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Y_tteraturr. POETRY DYING BLIND 801 nt to d coulcist rlve danced witl as all the rest And oft, my mother, w To listen to the murm'ring br4 When the humming-bee bath passed me t ill bless tiie now that thou art fair nd twined thy s n hid from my sigh m at their play, anchor here, ,n 1 in its carccr I've felt the v.:lowing, sun impart, , ze of heaven, a rapture to my heart, hast led me forth to roam where flowers their fra- and drink the mountain and ev'ry sound I easant dream to memory again, nor knew the faney vain— Yes, these were dear, and very dear, but still I loved far most So great a charm, such potent p , To still the murmur, hush the sib no other sound could boast ,over, my silent breast to cheer, rgh, or stem the flowing tear. And when, in very childhood. I have knelt beside thy knee, Lisping in infant accents forth the prayer thou'dst taught tome, As thou hast leant to bless me, 1 have felt upon my cheek, The pitying tear, which, shed for me, told more than words could ,peak. Ohl holy is the fountain from whence such streamlets flow, And precious are the pearly drops that stream for others woe But when affection prompts the tear, breathes in a gentle sigh, It whispers hope and leads the thought to Immortality ! to turn to good or ill, Yirthig sorroulill, Untaintcd by communion here, unto a brighter shore s thy love first taught to me the hour that sets me free : e Affections flowerets blow, most precious, pure, are found, that the heart could And, mcner, geritlest, e I-low thus to welcome, V dearest, 'I prize below gyring the flowers yon plucked for me, their incense grateful ,ey call to mind my wanderings, those bright familiar dreams, hich through the long and silent hours my spell.bound soul scenes, where Angel-tongues my heaven-fraught fancy fe And now, sweet mother, lay thy ha head, d once more beneath my I pass away from earth thus fondly pillowel ; ,t tremble, though my voice grows fainter, and my .--hurried—quick—bespeak the near approach of _ et once again ! now be't thy latest care To whisper, in my closing ear, the unforgotten prayer; One kis, I come lit, at 1(1:4th I must re3l —a love so dear as thine kes it hard to One str breath, one ge tle sigh, and the warm heart is er I.Amn is gathered into the nEAVENLY fold. :iroud, the coffin, and the grave, the marbled form hath But on high a race of glory the ipirit bath begun ers freshly culled each morn renewed upon the graye Embalmed with many a rising sigh, bedewed with many a tear; They whiver of the ceaseless care, the love, undying, deep, . . Which through life's changes falters not, nor e'en in death will mune!, it thir e to weep with chastened grief, v'rets fade, as pure. almost as brief; aphs watch the hallowed spot around, I—a monfEr.'s HEART VARIETIES Every one is a very good lesson to himself, provided he be capable of looking narrowly into himself.—Pliny. All that is really original in literature, it is said, might be comprised in about eight folio volumes. How many great geniuses, then, have been immortalized for stealing cleverly. A. tig - orative Hibernian patriot said, that he hoped_this . . nation would not embark on a sea of trouble with Ould Ireland, for if so, she might find the sham-rock a real Some one having used the hackneyed sarcasm, that between the Churches of England and Rome there is but a paper wall, " True," was the reply, " but the whole Bible is printed on it." A late traveller in Suffolk, describing the cheese made in that county, said, that if a piece of it were offered to a hungry dog, the animal would stand and bark at it, in wrath because he could not bite it. A friend who has suffered largely by lending boolin,. begs us to state that the reason People never return bor rowed books is, that it is so much easier to retain the volume than what is in it. - - • • monstrous raZin't thick the child ?" ion . ; decidedly of the limb-fat-ic." they ? What temperam "Rather heavy, Sin "Well, I guess so, tc A SIMPLE REMED or vest, is a certain specific 7 :Dr. Cartwright states that barm in the knew it rid fever. fie tested it II disorder, and never i❑ doses of two large apoOnsful every -Mr. C st, of Cist's Cincinnati Advertiser, ndents not to append Esq. to his applicable to me. Esquire is vver, a stable-boy or ostler. I have not Cleaned a stable for fo'rty years." A SCENE IN COURT.—" I call upon you," said the counsellor, " to state distinctly upon what authority you are prepared to swear to the mare's age?" " The best - ostler, gruffly ;" I had it from ' replied lb It is a curious tact that child Scotch prc first sight in a :rb, "They are like ;" and ther en are the best judges of world. There is an old cannie that dogs and a more true one in the whole c —James Hogg. ‘n accepte one day walking with the object of transported I am to have you Upon my word," said the lady, spectable couple, when his aff hangir "you make u 3 out to be a ver one is transported and the otL MORALITY OF THE PRESS er hanging " It is the mark of an ingenuous mind," says Cicero, " to be willing to owe more to a man to whom you already owe much." Could the noblo Roman attend the Insolvent Court, be MOST DEST CUT OF ALT..". '—A St. Louis idower, who, on ne; the r his late wife lowered into the grave, in his epee, " Well, I've lost cows , with teal rne, but I many a ever had anything that cut me like Among the advantages of steam-boat communication in the United States, enumerated by the New Fork He rald, we find it stated that " you may travel from New s to St. Louis, a distance of twelve hundred miles, eats, berths, &c., included. This for twelve d price (one ci believe', the hree meals a day) is, vi n the world." A. GANIBLI rles Fox was so skil t, had he restricted have derived pounds a ear from his user. On one occasion I pounds at a sitting, from whom beth was very delicate in her rves, and affected to be much more sensitive THE REAL CAI: olfactor 111 not exclaimir •• Tu* knelt to prefer a yeti- i Observing that Thar inctotarl n 4 erstood 1 with a gesture . of disgust, , she turned awa Pooh, Williams - n." replied the your boots stiiik!" irdy Welshman, who 'it is my suit that stinks, —Lives of the Queens of England, by Agnes Strickland, TO DIN —lt is testi to swallow their meals berefor s if they were a wager by Will MAR• dow on ti TO YANI Now I do not 3, that a shop assistan elish his food, ; he sam a sociality to arrange those spine I was sitting at my win- you run and I am Americans many of their social ' Protracted Labour, f Bell beiutifol hair . _ zaio, a young girl ned in order to I its ornamen time every morning head so carefully; bu red that . the event 0 rred only once a week, mho required his lay's fete. I el- • must surely be injured moved at night; but my nant assured me they were very careful and down on them, resting their heads on their e they slept. Anything more uncomfortable I Jon cetve, and could scarcely after this informa tion look at them without a painful sensation. This is, indeed, the very trium p h of vanity, to sacrifice sleep and ease in a warm climate, to appearance and when one con siders that every other part of the dress of these women is slovenly, the fact is more rem arkable still.—Miss Costello's Tour to Venice. ated them for the Su zement. I to tot re ever 1 xi For An Where nests his corn 1 from the French E nd Fox THE IRON WORKS OF COALBROOKDALE Coalbrookdale is sitnated on the upper course of the Severn, in the county of Shropshire, and is connected with a range of hills, among which the peak of the Wrekin is remarkably prominent and conspicuous. The natural sce beautiful rather than romantic ; the ❑ery of t. rocks by hid) it is en stone, and, ai is in- eaks or abrupt pr ch stratification, there, are no sharp go; the hills rise in ject us prominences which pr which glen, and presenting what we ma inet pictures of 'le view. The cent of a grand par cent, par Talley affords much finer views than the as tly ter- , nrly where the dale oper the Severn, an ,t a winding of the course of the river commands an ex- gin to dekpen, the flat When the shades !s of the forks in the of the dale present a most singular effect; there contrast between those glowing fires and the tranquil scftness of the surrounding scenery as to ren der the contrast perfectly startling. At the first glance, one is almost tempter to exclaim with 3yron— that where Nature loved to trace As for the gods a dwelling Waco There man, er should mar it to a wilderness." But this is one of the cases in which statistical science is directly at variance with poetic feeling. These flaming furnaces, instead of wasting and destroying, have been the agents which clothed the hills with beauty, and blessed the fields with fertility. They have wrenched treasures from the depths of earth to spread loveliness on its surface, and agriculture has flourished around because manufacture was active in the centre. Few situations could be more favourable for the esta blishment of iron works than Coalbrookdale. Tile iron• stone is interstratified with the coal, and the limestone is an admirable flux for the reduction of the metal. The stream that winds through the dale affords an abundant supply of cheap water-power, and the rounded irregulari ties which we have mentioned offer facilities for the con struction of reservoirs, too obvious to ercape notice even in an unmechanical a.4e. We know not by whom these natural advantages were first made available for the pur poses of manufacture, but we find that in the reign of Charles I. the works of Coalbrookdale belonged to the family of Wolff, decided royalists, who lived at Madeley, about a mile from the dale. When Charles 11. fled from Worcester field " A hunted wanderer on the wild," he obtained shelter at Madeley at the Wolffs' ; after the Restoration he exhibited the cheap gratitude of increasing the armorial bearings of the family, by the addition to their hereditary crest of the wolf, a crown resting on the wolf's paw. It would have been a whimsical coincidence if this fa mily had anticipated Der Freischutz, by giving Coal brookdale the name of " The Wolf's Glen," for the next occupant commenced the casting of bails. It is also cu rious to find that the Wolf was succeeded by a Fox. In the reign of Queen Anne and the two first Georges, the grenadiers actually carried in their pouches the grenades from which they derive their name ; and the chief manu facture of these warlike implements, and of cannon bails, was conducted by Mr. Fox, i❑ Coalbrookdale. Peter the Great, who believed that grenades would be valuable aids to his enterprises in Southern Russia, induced Mr. Fox to emigrate. lie never returned ; and no tidings of him were ever received by his wife and family. In the year 1707, Mr. Darby, an enterprising manufac turer of Bristol, took a lease of the ironworks in Coal brookdale, then confined to a single furnace and foundry. Some years previously he had visited Holland, which then almost exclusively supplied Europe with cooking utensils, and the metalic wares used in kitchens. He en gaged some Dutch brass-founders to return with him to the brass-works he had established at Baptist Mills, near Bristol, and with their aid he began to cast iron vessels in moulds of sand. From some of the minute errors inci dent to experiments, the first efforts failed ; but fortu nately a young shepherd boy from Wales, who had come to Bristol with the trifling earnings he had saved, for the purpose of learning some trade, witnessed the failure of the experiment, and thought that he could devise a remedy. Mr. Darby encouraged him to trial, and it per fectly succeeded. The lad refused many advantageous offers to reveal the secret • be accompanied Mr. Darby to the dale; a patent was obtained, and the manufacture of kitchen utensils commenced on a very large scale. But for many years the utmost precaution was taken to keep the process a secret, and even the keyholes were stopped whenever a casting was to be made. In 1717 Mr. Darby died, leaving his only son six years of age. The boy grew up amid many difficulties and per plexities, which severely taxed his powers arid his perse verance, but which gave him a course of discipline and mental training of the utmost value in his future life. Having obtained possession of the ironworks, he greatly extended and improved them—he laid down the first rail road for coal waggons ever known in England, and, hav ing proved its efficacy, he connected by rail the furnaces at the top of the dale with the foundry in the centre, and continued the line to the stores and wharf on the Severn, whence the products of Coalbrookdale still continue to be sent down the river in lighters, for export to their several places of destination. The same enterprising gentleman made the first experi ment in testing the efficacy of iron for bridge building. The first iron needed in -England wee made under his direction, over the Severn, below Medeley. So well chosen was the f osi t ion , that a thriving market-town sprung up in the neighbourhood, and now bears the name of Ironbridge. The products of the Coalbrookdale works unconnected with art may be very briefly noticed. The chief, of course, is bar iron, of every variety of gauge, of which a vast quantity is always kept in store. High in importance we may rank the agricultural implements, on which the pre sent Mr. D*rby has bestowed the most unwearied and laudable attention. The hollow ware which first conferred celebrity on Coalbrookflale is still produced in very large quantities. In addition to culinary utensils, brewing vessels, sugar pans, &c., there are columns, beams, and pipes of every kind, an among them we were interested in observing the casting of pipes for the atmospheric railway, though we cannot avoid entertaining anxious doubts of the suc cess of the success of this very ingenious but rather costly experiment. We were also glad to see some bridge cast ings; and it was curious to find, on comparing the latter models with the drawings made for the first iron bridge, that the original inventor had left little to be added by his successors. It is not more than twelve years since ornamental cast ings were first attempted in Coalbrookdale. Iron hed been rejected from the reach of ornament on high autho rity, and declared incapable of appearing within the reach of plastic art, even by Sir Francis Chantrey. After having examined the mechanical difficulties to be over come in making a perfect cast, we are not surprised at the incredulity of the eminent sculptor. The moulds must be made of a kind of sand, having sufficient tenacity to retain the most delicate lines, and, at the same time, a texture sufficiently loose to admit the escape of the gasses very freely given out by the molten metal when poured into the mould. Now these are conditions not very easy of fulfilment, and when the first iron cast ings were taken at Berlin, the operatives having used too tenacious a sand, in nine cases out of ten produced a pitted surface from the small air-bubbles for which the texture of the sand afforded no escape. Should such an accident occur with a softer metal, such as brass or bronze, any defect in the cast may be remedied by the chaser ; but the chaser's tools will not touch iron ; the cast once made remains—no blemish in the casting can be removed—no disturbance of the proportions can be altered. An iron casting is, therefore, a more wondrous work of mechanical art than a cast of brass or bronze ; there are more difficulties to be overcome in the preparation, there is more nicety in the process, and there are no earthly means of changing the result. But under all these disad vantages the company at Coalbrookdale has produced cast ings of iron which challenge competition with the most perfect bronzes.—Art-Union. Theodore Hook us 3 to call that musical instrument long pipe of Teat} er in convulsion A quack recentrydfrering retuedies for cutaneous dis ses, said they would cure even the eruptions of Mount There is an aristocracy among the slaves of the South, who, when they wish to be very severe on each other, say. "Go along. half-price nigger. , you would'nt fetch fifty dollars, and I'm wuth a thousand." _ • OPPOSITE CHARACTERS FOR POSTERITY.—A rich Englishman, who lives near Pau, cannot be satisfied with the pleasures natural to the beautiful region at the foot of the Pyrenees; and he has astonished the Bordeaux people by having his thirteen horses and thirty couple of hounds landed at their quay from an English brig. The people assembled in multitudes to see the sight; and they will probably send down to posterity some tradition of the gentleman as the most devoted lover of pleasure in their day and neighbourhood.—Somewhat different was the taste in pleasure of a certain humble governess whom I have heard of, whose name was Jane Scott. She had a heart which was pained at seeing the toil and difficulty caused to the people of a certain district by want of access to water : and a had a heart wbich was pleased at the exertion of working hard and denying herself the expendi- SUPERSTITION ON THE DANUBE.—A superstitious notion prevails in Upper Austria, that the Danube re quires a young man for a yearly victim. I myself saw a fellow fall overboard, and drown after a long struggle, during which neitter the crew of the vessel nor his corn rades made the slightest effort to save him. Willie he was battling against the impetuous waves, the crew stood quite composedly on deck, and cried out in chorus, " Jack, Jack, give in—dost not see 'tis what pleases God."—Sketches of Austria. The following is a ludicrous and humorous picture of a family of monkeys in a tree, and a dog menacing them e, inha bited by a family of monkeys—father, mother, and chil dren of all ages. Don, A 's dog, who with me, was in a perfect fury to get hold of them, sitting upon his hind legs, and whining with agony. The monkeys were bunted his w;fe and children up the tree, cn to one of the high branches; and when he had seen them safe where they could only peep out and grin, he came down again himself, and stood at the edge of a dancing bough, chattering, grinning, and evidently trying to provoke Don, taking excellent care, however, to keep out of harm's way himself, and sneering, till poor Don was so wild with was obliged to have him tied up and led SUPPLY OF WATER TO ANCIENT ROME AND LONDON. —A correspondent of the Mechanic's Magazine has the following speculations on the relative supplies of that im portant agent of health and comfort—water, to modern London and ancient Rome :—" The probable supply to the 1,000,000 inhabitants of which Rome could at one time boast, amounted to 50,600,000 cubic feet, being equal to about 50 cubic feet for each individual. This is proba bly 20 times the quantity which London now receives f or each of its inhabitants—a fact which goes faro justify the application of the disgraceful term ' bathless' to this, the largest, the most opulent, and the most powerful city in the world. How miserably insignificant do our water works appear, and how trifling the supply they furnish to this mighty city of more than 2,000,000, when contrasted with the immense flood of pure water poured into old Rome by her gigantic aqueducts ! And how discreditable the difference between the two capitals, when we reflect oa the well known fact, that, through the happy constitu tion of the strata on which London stands, she has at her command—requiring, as it were, but the smiting of the rock to make them gush forth—boundless supplies of the purest possible water !" . THE PRESENT SEASON.—The season is an extraordi nary one. The heat—the amount of continuous sunshine —has been far beyond the average of our summers. This iti heat brings on, as a natural consequence, vi o l en t ternpe '- and explosions of thunder and lightning such as are dom witnessed in this country. All the while, the cr are advancing beautifully—first, by the heat which happily succeeded the profuse rains of last year and the early spring of this; and then, by the passing rains attending the summer storms. Here and there, trees are shivered, cattle killed, stacks set on fire, men struck dead ; and some people are trembling at the unusual number of acci dents from this cause. But let them look at the amount of life and plenty which is maturing by the means which inflict this isolated death or loss. It is a conspicuous in stance of the ordinary course of Providence—this large and silent growth of immeasurable good, attended by startling tokens which may keep our minds awake and vigilant. A multitude of human lives may be said to be growing in the fruitful fields, while only a handful here and there is cut off. Plenty is showering down into the nation's lap, while only a handful here and there is des troyed. Such is the proportion of God's gifts and men's privations—and who will say that the disasters themselves have not a surpassing value as keeping men's eyes open to the dealings of God with the life of man ?—Miss Mar tineau, in the People's Journal. . PAGANINI AND MOTHER.—A singular tale appeared in the papers, stating that Paganini was a violin-maker, living in one of the narrow streets of Milan. He kept a little shop, with his violins hanging in his window, and was so good-looking that the lasses of Milan used to pass down the street to have a look at the handsome fiddle maker. One day a gentleman called with a violin to be repaired, and accidentally left a book behind him on the transmigration of souls, a subject, of all others, that in terested Paganini. He read it with avidity. In a small room, at the back of his shop, 1-iy his aged and accom plished mother on her deathbed. Paganini had just finished a fine violin, and, in the full persuasion of the transmigra tion of souls, he placed a leathern tube over the mouth of his mother, at the instant of her departure. and received her last breath at the S holes of the fiddle. This was his magical violin, with which he set out upon his travels. When performing in the Opera-house, and imitating the tones of the voice, in a piece which he called " The Witches under the Walnut Trees," a French valet was thrown into a state of frenzy. He waited upon Paganini the next morning, and told him that when young he had been a lover of his mother, and that, with inexpressible delight, while listening to the performance last night, he recognised her voice in the tones of his violin. I have preserved this ridiculous tale, as it may tend to show the extent of the sensation created by this extraordinary man, on his arrival here, when public writers could think it worth their while to invent such stories.—Gardiner's Music and Friend's. THE HOODED CROW.—This species is not a constant resident with us, but arrives in the autumn, and departs in spring: we might thus call it the winter crow. These birds are supposed to come from Norway or Sweden to the south of England, but abound in the northern and western isles of Scotland throughout the year, and were formerly so numerous in those parts that regulations were established and money paid for their destruction. Four or five hundred may sometimes be seen together on these islands, and many may also be found on the Scotch Low lands. The term hooded is applied to this crow from the grey plumage which covers the upper part of the body like a mantle or hood, from which it is called body in the Orkneys, and in some parts the grey-backed crow, or dun crow. The old name was Royston crow, as it was supposed to be peculiar to the district round that place. Some have erroneously ascribed the grey coating of the bird to age, and supposed it to be an old carrion crow; this guess has now departed, with a host of kindred fan cies, which formerly flitted to and fro over the field of na tural history. The ignorant among the peasantry may still persist in giving the coat of grey to the ancient car rion crow. But though a distinct species, the hooded crow much resembles the carrion in its habits, feeding upon eggs and young poultry, to which it not unfrequently adds fish, especially muscles and limpets. These last sometimes destroy the crow instead of being themselves destroyed, as when the bird seizes the fish the latter drags the crow under water ; a result not in the least surprising when the great tugging force of some limpets is remem bered; which often amounts to more than a weight of twenty pounds. Some naturalists have observed a pecu liar note uttered by the hooded crow in the quiet of the early morning, a plaintive sound in an ascending minor third, which may be called the bird's morning song.— Sharpe's London Magazine. MISS SUSAN CUSHMAN'S MARRIAGE.—At that period of Miss Cushman's theatrical life, in which misfortune seemed to have overwhelmed her, a gentleman of Boston, in middle life, and a friend of the family, came forward and offered to take her sister Susan, then very young, en tirely under his care, complete her education, and, if the consent of her mother could be obtained, adopt her as his daughter. Susan was delicate in health, lovely in person, and timid in character ; this offer, therefore, of a perma nent and comfortable home was not to be rejected. She was removed from the harassing carts which pressed on her sister, and placed in the house of her half-brother, where she lived in ease and comfort, no pains being spared to render her education complete. The arrangement seemed altogether a most satisfactory one, and no senti ment but that of gratitude was felt by all towards the man who had so generously show❑ himself the friend of all. When Susan, however, had just turned fourteen, he was taken dan , 2erously ill of brain fever, and lay at the point of death. At this moment he summoned her half-brother, and besought, as the prayer of a dying man, that in order to give Susan Cushman a legal claim to his property, which was believed to be very considerable, she would consent to marry him. The idea was a startling one; but he had been so long her real benefactor, and now meant so sincerely to secure independence to her at his death, when otherwise she must be unprovided for, that the idea was not to be rejected. Her brother-in-law con sented ; and, after some little delay, arrangements were made for the marriage. In the meant iwe, however, the mother, to whom this singular intelligence was sent, hur ried to Boston with the firm determination, from some nameless presentiment of evil in her own mind, utterly to forbid the marriage. In Susan's mind, too, the greatest unwillingness existed, and she only needed her mother's countenance resolutely to refuse her consent. The mother came ; but the relatives, who saw nothing but the utmost advantage to the young lady in an alliance which, even supposing the husband lived, promised wealth and station, over-ruled even the mother's unwillingness. This ill-starred marriage took place, and'the husband recovered. Before the young wife however was fifteen, she had occa sion to deplore not having listened to those presentiments of evil Which, like the whisperings of guardian angels, might have saved her from bitter woe. tier husband one day informed her that he was going to New York on busi ness • scarcely, however, was he gone, when th e w h o l e bubble of his wealth and prosperity burst. Hungry cre ditors rushed in from all sides, and it was then found to be too true that he had left Boston to avoid the personal annoyance which must accrue on the state of his affairs being made public. For his wife, however, young and inexperienced as she was, and to whom this came as the sudden crash of an earthquake, be bad no such pity. She was left to bear it all. Nothing could be more appalling and distressing than her present state._ She had married bourhoo r a a pump, with a she'd' over it, for shelter for the women who came to draw. The grateful neighbours have add..d to the pump the best and greatest ornament it could have—the inscribed name of Jane Scott. Some papers before me prove that among the worst consequen ces of seasons of distress among the work people is this; that men who are selfish discover on how little their wives and children can live, and thenceforward compel their wives to make that sum do, spending all the rest on their own indulgence. When I think of the childishness of the idle gentleman in his gambling and hunting pleasures abroad, and of the selfish working man over his pipe and can, or laying bets, or lounging away his Mondays, how sweet in comparison is the savour of the works of Jane Scott, or of the Wiltshire good-wife, who tow stands im mortalised in stone, on the top of a pillar, with her basket of eggs on her arm. This good-wife had to go to market by a dreadfully miry way. She worked and saved, and left money to pave this miry way, for the benefit of those who came after her. There was some money left over ; and it accumulated, so that the Marquis of Lansdowne, who was a trustee, was perplexed what to do with it. He and others who honoured the woman's deed, subscribed a sufficient increase to erect the pillar and statue I have mentioned. There she stands; silently inciting the way farer to deeds of that virtue that they can never die,— Miso Martineau, in the People's Journal. him in the first instance not irom Wirt:Lion, out from a sense of gratitude and duty to a kind devoted friend, wh o as a dying request asked but her hand to provide for her through life. When he lived, however, and thus when the responsibility and duty of a wife was suddenly thrust upon her, she, like Jenny in the ballad of " Old Robin Gray," had literally vowed with herself to be a good wife to him who had been so kind, and who she sincerely h e _ lieved, had meant so kindly by her. Now, however, and this was perhaps the saddest part of this sad knowledge, his character appeared in an entirely new aspect ; Le was a selfish, cruel, and false man. Her heart almost broke under this dreadful discovery. A year or two, during which no better hope revealed itself, went on, and she was a mother. Life was dark all around her, and full of crushing realities, among which may be mentioned the loss of her husband's reason. No history of a life can be sadder than hers ; yet through all she was blameless, and to the utmost endeavoured to fulfil her duty. * * * During her second season in Philadelphia, Mrs. Merriman met with some of her husband's relations, who treated her with the utmost kindness, and who, resenting his base conduct to ber, advised her to obtain a divorce, for which the most abundant reasons existed. At their own charge they commenced the necessary legal proceed ings. The divorce was obtained, and in less than a year afterwards the news of his death reached them from the far West. —Mary flitteitt, in the People's journal. UNPUBLISHED ANECDOTE OF THE 1:1C . 1%E OF WEL LINGTON.—One morning lately, the duke was riding with his groom along the north bank of the Serpentine, when an unfortunate gentleman, who had got out of his depth in the water, hallooed lustily to his grace for assistance. His grace stopped his horse, and turning to the river, re plied :—Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington is only a subscriber to the Royal Humane Society, neither he nor his groom hold any office under that institution. He is not one of th 3 park-keepers, and he has no connection with the metropolitan police. The duke declines inter fering. The gentleman in the water may apply to any one of the officers of police." The duke then touched his bat with his forefinger and quietly rode on.--Horace Mayhem. GOOD EFFECTS OF THE LATE STORM.—A curious statement is made of the enormous number of rats swept into the Thames by the floods ! Certain it is that myri ads of them have perished : and many householders hava enjoyed the diminution of the nuisance. The perfect cleansing of the drains has also improved the healthy condition of various quarters in which long neglect had caused the seeds of disease to be thickly sown.—Globe. MELTING WEATHER.—A good dame, who was convey ing a basket of butter, among other things, to Canterbury market, in a donkey cart, on Saturday last, when the heat of the sun was particularly intense, intent upon the ditties of driving the slow-fooled animal, neglected to observe what was going on behind her. The butter melted with the heat of the sun, became entirely liquified, and dropped gradually away through the crevices of the cart, until, at the termination of the journey, out of 17 pounds, scarcely an ounce remained. —Canterbury Journal. A MARINE SENTENCED TO BE HUNG AT THE YARD ARM.—A court martial was held at Cork last week, on board her Majesty's ship The Queen, upon James Sayer, an Englishman, 24 years old, for striking Sergeant Can non, his superior officer, in the face, kicking Sergeant Smith on the abdomen, and striking Corporal Webby. Prisoner had been ordered into the cockpit for druken ness, but refused to go. He offered no defence, and be ing convicted of the two assaults first-named, was sen tenced by the Judge-Advocate to be hanged by the neck from the yard-arm of one of her Majesty's ships, on a day to be appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty. DREADFUL SUICIDE.—A suicide of a more deliberate character, and withal so painful, it has seldom fallen to our lot to record than was perpetrated on Wednesday last, about twelve o'clock at noon, by a person of the name of John Moore, from Merthyr, who had been for some time past, for change of air, near Pontardulas, in this county, where this occurrence took place. It appears, from the statement of the medical gentlemen in attendance, that the deceased, who had been for some time past complain ing of pain in the bowels, on Wednesday last about twelve at noon, cut up his bowels and pulled them out, and drag ged away by force a portion of his intestines, and separ ated other portions, nine or ten in number, of eight or nine inches in length. This was done over a chamber utensil, into which he let them fall, and finding, it is sup posed, that death did not ensue so speedily as he desired, he attempted to cut his throat, which in his weakened state he was unable to accomplish.— Welshman. THE MURDER AT BARNARD CASTLE.—SinCe the ac count of last week, Raine, the third party implicated in this horrible affair, has been apprehended by Mr. Snow den, police-officer, on the Caledonian Railway, and is now remanded in Northallerton gaol until Tuesday next, when a full investigation will take place before the magistrates at Greta Bridge. On Tuesday afternoon last, the body of Yates was exhumed in Stratforth churchyard, an im mense concourse of people being assembled to witness the solemn procedure. The body was taken into the church, and examined by all the medical gentlemen of Barnard Castle. It was so much decomposed, however, that it was found impossible to examine any other part than the head, which was found to be quite entire, thereby materi ally strengthening the evidence of the girl Humphreys. THE SUGAR MARKET AND THE SUGAR BILL.—The effect of the new sugar duties was tested on Tuesday by a large sale of Mauritius sugar. Brown sugar, which at the highest was worth 495. the cwt., sold to-day at 445., THE DANGER OF ROUGE.—A lady who piqued herself on the beauty, freshness, and pure white and red of her She had complexion, went to attend a chemical lecture not been there long, when suddenly her face was ob served by all present to b(come perfectly blue. Uncon scious of the change, or of the attention directed to her ghastly features, she smilingly continued talking to her acquaintance, and, if she remarked the wondering eyes turned towards her, doubtless attributed their gaze to the fairness of which she was so vain. At length one of her companions ventured to whisper in her ear the strange and alarming alteration that had taken place, and which on her making a precipitate retreat, was attributed by the lecturer to its true cause: the comestic she had used being affected by some salt, or acid, employed in his experi ments, had caused the marvellous transfiguration.— Books of Costume by a Lady 'f Rank. BARON PLATT A BUTLER.—The worthy baron tra velled nearly all Friday night, in order to be in Wells as early as possible on the following morning. On reaching one of the inns on the road, finding that Boniface had retired to the arms of Morpheus, or of his better half, his lordship attacked the door with such vehemence that locks, bolts, and bars flew back, and admittance was gained in a trice. Having fortified the inner man, his lordship was proceeding from the room he had occupied to his carriage, when he met " mine host." " What have I to pay ?" he asked. " Oh, noshing, nothing," was the answer ; " we don't charge butlers when they bring their masters here." The worthy justice shook his sides with laughter at the idea of her. Majesty's represen tative being taken for a butler; and the sides of the gene rous host shook under very different emotions when he discovered that he had made so great a mistake. TAE BLEEDING PREMIER.—When Sir Robert Peel lately made his memorable speech on going out of office, he was very much agitated. He bled profusely by the nose ; and an honourable member behind him (Colonel Rushbrooke) observing that he had only a white silk handkerchief—soon disfigured by the stains—handed to 'him a red handkerchief. The Premier bowed, accepted the proffer, and proceeded with a speech, destined, per haps, to affect the legislation of the world. The debate went on; great excitement prevailed, and decent Colonel Rushbrooke, retiring about one or two o'clock in the morning, his mind occupied with the international affairs of the whole terraqueous globe, was suddenly brought down from his altitude by Peel's livery servant, with his master's compliments and thanks, presenting to him the said red silk handkerchief—carefully washed, ironed, and folded—just as if it had been lent by a milliner's girl to a laundress.—London Correspondent of Inverness Courier. including the duty, being a reduction of 55., while, on the other hand, a parcel of brown Bahia sugar in an English Another arrival of foreign ice, to the extent of 100 tons, ship, and which two months ago was worth I9s. to 19s. has taken place in London, from Bergen, -Norway). sd. in bond, sold to-day for 235. 6d., which, with the Captain Sir John Ross, the distinguished arctic voy- new duty 21s. is equivalent to 445. 6d. duty paid. Upon alter, is at present at Woolwich, having arrived from this class of sugar, therefore, the effect of the change Sweden' in a small yacht of scarcely ten tons burden. must be said tribe a rise of 4s. on foreign sugar, and a t The Sussex Express announces a pr ., imt of presenting fall of ss. on colonial. It must. however, be borne in to the Duke of Richmond a testimonial, for his services mind, that sugars were six weeks ago at least ss. to 6s. in the cause of the British agriculturist , per cwt. dearer than they were at the same time last Three-fourths, at least, of the Parisian journals con- year. The comparison was thus :—June 17, 1845, ge tained no notice of the attempt upon the king's life the neral average price of sugar, 31s. 7d.: June 20, 1846, morning after the occurrence. ditto, 365. 10d. The reduction, therefore, which has taken Ica FROM GRENLAND.—An importation of ice has place, is not more than the advance which has been ex just taken place from Greenland, by a ship named the perienced in anticipation of a great scarcity. Then as Edgecumbe, having on board 110 tons weight of this sin- the Mauritius and East India crops are even larger than last year, there is no reason to suppose that those interests gular article of merchandise. MURDER.—On Thursday last a man named Thomas will suffer in any way from the change.—Mercantile Green was committed by the coroner's warrant to York Gazette. . Castle, for the murder of his wife at Hull, by knocking MYSTERIOUS DEATHS It sometimes happens in the country that nearly a whole family is struck by malignant her down stairs. A correspondent of the Patriot describes the new Pre- fever, and successively carried off. This happened lately sident of the Weslyan Conference as " a Whig, an eminent at a farm-house in the south of Scotland. Not only did preacher, a socnd theologian, a considerable wit, and a the farmer, his wife, and a female servant sink under the disease, but a son and daughter, and several other ser noted votary of the weed." vents, narrowly escaped with their lives, and only by re- As two boys were gathering mushrooms in a field near moving from the house. It was observed in this case that Beverley, they found one which weighed nearly three removal produced instantaneous improvement of - health, pounds, and measured 40 inches in circumference, 14 but return to the devoted dwelling renewed the ailment. inches across, and nine around the stalk.—Hull Paper. A Some of the manufacturers at Ashton-under-Lyne have About the same time a similar tragedy happened near given notice of their intention to reduce wages five per Stirling. A farmer, his wife, two sons, and a female ser cent. The operatives refuse to accede to the proposal. vant, being the whole family, were took ill of malignant fever and died. The explanation that has been afforded The first battalion of the Rifle Brigade have received At Rochdale there is a turn out for higher wages. to us in the first case perhaps supplies a key to all such orders to embark on board the Terrible and Retribution mysteries. It has there been found that, immediately be steam-frigates, and proceed to the Cape to act against the hind the house was a kind of mill-pond, into which every kind of refuse was thrown or allowed to discharge itself, predatory Kaffirs. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED TOBACCO.—An and that this collection of putrid matter had not been o extensive seizure of the above article was made by a tide- once cleared out for a long aeries of years, no one ing of any harm in it. The momentous consequences from dream surveyor of the port of Hull:upon the coast to the south of Aldborough. The quantity taken is 4036 lbs, the duty a cause so trifling, and the consideration that they furnish upon been warded off by only a little knowledge, furnish upon which would have been £6OO. ample matter for reflection. We are yet but in the infancy MILITARY FLOGGING.—A penny subscription, to put- of an understanding of the subject of aerial poisons. chase the discharge of private Mathewson, of, the 7th ALARMING ACCIDENT TO SLR CHARLES WETHERLL. Hussars, the witness at the late coroner's inquest at —We deeply lament to state that tsl Charlesoie on auamsn v e ryo hadnfWetherell, ey s o t e ai hnv mor n ing.r e e gr ri r ve e 0 1 n anditai n hooves Hounslow, was set on foot on Saturday at several public houses in different parts of the metropolis. alarming accident happen a e n d ide i t o og FOREIGN FRUIT AND VEDETADLES. - There have the lt appears neighbourhoo d that the o f been imported during the week—nearly 3,000 baskets, casks, bags, and hampers, of which 2,000 packages are Maidstone by train, lear ned was nSe d ein e apples, pears, and plums, ; cucumbers are also arriving in Rochester, for which purpose he had engaged a one-horse large quantities.—Hull Packet. phaeton, with a driver, and proceeded towards the latter 1 CARNARVON REGATTA.—We understand that Lord place, taking what is called the Dower-road, skirting the Willoughby de Eresby, the lord-lieutenant of the county, River Medway, for the purpose of passing through the I has presented to the secretary of the regatta a draft for village of Wouldham. On arriving near the seat of £5O, thus following the noble example set by the Hon. Charles Milner, Esq., Preston Hall, some trifling circum- Colonel Pennant, M.P. stance, said to be the horse's tail catching the reins, PRESENTATION OF COLOURS.—His Royal Highness caused the animal slightly to mend its pace, on which Sir Prince Albert attended Southsea Common, near Ports- Charles, who was sitting on the box with the driver, unhappily caught hold of the reins, and the horse, darting mouth, on Thursday, for the purpose of presenting his " own regiment," the 13th Light Infantry, with colours. to the side of the road, dashed the carriage against a heap The ceremony was conducted with great splendour. of stones, which caused it to upset, throwing Sir Charles to the ground with great violence. The learned gentle theßOlLEß EXPLOSION.—On Monday week, owing to man, on being raised, was found to be most alarmingly neglect of the safety valve, a boiler hurst at the Dard injured. The driver and Sir Charles's valet escaped hill Iron-works. The engineer and his daughter were hurt. Sir Charles was immediately conveyed to Preston un scalded to death, and no less than ten men were injured Hall, and was attended by Mr. Dennis, of Avlesford, and by the explosion, of whom three have since died. Dr. Taylor, of Maidstone ; but so serious did these gen- The government contract for the victualling and trans tlemen consider the state of their patient, that the valet port service for the ensuing year, has been announced, and was soon after despatched to London to procure the the quantity required is 12,000 tierces of beef, and 18,000 attendance of an eminent physician. tierces of pork. The contract last year was for 8,000 of STRIKING OF THE STEAMER FALCON ON THE ROCKS beef and 14,000 of pork. OF THE MULL OF GALLOWAY.--NARROW ESCAPE OF MORE EFFECTS OF FREE TRADII.—The following an- ALL ON BOARD.—On Friday evening the steamer Falcon, nouncement appears in the Record' of Thursday last : which has been chartered as an auxiliary boat upon the " Several arrivals of window glass are now taking' place Londonderry station, sailed from that port fur Liverpool, from Belgium, doubtless with the view of partly meeting ~ having on board a large cargo of merchandise and a great the required supplies in consequence of ill? late storm. SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE WIDOW OF Mn. HAYDON. — number of passengers. On Saturday morning, about At a general meeting, on Tuesday , of the committee ap eight o'clock, the weather was very thick and h az y, an d pointed for promoting the above object, it was stated that objects only discernible a few lengths ahead. About thi s about £1,700 had been already subscribed. The Duke time the man on the look-out gave the word " La n d of Cambridge had sent £ lO . ahead," and before the engines could be reversed suffi ciently to put the vessel astern, she struck. The sce n e His Excellency Mr. M`Lane, the American minister, having obtained permission to retire from the post he now on board we shall not attempt to describe. Suffice to s occupies, after the adjustment of the Oregon question, is say, it was one of universal consternation, heightened by makin g ourse of th his arrangements to embark for the United States the thick state of the atmosphere, preventing the crew in the c and passengers on board seeing either the extent of their A READY RULE FOR FARMERS.—We have been fre- danger or their chances of safety. The situation of the quently asked to explain the difference between the price vessel was at length found to be one of such precarious emergency, that it was judged necessary to get a rope and of wheat per quarter and per barrel. The simple rule by ladders on shore immediately, the rope being attached to which every man can ascertain this for himself is this : the bowsprit; and by this means the passengers were at Multiply the price per quarter by 7, and divide by 12 ; length landed in safety on the wall. By the activity of the result will give the amount per barrel. Thus, - 565. Mr. William Moore, the indefatigable agent of the com per quarter multiplied by 7, and divided by 12, gives 325. pang, and the captain and cabin passengers, the inconve -Bd. per barrel. nience which must have resulted from the accident was REVIVAL OF JoBIANNA SOUTHCOTISM. — For some in: part averted. Mr. Moore, immediately upon b l e iwt ig the surviving followers of Johanna Southcote , and several little time past the most active exertions have been made by landed, proceeded to the neighbouring ports, and to Ardrossan, in search of assistance, and succeeded in pro ofcgoutrine off, s a t n ea d m r e u r n s i t t o lto as A si r s d t ro th as e an y , es h s a el ving Th su e st F a a in lc e o d n r ooms, termed chapels, have been opened in various parts London ; and numerous preachers, chiefly females hold forth every Sabbath on Kennington Common and other places, intimating the near approach of the only damage. true Shiloh. BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL,— The detailed THE IRON TRADE OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—The programme of the approaching festival is now published, iron trade of South Staffyrdshire is now in a more flou- and displays a collection of musical riches seldom sur rishing condition than it has been for some time. Orders passed. The directors, in selecting Haydn's oratorio, " " have been pouring in from all quarters for railway iron. as the chief subject of the first morn- The Creation, " A contract has just been made by several of our large iron- ing's performance, have had in mind the old saying, a " masters for 8000 tons of iron, for the great Menai- straight good beginning is the father of success. A selection from the works of Rossini, in which Madame Grisi, Miss Bridge, in connection with the Chester and Holyhead Railway. Bassano, Signor Mario, and Herr Staudigl. will take parts, will conclude the performance of Tuesday morning. A professional gentleman of Newport lately defended Tuesday evening will be devoted to a general rehearsal, two suspected pickpockets, and, owing to an insufficiency the committee having determined to lose the proceeds of of direct evidence, they were acquitted. After they were a performance rather than to allow the chance of a single discharged, their solicitor turned round to the sergeant of police, and begged him, for the sake of the public, to oar - inaccuracy in " the two great novelties of the meeting,. of Mendelssohn, and the Grand Mass in longed to a rascally gang which was now infesting the " rowly watch the discharged parties, who, he believed, be- The Elijah D, by Beethoven. The first of these two works will, to towngether with a selection of foreign music, form the subject !—/Iferlin. FORTIAGN CATTLE IMPORTED.—The imports since Our matter for Wednesday morning's performance ; and, hav last report of twenty-four oxen by the Leeds , on this day „fl had the ad week, have been by the Emerald Isle , from Rotterdam, n'''' fifty-seven cows and oxen, eight calves, and fifty-three sheep; Hengist, fifteen oxen; Helen McGregor, sixty oxen and two horses ; Victoria, fifty-three oxen and cows, four calves, fifteen pies; Hanimonia, from Hamburgh, GENERAL MISCELLANY. eight oxen,--Hull Packet.' IMPORTS OF GOLD FROM RIISSIA. — TiIe Rob Roy steam-ship, Lieutenant Knocker, R.N., commander, again arrived at this port from Petersburgh, on Friday last having on board iold bullion of the value of £115,000 which was immediately forwarded to London This yes sel is bringing on the average £lOO,OOO per month of gold from the recently discovered Russian mines, and the London steamers are regularly taking equal or greater quantities. The Rob Hoy bad a pleasant passage, and brought a fair complement of passengers. Trade was not brisk in Petersburgh.—Hull paper. FIRST MINISTERIAL DEFEAT.—The repugnance with which an appeal to the people, except in some of the strongholds of corn law repeal, has been viewed by the free-traders, is accounted for by the rejection of one of the members of the Whig Government. a Lord in Wait ing upon her Mitjesty, Lord Listowel, by the constitu ency of St. Albans, which at the last general election re turned him by a large majority. The polling took place on Tuesday last, when the following was the result : For Mr. Cabbell (Conservative), 264; for Lord Listowel (Ministerialist), )49 ; Conservative majority , 115. A swimming-school was instituted by the Eton College authorities in 1836, in order that fatal accidents to the boys on the Thames might be prevented ; a regulation being trade that none who could not swim should be per mitted to indulge in boating. Since that time, fourteen hundred scholars have passed the swimming test. There are annual swimming -school games, when professorships of swimming and diving, and medals, are bestowed on the most expert. A few days ago these games were held, and everything went off well. Two hundred and seventeen of the present scholars are swimmers. and principals, will, we trust, realise the high expecta tions expressed as to its complete success, and prove the justice of Dr. Mendelssohn's own opinion "that it ' verbeen surp asse d. band will t t oi fine rm s e t tpi ho excited symphony in ya amongst the cognoscenti will, we expect , draw a very full attendance on this occasion. The entertainment of Wed nesday evening will consist of a Grand vocalMiscellaneousand A a, Concert, newdshte hiceah et t will lnr lbnines number full m o d p bo e eunrhe of ta d n choice h b de yt wroughta B le e n e mt th t o ra Beethoven e e una n peu s x, both instrumental, and amongst the latter a fantasia for the piano -forte, with orchestral accompaniments," The recol cloehrcaettii oratorio s o o Ti f , Tu l r rh e se l d a a n Ay d i e,'s'sci morninga o h m . , p , o s wT e i d li e a h n ep d i de p ee e ev rofitoserdme cast sodt Handel' y iatnh M d er o ie s , . - 8 markable strength. The veteran Brehm, who has been engaged expressly for this performance, will open it with the recitative, " Comfort ye," and will sing the recita tives, " Thy rebuke" and " H e th at d we lleth," and the airs "Behold and see" and " Thou shalt break them," in all of which he never bad, nor has he even now, a rival. The concert for the Thursday evening is of a most attrac tive nature, and is remarkable for the event of a duet be tween Mendelssohn and Moscheles on two grand piano. fortes, (made by Erard, and sent expressly for the pur pose,) as well as for the performance of Mendelssohn's overture and vocal music to Shakspere's " Midsummer Night's Dream." We have not space to particularise the remainder of the good things ; they are so many, that they whoform a a t t p e e h r d f e e d a t e h m e b vv a r o r r a c s e s d t e e s rch r festival las t ye Those,, ar,w however, ver, re joiced to find that Herr Staudigl will sing "O wie will ich triumphiren," from Mozart's " 11 Seraglio." The effect produced by him on that occasion will not soon be forgotten. On the Friday morning, Beethoven's glorious work, the Grand Mass in D, will be given, An anthem by Moscheles, one by SOlor, en organ performance by Dr. Gauntlett, and a miscellaneous selection, will com plete the bill of fare. An analysis of the entire programme of this concluding portion of these entertainments would be beyond our limits, suffice it to say, that it is in every way calculated to produce a finale worthy of so great an occasion. We should also notice that the decorations which have been so long in progress at our Town-hall are now completed, and are such as add another and a con siderable attraction to the approaching event.—Midland Counties Herald. THE EX-POOLAW COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY At the Andover Union Committee on Tuesday, Sir F. Lewis, the late commissioner, was examined in reference to the method in which the business of the commissioners was conducted. They had some disagreement with Mr. Chadwick, the secretary, on the proper way of keeping the minutes. . _ Mr. Christie said—Am I right in supposing, after all at you thought Mr. Chadwick a very this evidence, dangerous man? Sir P. Lewis.—! think if I had trusted the business of the office to Mr. Chadwick's guidance and management, he would have got me into innumerable difficulties. (Laughter.) Mr. Christie.—That is not an answer to my question. Sir F. Lewis (with great warmth).—Well, then, since I am pressed for an answer, I tell you honestly that he is an able man. But I thought him the most unscrupulous, the most dangerous, and as little trustworthy, as any offi cer I ever saw within the walls of any office. Now, can I say more? (Great sensation.) Mr. Christie.—Having expressed to us that opinion, how can you explain your remaining poor-law commis sioner for four years, with power to dismiss Mr. Chad wick, and yet not doing so? Sir F. Lewis.—Because I thought that by the arrange ment I had made, I had taken the business into my own hands and out of his. In what I have just said on the subject of Mr. Chadwick, I have given utterance to opi nions which I was careful never to mention before, and would not have done so now unless pressed for an answer. In a subsequent part of his examination, Sir F. Lewis explained that he applied the word "unscrupulous" to Mr. Chadwick in an official sense. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S THURSDAY The positions of the St. Leger horses were not effected to any extent by the business transacted this afternoon. The betting averaged 11 to 2 agst each of the two favou rites, laid to £lOO ; 9 and 10 to 1 to about £l5O, agst Fancy Boy ; 20 to 1, in ponies, agst Sting ; and 30's to 1 and 1000 to 30, several times, agst Mount Callan (the Venture Girl colt) and Poynton. Bourton and the Druid were the only animals backed for the Ebor Handicap ; both were in request. The betting was extremely flat. EBOR HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst Mr. John Day's Bourton, taken 15 to 2 Captain Harcourt's the Druid, taken ST. LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First, taken 11 to 2 Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes, taken Bto 1 Mr. O'Brien's Grimston 10 to 1 Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy, taken. 10 to 1 Col. Anson's lago 10 to 1 Mr. O'Brien's Traverser 15 to 1 General Shubrick's Brocardo 20 to 1 Lord E. Russell's Sting, taken 25 to 1 Mr. W. Scott's Erin go Bragh 33 to 1 33. to 1 Mr. Meiklam's Poyton, taken Col. Synge's Mount Callan, taken, aft off THE DERBY. 50 to 1 Duke of Richmond's Red Hart, taken LATEST BETTING IN MANCHESTER, Friday Evening. Since our observations on the Turf Market of Tuesday last, we have not been enabled, either on "High Change," on the pave, or at the Post Office Hotel, to glean any thing worth recording. This may in a great measure be attributed to Wolverhampton Races. To dwell, nay to touch upon the pencillings which have caught our atten for two days on events past, would now be superfluous, therefore sans ceremonie we go to DOINGS TO-DAY The members met in small numbers. The business was in a great measure confined to two candidates for Doncaster fame. Erin-go-Brash was supported by the worthy host in his usual non chalance style at 25 and 20 to Ito £BO or upwards. Another party (lucky to follow) backed him for a brace of hundreds against Mount Callan supported at 25 to 1 against, freely. Closing prices:— THE EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Bourton (taken and offered) 6 —l—The Druid (taken and offered) 7-1— The Laura colt (taken and offered) 12-I—The Baron (offered) The Conjutor, Connaught Ranger, and one or two others were named; bat no prices transpired. ST. LEDGER. 4 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the first (taken and offered) 5 1 Sir Tatton Sykes (taken and offered) 6 1 Grimston 9 1 Fancy Boy (take 10) 10 1 The Traverser (taken) 10 1 lago , (taken to 20 yesterday) 18 1 Sting (29 taken yesterday) 20 1 Erin-go-Bregh (offered freely) 25 1 Mount Callan (taken and offered) 33 1 Shelforth (offered) 50 1 Shel Ford (offered) THE DERBY. 12 to 1 on the field. There has been some hundreds invested since our last. QUICK WORK.—For the last few years, amongst the northern stables, there has been one gradually growing more important, until at the present it is equal in the calibre of its horses, and in the number of them, to the far-famed string at Whitewall Corner, Mahon. We of course allude to that of the Dawsons, of Middleham, the magnitude of whose establishment has become truly im mense, and whose ramifications extend to nearly every race meeting of any note in England and Scotland. An instance of the energy which marks their proceedings oc curred during the past week. Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress was engaged in the Wolverhampton Stakes on the Tues day, but not having arrived up to ten o'clock that morn ing, it was considered a settled matter that it was not intended `• to put in an appearance" for her, and a very large amount of business was transacted on the supposi tion that this was the fact. Shortly after that time, how ever, she arrived, having left home the previous afternoon, and having been detained in Birmingham in consequence of there being no horse-box for her transmission to Wol verhampton. From the former place she was obliged to walk a distance of 15 miles ; had run for and won tilt Wolverhampton Stake by four o'clock, and then in a few hours was en route for Lancaster, which she reached the same evening, and on the following day won the Queen's Hundred with the greatest ease, and was back at her stable at Middleham by Thursday. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Aug. ig, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.-Out market has been quiet during the week, with the exception of goods suitable for printing. Parties forcing sales of 40 inch gold end 72 reed shirtings, are obliged to submit to very low priees. Indeed, there is scarcely anything doing in this description of cloth. We anticipate a further de mand for printing cloth, if we have tine weather for a few weeks ; and the reduction in the American tariff for prints will also have a tendency to improve them. 26-inch 60 reed print ers, 31b. 12ez. to 411). at 3s. td. to 45. ; 26-inch 66 reed printers, 41b. 4oz. at 4s. 4d. to 4s. 41d. ; 27-inch 66 reed printers, 41b. Boz. to 41b. 120 z.. at 4s. 6d. to 4s. gd.; .27-inch 72 reed printer 4, 41b. 14oz. to 51b. at 5s 3d. to as. 611.; 36-inch r 6 reed printers, 51b. to 51b. so.. at ss. 14d. to 56. 44d. ; 36-inch 72 reed prtnters, 51b. 10 oz to 611). i.t 6s. to 6s. gd.; 36-inch shirtiugs in proportion;- 40-inch gold end shirtings, 60 reed, at 7 s. t o 7s. yd.; 40. inch gold end shirtings, 65 recd. at Bs. 3d. to 9s. lid.; 40-inch gold end shirtings, 72 reed, at gs. to gs. 3d. In Yarn there is very little doing, and prices of some counts of mule twist have de- Wined Is. Bd. to ls. 4d. during the week; for Water Twist there is not much alteration t > notice. - - ROCRDALE.—The Flannel market still continues inactive, and the demand limited. Wool has undergone little variation, either in price or quantity sold. sns.—Both on Satu'rciay and to-day there were fewer goods sold than has been the case for the last few weeks, at the Cloth Halls, but there have been quite as many &livered to the mer chants direct from the country. Heavy goods calculated for the winter trade, fancy cloakings in modern styles, and shawls, are the principal articles in deniand, but fine and middle quali ties of cloth are dull of sale. Prices are without any alteration, and in consequence of the quantity of goods that are delivering to order, the stocks in the manufacturers' hands are lighter than usual. There have been a few of the larger buyers in the town this week, and business has, in consequence, better in the warehouses. been rather ' H UDDE RS FIE LD.—We have had a great many buyers in town to-day, and, although there was not, apparently, so much doing in the Cloth Hall, still we must consider the market, on the whole, to have been a good one. Stocks are• not heavy. and there seems to be every probability of a steady trade for some time to come. Prices are still very low. HALIFAX.—The Hall was visited but sparingly with mer chants on Saturday> and but trifling business was transacted, which consisted principally of light mixtures of cotton ancl worsted. The warehouses have been baths attended rinriDir the week, and some extensive orders have been given for gocds of the best textures. The Wool trade remains in a dull state, owing to the high price asked for it in the farmitg districts. BRADFORD,—Our market is well supplied with all kinds of combing Wools, and the business doing is barely an average , as the prices are too high to induce the spinners to buy, except to supply their immediate wants.—Yarn.—There is more doing in all kinds of Yarns, and a disposition to buy for future de livery; but the prices current are so very low, that the spinners could not realise prime cost, prior to the advance which is nova being given on combing wages, and there is no disposition tO sell, except at higher rates. In our Piece market the prospects of an early-reaped and abundant harvest are very cheering, and hold out great hopes for a good home trade for the autumn- The accounts from the west are equally satisfactory; and the passing of the reduced tariff and the bonded duties bill are looked upon :.s high y beneficial • so that we may expect to be busy throughout the winter. dur market to-day has been ac tive, and on some kinds of goods an advance has been given. HscamoNnwriim BLANKET MAAKET.—We had a little better market to-day for Blankets of the best quality; indeed, the de mand is altogether for better goods, for home consumptioD Prices remain the same as for some time back HOCIIDALE.—Ti meek been very quiet, eg pezially in the plain 'department. In fancies more hqs been do ing, really good patterns finding a ready sale both for home and ign consumption LEICEST goods for the autumn trade doing in the wai well employed Tegg sorts obt I DAYS 'e all fu nd a go he glove and fan y engaged in producing II amount of business IS branches are is no alteration in either kerns or Woo] hade of advance noticed in our last. TIDE TABLE., MAN. I EVN. IHEIONT DAYS, ITC. Tuesday 13 853 9. 16 12 2 Wednes. 19 9 44 " 3 13 1. Thurs... so 1d 25 10 13 14, 3 Friday.. 21 11 0 11 17 il5 2 Sgtlir(l4y 22 11 33 U4s 16 0 SIAndAY .23 --- 04. 16 6 Illth Sunday aft. Trinity WMA4Wy.24 918 0, 32 t 6, s,