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The RECORDER then proceeded to address the grand jury. He congratulated them and the town at large, that at the trials at the late special commission not a single individual belonging to Liverpool had been tried. He also congratu lated the jury that their duties on that occasion would be light; and this he attributed to the breaking-up of some of the worst gangs of ruffians during the two last sessions. The two cases of receiving stolen property, in the calendar, were of the most enormous description ; the one was that of a per son named Stevens, for receiving flour, and the other where a large number of boots and shoes had been received. Refe rence was then made by the Recorder to the new Improve ment Act, and particularly that clause which relates to the closing of public-houses on the Sundays. He described it as a most valuable measure, and read a letter from Mr. Whitty on the subject. After alluding to the act for the car riage of passengers by merchant vessels, which, he stated, Would prevent the impositions upon passengers, the Recorder discharged the jury to their duties. The trials then proceeded, but nothing of public interest occurred during the day. The calendar contains the names of 61 prisoners charged with felony ; and 6 with misdemean ours. A CONSERVATIVE CEIAUNT. Unfurl the bright banner, to loyalty dear! Let it float on the breeze, for November draws near ; And, though oft we have beaten our Radical foe, The first of November shall see his death-blow. One hero already bath fled from the field, For the name of a GLAzEBKOOK forced BOLTON to yield ; And to Castle-street Ward we r•ith confidence look, In spite of the efforts of HORSBY or CROOK. And near the Town-hall the red banner floats bright, Whilst the Genius of Britain thus speaks from her height : " From this house, my brave sons, cast the Radical forth, " And place in his seat that true Tory, JOHN NORTH." To Saint Peter's we turn—'tis the " rock " of Reform, But HoLmn will Gibraltar a second time storm ; And its garrison, scared by so mighty a foe, Shall yield up the town without striking a blow. But why go we on ?—for the wards we'll win all, We'll beat even BLACKBURN, the pet of Vauxhall; Then, from labour released, we shall drink to the Queen, ' And couple her health with the " Glorious Sixteen ! " P. MARROW. Roscommon -street, Oct. 22d, 1512. moved a resolution to the effect, that the meeting pledged itself to support Mr. Royden at the ensuing election; and that a committee t e formed to adopt measures to secure his return. (Cheers.) ln moving this resolution he begged to make one or two remarks. Great blame had been attached to him (Mr. Cooper) for the position he had taken up with tegard to his late colleague, Mr. Robinson ; but he begged to state that hi s o bj ec ti on t o M r . R o bi nson had not arisen from any personal motive whatever. (Hear.) There was no man whom he more highly esteemed, or whose character he had a better opinion of, or who, in his place in the council, was more efficient. But he (Mr. Cooper) could not forget that he had one great principle to act upon from which he could not depart—that of Scriptural education—(cheers)—and if his constituents were to swerve from it, he would not go into the council as their member. (Continued cheers.) And he begged to add, that if Mr. Royden swerved from that great principle, he (Mr. Cooper) would be the first man to oppose him. (Great cheers.) Mr. JACKSON seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. ROYDEN was then introduced to the meeting, amid loud cheers. lie said that he felt sincerely obliged to them for the honour they had done him in selecting him as their candidate. He was, and always had been, a staunch sup porter of the constitution in Church and State ; and if they should elect him to serve them in the town-council, he should do so to the best of his abilities. (Great applause.) The meeting then separated. LIVERPOOL MICHAELMAS SESSIONS. The Michaelmas Sessions of the Peace for the borough of Liverpool commenced yesterday before James Clarke, Esq., recorder. The court having been opened with the usual formalities, the following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury : Henry Ashton, Esq., merchant, Cases-street, foreman. William Anthony, timber merchant, Hope -street. Swinton Boult, agent, Edge-hill. James Brehner, merchant, Water-street. William Huson, broker, Sweeting-street. Samuel Job, merchant, Pownall-street. Edward Jones, merchant, Exchange-buildings. • Edward Brock Lyon, merchant, King-street. William Mather, merchant, Goree. William M'Cracken, merchant, Rodney -street. Joseph Panton, broker. Exchange-buildings. John Pemberton, merchant, Fenwick-street. Thomas Simpson, gen leinan, Mount Vernon -street. John Aspinall Syers, cotton broker, Everton. John Wright, merchant, Exchange-buildings. George Johnson Wainright, broker, Dale-street. WIGAN-MONDAY. CHARITY SERMONS.—Two sermons were preached in Haigh Chur c h, on S un d ay l ast , b y t h e R ev. W . P. Hutton, ALA., Rector of St. Bridget's, Chester, and collections made after each to defray the expenses of the Sunday Schools at tached to Haigh Church. The sum collected was but small, as the indifferent weather prevented many persons being present from Wigan on the occasion. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TFIE OVERSEERS OF THE Pooll.—Mr. John Whittle, Mr. J. Mason, and Mr. C. Sa vage, the overseers of the poor of the borough of Wigan, appeared before the magistrates of the borough on Monday (yesterday) under the warrant of the chief constable, issued by an order from the town-council, having the borough seal affixed to it, for not paying into the borough fund the sum Of £7OO, being the remainder of a rate of £l5OO laid last Year. Mr. Scott appeared for the overseers, and took seve ral obje c ti ons to t h e i n f ormat i ons. He also objected to the chief constable giving evidence, es he was not a competent witness, being a party interested in the matter, as his salary Waswas paid out o f the b oroug h f und. Mr. Scott also begged to that it was not right that any magistrate being a member of the council should sit and adjudicate in the mat ter, as they themselves were interested in the case. Ho also contended that the warrant had never been served upon the overseers, being merely left with the assistant overseer at the Guardian-office. The magistrates, however, overruled this objeetion, as the parties acting as overseers were in the habit of using the Guardian-office to transact their business therein, and the revising barrister having held that it was cor rect to admit thrt the place was the overseers' office. The magistrates had a long conversation on the subject, and it was agreed to adjourn the case for a fortnight, as many Points had arisen out of it which were not expected, and to afford the overseers an opportunity of paying up the arrears due to the town. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENISG.—The Consol market closed rather flatter this afternoon. There were one or two sale s , and, though not extensive, th e y su ffi ce d to g i ve a back ward tone to prices. Consols for money left off 934 to 4; ditto, account, 934 to 4; Bank Stock, 1651 t o 1661 ; I n di a Stock, 252 to 254 ; Exchequer-bills, 565. to 58s. premium ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 93 ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 1004 to 1 ; New 31 per Cents., loll; Long Annuities, 121; and In dia Bonds, 48s. to 50s. premium.—ln foreign stocks a shade decline was also observable. Spanish Actives were finally quoted 164 to 4-; ditto, 3 per Cents., 214 to 4; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 381 to 391; Danish, 82 to 83 ; Brazilian, 631 to 641 ; Belgian, 1031 to 1041; Dutch 21 per Cents., 524 to ; Colo m bi an , 261 to 214 ; Mexican, 221 to 381 ; an d Peru vian, 16 to 16. Whiggism, in its best points of view, is prejudice that re fuses to be enlightened, ignorance that defies instruction, and h ypocrisy th a t d e fi es exper i ence. I n i ts worst, it is I Yl) o crisy boasting of its ca n d our , vena lity p re t en di ng to in dependence, and perfidy trafficking in principle. A whip earl no more comprehend the constitution than a gambler C an honour the tenth command ment.—Blackwood's Maga zine for October. PROPERTY.—" I do not know," says Dr. Paley, " wise er our attachment to property be not something more than the mere dictate of reason, or even than the mere effect of 'aso iation. Property communicates a charm to whatever is t he object of it. it is the first of our abstract ideas; it cleave s to us the closest and the longest. It endears to the child its plaything, to the peasant his cottage, to the land holder his estate. It supplies the place of prospect and sce tlerY. Instead of covetity , the beauty of distant situations, it teaches every man to find it in his own. It gives boldness and grandeur to pl a i ns an d f ens , ti nge an d co l our i ng to clays d fellows. —Natural Theology. BRITISH V. aim LANDLORDS.—A correspondent of the Evening Mail, in remarking upon an assertion made by that Journal, to the effect that the farmers of the Lothians could afford to live in comparative luxury after paying £5 or £6 an acre for land, while the Irish agriculturists, paving but £2 er £3 can barely exist, thus draws the line of distinction a dopted by landlords in the two countri es , f rom w hi c h a hi nt ;fight be taken with profit by the owners of the Irish soil. In Great Britain," says the above writer, " the landlord hailds the house and farm-office, and keeps them in repair, I t ° Pays a certai prtion for prmanet improveents. In reland the landlord o does nothing but n receive the m rent. In t he Lothians and adjacent counties, to which you particularly ude, the landlords pay genera ll y one h a lf , an d not un requently two-thirds of the cost of ermanent improvements, , B Och as thorough drainage, &cand this too on 19 years' ilettBeS. The tenant rents house and offices included with his and has no dead outlay to make whatsoever. How his is the case in I re l an d! Th e t enant must expend 11 capital, both of labour and money, upon a dwelling-house. o f his sheds, on gates, and f ences , or d ra i nage . Wh en the term 'i, his lease expires, or th a t h e w i s h es t o remove e l sew h ere, L 1 , 8 landlord considers it a mos t unwarranta bl e procee di ng ;nen the tenant claims from £5 to £lO per acre for the good w ill o f t h e l and ; ' yet the demand is founded in simple !.t ron rid strict j us ti ce —i t i s a d emand which will yearly become ger, as the information of the agricultural class in i;reases ; and if the landlords of Ireland do not anticipate it iT7 a voluntary alteration of th e s y s t em , it w ill ye t become ere diffi cu lt t o d ea l w i t h t h an t i thes ever were. Under the ,t'e s ent system, £3 per ac r e i s a hi g h er rent t h an £5 or £6 kw hich l as t, I thi n k , i s a b ove t h e maximum) in the Lothians. Th e hovels, the wretched agriculture, all that shocks the eye i et ,t,he tourist in I re l an d, i s a t tr ib uta bl e to the system of ' tal,tog ea all. l ands, by which the landlo r d s g i ve no thi ng an d al l, katTs OF KING LOUIS PHILIPPE.—Th e Ki ng o f t h e •ch enters this day (October 6) his 70th year, and I am et ;PPY to say , w ith every prospect o f hi s going on well for lattPel° a Years to come. All reports which, h ave b een i n circu foh of his being afflicted with drop s y are utter l y un is ' tid ed. He has no organic disease, and his general health etiloilch better than is usually the case with ninety-nine men Ru ; of a hundred at his time of life. His habits are very re ititiar, and, with the exception of his working hard up to a does nothing of the night, or rather early in the morning, he lit ," nothing which could, in the slightest degree, impair his i li ; e 9gth. It is even doubtful whether this habit of sitting a e , e l o injurious to him, for it is not of new date, and has o at r Yet been found hurtful. lam assured that five nights w o of six the King is alone, writing, from eleven or twelve th et c Tlc to three or four in the morning. It is at this time ageile corresponds w ith his amba ssa d ors, an d w i t h hi s secret tl ie u j B at the various courts, and als o p repares hi s notes f or ia u esiness of the succeeding day. It is said also—but this h eu P r robabl y mere surmise—t h at he devotes regularly one Isi til every night to the writing of his own memoirs. Not riseastanding the late hour at which the king goes to bed, he the () ea rly, and when in the country, walks for some time in tki ce Pen air before he sits down to breakfast. In Paris he h our exercise within doors. At breakfast he passes half an ease cheerful converse with his family, and then devotes pia ac e r half hour to the reading of the journals, as well oat, i of the opposition as those devoted to the government ; e xile: addition to his own reading, he has a secretary whose to ail , I °e business is to direct the attention of the sovereign or new `uat is striking, whether it be in the way . of comixTit extr act s ; and he receives besides a daily bulletin containing no o k 8 from all the leading journals in Europe. Towards Inen rl e h f e gives audience to his particular friends, and to this over S cience and art whom be patronises ; and when this is hi e ' begins the daily and reular business of the state with free f ro ' and others, so that in the four and twenty 'ree f ro ' bas only th e fi ve or s i x w hi c h h e devotes t o s l ee p is lot m oc cupation. With him, therefore, the kingly office hhieui;•_a sinecu re , to say nothing of the cares and anx i et i es e won "u•-- Peculiar to im amongst alle crowned heads of Pyris Cor h respondent of th e Globe. A FEW NOTES ON WEDNESDAY'S COUNCIL. NOTE I.—What a pretty notion Mr. Alderman Evans bas of the " dulce et.decorum" in matters of corporation expen diture ! It is pleasant and proper for the council to build a new prison ; but the poor leypayers of the town must furnish the materials. It is delightful for great projectors, con noisseurs in architecture, and patrons of architectural genius, to inspect plans, determine upon sites, and exercise the pa tronage which the power to expend money confers: and it has a mighty sound to talk about the money in question being raised "by this great and opulent town." But unfortunately the honour thus attempted to be conferred upon " this great and opulent town, rather than our great and opulent corpo ration, is little likely to be appreciated. " Honour," Sir John Falstaff assures us " will not set a leg." Neither will honour reconcile the tradesman, or the owner of cottage pro perty, to the necessity of putting his hands into his well nigh empty pockets, in search of the wherewith to pay a gaol rate, whilst " rich and opulent" men like Mr. Alderman Evans can drive home to their country houses without contributing a shilling. It is true there is something in the fear entertained by Mr. Evans and one or two other gentlemen, lest, by the erection of such a building as will be required, out of the funds at the disposal of the Council, the " corporation ship" should be " run aground." Such a consummation would be as grievous as if the surplus funds of the Dock Estate should run foul of Mr. Alderman Evans's favourite dock warehouses, or be overwhelmed in the fall of Mr. Jesse Hartley's dock sheds. Were the " corporation ship" to be run aground, there might be an end for a while to playing at chuck halfpenny with the purser's stores. There might even be created a necessity for that word— " Unpleasing to a liberal ear—" —RETRENCHMENT! The researches of a Paid Officers' CoMmittee might have to be driven deeper into the core of whig-radical corruption. We might be required to apply the pruning-knife in other quarters—to burke a few schemes now in embryo, for the erection of new haymarkets and other matters, as the auctioneers say, too numerous to men tion. But, upon consideration, we can discern nothing which ought to present a serious obstacle to the erection of this new prison being undertaken—if at all—by the corporation. The collection of the amount, we are told, can be extended over 28 to 30 years. Then BORROW the money, for which the corporation can give ample security, and repay it by instal ments! By the bye, if the question is not already settled, let us, in our rambling way, suggest a mode of putting it to the deci sion of the constituency. Let the question between the Ra dical candidates and the Conservatives at the approaching election be, gaol rate or no gaol rate, and see who will carry the day ! NOTE 2.—The way in which poor William Thornhill was flouted by the waspish alderman for Exchange Ward, is illus trative alike of human nature and of " liberalism." But a few years ago, and even William Thornhill was " somebody" in the eyes of the aristocracy of whiggery. He was not very presentable, it is true, at select parties. He was, however, " a capital fellow" for a' that. He was superb in the Watch Committee, and excellent in the markets. He was, in short, as good a paw as your aristocratic ape could have to pull his chesnuts out of the fire. But now—shame on the wickedness of Toryism !—on a change tout cela. The ascendancy of Radicalism in the the Council has lied. The committees are no longer worked by the faction for its own purposes, by its own subservient tools ; and Thornhill— " Quantum mutatus al) illo Billy !" is but a nobody, and in the Council or in the street he must not " come between the wind and the nobility" of William Earle ! Poor Thornhill ! NOTE 3.—The discussion upon the relative merits of the words " removal," " dismissal," and " retirement," is curious. Preferring that which best expresses the real facts of the case, the public, no one can doubt, will be satisfied with either " removal" or " dismissal." Ironically, in deed, one might be brought to say of a man, who had been kicked out of a situation, that he had " retired ;" but where you are walked out of an office of emolument to make room, by a kind of hocus pocus, for another man, you are " re moved." In the case in question, however, there was a retiring salary, and that perhaps makes it a " retirement." We are " bothered," however, and give it up. NOTE 4.—" Save me from my friends !" will, no doubt, have been the exclamation of Mr. Abbott, the clerk to the clerk of committees, and partner of all the poll-clerks, on reading the report of Mr. Thomas Bolton's speech in his behalf. With the question, however, between the said clerk of many denominations and his patron councillor, this NOTE bath nothing at present to say, its object being simply to ask Mr. Thomas Bolton how it came that "his wee bit mou, so sweet and bonny," was hermetically sealed, up to Wednes day, upon the subject of the poor fellow, picked up out of the streets, and—what shall we call it?—out of half-a-guinea, fairly earned as poll-clerk, and fairly paid out of the corpo rate fund ? NorE s.—Mr. Bright was a fit gentleman to illuminate the blank leaves affair. Mr. Bright is himself the quintessence of blank ; his place in the Council will soon be blank ; and whenever we have in future to mention him in our columns we shall always allude to him as Mr. blank, lest we should have a repetition of the Dodson and Fogg affair. NOTE 6.—The blank leaves again ! There is something in these leaves which we cannot decypher. Mr. Alderman Earle, in his happy mode of expressing himself, assured the Council that " they were all clap-traps." Traps or not, they were not bailed, which is a wonder, seeing that such a " cun ning chiel" as Mr. James Aiken had the setting of them. We should like to have the memoranda made by the com mittee, nevertheless ; and we trust Mr. James Aiken or Mr. Bright will find them for us one of these days, before Mr. Thos. Bolton goes into retirement. We shall as gladly give them publicity in the columns of the Standard, as we did the report of the Paid Officers' Committee ; and they will not give us neatly the trouble of composition, and the cost of ink. NOTE 7.—When Mr. William Earle interrupted the speech of Mr. D. Hodgson with an exclamation of " Oh, the angel !" was he lamenting the by-gone days of the clique, when the affairs of the borough were settled at that fur-famed hostel? If not, be took a liberty in mentioning the name of a being with whom he cannot possibly have any ac quaintance. NOTE B.—When the same individual presumed to say of Mr. David Hodgson, that " nobody cares one button-top for what he says," he should have said that nobody cares one " rap" who it is that William Earle " raps" at. Poor William—thy time is short, hereditary alderman though thou art ! We regret the fact in our heart of hearts ; for, oh ! how the reporters must miss thy pirouettes upon the ultimate joint of thy spine —those pshas and pughs and phoos—which " set the table in a roar"—those screeching interruptions, those disjointed exclamations, those strange contortions, which, in their variety, defy a menagerie of apes to imitate ! We would no more lose William Earle than we would the council itself, or the Town-hall, or the dock estate ; and whenever the day comes— " The day decreed by fates — (How our heart trembles whilst our pen relates !) The day when thou, facetious Bill, must bend" to the decree irrrevocaiile of a majority of the council, we shall most assuredly put ourselves into mourning, as will no doubt nine-tenths of the laughers of this great community. Inimitable William Earle! But, good-bye for the present. The Globe (London paper) states, that the secretary to the Oriental Club has absconded, taking with him about a thou sand pounds in money, and leaving several additional sums unsettled. The club may thank itself for the loss, for the secretaries need not be entrusted at any time with more than a small sum to meet the current petty expenses, and every thing else ought to be paid through the committee. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA IN WARSAW.-It appears, from the news received by the Hamburg!) mail, that great rejoicings took place at Warsaw, on the arrival of the Em peror Nicholas at the capital of the ancient kingdom of Poland. The city was illuminated for three successive nights, in honour of the sovereign who had battered it to pieces, who had sent to Siberia hundreds of the bravest sons of Poland, and who, in defiance of the treaty of Vienna, is adopting measures for making that country an integral por tion of the Russian empire. A FEMALE CHARTIST'S SPEECH. " POLITICAL RIGHTS "OF THE FAIR SEX.—A meeting of female Char tists was held on Monday evening, in the National Charter Association Hall, Old Bailey, for the purpose of forming a " Female Chartist Association," to co-operate with the male association ; and for other objects connected with the inte rests of " the people's charter." At this meeting a Miss Mary Ann Walker was the great gun. The "political rights" of women having been brought under discussion, a Mr. Co hen observed that " political rights," such as he understood that meeting to aspire to, women could never, in his opinion, attain. Miss Mary Ann Walker then declared that she was astonished at Mr. Cohen. She repudiated, with indignation, the insinuation that if women were in parliament, any man, be he husband, or be he lover, would dare be so base as to attempt to sway her from the strict line of duty. (H ear, hear, cries of " bravo " from the men, and much applause). She would treat with womanly scorn, as a contemptibl e scoundrel, the man who would dare to influence her vote by any undue and unworthy means (cheers from the men), for if he were base enough to mislead her in one way, he could in another (" hear, hear," and renewed cheers). The events which were at that moment taking place in the North, where their sisters and brothers were being cruelly and unjustly transported or else they were plunged into dismal and pesti ferous dungeons, for no other cause than standing up for their rights and demanding bread to appease their hunger and save themselves from dying of starvation in their native land, were unfortunately of a nature to drag woman from her retirement, and call upon her to lift up her voice against such deeds (great cheering from the men, and cries of " bravo, Miss Walker," and " hear, hear," from the ladies). As for Lord Abinger—(hisses), he was unworthy of the name of " man," and unfit to represent the interests of either man or woman. His lordship had said, that the Chartists wanted to get the power into their own hands to make all the laws themselves." She (Miss Mary Ann) flung back the malig nant falsehood with all the scorn it merited (cheers from the men, and " hear, hear," accompanied by waving of hand kerchiefs by the ladies). The spirited young lady, who spoke with great warmth, and suited the action to the word, after passing some additional censure on his lordship, and touch ing on a variety of other points connected with the objects of the meeting, declared herself a Chartist in name and feeling ; and having appealed to her fellow-country-women to " come out " in favour of the charter, and, however ungramatical their language, not to be dismayed by any shaft of ridicule that might be pointed against them, concluded by giving them the encouraging hope tha t if it were only from the curiosity to hear " a woman " spe•ak, the young men would came ont and speak to them (laughter, and long continued applause, amid which Miss Mary Ann Walker resumed her seat) THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The general monthly meeting of this society took place on the evening of the 11th instant, at the Royal Institution; John Grantham, Esq., the president,'in the chaii. The at tendance, both of members and visitors, was nu►nerous, and the proceedings of the evening of more than ordinary interest. ON THE PREVALENCE OF HARMONY IN THE SYSTEM OF NATURE. Mr. C. F. SALT, the secretary of the society, read an ad mirable and ingenious paper " On the principles of Harmony as prevailing in the System of Nature, and as exciting the pleasing ideas of proportion and beauty, when applied to works of art." The theory advocated by the lecturer was at once curious and interesting. He explained the vibrations of the stretched cord of a musical instrument, which are not, as is usually supposed, equal over the whole, but divide themselves into thirds, fourths, fifths. &c., over various lengths of the string, the whole producing harmony, and showing the disposition of the air itself, when so acted upon, to produce, as in the iEolion harp,' a concord of sweet sounds." The same proportions of chords that held good in music, for the production of harmony, he then clearly demonstrated by mathematical diagrams, to apply equally to the beautiful, proportionate, and harmonious, in architecture, sculpture, and even in landscape painting ; and, were applicable, also to the harmony of the heavenly bodies, as had been maintained to a certain extent by Sir Isaac Newton himself. In well proportioned interior architecture the same theory held good, as exemplified in the proportions of a fine apartment, which he illustrated by a diagram of a room, the length, breadth, and height of which, corresponded precisely, and in propor tionate gradation geometrically, with the musical notes which, sounded together, produce harmony, and were capable of the pleasing modulations. He showed the extraordinary coinci dence in whatever delights the eye or ear, by a number of diagrams, &c., with comparative tables, and concluded by an eloquent peroration on the harmony of the universe. lie was listened to throughout with profound attention ; and the thanks of the society were awarded to him, by acclamation, at the close. MODEL AND DESCRIPTION OF A PLAN TO STOP THE PROGRESS OF FIRE IN WAREHOUSES. Mr. H. Green, of Leece's-street, being called on by the chairman, then proceeded to describe a large model or ske leton of a warehouse, fitted up with apparatus of his invention for the speedy extinguishment of any fire that might break out in one or other of the stories, and which, as it excited much interest, from the recent lamentable destruction of life, and property in the town, we shall endeavour briefly to ex plain. The principal object which the inventor sought to attain was to render his apparatus se!'' -acting, or, in other words, so contrived that on the fire breaking out, and reach ing a certain degree of heat only in any one room or story of the building, the valves or cocks in that room would imme diately open, without any one being in attendance, and sub ject that apartment, or that potrion of it only which was ignited, to a heavy shower, or rather deluge of water, which could be stopped at any moment after the fire was discovered to have existed, without unnecessary damage to the goods by an inordinate quantity of water. To effect this his plan is, without entering into details, as follows :—A large tank, to contain 6 or 7 tons of water, left constantly filled, is fixed at the top of the warehouse, either over or, to prevent the ac tion of frost, immediately under the roof. From the bottom of this tank pipes for the conveyance of the water are placed down the sides of the building interiorly, and ending in hori zontal pipes, one running longitudinally in each room, close to the beams or ceiling above. These latter pipes may be either fixed over the centre of each room or close to the wall; and from them diverge smaller branch pipes, fixed to the beams or ceiling, crossing the room in parallel lines, and perforated with holes. At the neck or bottom part of each descending pipe, which is to supply those thus perforated, there is a cock or tap, which is kept closed by a small bar-handle or lever, with a weight at the end, hooked or tied up, in a horizontal position, with a piece of soft mettle which will melt and fall off when exposed to a temperature of 180 to 200 degrees ; and the weight, being disengaged, falls to the perpendicular, and thus instantaneously opens the tap. The water then imme diately rushes into the perforated pipes at the ceiling, and, by the hydraulic pressure from the cistern, falls in jets pretty equally over the whole surface or area of the room in which they are fixed. Should the fire be discovered and appear to be subdued, the communication with the tank may be stopped to prevent unnecessary damage, by means of a rod or handle outside of the warehouse, and accessible to the police officer or watchman. There is also, on the same principle, a vertical perforated pipe crossing the top of the warehouse front outside, which, in the event of the building being in danger of ignition from the exterior by the burning of a building on the opposite side of the street, will discharge a heavy down ward shower upon the walls. To facilitate the melting of the soft metal that keeps the taps closed, a piece of string, satu rated in saltpetre and gunpowder, is attached to each piece of the metal, and may be left hanging down the wall, or be laid on the top of the goods across or along the room. This string, the inventor of the plan states, would speedily ignite in the event of contact with flame or sparks, and the fire run ning up it to the valve, the soft metal hoop would more readily dissolve, and the water be let on. The same plan is, of course, applicable to all the rooms down to, and including the cellar. In the model, strings of the description stated were attached to the tap handles, and these being ignited, the metal gave way, and several of them were opened nearly si multaneously—fire being supposed to be in several rooms. The immediate result was a deluge over each room, the ap pearanceof which elicited much applause from the audience. An interesting discussion ensued on the merits of the plan to which, however, some serious practical objections were started. The CHAIRMAN was apprehensive that the complexity of the apparatus and its consequent expense would be a bar to its adoption, although it was certainly worthy of the serious consideration of the mercantile community. In reply to questions by Mr. Cunningham and others, Mr. GREEN said, that he proposed the pipes to be of cast iron, and that he thought damage to the goods by leakage might certainly be avoided. It was suggested, that in removing goods the strings might be accidentally pulled or broken, and that a deluge might be the consequence when it was not wanted. The inventor said, that even if the strings were twisted or broken, the metal hooks had sufficient tenacity to remain undisturbed. Mr. ASFILIN, — the proposer of the admirable plan of ex tinguishing fires by having an immense tank of salt water supplied from the river, by a steam-engine, and at such a height in some locality in the outskirts as would send the water many feet above the warehouses, which should have a eornrymnieating pipe in each rnorri,—wee of opinion, that in frosty weather the water in Mr. Green's descending pipes would be frozen, and the whole apparatus be rendered un available. Another gentleman apprehended that severe frost would freeze the water in an exposed tank, particularly if it were mounted on the top of a high warehouse. Mr. GREEN did not apprehend the freezing of the water in the pipes, as they would be within the warehouse; and with respect to the tank, it might be fixed under the roof. In reply to Mr. Whitty, he said he proposed that the perforated pipes should be six feet apart, and the holes one inch in diameter. Mr. Wntrrir said that a great body of water would be required, otherwise it would soon he expended, and he was of opinion that too much water could not be thrown into a burning room. The contrivance was, however, very ingeni ous, and much superior to many he had seen. He objected to the mode of supplying the water from a tank, as not equal to the plan of Mr. Ashlin ; but the mode of its distribution was good, and perhaps an amalgamation of both plans would be highly efficient, provided that, in place of the proposed taps to let off by combustion, there were a cock at the back of each warehouse room, which should be known to the fire police, and might be turned on and off as required. A GENTLEMAN (we believe Mr. Smith) said that he had some knowledge of pyrotechnics, and the proposed slow matches or strings could by no means be depended upon, as the slightest damp would render them altogether ineffectual. The CHAIRMAN said, the society was certainly much obliged to. Mr. Green for the exhibition of the model, and hoped that with some modifications his plan would lead to something beneficial to the public, as well as to himself. He proposed that the thanks of the meeting should be awarded to him,—which was agreed to. MODEL AND DESCRIPTION OF A SPARE RUDDER. The CHAIRMAN then produced a model of a spare rudder, invented and made by Mr. R. Talbot, shipbuilder, of this port, and explained its peculiar formation, the mode of readily attaching it to the stern part of a ship that had lost her regular rudder—an accident of frequent and dangerous occurrence—and its peculiar adaptation for efficient service under the roost trying and perilous circumstances. The model was scarcely shown ere its simplicity and utility were ac knowledged and highly approved by every nautical gentleman present, as supplying, in every respect, an admirable substi tute for the usual ruder, when the ship has the misfortune to lose it and to become unmanageable without some such ap pliance to keep her in such a position as to resist the action of the waves in a storm, and afterwards to guide her in her destined course. Many attempts have been made, and much labour and ingenuity expended to arrive at this desideratum, but we do not remember having seen any plan so prompt and easy of application, and promising when once shipped (which it can be, even in a gale, in two hours) so efficiently to sup ply the place of the ordinary rudder. The CHAIRMAN prefaratory to explaining it, alluded to several previous plans of temporary rudders, one of the first of which was, he believed, the invention of Mr. Heron, about 60 years ago. A seventy-four, on board of which that gentleman was, lost her rudder at the " stormy C a p e ," b u t was by his contrivance brought home in safety. The stock of the rudder was formed of a spare topmast, to which other spare spars and planks were bolted so as to attain the re quired width of helm. When put together, this was drawn up to the ship's stern post, the heel of the topmast (now forming the top of rudder) sent. up through the rudder-case, and the whole secured below by guys or ropes attached to the fore or topmast part, and passed forward in diagonal lines, so as at once to confine it to the stern post, and to 'act as hinges or rudder irons. The square hole for the fid in the topmast readily suggested itself for the insertion of the tiller; and the vessel, when all was secured, could be steered with tolerable precision, at least in moderate weather. A long time was, however, necessarily occupied in preparing such a rudder, and there was also much time required, as well as much difficulty in shipping it--during which the ship might be lost by getting into the trough of the sea, a position in which, during a heavy gale, a vessel, unless unusually strong, could not long withstand the terrific waves breaking broadside over her. The present rudder bad an evident ad vantage in this respect, as it was not only portable and ready at all times, but was much more easily shipped. lie then described the rudder, of which the following is a brief ac count:— It is made of leather, sowed together so as to be double, and of the same size and form as the main rudder, with blocks or bars of ,wood running across it inside the leather, in the wake of each rudder iron, and to which the bands are fastened by bolts running through and firmly rivet ted. There are braces the same as on the stern-post, shipped on, and fastened to the rudder irons. At the ends of each of these braces there is a short length of chain, with a rope attached. These chains and continuous ropes lead forward on both sides of the ship, and brace the rudder close to the stern-post. The lower bands or braces have a hinge on each arm, made fast to a small check-line ; so that when the rudder is hauled forward by the ropes, the check-lines snap, and the lower braces fit and accommodate themselves in a flat position on each side of the stern-post. The after-part or back of the rudder has guy-ropes fasted to rings or bolts in the manner of the usual rudder ropes, and these leading on deck on each side become the steering ropes,—acting in place of a tiller. The mode of shipping this rudder is very easy. It is lowered over the tafrail, and the neck or top of it is hauled up the rudder-case. The chains and ropes of the braces on each side are passed forward, tightened and secured ; as also the guy-ropes from the back of the rudder. The weight of the bands or braces sinks the rudder immediately, so that it may be readily secured in its place. The guy ropes from the back of the rudder, lead by blocks to the capstan which becomes the wheel. This rudder, adapted for a ship of 300 tons, can, from its flexible nature, be packed into a chest five feet long by three feet wide, and two-and-a-half deep,—with all its apparatus. It is ready for shipping at any moment, and may be con sidered an integral part of the ship. The cost may be about £25. Such a rudder may be made of strong canvas, or other cloth material, in place of leather; but the latter would, doubtless, be found to be more durable both in use and for preservation in case of emergency. In reply to questions put by several of the members, Mr. TALBOT furnished satisfactory explanations of the construc tion and mode of fixing of this rudder; and the invention was admitted on all hands to be most important, from its simplicity and apparent efficiency, as well as its portability and ease of application. The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Talbot; and the business of the evening being concluded, the members of the committee and their friends retired to partake, as usual, of tea and coffee. COURT OF PASSAGE.-MONDAY. (Before CHARLES CROMPTON, Esq., Assessor.) The Court of Passage, for the trial of causes in the borough of Liverpool, commenced yesterday morning. The number of causes to be tried was 95—of which two were demurrers, ninety issues, and three writs of trial. The increase !n the number of cases, which is from an average of 60 to 95, is attributable to the operation of the new act. MACKAY V. BAKER. This was an action to recover damages for an assault and battery. The plaintiff is a son of Mr. Mackay, tailor and dra per, in Tarleton-street, and the defendant Mr. Baker, a co median, late of the Theatre Royal in this town. The facts of the case were these :—Mr. Basil Baker had sent a waist coat to the shop of the plaintiff's father to be altered or re paired, and by some means it happened that the waistcoat in question had been mislaid. The defendant called to inquire after Y, and saw the plaintiff, Mackay, j un ., w h o proposed replace the w a i s t coa t— a f anc y one ; h ut the hi his property, pert de fendant not being satisfied with the price at which the sub stituted garment was to be charged, an altercation ensued, and it was attempted to be proved that Mr. Baker struck him severely in the face. The brother of the plaintiff, recently appointed a landing waiter, was the first witness called to prove the assault, and he stated that he was not certain whether it occurred in August or September. It was, however, in one of those months, between the hours of twelve and one in the day. This wit ness swore that the defendant took hold of his brother by the collar with the left hand, and gave him a violent blow in the face with the other, upon which his brother jumped over the counter, and ordered Mr. Baker out of the short. In cross-examination by Mr. James, it appeared that the counter was four feet wale.' Mr. George Iladcock, who was present with defendant on the occasion, was called for the defence. The evidence of this witness went to show that the preceding witness, Mackay, jun., was not present during the altercation and alleged as sault; and that it occurred in the month of August, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, and not between twelve and one • that the defenda n t s t ruc k a t th e pl a i n tiff, b u t did not hit him, and only struck at him on being called a liar. Mr. D. Ratcliffe deposed that he saw the plaintiff a few days after the occurrence, and could see no marks of the pun ishment alleged to have been inflicted. The Assessor summed up, and explained the difference be tween assault and battery ; and the jury, after a short delibe ration, retired. On returning into Court, they gave, for the plaintiff, damages, one farthing. PROCTOR V. HAMER. An action to recover the value of 201 tons of slack coal, at is. per ton. - - Mr.. Venubles appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. James for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £7 4s. SCHLESINGER V. FAULKNER. This was an action brought by Mr. Caspar Schlesinger, a commission agent, against Mr. E. D. Faulkner, the owner of considerable land in the neighbourhood of Edge-lane, to recover the sum of £6 10s., the amount of the commission on the sale of land value £250. The principal question at issue was, whether the plaintiff was actually the agent of the defendant in the sale. The plaintiff, it appeared, had introduced Mr. David Ross, who wished to buy a large parcel of the land, to the defendant; this negotiation, however, went off, but at a subsequent period the sale of a small portion was effected for the sum named. Mr. T. A. Dale, estate agent, was called on the part of the plaintiff, and he proved that under the circumstances the commission would be due to the agent. Mr. FORSYTH (who appeared with Mr. Blackburne for the defendant) contended that the first transaction was altoge ther at an end ' • and that the second sale, which w as o f a different piece of land, and at a different price, was effected without the intervention of the plaintiff. The plaintiff, therefore, had done no work and labour. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the defendant. SKIDMORE V. MASON. _ In this action the plaintiff claimed £l9 from the defendant as rent for the use and occupation of a house belonging to him in Elizabeth-street. The defendant is a landing waiter, and paid the first quarter's rent, which was due in January last, to Mr. Byford, auctioneer, for the plaintiff, in the March following, since which period he had paid nothing. In answer to an application from the attorney, in Sep tember, the defendant stated, that owing to unforeseen circumstances, he had become involved in difficulties ; and that if proceedings were taten against him, he must defend them in order to gain time. Some difficulty occurred in proving the duration of the tenancy, which being overcome, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, £l9. 'Several undefended causes were afterwards tried; and the court adjourned about four o'clock till 9 o'clock to-tnorrow (this day.) STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—Our markets during the week have presented no material variation from those of the last week. The princi pal demand is for fancy goods, which do not require the same amount of labour in the dressing as the broadcloths of for mer days used to do ; hence th frequent slackness of our cloth-dressing fellow-townsmen. The demand for home consumption is moderately brisk.—Leeds Intelligencer. BRADFORD. THURSDAY.—WOOL.—AIthough the supply of wool is not considerable, it is fully equal to the require ments of the spinners, who are buying only for immediate consumption, seeing no prospect of any alteration, except a shade in favour of the buyer.—Yarn : The demand for yarns is very similar to what it has been for many weeks past—very steady, but not extensive ; the shippers have not taken as much as usual at this period. The spinners continue to act on the defensive, and the continued short time run by seve ral of the most extensive houses has had the effect of pre venting an accumulation in stocks, or material alteration in prices.—Pieces : We are sorry we cannot report any better doings in this branch of our trade. Orleans and merinos are the least plentiful in the market, and perhaps realizing the best price of anything offering. The fancy trade is rather dull, and the sales made are still at ruinously low prices. MANCHESTER.—The only change to be noted since our last report is, that more inquiry for power-lown, printers was made on Tuesday last, and large offers were made by printers to contract for cloth for spring styles at the lowest rates taken prior to the turn-out. Two or three things have operated very unfavourably for our market—viz., the stop page of the Bank of Manchester and the variableness o f prices, and fancy prints were neser worse to sell in conse quence of the great demand for plaids, which has completely stopped the sale of most prints, and ceused the failure this week of three Stockport houses. The country houses, mer chants, and printers, as also the wholesale houses in Lon don, are all bare of stock, and the least stimulation in the market will create an extensive demand, for the printers will be forced soon to commence buying to prepare for the spring. Two failures have taken place in London ; one an old house shipping to the East, and the other in the country trade (but chiefly in prints,) owing to the print houses in this town a serious amount. We learn that the country house is stopped in consequence of the failure of the other. Power -loom printers may be quoted as follow :-27-inch 86's, 4s. 3d. to 4s. 9d. ; 72's, 4s. 9d. to ss. 41. d. ; and extra cloth, ss. bd.— Manchester Advertiser, of Saturday. BOLTON.—The aspect of trade is still fathom encouraging. Counterpanes, as might be expected from the season of the year, have received considerable improvement in demand during the last fortnight; prices, however, seem to be sta tionary. For muslins there is rather a falling off. Quiltings and power-loom cloths are rather slack, though not more so than they have been for a month past. In the demand for cotton yarns there has been a great falling off during the last fortnight. The hands in the greater part of the mills are still working full time, but the stocks are again rapidly in creasing. ,The line harvest has done much to prevent desti tution from increasing, but it still prevails to a fearful ex tent.—Manchester Advertiser. BLACKBURN. — Trade has again returned to the same dull and languid state it was in some time ago. The briskness we had a few weeks since is again at an end. At present factory operatives have full employment, but it is reported that manufacturers are for reducing wages, The hand-loom weavers have had to submit to another reduction in their wages this week ; 20's, 32's, and 36's jaconets have been re duced 2d., and in sonic cases 3d. per piece. Th ere d oes not appear to be any change in the yarn market. Calico block printing in this neighbourhood is almost at a stand, an d ma chine printers are not so well employed as they were last year at this time. In Accrington, Church parish, and the surrounding towns, the block and machine printing trade is dull, and hands are not half employed.—lbid. Both the yarn and cloth markets continue without the slightest symptom of improvement, and prices may now be considered fully as low as previous to the turn-out; indeed, as regards some numbers of yarn and descriptions of cloth, prices are lower than were ever before known to have been submitted to. Under these circumstances. the prospect of approaching winter is but disheartening, notwithstanding the abundance and cheapness of provisions, for we fear the few hours' labour may, in many quarters, be curtailed, and that many will die of absolute starvation, since it is thought this next will be an early and a severe winter; indeed, his icy breath has already blown upon us. We have some failures of importance to announce this week. There has been one, at least, in Stockport, that of a large spinner and power-loom manufacturer, said to be indebted to the Bank of Manchester some £5,000. There has also been a large failure in Glasgow, by which some parties here will be affected. To-day we hear of two houses in London having suspended, they also owing considerable sums here. - 2 1 / a nchester Chronicle. LEICESTER. — There is certainly more business doing; but it is the season for the Leicester trade, and no inference can be drawn as to the general improvement throughout the country. The great complaint everywhere is a want of pro fit. There is now full employment for workmen. The ope ration of the tariff, we hope, will soon begin to be felt ; an d the great mass of the people be in a condition to purchase articles of f f clothing, thenew me a sures. %vhich perhaps will be the first conse quence Wool is not much in demand; the price is about 245. per tod, but the growers are unwilling to sell at that price. Cotton yarn has advanced in value. A contemporary last week sneered at a recommendation of ours, and rejoicingly quoted us as an authority that the growers of wool would be in a worse condition next year; but we said no such thing. We have spoken, indeed, re peatedly, of the increased growth of wool in this county, and remarked upon the accumulation of stocks in the hands of the growers; but, above all, of the mixture and substitution of cotton for wool in the Yorkshire district, leaving the gra ziers to draw their own conclusions from the facts we stated. The worsted mills are working full time, and readily sell their yarns. Many new branches of manufactures are spring ing up . amonest us ; and attempts ar e ma ki ng to introduce warm worsted clothing, both coarse and a l so o f fi ne k i nds, here and at Nottingham. We hope the exp er i ment w ill sue Geed, rriecnt ssT and of new h w e trade athrti inekol articles t Leicester, loicthunlike ly,oflate wh en we see the speci mens years, has introduced a great variety of fancy goods; and we believe those trades are the most flourishing of any amongst us. If the labour ing classes should gradually get into a better condition, the staple trade of the place may be expected to resume its for mer activity. Although cattle and wheat have fallen in price, the consumer has scarcely derived any advantage at present.—Leicester Journal. The deficiency detected in the accounts of Mr. Hannay, the managing director of the late Marylebone Bank, amount ing to £17,000, will fall upon the direct ors exc l us i ve l y. B y means of mutual concessions, the claims of the creditors, it is said, will be discharged in full. A CARGO !—The ship America, Captain Fisher, arrived at this port on Saturday, from the Pacific Ocean, after an ab sence of twenty-six months, with a cargo of 4,700 barrels of oil (400 sperm), and 45,000 lbs. of whalebone. This is the largest cargo ever recorded in the annals of the whale fishery in any part of the world. Captain Fisher is a son of Edgar town, a thorough-bred whaler.—New Bedford Mercury. It may be considered almost certain that Duncan M`Neill, Esq., the present solicitor-general, will be immediately ap pointedghly probable that he will also become candidate for the represent a ti on o f B utes hi re. lord advocate, and it is hi Mr. Adam Anderson, late sheriff of Perthshire, it is ex pected, will succeed Mr. M'Neill a s solicitor -general.--- Edinburgh Mercury. SEVERITY OF THE WEA TIIER.— WiIIter is visiting us at a much earlier period this year than usual. On Wednesday there was a heavy all of snow at Ashton, and the hills on the east of that town were clad in their wintry garb. The tem perature, as indicated by a self - registering thermometer, placed with a north aspect three feet from the ground, in the neighbourhood of Chorlton-cum- Hardy, has been remarkably low for the season. On the 3d October it stood at 22i deg. ; on the 4th at 21i ; on the 19th at 131 ; and on the 20th at 20. —Manchester Chronicle. SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION. Lieut. TRACEY delivered his second lecture on Practical Navigation, at the above association, last evening, before a numerous audience. Amongst those present we noticed Capts. Chamley, Bissett, Hill, Jilt,. Greaves, Graves, jun., Simon, Edwards, Davidson, M'Minn, Vero, Scott, Williams, Wil lett; Messrs. Ashbridge, Smith, Rowlands, Kilgour, &c. He commenced by returninc , thanks for the honour that had been conferred on him by electing him an honorary member of the institution. He had ever, he said, felt a lively interest in its prosperity, feeling fully convinced that in its ultimate attainment the interests of the service were deeply and vi tally interested. Shipmasters had been too long obscured from that public consideration to which their important po sition and confidential responsibilities (even in a national point of view) eminently entitled them. That this has been so is a melancholy truth, the result of man y causes , among which may be reckoned theiri own supineness : that they will allow it to be so no longer was the fervent wish of all their friends, who hailed with delight, as the harbinger of future renown to the service, the establishing of the " Liverpool. Shipmasters' Association." He then dilated on the gratifi cation it afforded him to have had the "right hand of fel lowship" extended towards him, and to be accepted as a companion and a brother in the great national work of nau tical regeneration. _ Lieut. Tracey nextadverted to several positions laid down in his last lecture, and proceeded to argue from them to shew that he did not in the present course (whatever he might do in a future one,) consider himself called to take into considera tion the higher branches of any of the sciences connected with his subject, but, only so far as a certain degree of attain ment in each could be considered as indispensibly requisite in producing an able practical navigator ;—it was, therefore, his intention to commence with what he considered would be the best course to pursue with a boy, of seven years of age, till, at the expiration of his apprenticeship, he should be deemed worthy of advancement, and the confidence of his superior officers. In adopting this course, as the one most likely to prove of practical utility, he was solely guided by the opinions of the most celebrated characters of our country, one of whom had laid it down as ail incontestable truth, that the evils incorporated in the systelon of a grown-up person could, at the best, be only ameliorated. When you wish, says he, to regenerate your country, you must begin by educating your children. It is true, be said, those who heard him might not all be bound by the ties of paternity, but theirs was a moral tie, and a very responsible one too, which should in duce every ship captain to look with more than ordinary solicitude to the welfare of the helpless apprentices com mitted to their charge. Lieut. Tracey then proceeded to call attention to the fact, that of the thousands of elementary books published for the benefit of youth, there was not one extant that had for its object the formation of a practical navigator, commencing from infancy ; and that, out of the various systems, the coun try, as a nation, had not impressed on any the seal of its ap proval. He closed this part of his subject by a very eloquent appeal to the sympathies of all prestnt. Who can contem plate, he said, without emotion the fair lad of promise, docile and ductile, leaving his paternal roof for the last time, to hold kis occupation on the " great waters " How much does he, at such a moment, stand in need of the kindly countenance of a friendly captain, when, for the first time in his life, he stands exposed to the fire of temptation of no ordinary magnitude! The admonitory warning and faithful counsel of an affectionate father are no longer his ; and where —oh ! where—in the hour of his soul's peril, is the fond mo ther of his childhood ? There was a magic in the name of mother, on which he loved to dwell. Who like her can discern the seedling germ of good in her erring boy ? and; fostering it with maternal solicitude, who like her hath that patient hope—So often realised—of beholding the errors of her child obliterated in the virtuous integrity of the man ? These preventives to error, and diligent incentives to virtue, be has foregone ; for seldom is it, after being once embarked, that the agonized tear of maternal affection ever glistens on his cheek, to check, by the sweet unction of its tenderness, the aberrations incidental to his nature and position.—Lieut. Tracey afterwards illustrated his views by numerous dia grams. At the conclusion the lecturer was loudly cheered, and, after a vote of thanks moved by Captain Chamley had been responded to, the meeting separated. A railway is about to be laid down in the island of Barba does. The favourite pleasure yacht of Napolean has been trans formed into a Scottish merchantman, named the Thomas. SYMPTOMS OF REVIVING TRADE.—During the last few days, since the new tariff came into operation, about 3,500 loads of colonial timber have been taken out of bond at this port.—Sunderland Times. On Thursday morning the hills which divide the counties of York and Lancaster exhibited a covering of snow and hoar frost, not very usual on the 20th of October. The showers of leaves that followed both on the hills and in the plains are stripping the trees of their richly variegated autumnal garb, and presenting the appearance of a premature winter, after one of the finest harvest seasons in the memory of man.— Leeds Mercury. FISHING BEARS.—During the height of the fishing season in Kamtschatka, the salmon is so pl en tif u l in all the rivers and creeks of that country, that the bears catch them with the greatest ease, and will then only eat of the heads and backs. The Kamtschatdales say that a large bear will spoil between twenty-five to thirty fish a-night. As the season advances, and the fish get scarcer, the bears become less choice in their selections. Up to the present time capital executions in Algeria have been performed with the yatagan, and our readers will re member the horrible scene that occurred there not long ago, when, from want of skill on the part of the executioner, several minutes elapsed before the criminal was put out of his agony. To prevent the recurrence of such a circum stance, executions in Algeria are in future to be performed as in France. A guillotine has been made in Paris, which is to be sent immediately to Algeria. THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF DIVINITY:—We hear that the following rev. divines are likely to be candidates for the important office of Regius Professor of Divinity : —The Rev. John Graham, Master of Christ's : the Rev. Samuel Lee, Queen's, Professor of Arabic and :Prebendary of Bristql ; the Rev. W. Mill, Trinity, late principal of Bishop's College, Calcutta, and Chaplin to the Archbishop of Canterbury ; The Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, Trinity, and Head Master of Harrow.— Cambrid.oe Advertiser. Early in the morning of Tuesday a considerable fall of snow took place at Keswick, and the summits of the moun tains were covered. Th e snow h as f a ll en f u ll y e i g h t d ays previous to the first fall of snow last year, and its early ap pearance is considered to be a warning of a severe winter. A. great number of the winter migratory birds have arrived in the neighbourhood, and woodcocks in particular begin to be plentiful.—Carlisle Patriot. ASSASSINATION AND ABSOLUTION•—We have heard o an instance of a Popish assassin, who had agreed to shoot a gentleman for thirty shillings, and a baliff lor half-a-crown. Hewas hung for some other murder; and while in prison, was visited by the bailiff, who asked him " why he had not murdered him" on a certain occasion. He replied, " How could I send your sowl to eternity, while you had a mortal sin unabsolved on your head." The bailiff was in liquor when the assassin had his loaded pistol at his h ea d, ready to do the deed, and this saved his life. Such is the superior force of Popish superstition over the power of conscience. DEATH OF GRACE DARLING.—This heroic and interesting female expired at Bamburgh, on Thursday, the 20th instant, in her 25th year. She had been in a delicate state of health for a considerable time past, and her medical attendant re commended her removal from the sea. She, in consequence, went to reside with a friend at Wooler, and afterwards re moved to Alnwick, accompanied by her sister, where lodg. ings were engaged for them by their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, by whom the greatest attention was paid to the amiable girl. Her complaint having assumed the form of decided consumption, and all hope of her re covery abandoned, her father anxiously desired that she should return amongst her family, and she was accordingly removed from Alnwick to Bamburgh only about ten days ago. THE NEW COMMISSIONS.—BANKRUPTCY AND LUNACY. —On Friday, at twelve o'clock, the new commissioners of bankruptcy, whose names have recently appeared in this journal, attended at the Lord Chancellor residence, IN o. 25, George-street, Hanover-square, for the purpose of being sworn into their respective offices. His lordship arrived in town at an early hour, accompanied by his private secretary, and the usual preliminaries having been gone through, the customary oaths were administered by Mr. Nailor, of the Crown-office. The appointment of a second commissioner in lunacy having been conferred within the last few days on Mr. Winslow, for many years his lordship's private.secre tary, that gentleman was sworn in at the same time, and in conjunction with Mr. Barlow (of the Chancery bar), who entered on the office about a month since, will carry out the provisions of the act of parliament passed last session, by which the law of lunacy has been entirely remodelled. Mr. Richard Clarke (the Lord Chancellor's nephew) has been appointed to succeed Mr. Winslow, as private secretary to his lordship. It is understood that these appointments have given very general satisfaction to the profession throughout the country, and much good is expected to result from the efficient working of the two measures. The Lord Chancellor (who looked extremely well) left town during the afternoon for his country seat.—Standard. DEATH IN A CAB.—At a late hour on Friday night, an inquest was held at the King's Arms Tavern, Kent-road, London, before Mr. Payne, the City coroner, on view of the body of Mr. Robert Wall, 47 years of age, who was found dead in a cab under the fol owing circumstances :—Caleb Robey, driver of cab No. 1,784, posed that on Thursday night, about 10 o'clock, he was engaged by the deceased at the coach-stand on the Surrey side of London-bridge, and was directed by him to drive him to the corner of Pitt-street, in the Old Kent-road. tie was then apparently quite well, and had in his hand two parcels, which he placed in the cab, and then got in himself. On witness arriving at Pitt-street, he opened the door for the deceased to alight, when he found him reclining against the side of the cab, as if asleep. Wit ness endeavoured to rouse him by shaking him, but without effect. Witness knowing the deceased waS Mr. Wall, and that he resided at the corner of Pitt-street, he knocked at the door, and informed a gentleman, who came out, of the cir cumstance, and assistance being procured, he was taken in doors. Samuel Thomson said, he was in the employ of the deceased. He lifted the deceased out of the cab, and went for Mr. Taylor, a surgeon. The deceased was quite dead. The deceased; had had a fit about three years ago. He left home about half-past seven o'clock that evening to go to Stoney-street, in the Borough. He was then quite well. Mr. Taylor stated that he knew the deceased. He had for seven or eight years been subject to a disease of the heart. He was of opinion that that was the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. The deceased was a gentleman highly respected in the neighbourhood. He has left a widow and four infant children to lament his death. AFFRAY WITH A POACHER.—CHARD, OCT. 17.—0 n Thursday last, as Mr. W. C. Coles was shooting in a cover called Bickham-wood, the property of his father, a hen pheasant was discovered to be caught in a wire placed in a run close to the feed which had been deposited for the phea sants. A watch was consequently ordered by that gentleman to be kept during the night, and a man named William Boyer and another remained in concealment for the purpose of detecting the offender. About 10 o'clock two men of very suspicious character, named William Larcombe and John Goodland, entered the field adjoininc , the wood with guns, and after walking close to- where the pheasant was caught, they expressed some suspicion as to whether they might not be watched, and without touching the bird got over into the cover, and had two shots, but escaped without being taken, although clearly identified. About 8 o'clock the following morning, Larcombe, one of the men who were seen the preceding night, came into the wood and walked direct to where the pheasant was, and was just in the act of takin g it, when he saw Boyer, who was th ere alone. Larcombe immediately commenced a violent assau t on him, and succeeeed in getting him down, and forced Lis hands within his neckcloth, and drew it until the blo.d flowed in a stream from his mouth and nose. Whilst ho!d ing him in this position, he, with violent oaths, declared, unless Boyer would promise not to tell of him, he (Lar combe) would murder him, and it was only by an extorted promise of this kind that he obtained his freedom. A war rant was issued on Saturday, and both Larcombe and Good land were taken and immediately conveyed to Lyme, before Sir Henry Bayly, Knight, and Mr. John Hussey, county magistrates, and both prisoners being convicted on the first charge, namely, for being armed by night in pusuit of game, the other charges were not preferred. The prisoners were severally committed to Dorchester gaol for six weeks, at the expiration of which period they are to find sureties for their good behaviour for twelve months, or a further imprisonment for six months.—Dorchester Chronicle. CORRESPONDENCE. THE ALBION AND THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, The editor of the Albion appears to have a peculiar plea sure in endeavouring to depreciate the Established Church, and knowing her constitution and doctrines to be unassaila ble, embraces every opportunity that he thinks affords him an occasion to lower her ministers in public estimation. In last Monday's paper he directs attention to a portion of the Bishop of London's late charge to the clergy, under the head " Episcopal trifling." Oh, what a charge from the editor of the Albion! 11 his lucubrations be the standard of sobriety and seriousness, how low will the trifles stand? I cannot sufficiently express my contempt for the man who could thus comment on a charge delivered by a prelate of unquestioned ability and learning, to the whole body of the metropolitan clergy on a most solemn occasion, and, doubt less, composed under a deep sense of his responsibility. By far the greater part of his lordship's charg e is taken up with a consideratio n o f some o f th e most weigty questions that can occupy the human mind ; having discussed them with the most serious attention, and with the greatest ability, he proceeds to allude to many circumstances of minor im portance having reference to the celebration of divine ser vice, on which a difference of opinion existed in many quar ters, and a consequent want of uniformity in public worship. His lordship did not, nor will any well-ordered mind, think any matter unimportant that has reference to the mode of worshipping God—that Being who has stamped on the mounted parts of his creation the same proofs of omnipotent wisdom and design that he has manifested in . the construc tion of a world. But his lordship discriminates between points—essential and non-essential. It would, indeed, have been worse than trifling to have placed these questions on a par with those blessed truths which are the Christian's spiritual life and food. His lordship's allusion to them was with the endeavour to produce more complete Christian union, and to comply with the injunctions of the Apostle, " Let all things be done de cently and in order." How different the spirit of that body to which I believe the editor belongs, which made similar questions a ground from whence to disturb the unity of the church, and schismatically to separate from her communion, its ministers—introducin g such points into their discourses, not for peace sake, but to indulge in bitter invective against the church. How often has Christian love and charity given place to a lecture on the abominations of a surplice, and in a similar spirit do many of their descendants in the present day speak of the church a " destroying more souls than it saves." "As a polluted sink of iniquity fit only to be cast into hell." Oh ! what sentiments to be uttered by any as suming the character of Christian teachers. And spoken too against a church that in every authorised formulary holds the purest and most Scriptural doctrines, and challenges the most scrutinising comparison of her profession of faith with Holy Scripture. The same editor lately had a leading article on the subject of the dissension within the church, and displayed a not very Christian joy in speaking of her divisions. Good, this, from a dissenter, a member of a body which would appear to glory in division, comprising almost every variety of opinion, their only bond of union, hostility, to the Church of England. He would indeed be sanguine who expected here perfect unity in the visible church. To expect this would imply forgetfulness of the wiles of our ever active enemy, who never ceases his efforts to harass and disturb the Church of Christ, and either by assaults from without, or divisions within, to wound what he cannot destroy. Alas ! the seamless robe of Christ is not an emblem of the external church, but still I trust that the English church will never• have the mottled aspect, which the dissenting com munion exhibit. May the time soon come when all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity will see the sin of causing divisions, and consider that Christ has appointed but one church, the outward visible church, one in external communion, con taining within it that one redeemed church united to Christ by living faith, and never to be separated from Him. Woodside, 19th O c t o b er , 1842. iGLO CATHOLICUS. AI• TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. beg to call your attention to the leading article in the Liverpool Mail of Thursday last, relative to the school question in this town. The editor is very laudably desirous of preserving unanimity amongst the conservatives, lest their watchful and wily enemies should take advantage of any di vision. But, in endeavouring to secure this desirable ens, he appears to be much mistaken as to the proper means to be adopted. He has suffered himself to be drawn into, I be lieve, an unconscious imitation of the worst feature of whig radical policy—viz., the sacrifice of important principle for the preservation of place and power. It was the want of principle and of consistency, the adoption of what for the moment seemed expedient, rather than the maintenance of what was right, that deprived the whigs of the confidence of the country. For a time their " liberal" disregard of what were termed antiquated prejudices and uncharitable distinc tions gave the promise of an era of good improvement, and they appeared to have discovered the mean between the extremes of high toryism and the levelling principles of the chartists. Time has, however, shown their boasted philo sophy to be false, and their plans mischievous and vai n . The triumphant majorities in parliament and in the town-council are a sufficient indication of the esteem in which the "new lights" are held. It is thus seen that there is in the nation a degree of strong common sense and sound principle, on which we may confidently rely, and that we are not drawn to the necessity of sacrificing the right to the expedient. The editor of the Mail indignantly enquires—" Will the conser vatives never take a lesson from experience?" This ques tion may with much force and propriety be retorted upon those who are travellingin the Mail to " Expediency-hall." It is true that the whigs and radicals were ejected because they were haughty, selfish, arbitrary, and urgent. It requires, however, to be proved that some conservatives are chargeable with similar crimes because they refuse to leave the school " question open." Are the conservatives to have any princi ples at all, and are those principles to be boldly and con sistently maintained, or not? The truth is, that with some, undoubtedly loyal, and far from whig or radical persons, religion is classed amongst the " fag-ends and cheese-parings of principles ;" it is, if we may be allowed the comparison, what water is to wine, and ought to be regarded as having no " odour " or " perfume," but as insipid and not suited to cultivated tastes. The remarks of the Mail are somewhat extraordinary, especially when announcing the tearful threat, " We have had too much of this, and we can stand it no longer." Is this tht man of peace and expediency? The reciprocity, we perceive, is all to be on one side. The anti-scriptural party are to he allowed to increase their forces, and no opposition is to be made, lest division should weaken the conservative party through Lighting " for cheese-parings of principles." Is there no fear, then, that by thus quietly yielding, the schools may be lost again ? A conservative council may regard religion as only the lag-end of a political creed. In fact, the editor of the Mail contemplates the possibility of " church and constitutional principles" being in danger, and in this case inconsistently recommends a policy which exactly ac cords with that which lie had just before so indignantly reprobated. He' says, " If, for instance, there were a doubtful majority in the council in support of church and constitutional principles, we could understand the policy of strengthening the majority by removing the trimmer and time server." What is become of the sagacious editor's fear of a division in the camp? In this supposed case there is a seeming expediency of submitting to an evil which could not be removed without endangering a conservative majority. In attempting to remove the trimmers or the time servers, we might possibly remove the conservatives from place and power. But the truth appears to be, that the editor is very angry that "Tri nity College, Dublin, should presume to dictate to Oxford and Cambridge ;" and that whatever was dictated from that quarter would not meet his approbation. Why this is so, the editor can probably explain ; if we had heard, we should be inclined to report accurately what had been told us. But to proceed with what the editor of the Mail " dictates" on this difficult question of " policy." I find, in reading his closing remarks again, that he is exceedingly angry. We are told that " when the majority is powerful and unassailable" then is the proper time for abandoning the cheese parings of principle, called religion, and that this contest for " fag ends will earn for the majority the scorn and indignation en an insulted public." Let us hope better things of the pub lic ; let us hope that consistency in maintaining religious principles will be more truly estimated by the public than is supposed by the angry editor. Let us believe that the public will approve those men who. " seeing the evil afar off," taks immediate precautions against it—rather than those who cry peace ! peace ! when there is no peace. If the battle for scriptural principles is to be fought, it is manifestly better to fight when we possess a " powerful, unassailable majority," than when it is a " doubtful" one. In the one case we can afford to lose a double-minded man or two, even if they should " join the ranks of our opponents," and we are pre pared for ever manoeuvre of the enemy. In the other case, in endeavouring to strengthen our position, we should endanger our very existence. But the editor of the Mail does not approve of going out of our way to contend for religion. It is only when " church and constitu tional" principles are in danger that we are to show any disposition to contend. Now, observe the conjunction "and." The church alone, we might conclude from this, is not worth contending for, at least such a church principle as teaching the Bible in our schools. It is only when the pre dominance of the conservative party is endangered that we are to remove the " trimmer and time-server"—" cheese parings and fag-ends of principles" again. To contend for these trifles when you are in secure possession of political power, " there is in this conduct a savour of meanness and malignity (to use the Wail's words), whi c h canno t b e too much reprehended." What college is now dictating to " Tri nity College, Dublin, Oxford, and Cambridge?" it sounds like a Jesuit College, is it Mayno o th ? I s not t hi s rather the language of practical infidelity and indifference to truth ? Can the charitable editor discover no other motive than " malignity, meanness, an d an appe ti te f or d i scord, " which is likely to influence those who esteem it a sacrifice of sin cerity and religious principle to sanction the partial with drawal of the Bible from the corporation schools? We would ask him what sort of persons those are described to have been—Acts xvii. 5 and 6—who complained to the rulers saying, "These that have turned the world upside down have come hither also." But it is time. to draw our remarks to a close, for few words ought to be necessary on so plain a question as whether the corporation schools ought to teach blasphemy and heresy or not. We must pass on to the ap palling catastrophe which awaits the town, if the Mail's ad vice be not taken. The editor evidently labours under a morbid fear of St. Jude's—the preaching there appears to be " foolishness" in his esteem, being, I suppose, one of the wise of this world. Now, the more absurd the doctrines and precepts proclaimed from St. Jude's pulpit appear to the editor of the Mail and other advocates of indifference to religious truth, the more convinced, will sincere, and consistent believer of the Bible be that they are truth, because we are informed that the " God of this world bath blended minds of them that believe not.' But we must desist, for we are realizing the prophecy of the editor of the fearful increase of preachers to be expected. That, how ever, we are not uncharitable towards the editor let his own words testify, for by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Can anything less than the malignity of infidelity and the blasphemy of a pot-house have dictated such language as " What will the Town-hall become? Nothing more than an adjunct vestry-room for St. Jude's—a place of indulgence for lay preachers—a sheep fold for prayer meetings." It would be enough to say in answer to language like thi s , " Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh," did we not know that they who approve of the opinions of the Mail on the school question, are so totally unconscious of their infidel and depraved tendency as to be proud of them as liberal and enlightened. What a horror comes over the editor when he thinks of the vestry-room of St Jude's— preachers and prayer meeting s . He has not the slightest apprehension lest the Town-hall should become, by the total exclusion of religious principles, more like a pandemonium than a Christian assembly. It is only 11 , 1`Neile, Fielding Ould, and St. Jude's that, like fearful spectres, flit athwart his affrighted imagination, and force him to ask, indignantly, "What honourable man will aspire to a seat in the Town council if he is to be perpetually worried with religious ques tions, and forbidden to think, except through the mind of the little lion of the day." ' The little lion,' Gentlemen, did you note th a t ? " Have you read my book, i n w hi c h I call my adve rsary G oose ?" Farewell, angry Edi tor; L too, begin to h ave a di staste for " lay preac h ers ," at least, preachers of infidel indifference. It is to be hoped that few " honourable" men will listen with patience to one who, in his anxiety to propagate his own peculiar notions, would dare so much to offend against good feeling and good principle as to indulge in low and wicked sneers against " preachers and prayer meetings." According to the spirit displayed by the editor of the Mail, religion would always be out of place. He would consult only the false prophets of iiberality ; of the others he a ould say, •` There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord ; but I hate him ; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil." Allow me to express a hope and a belief that the time of wavering and expediency is passing away, and th at th e ma jority of public men are now awakened to the wickedness and uselessness of sacrificing principle in order to secure the possession of power. Infidels, heretics, and blasphemers, are insatiable as the grave; the more you yield, the more do they demand. Let our government, our parliament, and our town councils, be bold, courageous, consistent, and inflexible ; and let them dare to advocate the truth, in confident reliance upon the good sense and good principle of the nation; they will thus give ardour to virtue and confidence to truth, courage to the timid, steadiness to the waverer, and unite the good in one victorious phalanx which few will have the hardihood to oppose. • 1 conclude in the words of Joshua to the captains of the men of war which went with him :—" Fear not nor be dis couraged ; be strong and of good courage, for thus shall the Lord do against all whom ye fight." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " TENAX PROPOSITI VIR." Liverpool, October 22, 1842. PAID OFFICERS' REPORT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—ln reading your report of the debate on the Paid Officers' Report, 1 was very much struck with the fact that the committee of the Borough Court and Court of Requests had left their proceedings unrecorded : This fact appears to have been condemned by themselves in a very striking man ner, by their having left upwards of , 10 pages in blank, for the purpose of doing, although in an irregular manner, that which after all remains undone. But although . these pro ceedings appeared to me surprising, yet, I was more sur prised at the ingenuity displayed by Mr. Aiken and Mr. Earle in their defence. They actually turn the tables on those who have had the hardihood to condemn this novel sys tem of doing b us i ness , i n t ro d uce d by the Corporation Whi g s of 1836. They think their Tory opponents must be persons of not very guilty consciences. What, condemn such an in nocent omission, and, still more, suspect that such an omis sion had a sinister object ! Oh, horrible ! Know ye not, they exclaim, th a t i nnocence suspects nothing ; but the guilty mind is full of suspicion ? And thus they would incul cate that because the Whigs, when they predominated in the Corporation Council, professed many virtues, the Tories were bound to believe them, under the penalty of being stig matized as being destitute of those virtues, (and particularly of charity,) of which the Whigs made such loud professions. Honi soil qui nzal y pease is their charge against those who suspected that the Whigs did not practise all the virtues which they professed. No doubt when the Whigs came into Corporation power they followed the example of their great prototype, the Whig Administration. They exclaimed, " You have seen the wickedness of the Tories ; now, behold the virtues of the Whigs; of the no-patronage Whigs—of the no-jobbing Whigs." Yet, amongst the first acts of the Corporation we find the dismissal of a Tory treasurer, and the advent of a Whig treasurer in his place; and, behold, if we suspect that this exchange was not founded on patriotic motives, we are assailed by Honi soil qui mal y pease, and we must hold our peace, or be told we have no patriotism, no charity,—we have guilty minds. The professions and the performances of the Whigs have been a long time before the public, and have been pronounced discordant. They did not fall short of their predecessors in those acts of patronage and jobbing which they bad before held up to public execration. Mr. - liarie appears to think that he is the personification of the liberalism of the Corporation : he says Mr. D. Hodg son has had a slap at liberalism { and therefore he will have a slap at him ; this slap is given in an uncourteous style, ac companied with offensive personalities,---a line of conduct, which, for the credit of the Corporation, I hope will not be generally pursued. For public bodies to leave blank pages, instead of a record of their proceedings, is a dangerous precedent, and cannot be justified, because " charity thinketh no ill." G. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As I wish to become an examiner for the Board of Shipmasters, I have found out a new method of getting the latitude and longitude of a ship by taking a back observation through a fog any time of the day; and as regards seaman ship, I can make a splice in a ten-inch hawser any time of the year in North America ; more than that, I can handle a ship in a gale of wind without any sails or spars ; and I think I am qualified for a situation, for I have been three months to sea. AN EXPERIENCED SHIPMASTER. Liverpool, October 21, 1842. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCT. 22. On Thursday, the Rev. T. Shadforth, Fellow of University College, was nominated a Master of the schools. Responsions commence on Wednesday next. The Camden Professor of Ancient History will lecture on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at one o'clock. The first lecture will be on Tuesday next. The Laudian Professor of Arabic will resume his lectures on Wednesday next, at three o'clock. The Savilian Professor of Geometry proposes to commence a course of lectures on Monday next, at two o'clock. The Savilian Professor of Astronomy will commence a course of lectures on Saturday, the 29th inst., at two o'clock. The Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History will begin a course of introductory lectures on Thursday, November 3, at two o'clock. The Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology will begin an introductory course of lectures on Wednesday, November 2, at eleven o'clock. The Regius Professor of Hebrew proposes to continue his lectures on the Prophet Isaiah, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at nine o'clock; beginning on Saturday, the 29th instant. The two Elementary Classes, on Wednesday, the 26th, and Thursday. the 27th. The Professor of Anglo-Saxon will continue his lectures on Mondays and Fridays, at one o'clock; commencing on Friday, the 28th instant. The Clinical Professor of Medicine proposes to recom mence his attendance and lectures at the Radcliffe Infirmary, on Tuesday, November 1. The Rev. G. D. Wheeler and the Rev. C. Nevinson have been admitted actual Fellows of Wadham College. Mr. T. J. Hearn has been admitted an actual Fellow of New College, as Founder's kin. The LOI : d 'Bishop of Gloucester has presented the Rev. Dr. B. S. Claxson. of Worcester College, to the incumbency of St. Mathew's, Twigworth, Gloucestershire. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 22. !At the last congregation the degree of M.A. was conferred on Mr. W. Atkinson, of Queen's College. LECTURES. — TheJacksonian Professor's course on Mecha nism, Statics, and Dynamics, will commence on Tuesday, November the Sth, at the room in the Botanic Garden. Pro tessor Walmesley's Lectures on Vocal Music commence on Monday (this day), on Wilhern's method; the course to consist of 20 lessons, to be given on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. children —seventeen named sevent Beeanker girls wh ando h DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.—In the t own o f D ux b ury, in this State, r h es te id e e n s ‘vitheig last was a male.—American pape r . a o s n on e ebeony blessed! The THE ANTIPATHY OF THE MONICE AI Y.— OSt animals en tertain a morbid antipathy to the serpent species, but in no one instance is that antipathy more sensibly manifested than among the monkey tribe, as the following narrative may tend to elucidate :—A company, consisting of about 20 monkeys (the Hoonoomuns), or black-faced monkeys of Bengal, had colonised in a lofty tamarind tree, near the little village of Rhannaserye, a short distance from the town of Dantoon. This tree was situated on the road side on the route to the temple of Juggernaut, and was resorted to during the sultry tide of noon by viatory pilgrims and others, who occasion ally indulged the inhabitants of the tree with fragments of plantains and other fruits (for the Hindoos enumerate the Hoonoomun monkey among their numerous divinities), On one occasion an extraordinary excitement manifested itself among the Hoonoomun corps. A general whooping, chattering, and screeching simultaneously burst forth from the tree, which had become the seat of the utmost confusion. On our approaching the spot, the scene was utterly indescri bable; the whole of the branches of the tree were agitated by the manual exercise of the blank-faced fraternity, as if they laboured under the convulsive influence of a north wester; in short, had not the cause of this very extraordi nary commotion been elicited, any cool reasoning person would have been led to believe that Bacchus had misled this sober society from the routine of their wonted gravity ; b ut upon our casting our eyes upon a bough half way up the tree, we perceived a huge cobra capello snake lying et f u ll length, which had ascended thither, with a view, no doubt, of satiating his appetite with a squirrel or two, with which animals the tree was furnished. The tree standing by it se lf , none other being in juxtaposition with it, the alarmed colo nists could not effect their escape by a transit, and to de scend one inch nearer their scaly foe than where they th en were, would have been worse than undergoing the chance of breaking their necks by leaping down upon the ground from their elevated situation. At length one of the troop made a tremendous spring, which example was followed successively by the whole body, and the runagates scampered away into a jungle on the opposite side of the road. The snake we succeeded in destroying, but the horror with which the soot countenanced conanaunitY felt lit the serpent' s encroachin g upon their dormitory was so impressive that th ey were never again seen near the tree, although many a weary afterwards found a grateful shelter under its umbrageous branches. MADAME CATALINI.—A. notice will of Catalina always interest the present generation in England. Mrs. Trollope, in her " Visit to Italy," has the following :—" Instead of going as usual to the Casina ;after dinner yesterday, I was taken a mile or two out of Florence to pay a visit from which t I promised myself great pleasure, to see Europe's wiloni wonder an a d nd!eneive_d_ more. _I In n. Valabrique. She resided in delight , Madarre Cric, l a . very beautiful villa, al . 11 stands in the midst of an extensive oder , of which she is the owner. Nothing could P e the be more amiable than . . re ception she gave us. Ithink,who joined of all the nations in the universalchorus in praise of her high character, her charming qualities and her unequalled talent, she loves the English best * 4: * n perhaps they best u nderstoodher worth, and the rare superiority of a mind that, i • the midst of flattery and adulation which really seems to have known no limits, preserved all its simple purity and goodness un scathed. I was equally surprised and pleased to see to what an extraordinary degree she had preserved her beauty. H er eyes and teeth are still magnificent; and I am told that, when seen in evening full dress by candle light, no stranger can see her for the first time without inquiring who that charming-looking woman is. A multitude of well behaved reasons would have prevented me, especially at this my first introduction, from naming the vehement desire I felt once more to hear the notes of a voice that had so often enchanted me. Perhaps if I had not seen her looking so marvellously. young and handsome, the idea might neither have seized upon nor tormented me so strongly as it did ; but, as it was, I certainly never longed more, perhaps never so much, to bear her sing as I now did. Her charming daughter, Madame de V----, was sitting near me ; and I think I yentured to ask if her mother ever sang the next now ; to which she most gaily and promptly answ ere d i n a ffi rm ative * * and then * * what happened hardly know. lam afraid that I must hay I e said something about my secret longings * a for the daughter whispered moment to the mother a few words, and in a lint was at the piano. * * * No,in her Madame Cats she never smiled a sweeter smil e than she very best days did then, as she prepared to comply with the half -ex stran ger, who had no claims upo n her half -expressed wishes of a an Englishwoman. I kn ow not kindness b u t th a t o f b e i ng scarcely had she permitt e d her voice it was she sa ng; b u t bravura passages o f w hi ch he r ice to swell into one o f th ose and so perfectly unequalled, thatexecution was very peculi a r. process was being performed I felt as if some magical again to somethi ng * upon me, which took me back I know not what to call it * * which I had neither heard nor felt for nearly twenty years. Involuntarily, uri c I felt as much onsciously, my eyes filled with tears, and embarrassed ' lady • as a young of fifteen might do, who suddenly f which she found herself in the act of betraying emo tions was very far indeed from wishing to display.' I,