The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

uIE. A FIRSI LOVE.—(Continued The shop of re.ter Bennet Onr (mil paternal habitation, consist front of a two - Stru,:tion. street, in It had c hlzh we ann()u, Darttort g:1 baceo, and K cupied a pr was filled g a handful o glabs ons of 1 lity. T with a 1: Written for the Liverpool Standard. a was almost opposite `eel of the ground floor S. of old-fashioned con indow projecting Eto the ged sundry cards, and Wilk's best and best shag tu- A miniature tea inamen, oc- of the window t very dry mu ler prow p below the street, It least nine hours f Peter B s circnms iiure to idle 11 with a spring, which an d to the rest of mankind ter was favoured with a rious commodities. Al en old world kind of a for Peter's father and for of which last-mentioned ature of its external or internal arrange. P;ter used to boast of this Customer Gr some of his tr together the est , thlishtne , a 1 look. I Lis .idfatht-r, since :he tru worthy not a had been altered satiAled air, " that it would last his time." There are few who have travelled through the dear unso phisticated little country towns of cad England, who have not seen many a facsimile, not only of Peter Bennett irimselr, but. of Peter Bennett's shop. The first obj-ct towards which our eyes were directed, on rising fr, m sleep on the morninz of our arrival, was Peter Bennett's well-known establishment; but, to our surprise, it hail vanished, bow window, half batch, Peter, and all. 'We rubbed our eves, but the fact was still the same, "Fail Ilium," we e j,culated, and sighed. There was a shop, hover ver, upon the loved site, a flaring plate glass affair, with abundance of wares of all kinds and gew iaw ornaments in great abundance; and on looking more ntently we discerned, in huge gilt letters, filling up the whole of the otherwise unappropropriated front of the house. the nl . rne Peter Bennett. The chrysalis had cast its skin and become the butterfly. The old-fashioned trader, who used to pri wselt that he never sold any e Lest prices, had become a goods but t best, ac modern puffer of cheap wares gel much more changed essii,g, and still glancing ever and anon towards the source of our bewilderweht, we observed the owner emerge from the shop door, and proceed with a somewhat hasty step across the street. He was no huger the plump little Peter, whose every move ment was recloh-nt of contented ease, but the anxious— perhaps too anxions—man of business. He was some what fallen away in ; but his hearing was moreerect, and his air more sel;-important. lie had no longer "a talk" with every old acquaintance; but moved past all he met, as if he time for such indulgence and the practice of such old world courtesies would not befit his new positi on. Yt tit struck us, ii out his whole manner, that Peter was not a happir r loan for ti But, if Pi was s shop wns of, :P!f We pied by the strop it scif s-veral times in the course of the day. expecting at least to find our dear Mary in her eccusto limpseat her plump rosy fac nth vision met our We did, ind ar an unaccu,torned sound of a spinet jingl:l. but MA, ► ❑e' in the rot 'm above the shop; : never had any more ear for music It was not rived at the whole truth— the cans- and proe , s n of Diary, of Peter Bennett, and last, not least, of Peter Bennett's shop. The reader has heard in the last chapter a hint of the ex istence of a certain John, who had imbibed the new lights of trade in the eouoty town, and during a short sojourn in the metro!). where he dispensed tea, sugar, and the other et cetera , or a grocery establishment in the refined but stirring of Latt.beth Mar.h. Very shortly after Mr. John', t ngag.-rn. nt «ith Pc ter Bennett, which by the b con;ider,d ss a kind of sacrifice - of his b the old fashioned gretted that he could not be i o " , push" mo„_ -ns —showed how talked of " pr.)fifs a " tretnendrris small capital to go ()mai: how the than all ur !SS " could be done with a lv he could buy if allowed markets, but more of doing anything in such it It the leadir back parlour, and plytini ; We need not trace the prc a large glsss front ny which Peter was at ) the adoution of the new principles of At fir: t. he was very stub .,e advantage of selling three ree chests a tea, for the same --osfon.ed to derive from length drawn i his enlighten-n journeyman born. He c hogsheads of si amount of prof le of oo( the . ttiou2ht that continyally "selling off at prime c •st and under," was not the way to get rich, or to keep np your clet.:lt ; the "dodge" of purchaslng "bankrupt;' stacks to be sold at E 0 per cent under prime cost," he thought was very like a swindle. That Peter would ever have yielded up his honest old world opinions, Would have been very problematical, bad not the influence of his clear 11,11 e M.ry have been brought to'bear upon him. How that was brought about, the sequel of this over true history will Suuday in every C .nutry town and village gives the index of mail a mystery ; and esperially amongst the young. There is Ihe ineetina: in th?, churchyard; the walk l ac me , &ido_ which we see shat . lo:l-4, or courtesies pass between y..„ti.s anti maidens. There ere the quasi diplo matic salutations of their respective parents, all of which tic, arid give rise to conclusions s wide of the mark are not always •ul sill a oalpitatinz heart we are watched by tt which, though so wrong turned on Bennett ill sit ; and tb( ter and hi 4 rival — of grey eye with a marwer which phit Oenbible of the prebent se4 pew in which Peter nial, been accustomed to hirrself, with his clau2h callin, our anticipated animal, with the grayest of red hair. accompanied sheweil that he was fully y of hi: position. It was e prayer book for Mary; looked up the gled his nasal roar with n. Once we caught her U . or, t A the red(' John ;Jib() bel collect and th her own sweet ;0 eye, and we houg' •' Celestial r but ft must luive b7ee for by and bye she as maternally as if looked up )n we had barn sr It is a singu hug clothes ter of womankind, i Association, how worthy of fit soddenl7 I girlhood t interval between Let any young gen re of fourteen to six- tlernnn amni teen take a lk dy of about the tome years r the young hope of his —a schoolfellow or I exclaims. year. howeN A year dill rence. There is much in a Young ladies of 'tilt particular age think 'hey treat you for awhile quite carry their parasol, or see them t nil at once they begin ble man of five-and- We were but nothing 01 ten lubro patronizing Lome fr It was thi her cies twent3 a boy i Church; hut with• Mary Bennett it that morning at et her a few days af- hen -ic( terwar. s , shd sw, re told t grown I We coal bsvc It was but a week after 1 , 7 w much we were her on the spot. town was ehop that I he whole ' , oratory to a rh Eennet's firm 1 never k but his I began for a anxinuq to e ival at home, that the 39 a notification !Porn Peter Bennett's Bleared out," pre- The firm"—Peter ticated people of our town yhody connected with him se :hunk their heads. The Great " bargains" were the shop was closed Poor Peter might entry vrry ill at To him shutting ht in win- as; therefore )ortunity, d 4, laughed very bois r twice observed to be e called fuddled. At iiew signboard graced of " the firm," having 111 ar y Bennett—otii sen.ations. To our ex kiilirst nature. Some- is lila notion that Mary had at John was a scheming ras [lough, cirnforted us. ' The n'tk, at " unprecedentediy bout like " the leaves in i ever sugar of the new firm was r been sold in the town at oth,r new mark of enter- Ilion of another room to pery goods, dispensed at , Ltleman in a white neck.. ►n for the purpose. The of the district. The old I peddled on for years and an honest name, were • nts. The groceries and 'weir Her ett and his new part elected frnm the best at astonishing sacri- s of eminent maim- '—were the rage hbodrhocd, who ywortb ver, who shook tit the thing could not • grew. when the do of the new firm were On a more pretending and ca lve., young as we were, which we had, however, it ought to be ; and un we retor,ed once more to school, to cur studies, we very shortly ceased Bennett or her poor father's fm concerns, or dus tem it k a letter f rom h ome in ;,!. s tid to be in difficulties. Subsequen tl ye a compromhe had been eff ecte d with the creditors. and that the busi n es s was s t •I l " pushed" by the enterprising and elevtr junior partner. Peter himself, however, never looked up afterwares. lie never could be persuaded that periodical taiolres were reputable features pf the modern system of trade; that a few well-managed We heard mu Tne ituurpggif, voier-t of M 4 until a eB9C that the fir we heard t! compromises would make the fortunes of a firm, with da maging their character with their neighbours. To all John's remarks, of " Oh, sir, we do these things every day in town," he was resolutely deaf ; and he was totally incredulous of the assertions of the same party, true enough nevertheless, that their credit would be all the better afterwards. Even when new goods came pouring in to their order, entrusted to them because, in the opi nion of the wholesale dealers, it was not likely they would attempt a compromise for a few years to come, he could not be persuaded to take heart ; but absolutely moped If into a state of almost idiocy, alternating with fits tiel self-opinion. hind t tiounC d to tt within hearing, the 3' ion of trette surpr bow or other we had thrown herself away cai ; and that. slow shop opene kw prices Vallambro said to be goFsippii main'a,u warned 0 el the cottons ri zrer—all " be Ay of !her stio arr ,erved to a your Gan lies J thr marr eriously to VARIETIES. The mine of Scripture is inexhaustible; and from the time at which it was first opened, till the time when faith shall be exchanged for sight, Lot one labourer who works therein, even from the most robu-t to the most feeble, will remain unrewarded by a participation it, its wealth. TEN GRANDFATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS —ln the parish of Aldhourn in the county of '\ it s, there is now living a penon named Lidiard, who has five grandfathers and five grandmothers, viz.—on the mother's side there is grandfather and grandmother, and each of their fathers and mothers are still living ; on the father's side there is grandfather and grandmother, and great grandfather and great grandmotl.er. A LESSON FOR PLATE PaEsENTEtts.—A Scottish regiment, more famous for fighting than fluency, pur chased a silver jug for the colonel, and summoned him to receive it. When all were assembled together, the spokesman of the subscrihers grasped the " piece of plate," and said, " Colonel, there's the jug." " Ech !" says the colonel, "is that the jug !" And the thing was done. RUSSIAN POLICE.—The secret police of Russia has its ramifications both in the upper arid lower classes of so ciety. Nay, many ladies notoriously act as spies, and are yet received in society, and have company at home; even men who are stigmatised with the san e reputation, are not the worse treated on that account, and bear their disgrace with a kind of haughty dignity. There is not a single re giment of the guard which has not several spies; in the theatres, and especially in the French theatre, there are often a larger number of spies than of mere spectators. In short, there are so many spies that people imagine they see them everywhere.—Russia under Me Autocrat. A. SCORPION.EATER.—In the dollar of the Abides tribe, Captain Kennedy fell in with a scorpion -eater. This was a disgusting-looking boy, who, being an idiot, was looked upon by the Arabs as a saint—deprivation of intellect constituting in their opinion a high claim to ho liness. This urchin bolted, sting and all, a fine lively scorpion upwards of two inches long—the reptile writhing between his teeth as he deliberately crunched it. Our traveller had beard of such explots, but had naturally been rather incredulous concerning the non. removal of the sting. In this case, however, he was perf ctly satisfied that no deception was practiced. The boy afterwards de voured another of the same dangerous species of vermin. He belonged to the religiou4 sect of the Aisaoua, who claim the privilege of being proof against the venom of reptiles and the. effects of fire.—Blackwood's Zyla.oazine. THE " ECRIVAIN PUBLIC."—Who has resided in Pa ris for any length of time without becoming acquainted. at least by sight, with some of those humble temples of lite rature which abound in that city, resembling cobblers' stalls, kept by the very poorest of 'he brethren of the quill, who announce their calling to the world by the some what magniloquent title, inscribed on the little bricks, of " Ecrivains Publics ?" How many a tale of love in hum ble life, how many an intrigue, how many a reputation, lie at the mercy of these humble and busily employed agents of illiterate Paris ! They are said to be a class of men who. though steeped to the lips in poverty, invariably dis play the most scrupulous integrity and discretion towards their employers ; and, according to general report, the confessionals of St Roch or Notre Dame de Lorette are not more sacred than the secrets confided to the penman. ships of these miserable scribes. Their boutiques are usually found in retired parts of the town, a here a spot of waste ground, or a friendly gable of a hous?, hffords space for their erection, without the awkwardness of a demand for rent. A description of this class of the sons of litera ture, so totally unknown to fame, would be worthy the pen of the Fielding of former days, or the Charles Dickens of our own.—Fraser's Magazine. INDIAN MEAL.—There is no sort of grain that can be turned to so many uses as Indian corn, and with so little meat than rice ; and there are few constitutio s with which it does not agree perfectly well. Many persons do not Pike it at fist, but eventually become fond of it. As food, Indian meal is very nutritious; it is, perhaps, more strengthening and wholesome than any other farinaceous substance. There are numerous modes of preparing it easy, are pdata le and exce ana particularly convenient where close economy is expe dient. The nicer preparations of Indian meal are found on the best tables in America. It requires more cooking than wheat flour. Indian meal is also the hest possible fond for all kinds of ptul:ry, pigeons, &c.; mixed into a sof( dough, with cold water iii summer, and warm water when the weather is cr,ld. It should be set down to them in shallow pans, and given twice or three times a day. When the large fowls are fed with Indian corn in grains, wetted Indian meal should always be prepared for the young chickens. If mixed with treacle, to a stiff dough, it will fatten poultry very fast. I have seen calves fed on warm mush and milk. and nothing can be better for them. The yellow Indian meal is decidedly the sweetest and best, and it is almost universally used in America in preference to the whi , e, which is comparatively twitelese. resembling very coarse rough wheat flour. In buying Indian meal. take care that it is not in the least sour. either in taste or smell. If there is the slightest sourness about it, do not attempt to use it, as it is then unwhole some, having been kept too long. It will remain sweet much longer, if, soon after it is brought home, you have the whole of it sifted at once ti rough a sieve into another barrel, box, or jar. The lighter and looser it lies, the better it will keep. It should he kept in a dry and cool place and carefully covered.—lndian Meal Book. Homc.—The love of home, the charms of the native soil,—,he endearments they possess when present, and the beauty and dignity shed over their remembrance whilst absent,—these are feelings which can steal into all breasts without speech or language:— " 'Tis nature's :oice, and understood Alike by all mankind." The patriotic passion is not lost for the want of high civi lisation : it often burns most purely in breasts the most unsophisticated ; and one of the worst lessons high culti vation and liberal principles instil, is the disregard for lo cal sympathies, under the high sounding name of cosmo politanism. The poor Tyrolese is not yet t nctured by the new virtue. As he ventures from his rocky nest he al ready feels at every step the lengthening chain ; and if by chance, in the melting of his soul, the strains of the Ranz des Vachea should meet his ear, the flood of feeling be comes irresistible, and the poor wanderer has nothing left but to seek hastily the air and roil of home, or to die. The sailor, in his calenture, sees every wave transformed to green trees of his native %Wage. Speak not of the splen dour, the conveniences, the comfy ris of home!—these do not give it the title of " Sweet, sweet hone r' Take it in alicitv. its nakedness, and its deprivations, but you its sicn have not s►epped from its ende , ring charms. Trusting alone to wealth, Horace could find himself only a splen did beggar,— " Magnus inter opes. mops;" and his praises were reserved tor the simple objects of nature,— " Purse rivns aqua silvaq'•e jngerum Paucornm, et segetis certa fi:ICE mew," because they were endeared to him by associations silent but powerful. The dying hour dues no, even erase this stamp of nature, nor can the splendours of the capital can cel the rude cot with its magic name. The shouts, that would at one time have thrilled through the expiring gla diator, now move him not ; his heart is occupied in a rossing theme. What beautiful but indignant esprei.ions were called forth from the captive Israelites, by the gush of teeth , w hen their thoughts were suddenly turned to their own land (Ps. 137 ) And with what ar dour dues 'livid cr . , - out whilst returning to his beloved city : more t-ng low the " Peace be within thytvalls, and p osperity within thy palaces." —New Quarterly Review. THE BORE INQUISITIVE.—HE is one of the most teas ing persons you can pos-ibly fill in with. All men avoid him, either instinctively, or from experience; and yet we defy any one to walk abroad without meeting him. Ile is everywhere; and were you at night to compare notes with balf.a-dozen of your intimate trends, who, as well as yourself, know him, or ratter are kniiwn of him, all at one period or other of the day, in public square or private lane, in the green meadow or by the sea-shore, have been fated to encounter the bore inquispive. All regard him as a perfect pest, and no one ever dared say so to his lace. A bore of this kind is generally a middle-aged, respecta ble-looking man, who limps slightly, uses a cane, and makes slow progress. He is staid, temperate, and rnsy.. cheeked ; he is; moreover, well to do, calm and unruffled in his deportment; and when he comes up to shake hands and to victimise you, you cannot for your lile offer any re sistance. His small, blue, unmeaning eye, has a fascinat. ing influence which you can neither describe nor avoid. " lie holds" you with it until he has wrenched and wrung your inmost soul. He asks question alter question, and yet never seems to care for your answer. When you are beginning to give him the necess-ry amount of infornia tion on a topic he just seemed anxious to know about, he stops you with a query respecting the age of your grand mother; and while you are returning a somewhat micer tain and hesitating response, he will ask you as suddenly what you regard as likely to be the ultimate fate of the last ministerial measure. But this is not the worst of the matter; the wretch not uotrequently tortures you with questions in reference to affairs connected with your own or the private history of your trienes. in a manner so pro vokingly calm and cool, that though you f el he deserves to be knocked down with the umbrella you are carrying, you cannot avoid standing, and though blushir,g and per spiring with agonised feeling, endeavour to give him all the in'ormation you can stammer out. You are possibly residing at your father's, out of a situation for the present, and you must be pestered with inquiries as to what made you leave your old one. He hears you have been ill used, and wishes, out of the love he bears you, to get particu lars. While you are endeavouring to explain, he cuts you In.:, WI Al al, ,•••••• ••• short, by expressing his sorrow to learn that your brother ailure lust week venture ;and a Thomas made such an unexp e c t e d t when, to gratify his curiosity , you are about to guess 114 to what he is likely to allow his creditors per pound, he stops your mouth by , egretting to bear of the delicate health of your .sister Jane, who has been hut re cently married, and asks whether there is any truth in the report that her husband is given to the bottle. You are about to reply, but his small, calm eve now espies another victim advancing un the road, and bidding you good day, he crosses over to him, and as you make your escape. you heave a sigh for him who is now caught by "the button." —Hogg's Weekly Instructor. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. BEAUTIES OF ARCIIITECTURE.—UnIess we are mista ken, it appears to us that the Greeks imitated nature in her most perfect and abstract forms of beauty : and that they, with their successors the Romans, or rather the later Greeks, sought for beautiful objects as adapted to ar chitectural ornacrient, wherever they could find them. They were not prevented by any traditional or conven tional proprieties from imitating and using the beautiful and the natural wherever they may exist : all the varied forms of nature would have come right to them had they been willing. They seem, however, not to have taken so wide a range as we should have expected ; or else their works that -have come down to us are so few in number that their choice seenis to have been rather restricted. The middle age architects also took a wide or rather a free range in the forms of the vegetable and animal world : but they worked with barbarous eyes arid stiff hands; nor till the twelfth century do they seem to have arrived at that artist cal freedom and correctness which are requisite to interpret and to imitate the multiplex forms of the natural world. As for the human figure, they confined themselves principally to draperied forms; and they embued these with considerable elegance; neverthelt sA, through all their operations, we trace a want of anatomical knowledge, which not all their ready invention can conceal, and which is scarcely compensated by the value of their sculpture, as a contemporaneous illustration of medixval history. Her aldry seems always to have been a mystic and a mythic art ; and hence heraldic forms have a certain privilege of caricature and distortion from which it is in vain to try to emancipate them. Such being the case, it becomes a question—how should modern ornament be coo posed ? In the classic style, are we always to adhere to foreign fo. liege, forehn animals, and mytholigical figures : and in the Gothic style, are we always to preserve the same rigi dity and distortion which prevailed so long as those styles were in actual practice? We apprehend the true rule of aesthetics in this case to be that for restorations or exact facsimiles of buildings, whether classical or mediaeval, the very form as well as the spirit of the ornament contempo raneously used in such buildings should be most strictly adopted. An imitation, unless it is an exact one, is good for nothing, as far as architecture is concerned. But should we prevail on ourselves either to depart from these styles, or to carry out their main principles, so as to form a national style of our own—not a fixed one, but a style varying through d fferent ages. suiting itself to the social requirements of each—then we should be prepared. not only to call in the aid of natural beauty to the fullest ex tent, but also to avail ourselves of all that rich fund of form which results from the extensive use of scientific knowledge, and the investigation of physical curves. There is no reason why such a style, or succession of styles, should riot be formed, if the great prirttiples of science and utility be taken as the superstructure on which imagination may afterwards raise its enrichment; and, if ever it come into existence, we have the unlimited expanse of the universe to range through in search of beauty and harmony. It is impossible to say what changes the intro duction of new mathematical forms may not produce, and produce with good effect: thus the beautiful curve of the catena would not have been known, but for the introduc tion of suspension bridges. The application of the cycloid is comparatively modern, though the curve itself is an cient; and the grand effect of the horizontal line was not fully known—despite of Greece and Rome—till our inter minable lines of railroad had stretched their lengths across the land. In the same way, our more extended and mere intimate knowledge of the animal and vegetable kingdom ought to furnish us with an immense variety of new and beautiful forms of ornament—we do not mean of mythic or fanciful ornament, but of the highest and best kinds of decoration, absolute. and yet partial imitation of nature. Thus, for example, have we a blank space, extending ho rizontally to a long di,tance, which we desire to cover with enrichments. We have our choice, either in mathe matical forms and combination of forms, such as medim val architects might have applied. or else we may throw along it wreaths and branches of foliage, peopled with in sect life, or enlivened by birds and animals. A succession of simple oak branches or laurel-leaves, or the shoots of any other common plants, faithfully imitated, and cut into mimic life, from the inanimate stone. wou d firm an or nament of the most effective kind, and would constitute a work of art, being an intelligent and poetical interpreta tion of natural beauty. In the building of our houses, why should the straight line and sections of the circle be the only lines admissible for doors, windows, and roofs ? Why should the Greek and Roman °volt), cevetto, and square, be the only combination that we know of in our common moul sings? H ow much richer were the architects of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, whn drew with " free hands," and gave us such exquisite effects of light and shade! We are firmly persuaded, that an architect, deeply imbued with the scientific principles of his profes sion, and endowed, at the same time, with the hand and the eve of a skilful artist, may cause a most happy and useful reformation of our national architecture.—Blackw. GENERAL MISCELLANY. The import duty on wheat has fallen to Os. per quarter. The sum subscribed for the testimonial to Mr. John Bright only amounts to £l.OOO. The salaries paid to English consuls abroad vary from -£25 to £l.BOO per annum. The Lte Mr. J. Ashton, of Hyde, has left his residuary personal estate to the sinking fund for the reduction of the National debt. It is expected to amount to £150,000. The Nottingham Journal says that both the Baptist and Independent ministers of Belper have resolved to seek ordination in the Established Church. --- A coach proprietor from Leeds drove the horses of one of his coacht s so unmercifully on the Leger day, that be fore he returned to Leeds in the evening two of them died. At the te•ision of the Meryl. bone tints of parliamentary voters the Conservatives sustained no fewer than 552 ob jections, and failed in or withdrew 57 only. A pretty re gister this must have been to begin with ! The Seventh Hussars (Queen's Own) commanded by Lieut.-col. White, have been removed from Hounslow to Ireland, in consequence, it is supposed, of the of the inhabitants ar ising out of the late case of flogging. MUNIFICENT STIPEND.—A clerical correspondent of the Times writes that he has been offered the chaplaincy of the union-workhouse belonging to six parishes by the local board. The temptation held out is £l3 per annum. At the Central Criminal Court, on Friday, Wiliam Clare, engine driver on the Eastern Counties Railway, was acquitted on a charge of having caused the death of Richard Hind by the late concussion on that line. At the Court of the Ancient Corporation of the Poor of Bristol, it was resolved to oppose the auditing of the ac counts by the representative of the Poor Law Commis sioners. _ _ _ In two or three days last week there arrived four ves sels from Lisbon and Rotterdam, having on board no fewer than 2,819 large boxes and 1,550 half-boxes of to- reign grapes. It is estimated that no less than seven millions sterling of the public revenue are intercrpted by the servants of the crown, and disposed of without any account being rendered to the public. The public are cautioned against counterfeit half-sove reigns, with which the metropolis is at this moment inun dated. They are electrotyped, and so admirably executed that it is very difficult to detect them. The Dissenters of Plymouth have passed a resolution pledging themselves to support, at the next election, those candidates only who will undertake to oppose the endow ment of the Roman Catholic priesthood. MILDNESS OF THE WEATHER.—There is a second course of b!ossona on many wall fruit trees, strawberries, and other small fruit bushes in this neighbourhood. Some of the winter flowering shrubs are also in flower, of which the lauristinus is paricularly ricb.—Perthshi , e Courier. At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, a post office clerk named Thomas Jones was found guilty of stealing a letter containing half-a-sovereign, and sen tenced to ten years' transportation. In the town of Sheffield there are stated to be 3,330 persons employed in the various processes of the manu facture of pocket-knives. In this number are included 2.400 setters-in ; 430 pen blade grinders; 150 pocket blade grinders : 270 blade forgers; and 110 scale forgers. Four men have been committed for tri ,I at York a-sizes, for an atrocious rape at Pocklington. upon Mary O'Llan lon, the wife of a besont-maker of that town. The wife of one of the prisontrs stood quietly by, and witnessed the Lffence. SPORTING MADE EASY.—A. birdcatcher in the vi cinity of the Seven Dials announces that he will, on rea sonable terms, supply sportsmen with birds, powder and shot, dog and gun, which he will convey to any " required distance." On Tuesday, a young man, while in a state of intoxica tion, fell against the palings of the police station-house, Woolwich, which are studded with nails. One of these nails entered his left eye, and the wound caused his death within a few hours. The estate of the Cregeans, lately sold by auction, has been purchased for £l7 (MO by Joseph Ewart, Esq. At the NII.Ina Agricultural Society meeting, last week, the silver cup for the best cultivated farm above 50 acres, was awarded to the proprietor of this estate. A great many Indian Rupees are in circulation in the city, arid from a similarity of resemblance, readily pass for'ilalf-erowns; the real value, however, is less t 3an 2s One tradesman in Farriogdonlatreet took three in one day. Barkitt, a native of Titmarsh, Northampton_ shire, who had lived in the s ,, rvire of Mrs. Gray and her son Edward, at Bushmead, ab-ut ten weeks, having made a full confession of having set fire to the premises on the Ist instant, has been committed for trial. Mr. Anderson, the professor of elocution. lately an nounced two of his Shaksperian readings at Tunbridge Wills. One auditor attended in the morning, th ree i n the evening. Tom Thumb, in the same room, had 1500 visitors. • On Tuesday, at half-past two o'clock, the tide of the Thames rose to an extraordinary height, in consequence of which great damage was effected to the whorls and dwelling.hou'es along the Thames, particularly at Batter sea, Wandsworth, &c. Mr. G. W. Johnston has published a pamphlet to make known a remedy fyr the potato disease. He says—" The remedy is very simple. and, as is usually the case, is pre ventive rather than curative, viz , plant at the close of Septemhtr, or in the first week in October." At Ma ylebone police-court on Saturday, William Bardwell, an architect, was fined £4 for having wilfully damaged one of the baths at the Public Baths in George. street, New-road, by pouring some strong acid on the enamel, wh ch caused it to peel off. GOOD SPORT.—Thirty•th - ree grayling and one trout, weighing thirty-two pounds, exclusive of small fry, were taken at Leintwardine with the fly and grasshopper in the space of five hours, on Monday last, by a member of that club. The same rod in three days killed one hundred and eight pounds.—Shropshire Journal. Last Saturday an elderly fartntr, named John Baker, from Horsford, was swindled out of £5O in Norwich Cat tle Market. by some strange's who pretended to be horse. dealers. They adopted the old trick of persuading him to purchase a horse which one pretended he wanted, but could not buy of the other. As soon as the parties bad secured the money they all disappeared. In the parish of Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, there lives a venerable female, whose age is 103 years, and who is in the perfect enjoyment of her health and facuiities. The good old dame stated, a few days since, her perfect recollection that eighty years since the same disease ex isted in the potat J crop for three successive years, after which it affected the turnips equally as bad. SUDDEN DEATH IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.—On Wed nesday, Daniel Trinder, E.g., land-agent to the Earl of Sr. Germans, left Cirencester by the mail train for Port Eliot, where he was expected to hold the Annual Court. He was apparently in perfect health when he left Ciren cester, but on opening the carriage at Swindon he was found a corpse. DISEASE IN THE CELERY PLANTS.—The leaves of the celery plants are stated to be withering, and on dividing the two coats of the diseased leaves, it will be found that there are a number of small green insects between th , gm, which are rapidly destroying the inner parts of the leaves. The disease is quite new to us, and seems likely to be fatal to much of the celery. An inquest was held at Lewes, on the body of a pri soner said to have died of starvation in the House of Cor rection at Lewes. The jury, after deliberating some time, returned a verdict, "That the rig aur of the sentence be ing fully carried into effect, and the insufficiency of the food, destroyed the constitution of deceased, in conse quence of which he died." At the late musical festival at Birmingham, Benedict, the composer, at the performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah, without having heard a note previously, toak down in notation on his programme the motif of every piece— its key, its time, its form and construction—a most mar vellous exercise for the ear, when it is added he did not make a single mistake. On Wednesday, John Banister Faulkner surrendered at the Central Criminal Court, to take his trial for forgery of railway scrip. His late partner, Bentham Fabian, did not appear. The first wi'ness examined, a clerk in their office, stated, after a short examination, that Mr. Faulk ner was not aware beforehand of the transaction respecting the shares, and on this the case was abandoned, and Mr. Faulkner was discharged. THE DAGENHAM MURDER.—On Tuesday, the in quiry into the murder of Police Constable George Clarke was resumed for the sixth time. The room was crowded by the resident gentry of the neighbourhood. The addi tional evidence was not very material. The Coroner summed up, and after consulting for upwards of one hour, the jury agreed to a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown. Mr: Fisher, the Unitarian minister at Lincoln, com mitted suicide on Wednesday evening by takicg diluted prussic acid after he had retired to his bed-room, where he was found dead next morning. The cause of the act is attributed to an apprehension on the part of the de ceased of imputa•ions upon his moral character which would prevent him from having a congregation. He was 25 years old, and had formerly been an attorney. It is but a few weeks since the grave closed upon the remains of Charlotte Elizabeth—one of the very first among our female writers ; and already we have to record the loss of another equally eminent Christian woman, the author of " The Listener." Mrs Wilson, perhaps better remembered by her former name of " Caroline Fry," was taken to her rest, on Thursday last, at Tunbridge Wells, after a short and sharp attack of pulmonary disease. Mr. Musbet, jun.. of Dark Hill, near Coleford, iron master, writing in the Mining Journal, says that he is in possession of a plan by which two tons of pig iron may be produced for every ton of coal used. At present it takes two tons of coal to make one ton of pig iron. He also as serts that he knows of an immense supply of iron hitherto unused and unsuspected, though at the manufacturer's feet ; but the secret he is Being to keep to himself until he finds it worth while to sell it. At littwick village, Northumberland, on the 14th in stant, in her 100th year, Margery, widow of Mr. Thomas Duncan, died. She was the last of three sisters, whose united ages at the time of their death amounted to 278 years. Their father, Richard Moore, died at Howick in his 100th year, and neither he nor his father, who also lived nearly a century, had ever slept a night out of the Howick domains during the whole of their patriarchal lives. W. Hayter, a gamekeeper, at Warleigh, Devon, gra been committed for trial at the next Exeter Assizes, for firing at and wounding a girl of sixteen years old, named Maria Hicks, who was plucking blackberries. The plan tation in which the offence was committed, adjoined a garden occupied by the girl's father; there was no fence or other partition ; and no design of meddling with game seems to have been i rputed to the sufferer, who tetired on the first notice, and was twice fired at while retracing her steps, two shots taking effect on the second dischar:e. At Bow-street Police-office, George Kurnot, a man who has kept a chemist's shop at Raleigh, in Essex, for twenty years, was charged with abstracting a £5 note from a let ter which passed through the postoffice at Raleigh, of which he was the keeper. The note was sent in a letter to Mrs. Chambers from her husband, in March last; the absence of the money was notified to the prisoner ; about H fortnight since he prt'd a linendraper of Aldersgate- street for some goods with the identical note, giving his address, " Brown, it aleigh." The prisoner was remanded. SINGULAR FRAUD ON THE RAGGED SCHOOLS. —An ingenious fraud, practised at the Ragged Schools in Broadway. Wes•minster, brings to light the eagerness with which admission is sought by some of the children For whose reception these institutions are provided. They incurred the expense and trouble of printing admission cards. and forging the signature, being a fac simile of those issued by the superintendent. These were bought by others for a halfpenny each, and gained admission till the forgery was detected. EXTRAORDIN ARY PRESERVATION.—A man nearly seventy years of age, of the name of Walker, of Winslow, a pensioner, got into a tree in that parish, on Thursday, for the purpose of getting rotten wood. He slipped, and one of his feet caught between two branches, whence he was suspended with his head downwards. He was in this state for twenty-two hours. When found the blo td was flowing from his mouth and ears. It is believed that he would have been dead in a short time, but it is thought he will recover. He was about fifteen feet from the ground. SINGULAR DTSCOVERY.—On Tuesday one of the crew of the Emerald Gravesend s earner observed a brown pa per parcel in the cabin, and as no one applied for or claimed it, he took it to the booking-office, Graves-end. Therrbeing no name or addr. , ss upon the parcel, after a short delay, it was considered advisable to open it and see what it contained, when, to the utter surprise of till, the body of a newly born female infant pr , sentrd itself. It ii about two years since a similar parcel was lett on the seat of a Gravesend steamer, containing an infant in a state of decomposition. . _ SUICIDE AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—EarIy on Thursday evening a woman, named Cloppenham, threw herself, together with her daughter, a club about four years old, from the Sun Pier, at Chatham, into the Med way. A son of Mr. Robertson, surgeon, wt-o witnessed the circumstance, flew to their rescue, and by his heroic conduct was the means of preventing their being carriA away by the tide. On the bodies tieing brought ashore, every means were used for their recovery, which, in the case of the child, fortunately succeeded, but the mother died about two o'clock on Friday morning. Family dif ferences are said to have led to the rash act. PREVENTION OF DISEASE IN POTATOES.—TVVO agri cultural labourers living near Petworth, and occupying what is called in Sussex a double cottage, with each a small garden attached to his dwelling, both planted their gardet.s last season with potatoes. The planting took place by both on the same day, with seed taken pi o ist;u ously from the same parcel. One took no precaution to guard against the disease, and the potatoes entirely failed; the other, previous to planting, placed a layer of sawdust in the drill, on which the seed was plac• d ; this has pro duced him as fine a crop of potatoes as net d be, with scarcaly a single defect. Sea sand made use of in the same manner, is said t) be equally beneficial. THE POTATO CROP.—Perhaps it may be said, with strict regard to truth, that the accounts last received, from Ireland and all other parts of the United Kingdom, would seem to concur in intimating, rather than directly stating, that the presto crop has ni.t, of late, forth• r proceedyd from bad to worse. And we believe that such an infe rence may be fairly drawn of the virulence of the disease having passed its height, and that reasonable hopes may now b - e enterta;ned of a considerable proportion of the clop being yet preserved, which, whilst the tubers will not be affected in quality, they may still be expect , d to be' less in size, and not so prolific in We have made numerous it quiries of potat-i growers, and on their answers feel warranted in making the feregoing statement. BATTLE OF THE INSECTS.—During the afternoon of Thursday, the 18th instant, a respec ab'e farmer in 'he neighbourhood was on the famed Twyri Barlwm, Risca, watching his finks, when suddenly a humming noise in the air attracted his attention. On looking up, he saw countless numbers of bees gathering from all directions, and on meeti .g ju-t by whet e he stood, they engaged in a cottfl , ct which listed till the slain lay in many thousand. about the spot. The news of so extraordinary a ei,eurn stance soon spread, and the, seem, of the combat has this week been visited by hundreds of persons, who all agree in regarding it as a most mysterious circumstance. The insects are of a dark glossy colour, short and thick, and resemble the well-known wild honey or earth-bee, so common during the summer months. THE BILL AGAINST CAPTAIN RICHARDSON IGNORED. —The grand jury have ignored the bill, ehareing Captain Mt_ _ grand jury examined a great numb-r of wiin-sses, arid it was understood that they stated as their rens n fir ignor ing the bill, that after looking at the whole of the evidence which Ivid been laid bet re th , To, the maj, , rily of them were of opinion that the words " ten you da" had never been written in the cheque, and, therefore, no fi rgery had riati•fied that been rffected. They were at the same time Captain Richardson had, by some means, 4 signatures of his two co-tt asters to a blink the as he was aueaorized b •esululion of the ciimpanv to heques, no fraud liadheencerronitted. 1' nte-rtaining, Capt. R as the majority of the body did, this view other course to adopt than to ignore the b:1 has since been set at liberty. IRON TRADE.—There is no new feature to notice this week. Orders pour in for every de.eript , on of iron, but are now very generally refused, both from an inability to execute them and the prevalent expectation of higher prices. That a very large hu•ines has been done in Lon don, sacs Ai ia's Birmingham Gov Ile, and at improved rues for all descriptions of iron, iniPcat.s that this exo'r tation is not confined to the makers, and vsill doub less bring merchants freely into the market for surplirs at quarter day. Several large contracts for railroad re quire ments having however Lady hi en taken in this neighbour hood at lower ligui es than tight have been ex k ected, and the fact that many large manufacturvrs are so lull of orders that they could not for a considerable time partici pate in the advantages, has gi;en rise to a report that all their influence will be used to prevent an advanee.:— Glea pow. Sept. 18.—The market has been dull again this se ek, and prices are more in fa-'our of buyers than last. Prunes quoted are 725. for No. 3, 745. to 755. for mixed Nos., and 765. to 785., all No. 1., cash, f.o.b. About 700 or 800 Irish reapers, being delayed over night at Ardrossan, by a fog, which prevented the sailing of the Londonderry steamer, commenced a riot, for the sake of fun, to the great alarm of the peaceable inhabitants. With the view of terrifying the Irishmen, they were threa tened with a volley from a seven gun battery, which had been erected by the Earl of Eglinton ; but no sooner was this hinted, than about 700 of them charged up the hil upon which the guns are mounted, and captured the bat tery. Military assistance was sent for, and the steamer shortly afterwards sailing, their services were not re- quired. A " TAKING" AFFAIR.—One of our contemporaries last week de,cribed a theft committed by a lad in Kiik gate in the following terms :—" The prisoner came up, coolly took down a coat that took his fancy, and then look to his heels. Hurst took after him, and, being the better runner, soon overlook him, gave him into custody of Inspector Hepworth, who look him to the station house, and the mayor, deciding the taking to have been a felonious one, ordered his mittimus to be made out. so that he may take his trial a! the next se,sions." This would, most assuredly, bother a foreigner studying English. THE LATE ROBBERY OF £BOO AT EDINBURGH.— Among the many measures adopted by the superintendent of police to recover the money of which a gentleman was lately robbed in a close in High-street, he transmitted a description of the bank notes and other missing property to Liverpool, Hull, and other large maritime towns. The result has already proved effectual, for on Tuesday in formation was received from the authorities in Liverpool, stating that two of the Bank of England notes for £5O had been changed there, and that the original possessor bad been discovered to be a young man about twenty-six years of age, adding a minute description of his person. The criminal officer at once knew the man, and within an hour after the receipt of the information he was appre hended and secured. On being examined, he admitted having been in Liverpool, and disposed of the notes, but could give no account how he obtained possession of them, further than he got them from a gentleman in Edinburgh. On his person was found £lB. He is well known to the police, having for several years been a reputed house breaker. The total number of men and women who have been taken in;o custody, under suspicion of being impli cated in this extensive and daring robbery, is fourteen, but six of them have since been liberated.—Witness. EARL SPENCER'S STOCK.—A sale of part of the stock of the late Earl Spencer took place last week. The cows and heifers realised £3,727 10s. giving an average of £37 ss. 6d. The bulls realised £1,556 24.. presenting an average of £74 2s. The total amount of the sale was £4,283 12. For lot eight, was contested by Lord Duncie and Count St. Marie, on behalf of the King of the French, but his lordship ultimately became the purchaser. For lot twenty-seven, there was also a smart encounter, but Count St. Marie proved the victor. For lot thirty-eight, a most spirited bidding was kept up, but the animal was ultimately "run out" to the Earl of Zetland. For lot fifty-eight, also, there was a severe race, but Lord Ducie was the lucky purchaser. For the hull, Exquisite, only thirteen months old, there was the most spirited contest, which terminated in the unprecedented sum of three hun dred and seventy guineas. The next contest was between Viscount Milton and Count St. Marie, for the bull, Tin ker, little more than nine months old, which was finally " run out" to the Count at two hundred and fifty-five guineas. The last spirited bidding was for Liroast r, a calf, calved March 30th, 1846, consequently little more than five months old. This was between Count St. Ma ri, and Viscount Milton, but the representative of Lou;s Philippe was the ultimate purchaser at one hundred and fifty guineas. ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT, Rumours that it is the intention of Ministers to assemble Parliament early in November continue to gain ground. We, says the Dublin Mail, are induced to think that they are not without foundation, although we believe nothing definite has as yet been determined upon the sub ject. We are, however, enabled to state, that the Lord Lieutenant has, in the strongest mat.ner, urged the neces sity of suc't a step upon the attention of the Cabinet; and also that he has applied for powers to adopt the plan of relief, by useful:reproductive works, so often and so earnestly put forward in our columns. We have good reason to believe that his Excellency has pressed for authority to introduce this plan at once, and to trust to a parliamentary indemnity, if it should be thought to be contrary to the l-tter of the Relief Act. The Standard of Saturday evening, gives further countenance to the hel of that Parliament will reassemble on the 4th of November next, the day to which it now stands prorogued. A FEMALE SAILOR, At the Thames Police office in London, on Monday, Mr. Alexander Hood, the master of the collier brig Per cival, lying in the river, came before Mr. Ballantine, and stated that one of the apprentices, who was bound at Newcastle, on the 4'h instant, in the name of William Juhns, turned out to he a female, and he wanted to know what was to be done with her, whether he would be jus tified in cancelling the indentures ? Mr. B.llantine said the Register Office for Seamen was the proper place to apply for that purpose. If the appren tice was a Woman the contract was no longer binding. Did she do any duty on board ? Mr. Hood.—Yes, sir; quite a smart lad, we thought her—l mean him—that is, the female. She went up aloft, reefed sails, arid did all the duties required of her. Mr. Ballantine.—flow old is this female sailor? Mr. Hood.--She said she was sixteen when she was bound, but she his since told try wife, who was on board all the passage, that she is twenty. Mr. Ballantine.—And when did you discover that your apprentice was a w. man ? Mr. Hood.—Not till Saturday. My wife has since taken off her sailor's jacket and trousers, and put her on female wearing apparel. She is c. mpletely metamor phosed. I brought her ashore to-day, and left her at ts respectable coffee-hou,e. Ball,intine.—Well, I can't help you. Yon can either take back this woman, who has been personating a sailor, or leave her here. SPREAD OF POPERY. The subjoined paper has been prepared by the Rev. J. R. CliTtrd, of Bristol. We are glad to infer from its be being marked No. I , that it is the first of a s-rtes. " Fifty year. , since there were only thirty Popish cha pels in Great Bs itAin: There are now 602 public chapels, ten colleges, thirty-four convents, six monasteries, 776 missionary priests, besides many private chapels.—Catho lic Directory fur 1846. "Toe Catholic Institute was established A.D. 1838; its avowed object is the conversion of Great Britain to Popery ; in order to render it more effectual, it was re cognized in April. 1845.—Catholic Directory for 1846. " While the Catholic states of Europe have seen com pelled in self-defence to enforce the laws against the Je suits, the statutes hitherto in force against them in En gland are to be repealed. We may therefore expect that their increase will be tenfold. " It has been deliberately announced, that the Romish priests are to be endowed by the State, so soon as the public mind has been prepared for such an even , . " Within the last few years, the Tractarian heresy has drawn into the Church of Rome upwards of 100 members of the Church of England, many of whom are clergymen. and nearly all persons of considerable worldly intelligence. This tact di-proves the assertion that in this enlightened day we have nothing to fear from Popery. " When, several years ago, the voice of warning was raised against the tendency of Tractarianism, it was de cried as a needless alarm, and the parties who gave the warning were denounced as mountebanks. Lamentable facia have since proved who were right and who were wrong. •• Many of the clergymen of the Church of England speak of the Romish Church and her priests in terms of strong commendation. The result is the deadening of all perception as to the essential difference between Protes tant truth arid Romish error. "Notwithstanding the above facts. the most perfect apathy prevails on the subject amongst Protestants." STATE (IF TRA DI MANCRRSTER•—The arrivals from the United States, which reached us dint c the past week, are still occupied with notices at the stater f the cotton crops, and the usual intelligence about " the insec ," and the rd. a." ibis has had some influence at Liverpool many of the spinners taking .right, and purchasing Nreely. whereby the market has been driven up some id per lb since our last We did not think, after the bitter experience rue last ten years have read to our manufacturers, that the bait would have taken so readily. Certain we are. that the state of the market, arid of demand, will not bear such an advance in the price or the raw material. There has been grvt activity in Liver poo'. bu• there has not been the same degree of animation in our riwir market; and, in point of fact, the state of aff irs altogether is nearly a repetition of that which we reported last week. For the same reason that we then mentioned, we abstain from preten in 4 to quote the closing prices of our market. HocnpALE.—The demand for Flannels has not been so good s it was on the previous Monday whillprices have been much The Wool market has been rather still, and the bust ransacted limited. the same HunDEasrliun.—lhe demand for goods in the home trade is bet n r.,tlier active to day. and anvears lik. ly to last later for money, and 951 to I for the account. than in o th er years; fat:cy ye tinges Exchequer Bills ORV.- teen steady at its. to 14 s. ; Itirlia required than the aapp'y. St ck has slightly fallen : it is now quoted 258 to 60. LEEDS --Vk e have hcohlng new to report of the state of our Money is plentiful on good at curitie., yet on inferior cloth noo ket.. I.rices c ntihue steady, and the quantity of goods sold at the Clap Halls were about an avera : e of the ma rke t s o f p,,pe, it is tighter than a week ago. the last lew weeks. There has been a little more business A LI foreign securities a sl elf. decline has been felt. in the ware; ouses this week, principally with "-- Spanish Steck is a little lower, though not much. The buyers. lut for foreign demands' there is but little doin g Five per Cents. were yesterday done at 251. M ex i can B RADFORD. — In the Wool market there is no ma nifest im have receded to 24i to 25, from whence it would seem provement to.day. The demand is sluggish, and the spinners th , t the last Arnereau n ews has had an unfavourable buy only for immediate use. Late prices steadily maintained. eft' et on this stock. Portuguese Four ptr Cents. w ere The colonial sales now on i n L ot don are brisk. and command done at 40 to • Berg and Dutch Stock are steady ; di lag oori prices, which h E caused a slight improvement :- 1 I. the Fonr.and.aall Der Cents. of the former we note at BnCl6 brokes —ln the Yap market there is no -' are considerably more e country e siuce our 97 to 98; the Twu•and-a-Half per Cents. of the latter at 95i The Share Market has been more languid this week than fur some time past, and the amount of business trans acted more limited. In fact, speculation for the time is completely at a stand-still, and no contrast can be greater last: nor any additional machinery put to work. The pt ices are very steady; bu' as Vool maii.tains its price, there is no hope foo improvement in Yarns. as it is evident that it the price of yarns were materially higher it would teed to check then use. and cotton would be substituted —Piece Market. The business doing today is rather duller than for some weeks previous. 'I here are no tidings yet of I.cipsie fair. but as only a small = - thanthat pr; by the market n o w w•th its aspect at the corre,panding period of last year. The quieted is probably the , ettling of . thewa' . er before tt LEM. STBR.— There continues to be a steady demand for the home- trace. but the supply of wools is quite equal to the de- turn of Lt e tide; anc p rest- n t state of the marked and d fluctuations it prices have not been cnatinal, but the - ••••••••• lIG tercki:cy is tow4rds decline. Toe Admiralty Commissioners decided on the tenders for supplying the nay) with beef and pork yesterday. The quantities required were unusually large —say 12,000 tierces of beef, and 18.000 deices of pork. All the latter was taken, but only 8,000 t;erces of the former. The beet is to be delivered at £7 ls., end the pork at £7 13., per lieree tho. , e of last year :es were muc' Prices of sIl kinds of grain were higher at Msrk•lane yesterday; welts are slowly accutnulaling in bond, and is again at tie lowest point. The importations for the week were, h t l ast n i g h t ' s Gazelle, 45,000 quarters of wheat, and 18,000 quarters of oats. For the month end ing the sth of September the importations have been 95540 quarter of wheat, 165 000 quartets of oats, and 71,0(10 quarters of Ind an wheat. The total imrortstions of all kitals of sra;n in the same period, including beans, peas, &c.. amounted to 397,000 quarters. The quantity of wheat flour imported. In addition, was 277,000 cwt, II are now es two ration uttis since. Englis a. Yarn without alter MEETINGS of CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. SKPT. Hotta 3 , Ptincan M'Dougali (proof and div.)...... District Court. 11 20, .Inha Lyth_ne. ;proof and diva... 30. Thomas Henrey, (proof and div ) .. Ditto, 12 30. Patrick O'llanlon, 1 2nd) Ditto, 12 Oct. I. ( Wiles Thomas Wood. (10d) ..... ... Ditto. 11 1. Edward "only. (2d) - - Tweddle. (proof James Gill ( 'rid) 5. Frederick Cordar ,, y (audit 5, George Lewis. (2nd) .. 6. th.nry Roe, (moor and div, 6. John Stevenson. (proof and di; 6 . Enninudson Cooban (audit) 6. John Rlkvy, (audi IVlRlllice Jones, (2nd) 6, Edward Swanwiek Houk', (In) 6. Jonathan Prychertb. (2nd) 6. William La aster. (Ist) . 6, John Orange (Ist) 7. Hobert Westmore, (audit) . S. John Wilkinson. (2nd) p, Richard AUaddcck► Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto. PROTECTIONIST POLICY. The Morning Post of Friday gives the following propo sitions as the ground•work of a system of Protection'st policy. an instalment towards rebating the assertion so frequently made against the party, that theirs is a policy neither intelligible nor distinctly defined. The authority on which the declaration is given is not named, but it certainly seems like an embodiment of principles such as Protectionists, as a body, might support ; and, without pledging ourselves to an entire satisfaction with all its details, ae have no hesitation in pronouncing it much more English than the policy of the present government, and much better calculated to ameliorate and improve the condition of every class of the community, save those who prey like harpies upon the rest • " DECLARATION OF CONSERVATIVE POLICY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FAIR TRADE AND EQUITABLE Sept. 29, 1946. THE REACTION AGAINST TRACTARIANISM. The reaction which is inevitably following the vagaries of Tractarianism in some places naturally excites the outcries of the persecuted party. Here is a lamentable account, given in the Tractarian journal of last week, of certain acts of sacrilege committed recently in a pariah in Essex, the name of which is not given : . 4 It appears that on Whit-Tuesday last Archdeacon Jones officially visited the church, and thought proper to record the following very vague notice in his visitation paper. _ _ " ' The archdeacon strongly disapproves the manner in which the communion-table was [is] dressed up, and he hopes the rector and churchwarden will see the propriety of removing the flower-pots, and other obnoxious orna ments, without further notice. (Signed' " ' H. C. JONES.' " On Wednesday evening (yesterday week) the church warden (there is but one) entered the chur c h, d ur i ng t h e absence of tne minister, who was just re cover i ng f rom a severe illness, and, just as the bell had ceased for evening service, Mr. Dowsing, junior, seized upon the altar-can dlesticks and candles, the offertory basin, two small flower-glasses (placed midway in the east window), and an oak cross, inlaid with pearl, with the sacred monagram in the centre. Having put these various ornaments into a basket, and having trampled upon the velvet cushions, he marched off with his sacreligious spoil, leaving the altar gate open, and proceeded to the font, where he wrenched off an ebony cross from the top of the cover, and departed from the church ! All this took place in the presence of the organist, who was utterly astounded, and during a heavy storm of rain and thunder, which one might have thought would have prevented even the most profane or fanatical man from violating and despoiling the sanctuary of the Lord at such a moment. " It appears that the cross and the flower-glasses were the private property of the incumbent ; the alms-basin and the candle stick had been presented by him ten years since. That the churchwarden is indictable for theft as well as sacrilege we have no doubt whatever, and we feel confident that the Lord Bishop of Rochester will see that ample justice is done in this case. Unfortunately, how ever, we understand that his lordship is not in England at the present moment, and, therefore, we have thought it right to lay these facts before the church at large, especi ally as it may be useful that our readers should know what a churchwarden, even in these days, is capable of. The Puritan lessons of the last two or three years have not been thrown away : the pupils of Mr. Chancellor Raikes, and of the Record, may be expected to go somewhat be yond the letter of their teaching." The cross and flower glasses were the private pro perty of the incumbent." A strange detence! Wbat business had " the private property" of the incumbent to occupy a place on the communion table of the parish? We have heard of Oxford men of late years who have gone forward. from the cross to the crucifix, with the body of our Lord suspended in agonies from it. Ney r we believe that " St. Mary" has also been similarly held up to view in ivory or marble. Now, if one sort of " pri vate property" of this class may creep into our churches, nhy not another ?—Record. TAXATION " The abolition of all excise duties on domestic produc tion and manufactures, and the consequent consolidation of the Customs and Excise, together with the reduction of the Coast Guard. " The admission of colonial wheat, pulse, and flour, at a statisiical duty of 6d. per quarter, and 6 per barrel. " The reduction of duty on tea to Is. per lb. " The reduction of duty on tobacco to Is. per lb. " The reduction of duty on colonial sugar to ss. per cwt. "Ditto on foreign ditto, to 103. per cwt." 4. REVENUE COMPENSATION. " Fixed duty on foreign wheat of ss. per quarter. " Fixed ditto on other foreign grain and pulse, 2s. 6d. per ditto. " Fixed duty on foreign flour, 2s. 6d. per barrel. " Restoration of the duty on foreign cotton wool to Ss. per cwt., as an equivalent for the excise on soap. "The charge for postage to commence at one penny for a quarter of an ounce, ins'ead of half-an-nunee. to make up for the loss of exci-e on paper, which has always been a tax on education and literature." " REASONS FOR REMOVAL OF EXCISE DUTIES ON HOME PRODUCTIONS, AND ADJUSTMENT OF REVE NULL DUTIES " As long as an Income and Property-tax is imposed, which, together with the burthen of the Poor Laws, fdls principally on the landed proprietors and agriculturists, foreign imports, competing with our domestic productions, cannot be admitted without paying a revenue duty. " The reduction of duty on tea, tobacco, and sugar, would not eventually yield less revenue, owing to the in creased consumption, whilst the comforts of the p.or would be greatly enhanced, and our co rmerce extended, especially with China, and the inducement to smuggle put an end to. . _ "The loss of revenue on the Excise duties would be compensated for by the duty on foreign wheat, pulse, flour, and cotton wool, toge!her' with an increase in the Post office revenue, which would he equivalent to the loss of the Excise on paper, to which would be added the enormous saving in the expense of the collection in the Facii Duties, as well as in the reduction of the Coast Guard establishment. " Since 1842 nearly five millions sterling of duties on foreign imports have been reduced for the chief benefit of the manufacturers, while the Excise Duties have been re tained, and the Income and Property Tax imposed; five millions having been taken off, and five millions laid on without any benefit to the poor man. " The proposed revenue duty on wheat would be about ten per cent. ; on Colonial sugar, about fi'teen per cent. ; and on Foreign, thirty per cent. ; making an average of twenty-two-and-a•half per cent., whilst the present duties are respectively about forty-five per cent., and seventy per cent." FINANCIAL L, SUMMARY OF THE WEEK. SATURDAY The Spanish marriage question has had a further effect in depressing our Consols. The panic felt on the Paris Bourse has had a sympathetic effr-ct here, and al,irm has been experienced to some extent lest the question, how ever it may be settled, should interrupt the present cordial relations between France nd England. 'We (says the Bri'annia) do not participate in that alarm in any way, and we fancy that the depression arising from that cause will very speedily be removed. Another source of uneasi ness is the continued prospect of Irish scarcity. Under this apprehet , sion, and the certainty that no very large quantities of wheat can now be received this year, the prices of grain are rising. and will probably continue to do so steadily for some time to come • Consols, which close( last week at 95i for money, and 951 for account, receded a step on Nlmlay, and were done at 954 to !or money, and 95i to for account. Some Hebies , s csme in to purchase litavily at that tate, and the market partially rallied, but no perma.sent im provement could he established. On Tuesday extensive sales were niade at 95i for money, aed on Wednesday the market again opened heavily at 95# to for money, and 95A to I for account. There was no varia , ion on Thurs day, some eff .rts being made to maintain pi ices, hut to ward.; the close of the market yesterday afternoon the market because heavy, and Consols tell back to 95k to