The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

41. ........_.,, __.--- n Satne• hton, at Dup l e of The sate h e name or el hop 'to.)l‘ Oct. 29,1844. ;AILORS' HOME, REGISTRY, AND SAVINGS' BANK. A public meeting, for the purpose of promoting the establishment, in this port, of a Sailors' Home, Registry, and Sayings' Bank for "seamen. was held in the Sessions "llse, at one o'clock on Friday- There was a very nu eMereus attendance, among w h om were a cons id era bl e 'RAY of the leading merchants and shipowners. The Meeting was convened by the Mayor, upon a requisition. The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings. expressed the great pleasure he felt in having assembled the meeting, and his conviction that, if the objects in view were carried 611 f, they would be materially advantageous to the class whose interests tlo y all deeired to promote. He had that mo; ding received a note from Sir Howard Douglas, highly ai_Peroviez Of the purpose for which the meeting was being 115 , 111 ; and h e bras sure that if Lord Sandon had been aware i T w hat was taking PL."' he also would have expressed 'PProation of the subjeeL .doe already done so upon a His Lordship had, in : pour e e le occasion, as was weld'/ known to the members of the proeleionial" °479-ittee. ". ADAM lionoaoN moved the first resolution, which, sr e ur the others, will be found in our advertising columns. a " fleeting related to the social and morel condition of , r a-s of community whose claims to earnest con- ration the and no arid deep sympathy no man would dare to deny , Man be inclined to dispute. To 'their valour end b u u L t rePidit Y' t o their energy and enterprise, we owed much ; what had been the return made to them ? What was atheir. social and moral condition in this extensive country, lenrdelabutthiist ourwas native town ? They had a borne, to be " upon the deep ;" and how few of them were there who knew anything of the comfort, the cottli ,Aeethe security, or the sanctity of a home on shore. lane s ') They returned from time to time from foreign s into the bosom of their own country, but they re .e":ll:ll..ed to be pillaged, and plundered. and ensnared, and into by harpies who were ever watching to get them l aadl aboriously ' at° the ir Power, and then they were robbed of all they earned. Besides this, they were exposed . tumoral temptations, to which, from their peculiar m e Instances they were rr. o-t likely to be a prey ; and he W eald long ask what was th e reason th ese e v ils had been so he eg Permitted to exist in this town ? It was because the and lie had not been sufficiently alive to their magnitude, th e , bemuse of the shipowners not daring to encounter eon — without the support of the public. They must not sh ceal from themselves that the public bad a right to tailor in the responsibility of the neglect with which the a nd they had been treated ; for they were our fellow-men, Tittle t hey were our fellow-countrymen, although they had t r. to do with any of our national privileges. Some thing, however, bad been done with regard to making pro eelalen for their religious worship; for between 25 and 30 sears ago a fleeting chapel was established by the Dis eaters. The Mariner's Church had since been opened those of a different communion, end he rejoiced to thi nk nstitu t t t i timable bleesings had flowed from those inestimable the sailors - of the port. To make these eenefits still more useful, there wanted a home for seamen /t hen they returned from a voyage ; and, after supporting h t e c t . e'ainis of such an institution by a variety of considera aB, Mr. Hodgson concluded by grim:big the resolution. 'lr t stems seconded the proposition, and congratu ated h o merchants of Liverpr ol that the day had at len.th arrived when this important sul'ject was about to Meet due consideration. Mr. Hodgson had alluded to th e Painful details of the routine duty which daily en -44. R e d-his (Mr. Rushton's) attention, in which the claims e t he rights and wrongs of sailors formed a very large f'erwoPortion. A sailor, as had been truly observed, had of the endearments of home, and when hc arrived e r° rn sea in a p or t lik e Li verpoo l, th e d oc k q uays were Waiting for his la n di ng . The mo men t he put his foot ro a lhore he was in their arms. Being destitute of ready ° eY, a loan was procured from the tailor on the secu rity r ° the boarding-house keeper, who mortgaged his - . t Y the first quarter of an hour after he went to his abitation. Ilewas charged extravaeantly for his food, t v i er e eemPtaVon th a t cou ld h e f ou nd was placed within t 8 gra sP, and, when the period had arrived at which he eceived ins witchwes. a )1113 1l t the to I. was gone u . The boardin 'o g-houee eeP " tting-bouse receive his - t es' which were shared with the slonseller, and thus Poor sailo r was d epr i ve d o f a ll . A n d thi s was no t all : ente,urther advan ce was ma d e t o t i re s a il or; he was again aee.raged to go on in his reckless end dissipated career, n the course of a week re- ten days, he found he had t o ti alter native presented to him by the boarding master that eel turnini , out in the street without his clothes, Whi ch th e were held as security for the new debt. He was yess a turned naked into the street to pet on board any co u lTgni4 to sett—any ve, set where the largest advance tort us obtained, and two menth's labour was thus Th; e g a g''d to be given to tie se people again. (Herr.) f ar e' i lle property of sailors was frequently lost to theta- O e by false and f r audul e nt wills being produced. bli8•Lall t hese grounds he strongly recommended the este- M e l " - "of an iestitution like te on p e proose d, where pro Pallor would be provided. for and have his interests Na t er lY wetched over. - -The resolution . was carried. se e • Alezer proposed the next resolution. entering, in tads cours cortte of -a lon address, into a great number ot de -I,oBlected with the intended hotitution, and ex to w in kg' in a powerful manner, the frightful treatment h a seaman, unknown and without friends, was nee inaeiseprilY liable in a.port like Liverpool, where no public th e '-'" ut i° l l existed. lie congratulated the meeting upon ti n Immediate prospect of its operation. The Corpora •nelli,heade given the land, rind before he entered the meet . - ound that twenty genilemen had put down . their °I . £lOO each, sere at for £5O, on of whom signed at dij ti,a uthers for smaller amounts. /le had no doubt ttalci°ghaving the approbation of the Corporation and undo °e l' Committee, and the support of the public, this would rise rapidly, and be a most valuable adpion to our puerc institutions. 'tr. WILLMAN! POTTER, in seconding the resolution, o ‘ e c ent ioned that-th e mos t pa i n f u l c i rcumstance t h at ever whe n to hi m i n t h e con d uct o f mercant i le affairs, was the pay-day carne of a ship returning from a distant , I?° Yuge, whi c h oug ht to be a day of joy and gr a tifi cation. The knowledge that as the men received their money, th e Place was surrounded by people lurking about for the sake of ariiiistering to their extravagance—if not for actual plunder. And after his receipts hod been completely ex hausted, he was obliged to pledge his clothes, for the means of entering upon a new voyage. Whatever remon sttorathe,.ces and couns e l h e (Mr. P.) had occasionally given en thetyht imiedualreelyesdvfalle ability men, and show this institutio n , h e hoped, aud n a short for the w l ali bu A t of t better examp e, other.. Until i t h ad been trie u d ld he pr w o u e s e b su o r t e h t o h t e ie y ahnaddt no right to give up the case as a hopeless one. (Hear. hear. Mr. Potter then directed attention to a bill introduced in. to'parriarrient last session, which proposed that the ma rill.ne.4' funds at the different ports should be consolidated. Pmeasure, be said, would be unjust to the Liverpool ItetY, which now kept about 1500 people from the 2,!' s igh, and hid a fund of £50,000. Other ports in yeti. a `T psrts of England, well a proportionate number of f r , men, had not a twentieth part of that amount, there la it world be a manifest injustice to throw the funds si ellier. The resolution was carried. er .: l ,ne - Rev Minn M'lellinee, on rising, was received it:EllArrnendous applause. After a few opening remarks Ai he he peid a deserved compliment to Mr. James 4 ' ll , the rev. gentleman read a long list of pt4ticulars, j e t which it appeared that the first and ironed ate ob blots of the Institution would be to provide for seamen eh a 'rd., lodgi ug , an d me di ca l a tt en d a nce. at a moderree e xe r s e • He then continued as follows :—lt will not be 11.„--it would, indeed, not be tolerated, and I am la - r l ' e P Y to think it is not at all necessary that 1 should en .gee uPon all th ese po i nts, I w ill con fi ne m yself to some w e ral observations o n p ar ticular and i m p o rtant points. tie re are, of. cour se , unw illi ng t o exc it e an y n eedless hos th. 'n any class, and therefore I think it desirable, in 44 - 1 rst instance, to call attention to the matter of board howVging, which form a specific part of our plan. te se er Capacious the intended plan may be, and I hope se. o e i e it contain several hundreds, yet still the number of th: P e t who can be received as inmates, compared with vt.“l.U. her frequenting the port. must, at the largest, be 'mall proportion • and we have no wish to with the4w:et:rem iespectable and d properly-kept loci ing-houses sandevi:sl i : e ( li t ree s, n r, w h l , Lo r l . Tve already made acquaintance with It is no part of the plan that the .gi er 7 e L ages to be derived from the savings' hank and re 'the e' et car acter should be confined ro the inmates of thhr i l:e. This will be open to all; arid, therefore, I , 4 Pect ab i ir ; we have good reason to expect that really re-. °ltie 1 °4 1 14,-house keepers—teen who wish to corn -alit] le e true benefit of the seaman with their own fair ---..o4,,gitlniate profits—will hail us as allies—(hear, hear,) cions' co-operate with u-a, instead of harbouring suspi- It veil, endeavourin g to thwart our benevolent . designs. L een ' be their interest so to do. There is, indeed, a class . M p r e „ ) ° lll we must calculate upon hoetility, because, sir, tow er .:l' of fact it is impossible to take any efficient step to se e s e til e ine;noveinent -of ours character or condition of to te e e . e' e i ti without placing lves in direct antagonism a llade evil and mischief of the men I now allude to. I lueli e ``.' those designing mer, returningided abandoed women, nirn wait t o e'ns stamen, to entice th e Line cravings of his animal passions to plunge into ,4druee,eiretroxysrus of licentiousness and the brutalities of ` tile 's, until he is either robbed of his wages, or in ad it in a:manner akin to robbery ; and, when he to h e ' ll, slid his clothes and watch have found their way :tor esk Pa wnbraker for the satisfaction of the lodging 'eerier e ePer, then to cast him out upon the streets to the t:.e I , o, mercie s of some shipping master, who exacts on lem r e ' a t gege of Jack's next voyage before he will pass and e h atuPper and get him once more afloat. (Hear, th at W e 'rS•) I said abandoned women; and when I used t !'eir d o ,: d , , I meant the expression as descriptive rather of ( Ilara,,i,r2 c4 able . condition than as reproachful of their titled °t Poor, unhappytes I they too have been the a du es _ uandoned by their heartless,. mean, detestable se the 'B ' (Loud cheers.) it is he seducer, especially tan lerl,tiernan—falstly so called—(hear, hear)—he who th, "Et do es - a n t urns y high fur his loathsome indulgence, and 11416'1'e-he it islwaY 111 neglect and distrust from his helpless he ar) Ile h our stree who is the manufacturer of harlots —(hear, Is who degrades to the condition of a harpy be e _ 0 eats the creature who, but for him, might have eespec7tibriament and blessing to society as the head of a rT etare c . fa miLLY—(great applause)—he it is who thus \vo les s "deep ditches," says the Scriptures, ferliyeb. les ! and whenth rine" "'ln rocks and reefs, for the shipwreck of our ma fully gallant tar, who has success tr r aved the dangers of e ehe deep, the toils of pro h act ed stor e lle re , les, and the vicissitudes of Antipodean climes, It ist ie l' i i i ned, he exhibits in his history a melancholy ellon of one of the most instructive passages of an te! th "'story. Hanibal,. w . itb his sable host, were safe in %re ewkruog.egsedness of their Alpine passage. Hardships o ea..... " I ome to them. Precipices to be plunged tb mountains to be scaled—ravines to be crossed . — e cultiv a r e t • e °ll% but (7 their energies and nerved them for vie -441141 indulaePue was their ruin • the soft syren lap of gear, hear.) ji N an easy g porcee web their discipline , and made s.y watching, calculating foes.— indeed desire earnestly to pro- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. tect our seamen from imposition and extortion, and to encourage them to husband their hard-earned wages ; and in order that they may have within themselves the elements of such protection, we desire to promote their moral, intellectual; and professional improvement, and afford them an opportunity of receiving religious instruc tion. For their i n tellect ua l improvement it is proposed that a library and reading-room should be established, and that both cf these be made.as attractive to them as it is possible to do. For their moral improvement it is pro posed that there should be a savings' hank and registry of character; arid for their religious improvement it is proposed that there should be a clergyman and visiting chaplain to the institution. (Hear, hear.) These are fruitful tonics; but I must be brief. We have lately had opportunity, more or less ; of witnessing the gratifying, and almost miraculous effects produced by savings' hankS: I fully agree in the observations made by Mr. Aiken on this point.. Get a labouring man, whether seaman of landsman, to make use of a savings' bank, arid you have a hold of that man. (Hear, hear.) He has something to keep, and, a hat is still more elevating to his charact , r, he bas SOmethiog to give away. (Laughter and cheers.) And this is chtte?rical. I hold in my h an d t h e l ast report of the institutiofi in London. simil ar t o t h at we now desire to establish here. • And I lea-n One t!ta tilling instance recorded in th's report:—" It is a cir cumstance most gratifying to the directors to be enabled again to state that of the £20,000 of sailors' money which passed through our . hands, £4,800 w as money sent b y t h e officer§ of the institution,, to sailors at their own homes, or to their relations in various p ar t s o f t h e country. " (Applause ) Here is the prospect which Mr. Aiken pre sewed in theory realised in pracqce. (Hear, hear.) I do hope that the savings' hank, part of the plan will be most diligently and skilfully carried out. (Hear, hear.) Then as moral improvement advances, a reg i s t er o f character carefully kept will give the seaman the ani mating encouragement that his moral character i s no t lost sLht of, and will secure his reward, by securing more readily advantageous engagements as he goes on. And knowing,• sir, that all such engagements must speedily terminate, arid recollecting th a t th e seaman , after all, has an eternity to spend, it is an integral and important part of our plan to give him the opportunity-at least to learn the redeeming love of " Him who died and rose again for us men and for our salvation,—that so, our sea-faring brather may, by the grace of God, working in, due season, find a return of that practical grateful love for that pardoning love which he has mercifully experi enced, and thus find, within his own bosom, the germ of e;ernal love in conformity to the character of God, for " God is love." These are the chief features of the plan. The rev. gentleman then appealed to the liberality of our merchant princes for contributions for the effectual carrying out of the project, and afterwards proceeded as follows :--Simply on commercial grounds the matter might be argued. - You have heard this already. The im proved character of the seamen—the improved intelligence of the most subordinate members of the crew, and the consequent increased safety of the vessel in the case of accident or illness of the master or mate :—these, and kindred consequences ought to speak with a loud voice to owners, and undewriters, and insurance companies.— (Loud applause.) On Christian principles the matter may be urged. This, also, has been alluded to; and surely, sir, it ought to he an object with British Christians that the men who carry throughout the world the match. less specimens of England's handicraft in manufactures ought themselves to be specimens of the Christianity of England—(continued applause)—instead of being, as too many of our neglected seamen, alas, now are—profane, dissolute, and drunken stumbling blocks in the way of the heathen where they visit. And the decks and wooden walls of Old England—her best defence in the day of danger--manned by her indomitable tars, whn never struck her flag—(cheers)—these might be -pleaded—these might also be stirringly addressed, and especially at this moment, when this feeling has been made to thrill through the nation. For it was only on Monday last, the anniver sary of the battle of Trafalgar, the Victory was decorated as usual, that our Sovereign, Queen Victoria—whom God preserve !—(applause)—went on board that vessel. She ascended the quarter-deck—came where it is inscribed, " Here Nelson fell." She paused—read the inscription thoughtfully, and then she plucked a leaf of the wreath of laurel that encircled the spot and clasped it to her royal—her right. English heart. (Vehement applause). And her attention was called to the Admiral's signal on that remarkable day, when she read, with a full, emphatic voice—" England expects every man to do his duty." Here, sir, a thousand recollections and associations start t.) the mind—all well ca calated to give our seamen their proper place in our consideration, and every plan for their welfare, and to furnish claims on our substantial gratitude. For though . our seamen are not pow called to the dis charge of such dreadful duties—and we trust, in the over ruling providence of the most High, for a continuance of peace—yet, deeds of days gone by—deeds, productive of peace, because deci-ive in war, ought not to be forgotten; and if it was the sailor's duty then to fight, to do his part to preserve to oue use the happy homes of old England, it is equally the duty of every Briton in our day to supply a home for Britain's seamen. (Great cheers.) But, sir, I urge a softer theme. 1 observe in one of the resolutions an allusion to the children, especially of the orphan child ren, of oar reamen ; and, when I read this, my attention reverted from it naturally enough, to the parents of our seamen. I consider the multitude of youths that I see amongst the seamen in the town, and I picture to myself the anxious fathers anti affectionate mothers of those young men following them with their prayers and tears to your port. (Hear.) Sir, the poor have tender feelings as well as pressing wants. It bet ays a grievous i g norance of them to assert that their natural affections are less ten der than our own. (Hear, hear,) Who amongst us that is not a parent—l believe I ought to say, who, that is not a molt .r, can adequately enter into the feelings of a mother for her sailor boy. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) She dreads the sea, 'tis true ; but she dreads the shore still more. She fancies her dear child taking his turn of duty on the deck or in the rigging, and then turning into his hammock, and, through all this, her heart can linger with him, and she can surround him with the shelter of her prayers. But when he comes on shore, and she attempts to trace his steps—alas I. her heart sinks at the too probable a=pect, her prayer falters, and she would fain dismiss, if possible, the thought of him alto n . g om e ho th tlh e e r br , ehb t oy h l a tdh7e e tei n sl te d an u b ce si hr t , h m e we r : e ti t v o o br ao t o i ;na g ivi a oo s ru s s e c t i oi a no t fm i e o er n 0( (Cheers.) h H s eu e ec t r t hs r a) ) There, her heart may linger about her darling child ! there she may imagine him still returning to la's bed of soberness and chastity ! there, she may linger with her supplications to the God of all mercy for a blessing upon her son, and a blessing upon his friends and benefactors, who supplied him with such a refuge ! (Continued cheers.) Oh ! sir, this one feeling alone—and with this I must. for the present at least, conclude—this one feeling should more than recompense for every Christian effort, and every Christian sacrifice that we can make on this behalf. For, sir, if there he on earth a spot of Paradise unstained by the fall of Adam—a lovely, lingering trace of God's own image upon our nature !—if there be a shrine into which selfi-hness has never entered, but where disinte rested affection sits enthroned I—if there be a string un relaxed by the damp vapours of our fallen atmosphere, and still vibrating true to the harmony of Heaven, it is the tender love of a mother's heart to an absent, en dangered son ! The Rev. Gentleman hers resumed his seat, amid loud demonstrations of applaus-. ment, which alone can constitute a safe sea-going ship. It is, therefore, of the first moment that all vessels of pas sage and burthen, should be so constructed, that every section, fore and aft, as far as the cargo extends, should be fully borne up and supported by the fluid in which she is to pass, otherwise she will soon promote her own de struction. Should a ship be flat in midships, and ex tremely sharp forward and abaft, with a cargo extending fore and aft, she has then a ruinous up-pressure s'rain in midship that will soon disjoint her, from its forming two levers whole length extends beyond the half-length of the vessel; the like evil will attend vessels built, either full forward or abaft, whereby the centre of displacement is removed from its natural pcsition, and the lever becoutc3 more extended : in the former Pen are two Ter6rA 2 r-tiOn; hi the latter bat One, Vet the lever of the , one, from its length, will prove equally destrnetite. have known ships built in our naval yard, which Wei:a supposed when in proper trim to swim on an even keel, draw when launched nearly twice as much water abaft as forward ; to bring those ships on an even keel, a very con siderable portion of their weight must be placed to the foreside of their half length ; how ruinous, then, must be the effect produced from such a principle ! From this it may be seen how . great 10 the responsibility of ship_ builders, and with what caution they should act, lest by iiltae_st:lucing novelties they night not only prove useless but dangerous iniovations. It is therefore ob7kus that such care should always be taken in the construction and formation of vessels, that the centre of displacement should judiciously take the place of the centre of gravity, which cannot be effected unless it meets near the half length of the vessel, by which means the fore and after In dies may be so regatated and equalised, that no section should be under the necessity of requiring support from its neighbour section. The resistance of fluids in refereees to shipbuilding is that obstruction which all floating bodies have to encouri, ter in proportion to their velocity in passing through the water. Wise men, in all ages, from Plato to Newton, and from him to the present day, have written volumes with the view of giving a demonstrative proof, which solid pre sents the least res stance; unfortunately for the maritime world, the figures given are like the alchymists' transmu tation, absorbed in theory. Many excellent writers on shipbuilding, on every other subject have in clear and dis tinct terms explained their theorems, excepting that of resistance, and with it the principles of velocity. On these subjects they are completely at a stand. Many clever men have attempted to establish a theory, with models in, water, drawn along by pulleys and weights, in which they are all at variance; and why, because all experiments, with models by water, as proofs of the stability or velocity of a ship under canvass, are like the searches atter perpe tual motion, ineffectual in producing a principle. As well may the strength of a ship's main-mast be decided from the strength of its model on a greater scale. Therefore every attemet of the kind has, and ever will prove abor tive; observation and experience alone must determine on the very essential question. Having thus far entered on this important subject, shall resume it again next week.—l am, sir, &c. JOHN COCK. Pembroke Dock, 22d Oct. 1814. O'CONNELL AND THE WHIGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR..—Did you ever happen to observe two boys at tempting to mount a wall ? They both puff and blow. and tug, but find that singly it is useless, till at last the bigger of the two hoists the other on his shoulders,l who, when he arrives at the top, gives his fellow a hand, and thus they both succeed. This, sir, is the exact position of the Whigs at the present day ; they find it utterly impos sible, as how should it be possible, to walk into office, and_ at last have recourse to that " Jack of trades," Daniel O'Connell, to assist them to mount the wall. Daniel O'Connell and the Whigs! beautiful coalition! admirable compact ! This second edition of the Lichfield House affair is to hear down all opposition, and overcome every obstacle. The armies are uphill.% the generals are laying their wise heads together, if not single-handed, at least with accumulated forces, they intend to force the citadel of the constitution, they purpose to raze ell monu ments of toryism, leaving nought but its ashes to testify its ruin. O'Connell and the Whigs ! wondrous assn. dation ! behold the parted enemies are become united friends once more; ! the " base," the " b1...0dy," and the " brutal," are reconciled to their vilifier! and the exqui site patriot ! the distiuterested patriot, who puts himself to the trouble of robbing the pockets of the poor of £28,000 a-year ! the persecuted martyr, who has become fat under government pay ! is going to travel the wished for road to place; in conjunction with the placeless, crouch ing animals of the other side of the water ! where each will bear each other's burden, and both will stand up for each other where mutual obligation is absolutely neces sary. How naked must Whtggery have become to need the Irish ragamuffin coat of O'Connell to hide their na kedness ! to what a depth of lowness must they have sunk when Daniel O'Connell is gratefully accepted to lift them from the contempt of their mean and disgraceful situation !• They are fawned upon and beslavered by their former vilifier, for it suits his purpose ; the flattery has its effect, and they fawn and beslaver in return. flow beau tiful to look upon is their gentleness! how admirable is their meekness ! the worui turns not egainq the butt of former abuse, and ridicule kisqes the cheek of its reviler I What a despicable little plaything it is in the hands of the cunning old fox ! what a puny, Far) , t , ,y, tossed and hefingered by the sly old artificer. Oh! take care of it, when thou bast it, Dan ! Hold it fast in thy retentive claw, keep it in thy treacherous trap ; don't let it gowben its feet are so conveniently embedded in the mire ; if it could, like a serpent, it would sting thee, and scruple not to tread over thy carcase into emoluments and offic:!. It is, indeed, viewed abstractedly, a lamentable thing to behold Whiggery floundering and kicking in the hole, and calling upon Daniel O'Connell to lend :hand and help it out ! It is indeed lamentable to behold that great Ccesar in the midst of the roaring waters of destruction, and cry ing to the Irish Cassius, " Help me, or I sink !" it is, hi deed, lamentable to behold so great talents prostituted to - the demoniac altar of repeal ! to see such astonishing and leviathan powers sold for golden place—to see all that was once gay and flourishing ! all that was once powerful - -that was once rearing its head proudly above the billows of political condemnation—that once firmly and nob/9 stuck in its place, notwithstanding public clamour for re. signation ! to see all this bribed into silence, (righted into non-entity, beaten into ignominy! Alas, poor Whipery, let me lament thy fate ! let me mourn the disgrace of thy ignominious end ! There thou layest ! Where ? I can not tell ; but we hear a faint noise, we hear a dying gasp ; •there is something said about a renewal of lite by a dis graceful coalition: but thou art so little the world can't See thee; the remnant of thy mortality is coffiued in ob. scurity! _ _ _ The last convulsive struggle before total annihilation is just taking place in the political atmosphere. Th ey h ave ,• wen in the registration courts; they have tried on the platform of every theatre, great and small, in the king dom ; they have tried every way, and by every means, but all has been of no avail—all their efforts have been use. less; and this, this is their last refuge--this is their only remaining chance—this is their dying effort. O'Connell is arch enough to make a profession of amity to the Whigs, the Whigs are reduced low enough to accept the offers of O'Connell. Well, let them combine ; let them have their full time out ; they both will be involved in one common ruin—they both shall fall into the pit toge ther.—l am, sir, &c. _ _ The Rev. J. Tenn BROWN seconded the motion ; and it was supported by the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, who said the subject was one in which, as a clergyman of the Church of England, and as one of the rectors of Liver pool, he took the deepest interest and concern. He confessed he had more pleasure in supporting this cause because he could not discover in it any elements of po litical or religious controversy, and that in the present day was really a very great atisf , ction. It was an ob ject in which all classes could join with the most cordial unanimity—in which all could co operate without the possibility of havirig their motives misconstrued. It was one, therefore, which he had the greatest possible satis faction in aiding by every means in his power. (Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. GEORGE GRANT moved the appointment of a committee; and, after expressing his approbation of the object for which they had met, he suggested that in the building itself means should be taken to secure rational amu-ements and recreations for the inmates, inasmuch as they would not be unsuitable or Injurious to !hem. Mr. Wm. RATBBONE seconded the motion, and en larged upon the suggestion thrown out by Mr. Grant, of which he expressed his warm admiration. The resolution was ad , pted. Mr. COTLSWORTII moved, and Mr. T. B lIORSFALL seconded the next resolution; upon which the MAYOR announced that he had received a cheque for £lOO from Mr. J. A. Tinne, who was unable to attend the meeting, to be applied in aid of the funds. Mr. Duncan Gibb, Mr. Win. Watson, Mr. Sandbach, Mr. Wm..l3rown,, aud.,Mr. George. Kendal!-afterwards addressed the meeting, and the proceedings terminated about h alf-past three o'clock. DELTA. UNIVERSITY 4 , - CLERICAL NEWN. APPOINTMENTS. — Rev. Philip Hall Palmer, M.A., Jesus College, to the rectot y of Wootsthorpe, Lincoln shire. Value, £l9l.—The Rev. Philip Vyvyan Robinson, 8.A., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Landewed nack, Cornwall. Value, £2s3.—The Rev. Henry Apreece. Coles, M.A.. of St. John's College, to the vicarage of Marnham, Nottinghamsnire. Value, £2oB.—The Rev. Conrad Makings Wimberley. M.A., to the vicarage of Keddington, Lincolnshire. Value, £77.—The Rev. Wm. Douglas Littlejohn, 14. A., of Corpus Christi College, to the vicarage of Theme with Sydenham, perpetual curacy, Oxfordshire. Value, £2oo.—The Rev. Henry Euerton Massie, 13. A„ Queen's College; to the perpetual curacy of Shockloch, Cheshire. Value, £l97.—The Rev. Henry Valentine Pickering, 8.A., of Pembroke College, to the curacy of Kenton, Suffolk.—The Rev. George William. Manning, of Emanuel College, to the perpetu,il curicy of St. Juliet's. Cornwall. Value, £6o.—The Rev. WiMain Hall Andrews, 13. A., of St. John's College, to the curacy of Revel-tock, Devon,—The Hon. and Rev. Grantham Munton York, to be one of the domestic chaplains to the Lord Bishop of Worcester. EXAMINERS.—OXFORD. — In a Convocation held on Thursday; in Liter llumaniorihus, the Rev. John Mat thias Wilson, 111. A., Fellow of Corpus, and the Rev. Arthur WeSt Haddan, M.A., Fellow of Triwty—ln Dis ciplinis.Mathematicis et Physics. Rev. Nicholas Pocock, M.A., Michel Fellow of Queen's. DEGREES.—At Oxford, on Thursday, the following degrees ware conferred :—Maders of Arts.—The Hon. Henry Pitt C bohnondley, Fellow of All Souls—Rev: Nathaniel Midwinter, Macdalen Hall—Melville Portal, Christ Church—Cornwall Simeon, Christ Church—Henry Pritchard, Scholar of Corpus—Rev. Henry James Mar shall, Corpus—Rev. John William Kirkham, Jesus Col. lege—Henry Ellison, Fellow of University—Jostpli Cox Alger, Fellow of University—Rev. James Baditiel, Wad ham—Frederic John Vipan, Wadham—Rev. John Wil lis Grane, Exeter—John Hungerford Pollen, Fellow of Merton—Arthur Honhouse, Balliol—Rev. Charles Cutn. bert Southey, Queen's—Rev. William Clayton, Queen's. Bachelors of Arls.—William Brookes, Lincoln, Grand Compounder—George Henry Vansittart, Balliol, Grand Compounder—Jobn Leslie, Christ Church—Philip Con. stable Ellis, Jesus—Henry Jackson Rhodes, Scholar of Corpus—Henry Robert Smith, Scholar of Brasenose— Henry Newby, Worcester—George Drinkwater Bourne, Oriel. CORRESPONDENCE. SHIP-BUILDING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. - - - Sin,—ln giving a few strictures on practical shiubuild ing, for the information of your readers, for the further ance of this end it will not be out of place to introduce a few remarks on the nature of displacement , and resistance of fluids. Displacement is a term in hydrostatics, ef fected by the removal of a column of water through the immersion of any solid body therein placed, whereby the weight of such bodies may with the greatest accuracy he obtained. All vessels or solids composing lighter materials than water, such as logs of wood, a ship, or any other floating substance, displace by their immersed part ex actly as much water as their specific gravity, for example : suppose a ship with all her materials weighs 400 tons, when afloat her immersed part removes a column of water equal to 14,000 cubic feet, a cube foot of salt water being equal to 61 lbs. weight, or 35 cubit to the ton ; divide 14,000 by 35, the produce will be 400 tons, the weight of the ship. Again, take a log of fir timber measuring 30 cubic feet, the specific gravity of which bring 48 lbs. to the cube foot, the weight of this log being 1440 lbs. ; float this log in salt water, it will be seen that it displaces a co lumn thereof equal to 224 cubic feet, which multiply by 64, the produce will be 14401n5, the weight of the log, thus showing that the average weight of fir timber is one quarter lights than salt water, from the log float ug 71 cube feet above the sur f ace . F ur th ermore , ta k e a p i g o f cast-iron one foot cube, the specific gravity of which is 464 lbs., sink it in salt water, and weigh it therein, its weight w.ll be found no mor e th an 400 lb s ., h av i ng lost 64 lbs. by its displacin g one cubic foot of water thereby becoming that much more buoyant. These examples, as illustrations, are sufficient to show the specific gravity and displacement of all solids a t rest ; b ut as i t respects t h e stability of . vessels of passage and burthen, with them everything depends, as to their safety, on the correctness of their form, thereby producing regularity of displace- The vicarage of St. Stephen, London, has been pre sented to the Rev. Josiah Pratt, son of the late lamented vicar. TRACTAILIAI4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—A. commit tee has been organised to promote the objects of the Tractarian party, and to take immediate advantage of every opportunity of forwarding their designs. - It w as a prelate of the Church, the venerable Bishop of Bath and Wells, who first atinpted the plan of alloting small portions of land to labourers, which system has gradually spread to almost every quarter of the empire. It is considered probable that Sir R. Peel will select for the Deanery of Catlisle some clergyman of distin guished character, rend-nt in one of the Northern Dio ceses, and the names of the Rev. R. Buddicombe, Prin cipal of St. Bees College, and the Rev. G. Townsend, Canon of Durham, are mentioned as likely to receive the appointment. The future income of the office will be £lOOO a year. FOREIGN AAD COLONIAL. THE COURT 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Berlin journals announce a great r i se i n the price ,' Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived at Windsor at of cotton goods in Prussia, and that the manufactures in seven o'clock on Monday, from Osborne House, Isle of that country are in the most prosperaus state. , Wight, which place the royal party left at twenty minutes SICKNESS IN THE FRENCH ARMY IN Aeotans.— baf ire two o'clock. The number of sick in the military ho s pit a l s o f Al g i ers i s The Post says that it is the intention of her M a j es ty t o . at this moment 2,400. Diarhoea and dysentery are the honour lila Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter with a prevailing maladies. visit at their princely residence, Burleigh H ouse , near . It is seated in the Bible Society's Monthly Ex!racts Stomfortl, at as early a period as possible subsequent to t that the conversion of the entire Com mune o f Villefa he opening of the new Royal Exchange. It is prob a bl e Yard / in the department of the Haute Vienne, in France, the l ea ve Windsor for Lincolnshi re a b out t h e su consisting of 600 Rcommencement ofthe en ieg month, Roman Catholics, has been effected by . court will the simply reading of the Scriptures, circulated by the A SABBATH MORNING'S WALK.—Sunday mornin •• • agents of the London Bible Society. week the serenity which pervades most country villages 110R1IBLE EVENT.—The Presse states, that at Urdos, on the Sabbath Day was experienced in the greatest deg ree ' in Spain, two lions and a tiger escaped from a menagerie. at East Cowes. Her Majesty tose at eight o clock, ar:.! One of the lions devoured a child, and wounded the having breakfasteci, accempauied by Prince Albert, pro- I mayor of the town. On the departure ',:. ;:f)e courier the I ceseqs:u co take her accustomed etercise. Leaving the I animals had not been reLOQn, and the population re- domain of Osborne House at the southern gate, the Queen I and Prince proceeded on the turnpike-road towards Whip. mained under the impression of the mos t pro f oun d terror. NEW SOUTH WALES.—GRE AT S ALE OF SHEEP.--- Atrn pingha, about a mile - and a half distant. Tha royal pair M Samuel Lyons's sale of sheep on M on d ay, th e f o ll ow- arin-iii-arm, were recognised at the hotel which fronts the e. t he in- M gate, and by the woman at the turnpike , vvithout g prices were realised :—Four tho usan d fi ve h un d re d and dulgence of any, impertinent ceriosi:y ; and as the Queen , seventy-five head, warranted sound, were sold at 2s. Ild ; and tit?.', 44 .-end six hundred and twenty three head, fact that it was tier Majesty very fine sheep, at 4s. 3d.—Sidney Co!onial Observe,. baneedamPeriancegauparmoteeededweidthonthetheir w- lie, many pedestrians I , and the Prince. May 23. • UNFREPAKED FoxA SUDDEN STOrar.—Befere they To PARIS IN A DAY.--13-y rreans of the railway from had reached Whiepingham a sudden storm came on, for ' Amiens to Boulogne, the-two metropoli,:es of the civilised t which the Queen and Prince were unprepared, her Ma world will have only the distance of twelve hours between I jest)* haying only her usual attire. and a strotli parasol. them. In the course of three years, accordi ng to all The Queen an d P r i nce Albert, notwithstanding, proceeded probability, the journey and voyage from Paris to Lao- on their course towards the Barton, then about a m il e don will, during the greater part of the year, be accom- an d a h a lf f rom O s b orne Hoase, although they passed 'dished between the rising and setting of the sun. .several cottages. The trial of the Duke de Montmorency for the dis- A FORTUNATE PosTmAN.—The postman, however, at tribUtion of seditious medals took place on Monday, be- Whim - tit - 1111am had observed the royal pedestrians, and fore the Paris CoUrt of Assize. The Duke (or the Prince with the best umbrella his bumble means allowed him, ran de Robcrq) was defended by M. Berryer, and was ac- atter her Majesty, and offered it for the service of the companied to court by the Duke of Fitzi4mes, the Mar- Queen. The Prince very graciously accepted the offer, quis de la Roche Jaquelin, and several other distinguished and his Royal Highness and her Majesty pursued th e ir members of the legitimatist party. M. Berryer asserted way by the Barton to Osborne, over the fields, bidding. that there was nothing political in the affair, and the jury the man to follow. On their arrival at the house, with coincided in his view, for, after consulting five minutes, msny expressions of thanks, the postman was most agree they returned a verdict of " not guilty." ably surprised with the return of his umbrella, and a resent of st.;s. tThe man departed in no v e ry unpl easant A WitaTcat.—The Montreal papers contain accou n t s mosd, as may be supposed, and was not at all scrupulou s of a horrible crime committed by Capt a i n 'W a ll ace , o f the ship June Brown, at that port from Gl as gow. A in proclaiming to his acquaintances, as he met them, th a t young lady of 16, who was put u n d er hi s c h arge by her "it was a good day's work for him." As soon as the rain threatched, one or two of the attendants were des friends in Glasgow, was seduc e d an d di s h onoure d b y th e p captain during the passage, and w h en th e slip reached patched with umbrellas and cloaks, to see her Majesty and his Royal Highness, but did not fall in with her Montreal the . poor girl was an idi et, and the crew state that the captain uses to beat her with a rope's end, the Majesty. marks of which were deep and frequent on her shoulders! PoiNco ALBERT'S ANNUAL SALE OF LIVE STOCK.— The wretch was committed. The sate of his itcy,l II ighnss's lite stock, at II incisor, took place.on Friday, and attracted a great number of EFFECTS OF RAILROADS ON POSTING IN FRANCE.— salesmen and butchers from London and use adjacent The Paris- papers of Wednesday state, that on Tuesday tovins. The sheep realized the fAlowing prices :-230 last Al. Dailly, the president of the committee appointed by the postmasters of France, together with M. Jouland, seuthdown ewes averaged from 25e. 6d. t o 33 5 . ; 160 their delegate, waited on the Minister of Fin ance t o ex - southilown, 2 tooth wethers, from 225. to 21 s . Th e cat plain to him the st to of their establishments, becoming tie sold as full .ws :-20 Scotch pole 4-year o ld bullocks, fi every day more deplorable. Some of them were totally fit for slaughter, averaged from £l2 to £l7 e ac h ; 29 ruined by the establishment of railroads, and others were highly-bred Welch bullocks, from £ll 15s. to £l3 ss. ; unable to maintain the number of horses necessary for the and 13 short-horned barren cows, from £lO t o £l7 e ac h. public service, and consequently the communication be- Several Hereford oxen, Alderney co ws , car t-h orses , &c.,tween several principal points was iu dsnger of bring in- realized very excellent p r ices. Th e p rocee d s o f th e sa l e lerrupted. The Minister replied, that 1 e was determined amounted to upwards of £1,400. to bring the subject under the consideration's - tot the Cham bers in the ensuing session. OUTRAGE IN MADEIRA.—The Sierra San Antonio, a mountain district of Madeira, has recently been given to pillage, under the following circumstances t—On the even hag of the 16th of September, fourteen policemen, some armed, and others intoxicated, attempted to seize Nicola° Vieira, a Portuguese, who, about eighteen months ago, had joined the Scottish communion. Their only autho rity was a warrant, not signed as required by law. Under these circumstances, Nicola() refused to follow them until it should be light. His neighbours rall 4 ed round him ; and, after some altercation, but without a blow being struck by either side, the police retired. On the 23d of September, fifty soldiers, commanded by Capt. Oliveira, proceeded, under pretence of seizing the offenders, to pil lage the district. Sonic of the houses were gutted, others stripped of their valuables, the live stock was killed, and the inhabitants either taken prisoners, or obliged to fly. The houses of two English merchants, Messrs. Burnett and Ellicott, were filled with women flying from the vio lence of the soldiery. It was not till the pillage bad con tinued three days that these gentlemen obtained, by their urgent remonstrance, an order to restrain the soldiers. Twenty-two prisoners were brought round in a frigate and lodged in Funchal gaol. THE FRENCH PRESS. The irritation of the greater number of the French journals at the reception of King Louis-Philip in En gland is truly ridiculous. All hopes of war, and of the probable consequences of war in favouring revolutionary movements seemed to be for the present dashed. En gland has given to the French monarch a hearty cordial recettion, and his Majesty has declared his sense of the importance of peace to the interests of both nations. This is ton much to bear. The war party, that is, the par y of revolutionists, whether Legitarnists or Democrats, the party of those who are out of place and office, or who are broken in fortune, and therefore eager for change;— this motley but too numerous party knows not which way to turn at the present moment, and the various grimaces by which they express their vexation are truly ludicrous. We are not Often in the habit of quoting Punch, but his parody on the leading articles of the French journals is scarcely a parody, and therefore we publish it PROGRESS OF TRACTARIANISM. (From the English Churchman.) In our remarks upon the Qaeen's conformity to Pres byterianism, we simply applied the same rule to her Ma jesty Which we have uniformly applied to her subjects, and we are really not acquainted with any patent right which a Sovereign possesses to commit schism. The Divine right of kings cannot make schism Catholicism If it be wrung in bishops, priests, or in the laity, to join in public worship with those who reject and scoff at Epis copacy and the Catholic Church, surely it is wrong also in the Queen. " But," the writer in the British Miga zine will say, " we did not enter into the merits of the ci*se ; we only said that it was disrespectful to the Sove reign to say what you did." Weil, and we say that it is very mean and cowardly to try to injure us for telling a truth which you bat not the courage to tell, although you knew it was the truth. That we have not overstated the error which her Ma jesty made in worshipping with the enemies of Episco pacy, we request our readers' attention to the following suggestions from a correspondent, who is about as sound. a specimen of an English Churchman as can well be ima gined : •' BEAUTIES OF THE FRENCH PRESS.-PERFIDIOUS " According to the Act of Parliament of William 111., the Sove reign of England must be in communion with the Church of Eng land. or the people are released from their al7e , ,, , iante •` Might not the Bishops excommunicate the Queen for attend ing a Presbyterian place of worship, if the discipline of the church is worth anything? " If they did so, Who would be then Sovereign of England " No dOubt this Act was intended to semi; us from a Popish Sovereign, but nil' it not equally support us from a Presbyterian one ?" This is a very serious, and, it may be, an erroncoas view of the ca,e; but, whether :rue or false, we shall doubtless have the old cry raised against us for even pub lishing it ; but as our object is to act fairly and honestly 1 toWards every member of the Church, from the highest to the lowest, we care very little for mere cries, so long as we conscieutusly feel that we have done neither more nor less than our duty. We lake our stand upon the theory, not upon the practice,_ of our Church; and when we are convicted of advocating any practice or doctrine for which we have no war: ant, tither in the authoritative stand irds, or eminent Doctors of our Church, we will makes ample confession of our error, or forfeit our title as ENGLISH CHURCHMEN ! ALBION, " [From the National ] —France is outraged—insulted ! Per fidious Albion has achieved her crowning insult! Yes—will it be believed—can Jeune France for one moment imagine such an atrocity—the Duke of Wellingt n, who, with his English gold, bought the battle of Waterloo. he who brought back the Bourbons over the slaughtered bodies of Frenchmen—he, above all other men, was despatched by Queen Victoria to wel come to Portsmouth the King of the French t And Loui , - Philip shook him by the hands—yes, one hand was not enough —but, bear it France, and let the ashes of Napo eon stir with indignation—he shook him by both hands! " [From the Siecle.]—hatl was it neces.ary for the full ac complishment of our degradation that the King of the French should be feasted in the Hall of Waterloo in Windsor Castle—a ball, decorated with the portraits of men who have outraged France—who have s. lit the i lood of her children ? Had not M. Guizot sufficiently regraded the nut rtunate country which mourns his administration, but that with a smile upon his cheek—yes, a smile traitorous to ourselves and our i s.titn tions—he must walk in Windsor Park with the man • Peel ? Had the ' man of Ghent' forgotten the insolence of the En glish M ulster when he denounced the doings of our invincible Bruat, the immortal hero who has bayonetted the Tahitians, and all but kidnapped Queen Pomare t Guizot walks, and tasks, and smiles with Peel in the Home Park ! Why does not all France, leaping from its lethargy, chant the Marseillaise, and grasp the sword ? [Flom the Globe ] —The least that France could expect of the Duke of Wellington. during the visit of Louis-lhilip to V'i'i d sor, was decant behaviour. Much, from the character of the man, could not lie expected. No : the man who h-id been base enough to corrupt the traitors who sold their hapless ccuntry— the man who with accursed gold bought the hatt.e of Water loo, was not likely to make any large sacrifice to decency. Nevertheless, the least to be expected of him w s,, that during Louis-Philip's visit lie would remain within his own doors. Certainly, it was not to he expected that lie would have the audacity to approach the King of the French ! Had he pos sessed the true delicacy of a hero, he would on the sudden have fallen very ill, and kept his bed until the King had departed. Such sensibility, however. does not dignify a Wellington. No : cn the contrary, even before the French King had touched the hated soil of Albion. Wellington was on board the Gooier; and what is more—as the English prints audaciou ly declare it— ' looking in excellent health and spirits !' But France—while the man of Ghent reigns —is doomed to be insulted." IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATIONT.—This body met, as usual, yesterday week. The attendance was even smaller than the previous meeting. Among the donations were £l2 from Manchester and £l3 Bs. from this town. The rent was £391. John Walsh, Rig., a Dublin barrister, was drowned, accidentally, in the canal at FingLiss, on Saturday week. The celebrated Father Mathew was arrested while in Dubli❑ a few days ago, for the balance of a debt inrurred for temperance medals. PRESENT TO Ma. O'CoNNELr..—The Rhen;•sh Ob server states that the inhabitants of Cobleutz and the neighbouring towns bad opened a silbscrit ton for the purchase of a cargo of Rhenish wine of the first quality, as a present to Daniel O'Connell. R. S. Maxwell. Esq., Eligh Sheriff of Cavan, has de clined to call a pubic meeti:ig to forward interests of the proposed Dublin and Cavan Railway, and has given the following unusual but conscientious reason for his refusal. He says, "My objection is entirely of a religious nature, and amounts, in a word, to this, that a vast in crease in the desecration of the Lord's Day must neces sarily result from the establishment of the Dublin and Cavan Railway, unless it be intended (arid I take it for granted it is not) to conduct it on a wholly differ,mt princi ple from that which regulates every other railway. By giving my name, or coutiibuting my aid in any way to the object in question, I co:iceive that I should be taking a 04rt in the promotion of an evil which I, as a christian man, consider cannot be too strongly deprecated, or too strenuously resisted. A LAunnarma OCCURRENCE.—The neighbourhood of Northumberl nd-avenue, Kingstown, wason Friday thrown into a state of the utmost excitement, it having trans pired that a lady had made an assignment with a gentle man who had advertised for a wife. Accordingly, at the hour mentioned (three o'clock) the expectant inhabitants of the avenue were highly amused on beholding, as Burns would say, " a fine fat fagel wight" make his appearance, a iping his fat face with a white handkerchief, the lady having requested that he would occasionally place a white handkerchief to his face, as the means of recognition, and further stating that she would drive up in a pony phaeton in a great shower of rain, with the servant on the rumble protecting her with an umbrella. On seeing her the un fortunate man fancied that the object of his search was at length before him ; and, after a few convulsive applica tions of handkerchief, started forward, and with a spring, remarkable for a man of his size, fairly jumped into the phaeton : and before the astonished lady could recover from the fright his sudden appearance occasioned, he had encircled her in his arms, calling her by every en dearing appellation; and it was not until the lady had uttered scream after scream, and his shoulders were well belaboured with the umbrella by the servant, that he ap peared to think he had got into the wrong box ; so, mak ing his escape as expeditiously as possible, he hastened off to the train without staying to make further inquiries for his Inamorata; aml it is earnestly hoped the lesson he has received will perform a radical cure for his love.— Dublin paper.—[This is in all probability the same Dublin gent. who advertised is our own columns on Tues day last.] RAILWAY INTELLIGEACE. On Wednesday a train on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway ran through a drove of cattle that had strayed upon the line, and killed three of them. The engine was thrown off, but no personal damage was sustained. PROJECTED RAILWAYS.--A correspondent of the Morning Illrald gives a list of no less than 99 railways at present projected, for the formation of which, accord ing to the printed prospectuses, no less than seventy mil lions sterlivg will be required. ExciortstoN-TRAiNs•---The Board of Trade have issued a circular to railway companies, condemning the practice of tscursion-trains with several engines as dangerous; and recommending that the trains phould be divided into rections, to each of which no more than two engines should be attached. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—OR Wednesday last, while the Birmingham and Liverpool train was proceeding along the line to tha latter place, iteame incontae7with thesis o'clock passenger train from Alanchester, when, owing to the dense foe, a severe shock was the result. Several pas sengers were bruised, and one woman seriously hurt. The truck belonging to the train was broken. STEAM Venue TIME.—A gentleman left London last Friday morning week by the ten o'clock train for Fleet wood, where he joined th e R oya l C onsort steam-s hi p. Leaving that place at half-past eight o'cock in the even ing, he arrived next morning at Ardro,san at half-past eight o'clock (twelve hours), where he left .per special train, and was in Glasgow by ten o'clock a.m., thus accomplishing the distance of 400 miles in 21 hours. PRESTON AND LON (MIDGE RAILWAY. The half yearly general meeting of proprietors was held on Monday last. The report stated that the receipts during the last half year had considerably increased, and the directors bad there)) , been enabled to pay arrears of interest and debts owing by the company to different patties to a con siderable amount. Favourable accounts were given of the quarry belonging to the company at Longridge ; and, taking the - present demand of stone at this season as a criterion, they expected, in the course of the next year, to be enabled to discharge the whole, or the greater part, of the floating debts and temporary loans, &c., owing by the company. PRESTON AND WYRE RA I LWAY.—A half-yearly meet ing of this company was held at Fleetwood on Friday last. The Directors reported a considerable improvement i the traffic returns, wi'llout any material increase . in the etgexiex. . 4 . erpwsdrle k ied i vftniii , wprdri e .tAett i thstire p sa e sietio n dr: s e.asaa::s s eifio . lantio,rsp S eblipn i i n eardhlo c ii.r e p.,-raey, 3 tllaere.d l atee s iyrti t e.wrn A bcoyuN l oo l i g fmdr u is.tt s taiii: t ivlieani t lrs o csiteeicb t isxoe l et t t e el:meanh l si 9 tglim t t,pih l r l teoae l lbf the returns of railway have averaged .02i per week against important object of a straw communication between Gies the running of the new ships, five times a week ; and it is pass over . the line. The Blackpool It ailvvav is to be pro as to lead to an early commencement of the new docks. PROPOSED RAILWAYS TO H ARROGATE, &C.—The pro moters of the railway from Harrowgate and Knareebrough to Bolton Percy do not intend to renew their application to Parliament in the next session, the scheme bring aban doned. This will enable the influence of this district to be thrown entirely in favour of the intended Leeds and Thirsk line. The York end North Midland Railway Company are surveying a line of railway from Milford or Sherburn, on that line, to near liarrowgate, by way of Thorp Arch, Wetherby, and Spoffortli, in order to aftord a more ready communication to the south and south- e a st than will be given by the Leeds and Thirsk proposed rail way. The Great North of England Railway Company eagyeh sa o e t r - . chandise. have given powers to the directors to make application to Parliament, in the next session,for a branch from their line by Pill-Mcor, Borohridge, Staveley , and Knares. brough, to near Harrogate, with a branch from. near is ß itsaio o c r t o (a) b ln r , i t d bo g uß e tilc t i o thtmle li i,c i n p ad o n. n ' b T e aed obtained foforrulear r.t ' branchirapnacsh t n from n r Carlton_ l nt loeitraffic GENERAL NIISCELLAN Y. The Glasgow cotton spinners have agreed to raise the wages of their workmen ten per cent. A butcher was killed on Monday in the New Cut, Lon don, by his knife slipping out of his mouth and sticking in his abdomen. A ferry-boat was run down off Woolwich, by the Wa terman steamer, on Friday, when two men were unfortu nately drowned, and two others seriously injured. The Marquis of Londonderry has been defeated in an attempt to increase the police of the county of Durham. The magistrates were against it. At the rresent period there are on l y t h ree pr i so ns in the metropolis for debtors, and the whole number does not exceed 300 persons. The river Ayle, at Westport, rose last week above eighty feet beyond its usual level, and the current became so strong as to sweep away hay, turf, oats, and even cabins. At Hereford, 413 heads of families have signed a de claration to countenance those shops which close at early hours, and discountenance the others. Richard Leach, a sawyer, has been committed for trial charg,•cl with attempting to destroy the, timber vard, &c. cf Mr. GrAatn. a builder, at Wilton, on the Ilih instant. The theatre at Beccles, built, a few years since, at an expense of £2,000, is about to be crniverLed into a corn exchanze. About 5,000 acres of Dartmoor have been purchased by a company, who have already fenced and drained part of it, and calculAe on lating the whole at 10s. per acre. Hitherto the Find has been waste. Oa Tuesday la,t, two men were killed, and another seriously injured by the fa!ling of an immense mass of rock and earth, upwards of 10►00 •ons vv , !glit, at a quarry near As ton-under-Lyne. On Thursiay dVelibig vtAz, Mr. Richard Cobuss, of Cobb-stteet, Ash, in Kent, was snot dead by a concealed assassin, supposed to have been his own 'lon, George, a youth of n;nete.cn, who is in cu tody. Lord Eldon his s.:tit a clonition of £2OO to the coin m'ttee for providing baths and wash-houses for the work ing CiaS3tX, and several of the London bankers have an nounced their intention of giving large donations. WINTER. AgRIZES —lt iA now definitiv ly fixed that a winter gaol delivery shall take place in many parts of the kingdom, but it is believed that the subsidiary arrange tnents will not be made till the beginning of term. THE FIRST LOCOMOTrit.---J/ISt forty years ngo, Mr. TreTethick, a rainmg tmrineer, constructed the first loco motive engine at Merthv r xnd ppplied it success fully to the traction of coal and coke.--c'on6rian. At the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday, the Ron. W. Ross 'rouchet was tried for firing at the proprietor of a Shooting Gallery in Holborn, and acquitted on the plea of insanity. The Norgiern Star newspan:T hitherto published in Leeds, is abcut to be romoved to Londoa, to he issued there ; hut whether under the same title, which will then be a misnomer, cr under score new name, we have not heard. The greatest activity almost ever known now e7.ists is the coal trade, no less than 290 ships' cargo having been purchased at last Tuesday's coal market in Lon I,n, Th e average number of ships' cargoes sold previously being Only from thirty to fifty.—Newcastle Journal. Mr. Sergeant Bompas, who died suddenlv a short time since, left a widow and a large in somewhat in dittet ent circumstances ; but his professional brethren is. teemed him so highly that a subscription was entered into for the ben-tit of his family, to which Sir Thomas Wilde contributed the princely sum of 1,000 guineas. CIDER. AND PERRY. — TiIeSe liquors will be very cheap, this year, in Fletefordsliire, nod on the banks of the Severn, from \Voices:ET to Chepstow. The crops of apples and pears are much larger than last year : ls. to ls. 6d. per bushel is now the price fur good apples at Hereford and Ledbury. Washing-tub excursions appear to be increasing in fa• your amongst the Jack-pudding fraternity. The Dun?fties Courier states, that, on Friday week, the clown of Cook's Circus took a voyage down the Nith in a vessel of the above description, drawn by four geese, in the presence of a large concourse of people. A HORSE BUYER FROM THE "CELESTIAL EMPIRE I" —Last week, at the Howden horse fair, the greatest per haps in Eng:and, among those present, strange as it may appear, there.was a buyer from the Emperor of China, in the person of one of his subjects, attvnded by an inter preter. LOVE AND SUICIDE.—On Tuesday night week, a young woman named !Jester Tilly, the daughter of a farmer living at Ashley-hill, Stapleton, de'troyed herself by jiamping into a pool of water in her father's orchard. The unhappy girl had been forbidden her father's house in consequence of her keeping company with a young man, whom her parent did not approve. Mr. Clark, manager of the extensive works of Messrs. Monteith and Co., of Ba-rowfield, Glasgow, 11::s made a discitvery in the art of calico printing, which is likely to produce most important results in that trade, almost in the semi ratio as the invention of hot blast produced in the iron trade. Mr. Clark has secured a patent for the invention. EFFECTS OF GAMBLING.—A gentleman's servant, in London, out of a situation, who had been out on Monday evening with some friends, and having cnteted into play at cards, bad lost between £4 and £5, returned to his lodgings between one and two o'clock on Thursday morn ing much intoxicated, and cut his throat. H e was removed to the hospital without hopes of recovery. CALAMITOUS EXPLOSION.—On Saturday last a mrst calamitous explosio❑ of fire-damp took ',lace In a coal pit belonging to Mr. Darby, at the Five Ways, liow!ey Regis. The number of persons at work in the pit at the time is and rstood to have been sevente.Al or eig.hteen, and of these no less than eleven have fallen victims to this lamentable occurrence. THE LEIGH PEntinon. —A man named John Leigh, claimant ro the estates of the Lord Leigh at Ston e leign, Warwickshire, and thirty of his followers have been held to bail by the Magistrates of Leamington for a riot and a3s.ault, in having broken in the panels of a door, and taken foreitle possession of Stoneleigh Abbey on Monday morning last. Monday being the thirty-ninth anniversary of the memorable battle of Trafalgar, a nunster of naval offi cers, who had been in the engagement dined together, at the Naval Club (louse, St. James's-square, London, in romnemoration of the day. At Greenwich Hospital the tars enaged were regaled with an excellent dinner. a pint of porter, and a shilling to each man. A VETERAN' CORONER.—At an inquest at Yeovil, on Saturday, Mr. R. P. Caines remarked that in the course of his coronership be had held no less thau 3800 inquests. He had been a coroner nearly 28 years, and during the last seven years alone he had travelled 36,766 miles, giving an average, of 5252 miles per year. He had paid in turnpikes during then even years a sum very attic short of X9O. INCONSOLABLE. - -It is stated, that the Quoen has ordered a pension of £3O to be granted to the widow of Walker, the artilleryman, who was killed by the discharge of a cannon on the King's Bastion, at Portsmouth ; and Louis Phißippe has also expressed an intention of pro viding for the woman. It is feared, however, that she may not survive to enjoy the pension ' • she remained in sensible from the Monday until Saturday week. THE BELGIUM TARIFF.—A very serious increase has been made by the Belgian government, in the duties upon silk and cotton manufactures, and also upon machines im ported into that country. The effect will probably be, to drive the manufactures of Manchester out of the Belgian markets, and to have them replaced by the manufactures of Rouen and Mulhausen. The whole measure is one of the utmost hostility to Englund. PASSING HALF-NOTES.—At the London Mansion house, on Friday, three cutlers appeared before Sir Peter Laurie and exposed an ingenious system by which they had been swindled out of portions of their property. Par ties from Southampton had, it apper re 1, sent them let ters, enclosing the halves of stolen Bank of England notes end ordering goods to the full amount of the enclosure, and, when the goods were ftrwarcled, the remaining halves were never remitted. EXPORTATION OF METALS.—The official returns of our exportations during the last two yews exhibit a great increase in the lest over the present one. In the article of metals, embracing iron and steel, copper, brass, end tin, we eapot ted in the year ending sth September, 1843, to nil amount of £3,405,568, and in the same period ended sth September, 1814, £1,136,984, showing an in crease in the present year of upwards of seven hundred and thirty thousand pounds. COLLIERS' STRIKE.—A very general strike has taken place amongst the colliers et Otbury, for a raise of 6d. per day. On Monday last, at a very early hour, they congrtg , ted in crowds of about 150 persons, and went to the different pits to prevent those willing to work from going down. In this way they succeeded in keeping most of the men at play. On Tuesday morning their intentions were frustrated by the very active measures resorted to. —Wolverhampton Chronicle. NEW POOR-LAW CRUELTY.—Mr. Bowen, an old cor respondent of the Times, has established the revolting fact, that in cne of the new workhouses erected in this Christian country, (in the Bridgewater Union.) females— one of them with an infant at li,tr breast—have been set to break stones as a labour suited to their age and sex, and have been afterwards sentenced to three weeks' hard la bour in the House of Cot rcction, in consequence of their refusal to submit to such cruet and degrading task-work. REVISING-BARRISTERS.—The duties of the revising barristers for the revision of the lists of voters for the present year arc drawing to a close. The first revision, in the year 1833, cost upwards of 4;30,000 in payments to the banisters anii for their expenses ; but under the Registration of Voters' Act their charges were limited to 20U guineas each. It appears that the payment to the barristers, including their expenses, now amounts to the fixed yearly sum of £14,700. More appeals are expected to the Court. of Common Pleas in the present than occurred in the preceding revision. The New Brazilian Tariff levies duties of 40 per cent. on carpeting, earthenware, glass, paper, and ready-made clothing ; 25 per cent, t n brass, copper, iron, lead, tin, steel and leather ; 20 per cent. on handkerchiefs of linen, cambric, or cotton lace, thread, or silk ; and 30 per cent. on all articles not enumerated, which of courser include nearly all kinds of cotton, woollen, linen, and ahk manu factures, and it is said that those goods are to be taken at their estimated value and 10 per cent. additional. The Government is authorised to lay aUttional duties on the goods of any nations which subject the proluce of Brazil to a higher duty than similar produce of other countries. SUICIDE OF AN OLD .SPORTSMAN.—O❑ Monday night an inquest was held at Lewisham, Kent, upon the body of Charles Merton, aged 76, who was found dead, hanging from a rafter in a barn belonging to a gentleman named Russell, rrsiding at Lee. It appears that the deceased was formerly huntsman to the Earl of Derby, and that subsequently he kept the Derby Arms Inn, Croydon, the M a gpie Inn, on Hounslow Heath, and latterly was land lord of the Leaping Bar, Blackfriars-road, where he was robbed by his housekeeper of a considerable sum of money, since which he had involved himself in a lawatit, which ended in his ruin. Of late he had become very eccentric and strange in his manner. DREADFUL DESTITUTION.—Mr. Welles , on Friday held an inquest on th e b o d y o f a man name d H i ll, w h o had died in Maryl e bo ne . Hi s w id ow s t ate d, t h a t a ft er having pawned every article they possessed, she was com pelled, he being too ill to work, to apply for parochial relief, but it was refused her, and he died from actual want (it appeared) in a ft w days afterwards. The coroner declared he could s,e the to a. woman herself was literally starving at that very moment. She said her children (four in number) were in a similar state. Some medicine had been given to her husband, but they were told that if they applied again for relief they would be " passed" to their parish, which they did not desire, as their only chance of employment was where they were, 1