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Kittraturr. PEEL AND RUSSELL'S CONTEST FOR POPULA.. RITY, DRAMATIZED BY ARISTOPHAIsIES [An able writer in Black this month, in an article upon Robert Peel's recent ion, discovers a me rival le in the following Cleon to personify Sir Rober ig ye a chair. ight it first and :e from Pylos, ;ft here! which the t from me —where will you get shall I do? Come now son sneaking a going to n't ye be civil ? ,ed by looking for the re-seller dexterously hands, and present's t, and served it up ! soners at Pylos. ow (lid ye steal it? Tell me the veggestion were d tply min I served it up. )rings the thing must get the thanks n cimumvented and undone. foremost heaien! For your own c SaUga Ratt,sizg-selle trick Cleon I presen, Suasage-seller • Cleon —Wher oy s with ,t4mwage...irWler Why don't you let thel [While Cleon's afield hare-pie, my re-pie, I've bi Cleon Ireturninfl, iy -JOVE ausage-seller.=J ust Where did v Dernui ler to I. Cleon_ I took the trouble Clean [osid * The Knig, 'ausage-seller tb I Aristnphanes, translated by Frere, 11R1_13 nr.rl ion •..n, NOTICES Magazine for January. London v periodical, calculated to supply a - 1 .1 who are interested in the of our locomotive system. lons whit too scientific, and contemporary interest, y ; and being under experience, literary hat has been begun gazine is )f infornitttion Railway fonthly This is a new rail felt by unprovement those which are records of it -, • this magazine comes mo the editorship of a rend tical, we )t doubt t so usefully will I neatly printed, we 11 *written Italian's Musical Amor for the I gst the. most le usefully continu is worthy or occu of Julllin contents ; guarantee of the quality of its when we state that we have here thirty gongs from the leading composers, British and continental, including Bilk, Alexander Lee, J. L. Hatton, Jose Gomis, R. Stcepel, Rubini, Rossini Verdi, Donizetti, and others, together with thirteen instrumental pieces, waltzes, ' &c., from the pens of Schultz, Koenig,, d others, it will be admitted that he has not si beautifully printed us in quantity The album 1 and will furnish a irawin L We maim! it to our fair readers VARIETIES STAND EVER MADE FOR CIVILISA- part, shut about twilight. A A by flowers',' in this " early closing ch's Almanack. .—The e thr Flowers, for the mo: lod example i movement DURABILITY 01;-i- known from the fact t fessor is 800 durability of oak may be one of Edward the Con- rs old ; one of the oaken coronation chairs it and ti dtuation in Westminster Abbey len bridge of which that famous for its existed 500 years *n_in its pre bout 540 years before Christ.—Hoog's Weekly Instructor. "A little bird told me so," is a proverbial expression when we do not wish or perhaps are unable with accuracy to state the source of our information. Can we not trace its origin to the 20th verse of the 18th chapter of Ecclesi astes, where the preacher admonishes us not to profane the names of kings or high authorities, even in the most secret manner, lest, as he adds—"A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter." THE gITCY STA.—The fuchsia is indigenous to the forests Df New Zealand, as well as to those of Chili and Pata gonia, and the woods through which we travelled were Dverywhere adorned with an undergrowth of beautiful itchsit!s, now (October) in full bloom. This shrub, in its bears two distinct sets of flowers—one te other purple arid red ; and the )f the green blossoms is of the most Life in green and purple, ti pollen on the anthe r s brilliant cobal blue colon and New Zealand. Australia A REASON FOR NARROW WALKS.—The environs of Touris furnish the most agreeable walks, Innumerable little paths lead in eve r y di rec ti on through the fields, and among the knolls and copses. These walks are, however, very unsociable, for they ar e on ly w id e enough for one. But this was explained to me by a French demoiselle to be better ; " because," said she, if Monsieur, who is be hind, says a gallant thing, we may either hear or not as please • blush, nobody sees it." I con- Inglis. and in case we the reason was Louis PR ILLIPF g and queen always occupy the On se two halves s a plain hor feather-bed. are very differently composed. a-hair mattress, on the other The latter is _for the queen. The princes ..yid princesses are accustomed, like the king, GO sleep on a single mattress. There is always a light in their majesties' apartment, and two pistols are placed upon a table near the king.—Appert's Ten Years at the C i ourt of A Yor DIAMOND ieman's house, in the north of York from a friend. The gentleman having Give my compliments to Mr. as much surprised on going into the -ards to find the lad still was told, lad wa: .enth part cf that allotted in ( of Towne Advocate. E-YARD ttiful inc and bran London : 214, g-street )f boiling water ru .etable sul I also ob- from two niches to as many feet in boiling mud, that rises lip in large g: these mud-pits send mell. Although the ponds mall flies walking swiftly, or The steam that rise 1( sent to a gc shire, with a prose said to the lad, " and say," &c., v tehen an hour or two afte sere, and on asking the reason of his std, Please' sir, I am waiting for the complimez curse the gentleman had a hearty laugh, and THE HOME' AND TH he lower of hou Nre hz.v3 kr o venty pe^ple occupying one cellar, so low in the roof, t could hardly stand erect in it. The prison inspectors re commend that not less than 1000 cubic feet of space should be provided for eaci to health and ventilatio a man of ordmar as being essentia, and yet it frequently happens -ill voluntarily lay themselves chid apartment con. ing little more that Liverpoo D.—On the slope of from behind the eastern extra 3d the burial-ground belonain ;es it from the open ff fount Eden he Jew training only nay of A ,T AIICKI f the Church of Engl road which sepa interment partiallyencloed ; and further on, the burial-Place of the Scottish Presbyterian is pointed out by a few flower " g from amongst the fern and 7ealand BOILIN NT NEW ZEALAND.—On the edge of :king vam, to whole tra given w lenly swa d with I filled v Lugs a distance of many Anthe jets from a number of steam- Anga l e A r e , Zealand. Lgines,— e Ire t s whole gr but ar3 they ? 1 full c Album Jo: US I ( and 35,. Kin le presents got up season; this really beautiful publication )yir!g a distinguished rank. The name ?,ry dire( .ound tt THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TKR NERVES OF THE HEART.—An interesting dis covery has recently been made by Dr. Lee, of London, respecting the nerves of the heart. The doctrine that the heart was wholly devoid' of nerves (cor nervis carere), and was a stupidum et insensibile viscus, which obtained, we believe, at the close of the last century, had already been modified by later authorities, but until Dr. Lee corn menced his inquiries it was generally supposed that the nerves were very few in number, and it was considered that the organ performed its important functions with little or no nervous action. This supposed fact ha v i ng been st a t e d as an o bj ection to Dr. Lee's theory n to th. _ • necessity of the existence of nerves inthe - ut, occasion, we understand, of his undertakinff SINGULARITY IN THE r j it ki.,.f Cll DYNASTY.—It is a re. • markable fact in the history of .. rance, that since the time of. Louis XIV., who succee(k his father Louis XIII., there has not been a single instar;:*of the crown descend ing directly from father to son. LoultlXV. was the grand son of Louis XIV. ; Louis XVI. was ont'of the grandsong of Louis XV. ; the son of Louis XVI. died, (query if not murdered in the Temple.) Napoleon did not succeed in transmitting the crown to his only son, who died at Schoenbrunn. Louis XVIII., brother of Louis XVI., had his brother, Charles X., for his successor. The Duke us vrieans, rrmce Royal, was carried off by an accident as unexpected as it was deplorable, and interrupted; it may ha ...2;,1 •. - - intention sho: he results of whieh — " : t —:s ''mm"" nuhli h in is said to be hi SI I under the tivv.dir;;i3; the ord llioue Eer of succession uecauea Farm. They are stated to establi s h no t mere l y the existence of numerous hitherto unnoticed nerves in the heart, but also the curious facts, that these nerves increase with the increase of the organ ; and that the nerves on the left side are more than double the size of those on the right. This latter circum- .v ...mieuce tne Junctions of the tw o sides, it being the offi ce o f th e left ventricle to disperse the blood through the whole body by means of as his royal heir, a son ; it is his g randson, th e C oun t d e Paris, son of the late Duke of Orleans, who is to be his heir presumptive to the crown. THE PHILOSOPHY OF NON-COMPLAINT.—" In the year 1836," says one o f th e medical officers of the West Derby Union, I attended a. Family of tbirfppn fwolvo nf aucu a Icl/111/) whom had typhus fever, without r 7 n ithol . it, straw or timber shavines— a bed in the cellar, - ---- ---,e s i J merely to ..w , .....' , m They lay on th e fl oor , an d so crowded that I could scarcely the arteries, while th a t or , the right ventricle pass between th em. I n another house I attended four transmit it though the lungs t o the left auricle,-an opera- teen patients : th ere were only two beds i n the house. All tion obviously requiring a l ess v i gorous pulsat i on, and consequently less nervous powe r than that of the left the patients l a y on t h e b oards, and during their illness ventricle. This discOvery may b e regarded as the comple had their cl o th es o ff . I met with many cases in similar - conditions ; yet amidst the greatest destitution and want ment of Harvey's doctrine of th e c i rcu l a ti on o f t h e b lood. PHYSICAL FORCE.—A poor W e l s h m i ner w h o h a d b een of domestic com f or t , I h ave never heard, dur i ng the course induced to join in a riot, when under examination before of twelve years' practice, a complaint of inconvenient the magistrates at Newport, repeatedly exclaimed as f o l- accommodation." This fearful statement would be in complete without D r . S ou th woo d S m ith' s commen t ary. lows : ' I wur never for vissikf u l f orce ." B e i ng asked . to explain himself, he replied—" Why, zur, I never wur This want of comp l a i n t," h e says, " under such circum for pysonin um !" stances, appears to me to constitute a very melancholy AN OLD ENGLISH PERRY.—Many of our fine old part of this condition. It sh ows th a t phy s i c al wretched English rivers abound in hpantif,,i ~;,,4-,....-,—..... _, , , ness has donp its wnrat nn flip linmpli cpfrprpr fnr it bll.l ___,,_____ __......_ ......_.- ... ..,autiiiii pictures, not of land- mind. The wretchedn6s being greater ro . lua wvim. Ull LUG 1.11110.11 Mill. GI , Lui il, 1111 scape alone, but of sce nes that' come and go, like the shifting effects of sunshi ne , c l ou d co l oured ; where but a destroyed his hrs than' humanity can bear, annihilates the mental faculties— minute before we saw every object as if cut out in gold, the faculties distinctive of the human being. There is a satisfaction kind of in the thought, for it sets a limit to the next changes t o a di m b ronze, and then shuts all in the capacity of suffering which would otherwise be with under a cover of dusky green. Under such a sky as this, out bound. " —Liverpool Health of Towns Advocate. (when sun and shade come down to play with one another Louis on the earth,) what can look more picturesque than a vi,. P i ti l l i i p p r p v e . i t s . a v t ,, i i t .,, l: i s u s ,s t g o know mh . t ... v1mt1? .. d0 i. e11 , ? 5 7 large flat-bottomed nlii f,,,,,,_1,,,.4- • ~ , ~ afraid, from t 1.—.... .111 Jerr- ooate further sh ore o f the , river creep aning,-d thro 'as if half v iuburns 13,111C1 Z al. ! ciazinte. ine meetings, the royal .. embraces, the festivities at Eu,—th e w h o l e ser i es o f pic , into the w a t er , c l ear -shadowed, images of sheep and tures representing the entente cordiale have been com oxen, the red c l oa k o f an old market woman, the blue pletely thrown in the shade by rec en t even t s ,th a t th e visi smock-frock of some s h ep h er d , an d t h e w hi te d ress o f t h e tors only laugh at them. It h as b een suggested to put farmer's h an d some d aughter ? Near and more near them into mourning, and cove r th em w i t h th e d eepest draws the h uge square- h eaded b oat, the splash i ng soun d crape. Another recommend a ti on h as b een t o turn t h e of the wat er b ro k en b y t h e bl eat i ng o f th e l am b s , th e pictures round and set thei r f aces t o th e wa ll . Th e bl ank c lowing of oxen, an d t h e vo i ces o f th e passengers; h ear d canvas would certainly pres en t a correc t p i c t ure o f the present state of affairs, a n d cou ld no t poss ibl y o ff end the for a m omen t , then lost again, just as the breeze rises and eye or the amour prop re o f th e mos t patr i ot i c Englishman falls at intervals. How clear is the figure of the ferryman or Frenchman. Th e bl an k s , a l so, m i g h t b e taken as a reflected, with his weather-stained jacket, as he leans over with his long boat-hook, rearing it at first, like a gallery of portraits of the gr e a t es t s t a t esmen o f the present mast, above his head, then lessening it as the lumbe r i ng day, and a stron g f am ily lik eness t o b e traced between the craft advances; now reaching but a yard above him, th en Thierses and the Palme rs t ons o f th e t wo countr i es. But coming to a level with his brawny shOulders, against we think we ha ve a propos i t i on w hi ch w i ll save Louis Phi which it rests, while with all his strength he walk s th e lippe the necessity o f co l our i ng over t h e past, or drawing whole length of the boat, and, red in the face as a lion, on the future. Let him send the pictures to the Commis pushessionersuctiof thoroughly r ki Natiral s Gallery, with directions to have her across the river. Up comes the long boat n . When they have undergone operation, rug y th c e ea pic e ture? can be hung up with the hook once more, from out the clear water under which it themthat greatess_afety, as . no one will be able to know what they was buried, high up in the sky it rears, making a hundred mean. They might illustrate the next dozen victories pretty dimples with the drops that fall from it ; the same which the French are sure to win, the coming twelve Herculean arm again plants it in the river bed ; if it slips, overboard he goes, as he has done many a time ; on, on m.onths, over Abd-el-Kader, and no one can be any the ward another length he walks ; he has given her plenty of head-way now, and she will soon come grinding upon the wiser. This is what we call helping Louis Philippe clean gravelly shore.—Miller's Pictures of Country Life. through a difficult pp CHARITY. OF THE QUEEN OF THE FRENCH.—The SIR ROBERT PEEL AND " SAFE" STATESMANSHIP.— queen disposes of five hundred thousand francs a-year for We will hazard the opinion, that Sir Robert Peel is no all her personal expenses ; and certainly she gives more child of light. We suspect that'there are very few prin than four hundred thousand in charity of all kinds. M. ciples for which he would suffer himself to be burnt—even Appert," she would sometimes say to me, " give those five in effigy. With no high ideal by which to guide his hundred francs we spoke of, but put them down upon next conduct, with no generous or exalted vie ws , h e h as ven month's list, for the waters are low, my p urse i s empty. " tured on a career beyond his powers. Fitted by nature Imposture, ingratitude, even the insolent form of the pe- to make an excellent Chancellor of the Exchequer, he has titions addressed to her, fail to discourage her in her bene- not known how to content himself with his proper post. volent mission. " Madam," an old Bonapartist lady one A narrow egotist, he has attempted to guide the destinies day wrote to her, "if the Bourbons had not returned to of a great nation. His career, as might have been expected, France—for the misfortune of the nation—my beloved has been a notable failure. If it be not exposed to very mistress and protectress, the Empress Maria Louisa, heavy blame, we decidedly must withhold all praise from would still be upon the throne, and I should not be under it ; if it have little of the execrable, it certainly has the humiliating necessity of telling you that lam without nothing of the admirable. Unstable as water, how could bread, and that the wretched mattress upon which I sleep he excel ? and excellence has been wanting accordingly. Is about to be thrown out of the garret I inhabit, because His career has been one continuous mistake, the greatest my year's rent is unpaid ! I dare not ask you for assistance, mistake of all being that he ever began it. His only for my heart is with my real sovereign, and I cannot pro- discoveries have been, that he had previously been in mice you my gratitude. If, however, you think proper to error. His only victories have been over his friends, preserve a life which, since the misf or t unes o f m y coun t ry , who m th r i ce he has dragged through the mire of dishonour. has been so full of bitterness, I will accept a loan : I (Catholic bill, factory bill, corn bill.) He has portioned should blush to receive a gift. I am, madam, your ser- out triumph to his foes, defeat and bitterness to his sv rant, Ch—r." Th--- _sere was a pretty letter to set before a queen ; a mode of imploring alms that might well have disgusted the most charitable. But what was Maria Amelie's reply to the precious epistle ? She was accus tomed to open all the petitions addressed to her and nu merous indeed they were—with her own hand, and to write upon many of them her instructions for M. Appert When the imnertinont m;..;„- .• • ' porters. He quits power amid the disgust and indignation of his old friends, and the contemptuous patronage of his new. Such has been the career of the safe man, the practical and able statesman ! The generous Canning, a man of real and noble ideas, was looked upon as dan gerous, and the wary and cautious Peel was raised to power in his stead. Could they have foreseen—those who I were toiling for their safe man, and so alarmed at the that gentleman, the following lines had been added Colt . —"She must be very unhappy for she is very unjust. A hundred francs to be sent to her immediately ; an d I b M' • - dangerous ideas of Canning-L-thatitw; to the safe man they were to be indebted for Catholic emancipation, and repeal of the corn laws ? Reflect unon this, ye lovers of _„cru to make in cumstances." M. Appert, indignant at ..ne letter, ventured to remonstrate ; but the queen insisted, and even tripled her intended donation, in case it should be required by her singular petitioner, whom her almoner accordingly proceeded to visit. "I knocked at a worm eaten door, on the fifth floor of a house in the Rue St. Andre des Arts, and a lady dressed in black (it was her only gown,) opened it. "Sir," said she. much agitated. :one of t and see first that they are men at all, and next only that they be safe ones—men of high and bold ideas, not crafty and narrow-minded egotists.—Blackwood's Magazine. LORD SANDON'S ORATORY. —Lord Sandon's claims as an orator may be very summarily disposed of; they do do not constitute his greatest merit. Considering his weight in the house, he is one of the least pleasing or nrpin.Q.g.,..; 11 , 0 wt.,. •-•..c, " are you the commissary of police come to arrest me for my shameful letter to the queen? You must forgive me : I am so unhappy that at times I become deranged. I am sorry to have written as I did to a princess whom all the poor call good and charitable." " Be not alarmed, madam," I replied, taking her petition from my pocket. "Read her majesty's orders; they will enable you to iudeo peaKers were. tieing a man common sense, a highly educated, and with very extensive information, the matter of his speeches is generally of a superior order; and on questions of a higher interest than the ordinary political topics of the day, he displays an earnestness, at once religious and philosophical, which elevates the tone of his langu age , an d i nves t s hi s i deas *" • , . • [ler better than-anything an won reaa tne affecting words added by the queen ; then, bursting into tears, she pressed the paper to her lips. "Sir," she exclaimed, "give me nothing, but leave me this holy relic. I will die of hunger heart." Madame C. queen's generosity nut It vdtience and observation to detect these merits under a perpetual hesitation of speech, and an apparent confusion of utterance, which at first produce unfavorable impressions. A little consideration satisfies you that these defects are of physical origin only ; that with it upon my , had much difficulty in prevailing on .unuxeti her to give irancs up thQ petition, which I still preserve with respect and veneration. This trait of the Queen of the French is only one of ten thousand.—Appert's Ten Years at the Court of Louis Phillip_pe. ....zu rigut annougn tne organ of speech does not immediately perform its wonted duty. You see that there is a high tone of moral feeling, combined with great practical knowledge, and that the noble lord has a highly cultivated and well-regulated mind, which has been well and assiduously applied to the elucidation and manage ment of even the most minute details of public business. On subjects which have a religious bearing, such as education, or matters connected with the church, he is earnest and impressive animated by the most exalted views for the welfare of mankind, and sustained 1,1, SIRROBERT PEEL'S CLAIM FOR GRATITUDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS.—Sir Robert Peel, how ever, seems most perfectly satisfied with his exploit, and never for a moment to doubt that it entitles him to tl greatest applause. St. Augustine could not more exultation of convertin g millions ,` peak with c , rans to tianity by the fervour o f his eloquence, than ag Sir R. i does of his illustrious feat of converting some hundred ig noble minds to free-trade by his paltry government in fluence. This is the glorious, the devoted deed, upon which he rests his claims to immortality ; this it is which is to enshrine his name amid the gratitude of an admiring posterity. On account of this he trusts that " his name principles which he will not compromise, although ready to yield the most liberal acceptation to the views of 9ppoilents. On questions of practical legislation, involv- himself by a mode of handling them which is at once statesmanlike and philanthropic, with much upright ness and ability, a middle course bptwpen the harsh ; one hand the abode of the - man whose lot it is to labour, and to gain his bread with the sweat of his brow, when he recruits hi strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweete because no longer leavened with a sense of inj What t l-1 t• ~, , midan and when it is to begin, (for I apprehend that as yet, although the law is in operation, no labourers have been incommoded with plethora,) we will not here endeavour to determine. But even if it should turn out to be an abundance altogether unlooked for and unprecedented, we would not have Sir Robert Peel imagine that much of the labourer's gratitude will go to him. The labourer is generally a shrewd map, with a good share of honest com mon sense ; and he neither likes his bread nor his minister to be leavened with the taint of injustice. He is perfectly capable of discriminating between those who consistently advocate a cause, and those who, having profitably opposed it in the hour of its weakness, when they might have aided it, embrace it in the eleventh hou'r, in the time of its triumph, when it is capable of aiding them. It is not on time-serving patriots, such as these, that posterity confers her gratitude. Posterity gives her gratitude to the upright and sincere, not to the crafty, servile, and deceitful. Posterity admires those who convert their fellows to truth scorns those who can only convert If, then, trade. by persuasion, she them to dishonour by government influence. the majority of electors were in favour of free Peel's artifices were null and superfluous ; if they wer not yet in favour of it, they were unconstitutional. He either did no good whatever to the cause, or he passed it sooner than constitutional principles warranted. In the latter case he might claim some merit for anticipating, by a brief period, the time when it would have been duly carriedbya majority of the elector:, A - . - street, in the furthest h ouse t o th e l e f t, on the third storey." " Has any physician as yet visited her 1" " I was just going in search of one, but I know neither how to recompense him, nor how to provide what I shall have ordered." The unknown gentleman drew f rom hi s purse some florins, and offering them to him, " Go quickly," said he, " and procure medical aid." The routh having rendered thanks in the most simple, but at the same time most energetic, expressions of a grateful heart, departed immediately. The gentleman, meantime, whilst he was away in an other direction. ; resolved to go himself, and see the af flicted widow. Having ascended the stairs, he entered a small mom where he saw nothing but a few chairs of straw ; a few kitchen utensil's ; a table, rough, and ill put together ; an old chest of drawers ; a bed, on which lay the sick widow ; and a small couch beside it. She was in the most profound dejection, and the little son at the foot of the bed was dissolved in tears. The mother strove to com fort him, but she had herself need of comfort. The per sonage approached softly, and, as a physician, questioned her regarding her distress. • •She stated briefly the symp toms ; then, with a sigh and with tears, "Ah ! signor," she said, "my malady arises from too deep a cause ; the medical art has no remedy for it. lam the mother, alas ! the unhappy mother of two miserable children. My misfortunes and those of my children have already pierced this heart too deeply. Death alone can put an end to my affliction, but this even makes me tremble for the deso lation in which my poor children will be left." Here her.weeping increased; she related her own misfortunes, which the supposed physician, notwithstanding the in formation which he had already obtained, feigned not to know, and which anew drew tears from his eyes. " Come, cheer up," said he at last ; "do not yet de spair ; Heaven will not be unmindful of you. I pity your calamity, but Heaven is provident ; you will not be aban doned. Think, in the mean time, on preserving a life which is too precious to your children. Have you any writing paper ?" She tore a leaf from a small hook on which she exer cised the child of about seven years of age, which was at the foot of the bed. The unknown, after having written, said, "This re medy will begin to comfort you ; we will proceed by and by to another better when ary, and by degrees on the ta ble and went away. A few minutes - after, the elder son returned. " Dear mother," said he, " take courage, Heaven has had pity on us. Look at the money which a gentleman has ge nerously given me this morning ; this will be sufficient for a few days. I,have been fora physician, who will be here immediately. Calm your grief and console your self." " Ah, my son !" said the mother, "come that I may embrace you. Heaven assists thy innocence—may it ever protect it. A physician whom I know not has been here, and has just now left. Behold the receipt on the table : go, dear, an d b r i ng what he prescribes." The son took the billet, read it, and made a motion of extreme astonishment ; he looked at it again, read it over once more ; then raised a cry, " Ah, mother ! what can this be ?" The mother, amazed and perplexed, took the paper and read it impatiently : "Oh Heavens ! the Emperor !" Whilst she uttered these words, the leaf dropped from her hands, and she remained speechless, and without a breath. The note was an order from Augustus Joseph 11., in which he assigned from his own private treasury a generous assistance. The doctor arrived opportunely to recover the mother from the swoon' into which the sur prise had thrown her. The remedies applied soon re covered her from the sickness which drew its principal cause from the afflictions of her mind. The generous monarch, loaded with praises and benedictions, had the pleasure of restoring health and life, and of forming the happiness of an honest family, harshly persecuted by fortune. enteral •Artiortllanp. _ - Passages between Folkestone and Boulogne are now ade twice a-day. The Free Church of Scotland has collected considerably upwards of £lO,OOO for the famishing poor in that' country. A line of packet ships will shortly be established between New York and the rising port of Belfast. The Morning Chronicle of Saturday announces that Mr. Mandeville will shortly replace Mr. Ouseley in the River Plate. The Admiralty have given notice of their intention to deepen Holyhead harbour, to dredge, excavate, build re taining walls, and erect timber jetties. On the seventh edition of the Encyclopeedia Britannica alone there has been expended, to • the close of 1845, no less a sum than £125,667 9s. 3d. It has been said that the late Mr. Grenville possessed the secret of the authorship of " Junius ;" at least, it was a question to which he would not speak directly. There were nine paupers dead in the Mallow workhouse on Christmas day. The next rate, it is thought, will amount to five shillings in the pound. Th I of bakers in Glasgow, this week raised the 41b. fine loaf is now selling at 10d. the price of bread . household ditto 9d. A female educational institute has been established in Huddersfield, and no fewer than sixty-three females en tered their names as members during the three evenings that were set apart last week for that purpose. Sir Francis Wood, Bart., died at his seat near Doncas ter, on Thursday. He•was father of the present Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who is now the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M. P. for Halifax. The Hen. and Rev. G. Spencer, brother of Earl Spencer, has joined the Order of the Passionist,s, one of the severest in the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Spencer will be em ployed as a missionary in England. The Birmingham workhouse is full, ant strong repre sentations are made tor opening houses of refuge for the poor. There are now 1630 inmates in the Manchester workhouse, a greater number than was ever known. On Saturday week, a woman was burnt to death at Southwark. She had fallen asleep before the fire, when her clothes became ignited and the house was almost The will of Z. Massa Aisager, late city correspondent to the Times, has just been proved. His share in the, Times newspaper has been left to his son, Thomas Hicks Alsager. CONVERSIONS TO ROME.—The Rev. H. M. Walker, of Oriel College, Oxford, and the Rev. E. Laing, of Queen's College, Cambridge, have made their publi c profession of the Roman Catholic Faith. Mr. T. C. Foster is at present publishing a series of letters, in the Morning Post, on the subject of marriages — 4 4-b - d wife's sister. The first appeared on Tuesday VORACITY OF THE RAT.—A few days ago a sow be longing to Mr. John Barnes, farmer, near Leach-hall, Woodplumpton, farrowed seven pigs, the whole of which were destroyed by rats the following morning. GREEN PEAS IN JANTT A Tr, - • - imported from Holland -.taw, green peas, autt warranted by the venders le same flavour and quality as when gathered of summer, were b e i ng so ld i n th e s t reets of the metropolis at 6d. the quart. Awolf was shot at PeAL-hArn TI- to possess t in the midd awl is supposed to have escaped from some travelling menagerie. Near its place of refuge a number of cats' skins were found, as if it had fed on the tabbies of the neighbourhood. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—At Newquay, on Friday last, a lad, six years of age, son of Capt. Champion, of Treloggan Mine, in getting out of bed, hitched his foot in the bed clothes, fell on the floor, and broke his thigh above the knee.--West Briton. At an educationalmeeting in Exeter, a few days since, of dissenting clergymen from most of the towns_in the county, the - question of accepting government aid was discussed with much earnestness, and, on the whole, the feeling seemed to lie in favour of accepting, but the ques tion was adjourned. On Thursday, a pigeon flying - _ London pigeon fanciers. There were tateen competitors 'for the prize, each flying one p i geon. The starting place was Southampton, where the pigeons were thrown up, and the winning bird flew the distance between that town and London, 77 miles, in one hour and twenty-seven 'minutes. . A HAPPY REFORMATION.—The London nines states, under the usual police heading, Guildhall,—" The new year commenced happily in the western portion of the city. Not one person was brought for examination from the station-house in Fleet-street, Smithfield, or Moor fields, nor was any charge brought in during thp dnv ..ednesday an Irishmandied in a lodging-house i n St oc k port , th e bare boards being his only bed.—And, on Wednesday, an inquest was held on a poor fellow who had died in Horsemonger-lane f a ro s i p n on exge caGakOel: fr w o h m ere sh h e e e r h awda want e . e n Hc ommittedwere r for stealing uosure to the frost. 'VI • • A. plan has been trieu tor nve years past at "sinning ham, of binding young offenders to masters, when these can be found to receive apprentices from the dock, instead of committing them to prison. The number of such had returned to bad courses had entirely reformed, test'of time.'' logmas of some political economists o and the ras lanthropists a, sympathetic ardour of some political phi: on the ofhpr_ W4l, ~.n MKS SIMI v....a5,. • 11...11. L benevolent purposes he has a manly spirit not suffer itself either to be led away by do which will -.mg influence of congregated opinion. At the same time, although on the more vital principles of govern , as connected with religion and morals, he displays An unyielding spirit, he is fully alive to the importance of party combinations, and to the necessity of occasional compromises in political affairs. His high character pre serves his motives on such occasions from suspicion. The most striking sacrifice he made to expediency, within a recent period, was on the sugar question. It will be re membered how his motion on the subject of the sugar duties jeopardized the Melbourne Administration : it might naturally have been supposed that, having taken so prominent and decisive a part on that question, he would have felt it necessary to adhere to a consistent course; to have been indifferent altogether to party considerations. Yet the result did not justify this expectation. Lord Sandon, having given steady support to the great mea sures of Sir Robert Peel's Administration in 1841, did not choose to peril the existence of the Government, as far as his example could have affected it, by opposing the new Premier on the sugar question. Yet, when we remember what were the grounds on which his motion in the first instance proceeded, we shall see that there was gross inconsistency in such a course. On the other hand, it should be remembered that Lord Sandon steadily refused to accept office from Sir Robert Peel, although, from hi s having been a member of his former Governnient, he could have done so without impropriety or suspicion.— Fraser. se enjoyment of free trade is then, it appears nu taullil/Jl+ extent of his services. Against this are to be placed all the evils arising from his peculiar mode of passing the measure—the shock given to confidence in public men by such sudden inconsistency ; the general Sweet at every time is n benefit, bnt ',till more sweet lowering of political character by his craftiness and dupli- when it is accompanied with surprise. Whilst a person city ; the disgust excited at the avowed and conspicuous of exalted rank was passing one morning, early, unknown part which government influence has played on the occa- and quite alone, through one of the suburbs of Vienna, a sion. The country feels justly offended with the minister, youth, apparently about twelve years of age, accosted him, who, in a free nation, where the conscientious voice of who, with downcast and tearf u l eyes, and w i t h a ti m id •• interval of THE SICK WIDOW (Prom Hogg'B Weekly Instructor.) majority should alone decide, attempts to anticipate and desponding voice, began to ask some relief. Th that decision by the voice of those who are biased by genteel air, the composed bearing, the blush which Co lower and unrecognised motives, and who scruples not to loured his face, the suppressed tears which bedimmed hi boast of the success of such a methid, and lay claim to eyes, and the faltering and broken accents of his voice merit on its a" ,* It feels justly offended also at the made on the mind of thi s gent l eman a very lively impres less than a hundred of its represents- sion. 41 looked on as the elite of the land, are " You have not," said he, "been born to ask alms sting on a measure of first-rate importance, what is it that has brought you to this ?" on other grounds than their own heartfelt convictions ; "Ah ! I was not certainly born," replied the youth that they are ready to vote against it if proposed by A, and with a sigh accompanied with tears, "in this miserabli for it if proposed by B. Even the cause of free trade condition. Th e m i s f or t unes of my father, and the presen -4 * , es its share of damage by becoming associated with unhappy state of my mother, forced me to it.' of such mischievous proceedings. This, " Who is your father ?" - -- , I acknowledged by many of' the free "He was a merchant who had already acquired somi --v quote, as an illustration, some credit, and had begun to make his fortune, when the fail of Mr. Vernon Smith, ure of one of his correspondents entirely ruined one blow. To heighten our misfortunes, he - to survive his disgrace, and in consequer- discovery, ties, who trader 4 then him at ates as a motive very son bell molument Sufficient shock 1 tive of action among public men. arm 1., are tett in extreme misery. I ha - ve found sheltei says, " has already been given to with a friend of my father. My mother has struggled he subsequently adds,. speaking of hitherto by her labours to supp or t h e rself and my little , ~ . .. • ,he corn bill, "We have to await many mischiefs from brother, but this night she has been suddenly seized by zi ts mode of settlement." For our part, had we been free yiolent malady, which makes me fear for her life. I am Taders, most earnestly should we have implored that our destitute of everything. I am t o t a lly _unprovided with cause might not be encumbered with the sinister aia or money, unit i cannot succour her. Unaccustomed to Sir Robert Peel. Weighing, then, well, all the circum- beg, I have not courage to present myself to any one who stances of the case—considering the relative value of can recognise me. You, signor, seem to me a stranger ; moral and economical advantages—nay, even looking before you, for the first time, I Save taken courage to principally merely to the latter, it appears to me, as the overcome the shame which I feel. Oh, have pity on my result of Sir P rr ---I;nrs. that no resi- unhappy mother ! and enable my I entreat thee, to - seers Jcent proceetuus., duum of benefit to the country is left, but a very consi-_ fain the means of relievin g ler. aeraoie amount of injury. Such a result is not one or ne uursi , nuou or te ars at w sufficient lustre and brightness to enable us to grant him sonage felt himself greatly moved, a the title in ques ti on o f " sp l en did mendax."—Biawoofr s " Does your mother," said he, Magazine, 4 ‘ She is, answered the youth, " live far from this ?" at the end of the , alltl 4 19 , - their reform having stood the INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVER' pondent of the Glasgow Argus says :—" In A. corres- paragraph at present go i n g the round of the news a ers headed Interestinff ,P P,. ' man coins, mantis nave oeen round in the neighbourhood Of lie - tt --- oci'r,Tiave to inform you, on the best authority, that the whole story is a fabrication--` got up' apparently with the object of hoaxing the respected editor of the Dumfries Courier." Dr. Wolff has made " an appeal to the British nation." to thauce the people to petition ministers to interfere on behalf of the Nestorian Christians. If necessary, he says, though tired, fatigued, and worn out by my yet late expedition to Bokharn_ afitl r f.„- :r -•-••••mmm.mcma a, DUI/ 1 iIM really to !ace, lI re quired, the Koordish tyrant, and try to persuade him t o rtlvnira _ m order for exterminating a the Chri tians in Koorclistaun adver tisenCniTi v :iil t rod:n i P:pe P r u s u , i t i o u inspect the '0 mi)Y nibuses containing the re qmnibus Publicity Company's '" • • wan auverusement earns. Orders are now being received for advertisement compartments in 100 omnibuses, which will be started as soon as the list is filled up and the framns'enmniptpd_ Th. —A, compartments is nearly one foot square • but no order for less than eight om n ib uses w ill be received. CURIOUS ACCIDENT.—On the 19th ultimo, a horse, the property of a person known by the name of Twin y Jocky, strayed into Llansamlet Church yard, and walking among or over the graves, seems to have sunk into a vault. On Tuesday, the place where he sank was discovered, and on c escending into the vault, the horse was found dead ; several of the coffins were broken, apparently by the struggles of the poor animal.. By means of a pulley and a triangle he was taken up, Jail. 5, 1847. p e el s ue dea o tcfft c heo c abilscuypdtste effected oettnnnhoge. thg James tribe apvs c ni nsi l edi a eeee i bhssmxneatec residence adnaabieefsbde,assembled wandering a h teob t e en Spring-hill apprenticed numerous iorsi no: nd g i ncbegol rnea reclaimed friend toe s h ihun i Tar GIPSY FESTIVAL.—The eighteenth anniversary of H w o a au s nsde h . el in d This o s n eiore Tu najw. e asy s , de at t ineum e iteb ths eiv of respectable visitors, and many groups Spring-hill . shbeiAilnr itre: eia o tae f eu:amixtt t niaa n h uongmn e cudhpi nlewedl educa tion successamo unt of oft establishmenthgeood the formation of other kindred institutions. At thin anniversary there was divine service, with a very interest ing address to the gipsies, and another to the visitors, embracing the report, which contained a variety of details connected. with tnese people past and present. After the meeting a capital dinner was given to the gipsies, and a supply of blankets, clothing, &c. The appearance of these wanderers, in all their variety of costume, in the ground, was a very curious and interesting sight.—Dorset Chron. A LADY PIG-(RIVER.----A lady' connected with the establishment of a gentleman, as governess, not one hun dred miles from Edenbridge, being about to visit her re lations in the vicinity of London on 'Wednesday last, a few days previously remarked she should have no objec tion to one of the gentleman's fat pigs to enjoy her Christ mas with. The offer of one was immediately made-by the gentleman, if she would drive it to Edenbridge station herself. Early in the morning of Wednesday, she had one, weighing from 30 to 40 stone, secured by a cnrd to its leg, and having equipped herself in a dress suitable to the occasion, she drove the animal to the station, with the view of taking it with her to London ; but was in formed that no track could be attached. to the passenger- , train for the purpose. She was, however, furnished with a ticket, with an assurance that it would be forwarded by the goods train in the evening, and on application being made at the Bricklayers' Arms station on Thursday morn ing, it would be delivered to her. On her arrival at the time appointed, lo and' behold ! instead of the pig being delivered up, according to promise, a policeman took charge of the lady, and placed her in durancevil s e. A. messenger was likewise despatched to the residence of the gentleman, requiring his attendance in London, tossatisfy the authorities of the truth of the lady's statement, and the pig was ultimately resto re d to her. — Maidstone'Gaz. MATCH MAKING.—In a street,—not a yard and a half distant from Salt-house-lane, stands a Registry or Adver tising Office ; among the many curious " wants " the notices in the window proclaim to passers-by, might have been noticed until very recently the following :—" A. WIFE WANTED, by a person of respectable address, and possessed of a little property. The female must be from the age of from twenty to thirty, and m us t b e pru d en t, and respectable character." Well this notice has beat withdrawn, and it will be a matter of no slight import ance to the interested in this subject to know that the person of respectable address " who took this original and business-like method of making known his desire for a " help-meet," has been eminently successful, and_ that he has not only obtained a partner for life,. but has had " two pledges of affection " thrown into the bargain. It seems there was no lack of competition for the hand and heart of the now thrice happy advertiser, no scarcity of damsels fair and widows buxom. The first candidate honoured with an interview was (in his opinion, though. probably not in her )successful" ower ounto marry yet ; the second was equally but then came the lucky third—a blooming widow with two charming babes; a glance, a word, was quite enough • resistance was no longer possible, and th e h an d and heai:t, the " respect a ble address," and " the little p ro p er t y " were all yielded up , at once. " The marriage followed hard upon ; and the " merry Christ Church bells " rung a lively peal,, (or would have done, no doubt, had Christ Church any bells to ring,) in celebration of the indissoluble union of,. the advertiser and the buxom,widow of his choice. We have only to add, that if any person doubts the truth of our story, he (or she) has only to go to an Inn we wot off itx this town, and in the persons of " mine host and hostess" he will see this same " fast wedded pair."—Hull Packet.. FEARFUL DESTITUTION IN SCOTLAND.—At a public meeting in Edinburgh, a few days ago, to devise means of mitigating the distress in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, at which the Lord Provost presided, the Rev.. Norman M'Leod, of Dalkeith, thus described the con dition of the people :—" Taking round numbers, there were 430,000 souls, who, strictly speaking, inhabited the eight Highland counties. From statistics furnished front different parishes, this number were divided in the follow ing manner.: those in comfortable circumstances, and who could not be affected much by the failure of the potato crop, amounted to 100,000: those who only de pended for three-fourths of the year upon potatoes; to 200,000 ; those who depended upon the crop for the whole year, to 130,000. These numbers were an approximation to truth. Mr. M'Leod read several other figures • of which the result was, th a t i n t h e Hi ghlands and Islands of Scotland there were 330,000 persons deprived of the usual means of subsistence this year. Of these, 200,000 required assistance to enable them to live over the season.: If they did not assist them immediately, these poor per-. sons would have to sell their cows and eat their seed-corn, and thus utterly destroy, the provision for the future.. The other 130,000 required food immediately to keep them from starvation. The Rev. Dr. Candish stated the 'substance of a communication from , the islhnd of Ulva :-- He did not suppose that the whole of Skye could fur nish twenty barrels of potatoes free of disease. The population numbered 4,000 souls. Of these, nearly 2,000 occupy small crofts, which have not yielded , sufficient to support them for three months. The other 2,000 were lit a state of absolute destitution. But the whole 4,000 would immediately be left destitute. The proprietor wag Lord M'Denald ; who had already made such arrange ments for relieving the people as would involve an expen diture greater than the rental of the island. It was there fore plain, that unless the proprietors were assisted the people could not be supported, The letter- concludedby That from me ',,vrret-rt -tx-pt•l !MC TIM in 1836-7 was nothing at all compared to that impend at present. /315trirt grius. The cotton waste spinners of Stockport have agreed to commence working four days per week. The statement that Mr. Mott is now confined for debt in Lancaster Castle is incorrect, as he was admitted to bail a fortnight ago. At a meeting of fifty-six short-time delegates , heldirt Manchester, on S un d a y week, a resolution, in favour of Mr. J. Fielden's bill, which provides for a limitation to ele— ven hours on its passing, and to ten in 1849, was carried., The Manchester Examiner says that Lord Lincoln haS about as much chance of becoming M.P. for that bo— rough, as he has of succeeding the Grand Sultan. [Man— chester will not be over Bright, either way ; but the broad-brim cotton lord is said to be in danger of being worsted.] The Earl of Derby has distributed his usual gifts of warm clothing, blankets, &c., to the poorer residents.of the districts for some miles round Knowsley. All they labourers on his lordship's estate had the opportunity. of drinking the health of their venerable employer, at an en-. tertainment given to them. _ THE REGISTER FOR NORTE( LANCASHIRE.—The regis-; ter of electors for the northern division of this county is now printed, and as it will in all probability be the rister upon which the poll will be taken at the next g en e ral' election, it may be interesting to know that it contains 1100 more names than that of the preceding year, or 11,846. An extraordinary meeting of Irish Roman Catholics waS held at Manchester on the subject of the removal of Father Hearne. Resolutions were passed rescinding those passed at a previous meeting, which were considered an interfe— rence their u,a; nspoirt,ithuoalweruvelerr,s. relished The re b s y cin m tn y g & t his m eeting. rreesnocelu BLA6KROD.—In this village, it has been usual ag. Christmas for a treat to be given to the scholars attending the Blackrod schools ; but this year, in consequence of the distressed state of the - neighbourhood, it has been deemed prudent to distribute amongst the poor a quant of soup and bread instead. Acec7rdingiy; 100 sixperuir loaves and a quantity of soup , were yesterday dispensed m uir ni n st e e i r gh o b f ou th rl e io p o la d, ce - u , n t de ha r the v. P. Browne, M.A.—Bolton Chronicle.—[M.any of rtresidents esteemed ° t our readers will remember this reverend gentleman as we of the curates of Christ Church, in this town.] , . A MELANCHOLY FACT.—The Rev. C. F. Bagsnawe, chaplain of the New Bailey Prison, in his report to that magistrates of the Hundred of Salford, thus speaks of the lartinv.4. ~...__ J__ anlodn directions et t i i o te ns po o o f - - - - _ases of drunken- , I am bound to say that the effect of such sen. tences and fines, amounting to five per cent. upon tha cost of the drunken debauch, is to teach - the prisoner to make a mock of a sin whit tion of the poverty 1 is at the root of a large por- , misery, and crime of the country—a arge par the poor, po e, prison, s. Their sojourn in prison, in many cases, barely suffices to wash and describe them, and then they are turned out literally to go like the dog to his vomit again, or the sow that has been washed to her wallowing in the mire." MASONIC FESTIN • ---- that Brethren of the Cestrian Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, which assemble at Mr. Johnston's, the RoyaL Hotel, Chester, celebrated, with all the ancient rites and ceremonies appertaining to the mystic craft, the festival of St. John the Evangelist I'he Right Hon. Lord Vis-. ht Worshipful Proviuciat leshire, and several brethren froux zesiure, Wales, and Lancashire, were present. At three" o'clock the service was commenced by Brother P.M. Willoughby opening the lodge in the third degree, and shortly afterwards the R.W.D.P.G.M. Brother Finchett— Maddock, town-clerk of Chester, arrived, preceding by za few minutes the Provincial Grand Master, who was receiv-. ed with the usual ceremonies. Among the more int eres t, poalkef,eGaLaned oCfhtahmispimoneeotfiEngngwla:, ing portions of the business of the day, was the irista ll ationt of Robert Dymoke Vaughton, Esq., son of Vaughtour Esq., of Whitchurch, and related, we believe, to Sit to his leaving England to join his regiment in the Canada , . however, preparatory b installation of the master elect for the ensuing year, and rn He le nry pr D in y: Brother T. A. Yarrow was accordingly invested with the distinctive badges of that high office, and received the; masonic homage of the brethren present. The following officers for the ensuing year were then appointed by the Worshipful Master :—Brother the lion. Wellington Cots _ ton, to be senior warden ; Brother Bailey, junior warden; Some speculation is' entertained as to the decision which Brother S. Brown, treasurer and secretary ; Brother W° will be come to at the ensuing quarterly meeting ; but it Dixon, senior deacon ; Brother L ew i s , jun i or d eaco n ; is generally believed that, notwithstanding the demand Brother E. Moss, inner guard. The investiture of Brother for railway iron, which would justify an advance, the Cotton was performed by deputy, he being unavoidable masters will not make any addition to present prices, absent. A vote of thanks was given to the WM, elect, The advance on coals at the pit's mouth is ls. per ton. for his handsome present to the lodge of a set of richly Upon the whole, there appears ever y probability that the embroidered gauntlets for the principal officers. The lodgt price of iron for the next three months will remain firm ; being again closed down to the first degree, a proeessitt and that, notwithstanding the demand is considerably I was formed to the banquetting room, where an admire: above the supply, every effort will be made t o execute di nner , a t which th e Ri g h t Ron. Grand Master presid ° present railway orders at existing rates ,— Mining Journals.. 1 was ProTided‘ Ull 11..7 puzaua, }UM plungeu 1111. 11W gal G. Now all this was done for the mere purpose of fetching so great by parents alarmed for their children, 'although no life was ever lost by the indulgence of such a singular taste, that the poor dog was reluctantly destroyed. We saw a fine pair of boots which was manufactured from his skin.— filetortn.st fihrmarli, THE IRON TRADE. — Great activity has prevailed during the past two or three weeks, in the iron trade, in South Staffordshire : many large contracts have been taken, and others as extensive are now under consideration : much is still more difficult DEABL+ FISH EN un usual commotion served in the Findhorn, at one was o:: of the spawning b e d s , by h' ~, : IouNTER.—The other day an party of men. It was soon discovered to be occasi one d by 'the fighting of tw o sa l mon , both large males. Aft er a long strug g l e the water be came still, and one o f th e com b atant , poated to the sur face dead. The fish was p i c k ed up by ta lfa onlookers, and it was found th a t th e w h o l e of its flesh, or !ash, had been torn, to the depth of th e b one, from head to t47ll,—lnver ness. Courier. TRADE WITH CHINA.—It appears from a table pub lished in the China Mail of October 30, that there 109 been an increase in the quantity of tee imported into Great Britain, during the last two years, to the amount of nearly 7,000,0001b5. The return for the year ending June 30, 1844, is 97 vessels, an d 50,613,3281b5, ; for the year ending June 30, 1845, 105 vessels, and 53,570,2671b5.; and for the year ending June 30, 1846, 117 vessels, and 57,504,5611b5. The quantity of raw silk imported ire 1845 was 10,727 bales ; in 1846, 18,600 bales. At She London Mansion House, on Friday, three per sons were brought.up charged with conspiring to obtain £lOO from a gentleman, who was induced to lend them the money on the deposit of railway scrip in the Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Railway, the defen dants having produced copies of the. Times contai n i ng ad vertisements announcing the intention of the directors to return •£1 12s. 6d. per share. The defendants said they wanted money before the deposits could be returned. The advertisements were forgeries, and the defendants were remanded. CONVERSIONS FROM ROMANISM.—On Sunday last, the first in the year, an unusually large numb er o f persons were admitted into the communion of the ancient Irish Church, in St. Audoen's Church, Dublin. The class in cluded three superior young men, who were intended by their parents for the Romish priesthood, and others who are also well versed in the Scriptures of truth. There are now 150 names of persons on the renunciation roll of St. Audoen's Church, who have abjured the false tenets of Rome. Two fresh priests have applied to the Priests' Society for protection. A WOMAN FROZEN TO DEATH.—Another shocking case of death from the inclemency of the weather has occurred near Worcester. The circumstances are briefly as follow: On the 23rd of December, a woman, named Elizabeth Sefton, aged 66, who, with her husband, receives a scanty support from the Droitwich Union — half-a-crown a week each—left her cottage at Warndon, about four miles east of Worcester, to walk to Cotheridge, about the same dis tance on the west side of the same city, for the purpose of seeking alms. After wandering about the country, how ever, it appears that she l os t h erse lf, an d having been for several days subjected to the severity of the weather, was at length found, on Sunday, five days after she left home, frozen to death, at Hallow. "A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE."—It is seldom that, writ ing upon the same topics, and often with a parity of rea soning, day after day, that there is to be observed in the morning newspapers anything like a paraphrase, or, in two papers, the use of one simile. There are, however, exceptions, and one occurred on Thursday. The Times had a long article abusing Mr. President Polk, and the t Da hin il g y News had the ;and insetatinnogourt the e g article doing alists the in sam e thing indite et m he e fable of the lamb and the wolf, and with equal wit, if not with truth. They compare the complaints urged by Mr. Polk against the Mexicans as having been suggested by the special pleading of the fabulous aggressor. The same words are used by the different writers. LONDON DOCKS.—TRADE OF LONDON.—At the half yearly meeting of the proprietors on Monday, Mr. W. King in the chair, the directors presented an interesting report of the business done in the half-year to Nov. 30. From this it appears that the number of loaded ships which entered the London Docks during the six months ending the 30th Nov. last, was 703, measuring 181,196 tons. In the corresponding period of last year it was 731 ships, measuring 168,553 tons. The amount of earnings last half-year were £209,166 ss. sd. Same time in 1845, £209,094 Bs. 6d. Expenditure in the last six months had been £110,885 Bs. 9d., including the income-tax. The income had exceeded the expenditure in the last six months by £90,979 Is. 10d. The directors recommended a dividend of £2 10s. per share. FOUR YOUNG MEN DROWNED.—On Sunday, five young men, of the parish of Ailcandings, returning from Stanton, were rash enough to venture on the canal, the ice of which is daily broken by the barges. Still they went upon it, whether to slide or merely to cross the water is not known, and were instantly immersed, and soon sank to rise no more. One of the party, however, escaped, through the mercy of God, and after struggling for about an hour, and by the help of the masses of ice around him finally reached the shore. What overwhelm ing sorrow to the families of these deceased youths this fearful visitation has occasioned may too easily be con ceived. Nor should the voice of God, here admonishing the young, both of the uncertainty of life and the value of each returning Sabbath, be speedily forgotten.—Devizes Gazette AN IDIOT FROZEN TO DEATH.—On Wednesday morn ing a poor creature named Charles Chittick, living at Freckenham, Suffolk, being missed from his house was searched for. It appears he left the house the previous night, about eleven. His shirt and nightcap were left on the pillow of his bed, covered over with his clothes. An, aunt was called, and a further search was made every where they could think of, but without effect. It was dark and freezing sharp. His day clothes lay by the side of his bed. Information was immediately conveyed to the neighbours, and about eight o'clock on Tuesday morn ing the poor fellow was found in a meadow lying flat on his back, entirely naked, and quite dead. His eyes were open, and he was dirty, as if he had been through water. The spot where he was found was about 200 yards off his cottage, and the river was nearer the cottage than the place where he was found. THE NEW POOR LAW AT WHITCHURCH.—An unfor tunate instance has occurred in this place of the great power possessed by individual offici a l s u n d er th e New Poor Law. A respectable woman named Laws, was suffering under diseased lungs, her three children being at the same time sick with the measles. On Monday she was ordered i by the parish surgeon to keep her bed, and her husband was desired to apply for a nurse to the board of guardians. On Tuesday, he was, however, stopped in limine by Mr. Penfold, at once relieving-officer; doorkeeper, and master of the workhouse, who told him that the application not having been made on Saturday (according to rule), could not now be heard ! The event was, that the woman died on Friday, and the eldest child on Tuesday, and the broken-hearted husband is left a witness to the sad fact that if obstinate paupers will be taken ill on days unauthor ized by the Poor Law Guardians, they must die without pity !—Hampshire Advertiser. EXTENSIVE FlRE. — Between the hours of three and four on Thursday afternoon, a fire was discovered at the Irongate Wharf, contiguous to the Tower of London and St. Katherine's Docks. To such an extent did the fire rage within a few minutes after its first appearance, that a general impression prevailed that the docks were on fire. The premises destroyed are at least 200 feet in length, and nearly 100 feet in depth. The warehouses were filled with articles of merchandise of every description, princi pally from Scotland and the northern parts of England. A great many walls fell out, but no one was in the slightest degree hurt. All the property in the warehouses was totally destroyed. The damage, it is feared, was much larger than was first expected. £200,000, it is s a id, will not :Over the loss. It Was feared at one time that the whole of the St. Katherine's Dock warehouses would have been destroyed, but by the exertions of the firemen they escaped. Two vessels, the Busy, of Bridport, and the Hawk, of Montrose, were also destroyed. tin(LgoorfdthAsmy presided,)eHeealtho fTow D s'A r. Association, on Southwood before the meeting a co rrespon d ence between Mr. Daniel Smith, a surgeon of Minchen- WhhSiammAmeidtstpnhetaleoflasndmi,adandeymeeting ' developing the cause of an epidemic fever which had recently ravaged that town. In 1844, many cases of 'ever occurred, having a uniform typhoid Character. There were fewer in 1845 ; but within the last two months there have been upwards of 150, causing the greatest consternation among the residents. In 1843, the church, about 500 years old, was rebuilt ; a great portion of the re -interred. An immense quantity of the earth was used as manure on pasture land close to the town ; but a large bank of it (estimated at 500 loads) remains within fifty yards of the town. Some of the earth removed was of an exceedingly dark colour. The street and rectory, both adjoining this mound, first suffered from the ravages of the fever. Ignorance on sanatory matters appears to have prevented the inhabitants, and among them the rector, from connecting the visitation with the presence pofartthiees on n the qu oxiouse e a s rA ea. d h;indeed, the town is split into , two A NECDO TE OF A DOG.—A few years ago, i n the shire of Edinburgh, a splendid Newfoundland dog might have been seen every day visiting every pond Dr neighbourhoo( instrumental more than once in is master's residence. It -I;:dleetul eath in the wate umguaiumity, and caressed for his amiable qualities, till, strange as it may be considered, this flattery completely turned his head. Saving of life from drowning became a passion. He took t o it as h uman ity t a k es t o dram-drink- Not having sufficient sco pe for the exercise of his diseased benevolence in the district, he took to a very questionable method of supplying the deficiency. When ever he found a child on the brink of a water, he watched patiently for the opportunity, he placed his forepaws sud aPtthr nn ita nswenn it in hpfnro if waa inorrn”tb prices are realised—while coal iserepancy exists as to price; ; a large Welsh liaise has tendered to the South Staffordshire Company, to de liver at one of the Grand Junction stations, rails at £lO 2s. 6d. per ton ; while a Staffordshire house has found it to their interest to violate the rates agreed upon at the previous quarterly meeting, and who have supplied Jar Aklit%; Sweden, 13altimor Stephen's --King 'Qu ebe ey c SiddaY7Z Todd, fOr Cotcheste Bina. .Sir , sailed frot on shore a 6th instan Mary Ai Mount's Caledon. America Jenny Ji Maid of King of ' Vie, Gil for this po Luvia, C Verein 1 y Erwarlin General ton, Lawso inichi ; Dc Viana, at ( LISBON, London, WI 13 W, in a Bombay an Arlambes o. WATERS' from Cardii terday, but cargo overt __SHIELDS Newcastle,' Herd Sand, Hermiorn 11—John C Leander, 101 —Chili, 22d chor, off Crt ess of Durlu gale, in lat. by the Sir R WEDN] ARRIVED —Visiter, F l3ramber, fl late Baker; s land, from.lS Island—Jobi Quebec—Ad —Spartan, f EgTemont, E ceira—Rimai SAILED.— Nev Johnstone, Beresford, TJ —Emilia, Le Admiral, E .Emerald, Jo Moult, Slade Ogilly, Georg *en, Si. Thou Caroline, 01 grounded on Samarang, George Buc Harvest Ho 4th November Ganges, Ayi Princess Rg Woodstock, Hullin ; and J Monarch,' P nercost, Mann William Act Ingleboroug Ist Oct., both for Falmouth. John Bull, C for Calcutta. Blakeley, Gi for Manilla; A liaplson, from Alpha, Mery Red Rover, Orixa, Christi. Bahamian; I from Whampo Shanghac 1 3 O a.. t e , Q h u n e d n October of s E . t : Dumfries, GI October. John Dugdal Vel a ure, Bell, Alecto, Arm) vourite, RezeY Thomas 1.....' DoiTiCe — D 4j' a lOth Octob er. je • Old England Sultan, from CI Sophia, from Larne, Nicke Zinia, Brown; Lord Seaton, Tory, Sharp, Rhone, Harvl Queen of the Panthea, Larie, Royal Tar, St Mexican Pact Zephyr, Lamb, Alexander Ro -. l "gimon, Quin] ararY Anne; an Calotta, Lagc Alexaneria at A ft r AT:J ri e%Vi l i' Victoria, Eva; locha ; and Lii Ellerslie, Har Euphasia, fro having been on Zephyr, Lam icalliacket, Gri Re; [llth Dec., with I HOCKSIEL, DI xPrung a leak in and Imhauriersi LISBON, Dec. Bermuda, put in charged part of I bec for Cork; p bulwarks stove ; GIBRALT A R '1 ton for Malta , n P CONSTANTINC X 1 .011! Rio Janeiri on nhOieJfiii44l anx damage, and wtrannc, Noy. t Little Matane itle Matane, and t Marquis of Norm rSI NCA PORE:u; Sea, to Syd t . sea, and been I .„_veB part of the 11 0xo KONG, Cl ae for London, a oPg'allnt, bulw 20th ult a ., but prosal THIIRSDA itottRRIVED—NaI Verujn— Margaret poatreal—Arethu Quebee—S ICambria, Raft Senator sailed fr Java, from Braz Barrington, Bur Sheridan , ornit . California, Lam oltonhouses; Bri St. Fillan, Davie enee at Newt 8e1t....;,..,... um. Lome, Pal I.ireeze, Stewart QerY and Jane:, ninhina, Wilson Corsair, Atkins, Savannah, with los Rehrend Wallah Camelia, Jacobin John and Elizabi gard hence at Chi - , John M'Kenzie, Washington', Wy abandoned at sea, brit; R. F. Toper, o t 0 th e Royal Sower( If. M. steamer 1. Dublin, has ut bi Zzr., having been ii LeVast, which has QUEBEC, Dee. 7. on shore at Matan, shore below St. Ani d 0:11 P o rtsm outh , etmes several n a e a o d u a el t e 1 t ,r n u l iedthi, remains. .. ,,is ri l ei o t e nh n o w b. sie. c i ; 7 Sir. JoITN, N.l/, tPeding to Sea, fro, TIALIFAx, Dec. I Tint into Sydney, C. from Quebec for L leakY• The Alarm, into Sydney nth ins vi'rtised for sale 4tl for Cork, nut into 1 s , eon . 20 Crew t ...:Trl:7::.)iiiieeleltdA.ar:tt!.s;al2 frotu. CreF,Trom Zth instant, on Prince the ] 3'-_.1(4 Mr. Duncan, of (twards Island to Callao, and was con fr " , ll Hull for Mist FRIDAY Char: ---, and I s.ti-Lan.—Yeomen Newfoundla ni L a'lY of the Lake, lelphi a— Pork—ltoialin" ElizajAns Africa-445,v, It. T Amsted