The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

HonsEsuozs.—Hooseshoeing was not practised for many centuries after the horse himself was in very general use ; nor were hoof-protectors essentially necessary until paved tracts and hard roads became more frequent than they were in old times. The first foot defence of the horse seems to have been copied from that of his master. It was a sort of sandal, commonly made of matting, rope, or leather. The Emperor Nero, in his profusion, had his horses and mules shod with silver ; and his empress, Popptea, was not content with less than gold for the same purpose. These sandals were very insecure, and were apt to be left sticking in the mud : they were, therefore, sel dom nut nn the animal for the whole iournev, but only at the worst places. Nor did they appear to have been ade quate to protect the hoof from injury ; for instance, when Mithridatcs was besieging the town of Cyzicus, in his first war against the Romans, he was obliged to send away his whole cavalry to Bithynia, because the horses were all worn down, and their - feet disordered Horse and his Rider. ORIGIN OF BLIND MAN'S Bu The French call the history of its origin : Father Maillard, a severe dis ciplinarian, was the confessor of Charles VIII. This prince had a female favourite named Cunene. The fa ther, whose presence was not agreeable to her, often found her at supper with the king. In order that she might have some mirth with him, and by degrees induce him to take part in the romps and pastimes which he disturbed . . .e hit upon the idea of running away, while the king was to catch her. " There is no art," said she, "in catch ing me, for you can run faster than I can. But suppose that I were to tie something over your eyes." Well, do 'aid the king, whom she used to call her Cohn. She . . accurumpy 11151C11111 a 111111UlierC111C1 uvcr uia cy co, aim this state he endeavoured to catch her. The other ladies mingled in the sport, and even Maillard himself took a share in the diversion. The new game was soon spread rzaillard, after the enamoured monarch an rigid confessor. COST OF DISEASE A policeman, receiving 20s. a week uri+h SIC 011 unfit nhinrt foi a charity, , gave the following account of himself:— " That he paid for his miserable one room, divided into two, ss. a week ; that he had ls. Bd. weekly to pay for keeping up his clothes, which reduced the money he had for his family of four children and his wife to 13s. 4d. ; that he had had all his children ill, and lost two ; that he Ihad, during three years, paid six doctor's bills, principally for medicine, at the rate of 2s. 6d. a bottle, amounting I t- -t” - £3O ' £4O ; that two of " 4 . , 11 had o be.ween „ and - the children hat. died, the funerals of which, performed in the cheapest manner he could get it done, had cost him £7 ; the wife and his two children were now ill." The second case is .nd unwholesome room, in which himself and six of people, four children and three adults, slept ; the children were shoeless, extremely filthy, and badly clad ; the wife ill in bed of a diseased knee, for which I attended her ; four children were now ill." They were so depressed and debilitated, as to render them very great objects for the dispensary and the Samaritan Fund. All this misery was traceable to preventible causes.—Evidence of Joseph Toynbee, Esq., P.R.S. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S MOVEMENTS DURING_THE REV —The Orleans family wer Lt Neuilly, LUTION whilst the result of the fight between king and poop still uncertain, the duke, apprehensive of violence the royalist party, shut himself up in a little pavilion in the nark_ There big wife and sister secretly visited him. and took him the news as it arrived from Paris. From his retreat he plainly heard the din of battle raging in the streets of the capital. On the 28th of July, a canon-ball, fired from Courbevoyne, fell near the palace, and at a short distance from the duchess and her sister-in-law. There cauld be little doubt of the intention of the shot. This circumstance made mademoiselle think that in their fury the royalists might attack Neuilly, and carry off the family. Accordingly, the duke, accompanied only by his faithful adherent Oudard, left his retreat, and crossed the country on foot to Rainey, another of his seats, situated near Bondy. This was on the 29th July ; the duke was dressed very simply, and wore a grey hat with a tri coloured cockade. As soon as the canon-shot was fired from Courbevoye, mademoisellesaid to the duel dear, we cannot stand by those people any longer ; they massacre the mob, and fire at us ; we. must take a decided er war bject, inconsistent with our principles of management.—Cham bers' Journal. HOW TO OBTAIN A WIFE.—An amusing story is told in the life of James Gordon, the architect, of the way in which Vincent Waldre, the artist, who painted the ceiling in St. Patrick's-hall, Dublin Castle, obtained his wife : " A strong, though rather comical, illustration of his cha racter was given in the mode of his marriage with an En glish lady some short time before his visit to Ireland. When in a convivial mood, with a few select friends, he was sometimes induced to give the following account of his courtship and marriage :—` With some others, I was . invited to a wedding which was to take place in the neighbourhood of Stowe, in Buckinghamshire.* When e the parties invited on this occasion assembled at the or austere life of our church, one only was absent, namely, the bridegroom ' on a sir, p bedstead, and for Ter mor eign, and with such a regimen men may live long. known that Louis Philip - - some medical opi- whose presence was, of course, most anxiously required. The clergyman to officiate, and the vigilant clerk, were duly in attendance ; minutes passed rapidly away, and the church clock struck an hour after the appointed time. All eyes were directed to the porch of the church, until it became evident that some fatal cause would interfere with the performance of the ceremony—that all was not right with€ome of the parties concerned. The worthy clergy man at length closed his book, in which was fruitlessly na ladles, ha r, are most inno- )f one of the greatest practi whom our art is honoured. Like Sydenham, the whole of his therapeutical The lancet and opium tact, the king may cat _ pparatus in the head of his cane ADMINISTRATIO* OF J TICE TOWARDS AN AMERICAN JAN IN •ed at Canton in co: 'a sailor, on board an I dropped a pot over as accidentally killed. intended bride and bridegroom, then left the church ; the bride adjusted her veil with a dissatisfied countenance, and all parties were preparing to depart for their respective homes. Feeling the distre3sed situation of the neglected lady, I boldly volunteered my services, and offered my arm to lead the intended bride out of church. With feelings I felt a difficulty in checking or explaining, I boldly of fered myself as a substitute for the absent suitor. Nor ch a Chines Captain Copeland refused to surrender his seaman to the Chinese authorities, uiless Howqua, the celebrated Hong merchant, would pledge ' his word that the sailor would be returned as soon as he had gone through the indispensable ceremony of "looking at the Chinese judge." i.e.. the Chinese judge looking at him. TI _ _ Pon-ie (judge), and the Emily, and demanded placed in irons ; this re last dispensed with. Pac ily, and Cowqua; was my spirited conduct slightly appreciated—a blush ing approval sanctioned my honourable and gallant conduct. The clergyman was overtaken and requested to return, as matters had assumed a new feature. Re turn he did, but on the explanation of the affair it became his unpleasant duty to state to the elated and happy pair, " that three successive Sundays must pass over before it would be in his power to contribute to the happiness we so eagerly anticipated.' " In short, the newly betrothed merit +lto nrcrfrofthwi raPrirtri Tho nricrinal 4,91- as firmly refused, and ua, the security merchant of the I le linguist, being called, fell on thpi. ) hear the demands of the Pon Etus qould get no interpretation ext failed, and required to pro, and knees, ie. of which the Ameri- Captain Copeland was duce the prisoner, Terra- fatal jar with which h d bi g struck ant, the cause of so many variations of the compass, con tinued absent, we may presume with leave ; and his suc cessor. Waldre, being a man of honour, a ' chevalier sans 3eing que ioned, he nanded the woman time, at the end of which - the volunteering parties were happily united man and wif to place in it ; led it into to HAT IS MoN when they had both •On one of these occasions, Tfectly quiet for a long time, Dombey's, "what is money . difficulty. Ho would haie liked to give him some expla nation involving the terms circulating medium, currency, ;umeas " "Oh vc lon't mean ti Heaven a THE LATE HOMICIDE AT BRISTOL.—On Wednesday, the inquest on Catherine Welsh, who was killed by being thrown over some stairs by her , husband, on Saturday week, was resumed at the King George Tavern. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. Lord John Russell has granted £lOO from the royal bounty, for the children of ethe late Thomas Hood, Dad it is believed that the pension so briefly enjoyed by Urie nail) , glancing at his eye, where the bright fire was mother, will be renewed to them in June next. sparkling like a jewel, little Paul broke silence thus : Peon MAN 1-Mr. Dyce Sombre has petitioned' the "Papa, what's money?" The abrupt question had such Court of Chancery to increase his allowance. He says immediate reference to the subject of Mr. Dombey's that £6O per week is not enough for his comfort a bl e support. We must add that Mr. Semb re on ly as k s f or thoughts, that Mr._ Dombey was quite disconcerted, said the Child, laying his hands upon the elbows Such was the great quantity of wild fowl in the metro -}lair, and turning the old face towards Mr. politan poultry markets, that, on Wednesday, wild ducks ' Mr. Dombey was in a were sold at ls. a couple, teal at 10d. a pair, and snipes at 4d each ; while partridges were as low as is. 6d. a brace, depreciation of 'Currency, paper , bullion, rates of exchange, µ• Amongst the novelties in the shape of joint-stock corn value of precious metals in the market, and so forth ; but panics is one for insurance against theft, the company, looking down at the little chair, and seeing what a long for a premium of 205., undertaking to guarantee all loss way down it was, he answered : " Gold, and silver, and from peculation to the amount of £5O. shillings. halfpence. You know what TEMPERApICE TROPHY.—The floor of a new temper - I know what they are, said Paul. ante hall, opened at Cirencester, is composed of the staves apa. I mean what's money after of demolished beer barrels—part of the property of a all ?" ~ ~arch, how old his face was, as he d e f unc t neighbouring brewery. turner}it up again towards his father's! " What is money On Wednesday, a Court of Directors was held at the after all!" said Mr. Dombey, backing his chair a little, E as t I n di a H ouse when Lieutenant-General Sir Wil that he might better gaze in sheer amazement at the pre- l oug hby C o tt on , G.C.B.,was appointed commander-in sumptuous atom that propounded such an inquiry. " I chief of the Company's forces on the Bombay establish.. mean, Papa, what can it do ?" returned Paul, folding his ment. arms (they were hardly long enough to fold), and looking A MoNsTEn..—One night recently, a knacker, at East at the fire, and up at him, and at the fire, and up at him Henningfield, was discovered in the act of strangling a again. Mr. Dombey drew his 'chair back to its former horse. The wretch thrust hay into the poor creature's place, and patted him on the head. "You'll know better by-and-bye, my man," he said. " Money, Paul, can do nostrils, and then choked it with a halter. Several valu able horses in the neighbouring pastures have, of late, anything." He took hold of the little hand, and beat it died very mysteriously. The knacker is is custody. softly against one of his own as he said so. But Paul got OBSTINACY.—On Monday, an inquest was held at his hand free as soon as he could; and rubbing it gently Ware on the body of a man who was run over by a train to and fro on the elbow of his chair, as if his wit was in at the level crossing near the station. The constable at the palm, and he were sharpening it—and looking at the th e ga t e tried to prevent him from crossing the line, as a fire again, as though the fire had been his adviser and train was in sight; but he struggled away, was knocked iter, repeated, after a short pause :." Anything, , Pa- down by the engine, and killed. A prisoner in Hertford gaol has died of erysipelas, supposed to have been produced from a serious cut from a cutlass, inflicted by one of the county police in cap turing the prisoner. The jury, at the coroner's inquest, thought that the officer had displayed excessive -zeal ra ther than want of duty. AWFUL DISTRESS IN DENTON.—The distress in the batting business in Denton, near Ashton-under-Lyne, is such, that the population of this once prosperous village were never in so distressed a state as at present ; indeed, there are many famijies who are literally starving to death, .and whose haggard and puny appearance cannot but strike every beholder. STRIKE AMONG THE MINERS IN" SOUTH STAFFORD SHIRE.—SeveraI meetings have of late been held by large numbers of the colliers in South Staffordshire, the object of which was to concert measures for a general strike, in the event of the masters refu s i ng t o acce d e t o then:de mands of continuing the present rates of wages for two hours less work a day. The masters have had several meetings also on the subject, and seem determined to re sist the demand. Should the price of coal be further ad vanced—and this would be the inevitable result of a strike —the sufferings of the poor in the midland counties, in the present inclement and very severe season, will be dreadful. It is said that a company is about to be formed in London for the - erection of public ovens, on the same principle as the baths and wash-houses. The labouring poor will then be enabled to make their own bread, as pans and other requisites will be provided, and the baking performed at a trifling expense. - The congregation of St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, London, contributed on Sunday week the munificent sum of £1,240, and upwards, after sermons preached by the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, and the Rev. J. G. Garrard, in aid of our destitute fellow-subjects in Ireland and Scotland. In consequence of the high price and scarcity of pota toes, the visiting justices of the Bucks county prison have ordered a substitution of carrots for potatoes in the dietary of the gaol.. They have also expressed their de termination, in the event of the price of carrots being raised, to make a trial of rice likewise, as a similar sub stitute. • Worth-Park House, the seat of Joseph Montefiore, Esq., the eminent merchant, was completely destroyed by fire at an early hour on Tuesday morning. The mansion contained thirty-two different rooms. The contents of the library were entirely destroyed, as well as the whole of the furniture in the upper rooms. Most of the rare plants were rescued from the conservatory, and a number of large looking-glasses-were saved. It is impossible at present to tell the exact amount of property that has been consumed, but it must reach at the lowest several thousand pounds. The proprietor was insured for only £4700, viz.:—£3ooo on the mansion, and £l7OO on the furniture. At five o'clock on Wednesday evening, the ruins were still smouldering. BEER FROM SUGAR.—A well-informed and intelligent writer, who appears to have exhausted the subject in a pamphlet entitled " Good and cheap Beer for the Million, by the Use of Sugar and Molasses in Public Breweries," suggests that sugar may be used, together with barley, in the proportion of one to four or five, with an improve ment to the flavour. As the total quantity of malt used in brewing and distilling annually is about 4,500,000 quarters, this would release about 1,125,000 quarters of barley for food. A quarter of malt is generally considered to have its equivalent in 1801 b. of sugar, or about 2601 b. of molasses. This quantity of malt, therefore, would be equivalent to 92,000 tons of sugar ; an addition to our present supply which, we think it scarcely necessary to observe, we are not likely to procure early enough to be of serious assistance in our present emergency. If sugar could be procured sufficient to release half-a-million of quarters, that is quite as much as could be expected ; and even this is a relief not to be despised. EXTRAORDINARY DECEPTION.—An affair has just oc curred at Salisbury, which excited, first much consterna tion and afterwards great indignation among the inhabi tants of that city. The neighbor Never since the establishment of horse-racing in Eng land have there been so many horses in training as there are at the present time. The entries for the various stakes, which closed on the Ist of January, are so numerically strong, as to leave no doubt in the mind of even the most prejudiced person that the Bentinck rules have been pro ductive of all the good results which were anticipated by their founder. MRS. BUTLER (LATE FANNY KEMBLE.) - Mr. Bunn has made an offer of £5O a night to the lady named above to re-appear at the Drury-lane theatre. The sum is the highest ever paid to to Mrs. Siddons—Mrs. Butler's aunt ; but as Mrs. Butler demands £lOO per night, and Mr. Bunn cannot comply with such exorbitant terms, the negociation which was opened has terminated unsatis factorily. The schoolmaster of the Chertsey Union was killed on Saturday week, by trving to jump from the carriage after it had started from the Weybridge station on the South Western line. Having been asleep, he did not hear the name of the station called out till after the train had started, when he tried to jump out, but his clothes catch ing in the carriages, he fell, and was killed almost instan taneously. SALE OF A WIFE.—A woman, named Harriet Trotter, was sold by her husband at the Corn Exchange, Shef field, on Tuesday, against her will. She and her husband had often quarrelled, and he threatened to kill her if she would not consent to be sold by auction. The Mayor of Sheffield interfered before the woman was removed from the Corn Exchange and she was placed in custody, and DESTITUTION IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.—The Bri tish Association Fund for the relief of the distress in Ireland and Scotland, at the head of which stands the Queen's name, that of the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, &c., has already reached upwards of £40,000; in addition to which there is the Famine Relief Fund, so successfully set on foot by the National Club, which amounts to between £7OOO and £BOOO, end is daily receiving fresh subscriptions Blood of - Castle-street was alarmed on Saturday morning by cries of " Murder" from the residence of the Rev. Mr. New, and on entering the house Mr. New was seen in a state of great excite ment, with a carving knife in his hand, with which he said some burglars had just stabbed the servant girl, who had alarmed the family by her screams. The house had apparently been entered by the back door, and bundles were tied u p as if f or remova l . Th e neighbours searched the house and the adjoining houses in vain, and as the girl had a few days previously given an improbable ac count of an attack on her by a robber, the police inspec tor searched her box, and there found several articles the property of Mr. New. The stab she had received with the carving knife, which was found by Mr. New sticking in her, was very slight. She was examined before the magistrates, and remanded. _ _ NOTICE TO QUIT —Lord Grey has sent despatches to dependencies who have held their appointments for six years and more, informing t that he will observe the rule which was laid down by Sir George Murray, when Secretary of State for the Colonies, viz., that six years shall be the duration of a governor's appointment. His lordship, it is said, has also intimated that the successors of such governors will be forthwith appointed, and may be expected within three months from the receipt of the despatches. REVIVAL OF LETTERS OF MARONE ment of business w A. novel depart- s commenced on Thursday in the eastern part of the metropolis, in the shape of the opening of an office for the purpose of granting letters of marque and reprisal, according to the decrees, of the Mexican Government, against the United States. This sounds strange to the ears of the " new generation," and will doubtless bring back painful recollections to those who remember the palmy days of legal buccaneering. The Spectator judiciously reminds persons feeling disposed to comply with this invitation, that they had better read the message of President Polk, in which he declares that cer tain privateers will be treated as pirates. BUCKS MAGISTRATES V. THE GAME LAWS. — At the recently held Epiphany Quarter Session, at Aylesbury, two of the magistrates expressed their. disapprobation of the Game Laws. The Rev. J. Pigott " considered them detestable laws, and that they were incentive to crime ;" and said if he had been a poor man, he believed he should have been a poacher. Mr. John Lee, LL.D., of Hart well-park, placed the following motion on the book for the next session :—" That all expenses incurred in the prosecution of Game Law offenders shall be paid by the parties prosecuting, and not by the county ; and that the clerk of the peace be instructed to give an account of the number of persons convicted of such offences, with the expenses relating thereto from the year 1840 to 1846." GAOL PREFERRED TO HOME !—ln the journal of the assistant-chaplain of the county gaol read at the late Gloucestershire Sessions, it was stated that an old of fender, of the name of Wilkins, gave as his reason Tor his many appearances in the prison that he was much more comfortable there than at his own wretched dwel ling, and greatly preferred it ! A general impression of I not without reason. The inmate loses his liberty and undergoes some prison, it is true irksome labour, but as regards food, lodging, and moral improvement, he is better off than many honest indivi duals of the same station outside the walls.—We observe from the Chester Sessions report, that a feeling akin to that alluded to above, also prevails in that county. POOR-LAW MERCY.-At the petty sessions at Dedding ton, before Mr. J. Lechmere and the Rev. W. C. Risley, the overseer of North Aston applied for an order on 'Flenry Nixon. to sunnort his father. Nixon said he was unable to support his father, or he would. He earned nine shillings per week, and had worked on one farm for forty years : in the summer he was ill for nearly a quarter of a year, and, as the parish would not relieve him, he was obliged to get into debt ; this he had not yet been.able to pay. He was a widower, and had four children, one of whom kept his house, and the rest were away. The over seer said he made the application by order of the Board of Guardians. The magistrates refused to make an order on the defendant, and dismissed the case. They ordered the overseer to pay the poor man for his day's work. DEATH OF A CHILD THROUGH MEDICINE TAKEN By THE MOTHER. - On Thursday, an inquest was held in London, on the body of a child ten weeks old. Mary Anne Bromfield, the mother, stated that she was unwell from her recent confinement, and that she took some pills which caused excessive salivation. She continued to suckle the deceased, but the infant soon got affected with the pills, which she (the mother) had taken, and notwith standing every care the child died. Other evidence was given of a similar nature, and the jury returned the fol lowing verdict :—" That the deceased died from the effects of mercury imbibed through the mother's milk, she having been in a state of salivation, by taking two antibilious pills, containing not quite two grains of mer- AI the same time, we do not find that blame was attributable to any person." PRICE OF MUSLIN.—A gentleman connected with an extensive manufacturing establishment in Paisley, when looking over some papers a few days ago, met with a let ter from the correspondent of the house in London, con taining the following curious information. The letter is dated the 17th of April, 1790, the period when the muslin trade was first commenced in Scotland, and the following is an extract :—" We have as yet sold only one piece of our muslins, for which we have received the cash, with many good wishes for our ?access. We undertand that fine muslins are most in demand. a piece of Scotch muslin last Saturday, containing 10 yds., for £15., being 30s. per yard." The letter goes on re ferring to the prices paid for tamboured muslin •, but the price stated for plain is by far the most remarkable part of its contents.—Glasgow Chronicle. THE IRONMASTERS' MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—The usual quarterly meeting of the iron trade took place in the Town-hall here to-day. . The prices agreed to at the last meeting wer e fully maintained at the present. The general impression amongst the great makers seemed to be, that there had been an at tempt made to raise prices inconsistent with the legiti mate demand for iron. The orders from Belgium were considered good, but these were dependent on the adher ence to existing prices ; and we are able to announce, on the best possible authority, that there is not the slightest movement in the iron-trade of such a character as to war rant any advance over existing rates. Bar-iron was re pprted firm, and pigs are from ss. to ss. 6d. better than at' the last quarter-day. The present prices of coal are not likely to suffer any diminution at present, such being I the demand•for the commodity that extreme difficulty is felt in supplying the furnaces. The general trade of the districk is firm and satisfactory. EXTRACTION OF TEETH DURING THE EFFECTS PRO DUCED BY THE INHALATION OF ETHER. The above ap plication of ether has just been successfully applied in practice by Mr. Lewellin, dentist, Glasgow. The subject of the experiment was a young gentleman of about 23 years of age. The inhalation was continued fora dura tion of two minutes, although in ordinary cases a much shorter time might suffice, as owing to a slight misconcep tion on the part of the patient, the inhalation was con verted into a swallowing process. Of course the casualty had no objectionable effect beyond that of increasing the time necessary to produce the state required. During the inhalation, the pulse of the patient rose from 64 to 80, and his face became slightly flushed, yet not the least ap pearance of a paroxysm of coughing ensued, as was ob serl.ed in the American experiments. His sensibility as to surrounding objects, as well as to the nature of the operation, was, however, undiminished, yet, notwith standing the seeming inconsistency, the removal of the tooth (a molar in the upper jaw) was effected without causing the slightest pain or inconvenience of any kind. THE HYDROPATHIC SYSTEM.—On Friday an inquest was held, at Enfield, near London, on the body of Martha Hobbs, and 20, whose death was alleged to have taken place throfigh hydropathic treatment. Eliza Ronsell, servant to Mr. Swanwick, Chase Sida, Enfield, said the deceased was in the same service up to Tuesday week. She had not been in good health since last September. She was able to go about her work till last Monday fort night, when she complained that she had a cold. On Monday she was in a state of delirium. On the following day, she was worse. The next day she was removed to her aunt's, a Mrs. Betts, and erysipelas made its appear ance on her face and the side of her head. She took hy. dropathic remedies, such as putting on a night cap which was wet with tepid water, and kept so day and night. Dr. Lovell, attended deceased. The evidence of a sur geon who made a post mortem examination, went to prove that the immediate cause of death was inflamation of the pericardium. The treatment which deceased re ceived was most in judicious. The Coroner summed up the evidence, when the jury, after about two hours' con sultation, returned a verdict of manslaughter against Dr Lovell as principal, and Mrs. Bell as accessory. The inquiry lasted seven hours.—John Bull. At the Thames Police-court, on Tuesday week, Colonel Richard Wright, described as Consul-General for Ecu ador, was charged at the instance of Inspector Evans with an infringement of the Foreign Enlistment Act, in con nexion witb the late Flores expedition. The chief wit ness was Mr. Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett, late of the 11th Hussars ; who deposed to the enlistment of sol diers under the name of emigrants. Mr. Tuckett had himself engaged with Colonel Wright to join the expedi tion as lieutenant-colonel, at a pay of £2O a month. He had received an advance of £5O ; but the vessel in which he was to have sailed being seized, and considering that he had not been handsomely treated, he laid the informa tion on which the proceedings were founded. , Mr. Tuc kett admitted, on cross-examination, that he had been a party to the framing and publishing of two documents which were read, holding out fine promises to " emi grants," and which he knew to contain false statements. Colonel Wright was held to bail, himself in £4OO, and two sureties in £2OO each. Colonel Wright was again brought up on Tuesday, and again remanded. He has been since committed to take his trial. PAINLESS SURGICAL OPERATIONS.—Guy's Hospital on Tuesday was crowded to excess by members of the me dical profession from all parts of the metropolis and from the country, to witness the results of two surgical opera tions under the new process of inhalation of ether. The first case was that of a boy, 12 or 14 years of age, for litho tomy (or stone). When brought into the theatre and bound as usual, Mr. Robinson, of Gower-street, the in ventor of the apparatus, offered the pipe for inhalation to the patient. At first he refused to be operated upon, on account of the many persons present. By some tact the pipe was introduced, the nose closed, and in two minutes Mr. Robinson said the patient was ready. The operation then comnienced, and in one minute more the stone was removed by Mr. Morgan, the operator. The boy removed to his bed ; and on being visited by the surgeons, and on being shown the stone, " Ah," said he, " you never took that from me, I knows, as I never felt it." The next case was still more extraordinary. The patient was a man about 30 years of age, suffering from congenital hernia, the operation for which is, perhaps, the most severe and prolonged in surgery. When brought into the operating theatre, he readily took the " vapour." From four to five minutes the word was given to Mr. Key, the operator in this instance, by Mr. Robinson, to commence the opera tion. From the commencement to the completion of the operation, the patient was under the knife from 15 to 20 minutes. On his recovering he was asked by those around him if he had felt pain, and replied " Not in the least ; he had been looking at those gentlemen outside, up there." He alluded to numbers who could not gain admittance, and had availed themselves of the skylight of the theatre. [Op Thursday, Mr. Parker, of Kirkdale, operated on a boy nine years of age, for the removal of squinting, after producing insensibility, by the inhalation. The experi ment was completely successful.] THE SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF COTTON FOR 1846 AND 1847. (For the Boston Daily Advertiser.) Within a few months there has been & large advance on the previous prices of cotton. This has not been caused by a scarcity of that commodity in the markets of con sumption. It is true that the stocks in Europe have de creased, but they are larger than at any former period, except the two or three past years. They are so large that if our crop should fall below any of the estimates which have been made of it, still the supplies for 1847 would far exceed the quantity 'required for consumption. If this is a correct view of the case, then the late rise of prices, predicated as it has been on the belief that the supply for 1846 will fall short of the consumption, cannot, upon commercial principles, be permanently maintained. In the season o 1 184 S-1844, there was, as will long be remembered by many persons who dealt extensively in cotton, an augmentation of some thirty or forty per cent. on its previous prices. This advance was not a natural— a legitimate one ; it was caused—first, by the circulation of grossly erroneous estimates of the crop, as was subse quently shown by its returns ; secondly, by an ignorance of, or by an utter disregard to, those facts in the case, a knowledge of which should regulate the prices of commo dities, namely, the extent of the supply as compared with the demand for them. Under the influence of the misrepresentations. 44 nedor mis takes of persons dealing in cotton, pricestai . in were enormously increased, but they were not long lon t go 1 the d, 14311maintainecurrent Naoorfarcaans tihtenityte attributedreaadsvnannacbelymbice belief, on the part of a portion of the community, that the supply of cotton will fall short of its consumption. The early estimates of the cotton crop, which for obvious reasons, are never entitled to much confidence, were extremely discouraging, but not more so than those which have generally been placed before the public by parties who have an interest in raising the price of that staple, As the season advanced, every estimate from the cotton region has been more favourable than the precediTleonaensa According to a statement made up by aor tiirenesd cropin wasthe continuance of the papers respectableaom some house k weeks n since,Sa v tnhaeh , wriic out-turnba rapidly • ' increasing 4)f)c?g together withA t weatherthen placed for atpicking, ,175 receipts of cotton at the ports of shipment, seem to encourage.a belief that the crop will transcend the quality. But it is said that the crop is Bhbrt. This we admit. But what does that term imply but an out-turn below an average one. Seven years since the crop amounted to 2,177,835 bales. The cultivation of cotton, as is shown by annual returns, has increased at the rate of about 7 per cent. per annum. The cotton producing ability of the country may, then, be considered as equal to something more than 3,000,000 of bales. That, however, would be considered as a redundant crop. If, however, we take 2,500,000 bales, which is only 122,000 more than the crop of 1842-43, then 2,200,000 bales may reasonably be con sidered as a very short crop. Nevertheless, in order to be within bounds, we shall assume 2,100,000 as the product of the. present season. The cotton season ends the 31st August, and we shall, therefore, take the stocks on hand here and in Europe at that date, in forming an estimate of the supply for 1846. Supply of Cotton for Europe and the United States, for 1846. Stock on hand in the ports of Europe, 31st * 1 ' August, 1846,1,057,123 Ditto in United States ports ditto ditto - 107,122 Imports into Europe from countries other 400,000 than the United States, 2,100,000 Crop of the United States, - - - - 3,664,245 Consumption, Great Britain, . - - 1,620,000 France, - - - - - - - 400,000 Continent of Europe, exclusive of France, - - - - - - 300,000 United States, - - - 460,000- 2,780,000 Stock on hand 31st August, 1847, - - 884,245 The consumption of Europe is based upon the expecta tion that prices will not be augmented beyond those paid, the past six months, by the manufacturers of Great Bri tain and France. If there is any considerable advance on these prices, it is pretty certain there will be a diminished consumption. H. L. Novenzberl3, 1846. MR. EDITOR :—A writer in your j ourna l , under date of the 13th inst., after informing the public of a fact, which had already acquired some notoriety, viz., that an advance in cotton had taken place, uncertakes to show that "upon commercial principles, the late rise in prices cannot W permanently maintained." - For this purpose he assumes, notwithstanding the mast of evidence against it, that the present crop will amour to 2,100,000 bales, and that with this crop, added to the production in other countries and to the stocks in all the ports on the 31st August last, and es ti ma ti ng the con sumption of the world at 2,780,000 bales for the twelve following months, that the stock on the 31st August, 1847, will be 884,245 bales. This is well as far as it goes, but let us look a little further. Supposing the crop of the Present year to have reached its various points of destina tion by the 30th August, 1847, there must necessarily be a lapse of three or four months before supplies can be de rived from a new crop. Taking therefore the consump tion at the figures assumed by the writer above alluded to, say in round numbers at 232,000 bales per month, it would amount from the 31st August to the 31st Decem ber, the usual time for taking the stock in Europe, to 928,000 bales, or 44,000 bales more than his accumulated stock on the 31st August, out of his abundant supply for 1847. We will allow 100,000 bales of the new crop, the growth of 1847, to reach the different ports of consump tion by the Ist January, 1848, and in that case the stock in all the ports on the 31st December, 1847, will amount, agreeably to H. L.'s own figures to 56,000 bales, against a stock in the ports of Europe on the 31st December, 1845, of 1,219,000 bales. It appears to me therefore that your intelligent corre spondent could not have thoroughly examined this im portant subject, when he made the assertion alluded.to us the first part of this communication. It would be very easy to go into other arguments and statistics to show, not only that the late advance in prices is well founded, but that it is likely to be permanent from the fact that the consumption has overtaken the growth. —But I will not trespass upon your valuable room to prove what must be so apparent to every one. I will only al lude in conclusion to the critical position the Cotton ma nufacturers throughout the world would be placed in, should any serious disaster occur to • our next crop; and ventu.e the opinion that a liberal augmentation of prices I on their part at this time would, be judicious policy, in orde, to stimulate the production of Cotton wherever it I can be grown, the low rates for a few years past having I unquestionably led to an abandonment of its culture to s'' considerable extent. S. H. F. November 28th. A A writer in your paper (S. H. F.) in commenting on all estimate of the supply and consumption of cotton; pub lished in your journal of the 17th November, says, tha the stock in all the ports, on the 31st of December, 1847 t will amount, agreeably to H. L.' s own f i gures, to 56,00 V bales." If this is a correct view of the ca se , the stippl4 of cotton in Europe and this country will be reduced to about one week's consumption at the close of the ensuing year, on the supposition that our crop should prove to be' 2,100,000 bales. But it is intimated by your corresondent that we have over estimated the crop. We admit that, at this moment, opinions of many intelligent persons deeply interested in the purchase and sale of cotton, are in favor - of 2,000,000 bales ; while some estimates go down to 1,900,000 bales. If the crop should prove to be only 2,000,000 bales, then, according to the anti c ip a ti on s of S. H. F., the supply of this important material of ma nufacture will be exhausted before the termination of the approaching year. _ _ 'our correspondent alludes to " the critical position in which cotton manufacturers will be placed should any serious disaster occur to our next crop." If, however, the construction put upon our statement is a correct one, the manufacturers are already in a very critical condition: for, should there be even a moderate degree of apprehen sion abroad that the - stock will be reduced to a week's supply, the holders of cotton would .be unwise t o part with it at prices short of double the existing ones. EN en with a reasonable prospect of a reduction of stock to two month's consumption, a material which gives employ ment to so much capital and labour would be considered an object •of safe speculation at prices far in advance of tha current ones. But the estimate of H. L. is not susceptible of the con , . struction given to it by your correspondent. The error proceeds from the adoption of our figures for the supply and demand for twelve months. With this correction your correspondent will arrive at the same result as the one which has been the subject of his remarks. It is contended by S. H. F. that " consumpt i on has overtaken growth." Such is the fact, but it should be borne in mind that the present and the past crops are some three br four hundred thousand of bales below what might 43e considered as an average out-turn, and nearly s million of bales below what might be deemed a luxuriant crop. Secondly, it should be recollected that the stock in Europe has been so much in excess of the usual quan tity, as to have made up for a deficiency in> our crops. If, however, the season of 1847-1848 should, as your correspondent intimates, be an unfavourable one, as much so as the two past ones, and consumption is not curtailed by high prices—then prices may hereafter range higher than the existirn Again, your Correspondent says, that in view of the facts of the case, prices ought to be higher than those heretofore current. We think he is right ; but the ques tion is as to degree. It seems to be overlooked in many of the discussions upon cotton, that the present prices are from 50 to 60 per cent. higher than those paid in the season of 1843-1844—at least by those persons who abstained from purchasing during the continuance of the gambling mania, which, for a short period, carried nP prices fifty per cent. above the subsequent prices paid for it. In the article sent you, it has not been contended that present, or even higher prices would not be paid for cotton during the season. There is, indeed, reason to suppose they will go higher, since,whatever may be the facts in the case, and the reasonings upon them, if those who belief toe abree continuesi n want hereafter, of th eat.pricesit, h e 1 i vi ! w igto h t o oo n l b i o r ie l s d l ionw c g o e t rs t o o t n h a, longnan itad sitsthh likelyste be The prices of cotton, it may not be amiss to remarlo are now from 10 to 15 per cent. higher than shipments to England will net, according to prices current on the 18th November. But the accounts are not very encouraging for a permanent maintenance of prices. A letter from London correspondent engaged in importations of cotton from India, writes as follows :—" Our cotton market keeps buoyant on speculation, but unless your crop falo short of two millions of bales, I do not think our coo' sumption likely to reduce our stock so as to maintaili, prices. On the other hand, if the reports of a diminishe o crop should prove to be exaggerated, we shall have a re' action from the present excitement." The remarks in the circular of Messrs. Baring and Col whose statements and opinions we h ave heretofore foulio to have been trustworthy, are in concurrence with thool of our. correspondent. "The stock at the close of Oil year (says the circular) will be moderate, but the state 0 trade in the manufaCturing districts is far from satisfae' tory. The twist market has declined, and a dull winter expected. If the crops of the United States d o not exceed 2,000,000 bales, we think present prices may M supported for a time, in the face of the expected under' current of increasing value of money." In a letter from a shipping-house in Manchester, ther e is the following passage : ' A struggle has been main' tained between buyer and seller of go o d s •, the forme r seeing no prospect of remuneration in the foreign mat; ket, but from low prices ; whilst the latter has to conten d with almost daily increasing rates for the raw materiO' A remedy for both can be found in a reduction of titai and labour, at once giving confidence to the exporter ' 3 . : goods, and a check to the speculation in cotton. We are happy to say that such a movement is now more tbil , ,": probable, for already several mills in the district hal o commenced running short time." Other accounts, however, take a somewhat more cheer' manufac turing s s hould be an a d vance on the P are prospects. In thi s countr l' not better th an t h o se in Pre sent g n t v l u pa i f e nr a w id e c t ,e o u s f u r o i n n fl g ecsos p t r tt o ohn s e p r e e c fabrics,—and such a change is 11 ° t1 we apprehend, likely soon to take place. IL I. December 4, 1846. /IV Mn. EDITOR,—In commenting upon an article in 1 7 -4 journal of the 17th Novemibmerrllfoyausattno,ocover controvert signature rtp os itio . ol " H. L." my object was s assumed by that writer, that the recent rise in the price j couldcotton w not, as therefore, e f f o o u r n e founded' upone permanentlycom me commercial maintained.principles, appearance ps tp t a r e rt u a b f nr l Ith e e r r a tr e n ie th in is su b s from of same pen, in which has changed or modified his prevh”:,4 ,pvr e a c l pi t t ee , s r h r b o o u (f u t t l th d h f o o e n u r g o l t h2 t the h e h a e v i views) attributes to tae " an error in the adoption of figures " in relation to the supply and demand for months, stating that I had allowed for a consumptios fo 16 months, whil e he wou ld g i ve t h e impression tot 4, casual reader that I had given a supply but for 12 monti'j If "H. L." will refer to my former article, he will 11 ,, , that I took for the supply, "for the additional P ft months," the stock which he estimated would remain,/ hand at the end of his 12 months—say the 31st August and added thereto the probable supply that could. 1 : v derived from the new crop, prior to the 31st Decerab r , 1847. If "H. L." can point out any other source ft-0 1 4 , which a supply can be obtained between the 31st Augg' and 31st December, I will cheerfully admit that I ha d ' met his argument unfairly ; but if he cannot, I 01 , Y 0 maintain that I have assumed correct grounds. It is tril i not, that the cotton, the production of th e present year, 10 as assumed by the above -named write r , reach ports at the period he has fixed upon ; but this is of 11 consequence so far as the main point in the argumen t oi concerned. If it should not have so arrived, his stock , si course, will be so much the less on the 31st August 114 as there may be in transitu or remaining in the shipP ports. While upon this subject, I will trespass a little furtP l e upon your courtesy by calling the attention of the r 091 31 facturers and o th ers i nterested to the fact, that at the x,; visitation of the caterpillar before this, it extende s d ravages over two crops—viz., 1840 and 1841—redu, the producti on o f th ese t wo years respectively Iri" 2 ,177,000 bales in 1839 to 1 ,635,000 and 1,685,000 ha l; The general m ild n ess of our weather thus far correspitt with that in 1840; and it i s much to be feared that d, .germ of the enemy m a y not b e destroyed. But per', It is premature to specu l ate upon so sa d an event, , should consider any disaster to our next crop to be. " H. L." has kindly furnished us with extracts Poi respectable English letters, which show certainly tha t tV state of trade is not in as prosperous a condition 1 ,5 manufacturers desire. But this matter will p rn hablQ remedied by l e ssening the production of goo d s a nd Y;,Y —a proceeding which must necessarily take place fi l ' e deficiency in the raw material, as there is little hot' our crops reaching 1,900,000 bales. tt In reply to the remarks of " H. L." with regard „ comparative prices of cotton, I would ask him this' lite ti on —What reduced the pri ce i n Li verpoo l o f f a i r uP ep t: from 7d. per lb. (which was about the standard for Yd 4 . ‘ oftener above than below it,) t o 4d. p er lb. ? His Barr will be, I presume—An over accumulation of stock. accumulation being now removed, why should not be restored to their former equilibrium, even • 1 average crop ? - B. Savannah, December 16M, 1846. the wore Which he had 1 tc . l pay for the fruit she was hich he har The P, mpt at explanation ; and Howqua and the linguist, dly urged, did not translate the one-half and whenever they attempted, they were All efforts failed to have other lout an a ilty party, the woman seemed tuaatne, un laced his hand on Terranova althoug guist I ejected to on behalf of the prisoner, and , -ecitested to make known the objection to led to do so. A translation of this was then commenced; but as she spoke - -med that she ought to be allowed be refa ,wn elide - nee f ow urged that had stated to a few ct id, in ,the presence of four other captains, itement, viz.: that she was inside of red, but saw the husband of the de and forcibly make a hole this Howqua interpreted ig any impression on him, !vidence, but there was no A pick up the hat and j One of the chil tended on I time of t ferent stOry, - but I truth. The instil rut not made use of. Captain Copeland became mo wriest in protesting against this mockery of justice, but vas deprived of the aid of the Rev. Mr. Morrison, by the Chinese, on the ground of his being a British subject, tt length the judr - Teeing the determination of the Ame eat. - but of again took hi sat a few minutf butting testimony, when and rising from the chair, said it ; if he 'had judged wrong God it hereafter ; he knew in his own ; he must be delivered up. With j, leaving upwards of 1000 Chinese vu Joao, and the ship surrounded with war boats. Ter ranova, in a few days afterwards, willingly surrended himself, which was a good proof of his innocence. He Was conveyed to Canton, and it is supposed a similar mockery o f justice gone rough before- the viceroy, and art the third day ho was strangled outside the city wall 111 8 body Was sent the Americans, and the trade opened Qa the same day.—Montgomery Martin's China. • and a few Lced the 1 man was guilt ades, and distributed the Court of Louis Philippe. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. Fifteen years have now el since the commencement of our literary labours. Ine present number of the Journal is the beginning of our sixteenth year, Fifteen years are a considerable section adequately appreciated as they occur importance in the retrospect. We seen two generations change their ch fifteen years ago, were babies dandle now youninien and women about to en to have a who, into acti emerging from school and college, are now grave papas of thirty years and upwards ; and misses with red shoes are no longer romps but mothers of families, engaged in the high consideration of finishing establishments for daugh ters and' professions for sons. By many our paper must be looked upon as a prodigiously old concern : they will profess having seen it as long as they can remember. "I never before been presented so Palpably to the ey began forthwith to consider ourselves as somewhat aged persons. And yet the progress of years is felt by us in no other way than in the consciousness of an increased desire to work out the purposes for which the present work was established. It is now so long since we told what these purposes were, that many who have not fol lowed us from the commencement are apt to form incor- o prove that the children were on shore at urrence. At last it was admitted that the woman had told a dif-. ared that now she had told the of torture were brought forward, " Yes. _ said Mr. Dombey. The iouthfullord Bernard Howard, third son of the Anything means everything, don't it, Papa ?" asked his Duke bf Norfolk, died suddenly at Cairo on the 21st ult, on: not observing or posmbly not understanding,.the of congestion of the brain. He had been making arranve_ Anythin qualification. "It includes it : yes," sale arr. liore_y. ments for a t r ip to Thebes, and on returning to his h ote l " Why didn't money save me my mamma ?"re 1 the ran a little, and at the hotel-door fell down dead, and the child. "It isn't cruel, is it ?" " Cruel," said Mr. Dom- surgeon said his death occurred before he reached the bey, settling his neckcloth, and seeming to resent t 143 ground. idea. " No. A good thing can't be cruel. ~ If it's a a ..lILLION FOR THE BANK OF FRANCE. — With reference good thing and can do anything," said the little fellow, to the increase of bullion likely to appear in the next re thoughtfully, as he looked back at the fire, " I wonder turns of the Bank of France, we understand that the why it didn't save me my mamma." Mr. Dombey having amount of silver already purchased in this county does recovered from his surprise, expounded to him how that not exceed £430,000, and that of this only a very money, though a very patent spirit, never to be disparaged small proportion has as yet been sent forward. The on any account whatever, could not keep people alive balance, however, will most likely be despatched in a day whose time was come to die : and how that we must all or two. It is understood that the directors contemplate die, unfortunately, even in the city, though we were never obtaining from Messrs. Baring 10,000,000 f., in addition so rich.—Dombey and Son. to the advance lately agreed to. Ear. raturr. NOTICE Political, Commercial; and Social. By It. [artin. No. 2. London : James Madden, treet. Liverpool : Grapel and Wareing 8, Leidenhill-: Webb. The present nu —ast instructiye work fully ith which we perused the first. It tradition. history. and lber of t )f China for three thousand years, in which ular cases of historical coincidence with the are traced, and much of the mystification, with Hiders have surrm. ngular people, i . Martin's searching investigation. We t of the intercourse of the have next a limn aese with oth arly ages ; a de tion of the neighbouring empire of Japan ; the Interco) between ^ 4 Corea, Tibet, Cochin China, Si"- una ,nd the p with China of c. To the Iv France, the United S der, as this work, We give a VARIETIES PED H A. drop or two of honey well shing with soap, s of the the rou. T you idvau recede lit is the have of your heart ; lo nearer to your •ct cat nit_ A Tul Yu travelled from the objects as you look ,gs that seemee, .y removed from our grasp. So d after all, you might as well _tarted. Friend I such a fleeting d boundary to one's wishes which hat you have gl izon is that fanc n calls ' Enough ! d such course of fruit' The Good Genius that tuknec verythin, —He could r A MONA f the court resist the sue reaties of the by nature, the more devotion he affects to princes, and the more he flatters their power. The beauty of his person, the charm of his smile, the natural urbanity of his manner—to which, how ever, he was inclined to add more importance than was consistent with his proper dignity—and the richness of his dress, pleased the multitude and the army ; although i.i,,rl,pd at this last display. and uro- n of low birth, endeared him to the he had been placed in the college of wailed himself to the utmost of the upon him. I do not recollect ever sentea myse any of his ( without his expressing his most amiable manner. One day he nks to me in tt hen a woman in one hand, stood forward friehtened at the isislit hism - ajest Ii fashi he spot. After s Joachim took the pa ll was the life of the oetition tratctd Such is ram's e n COP her boa when it rect impressions on the su from the Campo di and holding a p it it to him. I s he passed through the stv tnd and an inkstand in the other 1 Pepe. band, who was to have been executed the fol- People of all classes, and even officers in the in the habit of presenting themselves to the with a petition in —Memoirs of THE ACADEMIE DE MEDICIIS D LOUIS 'PHILIPP it number of the Union Medicale we find ti It. is known that on the first day d at the Tuileries; and compii- Academy is not very old, and seen ti e reign e. V This gives powerful and more generally abstains .ently from t ;he Go' ght of the peopl hese harangues are since they are con- d, ancl approprial mgh its al ar, as others, the d the King replied wit dent read his short speech, accustomed facility. The ,ugh t the august party le forward to Is tell me what k of my he deputation in- No, no ! look at eir heUds in due re iy that I he stone, and that I a got the gravel; some %bout to undergo litho gout, and others, I know not how assure you, gentlemen, and your- can see, that all this is unfounded, and that I a perfect health.' These words, the correct of which we can guarantee,_ were _ spoken with Imost cheerful a fact the Acaanzie perfect sincerity to congra )d looks, his clear and rosy as most assuredly rishing health. This little seen got up without design, and, therefore, we have no ap iension of displeasing any one by relating it to our lers. Be it known, moreover, that of all the inhabit , of the kingdom the king is perhaps the most rigid ...rver of the rules for preserving sound health. He s at five o'clock in the morning, at all seasons, works Lis cabinet while fresh and clear, and therefore with ---breakfasts simply—then takes a long walk, which motes a mild and salutary reaction towards the skin ; [inner has constantly a fowl dressed with rice, and his drink takes only pure water, about which his Ma tt the end of his meal he takes sty is very particular. 11f a glass of old Bordi tattress, laid on a care lie sleep s of his , and h THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE REIGNING SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE. (From the Deutsche Allyemeine Zeitung.) Of the 52 sovereigns reigning in Europe, two of them have reached their 70th year--the King of Hanover, the oldest sovereign in Europe, since the death of Gregory XVI., and the King of the French. Of the other sove _ . _ reigns, 13 are between 60 and 70 years of age, 14 from 50 to 60, 11 from 40 to 50, eight from 20 to 30, and two have not reached their 20th year, namely, the Queen of Spain, who is only 16 years 3 months, and the Prince of Waldeck, who is not yet 16, Of all the sovereigns, the Prince of Schaumburg-L. —ppe has reigned the lonicsi of the time, if his minority be counted. He has reigned for nearly 60 Two have reigned for more than 40 years, equally counting their minority ; four from 30 to 40 years ; nine from 20 to 30 years ; 21 from 10 to 20 years ; the 15 other rvereigns, of whoin three ascended the throne during 1845, liave not reigned more than 10 years. By counting the reign from the date on ly o f ma j or ity, utat counting the years in which a sovereign was still a minor, the longest as the Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe, of Lippe and I Schwarzburg Rudolstadt, and the Duke of Saxe-Meinin gned many years before they reached their I gen, rt. Six Sovereigns are unmarried, namely (independently the Pope), the Grand Duke of Meehlenburg-Schwerin, the Duke of Brunswick, the v Princes of Re;ss-Schleitz, Reuss-Ebersdorf, and of Waldeck. The King of Hano ver, the Grand Dukes of Hesse and of Oldenburg, and the Duke of Nassau, are widowers ; the Duchess of Parma is a widow. The Sultan is a polygamist. ' The Elector of Hesse has contracted a morganatic marriage. The 39 ether acted le to their rank ; two —ers conk. marriages suitab_ have been married thrice, and eight twice. Of the 46 Sovereigns married or widowed, 13 have no children. Of the 33 others, after the Sultan, comes the Prince of Dichtenstein, who has nine children. The King of Bavaria and the Prince of Lippe have each eight ; the Grand Duke of Baden, seven ; six other sovereigns have each seven; and three only one. 15 sovereigns have peror of Russia, the grand Dukes of Hesse and of Saxe- Weimar, and the Prince of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, have each six. As the Duke of Saxe-Altenburgh has only daughters, there are 32 sovereigns who have heirs- presumptive ; and 14 have collateral branches for suc cessors. 12 have brothers ; the Queen of Spain, her sister ; and the Prince of Hohenzollen-liechingen, the son of his grand uncle. Six sovereigns have no fixed successors ; they are, independently of the Pope, the Duchess of Parma, the Dukes of Brunswick, of Anhalt- Bernberg, of Anhalt-Coethen, and the Prince of Reuss- Ebersdorf. Of 46 hereditary princes and heirs-presump +l,s, Pv.;nnea rs T 1 Aar, Q.1,1,,;+.7 . . Greitz, only nine months of age,-20 are married ; one has contracted a morganatic marriage, one is divorced for the second time, 16 have children ; Prince John of Saxony has nine In the course of last year, 18 deaths took place in so vereign families :—three reigning princes, Pope Gregory XVI., Francis IV., Duke of Modena, and the Landgrave Philip of Hesse-Homburg; one ex-sovereign, Louis Bo- napaite, ex-king of Holland ; the DowagE )uches perlv speaking - princess hereditary) of - Anhault-Deisau, mother of the reigning duke and his sister, Princess Wil- ham a sisters of izssia, aged 72 and 71 years, late Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Prussia, uncle of the present king Prince Henry aged 65 reditary prince of Hesse-Philippsthal:B;rchfelkaged 21 ; Prince Charles of Waldeck, uncle of the reigning prince, Count Ferdinand of Lippe-Blesterfeld, aged 74 ; the Grand Duchess Mary of Russia, daughter of the Grand Duke Michael, aged 22 ; Princess Augusta of Nassau Usingen, married to the Count de Bismark, the divorced wife of the Landgrave Louis of Hesse-Homburg, who died in 1839, aged 68; Maria Louisa, Princess of Spain, wife of the Duke of San Fernando, aged 67; the Princess Dowager Leopoldine of Liehtenstein, born Princess Es- terhaiy, aged 58 ; Princess Louisa of Hohenzellern- Hechingen, widow of Baron Herr von der Berg, aged 72 ; Princess Caroline Louisa, of Schaumburg-Lippe, sister of the reigning Prince, aged 60. Among the births, 16 are especially worthy of notice ; those of the sons of the King of Naples, of the Queen of Bavaria, of the Prince- Prince -hereditary of f irince .Luitpolc Sardinia, of the rrinee-hertditary of —imumburg-Lippe, of the Duke Eugene Erdmann of Wurtemberg, of the hereditary Prince Charles of Hesse-Philinnsthal, and of the Count Jules of Lippe-Blesterfeld ; then those of the daughter of the Queen of . Great Britain, of the Duke de Nemours, of the Prince of Lichtenstein, of the Princes Louis of Naples, Peter of Oldenburg, and Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha. In 1846 the following marriages took place in Sovereign houses :—that of the Queen of Spain with her cousin, the Infante Don Francisco ; of the Duke de Montpensier with the Infanta Luisa of Spain ; of the Prince Royal of t I Wurtemberg with the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia ; of the Princess Mary of Holstein-Blocksturt (widow of Colonel Lasperg) with Count Alfred of Hohentlial-Kii nigsbruck ; of Count Henry IL, of Reuss-Kostritz, with Countess Clotilda of Cassell ; of the Hereditary Prince of Monaco with Countess Antoinette of Merode. We may notice, in conclusion, the divorce of the Prince Royal of Denmark from his second wife, a Princess of Mecklen- Omni 31t5zeilani). Green peas were on sale in Mill on the Bth instant. An Edinburgh paper mentions that a lively, butterfly was found at Leith last week. On Saturday night, a powder-mill, at Kendal, ex ploded, and blew two men, who were within it, to pieces. The total number of ministers in the Wesleyan connec- tion is 1,174 Mr. Oastler has challenged Mr. Bright to a public dis cussion on the ten hours' bill question. The London Licensed Victuallers, on Thursday, ad vanced the price of gin is. 4d. a gallon. The penny omnibus system is about to be put in opera tion, by a company, in Bristol and Bath. The customs reeenue for Gloucester for 1846 amounts to very nearly £116,000, an increase of about £10,500 on the return of last year. HIGHLAND DESTITUTION--The Edinburgh subscrip tions for the Highland destitution amount to upwards of £9OOO. At Glasgow, the subscriptions amount to £5OOO. PRICE OF BREAD.—On Wednesday the bakers on the Surrey side of the river made an advance of one halfpenny In several villages near Cambridge, the wages of la bourers of husbandry have been raised Is. and 2s. a week, in consequence of the rise in the prices of provisions. The Conde de Montemolin visited the Times office on Wednesday. One hundred papers were printed in his presence in one minute. _ . Mr. Stephen Bowles, of Stilton, who died on Christ mas-day; has bequeathed ten thousand pounds to the Stamford and Rutland Infirmary. The customs receipts of the port of lilasgow for the year 1847, exceeded those of the previous year by up wards of £44,000. At a public meeting held in Glasgow, on Tuesday last, the Lord Provost in the chair, the sum of £4,575 was contributed towards the relief of the destitute in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. GREEN TEAS FOR THE MILLION.—A hawker stood with his barrow close to Temple-bar, on Tuesday, selling green peas, just arrived from Holland, at 6d. per quart, shelled. They met with a ready sale. The Directors of the Bank of England, at the meekly meeting on Thursday, resolved to advance the minimum rate of interest to 3/ per cent.-for bills not having more than 95 days to run. DEATH IN A CHURCH.—During the early service in the parish church of Kensington, on Sunday, an old man of 80, named Charles Fisher, a regular attendant in the free expired Jan. 19, 1847. .~~tA. ~~ _ _~~ TI ARRIVED from Patrw SAILED::: van nah—M St. Michael' Tribune, 0 Venice. Index, Cr Gipsey, AI Antonius, Nautilus, Dickey Sa NVEsTpott for this port Sod Bay, an, TRALEE, Tralee for L Sack on the Red. ' HoLI;FMA Antigtxt, is KmoSTOV pool Yor Hor gay, but was WEDNI RRIVED. 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