The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-05 00:00:00

E ter a t tut. --0- POETRY. MORNING. (Written for the Liverpool Standard.) Great potentate of day ! bright Phcebus comes Rejoicing from the solitudes of night ; With gold and purple diadem, cloud-wove. • And canopied with light. Dark oc.an's wave Glows like anabitiou's breast bencVh the smile Of vasjest... Ope wide ye gates of day, And let his glory pass. Hail ! fount of being To slumb'ring nations, of earth, sea, and sky : Of light, and joy, and beauty : vital spark • Of earth's terraqueons frame! ethereal source .Of nature's inspiration ! bre,th of life ! Fit emblem of that racLancc that erst O'er chaos mov'd : or of its image, stamp'd, Some godlike spirit, of our suffering race, Rais'd to redeem from ignorance and vice, And wipe a nation's tears :—One chosen mind "By lofty purpose and aspirings. pure, Lifted above the ephemeral joys of sense, The wants and frailties, weekday hopes and fears Of vulgar minds, to soar sublime, unscath'd By persecution's shafts, or calumny. To reach his noontide seat of potency; And from his I,,fty sphere an influence Benign, heaven-wrought, to shed on human hearts; And gleam truth's beaeon•light to time. Like thine . His glorious mission ; like thy journey up The blue serene, when exhalations, dim, Are turn'd to splendours in thy ray, or sent In show'rs upon the evil and the good. Myriads, 0, day god' hail thy magic day, Fraught with new life, and reawaken'd Joy; . -And ail, from herb, and leaf, and whisp'ring grass, Mantling beneath the night-dews glistn'ing tears, To the dark ft-rest. Tailed welcome breathe. The greenwood thrills to untaught minstrelsey— 'The skylark's rcean—the fond linnet's lay. Hill smiles on hill, responsive; vales rejoice; The ripping stream with a fresh gladness glides. • Flowers sigh their souls in perfume, from the cup Of rose and hyacinth. a fragra - ce blends With incense of the lily's vestal urn; - Wafted by gentle breezes to the sky. All gaze on heaven, and tell their gushing joy; All tongues in choral symphony unite; While earth seems one vast temple built to thee. Do all unite ? Up sluggard from thy couch I Up ! "lord of the creation," rise, As priest of nature's congregation, stand And offer up thy matin sacrifice. No Gheber's thine, but unto Him, who broke Creation's slumber, and the morn awoke. SAMUEL HUGGINS. Brunswick-road, 3lay Ist, 1846. NOTICES. Our Free Trade Policy Exatnined with respect to its real Bearing upon Native Industry, our Colonial Sys tem, and the Institutions and - ultimate Destinies of the Nation. By a Liverpool Merchant. London : Whit taker and Co. ; Liverpool : Lace and Addison, and W. Grapel. A pamphlet just published, under the above title, affords us some very seasonable arguments with respect to the bearing upon the industry of the nation of the measures about which the House of Commons is at present deba ting. Our own opinions as to the tendency of free trade measures we have never concealed. We conceive their tendency to be revolutionary. The writer of the pam phlet before us, however, takes the ground, and maintains it very ably, that they are calculated to injure seriously the manufacturers themselves, by whom they are most strenuously advocated. We shall give a few extracts, for the impartial consideration of our readers; and first, we offer the following for the consideration of the labour ing portion of the community, who imagine that they see, in their promised cheap loaf, a boon which is to raise them very materially in their social condition : " In all past contests between capital and labour, the former has been uniformly the victor; and under our new policy it will be successful in determining the future posi tion of the labourer in the social scale. We are told that a high or low price of food does not involve a high or low price of remuneration for industry. We have had figures paraded before us to prove the fact. We shall find it, however, to be a law of nature that men will and must work for the minimum amount vith which life can be supported. All experience tells us so. In every country, not newly peopled, where the means of subsistence are abundant and cheap, the price of labour is low. The native of our Indian possessions, who can subsist upon a meal of rice, gives his toil for what will purchase that meal. The Irish peasant, who can subsist upon potatoes as his daily food, is content to labour for what will afford him potatoes. We have recognised this law in our legis lation itself. We say to our pauper population—' we can keep you within the walls of the union workhouse for a certain amount per head : choose between that and the money wages which is offered for your labour as indepen dent and self-sustaining beings.' We have, moreover, in our manufacturing system, a coercive power upon the labourer beyond the ordinary law of human nature. The steam-engine is incessantly roaring in the ears, and tread ing upon the heels, of the manufacturing operative ; and reminding him painfully of his decreasing value in the social system. Lessen the cost of fuel—give increased speed or efficiency to the wheels of the spinning frame or the power-loom—and you make it incumbent upon the human being, who competes with the mere machine, to toil harder, end accept of less remuneration, for his bread. We have mechanical ingenuity constantly pitted egainst industry, dictating the terms upon which it shall be em ployed. We have, year by year, a less amount of time and labour entering into the production of a given quan tity of manufactured fabrics; and if the power which ca pital possesses, combined with other influences and known tendencies of our human nature, is not regarded as suffi cient to determine the result of the struggle of the la bourer, I think. that we might very well affo.d to lay aside all attempts to solve any problem bearing upon our future destinies as human beings." Another more vitally interesting consideration to the mass of the community, is placed before us in the follow ing passage : " Another question, apart from the mere consideration of - wages, is worth looking at. Say that the experiment of free trade is successful; that we have. as its result, a vastly stimulated foreign commerce; that we employ for a time all the available labour of the country; that we draw increased masses of our population into our manu facturing districts, end that w e remunera t e th em ade quately for their industry. Admit all this; but look at the possible consequences of a reverse or a crisis. We have, say, one-half of our population dependent upon the accident of pacific relations being kept up with us by fo reign powers. A hostile tariff—the stoppage of a single market—can throw an entire section of the community upon the nation for support. The want of prudence and of forethought of the manufacturer himself can do this. He may stimulate production. He may draw largely upon the prospect of the future. He may divert industry from its accustomed channels by promises of employ ment, which he may find it impossible or inconvenient and unprofitable to fulfil. Where is our remedy for the eansequences of his improvidence? In our present quasi feudal system we have that remedy. If the great land owner ceases to employ the labourer upon his property, or to remunerate him adequately, we have the produce of that land as a security that he shall not starve. But we have no security that the millowner, to-day employing a thousand hands, shall not to-morrow close his factory and retire into irresponsibility for the subsistence of those whose labour has realised his fortune, or into the Gazette, as the result of his want of skill in conducting his affairs. Look at our present position in the existing crisis of the nation. We have had three years of prosperity—three years in which the manufacturer and the merchant have been growing in wealth. Yet, so little has been the pro vident conduct of either, that we have now to devise by legisla ion a made to protect them from the result of their own improvidence! The railway mania attracted their cupidity. They gambled as only maniacs will gam ble. The legislature has to step in to provide for them a mode of exit from their vast and multitudinous engage ments. Is industry not suffering from this misconduct of those by whom it is employed ? It is suffering. We have bodies of men who have the face to tell us, and to tell the legislature, that commerce is paralyzed, and will remain so until the passing of the measures of Sir Robert Peel is determined upon. Yet every man knows that the pinching point is the amount of capital locked up in these ridiculously extended speculations. I hold, however, the opinion that it has been a happy event for the nation, and for humanity, that the gains of the commercial and ma nufacturing classes have been expended in this direction. For the good of all they might have been worse applied : for the good of those applying them they might have been infinitely better applied. From fifty to a hundred mil lions of money is the difference in the value of railway property between present prices and those of a few months ago; and yet not a working man—scarcely a trader—is the richer. But let us canvass for a moment what might have been the result of a similar mania, directed towards the stimulation of manufacturing capability. We should not be asking now what we are to do with a few secreta ries, engineers, surveyors, and other similar people, who can fall back upon their original pursuits and athount of employment, but what we are to do with masses of our population brought together to carry on avocations in which we have been deceived in our hopes of employing them. A few actions, against provisional directors —a hubbub amongst disappointed speculators—the claims of attorneys for their costs, and engineers for their pay—are different affairs from the demand of a deluded manufac turing population for their bread. We should have cre ated a few manufacturing hives, and been stung for our pains." VARIETIES. INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.—PIace several small pieces of camphor gently in a basin of pure water, and with a red hot wire ignite them as they float; the lumps will shoot about the surface in various directions, perform ing many comical antics, exhibiting a lively dance of fire balls. PRONUNCIATION OF INDIAN PROPER NAMES.—A correspondent of the Glasgow Herald says :—At a time when Indian affairs are exciting no ordinary interest, the following hints as to the pronunciation of certain names of places, in and near the seat of war, may be acceptable to your readers. These observations have been taken down from the dictation of an officer who has served on the spot—every reliance may be placed on their accu • racy :-1. All names ending in " an" have the accent on the last syllable, and the "an" is sounded like the Scotch ah, or nearly aw—thus Voultan is pronounced Alultawn. The same remark applies to words terminating in "ab"— thus the river Chenab is sounded Chunawb, with the first syllable rapidly uttered, and the full weight of the sound on the " awb." " Punjawb" is another illustration. 2. Compounds of the words Feroze have the accent on the " oze," not on " poor" or " Ma," as one often hears it. Ferozepoor must be uttered in three syllables. 3. "I" has the sound of '`ee"—thus Sikh is pronounced "Seek," aot Sheek or Syke. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, 2 o'clock. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. Tins DAY. Upnn a change of wind we have to report a liberal sup ply of Wheat, and a fair quantity of Oats, Flour, and Oat meal from Ireland, but, with the exception of Malt, rather scanty arrivais Coastwise ; the import of Foreign Grain during the week being only moderate, and of States Flour somewhat less than 9000 barrels. There was a fair attendance at this day's market. Trade. influenced by the depressed state of Mark-lane yesterday, rules dull, and free Wheat, both old and new, is 2d. to 33. per 701 b. lower. Irish sack and free barrel Flour is in slow request, at a reduction of 63. to ls. per sack. Barrel States Fiour in band was held for a proportion ate advance. Little passing in Oats or Meal : both the turn lower. Indian Corn continues to meet a good demand. /iRRIV. From the 28th April .LS OF CORN. to the 4th May, inclusive IRE- COAST—UNITED FO TOTAL. LAND. WISE. STATES. REIGN. .---- -•••• Wheat.. ... Qrs. 10920 I 376 989 1602 14161 • Barley Qrs. 49 964 1004 I Malt ! Qrs. 17 3555 3572 Oats Qrs. 6974 245 j 7436 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 775 1 443 1223 Pease Qrs. 166 631 797 ShelledßarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. 1 6 37 . 941 2623 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Sacks , 4394 43 I 4624 Flour. ....Sacks 6189 I 6489 Ditto Brls ., 70 , no 9OlO EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat,— qrs.; Barley,— qrs. ; Pease. qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Indian Corn, 15 qrs. ; Oatmeal, sacks ; Flour, 552 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 15 qrs. ; Bar ley, qrs.; Beans, —qrs ; Oats,— qrs. ; Indian Corn, 6352 qrs. ; Oatmeal, sks ; Flour, 119 scks, brls.—Coastwise. Wheat, 23 qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Malt. St qrs.; Oats, 12 qrs.; Beans, 30 qrs. ; Pease, 32 qrs. ; Oatmeal, eu sacks ; Indian Corn, 80 qrs. ; Flour, 176 sacks 2393 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ernlin April 25. 1546 Wheat 55a. 6k1,1 Barley 30s. Id. .1 Oats 235. 4:t. Rye 335. 7d. Beans.. 345. lod. i 'Pease-33i. led. Aggregate average of the six weeks Wheat 355. 7d. I Barley 3 s. 4d. I Oats 223. 7d. I Rye 333.11 d. Beans.. 345. led. I Pease.. 335. l Id. Duty on Foreign Produce this week . Wheatl7s Od I Barley Ss ed I Oats .. . 6s od I Rye.. 8s 6d Beans 856 d 1 Pease.. gs 6,1 Ind. Corn os Od Flour 'Mid Doty on Canadian. Wheat.. Is. Od. I Parley.. Is. Od. I Oats .. 15.0. Rye.. Os 6d Beans Os. 6d 1 Pease Is.ed. I led. Corn mod. I Flour . Os 74d Duty on other British Colonial. Wheat.. 4s. od. I Barley.. ls. od. I Oats, 6d. I Rye... Beans.. Os. 6d. I Pease.. Is. od. I Flour. 2s. sd. Os. 6d. Liverpool Averages, week ending April 21, 1846. Wheat, alB2 qrs., price 363 7d; Barley, 6 qrs., price 24s Od ; Oats, 1117 qrs., price 265. 2d.; Rye, qrs., price Os. Od.; Beans, q,s.. es. Od. ; Pease, qrs., price Os. Od. HOUSE DRAINAGE. (From the Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate.) There is, properly speaking, no house !drainage in Li verpool; but we have a law instead, which, as we formerly showed, inflicts a penalty of £lO on any one who shall be guilty of allowing any house soil to pass into a main sewer. This law must of course be repealed ; and we trust that the day is not far distant when every cottage in the town shall have it. separate drain. The very first principle in house drainage is to avoid the use of the square box drain. It is one of the worst contrived and most mischievous forms that could be adopted. All competent authorities denounce such conduits as being little better than cess pools, and where they are carried into the kitchen floor, they may at any moment introduce fever or bowel affec tions into the house. They are generally made vastly too large, and, from the open nature of the work, there is a continual escape of gases at the aperture, while there is also danger arising from the leakage of their contents into the subsoil, or into wells. This latter accident is far from uncommon, and is the cause of dysentery and other dis eases. Under peculiar circumstances, it may give rise to most fatal results, of which a most melancholy example occurred near Liverpool (West Derby),.a few months ago, when a family of five persons died from poisoning by-ar senic, which bad escaped from a drain into the well. There is rio house drain to be compared for safety to a small iron or earthenware tube, glaz?d inside, and per fectly tight between the open ends. It is remarkable how small a diameter will answer every purpose. Mr. Roe says in his evidence— " I know one in7tance of an iron pipe, three inches in diame ter, put into a sewer fifty feet distance from the house, about eleven years ago, and having a fall of about an inch in ten feet, which has never been obstructed." James Simpson, Esq., advocate, of Edinburgh, has pub lished a Report of a similar experiment made in his own house, where an iron pipe, only Iwo inches and a half in diameter, has received and c,rried away the whole drain age of the house, including back yard, kitchen, baths, water closets, &c., without having been once obstructed for five months, the period which had elapsed since the tube was laid down. In order to test the comparative merits of this tubular drainage, with those of the large old box drain previously in use, the iron tube was allowed to ter minate by its open orifice in the square drain outside the house. When this drain was examined, after one month's use, it was found that a deposit two inches deep had taken place in it,.while the iron tube was perfectly clean. The report, which is attested by the architect, the sur veyor, and the plumber, concludes as follows : " It is thus demonstrated that a two-and a-half inch tube or pipe is competent for the drainage of your house, even with the flushing afforded by the ordinary and moderate discharges of the common water closets and sinks; whiic a striking example of the superiority of this system of sewerage over the old, was seen in the accumulation of mater having occurred in the old drain only. while the new continues perfectly free from anything like obstruction or deposit." Now, when we remember that it is usual for such square drains to pass under the lower stories of houses, we shall be at no loss to account for the sickness that not unfre quently breaks out when they become foul; while the per fect action of the tubular sewer proves it to be of great sanitary importance. Mr..W..Dyce Guthrie, in his valuable evidence on house drainage, has given a table of the expense of clay tubes, in which be shows, that with a diameter of three inches, they would cost only 6d. a yard. The same length with a diamet^r of six inches would cost 9d., and with a diameter of a foot, ls. 3d. The rapidity with which these tubes can be laid down would also occasion a great saving in expence. He suggests a diameter of between three and six inches for ordinary tenements. But here, again, we must have an ample supply of water, otherwise such im provements cannot be carried out. The great principle of house drainage is to use a small tube, and to trust to keep ing it clean by flushing. It is impossible in this way that any deposit should take place, for it is carried at once into the main sewer by hydrostatic pressure ; and a 111 p at the orifice would effectually prevent the passage of foul air from the main sewer into the house. Large tubes are al together unnecessary, except for secondary sewerage, to which it is proposed to apply them. In conclusion, we hope the drainage of the town will be made as perfect as possible ; for we have the high autho rity of Mr. Rennie for the fact, that " No town in Me British dominions is better situated than Liverpool for a complete system of sewers." THE REAL RAILWAY KING.—A gentleman in the Queen's Bench has papered his room with nothing but railway shares. The effect is rich. It is calculated that not less than three millions of capital has been sent in this way to the wall. Every county in the United King dom is there represented. The whole railway world is compressed into the space of eight feet by six. The gen tleman breakfasts in England, takes his tiffin in India, dines at Paris, and sleeps in Switzerland, just according as he moves his chair. We must not forget to mention, that every share has been made to run in the direction of the fire-place. In this way the Sue ingeniously represents the grand central terminus of all the lines in the world. — Punch. BAD EFFECTS OF THE BUILDING TRADES' STRIKES.— Again, it has been seen seen that, in the strike of 1833, a li principal object of the union was to do away with all con tract work whatever': and there is no doubt that the same unreasonable demand would be made now-a•days, did concessions from the masters lead the men to believe that they had the power to enforce it. Gentlemen would then be deprived of the advantage of knowing exactly the cost they are likely to go to, at the commencement of any work. I know for a fact, that many persons, who con templated erecting new buildings, or enlarging their pre sent premises, have been deterred from doing so by the strike, and otherwise invested their :capital. I believe that much loss is being suffered by those who have build ings in an unfinished state, the use of which they greatly require. The profits of the shopkeepers, who supply the workpeople with the necessaries of life, are always materi ally diminished by a lengthened strike • and as the wages or building operatives, when employed, are sufficiently high to enable them to lay out a tolerable amount weekly upon the comforts as well as the necessaries of life, their cessation from labour, and consequent want of funds, will be severely felt.—Statement of Facts. CANNING'S COMMERCIAL POLICY.—Mr. Canning's commercial policy was identical with that of Mr. Hus kisson. His general principle was this,- that commerce flourished best when wholly unfettered by restrictions. But, as modern nations had grown up under various sys tems, and were never secure from fluctuation, he main tained that it was necessary to observe a discriminating judgment in the application of this principle. The wise course was always to keep it in sight, and to work to wards it as the final aim of legislation. He held the doc trine of protection in the abstract, to be unsound as well as unjust. Bounties, monopolies and all special exemp tions in favour of particular classes or particular interests, were consequently the objects against which his commer cial system was cautiously, but continually directed. The Reciprocity Act, brought in by Mr. Robinson in 1823, was an indication of that system By this act the King in council was authorised to place the ships of foreign states, importing a rticles into Great Britain or her colonies, on the same footing of duties as British ships, provided such foreign states extended a like equality to British ships trading with their ports. It will be seen at a glance that the principle of extinguishing restrictions was thus fully declared, while its practical application was carefully re gulated by a scale of wife equivalents.—Bell'a Life of Canning. THE,MODEAN ,PROLIRE SS. THE FRAGMENT OF A DREAM. (From Blackwood's Magazine for May.) CHAPTER I. How SCAPEGRACE first became acquainted with SCRIP. As I walked through the wilderness of 'Change Alley, I lighted on a certain coffeehouse, where there was a box in the corner, and, trilling asleep therein, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold I saw a man bearing a burden on his back, walking up and down the alley in a grievous plight ; and ever and anon he put his hands into his breeches pockets, as if in search of something, but drew out nothing. Then he turned his pockets inside out, and cried—" Wo is me ! what shall I do ?" And, as he turned his back to me, I saw his burden, which was large and heavy; and thereon was writ, in large characters, the word " Debt :" and drawing near, sue thought the bag was stuffed quite full of mortgages, bonds, bills, post-obits, and suchlike, wherewith he appeared to be weighed down even to the ground. And, as he made his moan, and strove to unloose his burden from his back, behold another man came up to him, who also bare his burden upon his back ; but, though it seemed larger and heavier than his fellow's, he wore a smiling countenance, and skipped along at lightly as if his pack had been filled with feathers; and drawing near t', the first man, he thus accosted him How now, neighbour SCAPEGRACE, wherefore so in the dumps? Thou seemest to have a sore struggle with thy load, which, sootb to say, seems a heavy one. Can I lend tbee a helping band?" " In good faith, neighbour STAGMAN," answered Scapegrace, " so long as this burden sticks to my back, I shall have no peace or rest, by night or by day, for I know not how long I may be left at large ; and men say that, even now, one Gripeman bath a writ out against me, at the suit of Mr. Legality, and that I shall be hauled away to prison incontinently. Bail, as thou knowest, I can find ncne ; for Bauman, who stood surety for me aforetime, is bankrupt, and thou, Stagman, halt not a penny in thy purse—if thou wert ever so much inclined to befriend me." " Nay, not so fast, friend," replied Stagman ; " mat ters have gone better with me of late than thou wouldst suppose ; and perchance, if thou wilt listen to me, I can put thee on a way to get quit of this thy burden !—or, if thou wouldst rather do as I do, to fill thy pockets, keep thy burden still, and yet dance under it as lightly as if it were no burden at all. " Of a truth," said-Scapegrace, " I long to know how these things may be." " Know then," said Stagman, " that of late all the world have gone crazed after a new fashion of travelling, or rather flying, discovered by Mr. Ironman, by means of which the traveller reacheth his journey's end ere he well knoweth that he bath begun it, smoking his pipe, or read ing the newspaper all the way, as be skimmeth along over bills and valleys, sloughs and morasses. " These be pleasant tidings," cried Scapegrace. " Ar.d profiiable likewise," answered . Stagman, " for all that are'concerned in these new highways ; for now-a days none will take the old roads, which are fast becom ing full of ruts and pitfalls, fearful to behold, and all must soon resort per force to those made by Mr. Ironman, who levieth a heavy toll on all passengers at various wicket-gates which he hath set up along the road. Now, as Ironman required some friends to assist him with mo ney in making his roads, he hath formed various goodly companies, who lend him their money in the meantime, and share thereafter in the tolls levied from the pilgrims that use the road. If thou couldst but be joined to one of these companies, as I have been, thy burden might soon be lighter. And even now there is a new road about to be begun, which I doubt not would make thee rich in a brief space, if thou wert bat a sharer therein." " Whither goeth this road?" asked Scapegrace. " From the town of LITTLE -GO, by HAP -HAZARD, to wards CENT-PER -CENT, and thence to the great city of ELDORADO," answered Stagman. " Thereafter, if the traffic answer, we contemplate a branch rail to UTOPIA." " But methought," said Scapegrace, " that road of which thou speaks[ was full of rocks, and deep pits, and swamps, and quagmires, and other frightfuls. Ido re member me of a certain SLOUGH OF DESPOND, wherein sundry travellers were bemired to purpose, and some hardly escaped with their lives." " The Slough of Despond, quotba!" cried Stagman; " a certain man, called in the vulgar tongues Contractor, undertakes to fill it up, and to lay a double line of rails, with sidings, across it in a fortuisht." " Truly, we live in strange times, neighbour," said Scapegrace. " But then the HILL OF DIFFICULTY?" " Is no difficulty after all," interrupted Stagman ; "we pass right through the centre of it by a tunnel in two mi nutes, so that you need never know there was a hill there. The strata are all clay and sandstone, exceeding well fitted for baring." " Then the VALLEY OF HU-MILIATION, and the road which leads therethrough ?" asked Scapegrace. " We go slap across it in the twinkling of a bedpost, by a handsome viaduct of thirty arches on the skew princi ple." said Stagman. "Lo, you"now!" said Scapegrace. marvelling— however, the road is rugged and hilly?" " Thou wouldst say, the gradients are bad ; not so, there is none worse than one in the hundred—quite as good as the Caledonian." " I know not that road," said Scapegrace. " So much the better for thee," answered Stagman gravely. " But, neighbour, how do you contrive to carry your road through other men's grounds ?" said Scapegrace. ' 6 We promise.to share the profits with them, said Sta%man, and so keep them quiet; or put them on the _ Provisionnl Cornmi •" Surely, counts. Sometimes, no doubt, we are put to our shiftc for a time, as was the case with Squire Despair, of Doubting Castle, who opposed us on the standing orders, and threa tened to throw us out in committee ; but as it ended in our buying Doubting Castle at his own price, and paying him handsomely for intersectional damage besides, he soon withdrew hii opposition, and is now an active promoter of the line. Indeed, I know not any one who can give us further trouble, except it be the old Pope, who says the road will ruin his villa, and be the death of any of his bulls that get upon the line ; but as we know that he is as poor as a church at, and will never show hi's face in the com mittee, we mind him not, and, in truth, I have no doubt the committee will find the preamble proved." " Find what ?" enquired Scapegrace ;—" methinks, Stagman, thou deafest in strange words, and usest a jar gon hard to be understood of men." " Find the preamble proved," answered Stagman ; " which means we shall be empowered to make the road." I suppose, then, neighbour," said Scapegrace, " there will be a great resort of travellers to this same CENT-PER CENT, and much toil levied thereat ?" " The passenger traffic, the prospectus says, will be enormous," answered Stagman ; " and the minerals along the line are of course inexhaustible." " But tell me, neighbour, is this same mode of travel as pleasant for the wayfarers as thou sayest ?" " Exceedingly pleasant for the survivors," answered Stagman. " Doubtless it sometimes happens that a car riage or two will run over a precipice, or the down-train from Little-go may run into the up-train from Hap hazard, whereby some dozen lives may go amissing ; but such accidents are unavoidable, and it is satisfactory to know that on these occasions there never yet has been the slightest blame imputable to any one concerned—the sto ker being invariably a most respectable man, and the ut most attention paid to the signals." " Nay now, neighbour Stagman," said Scapegrace ; " all this is mighty comfortable and encouraging, and I long much to have share with thee in this same business." " I know not," said Stagman, " whether that may be; for the way is narrow, and many there be who would go in thereat. But look you, neighbour, I have promised to do you service if I can, and I will tell you how to set about it. There is an ancient friend of mine, who bath stood me in good stead before now, his name is Mr. Scrip ; he bath holpen many a one in worse plight than thou art; so that by his aid, from being poor and needy, they have become well to do in the world in a short space. Let us go together to him ; he dwelleth in Paper Buildings hard by ; it may be that he will stand thy friend, and help thee out of this thy difficulty." So meth-might the men went both together, and, knock ing at the door of Mr. Scrip, they were shown into his apartment, which was all garnished with slips of paper, whereon were strange figures and characters written, which no man could read or understand. He wore a coat of many colours, the pockets of which appeared to be stuffed with papers, bearing the like figures • be was always look ing either up or down, and he moved to and fro continu ally, as if he.could not sit still in one place for a moment. " Mr. Scrip," said Stagman, you must know here is a _ . friend of mine . who is presently sore bestead, and lacketh thine aid. He would fain have of thee some of those wonderful papers whereby so many have become so sud denly rich ; and, for the sake of our old acquaintance, I pray you pleasure him in this matter." Then methought Mr. Scrip looked fixedly upon Scape grace, and shook his head consumedly. " The applica tions," said he, " are so numerous, that the Provisional Committee have been compelled to decline many from the most respectable quarters, and in all cases greatly to restrict the amount allocated." But observing that Scape grace appeared much discomfited at these words, he said, " Howbeit, as the man is a friend of thine, and this is the first time he bath come to me. 1 will for this once do for him according ta his wish." So, putting his hand into his nether raiment, he pulled out certain slips of paper, and put them into Scapegrace's hand, saying—" Take these, and put them into 'the purse thou bearest with thee; they are called after my name : a fortnight hence thou wilt pay to me a deposit of twenty crowns thereon, hut thereafter thou mayst sell them for ten times that sum." " Alas, " cried Scapegrace, " for now I am utt er l y un done ! I have not a crown in the world, and how can I pay the deposit !" " Nay, neighbour, have a good heart," cried Stagman, drawing him in a corner ; " long before the fortnight comes, we shall have sold these papers to some other man, who will pay the twenty crowns for thee, and give thee a hundred beside for thy pains. At the worst, thou bast but to burn thy papers and be seen no more of men, which, if Gripeman should get hold of thee, would happen in any wise. Take the papers, be of good comfort, thank Mr. Scrip for his kindness, and tell him thou wilt call another day with the twenty crowns." So Scapegrace took the papers, and they thanked Mr. Scrip, and went their way. AN ANNUAL VISITOR.—We are beginning to look out for the report of her Majesty's visit to Ireland, as it is generally about this time of the year that it appears in the ne .vspapers.—Punch. THE RIVALS.—On Monday week, there was a holiday at St. Stephens. There have been so many holidays lately, that we really think Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Barry the architect. have a bet pending as to who will persevere longest in making "no House."—Punch. It is said that so great was the muscular power of Dra gonetti's hand, that be has been known to go into a pub lic-house, ask for a pint of porter, and after drinking it, squeeze the sides of the pewter pot together between his fingers. THE LIVERPOOL STAINIbARD. AN IRISH BEGGAR-WOMAN. ( From the Fortunes of Torlogh O'Brien.) As Miles Garratt followed his homeward way through the misty shadows flung by wild hedges and straggling timber across the narrow road, he passed the tall, lean, figure of a female, wrapt in a cloak of red cloth; herlgok form was curved with age or bodily deformity • she car ried a staff of blackthorn in her bony hand, but less, as it seemed, for support than for effect, for she often smote the stones of the road, and often the stooping boughs of the overhanging wood in malignant wantonness, as it seemed, while she advanced with long and leisurely strides over the unequal road ; her hood flapped in the light breeze, and occasionally disclosed a sharp hooked nose and the bowl of a short tobacco pipe, from which she drew thin clouds of the narcotic vapour which perfumed the chill night air. As the grim horseman rode by, almost grazing her shoulder with his jack-boot, so closely did she keep the centre of the narrow road, she whined a mendicant peti tion, which degenerated into a fierce and bitter curse, as he, sullen and unheeding, pursued his way. " Wishn ! one little penny, Miles Garrett, agra, an' the ould woman 'ill be prayin' for you night and morning, an' may—it's never mindin' he's keepin', the thatching pin cil ! Ride away, an' the widdy's curse behind you—you black, ill-lookin', lean, unlucky scoundrel ; may the gar ron come down an' crack your long neck in the piper's quarry, you yellow nigger! an' if you ever get back may you carry the Phooca home on your shoulders—you shka min', double-tongued, poison-faced dog, you. Oh! blur an' agers ! it's stoppin' you are, is it ?—an' it's plenty iv stoppin' an' standin' I wish you this blessed night. Turn in' round, is it ? —may you never find the way home, you down-lookin' villian ; doesn't the world know you, what sort you are ?—as bad as your murdherin' ould cousin, Willoughby, the hangman : bad luck to every mother's skin iv you, seed, breed, an' generation—the bloody pack iv yez—mav ye be cuttin' one another's throats, it's all yez are fit for. Aia ! by jabers, what's that ? Its beck'nin' he is—its changin' your tune you are, afther all, is it ?" As she thus spoke, she quickened her pace, and ad vanced to meet Miles Garrett, who was now slowly re tracing the intervening space which he had lately passed at !o sharp a pace. _ _ _ " Peg lq , !her!" he said, gruffly, as he approached, " is that Peg Maher?" " Ah, then, who else id be in it, agra ?" she responded, with a whine, " its the poor widdy, sure enough, wid no one to help her hut the fatherless innocent, that's more in her way wid his thricks and his nansense, God help him, than anything he's good for, the crathur." " Thete—there's a shilling," he interrupted, in the same gruff tone, as he dropped the coin into her hand. " Wisba I my blessin' an you night an' mornin', Miles Garrett; acushla," said she, as she glanced from the coin, which glittered on her smoke•dried palm, into the face of the donor, with an undisguised expression of wonder and curiosity ; " The widdy's blessin' be about you an' yours this night." She looked inquiringly in his face, for he bad reined in his horse, and now sate motionless in bis saddle, gazing upon her with a scowl of profound and, as it seemed, malignant thought. " Peg Maher," he continued, abruptly, after a pause of some seconds, " I'll make that shilling a crown, it you do a message for me safely." " Begorra, it's a far message, an' a heavy one, the poor widdy would not carry for a crown piece, Misther Garrett, agra," she rejoined, with alacrity ; " an' for safity, just lave that to myself—that's all." Without heeding her, he muttered, thoughtfully, " It mustn't be to Willoughby himself—the hot-headed old bully might frighten the hag into confessing whom she had it from —no, his right-hand man will answer better;" and turning to the old woman again, he said, in a changed tone, " you must tell old Tindal, of Drumgunniol—ob serve my words, old woman—that his own house and Glindarragh castle will be rifled and burnt on to-morrow night, unless he and Willoughby gather their friends— you understand me—and defend themselves ; just say so much, and no more. If you mention one word of your having seen or met with me, you had better make up your mind to quit the country, for I'll undoubtedly make it too hot to bold you—do you understand me, witch ?" " An' how could I but ondherstand you, darlin' gen tleman I—to be sure I do," rejoined she ; " never shake to Peg Maher, if I don't carry the message right. That's enough—honour bright, and no deludin'." Without further interchange of words, Miles Garrett flung the broad silver piece upon the road before her, and rode rapidly away. She picked up and examined the coin in the moonlight, and ringing her earnings together in her joined hands, she wagged her bead exultingly, and, with a chuckle, muttered, as she watched the receding form of the horseman— • " A crown an' a shilling, my awned, by gannies, an' for nothing else but mischief, as sure as my name's Peg Maher; for wherever it lies, an' whatever it mains, I know by his face, an' I know by his nature, there's mis• chief galore in Dark Garrett's message. Let them fall out, the blacker the better; let them be plundherin' an' murdher in' aich other, an' caed rAille fall ha ; they robbed an' slaughtered us long enough, and now, like the wild dogs, when there's no more left for them to tear an' devour, they only turn an one another." She sat down on the bank by the road side, and continued in a changed tone, " Oh ! Shamus, mavourneen, did I ever forget you ? —don't think it, my darlin' ; I'm your own Peggy still— your own Peggy bawn, that you married an' loved—that was your young wife for two years, my darlin'. Did I ever lave you, Shamus. all the time you vvor on your loe, ma bouchal dhas, an' didn't you sleep with your head in her lap on the side of Galty More—oh ! cushla ma chree, an' didn't we dar' the storms together, my darlin'? an' the hunger and could, for Peggy was your first love an' your last; an' when they killed you—killed you, my beautiful, undaunted boy, didn't Peggy—your own Peggy bawn—hould your head on her could knees for a day and a night, the way she used when you were sleepin' in the wild glins an' the mountains, Shamus laudher ma bohul bra, with no one but herself to guard you—antil the sinses left me, and the neighbours carried me, God knows where, away from my darlin'—for, livin' or dead, I'd cling to you, Shamus ; and afther your head was laid in the clay—then, when our first child was born, the poor innocent—oh ! wasn't my heart hoping I might die in the pains ? that I might be with my darlin' agin. Oh ! Sha I.us, my hus band !—my darlin' three-hearted boy ! sure I'm thinkin' of you every minute that goes, an' promisin' an' prayin', ma bouchal brash, that the time will come round yet, when I'll see your murdherers hunted an' harried from the hills to the woods, an' from the woods to the glins, an' back again—with no shelter from the winter's wind but the mountain carrigs an' the hrakes by the bog side; it's comin' yet—it's comtn'—l see it comin' I " She rose hastily, and climbed to the top of the bushy bank which overlooked the road, and as suddenly resu ming her wonted accents of harsh and querulous discord, she shrilly cried— " Shaun—Shaun, you big omadhaun, will I never make you folly me? Shaun dhas, will you come, I tell you, or, by gannies, I'll lay this switch across your back." An Irishwoman called at an oilman's the other day, and asked for a quart of vinegar. It was measured out, and she put it in a gallon jug. She then asked for another quart to be put in the same vessel. " And why not ask for half a gallon, and have done with it ?" said the oilman. "Och, bless your little bit of a soul," answered she, "it's for two persons." THE MYSTERY SOLVED.—Some years ago attention was particularly called to a tombstone in Worcester Ca thedral inscribed with the one word " Miserrimus," (a most wretched man.) So brief, yet so painfully-expres sive a record, naturally awakened a good deal of conjec ture, and we believe that a whole book was written upon the supposed career of the nameless tenant of a mysteri ous grave.—ln Widcombe churchyard, Bath, lately, a like inscription, the word " Annette ' upon a broken co lumn, attracted the notice of a poet of no mean pretensi ons, who wrote some very affecting lines, full of touching conjecture as to the mortal pilgrimage and affecting death of the fair deceased,—which verses were inserted in one of the most popular of our monthly periodicals. The de nouement of the subject, however, is rather curious. A surgeon, who elates his success in his profession from the time of the occurrence, states that " Annette " was almost his first patient, and that he was called in by an old Duch ess-dowager, the foster-parent, who resided on the North parade, Bath, and who with tears in her eyes entreated the doctor's best offices for the poor invalid. The physi cian was enabled to effect a tempo: ary recovery ; the ma lade, however, eventually had a relapse and died. But who was the fair deceased ?--None other than a favourite Blenheim spaniel I The dowager was at first inconsola ble for the loss, but so sensible of the kind attention of the medical attendant, that she not only appointed him her own professional adviser, but recommended him to others, thus establishing his fame, and making his fortune. The defunct spaniel was, by means of a douceur to the Sexton, interred in a Christian burial-ground, and hence the touching elegy of the muse ! HOW TO SOW FLOWER SEEDS.—We want fine dry soil. First provide that; get the ground level, and press it gen tly with a piece of tile or glass. If it contains stones or clods, remove them. If your seeds are very small, sift over it a little silver sand or peat • upon this scatter the seeds thinly. If they are excessively small, mix them be fore sowing with dry sand or peat, in order to separate them ; and again with gentleness press all flat. Then pro vide some coarse moss—any sort will do • but bog-moss or sphagnum is the best—having previously soaked it in boiling water to kill insects or their eggs. Press it till its wetness is exchanged for dampness, and then, while warm, scatter it loosely over the seeds. Press it down, invert over the moss a common garden-pot, lay a tile on the bole, and the operation is performed. But the little apparatus thus contrived must be watched. In a day or two lift up the pot, raise the Moss, and 'examine the seeds. If the moss is dry, which is not likely to happen, again damp it with warm water. If all is still, have patience. Thus go until you find your seeds beginning to grow. Then re move the tile from the hole in your pot, and leave them for another day. At the end of that time you will possi bly find that the seeds have grown much more ; if so, take away part of the moss, so as to give the young things more air and light. The next day, raise the pot on one side, so as to open it to the south. This may be done with a stone placed beneath its front edge; but do not raise it all round, because if you do the strong current of air setting over your seedlings and through the hole in the pot will chill them. As soon as you find the seedlings green and plump and stout, the moss may be entirely removed and the pot raised higher. And very soon, that too may be qaite dis pensed with, unless there are frosts at night, or bitter dry easterly winds by day. In the former case, replace the pot every night and take it off again in the morning ; in the latter, it is wise to place a little screen between the plants and the wind. For this purpose a pantile is a capi tal thing, but a piece of board, or any such matter, will do. In this way you secure all that you want in order to get a hardy seed to grow—darkness, moisture, air, warmth; and afterwards moisture, air, light and shelter.—Gardener's Chronicle. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. MONDAY. The list was prolific of :Tort this afternoon, no less than nine races having been brought to an issue; it, however, lacked importance, none of the stakes having any prospec tive interest. FIFTY POUNDS ; for four yr-olds, 7s. 10113 ; five, Bst. 91b. ; six and aged, 9st. Last three miles of B. C. Six subs. Mr. Shelly's Maynooth, 4 yrs, beat Miss Ellis, Keppel, Sycurgus, and Switcher. Betting-5 to 4on Miss hlis ; 3 to 1 agst Maynooth. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 Soya. each, for 3 yr-olds and upwards. Six subs. Lnrd Orford's Blackie, 3 yrs, 6st. 21b., beat Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b., and Duc-an-Duras, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b. Bet ting, 6 to 5 agst Blackie. and 7 to 4 agst Cocoa Nut. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 soya. each ; for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies Bst. 41b. Six subs. Col. Anson's lago, beat Taurina and Side Saddle. Bet ting 7 to 4 on lago. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sons. each, for foals of 1843, out of mares that never bred a winter ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. Five subs. Duke of Bedford's Paragone beat Lord Exeter's Leba non. Betting-7 to 2on Paragone. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft. Three subs. Mr. King's Young Lochinvar, 6 yrs, 7st. 51b., beat Bishop of Romford's Cob, 6 yrs, Bst. 71b., and Garry Owen, aged, Bst. 71b. Betting - 4 to 1 against Young Lochinvar. MATCH, 300 sous. Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 7st., beat Duke of Bed ford's Oakley, Bst. 71b. Betting-6 to son Oakley. MATCH, 100 SOUS. _ _ . Mr. Beresford's Dean Swift, 7st. 131 b., beat Mr. Pratt's Secundus, Bst. 101 b. Betting-7 to 4on Secundus. _ MATCH, 200 sovs. Lord Glasgow's f by Retriever, out of Emilia, 75t.111b., beat Lord Orford's Prussic Acid, Bst. 71b. Betting-5 to 2 on Prussic Acid. MATCH, 100 sovs. Sir J. Hawley's A-la-made, 5 yrs. Bst. 2!b., beat Mr. Rambbottom's Pineapple, 6 yrs, Bst. bib. Betting-5 to 2 on A-la-mode. SWeEPSTAKES of 500 sovs each, 200 ft, for three-yr-old colts, Sst. 91b. ; fillies, Bst. 61b. Five subs. Lord Eglintoun's Draco walked over. MATCH, 500 soya. Mr. Greville's A larm, received 130 soya forfeit from Mr. O'Brien's The Traver-er. TUESDAY. The race for the 2000 guineas proved unusually attrac tive, and drew together a large assemblage. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b., fillies, Bst. 41b. Six subs, Duke of Rutland's Alexa beat Lebanon, Tit-bit, Sharp shooter, Lady Constance, and Miranda. The QUEEN'S PLATE Of 100 gs for mares, four. yr-olds, 9st. 51b. ; five, 9st. 81b. ; six and aged, lOst. Lord G. Bentinck's Miss E1i..., 4 yrs, beat Soralla, 5 yrs, and Caroline, 4 yrs. Betting 6 to 4 on Miss Elis, who made all,the running, and won by a length. The 200 GUINBA STAKES, by subs of 100 sovs each, hft ; for three.yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 4!b. Mr. William Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes (late Tib thorpe) .. Lord Maidstone's Tom Tullock Lord Exeter's cby Colwick, out of Galata.. (Mann) 3 The following also started :—Lord Albemarle's Radul- Otis, Lord George Bentinck's Green Pea, and Mr. Osbal diston's King Charles. Betting-13 to 8 on Tom Tul lock, and sto 1 agst Tibthorpe. Won cleverly by three parts of a length. The COFFEE ROOM STAKES of 50 sovs each; for colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. _ _ _ _ _ Duke of Bedford's Paragone beat Fugitive and Nell Cook. Betting-5 to lon Paragone. EWEEPSTAKES of 300 SOOB each,loo ft.; for four-yr-olds, _ _ colts, Bst. 71 . b. ; fillies Bst. 21b. Five subs. Duke of Bedford's Leopard beat Mr. Ford's Fazbos. Betting-5 to 4on Leopard. WEDNESDAY. MATCH, £lOO, b. ft.—Lord Glasgow's Physalis beat Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, by a bead. MATCH, £so.—Sir 3. Hawley's Prospect beat Mr. Ramsbottorn's Trebonius, by three lengths. HANDICAP SWERPSTAKES of 20 sous. each, won by Lnrd Oxford's Footstool. FIFTY POUNDS. won by Mr. Moore's Wolfciog, beat ing Mr. Shelley's Maynooth. THURSDAY. The ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES was won by Mr. Gully's Mendicant, Mr. Bowe's Mowerina second. SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sous. each, won by Mr. Stephen son's The Doctor. MATCH, X3llO, 85t. 71h. each.—Mr. Crockford's Kite beat Mr. O'Brien's The Emerald Isle, in a canter. The QuEEN's PLATE of 100 gs.—Mr. More's Wolfdog walked over, dividing the plate Mr. Shelley's Maynooth. FRIDAY. HANDICAP, A. F., won by Duke of Richmond's Pea sant, beating two others. MATCH.—Alamode beat Sorelta. MATCH.—The Cob beat Corranna. The NEWMARKET STAKES Of 50 sons. each, &c., were won by Mr. Gillly's Pyrrhus the First, lago second. SPORT 11—In one of the Newmarket races two horses ran foul of each other solely through the weakness of one, of the jockeys—that weakogss being brought on by sw - eatlng down for the race. FIRST TEA-DRINKING IN A DURHAM VILLAGE.—The following well-authenticated account of the first pound of tea which reached the primitive neighbourhood of Cother ston, is given by a grand-daughter of the recipient, Mr. James Raine, of London, who died at the age of 100 years about thirty years ago. Mr. Raine, a comfortable far mer, had married a wife of equal respectability from Lon don; and, as a wedding present, the lady's friends sent them a pound of tea and a new brass tea-kettle from Lon don—tea being then only just introduced in Cockaigne— with a recipe for the use of the tea, viz. :—" That it be, boiled with cream and sugar." The tea was thus duly poured into the new kettle, and a goodly portion of sugar and cream added, to the delight of a party of friends who had met to celebrate the wedding. After this process, the contents—leaves included—were poured into a large earthenware bowl, and placed on the midd:e of a table, and the as3embled guests, each provided with a spoon, set to work to sip this new beverage ; which, on account of its novelty, we opinp, more than its excellence, was duly consumed—tea-leaves and all !—Durham Chronicle. _ - THE KING OF THE FAIRIES —The inmatesof ll—d I an upland farmhouse in a mountainous district close to the foot of Snowdon, were thrown into much confusion by the entrance of a little girl in a state of great alarm. She had seen, on the other side of a low Wall, the king of the fai ries (Brehin y Tylwyth Teg), and he had spoken to her. This district had in former days been much frequented by these little people. An old woman, who was sitting on a bench in the chimney corner, asked the girl to describe the stranger—" He bad a red cap on, and his nose was thin, red, crooked, and very long; he had on a tippet like those worn by some young ladies she had seen going to the top of Snowdon in the summer. She did not see his feet. She could not understand what be said, but he certainly did speak, and he shook his head at her when he did so." Just at this time, "Throll, throll, throll" announced that his fairy Majesty was at the door. The old woman declared the language to be identical with that used by the fairy which had vanished about fifty-five years ago, on being unintentionally touched with the bit of the bridle by.her father, near Clogwyn Coch. Fairies,she said, could not bear to be touched with iron. Just at this time, to the great consternation of the family, after another "Throll, throll, throll" speech, the door opened, and in walked a neigh bouring farmer, followed by, instead of fairy royalty—a fine turkey-cock! None of these birds are either reared or kept within many miles of this farm, and no clue has been obtained as to where the strange visitor came from.— Car narvon Herald. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH RADICALLY CURED.— For some time past it has been known that hundreds of the most distressing cases of asthmas, of many years' standing, have been completely cured by Holloway's Pills. There is also no doubt but that they are a sovereign re medy when taken for any wheezing or shortness of breath, even of twenty years' standing ; and, as to coughs and colds, however bad they be, it need only be the work of a few days to get entirely rid of them by the means of this astonishing medicine. Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills effectually cure every description of Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Tic Doloreux, Pains in the Head and Face, They are recommended to the afflicted, with a con fidence, arising from experience, as one of the valuable results of the improved state of medical science, and the only efficient remedy ever discovered for these disorders. The continued authenticated proofs of decided approba tion sent unsolicited to the proprietor, from all parts of the kingdom and from all classes of society, with a ra pid sale, and demand for them at home and abroad un parallelled, fully warrants the assurance that no person subject to these disorders will, after a trial, ever be with out them. Sold by all medicine vendors. Price 2s. 9cl. per box. Observe the name of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, Loudon," on the Government Stamp. MR. BEARD'S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—We have been much pleased with the inspection of some portraits taken by Mr. Beard at his establishment in King William street, which indicate astonishing progress made in bring ing to perfection the interesting process of photography. The patentee, with great intelligence and industry, has successfully devoted himself to the discovery of some means by which the cold, flat, and shadowy aspect of for mer daguerreotype portraits may be corrected. A great improvement has in this respect been effected by the use of new chymical agents in the coating and preparation of the plates. The portraits now produced exhibit a degree of boldness, and stand out with a relief greatly desiderated in all the earlier specimens of the art. The discoveries made by Mr. Beard, jun., in the method of colouring, render the portraits agreeable and life-like, while the bre vity of the period required for a sitting, compared with what was formerly requisite, enables the operator to catch at once the characteristic expression of the countenance, which is the more natural as the sitter is not obliged to remain longer than a few seconds in a fixed position. From the increased sensitiveness of the plates, portraits, we have been assured, can now be taken in the dullest weather, if not densely foggy, in all respects as good as if taken in the sunshine. A new mode of copying portraits has also been brought into operation, from which photo graphs are obtained as much smaller or larger than the originals as may be desired, with the best possible effect. In addition to his establishments at the Polytechnic Insti tution, in Parliament -street, and in the city, we are glad to learn that it is Mr. Beard's intention to open several others in different parts of the metropolis, which will ob viate the only remaining inconvenience arising from the delay which unavoidably takes place in his numerous visi tors having to wait their turn.—Times, April 22. aub DratlS. BIRTHS. On the 18th ultimo, at the Fenwick Arms, Barrow, neat Kirby Lonsda.e, Mrs. WILLMAN, of three children. On the 21st ultimo, at Wilton-crescent, London, Lady GEORGINA ROMILLY, of a son. On the 22nd ultimo, in Berkley-street, Toxteth-park, Mrs. JAMES HILL, of a daughter. On the 23rd ultimo, Mrs. SAMUEL VERY, of a son. On the 27th ultimo, at Brighton, the wife of Dr. PLUMMER, of a daughter. On the 30th ultimo, on board the steamer Admiral, oft' Liver pool, the wife of CHARLES DEARIE, Esq.. Highgate-rise, London, of twins, a boy and a girl, who both died upon the following day. On the 30th ultimo, at Falkner-square, the wife of JAMES VAUD RY, of a daughter. Same day, Mrs. R. S. EVERITT, of Chatham street, of a daughter. On the 4th Instant, the lady of JAMES RAINS, Row, of London, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the I7th March, at the British Chapel, Pernambuco, GEO. PATON. Esq., to MARY ANN, second daughter of the Rev. 0. NASH, Vicar of Throwley, Kent. On the 28th ultimo, at St. John's Church, Fulham, by the Rev. T. Mozley, R. , :ctor of Choldeston, the Rev. ARTHUR MOZLEY, of Eckingtou, Derbyshire, to ANNA ELIZA, second daughter of ALFRED JOHN KEMPE, Esq., of Fulham. Same day, at the Church of St. Maurlee, York, by the Rev. Robert &Mon, M.A., the Rev. HENRY WADE W)DGSON, M.A., late Fellow and Chaplain of University College, Durham, son of Rear-Admiral Hodgson. to JULIA, youngest daughter of JOSEPH BUCKLE, Esq., of York. Same day, at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square, London, by the Rev. Henry Hamilton Beamish, the Rev. WILLIAM HA MILTON THOMPSON, son of the late Venerable the Arch deacon of Cork, to ANNE JANE MARGARET, daughter of the late WILLIAM BEAMISH, Esq , of Beaumont, county of Cork, Ireland Same day, at Quatford, by the Rev. Keneim Henry Digby, the Rev. T. F. BADDINGTON, Rector of Badger. in the county of Salop, to HARRIET JANE, youngest (laughter of EDWARD SHEPPARD, Esq., of Firgrove, in the same county. Same day, the Hon. PERCY MORETON, third son of the late and brother to the pre- ent Earl of Dude, to Miss JANE FRAN CES PRICE, daughter of the late Sir Rose Price, Bart. Same day, at Witton Chapel, by the Rev. Mr. Gibbon. Mr. JOHN SMITH, of Castle Northwich, draper, to MARTHA, daughter of Mr. WM. HANKEY, timber merchant, of the same place. Same day, at the Parish Church of Walcot, Bath. by the Rev. G. Sladdison, the Rev. H. PHILPOTT, B I)., Master of Cathe rine Hall, Catnbrid,e, to MARY JANE DORIA, daughter of tho Marquis SPINET°, of the same place. Same day, at the Pari , h Church of Eccles, by the Rev. W. Marsden, vicar, Mr. JOSEPH HODGSON, of Argyle-street, Hamilton-square, Birkenhead. to MARY JANE, eldest daughter of Mr. E. W. FOULKES, solicitor, Monton Green, near Eccles. Same day, at St. John's Church, Chester, by the Rev. W. B. Marsden, Mr. L. 111•VENNELS, to MARY C. CLARK, of Chester,. daughter of JOSEPH THOMAS, Esq of Kensington, Liverpool. Same day, at the Independent Chapel, Toxteth-park, Mr. JAMES BREEN, of the police force, to Miss SARAH PEET; , and at the same time, Mr. EDWARD ELLIOT, French polisher, to Miss SARA 11 DEAKIN, Toxteth-pars. Same day, at Great George. street Chapel, the Rev. JOHN M URNAY, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, to Miss ELIZA• KIRKPATRICK. On the 29th ultimo, at St. Michael's Church, Limerick, by the Rev. Dr. Fitzgerale, grandfather of the bride, Capt. RICHARD GLOSTER, late hist Regiment,. to ANNA MARIA, second daughter of JOHN FITZGERALD, Esq., M.D., grandaughter of the late, and neice of the present Colonel Cockburn, R.A. Same day, at the Parish Church of Prestbnry, Cheshire, by the Rev. Charles Wright. M.A., Rector of Saint Peter's, Derby, CHARLES RICHARD BANASTRE LEG!, Esq., of Adlington- , hall, Cheshire, to MARY JANE ARAIIELLA, daughter of the Rev. HENRY WRIGHT, of Mottram, Saint Andrew, in the same county. On the 3oth ultimo, at St. Mary's Church, Bryariston-square, London, by the Rev, Wm. Canning, Canon of Windsor, the Rev. GEORGE BIRCH REYNOLDSON, M.A., Rector of Eastling. Kent, second son of Lieutenant. General Birch Reynardson, to JULIA, your gest dangher of the late and sister of the present Sir JOHN TROLLOPE, Bart., M.P. Same day, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, Mr. THOS. RICHARD GOLDING corn merchant, of this town, to • FRANCES, youngest daughter of JOSEPH VAUGHAN, Cheetham.hill.road, Manchester. Same day, at St. George's Church, Hanover square, London. GEORGE GRANVILLE FRANCIS, eldest son of Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, to Lady MARY CAMPBELL, fourth daughter of the Earl and Countess CAWDOK. Same day, at St. Catherine's Church, by the Rev. R. Davies, M.A., Mr. EDWIN PAUL ADAMS, of this town, late of Bris tol. to AGNES, only daughter of ALEXANDER COLQUHOUN JEFFREY, Esq., surgeon, Queen's-square. Same day, Captain CHARLES EDWABD STANLEY, R.IL. to ELIZA DOLLY, eldest delight rof WM. CLAYTON, Esq.. of Lostock.ball. This interesting event was celebrated with great éclat. The marriage cortege consisted of nine carriages, ini which were a large party of gentlemen and ladies. On the arrival of the distinguished party at St. Saviour's, Bamberbridge. where the marriage took place, the service was performed in a very impressive manner by Dr. Stanley, thellishop of Norwich, father of the bridegroom, at the conclusion of which the party returned to Lostock-hall, and there partook of a dUeuner, con sisting of every deiicacy which the season afforded. Same day, at St. Alphege's Church, Greenwich, by the Rev.. Arthur Stopford, the Rev. WM. FREDERICK DOUGLAS, chaplain to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and rector of Scrayinghain, Yorkshire, third son of Lieut.-General Sir 11. Douglas, Bart., M.P., to CHRISTIANA FAINNHAWE. eldest daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir R. STOPFORD, Governor of Greenwich Hospital. On the 2nd instant, at Trinity Church, Southport, Mr. ISAAC NEWTON, to ELIZABETH, second daughter of the late M. ROBERT CHARLES, of this town. May 5, 1R46. DIED. Lately, at Paradise Cottage, Whitehnrch, Salop, aged 86. MARGARET, relict of RICHARD WOODWARD, late of Walton Priory, near this town. Lately, in his 43rd year, Mr. RICHARD LOWE, of the Hop Pile, York street, Wrexham, for twenty years clerk in the office, of Mr. Foulkes, solicitor. Lately. at Abenbury Forge Cottage, aged 78, Mr. BENJAM IN EDWARDS, of Bronahton Hall, near Wrexham, for a lOno period of his life a member and local preacher in con.exioll , with the Wesleyan Methodists. In December last, at Adelaide, Mr. JAMES RANKINE, a native of Kirkcudbright. The deceased was of respectable birth, and had received a good education. but - , unfortunatety, in consequence of not being able to withstand temptation of almost any kind, was led to commit suicide. On the 10th of March, at Theakstone-villa, Yorkshire, aged 45, ANN ELIZA FERGUSON, relit : t of the late John Ferguson, Esq., of the British Linen Bank, Edinburgh. On the 22nd cf March, at Cairo, the first wife of Mehemet ALI. His highness was deeply affected at the 10-s. On the 3rd ultimo, at sea, having fallen overboard from the yardarm of the Favourite, on her homeward passage from M 5!..." badoes, aged 16, JAMES, youngest son of Mr. WM. CONNING , joiner, Knight-street. On the 2 .th ultimo, at Nice, JANET, the wife of Rear-Ad miral DUNDAS, C.B. and M.P., of Barton Court, Berkshire, and Aston-hall. Cheshire, and only child of the late Lord Amesbury. On the melancholy news reaching Aston, the flag,s,. of the vessels at the King's Ferry wharfs were h o isted 11, mast, and other marks of respect shown to the memory of to' s lamented lady. same day, HENRY, son of Mr. J. PRESCOTT, o f jug.,• Ditton. ' r On the 21st ultimo, at Edi n b u r g h ; i n h er 9 0th year, J ANE JOBSON, wife of Capt. HUGH LYNN, of Glenogil, H.E.I.C.' Same day, ELIZA ANNE, wife of Dr. NORTON, of Hamilton' square, Birkenhead. On the 23rd ultimo, aged 36, Mr. THOMAS HYLAND, a/ a Same day, in Brownlow- hill, aged 81, Mrs. MARY ROBE Same day, at Kigsford, aged 31, Mr. HENRY GRIFFITEI' Same day, ISABELLA, fourth daughter of Mr. JAMB HENTON, late of Birkenhead. Same day, after a short illness, in her 58th year, MARTH A ' wife of Mr. GEORGE DAVIES, iron-moulder. Fair Same day, at Ostend, in hi s 38th year, C o l onel F. CA MPB • son of the late Lieutenant-General C. Campbell, Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar. On the 24th ultimo, at the re s id ence o f hi s mo th er, a ged 3 0, Mr. THOMAS BULLIN. Same day, aged 33, Mr. FRANCIS CHAPMAN, m a py ye ar s cook at the Adelphi Hotel. ' Same day, at Edinburgh, ELIZA, eld es t d aug ht er o f THO S MAITLAND, Esq., of Dundrennan, M.P. for the StewartY of of Kirkcudbright. MA On the 25th ultimo, in Mill-street, T o at e th, M park, ANN, wife of Mr. C. WREN, ironmonger. aa d Same day, Mr. THOMAS CROSTH WAITE, carver gilder, Birkenhead. Same day, in Prospect-street, Low-hill, aged 11 years, EM MA ' youngest daughter of Mr. C. A. WORRALL, printer. . 0 .0 Same day, at her residence, Claremont- grove , Ki r kdale, P° 81 S . Mrs. SLATER. ter me day, of consumption, aged 3 year , HANNAH, dough of Mr. A. COTTER, veterinary surgeon. Par °. On the 26th ultimo, in Cumberland-terraee, Upper rq .of ment-street, aged 71, MARGERY, re li c t o f th e l at e J" LIVINGSTON, Esq., formerly of Loch Bay, Isle of Skye. 0 0 Same day, aged 15 months. JAMES, i n f an t son o f Mr. JA''' R. COOPER, of Norton-street. Same day, MARL, infant daughter of Captain JAMES Lli ig DEN, of Kent-street. Same day, at Prescot, aged 38, Mr. JOHN MAWDEB I— surgeon. Same day, at the residence of her brother, Mr. Trea.,_• , „ nits lenre, of Brow/flow-hill, aged 6g, MARIA, re li c t of ". , WILLIAM GIFFORD, N.N. J • 0111.1 On the 27th ultimo, i n St. A n d rew - s t ree t , age d 64, Mr. LOONEY, ta ge ilor, formerl of ouglas, Isle of Man. Same day, at Birkenh y ead, D ad 75, GEORGE Esq., late of Manchester. Isl e Same day, at his residence, C ron k B ourne, near Dotiglas•Arra of Man, in his 74th year, JAMES MOORE, Esq., of the Messrs. James Mo and Son, sail-cloth manufacturer s : a Ve!: On the 28th ultimo, at Chester, SUSANNA, w ife of t" a j a nw' Archdeacon CLARKE, and daughter of the late John 4 Majendie, D.D. JO Same day, at Chester, in his 71st year, the Rev',oc,,le PARRY, for about fifty years a faithful mi n i s ter in cot s " with the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. illn ess' Same day, at St. Helens, after a long and excruciating ALIC wife of Mr. J. LAU REI‘SON. 50 05 Sam E, e day, aged 35, Mr. GEORGE ROBERTS, PI •51 field strei.t. si" T/ s of Same day, aged 105, Mrs. MARGARET CAR , ' •„ d a f. street, Preston. This relict of bygone years has iiv` h pie - ,„r reign of four kings and her present most gracious . 0 0 0 4 t Her faculties were such as many that are fifty might have coveted; and her reminiscences of the yea if have passed were in the highest degree interesting. „d deep er Same day, at Whitehaven, beloved by her relatives I"ouel l t ae years ) t , the regretted by all who knew her, RACHEL AMELIA. or 0, of the late Rev. WILLIAM MILNE, D.D., late princ!Pess,. Anglo Chinese College, Malacca, and sister to the Milne, M.A., minister of tho Congregational Church , '`,; 07 0 0 d, near Manch:ster. From her earliest years the deeT s as, s h i l e sincere and devoted follower of the meek and lowly ,ted walking in the footsteps of he r b e l ove d S av i o ur, ir.co,tl%,eaep in all his imitable perfections. I n a dditi on t o a highlYce, 'Tee mind, the deceased possessed, i n an em i n ent deg'„ oo l.. toned spirit of piety, which pervaded her whole T, od a ;hi doctrines of God her Saviour she adorned by a tiP e ie sse' versation becoming the gospel of Christ ; and, res,°' e finished work of her dear Redeemer, she died 10 te rils„ e rea • , a nd e hope of a glorious resurrection to immortality re- 4 0 , On the 35th ultimo, at No. 9, Summer seat, hie.Zo fr o o. and most deeply lamented by his afflicted famiro, Mr. FREDERICK ELLIOTT FURNEAUX, age . ' le er, the late John Fur neaux. of this twill. e4th his Same day, in Cree-place, near Hastings, i n vart. C• Isg Major-General Sir HOWARD ELPHINSI ONE, rr , Same day, at Esher, Surrey, after a few da*, trde rt, f plev' FRANCES BURDET'F, sister of the late sq. F. P' late . SHONE' .gbr Same day, in his 71st year, Mr. JOHN S..— „,str. Brick-street, Gra.' • Same day, at the house of his mother, In er ' h /5 1 01 ROBERT, third son of th e l a t e M r . P. HILL• a d, in - Same day. in Wellington-terrace, Birkenh ead, 0 55, • fal N• year, Miss MARGARET DONALDSON. n ein A GA t o Same day, at No. 3, Mansfield-street, after r o f EMMA, the affectionate daughter of Mr. LIA SA" he r Same day, at Port Glasgow, JOHN LIDDD .0, T. 40 town. inn. ere gr. On the Ist instant, after a abort, but lath year, ELLEN ATHERTON, eldest daughter 65, yD,II „ s p, ie ite NEWTON, draper, Leigh. W wor e * of On the 2nd instant, at Acrevair, aged v_aa ic hter of THOMAS BROWN, rollturner, Ruahan.4 0 011 , he Same day, in Bute-street. aged 5 years/ `" the late Mr, HENRY WCARTNEY. •XXO S On the 3rd Instant, aged 44, Mr. Q 91401 Lion Inn, Boundary-street, KixliAsw •