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1147P414 WlTTApeigl, 'MOM tiPf.TH I 7 R!gt , t la n jesty's — Priv'Y 63`u . ' noil, Qc;vozT..fri: The following are the most important extracts from the America, &v. &e. &c. papers brought by the Britannia steam-ship, which arrived The address of the magistrates and other inhabitants of Fre here on Friday : • - - (From the Halifax Times of Aug. 4.) The royal mail steam-ship Britannia, Capt. Woodruff, ar rived this morning at half-past 11 o'clock, having left Boston t o on Saturday at 2 p.m. The United States news is not of pot much importance, but our paper would have taken to Eng - cellency's discharge of those high functions, land not only the latest news from thence, but the Canadian by our gracious sovereign as her representative in the govern and new Brunswick news. (the regular mail from Canada meat of her North American dominions. having arrived this morning,) had there been the least item Possessing ourselves, beyond the common lot, the benefits of importance. Great Britain would thus have received the springing from the well-regulated state of our internal affairs, latest intelligence from all parts of the American continent, and the firm and cordial support afforded by all classes of the for almost the first time, by way of her own province of Nova community, to every measure calculated to maintain order Scotia. Upper Canada dates are to the 23d, Montreal and and to ensure the peace - and well-being of society ;we can Quebec to the 25th ult.—Boston dates to the afternoon of assure your excellency, that our anxious prayer and fullest the Ist August. sympathy for your success will attend all your endeavours to restore internal peace and union, and to establish a sound po- BOSTON, AUGUST I.—lt is stated that Capt. Talcott of the hey on the basis of well-digested constitutional rights in our U.S. Engineers, Prof. Renwied, of- Columbia College, and sister-colonies —the Canadas. Prof. Cleveland, of Ohio, have been appointed by the Presi- We regard the visit of your excellency to this province as dent, Commissioners for the exploration and survey of the a subject of just congratulation, as we feel confident that the North Eastern Boundary, under the late act of Congress extensive resourses of a province so rapidly developing them appropriating 25,000 dollars for the purpose. The selection selves and so capable of being rendered of increased impor is certainly a good one. tance to the parent state, wilt not escape the observation of It is estimated by the Connecticut Courant, that upwards of your excellency, nor fail to excite a deep interest in our seventy factories have ceased operations in New England, welfare. and that at least one fourth of the population of the United To which the governor-in-chief made the following reply : States are now out of employment. Gentlemen, —l beg you to accept my warm acknowlegd- ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION. — We learn from the ments for your address. Philadelphia Inquirer, that a meeting wa s held in that city I have received very sincere satisfaction from my visit to on Tuesday, for the purpose of adopting primary measures this part of her majesty's dominions. The tranquillity which with reference to steam-ships between l'hiladelphia and Eu- prevails, the harmony existing among all branches of your rope. The Hon. James Harper, presided, and Frederick government, afford the best guarantee for the advancement Fraley, Esq. acted as Secretary. Fr ederick Fraley, John of this fine p rovince ; and it w.ll afford ins the greatest plea- Sharp, Townsend, Sharpless, Samuel V. Merrick, and Dr. sure to co-operate with your lieut.-governor in all measures James M‘Henry were appointed a committee to devise the which may lead to its increased prosperity. best mode of organising a company for the purpose of carry ing the laudable enterprise into effect. They are to report at The first result of the visit of his excellency the governor an adjourned meeting of which due notice will be given.— general to the shores of New Brunswick has, we understand, Boston Times. been made pnblic in his engagement to forward the great oh " OLD REED," for thirty years police-officer in Boston, ject of having complete surveys made of the various routes died on Wednesday night, at the age of 72 by his compute- for a canal to connect the waters of the St. Lawrence with tion, and 82 by that of others. those of the Bay of Fundy, his excellency having stated to FANNY Er.ssLEß.—This danseuse is now at the Holiday- our worthy lieut.-governor that Canada will be ready in the street Theatre, in Baltimore. She made her first appearance spring, by which the survey can be begun, to grant £lOOO in on Tuesday night, and drew an immense house. Last night aid of the New Brunswick grant towards the expense ; and she performed again, and every nook and corner of the theatre that he will do all in his power to carry out the views of the was crowded. There appears to have been a " generous merchants of St. John on the subjects of rates of postage and emulation" all over the country to prevent New York from a daily mail to Halifax. These are proceedings worthy of carrying away the palm in devotion to heels. the talents and station of his excellency, and will deservedly NEW YORK MARKETS, July 29.—Coal.—Sales have been add 'to his fame, and they are doubly gratifying by being so made of 100 tons Liverpool at 8 dols.; and 291 do. Cannel, pion - ptly done. 8 dohs. 50c., both 1 mos. Two small cargoes Sidney remain At Halifax the governor-general was well received. He afloat unsold. was addressed by the representatives of the presbyterian Flour and Meal.—The receipts from the interior continue synod in connexion with the church of Scotland, and attended moderate, and holders of parcels in good order demand for- a public ball. mer rates, but for some not in good condition a reduction has been submitted to ; 500 bbls. Genesee, of a good common brand, in handsome order, was taken yesterday, for export to England, at 5 dols. cash. For Southern there has been but little en q uiry for a few days past, and we have only to notice sales of Georgetown, of which the stock is principally composed, in lots, at 5 dots. 25c. Southern Rye Flour is steady, at the advance before noticed. Corn Meal, in bar rels, is scarce, and holders now generally demand 3 dols. Grain.—There have been no further receipts of new Wheat, and there is little or no old in the market; we have heard of no sales. Northern Rye comes in very sparingly, and is readily taken for distilling at 57 to 58 cents, delivered. Oats remain without change. Southern Corn continues scarce—short of demand ; the last sale was at 58 cents, weight. Northern and Jersey may be quoted nominally at 57 to 59 cents. NEW YORK MONEY M RKET, July 30.—The market dis plays nearly the same features to-day as for the last week. the street is full of tumours affecting the standing of many banks and associations. Money is plenty for good securi ties, and produce is plenty. There is no demand for specie, while there is a total absence of all enterprise. The prevail ing character of the money market is a growing want of con fidence in the existing banking institutions, and nothing can prevent a complete panic in corporate securities hut some de cisive measure on the part of the United States Bank, either to resume specie payments, or to satisfy the public by a de tailed report of its condition, that it has the means of paying its debts. At the board this morning, United States Bank stock closed at a decline of . 1 4 - per cent from the close of yes. terday morning; Harlem Railroad declined 1 per cent; New Jersey Railroad 1 per cent ; Delaware and Hudson per cent ; North American Trust and Banking Co. improved 1 per cent ; Stonington declined 1 per cent. The United States Bank is concentrating its specie in Philadelphia from all points ; amounts have recently arrived there from the south, and its specie in this city, to the amount of nearly 500,000 dollars, it 'is stated, has been transmitted to Philadelphia. TuE CORN CROPS.—The harvest on the west branch of the Susquehannah has nearly or quite closed, and is one of the richest with which the labours of the farmer have been rewarded for many years. With the single exception of rye, there has been a most abundant crop, and of superior quality ; but what little rye was raised in the vicinity was somewhat touched with mildew. Lou isviLLE, July 25.—The river is at present falling slowly here. Boats of the very smallest class navigate to Pittsburg, 5i feet below the falls, and in the canal. Business continue dull; transactions are mostly confined to sugar, coffee, bagging snit rope. Very little bacon coming in at present ; the demand and supply limited. We hear of a small sale of Tenn. Cotton at Oen, rather dull, very little demand ; we quote Miss. at 7 and 8 cts. 100 bbls Flour sold at the river for 3 dol. 6, little in market—sales at retail 3 dol., 75 a 4 dol. Wheat at the mills 50 cents. Farmers are anxious to sell, but at advanced price. Corn at the river, 40 a 54c.-30 hhds. tobacco arrived and sold this week at 5 dol. to 6,30 dol. for No. 1-4 dol. to 5 dol. No. 2 ; 2 No. 3—in demand, and very little coming in. SAVANNA", July 25.—Our cotton market has been ex ceedingly dull all the week. The sales are 280 bales at 8 1a cts. There is a better supply of flour, and sales are confined to small parcels at previous prices. Howard st at 6a6+ dol., 100 half brig. Canal in pairs at 7:1-dol. Sales of 600 bushels of corn from ship board at 65 cents, and 100 bushels from store at 70a75 cents. MOBILE, July 21.—Since our notice of this day week, prices in cotton have ruled about uniform with our then quotations. Sales have fallen off to some 600 bales per week. We quote at 6% a 71 for interior and ordinary, to 9i, forlair. We quote western flour 5 dollars, 50 per bbl. CorroN.—Arrived since the 28th inst. 6004 hales ; making a reduction in stock of 5779 bnles, leaving on hand, inclusive of all on ship-board, not cleared on the 21st instant, a stock tisfaction with the dominant party in the provincial assembly. They seem to think that they have been too free in dividing the "spoils" among themselves and their friends. But we are ill able to judge at this distance; we know that in all the colonies there are some whose zeal to serve the public is ex cessive, and many who are " looking out" for " the spoils." We hear that there are a great number of cases of typhus fever at the Marine-hospital. This fever is highly infectious, and often very fatal. Several cases have made their appear ance in town, and it behoves all the citizens to be particularly careful to watch over the cleanliness of their premises, and airing their apartments. We understand that a marble monument to the memory of the late Duke of Richmond, who died here while governor general, has been received, and will be erected immediately in the English cathedral of this city. MEXICO. By the brig Helen Maria, Captain Swetzee, 22 days from Tobasco, we have received intelligence that the central gene ral, Don Ygnacio, had taken possession of the principal fort at Tobasco, the remainder of the city is in possession of the federal general, Don Fernando Nicholas Maldonada. The fort and the frontier had declared in favour of the federalists and proceeded to Tobasco with a reinforcement of one hun dred men, and six pieces of cannon. Without any doubt the central general would have to give up the fort, &c. The com mandant of the frontier and fort, together with Don Arguy, the second governor of Tobasco, were taken prisoners on the frontier, and sent to Laguna. The Federal man-of-war was expected in the next day. The American brig Star, Mitchell, of North Yarmouth, was fired into by the central party at Tobasco, and had to drop down the river and wait till hostilities ceased. The country was in a very critical and unsettled state. Of 40,131 bates. The corn crop in Florida is very flattering. More atten tion has been paid by the farmers to the production of such articles of domestic consumption as can be raised on the plantations, by which they establish an independence of the cotton fluctuations. The slaves, in many instances, are fed and clothed entirely from the plantation, and the planter has very little to buy, and that little only what he cannot make or raise at home ; so that the necessity to sell his cotton is greatly reduced, and he can lay up his entire crop for one or two years, and dispose of it when prices suit him. A great freshet was produced at Washington on Thursday night July 23d, by a tremendously heavy rain. The streets were deluged, a considerable portion of Pennsylvaunia Avenue was overflowed, cellars filled, bridges swept away, &c. The damage done is estimated at 40,000 dollars. EMIGRATION.—The number of emigrants arrived at Que bec this season up to July 18, from Great Britain and Ireland is 17,592, being an increase of 12,358 in favour of 1840. BOUNDARY.—Captain Broughton, R. E. accompanied by Mr. Featherstonhaugh, Jun. and Mr. Russell, who came out in the Britannia, being appointed to continue the survey of of the disputed territory, have arrived at Fredericton. DINNER TO THE HONOURABLE SAMUEL CUNARD.— A public meeting of the citizens of Quebec, took place on the 20th ult. for the purpose of taking into consideration the most appropriate manner of testifying to the Hon. Samuel Cunard on his expected arrival in that city, the high sense they entertain of the benefits conferred on the British pos sessions of North America, by the introduction of steam navigation between Great Britain and her colonies, which has been carried into effect mainly through the spirited exer tions of that gentleman. A resolution was unanimously passed at the meeting, " That the l lon. Samuel Cunard be, on his arrival at Quebec, invited to a public dinner "—and some preparatory arrangements were 'immediately entered into. (From the Halifax Journal, August 3.) We hlve nothing later from England than received by the Britannia. Caors.—Accounts of the appearance of the crops in all parts of the province are highly pleasing, and there is every prospect of an abundant harvest. A great portion of the hay has been housed, in good order; and, uponthe whole, is a fair average crop. . Mr. Cunard has met with a most splendid reception in Boston. A public dinner has been given to him by the citi zens of that place, at which upwards of 2,000 persons were present ; he has also been waited upon by a committee of gentlemen, requesting his acceptance of a handsome piece of plate, as a future mark of the high opinion entertained of his enterprising and public spirit by the inhabitants of Boston. At a public meeting of the citizens of Quebec, it was re solved that a public dinner should be given to the Hon. S. Cunard, on his arrival at Quebec, as a mark of the sense en tertained of the gigantic undertaking, relative to steam packets, in which Mr. Cunard has embarked. Mr. Cunard was expected, it appears, to visit Quebec after the Boston le st v ities.—Nova Scotia. DEPARTURE OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. — On Tues day, his Excellency the Governor-general, accompanied 'by Sir Colin Campbell, their personal suites, and the staff offi cers of the garrison, paid a visit to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey, on board of his flag ship the Winchester—a salute was tired and the yards manned on the occasion. At two o'clock his Excellency landed at the Dock-yard, and drove to the Queen' s Wharf. His Excellency was received by a guard of honour, and embarked on board the Unicorn. After his Excellency had taken leave of Sir Colin Campbell, Sir Thops,Harvey, &c., the steamer got under weigh and pro ceeded to Queb ec . Hi s Excellency was repeatedly cheered by crowds of inhabitant s who had assembled on the wharves. • —Acadian Recorder. ST. JOAN, N. 8., .itTLY 29.—50 far, the weather hus been in every respect favourable for the farming interest, and throughout the province everything appears to present the prospect of abundance. LinNcu.—On Thursday last was launched from the ship yard of Messrs. W. and J. Olive, at Carleton, the splendid new ship Belmont, 9GB tons old, and 930 new measurement. She is iron kneed and most substantially constructed; and is, we are informed, one of the best vessels ever built in this province. The Belmont is owned by Messrs. S. Wiggins and Sons, and will be commanded by Capt. Amos Armstrong. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S RECEPT ION IN FREDERICTON. (From the Sentinel.) _ _ _ ST. JOHN, N. 8., JULY 58.--it being understood that the governor-general would visit Frederickton, a public meeting was held on Wednesday, and it was determined to make such arrangements for his reception as the limited notice would permit, and the capabilities of the community command. Accordingly the shops were closed at one o'clock on Thurs day, and about three o'clock the 36th regiment marched out of barracks, and lined the street from Regent-street to Go vernment-house, a guard of honour composed of the grena dier company of the 36th and the York Light Dragoons having been drawn up in that leading from the landing. About four o'clock the - New Brunswick made her appear ance, and in a few minutes the governor-in-chief and the lieutenant-,governo r entered one of Sir John's carriages, and proceeded to government-house. A temporary staircase had been erected at the wharf, orna mented with evergreens, and surmounted by a crown ; along the streets through which the cort6ge passed trees had been planted, flags bearing, various devices were also displayed, and salutes were fired by parties of artillery stationed at each termination of the line. The bells commenced ringing im mediately after the steamer hove in sight, and there was every demonstration of respect and welcome exhibited in all directions. Yesterday forenoon there was a levee at government-house, which was fully attended, and in the evening there was a ball in honour of his excellency's arrival. __. His excellency having - consented to receive immediately after the levee, the address of the magistrates and other inha bitants of Frederickton agreed to at a very respectable meet ing on Wednesday, the Hon. J. S . Saunders, Li eut.-Colonel Allen and Lieut.-Colonel Minch in, who had been appointed at the meeting to present the address, accompanied by most of the inhabitants, waited on his excellency at government house ; when the Hon. John S. Saunders read the following address : The b4sin64 In forcAgu 44-SPOALT4I I , rather dull duffing the Lit wbiat Fai yederday, and at 0 to bil4; on ER 7 per pent, premium. 'Thorp were not many sales this morn ing, and those that were rhOe were principally at 7 per eeut. On France bills have been sold at 5f.30 to 5f.274 ; Holland, aerleiLLU./ Lulu •6. • ........„, We, the magistrates and other inhabitants of Fredericton, I 393 ; Hamburgh, 35k; and Bremen 77. take this occasion of your excelle nc y 's visit to the,province, I There were no sales of southern exchange at the board to express the high sense we ente rtain of the enlightened day. We quote on Philadelphia at 961 to 97, and on Balti '^v and distinguished abi lity which characterised I your ex- more at 97. rporation bonds found purchasers at the board to-day at half per cent above par. The British Queen, which takes her departure for London this day, carries out 133 passengers. Among the articles of her freight is a quantity of flour. We understand that she carries out no specie, but that state bonds to some amount are transmitted by her. The Courier states that the Havre packet has on board 50,000 Mexican dollars, and 25,000 dollars in doubloons.• RIO JANEIRO AND BUENOS, AYRES.• Advices from Rio Janeiro to the Gth of June, from Buenos Ayres to the 20th of May, and from Monte Video to the 4th of June, have been received. • At Rio the ex-Minister of Fi nance had in his budget reported that there will be required for the public service 20,564,609 its. 934 dollars, and the re venue is estimated at 14,352,000 Rs. 800 dollars ; deficit, 6,212,609 Rs. 934 dollars. This deficit, it is supposed, can be reduced to about £700,000, by assuming the customary increase of the revenue. The deficit is attributable to the extraordinary expenses of the government, from the revolted state of some of the provinces, and no reduction of expendi ture can be expected, on account of the necessity for keeping up a military and naval force, and the increase of the expenses nf the rovernmetit. The total national debt of Brazil is nearly zio,uou,ouu. in uie r • to take into consideration a proposition to repeal the law for the abolition of the slave-trade was rejected. The accounts from Buenos Ayres state that the blockade -- "'' ,l - A despatch from Colonel Compos to Gene °-4 'it ' I qtate ral Echague, dated Victor:at, ith of may, states that on the previous day he gained a victory over 250 of General Lavalle's invading army, killing 80, including three officers, and taking four prisoners. The defeated fprce was commanded by San tiago Orono. The exchange of ratifications of the treaty between Eng land and the Argentine Confederation, for the abolition of the slave:trade, took place at Buenos Ayres, May 16th. The National of the 23d cf May has the following post script : .s DECLARATION OF WAR, IIY THE PROVINCE OF TUCUMAN AGAINST THE. TYRANT ROSAS. " We shall publish within two hours a supplement to the National, containing the official declaration of war by the government of Tucuman against the tyrant Rosas. The chiefs of the army of operation against this filthy assassin are Gene ral La Madrid and Colonels Ligones and Achr." POPULATION OF THE EUROPEAN STATES (From Chambers' Journal.) CANADA. (From the Quebec Gazette, July 22.) No result of geographical science is, in our opinion, more The steam-packet Unicorn, Captain Douglas, arrived last remarkable than the different amounts of population in coin night, at twelve o'clock, direct from Halifax, the 17th inst. parison with space, which are found in various countries. She was detained twenty-four hours in consequence of thick The British islands, with 91,000 square miles and an esti fog in the gut of Canso, being obliged to go round Cape mated population of 23,400,000, support 257 on every square North, where she encountered strong contrary winds, as well mile. Some of the other enlightened countries of Europe as the whale way up the Quebec. She leaves again for Hali- exhibit a rate somewhat similar. In France, it is 208 ;in fax on Friday morning, at nine o'clock, being engaged to be Holland, 262 ;in Germany, 193., Belgium, with its numer there on the 27th, for the governor-general. ous busy towns within a narrow space, rises considerably A succession of thunder-showers for several days preceding higher ; the rate is there 453. Switzerland, containing much Sunday evening, has given a watering to the ground and cooled mountainous ground, but a very industrious people, gives the air. On Sunday forenoon the thermometer was between 177. Italy, with a fruitful soil, and many populous cities, 80 and 90 degrees ;on Monday it was at 45 degrees ; and on supports 249 per square mile. On the other hand, Spain, Tuesday it had not risen to 70 degrees. The reports of the with its numerous sierras and its little industry, gives only crops from all parts of the district are favourable. 101; Portugal, 121; Sweden and Norway, with vast alpine We observe some improvement in the celerity of the land wildernesses, have only 17. Russia, full of desolate plains, mails from Halifax. It appears that by the contract for the and with an enslaved populace, gives 35. Turkey, where conveyance of the steam-boat mail from Halifax to Pictou, there is equally little or less freedom, but more fertility, ex in seventeen hours, so that allowing two days and a half from hibits 63. Prussia and Austria, again, are at such a medium Pictou to Quebec, by steam, we shall have the mails from as might be expected from their soil and climate and their Halifax in a time not exceeding three days and a half, and we political institutions, being in the one case 155, and in the trust in fifteen or sixteen days from England. Since the other 165. introduction of steam-packets, our intelligence has generally Europe contains in all 2,812,532 square miles, and required about twenty days to reach Quebec via New York. 230,672,000 people, which gives an average of 32 to the Several of the New Brunswick papers are expressing dissa- square mile. Now, when we consider that some parts , in no way specially favourei_ chiefly is depended on, contains so many as 208 to the square mile (France in this ease), we cannot well doubt that there would be room for many more people in Europe, supposing it were all brought up to the very moderate point in agriculture and manufacturing and commercial activity, which France has already attained, If we go on to snppose a general im provement in agriculture, such as has taken place in Great Britain, a still farther increase to an almost incalculable amount might be admitted of. For four millions of quarters of wheat grown at the beginning of the reign of Geo. 111., England now raises 12 millions, or thrice the former quantity. By a single improvement, the introduction of bone manure, some lands have of late years been producing five times their former crops of turnips. Tile draining is making one piece of land worth what two once were, all over the island. Of course, there is nothing to prevent other countries from following similar plans in tillage and husbandry, and thus becoming capable of supporting an immensely larger number of people, or of exporting food to other countries in exchange for useful articles. Bat even Britain is by no means come to an ulti matum in agricultural improvement. In England there are eight millions of acres of waste land ; in Ireland there are five millions ; all of which might be improved and made productive, if the right methods were taken. Here there is evidently room for a vast increase. The late Sir John Sin clair was of opinion that Great Britain and Ireland could of themselves produce food for a hundred millions of people, or four times the present numbers, if the soil were turned to such advantage as even the present state of science admits of. We have not the least doubt, when we contrast the bulk of the country with such pattern spots as Haddingtonshire, and consider the land which is entirely waste, that Sir John's calculation is not beyond the mark, laying aside all conside ration of what further capabilities may be discovered here after by science, and realised by enterprise, skill, and capi tal. This would give us a population of one thousand to the square mile. Now, the one-half of Europe, being equally or more favoured by nature than Britain, must be capable of supporting a population of that amount also, or, in all rather more than 1,400,000,000. Take the remainder at only one third of the same rate, and we have as many more as makes up the full amount to 1,868,755,000, or upwards of seven times more than the _present amount. No doubt, many fa vourable circumstances must be supposed before we can expect such a result. War must cease; the minds of the nations must be enlightened, and, as a consequence of the latter circumstance, political regulations must be based, not upon narrow and false views of .the interests of nations or of sections, but on principles of un'versal justice, and with a regard to the good of the whole. These are results which cannot be expected soon, but which must iq time be realised, for, notwithstanding occasional oscillations, there is a ten dency, and a constantly increasing tendency, towards them. STATE OF TRADE LEEDS.—The recent fine weather has greatly improved the tone of our commercial men, and an increasing confidence seems to pervade the markets. Considerable sales have been effected at both the markets since our last, at firm prices, and as the stocks of balked goods are low, we hope soon to see the country clothiers, now that they have secured their hay in good condition, as busily employed as ever. The principal part of the demand is for domestic consumption. HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET HALL.—On Monday last, there was a greater number of buyers at the market than for some time past, and the business done was more extensive. On Thursday last, the buyers were not so numerous, not withstanding which, the demand for blankets is increasing, and prices looking up. YORK WOOL MARKET, AUG. 13.—We have had a limited supply of wool to this day's market, which has been sold at no quotable variation in price from our last week's report, viz .—Very superior good bred hog, 12/d. to 13d. per lb.; very superior good hog and ewe, 11/ to 121 d per lb.; very superior good, all ewe, 9d to 10/d; locks and cots, 6d to 8d •, moor wool, 6d to find. BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—We are glad in being able to announce that. the linen trade of this place has experienced within the last few days a slight improvement.—Leeds Intel ligencer. LANCASHIRE.—The woollen trade, at Saddleworth has improved during the past month, yet the operatives at pre sent have not nearly full employment. The hatting trade at Oldham, Denton, &c. is rather dull, and last week the body makers had their wages reduced ten per cent. Several meet ings of the body makers, have been held, but no turn-out has has yet taken place. The woollen trade at Bury is as good as can be expected; the operatives, both in the cotton and woollen mails have generally full employment, but the mechanics have not more than four or five days per week, and many are out of employment, whilst the house-carpenters and masons are only partially employed. The cotton trade at Stockport remains in an unsettled state ; a reduction in wages amongst factory operatives is become general ; and in consequence of the late turn-outs, a great number of persons have been entirely put out of work. The cotton hand-loom weaving at Bolton is a little better than it was four weeks ago, but wages are unnsually low; and hands are by no means fully employed. Mechanics and other tradesmen are dull. The gingham trade in the neighbouring towns around Man chester is much worse than it was six weeks ago. The silk trade is not so brisk as it was, but that business is better than most of the trades in Lancashire. Calico block-printing is not considered brisk, but it is as good as can be expected ; at some few places the operatives have full work, whilst at others they . have only four and five days work per week. Machine printers have more work than those employed in block printing. The mechanics in every town are slack . , and his calculated that on an average upwards of one-third of the mechanics and machine makers in the neighbouring towns of Manchester are without work. Wages at most of the towns have lately been reduced upwards of twenty per cent. The market fo: metals continues with limited transactions but the value of spelter is supported at £2l. Ils. per ton, de livered on the spot. English lead is in better demand, and the prices appear to be rather advancing, in consequence of the shortness of the supplies. East India tin is tending to lower rates, as (If 1236 slabs of straits, offered by auction on Friday, the whole were bought in at 735. per cwt. British iron continues to accumulate in stock, but nominally the rates are not lower than at the time of our last report. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES. — The silk glove workmen have been a month upon strike on Monday. The turn-out hands have rather increased in number, the dispute being closely contested ; the number of hands at work and partly at work are computed at 1400, of which about 130 have turned out; the workmen hitherto have been paid nearly as much as they could earn. The silk warp blond hands are still all out. A very violent dispute has taken place at Snein ton, in the bobbin lace trade, in which the turn-outs pro ceeded to intimidate ; the consequence was, three of the par ties were convicted before the county magistrates, and were sentenced to three months imprisonment.—NO ?ling hant Journal. A WHIRLWIND.—A singular occurrence took place on Friday afte rnoon l ast at Uffculme, in this county. A field of wheat of between six or seven acres in extent, had been cut and set up in stacks, when suddenly a violent gust of wind demolished nearly every one of the stacks, and carried one of the sheaves to a height of several hundred feet in the air. What makes the matter the more remarkable, is, that one part of the field was not in the least affected by it, while in every other part it carried everything before it, tearing the branches from the treei. and carrying them a considerable distance into the air. Within a short distance from the spot the weather was perfectly calm, but at Sandford, about four miles distant, there was a thunder -storm and a heavy fall of rain, which lasted for two hours without intermission. — Western Luminary. T t ß h l e T Esuß sustenance —As every dis- E pr a o s da A c N e D fo Nk r s A P its ER Cropß E READERS does it furnish its supply of intelligence for tri N ct E y W ie s ld P e t tance of life, so and in either case the quantity and quality may v newspapers ; accord. ing to the season. There are some people, y ho a w rY seem to think that " news is to be had everywhere," ye a r n , d who ex pect that we shall never fail in supplyin them with a certain quantity every week. Indeed, the difficulty is in makin g them understand the di fference between public intelli g ence and private gossip. The former may be useful and interest ing—the latter. senseless, mischievous, libellous, and disgrace. ful to the character of a respectable newspaper. It is our business to draw the distinction. There are readers who assume the right to dictate and criticise — a right to which they deem themselves entitled in return for the extravagant outlay of 43 per week ! Founded on the presumption of this Purchased right, applications are frequently made to us in the following style :—" Sir, Incert the foll owin g in your next News • papei, of whiclLl am a Subscriber and Constant Read. er. " Tv • aruuck Advertiser. CAMPEACHY The schooner Patriot, which arrived at New Orleans on the 15th July, brings later accounts f ont Campeachy, whence she sailed on the Bth. That port is now in possession (tithe federalists, and has been since the'l6th of June last. On that day the garrison of Campeachy, to the number of two hundred men, surrendered. The terms of capitulation were, that the prisoners should be permitted to carry away with them their arms and baggage. They were transported to Vera Cruz in five schooners belonging to the federalists, under convoy of a French corvette. On landing the troops, the agreement was that the federal schooners should be per mitted to return unmolested, and the French corvette at tended the squadron in order to enforce the fulfilment of the stipulation. The utmost quiet and good order reigned through out Yucatan. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH QUEEN Bythe arrival of the British Queen at Portsmouth, on Sa turday morning, we have received New York papers to the Ist instant, inclusive. The following are the most important extracts : _ _ (From the Commercial Journal of Aug. 1.) Orders to some extent were received from England for the shipment of flour by the arrival of the British Queen, and some 30.000 barrels have been shipped since that period from this port for that country. At first prices advanced 121 c. per bbl.. but recently the inquiry having fallen off, that advance could now with difficulty be obtained. From all accounts, the present harvest will prove as abundant as the last. The Cotton Market was without animation from the time of the arrival of the British Queen till a few days since, when an active demand arose, chiefly for shipment to England, with rather advancing prices. The exports of cotton to Europe since the Ist of October, 1839, amount to 1,731,605 bales against 1,074,138 last year, and 1,498,195 the year before. The yield of this important crop will probably prove this year as large, if not larger, than was that of the last. A brisk demand existed for exchange on England, on the 25th, at 1061 to 1071, when a packet sailed, by which large remittances were made. The demand has since diminished, and neither the steam-ship Britannia or British Queen will take put as many bills as was anticipated. The following are the rates of exchange as they closed to-day : Loudon Paris Amsterdam Hamburg Bremen 106-1 to 107 530 to 5261 391 to 391 35t to 354 77 to 774 We have an abundant supply of specie. The British Queen takes out none worth notice. The Havre packet has on board 50,000 in Mexican dollars, and 25,000 dols. in doubloons. A demand for Boston has lately existed, supposed to be intended for shipment to China. (From the New York Herald.) The news the Queen carries out is rather of an interesting character. In political matters, the Whigs appear to be triumphant nearly all over the country. The result of the Louisiana election is a premonitory symptom of Mr. Van Buren's political death. In short, he may be considered as dead and buried; and it is safe for our friends in England to bet heavy on that. Older heads than ours, and more refined ones too, say that he has not even the smallest or most indif ferent smell for the next Presidency. _ . . This prospect a-head enables the Whigs to keep up their spirits, and to indulge in their desire for travelling over the country. All the fashionable watering-places are full of company ; the White Sulphur and Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls, New Brighton, Rockaway, and a dozen other delight ful places are alive with beauty, fashion, and talent. British officers are running all over the country after our pretty girls. And if any tradesman sends his clerk to collect a bill in the city, the answer is, " Call again in a fortnight ; Mr. and Mrs. are gone to the springs." SO much for politics and fashion. In theatricals we are doing but little. The gardens, the vaudevilles and Fanny Elssler have crowds of admirers. The rest—none. In lite rature the Harpers,. Appleton, and Carey and Hart, are all doing all that is to be done. - ln science we are excelling Daguerre in the daguereotype, and Jacobi in the electrotype. In Swartwouting and defaulting, we are doing a decent busi ness; and in petty roguery nothing very extensive. A few banks are expected to burst before the hot weather ceases ; and sundry cashiers to melt into air, thin air, and disappear. In commercial matters there is much stagnation. The. Pearl-street jobbers are doing nothing, The stock of cotton is small, under 14,000 bales, and will probably be reduced to 1000 ,bales before the new crop comes in. Prices are firm, with a slight advance since the sailing of the Western. It is believed that the southern planters will be out of debt before the next cotton crop comes in. The coming crop will be quite large. The corn crop will be 10 per cent. larger than last year, and prices have advanced an average of 35 cents a ba rre l i n 14 markets since the Queen iey i a a rr t i h v e ed ia . ter T io h r e . supply in the city is small, hut there is p two more are preparing, In ship building we are going ahead. Two government the • and one for the Russian finished; government, al about size of the Great Western. In steam-frigates are near ly this city we have six merchant ship s on Jau n t c h h e e d s t a o c ks, two of smalln. 1300 steatmonesrs;theWiaergheaszveinjtuhset called the Troy, the longest in the country, and a steam-boat h a promenade of 250 feet. So world, bei ng 294 feet long, with merchant and ship much for s hip b u ilding, in which w t. e Muscatexcelth h e aa w world. The The armed ship of the Sultan o refitted at an exp ense o f 20 , 000 d o ll ars , and the people have footed the bill. The North E ast B oun d ary i s a bout to be surveyed by com petent American s directly, and Uncle Sam pays 2,000 dollars to hav e it d one thoroughly. After this John Bull must do the handsome thing, or take the consequences. Canada is tolerably quiescent. Governor Thompson gets along pretty well with the disaffected ; but there is a heavy storm brewing ahead. In texas they are giving themselves up to carousing and feasting, but they do not, like Belshazzar, see any hand writing on the wall. Mexico is torn to pieces, and the liberal party is decidedly in the ascendant ; they are in possession of the whole pro vince of Yucatan. The Philadelphians are still talking about a line of steam packets to England. In this city we are dull and stupid enough at present. The principal features afloat are mad dogs, dirty streets, hard cider, and hot nights, and the thermometer at 92 in the shade. Can John Bull beat this? MONEY MARKET C OMMERC IAL '. RECORD , A fair August 4. - - - -There was a amount of busine§l, at the board this morning, and l a t ransac tions took place in United States Bank, North American Trust Company, and Delaware and Hudson Stock. The first-named closed at an improvement of two, the second of 1, and the third of a per cent. since yesterday. Since the adjournment of the board we understand that sales of United States Bank stock have been made in Wall street at 2 per cent. advance on our final quotations. wINTERBC6TONIfS I)ANNAMPI has ever occurred in the town of Steel 't which has csige4 so great a sensation as the insolvency of this un fortunate gentleman, and his disappearance from the'place under !circumstances and charges of so giave and appalling 'a description. It is by no means our intention on the present occasion to enter into any formal or laboured defence of ATV.. Winter bottom's conduct, especially before the real circumstances of the case have had leisure to transpire. What wee propose to ourselves, is merely to suggest .a few of those extenuating circumstances which may not be generally known, and of which it well becomes every one, conscious as he must be, of the frailties of our common nature, to allow him the full benefit in judging of his conduct. Mr. Winterbottorn's case is one amongst ten thousand proofs of the same kind, that " moral courage" is one of the rarest qualities with which any human being can be endowed. Ten thousand men may be found who will confront death and physical suffering, in their most appalling forms, for one who has the " moral courage" to avow in time the embarrassed state of his circumstances—to resign the luxuries and con veniences which custom has rendered necessary to him—and, what is infinitely more difficult, to descend 'voluntarily from that station in society in which he has been accustomed to move, and exchange, whilst it was in his power to enjoy them a little longer, the respect and smiles and blandish ments which are lavished upon the rich and prosperous, for the cold courtesies which await the acknowledged bankrupt. Considerations like._ these must have great weight in every country under heaveli ; but in th 4 great, rich, and commer cial community, where wealth is literally everything, they become almost irresistible. We believe, in our hearts, that this has been the cause which has reduced Mr. Winterbottom to his present most unfortunate situation. This has been the true reason of his most equivocal uctiods—even until it comes to those in which if we are to believe the current reports, misfortune has deepened into crime. In addition to these circumstances Mr. Winterbottom has suffered severely in his pecuniary re sources by the political aspect of the times. We have not the remotest intention, on\the present occasion, to touch the angry subject of party-politics ; but it cannot be denied that Mr. Winterbottom was an ardent admirer of the constitu tion of his country, both in church and state, and, in com mon with every person so situate d, has suffered deeply for his conscientious attachment to his principles. In the short space of seven or eight years, he has been deprived of at least three official or public situations by the mere operation of political causes alone, and consequently has had to contend against aggravated burdens with diminished resources. It would be wholly unnecessary, so far at least as our Stockport friends and readers are concerned, to enlarge upon the excellent character which Mr. Winterbottom has hitherto borne amongst his townmen, both in his public and private capacity. Entering life with no advantages of birth or for tune, by the force of his own talents, industry, and persever ance alone, he had attained the situation of principal in the highly-respectable office in which he served his clerkship, whilst to his friends and fellow-townsmen he was endeared by his professional talents, his generosity, and social and oonvivial qualities. As a son, a brother, a parent, and a husband, his conduct has been most exemplary, and the poor and destitute have lost a friend to whose generosity they never appealed in vain. It is deeply to be regretted that Mr. Winterbottom did not make known the embarrassed state of his circumstances a year or two ago, as it is obvious from the deep symp:zthy expressed for him in all quarters, that almost unlimited in dulgence would have been allowed by his creditors ; and we know, from good authority, that he might have commanded the pecuniary resources of his friends to almost any extent that might have been necessary. We abstained last week from noticing any of the rumours afloat until they assumed some definite form, and we now approach the painful subject with the greatest reluctance. Sufferers though we are by his misfortunes to some extent, we acknowledge with pride and pleasure the many favours we have formerly received at his hands, and the extenuating circumstances with which his case is attended. Few men, probably, in the same situation, would have had the moral courage and resolution to have acted differently, erring and culpable as his conduct may have been. We attribute the moderate and subdued tone in which the newspaper press has spoken of his misfortunes to the general feeling of respect for his character. We hope we should be the last persons on earth to deny the merits of a political opponent, and we shall conclude by saying that if our con temporary in Bridge-street had always shown the same con sideration for the sacred claims of misfortune which they evinced last week, much of the angry recrimination which has passed between us on some former occasions, might have been avoided.—Stockport Advertiser. (From the Stockport Chronicle.) Some years ago the late John Isherwood, Esq. of Marple, towards whom Mr. Winterbottom acted in the capacity of agent, effected a policy of insurance on his life, to the amount of £B,OOO, in two companies, £3,000 in the Royal Exchange and £5,000 in the Pelican, both London offices, but having agencies, the former in this town, the latter in Manchester. The amount so insured. Mr. Isherwood made payable to his daughters, after his death, from the time of which event some twelve months and upwards have now elapsed. About Febru ary last, Mr. Winterbottom, under pretence of instructions from head-quarters, made formal application to the officers of each company for the amount, which he received as here after mentioned, as the duly authorised agent of the parties. Ws needless to add, however, that not a farthing of this money was ever received by them, and that the whole turns out to be a complete instance of forgery. Indeed, it would appea that Mrs. Isherwood was altogether in ignorance of the imposition played upon her until very recently. The case brought by the Pelican assurance office is particularly striking, as evidencing the deep cunning used in the perpe tration of the fraud. In all cases of a like description it is customary for the claimant to draw upon the company for the amount at a certain date, the draft being accepted by them. In this case a bill of exchange for the £5,000, pay able at seven days sight, was drawn on the company by Mr. Winterbottom, and this document purported to bear endorse ment in the handwriting of Mrs. Isherwood, her two maiden daughters, and Mrs. Bellairs, all of which are very ingenious forgeries. The case of the Royal Exchange Co. is somewhat different. The agent drew out the usual draft, but subsequently at the request of Mr. Winterbottom, a receipt only was given by him for the amount of £3,000, as agent for the parties. The case then against him, in this instance, amounts not to forgery, but to fraud only ; it proves, at the same time how much influence he at one time posseseed, and how little he was thought capable of committing such an action. We un derstand that, on hearing Mr. Winterbottom had received the £BOOO. on her account, Mrs. Isherwood made personal application that it might he refunded, even so recently as Friday week, or two days before he decamped, when she was assured of its perfect safety, and that it would be placed to her credit with the bank without delay. On Saturday, the lady and her daughters attended before the mayor and other magistrates, at the residence of the Rev. Edward Hawell, Heaton Norris, when her deposition was taken, and upon that a warrant for the appreh ension of the defaulter was is sued. During this inquirY, the forged d ocumen t was pro duced by Mr. Tate, the agent for the Pelican Office at Man chester. Although the indorsements were executed with a good deal of nicety and correctness, still the ordinary hand writing of the forger was perceptible throughout the whole. Another instance of breach of trust, equally hard and unjus tifiable, is to be found in the case of Sir Salusbury Daven port, of Braman Hall, who is reported to be a loser of some £16,000. by the affair, Mr. Winterbottom was agent for Sir Sainsbury, and in the year 1829, he received £6OOO. to pay off the principal of a mortgage. on sonic property in the posses sion of the latter. Instead, however of compliance with this direction, the money was appropriated, and the interest has since been regularly paid. Sir Salusbury was in igno rance of this fresh act of duplicity until called on for the in terest one day last week. As his agent, Mr. Winterbottom had also very recently received £l,OOO from the directors of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, as com pensation for damage done by carrying their works through his (Sir Salusbury's) estate at Braman ; this, with the othei sum, is of course lost. A considerable amount had also beer received by Mr. Winterbottom as rent, making Sir Salus• bury's losses, in all, somewhere about what we have stated We might enter into numerous other cases of a similar de. scription, but that the detail would occupy too much o our space. We have one instance in which £B5O were placed in Mr. Winterbottom's hands for a few days, from the fear that the confiding party, who lives in the country, and had been attending a sale in town, might be robbed on his way home ;—this is of course gone. Indeed the num ber and amount of losses by private parties, public companies, road trusts, &c. &c., is almost incredible. Landlords and tenants are alike affected. Mr. Wiuterbottom's professional connections throughout this and the adjoining counties were of the very first order, and on the guarantee of his general respectability and previously unimpeachable cha racter, many parties made him the sole depository of their surplus funds, Hence the multitude of sufferers. On the whole, it must be clear, to all, from the facts that have now transpired, that Mr. Winterbottom must have been bad, in a commercial sense, for some years. By one stratagem and another, he bad been enabled to stave off the evil day from time to time ; but his difficulties becoming daily more complicated, he has at last been compelled to abdicate. On a rough calculation of the several sums he is known to have received during the last six months, it is now generally sup . posed that Mr. Winterbottom must have amassed a vast amount of money (it is reported £20,000), with which he has absconded. This supposition is interesting to all parties, and forms, as it we, e, a double object in his capture. Since writing the above, we have heard it stated, as a reason for Mr. Winterbottom's returning to Stockport, that, on his ar rival in Liverpool, lie discovered that he was recognized by the captain of the President, and therefore did not embark, but made his way out of that town as speedily as possible. There can be no doubt that he went from thence to London, although we observe it asserted by a Manchester contempo rary that he left in the Acadia steam-ship, for Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the following Tuesday. We do not, however, at tach any credit to this statement, as his appearance in Liver pool on the day named must have proved a certain means of detection.—[Later information induces us to believe that Mr. Winterbottom did proceed to London, as here stated. — Ed. Guard.] THE WEATHER.-AND CROPS LONGTON.—Our Langton correspondent says—The late fine weather has stopped the mouths of the grumblers. All nature smiles, replete with promises of a most abundant harvest, and notwithstanding the selfish assertions of a cor respondent of yours, that the Deity need not to be reminded of our wants, we in this neighbourhood, both in public and in private, still continue to offer up our prayers and praises and thanksgivings to the. bountiful giter of all good gifts.— Preston Chronicle. LEEDS. — Though theweather during the past week has not been so sultry as it was in the previous week, it has been equally beneficial to the growing crops. On Wednesday and Thursday we had two smart thunder showers, which, of course, lowered the temperature of the atmosphere, but as they were succeeded by dry winds, they have been more ad vantageous than hurtful to the grain crops. During the week the corn harvest has very genera ly commenced throughout the county, and in the course of a fortnight, should the present weather continue, all the early grain will be housed. It is universally spoken of as being of excellent quality,—wheat, oats, and barley.—Leeds Intellivncer. BARNSLEY. — The wheat harvest in this neighbourhood has commenced in good earnest. The crops are fine and abun dant. The farmers say that they scarcely ever saw wheat stand so well ; there is rarely to be found a yard of wheat laid in the whole district. We had a rich shower on Wednesday, and again on Thursday, which has done considerable good to the turnip and seed crop.—lbid. On Saturday last, forty bushels of beautiful new oats were exposed for sale in Richmond market, which 'brought ss. a bushel.—lbid. Last week new oats were shown in Ripon market, and sold for 435. a quarter. The quality of this is generally excellent. —lbid. CIRENCESTER.—Some very fine samples of new barley were exhibited in our market on 'Monday ; it appeared to have been harvested in excellent condition. HORSHAM.—The harvest is proceeding very rapidly. Much wheat has been cut during the last week, and some has been carried in excellent order. The weather has, since the Ist of August, been most beautifully fine. There were a few samples of good winter oats in our market on Saturday last, and one or two of new wheat. Hay is fast rising in price.—Brighton Gazette. DUMFRIESSIIIRE.—We were shown yesterday a sheaf of oats from a three-acre enclosure of Provost Fraser's, at Douievale, the whole of which was cut on Thursday last. He has another park nearly for the sickle. Both of these varieties of the genus Arena were the produce of Siberia, and imported from Liverpool by Mr. Waugh, grain -dealer. The pickles are still soft, but are nearly quite ripe. The straw is lengthy and quite yellow•.— Dum,ries Courier. T( ATMORPliEftie MILWAN experinlents on the line of railroad which rigis from the liabridgerToad, near Shepherd's-bush, across Wormwood S4itbs, to the line of the Great Western Railroad, and on which carriages are propelled by means of the atmosphere forcing its way into an exhausted tube or pipe laid down be tween the rails, on the principle for which Messrs. Clegg and Samuda have obtained patents, have attracted considerable attention. The experiments were a few days ago attended by the Government commissioners, Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow, who examined every part with the most tninut attention, and witnessed the transit of the carriage along the line. Several of the most eminent engineers and practical men were also present, and expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the results. The carriages travel at the rate of 30 miles an hour, apparently by magic. Those who have been accustomed to see the cumbrous locomotive engines roaring and smoking along the lines of railroad will be astonished to see a train moving with the rapidity of 30 miles au hour, without any perceptible power to put it in mo tion, and it is difficult to persuade many persons of the fact that trains can be impelled by means so simple as those em ployed. The invention is not a recent novelty in the history of practical philosophy, but the manner in which it has been made subservient to the purpose of railroad conveyance is entirely the contrivance of the above-mentibned patentees. In the year 1810 Mr. Medhurst put forth a proposition for constructing a tunnel from one end of a railroad to another through which a carriage or carriages were to be propelled by means of a current of air generated by powerful air-pumps worked by steam-engines, and in 1817 a Mr. Lewis proposed a method upon a similar principle for conveying letters through a tube from London to Windsor in the space of a minute, and subsequently a Mr. Valiance proposed to convey a carriage throligh a tube, the carriage to be attached to a piston, upon which the influence of the exhaustion or rush of the atmosphere into vacuum was to act. Mr. Valiance had an interview with the Duke of Sussex on the subject, but the business of course came to nothing ; his plan was little more than what the plans of Mr. Medhurst and Mr. Lewis had before suggested, but which in practice were not feasible. It was obvious that the propelling power must be confined in a tube or pipe, along which a piston must be propelled by means of exhaustion or pressure of air, and that this piston must be connected with the carriages by means of rods or bars of iron coming through some aperture in the pipe or tube, so that when the piston was forced along the inside of the tube, it should draw the carriage or carriages which were outside the tube along with it. But then arose the difficulty of contriving such an aperture for the transit of the connect ing rods or bars, as should not destroy the vacuum within the tube, by affording an opening for the rushing in of the external air, in such places and in such manner as to destroy the whole principle and power of the vacuum. A Mr. Pin kus thought he had effected this object. His method is said to have consisted in a pipe 40 inches in diameter, with a slit or groove in the upper surface. The groove was to be 04140 by laying a rope in it ; a piston was to move in the tube to which thd rods or bars connecting it with' the carnage were attached. Wheels were attached to the bar or rod, which lifted up the rope as the piston passed beneath it ; and then came another wheel behind th 3 bar or rod, which forced down the rope into its former place, after the passage of the bar had taken place. The defect here seems to have been that the rope could not be sufficiently forced down, so as to make the aperture air-tight. It seems that it was reserved for Messrs. Clegg and Samuda to contrive the effectual me thod of closing the aperture so as to make it airtight after the passage of the connecting rods, and thus render the ap plication of the vacuum principle of practical utility to rail road conveyance. Their contrivance is this :—A pipe of nine inches is used for the transit of the piston ; along the top of it is an aperture. To close the aperture there is a strip of leather, strengthened by plates of iron, fixed like a lid, by being attached on one side to the pipe, while the other side falls into a groove tilled with a composition of oil and wax. Wheels are attached for opening and closing the valve, and, what is completely a new feature, a. heated upper rod passes over the composition after the valve, has been closed, melts the composition, soldering down the edge of the valve or lid to the groove, and sealing the tube. It will be seen from this description that the desideratum so long sought in vain, viz., the connecting the piston in the tube with the carriages above it in such a manner as to prevent the vacuum in the tube from being destroyed by the rush of external air, has been accomplished ; and it will repay the trouble of any per son interested in railroad conveyance to go to Wormwood Scrubs, and witness the facility with which, by the applica tion of the principle of a vacuum, the most heavy carriages are forced along. The method is an enormous saving of ex penSe in railroad engineering, an increased speed is attained, and a variety of accidents avoided. The invention, like all others, will meet with opposition, and will have to contend with the prejudices and interests of a host of persons, but that it must ultimately, and at no very great distance of time, come into general operation, there can be little reason to doubt. —Times of Friday. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVERS MERSEY AND IRWELL. We mentioned, some months ago, the intention of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company to deepen the bed of the river, between the Victoria and the New Bailey bridges, so as to extend the navigation of the river to the pool above the former bridge, and thereby fulfil the Rowers with which the company were invested by their original act, which authorised them to make the river navigable as far as the mouth of the river Irk. This intention the company are now carryi4 into effect, and a number of men are busily engaged in deepening the bed of the river between the two bridges above mentioned, and, by throwing up the gravel to wards.each side, harrowing the channel as to preserve it here after of the depth requisite for the purposes of navigation. a this work about i 0 men are employed, and their opera - - - tions were commenced on the Ist instant. Their work, it is expected, will probably occupy about six weeks ;. and, when it is sufficiently advanced, it is probable that the Old Quay Company's dredge-boat may be brought into operation, so as to remove whatever may lodge in the bed of the river, and thus deepen it sufficiently to admit of its safe navigation up to Hunt's Bank, by the company's vessels, which have a draught of about five feet. The whole of the operations re quisite to complete this extension of the navigation, it is an ticipated, will be finished by about Christmas next. It is not, we believe, at present determined, whether to dredge out the river in the way just stated, or to proceed by deep ening the bridge pond, and then raising the weir at Throstle Nest, so as to impound the water at its present height oppo site the Collegiate Church. Part of the works will consist in the erection of a rubble wall, so as to confine the course of the river; but the water-way is not to be narrowed more than to the span of the Victoria Bridge. In reference to this 'art of the operations, a meeting of the owners of land on :he banks of the river was held at the Blaekfriars Inn, on Thursday, and an offer was made, on the part of the Old Quay Company, to the landowners individually, that, if the latter would erect a sufficiently strong breast-wall, the com- pany would allow towards it such sums as it would cost the company to erect a rubble wall for the several lengths in front of each landowner's property. This proposition was favourably received, and many of the landowners present seemed disposed to accept the company's offer. We under stand, that, by these works, several large plots of land will be gained from the river by different landowners. To carry out the object for which this improvement and extension of the navigation of the Irwell has been projected, we understand that the Old Quay Company intend to erect Warehouses on a plot of land belonging to them adjoining the Salford end of Victoria-bridge, on the south side of the street, opposite the Cloth-hall. the advantages of thus bringing the carriers' warehouses into the heart of the town, in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, must be obvious; while the extremity of these warehouses to the Corn Exchange, Hanging Ditch, will afford great facilities to buyers for ex amining the bulk of the grain they may purchase, without the difficulty or loss of time that would at present attend such inspection. , There are several other plots contiguous to the river, all well suited for the purposes of a vegetable market ; and we understand that the Salford police commis sioners are desirous to promote the establishment of a good market in that populous vicinity. And while such a market in that locality would be a public benefit, there is no doubt that the boats laden with potatoes would find it of no small advantage, as saving the cost of the cartage of potatoes and other vegetable produce through the town. Amongst other individual speculations in connection with these contemplated improvements, we have heard that Mr. Samuel Brooks in tends to establish a timber wharf and saw yard on the Salford shore of the river, opposite the mouth of the Irk, for the purposes of discharging and sawing timber. These improve ments will doubtless tend to relieve the many crowded streets, some of them narrow and inconvenient ones ; and altogether it promises to be of benefit to the public, while it cannot fail to be productive of profit to the large carrying company, which has projected it, and is now carrying it into effect. In no distant connection with this improvement, we may briefly notice another and more extensive one ; at present, we believe, under the consideration of the Old Quay Com pany. This is, by improving their navigation from this town to Weston Point, a distance of 31 miles, making it shorter and more direct, and deepening the channel where necessary, to obtain the means of enabling vessels of considerably larger tonnage than those at present found here, to make their way up the Mersey to Warrington, and thence up the Mersey and the Irwell to this town. Indeed, it is stated, that by such improvements as have been suggested, it will be practicable to bring steam-vessels of about 400 tons up to Manchester ! The company, with a view to ascertaining how far'such an extensive improvement of the navigation between Liverpool and this town was practicable, have availed themselves of the professional abilities of Mr. H. R. Palmer, F.R.S., who has been engaged in surveying the rivers, and was re quested to report to the company on the measures requisite to carry out the contemplated improvement. We have seen the plan, not yet quite completed, which Mr. Palmer is pre paring to publish : and we understand that his report will appear in the course of the next month. Under these cir cumstances we shall not at present enter into any details. The plan is entitled, " Plan of the rivers Mersey and Irwell, between Weston Point and Manchester; showing the pro posedimprovements, by which it is designed to render them capable of passing sea-going vessels from Liverpool, through Warrington, to Manchester; by H. R. Palmer, F.R.S." One of the objects sought to be ended is the improveitnent of the navigation of the Mersey between Runcorn and War rington. This portion of the navigation is at present subject to continual neaps even for vessels drawing no more than five feet water ; and it is designed to obtain a sufficient depth in that length of the river, to have sufficient water, at all tides for vessels drawing fourteen or fifteen feet. Besides deepening the two rivers, wherever that, is necessary, the contemplated improvements a considerable saving of distance, —as much as four miles in the distance of 31 miles from Manchester to Weston Point. This will be accomplished by straight channels in various localities, 'where the aver is tortuous. The principal work will be the reducing the num ber of ponds in this length of the navigation from ten to four. The locks also af.e to be made capable of admitting vessels of the large tonnage before referred to. We understand that great interest is felt at Warrington in these contemplated improvements; and they will, doubtless, if carried into effect, be productive of great advantage to the trade of that town. For the above particulars, also, we have been indebted to Mr. I'. 0. Lingard ; and as the subject is one of considerable importance, especially in connection with that of inland bonding, we shall probably recur to it when the plan and the report of Mr. Palmer are published.—Manchester Guardian. Mr. J. H. Talbot. M.P. for Ross, has become a repealer • GIGANTIC SPECIMENS.—We have, in some of our late papers, had to notice several natural productions which have claimed, and properly too, to belong to the giant kind, and we are glad to see that our accounts of them have attracted attention, and excited very laudable spirit of emulation in different individuals to become candidates for the gratifying fame which is ever awarded to good Management. The reader shall now, then, receive the satisfaction which the f ol l owin g pleasing particulars' cannot fail to impart. As a specimen of Oats we have this week had sent to our office, one stalk which measures seven feet six inches in length, it was taken from a field of Mr. Thomas Beesley's, at Higher Bartel, Woodplumpton, and we are told the crop averages, in height, seven feet. Of pease, a stalk from the garden of Mr. John Hornby, innkeeper, Woodplumpton, four yards two inches in length, and the greater part of the crop averages four yards. Of Field Beans, a stalk taken from land adjoining Wood plumpton workhouse, seven feet eight inches long. Of Early Kidney Potatoes, got up from one root in the garden of Mr. Henry Eastham, picker maker, Woodplumpton, twenty one in number, and weighing six and a half pounds. And a Common Yellow Turnip, grown by Mr. James Walmsley, of Woodplumpton, which weighs nineteen pounds. The above then are our present week's gigantic specimens, and we shall he glad, if in our next; we may be enabled to describe others of still larger dimensions.—Preston EA Fir 4 INT.ELMGENCI The directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, have resolved to run third-class trains on their line. They will travel separate from the other classes, and at a slower rate. The fare will be fourteen shillings for the en- tire distance from London' to Birmingham. HULL AND LEEDS JUNCTION RAILWAY.—EXTRAORDI NARY PASSENGER TRAIN. — On Sunday morning last, a special train started from the Leeds station for Hull, com prising no less than 40 carriages, containing 1,250 passengers, chiefly workmen, we believe, who had embraced the opportu nity of inhaling, for a short time, a purer air than is to be found in " smoky Leeds." The arrival of so many respec tably dressed strangers amongst us all at once created no lit tle sensation in the town; and on the departure of the same train in the evening for Leeds, embracing.the same number of carriages, the Humber bank, and every'spot where a glimpse of the novel and really astonishing sight could be procured, were crowded with spectators. We understand, that during the day no less than 3,500 persons passed through our depot in entering or departing from the town.—Hull Observer. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY AND MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAYS. — Our readers are aware, that, for some time past, a competition has existed between these two railways for the conveyance of passengers between Derby and London. In this competition, however, it appears that the Birmingham • and Derby Company complained of an agreement which the Midland Counties Company had made with the North Mid land Railway Company, under the terms of which the latter company were compelled to forward and book all the passen gers from any part of their line (wishing to go to London) by way of the Midland Counties Railway only, and were pro hibited from booking them by any other route. We have been informed, that in the bill which the Midland Counties Company have just passed through parliament, for increasing their capital and other purposes, a clause was inserted by the house of lords, at the instance of the Birmingham and Derby Railway Company, annulling the agreement above referred to, with a penalty of £5O per day on the Midland Counties Company if they should at any future time enter into or act upon any similar agreement with the North Midland Com pany, to the prejudice of the Birmingham and Derby Com pany. It appears also, that an application by the Midland Counties Company to the Court of Chancery, to prevent the Birmingham and Derby Company from lowering their usual fares from Derby to Hampton, has been refused with costs. 1 —Midland Counties Herald. TRIAL OF GEACH FOR FORGERY CROWN COURT—Before Mr. Baron Parke. • MONMOUTII, FRIDAY, AU G.' 14.—The trial of Thomas Foster Geach, the step-son of John Frost, upon various charges of forgery, having been specially fixed for this morn ing, the court was crowded at an early hour. The prisoner was charged with having, on the 29th of July, 1837; feloniously forged a certain bill of. exchange, drawn by himself upon one Edmund Williamszkitirportiug to be ac cepted by the said Edmund Williams, and endorsed by the prisoner to MesSrs. William Williams and Co., bankers, at ' Newport, with intent to defraud the said Messrs. William Williams, and Co. There were other counts for uttering the said bill of exchange, others for forging the acceptance only, and others laying the intent to defraud Edmund "Williams. Mr. R. V. Richards, Mr. Charles Phillips, and Mr. W. J. Alexander appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sergeant Ludlow and Mr. Sergeant Tal fourd. The charges were fully substantiated by the evidence which was brought forward, and the jury after an hour's de liberation, brought in a verdict of Guilty. Sentence was deferred. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15.—This morning at nine o'clock, Mr. Geach was brought up to receive sentence, previously to which he addressed the court in mitigation of punish ment. Mr. Baron PARKE said that it was with great pain he passed sentence in this case. But for the recommendation of the jury, in which his lordship's judgment could not con cur, he should have felt it his duty to pass the severest sen tence of the law,.but he should allow some weight to that recommendation. It was necessary, however, to pass such a sentence as should read a lesson to persons similarly situate, and as far as possible deter from the commission of a crime which it is to be feared is but too common (and increasingly so) among persons connected with mercantile affairs, when in desperate circumstances. For the first offence, therefore, the prisoner was sentenced to transportation for 20 years ; upon the second indictment it was 'not necessary to pass any sentence. _ . —..—..—. The prisoner, whose firmness had never forsaken him throughout the whole of the proceedings, was then removed. In the course of the morning he was again placed at the bar, and his lordship said, that, it having been intimated to him, on behalf of the prosecution, that some statement had been made (whether truly or not he did not know) that one of the jurymen in the first case had not been sworn, he should,.to avoid any question arising upon the point, direct the sentence to be recorded upon the second indictment. THE GREEK . MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER DISTURBANCE AT PERA (Further particulars from the Lelpsic Allgemeine Gazette) CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 22.—Within this week past the whole of the Greek Rayas have been plunged into dreadful, indeed indescribable, distress, and every heart has been deeply moved. Early in the morning of the 13th of July a Greek woman with her daughter, a beautiful child only eight years old, went to fetch water from the well's at Bulanca, a village near the Seven Towers. While conversing with a female friend, her attention was withdrawn from her daughter, and when about to return home she found that her child had dis appeared. A Turkish woman, feeling for the distracted mo ther, told her that another female Turk had carried off her child, and that they were in Scutari. The mother instantly passed over in a boat, and proceeded to the house Which had been described to her, and there she found her child clothed in the Turkish costume, with her nails stained red. The mo ther claimed her child, and insisted on taking it with her, but the Turkish lady asserted that the girl was her own child, and with a bleeding heart, the poor Greek mother was obliged to depart. Following the advice of her friends, she repaired to Raouf Pasha, the Grand Vizier, and solicited his assist ance. He replied, in rather a surly manner, that she should have it, and that she must come to him again on Thursday, the Kith, when her 6ttild should be there. On the appointed Way, the Greek woman, accompanied by the priest, the judge, and several inhabitant of her village, repaired to the Porte, where she found the Grand Vizier, sur rounded by officers and servants. Meanwhile, Raoul Pasha had sent a Kavass-Baschi to Scutari to bring the child, who, however, had been previously worked upon by presents to le her to deny her mother. The Kavass-Baschi on Pt the way back applied the like inducements, but when brought before the Vizier, the force of nature prevailed. On seeing her parent, the infant ran to her, crying, " mother, mother, save me." The mother burst into tears, and held her child fast in a convulsive embrace. Raouf Pasha, reddening with rage, seized the infant by the hair of the head, while the attendants beat the mother severely with their fists. 'Having torn the child from the mother's arms, the Pasha gave it to another Baschi, who immediately disappeared with it. The priest and the other Greeks who were present could not restrain their indignation, and exclaimed, ' How ! you, the first minister of the state, who should set an example to others, do you dare to use the subjects of your soveieien in this manner? Is this the fulfil. ...le hopes wt..— people were lataly taught to place in you ? Are you making good the benevolent promises of the Sultan's Matti Scheriff, by which equal rights and equal protection with your own people were guaranteed to us ? Do the precepts of your heretical religion permit this injustice to be done?” On hearing the concluding reproach all the Karvasses and at tendants attacked the priest and the Greek villagers, bastina doed them in the most cruel manner, and sent them off to prison. The priest, however, availed himself of the confusion to slip out of the way, and succeeded in making his escape. The poor woman, dreadfully ill-treated and abused, was thrown in a state of insensibility into the street. As the priest could - ,,lowhere be found, the Greek Patriarch was summoned, and it was notified to him that he must answer on his life for the appearance of the offending ecclesiastic within eight days. Thus, up to the present time, the affair remains ; what has become of the child nobody knows. Every one is curious to know what course the rigid and just young Sultan will adopt with respect to this transaction, as the complaint was pre sented to him personally on his last visit to the Mosque. Every one, too, endeavours to account for the extraordinary and revolting conduct of the Grand Vizier, who was lately President of the High Court of Justice, and which is the more remarkable at the time when a new code declaring Turks .meat of t' and Ray as equal before the law has just been published as, for some years past, both here and in the provinces, many handsome Greek and Armenian girls, of from six to ten, have been stolen from their grieving parents, and as this virgin robbery is believed to be a new branch of industry, a specu lation, having for its object to get the children reared in secret by mercenary wretches until they are of age to be sold for the harems of the rich, the general opinion is, that Raouf Pasha had cast his eyes on this one child and given a com mission for stealing her. In consequence of the suppression of the pirate system of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, no booty of this kind can any longer be had, in the Mediter ranean, and as Greece, Georgia, and Circassia are withdrawn from the dominion of the Porte, it is found very difficult to procure a sufficient number of white slaves for the harem.— It appears, therefore, that child-stealing has been resorted to as the means of supplying the want so sensibly felt. This much, however, is certain, that before the downfall of Khosrew Pasha and the Russian influence, the Greeks would have been safe from such arbitrary proceedings as those to which they are now exposed. The fermentation among the already discontented Greeks is greatly augmented by this business. Another affair has occurred which may also have important results. Near the Artillery Barracks, beside the great ceme tery above Pera, there is a field of considerable extent cultivated by the soldiers. On Sundays and festival days, when great numbers of the inhabitants of Pera are walking about, sentinels are placed on the outskirts to prevent the . . . people _from treading on the parts of the ground which are planted. On the 19th of July a drunken Picdmontese thought fit to pay no regard to the order of exclusion. In vain was he admonished not to force his way over the line, and .the:,Sentinel was at. la 4 obliged to arrest him.— TWO - Oung French officers, jusf , lieturned from Persia, took upon themselves to oppose the sentinel, and, with the arrogance and levity common to their nation, insisted upon setting the Piedmontese free. Some soldiers came from a neighbouring post, and an affray quickly com menced. One of the Frenchmen disarmed the officer of the post, and blood was flowing on both sides, when a strong pat rol arrived, and the whole of the Franks on the spot, together' with some inhabitants of Pera, were arrested. So great was the rage of the soldiers, that on the prisoners being brought into the barracks, they gave them heavy blows with the but ends of their muskets, and then carried them before the Pasha of Topshana : in spite of all the reclamations of the French embassy, they had to pass that night in prison. In the morn ing the Seraskier consented to listen to their applications and set them at liberty. Though it was clearly proved that the French officers were in fault, and had insulted the sentinel, vet the embassy demands satisfaction and indemnification. We shall, therefore, in the course of a few days probably see officers and soldiers who have done their duty degraded and bastinadoed. The two inconsiderate fools, the French offi cers, make no claim for any sort of pecuniary compensa tion, but the Dragoman of the embassy, to whom the busi ness is referred, persuades them to the contrary. Indiffer ence does not suit his way of dealing, for he well knows that a considerable part of the sum will find its way to his purse, and so good a job does not come in his way every day. But how does all this accord with the boasting of the French, that they alone are civilizing the Turks, and creating for them an army which is to be feared and respected, since they are the very persons who constantly discourage them in the most mortifying manner, trampling on honour and duty —on every thing that ought to be held sacred by the soldier? HALF-PAST Six O'CLOCK 1N THE EVENING.—My let ler of this day's date is sent to the post-office, and I cannot recal it. I must therefore write a postscript on another sheet to tell you, that all the warehouses and shops of the Greeks (those who are subjects of King Otho) are closed by order of the government, and that it is notified to them that they must return to Greece within eight days, or become Rayas. There-is now nothing but confusion—women crying, men storming. The police has put seals on all the warehouses and workshops.. The unfortunate Greeks are now wandering in groups through the streets. It is a sad thing to see so much distress, so many eyes moistened with tears. Amidst general excitement, nobody knows to what cause so extraor dinary a re-action is to be attributed—whether to King Otho's rejection of the commercial treaty, or to the manifestation of sympathy by the Greek population in favour of the de posed Grand Vizier, Khosrew Pasha, arid Russia. God help these unfortunate beings, and preserve them from yet more horrible scenes of cruelty ! I tremble to find my forebodings ooner realised than I expected. IMEICELLANEOUS The next meeting of the Provincial Medical Association is fixed to be held at York. • ' boys at Eton are 590 in number, fifty more than last The meeting of the British Association of Science com mences at Glasgow on the 17th of next month. According to the census of New Orleans, there is not a married woinan in that city under thirty years of age ding June 30th, there were 192 fires in New York, involving a loss of 3,225,409 doll Mr. Vandenhoff and his daughter are playing at St. John's, New Brunswick. Fanny Elssler is gone to Washington. Ladies originally wore masks, as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol—a fact, perhaps, now first noticed: Prince Louis Napoleon is the son of Louis, the ex-King of Holland, and Hortense Beauharnois, daughter of the Em press Josephine, and was born in 1304. A native of Legbourne, Lincolnshire, who was transported to Botany Bay twenty-one years ago, returned home the other day a gentleman of fortune Mr. Yates, Mr. P. Bedford, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley have, during the present week, been amusing the Birming ham public with their original parts in " Jack Sheppard." GROUSE SIIOOTING.—We understand that on Wednesday the grouse on the Welsh moors were found tolerably abun dant, and strong on the wing. Good sport was enjoyed. Recent statistical calculations that have been published, show that American bank stock and canal and railway shares, to the extent of nearly 200,000,000 dollars, are held in Great Britain. Of the last five centuries, France has spent three hundred and twenty-Six years in foreign and domestic wars, and dur ing that perithl IS4 great battles have been fought. The motion for a communication to inquire into the pro priety of giving the Mayor of Lancaster a salary, has been negatived by a considerable proportionate majority in the town council There are 11 railways in Lancashire, eight of which are completed, and the whole of which form an extent of 1431 miles, and were executed at a cost of 43,604,000. Why is the penny postage stamp like an idle schoolboy ? D'ye give it up ?—Because he has to be lickt and put in a corner, to make him stick to his letters. Earl Grosvenor foregoes his usual grouse-shoot excursion to Scotland this year. and will try the Denbighshire hills, in the lordship of Bromfield and Yule, recently conferred by the Crown on his noble father. The electors of lierefor►lshire are about to call forward Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., M.P. for Sudbury, as a candidate for the representation of the county of Ilereford at the next election. As Mr, Chas. A. Harty, thi►d son of Ate late Sir-Robert W. Harty, Dublin, was cutting bread and butter the other day, the knife slipped, inflicting a wound that brought on lock-jaw, of shich he died on Monday. Two of the' children baptized by the Rev. Dr. Gordon, when officiating in the north of Scotland, in contempt of the interdict of the supreme court, were named Non-intrusion Rohm tsou, and Anti-Patronage M`Kay ! CRICKET.--SUSSEX V. ALL ENGLAND.—This match which commenced ou Monday, terminated on Tuesday in fa vour of All England by four wickets, after some of the finest play ever witnessed. Scott, the American diver, has repeated his performance of jumping from a height of 140 feet into the water from the Chain Pier, several times during the week. He continues to attract umnerous spectators.—Brighton Gazette. BIRNIINGRAM DISTRICT BANK.-At a meeting of the shareholders of the Town and District Bank, which was held on Tuesday last, we understand that a dividend of seven per cent. was declared.—Birmingham Advertiser. Among the causes to be tried at Warwick Assizes, is one, we understand, Muntz v. Sturge. being an action brought by the mayor to recover from Mr. Joseph Sturge his share of the expenses incurred by the erection of booths at the election for this borough.—Birmingham Advertiser. On Wednesday, as the Midland Counties railway train, from Leicester to Nottingham, was passing near Kedgeworth, a full-grown partride rose in the air, when, coining in contact with the chimney of the steam-engine, it fell dead into the tender From a published statement of the receipts and expenditure in connection with the turn-out of power-loom weavers, which lasted about five weeks, it appears that the total income was £2033 Os. 64d., of which £2032 l is. 41d. was expended in relief, leaving 38. It in hand.—Stockport Advertiser. *HARBOUR OF REFUGE.—Captain Bullock, R.N., who has been for some time employed in making a survey for a har bour of refuge in the small Downs, is now engaged in boring for the chalk on the. Goodwin, with a view to fix a means of saving the lives of shipwrecked sailors thrown on those dan gerous sands.—Preston Pilot. Rtsnoritsm.—During the late assizes, trials for ribbonism took place in the following counties :—Antrim, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Leitrim, Louth, Longford, Limerick, Monaghan, end Tyrone. Some idea may be formed of the extent of the ribbon conspiracy from the above enumeration. —Dublin Evening Packet KREOSOTE.—A fcw drops of Kreosote to as many gallons of ink will effectually prevent mouldiness. When added to whiskey, it gfves it the peat flavour ; and we may say that a large quantity of " genuine Ifollands," sold in London, is nothing more than gin, or cheap whiskey, with the addition of a little Kreosote. It appears from a parliamentary return that, since 1830, no less - than one hundred and ninety-two railway acts have passed through parliament, the amount of capital authorised to be raised by which was upwards of sixty-two millions sterling. WELSti HONESTY.—Mrs. Anne Williams, a grocer at Merthyr, Glamomanshire, died five or six years ago, owing £5OO debts inoye.t b han there wet..; assets to pay. Her daugh ters opened a public-house at Rumney ironworks, and have saved £lOOO. They now invite the creditors of their deceased parent to come in and be paid. SuicinE,-;-The wife of a respectable tradesman, in the neighbourhood of the Horse Fair, put a period to her exist ence on Sunday morning last, by cutting her throat. A co roner's inquest was held on Monday, when the jury without hesitation, brought in a verdict of temporary insanity.—Bir mingham AdvertLyer. At Mr. Hewer's late ram salc,'in Gloucestershire, several shearhogs fetched the sum of 82 guineas each! Mr. Hewer still retains possession of one very uncommon shearhog, for which he refused 140! but he says money will not purchase him. He was shown previous to the auction commencing, and was considered by many of the company not to possess a fault. GIIENT. — The culture of exotic plants has been so mach attended to at Ghent, that it has become an important branch of industry in that city. There are more than 400 green houses there, belonging either to amateurs or to floral gar deners, who annually send to France, Italy, Germany, and Russia a quantity of these 'plants, amounting in value to about 1,500,000 francs. THE PORTSMOUTH BANK ROBBERY.—James Wm. Coles, late principal clerk of the Portsmouth Bank. who was appre hended on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery which took place at that establishment, has been discharged after undergoing two examinations, there being no evidence to sustain the charge brought against him. A Yankee editor gives the following as the most approved mode of killing fleas :—" Place the animal on a smooth pine board, and hedge him in with putty ; then read him an ac count of all the railroad and steam-boat accidents which have happened in the last twelve months. As soon as he becomes so frightened as not to be able to stir, draw out his teeth, and he will starve to . death. NEW ENGINE OF WAR.—M. Billot has invented a ma chine which discharges 2000 balls, of half a pound each, every minute, or 120,000 per huur without cessation. Its action may be continued or arrested at the will of the party in charge of it. The discharge takes place at four different points, and may be directed at as many objects, or united against one. - The machine weighs about 851b5., and its range is about 3280 feet ; but, if one' were constructed of about 14 cwt. its range would be quadrupled.- The use of the machine does not depend upon gunpowder, air or steam, as a motive power. A most diabolical attempt was made last week to poison the whole of the passengers, between sixty and seventy in number, of the steamer New York, on her trip from Cincin nati to Pittsburgh. It appears that a warm discussion on the subject of abolition had been carried on during the day amongst the-passengers, a large party of whom were anti abolition men. The steward of the boat, being unwell, em ployed a black man to bake the bread for supper ; immediately after eating it, the passengers were taken violently sick with vomiting, &c. The black man was immediately examined, who acknowledged his guilt, and that he intended to have poisoned all the passengers. He was then confined the steward's room, but in the confusion of the moment he jumped out of the window, and it was not known whether he was drowned or bad reached the shore. There were two kinds of bread on the table, and it was soon ascertained that those who had not eaten the corn bread escaped. • Every alleviation possible was afforded to the sufferers, many of whom it was feared for a few days would not recover; none, however, died. Amongst the sufferers- was the Rev. J. F. Clarke, Pastor of the Unitarian church at Louisville, who lay one or two days very sick at Pittsburgh, from the effects of the poison, but has since resumed his „journey. The above took place near rtlarrietta. Portions of the corn bread have been brought to this city to be analyzed.—Cincinnato Chronicle, June 29. EXTRAORDINARY NARRATIVE.—The following extraor dinary narrative is given in a recent letter from Milan :—" A priest, on returning a few nights ago from visiting a sick person in the country, near Pistoja, perceived lights in the windows of a farm house belonging to a friend, and, suppos ing that there was a family meeting, entered with the inten tion of partaking of their festivity. On reaching the first floor he found the daughter of the house suspended from a beam in the ceiling. He immediately cut her down, and took means to restore her. She recovered her senses, but before she could speak, she urged him blr her gestures to go into an adjoining room. Here he found the father and mother both dead, having been evidently murdered.. On returning to the poor girl, who was about 15, she h a d reco vered her voice, and told him that the house had been entered by five men, one of whom was the priest's servant, who had first killed her father and mother, then hung her, and after wards decamped with all the plate, jewels, and money. Having placed the resuscitated girl in good hands, the priest went home. His servant went to him as usual to assist him in undressing, but he desired the man to go to the cellar, and bring up a bottle of wine, as he was fatigued and thirsty• The servant went down, and the priest, stealing gently after him, succeeded in locking him in. He then hastened to the magistrate of the place, who, on hearing his tale, sent some officers to his house, where they entered the cellar, and seized the servant and two of his four accomplices, but the remaining two effected their escape. The whole of the booty was also found in the cellar." WONDERFUL MACHINE.—A great degree of interest has recently been excited in Presburg by the invention of a machine which promises to effect a wonderful revolution in the art of printing. The inventor is a person named Joseph Von Kliegel, and the machine is said to possess the twofold power of superseding the operation of the hand in composing and sorting or distributing types. Only the model has, as yet, been produced ; but a committee has been formed at Presburg, under the superintendence of Count Imolung Bathyany, for the purpose of raising the funds necesuw-Y f the construction of the machine. Von Kliegel has givEt% his invention the name of Typographische Schnellses Sorter machine. Though capable of conjoint oirrat:- , the process of composing and distributing types. vi t powers of the machine, being quite distinct and of each other, are capable of acting separately. LI. ." Kliegel has pledged himself first to complete that pnrtion the machine applicable to type-sorting. A sheet .f • •ti, type may, it is said, be broken up and distributed ww.: duration of an hour and a half by an operation which wo. no manual aid, and may be made to act day and night. ten sheets may be hrgTe_ clock work. I n the course of a day up and distributed. The composin g machinels ak' tributing machine, so that the type-boxes may be instant•• neously transferred from the latter to the former. Thl distributing machine is worked by means of a handle, turned like that of a mangle. The composing machine acts by means of a key-board, like that of a piano-forte, which must be touched by the compositor. It is expected that by the aid of this invention words may be composed as rapidly as the/ can be spelt. Even a slow, unpractised compositor mal compose a sheet of Cicero type in an hour and a half ; and he requires no other help than that of a boy to lift from th e machine each page as it is completed.