The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-18 00:00:00

M1N.,.... )SOCIETY T ROYAL AGRICULTURAL AT DERBY. Dort, a annual meeting of the members of this im lit association for the encouragement ofagriculture, °e lk% ) time te, ced at Derby n Monday last ; but for some forward I n Ns the bustle of preparation had been going tatetZePle,ting the necessary arrangements for the show of of tb; kW implements, and the transaction o datin society.- f accommo- A spacious pavilion, capableo Manning, con f the business titt42,ooo persons, was erected by Mr.- for .: to the Railway Station, and the yards intended ei,,„` exhibition of stock and implements was the judi last a_,Ychosen in the same locality. Friday 710,rthe reception of agricultural e too late. ststifilateeded for exhibition but many cam e h council, implements, seeds, Nile eeerorraity with the regulations of t on I . ot be received. Isiththeniondav the whole of the arrangements . connected ti t , ho.-_, Meeting were completed, and the judges inspected ers.,. me:lents, galeeting those which they deemed most sh i r7 of trial. During the day e number of distinguished nuke of Devon the re ltived, amon,est whom were the fie.e - _h , th e the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of B l uccie_o_e of yar boronill, of Scarborough, Lord Hood, the Eonr. dm, 1 ord.W. Paulet, Lord Bridport, L Le rc i Lord eigh, Lord C. Manners, Lord Calthorpe, Earl Lord Stavor tn... Laford, Lord Hatherton, Lord Ilchester, Earl of r t g e e_ t, Lord Water park, the Earl of Essex, the toreig.t°ai Earl Hardwick, the Marquis of Downshire,_ emn Sir blorPetb, Sir Robert Heron, Sir Charles li_rallipn_ toe, D:3ll,ejneld, H. Frampton, Esq., the Rev. C. F R. ' A N. Cheney Esn D Buckland, Sir Thomas tettiant., Prcifesso7" Play r iair, Professor Coleman, o,?,lessor Sevvell, tile ligiieenday the implement yard was thrown open for IdisplVOlssion of the public and presented a magnificent 141. vpiert;',7htahneical ingen ' uity and skill i n the numher machines and implements connected 1,141 1 1 , 1 4 ,le operations of agriculture • and it may be safely n 11lat there is not a ' firm of eMinence in the c t ou e ex. tileti on h an not contributed to this departmept of h to die s There are ploughs of all dons, ad . a_d Dloeth l:Ilie kat soils and different modes escr of ip c ti ultivat 1 o p n te wil iehh in themselves convey an agricultural lesson the int-ill'ol the far to think, and point out, through , the mediummerof the senses, far better than any e el ree from Phlet could do, the advantages which h of half P developing the hidden and latent resources tills, Out soils. Then there are clod cru shers, aolin_ ers, g ut Soils . harrows, tile machines, b ru ising e ts, e 0, 71, carts, vvaggons drills, chaff-cutters, corn clean tliiids'e toeters, cultivators, dibbling machines, drays, tenohieg.lPParatus, winnowing machines, egg t leeda,,e, churns, dynamometers, hay-making m h achines, Shia horse-hoes, manure carts and drills, Pnlat.-1 lollehines, thrashing machines, odometers, turnip cutters, peties7,Bl_ealners straw , scythe reapers, stack ventilatm'-, Interest. InhPulverisers, and many other varieties highly loa I ng to Pe nsibl the aericulturist to examine, but utterly Pllcoi em e01t.9 describe so as to be intelligible to the non , limn iell. ra e e l le Dole w of Tuesday,the cattle from all quer- . +ottedTanued arrive ivinthat part of the tow f n arm al . yard thaerhe,oieeting moreg the g appearance of a a Nil le er - (I' anething else. Until the doors o g f re t t h o r e e sh , show N oe s en.IIY closed against the reception (Ala . . K °, t 4 t,PerOlltted to know what animals had arrive t a ; and secret to tbelinornes of the Judges were sedulously ilf Parti 1 eloment, in order to prevent the leas k t e s p usp e ic r iop.. key beetlY chatrivate infl ence Generally, howev ve , r i y t . _ : , , h a ib d i ti,s... • the present a show .. has produced the i'',, ce tee which of all the varieties of sheep, espemall . y a t n h d e ' point r ;, ulcia has ever been congregated together ors. ,1 numbers it has greatly exceeded its precieces the urz..z,rom the it of the locality, it did not equal hort',ol show in the exhibition of Devons, and hurt ler 04744:11e.; but the other varieties fully compensated s on 1, eciency. itt4ite_ bers the e s eenday the the Mayor of Derby entertained of the council at a sumptuous dinner, at w the De Nee Hotel. A.roon st the nobility and gentle_met.lv 11°, the hie!e asion availe d g themselve s of the hospitaht, r9-' ItWieb, jt:magistrate of the town were, the Earl of Hal ovve e i9ehe of Richmond Earl Spencer, the Marquisfe earl (suite, the D uke of Devonshire, Earl Howe, the ° ,Ilohesteiir o th r e Earl of Burlington' the Earl of Sea Derk ii ee , Lord tt., the Hon j peal, Lord Stavordale, Lord Water tro..e, ivt.t!uc,. • Ponsonby, H. Wilmot, Sir C. 10aPtoup t ','ll i C. Morgan, Sir g. M.P., the Hon. B. H. Hi h Sheriff, the Si corder 18 °ll W. 131g°t-' , t j i l i n Johnstone, M.P. b . ..,,,, e r i , , Jo! Bucklan4, Sir i o_ . 154 R. ~1.r.. Mr. Miles, P Mr. Strutt, M.P., p r o f ` of E, At iiru,ried, Mr. Pusey, M. O •, A_.P , Mr. Pendarves, R. Colville, M.P.,. , sad el e B°l ' Sewell, 14;. 1-1.1d5.0, Mr. C. to the council, 13,11Vtheeittlher ..of.,other di sting n u ' is s hed guests. b_ atter tooit T het e jtscigeB eee appointed for . the inspection of stock e !ld for the public trial of implements. l'ileZar, tolnot I)tace or! the farm of Mr. n White, of Rough riel l i t s t tY Jib e all miles from the tow ,aras th a a n t d g t e w nt n le l m ar a g n e th e L of about .31 Placed t his farm ael ) 1 at the disposal of teet e lel t il f or V l e Vell y acres e a As m ' ight have been exo ter,tottei buthibitiorP-ted a considerable degree f 1 5 - ' eo hl l es : the at tenda exel e was almost entirely confined I,,_.°lnitett7° n an d gentle In n e e n e interested in agricultural present, " v g e ttler -"! °' whom there were a large number 4141 mesaith nolne hundreds of farmers, farm labourers, o eettliacturers t'et„.7s I, ll _ .r., personally concernedinthe d a a t y t 's w p e r lv; th e 7n, let ow v io t lals of ploughs commenced ntic maittee in g f the piece of la . nd . to .the disappointment experienced by 44°- -etor de" the Detinte b ndecol !arining ssessio exorbitant price,) the . arrange the match, (for the use of which . to_ pe co li l d not beaded an . t s t. titers, ootie completed in time to do justice to the ser„iled. u . __ . it was decided that n t o le prizes should be te'slntlyit;?e,o of the excitement . of 1 scene was con lies to tbe'e`onut still the exhibition did not lack in in enl alitlY Unf n3PanY present. Although . the a strong clayey l e I Lthe wo s!vourable for the trial, being ground was h ' l lY i r ''' Was performed in a fair average nte tis entanees d expressions of approbation d re Bp .... 1 reve forth f the ploughs were ktll l h, twoe;_tators. The whole o o,_ e e horse each, in some cases working abreast, ear very NIP fr e ts, erS work' ' 1 bt it did not aPP ~ op ip t es th ing u t o um, ..1 etnanner in which the work was performeu, Fldtttey.endsiefet‘.the, advantage lay. There were between Otte., er,o eep44elonfies on the grounodtbesreleicmtepdlembyentthse; ,nee t t t i ll th e d is ot y . of numerous wielleiliensibl them a trial. It aPPointment already adverted to, it was lb, 1140 eto afford the whole of the for cone been better if arrangements had been and agricul them tokientoencing the trial of implements teltseetepan„e..B_ at an earlier hour of the day,as most of le ssi .lairt il l were obliged to leave the ground in time to leg t he public dinner and proceedings , 4 • i sh , •er t a ~,, gee mraete. . . of the )xed Were . .le, Winnowing, and chaff-cutting ma- White's farm No e,beio ethibited at work in one of Mr. of .nge. 'of te.noask°rlyen by a four-horse steam engine d I ohe Ltto., ngb.clion, raanufactured by Mr. Alexan er Dean, ele;mnibitiT' Aloonest the chaff-cutting machines was by 444% to--intiolt, Earl rincie, which cut thirty-eight bi? Tli e l Po.. e; the machine being, of course, driven ti le ekr e'er. toml th k w ere not admitted to the cattle yard during ~eiedges being engaged the whole of the morn la ~t , k . of tertio • ' 4 14 I ng 4., (2 % 1 4 the inspection of the stock, previous , ~_e " . s, which st t ot ar d of Prize were declared after the 'Att s•°llfte 'clung. Leladle' the "e llen of the prevailing distemper . amongst k is intteethetent Calition has been observed in admitting .NY eh l int, "."e shovv yard. The exhibitor was obliged ; l oohe le t t w act in heavy penalties not to introduce tn , L 9 tet i.p e 0 had caught the conti!gion in addi lo Ne ed th lb,cers of the Society appointed ' to this duty lint& 0 stock to a rigid examination before entering lieu e tlie ne Ille a 1:41 ' We: e f the council took place at the County Were eenda • ' h about 400 pre,,eot.Y evening, at which gentle- lZhe 1,14 eicaatllll;a:_°,f. thirty sovereigns for the best short tekbrid be a t was to W. Barnard, DI. P., of Essex; ' 41 4- g ; f creford bull, to Mr. Thoniss Jeffries, of ' l ' ) te e ,Q of i3 ar ° t r the best Devonshire bull, to Mr. George_any il eac Lei l‘tr, j ° ,n , near Exeter ; for the best bull . f badr'ifordecter ~,ilestall, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch , for the ,',',,hlre, :.ccep, to Mr. T. E. Pawlet, of Be Iqr' , t 'o, of' '°l•Ltbe best short-woolled sheep, to • -c/ 'Alr. ticauraham, near abridge ; for the best 1 11 artw r i r , tit 5 of Bu n ton-n-Tre. t tlittlkoverti e ........... : f 4tll.4ll4 ddi tl tit has effected an arrangement h °. e th e e . krtihtl{,lttlier to n t a h t ", by which the noble Earl has a r ,r ,,e d r 'lth Yal pa‘v_e crown the office of hereditary ra"kt ere viiti l t n '' of Holyrood, with all claims of pro solla keet• `°ollected. fo,ot oa 1 4 h 1N1t1,'„°,1b4rhe.,1,,.. last week in Edinburgh, Professor . (taitrib t 'l4 at a a arrh , was appointed agricultural chemist `4 giv e r a• fii saia ry of X5OO a year, besides re m s c, l '''') 44 ic e 8 4litY will be to analyze soils and mane , , ~, b , o „ 4 t /.., act' information to farmers. Qtlit.'`lete) Antt ofCp ti 10 4 f ....Th l'ouutaiEs.—(From the Dorchester tr ee ~.tore* e exposure of the forged anti-corn-law ti t ,Co 4l sq eati-juort,,Lin Lincolnshire (which 14'(3 ; 11 ( , ‘ 1 2s), 11 4 . 4 .. ti , ° " oY a select committee of the 1-1 o w u e se .. p rel'l l. "`q y ied to an in • as to three other p 'l' f 'kit b c'rkshir inquiry hi re presented •i t 4( 4 ,, Y Si r , e and Nottingliams , I r i4. 4l 'BC.' 4414 .‘leorge Strickland, and purporting to At mlp tle 18 4 d.late and total repeal of the corn-laws.. 4t,qtozos.pypaaareci..l),‘lltisttioertifiehidea,ded from the inhabitants or in the county of Nottingham. ire qPkre,,4tihoir'".3' subscribed by 35 persons. ti1t4,43? of4;Zaajarltlto the place it turns out that of these 1 )'?/ - 1 ' 't 'he ioh e s , 1 4 are 8 are names unknown tI ti: " . 1) ) , hiere ahltants andonly forgeries,s are genuine signs ,,tet,„t,( 440seot erosins 8 nand sof M,l4latig" could not be perso ns seen, and therefore may likst,' 4l l• l ; Iv ould o l• not. But, assuming these to be all "tlO/tlllailli, °oh' afford 13 genuine signatures . out of 1 44.a titt 'a 4,4 2 being foro•eries and inventions . . tiqt4, al'll9ll, PU porting'to come from Barmbi . ,, p a tai t Of th e ,lu Yorkshire, and to be signed by cl e 14 t Ze t i ° ,,Nao ara se, after careful personal inquiry of th Terl ar_ 1111441°N; 'GI there e • 33 (1 4 4 es "41 ' the -ta 4 '..,names utterly unknown in „. . , • • • • • .... : . . . 1 .. .. ...... ..... l th 5 11 4 kt ••• • • • ...... ; h, tt 4 11, ml i ti 0, , t1 4 • 78 it Pitt .. 4 ara l l'lng th e t )4 1 t4i2 b c are 6 geo .ideague the benefit of the pPersornes. li Ili tti 11() PD b' girtv e 'i l tle signatures out of 7S, !b th tl itt 4 th at e atid nritions and forgeries.—The third . case ttl l r at e Iviis a 'antley, ha Yorkshire. From til t l) ct trc eattache, Petition presented with 50 apparen i tiv ie rie t r e i•-•.• 4' After careful inquiry, it is found i:11ti0...... Al),Ner' • • ..' •'••• • • . • • ............ „... • • 33 'tat ft f • • ...... : orderhultlas Pretences.. ........... •••• e atld 110 t seen ... GENERAL MiiSCELLANY, Two druggists at Manchester were, last week, fined £l2 10s. each for selling spirits of wine. The moor game on the mountains and moors of both Westmoreland and Cumberland will be unusually mt. merous this season. During the thunder-storm of Wednesday week, thirty four sheep were killed by lightning, on the farm of Edstone, near Peebles. THE CARTOONS.—Messrs. Longman and Co. have purchased the copyright of the prize cartoons, and have made arrangements for their immediate publication. The friends and admirers in Derbyshire of the late Thomas Wm. Coke, Earl of Leicester, are about to raise a monument to his memory, in Longford church. The passengers by the Ilindo:tan steamer to Suez, have presented the commander, Captain Moresby, 1.N., with a gold snuffbox, in testimony of their satisfaction. A base attempt to assassinate Mr. Waters, of Stratford, near Salisbury, was made on Monday week, by a man secreted behind some palings. the ball passed through Mr. Waters hat, just missing his head. A grand temperance demonstration was held last week, at - York, which was attended by the cele ,rated Father Mathew, whose benevolent labours in Ireland, to promote sobriety have been followed with happy results. On Friday, Mr. Baker, coroner of Middlesex, held no less than three inquests upon persons who had been drowned whilst bathing, during the heat of the weather on Wednesday in last week. The Masonic Grand Lodge of England has voted £l,OOO towards a monument to the memory of their il lustrious and highly talented Grand Master, the late Duke of Sussex. The herring fishery has commenced on the coasts of Northumberland and Berwickshire, and at this early season the oldest fishermen does not remember so large a shoal of fish upon the coast. The competition on the Thames is very excessive. Every day about 20, and on Sundays 27, steamers ply between London and Gravesend, and for all parts probably 100,000 persons leave the different piers on Sundays. THAMES TUNNEL.—Up to Friday last, the number of passengers through the tunnel, from its opening as a thoroughfare—a period of little more than 15 weeks — exceeded 1,000,000. On Friday last, Mr. Adams, of the firm of Adams and Son, purveyors of meat to her Majesty, at Wind sor, put an end to his existence by cutting his throat with a dinner knife. A. royal charter of incorporation has been granted to the Birmingham Royal School of Medicine, with the privi leges, immunities, rank, and title of " Queen's College of Medicine and Surgery at Birmingham." The Royal Cambrian Institution and Ancient Britons have resolved to give their valuable MSS. and printed books to the British Museum, for preservation and public advantage. Mr. (not Dr.) Chalmers, a Fifeshire minister, who seceded from the Scotch church, and preached from " Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world," has recanted, and gone back to his old quarters! The Poor-law Commissioners have delegated the powers of the Commission for the Management of the Irish de partment of the poor-law to their Assistant-Commis sioners, Edward Gulson and Alfred Power, Esquires.— Morning Chronicle. DURHAM ELECTION.—The committee appointed to in quire into the merits of the petition presented against the return of Lord Dungannon for the city of Durham, have declared that the election was a void election. A day for the new election has not yet been appointed. FIGHTING SCOTS EDITORS.—The editor of the Ayr Observer was, on Thursday last, bound over to keep the peace for having sent a challenge to the editor of The Western Watchman, who had impeached , his veracity.— Dumfries Courier. An apt and truly pleasing illustration of the adage " every little makes a mickle," was afforded recently by the presentation of the sum of £3O to the Royal Society of Female Musicians, which amount was collected in penny subscriptions, by Mrs. W. H. Seguin. A dreadful fire broke out at Greenwich on Monday evening, iu the warehouses of Mr. Marks, a marine store dealer, which were filled with combustibles. Much prop erty was destroyed, but, happily, there was no loss of human life. Tuesday's Gazette announced that Major-General Sir Charles James Napier had been appointed by the Queen Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ; and several officers in the army and East India Company's service are gazetted as companions. GRAND SAILING MATCH.—The great sailing match for £2OO, between Lord Alfred Paget's iron boat the Mys tery, and Mr. Reid's yacht the Enigma, took place on Monday, and concluded, contrary to the opinion of the layers of the long odds, in favour of his Lordship. PEDESTRIANISM.—A few days since a man named Henry Valiance walked from the village of Kirkireton to Manchester, a distance of 48 miles, including stoppages. What makes it more extraordinary is, that the old pedes trian is upwards of 85 years of age.—Manchester Times. THE LATE FATAL DUEL.—On Wednesday, an ad journed investigation at the police-office was resumed before Mr. Long. Mr. Gulliver with his securities attended. The evidence was the same as that produced before the coroner. The case was then adjourned till the 20 inst. A destructive fire occurred on Tuesday last, amongst a pile of buildings between St. Dunstan'a Hill, and Idol lane, London. Several workshops and dwelling-houses were either totally destroyed or seriously injured. The loss amounts to several thousand pounds. EXPORTATION OF HORSES.—On Tuesday and Wednes day last, there arrived at Bonsell's stables in this town, a splendid stud of upwards of twenty hunting and thorough bred horses, the property of Mr. Holmes, who also arrived to attend to their shipment, and departure per steamer, en route for Austria and Hungary.—Hull Advertiser. The Chester Chronicle gives the particulars of an incendiary fire on Delamere Forest, between Oakmere and Norley, on the 29th ult. It fortunately was discov ered before much damage was done. A reward of £5O has been offered by her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods of Forests. A riotous outbreak took place on Tuesday, at Wolver hampton, when a number of colliers and miners from the neighbourhood of Sedgeley attacked several police con stables, and beat them in a most brutal manner. Five of the rioters were ultimately captured, and the others dis persed. On Thursday evening, Weekes's omnibus, on its way from Canterbury to Herne Bay, was upset at the top of Canikett-hill, where we regret to say that a female, an outside passenger, was killed on the spot. Weekes had his leg dreadfully fractured, and several others were severely injured.—Kentish Gazette. ARCHIMEDEAN STEAM SCHOONER.—The first vessel of this description built at Hull is now lying in the Hum ber-dock, where she is taking in her machinery, and com pleting her equipment, being laid-on for Liverpool, to which port she is to sail in about ten or twelve days—her ultimate destination being, as yet, a profound secret. Fanny Elssler has arrived from the Continent. A new ballet is in preparation for her. The success which she has met with in Brussels is almost unprecedented, and the enthusiasm of the public was so heightened at her last performance, that about thirty young beaux unyoked her carriage on her quitting the theatre, and drew their fa vourite to her hotel. BARBAROUS CRUELTY TO A COW.—On the night of Friday last, some miscreant entered a field at Dodworth, near Barnsley, and lacerated in a most barbarous manner the bag of an in-calving cow, the property of Mr. Earn shaw, farmer of that place. The poor animal lingered in great agony until the following day when she died. Two PERSONS DROWNED.—On Thursday last, a boy, fourteen years of age, named Joseph Warren, was bathing in Mr. Openshaw's Lodge, near Whitehead's Bridge, Bury, when a number of youths, seeing that he was drown ing, called out a man named Isaac Hoyle, thirty years of age, who attempted to save him ; but both were unfortu nately drowned. At Bow-street, on Friday, a young mechanic, who gave his name as James Wilson, but whose real name is Charles Tilder, was charged with loitering about the residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall-gardens. He for some time refused to give any account of himself and is sup posed to be partially insane. He was remanded for a week. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning, a female named Martha Crossley, 86 years of age, who lived with her daughter at No. 36, London-road, Manchester, fell against a box as she was getting out of bed, and fractured her sibs. Mr. Harrison, surgeon, attended her shortly afterwards, but she died of the injuries she had received between one and two o'clock the same day. LAUNCH OF A FRIGATE.—The Chichester, fifty guns, was launched at Woolwich, on Wednesday. Miss Stop ford, daughter of Sir R. Stopford, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, named the vessel. The dimensions of the Chi chester are as follow :—Length between perpendiculars, 173 feet 1 inch ; length of keel for tonnage, 145 feet 2a inches; breadth, extreme, 44 feet 9 inches; breadth for tonnage, 44 feet 1 inch ; breadth moulded, 43 feet 5 inches ; depth in hold, 14 feet 6 inches; burden in tons, 1501 4 94 old measurement ; burden in :tons, 1032 2669 3500 new measurement. THE POISON CASE AT LALESTON.—At the Cardiff assizes on Wednesday, Edward Thomas and Mary Thomas were indicted for the wilful murder of Wm. Howells. They were also charged, on the coroner's inquisition with the murder of Jane Harvy. The particulars of this ex traordinary case have already appeared in our columns. The deceased Howells was a brother of the female pri soner, and it was said his property, to the amount of one or two hundred a year would go on his death to her. It was alleged that the prisoners had placed some poison in a quantity of beer, of which both the deceased partook, and died soon after. The jury after a very lengthened inquiry found the prisoners " not guilty," and they were discharged. The verdict caused great surprise. ATTEMPTED MURDER BY AN IDIOT.-011 Wednesday last, a young gentleman named Tilliard, the son of a clergyman and magistrate, residing near Huntingdon, whilst labouring under insanity, contrived to escape the vigilance of his keepers, and secreting a large knife about his person, went away and met a child about four years of age in the lane. Without ceremony he laid the child on his knees, and drawing the knife across the calves of both its legs, cut through the fleshy part to the bone. The screams of the child brought persons to its assistance. The perpetrator was secured, and bail was accepted for his aprearance in case any charge may be preferred against Lim. The child was immediately taken to a .surgeon, and is not likely to sustain any very serious injury. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Mr. Cobden, expressly stated, at the Penenden Heath meeting, that the repeal of the corn-law is but the first of a series of triumphs to which the Anti-corn-law League are looking forward. lie distinctly confessed, that it is not only the total abolition of the corn-law which he de sires, but the total abolition of every thing to which he and his associates are pleased to give the name of " mo nopoly." A sham attorney, named Keene, was committed for trial is London, the other day on a charge of fraud. He had got hold z.Af an elderly simpleton, named Benjamin Newport, and conti;:'.o to make him believe that an action ha 2 been commenced agaii;:l ! looking-looking la w i'.9n hun, he serving li b papers ti him. Then, by continually extracted no less than .i!3O i c t?" l his pockets, in Several other persons been " served " pi, the same name of fees. way by the knavish prisoner. WORCESTER, July 12.—There has been a general hi quiry for hops this week, and some sales have been made at 96s to 100 s per cwt, but to-day the market has become again, and in one or two instances a trifling reduc ion in price has been submitted to, though generally iolders are firm at the prices made the early part of last We bear of no improvement in the plantation to cause any reduction in the value of the article, the duty being still laid at £lO,OOO. No hops have been weighed at the public scales since our last. The model of the aerial steam-ship has proved its capa bility of flying round a large room of the Royal Adelaide Gallery. Those who have an interest in the machine really seem to be earnest in their intention to bring it into practical use. It is set down ac a demonstration that, as a model of some 12Ibs, weight can be made to fly about 90 feet in -doors, a machine, similarly constructed, and 3,0001b5. weight, cannot fail to travel from 30 to 100 miles per hour over every part of the face of the earth. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last, a very distressing accident occurred at Craigton Farm, near Clackmannan, and which instantly proved fatal to Mr. James Brown, farmer there. It would appear that Mr. Brown was in the act of reaching up for a loaded gun, for the purpose of shooting some rooks that happened to be on his ground at the time. In doing so, he unfortunately caught the gun by the muzzle, and whilst drawing it down, something came in contact with the trigger, when the gun went off, and discharged its contents in the head of the deceased.—Glasgow paper. AN INSANE MEETING.—At a vestry meeting held at Wakefield last week, for the purpose of passing the coil stables' accounts, a scene of confusion took place, which ended in Mr. G. Craven moving a resolution, "That this meeting is not in a sufficiently sound state of mind to entertain so important a question as that embraced by my resolution." This resolution was put to a show of hands, and carried almost unanimously. The chairman that it was time they all went home, as they had vot selves insane. The meeting then broke up.—Yor iire paper. SnOCKING SUICIDE.— On Friday night last, about half past ten o'clock, a woman named Margaret Miller, wife of John Miller, tailor and beer seller, of No. 31, Chorlton street, Manchester, was found in bed by her husband, with her throat cut, and quite dead. A table-knife was lying beside her, with which she had committed the dread ful act, for which no other reason could be assigned than a quarrel she had, about a month previously, with some persons who lodged in the house, and in which one of the lodgers, a female named Wood, charged her with being a drunkard. FLUCTUATION IN PROPERTY. - The Goginan Lead Mines, situate near Aberystwith, were undertaken some five or six years since—the amount paid per share, on 100 shares, being £5, or a capital of £5OO in the whole. The net returns, or profits, we are given to understand, have been £7BOO to £BOOO a-year, within a comparatively short period of operations being commenced ; while we regret to observe, from the report to which we have already referred, which appears in another column, that the last returns show, not only a diminution, but a loss—Mining Journal. REPRESENTATION OF ARGYLESIIIRE.—In anticipa tion of the resignation of Mr. Alexander Campbell, of Monzie, at the close of the present session of Parliament, a requisition has been addressed to Mr . D. M'Neill, Lord Advocate, inviting him to stand for the representa tion of the county of Argyle. The requisition is signed bp upwards of 700 electors. Mr. M'Neill has accepted the invitation. The registered constituency of Argyle shire amounts to 1,690. The number of Campbells who have signed this requisition to the Lord Advocate of Scot land to come forward for the representation of Argyleshire is 69.—Scottish Guardian. STABLE Be ILDING EXTRAORDINARY.--Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart. has, within the last twenty years, built addi tional stables for his own direct use, upon that part of Sledmere occupied by himself, good substantial buildings, amounting to 872 feet in length; 18 feet wide within; brick and half walls; king post roofs, and stone blocks with crooks for door ways. The above length of stabling is sufficient for 192 draught horses, allowing nine feet for two horses, or for 145 hunters or ride horses, allowing six feet for each horse ; and with all this addition of stables, there is not sufficient for the number of horses bred and kept by the baronet, who undoubtedly has the most nu merous stud of any nobleman in the county of York. CHESHIRE EXPENDITURE .—The Chester Courant says :—lt is gratifying to observe, that the county rate required at the sessions was only one farthing in the pound ; a fact which proves the good management of the magistracy in reducing all unnecessary expenses, and con ducting the financial affairs of the county ; while, at the same time, it ought to set at rest the groundless alarms raised by certain factious clamourers, who asserted that the churches to be built under the provisions a the Wea ver Churches Bill, would swallow up the whole surplus arising from that source of revenue. Notwithstanding the depression of the times, the River Weaver has paid to the county funds during the last year the sum of £12,000, A PARRICIDE—On Tuesday week a shocking murder and parricide was committed at the village of Mount Tabor, near Halifax. John Dobson and his son Joseph Dobson having quarrelled about the latter's wife, Joseph Dobson went and possessed himself of a gun, which he loaded with powder and ball. Some hours afterwards, on the return of his father to the cottage, he presented the gun at him, but the cap missed fire. Before he could be stopped, he fixed on another, fired, and killed the old man on the spot. He fled to the woods, and had not been apprehended so late as Friday. A verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against him at the coro ners inquest. A party of five young persons left Hull last week, on a rowing excursion on the Humber. On getting into the middle of the river a sudden squall came on, the boat filled, and the whole party were immediately immersed in the water. Four of those on board sunk directly. The names of only two of the sufferers are known—C. S. Roberts, son of Mr. Roberts, of her Majesty's Customs; and J. S. West, wine -merchant, Hull. Mr. Turner, son of the late Mr. Turner, wine -merchant, was the only survivor, and he was rescued almost in a lifeless state, having clung to the boat for at least three hours. Two of the unfortunate sufferers were females. STATISTICS OF LUCIFER MATCHES.—One of the wit nesses before the Children's Employment Commission stated, that he is a maker of the boxes for containing lu cifer matches ; and for the American pine wood, of which he makes them, he is in the habit of paying the large sum of Xl,OOO a year. According to his belief, from twelve to fifteen thousand gross, of such boxes as he manufactures, were made every week in London, during the year 1841. Each box contains fifty matches. Upon these data the sub-commissioner calculates that the weekly consump tion of lucifer matches amounts to 97,200,000, or 5,055,000,000 yearly. AN AWKWARD MISTAKE. —On Monday morning, about 1 o'clock, a man from the neighbourhood of the Potteries, having partaken too freely of liquor, laid him self down at full length, on the top of the balustrades of the Welsh bridge, Shrewsbury, for the purpose of having a comfortable nap, but he had not been long in that position before he turned over and fell completely into the river. Fortunately he caught hold of one of the rings attached to the bridge, and was enabled to retain his hold, when he cried out most lustily for assistance, and, after remain ing in the water about three quarters of an hour, he was extricated from his perilous situation by two of the watchmen, with no further injury than a good ducking. When asked to account for his falling into the water, he said he was dreaming he was getting over a gate into a field.—llalifax Guardian. THE BIRDS AND BROUGHAM HALL.—NOW that these intruders have been expelled from Lord Brougham's man sion, steps are taking to bring them to justice for the out rage ; and a warrant having been issued by the Westmore land magistrates against one of the party, named John Bird, who resides at Ashton-under-Lyne, the warrant was transmitted, on Thursday, to Mr. Beswick, our chief su perintendent of police. Having ascertained the residence of the party, Mr. Beswick sent Inspector Gree❑ to execute the warrant ; and this was done on Thursday evening. The prisoner was taken before James Lord, Esq. at Ashton, on the following day, when bail to the amount of £2OO was taken for his appearance at the next West moreland Assizes.—Manchester paper. FIRE IN MANCHESTER.—On Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, a fire was discovered to have broken out in the extensive print works of Messrs. Gisburn and Wil son, Salford. The fire originated in what is called the " White Room," that is, where all bleached goods are kept before they are put into the process of printing. The building was fortunately fire-proof, so that the flames were confined to one room, otherwise the damage must have been very extensive, the works being situate in the midst of several dye-works and cotton-mills. As it is, the loss is estimated at from £7OOO to £BOOO. There were about 30 persons in the room when the fire was first discovered, and such was the rapidity with which it raged, that it was with considerable difficulty they escaped with their lives. The property is fully insured in the Atlas. On Wednesday evening a destructive fire broke out upon the premises occupied by Messrs. W. Taylor and Sons, upholsterers and cabinet-makers, Roebuck-place, Dover road, Southwark. By the exertions of the firemen the conflagration, which at one time assumed a serious aspect, was soon stayed, all danger beinc , at an end in le ss th an three quarter of an hour afterwards. The parties are in sured. No sooner had the engines left off working at the fire in Dover-road, than intelligence arrived that another fire had broken out in the neighbourhood of Newington, to which spot several engines were immediately despatched, on reaching which it was ascertained, that the marine store premises in the occupancy of Mr. Vandermulen, and situ ate in Cumberland-place, near Newington Church, had taken fire, and had it not been for its timely discovery by a police constable, in all probability several of the inmates would have lost their lives. The flames were soon ex tinguid)ed, but not until considerable damage bad been done to the building and the stock-in-trade, which will fall on the Wcst. of En;laucl l'ii.;-cfEc. - 2. The crii;lL of the fire was unknown. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. — On Monday week, a boat containing several women and children in addition to the crew, was upset in a squall near Bridport, when seven out of nine met with a watery grave. The following are the names of the unfortunate sufferers :—Mann (a boatman), Mrs. Turner and child, Mary Hodder, with three children belonging to a boatman named Dumble. Mrs. Dumble was in the boat, and was saved by clinging to a boatman named Phillips, who was also saved, after being in the water nearly an hour. When Phillips picked up Mrs. Dumble, she was clinging to one of her children dead in her arms. A PERSEVERING HYDROPATHIST.—AII E nglishman lately died at Vienna who f o r th re e y e ars past h a d half his time in the water. It i s s t a t e d i n th e Co urr ier de Lyons that being affected with a liver complaint, and hav ing seen in a treatise that baths were a good remedy, he - _ -•,, every ..., da a y s tfworolhhelatrisset,tewfieernnsttte entered oe h nd e took t , .._ • last• b ut seventthath r years.e e p yearsei o A d h length of eacn -- gradually increasinff, I'm , _four or five, and re the bath each morning t 4 t half - pa s s - I lie again en" inained there till twelve, when he dine++.. it•„ ~t in the tered the bath at half-past one, and leftat et,,,,-. evening to eat his supper and go to bed. So that he spent thirteen hours a day in the water. On the day of his death he arrived at the bath a little later than usual, and com plained of the' toss of a valu3ble half hour. In an hour after a servant entered and found him dead. M ORMONITE SUPERSTITION.--011 Sunday last a black smith, residing at Clifton-on-Teme, named James died under circumstances which h a ve siOoe originated in vestigation, and an inquest wa s acccording:. held . on the body on Wednesday last. It a pp ears that m.'ceased, was Jones, taken ill about three weeks ago ; b u t a ma n of ti.:° , Lat ter-day Saints'persuasion, who lived with the k.. 111.11 1 3 ' (which consisted of the man, his wife, and three daug. ters), persuaded them to have no medical advice, saying that " If it was God's will, he would die whether he was attended by a doctor or not ;" and so the poor people, acting on the fallacious mode of reasoning, neglected to apply the proper mode of treatment, and the invalid died, the neighbours having been refused permission to see him during his illness. The case excited considerable interest in the neighbourhood of Clifton-on-Teme ; and at the in quest on Wednesday, the deceased's wife and a bricklayer named William Allen deposed that the deceased had been solicited to have a doctor, but that he himself refused, and threatened to throw away the medicine if any were sent to him. Mr. Sheltor, surgeon, of this city, gave evidence that the death had been occasioned by inflam mation of the bladder and adjacent parts, which had mortified : there was no doubt in his mind that if the deceased had received medical assistance in proper time, he would have been alive now. Verdict—" Died by the Visitation of God."— Worcester Guardian. HORRIBLE MURDER AT LLANRWST.—A murder, ac companied by circumstances of almost unparalleled bru tality, has just come to light in this remote part of the principality. About two months ago, a middle-aged widow, named Margaret Davies, ostensibly acting as housekeeper to one Evan Jones, a husbandry labourer, holding a petty tenement on the mountain Moel Trefriew, within a mile of Capel Garmon, in this parish, was sud denly missed, and various conjectures were formed as to the cause of her absence; all, however, very different from the true one. Weeks rolled away, but still no signs of her return. On Friday last, however, her mutilated body was discovered in a ditch, near a dingle, about three hun dred yards from the cottage in which she had dwelt with her presumed murderer. It is generally supposed, that, after having committed the deed of blood, he had hidden the body in a turf fence, such as are generally used in mountainous districts, and not more than from fifty to sixty yards from the cottage. In his haste (it is conjec tured) to hide from the eye of day his foul and barbarous act, the grave he dug for the body was so very shallow that the stench arising from its decomposition attracted to the spot the dogs of the neighbourhood. This appears to have been a source of annoyance to the assassin ; for, further to conceal his guilt, he undertook the revolting task of exhuming the body, and in its putrid state con veyed it to the distance already named, where it was dis covered accidentally by tracing a dog thither, who had been repeatedly seen resorting to the spot to feast upon the dead. Nothing, as yet, has transpired to throw light upon the cause which led to the perpetration of the deed. The supposed murderer was immediately taken into cus tody by the police, in order to await the result of an in quest upon the mutilated remains. On Monday week, the coroner for the county held an inquest on the body, when a number of witnesses were examined, and the jury brought in a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the prisoner, who was committed to Ruthin gaol, to take his trial at the next Denbighshire assizes.—CarnarvonHerald. A BEGGING LETTER MANUFACTORY.—A day or two since, Mr. Edward John Brierley, son of the chief con stable, with Carter, his assistant. in searching the noto rious lodging-house kept by a person named Mitchell, in Wrengate, Wakefield, found concealed there an immense quantity of documents, which tend to show the means by which the begging letters, petitions, and memorials have been manufactured, with which not only Yorkshire, but the whole kingdom, has been supplied by a gang of inge • nious and persevering swindlers. The most remarkable of the manuscripts are many hundreds of genuine signa tures of the nobility, clergy, and gentry residing in differ ent counties of Ireland, cut from letters and other papers, and stuck in rows upon pasteboard, for the purpose of being imitated in duplicate sham petitions. Amongst these signatures are those of many of the respectable inhabitants of Wakefield, Heath, York, Halifax, Leeds, besides those of persons in the counties of Lincoln, Nor folk, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, &c. &c. How some of these signatures have been obtained, it is difficult to conjecture; some of them have, there is no doubt, been attached to subscription lists of the impostors in the course of their perambulations ; others, probably, have been cut from letters in answer to such applications to the charitable gentry as were lately exposed in the newspapers, in the account of the committal of an impos tor at Wakefield. Another set of documents consists of models of petitions and memorials, for persons pretending to want funds to emigrate to New Zealand ; to make up losses by fires and shipwrecks; to raise funds for those pretending to be afflicted with blindness, lameness, &c. A third set of documents were routes in England and Ireland, for persons travelling with the petitions, giving the names and residences of persons on the different roads likely to be called upon, and pointing out where the peti i oners should not call for fear of being detected. Some of the descriptions of parties are curious and instructive : such a person is described as " giver to all callers" ; ano ther will give if " stuck to and talked well to" ; a third is " drunken and the dodge may be well played" ; a fourth " must be seen at breakfast time" ; a filth must be avoid ed " any time just before or after dinner" ; and so on through an amazing long list of the nobility and gentry. Besides these, some letters were found from some of these systematic impostors, describing their success or otherwise. One of these is dated from Tickhill, in May of the present year, signed" Thomas and Harriet Monks," and directed to the " care of John Jackson, for John Clarke, Newgate, Pontefract." It begins " Dear father and mother," and goes on to state that they had failed of late in every place they had tried, and complained that they were now in a " dead country," or they would have sent some money. In short, it is plain that the police of Wakefield have broken into the main manufacture of the begging petitions. No person in the lodging-house would own the bundle of papers, which Mr. Brierley has kindly put into the hands of the reporter for the purpose of ex posure ; and the magistrates of the district have expressed their wish that editors of other journals would assist in breaking up this extensive system of fraud.—Hull Rock ingham. THE THUNDER STORM.—We gave in our last the par ticulars which had then reached us of the ravages caused by this visitation. The following are some further de tails :—At Lavington, Hants, two horses were struck by the lightning and killed on the spot. A man who had the care of the horses was also much injured, and now lies in a very precarious state. Two other men at some dis tance from the spot were knocked down, but, fortunately, received no injury. At Hereford and the neighbourhood several trees were shattered by the lightning. In the neighbourhood of Flint two fine cows and a heifer, the property of Joseph Evans, Esq., the mayor, were struck dead by the lightning. The storm raged with great fury in the vicinity of Ulverstone ; and, during its continuance, a vessel lying off the Isle of Barrow had its mainmast split in two as neatly as if the separation had been effected by artificial means. At Cockermouth a new cottage was struck. The fluid entered the chimney, and made its way I o u t a little above the mantelpiece of the lowest room, struck the master down, and scorched the hair of one of the son's head, and then escaped again by the chimney. Neither party is much worse. The church steeple was a little rent, and several slates carried from the roof. At Edinburgh, while a servant girl was polishing a steel fork, with the point directed towards a half-papered opening in a pane of the kitchen window, she received a severe shock of electricity, which for some minutes caused her life to be despaired of, but she then came to herself. A servant girl in a house in Great Stewart-street was engaged in ironing some articles of dress, when she perceived, im mediately preceding the violent discharge which took place about twenty minutes past seven o'clock, a circle of fire vibrating round the iron which she held in her hand. This phenomenon was repeated three times with extra ordinary rapidity, and shed such a glare upon the article of dress she was just engaged in ironing, that the girl thought it was actually on fire. The violent claps of thunder accompanying the lightning, together with the vividness of the fire-circle streaming from the iron, threw I her into a swoon, in which she lay for about two minutes. At Aberdeen, a girl named Paterson was struck, and re mained in a state of insensibility until the following day, when she expired. Another individual, a teacher of music, near Udny, was struck dead on his way home from his class-room. The unfortunate man was travel ling between two others at the time, but neither of them were injured. In the neighbourhood of Dumfries several cows and sheep were killed. On the four days following the above disasters, there were thunder storms, of more or less violence, in various parts of England, Scotland, and Wales. On Saturday, a young woman residing at Camlachie, near Glasgow, named Janet Knox, a weaver, was struck by the electric fluid whilst standing by her loom, and fell dead on the spot. On Saturday week Roch dale and the vicinity were visited with a tremendous storm of thunder and rain. At one o'clock in the after noon the electric fluid entered through the roof of the Wesleyan Chapel, Castleton Moor, on the Manchester road, tearing up the flooring and destroying several pews ; 170 squares of glass were also broken, and, with the ex ception of two, all the rest were damaged. The teacher and scholars had left only a few minutes before. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, great numbers of persons visited the place. On Sunday a thunderstorm visited Milnrow, upwards of two miles south-east of Rochdale; four bridges were carried away by the flood, and articles of household furniture, such as chairs, tables, &c., were found at a distance of three miles off. Mr. Heap, fulling miller, at Ogden, four miles from Rochdale, had a num ber of flannel pieces damaged, and the river Bets; was swollen to an unusually great height. CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, Held at the Amphitheatre, on Wednesday, the sth inst. SIR,—I feel that I have, as an Episcopalian, a measure I of right to seek correct information, from those who have made it their business to appeal to the sympathies of Englishmen, respecting the real nature of the question between the Established Church of Scotland and those who dissented from her on a late occasion. In the course of the speeches of Dr. Cunningham and Mr. Guthrie, high representations were made of the evil of lia - vt!o unwilling pe(4? ; rig, thieves and ungodly ministers forced upon an it was said, could be done accord the legal authorities. The latter gentleman (71z., in; to the existing laws of that 6',:nrch, ! , 51 interpreted by Vlr• Guthrie) gave a very skilfully-framed account of the in trusion of a thief upon the people of a parish, without, indeed, attempting to vindicate the legality of the decision of the court that convicted him, and degraded him from office. From these statements, and indeed from the whole tenor of the speeches of the above-named gentlemen, I could have supposed that all for which you contended was that the people ought to have power to reject un,;odly men when appointed as their ministers. If this were the sole aim of your party, it would appear at least plausible, and might win our cordial and favourable consideration as members of a scriptural church " holding the head" : and I could fearlessly appeal to the vast multitude assem bled on the occasion, if this was not the impression pro duced on their minds. I accordingly sent up to you, sir, a question to the foi lowing effect :—" Is it contended (by the non-intrusion party) that the people should have power to reject any minister, on the ground of immorality or heresy ? Or is ^ontended that this power of rejection should operate is any minister, though he may be strictly moral in , rthodox in doctrine, merely because he may not ie'sfeelings I" towar, life, and suit the peop. This question was accompanied by another, equally in it is remembered that your appeal place, I think, wile.: was for support as wet as sympathy from your English : Are the non-intru audience. It was to this .affectcj:nvened, not so sion party friendly to the I.4bltablished Church of Eng land?" Now, knowing that the meeting was much for the purpose of securing a heartn; from the Presbyterians of our town, as for that of securing the sympathy and (what will always follow as a consequence of true sympathy) the support of Episcopalians and others of Liverpool, it might have been expected that, in com mon candour, in honest fairness to the mixed multitude who were present, you would have answered these two very plain and very important inquiries. But NO, not a word of reply. It seemed rather to accord better with your design to avoid making an open and impartial state ment of the case as it is; for though I patiently waited till the close of the meeting, not a syllable was uttered either by yourself or by any of the speakers that bore the slightest reference to either of the questions. For the reason of this conduct, I must confess I am not greatly at a loss. With regard to the first question,—though Dr. C. most distinctly, and more than once, stated that the people should have power to reject, it was not stated at all whe ther this power of rejection should extend to all the mi nisters indiscriminately whether good or bad, or whether it was to be potent only towards the bad. It is plain; if such a power were vested in the people at all, how far it would extend ultimately ; but the speakers on the occasion seemed carefully to avoid stating the case fully and impartially, and confined themselves to the ob jectionable intrusion of ministers disqualified either from immorality or false doctrine, and then allowed us to draw the inference that these, and these only, were the men the people were to have the power of rejecting. But, sir, the case is notoriously different; and you know it. And a plain English answer to the question I now allude to, would have enlightened English heads, and would have kept English support in its right place. The people are not, according to your party, to submit to the appointment of any minister of the Church of Scot land as their pastor (unless approved by themselves), though he may have been fully approved by the Presby tery, and though he may be a man of true piety and sound doctrine. If, with all his excellencies, such a minister fail to meet their particular views, or suit their particular feelings, he is to be liable to rejection by the people over whom be has been placed, and must seek a church else where. But Dr. C. and Mr. Guthrie instanced only the bad; and you refrained from taking notice of the question, which, if answered candidly and honestly, would have brought out the truth, and would have enabled every at tentive person to form clear notions of the real nature of the case. As it was, the bad only were complained of, but all were alike aimed at. . With regard to the other question, which was not mine, I will only remark that it is quite natural that you should avoid an avowal of dislike towards the Church of England, as you were doubtless shrewd enough to calculate that such an avowal would have at once blasted all hope of succour in England ; and it was equally difficult for you to profess friendship towards her, without being in danger of at once damaging your interests with the dissenters, and stepping beyond the boundaries of truth. I cannot refrain from remarking, in conclusion, upon the ill-dissembled dislike which was manifested by the various speakers towards the Church of England, so plainly evidenced in the occasional, but very intelligible observations about " holding the head." This, you may satisfy yourself by saying, was said in reference to the Church of Scotland, who, you say, does not hold the head, because she acknowledges the right of the state to act in matters of religion. It was spoken with reference to other parties also, I do not hesitate to say; and the many professions of kind feeling on the part of the speakers towards those that " loved the Lord Jesus, holding the head," only led me to the unavoidable con clusion that you had not the same kind feeling of fellow ship towards those who acknowledge (as the church you spurn does) the right of the state to take part in religious affairs. I felt, therefore, that I, as a member of the Church of England, was not a sharer in your sympathy ; though !felt, at the same time, that you had yet to prove that Christ's being the governor of the world put away the necessity for earthly rulers—that his being the shep herd of his people made it unnecessary that they should have pastors—in short, that because Christ was indeed the head of his church, no temporal head was needful or allowable. _ I remain, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Liverpool, July 10, 1843. W. T. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MANCHESTER. A most destructive conflagration occurred in Manches ter on Monday week, when the extensive warehouse occupied by Messrs. Mark Nightingale and Co., the ex tensive carriers, in which was stored upwards of 1,000 bales of cotton, and about 300 sacks of flour, was, with its contents, totally destroyed. The warehouse in question is situate near to a vacant plot of land, well known in Manchester as Granby Row Fields, and fortunately stood detached from any other building. The fire was discovered soon after six o'clock in the morning, and the alarm was instantly given, but from the combustible nature of the materials the progress of the flames was very rapid ; and when the engines arrived the roof had fallen in. Water was soon procured from the canal, and the en gines played with great effect on the burning pile, but in forty minutes after the arrival of the engines the building was completely gutted, and the south wall fell with a tre mendous crash just as the engines and men had been or dered from beneath. The other walls fell in succession, the east one falling into the canal, which is thus partially blocked up. The value of the materials in the building is estimated at £12,000, and the building itself at £2,500. Amongst the owners of the cotton are Mr. Bailey and Mr. Ashton. The building, &c. are insured, and the heaviest losses will fall on the West of England, the Manchester, the Sian, the Phoenix, and the Imperial. At present, not the remotest idea can be formed as to how the fire originated. It appears that two or three cargoes of cotton from Liverpool were delivered at this warehouse on Friday last ; and one way in which it has been attempted to account for the fire, is, by supposing that these bales had been near some napththa or other sub stance, which may have led to their spontaneous combus tion. Taken in connexion with the late fires of cotton in this town, the matter has excited the utmost alarm at Manchester; and an idea is becoming prevalent there, that some of the materials used in America for cleaning cotton may be the means of causing its combustion when it comes to be closely packed in warehouses. Our neighbours in Manchester have, however, proba bly not seen the Cotton :packed in a ship, at one of the American ports, or they would not give countenance to the latter supposition, for if there is any ground for it, we see no reason why so many cotton ships escape the destructive element, seeing their cargoes are packed with all attainable tightness. THE BROUGHTON AND MANCHESTER CRICKET CLUBS.—The cricket match between the Broughton and Manchester Clubs, on Wednesday last, was won by the former, with nine wickets to go down. SOUTIIPORT.—This fashionable -sea-bathing place now presents a very lively appearance, and is nearly filled with isitors : great numbers continue to arrive every day. During the past fortnight no fewer than 3,200 persons have arrived. At the time of high water the beach and marine parade are crowded, and present a scene of much brilliancy. Lady Stanley, accompanied by the Hon. Edward Stan ley, and the younger branches of the family, left town on Tuesday for Tunbridge Wells, where they intend to re main for two months. Lord Stanley left town for Knows ley-ball after the debate was concluded in the House of Commons on Thursday morning. An express engine was engaged to convey his lordship in time to be present at the Aintree Races in the afternoon. His lordship re turned to town on Saturday. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday last Jobn Arnold, aged two years, son of William Arnold, cowkeeper, was playing opposite his father's door, where stood a cart loaded with grains. He stooped near the cart and fell ; the horse moved on and the wheel crushed the poor child's head against the curb-stone. Surgical aid was procured, but the child died in about two hours. SELECT VESTRY.—We understand that a special meet ing of the Select Vestry was held on Tuesday, to decide on the plans for the alterations to be madein the Workhouse for the better classification of its inmates. The one sent in by Messrs. Lockwood and Allom, of London, was unani mously chosen, as the most simple and complete. These are the same gentlemen who gained the first prize for the icLools now building at Kirldale for the %lair= Delug ing to the workhouse. ATHEN.EUM. — The annual meeting of the proprietors was held in the library of the institution on Tuesday, J. H. Turner, Esq., the late president, in the chair. The meeting was of a desultory character, there being no mo tion before the meeting except the one for a fixed salary to the master in lieu of the usual perquisites, which was carried; and the appointment of seven members to fill the vacancy of those who go out by rotation, the names of whom are as follows :—Mr. Cunningham, Rev. E. Hull, Rev. J. Brooks, Mr. J. B. Moore, Mr. Swinton Boult, Mr. Daniel Mather, Mr. P. Wright. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION. — On Monday evening I last, Margaret Cook, an inmate of the Liver p ool Work -1 house, retired to bed, about seven o'c lock, takin g with :: c , r infant child, Honor Cook, aged two weeks , and on her awaking aL',.,t eleven o'clock, found the child dead. Qd that she saw the chid die, but . The mother at first sta., aq_nowled . gel . that it afterwards, on cross-examinaL"' the ju_nr , or , house was dead when she awoke. Mr. Woou, surgeon, Made a post mortent examination of tn... body, and gave it as his opinion, that death was caused by suffo cation, arising, probably, from the child having been over lain. Verdict, 1 accidents ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TOX'TETiI-PARK. — The annual meeting of the commis sioners for the better paving and sewerage of Toxteth park, was held on Friday morning, in the Public-office, for the purpose of laying before the inhabitants an account of all the moneys expended by them, assessments made, and contracts entered into previous to the new election. Mr. Alexander Smith, jun., presided, and printed state- . . ments of the accounts were laid on the table. Very few of the rate-payers were present. From the statement it appears that the township is under the following ties : Debts due to sundry persons 30th of June.. £1,535 9 11 Due to Messrs. Moss and Co., bankers.... 1,210 10 8 Required to pay the debts of the late I Board of Surveyors 368 14 11 £3,114 15 6 As applicable to meet these liabilities there are certain rates to be received, which are now being collected, and £4OO fur arrears of highway rates. Some desultory con versation took place as to how this state of affairs had arisen, in the course of which it was strongly urged•that sufficient publicity had not been given to the object of the meeting. Eventually a motion that the meeting adjourn, and die. placards be issued calling another, was carried unanimously. An adjournment then took place till Fri day next. ROWLAND'S MACA Mitt Om.—There cannot be a more just criterion of the excellence of any article than the at tempt to imitate it. The very idea of a counterfeit is a proud testimony to the great utility and value of the original. The universally high repute of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL has induced some unprincipled Shop keepers to try to impose upon the public a spurious imita tion for the genuine; and who, to increase the deception, have copied the Labels and Bottles of the Original Article —for which fraud the said Parties have lately been pu nished in a Court of Law. The principle on which Row- LAND'S MACASSAR OIL (the Original and only Genuine) is prepared. is confined solely to the knowledge and practice of A. ROWLAND and Sox, 20, Hatton Garden, London, who are still at an immense expense in complet ing its preparation. Any Saltinbanco may pretend to give an analization of its ingredients ; but the fact is, the amalgamation of this purely vegetable compound neu tralizes all attempts to separate its component parts : therefore such a declaration only brings disgrace and con tempt on any wretched pretender. ROWLAND'S MA CASSAR OIL is a compound of the most costly materials, has stood the test for nearly fifty years, is Patronised by the Royal Family of England, the whole " elite" of the Aristocracy and " haut ton," as well as the several Courts of Europe, while the thousands of testimonials in its favour, and the general use of it in all countries, suffi ciently confirm its value as a nourisher, preserver, and beautifier of the Human Hair. THE MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE FIR/ PREVENTION BILL.—The delegates from the various mercantile associations held another meeting on Tuesday - , for the purpose of considering the steps to be taken upon the reply of the council to the suggestions made to them by the delegates, for a more practicable working system than that proposed in some of the amended enactments of the bill. Mr. William Brown presided, and the dele gates were very numerous. A letter from the mayor, on the part of council, was read in the first instance; which stated that the bill should proceed in committee with no greater haste than was absolutely necessary, so as not to hazard the carrying of it this session. The council, the mayor added, would feel pleasure in finding that the amendments n.ade by the council would render any oppo sition to the bill in parliament, on the part of the dele gates, unnecessary. The meeting then took the amend ments into consideration, seriatim; at the end of which it was resolved, on the wotion of Dir. Todd, seconded by Mr. William Rathbone, that a petition should be pre sented against the bill as it now stands, on the part of the mercantile associations. A petition was next read, and adopted, and by a subsequent resolution, Mr. William Brown, Mr. Crossfield, and Mr. Todd, were appointed. a deputation to proceed to London with the petition, to watch the bill, and to take such measures as might seem to them necessary in its progress. Between one and two o'clock, a conference was had with the fire committee of the council, which it appeared was disposed to make some concessions, but they were not deemed sufficiently satis factory, and the deputation proceeded to London by the six o'clock train. The deputation, when in London, were further instructed to put themselves in communication with the fire offices on the subject of insurance. In the absence of Mr. William Brown, Mr. Stewart was ap pointed chairman of the delegates, with power to call them together when required. COUNTY QUARTER SESSIONS.—These sessions com menced by adjournment at Kirkdale on Wednesday last, before the Rev. J. Brooks, chairman, the Rev. J. T. Horton, Peter Bourne, Thomas Rawson, Thomas Rodick, and William Hall, Esquires. The Grand Jury having been sworn, the chairman addressed them nearly as fol lows : " Gentlemen,—l am happy to say that the offenders to be tried at the present sessions are fewer in number than usual, and the offences are such as to require no particu lar observations from me, and are of such a nature as, from the previous experience of many of you on Grand Juries, you will be able to deal with without assistance from the court. However, should anything arise requiring our assistance, we shall be happy to afford it to you. You will now proceed to your labours." From the calender it appears that there were fifty-two prisoners for trial, of whom ten could read only imper fectly, sixteen could read and write imperfectly, and twen ty-six who could do neither. The following presentment was made by the Grand Jury : "The Grand Jury at the General Quarter Sessions of the peace, held at Kirkdale, on the 12th July, 1813, respectfully submit to the consideration of the bench of magistrates : "1. That, in the present state of the law, they are obliged to find true bills in a number of frivolous cases, which never ought to appear at the Sessions. " 2. That publicans and beersellers allowing persons to get drunk on their premises, and not exercising a proper supervision for their protection when in that state, is the occasion of many felonies, and it is the opinion of the jury, that, in cases where culpable neglect is proved, the licence should be taken away. " That the expenses of prosecutions should not be al lowed where the felonies have arisen from their being in a state of intoxication, or from the careless exposure of pro perty on hedges, or at the door or front of shops." PUBLICANS, &c.—Thirteen publicans and beer-sellers were on Friday brought before the magistrates at the Police-court, of whom six publicans were fined in penalties from 10s. to £5, and two were acquitted ; two table beer sellers were fined 50s. ; and one case of the latter de scription was postponed until the party could attend, he being at present in gaol, in consequence of not being able to pay a former penalty. One of the cases enumerated above falls within that description which demands some thing more than the brief notice usually afforded to them. It was a charge against Mr. William Ratcliffe, publican, of Vauxhall-road, for permitting drunkenness on his pre mises on Sunday evening last. Mr. Harden, the barrister, appeared for the defendant. The case was supported by the evidence of Inspector M`Gill, Robert Taggart, 279, and who were partially corroborated by Inspector Bibby. The two former deposed to going into the house of the defendant on Sunday night, about twenty minutes or a quarter before twelve o clock, and to seeing fourteen coloured men and five prostitutes. Four of the coloured men were drunk, and a white man who was in their com pany. Inspector stated, that after he went into the house the landlady, not withstanding his remonstrance, gave a glass of whiskey to one of the black men who was intoxicated. Mr. Harden cross-examined the inspector at some length, with a view of showing that the rewards they received from the Watch Committee for extraordinary diligence rendered them not entirely disinterested wit nesses. Mr. Harden addressed the bench at considerable length, contending that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant the bench in convicting the defendant. Some warm observations passed between Mr. Rushton and the learned counsel, in consequence of his remarks respecting the police. Mr. Harden then called three respectable witnesses who were in the house at the time, and who swore that all the black men were sober. A police• officer (141), who, M`Gill stated, had conveyed home the white man, in consequence of his being incapable of going himself, was then sent for, but he did not recollect any thing of the transaction, until reminded by the inspector, when he stated that he walked with the person a short distance, and then he went home himself. On this the case was dismissed. GAOLS IN LANCASHIRE. — We take the following par ticulars respecting the countygaol and houses o f correc tion in this county, and the Liverpool borough gaol, from a recent parliamentary return:— No. of prisoners No. usually con each can contain. fined. Governor] No. in Keeper's salary. separate sleeping cells. No. more'Grcatest Daily than one No. at average in a one time through cell. in year. the year. Lancaster Preston Kirkdale L'pool (bor.) Salford £6OO 250 500 350 500 138 495 637 515 178 538 411 325 334 800 533 441. 322 701 684 555 519 733 876 754 The daily average number of prisoners in the New Bailey, Salford, is greater than that of any other gaol or house of correction in England, with the exception of Coldbath fields House of Correction, in which the daily average is 1,032, and the Wakefield (county) House of C cjialiv, in which the daily average is 7C9 prisoners. A alerP of the governor of Chester Castle ( coun ty gao - (#5 2 , 5 !; - ` that of the governor of K nu t s f or d H ouse o f figOtion £330. The governor of York Castle (coup iirolj, . -1114.'. £600; of }Wakefield NOM of Correction •-, r--_ - ' - - 4a g ir