the same pri vileges, and agrees to commend to the sympathies and prayers of British Christians the important mission on which Dr. Achilli has entered amongst his own countrymen —a numerous Italian population residing . in London." He had great satisfaction in moving the adoption of this reso lution, because the duty so imposed upon him was a Christian one. To Dr. Achilli their cordial sympathy was due. (Cheers.) They were met to congratulate one of the gospel martyrs from prison. The first thing they should do when they find a friend escaped from prison was to ascertain that he was an honest man A VOICE.—He is not an honest man. (Hisses and groans.) Mr. EWBANK continued to observe that he had taken great pains to ascertain Dr. Achilli's character, and he now believed that he was not only an honest but a Christian man. The only objection that he bad ever beard against him, was on account of his time in the College of Malta. On that pcint he bad received a letter from a noble Lord, whose name he was not permitted to mention ; but he would read the following extraft from that letter : " In answei\ to your letter I may safely say that the commit tee of the Malta college bad no ground to entertain any evil opinion of Dr. Achilli's character and conduct." They should congratulate Dr. Achilli on his escape from the Inquisition, into which he was thrown for the offence of pro mulgating the Holy Gospel. The Inquisition had certainly improved cf late; for it was an improvement in the Inquisition to find it gorging up its victims. The rev. gentleman then entered at considerable length on the principles on which a controversy on questions of religion should be conducted. He contended that all discussions of this kind should be con ducted on the most pure, mild, and charitable spirit which the Saviour had taught them. He hoped that Dr. Achilli would act in that spirit in his mission amongst his countrymen in London. He prayed that in this spirit his efforts would be successful. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. Dr. CiticirroN having seconded the resolution, it was proposed and carried amidst loud applause. The Rev. Dr. RAFFLES next rose to propose a vote of thanks to the Mayor and Mr. Ci upper for their kindness in presiding on this oCcasion. The Rev. D. Fs ROITSSON seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously, after which the meeting separated. etntral fftis'rellany. It is stated that not fewer than ten thousand trees were uprooted by the gale of Saturdny se'nnight in Strathspey. The first power-looms which have been seen in Knares borough arrived during the past week. That disgraceful paper, the Satirist, has ceased to exist. The Duke of Portland has made a great reduction to his tenantry about Mansfield ; in many cases returning 20 per cent. The Morning Post of Monday contains reports of no less than seven incendiary fires which occurred during last week in various parts of the country. Never, we should think, did the pear trees blossom more abundantly than they do in the present season ; and the apple trees, too, give promise that they will soon be covered with bloom. A destructive fire broke out on Sunday last on the premises of Messrs. Caird and Co., Greenock, engineers, whim consumed property to the amount of upwards of £35,000. A beautiful cenotaph is about to be erected at Fullarton, in Ayrshire, on the property of his Grace the Duke of Portland, to the memory of the late lamented Lord George Bentinck. The election of a Director of the East India Company took place on Wednesday, when Major Moore was re turned. The numbers were—for Major Moore, 1,096 ; for Mr. Prinsep, 1,026 ; majority, 70. It is a remarkable circumstance that Mr. Benjamin Meredith, the superannuated excise officer, upon whom the murderous assault was committed by the Irishmen, Sullivan and Murphy, at Purley Wood, near Lydney, is a cousin to Jane Lewis, the poor aged Welshwoman robbed and murdered by the same men. ?111 LIVERPOOL. STANDARD. WHAT NEXT I—At the Hull public baths there is on the side appropriated to females an excellent plunge bath, called the Jewess's bath, and intended solely, we under stand, for the use of persons of the Hebrew nation. Mrs. Thornton, wife of a respectable man at Bangor, drowned herself last week during a fit of insanity. She kissed her little boy before leaving the house, and gave him the keys. A labourer at Barking, in Essex, was on Tuesday week shot while kneeling on his bed by a man named Rison, who fired with a duck gun through the window. The wounded man is not expected to recover. Anna Maria Anson, who some months since figured away at Cheltenham as Lady Whyatville, was the other day committed from Wandsworth, charged with victimi zing a great number of lodginghouse-keepers. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng land had increased from £16.629,601 to £16,646,835, being a difference of £17,234. The paper in actual circu lation had decreased from £21,494,075 to £21,484,248, being a difference of £9,827. Mr. J. H. Horn Twizell, eldest son of J. T. Wawn, Esq., M.P. for South Shields, fell into the North Tyne whilst fishing, on Saturday last, and was drowned. It is supposed he was attacked with a fit of apoplexy, to which he was subject. According to current report the poet Tennyson will be elevated to the laureateship. The Athenceum objects that the emoluments of the post should be bestowed upon a writer already receiving a pension of £3OO per annum, and possessed of no unequalled genius. NOVEL USE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—On Wednesday the following announcement was posted on the window of the Electric Telegraph Office, Stockport : " The Queen delivered of a Prince at eight this morning by Electric Telegraph." On Thursday week, as Mr. Thomas, druggist, at Menai Bridge, was making some chemical experiments, for the manufacturing of detonating powder, in a wedge wood mortar, the ingredients exploded, and shattered the mortar, jars, windows, &c. He himself was so injured that he died soon after from loss of blood. Lady Franklin's expedition, under the direction of Com mander Codrington Forsyth, is being put on foot with all dispatch, and contributions are being raised to secure the necessary funds. It is estimated that £4,000 will be re quired, and towards this sum Lady Franklin has given £1,000; Messrs. Levesque, Dollond, and W. Franklin, £lOO each ; Mr. Green, the eminent shipowner, £5O. A lady bought a shawl last week at a shop in the Quad rant, paying for it 30s. When she got home she found the shawl had been changed for one with at least half a dozen holes in it. She took it back and received another, which was not worth more than 125., the people of the shop treating her with great insolence. She applied to a magistrate, but he had no power to grant her any redress. SHOCKING EVENT.—On Saturday last Thomas Bon ham, aged fifteen, son of Mr. Robert Bonham, butcher, Waddon, Oxfordshire, took up a gun belonging to his father, placed a percussion can on it, and was walking out of the shop or slaughterhouse when the gun (a very old and imperfect piece) exploded, and the contents went completely through the head of his sister Mary, aged thirteen, who was a few yards before her brother. FATAL EXPLOSION.—The Lestwithiel powder-works, at Herod's Foot, five miles west of Liskeard, exploded on Friday night week. There were in store three or four tons of gunpowder, which went off in three different explosions. The premises were blown to pieces, and the bodies of the two watchers, Pengelly and Truscott, since ingly mutilated. Cottages, a quarter of a mile distant, are said to have been unroofed and the walls damaged. FREE TRADE IN DUNDEE.—The Dundee Courier states, as one instance out of many of the injurious effects of free trade upon the shopkeepers, that a respectable tailor and clothier (a staunch Reformer and Free-trader, by the way), stated lately that he usually disposed of 130 to 160 topcoats to farmers and country people, but this season be had only sold three, whilst the old ones sent in to be repaired were beyond precedent ! Such is an illustration of the actual effects of free trade. A LUCKY HOUSE.—There is a very lucky house in G—t D—k-street, at Newport, Monmouthshire, from which, during the past nine years, no less than ten young ladies, bearing no relationship to each other, have pro ceeded, on fine mornings, to the Hymeneal altar, with the men of their choice. Numerous unmarried members of the delectable sex have been induced by their mammas to inquire for lodgings from the last " lucky lady."—Mon mouth Merlin. A young man at Bath hastily married a blooming lass, whom he believed to be pure as she looked. While in full enjoyment of his honeymoon, the relieving officer of the Bath union conveyed to him four chubby boys, pledges of the damsel's former promiscuous amours. The young husband was unwilling to receive this ready-made family, but an appeal to the guardians was unsuccessful, and he has been compelled to provide for his wife's unex pected gifts beneath the roof which she shares with him. MURDER BY RICH BEGGARS.—A mother and daugh ter, both beggars, at Belper, have been committed for the murder of a child, ten days old, of which the young woman is mother. The child was found huddled in the earth, beneath some paving stones. On searching the house of these mendicants, the constable, to his great surprise, found secreted in a hole the sum of £53 3s. in gold and silver ; in another hole, £lO ss. 9d. ; and in another, nearly half a hundredweight of pence and half pence The important operation of extirpation of the breast was performed on Monday, the 22d ult., upon a poor woman named Moodie, residing at Thackley, near Idle, by William Field, Esq., surgeon, of Dudley Hill, who has secured a well-earned reputation by the number and uni form success of his surgical operations. The operation was performed in rather less than three minutes, and the tumour, a very large and malignant one, was taken away while the patient was under the influence of chloroform. The patient is now nearly well. THE GLASS TRADE.—The crown-glass trade, once so flourishing on the Tyne, is now perfectly paralysed. There are some twenty crown-glass houses on the Tyne, in which there were formerly manufactured from 15,000 to 20,000 " tables" weekly. At present there are only three houses in operation—and even this small number is far from being fully employed. The broad-glass manu facture, so successfully carried on by the late firm of Sir M. W. Ridley and Co., has ceased, and the whole of the large manufactory is entirely closed. The glass trade has fallen a victim to Peel's tariff. THE PERIWINKLE TRADE.—It would hardly be sup posed that so trifling an article of consumption as peri winkles could form a matter of extensive traffic ; but so it is. Sometimes as many as 50 or 60 tons of these little shells are brought at a time to our quay from the island of Kervera, opposite Oban, where they abound, and are ga thered by the poor people, who get 6d. a bushel for col lecting them. From this they are shipped to Liverpool, and thence by rail to London, to satisfy the insatiable maw of the modern Babylonians. Very few are retained here in transit, as the popular taste for " whilks and buckies" is not so strongly marked in our population, and better profits are consequently obtained in London, even after paying so much sea and land carriage. —Glas gow paper. COLONEL SIBTHORP.—The Era, in reply to a corre spondent, gives the following particulars respecting the eccentric colonel :—" Colonel Sibthorp's country seat is Canwick-hall, about half a mile from Lincoln. He sel dom visits it, and when he does it is only for one or two days at a time. It has been asserted that he is prevented from spending a lengthened period at Canwick owing to the numerous parties who, on every opportunity, solicit his bounty, saying they have lost a horse, cow, pig, &c. The colonel's generosity is proverbial, and it is therefore to be regretted that l►e should be so severely taxed when ever ho visits Lincolnshire. As one instance of his libe rality, we may mention that, last week, he attended a meeting in the Guildhall, Lincoln, called by the Mayor to promote the projected great exhibition in 1851. The colonel stated his reasons for refusing to subscribe to the local fund, but then wrote out a cheque for £lOO, which he gave to the Mayor to distribute amongst the poorer classes in Lincoln, without regard to sectarian or political feeling." FREAKS OF MR. WOMEWELL'S ELEPHANT. —OR Thursday, Mr. Wombwell's elephant caused some con sternation at Castle Edward Colliery, near Sunderland. Symptoms of an outbreak had appeared in his journey from Hartlepool, inasmuch as some difficulty was expe rienced in preventing him doing injury to the horses that helped him to draw the caravan. Once loosened, how ever, from harness, the huge animal instantly cleared his way of horses, caravan, and every obstruction, animate and inanimate. The pitmen's henroosts, and such like, were crushed like eggshells, and it became a task of diffi culty to catch and secure the animal. Ropes were passed around his trunk and legs, stones were thrown, and guns fired at him, but for some time with no other effect than to intensify his exasperation. At last he was thrown down, and then, finding himself foiled, throughout the evening, he rang his bell for nuts and gingerbread with the greatest good humour. The next morning, on remov ing to Seaham Harbour, the same scene was repeated, but mingled with greater cause of alarm. When brought to be harnessed, he gave proof that he would much rather break his caravan to pieces than draw it. The greatest alarm prevailed amongst the observers, lest some of the caravans should be so damaged as to allow animals per haps even more prone to do mischief than the elephant to escape. Although this was nearly the case on one or two occasions, yet nothing so serious came to pass, and the premises were finally cleared of the strange visitor and his companions. T H E REWARD 0 F We must allow it would be very hard If industry were kept from its reward, But those who labour in their proper sphere, And patiently toil on and persevere, Will soon or late a sure reward obtain For all their hours of anxious care and pain. 'Tis net at once that men to fame arise, The road to eminence through trouble lies ; By action springing from a studious thought The elements of true success are wrought, By dauntless energy and manly will, By wise designs and well directed skill, By strength of purpose boldly to oppose The machinations of defaming foes: Merit awhile may live within the shade, But in due time its price is surely paid. In every science, and in every trade, We find some men for eminence are made; No matter how their compeers strive and try, 'Tis all in vain—they quickly pass them by; Their application, never at a loss, Enables them all obstacles to cross; 4 ,rs In all p nits, in every grade and state Some en appear as destined to be great. So AM, nobly striving in his trade, own success and high renown has made, , ohe has proudly pass'd his rivals by With power that seem'd all efforts to defy; Fearless of all, he still went boldly on, Until the height which now he holds was won; Ever undaunted in the public cause, He daily seeks new means to gain applause; Thus from all classes has be eam'd regard, And industry bath reap'd its just reward. A Footisti GIRL.—On the departure of a detachment of the 81st from Scarborough to Berwick, a girl, who had lost her heart to one of the soldiers, proceeded by the same train ; but, being detected at York, she was given over to a police-officer, who was directed to send her to her friends at Scarborough. She declared that she would never return to them, struggled frantically, and rent the air with her shrieks. On being placed in a train for Scar borough, she declared that the moment the train departed she would throw herself from the window. A railway porter was thereupon placed in the carriage with her, and he had actually many times to struggle violently with her to prevent the execution of her threat. A THIEF IN A BEDCHAMBER. One of the Leeds papers of Saturday last states that at Devizes, on Sunday night week, Mrs. Wells, of the Swan inn ' while in bed, felt a hand touch he r f ace , an d, wa kin g her husband, caused him, much against his will, to rise and see if some stranger was not in the room. He struck a lucifer-match and lighted a candle, when he found a man secreted be hind a dress. He thrashed the thief so vigorously that, notwithstanding his cries for mercy, he rendered him nearly insensible, after which he handed him to a police officer. The fellow had, but a week before, at another inn, secured a purse in the night by secreting himself in a bed-room, and it is supposed that he was about to take Mrs. Well's purse from beneath her pillow when he put his hand on her face. STRANGE COINCIDENCE.—A very unusual occurrence took place in Rutherglen Church on Sunday, which is thus narrated to us by a gentleman who was present : " In the afternoon, two men pretty well up in years ap peared in the bench' of the parish church, each with his tenth child, for baptism. In ' the bench,' at the same time, and for the same purpose, were a young couple, with their first child. Here is the singular part of the story. The child of the young couple was the first grand child of the two elder men—one of the old men being the father of the youthful mother—the other the parent of the young father. Thus, at the same time, were there in ' the bench' two granafathers and two grandmothers, with the son-in-law in daughter-in-law, while two uncles and a niece were being baptised. The children of the old men were boys ; the child of the young couple a girl."—Glas gow Herald. THE IRON TRADE.—The little that has been done in this trade during the past fortnight has been of an unusu ally lifeless character. Prices remain much the same as at quarter-day, and the orders which were supposed to be withheld on that occasion with a view to turn the scale in favour of lower rates, are still not forthcoming ; so that either that object is not yet considered impracticable, or these assumed requirements are not of a very urgent description—if, indeed, they existed at all in any other shape than the fanciful figments of philosophising specu lators. We are also sorry to learn that the local con sumption of the district, which up to the present time has escaped the general depression. is now considerably shortening, in consequence of a relaxation in the de mand for most of our principal articles of manufacture. In the wrought nail trade around Dudley this falling-off is reported to be so extensive that it has been considered necessary to issue notices for a further abatement of the miserable wages hitherto given, and the operatives are refusing to work at the reduction.—Birmingham Gazette.. NEGRO SEAMEN AT CHARLESTON.—Some interest and curiosity has been excited in London by the particu lars of a case which has come before the Thames police court. Mr. Waddington, the master of the barque Mary Ann, was summoned for non-payment of wages to a negro seaman. The ground of refusal was that the complain ant, who is a British subject, hart been taken out of the ship at Charleston by the authorities there because he was a coloured man, and imprisoned for two months in the common gaol, to prevent him having any communication with the slave population, and that he had been charged £2O by the sheriff for the maintenance of the seaman while he was in gaol. Mr, Yardley, after expressing his surprise at such an outrage on the liberty of the subject, said the wages must be paid, notwithstanding the man had been taken to prison and the expenses incurred, because there was no stipulation in the articles to exempt the ship from the liability. The captain demurred to payment. He said, " I cannot go back to any slave-holding state in America ; if I do my ship will be scuttled or the mast taken out." He took his papers, and as he was going said " D—n it, I wish we were all slaves,—seamen, magistrates, and all." An order for the payment of £ll 14s. 6d., after giving the captain credit for advances, was made. ADELAIDE MEMORIAL.—We are gratified to perceive, that an energetic effort is now making in Landon to pro vide means to establish an institution for providing the orphan daughters of naval and marine officers with the means of obtaining a suitable education, and of establishing themselves in such positions in life as may enable them to secure a respectable maintenance. The idea of form ing the institution at the present time has originated from a desire to give a practical tendency to the variety of pro posals which have been suggested for memorials of the late Queen Dowager. A liberal subscription has been entered into, and a great number of the nobility and lead ing naval officers have signified their warm approval of the work. An influential ladies' committee has been formed in London, and we sincerely hope that the good work will soon be brought to a prosperous completion. The admirers of the late good Queen Dowager—the wife and widow of a sailor—could not more satisfactorily show their esteem and affection for her majesty than by liberally contributing to this fund. " A Sailor's Widow," writing to the Nautical Magazine, says—" At the present mo ment there are two heart-rending cases, which I may bring forward in proof of the urgent necessity of some such effort, as that I now earnestly recommend to the attention of the benevolent and patriotic. The first, is that of the four orphan daughters of a post captain; the second, that of the six orphan daughters of a lieutenant of the Royal Navy, both fathers having died of cholera, and left their motherless children entirely destitute, with out even the means of obtaining that education which might enable them hereafter to help themselves." A SAILOR HUNT.—The Shield's Gazette states, that an American sailor, at Sunderland, who had been taken to the station-house for disorderly conduct in the streets, " suddenly sprung out into the yard, and leaped over the iron rails. At that moment he was seized by the collar by Serjeant Grey, who was, however, unable to hold this wild son of Neptune. The latter suddenly tumbled a summerset, and fell from a height of forty . ' feet to the ground below. He got up immediately and leaped over the wall, into the Pann-road. The serjeant ran after him down the Pann steps and came close upon him, but he ran at full speed through Mr. Hutchinson's shipbuilding yard, and dashed into the river, followed by the serjeant, who was obliged to return, however, the watery element being unsuitable to a land policeman. Jack then swam towards the north side of the river, and Serjeant Grey went to the quay and hailed the river police-boat. The summons was promptly obeyed, the serjeant got on board, and they gave full chase to the swimmer, who suddenly whirled about in the water, swam towards the bridge, and making for the south side, got between a vessel and the quay, when one of the river policemen tried to catch him with the boat-hook. Jack's inexpressibles gave way and he dashed off again, and they after him in full chase. When nearly overtaken, Jack dived under a boat, and when rising again to the surface he was fairly hooked by the jacket, pulled into the boat, and conveyed to the shore : he then walked quietly to the station-house. On his arrival he seemed much exhausted with his strange adventure, and the superintendent kindly administered some restoratives to him. Shortly afterwards he was quite recovered, when a number of his messmates came and claimed him, and his ship being upon a tide sail, poor Jack was set at liberty." AWFUL TRAGEDY. — Stafford and the neighbourhood were on Tuesday alarmed by a report, which turned out quite correct, of a most tragical event having taken place at Ingestre, the seat of Earl Talbot. It appears that Mr. Yarker, head gamekeeper to Earl Talbot, who was re covering from an attack of delirium tremens, was attended by Walter Murray, the person who was placed in charge of him by the advice of his medical adviser, Mr. Waddell, of Stafford, who had repeatedly given instructions that any weapon with which he could possibly do any injury should be cautiously kept from him, and also that he should be strictly watched. It appears, however, that Murray, who is an underkeeper, about six o'clock on Tuesday evening, incautiously allowed Yarker to take out a gun, in company with him: for the purpose of shooting jackdaws. After they had proceeded about a mile from the house Yarker shot Murray with a bullet ; Yarker then returned home, leaving his victim dead in a kind of tower or temple. The servant girl was in the kitchen when Yarker arrived there, taking tea, with an infant in her arms ; he opened the door and shot her dead through the head, the child falling unhurt to the ground. Yar ker's sister, who is the widow of a medical gentleman, was in the small apartment, not more than three yards from him ; he levelled the gun at her, and she shifting her position he lowered his gun from his shoulder ; again levelled it and fired; she distinctly saw the flash, and immediately moved her head, and escaped with two shots in the face ; Yarker then ran from the house and escaped into the wood with his gun unloaded. His wife who was in the yard followed him. In about ten minutes from this tinie, Yarker's sister heard the report of a gun, and in about two minutes afterwards the report of another. Mr. Waddell, the surgeon, was immediately sent for from Stafford, and on his arrival at the scene found Yar ker and his wife lying about five yards distant from each other, Mrs. )(faker having been shot through the heart, and the upper part of Yarker's head entirely blown off, taking with it nearly the whole of the contents of the INDUS T R Y giartrulturaf anb 30ortirulturaI COLUMN. We recollect seeing, some time back, in a London pa per, a suggestion respecting the use of ornamental shrubs for the formation of hedges in gardens. It has often oc curred to us that this idea is worth carrying out, and would lead to desirable results. Why should we confine ourselves to the two or three plants of which hedges are now so generally formed. They have qualities, it is true, which are not easily surpassed; but a little examination will speedily shew that a very great number are equally available, and infinitely more beautiful. Holly, privet, and yew, are the shrubs usually employed, and being evergreen, and very patient of heavy pruning, will always be preferred where a compact wall-like hedge is required, and ornament is only a secondary object; but there are many situations where an evergreen hedge is not essential ; for instance, when surrounding a summer flower-garden, might not the hedge be made to harmonise with the flowers in the border. Cydonia Japonica makes an ex cellent hedge; and if the light rose-coloured variety is mixed with the scarlet, the effect in spring is very pretty. Long, twiggy things, such as Deutzia scabra, are appa rently unfitted for this purpose, but only in appearance, for if a few stakes are driven at short intervals, and the . twigs carefully trained through them, a complete lattice work of leaves and flowers may be formed. This may be again varied by selecting plants of a different growth, and different times of flowering ; thus, Deutzia scabra, Spirea Douglasii, and Weigela roses ' would harmonise very well ; and by a careful u se of the knife, a few tyings of bast, and a few iron stakes, might be formed into a very pretty fence. The Mahonias are occa sionally used, and are sure of being more general, for their appearance is very fine, whether we view them in flower, in fruit, or merely clothed in their rich foliage. Several of the thrberises are also available, particularly B. dulcis ; its habit, if headed down in time, is compact, and its sharp thorns render it imperviousto rabbits. We have seen a very pretty garden hedge of rosemary ; and in a sheltered situation what could be more striking and beau tiful than one formed with Garrya elliptica, whose my riads of catkins, 7 or 8 inches in length, would have a most unique appearance ? Buxus Balearicus, the double flowered gorse, Hibiscus, Syriacus, and its numerous va rieties, would all, under good management, form highly ornamental hedge shrubs. Cotoneaster microphyla has been tried with great success. Leycesteria formosa is very manageable ; several species of Cistus would make gorgeous hedges, and many more might be named ; but, be it understood, none of these plants will do where la bour is scarce, for they must be carefully managed, and not kept with the shears or bill-hook. To the amateur with small space they offer an increase to his pleasures. NOVELTIES OF THE NURSERIES. avton-hill Nursery, Cheshire.—Messrs. Henderson and Brown.—This is one of the neatest and prettiest nur series near Liverpool. The glass is extensive, but the grounds are rather limited. Under the management of Mr. Thompson, the foreman, some very beautiful and unique specimens have been raised—for instance, many of our readers will remember the gigantic Calceolaria, which was afterwards shown at the Corn Exchange, last year, and afterwards was purchased for the decoration of the Merchants' Dining-rooms. The extreme lightness and cleanliness of the houses contribute much to the successful cultivation we see here ; and a judicious selec tion, which admits only of really choice objects, is one of the secrets by which the Oxton-hill Nursery is rendered so very attractive. The most conspicuous and rare plants we noticed in the stove were—Cetradenia floribunda, which, though newer certainly, does not equal the C : rosea; Clerodendron odoratum, JEschynanthus pul cher, Hypocyrta glabra, a very beautiful thing ; Browallia speciosa, Ardisia panniculata ; the old favourites Stepha notis florabunda, Allamanda cathartica, and Combretum purpureum, are in fine condition ; Manettia bicolor, Physianthus auricomis, Clitor a ternata, Statice macro phylla, and Epidendruru macrochilum, were also very fine. At one end of the stoves is an excellent collection of Ferns and Sycopods. Amongst the latter, L : apodurn, L : circinatum, and a good stock of L : helveticum, were most conspicuous ; the latter is exceedingly beautiful, and well adapted for greenhouse culture. The intermediate house was filled with an extensive well-grown stock of Pelargoniums, amongst which the new one called Tom Thumb's General (what a n. me!) was conspicuous from its large trusses, rather richer in colour than General Tom Thumb, and a better formed truss ; Bouvardia triphylla, Heliotropium voltaireanum, Plumbago Lar pentte, Lantana Sellowii, &c. In this house we also saw a beautiful specimen of the Moutan Fumitory Dielytra spectabilis, and some very striking seedling azaleas, with rich red flowers of fine form and substance, and a habit closely resembling the variety called Lateritii. Nothing could exceed the gay appearance of the green house, it was a mass of bloom from one end to the other, but amongst all, two specimens of azalia var Gledstanesii were most conspicuous, one was a standa r d, th e o th er a dwarf, both of such perfect form that not a leaf or flower could have been better placed : the flowers were so nu. merous they appeared closely packed together all over the almost globular heads of these beautiful specimens. Fine plants of Escalonia organensis, rhododendron Gibsonii, Weigela rosea, Boronia servulata, Crowea saligna, physo lobium gracile, Pultentea sttbumbellata, Daviesia latifolia, dillwynia floribunda, chironia glutinosa, hypocalyptus ob cordatus, pimelia sylvestris, coleor.ema tenella, and lasi anthus splendeus ware also in flower, with an abundance of the ordinary greenhouse plants, amongst which were several calceolarias, each bidding fair to be as large and fine as those exhibited last year. In the out-door depart. meet, a large collection of Alpines for a long time en grossed our attention. MISCELLANEA. The Clove Bark which is sometimes, but rarely, im ported into this country, is the produce of a species of wild Cinnamon growing in Borneo. It is supposed to be the Cinnamoneum Kulitlawang. Vegetation of Borneo.—Perhaps the most gorgeous of the native plants are the various species of Rhododendron, which here assume a peculiar form, being epiphytal upon the trunks of trees, as in the genera of the tribe Orchida cem. This habit, induced probably by the moisture of the climate, is not however confined to the Ericaceous plants, but also prevails with the genera Fagrzea, Combretum, and many others usually terrestrial. The following excellent article on the agricultural value of lime is from the Farmers' Journal:— " The agricultural value of lime is not always found to depend on the precise quantity of carbonate of lime found in its composition. A pure lime-stone may be on some soils less productive of general fertility than one con taining magnesia, silica, or salts of iron. It is not difficult to comprehend nor to account for this ; for if a soil be destitute, or nearly destitute, of any of these materials, an impure lime-stone will do much to supply them ; and if they happen to have a sufficiency of carbonate of lime, it will produce less effects. Twenty tons of turnips, for instance, if removed from an acre, would remove some 281bs. of magnesia; and though it is possible lime and magnesia may in many cases replace each other, still it will be readily conceived that, to have as full a crop as possible, it is necessary to supply to the soil a full quan tity of the materials naturally intended to build up the structure of the plant. In twenty years, assuming five crops of turnips, and ten crops of corn to be removed, and taking the former at 281bs. per acre, and the latter at an average of /01bs., there will be abstracted from the soil 2401b5. of magnesia, or as much as is contained in six tons and one-third of the Monk Fryston lime mentioned in our last. " The recent researches of Professor Johnstone have, however, shown that there are other materials conveyed to the soil, and the presence of which seems hardly ever to have been suspected, or even sought for and even in some of the limestones they form an element not inconsi. derable, at any rate, in the quantity usually applied. Some of the lime on the borders of Cheshire was found by the professor to contain 0.37 and 0.41 parts of sulphate of lime, and in the following proportions at the following places Cockermouth .. Cumberland .. 0'23 Brampton .. do. .. 0 . 32 Kinhead .. Scotland .. 0'32 "This agrees in a very remarkable degree with the analyses of Mr. Spence, made for the Yorkshire Agricul tural Society; and though he does not distinguish be tween sulphuric acid and common salt in the analyses, yet of the two he gave the following per centages, select ing some of the highest : Kettlewell dale, .. .. .. o'2o Knottingley, • • • . .. o'4o Brotherton, .. .. .. .. o'so Pairburn, .. .. .. .. 0 . 40 Hessle cliff (chalk), .. .. 0.30 "These proportions come so near the Professor's that it is evident that sulphuric acid is seldom observed in the limes, and often present in the limestones ; and when these are applied on soils where there is a deficiency of sulphuric acid, the value is to be measured by the items of these small materials, rather than by the extent of those of greater bulk. ___ " We have heard, for instance, of a dressing of the Wensleydale, or blue mountain limestone, producing alone an excellent crop of turnips. Now that the Pro fessor has shown an appreciable quantity of phosphate of lime to exist in many of the limestones, this problem is solved ; for the farmer who is applying his lime, is really applying the equivalent of dissolved bones. Thus, in the Brampton limestone, as muc h as 0 ' 33 per cent. of phos phate of iime was detected. The Denbigh limestones contained, in two cases, o'l4 and 0 . 12 per cent. of phos phate of lime respectively, so that four tons of the lime would contain as much as 201bs. of phosphate of lime—a quantity by no means inconsiderable in a manure brought to the soil, and especially as aiding any other application which may be deemed necessary to the soil. " There is no doubt that the suggestion of the Profes sor may be right, that the kind of coal with which they are burnt has something to do with the quantity of sul phuric acid in the lime ; but the analyses we have given above of the Yorkshire beds purport to be of the lime stones, and not of the caustic lime." PERIODICALS FOR THE MONTH. Curtis's BoranicaTMagazine hi;s7one striking things —a fine large plate representing the Mungo tree, both in flower and fruit; a fine hardy shrubby veronice V : formosa ; the delicate and rare Ixora barbata Coign hounis coccinia, and Gynoxys fragrans. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Mis cellany contains a continuation of the valuable " Contri butions to the botany of Western India," by M. A. Dal zell, Esq., and the interesting " Extracts from the p r i va t e letters of Dr. J. D. Hooker. It is full of varied and inte rest* botanical information. Maund's Botanic Garden and Fruitist gives descrip. tions, in its usual familiar style, and plates of kalosanthes coccinea, pavia rubra, .cotoneaster rotundifolia, d a ph ne mezereon, and the well icnown apple ribstone pippin. Sowerby's English Botany i s rap idl y supplying the botanical student with faithf u l representations of all the indigenous plants. In the pres en t part i s glum all the RAILWAY AFFA IRS. 001 0 4 .---- , vie i The fares by rail from Shrewsbu l l “ 3 3 ,1 miles, are now reduced to 6d. first-cla ss ' and third class one penny. pporte: The commissioners of railways ha ve 'la the granting of po wers t o the Lancashire company to increase their existing tolls' Lor d 1 o l m 4th of March. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. —Tue ,,, gae, this company's paying t he 1 ./ discharged the injunction granted hY tul ic •dmi for the half year ir againsto l ß i n s o A le ltl t hs c e te adjourned meeting of the N ew eilos l6 . ending 3 1st eCe h the r being only one-half the dividend to whin n n ot . , are entitled—the claim upon Mr. 1 1 01 ° 00 0- 1, been finally adjusted, though he has Po" 0 0 on account. f ero NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.--The ir° a dividend at D the r a m te b : r f iss i , o . Spector of railways, Colonel Laffan. oil Vireftsii° visited the portion of the North Western of tween Wennington and Higher Bentham; In f o thing in a very satisfactory state, and 1 1 ,: t hito , was opened for p u bli c t ra ffi c as far as P e " to mailing portion of the line from Benthsle ore fn about 5 miles and a quarter, is in a ve.vY beill€ tion, and the re i s no d ou bt o f the Ilne ‘he on throughout from L ancas t er t o Skipton, le ''"" June. _.......e..-.'14 = COURT AND FASIOr ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE QUEEN. " — Th e I ing event o f th e wee k h as b een t h e a ccouch majesty, who was safely delivered of a Pr i ° ee t day mor n i ng l as t . A ccord i ng to the lat'',, he majesty was "d o i ng we ll . " Th e d a y was of the birth of the hero of Waterloo:lK/ which her majesty derived her baptismal:llo r 4 l pliment to the hero and the victory. Pra l s it # l 4 l noured the Duke o f W e lli ng t on with a ri b i s tolL House, on Wedn e sd a y, an d i t is stated that,eoo ness did so at the express desire of her 1 130 OP to convey to the noble Duke the intitna her majesty's gracious int e ntion to have the ,.o. prince baptized by the name of " Arthur. o ydd nial of her high personal regard for his g r t e fice l memoration of the gre a t an d important_,'iblu f ier, rendered to his coun t ry . I n t h e room were Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and monthly nurse ; and i n th e rooms a djoinial b f r , medical attenda n t s —Si r J ames Cl ar k ani„ fl oilt and the ministe r s and officers of state sui - i e .- 4 r occasion. The privy councillors present vie + he I bishop of Cant er b ury , th e Bi s h op o f London 'Tot lr Wellington, Lord Joh n R usse ll, Sir Ge°,, T g r i n Marquis of B rea d a lb ane, an d t h e D u ke Of T te d . . p The Princes of th e S an d w i c h I s lands, B JO' service on Sunday, in the Chapel Royal , Z.l The Ayr Adve r ti ser s t ates ' t h a t the r'"%,„eeri, expects at the approaching Egiinton ParkZ visited by th e Ki ng o f th e N et h er l an ds. r i ;"; 1 rig anticipation of hi s M a j esty ' s arr i va l, are Eglinton Castle. h The nuptials of Mi ss Cl ara M ar i a Bar d - I the late Sir Francis Burdett, and the Rev ere . ojelt,,, mond Money, of St ern fi e ld, S u ff o lk, vr Saturday, at Trinity Church, Sloane-street, 004 ceremony was performed by the Bishop e f t ° o o ,l,e ed by the Rev. R. Burgess. - The Earl of 0 0 , yr, away the bride, Miss Burdett Coutts stafi die° o o 9„4 hand of the bridegroom. The f o llowia,g acted as filles d'honneur, all being siivii a :)ll°`if ‘ Miss Burdett, Mi ss C outts, L a d y Fralle so l' p hio49 Emily Pears o n, Mi ss Ni xon, a nd Miss At the conclu s i on o f the ceremony' tDe u fo r. turned to the vestry, where the registry cr iu rro' l attesting witnesses being the Earl of Bishop of Oxford, and Miss Burdett Coate j ___.------_--- A I,,, er j r GETTING OUT OF A DIFFICULTY. — '" at 1..,,14 theatrical performance was lately given ce t o es during the enactment of the well-knownercatdi4 hica ß ao o dn y t a do l c ,B ut ath, when an amusing occurre°, K a fightDi a a Diamond." duel,on d .1 but t C t a h p e t . pisto ls Sey m our hav a i n fi g, we ,1 strong desire to keep the peace, refute After several ineffectual attempts to P 4 l Mr. Callaghan, who represented Capt. k : 0 i the house into convulsions of laugtlt e ",4ll l coming forward and exc l a i m i ng, " Ladies a c ''d „I lam supposed to be killed." And he Pie the ground—theatrically dead accordingli• A 04 0 or SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT. , o f r accident happened on the farm of Muirsioe SO Wednesday week. A boy named Williai n . ng le,fill fourteen years of age, was rolling with e,...„ 51- o ,roi, wooden roller on the above-mentioned n, • ,i on the framework of the roller. By sore feteiN had fallen forward in front of the ino v r'res ofr passed over one half of his body, where ': o per) ing him into the earth. Mr. Henry, the f av or` ji; side, having given the boy orders not to, A s ri too hard, but give it an occasional rest, /I:: of r o t 11 to see the animal standing in the inid e e s elfl l 9 but at length suspecting that something P r des d , f 4 to the spot, where he found the boy eni te „t be l e neath the roller, where he had been for ah, e- df../ 4 ,10 with at least half a ton weight above his L' a. /eif Standard. , O t ki l li MR. COBDEN ON THE EXHIBITION r o e V/ course of a speech by Mr. Cobden, at a W e l' borough of Marylebone, on Thursday , in t he ' 4 04 exhibition, he made some remarks 11 11 1/ w ith il t l e to / 0 ", which the commissioners had to conteneurblso tf, out this great exhibition, andurged, in '°"." 0' ilii pi' A i t he necessity for strenuous co-operation an", Ror bed' A from all parties. He then referred to 1 05 r iace' Of Prince Albert, speaking of him, not as a p i oseoi, working man. He would not flatter, a t, n o ese a ll hesitated not to say that his royal big" t beli fy i three times as much as any other man ia til a e% KIS of this object, whilst from this time nil bottrl t siV i would have more mental anxiety, daily l o ut° pre plexing toil than any working man. Ile. h itl o tel death Prince o Prince Albert, associated with this exio" o s f the battle fields of victory. Eugene Alexander ooltrot DEATH OF A MISER.-011 SatUrda y ~ oe i e olti l li flax- dres s ees e " o f _ A O:, anomalies in human nature—" a storing Vir, 1 orM D ar e l m bo p r s o t u er g , h of history, Vii another's use," was discovered here. 1 tl, 1 t r i twe a id Ofi I was about 56 years of age; for about doe ~f O A up to within a few days of his death, he ory hellor even during the st orms o f w i n t er , the 1 121 d, Ifu'igV light. He was s u ppli e d w i t h hi s d a ily It a li 6. :0041 ,54 the scantiest and meanest description , T e ;,, del if , hut he slept in his own house. After 5 • eV(' Dempster unexpectedly died on SaturdeYe;:e 0 ', ing over his humble dwelling, there w t oie „I d e, £125 10s. in silver, £36 in gold, and a lsa otte r 'jc 7/ which were stuck behind the window 5 d „., p the above, there has also been discovere.other amounting to about £1,000; and, I,34 'y:tu t / the old man is said to have been Worth a _ fa ' / Montrose Standard. i ~ A P ; t ej MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—OD SaHrua.r, .4 I r '.l vf.... m af ti s the neighbourhood of Dorking, SurrePo o d '" - sti 1 0 terrific storm of thunder, lightning, lien te bi alli which the Milton Court pond was sw ° heir . jig height, and the waters overflowed todgstestdo poured with great fury through the fl° j og i f time of the storm Mr. D. Barclay wa s , 4 l. tee 0, ther's at Bury-hill on a pony, which th e , / the noise of the water, and backed ','" was; i n his rider, at a place where the deptubut o fi, teen feet. The pony swam ashorettwodet was carried down the stream tn the co ideiVe r boy named Quaite, who bed seen the % s tag pia) as sistance, and caught him by the hair l ;oo he, of e f sucked under the gates. In this 13 05 , 1 " re ate' t tli tif hold Mr. Barclay until Mr.. Wells, t" e r i v ed 5 ,10 9 '/ 1 joining mill, and some of his men ar s 0 1 40 / when it was found necessary to tie roPe o oo a , 11 and to use clothes' props and other woociT o tipti him from his perilous situation. A l ,: r iller' s o o o4 o 4 /, conveyed, almost 'senseless, to the n '''' well e re ss At t placed in a warm bed. He was s so g on removed to his brother's residence. A that; re lf , / ~ sensation created in the neighbourboo ~ -.c r . P offered up in the village church for A .. order r 0 deliverance. one 1 di MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—A raysteri .ace, 0 , bery has taken place at Clareroontlisoelli i g iol e t‘ road, Clapham. The deceased, Saraincoo au e t tr,/ was housekeeper to Mr. John Ma u , 0 01' 4 blot', gentleman, with whom she had liveu_ mid oats ,sad Maddle left home on Sundcar forenen t he l : t / about half-past one, was surprised that o f !Ide, Or not answered. On going to the rear We' 1 deceased was found on the kitchen wanso,,,44, reei / house had been ransacked, and a gold that $' t?" believed der 0 property, taken away. It is to reP elfir / tors of the offence used chlorofortn . t to an tie do" ) insensible, and that they employe I a l it bl s 0° i caused death. On Saturday eveni n g , s beb b s i te d i f o lel/ o'clock, a tall thin man, dressed in, req ue r .., .. at Dr. Hale's, Blackfriar's-r0ad ,0 7 0 .01; i Thot P to - fl plied with sixpenny-worth of chior ° re plieu d to di S t o him what he wanted it for, when u e „ t h, sP f lat' plr to draw a female acquaintance's being Peaoptoo,, • was .' Ili' A ' insensible while the operation h the. jae.'„ 4 ilei,/ Hale refused to supply , him, altbengod P o py'r r s t o il very hard. He then left the shol) , _,Jthe _.oe h e men who were waiting at the corn r e o rr ri p au the j e l The man who applied for the chlo _i t ' s: , le ave fl i e 4 scription of the man who war; se en OP% 11, 0 , y Mr. Meddle with a bundle under 0 " y 0,1 . 0 0, mi l e , 0 / 11 HoLLowAy's OINTMENT 101 ; cuss o rt , o, REMEDY IN THE WORLD FOR Ill at SO or iv o s —.David Davies, a miner, living ate • 600 °AO I afflicted from his infancy with - , l e O l i e d fofped which was greatly aggravated i ' ..t he OB ye l th e MI ployment. 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