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arrature. POETRY. THE ORIGIN OF THE HUMMING-BIRD. (From the Dublin University Magazine for May.) When Saint Patrick reached in the Emerald Isle, The Fairies that luitinted the green. And their revels had held, in Moen time, Were filled with envy ai.d spleen. So they went where the water-lilies float, On tho edge of the sh.l ow bay, And they chose themselves each a little boat, To carry them t +r away. Merrily now that little fleet Bounds o'er the waters blue; Boldly the fairies have taken th it seat Each in her light canoe They gave to their Queen the largest flower, Their p rilous course to guide; And after her, like a snowy shower, The tiny vessels glide. The eddying ripples that bore them along, A murmuring melody played ; And the fairie . who knew the words of its song, A whispering answer made. The waters are hurrying away to the south, And hear them un with their tide, Till safely they reach the river's mouth, And &at on the ocean wide. Though many a day and night they sailed, Wa mly the sunshine fell. For the might of the winds and waves was stayed By the power of their magic spell. That magic spell has banished the night, Whiie their westward curse they take, For a glorious trail of burnished light Is toll wing in heir wake. The fairies have ieached the coral strand, And lett the lily-flowers; They fly away i❑ a nierLy band To the pleasant citron bowers. And the humminz-birds seen in that sunny clime, Spackling with rainhow hues. Aye the Faith's who lett the Emerald Isle, In their lily-woite canoes. H.B. NOTICE. The London Polytechnic Magazine. We have 134 rusett nirliber for Mav, and can pro nounce it to be replete wit] matter interesting to scienti fic men. There is an excellent paper on the Metalization of Won't, by which it appears that rnsteri it may be ren dered impervio s to rot, the ravages of insects, and the action of tire. It is coming into use for rails on railways, in plice of iron tails. The paper on the arts and manu factures of the Esquirnaux is continued. The next article is a deseripti..n of toe improved screw propeller, by our townsman Mr. John Grantham. One of the best papers is on Artesian Wells, by Mr. Arago, who furnishes some curious particulars. There is also a clever and cutting review of Dr. Elliotson's journal of mesmerism, and some ether interesting papers. SELECTIONS. ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF METTERNICH.—In one of the great battles of the fifteenth century, the emperor of Germany saw an entire regiment take to flight with the exception of one man, who stood his ground and defended himself gallantly, till he fell covered with wounds. The emperor enquired his name. It was Metter. That night at supper the emperor said, talking of the regiment in question—" They all fled, but Me ter nicht." Every body knows that " nicht" is the German for not. The family adopted the additional syllable, and hence the ori gin of the name of Metternich.—Dumas, in Blackwood. PAYNISED WOODEN RAILWAYS.—SeveraI experiments bave been made with the process to test its applicability not only for railway sleepers, but actually as a substitute for iron rails. A wooden tramway was laid down near Vauxhall, on which 9,000 miles were travelled, equal in traffic, it was calculated, to a year of a great lane, without any perceptible deterioration of the machinery; without even the obliteration of the saw marks on the beams; and 1000 miles of this traffic were performed with 30 cwt. of tbis fuel, costing ahout 405., being less than one halfpenny per mile. It is to be observed, that the surface resistance of unprepared wood is about 50 per cent. greater than that of iron On prrpared wood the result is the reverse of this, at the same time that the granulated surface offers a bite to the wheels which enables the eneines to mount in clinations impossible upon an iron railway. The process is also extensively used at present on the viaduct now soaking under the direction of Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, on the Dover line, between the Bricklayer's Arms and New Cross, two miles in length. The London and Guild ford Junction line is to be entirely laid with Paynized timber rails, as well as sleepers. The chain pier at Brigh ton, we may also observe, has recently undergone exten sive repairs by wocd submitted to this process.—Poly. technic Magazine. THE WALTZ, GALLOPADE, AND POLKA.—Though ladies are always more graceful than men,‘l must here warn them against the modern style of waltzing, which is the reverse of graceful, being little more than a mere romping twirl, intended only, as far as I can perceive, to make part'es giddy. The old waltz, sometimes called the Spanish waltz, was a very graceful dance; but its char acter is changed, and there is nothing either graceful or pleasing in seeing gentlemen pulling and hauling their partners on, seeing the pretty pairs spinning round and round, jostling against each other, to say nothing of an occasional tumble, till the few who can keep time and step feel their heads going, and till ladies are forced to lean, panting, and with flushed cheeks and heaving breasts, against the very walls of the room for support. Gallo pades and polkas are worse still, for few, very few gentle men can dance them, and with any but an actual opera dancer this exhibition is ungraceful in the er tretne. The gallop and polka step, in which gentlemen w th legs wide astride push their fair partners along, is absolutely dis gusting; and I will hold no mother guiltless who after this public warning shall allow her daughter to join so brutal a display. In an ordinary way, young ladies may depend on obtaining easy forgiveness for a few trifling follies when committed in a cheerful and good-humoured mood, but let them beware of any thing that is coarsely ungrateful. No pretty girl, no young lady indeed, whe ther pretty or not, should ever, if she values true and gallant admiration, allow herself to be assec'ated with the recollection of anything that is markedly ungrateful, however harmless in itself, and should never therefore dance modern waltzes, polkas, or gall( pades.—Frazer. MANUFACTURES OF BEvuoor.—Th-! only shops con taining native manufacture somewhat writ thy of note are those of the silk-mercers. After having seen the coarse zaachinery in use, one can scarcely conceive how such beautiful textures can be produced by such clumsy means. Formerly these silks were more or des employed in the dress of all classes of the population, hut latterly they have been areatly supplanted by the cheaper cotton goods of Manchester. Still the rich gold and silver brocades, ma nufactured in Beyroot and its vicinity, are in much de mand among the wealthy Syrians as the chief material for their gala dresses. Caftans made of this gorgeous mate rial have a most brilliant effect. The silk sashes of Bey coot are also much esteemed, and are exported to different parts of the East. They are often ten ells long, and an ell and a half wide ; and, though made of heavy silk, are yet so fine and elastic that they may be compressed into a bulk scarcely more than can he covered with both hands. Worn round the waist, in a band varying from four to five inches to a foot in width, according to the taste of the wearer, they are a very useful and agreeable article of dress, from the support they afford the loins in these warm, enervating climates. It is rather an amusing thing to see a gentleman rolling himself up into his sash, like a great overgrown silkworm wrapping itself up in its cocoon. Me fattens one end to a door, a post, or a bush ; then walking out to the full length of the sash, he adjusts its width, arranges its folds, and turns round and round, with great deliberation, till the nice operation is completed to his satisfaction. The part of the dress above the girdle serves, as it has always done from time immemorial, for stowing away all kinds of things; handkerchiefs, when people have any, bread, fruit, &c., nothing comes amiss. As the receptacle goes all round the body, it is equal to three or four of those large pockets our great grandmo thers used to wear. —Library of Travel. THE MONSTER MISERY OF LITERATURE.—As regards the state of literature, take out your pencils, (you all carry pencils, to calculate either the long odds or the odds on 'Change,) and make out a list of the works published dur ing- the last five years, likely to be known, even by name, a hundred years hence ! It is some comfort to feel, that by eight they cannot be known—that few of them will survive to disgrace us—that the circulating libraries pos sess the one merit of wear and tear for the destruction of their filthy generation, like Saturn of old ; for it would grieve us to think of even the trunks of the two thousandth century with being lined with what lines the brains of our contemporaries. So that in the year of grace two thou sand and forty-four, we shall have the Lady Blarney of Kilburn-square (the Grosvenor-square of that epoch,) en quiring of the Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Skeggs of Croy don Place (the Belgium Square)—" My dear soul, what could those poor people do t o amuse t h emselves ? T hey bad positively no books! After Scott's time till the mid dle of the nineteenth century not a single novelist; after the death of Byron, not a poet ! I believe there was an historian of the name of Hallam, not much heard of; and the other day, at a book-stall, I picked up an odd volume of an odd writer named Carlyle. But it is really curious to consider how utterly the belles-let:res were in abey ance." To which, of course, Miss C. W. A. S.—even Dr. Pannrge could not get through the whole name again !) —" My dear love, they had Blackwood's Magazine, which, like the Koran after the burning of the Alexan drian library, supplied the place of ten millions of vo lumes!" But, alas, some Burchell may be sitting by, to exclaim " Fudge !" Some groper into archives will bring forth one of those never-to-be-sufficiently-abominated catalogues of Bond and other streets, showing that, on a moderate calculation, twe n t y books were published per diem, which, at the end of three months, possessed the value of so many bushels of oyster-shells'l And then, pray what will you have to say for yourselves, 0, public I from your tombs in Westminster Abbey, or your cata combs at Kensal Green ? Which among you will dare come forward, with blue lights in his hand and accompa nied by a trombone, like the gho s t o f Ni nus in Sra snide, and say—“ We warned these peopl e to write F.:- immortality. We told them it was th e i r d uty to stick oi in r 3 few oaks for posterity, as well as their Ca na d a and Scotch firs. It was not our fault that they chose to row nothing butunder7ood : It was th e f ault of the circulating libraries, which, instead of allowing the milk of human genius to set for cream, diluted it with malice prepense, and drenched us with milk and water even to loathing !"—Blackwood's Magazine. PRICE OF AN AUTOGRAPH.—M. de Metternich it ap pears, is a great collector of autographs, and of course his position has facilitated the gratification of this taste. Ilis collection is rich in royal, imperial and princely lvtters ; nor is there any lack of odes from German poets. and sonnets from Italian improv;satori. One day, however, it occurred to him that now the public press had become a cower in many countries', he ought to have the autographs of a few journalists, in order to complete his collection; and as in Italy and Germany, thanks to the cens')rship, there are plenty of journals - but no journalist•, he was obliged to send to Fr ince. Amongst others, M. Jules Jannin, (one of the edi'ors of the Journal des Debats) received a most polite request for an autograph from the rival of M. de Tallevrand. Janin immediately took up his pen and wrote as follows—" Received from his excel lency Prince Metternich, twenty-four bottles of Johan nisberg, first quality.—Paris, 13th May 1838."—Black wood. DEPTHS OF THE MOST 'REMARKABLE ARTESIAN . - WELLS EXECUTED B — Y THE H AND OF MAN.—The perforations, by which the Chinese obtain salt water have been already mentioned ; they are 1800 feet deep : but as the water does not of itself appear, they are scarcely Ar tesian. The seventh bed of water at St. Nicholas d'Alier mont, already mentioned, is 1025 below the surface. As coals, not water was the object of search, the works were abandoned, but the Artesan well remained. A hole re cently boared at Geneva, did not reach water at 682 feet. At Sursene, near Paris, a hole 663 feet deep has been pierced; but no water flows: as the chalk-bed is nearly penetrated, it is to be regretted that the works are not continued : it is on Mr. Rothschild's property. The fountain at Cheswick belonging to the Duke of North umberland, is 582 feet deep. The deepest fountain of the Pas-de-Calais, is 461 feet. T ,ere is a well at Tours 259 feet deep; and one at the silk manufactory of the Cham poiseau, 273 feet. —Polytechnic Magazine. THE RHINE.—" On the Rhine, I am never more than twenty years old !" says the Countess Ida Hahn Hahn, in her Erinnerungen. " There only do I feel myself quite at home. Whether arriving from the Baltic or the Qua dalquivir, I have always a recurrence of the same name less home-feeling, which renders me at once happy and tranquil. 0, the Rhine! the Rhine! What are other rivers—your Seine, and Garonne, and Tagus—compared with him ? But small and second:lly streams beside the mighty Rhine. There are certain rivers which represent nations, and ideas, and periods of history—the Scamander for instance, bringing t our thoughts the days of Grecian heroism ; when men fought with gods, and in so doing seemed to wrest from them a portion of their supernatural strength and beauty—the Nile, the priestly Nile, myste rious as a dogma, but rich in blessings as the agency of a divine spirit; concealed in its source, but manifest in its operation—then the Jordan, the s! ream of revelation, on whose banks is heard the rushinc , of the wings of the dove, while a voice, other than that o f man, murmurs over the waters—and the Tiber, a small and muddy stream, but the gigantic and sparkling reflex of Rome's immortal turrets. But the Rhine, that heroic river, which nations never cross without buckling on their armour for the fight; and yet, on whose banks life is so free, so safe, and so delightful. H ark to the clatter of wine-cups, the echoes of music, the whispered legends, and the clash of wea pons ! while the old river flows on so cheerily, murmuring as he goes words of encouragement to his children. I em brace thee, 0 Rhine ! and wherever I go I will not cease to love thee. * * * * When I pass in review all the beautiful scenes 1 have visited, and then ask myself the question, Where I would fain see the sun set for the last time the answer is unhesitating and heartfelt, and inva riably the same— ' Behind Stobzenfels, on the Rhine.'" —Blackwood's Magazine. THE INDIAN ARrly.—lt bas been contended of late years, by some public writers, that we hold India entirely by the force of opinion ; that is to say, that we are per mitted to rule simply because the principles of justice and equity, and the respect for the religious usages of thou sands under our sway, are carried out to the fullest extent compatible with human frailty. On the other hand it has been argued that our empire is held entirely by the sword ; and our wars. victories, and their political results, have been pointed at as evidence i f the soundness of the theory. Truth lies, in most cases, between extremes, and there seems little reason to doubt that such is its proper posi tion in the present instance. The highest opinion that might be entertained of our character as governors, would of itself, we apprehend, avail but little of the retention of the country against the schemes of disaffected or design ing men, if it were not backed by a well-organized, and judiciously-distributed physical force. If there were no descendants of the countless chieftains, who once held possession of the country, eager, upon any pretext SUP ported by opportunity, to assert fanciful claims to territory or to privileges : if there were no frontier foes, whose in cursions it were necessary to resist or prevent, as much for the peace and happiness of the people as for the main tenance of Brit'sh supremacy ; there would still be evil powers within the heart of the empire against whose machinations the greatest amount of political integrity could not successfully contend. The Hindoo and the Mussulman are priest-ridden; and the Hindoo and the Mussulman are alike avaricious. What elements more potent than priestcraft and avarice to excite a populace to rebellion ? while the Zindar's disinclination to pay his rent ignited the spark of insurrection, on the one hand there would not be wanting the ambition and the self-in terest of the Brahmin, and the savage religious fervour of the Moollah, to fan the flame, upon the other. The sword, therefore, is an indispensible agent in the retention of India ; and it is a happy thing for the populace of that empire, that the mercy and humanity which distinguish the administration of a civil government attemper the steel by which the sedition of the disaffected and the incur sion of the foreign foe are chastised.—Stocqueler's Hand- Book of India. CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND.—New Zealand being situated within the temperate zone, although nearer to the equator than Great Britain, possesses, from its pecu liar geographical position, especially from its being insu lar, and also from the nature of its surface a climate, so modified as to resemble that of England more nearly than that of any other country lam acquainted with. It is moderate in every respect; the range of its tempera ture throughout the year and during the day being very inconsiderable. This is principally owing to the immense expanse of ocean which surrounds these narrow islands on all sides, preserving a temperature little varying, arid moderating alike the cold of the antarct 7 c regions, and the beat of the tropics. The continent of Australia,—for as such we must regard it, is too distant to affect the climate, which it would undoubtedly do if it were nearer; as New Zealand would then receive an air heated in its passage over the vast plains of Australia, which extend far within the t:opics. In like manner, the southerly winds which although at all times the coldest, as corning from a polar terra firma, surrounded by eternal ice, are greatly tem pered by the intervening ocean. If instead of tie latter, a continent extended to within a little distance of New Zealand, as Europe and Asia do, with re'erence to En gland. it would produce all the phenomena of climate in which we observe England to differ from New Zealand, such as the greater cold in winter, and during certain winds. The east coast on which Wellington, Auckland, and the Bay of Islands are situated is colder than the western, where the settlements of Nelson and New Ply mouth have been fmnded, and where the air is far softer and milder. I ascertained this by actual comparisons, and in this respect the western coast must have great ad vantages over the eastern. In the inter:or of the islands the climate is colder, and less changeable, in consequence of the presence of a snow clad mountain-group, and the greater distance from the ocean. I found at Taupo, the acacias of Van Demen's Land, the Ricinus palms Christi, and potatoes, affected by the frost, a circumstance which never happens near the coast ; the leaves also of several trees had become yellow, and deciduous ; the landscape assumed an autumnal tint, although it can scarcely be said ever to have had a wintry appearance. At Welling ton, on the contrary, and along the whole coast, the natives plant their potatoes at all seasons of the year, the forest remains evergreen and the opening of the flower buds is merely a little retarded during the season of winter, the presence of which is oily indicated by more frequent winds and rains.—Dirffenbach's Travels. BRAVERY OF THE KOORDS.—Though pastors, the Koords are a people of dauntless bravery ; they are habi tuated from their childhood to the use of arms and to feats of horsemanship. Their breed of horses is small, but hardy, active, and full of spirit, and superior, perhaps, to every other breed in surefootedness. A Turkish troop succeeded, in the year 1837, ii) capturing one of the most formidable chiefs among the Koords. His age was barely thirty, his figure was tall and finely shaped ; so handsome a Koord had never before fallen into the hands of the Os manlees. He was led into the presence of Hafiz Pacha, and, had he been a vizier, he could not have been treated with more flattering attention by the generalissimo of the Sultan's forces. Haft Pacha and the cadi of the army exhausted all the arts of persuasion to induce their pri soner to give them information respecting the movements and resources of the Koords ; and the seraskier even went so far as to promise, that, if he replied frankly to his questions, he would make him colonels of one of his regi ments. " You are mistaken, Pasha," replied the captive Koord, " if you think to find in me another Revendouz Bey. Having once been a chief of the Koords, I will never be the chief of anyother people; were I at the head of one of your regiments, the first thing I should do would be to turn my arms against you ; and, Allah knows, I am no traitor. As for the disclosures you expect from me, you shall never receive them : fate has thrown me into your hands ; do with me whate v er you will." Despairing fair means, Hafiz P ac h a had sentencing the p r i soner of re courseeffecttoi to receive five hundred bastin a d o es on the soles of his g to a r n tu y r t e h . ing li b e y began by feet. As the stouthearted Koord lay on the grouud, with his heels in the air, which the executioners were beating to a jelly, he coolly asked for a pipe ; it was brought to him, and, raising his'head on his hand, he began to smoke with perfect composure. Amazement seized the two ex ecutioners at the sight of such unparalleled fortitude, and for awhile they forgot to strike. But the horrible punish ment was renewed, and repeated on two successive days. On the third day the invincible Koord was stripped naked and placed in a cauldron of water, under which a fire was lighted. The same questions were reiterated to hirn • b u t not a word passed his lips. " You do not answer, said Hdfiz Pacha: "do you not hear me ?" The Koord raised a his head, and, looking sternly round on his foes,closed , said calmly, d calmly, " Allah be thanked, m y ears are not my tongue is dumb to your questions." to . rture , more severe can we think of to make the fellow spea k said the cadi, to the seraskier. An expression of fi er c e disdain lighted up the sufferer's f ea tures at these word s. " No torture," he exclaimed, pointing to a man opposite to him. " no torture could be more horrible to me than to see there, before my eves, a dastard Koord, who has de serted h's brethren, to consort with o u r foes !" The Koord thus addressed, struck with sudden remorse, snatched a pistol from his girdle, put the puzzle in his mouth, and blew out his brains. The unfortunate chief expired soon after in the boiling water. —Library of Travel. GENERAL MISCELLANY. The duty on wool will cease the moment the act of par liament comes into operation. It is slated in He r ap a lh' s R a il wa y M aga zine that an invention is about being tried to make boats go on canals at some thirty miles an hour. The appointment of Sir Henry Hai dinge to the Gover nor-tleneralship of India has caused a vacancy for the borough of Launceston. A woman named Amelia Ogden, is in custody at Ashton, charged w i t h cutt i ng her son's throat, and attempting to murder her hush intl. She is supposed to be insane. Friday, the 24th instant will be the aniversary of her majesty's birthday, when the sovereign will complete her 25th year. On Wednesday last nnless than 2,310 gallons of spirits, which were going to be rectified at a hif,her strength than the law allows, were seized at Messrs. Smith's distillery, in London. THE LATE MURDERS NEAR TAUNTON.—A subscrip tion having be-n raised to send Mary and Faith Sealy out of the country, they have proceeded to one of our seaports, whence they will take their departure for Australia. REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON.—A rumour is preva lent in this town that Sir Hesketh Fleetwood. Bart., M.P. for this borough, intends shortly to resign his seat in Par liament.—Preston paper. A Court of Directors was held at the East India House on Monday, when Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry ,Hardinge, K.C.8., was appointed unanimously Governor-General of India. CARGO OF WINE.—The first cargo of foreign wine ever imported direct to Preston arrived in our river on Friday from Oporto, on board the Georgina, for Mr. Richard Threlfall of this town.—Preston Guardian. A child, aged five years, was poisoned in London, last week, by swallowing a small piece of putty which had been incautiously given to it to play with. A post mor- tern examination of the body showed clearly that the child had been poisoned. LUNAR ECLIPSE.—A total eclipse of the moon will take place on the last day of the present month, Friday, the 31st instant. It will commence at 14 minutes after eight in the evening and end at 26 minutes after one. This eclipse will be visible. On Sunday week, the Minister at the Independent chapel at Long Sutton, Wilts, preached his farewell ser mon, in which he informed his wiached congregation of his intention to obtain ordination in the Church of England. The Scotch banks have 340 branches, and the Irish 137, being in the former case one bank to every 7.750 persons, and in the latter one to every 60,000. The banking capital of Scotland is £l5 per head to the whole population, and in Ireland £1 18s. 6d. per head. THE MURDER ON BATTERSEA BRIDGE.—The inquest on the body of Airs. M'Farlane was continued yesterday morning week, when a verdict of wilful murder was re turned against Augustus Dalmas. The examination of the latter was resumed on Friday, and continued on Sa turday, when it was adjourned 011 to-day (Tuesday). The expensive establishment of the royal buck-hounds, which with the salary to the noble master, the Earl of Rosslyn, £2,000, the chief huntsman, Mr. Davis, and the wages to whippers-in, feeders, &c., amounting to a con siderable item in the civil list, is to he broken up. Prince Albert will still keep his fine pack of harriers. SALE AT ROSSALL H ALL.—The sale of Sir P. H. Ft-et wood's furniture, books, picturt s. &e., at his Seat, Ros sall Hall, near Fleetwood, is advertised to take place the first week in June. The building has been engaged for a large school, a prospectus of which appears in our ad vertising columns. UTILITY OF LIFE-BUOYS.--The entire crew and pas sengers, upwards of two hundred souls, which were on board the emigrant ship Amity, when she was wrecked, during a hurricane on the 3d January, on the reefs of the Mauritius, were saved by means of two of Carte's life buoys, which had been purchased in Liverpool. Lord Brougham, cho has not presided at any public meeting at Exeter Hall since 1838, is to take the chair at the anniversary meeting of the British and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society, on the 17th instant. Many well-known and old friends of the cause are likely to be present, and among the rest Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., has sig nified his intention to attend. The fourth Bristol Tea Sale took place on Wednesday, when 4000 packages, were offered for competition. In consequence of the Trade having freely laid in stock a week or two ago in anticipation of a reduction in the duty, they were not in a position to support the sale as well as heretofore. The proportion sold, therefore, was small ; the prices in most instances were reasonably taxed. . - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Friday last, an extensive fire took place at the malting-houses of Mr. Garrad, situate near the Hythe, Colchester. In about three hours nothing was left standing but the brick walls. Between 3,000 and 4,000 quarters of malt, and 1,303 quarters of barley, be sides a considerable quantity of valuable merchandize, was consumed or rendered useless. The value of the property destroyed is estimated at about £13,000. ST. HELENS.—THE COLLIERS. —The strike in this district may now be considered as completely at an end. We believe that all the pits have now their fall comple ment of hands, and that notwithstanding the transference of a portion of t e coal trade to Wigan and other p 1 ices, owing to the strike, St. Helen's is doing quite, if not rather more than an average amount of business in the mineral. The general trade of the town is slowly'recover ing from the shock which it sustained by the recent strife. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT.—On the decease of the Rev. G. W. Onslow, some months back, the Incumbent of Pyrford, near Ripley, Surrey, the Churchwarden applied to an Anabai tist preacher of Horsing, a'neighbouring parish, to officiate on a Sunday in thr parish church of 1 5 yrford, which he actually did. Ile put on the surplice, went through the usual duty, buried a corpse likewise, but refused to baptize a child brought by its friends to the church. Of course Archdeacon Wilberforce will inquire into the business.—Church Intelligencer. MISHAP TO BEAUMARIS PIER.—A considerable por tion of the outer extremity of the pier now in course of erection at Beaumaris gave way and sank several feet on Thursday last, whilst the masons, who observed the later d movement, were at work. Damage to the amount of from £5OO to £6OO has, we hear, been done, besides retarding the opening of the pier, which, it was hoped, would have taken place at Midsummer. It may be ob served that the masonry was so good that the walls have not given way, and the work has been resumed.—North Wales Chronicle. Speculation has been rife as to who shall succeed Sir Henry Harciinge, the new Governor-General of India, in the office of Secretary at War. Sir George Clerke, Secre tary to the Treasury, and the Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary to the admirality, have been named ; but the latest on dit is that Mr. Herbert will be appointed to the office, without a seat in the Cabinet; and that he will be succeeded as Secretary to the Admirality, by the Hon. H. T. Lowry Corry, one of the present Lords Commissio ners of the Admiralitv, and that Mr. C ar d we ll , M .P. for Clitheroe, will probably be called up to take Mr. Corry's seat at the Board. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY.-1000 to 10 agst. Daw son's lot (tn.) 5 to 2 against Mr. J. Day's Ugly Buck ; 3 to 1 agst. Mr. Crock ford's Ratan ; 18 to 1 against Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein ; 25 to 1 against Mr. Scott's Bay Momus ; 30 to 1 against Sir G. Ileathcote's Campanero (taken) ; 30 to 1 against Mr. Oborne's Mount Charles (taken); 30 to 1 against Mr. Bowe's T'Auld Squire (taken) ; 30 to 1 against Sir G. fleathcotes's Akbar • 40 to 1 against Ongley's King of the Gipsies (taken); 40 to 1 against Mr. Ford's Qui Tarn (taken) ; 1000 to 7 against Mr. - Nisroch ; 2,000 to 5 against Mr. Bradshaw's Sir Isaac; 2000 to 12 against Nisroch and Radnor. DRESSMAKERS AND MILLINERS IN LONDON.—OR Saturday week last the first annual meeting of the society for aiding and benefitting the London .Milliners and Dressmakers, was held at London, Lord Ashley in the chair. It appeared that since the formation of the asso ciation last year £575 had been received in donations and subscriptions, of which sum £250 had been invested, and £lOO remained in the treasurer's hands. An effort is to be made by the society to have the hours of labor con fined as nearly within twelve hours per day as possible ; and they impress upon the fashionables of London the propriety of allowing more time for the making of their dresses, and the paying for them when made more punc tually than they do. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—On Tuesday, Mr. Emidy, " master of the horse" to Mr. Batty, proprietor of Ast ley's theatre, undertook for a wager, laid a few days ago, to drive 14 pair, or 28 horses, from NiTestminqer road as far as Greenwich and back in the space of two hours and a half. Large crowds of persons. attracted by the novelty of the bet gathered in the neighbourhood. Precisely at five minutes to one o'clock, two outriders, mounted on handsome piebald palfreys, started from the theatre. They were immediately followed by Mr. Emedy, the com pany of actors, and the band, in a large van drawn by 28 horses. They set off at first at a steady pace up the York Road, where, getting beyond the crowd, they increased their speed, and turned town Waterloo Road, and then strhight to Greenwich. Mr. Emily appeared to have no difficulty whatever in the management of the horses, but held the reins with as much ease and confidence as an om nibus driver would his single pair. Not the slightest ac accident occurred, with the exception of the breaking of the traces ; and at twenty minutes past three o'clock, (five minutes within the allotted time,) the carriage returned to the theatre.—London Paper. NOVEL AND EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM A SHERIFF'S OFFICER —A collier named Cope, who keeps a public-house at Kidsgrove, having been sued by the landlord at the Swan Inn, Tunstall, for a debt of £lOO, was arrested upon a warrant by two bailiffs at a colliery at Kidsgrove, where he was at work. Cope expressed his readiness to go with them, asking them to accompany him to his house. To this they consented ; but on their way they had to pass the mouth of a coal-pit, when Cope, seeing that an empty corfe was descending, suddenly made a spring at the rope, and slipped down into the corfe. Woolley, one o f t h e b ailiffs, though quite inexperienced in such Pxploit 3 , ma d e a s i milar spring at t h e rope , an d slipped. int o th e cor f e w i th his prisoner. In th i s singu l ar situation they reached the bottom of the pit, when a brief colloquy t oo k place between the parties as to the propriety or impropriety of Cope's attempt to escape, Woolley ex pressing his d( t erm i nat i on to pursue Cope whatever di rection he might take; upon which the latter called to his bro t h er co l l i ers, who speedily came to his assistance, and after a severe struggle rescued Cope from the hangs of the officer. The rescued collier soon made his exit, and the unfortunate officer was pinioned and kept in close custody for half an hour, and then allowed to leave the pit. Cope has not since been heard of. Such are the circumstances as related to us of this extraordinary inci dent.—Stafford Adverti,er. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. BANK OF ENGLAND.—A special court of the proprietors of stock in this corporation wa4 held in the court-room of the establishment, to consider important communications relative to the terms upon which the charter is proposed by her Majesty's government to be renewed . The meet ing, although fully attended, was not nearly so crowded as when the same topic was brought forward in 1833, the year in which the last renewal occurred. There were but a few country bankers present, but of the leading London capitalists there ~as a strong muster. The correspon dence between the government and the bank having been read, some discussion ensued on the affairs of the bank. The chairman moved that the proposals of the govern ment should be acceded to. It was agreed that the papers should be published for the use of the members, and that the court should adjourn till Monday. ALARMING FIRE AT EXNING, NEAR NEWMARKET.— On Saturday evening last this village, so notorious some twenty years past for the operations of incendiarism, had been nearly totally destroyed by an act of this description. Mr. Stigerwood, an opulent farmer, and the parish sur veyor, lost eighty combs of wheat, while his live stock escaped by a miracle, attributable doubtless to a well supplied stream, or small river, which intersects the vil lage. Several thatched cottages in the immediate neigh bourhood were more or less ignited, and had not four engines arrived from Newmarket the whole village, com posed chiefly of thatched cottages, would have become the prey of theconflagration. What forms not the least alarming feature in the case is, that threats are abroad about a speedy revisitation of the spot, and certain destruction of the village.—Morning Herald. ALARMING AcCIDENT.—(From the Welshmanof Satur day.)—A most dreadful accident occurred yesterday in a colliery near Llanelly. It appears from the particulars we have been abl e t o gat h er, t h at b etween two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon the engine in the Penbwleh gwyn colliery, about two miles from Llanelly, caught fire. After a short time the engine with a tremendous crash fell into the pit, shutting out every chance of escape for the hundred men and children who were working in the pit : All attempts to put out the flames were vain. Ex ertions to extricate toe sufferers were used incessantly, but at eight o'clock last night not one of them was got out of the pit.—[Subsequent accounts contradict this ac count. It appears there were only from twenty to thirty persons in the pit, and the whole of them were happily extricated alive.] SERIOUS ROBBERIES,--CAUTION AGAINST PETTY HAWKERS —The following serious robberies have been committed in the day during the last and present month, in the neighbourhood of Manchester. On the 20th ult., a watch from the house of Miss Needham, Pendleton ; on the 26th ul'., quantity of silver plate from the house of Mr. Slater, Broughton ; on the 28th ult., a quantity of silver plate from the house of Mr. Walton, Stretford terrace; on the Ist inst., a quantity of plate from Birch Hall, Ru , holme ; on the 2nd inst., a quantity of plate from the house of Mr. Scholes, Prestwich ; on the 3rd inst.. a silver basket, value twenty pounds, from the house of Mr, Slater, Victoria Park ; on the 4th inst., from a house at Swinton, a work-basket, containing trinkets ; and on the 6th inst., a quantity of plate from the house of Mr. 0 ens, Stretford. All these robberies are supposed to have been committed by petty hawkers who go about to the houses in the outskirts of the town, with matches, paper, small books, pens, sealing wax, &c., as a pretext for loitering about premises. THE PERILS OF STEEPLECHASING.—An inquest was held on Wednesday evening by Mr. Higgs, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Charles Barnell, aged 38. The deceased was a trainer of horses for steeplechasing. In his capacity of " coper," he taught the horses to leap, for which purpo-e a number of bars are required of different heights, for the animals to jump over. On the 18th ult. he purchased a horse at Dixon's Repository. On arriving at Kilburn, he took the horse into the yard for the pur pose of trying his leaping powers. The bar was brought out, and amidst many spectators, it was cleared in good style by the deceased. Elated with success, he ordered the bar to be raised higher. The horse cleared the bar, but the deceased, by come mischance, slipped off, and alighted on his feet. The ground being rough, and the force with which he came to the ground, broke his right leg. He was removed to the hospital, when delirium tremens set in. He lingered for some days, and died on Tuesday night, from mortification of the injured part. The deceased, during his steeplechasing career, had broken his left leg on two previous occasions. THE POLICE AND THE GAMBLING-HOUSES. --Oa Wednesday morning, shortly before one o'clock, a very determined attack was made by the police upon a number of gambling.houses at the west end of the town, situate in Bury-street, Albemarle -street, Ft. James's-street, and their neighbourhoods. By a preconcerted arrangement, in pursuance of orders from the commissioners of police, a body of policemen from several divisions of the force were ordered to be in readiness between eleven and twelve, to proceed to a certain destination unknown to the men, but which was eventually found to he in making a simul taneous assault upon gambling-houses at the west end of the town. The men, on leaving the stations, were sup plied with sledge-hammers, crow-bars, &c., for the pur pose of obtaining immediate entrance, Upon the divi sions reaching the houses, an attack was at once made upon the doors and admission obtained. The police then rushed up the stairs into the rooms. In some of the houses the gambling was going on, when, upon the noise of the police entering being heard, a general attempt was made to escape. The police, however, succeed, d in cap turing several persons, and also getting possession of the rouge et noir tables, the 100-tables, the cues, &c., which, with the prisoners, were taken to the station-house of the C division in Vine-street, where they were safely lodged. CONVICTION OF CROUCH, THE MURDERER.—The trial of William Crouch, who, it will be remembered, murdered his wife by cutting her throat at her lodgings, in Marylehone, from which she died instantly, took place on Wednesday; at the criminal court, London. Two or three publicans, in whose service the prisoner had been as potboy and waiter, proved that he was extremely stupid —so much so, that they had been obliged to discharge him. His intellect was so limited, that it more than one customer gave him an order at the same time for different kinds of liquids to drink, be could not remember them. The jury retired at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and there being no prospect o f their agreeing the same night, they were locked up. On Thursday morning, they came into court, at ten o'clock, ann upon being asked whether they had agreed upon their verdict, the foreman answered in the negative, and requested the learned Judge to read over to them the portion if the evidence which bore upon the prisoner's insanity. Mr. Justice Coltman, who presided, immediately sent for Mr. Baron Alderson, who tried the case. The jury asked in the mean time to be allowed some refreshment, as they had been without fond fur twenly-jour hours ! the learned judge expressed his inability to comply until the arrival of his learned brother. The starved jury then retired feeble and ex haus'ed, and, after waiting an hour and a half, sent a re quest to the court to be allowed a glass of water. Mr. Justice Coltman informed them that he was obliged to refuse their request. Mr. Baron Alderson having arrived, the jury again retired, having received from his lordship, the inrormation hieh they sought ; about two o'clock they came again into court, with a verdict of guilty. Mr. Baron Alderson immediately passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, giving no hope of mercy. THE PROPOSED NEW DOCKS AT HULL.—The Hull Dock Comp illy, as we have already stated, are proposing to construct two new docks at that port.—the Victoria Dock, east of the harbour, and the Railway Dock, near the railway station. The first (which is to communicate with the old harbour by means of a basin, and also with the Humber in a similar triNnner, so as to form a circular string of docks) would provide for the timber trade, and the latter for the trade in silt, cotton-twist. &c., by rail way. The area of the Victoria Dock is to be nearly 13 acres, the Humber basin about 3, and the Drypool basin ; the length of quay round the dock 3,390 feet, and the area of the quays 131 acres. The length of quays round t T h i e ,, D le r n y g p t o h ol of ba t s h i w e qu il a l y b s e r. l . ,3 . 9o l t f l e , e, and etiluin Humber re r basin 4 acres. inwill be 1,390 feet, with 61 acres of quay room. At the east of the dock there will be a slope for the landing of timber. The estimate for the Drypool basin is £46,361 ; for the dock, £87,263; for the south or Humber basin, £36.847. The total estimate for this dock is £32,941.? The Rail way Dock will have an area cf 21 acres. Ihe quay- will be 50 feet wide on either side, having an area of 2 acres. It is proposed to reserve 1 acre 2,000 yards for ware houses. The estimate for the Railway Dock, including contingencies, is £58,576. The cost of the rails and rail way machinery will be £8,600, of which the Dock Com pany are to bear one-half. Both docks are to have a depth of 30 feet at spring tides, and 21 or 22 feet at neap tides. The estimates provide 24 acres of quay room, and 19 acres of docks. 'The total cost is estimated at £410,000. It was stated in the committee on this bill, on Wednesday last, that the export of cotton-twist from Hull (which reaches there chiefly by railway) was about 80 million pounds annually. WRECK OF TILE SEVERN STEAMER.—Within these few weeks, two new iron steamers, the Severn and Avon, fitted with the Archimedean screw, and high-pressure engines, were started in opposition to the old line of steam packets between Bristol and Newport, South Wales. We regret to state that one of them, the Severn, was wrecked in the Newport river, just at the moment of her starting on her return voyage to Bristol. About a quar ter to six on Saturday evening, when about to start, the Severn was lying at her bertha near the Newport bridge, with her bow towards the bridge, her stern being down the river, or in the direction of Bristol. At this time the tide was running up the Newport river very strong. The signal for starting having been given, the captain com menced swinging her round, and cast off the stern chain, depending upon the bow rope and the power of the engine for bringing her round with her head to the tide, and thus getting her under weigh. At this moment, when the order was given to back her, it was found that the screw would not revolve; the vessel immediately swung round, and carried with the run of the tide, struck with her bow against the sharp wedgelike buttress of the bridge, and recoiling, almost instantly struck with her side against another buttress with such force, that every one on the bridge fully expected to see her turn right over. At this moment the scene was indescribable ; the spectators on shore, as well as their friends on board, screaming dread fully. Boats were instantly put in requisition ; and the passengers, upwards of 50 in number, were fortunately all got on shore. The removal of the luggage, &c., was safely effected. In about an hour and a half, she was seen to go down, the captain and crew having only just jumped into some boats previously to her sinking ; indeed, they stayed by her so long, that the boats in which they were were swamped. The crew were, however picked up by other boats. No cause could be assigned for the non-ac tion of the screw, till, on the tide leaving her, a chain was discovered firmly twisted round the screw, which bad thus caused her destruction. How the chain came there is a complete mystery. The vessel has since rolled over with every tide, and has a rent in her side from the deck to her keel large enough for men to walk in and out ; so that is very doubtful whether she will not go entirely to pieces. —Times. BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY AND ALL THE ROYAL FAMILY. SCEIWE PP E'S SODA WATER LEMONADE, an d other Aerared Waters continue i the highest repute amongst the Nobility, Gentry, and Pubje throughout the United Kingdom, that any enconium on its merits appears quite superfluous. None is genuine without a Red Label over the Cork of each Bottle of Soda Water, representing the Royal Ap pointment in the centre, and the name of their Firm on each side. Also. SCHWEPPE'S LEMONADE; has a Yellow Label on each Bottle, with their Name and Address, without which none is genuine. G man Seltzer Water, as imported in Quarts and Pints. EXPORT ORDERS manufactured especially for Warm Climates. THE FOLLOWING ARE THEIR AGENTS FOR LIVERPOO AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. T. Nixon, Jun , R. Lathbury, Castle-street; J. Priest ley, Lord-street; T. Thompson and Son, J. H. and S. Johnson, Wm. Rawle, Church-street; Man and Crosth waite, Wm. Lloyd, Parker-street; Wm. Hope. J. Wood ville, R. Clay, Bold-street; Wm. Proctor, Ranelagh street ; Wm. Jones. T. M. Ehvies, Berry-street ; G. Wood, Pitt-street; G. Aspinall, G. Webster, St. James street; Wm. Wagstaff, Great George-place; Thos. Ho garth, M. Redhead, Great George-street; F. B. Sykes, Upper Parliament-street ; G. Bolderston, Mill-street ; E. Pearson, Fair-view, Park-road ; G. H. Howell, Dale street ; James Gerard, Oldhall-street ; J. Britten, Old Haymarket; D. Scholefield, Queen-square; E. Tiernan, London-road; W. W. King, William Henry-street, Soho-street ; J. W. Williams, St. Anne-stree- ; James Fergie, Brunswick-road ; E. Tiernan, Everton ; J. Ball, West Derby-street ; James Peddlebury, Brownlow-hill ; C. W. Shaw, Russell-street ; E. Jardine, T. Tithering ton, Oxford-street: S. Maskery, West Derby Village; G. Dare, Seacomb-; John Eastwood, W. Higgins, Bir kenhead ; R. Smith, Mrs. Barclay, Woodside ; W.West head, R. Brining, Waterloo. /II AND H. SMITH'S FLUID EXTRACT OF • SENNA, prepared in Vacuo. sold in Battles at 2s. 6d., 55., and 10s. each. This is a pure Extract of Senna, in a high state of perfection, prepared in Vacuo. It is an efficient and easy purgative, in small doses ; those for adults even seldom exceeding one or two teaspoonful's, and produces no sickness or griping in its operation. Not only are the nauseous taste and smell corrected, but the taste is ren dered positively agreeable and inviting ; consequently, with this prep +ration, the difficulty attending the giving of Senna to children is entirely removed. Instead of the loathing which the bulky dose of the ordinary Senna Tea produces, the Fluid Extract of Senna is taken by them with the greatest readiness, and even with a relish, The following complimentary testimonial has been vo luntarily published by Dr. Christison, the distinguished Professor of Materia Medica in the Edinburgh University : " The Fluid Extract of Senna is now used very largely in this city, (Edinburgh,) and—lay many medical practi tioners, as well as myself, almost to the exclusion of every other preparation. I have no doubt it is the best form, in every respect, which has yet been proposed." Observe, the actual signature of the Inventors, on an engraved label, is attached to the wrapper, on each Bottle. Prepared only by T. and H. SMITH, Chemists, 21, Duke-street, Edinburgh ; and sold wholesale by JOHN CLERK, 30, Mersey-street, Liverpool ; BARCLAY and SONS. Farringdon-street, London ; and may be had retail of all respectable Druggists, by asking for T. AND H. SMITH'S FLUID EXTRACT OF SENNA. TEETH. A4R. A. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, from the Firm of Messrs. Eskell and Sons, 99, Norfolk street, Sheffield, and 28, Cooper-street, Manchester, 74, SEEL-STREET, Eight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpool, has the honour to acknowledge the very dis tinguished and gratifying increase of confidence daily re posed in his professional skill and abilities, and takes this opportunity of informing his numerous Patients and Friends that he has taken the above Permanent Residence, and may be Consulted Daily. ARTIFICIAL and NATURAL TEETH, of SUR PRISING BEAUTY, fixed from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots. or giving any pain, and without springs, wires, or ligatures, answering all the purposes of MASTICATION and ARTICULATION, REMAINING PERFECTLY secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility, at the following low charges : s. d. A single artificial tooth .... A complete set . A complete set of natural teeth, on fine gold plate l5 0 0 An entire set of natural or terro-tne tallic teeth, highly finished in the first style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged 40 guineas. . 20 0 0 INCORRODIBLE STONE TEETH, warranted never to change colour nor decay. The great beauty of these STONE TEETH is that it is impossible to detect them from natural. Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or mercury : and DEFICIENCIES of palate EFFEC TUALLY REMEDlED.—Artificial Teeth, out of re pair, re-modelled to fit the mouth, and restored equal in BEAUTY and DURABILITY to the original state. FILLING DECAYED TEETH. Messrs. ESKELL'S celebrated MINERAL TERRO METALLIC, for filling Decayed Teeth, without heat, pain, or pressure. This Mineral is applied, in a soft state like paste, into the cavity of the Decayed Tooth, how ever large or small ; it hardens in a second into an enamel, becomes incorporated with the outer shell, arresting thereby the progress of further decay and toothache, and lasting for many years. All ather Dental Operations, Scaling, Separating, Ex tracting, and Regulating Children's Teeth, Mr. E. per- Forms with ease and safety. Mr. A. E. bees to inform those who require Artificia Teeth that his method of practice combines all the modern town improvements, both in the Teeth and mode of fixing them, which are highly approved of, not only by his Patients, but also by the first medical authorities in the kingdom. 74, SEEL-STREET, (Eight doors from Berry-51.,) Liverpool. PATRONISED AND SANCTIONED BY HER MAJESTY "THE QUEEN," H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND THE SEVERAL COURTS OF EUROPE. R° LAND'S MACASSAR OIL. This elegant, fragrant, and pellucid oil, in its pre servative, restorative, and beautifying qualities, is une qualled over the whole world. It preservus and reproduces the hair, even at a late period of life ; prevents it from turning grey ; or if so changed, restores to its original colour ; frees it from scurf and impurity, and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy. CAUTION.— Each genuine bottle has the words " ROW LAND'S isIACASSAR OIL," engraved in two lines, on the wrapper. *** As a further protectiarchasers, the words " Rowland's Macassar Qir are engraved on the back of the envelope nearly I,4olimes, containing 29,028 letters — WITHOUT THIS NONt ARE GENUINE. Price 3s. 61.; 7s. ; Family Bottles, (equal to four small,) 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. per bottle. ROWLAND'S KALYDOR. An odoriferous creamy liquid of Balsamic Exotics. It pleasingly di-sipares all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Red m piercing Red ness, Tan, Freckles. and other Defects of the Skin, heals Sunburns, Stings of Insects, and ree,uces inflammation. eihe dust, osp o r r e dry o It imparts a youthful roseate hue to the most biliou s Complexion, and renders the Arms, Hands, and Neck, fair arid delightfully soft and smooth. It is invaluable as a renovating and refreshing Wash during winds travelling, and after the to ha the ted sun atmosphere crowded assemblies.—GENTLEMEN will find it peculiarly grateful after shaving in allaying the irritation of the Skim. Price 4s. 6rl. and Ss. 6d. per bottle, duty included. ROWLAND'S ODONTO ; OR, PEARL DENTIFRICE. A Fragrant White Powder, prepared from Oriental Herbs. It eradicates Tartar and decayed Spots from the Teeth, polishes and preserves the Enamel, to which it imparts a Pearl-like Whiteness, and fixes the Teeth firmly in the Gums. Beingan Anti-Scorbutic, it eradicates the Scurvy from the Gums, strengthens, braces, and renders them of a healthy red ; it removes unpleasant tastes from the mouth, which often remain after fevers, taking medicine, &c., and imparts sweetness and perfume to the breath. Price 2s. 9J. per box. duty included. OBSEAVE !—To protect the Public from fraud, the Hon. Commissioners of tier Majesty's Stamps have authorised the Proprietors' Signature to be engraved on the Govern ment Stamp, thus-- A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton Garden, which is affixed to the Kalydor and Odonto. None are Genuine without the Stamp. N.B.—The principle on which each article is prepared is confined solely to the knowledge and practice of A: RONVLAND and SON ' 20, HATT O N G ARDEN , L ONDON — the amalgamation of their costly exotic materials neu tralizes all attempts to separate the it component parts, and thus proves the imposition of all other articles bearing the same names. Be sure to ask for " ROWLAND'S Articles." Sold by them and by Perfumers and Chemists. IMPORTANT TO LADIES. liEARSLEY'S ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS, so long and justly celebrated for their peculiar virtues, are strongly recommended to the notice of every lady, having obtained the sanction and approbation of most gentlemen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and valuable Medicine in effectually removing obstructions, and relieving all other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which, at an early period of life, frequently arise from want of exercise and general debility ot r 't w he ov s e giddiness create an and appetite, correct indigestion, e nerv ous headache, and are eminentlfuseful in windy disorders, pains in the stomach, short sof breath, and palpitation of the heart : being pert innocent, m a y b e used with safety in all seasons an limates. *** It is necess; ii t• rowing to th e numerous imitations, to inform the P is that KEA RSLEY'S is the only ORIGINAL and GENUINE MEDICINE of this de scription ever made, and has been prepared by them for mote than FIFTY YEARS!! Purchasers are particulrrly requested to remark, that as a testimony of authenticity, each Bill of Directions contains an affidavit, and bears the signature of " C. KEARSLEY," in writing, also en graved on the Government stamp, and each is wrapped in white paper. Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by J. SANGER, 150, Ox ford-street, London ; and all respectable Medicine Ven dors throughout the Country. May 14. 1814. _ . I MPERIAL AUSI N SCRIP for £3, 6 for £l5, and -I- (of 1839.)-1 AtIsTRIA,. - £23,000, £20,000, £15,000, 13 for £5O ; reimbursable by Dividends of £30,0 00, _ crIIAN LOAN of 30.000,000 6i. sterli•ig. f IMPERIAL RUSSIAN=POLiSi4 LOAN c ) 150,000,000 fls. (of 1835 )-1 RussiAN.POLlsn Sci for £2 lOs., 4 for £lO, and 9 for £2O. General and chief DISTRIBUTION Ist Joie, j ilt Vienna. A few SCRIPS are Net on SALE. ayide llus &i'."--Smalltst Dividend £5l/ repaid at Paris, Frankfort, _ Vienna, and London. Apply fox propectuses, with full partieular, without delay, to A. JACOBS arrd Co., Bankers, Frankfort.on,Maine. Or, to save postages, letters may be sent to Mr. JACOBS , 34, Wellclose-square, London, from whence they Wil l promptly be forwarded. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN-POLISH LOAN:, of 150,000,000 (of 1835,) IMPERIAL AUSTRIA N m LO ai lk es N tis 3 s f t 3 h o e .O E OO m , O p oU e r ( 0 ( f ) f A lB u 3 s 9 t r , i ) a g a u n a d r a t n h t e e e E d in b p y their e r or of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS at Warsaw and Vienna. In the Russian-Polish Loan the following di vii dends will be re-i m b urv d :—One of 1,000.000 fl-, one °„( 300,000 fl., two of 150,000 fl., s i x o f 25 , 000 11., eight " 14,000 fl., &c., together 7000 dividends, gaining 7,970,0 000 ' Smallest dividend 750 fl , largest 1.000,000 fl. In tha. Austrian Loan 700 b on d s w ill o bt a i n 701,700 IL, in lots or 230,000 fl., 50,000 fl., 15,000 fl., 10,000 fl., &c. Small est dividend 500 fl. 10 floiins are equ to £1 sterling. , s trifle more or less, as p er d a y' s exc h ange. T he piles are -1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2 10 1 Austrian Scrip for 4 Ditto 30 9 Ditto 0 13 Ditto Payable by bank notes. remittances, or drafts. Dil i ' dends re-imbursable at Frankfort, Paris, London, or l`lef York, at the option of the holders. To save Pis, foreign subscribers may apply to hi s h ouses i n Paris, NO York, and London ; at Mr. A. Soh warzschild's, 1. Plough" court, Lombard-street. Prospectuses, with full partici!' lars, and Lists of the Distribution, promptly forwardedt o every shareholder abroad. J. A. SCHWARZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General. f A florin being 25., it follows that a fif t h s h are a t 12a. a the Austrian Government Distribution, is relatively m uch more valuable than one Red Bond in the private specula' tion of the 25th. Frankfort-on -Maine, April, 1844. PARSON'S ALEPPO OFFICE, WRITING INK. THIS GALLS, is equally adapted for Quills and Steel Pens, and combines the requisite qualities of INCORRODIBILITt and PEEMANENCY Of COLOUR with an easy flow from the Pen. It is therefore strongly recommended to Merchants, Bankers, Solicitors, Accountants; and others. *** Warranted natio be affected by time or - climate. Sold in Quart, Pint. Half-pint, and Sixpenny Bottles, by JoRN PARSONS, at his Manufactory for Printing and Writing Inks, 9, Ave-Maria-lane, London, and sold 1)1 all the Booksellers and Stationers in Liverpool. PHYSICIANS' & SURGEONS' PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY PREPARED, MEDICINE CHESTS FITTED UP FOR SEA' GENUINE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. T PRIESTLEY, CHEMIST, Lord -street, begs par. • titularly to call the attention of his Friends and the Public to the under-mentioned selection of Preparations: PRIESTLEY'S CONDENSED ANTI B I MOUS ANTACID SOLUTION OF MAGNESIA. The PROPRIETOR has at length by Chemical aid, sue' ceeded in forming a Solution of that admiral medicine perfectly free from all extraneous matter which Magnesia , in a state of powder, contains. This Solution is partictl' larly recommended to correct Bile and Acidity ; for fa' digestion and Sea4sltt! Red Gr a vel. To persons having resident of climates it is invaluable. Sold in Bottles, Is. and 2s. 6d. ; or Family Bottleo, containing two half-crown Bottles, 4s. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POR DERS, which approach nearer than anything yet discovered tO the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style o f pre paring PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is peculiar to himself, and combines scientific skill with great accuracy; and though numbers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years attempt e d brae' tions, they have invariably been found to be spurious compounds, neither possessing the agre-able flavour not the medicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Powder* and make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases' The latter are put up in a very eligible form for exporta tion, or to use at sea, and will keep any length of tim e in all climates. PRIESTLEY'S FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPA RI LLA. In this preparation are concentrated all the Medicinal Properties of Sarsparilla _Root. To persons, therefore, who, from various causes, would experience great incon to prepare or with whom it would be utte r ly i m possible . 0 prepare the Compound Decoction, the Fluid Extrac t, which possesses the advantages of portability and of keep ing, in any climate, will be found a mo s t d es irable mode 0, employing this much-esteemed Medicine. ;fle.glasO two teaspoonfuls of this Extract, p u t i n to a w•- - • n t full of water, makes a preparation equal to half ag c l o n, the Compound Decoction as prescrib e d by the T Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharamacopceias The diseases in which it has proved most . those of the Skin ; such as Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases. Secondary Symptoms, &c., arising from a di seased state of the system at large ; for removing Blotches , Pimples, &c., from the Face, this Medi c i ne h as no slpe rior. bene ficial are The extensive use and high reputation of this prepare. tion has led to numerous imitations. VEGETABLE HAIR OIL, Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and renovating the human Hair, It eradicates the Scurf, nourishes the Hair, prevents its falling off, produces a most beautiful natural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar softness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles at Is. 3d. and 3s. each. VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER. A pleasant Tonic Tooth Powder, which simply removes all tartarous incrustations from the enamel ; and by its p-culiar properties preserves that necessary covering. -- • Sold in Boxes, 2s. 6d. PRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASTE, For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture without labour or trouble. This paste is used for cleaning and polishing every description of furniture ; whatever preparation maY have been previously used for that purpose, it adds a high lustre to French polish.—Sold in Pots at Is. each, or Three Pots for 2s. 6d. FURNITURE OIL, Half-pint Bottles, is., Pint Bottles Is. 9d., Quart Bot tles, 3s. GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE. This article is recommended to Housekeepers for clean' ing all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots , Pewter Measures, Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Plates on Doors, Tin Covers, &c. &c., with half the usual labour which is generally requi,ed with other :preparations, the above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish!on the Metal.—Sold in Squares 6d. and Is. each. ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS, For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stair's out of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &e., and for many other use' ful Purposes.—Price ls. per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. Gd• MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. A few drops of this Flavour added to Custards, Pad dinzs, Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a m ost delicious taste of Almonds.—Sold in Bottles, with Direc tions, Is. 6d. an d NEWLY-INVENTED CRYSTALLINE OIL . This is a limped VEGETABLE OIL, consolidated by a eculiar process, and really is one of the best PrePara" a p n o d ns ke e e v p e ing ever made in curl. fornourishing and beautifying the hair AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROYAL TABLE. CIAPTAIN PIDDING'S HOWQUA'S MIXTURE ‘,..) TEA is an admixture of 40 rare Black Teas, produced on as many different plantations, each Tea differing from the rest, and possessing a flavour, a fragrance, or strength, peculiar to itself. Blended together in the proper pro portions, they comprise all that is desirable in Tea. This discovery was not the effect of chance, but of many great advantages united in one individual, and the result of numerous experiments and the most minute analysis• For another to produce the same result, he must possess equal skill, the same discriminating taste, equal power of procuring the forty various Teas required, and know the exact proportions of each kind used—and though he maY never once have visited China, he must have had equal opportunities of securing to himself, its productions: with one who, like Captain Pidding, has spent years there in acquiring these advantages, siacl-to_whom clone How' qua—years before his death—imparted at Canton, the secret of corn'pottnding his Mixture. Yet there are upwards of 500 retailers pretending to sell tea, they call " Howqua's Mixture"—each mixture dif fering from all the others. Now as there can be but 0 REAL " Ilowqua's Mixture," it follows that, as 500 di' ferent medleys are offered-499 must be spurious. This 499 counterfeits are so many evidences of the superiority of the ONE GENUINE. And it would be absurd to suoPea ° that Captain Pidding, with advantages, the result of Eight Voyages made to China, and five years spent in tha t country, would be so silly —even were it possible—as t ° yield them up to 500 others, or impart to them so valuable a secret. The very great celebrity this Tea has acquired, having tempted many unprincipled persons to give similar, o r nearly similar titles to their own spurious mixtures , t ° guard against such imposition, purchasers should obserire that " THE SIGNATURE THUS," Captain JOHN RHODES PIDDING, Honourable Company's Services is on every genuine Package. To those who drink Green Tea. " Captain Pidding Howqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder," grown only o n onS estate, is recommended for its strength and economy, as being the purest and m os t w h o l esome G reen Tea I °l- ported from China. Captain Pidding has appointed the under Agents fo r this District : GEORGE CARLYLE, Repository, 38, BoLD-rrs.sllll Agent for Liverpool. Accrington W. Hutchinson, Stationer. Blackburn J. Parkinson, Chemist, Church-stree t. Bolton Burnley .. Everton J. H. Pyer, Great Horner-street. Knutsford Lancaster Manchester Prescot W. Turner Kydd, T ea Dealer and a Preston .. H. Armstrong, Chemist. Ditto J. Higham, Draper. Ditto J. Knight, Waterloo House. Ditto P. Wren, Auctioneer. - Rochdale J. Booth, Chemist. Southport S. Whitely, Wine Merchant.