The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

Oct. 6, 1R46. Loral aith Vrobinrial 3r1115. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. HENRY BOOTH.—The sub scription to this testimonial amounts to £3150 12s. STEALING SUG AR.—On Friday, at the Police-court, John Cain was committed for three months for stealing sugar from a warehouse in Sparling-street. The majority of Earl Grosvenor will be celebrated in Chester on the 13th inst., by a public dinner at the Royal Hotel, at wh'ch the Mayor will preside. Mr. Migault has, since his return from the continent, been, by the present Head Master, reappointed German Blaster to the Royal Institution School. A fire broke out in the timher yard of Mr. Wilkinson, builder, Atherton -street, on Tuesday, and did about £lOO worth of damage The interesting exhibition of the model of Jerusalem continues to attract hosts of visitors. No one should omit seeing it. The Re;. Mr. Bidinerd and Mr. Ashuard of Philadel phia, delegates to the Evangelical Alliance, who were wrecked in the great Britain, sailed for America on Fri day morning in the packet-ship New York. The Poor. law Commissioners state, in a letter to our Select Vestry, that the latter body would not be justified in providing a building for the occupation of the Com mittee of the Night Asylum. The sum of £lo—being money received for the use of his windows, on the occa , ion of Prince Albert's visit— has been forwarded by Mr. Tuton, Lord-street, to the treasurer of the Liverpool Sailors' Home. On Thursday, at the Police -court, a marine store keeper, was committed for trial, charged with receiving nearly a ton of logwood, which had been stolen from George's Dock. Yesterday week, a little girl named Emma Smith, slipped down into a cellar in Haigh -street, and died soon after. The accident was cause d b y t h e wan t o f railings round the cellar. On Thursday, James Jordan was committed by Mr. Rushton for picking a gentleman's pocket of a silk hand kerchief. The gentleman, whose name was Baldwin, was at the time stanuing at a stationer's shop-window in Rich mond-street. _ . In the course of this month Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Fre derick Douglass, and George Thompson intend to hold a public meeting in Liverpool, on the subject of American slavery, wi' h esp cial reference to the recent decisions of the Evangelical On Thursday, Mr. Hugh Craig, son of Mr. H. Craig, of Percy-street, in this town, was elected first Iliff scho lar of the R,,yal Institution schools. The examiners were the Rev. T. B. Monk, and the Rev. C. P. Swainson, tutor, and fellow of Corpus College, Cambridge. At the meeting of the Manchester Agricultural Associ ation, last week, the report alluded to the union of that society with the one at Liverpool. Every wish was ex pressed for the junction of the two bodies as soon as pos sible. - The steamer Oriental, built by Messrs. Wilson and Son, of this town, after plying between Alexandria and Southampton for six years, 'pis been put on the Constan tinople and BlFick Sea line. She has proved herself one of the finest steamers ever built. Lord Comber:Dere is announced as President, and Sir P..cle M. Grey Egerton, Bart. M.P. and George Wilbra ham, E,cl as Vice-Presidents, for the annual meetinz of the South Cheshire Agricultural Society, to be held at Northwich on Friday next. DOCK ROBBERIES.—On Friday, at the Police-office, Brian Fallon was committed for two months for stealing albs. of horse hair from the Fame, a vessel in the Queen's Dock. Thomas Campbell was committed for three months for stealing ropes from the Colonist, a vessel in the Brunswick Dock. The passengers on the outward-bound voyage of the British end Notth American royal mail steam-ship Bri tannia, presented Captain Hewitt with a very flattering and substantial testimonial of their esteem. It consists of an elegant silver vase, richly chased, and a salver to correspond. On Friday morning, a man named John Cosspell, who was about 46 years of age, and who lived by himself in a cellar in Pine-street, was found dead in bed. The only reason that could be assigned for his awfully sudden death was that he had been drinking hard for the last four months. • A young woman who left Liverpool last week, in the steamer Queen, lot Wbitehaven, was found drowned in the harbour at the latter port, on Friday morning. In ber trunk were found two ►etters addressed " Sarah Bar wise." She appeared during the previous evening In a low desponding way. On Tuesday last, Alderman Thos. Wood, framework knitter, was elected Lord Mayor of the city of London.— Liverpool Mercury. [Three mistakes in two lines. Mr. Alderman Wood is a solicitor—he has not yet been elected Lord Mayor of London—and could not, there fore, have been so on Tuesday, as stated M. Stocqueler, who has so ably assisted the efforts now making to abolish the East India Company's monopoly of salt, will be in Liverpool to-day. The object of his visit is to promote an organized combination amongst the shipping and mercantile interests in favour of the views of the association of which he is secretary. On Saturday night a slight fire took place in the office of Mr. Wilson Forster, Temple-street, and on Sunday morning a fire occurred in the shop of Mr. Anderson, druggist, Great Crosshall-street. No material damage was done in either case. Both fires originated in Inciter Matches being left under a shelf. PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.—No fewer than 554 parties availed themselves of the use of the baths at Manchester during the past week. Of these 71 were females, 43 were persons who engaged private baths, and JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—On Thursday, at the Po lice-court, a little girl, not twelve years old, was com mitted to prison for a month for taking a pair of boots from the feet of a little girl whom she met in some fields near Brownlow-hill. On the same day another girl, con• siderably younger than the previous prisoner, was charged with stealing a number of toys from a shop in Tithebaria street. There were imported into Liverpool this year, from America, 877,659 barrels of flour, and from Canada, 246,276, in all, 1,123,935 barrels. The increase of Indian corn was remarkable. In 1845, the import was 37,000 quarters—in 1846, 192.000 quarters. The stock at pre sent in Liverpool is 34.000 barrels of flour, free and in bond, and about 200,000 quarters of wheat, free and in bond. The other grain may be estimated at 100,000 quarters. DEFEND A MAN FROM HIS FRlENDS. — Nicholas Bine'', a brawny specimen of Erin's sons, was on Thurs day charged at the Police court with having attempted to disencumber the feet of James Donnelly of a pair of boots, as he lay drunk and fast asleep in a float in Canning place. Police-constable 584 detected him in the act, and he acknowledged he was taking them to procure drink. The parties, it appeared, were acquaintances, and had both been taken to Bridewell, Donnelly for safety. Mr. Rushton to Donnelly : Did you give the prisoner authority to taste your boots (if ? Donelly, who did not appear to comprehend the question, replied, Oh, no. Magistrate : Well, but he was seen in the act of taking them off. Donelly : Oh no, he would not take them off: sure he'd rather keep them on if he saw any person taking them ff. The case was dismissed. WEST DERBY UNION.—At the weekly meeting on Tuesday, a letter was read from Mr. Fresh, inspector of nuisances, apprising the Board that the Corporation of Liverpool were endeavouring to obtain contracts for emp tying the privies and courts in Toxteth-park. The medi cal officer of the workhouse, Mr. Finch, reported that the fever patients, removed as a temporary hospital to a house in Smithdosvn-lane, were all convalescent. A number of letters and memorials to the Board were read, which ex pressed the alarm that had- spread among the inhabitants in the immediate neighbourhood of the house alluded to; and along with the letters was a certificate from two eminent surgeons as to the unfitness of the house and the danger to the people near. A committee was appointed to take steps for providing some other asylum for fever patients, should it be necessary. An additional medical officer was appointed for West Derby, to have the rural division of the township assigned to his care, at a salary of £2O. POST-OFFICE ACCOMMODATION.—In a late number of the STANDARD we mentioned that upwards of sixty of the most respectable residents of the thickly populated dis trict of Everson, of which Netherfield road North is the centre and main artery, had memorialized the Post master General to establish a branch receiving office for the accommodation of that locality. The memorial was most respectably worded, and it alleged grounds which were thought more than sufficient to justify the depart ment in acceding to the application. The population which would have been accommodated is no less than be tween 1600 and 2,000, from whom an average of 150 let ters daily might reasorably be estimated—a higher aver age than proceeds from several branch offices within the six mile circle in London, But, without any reasons be ing assigned for it, the prayer of the memorial has been declined, and thus the public in a rapidly extending dis trict have been deprived of an accommodation, for which an undoubted case was made out. The application will be renewed the first suitable opportuni , y. MORAL EFFECTS OF LIGHT. — Dark and sombre dwel lings and streets are the well-known resort of the most depraved classes in all cities and towns. This may be said to be a universal law of our social economy, and hence it becomes a matter of some importance to consider whether it would not be advisable, on moral grounds also, to attend with greater care to the construction and im provement of the residences of our labouring population. Darkness produces carelessness and depression of mind, and of the whole nervous system, especially if it be con joined with idleness, its almost necessary companion. A dark house is generally a dirty house ; and it is in dark corners that the poor accumulate filth, which they are too idle to throw nut of doors. If such dwellings were ex posed to the light of day, a sense of shame would often in. duce a superior degree of cleanliness ; and the cheerful ness of mind which a light house tends to foster would be productive of still greater advantages. Mr. Clay, in his Report on Preston, has well said, that " something may be hoped for a people who can feel ' a joy in flowers ;" but the poor can seldom possess even this small advan tage in the miserable residences we have provided tor them.—Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate. SALTPETRE SHEDS.—O. Friday, Mr. Thomas Dover was summoned before the Police-Court to answer a com plaint of having stored saltpetre in one of the cellars of his warehouses contrary to the provisions of the 34th sec tion of the 6th and 7th of Victoria. He admitted the offence, but said that there were no sheds for saltpetre in Liverpool, and he had appropriated a sort of detached warehouse in Stone-street for its reception. Mr. Rushton admitted that he had done the best under the circum stances, and promised to communicate with the Town Council on the subject. Several warehouse-owners in court, and also Mr. Samuel Holme, who was present. bore testimony to the fact, that sheds for the deposit of saltpetre were rot to be had in Liverpool, and said that private parties would not build them because they must be for the storage of saltpetre exclusively. One gentleman said that he had erected two saltpetre sheds in the town. but that he was obliged to store flour in them, because no one would send even a bag of saltpetre. Mr. Rushton said that he should not fine Mr. Dover, who had acted up to the spirit, though not up to the letter, of the act of chasers, at prices varying from ss. 3d. to 7s. 6d. Twenty three lots were undisposed of, and eighteen were sold. The Cemetery estate, which is situate at Flaybrick-hill, is composed principally of land situated between Colches ter-road and Tollernache-road, and comprises, besides fronts to these roads, two streets, called Hanmer-street and Redesdale-street. The estate was divided into eight lots, but only one lot found a bidder. The whole estate was put up at 4s. 9d. the square yard, but no person of fering, each lot was taken separately. The first, which contained 31,000 square yards, upset price ss. ad. Lot 2. 13,759 square yards, upset price ss. 3d. Lot 3. 24735 2.ninths square yards, upset price ss. 3d. Lot 4. 1,608 4-ninths square yards, upset price 7s. 3d. ; purchased by Mr. Cole tor Bs. 3d. Lot 5. 27,714 square yards, upset price 4s 9d. Lot 6. 20,662 square yards, upset price 4s. 9d. Lot 7. 26,365 square yards, upset price 3s. 9d. Lot 8. 18,307 1-ninth square yards, upset price 3s. 3d. The Forest estate, which is situated between Forest-road and Shrewsbury _road, forming Greene -street, was divided into eight lots. The whole was put up at ss. 3d. per square yard, but no advance was made, and each lot was taken separately No bidder appeared for any of the lots, and they were all withdrawn at the following prices : Lot 1 contained 9,024 square yards, 4s. 9d. Lot 2. 7,656 square yards, 4s. 9,1.. Lot 3. 11,320 square yards, ss. 33. Lot 4. 7.650 square yards ss. 3d. Lot 5. 7,540 square yards ss. 9d. Lot 6. 8.249 square yards ss. 9d. Lot 7. 7,028 square yards ss. 3d. Lot 1. 7.443 square yards ss. 93. The third division of the property com prised land situate between Laird-street, (being a conti nuation of Conway-street) and Brassey.street, and was divided into four lots. The whole was offered for Bs. 9d. per yard, but no purchaser appearing, each.lot was taken. Lot 1, containing 5395 square yards, at 11s. 9d. Lot 2. 9.115 square yards, 9s. 9d. Lot 3. 10,963 square yards, 10s. 3d., and sold to Mr. Richard Watson tor 10s. 6d. The fourth division comprised a piece of land situate on the north side of Conway street, and bounded on the north by Beckwith-street, on the east by a street 50 feet wide, called Livingston-street, and on the west by Prince Edward street, and containing in front to Conway -street and Beckwith-street, severally, 150 feet 6 inches, and in front to Livingston-street aforesaid, and also on the west side of Prince Edward-street, severally, 466 feet, and con taining in the whole 7.792 5-9ths superficial square yards. The upset price for this lot was 13s. 3d. per yard, but no offer was made. The fifth division comprised land situate imm-diately adjoining to the new market, with frontages to Market-street, Eiamilton-street, Oliver-street, and the market. The upset price for the whole was £3s 3s. per yard, but no bid was made. This completed the sale. At the close the auctioneer announced that the whole of the lots unsold would be sold at 4d. a yard advance upon the upset price. Several lots of the Park land then found purchasers by private treaty, at the price stated. Land exceeding in value £40.000 was sold. ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEWTON FARMERS' SOCIETY. On Thursday last, the anniversary of this little society, which was established in February, 1845, "to promote improvement in agriculture, and to reward the skill and industry of the cottagers and farm labourers among the tenantry of Thomas Legh, Esq.," took place at Newton. in-the-Willows The show was held in the timber-yard of Mr. Legh. The exhibition, as might be supposed from the restrictions of the rules, was not very large, but its quality was of a very superior character. Four splendid bulls were shown, and the prize was awarded to Mr. John Hatton, of Warrington. For the dairy cows' prize there were eleven competitors, and the prize was awarded to Mr. Thomas Boardman, of Newton ; Mr. J. Ward, of Warrington, carried off the second prize. For the class under three years old there were seven competitors; and Mr. William Clarke, of the Legh Arms, Newton, carried off the prize. Under two years old there were nine competitors. Here Mr, Joseph Livesley, of Goulbourne, bore away the belt, exhibiting two very superior animals, one of which obtained the prize, and the other was highly commended. Two splendid stations were shown, of a most brantif u l description, by Mr. William Johnson, and Mr. Richard Groves, both of Haydock. The prize was awarded to the first. Four excellent pairs of draught horses were exhibited, which certainly eclipsed those exhibited at Liverpool and Manchester. Mr. Andrew Cunm, of Newton, carried away the prize Only two boars were shown ; that of Mr. William Ox ley, of Warrington, received the prize. Mr. Ball, of Newton, was the other exhibitor. Six sows for breeding were shown, of a remarkably good kind. Mr. Thomas Boardman, of Newton, won the prize. Mr. Job Ashton and Mr. William Brown were the only exhibitors of fat pigs ; the former won the prize. The vegetables were greatly admired. Mr. Job Ashton, of Newton, showed the best basket of vegetables ;,he cabbages of Mr. Peter Brown, who was second best, were wonderfully large and solid. The roots, particularly the mingel wurzels, and a new kind of turnips, were exceed ingly good. In the evening a large party of farmers sat down in the Conservative-hall, to- dinner, served up by Mr. Clark, of the Legh Arms. The prizes were distributed to the successful competitors, as well as for the best managed farms, for draining, for laying down grass, for fencing, for marling, for reservoirs, and for crops. The judges, who, we must not omit to state, gave great sati s f ac ti on by the impartiality of their awards, were Mr. William Bothwell, of Winwick ; Mr. Kay, of Clifton-hall; and Mr. Best, of Lyme-park. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE DISASTER TO THE GREAT BRITAIN. have been locked after the horse is stolen. It was bard to make out lights at all ; and, as to counting differences of time, under some instances- it is impossible, or next to it. The facts are simple ;—The Captain's judgment was right up to the time of his seeing this not laid down light ; and puzzled, as he states himself to have been, to account for not being further ahead when he took it for the Calf, he acted by that light, as, I verily believe, most men would have acted under similar circumstances. " I have only to add my meed of praise for all that has been done by Captain Hosken since the occurrence—my admiration of his manly bearing under circumstances that might well have crushed a weaker mind,—and of the dis cipline and good conduct of the officers- and men under his command, who are working gallantly, I may say, under circumstances of great trial and difficulty, if not of danger. •"fhe compasses were perfectly correct, and the ship herself so strong, as to defy, hitherto, shocks from rollers and seas at high water, wbich, in my humble opinion, would by the end of last week have broken up the strbngest wooden ship that ever was built. "The ship lies in the wort position for coming off; still, if we are favoured with tolerable weather, I see, at present, no reason to doubt her being afloat by the end of the week." _ A letter from our own correspondent, dated Saturday at noon last, informs us that all the coals have now been got out of the vessel, and are laid on the grassy land just above the sands of the bay. They are sold and are being carted away. On Satutdav morning, a strenuous effort was. made to get her off. Two of the Liverpool steam tugs, Nos. 1 and 2, got alongside her larooard vinFirter, and steamed away with great vigour, but without effect, the vessel not having, apparently, started from her position from flotation or otherwise. The water rose to nearly the top of that part of the hull which is painted red, which he took to be her low-water mark. CORRhSPONDENCE. EARLY CLOSING OF THE MARKETS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sta,—ln consequence of the excitement caused by the early closing of the markets, I was induced to pay a visit to St. John's on Saturday night last, and satisfy myself as to the cause ; but to my surprise, I, found there had been more meat and fish sold at a quarter to ten than on any previous night during the year up to a quarter to ten. This information I got from some of the tenints that have been opposed to the early closing. Being an inhabitant of the neighbourhood, 1 can vouch for the peaceable state of the streets, compared to what they used to be on the eve of the Sabbath. If the Council will take the trouble to enquire who the respectable people are at the head of the opposition, they will soon see through the whole affair.—l am. Sir, yours, &c., A NEIGHBOUR OF ST. JOHN'S. 51/i October, 1846. A SLANDEROUS ACCUSATION AGAINST A PUBLIC OFFICER IN TOXTETH-PARK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR, —Having seen in the Mercury of Friday last, a most slanderous report tending to impeach my character as one of the Assistant Overseers of the township of Toxteth-park, in which it is stated that I had assis . ed in the service of objections on the municipal electors o❑ the 15th of September last, at seven o'clock in the evening, I now take this opportunity to declare most emphatically, that the above statement is false, which will appear from the following facts:— _ _ _ On the evening in question, I went to the office at five o'clock in the afternoon, and remained at my usual voca tion until near ten o'clock ilk same evening, and never was off the premises. After I left the office at night, 1 was with a few friends until near eleven o'clock ; and on my way home from Berkeley-street to Grey-street, in which street I reside, a man from the opposite side of the street came across, and asked me where a person named Thompson lived. My reply was, I did not know ; why did he ask me ? This is the whole account that consti tutes the above charge; and if I had been guilty, I would have received the reproof with humility ; but when my integrity, and the ruin of my family are at stake, 1 feel it my duty, as an honest roan, to solicit the favour of calling the attention of the " Vestry," to be held on Thursday next, to sympathise with me, and grant me that clemency which I, as a❑ injured man, can but implore under such circumstances. -1 rem in, Sir, your obedient Servant, ROBERT AYREY, Assistant Overseer of Toxteth-park. Monday, October 51h, 1846.- IeIIISMSUMIME 6 am:mammm7SaNSE7SI .. .M=MCSMI , WWW,MIS GENERAL MISCELLANY. Several locu'ts have been taken as far north as Helms dale, in Sutherlandshire. Mr. Allen, the architect, destroyed himself last week by shooting himself with a pistol. On the 223 ult. a splendid Roman Catholic chapel was opened at Skerifrith, Monmouthshire. UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE —The London Gazette of Tuesday contains but three notices of bankruptcy. During the night of Wednesday not fewer than five se rious fires occurred in various parts of the metrrnolis. On Tuesday a new Roman Catholic chapel was opened at Eckington, near Sheffield. A Greenock print declares, concerning a certain Perth sculptor, that, " not a touch of his chisel but has subse quently touched a heart." The Duke cf Wellington, it is said, will shortly go to the islands of Guernsey and Jersey to inspect the fortifi cations of those dependencies. The Royal Agricultural Society of Guernsey lave for- Mrs. Wilson, aged 60 years, the wife of Thos. Wilson, park-keeper, Carr-house, at Stainton, near Tickhill, was killed by the accidental• discharge of a loaded gun which she was removing in her own house on Saturday. Sh e died instantly. At the Central Criminal Court, London, last Saturday, a barrister at the Temple was indicted for an indecent assault on a girl, in Hyde-park. It transpired that the whole charge was a fabrication, having been concocted by the mother of the girl! The Wellington statue was on Tuesday removed from Mr. Wyatt's studio, in the Harrow Road, to the site selected for its reception, temporary or permanent, as the case may be, at the triumphal arch, Hyde Park Corner. The removal was accomplished without any accident. The match at chess between Mr. Staunton and Mr. Harrwitz is virtually deoided. In the 19th game Mr. S. gave the Dawn and two moves, and yet won in admirable style. Thus the English player has in point of fact car-. Tied the day, having won two matches out of three. The scullers' . contest between Thomas Coombes (the brother of the champion of the Thames) and Frederick Lett, of Lambeth, for £5O, came off on Wednesday after noon, and resulted in favour of Coombes, who won by about 250 yards. Throughout the Isle of Man the crops may now be said to be safely housed. Wheat and barley are said to be average crops ; but oats are extremely d-ficient and light in weight. Grass was never more abundant at thi3 season, and turnips are good every where. Potat es, as a mattor of course, are very bad. A child, named George Chapman, on Wednesday week, was found hanging from a beam in an out-house at Dray cott, Cheddar, He had wished to visit Draycott fair that morning, but was requested by his 'parents first to bait the horse. He was afterwards observed crying, and with in a short time was discovered hanging, and quite dead. The harvest-home of the hop-pickers has been gene rally celebrated in Herefordshire, and it is a pleasing sight to witness wacgon-loads of industrious women and girls returning from the scene of their labours with hop-poles for flag-staffs, and handkerchiefs for colours floating in the breeze. A few days since, two butchers, at Cambridge, depo sited stakes of £l5 aside. He who could scald, dress, and clean two 10-stone pi g s in the best style, in the short est space of time, to bedeelared tl)e winner. The pigs were killed in fifteen minutes and ten seconds by the gainer of the water 110 BBERY.- On Ttlesday information was received of a rocket book, containing, among other property, numerous Dutch bank notes to the value of nearly 1:590, whilst travelling, between eight and nine o'clock, in a second class carriage of the London and Blackwall Railway. Puonicious.TßV-13.—Tbe largest piece of oak timber ever seen in Brecon passed through that town last week. It contained 230 feet of timber ; two carriages broke under its weight, and it was at length conveyed on rollers over the pitching of the streets, by the united efforts of sixteen hors-s and a number of men. THE PREASANT SEASON commenced on Thur the London markets, and many of the principal poulterers exhihited pheasants for sale, although they were-scarce and insufficient for the demand. Prime young birds made from (is. to 7s. and Bs. a brace, and small and inferior day, and INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.— From the report wM learn that in the metropolis, on spaces of ground which do not exceed 203 acres, chsely surrounded by the abodes of the living, lacer upon layer, each consisting of a popu lation numerically equivalent to a large army of 20,000 adults, and nearly 30,000 youths arid children, is every year imperfectly interred ! Within the period of existence of the present generation, upwards of a trillion of dead must have been interred in these same spaces.-11-ledical Gazelle. CONFIRMI/D. PAUPERS.-011 Friday, eight able-bodied. y o ung men, but extremely filthy, were charged at the Southwark Police court with creating a distrabance is circumstances ci t evauisn s mu t g c :i h tt oa u wno r ade c re l d i asdo(not workhouse, ilegthinepg.rp rs a eo n :nai d :eohrens„, reusing cewayseearneipnrg t ea o w ,sdernannti t et . d r td k erdte a hi f ec t t oseeursdturheta the work in the morning. It appeared that they belonged to a class who spent their whole lives in workhouses anti prisons. They were committed to Brixton, some for fourteen and some for forty-two days. GAS—WC have this week had an opportunity of inspect ing an apparatus, for the mai - a-facture of gas, on a small scale, made by Mr. Sarson, bra.zier and Ras-fitter, St. Nicholas street, for lighting his own premises ; and it is of a most compact and simple construction. Mr. Sarson informs us that he can make gas-at 2s. 6d. per 1000 feet ; and as he intends supplying the surplus heat for warming his warehouse and workshops. with hot water, and at the same time taking into consideration the circumstance of doing the cookery, baking, ro-sting, &c., for his _famit with the same fire, the cost will not exceed h 1000 feet. The gas produced is of excellent quality s. Liu. per - • and the apparatus, which is simply and easily managed, may be purchased at a small expense.—Leicester Jt,urnal. Cuale.us AFFAlR.—Yesterday week an inquest was hold on the body of a man named Marsden, at Wolviston, Durham. A post mortem examination had been made, but nothing could be discsvered to satisfy the jury as to the immediate cause of death, but it was thought it had been caused by something, poisonous taken at the mouth of a deleterious nature, possibly miasma. The locality of the premises has bean examined, and it seems perfectly healthy, heing open to•the green in the village, and there being nothing there likely to cause disease. The whole of Marsden's family, six b number, have been during the last three weeks wasting away, and reduced to perfect skeletons. Four children, including the deceased, have died, and the parents ate now lyin All of the roily had b g in a very precarious ck At intervals, and FALL OF A MAZiUFACTORY, AND Los Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Wednesday morn ing the inhabitants of Burfield were alarmed by a loud crash, followed by, cri-s for aid, occasioned by the felling in of a building used as a rope mat manufactory. The building consisted of one large room on the basement, and another immediately over it. From 10 to 15 persons were usually employed in the upper room. In the rear of the fac'ory is. a plot of ground, which Las been excavated to a considerable depth for building purposes. and the wall of the manufactory next to the excavated ground having given way, nearly the whole building fell into the hollow. The bodies of a man and a girl, bosh quite dead, were afterwards dug out of the ruins. It has been aster, tained that there were eleven persons at work in ihe ma nufactory when the accident occurred—namely. four men. LIFE.- Nine out oftlienum The Baron de Bode, whose claims on the British three women, and four children. Government were to the amount of nearly a million ster ber are more or less injured. ling, suddenly fell and expired on Friday. Toe baron PARLIAMENT AND THE MINISTRY.—An impression was in his seventieth year, and has left three sons. His is still abroad that Parliament will be summoned for the death is supposed to have been accelerated by anxiety despatch of business early in November. Reports are consquent on the prosecution of his claims. also afloat that Sir Robert Pet-l's recal to Windsor to On the 24th ult., two men, named Lowther and Atkin- meet Lord John Russell was an attempt to pitch up son, had a fight at Ulverstone, when the latter was shortly some kind of coalition which shall bring the late Premier after found dead, No bruises could be found on him. back to office. " There is," says the Slondard, in and as the surgoirsaid that death had been caused through italics, "an intrigue in proows, by which Sir Robert congestion of hlood on the brain, by means of much ex- is, if possible, to be jerked bock into "In this ci'emeut and the influence of liquor, Lowther was ac- conspiracy," adds th Dublin Evening Packet, "we are quitted. told some of the present, Ministry, though not all. are It is said that despatches from Ireland, received in Lon- implicated, and Peel's immediate friends are so confident don on Thur,clay, were calculated to give great uneasiness of success, that they boast of his beim Prime Minister on to the government. There is evidently a spirit of violence the Ist March next, if not before. We give thi. -- and outrage abroad, which must be repressed in the coo- merely for what it may be worth, nut setti- rumour g much value of the Brea it upon it; but it is right to add that the Standard vouches g its accuracy in every respect." Nor do we set much upon it, and therefore we vali about it say nothing further metwement, at whatever cost, or evil magnitude to the peoPl tbernsylves will eventually spri from its indulgence MIRACULOUS OccurtnExce.—As a labourer, employed at a taro., called " Lloyd Jack," near Aberyatwith, was GET OFF THE GRASS!"—A MISTAKE.—On Sunday about to carry a mow of barley, and whilst lifting it, the afternoon, during the time the private gardens and the mow was suddenly struck by lightning, and immediately eastern terrace at Windsor were open to the public, Lord ilmited, and entirely co nsume d ; fortunately, the man was J. Russell, one of ber Majesty's guests, walked from the uninjured by the electric fluid, but his escape was most terrace, and was proceeding across the grass in the Home.. providential. park, towards the iron gates, opposite to the Long-walk, THE PICTOH MONUMENT.—A stranger passing by this a portion of the Royal domains from which the public are melancholy-looking affair on the Pembroke mail. es- excluded. His lordship had proceeded some distance claimed, " Well! I never saw a lime-kiln in the middle before he was noticed 1 , 57 one of the Castle policemen, who of a turnpike-road before!" It was not a bad guess, for seeing a stranger, as he supposed, on forbidden ground, it looks more like that than anything else. The Monti- sang out with stentorian voice, " Hullo°, you, sir! come ment truly is like a man's character: it is easier to pull back and get off the grass! Come back, you sir !" Lord it to pieces than to set it right again.—Hereford Journal. John immediately got off the grass and returned back The Daily News intimates that, in a few days, des- towards the York and Lancaster Towers. By the time patches of letters and newspapers will be more frequent, his lordship had got to within some thirty or forty paces and deliveries more numerous than they now are, both in of the policeman the officer found out his mistake, having town and in the provinces, so that the letters to and from been informed that the offendine - party was a person 114 the north of England, and those to and from Ireland and the suite of some of her Majesty's visitors. He then Scotland, are to be accelerated. Extra post offices are called out to Lord John, who had evidently been taken already appointed in many towns and villages. Fees of by surprise, " You rosy go on ; you are all right enough!" all kinds are to be abolished eventually. His lordship, smiling at the bystanders, then retraced GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.—On Friday week the his steps, and pursued his walk across the park towards Commissioners of the_Admiraltydvided upon tenders the avenue of trees leading to the Waterloo-gate. sent in for the supply of salted beef and pork for the use of THE EARL OF RIPON - AND THE REV. MR. CRONY required were unus 12,000 tierces Of beef, and 18,000 tie ta►cen, but only 8,01 tierces of the form ties, wl ,ch has, been made correspondence between these par ^,,A the rurport of the great number of 419 used the public baths. In the washing and mangling departments there has also been a gradual increase. On Friday, there was shown in the Exchange News room a specimen of potatoes called the " Thr ee A mer i can Dandies, grown by George Atherton, Esq., near New Brighton. Mr. Atherton his grown a large field of them, .and there is not a solitary potato affected by the prevailing pestilence. They are splendid looking potatoes, and ought to be all reserved for seed. Last evening, a few gentlemen, members of the Phoenix Bowling Green, Kirkdale, presented their respected se .cretary, -Mr. William Buckley, with a very handsome silver snuff-box, with a suitable inscription, as an acknow ledgment for his unremitting attention and gentlemanly kindnesss to them on all occasions, particularly, dufing the late bowling season. TRADE OF Llvanrooi.—The total amount of tonnage entered from 25th June, 1845, to 1846, was 3,096,444. The dues on goods amounted to £98,514. and on vessels to X 122,200. Of this the East India trade.paid £17,511, United States £87,057, British America £33,096, Medi terranean £16.902, Brazils £7099, and West Indies and inexico £11,334. There are other smaller receipts from Ports in the Baltic, &c. ORMSKIRK REVISION ' 1846.—Conservative : objec tions, 31 ; sustained, 21 ; failed in, 10.—Radical ; objec tions, 111; sustained, 73 ; failed in, 38.—Struck off by the radicals, 73 ; struck off by the conservatives, 21 : conservative loss, 52.—New Claims: Conservative, 119; radical, 48 ; conservative gain, 71 ; deduct conservative loss, 52; conservative gain, 19.—Overseers' objections to radicals, and struck off, 67. Conservative gain on the revision, 86. parliament, but made it distinctly understood that tuture charges of a similar kind would be decided on their own merits. HIGHWAY BOARD.—At the usual weekly meeting on Thursday, it was reported that great delay had been oc casioned at the works in Green-lane, and a notice of mo tion for next meetinz was given to proceed against the builders for the penalties. The Chairman said the secre tary was desirous of knowing what should be done with a sum of £5OOO coming from the Council, and they could apply it to either one or the other. He had no wish to relieve the owners of property, but thought the fairest way would be to divide it, applying £2500 to each. Mr. Cooper objected to the money being applied to the sewer age, and found fault with the Board, who, he said, had made a similar transfer some time ago, and were now going to perpetrate a similar act without giving notice of their intention. In answer to a question, the secretary stated that the arrears of the paving rate were £l5OO, and the sewerage £650. Mr. Higgins said that many tenants were relieved of the rates including the sewerage, which was au advantage to the landlord; but several members observed that he was mistaken, as the sewerage rate was always exacted. The Chairman said the subject could not be brought formally before the meeting until next week, and Mr. Procter gave notice of motion for the division of the £5OOO between the paving and the sewerage rate. OPERATIVE PORTERS.—A meeting of the porters was held on Tuesday evening at the Concert-hall, to take into consideration the laws about to be introduced by the Dock Committee, with reference to the licensing of master porters, which, it is alleged, will, by taking the work out of the hands of merchants and others, act in- WINTER RECREATIONS.—We would suggest to the conductors of Sunday Schools, of every denomination, that they follow the excellent example of Mr. Stowell and Mr. M`Gratb, of Manchester, who have both thrown open their schools during every week-day evening, for the use of the scholars and teachers, the parents of the children, and such of the congregation as choose to avail themselves of it, with access to all the books in the libra ries, several periodicals and other useful works, one or two newspapers, &c. PLACES OF WORSHIP IN MANCHESTER.—There are within the borough of Manchester and Salford, and in their immediate vicinities-39 Churches, 21 Wesleyan Chapels, 17 Independent, 12 Methodist Association, 9 Baptist, 6 Catholic, 5 Scotch Presbyterian, 4 Methodist New Connexion, 4 Primitive Methodist, 5 Unitarian, 4 Welsh Independent, 2 Welsh Calvinist, 2 Swedenborgian, 2 New Jerusalem, 2 Independent Methodists, 1 Syna gogue, 1 Christian Brethren, 1 Quaker, 1 Tabernacle, 1 Welsh Baptist, 1 Apostolic Church, besides 3 or 4 churches and chapels now building—in all 105 places of worship. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH BRAZIL.—It is re ported that the Oriental Steam Navigation Company are about to join Messrs. Hadfield and Co., of Liverpool, in building seven more steamers of the same dimensions and power of the Antelope, recently despatched for Pernam bucco, Bahia, and Rio on experiment. As there can be little or no doubt of her success, we may expect, in due time, to see the line completed, so as to sail once a fort night. The vessels once ready to take the mails, the Post-office will be obliged to avail themselves of those steamers, for no one will then send any letters whatever on business by the present packets.—Morning Chronicle. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—The following members of the Town-council retire by rotation on the Ist of November next :—Everton and Kirkdale Ward, William juriously against the porters and the ratepayers at large. Mr. James Cole was called to the chair. Mr. Simmons moved the first resolution, which was to the effect that the meeting viewed with feelings of regret the proposed alterations of the Dock Committee in the system of dock porterage, the effect of which would be to throw many of the old porters out of employment, thereby compelling them to resort to the workhouse for relief. It was stated in debate that the memorial drawn up on the subject was lying at the Town-hall, and would come before the Council at the next meeting, and that with one exception, the merchants and brokers, who had been all waited upon, were favourable to the opposition that had been got up against the new system. A second resolution pledged the meeting to use every means in their power to prevent the proposed by-laws of the Dock Committee from coming into operation. And a third called on the rate payers to come forward and assist them in removing the evils they are likely to labour under by the carrying out of the said law. The resolutions were carried una nimously. WALLASEY.-At the monthly meeting of the Commis sioners on Thursday, contracts were ordered to be ob. tamed for repairing the sea wall at Seacombe, which was built at the township expense. A motion was made for the introduction of the Small Debts Act into Wallasey, but it was negatived. The proceedings of the Finance Committee stated that a case had been drawn up by the Law-clerk, to be submitted to counsel, relative to the payment of rent charge by Dr. Byrth and others, in lieu of tithes. The proceedings were confirmed, with in structions to the Finance Committee to make such com munication as they think fit with the Rev. Dr. Byrth and the Rev. Mr. Armistead, with a view to leave the qtrestion of liability of the tithe rent charge to the decision of coun sel upon a case to be jointly submitted to opinion. The Law-Clerk then read a report from the committee ap. Atherton ; Scotland, Williato Thornhill ; Vauxhall, pointed to inquire into the conduct of the surveyor, Mr. Thomas Chalmer ; St. Paul's, R. B. B. H. Blundell ; West. It stated that the charges bad not been substan- Exchange, James Tyrer ; Castle-street, James Aikin ; tiated. Mr. Goldsmith then brought forward his motion St. Peter's, J. A. Tinne ; Pitt-street, Thomas Toulmin; for the reduction of the salary of the Law-Clerk from Great George, John Sothern; Rodney-street, William I £2OO to £5O. After rather a warm discussion, in the Birkett ; Abercromby. Thomas Kaye ; Lime-street. course of which Mr. Hassell (the law-clerk) intimated, John Kilshaw ; St. Anne's, Joseph Hornby ; West through the chairman, that he considered the salary, as Derby, G. H. Lawrence ; South Toxteth, T. T. Glaze- originally settled, such as a respectable professional man brook ; North Toxteth, Riphard Harbord. The names was entitled to - , and could not consent to any diminution of the radicals are printed in italics. It will be seen that of it; if, however, it was the opinion of the Board that four radicals and twelve conservatives retire. their finances were such that they could not afford to pay A firm of brokers in this town, received, recently, a the sum he received, he would give his services till they communication from Trogen, a small town in Switzerland, were in a condition to pay such salary ; or, if they were stating that an association had been formed for the pur- prepared to relieve him of any part of his duty he would pose of purchasing provisions for the inhabitants of that accept such remuneraton as might be agreed upon between town, and reluesting to know at what prices various arti- the Board and himself. This intimation from Mr. Has cies could be obtnined at Liverpool ; at the same time sail received the highest commendation from several mem giving limits at which orders could be given. Owing to hers of the Board. A motion was then made by Mr. the recent large advance in the prices of grain and flour Holland, that the salary be continued as at present, which in this country, these limits were too low for the market; was carried by a majority of thirteen to two. It was then but we understand that the orders could have been very determined that no charge should be entertained against easily executed before that advance took place. We fear an officer of the board unless notice of motion be entered that the application from such a locality to purchase sup- on the books. plies of food in England, indicates a severe scarcity, not SALE OF LAND AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Wednesday only in Switzerland, but in those parts of Germany which last, the sale of the freehold building land, the property adjoin the northern cantons. of the Birkenhead Commissioners, took place in the LEGALITY OF THE MARKET BT -LAWS.- 0 11 Friday, Town-hall. The hall was crowded to excess. After at the Police -court, a man named Jehu was brought up reading the conditions of sale, which were lengthy, Mr. before M r . R us h ton and M r. Roskell, under the following Winstan l ey i nt i ma t e d th a t it h a d b een cons i dered b etter circumstan ces :—lt appears that the early closing of the to start with a price per yard in each lot. The price in markets has given great offence t after employing an attorney and talt ) i some parties, who, each case had . been submitted to the judgment of several eminent counsel, have come to takin g the opinion of an of the leading land valuers and surveyors, and approved by-law requiring the closing the conclusion that'the of, among whom was Mr. John Stewart. The first of o'clock is illegal. In order t o otfr the. markets at seven fered was the Park land, or the whole of the building soner was employed to resist the y this question, the pri- land in Birkenhead Park. The auctioneer stated that in session after seven o'clock, whereupon officers and keep pos- order to save time he would offer the whole in one lot, ereupon he was taken into comprising 329,000 superficial square yards, at £115,000, custody. Mr. To wnsen d , of the firm of Mallaby and or about Is. per yard. Two minutes was allowed for Townsend, made an application , on beha lf of the pri- consideration, but no bidder appearing, _ each lot was soner, for a postpone men t of the hearing until Tuesday taken separately. Messrs. J. Walker, W. Potter, W. at noon, which was g ran t e d. Jackson, J. Laird, and Bailey,. were the principal pm.- Hosken, in which after specifying several things required for the purpose of getting the vessel off the bank, he says " the weather is now moderate, but rainy. The ship makes very little water. 1 hone to commence discharging coals to-day. Captain Claxton came yesterday. Many thanks for all your expressions of sympathy and. good feeling. I want them all, I assure you ; but my own conscience acquits me of• blame, and so does Captain Claxton, who told me so yesterday." Captain Claxton, a director of the Company, has pub lished a letter to the Times and another to his colleagues. In the former he corrects a report which had been circu lated injurious to the character of the countrypeople near Dundrum bay. He says that nothing could exceed their desire to alleviate the misfortunes of all concerned. In the second letter he details at considerable length the par ticulars of this unfortunate occurrence. He gives the fol lowing extract from the log, and other particulars : "At 12h. 50w. pm. discharged pilot. At Ih. abreast of the Bell Buoy, speed 11 knots, wind southerly ; set maintopsail and topgallantsail and foresail (foretopsail had been previously set ;) course N.W. by N. At 4h., fresh breezes and thick hazy weather. sh. 30m. saw the land on starboard bow distinctly through the rain. 7h. 30m. in mizen spencer. Bh. 15w. observed Calf of Man Light bearing N.N.W. half W., altered course to N. by W. Bh. 30w. in first and second reef of foretopsail and single reefed the maintopsail. At 9h., squared the yards. 9h. 30m., in foresail, while taking it in saw land on star board bow ; stopped engines, put helm hard-a-port, re versed enginet full speed ; ship came up to . N.N.E., af. . . . terwards to N.E. and stopped ; dewed sails up." [Fhen follow details of proceedings as to after occurrences, when she was thumping and in the breakers.] The following note appears to have been added to the log, probably when the excitement was over :—" At 7h. the captain remarked to me that the ship ought to be well up to the Calf of Man lights, as the log showed she bad run her distance. He asked if the log glass was correct, which was a new one and found correct. At Bb. the sails were trimmed for hauling the ship up N. by E., after doing which ob served the light, and kept ship off again to N.W. half N. ; squared yards. The captain said the ship had run her distance, but supposed the light was the Calf light, and that one of them was obscured by the thick weather." his cross bearings of the supposed points of the Man, of which so short and indistinct a glimpse was I find it is addressed to the Mayor and Town- caught • Council of Liverpool, published by John and Alexander Walker, agents to the Admiralty, 72, Castle-street, Liver pool. and 9, Castle-street, London, 1846. It was bought by Captain Hosken when going cut on his previous voy age, in June, as the latest and most correct chart; but in it is no mention whatever of a revolving, or intermitting light, or any other light whatever, on St. John's Point. There, however, the light is ; and it is now my business to show that had the light been, as it ought to have been— having been in use for three years (if I am correctly in formed)—in the chart, or had there been no light at all on that point, the accident would not have happened. On taking his departure from the Bell Buoy, Capt. Hosken steered precisely the same course as the Windsor, constant steamer to Belfast, was steered by her captain on Saturday last, N.W. by N., and that is the correct course for the Calf of Man; .St. John's point also bears N.W. by N. from the Bell Buoy. Captain Hosken calculated his speed to be eleven kripts ; it really was more, anl his ship no doubt was ahead of his calculation four or five miles. A glimpse was caught of the Isle of Man, but the lights on the Calf were not seen, which I account for by the fact that it was very thick, and between sunset and dark, when she passed probably four or five miles to the south. Had it been quite dark, she would probably have seen them, and had she seen them the accident could not have hap pened, as he would have steered away his North Channel course after rounding them. At seven, it appears, by the first officer's note to his log, the captain remarked she must be well up with the Calf lights. There is no doubt he had even then passed them, but he had a fine open channel of more than 30 miles between them and the Irish coast. He informed me that he then said as he could not see them, he should alter his course at eight, shorten sail, and go easy for the North Channel, which intention he had begun to put in practice; and this was the right practice, and if pursued he would have been well, as he would soon have made the next proper light in his course of north by east—the South Rock, to the north of Strang_ ford Lough entrance, (albeit, as he candidly admits, half It dozen miles nearer than he expected) when this St. John's light, of which he had never heard, and which is not named in his chart, is all at once seen ; and that, too, within the exact bearing of the Calf of Man lights, sup posing he had not seen them. The course was again altered ; the St. John's light was treated as the Calf of Man lights would have been, bad they been seen—i. e , given such a birth as insured clearing the lien and Chickens, and then rounded; and then, instead of being in a deep-water channel, the ship takes the ground about a league to the west of this, at best, deceiving light, and, in his case, decided decoy duck. "In hastening to get this letter off, knowing the anxiety of my colleagues, I write under some excitement, and under most unpleasant circumstances ; due allowances should, therefore, be made. lam quite aware of all that may be said by nautical men. I know, from my own before I. saw the chart in Captain Milken's how many strong questions m a y b e put as to ' d tPh i7s os t uß an egsh c st e is i n . speed—as to one set of li g ht s revo l v i ng ev ery two minutes, St. John's light every minute only. To of themi Answer, it is easy to say the door should celebrated in that island. John Hilliard has been sentenced to six months' im prisonment and hard'labour for causing the deaths of two children by selling them poisonous berries. A verdict of manslaughter has been returned by the coroner's jury, at Bath, against two boys who, in a frolic, pushed a temaledown from the step of a door. BALLOON A DVENTIIRE.—The great Nasal nflated with gas, was, on Friday, fastened to Sir Charles Wetherell's personal estate has just been administered to by Lady Wetherell, and a stamp duty paid on £250,000. The aggregate amount of the Cobden testimonial is now £75,000, of which Manchester has contributed £28,000. The import duty on wheat is no. ga. par gnarter. prices are still on the advance, the duty will doubt fall still lower. r_lAvprin t ; . that he was safe. The tide had car ried him down as far as uevenou, wnc.. tact with a boat, which had been at Weston-super-Mare Regatta. and was making 'into Clevedon. Sir Wil —. Abundance of mackerel have been caught lately on the Welsh coasts. They have been sold at Bangor eighteen for sixpence, and at Beaumaris thirty for sixpence. _ liam caught hold of the bowsprit, and was provi dentially saved. The distance which he floated . was . , A young lady, named Pratt, aged 21, residing with her uncle, in London, died on Saturday week, from the effects of laudanum, which she had taken to Kocure sleep. At Harefield, Middlesex, on Saturday, two canal boat men quarrelled and fought. One of them on attempting to rise to renew the contest fell backwards on the grass, and died in a few minutes. about nine miles! The morning papers of Saturday week describe a bril liant meteor which lighted up the atmosphere of London with an intense glare the preceding night. It passed from north to south, and was like a globe of fire. It left behind a bright luminous train, which divided into two parts, and gradually passed from a bright phosphoric white to a dull red. The larger portion assumed a serpentine appearance, Parliament is not to be summoned in November. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland strongly urged its assembling, but the majority of the cabinet overruled his lordship's decision .r of minu •_ 'anti!. al ars, gradu —.- ported by the influence of the Earl of Yarborough and the Duke of St. Alban's. Another cabinet council was held on Friday, at the • • 1 ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.--Tuesday being Hall was held, for the election of Chief Magistrate for official residence of Lord John Russell in Downing-street. Previous to the council, several of the ministers had in terviews with the noble lord. the City of London during the ensuing year. Alderman Wood and Sir G. Carroll were declared nominated by the majority of those present for the selection_of the Court Wednesday evening. Lord - John Russell was present and made a brief speech in reference to the distress in Ireland, and the want of general education. On Sunday week Mr. E. Jones, tailor and draper, of the village of Gresford, put an end to his existence by shooting himself with a horse pistol. He had been in a There are now in the port of D 195 vessels ; 73 of which are of 1 'ewer t Alderman Hooper, for the purpose of testing the feelings of the livery towardsllr. Wood, which was appointed to take place during the next seven days. At the close of the poll, on Saturday, the numbers were, for Alderman Wood, 1248; Alderman Carroll, 858; and Alderman Hooper, 260. The poll will finally close to-day at four o'clock. THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PEG TANKARD.--At the meeting of the British Archmological Association at Glou- in the herring fishery 'ge ton nk . ard." Thd carvir ,s on this ancient drir Mr. Halliday opened his new hotel, Fort Anne, Douglas, Isle of man, on Tuesday, with a splendid ball About 150 were present, among whom were, the E exquisite, bearing three or four distinct e :renting the seasons, the seven deadly sins, t whom the e 'on, I given) is the principal - promoter of disser I and of Dunston, and also mentions several othe . towed along the Thames, from Cremorne'Gardens, - where by which Mr. Newton had rendered himself obnoxious to it ascended with seven persons in the car, amid a drench- the Earl. The " covered cart" which hia lordship offered inn- rain. It was carried towards Essex, and at seven to Mr. Crowther, was the one used by the late Lord o'clock descended in a field at L.ytonstone. The large Goderich, and is still used by members of the Ripon machine, by permission o f M r . P er ki ns , th e proprietor, family on their country jaunts. "But," adds our con was lashed by Mr. Green to a tr e e w ith its body of gas, • temporary, "the DONKEI ? the pour animal without which the aeronaut having resolved to make a continental voy- all the wit would have been lost I The car and horses age with his friends, if the weather proved favourable. were at the disposal of Mr. and Mrs. Crowther, at any On Tuesday the Kingroad, time : but rs. Crowther lon ge d f or t oe d on k e y, an d it between Win, was inaccessible. It was an anc i ent pens i oner o f L a d y steamers, sir M Herald evening and a collision pb ce took te me ni x s place in and Symonds was knocked overboard, and given up as lost by Ripon's, turned ou t ..o spend its l as t d a y s i n qu i e t, h av i ng every one on board ; but during the night an express ar- , bee n th e n 4411611 th,,,,,..1. --- ... - '• • ' ' tuougn unromantic servant of her Lady ship for nearly thirty years. It was deemed too old for . 4 -irk _grad cpu Id not b e l ent like the horses and the car; bat Airs. rowtrie. cies best to ride on this quiet old d onkey. Some, ennoirtz was necessary before the old pet could be thus employed this was granted at Mrs. Crowther's especial wish, and it was in reply to that desire that Lord Ripon's much abused, but really kind-hearted letter was written." THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE We annex, from the Britannia, an imaginary dialogue. maintained between the present King of Prussia and Luiher, who is supposed to appear to his majesty after he h.a lain At rest fnr eentnries. We has,* .1_ _ enormities or tine, payacy, ana tue tendency of the present age, both in England and on the Continent, towards infidelity, depicted in more vigorous and striking lan- Christendom [lreatens Luther: A palm , ana• indifference are the parents of infidelity. A church may resist the violence of its ene but iermany, at this hour, exhibits the same aspect which it exhibited in the year when I began the Reformation. King : Yet Germany now exhibits her most intelligent portion Protestant. She was then overwhelmed with Popery. When human opinions take the lead of divine; when every candidate for celebrity begins his cause by mystifying scripture ; when professors c for learning by throwing off their reverent in a character N hen the life of the Redeemer is mad tor insptration :et of libel, itble is represented to the 1! then deep end deneerni King : But persecution has passed away w dreads the revival of the Inquisition ection No wan No marl ever acknow Orkney, Lord Rimehigh, the lion. Miss Jones, &c RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Friday the 4lb loaf of wheaten bread was raised to Bd. by the cheap bakers, and 91d. by the best bakers throughout the me- tropolis On thursday morning Mr. George Child, the superin tendent of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway, put a period to his existence by hanging himself, at his resi dence, near the Rochester terminus. The Firefly, 220 horse-power, and the Shearwater, 160 horse-power, are employed on the west coast of Scotland in consequence of the distress now prevalent there. Ad ditional vessels will be granted by the Admiralty, if re quired.. . - A Welsh paper states that, at Waingbrolch, Mon mouthshire, a deadly warfare has been raging among the tent, contending together in the air, completely covering the ground with killed and wounded. Mr. Blunt, of St. Luke's, type-foinder, one of the large creditors aga inst a printer named Masson, of Bethnal-green, wh o had become bankrupt, applied, last . . Saturday, to be appointed assignee, but was rejected, because he professed himself an atheist. _ _ _ Lord Metcalf, it is stated, was unknown to Sir Robert Peel when he was promoted to the Governor-Generalship of Canada, and he met the late Premier by accident in an ante-room at Windsor Castle, where the strangers were respectively awaiting an audience of the Queen. Many of the farmers of Dorsetshire and Somersetshire have commenced the autumn planting of potatoes, in ac cordance with the recommendation of many agriculturists and eminent chemists, who assert that this is the best, if not the only method of checking the prevailing disease. A drunken man was found in the streets of Leeds, last week with the body of a dead women in his arms. The deceased was a prostitute, and being in company with the man, dropped down dead, from the effects of a disease of the heart. RATs.—A red herring firmly fastened by a string to any place where rats usually make their run will make them leave the place. It is said to be a fact, that a toad placed in a house cellar will have the effect of expelling those noxious intruders. —Bangor Mercury. RENT OF FARMS.—The Duke of Richmond has inti mated to his Scottish tenants that he is willing, since the repeal of the Corn-laws, to take their leases off their bands at Martinmas next, and. to remunerate them for improvements. DREADFUL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT..---SIX LIVES LOST. —On Monday morning a dreadful accident from explosion of fire damp, whereby six lives have been lost, occurred at a pit connected with the Clyde Iron Works, Glasgow. About four orclock on Monday morning live men and a boy went down in the course of their ordinary occupations, and immediately on the lights which they carried coming in contact with the foul air, the explosion took place, by whicb.the whale have beea,deprived,ot ing cup a elaborately carved on the outside. The particulars in , expects to see a tribunal of priest; commanding the rack, connexion with this ancient cup are very curious. It ap- or the College of Cardinals standing round the stake pears that an act was passed for the purpose of abating where either Jew or Christian was to perish for his creed. drunkenness, and it was ordained that all drinking cups at L.: True; that form of evil has passed away. It be taverns shoud have pegs placed at certain distances, longed to another age. It could not exist in an age when beyond which peg no man should drink at one draught, power was fled from hierarchies to fix itself among the under pain of severe punishment. It was suggested that populace. The hazards of our time will not arise from the well-known sayings of "taken down a pee," "a peg superstition, but from unbelief. The Scriptures will not too low," and "he is getting on peg by peg," originated be prohibited, but they will be equally cast out of the from these cups. national hand, by the scoffer. Society will be no longer True POTATO CROP.—Amidst the unfavourable symp- chained to the altar, and forced to put the foot of the toms which present themselves in many quarters, in priest upon -its neck, but it will be the victim of the reference to the supply of food, it is satisfactory to receive infidel, the slave of public passion, the prey of public additional evidence, thet, in this country at least, the de- violence. The Scriptures will be like their Lore, the struction of the potato crop proves decidedly less serious objects of railing, insolence, and scorn; until, like Him, 7as supposed to be. We gave, in a recent pnbli- they perish. on the roar of the million, and then will come he statements of Dr. Lindley, to the effect that the earthqual rs was by no means commen- King : Stil Rome. No 1 we have asserted the German liberty th the diseased appearance of the s We now present to our readers the, foil t from a gentleman who has taken great pains t make himself acquainted with the facts :—" Within tl last month, I have been into thirty or forty potato fields in Wiltshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Middle sex, &c., and have had the potatoes dug up and washed before my eyes. From those which appeared diseased, I tl orate w ate can a ;ep away our rev wing I rescript from the Vatican can control n, or Tic We worship ,ng to our own convictions uperiorto the conscience whicl dwells in the bosoms of : The true evil of popery consisted in its wraps heart in indifference to religion. Its extravag cut away the diseased part, and the result of my investi- ceremonials, its peageantry of worship, its boast - orin: gation leaves a perfect conviction on my mi n d, that not fallibility, itB busy priesthood, its confessional, imperious one-fourth part of the potato crop is destroyed. In my an d i nq uisitive, were but instruments administering to •. . . .—. _ met with nothing but the grossest exaggeration. I n 're- :was no room for the heart. Where the glitter of a theatre ference to cue field near the Swinton toll-bar, I had be s displayed tinder the roof of a church, the mind could informed that the whole of the potatoes were destroyed. ink only of the theatre.. Where pictures. anA On examining into the matter myself, I found the v er y an d th e s ound of choral voices and the It , ' reverse to be the fact. There were very f ew i n j ure d. Th e an d b ow i ng priests, with their studied i s man who was digging them up said, 'he did no t thi n k mystical solemnities, engrossed every sense , there were any bad ones at all. They were on ly ra th er th e spirit withdraw itself from the things of 9 l i m y from ansin n the re 6 ist responsibilities temptation, 0 duty the small.' " We have not as yet beard any similar state- With the pomp of thrones on every 'side, ments as to the condition of the potato crop in Ireland ; broken and contrite beart, with every temptation but as the weather during the month of September was as haughtiness and the pride of passion, bow could man re favourable in that country as in England, we trust that member that he is a fallen being ; with the priest read similar effects will have been produced by it, and that man o a re n i c i o ev n e tro h something like a third, or possibly half, a crop may be will his natural indolence undergo the effect of human saved, which will prove a great alleviation of the evils ex- morality,—with the Sovereign Pontiff opening . Paradise perienced and anticipated in that country.—lllanchester for him at the price of an indulgence, why should - any Guardian. toil of unprofitable virtu. ) icense, sticulat how c where w 3AD DIGES ...“.•••••••• VW al A ...7 V' 41.4. , 4.. ..... .- -- ' .. . ....' TION.—WoNDEnruL . CURB.--T. Gardiner, Esq ,of 9, 'Clip : But that period• is pa Brown.street, Grovenor-square, declares that he had follow ? been under four of the most eminen t physicians, besides L . : Worse will follo w , as i n fid e li ty i s worse than' in five of the grkatest surgeons in Lo ndon. He suffered difference, as furious hostility i s w orse than callous neg from a distended stomach, bad digestion, settled pains in lect. Religion has hitherto languished in the heart of the chest, was very nervous, and greatly debilitated, and mankind. You will next see it wrenched out of the heart, scarcely able to walk a hundred yards. Not deriving the for the decei ver you will next have the tyrant—for the least relief from the faculty , he set about rubbing large sullen dexte r ity of the hierarch ypawill have the fierce quantities of Holloway's Ointment into the chest, and assault of the popuace l the period of hypocrisy will took HollowaY'afilla night after night and morning, which vanish—b u t you will see the period of rage and rapine, of effectually restored him to perfect health and vigour in ferocious contumely and remorseless irreligion, in ite the short space of three weeks. room. - ' And what worse can