The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

littraturr. POETRY. SONNET, ON THE DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, BY DR. GEORGE ASPINALL. (For the Liverpool Standard.) " REQUIESCAT IN PACE." A nation's tear's flow fast—nor doth she weep A transient loss she doth but lightly feel; But her whole soul is stir'd with anguish deep As she beholds thy bier, lamented Peel! A king, 'mong Commons, in debate wast thou, Yea, all the graces of the senate met In thee, and found a home—where are they now? The sun of thy great statesmanship bath set, Yet not for ever! No! in clouds of gold— But for a season it bath pal'd away ; Full soon its brighter glories shall unfold, And shine serenely, in an endless day. A sun of earth no more, but high al.ove An orb in God's own firmament of love. , Grove-street, July 1850. VARIETIES. A NICE POINT.—A woman, charged with being drunk and disorderly, denied the latter offence, urging that " she was too drunk to be disorderly." A JOKE FROM SPEAKER.—As the tellers on the vote of confidence di% ision advanced to declare the num bers, the Speaker—with doubtless a prophetic sense of the majority of 46—said, with a benignant smile at ministers Gentlemen will be pleased to keep their places."— Punch. WHAT NEXT ?—" A young lady of superior connec tion," who advertises herself in the Evangelical Maga zine of this month as being desirous of a re-engagement as governess, adds, " Members of the Evangelical Alli ance pr, ferred" ! A COMPLICATED DEATH.—The following verdict was given by an Eastern jury :—" We believe firmly that the deceased came to his death by falling from the top of the mainmast on the bulwarks—fell overboard and was drowned—washed ashore and frozen to death—and then carried to the watchhouse and eaten by rats." SPECULATION.-A. writer in the Arbroath Guide ob serves that the Arbroath Town Council have been at tempting to prophesy—" Recently, while voting a loyal address to the Queen on the appearance of Prince Arthur Patrick Albert, they congratulate her Majesty on the birth of her last child." NOVEL WAY OF TREATING SAINTS.—Every family in Rio, where superstition asserts her sway, has two things, an image of St. Antonio and a whip, If the saint after being duly invoked, still refuses to grant the boon craved, he is taken down from his niche and soundly whipped I This chastisement is repeated until the prayer is answered, or some priest interferes, and consoles the disappointed with the persuasion that the blessing sought has been, or will be, conferred in some other form ! This compulsory process with a saint accounts for the maimed condition in which you always find poor Antonio here. There is something unique and interesting in this mode of obtaining benefactions. If a saint won't shell out when he has the power, why should not he be whipped as well as the sinner? A CURIOUS RELIC.—Mr. E. B. Thompson,of this city, and now a compositor in the office of this paper, has in his possession a very interesting historical relic—a small em broidered cambric pocket-handkerchief, which was used by Charles I. upon the scaffold. and is stained with his blood. It came originally from John Fenwicke, who was major of cavalry in Cromwell's army, and in that capacity was required to be present at the execution of the unhappy monarch. The relic passed from his family to that of Jacob Lyell, whose wife emigrated to New Jersey near the Close of the 17th century, and was connected with the Fenwicke family. She gave it to her daughters, who kept it with the greatest care, and at their death it passed into another branch of the may, and has finally come into the possession of Mr. Thompson. Its authenticity seems to be clearly traced and proved beyond doubt. The hand kerchief is of small size, and the figure of the Scottish thistle is embroidered around the edges. Upon one corner is a very small figure of a crown. It is thickly stained with dark spots, some of which are as large as a dollar—the others smaller. The linen is considerably dis coloured by time. It seems to have been ironed, but not washed.—New York Courier. RECOGNITION OF VOICE BETWEEN THE EWE AND LAMB.—The acuteness of the sheep's ear surpasses all things in nature that I know of. A ewe will distinguish her own lambs bleat among a thousand all braying at the time, and making a noiso a thousand times louder than the singing of psalms at a Catneronian sacrament in the fields where thousands are congregated, and that is no joke neither. Besides, the distinguishment of voice is perfectly reciprocal between the ewe and the lamb, who, amid the deafening sound, run to meet one another. There are few things that have ever amused me more than a sheep-shearing, and then the sport continues the whole of the day. We put the flock into a fold, set out all to the hill, and then set out the ewes to them as they are shorn. The moment that a lamb hears its dam's voice it rushes from the crowd to meet her, but instead of finding the rough, well-clad, comfortable mamma, which it left en hour, or a few hours ago, it meets a poor naked shrivelling—a most deplorable-looking creature. It wheels about, and uttering a loud tremulous bleat of per fect despair, flies from the frightful vision. The mother's voice arrests its flight—it returns—flies, and returns again, generally for ten or a dozen times before the re concilement is fairly madetup.—TheEttrick Shepherd. THE Winow AND HER SON,—Considerably more than half a century ago there dwelt in a smell borough of For farshire a poor widow, who earned a humble but respect able livelihood for herself and her only son by keeping a stall, priucipally for the sale of crockeryware, in the mar ket-place. It was a time when gentlemen lived harder than they do now, and although the word " Waterford isin.;" bad not been invented the thing implied by it was greatly in vogue. The townspeople then were not unac customed to the occasional freaks and rough practical jokes of a neighbouring gentleman, who had lately succeeded to enormous property and a peerage, and there was no particular surprise manifested when, late one evening, the humble stall of the widow was overturned in an after dinner frolic, and the brittle ware it contained smashed upon the street. The aggressor was Lord Panmure. Next morning the proprietress of the stall waited upon bis Lordship, and the claim for damages was soon settled to the satisfaction of all parties. " And now, my good woman, said the overthrower of the crockeryware, "is there anything else I can do for you ?" The widow re plied that she had an only son, a sharp little fellow, whom she wished to see receiving a better education than her limited means enabled her to bestow on him. Lord Pan inure at once promised the necessary aid. He was as good as his word. Little Joey was sent for. The intelli gence and sharpness of the boy was readily recognised,' and highly commended, and he was at once placed in an excellent school. Such was the curiously-caused coin mencement of a long career of industry and honour. The little boy, the poor widow's son was—Joseph Hume. — Illustrated News. ARCHITECTURE. — What are those gay and glittering piles which rise under a brighter sun, and into a clearer atmosphere, on the banks of a smaller river ? Yonder dark and heavy towers arose amidst the austerity of Gothic taste, and were loaded with the riches of Roman Catholic superstition; they have witnessed the march of the Crusaders and the coronation of Henry IV : that gilded tomb attests the magnificence of Lous XIV., and covers the bones of Turenne: projecting into the stream is the ancient Tour du Nesle, the theatre of licentious tragedy ; that beautious row of columns conceals the windows from whence the massacre of St. Bartholomew was ordered ; that red obelisk marks the spot where Louis and Marie Antoinette, and Danton and Robespierre, were executed; that perfect peristyle was begun by Napoleon for the Temple of Glory ; that majestic arch in the dis tance was erected to the honour of the Grand Army. Ascend the Tower of the Capitol, and survey the mingled wreck of ages by which you are surrounded. You stand on the massy battlements which defied the arms of Bren nus : the Roman senate-house, the palace of the Caesars, are at your feet : that vast circular tomb on the banks of the Tiber contains the ashes of Adrian : yonder stupend ous dome, which rises like a mountain in the west, covers the bones of St. Paul ; it was reared by the genius of Michael Angelo, and adorned by the pencil of Raphael : the sculptured pillars, which surmount all modern edifices in their vicinity, were erected to the honour of Trajan and Antoninns, the greatest and best of the Emperors : that massy pile which still survives, like the skeleton of a world, the ruin of all its contemporary structures, was reared by the captive hands of the Jews : under those arches the triumph of Aurelian, the captive Zenobia, have passed. It is this wondrous and overwhelming con centration of historical interest into one focus, this pre senting of it in actual objects to the senses, which con stitutes the grand, the unequalled charm of architecture, and gives to genius, in that department, a lasting hold of the admiration of mankind, which the sister arts will seek in vain to attain.—Mr. Alison's Essays. THE LATE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK'S OPINION OF THE QUEEN.—A cluster of wax-lights depended from a splen did candelabrum, which occupied the centre of the table. This ornament—massive—of highly burnished silver, and of considerable height, was, as a brief inscription on its plinth recorded, a present from her Majesty and the Prince Consort on their marriage, to their friend, the Archbishop of York. A comment or two was made on its exquisite proportions and elaborate workmanship. The prelate, to whom the royal present was matter of pardonable pride, remarked, with quiet complacency—" Yes ; it is a me mento of a very memorable event, and of a marriage sin gularly blest. The domestic happiness of George the Third and his Queen is now matter of history. An old man who, like myself, can speak of it as an eye-witness, may be pardoned for thus alluding to it. Theirs was no state union : strong affection hallowed it throughout. The Queen's vary closely resembles it. Who shall limit its influence on the national morals and the national hap. piness ?" An elderly cavalry officer, if I remember rightly, Sir Charles Dalbiac, observed in how many traits of cha racter the Queen resembled her royal grandfather ; re sembled him in her personal habits—in her love of early rising —her fondness for the country—her predilection for " blue water" and the " ocean breeze"—and more espe cially in her business habits and undeviating punctuality. The Archbishop listened to these remarks, but did not assent to them. Perhaps he was too practised a courtier to give an opinion openly on his Sovereign. Perhaps he deemed his position too dignified to Permit him avowedly and unrestrainedly to pursue the subject. The conversa tion was ero long diverted into another channel, and he then said, sotto voce, to his next neighbour—" There are not really so many points of resemblance between the Queen and her royal grandfather as the public are pleased to fancy. Her mind is of f ar grea t er grasp an d p ower . Then, again, her Majesty has the virtue of firmness—firm ness as contra -distinguished from that very vulgar, and, in a ruler, questionable and dangerous quality—obstinacy. Firmness in a female sovereign may be considered inva luable ; a qua lity secondary in importance only to lenity." .—Bentley s MinellanY• EASTER EGGS.—The custom of dying eggs at Easter prevails in different parts of Cumberland, and is observed in Carlisle probably more specially than in any other pars of England. On Easter Monday and Tuesday the inha, bitants assemble in certain adjacent meadows, the chil dren all provided with stores of hard-boiled eggs, coloured or ornamented in various ways, some being dyed an even colour with logwood, cochineal, &c. ; others stand (often in a rather pregnant manner) by being boiled in shreds of parti-coloured ribbons ; and others, again, covered with gilding. These they tumble about upon the grass until they break, when they finish off by eating them. These they call pace-eggs, being, no doubt, a corruption for pasche. This custom is mentioned by Brande as exist ing among the modern Greeks ; but I believe it will be found more or less in almost all parts of Christendom. I observed, when in Syria, during Easter, quantities of eggs similarly dyed ; but it did not occur to me at the time to inquire whether the practice was connected with the sea son and whether it war not confined to the native Chris tians. Information on this point and also upon the ge ❑eral origin of this ancient custom would be interesting. Notes and Queries. A NEW ZEALANDER'S DESIRE TO BE EATEN.—" I've been among the New Zealanders," quoth Jack, " and there they use each other for fresh grub as regular as boiled duff in a man-of-war's mess. They used to cat their fathers and mothers, when they got too old to take care of themselves ; but now they've got to be more civi lized, and so they only eat ricketty children and slaves, and enemies taken in battle." "A decided instance of the progress of improvement and the march of mind," said I. " Well," replied Jack, "it's a bad thing for the old folks. They don't take to the new fashion; they are in favour of the good old custom. I never see'd the thing myself; but Bill Brown, a measmate of mine, once told me that, when he was at the Bay of Islands, he see'd a great many poor souls going about, with tears in their eyes, trying to get somebody to eat them. One of them came off to the ship, and told them that he could'nt find rest in the stomachs of any of his kindred, and wanted to know if the crew couldn't take him in. The skipper told him he was on monstrous short allowance, but he couldn't accommodate him. The poor old fellow, Bill said, look'd as if his heart would break. There were plenty of sharks round the ship, and the skipper advised him tojump over board ; but he couldn't bear the idea of being eaten raw." —Blackwood. THE ROMAN RAGE TO FIGHT THE FRENCH.—I had wandered into St. Peter's, and was leisurely eyeing the famous lions of Canova, in his monumental group of Rez zonica, when two young officers approached, and, with the child-like simplicity of Roman manners (a descriptive epithet possibly inconsistent with our popular notions of the Roman character,) blandly made some commonplace introductory remark, and pointed to the figures before us. The excitement of the times could not destroy their appre • ciation of art ; but, naturally enough, we passed from the fixed marbles to the fluent events of Rome at that mo ment. The morning politics of the Cafe were running through my thoughts, and, with an impertinent freedom, anxious to sound their value, I said, "You will not fight, I suppose, if the French push you to it ?" Fight !"both replied, paling with rage as they spoke ; " ay, and to the last drop !" The gesture with which the words were accompanied was positively frightful. Their features be came suddenly distorted, and they flung their clenched fists up, appealing with an oath to Heaven. The senti ment of these men animated every Roman bosom, I be lieve, that day. The very gaiety of the Roman looks measured the depth of revenge which secretly consumed them. Even the dames were preparing for the slaughter, should it come to the worst, being armed beneath their dresses ; while the Roman women generally, headed by the nobility, were all occupying themselves, when within doors, in making up ball-cartridges and bandages for the expected wounded.—Rome and Rornanism. APROPOS OF THE VISIT OF THE NEPAULESE EMBASSY. All this time we knew little or nothing of Nepaul, save that it was an abrupt, stupendous mountain range that bounded, on the north, our triumphant march to the north-west; and at times, when the line of march lay nearer to the impenetrable-looking barrier, and when the rainy season lifted the misty veil, we gained a glance of the mysterious sublimity of pure white peaks, rising far beyond and far above the magnificent blue range in the foreground, whose height far surpasses our loftiest Gram pians. On these we gazed with conscious solemnity, the effect being increased by their contrast to the vast level Champaign expanse over which we were travelling, and contemplating the distant Himalaya, we experienced an overpowering sensrtion, in beholding a portion of earth projecting its unsullied spires to such an unmitigated alti tude in the pure azure abyss of Heaven. So long had these mountains been considered a sort of terra incognita, even during the long dynasties of the Mahommedan kings of Hindostan, that about the time of Arunzebe, when the Mogul empire extended from those mountains to the sea, an embassy from Nepaul arriving at Agra was regarded almost as an embassage from another world. It is re corded that the king, at the magnificent durbar that re ceived the mountaineer ambassador from these rugged re gions, anxious to know something of the strange country, desired the envoy to describe the nature of his master's dominions. He, by a truly Eastern, effective, and primi tively statistical demonstration merely held aloft his open hand, with the fingers expanded from each other, thus giving at least a truly graphic section of the precipitous hill and narrow vale that characterise Nepaul.—The In vasion of Nepaul. THE TIMES ON OUR ABUNDANCE OF MONEY. A short while ago Mr. Richard Cobden gravely in formed the world that nothing could occur to damage the social position of Great Britain so long as the Bank of England was enabled to keep up her present large stock of bullion. Money would continue cheap, and commerce and industry would progress at an unexampled pace. The London Times, however, does not regard monetary abun dance in precisely the same light as the apostle of freo trade; and whilst commenting upon the favourable state of the past year's revenue, makes some admissions which strongly remind us of Lord Overstone's (late Mr Samuel Jones Lloyd) description of that ingeniously devised ma chinery, which periodically plunges every portion of the community into suffering, and enables the possessor of monied capital to clutch the reward of his neighbour's in. dustry and enterprise. We are, in fact, nearing the top of the famous " CYCLE"; and are shortly to descend into that abyss which bullionists assure us is a natural periodi cal stage of England's commerce. Our contemporary assures us that at present— " We are in danger of a plethora or accumulation of capital —a state of things harmless enough in itself, but generally ending inan unsound extension of credit, in excessive specula tion, extravagance, eventual collapse, and final ruin. It is possible that no amount of warning will avert the frequent recurrence of these commercial disasters, for they appear as recurrent and as periodical as colds,' "iiilluenzas,' and other such personal or epidemic visitations. There are cycles in the social as well as there are in the celestial system. We can only hope that by the aid of experience and judicious advice these visitations, or rather these follies, will become each return less severe. and that the day may come when we shall no more see a whole population of scripholders and defaulters than we shall ever see again a population half destroyed by the small-pox." Doctors certainly do differ in an extraordinary manner. On this occasion, however, in one sense the Times is right, and Mr. Cobden is wrong, and, in another, both are at issue with their own recorded views of commercial propriety. The Times sees danger in that influx of the precious metals which leads to `• extension of credit, ex cessive speculation," &c., and ends in " total ruin." Yet the Times regards as a favourable circumstance that in crease of exports which attracts bullion to our shores, and thus causes extension of credit. Mr. Cobden regards the increase of bullion in the bank as the sure indication of increasing prosperity ; yet he would hail with Io peons of delight a large increase of imports, and proclaim it as a sure indication of the advancing prosperity of the people, although such increase must inevitably lead to an abstrac tion of the precious metals, and the consequen t contrac tion of the circulating medium. We leave the two philo sophers to themselves, to reconcile their differences upbn the subject. But why ought the possession of an extraordinary quantity of the precious metals lead to the disastrous re sults mentioned by the Times ? The possession of a lar ger stock than usual of any other valuable product would do no such thing. The discovery of a new coal or iron district would be regarded as both an individual and a national source of good ; yet, upon the shewing of the Times, the discovery in this country of a mine or moun tain of gold would lead to appalling consequences. Our contemporary kindly, though unconsciously, furnishes us with an answer to our question. Notwithstanding our present " plethora, or accumulation of capital"—lie means specie of course, which terms; like other confused persons, he treats as synonymous—the Times admits that we owe our present safety to distrust of the very system which both Mr. Cobden and himself worship. He says— " The present increase of expenditure, however, appears, to be of a safe and regular kind. It is not owing to the construc tion of railways, for the monthly amount of calls is now gene rally less than two-thirds of what it was last year. Nor is it ()Wing to what may be called an imaginary conceit of wealth, a species of false credit, founded on the exaggerated value of railway shares, for both the selling price and the dividends of railway shares are considerably less than they were in the early part of last year. There is just now a singular absence of speculation, and an almost excessive distrust of any enterprise wit of the beaten track of trade." " The absence of speculation" here spoken of, " the fall in the prices of railway shares, and the caution with which men now act in all their present dealings," is nei ther more nor less than the result of want of confidence in the stay amongst us of that fickle commodity, (gold,) which we have chosen to regulate our power to buy, or to hold, any species of property. The experience of 1847 is not lost upon us. Men will not invest in any security, or embark money in any undertaking, which they may be called upon to retire from at any moment at a ruinous sacrifice, caused by the efflux of gold, and the consequent violent contraction of the circulating medium which ensues. A LADY CUT TO PIECES ON A RAILWAY.—An accident of a truly appalling character occurred on the York and Scarborough Railway on Thursday last, by which a lady of independence, named Martin, met with a terri ble death. It appeared she had been staying some time at Holdgate, near York, and left her residence between three and four o'clock, with the intention of taking a walk along the banks of the river Ouse. Soon afterwards she was observed by a.gentleman walking on the railway, near the viaduct which crosses the stream in question, and at the same time a train was aoproaching at a rapid rate towards York. She remained evidently unconscious of its coming up, having her parasol before her, and was walking leisurely along the permanent way betweeen the line of rails until the engine driver gave the whistle alarm, which attracted her attention,. when seeing her danger she turned round and ran back with the intention of escaping ; un fortunately, however, the train was too close upon her, for in the next moment or so the engine struck the un happy lady to the ground, and the whole of the carriages, 17 in number, passed over her body. She was dreadfully mangled ; her body, in fact, was literally cut to pieces. It was with much difficulty her person could be identified. Not the least blame could be imputed to the en g ine-driver. ~.,~ THE LIVERPOOL STANDATtit (Sentra! ArtiOrellaiip. The grounds of the Brighton Pavilion were on Monday opened to the public. Herrings, at the Isle of Man, are now selling at 32 to to 34 fora shilling. The colliers of Monmouthshire have resumed work and the " strike" may be said to be at an end. Mrs. Lloyd, wife of the Rev. J. Lloyd, Baptist minis ter at St. Clears, Carmarthenshire, was accidentally shot by her husband on Friday week, whilst he was cleaning a double-barrelled gun. Lord Castlereagh has contradicted in strong language the alleged admission of his lady into the Roman Catholic Church. Messrs. Newell and Co. of Gateshead, have just made a wire rope of the great length of 14,100 feet and weighing upwards of 22 tons. A musician belonging to the Lyceum theatre, Lon don, poisoned himself last week with opium. Ho was living apart from his wife and family. All arrangements are completed for erecting a building, on a site of the Rolls estate, sufficiently large to contain the uublic records and archives. At the meeting of the New Zealand Company on Thursday, Mr. Aglionby, M.P. announced that the com pany was ready to resign the charter to government. Lord Wharncliffe has procured the services of a medical man for his village of Wortley, and, in order to keep him on the spot, pays him £5O a year, and finds him a house rent free. The Hermann steamer, from New York, en route to Bremen and the Baltic, arrived at Cowes on Friday. Her dates are only one day later than those brought by the America. Two shares in the London, Leith, Edinburgh, and Glas gow Shipping Company, put up to sale, did not find a pur chaser. In London the brig Fortitude, 191 tons, built at Cochin in 1845, sold for £l,lOO A railway guard of the name of William Walker, aged 32, having charge of a train from Salford to Accrington, was on Monday last killed by his head coming in contact with a wooden bridge on the line. The Spanish government has, through its agent here, entered into a contract with an eminent Glasgow firm for building two first-rate steam vessels of 800 horse power ; they are intended to run from Cadiz to Cuba and back as mail packets. The visitors in the Lake District at the present moment are not so numerous as for some years past at this period of the season. At Keswick and Ambleside the sojourners have hitherto found ample accommodation at the inns, and very few, if any, private lodgings are consequently occupied., OPENING OF A NEW DOCK AT HULL.—On Wednesday : the Victoria Dock was opened at Hull, with the ceremonies usual on such occasions. This new dock itself comprises 12a. 2r. 13p. ; the half-tide basin, 3a.; the outer basin, when completed, will enclose an area of 2a, 3r. ; and the drypool basin, la. 20p. THE RIOT AT DUNFERMLINE.—The alarming riot at Dunfermline, an account of which we gave in our paper last week, happily passed off without coming to any seri ous termination—the presence of the military, and the energetic measures taken by the authorities and others on the spot, having prevented the serious consequences which many anticipated would ensue from the violence exhibited by both parties of the mob. A lady named Mrs. Martin, widow of the late respected Mr. Martin, formerly keeper of the Gate Helmsley A.ylum, was killed on Saturday at the railway station, York, by a train passing over her. She had been taking a walk outside the city walls, and was crossing the rail. way on her way home when the train came up, knocked her down, and completely cut her in two, separating the head and shoulders from the rest of the body. An extraordinary case has just occurred at Newark, of a boy, aged only seven years, deliberately and wilfully walking into the river Trent, and drowning himself. He was the son of a Mr. John Hanson, a waterman, a re spectable man, living at Millgate. The boy, it appears, had frequently complained to his schoolmates of his mother beating him, and the day before his death he cried and said she had been flogging him, and that if she did it again he would drown himself. MURDER.—On Wednesday, the police discovered Mr. Joseph Warren, of Earl's Warren, near Northampton, insensible, lying under a beech tree near a hedge. He never stirred after he was found, but groaned once, and died immediately. No noise had been heard in that di rection since he was last seen ; there was no blood, no indications of a struggle having taken place, and but very trifling appearances of external injury. His waistcoat was unbuttoned, his dress disordered, and his trousers pockets rifled, one of them being cut out. A description having been obtained of a female with whom he had been seen, she was apprehended the same night. The Jury, at the inquest, returned a verdict of " wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." ORANGEISM.—On Monday the members of the Pro testant Association of Loyal Orangemen held their annual meeting, at Bilston, in Staffordshire. Between 50 and 60 representatives of the brotherhood from various places in Great Britain, were assembled together on this occasion for the purpose of solemn deliberation upon the proceed ings of the past and the prospects of the future. The condition of the brotherhood was found to be most en couraging, an increase of no less than 2000 members having - taken place during the year. It was quite appa rent that the middle classes—the tradesmen, artizans, and mechanics—who are well disposed to the ancient consti tution of this country, based upon the union of Church and State, are beginning more extensively to appreciate the principles of Orangeism. In the present year a still greater accession of members is anticipated. The repre sentati'es from this neighbourhood were the Rev. S. Fenton, (Grand Chaglain of the order,) and Mr. R. Mar tin. The Rev. Dr. Burnet was present, and delivered an able address to the members. During the day petitions were adopted against the bill for the admission of Jews to Parlitunent, and also against the government Factory Bill. A HUSBAND POISONED BY lIIS WIFE.—The neigh bourhood of Coolpit Heath, near Bristol, has recently been thrown into a state of considerable excitement, in consequence of the mysterious death of a man named Thomas Harris (known also by the name of Cottle). a hatter, residing in that locality. It appears that his wife was in the habit of hawking confectionery about the coun try, but having, as is supposed, formed an improper inti macy with a person called Curtis, a shoemaker, she and the deceased had led a very uncomfortable life for some time past. The deceased, who had previously been ill for some little time, died on the 30th of April last. The man Curtis was seen at the house on the day of the husband's death, and in about three weeks afterwards he married the widow. The circumstances caused much suspicion, and on Saturday week after the body had been exhumed, a coroner's inquest was held. It was proved that arsenic was present in the body, and that that poison had been purchased by the wife. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against her, and she was committed to the assizes. She is sixty years of age, and her deceased husband was sixty-two. A DESPEPATE LOVER.—A novel and somewhat ro mantic scene occurred at the York Railway station on Thursday morning. A detachment of the 81st Regiment of Foot has been stationed for some time at Scarborough, and orders having been received from the War-office for their removal to Berwick, the light company left Scar borough by an early train yesterday week, and arrived at York between ten and eleven o'clock. A young girl, seventeen years of age, whose heart had been stolen by the charms of one of the soldiers, was a passenger in the train, She having taken her fare at Scarborough with the determination of following the devoted object of her affections wheresoever he should go. By some means or other the designs of our heroine became known, and she was consequently introduced to a policeman, who in formed her that she could not proceed any further, but must forthwith return to Scarborough to her friends. The unwelcome intelligence threw the poor deluded girl into a paroxysm of grief, and she screamed and shrieked most loudly. Recovering a little from the excitement of the moment, the infatuated girl declared in an emphatic manner her determination to accompany her lover to Berwick, and used all her energies to effect that object. Seeing that the girl was desperate, " physical force" was brought into requisition, and she was placed in another train, Which was then about to proceed to Scarborough. She screamed and shrieked louder than before, exclaim ing that as soon as the carriages attained their full speed she would jump out of the window, and thus destroy • herself. It was therefore deemed expedient for the girl that some one should take charge of her, and one of the railway porters went in the same carriage with her. On the road the porter's task was rather unpleasant, as he had often forcibly to hold his charge upon her seat. — Doncaster Gazelle. SINGULAR ANECDOTE OF THREE FOXES..--Mr. Cape, Cockermouth, has had three foxes sent to him as a pre sent from a friend in - Yorkshire, and of such importance or value were the "varmint" considered that the gentleman sent his keeper with them in order to be satisfied of their careful transit and safe delivery. On arriving at Cocker mouth Mr. C. resolved to treat them to as dainty a sup per as it is presumed they would have enjoyed if at large and in their own county, and accordingly procured for them a fine young Spanish rabbit, which was forthwith introduced into their presence, but instead of being seized by the neck, after their fashion of grappling with a lamb or a goose, it was received with kindness and correspond ingly treated. The rabbit pricked up its ears and hopped about, manifestly unconscious of the dangerous customers of which it had become the associate. The foxes, how ever, manifested no unkindly feeling, and from Friday last up to Monday morning the whole party—foxes and rabbit, were located and fed in the same apartment, and all appeared contented and happy. During the time they were thus living together, many scores of persons paid a visit to their domicile, and expressed their astonishment at the goodly feeling and evident contentment which prevailed amongst them. The foxes were on Monday morning despatched to Brayton Hall, as a present to one of Sir Wilfred Lawson's sons.—Westmorland Gazette. THE TEETH.—HOW often do we find the human face divine disfigured by neglecting the chiefest of its orna ments, and the breath made disagreeable to companions by non-attention to the Teeth ! Though per in their structure and composition, to keep the ' a pure and healthy state requires some little tro e ; and if those who are blessed with well-formed t knew how soon decay steals into the mouth, m ing unsightly what otherwise are delightful to echo' , and designating un healthiness by the impurity the breath, they would spare no expense to chase ay these fatal blemishes. But although most ladies careful, and even particular, in these delicate matters yet few are sufficiently aware of the imperative neeessi of avoiding all noxious or mineral substances of an aer . nature, and of which the greater part of the cheap ooth-powders of the present day are composed. It is ighly satisfactory to point out Messrs. Rowland? Odo o, or Pearl Dentifrice, as a preparation free from all i ' rious elements, and eminently calculated to embellish d preserve the dental structure, to impart a grateful grsnce to the breath, and to embellish am) perpetua". he gems of the =Who—court Journal, THE ASSAULT ON HER MAJESTY.—On Friday, Robert Pate was again examined at the Home Office, and com mitted to Newgate to take his trial for an assault and misdemeanour upon Her Majesty. Last week, a banker's parcel containing £6OO in notes, posted from Messrs. Stevenson and Co., bankers, Stafford, was stolen, and no clue to the thief has yet been obtained. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—Among the boats which left the Stennis station, in Northmaving, on the 10th ult., two have not returned, and all hope of their safety is at an end, by which 13 lives are lost, and upwards of 20 children left fatherless, and several aged parents without support. —Edinburgh Post. A physical force Chartist, who refused to give his name, was charged at one of the metropolitan police offices with inciting others to assist him in a plan to set fire to all the ladies' dresses in that part of Kensington-gardens where the crowd (mostly of ladies) assembles to hear be band. OCCUPATION OF A JUDGE'S SON.—At the Strand Theatre the story of Alcestis has been turned into a burlesque with considerable talent by a son of Sir Thomas Talfourd, and his work was produced last night. He has followed pretty closely the outline of Euripides' tragedy, and hence his piece does not abound in strong burlesque situations. His great strength is shown in his dialogue, which is bristling throughout with puns, some of which are remarkably good. Of the use of popular melodies in works of this kind Mr. Talfourd has a keen perception. The piece was received with the loudest plaudits, and the author being called walked across the stage. AN INTERESTING RAILWAY Flx.—The half-past seven up-train, heavily laden with passengers, was stuck fast in the Blackheath Tunnel upwards of three-quarters of an hour, on Sunday night, there not being sufficient steam power to move it backwards or forwards. The horror of the passengers while thus fixed and enveloped in darkness may be imagined but not described, the more especially as the whistles of the two next trains were heard; but express messengers gave notice of the accident, and thus prevented a lamentable loss of life, which would otherwise have occurred. Another engine had to be put on before the train was extricated. A child aged two years, son of Mrs. James, of Bradwell Wharf, Oxford, fell into a well near her residence, and would probably have been drowned but for the heroic conduct of its mother, who, on hearing from the servant that her offspring was in the well, jumped in, took the boy up, and supported him and herself by clinging to the wall till a ladder was procured, when both were brought from their perilous position. SUICIDE OF A CLEILGYMAN.—A few days since the Rev. William Gaskett, curate of Bigthorp, Norfolk. aged 52, entered King's College llospital, for the purpose of undergoing the operation of lithotomy. On Friday it was intimated to him that the operation would be soon performed, when he appeared willing to undergo it. In the evening the porter found the unfortunate gentleman hanging, and quite dead, in a closet. DEATH OF CAPTAIN OWEN STANLEY.—The Royal Geographical Society has lost one of its most esteemed members. By a letter just received from Sydney, New South Wales, the sudden death of Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., (son of the late Bishop of Norwich,) is announced. Captain Stanley has been several years actively employed in surveying the dangerous seas between Australia and the Indian isles, accounts of which have from time to time reached the Admiralty. SINGULAR PHENOMENON. About three months since, Mr. Steel, draper, Blyth, bad the pavement in front of his shop relaid with flagstones, and in the course of last week, one of them was observed to be higher than the others. This was more observed on subsequent days, until Friday, when it was raised an inch and a half out of the ground, and several persons were nearly thrown down by it. A mason was sent for to ascertain the cause, when it was discovered, on the removal of the stone, that three large mushrooms were growing under it, and had evidently lifted it out of its place. The mushrooms were seen by several persons who had witnessed the phenomenon. The length of the stone was 21 inches, breadth 121, thickness 4 inches, and weight nearly six stones. Newcastle Journal. SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH.—The Synod of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld, and Dumblane, met at St. Andrew's on the 19th ultimo. Mr. Wordsworth moved that the Synod " concur with the bishops in their condemnation of the Prayer Book put forth by the bishop of the diocese," on the ground that it ignores English uses, and tends to create a prejudice against the Scottish Church as not being in communion with the English. The usage of re servation of the elements he regarded as contrary to the Thirty-nine Articles. On a division, there were—For the bishop's Prayer Book, 5; against it, 10. The dean de clined to vote against his father. Mr. Wordsworth then moved that the clergy who hereafter used the bishop's edition of the Prayer Book should be proceeded against canonically. After a hot discussion, the motion was carried by a majority of 11 to 5. The minority declared their intention to enter a protest against the whole pro ceedings of the synod as unconstitutional, unjustifiable, and schismatical. A WONDROUS VOLUME.—The Second Volume of The Family Friend, just published, contains the following extraordinary amount of matter :—Botany (papers), 6, il lustrated: Carving, 2, illustrated; Chess, Games, 12, — Problems, illustrated, 12, edited by the celebrated lIERR HARRIVITZ ; Etiquette (papers), 6; Garde • 6; His tory—Aunt Mary's Lectures, 6 ; Musi Seven original copyright pieces , by DUGGAN, LEE, NLEY, and Score; Natural History (papers) 6, illustr' ed; Needlework, 12 copyright Designs by the cele , ated MRS. WARREN, illustrated; Patchwork, 12 de- gns for combination pat terns, illustrated; Pastime, .me hundreds of Enigmas, Conundrums, Charades, • c., including the celebrated Prize Enigmas, Poetry, • pieces ; Receipts in Cookery, Medicine, &c., (all ed) 300; Science, Grandfather Whitehead,s Lectur - to Little-Folk, 6, illustrated; Miscellaneous arti. es, 111 ; Editorial Answers to Inter esting Questions 400. Total number of articles, 915 ; total number o • wood engravings, 144 ; total of pages, 380 ; handsom y bound in cloth gilt, and embellished by a fine steel e raving, price 2s. 6d. The excellent cha racter of this work has already gained for it the enormous circulation of 75,000. Vols. I. and 11., price 2s. 6d. each, may be had of any bookseller. THE BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS for the month, and for five months, ending sth June, have just been issued. The annexed summary shows the total amounts under the various heads :—The total declared value of exports for the month last past is £5,959,949, whilst for the cor responding months in 1848 and 1849 they were respectively £3,704,783 and £4,355,326. For the five months of the present year the gross amount is set down at £26,027,948, and for the corresponding months in 1848 and 1849 they appear £18,944,644 and £21,191,973 respectively. The total importation of coffee, for the last month, was 7,677,7351bs , against 5,801,7101b5. in the corresponding month of 1848; and 8,569,305 lbs. in 1849; whilst in the same period there were entered for home consumption respectively 2,924,7951b5.. 2,996,4161b5., and 2,905,9981b5. Unrefined sugar shows an importation of 523,296 cwt. for the present year, whilst for 1848 and 1849 the figures stood respectively 601,627 cwt. and 703,426 cwt. ; the quan tities taken for home consumption during the same months being for 1850, 456,672 cwt. ; for 1848, 511,282 cwt. ; and 1849, 470,414 cwt. In wines of various de scriptions the importations for the past month amounted to 996,661 gallons ; for the months in 1848 and 1849 they were respectively 708,195 galls. and 630,012 galls. The quantities entered for home consumption in the same period were in 1850, 606,237 galls, 1848, 544,950 galls. ; and 1849, 548,144 galls. Of spirits, including rum, brandy, and Geneva, there were imported during the present year 558,573 galls. ; for the corresponding months in 1848 and 1849 the figures were 1,077,442 galls. and 830,564 galls. The quantities taken for home consump tion during the same period were 372,023 galls., 294,887 galls., and 350,388 galls respectively. AN EXTRAORDINARY CALCULATOR.—There is a Ger man, at present residing in London, whose calculating powers seem to outbid those of the celebrated George Bidder. At the Institute of Actuaries the evening was occupied by the appearance of a gentleman named Daze. The first question asked him was the product of a number, consisting of five figures by another number of figures, and the correct answer was given almost instantaneously. The ballotting balls, which had just been used for the ad mission of new members, were thrown from the box loose upon the table, and Herr Daze, after taking a single glance, and then turning away, declared the total num ber to be sixty-eight, which proved to be correct when the balls were counted and returned to the box. It should be remarked in this case that some were lying nearer together than others, and that they would appear to an ordinary spectator to be so confused as to puzzle an experienced calculator how to avoid reckoning some of them twice. He then gave the product of two numbers to twelve figures, multiplied it by seven, and repeated the latter product backwards without an error in any figure. He was then asked the cube of 427, which was correctly given, 95,443,993, almost instantaneously. He will divide a number by another consisting of two or three figures, and will write down the answer at once in one line without any apparent intermediate process. In as rapid a manner he gave the factors to 7,421, namely, 41,181 ; but it would take up too much time to state all the surprising proofs of this singular gift of calculation. We may merely mention, an one instance, that he multi plied a number consisting of twelve figures by another number of twelve figures, and gave the product correct in ono minute and three-quarters. THE SCOTTISH FETE.—On Monday the second annual "gathering" of the members of the Highland and Scot tish Societies took place in Lord Holland's park, at Not ting-bill, on the occasion of a grand national fete, similar, in all its leading characteristics, to that of the preceding year. The sports commenced with a competition in archery, the prize being open to all England, Ireland, and Scotland : the games which followed in succession were those of running, leaping, throwing the hammer, putting the stone, tossing the caber (a long pole resembling a pop lar shorn of its branches), broadsword exercise, sword and target opposed to the bayonet, sword dance, reels, strath speys, and performances on the Highland bagpipes. The hammer to be thrown weighed 141b5., and the winner of the prize in this competition hurled the instrument to a distance of 92 feet 2 inches. A wrestling match between two soldiers of the Scotch Fusiliers, named Chalmers and Edgar, then took place, and her Majesty seemed greatly amused at the dexterity of the combatants. A combat took place between Bombardier Kelly and Leon Gille mend, French professor of sword exercise, the former using a bayonet and the latter a sword and target. There was much speculation as to the result. The combat was carried on with great determination upon either side, but it was apparent that the bayonet man would have little chance against the wielder of the sword in a bout of a more serious description. He received four hits in suc cession, whilst his opponent came off completely un scathed. The sports terminated on Tuesday. In archery the successful competitors were nearly all Englishmen. The prizes in broadsword exercise were awarded to Cor poral Sutton, Corporal Jackson, and Corporal Venn. In broadsword and target exercise as against the bayonet to Corporal Major Astling, Corporal Venn, and Monsieur Leon (lillemand. [These interesting combatants will ap pear at the Zoological Gardens this evening and to- VIOrTOW•1 - FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Ernest, of Hanover, entered his eightieth year on the 6th ultimo. He is now the oldest reigning Sovereign in Europe. Two young ladies, whose names are given as Miss Almira Fraim and Miss Mary Ward, have become regular students in the medical department of the Memphis Institute, America. A manufactory of detonating caps at Abbeville, near Paris, exploded on Thursday morning, by which consi derable damage was done to the village, and some lives lost. PEACE BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND DENMARK.—Accounts from Berlin state that it was reported in well-informed circles that peace had been concluded between Prussia and Denmark on the basis of an ultimatum of M. de Vredom. We regret to notice that the sugar crop in the West India Islands for the present year is less by about 19,000 hogsheads than that of 1849. Drought is assigned as the cause of the falling off, which, under present circum stances of depression, is the more felt by our colonists. The National Council of Switzerland met at Berne on the Ist. After certain preliminary proceedings, Dr. Kern was elected President, by 59 votes to 19. The new Presi dent delivered a brief address, in which he stated that he would employ all his efforts to merit the confidence placed in himby the assembly ; he declared his attachment to the federal institutions, and his determination to seek progress by the regular development of them. MR. CASS AND THE POPE'S GREAT TOE.-A great deal of trash is published about these warm days, in some of the journals, in reference to the important position which Mr. Cass, the American Charge at Rome, has taken, in reference to the great toe of his Holiness the Pope. Some philosophers censure Mr. Cass for refusing to kiss the great toe, and others approve of his American spirit in resisting the ceremony, as an insult to the constitution and the eagle. As the old Jew said in the thunder-storm, " What a great fuss about a piece of pork."—New York Herald. PORTUGAL.—The mail steamer Pasha, which arrived at Southampton on Wednesday night, has brought advices from Lisbon to the 29th ult.—Mr. Clay had presented a note stating, that he would wait till the 11th of July for the final decision of the Portuguese Cabinet respecting the American claims, and in case he then receives no answer, or one that is not satisfactory, he will demand his pass ports and leave the Portuguese government, subject to such ulterior measures as may be adopted in the matter. The chief of these claims relates to the capture of an American privateer, the General Armstrong, by an English force in the Portuguese harbour of Fayal, in the year 1814 ; and the total is said to amount to some 330,0004 r. It was expected that the Portuguese government would continue to reject the claim for the capture of the General Armstrong ; but a council was about to be held to consider the other claims.—The war department at Lisbon had placed cannon and munitions of war in the forts at the entrance of the Tagus. It is stated that British claims were also being preferred against Portugal, and that Lord Palmerston had made a demand insisting upon the faith ful execution of the treaty of commerce with reference to the differential duty levied upon port wine for the English market. IRELAND. ______._ Five convicts made their escape from Cashel bridewell on Sunday night. Three of the fellows were under sen tence of transportation for ten years, and none of them have since been discovered by the police. A boy was accidentally shot by a soldier of the 9th re giment of infantry while out on ball practice, near the Pigeon-house, Dublin, on Tuesday. No blame is attached to the arrangements of the military on the occasion. INCREASE OF RII3BONISM.—The Newry Examiner, r paper of strictly liberal principles, contains an article on the spread of ribbonism, which deserves more attention than what we generally find on that subject in the Irish papers. The Examiner asserts that ribbonism not only continues to exist, but is suffered to flourish, no effectual step being taken for its suppression; and the waylaying system, which so often shows itself, is stated to be the immediate offspring of a ribbon organization. PROCLAMATION OF THE POPE'S SUPREMACY IN IRE LAND.—The new Popish Primate has, in conformity with the brief of the Pope, issued orders for a National Council to be held at Thurles. in his mandate he assumes the following style :—" Paul, by the Grace of God, and favour of the Apostolic See, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland, Delegate of the Apostolic See, &c." The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday says :—" We are deeply concerned to announce that the eldest son of Geo. Gubbins. Esq., Miltown, Bruff, was this d a y acc id en t a ll y shot by his brother, while incautiously handling a fowling piece, and the wound is believed to be fatal." In removing a stack of oats a few days since from the yard of a farmer in Kilkenny, the prodigious number of 366 rats, all full grown, were slaughtered. Many of them were grey-haired patriarchs of this proscribed race, and not a few bore tokens of hair-breadth stapes from the trap. MR. W. SMITH O'BRlEN.—Among the gentlemen who attended a public meeting on Tuesday, with a view to procure some amelioration in the sufferings of that unac countable self-tormentor, Smith O'Brien, Mr. Charles Gavan Duffy wound up a violent speech with the follow ing disgraceful words :—" I abhor all outrage against a woman ; I abhor all coarseness towards a woman ; but I tell the Whig ministry from this place, as I told them from other places, and as I shan't fail to tell them, that while Smith O'Brien is in -Maria Island, they shall not dare to bring the Queen of England into this island." These sentiments—if the reporters are to be relied on— were greeted with " loud and protracted cheering, waving of hats, handkerchiefs," &c., the chairman alone—Mr. James Haughton—having ventured to dissent from them ; and this within less than a week after the " Irish heart" had been sickened with disgust, and swoln with scorn, at a Saxon madman for offering violence to the person of the Queen. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. ._.- The Hon and Rev. Leland Noel, M.A., Vicar of Exton, Rutland, has been collated to an Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral Church of Peterborough. The Rev. Dr. Jackson, who is about proceeding to New Zealand, to superintend the ecclesiastical arrangements of the settlement of Canterbury, is to bear the title of Bishop of Christ Church. SMALL LIVINGS.—A return has been published, show ing the number of small livings augmented by additional grants from the fund at the disposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The total number of livings to which grants have been made is 794, and the total actual amount of permanent annual augmentations is £44,089. By the death of the Rev. Thomas Thompson, the oldest clergyman in the diocese of Durham, the rector of Pain shaw, near Hoghton-le-Spring, is vacant. Mr. Thompson was 90 years of age; he officiated as sub-curate, perpetual curate, and rector of Painshaw in succession, for nearly 60 years. The patronage of the rectory is in the Bishop of Durham. PEWS IN CHURCHES.-At the Archidiaconal Visita tion at Hertford, last week, the Archdeacon said it could not be too extensively known that if there was a vacant seat in a Church, and any parishioner was unaccommo dated, he might complain to the Churchwardens, who could not refuse to place him in It:—" Except in the case of a faculty, which was extremely rare, no man could claim a pew as his own. He might have paid for its erection, but that gave him no right over any more seats than his family actually occupied. It must be considered a shameful selfishness for two persons to occupy the room calculated for nine, whilst any of the parishioners were unaccommodated with seats. Where it was neces sary, the Churchwardens should divide the large pews, or re-arrange them." RAILWAY AFFAIRS. CLOSING OF THE NEWMARKET RAILWAY.-.The Newmarket line—the sporting line—as it was emphatically called, is shut up. The undertaking has proved a failure —the traffic not covering the working expenses. In this state of things the line is closed. What will the proprie tors do with the line ? is a very pertinent question. The shareholders of the South Eastern Railway Com pany have, in special meeting, empowered the directors to borrow a sum not exceeding £1,000,000 on debentures, of which £650,000 is to be applied to the liquidation of similar securities just falling due, and the remainder to the completion of the company's works. The chair at the public dinner to be given in Newcastle, on Tuesday, the 30th inst., to Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., the justly celebrated engineer, will be occupied by the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell, of Eslington Park, and amongst the patrons are the Duke of Northumberland, Lord Ravensworth, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Mar quess of Londonderry. AMALGAMATIONS.—WO hear that the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the Midland, and the East Lancashire Rail ways have agreed among them to take the Leeds and Li verpool Canal, and to allow the canal shareholders a fixed dividend. In that case the canal will, it is supposed, cease to be a carrier, and, of course, to compete with the railways, which will enable them to have higher tariffs.— Herapath's Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. of Queen's Barber, ----- The h of e Court lu r Charles thec haveattatt o rney; refused ney , tothe b e h e applica tionreinstatedin his professional privileges. The arguments in the case of Gorham ex parte the Bishop of Exeter, were concluded in the Court of Exche quer on Tuesday evening. In the Queen's Bench on Wednesday Mr. Aglionoy, M.P. for Cockermouth, claimed to be exempted, as a Parliamentary member, from being subpcenaed as a wit ness, a claim which Lord Campbell peremptorily refused to listen to. THE WILL OF THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER. —In the Prerogative Court, before Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, on Wednesday last, a case concerning the last will and testa ment of her late Majesty, who died on the 2nd of Decem ber, 1849, was moved. The will was dated August 14, 1837, and appointed her Lord Treasurer and Vice-Cham berlain executors. The instrument occupied five sheets of paper ; upon the first side a line had been drawn nearly down to the end of the page, and there were two erasures of a trifling character, unattested, on other sheets. On the back of the will was a memorandum, dated in 1849, to the effect that her Majesty thereby cancelled the instru ment, and desired her executor to divide the property be tween her heirs, such heirs being her brother and sister. This memorandum was signed " Adelaide Regina," but was not attested. Dr. R. Phillimore moved for probate of the will as it originally stood. The Court thought there was no difficulty in the case. It decree a probate of the will to pass to the executors in the original form, w ithout the line drawn through the upper , part and with out the erasures. July ~~ TT, nrheeenatlsaours:sy aoinnfMttihmt.ehPPer:* .-_-------_ COURT .AND FASHION. ...----4............ Her Majesty held a levee, which w as nurner°ll.llYl:: tended, at St. James's Palace on Wednesday o f ,grope Mr. Sheriff Alison presented his " History ot P to her Majesty at the levee on Wednesday. , _. re eellb; It is confidently stated that her Majesty r.,,,,,t,A purchased the Brockwell Hall estate, nea .Zustert Surrey, formerly the residence of the late Blayds, for a nursery for the young Princes andnfriTiot. The Queen gave a concert on Monday eve c l i s 4oo oo . ingham Palace, to which the royal family, th e 0 50 01 corps, and between 300 and 400 of the nobility „,.,,tei! were invited. The chief vocalists were avidGristeablo,',e Mario, Viardot, Tutti, Tamburini, Gardoni, ~_'o. The Earl and Countess of Sefton left 13eV't: a heie on Saturday, for Croxteth Park, near Liverpeee'e 01 large party will meet on Wednesday, for th e M fho b ~ The Marquis and Marchioness a saii,bury 4,,, during the last week been staying with the Earltyta 10e tess Delawarr at Buckhurst Park, Sussex , ca gr e tiat 6 ,, 4 on Saturday, and the same day departedd 1,0°,100137 House, Herts, where the noble marquis a i Ld. will stay a few weeks, and then go to Scotia' f ,4 0 POLL TI yaits,on C at i arno l en _ I dsdn i uucucocace 3 ulen r est l dcuhi S beiAs t ile i ngr E ri. lisiplyr -L B,:eatisu. ,ijr - ' . ' :.f,oirirlicolcal " ll, ,eri:ltitsic,girelrooovqs.,ita Bitotieitooplopb.;cs,tooeip,,oe I, toetwif ;‘,O . j ,i, .t, , , a_ ! ---.--- an A d Messrs. Cobden, Bright, Molesworth, Gw' d The death of Mr. Dillon Browne Roebuck's motion. stit ° , Cal a t r tio a mT: d hsnb e eecelirfclt.oy,i policy 0 deep feeling Manchester n i n dr regard g g n a a rd t i o t n n p e t r i : e . a deeesutiht4os7:ll of Mayo an opportunity of conferring honoiir,lo u; electing Mr. Butt as their representative. ~„ coaii 01 :01 • t a e n n d an tr t a r c y e t s h t e h vtse e uirep c y onduet of the A merican Vve andenelddv ehps been eo a nf n e d seshoeresdeedegewd consulting i the It is expected that three members a ti.,0,. die 1,,,,, which Lord John Russell is going to send ","„ a a of v sities will be-the Bishop of Chester, the JP' re ieted B l!i io The Times calls attention to the centers!? ohs m s, sion of the United States upon Portugal, ter,,,,P.tlisento bad example set by Great aekft.er BritaintwentY in GreFr i : ti ble ests de Lord Hastings, who possesses a con•o ae d Oh ° v itt'? the county of Northumberland, disatisfie , d os, 00 of ministers, has trans err ley; $ ~ the Marquis of Lansdowne to Lord Sta. n _r 11, rent audit the other day the Earl of Letritis lo „ 0° redmoe nr aspic,ito s iyhts i ru g estbot n eeiac i oavni fi narey c itn. a ni cto n gan t eTn,ft t bah e sieh r ed m gaagespt s ueno -, a - fe e n g rlhi : n ai l e l i v d i cc et s s : l e tip ) s ° e .cll , e iclr ... b .to t t a n b i 6i f o "e ts ir ni ti lt s f i ' e c° otace r e t b n 1 .1.0 1 l eri nfi : e° ,6 a l /11 p: 3 : 5 : l ii ti 006 1 t b e ee ' tahe o liti f. t s,, l3 l ‘ , trieo l na rr o E NEW STANDARD OF PIETY -Vi OP "O r ' n ' the f ilie •, lt weak attempt to throw ridicule uPen,, e rne 0 mite 1..1 over-education preferred against the sc' e- coe' l Or ° mittee of Council by the Earl of Elarroil o , eo /1, 1 0 0; n to ob th ie e r ni sta o r n t u li na ng en a t ss t e o rt t i h o e n e , xtehratiton'str d e pte a b n ~rer t : appointed ii t dn h et a ßle n dietf i srbo s ey to th b e e E fo d u n n e d at i i n o nthael R c e e p al o m rt itt ° o : : 0 f o t: 118 :: , ; 4 0r o ntdmi f eaveen t anm h esti e uearod c i ef o sre u :ax n csp e resee i chd l triiae w ieirtni a yant s :e but the number so qualified was so believe, has hitherto combined the en';'; per°'4'oo,7o s the on t e o d t m h i e re E lt arl of 1 fsßwnfgshoTpteuoiprHyvueoseEdprudrtopei to , The Times announces the changes c° soar y,' l „o“., 6 Re the ffee hr H ew n a re m ,e retirement of Mr. Tufnell, rendered nellayier,4 to say, by the state of his health. 3 l r ' ell a g til l'. to; . Gat _ Gnhbotao T vens ei h edtra e lomgimnmee T l rtfroorroor unmt a ; n t: gal eoneedfiuKinAsa, Radnor, Secretary ireys:r.eaeiirrtisvn:aitrocyoiyeert ksbe o J rf ie st b s tta b ioriscie ; feetrest.o. rfiseG o te f :creetir P ioao: riv w. s; Treasury Lewis is to be Financial ' d t he i , ll o , 7oe ~.. i r • be most otpo s efo e rs r rtm i thi o eriey u dn Jl s e;Gar l pd y im f e e s l t G b r y a h t a h m e governtheo i f n fi c e e n o ' • cif s co l ro.I the of iltr: in An n e responsibility e months have barely elapsed since - 1 - 1° ( t hetlA t i t s navy of the country, to which the c o l' i ' i i. e d t f , ° e Of i av h y is °' •to as s ;ell tory, inasmuch as rthi t e l T i enr e h c. important interview with lAru f 1 11. jal c , t r it was plainly stated to the ;' e d Ire lfr einff had on Thursday, by a large number (Jitsieg(o, osi w Athtvony i e t i irhoperfu.mtmertmqsehbuuezoaceatitnlseTid,ttefonpetraraleseiigr t s eenr i k g racielcia l u,e l eitis s.s t onet:ci. Spijoifosnotosb,obpocolo palm „ if, ‘i it.otr.lii i i eicro ,tio, el; noo. j,toi: t o i to :I,ocirdi c:4 mept, that unless his policy as expect;regara 0'440,40 terially s altered, he could no longer e l „ ° pr ool;o 1 1 °f bad t be o jiti .A re edederGteaeosnruvniolettiri,ninealmirtlayeenielitev oppose Lord Naas' Spirit Bill, whic h , i t ' a lcooi 6 e qui B . - bee! / of adopting the modifications preP °9 ' 00' 1 is ' t og garding the Security for Advances 134.illtherefgee're5Prethi'S Ireland, and, like their predecessors, e l , e t i.t.. / t etv rock. tis' v Jo 'off ~ voo A pr.., 0 ire f ag be a g first clause of the oleo of roe Voters' ' .Bill. The majority again st lig ,tl'' thePPre' important as showing the general fecy,fal e. a a t e a te respecting the radical measures of I'6'oo all° air advisersll tb e 'l O be It appears that there are 1 ,, t oe „ whi,c T- t sent * time some 32,000 electors, whic'aistirbeaq'tto,! be a very small portion indeed to a P ° ,,,P a s °' to 'T WI; hers between seven and eight reill' - fes o the iota great object which Government Pn a bl at" heart is to secure a representation re'Llaltiti°B:cr°tcitistisll gent and independent portion atilt AbeP°r, o% [ o f t must be admitted, is no easy matter ar ed,' t o, or gentlemen. iteesdmPtrontleopeaetf IRlSHbambslueieet etsxotpeiethopganodaunreion,ts mtcsoahehcni 1 vo: twivrisyen. dangerous tßhpthaeo party, Roebucks lur e scu o a 1 pE nt se of 1: . „ t e tyor i 1,. fit i 0, stEliei 10etitts, otra ot 1 0 t 11, tpi the last returns, 2,300,000 peop i , e l . po ia a t iler ds o ll° 4 ; relief. In order to get, out of su c i'd - by ',.,"teS tB s4 spectable constituency uninfluence l i a o l',". 0 0 , it;toili o This is, to say the least of it, priests, the Government propose t° 8 hie. ' ritY ' ial'f cupiers of farms rated at £8 annual C 3. dloCi il dl o us as odd at a first glance that suc h "in 009 I rto 1) 1 exist between the occupation franchise ass occ at tea of. Ireland. With us the tenant at will n, a; , s te n , the annual value of £5O-in Ireland £',',a jad e ' ~ or an odd d A I g l itS ; n a e„,frel! t/ a sufficient guarantee of respectabilitY,as'orit. ci,o,:rts following bills would be MINISTERIAL BILLS-Tus Arent)-t se 9°9 er v t lf 4l o 3 THE SESSION.-The end of the presenolies er a , 0 0 0 $ ment is within sight. Lnislators, as r'ebe N V/ I'll,rf citizens, •- • ' - - 1 d • or . t i. 01' ble are tired of the busy in a un r use 0° for repose amid the sweets of the c oo tfo M ot es prelude to prdrogation was made i n Re sse ll 'e f lit The mons, on Thursday b Lord John f ibe, K os 'ib, lord stated what we'reythe intentions ° boo a oi. bi' respecting the principal bills which theT,,aie 4 01',„eri fore parliament, but which are still unc.nlie:o3olo.o, the savings' bank bill, the ecclesiastisritobietioao!boiii bill, the mercantile marine bill, the,,cll. i e te,,°,,tbe l a ° L , and the parliamentary oaths bill. ' l :` b ilLt°;ll o° o 'cir o government was not to proceed vvith th e d. no P t `jb e 0 tion of the lord -lieutenancy of Ireton r o f t ail l Si . Commons had already decided in hol t here,,,os,ri of that bill . but as it was probable modethat o f estio i k o n great deal Of discussion as to the rrbie d ° 5 tll/6 proceeded witi!ooi co° et' t he authority of the crown in that, cote n ant, an eg ho ot ie,l hitherto exercised by the lord.lieue , be h 4 141 would not reach the other house befores`e a r, l i r tbe rl'A August, that would be too late to lii,ti. 1 4e ec tle a 40 0 6 1 change in the mode of governing Irel?, be pre ec t , e 0 0 the security for advances (Ireland) 131, 1 r .t rit h r esli i. it .10 1 nor the merchant seaman's bill. i , gr., 1,06)0 0 ,;‘ landlord and tenants' bill, about whic irc iance t hat c i tw, said there had been much agitation in t ote d in bo yos 1 0' which te_r_festa i i!-d a : 6e Russell said that he had frequently f.,_ , 0 94 to that the government did not intend _r_ti';'q, fbaile!tt. second reading of this bill ; it was giercilr, l' o p t a ft;lt c , foundation for some future meas ure ' sa id I le b° B 4 :,,i t i ' in the course of the same eveninp,_ a f . t 40 , i n At the interesting york sh Yorkshire mercantile bill had received the sancti°!;hdaP ~. the c°"' ob'''o° would bring forward a bill for ol' ; t',,t , t been liereeif mercantile code. has jos a ii , ago between the Ripon District. Y o rr„d c a triliot a lter and Lord Stanley. The associatio ,er t , e re 0",,etie,011,,, c° Ga rr z e e noble lord to press for the removal or s 'l o , t o r ot e ) : 0 tective duties on manufactures, with e; _ o ore, , if u e., ~ $ 1 ti° 4 " blessings" of free trade more sever Stanleyln, , i i sively felt. In his reply, Lord d fe 6 1 1 ' a .,,este •,. re ~0 0 cannot adopt the line of polio sl i t pehiPu , a 0 'ty, be extremely unwilling," saY s s ft re nP oli t° 'o ot :r ll ' principle of protection to ag riou u s ,, re fectt a aln 0 13 i between different classes. I believe i_' .l w ill , 40 5 , t• 4 the benefit of all, and that its retni;_vowhila,tilwoo jegi injurious, and not beneficial, to ti -f oe .ie n , t ife _ 4 sighted view of their own interests, v u o no oesociaVvo sipleo,ridence ie niece , 3.55 Tic morous for its repeal. But I ha_ sta of , t oiltot tot towards the manufacturing interc , stice o 0 ,3 4 0, am not insensible to the great in'iP ° r" , 1 bell e or e o t's:, ' I ani a° or and encouraging them ; and even ... „ c rie!' a ic ie 0 0 , those interests and to their exertioniten ili a ~t . Ps ,0 , attributed the injuries that have 710600°, 0 , r o f land, I should be sorry to advise the coa to 1 ° *,,,i5 .. , in a retaliatory spirit, and in oPP°_,,siniimunitYli olio:Pro ciples, against other classes of the e: 4 a rd s, d o_ My principle being that it is wise t _ . ,: ou nt .1 : 0 1 0 fo fot e: 4 , industry of this country such an s'" t o t be 0 0 J by means of import duties, as war to c°Mgoslfte° meet foreign competition, and 91 1 ° 0 t he nsp ° t ia.o;lo' producer to contribute his share _ tna iplec to K a i I I cannot consent to abandon that Iii".„.0101/1 ble b aid; other great interests to possible anu r odn eeo oal; order that community of suffering, t t , lare s x 10,5 tion recommended by me, niav enlist j tin_ op common cause, to whom injustice, 8110 We° 0 0 injustice, has already been d 0 0) . 1 .. ,`,' P f 14 ..-_-_-----•----'--_-__ olp .04,100 Tnot is- ber i l lif A PLAN Mona', OF THREE ~.. OCt ° atO e , , t h e 9011 , ...ett/ 14 it MILES OF ENGLAND.--OR described2oth p.- t . s t , t , (the Manchester Guardian) o f Gi :,', 0 51.,0 beautiful model, which, on a su rface 0 , `' e tr,' e l''„ 4ft., exhibits the physical features o,Le.Leen_e"..l4l,o„ of the country lying in a broad belt le vlf 1 ntip!, t , Teat part 1 ; 9• 40 `. 5 eV and the Mersey ,-including grea &m oire , de i i A , ,!,' Lancashire, with portions of Line This mo f., t it !I• Iti e r: o b ° t shire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire. ___, by 0 d er,,,i , suit of many months of actual sury,Fis on A i_ j, rington, topographical engineer- - 1 . 1 y erticrouty; - , 01 0 0 tally of an inch to one wile, , 8 1' 0 e ight oitig l oro ti heights of hills, &c.) of an inc h rev (Or 01,1002 and measures seventy-tato incl l 'i n ches ' lO or a r i, miles, from east to west, and 4 ia f 0,1 asstth . r e t jt north to south. This beautiful rne,;,..ciathn to , T J , imortant tracts in the kingdonld,,,l 01 0, e er ` l O5l chain,_ or "backbone of Engisn f Vow eia i j d ...t; on 0. i for ~ r offered for sale to the corpora A 0 t iow guineas. 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