The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH AMERICA. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Her majesty's packet Hope, Lieu tenant Rees, arrived to-day from Rio, July 11th; Bahia, 20th; Pernambuco, 29th; on freight 750,000 dollars. Among other passengers is Dr. Mora, Private Secretary to Gen. Santa Cruz, and now on a mission to England as Consul-General of the Peru-Poliviau Confederation. From letters received by this packet it is learned that the visit of this gentleman, and the business connected therewith, is of the utmost im portance, and connected with the existing war between the confederation and Chili. From Valparaiso advices to the end of May are afforded, of an expedition of 2,500 men being in preparation to land in the north of Peru; the Chilian go vernment having refused its approbation to the treaty of peace made between Generals Blanco and Santa Cruz on the 17th of November. The new expedition was commanded by General Gamara, and the supposition that it would meet with a warm reception in that district would probably prove true. The rancour existing between the two governments may be estimated from the fact, that Dr. Mora's arrival at the port of Valparaiso, on board her majesty's ship Fly, excited the loud est expressions of dissatisfaction on the part of the Chilians, and many complaints were made to Admiral Ross against Captain Eliott for the service he had rendered, exemplifying, as they declared, partisanship on the part of the English. Dr. Mora, notwithstanding, was admitted as passenger on hoard the Stay, British frigate, Captain Sullivan, from thence for Rio de Janeiro. A Chilian squadron of four men-of-war was blockading Lima; and General Santa Cruz had officially no tified to the foreign consuls, that the ports of the enemy would be blockaded on August 20th. The government of the con federation had bought two beautiful sloops of war at Balti more, which passed round Cape lions in the beginning of June- General Santa Cruz was, about the 15th of May, at Arequero, when a congress, composed of deputies of the three confederated states, was convened to introduce some reforms into the fundamental laws of the confederation ; mean while, the state of trade in Peru is said to be prosperous, se veral large exportations of cotton being in preparation, also of wool. A considerable cargo of quicksilver had arrived at Arica, and it was generally calculated that during the six fol lowing months 5,000,000 of dollars would be coined in the mints of Lima, Cuzco, and Potosi. It was generally be lieved, that the Bolivian Congress, who were accused of not being very partial to the confederation, were anxious to afford a proof to General Santa Cruz of their unbounded confidence in him; and generally, the whole Bolivian nation is most en thusiastic in favour of their natural chief, who not only has exhibited the solidity of his political views by the complete pacification of Peru, but has fixed on himself the attention of the peninsula of South America as the only man capable of introducing stability and order in the country. From Buenos Ayres accounts state that General Rossas, dos president, is at war not only with the French, but also with a very in, portant and numerous party at Uruguay. General Riheiro, who commands the insurgents, had completely eaten the troops of the government in the be g innin g of June; and it was believed that Rossas would be obliged to r esign his place, or to expose himself to the vicissitudes of a bloo(IY revolution. —Globe. THE UNITED STATES By the President, Captain More, which arrived at mouth on Saturday, New York papers to the 20th instan. have been received, being four days later than those brough, by the Great Western. The accounts from Canada are per fectly satisfactory. There appear to have been some seriou disturbances in the Spanish West India Islands, but the fol lowing extract from the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin contains probably an exaggerated statement:—`The steam ship Natchez having been detained at Key West for want of fuel, a schooner was despatched to Havannah to procure a snpply of coal. The officer sent in command of the schooner stated, on his return to Key West, that there had been some serious disturbances among the troops at Havannah. The circumstances and particulars had been kept a secret, as far as possible, by the public authorities, so that nothing certain had transpired as to the cause or origin of the affair. This much is ascertained : that a conspiracy was detected among the troops and officers of several regiments garrisoning the Moro Castle, through the treachery of one of the individuals implicated. They were, it is supposed, dissatisfied with the removal of General Tacon; but this is all conjecture. The discovery of the treason led to the most vigorous'measures on the part of the new governor, Espeleta, to crush it in the bud. The gates were immediately shut upon the regiments in their barracks, and the fort which they garrisoned con verted into their prison. Eighty of the ringleaders were seized and executed on the spot, and as many more detained under arrest, awaiting a confirmation of their guilt. From the frequent and heavy firing beard from the fort, it was sup posed that a severe conflict took place between the conspi rators and the government force. In Havannah, the dis turbance produced among the inhabitants great agitation and excitement, heightened by the mystery with which it was shrouded. On the departure of the schooner,_ all was quiet, the insurrection having been effectually put down by the energy and promptitude of Governor Espeleta." The Yew York Morning Herald mentions a report, that the object of the conspiracy was to place the government of the island in the hands of the Carlist faction. The work of resumption goes on well. Every mail brings us news of some bank having returned to specie payments, in conformity to the general agreement. We learn to-day, that the Governor of New Jersey, having taken example from the success of Gonernor Ritner's proclamation, has also issued one, requiring all the banks in New Jersey to resume specie payments by the Ist day of September, under the penalty of the law.—New York Morning Herald. COTTON.—The cotton crops in Mississippi are said to be in a promising condition, notwithstanding the late long drought. The continuance of dry weather gave the planters an opportunity to clear away the grass; and the recent rains found the fields thoroughly clean, with nothing to impede the rapid growth of the cotton.—New Orleans Bulletin' ToaAcco.—With regard to the tobacco crop, the Peters. burgh Intelligencer of Friday says:—"The last letters from all the tobacco section of country south of James River re present the crop to be in a most deplorable state. We have no very late information from the north side of James River; but from the unusual drought, we believe, the same state of things exists all over the state of Virginia. The tobacco speculators must reap a good harvest this year." By the packet ship Oxford, which arrri veil at this port on Tuesday, we have also received New York rapers to the 20th ult. inclusive, Montreal to the 18th, and Quebec to the 16th. We subjoin extracts:— ( From the Morning Cornier.) Montreal, Wednesday, Aug. 15. We learn by the Quebec Gazette, that his Excellency the Governor General will leave Quebec on Saturday, in the John Bull, for Montreal. His Excellency, we understand, intends to be present at the races, which will take place on Monday. Friday, August 17. It is stated in the Quebec Gazette of Wednesday, that the Hon. J. Villers, A.D.C., to the Governor General, has been appointed Private Secretary to his Excellency, vice E. Ellice, Esq., who is about to be absent for some months on private business at Beauharnois. His Excellency the Governor General, Admiral Sir C. Paget, and a number of military and naval officers were pre. sent at the Quebec Semittary on Wednesday afternoon. The prizes were delivered by his Excellency. The Upper Canada Gazette of the 9th inst., contains a pro clamation authorising and appointing justices of the peace, and civil magistrates to enlist and attest in Upper Canada, any soldiers or persons desirous of enlisting or re-enlisting into the service, in execution of the provisions contained in an act lately passed by the Imperial Parliament, entituled an " Act for the punishment of mutiny, desertion, &c." (From the New York Paper.) THE FALKLAND 191. A NDS.—The New London Gazette con tains a copy of a letter addressed to the master of the ship General Williams, of that place, by Captain W. J. Scott, master of H.B.M. ketch Sparrow, and Governor of the Mal venas, stating that the British government has taken posses sion of the whole of the Falkland Islands, and that all foreign vessels are prohibited fishing of sailing round or near them. The General Williams and her tender were warned to leave the coast as soon as possible, and informed that all foreign vessels found at any of the ports of the island after the Ist of June, 1838, would be proceeded against as trespassers. MONEY MARKET, &c., AUG. 20.—A large business was transacted at the Stock Exchange on Saturday, and the closing quotations of nearly all description, shows an advance on previous sales. United States Bank closed at 1234; Dele ware and Hudson Canal Company at 841, being an improve ment of 4 per cent. on each ; Fanner's and American Trust Company's, and Harlem and Paterson Railroads also ad vanced A; Ohio Trust and New Jersey Railroad 4, and Stonington Railroad 11 per cent. New Orleans advices to the 11th inst. state the continuance of inactivity in every branch of business in that city. The river above was at a very low stage of water, and the receipts of produce had consequently been light. In money matters no material change bas occurred. Discounts were readily obtained at 10 per cent., but very little satisfactory paper was offering. Exchange on England 12 to 13. and on New York, at sight, 6 to 61 per cent. premium. United States Bank Bills and Treasury Notes very scarce, as also specie, for which there was little or no demand; and no change in rates. Natchez bank notes were at a discount of 14 to 15, and those of Mississippi River banks generally at 15 to 18; Interior ditto, 25 to 35; Brandon ditto, 40 to 45; Alabama notes, 71 to Si per cent. discount. The city continued very healthy, and frequent showers of rain had occurred during the week. REVIEW OF THE NEW YORK MARKET. New York Daily Express-office, Aug. 18. REMARKS.—We have no later intelligence from Europe since the arrival of the Great Western, nor have we reason to expect any for a week to come. This extraordinary vessel left on Thursday at four p.m., in the midst of a very heavy south-east gale. Inward she had about 6,000 letters. Out ward she must have had about SAO. The packets that arrive are bringing assorted cargoes, which are now much wanted. There is evidently a considerable revival in trade. Pearl street exhibits more activity than it has done before in a year. The general resumption of specie payments by the eastern, middle, and western states, has given great confidence to the public. All our hotels are full, or filling up with great rapi dity, and some of the principal ones are running over. EXCHANGE. — DOMESTIC.—This has been the most impor tant week we have known in a year. Since our last so many banks have resumed specie payments, that exchange on all the states east of Virginia has conic down to be less than one per cent. This is a new state of things. On the western states all exchanges have improved. Mississippi . and Ala bama are the two worst states for exchange, and these are getting better rapidly. EXCHANGE.—FOREIGN.—By the Royal William, bills on London sold at 1071. Yesterday the Great Western sailed, and the bill holders were enabled to obtain 100, at which very large transactions were made. There is an evident re vival in trade, and very large orders went out in the Gre at Western. This is the cause of the increased demand for exchange. On France the bills stand at 322;1. MoNEy.—The resumption of specie in all the banks in the eastern, middle, and some of the western states, is In . event of no ordinary moment. It is a source of much gratification that the crisis has past without the least excitement or alarm. The rise of foreign exchange is a healthy feature; it shows an increasing trade; and even if it should be so great as to induce some shipments in specie, it would not be at all alarming. The improvement in domestic exchanges adds much to the facility of negociating inland bills, all of which assists in rendering money easy. A son of Braham, the celebrated vocalist, has entered the army, as an ensign in the 12th depot, at Tralee.—Limerick Chronicle. At a meeting held at Nottingham, on Tuesday, called for that purpose, a series of resolutions were entered into to con struct a canal from Gainsborough to Nottingham, at an ex pense of £200,000, and also to form a ship canal from Hull to Nottingham, at an espense of £JOO,OOO. — Nottingham Journat. In a street at Gravesend the public are struck with the novel announcement of "Tea made with shrimps, 9d a•head." We may henceforth hold ourselves perfectly independent of the hong merchants, or the closing of the gates of Canton. There is at the present moment in a window in the Trafal gar-road, Greenwich, the following quotation from the Pro phets, "'Oh ! Lucifer, how art thou fallen!' Id. a box." The man sells Lucifer matches.—Greenwich Gazette. REmiNtscENcE.—The Hon. Guillan C. Verplanck, at a dinner on board the Great Western, related the following:— Looking over (said he) a number of old New York papers, I met with one published about the middle .of last century, giving an account of the coronation of George 111., which had been brought out in a vessel called the Sally Ann, from Bristol to this port, in 80 days. I could not help being struck with the wonderful improvement in our day by the construe ion of such vessels as the Great Western, which brought to his port from the same city a full account of the like event in the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1 , 1 days and some few hours." COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. JAMAICA. "' By the Velocity, Capt. Tatem, which arrived at this port on Tuesday, we have received Jamaica papers of the date the 3lst of July inclusive. Had this vessel remained a few hours longer at Kingston she might have been the bearer of the tidings which should acquaint us whether the dreaded Ist of August had been disgraced by acts of outrage or disorder, which it was predicted the negroes would commit, or whether the conduct of the emancipated slaves had justified the lofty encomiums which their deliverers have lavished on them. Our knowledge of the issue must be furnished by a future arrival. In the meanwhile it may not be unimportant to append the statements with which the latest Jamaica journals supply us. In order that they may possess themselves of such funds as they may deem it necessary to expend on the festivities with which the Ist of August should be honoured, the black popu lation have denuded their applotments of land of every vestige of fruit and corn, whether it happened to be ripe or unripe. This produce they have exposed to sale, and the proceeds w ill, beyond all doubt, be most faithfully expended in maintenance of mirth, jolity and excess. In despite of the nervous appre hensions in which some of the Jamaica journalists indulge, there remains no faint nor ill-founded hope that the epoch of the abolition of slavery will only be remarkable as a season of warrantable conviviality and excusable carouse. HALIFAX. By the Lady Paget, Capt. Luckett, which arrived at Liver pool on Tuesday, we have received Halifax papers of the date the 21st August. From these we learn, that Sir John Harvey, on the occasion of his assuming the government was compli mented by the mayor and corporation of St. John, with a con gratulatory address. In his reply his Excellency avows the confidence which he reposes in the loyalty of the inhabitants of the province—a confidence which their conduct during the recent trying crisis warrants him to extend. From these papers we learn that the legislature of Tobago had determined to abolish slavery in that island on the Ist of August. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER.—Very few engagemerits of moment have taken place. On Saturday the Duke of Cleve land's filly was backed rather stongly, one gentleman taking • the odds to £5O. The following are the odds:- 11 to 4 against Col. Peel's lon. (t) 4to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Don John. (t) 15 to '2 „ Mr. Parkin's Lanercost. (t) 9to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Alzira. (t) 10 to I „ Mr. Coombe's Cobham. (t) 17 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle. (off) 25 to 1 „ Mr. S. L. Fox's Jemmy Jumps. (off) TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY In the attendance this afternoon there was a marked im provement, and business, comparatively speaking, was tolera bly interesting. lon had many friends, and at one time was booked as low as 20 to 9. The Alzira and Lanercost parties, however, came out in such force that he lost a little ground, the closing prices being 9to 4 (takers of sto 2.) Two or Three persons laid 5 to 1 against Don John, but thelakers waft plentiful, and the "old stagers" offered only 4 to 1. Cobham was backed at 10 to 1 in good quarters, and a rouleau was laid out on Pucelle at 16 to 1, her final price being three points less. The "gallant Grey" and Albemarle were not in favour, and Appleton Lad had received a knock down blow. Saintfoin, who made his appearance on Thursday last, rose to 20 to 1 (or takers of 22 to 1.) The general odds at the close were:— 9 to 4 against Col. Peel's lon. (t 5 to 2) 4to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Don John. (t sto 1) 7to 1 „ Mr. Parkin's Lanercost. (t 15 to 2) 9to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Alzira. (t) 10 to 1 „ Mr. H. Coombes's Cobbam, (t) 13 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle. (t 14 to 1) 14 to 1 „ Lord G. Ben tinck's Grey Momus. (off) 20 to 1 Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin.. (off) • 30 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad. (t) 50 to 1 „ Mr. Fowler's Gilbert Gurney. (off) .000 to 15 „ Mr. Bowes's The Jagger. (t) 125 to 50 „ Don John and Lanercost. LIVERPOOL HURDLE RACES.—Tbe day fixed for this meeting is Monday, Oct. 8, when two Hurdle Sweepstakes and a Handicap Race are to be contended for. The first prize is 50 sovs. added to a subscription of 15 sovs. each, 10 sous. tt.; two miles—to be run over hurdles. The second race is of the same character, but for a less amount; the subscription being only 7 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added —once round and a distance. Tho last is a Handicap Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added, the winner to be sold for 150 sovs., and will he run for in the legitimate way—that is, minus the hurdles. The conditions are, to close and name on the last day of the Heaton Park Meeting. The promoters of this annual treat to the sporting world are sanguine of an excellent muster of sound nags, and, we are certain, no ef forts will be spared by them to accomplish that object. Lord Molyneux honours the meeting by his stewardship, and Mr. Lynn appears in the capacity of secretary. We hope a good attendance will be the crowning result. TURF APPOINTMENTS FOR 1838. SEPTEMBER. OCTOBER. Doncaster. e Isle of Thanet l9 Nortballerton Heaton Park .26 Richmond Walsall 26 Caledonian Hunt Lincoln. 27 Stafford 9 Welchpoul Newmarket ,Holy well Hunt Newmarket COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. WEDNESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received Sydney papers to the Ist of May. The following are extracts "The — Moffat, prison -ship, which has arrived at Hobart Town, brings despatches, we understand, from Lord Gleneig, conveying the very unsatisfactory information that emigra tion is to cease to Van Diemen's Land, but that transporta tion is to be continued hither upon an extended scale. An emigrant ship laden for this colony has been countermanded. We suppose New South Wales is no longer a penal settle ment. "A letter received in town a few days ago from King George's Sound, gives a pitiable account of the indolence of the residents of that settlement, and of the deplorable state of the place in general." Letters from Valparaiso of the 30th of May state " that the blockade of Lima has been established, but on the other side General Santa Cruz has officially notified to the foreign con suls that the enemy's ports will be blockaded on the 20th of August, which will be undertaken with the ships purchased at Baltimore. On the 15th of May General Santa Cruz was at Auguero. The commerce of Peru was prosperous; they were going to export a considerable quantity of wool and cotton. A ship laden with mercury bad arrived at Arica, and it was generally expected that in the following six months five millions of dollars would be coined in the mints of Lima, Cusco, and Potosi," New Brunswick papers to the 17th of August, and Hali fax to the 21st, have arrived. The former are barren of in telligence • the latter mention that his Excellency Lieut. General in telligence; Colin Campbell bad left Halifax to visit the Earl of Durham, and that the government of Nova Scotia, during his absence, would devolve upon Lieut. Colonel Snodgrass. During the whole of yesterday, Consols remain e d s t ea dy at 94h 1: for Money, and 941 % for the Account. They opened this morning at the above prices; in fact we have no news of any importance to cause an operation in the funds of any magnitude. Exchequer Bills, 71 73 pm. • India Bonds, 71 73 pm.; Bank Stock shut for opening, 'lOBl 92 ; India Stock, 2641 51. The Foreign Market continues in a stagnan t state; Spanish Active heavy at 19% %; Portugese, 351 36; Brazilian, 831 84; Mexican, 231 24; Colombian, 251- 26; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 53i 4% ; Five per Cents. 1021 103. The above prices are as yet nominal. HALF-PAST ONE. The difference in the price of Consols during the morning has been from 941 I to 94i buyers for the Account; Money 946 1. Exchequer Bills, 74; India Bonds, 71 73. Bank Stuck shut. India Stock, 264 3 / 4 26.5 3 / 4 . In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 191 R., heavy; Portuguese, 35; 36; Three ner Cents. 2.3'; Brazilian, 83 3 / 4 84; Mexican, 23,,-?, 24; Dutch per Cents. 2.3'; Brazilian, 83~ 84; Mexican, 23~ 23; Dutch Two.and-a-F?alf per Cents. 34. There is a fair business doing in Shares • Great Western, 13 3 / 4 pm.; Brighton, 1 3 / 4 dis.; North Midland, 3 pm. FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 9-11 Spanish Bonds, 191 tagnese Five per Cents. 74. (From the Times.) TUESDAY EVENING. By the advices from Hamburgh the price of gold I;43dy j per mark, which, at the English Mint price of £3 l7s 104 d the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 10%, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 9. it follows that gold is 0.81 per cent. dearer at Ham purgh than in Ldndou. The premium on gold at Paris is 74 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of £3 17s 10 y.,id the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 34; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 42 1 , it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. lower in Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 109 1 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109.23.40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is .07 per cent. against England. (From the official list, cont. trans, BRITISH FUNDS Tins Bank Stock, 3 per Ct. Red., 3 per Ct. Con., 941 32 per Ct. Anns. 1818, 3%! per Ct. Red., New 314 per Cents., 1014 2 Long Ans. 1860, Ditto, 30 yrs. 1859, Ditto, 30 yrs. 1860, SHA. (The quotations give the actu, lining the business actually Leted.) JAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock, 2651 India Bonds, 73 pm Bank Stock for Open. Consols for 16th Oct., 941 £loo►o Ex. Bills, 73 71 pin £5OO do. 73 71 pm Small do. 74 72 pm Ditto Commercial, premium or Brazilian Imperial, (issued at £5 pm.,) 18 Candonga Registered, 71 General Mining Association, 101 Great Western, 79i 81 9 8 London & Brighton, 9i a S London and Blackwall, Thames Oxford Steam Tow Company, 14 a if RES. d price, without reference to discount.) London & Southampton, 48i London and Croydon Trunk, 161 I London & Croydon Scrip, 81 Manchester and Birmingham, 11 North Midland, -18 Bahia Steam, 21 Galvanised Iron Company, 31111 COURT C RCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. —Y e sterday (Saturday) the Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by most of the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite, rode in the Park on horseback. 'l he following personages were included in the royal dinner party yesterday evening : —The King and Queen of Belgium, the Duchess of Kent, Lord and Lady Portman, Madame la Barroune d'Hongvorst, L a dy M. Stopford, Count and Countess Sebastiani, Hon. Miss Anson, Lady Forbes, Hon. Miss Paget, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Melbourne, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Viscount Palmerston, Mous. Van de Weyer, Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, Count d'Arschot, Sir George Villiers, Sir Edward Codrington, Mons. Van Praet, Le General Goblet, Colonel Wemy ss, Sir 'William Lumley, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, li o n. C. A. Murray. . _ Yesterday the Lord Chancellor took his departure. The Duchess of Gloucester paid a morning visit to her l ajesty. Lady Albemarle and Count and Countess Sebastiani have arrived. Her Majesty attended Divine Service this morning at St. George's Chapel. The service was Boyce in C, and the Sanctus and responses from Handel, by Dr. Elvey. Anthem, "Lord of all power and might," Mason. Mr. Elvey, M. 8., presided at the organ. At the communion service the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Proby, officiated. The sermon was preached by the latter from the 6th chapter of St. John, 67th and 68th verses. The following personages were with her Majesty in the Royal closet:—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and the ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite. Sir James Clarke arrived at the Castle this morning. This afternoon her Majesty walked on the terrace stud in the slopes. Lord Glenelg returned to town on Saturday, from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. WINDSOR—MONDAY.—The Queen rode on horseback to Virginia Water this afternoon, accompanied by the Queen of the Belgians and most of the royal suite. The Duchess of Kent took an airing in an open pony phaeton. _ Prince Esterhazy and his son Prince Nicholas, and the Earl of Belfast, wilt arrive this evening. Lord Palmerston, Count and Countess Sebastiani, Sir C. Clerk, and Sir George Villiers took their departure. With the exception of the above arrivals and departures, the royal dinner party will be the same as yesterday. The Princess Augusta left Clarence House, St. James's, on Saturday afternoon, and returned to her residence, Frog more Lodge, near Windsor. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Ba roness Ahlefeldt, and accompanied by Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, came to Cambridge House, Piccadilly, on Monday. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town on Monday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. WINDSOIt—TUESDAY.—Her Majesty rode out at four o'clock this afternoon, on horseback, accompanied by the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, Lord and Lady Portman, Viscount Falkland, Viscount Mel bourne, Prince Esterhazy, Prince Nicholas lf,sterhazy, Sir Win. Lumley, Hon. Col. Cavendish, Baroness Lchzen, and others of the royal suite. Col. Wemya took his departure this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, of St. Leonards, Hou. Miss Caven dish, and Sir Wm. Henry Fremantle, will have the honour of joining the royal dinner party this evening. The Duchess of Gloucester left Gloucester House, Park lane, on Monday afternoon, fur her residence in Bagshot Park. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians paid a visit yesterday morning to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Their Majesties afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. OCTOBER Newmarket 2 Wrexham 2 Chesterfield JONATHANIANA. (Neat as impoited—by last arrivals.) SUMMER FASH lONS.—A slight squint over the left eye— ditto, curl of the lower lip. Bight hand in the opening of the vest—thumb and forefinger delicately dallying with the watch-guard.—flat slantingdicular to the right, standing upon five hairs and a quarter;—the corner of a yellow ban dana just showing itself at the left temple. Whiskers long and Worked; ear-locks, half-way down the cheek, and tips tucking in. A light cane may be carried under the arm for flourishing wben a dun is visible. Teeth, clean and white, for grinning when a lady is met. N.B.—Carry a pocket of pulverized pumice always with you, to fling in the eyes of the tailors' boys, if there is no other way of getting clear of 'em. APROPOS OF THE ABOVE.—The Vice Queen of Canada, (My Lady Durham,) like Queen Victoria of England, has issued an anathema against the old and bold black cravat, and an order that none of her loving subjects shall appear before her, upon pain of her high displeasure, otherwise than with their necks enveloped in while napery—that is to say, as the old song says—" with a yard or two of towelling wrapp'd round about their necks fast." VERY EXTRAORDINARY.—A young lady, intending to sue for a breach of promise, put her lover's billets &ix into a bag, for theipurpose of producing them in court; when sad to tell, their own natural warmth produced spontaneous combustion, and, when the bag was opened, there was nothing in it but ashes. A SUFFICING REASON.—Colonel Dunlop, of the Huron and St. Clair militia, has published a letter complaining bit terly of certain commissariat officers, whom he charges with arrogance, and neglect of duty ; but he exonerates them from all disrespect to himself personally—because, as he says, he is "six feet high and proportionably broad across the shoulders." DRAINING, DRINKING AND DUELLING.—Messrs. Drane and Drinkins, of Madison Co. Mis., men of high courage and standing, fought a duel last Monday with double-bar relled guns, and both were killed. Good bye Messrs. Drane and Drinkins! MORE ABSENCE.—An actor at the Bowery in New York one night lately appeared for the first time in Othello, but by some strange fit of absence he had studied the Fourth Book of Euclid instead of the play, and stranger, still, no body found it out until he set about persuading poor Desde mona that she was an isosceles triangle. 'I'HE SUBLIME AND RIDICULOUS.—" Woman is most beautiful when in tears—like a rose wet with the chrystal dew."—Mobile Examiner, "We suppose the editor of the Examiner whips his wife every Sunday, to make her look beautiful."—Baltirnote Sun. "Dues the wife of the editor of the Sun whip him 'to make him beautiful o' Sundays ?' By the following from the Sun of Friday, we suppose the editor a real woman hater—a being, we had hoped, no hinge; ex isting in this country:—" A young woman, it is said, died in Connecticut of the typhus fever, in consequence of kissing a young man who was ill of the complaint. Don't believe it; the girl recovered of the kiss; the man it was who died.' Shame ! There is a spot on the Sun. We hope he will never be kissed by a lady as long as he lives, and that is the worst punishment that will befall him."—New York Whig. WANTS.—This is a wanting world, and these are wanting times. Some want a new governor and some want the old one: some want the new market house on the public square, and some want it away from there; but fur our own part we (Erie Gazette) want our pay from all those who qwe us any ; and want will compel us to call upon 'em particular if they don't call and settle soon.—That's a fact. QUEER MISTAKE.—One of our exchange papers has got a totally queer blunder, for which the printer ought to be well scrubbed down.—The caption line "THROUGH BY DAY LIGHT," which ought to have been at the bead of a steam boat advertisement, is stuck over the head of Braudreth's Pills. ANSWER TO BOND'S SPEECH.—The only answer we have as yet seen attempted to this unanswerable speech is the fol lowing official answer from the editor of the Washington Globe, who, it is pretty well agreed, is the ugliest-lookinr man in the world:—" Mr. Bond is the very make of a great bull frog. His rotundity of body is tagged round w ith sprad ling legs—half length arms—projecting snout and eyes —the ver creature to bellow blood•and - tuns." H ORT I C ULTCRE.—" If you throw up a pumpkin it will come down squash,' is one of the wisest of sayings, and re minds us that the Boston Courier ha s a 'cute column or two once a-week upon these matters; and we wish we could fol low the example. Perhapslve may, by and by. Assistant Alderman Crolflis, why don't you cause the in tolerable nuisances existing in the streets intersecting Cen tre-street to be removed ? Your alderman and street inspec tor are not to be depended upon. We look to you. See to it. Brower has brought out a new-fashioned vis-ci-vis reversed, upon two wheels, admirably calculated to soil ladies' dresses by throwing mud over them. It is a capital invention for the trade," and cannot fail to drive a great deal of business in the dry goods line. Murders are on the increase. Good bacon hams are scarce. Inferior legs are on the rise. Middlings are personsrarely drownedt obe metnwi oneth. Nine tee nboat at Little Falls, New Brunswick. Nineteen persons have no business in one boat. W i tt i et r! could o theykili killed his pe wife et? at Newstead, N. Y., by drivin g her in a carriage. He brok e h er nec k three weeks after marriage. . _ Hair, rain, thunder, and lightning, have been running all over the country like wildfire. Weare told that Placide was not at John Clarke's funeral. We cannot believe it, if he was in the city. We should like to be informed fully on this head. Marble had a good benefit. Bathe often! Remember the Bedouins at the Park to-night! Nothing like them, except the giraffes. Keep cool! Keep sober! l'alk little ! Eat less! * * *--It is impossible to say what the readers of news papers expect of those who make them during this hot wea ther; but this we do know, if they expect much, newspaper readers are a more unreasonable class of people than we have always taken them to be. To expect the editor of a daily journal to furnish long articles, or indeed articles of any sort, under such an atmosphere as is now roasting folks to death, is to expect ice out of the ashes of a furnace in full blast, or to require people to gather snowballs from a hot oven. How, in the name of fervent heat, can people be expected to write, or even think, in such weather? Politics would melt in a man's mouth, and, as for dissertations on other subjects, the matter is not to be mentioned ! Statistics would all run together like so many sperm candles in the sun, and as to dreadful accidents they would pass unheeded. What would be the use even of a steam-boat explosion ? Nobody would spare a particle of sympathy for so humdrum an occurrence, while they are themselves broiling into overdone steaks. The truth is, the weather is so hot you can see it, and we don't know that we are called upon, under strch circum stances, to be adding to the density of the caloric by any hot-headedness of our own. Let every virtuous citizen drink ice-water if be can get it, and not expect any thing so unrea sonable as a readable article in a newspaper. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE Her Majesty's steam-packet Widgeon, Capt. Hamilton, is ordered round from Dover to Ramsgate, to take on board their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, Count d'Arschot, General Goblet, M. Van Praet, and the rest of the royal suite. The King and Queen will make a short so journ at Ostend ere they return to Brussels. PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE.—IiiS Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has purchased Coombe Wood, near Kingston,-the beautiful seat of the late Earl of Liverpool, as a residence for the Prince George. Lands in the neigh bourhood of the. seat have also been bought for the royal duke, who, it is stated, intends the prince to have an estab lishment of his own in the course of the autumn. The marriage between Lady Anne Wentworth Fitzwilliam and Mr. Mackenzie is to be solemnised about the middle of next month, at Wentworth House, the seat of the Earl Fitz william, in Yorkshire. There will not be any festivities in honour of Viscount Milton, 111. P., as stated. The rumoured marriage of Miss Philips with Viscount Duncan, M.P., will not take place until early next season. We are sorry to bear that unfavourable accounts of the slate of Lord Deethurst were received yesterday. His lord ship is at his seat Burton-on-the-Hill, Worcestershire, sur rounded by his lady, daughter of the late Sir Charles Cockerel', and his nearest relatives.—Morning Herald. Tee grand tournament intended to be given by the Earl of Eglintoun, at Eglintoun Castle, his seat in Scotland, in the ensuing spring, is deferred until the following year, in .consequence, it is said, of the vast preparations. ACCIDENT TO LORD ROLLE.—On Tuesday last, Lord Rolle had attended the sessions at Woodbury, and was re turning to Bicton, driving himself in a four-wheel phaeton ; when about half way home the carriage broke, the fore part dislodgint, itself from the hind pa r t, so th a t th e h o rse was separated from the carriage —the body of the carriage over turning and falling on Lord Rolle, by which his lordship dislocated his shoulder, and was otherwise bruised. A mes senger was immediately despatched to Bicton for the carriage (his lordship sitting on the bank the while) when he pro ceeded home, and the dislocation was reduced. We may add that the servant, who was sitting on the dickey, was thrown a considerable distance. We are glad to be enabled to state that up to last night the noble lord was d o i n g par ticularly well, without any fever or dangerous symptoms whatever.— Western Times of Friday. WALMER CASTLE, MONDAY.- - The Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, and the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot have arrived on a visit to the Duke of Wellington. Lieut.-Col. Gurwood, editor of the published despatches of the illustrious duke, is expected to join the party to-morrow. General Lord Comberinere and Lord and Lady Mahon are also expected at Widmer ere the close of the season; 1.1. e latter ale detained at their town residence, in Grosvenor-place, by the app roac hi ng accouchement of her ladyship. His grace has directed that his magnificent mansion at Hyde-park corner shall be thoroughly embellished during his absence. His grace and distinguished visitors avail themselves of the present delightful weather to take daily sides to Dover, Deal, and Walmer.—Morn. Het'. TUNBRIDGE WEL r.s.—Arrivals last week at the Mount Ephraim Hotel—the Marquis of Conyngham, the Earl of Onslow, Lord Cranley, Lady Augusta Cranley, General Sir M. Peacock, Hon. W. Ashley, Major-Gen. Cope, Mrs. Cope, John Gurney, Esq. and family, Lynch Lynch. Esq., &c. RAMSGATE continues exceedingly full of visitors, and the town has never been more lively and prosperous than during the present season. The Princess Sophia takes her usual drives and walks upon the pier, which is also visited by the families of Lord Winchester and Lord Scarborough. The Right Hon. IL C. Fergusson, M.P., and Sir H. Parnell, M.P., have also paid visits to Ramsgate. Capt. Boldero, M.P., and family, remain, as do Gen. and Mrs. Newberry, Sir C. and Lady Coote, Sir J. Lambert, and Col. Cameron. MISCELLANEOUS. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are entertaining a party of friends at their seat Lilleshall, Staffordshire. Mr. Beaumont's (M.P.) new and magnificent pleasure yacht was brought into Scarborough od Saturday. This is the most superb vessel of its kind ever sent to sea, and cost £20,000. It is with sincere regret we state that the hopes entertain ed of Lord Deerhurst's recovery are not well founded. His lordship is now lying in the greatest danger.— Worcester Journal. On Saturday week a fisherman at Parkgate, on hauling in his net, found in it a live turtle. It measured five inches wide, fourteen inches long, and weighed I3lbs. SIB JOSIAH GUEST.—It is rumoured that Sir Josiah John Guest, Bart, M.P., is likely to become the purchaser of the large landed estates of Lord Moyston, in Montgomeryshire, which are shortly to be sold.—Monmouth Beacon. Lady Noel Byron has arrived at Havre from Rotterdam. The Duke of Wellington, it is confidently stated, intends being present at the approaching Gloucester music meeting. —Hereford Journal. REGISTRATION.—We understand that the Registration Court for the county of Aberdeen has now closed its sittings, and that the results are highly favourable to the conserva tive interest.—Aberdeen Journal. The registrations throughout Scotland, we are rejoiced to state, are almost without exception largely in favour of the conservatives. We shall state the results in a future num ber.—Edinburgh Evening Poet. Steam navigation was first introduced on the Danube not more than eight years ago, and there are at present thirteen steamers, whose united force amounts to 1,082 horse power, plying on that river as far as the Black Sea. The monument in the burying-ground of Laecken, near Brussels, to the memory of Madame Malibran, is now finished; it consists of a small circular chapel, in which is to be placed the statue, by Geefs, of this lamented cantatrice. The design is said to be remarkably elegant. ROCHDALE LITERARY SOCIETY.—At a meeting of the members of this society on Thursday last, Mr. John Roby was unanimously elected an honorary member thereof. This gentleman has signified his intention to give a number of lectures at some future period to the society, on the physi ology of plants. A Belgian journal states. that in consequence of the com pletion of the railroads in that country, 21 undertakings of public conveyance have been given up, 19 of which were on the same lines as the railroads; but that, on the other hand, 54 new undertakings, communicating principally with the termini of the railroads have been set a going. EPISCOPALIAN ADULT BAPTISM.—On Wednesday even ing a young lady was publicly baptised by total immersion in a large tub, at St. Martin's Church, Leicester. The bap tism was performed in the tub in which was baptised the late Mr. Butler. It is not generally known that persons of full age can demand this description of baptism.—Leicester Herald. In consequence of an Irishman, who was smoking his pipe in the farm yard of Warrington Lodge, on Monday morn ing, letting fall some fire near a stack of old oats, six value able stacks of corn and clover were totally consumed, and it was with great difficulty that the house and outhouses were saved.—Morniny Herald. NOVEL PROJECT.—A large assembly of French and Eng lish capitalists is about to meet at M. Lafitte's, to discuss cer tain projects for turning to advantage the Philippine Islands and other colonies belonging to Spain. This may give rise to a new kind of India Company, with a new flag, sheltered from the chances of war.—Journal de Paris. Four men in the employ of Mr. Wheeler, at Brom Park, near Cleoburv, a few days since, while at harvest work, were taken ill with inflammation of the bowels, it is supposed from taking cold drinks too freely while heated with their work. Two of the four are since dead, and the others have been seriously Rt.—Worcester Paper. A LARGE TROUT.—A fresh-water trout was exposed for sale at the fish-stall of Mr. Clark, on Tuesday morning week, which weighed 71 lbs., and measured from tip of snout to end of tail 261-inches; in girth,' 151 inches, and was remarkably plump and well-grown. It was caught at Low Wood, near Ulverstone, on the preceding evening, and weighed, when taken out of the water, 71 lbs. On Sunday last, the people belonging to the brig Enter prise, Capt. Fletcher, caught six sharks, not more than a mile from our West Pier. The bait which led to the capture of these monsters was a tempting one—pork steeped in brandy. Bathers along shore had better keep a sharp look out after this notice, lest they come out of the water minus a foot, after indulging in a dip.— Whilehaven Herald. Mr. Manners, of Rtissell-street, had missed specimens of rare articles from his room repeatedly, and discovered that they vanished when he let ', j i b :, window open. Determined to discover the: thief, he op enea d his window and secreted himself, when he obserrcl a ma „ e ie, the property of a neigh eedct.ep_ionßf thisl), oeirhi hiding replace, a o e f withal ithe it. missingO n t tracin g the ar ticlesbt r featheredwe seizet e afo GREAT BANKRUP:94, I I I iII die Bankruptcy Court, on Tues day week, General*Palmer's affairs were the subject of in vestigation. It was stated that the liabilities of the estate were £150,000, while not a shilling in the shape of assets has been received. The official assignee said he had no means of scrutinizing any of the claims made, as General Palmer had never kept books or accounts of his transactions as a wine merchant. An immense berring was caught on the Skinburness coast on Saturday morning last, by John Beattie. It was of the extraordinary length of 16 inches, 81 inches in girth, and weighed 191 ounces. The fish was presented to Mr. William Armstrong, nialtster, Cockermouth, and the measurement and weight were taken after it had been broughtto that town, in the evening of the day on which it was captured, when it may be supposed to have wasted considerably. LIABILITY OF GENTLEMEN'S PARKS TO BE RATED.—III, reply to the question—Are gen tl emen ' s par k s , w h ere th ey feed their deer, liable to the poor rate ? the poor law com missioners have stated, " that under the terms of the paro chial assessment act, all messuages, lands, and other heredi taments described in the 43.1 Eliz. are still subject to the rate, and that there is no authority nor reason, that the com missioners are aware of, for the exemption of gentlemen's parks from that liability." AFFECTING SDICIDE.-Thomas Williams; of Pencoyd, an old man, upwards of 80 years of age, committed suicide on Sunday, the 26th ult., under the following circumstances ! The unfortunate man had, by great frugality, saved nearly .£7O, on which he was subsisting, when some miscreant broke into his cottage, and robbed him of every farthing he pos sessed in the world. On applying to, the guardians for re lief, he was offered the workhouse, which he refused, and went home and hung himself.—Hereford Paper. DARING AND INGENIOUS ItOBBEI:Y.—A .most daring robbery was committed towards the middle of last month in a diligence on the road from,Vienna to Milan. The trunks and boxes containing the stolen articles, which consisted of jewellery, plate, Cachemere shawls; uniforms, &c. addressed to different persons in Milan, and which are valued at about £16,000, had been placed on the imperial of the diligence, the interior of which was occupied. by a family of most re spectable appearance, consisting of an elderly gentleman, who was styled "the baron," two 'young men of most pre possessing exterior, an attractive young female, who appear ed to be about six months gone in the family-way, and a femme-de-chambre. On arriving within a few miles of Milan, the young lady complained of illness, declared herself unable to proceed further; and the whole party accordingly alighted, and sought accommodation in one of the villages bordering the road to Chiavenna, having first taken their baggage from the rotande, in which it had been placed at their express de sire. As soon as the diligence stopped at Milan, the im perial was inspected, and the trunks and boxes were found in their places, but emptied of their precious contents On further examination it was found that the interesting travel lers, who had so suddenly quitted the interior, had sawed the roof of the vehicle, and, through the aperture thus effected, had been enabled to rifle the valuable packages placed over their heads.—Galignani's Messenger. THE PORTUGUESE. SLAVE TRADE --The Jamaica Watch man contains au article relative to unheard-of atrocities com mitted on board one of the slavers, of which the capture w ar some time ago announced by her majesty's ship Snake, off the coast of that island. The narrative was obtained from two young negro girls of 12 or 13 years of age, forming part of the cargo of 250 Africans. According to their account, the blacks were at first " taken tolerable care of on board the slaver, but provisions became short, and then the flesh of negroes who had died was corned and boiled for them; that subsequently live negros were killed for th e p ur p ose o n deck, part of their flesh being dressed, and part being corned for use; that more than one or two people were killed for that special purpose; that the elder negroes, and not the young people, were taken ; that when selected, those who were to be killed were kept on deck, the others were sent below • upon which the white :people (the crew) felled the m t o the deck with sticks (their sereams were heard by all), and then cut their throats, when, of course, the work of pickling and pre paration for food commenced ; that the•slaves did not at first understand that they were eating human flesh, but afterwards when they did so, they revolted at it, and much was thrown overboard." Such were the horrible and disgusting atroci ties deposed to by these unhappy victims of a Portuguese slaver, who, with other of the survivors, were landed from the captured vessel at Montego Bay, and had been allotted as apprentices to the benevolent person who, by dint of repeat ed inquiries, had drawn from them these dreadful details. It was stated that he had, moreover, forwarded a relation of all the circumstances to the secretary for the colonies. TERNIINUS TO THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM I? AlL greatness of dimensions constitutes beauty of form, the entrance to the Birmingham railway, Euston-square, possesses this quality. When we stand at the foot of one of the columns, there appears a certain degree of vastness which astonishes and overawes us; but seen from a distance, this is not the case, for the whole effect is then poor and meagre. A mere screen Of - Colurrni, Without much depth, is almost sure to produce a poor effect, for the want of a background, which a building of greater depth gives. 'r his building may be called a screen of double Doric columns in antis ' surmounted with a triglyphed e n t a bl ature and pediment. On each side are two plain square buildings (used as offices), with coupled pilasters at the angles; and between these buildings are elaborately ornamented gates. On theapex of the pediment of the centre is acrolerium; and the cymatia of the sides are ornamented with lions' heads, surmounted with antefixia. The roof is covered with stone, io imitation of the Greek temples; the columns are about 50 feet high. Such is the Colossian entrance to the Birmingham rail Way. The stone of which it is erected is Yorkshire Bramley Fall.—Architec tural Magazine. WILL OF THE LATE PETER HOLFORD, ESQ.—The will of the late Peter Holford, Esq., a barrister, and late of the Isle of Wight, had just passed under the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is in the hand-writing of the testator, who bequeaths the whole of his immense and princely fortune (with the exception of £5OO which is left to the executor), amounting to upwards of £1,000,000, exclusive of the freehold, leasehold, and copyhold estates of great value (including the magnificent mansion at the Isle of Night), in different counties, to his nephew, Mr. Holford. The stamp on the probate was £15,000, and the further duty will be about £30,000 more, making-a total payment to the govern ment of a sum of £45,000 out of a single estate. It is an extraordinary fact that the will is contained (a striking con trast with the will of the late Lord Eldon, which occupied 48 close-written skins of parchment) on one side of a.sheet of letter paper. With the exception of the late Mr. Roths child and Mr. Rundell (of the well-known firm of Rundell, Bridge, and Rundell, goldsmiths, of Ludgate-hill), the stamp duty upon the upper value (a million) is seldom called into operation, £15,000 being the highest probate duty. THE BITER BIT.—On SundaY morning a railroad man named Jim, went into the inn at West Haddon, and leaving his basket in the kitchen, went into the tap to drink a pint of beer. The landlord, being tempted by curiosity, opened the basket, in which be found a leveret, and doubting Jim's either being licensed or allowed to shoot, he thought he ran no risk of being publicly complained of it' he rung the changes upon his guest. which he did by abstracting the bare and putting a dead cat in its place. On getting home, Jim soon discovered the fraud practised upon him, and returning with his basket to the inn he found mine host had gone to church, and it being past II the servant refused to draw him any ale. After much persuasion he induced her to leave the kitchen to get him some spring water, and in her absence he opened a large pot on the fire, in which was a fine leg of mutton, and very ingeniously exchanged the tabby for it, carrying home the prize. Jim sent his brother there after church time, making him fully acquainted with the facts, and the landlord, wanting some broth, ordered a basin out of the pot; not liking either colour or flavour, be caused an examination, and instantly detected the cause and its author, on witnessing the cats mor tal remains. " Oh," said Jim's brother, " I daers for-to say that there cat first eat the mutton, 'and - then committed sui cide to avoid detection." -Northampton Herald. Messrs. Dean, ironfounders, of Bolton, are manufacturing an iron gate, twenty-seven feet high, for the grand seraglio of the Pacha of Egypt. SPREAD OF RomANtsm.--Three Roman Catholic chapels have recently been opened —one dedicated to St. John, at Warwick • the second at Banbury; and the third in the neighbourhood of Wellington, Salop. CIGAR SMOKING.—Two persons of very moderate age have died within a short period of each other, at Cheltenham, of internal ulcers, brought on, in the opinion of an eminent medical practitioner, by the excessive use of cigars. Last week a green-grocer at Manchester received no less than four tons of plums from Worcestershire by the railroad. Considering the alleged unwholesomeness of this fruit, this must be good news for the doctors. There is generally a precedent found for everything, and in proof of it some of the apologists of the premier, in excuse for his becoming a constant resident with his royal mistress, state that, in the time of Queen Ar.ne, Lord Treasurer Har ley, according to Swift, did the same.—Morning Herald. HYDROPHOBIA.—A physician has discovered that a few drops of any mineral acid, applied to a wound occasioned by the bite of any rabid animal, will prevent hydrophobia in the patient. The acid will decompose the poisonous saliva, and consequently no bad effects will follow.—American Paper. BIRMINGHAM, Sept. B.—During the last few days iron has slightly advanced. All the works in the neighbourhood are fully employed, and some orders have been refused at present prices. A greater advance is talked of; and should the de mand continue good, as for the last few weeks, it will pro bably take place. At the last Oswestry fair a farmer intrusted a mare in the hands of a man of that town to sell, with instructions to " get a bank-note for her if he could, and sell her." The man, thinking one-pound notes were in circulation, asked a sove reign for the mare, and had a customer the first offer, and returned with the cash to the astonished farmer. ANOTHER WEALTHY CONVICT.—The late Mr. William Field of Launceston, the Sam Terry of Van Dieinen's Land, has left property to the amount of £300,000. The widow receives £5OO per annum for life. The remainder is to be equally divided amongst the four sons of the legatee. LEA RNlNG.—Learning, if rightly applied, makes a young man thinking, attentive, and industrious, confident, and wary; an old man c heerful and reserved. 'Tis an ornament in pros perity, a refuge in adversity, an entertainment at all times; it cheers in solitude, and moderates upon a throne. THE TOLERATION OF BLASPHEMOUS IDOLATRY.—In ad dition to the usual atrocities of the Churruck Ponjah, which government allow to be openly exhibited in the metropolis of India, a new outrage ou.public morals had been perpe trated during April. A portNble stage was formed, on which one native personated a missionary, while others represented a group of native Christians listening to his discourse, ishich was filled with the most blasphemous allusions to our Divine Saviour. This exhibition was ostentatiously paraded through the streets of Calcutta, amidst the scoffs of its vagabond and meretricious population. The police appear to have taken no means to correct the nuisance; and no effort has since been made, as far as we can learn, to trace the authors of this transaction, and to prevent a repetition of it. It will, therefore, be established in the belief of the Bengalee Baboos, who get up the Churruck Poojah, and of the dissolute var lets who assist in it, that the Christian religion is henceforth to be considered as a legitimate subject oU ridicule, upon every recurrence of this annual saturnalia.—Parbury's entat Herald. CURRENT OF THE ATLANTIC.—A bottle was fonnd on the 2d instant, at Iratnore, near Dunfanaghy, county Donegal, which contained the following note, after traversing the At lantic from the banks of Newfoundland :—" On board the ship Hercules, Thomas Warth, of Chetteris, Cambridgeshire, and James Hatterpen, of Kingston, of Cambridgeshire, England, from London for New York, are on the banks of Newfound land. We have 198 passengers on board—they are all well. If this paper be .found on any shore, by publishing it will oblige.—May 21, 1837." Thus after a voyage of 466 days, it crossed the Atlantic in safety ; and although it is to be hoped that the friends of the two individuals mentioned above have received tidings of them through some other channel, yet this brittle voyager is not without its use, as it shews that the prevailing current of the Western Ocean runs in a north easterly direction. A SINGULAR CO-PARTNERY.—A few weeks ago a servant of Mr. Gibson, of Gilchristland, on going over his master's farm, discovered a pheasant's nest, and, by accident, having approached too near, the hen shred and fled. On looking into the nest, he was not a little astonished to observe, that the contents consisted of eleven partridge and five pheasant eggs. After the lapse of a few days, he had again occasion to pass the same spot, and, his curiosity being somewhat ex cited, he stole a cautious peep at the nest, and there observed a hen partridge upon the eggs. On his next visit, he found the pheasant occupying her former situation. On several subsequent visits he found the same alternate changes. He communicated this fact to Mr. Wright, gamekeeper, who studiously watched this procedure to the issue, and who was himself an eye-witness of the singular co-partnery, during four or five visits that he made to this respectable firm. After the term of incubation had passed, each brood took off its "several way"—the pheasant having only three liVe stock at her foot, the partridge eight. It would appear, however, that they have not made a decisive dissolution of partnership, as they have been seen frequently in each other's society since. —Dumfries Times. PREVENTION Or SMOKE FRONI STEAM-SHIPS.—In our last pnblication we took occasion to bring under the notice of the public the " Prevention of Smoke from Steam Engines, and Saving of Fuel," as now happily accomplished by means of an apparatus invented by Mr. lvisou of the Castle Silk Mills, and For which he has obtained a patent. Since the notice al luded to, the apparatus is now being applied to the Furnaces of the Royal Adelaide steam-ship, preparatory to her sailing to-day for London. The enterprising proprietors of this ves sel, the London, Leith, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Shipping Co., deserve great credit for having been the first to introduce this improvement to steam-ships, and the result of its appli cation on this voyage will be looked forward to with consider able interest, not only as to its effects in entirely consuming the smoke, but in the more important one to the proprietors —the economising of fuel. During the last ten days, great numbers of engineers, manufacturers, and men of science, from different parts of the country, have visited the Silk M ills to witness the apparatus in full operation, and one and all of them have expressed themselves highly pleased with its effi eiency.—Edinburyh Evening Post. DUEL EXTRAORDINARY.—A few days two grisettes of the Quartier Latin, after exchanging blows for an inconstant student, who might have sung with Illachealh, " Flow happy could I be with either," decided upon an appeal to the laws of honour. The fair belligerents fought with pistols, and were attended to the ground, in the neighbourhood of the Quarries of Montrouge, by two dress-makers. After the ex change of two shots, happily without effect, the seconds de clared that honour was fully satisfied; but the feminine com batants, though obliged to submit to the fiat, quitted the ground unreconciled. Our informant assures us that the pistols were loaded with ball !—Paris Paper. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE—JUVENILE I'ASSION FOR TOBACCO. —On Wednesday last, a lad of the name of W. Downds, 12 years old, having asked his fattier for a smoke, was refused, in consequence of his father h a vin g , as h e said, but a heel in the pipe; the boy got sulky at the refusal, and thought to persist in his request, but was again refused, and then swore he would finish himself. He rushed from his father's house, at Salt-hill, to the strand, and plunged into the tide, and but for the alarm given on the strand, and the prompt interfer ference of Mr. Michael Burke, of the hotel, he would have met with a watery grave.—Galway Advertiser. CRUEL DECEPTION.—On Tuesday morning a villainous deception was practised upon a confiding fair one, by the man on whom she was willing to bestow both her hand and her heart. Not content with these gifts, the scoundrel per suaded his intended to let him take charge of her watch and some other valuables; and just before the hour fixed for the marriage ceremony, begged the loan of her mother's ring, that he might get one of the same size for his bride. It was agreed that he should purchase this himself and bring it to the church, where the party would await his coming. A considerable time having been wasted in fruitless expectation of his arrival, it was at length discovered that the fellow had decamped, leaving his hapless bride-elect her heart and hand, but taking as a substitute, the property entrusted to his keeping. It has been since found out that the offender is a married man.—Cheltenham Chronicle. MOTHERS, LOOK TO YOUR CHILDREN !—A number Of the New York Medical Examiner contains the following, which may not be without its benefit's on this side of the Atlantic: —A lady, with whom we are acquainted, gave birth lately to her first child. The little one was about a fortnight old, when we asked a lady how it and the young mother were. The mother is s rloing well." she answered; " but the child is very cross: and, indeed, it is not to be wondered at; for they are all so pleased, they seem hardly to know what they are about. The mother feeds it, and then the sister feeds it; and then the grandmother feeds it, and then the nurse feeds it: and thus they make the child ill." Our friend was right. We should like to have shown the young lady the stomach of a new-born infant now in our museum. It would not hold more than three tablespoonful; and they were trying to cram food down the little innocent's throat by teacupsful. In a course of botanical lectures recently delivered, the attention of the audience was particularly directed to a new kind of live fence, which had been contrived b y a Mr. Breese, and which the lecturer considered t o b e one of the greatest improvement of late in the science of gardening. It consists of natural livinj fence, formed by causing trees of ash, &c. (prepared and planted for the purpose), to grow and unite to gether so as to form openings of any size of a lozenge or other shape. According to a letter from Berlin, a strict investigation of the circumstances relating to the burning of the Russian steamer Nicholas, which occured just before the coronation of the Queen of England, has beep entered into. It is well known that she had a considerable sum in specie on board; and it is said that one of the barrels has been found, and on being opened was discovered to be filled with lead. This has created a suspicion that the vessel - was set on fire wilfully, in execution of a plot concerted at St. Petersburg. NEW POOR LAW IN HUDDERSFIELD.—The effects of the firmness of the Huddersfield board of guardians, in refusing to act until their just commands had been complied with, has bad the effect of inducing the commissioners, through As sistant Commissioner Mott, virtually to repeal the act with respect to this union. First, they have given permission for the guardians to form their own diet table, without regard to those promulgated from Somerset House; secondly, to give out-door relief at their discretion ; and, lastly, to continue to employ the assistant overseers instead of appointing relieving officers.—Sliejfield Iris. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. lit— The market has been rather flat to-day, and fewer goods have been sold than on the previous Monday. The manu facturers are asking higher prices for their goods, but have not as yet succeeded. t lannels have not risen in proportion to the late advance in the price of wool. There has not been much doing in the wool market; low and middling priced wools remain firm at last week's quotation, but fine wool is rather giving way.—Manchester Guardian. DREA DFUL EvENT.—Hannah Howorth, a servant girl at at Braithwaite, near Doncaster, was dreadfully injured the other morning, by injudiciously resorting (being at the time without matches) to a powder flask, some of the contents of which she was pouring on ignited tinder, when an explosion took place, by which her left eve was blown out, her jaw bone and teeth broken, the upper lip torn off, as well as her nose; the thumb and one finger of her right hand were also blown off, and her left hand dreadfully shattered. She has since been removed to her own home at Asksev, where she lies in a state of great suffering.—Leed s Mercury. A gentlemen, near Halifax, recently engaged, as a tem porary servant, a man who was to act in the capacity of a. footman ; but who was so far from being initiated in the practices of his vocation, as to bring decanters, &c. in his hand, and place them upon the table. His master gave him directions to bring everything he wanted upon a tray, and shortly afterwards made an inquiry for a favourite dog, and and ordered the man to fetch it. nearing a tremendous row in the house, caused by the " unmusi ca l j argons " o f th e d og and the biped, he ran out of the room to ascertain the cause, and was surprised to see the animal endeavouring to escape from the grasp of his dutiful servant, who, obedient to orders, was hauling the animal along upon a large handboard ! Halifax Express. NORTH UNION HAILWAY.--It gives us great pleasure to report the pro g ress of this undertaking. On Saturday even ing., last week, the fifth arch of the Ribble bridge had the quoin keys inserted. The single line of road is likewise com pleted all through the Ribble contract, extending as far as Farington, with the exception of a short distance at the north and south sides of the Ribble viaduct. With the assistance of a second engine which has arrived from Wigan, the second line of road will be shortly "ballasted." This engine, draw ing a long train of empty waggons, came at a rapid rate on Wednesday along the entire line to Tardy Gate; and we are assured, that the contractors are using every. effort to hasten the completion of the entire work.—Preston Chronicle. THE REGISTRATION IN SCOTLAND.—The result of the re vision of the register lists in Dumbartonshire is a conserva tive majority of 28; in Lanarkshire, 63; and in Aberdeen, 12.5. " DEMOCRACY, AND NO MISTAKE."—Such is the declara tion made in large placards posted about the metropolis by the democracy. Illustrating this declaration is the figure of the Birmingham giant in the character of Hercules, armed with a tremendous sledge hammer, with which he is beating out the brains of monarchy, aristocracy, established church, and all such "corrupt and insignificant" portions of the constitution. GLASS CLOTH.--A new and curious fabric has been manu factured by Mr. Richard Baker, of Ossett, near Dewesbury; it is a web of glass cloth, which has a very splendid appear ance. The ingenious manufacturer has so far succeeded in annealing this very brittle substance as to admit of its being wove like cloth. It is deposited for inspection in the North of England Society of Arts, together with a slipper made of the same material. MR. VAN AMBURGH AND HIS WILD BEASTS.—We copied from a Sunday paper a flaming account of a deadly struggle between Mr. Van Amburgh and one of his tigers on Wed nesday last at a rehearsal; but we hear that nothing more took place on the occasion than usual, and that neither Mr. Van Amburgh nor the tiger sustained any injury. The per formance has proceeded as usual every night.—Morning Heral'l. IMPORTANT TO INSOLVENTS.—(7th George IV. chap. 57.) —The following notice has just been issued by the Court:— " All persons who are desirous of availing themselves of the benefit of this act must be in actual custody, and have their petitions lodged the 27th of September, so that the same may be with the provisional assignee, on or before Thursday, signed and filed on the following Saturday, before the new act conies into operation." TEMPORA MUTANTUR.—In former times ministers used to possess villas near London. Messrs. Pitt and Dundas at 'Wimbledon; Mr. Fox, at St. Ann's Hill; others at Sheen, Richmond, &c.; from which, even after the prorogation of parliament, they could daily come to town to attend to the business of their offices. In our days of reform, however, the thing is quite altered; and no sooner are the members of the cabinet released from parliamentary attendance, than they one and all start off to distant places, absenting themselves from their offices for weeks, if not months together, while the most important foreign interests, and the lives of individuals at home, are left to the chance of some otlice messenger find ing out the minister in whose department the matter may rest.—Morning Herald. THE GOLD COINAGE IN AMERICA.—We have the satisfac tion to inform the public, and especially all the friends of the gold currency, that the golden eagle is about to make its ap pearance again in our land. Directions have been given by the treasury department to the director of the Mint at Phila delphia to have the dies prepared for this superb coin, and the stamping of it commenced with all convenient dispatch. It is now 31 years since any of this coin was struck at our Mint. The coinage of the cage ceased in 180-1, because the errone. ous standard of our gold caused it to be exported almost as fast as struck. The exhibits of the Mint show that upward s of 1,300,000 dollars of this coin were struck.—New York Globe. A MERMAID, AND NO MISTAKE.—A very general disbelief in the existence of the mermaid is likely to receive a severe shock from the truth of the following statement :—A creature in every respect answering the usual description of the "sea woman" was caught yesterday in the salmon nets at Hunne raw Point, near Fahan, county Donegol. She is at present under the protection of a gentleman of that neighbourhood, who has kindly permitted the country people, who are flock ing in hundr e d s a b out t h e p l ace , to "see andbelieve." The members of the Londonderry Natural History Society, we understand, are to proceed to-day, at 12 o'clock, to investigate this extraordinary phenomenon, for the purpose of sending an immediate report of their observations to the British As sociation, now sitting at Newcastle. We understand that, if the novel monster should survive the sudden change in her situation, she will be sent to Viscount Melbourne as a present to the Queen—if not, the body will be preserved in spirits, and will grace the now-forming museum of our local society. A minute description shall be given in our next.—Derry paper. THE NE w MARRIAGE ACT.—In the large town of Leicesters with a population of upwards of 50,000 souls, only 15 marriage under the new act have taken place, the inhabitants prefer ring the ceremonies of the church to the vaulting levity of the broomstick. All right-minded dissenting men, and all modest dissenting women, eschew the vile thing as they would a pes tilence, and the registrars are consequently left "alone in their glory." In St. Margaret's church on Sunday morning last no less than 27 couple were asked by banns, besides a great number who can afford and do prefer a license. The act, in a very few years, will become completely obsolete. — Leicester Herald. THE ComE.T.—Mr. Arago has announced that M. Walsh has, within these few days, indistinctly perceived 'the comet which makes its return every three years, and is to be visible in the course of the present month. The director of the ob servatory at Breslau was, however, enabled, as early as the 18th of August, to make some observations respecting this luminary. M. Arago suggests that it would be interesting to inquire at this opportunity into the truth of the opinion of M. Walsh, that the diameters of comets diminish in proportion to their proximity to the sun. A BROTH OF A Boy.--A Scotch paper annouces the death at Brawlin, in Sutherland, of one Donold M`Kay, of Corn brach, "at the patriarchal age of 101," who, it prooeeds to . say, "served in the lieay militia as far back as the year 1745, the memorable one of the rebellion, and was one of those en gaged in the capture of the money which had been forwarded from the continent forthe use of the unfortunate Prince Charles Stuart." At the period stated the doughty Donald must have been just eight years of age, a mere "infant in arms." No wonder that the cause of the young chevalier so disastrously sped when he had such formidable infantry to contend against. DISCOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF THE DUKE OF BUCK INGHAM, BEHEADED AT SALISBUR Y.—A correspondent of the Salisbury Journal has furnished that paper with a most interesting account of the recent discovery of the mutilated remains of the celebrated Henry Stafford, Duke of Bucking ham, who was beheaded in that cit,, in 118.3. History re cords, that Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, the " cousin of Buckingham" of Shakspear's iminoital page , having failed in his plan of insurrection against Richard 111 , took refuge in the house of his servant Bannister, near Shrews bury; that he was "by that wretch betrayed" into the hands of the king, then at Salisbury, and suffered death at that city. without form of trial, according to the summary method of that age, by decollation and amputation of the right arm. Tradition assigns the court-yard of the Blue Boar Inn as the scene of this bloody tragedy. During the alterations and im movements which are still in progress at the Saracen's Head Inn, (which there can be no doubt formed part of the prem ises originally attached to the Blue Boar,) it became necessary to remove the brick flooring of one of the rooms, and dig to some depth. In the course of this operation, about eight inches below the surface of the soil, they came to a human skeleton. The place here indicated can only be a few yards, possibly feet, from the very spot where Buckingham suffered decapitation. The remains so discovered were evidently those of a human being, and the skeleton was complete, save that it wanted the head and right arm. The first impression on the mind of the landlord, Nr. Shuker, was that the re mains thus discovered were those of some travelling pedlar, who had been murdered in the house, and for secrecy buried on the spot. The absence of the arm, it seems, suggested the idea that such might possibly have been the vocation of the deceased, and they accounted for the non-appearence of the head by supposing that it had been cut off by the murder ers, on finding that the grave they had excavated was too small to contain the body. With this impression the land lord himself took up one of the ribs, and measured it by his own, averred that the deceased must have been of large di mensions. The servant maid had laid irreverent hands on the neck-bone, little suspecting that those same miserable relics had once been adorned with a jewelled collar, with the "George" thereto appended; and one " rude knave" actually seized the " reeky shanks" of the honoured left leg, once encompassed with the glittering insignia of the most noble order of the garter. The spinal column appeared completely imbedded in the clay; and on handling or taking up some of the detached verterbrw, they crumbled into dust in their hands. As may be supposed, the whole remains were in a like friable condition ; and acting on the uncomplimentary impression that what was once the most high and puissant Prince Henry - of Buckingham, was no other than a mur dered pedlar, they actually, with their g dirty shovels," knocked about his " noble dust," and in a few minutes com pounded it with the clay " whereto 'twas kin !" Those who would view the spot where lie the undoubted remains •of the once "high reaching" Buckingham, the tyrant Richard's tool and victim, must e'en visit the Saracen's Head, Salisbury. In the bar of that inn they may moralise•over his unhonoured clay; and there, like Anacreon, mingling wisdom with their wine, and imbibing philosophy with their potations, with peculiar and significant emphasis ejaculate—" So much for Buckingham !"—Salopian Journal. THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG CONVICT.—At the late sessions, William Hurley, otherwise Beesley, a youn g man fashionably attired, a ge d 25, pleaded guilty to two separate indictments, charging him with stealing apparel and a va riety of other articles, belonging to gentlemen of the names of Gardner and Moore. The indictment also stated that he had before been convicted of felony. The acumen which the prisoner displstyed, when called upon to plead, evinced that he was well versed in the knowledge of the punishments meted out by " the laws he had broken." Hence he in quired whether, if he pleaded guilty to the first charge, they would call upon him to answer the other ? As the difference may not be known to the generality to the "fraternity" of which be was a member, between a sentence of fourteen years' transportation and twice seven years, we give them the information, and they may rely upon its correctness. When a convict is transported for fourteen years, supposing he be haves well during six probationary years of privation and severe labour, the governor is permitted to' grant them a " ticket of leave," the effect of which is, not that they are to depart the colony, but that they may be allowed to follow their avocations for their own benefit, subject to certalti re gulations, one of which is that a portion of their earnings shall be lodged in the Colonial Bank, which, with the interest, is paid to them at the expiration of their term of exile, or whenever they may obtain manumission. Supposing a pri soner is convicted upon two indictments, to which the law in flicts seven years' banishment, the form of the sentence is, that they be transported to hard labour for seven years, and that at the expiration of that term they commence de novo, and remain transported for another seven years. Four years of this latter period must be served without any relaxation of severity, so that they have actually eleven years' suffeting, which is nearly double the term of a fourteen years' convict, and three years more than those who, in Botany Bay, are termed " lifers." But, w ith out a further discussion, let us give a short sketch of W. Hurley. He is a native of L a county town, about eighty miles from London, where he received a decent education, and in due course was appren ticed to a hair-dresser. Fortune, in one of her vagaries, un luckily dropped him £4OO when he reached his majority, and he " cut" the shop, and the " knight of the curling irons" became in a twinkling a man of fashion. During his appren ticeship he used to act as tonsor in the family of a clergyman in the vicinity, and, while acting professionally on one of the daughters of the divine, he whispered tales of love in her ears; and how could an artless maid refrain from listening to a well-favoured youth who was to have £4OO at the age of twenty-one? It could not be expected that a clergyman would bestow his daughter's hand upon a barber. The re sult was, that abduction followed, and the youthful pair found refuge in the metropolis, and in the giddy whirl of pleasure soon dissipated the ill-fated legacy. When poverty aroused the erring maid to a sense other degradation, she turned her thoughts to the parental vicarage -house, but although she rut the resolution of the prodigal into practice she did not meet with his reception. The father was inexorable—the sins of her youth were deemed unpardonable—she was refused ad mittance into her natal abode, and became a sorrowing out. cost. Fortunately for the young penitent, she was saved from further disgrace; she was taken by the hand by an aged lady of wealth and distinction, whose constant com passion she now is, or lately was, at a p o pulou s t own on th e other side of the channel. Hurley, being " out at elbows," was obliged once more to become " an operator on chins," and soon committed an unpardonable act of villainy. He ingratiated himself into the good graces of a young Barba 7ossa, who for his sake broke the marriage vow, by leaving her lawful spouse to live with Hurley, carrying away with her property worth £l2O. This sum being exhausted, the convict had recourse to a theft for a precarious subsistence, and abandoned the wife of his former friend. She sought forgiveness, but she found it not; and, as a dernier ressort, she applied to the parochial authorities, and the consequence was that the ill-fated husband is obliged to pay weekly the suns of eight shillings to his faithless rib. What misery has this youth, in four short years, brought into two respectable families beyond his own; an d his 'personal suffering in a foreign land will cause him to know the startling truth of the proverb, "The way of t r ans gressors i s hard." We think this little narrative is well calculated to " point a moral" for the consideration of youth, and teach them to keep a steady eye upon the path of rectitude,—Sunday Ti pies. It is said that the working cl asses of H udderefield are about to start a joint-stock newspaper, and that Mr. Richard Oast ler is to be the editor, at the same salary as he had for the lost stewardship. STATE OF TRADE AT BLACKBURN.—Our market on Mon day was well attended with buyers, and a greater quantity of pieces sold than has been the case for many weeks back, and an advance in the hand-loom weavers' wages of from 5 to 6 per cent. on some descriptions.—Blackburn Standard. TLI E QUEEN DOW AGER.—Her majesty the Queen dowager. on her voyage to Malta, is expected to honour Lisbon with a visit. We understand that her most faithful majesty has given directions fur the palace at Belem to be forthwith fitted'up for the reception of the Queen Dowager of England and suite, who are expected to remain a week in the Portuguese capital. - - The brig Clugas, of Guernsey, which arrived off Falmouth on Sunday morning, from Monte Video, sailed thence on the Bth of July. at which period Buenos Ayres continued block aded by the French squadron most strictly, but no other hos tile demonstration had been made. Captain Roberts reports, that the President of Monte Video had resigned his office ()ti the day previous to his sailing. A Mrs. Lapworth has been elected presidentess of the " Women's Political 'Union," at Birmingham. It is not said whether she is to preside in male or female attire. Of course it is to be composed of matrons in whose families the gray mare is the better horse. If anything were wanting to throw ridicule upon such associations here we have it. A malignant fever of an alarming kind prevails at Ashted, in the neighbourhood of BirmingLam, occasioned, it is said, by the numerous stagnant pools and ditches in that vicinity. Surely it should be the business of the surveyors of highways. to mitigate, if not remove, this very prevalent cause of ill— ness wherever it exists. A Cockney Sportsman being out one day amusing himself - with shooting, happened to tire through a hedge, on the other ' side of which was a man, standing or leaning, no matter which. The shot passed through the man's hat, but missed the bird. " Did you tire at me, sir ?" he hastily asked. "0 ' no, sir," said the shrewd sportsman, " I never hit what I fire at." POLITENESS.—Now, as to politeness, many have attempted definitions of it. I believe it is best to be known by descrip tion ; definition not being able to comprise it. I would, how ever, venture to call it benevolence in trifles," or the pre- - ference of others to ourselves in little, daily, hourly occur rences in the commerce of life. * * * * * Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied,.fainly, • noble. And what will give this but a mind benevolent •and . perpetually attentive to exert that amiable disposition. in • trifles towards all you converse and live with ? Benevolence in greater matters take a higher name, and is the queen of virtues.— The Earl of Chatham. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—On Monday, information was given to the metropolitan police of the escape of Edward Oakes, who contrived, while being conveyed with several other convicts in a van, front Kirkdale, Liverpool, to Chat ham, to niake his escape from the vehicle unperceived by the constable and the driver, who were sitting in front. The fugitive was under sentence of transportation for seven years. - Ile is described as being one of the "thimble-rig" fraternity, • and well known at Liverpool and Manchester.. A ,reva,rd of fifty guineas is offered for his apprehension..—Sun; SALFORD LOYALTY.—Another dinner Was• given , to•Bria therton of Salford, by about fifty wiseacres, at . the Rob Roy. • public-house, on Monday. The first toast on this occasion was, "The people, the source of all . legitimate power." "The Queen" came second. The people of ,Salford, as this • clique arrogantly assume themselves to be, wtll not have power sufficient in their hands to send the honourable mem ber to parliament again, though. they can eat, drink, and are merry on the strength of their anticipation; unless, indeed, they would have as accommodating a returning officer as they had at the last election, which we expect the conserva tives will take care to prevent. MUsiC4L FESTIVALS.—The benefit which meetings of thi kind diffuse are varied and extensive. First and foremost, they tend to exalt the mind through the influence of music, a language which speaks to the heart, above the things of the world, and g ive some faint idea of the choral worship of the Temple at Jerusalem, which-being instituted under the im mediate command of God himself, cannot be a bad example to follow. But musical festivals are also beneficial, by making the productions of the great masters of sacred song known to us, and diffusing a sound musical taste; and. then • again, the whole vicinity of the pl ace o f meeting is,v.astli benefitted by the resort of large numbers to enjoy the musicil" feast which these meetings afford.—Cheltenham Jamie - al; MORE HORRIBLE INDIAN MURDERS IN GEORGIA,LA letter, dated Camp Wilds, July 31, describes the murder' 0f... a family named Wilds, 45 miles north of Centreville ::—"Of : all the scenes I ever saw, or wish to see, it presented itself to view. On reaching the ground, a man, wife, and finir of hjs .. own, and two of his sister's children, had fallenl+the In dians. Three children of the six were alive when we reached - the spot—one about three years old had been shot threugh the abdomen, and lay asleep on the dead mother. But, Oi horrid to tell, I found a young lady of 18, shot in two places and dirked in another, with about 20 hogs around h er ,' an d she yet alive, and had her senses perfectly. 'This tyres the most trying time 1 had ever seen. I gave her cold water, - which she wished very much, and remained with her as long as I could, till obliged to go in search of the Indians. We left a guard to protect them, and administer to them all- that they could, but they all expired in less than twenty minutes after we left." POWERFUL RAILWAY ENGINE.—On Monday last, the largest locomotive engine made in Leeds, was tried on the Leeds and Selby Railway, by the makers, Fenton, Murray, and Jackson, previons to its being sent to the Paris and Ver sailles Railway, in France. With only one carriage and the tender, this engine travelled at the rate of sixty miles an hour, and at the rate of twenty miles per hour with one hundred and forty tons, both on the level part of the line, In consequence of some improvement in the fire-box, this engine seems to do its work with ease, as, during the trims, it produced more steam than was required ; and with the fire.. door kept open. By good judges, we believe this locomotiF.P• 'engine is considered to be of the first rate workmanship anti finish, and that it does great credit to the makers.—L6o.•! Mercury. 0 . : •• , THE VETERAN VOCALIST, isitEnwom—On Friday trill' ing last, between 40 and 50 gentlemen sat down to an excel lent supper at the Albion Hotel, Manchester; the occasion' of their assembling being to present to Mr. Isherwood an ew! cellent portrait of hiMself, by Bradley. Mr. Lot Gardiner' presided ' • Mr. David Bellhou se was i n t h e vice-chair.• . The principal toasts given wire the Queen, " as-chref•megistrettql the Queen Dowager and all the Royal Family; Mr. Isher wood, who acknowledged the toast and the gift of his friends in suitable terms; Mr. Bradley, the artist, which was ac knowledged by Mr. Bostock, in terms evincing the most friendly feeling towards Mr. Bradley, and the most generous appreciation of his professional talents. Various. 'songt•apd glees were sung, and toasts and sentiments given—the , letter expressive of an anxious desire for the prosperity of all the musical institutions in the town, the promoters of niusic,,.and the instructors in the art. The latter toast was acknowledged on behalf of the professors by Mr. Ward, in an appropriate speech. The hilarity of the evening was maintained to a late hour. THE GREAT NASSAU BALLOON.—LEWES, SEPT.' About a quarter before eight o'clock yesterday evening the attention of some of the inhabitants was arrested by an im mense object floating through the air over the old castle and crossing the town, which turned out to be the Nisiau b.a11661), in which was Mr. Green and Mr. Rush. The aeronauts tsl lighted in safety in a field '.djoining the 'houSe of the Rte* Henry West, of Southover, and when the halloOn, tiaehed terrafirma about a dozen persons were present, wilts rendered immediate assistance to the enterprising Uzi - vela - S. 'lit, short time the balloon was surrounded by huidreds of fiersons , and Mr. Green and his friend were congratulatednu.the safety of their arrival. We understood from Mr. Green that he lett Vauxhall about half-past six o'clock, and that he came in A' direct line about 50 notes, which he accomplished in an hotir and a quarter. They describe the trip as delightful; and i" the course of their voyage—which was an experimental onet-- - they reached an altitude of about 27,000 feet, whichwas inure than fire miles—a greater altitude than, we believe,-has ever been attained. The aeronauts passed through a.considerabl e quantity of snow, and the cold was so severe as to , beinum° -Mr. Green's hands and feet. A strong current of air set just before the descent, which they were fearful' woulitcalrY them to the Downs, where they could not have received aii assistance; but fortunately the wind changed, and they 11 10° ` their descent easily at the place. above mentioned. We utia' r " stand that Mr. Green and his friend went off ininiediateirt ° Brighton, where the family of- Mr; Rush is stay-logs Tb d aeronauts experienced every kindness at the Antuds.otib e Lewes people, and Mr. Green and. Mr. Rush libiraily, 3° : warded some of the men who assisted them in, theirdeac,f o ' Mr Shoosmith undertook to convey the balloon to Lesgw n by Wednesday, as it is Mr. Green's inteottun suak,e..o °- ther ascent from Vauxhall on Friday.,-afornia4 In April, 1745, a wager for a very . large- inoneyslc as laid, that a Mr. Cooper Theo HUH did.'not. ride: thpess between his house at .Stilton and Shoreditch, London; ib'" teen hours, a distance of 213 miles : hewayallowedarsivainY., horses to do it with as he pleased. - .He accomplished feat in eleven hours and a half; and nnquestiotratily,st e it state of the roads at the period being taken into account , e was a very remarkable performance. It will probably' b under the estimate, including accidental delays from chang e ' and casualties of passage through a long li ne o f coun try, - ""` t those.required for the purpose o f re f res h ment, if we &de, an hour and a half from the space actually spent in the s ad ' dle. This would make th e rate a cont i nuous spee d o f bett r ~ than twenty-one mil es an h our — pro b a bl y as rap id trave llio by animal convey ance as un d er s i m il ar c i rcums t anc es 01 l ' distance we should be able to match.—Sporting Afar/SW!. CLOSE SHAVERS.—At the weekly meeting of the g uardia n ! of St. George's, Southwark, held on Monday, a poor ultitl i per named Cripps, applied fora gratuity of one shilling a' on the ground that, being by tradea barber; he had been: J ir o pointed to shave about 300 fellow paupers per week end ra t wanted the shilling to keep his razor in doe OTtilitiV'SW e l t y of the guardians expressed theirastonishMent at-the add", „S of the man in making such a - petition;tis-he , hittFthaileliCi a t ; being lodged and boarded at the expensed the anion . - O e o n of them, however, were inure generously . disposerkbutl!l o s agreed that so extravagant a propositi o n w a s quite , att/asi, ot with the practice of the poor law commissiorsersVanell bo t discussion one of the Selons met the difficultsstry rnoiinr i A the applicant be at once discharged' from the wierklioniO a t s be pauper, and then be engaged as the prineipitt , shaVei 4 l ati d workhouse at a salary of ls rid per week, besides his board lodging, and out of this salary to keep his instruments tir per order and pay his assistant. The proposition was Carr and Cripps was installed accordingly. r r eh BLOWING UP OF THE BRIG WILLIASI.—It ••- S t ne the public recollection that a great parade was made. ', ° ,01, time ago in the newspapers, both metropolitan and provi n ot el that a mighty and important event was then liatching,_ , ,, to rr that in a few days the world was to be surprised -and as ished beyond measure by the development of a scheine, h i e ou ralleled in the history of the past and present ages ,oer 'her of this bold and important undertaking was no less "j o s' son than Colonel Pasley, of the royal engineers; who ha b rig tually engaged, at great personal ri s k, t o blow th e i r , , e s th e ir ,C l " William, sunk in the Thames, so high in th e a ir, and L . fectually to complete her d es tru c ti on , as to l eave n ot tP s al): tige of a "wreck behind." Th e pl an was acco rdingly mated to the considerati o n o f th e l or d ma y or , .who, proper regard to the interests of every part of hisjorism; ordered that the same should be immediately carried 't. effect. The import an t d ay , "big with . fate," at lefig•e r y i t: rived, the governme n t li g h ters were on the spot, the; Id., and miners were activ e ly emp l o yed; th e gu npow der ered, the train was fired, and the work of destruction W"... 0 0'. 0 flounced to he compl e t e . Th e l or d m a y or an d c o m ntr' ehtt ,°- cil were delighted, an d t h e ga ll an t h er o o f t h e ' day " "1 1 0 , l blushing honours thi c k u p on hi m ." a nd a ge ld- boS4 •., contents was considered but too poor a reward. 'Will believed, after this, th a t th e wind,: affair, like the guar" remark that was used. has end e d in smoke:' The following , of a provincial journ a l are ver y muc h to th e poin t , 'a n d neng ■ ving of attention :—" Th e mur d er i s at . !snothiaut_. William is still at the bottom of the Thames. It true Mere was a pop, and a splash, and a bushel or two-of c,, slethrotiq into the air, but as to the brig herself, she rein. "ned fast where she was, or, if moved at all, it was only a litti further down the river. But the lighter was ordered hoe, h on t ie e c , .holnieosape pets and miners return e d t o th e ir quarters, and pocketed the box. After a little time some over-curious im pertinent persons began to express a doubt whether the thi ne had really be e n accom pli s h e d ; i n quiry and in vest i gat i o n for. lowed, and, although a tree nail or two might have heen loosened, and a plank or two detached, the vessel was found to be still snugly reposing in the timid. The colonel's astonishment may be easily conceived. •There was nothing, however, to be done, but to set to work againet the business; and, although the thing has been so snugly managed that not a single line has until now got into the papers about -it, the colonel and his sappers have been mightily. b us y for the last two or three we e k s i n th e i r en deavours t o complete the j o b. Last week there we re th ree puffir.and threefailures,".—Corres powient of the Naming Herald: - • , _ . . fr