The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-19 00:00:00

2 T . --- A -- Ph FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. IRELAND. was a strong muster of the is port him by chanting the ree ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. The William Penn, steamer, arrived at Waterfcrd from crowded, but it appears that The mail steam-ship Acadia arrived in the river Liverpool on Thursday, with fifty persons who had emi- entered into. The Rev. G on Tuesday morning. She brought New York papers to grated some short time since. without chanting, but th e the 28th ultimo, and Boston to the 29th ; the news in the Six human beings were last week f o und i n a h u t a t gowns and chanted the respe latter is unimportant. Cross, Tipperary, who had subsi s t e d f or th ree d a y s on tants generally a re ver y a y es The session of the Thirtieth Congress would begin on tainted horse flesh. abolished. Monday, the 4th December. The grand jury of the city of Dublin have returned true EMIGRATION AS A Cl The most important of the measures for the considera- bills against Mr. Duffy, for felonious articles in the Nation, should not the Church of - lion of Congress, is the establishment of territorial juris- and for the letter to Smith O'Brien, urging him to united in the holy cause of diction over the newly acqu i re d t err it or y o f N ew M ex i co rebellion. every corner of the B r iti s h et and California. And another important subject is await- The Dublin Freeman's Journal of Tuesday is in a for assisting, wholly or in pal ing legislative acti on -th e f ore i gn an d d omes ti c p os t age towerine ra ge , b ecause M r . C onne ll an , one o f t h e Cas tl e P oor Church people of goo d system. According to present appearances (says the Secretaries, writing to the Very Rev. Dr. Spratt, ad- precarious competition for New York Herald), th e o b s t ac l es pl ace d i n th e wa y o f a dressed him simply as "Si r ." many of our overpeopl e d di free postal intercommunication with England by the pas- A SIGNIFICANT HINT.-A human skull was deposited more genial latitudes where sage of the retaliatory postage law, are in a fair way of at the hall-door of Mr. Kernmis, the crown solicitor, in fail to ensure to themselves a being adjusted by negociation between the English minis- Kildare-street, on Friday night or Saturday morning, as tent period, an honest and e try and the American minister. a premonitory caution a g ai n st " j ur y p ac ki ng ."-Dubli n Chur c h men d o combine wits Doubts are entertained as to whether General Taylor Herald. nions for the promotion of lea yet made up his mind on the particular measures and PRAYERS FOR THE POPE.-The Dublin Freeman's Ashley and his friends urging policy of his administration. One thing, however, is Journal says :-" We understand prayers are being of- the claims of the " ragged." highly probable-that both moderate men and moder a t e fared up, throughout th e en ti re o f C a tholi c I re l an d, f or H arrow by i s a t th e h ea d o f the speedy deliveran ce o f hi s H o li ne ss P o p e Pi us IX . w hil e th e Cit y Mi ss i on an d i t measures will be in the ascendant, an d th a t th e mere par tisans of any faction will have little influence in that from all his enemies." Who are they ? work among the convicted quarter. PAUPERISM.-On Tuesday there were in th e C or k U n i on howe ver , w h ere i s th e poor C An effort is about to be made to gr o w te a i n th e St a t es Workhouse no fewer than 5,057 paupers, an d th ose i n a Who i s cons id er i ng th e di s t s union the workhouse of w hi c h wa s o r i g i na lly b u il t to con- f a ith ?" of Georgia and Alabama. It is said that Forrest has lowered himself much in the tain 2,060 ! There are now, besides the Workhouse, two THE REV. BAPTIST NOE public estimation by the course w hi c h h e h as p ursue d i n other large and convenient auxili ar y h ouses provided for grandfather was made First I his quarrel with Macready. the paupers. impeachment of Lord Melv A gold mine is said to h a ve b e e n di scovere d c l ose t o th e BRUTAL MURDER.-On Saturday ni g ht a man name d a g ed man . We have been int John Hagerty, under driver in the Balli nro b e U n i on , on of the f am ily, th a t on accept sea coast at Salt Key, or C reag , b e l ong i ng t o C ap t. Shep pard, Governor of San Juan. Lord Sligo's property, was brutally murdered within a he should not be expected to The previous reports of the gold mines of California short distance of .he town of Hollyrnosmt. The deceased dinner, or in any way to vii are confirmed. sold some oats in Hollymount, and was returning home created Lord Barham, and as The celebrated Mormon Temple, in Nauvoo, has been when the barbarous attack was made upon him. succession was extended to th entirely destroyed by an incendiary fire. No effort was There are already 1,500 applications for the professor- Lord Collingwood, who was made to stop the progress of the flames. The magnificent ships of the new colleges in Ireland, and singularly enough !kited in vain. His only d structure was erected at an expense of 200,000 dollars. there is not now living a single man who had taken a Baroness Barham, was marr Nothing now remains but the blackened wall. scholarship in Trinity College, Dublin, for the last fifteen very many years M.P. for Rui NEW COMET.-On Saturday evening, the 25th Nov., years, save a few who have succeeded in their professions, several children, the present j -at 6h. 30m., a telescopic comet was discovered at the who are not among the candidates, borough by the Whigs, being Observatory, Cambridge, United States, America, by M r . On the 16th November, William Allice, living near was not happy, Sir Gerard I G. P. Bond, the director. It is situated in the constella- Oen/mi, was going home when he was assailed near the assertions of his lady's friend tion Cygnus. Its motion is towards the south. village by four men, one of them armed with a hammer, man, while Lady Barham was THE DIVORCE CASE OF MRS. KEMimr. BUTLER.-Mr. with which their unfortunate victim was struck on the They separated, and while Si] Butler has c6mmenced an action for divorce in %io Court head ;he was then taken into a public-house not far off, landshire, Lady B ar h am wes of Philadelphia, against F ra nc es K em bl e B u tl er , which but he expired on th e 3d i ns t an t. near Swansea. The children, was part heard on the 27th ult. The allegation is, th a t 'i ne t.:.u.-..-ei,,,, m.lanc i lgojy .n.prrative may well be classed tum, We e---e e eth their mce she has absented herself from her husband's house and among the dreary anna ~ ~...... ..... ~, 1LL11..1 venom. cm .m.-, and under uer eye ...rid d eor land owes £2 odd poor rates-his two cows Barham occupied herself in I home without lawful cause for upwards of two veers_ fiv' "- ...men, ny the laws of the State of Pe, ... hansa, is a are seized for the amount; he b egs th a t one on l y may b e mee ti ng- h ouses i n the several .. a reasonable cause for chaise. IVO Infidelity on her part taken-his manner is not very composed, and the bailiffs, west of-Swansea. He r d oc t r i is alleged. believin g th ere i s m i sc hi e f i n hi s l oo k , f a ll upon and kill tic Methodists, and her Chi( HAYTI AGAIN IN TROUBLE.-The President of this him. Such is the substance of the report, which is taken ministers of that persuasion. unsettled country has issued a proclamation informing the from the Roscommon Messenger, all, with the neighbouring co people of Hayti that it is his intention to send an army ENGLAND'S CRUELTY TO IRELAND.-The rates actually mitted the general manageme against the Spanish part of the island, for the purpose of collected at Westport in Ireland have been at the rate of whom she advanced from be subjecting it to his rule, and on the 13th ult. an expedi- sd. in the pound, per annum, on the estimated rental of chief of her preachers, and t tion was fitting out to proceed at once to the southward, the union, amounting to an aggregate of 2s. 4d. in the rest. He built himself a ham LIST OF PASSENGERS.-From Bosion : Mr. 11. Witte, pound for the whole five years and a half; while, in the fluence. Her family had rnuc Mn A. Cuvillier, Mr. J. H. Asgood, Capt. Grange, Mr. period of two years only, the sums brought in aid of the person was not worthy of he' J. Potter. Sir. J. Astor, Mr. P. Kerman, Mr. J. Brodie, resources of the union by the British legislature and occasion to institute an unplet Mr. S. Vonchond, Mr. F. Furnival. From Halifax: British benevolence have amounted to upwards of 68s. in The dissenting education whi Mr. Finlay. the pound on the valuation. Is not that enough to knock received produced its effects. NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOV. 27, 6 P.m. a man down ? Earl, was once fined, under th The stock market opened heavy this morning, and quotations Three men, accused of a murder committed eight ing meetings for public worshi for several of the fancies fell off a fraction. The demand for months since, have been arrested in the Duharrow moun- in Essex, a Dissenting preacho exchange, for remittance by this packet, has thus far been mo- tains. The unhappy victim in this affair was a man named Noel's irregularities ma ay be i derate, without any change in rates. We quote the best bills on London at 84 to si per cent. premium. On Paris, sf. ').5 to Devitt.. He was returning from prayers on a Sunday, -Cornwall Gazette. sf. 224; Amsterdam, 40 to 404; Hamburg;3s4 to 354; Bremen, and, being overtaken by rain, he dir ec t e d hi s s t eps to a emeseeseessaaeaa 78 to 784. The amount o f s p ec i e ex p or t e d f rom th i s port, from neighbouring house for shelter. This house was, it ap tile 3d to the 27th instant, was .8 . 274,142; previously this year, pears, at the moment in the hands of a party which had POLITICAL It/ .810,043,815 ' • making a total of 310,317,957 f rom J anuary Ito attacked it. Their sentinels warned him n o t t o a p proac h , November 27, 1848. but Devitt, not heeding the warning, went on, and was Parliament has been prorogi Be EADSTUFFIour.-The sales in the aggregate reached about 6 a 7000 barrels, including 4 a 5,000 bbls. this State and shot dead as he entered the house. The reformers of Mancheste Oswego, at about 85 374, with some lots straight brands do. at IN RE CONCILIATION-HALL, BANKRUPT.-The Cork meeting in the Free Trade 11 45 44. About 1,003 bbls pure Genesee at 35 44 a .83 50 a 35 Examiner, most probably itself a creditor of the wretched discuss the questions of parlian me ; 400 do. Troy, a t .85 37i a B5 44; 300 do. Genesee (fancy) swindle on Burgh-quay, Dublin, has the following pathetic Lord Seymour, eldest son o sold at .R 5 624 a .85 6sl. There was no change in Southern announcement-" Conciliation Hall has offered that por- not been appointed to succeed brands. Sales 6,000 barrels Ohio, baker's brands, were made at .85 75. Wheat-Sales of 3,000 bushes Illinois were made at tion of the Irish press to which it is indebted 4s. in the sident of the Poor Law Comm pound, that dividend bei ng a ll th at it d ec l ares itself able .81 12. Corn-The sales, including l o t s b ot h old an d new, WEST RIDING ELECTION.- reached about 40 a 50,000 bushels; 7,500 Southern white, on to pay. Perhaps the provincial press fares worse than the Thursday and Friday, and the private terms, 3 a 4,900 old round yellow, at 73c., and about metropolitan •, but these are the terms offered, and per- almost gradually throughout 20,000 bushels old and new Southern and Western white and force accepted by the provincial proprietors." " How are close the numbers were-Di mixed, the latter at 61 a 624 c., and the former at 66 a 664 c. ; fallen the mighty !" 2,500 do. old m i xe d, on private terms, and 1,000 Southern MELAN CHOLY - ACCIDENT.- On Thursday, S 11,246 ;-majority f or D en i son er gean t s It is stated on the be s t au th enieed, on private terms, an d 10,000 1-i g h m i xed at 66c., and , Rollins, Neilan, Kelly, Gibb ons , an d C orporal Mills left 6,000 Ne w Y or k yello w a t 624 c. M ea l -Sales of ICO a ing to the force of the represe 200 barrels of New Jersey were made at 33 124. Rye- the Ranalagh Harbour, near Athlone, about dusk, in a the commercial interests of the The sales reached about 60e0 b us h e l s, i n l ots at 62 to 6 24 c., with small boat. Unfortunately they had not proceeded far a secret committee of the Hou a small lot of 800 bushels at 61c., which was no criterion of the when the boa t struck against an e m b an k ment made across p o i n t e d nex t sess i on to i nqu i re market. Rye Flour-Sales of 100 bar r el s were ma d e at ,8"3 182. the river by the contractors unde r th e Sh annon C ommis- suiting the responsibility of thi Barley-Sales of 3000 bushels were made at 64c. Oats-Sales of cargo were made at 34 to 35c. sioners, in carrying on the navigation improvement, over- banks. FREIGHTS. -12,000 bushels corn were engaged to Liverpool turned, and the party were precipitated into the water. Dr. Bowring, whose eminen at 74d. A vessel was chartered for Belfast, to load with corn, Sergeant Gibbons, however, was saved, having clung to are so well known, has been at at 9d. in bulk, and flour at 2s. 6d. To Liverpool, 6,000 bbls. the boat until assistance reached from the shore. The sul at Canton, worth £lBOO tour were engaged in a transient vessel at 25., and corn, in remainin g party were drowned. gentleman has long been in a bags and b u lk, at 2s . A vessel was chartered for Cork and a market, to load i n B a lti more w i t h corn, at 9s. in bulk 10 000 MELANCHOLY D EATH OF Two C HILDREN. -O n Fri- qu i re d hi s res id ence i n a warms bushels cor n were engaged for Glasgow, i n b u lk, at Sd. ; , day se'nnight t w o c hild ren , a b rot h er and s i ster of the w ill try t o succee d D r. B owrin COTTON MARKET.-The tendency of prices to favour the name of M'Grath, he being 14 and she 16 years of age, Bolton. a se s e t tr e haveben as uninte rru pt e dl y un i form s i nce the 14th inst. were returning, between nine and ten o'clock at night, Four other seats in Parliamen he preceding fortni g ht t o f avour t h e b uyer. The from Dergbridge market ; their way, for two miles, lay Liskeard, Leominster, and '1 sales t 5 were to-day are reported at 500 bales. Prices not quite so stiff, across the bleak mountains of Tiernan, where there was filled by Sir R. Lopes without although no actual decline has been announced. Closing quo- neither road nor dwelling. There, it seems, the storm Mr. Crowder on the Liberal is miens:- LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION, and cold of that tempestuous night became too much for two candidates, Conservative a N.Orleans,Mo- their physical powers. In the morning they were found Mr. F. Peel, the second son Uplands. Florida. bier Texas. dead by each other's side. The girl, on leaving home, Bulwer. inferior Ordinary 54 a 54 54 a 54 54 a 52 of a Conservative Society that lliddlinn• 6a ik 6a 64 6a it was found wrapped round the brother's feet and legs, and e Good middling 64 a ii 64 a 64 64 a 63 the other round his head and neck, while his two hands sort a Protectionist manife s t o , Middling fair 6 tl a 64 64 a 64 64 a 64 were folded in her bosom ; she, it seems, was trying to the term " Conservative," he s Fair - Whigs and Peelites. A ga i n - Fully fair. Covncrt.sm mt,' a, Ei n At.rrs.--I as.w at the North-wall existing institutions in Church P,EW ORLEANS, Is OV . 2s , 1848. m. The cotton market continues arm-sales of 2000 bls. Sales a number of pauper femal e or ph ans f rom C avan Un i on, w ith m y usua l frankness, 4Th, 1 of the week reach 22.000 b a l es . W e quote fair, 6c. ; flour re- on their way to Plymouth, for embarkation by the Go- hope of their being long maint mains steady at .44 75; the sales are 3,000 bbls. • corn is d u ll vernment for Aust ra li a , an d I was surpr i se d at the neat, which are now pursued sh ou ld and prices less firm; sales of 15,C00 b us h els at 4'Sc. for mixed, he a lthy, h an d some , nay e l egant appearance of these poor others should be adopted to F. and 53c. for yellow • mess pork has ad vance d, an d now corn - girls. The relieving officer a n d th e ma t ron i n f orme d me re a s ona bl e expec t at i ons of the mends 810 50. Of' lard there were sa l es o f 120 kegs at 6 elxe.. that the ages of the gi r ls average f rom fif teen to eighteen a tt ac h men t f or i nst i tut i ons ca Sales of 310 bbls. mola sses a t 20 c. In freights and sterlin change we have no cha nge t o not i ce , g years-that they can all read, and all write but two, some without any faults of their o' ROSTON, No v . 28. of them superiorly, b o th as t o s t y l e an d penmanship, emp l oyment an d t h e means of FLOUR.-The general operations have b een to meet the usual and that in general they do most kinds of needlework. and have been confined like trade demand, Genesee .85 75 to .85 87, and Michigan and simi- The impression left on my mind is, that they are quite houses ? It is the bounden du lan descriptions, .85 62 to a 5 75 per bbl. accomplished young women ; and I must add that, enter- defend, not only existing instit GRAIN.-The sales indicate less firmness in prices, with re- Wising hitherto uncompromising hostility to the Poor- labour in their utmost extent.' ceipts greater than the demand. Yellow flat Corn, new, 65 cand old 67c, white 63c to 64c per bu ; other grains the same af's law, I must confess that it has some redeeming features. reimpose the corn laws, an opi previously reported. The girls, with others from Boyle, Loughrea, &c., in all and free trade is persevered t ALBANY, Nov. 27,1848. above 100, sailed by the Duke of Cor nwa ll a t one o ' c l oc k have the ri g ht t o d eman d th i Receipts by canal s i nce S a t ur d ay - Flour, 98,000 bbls.; wheat, on Saturday.-Correspondent of &under' s News Letter, land tax, malt tax, and hop du 2,600 bushels ; corn, 3,500 do.; barley, 11,000 do. Ihe flour market is dull, whil e quo t a ti ons remain about the same; sales EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.-At th e Kilk ee petty sea- poor, highway, an d coun ty rt of 2,500 bushel s o f rye at 60c . Of barley there were sales of lions, whilst the magistrates were d e li ver i ng the i r judg- tith e commuta ti on act , no l os 9,000 bushels at 614 a 66c., according to quality. I n oa t s we meat in a case of Curtin v . O'Donnell, Mr. Studdert, one legislative enactment empoweri notice sales of 6,000 b us h e l s at 33 a 34c. A lot o f 100 bb ls . of the magistrates, was und ers t oo d to make some o b ser - term of years, to be give n up c prime mess pork w ere t a k en at private bargain. vation to the effect that there had been some unhandsome every payment by contract to I . • conduct relative tothe ca s e , w h en anot h er mag i strate, Col. diff eren t average pr i ce o f w h There were alarming riots at Memel on the 4th inst., Vandeleur, caught up th e remar k an d sa i d, " Do you au th or i se d cu lti va ti on o f to b acc the town being co m pl e t e l y i n t h e h ands of the populace mean to say that I acted unhandsomely, as you insinuated the repeal of the duties on soap during four or five hours. Great excesses were committed. on former occasions ? If you do, 1 say your conduct is and the minor sorts of tea and. The French brig-of-war Pandour was wrecked in the unhandsome and ungentlemanlike." He then rose from jag classes ' the bench, and rushed at Mr. Studdert, whom he violently Rive, „ River Plate during the month of September last. and __,,_ , . . _ncompromising hostility to the Poor law, I must confess that it has some redeeming features. The girls, with others from Boyle, Loughrea, &c., in all above 100, sailed by the Duke of Cornwall at one o'clock on Saturday.—Correspondent of Saunder's News Letter. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.-At the Kilkee petty ses , whilst the magistrates were delivering their judg -Int in a case of Curtin v. O'D onne ll, M r. S tuddert, one of the magistrates, was understood to make some ob. nation to the effect that there had been some unhandsome conduct relative tothe case, when another magistrate, Col. Vandeleur, caught up the remark and said, " Do you mean to say that I acted unhandsomely, as you insinuated on former occasions ? If you do, 1 say your conduct is unhandsome and ungentletnanlike." He then rose from the bench, and rushed at Mr. Studdert, whom he violently collared. A struggle ensued, until the belligerents were parted by Mr. Little, by the chief of police, and other gentlemen. They then addressed each other in violent language, which is not reported. C o l one l V an d e l eur left the court, but was requested to return by Mr. Little, who then mildly rebuked both his brother justices for their undignified conduct. Both gentlemen seemed to feel the force of this reproof ; and, after an explanation on the part of each, shook hands and parted apparently on friendly terms. There were alarming riots at Memel on the 4th inst., the town being completely in the hands of the populace during four or five hours. Great excesses were committed. The French brig-of-war Pandour was wrecked in the River Plate during the month of September last, and nearly all her crew unhappily perished. Prince Louis Napoleon is to inaugurate his advent to ,The Presidency by a ..eneral ernnesty, from which will be, 'excepted, however, the prisoners at Vincennes, who are to be tried. No less than four hundred and five members of the National Assembly have been to inscribe their names at the residence of the new President of the Republic. People worship the rising sun in France as well as else where. The Portuguese war steamer Mindelho, was despatched on the 10th inst. for Naples in search of the Pope, to offer him an asylum in Portugal, should be think fit to accept it. The Queen's Chamberlain, Count de Penafiel, is charged with the mission. Maffra is being prepared for his reception. PROTESTANT AND ROMAN CATHOLIC JURORS.—The complainers about the rejection of Roman Catholic jurors from the state trials in Ireland, have ignored such particu lars as did not suit their end quite as freely as they pre tend the officials have shut out Roman Catholic jurors. They have totally omitted all allusion to the setting aside of Protestants, whether by the Crown or the accused, so that a foreigner—and these documents are fabricated with a special view to foreigners—might naturally imagine that this practice of challenging was an instrument of tyranny in the hands of the Crown, and not a constitutional gua rantee of fairness open to the accused, and used by him as freely as by the prosecutor. Much less have they allu ded to the fact that the Crown set aside very nearly twice as many Protestants as Roman Cut holies, viz , of the for mer 71, and of the latter 37. On Mitchel's trial 42 per sons were set aside by the Crown, of whom 28 were Protestants and 14 Roman Catholics. On O'Doherty's first trial 6 were set aside by the Crown, of whom 3 were Protestants and 3 Roman Catholics. On his second trial, 18 were set aside by the Crown, of whom 10 were Pro testants and 8 Roman Catholics. On his third trial, 22 were set aside by the Crown, of whom 16 were Protestants and 6 Roman Catholics. On Martin's trial, 20 were set aside by the Crown, of whom 14 were Protestants and 6 Roman Catholics. Thus, on all the five trials, including the two which did not lead to conviction, there were, as we have said, 71 Protestants set aside and only 37 Roman Catholics. The memorialists have industriously suppres sed this fact ; not because the Lord-Lieutenant knows it, but because others possibly do not. Such unfairness would be scandalous if it were not habitual in this quarter. AUSTRIA.—The accounts from various parts of the Austrian dominions testify the general approval of the people at the abdication of Ferdinand and the accession , of Francis Joseph. The latter, it appears, wishes to act with much independence. The young Emperor always appears in public in military uniform, and also when he gives audiences to deputations. Some Russian saints in the catacombs at Kiev, with their own hands built themselves into the niches of a atone wall, leaving only a small crevice open, through which to receive food, and having remained there till death, they one by one expired in the conviction probably that by this meritorious sacrifice they had entitled them selves to a place in heaven. Letters from Rome of the 4th inst. announce that on the 3d inst., one of the Cardinals remaining in Rome having received a rescript from the Pope, annulling all the acts of the new Ministry, and commanding the dis solution of the Chambers, he communicated it to the Chamber of Deputies, who convoked an ext r ao r di nar y meeting of that Assembly. The House met at midnight, and, after a discussion which lasted until morning, it was determined that the rescript of his Holiness should be regarded as of no value, as it was not signed by any re sponsible Minister. The Assembly resolved further, that a deputation from the two Chambers should wait upon His Holiness to pray him to return to Rome. RAILWAY , A GALLANT YOU NG W OMAN .—A l e tt er , dated Madras, 18th October, has been addressed to the editor of the Madras Spectator, by Captain Eiden. detailing the in trepid conduct of a Miss Arnold. It appears that the Rainbow, from Southampton to Aden, arrived there on the 16th ult. ' Captain Arnold had di e d t en d a y s b e f ore , and the chief mate was incapacitated from drunkenness. The Captain's daughter, about 16 years of age, was on board. After her father's death the second mate made an attempt to entice the young lady to run away with the ship. She indignantly repelled his attempts, and though in deep grief for her bereavement she rushed on the quarter deck and made a public appeal to the crew as British seamen—throwing herself upon their protection. They all, but two who had been led away by the second mate, said they would protect her, and intimated to the rest of the crew that if any one injured her they would throw him overboard. She then suggested as a further means of safety that all the spirits should be thrown over board, and they instantly did so. The young lady after wards slept and remained constantly on the quarter deck, guarded by three faithful tars, and attended by an English female. She represented the case on the arrival of the ship, and the second mate and the disaffected men were arrested and put in prison. Miss Arnold, who is a well educated and amiable young lady, became the welcome guest at Aden of Captain Thomas. The remains of her father, which at her request had been preserved in a cask ofspirits, were buried at Aden the day after the ship's ar rival. She had always kept his accounts ; the second mate navigated the ship, hut several of the crew knew the course to Men, and watched his proceedings. An American editor thus logically nudges his delinquent subscribers—" We don't want money desperately bad, but our creditors do, and no doubt they owe you. If you pay us, we 11 pay them, and they'll pay you." Mr. Catlin states that one of the most violent causes of the Indian's hatred of white men is, that nearly every Indian grave is opened by them on the frontier, for their skulls, or for the weapons and trinkets buried with them. was a strong muster of the inhabitants determined to sup port him by chanting the responses. The cathedral was crowded, but it appears that some compromise had been entered into. The Rev. Canon Sartis read the service without chanting, but the choristers appeared in their gowns and chanted the responses as usual. The inhabi tants generally are very averse to having this old custom abolished. EMIGRATION AS A CHURCH MOVEMENT.-Why should not the Church of England, which ought to be united in the holy cause of propagating the Gospel in every corner of the British empire, organise an association for assisting, wholly or in part, under rule and regulation, poor Church people of good character, to remove from a precarious competition for subsistence, which rages in many of our overpeopled districts and villages, to those more genial latitudes where industrious habits will not fail to ensure to themselves and their offspring, at no dis tant period, an honest and easy independence ? As it is, Churchmen do combine with members of other commu nions for the promotion of emigration. We see Lord Ashley and his friends urging on our Christian sympathy the claims of the " ragged." In another direction Lord Harrowby is at the head of a Society of kindred spirit; while the City Mission and its agent, Mr. Jackson, are at work among the convicted law-breakers. In all this, however, where is the poor Churchman and his children ? Who is considering the distressed of the " household of faith ?" THE REV. BAPTIST NOEL'S FAMILY.-Mr. Noel's grandfather was made First Lord of the Admiralty on the impeachment of Lord Melville in 1805, being then an aged man. We have been informed by an intimate friend ie family, that on accepting office, he stipulated that he should not be expected to attend any Sunday Cabinet dinner, or in any way to violate the Sabbath. He was created Lord Barham, and as he had only a daughter, the succession was extended to the female line, a favour which Lord Coßingwood. who was similarly circumstanced, so- licited in vain. His only daughter and 51712;c.;;;;,' the Baroness Barham, was married to Sir Gerard Noel, for very many years M.P. for Rutlandshire, by whom she had several children, the present peer, created Earl of Gains.. borough by the Whigs, being the eldest. The marriage not happy, Sir Gerard Noel being, according to the ,ertions of his lady's friends, a gay and even dissipated man, while Lady Barham was a weak and fanatical zealot. They separated, and while Sir Gerard remained in Rut landshire, Lady Barham went to reside at Fairy Hill, near Swansea. The children, we boli eve without excep tion, their mother, and were eduoc.ted by and under her eye and direction. In Wales, Lady %zt= occupied herself in building and directin. - car*Pil ises in the several v il lage o of ouvver, a aistri c t -;ne was that of the Calvinis .riends and advisers were ministers of that persuasion. She associated little, if at all, with the neighbouring country families. She com mitted the general management of her affairs to a person whom she advanced from being her footman to be the chief of ho' and the superintendent of all the -est - ''ev 'come villa. and lived aLIU 111 CIA in af fluence. Her family had much reason to believe that this her confidence, and they saw .dsion to institute an unpleasant inquiry after her death. rhe dissenting education which Lady Barham's children received produced its effects. Her eldest son, the present Earl, was once fined, under the Conventicle Act, for hold . ais mansion, we think, ating preacher officiating. Mr. Baptist Noel's irregularities may be referred to the same course. MISCELLANY. Parliament has been proro'gued to the Ist February. The reformers of Manchester are going to hold a great meeting in the Free Trade Hall, on the 4th January, to discuss the questions of parliamentary and financial reform Lord Seymour, eldest son of the Duke of Somerset, has not been appointed to succeed Mr. Charles Buller as Pre sident of the Poor Law Commission, as stated. ST RIDING ELECTION.—The polling took place on Thursday and Friday, and the majority for Mr. Denison lost gradually throughout kepi increasing. At the close the numbers were—Denison, 14,255; Eardley, 11,246 ;—majority for Denison, 3,009. It is stated on the best authority that Ministers, yield ing to the force of the representations made to them by the commercial interests of the north, have consented that a secret committee of the House of Commons shall be ap pointed next session to inquire into the expediency of li miting the responsibility of the proprietors of joint-stock banks. Dr. Bowring, whose eminent qualifications as a linguist are so well known, has bee n a pp o i n t e d h er Majesty's Con sul at Canton, worth £lBOO per annum. The learned gentleman has long been in a state of health which re quired his residence in a warmer climate. Sir J. Walmsley will try to succeed Dr. Bowring in the representation of Bolton. Four other seats in Parliament are vacant—South Devon, keard, Leominster, and Truro. The first will be filled by Sir R. Lopes without a contest. The second by Mr. Crowder on the Liberal interest ; the third boasts of two candidates, Conservative and Whig, in the persons of Mr. F. Peel, the second son of Sir Robert, and Sir L. lulwer. Earl Stanhope has addressed a letter to the chairman of a Conservative Society that may be considered in some sort a Protectionist manifesto. He says, in considering the term " Conservative," he sees little difference between Whigs and Peelites. Again—" If by the term Conser vative' you designate those who wish to preserve the ezictiag institutions in Church and Stat,!., I must observe, with my usual frankness, Church_ I cannot entertain any hope of their being long maintained, unless the measures which are now pursued should be abandoned, and unless others should be adopted to satisfy the just claims and reasonable expectations of the people." He asks what attachment for institutions can be felt by paupers, who, without any faults of their own, have been deprived of employment and the means of subsistence by free trade, and have been confined like criminals in union work houses ? It is the bounden duty of every Conservative to defend, not only existing institutions, but the "rights of labour in their utmost extent." If it is impracticable to reimpose the corn laws, an opinion he does not agree in, and free trade is persevered then, then will the people have the right to demand the immediate repeal of the land tax, malt tax, and hop duty ; the equalization of the poor, highway, and county rates ; an alteration of the tithe commutation act, no longer just or applicable; a legislative enactment empowering leases for an unconfined term of years, to be given up on six months' notice; and every payment by contract to be reduced.according to the different average price of wheat, now and then ; the authorised cultivation of tobacco and sugar without duty ; the repeal of the duties on soap ,colonial sugar and coffee, and the minor sorts of tea and tobacco used by the labor ing classes. COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty will return to Windsor Castle on the 22nd instant, and the Court will pass the Christmas holidays at the Castle. The Bishop of London has addressed a circular letter to his clergy, requesting their assistance on behalf of the Additional Curates' Fund, which will be compelled to withhold a number of its grants at Easter, unless the funds be augmented by £2OOO. The Royal family are still in the Isle of Wight. On Tuesday Prince Albert attended by Major General Wemyss embarked on board the Fairy, and proceeded to the Ajax steam-vessel, to witness the experiments with the new steam propeller fitted in that vessel.. His Serene Highness Prince Victor Hohenlohe Lansenbourg paid a visit on Wednesday to the Queen and Prince Albert. The marriage of Si: Henry Lytton Buliver, the late British minister at the Court of Madrid, and the Hon. Georgiana Charlotte Mary Wellesley, youngest daughter of the late Lord Cowley, and niece of the Duke of 'Wel lington, was solemnised on Saturday evening, by special license, at Hatfield House, the Marquis of Salisbury's beautiful Elizabethan seat in Herefordshire. Among the distinguished company present were , the Duke of Wel lington, the Marquis of Douro, Sir Edward Bulvrer Lyt ton, brother of the bridegroom, and candidate for the re presentation of Leominster, &c. A grand banquet for 30 guests was given on the occasion. AFFAIRS. The discontinuance of the " Return-tickets," is found to operate injuriously on railway interests, in the dimi nished amount of traffic. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending the 9th instant—Coaching traffic, £727 11d.: parcels, £43 2s. 4d. ; goods and cattle, £164 Bd. ; steam boats, £lO5 16s. 6d.; total, £lO4O sd. The directors of the Caledonian Railway announce that the temporary interruption of the traffic occasined by' l the recent floods on the Clyde, has been overcome, and that the trains are again running as usual. An entire stoppage has been put to the further progress of the railway bridge over the Tweed at Berwick, in con sequence of the men in a body having refused to work any longer for the contractors without wages. On Satur day night the arrears amounted to nineteen weeks. Captain Laws, who lately resigned the management of the Great Northern, has been re-appointed managing director of the Lancashire and Yorkshire, which he left to join the Great Northern, at a salary of £1,500 per annum. - On Saturday evening, a timekeeper, employed on the Oswestry branch of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. got drunk, and lay down on the rails near the Rednal Station. The evening train from Chester soon afterwards arrived, passed over the body and killed him on the spot. SHREWSBURY AND CIIESTER RAILWAY.—OPENING OF TIIE BRANCH TO OSWESTRY. — The branch from the main line to the town of Oswestry being completed, it is intended to open it for traffic on Saturday, the 23d inst. The directors of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway contemplate starting a pleasure train on some day, not yet fixed, during the Christmas holidays, at a cheap rate, starting at an early hour froth Shrewsbury, so as to allow the passengers ample time to view the ancient city of Chester. It is stated that Mr. Ormsby Gore has resigned the office of Chairman of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.—Shretegury Chronicle. LANCASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY. - " - A meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Lancaster, for the purpoSe of Considering an agreement entered into with the Lancaster Canal Company respect ing the lease of the above railway, Mr. Bushell in the chair. It was stated that the Lancaster Canal Company had agreed to surrender the lease of the railway to the Lancaster and Preston Railway Company, on considera tion of receiving an annual compensation of £4,780 for the 15 years yet unexpired of the lease, the railway corn= puny having the option of purchasing the annuity within 18 months after the ratification of the agreement. Reso, Wilms were passed confirming the agreement. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, The Rev. Robert Brickel, 8.A., formerly perpetual curate of Shireshead, in this county, has been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Manchester, to the Rectory of Hoole, near Preston, vacant by the decease of the Rev. Miles Barton. On Sunday week, whilst the Rev. Canon Parkinson was preaching in the Manchester Cathedral he was seized with an affction of the throat, and though water slightly relieved him, he was only able to pronounce the bene diction and dismiss the congregation. There has been a good deal of agitation at Plymouth in consequence of the mode in which the Rev. G. R. Prynne, the minister of the new district church of St. Peter's, Eldad, performed the service. A letter has been made public from the Bishop of Exeter to the Rev. G. R. Prynne, permitting his concessions to his parishioners re specting the surplice and the chanting of the Litany, but refusing to advise him to take their " dictation" on the subject of a short prayer before the sermon. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—On Wednesday a sermon was preached at the parish church of Windsor, by the Rev. H. Venn. for the jubilee fund of the Church Missionary Society. The subscription received at the church doors amounted to £5O 16s. In addition to this her Majesty and Prince Albert sent a joint subscription of £leo. In the evening a meeting of the friends of the society took place at the house of Lord Wriothesley Rus sell, one of the canons of Windsor, at which resolutions were adopted for the effectual promotion of the interests of the society at Windsor and Eton. THE CATHEDRAL AT BRlSTOL.—Considerable excite ment was created at Bristol on Sunday, owing to the fol lowing circumstances :—lt appears that the Dean and Chapter had recently come to a resolution to give up chanting the service in the cathedral, and as it was under stood that Sunday was the day when the new practice was to be attempted, and as it was also intimated that one of the residentiary canons had expressed his intention to chant the service as usual, considering it his duty, there THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.--THIS DAY. The depressed state of the Corn trade in London has had an effect upon the market here to-day, and we quote free Wheat and Flour rather lower, with a dull sale; and bonded Flour, with limited transactions, partially lost the advance made at the close of the week. Oats and Oatmeal steady, with a fair business, at the prices of Tuesday last. Indian Corn very little inquired for, and fully Is. per quay. ter lower. way of A few days since, a bridegroom at Littleworth, Leices tershire, astonished the clergyman, by replying to the question whether he would take the bride for his wedded wife, that "he would if she would give him £20." The bride was unable to comply with the condition, and would have been compelled to return unmarried to her home, if her brother had not paid the necessary sum to her affec tionate bridegroom, who then allowed the ceremony to proceed. FALL OF A SUPPOSED AEROLITE.-(By Dr. Fowler, M.D., F.R.S.)—During a storm of rain, hail, thunder, and lightning, which occurred about eight o'clock on Fri day, the Ist December, a servant girl in the wash house of Mr. Atkins, painter, plumber, and glazier, Fisherton, was scared by a loud crash as of a heavy body having fallen , and been broken on the pavement of the yard ad joining. Owing to the darkness of the night, she could not ascertain by what the crash had been produced, but early on the following morning she found scattered about the yard fragments as if of an iron-stone, the external surfaces rounded and polished, the internal radiating to .1, I many centrE Some of the rounded prominences of the stone have a blistered appearance, not unlike some speci mens of chalcedony. None of these fragments (of which Mr. Atkins picked up one pound twelve ounces) had the slightest influence on a magnetic needle. Numerous other fragments reduced to powder were not collected, but unfortunately swept away.—Salisbury Journal. Hew TO EARN AN HONEST SHILLING.—One morning during the late racing meeting at Worcester a gentleman was riding up the course, when he was accosted by a groom looking man, " Please, sir, your horse has got a stone in his fut, I'll pick it out if you'll 'low me." Suit ing the action to the word, he caught up the animal's off hind leg, and after a minute or two spent in working about it, produced a tolerably sized pebble, observing as he touched his apology for a hat, and kicked out his leg by - adding grace to his remark, " There it is yer any ionour, 'nuff - to have lamed for life an 'under 'unter.'' His Honour, completely imposed upon, pulling out a shilling, bestowed it on the fellow with thanks for his timely attention, and rode off. The whole transac tion had taken place in the immediate presence of half a-dozen of the groom and ostler fraternity then looking at the race-horses taking their exercise, and it was quite clear that the ingenious extractor of the stone had com menced the operation by picking it up from the course, and only pretended to extract it from the .horse's hoof, which was as free from stones as last year's snow. Amazed at the successful effrontery of their brother, one of the fraternity ejaculated, " Well, I,m blest, if this here aint the rummest game as ever I seed'." "Is it, spooney ?" ork. " L s - p0e..,0u you . s - bluisialickl, and so you may: it ud be some time afore you idle rascals there ud arnin an how 6t Birmingham, a held to he - ar an explanation from if the objects contemplated in a Prat srellanv. ival of 30 casks and 2: bags of wheat has taken place from Bombay. A Glasgow inventor has obtained a patent fora machir for cutting hides or leather into thongs, in such a maxim that each hide may be converted into one continuous strii Mr. J. Williams, M. P. for Macclesfield, has give £5OO towards supplying baths and wash-houses for tl poor of that town. A female died a few days ago field. The place in which she I a cesspool of cholera, at lludders ved was little better than A fishing boat, belonging to Portskerra, in Sutherland shire, was lost in a storm, on Tuesday week, and the eight men who formed her crew were all drowned. The electric light has egain been exhibited by Mr. Staite in London upon several occasions. A company is in formation for introducing the light into general use. As Mr. Wood, of Clayton-in-the-Clay, was on his way to Barnsley in a gig, to record his vote in favour of Mr. Denison. on Wednesday last, he had a fit and expired. Mr. Wood was between 70 and 80 years of age. Ayrshire was visited by a severe hail and thunder storm on Saturday last. A flock of crows sitting on a hedge were struck by the electric fluid, and sixty -to of them were killed. Sir E. K. Kerrison, says the Suffolk Chronicle, has this week sent to a friend in Eye a hare, a brace of pheasants, and a leash of birds, all packed within a turnip, which measures fifty-one inches in circumference. The news from Dumfries is sad indeed. Chrighton, one or two of the medical gentlemen, many of the principal inhabitants, have fallen by cholera spasmodica, in addition to others already reported. The report that Sir Charles Napier's squadron has been ordered to Tangier to call to account the Emperor of Mo rocco for the numerous acts of piracy DerpPtrated by hip subjects has been contradicted. Provost and The infant child of two " latter-day saints " recently died of an abscess at Northampton, through the obstinate fanaticism of its parents, who refused to obtain medical attendance for their infant, on the ground that human aid in cases of sickness is not only useless but sinful. , ...,....,... A few days since, a labourer, who was working in a field at Adwalton, Yorkshire, was gladdened by finding a purse containing 388 sixpences ; but upon a closer exami nation of his treasure, his joy was damped by the dis covery that all the coins were base. On Sunday morning week an affray took place in Kent between some poachers and keepers, when one of the for mer, in the act of striking a keep er w ith hi s gun , was killed through its breaking and exploding. The contents entered the poacher's body, and he fell lifeless. The Droftwitch salt trade is at present in a state of great activity. The stock on hand three months ago of manufactured salt was about ten thousand tons, the whole of which has been cleared off, and all the works are em ployed in production to the full extent of their power. While an old gentleman named Nottage was at meeting on Surclay morning last, at Saffron Walden, in Essex, some impudent thieves entered his house and stole £l7O. On retiring with their booty, they had the assurance to write in chalk, on the door, "Watch while you pray." The floods in the Trent have lately been so strong that the low lands bordering on the river have been over flowed in many places ; and on Sunday a sloop laden with coal was sunk by the rising of the waters, which drowned a boy who was in his berth on board. In a Darlington lodging-house there is one room con taining nine beds. The charge per bed is threepence, whether it be occupied by one or two persons, or the lodgers sleep "as thick as three in a bed." One man pays threepence ; two pay three-halfpence, and three pay a penny each ! The tide rose to such a height in the Thames on Tues day afternoon, that the Essex, Woolwich, Wandsworth, and Battersea marshes were covered with water; and se veral streets in Lambeth were so deeply flooded, that it was necessary to use boats to ferry the inhabitants to and from their dwellings. Mr. William Underwood, farmer and grazier, of Lut terworth, was attacked in his own field the other day by a large ram of the Wiltshire breed, which knocked him down repeatedly—though he broke a gun with beating it about the head—and would probably have killed him, had he not contrived to blindfold the animal with his hand kerchief. On Friday night a quarrel took place among a company drinking in an inn at Badminton, and a fight ensued be tween Elijah Robbs, a carpenter, and James Watts, an as sistant in the stable yard. Subsequently Watts was found dead in the yard, having received two mortal stabs on the left side, near the heart. Hobbs has been committed to gaol for the murder. A Dumfries paper mentions that, on Wednesday week, four workmen employed in blasting rock in the Drum lanrig railway tunnel, applied matches to four holes filled with gunpowder, and retreated to a place of safety, where they remained until they beard an explosion. They then returned, but one of the " bores," which had not taken fire with the others, suddenly exploded, mortally wounded one of them, and severely injured the other three. A Shrewsbury paper states that on Friday week, a ser vant girl, who was cleaning some kitchen utensils that hung over the chimney-piece in her master's kitchen, near St. Briavels, accidentally knocked a flask of gun powder from the peg on which it was suspended. The flask fell into, the fire, and while she was attempting to snatch it from the flames the powder exploded, and so severely scorched her face and arms as to disfigure her for life, although she was not dangerously injured. On Friday morning a daring burglary took place at a farm-house, called Winfield, about seven miles from Bir mingham, when several men entered, and used great vio lence towards Mr. Thomas Sly, an old man seventy-eight years of age, and his housekeeper, the only inhabitants, to compel them to be quiet. Having broken open one or two chests, they at last found the object of their search, a bag with five hundred sovereigns in it, the old man's hoardings, and made off with it. They have not since been heard of. BIBLE BURNING.—The Roman Catholics of Birming ham have published an acknowledgment of this act, as follows :—" We, the Catholic clergy of Birmingham, having seen it stated in a letter from the Rev. Joshua Greaves, that one of our body had burnt a copy of the Protestant version of the New Testament, found in the house of a Catholic, have no hesitation at once to admit the fact; but wish at the same time to add, that the act was regretted afterwards by the clergyman by whom it was done, and strongly disapproved of by his brother clergy, as soon as known "—&e. HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES.—Mr. Pen nigton, in his auction mart, on Saturday evening, offered for sale Ilaward's Debates, but no person seemed inclined to purchase them. " Gentlemen," said he, " I'll sell them to you as a horse was sold the other day in England by the pound." The offer was accepted, and the debates were knocked down at lid. per pound. " What will they weigh, do you think ?" said the fortunate purchaser to the auctioneer. The reply, which created considerable merriment was—" One ton and a half, about £l5 will pay for them !" The late Mr. Youatt, in one of his orations to th members of the Veterinary College, observes—" That by the improvements in modern chemistry, the medical pro fssion sue enabled successfully to treat diseases which were previously supposed as not within the re ac h of medi cine." This truth has been manifested for many years, but in no instance of greater importance to mankind than by the discovery of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic rill& think o' rich a thing way."— COLC :ZATION —Worcester Here numerous meeting m the C lonization Societ systematic method of emigration to various parts of our Lord Lyttelton took the chair, and the enutation consisted of Lord Mandeville, the Hon. F. the Hon. W. Wrottesley, &c., who addressed the meeting, as did likewise Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Muntz, M.P., and Mr. Scbolfield, M.P.—The Hon. W. Wrot tesley said that he had travelled over New South Wales, and had seen the whole produce of farms boiled down for the tallow it produced ; and he had seen exposed legs of mutton, that were not worth the boiling down, at less than 6d. each.—The Hon. F. Scott said that at the pre sent time emigrants were being sent out to Australia at £6, £7, and £9, instead of the £2O that was charged for merly. It was of the greatest importance that some ef fort should be made to relieve the cast mass of poverty now existing in the United Kingdom, and no better means could be devised than promoting emigration to a colony the whole population of which did not exceed 200,000 souls,- while they had 2,000,000 of cattle and 10,000,000 of sheep. This was the more essential, as the pauper population was increasing at the rate of 1,900 colonial empire souls weekly ; and while the whole population was in creasing at the rate of 300,000 per annum, the pauper population of England was increasing at the rate of 65,000 per annum. The number which had been sent out from Ireland by a charge upon the poor-rates was very insignificant, and yet there were not less than 3,000,000 of souls in that unfortunate country depending upon public charity. Even in England, where the re sources were much larger, the number sent out by the parishes in the course of 11 years did not exceed 11,000, at an average rate of £6 14s. sd. per head • and yet if that number had been considerably increased, it would greatly have diminished the expenses for the relief of the poor in this country. A NEW METHOD OF POPPING THE QUESTION.—A few days ago, a young lady, residing near Dudley, called upon a publican to spend the day with his daughters, Alm were intimate acquaintances of the belle in question. The lat ter had not arrived many minutes before she became the cynosure of two pair of eyes, the property of two dashing young fellows who happened to be staying at the inn on that day, and who very speedily entered the bar, and commenced an animated conversation. In the course of the day the parties seemed to be on such an intimai e foot ing, that a stranger might have imagined they were old friends, or at least acquaintances. At length one of the young men grew tender, and declared that the fair lady had made an indelible impression on his heart at first sight, and proceeded to vow the fondest things, much to the apparent annoyance of the blushing belle. This only seemed to increase the tenderness and passion of our hero, who " popped the question," and swore that, unless the lady gave him a favourable answer, he would immediately poison himself. But the " ladye faire" still remaining ob- durate, he rushed from the house, entered a druggist's bile ? , obtained a powder- having the appearance of ar- • • senic, returned with it, mixed it in a goblet of water, and, at the feet of the agitated maiden, drained the glass to the dregs. He was immediately seized with dreadful spasms, rolled his eyes wildly and expiringly, and fell on the floor in a perfect state of immobility, and apparently a corpse. Our heroine shrieked and wrung her hands, and, with a perfect storm of tears, declared that she had killed the young gentleman by her unkindness, and that she would give the world to see him recover. The coin, panion of the passion -stricken youth readily promised to obtain a liquid of such wonderful efficacy that it would restore his friend to life and health, if the lady would pledge herself to treat the poor fellow affectionately when resuscitated, as a still unfavourable consideration of his suit would inevitably produce such a shock to his nervous system that the next paroxysm would assuredly prove fatal. The promise was given, the liquid obtained and placed to the patient's lips, and he was immediately " so far recovered ' as to encircle the blushing and agitated maiden in his arms, and cover her face with kisses, which did not seem to be unkindly received. The gentleman is now fully recovered, and with his fair inamorata passes the winter evenings in " whispering soft nothings," and the usual declarations of eternal love, and all that sort of thing. The secret of his sudden recovery, though sa credly kept from our heroine, shall be disclosed to our readers. The packet of powder was simply one of pul verized loaf-sugar, and the liquid by which this sudden resuscitation was effected, a draught from the crystal stream. It is unnecessary to add that the spasms, &c., were only pretended, and that our hero's companion was in the secret, and played his part to admiration.—Staf fordshire Courier. AN EASY WAY TO SATISFY ELECTORS.—When Mr Sheridan first stood for Stafford, ho made abundant pro mises to procure places for such electors as would vote for him ; and, wonderful to relate ! he kept his word, for numbers of them were appointed to offices in Drury-lane theatre and the Opera-house. By this munificence he gained his election; but in a very short time he found opportunities to oblige new friends, most of the others being obliged to relinquish their situations from receiving no pay. LAW INTELLIGENCE, The case relative to the " Royal etchings" occupied Vice Chancellor Bruce the whole of Wednesday and Thursday, and at the close, his honour stated, that he would consider the case upon the materials before him when he granted the injunction. THE CHARITIES. EASTERN DISPENSARY, ROSE-HILL. REPORT OF CASES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FRIDAY, DEC. S. —Persons relieved at the Dispensary, 73; Patients visited at their own homes, 71; Total, 144. Physician, Dr. Imlack ; Consulting Physician, Dr. Ash croft; Surgeons, Messrs. Lockwood, Harris, and Dodd; House-Surgeon, Mr. Ball; Apothecary, Mr. Lloyd. oo SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL, DEC. 13. Rittrature. VARIETIES. Revolution has added 45 per cent. to the (*ea taxation of France. Ninus and Semiramis, who reigned 2017 years before Christ, had armies amounting to nearly two millions of fighting men. The first guards and regular troops, as a standing army, were formed by Saul, 1093 B.C. So says Eusebius. CIVIL WAR.—A worthy miller was reading an account of the first disturbances at Berlin ; and, among other matters, he read that " the burgher guard and the people, when the conflict was over, shook hands in the most ami cable manner." "Ah (said he) now I see—now I see— that's what they call civil war I reckon." He had heard of civil war before, but never could comprehend the civi lity of it till then. _ _ HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES OF WALES.—An old gentleman, who was somewhat of an antiquarian, retired to spend his evening of life to a remote village in one of the "Welch counties. He was exceedingly desirous of picking up whatever information he could fird respecting the locality in which be had fixed himself. In one of these rambles he encountered an old Welch farmer, when the following dialogue ensued :—" Good morning, friend ; can you tell me if there is anything remarkable in this neigh bourhood ?" "Anything remarkable did you say ?" en quired the old farmer, not quite sure what was meant by the word. " Yes, my good man, anthing remarkable _ _ aye, well, Iss-:-,'(exclaimed the farmer, as a iign broke in upon him)—is, iss—remarkable—aye, indeed Do you see that field, sir ?—do you see that field ? Well, it was there that Oliver Cromwell fought with Julius Saisar !" A FOREIGNER'S OPINION OF ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES —But what is the University of Oxford ? A cot vration composed of ecclesiastics and laymen—of doctors of every kind, some very Christian, others very little so, and others again as little as possible so. It is also a body subject to all the variations of the political temperature, which twenty years ago turned out Sir Robert Peel on account of his vote for the Catholics, and to-day adops Mr. Glad stone though he votes for the Jews. How beautiful would be the dogmatic authority of a court presided over by his Grace Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, Chancel lor of the University, and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, and doubtless of British consciences also ! —and besides, why Oxford rather than Cambridge ? The University of Cambridge has also a very suitable Chan cellor, 1-,iq Royal Highness Prince Albert. the husband of the head of the Church. There is an ancient rivalry " that Oxford had always the honour of burning the bishops which Cambridge had had the honour of educat ing." Who shall pronounce between these two authori ties ?—M. Lernoine, in the Revue des Deux Mondes. AVARICE OUTWITTED.—The case of John Eyre, Esq., who, though worth upwards of .£300003 was convictedatthe Old Bailey and sentenced to transportation, was rendered more memorable by the opportunity which it gave Junius to impeach the integrity of Lord Mansfield, who was sup posed to have erred in admitting him to bail. An anec dote is related of Mr. Eyre which shows, in a striking manner, the depravity of his heart, and may help to account for the meanness of the crime of which he was convicted. An uncle of his, a man of very considerable property, made his will in favour of a clergyman who was his intimate friend, and committed it, unknown to the rest of the people, to his custody. However, not long before his death, having altered his mind with regard to the disposal of his wealth, he made another will, in which he left the clergyman only £5OO, leaving the bulk of his large property to his nephew and heir-at-law, Mr. Eyre. Soon after the old gentleman's death, Mr. Eyre, rum- waging over his drawers, found this last will ; - and, per ceiving the legacy of £5OO in it for the clergyman, without any hesitation or scruple of consc i ence , p u t it into the fire and took possession of th e w h o l e e ff ects , of his uncle bei ng supp ose d t o h ave di e d intestate in consequence The clergyman coming into town soon after, and i into the circumstances of his old friend's death, as if he had made any will before he died . by Mr. Eyre in the negative, the clergyman very coolly put his hand in his pocket and pulled out the former will, which had been committed to his care, in which Mr. Eyre had bequeathed him the whole of his fortune. amounting l thousand I e answered to sever his nept WEEKLY REPORT INDOOR: Cured, 12; Relieved. 1; Dead, 2• Entered, 15; Under treatment, 63.—Oirrnoun : Cured and reliQved, Dead, 0; Entered, 31 ; Under treatment, 35. Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M.; Treasurer, B. Platt, Esq. ; Visitors, Rev. J. Robberds and C. Challinor ; House-Surgeon, Mr. Thos. Morris; Assistant House burgeon, Mr. Thomas Armstrong Cammock ; President Jos. B. Yates, Esq. LIVERPOOOL °DISPENSARIES Number of New Patients entered on the Books of the Dispensaries during the last week. NORTH, VAUXHALL-ROAD.—New cases received advice and Medicine at the institution, 256; new cases visited at their own houses, and supplied with medicine, 133: total, 389. — Visitors, J. A. Tobin, F. S. Hull, F. Mill, and J. King, jun. SOUTH, 1, UPPER PARLIAMENT-STREET—NeW cases received advice and medicine at the institution, 212 ; new cases visited at their own houses, and supplied with medicine, 308 ; total, 310.—Visitors, Charles Booth, J. W. Williams, John Rogers, and Rev. C. Morrall. D. H. GIBBON, Secretary. 00 LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, DEC. 16 DISCHARGED: In-patients cured, 28 ; Relieved and at own request, 2 ; Made Out-patient, 1 ; Irregular, 0 ; Dead. 2. Al:own-nen : In-patients, 40; Out-patients, 1; Casuals during the week, 10; Remaining in the House, 189. Consulting Surgeon, J. Dawson, Esq.; House Surgeon, Mr. C. B. Wilson; Apothecary, Mr. J. Newton; House Visitors, H. Lawrence and A. Thompson, Esqs. ; Chap lain, Rev. W. Blundell ; Treasurer, Richard Gibson, Esq. oo NORTHERN HOSPITAL REPORT. DECEMBER 16. ADMITTED: Accidents, 25; Medical and Surgical Cases upon recommendation, 17; Total, 42.—DiscitAaaen : Cured, 23; Relieved and at own request ; 1; Attending as Out-Patients, 12; Irregular, 2 Died, 2; Remaining in the Hospital, 95. Consulting Surgeon, J. M. Banner, Esq. ; Physician and ' Surgeon for the ensuing week, Dr. Scott and Mr. Stubbs; House Visitors, Daniel Neilson and Jaques Myers, Esqs. ; House-Surgeons, Mr. Tearne and Mr. Wall ; Treasurer, B. H. Jones, Esq. ; Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes. WEEKLY REPORT OF THE FEVER AND WORK HOUSE HOSPITALS. Remaining per last week 577 ; Admitted, 193 ; Cured an d relieved, 141 ; Died, 10 ; Remaining under treatment, 577; Fever cases included in the above—Remaining per last repo r t 98; Admitted, 32; Cured and relieved, 36:; Died, 3; Re maining under treatment, 86. Apothecary, Mr. Lingley ; Resident Medical Officers, Mr Taylor and Mr. Steele •, Non-resident Dittos Dr. Burgess .Dr... Gee, and Mr. Leather ; '.Governor, Mr. J. W. Evans. lr of £5OO to ,evr of all e curious and intelligent inhabitants of London have lonception of the vast channels which have beer formed under our leading thoroughfares fuse of London to its present ill-chosen nestination wish we could induce some of them to accompany us in a subterranean excursion from Oxford-street to the outlet of King's Scholars' Pond Sewer. In the good old time of the heptarchy of dirty waters, when it was not thought amiss to preface animal or biennial ceremonies by a sub stantial breakfast or ajeteners al a fourchette, the offici als and a privileged few were wont to fortify themselves for the important tour of inspection by such c reature _ _ comfort.' LONDON SEWERS.- How f to convey the re- The consolidated commission eschews au such extravagancies, and serves the publi c without fee or feast ; about the expediency of which proceeding we have a misgiving or two, for we confess to a prejudice in favour of paid officials. But be this as it may, the breakfast under the old system was a right good one, and as satis- factory a preparation as could be desired for our discent into the realms of darkness. But the breakfast was not by any means the only preparation required of us. There was a toilette to be made, by the help of certain strange valets de chambre, and certain vestments to be put on, which would have effectually disguised an Irish rebel.. Thick leggings of felt, thick leathern boots reaching to :osh of ample dimensions; lie of the thigh, a mac nd a slouched hat, were the chief items of the costume Down, then, we dived, till we splashed into the waters of the far - famed. tributary ; and on we toiled, with the black stream above our knees, erect under the substantial arch of brickwork, lighted with fragments of candles. There was something very striking in this world of brick and mortar, stretching as far as the eye could reach, echoing with the roar of mimic cataracts pouring from the higher levels, and resounding with the shouts of the presiding genii, as they hunted a poor solitary rat, till he suffered the unexpected fate of being squelched, after Carlyle 's fashion, beneath the merciless heel of his pursuer. Thus, always and everywhere, has man the spirit of the chase moving in him. We shall scarcely be believed when we affirm that the chief inconvenience in the •excursion con sisted in the heat of our strange garments, and the fatigue of wading through so many hundred yards of flowing water. But so it was. The atmosphere is much less objectionable to the senses than most men would think. At length we emerged from our underground pilgrimage, not sorry to put off our strange garments, and ready to appreciate to the full the luxury of soap and water. A short walk brought us to the Thames, where we took a last view of our tributary stream flowing in all its darkness into the mass of muddy waters. Who would have thought that this foul burn was carrying with it the very wealth which our merchants are sending thousands of miles to procures —that it was nothing less than a guano stream, with a clear marketable value in it of between £30,000 and £40,000 a-year. Such are the wonderful revelations of that science which is skilled to see things impure and offensive to the senses the source of almost fabulous wealth.—Fraser's Magazine. PHONETIC SPELLING. — In a former number of our journal, we stated that the cause of the great difficulties felt by children in our National and British Schools, when learning to read, arose from the complexities and absur dities of our orthography. The amount of this is best shown by the following statements. I. It is a fact, that no one can tell the sound of an English word from its spelling. Proof.—To read the book he has read ;to pre sent a present • the slough of a snake in a slough ; lead me to the lead ' mine ; refuse the refuse, &c. &c. ; the words in italics are pronounced differently, that is, are different spoken words, according to their meaning alone ; and there are 201 words of this kind in our language, which are pronounced in 406 different ways.-2. The same combination of letters has very different significa tions in different words; compare hear. heard, heart ; here, where; hoe, shoe ; now, know ; lover, clover; lum ber, plumber; laughter, slaughter; doe, does, (v.,) doeth; eyed, keyed, conveyed, journeyed; and so on, in an infi nite number of cases.-2. There is a very large number of words, concerning the pronunciation of which even or thoepists are not agreed : as, knowledge, (nolledge, no ledge;) leisure, (lec-2hur, lezh-ur,) inimical, inimical, and so on.-4. No one can be sure of the pronunciation of any word he has not been previously taught : let the reader try the unusual words, batman, beaufin, rowlock, bourgeoise, (type ;) and the names of places and persons, Beaulieu, Auchinleck, Hochelagu, and so on. Those who do not know how to pronounce these words, maylurn the page and read : •yafirivisisou'qaayv‘yozairaappng‘annn.i'zio;sq‘untu aso ff 11. It is a fact, that no one can tell the spelling of an English -word from if. sound. Proof.-1. There are 364 spoken words, each spelled in two ways, (waste waist, hall haul, leek leak, stake steak, &c. ;) 36 spoken words, each spelled in three ways, (ewe you yew, pair pare pear. meet meat mete, &c. ;) 4 spoken words, each spelled is four ways, (I eye ay aye, by buy bye b'ye, road rode rowed Rhode, rite write right wright ;) 1 spoken word, spelled in rive ways, (air ere e'er eyre heir;) tot al, 405 spoken words, spelled in 857 ways ; but the variations of the spelling never depend on the sound, and cannot be learned from it.-2. There are upwards of 1500 words, about the spelling of which authors are not agreed ; and writers also disagree with regard to the spelling of many classes of words represented by honor, honour, beveled bevelled, benefited benefitted, centre, center, dependent dependant, patro n i se pa t ron i ze , a pp a l appall, inquirer gu u a ry ge eoi i s s e, un b i u fo rg rm he l r y , by enquirer, negoti a t e nociate, control controu/ , exp ense expense, husband allege hose all edge,yin ,com ghost pl , e complete, city, c mpleat, connex ion connection, precede preceed.-3. The style of sp ellin g cannot even be predicted from a knowledge of etymol o gy compare fancy phantom concede succeed, island , bu y , are 2 modes of w r iti ng t h e soun d o f th e italic letters in the ; 4 for those i n y ea , way , h a y ; 6 f o r those in pea; 7 for those in be, c h eese , go, thi n , v i s i on , s ing ; 8 for those in foot, do, vi ew ; 9 f or t h at i n j o k e ; 10 for those in our , represented &c. the o s I l o l u asnind e i i fi s e n i s ; n t ;there the bu rges s lan b row ; 11 for those in oil ; 12 for those in art, tea, fee, she, lea: 13 for those in on, me ; 16 for that in am ; 18 for that in as; 19 for those in cat, sin, no ; 21 for that in all ; 24 for that in up ; 26 for that in idle ; 29 for that in who; 30 for that iu use; 34 for those in ale, hole ; 36 for that in ell; 37 for that in ill ; and 40 for the sound expressed by the italic letters in eel.-5. Every letter of the alpha bet, except j, is occasionally mute ; and every letter ha s more than one phonetic sense ; see a iii hating, father, water, many, hat, want, and au in gauging, aunt, haul, hauteur, Jervaulx Abbey, laurel, meerschaum, Menelaus. tentertaining a and detailed proofs of these extraordinary facts, whic h those who are accustom e d t o m e c hanical correctness of spelling all the words in common use, by years of labo ur and t Mr. Ellis's Plea f or Ph one ti c Sp e lling, a work which is . uii of l , matter scarcely d s aware tar startling of, ing mayfact seen n Corres • pondent, Dee. 19, 184 S,