The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

FOREFON AND COLONIAL. THE UNITED STATES - - - - By the Yorkshire, which arrived on Wednesday morn. ing from New 'York, we have received advices from that city of the 16th ultimo. •These advices communicate a mass of details concerning the movements of the United, States forces. The - utmost activity prevailed at Camargo in the despatch of the troops en route to the interior. General Taylor was expected to make a further advance with the volunteers by the Ist of September at the latest. The accounts with regard to the Mexican force still re main indefinite and meagre. A report was in circulation at Matamoros that a party of American adventurers had taken possession of 51ontery without encountering, resis tance. __ According to the accounts from New Orleans we may look for a vast importation of corn and flour from that place. We learn from St. Louis that two Mormon spies had been shot by the anti-Mormon mob at Nauvoo. This, it is feared, is the commencement of a sanguinary, conflict between these factions. _ _ The Marmion arrived here on Thursday from New York. She brings little additional intelligence to that we have already given. The Mormon troubles in Illinois bad assumed a most threatening aspect. The anti-Mor mons had assembled to the number of one thousand two hundred men, armed with several field pieces, and were on the point of marching against Nauvoo, with the inten tion of throwing red hot balls into the city, and deter mined to drive the 'Mormons from the spot. The Mot , mons, on the other hand, had fortified their celebrated temple, and also armed with a few pieces of artillery were resolutely determined to repel the imminent attack. A battle was fully anticipated by the citizens of St. Louis. The southern coast of the United States had been visited by terrific gales. On the ith ult. a loss of seventeen lives took place near Galveston, Texas, the steamer New York basing been struck by .a sea and sunk, while running from that port to New Orleans. The captain, and the remainder of the crew and passengers, were afterwards picked up and taken to New Orleans. INDIA Intelligence was received in London, on Wednesday, from India. The following, from the Delhi Gazelle of the 29th July, is all that is important : News reached us late last night giving an account of the complete failure of the force sent from Lahore under Mira Bhagwan Singh, who had intended making a night attack, and carrying all before them. Dewan Moolraj, however, was " wide awake," and having received secret information of the plan concerted, he completely out manoeuvred his opponents, by turning their flanks, and, baring got into their rear, he " opened the ball" at mid right with great activity. Three hundred men of the Dur bar are said to be killed or taken prisoners, and four of their guns have also been captured. Freah troops were urgently applied for, and left Lahore to-day for the scene of action (From the Delhi Gazelle of August 5.) We have, since the above was written, beard that an army is to be assembled. It will probably consist of all the regiments brought up from below to relieve those now on or below the frontier, and therefore will be a very formidable assemblage. The orders may, we are told, be expected very soon. We await further intelligence with anxiety. The Gazette already announces the formation of two Anglo- Seikh infantry corps to he raised on the left bank of the Sutlej, to be called respectively the regiments of Feroze pore and Loodianah. CALCUTTA, AUGUST 15.—The money market is still easy, and transactions of safe character command assis tance at current bank and bazaar rates ; but withi❑ the last three or four days the market has been rather dull, and there has been demand for accommodation ; the out ward remittances from home have been limited, and ac counts from the up country marts are not quite so fa vourable as before The m arket, excepting for cotton enerallv less active th ere goods, and at the crate — of our last yarn, is g, Issues ; there is an absence of less speculative demand, especially from the upper provinces, and the aversion which native dealers have to enter upon heavy engage ments preceding the approaching native holidays imparts dulness in the market.—Cotton Piece Goode.—Business in this trade continues extensive ; our present exhibits considerable sales of heavy white goods, as jaconets, mulls, cambric, madapolams, and s,:irtings, but prices have been rather lower; the lighter fabrics for native wear have been more inquired after, as usual, preparatory to the approaching native holidays; chintzes and co!oured goods are still neglected.—Colton 7'wist.—Sales to con. siderable extent continue ; latterly medium numbers have been let off at slightly reduced prices; imports are heavy. SPAIN.—The most preposterous reports have been in cir culation in Madrid regarding the royal marriages,evidenly concocted for the most mischievous purposes. Great pre parations were making for the celebration of the double marriage. The war between the government and the newspaper press continued. The editor of the Expecla dor has just been tried and acquitted, for some factious remarks on the Infanta's proposed marriage. The Eco del Comercio had been seized for the eighth time. On the Ist the senate commenced the discussion of the pro ject of law relative to the levy of 25,000 men, which was proceeding when our advices left. The Heraldo denies positively that any further note or protest had been ad dressed by M. Bulwer to the Spanish government. FaANCE.—The Paris papers still harp upon the Mont pensier marriage. It is stated that the Marquis of Nor rnanby communicated to M. Guizot on Monday a copy of the second note or protest, addressed to the Spanish Government by Lord Palmerston. Some technical in formality had, it was said, been discoyered in the mar riage contract of the infanta, which might occasion some delay, bat this is in all probability one of the many ab surd reports which were in circulation on the Bourse on Tuesday, for the purposes of stock•jobbing. A telegra phic dispatch was received by the French Government on that day, which announced the safe arrival of the French princes at Burgos, on the evening of the 4th instant. They had been received with the greate.•t distinction throughout their journey, and were not called upon to encounter any of those signs of unpopularity which were so liberally anticipated for them. They left Burges at eight the next morning for Buitrago, have since reached Vittoria amidst great enthusiasm. Many Carlistofficers of rank were seized in France, and thrown into prison by the authorities, the moment the escape of Don Carlos's son was known. The French Rentes fell on a report of the recall of Mr. Bulwer, and Lord Normanby not dining with the King of the French on the seventy-fourth anniversary of his Ma jesty's birthday. _ . ___ _ .. Ti e WEST INDIES.—The news from the West India islands is not of great moment. The colonists, although they were somewhat prepared for the event, received the information of the passing of the Sugar Duties Bill with great discontent; and most of the papers are loud in in vective against the Home Government for passing such a measure; many of the merchants go so far as to assert that the result will hf absolute ruin to them, and to the future prospects of the islands. Dysentry prevailed in many places, particularly at Trinidad ; the other islands may be considered healthy, although to a limited extent sickness had prevailed. At Grenada, on the 6th of Sep. tember, a very severe shock of an earthquake was felt on shore. The shipping in harbour, however, was not affec ted. The Medway brings home six prisoners, for a mu tiny on board the Sea King, off New Orleans, bound to Havannah. The British brig George Canning, Harvey, master, was wrecked off Kingston on the 2-Ith ult.—crew and master saved, and a portion of the spars and rigging. The vessel was totally lost. MExtco.—Despatches received by the United States Government confirm the intelligence contained in private letters with regard to the movement of General Taylor's forces from Camargo. Adyices from St. Louis renew the expressions of solicitude mentioned in our last with regard to the supplies required for General Kearney's command. Verbal accounts from Santa Fe state that Armiao had been called upon by the principal citizens of New Mexico, to repel the invasion of their country. Armigo is said to have expressed his willingness to do so, were competent fo.ces placed under his command. The United States frigate Potamac had arrived off the harbour of Pennacola from Vera Cruz. No intelligence had been received from her up to the close of our despatches. A letter from Vera Cruz, dated August 25th, states that the officers of the unfortunate brig-of-war Truxton, were residing with the Lieutenant-Governor of Tuspan, and were in perfect safety. An arrival from Campeachy revives the doubts entertained as to the nature of the relations of Yucatan with Mexico and the United States. The accounts re ceived convey intelligence that Tabasco had joined in the revolt for the recall of Santa Anna. The blockade of that port by the United States brig•of-war Somers, was threat-, ened.AWashin2ton correspondentof theNewYorklierald, writingonthenth ult. from thecapital, states that the War Department had resolved to change the base of operations in Mexico from Monterey to Tampico, on the Gulf Coast. A copy had been received of Santa Anna'saddress. It isa very long-winded document, devoted chiefly to a vindication of himself and aspersions of his opponents. As to the pro secution of the war, or endeavours to negociate a peace, the address throws very little light, if any. Something may be inferred, perhaps, from the marked absence of hostile expressions when the United States are spoken of or referred to ; and something, it may be, from the ela borate endeavour to bold up the project of a European monarchy as the most fearful event which Mexico could encounter. But, apart from these, we can see nothing in the address which affords the slightest indication of the writer's future policy. In the great cigar factory in :Manilla, ten thousand girls are employed, all Indians of the country, or Malays. Letters from Persia announce the total disappearance of the cholera from Teheran, and the return of the Shah to his capital. Louis Philippe, King of the French, completed his seventy-third year last Tuesday. He is the oldest sovereign in Europe, except Ernest, King of lianover. There has been another skirmish at our settlement at Aden. A body of 5,000 Arabs attacked the town in broad .daylight, but being repulsed, they were soon compelled to retire with a severe loss in killed and wounded. CEDIE AND ITs PENALTY.—A man of the name of Bright, living in North Carolina, lately shot a negro, wounding him so severely that the poor fellow died shortly after. Bright was arrested, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of 5 dollars. TRIESTE, SEPT. 28.—Letters from Odessa, dated 16th September, state that corn bad risen two parer rubles the jschetswert. More th an 60,600 tschet wer e ' sold during the week. A quantity of corn had arrived from Bessa rabia, where the re was an a b un d ant h arves t. A l esser quantity bad arrived from Poland. The rise is to be at tributed to the influence of foreign markets. A letter. from Galacz, of the 12th, mays, that little had been done in corn ; wheat had falien,i.huley and rye were fiTIT. In dian corn was at a high p rice. In Bulgaria the barley prop was scanty; according to lettas from Varna, im portation increas;d there, as also at .Baltsehosli, where the prices diminished accordingly. Accounts from Alex andria, of the 15th ult., state that there was great activity in the corn market there. Messrs. Zozinnia bad alone bought 240,000 ardebs of corn for England, and that it had risen in consequence. .The King of Pru;sia intends to devote £120,00, out of his own private purse, to the formation of a covered garden, of extensive dimensions, in the centre of Berlin, to sarve as a public promenade in the winter season. The visitors will breathe a tropic atmosphere, the temperature being maintained at spring warmth, while without are all the rigours of winter. PRINCELY GENEROSIT7.—The Journal de Francfort states that the Duke of Saxe Coburg, in the five months from January 1 to May 31, distributed to 700 of his pea santry in Hungary, who were suffering from the defici ency of the last year's harvest, lib. of meat and 21b. of bread each per day, and gave employment for all who were able to work—thus expending during this period 28,000 florins, upwards of 70,000 f., in food ; and 144,000 florins, about 360,500 f., in labour. The warrant, on political grounds, for the arrest of the advocate, Dr. Mendelssohn, has given rise to a curious mistake. At Herbestahl, a little Prussiantown, near the Belgic frontier, the gen•d'crmerie arrested the advocate's cousin-german, the celebrated composer, Felix Men deissohn Bartholdy, who was on his return from England. The production of his passport only convinced his captors that he was the Dr. Mendelssohn, and he was incarce rated in prison till some friends procured his release the next morning. The Lisbon correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says, the failure of the crops of all kinds of grai❑ has caused a very considerable rise in the price of bread ; and that failure, coupled with the deterioration of potatoes, not in particular districts, as occurred last year, but generally throughout the country, has excited very serious apprehensions of a scarcity of food. Accounts from Berlin state that the price of food in Prussia is extremely high, the rye crop having failed. In Belgium and the north of France the potato crop is reported to be not only good, but abundant ; the unsound crop of last year being succeeded by one perfectly healthy. DEPARTURE OF H. iel.'s 16TH LANCERS.—The rem nants of the gallant 16th Lancers embarked on board the Marion at Prinsep's Ghaut yesterday morning, after a long and distinguished career in India, during a period of twenty-four years. The regiment marched from Dum- Duna.at an early hour in the morning, and was played out to a considerable distance by the military band, the men of the artillery giving them three hearty cheers as a parting farewell on their leaving the barrack square. The progress of the regiment through the city was not marked by a similar demonstration of feeling, but although the heroes of " /Ural" and many a hard fought -field were permitted to leave our shores in silence, as far as the good people of Calcutta were concerned, it was the silence of admiration and respect, for we are sa tisfied that the 16th carry with them the esteem and good wishes of all India as one of the most distinguished regi ments that ever came to this country, whether we regard their gallantry in the field, or their good conduct and hos pitality in quarters. Of the original number who landed in India in 1822 scarcely more than three or four remain, including Colonel M'Dowell, who, we believe is the only officer now present who landed with the regiment; and it must be a source of no small pride and gratification to him to return to his native country at the bead of the gallant band, who have earned such honourable distinction for themselves after a long and arduous career of active ser vice, seldom equalled and never surpassed, for everything honourable to the proud fame of British soldiers.—Cal culla paper, Aug. 13.—[Since the regiment embarked, seven others of the men have died.] IRELAND. For several days last week a dreadful hurricane raged along the Irish coast. A number of disasters will be found in our shipping intelligence. The Lords of the Treasury have agreed to advance the sum of £50,000 towards the construction of a floating dock in Limerick. ATTACK ON A MAIL CAR.—On Saturday, Bianconi's car, plying between Roscrea and Clonmel, was attacked near Templemore. The traces were cut, the driver beaten, and the mail-bag carried off. Dr. Crotty, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne, died on Saturday week. He has been a good deal in Portugal, and was president of the Irish College at Lis bon, and subsequently president of Maynooth College. A gentleman whilst shooting hares, the other day, at Lowtown, Antrim, accidentally fired at the head of a son of the keeper, who was accompanying him, and killed Government having no security for what they have ad vanced to the Irish landlords, it has been suggested that the former should constitute itself a mortgagee on a large scale, and should enter on the lands relieved by advances, leaving to the proprietor his equity of redemption. The pig fair at Clonmel last week was so crowded, that one gentleman writes to the paper that it was with much difficulty he could keep the pigsfrom breakfasting with him, as his hail door was near being burst in several times. Sir W. Verner has been restored to the deputy-lieu tenancy of the county of Tyrone ; and the Lord-Lieu tenent has approved of the appointment of Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., to the deputy-lieutencncy of the county of Kerry. The proposed meeting of landholders in Dublin, for the purpose of calling on the government to authorise present ments fur reproductive works, and devising other means for the alleviation of the prevailing distress, Las been postponed sine die in conseauence of the lord-lieutenant's announcement mentioned in another paragraph. The Limerick papers, though generally containing too many accounts of outrages against life and property, were last week unusually full of such occurrences. Horses Laic Lcctl Slam, flelaa yr put...A./cm itug up, ClitCl ca and rifled, lives attempted—an enumeration even of which we have not room for. REPEAL IN BELFAST.—The "independent" Repeaters of this town have resolved to adjourn their important operations for a month. The reason is said to be the dif ficulty of collecting "the rent" during this season of de pression. As the rent is the most important part of re peal, it is no wonder that adjournment should be made when the tin is not forthcoming. On Wednesday as Major Bevan was returning from a shooting excursion, on a car, with three other gentlemen, near his father-in-law's, Mr. Brew, of M. ildbrooke, county of Clare, he had his loaded fowling-piece with the butt-end resting on the foot-board, when it accidentally went off and shot him through the head. He was a ve teran soldier, and had been thirty years in India. A VOICE FROM DARterNANE.—Mr. O'Connell has issued trom his " mountain home" a third essay on the state of the country, in which he repeats all h s previous arguments in favour of holding a mock Parliament in Dublin for the purpose of prescribing to the Government such measures as may best seem fit to the " Convention" to meet " the horrible emergency in which the country is involved." The repeal rent last week was £126. GOVERNMENT DEPOTS.—FAMINE PRICES.—A COM. munication has been addressed by Commissary-General Hewitson to Major Beamish, in reply to his representa tion of the exorbitant price exacted for Indian meal by the retail corndealers in the towns of Skull and Ballydehob, West Carbery, and urging on the government the opening of their reserve depots. By this letter it appears that go vernment have actually commenced operations with refe rence to a supply of food, but that their depots will nut be opened so long as the market prices remain. " within mo derate bounds." What the Treasury notion of " moderate bounds" may be remains to be seen. FATAL AFFRAY AT CA STLECONNELL. A draft of 88th or Connaught Rangers, which bad been in Nenagh on the previous Friday when on route to Limerick. ar rived at Castleconnell, and were quartered there on Sun day wee.k They conducted themselves, whilst in Nenagh on Friday, in a scandalous manner, shouting and yelling through the streets. A party of them went to the police barracks in Castleconnell, and proceeded to break the windows with stones. The police rushed cut armed, forced on the party, and shot one of them dead, and a civilian who was in their company. Two others of the soldiers were wounded. DISTURBANCES IN THE SOfiTH.—There are accounts in town from the counties of Tipperary, Limerick, Cork, and Clare, of assemblages of the people, for the purpose of preventing the transport of corn and provisions to the large towns. Upwards of twenty horses have been shot in these counties during the past two or three days, and farmers who have not been deterred from loading others with corn have received notices that if they do not desist from sending food out of their respective parishes, not only their horses 'out themselves will be shot. The con sequence of this is, the corn, flour, bread, and all other provisions are rising rapidly in price in the towns so be- leagured from without. ANOTHER " DIFFICULTY. "— AImost the whole of the barony of Forney, in the county of Monaghan, is. it is well known, the proper y of two landlords—the Marquis of Bath and Mr. Shirley. According to the Evening Mail, " their agents arranged to employ every man in barony on the lands, without presenting. All was set tled, apparently most satisfactorily, when the tenants on the Shirley estate refused to work on the estate, and de manded public works, because 5 per cent. was eventually to be charged them for the improvements made, though they admitted that they would be benefited 25 per cent. Such is Ireland ! The quarrel is to be determined and settled by Government inquiring into the matter." DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING. — In the townland of Killaghey, near Donaghadee, during the awful thunder storm which occurred on the 28th ultimo, a thunderbolt descended through the roof of a house, belonging to a man named John Jamison, and killed his son, a boy about eleven years of age, and a goat that was standing in the middle of the floor. Jamison's wife, who was sitting at the fire, was struck senseless, and deprived of sight for a considerable time. A child in the cradle fortunately escaped without injury. The electric fluid then separated, one portion tearing away the front of the cabin, the other proceeding backwards into the sleeping apartment, and thence into the cow-house, where it killed two cows—the man's entire stock. The house is so much damaged that it cannot be occupied.— Downpatrick Recorder. ABUSE OF CHARITY DI IRELAND.—The cry from Ireland is for employment, and the mode of providing it has been decided to be the making of such public works as will be most Permanently beneficial to the country, and employ the greatest amount of unskilled labour. It seems that under the catalogue of permanently beneficial works are to he ranked Roman Catholic chapels. At Timoleague. in Cork, £3OO has been assessed upon the people of all classes for the buildiiog of a Roman Catholic chapel. At Balintubber, in Mayo, Mr. Dillon Browne exerts all his bland persuasions upon tCe Lord-Lieutenant to have the ratepayers assessed for a similar purpose ; while Mr. Thomas Steele announced to the R epea l Asso ciation, amidst great cheering, that " he had just returned from , Clare, where he attenitz,d a haronial s'ssioos at which £3500 was Erauted ler Aniiihing the Catholic church at Ennis." One obstacle is removed from the alleviation of the Irsh distress, end, instead of the multiplication of useless roads, the labour of the people may now be directed - into channels that will afford a return for the expenditure. The Lord Lieutenant has, on his own responsibility, under taken to correct'the imperfections of the Labour Act, and Sessions may now present for " works of a reproductive character and permanent utility," in the assurance that such of them as shall be recommended by the Board of Works his Excellency will sanction and approve. This is a step in advance, and if taken earlier would have saved a good deal of needless discussion and a great many ridiculous proposals. Plans for drainage, &c., will now be entertained, so that land may be improved while po verty is relieved. The editor of the Cork Constitution was last month en joying himself with some friends in Lanarkshire, and in consequence, the usual "leaders" in that paper did not make their appearance. A day or two before the return of the editor a mysterious statement appeared in the Ro mish newspaper at Cork congratulating the friends of " Catholicity" on his conversion to the " true faith," and announcing that he was then at the " College of Oscott, in the midst of the Newmans, the Fabers, and the Puseys, confirming his belief in the creed of the fathers." The editor on his return writes an editorial notice of the cir cumstance in the Constitution, in which he says the cir cumstance " will, at all events, afford a hearty laugh to certain kind-hearted friends with whom, while it was making its appearance, instead of poring over the pulings of a demented theology in the sombre cells of Oscott, we were breathing the pure air of Heaven on the healthful hills of Lanarkshire." CHARGE AGAINST AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN.—AII investigation was held in Passage yesterday into the cir cumstances attending the deaths of three emigrants, on board the American ship, the Metoka. The vessel in question had left Liverpool a short time since, with Irish emigrants, bound for New York, but having suffered some damage, after leaving port, she was obliged to put into Passage to refit. The emigrants on landing here, alleged that they has experienced bad treatment from Captain M`Larcona, the captain of the Metoka, and that his con duct to the individuals who had died on the voyage from Liverpool, was cruel and neglectful. After a long exami nation of witnesses the decision of the bench was read to the effect that with respect to the first charge—that the passengers died on board from neglect of the Captain— they acquitted him of that ; they were of opinion that the second charge—that the provisions and water were not served out according to law—was proved, and they there convicted Captain M'Laren in the mitigated penalty of £25 sterling. They reduced the penalty on account of the small number of hands on board (which, however, was not the fault of the Captain), to which they attributed the want of water complained of by the passengers, more than to any neglect of the Captain, or want of supply. The magistrates were unanimous in their determination, and that if the penalty was to be paid by the owners, and if it amounted to £3OO instead of £25, they would have given it gainst them. The owners had been guilty of dreadful neglect i❑ sending out the Metoka from Liver pool with not half the number of hands she would have carried.—Mr. Walsh, counsel for the Captain, thought it right to mention that the American Consul, came over here in an American vessel of 1,200 tons and only 22 men. According to the practices in the American service, such a number •of hands was considered quite sufficient.— Cork Constitution. THE CLURT 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD. Her Majesty will, next week, quit Windsor Castle to pay a visit to the Queen Dowager, at Cashiobury Park. The Hon. Itobert Boyle has been appointed a Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. Earl Cooper is likely to be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Kant, in the room of Lord Thanet. Lord and Lady Stanley have returned to the Earl of Derby's seat, Knowsley, from visiting the Earl and Ccuntess of Ellesmere, at Woraley Hall, Lancashire. It is said that Lieut.-General Sir Edward Blakeney will be promoted to the rank of general ; Prince George of Cambridge from major-general to lieut.-general, and be appointed to the command of the forces in Ireland. The Duchess of Gloucester has been spending last week with the Earl of Ellesmere, at Worsley. . The Dowager Lady Wharncliffe had been on a visit to the noble earl tor a few days previously. We regret to announce another elopement in high life, under circumstances of an aggravated nature. Captain Francis Lovell, of the Ist Life Guards, has been paying his addresses to Lady Rose Somerset, fourth daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. The parents objected to the mart-410e at present, on account of the youthful age of the lady, being only seventeen, but admitted the Cap tain as a constant visitor. Advantage was taken of the absence of the Duke and Duchess from Badminton, and the parties eloped to the border. RAILWAY 11V71LL.LIGL.NCE. The Strangford and Peterborough railway was opened last week The meeting of the Chester and Birkenhead railway railway on Wednesday, was adjourned till to-morrow. The Great Northern have confirmed the purchase of the Stamford and Spalding, and Captain Laws says that at least 100 miles will be in work before July, 4818. The Scottish Railway Gazette of Saturday gives a de plorable account of the mischief done to the North British line by the floods following the " heavy and continuous rains." Excise, Stamps SHREWSBURY AED CHESTER RAlLWAY.—Engines have traversed the line from Chester as far as Ruabon during the last few days :.but the opening of this Railway for public use has not yet been officially announcfd, The first experimental trip on the Lynn and Ely Rail way was performed on Friday from Lynn to Dow nham. 'the train conveyed a number of the directors and their ve optima- enrougn in a few weeks. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.—An important junction between this line and that of the Maryport aL,d Carlisle, is in contemplation of being formed at Saint Nicholas, thus obtaining at once a direct railway communication with the sea ports on the west coast of Cumberland. — Carlisle Patriot. The Bridlington branch of the Hull and Selby Railway was opened last week. The l►ne being jointly leased to the York and North Midland and Manchester and Leeds Companies, the directors and their friends to the num ber of about 1,000 left Hull about 11 o'clock in the fore noon, in a train consisting of 51 carriages, drawn by three engines. The train stopped at Cotten ham, Beverley, and Driffield, to take up the inhabitants of those plyees who had received invitations. The train arrived at Bridling ton shortly after one o'clock. FIRE IN A RAIKWAY TRAIN.—..ks one of the trains was proceeding near Whitacre to Birmingham, a mass of red hot cinders from the funnel of the engine fell amongst the passengers of a third-class carriage. One gentleman had his coat completely destroyed, and a female passenger had a very narrow escape. Her umbrella took fire, and the flames were communicating with her dress, when a man, at a great risk, rescued her from the burning frag ments, and saved her from dreadful injury, if n3t from death. The passengers were in imminent peril of being roasted alive. DESTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE.—Among the disasters occasioned by the recent floods is one dreadful to look upon. In the place in question there is a❑ embankment which, we are told, is quite without a rival in regard to extent. This embankment fills up a deep and extensive ravine,, and so connected two projecting points of the ravine as enabled the railway to proceed along. This majestic embankment is 136 feet in height, and about 50 in breadth. Under it were a few barrel arches for the purposes of allowing free course to the water leading from the adjoining towns. These appear to have been too small for the purposes intended. At all events, on the evening of Monday and morning of Tuesday, the water stood in a body for about half a mile in length. up the glen, and upwards of 100 feet in height. This unwonted circumstance burst the barrel arches ; the mighty body of water referred to covered trees, outhouses, and some dwelling-houses; and, pressing against the embankment, carried it away, causing the chasm.—Edinbro' paper. A BANKRUPT RAILWAY COMPANY.—A fiat Of bank ruptcy was opened in London, on Tuesday morning againgst the Tring, Reading, and Bassingstoke Railway Company, the shareholders having determined upon " winding up " the scheme, and resolving that the disso lution should be considered as an act of bankruptcy. There seems to be little doubt but that the remaining assets, variously estimated at front £12,000 to £20,000, will fully satisfy the demands of the whole of the creditors, so that the contest respecting " liability," or " non-liability," will ultimately rest between the provisional committee and the shareholders. As these r6pective parties have at the recent meetings held on the aff,tirs of the company ma- nifested a strong degree of antagonism, it seems 'likely that the proceedings under the bankruptcy will furnish some curious disclosures relative to the organization of the project, and the subsequent allotment of shares under the 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 28, it hes excited more than usual interest among parties who identified them selves with the late railway speculation, especially those defunct and abortive undertakings. ACCOMMODATION BY THE LONDON AND NORTH. WEsTERN RAILWAY.—The number of stations on this line from London to Birmingham, with branch to Ayles bury, 120 miles, is in all 25, of which — Stations Population .1,578,515 5 are in Middlesex 7 in Hants.. I in Bucks. 2 in Beds 5 in Northamptonshire 5 in Warwickshire :57.237 15 5,989 10 ,9.i7 199,062 4,72,121 25 2,598,96 t Showing that the London and North-Western, in its first section of 120 miles, between London and Birming ham, accommodates, with its five-and-twenty stations, a population, between north and south, of 2,5 98,961. On its branch from Northampton to .. Peterborough, 47 m il es, there are 14 stations, all in Northamptonshi re . F rom Birmingham to Liverpool, 97 miles, there are 24 stations, of which— Stations 3 are in Warwickshire 9 in Staffordshire 9 In Cheshire 3 in Lancashire Population . 4 02,121 . 51 0,2115 . 395,ug .1,667,063 24 2,974,691 So that this section of °a miles, and 24 stations, accom modates 2,974,691 souls. On the Northern branch, from Liverpmil to Manchester, 3'► miles, there are 21 stations, all in Lancashire. From Birmingham to Manchester. 35 miles, there are 26 stations-3 hi WarwiekstAre; 9in Staffordshire, 11 in Cheshire, and 3in Lancashire. On the Chester and Birkenhead, in the same counties, there are 11 stations in 16 miles. Hence the London and North-Western accommodates a population of upwards of 3 millions over its total area of 328 miles, exclusive of its large collateral traffic frcm the north and south, and from Ireland and Scotland, having connected with its large ramifying system a total of I;11 Chronicle. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Property Tax. Post Office... Crown Lands. Miscellaneous Total Ordinary Revenue.... Irnprest &other Moneys Repayments of Advances .. 13,811,380 Decrease I 1846 UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. THE NEW BISHOP.—The Rev. John Bull, D.D., canon of Exeter cathedral, has been named as the proba ble first bishop of Manchester. The Bishop of NewfouncilanJ is shortly expected home. His lordship's object is to bring the necessities of his mis sion before the Church in England. The Rev. Mr. Marshall, an evening lecturer in one of the city churches, has been appointed successor to the Rev. T. Dale in the vicarage of St. Bride, London. The living is worth £550. A representation has been made to the Bishop of Chi chester by the parishioners of New Shore-am, near Brigh ton, relative to a sermon on auricular confession recently delivered by the Rev. Mr. Wheeler, the vicar, founded on the words, " Show thyself to the priest." In the event of the bishop declining to interfere the circumstances will he brought under the notice of the Archbishop of Canterbury. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—At the meeting of the General Committee, on the Ist inst., fifteen new grants, amounting to £1262, were made ; ten of these are for additional curates, one is to provide an income for the incumbent of a new church and district, and four for lay assistants. The aggregate population under the ministe rial care of the incumbents is 114 400, and the average amount of their incomes £l6l. Thirteen of the incum bents are without parsonage-houses. At the same meet ing, twenty-one grants for additional curates and five for lay-assistants, amounting to £1950, were renewed. The society now aids 311 incumbents, having under their minis terial care 2,151,027 souls, or each an average charge of 6916 souls, while the average rate of their incomes is only £199, and 156 of these incumbents are without parson age-houses. The grants provide stipends for 296 clergy men and 68 lay-assistants, calling for an expenditure of £32,333 per annum, when all the grants shall be in opera tion. 235 curates and 61 lay-assistants, are now sup ported by the society, and the actual payments of the in stitution are now at the rate of £26,423 per annum. Twenty -three applications for grants for seventeen addi tional curates and six lay-assistants, requiring a further sum of £1822 to provide the stipends, are now before the Committee. Amongst the last grants was £5O towards the payment of a curate at St. John's Church, Liverpool. THE REVENUE (From the Observer.) The official returns of the public revenue, for the year and quarter ending the 10th of October, were made up at a late hour last night. We call attention to the gratifying fact that they exhibit an increase on the year and quarter, as compared with the corresponding periods of last year, the increase on the year being £88,264, and on the quarter £539,064 ; and that in the Excise department there is an increase on the year of £182,717, and on the quarter of £226,820. The Property-tax also exhibits an increase on the year of £265,031, and on the quarter of £148,245. An Abstract of the Net Produce Of the Revenue . of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended the 10th of October, 1845 and 1846, showing the Increase or De crease thereof. EARS ENDED OCTOBER 10 462,472 226,820 8,661 48,245 8,000, 15,000 59,548 LARGE ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN FLOUR.—The New York packet-ship, Northumberland, arrived on Thursday in the London Dock with 5,000 barrels of flour, each weighing one hundred weight and three quarters, a large quantity of .cheese, and 3,000 kegs of turpentine. WHOLESALE POACHING.—The trains of the White haven Junction between Workington and Harrington, destroy numbers of hares, which get upon the line from the adjoining preserves of Henry Curwen, Esq., thus enabling the gate-keepers to participate in the luxury of an occasional dish of hare soup. A cask of treacle was, in May last, delivered by mistake with some casks of liquid manure. The labourers min gled it with compost and applied it to turnips, and a splen did crop has been the result. The railway official who committed the blunder arrived just as the unctuous fluid was running auroad in a bed of dung. Letters dated Trieste, 28th ult., state that on that day an estafette had arrived in that port from London, supposed to be from the British government, with orders to buy up all the Indian Corn at that place and at Alexandria, toge ther with all the peas, beans, and all the other lentils to be had there. The new Mariners' Church near the London Dock, the foundation stone of which was laid by the Prince Albert in the early part of the summer, is rapidly approaching completion, and the rapidity with which the structure has been raised has surprised every one. The tower and spire are finished. O❑ Wednesday, the tide of the river Thames rose to an alarming height, causing a serious destruction of pro perty situate in all the low-lying cellars and warehouses near the water-side. At Bankside and Lambeth the loss of property is very great. The flood is mainly attributed to the boisterous state of the weather. On Tuesday evening week, Robert Scurfield, Esq., well known as a most extensive shipowner and very wealthy inhabitant of Sunderland, committed suicide, by hanging himself. One statement assigns the fatal act to a morbid apprehension of poverty, which, notwithstanding his great wealth, had recently haunted his imagination. By an explosion of sulphur at the coal-pit of the late Mr. Horton, Lyttleton-hall,West Bromwich, on Saturday week, three men lost their lives, and seven others were dreadfully burned, their bodies in some parts being lite rally roasted by the flame and blackened by the clouds of vapour. _ _ _ FOREIGN FRUIT AND CATTLE.—The Battavier, Dutch steam-ship, arrived on Thursday at St. Katharine's wharf from Rotterdam, with 70 oxen, 12 calves, 50 sieves of grapes, and a large quantity of Walnuts. The Antwerpen steamer, from Antwerp, arrived the same day, with 100 bags of walnuts. The Essex Standard says that the potato crop in that neighbourhood, is decidedly freer from disease this year than last. The Nottingham Journal says that parties in that county, who are digging their potatoes, find them much better than anticipated, both in quality and quan tity. Most of the provincial papers of last week speak in somewhat similar terms as to this useful vegetable. Lord Fitzhardinge and his brother, Grantley Berkeley, member for West Gloucestershire, for reasons best known to themselves, have quarrelled, and the noble earl has announced to the constituency that he will not sup port his brother at the next election. Mr. Berkeley has published a long address, challenging his brother to at tend a meeting of the electors. AN ACTRESS IN DISTRESS.—Mrs. Anna Yates, an actress at the Pavilion Theatre, aged about forty, at tempted to drown herself in the Thames the other day, but was prevented by a waterman. It appeared she had been in want, and stated that a person to whom she owed money had insulted her. A very high character for inte grity was given to her by a worthy baker, who, conjointly with another person, became bail for her. AWFUL EVENT.— Last Sunday morning, Thomas Jones, one of the young men engaged as assistant filler, while throwing in a basket full of cinder into the furnace, by some means or other overbalanced himself, and feil into the fuller of the heated crucible, and in about three minutes was entirely consumed. The blast was immedi ately thrown off, but not a fragment of the body could be found.—Monmouthshire Merlin. THE CARLTON CLUB.—The whole of the Premises in Pall Mall, situate between the Carlton Club and the Duke of Buckingham's, have been razed, the site they occupied being required for the enlargement of the Carlton Club house. It is intended to raise the building another story ; an entirely new architectural frontage will also be built, the estimated cost of the alterations and improvements being 22,000. It is stated that the Marquis of Exeter intends to allow his potato crops to remain in the ground throu;h the winter, a covering of manure being laid over them to exclude frost—G. Finch, Esq., of Burley-on•the-Hill, has had his potato crops burnt, having considered them as unfit for man or beast ! The benevolent gentleman has made a handsome provision of rice for his labourers, as a substitute. An officer of artillery of high standing has been se lected, with the consent of both parties, to test the merits of Lieutenant Warner's inventions, both of the shell and long range ; and that the Treasury has appropriated the sum of £1,50,1 to defray the expenses of the experi ments ; so that the curiosity of the public has at length some prospect of being gratified in respect to this questio vexala. Oct. 13, 1846. It is stated on what we believe to be unquestionable' authority, that the French Government —or, in other words, his Majesty Louis Philippe—has d ewan d e d the surrender of Don Carlos Louis Conte de Montemolin by the English Cabinet. We hear that the reply of Lord Palmerston to this monstrous requisition was the only one a British Minister ought to make—that England was a free country, and that any foreigner, no matter what might be his political opinions, was entitled to an asylum so long as he respected our taws.—Morning Post. Loss OF THE BRIG CLIFTON,' OF NEWCASTLE, WITH SIN OF HER CREW, AT SEA.—It appears that the Clifton took on board at Buctush a cargo of timber for London ; and on the 9th of September proceeded an her intended voyage. On the 19th of the same month she encountered violent gales, ranging from the S. to N.S.W., at which p 'rind the vessel became water-logged, and turned bottom upwards : her masts then gave way, and she righted. Six men were drowned ! After the survivors had spent three days and three nights in the main-top, they were seen by Captain Gorwin, of the barque Secret, who took them on board, and brought them to Penarth Roads on Thursday.—airdiff Paper. THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL.—At Hounslow barracks on Wednesday afternoon, the finding of the late court martial was read with the sentence, the latter being im prisonment for six months, including solitary confine ment at various portions of that period, not exceeding two months. Private Nlathewson objects to the legality of the proceedings, on the ground that he was tried by the name of Thomas Mathewson, while his proper name is John Thomas Mathewson. Formerly that objection would have been fatal to the proceedings ; but since every man entering the army has latterly had a number given him, by which he is alone known and tried, it is con sidered that the objection will not stand good. SCOTLAND.—" The Times Commissioner has been sent to the Highlands of Scotland. He dates the first letter from Ardgay, Ross-shire, on the 22nd of September. The result of his investigation thus far is, that there has been a general failure in the potato crop, and that there is con sequent scarcity and privation ; but that good employ ment is abundant in the eastern islands, and that with activity and self-dependence the pressure may be m et. He extends his investigation to the general cause of po' verty in the Highlands, and discovers that they are oth nographical—the idleness and helplessness of the Celtic race. In Ireland, the descendents of the ancient Scots submit to filth, poverty, and helpless lack of improvement , because they " will not be fashed" with any necessary effort at improvement. _ The Duke of Leeds, Mr. Grantley Berkeley. and the editor of the Examiner, have succeeded Lord Ripon and Mr. Crowther, as the principal group in the public letter writers of the day. The Duke refuses to allow his deer forests to be invaded by tourists. A tourist writes a word about this to the editor of the Examiner; Mr. Grantley Berkeley counterchecks the tourist in a letter to the same editor, in his individual cupactly ; the editor, in his individual capacity, snubs Mr. Berkeley ; and the Duke concludes the whole by a letter to Mr. Berkeley , confirming (against the Examiner's correspondent) the defence made of hirn by Mr. Berkeley, but apparently rather surprised that the editor, being " sour friend, and , therefore, of course, a gentl eman ," s h ou ld allow such things to be. DREADFUL TRAGEDY.—On Wednesday morning, Sharruck Richard Bragg, a bricklayer by trade, living jo the parish of Elham, about ten miles from Folkestone , rose at an early hour, and while his wife was in bed with an infant by her side, he struck her violent blows on the temple with a hammer. He then committed the like vio lence on a little girl five years of age, who lay in a side bed, and then destroyed his own life by cutting his throat immediately afterwards. His wife and child also ex pired the same night. The coroner's jury found " that the deceased, Sharruck Richard Bragg, killed and slayed Mary his wife, and Ellen his daughter, w hil s t i n an t o' sound state mind, and whilst in that insane state, destroy himself by cutting his throat with a certain razor. The wretched man was in his twenty •ninth year, a n d bore a good character. A CURIOUS APOLOGY.—Yesterday a funny looking man named Lapitt, dressed in a red coat, was charged with being drunk and incapable. He made the following de fence—" Heaven bless your honour, I'm as innocent as n babe. By your leave l'il tell you the fact, I have got 3 queer leg, a most awkward leg, which sometimes shows off all manner of antics. It reels from side to side, they dashes into the middle of the road, halts suddenly, the ° hurries rapidly along, carrying me Heaven knows where" Presently you may see me leaping into the air, then comes the catastrophe; the other leg, as sober and well conduc ted a leg as any man need wish for, is thrown off its equi librium and there is nothing to be done hut to fall prof; trate, when up comes a policeman and natu ra ll y f anc ies I am drunk"' He was discharged amid the laughter of th e court.—Cambridge Advertiser. THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE.--- 131 g; MINGHAM, TIIURSDAY.—The f our th quarter l y meeti , n° for the year of the ironmasters of the midland districts was held in the Town-ball this day. The predictions of the last few days were fully verified. BusineFs was bris k ' and the prices previously fi x ed an d announce d a t Diit and Wolverhampton were firmly m a int a i ne d. As a mat ter of course, some of the smaller m a st er s e v inced a ', position to undersell; but the general feeling was rat her e in favour of an advance than a reduction. A fear that tu ts men would demand an increase of wages alone P reellor an advance of price. The difference of opinion wb e i ek in some time past has existed with respect :0 the occasioned oc which quarter days properly fall, has again considerable inconvenience; many of the factors ref they to settle until next week, when, vs they contend, quarterly accounts become due. The millers in the e neigh' , bourhood of Halesowen still remain out, the masters be ing determined to resist the advance of price demanded co El itherto the turnouts have conduct-d themselves peace' ably. THE NATIONAL ANTI-POOR-LAW UNION.—A preli• urinary meeting was held at St. Alban's en Thursday, 't ° " consider a plan for encouragir g the wor ki ng c las, save themselves from the new Por Law sstem b tne an ' of a m ional Anti-Poor-Law Provident a nd Beny evolent Union. It was understood that such a plan would tr .. Proposed by Mr. Cabbell, who, it will be r eco . l o lected, was returned to Parliament for that borough August last, as "an m:compromising opponent of the Poor Law," and avowing that he " would look fsP e c i cially to the interests of the poor, their education , 8 % their moral improvement." The meeting was held in t' court-room of the Town-hall, and was attended b Y, 6 0 number of the tradesmen and inhabitants of St. Ail:Jan and by many working men ; at least 200 persons we l d . , present, and listened with great interest to the procee e , ings from first to last. The Mayor (Mr. Kentish) P r e sided. There was a dinner at the Town-hall in t he evening, at which about 200 gentlemen sat down , h ig Mayor again presiding, and having Mr. Cabbell on , e right. It was stated that Mr. C a bbell w ould start t's. Anti-Poor-Law Union with a subscription of 1000 gtline B , o DOUBLE SUlClDE.—Consider a ble se nsa ti on has b e t i j a created in the vicinity of St. Mary Ottery, Devca, following dreadful occurrence, by which the deaths of 5 ,,, factory girls, both young women, were i n volved. , c 1 Friday week the deceased Mary Ann Olderidgea twenty-six, and Jane Smith, were visited by a mau of' r different character, of whom Olderidge contrived to Psia sess herself of half-a-crown to get some l'quor witb , / b e never returned, the other deceased following her. Ato man subsequently meeting with them, he threatene'4 expose them to their employer if they did not immedi ab io return him his half-crown. Not having sufficient to )S F o up the required sum ; the threat appeared to opet'l e a tb powerfully on their minds, that they purchased 3d. of arsenic, with which they resolved to destroy thernse,' 0 0 They then resumed their work at the factory, en",, e d leaving at night went to a public-house, where they ta!,l e cl the poison in some cider, and drank it. Olderidge to in dreadful agony on Wednesday, and Smith followo,bs twenty-four hoUrs after. An inquest was held on bodies, when the jury returned a verdict of '' Felo de 0 1,1 Both were interred without Christian rites, in the b url ground of the parish church. AN ORIGINAL LETTER OF GRACE DA RLING'S• d l - (Sherborne Journal) have been favoured with the of the following letter, written by the lamented O rB p, • missionary, Darling to Mr. S. Burton, the sailors' ply to one sent by him relating er conduct a wreck of the Forfarshire S written in a lI,C:i and unaffected handwriting, and emits evidently t ra ce meek Christian spirit for which the mem ory of u r p "if , Darling is revered as much as for her heroism and 5- 9t,D devotion :—" Dear Sir,-1 recd. yours Dated th e ,, for Inst., for which I begs to return my sincere thano the the good advice Contained in the same. May Almighty, who alone Enabled us to do what We poll Enable me to make good use of your advice ;., needed no Apology for your letter, for I assure you vet y welcome; although I am but a very yet I hope to be found in that fold whose SheaPht Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I can say V van ce , jJiee in every thin! that I think tends CO m y self ment of his Kingdom. lamat a loss 10 lAA the better, but my parents learned me to read s,seco, Church of England Catechism, and the Generat. r A qt titt blies Short Catechism, which 1 admire as buthui Book. lam well Provided with a goer! Bible, and I '2 Please God to open them to me, I may be enable"' through the assistance of the Holy spirit, to gain pearl of great Price. I am, Dear Sir, with sincere!:: spect and good wishes to a Minister of Jesus Ch, r ‘ , l ; Your most Obt. Servant, G. 11. DARLING, Loitg%-ce°, Light, March 22d, 1539. Rev. S. Burton, Post-Og' Exeter, I).±von." ne , FEMALE FACTORY OPERATIVES.—On Wed-lec", meeting was held in Bradford, for the purpose of . ing an improvement in the moral and social condittaiitts. the female factory operatives. Lord Morpeth, field, Esq., M. P., and the Rev. Dr. Scoresby were 0 10 00' the gentlemen present. It appeared from one of the t oe o lutions that there are not fewer than 12,000 young of for d, engaged in various departments of the trade of Bra' 00 0 , of which number 200 are married, and from NOO 10 live in lodgings; and the employment and situatl°ooo these young women, especially of the married and res t weak Chiles:jail, not residing with their own families, lay them under goo. di s advantages, and expose them to many moral d, l , l The Another resolution was to the following effect l wee among the means of promoting the social and mo re c oal: fare of tips class, the following, recommended bv, c '„fter;( mittee of gentlemen on mature c.)nsidcration, and 'ere , '' with most of the spinners and manufactr at or , - L•serving of immediate experiment"... !nferenc co the town, ar t cco"„1 .t , b 1 ;,:o• Incr. 1 Decr X 501,619 18,652,552 18,150,933 .... 12,069,215 12,251 932 182 717 6,961,370 6,983,129 21,759 4,228,221 4,238,560 10,279 5,127,126 5,332,157 205,031 688,01,0 802,000 114,00( 145,000 115.000 .... 902,910 1,324,548 421,581 Taxes I 30,600 _ l _____ 955,3741 531,619 48,774,504 49,198,259! 406,619 I 224,747 1,323,760) 1,172,141 181,872 153,619 Total Income.. 150,506,883 150,595,147 1 955,3741 867,110 Deduct Decrease.. 867,110 Increase on the Year £88,264 QUARTERS EN Customs Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post Office Crown Lands . Miscellaneous 4,848,363 3,955,106 1,780,175 Total Ordinary Revenue.... Imprest&other Moneys Repayments of, Advances .. DEB OCTOBER 10. 5,310,835 4,]51,926 1,774,364 201,279 1823,883 209,000 30,000 465,102 13,312,908 209,940 1,972,128 217,000 45,000 405,554 ,14,116,717 869,198! 65,359 33,815 9.224 .... 24,591 A medley lot of " Reformers" held a preliminary meet- . ing on Friday at the Hall of Commerce, for the purpose of establishing a society, under the title of "The Na tional Alliance," with the view of organising all political parties to effect a reform in the House of Commons. It is proposed to establish a fund, to be raised on the plan of the Anti-Corn-Law League, and tracts and mission aries are to be disseminated all over the country, in order to accomplish the end proposed. 'Dap commissioners for the encouragement of the fine arts have given notice that, with the view of selecting ar- The personal estate, in England, of the late Lord Met- tists skilled in oil-painting to decorate the new houses of n..1£0. has been estimated for duty at £lOO,OOO. parliament, three premiums of £5OO each, three pre- It is stated that between seven and eight thousand jour- miums of £3OO each, and three premiums of £2OO each, neymen tailors are now out of employment in London. I will be given to the artists who shall furnish oil-paintings The Bank of England pays £30,000 per annum as in- which shall be deemed worthy of them. The paintings come-tax. are to he sent, in the course of the first week in June, A project is on foot for placing a small steamer on Co- 1847, for exhibition to Westminster-hall. niston lake by next summer. FOOT RACE.—On Tuesday a match between J. Sher- Eliza Lawrence, the Swiss giantess, drowned herself in don and R. Manks (both of Saeffield) came off in the pre the Thames, on Tuesday, in a fit of despondency, induced sence of at very large assemblage of persons. Sheldon by want. staked £l2O to £lOO of his opponent. The ground cho- Sir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of State for the sen for the occasion was from the second mile post to the Home Department, has suffered the penalty of disfran- i first on the Doncaster and York turnpike road. The chisement. The flaw in Sir George's claim was clerical betting was 5t04 on Sherdon. Manks gave up about An explosion of fire-damp took place on Monday at a , 400 yards from home, and Sherdon went in the winner.— pit connected with the Clyde Iron works, by which six 1 Doncaster Gazette. persons lost their lives. i A FLAW !—A rather curious flaw, not in the indict- The import duty on wheat is now 7s. per quarter. It l went but in the " improvement" act, which, it is said, is expected to be 4s. (the lowest it can be under the pre- , cost the citizens of Hereford some £l5OO, has just been sent law) in the course of a week or two. I discovered. In the marginal note to one of the clauses a The French newspapers state that almost all the fish i penalty is prescribed against parties who wash carriages in have this year quitted the ccast of France, and betaken ! tae public streets, whereas, on reference to the clause themselves to that of Scotland. itself, the fine is for making carriages in this odd work- PAPERING A PLACE OF WORSHIP.—A novel mor'e shop, to which it is not likely any handicraftsman would of decorating a place of worship, has been displayed in , resort. The clause is. therefore, not merely useless but the papering of Bridge-street chapel, Bristol. ridiculous.—Hereford Journal. On Monday, a riot took place between some labourers Miss Strickland accuses Lord Campbell of stealing from on the Newcastle and Berwick railway, in which one of 1 her " Lives of the Queens of England" to fill up his the Irish labourers stabbed a man, who died irnmedi- " Lives of the Chancellors," and the editor of Dolman's ately. The perpetrator was secured. afayazine accuses Miss Strickland of stealing frcm Dr. The body of a man named Richard Green, of Rowley i Lin g ard's notes in his " History of England, in order to Regis, has been found dead in a pond, under very euspi- i fill up her biography of the Queens. But as the learned cious circumstances of having been foully murdered; I all of them, stolen, or at least mere but no evidence of the offender has yet been traced.doctor's notes are, I transcipts and translations from old chronicles, we think Lord Napier has written a letter to Captain Napier, in I it will require all the editor's acquired jesuitry to bring in reference to a discussion in the India House. His lord- I Miss Strickland guilty. ship declares " his entire approval of Sir Charles Na- I DISMISSAL OF CADETS.—Notwithstanding four gen pier? s conduct." Omen cadets were expelled from the Royal Military FALSE PROPERTY RETURNS.—The government are Academy, Woolwich, under the command of Colonel B. prosecuting some parties in the neighbourhood of Not- ! Parker, C. 8., some days ago, for an outrage upon the tingham, for having made false returns under the pro- j person of mother cadet, who was compelled to go to the petty and income tax acts. hospital, yet it e ras been found necessary to expel four A correspondent of the Mornin_o Chronicle is of opi- I more on charges of intoxication, &e. The gallant Lieut.- nion that in the highlands and islands of Scotland 50,000 Governor is determined not to allow the least impropriety families have to maintain themselves on less than ss. a of conduct degrading to tire service. week. SELF-STARVATION.—Thomas Miller, 39 years of age, Last week, a baby was suffocated in London, whilst at of unsound mind, was committed to the Westminster its mother's breast. The mother fell asleep on - the sofa, I House of Correction, on the 10th of last month, from Marylebone Police-court, for creating, a disturbance in with her infant in her arms, and when she awoke, the child was black in the face. I the street, and in default of finding sureties. From the CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.-011t of seven men killed and moment he entered the prison be obstinately refused to four injured at the lamentable accident at the Aberdeen take any food, and, although a small quantity was forced Railway, " Alexander" was the Christian name of seven down his throat, be died on Monday morning. A con)- of the unfortunates. , ner's jury found that "he died from disease of the brain." SHOCKING EXIIIBITION.—A few days ago, a man 1 THE STAGE.—The theatre is declining. Twenty years named Beckett, hostler in a village in Y or k s hi re , di e d i n ! ago, the hivher arid middle classes numbered many pro consequence of having attempted to drink two quarts of ' fessed admirers and patrons of the drama. Kemble and ale in one draught a few days previous. Kean, Matthews and Macready, had their myriads of ad- It is announced by a contemporary that Mr. Pnein has been looking at Mr. Crockford's shut-up hell, and it is miters, and the stage was a common topic of conversation in general society. Now, Covent-garden is given up to surmised that it is to be converted into a Roman Catho- i musical promenades, and Drury-lane to an Italian opera. lie chapel. Mr. Braham sings at taverns, Mr. C. Kernble lectures I Mr. Braham, it is said, is about to retire from profes- and reads Shakspeare in mechanics' institutes. Mr. sional life, though previous to doing so he will make a Macready is acting at the Surrey Theatre! tour of the provinces. The death of his daughter's hus- DEPRESSED STATE OF THE PRINTING BUSINESS.— band, the Earl of Waldegrave, without issue, renders it The scarcity of employment which has prevailed for a no longer necessary that he should pursue his labours. considerable portion of the present year amongst the prin. FATAL FIRE.—t )n Friday night a dreadful fire took tees of the metropolis has scarcely ever been equalled. place at the bookseller's shop of Mr. Sharpe, Southwark. I During the last six months the compositors of London The premises were comp'etely destroyed, and Mr. Sharpe's I have disbursed towards the relief of their brethren out of eldest daughter, aged 19, was unfortunately burnt to death work a sum exceeding £ l2OO . Each per son has received during the conflagration. 6s. a week, the number of recipients ranging fro m 160 t o THE CORN AVERAGES.—It appears by the weekly re- 230. Even at the present time, when trade in former turn of the general averages of grain, that the sales of years has been considered good, their number amounts to wheat have amounted to the very large extent of 18-1,300 210. quarters, and of barley to 15,147 quarters. The duty upon News have arrived of the total wreck of the ship Active, foreign wheat is on the decline. of London. the property of Messrs. Wilson and Cooke, On Tuesday week, as some workmen were putting in a merchants, of Bermondsey, on the coast of Coramandel. new window at Carlisle Cathedral, a stone weighing four The greater part of the passengers were saved, but nine cwt., fell into the choir, within a few seats occupied by of the crew were drowned. ck The as vessel and her contents were totally lost. The wre h circled considerable the clergyman, the precentor, and singing - boys , all of whom escaped unhurt. attention from the fact of the charts by which Captain Renant steered being incorrect to the extent of fourteen The poll for the election of the Lord Mayor of London was closed on Tuesday, when the numbers were — Car - miles. The value of the ship and cargo is computed at roll, 1,653; Wood, 1,641; Hooper, 321. Sir George between £30,000 and £ lO,OOO . The owners are under- Carroll has since been chosen Lord Mayor by the Court stood to be fully insured. of Aldermen. IRRELIGION OF THE DAY.—There is nothing too Last week, an incendiary fire took place on the , pre- sacred now to escape the fate of going into Punch. As the Herald says, we may soon expect a Comic Prayer miser of Mr. James Watson, of Wandley, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, by which fourteen stacks of wheat of Occasional portions of its com i ca lity, as "My Bo o k ; and then Punch laughs at the Herald,—the ob and hay were destroyed. The value is estimated at jeet m orality, their loyalty, and their reli g i on . Ti l e reg ions of grandmother. alk eak people are l aug h e d ou t o f th e i r On Sunday, the wall of the esplanade at Weymo uth £2,000. folly arc surely wide enough without these invasions of away a portion of the carriage road, and the spray bro ke I ribaldry. No subject of the d a y o ff ere d fi ner m aterials 1 Association ;' and yet they for ridicule than , some of the proceedings of tine " British Was much injured by a violent storm. The waves carried , were carried to the least ac es high as the bed-room windows of the opposite houses. 1 The amount of damage is estimated at £l, OOO . HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY LADS.—On Wednesday eve the Hon. Captain Forrester. ar_d Captain M'Donald h ave, The Earl of Chesterfield, Prince George of Ca mbrid g e, 1 during six days in Nottinghamshire, killed 18'3 4 head of I ning, betwe n s i x an d seven o ' c l oc k, as tGeoree Leman, a count. l !act thirteen years of age, in the employ of Mr. Levy , the - am tine toll• este in, the game ; sport scarcely to be equalled, but not to be stir- 1 , Total Income Deduci 473,881 199,882 i 273,999 14,350,444 878,4221 339,358 339,358 Increase on the Quarter.... £539,064 GENERAL MISCELLANY. passed upon any estate in the siogu , ,,.. CAUTION.—We have frequently called attention to th dangerous effects likely to result from bottles after cleansing. The Medical an instance of a terson having been recently after having drank liquor in which it proved two pellets of shot bail deposited enrbonat,:i: of lead. The individual recovered after having buGred violent pains. actor wag pr. , ceedin:: t -road, ti , ette Inc Aed him dov his pockets, f one of which they took a brown perm parcel containing ab:att 1:8 in gold and Fiber, which ho was entrusted to carry to the Kcasington-gate, RA got dear off. A police man ileard the cries of the boy and hastened to the svo; . , but by the time he reached the thieves had escaped. a ot Avv-tb h of whiel I now livinc in loc truy rce and motherly 43 they should be p 7 k., sirging, occasional delivery of 1 fourth] d pract 4ureA on at depcsits tt, Second! ander the the organisatim of a general sub-.-- :fac•o principl,s, for enccgraging :*nd