The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-14 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. Standard-oj 'e, Eight o'clock. MGUT' PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF.COMMON The following members ( ats ;—Lorti John Russel )me secretary ; Col. Fox )e Government took their vier ; Sir George Grey, SirJ._C. Hohhouse, Lord 1, pretr n secretary ; Mr. Jervis, attorne;_gene 7 - ral ; M r Dundas, Labouchere, secretary for Ireland ; Admiral Mr. C. Wood, Lord Marcus Hill, and Captain I other business Aftei what has passed, I think e deep it of my Honourable Friend It is our fixed intention to respect to the provisions as e of the poor arable f 1 certainly voted with my bon. friend the member for Malton as to the instructions to be given to the Committee, because of the existence in the minds of great doubt as to the expediency of the provi regard to the residences of the poor. (Hear, I would like very much to have a general corn *th respect to the law of settlement, which was difficult (hear, hear) and et all the benefit of such a cona- with th a certai friend that it is our bill without delay. (Hear, bear many c mittee I do trust the bill will g e to the ht ately a, use. Her Majesty's ministers haying ;d office, and not having all of them as- ..ecessity of vacating their seats and attending on their elections, I do not think it would /- i‘rticular measures which we sembled in consequer wise to state the F propose to carry out, or in what respect we propose to alter the bills at present before the house. ( Hear, ar.) I will make a statement on Thurs- h reference to what period I propose to bring for ward the Sugar Duties Bill. lam quite aware of the in jury which would result to trade and commerce generally should this question remain unsettled, and I will, there fore, when 1 fix a day, give notice for a further continu ance of the sugar duties fiir a short period, as the mea sures which I may introduce may meet with very great opposition. At the present moment I have no further statement to make to the House. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 2 to 1 agst Mendicant 11 to 1 agst Satyr. M to 1 af.7,4t Highwayman. 15 to 1 agst Rowena. 16 to I agst Polish. 15 to 1 agst Plaudit. 10 to 1 agst Yardley. 12 to 1 agNt Lightning. 20 to 1 agst The Baron. GOODWOOD STARES 9 to 1 agst Can 11 to 1 agst The He 15 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild a Obscura 25 to 1 asst Jenny Wren. 25 to 1 agst Giantess (taken) 16 to 1 aist Connaught Ranger, 30 to 1 agst Von Tr 40 to 1 ag st Old eort 10 to 1 agst Halo 10 to 1 nest Planet e arra t um THE EXILE AT CULLODEN 'rs. Ogilry's H s tempest on the w eps wei e billows flew about t: reach'd a fishes neath the 2nd Minstrelsy.) ere was darkuess on the e a sufferer on the rack ; stunning thunder at the wheel Li the mast was bid in they bore upon !re the vessel they could Thou Till the ery head was on its pil'ow when they landed on the shore; resence bade the crew " Wait here for me. Ding, when the sun has left tl.e sea." He was yet in manly vig h his lips were ashen white, s, in his eyes a clouded light; ur, thoug he blinding mist so sure, 'en both of house and And he knew the purple ridge 'twas CullodeO where he stood He had known it well aforetime— ot, as now, so drear and When astir with battle's horror,—reeling with destruction's clot ; Now so peacefully unconscious that the orphan'd and exiled Was unmann'd to see its ea cones=, weeping weakly as a child ; And a thought arose uf madness, and his hand was on his sword— But he crusted the coward impulse, and he spake the bitter vho perished for your king In the misty wret . I can hear your s i see your tartans swing— ho to Saxon never knelt; the fortunes of the Celt ! .rrior, and his feat ores wore the the First one of his nam Better plunge in t , t his life betrai'd e pro' ect him, that o'erlook Culloden's plain , ather hlo'soms red as life-drops of the slain' your hunted children from the vengeance of the foe Did ye rally back the flying for one last despaiting blow No! the kingdom is t - - And our boot , than go down in shame and Shade Dabbled Did ye h ust rot in '' He is s and the humbled clans obey, vim disdain usurper's sway. k in wine's oblivion for whom Highland blood was e wretched cateran shelter'd, with a price upon his ike hounds by scourging, crouching from thzir And I tread my native mountains, as a robber, in the night; spite of tempest, spite of danger. hostile man and hostile sea, sauCu lioden, I ha aze on t So he pluelo,l a tuft of heather that was blooming at hi.; foot, That was nourish'd by dead kinsmen, and their bones were at he strode unto the strand, y 11-her band; ith a m, Saw the Moray Firth the ig with the tide, and ne'er agair ger or the schooner of the Dane TOWN EDITION. ARRIVAL OF. TIIE CALEDONIA. FIVE DAYS LATER FROM NEW YORK. By the arrival of the Halifax mail steamer, we have news from New York up to the 30th ult. The news from Mexico are important. Gen. Arita, who at the date of the last arrival was at Monterey, at the head of 15,000 Mexican troops, had been removed from his command, and Gen. Mejia placed in his stead. Yutacan had de clared its independance, and severance from the Mexican Republic. The State of Taumaulipos remained in a state tion of hostiliti 1 a number of citizens of this st ,ndfor protection, until they form said to be the result of the misrule cat dictators of Mexico. An expedition from the Stat sing to Califor- SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL. It is with feelings of the most unmitigated regret we have to announce the melancholy fact of the sudden de mise of that excellent and universally-esteemed lawyer, Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Knt., many years Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,whicli event took place at Folkstone, on Tuesday night, at half-past seven o'clocic, in the presence of his son, Captain Tindal, seve- 1 members of . his family, and his medical attendant, Dr Pennington By this event the new Whig government have had placed at their disposal an important piece of patronage ; and Sir Thomas Wilde has, on the very eve of his seeking to be re-elected for the boroug he vacant Chief- h of Woiczster, been placed usticesbip. The following particu ' the deceased may interest our it Nicholas Conyngham Tindal was in the 70th year of zenerally avinz t old Essex family, and that his father, Robert Tindal, who was a solicitor, resided for many years, if not the whole of his life, at Chelmsford, in Essex. Alter the usual course bridge ucation, he entered at Trinity Uoliege, uam in the year 179.5, and within four years of that pe riod—in 1799—he took the degree of A. 8., and that of A.M. in 1802. In the former year he was eighth wran gi r and senior Chancellor's nedal-list. In the month of October, 1801, he was elected a fellow of his college, and held the fellowship for eight years. Immediately after taking his master's degree, he became a student of Lin coln's-inn, by which society he was eventually called to the bar. His connexion with Lincoln's-inn probably gave rise to the common error that he nad been a Chancery barrister ; but, on the contrary, his practice was limited to the entnninn law enorts_ Shortly after his admission to Lincoln's-inn, he entered upon practice with very consi derable success as a special pleader, and Lord Brougham was among the number of his pupils. There can be no question that a young law student could hardly have cho sen a safer guide, for a man more thoroughly learned than Mr. Tindal even then was, in every department of the law, could scarcely be found within the range of the profession ; and he was espeeally celebrated for what is called " black letter learning." His high re putation brought bins so many clients that at a very early age he thought it safe to go to the bar, and accord ingly vie find that he was called in Trinity Term, 1809. In the same year he married the youngest daughter of the late Captain Thomas Symonds, tI.N., and, of course, re signed his fellowship. A numerous family were the issue of this marriage, but the wife of Sir Nicholas died many In the Court of King's Bench, and on the Northern Circuit, every year brought Mr. Tindal addi tional reputation as a lawyer, but very little fame as an years ago always expound a principle; he could give the history of any statute, and with great perspicuity set forth its pro visions ; he could argue any point, however apparently hopeless, and impeach the validity of any legal document, however apparently sound ; but a knavish witness could elude his examination, and an apathetic jury were never warmed by his eloquence : yet he had what the profession calls a " capital business ;" and a large income rewarded his learning, his industry, and his high reasoning faculties. The natural process by which lawyers seek achiancement in their profession is to get into parliament. Mr. Tindal, however, enjoyed a distinguished opportunity of appearing before one house of parliament long before his election as a member of the other. A bill of pains and penalties was preferred against the Queen and George IV., and in one of the most extraordinary proceedings that our his ory records Mr. Tindal was called upon to bear his part. He, conjointly with several others, was counsel for the Queen. How far his astuteness and knowledge ren dered him an efficient assistant to Her Majesty's Attorney- General was a matter not very apparent at that period. That he was capable of giving valuable hints to his more neutralize the dazzling ingenuity of Copley, or to cope with the wily manoeuvres of a cloud of Italian witnesses. queen's advocate, he obtained w'ith the public little additional re putation from his share in this extraordinary inquiry. We now follow him to the House of Commons, to which as sembly, in the year 1824, he was returned by the Wigton district of burghs; arid here also we can say but little for his qualifications as a public speaker. His manner was his political and historical knowledge displayed itself to small advantage ; it bore upon few questions, and not even upon tho , e with much power. One would have expected that his talents and learning as a lawyer must have often entitled him to enlighten the House on legal difficulties, yet he had not a popular mode of discussing even questions of law. Nevertheless, a better man for the office of Solicitor-General could not be found amongst the Tory lawyers in the month of September, 1846, when Sir C. Wetherell became Attorney-General, in ' consequence of the elevation of Sir John Copley, after wards Lord Lyndhurst, to the Mastership of the Rolls. At that time Mr. Tindal became Sir Nicholas, but he still ernained without any very material increase of profes sional fame, nor was he called upon during the tenure of office to assist in any important prosecution on behalf of the Crown. Sir J. Copley, who had represented the University of Cambridge, became Lord Chancellor in the year 1827, during the Canning Administration ; thereupon a vacancy occurred in the represen'ation of that constitu ency, and Sir Nicholas Tindal solicited its suffiages. Mr. William John Bankes, though also a Tory, went down to Cambridge to oppose Lim ; the result •cit the polling was 470 for Sir Nicholas Tindal, and 378 for Mr. Bankes. He bail been chosen for Harwich at the general election in 1826, but of course readily withdrew from that borough to enjoy the honour of representing his alma mater. Eventually, however, he became perfectly satisfied with two years' possession of this much envied distinctiOn. Gout, irritability, and Sir Thomas Wilde, combined their united virulence to drive poor Lord Wynford almost be side himself. The chief seat in the Common Pleas there fore became vacant, and a prize within the grasp of the Solicitor-General. Sir Robert Peel represented Oxford, Sir Nicholas Tindal, Cambridge; the one was leading Minister in the lower house, and the other second law officer of the Crown ; the one proposed Catholic emanci pation, the other supported it; the one retained his place in the Cabinet and lost his seat for Oxford ; the member for Cambridge gave up his seat for that university, but obtained a seat upon the bench; and in the month of June, 1829, became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, which position he occupied during the lone period of 17 years; although, under the 6th of George IV., cap. 83, he might, at the end of 15 years, have claimed exoneration from the toils of that high station. Death, however, has at length deprived him of its honours and relieved him of its labours. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Mr. Waghorn is in Vienna malting arrangements for the conveyance of the Indian Mail by Trieste. The Penny Magazine has closed its career, after an ex istence of fourteen years. The amount of tlie Cobden testimonial has now reached upwards of X 33,000. English coal is to be had in every part of the civilised world : there are detots at Rio Janeiro, at Odessa, at . . . Archangel, and at Constantinople. The Town Council of Oxford have appointed a com mittee to provide suitable public bathing places free of charge ' Tne preservation of ancient footpaths for the enjoyment of the public is ac , akening general attention in the cities of the South and West of England. SIR ROBERT PEEL IN LEEDS.—On Sunday week Mr. Abraham Peel, of Sheepscar, Leeds, had an infant son baptised at the parish church, " Sir Robert." A pupil of the veterinary school of Alfort died a few days ago, after three weeks' intense suffering, from having in dissection caught the glanders from a.horse. A watchmaker of Cardiff is said to have invented a self-acting ball, that will run on a level, and keep in mo tion for an indefinite number of (say 1,000) yt ars. Barnard Gregory, formerly of the Satirist newspaper, has taken the Newcastle Theatre.—North British Adver tiser. At the West Kent quarter sessions three young men P indlciment QU ACI ADVERTISEMENTS.—The Gazelle fedicale de Pt , ', is s tes that Morrison expended e years 1830 and 1844, the enormous sum of £lOB,OOO sterling in advertising his nostrum A mine of antimony has been discovered in New Corn nock (Scotland). It is the only one of the kind in Bri tain, and contains a great mixture of arsenic and cop- VALVE OF LAND.—The Ford Abbey estate, conris'ing of about 1,200 acres, with the park, situate in the Vale of The Are, Dorsetshire, was last weck sold by auction for NOTICES THE MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS. periodical for the pre - he ttish Plays and Poems" ; ue." by Liut.-Col. How- " The Deati )f Tumniac 'he Last Re poleon." ver, be committing injustice by making a se ere all is excellent. section The Fc rest. We eave a ,tlrri unes of Turlogh en increases in inte- tract in our last The Dublin University Magazine for this month con tains some excellent articles. Of " Irish Rivers--the Shannon," we have three more chapters, full of beauty of description, and most tantalising to the lover of fine and antiquarian reliques. Carleton's " Black ty of his post tales; and ?,try and criticism. In d largely from this fa- t thus far ec, we hay also some excellent we extr vourite of The K ight of Gwynne, b Lever, in this number n " old Irish gentl atm to the Kidd- or to his friend Mr. B;iger It is a treat, in thes, down nd weaknesses VARIETIES. party to-night at ten better and bigger half, on't," replied the lady " I won't wait, but I'll come fur you." en o'clock precisely. 3 the bosom friends who love ho hates us. We cannot riend ; he is a mirror edes the clearness If I am not heir signifies"' The teman returned at learn our virt us; our faults from th easily discover our real form from h the warmth of our brLath of the r,flection ONE OF Eitsi rel when encour INE ' S P .ed off a double bar- . Maylem, at Rams hysician had ordered Erskine. " you are . 7 -- him not to b Mallon prof however," resumed hen," said Erskine, the other perfectly USEFt 28 out of Ivory : , ,prepared chalk, and , afterwards put a little then brush it off.—To Clean it in whitin; and water; soap 'u Clean Japanned or Papier water should never be used, more on, and leave it to dr, Mother of Pearl :—Wash s the br 4 riiee Mache as it is ant to crack a Olive oil applied with t scratches. the hand will speedily Tea A PATTERN FOR WIVE fully abused, Ile is the 3.—The spider has been shame most wonderful little body for ss, and economy. Look at as at home, always to be circle! How indefati biro, running. inces- industry, dotnegticity him! How co )(Ind in the gably hec ti ries every thin to another, spinning night and earing himself to a thread, with the proud or of making both ends meet. Pretty spinster, bow I reverence thee! —Abnanack of the Month. A short time ago a shipowner, in getting away a vessel, bad considerable trouble with one of his men, who had got rather top-heavy on his advance wages. After the vessel had accomplished her voyage, on settling with the crew, it came to this man's turn for settlement. " What name?" asked the merchant. " Cain , sir," was the reply. •• What!" rejoined the merchant, "are you the man who stew his brother?" "No, sir," was the ready and witty reply of Jack. giving his trousers a hithch, with a knowin g wink, " I am the man that was stewed." from one co; day, almos' nia, to consist of a force of two thousand young men, selected from the be S IS org: class cf mec .nies and labourers of the middle and eastern States, and will go in the caF city of soldier and err 'hey are to be fully officered and equipped, and receive the full pay of U. S. volunteers, so long as their services may be required by the general government in their war with Mexico ; at the cic they are discharged, each receivikg three hundred and twenty acres of land iri California, on which they are bound to settle movement of the administration is said to meet the ap probation of ,all interests ; and its popularity among the is evident from the fact that a class of men required aie - enade, have, signified their desire to join this political crusade It is stated that the U. S. ship of the line of Pennsyl vania, 120 guns, and the North Carolina and Ohio, rated as 74's, but each carrying 100 guns, are ordered to be fitted immediately for sea; but what is to be their desti nation is as yet a secret of the administration. Great activity is apparent in the navy yard; but for what purpose is unknown. The usual bluster as to the President's intentions towards Europe, of course, we do not listen to. Gen. Taylor is expected to be' on his march to Mon terey, at the head of an army of 12,000 men, and is said will meet with no resistance until he arrives at the gates of Mexico. Col. Kearney is pushing for Santa Fe, which is being strongly fortified by the Mexicans. The force conctn- trated there will number 8,000 to 10,000 men, under the command of Gen. Wood, who, alter overrunning New Mexico, will join his forces with t and march for the capital. Nothing, the Americans think, can save Mexico. The Ratification, by America, of the Oregon treaty ap pears t 3 have given great satisfaction. The new tariff is in a very doubtful position. It is said, however. that no material alteration will take place in the present year, the expenses of the war affrighting the statesmen of Ame rica. The Mormons, preparing to depart from Nauvoo for more western settlements, are threatened with attack, for which it is said they have prepared themselves, rather than be driven out without an opportunity of parting with th it properti's. A new bill was presented to the House of Representa tives by Mr. Campbell on the lith ultimo, for the revi sion of the consular system of the United States. The system of compensation by fees is d.scouraged, though not absolutely ab libhed by this bill, being henceforth to be levied on vessels, according to their size, instead of upon each invoice. A fixed tariff of fees is to be fixed for vessel bill provides fixed salaries, in accordance with of each corbul. The consuls at:Liverpool ar s ; and the are to receive four thousand dollars; at Havre, three thousand ; and so on, down to fifteen hundred dollars, which is the lowest salary paid in any instance. The . also requires that no consul shall engrige, directly or indi rectly, in commercial or mercantile pursuits, under a penalty of two thousand dollars. _ _ The fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of the bill require that a consul shall not be permitted to absent himself government so to do, and that even then his leave of ab sence is not to extend beyond ninety days, and that dur ing that time his salary shill be discontinued. The con sul is required to execute a hood for the faithful perform ance of Ms duties, and is required to correspond regularly with the department of State once in ,three months, and more frequently if occasion requires. PARALYSIS. — We regret to learn that Mr. Rice, the ce lebrated " Jim Crow," has been deprived of speech and the use of his limbs by a stroke of paralysis.—New York Mirror, Monday. WRECK AN D DISTRESSING Loss oFILIFE.—The Halifax Morning Post informs us of the; wreck of th Sutledge, a Pictou vessel, which went on shore on the 26th ultimo, off Norfolk, N.S., and was wrecked, with a loss of 30 lives. Part of her passengers, 28 in num ber, were saved by a schooner. She was bound from Pictou to Fall River. Amongst the list of the saved we find Margaret Bowie and her son Rob.!rt Bowie; and six children of the same lady in the list of the lost.— Eight of the name of Oliver were saved ; none lost. Three Hewats' were raved, and two Howats, females, lost, Two Fatkins saved, and three lost. dane Love and David Love, daughter and father, saved ; and Jane Love, mother, and Alexander Love and Jesse Love, lost. Robert M'Millen and Margaret M'Millen, saved ; Margaret M'Millen (mother), Eiizabe,h M`Millen, Ann M'Millen, Hugh M`Millen, William M`Millen, Janet M`Millen, Robert M'Millen, lost. Hugh Denoon, saved ; Margaret Denoon, Marion Denoon, Mary De noon, lost. Margaret Frazier, saved; William Frazier, Sarah Frazier, and Ann Catherine Frazier, lust. There are only three lost whose deaths have not bereaved the A more awful case we bad never to record. survivor Accounts from Canada West state that the crops are looking particularly well. MARKET INTELLIGENCE, CORN TRADE JUNE 30.—Since our last, per Great Western, there continued up to last evening a fair demand for flour, both for export and borne use, and heavy sales have been made, although at a decline of 64- cents on previous quotati-ms. The market en Saturday was rather inactive, and we heard of no sales during the day beyond the ordinary transactions. Genessee cannot be quoted over 4 121, with any degree of accuracy ; Michigan 4 to 4 61, at the former figure—a large lot of mixed brands changed hands for export, and some sales were made as low as 3 931. Sales . of New Orleans were made at 3 624; Southein generally is very dull ; Georgetown and Howard-street, 4to 4 124. Rye Flour, common, 250t0 2 624. Wheat continues good, both for export and milling, with sales to some extent, in prime Genessee, at 98 to 100 cents, and Illinois at 85 to 86 cents, principally for export; Michi gan, 914. Prices are lower at New Orleans. COTTON TRADE.—We give the following New York prices from the circular of Messrs. Maunsel and Co. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION Inferior Good Middling Middling Fair . to 71 to 7/ 7i to 7/ 71 to 8_ New Orleans to 71 4 . to 71 7k to 7i 8 to bI Fully Fair Good Fair Fine In Tobacco, the market hasbeen without_materiol alte ration. fii to 9 94 to 91 none. 93 to gi 11 1°1,4 June 30.—The damand for exchanges was heavy this morning, and the closing rates for sterling bills were 7i a 8 per cent. premium. The money market was tight, and stocks generally depreciating. LIST OF PASSENGERS From Boston.—Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, Mr. and Mi Anna Lee, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Young, Rev. C. Fu Rogerso Miss Sir Mr. C s to Londor nwall, Mr. Lambert Geitin Mr. A. Carriere, Mr 1, Mr. C. V tun, Mr. Robert Owen, Mr. Lewis Voly, Mr. A. Den nison, Mr A. W. Morris, Capt. John Nevin, Mr. J. L. Clare, Capt. Pocktington, Mr. Thomas Holland, Mr. R. keinken, Mr. F. Peres, Mr. Wm. Battersby, Mr. G. A. Locke, Mr. De Arguil de Maigtes, Mr. Thomas Ro gers, jun., Mr. Thomas Dixon, Mr. S. W. Comstrok, Mr. M. Arott, Mr. Fairman, Colonel J. S. Preston, Mr. Wade Frampton, jun., Mr. W. Liescheugh, Mr. Stephen Thompson. Mr. P. Marseudet, Mr. G. Benjamin, Mr. Jos. Braithwaite, Mr. Thomas Jackson, Mr. L. Hyman, Mr. Peter M'Ghl, Mr. J. Mace, Mr. G. W. Houghton, Mr. C. D. Marsh, Mr. John Field, Mr. John Michel, Mr. John Thomson, Mr. Thompson, jun., Mr. Walter M'Nee, Mr. John Framish, Mr. James Storks, Mr. John Fraser, Mr. H. B. Herst, jun., Mr. Geo: Benson, Mr. John King, Mr. Chas. Robertson, Mr. A. Easton, Mr. M. Stepley, Mr. N. J. Caitorich , Dr. Berchen and lady, Mr. Tunmas Frew, Mr. Samuel Whitmarsh, Mr. James Dowie, Hon. W. Cayley, Mr. Jos. Mackay, Mr. M. Cu. rillier, Mr. H. Bellow, Mr. E. Gronsett, Mr. A. Bon- guerean. From Halifax.—Mr. J. B. Uniacke, lady, and four boys, Miss Murphy, Dr. Evans, lady, and infant, Master Medley, Master T. Medley, Mr. Saunders, Mrs. Bailie and Imitate servant, Mr. Odell, Mr. Thos. Kenny Reid, Mr. C. 11. Mitnacke, Mr. John Jardine, Mr. John Fo rhersby King, Mr. Wm. Turner Blake. TODGERS AND TIER FIGHTING SON.—There was a lady, list, g at Heidelberg, a kind of Mrs. Todgers, who kept a lodging and eating house, and had a table , d note, where many of the students used to dine. Her cookery, which at first was tolerably good, by degrees be gan to degenerate, and at last grew so intolerable, that al though her dinners were the cheapest in the city, her cus tomers, one by one, deserted her, and at length she was formally put under the ban by the chore who used to fre quent her es t a blishment. But the Frau Hexim a r fortu nately posses-ed a strapping son, who happened to be a remarkably good swordsman, and he very significantly gave several members of the chore to understand, that unless they returned to his mother's banquets, he would be under the disagreeable necessity of taking compulsory measures. This threat bad the desired effect; for a few of the junior members who had not had time to become very cunning of fence, grew frightened—they returned. The cook, anxious to retrieve her credit, put forth all her skill; a favourable report was brought back to the kneipe, and Madame Heximar's table was as much crowded as ever.—Dublin University Magazine. £52,000. During the bearing of a case at the Mansion-house, the Lord Mayor of London stated that in France the extra- ordinary system had been adopted of sending over to ibis country any lunatics found about the streets. • At an inquest held last week, at Leicester, on two infants poisoned by overdoses of "Godfrey's t ordial," the coroner threatened in the next case of the kind to direct the jury to return a verdict of manslaughter. The western coast of Africa can grow cotton enough for all the world. In America the average crop is 400Ihs. per acre; while experience has proved that in Africa Bjolbs. and even 1000 lbs. per acre may easily be produced. At a recent auction for sheep, held in Nottinghamshire, and attendrd by agriculturists from every part of the kingdom, forty-two guineas was bid for a sheep, and yet this did not effect the purchase. COLLISIONS AT SEA.— It appears from an official docu ment Just presented to Parliament, that there were last year 454 collisions of vessels at sea. and in the present year, to the 12th of May last, the number was 150. EFFECTS OF A MRRDEROUS ATTACK ON M R. LUDLOW BRUGES' KEEPERS AT SANDRIDG E.—Pointing. the assistant, died about two mouths since ; and Bell has become insane, and the inmate of an asylum, supposed to arise from blows he had on the head. OFFICE OF PROMPTER ABOLISHED.—We suppose that after this date we shall hear no more of persons being " prompted" at public meetings or upon the stage. The manager of the Swansea theatre now describes that funct ionary as "Repelileur." SNOW ON ; KIDDAW.—On Tuesday week, notwith standing the excessive heat which had been experienced at Keswick for some weeks past, the summit of Skiddaw was densely covered with snow or hail, and retained its wintry garb for several hours. SHIPS -OF. WAR NOW BUILDING.—It appears, from the official list published by the admiralty, that there are now building in the various dockyards, 27 ships of the line, 18 frigates, 18 sloops ani brigs, six steam guard ships, 12 steam frigates, eight steam sloops, and 13 steam gun-vessels. Ibrahim Pasha has offered to place a steam boat at the disposal of Mr. Cobden, to convey him op the Nile, should Mr. Cobden determine to winter in Thebes. Mr. Bright has as intention of spending some months in visit ing the United States. _ Til by the princi FIRE AT NEWFOUNDLAND.—The losses sustained )al London assurance offices, particularly the Phoenix, London, Imperial, Roy al Exchange, and Sun, by the recent fearful conflagration at Newfoundland, exceed, it is stated, £lOO,OOO. —Morning Post. A vessel called the Friden, which has arrived in the Landon Docks from Odessa, in addition to a cargo of Russian tallow, had 1,250 bomb-shells on board. The importation of so singular an article of warfare is some what remarkable. _ _ The floods in Perthshire last week did considerable damage. The rivers were much swollen; bridges, cattle, and timber were carried away, and the roads broken up. In Athol' the damage done is estimated at several thou- nbb, the celebrated lock and key ma- . . , sand locks made by this most ingenious inventor, there are not two to be found that will take the same key. On Wednesday and Thursday _nearly 4000 children, enjoyed a pleisure trip from - Birmingham to Cheltenham, under the guidance of their teachers. The charge was 6d. each for the children. It is in contemplation to reduce the postage to India, to afford greater accommodation to passengers, to shorten the quarantine at Marseilles, and not to stop at Malta; the passage at Alexandria and Marseilles is to be effected in seven or eight days. THE IRON s' TaAr,[l.—At a meeting of the iron masters, adjourned from Wolverhampton, held in Birmingham, on Thursday evening, it was under s tood that the prices of last quarter-day—namely £lO per ton for bar iron, £l2 for hoop, and from £4 10s. to £4 15s. for pig iron were to be maintained. GREENLAND SEAL FISHING.—The Mary, Captain Drina, arrived at Aberdeen from the Greenland seal fishing on Monday, with 1,.00 seals, about 12 tuns of oil, and gives account of twenty two other vessels being at the fishery, between April 28th and June 7th, with upwards of 25,000 seals. On Tuesday, Mr. Norris, gamekeeper of L,rd Ward, in Staffordshire. was deliberately shot by an under-keeper named Hull, who had been blamed by the former for taking dogs into the preserves. Hull immediately gave himself up and confessed the crime. The victim lies in a hopeless state. _ _ AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.—Mr. William Mansfield, of Bainton, Buck week, in the 82d year of his age; and it is believed was worth at the time of his death from £40,000 to £50,000, but the whole of his personal expenses have not exceeded to the grave in one of his own waggons as taken In consequence of an impostOi who is going about Ross-shire predicting a horrible storm, with a dreadful loss of life, which, he says, will take place at Wick, during the ensuing fishing season, none of the Ross-shire fishermen can be induced, " for love or money," to proceed towards Wick, and they are all consequently going southward. AN OPPORTUNE REQUEST.—During the discussion at the Monmouthshire Sessions on the proposed new Luna tic Asylum, eighteen gentlemen were speaking at one time, and Mr. W. A. Williams at the same period politely intimated to the reporters " the necessity of taking a cor rect account of the proceedings, and hoped they would do so." A Portuguese slave dealer, named Gil Thomas Dos Santos, on the occasion of a mutiny of slaves on board his ship lately, threw down a quantity of unslacked lime on the turbulent negroes, and then closed the hatches on them. This " capital plan of quieting savages," as he boastingly termed it, had the desired effect, though it was attended with the loss of a few slaves. On the 26th ult. the commodore c, ,mmanding the expe .nental squadron made a signal for a boat from each ship, and a memorandum was issued to the captains, directing them to inform their officers that a gertleman who had communicated to the Times newspaper certain accounts of the last cruize had been removed from the service, by order of the Admiralty ; such proceeding being contrary to an article of the printed instructions. The next annual Conference of the Wesleyan Ministry will be holden in Bristol, on Wednesday, the 29,h inst., on which day the business of the assembly will commence by appointing a President and Secretary. It is reported that the Rev. Thomas Jackson, D D , Theological Tutor of the Southern branch of the Wesleyan Institution at Richmond, Surrey, will be elected to the office of Pre sident. EXTRAORDINARY LEAP OF A. CAT.—A short time since, while a cat, belonging to a person residing in Salter gate, Chesterfield, was sitting in an open window three stories high, puss observed a sparrow flying into its nest, under the eaves of the roof. The mouser suddenly made a spring from the window, caught the bird, dropped upon her legs on the pavement of the street uninjured, and im mediately ran off with the prize.—Derby Mercury. On Friday week, a pan, employed in the manufacture of salt at Droltwieh salt-works, burst with such terrific force, that one-half of it was driven through the wall of the building ; and a horse and cart standing near were precipitated into the river Salvvarpe. Two men loading the cart, and also the driver, were * dreadfully scalded, and one of the former, named James Carter, subsequently In the vicinity of Wrexham a gentleman has annually. on ilia natal day, for several velars, been in the habit of walking the boundaries of his native parish ; and, on Wednesday week, (the completion of his sixtieth year,) he accomplished this no small task within seven hours, passing en route through 27 townships. 7 parishes, 3 counties, 3 hundreds, 2 provinces, 2 dioceses, and a part of England and Wales. NEW CURRY-POWDER JOKE.—Perhnps the following joke may have sprung up simultaneously, in a thousand shapes, in a thousand quarters, but we warrant it as ori- . . gins! in the case of the party from whom it came to us. Mr. B. C. being told that the Duke of Norfolk was made Master of the Horse, in the new ministry, observed at once, " I do not know whether his grace knows much of horses, but he will, at all events, understand how to curry them." AFFECTING ACCIDENT.—On Sunday Week John White labourer, aged 15, was looking down a new pit sinking in the neighbourhood of Armby Moor Side, near Leeds, about 20 yards deep, and whilst thus engaged his hat thvv off. In stretching forward to catch it his foot slipped, and he fell into the pit. A man named Stevenson, who sawn the accident, having got assistance, descended the pit, which being unfortunately filled at the time with "black damp," he was suffocated. CLAIMING A HUSBAND.—At Brighton, the other day, a young woman named Denning claimed Captain Mercer, a half-pay naval officer, sixty years of age, for her hus band. She asserted that he had married her on the Ist of October, and annoying him by her intrusions, the case was brought before the magistrates, when the captain was able satisfactorily to prove an alibi, and the counsel for the girl admitted that she must have been mistaken as to his identity. We direct the attention of our readers to an advertise ment in another column, announcing the publication of the fourth volume of lvlessrs. vnver ana soya s cue edition of D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation This edition possess a merit peculiar to itself, and is highly deserving public attention. It has been carefully revised by the author, who himself in the preface declares it to be " the only faithful expression of his thoughts in the English language." _ The Times printing-office was honoured on Monday last by a visit from Ibrahim Pacha. His highness arrived at about four o'clock, and minutely inspected the various departments. His highness manifested extreme intelli gence and a ready appreciation of the ingenious and pow erful machinery by which The Times is printed, and was particularly struck at the extr, me rapidity of the process, upwards of a hundred copies in a minute being struck off. After spending nearly an hour in Printing-hous?-square, his highness departed expressing extreme satisfaction at all be had seen. A REMARKABLE CHARACTER.—On the 30th of June died, at the age of 88 years, M r. John Cheetham, of Hole bottom, Conyston, farmer and weaver. He had used the same set of looms for nearly eighty years, to such a degree givers, and grandfather and great grandfather to ti Sunday lEst at loly Trinity Unapt, Shaw, and t NOVEL QUALIFICATION FOR A SCHOOLMASTER. — The Guardians of the Bedminster Union advertise in the Bristol Gazette of Wednesday, for an instructor of youth, and state that preference will be given, not to a person ac customed to tuition, but to a tailor! The successful ean didate for the office must, it seems, know how to turn his cane into a yard ; be equally learned in breeches and books; able to mend pens and pinafores ; rectify rents in grammar and garments ; and patch up, at the same coats and copybooks. That the tutor tailor may neve elbows dians proffer him, as a reward for above-mentioned, the munificent the manifold services sum of £2O a-year. SUSPECTED MURDER IN SUNDERLAND.—On Sunday morning last, the body of a young woman named Cather ine Hip dmarsh, was found near the tunnel on the Lambton coal railway. She had left her home on an errand about twelve o'clock on Saturday night. How she had got in such a lonely place as that in which she was discovered, is unknown ; but it is supposed, from a variety of circum stances which have been ascertained, that she had been ing her virtue, had, to escape detection and punishment, thrown her over the bank and destroyed her life. The most diligent inquiries are being made into the affair. She was alive when found, but unable to speak, and died the same afternoon. The inquest terminated on Saturday with a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." LOA GEVITY EXTRA ORDINARY.—There is now residing in the parish of Beguildy, adjoining to the borough of Knucklas, Radnorshire, a person of the name of William Matthews, whose lengthened age seldom finds a parallel. He is now in his 118th year, and retains the full power of his natural faculties, being competent to recount, with the most scrupulous exactness, tran'.actions which otherwise the lone space of a century would have buried in oblivion. His bodily strength, considering his many years, is almost incredible. He walks at the rate of three miles an hour, and commonly performs journies of 20 miles in the day. He is strongly tinctured with the enthusiasm and folly of the times of the junior days —a strong and prejudiced belief in wizardism and witchcraft.—Hereford Journal. PREN CII OPINION OF ENGLISH ARTISTS.—Le Obser valeur Francais says:—" Toe death of Robert Haydon is naturally drawing attention to the precarious position of artists in England. Isolated, for the most part, one from the other, neglected by a public, who, in general. can but little judge of or appreciate their efforts, aban doned to themselves by a government which does not pro tect or encourage the ornamental arts, the English artists have no other exercise for their talent than the patronage which almost always, dc rinnna tn it, nun n 11.3 v col '1 injury to the art which it re- heir penci le caprices o Sion, am aspire to the more sublime flights of fancy, may termi nate, as he did, their hard career in misery, despair, and sometimes even by suicide." A CHINESE WITNESS.—In a divorce case in the House of Lords on Friday, a female Chinese, whose name is Kowhan, was called in, and Lord Brougham desired the interpreter to tell her " that now she had been sworn," (this was done the day before with the formality of breaking the saucer,) " if she does not speak the truth, her gods will punish her." The interpreter then made her ac quainted with the Noble and Learned Lord's remark.— Lord Brougham : now ask her "who are her gods ?" In reply she said, through the interpreter, that the chef was Buddha —Lord Brougham : tell her that Buddha will punish her most severely if she does not speak the truth ; and that she will also be punished in this world if she does not speak the truth. This being explained, she replied in Chinese. " I will speak the truth." The inquiry into the origin of the incendiary fires at Soham has resulted in the apprehension of Cornelius H ar- vey, a man o . . James Harvey, a grocer and draper. The premises of the younger Harvey were burned, the charge preferred against them was, the ignition of the house of Mr. Peachy, with a view to consume that of the younger prisoner. The stock and premises of young Harvey were, it is alleged, over-insured, and he was indebted to his uncle £3OO. The prisoners were examined before the magistrates, and it appeared that, although nearly the whole of the younger prisoner's stock was saved, he had claimed from the office for its total loss. Such evidence was adduced as warranted the remanding the p.isoners, and they were conveyed to the county gaol at Cambridge. _ _ _ The Heroine, 6, Commander Edmunds, arrived at As cension in 13 days from the Bight of Benin, with tidings of the Flying Fish, 12, having, aft.r a long chase, run a Spanish slave felucca ashore; and that on Lieutenant Robins (who was in command of her) proceedi►,g to board her, the boat in which he was, capsized, and unhappily, he and four of the crew were dr]wned in the surf. Mr. Simpson, midshipman, together with another man, suc ceeded in reaching the shore, but were knocked down by some of the slaves whose release from bondage they were endeavouring to effect, and Mr. Simpson had one of his fingers cut off by them for the purpose of obtain►ng a ring which he wore. The Wasp, 16, Commander S. H. Usher, had taken three slavers, one a schooner, alter a hard fight, in which 13 men of the schooner were killed. The prizes were taken to St. Helelia by Lieutenant Elliott, of the AN EXPENSIVE PAUPER.—About a week since a fe male pauper, named Piecraft, died in our union-house, at the advanced age of 97. There are some very singular She was found in the churchwarden's garden, and as no clue could be obtained of her parents, she was taken to the workhouse, and she has remained, with the exception of three months, an inmate of the parish workhorse from - the day of her - birth to the day of lier — death. This three months of independence was, however, a very eventful one ; she married a soldier, who deserted by turns both his wife and his regiment, for we hear he was absent on that description of furlough known as " French leave when he won her affections, which he was very soon glad to rid himself of. She then returned to the workhouse, where she lived until her decease. She has cost this parish something like £9oo.—Local paper persons assembled near the Humber Dock gates, on Sa turday morning, at seven o'clock, to witness the ascent, from the deck of the Monarch steam-ship, of eighty-seven choice carrier pigeons, selected by the members of a society of amateur pigeon fanciers at Antwerp, and sent over in the above vessel, in the care of a trustworthy keeper, in order to decide a bet or bets made concerning them. Every bird bore on one of its wings its own pecu liar mark. They arrived here, on Thu, sday, in four hampers, and all appeared in excellent condition. They rose simultaneously and almost perpendicularly into the air, and immediately took a course south-eastward. They were expected to reach Antwerp, distant 200 miles, at half-past two o'clock that afternoon. If so, they would travel, under a blazing hot sun, at the rate of about 33 miles an hour. The steamer left this port for Antwerp in the evening.—Hull Herald. MURDER IN NOTTINGRAMSAIRE.-011 Saturday night week, a carrier, named Robinson, was murdered on the road be ween Nottingham and Mansfield. He, .was ac companied by a man named Shepherd, whom be requested to drive his wageon for a short time while he s topped at a puhlic-house. Shepherd did so; but arrived at Mans field without having been overtaken by Robinson, and immediately communicated the fact to the latte..'s when a search was instituted, and deceased's body was found at a short distance from the road with several wounds upon the head and trunk. Some money was found in his pockets, but it is supposed that he must have been possessed of a larger sum when murdered. No clue has been found by which the murderers can be traced ; though at the inquest, spots of blood had been found on Shepherd's jacket and smockfrock, a circum stance for which he accounted by saying that he had fought a fellow-servant on Thursday. H e entered into recogni zances to appeal when called upon, and the inquiry was then adjourned. A REAL Du EL.—A. contemporary thus describes what he calls " an affair of honour," and which he states came di near this city last week :—" Some altercation took place between two gentlemen at Plymouth, on Nlorlay, tie 15th of June. The rumour which has reached our ears is to this effect :—That over a glass of wine some al lusion was made by one of the patties, which was taken as a personal affront, and resented on the instant by a glass of wine being thrown in the face of the offender. This led to a hostile message, and it was arranged that a meeting should take place at Exeter on the succeeding (last) 'Tues day. Accordingly, the parties met, each attended by his friend. Being placed on the ground, the first fire was de- The party who mately amicably settled at a dinner which followed this hazardous affair. We know the parties, but decline sta ting any names." [No doubt the murder will out.]— Woolmer's Exeter Gazette. MURDER AT KIN ETON, —An atro n, a market town half-way between Banbury and Stratford-upon- Avon. The deceased, William Chater, was a blacksmith nod machine-maker, living at a village called Conthrouke, and doing well in the world, being possessed of about a dozen cottages, all tenanted. He is represented, bow ' "" • ever, to have been a man of very quarrelsome and litigious disposition, often engaged in disputes before the local magistrates with his workmen and others, some of whom have been known to threaten him, and it has been con jectured that to some such cause his death may be attri buted. It appears that on Wednesday sennight . he went to the town of Kineton, about two miles from which he resided, and that he left in the evening for the purpose of returning, being somewhat in liquor. About midnight, however, his body was found by the roadside, with seve ral desperate wounds on his head, and the traces of a hard struggle about the spot where he lay. An inquest has been held, and the jury have found a verd ict of " Wiltul murder against som e p erson or persons un known." EAST INDIA TRADE. — F rom the statements just pub lished by the London East India and China Association of the outward and inward tonnage to and from India ' for the first six months of this year, as compared with the was attended by a procession of . 107 relatives and others —On Sunday IGNITION BY THI4 HEAT OF THE SUN morning last, about 10 or 11 o'clock, a tarpauline was lying spread abroad in a meadow at Willsley, in the occupation of Mr. John Wt ston, in readiness for covering a hay-rick should it be wanted, when it was observed to have caught fire, from the heat of the sun, in several places. Incredible as this may appear, it u; a fact. The tarpauline is rendered utterly useless, being burnt nearly all over_ It was thrown into a nand. and the fire thus put out. It is supposed the ignition was caused something in the oil with which the tarpauline dressed.—Maidstone J0u,2201. SIMPLE FILTERING VESSEL.—On a small scale, an efficient filtering vessel may be formed of a common gar den-pot, well burnt, and with holes in the bottom; the lower part to be filled with round pebbles, then some smaller pebbles, then some coarse sand, and finally a stratum of pounded charcoal, three or four inches thick; the use, in large filters of broken shells interspersed be tween the gravel and sand, is a great improvement, inas much as the fragments being flat overlap each other, and counteract the tendency of the sand to settle amongst the gravel, thus preserving a free percolation through the lower strata. DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF LODGING-110USES.—At an inquest in Bolton, last week, on the body of an , infant, the mother. in the course of her statement as to the cause of the child's death (convulsions), said there were three he room w . . pied by men , an d s h e , i n the absence of her busband, sleeping in the same room. The coroner seemed some what startled on hearing this, and no less so, when Mr. Finnegan, the police officer, assurea him it was a mere trifle, for he knew one lodging-house in which there were fourteen beds in one room ! men and women sleeping in ibern as circumstances might justify. FALL or. RAIN.—The following is stated in The Bail It r to I-e annual fall of raid at different places in Gr.:4 Britain and elsewhere : Inches Bombay Cal lit la Vera Crw.! Plymouth Lancaster Rome 82 81 63 8 44 39-714 Liverpool.. Chatsworth Edinburgh London.... Glasgow • Dover 39 I Paris . . ... 37.52 I Petersburg 36.919 Uleaborg . I 36-140 Dumfries .. Manchester corresponding period of 1845, we find that the outward tonnage has increased 9,015 tons, being the difference be tween 184,371 tons in 1845 and 203 386 tons in 1846. The outward entries from London in 1845 were 104,216 tons, against 119,291 tons in 1846; from Liverpool, 57,5 86 tons in 1845, against 60,219 tons in 18-16; and from all the other ports, 32 5E9 tons in 1845, against 33,876 ;n 1846. The inward tonnage has increased this year 6.952 tons, being the difference between 202.032 tons in 1845. and 2C8,984 tons in 1846. Of these amounts. London absorbs Incheß- nearly three-fourths, her entries inwards in 1845 amount . 34-119 ing to 147,663 tons, again 4 148.926 tons in 1846; the • 27-664 entries in Liverpool were 47,417 tons in 1845. and _ . 24.5 50 338 tons in 1846 ; and in all the other ports were 6,952 23.10 tons in 1845, aga i nst 9 , 720 tons in 1846. The following . 2l-331 are th e p orts an d p l aces compr i se d in the returns : namely, ▪ 19-9 Calcutta, Mad ras , B om bs ,China, Ceylon, Singapore, • 17-5 P enang. P h i llin i ne I -lands, y Siam, Java, SumAtra, Arabia, . Hope, and the South Seas. THE DUKE I/N A WHIG CABINET.—It is said that the very queer positina at the Duke of Wellington, as mem ber of the Whig sdoinistrotion, is attributable to a be nevolent wish, on the part of her Majesty, not to interfere with the private hobbies of her distinguished subject. Out of office, the Duke woad be unable to complete the admirable series of letters, of which so many are now in the hands of autograph hunters, stating that " the Duke of Well , ngton is Commander-in• Chief of the Army. ,atterst of the office of Commander-in Chief, or of office altogether, and the stereotyped excuse for non-interference, who can say what knotty points the well known sagacity of the con queror of Napoleon might have been called upon to solve. PRESENTATION OF A PRINTING NAEPI/NE.—Ort Monday last, the ceremony of presenting .1 steam printing Mr. Joseph Barker, a well-known Unitarian took place at New Wortley. The press was £4OO, and had been raised by the subscriptions who admired the principles which he advotated press to ued at press, which I . , religious friends some years ago. The sheet for the fifst impression of the new press was laid on by Dr. &wring, M.P., and was taken off by Dr. Bateman, of the Excise Office, London, in the presence of a large number of friends ; after which about 200 ladies and gentlemen sat down to luncheon, under the presidency of Dr. F. R. Lees, a teetotal lecturer. In the evening of the same day, about 500 persons, of both sexes, took tea together, in the saloon of the Music-hall, in Leeds, at which Dr. Bow-. ring, M.P., Dr. Batemen, and other gentlemen attended. A PRETENDER EXPOSED.—A most extraordinary scene occurred on Thursday evening at the City of Lon.. don Literary and t:•:cientifi7. Institution. A gentleman (Mr. O'G,) who styled himself " B.A. M.D." was en gaged by the managers to deliver two lectures on the Use and Study of History." He delivered the first of these lectures on Wednesday the 24th ult., and as many of the members discovered " a marvellous coincidence" between that and the introductory lectures of Mr. Mc Cullagh on the same subject, two of the committee, with the secretary of the institution were induced to bring down Mr. McCullagh's work last evening, to ascertain the correctness of their surmises. They then found that the lecture he was delivering was a literal transcript from one contained in the work before mentioned. At its con clusion he was charged by the secretary with the servile plagiarism he had endeavoured to impose on the mem bers. This he faintly denied, and immediately made hie xit, pursued by forty or fifty of his audience, till be war was tne precincts of Islington. He bad been highly recommended by the committee of Susses Hall, where ho naa uenverea tne same lecture some time previously. The officers of the institution can verify these facts. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.—George Clarke, one of the metropolitan police, a division of which has lately been extended into the royal districts of Ess-x, was mur dered on the morning of Tuesday week, while on his beat —a desolate and unfrequented road near Dagenham. Ho was met by the inspector at one o'clock that morning, but was reported absent at three, and his continued dis appearance excited considerable alarm. Search was made, and late on Friday evening his body was found ly ing in a ditch about a quarter of a mile from the road, in a potato field, where he could have no business except in the pursuit of some person. A policeman's staff was first found, and then his cutlass sticking in the hedge. His throat was cut in several places, and there was a deep cat , t the back of his neck, extending t- tk- - the spine. The forefinger of his left hand was also cut through. The struggle with the deceased must have been of a de.iperate nature, the corn being trodden down ten or twelve yards round where the body lay, and when it was disc veered a large quantity of wheat was found grasped in the right hand. The deceased had not been robbed, and his money and watch were safe. He is said to have been a quiet and inoffensive man, and had not long been in the neighbour hood. An inquest was held upon the body on Saturday afternoon, when such evidence was offered as is expected to lead to the apprehension of the murderers, but the par ticulars are not published lest the ends of justice might be frustrated. It is supposed that he was mistaken for another officer, who had made himself obnoxious, by his vigilance, to the low characters of the neighbourhood.. On Saturday, another of the officers of the same division was killed as he was returning on horseback from Fairlop fair. GcrTATro v. — William WilberfPrce began life as a country gentleman, with an income of £12,000 a year. He toiled through more than thirty Sears of Parliamentary strife, payil,g largely, year by year, the expenses of his warfare with slavery; and died at last, having just witnessed the triumph of the cause to which he had sacrificed his life and fortune, and having just said his last acre! An offer was made to him, at the close of his career, to purchase for him, by a private sub scription, a new estate, as the gift of the grateful British people. The offer was thankfully bat firmly declined; though he who refused it had to take shelter under the roof of his son's parsonage. John Howard spent his life and fortune in endeavouring to improve the condition THE WAGES OF of the most degraded portion of Europe's denizens—the inhabitants of prisons. John Owen gave up the best portion of his days in forming and establishing upon a broad foundation of society, whose benefits will extend unto—yea, through—" age of ages"—the British and Foreign Bible Society. Josiah Pratt spent his life and his strength in rearing an institution which has caused, hi g hly and will cause to a far greater extent, " the wilderness to blossom as the rose," and the heathen to " stretch forth h suocfcetshsefuot oppressed Missionary Society. Michael Thomas S a ddl er en gaged,teir hands a unto God "—the life's woot " T h e in nt h e cause factory operatives, and spent his life and strength in en— deavouring to obtain, and in some degree did relaxation in the slavish system of toil b obtain, a hich they were ground down ; and to turn to the Eiiihas on whom the mantle of this Elijah has fallen—Lord Ashley, and " Honebt John Fielden," are carrying on, con ansore, that work of true benevolence. These all toiled, or are toiling, without fee or reward of a pecuniary character, and without expectation of any return for their labours, beyond that glorious and indestructible satisfaction which must inevitably result from doing good. how different is it with the agitation of the Leaguers! They have toiled for the benefit of their own class—the millocrats and moneyed capitalists—a class who are able to pay largely for success; and now, as a specimen of the wages of agitation, M. George Wilson is to receive, as a "testi monial," ten thousand pounds, and Mr. Richard Cobden ono hundred thousand ! !—Herald, LAW INTELLIGENCE. The assizes commenced at York on Friday, The London Gazette of Tuesday announces the ap pointment of T. J, Knowles, Eq., as a Deputy Lieu tenant for the county palatine of Lancaster. In consequence of illness circuit,Mir.JusticaendCmolerr.idsgeeri W- -J- 6.—Not' has been given thaf e w an il t l not be able to take the Gaselee has been appointed to take his place. ' at Stoke INCEIESTER, ,ULY assizes,Captain f l o i r aW k k il e ti y ng wi i l n l a stl a r u re el nd L e i r eu t t o en t a a n k t e s h e i a s to tr i i i : Bay, Gosport, ahout 14 months ago.— Globe. The late Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was to have pronounced judgment in the case of the crown jewels of Hanover on Monday, a cave that has now been several years pending, anti that probably his death will postpone the arrangement of for an indifinite time. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. COBDEN A public meeting was held in the Cotton Sales-room of the Exchange, on Thursday, for the purpose of o t p romoting subscriptions to the testimonial to be present e d Mr. Cobden. The attendance included representatives from many of the first firms of the town. W. BROWN, Esq., the candidate for South Lancashire, was called to the chair. Having stated the objects of the e v highly o t e meeting, and eulogised the character of Mr. C o bd en, he said it might appear that Mr. Bright, M r . Villi ers, and Mr. Wilson, should have been included i n t h e testimo taicmcyommpilgishht nial ; but the committee at Manches ter h a d d eemed it ad visableivi roc fo tb(hdaeletnho most tnhe valuable. the m porti on o f hi s li f e r . othersCobd e n were had dd a deserving)large to por tion make it more worthy of his ac cep t ance , b y confining it to that great and mighty measure, from wtfieidi to expect unbounded benefit to flow. Had he sheAn l eers in all probability the coun of setting a al or devotion in plause). He ought to state the fact that the public. all of whom were more or less indebted, were not called upon to contribute towards the testimonial to Mr. Cobden by any particular party or sect, but by gentlemen of all par• ties; and it was gratifying to see that at Manchester the first sub , iriptioris placed upon the list were £5OO from houses whic trade movement ; and lie trusted that there would be handsome subscriptions in Liverpool, even from parties who could not conscientiou,ly connect themselves with sacs ifices to the amount 01 lOd,tRIU, and he should not be a sufferer for having conferred a public benefit. (Applause.) THOS. TEIOR.N ELY, EEq. M.P., said it afforded him the highest satisfaction to meet so truly of the friends of free trade in Liverpool, on the occasion of the termination of their labours for the repeal of the Corn-laws. After stat ing that Mr. Cobden deserved the gratitude of the nation, he highly commended the long and persevering exertions of Mr. Villiers, his distinguished colleague, who from 1825 had appropriated to himself the question of the Corn laws, and brought for ward in the House of Commons an annual motion for their repeal or consideration, and pushed it forward under, in many instances, the greatest di-couragements and apathy. He highly eulogised Mr. Cobden, who, he said, was candid and courteous—a man, indeed, of the most benevolent and generous disposition ; as noted for his liberality in private life as in public ; and most sincerely did he (Mr. T.) rejoice at the objects of the present meeting. He moved—" That this meeting, fully concurring in the opinion that :he distinguished ser vices of Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., in connection with the cause of free-trade, entitle him to a nation's gratitude, hereby pledges itself to the earnest support of that na tional testimonial which has been already commenced, as a fitting tribute to the untiring self-sacrifice, and the un rivalled wisdom with which that great man has conducted the struggle for commercial independence. J. C. EWART, Esq., seconded the motion. He trusted the testimonial would be made worthy alike of those who gave and of the distinguished individual who re ceived it. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. J. MAXWELL nIoNed the appointment of a eons ruittee for receiving subscriptions, &c., which was se conded by Mr. J. MATHER, and agreed to. Subscriptions amounting to £2,200 were then entered into in the room ; £3,050 had been already subscribed at Manchester by Liverpool gentlemen, and there is no doubt that the sum will yet be considerably increased. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. July 14, 1g46.