The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

We re the arr i Hibernia York to the 19th Is !arm( to Havr hours froi Washir FOREIGN AND COL( ARRIVAL HE H ant accounts r of we 19th ences of ( has just presen ttiia, and another, to, ,e engravings, to >sia has prc r Jan. 1, 1 L DEAT ler on t a native i s of a coal merchant I. TT. } embart ad bug r a Liverm 'THE I,IIIERPOOL gTANDARD. ,n I POPULATION OF AUSTRALIA 3arliamenta total to inest frui Prince to partake lore leavi Roquepl he money w On Monday evening Mr. D t -was ordered that parliamei ued from the 15th of Octob On Wedne ljesty a oble lord is r visit to the I y, Lord John-Rasse 3altnoral, after the F Ind Co' THE COl7l lth of 0 it will rt from ± COURT AND FASHION • sons had recently issued affords the means of ascertaining relative increase during the , I grou it ten years in the pop Adst;a ch of the various colonies of the New South Wales I 386 souls in 1839 to ;e of 93 per ce n 44,121 to 70,1 Tx its mining di ad reached t. Wester; )n of t a with a, ho;Never long H Das refuse 7 of Cant, anced from a tot 74 in 1848, being an Dieman's land, the .h only to 1847, the increase has b 4, or 59 per cent. South Austra to live. that cou Galignan Diemen's Seen lect I a superb mosa CLERIC The Bishop of I signed by the The Cc Feilden o LLIGE 1 to accept testimor. no ordit )Ithe Gospel •on; Popist tion to t the red :ed by SPORTD to accuse Lor to be with then TELLIG.b ST. LEGER.-I ;even' ti ccmszderations .emove them at or I suggest themsel% vy Council kNSWERS TO CO leginner.—The .Cotiaa ) the WEEK ESFONDENT ie taken it out the ( 1 exhi mind, and will open an interesting field for experimental re Ott• 1.18 to the enquiring Mr. Edward Piercy, fruiterer, o f Chester(Tel war' years the lessee of the butchers' an d o ther n , Iccidentally killed near Rowton , on MondaY e. i #.ke to P. ntry Church Union contint mer, and immediat 1 1 11.L,L1 Palmer Small t 1 I he v s transported to allot'. captain qu aid he should lay a statemerit a of mit before the Board of •Gusto named G .t I up, on Wednesday Fe unknown 1, having been s prisoner v two On Tin two pawnbroke in the wrist to the rau at belonging to the A house two children without foroc ian whilst in a state - of intoxieatior. ut his wife we Ily pawning, or in default to be impris , ry circumstar [ling, and his wife, were brot pawning a pi of boot ned by a. The n] fined 40s. med for for I nurse object Wedr The o ster, died, fifty-f John Potte es hell, it v in a physics Sheffield to seek I r _ . . ell.l UCCII I,IJ/ICLAA.6 • --- was returning home with h a i s rtsigE mischance he fell off it, head he died immediately WEAVERS' STRIKE AT STY LNG v line, they w accept, titon 'I TES IN lands R BY A R nquest was 11 3d the w k l an N a C h g .A. ES r r n lEir.ta;e : , nankeens, L' 3 commence worm. Le same rates for t ey al►et, r descrq ,~~,m }~ nd, on t I the 1 1. It or Five d, awl $ g ep- h le a u"anivioltaiet SG O FV" a s e ' r tri t G 4, It. and to- but m IND IN A r first concert on the 11th Septet Jenny I 10 to th Society New York Herald of the MI proceeded with numbers, Lor t: lions, but there was a ste sold well. There were 6,( ere are about 5C )Is. each, thus n: dots: Genie's private I was purclitued at at the other side Ls, the tickets sold 2.000 at the latter member in ret stie Garden on Thursday. at half-past 10 o' id:et auction to Jenny Lind's second cones nce or es Go• w York has not abated in marl :al Fund laiiing the proceeds of the sale amount to 225 do's. seat was purchased by Hall and • ' A of Jenny Lind, containing dots. per seat, and the corres- e at the same price. ted that Jenny Lind's private box sold for s. each seat, at the first auction. The highest 9 dots.—that sum being paid by the Irving 1 from 54 to 3 - dols.; and Hall pur- pond ng boa It will be r price of tick On Friday night the second concert took place, and there was, if possible, still more excitement and more ap plications for tickets than on the first occasion. Not less than six thousand persons were present, and the specta tors .e described as " a vast sea swaying to and fro, beneath the starry lights in the firmament of hex and there thickly sprinkled with the foam of sparklin beauty, anxiously expecting the Aphrodite of music to rise amid the waves, while the Tritons, with their horns and Ils, in awkward groups, hung around the scene immediately to be graced by her advent. The in troductory music having been performed, she appeared, while every wave of humanity trembled with excitement, and the great sea heaved with delight, and clapped its lands for joy.' The goddess of the people stood before them." sonorous sh The following from the Herald may be true, though we are inclined to doubt it : " In compliance with the earnest desire of Madlle. Jenny Lind, Mr. Barnum has come to the determination of abandon ing the sale of tickets by auction in future, at least while the concerts are given in Castle Garden, and to reduce the prices 25 per cent on the average, while one class of seats will be re. duced to 2 dots., and promenade tickets to 1 dol. There will be only four concerts more given in Castle Garden before Jenny - Lind sings in Boston. It was stated before Jenny Lind came to this country, that she determined to devote the entire 150,000 dots., to which she is entitled by her first contract with Mr. Barnum, to the endowment of schools in her narive country. She adheres to this determination, and every cent of that sum will be applied to the noble purposes of education. Some of her friends remonstrated with her against this extreme of libe rality. Her reply to them was, that she had made provision for her parents, had secured a sufficient income for herself (36,000 per annum,) and that as she knew not how soon she might lose her voice, she ought to do her duty to her country when she had the power. Who can wonder that, indep en d en t o f h er matchless singing, Jenny Lind is the most popular woman in the world. On Saturday the Nightingale visited Brady's daguerro type gallery, and a great crowd surrounded her, as indeed is the case on all occasions when the people have an op portunity ; there was a general rush to Barnum's for tickets for the next concert. In Philadelphia a subscrip tion of ten dollars per-ticket has been got up in order to induce the Nightingale to go there. On Sunday Miss Lind remained in close retirement. On Monday the third rehearsal took place, and the Nightingale was much annoyed at finding the hall half filled with spectators. At first she refused positively to sing, but at length con sented. The third concert was expected to be even more uuraerously attended. EST INDIA MAI The royal mail W s team-ship Severn arrived at Southamp ton on Sunday, bringing advices from Jamaica to the 7th September. As an extra ship, she came by the old route, and has therefore brought no mails from Demerara, Tri nidad, Barbadoes, or the Gulf of Mexico. The rains, noticed in our previous advices, seemed to have continued up to the day of the packet's departure. Such heavy and continuous rains have not been known for some time. The roads are very much destroyed, and the corporation of Kingston have "voted £lOO for the re pair of Kingston streets, which are represented to be in a most dangerous condition. The Kingston Daily Advertiser notices an extraordi mary case of longevity. A coloured woman, named Moss, died in Kingston, on the Ist of September, at the extra ordinary age of 150 years. She was until within a short time of her dissolution in the enjoyment of all her facul ties, and had not known a day's sickness during the last 40 years of her existence. The hundredth anniversary of the erection of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue took place in Kingston also on the Ist of September. The woman alluded to above had a perfect recollection of its erection. The frequent arrivals of the American steamers at Ja maica excited less interest than formerly, as the alteration in the routes of the royal mail company's ships placed the island in possession of English dates in less time (with one or two exceptions) than the service has been performed by the American vessels. The commission appointed last session to consolidate into two volumes the several laws of the islands were pro gressing with their labours, which, it was thought, would be brought to a close by the time of the meeting of the next session of the Legislature. There had been some cases of sickness reported, but none of them were of a dangerous description. The island remained quiet. On the subject of cotton cultivation we extract the fol lowing from the Colonial Standard:— _ "A "St. Elizabeth correspondent writes us that he has a fine field of five acres, planted at an elevation of 1,700, from which he expects a fine crop. "A gentleman in Metcalfe states that he never saw finer than are exhibited in the small fiield which he had established. They are of the Sea Island sort, of not more than four months' growth, upwards of six feet high, and covered with bolls and blossoms. " A Clarendon friend tells us that his field, adjoining the property offered by Mr. Andrew Drummond to thecotton com pany, is very promising, and that he proposes to extend it. "Indeed, we have a large correspondence on the subject of cotton, and although attempts at present are all on a small scale, we have no doubt that they will be very largely extended before long.. But we quite approve of cotton growers feeling their way in.respect of labour. It would be perfectly ruinous to put in in some districts a large cotton field without knowing how the crop wag to be taken off." The mission of M. Pinelli from Rome to Piedmont, has 1 altogether failed. The Pope refuses to hear one word on the subject of the differences existing between him and the court of Victor Emanuel, as long as the Archbishop of Turin is detained in confinement. z paper n, on ti: n a sr t time tt ned to six holc, 9 more or 1 n to the hospit ;aving their liN where hope were ente ARKABLE ROBBERY IN W YORK.—. e French Consul FIE FUGITIVES IN te, t' A.RRES sier Le C ge Denham, (otherwise known A. short time ago, -General, arrested 'trick Cole,) :et duller a young woman named Fran: Bernard, who v Caumonte of furniture, plat( rged wi tuated in the Ci Osborne, 1 New York ps Elysees, -P; th robbing the examination before Justice on trial in examination of the p tted them in full for trial, withoi )bably recollect the short rc h was reported in th, journal some weeks Ego.] me, whic FFA At t, 1837, at Aquabogue, after taking his tea, fell into co n v u l s i ons , and died very suddenly. A doctor, named Wright, was sent for but was informed that the man was dead, and immediately went away. The body soon swelled up very much, and by some strange idea the hands were tied across the stomach. The body was interred the day after death, but presented none of the appearances :of a corpse, being quite limber. Mrs. Cameron was absent at the time in Clis city, and did not return for a fortnight. After some years young Cameron entered the employment of N. Currier, litho grapher, and the mother married a man named Falls, a ropemaker, and now resides with him at Yorkville. Lately young Cameron, having prospered in his business, thinking it his duty to have his father's remains more decently interred, and some sort of a monument erected to his memory, had his body disinterred by a man named Aldridge. To the great astonishment of this man and his assistant, it was with the greatest difficulty they could raise the coffin, and on removing:the lid, they found the remains fresh and uudecayed, though a little blackened -d t' 1 • and the hand behind the head in a strange position, as if the deceased had awakened from a trance, and struggled for freedom. This is the more strange, as the hands were tied. The coffin was pretty well decayed, and gave way in some parts. This discovery led to many strange sus picions, and there appears to be a desire that an inquest should be held. The deceased was 35 years of age, and appeared to be in perfect health the day before he was interred. He was fond of stuffing birds, and used a large quantity of arsenic for the purpose.—New Fork TriLune. AFFECTING INCIDENT..--A young man recently made his escape from the galleys at Toulouse. He was strong and vigorous, and soon made his escape across the country and eluded pursuit. He arrived the next morning before a cottage in the greatest distress. Four little children sat trembling in a corner • their mother was weeping an d tearing her hair, and the father walking the floor in agony. The galley-slave asked what was the matter, and the father replied that they were that morning to be turned out of doors because they could not pay their rent. " You see me driven to despair," said the father, " my wife and little children witho u t f oo d or s h e lt er , and I without the means to provide any for them." The convict listened to this tale with tears and sympathy, and then said, " I will give you the means. I have but just escaped from the galleys ; whoever secures and takes back an escaped pri soner is entitled to a reward of fifty francs. How much does your rent amount to?" " Forty francs," replied the father. " Well," said the other, " put a cord round my body, I will follow :'you to the city, they will recognize me, and you will get fifty francs for bringing me back." "No, never !" exclaimed the astonished listener; " my children should starve a dozen times before I would do so base a thing." The generous young man insisted, and declared, at last, that he would go and give himself up if the father would not consent to take him. After a long struggle the latter yielded, and, taking his preserver by the arm, led him to the city and to the mayor's office. Everybody was surprised that a little man like the father had been able to capture such a strong young fellow; but the proof was before them. The fifty francs were paid and the prisoner sent to the galleys. But after he was gone the poor father felt so badly that he asked a private interview of the mayor, to whom he told the whole story. The mayor was so much affected that he not only added fifty francs more to the father's purse, but wrote immedi ately to the Minister of Justice, begging the noble pri soner's release. The minister examined into the affair, and,- finding that it was a comparatively small offence which had condemned the young man to the galleys, and that he had already served one half of his time, ordered his release. Is not the whole incident beautiful.—St. Louis Republican. HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY MasTARE.—The following singular adventure is related in the French journals :—A party of gentlemen met a few days since for a day's shooting in the neighbourhood of Montereau. The house in which the sportsmen spent the night was situated half way up a declivity overlooking the high road. At about 2 o'clock in the morning one of the inmates hearing a noise raised a cry that their vehicle was being stolen. The party were soon astir, and hearing a noise of wheels as of a coach going off, seized their weapons and rushed out in pursuit of the thieves, whom they soon succeeded in coming up with, thanks to a cross cut. The first of the party on the spot immediately seized the horses' heads and stopped the carriage short. The people inside the carriage upon this immediately began to cry " Thieves !"—a degree of audacity at which our sports. men grew exasperated, and cocking their guns they level led them at the driver. The latter personage, together with the individuals inside the carriage, were seized with terror at this demonstration, and precipitating themselves from their seats rushed off into a neighbouring coppice, where they were presently lost sight of. Congratulating themselves on the recovery of their carriage. the sports men returned with it in triumph dead beaten, but swell ing with pride at their exploit. It was now determined the carriage should be safely secured in the coachhouse, but what was their surprise at finding the place already I occupied by their own carriage, which the servant had placed there the ni g ht b e f ore w i t h out their knowledge. The cry of " thieves," which they had considered as the height of audacity on the part of the travellers, was now accounted for, and the gentlemen thus interrupted in their journey were the bond fide owners of the carriage which they had been but too glad to abandon in order to save their lives threatened by a band of armed ruffians. The affair' was serious, and in order to avoid the accusa tion of robbery on the Republic's highway, accompanied with violence and other aggravating circumstances, it was deemed expedient before retiring to rest to knock up the authorities and apprise them of the cixci.unstancep on which they relied for their defence.. pectator, in which the nobl Aord says he agrees with nearly all the remarks of tha journal upon his letter respecting the Church ; but he i I " '-nt a Church Legislature should be composes Lyttleton ha ,ddressed a letter to the 5 of opinioi, of laity as n. probably to be a difference b, e the type of ture or schem of government without further disciissi " I am disposed," the noble lord concludes, that the constitution of th and inquiry Americ an Church might fur THE BISHOP OF EXETER IN THE CATHEDRAL AT —Great excitement prevailed among the Dor. DURHANI ham churl men during the right cathedral t verend prelate's res dence in preaches v n above named in strong terms from the cat 'ral pulpit, and . replied to in terms e qua lly s t r i ngen t from the pulpit of the parish church. The bishop refused to deliver the blessing after preaching : the dean, (Dr. Waddington) in consequence, did it for him, giving his lordship an inti m that he would allow no deviations from custom in the cathedral of Durham. The Bishop of Durham has deprived one curate of his license for publishing a Deni sonian pamphlet against the late judgment, and has thereby given a heavy blow and great discouragement to the Tractarians in his diocese.—Church and Slate Gazette. IRELAND. ...A.oa. yaprr weUGIgfS Luau meek soles have lately been so plentiful in the Tralee market, as to be sold at the rate of a pair. TERENCE BELLES M'MANus.—This gentleman has obtained permission from the government to reside in Launceston. —Freeman's Journal. LAW APPOINTMENTS inz.AND.—Mr. Monaghan is appointed Lord Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas. Mr. Hatchell, Attorney-General. Three brothers of the name of Daly have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr. North. The Irish Tenant League is starring it in the provinces Wexford and Kilkenny have been the favoured counties The orators are the same at the different meetings. •• The Rev. Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, and the Rev. Dr. Stewart, of Broughshane, have arrived in Dublin, on a special mission to the Lord Lieutenant. A man named Sutton, living at Ballyclarciay, West. meath, destroyed himself a few days since, in consequence of being unable to pay his poor's rate. How TO STOP THE. REPEAL MOVEMENT.-" Foreign Office, Sept. 23.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Daniel O'Connell, Esq , to be her Majesty's Consul at Para." Mr. Henry George Hughes, Q.C., has been appointed her Majesty's Solicitor General for Ireland. Mr. Hughes is a Roman Catholic, but it was generally understood that the office would be given to none other than a gentleman professing the doctrines of the Church of Rome. THE TRISH EXILES.—JOHN MITCHELL.—The last ac count of poor Mitchell is supplied in an Australian paper, which announces the arrival of the Neptune convict ship at Hobart Town, and states that John Mitchel had re ceived his ticket of leave, and on account of his delicate health will be allowed to reside at Bothwell, where he can enjoy the society of. John Martin. POOR LAW AMENITIES.—A general rate of five shil lings in the pound has been struck for all the electoral divisions in the Westport union ; that sum being much below the amount that will bo required for any one of them in the ensuing year. Of sixteen electoral divisions in the union of Castlebar, four only are rated under five shillings in the pound. The rate required for the support of paupers belonging to the electoral division of Lougha . - twig, in the union of Loughrea, is 16s. Bd, in the pound! —Dublin Mail. MURDER OF A MAGISTRATE.—OD Monday, as Mr. Roger North, cf Killduff House, King's County, was returning home on foot from one of his farms, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, he was shot by an assassin, who lay in wait for him behind a hedge, about a mile from his own house. A large number of slugs and pellets went through the body. He must have died instantly. He was discovered dead on the road imme diately afterwards. There is, as yet, no clue to the murderer. It is supposed he was murdered owing to his having lately used some of his tenants on his Itathue property with coercive severity. THE VERY LAST OF THE SEA SERPENT.—A gentle man named Travers not " Roger W. of that ilk, but " James Travers, Lieutenant, Coast Guard," in a letter to the Cork Examiner, thus blows to the winds all the fables of the sea serpent's visit to the Head of Kinsale : " Sir,—l understand that a correspondent of yours has seen the sea serpent (who was so condescending as to throw on board his boat a few shell-fish for bait), and is most anxious to confer with Mr. Roger W. Travers, said to be of this village, whose name has figured in the. Con stitution on the 29th of August - and sth of September. I beg to assure you that there is no such person as Roger W. Travers residing in this part of Ireland; no yacht sailed or owned by a person of that Christian name—no skin or scale has been left at the Coast Guard Detach ment near Horn Rock, nor have my men, or the fisher men along the coast, heard of, or seen such a monster. I am sorry the public and . the Editor of the Cork Con stitution should have been so shamefully hoaxed by per sons from Bandon, whose names are known,—l am, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES TRAVERS, Lieutenant, Coast Guard." SINGULAR DEFENCE OF A PLAYER.—AII itinerant player, possessed of more wit than money, was a few days ago driven by the hard master, hunger, to commit the high crime of poaching, in the neighbourhood of Birming ham, and being unluckily detected in the act, was carried forthwith before a bench of magistrates, when the offence was fully proved: The knight of the buskin, however, being called upon for his defence, astonished the learned justices by adapting " Brutus's speech to the. Romans on the death of Caesar" to his case, in the following manner: " Britons, hungry men, and epicures! hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear ; believe me for mine honour, and have respect for mine honour, that you may helieve; censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of this hare, to him I say, that a player's love for hare is no less than his. If then that friend demand why a player rose against a hare, this is my answer :—.Not that I loved hare less, but that I loved eat ing more. Had you rather this hare were living, and I had died starving, than that this hare were dead, that I might live a jolly fellow ? As this hare was pretty, T weep for him ;as he-was nimble, I rejoice at it; as he was plump, I honour him ; but as he was eatable, I slew him." Here the gravity of the Court was obliged to give way ; prose cutors, spectators, and all burst into laughter at the ready wit displayed by the " poor a'tor." The information was withdrawn, and the knight of t he sock and buskin left the court with pockets much heavier• than when he entered it, with the intention of appearing - on the stage the same evening in au " entirely new charaler." , at the r won the St. I XO9 to 3 a dead Tt is a singular fact tha ,e same meeting won the Cup, beating LauerCost, the Beeswi; and Coinpensation about a week after Doncast :11 take place next y 300 says to be added to a I:es , of 20 sovs Leger, one mile and a half; and the,, Plate of 110 sovs to be added to a two-yea, 10 sovs each, besides a variety of other rich prize,. Earls of Strathmore and Airlje are the stewards. The FLYING DUTCHMAN.—This famous racer has been sold to four noblemen and gentlemen by the Earl of Eglington for £7,000. He is not intended for the turf again, and will only be kept for breeding purposes. The Flying Dutchman has won fourteen races, never having been beaten till Wednesday week at the Doncaster races by the Earl of Zetland's Voltigeur, an event attributable, perhaps, to the great weights the favourite was compelled carry—namely, 191bs. more than Voltigeur. The will be a Visitors Dutchnian has realized the surn of £17,725 aliogether for his late noble proprietor, exclusive of plate, cups, and other trophies of the race-course. agricultural anb Iflortirulturar. The incessant introduction of new trees and shrubs ought to lead more speedily to improvements in orna mental planting. At present it is far too much like the rough old-fashioned system of laying down cover in which one man digs a hole, and another drops in a young tree, a third replaces the soil round the plant, neither one or the other thinking or caring about the ultimate effect to be produced by the trees on the landscape. It is true that an attempt is made to produce a more varied appearance by thoroughly mixing the different sorts of trees in the operation of planting ornamental grounds ; but this is only like choosing the fragments of glass for a kaleidescope, and trusting to the mixture for the effect. But the genuine landscape gardener must have a com prehensive mind, he must note every point of the sur face under his management, and also of the surrounding country ; he must in planting a tree be fully aware of its capability of harmonising with all parts of the picture. We too often hear talk of " mixing in a few purple beeches for a nice contrast," a more fallacious idea can hardly be conceived ; contrast is destructive of harmony, and harmonious effect ought to be the sole aim of the landscape gardener. By studying the foliage of trees, in all their stages of growth, the planter will be able, from the vast variety now in the nurseries, to produce the most perfect effect, at all seasons of the year, from the delicate tints of the early spring, to the rich eowing colours of mid-autumn. The same applies equally to shrubs, both deciduous and evergreen, even to a greater extent, es pecially if the two be judiciously intermixed. MISCELLANEA. CHINESE GROTTOES AND 14.0 CKWORK .—Among the Mandarins' gardens, in the city of Ning-po, there is one in particular which is generally visited by all strangers, and is much admired. It is situated near the lake in the centre of the city. The old man to whom it belongs has long retired from trade with an independent fortune, and he now enjoys his declining years in the peaceful pursuits of gardening, and is passionately fond of flowers. Both his house and garden are unique in their way, but they are most difficult to describe, and must be seen to be ap preciated. In this part, of the country the building of ar tificial rockwork is so well understood, that the resem blance to nature is perfect, and it forms a principal feature in every garden. This old gentleman has the different parts of his house joined together by rude-I6oking ca verns, and what at first sight appeared to be a subterra neous passage, leading from room to room, through which the visitor passes to the garden, which lies behind the houie. The small courts, of which a glimpse is caught in passing through, are fitted up with this roekwork ; dwarf trees are planted here and there in various places, and creepers hang down naturally and gracefully until their • ends touch the little ponds of water which are always placed in front of the rockwork. These small places be ing passed, we are again led through passages like those already noticed, when the garden, with its dwarf trees, vases, rockwork, ornament a l windows, and beautiful flo tiering shrubs, is sudd en ly o p ene d t o the view. It must be understood, however, that all which I have now de scribed is very limited in extent, but the most is made of it by windings and glimpses through rockwork, and arches in the walls, as well as by hiding the boundary with a mass of shrubs and trees. Here old Dr. Chang— I believe that was his name—was spending the evening of his days in peaceful retirement. When I called upon him be was extremely polite, and, after making a great many very low bows, requested me to take the seat of honour by his side. The servants were then ordered to bring tea, a beverage which is offered to every stranger, and which was of the very finest description. Messengers were sent round to all the old man's particular friends, who each hurried to see the foreigner. One by one they dropt in, until the room was nearly full. The servants, who seemed to think themselves quite as good as their masters, mixed with the I company, and made their remarks upon me with the greatest freedom. Everything about me was examined and criticised most minutely, particularly my watch, which they seemed to admire very much. I was frequently requested. as a great favour, to allow them to see the works, and to hold it to their ears, in order that they might hear the sound which it made. The old mandarin now led me round his house, and shewed me all the cu riosities which it contained, and of which he was a great, collector. Old bronzes, carved wood, specimens of porce lain, and other articles of that kind, were arranged with great taste in several of the rooms. From the house we proceeded to the garden, but as it was winter, and the trees leafless, I could form but little idea of the rarity or beauty, of the plants which it contained. I took my leave, aftei drinking some more tea, promising to visit the old man again whenever I returned to Ning-po.—Fortune's Three Years' Wanderings in China. Geographical Distribution of Plants.—The geographi cal distribution of plants is now recognised by all men of science, as a subject of great importance, and, though not fully understood, is of the greatest value to the practical horticulturist. It has enabled the cultivator to learn the circumstances under which plants thrive best, both as to climate, soil, and atmosphere. But we are at present mere neophytes in this branch of science, and fall into many errors ; for instance, a studious cultivator receives a new plant, he also gets with it a description of the locality in which it has been discovered, and the soil in which it has been found growing ; he then ascertains the temperature of the climate where his new treasure was found. and thinks lie has all the particulars necessary to its successful cultivation. This will often lead to disap pointment, for the most important circumstance is over looked—he should also know the kind of plants among which it was growing, for it is not always tne case that a a plant is found it, the soil and locality best suited to its developement, as it often happens that these particulars aro equally suitable to other and stronger growing pl an t s which will overpower every weaker individual; hence the latter are only found in situations where ranker vegetation will not flourish—not that they prefer such situations, but there alonelthey have a chance of living unmolested by their more powerful rivals. Many other Orphan A articles which had been stole im. Both parties stated tha ignorant that the articles in question were pledged, and willingly] restored them was severely blamed by the magistrate it appeared, had been more completely everything pledged with him as a donation to the chari )len wl- wet but Mr. Kewl without y abatement. Isaac Wright, who has long been suspected of robt ladies in the Wavertree omnibuses, was, on Friday, cc mitted for trial, on the charge of stealing the purse of I old lady, in the Wavertree omnibus, on the 18th i ns t John Pritchard • - cart driv , Kirkdale gaol, for trial, charged with the manslaught Robt. White, of Fontenoy-street, by running over with a car. On Saturday two men named Hitchcock and Wo ward were remanded on a eharg tity of cotton from the wareho and Co., in Neptune-si ;e of Meisr; Bucliana A RESPECTABLE FAMILY.—On Saturday a broth, —.rah Ann Dug dale, were charged with stealing a quantity of furniture and £45 18s. belonging to their brother Edwin Dugdale. The prosecutor stated that the robbery was committed whilst he was in prison under an excise fine for having a still. The prisoners took the goods out of the house and sold them to a broker, and the money was missing. The prisoner Thomas Dugdale denied any knowledge of the money ; but said the furniture was his. The reason it was sold was, he had the misfortune " to get two month.. for a bit of a job of a waistcoat ;" and his sister, who had taken her brother's child whilst he was in prison had to dispose of the furniture in order to support it. The case assumed a very complicated aspect; there seeming not much to choose between the accused and the a ccuser . Mr_ Rushton ordered the Pri;One;;TOI;edi;e1;';;;Cl' YESTERDAY. DOG STEALING.—A man named William Owens, in custody for having stolen two pointers from the Woodside Hotel, was handed over to the Birkenhead police. Suspicious CHARACTERS.—EIIen Hawkins, Margaret Butterworth, and Catherine Butterworth, three women known to the police, were remanded on suspicion of hav ing been concerned in a robbery of serious extent. A sum of £35, together with a valuable gold watch, was found in their possession. STREET ROBBERY,—John Ball, a known thief, was committed for trial charged by a Jersey sailor, who gave his name as Francis Le Morquincl, with having stopped him about two o'clock on Sunday morning, in Pellew street, and stolen his watch. POCKET PlCKlNG.—Notwithstanding the number of captures recently made by the police, the light-fingered gentry seem to pursue their nefarious avocation with un abated energy. Several of the class were taken in St. John's Market and the neighbourhood on Saturday even ing, and summarily convicted yesterday ; many of them were extremely young. The following was the most im portant case :—three girls of 18 or 20, named Hannah Martin, Martha Welsh, and Anne Hands, were charged with having picked the pocket of a French lady in Great Charlotte-street, of 175., on Saturday afternoon, and shortly afterwards of picking the pocket of a Mrs. Ra venscroft, of Church View, Bootle, in Dale-street, of a purse containing two half sovereigns, a duplicate ticket, &c. Mary Anne Rose, barmaid at the Flying Horse, Dale-street, stated that the prisoners came into the above public-house, but hastily left in consequence of the police being on their track. As soon as they had gone out she picked up an empty purse. This purse was identified by Mrs. Ravenscroft. Upon the person of Martin a sum of money amounting to £3 79. was found, among which were two half-sovereigns, and a number of half-crowns, (of which the money taken from Mrs. R. consisted.) The charge was brought home to them so clearly that Mr. Owens, their advocate, looked very blank, when Mr. Rushton rather drily asked what he had to say for the ladies. Mr. Owen (hesitatingly) : It looks very likely to be brought home. Mr. Rushton: Likely? it is brought home, not likely but tightly. They were a dj u d ge d t h ree months' imprisonment. IMPUDENT BURGLARY.—Jno. Leigh and Geo. Leech were remanded on a charge of having stolen some articles of furniture, such as a chest of drawers, &c., from a house in Midgliall-street. It appeared the house had for a short time been untenanted, the furniture remaining until it could be conveniently removed. These circum stances were known to one of the fellows, who seems, un. der pretence of selling some furniture to the other, to have procured his assistance in concealing the goods in a stable to which he had access. JUVENILE CRIME.—Much attention has of late been given to the subject of juvenile crime, its sources and its remedies. Yesterday a case was heard which revealed in all its deformity the abominable system of tutoring to which young children are subjected by abandoned charac ters, who subsist upon the gains of their unfledged prey. A child named Johanna Gibson was charged with having stolen a shirt, which shirt was found at a pawnbroker's shop, where it had been pledged for one shilling and six pence. It appeared a woman named Kelly was at the bottom of the case, and she had accordingly been taken from her abode, in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall-road, to the police-office. While in the office, she appeared to be in the last stage of consumption, and so debilitated that Mr. Superintendent Clough had her conveyed home, fearing she would expire in the office. The child's father said the woman was the sole criminal in the case ; she had allured his child from his roof, from which she was ab sent sometimes for six weeks at a time. She had given the child a penny to get the shirt from the mangle, which was done under false pretences.—Mr. Rushton directed that the police surgeon should be sent to ascertain the state of the woman, and the child was put down to be dis posed of after the case had received his consideration. I name inglv proce admittance cease 1 succeedi Ellstrirt gelus. The Rev. Rev. F. Parry attended the Bolton Church Mis sionary meeting on Wednesday. very handsomechimney, It contains of l2 O one yards million liiiiognh of bricks. just The Bishop of M anc h es t er h as appo i nted Wednesday week for the consecrati on o f th e new chapel of St. Law rence, at Barton, ne ar P res t on. A es henwd Rasoumn3', of Over Darwen, has claimed exemp been completed . at Messrs. Johnston's chemical works, W Mr. J. Addis on , j u d ge o f Preston and ot h er C o unty Courts, has p resen t e d gowns to several o f t h e so licitors who are in th e h a bi t o f pract i sing before h i m . mrt. Weston, G, r near e Lion from toll, on th e groun d t h a t h o was driving his nephew, who was on c l er i ca l d u ty. The case has been adjourned by th e Bl ac kb urn mag istrates for counsel's opinion. ,haicks. At Broughton, near Manchester, on Saturday, a chimney attached to the works of Mr. Barton, brass-founder, fell to the ground, throwing down a portion of the wall of a two storey erection, but doing no further injury, as for tunately all the workmen were absent from the yard at the time. employed after the thecom iag e r y e e n a d re t e a a b about a half halfa hoursdo T ze i n 'e mills e y e in ° l a i d t u h l c a t t s 4 r t a u ° l w 2 o l i i e c i e l ewhoesriankYg s t p e l e et h io a n s o m f e t m ha e t ri t a i l m iz e e . d the The e m Pr p e l s e t y o e n ts S a h g o a r i t a T st im th e e C p o ta m c m tie i e t- . The factory operatives at Preston have established a per manent committee to watch the operation of the new act. a them to the b ward Moran, wh, !eded Observing 11 he tried to force his fin as obliged to procure th pted t ;ed then boots, and , avoiding the blows. hit ° " • th inflicted accidentally in attempting to knoca l : p ; r of the deceased's hand. Th e d ecease d was t to one of the wards where he slept, but tt complained of being unwell. He was then 11 . 3 ; _o9y sliughter" louse, where h ward Mo r 01 , -- f erdic t ° THE COUNTY COURT ire Circuit, in err t.-.llncrs judge of the West-C at Chester, the other da s , aptinu no „„ n _ last court in this c ity, th e A c t f or the Exi' d the Jurisdiction of County Courts has rece ive blie: s ilit assent, and I have to con gra t u l a t e the Pu o f it tribute to the success of the grea t e sperimenl i p ati ot is ilzg'with written pleadings : e na bli n g pieiT fendants and their wives - to be sworn ana witnesses ; and allowing suitors to dispense_„` a r#3! ( t?, rbepmdhd t evelr h opiueeietn e nrnsinsoeegtsfsnsb t ,, net, ' eea l ninw r mfvnjdot e ehuad e ranitdencei:onhix g t ermof fees, and , s i ,n upon ma n y which instances k c 0 : t r: 0 - 1 s t 0 1, , b t0 1: guished from the other common law tribelitori country. I regret, however, that this concess°o „ i s poll opinion should, for the present, be clogged ,Y,;e93A act a mockery, namely, requiring in all cases' ~- , lclit,',, 0 : a preliminary deposit of Is. in every 205., in, - Yee' d the costs, before a summons can he issueof o lto l n m nchmesea a ea y midcnaoi l atyn i uey a gra N a • bts e cx : B::::mt s ofare o oabond, l o omite w osi rhot i teeh n odp g pe retfs t ohro o uhermai h tbn i shi m nteeit :0 , irana w v:to i ti t e,n, , ri,i.rAsteleetl3e::tnicargeo:;:trst, fat as many pence in ready money, and yet un'4 l " I‘ l , r, £2 10s. to the consolidated fund' of the Uni l `l o o;P',, \ N T MANCHESTER natias t las h lueexlTcai a amtr t rdiuoelras i erxpi in addition to the fees of the court, he ee n ; e cl 1 3 'ffils . of rendering the recovery of debts more `," c lisas„fore," such a tax must in all cases operate as a grea' thee, a u° , ing even of the most righteous claim is self ec l ' e f a ct , fle or t:u: e n , s j , u g s le t en : fi eirt a ia b nil ie fau , t ne m ld a , , y , b a e nd u inferred nder from t his 9 A o f r o s to o r ci o o: n o p gt i n eas ht n: ju s tice, oirnd, aoaknnen Tuesday, Secret a s r t o ppr e6 0 3 lead7 f the to ß a o vsapI:AdLgyIrLIVERPOOL chn ' oEuc‘when reduction o c lrwßht l afEu e eeapi 11l ha rrntvofkahheulyiieecotf.nseria.ldsvrebes,.eosol, very 4; itcyi ' i rin ' erei tta.tno t y.: o e .o, .tt.l rseiir I,_ye f tosorttenoeirobl r ecialinerest r ,toce s pei r ieposoinibitli ii ,li t ,e tiiit. 6 6o66it, 1) . ff l • * ICU i idi t m o rce o kps k l-sesi p it lagaencnd etss,machines, cthh under ufrn t u h sn e . inspectionwpd potato-washers, underwent aw ten t a of p u b .?: l i i c • . trial :, t alt the I l i s o b i 1 0 l e very excellent ploughs, and revolving bar rc6c eons iu „ e ttet bition of the latter appeared to excite ver'„baff-c' t o 11 " known n e i It s oht s w e d nmc . cheese-making. interest. The customary assortment et - re a lso c orn' seen. The number and quality of the drilla , . la oet . eag re ~r e ~, class of implements this exhibition bas s' - e vio s "ecte" number and variety than we have ever Pr se eo o3 " c ed ingenious arid improved cheese-presses, ma 'Ole to rington manufacturer , had II ral lf et g e ` j ' e iVi ir do with South Lancashire farming, as it i • s i l' e itV (I . f t th e ] rington was a considerable cheese-nankin:- the cl: distoc, e ' c roe' quality of some particular kinds being 1 ". d r eci P. jr € kin e as b e for toasting, being in many respects 01 a on erta •, t , to the celebrated Chedder cheese. 'P e , • re witb,;,`",tb°' crease of the population of South Laneal for m a"Sot* Amwoenaglluthdeesteo awreertlemdseorbell,o, last twenty years has caused such a detnr n d e eed• o f itei cheese-making is now almost wholly a us ,,ibition• .0 o s j withstanding this circumstance, the el'_ „ r epri?; je o plements could in few places be more I:,' wig" 01, 1 tl eilsaseehnsgodoew observations WV e s ' s tar e useful ; for although the title of the soel7 z • y es , S:e"„ s O f the reader to suppose that its exertions, Pr' oe nie. sP oe si confined to South Lancashire, this fo i r s:4 b e y tli a e c t i oe r o s h case, the limits of the society being pthpeos.leadstthfeawt cyheeaersse:rnaVla sixty miles in diameter, having for its eent i Li Div „roe: Newton, midway between Mancliester4'o`itbe,e'i;orta consequently, including a very large portly _., ta 0 making district of Cheshire and some Pa' Pi er, 0 .- Wales. In the evening a soiree was given by ~ COW r *o Pierrepoint, to the members of the Tov4' toge he O f the 3165' 6, ki th the principal inhabitants of Warrington; „ riv ers 4 y ~ the most extensive of the neighb° Mr. Thomas Rowlandson, l oin., ' f l a t ?L e ', ta: t o f Lonciena p eW co ltll7% Liverpool,) who is favourably known to _ on WI „ o il .. author of numerous prize and other essay_s_ ose of ° t ine 0 0 " 0 subjects, was specially engaged for the PiF le the eneral bearing of different branch, e jise ass l° ;•o& the busingss of a farmer. An a niroatea 4 of 00P . 0 lowed, in which Dr. Sillar, Mr. Dizn n .,. , b‘ , tti,, and Mr. Stubbs, of Warrington, took part_ o ,3Bo s i a c On Wednesday morning the town Vitspt'et the rfl P r° l; the business of the evening by an intr6d.uusc_toorls-cice.efefol: farmers of the district assembled to i _, tho for heed we m ay obser,v,e bitino .. 1) po t .f Will of l' l `bf unequalled. Lancashire, and the neg v C i o n m cia r ocrinrgatwhistrh local show, show, large bree as ioO l oo Cheshire, has long been famed for its ~,,o e e„, „ 'l o, and the specimens of this class shown on tn.f TIN, ~ no means belied their favourable reputam" o f tael i llel The clas s ' al tl' of small pigs was also excelled, ood . _..9 'e, ‘ sized pigs has never been or perrn e ed, 0 , The show of horses was very numerous , sna tt l e tbe 0 4, cularlv in draught and riding horses. In ca ba t ° jelli4 horned bulls were numerous and excellent ; II d e tic t be j, this ex i ni l mulch cows, we regret to say, there wa s a beeP 0 1 1 Young stock in this class was good. Among 'vie r cbc, were several pens of Southdowns of a very '" bree ditig lr; as well as Leicesters, and, for a non -sheep 10 vieti l d trict, the exhibition of this class of an 1 01,0 1 31 / numerous and good, and reflected credit onr_ s how , : and the society. A conspicuous object in Ti r, C . O . 9 ' was a tastefully-erected glass pavilion. by - 11 ,'I e sleo l i r i , I , Leicester-square, together with, which wa.,',. t he Poot e e might h e : s tt he , e b - u / ennat supposed i implements n g. largo collection of glass utensils pertaining,w•rioav, tll, It the evening there was a dinner at . tbe J: ra e l f or ac° J. Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., in the cbar. Ilea 9 l oorr guests were Lord Stanley, the Hon. a n a d r eena il )l° l ll M.P. for Warrington,; Edward PierreponVoho 6,"" it ,oi' . ) o P f ow m y ra s rr , i r n e g e t t o o n r ; of lN N T N i r l a so rri n n F gt i o ra n n , o 7 l E b s e q rt . :;: or s a w y , ..a , o : h o; Esq., James Heywood, Esq., M.P., Sir l''' E 6 m: i ; i ', , of Neston Priory ; John Ireland BlackburTiie 1 e k e many other gentlemen of distinction, „r!f e l o s, gal to t,P i , neighbourhood. The speeches were 0 1 L „",,ride a cll,O ratter on'such occasions. Lord Stanley of tret'i h o c i o "i toast of the Earl of Derby, proposed tht_ t3iat h, ol io man, and replied to the toast of his own D ip an, P usual eloquence, but without indulging allusion.