The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Eleven o'clock. Through the attention of Mr. Willmer we were put in possession of the Morning Herald at half-past ten this morning HOUSE OF COMMONS- —Last Night. The Earl of March, Mr. Halsey, Lord A. Cnurchill, Mr. Buck, end Sir J. Tyrrell, sroke against the govern ment measure, and Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Dickenson, Sir W. Clay, Lord 11. Vane, and Mr. J:1111CS, in favour of it, after which, Sir R. PEEL said that two important questions had oc cupied the attention of the house during the last nights' debate. The cme, the manner in which a great party should be conducted ; the other, the mode of averting a great national calamity, and the way in which the future commercial policy of the country should be administered; and of these the former had occupied considerably the lar ger share of attention. With respect to that one, he would at once admit that he had no defence. These mea sures were the worst for party purposes that could have been devised; but with respect to the latter, with a great calamity impending, his duty to his S.s rig I and to his country forbade that he should be influenced by party mo tives when the very existence was at stake of a great por tion of the population. The right hon. baronet then re stated all the circumstances connected with his retire ment from office in December, and his shortly afterwards resuming it, expressing at the same time surprise that the noble lord had not formed a ministry, and his belief that if he had formed one he would have succeeded in carrying the measure. He had nothing to complain of in the ex planation of the noble. lord on a former evening, and in deed in a long course of opposition to each other he be lieved that no ground was given on either side for any thicg like acrimonious feeling; but in order to prove the sincerity of the support he proffered to the noble lord, he quoted a letter written by himself at the time to her Ma jesty, in which he stated the measures he thought neces sary, and pledged himself to support his successor, know ing at the time from her Majesty that it wit.; her intention to send for Lord John Russell. He also in the same let ter pledgei himself to support any increase which the noble lord might think necessary to the army and navy under the peculiar circumstances of the country. He said that to show that he was not disposed to rob others of the credit of measures which they had always advo cated, but that on the contrary he was prepared to give the noble lord the some cordial support which the noble lord made it his boast that he was about to give him. With respect to those of his party who had now with drawn from him their confidence, he must say that in his situation he must know men's motives, and he believed no gentlemen were ever actuated by more honourable motives than those which actuated them ; but he would tell them that the month of May would not arrive without convincing even them that he would have been guilty of treachery to his Sovereign and to that house it he had taken any other course than that which he had adopted. He would not attempt to conciliate parties by any expres sion of rear-t for the course he had pursued. So far from it, he most solemnly declared that ne looked back, as the happiest moment of his life, to the day in which he had proposed the opening of tire ports, feeling that the great object of a Minister ought to be, under such circumstan ces, to increase the quantity of food in the country. The right hon. baronet then, in order to show the extent of the calamity to be anticipated in Ireland, read letters which he had only that and the previous morning received from Sir David tt che, Lord Stuart de Decies, arid others, giving the most deplorable state of the potato crop, and the consequent hazard of famine, if steps were trot taken to ward it off. The Government was doing all iu its power to meet the evil.by establishing granaries from whence corn might he furnished at low prices in return for labour. If, as May approached, the danger should increase, could he come down to the house to ask for £300,000 or .£4OOOO out of the public purse, withbut calling upon the landed iuteret to abate one letter of their law of pro tection? It would be impossible. Under the pressure of the Irish ease, it would be out of all character to talk of hoisting the banner of protection, of rousing the Bri tish lion, or of maintaining the corn laws in all their in tegrity. The right hon. baronet then referred to the course pursued in all former times of scarcity, and showed that in those cases the invariable remedy was to admit corn duty free. He had ample precedent, therefore, for the measures he proposed ; and had he done otherwise, he would only have thrown such odium on the protective duty as to excite at ong public feeling against the landed interests. It was true taat the most fitting times to hate opened the ports would have been the first of November, but not having been dune then, the necessity became greater for doing so now. But parliament was sit sing, and while staing it would scarcely be proper for the executive to do that which he had invited the house by the measure before it to accomplish. The ports once opened for a few months, he did not believe toey would have ever been able to re-impose the duty. In the course of the lost session notice was given of a motion to admit maize free of duty, because it was useful for feeding cat- tle. All were agreed that the duty on maize sliould be abated or taken off, but how was it possible to propose to parliament to take off the duty on maize, because it was useful to the farmer to feed his cattle and his pigs, while the duty was to remain on corn, which was the food for human beings? The hon. baronet then proceeded to reply to the arguments of Mr. T. Baring and Mr. Scott, inti mating that the latter hon. gentleman seemed likely to rival knacharsis Cloots, who had described himself as Attorney-General for the human race. He subsequently referred to the speeches of Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. B. Elope, Lord J. Manners (spoken in a former debate,) and Mr. Miles, who, be said, ia most of his arguments was hand ling edged tools, as mischievous to himself as to his oppo nents. With respect to fl ix, to which the hon. member had alluded, what were the facts ? Ten years ago the duty o❑ flax was taken off; and at this time three fourths of tne cambrics used in this country came from France and one from Ireland. Now, however, these proportions ware reversed, and in the absence of protection the ma nufac!ure in Ireland had so far progressed now that three fourths of the cambric came from Ireland and only one fourth from France. Many of the agricultural members bad said they preferred immediate repeal to the postpone ment for three years. lie intended to adhere to the plan of the government, but should those hon. members, in conjunction with hon. members on the other side of the house, place him in a minority upon this point. his only consideration then would be to give effect to the opinion of the house thus expressed upon this point against him, and to carry the immediate repeal of the corn-laws in such a way as to create as little confusion as possible in the country. The right hon baronet then quoted some returns to show that agricultural prosperity did not altogether depend upon the price of wheat. In the five years ending i►► the year 1815, the rental of England was thirty-two millions, and the average price of wheat was 1025., while in the five years ending in 1842, the average price of wheat fell to 615., and the rental of Eng land rose to thirty-seven milli. rF. The whole question raised by the amendment was only whether in our com- mercial polity we were to advance or recede. for to stand still was in effect to recede. Ile was ashamed wh7n he reed some of the petitions presented to the house, and more particularly of that of the shipowners, which prayed the house to check all further rash experiments and resist the reduction of the duty on timber. And yet the aver age tonnage employed in the Canada trade with Liverpool was 163,000 tons, but since the removal the tonnage em ployed has risen to 194,000. Notwithstanding this, the shipowners, in their petition, spoke of hazardous experi ments. It was a fact that in Liverpool they had not a log of timber that would build a ship which would last twelve years, and yet it was shipowners that complained of his lowering the discriminating duties so as to enable them to obtain it. The right hon. baronet proceeded to show that in every instance in which it had been proposed to reduce protection, as in the case of potatoes, hops, silk, &c., predictions of ruin invariably assailed the minister, and yet in all tlio,.e cases the results had been most bene ficial. England, he contended, had nothing to fear from competition, possessed, as she was, in addition to her skill and capital, of so many natural advantages. Other countries were waiting to follow her example. Sardinia had already adopted the principles of free trade; Naples would shortly follow ; Prussia was sha'sen ; and in France public opinion was rapidly advancing in the right channel. But whether they followed or not he called upn them, for their own sakes, to go on in a course of wisdom and sound police without reference to the proceedings of other nations. The right hon. baronet resumed his seat amidst loud cheering„ after which Lord J. MANNERS moved the adjournment of the debate. MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELI YESTERDAY MORNING Shortly after seven o'clock yesterday morninT., the 'neighbourhood of Southampton-street, Camberwell, was thrown into consternation by the frantic screams of a wo man who had just made her escape, by the back duor of No. 5, Wellington-place, a small cottage residence fly one story high. The first person who repaired to the spot was Mr. Pratt, a surgeon, who resided at No. 4, and who, upon enter;ng, was horror-struck at the scene. In an upper room, upon the flu r, lay the lifeh . ss body of M. Philarete•Horeau, a Frenchman, aged 53, with his throat cut from ear to ear ; on the bed, son, aged 13, quite dead, shockingly mutilated about the throat; and in the lower room, anther son, aged 11, with his throat cut. a wound on the cheek, and his hand much lacerated, who was at first supposed td be dead, but afterwards showed some symptoms of life, though unable to articulate or give the least account of the dreadful catastrophe; and in a short time afterwards, a female child, aged eight months, was found dead in a rain-butt which stood in the garden, but having no wounds whatever about its person. Upon investigation we find that the unfortunate man had resided at No. 5 for nearly the last twelvemonth, supporting his family as a teacher of languages; but this mode of existence had been so precarious, that for some time past they bad suffered extreme privation and great pecuniary embarrassment. M lloreau had been in the habit of rising about seven in the morning, and usually took down stairs with him one of the twin infanta (a male . and a female), who slept in the same bed as he and' the . mother. Yesterday morning, upon dressing himself, he did the same thing, taking the female child with him, and leaving the male infant in bed with the mother. In a few minutes the mother was alarmed by a loud shrieking, which she at first attributed to the two elder boys quarrelling, and therefore took no farther notice of the matter for a few moments, but the shrieking being continued, she went to the room, and upon opening the door was met by the younger boy, who immediately ran down stairs bleeding, at the bottom of which be fell down apparently lifeless ; and, on entering the room, Mrs. Horeau saw her unfortu. nate husband in the act of cutting his own throat, and be fore she could interpose he had fallen down a corpse. On looking farther, she discovered her eldest son dead in the beJ, but could not perceive any trace of her infant child, who was, however, shortly afterwards discovered to have been drowned in the rain butt. There is no doubt whatever but that the unfortunate father proceeded to the garden instantly on leaving his bed-room, and h-iving drowned the child, then ascended to the children's room, where he afterwards perpetrated the other murder, com mitting suicide the moment an alarm was raised. . As no vital organ has bf en severed,hopcs are entertained that the younger boy's life will be saved. There seems to In little doubt that, owing to their privations, temporary insanity was the immediate cause of this shocking, affair, as his pecuniary embarrassments had for some weeks past induced great depression of spirits. DREADFUL ASSASSINATION. - Yesterday morning, soon after six o'clock, a man named James Bostock, who is a working brass z!ri,l gua-metal foun.ler, in a narrow paved court leadin4 from Drury-lane, London, was as sassinated by a young man named Wix, his apprentice. Wix had obtained payment of a small bill due to his mas ter, and stated on his return home that he bad lost Ils. of the money, and begged his master to deduct it from him at 2s. 6d. per week. This Bustock refused to do, and deducted the whole snm from his wages on Saturday night last. This circumstance created a rancorous.feel ing against his master in the mind of Wirt, and in revenge he shot his master with a pistol yesterday morning. The bullet entered the unfortunate deceased's ear, and he expired yesterday afternoon about four o'clock. The possession of a pistol, with powder and bullets, by Wix is proved in a clear manner. Wix has been appreh ended, but maintains a sullen silence. He was to be brougbt be fore the magistrate this (Tuesday) morning. =B=;==l=Xo THE GRETNA-GREEN PARSON AND THE ACTOR. A very curious circumstance occurred on Christmas-day at this celebrated Temple of Hymen. The western mail having preceded a gentleman's carriage which was chang ing horses at Hamilton's, the Bush Inn, Carlisle, some wag journeying by it, on arriving at Gretna Green (the next stage), informed the landlord, the celebrated parson (in confidence), that a distinguished foreigner was follow ing close behind them, eloping with an English lady of great wealth, and that his services would be in requisition. in a moment all was bustle, the note of preparation sounded, and everything was arranged to give the supposed fugi tives a suitable reception. The room so recently the scene of the nuptials of Captain Ibbetson and the Lady Adela Villiers, was scarcely in readiness when a carriage and four was seen wending its way up the avenue (the house being some distance off the road), the horses gal loping fast and furious, as is the post-boys' wont at the close of a stage; the steps were let down in an instant, when forth stepped a personage wearing " The shadowed livery of the burnished sun." This dignified, dusky per sonage was immediately ushered into the celebrated ap artment, followed closely by the landlord (we beg his Pardon), the parson Linton himself. The lady not alight ing was attributed to bashfulness at the peculiarity of her supposed position. The following dialogue ensued : Parson Lintin (bowing): " You are welcome, sir, you are welcome to Scotland ; had I kenn'd ye were intending to honour my house wi' a visit but ten minutes afore, all would hat been in readiness for ye; that chid Hamilton (dal take him) must hae been daft not to hae sent an express, as he always does on s'c like occasions, and not trusted to a chance traveller; but as it is. we maun mak all possible haste. Saundie, von lazy loon, what gars ye glowrin' at the gentleman, ye ill mannered tyke; rin, sir, rin, and fetch the register ; stop, sir, stop, here are the keys. I beg, your pardon, sir, hut— Dark Stranger : " Oh, no apology, sir ; I thank you for your attention, hut I am not so pressed for time that a slight delay of this nature will occasion me much incon venience ; but as soon as you cm make your arrangements and send us for ward, I will thank you." Parson Linton : " Oh certainly, sir, certainly : oh, here is the rige-ter, sir, here it is. I have got the sienatures of some of the first of the land, and hope to have many more in spite of that meddling, ill-faur'd chiel, Lord B-ougham ; ye ken, sir, I mak nae doubt that he endea voured (dell mend him) last year to interfere with my established rights; yes. sir, rights that have been mine and my forb ars free • inc immemotial. Here, sir, is the signature of my Lord Westmoreland and Miss Child; I ken him weel, sir, though I was but a wee laddie at the time; they came cal'oping up just in the gloaming ; and here is Captain lbhetson and the Lady Adela, a brave lassie, and there is a firm hand she wrote at such a critical period ; and, singular enough, the last line but two— there is just room left for your name and that of the bonny leddy." Dark Stranger: " Is it customary, then, for your visi. tors to sign their names in this, your register?" " Linton ' " Oh ye 4, sir ; all the paticians, sir, the pa. trici+ns. We hwe another for the plebeians, ha, ha, ha! rh, I see all is in readiness, and if you please we will go forward with the ceremony." Dlrk Sttanger " Oh, with the greatest pleasure. Oblige me with pen and ink." Parson Linton : " But the leddy, sir, the leddy." Dark Stranger: " Oh, never mind ; she is rather fa tigued from travelling, and is not disposed to alight; I will sign her name, which will be the same thing, I sup- pose." Parson Linton : " Naething of the kind, sir ; naething of the kind ; it wad ne stand in law ; the ceremony must be first performed, and then ye're responsible; the cere mony first, sir, the ceremony." Dark Stanvr : " The ceremony—what ceremony ?" Parson Linton : " The matrimonial tie ' • the ordained ordinance ve ken, sir; first call the bonny leddy wife, and then—" Dark StrangPr: " Call her wife! why she is my wife; what else could you have me call her ? You cannot sup pose, from our very different camplexious, that we stand in relation of brother and sister." Parson Linton: " Your w ite ! it's na possible; did you nit come post here to be married ?" Dark Ftranger: "To be married !-1 came for post horses; besides, I have been in the enjoyment of that connubial state that religion enjoins for some years, and I hope you have too much respect for your sacred calling to wish me to commit the unchristian crime of bigamy.' Parson Linton: "The Lord forbid, sir; the Lord for bid." We may explain that the above dark-coloured stranger turned out to be Mr. Aldridge, the celebrated African tragedian ; a gentleman said to he possessed of the very highest histrionic and literary attainments, and who is at present fulfilling a round of engagements in the principal theatres in Sedtland.—Hereford Journal. BENEFICIAL SANITARY RESULTS or GOOD PAVING. (From the Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate.) We need not say that a considerable amount of disease must arise from bad paving ; but we confess to have been hardly prepared for the disclosures made in the fol lowing experimental evidence. The facts are melancholy, because, if col,firtned by other examples, they will shew what an awful extent of suffering has been inflicted on the poor by our neglect of so simple an improvement. But at the same time they afford most gratifying evidence of our power to alleviate the s ni'ary condition of the town. The data have been supplied by Mr. Carr, of the South Dis pensary, from his register, and chew only the cases of dis ease visited at their own homes. Six of the worst courts, in one of the worst.parts of Liverpool, were so notoriously unhealthy, that the medical attendant was hardly ever out of them ; and when any epidemics visited the town, these courts exhibited their results in perfection. Their sur face was in a most disgraceful state, being always covered to some detth with putrid mud, so that the inhabitants were compelled to place large stones at intervals, to ena ble them to reach their houses by stepping from one to another. In the course of last summer the-e courts were flagged, and the effect on their sanitary condition soon became apparent. To exhibit this, we have chosen five months, from August to December, inclu , ive, of 1844, before paving, and the same five months of 1845, the pav ing having been completed in the interim. We have se lected these period:, because the general sanitary condi tion of the town was nearly the same in both : TABU; EXHIBITING THE SANITARY EFFECTS OF FLAGGING No. of Houses Number of Cases of Sickness in Five Months. Before Paving. After Paving. Conrts Crosby-street, Ash Fir Pine Oak Beech .... Brick-street The period of five months is too short to enable us to deduce accurate statistical results ; and there may be other causes operating in producing this extraordinary difference, but still we trust the evidenc?, is, sufficiently conclusive to satisfy the public of the soundness of the principles we advocate, while it ought to stimulate and encourage the authorities to prosecute vigorously the course of improve ment on which they have entered. The arrangements for cleansing the surfaces of courts and passages, which have been adopted by the Town Coutv:il within the last three weeks, are highly to be commended; and the more fre quent sweeping of streets by the machine will be of touch sanitary benefit. STEPHEN KEMBLE AS FALSTAFF—ANNO 1800. One of 11; great histrionic dynasty, Stephen Kemble, has lately amused the town by his performance of Falstaff. He exhibited the humours of the jovial knight with skill enough to make the audiences laugh. But he was perhaps the first actor who ever played the fat knight to the life. His remarkable corpulence qualified him to play the cha racter without stuffing, The good humoUr of his visage was fully equalled by the protuberance of his stomach; and if the " tutus in se teres atque rotundus" of Horace, is the poet's definition of a good man, the actor rose to the summit of human virtue. The best prologue, since the days of Garrick, ushered in this singular performance. .• A Falstaff here tonight, by nature made, Lends to your favourite bard his pond'rous aid ; N, man in buckram he, no stuffing gear! No feather bed, nor e'en a pillow here! But all good honest flesh, and blood, and bone, And weighing. mere or less—some thirty stone. Upon the northern coast, by chance, we caught him : And hither, in a bread-wheel'd waggon, brought him; For in a chaise the varlet ne'er could enter, And no mail-coach on such a fare would venture. Blest with unwieldiness, at least his size Will favour find in every critic's eyes ; And should his humour, and his mimic art, Bear due proportion to his outer part, As once 'twas said of Macklin in the Jew, ' This is the very picture Shakspeare drew.' To you, with diffidence, he bids me say, Should you approve. you may command his stay, To lie and swagger here another day. If not, to better men he'll leave his sack, And go, as ballast, in a collier, back." —Blacktvood's Magazine. RIDING A DROMEDARY. (From the Knight of Gwynne.) " Dick French was the only one I ever heard of back ing a dromedary, " said a fat, old farmer-like man, from the end of the table. _ _ " How was that, Martin?" said Daly, with a look that showed he either knew the story, or anticipated some. thing good. " And by all accounts, it's the devil to ride," resumed the old fellow ; " now, it's the head down and the loins up, and then, a roll to one side, and then to the other, and a twist in the small of your back as if it were coming in two ; oh, by the good day ! Dick gave me as bad a Stich in the one side just by telling me about it." " But where did he get his experience, Martin ? I never heard of it before," said Daly. " He was a fortnight in Egypt, sir," said the old far mer ; " be was in a frigate, or a man-of-war of one kind or another, off—the devil o' me knows well where it was, but there was a consul there, a son of one of his father's tenants ; indeed, ould French got him the place from the government, and when he found out that Dick was on board the ship, what does he do, but writes him an invi tati in to pass a week or ten days with him at his house, and that he'd show him some sport. We've elegant hunting,' says he ; ' not foxes or hares, but a big bird, bigger nor a goose, they call'—by my conscience I'll for get my own name next, for I heard Dick tell the story at least twenty times." " Was it an ostrich ?" said Tom. " No ; nor an oyster either, Mr. Conolly," said the old fellow, who thought the question was meant to quiz him. "'Twas an Ibis, Martin," cried Daly, " an Ibis." " The devil a doubt of it, that's the name ; a crayture, with legs as long as Mr. Beecham O'Reilly's, and a way of going, half-flying, half-walking, almost impossible to catch, and they hunt him on dromedaries. Dick liked the notion well, and, es he was a favourite on board, he got lave for three days to go on shore, and have his fun, though the captain said at parting. ' It's not many drome daries you'll see, Dick, for the Pasha has them all up the country at this time.' This was true enough ; sorra a bit of a camel or dromedary could be seen for miles round ; but, however it was, the consul kept his word, and had one for Dick the next morning, a great strapping baste, all covered with trappings of one kind or other, elegant shawls and little hearth rugs all over him. The others were mounted on mules or asses, any way they could, and away they went to look after the goose, the ' Ibis,' I mean. Well, to be short with it, they came up with one, on the bank of a river, and soon gave chase. He was a fine strong fellow, and well able to run. I wish you heard Dick tell this part of it. Never was there such sport in the world ; blazing away altogether, as fast as they could prime and load, at one time at the goose, more times at each other ; the mules kicking, the asses braying, and Dick cantering about on his dromedary, upsetting every one near him, and shouting like mad. At last he pinned the goose up, in a narrow corner, among some old walls, and Dick thought he'd have the brush ; but sorra step the dromedary would stir. He spurred and kicked, and beat away with a stick as hard as he could ; but it was all no good—it was the carpets, maybe, that saved him, for there he stood fast, just for all the world as if he was made of stone. Dick pulled out a pistol and fired a shot in his ear, bat all to no use; he minded it no more than before. ' Bad luck to you, for a baste,' says Dick, ' what ails you at all, are you going to die on me ? Get along now. The divil receave a step I'll go, till I get some spirits and wather!' says the dromedary, ' for I m clean smothered with them bl—y blankets,' and with them same words the head of the baste fell off, and Dick saw the consul's own man wiping the perspiration from his face, and blowing like a porpoise. ' How the divil the hind legs bears it, I can't think,' says he ; • I am nigh dead though I had a taste of fresh air.' The murther was out, gentlemen, for you see the counsel could not get a real dromedary, and was obliged to make one out of a Christian, and a black fellow he had for a cook ; and, sure enough, in the beginning of the day Dick says he went like a clipper ; 'twas doubling after the goose destroyed him." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. At the half-yearly meeting of the Charing Cross Bridge Company, a dividend of 18s., or nearly 7i per cent., was declared. The directors stated in their report that they were proceeding with the bill in parliament to enable them to complete the sale of the bridge to Messrs. Wm. Jack son and others, who were taking all proper steps to con clude the bargain. SALE OVA CHILD 1 - A woman named Taylor, residing in the neighbourhood of Farringdon-street last week sold her child, a fine little boy, to a lady who came in her car riage, and paid half a sovereign as earnest money. After wards she exhibited the urchin denuded of his dirty rags and clothed in the richest honour, and took him away with her, promising to call and pay the remainder of the " purchase-money" (.£2 or £5) as may be required. The grandfather of the child repudiates the whole transaction INC ENDIARISM.—A destructive fire, caused by some malicious incendiary, took place on Saturday week, at Bottisham. in Cambridgeshire. The flames extended over two farms and other buildings, and no less than 150 coombs of wheat, with several agricultural implements, were destroyed. What adds to the calamity is, that fifteen cottag , s were burned down, and 24 poorfamiliesthus turned out of house and home. The farms and stacks were par tially insured. THE LONDON ALDERMEN.—The Lord Mayor has thought it right to offer some explanation as to the charge of several of the aldermen being unfindable by John Doe and Richard Roe. His Lordship says, that there are not more of his brethren absent than are usually away at this time of the year. Certainly some may be abroad for pri vate affairs, and some may be abroad for kealth ; but it is not the less true, that at home there are numerous legal claimants on their attention, whom it is inconvenient for them to meet.—Railway Herald. In the melancholy case of shooting, between Harro gate and Otley, mentioned in last week's paper, the co roner's jury returned a verdict of " Excusable homicide." It appeared that John Brotberton, the poor fellow who was shot, had acted in the most imprudent manner, arising, no doubt, from his being intoxicated at the time, and that Hugh England, the servant man who fired the gun, as well as Mr. Atkinson and his family, were under great apprehension that Brotberton was one of a party of burglars who were trying to get into the house. SAviNGs' BANKS.-From an official return of Mr. Tidd Pratt, it appears that there are in England 445 savings' bank, with 832,290 accounts and deposits, amounting to £25,112,865. There are 428 rienJly so cieties, investing directly with the National Debt Office, with an amount of deposits of £1,770,775. There are 23 savings' banks in Wales, 73 in Ireland, and 36 in Scotland. The average amount of each depositor in Wales is £2B, precisely the same as in England; in Ire land it is £29, whilst in Scotland it is only £l4. DETERMINED SUICIDE. A young woman, named Lydia Price, 25 years old, having left her situation at Brecon, on Saturday, took arsenic, and afterwards applied for out-door relief at the workhouse. Being told that this could not be granted -unless she became an inmate, she went away, and applied at another chemist's shop for more arsenic, but cream of tartar was given to her in stead. Being taken ill, she was conveyed to the work house, where, notwithstanding an obstinate resistance on het part, the stomach pump was applied and the chest re lieved. It was, however, too late, and the rash woman expired the same evening. The jury returned a verdict offelo de se, and the suicide was interred without Chris tian burial. MANSION -HOUSE, SATURDAY.—RINGING A PEAL IN HONOUR OF PEEL'S TARIFF.—MISS Julia Jones, a very pretty damsel, dressed in a fashionable polka, wascharged with pulling the bell of Mr. Bennett, of Fenchurch-street, at two o'clock in the morning. Julia said she had supped with a party of friends, on her return from the theatre, and had perhaps taken a little more refreshment than agreed with her, as she bad drunk two or three glasses to "the health of Sir R. Peel," and " Success to hi; Tariff," and she supposed it was that which induced her to ring a peal in honour of Peel. She hoped the Lord Mayor would look over the offence, as it was her first frolic. — The Lord Mayor discharged the fair Julia, having advised her to beware of her second frolic. _ SINGULAR ACCIDENT. — On the 4th instant, a young man, named Phelan, was engaged, with another person, at Messrs. Stephenson's engine factory, Newcastle-on- Tyne, in grinding a piece of iron on a grindstone driven by an engine, when in an instant the stone flew into numberless pieces, one of the parts flying upwards with tremendous force and breaking the beam and floor of the upper room, and, striking the steam-pipe in its descent, broke it, and filled the building with steam. Another portion of the stone is supposed to have struck Phelan, as, when the steam cleared away, he was discovered lying on his face, his head and face being dreadfully injured. He died about two hours afterwards. ALARMING ACCIDENT. — At the Broad Oak Colliery, near Ashton-under-Lyne, 20 poor men had a very narrow escape from being crushed to atoms, by the fall of 100 tons of rock and rubbish. It appears that a body of coal had got on fire at the bottom of one of the pits, which the men had found great difficulty in trying to extinguish, on ac count of the great heat of the burning mass, but had at last succeeded in getting a fire engine down the pit. On Monday, the steam arising from throwing water on the burning coal, got into the roof, and brought down with a tremendous crash the mass of materials named above.— Fortunately the men had not commenced work, or every soul would have perished ; three are seriously injured. The fire is not extinguished. THE DISTIN FAMILY.—These accomplished performers on the Sax horns are at present in Paris, where they are highly popular. It appears they have attended soirees, given by the Due de Montpensier, and other illustrious individuals. On Friday last, they had an especial " com mand" to the Tuileries, and they played a variety f their most attractive pieces, in the presence of the King and Queen of the French, Princess Adelaide, Duchess of Orleans, Duchess of Nemours, Duc de Montpensier, Due de Aumale, Prince de Joinville, and about 60 guests of distinction. His majesty took occasion to express the pleasure he experienced in listening to the effects of the horns ; and even to request the performance of " God save the queen." The Distins proceed immediately to Germany, on a three months' professional tour. SERIOUS'AFFRAY.—For some time, a hostile feeling has existed between the English and Irish workmen em ployed at the Derwent iron -works, and pugilistic en counters have been the consequence. On Sunday night, about nine o'clock, whilst a number of these workmen, composed chiefly of English, were sitting in a beer-house, at Blackbill, a party of the Irish repaired to the house, armed with sticks, stones, and other missiles, and com menced an attack upon it by smashing the windows and ()pier outrages. Soon afterwards, the English party in side were joined by a number of their comrades, when a desperate engagement ensued, •which lasted for several hours, and during which from forty to fifty on each side were more or less disabled by cuts and bruises, three of whom are now lying in a very precarious state, and almost beyond the hope of recovery.—Durham Chronicle. A DEEP BEGGAR.—A fellow is going about at Lincoln, vending trifling articles and begging, who, to induce the peoele to make purchases or give him something, pro fesses to be a religious person in reduced circumstances. To enable him to work the better upon the feelings of the religious, he produces what purports to be the certificate of a minister. It turns out that he has a number of those certificates, and that he is, if they are to be believed, a faithful member of nearly every religious sect in the country. Unfortunately, the other day, he endeavoured to exci e the pity of a Lincoln independent, and to clench the appeal, pulled out what he imagined and stated to be the certificate of an independent minister, as a proof of his godliness ; but, lo ! the paper turned out to be " the wrong one," the unitarian certificate, and so, of course, the scamp was turned out. Some alarmi ig potato — riots took place at Inverness a few days since. The lower classes opposed the shipment of potatoes, in spite of the police, magistrates, and mili tary, and they proceeded to smash windows, and threa tened or attempted to set fire to the Provost's distillery. Ten or twelve persons were wounded ; the riot act had to be read, and a proclamation issued ; and many were taken prisoners. No potatoes were shipped on- Thursday, so that no opportunity was afforded to one side to brave the other. Some of the inhabitants think this is occasioned by fear acting on the farmers, and that they will not at tempt to ship. This is all delusion. The true came of their inertness is the severity of the frost, which would spoil the potatoes between the barnyard and the wharf. Some farmers have sent supplies into the market. The potatoes sell at the exporting price, say 16s. per boll. To appease the populace, Mr. Fraser, farmer, called the town crier to advertise the inhabitants that whoever wished to purchase potatoes might be supplied by him with any quantity they wanted. BANNS OF MARRIAGE FORBIDDEN.—At Great Whit ley Church, on Sunday, the Ist instant, the bans of mar riage between Thomas Bowen and Elizabeth Stringer were publicly forbidden by the mother of the intended bridegroom. They had been published for two Sundays previously, but as soon as the reverend divine had com menced for the third and last time, out started Mrs. Bowen into the middle of the church, and exclaimed in a loud voice, to the utter astonishment of the clergyman and congregation, including also those occupying the pew of royalty, " 1 forbid the banns in this church and all others." The reverend gentleman, for a moment or so, was in a "fix," but as soon as be recovered himself he told the old lady he would see her in the vestry after ser vice. We have not since heard the result.—On Sunday week, when the officiating minister at the parish church, Stockton, was publishing a long list of names of candi dates for connubial bliss, and in the act of pronouncing the names of a certain couple, an individual present ex- ' claimed, in a loud stentorian voice, " I forbid the banns." On being afterwards requested to state the " why and the wherefore" he said the " would be" bridegroom was his son, and that he was only 18 years of age. The next day, however, matters were amicably arranged between the parties, and the indissoluble knot has since been tied.. ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHYMISTRY.- -H is Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Wylde, on Thursday visited the laboratories of the Royal College of Chymistry. where he was met by Professors Hoffman, Brande, and Taylor, and Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell. His royal highness made a very minute inspection of the laboratories and examined every student as to the point they had reached in the systematic course of study adopted. He then witnessed a selection of interesting 'experiments, in cluding the method of analyzing organic compounds, known as Liebeg's organic combustion. His royal high ness, being well acquainted with the present state of the science of chymistry, has, from the first projection of the College of Chymistry, afforded it his support. After spending more than an hour in the laboratory, his royal highness met Lords Palmerston, Hill, Newry and Morne, and Ebrington, Sir J. J. Guest, Sir James Clark, Hon. W. B. Baring, M. P., J. Denison, M. P., Mr. W. Ewart, M. P., and presided at a meeting of the council. The principal ,resolution passed at this meeting ,es that the building of the laboratories be commenced fuithwith. His royal highness then inspected the site for the labora tories and the plans of Mr. Lockyer, the architect, and expressed his approbation of all the arrangements for the establishment of the institution, and added a second dona tion of £lOO to the building fund. The lambing season this year has been exceedingly favourable. The earliest lambs obtained were from the Dorset ewes, and from the mild state of the weather they have continued on the grass lands, and are now in a for ward state. Among the south down ewes lambing is now very general. The lambs are dropped very strong. and more than the average number of twins are produced. Sheep feed is very abundant in most counties, and should the weather remain in its present mildness, the couples will continue in their folds, and lambs will be ready for the markets much earlier than usual. THE. WARWICKSHIRE MURDER.—The examination of Reed, who was apprehended on Friday week, at Bir mingham, on suspicion of having murdered Thomas Tran ter, a farmer at Berkswell, twelve weeks ago, took place at Solihull, near Birmingham, on Monday. The magis trates took the examination privately, and the accused was remanded. He has always been described as a fresh coloured young lad, of eighteen years of age, but now is very haggard looking, and has the appearance of having suffered much privation. He was apprehended by a milk man, named Pane, in Dale-end, Birmingham, that person having previously known him. _ SENTENCE ON A RETURNED TRANSPORT.—A few months ago, a convict, named John Potter, surrendered himself at the Mansion-house, L'indon, and alleged that he was an escaped convict from New South Wales. He said he had a great chance of liberty, but he wished to surrender himself, and be sent back to the colony. He was aware of the dreadful sufferings of the convicts, yet he would not shrink from suffering if be could effect good to others. The fact was, that since he got away, he had been converted ; and, feeling the sinful and degraded state in which convicts lited, he thought that, if he again went over amongst them, he should prove an instrument of much good. Great sympathy was felt, and Sir James Graham was applied to for a pardon ; but this, he said, could not be granted in the first instance—the prisoner must be dealt with in the ordinary way. The prisoner was, on Tuesday, brought into the New Court, when the Common Sergeant briefly referred to his case : without presuming in what way Gove - nment would act, he had only to pronounce the judgment as in an ordinary case of being unlawfully at large. The sentence was, that the prisoner be further confined in Newgate for three calendar months, and then be transported for life. MIRAC CLOT) S ESCAPE.—On Monday, a most alarming accident occurred at Sudbury, Derbyshire. Lord Ches terfield, and a number of distinguished guests from the seat of the noble Earl. arrived at Sudbury Hall, formerly the residence of the Queen Dowager, for the purpose of enjoying a day's fox-hunting. The morning was beauti fully fine, and the party exceeded any former gathering of the kind. They were met by Mr. Meynell's hounds, and everything gave promise of a most delightful day's sport. An accident, however, occurred to Mr. Potle, of Radbourne Hall, which gave birth to another of a more fearful kind. This gentleman was thrown from his horse, and the animal galloped off at full speed, when it was met by the carriage of Lord Chesterfield, which contained four ladies—viz., Mrs. Clay, of Sudbury Hall, and her two daughters, and Miss Turner, who had kept the road as spectators of the sportsmen. The coachman, seeing the horse approaching, incautiously quitted his seat for the purpose of stopping the animal, when the horses dashed off with the carriage at full speed, for more than two miles, and threw the carriage on its side on an embank ment; the carriage was immediately righted again by the horses, but only to be upset on the other side; they went on a little further, when the carriage again was thrown on its right side, and the horses stopped of their own accord. Every assistance was immediately rendered to the unfor tunate ladies, who, we are happy to say, have escaped with their lives. Mrs. Clay had her collar-bone dislo cated, and the other ladies were slightly bruised. The jewellery. watches, and trinkets of the fair owners were scattered in all directions, and the carriage was almost dashed to pieces. SERIOUS RIOTS ON THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—On Wednesday morning last, the banks and shops in Penrith were closed during a great part of the day, and all business had been suspended, in consequence of serious disturbances amongst the labourers employed on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. That morning upwards of 2000 of these men, engaged between that town and Kendal, began to assemble in the neighbourhood, with the view of driving the Irish labourers from the line. Luckily no collision took place, the Irish having re treated. The labourers were armed with clubs and other weapons. • A party of the English having learned that some Irish had taken refuge in a lodging-house in Pen rith, went to the place, before the civil power arrived, and seriously assaulted nine Irishmen. One or two are scarcely expected to survive. The Cumberland and Westmoreland Yeomanry Cavalry were called out. At eleven o'clock all was quiet. The disturbances com menced on Tuesday at the cutting at Hugh's Cragg. It peared that an Irishman had refused to do some work required by his overlooker or " ganger," and that the two eot from words to blows. The remainder of the Irish then employed, about 60 in number, struck work, and went to Mr. Smith's works, at Plumpton, where a great number of their countrymen were employed. In the evening the whole of them, to the number of 500,, formed in regular order, and marched through Penrith to the huts on Yanwath moor, to burn them down, but were prevented by the magistrates and civil power. Mr. Hasell, a magistrate, harrangued them in kind language, and - they agreed to march back and meet next day (Wednesday), to receive their wages. It was also arranged that the Irish should work on one side of the Eumont viaduct, and the English on the other. In the cutting at Hugh's Cragg there are employed upwards of 600 English and about 60 Irish About I3 , men were wounded in the affrays, and nearly all are doing well. The riot act was read about noon. On Thursday night all remained quiet. The Irish in the neighbourhood of Penrith were paid off, and left the town, with the exception of four who were seriously hurt. From 200 to 300, armed with guns and other warlike weapons, were previously met by the yeomanry cavalry, at Mi!estone-house, and stopped, where the Irish appeared so desperate that the riot act wis read, but, ultimately, it was agreed that they should be paid off, and they laid down thir arms. After they had left the town all was again tranquil. DREADFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE.—A dreadful tra gedy was enacted on Thursday morning at the house, 16, Arthur-square, Commercial-road East, London. A man named Jeremiah Spence Stark, a coal-weigher, having murdered his wife by cutting her throat with a carving knife, destroyed himself with the same weapon. It ap pears that Stark, who was a man of violent temper, had lately made use of threats towards his wife, and was spoken to upon the subject by his wife's father, who lived in the same house. In consequence of an arrangement made by the wife's father, Stark and bis wife slept in se parate beds on Wednesday night. Stark rose very early, and it is supposed that whilst his unfortunate wife was in the act of kneeling before the fire, and sweeping the ashes into a shovel, he came behind her, and inflicted several wounds on her neck and throat. A scuffle of very short duration then ensued, and the wife must have run towards the stairs, where she fell from exhaustion and loss of blood. The: man afterwards destroyed himself in the front kitchen, when his lifeless corpse, weltering in blood, was found stretched on the floor in front of the fire-place. The police were immediately called in from the neighbouring station-house, and found both parties quite dead. The woman had received several deep wounds on her neck and throat; the man only one, which nearly severed his head from his body. The fender and fire-irons were scattered about in every direction, and all things betokened a silent but terrible struggle. The only discoverable g rounds for the terrible tragedy are these : A little brothr of the young woman Ellen Baxter, alias Stark, slept in the same apartment with her and her hus band, and on the previous night heard the latter abusing her, and calling her odious names. This he told to his , father, who mildly remonstrated with Stark on the impro priety of his conduct. It would seem this galled the fel low, and must have rankled all night in his mind. From the appearance of the front kitchen, which seemed to be the breakfast-room of the family, the young woman must have been at work in the place when Stark made the at tack upon her, and the silent struggle between them must have been terrible. tier hands were cut in several places through the gloves which she had on doing her work. The poor young woman, who is supposed to have been in the family way, is said to have been a good-tempered girl. THE LANDLORDS AND THE PRICE OF WHEAT.—It is a generally-admitted fact, that the home market for British manufactures is larger than that of all foreign markets put together. It is of course next to impossible to calcu late with certainty the fall of the price of wheat conse quent on throwing the British market open to all the world, but we may assume that the reduction may be a bout ten shillings a quarter, which is the estimate of ex perienced men. Taking the consumption of Britain at 20,000,000 of quarters of wheat a-year, this beneficial change, say the Free Traders, gives the country, accord ing to this calculation, a saving of £10,000,000 a-yelr ; that is, ten millions sterling, which was previously paid by the unjust operation of CLASS legislation to the land holders, will be absolutely extinguished,—it will be no longer paid to them, and be an absolute saving to the community. But before we give such a statement an un qualified assent, it may be worth while to inquire what the landholders do with the ten millions thus acquired? Do they bury it, or is it absorbed in some mysterious way in to the agricultural body, so that the rest of the nation, first robbed by their cupidity, continue to pine under their selfish obduracy ? By no means. Hence in a great de gree the strength of the home market for manufactures of which we have spoken. They, their families, their ser vants, t' eir dependants, hasten to spend it mainly on the various manufactures of the country. The ten millions do not leave the country, or are absorbed by some unpa triotic slough, but run instantly, as soon as acquired, into inumerable channels throughout the entire country, giving an astonishing impulse and life to every thing from the spinning frames and power looms of Manchester,—from the manufacturers of Leeds, Nottingham, Norwich, Bir mingham, Sheffield, down to the retail dealers in Regent or Bond-street, to those of the most insignificant village of the kingdom. If the wave of prosperity is directed with unnecessary, or as it regards the community at large, even hurtful force, over the green lawns of the aristocratic body, back it instantly flows with an impetuosity which carries it in its fructifying career to the remotest points and corners of the land. Admitting such a view of the question as this, it seems difficult to imagine that the evil of wheat being 10s. a quarter higher than it might be, is of the unqualified-description which our Free Traders would have it to be. Let ten millions cease, according to their impetuous clamour, to come into the pockets of the land holders, it will equally cease to flow out of them again in to theirs, in the purchase, especially, of the elegancies, luxuries, and refinements of life. If eventually the coun try suffer not, in consequence of the saving through the community at large from the lower price of bread, (to ac complish which fall the bakers must be subjected to a spe cies of torture to charge only moderate profits. unknown to the nineteenth century,)—for the present an embar rassment and derangement in the channels of the home trade is likely to ensue, the extent, the duration, and con sequences of which he must be a bold man who shall pre dicate.—Record. GENERAL MISCELLANY Packet-ships are about to sail monthly from Gloucester direct to Antwerp. EXPORTATION OF ENGLISH GRAIN.—A cargo of Eng lish barley was sold at Lynn, last week, for exportatioa to Holland. _ . Mr. Tufnell, cue of the Assistant Poor-law Commis sioners, has resigned his office, from dissatisfaction at the conduct of the Commissioners. The Mayor of Exeter has ordered the police to arrest any person carrying about children afflicted with the small pox. The Duke of Wellington, in reply to an applicati n from Dover, states—" That his grace has no informa tion upon the intention of calling out of the militia." There is now lying at the West India Dock a single log of mahogany, so immense in size and valuable in qua lity that it has been sold for £l,OOO. Mr. Wakley, the coroner, remarked, on Friday, in a case of suicide, that he had had no less than 26 similar cases before him in less than twelve_days. vM Mr. Marcus, the sharebroker of Leeds, has been com mitted for trial on the charge of forgery, but has been li berated on bail. A proposal has been made by some of the South Shields shipowners to raise a memorial, by public subscription, to the memory of the inventor of the life-boat. A convent of mercy is about to be established in New castle, Dean Coll has subscribed £6OO to the undertaking, and Dr. Ryan £5OO. MADAME ANAIDE CASTELLAN. — It is said that this popular vocalist died lately in Russia, after a short il!ness. She was included in Mr. Lumley's list of engagements fur the present reason. At the Arches Court, on Thursday, Sir_ H. J. Fust suspended for eighteen months, the Rev. Mr. Cresswell, vicar of Creech, St. Michael, for habitual swearing and intoxication. . . On Saturday, at Redrice, near Andover, a person named Brierley, was shot through the neck by T. M. Shurman, with whom he had some dispute about money. He is expected to recover. A movement is now being made in Paisley for the abo lition of the custom, which is carried to an extravagant excess in Scotland, of providing refreshments to compa nies at funerals. FATAL FEAT.—On Tuesday, a tailor, named John Hilborne, aged 40. residing at Bristol, drank, for a wager, five pints of beer in five minutes. He died in a few min utes afterwards. ARSON.—A servant at Oldstead Hall, near Thirsk, has been committed for trial on a charge of having set fire to the building. He was seen coming out of the apartment where the fire originated in a state of intoxication. For tunately no serious damage was done. The Commissioner of the Leeds Bankruptcy Court has committed a bankrupt to York Castle for not satisfactorily answering questions put to him as to recent dealings. He admitted his debts exceeded £20,000 but the assets were not more than £2OOO. The gentleman who leaped from one of the carriage windows. on the Chester Railway, while the train was proceeding, was Mr. John Mollett, of Lane Delf, in the Potteries. He was 37 years of age, and has left a widow. Intoxication seems to have induced his mental infirmity. Two young people, who had been out making prepara tions for their approaching marriage, quarrelled the other day on Westminster Bridge—threw their purchases, in cluding even the wedding ring, into tha Thames, and se parated. At a recent meeting of the Austwick board of guardians, the assistant overseer of the Cleckheaton district was taken to task for getting drunk, on which one of the guar dians naively said he could see nothing wrong in the offi cers getting drunk, for he sometimes got drunk himself ! A Reading paper states that " a much respected clergy man of that town, presiding over a well-known school, has recently been presented with £5OO, as a grateful acknow ledgment from the surviving parent ot a former successful pupil." Dr. Valpy is the gentleman alluded to. Sir G. W. Lefevre, Bart., late physician to the embassy of Russia. destroyed himself l a st week b y taking prussic acid. He had been labouring under delusions of mind. He was the author of several medical works, and was in affluent circumstances. LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING BANK —A meeting of the shareholders in this bank took place at Leeds on Monday. It appeared that the liabilities of the company were about £350,000, and their assets £300,000 ; shewing a deficiency of £50,000, which loss will have to be borne by the share holders. FATHER AND SON KILLED.-011 Saturday week, at Shotton Moor Colliery, Durham, a man named Brown, aged 50, and his son, aged 16, were being lowered down the pit, when the chain broke, and they were precipitated to the bottom. The two were afterwards-found quite dead, with their bodies crushed to pieces. All the best clocks that are now made in America are constructed with wooden pendulums, which are but little subjected to the influence of heat, and, as such, the rate of these horological machines is much improved. The great clock of the Horse Guards, so much celebrated for its accuracy, is furnished with a wooden pendulum rod. CATTLE IMPORTED FROM IRELAND.—From a paper issued by order of parliament, it appears that there have been imported into Great Britain from Ireland, in the quarter ending the sth of January, 1846, the following cattle :-32,883 oxen, bulls, and cows ; 583 calves ; 32,576 sheep; and 104,141 swine. An ingenious rogue has been reaping a good harvest in the metropolis by selling what he alleged were fine gera nium roots, in pots. After a few days the supposed plants drooped, and on the owners transplanting them they were discovered to be slips only, secured by twine to the bot tom of the pot. COMMITTAL OF A SURGEON FOR MANSLAUGHTER. — Mr. Dickenson, surgeon, of 13ilston, has been committed to take his trial for having, by his want of proper skill and attention, caused the death of Hannah Hickman , the wife of a working man, in her confinement. The offspring of the unfortunate deceased is now living, and is a fine healthy child. The " Terrible," war steamer, is being fitted but in a formidable manner. She is one of the most perfect spe cimens of war-ship building yet known. She can berth a thousand men, and from her construction would swim though her external keel and plank were off her bottom. Her engines are of 800 horse power. She is to have a complement of 240 officers, men and boys. The horrible case at Greenwich closed on 'Thursday, by a verdict of " wilful murder" against Wm. Ri, hardson. The coroner told the jury that they must dismiss from their minds that portion of the case, showing the inces tuous intimacy which had subsisted between the father and daughter, except so far as it showed the motives they would have for concealment. A STRANGE VI,ITOR.-011 Thursday, a large Durham cow came in at one of the doors of the elegant shop of Messrs. Graham, Ludgate-hill, London, and walked round the shop, passing between some very valuable large china' jars and glass, and made her exit through the second door, without doing any damage. This took place at about seven o'clock in the evening, when the shop was lighted up. Feb. 17, 1846. Zirtbs, Olarriagers anb. 1113tatbo• BIRTHS. On the IGth Instant, in Berkeley-square, London, the 10111 Mrs. Robert Boyle, of a son. Same day, Baroness de Moncorvo, of a son. Same day, the lady of the Rev. T. Bibby, of a son. On the 11th instant, at Grosvenor.crescent, London, th e Countess of Clarendon, of a son. Same day, at Gateshead, Mrs. Stephen Forster, of twins,' son and a daughter. Same day, in West Derby-street, the lady of George GreaveS Esq., of a son. On the 12th instant. the lady of Thomas W. Medcalf, Esq., Brunswick-square, Kirkdale, of a daughter. On the 15th instant, at St. James'-terrace, the wife of NW° Bourne, Esq., of Heatbfield, of a daughter. MARRIED On the 30th ultimo, at Hesse Cassel, Colonel Lord Cherie! A. F. Bt','inck, to Countess Caroline Mechtildt, the eldeeb daagl. of the reigning Count of Waldeck and Piermont. On the 31st ultimo, at Edge.hill Church, by the Rev. Per' Barker, Mr. John Mullany, manager of the Botanic Gardens, W Sarah, eldest daughter of J. Irving, Esq., of Scotland•road. On the sth instant, at St. Nicholas's Church, by the Rev." • G. Headlam, Captain David Evans, of Bangor, to Eleanor, eldest daughter of Captain Richard Lloyd, of Barn.outh, Merio nethshire. On the 6th instant, at St. Luke's Church, by the Rev. C.Vi r • Lawrence, Mr. John Joseph Beck to Elizabeth, daughter of Dit , J. Norbury. On the Bth instant, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. William flute /. inson Brazier to Miss Catherine Cooper. On the 9th instant, at St. Mark's Church, Mr. J. A. Banks Mary, only daughter of the late Captain J. Fark. On the 1 , th instant, at the Parish Church, Ormskirk, Mr. Hewitt, corn and flour merchant, Latham, to Mary, widow of the late Mr. Thomas Webster, innkeeper, Ring-o'-Bells - bridg e, Latham. Same day, at Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, by the Rev. Ed; F. Arney, Vicar of Shalfleet, the Rev. William Twyne, Rector 01 Rayleigh, in the county of Essex, to Mary, second daughter the late Dougal Christie, Esq., of Montague-square, London. Same day, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. Edward Burns. coope, to Mrs. Sarah Davies, of Copperas-hill. Same day, at the Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, by the.R . H. Ayling, Charles M. Brocklesby, Esq., son of the late Captw' Brocklesby, of Quebec, to Caroline, second daughter of Jolt* Cooke, Esq., of the former place. On the 11th instant, at St. Michael's Church, Mr. T. Stocker,' of this town, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. M. Barker , of West Derby. Same day, at the Crescent Chapel, Everton, by th 3 Rev. Dr: Raffles, Silvester Fraser Nichol, Esq., Upper Parliament-stree t, to Hannah, youngest daughter of Joseph Williams, Esq., Win d " sor Cottage. On the 12th instant, at Wallasey Church, by the Rev. Di' Bryth, Mr. John Allen, to Mrs. Lloyd, third daughter of Thonlel Dean, Esq., Liscard, Cheshire. Same day, at Walton Church, by the Rev. Mr. Leigh, Mr. Grundy, cork-cutter, to Margaret, third daughter of Mr Chat Bird, watchmaker, of this town. Same day, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. H. Carpenter. , M.A., Samuel Wylde Ackerley, Esq., to Jane, third daughter 0 1 the late Mr. S. R. Clarke, both of this town. _ _ Same day, at St, George's Church, Hanover-squAre, London. by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Rev. Henry Blunt, eldest son of the late Rev. Henry Blunt, Rector of Streatham, and formal/ of Chelsea, to Charlotte Mary, second daughter of the late Thos• Daniel, Esq., of Little Berkhamstead, Herts. Same day, at Brace Meole, Salop, by the Venerable Archdeaco n Bather, William Wood, Esq., of Oakley Lodge, Fulham, t° Sarah, eldest daughter of Richard Juson, Esq., of Red hill, that county. Same day, at Astbury, Captain Archer, 4th Dragoon Guards. to Eliza, eldest daughter of C. Swetenham, Esq., of Somerfordo Cheshire. On the 14th instant, at the Parish Church, Walton, Mr. I• Richardson, shipowner, to Dorothy Anna Taylor, eldest cloned° of Mr. J. B. Taylor, of Wesley-street. DIED Lately, at his seat in Ireland, in his 71st year, Rear-Admire Samuel C. Rowley. , . Lately, at Colleton-terrace, Exeter, aged 92, Mrs. Elizabeth Wiustone. Lately, at St. Petersburgh, where she had been singing at the Italian Opera, after a very short illness, from a neglected cold , the distinguished vocalist Madame Castellan- She appeared last season at her Majesty's Theatre, and was re-engaged for the present year. On the ath August, wreckcd in the ship Cataraqui, off King? Island, 13,ss's Straits, bound to Port Philip, W. G, Dawson, el_ A v est son of the late T. Dawson, Esq., of Dublin. Also, on boar , ' the same ship, aged 15, James Stokes, eldest son of Captain J• Black, of this port. On the Ist October, at Punta Arenas, South America, aged 5 3, Captain Wm. Chaplin, late of this town. On the 24th October, washed ov, rboard, off Cape Horn, Cap• taro A. Bottomley, of the ship Joshua Waddington, of this port , deeply regretted by all with whom he was connected, both in business and private life. In October last, at Aldborongh, North America, John, third son of the late Alexander M'Callum, Esq., Leadmore, Argyle" shire On the 21st December, at the residence of his brother at L s ' . guayra. of fever, aged 23, Mr. Frederick Kitson Mawdsler, ninth son of the late William Mawdsley, Esq., merchant of thiS town. On the 3d ultimo;aged 56, Captain Johu Bowden, of Waterloo road, deeply regr,tted. On the 18th ultimo, aged 60, Ann, wife of Mr. Wm. Grist, of Kitchen-street. On the 24th ultimo, aged 102, Elizabeth Duffield. She W 0 in the Gloucester Lunatic Asylum for more than twenty year s ' and cost her parish nearly -t"500. Or, the 25th ultimo, at Shawbury, Salop, aged 90, Mr. Wes' Massey, who, from early youth, lived as a servant in the farnil of Sir A. V. Corbet, and for many years past received a libera l annuity from his employer. Same day, at Halifax, N.S., after having given birth to stillborn child, Georgina, wife of Captain Arthur Lawrence,- nf the Rifle Brigade, and daughter of George J. Pennington, Enti't a) Cumberland-street, London. On the 28th ultimo, in his 20th year, Mr. Randal Williafn Fogg. On the 29th ultimo, aged 45, Mr. Hugh Davies, agent of ` h -1 Parry's Mine. also a member in the Independent Chapel at Rhes-Cae for twenty-four years. On the 30th ultimo, at Tenement, near Pateley-bridge, ag 100 years, Isabella, relict of Mr. G. Knowles, and mother of TA . Rev. J. Knowles, for fifty years an itinerant preacher in the Wesleyan connexion. On the 31st ultimo, at Hullah, near Wrexham, in her rid year, Mrs. Sarah Mitchell. On the '2d-instant, at her residence, Vine-street, aged 7 11 Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr. T. Roberts, of Brownlow hill' I t On the ad instant, at Waterford, aged 42, Mr. James JoselP" Smith, late of this town. Same day, aged 59, Mr. Peter Fox, and on the Bth instant* aged 10 months, Peter Fox Ferguson, grandson of the above. s. Same day, at Southwell, Nottinghamshire, aged 78, E' _ . . _ . Clay, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red. On the 6th instant, aged 79, Mr. John Fazackerley, late of Duke•street. Same day, at Apley-park, Salop, aged 64, Thomas Whitmor e, Esq., formerly M.P. for Bridgnorth. Same day, aged 17, Edward, son of Mr. J. Carney, of Bomb,' street. On the Bth instant, in Mill-street, aged 48, Esther, wife 01 Mr. W. Sunnan. Same day, aged 5.6. Edward, only son of the late Nicbo lo Aspinall, Esq., of Everton. Same day, aged 2 years, Isabella, youngest daughter of Ng' W. M'Cullrck, late of Whitehaveu. Same day, at Oakleigh. Northwich, in her 69th year, Jena' wife of C. W. Neumann, Esq. Same day, suddenly, Mr. John Williams, boot and sWe maker. liotham-street. _. Same day, aged 1 year, Ann, daughter of Mr. Ale ;ander ga z ray. of Mersey-street. On the gth instant, at his hou Dingle hill, aged 7g, John Kearsley. Same day, in his 21st year, Henry, eldest son of Mr. Jani° of Birkenhead, formerly of Chester. Same i ay, at De Beauvoir, Guernsey, in her 94th year, Saumarez. widow of the late I. Dobree, Esq. Same day, at Ashborne, in his 94th year, John DavenP ° Esq., formerly a solicitor. th e On the 10th instant, at Derby, in the 44th year of his age , . 0 f Rev. Henry Hickman, Wes'eyan Minister, and twenty-IW' his ministry same day, at No, 24, Fleet-street, of rapid consumption. age 22 years, Mr. Charles Maciver, upholsterer, of Inverness , '— cerely and deservedly regretted. e. Same day, Dorothy, wife of Mr. Newton, of Prospect- _ i v Fairfield, and only daughter of the late Mr. R. Serjeant, oaks, near Lancaster. T. Same day, aged 18, Samuel Frederick, third son of I." Buckley, of Manchester late of this town. On the 11th instant, aged 37 years Miss Eleanor Clar ice' daughter of Mr. John Clarke, tanner, Douglas, Isle of Maal,o , Same day, at her residence, 11, Clarence-street, Everton , ';o 4 Hardman, relict of Richard Hardman. Esq., of this town4l, eldest (laughter of the late Samuel Woolrich. Esq., of Peel P Farnworth. Same day, at Birkenhead Abbey, Cheshire, Jessie Forsyth, . . . infant daughter of the Rev. Andrew Knox. Claf i ' 6 Same day, aged 37, Eleanor, daughter of Mr. J. tanner, rouglas, isle of Man 90 0 ' Same day, suddenly, aged 36, Mr. John Hodge, stonenia . , Birkenhead: Same day, at Palacz-house, in this county, Elizabeth W ide° relict of the late J. Greenwood, E- q. Same day, at Oxford, aged 102, Mary, widow of the later; R. Holmes, 'D.D.. forMerly fellow of New College, and sdc sively Canon of Christ Church and Dean of Winchester.,oo retained her faculties to the last. Within the last year s he a frequent attendant at her parish church, often receivia sacrament with the congregation. On the 14th nstant, at he - r resilience, Prescot street, al Ann, relict of the late Mr. Peter Ellis. _ Same day, in the 4th year of his age, George Gool- , secv son of Mr. John Carmichael, Ilamilton.square, On the 15th instant, at the advanced age of 82, Elle n ' o ti of the late Captain Bolton, of Hindley, near Wigan, anlin i tp in.law of Mr. James Reay, secretary of the Guardian soelogiti, On the 15th instant, Anne, wife of Mr. Thomas Sclo°' Benson-street. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS• (From the Railway Magazine of Saturd....-4 Money .12rt'yvieari,./914. Passen NAME Arbroath and Forfar Birmingham and Gloucester 4160 1 4127 _ . Chester and Birkenhead — 397 Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown Dundee ar.d Arbroath 3624} 242 22 ,1 Durham and Sunderland Edinburgh and Glasgow 6 Eastern Counties .... Glasgow and Ayr 137-5 1656 13 5 °. Glasgow and Greenock 10669 667 4 Grand Junction* — Gravesend and Rochester 5706 141 -- Great North of England Great Westcrn Hull and Selby Hartlepool Dock and Rail. - Liverpool and Manchester London ann Birmingham — 32577 277 069 London and Blackwall 32581 London and Brighton 9 10 London and Croydon 11046i 1061 -- London and Greenwich 4 3 :108i 15f 140..0.1! .41. Southwestern 85 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 979 8071 Manchester and Birmingham. 4169 - Manchester and Leeds and Hull and Selby Midland Counties Newcastle and Darlington Newcastle and Carlisle Newcastle and North Shields 17934 414 17 -1 Norfolk North Union . 44 0 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 16365 5069 ,96 Preston and Wyre South Eastern . 1 5 48 5_ 6 ° 4 6 1 52 154 q 4565 56 , 12929 4910 8 69 Taff Vale Ulster 1 12127 684 ..... Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland , 14077 «11