The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-11 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received Mauritius papers to the 6th of June. Exchange:—Mauritius Government Bills, 30 days' sight on London, five per cent premium; Bank Bills, 90 days, none; Private Bilk, at 90 days, at par, none. By an overland express from India accounts have been re ceived from Alexandria of the 16th of August, stating that the English steamer arrived there from Beyrout on the 9th, bringing the intelligence that Ibrahim Pacha had finally put an end to the insurrection of the Druses by the capture of all their chiefs. The Consol market continued in a dormant state during the whole of yesterday at 94 1 g for Money, and 941 for the Account, and opened ' this morning at 941 for the Account, and for Money 94i I. Exchequer Bills , 71 73 ; India Bonds, 72 74; Bank - Stock for opening, 2081 India Stock, 264 yn si. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active still heavy at 193 I. with coupons; Portuguese, 351 36; Three per Cents., 234; Brazilian, 831 ; Mexican, 231 24; Colom bian, 25116; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531 541; Five per Cents., 102 k 1. HALF-PAST ONE Consols have receded from the morning price of 941 to 94/ sellers for the Account. This decline is not to be attri buted to any news being received affecting the funds, but merely to some small sales of money stock, which, aided by the wetness of the weather, have rather depressed the market. Consols at present may be quoted at 94, 3 for Account; Money 949-11; Exchequer Bills, 71 73; India Bonds, 71 73; Bank Stock, shut; for opening, 2052 209; India Stock, 2641 26..51. Spanish Active, 191 ; Portuguese, 3.5 3 36; Three per Cents., 23;; Brazilian, 8.3 831; Mexican, 2.31 246; Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents., 53454; ditto Five per Cents., 1021 The Snare Market is buoyant, Great Western, 141 pm.; Brighton, 2i dis.; North Midland, 8 pm.; Birmingham, 791 pm. QUARTER BEFORE THREE. Consols for the Account, 94 (From the official list, containing the business actually transacted.) BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, lndia Stock, 3 per Ct. Red., Shut 'lndia Bonds, 71 73 pm 3 per Ct. Con., 91 1 4 Bank Stock for Open. 16th 32 per Ct. Anns. 1818, Oct., 2052 33.6 per Ct. Red., Shut Consols for Acct., 941 New 3? per Cents., 1011 i i £100() Ex. Bills, 71 73 pm Long Ans. 1860, Shut £5OO do. 71 73 pm Ditto, 30 yrs. 1859, 15; 5 , Small do. 71 73 pm Ditto, 30 yrs. 1860, 15 7-16 Ditto Commercial, SHARES. (The quotations give the actual price, without reference to premium or discount.) Anglo Mexiean (issued at £slLondon and Croydon Trunk, Pm.,) 3 1161 Real del Monte Unregistered,lNorth Midland, 4..-1 6 101 lAustralasia Bank, 63 United Mexican (issued at £2 Asphalte, British, 2& pm.,) 24 Bitumen, Robinson, 21 Great Western, 79i British N. American Bank, London & Brighton, 91 84 271 71- London and Blackwall, 5 2 ,General Steam Navigation, London & Birmingham, 1691 23q London & Southampton, 'IS National Bank of Ireland, 16? Southampton, New, 371 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING The sanguine backers of . Heron, for the - Leamington Stakes, have had to put up with a defeat; and those gentle men whom we noticed on Tuesday as having Modesty in their eye, had the pleasure of finding that Lye, after a very splendid race, won by a very short head. From the betting that occurred on the Cup race, on Wednesday night, at a late hour, the result might have been actually known, so far that Calmuck was cyphered in Modesty's race. Even mo ney was freely accepted on Mr. Cooke's horse, aDd 6 to 4 was the figure on the following day. We hear he won in a common canter, and came out the following afternoon (yes terday), and won her Majesty's gutiteas, at two beats, after some capital racing with Mr. Bristow's Dr. Slop. Maho metan fell, and was killed on the ground, in the second heat. Mr. Fowler's Gilbert Gurney, having won his race against Eliza, yesterday, may improve a shade in the St. Leger bet tings, which for the past two days have been of a remarkably insipid character. lon, owing to his having just the call of Don John, yesterday, at Tattersall's, has also been moved half a point. Offers of 3to 1 are made on the field. Laner cost and the Grey stand at 8 and 12 to 1. Cobham has rather improved, but not to the extent that the London figure would have led us to expect. 200 to 10 was taken on Appleton Lad to-day, and this evening 15 to I was freely offered against the Duke of Cleveland's filly. This evening 100 to 6 was taken, and the party accepting would have gone on. 'There has been nothing done of moment in the others. The Cup bet ting is so quiet that quotations would be superfluous. Hark away remains at 3 to 1. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. The absence of many of its usual visitors at Warwick races occasioned the room this day to be thinly attended; the bet ting, however, although dull enough in amount, was of some little interest, inasmuch as it enabled lon to recover the lead from Don John. Cobham arso improved, 9to 1 having at one time been taken in good quarters; a poiut more was betted towards the close. Alzira and Grey Momus were not in any force, while Pucelle, backed freely at Warwick, rose to 15 to 1, taken, but not generally. Nothing done on Al bemarle or Appleton Lad, whose supporters have disappeared altogether. A solitary bet, 1,000 to 25, was laid against Saintfoin. Closing prices : ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 against Col. Peel's lon. (t) 10 to 3 „ Lord Chesterfield's Don John. 9to 1 „ Mr. Parkin's Lanercost. (t) 10 to 1 „ Mr. H. Coombes's Cobham. • (t) 13 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Alzira. 13 to 1 „ Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus. 15 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly. (I) 40 to I „ Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin. (t) THE EXPERIMENTAL ASCENT OF THE NASSAU BALLOON ON TUESDAY. (From the Times.) MR. GREEN'S NARRATIVE. It will he remembered by our readers that what is termed a "double ascent" of balloons took place on Tuesday last from Vauxhall-gardens, when considerable astonishment was created amongst those who viewed the progress of the aerosta tic machines at the different courses the two floating bodies struck into shortly after they had left the spot whence they started. Even to the spectator that fact bore ample proof of the existence of varied currents of air, although the sub stance operated upon at first appeared to be moving at nearly equal elevations. The results to which the voyage as affect ing the Nassau balloon has led, and the different effects to which it was subject during the journey, we have been kindly favoured with by Mr. Green, to whom the science of aerosta tion is more deeply indebted than to any individual who has before made that peculiar branch of discover a study. It will, by a careful perusal of the account, be seen that effects hitherto unobserved were produced, and with minute accuracy marked by the three travellers, but by neither of them with more avidity or with more anxiety than by Mr. Rush, from whose memoranda a great proportion of the particulars have been furnished. Independent of the details contained in Mr. Green's version, that gentleman and Mr. Spencer have in formed us that, after they had " o'ertopped" their oppo nent, the appearance it presented was that of a large body skimming along the surface of the earth, although a portion of that time it was as far therefrom as 4000 feet. Since their arrival in town, the same parties have been told that the Nassau balloon was visible to the eye of the gazer for an hour after it had quitted the gardens. It is clear, then, such being the case, the balloon must have been seen in London when it had reached a distance of 30 miles from the metro polis. Mr. Green's narrative is as follows : " My ascent on Tuesday last from Vauxhall-gardens in the great Nassau balloon was in company with Mr. Edward Spencer and Mr. Rush, of Elsenham-hall, Essex, who had in timated to me his desire to make an ascent of considerable elevation, with a view of ascertaining the greatest altitude that could with safety be attained with three persons in the car; and further, to ascertain the changes of temperature that would take place at different elevations, as well as the variations of the currents of air, and finally, to establish the important fact as to whether the same difficulties existed with regard to respiration in a very rarified atmosphere by persons ascending with a balloon to any great altitude, as have been felt and described by persons who have ascended lofty moun tains. "Ever since I constructed the Nassau balloon I have had a strong desire to set these questions at rest, and I theretore feel great pleasure in being able to communicate to the pub lic (through the medium of your journal) the result of our ex periments, extracted from our minutes out of Mr. Rush's note-book, and which were made by him at short intervals, during the progress of our ascent and descent. We left the earth at 25 minutes before 7 p.m. with two barometers standing each at 30 inches. One of these instru ments, as well as a thermometer, was furnished by Mr. Rush, constructed on the most accurate principles, and made ex pressly for the purpose by Mr. Jones, optician, of Charing cross. The thermometer stood at 66 degrees of Fahrenheit. During our ascent the barometer and thermometer at our different elevations varied thus:— BAROMETER. 30 inches. 23 THERMOMETER. 66 degrees. 56 53 4-4 42 39 - 35 - Gr t e u a d t e e . st 14.70 " On our first rising from the Gardens we took a north westerly direction, and continued that course until we arrive( over Vauxhall-bridge, when we were at an elevation of 2,500 feet. The line then changed to the north, and shortly after to north-east. All the time we were passing over the metro polis we discharged ballast, and rose in proportion. We then pursued our journey, passing over Dalston, Lea-bridge, and Epping, in which direction we continued with but little variation, leaving Dunmow, in Essex, on our left. At this period we had attained our greatest altitude—namely, 19,335 feet, or 3% miles and 855 feet. It was now that for the first time our view of the earth was intercepted by a stratum of cloud, which was apparently somewhere about 6,000 feet below us. In consequence of the vast quantity of ballast that we continued to discharge after having cleared the me tropolis, our ascent became very rapid, and from the great expansion of the inflating power, the gas rushed out from the lower valve in considerable torrents. The velocity of our upward progress caused the balloon and car to rotate in a spiral motion on its axis with astonishing rapidity. (A simi lar operation takes place, although not to so great an extent, on all occasions of a rapid ascent or descent.) During our ascension we, at different periods, threw overboard about 1,2001 b. of ballast, reserving only 1001 b. by which to regulate our descent. " Prior to commencing our descent Mr. Rush, our wine glasses being purposely charged, proposed the health of our most Gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria. The toast was drunk with great fervour and sincerity, and we followed it by raising three cheers and one cheer more' in honour of the deed. We lost no time in drinking the health of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who gave birth to our Graci our Queen.' Mr. Rush then once more rose, and proposed the health of "rhe greatest commander on earth, his Grace the Duke of Wellington.' The toast, like its predecessors, was responded to with alacrity, and was accompanied with the usual honours. Having re-deposited our bottle and glasses, we discovered that the balloon was descending. Our course then veered to the north over Thaxted. We were now under the influence of the same current as that which go verned our progress immediately on quitting terra firma, and the balloon was propelled over Debden, where we effected our descent, at five minutes after eight o'clock, having accom plished the voyage in one hourand 30 minutes. We reached the earth in a field near Rowney-wood, in the parish of Deb den, a distance of 47 miles from Vauxhall-gardens, three miles south of Saffron Walden, and only five miles from the residence of our fellow voyager. Mr. Rush, to whose house we at once proceeded, and after having partaken of his hos pitality, passed the night. "It will be perceived that the table I have given above that at our greatest altitude the mercury in the barometer had fallen to 14 inches 70, giving an elevation of 19,335 feet. Since my arrival in London the,matter has under gone acal culation by Mr. Jones the optician, from which the following results have been arrived at: — "Barometer at starting 2O. Thermometer 66. " Ditto at greatest elevation ..14. 70. Ditto 25. "Approximate feet.... 18,826 " Allowance for temperature 509 m - "Total elevation 19,333 or three miles and three-quarters minus 165 feet. "During our descent, when at 1,200 feet from the earth, we encountered a heavy fall of snow, which lasted for halt an hour, accompanied with a sudden and very great reduc tion of temperature, the thermometer dropping to 22 degrees, or 10 degrees below freezing point. The mercury in the ba rometer at this moment had risen to 19 in. By a comparison of this state of the two glasses with that which they pre sented as we went up, it will be seen that at the same eleva tion, whilst the barometer was at 19, and thermometer at 46, the former retained its position, but the latter had fallen to ' 22, thereby showing a reduction of temperature in the course of one hour, at the same elevation, of 24 degrees. I mention this circumstance for the purpose of directing the attention of the scientific world to those local and sudden changes of temperature which in the course of my numerous ascents I have often experienced. " I have further to observe that although the air near the earth was in a tranqu il state the current by which the bal loon was principally operated p upon (namely, south by west) musthour have for beennt notwithstanding rate of at least 60 miles an it n h ° s v ta in niii ' n 't the te rapidity of our ascent and descent, which necessarily g formed a powerful resistance to this horizontal current, we travelled at an average speed of 30 , mi les When hour. n i atane elevation of 15,000 feet, we discerned in the a south-east an extremely vivid flash of lightning. " With reference to the fact of there ll)teiitnus above a supposed na tural na tural difficulty of resp i ration at treat earth's surface, as mentioned in the works of Humboldt and other celebrated travellers, by whom it has been painfully experienced in their ascents of high mountains, 1 am in clined, from the circumstance of an opposite result having been produced upon ourselves on this occasion, to imagine that the fatigue and depresslen of the muscular powers, pro duced by the accomplishment of their journ,y, must alone have led to such an end. Mr. Rueb, Mr. Spencer, and my self, at no moment, even when at our greatest elevati .n, laboured under the slightest inconvenience in respect to a difficulty of respiration. We breathed with the utmost ease, and as freely as when walking on the earth's surface." The Dublin Evening Post contradicts the rumour that Col. Henry White is about to resign the representation of Long ford. Stricut.wit ACCIDENT.—A short time ago Mr. Whitlow, of Crowley, near Great Bedworth, in this county, sent a team of four good horses, under the caie of two servants, to h;irow one of his fields. They were attached to very large Farrows, with spikes ,nine inches long projecting from the frame. After working some time, one of the horses, a fine young colt, became restive, and, owing to the carelessness of the driver, it turned short round, pulling the other horses after it, which caused the harrows to upset, the spikes then turning upwards, and upon them the' first horse fell, and dragged the other three horses after it: thus all the four animals were impaled upon the spikes of the harrows, kick ing furiously from the agony they endured. In this state they remained for nearly half an hour before they could be released, which was only done by applying levers under each of them. The lungs of one of the horses were perforated, and they were all seriously injured; but, owing to the skill and attention of the veterinary surgeon, Mr. Lewis, of Bud worth, they have all recovered, and are again in working coudition.—Chester Gazette. DEATH OF TWO GRAVEDIGGERS. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Friday evening an inquest was held in the committee room at the workhouse of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, and a jury composed of the Common Councilmen, the parish officers, and the most respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood, on the bodies of Thomas Oakes. the gravedigger belonging to Aldgate church, and Edward Luddett, a fish dealer at Billingsgate market, who came by their deaths on that forenoon, under the following circumstances:-- Mr. Edward Cheeper, the master of the workhouse, stated that about eleven o'clock, while passing through Church passage, Aldgate, he heard the loud screams of a female in the church-yard, and he instantly hastened to the spot, and look ing into a grave, about 20 feet deep, at the north side of the church-yard, he saw the deceased gravedigger, Oakes, lying on his back, apparently dead. A ladder was instantly pro cured, and the deceased young man, Luddett, who with several others had by this time been attracted to the spot, instantly volunteered to descend to the assistance of Oakes. On his reaching the bottom of the grave, witness called out to him to place the ropes under the arms of Oakes, and the instant he stooped down to raise the head of Oakes he ap peared as if st ruck with a cannon ball, and fell back with his head in a different direction to his fellow-sufferer, and ap- peared instantly to expire. King, the former gravedigger, made two or three ineffectual attemps to ascend, but so foul was the air that he was obliged to be drawn up again, and it was full 25 minutes or half-an-hour before the bodies were taken up by means of a hook attached to a rope. Every possible exertion had been made to recover the bodies, and the conduct of the medical gentleman, Mr. Junes, who promptly attended, was beyond all praise. Mr. Davis, a member of the Society of Friends, residing in Church-passage, corroborated the last witness, and said, that he was on the spot, and that every exertion had been used to get up the bodies. William Mallin deposed, that he and the deceased Lud dett, who was a friend of his, were accidentally passing by the church-yard, when they heard that a man was suffocated in a grave, and Luddell volunteered to descend the ladder. , Mrs. Mary Fleetwood stated that she was the daughter of Phillip the sexton, and her father not being well on that morning it was the duty of Oakes to ring the chimes at half past ten o'clock, and she finding that he had not done so, went to look for him, and ultimately proceeded to the grave, where she saw hint lying at the bottom. She instantly gave an alarm, and Mr. Cheerier and other persons were soon on the spot. The grave was what was termed a deep grave, and had been opened for about four weeks. Juror (Mr. Heard, a common councilman of Holborn.) — Was not this grave what is called a pauper's grave? Witness.—lt was, sir. The witness proceeded to state, that such graves as these were kept open until there were /7 or 18 bodies interred in them : there was only the body of 'a still-born infant in the one in question. It was not the custom to put any earth between the coffins in those graves, except in cases where the persons died of contagious diseases, and in that case some slacked lime, and a thin layer of earth, were put rinton ecparatc them. The practlCe Or digging deep graves had been adopted by order of the churchwardens five or six years ago. Witness knew of instances wherein the gravediggers could not go down a grave owing to the foulness of the ail ; but she was not aware that the fact had beau made known to the churchwardens. On such occasions they (the deceased, and his predecessor, King) were in the habit of burning straw, and using other means, to dispel the impure air, and then going down. The deceased had been employed as gravedigger about six months, and was, she should think. .53 years of age. Wilii,xrn Thomas King, the late gravedigger to the parish, said, he was passing by the gate, when he was told by Mrs. Fleetwood what had happened. He offeted to go down, but took the ' precaution to have ropes affixed to his person, so that he !night be pulled up in case of need. He was then lowered, so that he could nearly get his feet as far as the bodies of the deceased; bet the smell was so offensive, and the air so affected him, that he became faint, and he was cer taro that if he bad not been instantly drawn up, he must have shared the fate of the others. He made one or two ineffectual attempts, but without being able to succeed. The witness said that he had dug graves as deep as 58 feet, and had fre quently been similarly affected with the foul air within, and his general plan was to throw down some lime, and sprinkle water on it, and in half an hour afterwards he used to go down with safety. Mr. Jones, a surgeon, of Jewry--street, stated, that a little before eleven o'clock he prOceeded to the churchyard, when he found a young man about to descend into the grave. Hav ing at once discovered that the cause of the death of the un fortunate men was carbonic acid gas, generated from decayed animal matter, he would not permit the party to go down, as not the slightest hope could be entertained of saving the lives of those who were already at the bottom of the graves. He, Mr. Jones, then sent for two bottles of concentrated solution of chlorate of lime, which he threw into the grave; but even after this, he found that the foul air of carbonic gas was not expelled, for on lowering a lighted piece of paper and a candle into the grave, both were extinguished some time before they reached the bottom. The body of the young man was the first taken up ; and though he (Mr. Jones) had not the slightest hope of restoring animation, he used every remedy, but of course without effect. The case of the other man was beyond all hope. The witness, on being asked his opinion as to the effect of keeping a grave open for a couple of months, replied that the noxious effluvia emitted from it must be most injurious to health. Mr. Townley, a respectable tradesman residing close to the chur . ch, complained of the practice adopted in the church yard, which he said was most distressing to the sight and injurious to the health of the inhabitants of that crowded neighbourhood, and be hoped something would be done around it. Mr.Tyars, the deputy of the ward, and who is alsochurch warden, here said, that from the observations just offered to th e coroner and jury, he felt it to be his duty to reply to them. He begged, in the first place, to say, that about six years ago, when appointed to the office of churchwarden of the pariah, he found, in consequence of the practice which existed of digging the graves so shallow, some of them not being mor e than three o surface, r four feet from the that the ground was literally full, and there was scarcely a spot to inter bodies, whic h, at that time, owing to the dreadful ma lady, the ch o l era , this unpleasant were unfortunately very numerous. In dilemma he felt it to be his duty to call a meeting of the inhabitantstodevise wh a t was b es t to be done under the circumstances, and the result was a recommenda tion to dig deep ;raves mightravei rom attach thenceforth. ot This much he said, lest any blame his office; and successors in and he begged to add, that from that period to the present i sent he had heard no complaints of the practice. begged to state, that he had on seve ra l occasions could s use, sentinent, expressed in the strongest language he He further a to the archdeacon of the diocese , or his surrogate, arou c u r descrip tive of the filthy state of th e v au lt s a n d the bury itv 3u e t no notice tied been taken of the evil. lie would app ea l to the medical gentleman present (Sir. Jones), if burials in a densely populated neighbourhood were not most injurious to health; and, for his own part, he hoped the time was not distant when such a practice would be discontinued. Mr. Jones confirmed the opinion of Mr. Tyars. The jury here, at the suggestion of Mr. Hoard, the fore man, proceeded to the churchyard to view the grave, which presented a scene most repulsive to the eye, and almost im possible to describe. It appeared much more narrow at the top than ordinary graves; and this and its extreme depth gave it a most singular appearance. On each side there were coffins heaped up on each other, and shelving out about the middle, so that the space at this place did not appear to be more than 20 inches or 2 feet. The coffins exhibited proof that they were indiscriminately placed there; one in particular was exuding matter of a most offensive effiuvium, and not a particle of earth was there between those and the new grave. Mr. Jones tried several experiments, which proved to de monstration that the grave remained still two-thirds full of the noxious vapour. The Jury then retired to the inquest-room, and the Coroner haring summed up the evidence, they returned a verdict of " Accidental Death" in both cases. The Foreman expressed a hope, in order to allay the strong feeling which the unfortunate affair had created in the neigh bourhood, that the grave would be at once filled up, and Mr. Tyars said he would most readily acquiesce in the wish of Use jury. HANOVER, A ua. 29.—The accounts of the harvest, respect ing which some fears were felt, are very satisfactory from almost all parts of the kingdom. 'The "Twilight," an above bridge iron-steamer, on being cast adrift from Old Swan pier, on Monday evening, could not get her engines to work; the passengers appeared dis appointed, and the master and crew surprised. The paddle wheels were inspected but they would not go, and as the tide was running down, the crew of the vessel attempted to cast anchor, when lo! it was discovered that the stock was not shipped properly, and the anchor would not hold. A rope was then thrown out to make the vessel fast, but another dis appointment ensued, as it fell short of the pier, and the "Twilight" went down the river and drifted through one of the arches of London-bridge, striking against a pier and alarming the passengers. She ultimately dropped alongside Fresh-wharf, and put out her passengers. " Daylight" after wards took the place of " Twilight," and did her business in the dark. " Twilight" was laid up by "Moonlight," and A 0 .47 s i snfl wassh she slightly recin damaged bymenced running by " Sun- thicollision irrkbilikko:;- ‘ Morning Herald. - ' COMPARATIVE STATE OF MORALS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. (From the Dublin Record.) There can be no doubt but that an accurate acquaintance with the state ofanorals in England and Ireland would enable us to foim a due estimate of the comparative merits of the opposite religious systems under which the two countries live. The principle will ever hold good which is so frequent ly urged upon us in scripture". By their fruits ye shall know them.'' Let it, however, be kept in mind that that is not decisive which is obvious. The newspapers and other perio dical works afford us very insufficient data to go upon. Pri vate virtue, social and domestic worth, are not objects of no toriety. They rarely come before us in the prints. The same observation holds good in some sort with respect to the less glaring vices. It is crime alone which fixes public atten tion on the one hand and illustrious actions on the other. We repeat that that which comes before the public through the press. affords a very insufficient mean to enable us to de cide upon the question of the respective moral excellence of nations or great communities The prints, as aforesaid. scarce give us any thing else to judge by but the more fla- grant crimes. Now, there is again something to be found in the nature of the opposing principles, calculated additionally to render the judgment derived from publications a mere fallacious one. The protestant system is a system of Light. It brings every thing to the light. It tests the value of every thing by the light. It looks for the effectuation of great good through the operation of the light. It does not favour concealment. It never throws its slieild over the guilty individual under the notion that the notion that the notoriety of his crime might induce men to become hostile to the principles which he held or professed to hold. It never apprehends an injury to pro testantism from the flag►ant offence of a protestant, and therefore it never dreams of sheltering the individual for the sake of the system. On the contrary; its hope is, by sacrificing the guilty individual at the shrine of public opinion, thus to make him a warning to others and to render his criminality subservient to the general good. In fact, whatever is criminal in England, is poured into the public ear, and becomes matter of extensive notoriety. On the contrary, in Ireland there is a private tritninal, to which all the vicious have access. They are never so likely to seek it, as when the breast is torn with the pangs of remorse— agitated by a guilty conscience, and by the fear of exposure. The feeling created in the mind of the guilty by the existence of this tribunal must be one of a strong inclination to have recourse to it in their guilt, under the notion that thus in many ways secrecy may be secured, and the annoyance of a public exposure avoided. By having recourse to the confes sional, an influential friend is made sure of, and the cause of the penitent is made something like the cause of the church. The feeling of the priest will be against the scandal that would arise from publicity. He will naturally be disposed to desire that the fair fame of his church should not be tarnished with the foul reputation of its erring child. Hence there is a very great reason fo suppose that we never heaeof those of fences of a Roman Catholic country which are made to shock the ear in the records of a Protestant mane. There is another circumstance which also should be taken into account. Pro testantism gives no countenance . to one class of sins more than to another. There are no sins which it considers venial, and therefore there are no vices which become in a manner popular, and which will attain at length to such a degree of prevalence, that they will become in some sort the fashion. Such may be the case with intemperance, profane swearing, Sabbath-breaking, rioting and revelry in general. There is, comparatively speaking, a happy absence of these vices in England; sobriety, gravity, sincerity are the national cha racteristics. Now, the prevalence of even lesser vices is ut terly inconsistent with the prosperity of the people amongst whom they abound. A severe practice of virtue on the pact of communities is essential to their progress in art, science, and civilization. Those that are vicious, or the slaves of popu lar sins, will want that spring of action that is essential to raise to eminence. They that are not elevated in point of moral character, cannot become in the nature of things, dis tinguished with respect to mental attainments, or those which are akin to them. HE PRESS-RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS AND FRASER'S MAGAZINE (From the Dublin Statesman and Record.) There is an article in Fraser for this month which it may be supposed we are under some very cogent obligation to make mention of, seeing that our paper is noticed in it in so very flattering a manner. It does so happen, however, that we are under no obligation save that which the courtesy of literary interchange, or the intrinsic value of the article it self might create. We are wholly unacquainted with the author, aad we must take leave therefore to inform an even ing contemporary (the Packet) that he was under a mistake in supposing or insinuating that there was any private un derstanding whatever between the parties. As several other journals as well as our own have been descanted upon in the paper in question, we feel quite at liberty in speaking of it. We say then that the article is a very able one, and laying aside what has been said of ourselves, a very just and useful one. Its commendations of our contemporaries the Watch man, Scottish Guardian, and other journals, so far as we are acquainted with them, are, we believe, welt merited, and its criticisms otherwise fair; but that which we look upon as infinitely more important, is, that we have here so interesting, so lively, so talented, and so politically sound a periodical as Fraser's Magazine bearing testimony to the vast political value of those principle's which we have so long contended for. We have it amongst others, in the following just and beautiful passage " But it must also be conceded, that other (journals), placed on sacred principles, and conducted with consistency and vigour, are at this moment leavening the population with the elements of sound political views. In fact, Christianity, ac cording to our constitution, must be the basis of all politics, if these are to have stamina and worth. Its great truths must communicate their colouring to all the crystallization of social existance ; and the man or the periodical, that strikes into the national mind an inspired truth, as a nucleus around which personal and social consistency margather, confers a benefit greater, than if he had endowed an hospital, or gained a battle. The 'cement of our English constitution is, in the main Protestantism ; and those writers who teach • this are surrounding it with hulWarks better than armies There is another passage which proves that the subject has engaged the serious attention of the writer. It is this : " In winding up our observations we must make a very important remark—a remark that demands the serious notice of the M inisterialists and Radicals of the country it is this— RELIGION IS ONI THE SIDE of CoN-SEEVATISM. With the exception of one solitary DISSENTING paper,. the Patriot - and, it may be, another hole-and-corner print—the religious newspapers of the country are the open and uncompromising advocates of Conservative principles. This is a most striking and impressive consideration. It is the habit, generally,. of Conservative statesmen, to base their views on the funda mental and glorious principles of the English constitution— to advocate certain measures, because they are calculated to lead to certain valuable results—and to resist the encroach ments of the fierce democracy, on the strong grounds of an enlightened philosophy and ripe experience; and these are tribunals never to be lost sight of in the adjudication of poli tical measures. But it certainly must strengthen the hands of the powerful opposition, that now covets the assaulted liberties and menaced institutions of their native hind, to be assured that signal piety, as well as great talent, is enlisted on their side; that the faith of millions, as well as the pi escrip tio»: of the Magna Chart; sustain and.side with them; that the prayers of Christian men, as well as the resources of gifted minds, are lifted up in averting the catastrophes, that are knowingly courted, or in ignorance hurried on, by reckless and unprincipled statesmen." This is a large amount of concession from a literary periodi.: cal, though obviously short of the great principle which we hold to be inseparable from Christian statesmauship. It is the "almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian;" but not the "altogether." Now why should this be so? Why should the writer of this article, wbo we are persuaded is a Christian, prefer "our enlightened philosophy and ripe ex perience" as grounds to rule upOn, rather than the princi ples of the Bible, and the direct and express commands of God? Here is. iu fact, the difference, perhaps the only, but certainly an important difference between a merely Conser vative, and what the world calls a Religious Periodical. It is, in fact, the weak point of our Conservative statesmen — would that it may not be more ! for is it not being "ashamed' of our Lord and his word? And does not every Protestant know what the consequence of such shame will be? The writer in Fraser rejoices that Christian principle and Chris tian piety are, inter alia, on the side of the Conserve ye opposition : we look upon this as something too, but as something very far short of the mark—as something which will not do, till these alone be taken and put forward as the basis of their policy. This is what we want—this is what a religious press will demand—and this is what we hope be fore long, every Conservative and Protestant journal in the kingdom will look for. Fraser remarks that that there is no religious press on the: side of radicalism. Of course there is not; radicalism is not to be found in Scripture; how then could it be assisted by a scripturally-founded press? The voluntaries strive to keep religion from the state. When they come abroad: into the world, they leave their religion at home, like Dr. Pye Smith, when he went to vote for the infidel t Hurne at the Middlesex election. Religion, in short, would be the ruin of radicalism, and radicals very wisely keep clear of it. It is not so with Popery. It has a press—a press that talks incessantly of principle—a press that works out the principle of Popety, and demands a concession to the 4 rights of conscience, or rather to the pretended cravings. of an erroneous Popish conscience, that everything Christian in the land should be cast down, in order that free scope should be given to the abomination which maketh desolate—to Popery, and the chariot-wheels of its idols. There i 3 just as much religion in any journal which supports Popery,.as there is in Popery itself; and thus in one sense of the term, every pro-Popery paper is a sort of religious periodical on the side of Popery. In this respect every journal which is not for us—which is not for Protestantism in Church and State, is unquestionably against us, and a supporter of Popery. This is aiviroportant consideration, and one that ought to stimulate every Pro testant and conservative periodical to give our cause not a sort of half support, founded on the principles merely of an " enlightened philosophy and ripe experience," but an entire and full support founded on the Word of God and the Gospel of Christ. But the leaven is working. We copy a good article to-day from the Times, on the National Education Society for England, and on infidel periodicals and teachers, which shows a great improvement in the tone of that journal. We are happy to say that this is only one of several which we have lately noticed in it of the same decided and Christian tendency. Let this plain, uncompromising way of speaking be taken tip and universally adopted by, the Protestant press. Let no quarter be given to either Infidelity or Popery, and we shall soon, see an end to the O'Connell domination—to say the least. ALL IN THE FAMILY.—A few miles from Derby, and but a short time ago, two brothers of a respectable family married two sisters; a third brother, feelint , disappointed that there was not another sister, determined not to marry out of the family, and took the mother to wife.—Derby Reporter. o RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, as a party of labourers on the new line of railway to Preston, were engaged in removing some sleepers, by means of a crane, the carriage on which it was gave way, and a large stone, about seven hundred weight, being suspended to the crane, caused the handles to turn round at a very rapid rate, one of which struck a man named J aims Flynn on the head, and fractured his skull so severely that he died on Monday morning. The men who had hold of the crane at the time were obliged to let go their hold in order to save their lives. An inquest was held on the deceased the same evenirw, at the Saracen's Head, and a verdict of" accidental death" returned.—lVigan Gazette. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION, MANCHESTER.—On Thursday last, a young gill named Maria Brunt, an inmate of the above institntion, came by her death under the following circumstances :—.She waS - arnifSinfeherself about eight o'clock in the morning, just after the school had broken up for breakfast, by swinging on the rail of the stairs; and having overbalanced herself, she fell over and rolled to the bottom, her head striking the stairs in her descent. Two little girls who were descending anot her flight of stairs saw the accident, and immediately ran and gave the alarm to one of the female assistants, who, on pro ceeding to the spot, found her lying on her face, and quite speechless. She was conveyed into the adjoining room, and Mr. Turner, surgeon to the establishment, was sent for, who afforded all the aid in his power, but without effect. She lingered in a state of insensibility until half-past one in the afternoon, when death put an end to her sufferings. An inquest was held on the body the same day, before W. S. Rutter, Esq., coroner, when the two little deaf arid dumb girls, who had seen her fall, were examined, Mr. Bingham, the master of the school, acting as interpreter, when the above facts were elicited. The deceased was a very interest ing girl, about fourteen years of age, and was a native of Macclesfield. She had only been about six weeks in the institution.—Manchester Guardian. 1 HE CORN LAWS ( From the Oxford Herald.) • A statesman of antiquity charged his chief political adver sary with living and thriving upon the public danger. " While the state is prosperous," said he, " you rest in com partive obscurity ; but let any cau'se excite the apprehensions and depress the spirits of good men, and then you are to be seen conspicuous and exulting, just as our old ailments of body are sure to return upon any serious deviation from health." The party thus described was a traitor, and his practice has been characteristic of the betrayers of public interests, from his time to our own. The somewhat unfavourable weather of the last and pre ceding months, concurrently with the lateness of the season iyenerally, has caused some unpleasant doubts as to the pro duce' of the harvest. The danger of a failure is probably exaggerated, but it would be wrong to deny, that, notwith standing the late happy change in the weather--succeeded, however, by a day or two of rain--much of the corn in the remoter parts of the kingdom is still in .a precarious state. It is possible, therefore, that bread may rise to a higher price than it has reached for some years past—and they who " live and thrive upon the public-danger" are resolved to make the most of the calamity. The corn-laws are to be the topic of agitation—and the command has gone forth through the ministeral journals (ministers all the while professing to up . hold the proscribed laws), to merge all other subjects of agi tation in this one. We haYe lately heard a great deal of the " march of mind" and the " spread of knowledge," and a whole vocabulary of such-like cant. The fate of this new enterprise will tell how much wiser the men of our time are than the generation of their fathers. Looking to the kind of persons that are sent to parliament, and to the description of journals and other publications that are patronised by many, we, fur ourselves, must confess some misgiving as to any very extraordinary improvement. Had we to deal with rational men, we should say, " why choose this particular time to raise an agitation against the corn-laws? The very circum• stances of the day, in truth, afford the best possible prcof of the necessity for the code against which you would excite the country. Anxiety prevails as to the probable supply of grain in the United Kingdom. Why.? because from the bad wea ther it is feared that part of the tillage land will prove unpro ductive, and the whole imperfectly productiie—and this is the time you select to recommend putting part of the land wholly out of tillage and causing the land to be less pro ductively tilled because tilled at a less profit !'! SUrely yin must imagine that _you address yourselves to animals more stupid than those that draw the plough." Suppose that the fears of a deficient harvest are realised, what then ? the ports are opened much before grain can reach_ a famine price : and as long as England shall retain her capital—and she will retain it as long as she protects her agriculture, but no longer—the whole world will starve before Englishmen can want. The foreign 'corn will come in, it will be paid for if, money, and this money will come back to our manufactories, if the enemies of the corn-laws speak truly—and as far as a single year is concerned, they probably do speak truly, for it would require more than the experience of one year's drain of capital from England to induce the foreigner, and to enable him to create other channels than those already prepared for the money so received. Upon this, the least favourable hypothesis, the supposition that the harvest prove deficient, much will have ben gained by the corn laws in the amount of grain already in the country, and in the security that the money to be paid for foreign grain must come back, while nothing will have been lost. And now take the other, and, we trust, the more probable, hypothesis—the suppo sition that the harvest will prove sufficient, and consiler the corn-laws with reference to that event. We all know what COrm mercial speculatiOn" is capable of, and can we doubt that but for the corn-laws the existing anxiety about the harvest would cause the markets and granaries to be gluttedivith foreign grain long before this, to the ruin of the British farmer, indeed, but no less to the ruin of the British importer and of the foreign grower—anti, if the enemies of the corn-laws speak truly, of the British manufacturer. These are considerations suggested by the particular time at which the present agitating is raised —a time which affords the most irrefragable proof that the laws in question are a necessary defence again speculators gambling with the lives of the people; and thus demonstrates the faith of the agitators in "the beast blindness" of those whom they would halloo against their best protectors. Dr. Bowring lately told his hearers at Edinburgh that Switzerland is the great commercial and manufacturing rival of England, because Switzerland has no corn-law. W ill the polyglot quack say what is the profit of the commerce and ma nufactures of our great rival, and where are its accumulations to be found? Switzerland has enjoyed within the last century about three times as many years of peace as Great Britain, yet we do not hear of any loans contracted for with Swiss capitalists—no Swiss railroads are talked of—ports, docks, and a marine, are, of course, out of question—and where is the accumulated saying of the.commercial and manufacturing rival of England ? The truth is, that under the influence of our corn-laws, and since these laws were enacted, or their provisions practically anticipated, single towns have grown up in England incomparably richer than the whole Swiss confederation. But Dr. Bowring has inadvertently let us into an important secret by his reference to Switzerland. The Swiss are an industrious, an ingenious, and a frugal people: their country is the most secure in Europe—secure not only its mountain rampart, but also in the interest of all its neigh bours to maintain its prosperity and independence. But Switzerland has always been, and still is, one of the poorest countries or the world. As if to complete their title to Virgil's mperfect line— "Sic vos non vobis," the Swiss labour for the profit, as they fight for the safety, not of themselves but of others. This does notarise from the minute size of their territory, for, it is larger than any of the Dutch, Venetian, Genoese, and i , lorentine states, when each in turn engrossed the commerce of the world, and was the hank of Europe, as England is now. The poverty of Switzer land, notwithstanding its industry, and its advantages, arises from the very fact in which Dr. Bowring sees the spring of of its wealth. It imports its corn, and every state importing its provisions, however industrious Of well circumstanced other wise, insist become progressively poorer. This is a moral law as absolute and as free from exception as any law of the Ma terial world. What has called into existence the numerous towns and villages that adorn the face of England ?—the de mand of the agriculturists. These towns have grown up to supply the wants of the landowner and farmer, and to share in his profits, as they do most amply. What has expanded some of these towns into such prodigious hives of industry, as Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Ism, the least progressive of which has more than doubled in extent, popu lation, 'and wealth, since the enactment• of the corn-laws? What has expanded these towns to their present diniensions; if not the application of savings, the, saving qf agriculture. always in the first instance to make the best use of local ad vantages; Geneva is now no larger, no more populous, and no more rich than Geneva was 300 years ago; the Genevese have been for three centuries, employing their distinguished ingenuity and indefatigable industry to enrich nottheinsetres but those from whom the J jmustbuyfood and so will it ever be. The mere manufacturer will ever be the drudge of the pro ducer of forid, if the producer of food'is not his own country man, and is not, as such, compelled to share gains and bur thens with him. - • THE HARVEST OswEsTriv;--The late genial weather has enabled the far mers on the Welch frontier to make great progress. A great bieadth of barley' and oats have been brought under the scythe, and has fallen heavily. -In a few days, should it con tinue, wheat will be ready; and notwithstanding the many speculative reports, every prospect is against that approach of famine which these good Christians would have made us believe was so near. La vi land in our neighbourhood has been cleared of wheat, oats, and barley, and the harvest may be said tube generally finished and the crops housed in excellent con dition. The green crops have not advanced much during the past fine weather, but the showers of Thursday hare refresh ed them. The second crop of clover was short, but it has been stacked in a good state. NEWHAVEN, SEPT. 6—The harvest in this neighbourhood is now nearly. finished ; the last load of 111 r. W. Elphick was paraded through the town, with the horses gaily decorated with flowers, bells, &c., having a grotesque figure, with a mask on its face and otherwise fancifully dressed, on the back of each. The waggon was full of men and boys singing the harvest home. We are glad to say it has been all gut up in capital order. LYNN, SEPT. 6. —The late fine weather has occasioned the harvest thereabouts to proceed most rapidly. In the upland districts must of the wheat is carried in very fine order, and the barley harvest is proceeding at a rapid rate. The barley crop is better than it has been for many preceding years, and the straw or stover, will make excellent strawyard provender for the winter season. The clover and other artificial grasses amongst the barley are very luxuriant, and what has already been carried is in such fine order, that the stover will be as good as some middling hay. The Turnips are exceedingly fine, but some fields begin to exhibit symptoms of want of rain. Much new wheat was exhibited in our corn market, on Tuesday, and many samples were in very good condition. Such another week as the last will effectually cheat the specUlators, and set the wheat harvest free from all danger. One-half of the crop, it is calculated, is safely housed, and a week or ten days more of the late brilliant weather will do the same for the most backward parts of the kingdom. There fore, alter all the murmurs and melancholy anticipations with which a tribe of interested croakers inundated the country, the present harvest will, thanks to a bounteous Providence, turn out, upon the whole, to be one of the most abundant ever known; for though there may have been partial failures of the wheat crop in some few districts, those of barley, oats, beans, peas, and potatoes are so large as to compensate in a tenfold degree for any partial deficiency in the first-named article.—Stockport Advertiser. The alarm which but recently existed throughout the king `dorn, on the prospect of a bad harvest, has now, by the blessing of Divine Providence, been in a great degree, it not alto gether, happily removed, by a continuance of fine weather for many days, which has no doubt already been the means of many thousands of acres being reaped, and saved in ex cellent condition. It will have the effect, too, we sincerely hope, of frustrating the plots in which the schemers and job bers in corn speculations were emmersed, for repealing the corn-laws, with the disgraceful intention of reaping to them selves a profitable harvest on the misery of their fellow-creat ures.—North Devon Advertiser. In this neighbourhood (Devon), we are happy—to say,. great progress has been made, and the crops, generally, are much better than was expected. From Southmolton we have similar accounts. In the vicinity of Bideford, also, it is expected the crops will be secured in fine condition, if we have not, within ten days, a return of wet weather. The harvest in and around Dartmouth, and the river Dart, is most housed, and in a few days the whole will be secured in as good a state as could be Wished for by any person ; the crop is also considered to be rather beyond an average. —lbid. Flom the very commencement of the harvest the work has been going almost without the smallest interruption. In one or two instances a moderate quantity of rain has fallen; and it may have been necessary to exchange the reaping hook for the scythe, and transfer the labourers from the wheat field to the mowing of barley; in no other sense are we aware that any time has been lust or any delay occasioned from any cause whatever. Consequently the harvesting of wheat is nearly concluded, and a tolerably accurate judgment may be formed of the condition of the crop. In conformity with our hitherto avowed opinion, we have the satisfaction of being still more thoroughly convinced that in Norfolk wheat is not a deficient crop. Those which have been complained of as wanting plant are still defective, not only in bulk, but pro bably in the quality of the grain also; notwithstanding which, those wheats which had a full plant, are so remarkably good, that, taken as a whole, we believe the produce will be found nearly equal to that of the last two years. Throughout the summer it has generally been believed that barley was much the, better crop of the two. Now it appears to be univer sally admitted that the fact is otherwise. Many of the barleys (but more especially those grown upon wheat stub bles) are thin upon the laud, and of very indifferent quality. We know in some instances where the acreable produce of wheat, in the present harvest has amouuted to nearly aid quarters, and upon equally good land we have seen barley that will not come up to five quarters per acre. It must be admitted, on the other hand however, that a large portion of the barley crop of this year is of very superior quality and a very ample produce; in short, that taken one w►th another, there is no reason to complain of any, whether of wheat, barley, oats, peas, or beans. The three very fine days at the beginning of this week were most propitious for the termina tion of the harvest; and the copious rain of Thursday last has been most refreshing for the turnips and second crops of clover. —Norfolk Chi ankle. The weather continued most favourable in this part of the world for the ;getting-in of the harvest up to last evening, when we were visited by heavy showers of rain and a thun der storm. The atmosphere had previously been very op pressive, and some days this week have been the warmest of the summer. Most of the wheats have been got in; but they do not realise in quantity the general expectation, and: the anxiety of the farmers to avail themselves of the present fa vourable state of the markets has caused much to be offered for sale which is yet damp. Buyers, however, are very thy, and those that can possibly wait do so. With duty on foreign wheat at 2s. Bd. petqUarter, high prices cannot long be main tained, spite of the efforts of the capitalists.—Brighton Guardian. Since our last we have had exceedingly favourable weather for harvest operations, and a great quantity has been cut and housed.— Ten Towns' Messenger. The weather on Tuesday, and the whole of yesterday, was as inauspicious for the crops as it could possibly be—the rain having fallen heavily, and almost without intermission, ac companied with a void wind from the eastward. Elsewhere we have inserted some notices of harvest operations through-• out the country. In this neighbourhood, however, they are completely suspended, in consequence of the rains which con tinue up to the hour of going to press. We perceive from the Edinburgh papers of this morning, that the weather in that neighbourhood is equally unpropitious.—Glasgow Courier. Within these last 10 days an immense breadth of wheat has been carried, and we think it would have been as well for those who were in such haste on the 25th had they allowed it to stand out another day or two; we tear they will find it out when it is taken into the barn. There still exists a diversity of opinion in different counties as regards the wheat crops. We can only again repeat, that our opinion as regards this ' county is unaltered, and, as we have stated before, it requires minute examination to find the number of capsules that are altogether void of corn. The evil will not be felt till it is thrashed and ready for market, and though we are unwilling to look on the dark side of the question, we fear the average will be a very short one. The barleys are very heavy in the swarth and look bulky and well; and although the rain has discoloured them, still it has improved them for malting, and we have no doubt but the crop will be above an average one. Oats are exceedingly good; some few samples have already made their appearance in the market, and we have seen them sold at from 28s. to 30s. per quarter. Those who were wise enough to reap their oats have found the great profit and ad vantages of this showery season.—Northampton Herald. A considerable quantity of grain has been well got-in in this neighbourhood during the week; crops very abundant. As a proof of a very abundant harvest, we have now at our office for inspection ten stems of wheat springing from one root, the produce of a single grain of corn. The ears are full grown and well corned. It was taken from the farm of Mr. Wallis, of Stapleford, and is of the variety of wheat called the "Golden drop."—Nottingham Journal.' The weather during the week has been generally fine, and great progress his been made in the oat harvest. The sickle has not been so active with the wheat.— Wakefield Journal. TRAGICAL EVENT. FIVE [LOREN AND THEIR MOTHER KILLED BY POISON WILFULLY ADMINISTERED BY THE MOTHER. .(From the Preston Chronicle.) Happily, for the state of morals in this country, and the sober and social tune which, in a national sense, clialacterises its community, it seldom falls to the lot of a public journalist to lay before his readers the details of so heart-rending and horrifying, a tragedy, as that of which it is this week our me lancholy duty to communicate the particulars. The scene of the shocking occurrence to which we refer, is a small hamlet called Fairhurst, in the township of Goosnargh; between eight and nine miles from this town, and about six miles from Garstan(7. Edward Sanderson, his wife, and their five children, resided at Fairhurst ; in which place Sanderson has lately been occupied a day labourer. On TLursday morning last, Sanderson went to his work, but was not ex pected home to dinner; he left his wife and five children in their usual state of health, and did not observe anything par ticular in the demeanour of the latter. About half-past twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, (Thursday,) • Mr John Brewer, of Little Inglewhite, was passing Sanderson's house, when he was called in by Mrs. Sanderson, who stated to him, that they (meaning herself and children) had eaten, some pudding to - dinner, and she was afraid there was some thing in it which had poisoned them. She also requested him to go for a surgeon. Mr. Brewer, at this time, saw the children, and they, as well as their mother, appeared to be sick, and the younger children were vomiting. A medical man, resident in the neighbourhood, was in at tendance before one o'clock, and he found both the mother and children in so dangerous a state, that he was induced to send for Messrs. Smith and Clarkson, surgeons, of Garstang, both of which gentlemen. tendered their assistance with all possible promptitude: The unhappy husband, whose feelings on the occasion it would be most difficult adequately to con ceive, much less to describe, was sent for home ° from his work, wither he arrived about half•past two o'clock. He found his wretched wife and expiring offspring surrounded by the surgeons and a number of neighbours, and was ad• dressed by the wife in the most affecting manner, and in terms of nervous feeling and earnestness, with regard to the awful situation of herself and her dying children. Soon after the arrival of the surgeons from Garstang, a small por tion of the pudding, which remained from the dinner, was given to a duck, which almost instantly died. The medical . gentlemen, by the use of emetics, and other means, exerted themselves in every possible way during the afternoon, to mitigate the sufferings, and if possible, preserve the lives of the ill•fated family, but melancholy to relate, their efforts were utterly fruitless and unavailing. The names of the children were, Eleanor, 12 years of age, Daniel James, 9, Margaret, 6, Robert, 4, and William, 2 years of age. Previous to the shocking affair of which we write, they were all promising children, and in the enjoy ment of good health. About five o'clock, Robert, the youngest boy but one, after enduring the most acute suffering, died; a very short time afterwards, William also expired in great agony. At this period, we understand from an intelli gent informant, who was present during nearly the whole of the time the dreadful drama was in progress, that the scene wcs at once awful and harrowing. The groans and sobs of the three surviving children,—the ghastly, terrified, and death-stricken appearance of the dying mother, —the despair and alternately wild and subdued distraction of the afflicted father,—the lifeless remains of the two poor it faits who, a few hours before, were "all gay with life,"—and the signifi cant and horror-excited silence of the speed or , • rmented, in their united influence upon the mind, ti e effek t of that appalling thrill and heavy emotion which 'a s may sometimes see portrayed in the pages of romance, but which are rarely used as the representatives of reality. The next two children, Daniel James, and Margaret, lan guished in great agony for about an hour longer, when they aisudied simultaneonsly. Not a long period had elapsed after the portals of life were closed upon the two last named victims, era Eleanor, the eldest of the dire-fated family, breathed her last.. Long before her dissolution, it had be come quite plain that the iron hand of death was fast enclo sing within its grasp, the mother of the five murdered inno cents. Before her death, this unhappy woman sent for the Rev. Mr. Gradwell, the catholic priest of Claughton Hall chapel; and the Rev. Thomas Benn, incumbent of White chapel, Goosnargh, was also in attendance. To Mr. Benn , she stated, that in consequence of her being in debt " her . neighbours had turned their backs on her, and that she bad thereforeput some arsenic into the pudding to poison herself and children." She also made some communications to the Rev. Mr. Gradwell, but we have not heard to what effeet. The poor creature died in excruciating torture, between nine and ten o'clock. She was thirty-two years of age. An in qee.st mill , be held on the bodies this day, (Saturday,) before R. Palmer, Esq., when, should any additional circumstances transpire, we shall take care to communicate them. This dreadful catastrophe.has, as may be well supposed, created the strongest degree of consternation and excitement in the locality where it occurred. Post mortem examinations of one or inore.of the bodies will be instituted this morning (Saturday), and the remaining portion of the pudding ana lyzed. We understand that, a short time ago, Sanderson kept a small shop, which was piincipally managed by his wife. 'they were not successful in business, and were obliged to discontinue the shop, having incurred debts to the amount of about £4O, which they were unable to discharge. This, it appears, preyed upon the mind of the deceased woman, and she has frequently of late been heard to express th e most melancholy forebodings. Her general conduct recently has also been such as to excite the remarks of her neighbours, and to leave no doubt as to the derangement of her intellect. It may be known to many of our readers, that 72 years ago a tragedy, in character not very dissimilar to the above was enacted at Farington, near this town, by a man named William Whittle, who murdered his wife and two children, under the most demoniacal circumstances. The murderer was executed at Lancaster, on the 4th of April, 1766, and subsequently suspended on a gibbet, near to the place where the murder was committed. The following is an extract from the confession made by Whittle preceding his execution, and will doubtless be read with interest by many who,may have heard of, or remember, the bloods transaction : " I was most unfortunately prompted by the devil to com mit the most barbarous murder that ever vile wretch was guilty of, to a loving and industrious wife, and my two harm less infants. First, by knocking out the brains of my wife with an axe (who had run out of doors in her shift, suspecting I intended her an injury, as I proposed getting into bed to her with a knife in my hand), and afterwards cutting off her head with the same instrument. Then I proceeded imme diately to my two children (one about three years old, and the other about nine days only), where I found them fast asleep in bed. I first laid one with its neck on the bedstock, where I chopped off its head, and then executed the other in like manner. Afterwards, still more blood-thirsty, 1 went and ripped up my wife's belly, took out her heart, and nearly cut off one arm. Then I returned to fulfil my villainy in as wicked a degree as the devil only could invent. I then pro ceeded and opened the bellies of my two harmless infants, and took out their hearts, &c. The next thing the devil prompted me to do, was, to endeavour to conceal the murder: upon which I took out a window, and ran' to the constable, and acquainted him that some rogues had broken into my house, and had murdered my wife and children.' The con stable immediately suspected me, and seeing some blood on my shirt sleeve and hand, which I endeavoured to wash clean, but could not, he said,- "'Thou rogue, is it not thyself that has committed the murder ?" Upon which I pulled out my knife, and intended also to have killed him, had not he called for assistance. I then ran up the lane, and cording to the town's stocks, sat myself down upon them till the constable and his assistants came up and seized me, when I was not many minutes before I confessed the fact, for which I justly am to suffer an ignominious deathin this world." Ile was taken from the Castle to the place of execution about eleven o'clock, where he prayed very earnestly for some time. Being turned oft, and having hung the usual time, he was cut down, and his body was, at the request of the grand jury, ordered to be hung in chains near the place be committed the horrid murder, and instructions were sent by the under-sheriff to Jeoffry Sudell, of Preston, to prepare the gibbet accordingly, viz., nine yards high by two yards. EXPORTATION OF MACHINERY.—There are now in Not tingham and its vicinity, no less than nine parties from Calais, Lisle, and St. Quentin, who are purchasing, or con tracting for machinery to export to France; amongst the number are Pearson (the patentee of the circular spot,) Robert King, and Kitchen. It appears that not the least at tention is paid to this subject either on the Kent or Essex coasts; these parties openly state, that they can export bobbin-net or other machinery with the utmost facility. Some of them have been down to Manchester, and they openly declare in all public companies that the French have determined to have the trade from England. These parties, in most instances, give £lO more for a bobbin-net machine than the current Nottingham price. It appears from the assertion of one of these parties, that the smiths in Lisle are building stocking frames upon the English principle, with slaies, sole bar trucks, caster backs, and hanging bits; if so, the subject will prove of greater consequence than the making of Saxony hose, of which Mr. Porter, of the board of trade, tells such a lamentable story, for the purpose of obtaining a repeal of the corn laws.—Nottinghatn .Journal. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The labourers have now completed the greater part of the gravel packing which it has been found necessary to compress under the rails, in consequence of the sinking of the earthen embankment. It is said, that the earth gave way chiefly on account of the hurried rummer in which it was heaped up, in order that the line might be opened on the day for which the company had pledged themselves to the public. The earth will remain be tween the rails as hitherto. The gravelled support under the rails will be about one foot in depth. This work, when finished, will cost the company about £5OO a-niile, and will have extended fifteen miles. Several thousand men have been employed upon it already nearly two months, and at first they were obliged to work night and day, including even Sunday; but this emergency did not hold lung. A great part of the workmen are already discharged. The passage of the trains has not been at any time suspended on account of this mishap; for. during the interval between the removal of the earth and the substitution of the gravel, the rails have been supported by blocks within a few feet of each other. The gravel used is of the largest kind. The displaced earth is first thrown upon the banks, and afterwards removed in the night. The` demand for labourers upon the metropolitan ends of the Great Western and Grand Junction Railways is much diminished; and numbers of disappointed candidates for work are now returning to tbeir former localities.- - I.; (in don' patio: -- - WARRINGTON. (From the Manchester Courier.) TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY.—The members of the Warrington branch of this society held their annual meeting in the Church Sunday-school, Latchford, on Monday even ing. Thomas Greenall, Esq., filled the chair. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. James Todd. Rev. J. L. Figgins, Rev. Alfred Hewlett, the Rev. A. S. Thelvrall, and the Rev. J. Wright, the secretary. The report stated, that in the Ladies' Association, the free contributions amounted to £2O ls. 911.; subscriptions for Bibles, £33 155.; making a total of £53 16s. 92d. for the year; and a total of £126 Ns. 4d. since the commencement of the society. Since the society had been established, the auxiliary had put in circulation 684 Bibles, and 232 Testaments. At the close of the meet ing a liberal collection was made. THE BLUE COAT ScHoor..—The children educated at this flourishing institution have lately had several country excur sions. In the course of the last month, they paid a visit to the Rev. P. S Dale, of Hollin's Green, and were regaled with roast beef plum pudding, and other English fare in a meadow adjoing the vicarage. On Saturday, they went to the seat ofJames Greaves, Esq., of Mill-bank, on the Cheshire side of the Mersey. Mr. Greaves took the children over his large paper-mill, and endeavoured to make them acquainted with the process of paper making. They were on both occa sions accompanied by their fine band, of which the leader is not yet eleven years of age. A large party of the resident clergy and gentry were assembled to meet them, and a num ber of questions in mental arithmetic were propounded by the boys in a manner highly pleasing . to the company and complimentary to the governor of the institution. The Rev. P. S. Dale addressed them in a most feeling and fatherly manner. As most of the children are either orphans or fatherless, doubtless his address came home with force to them. By the kindness of the Old Quay Company they were conveyed to and from both places free of expense to the in stitution. FRAUD ON THE. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. — On Wednesday, William Kirkup, who stated himself to be a groom in the service of Alexander Reid, Esq., was brought before Thomas Lyon, Esq_,_. and the other magistrates assem bled in petty sessions, at Warrington, charged with having offended against a clause introduced into the Grand Junction Railway Company's act, last session, which inflicts a penalty not exceeding forty shillings, 'with costs, upon any party riding in the company's carriages without having previously paid the legal fare. It appeared that the defendant had con trived to get into one of the carriages of the best train from Hartford on Tuesday night, and had proceeded as far as Warrington before he was detected by the conductor. His defence was, that he had merely got into the carriage for a few minutes, and that, John Gilpin like, in coming to War. rington, he had gone farther than he intended. The chair man ordered him to pay a fine of 10s. and costs. STEALING TURNIPS.—Thomas Goodier, a lad, was on Wednesday convicted of stealing three turnips from a field belonging to Holbrook Gaskell, Esq., of Appleton. The defendant said that he was seeking fcr work, and being hun gry, he had gone into the field and taken three turnips, which he had eaten. The bench ordered him to pay a fine of one shilling, and the casts. HAWKING WITHOUT A LICENSE.—James Braney was on Wednesday, at Warrington petty sessions, convicted in the penalty of 1:10, for hawking merchandize from door to door in Warrington, without a license. EXTRAORDINARY CROP.— A cottager, residing in the vil lage of Latchford, near Warrington, planted in the spring a single corn of barley. It has now forty-four stalks growing from it, and it has been calculated that there are about one thousandfour hundred barley corns now growing, all the pro duce of a single grain. THE HARVEST.—At last the weather appears to have be come " set fair," and the husbandman has been enabled to commence his operations with the scythe and the sickle in earnest. It is now pretty generally confessed the corn crops, both in Cheshire and Lancashire, within a reasonable dis tance of Warrington, are much better than the farmefs had, some few months ago, reason to expect. Mr. Jackson, 01 Newton Park, has just cut as fine 'a field of oats as was ever grown in the county of Lancaster. The wheat crop will be rather under the average, as it is thin in some districts. Some second sown crops of potatoes are getting on well, and a month's dry weather will help them amazingly. "THE GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY." —On Wednesday, at Warrington petty sessions, Mr. Cruikshanks, the assistant overseer of Warrington, applied for an order to a child to the parish of Southworth-with-Croft from Warrington. The following are the facts of the case:—About eight years ago, a single woman, (then) belonging to Southworth with-Croft, had an illegitimate child, which she affiliated upon a railway excavator, who absconded immediately after, and has not since been heard of. The overseers of that parish gave the mother parochial relief until she was married to a person be longing to Warrington, which marriage took place subse quent to the passing of the poor-law amendment act. The husband, with the wife, and this illegitimate child, have since become chargeable to Warrington, and the overseers of War rington now applied to remove the illegitimate child to the mother's settlement prior to the marriage. As a proof of their power to do so, Mr. Cruikshanks quoted the decision of Mr. Foster, the Chairman of the Salford Quarter Sessions, who, in appeal, in which the parish of Manchester were the re spondents, and the parish of Warrington the apellants, em bracing precisely the same facts, dismissed the appeal, on the ground of the inability of the husband to support the child, and on the principle that, if the court decided to the contrary, a great door would be opened to fraud, by parish officers procuring the marriage of paupers to persons residing in other parishes, who were not in a capacity to maintain the pauper or her children prior to the marriage. This, Mr. Fos ter considered, to be contrary to the spirit of the act itself, and against the intention of the legislature. Mr. Enoch San key, the assistant overseer of Southworth-with-CrOft, came armed with the opinion of the poor-law commissioners upon the case. They considered that it would not be competent for the magistrate to grant an order for the removal of the illegitimate child to Southworth-with-Croft, inasmuch as the child being incorporated with the husband's family by the fact of the marriage, and the operation of the 57th section of the poor-law amendment act, cannot be severed from it until the occurrence of the facts terminatin ,, the husband's lia bility, i. e., until such child attains the age of sixteen, or until the death of the mother of such child. The commis sioners then go on to say, "It is quite true that the law which renders the husband liable to maintain the wife's bastard children does not give those children the husband's settle ment, and an order of removal purporting to adjudicate a change of settlement was in the case of Rex v. Waltharnstow, I Nev. and Perry, 460, decided to be bad. But although the settlement of the children under such circumstances is not changed, still it appears clear that the act having directed that the children shall be maintained as if they were part of the man's family, the only mode for giving effect to that provision is by considering that such children are, so long as the obligation on the husband continues, liable to be main tained in, and relieved by, the parish in which the husband and his own unemancipated children, in the event of his own inability, would be entitled to be relieved." This opinion is in direct contradiction to Mr. Foster's decision. The magis trates refused to grant the order, and Warrington pat ish will have to keep the paupers in both cases until such time as the opinion of the court above is taken upon a case granted by the sessions, in the Manchester appeal. The glorious uncer tainty of the law is proverbial, and this is an instance of it. THE GENERAL LICENSING SESSIONS. —The general licensing sessions for the Warrington division of the county, was held at the Horse and Jockey, Newton, on Motidav, before John Holt, Esq., chairman, and an excedingly full bench of magistrates. Ther&was a vast number of applica tions from the proprietors and keepers of beer-houses for licenses, but the magistrates refused to grant them, on the ground of their being no necessity for an increase in the number of public-houses in the district. An application made by Mr. Nicholson, on behalf of Mr. John Booth, jun., for a license to a new hotel, erected by J. W. Patten, Esq , M.P., adjoining the railway station at Bank Quay, War rington, was complied with. Another license was also granted for a new house, near to Abram Church, to Mr. John Whitley, who, it was stated, had given to the public the ground upon which the new church was built, as also some land on which it is proposed to - erect a parsonage house. — Mr. Wagstaff, of Warrington, presented the report of the commissioners of police for that town, which stated that they had, in order to prevent crime and immorality, and especially to check drunkenness and profaneness on Sundays, which had a long time disgraced their town, they had appointed three additional police officers, and placed the police depart ment under a special commission. They recommended that the magistrates should take some steps to induce the publi cans to keep their houses closed until twelve or half-past twelve o'clock on Sunday mornings, a plan that had been successfully adopted in Manchester, Stockport, Bolton, and Oldham. In conclusion, they reported three houses as being conducted in a disorderly manner. The bench, after hearing the evidence of Mr. Jones, the deputy constable, who spoke to the disorderly manner in which the Cock and the Ship were conducted, and the late hours at which they were kept open , ordered those licenses to be transferred to the owners of the property. The complaint against Mr. Edward Fair, of the Mill-Stone Tavern, for disorderly conduct, fell to the ground, and his license was granted alon g with that of the other inn keepers of Warrington. Mr. Wagstaff also presented a paper, signed by forty-four publicans of Warrington, express ing their willingness to keep their houses closed until after twelve o'clock on Sunday mornings. The matter underwent some discussion among the magistrates present, and the chairman, prior to leaving the court, gave directions to the clerks to the magistrates to prepare an order recommending the licensed victuallers to keep their houses closed until after twelve o'clock. It was generally admitted, that under the present licensing system, they had uo power to enforce such a regulation. STATE OF TItADE HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.--Though a fair extent of business was done to-day, it was scarcely equal to that of last week for any kind of goods; but as stocks were by no means large, it produced no effect on prices. The demand appears fully equal to the make. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—Our manufacturers are very shy in their purchases, and in consequence prices are difficult to quote. The staplers, however, are not pressing with their stocks, and it would seem that a little time must elapse before buyers and sellers will adopt similar views as to prices. 11.11. wax, SATURDAY.—Things have been unusually dull to-day which, considering the briskness in our neighbouring markets, is difficult to account for, but such is the s fact. There were fewer goods sold to-day than for some time past, though we are not aware that things are lower; but the manufacturers are low in spirits. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The continued demand in both halls for some time past, was not experienced to the full extent to-day. Neither our merchants, nor the London houses operated to any great extent. Wool is considered at rather too high a price to justify purchases, unless to execute orders in hand, and as the manufacturers themselves anticipated a fall, every thing is done with great caution. BR A DFORD MARKET.--The demand for manufactured goods here, on 'Thursday, was much the same as it has been for some weeks past, but there was less business done in the yarn market, owing mainly, it is said, to the absence of many weavers on their usual harvesting excursions. The demand for wool was good, and the market was, on the whole, firmer than of late. Prices have undergone little change. HECKMONDWIKE.--The Blanket Hall continues to be regularly attended by the merchants and manufacturers, with little change in prices or demand for goods. DONCASTER WOOL FAIR, SEPT. I.—At our first ad ditional fair held this day, there was only a small supply of wool pitched; the attendance of buyers was very numerous, whose principal inquiry was after short wools. The prices were decidedly lower than at our August fair, and part was left unsold. The next and last fair for the season will be held on the first Saturday in October. The following are the quotations :—Hog 19s; bog and ewe 17s 6d ; ewe 16s to 16s 6d per stone ; Locks 82d der Id. CHESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET, SEPT. 6.—The wool trade still continues in a very languid and depressed state—buyers very slack in purchasing—and no business doing of any con sequence. The prevailing opinion is, that this article must experience further diminution in price before any sales of consequence can be effected. THE IRON TRADE.—During the last few days, iron has slightly advanced. All the works in the neighbourhood are fully employed, and several orders have been refused even at the present price. A greater advance is talked of; and should the demand for exportation continue as brisk as dur ing the past few weeks, it will probably be obtained.—Bir• mingliam Herald. METAL 'TRADE.—The trade has somewhat revived within the past week or ten days; which has caused a slight rise in prices. We understand that £B7 has been asked for copper, which is an advance of £2 per top. Tin is steady at £B7. Spelter is quoted at from £2l to £22.—Birmingham Advertiser. Prince Pierre Napoleon, son of Lucien Bonaparte, arrived at Antwerp on Mor. • iry of Hunt:N.4h steamer. MISCELLANEOUS. We regret to announce the death of Mrs. Charlei.Remble, after a lingering illness. Rapid progress is making in the line of the Midland Coun ties Railway, between Sawley and Nottingham. In the neighbourhood of Beeston, a large quantity of blocks are already laid. Sir Herbert Jenner, it is generally supposed, will succeed the late Sir John Nicholl as Chief Judge of the Ecclesiastical Courts and Court of Admiralty. Dr. Lushington would probably be the man, but ministers cannot afford to run the risk of an election for the Tower Hamlets.—Morning Herald. EXPEDITIOUS TRAVELLING.—The passengers which left London last Thursday morning at eight o'clock by tht... Vivid, arrived at Hull at a quarter-past six yesterday morning, and at Leeds at a quarter before twelve, thus completing the passage from London to Leeds in 27 hours and three quar ters.—Leeds Intelligencer. THE FRENCH Aasiv.-LThe effective strength of the army for 1838-9 is fixed at 377,643; namely, 278,066 infapti.y, and 51,276 cavalry, for the home and colonial services; 1,522 for Ancona, and . 38,000 infantry and 8,779 cavalry for Africa. SWORD FISH.—OII Friday week, as a Boston fisherman was pricking for butts, near Corporation Point, Boston, he observed a sword fish knocking about nearly aground, and lost no time in hauling it into his boat. The fish weighed about nine or ten stone, and the sword measured upwards of a yard in length. THE WOLVERHAMPTON CHURCH RATE.—Tbe result of the scrutiny into the votes respecting the church-rate gives 714 for the rate, and 649 against it,being.a majority of 65 undisputed votes in favour of the rate. Many votes, as our ' readers are aware, await the decision of Dr. Lushington, respecting their validity; but it is not expected the result will be affected by it.-IVolverhampton Chronicle.. > THE MAN OF MANY WtvEs:—There is a man named Fla yell, residing at Gornal, near Dudley, by trade a nailer, commonly called " Major Flavell," who has• had• no less than eight wives, all of whom he has buried, and 'is now busily on the look-out for another! By each of his wives he has had one child, and of the eight -children seven are now living. Mr. Barry, the architect, and Mr. De la BeClie, - have set out from London, under the authority of the TreaSury, to examine the quarries in the north, in search of stone for the new houses of parliament. They will avail thefaSelves on their way of the aid of Dr. Smith, the geologist. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT.—An obscure autluir has just brought out a book in which he- attempts to prove that " French is hut English badly spelt and incorrectly pro nounced." 'Rhubarb is now brought to a high state of cultivation in this country, and is much used for medicinal purposes. The root is not so close in the grain as the Turkey rhubarb, but it is as close and fine as that imported from the East Indies, though not quite so large.' - WINDSOR.—On Mondaymorning, during the rehearsal of the pieces at the theatre in preparation for the evening, a gun which was loaded, but with powder only, was incautiously fired off by one of the performers, named Williams, near to Mr. Howe. The wadding struck the latter gentlemanin the eyes, and it is feared he will lose the sight of one p 1 Ulm. — Bucks Herald. MARCH OF REFINEMENT.—A cobbler living in Swan street, Minories, thus pompously announces' his calling, " Surgery performed here upon old boots and 'shoes, by adding to the feet, making good the legs, binding the broken, healing the wounded, mending the constitution, and support ing the body with new soles. Advice gratis by B. Marks." A letter from Berlin mentions the arrival of three Persians in that city, on their way to London, with a view to obtain a number of Bibles in the Chaldean language. The pilgrims, for such they may well be called, speak no language but their own; and it appears that none of the learned professors at Berlin were able to converse -in Persian. The strangers had accordingly the greatest difficulty ircmaking themselves understood. They are extremely poor, and a collection has been made at Berlin to enable them to proceed on their journey. M. Marzano has announced in the Venice journals, that, in investigating the archives of the city of Bologna, he has discovered that the far-famed Maid of Orleans was of the ancient family of Ghislieri, of that city, and was, in fact, the daugther of the celebrated Ferrante Ghislieri, - who was obliged to fly from Bologna in 1401, when John Bentivoglio usurped the sovereign power of that republic. The Venice Gazette of the 14th ult. publishes the documents pitch iced by M. Marzano in support of his opinion. - - SlLK.—Extract of a letter from Bourdeaux "We are now quite taken up here with the cultivation of the mulberry , and the rearing of silkworms. An indivichial has,, by the application of a judicious system of warniiiigand Yenfilation, succeeded in raising double the ,quantity ofsilk which had previously been obtainable from a given quantity' of leaves : the advantage is therefore great, and I am now 'planting some thousands of mulberry trees, of which I hope, ere long, to send you some of the results." The Superintendents of the different Dock-yards have re ceived private instructions to hasten, as much as possible, the masts and sails, to keep up the Stoles and the ships as forward as possible in their respective dock-yards; and such was the hurry at Sheerness that the tank vessel was ordered off on Sunday last to fill up the water in the tanks of the Camper down to 240 tons. Whether this private hint on Saturday last from one of the Lords of the Admiralty to the superin tendents of the dock-yards presages an increase to our naval armament, or arises from the panic now existing in the dock yards for the want of some stores, is yet to be developed. THE HARVEST.—The state of the harvest in this neigh bourhood continues highly satisfactory. A large quantity of corn has been secured in excellent condition during the last and present week. The accounts from almost every part of the kingdom are likewise favourable, and negative the alartn ing rumours which have been circulated by those•who are interested in keeping up prices. The barley crop is unusu ally paper. POPERY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.—The four nevi bells of the church of St. Hoch were catelybai:tizedbyfh e Archbishop of Paris, in presence of the Queen. A companl of grenadiers of the second legion of the Natinnar Guard attended the ceremony ! A Spanish grandee, the puke o f Berwick, stood as godtatherfbr one Of 'the bells! , ADVOCATES AND CLIENTS.—An advocateuy tiap,sact, duty which be owes his client, knows, in the disjhapiepf that office, but one person in the world—that client.. void none other. To save that client by all expedient meansto protect I that client at all hazards and costs to all otherS, and a moug, ethers to himself—is the highest and most unquestioned 0' his duties; and he must not regard the alarm, the suffering' the torment, the destruction, which he may bring u,pon any other. Nay, separating even the duties of a patriot front those of an advocate, and casting them, if need he, to the wind, he Must goon, reckless of. the consequences, if his fate should unhappily be to involve his country in confusion for client's protection.—Lord Brougham. CARL KING'S PPESENT TO QUEEN VICTORIA.—The turn of Great Western has brought us newsef. the beautifu l bonnet sent by the celebrated Carl King .of New York to the Queen of England. As soon as the Western reached Eng; land, Captain Hoskins opened a correspondence with Lot John Russell, secretary of state for the home•departmeo t, relative to the bonnet. His lordship notified: her Majesty"' she wrote a beautiful complimentary letter—the bonnet wa i f sent unto the Queen, and no less than three dozen ladies o the English nobility forwarded back orders and complimer y lacy letters to the celebrated Carl King and his lovely lad!' fur bonnets of the saute style. Carl is a lucky dog 1 '1 King has given the Queen a bonnet. The Qiien has give ° the King,a smile of approval, and the ladies for the Q ue l will make this King's fortune. We shall publish a part the correspondence in a few days.—New York Herald. MURDER FROM JEALOUSY.—A traveller for a mercant i l house, named Barenne, about 60 years of age, who had lives, in the Rue de la Verrerie, Paris, for the last fifteen mool was assassinated by his mistress, who is not more than °' years of age. The crime is attributed to jealousy ; the y0a..,,; woman, who states that she is pregnant by her victim, tool'', complained bitterly of the attention paid 'by him - to an oibe, female. In order to divert suspicion from herself;the lo ur f deress, who remained with her paramour during the whole ~„°, Sunday night, was the first to divulge the crime to the n eie hours next morning, by her cries of help, murder, &c. be COACH ACCIDENT.—On. Saturday evening last, as tea Peveril London Coach was on its way to this town, near the centre of the Hazel Grove, the near hind wt ' came off, owing to lasing the fastening screw; but such '`,.. at the construction of the coach, although heavily laden, o,l_ not a passenger or parcel fell from the roof, and ,edged yond the fright no accident occurred.—.-Stockport Advertiser t et No JOKE.—A few days ago, a drunken fellow at 11 . 0 1 he near Blackburn, exchanged clothes with a soldier-'° fa r guards, and after parading:about in his gay trapping, s „ t ter some time, found that the soldier had decamped. The ge has not since been heard of, and the result of the e 3 was that the other had to pay a fine of £5 for having Vai lit equipments in his possession. oak ieCe THE DONCASTER CUP.—The cup this year will b tre e of elegant design and exquisite workmanship. An springs from the sward, and the branches support a c u l capacious dimensions,—t he exterior being beautifully rho:oe The horse, as a foal, a yearling, a two-year old, and an e e L' ica t • horse, is represented as surrounding the cup; and th • ensemble is superior even to the famous shield of last )e Gib, A YOUNG MOTHER.-013' Saturday last, Mrs. Helen son, (who is only thirteen s ears of age,) wife of Mr. fe- Gibson, of Normanby, near Whitby, was delivered of % lie male child. The mother and child are both doing we ll ' nee respective ages of the father, mother, and daughter e.OO, lively, do not amount to thirty years. On first heart the circumstance we were almost incredulous, but on. enno l ; . c hau ary found it to be a well authenticated tact.—Leeds Intelligenici!e NUTS.—There has nut lien for many years such prrohoosa crops of nuts as are growing this season in the neighbou w ith of Richmond; the bolt ate literally borne. doWn_ m r , them. There are now growing in a field helongi.h!: l : l e h or Robinson, of Hag House, near Richmond, opts n r c oo' twig, about eleven inches long, 26 clusters otre clo!!' f o ur, taming eleven nuts; three clusters, ten nuts caea:4 t wo eight; five, six; two, five; four, three; fsve, t#d; with nine—snaking in the whole nto v, New PILLS.—An inquest was held at ew te an Nottingham, on the body of Andrew Ibbotson, fnir e d ea th exciseman, when the jury returned a ver dict t h at the h% t a a r k o i s n e g fr N om i 0 rinatural pills.causes, b h u e t i‘ t,h o tattinigtha*mas iaicecreielae,rsaeat e(ei,lidcr-i {4 We are informed that the deceased was so prepos, e said favour of Morison's pills, that, during his life, he ut aY to have taken pecks of diem." a de 0 NORTH UNION RA I LAVAy. — Every exertion is -erka,,og by the spirited contractors of this extensive uncle t aa t , t o h i e fie env ea. t complete this line, so as to be ready for opening of this month. The fifth and last arch of the ni,lbe Meg' bridge over the Ribble, was expected to have part wen 11.1 stories inserted on Saturday last. The number oerceatrat, the employ of Messrs. Mullins and Macinahoo , the re said t° tors for the Wigan and Preston ends of this line, a . amount to nearly oue thousand.— Wigan Gazette. A OCI t BANK OF ENGLAND.—The following notice o f Thursday: it does not differ in any respect trout tn . " of Eng., • quarter:—The governor and cotnpany ttf the E?, ins tep': land do hereby give notice, that on a nd after the ti on I.ll° they will be ready to receive applications for lot n n o s re Oar; deposit of approved bills of exchange not hay . ip_g i r e r 13(,:f ° , r er six months to run; such loans are to be repaid !' te o f 31 1 0 00 the 19th of October next, with interest at the " tha n 1: 2, cent per annum, and to be for stuns of not less t it each." ccid e d fat al a h er DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A distressing an t he happened on board the Earl of Roden stetl? boat, passage from Dublin to Port Carlisle, wilh oo %,„ h i st. I t „iu 33rd regiment, now stationed here, on d - to , t h, CaP eao , vious to her leavin. , Dublin, a boy PP' efuesed• “"Por.elf for a free passage to England, which was r in te however, vesseltha ,t and h e a w f t a e s r w o a o trdssu observedc e e e d h e ,yd cc:::hfceet.siaitelijoricleetcyotiet they had got out to sea. During the voyag e r the cre e t fe al intelligence, and made himself very soldiers. In the afternoon the fire hold into the engine room, and wa:_: ling the . ', sav ing (for he was nut seen at the time) desc n his ticao li ' lera ilY when he slipped his footing, and fell, i h t e is c s a rz d se e d e : ing manner, and the brains protruding,. : n t e ` ..nian o a u n: the s fa q l o le e n e ze i n d t b o e g t e w t h e e e r n , t t h h e e shoeolhaeni odgfif•aratneetautrveto.or,,ki.i,h, i : t : I F nt s :tn ts I ., ,. ,) o h c t • e : ne " he fell, he called out "murder:" the en , ri ne, a nd f was t an spot immediately, and stopped the e r pj-_ ~O or hoy ss . a at nd body beneath the beam, quite deaci• dre s h eu eld entire stranger to all on board. He i"rst w%ccidenta had a respectable appearance. A n ict or n e. Port Carlisle, on Thursday last, and o a ja ‘ nd o n the.ebn,ga'nd t he death" returned, with, a nominal tie r u . o f the P arls ev eaing .--- coffin was prepared by the oversee ,hd.sasae body was decently interred . at D o me's Carlisle Patriot. .r..... - .., --