The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

Oct, 3, 1845. tatraturr. VARIETIES COMPARISON.—Why is a solar eclipse like a woman whiPPing her boy ?—Because it is a " hiding of the sun." VERY NATURAL.—" I hate to hear people talk behind one's back," as the robber said when the constable called " Stop thief ! " Q. What distinguished " knight of the hammer" best represents a " Ragged School ?"—A. Tatters-all.—Pup- Pet Show. Am IRISH ACQUAINTANCE.—An Irish gentleman was One day speaking to a friend of the dangerous qualities of a mutual acqu a i n tance—" To say the truth I dont like him entirely—l really think that he would murdher a man." " Murdher a man (exclaimed the friend)—why murdher a bull !" OARS.—The following are said to be the largest British 'oaks which we have on record :—The Cowthorpe, in Yorkshire, which measured 48 feet in circumference at a Yard from the ground ; the Shrewsbury, 44 feet at the bottom ; the Essex, 36 feet at the bottom , and known b y the name of " Fairlop" ; and the Hatfield, 38 feet cir- Tumference and 120 feet high. GREEN CORN PUDDING.—rake of green corn twelve ears, and grate it; to this add a pint of sweet milk, a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, four eggs, well beaten : - peppe r and salt, as much as sufficient, stir all well toge ther and bake four hours in a butter dish. Some add to - the ingredients a quarter of a pound of sugar and eat 'P u dding with sauce. THE CHOLERA.—The following fable may not be in °PPortune at the present moment :—One day a traveller !net the plague going into Cairo, and accosted i t thus— Por w h a t purpose are y o u entering Cairo ?" To kdl 4 ,000 people." Some time after the same traveller met the plague again, and said, " but you killed 30,000 ?,, Nay," the plague replied, " I killed but 3,000 ; f e ar did the rest." ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF WELLING TON-'—On Tuesday morn i ng early, as the Duke of Wellington was tiding on horseback from Chatsworth to Chesterfield, his trace was accosted by an old Peninsular veteran of the name of Jackson, who, in a style which no impostor action co uld counterfeit, spun a somewhat long yarn about an et Spain at which he had been present, and in the son half -a who n eighbourhood of his illustrious commanding officer, jackrecollected the circumstances referred to and gave so sovereign. Still the story went on—Jack fought another battle over again, where the duke also commanded. " Give me back the half-sovereign, my fine old fellow," said the duke. " and there is a whole One for you." Jackson has hitherto told his stories gra tuitously, but he now intends to set some value on his " Recollections of the Peninsula."—Leicester Journal. SUAKSPEARE AND CERVANTES. — On the 23d of April, 1616, the gentle spirit of the great Cervantes passed from earth; a day the more mournfully memorable because it saw Shakspeare expire too ! It is a singular coincidence that these kindred spirits, the great high priests of nature, learned in her lore, initiated in all her mysteries, and the most rarely gifted of all her sons, together winged their way to heaven. Thus from the ark, when her mission was done, and the wide world of waters had subsided, went forth the gentle dove—like them, to return no m o re. But as th e dove, to administer to the happiness of Noah's little world, left with it the green olive-branch,which told 1 2f the verdant hills and valfies of the reappearing earth. : o did Sh a k speare an d C ervan t es leave us, in their works, evergreen inheritance ;—fields yielding fruit richer than th a t o f t h e f a bl e d H esper id es , an d fl ow e r s tinct withh e Mr. E. R. Denny's Lecture at the Collegiate I►astl ' u "on, on the Life and Genius of Cervantes. THE FINE ARTS. " The Queen of the Ocean" yacht going to the rescue of " The Ocean Monarch" emigrant-ship. a .This is a ve r y truthful representation of the Ocean. ,enarch and the surrounding objects, and has been de signed and drawn by Mr. Henry Melling, who was him self an eyewitness of the distressing event, and is, more over a n aut i ca l man . H e h as p a i n t e d a picture of the ca lamity with great fidelity and accuracy of proportion. The etne combines the real state of things at the time. The .._1 ) is represented with her anchors down, and with her !uasts and sails all standing, the latter aback and shiver- Z i to the wind, as they appeared just before the more fu dejs Stage of the combustion. That remarkably large Ignatin g letter T is seen on her foretopgail; and the th gnal of distress (the American jack half-mast high) at e fore. The fire is sweeping her deck abaft and mid 4.PIPS, and the immense number of emigrants, and most of Lae crew, crowding the forecastle, bowsprit, and jibboom. The yacht was the first that went up, and was there Tendering assistance a full hour before the steamers. She Is shown as making a tack to windward, with her boat ready loosened to launch overboard on the next tack, as She rounded the bow of the ship. The Ocean Monarch was a noble and frigate-like vessel, and was under full sail, with all her courses down, just Previous to the fire. A dense mass of dark brown smoke Was the first indication of the combustion, as seen from th e yacht ; and shortly afterwards the ship's mizen-mast and mainmast fell successively overboard in flames. The Yacht is represented as affected by that peculiar heave of the waves, (with about twelve feet scud of a sea,) which is a ° especially characteristic of fast-sailing cratt of her de scription. She was hauled close to the wind—which she was previously running before from Beaumaris—with her gaff-topsail and square-sail set. The commodore's broad pendant is at her mast-head, and the R. M. Y. C. ensign at the pe a k. Th e G em , a fi ne sma ll y ac ht b e lon g in g to alr- Melling, on her return from Beaumaris regatta, Passed the burni.ig hull of the Ocean Monarch at 6 p.m., en the day of the calamity. There was not then a single creature to be seen about the wreck ; and, but for the fouling of the Gem's anchor and cable, at starting, which retarded her departure, she would have been amongst the first to render some assistance. The seaway , and the general perspective of the vessels i n , the picture, are well carried out, and the mastery of the artist in his peculiar line will be obvious to all nautical Men who see the print. EXHIBITION OF THE LIVARPOOL ACADEMY , (THIRD NOTICE .) We resume our remarks on this interesting exhibition ni the second room, where are to be met with some paint ings of a very first-class character. Amongst these we must begin with 281. The Funeral Procession of Henry the Seventh. E. A. Goodall. An interior of great merit. The fore ground contains some excellent painting ; and the manage nient of the distance, di sc l os i ng th e l ong a i s l e , crowded with gorgeously-dressed churchmen and mourners, is very clever. 289. Pilot B oa t men l oo ki ng ou t (Coast of Dover— :_ Hollins, A.R.A.--is a very striking little picture. The ngure on the ground, in particular, is excellently fore shortened, and is a gem in itself. Bringing a Stag from the Mountain—R. Ansdell ;V i ne of those efforts in which this artist is inferior only Landseer. It is a very clever picture. Portrait of Thomas Muncaster , Esq. — D. Wil -18.0n —the work of a young artist, we believe , i s a striking likeness of a very well known gentleman. It chews great promise. 8 315 and 316. Miniatures—by J. B. Cros—are exquisite ecimens cf the art. The latter especially, a portrait of ', lB g ICeele, the pianist, is an unmistakeable likeness. o vv, e return to the first room, where we find ° 1 - Entrance to the Menai Straits. H. B. Pyne. A neSpecimen of the artist. The rainy sky opposite the sunset is delightfully p ainted. Another painting by this artist is 135 . A Heath Scene. The view in the distance is one 0 1 f the most talented bits of painting in the exhibition. 05. Ruins of the Temple of Eunout, Ancient Her- Ton:his, Upper Egypt—D. Roberts, R.A. — is a noble ricture, finely conceived, and betraying great power of tiNination and of artistic skill. i. 50 . Roadside Forge : Moonlight—E. Williams, sen.— giver and icture. The glow of the forge upon the r es objects near is very skilfully painted. F ASHIONABLE SOCIETY IN THE UNITED STATES-PAINTED ON THE SPOT. (From the New York Sun.) The leading characteristic of the fashionable society of the United States, as it is called at the present day, is its intense vulgarity. We shall presently explain the cause of this ; but, in the meantime, let us, unmoved by the awful howl of snobdom, glance at the manner in which fashionable vulgarity displays itself. It grieves us very much to say, that amongst the women, who regard them selves as the leaders of fashion, there is a brusqueness of manner, which is probably intended to be taken for self. Possession and smartness, but which is really nothing but Positive rudeness. Loud talking at table—impertinent starin g at strangers—a disregard of those little civilities an d 11 decencies of life which are always respected by the Z'e,-bred person—lead us to suppose that the fashionable ales of this day imagine that the best way to prove their ,auPeriority in the scale of refinement, is to despi.e all the Zprtesies and politeness which characterise the demeanour In t it: e 'masses, which they affect to call low and vulgar. ...s, certainly, these fashionable people are eminently exclusives."style people" of America, as t r , e se Pseudo-fashionables the masses of their coun h-Jtnen and countrywomen, are amongst the politest '"l ° Ple in the world, and have the nicest sense and appre ttion of those thousand nameless amenities which give gla ce and refinement to society. Of the bewhiskered and moustached snobs who flutter . 111 _ 110 , that's not exactly the word—who dandle around 13 , 1 1 _se female " exclusives"—of gawky fellows, who have pc c i tile manliness to avow the shop or the desk—of stu tiu rones, living on their relatives, with loins admirably p o al ifYing them to officiate usfully and honourably as ha i r i t ers, but who are too lazy to e work, and to beg are not atned—of silly chaps who have inherited the well trrned dollars of successful hodmen, or indefatigable g e "ers, and now ape the air and manners of the finished ventletean ; of all these bipeds, it is hardly worth our w hile to speak. It is enough to say, that they are quite /t r tilY of the society of such women as we have described. :`as amusing enough to observe the little antics which f e animals played off at Newport, or the Springs—the fa nt astic tricks which made the waiters snigger—the •en u g , i ,able attempts at courtly ease and self-possession, A r lY successful as those of the elated supernumerary l t finds himself invested, on the Broadway boards, with I ,lae glo r y of tinsel! te a r great secret of all the vulgarity, coarseness, silli 41e' and insolence which characterise American fashion er, aociety, is to be found in the fact, that mere wealth, fashion tut is just as good, the reputation of wealth, consti. Is a 'a open sesame" to its delectable precincts. This ?luiPpbarent in all directions. Wit, genius, talent, grace, mighty dolla r, " all pass for nought in comparison with the tghty P THE JESUITS IN ENGLAND. (From "The History•of the Jesuits, by Andrew Steinmets.") The rich province of England is likely to be the general refuge of the company. When their colleges at St. Omer, Bruges, and Ghent cnumbled under the horns of the papal bull, the establishment at Leige was somehow spared. The French revolution supervened : the avenger included the Jesuits in its fearful retribution ; the college at Liege was destroyed ;. the Jesuits and their pupils were expelled. This misfortune was the harbinger of the pros. perity of the Belgian Jesuits. They took refuge in Eng land ; and Thomas Weld, of Lulworth Castle, a Catholic gentleman, presented the exiles with the domain of Sto nyhurst. it is impossible to state precisely the number of the modern Jesuits ; certainly it is not less than 7,000 of all ranks in the company, scattered and lurking over France, Italy, and Germany; settled in various " Mis sions " in the east and west, whence they contribute let ters for the " Annals of the Propagation ; ' but these let ters are very far from being as " curious," as those of old, the energy, the talent of the company passed away with the last failures of the original company. The modern Jesuits may have, according to the Gioberti, all the craft and cunning of their forefathers, yet neither as apostles, nor as men of science, nor as authors, nor as teachers, can they claim the slightest right to be named with the Jesu its of old. It was to me a most remarkable fact, that whilst at St. Cuthbert's College the educational system of the Jesuits was carried out to the utmost extent (as I can attest from the experience of six years nearly), I found lit tle or nothing of the sort at Stonyhurst ; and the pupils who had passed through their " Humanity studies" had evidently not attained the acquirements prescribed by the Ratio Studiorum. Nevertheless the establish ment " pays ;" for the " gratis instruction " was not renovated at the res toration of the company. The college of Stonyhurst must receive, on an average, at least £6,000 per annum from pupils :—the number being about 120, at 40 guineas per annum, for boys under 12 years of age ; for those above that age, 50 guineas • and for students in philosophy, 100 guineas. Besides this the college possesses farms, some thousand acres of good land, over which one of the fathers presided as procurator. The English fathers have no less than thirty-three establishments, or colleges, residences, and missions in England. Of course Stonyhurst is the principal establishment, where the Provincial of England resides. The college in 1845 contained twenty priests, twenty-six novices and scholastics, and fourteen lay brothers. Of the 806 missionary priests in Great Britain, including bishops, the Jesuits alone can say how many are enlisted under the banner of the Ignatius, though doubtless this knowledge is shared by the "Vicars Apos tolic" of the various districts in which they are privileged to move unmolested. The Jesuits are muffled in Eng land ; it is difficult to distinguish them in the names of the Catholic lists annually published. They have esta blished a classical and commercial academy at Mount St. Mary's, near Chesterfield ; and the prospectus of the esta blishment, after describing the clothes that the pupils are to bring, simply informs the world that " the college is condui ted by gentlemen connected with the Coll ege of Stonyhurst. These gentlemen are generally sent out in pairs, by the provincial, according to the constitutions, and thus may charm by variety ; for the quantity of work on hand in the various Jesuit missions in England is by no means so evident as their speculation for more , by this constitutional provision. The secular priests are doubled and tripled, by the necessities of the mission; the Jesuits doubled, tripled, and quadrupled, by the requirement of the constitutions, and the prospects before them. The Jesuits in England dress as any clergyman, or any gentle man ; by their outward man you cannot tell them. Strange notions are afloat respecting these men. I have been asked, by what sign can one distinguish a Jesuit ? Per haps the sign by which you may know the Jesuits is their being better housed, better clothed, and better fed than most other Roman Catholic priests. This sign is, of course, equivocal ; but the fact is undeniable ; the " missionary funds " of the Jesuits are liberally applied—to their num bers ; " they give freely what they have freely received." In other respects the Jesuits show themselves by " re sults." They dare not interfere openly in missions pre occupied by the secular clergy ; but they are independent of the Roman Catholic bishops, excepting for ordination, which is a matter of course. Still, perhaps, lam justified in believing that their movements in London are consi dered by many of the orthodox as somewhat encroaching. If these doings "in London are " for a sign "as to their other localities, they are not idle. Nine yea rs a g o, there were only two Jesuits in London ; there are now at least four in one " residence ;" and if their great church in Berkeley-square be now finished, there must be twelve Jesuits in London, to " serve " their metropolitan specu lation, as was intended. The vice-province in Ireland numbered sixty-three Jesuits in 1841, and seventy-three in 1844. They possess, in Ireland, the colleges, of Con glowes, Tollabey, and Dublin. They have recently esta blishtd a second " house," in the last-mentioned city. NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.—In an in hospitable portion of one of the Australian colonies there resided two young men, of education and respectability, who, with many others, had left their country and their friends to seek their fortune in a land of strangers. The place which they selected for their new enterprises proved to be unsuited to their objects, and a very common lot befel them—they were reduced to poverty, and compelled to resort to untried expedients in order to procure the means of subsistence. One of them commenced a school, and the other resolved upon an undertaking which, con sidering the circumstances under which it was prosecuted, may be ranked among the wonders of colonial life. The want of a small coasting vessel to trade between the out ports of the province bad long been a source of inconve nience to the settlers ; and this young man seized upon the chance of retrieving his lost fortunes by an attempt to supply this desideratum. He bad never before been en gaged in ship-building, and he had no person to assist him in the laborious part of such a work. This, however, did not discourage him. His genius overcame the first of these difficulties, and his perseverance mastered the se cond. The keel of a vessel was placed upon the stocks, hewn out of the forest by his own industrious hands ; and by indomitable toil the same hands cut and fashioned, and conveyed to their proper destination, the various timber necessary for the completion of this arduous work, the affectionate schoolmaster in the meanwhile supporting from his earnings the amateur ship-builder. The vessel was finished and launched, and, to the gratification of every one who had marked the consummation of this ex traordinary undertaking, rode proudly on the waters of the settlement. A melancholy event followed. The two brothers were struggling in a small boat to drag their newly-acquired prize over a bar which intervened between her and the ocean she was destined to traverse, when, from the violence of the surf and the inexperience of the sailors, the boat was tapsized, and the unfortunate school master was drowned ! The bereaved brother was thus left to plod his lonely way, with his little craft, through the new scenes upon which he had entered. He progressed from step to step, rewarded by deserved success, until a more extended voyage was contemplated. The theatre of his labours were left behind, the staunchness of his little vessel was tested by the billows of the Leuin, and now she lies, safely anchored, in the harbour of Port Adelaide, the Gazelle of Western Australia, and a gem in colonial naval architecture. We give her enterprising owner (Mr. J. Kemp) a hearty welcome to our shores, and with him all the prosperity to which his unexampled industry and privations so richly entitle him.—SouthAustraltaßegister. GEORGE H. AND THE DUCHESS OF QUEENSBEIZRY.— An anecdote is told of the Duchess of Queensberry's being forbid the court ; which belongs to the literary his tory of the cleverest opera in our own or any other lan guage—Gay's famous production. Walpole, justly re garding himself as caricatured in the " Beggar's Opera," obtained the Duke of Grafton's authority, as lord cham berlain, to suppress the representation of his next opera, " Polly." Gay resolved to publish it by subscription, and his patroness, the Duchess of Queensberry, put her self at the head of the undertaking, and solicited every person she met . to subscribe. As the duchess was hand some, a wit, and of the first fashion, sbe obtained guineas in all directions, even from those who dreaded to encou rage this act of defiance. The duchess's zeal, however, increased with her success ; and she even came to the drawing-room, and, under the very eye of majesty, soli cited subscriptions for a play which the monarch had forbidden to be acted. When the king came into the drawing-room, seeing the duchess very busy in a corner with three or four persons, he asked her what she was doing. She answered, " What must be agreeable, she was sure, to any body so humane as his majesty, for it was an act of charity ; and a charity to which she did not despair of bringing his majesty to contribute." This proceeding was so much resented, that Mr. Stanhope, vice-chamberlain to the king, was sent in form to the duchess to- forbid her coming to court. The message was yeibal ; but she desired to send a written answer—wrote it on the spot—and thus furnished a document, whose style certainly exhibited more sincerity than courtiership : —" That the Duchess of Queensberry is surprised and well pleased that the king has given her so agreeable a command as to stay from court, where she never came for diversion, but to bestow a great civility on the king and queen. She hopes that, by such an unprecedented order as this, the king will see as few as he wishes at his court, particularly such as dare to think or speak truth. I dare not do otherwise, and ought not, nor could have imagined that it would not have been tho very highest compliment I could possibly pay the king, to endeavour to support truth and innocence in his house—particularly when the king and queen both told pie that they had not read Mr. Gay's play. I have certainly done right, then, to stand by my own words rather than his Grace of Graf ton's, who had neither made use of truth, judgment, nor honour, through his whole affair, either for himself or his friends.—C. Queensberry." When her grace had finished this paper, drawn up, as Lord Hervey observes, "with more spirit than accuracy," Stanhope requested of her to think again, and give him a more courtly message to deli ver. The duchess took her pen, and wrote another; but it was so mnch more disrespectfel, that he asked for the former one, and delivered it. There was, of course, a prodigious quantity of court gossip on this occasion ; and, doubtless, though some pretended to be shocked, many were pleased at the sting of royalty, and many more were amused at the dashing oddity of the duchess. But pub lic opinion, on the whole, blamed the court. It certainly was infinitely childish in the king to have inquired into what the ductless was doing among her acquaintances in tho drawing-room; it was equally beneath the natural notions of royal dignity, that the king should put himself in a state of hostility with a subject, and in so trifling a matter as the subscription to an unpublished play ; and it was equally impolitic, for the world was sure to range itself on the side of the woman, especially when that wo man was handsome, eccentric, and rich. It produced some inconvenience, however, to the lady's husband, as he, in consequence, gave up the office of admiral of Scot lan d.—Blackwood's Magazine. The slaves in the West Indies hook rum in a very sci entific manner. They first fill a bottle with water, aria invert the nozzle iota the bung of a barrel full of rum. Water being the heaviest, sinks down, and the spirit rises in its place ; and Cuffee thus makes a swap on scienti fi c principles. ?iI LIVIIIPOOL enteral gitartianp. Of the £6,000,000 which our navy costs us altogether, £1,500,000 is wasted.— Tines; Nothing can exceed the rapturous enthusiasm with which Jenny Lind has been received in Edinburgh. The Yorkshireman records the death of a little boy from an over-dose of worm medicines. Several sheep were killed,at Mendip by lightninz on Friday. Sir James Duke was on Friday elected Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alderman Finnes and J 4 Goodhart, Esq., sheriffs of London. HIGH PEAK Moons.—The Duke of Rutland and friends, during their stay at. Longshawe Lodge, bagged upwards of a thousand head- of grouse. - At the late West-Riding- sessions, there was not one female prisoner for trial—a circumstance which has not occurred for many years previously. A sportsman was shot near Bishop Wearmouth, last week, by a gun held by a. companion, which tired acci dentally. He died the following morning. GONE AT LAST.—The "Telegraph Ccach," that for nearly 70 long years has travelled the road between Ripon and Leeds. was shelved on Wednesday week. It is said that the reason for giving Vancouver's Island to the Hudson Bay Company is, that it may be immedi ately colonised, to preserve it from the Mormons, a party of whom were just about to squat " there. DOLLS' EYES.-A Birmingham manufacturer, who was examined in 1824, before a committee of the House of Commons, stated that he bad once received a single order for £5OO worth of dolls' eyes, On Sunday evening a servant girl, who was crossing Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, fell down a precipice to the depth of 40 or 50 feet, and , was so severely injured that she died shortly afterwards, in the infirmary. During the winter months the Peninsula and Oriental Company have decided that the communication between Southampton and Italy shall be at intervals of six weeks instead of monthly, as heretofore. At the Quarterly General Court of the Proprietors of East India Stock, held on Tuesday, a resolution was con firmed to confer on the youthful hero, Lieutenant (now Brevet Major) Edwards, a gold medal, in testimony of their sense of his distinguished services in Moulton. A CAT KILLED BY A, MOUSE.—A curious circumstance occurred on Kingsdown , Bristol, on Monday. A cat, having caught a mouse, was playing with it on the lawn, when the mouse leaped into , the cat's mouth, and actually forced itself so far into the throat as to suffocate poor puss. STATE OF BRADFORD.—From returns published by a Bradford rate collector, it appears that there are now in that town 1,300 unoccupied houses and shops assessed at above £4 per annum, and representing a total rateable value of nearly £12,000. The article known as " chain gimp," when it first began to be made, about four years ago, was paid for at the rate of 3s. per piece of 35 yards. The present price for mak ing it is Id. per piece. No new machinery has been in vented. The Wakefield Journal computes that at a very mode rate and safe calculation the corporate expenses of that town, have been increased at least one thousand - pounds per year, by men who pledged themselves to economy and retrenchment ! tr ratherfortnight gh t eccentricag ohaving in A Br C ad u f it o i r7, s who sum of £lOO to " leave to his h eirs and successors, " dis - BEa di n e E d posed of it thus:—£ so for buria l ex p enses, " and £ 5O to drink." sT a cu A t a BREAK-UP OF A Romisn CONVENT.—The Romanist convent at Penryn is broken up. The last of the inmates d e p ar ted this week, and the property is for sale. The es t a blishment is broken up from the f a il ure of the supplies. —Devonshire Chronicle. The whole of the officers of the Ely Union House have been discharged ; the master for intemperance ; the schoolmaster for inviting him to the revel, and then making complaint against him ; and the porter for aiding the schoolmaster. EXPERT PICK-POCKET.—In proceeding from Bath to Bristol. by railway, last week, a lady had her purse ab stracted from her pocket, the cash which it contai ne d ap propriated, or rather misappropriated, and the purse re placed in its former depository. A beautiful specimen of a rare breed of Cashmerian sheep dog, presented to her Majesty by Lord Hardinge, has been recently lodged in the royal private kennel at Windsor; it is very ferocious, of amazing strength, and weighs 1201 b. It was presented by Ghoolab Singh. The General Board of Health held its first sitting on Tuesday, at Gwydyr House ; the President, Viscount Morpeth, in the chair. The Board was attended by Pro fessor Owen, Dr. Southwood Smith, Dr. Sutherland of Liverpool, and R. D. Grainger, Esq. The mail guards are rapidly diminishing in number. There are not above 200 in England, Wales, and Scotland. A small batch of them have very recently been compelled to accept of the gratuity of £5O allowed them by the Treasury, and leave the service. SCOTCH COMPLACENCY.—A northern correspondent says, that on the departure of the queen from Aberdeen to Balmoral, " the folks were more than pleased with themselves for behaving so well and so orderly, and they were also pretty well pleased with the Queen and Prince !" PRINCE WALDEMAR OF PRUSSIA.—This illustrious Prince, who participated in the glorious actions in India, has forwarded to Lord Hardinge a superb gold cup, with a request that his lordship would present it to the 50th Regiment (the Queen's Own), in which he served as a volunteer. The regiment is at present quartered at Dover. By the act of last session, for preventing the extension of disease amongst cattle, it is provided that any person turning out sheep or lambs infected or labouring under disease, on any heath, common, open field, road side, or other undivided or uninclosed land, shall be liable to a penalty of £2O. A few days since, the potman of a London public house, while cleaning his pots, amused himself by teazing a cat and her young ones, and was bitten on the right wrist by one of the kittens. On the following day his wrist became inflamed, and ultimately his arm was at tacked by erysipelas, of which he expired on Friday last. A correspondent of the Morning Post relates that a person who was deeply attached to a deceased friend, caused his body to be dissected, and an analysis to be made of his blood, from which was obtained a sufficient quantity of iron to make a ring, which has ever since been worn by the surviver as a memorial of his departed friend. A singular and fatal accident occurred in London last week to an infant, lying in the lap of its nurse, who was preparing some boiled milk for its supper. While she was lifting the saucepan from the fire, the handle came off, and the boiling milk fell on the head and arms of the in fant, which was so severely scalded that it died within a few hours. _ _ A fishing smack, called Britain's Queen, belonging to a person at Barking, was boarded by a custom-house offi cer, a few days since, off Charlton, on the Essex coast, and 4,992 lbs. of tobacco found on board. The vessel was on her way to Billingsgate market, where it was in tended to run the packages (casks) ashore under the im pression of their containing fish. A NEW TEST ACT.—The guardians of Sunderland Union have issued a public notice to the effect that no relief will be given to able-bodied male vagrants, and that other vagrants and families in want of relief " shall be sent to the Union Workhouse for one night only, and to have a cold or shower bath as their several cases may re quire." BREAKING UP OF THE KERSAL CAMP.—The camp at Kersal Moor is now broken up. Eight companies of the 33d Regiment, which had been stationed there about two months, left /on Monday for Berwick. The removal of the regiment, we believe, is regarded with the utmost sa tisfaction by the soldiers, who have suffered not a little from their exposure during the late unseasonable weather. STRANGE RIVALRY.—A Radnorshire correspondent, who complains of the publication of county courts and petty sessions reports, as generally uninteresting and fre quently dictated by spite, says that the subordinates in one district of that county are " putting on the screw" to increase the number of plaints, in order to outdo another district, and so prevent their own court from being broken up if they cannot find business, &c. DEATH FROM TOBACCO.—An inquisition was resumed at Coleford on the body of John Evans, of Lane End. Mr. Batten, surgeon, found slight traces of inflammation in the stomach, and a very strong odour of tobacco. It appears that the deceased smoked a great quantity ; nearly half a pound per week, besides chewing pigtail. A verdict was returned of " Died by the visitation of God, acceler ated by the excessive use of tobacco." Mr. Brown, a farmer near Dalbeattie, has been killed by a fierce bull. The animal had been fighting, and the herd-boy was afraid to drive it home; Mr. Brown was quietly driving it from a field, when the bull suddenly turned on him, butted him to the ground and trampled on him. When two men came to the farmer's assistance they found the bull standing quietly beside him. Mr. Brown died in two hours, from internal hurts. BANK DIVIDEND.—It appears that the result of the ballot taken on Wednesday, on the amendment offered to theproposition of the Bank Directors on Thursday week, that the dividend payable to the proprietors of Bank Stock for the half-year accruing should be 31 per cent., has been unfavourable to the diEsentients. The proposi tion of the board has been carried and confirmed by a small majority of fifteen votes-138 to 123. MELANCHOLY MORTALITY IN A FAMILY.—Mr. Pass wore, a working shoemaker, residing at No. 10, Blooms bury-buildings, St. James's, Bristol, has been visited with an extraordinary series of affliction by the hand of death since last Sunday, when he buried his eldest child, who died of scarletina. On returning from the funeral, the distressed parents round a second child dead, and three days afterwards two others, all of the same disorder. Several Wiltshire farmers, especially in the northern division, have been drawn into a bubble joint-stock soci ety, termed " The Agricultural Cattle Insurance Com pany," by which many of them will be involved in utter ruin. The society was got up in London, by parties who have absconded from the country ; and the unfortunate shareholders are now called upon to make up a deficiency of £45,000. It is said that some of the Wiltshire agri culturists are holders of 1,000 shares, nominally of £2O each ; others of 700 shares, &c. HOME SUMMARY. —Other " houses" being closed, the drama has taken refuge in the Old Bailey. "The Blush. ing Court," an original comedy, has been brought out with great success. The principal characters were the Attorney_ General and Mr. Kenealey, who blushed for each other, and Mr. Justice Erle, who blushed for them both. " The Visionary President," a broad farce, followed. Princip a l characters :—" Lying Tom," Cuffey, Lacey, and Fay ; allegoric characters :—" Luminaries," " Hellfire Jack," " Young Bombshell," and Toothpicks." The piece went off rather heavily, and will not be repeated. The company, it is expected, will have an engagement at Sydney. The accounts of the above theatricals have been audited at Marylebone. The county of Middlesex is to subscribe £36,000, and the Consolidated Fund £12,000, to.make up the deficit.. Popular entertainments are expensive.— John The "Tithes" of Friday, expresses its " belief," which is little short of certainty in so high an authority, that on the recommendation of the recently constituted Board of Health, an Order in Council' may be shortly expected; enabling that Board to issue regulations for the enforce ment of the provisionsof the•act 11th and 12th Victoria ; chap. 123, secs. 9'and 10, for- the prevention of epidemic diseases. ILLNESS OF THE RArLWAT KING.—Mr. Hudson who arrived ai VThitehaven Castle from Carlisle, a few days ago, in rather delicate health ; is now very ill ; though report says, somewhat better. 11 is said that his majesty has had a•severe attack of bile, het that having sent for his own surgeon from Newcastle, who' well understands the nature of his complaint, whatever it is, hopes are en tertained of.his speedy recovery. A Taszicit or FIFTEEN YEdiaS.—One of the most re markable evidences of human suffering and credibility exists in nrrington, Devonshire. A young woman, named Ann Coiner, daughter of Yames Comer, mason, has. re mained in a decided state of unconsciousness for the past fifteen years. It is thought by many that she is in a " trance._" ' Her mother assured the writer that for eleven years she had not partaken. of the least particle of food. She is certainly in bed, has a placid smile, and though possessing vitality. has no consciousness of the approach of any party, neither cam she distinguish any object. She has beers visited by some of the most eminent in the medi cal profession ; and others, since her case has been made known, have called to witness what might be justly termed this_phenomenon in nature.—Swansea Herald. MURDEU , AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On the morning of Sunday last, Mr. James Bateman, farmer and miner, of Winster,,got up early, for the purpose of going milking. taking with him his eldest boy, a lad of about 12 years of age, andieaving his wife, Lydia Bateman, in bed with. the youngest child, about two years of age, three other child ren being, also left in bed in the house. Shortly after Mr. Bateman left the bedroom, his wife destroyed the life of the youngest child by cutting its throat with a razor,.and afterwards attempted the life of another child, wllich, however, escaped with two or three wounds about the breast. The woman next attempted to destroy herself, by cutting a severe gash in her own throat, but not sufficient to produce immediate death. She has been committed for trial. FOOR.LAW RELIEF.—On Saturday, two provisions in an act of Parliament, passed on the 4th ult., came into operation respecting relief to paupers, throwing the ex pense on the common fund of unions, and not on- parishes. By the first section of the 11th and 12th Victoria, chsp. 110, it is provided that after the 30th of September, to the 30th.of September, 1849, the cost of the relief babe given to any poor person chargeable to any union, beiiig a des titute wayfarer, or wanderer, or foundling, as well as the cost of the burial of the body of any such poor person within such union, shall be chargeable to the common fund of such union. In virtue of the third section of the same statute, paupers rendered irremovable are made chargeable from the 30th of September to the 30th of Sep tember,_lB49, to the common fund of unions. THE GUARANTEE SOCIETY.—We understand that one of the largest railway companies have determined that all their officers shall provide security for their--fidelity, in or- Au- to prevent the risk of loss ; and that the directors have determined on accepting the policies of the Guaran tee Society in all cases in preference to private securities. As the society offers the security of a large paid-up capi tal, and the undoubted responsibility of its proprietors, the directors consider that its policies are preferable to the bonds of private parties. The resolution of the com pany to require security from all its officers is a new fea ture in railway management; but the facilities offered by the guarantee society for assuring the fidelity of all per sons of good character for a trifling premium, removes the difficulty which would otherwise present itself.—Atlas, September 23. MARY OF GUELDRES.—The skeleton which was found a few days ago under the site of the Old Trinity College Church, and which was by some supposed to be that of Mary of Gueldres, has been examined by Professor Good sir and another professional gentleman. It now appears that the remains are those of a young female, who must have been of a weak intellect, or at all events the possessor of a mind far inferior to that of the royal foundress. From these and other circumstances, it is conjectured, with a degree of probability, that the skeleton is that of the daughter of Queen Mary; but the identity has not been, and perhaps never can be satisfactorily ascertained. All who take an interest in the matter incline to the belief that the body which was found some months since, and which was afterwards re-interred in the royal vault at Holyrood, was the real Mary of Gueldres, and there speculation rests at present.-7 Edinburgh paper. YIELD OF THE WHEAT.—There seems to be a general opinion that the wheat of this year will not yield well, and if we speak of the acreable yield, no doubt that opinion is correct; but on land in fair condition, we believe that the yield in proportion to the straw will not be much amiss. On the badly-farmed lands the ear is small, and there of course the produce will be deficient. On this point the " Review" of the Mark-lane Express says—" The crops having, in the early districts, to some extent been put to the test of thrashing, an opinion may be formed as to the yield. The accounts which have hitherto reached us on this point are certainly very far from encouraging, and there can no longer be a doubt that the produce of grain, taking one kind with the other, is decidedly below the quantity grown in moderately good average seasons." The Norwich Mercury says :—" Before reaping com menced the crop was generally spoken of as approaching to but below an average, and it does not appear that either in cutting or carting, and, it may now be added, thrash ing, has increased the previous estimate. But one con clusion only can therefore be arrived at, that the crop in this district is below an average. To what extent it would hardly be safe yet to venture an opinion, but our idea coincides with our hope, that the deficiency will not be very extensive." We learn, however, that the quality of this year's wheat, where dry, is super for making flour to that of last year. At the exhibition of the Darlington Horticultural So ciety, on Thursday, Lord Hardinge made a speech, in which he passed an eulogium on " the native army of In. dia, led and conducted by British officers—men not ex ceeded by any in the world. Of this they had recently had an instance which must be known to every one in that room—that of Lieutenant Edwardes, on account of his services in the Punjaub. It was a subject of satisfac tion to him that he had appointed that officer to the situ ation which he now so ably filled. It was impossible to speak too highly of his services; and he was confident that if that young hero had the opportunity he would make great additions to his fame. The maintenance of peace was not only necessary on the score of Christianity, but also on the score of economy. They were all skilful and enterprising, whether as merchants or traders. but he would venture to say that there was not one of them, how ever glad they were to acknowledge the services of the military, but would wish for peace, though at the same time they could not but recognise the necessity of keep ing up such an army and navy as would enable them to place enemies at defiance. Beyond that he would not wish to raise an arm. He wished peace to be established on a firm and most honourable basis ; and whilst the maintenance of our forces caused a pressure on our finan ces, still he hoped, though they might exercise the se verest economy, they would keep up the navy and army on such a basis as would not endanger the security of the nation." A FINISHED CHARACTER.—At the Middlesex sessions, on Wednesday, a notorious character, named James Fra ser, who, although but twenty years of age, has for years, as will be seen by the subjoined history dills career, been long a frequent inmate of our prisons, was convicted of picking the pocket of Mrs. Ann Lewis of a small sum of money. After his conviction, an officer of the West minster House of Correction gave the following history of the prisoner :—" On the 30th September, 1846, he was committed for six weeks under the name of Thomas Hartley. On the 18th July, 1847, he was convicted at the Middlesex sessions for felony, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the Westminster House of Cor rection. In this instance he appears as one John Wells. Shortly after his release, he was summarily convicted of an assault, and imprisoned for six weeks. On the 18th of April, in the present year, he was tried and convicted under the name of John Collins, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment for another felony. This term of confinement expired on the 18th of June, and three days afterwards, the 22d of that month, he was again convicted and sentenced at these sessions for felony, in the name of James Fraser. He has also been several times previously sent to the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, for vari ous terms of imprisonment."—For his present offence the Judge sentenced him to ten years' transportation. THE NEW TOWN-BALL AT DONCASTER.—INSCRIP TION EXTRAORDINARY. — The new Town-hall at Don caster is now nearly completed, and has called forth some pungent remarks from editors and others of the town, in , consequence of the vanity of the present mayor, who has some how or other contrived to procure his own name to be inscribed in characters ten inches long, and spread over the ample frieze of a Corinthian facade, as follows : " FREDERICK FISHER, ESQ., MAYOR, A.D. 1848." This occupies so prominent a position on the building— disfiguring the frieze—that it has become the subject of derision amongst the literati and men of taste in the town. It appears that the authorities of Doncaster, or part of them, are vastly desirous of present and posthu mous fame, the inscriptions being set up •at their own expense on public places. One of the market thorough fares bears the startling announcement in large letters,— " This street widened Miles Morley Mayor." A little attention to typography, and accuracy of punctuation would be desirable ; but these great men have a contempt of the trammels of grammatical economy. FATAL AFFRAY.—It iS our painful duty to record most distressing case of manslaughter, that was perpe trated on Thursday last, on the farm of Viscount Dillon, at Ditchley. Three lads, of the several names of Hannis, Simmonds, and Harris, have been accustomed to work together on the farm alluded to, and were that day em ployed with others at the bean cart, with which ended the labours of the harvest ; and the shout of "Harvest home" resounded through the woods, which was shortly followed by an affray that proved fatal to one, and nearly so to a second. From what we can learn, the parties engaged in the fray were somewhat under the influence of beer, and the feelings of animosity which had existed in the breast of the former for some time previous, were on this occa sion aroused to an undue excitement. From the evidence taken, it appeared that Simmonds was the first to com mence the hostilities, which to him proved fatal. The affray took place in a building where a sheep was being dressed at the time, and it was nearly dark, so that Sim monds was dead before the other parties standing by were aware that he was at all hurt, or knew that the other had made use of any weapon ; he, Hannis, striking at Sim monds when down, caused Harris to go to his assistance, when he received two blows from Hannis, each causing a wound on the head : afterwards a knife was found on Hannis stained with blood. An inquest was held on the body of Simmonds, and a verdict 'f "manslaughter" was returned against Hannis, who was removed to Oxford prison to await his trial at the ensuing assizes. The boy Harris is considered nearly out of danger, though still in a very precarious state.r-Oxford Herald. It is very singular that so many of our Princes have died on the Saturday. It would almost seem as, though; the Revolutiyn hack set the example, the throne having been declared vacant on• Saturday, February 16,16:•:. Willliara the Third died on Saturday, March 8, 1702:; Queen Anne hied on Saturday,. August 1, 1714 ; George the First at two o'clock on- Sunday morning, June 11,1127; (what in common parlance s is called Saturday night) ; George the .Second.died on Saturday, October 35, IMat; :George the Third died on Saturday, January 19, 182 a; George• the Fourth on Satarday, Jiirie 6, 1830 . . Cnowx RENTS.—A return has just been made• to an order of the }use of Commons, showing that there are 31 places in. Middlesex and Westminster leased by the Woods- and 1! rests. The places are principally club houses. The lihyrnarket Theatre is leased to Mr. Mervis for 99,years, from 1821, at £356 9s. 6d., and .X 32 193. in lieu of land-tax; and the Opera-house and premises ad __ aiao ng and 61,1 Lad sr - joining on various terms, ending October, .12, at At Char; to g among .:;graft, Exeter-ball is leased to Sir 'Flifi'mas R A-year, others, at £3BBa-year for 99 years from 1321 day last twelve of the places were in arrears. 'cross Hbs -od upwards of £4,0 quacy of the funds , _ James- Collins, a miner at St. Blayei markable escape from death. Whilst nutt some tree at the mouth of a deserte overreached , himself, and fell to the bottom of ti great maay fathoms deep. By chance he was compara tively uninjured. The shaft was in a lone spot, and all hope of aid was quite vain, so he set about climbing to the top by the small projections in the rocicof the shaft side. The nature of his task and his resolution in performing it may be judged from the time it took; ; he fell into the shaft at eight,. A.M., and reached the summit only at six P.M'. He crawled home nearly dead with fatigue. A LION ASCENDING IN A BALLOON.-011 Monday evening, the " Royal Cremorne Balloon "' ascended from Cremorne Gardens. In it were Mrs. G. Batty, the " Lion Queen.." Lieut. Gale, and a lion. Attached to the bal loon, in place of the car, was a den, on the the top of which stood Lieutenant Gale, anal' inside which sat the " Lion Queen "on the back of her subject. After a trial, during which an assent as high as the top of the trees only was effected, it was found that the power of the balloon was not sufficient to carry up the weight attached to it, and this fact having been explained to the company, Lieut. Gale and the lion ascended ) leaving the lady behind. A safe descent was effected at Mortlake. A WINTER GARDEN AT VAIMRALL.—It is proposed to transform Vauxhall into a winter garden. It is said. that the four long avenues wliieh form the large quad.- rangle at present, are to be increased about 20 feet, that is, 10 feet on either side. The roof of this pathway is to, be raised a considerable height,. and the whole of it is to, be enclosed by means of a panorama of the overland route to India. This is to commence with Marseilles, then are to follow Malta, Alexandria,. and all the principal points in the journey. These walks will lead directly to, the Waterloo ground, which is to be covered in and converted into a hippodrome, where are to appear all the splendours of the chariot race, and other performances. To the right of the Hippodrome there will be constructed a large conservatory, to form a very agreeable promenade, and gas is to simulate the stir.—The Builder. EXTRAORDINARY FALL OF RAIN AND. FLOODS. WORCESTER, Sunday Morning. --1 he whole of this dis trict has been visited by a very extraordinary fall of rain, followed, of course ' by heavy floods. After some gentle rain during the early part of the week (Wednesday was a thoroughly wet day) rain began to fall at nine o'clock on Friday morning, and continued without a moment's inter mission during the whole of that day and night and yester day, up to this moment (Sunday.) During the latter part of yesterday the rains began to overflow the banks, and this morning the Severn and all the main streams have flooded the adjacent lands to a very considerable extent with the water still rising. Some very destructive results are apprehended. The rain began with the wind calm at and it gradually veered round by north to west. It is very unusual to have so much rain here with the wind northerly. AMUSEMENTS v. CRIME.—The Thirteenth Report of the Inspectors of Prisons (just published), contains, in the midst of much that is tedious and of little general interest, some information of value. Here is one bit of practical common sense. The inspector observes that in the Wake field House of Correction " the chief kinds of offences for which persons are committed are thefts, assaults, and va grancy ;" and respecting the chief causes of offences, the governor stated as follows :—" Few of the offences for which persons are sent to this prison are, in my opinion, caused by want. The chief cause of crime amongst adult prisoners is drunkenness, and amongst juvenile prisoners the desire to obtain the means of indulging in such amuse ments as cheap theatres. If therqwere a provision for le gitimate and rational amusements for young and old, I think it would be a means of preventing much crime." SOMNAMBULISM.—On Tuesday night, about half-past ten o'clock, a very serious accident occurred to a little boy, seven years old, named James Brown, son of Mr. Alex. Brown, piano -forte, at Braintree, by jumping from a three-story window into the street. It appeared. that he bad been in the habit of walking in his sleep during the last three years, and on several occasions had been known to light a candle and take down part of the bedding, and also pull the bed-clothes off his parents whilst asleep. On the night in question he succeeded in opening the upper window, and precipitated himself into the street, a distance of about 20 feet, his head coming into fearful contact with the kerb of the pavement; his parents hearing him fall, hastened to his assistance, and carried him in -doors, where he lay in a state of insensibility, the blood oozing from his ears. No hopes are entertained of his recovery. his head being severely injured internally.—Essex Standard. CHOLERA.—According to the return of the Regis trar-General for last week, the disease would appear to have made its appearance to London, for several fatal cases are described as follow:—" In Stamford-hill (sub district,) Hackney, a boy 4 years, cholera (26 hours du ration).' In St. Clement Danes, Strand, M. 61 years, ` cholera morbus (5 or 6 days' duration).' In St. Anne, Westminster, F.). 29 years, diarrhoea (7 hours' dura tion) ;' English cholera (12 hours). In Anwell, Clerken well, a boy, 1 year, ' cholera.' In St. Leonard's (sub district), Shoreditch, M. 4 months, English cholera (3 days' duration).' In Bow and Bromley, Poplar, M. (nee not stated), ' natural death, English cholera.' In St. John (sub-district), St. Olave's, M. 52 years, ' Asiatic cholera, (111 hours' duration).' " An announcement of this kind need create no panic, for time and research have robbed the cholera of much of that mysterious awe which surrounded it when it was a new disease amongst us. FUNERAL OF LORD GEORGE BENTINCK.—The funeral of this lamented nobleman took place on Friday, at the old parish-church of Marylebone, London, in which the family vault of the noble house of Portland is situated. The remains of the deceased were brought by railway from Welbeck Abbey to the Euston-square station, and conveyed thence to Harcourt House. The funeral was conducted as privately as possible. The Marquis of Titchfield, Lord Henry Bentinck, and Mr. J. E. Denison were present, but others connected with the family were absent, by desire of the Duke of Portland, that the solem nity should be as private as possible. At half-past nine the procession left Cavendish-square, the hearse drawn by four horses. There were but two coaches, the first containing the parties named, and the other th e personal' attendants of the late lord. The private carriage of the Duke of Portland closed the cortege. The remains were placed in the interior of Marylebone church, under the organ gallery. SAD CIRCUMSTANCE.—One of those peculiar and Un frequent dispensations of an inscrutable Providence—the death of a husband and wife on the same day, occurred in Sheffield on Sunday week. The family which has sus tained this bereavement is that of a man named John Taylor, shoemaker, residing in Bank-street, in that town. His wife had recently been confined of her eighth child, all now living ; and on Sunday week she died in child-bed. Upon her husband, who had been some time in a de clining state of health, his wife's death, leaving him with such a family, had an overpowering effect, When the cir cumstance was made known the same day, he seemed to be bewildered and to disregard the matter. After a while, he went up stairs for the purpose, as it was supposed, of looking at his wife ; but he wandered into the garret, where he was found some time afterwards quite dead ; and thus in one day were eight helpless children (one of whom but newly-born), left without father or mother. APPEARANCE OF CHOLERA ON BOARD A VESSEL AT HULL.—The Hull Advertiser furnishes a report of the death of three persons in one week from Asiatic Cholera, which circumstance had excited great alarm in the town, rumours gaining ground that the disease had become epidemic in the town. The editor, however. states that such alarm was groundless, as regards Hull, or the shores near it ; but that three Prussian sailors, on board the barque Pallas, from Hamburg, had died of the disease. These men had on their voyage eaten largely of fruit, especially plums. They were taken ill successively, and sunk under the affliction, after a few hours illness. Others of the crew were slightly affected, but all of them are now restored to health. The Advertiser states :—We apprize the public that the health of the town is excel lent, and that there is not the least danger of the spread of the disease, which is now known to be neither infec tious nor contagious. There is no real ground for the least alarm. LIE CHARTIST TRIALS.—The adjourned proceedings were resumed on Monday morning, when Mr. Justice Earle summed up the evidence, and the jury retired, Other prisoners were then brought up, and Mr. Ballantine applied for a postponement, on the plea that material witnesses for the defence were absent. The court declined to accede to the application, with an exception in favoff , of one prisoner who had but just been arrested. The pri soners were then called upon to plead, and " Not guilty" was returned by all ; the celebrated Cuffey saying, in a loud tone, " I demand a fair trial by my peers according to the principles of Magna Charts." (Laughter.) The jury-list was then challenged. Cuffey, however, exclaimed, " I wish it to be understood that I do object to this jury. They are not my equals. I am only a journeyman me chanic." Mr Ballantine : " You must be quiet, and leave it to us." Evidence was adduced proving the case of the Crown. One of the witnesses deposed that he had been very anxious to be under such a redoubtable leader as Cuffey, because he expected, if he obeyed his orders, to become a general, and perhaps eventually pre sident of the commonwealth.—(A laugh.) On Tuesday Powell, the approver, gave evidence ; and concurrent tes timony was also received throughout Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday, in reference to the designs and prepara tions by the prisoners. Powell, it appears, bore among his comrades the title of " Lying Tom ;" one of the wit nesses for the defence affirmed that even were Powell on his dying bed he would not believe his oath ; and he was proved to have declared that the Apostles were " the biggest scoundrels he had ever heard of," while " Judas was the best fellow of the lot." On Saturday Baron Platt charged the jury, and at ten minutes to five o'clock a verdict of guilty was returned against the prisoners. The judge then sentenced Cuffey, Darling, Lacey, and Fay to transportation for life. The severity of the sen tences caused much surprise in court it is stated. It is expected that the Chartists who yet remain to be tried will now plead guilty. Sn intell shall, lost a the sl IPWRECKS AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Wednesday, igence reached Lloyd's that the brig Agnes, Mar , bound from Sunderland to Hull, had been totally rff Scarborough, every soul on board perishing; that , ip Greenlaw, Captain Ower, bound from London irom bone. to Calcutta, had been totally lost off Comings, the entire passengers and crew, except three individuals, being drowned. On the night of the 25th instant, a collision took place off Newhaven, between the Cannel, of Fowey, and the William Pitt, of London ; the vessels remained locked for twenty minutes ; on separating, a great outcry was heard on board the Pitt. The Cannel lay to all night, but neither saw nor heard more of the vessel, and it is supposed she went down with all on board. The Cumberland Pacquet has the following :—" A very crowded congregation attended Divine service at Brougham Chapel on Sunday afternoon week, on which occasion a new organ, built by Robson and Co., of London, was opened, the delightful task of bringing forth the first fresh and full strains of the instrument in choral worship being undertaken by Mrs. William Brougham, the lady of Lord Brougham's brother. The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Ed wards, the Vicar, read prayers. The congregation in cluded Lady Brougham, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Sir C. Taylor, &c. A contemporary states, ' that about the middle of the service, Lord Brougham walked within the chapel door, where his lordship stood a short time gazing around, as if amazed at the crowded congre gation ; he then turned about and walked out again.' " ADJOURNED INQUEST ON ELIZA WILSON.—Ort Thursday the inquiry into the extraordinary circumstances connected witja the death of Eliza Wilson was resumed before Mr. Meter. the Coroner for East Surrey. Mr. Chapman, the surgeon, who made a post mortem exami nation of the body, deposed that he was quite satisfied that death was caused by the use of some instrument or instruments used for the purpose of inducing a miscar riage. Mr. Kay, a surgeon, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Chapman. A great deal of evidence was then re ceived, the larger proportion of which is unfit for publica tion, but all of it tending to strengthen the case against the accused. The room was then cleared, and the jury left to deliberate upon their verdict. After a lapse of up wards of an hour and a half, the Court was re-opened, and the jury returned a verdict against the woman Spen cer Lindfield, of wilful murder ; and against Richard Orpin and Mary Ann Dryden, of being accessories to the mur der before the fact. No verdict was returned in reference to William Lindfield, the reputed son of the woman, Spencer Lindfield. - MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Sunday, a great degree of excitement was created in this city by a report that Major Wemyss, the Chief Constable of the County Constabu lary, had been found in an apparently dying state lying in a plantation near,to Langley Bridge, about two miles from this city, at an early hour that morning. On inquiry, this report was fully verified. As soon as the fact became known, information was immediately sent to W. Green, Esq., surgeon, who, together with Major Wemyss's ser vant, proceeded to the spot, had him placed in a carriage, and conveyed to his house in the North Bailey, where every effort that medical skill could devise was put into requisition to restore him, but without effect. He breathed his last about ten minutes after having been placed in bed. The deceased left his house on the morn ing of Saturday, and at one o'clock on that day was seen sitting on the battlement of Langley Bridge by a farmer named Jonathan Hopper. About two o'clock on the same afternoon, he was observed by some boys who were gath ering brambles, lying near to the place where he was found at four o'clock the following morning by J. Shaw, who, on crossing the bridge, had his attention attracted to the plantation by hearing some one moaning, and on proceeding to the spot, Major Wemyss was found lyi ng on. his side in a state almost entirely insensible.—Durham Advertiser. SECOND EDITION. Standard office, Two o'clock, p.m LIVERPOOL. SHARE MARKET.-THIS DAY. There has been rwvery animated market this morning in the Stock Exchange, And all shares are quoted at an advance upon yesterday's prices, The daily increasing demand ti r invest ment is alarming the bears, and causing them to make art effort to lessen their risks. We annex the prices :—Cheshire Junction, 94 cl; Caledonian.. 193; Leeds sths, 44 d ; Do. 3rds, 115 d ; West Ridings, 5-s'd ;: London stock, 109; Do. i's, 18/9 d ; Midland, 83; Dovers, 24; North Union, 1974. LIVERPOOL 3derate T prod- nirket t Whea' ne-m ad and tl ievariec per qui CORN MARKET, ad havir d at sea, ly of O. ngbrw,ll , wehav( or any c ; ho weve It✓ of Bar and new Whea lour must be ies of new very unsa to 4d. per 451 . there t might. lone-,, rave it in a number of ves.sels which to report, since this-day week, )atmeal from Irellind;but of oastwise, we have little in for r, the import is rather liberal. ley and Indian Cern: a moderate demand the rates of this day week for fine but the STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER.—Our market exhibits no improvement either in goods or yarns. The aggregate business of the present week may, indeed, somewhat exceed that of last week ; this has arisen, however, not from any greater disposition to purchase or the part of merchants, but from an increased determina tion to sell at the best attainable rates on the part of producers, in consequence of the rapid exhaustion of their orders, and the growth of stocks that is beginning to take place. For India and China, scarcely any operations are in progress. The Greek merchants are still out of the market, waiting advices as to progress of cholera, and the consequent state of trade in the Levant. And, in the present condition of the European conti nent, the German houses can be induced to purchase only by a sufficient temptation in point of price. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MAREET.—The weather being unfa vourable, we have not had so many persons in the market as on the two previous Mondays, and yet there was a good demand for the middle qualities of flannels and the strong Yorkshire goods.olyed Flannels were rather dull of sale, and all other sorts of manufactured goods sold readily at pr ,v ous prices. The Wool market was much the same as on this day week. Prices firm. LEEDS.—About the same degree of activity which we have reported for some time past prevails in the woollen trade in this town and neighbourhood; and from the lowness of stocks, and the fact that many of the manufacturers are working to order, a good winter trade is generally anticipated. BRADFORD.—WOOL. — There is no change since our last, and no disposition to buy beyond present wants. In prices no al teration. Noils and Brokes are firm in price ; stocks very low. YARN.—There is no inclination to spin except to actual order, and no accumulation of stocks or alteration in prices. Pieces. -Plain goods are steadily moved off, and fancy goods are not likely to be plentiful, as the manufacturers generally stop making as their orders are out. HALIFAX.—There was a rather better attendance of mer chants in our Piece-hall on Saturday, and a little more inquiry for lastings ; but the prices at which they were purchased were miserably low. There was also a trifle more done in heavy figured goods, but at very low rates. There is more doing in yarn, for the continent ; and some of the latter firms are work ing full time ; but prices are low, and the demand is consider ably below the power of production. Some sorts of wool sell rather more freely, at old rates; but other sorts go off heavily, with the turn in favour of the buyer. HUDDERSFIELD.—We have had a very quiet market this week, and a falling off in the demand for nearly all classes of goods, as the season is advancing. Stocks are unusually low, and prices are without any alteration. NoTTINGHAM.—Lace :—We are unable to report any revival iu the demand for the borne trade, very few buyers having been here this week. The great number of machines that have been recently set to work, we fear, will have a tendency to down prices during the winter, as more is likely to be prodn , than present appearances warrant.—Hosiery---The same ...2- tivity for the trade in winter goods, that Ise have prev iously no ticed, still continues unabated.—yarns of all descriptions re main at very steady prices. bile The and that the ried RD. ,ffi ,, n. o? Dd, le, on I i..