The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA By the Pacific, Captain Nye, which arrived on Thurs day, we have advices from New York to the 29th ult. The Pacific was advertised to leave New York on the 28th ; but when about to leave the wharf her paddlebox came in contact with a shed, by which a gentleman named Walker was killed, and others injured. Some of her floats having been knocked off, it was considered advisable to detain her until the following morning. The Pacific passed the mail steam-ship America, Capt. Shannon, hence, at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning, about 620 miles from Liverpool. The America had made very fine progress considering the detention consequent upon the humane conduct of her commander in towing a dis masted vessel into Waterford, and the heavy gales she had experienced up to the time of being spoken by the Pacific. In Congress no proceedings of importance had occurred, excepting a small fracas between Senators Foote and Fre rnont, which was, however, fortunately settled. The Herald describes the scene in appropriate language:— " A small fight occurred in the Senate antechamber between Senators Foote and Fremont. Mr. Foote had said, in debate, that to pass certain propositions for California would be a dis grace to the enate. Mr. Fremont asked Foote out, complained of his language, and said it was ungentlemanly ; Footeresented with a blow. They then both clinched." Jenny Lind was at Boston, singing. at concerts was the excitement that as much as 8625 had been given for a single ticket. The first case under the new Fugitive Slave Law came off in New York on the 27th ult. The efficacy of the law for the purpose intended was fully apparent. No attempt was made to obstruct the officers in the discharge of their duty, nor to rescue the slave from them, as frequently happened under the old law, but the process went on with perfect quietness, and the slave was delivered to his owner, and carried off under an escort furnished by order of the commissioner before whom the examination was held. Northern men cannot rejoice in the surrender of fugitive slaves, abstractedly considered ; but they ought to rejOice that the spirit of the constitution is at length complied with, and that they no long r stand in the atti tude of covenant-breakers. It has been stated that more than 100 slaves have left Pittsburgh and vicinity for Ca nada, in consequence of the passage of the new law, and some also are going from New York. By the royal mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Har rison, which arrived on Sunday at midnight, we have further advices from New York to the Ist instant and telegraphic news to the 3d. Commercial exchange continued active and sterling wa sold at former rates. The accounts are not important, almost the only fact worth recording being the adjournment of Congress after an important spsion. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 30. ture, as the house - The sales of the 28th, were 1,350 bales. To-day the transactions reported on 'change were 2,000 bales, and subsequently further sales wero made ; the amount we could lift ascertain, the market closing firmly at the quotation. Inferior Atlantic Cotton, none on sale. Gulf cotton, none on sale. Ordinary and good ordinary cotton 12ic. to 134 c. ; mid dling to good middling Gulf cotton, 13c. to Inc.; Atlantic cotton, 13ic. to 14ic. ; Gulf cotton, 14c. to 14ic. ; middling fair to fair Atlantic cotton, 141 c. to 142 c.; Gulf cotton, 14ic. to 15c.; ful ton, 15i( lair to good fair Atlantic cottons, 15c. ; Gulf cot Flour, with increased receipts, and a moderate demand only for export The market opens this week with some heaviness, and at rather lower rates; common and straight state Brands nay be quo, cl 4 88c. to d 5, LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. New York to Halifax, October 3 Cambria's news was received here this afternoon, too late, however, to have any effect on markets. No politi cal nor foreign intelligence of moment since Canada left. Stock market firm, and much speculation. Fancies, Go vernment Sixes. 56, sold 1091 to-day. Ohio State Stocks advance 1 per cent. ; Illinois also 1 per cent. Quotations of Cotton, Corn, and Flour unchanged. Flour firm, with more buyers. Cotton business reduced, though very limited stock. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES The Holstein troops have sustained a serious defeat. After the most extensive preparations, continued during several days, an attempt was made to carry Friederickstadt by storm. The attack was made simultaneously on three different points, but in each the repulse was sanguinary and decisive. The accounts vary as to the number of killed and wounded. General Willisen estimates his loss at from 200 to 300; but other military authorities state that it could not have been less than from 600 to 700. The Kin• of Denmark has prohibited the free naviga tion of the Eyder. A scheme has been started at New York for the forma tion of a railroad from St. Louis to San Francisco. A daily pager called The Times, is now published at Adelaide, Australia. Madame Poiteven has announced her intention of mak ing a balloon ascent from Paris, in the character of Eu ropa, mounted on a bull. 'Mrs. Milelean, wife of Donald Maclean, Esq., late M.P. for Oxford, was killed near Naples, on the 20th ultimo, by being thrown from her carriage. Akerations in the Swedish tariff, affecting principally hemp and flax, came into operation recently by virtue of a law passed July 18. The, Queen of the Beigians expired on Friday atOstend, of phthisis. Her Majesty was the daughter of the late King of the French, and her health has been for a long time in a very unsatisfactory state. A large-sized steam-ship was destroyed by fire on the banks of Newfoundland on the night of the 13th ultimo. Unfortunately, the name of the ill-fated vessel has not been ascertained, or whether the passengers and crew succeeded in preserving themselves. A Genoa journal exposes the pretended miracle of the winking Madonna at Rimini; a diagram shows the manner in which by putting certain wires a priest concealed in the drapery imposes on the superstitious spectators. Tt ap pears to be a vulgar imitation of the " invisible girl." It is well known that similar impositions were exposed in this country at the beginning of the Reformation. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA.— About two years ago, the scien ific world was surprised by the announcement that Drs. Krapf and Rebmann, who bad been for some time zealously employed in connexion with the Church Missionary Society in Eastern and Cen tral Africa, had discovered a mountain or mountains within one degree of the Equator, and about 200 miles distant from the sea, which were covered with perpetual snow. and which there was every reason to suppose were mo other than Ptolemy's " Mountains of the Moon." It now appears that there is no doubt of the fact. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Advices from Newbury port (N.A.) mention that Captain J. W. Dodge, of the schooner Isabella. had fallen in with people who informed him that some Esquimaux Indians had picked up a cask, inside' of which was a tin canister, containing papers, which were brought into Indian Harbour to Captain Nor man's trading post on the 20th of July. The papers were said td contain information relative to the expedition of Sir John Ross, but the nature of the information Capt. Dodge could not learn, as they were' sent to Sandwich bay under seal, to be shipped to England by the schooner Escort of London. BRAZIL.—By the arrival of the William Edward, advices have been received from Rio Janeiro to the 23rd of August inclusively. The accounts confirm the report of the disappearance of the fever at Rio Janeiro ; and the health of the city was said to be quite restored. Her Majesty's steamer Harpy, tender to the flag-ship South ampton, 50, went into Guarapari on the 21st August, and took the Brazilian schooner Feiticeira, which she con ducted to the entrance of Rio Janeiro, whence the prize was ordered by Admiral Reynolds to be sent to St Helena for adjudication. Mr. Hudson, the British charge d'affaires, bad presented his credentialsto theEmneror, and had been well received. The demand for colonial produce was very brisk, and as the intercourse with the interior was no longer interrupted, an increased demand for our articles of import was experienced. AERIAL NAVIGATION.—A letter from Madrid of the 22nd ult., in the Courrier de la Gironde, says :—" The problem of serial navigation with which the French savans have been so long engaged has just been solved in our city. The celebrated Spanish aeronaut, J. Montemajor, has lately made some experiments which have been crowned with entire success. In consequence of a most favourable report made by a special committee appointed by the government, sufficient funds have been allowed to the aeronaut for the construction of his apparatus. The immense balloon, the Eole. is now almost entirely completed. On the 15th of October next, M. J. Monte major will leave Madrid in his aerial vessel, notwith standing the wind may be contrary; it will pass over the Pyrenees, will cross over France, mid will afterwards go to London to receive from the English government the prize offered to the man who shall discover the means of navigating through the air, in spite of contrary atmos pheric currents. The Eole will pass over Bordeaux." CURIOUS IMPOSTURE.—You cannot have forgotten the celebrated breach of promise case between Miss Smith and a nobleman whose name I have forgotten. The success whichattended that talented young lady's.efforts in palm ing a brilliant romance upon her credulous grandfather and friends, has met with a perfect parallel in Bavaria ; if I mistake not, in Munchen itself. The heroine's name is Maria Hoar, the daughter of a.carpenter in poor circum stances, but possessed of great personal beauty, and not without some education. Three years ago she communi cated 'to several of her relations, under the promise of secrecy, that she was the most fortunate of her sex. A Spanish count, flying from the arms of the law in conse quence of his participation in the Spanish revolution, had *seeped into the Tyrol in disguise, from whence be had found his way into the palace of the King of Bavaria, at Hohenschwangau. The name of the.count she declared to be Don Alonzo Balclona. The king, she said, had given him the post of the inspector of the palace. On a visit in Nfunich the count had made her acquaintance, and being smitten with her attractions had promised to marry her. Letters were not wanting to confirm the truth of this statement ; one was produced which stated that the bridegroom was possessed of enormous wealth, and that he in reality was the Prince of Navarre and Duke of Mon temolin. The relations, overvvheirced with joy at the good fbrtune of the young lady, made no objection to assistidg her from time to time with largesums of money, expecting on her marriage to have them returned with interest. The young lady, too, was prolific in promises of appointments and situations ; and by these means car ried on the deception for three years. The relations, at last impatient, demanded to see the brideg:rocm—the Spanish prince ; and receiving nothing but evaqoaa at last discovered that they had been d ece i ve d. Th ey q mielly landed the Spanish prince's bride to the tender meci s ea of the Bavarian police, and with th e ass i stance of C'e magistrates she was sentenced to a lengthe ne d t erm of isurisaument.--Correspondent of the Daily News. JENNY LIND IN BOSTON. The American papers are still filled with glowing•re ports of the progress of Madlle. Lind through thetates. The enthusiasm is , even still on the increase, and at Bos ton, where the Nightingale is at present, the inhabitants seem determined to outvie their brethren in New York in manifestations of *delight and regard. Miss Lind sailed from the latter port, for Boston, in the steam-ship Empire State, which was magnificently fitted up . for her reception, and on her departure she was hailed with thunders of applause. She is represented as astonished and delighted with everything she saw. Everywhere along the river the people assembled in thousands, and expressed their friendly feelings. On her landing, and along the railway, she was similarly received. At the station the utmost anxiety wasevinced to obtain the merest glimpse of her, and " when the train started several per sons clung to it, and one man was very near being injured." At every point on the road the same enthusiastic feeling was displayed. 'On coming in view of Boston " she was captivated with its appearance," and on leaving the train she was taken in a carriage to Revere House, where ele gant apartments were provided for her; she was imme diately waited on by the Mayor and a few of the leading inhabitants who offered to this excellent Roman the usual fulsome adulations about her " superhuman musical en dowments, &c." She is said to have been deeply affected, and afterwards to have " designated a seat to each of the party, and selected her own beside the handsomest man in the room !" At the first auction for tickets the following is the re port of the biddings for the first ticket:— _ • " Now, gentlemen, bow much for the first ?" "Two hun dred and fifty dollars," says Mr. Hale. "Pretty good for the first bid," cries a spectator—followed by applause. This was followed by a bid of .8275 "and my hat," from Mr. Fetridge, of 15, State-street; but the bid had hardly escaped his lips, when t was followed by another of 4300. ".11325," sang out Fetridge. " 8350 and a guitar," cried Dodge; 8400 from a stranger ; 8425 by Mr. Allen ; 5475 chimes in Mr. Fet ridge; 8500 from an unknown individual ; 43'600, cries Mr. Gleason, of the Flag of our Union newspaper; (loud applause) "going I going who says six-fifty? going ! who says it ?" " $625," says Dodge, in a clear and distinct voice, which in creased the applause. "Six hundred and twenty-five dollars," says the auctioneer, "nothing at all to pay for hearing Jenny Lind." (laughter), "and sold to Ossian I. Dodge, vocalist." Mr. Dodge selected seat No. 556, which is located nearly in the centre of the hall. This announcement was followed by thun ders of applause, with cries of "show him up"—" up with him" —"Dodge"—" a song, a song." &c. Mr. Dodge got upon a seat for a moment, and was .greeted with cheers. After the noise bad subsided somewhat, the next ticket, with the right of choice to a whole slip, was put up, and sold to Mr. Hale, who selected but one seat, for .8'24 premium." The receipts at the first concert were about 29,000 dol lars. The following letter, dated Boston, 28th Sept., gives a report of the Nightingale's reception on her first appearance publicly in that town, and of the auction for the second concert "It was a splendid triumph. The house was filled in every spot. There were two . thousand six hundred and four persons present. Bore thi highly intellectual and the enthusiasm was far mad with excitement. Jenny Und's simce thing else is talked of. The city is on fire—not a mere flash in the pan, but a steady, bright blaze. The auction, to-day, for tickets for the next concert, was most exciting. The Tremont Temple was filled with people, and no single seats were sold till eleven o'clock. They sold in slips or blocks of about ten seats each, and after that from one slip to ten slips, or from ten seats to one hundred. The first slip was sold to Pirsson, at eight dollars and a half per seat ; next, sixty seats, at eight dollars each ; and then the price ruled from seven and a h a lf d own t o six AnliarS• It am... ne averagL _ eleven ic, was seven dollars. The first choice, of one slip to ten, was sold at six dollars and seventy-five cents, and the second at six dollars and twenty-five cents, which is the lowest price, as yet. The Revere House and Tremont House purchased most of the first morrow night, in Tremont Temple." The accounts received by the Canada steam-ship bring word that this extraordinary lady had visited the Cam bridge Observatory (where a vain effort was made to dis cover a planet specially in honor of her call,) and subse quently received a visit from the governor of the state and the executive council; her reception - of whom was cour teous, whilst her conversation was philosophical as regards her gifts and charitable as regards her poorer fellow-crea tures. Her concerts continued' to be crowded, and the enthusiasm was " tremendous." She had engaged with Barnum to visit London, at the " World's Fa'r,' in June next, and the remainder of her eighty nights of song in the United States would be devoted to New York, New Orleans, and it is added, Havana. She sang, on the 30th, at a rehearsal, and was "quite indignant" at the multi tude present. Mr. Dodge, the £125 donor for the first ticket, had received public honours at the concert-hall on first appearing. We find in the journals the following excellent " Jenny-gram" relative to the hatter who bought the first ticket in New York. It is beaded " Genin's Motive". : " Don't fancy there is any revealing Of a heart that could easily melt ; It wasn't a matter of feeling, But merely a matter of felt !" MONUMENT TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBPS.—A tardy justice, it seems, is to be rendered to the memory of this great man, even in his native country. Two of the first men of Spain have taken the lead in this enterprise, we mean Messrs. Martinez de la Rosa and Salvador Bermu dez, both known as men of letters and liberal politicians. A subscription has been started for that purpose, which is fast receiving the names of persons of every rank. The situation for the colossal monument has been most appro. priately chosen on an elevated spot of the port of Palos de Magner, opposite the convent of S. Ann, whence Colum bus started on his first adventurous expedition for the new world. The plans and designs for the monument will be subject to a competition of all Europe, and Mr. Bermudez will undertake an especial trip to England for those purposes. The preliminary arrangements hint at a colossal statue of twenty feet high, and of groups - rounding it, forming a base of 40 feet in circumference The statue to be of the finest Florentine bronze, and the pedestal of reddish granite. The lowest estimate of the Columbus monument is £20,000. As the brother of Columbus long dwelt in London as an agent of Christo pher's for the purpose of proposing the plan to Henry VII., there is some ground for sympathy here in the monument to the memory of the great discoverer.— Architect. EMILY SANDFORD.—The Adelaide papers give the fol lowing detail of an attack upon Miss Emily Sandford, whose unhappy connexion with Rush, the murderer, is doubtless in the recollection of the public :—Mr. R. W. Bennett, a resident in Adelaide, was charged at the police court with threatening the life of Miss Sandford. The case at the request of the Bishop of Adelaide (Dr. Short), who has acted as guardian to the unfortunate woman since her arrival in the colony, was gone into privately, the local reporter being excluded. " The nature of the charge," says the Adelaide Times, " implied numerous threats held out by the defendant, declaring that if she did not pay him money he had advanced her brother he would blow her brains out, and his conduct was so violent that she apprehended he would carry out his threat. Her brother, who accompanied her to the colony, lost his life at Port Philip a few days after her arrival. During his stay the defendant, ascertaining he was in want of money to discharge some debts that he had contracted, advanced him the amount, the defendant asserting that he did so on her security. This Miss Sandford denied. She knew nothing of the affair, until Mr. Bennett made the demand upon her. The defendant, in answer to the charge, per sisted that he advanced the money to her brother on her security. He had waited on her several times, but the only reply he could get from her was, ' Well, sir, is that all ?' He was so exasperated at her conduct that he cer tainly made use of harsh words and threatened to shoot her. The magistrates bound the defendant over in heavy securities to keep the peace towards Miss Sandford for six months." ANIMAL MAGNETISM.—The Gazette des Tribimaux has the following story :—" Two fellows went three days ago to a famous restaurant, called the Grotte do Calypso, at the Barriere Belleville. As they took their repast they got into conversation with the mistress, who soon told them a full account of the death of her husband, of the state of her business, and all her little secrets. Presently they began talking of animal magnetism, and astonished the poor woman by their wonderful stories of the miracu lous cures effected, and crimes discovered by its means. To satisfy her curiosity one of the men, who pretended to be a magnetic sujet, allowed himself to be put into a trance by the other, who represented himself as a regular magnetiser. The man in the trance astounded the poor woman by telling her a good deal about herself—nearly all of which, by the way, she had previously told them. The woman now wanted to be put in a trance herself. One of the men accordingly tightly bandaged her eyes, and the others made passes over her. She felt herself by no means affected, but the men kept talking incessantly to her and telling her that she would soon be in a trance. One of them meanwhile quietly opened the drawers of the room and possessed himself of money, jewels, silver spoons and forks, and a savings bank book, They at last went away, but not without telling the woman that she must remain seated nearly half an hour in her chair with her eyes bandaged, lest the magnetic fluid should escape. She did so, but when at last she got up she discovered that she had been robbed. She accordingly laid a com plaint before the commissary of police, and from the de scription she gave of the men that functionary recognised them as well-known thieves. He caused them to be arrested, and the greater part of the booty was found at their lodgings. MR. &mu O'llatzkw.—A friend of Mr. Smith O'Brien has forwarded to us a letter just received from that petu lant puppy, in•which he maunders and moans in his usual strain about the disagreeableness of the position he has chosen for himself in Van Diernates Land. Mr. Smith O'Brien is one of those people who make their own bed, and refuse to lie in it. When in patiiament he made his bed in the coal hole, and was very uneasy. He then got up a rebellion, and quarrelled with the consequences. Having earned a halter by every law, human and divine, he spurned the mercy. of his Sovereign, and insisted on being hung, for mere obstinacy and spite. Arriving at Van Diemen's Land with his confederates, he refused a ticket of leave, and doggedly determined to be a prisoner. Now : a prisoner is a prisoner, and there is no way what ever in which a person who refuses his parole, and defies his keepers, can be kept in custody without a rather irk some degree of restriction and surveillance. In Mr. O'Brien's case all the authorities of the island have been at work to make his position as comfortable as his folly and the rules of safe-keepi ng wou ld a ll ow. M r. O ' Br i en himself admits-7" Considered as a prison, Maria Island is as little objectionable as any other spot that could be chosen. The scenery is picturesque, and the local officers have been as kind as they could venture to be under the inhuman regulations laid down for their guidance by the Comptroller-General. I am, therefore, rather sorry to learn that this station will soon be broken up." Our lit tle Napoleon does not tell us what these inhuman regula tions are, but we have no doubt they amount to the occa sional night of a policeman, and, now land then, a bayon e t, a rather limited promenade, a prohibition of mass meet ings, and some check upon Mr. O'Brien's constitUtional appetite fin conspiracy and pike-heads.—T imes, IRELAND, _____ 4- The magistrates •of Garvagh, Ireland, have fined a Roman Catholic priest. X 1 10s. for horsewhipping a ser vant girl very severely, because she was " unwilling to harbour certain females that his reverence was in the habit of a3sociating,with." Deplorable accounts have been received from the county Kerry, where intense distress has been caused by the almost total failure of the potato crop in some parts, espe cially in the district lying between Kenmare and Killarney and Distowel. The failure is nearly as general and disas trous as in 1846, the first year of the famine. At the half-yearly meeting of the Dublin and Kings town Railway Company, in Dublin, on Saturday, the directors report, stating that though the receipts were £3,302 less than on the half-year of her Majesty's visit, the amount applicable for dividend was a few pounds more than at that period, was unanimously adopted. . . A weaver, of Carmos-on-the-Hills, county of Down, was at his work, yesterday week, when a gun was protru ded through the window, and the poor weaver was shot through the heart. He had received several threatening letters because he had taken a small farm from which a non-paying tenant had been evicted. _ BALI.INASLOE FAlR.—This fair has been going on dur ing the last week. The cattle fair was a failure. The correspondent of. Saunders' says—'` From whatever cause, I am sorry to tell you that the fair was a bad one—a drooping and a cheerless one. Some good and large lots changed hands early, but an immense number returned to their pastures, not without an offer, but the owners not being enabled to get anything near rent-paying figures, preferred trying the country fairs ; this is hoping against hope, for the Ballinasloe fair invariably rules, or rather makes the prices for the succeeding fairs." UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. ORDINATION AT CHESTER , The following gentlemen were admitted to holy orders at the Cathedral, Chester, on Sunday last, by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese:— DEACONS. Licensed to Davies. Matthew Watkin, 8.A., Christ ISt. Michael's, Church College, Oxford Lawrence, James, jun., 8.A., Brase-1 Waverton. nose, Oxford.. Batty, Edward, 8.A., Gonville and btaston. Caius, Cambridge . Jacson, Edwd., 8.A., Trinity, Cambridge . Neston. Parkinson, Richard, 8.A., Sidney Sus- l Warmingham. sex, Cambridge .. Webster, John, Queen's, Cambridge .... Churton-heath Ferrar, Edward, 8.A., Trinity, Dublin .. St. Helens Forster, Thos., 8.A., Do f St. Barnabas', 1 Liverpool. . Astbury. . Kendal. Joyce, Conway. 8.A., Hplin, William, St. Bees ton, Nathaniel, University, Durham f Lymrn - with 1 Warburton leological, Birkenhead.. Distington. f St. Paul's, 1 Chester. {Christ. Church, Monks Cop penhall. f St. Thomas', Hutchinson, George Tesdale, Literate.. 1 Hyde. Fisher, Henry, Wheeler, John Blucher, Do. PRIESTS. Brown, Dixon, 8.A., Exeter College, Oxford. Lowndes, Charles Clayton, 8.A., St. Mary Hall, Oxford licensed to Ashton-in-Makerfield. Sharpe, Robert Napier, 8.A., Queen's, Oxford. Chris. Haynes, 8.A., Corpus Christi, Cambridge Do. Do. Do. 'twist's, Do. Maul, spencer Wood Salisbury, Charles, B.A Rigby, Thomas Procter, 8.A., St. John's, Holmes, Isaac, 8.A., Trinity, Dublin. Hollis, Robert, St. Bees. Simm, Samuel, Theological, Birkenhead. The Bishop of London has presented his nephew, the former curate of Romford, to the living of Lannton, va cated by Mr. Allies. A commission has been issued by the Bishop of Salis bury against a very eminent clergyman of his diocese. The offences alleged are of a most serious description. The Archdeacon of Bristol, Dr. Thorp, President of the Bristol Church Union, from which Mr. Palmer seceded, has ceased to be examining chaplain of the Bishop of Gloucester. The Bishop of Durham has refused his license to a curate whom he had formally accepted, but he declines to state any reason for his act. This question will, it is under stood, become a matter for legal investigation. The royal commision to the universities commenced its sittings yesterday ; it is the intention of the commission ers to examine the Bishop of Oxford, Messrs. Gladstone and R. Palmer, M.P., Dr. Goulbourn, and Dr. Pusey, amongst others. REV. CANON TREVOR.—The path of this gentleman seems still to be beset with difficulties. The Church Burgesses of Sheffield seem determined not to pay him his salary, and counsel's opinion is to be taken. In the meantime his friends have invited him to a public meet ing, to welcome his coming amongst them. The Rev. George Dugard, MA., Barnard Castle, has been appointed by the Bishop of urham to an honorary canonry in the cathedral church of Durham, his lordship thereby expressly marking his approbation of the worthy clergyman's exertion in the cause of humanity when the cholera was ravaging his parish. Mr. Mercer Connelly, eldest son of the Rev. Pierce Connelly, has at length followed the example of his fa ther, and returned to the bosom of the Church of England, A work upon the Jesuits, by the celebrated Isaac Taylor of Ongar, is said to have had a large share in his happy conversion. CONVOCATION.—At the dinner which succeeded the visitation of the Bishop of Chichester, held at Lewes, on Tuesday week, his lordship said :---" It may be interesting to you to learn that, if a synod of the church be assembled in convocation or otherwise, it is the unanimous opinion of the whole bench of bishops, without a single exception —I repeat it, without a single exception—that there should be a considerable infusion of the lay element in its constitution." CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 10.—The annual election to the vacant fellowships in Trinity College was decided yester day morning in favour of the following gentlemen : Berry, 8.A., 1848, 30th Wrangler, 11th Classic ; Davies, 8.A., 1848, 36th Sen. Opt.. sth Classic; Vaughan, 8.A., 1848, 24th Sen. Opt., 6th Classic; Edwards, 8.A., 1849, sth Wrangler; Elwyn, 8.A., 1849, 14th Jun. Opt., Ist Classic • Thrupp, 8.A., 1849, 7th Wrangler, 11th Classic. The whole number of candidates at the examination was twenty-nine. OPINION OF DR. MARSH IN RE GORHAM v. BISHOP OF EXETER.—" If common sense, if common law, if common justice be the judge, there never was a sentence delivered from the mouth of man more just, more perfect, more complete, than that which has recently been given by the Judicial Committee. He hoped if mis taken views on the one hand, or turbulent spirits on the other, should render it needful, that the common sense of the people of England would come forward and stand by the Queen, by the judges, by the principles of the reform ers, by the true Church of England." THE CHURCH IN WALES. —The Bishop of Llandaff has just issued a pastoral letter to his clergy, in which he states that in a letter addressed to his lordship by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Llandaff, it appears that 17 parishes in Glamorganshire, containing 104,124 inhabitants, have church room only for 7,416. In 13 parishes in Mon mouthshire, in which there are 81,152 persons, church room is provided only for 10,696. The population of Merthyr Tydvil amounts to 50,000, with accommodation only for 2,500 ; that of Bedwellty to 22,413, with provi sion only for 2,000. The number of clergymen labour ing in these populous parishes is lamentably dispropor tionate to the exigencies of the case. APPEAL BY THE REV. G. A. DENISON.—The Rev. George Anthony Denison, M.A., vicar of East Brent, the leader in the recent educational movement of the High Church party. has published " An Appeal to the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England, to combine for the Defence of the Church, and for the Recovery of her Rights and Liberties," in which, after remarking on the present state of affairs, he observes :—" The Church must set her own seal upon a great system of agitation, because it is plainly written upon the wall that if she do not she will shortly die. Churchmen must combine throughout the length and breadth of the land. There has been such a thing without the pale of the Church as a solemn league and covenant. I am not afraid to say that there must be an analogous combination now within the pale of the Church. The great object of the Church's league and covenant must be the immediate restoration of her synodal action. So soon as this is attained and placed upon sure ground, let all irregular action and com bination at once cease and determine: till it is attained and placed upon sure ground, let the whole land be filled with both—let it be a reproach to a parish that it does not agitate." THE lIIERPOOL STANDARD. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. It is rumoured that Captain Plunkett has resigned the chair of the Caledonian Railway. It is also stated, that several of the gentlemen elected as directors refuse to accept seats at the board. • LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The traffic for the last week has exceeded that for the corre sponding period of 1849 by no less a sum than eight thou sand one hundred and eight pounds. The increase in the pasrenger traffic has been £3143, and in the goods traffic £4837. The increase for the 14 weeks since the com mencement of the present year has been £50,410, that is, at the rate of £3600 per week, or £187,200 per annum. SINGULAR ACCIDENTS AT TETE BRITANNIA BRIDGE. — A fortunate escape occurred a few days ago to a boy who was engaged in painting one of the tubes on the Anglesea side of the Britannia Bridge. He had placed a ladder against the side of the tube, and, having ascended it, commenced his labours ; scarcely, however, had he done so when the ladder slipped from its position, and the boy was left holding on by his hands to the top of the tube, without any other support whatever. He maintained himself in this perilous position for some time, but before assistance could be rendered he was obliged to loose his hold, when he fell on to the platform far beneath. He immediately got up, and, strange to' say, escaped with the fright and some contusions only. A sailor in the employ of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company fell from the staging and dislocated the ancle bone of his right foot. Dr. Florence, the surgeon to the works, at tempted to set the dislocation, but, finding that the strength of several men was net equal to the task, had the man conveyed to the rope house and bound to a plank, when a rope and pulley . were conveyed from the machi nery to the man's foot, and, being gradually tightened, eventually accomplished th e reduction of the dislocation. This singular mode of trecctment was quite successful. The immense hydraulic mac'llineB, after their remo va l from the towers, were conveye r .; along the tubes on th e Carnarvon side, and precipitated O'er to the gronn,cl be, neath, a depth of 100 feet. Fortunately no accident oc curred in their removal. These ponderous presses will remain in their present position until the great sale of all the materials used in the building .of the bridge ; the dis posal of this large amount of property is announced for the ensuing month. COURT AND FASHION. -40- The Court remained at Balmoral until Thursday morn ing at eight o'clock, when her Majesty drove to Stone haven station, and thence travelled by railway to Edin burgh, Thursday night being passed at Holyrood Palace. On Friday morning the Queen set out for Buckingham Palace, at eight o'clock. At York her Majesty and the august party stopped to luncheon. Sir George Grey, who had attended the Quoen from Edinburgh, took leave of her Majesty at York. After luncheon the Queen tra velled from York to the Euston-square terminus, where she arrived, we are happy to say, without the slightest accident, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening. On Saturday morning her Majesty and the other mem bers of the royal family left for Osborne. Lieut. F. E. Forbes has brought home an African princess, who had been given him as a present. She is between seven and eight years of age, sings prettily, and has a good voice. The Queen has been communicated with, and her Majesty has signified her intention to accept the princess. HER MAJESTY DEER STALKING.—On Saturday week, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Prince of Wales, ac companied by Lady Jocelyn, passed through Castletown on their way to a great deer-hunting in Glenquoich, to which they had been invited by the Duke of Leeds. After alighting from their open phaeton at Mar Lodge, and staying some little time, the royal visitors mounted their ponies, which had been sent forward before them, and proceeded to the Glen, which they ascended for a consi derable distance, until they had reached a point on which it had been arranged they were to take their stand. Here, after waiting a few minutes, a herd of 300 deer passed at full speed within a short distance from them. Had the Queen arrived about an hour earlier it is believed she would have seen one of the largest herds of red deer ever witnessed even in the " Forest of Mar," as about that time no fewer than 3.000 of them were together in the glen. But, unfortunately, the wind changed, and the efforts of five-and-twenty of the duke's highlanders were unable to keep them together ; the immense herd broke up into parties, dispersing in every direction, 800 of them getting through one pass. When they were fairly at full flight the gentlemen at the various passes plied their rifles and succeeded in killing some fine stags. HER MAJESTY IN THE HIGHLANDS.—During the past week the Queen has visited a great number of the poor people who live within a mile or two of the castle, and besides a liberal supply of good and warm clothing, has left them a number of other necessaries to gladden the dreary days of winter, such as tea, sugar, &c., &c. On one occasion she went into a poor woman's cottage, and found the old lady sitting contentedly at the fireside taking a " smoke;" as soon as she saw the Queen, how ever, she got up and hastened to get a stool placed for her at the fireside, and began telling her that she " was just spinnin' a tate o' woo', and thought that she would be the better o' a bit rest an' a smoke." Her Majesty asked what she had got in the pipe, and on being told it was tobacco, sent her a supply, along with a number of other more necessary articles. She staid a considerable time in the cottage, conversing with the old woman, and as she arose to go away, got particular directions to " tak ten to' the peel (anglice pool) at the door, or she would gang ower the queets (ankles) intil't." On another occa sion she entered the house of a farmer, and after being seated at the fireside, began to speak very freely to the " guidwife." and the children, and partook with great good humour of the homely cheer—cakes and milk—that was set before her. The farmer also insisted that she would " taste a drap out o' his bottle ;" and, with a hearty laugh, her Majesty, wishing them " very good health," frankly put her lips to the glass—the Highlander archly affirming that she had nae better than that at hame." It is such scenes as the above, suiting herself to the habits and circumstances of the meanest in stntion of her subjects, that endear her Majesty to her people, and have made her what in reality she is, the " Queen o' bonnie Scotland."—Perth Courier. The Earl and Countess of Wilton and Lady Elizabeth Grey Egerton arrived at Heaton Park on Friday from Knowsley, where they have been visiting the Earl of Derby. and other places, where be thought it questionable if Corporation notes would be taken by the shopkeepers, and others, as payment for land or contracts. The shop keepers, when they come to understand the principle of issue, will, I venture to assert, receive the notes as cash, for they can procure their supplies from Liverpool for Corporation notes, at exactly the same rate as they could for cash ; and I am not writing this fact without full authority for doing so from some of the first wholesale houses in Liverpool. Whether the notes will be taken for land or contracts, is to be tried. lam of opinion they will. Do we not see that hundreds of thousands of pounds, of the too-highly prized gold, are ready to be advanced to the Corporation at 4 per cent., on comparatively useless bonds, at five years after date ? Such being the case, is it probable that easy terms cannot be agreed upon, for the purchase of land or payment of contracts, upon the same security, with obligations that have only twelve months to run, and those obligations so shaped as to be immediately as available to the receiver as gold ? I assert that, if any difference ought to be made in payment with Corporation notes or Corporation bonds, it should be in favour of the notes ; because for notes the Corporation is not called upon to pay interest, and con sequently its security must be greater. This statement is, I flatter myself, self evident to any one who will take the trouble to reflect a moment upon it. The money aow borrowed at 4 per cent. should be ap plied in paying off bonds that are bearing a higher inte rest. In fact, I understand from a gentleman who has the chief management in the fiscal department, that such is about being done. I am perfectly aware that opposition to the Corporation issue will be made by the bullionist, the worshipper and possessor of gold ; but surely the public have been scourged with the " yellow fever" sufficiently long to take measures to remove the evil. If different Corpora tions avail themselves of providing for their own necessi ties out of their own resources, very soon will the legs of the " golden image" be converted into clay, unable to support the idol, that has caused more desolation and human misery than all the heathen worship in the world. I am, Sir, yours most respectfully, WM. BANCKS. Seacombe, 7th October, 1850. MARINE DISASTERS The Providence, Captain Robert Moyse, which sailed from this port for Africa, on Sunday, encountered the full force of the gale on Sunday night and Monday, and was driven back among the banks, where she was observed from the Bidston telegraph station about noon on Monday. Intelligence was immediately conveyed to Liverpool, and means were taken to relieve the unfortunate sufferers from their perilous situation. We regret, however, to have to state that, out of a crew of 36 (including the pilot), 23 have perished. On seeing the dangerous position of the vessel, the Magazine Life Boat, commanded by Mr. Thomas Evans, put off to her to render assistance, being towed thither by the steam-tug Albert. The noble fellows dared the threatening elements, although the gale was raging at its height. Their praiseworthy conduct resulted in the res cue of thirteen of the persons on board, who, but for the manly conduct of their preservers, would have met a watery grave. The following is a list of the persons saved :—Robert Moyse, master; Mr. Samuel Davis, trader; Wm. Boyle, chief mate; John Morris, boatswain; Wm. Parry, pilot, of No. 4 ; D. Smethurst, cook ; John C. Berry, seaman ; Hugh Vinseny, seaman; Geo. Smith, cooper; George Dale, carpenter's mate ; Archibald Cowan, carpenter ; John Austin ' • John Thompson. The official account posted at Lloyds' Rooms on Tuesday morning gave the following particulars : The vessel that was off the West Hoyle yesterday, dis masted, was the Providence, hence to Africa. She was towed by No. 4 pilot-boat to Newcombe Knoll, where she came to anchor. Her chains subsequently parted, and she was driven on shore on Burbo Bank. Captain, pilot, and eleven hands saved ; twenty-three drowned. " A Survivor" has written a very interesting letter, de tailing all the particulars of the wreck. It appears that the ship had got, in the first instance, as far as Point Lynas, before the urricabe burst in all its force. The masts were cut away and everything done to ease the ves sel (the sails had been previously split into ribbons by the gale), but she was drifted back. We now give the narra tive of the writer :—" To our great joy, a life-boat and a steamer were seen coming to our assistance, when, a short time after, to our great mortification, the life-boat ran for the shore. The steamer was within a quarter of a mile of us, when, to our dismay, she followed the exam ple of the life-boat, and abandoned us to our fate, which was evidently fast approaching. We then began to pre pare the boats ; put the gear into the pinnace and long boat, as a last resource; no gear to hoist them out, the mast being gone; sea still breaking over us. The pumps were still at work. About seven o'clock in the evening of Monday the port bower chain parted, which was shortly followed by the starboard chain. The ship began to tnump. After endeavouring to cut the chain, and to slip it by unshackling it, to let this fasten on the bank, the work of destruction now commenced. The carpenter was chucked away from the shackle, and his mate also ; the coopers and others, about fourteen, got into the long boat ; the men were washed from the pumps. I, indivi dually, determined to lash my body to the mizenmast, to await the awful event. About half-past ten the scene was terrific. Being on the poop, I saw one of the most heart-rending scenes imaginable. The sea was now breaking in tremendous fury over us, carrying away ti e fore-house, and smashing in the bulkheads of the cabin state-rooms; the pinnace was stoved and waterlogged, the gig washed away. The long boat with the nun now lilted from her berth nearly full of water, thrown to star board with a tremendous crash, pitched on the watercock, some of the crew thrown out of her, and jammed to pieces. The dreadful death-cries reached my ears above the howling of the storm. Another sea with redoubled fury broke over the bows to an immense height ; the long boat was once more drove over to the port side, reeled on the centre of her keel, for a moment suspended on the rail, plunged over, and I saw no more. The men fell headlong out of her, and the death-cries were silence d in that part of the ship. By this time I was joined by the carpenter's mate, carpenter. and boatswain, who shared my lashing with another, being five in number, at the stump of the mizenmast. We then addressed ourselves to the Almighty to receive our souls : as for asking to escape I never thought of it ; I envied those that went first, and thought it folly for me to prolong my life for half an hour longer. Daylight began to dawn; I cast myself off, after a long struggle, and my shipmates too, and began to inquire who had survived. I called down the poop skylight that had been, and heard, to my satis faction, a voice, which proved to be Mr. Davis, our super cargo, who, during the whole disastrous event, showed the most becoming presence of mind. I then made in quiry for others, and I heard the voice of Captain Moyse, and discovered the pilot safe ; but we were in a sad plight, scarcely able to move from exhaustion and cold. About six a.m. we discovered a steamer at the back of the sands, with a boat, which proved to be the life-boat." The Arcturus, Lidstrom, from Ibrail, was driven on shore on Crosby Point on Monday, when she became a total wreck. Pilot and first mate drowned. The Aurora, from Cardiff to Liverpool, was totally lost on Monday morning, near Rhoscolyn, (Holyhead,) during a heavy gale. All hands saved. Alert, Clare, from Cronstadt, at Penzance, with fore mast sprung. TOBERMORY, Oct. 3.—The Samuels, Berwick, from Liverpool to Cronstadt, foundered 20th Sept. about 12 miles off the Isle of Gloss light. Crew saved. The storm had a most extensive range. Besides the disasters elsewhere recorded, we may mention that the gale was felt severely in London from W.S.W., and it had such an influence on the tide in the Thames that the vessels in the pool were left aground. In Nottingham it blew a hurricane. On Monday morning a chimney was blown down in the Marketplace on a crowd of persons who were looking at Wombwell's menagerie. A boy was killed on the spot, and several others were severely in jured. The Boulogne packet for Folkstone was blown round to Margate. Great damage was done to the works of the Harbour of Refuge, at Dover. The Dutch galliot Juffrow Jantje, from Cardiff, was lost near Dungeness, and the captain and two of the crew were drowned. At Southport, about half of the beautiful marine pro menade has been washed away. Several vessels were driven ashore, among them the Dutch galliot Helene, from this port, and became a total wreck, and all her crew, with the exception of one man, were drowned. At Blackpool, Lytham, &c., the fury of the tempest was wit nessed. The Lion, of Ardrossan, from this port, for Ireland, with corn, was driven ashore, and it is feared all her crew perished. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. LAMARTINE ON LONDON.—M. de Lamartine has re cently been in London and has just published his impres sions. He informs his readers that he had not been in England since 1830, and then for a short time subsequent to the revolution of July. He finds London in every way much improved ; the whole population (!) is employed; and looks respectable ; and those quarters of the " city" which in 1830 were close and dirty, have all been widened and cleansed. Our political improvement pleases him no less. We have " parties," it is true, but there never was anything like the " mildness and moderation" of our "journalists and public men," always excepting, of course, " the extreme democrats and extreme aristocrats, two classes of men everywhere the same." The " chari ties of London," and our many institutions for social reform especially, astonish him, and he parades a long catalogue of these triumphs of the " voluntary principle." The only fault he can find with us is the accumulation of landed property in the hands of a comparatively small number of owners. But this, he thinks, will not last long, judging from the prudence which the aristocracy showed in allowing "M. Peel" to repeal the corn-laws. In short, in 1330 he took England to be on her death-bed ; and now he finds her fast attaining convalescence; and he winds up with an admirable panegyric op what he calls the English " system of conservative s6cialism," the adoption of which he presses on his countrymen, if they wish much longer to be numbered among the nations of the earth. THE BLESSINGS OF CHEAPNESS AND FREE TRADE. — The Morning Chronicle, a free-trade paper, has been gathering information on the reduction of wages, amongst the different trades, for publication, and has furnished the following facts :—A Waistcoat Hand, in 1843, could alone earn 365. a week, and keep a wife and five children': but now his wife and he together can only earn 32s.—A Workman in the Slop Trade, could alone earn, by work. ing 12 hours a day, for six days in the week, one-fourth more than he and his wife can do now by slaving day and night and all the Sunday.—A Shoemaker complains that the competition of the masters has done more mischief in reducing wages than any other cause, notwithstanding French and slop boots are made by children. He was better off in 1845, '46, and '47, than in 1850, and that the lowness of provisions is not equal to the reduction in wages, for his comforts have greatly decreased. A First Shoemaker used to get 7s. Sd. for what he now only gets ss. 4d., and notwithstanding provisions were so much higher then than now, a man could live better than he does now. A Widow Shoemaker tells the Chronicle Commissioner that when she first began, she could earn 2s. a day, or 12s. week, working twelve hours a day. Now she works longer hours. She has regular employment, and yet can earn only 3s. lid. a week. Often she has not been in bed for three nights together; and vet, with all that she could not get enough to keep her. While doing the hardest work she was being fairly starved to death.— Such are the blessings (?) of cheapness and free-trade. CORRESPONDENCE. -,- TO THE EDITOR OF THE - LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—It was the expression of a great statesman, that " whosoever doth not maintain the plough, destroys the kingdom." _ _ Acting in the spirit of this sentiment, " the Parliament of England," as Dalrymple, the historian, tells us, " passed a law, in the year 1689, for a bounty on the ex portation of corn." And this circumstance caused the country to grow in health and stature. Foreigners, indeed, were astonished to see a wise nation give rewards for exporting the sustenance of man. But they perceived not that from thence would arise the industry of the people, and the verdure of the fields of Great Britain, beyond those of all neighbouring nations. In our own day, too, there are those—men who call themselves political economists—who seem to be equally surprised at anything that would_so encourage industry. They would rather stop the industry of the people, by en couraging importation—a measure which must, ere long, convert our green and verdant fields into brown and bar ren heaths. Their constant cry is, " Let us have cheap bread" " Lower the rents." Cheap bread, by all means, let us have. But what has rent to do with the cheapening of bread. The cheapness or dearness of bread depends not upon the rent, or any other burthen the land may bear ; but upon the proportion between the demand and the supply. Let our farmers, in England, Ireland, and Scotland, be encouraged to furnish abun dant supplies, and we shall have a plentiful and cheap market. _ _ _ PARISIAN BALLOONING.—M.Poitevin made his ascent on Thursday from the Hippodrome, mounted on the back of an ostrich, amidst the cheers of an immense concourse of persons assembled. The balloon rose very majestically, and took an easterly direction. From the very little wind stirring at the time, it remained over the Batignolles for upwards of an hour. There were two persons in the car. M. Poitevin gives the following account of his ascent :—I left the Hippodrome at half-past four, in the midst of a perfect calm, and ascended rapidly. I sought a current to carry me away from Paris, but did not find the slight est breeze. At last some wind arose, but it carried us over the middle of Paris. It was then a quarter past six. By the light of the lamps I could distinguish the build ings, and after some time found myself near the Northern Railway, not far from the ground : my anchor grazed the houses. At a quarter-past eight the cold became so sharp that my companions, seated with their legs under them on the ballast-bags like Bedouins, could not hold out longer, and the prospect of pas?ing a night of icy cold in the air alarmed them exceedingly. I then wanted to descend in the midst of the station, but the locomotives, which were moving about, appeared to me to render the descent dan gerous. I rose some metres, and, by the light of torches lit to serve me as si gna l s , I cas t ou t th e anc hor, and it caught by the side of the wall of the enclosure. A cp e ln r 7 pact crowd felicated me o n m y sa f e d escen t, and in a s hort time my balloon was p ac k e d on a car . It was theah e t past eight. The ost r i c h wa s, on m y r eaching the ground,i TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. disengaged from between my legs, and from which bound it. It did not appear to suffered in have look- SlR,—Since I last did myself the pleasure of addressing any way, and when in the air contented itselsf with one of those you, I have ascertained the perfect legality of issuing ing round in every direction. The owner w it stretched a out its promissory notes under two pounds free from stamp- who went up, and when he spoke to it s b as if desirous of duty, as proposed to be issued by the Corporation of head towards him, and moved its lim • Liverpool, for payment of wages, &c., instead of borrow- ascending to him.—French paper ingmoney for that purpose. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT and PI LLS , Extract years' d • on. I have recently had opportunities of convening with, in the cure of a bad leg of ten_ Y n e e 1 . , Alcester, March and explaining the theory of the proposed Corporation of a letter from Mr. Harris, vr A a, " Sir, I suffered for the cords issue to, many gentlemen in the Council and othslrs high 14, 1850, to Professor Hollows . :d leg, in which were five in official authority, most, indeed may say all, of'whom upwards of ten years wit i h I tried various methods of viewed the scheme favourably ; and I have little doubt running sores, and alt . h by _ different medical men, still it but that, after' further consideration, they will give tihe treatment as prescri n . • b I l determined e s sin go f G o o n d the newspapers notices of the cures system their support ; and by so doing they will be study, got worse. le, was effeetec.l si; months ago." ing their own interest and the public welfare. vue se. performed , ae A gentleman asserted that the greatest part of the ex- trying them ofd v penditure of the now waterworks would be about Bolton a ;Idea e'"*.• your valuablet36:en,i_niibcinetshehiar Sweden is, I believe, a case in point. A few years ago, she was obliged to import a large quantity of corn to supply her food. In consequence, however, of wise pro hibitory duties, which have put an end to importation, she has become an agricultural country, and now not only supplies her own food, but actually produces a large surplus for exportation. Another evil arising from our free-trade system is the fact, that a large proportion, if not all, the corn imported into this country is paid for with the sinews of our in dustry. Our capital, not our manufactures, is the com modity we give in exchange for the many millions of quarters introduced from foreign countries ; and soon must we feel the sad effects of thus benefiting the fo reigner at the expense of our own people. Manufacturers I to whom our agricultural interests have been sacrificed, think of this in time. Depend upon it, the moment agriculture fails, or becomes materially injured, the manufacturing interest must suffer likewise. Your obedient servant, ANGLO-HIBERNICUS. Liverpool, 10th October, 1850. CORPORATION NOTES. Rgrintiturat alit orttruitural. • a. Excessive quackery is the great bane of garc i n e b n ou i t il tt s br ' ;s 'eh tio i lei s ; not of gardening only, but of every other art wn l _.„, s , followed not merely by professionals, but also by;iw,,, teurs. The reason is obvious ; each one wishes to t! t u be royal road by which he can acquire a knowledg e 01 .0 subject without learning the business by the ordinal.). ..t, necesary routine. Such ill-judging amateurs find Ple v V, of persons ever ready to lead them still further astrakusl, new inventions for overcoming every di ffi culty as i t a , r t o Thus it is found rather troublesome to lay down ~,,, between the rows of strawberries ; up springs an acc,`,, modating gentleman, who furnishes nice clean-lof'; strawberry tiles, which are easily laid and as easit t o moved. No friendly voice cautions the amateur, of delighted with the apparent simplicity and perfection of th e invention. The tiles are laid and look extremely well ;,.D .. , u , where are the strawberries ? Why the admirable ion, tion of the tiles has encouraged a vast number of slug b s ese collect and take up their residence under them, have t not animals find themselves well -lodged, for they tbe f only shelter but also food provided for them, wh ic " a take care to enjoy at the expense of the poor delude_tout teur who expects to reap the fruits of the earth w. labour. 0 1 New implements and pots are without number 0. treatises on the various branches of gardening a And numerous as the leaves of the trees they treat of. ..., why is all this ? It is because the really practical, Tie fears s n r e os r pai : n • y i i will not, i o l t . fi ir a eo s mi e h a e vheiss ought tahret theoristst b l) e d c o o m , c i o n m gt oekdnfoooravainia, , r d a l'' ti fbe ought tsne not t e t .s b e e i ?beer case ;regtairridnegn gardening, too , indol en t. ~e , art, is the amusement of the million; uthnelikperteicyteicraYel°eg{:arrs dener can never be dispensed with, and should tii t. este r doubled e hoe e elei l pleasure nbs a lpfeerdle tasdoi since 0 cpfe r horticulturalacBnt4ioac a c l t i ag n na g drd th de parte nuerri nsg: knowledge, their eagi that periodi nd theuem, f mb o erotrr more I l e : a e n speci g °eve r :: tiorbe et, a toi f . taste for gardening has increased even in a greater ...„,r What we want to see is gardeners taking.tbeir ront'iii place as artists ; directing the popular tastes in ibis , 0 , ot o mof f es a tnmhu r t art, and hi akr a nea n ad d rettoth e hbu x eeerr a p ysc o eon s mw i re n eeeo g sdubp t l eend h cte e ttmvee e erdo m r rkfebpneyi fear riwhcmatinshnemtanhat they yt f yoht m fthehi e i tern r am e gss ets p reee r vi e siv c: n t e e es n csd ? e g be ge e . less required, on the contrary, as the scientific Pr in abe more respected. MISCELLANEA. Villa and Suburban Gardening.— In the Ours: hiS :oil 15 eardening pursuits, the want of proper nourishin, severely felt by the amateur; and it occasionallY l l l3 ,iith that such can only be procured at great expeose9f w hich much difficulty. It is the want of proper ma ar dour' too frequently defeats his object, and damps his s „ - m the It sometimes happens, however, that the very eerer i s,,,`t he requires is at hand, but is neglected. He forget s " s of has a heap of decaying weeds, that he has logs q „ n title, Gooseberry prunings, Raspberry prunings, the r e are and dead wood of his shrubbery, and that these w ith nuisance, which is daily increasing. What to °Let them puzzles him ; the expense of carting a large °` - bot tern something must be done with them. This is a- 1 Tbef them off his confined premises, is considerable. ; in which scores of amateur gardeners are placed. ioge do not know that Couch and r e f u s e cuttings and P run ree st are convertible into the very kind of material they rev require in the great bulk of gardening o peration s ; to be mit me, therefore, to state ho w this knowledg e 15 fog improved by them. Suppose, for example, that in an amateur's refuse corner a year's refuse of 11 ', 0; 0 dation of burning matcers, by which the Let a space near this heap be cleared Just suffie'efour light a portion of dry meterials, in order to form a u,in process of time, be ignited, not with the intent. it• consuming the heap, bit': rather with that of charrioled, tber keepswt bursting adding outof ; When this is accomplished to the extent above 570 the eu r rubbish, ff b un i ssohet, is banked a o on r t d kh e ee r dr t tu o hne. p fia r ernevdebni beneath ine fl i 1 5 o v : ro e:I : don j aP st. whole sh,t o or co. " feeding slowly, but surely, look around t the ei yard, and collect refuse parings of turf or Peat' „ 1 ;o hausted soil from pots, and cover the burning he s w ii ia to keep it in a smoulderino. state. It should re ü bo rel this condition until the whole mass has become coon' through. During the process it w ill requi,ce , °c : it h e ir ' attention to prevent anything like flame. ‘" e- n cl 10 % comes cool, it will be fit for use—store it avraY , upon it as a prize of no mean value. It con i ts .. l- r ee. chemical and mechanical virtues in no small te l . e ld su c h I recollect rightly, the late Mr. Andrew Knigh, u ,t, - e nlig",4 a fertilizer in the very highest esteem ; and well "" D dicio„ for it would puzzle modern venders of quack l u 'io tP" for vegetable debility to approach it in value el ° present day.—Pharo. l ike ; Adeges Abietis.—This insect forms the col u e " cresences on the spruce fir. The original Po lila c : t st , s hl outside the gall, remaining all winter in a de ty° ; ll ll s ,_ ' t h . e at the root of the bud. As soon bud s ° as thewit , er , revives likewise, and speedily becoming enlarge"„ t i s juice imbibed, she lays some hundreds of eggs 5 1; e 5 con' e ; The bud meanwhile, instead of growing in length,: lea c h . fleshy, and this fleshiness is communicated to the olic",rf The result is an arrested bud, into the recesses ° t sicr o the young issuing from the cluster of ova on o°loo o it beneath betake themselves, and become soon,crritoile during the growth consequent on the increasetlii, to Abe occasioned by their presence in its interior. P ;h ' e alleged diversity of the species produced by " e r"“, rounded cones at the summit of twigs (Cbern' cineus Ratz.), and those from the larger, lo ur fl e t e t ' d ) and more oblong galls arising at the base s '. Rs loped in the substance of shoots (C. vini c no g l to the greater exposure to the sun is sufficie u t u tioo t be a deeper tint as well as a more rapid 0° in .0. the inclosed inmates. The difference assignedetectObe structure of the wing-veins quite eludes , I t o, Those arrested individuals that pass the wit n A e. feal s le .. s branches are perhaps the progeny of winge“Afelly , which are oviparous. observe, also, that wing` u s, ''',;;a of two other species are in like manner oviOr°,osP,ict those of A. Laricis and A. corticalis. M. cis'too long since remarked this fact in regard to A. n e l ner s ,.i• felt persuaded that it was only the secondale e O ";ca whose winged females are in this condition• prop re' sidered it to be a Psylla, and being anomalo us ' bad Clog to form of it a new genus, vrtich, not finding b a e ttetu 9C pt. fixed a name to, MM. Amyot and Serville , (11 01 ,:j e l. to supply the oversight, have called Cnaphol° °e° of A.• it 594, 595). The structure however of the lary fe tes tilt 7 , o f ges, as well as that of the mature insect, ind ica- r t hat 'd' follows the type of the Coccithe rather thon eittiee of r the Psyllithe or Aphidte.—Annals and ffla.9a zt" tural History. in.° 0,1 The common foxglove leaves, if gathered rei,f heaps, suffered to heat slightly, and afterl io iga t l c o form an excellent substitute for tabacco the 6 ' Several other British herbs would also answer purpose, if properly managed. PERIODICALS FOR TETE M"'rtili; li()ri e •gb ° The Gardeners' Magazine of BotanY , 5 11 1 for and Floriculture still maintains its positionAthed ,i, higher than any work which has yet been Pea n i d pr 3 210 the benefit of gardeners and amateurs. Its ° l c e d, '', 4 l: cal information supplies all that can be retl a ., l baie l' a s the superb plates and elegant style of t he . 5 1 0c :0; render it a book for the drawing-room florist a tt pOn by the working gardener. It has anothe r claim _ tiot ls et it originates with the class sneeringly ca lled Pra ve a o l e , the ultra-scientific; school, from which we hi ' cs rePr fro ta N or seen any great good proceed. The coloure d sw an e a. sent Myrtus tomentosa, a beautiful stov e ] a nt ge n teel China; Rhynchospermum jasminoides, on, e s - vr eg ee t.sr cec ieri , house climber, producing a profusion 0, schr, eta jasmine -like flowers ; Arides maculosuna va r 'i c k P e be ro an orchid of gaeat beauty ; the famous St t al o rtharret , rine, introduced by his grace the Duke 0 1 I vii iateu et tv, land ; and the new fancy pelargoniunis--' o r( P r p s ciit Fortnosissimum, and Caliban : these last ar e t Pr' amts a but are decidedly a step nearer to the old 50 • 0. 5 in cultivation. t b eill° rg es , e lle Hooker's Journal of Botany is full of inter va c /0 , complete budget of information from sc ien7 toc ks W oo l —Dr. Blomfield in the United States, Dr.,, es ides ea , dia, and Mr. Spence on the Amazon , 2' 2 , or ot contributions to the " Botanical Inforrard'aneven tet! jot Sowerby's English Botany preserv es theof the arjg r ess : its way, giving to the public, for a tithe the P • ed from . u_. cost, the finest illustrated flora ever i s su e s niper viv al oes . the present number completes the gen t° e a fine 1310 ,40' Curtiss's Botanical Magazine contains L e one , ..,,, Sierr a folla" - 0 ceous plant—Spathodea llevis—from a from the Tibite an elegant species of that curious gn'ub, wi th sov i; River; Gordonia Javanica, a stove s r. ja jack ducing flowers in large clusters ; Stylidiu m irn OP ° ta ucron l sob flowers and, a handsome habit; Pit e : a fi n e Calanthe masuca, an Indian orchid ; and , re g 0. Salrniana. i —The ' u til e il FrUiti B '• Or 1 ,, Maund's Botanic Garden an- ii n i a m acrant co c this month are the fine new Esea t°afalque tuliP' eir c i a id the Rushoclt P learia acanlis or violet rock c ress, a yellow-fruited Guelder rose, the main apple. -r•lc • iet °I OPERATIONS FOIL THE "Hrb- leO r ea ; In the stove proceed as directed in our last ea t oot , operations. Keep the greenhouse thoroughly vellecooti water sparingly and carefully; avoid any u 0 P„• lot, damp ; house everything, that requires protecto";in, over and prepare all protecting materials, which 1 ,01F 4 soon required • evergreens may be removed and P no time being 'better than the present. Alit I, euv - 0 Kitchen Garden. —Earth up celery, and blanc.redoll, Tomatoes, not yet ripened, had b e tt er be gatriis* removed into the stove, where, if laid on a dry si' e " will soon ripen. ....a. ..,b1 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDSI:vLII°P. Henry.—The lilliputian chrysanthemums 11;:14y had of the nurserymen : another sea son and L" general. J. Ilif.—Your flower is Chelone Mexicana. •or here GRAND but a MOVlN Gshort timMe ------------- , o r r ov' CUSTOMS RECEIPT. — The Customs ReeeiP t 05 0 ' .00 pool for the quarter just ended, 10th October, ~.. t e , S s £954,991 18s. ld. against £962,845 14s. 10d. , Pl lf 'dect e of the quarter ending Nth 849• Thus £ llO i 0 0ct.,,, • is only £7,853, 6s. 9d. i iv og i ; : y e l i llr, r g to e Fl reiriee it must lose no time. It has drawn during the le c t oilr i , e of and appreciative audiences. Aside from to fine VCC.,, r j?! be derived from viewing this panorama aa i s t I" 4 1 ' t , t 0 . t e art, it possesses a double charm, in the fac t re s t y most faithful representation of some of the f e ie 3st 5g:4 I I 0 1 717 r : i therefore hi s ) i a n l t l osities in America. Every person who has t 1 ,00 0 g for the sublime should see it. There is a truta ain tl s re ,l this description. Besides the Cave, beauty about it that are not often see° in et vie°:,ooo beautiful. The "Falls " in winter, surrounee' I , snow, is superb in effect, , the at. _A by 1