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A POET'S HISTORY. POEMS, BY ALEXANDER SMITH.") His was not that Inv its soul was rich ; That comes on men with their beards And this his hook unveils it, as the night Her panting, wealth of stars. The world was cold, And he went down like a lone ship at sea; And now the fame that scorned him while he lived Waits cn him like a menial. When the dark dumb Earth Lay on her back and watched the shining stars, A soul from its warm body shuddered out To the dim air and trembled with the cold; Through the waste air it passed as swift and still As a dream passes through the lands of sleep, Till at the very gates of spirit-world 'Twas asked by a most worn and earnest shape, That seemed to tremble on the coming word, About an orphan Poem, and if yet A Name was heard on earth. LITERATURE. .t:tooxs FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c. intended for review, may he left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion -court, Fleet-street, London, addressed "to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. Liverpool : Orr. The part just published contains some very enter taining narratives, amongst which we may mention " The Chemist's Shop at the Corner," the scene of which is laid in Liverpool, but the names of per sons and streets being fictitious, it has no other local connection. It also contains some account of San Francisco, 1\ otes on the Caffres, an Australia n food, a visitor in Texas, and an adventure with the giants of Patagonia. SERIALS FOR JUNE.—The new number of The Bulwark concludes the second volume of that useful and earnestly-written periodical, which, we are happy to know, has attained a circulation in some degree commensurate with the aim for which it was established, and the ability with which it is conducted.—The ninth number of The Scottish Educational and Literary Journal is characterised by that excellence which has distinguished its pre decessors. The usual literary letter from the me tropolis is omitted ; but the agreeable " Vacation Recollections," and the neatly-compiled sketch of George Buchanan, lend a lightness to pages which might otherwise be destitute of general interest. —The Christian Family Adrocate, now thirteen _months old, still breathes the fine spirit of piety and earnestness infused into its pages by the fair editor, Mrs. Catherine Ponsonby. Those passages on the life of an English clergyman are, of them selves, sufficient to secure for this excellent serial a large measure of encouragement and support. ..--The Protestant 3lagazine is still an excellent re cord of the efforts which are made in the month to forward the good work of overthrowing Anti ohrist. It is a powerful engine of the Protestant Association, under the direction of whose com mittee it has now been published during many eventful years.—A somewhat tender periodical, called Home Thoughts, seems to have perished amid the untimely snows of May, as we expected. There is a species of domestic literature run wild, for the spread of which Mrs. Ellis is sadly.to blame, and we heartily sigh for its extinction, and the substi tution of a literature more wholesome and sub stantial.—Diogenes goes on improving. The tone is, we fancy, more genial; and in its pages we find fewer insinuations against literary opponents than were published in the earlier numbers.—The Cheer. fut Visitor, although its price has been raised, appears to keep its ground, and a marked improve ment is visible in its recent numbers, which are well suited for the young.—The Home Companion is improved vastly—not only in the mechanical department, but also in respect of the literary management. When we take into consideration the character of the engravings, and the letter. press, we have no hesitation in pronouncing this the cheapest penny periodical of the age. Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, the novelist, has commenced in this part an historical romance, entitled "The Star- Chamber," which is full of stirring interest ; and, among the more solid contributions we perceive a well-written and profusely illustrated sketch of the City of Manchester.—The Educational Expositor, the fourth number of which has been newly issued by the Messrs. Longman, contains many admirable articles, written with force and ability. Especially pleased have we been with those on the social con dition of the schoolmaster, on method as applied to education, and on the plan of lectures on English literature. The schoolmasters of England never before had the opportunity of supporting such a worthy representative of their important class; and we trust they will do their duty to themselves and to the projectors of the Expositor.—Hogg's Instructor appears for the last time as a weekly publication 5 in future the magazine will be published only in a monthly form. The address of the publisher would appear to indicate a change in the style and treatment of the contents; and the admirers of one of the most useful serials of the day may look for numerous improvements in the succeeding issues. We heartily wish Mr. Hogg all the success which his spirit and talent so well merit at the hands of the reading public, both in England and his own country. NEW Music.—From J. Barratt, 16, Soho-square, London, we have a new ballad, entitled " She is lost to us now," from the pen of George Linlev, who has set his lines to music. The song has been written and composed for Miss Steele, to whom it is dedicated, and to that lady it will, no doubt, be interesting. More we cannot say.—D'Almaine and Co., 20, Soho-square, London, have during the past month published a spirited song, from the pen of W. H. Montgomery, " I'll away to Canada," designed to illustrate an interesting passage in Mrs. Stowe's novel ; Mrs. Mackinlay's song, " Smile on Me," which has been rendered popular by its real merit and the singing of Miss Birch; " La Victoria, valse brillante," composed by T. E. Spinney for Messrs. D'Almaine and Co.'s royal piano-forte ; and the " Mother Heart," a touching ballad, from the pen of Frederick Enoch, a young English poet of promise, who, although scarcely ; out of his teens, has in the pages of Tait and else where given sweet verses to the world, which have sank deep into the hearts and gained the lasting esteem of many of his countrymen. IRELAND. THE CLRRAGH.—The inauguration of the new stand. house, just erected on the Curragh, will take place on Tuesday next. HARVEST PROSPECTS.—The accounts from all parts of the country, of the condition and prospects of the growing crops, are most satisfactory. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO Dunixs. —An official COM. tnunication reached Dublin on Tuesday notifying the in. tended royal visit at a much earlier period of the season than was contemplated. The precise day is not named ; but it is believed to be during the present month. THE ANNIVERSARY OF WATERLOO.—There was some disappointment felt on Saturday, at the citizens of Dublin not having their usual review and sham-battle in the Pheenix- park, in commemoration of the battle of Waterloo. The interesting display will not again take place. THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—On Friday there was a con siderable increase in the numbers, 9432 persons being present. Visitors from the other side of the Channel are daily pouring into Dublin. The Cambria steamer arrived at Kingstown on Friday, with about 500 passengers, chiefly from the English midland counties. MR. MAURICE O'CONNELL, M.P., for Clare, died on Saturday at his London residence. He had been at the Rouse of Commons up to the hour of its rising on Friday morning, and during the day complained of illness ; but before medical aid arrived he had sunk into a lethargic state, which terminated in his death shortly after mid night._ - A NEW " CRY." —Mr. John O'Connell, after a retire ment of some years from political life, has come out with a pungent epistle to the " People of Ireland" in behalf of the nuns. He admits that " Repeal" is dead, and that " Sharman Crawford's Bill" is a sham ; consequently no use in ag i tat i ng for either at there is, in his opinion , present. The: great cry should be " The nuns, the nuns, the nuns !''; ARREST OF AN ATTORNEY. —• On Wednesday, Mr. George Birch, who had been arrested under a warrant issued by Mr. Magee, of the head police-office in Dublin, was remanded for further e xaminationon a charge of car rying away money and valuable securities belonging to his aunt, Mrs. Kelly, to the amount of about X3J,000. Mrs. Kelly is the widow of the late Mr. Edmund in establishing of Ros common, under whose will she succeeded establising her right to a fortune little short of half a million sterling. THE WRECK OF THE QUEEN VICTORIA. 0 n Thurs day an admiralty jury was sworn before Mr. Justice Tor rens at the commission, for the purpose of trying Thomas. Davis, the mate of the Victoria steamer, on a charge of manslaughter. It will be recollected that the wreck occur red off liowth last February, when about 60 persons were drowned. In his charge to the jury, Mr. Justice Torrens observed that a former jury had found a true bill for man slaughter against Davis, but the Crown did not deem it advisable to proceed upon it, and therefore presented a new one. The jury retired, and after a lapse of about two hours, stated that they had ignored the bill against Thos. Davis. THE CO,NVENTS OF TRELAND.—On Monday an aggre gate meeting of the Romanists of Ireland was held in the Rotunda, Dublin, to oppose the bill now b efore Parlia ment for establishing an inspection of nunneries. About the time fixed for the commencement of the proceedings, the Rev.Tresham D. Gregg, D.D., accompanied by Mr. H. Thompson, Mr. John Martin, and several other members of the Dublin Protestant Association, arrived at the en trance of the Rotunda, and, on attempting to pass in, were told that they would not be admitted. The rev. gentle man having asserted his right to attend a meeting which had been convened as " a meeting of Catholics," then walked away with his friends, and the party were escorted in safety by the police to the Lying-in Hospital, where they were afforded protection from the not ,very friendly crowd rlaicli 41!ed the adjoining etreeti, FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE.—The only information concerns the nume rous political arrests which have taken place during the last few days. It is said that they have been grounded on information or suspicion of a Socialist plot against the life of the Emperor. No doubt the prospect of a war with Russia has stirred up the hopes and passions of the revolutionary sects. The Pope of Rome, it is now be lieved, will not come to Paris this year to crown the Emperor, the state of affairs in Europe being such as to make his absence from the States a thing not to be thought of. It is uncertain whether the coronation will take place at all this year. What is certain is, that the persons en gaged in the preparations are no longer required to use promptitude. Monsignors Garibaldi, the Nuncio from the Papal Court at Paris, died on Thursday, of apoplexy. SWITZERLAND.—A speedy settlement of the dif ferences between Switzerland and Austria is anticipated. The authorities at Ticino, who have already voted an alien bill, are said to be disposed to repeal the decision respect ing the expulsion of the Capuchins. The great difficulty remaining to be overcome consists in the re-admission of several thousand Ticinese. HOLLAND.—On Tuesday the King opened the States General in person. His Majesty, in his address, alluded to the differences upon the subject of religious toleration lately existing between the Crown and the Chambers, and the necessity ho had felt for dissolving the latter. He had also been obliged to modify the Ministry. A new election had taken place, and the legislative body now met for the first time under another administration. His Majesty regretted to say that the former difficulties had not been overcome, but he had no doubt, with the co. operation of the Legislature, means would be devised to remove all further cause of discord and schism. TURKEY.—Since the Turks have transmitted the note to the different Embassies, declaring their intention of defending themselves, their preparations for war have been more evident. The whole of the Bosphorus fleet has been towed to the north of the Straits, and put in the form of a crescent to defend the northern entrance. This fleet consists of three line-of-battle ships, of which two are three-deckers ; nine frigates, four of which are first class; two corvettes ; six large and two smaller-sized steamers. On the 31st ult. the Sultan held a grand re view on the plain north of Pera, when about 10,000 men, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, went through their evolutions. With the exception of the artillery, which is really in a very efficient state, it was quite evident to even an inexperienced eye that the evolutions of these troops will bear no comparison with those of a well- I drilled European army, but the materiel is decidedly good. According to reasonable calculations, we cannot learn the actual movement of Russian troops before the end of this month—certainly not earlier than the 27th. The courier who was the bearer of the ultimatum of the Czar, with a concession to the Divan of eight days in which to decide upon their answer, left St. Petersburg on the Ist of June. He could not reach Constantinople earlier than the Bth ; and supposing —as we must necessarily do—that he will receive a negative reply, he will not set out on his return before the 16th ; and whether he go to the head quarters of the Russian army on the confluence of the Prath and the Danube, with orders for the troops to march, or return to Odessa, we must allow, at least, eleven days after his departure from Constantinople before we can learn, even with the help of the electric telegraph at Lembure, what the Russian forces shall have actually done. In the mean time the Berlin papers are talking of a congress of crowned heads to discuss these matters, and they announce the frequent passage of French and Russian couriers through the Prussian capital. The British fleet left Malta on Wednesday, the Bth of the present month. The Swedish brig Caroline, arrived off Falmouth from the Mediterranean on Thursday, met with her Majesty's Channel fleet on the 17th inst. in lat. 16 9 W. RUSSIA.—On the 3rd instant the Emperor reviewed the troops, and inspected Cronstadt, where the fleet is now stationed. He expressed his satisfaction to the Grand Duke Constantine and the Admirals, and ordered a gratuity to the men. INDIA AND CHINA.—The following despatch from Trieste has been received by submarine telegraph :—The steamer Calcutta arrived on the 16th of June, at fit a.m., in 108 hours, from Alexandria.—Belling, which had really been captured by the Burmese insurgents, not withstanding the denial of the Bengal Government, has been recaptured by our forces, with the loss of 30 killed and wounded.—The Burmese Commissioners have not yet returned an answer to the Governor-General's prof fered terms.—Should they not return a favourable answer before the 30 days allowed them for consideration have elapsed, an advance upon Ava will take place, and steamers are being made ready to meet the contingency at Bombay.—Trade was dull.—The delay in the arrival at Suez of the Precursor steamer, from Calcutta, has enabled the Bombay mail of the 23d of May to arrive in time for the Bengal steamer from Alexandria.—The latest intelligence from Hongkong is to the 22d of April. CHINA.—A highly respectable London firm in the China trade has received a telegraphic despatch from Trieste, stating that Nankin was taken by the insurgents on the 21st March, but wl.o were afterwards compelled to abandon it. On the 6th April the rebels sustained a defeat by the Imperial army, about 30 miles south of Nankin. Foreigners residing at Shanghae had formed themselves into volunteer corps ; and a number of British troops had been ordered to that place to protect British interests. WEST INDIES.—By the Rnyal Mail steam-ship Parana, Capt. 'Woolley, arrived at Southampton, we have advice. from Jamaica to the 27th, and from St. Thomas's to the 31st ult. The Parana brought 4800,000 in specie. In Jamaica we learn that the May seasons bad been heavy, materially interfering with the manufacture in some parishes, but favourable for the establishment of the spring plants for next year. The crop was expected to be less than the last. Yellow fever was very malignant in the harbour, and a few sporadic cases had appeared in Kings ton, but Spanish Town was particularly healthy. Great excitement prevailed about mining operations, each week announcing some new discovery of mineral indications. The weather in the West Indies was rainy, and generally favourable for the next crop. The falling off of the present crop would be general—about 12,000 hhds. at Barbadoes, 10,000 in British Guiana, 5,000 in Trinidad, and the other islands in like proportion. At St. Thomas's there had been heavy rains and sultry weather up to the night of the 24th of May, when a slight shock of earthquake took place, and the weather cleared up. Yellow fever was fatally prevalent in the harbour. From British Guiana our accounts are to the 24th ult. The Combined Court had passed a bill for giving patent rights for seven years to Mr. Joseph Brandeis, of London, for certain improvements in the manufacture of sugar. Important resolutions relative to Chinese immigration were passed by the Court on the 23rd ult., and the Court also raised the bounty to be paid upon emigrants from Madeira from -8'25 to .B'3o per head. The yellow fever still prevailed at Trinidad. The ships Eliza Stewart and Bank of England had arrived from Cal. cutta with further importations of Coolie labourers. On board the Bank of England 48 deaths took place during the voyage, cholera having broken out. Another vessel was shortly expected with Chinese immigrants, and this it was expected would make the total additions to the labouring population of the colony equal to 3,000 souls since Janusry last. The Royal Mail steamer Avon was in the Gulf of Mexico ; the Conway on the Savannah route; the Dee in the Spanish Main ; the Derwent, Med wa y, and T r ent a t St. Thomas's ; and the Eagle at Barbadoes. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA By the British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Europa, Capt. Shannon, which arrived on Saturday, we have advices from New York to the 7th, and from Boston to the Bth instant. The Europa sailed from Boston on the Bth, and at 11, a.m., on the 9th, passed a large steamer off Seal Island. She arrived at Halifax at 1, a.m., on the 10th, and, after a detention of 2 hours and 10 minutes, again proceeded to sea. On the 12th she passed the barque Glasgow, of St. John's, N. 8., bound west. She arrived in the river at 5 30, p.m., on Saturday, having made the run in 9 days 22 hours and 40 minutes. The Europa brought 174 passengers from Boston and Halifax, and 4104,000 in specie on freight. The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada arrived at Boston at 6, a.m., on the Bth instant. 1 A brief telegraphic dispatch from New Orleans reports the arrival at that port of the Daniel Webster, with ad vices from San Francisco to the 16th May. The mining accounts were of a favourable character, some new diggings having been discovered. A vessel of 900 tons had been launched at Mobile ; this was the first ship ever built at that port. The trial of Capt. Molony, of the Roscius, for the murder of two sea men, on the passage from Liverpool, was proceeding in the United States District Court. The New York State legislators had made an excursion to Niagara Falls. During the excursion a humorous party crossed over to the British side of the falls, attended by a band of music, and on the piazza of the Clifton-house jocosely declared the independence of the province, hoisted a striped hand kerchief as a substitute for the republican flag, appointed a provisional government, and annexed Upper Canada to the United States, the band playing Yankee Doodle, and the amused crowd of Canadians and Americans applauding this bloodless coup de main. The Memphis convention had commenced its session, and was largely attended by the southern and south western people. Sufficient stock had been subscribed to build one steamer for the Baltimore and Liverpool line. The Alton (Ill.) Telegraph reports the escape of slaves. It says. " Slaves are running away from Missouri, at the present time, i n b a tt a li ons. Th ree belonging toMr. R. Meek, of Weston, ran away on Wednesday of last week, two of whom were afterwards apprehended. They were making for the plains. Fifteen made a stampede from R ay County, the week before, and took the line of their y,fobrutlothwea.lar S e e r s- e n r a u l na b w e e r r e made c a p tur goode d t h i n e i r G e s r c u a n p d e y . m C o a u r c n h t It would be a glorious thing for Missouri if all her slaves I should take it i n t o t h e i r heads to ' run away. If she only knew it, they are one of the greatest drawbacks to her advancement and prosperity." Halifax papers report that the provincial fishing schooner Velocity had been driven from St. George's Bay by a French cruiser. The t ransports Lady Clark and Thomas Arbuthnot had arrived out with troops. Havana accounts, to the 2nd instant, state that the captain-general had severely reprimanded the professors and masters of certain schools for teaching the scholars too liberal opinions. He, at the same time, expressed his determination to suppress such instruction. The parties blamed tried to get up an indignation meeting, but it was put down by the authorities. i. person, named Dal r y mp l e, - had been arrested, charged with a robbery at the British Consulate. Sandwich island letters, to the 16th April, mention that the King had nominated his son Lihoips as his suc cessor to the throne. -- COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New York. June 7. __ --- MONEY MARKET.—The stock market Was a little more active, but still the business transacted is only to a moderate amount. Money continues very abundant, and loans have been made on call as low as five per cent. The greater part of the transactions are at six and seven per cent. In Excbange for t 1 steam from itottou on Wecizesday, the I.)llllille§Shati THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1853 been moderate at 1092 to 109.'i for best bankers' bills. Produce bills 109 to 1093; on Paris sf. 15 to sf. 131. COTTON.-The Courier and Inquirer, of the 7th instant, says, " Since our review of the market, on the 3rd instant, the sales have been as follow :-4th, 301,0 bales, and to-day, 6th, 1200 bales. The rapid winding up of the present crop and the unfavourable advices of the growing one have carried and maintained prices on this side at a point far above Liv er p oo l quotations, and, with reducing stocks, it is now evident that rates will further advance to the close of the season, and that the next crop will open at high prices. STRICT LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. L.Ord. Ord. G.Ord. L.Mid. Mid. G.Mid New Orleans and } 93 Texas Mobile. Florida, and Uplands .. S RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON, Exports to Total Exports. Stock, and Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. on shipb'd 1853 3,106,335 1,487,795 2,171,820 398,639 1852 ..... 2,873,379 1,441,183 2,124,330 315,559 Increase. 232,956 46,612 47,490 83,080 BREADSTUFFS.-The flour market was extremely inactive, and sales of the lower qualities were made at a decline from Saturday's prices. Canada flour was dull, and freely offered at $4 373 c. ; southern flour steady at .34 819 c. to .B`s 123 c. for common, and $5 25c. to $6 75c. for fancy brands. 2,300 bshls of Genessee wheat brought 130 c. ; other kinds were quiet. Sales of southern yellow corn were made to fair extent at GOc. to 673 c., mixed at 03c. to 64c.. and damaged at 57c. to 62c. PROVISIONS.-Mess pork was inactive at .B'l6, and prime at .sl3e. Beef is in good supply and the markets heavy. Lard steady. Cheese Sc. to 9c., with a fair demand. NAVAL STORES.-Nothing doing in crude turpentine. Spirits of Turpentine 43c. to 45c. IRON.-The market is easier. Sales 200 tons Scotch pig, in lots, at .8'27 to $2B cash, and $3O six months. English bar quiet, at $65; refined at $BO. Swedes, at $B7 50c. to $9O. FREIGHTS.-The engagements were moderate in extent. The quotations are :-To Liverpool : Tobacco, hhds. 275. Gd. to 305.; cotton, square bales, per lb, 3d. to 9.32 d.: flour and meal, per barrel, Is. 9d. ; heavy goods, per ton, 255. to 275. Gd. ; grain in bulk, per bushel, sd. to 53d. NEW ORLEANS, JUNE G.-Cotton in good demand, the sales reaching 5,000 bales at steady prices. Low middling 9c. to 93c., strict middling 103 c. The receipts to-day have been 700 bales, mostly from Memphis, and the exports 3,500. HAVANA, MAY 28.-There has been less activity in our sugar market this week, the principal demand being for brown Cu curuchos ; for whites and yellows there ha s been but little inquiry. The stock is increasing, and we have now in town 180,000 boxes. Prices have declined a quarter of a nal this week, and we now quote 6 and 8 to 63 to 9 rials per arroba for assorted sugar; 8 to 10 for white; 6 to 73 for yellow; 53 to 51 for brown ; 43 to 53 for Cucurucho, and 4 to 53 for Musco vado. The scarcity of vessels in port has prevented much business from being done in freights during the past week. A few arrivals would probably give an impulse to transactions. The present rates are For the Baltic, .t - 3 to 3 2s. Ed.; Hamburg, 2 17e. Ed. Greatßritain,e2 155.30.; Cowes and a market, 2s. Ga. to 3 ss. ; Mediterranean, to x 3 55. Exchange dull at 108 to 128 premium on London; Mexican dollars are worth le to 2 ner rent. premium, S.C.Nf 9! 10i 10i Di Ili 9i 10i 11 11i ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN. By the United States Mail steam-ship Franklin, Capt. Wootton, which arrived off Cowes on Wednesday night en route to Havre, we have advices from New York to the 4th inst. The Franklin brought ISO passengers, specie value .8 5 720,000, and a large cargo for Havre-. Among the passengers is Mr. Stocker, bearer of dispatches to the Russian Legation. On the 7th inst., the Franklin spoke the American mail steamer Washington ; on the 10th the brig Henrietta, and on the 13th a three-masted screw-steamer bound west. Baltimore and its vicinity had been visited by a tornado, which destroyed a good deal of property. The steamer Eclipse had exploded near Chicago, killing several persons. CANADA.--'- - The Governor-General had given his as sent to a bill for incorporating the Canadian Steam Navi gation Company. Late papers from St. John's, New Brunswick, give particulars of the measures taken by the British Government for the protection of the fisheries. Her Majesty's steamers Basilisk and Devastation are to be anchored off Newfoundland; four small vessels, each manned by 25 men, are to be fitted out from the flagship Cumberland, and to cruise near Halifax. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. SIXTY FEMALES have been burnt to death in a Chinese theatre at Whampoa, through the place getting on fire. A SUBSCRIPTION has been set on foot for the repair of the English Church at Rotterdam, erected in the reign of Queen Anne. PLANTATION FIRE.—On Tuesday week's fire broke out in the extensive plantation belonging to the Earl of Lonsdale, situated near Plumpton. Some persons had been burning heather on the common adjoining. Between 30 and 40 acres of plantation were destroyed.—Cumber land Pacquet. IRISH DEVOTION.—An American paper makes mention of a family of Irish girls in Richmond, whose devotion to their kindred have been strikingly displayed. First one came to this country, she saved enough to bring a second, and the two laboured for the passage money of two others, and then they paid the way of their father, and sent money to bring out their mother, but she declined to brave the sea in her old days ; and they continue to forward the means to keep her comfortable. SPIRIT RAPPING IN AMERICA.—The Massachusetts legislature have unanimously adopted the following : " That the committee on education consider what legis lation, if any, is necessary to protect the ignorant and credulous from the delusive arts of spirit rappers,' so called, whose blasphemous assumptions are fearfully en grossing the minds of a large portion of the community, producing insanity, robbing men of their property, de stroying domestic happiness, and filling the hospitals for the insane with the dupes of this popular humbug ; also, that the same committee take into consideration the ex pediency of making it a penal offence for the owner or lessee of any building, in any city or town in this com monwealth, to let the same, or any part thereof, for the parpose of holding the blasphemous meetings of spirit rappers,' with full power to send for persons and papers." ECCLESIASTICAL. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. G. Burd, to the Rectory of Sheinton, Salop. Rev. W. Cookesley, M.A., Rector of Blackborough, Devon, to be a Rural Dean. Rev. J. Corte, 3f.A., Rector of St. Kerrian, Exeter, to be a Rural Dean. Rev. T. Daniels, 8.A., to the Incumbency of the district of St. Paul, Hulme. Rev. J. J. Daniel, late Curate of Menheniot, to be Master of Probus School and Curate of Probus, Cornwall. Rev. T. C. Dawes, M.A., to the Vicarage of Canon Pyon, Herefordshire. Rev. H. G. G. Cutler, 8.A., to the Curacy of East Donyland, Essex. Rev. E. Ewen, 8.A., to the Curacy of Otton Belchamp, Essex. Rev. J. Glover, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to be Vice-Principal and Head Master of Grosvenor College, Bath. Rev.W. H. James, B. A., to the Curacy of Kenwyn, near Truro. Rev. W. Jephson, 31. A., Curate of Norwood, Surrey, to the Rectory of Hinton Waldrist, Berks. Rev. M. Margoliouth, to the Curacy of Wybunbury, Cheshire. Rev. W. Palmer, M.A., vicar of Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, to be a Surrogate. Rev. D. J. Paterson, to the Perpetual Curacy of Chelford, in the pariah of Prestbury, Cheshire. Rev. J. 0. Picton, to the Curacy of Lacock, Wilts. Rev. T. J. Redhead, 8.A., to the Curacy of Tilson, Leices tershire. Rev. J. E. Riadore, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Peter's Church, Derby. Re;, , . J. Rowland, 8.D., Fellow of Queen's College, to the Rectory of St. Botolph, Cambridge. Rev. H. Sanders, M.A., Rector of So wton, Devon, to be a Rural Dean. Rev. G. Taylor, D.C.L., Rector of Dedham, Essex, to the Rural Deanery of Dedham. Rev. J. Thompson, 8.A., to the Chaplaincy of Her Majesty's screw-ship St. Jean d'Acre, Devonport. Rev. G. Wetherley, to the Curacy of Chippenham, Wilts. AN ARCHBISHOPRIC IN AUSTRALIA.—It has been settled by Her Majesty's government that the diocese of Sydney shall be formed into an archbishopric. It is pro bable that the first archbishop will be the Rev. Thomas Jackson, Rector of Stoke Newington. EPISCOPAL RESIGNATION.-It is rumoured that the Bishop of Bath and Wells intends resigning his diocese, on account of his great infirmity, and the difficulties which have recently occurred, and which are beyond his power to control. NEW AFRICAN BISHOPRICS.—The bishopric of Natal has been conferred upon the Rev. J. W. Colenso, of St. John's College, Cambridge, Rector of Forncett St. Mary, Norfolk. The bishopric of Graham's Town has not yet been provided for; but it is said to have been offered to the Rev. Daniel Moore, incumbent of Camden Chapel, Camberwell. MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the National Society was held on Wednesday, the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair. The three re tiring members of the committee, Lord Lyttelton, T. D. Acland, Esq., and Sir Thomas Phillips, were re-elected, and the Rev. Sir H. Thompson, Bart., in the room of J. C. Colquhon, Esq. The report having been read, Lord Redesdale moved the adjournment of the meeting, which was seconded by A. J. B. Hope, Esq. Archdeacon Denison opposed the motion, and was supported by the Rev. Downes Willis, who was anxious to put some question. The Rev. John Keble supported the adjournment, anxious to leave matters in the hands of the committee. Canon Trevor, the Revds. W. W. Mayow and N. Oxenham, and the Bishop of London having followed on the same side, the primate put the question of adjournment to the meet ing, and it was carried almost unanimously. The Arch bishop then dismissed the meeting with the blessing. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL..-- The 152nd anniversary of this society was celebrated on Friday in St. Paul's Cathedral, in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops of London, Manchester, Bangor, St. Asaph, Antigua, Quebec, Mon. treal, Nova Scotia, Norwich, Salisbury, Oxford, Chiches ter, Gloucester, and Edinburgh. The Dean of St. Paul's, Archdeacon Hale, the Rev. Dr. Russell, the Hon. and Rev. Montague Villiers, the Rev. T. P. Dale, the Rev. T. Champneys, the Venerable Archdeacon Anderson, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and many members of the corporation also attended. The service was performed with a full choir, and the sermon was preached by the Bishop of Manchester. In the evening the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained the bishops at the Man sion-house. Among the company were the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Sumner, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester and his lady, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Worces ter, the Bishop of Salisbury and lady, the Bishop of Chichester and lady, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Manchester, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Llandaff, and the Bishop of Nova Scotia and lady. Many of the aldermen and their ladies were also present, and some of the most distinguished of the metropolitan clergy. THE ATTEMPT ON MR. GLADSTONE.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, William Wilson was charged with having unlawfully threatened to publish a matter touching the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, with intent to induce him to procure him an appointment or office of profit. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. THE PEACE NIOYEMENT.—We bare been waiting anxiously to see what steps Messrs Cobden and Bright, and their brethren of the Peace Society are proposing to take in the present aspect of affairs in the East. A depu tation headed by these two gentlemen could not fail, we should think, to have immense weight with the Emperor Nicholas. The deputation might be reinforced by the Earl of Shaftesbury, if his Lordship can be spared from his new " Ragged" Hyper-Episcopate, and if he can in duce the " women of England" to hold another meeting at Stafford House, and to give him letters commendatory to the " women of Russia," Surely there would be much more sense in this than ig Baiting a nee: IC the Pardanclim—lohn Bull, COURT AND FASHION THE Belgian journals announce the death of Madame Van de Weyer, mother of the Belgian Ambassador at London. She was 73 rears of age. THE ACCESSlON.—Yesterday was the 16th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty, who gave in the even ing her second state concert. M. DE BILLE, the Danish minister at this court, died on Saturday from disease of the heart. It is a remark able circumstance that Count Reventlow, his predecessor, also died suddenly, and very much in the same manner. HER MAJESTY has conferred the honour of knighthood on Mr. Richard Bethel!, Solicitor• General, Vice•Chau cellor Stuart, and Joseph Francis 01liffe, M.D., Physician to the Queen's Embassy at Paris. THE PRINCESS WASA, whose name was recently men tioned in connexion with the Emperor of the French, was to be married at Dresden, on Saturday, to the presumptive heir to the King of Saxony. CHATHAM ELECTION.—Captain Leicester Vernon, bro ther to Sir Frederick Smith, the late member, offers him self in the Conservative interest; and Sir James Stirling re-appears in the Whig-Radical. THE ROYAL CHRISTENING.—This august ceremony is fixed to take place on Monday next, in the presence of the whole of the royal family, including the King and Queen of Hanover. The sponsors will be the Princess of Hohenlohe, the Princess of Prussia, and the K'ng of Hanover. The names to be given to the Prince will be Leopold George Duncan Albert. MID-LOTHIAN.—A very numerously signed requisition by the proprietary and tenantry of the county of Edin burgh has been presented to the Earl of Dalkeith, son of the Duke of Buccleuch, proposing to him to become a candidate for the vacancy occasioned in the representation of the county by the death of the late Sir John Hope, of Craig-hall. The noble Earl came of age last August. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM.—The Queen held a drawing-room—the second this season—on Tuesday, in St. James's-palace. The Queen wore a train of blue silk moire antique, brocaded in blue and white flowers, trimmed with white tulle and blonde, blue ribands, arid bouquets of small pink roses and lilies of the valley. The petticoat was white satin, covered with white tulle and trimmed with white tulle blonde and lilies of the valley. Her Majesty's head-dress was diamonds and feathers. HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL. On Wednesday the Queen gave, at Buckingham Palace a State Ball, which was very numerously and brilliantly at tpnrloei ; tho inritations amounting to 1,900, and com prising the Royal family and Royal visitors, the whole of the diplomatic corps and foreigners of distinction staying in this country, the Cabinet Ministers, the Chief Judges of the Courts of Common Law and Equity, and a very large party of the nobility and gentry. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, and the Duchess Caroline of 3lecklenburgh-Strelitz were attended by Lady Caroline Cust, Baroness Wenchstein, and Baron Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha joined Her 3fsjesty and her august circle in the Yellow Drawing-room. _ The Queen wore a dress of pink silk, covered with pink tulle, ornamented with pink satin ribands and bunches of pink roses and diamonds. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of a wreath of pink roses and diamonds. The Duchess of Kent wore a dress of sky blue, brocaded with silver and trimmed with point lace. Her Royal Highness's head-dress was formed of crimson velvet, point lace, feathers, and diamonds. The Duchess of Cambridge's dress was black net, over black silk, trimmed with black bugles, the stomacher adorned with pearls and diamonds. Her Royal Highness wore a splendid tiara of large pearls and diaMonds. The Princess Mary wore a dress of blue tulle, em broidered and trimmed with silver ; the stomacher of diamonds. The Princess had a wreath of flowers round her head, diamond earrings, and a pearl necklace. The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz wore a dress of pink satin covered with tulle, and trimmed with silver, the stomacher adorned with pearls and dia monds. The head-dress was composed of flowers, pearls, and diamonds. The Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha's dress was of gold moire antique, trimmed with gold lace, and having the stomacher of diamonds. Her Royal Highness's head dress was formed of lilies, green and gold leaves, and diamonds. The Duchess Cqroline of Mecklenburgh.Strelifz wore a dress of pink satin covered with tulle, having two deep flounces of white lace ; the front was ornamented with white roses and green leaves, diamonds being inserted in the middle of the roses. The stomacher was adorned with diamonds, and the head-dress compo_ed of white roses and diamonds. The Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe wore a white dress trimmed with blush roses and silver ribands. The Prin cess wore round her head a wreath of blush roses. Her Majesty opened the ball with his Royal Hizhness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meck:enburgh-Strelitz, in a quadrille' ARRIVAL OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF HANOVER. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, ac companied by the youthful Crown Prince and the Prin cesses of the Royal Family, arrived off the Royal dock yard at Woolwich on Thursday, from Ostend. The Duke of Cambridge went to Woolwich to meet His Majesty, and, with the Hanoverian ambassador, assisted him up the landing-_seps. - Tne - Kink and Queen, with the youthful Princess Maria, and the Duke of Cambridge, entered the first carriage, an open phaeton, drawn by four horses, and left the dockyard, amid the reiterated cheers of the spectators. The Crown Prince and the Princess Frederica, and the ladies and gentlemen in the suite of the King and Queen, followed in six carriages. The Royal party, while passing through Greenwich, was met by the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, who had intended to be present to receive the King and Queen at Woolwich. Their Royal Highnesses returned with the King and Queen, and they proceeded to the residence of the Hano verian Legation, where the Royal party arrived at 7 o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz were in at tendance at the Legation to receive their Majesties. The King and Queen only retired for a few moments, and presently left in a carriage and four to pay a visit to Her Majesty and the Prince Consort at Buckingham Palace. Upon the road their Majesties were met by the Queen and the Prince Consort hastening to pay a visit of congratulation to their illustrious relatives. The horses' heads were turned, and in a few moments the Queen and the Prince Consort met the King and Queen in the hall of the Hanoverian Legation. The interview between the Queen and her Royal cousins was most affecting. The Majesty remained for nearly half-an-hour with her illus trious relatives. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha visited their Majesties during the evening. THE MILITARY ENCAMPMENT AT CHOBHAM. The camp at Chobham-common bivouacked on Tuesday for the first time, amidst a storm of thunder, hail, and rain, as if the very elements had combined with the Commander-in•chief to test the capabilities of the sol diery in contending with them. The force now assembled upon Chobham-common is from eight to ten thousand strong. It comprises four regiments of cavalry, three battalions of guards, two brigades of infantry, each com prising three regiments ; one troop of Royal Horse Artil lery, three batteries of Horse Artillery, a company of Sappers, and a Pontoon train. The cavalry is composed of the Ist Life Guards, the 6th Dragoon Guards, the 13th Light Dragoons, and the 17th Lancers, commanded by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Colonel Henry Bentinck commands the battalions of the Grena cdLoi Lacy sEtCsvooal Evans s st t h r ce e o a 3m m s mt , a n n tdh d So s e t9h3 c ed Scots Fusilier and firstFn duisnti the eenr second Guards. er i onbrdi gba ad tet which i i o r n De o f the Rifle Brigade. Major-General Fane commands the 42d, the 50th, and the 95th, forming the second infantry brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Bloomfield commands the Royal Artillery, Lieut.-Colonel Vicars the Sappers and Miners, and Colonel H. D. Jones the Pontoon train. The entire division is under the command of Lord Seaton, Lieut.- Colonel B. Wood being Assistant Adjutant-General, and Colonel Torrens Assistant Quartermaster-General. Con structing kitchens was one of the chief works of Tuesday, and it must not be supposed that the culinary art, as practised in the midst of war's alarms, is an uninteresting object of study. Anything more rude and accordant with campaigning it is hardly possible to conceive. A trench is dug, with a short mud chimney at one end ; a fire is lighted at the other, and the top of the trench being covered over with turf, pots are stuck down into holes made for them in this covering to boil ; this is the Sap pers' mode. The earth kitchen approved of by the ex isting regulations is a still rougher contrivance, and one's thoughts, in looking at either, naturally revert with satisfaction to sea-coal fires, ranges, ovens, hot-plates, and all the other appliances of modern gastronomy. The Artillery, like the Sappers, are obliged to be able to turn their hands to any sort of work more than the men of the line, and they gave excellent evidence of their expertness. by the quickness with which they took up their position. Chobham-common, which has been selected for the encampment, is a wild, extensive, heath-clad tract of land, about three miles from Chertsey. The lower parts of it are marshy, the high grounds covered with a scrubby dry turf. Its extent, its freedom from enclosures or wood, and other considerations, on the whole, well adapt it for the use to which it is now put. A succession of swelling heights formed into a crescent-shaped ridge runs through the centre of the common, and upon its concave edge the encampment rests, with a northern aspect. The tents, therefore, looked at from the north, form graceful and regular hollow lines, advanced at each end and receding in the centre, along the verge of the horizon. The cavalry, with their spacious canvas stables, occupy the extreme right ; then the three battalions of the Guards ; then the 42d Highlanders, the 95th, the 50th, the 38th, the 93d, and the 23d. The Artillery and Rifles occupy the ex treme left of the position. Each regiment keeps its boundaries distinct from the rest, and the arrangement of tents is in regular order by companies, the men in their bell-tents, fifteen to each tent, in front ; the officers in the rear. Behind them, again, the mess-room, the hos. pital, the canteen, the kitchen, the stables, and the women's huts. Of course the appearance of the encamp ment varies with the arm of the service which occupies it. The cavalry stables, and those of the artillery, give either wing a rather booth-like effect, but the ridge, dotted regularly with the symmetrical tents of the infantry, is exceedingly striking, and the swarms of red and white coats moving about like ants add immensely to the anima tion of the scene, It was an interesting and pretty sight to see each regiment come in upon the ground allotted to it, the band playing at its head, and then, after a short paw, at the word of command, all the tents raized tit once, and as if by magic. The men deserve great praise for the expertness which they all showed in this matter. Tuesdays and Fridays have been decided upon for hold ing the reviews of the troops in the camp at Chobham, and to-day is the first grand day, Her Majesty having ex pressed her intention to be present, with His Royal High ness Prince Albert and a brilliant staff, to review the troops in the camp. The numerous royal and distin guished visitors at present in this country from the conti nent will also be present on the occasion. An arrangement has been made fora post-office at Chobham camp, with two deliveries and despatches daily, which will be in connection with the post town of Chert sey. All letters for the camp should be specially ad dressed " The Camp, Chertsey." _ Friday was the first field-day at the camp. The troops turned out on " private parade," as it is called, at nine o'clock, and at ten Lord Seaton appeared on the ground and took the command. To the rear of the camp is the Long Cross•road, and beyond that again a large tract of undulating ground covered with heath, and admirably adapted for setting off military movements to advantage. The force now assembled on the common forms a division, with three brizades of foot and cavalry and artillery in proportion. The whole turned out on Friday, and, ex cept of course the necessary guards, the encampment was deserted. An enemy was supposed to be advancing from the direction of Guildford, and the division manoeuvred in the face of it, according to the most approved rules of military tactics. 'ln actual campaigning evolutions so elaborate rarely take place. In the Peninsula, Salamanca is perhaps the only example to the contrary, for war is like everything else that man undertakes, the theory being considerably in advance of the actual practice. It must be understood, however, that the operations of Friday were not those of a sham fight, but rather represented a one-sided view of a contest conducted according to the strict rules of military science. Further, it must be borne in mind that, being the first field day, and preparatory to the display of to-day—when it is expected that the Queen will be present—the whole affair was more in the nature of a rehearsal than a deliberate exhibition of discipline and professional skill. GENERAL NEWS. MORE *UNCLE TONIISM.—A lady of one of the first families of Brooklyn recently gave birth to two negro babies. A MONSTER GRAY TROUT, five pounds.fourteen oz. in weight. was caught in Windermere on Thursday last. AN INDIAN PAPER states that a sum of £20,000 has been granted for church building purposes in the Punjab. Two Cuxcizevs have been hatched from ono egg at the George Hotel, Kilmarnock. OPEN-AIR PREACHING has been commenced for the summer season in Glasgow with great vigour. THE PAISLEY Journal informs us, that that seat of the shawl manufacture is in an exceedingly prosperous condition. THE Times publishes many letters generally headed " Suburban Grievance," complaining that post letters are delivered later than ever, since the "acceleration." AN IRISHMAN at Selby poisoned himself last Tuesday, by taking a decoction of milk and tobacco, which he sup posed would cure the ague. AN IRON AND GLASS BAZAAR or market-hall is about to be erected in Candleriggs-street, Glasgow. It will extend about 200 feet. EXPORTS or WOOLLENS—In 1552 the declared value of British woollen manufacture and woollen yarn exported was, £10,161,074. MILTON IN JAPAN.—Among the collection of Japanese articles in the Dublin Exhibition there is a medallion head in papier mache, over which appear in bold Roman capitals the words " Jean Milton." MANY SCOTCH RESIDENTS IN ENGLAND will learn with regret that William Barr, Esq., of Drums, sheriff clerk for Renfrewshire, expired at Paisley on Friday afternoon last. He was born at Paisley in 1787. SOME VILE MISCREANT last week put arsenic in the water set aside for ten horses, belonging to Mr. Kemp, of Swaby, Lincolnshire; eight of the horses died immediately and one since. The other is under medical treatment. AN IMPUDENT SPARROW, at Paisley, the other day, took possession of a swallow's nest, when the ejected bird went for some of its companions, with the assistance of whom the intruder was expelled. MT. SIMON MACGREGOR, the oldest short-hand writer in Scotland, died a few days ago in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. He set out in life as a reporter on the Morning Herald. THE Edinburgh Witness informs us that the Calton Hill has been proposed as the site of the Great Scottish Industrial Exhibition of 1854. A contractor has expressed his readiness to execute the work at an expense of £12,000. SHERIFF SKENE, on the complaint of a Mr. Buchanan, has fined the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company in 205., for not enforcing the regulation against smoking. The sheriff said the nuisance must be put down, or a special carriage set aside for the smokers. THE PRIZE of one hundred guineas, offered by the Associate Institution, for the best essay on the laws re specting the protection of women, has been awarded to James Edward Davis, Esq., barrister-at-law, of the Ox ford circuit. The adjudicators were the Bishop of Oxford, Vice-Chancellor Page Wood, and Mr. Roundell Palmer. MESSRS. TOD AND MACGREGOR, of Glasgow, the well-known engineers, have just contracted to have their shipbuilding-yard covered with glass —an idea derived from the Crystal Palace. The cost will be about £2.000. The New York, the new vessel for the Glasgow and New York Steam-ship Company, will be the first ship launched from under this crystal-palace. SCRIPTURAL MUSEUMS.—In the Lamp and the Lantern, a recent production of Dr. Jas. Hamilton, the following suggestion occurs :—" Would it not be good, if in large towns there could be collected a Scriptural Museum ? Would not such an institution be an invalu able acquisition to ministers, and teachers, and students ? Might it not furnish excellent materials for many a po pular lecture ? And could there be a better treat for good scholars in our Sabbath-schools than a walk through its galleries ?" A PRECOCIOUS CABIN 1301".—Last week a miniature copy of an extraordinary youth fell into the hands of the River Tyne Police. His name is Alexander Hallonbury, aged 12 years, the cabin boy of the Helios, a Russian vessel then waiting in the Tyne for America. The lad had run off from the vessel, and was captured by the police, who overtook him at Middlesborough. This ex traordinary child is a native of 'Wiburg, and has been at sea since he was nine years of age. His father died when the boy was 10 weeks old. In his short but eventful life the boy has visited Seville, Cadiz, London, Leghorn, Falmouth, and the Tyne, and made a long trading voyage in a schooner to the Sea of Azoff. He was never at school in his life, notwithstanding which he can talk five lan guages—English fluently, and writes a good steady hand. He can read an English newspaper without any difficulty. His mother is a Fin, and can talk six languages ; he learnt four from her, but the English he picked up in London, while his vessel was in a graving dock repairing. The captain of the vessel has no fault to find with the boy, except, as north country mothers would say, that " he is hempy and mischievous," and defies the cook and steward, his chief, who is no linguist. He has gone off with the vessel to America.—Newcastle Chronicle. BRUTAL MURDER.---A most savage murder was corn mitted at Glasgow on Sunday morning week. Two ship carpenters, Alexander Boyd and James Law, were induced by some loose women to enter a low den in the New Vennel, kept by Helen Blackwood, where they were drugged and stripped of their clothes by the woman and her parmour, Hans Macfarlane, assisted by another woman, Mary Hamilton. Boyd, being a powerful man, was, it appears, not quite insensible, and tried to call for the police, when he was dragged to the window and tossed overhead foremost from a height of three stories, or about twenty-six feet. He fell heavily on the back of his head, by which the skull was extensively fractured, and death instantaneous. The den in which this bloody tragedy was acted is only eight feet in length by six feet four inches in breadth; and it happened that, in addition to the perpe trators and the two ship-carpenters, there were present two destitute boys, the one aged fourteen and the other ten, who, from some acquaintance with Blackwood, had got shelter in the place and lay under the bed. These boys, the presence of whom must have been forgotten for the moment, witnessed all that took place ; and, more over, some women, who suspected that unfair play was going on, also observed what was in progress inside through a chinck in the door ; and when Boyd was thrown out of the window gave the a l arm , an d a f ter a chase the three prisoners were taken into custody. Law was found quite insensible, and, on recovering, totally ig norant of everything that had taken place. WALKING UNDER WATER.—Among the marvels of the day must be reckoned M. de Saint Simon Sicard's in vention of an apparatus which permits the possessor to take a half hour's promenade a t th e b ottom of a r i ver, and there occupy himself as fancy suggests. M. Grandchamp made a public experiment the other day, and remained 35 minutes at the bottom of the Seine. A little improve ment in the apparatus will, it is probable, greatly extend its capacity. A complete clothing of caoutchouc from head to foot, including helmit and sock, allows the wearer to descend below the water without danger of con tact ; the helmet has a valve which allows the air to escape at the moment of submersion ; and no sooner is this sub mersion complete than the pressure of the water closes the valve hermetically. A provision of air to be inspired is carried in a box, placed like a hump in the back of the cuirass of caoutchouc. This box has a tube which carries the air into the helmet, in order that the breathing may take place without effort ; and a little stopcock enables the distribution of air to be regulated at pleasure. No sooner is there a difficulty of breathing than a signal is given, and the experimenter is brought to the surface once more.— The Leader. 1 JANE OF CAIRNARGET.—A STRANGE STORY.—The Aberdeen Free Press relates a remarkable story of a Scot tish matron, named Jane Mc Irvine, of Cairnarget, parish of Glass. A report arose in Jane's neighbourhood detri mental to her good name. The " fama " was taken up and inquired into by the minister and Kirk Session of the Free Church in Glass. In obedience to their summons, Jane appeared in the Session, but after examination of witnesses no charge could be established against her. Some of the witnesses even declared that they belie ve d she led " a very religious life." The evil report, how ever, did not die away, and the Moderator brought before a subsequent meeting something to Jane's prejudice. Like one conscious of innocence, and feeling aggrieved, Jane challenged investigation, and wished her character cleared. This not being done to her satisfaction, she appealed to the Presbytery, and from the Presbytery, whose decision did not suit her, she appealed to the Free Synod of Moray. The case was discussed in the Synod, with closed doors. Jane appeared in propria persona, duly furnished with all the requisite apparatus of extracts and papers, and pled her own cause. It is said that she there made a speech three quarters of an hour long. Two motions were made in the Synod, but the one which was carried did not so completely clear her as she wished, and she appealed to the General Assembly. She accordingly made her way to Edinburgh—appeared personally in the Committee of Bills, got her papers printed, took her place at the bar of the Assembly, ready to argue her own cause. Very prudently the case was referred to a select committee and fully considered, and the report given in by the con vener of the committee was entirely favourable to Jane. Bravo ! Jane of Cairnarget. You fought the Kirk Session of Glass; you fought the Presbytery of Strathbogie ; you fought the Synod of Moray ; and, though the odds were against you, you have vanquished them all in the Free Assembly. This ecclesiastical heroine is a person in the humbler ranks of life—of about 40 years of age—and modest and respectable in her appearance. At the bar of the Augrably she appeared cousideraWy agitated. THE LION HUNTER, Ronallyn Gordon Cumming, Esq.' passed through Ayr on Saturday, for Wigtownshire, on a sporting excursion. ENORMOUS SKATE.—The Banff Journal says tr7/1 1 hat . i t! skate was brought ashore at Buckle last week ca measured nine feet in length and nearly five feet in breadth . JENNY LIND, according to the Dresden Echo, is t o appear again on the stage—in the heroine's part in Gota schmidt's (her husband's) Tochterlei n ,or Little Daughter: TYRANNY.—A new Imperial ukase has been published in Poland, prohibiting Jewish wo m e n f rom wearing fals e hair. Several have been punished for con t rave ntion. To MEND IRON POTS.—Mix finely-sifted lime vnt,'. some white of eggs, till a thin kind o f p a ste is formed' add some iron filings. Apply, this to the fract ure, and the vessel will be found to be nearly as sound-as ever . THE SUSPENSION is announced of Mr. Arthur A. Homersham, in the English wool trade. The amount a liabilities has not been stated, but it is supposed to be about £30,000. tiStr ENGRAVING REVOLUTIONISED.—A Swedish ar Carleman, has made a discovery, which he calls phut°' chromography. By this new application of photogralM he is enabled to take from 300 to 400 copies per day. ° =THE ANCIENT PUNISHMENT of the st oc ks has be e revived at Runcorn. Last week a " drunk and disordeciy o. was exposed at the Town- hall in the sto c k s f or f o ur 12 0 , 11 Li and was only released when it be g a n t o ra i n heavily. Yu' crowds honoured the poor wight with their countenance's PETERBOROUGH ELECTION.—Mr. George Hatate e ." o Whalley, who was unseated by the P e t er b oroug h electle d committee, upon the ground that he, by his agents, been guilty of bribery, has again be c o me a candidate for the representation of that city. a RAILWAY UNION.—We hear that the London Il e Northwestern and Midland Railway Companies will PI?: bably be worked under a joint m anagemen t nex t malt,'" and the total traffic receipts given weekly in one month. Morning Herald. OTTAWA COUNTY, Upper Canada, has been desolated by a conflagration, which swept the county from the De e r River to within a short distance of Bou nec h ere The fire ravaged the country for 450 square miles, bur . ing towns, villages, and farms, in its disastrous course.. A HAUNTED HOUSE.—A strange moaning noise r e ' cently alarmed the inmates of a house at Lin co ln, and it lasted for some hours they began to think that tb house was haunted. They then called in the parish clerk, who speedily discovered that the sounds proceeded fro m the chimney, and removed the b ag o f s h av i ngs w ith whic,„ the chimney had been stuff e d, w h en a p i geon n early stifled with soot came down. THE RUSSIAN FLEET.—A correspondent in Paris say s that a Russian agent has been in treaty for the purchase of the Humboldt and the Franklin, two Americs° steamers plying between New York and Havre. The agent has offered the company 4,750,0001. for them. Tf l9 not stated that that offer has been accepted, but as the Russian fleet in the Black Sea is in want of steamers, it iS thought that the purchase will be concluded. ACCIDENT AT A WEDDING PARTY.—On Tuesday las t a servant in the goods d e p ar t men t o f th e M anc h es t er a," Sheffield Railway Comp an y, a t O xspr i ng Station, wt.! formed one of a wedding party th a t was procee ding k" Penistone Church, in attempting to get into one of tha carriages as the train was moving, stumbled, and fell upori the rails, and the wheels of the carriages passed over 1 0 legs, and cut them completely off.—Leeds Intelligencer• FEVER AT CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—An extraordinary meeting of the governors has been held at the hospital , le consequence of the scarlet fever having made its appearance amongst the inmates, when it was decided to issue circa' lars to the friends of the boys, desiring them to take their children away for the present. One master (the Rea. Mr. Collingwood) and two boys are dead, and eighty b0) 11 are ill with the disease. STAMP DUTIES ON MARINE INSURANCE.--A retnt° procured by Lord John Russell, shows, that in 1842 tb e ,. amount of revenue derived from st am p d u ti es on m arine insurances was £193,788 12s. The lar g est sumfin the 1 09 ' twenty-two years was received i n 1839, w h en it wa s £296,343 19s. Bd. The greatest amount of tonnage be longing to the United Kingdom in the last twenty.tif° years was in last year, when it reached 3,698,004. THE BEGGING PRIESTS.—The individ ua l, w h o , in ar. fiance of the law, styles himself " Ni c h o l as , by the Divine Mercy, of the Holy Roman Chu rc h, by th e of St. Pudentiana Cardinal Priest, and Archbishop ° Westminister," has issued a second Pastoral, in which be " enjoins that on Sunday, the feast of the Sacred Heart , after the reading of his Pastoral Letter, a collection be made at the offertory of every Mass, for the Catholl Poor-School Committee, in e v e r y Ch urc h an d Ch a pel his diocese." RAILWAY CooKneo.—Last week a spark from th e engine of a goods train on the Scottish Midland Railifq set fire to a sheet cove r i ng a t ruc k l a d en w i t h t on e! . beef, mutton, and pork for the L on d on mar k e t . The liry was not extinguished until the meat was considerablt singed and scorched, and it was deemed e x p e di en t to ee l ' it by public roup at Perth. The buyers not only got the best meat at less than half-price, but some of it roasted for the table.—Scotsman. CURIOUS FACT.-4 dog crab was caught among the" rocks near the Haven at Tynemouth, last week, with sixpence firmly grown into the external shell of the back. The men who obtained this curiosity broke the shell in order to secure the money. The only way by which the presence of the sixpence can be accounted for is by sell' posing that during the annual production of the new shellt the crab had lain with the newly formed pellum on the coin, which had adhered to the skin by this means, and eventually became firmly fixed in the place in which it was found.—Newcastle Chronicle. NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—The Government have deter mined to adhere to their proposal as to the duty of six pence on advertisements; but they have consented tO make a modification in relation to the stamp duty 00 newspapers. In place of the proposal to permit a supple ment, consisting altogether of advertisements, to be pew" lished free, the following is the new plan : For every sheet or piece of paper whereon any news- X S. d' paper shall be printed, containing on one side a superficies not exceeding 1,530 inches, (the present limit,) a duty of 0 0 1 For one supplement to such newspaper, and printed as such, containing, on one site a superficies not exceeding 765 inches, (the present limit of the id. supplement stamp) But it shall be lawful to print any such newspaper and supplement in two sheets of any other proportions than named above, provided the aggregate size is not more than 2,295 inches, or in one single sheet of that size • For any further additional supplement, and printed as such, not exceeding 1,148 inches, or half of the aggregate of 2,295 inches And there is to be no restriction of any kind whatever 0 11 , to the contents of the supplements, which may consist wholly of news, or partly of news and partly of advertise' ments, as may be most convenient. INSTANTANEOUS FLOWERING OF PLANTS.—M. Her bert,a gentleman who has recently arrived from France, or. Saturday exhibited to a few ladies and gen tl eme n o ,`' method of causing plants to blow almost instantaneously' plants selected—a group of geraniums an d a ro se 07' —were planted in two rather deep boxes of garden mould' previously previously prepared with some chemical manure, e 0 1; were then covered with glass shades. Mr. He r b er t nest proceeded to pour over the roots, from a small watering' pot, a chemical mixture, which uniting with the ins gredients already in the earth caused a great heat, as wag shown by an intense steam or vapour which was evolved within the shades, and allowed to some extent to escaPe through a small hole in the top, which at first was keP t closed. The effect upon the geraniums was certanif almost instantaneous, the buds begining to burst in shoo t five or six minutes, and the plants being in full blooni within ten minutes, when the blossoms were gathered bf M. Herbert and distributed amongst the ladies present. With the rose tree the exhibitor was less fortunate, 31. Herbert explaining that it had only been in his possession about half or three quarters of an hour, and he had there' fore not had sufficient time to prepare for the experimea t j thereby evincing that it occupies more time than wool appear to the casual observer to be the case. RHUBARB.—The proper time to make the preserve 1 11 " about mid-season of gathering the rhubarb ; it is cut into 2-inch pieces, well boiled for half an hour or so, and OA sugar is added in proportion of llb. of sugar to Ilb. of rhubarb ; it is then boiled half an hour longer, adding,' small proportion of any of the three marmalades. o' 6 preserve, when well made, is equal to the finest gree n : gage plum, and much more wholesome. As to making a fine sparkling champagne of rhubarb stalks, the proper_ time is after the roo t s h ave j us t d one grow i ng , t h e stein' become much more acid, contain less water, and COI' ; sequently are in a much riper state; round London ti''; happens in August. The stalks are gathered, and smashed and bruised in tubs, then water is added ; after steeping for three or four days, it is strained off, and sugar put t°. it; lump is best, if you prefer the wine to be clear. It l' then put into the casks, and there it ferments for a fort' night or so. It can then be either left in the cask fors time or bottled off at once, and can be used the nes t summer ; a finer or more wholesome wine cannot possibly be than this is. Before bottling off, a small quantity °I white or brown brandy may be added to it. I haved rani ‘ this champagne, and no one can tell it from real grape champagne of the south of Eu ro p e , in comparison wit which rhubarb wine cost s no thi ng . I n pu lli ng out tai cork it effervesces and sparkles most beautifully. Wb a will rhubarb not make ?—Gardeners' Chronicle. d THE CONSERV ATIVE L AND S OCIETY . The t , io' e quarterly general mee ti ng o f thi s soc i e t y was h e ld at th e Freemason's Tavern on Wednesday. There was re numerous attendance. Amon g st th e leading men:iv% present were Lord Viscount Ranelagh, Lord Alfred 1. Churchill, Mr. Booke r , M.P., M r . R a y, M r . M a itlanm e i Mr. Steven, Mr. Str ace y, M r . Evens Bennett, Colo n Abdy, the Rev. D r . W or thi ng t on , &c. Visco u s , Ranelagh presided. The report of the execut i ve CO!Ta mittee stated that upwards of 4,500 shares had been i 5 540, during nine months, representing a capital of £2ss,u re s on which £35,000 have been paid. The number of 0 , 1 .09 on the Order of Rights is 870. The number of es; r ee bought is ten, of which one has been allotted, and t' t ats are ready for allotment. Since their last report digs executive committee had purchased four estates for 0 0 tribution amongst member:, of the society, namel,Y. re st at Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire; two, at Pi'Aeef Hill, in West Kent ; Oatlands Grange, at Weybrina West Surrey ; and four, the Round Hill at Brightoo.o. East Sussex. The Ealing Rectory estate had been ° o r pletely allotted, and building operations would il! ta se diately commence. The allotment of th e Putney e: e e, would take place on the 20th, and that of the Wood-g l '2o Tottenham, as well as of the Leeds estates, on til e • o ese of July. So great had been the increase of the bu st ,,ao of the society, that the committee had been forced to in much larger premises adjoining their present offi ee 'sed std Norfolk-street. In conclusion, the committee tr ot that they had been enabled, by surrendering a CO for the purchase of an estate, to effect a very a dvantttogl arrangement, by which the amount of nearly profit had been realised to the society. The at ar ese gave some statistical details in illustration of the Prl ce re of the society. In the first quarter thewarsecaenipitarpc:oriat £6,486 ls. 6d. ; in the second, £10,779 ss. 6d. a n s fa a fts the third, £15,163 3s. 9d., so that there in the ratio of about £5,000 in each quarter. ThentooX was adopted by acclamation. A public drawing._ w hen place for right of choice on the society's e stateEa_ at 21 43 shares were drawn, and it was announcet;do would be placed on the Order of Rights bY se e r nob le the evening the executive committee entertain a ‘ tp; vice chairman and Colonel Brownlow Knox, ALP.. G r een" chairman, at dinner at the Crown and Sceptre. a bs , al t ia wide, Lord Alfred Churchill presided,u.t..celni;er, Booker, M.P. We understand that a p celebrate the extraordinary success of th e Sy_';b e -- chor take place on the oth of July ; Lord Ranelagh 3"u LikTRE allot:ow who are their rep eveni ng Victoria 132 to] NO liT . Meryshi shire--1 •--Mond day, J u July 30, Mold ; ter—Th EXA3 The a' meat, 01 on Thue latter de hens, it ful coral influent taking t Prayer, P. Clarl state to Mr. C or the p floun ce d extent o remarks nation, many s u discover Cases, vi He that, not a f e , highest I betonge An't sPeare" English vrele del When' to the e then p S. Gc r thanks t e PtaPos( the en , Very were Were es riting Inspecti, tnanshi; The f awardec --- Capta, ander. ton. 4th Hyde Ca ander. John Ke. Henry T trYr Gec 2 d Ditto f at h em, lot Clara 3 d Ditt o and Albe Ise c lan tier. orpe. shbri c h Jo hn Sel D avies. "Mies. 'COLL] Dr. h_ r. °Ped, c `.llergi es "Ido l 4 ealth s 4 : 1 11d I , The I; v•er. 8_ e „ rl de - a 4 ;o ' °ra Peill 'pr efigure l w ere o f ' v ari ed b adowis.