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as Would for ever crush alike the defendant and the unhappy l ady, and consign both to hopeless penury. That there must be a verdict against his client he admitted, but he hoped the jury would be content with' giving such moderate damages °a Y as the justice of the case and the circumstances re- (mired Mr. Baron GURNEY then proceeded to sum up as follows: Gentlemen of the jury, this case has now 'arrived at the period when it becomes my duty to lay before you the evi dence in support of the case on which the plaintiff grounds his claim for damages for the as h alleges, and which th e defendant admits he h wrong done. which It e is a case in which it becomes especially necessary for you calmly and dis- Passionately to take the whole circumstances into your con sideration and judgment, in order that due justice may be done between the - parties. It is for you to say, upon a view of all the circumstances of this case, what is the extent of the in jury sustained by the plaintiff; for by the extent of the in- JttrY you must be guided in awarding the amount of compen sation. It appears on the evidence that the plaintiff was married to his lady in the year 1824—that he has three "Wren, two of them daughters—one daughter having at tained the age of fourteen years. It appears further that at tai lady is entitled under the marriage settlement of her ather and mother to a reversionary interest in £13,000. It also appears that, at the period of the marriage, the plaintiff settled the sum of £20,000, the interest of which was settled upon the lady in case of her surviving him, with IPower to her to apportion the principal amongst their chil rnin case of her surviving him, and the children 'Xing under 21, then to herself. This settlement is cer ainlY evidence of very strong affection on the part of the husband at the time of the marriage, and by it he placed the lady, as far as circumstances are concerned, in a ,§lmost respectable situation. It appears that for the last it or nine years the plaintiff and his wife resided in Brighton, and that they moved in a most respectable Tcircle of society. Indeed, one of the witnesses mentioned a e ong and most remarkable circumstance —viz., that d ur i ng whole period of their intercourse he never knew Mrs. Heaviside to be out in the evening unaccompanied by her husband, but on one occasion. It is certainly very rarely in society that husband and wife can so invariably be found in society together. As to the terms on which they lived, you have the evidence of four ladies and two gentlemen who have known them intimately, and they have all declared that they lived together on terms of the greatest possible affection. [After carefully recapitulating the evidence, his lordship concluded by stating, that the jury had only to take the amount of damages into consideration, and to weigh all the circumstances of the case.] The jury then retired. Shortly after the jury retired they again came into court, and asked, if M rs. Heaviside were divorced and were married' to Dr. Lardner, 'would any children of the second marriage partake of th e b enefit of the interest of the £20,000 in caSe of the death of the plaintiff and Mrs. Heaviside. Mr. Baron GURNE Y said, that they were not, wider the settlement, entitled to it, the settlement being only on the children of the plaintiff by Mrs. Heaviside. It was then asked, would Mrs. Heaviside, if divorced, be entitled to the interest of the £20 , 000 on the death of Mr. Heaviside ? Mr. Baron GURNEY said that she would, unless the legis lature in a divorce act provided otherwise. It Was again asked, if Dr. Lardner married Mrs. Heavi- Side divorced from her present husband, and were com- Pelted to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act, would he be c ompelled to ive Mrs. Heaviside the b ene fit o f t h e 13,000 settled o n her by settlement of her father and Mother? take r. Baron GURNEY said the jury had not any right to that point into consideration, but they might, as had i;en suggested to him, consider the loss which Mr. I,?eaviside might sustain in reference to the £13,000, if a !Itivorce took place. The learned judge remarked also, that w as evident from the letters which had been read, that Qrther correspond ence h a d ta k en place b etween defendant a nd Mrs. H eav i s i de, although the witnesses were unable to aPeak to it. The ' el' jury, after two h ours ' d e lib erat i on, returned a ver -I,loetuNfopr s t b e plaintiff. Damages EIGHT THOUSAND th a Sa f e ll is the u n i versa l l ove of the Duke of Wellington, and Tgth,ri ear of his death, that there are peopl e w h o go to the of wishing there could be an act of parliament passed (4413Pefling the duke " to care of himself." ' Il T „..,• .?„ --ss OF THE K ING OF THE FRENCH.---1 regret ex. hea!e '"InVY to state, that a rumour is prevalent, in the best rt s' th at the King is suffering under an affection of the ii;,s, which i nsp i res uneasiness in the minds of his friends. eaeafthere i s no external symptom in this malady, the public t4I IY, who see nothing in his appearance to indicate dis ,,ffe,Pnagine that h e i s qu it e we ll . W e know, however, that t airi "lons of th e h eart frequently exist without external symp but 8. A limn may li ve w ith suc h a malady to a very old age ; F, on the other hand, he may go off quite suddenly. G o d s' of . nt th at the rumour to which I h ave a ll u d e d may b e utterly f 4 unded ! f or never has France had a better, I may say so ) °° dKi ng : never could society exhibit in so elevated a triti" a better man. I shall rejoice to see the rumourcon , it.—Evening P ~a Icted from authority, although I have felt it right to no tice paper. f 'HE SANcrrry OF TILE To mu.—lt is well known, that W , et'Y, considerable alarm was manifested that the grave ‘, ll4 'd be robbed of its deposits by the intrusion of the resurrectionist*" An act of the legislature had the effect at* destroying the temptation to purloin the dead but the tigraredve is still i nsecure. Grounds, accustomed to , be held nden, are unceremoniously cleared un d er o ffi c i a l superin eee ; and that too with such ruthless indifference and dv-Inen publicity, that' even passers-by complain of the in eeent p r ofanation.—Gatherings from Grave Yards. _ IMPoSTUItES OF THE TUR KISH - D ERV IEHES. — The per. rertn a nees of a sect of these pretended de vo t ees I witnessed !at Ba g d ad. They assembled on Fridays, in a small open ,(tua re, which was over l oo k ed by the terraces of th e Resi uneY A littl e c i rc l e of spectators was formed, an d t h e ser vice bega n w i t h a prayer by an Imam, s t an di ng i n the centre. T his en d ed, a row of players beat their small drums, and the exercises commenced. First there stepped into the circle a Man, bareheaded, and naked from the waist upward. Ile carried in his hands two irons, in the shape of cows' horns. Another followed, with the upper part of his person exposed like th e first, but carrying a sword in his right hand. bor e t wo ro d s o f iron, sharpened, like the horns, at one end, A third and terminated, a t t h e other, by wooden balls. T re yolved up on t h e; rods, and, as they revolved, little bits of Iran which hung about them, swung out, and bristled on e j t ea side. As the music played, these devotees became ex- The , uir, as they would say, inspired. They began to dance. first struck the sharp ends of the horns with great ap parent violence into his side. The second seized the blade o f f hi 3 sword w i t h hi s l e f t hand, holding the handle in the at n g, and b eat the edge with all his might against his revolniach. The third brandished his rods, made the balls ve, r e evolv e, and th en struc k t h e pro j ecting irons with great th ncrust the again s t his temples and eyes. He would then Pointed of the ro jritos heeks, a nd walk about with the extremities ds balls elevated in the L ai. c After the man with the sword had beat himself for a few ipinutes, he pressed the w eapon upo n hi s stomach with great c r . "' and, at the same time, stoopi ng forward, the flesh CalfQ'ed cut ev in twoer it, so that he appeared, as lie pretended t o b e , a. In this posture lie advanced to an Imam !Fated in the circle, who laid hold of it by the two extremi- Vtnt2eB and carefully drew it out, the worshipper, at the same tlee, gradnally straightenincr himself, and presenting, when rZas .again erect, a body entirely uninjured, while, all the ~ , the People stared and gazed and wondered. During the performance of these juggleries, they cried out with each c , t r. y, " Allah," while the officiating Imam, ever and anon, led, at the top of his voice, to the people, to pray to the dr°Phet. The solution of the whole was that these preten :l's professed to be inspired with divine fury, whilst their 1,,-44etitY rendered them invulnerable. God and the prophet there , invoked to save them from harm, of which, in truth, i h ' e re was no danger, as the sword had no edge, and the other ti:81-rilments no points, and they took care, in using them, th . a t,t he force of the blow should be arrested just as it reached ' und YSouthgate's Travels in Turkey and Persia. - Viol • d ea , , .AT ION OF THE G RAVE. — Deceritly to dispose of the are and vigilantly to secure their remains from violation, 1 jnai,nong the first duties of society; our domestic endear r.e.._et, , our social attachments, our national prepossessions, t iz i ct and sanctify the resting-places of our forefathers ; at bet b ar b arous of mankind would burn with indignation tti a 01ding the last remains of a beloved relative exposed, sh, i g, or mutilated ; and yet among us, in a moral and it s c i` l •in country, the abode of the dead is openly violated, e Posits are sacrilegeously disturbed and ejected, the the tenderd solicitudes of survivors are cruelly sported with, and entity of re th e 1 lationship is destroyed ; so eager, indeed, is ev _ haste to dispossess previous occupants, that time is not pti e.° allowed for the gradual dissipation of decaying human t arn ` r .cscence ; this is eliminated in gaseous profusion, con \-\..7sinariog, as it circulates, the habitations of the living. , ,ue.nce this rude invasion of the tomb ? How can we re ti?pcile the previous anxieties of survivors to secure a respect 'c interment with the subsequent unconcern, neglect, or aban donment of the localities of the dead ? I shall not pre leto solve these questions ; however, I cannot help thinking that . that the depredations of the " grave yard" are com disregarded, from a feeling and a desire common every man, a feeling of unwillingness to believe that his °"'11 friends have been disturbed, and a natural desire to avo id th e renewal of melancholy reminiscences. "All men i ' s l i_nk r all men mortal but themselves. " This self-delusion I,.ca tied y e t f urt h er, for while every man readily sympa lTsci with oth ers at t h e di sturbance of their dead, he believes 's own depository secure, and his future repose inviolable.— Gatherings from Grave Yards. TURKISH TREATMENT OF CHRISTIANS.-01 1 the morn ing of the paschal procession, after the public prayer was ended, it belonged to the soldiers to carry back the mats which had served them in their devotions, to the place whence they were taken. Instead, however, of performing the labour themselves, they dispersed throug out h the crowds, and singlin the rayal is ( su bj ects of the Sultan not Mussulmans) who g happened to be there, compelled them to take the mats upon their shoulders, and bear them for them. The Greeks, whose buoyancy of spirit nothing can repress, m a d e sport o f i t. The timorous and cringing Jews tamely submitted to the in dignity in silence. A soldier followed each one to keep him from deserting his burden, now and then administering a kick when he halted or ventured to remonstrate. I saw only one Armenian seized. He was a young man of respectable aPpearance, and refused, when arrested, to perform the scan dalous, task, Im me di a t e l y some twenty soldiers set upon 114 , and attempted to beat him into submission. He resisted manfully for a few minutes, while they, standing like a foot "all. Ile offered to hire a porter to carry the burden, but they Persisted in imposing the contumely upon him. Some Ar- Nenian s sitting in a caf6 near at hand, looked upon the scene in evident consternation, and soon began to slip off in another direction. At this moment I approached the soldiers With an American friend, who had been with me through all the scenes of the morning. As we came up they desisted, 4 511 di had we b een a ble t o expostulate with them in their own _` ° ngue, the A rm enian might easily have be en rescue d . B ut when they found that we had no power to interpse they th e ignominy their assault, cud succeeded a t length o i i nimposing ,rie ignomi ny on th e y oung man , w h o walked away under his thourdm, sobbing with shame and vexation. we knew that e in su l t was forced upon hi m because he was a christian. d wi tnessed other scenes of a similar ki n d d ur i ng the following a ys of the festival. They filled me with the deepest indig ation, but the oppression of rayah became afterwards so a miliar a sight to me, that the first effects gradually ceased. It • „ Is only now, w h en l oo ki ng b ac k upon t h ose scenes from firstfa voured home of christianity, that I feel a return of the " r st glow o f indignation, and mourn, as I then s i ncere l y n ere lanurnedshe held h er earliest, over the desdatand broadest s e heritage of wa Zion, in the lands y.—South.qate's tra vels in T ur k ey an d P ers i a . I N LCESS ITY OF S UPERINTENDING BURIAL GROUNDS.— au ' fully convinced, after the most mature reflection, that all th e evils apprehended by the French executive, fro m th e i„' e ll Prevailinr , custom of interment thr o ughout Franc e , may , ptil_'` ao increase'd ratio, be anticipated in this country,—for very lately the burial places (if the metropolis and of bi_le provinces have been under no superintendence. Public (11utiles or private individuals have been at liberty to allot '04141s or to choose depositories for the reception of the t cad, without limitation as. to number, without controul as ° lo cality, or the disposition of the charge with which they , v i er e ;, entrusted ; and it is proved that private individuals • ;. v _ e. availed themselves to an alarming and most injurious ,h`'llt of the ignorance or poverty of survivors. I have ;hag that that in many places more bodies have been received p a . ° could possibly be interred without a brutal and indecent ,IsPossession of previous occupants, and that the surround- must necessarily be endangered from the .'"w9lluous emanations given off from vaults and grave yards, 41,itiotini:h Piles of bodies, confined within their slender habi 3arsins—‘; z l re in some instances methodically, and in others —44°LislY, arranged,---Gatheringsfrom Grave Yards, THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Sixth Night of Mr. ANDERSON, Principal Tragedian of the Theatre- Royal, Covent-Garden, is engaged for a Limited Period. Seventh Night of Mr. J. G. VANDENHOFF, of the same Theatre, who is engaged for Ten Nights. T HIS formed Shakspeare's Tragedy of JULIUS CIESAR. Brutus . Mr. Anderson. Mark Antony.. r.. Mr. Chaplin, I Cassius Mr. Stuart. .... Mr. Baker. Portia.. Miss Cleaver. To conclude with the Operetta of ' ROSINA. Captain Belville Mr. G. Horncastle. Mr. Belville.... Mr. Barker. William Mr. Baker Rosins .... Miss Grant. I Phcebe.. Mrs. P Crowe. TO-MORROW, will be repeated, the new Play, written by Leigh Hunt, Esq., called A LEGEND OF FLORENCE. Rondinelli, Mr. Anderson ; Colonna, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ; (as originally performed by them in Loudon;) Agolanti, Mr. Stuart ; Da Riva, Mr. Chaplin ; Giulio, Mrs. Tellet •, Ge nevra, Mrs. W. H. ]land ; Olimpia, Miss Cleaver; Diana, Mrs. Baker.—To conclude with the Musical Drama of ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. Stuart; Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. Barker ; Rashleigh, Mr. Gray ; The Bailie, Mr. Baker ; Dougal, Mr. Slaiter ; Major Galbraith, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Diana Vernon, Miss Grant; Helen Macgregor, Miss Cleaver. On THURSDAY, KING JOHN. King John, Mr. An derson ; Falconhridge, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ; Hubert, (on this occasion ! ) Mr. Stuart.—To conclude with THE VAMPIRE. I Julius Caesar On FRIDAY, for the BENEFIT - of VANDEN HOFF, and the last night, of his engagement, the Play of THE LADY OF LYONS, with RULE A WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE. Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden, will commence an engagement, for a Limited Period, at this Theatre, on Monday next, the 10th instant, being his first appearance here these two years. THEATRE ROYAL For the BENEFIT of Mr. G. VANDENHOFF, and the Last Night of his appearance. ()N FRIDAY next, the 7th August instant, will be acted VV Sir E. L. Bulwer's favourite Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte Mr. G. Vandenhoff. (First time in Liverpool.) After which, a Variety of SINGING and DANCING. To Conclude with Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy (altered by Mr. G. Vandenhoff to three acts, expressly for himself) of RULE A WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE. Leon Mr. G. Vandenhoff. Tickets may be had of Mr. G. VANDENHOFF, 39, Great Charlotte-street, and had at the Box-office, where places may be taken. PICTURE OF THE STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT, In consequence of the unexampled demand for copies of the STANDARD of Friday last, we were unable to provide the necessary number of the Prints to accom pany the Paper; and we have, therefore, determined to present each Purchaser of the STANDARD of FRIDAY NEXT with a Picture of the PRESI DENT, equal in all respects to the one previously issued. Any parties desirous of procuring copies, will be kind enough to make early application on Friday. IMPORTANT TO MUNICIPAL VOTERS, To secure a vote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qualification, namely : " The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and during the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon, except those becoming due within six months before the 31st, have been paid before that date." The occupier must also, during the whole of that pe riod, (say two years and nine months) have been an in habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualifications must be completed, and the last day for payment of rates, is the 31st of August. The sth of September is the day on which the overseers are required to make out the burgess lists, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to fix a copy of them on the Town-hall, during the week preceding the 15th of September. A person succeeding to the occupation of a house, 4v., by descent, marriage, demise, 4-c., is entitled to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeeds. TO CORRESPONDENTS The old lady of the Mercury was amazingly witty on Friday, upon the discovery of an error in one of our leaders, which any man of common comprehension would have discovered at once to be a mere typographical blunder. The words " Rornish France," should have been " Romish fraud." We used too, it seems, the word " blooded," as applied to the fangs of a wolf ; and our captious, and, in this case, ignorant contemporary, would have us use the word " bled," as more grammatical. The Mercury, we dare say, has never ridden at the tail of a pack of foxhounds, or he would know that, as a sporting expression, the word " blooded" is in common acceptation. We should ima gine, however, that a man of his extensive reading, might, by chance, have noticed its application to beasts of prey, who, when allowed to tasteblood, are said to be " blooded." We had prepared a short notice of one or two other in stances of our contemporary's segacity, but more impor tant matter has induced us to postpone it until Friday. " in Enemy to Sabbath Desecration," in very strong terms urges us to remonstrate with the directors of the Mecha nics' Institution, for devoting the hours of Sunday last to clear away the mass of articles which have been on view for the few last weeks. He states, that as the exhibition was closed late on Saturday evening, and the schools opened yesterday m orn i ng , t h e rooms could not have been cleared without infringing , on the hours of the Sabbath. We be lieve the fear of our correspondent to be groundless. Since the above was written, we have been informed, on good authority, that the whole of the rooms immediately wanted in the Mechanics' Institution were cleared after twelve o'clock on Sunday night. The circumstance that Dr. Raffles's congregation had their religious services in the building on the Sabbath, ought to remove any doubt on the subject. Several original articles (including some remarks in reply to Mr. Scoble's speech at Manchester, last week,) are una voidably postponed, to make room tor the report of Dr. Lardner's trial. Ebe Llbnpool gßanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1840. It is impossible to rise from the perusal of a single newspaper of the day, whether metropolitan or provin cial, without a painful conviction of the awfully in creasing prevalence of crime, in its darkest and most malignant forms. The reports of the proceedings at the various assize courts in the country are rife with the harrowing details of deeds of violence and blood. These sad details are no less calculated to impress the mind of the patriotic statesman with feelings of alarm and apprehension for the welfare and peace of society, than they are to affect the heart of the Christian with the mournful truth that we have not amongst us that " righteousness which exalteth a nation." No truly philanthropic mind can seriously contem plate the present aspect of society, especially in refe rence to the increase of crimes of the deepest charac ter, as evidenced by the records of our courts of jus tice, without an endeavour to trace out the sources of ounnational iniquities, and an effort to apply some adequate remedy for their removal. It is a matter of notoriety that the press, the palladium of our civil li berties, has been long abused and prostituted by being made the vehicle for the dissemination of the vilest and most abominable principles. For many years past it has teemed with publications in which Christianity has been ridiculed—the Bible set forth as a cunningly de vised fable—in which the ministers of the gospel have been represented as designing impostors—the princi ples of morality scoffed at—the restraints of law de scribed as the instruments of tyranny—and private virtue and public decency outraged in every imaginable shape. To this impure source--a prostituted press—are we compelled to attribute, in great part, the alarming de moralisation of our population. The poison which has been so sedulously administered to the morbid tastes of a reading but ignorant public has gradually spread its deadly influence through the body politic.. The bitter seeds of ribald Atheism and reckless sedition have al ready brought forth their congenial fruits. The press has been mainly instrumental in organising the Char tist agitation, which has already led to incendiarism, violence, and bloodshed. The press has been made subservient to the spreadof Socialism, a system than which none more atrociously filthy and blasphemous has ever been propounded for the acceptance of man kind. The press, and, let us add, the stage, have been. the means of familiarising our youth with the charac ters and achievements of some of the most desperate: villains that have .ever disgraced humanity by their crimes, or suffered the penalty of death for their viola tions of the laws of their country. We need scarcely explain that we allude to such criminals as Jonathan Wilde, Jack Sheppard, and others of the like stamp, whose exploits as robbers and murderers have been in vested with all the charms of fiction, artistical illustra tion, and scenic effect, and whose examples, as in the case of Courvoisier, have already proved a stimulus to: the perpetration of the most fearful crimes. No man of reflection can, we feel convinced, with hold his assent from the preceding truths. No man, who has the slightest regard for the happiness of his fellow -creatures, the peace of society, the preservation of public liberty, or his own personal safety, can re- . flect, upon these truths without feelings of anxiety and apprehension. But, while evil-disposed men have been indefatigable in their endeavours to encourage vice, to vilify reli gion, and to bring the restraints of the law and of mo rality .into disrepute, much, it must be confessed, has been done to counteract their diabolical machinationS. Much more, however, remains to be done. Crime cannot be prevented by police regulations, though these may, and are, instrumental in leading to its detection and punishment. Our towns are strictly watched by liveried policemen, and our rural districts are traversed by the county constabulary; and yet thefts, assaults, midnight assassinations, and murders in the open day, are increasingly prevalent. The imposing processes and awe-inspiring paraphernalia of our courts of jus tice, - are found comparatively inoperative in deterring from these crimes. 'We must not trust to any of these things for any amelioration of the national character. We cannot put down crime by legislation, however salutary and necessary may be its restraints. What, then, must be done ? Shall we invoke the aid of the press to assist in the suppression of crime ? Much good, no doubt, may be effected by the dis semination of right principles through the medium of the press; but all its appliances will be found inadequate to meet the increasing. evil. We may inundate the land with volumes of. " Useful Knowledge"—we may spread abroad our " Penny Magazines" by millions— we may have our public lectures on the arts and sciences in every village—we may have our mechanics' institutions rearing their domes, in all the pride of architectural decoration, in every town—we may have our public exhibitions, fraught with everything dazzling to the eye or pleasing to the imagination, and accessible to every class in the community—we may have our suburban parks, our botanical gardens, and our zoological repertoires : but all these things will have little or no efficacy in the repression of crime, or in the inculcation of a higher tone of morality. We do not declaim against any of them. They are useful in their places, and may be rendered subsidiary to the most ennobling ends. The experience of ages, and facts of every day occur rence, justify the conclusion that it is to the spread of sound religious principles—of true christianity— that we must look for a remedy against the prevalence of crime. Mere secular instruction will be found of no avail in arresting the torrent of immorality : religious education, under the Divine blessing, will he found omnipotent in staying its desolating progress. Convinced of this, we cannot avoid once more agitating the great questions of CHURCH EXTENSION and NATIONAL EDUCATION on RELIGIOUS PRIN CIPLES. Build more churches, and there will be need of fewer prisons. Increase the numbers of our labour ing clergy, and we can soon dispense with our expen sive police establishments. Multiply schools in which our children shall be carefully trained "in the nurture and admonition of the Lord," and we shall soon see the haunts of vice and the nurseries of crime, one after another, disappearing from the land. Having thus pointed out the bane and its antidote— the evils which afflict our nation and remedies by which they may be removed—we must express our cordial hopes that the great questions of religious education and church extension may continue to be kept promi nently before the eyes of the public. Let not the re fusal of the present Parliament to entertain these ques tions be any reason for giving up their agitation. If this agitation be persevered in, it will assuredly prove successful in the end. Magna est veritas et pravalebit. We understand from good authority, that the usual notice required by Parliament, has been given and the plans lodged, for obtaining a bill next session, for per mission to make an extensive dock, on the Chesire side of the river, at Wallasey Pool, where vessels will, as in the case of the Harrington and Herculaneum Docks (should the bills now in the House of Lords pass, as they are expected to,) be exempt from dock dues; so that, ere long, we may anticipate seeing both shores of the Mersey lined with shipping. To such an extent has the progress of building and location advanced on the Cheshire side, that we cannot con ceive a more appropriate name for the district com mencing with Birkenhead, and terminating with New Brighton, than " New Liverpool." We have great pleasure in promoting the desire of several of our most esteemed fellow-citizens, by direct ing attention to the necessity for an immediate expres sion of public feeling on the subject of threatened hos= tilities with France. The grounds on which severs gentlemen of various shades of party opinion unite in deploring the prospect of a rupture with our neighbours across the Channel, are precisely those we ourselves adopt, and are independent of the immediate question which has roused the French nation, .and will, we fear, render war inevitable, even with so cordial and en lightened an advocate of the English alliance as Mon sieur Thiers. All must consider it unfortunate that it should be during the ministry of one so devoted to England, and so long the object of Russian hostility, that the two powers, whose friendship might be such a blessing to mankind, are doomed to exhaust them selves in mortal struggle. We think it most desirable that every effort, con sistent with our interests and honour, should be made to avert such a calamity; and an expression of such a desire on the part of this great and enlightened com munity would, no doubt, have some effect. A requi sition should be instantly signed by those who value the blessing of peace, imploring her Majesty to use every becoming effort to maintain terms of amity with France. The existing ministry in that country noto riously desire to cultivate our friendship, as their readiness long ago to sign the commercial treaty nego tiated by Mr. Porter distinctly shews ; and a little prudence and conciliation on our part will not he un willingly attended to. In the mean time, the ultra press of Paris, whether republican or Carlist, halloo us on to war ; and among the foremost are those well known as labourers in the Russian interest. We respectfully suggest the following as the sub stance of an address to her Majesty : " That the undersigned, valuing peace as one of the great est of human blessings, and its preservation recognized by all as a solemn duty, except in cases of overwhelming necessity, view withalarm and sorrow the prospect of a termination of that amity between France and England so long and so anx iously maintained. " That without doubting the energies and resources of Great Britain, we cannot view without uneasiness the ex treme want of preparation for hostilities on our part, espe cially considering the position of our affairs in China and Affghanistan, with the kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the United States. " The undersigned also consider peace as more desirable with France than with any other of , the great powers, from considerations of proximity, 'commercial and intellectual in tercommunication, and from respect for the place which she holds among the civilized nations of the world. " But we chiefly regret the possibility of collision with France, because one result will be to render us by necessity submissive to the encroachments of a great power, whose hostile designs in the East we have not now to discover, who are at this moment maturing, and which will without doubt be carried into effect the moment that we are occupied in contest with a great and well-prepared antagonist. We fore see, whatever party be successful, England or France, that during the struggle the great prizes of the world will be seized by a third party, and that Russia will be the only gainer by an event so full of calamity to mankind. We perceive, that whatever progress Russia may make in Central Asia, what ever her intrigues in India, and her attitude as possessor of the Dardanells, we shall be humble and silent witnesses of her acts provided she abstain from joining in the European warfare against us. Since writing the above, we have been informed that an address to her Majesty and a petition to the Legis lature, setting forth the sentiments we have expressed, has been prepared, and will be placed this day before our merchants for signature at the Exchange Rooms. has bee n p ay i ng Liver poolOn Frid a y h e i nspected THE MA.Rauts' OF DOURO. — The eldest son o f t h e D uke of Wellington, t to d i a i , ri t n h g e t N h l c a p r r q e u s i e s n o t f w D e o ek ur . o, the model of the Battle of Waterloo, now exhibiting in the large room over the Union News Room, Duke-street, al though he had seen it more than once in London. He sub sequently visited the Custom-house, Town-hall, shipping, :and other objects of attraction in the town, with all of which he expressed, his delight. THE £5O NOTE.—On Thursday last, Wm. Chapman was :again brought up at the Borough Court; and Mr. Sawley stated, that he had written to Mr. Whitty, inspector of the Liverpool police, requestin him to inquire whether any man named Chapman lived at No. 2, Albion Mill Place, Liver pool. Mr. Whitty's reply was to the effect, that most care ful inquiry had been made, and no person ,named Chapman lived in any Albion-place, in Liverpool ; but a thief named Chapman, who came to the recent races, lodged two or three nights in Albion-street, and left on Friday last. It appeared that the place the prisoner professed to live in was an Albion Mill Place, Ben Jonson-street, in the neighbourhood of Scotland-road, a place of great resort for thieves ; and, on the application of Mr. Sawley, the prisoner was remanded to Monday next, and further inquiry to be made in the mean time at Liverpool.—Manchester Guardian. TO THE REV. CONNOP THIRLWALL, A.M., THE INTENDED BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S. REV. Sin,—Your name has appeared in the London Ga zette as the person recommended by her Majesty to the Precentor and Chapter of St. David's, to be by them elected Bishop of that see ; but, befo re y ou accep t th e h onour in tended for you in connexion with th e p r i nc ip a lity o f W a l es, permit me to submit to your serious consideration some of the reasons for which you ought, as an honest man and a Christian, to decline it. You are probably aware, that, ex cept in a small section of the county of Pembroke, the ver nacular language of th e di ocese of St. David is Welsh ; and that the Bishop, in order to discharge the various duties of his high and responsible office with efficiency, and to the satisfaction of the inhabitants, must possess, in addition to his other acquirements, a thorough knowledge of that lan guage. 'When the Great Head of the Christian Church commissioned his apostles to " go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature," a difficulty presented itself in the great variety of languages and dialects spoken by different nations. This was not overlooked by the Sa viour, but a prompt a n d an a d equate prov i s i on was made to meet it. He commanded his apostles not to depart fron Jerusalem on the high behests of their commission, but wai for the promise of the Father —the gift of the Spirit ; whicl they received on the day of Pentecost, " for they were al filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance." Thus endowec with the gift of tongues, the apostles went forth preachiN the Gospel of God to every nation in its own vernacular lari. gunge. They began a t J erusa l em, and gave a f u ll proof o their ability in this respect, in the hearing of strangers whc had come from distant countries to keep the feast, and relic " were confounded, because every man heard them speak ie his own language the wonderful works of God." It is con tended that the bishops of the present day are successors of the apostles, but whether you concur in that opinion or not is a matter of little importance ; you must admit that it was the will of God, of Christ, and of the Spirit, that the highest order of ministers in the Christian church should officiate in the language of the people—" in their own tongue wherein they were born." And though most of our British bishops in modern times, to the great detriment of religion and scandal of the church, have almost entirely laid aside this part of the apostolic office—the preaching of the Gospel ; and you, sir, probably intend to follow their baneful exam ple, with the view of concealing as much as possible from public notice the glaring inconsistency of your being the bishop and chief minister of a church the language of which you do not understand ; yet, as Bishop of St. David's, the following important duties will necessarily devolve upon you, for the faithful discharge of which a thorough knowledge of the Welsh language is indispensable :- 1. To decide as to the fitness of candidates for holy orders to be entrusted with the cure of souls. The examination in Greek and Latin, in the evidences of Christianity, and in general biblical knowledge, through the medium of the Eng lish language, is soon gone through; and if a chaplain be employed to assist in it, you will be able to judge how far that chaplain does his duty, and he, to consult you in every case of difficulty ; but the most important qualification remains to be ascertained, viz., How far these candidates are competent to discharge the duties of the sacred office in the vernacular language of the parishes about to be placed under their spiritual superintendence: for the inhabitants of the Principality know the difference between gibberish and pure Welsh, and when they cannot get the latter in the churches, they leave the clergy to gibber away to the empty forms, and go in a body to dissenting chapels, where they seldom fail to hear their strong and beautiful lan guage spoken in its purity, accompanied by some of the finest specimens of Welsh eloquence. Finding yourself at this stage of the proceeding, in rather an awkward and humiliating posi tion for a bishop, you will, I doubt not, resort to the old practice of doing your work by proxy, and entrust the entire management of the Welsh examination to a Welsh chaplain. But of that Welsh chaplain's fitness to undertake the work you can form no opinion, nor judge of his fidelity in conduct ing it. And when it is remembered that a chaplain neither feels the responsibility of a bishop nor possesses his indepen dence, it is not to be expected that he should exercise the same unbiassed discrimination amidst the pressing claims of powerful and influential parties, as a bishop himself would do. Experience deelaresthat it cannot be done. But supposing this irresponsible chaplain to be both able and disposed to do his duty faithfully, will not the fact of his being employed in that capacity involve the admission that your chaplain is bet ter qualified to fill the office of a bishop than, yourself? and if so, I ask in the name of common sense, of justice, of equity, and of Christian fairness, how comes it to pass, that in a free country like this, you, the inadmissible, because incompetent to discharge the duties of the office, should be invested with it, and he who is in every respect qualified to sustain it with dignity, efficiency, and devoted attachment to the inhabitants, is for ever kept out of it? Does not this, Sir, appear to you in the light of something worse than a mere political job—an abuse of the gravest character in the administration of holy things, where the spiritual interests of a whole nation are de liberately sacrificed to the promotion of a personal friend or ministerial supporter? And need you be told, Sir, that the practice conveys to the Welsh people, who feel the wrong done to their church and their country, a lamentable proof of the mercenary spirit of those English clergy who, under such circumstances, consent to accept a bishopric in 'Wales ? 2. It will be your duty and privilege, as bishop, to give away a large number of livings, and in so doing to decide on the various merits of the resp ec ti ve can di dates, but more especially as to their proficiency in the native tongue ; and also to inquire into the competency of all persons presented to livings by the Crown to officiate in the same language. And here the difficulties already enumerated will be increased four fold. Curates, when found unable to do their duties efficiently in Welsh, may be removed, and driven to seek employment in the English parts of the British empire ; but beneficed clergy become fixtures, and a mistake in the ap pointment, or collation, is not easily remedied. Not to say anything at present of Englishmen, persons highly con nected in the Principality, having received their education principally in England, are found to have paid very little attention to the cultivation of the Welsh language, and though they may have entered the church in England, yet they invariably become candidates for preferment in Wales, in order to live near their friends, and often succeed in obtaining some of the best crown livings. To see that no person incapable of preaching the Word and administering the sacraments in the language of the people be appointed to a benefice, is the grave and solemn duty of the bishop, and obliged to act by one of no ordinary difficulty ; but, from your utter ignorance of that language yourself, you will be again proxy, and call in the aid of your chaplain ; and to expect a chaplain, on his own responsibility, to reject a successful candidate, that can, after a few weeks' study, contrive to read a few Welsh sentences like a schoolboy, and wade in any shape through a borrowed Welsh sermon, isMlreasona ble : it would deprive th e can did a t e o f th e living already presented to him, and call forth the hatred and persecution of his friends and connexions • and this done in two or three instances, the f a ithf u l c h aplain quit the find it necessary to the principality, if not for safety, certainly for peace, which constitutes one of the most essential ingredients of human happiness. This division of the duties of the episcopal office in Wales ought n ever to be handed over t o an individual, who, though wishing to do right, has neither the autho rity nor the rank of a bi shop to support hi m i n th e discharge of his painful deliberations. The bishop alone can, in the midst of so many embarrassing considerations, steer a true and independent cour se ; an d as t h ere ar e native clergy, who, to their vast and var i e d acqu i remen t s in gen?ral lite rature and theology, add this distinguished qualification, that they can compose, speak, and converse freely in the native tongue, it is deeply to be regretted that not one of these, but an alien in language, is destined to be the new Bishop of St. David' s . With a different appointment, due attention would be paid to the spiritual interests of the Welsh-speaking population ; the machinery of the Welsh church would be repaired ; the working of it would be placed in skilful hands ; and the country would hail these things as the dawn of a glorious reform. That you, sir, who profess reforming principles, should, by your acceptance of a Welsh bishopric, contribute to perpetuate one of the grossest and most deadly abuses that ever a coun t r y endursd, is an event which requires explanation : for that explanation the Welsh people will continue to look, until, as it is to be hoped will be the case, you fling back with high and dignified disdain the poor bishopric of St. David, and demand a better in England, where you may enjoy the emoluments of the see without inflicting present and eternal injury on the inhabitant s . 3. Another solemn duty of the episcopal office is the cele bration of the rite of confirmation. This rite will place you in a dilemma from which you cannot escape by aid of a proxy. With the exception of the introductory passage ex plaining the object of confirmation, the whole of the ser vice must be performed by the bishop, in accordence with the precedent of the apostles, who alone laid hands on such as believed and were baptized, without' being introduced into the ministerial office. NiiA-tenths of the children or young people presented for confirmation in the diocese of St. David will know nothing of English beyond a few monosyllables, occasionally employed in common conversation.. ." To the end," therefore, " that confirmation may 11 , ministered to i the more edifying of such as shall receive t, it is necessary that it be ministered in the Welsh language ; " for he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God, for no man understandeth him." Now, sir, "if you come to those children speaking in the (English) tongue, what will you profit the m ? E v e n things without life, giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped ? So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken ? for you shall speak unto the air." Therefore if the candidates for confirmation " know not the meaning of the voice, they will be unto you that speak barbarians, and you that speak, will be a barbarian unto them." I have adopted the language of St. Paul in reference to this point, with as few alterations as possible. It shows in very explicit terms, not only the utter useless ness, but ridiculous absurdity of performing any religious service in a language not understood by the congregation. And the Welsh people who know more of the Bible than of any other book, poor and illiterate as they are often repre sented to be, are shrewd enough to' bring the practice of a Christian bishop to the test of Holy Scripture, and point out to merited scorn the glaring inconsistency : adding with a snear and sarcasm most afflictive to the feelings of the clergy,—" The rich dowry is he cause of all this." B ut for the emoluments we should have bishops that co u ld s p ea k to, pray for, and bless our children in their mother's tongue ;" and they turn away in disgust from the chu rc h which allows of such mockery in holy things. But the 24th article of the church ought to prevent the farce. To it every bishop has solemnly su bscribed,. ther e b y expressing his full consent to, and approbation of th? doctrine it contai ns , an d it declares that "itis a thing , p y repugnant to the word of God, and the custom of the primitive church, to have pub lic prayer in the church, or to minister the sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the peopl e ." And you, sir, if y contradict in practic e you accept the bishopric of . St. David, w ill , in celebrating do in th e c h urc h o f G o d your s of God. Si r , t h ese t hi ngs ought not to be. And the a t the thingi tue plainly l o s ac f i rni c pl o yti n ro fi enp r m ut og repugnant t t a n i h o i n st , tao d r b el eew,r word t rn e dd l Welsh n ation, roused at length to a Journal, r Silurian of Brecon, thel Haul , the M er th yr G uar di an, of Llandovery, the Gwladgarwr of Chest er , an d t h en , s i r , ql sense of the wrong, is beginning to de c l are i n a voice of thunder that it shall not be. Read the pages of th e C arnarvon the C am br i anHer ald, tlieCoaf Swansea,rmen consider well whether you ought to allow yourself to be thrust into the vacant see amidst the execrations of a brave and loyal but 'long injured people. It will be the climax of inconsistency if you do. But I pray God to avert the evil from my country I have the honour to be, si r , your most obedient humble servant, Liverpool, Aug. 3, 1810. JAMES PROCESSION OF THE DRUIDS AND OTHER SOCIETIES. — Yesterday, the several societies of ancient and modern druids and others held their anniversary holyday. They attended divine worship, and walked in procession thro ug h th e prin cipal street !-;, in neat attire, with sashes and other handsome decoration:, and were attended by two good bands of music. They looked remarkably well. THE SOCIALISTS AGAIN.—The unhappy victims to the Nelson-street. Lik e nee d y tradesmen, w sensualities of Owenism have a dvertised at a t g h r e a i n r d te g m ala le an o d f iniquity,ball to takeio Lordp laceN on 1 s who always have an eye to " the main point," certain charges of is. 6d. and is. are to be paid previous to admission ; and those who cannot trip the light fantastic toe in the true social style are requested to join a class for that purpose, the con-si-de-ra-tion for which is " very reasonable." The Money thus obtained is to be devoted to the maintenance of the preachers of infidelity, who go about spreading false hoods in all directions, a circumstance of itself sufficient to deter any sensible person from being a dupe to the artifice, and towards paying the expenses of congregating the young and thoughtless together upon this occasion. were it not for the excitement of these frequent displays, socialism would soon expire. LIVERPOOL INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT The court for the relief of insolvent debtors, within the I borough of Liverpool, commence d yesterday in the sessions Silt house, before J.' G. Harris, Eso.. iiavuKell as is in tne pounu, Out he bad frequently known assignments made in which there was no release. If there were none in this, every one of those creditors must appear in the insolvent's schedule. He recommended Mr. Plumbe, as a rule of practice, not to propound a schedule at all.where there was an assignment, without having a copy of the assign ment along with it. It never could be save. The case was then postponed. _ Bernard Murphy and Michael Riley were unopposed. These parties had had dealings together in pigs, and their debts were inconsiderable. A person in Blackburn was named in Riley's schedule as owing him £5O for bacon, pigs, &c., but on being questioned, the insolvent stated that this person had written him a letter offering a composition of ss. in the pound. The 'COMMISSIONER asked where this letter was. Had it been filed with the schedule? Mr. PLUMB. (the insolvent's attorney), said his clerk, who could answer the question, was out of court serving a subpoena, but he would be back presently. The COMMISSIONER directed all Mr. Plumbe's cases to stand overfill Wednesday morning, 0- Jonas Ainley, tailor, was opposed by Mr. JAMES, for Messrs. Morris and Co. After a short hearing the insolvent was declared entitled to his discharge. Charles Hawkesworth was opposed by Mr. JAMES, and supported by Mr. VENABLES. The insolvents' debts amounted to ;£lllB. It appeared that he had been engaged in building and other transactions, in the course of which certain deeds were made relative to a house, furniture, and other property at Seaforth. These deeds were mentioned in the insolvent's schedule, but, in answer to the Commissioner, Mr. PLUMBE stated that no one had been subpoenaed to prove them except an accountant. The COMMISSIONER ordered the insolvent to be committed until the case could come properly before the court. Not a single person had been subpoenaed in a case where at least three or four witnesses would be necessary. Wm. Ashton was opposed by Mr. VENABLES, on the part of a number of creditors. The insolvent in this case was re manded for judgment for making away with property, unless the £lOO should be paid into court, or the property given up. —Mr. Hickson was appointed assignee. The following were unopposed, and they were ordered to be discharged :—Thomas Walton, Ebenezer Irwin, Richard Wilding, Charles Nicholls, John Neale, John Wreford Hunt, James Downham, Wm. John Scollay. Edward Fox, who was opposed, was remanded till Wednes day morning, to produce Mrs. Kelly and the detaining cre ditor.—Joseph Salisbury was remanded till this morning (Tuesday) to produce Mr. Ansdale. The Commissioner having been taken unwell about one o'clock, Mr. Venables presided for him from that hour. The court adjourned about four o'clock. st tir contained the names of thirty-one parties seeking to take the benefit of the act. to convince the public that he possesses a extensive and accurate acquaintance_ with the prtho- graphy, etymology, s y n t ax , an d proso d y of his native tongu --- -- Thomas Walton, whose debts were inconsiderable, was In fact, Sir, I am f requently i ncl i ned to suppose that he i . ordered to be discharged. a hypochondriac, and singularly enough imagines himself to Richard Ortt, sued as Richard Hortt, was heard on his be a walking edition of Murray . 's English Grammar. What petition. He was unopposed. He debts we re o f do rest can have implanted so extraordinary a notion in his brain amount ; the only feature of interest in the case related to box, of course lamat a loss to determine. No sooner does an assignment of th e insolvent's property, under which a any slight error appear in the columns of a contemporary dividend of 3s 5d had been paid. The commissioner said he print, than Egerton pounces upon him with all the ferocity should require this assignment to be produced. of a merciless pedagogue, and publishes it as a specimen of Mr. PLUMBE, the attorney for the insolvent, said he had what he very elegantly and correctly styles "wretched gram subpoenaed 'the party who had it, but he was not in court. mar." Nay, he goes further than this—sometimes he mani- The COMMISSIONER inquired when the subpoena was fests his ability by poi n ti ng out i naccuracies where none served ? exist ! No one who is in the habit of reading his weekly Mr. PLumisu replied at nine o'clock this morning. (weakly, indeed!) composition, can have forgotten the pro- The COMMISSIONER said it should have been served digious dust which he kicked up, a short time since, by filing earlier. into his columns, for several successive Fridays, a whole regi- Mr. PLUMBE said this was the first court of the kind he ment of " thats." The reason that these " thats" were had practised in, and that must be his excuse. made use of, was that that grammarian that published them The COAMISSIONER had no doubt Mr. Plumbe had been might display, to all due advanta ge , that learning that he in practice s o me y ears ; h e oug h t , t h ere f ore, to have known th,,,,,,,i, h,.. 'sere was no difference between the The necessity of pro- The creditors might tnat by act of parliament t processes of this and other courts ducing the assignment was obviou ‘uvugui. tie possessed. The very luminous explanation with which he wound up matters might have been f urn i s h e d b y the veriest dabbl er i n th e A B C of Grammar—this, too, albeit Mr. livnne.hnnar;.‘.,.”— Al A_ r .s . the le not onl Duy aeciared tha scholars but teachers! works with the view of opening ti don and Merstham, under the impr. _ would have been completed, within seventeen mil Brighton, in the course of the present would have been accomplished had n tunnel at Merstham been greatly inn dinary rise of water, to get rid THE LATE MR. JOHN BIBBY We copy the following from the Albion of yesterday : The relatives of this lamented gentleman hare, in common with many other persons, imbibed a strong opinion that he was murdered • and they have, in consequence , o ff ere d a reward of .1:500 to any individual, not the actual murderer, who will give such information as will lead to the conviction of any party or parties who may have been active participators in the dreadful deed. The family of the deceased have, also, obtained authority from the Secretary of State to announce, that her Majesty's free pardon will be given to any person, not the actual perpetrator of the crime, who will give such information as above mentioned. It has been broadly stated that little or no investigation has been instituted for the pur pose of throwing light on this mysterious event. The fact is directly otherwise. John Formby, Esq., Charles Birch, Esq., and the Rev. Miles Formby, all magistrates of the district, have never, for an instant, relaxed in their exertions to discover the true circumstances connected with Mr. Bibby's death. They have been most anxious on the sub ject ; and the police, both of the county and the borough, have been actively and unremittingly employed in seconding their wishes and those of the family of the deceased. The Liverpool Mail, of Tuesday last, with an uncalled-for sneer, tells his readers, that we had expressed an opinion that Mr. Bibby had committed suicide. This is a rnistate meat. 'We never either surmised or hinted such a thing. We find no fault with those who entertain different ' opinions from ourselves as to the cause of this melancholy event; and, if our contemporary sincerely believes, that Mr. Bibby was murdered, as he says be does, we trust we have too much delicacy and good taste to enter into a controversy with him on such a subject. Meanwhile, the affair is in volved in as much mystery as ever. The few available ma terials that offered themselves for the investigation of the police have been sifted to the uttermost. The watch which the deceased is supposed to have worn when he was last seen alive has not yet been found. The pond in which Mr. Bibby's body was discovered has been emptied, and the mud closely examined, whereby it has been ascertained, that the watch is not there. The statements of the coachman, respecting the time when he set Mr. Bibby down and his own return to Liverpool, have'been fully corroborated : so that the princi pal circumstance which gives a colouring of suspicion to the case is the continued absence of the watch. The Journal, of Saturday last, gives the following additional evidence, some portions of which we do not clearly understand :—" A policeman, residing at Litherland, had left his coat at Aintree, returned for it at night, and swears positively that he passed through the gates in the lane between the pond where the body of the deceased was found and his residence, and closed them all himself. This confirms the evidence of the lad re lative to his closing them the evening before, on which some doubt has been thrown. It therefore follows clearly that, either dead or alive, the deceased must have passed through the gates between the hours of four o'clock, when, evidence has since been adduced to show, they were open, and five, when the policeman closed them ; and the presumption is very strong that he could not have been at that time in the lane, otherwise he would have been seen by the policeman. One of the gates, as was stated, was found propped open by a slate ; and this gate, it appears, was one which would not stand open itself, and would require to be propped for any thing bulky to be dragged through it." The same paper also says :—" It is not correct, we under stand, as inserted . in a contemporary, (the Mail,) that the boots of the deceased had an appearance as if the body had been dragged with the toes depending. The only mark of dirt or clay was on the hands of the deceased, and a little on his boots, but not what might have been expected in the case of a person who had waded through such deep miry lanes. The only marks on his person, of apparent importance, were marks on each arm, as if he had been seized violently, and which, in the view of some parties who have looked carefully into the case, it is difficult to attribute to anything else." MURDER AND. HIGHWAY ROBBERY A most diabolical murder has been committed on a respec table man named John Coulton, of Haigh, near Wigan, an underlooker at the collieries of the Earl of Balcarres. The unfortunate victim resided at Red Rock-bridge, in Haigh. He had been to Wigan, and was rather intoxicated, on Saturday afternoon. At twelve o'clock at night he passed through the toll-gate on his way home. The wife of the collector, after she had let the deceased through the gate, retired up stairs to bed, when she distinctly heard the firing of a pistol or gun, but she took no further notice of it, as it is not unusual to hear similar noises at all times of the night in that neighbour hood, in consequence of its contiguity to Haigh Foundry and Brock Mill. At about five o'clock in the morning, as a man was going from Wigan in the direction of Standish, he discovered poor Coulton lying on the right-hand side of the road, about 160 yards from the turnpike, and between it and the railway bridge. He was still bleeding from a wound under the ear, and quite insensible. He had been shot, and some slugs were extracted. He languished until Wednesday night, about 7 o'clock, when he died. The horse on which poor . Coulton was riding at the time he was shot, it is supposed, had galloped off in a fright when it lost its master from its back, as it was found in Standish on the morning of the murder. _ _ There can be no doubt but that the man was pulled from his horse, robbed of his money and watch, and in order to effect their purpose the midnight assassin shot at and other wise abused him. A reward of £2O was yesterday offered for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty parties ; but notwithstanding all the assistance of Mr. "Whittle, the chief constable, and two of his officers, Heath and Smith, who have been actively engaged in making enquiries, no one has yet been taken into custody, although we anticipate from the enterprising exertions of our police that the bloodthirsty villains will be brought to justice.— Wigan Gazette. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY-.EXTRAORDI NARY DESPATCH. • On Wednesday last, on the occasion of the return of the Queen Dowager from Lancaster, a special train was provided for the conveyance of her Majesty and suite, from Lancaster to Parkside, by the Lancaster and Preston and North Union Railway Companies, and thence to Stafford (being the nearest point to Alton Towers, the seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury, which was her Majesty's destination), by the Grand Junction Railway Company. The train, consisting of three railway carriages, one of which had been handsomely fitted up by the London and Birmingham Company for her Majesty's use, and five private carriages on trucks, making eight in all. Started from Lancaster at . loh. 12m., a.m. Arrived at Preston Station Stopped there And on the Viaduct over the 6m. Ribble Valley . Time at Preston Arrived at Parkside . where it was attached to an engine of the Grand Junction Railway. The latter part of the journey, viz., from Newton Junction to Stafford, a distance of fitly-four miles, was performed, exclusive of a stoppage of five minutes, at Crewe, for water, in one hour and thirty-one minutes, or at the rate of upwards of thirty-five-and-a-half miles per hour. Her Majesty, on her arrival at Stafford, personally expressed to Captain Cleather, the manager of the Grand Junction Company, who was in attendance, her satisfaction at the rapidity of the pas sage and the uncommon smoothness of the line. The engine, the Vandal, on its return, brought back from Birmingham a train occupied by the directors and chief officers of the company, who had been inspecting the line, and holding a board at Birmingham on that day. It left Birmingham at 630 p.m., and arrived at Edgehill at 9 2 p.m., having made three stoppages of five, four, and three minutes : thus running the distance in two hours and thirty-two minutes, or at the rate of thirty-eight miles an hour, inclu ding stoppages, or forty-one miles an hour, exclusive of them. This is believed to be the most remarkable performance, for a continued di s t ance o f t hi s exten t, that h as yet takeT s pla in this or o n any ot h er ra il way i n the kingdom : This en gine, in both its trips, was under the direction of Mr. Buddicom, the superintendent of the locomotive department of the company. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS. — The increase in the circula tion of London newspapers, since the reduction of the stamp duty, has been annually 9,885,943, or 47 per cent. on t h e previous circulation. The increase in the English provincials has been 11,370,452, or 137 per cent.; Scotch, 1,320,006, •or 49 per cent.; and Irish, 364,452, or 7 per cent, on former circulation. THE MERCURY'S GRAMMAR , TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, porary has for a loi. subject was sufficient to What a pink of modesty ! These remarks have been induced, Sir, by noticing an at tack made by the Mercury, iri his last Friday's number, upon a sentence extracted from your paper. Possibly it might be as well for your contemporary to avoid breaches of grammar himself, as to attempt to dust the breeches of other persons for slight errors which he frequently commits. This I can truly say—in no Liverpool paper do Iso commonly meet with sentences inelegantly and incorrectly worded as in the Mercury. I cannot help thinking that this should deter him from assuming the office of public censor. If you will allow me a small portion of your space occa sionally, I shall do myself the pleasure of placing upon record a few of the Mercury's ornamental blunders. Perhaps this -s a warning—" ver.bum sat sapienti." I am, Sir your Servant, A LOVER OF THE' ENGLlSH obedient LANGUAGE. Liverpool, August Ist, 1840. may serve A contemporary re-printing the lines of Robert Story, the Craven poet, entitled, " I'll suffer as becomes a man," has made them read rather ludicrously, by a slight mistake, viz., " I'll supper as becomes a man." There are few poets who can do this. FINE OATS.—There was exhibited, on Saturday last, in the Exchange Newsroom, a specimen of very fine oats grown on Mr. Atherton's estate, at New Brighton. The specimen speaks well for the soil in the vicinity of that delightful wa tering-place. LA tszcH.—On Thursday, a Buenosayrian, a beautiful new barque of 320 tons burden, was launch e d f rom t h e b u ildi ng .. yard of Mr. Joseph Steel, Baffin-street. The Buenosayrian dashed into her native element in gallant style, amidst the shouts of hundreds of delighted spectators. DEATH IN THE BOROUGH GAOL.—On Friday an inquest was held on the body of Thomas Mason. The deceased had been sentenced in October last to twelve months' imprison ment. In the early part of the last month he complained of being ill, and was put on the sick list, and continued to get worse until the 30th ult., when he died. A verdict, in ac cordance with the evidence, was returned. THEFT BY A CARTER.—John Taylor, a carter, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on . Saturday, charged with having stolen nine pounds of copper bolts, value nine shilling s , th e p roperty of Messrs. Roscoe, G ren fell, and Sons. The prisoner was employed to carry a cask of copper bolts to the 3runswick Dock. On his way, it appears, he opened the cask and took out a dozen bolts. He was committed for trial. THEFT FBOM AN EEPLOYER.—George Maxwell, a joiner, was, on Saturday, placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having stolen two coach springs and some knives and forks from his employer, Mr. John Andrews, coach proprietor, Richmond-row. The prisoner had, it appeared, taken the property from Mr.'Andrew's stables,. and had sold the coach springs to a marine store dealer. He was committed for trial. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The exhibition closed at ten o'clock on Saturday night. During the . six weeks and two days that it has been open, (in all, 38 days,) nearly 100,000 persons have visited it, and the gross receipts are, we believe, about £3,300. , After Mr. John Smith's lecture, on Satur day night, the president of the institution, John Leyland, Esq., and the Mayor, Sir Joshua Walmsley, addressed a few remarks to the auditory, and congratulated them on the suc cesssful conclusion of the exhibition. THE RIVER DANE VIADUCT.—PVC are happy to say that the contract for the' Viaduct over the River Dane, near Holmes Chapel, has been let to Messrs. Holmes and Tom kinson, of Liverpool, the gentlemen who are e rec ti ng th e splendid viaduct over the valley and the River Mersey, in this town. The contracts for the Dane is, we understand, between £50,000 and £60,000, and is to be completed in 18 months. THE STANDISH-HALL ROBBERY.—The whole of the pro perty stolen at the late robbery of Standish-hall has at length been found. The plate was all broken up, and no doubt in tended for sale, only the conviction and punishment of Edge, who it will be recollected was tried at the last Kirkdale ses sions and got two years imprisonment, seems to have oper ated as an intimidation to the other parties concerned.— Wigan Gazette. REVIVAL IN THE EXPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS TO THE UNITED STATES.—The quantity of manufactured goods exported to the United States Was remarkably small during the first six months of the present year. Within the last few weeks, however, the quantity has increased, atA now there is a fair export to the States. The President, steam ship, although she charged five guineas per ton, got not less than 1300 packages of manufactured goods on freight. The packet-ships as well as the transient vessels also get a fair share of goods. We trust, therefore, that we may hail the present revival of export as a symptom of returning confi dence in the United States' market, and that the consumption of British goods by our transatlantic brethren will speedily become as extensive as it was before the season of distress.— ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON IN ISLINGTON MARKET.— Ann Newman and Ann Roberts, two meanly attired women, were, on Saturday, placed at the bar of the Police -court, charged with having stolen a gold watch and appendages from Miss Mary Rlgg. Miss Rigg stated, that she was standing at a stall in Islington Market purchasing some peaS. She felt a great pressure upon her from three or four women, whom she believed to be pushing forward to inspect the com modities offered for sale. Suddenly there was a slight bustle, and a lady asked her if she had lost anything. As her purse was in her hand she was about to reply in the negative, but feeling at her side for her watch she found that it had been cut away. She made known her loss, and a man who stood near pointed to the two prisoners, saying, that he bad seen the woman in the shawl (Newman) hand something to the woman in the brown cloak (Reynolds). A gentleman who was at hand called a policeman, who took the prisoners to the Market-office. On the way thither, the overlooker of the market and another person saw Reynolds drop the watch from under her cloak. Both prisoners were committed for trial. FORTUNE TELLING.—An old woman, named Catharine Duffy, and a little girl, were on Friday placed at the bar of the Police-court, on a charge of stealing a purse, containing 3s. 6d. The complainant, a rather elderly female, said she had gone with the person who was beside her (another el derly lady), to have their fortunes told, for which, it appear ed, they were to pay the sum of threepence each. While in the house her purse was stolen, and, as she believed, was taken from her by the little girl. It was afterwards, on a disturbance being made, delivered to her by the elder pri soner. A very old withered beldame appeared in court—the grandmother of the child. This person had been the original fortune-teller of the establishment, but, as Mr. Rushton afterwards remarked, had " resigned" in behalf of the other. Mr. R. expressed his surprise that persons, such as the com plainant, had not more sense than to go to such places to have their fortunes told by parties who could not tell their own. He read that part of the act of parliament against for tune-telling, by palmistry or other device, and sentenced the elder prisoner to three months' imprisonment. The child was discharged. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—At the Police-court, on Friday, Mr. Strettan, a respectable-looking gentleman, was placed at the bar, under the following circumstances :—Mr. Balfour, of the coroner's office, stated that, on the evening of Thursday, he had heard that a woman named Gray, who resided in Henry Edmund-street, had died, after taking some medicine received from those who attended her from the North Dispensary. As it appeared there was something wrong, the prisoner was taken into custody. A bottle con taining a solution was produced in court, which the prisoner,- who appeared to be much distressed, immediately acknow ledged to be that which he dispensed. It appeared, by the further evidence, that the deceased person had procured a note for the dispensary, and that Mr. Dean, one of the sur geons, had made out a prescription for her, with an order to procure the medicine from the apothecary's shop of the esta blishment. A little girl was sent for it, and, by some mis take, a solution was given, which was of a poisonous nature. The directions were that three table-spoonsful should be taken every two hours ; and a professional gentleman stated that in his opinion one large table-spoonful would produce death. The liquid was, as we heard it, " tincture of monks hood." Mr. Rushto n s t a t e d that, 'as the prisoner had ac knowledged dispensing the drug, and as an inquest would be held on the body on Saturday, it was his duty to remand him. He then instructed Mr. Parkinson, keeper of bride well, to attend to any order that he might receive for the prisoner to appear at the inquest. ' DEATH OF LADY Rossmorm—This noble lady expired suddenly on Tuesday afternoon, at Wilton House, Chelten ham, where she had only arrived on the previous day, accom panied by Lord ltossmore, from Dublin. Her ladyship was Lady Augusta Charteris, fourth daughter of Francis, late Lord Elcho, and was married on the 3d of June, 1819, to the present Lord Rossmore, by whom she had no issue. SINGULAR ENTRY OF THE JUDGES INTO BEDFORD. — These assizes commenced on Saturday. In the afternoon, the high sheriff, W. F. Brown, Esq., proceeded in an elegant little carriage, drawn by four ponies, guided by two little postilions in striped jackets, along the Bronham road to the Biddenharn turn, where he met the judges, the Hon. Sir E. H. Alderson and the Hon. Sir -John Patteson, who were handed into the sheriff's carriage. Here a difficulty arose — the carriage was so small that it would only contain two persons, and the sheriff had only expected one judge to open the commi ss i on . However, as the inside was full of ofn f judges, the high sheriff t oo k hi s seat on the box by the si on one of the f oo t men ! an d t h e ot h er J o h n Smank behind. I n rodeergravity), (t 11e springs (for there was no dickey or footboard) this singular s tyle, t o th e g lee of all persons assembled their judges the mse l ves b e i ng ' una ble to i the procession was ordered o snap p t a w o sin no ) traert of two t t oh r o se t t ; rort; a l n ape d sl t eb h ae e tahrelrosg mo ment the trumpet blew, up reare d javelin me n o n their backs, and down rolled one of the armed official, and bailiff s ' horses, ls from hi s l o f ty seat. Away scampered the sheriff's officers as if the hounds were in full cry; and some who were taken a little by surprise were obliged to spur their steeds to keep up in the line of proce ssion at to all.lt is not evetrhyislicvaesrey; attached stable horse that feelss purs. So in some of the nags danced, reared, and kicked, until those who happened to be near had great difficulty in avoidirig a kick from the horse, as well as a prick from the javelin. Upon the whole, it was one of the most singular judicial proces sions ever witnessed, and it appeared very like a second edi tion of the Queen's visit to the city. We hardly know which showed the greatest skill, the London citizens, or the Bed ford javelin men ; certainly the latter did " witch the world with feats of noble horsemanship." However, at last the judges arrived in the town, and opened the commission at the County-Hall, after which they were conducted to their lodgings.—Hertford Reformer. FORBIDDING OF THE BANNS IN HIGH LIFE.—The ro mantic attachment of an elderly lady of high rank to a very distinguished artist has long been the subject of conversa tion among the haute class. Recent circumstances having enabled the lady to follow the bent of her inclination, we un derstand a marriage with the artist was not only in contem plation, but actually all but solemnised, when it became ac cidentally known to the numerous relatives of the two noble houses to whom the lady is immediately related—a confer ence took place, and such formidable reasons were urged against th e propose d un i on, b acked b y a d ec l ara tion of future estrangement from the family if the event took place, that the lady was very reluctantly compelled to relinquish her de sign. The effect upon the artist was a very severe shock, fol lowed by an alarming inisposition that has placed him in im minent danger.—Argus. Your Lord-street contem RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. • GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—We can state from the best authority, that the line will be opened from hence to Bath in about three weeks from the present time. Every thing progresses most satisfactorily in regard to the prepar tory arrangements. Mr. Brunnell is now on th,. pushing the work forward with great rapidity, and , activity prevails in every department. One locomotive is at present being tried on this part of the line ; and in the of next week, we understand, four otb— placed on the rail for the same purpose.— BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—Fr, presented by the first few miles of this line, we snout, that there is a probability of its being shortly opened to th public. The permanent way is laid a considerable distanct and is ready for the rails, and the bridge nearly finished. We w en t some miles down the days since, and we were much pl ease d w i th the forward of the works.—lbid. Bristol Stu es and r: LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY,—The 1) meeting of this company was held on Wednesd London Tavern, John Harman, Esri ;- report of the directors and eng' holders. The former document con, paragraph as to the present state of the last report the directors stated they had Uf-yearl a the c ;ineer was I )etween Cro that the lii exertion and perseverance, and caused but, notwithstanding tl of the line will be ese impediments, this important part nished by the early part of March. ac- cording to th .eport of their enginee ever, under these circumstances, to open as far as the Star, at Hooley-lane—upwards of 1. London ; and further from a point to the southward of .die, tham, to the Three Bridges, near Crawley—a distance of miles ; so that the journey between London Bridge ai Brighton may easily be accomplished in four hours, as mm than half the distance will be traversed upon the railroad The directors have been in communication with some of tht most influential coach -proprietors, both on the Brighton and other roads, who have expressed their determination to avail themselves of these advantages. The whole of the works are progressing very satisfactorily, and the directors confidently anticipate. they shall be able to open as far as Heyward's Heath, a distance of 37 miles from London, by midsummer next, and, throughout, to Brighton in the early part of next autumn." It was farther stated that the total cost of the line would not exceed £1,800,000, i❑ raising which the direc tors would have recourse to another call. The Shoreham branch, already opened, bids fair to be profitable, and every thing attached to the undertaking is in a prosperous and sa, tisfactory condition. 6 miles from NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—On Monday last the directors of the North Midland Railway placed upon this line third class carriages. To the humble portion of the community it will, undoubtedly, be a great accommodation, as the rate of charge is only one penny per mile.—Doncaster Gazette. DANISH RAILWAY.-It is not generally known that a railway from Altona, two miles from Hamburgh, to Kiel, in the Duchy of Holstein, has been projected, and is about to be constructed, under the auspices of the King of Denmark, with a view of effecting a communication between the North Sea and the Baltic. Mr. George Watson Buck, engineer-in chief to the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company has been selected as the engineer to the undertaking. ROBBERY By A BIRD.—A respectable sheep farmer, near Fort Augustus, has sent to us a communication, of which the following is the substance :—After a walk over his farm, at the beginni ng o f thi s year ' s l am bi ng season, and on a very ,warm morning, he had fallen asleep on a high hill. On wakening, he found that his broad blue bonnet, and a yellow silk handkerchief, which he had placed beside him, were both missing. At first he suspected they had been taken away in sport by some - person on the farm ; but, on inquiry, every individual on the farm and neighbourhood, who could pos sibly have approached the spot, denied all knowledge of the missing articles. Some weeks thereafter,_ our correspondent and a party were ascending a very steep and dangerous rock on the farm, to destroy the nest of a glede (kite). Great was his amazement when the first article taken out of the nest was the missing yellow silk handkerchief; then the broad blue bonnet, with three eggs most comfortably en sconced in it; next appeared an olii tartan waistcoat, with tobacco in one pocket, and Orr's Almanac for 1839 in the other, (the Almanac having the words, scarcely legible, " J. Fraser" written upon it); then came a flannel nightcap, marked with red worsted " D. C. J.;" a pair of old white mittens ; a piece of a letter with green wax, and the Inver veruess post-mark ; an old red and white cravat ; and a miscellaneous assortment of remnants of cotton, paper, cope, &c. This bird must have been carrying on its larce nies on a large and miscellaneous scale.—lnverness Courier. CONSUMPTION.—Dr. Latour, of Paris, has published the following rules for preventing the advent of consumption in those who are predisposed to it :—A consumptive patient should inhabit a dry, airy locality, well exposed to the influ ence of the solar rays. Residence in a large city predisposes to consumption. A temperate climate should be chosen, where the variations of the temperature are neither sudden nor frequent. Travelling, and particularly sea - attended with decided advantage in the early stage of co, sumption. The patient should be warmly clothed, and covered with flannel from head to foot. He should habitually some moderate exercise, as walking, riding, exposure to the open air and sun's rays are absol necessary. He should exercise the mind in a moderate gree, but avoid all strong moral emotions. He must renounc any profession which requires strong muscular exertion bent position of the body, residence in voyages, is . aa &c., p, MUM and finally, the f oo d s h ou ld b e rich and uaut nourishin THE SIIREWSUURY PEERAGE.—By an act of parliament procured by the great Duke of Shrewsbury (a protestant, whose heir was a papist), it was settled that the heir in all cases should at the age of twenty-one be called upon to declare his religion : if it were protestant, he was to take the estates in fee, that is, discharged of all entails; if popish, lie was to take them for his life only without any power of disposing of them. The present Earl of Shrews bury is a papist, and has no son. His brother, the late Mr. Talbot, who lived separate from his wife, a very amiable pro testant lady, (now Mrs. Berkeley), died leaving a son and daughter, and these he left to the guardianship of a popish priest named Doyle ! So the young heir by Mr. Doyle was taken off to Rome, and Mr. Doyle procured an order from the Court of Chancery to take from Mrs. Berkeley her daugh ter also. Young Talbot (now about ten we believe) has lately returned to England, and Mrs. Berkeley being naturally de sirous to see him, asked leave for him to stay with her for a month. This was refused by Mr. Doyle, who consented however to allow the mother an interview in his presence. Whereupon Mrs. Berkeley has applied to the Court of Chan cery, praying for an order to compel Mr. Doyle to give her the liberty she requires. How the Lord Chancellor will de cide we know not ; but this we know, that a more flagrant specimen of popery's real spirit never was developed than in this case. Here is a popish priest who has induced poor Mr. Talbot on his deathbed to deprive a mother of her children, and give them with the prospect also of the guardianship of a great property to him ; and then this priest proceeds to keep the son so completely under his own eye, that he will not allow that mother (because she is a protestant) liberty to speak with him, save in his presence ; what an awful but in structive story ! Who now will say that popery, whose priest can thus act, whose magazines and papers and public advo cates can defend such conduct, is changed into a tolerant and enlightened system ? Alas those who do so, must, to use scriptural language, be under "st rong d e l us i on th at t hey should believe a lie."—Protestant Magazine for July. WESLEYAN METHODIST C0N.,,,.. nual . conference of this religious community commences Wednesday in Brunswick-place Chapel, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. It was expected that the Rev. Robt. Newton would be elected president for the ensuing year. During last week the stationing committee, consisting of ministers elected by the several districts in England, Wales, and Scotland for the purpose of preparing a rough drauos. ers' appointments for the next year. son officiated in the absence of the pres.. philus Lessey, who has been incapacitatet discharging the duties of his office. On Si seven o'clock, the Rev. Daniel Walton p, John, c. iv., part of the 18th verse.—" Pei out fear." At half-past ten the Rev. R. travelling preacher in the connexion, delivere and highly edifying discourse from - Hebrews. the Ist verse,—" Therefore leaving the principles or r trine of Christ let us go on unto perfection, noon another service was conducted by the and in the evening Dr. Hannah, Tbr Wesleyan Theological Institutic:., discourse to a crowded congregation fru. 68,—" Then Simon Peter answered him, Lo. we go, thou hast the words of eternal life." Simnel were held in the various chapels of the town and the surround ing villages, and in Gateshead, Sunderland, North and South Shields, &c. On Monday morning, at rive o'clock, Mr. W R. Williams, one of the young men intended for examiner' previous to being admitted into full connexion, preaci' Brunswick-place Chapel. Other religious services daily. Next Sabbath day the newly-elected ores' preach in Brunswick-place-Chapel, at half-pas. morning, and Dr. Bunting at six in the eveniii h , day collections will be made in all the chapels towaru, fraying the expenses of the Conference. The examination of the young preachers who have completed their term of pro bation will take place in Brunswick-place Chapel on Monday and Tuesday evenings, the 3rd and 4th of August; the ordi nation will be on the following evening, and the charge will be delivered by Dr. Hannah on the evening of Thursday s' 6th. Out-door services are also to be held; and there reason to hope that the proceedings connected wit)- ference will be attended with great moral arid - fit.—Halifax Guardian. The - Rev. Tho we casteth the oldest 1 impressive vi. part of deltvere en in the on which s every [le Con al bene- AN IRON EXPRESS COACH, FOR ( DESERTS. — The want of a vehicle of this c lang been considered a desideratum b y E uroi j in their toilsome ourneyings across the arid deserts of Egypt and Arabia, through which tr is carried on and tra ve ll ers must pass, to keep commercial relations between many eastern m En er g c l h an an d d . i se H n it v l e re r r t t h o es th e extensivem ean so n f n dc barreno n veyi importance of this i n t ercourse becomes daily as our readers are aware, by camels and dr wooden carriages of any description were utte it was found impossible to discover any specie could resist the intense heat of those district splits and rends the best seasoned timber, so as to render useless after a few days' travelling. But travellers and corn menial activity have increased so much of late Was evident somet hi ng must lie done to facilitat objects, and Brstish ingenuity has found out a coming the difficulty by substituting iron lin a carriage has been constructed, under the Waghorn, by Messrs. Theodore, Jones, and fields (the patent iron wheel manufacturers will hold six persons, their stores, water i the smallest p or ti on o f wood nits oonstri wuk, the wheels, shafts, flooring, bench wrought iron bars, either flat or round ac ING S traveller revellers or of timber that r wood. directiol. of Spifal required ; as, for instance, the flc flat bars in two rows, one row runs the machine, and another row lies acre the bars are set at two inches asunder, which 1 torn open co le up freely,ikea net-work, to driveork,this o is ut do t n he e t h o o n t ll a o i w r air to come through the top valves. The whcile of the boc] covered with the best sort of storm stay-sail ca o f wooden or leather panelling, the roof fir that of the tilted waggon. There are two shy for one horse, but are so constructed, that tw may be yoked to the machine, all three abreast ; will,appears, be quit e su ffi c i ent for the ordinary v There it ereare hair cus hi ons placed oil the benches seats quite as comfortabl e as t h ose o f any ot h er machine is hung on the centrical spring principle charges the weight from the horse, and thre wheels—this is another great advantage in a In fact, the exce ll ence of this new machine ma up in a few words—viz. strength, lightness, dura,‘: ness, and ventilation. It will thus afford, wile fully into operation, a safe and comfortable cony travellers, despatches, and the lighter articles of ,:t, ~,,,, (;;. and is likely to be the means of opening extensively tlm t easy intercourse between Palestine, Persia, Arabia, and Egypt, which is greatly wanted, and would vastly extend the bounds of human knowledge, comme rce , an d c i v ilization.— Morning Herald. :s the bo' ivs it In the after-