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Etteraturt. POETRY. SPRING BY G. LINN-BUS BANKS, Author of " Blossoms of Poesy " Occasional Rambles," •• spring Gatherings," tj•c. Written for the Liverpool Standard) The Spring. the Spring is come again— The young, the fair. thd sunny Spring; The bowers are hastening to the Wain, The bird returns on joyous wing. Creation spreads her gentle arms, V% here'er appears th' enlivening ray, And wins f om beauty's peerless charms A semblance of eternal day. Up. up, and watch th' awak'ning sun Emerging from yon di,tant sky ; Already is his race begun, And paths of glory open lie. He comes to cheer the mourning rarth. To wake the soil and clothe the trees, And give the voice of music bit th, In sounds responsive to the breeze. Now childhood, with its laughing eyes, Seeks out once more the healthful fields. And, like an uncaged captive, files To taste the swci is which freedom yields. On every I ill, in every grove, Some note of gladness meets the eat, Which breathes of universal love, And tells the iiyful Spring is here. Kind Heaven ! whose ever-gracious hand Doth all the works of nature span, Again thou visites . the land Wi*".l blessings for the heart of man. We own the boundless mercies giv'n. And lift our thoughts on prayertul wing To Him, who rei-rns sup•eme in heav'n, The author of the gentle Spring. FROM A LITTLE BOY TO HIS MAMMA, ON HIS BIRTH-DAY. (Written for the Liverpool Standard To-day, mamma, Prn twelve months old, And shall I pass it by In silence and indifference cold, And not my genius try ? No, though 'tis plain I cannot write, To tell you what I'll be, My dear papa wilt this indite— Accept it as from me. Mamma, I owe my lire to thee, And with it all my joys; To you. mamma, 1 hope to be A prince of little boys I You often praise my smiling eye, My acts of childish play; You often wish your fiiends were nigh, To hear what they would say; You often look on me with fea,, When I begin to walk ; • You often call me little dear," When I begin to talk; You look to heav'n—you elasp your son— You breathe a mother's pray'r, That your own darling little one May one day dwell up there. Although, as yet, my walking days Are partly in perspective. And, dear mamma, my talking days You know are still defective: Although your pray'rs to I , eav'n for me Or why yot Lsti ycur bcy to be Heir to yon happy land If you and my own Will tell me all the ar papa things, Beyond this world lcnt wings by mortals understood, But such as angels wear THE SABBATH IN ALGIERS.—Friday iv their sabbath, but yet on that day there is but little difference in their devotion from that of other days, excepting that the hat teb, or priest, who is above the intoum, officiates on the sabbath, at one of the clock, for about the space of an hour. After which be mounts a pair of stairs (six or se ven) with a staff in his hand, and there makes a sort of short sermon, about a quarter of an hour, or little more. At the time of worship, the gates of the city (Algiers) are shut, and many shut their shop-windows during service, and even after candle-light ; and some that are more zea lous will not open their windows all the afternoon. In the morning the women flock out in thousands, to visit the sepulchres of their deceased relatives. weeping over their graves, and petitioning to them ; and when they have done they'll carefully weed and cleanse them from stroyl and dirt. When the men go to mosque, they slip off their shoes at the door. and slap one sole against the. other, and so go in barefoot, and lay their shoes before them, kneel ing down and bringing their back parts on their heels, as for a resting-place. It is a shame, indeed, to Christians, to take a view of the zeal of those poor blind Mahomme tans ; for if they are so strict in their false worship, it must needs he a reprimand to us who are so remiss in the true. And I pray God, Christians may take the hint, and learn thereby to bless the goodness of God, who bath con tinued his gospel to them, while such a vast part of the globe is devoted to a vile and debauched imposter."— Captivity and Adventures of Joseph Pitts. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ONCE A LAKE.—On a clear day, a person standing on the highest part of Barton Moss, can perceive that the valley watered by the rivers Irwell and Mersey is completely encircled by art amphitheatre of hills, except at the point where the united waters of those two rivers discharge themselves into the estuary of the Mersey at Runcorn Gap. The opening through which they fl into that arm of the sea is not more than two or three miles in width, and if it was closed up, the greater part of South Lancashire and of the northern part of Cheshire would be turned into a vast lake, bounded by the Yorkshire and Derbyshire. hills on the east, by the high lands, which extend from this great chain across De lamere Forest, and as far as Halton Castle on the south, by a corresponding range of which Rivington Pike and Haigh and Billinge Hilts are the most conspicuous objects on the north, and by the range of high land crossed by the two inclined planes on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, on the west. This latter range is continued by way of Pea Hill, and the other high grounds to within a couple of miles of Runcorn Gap, and the Cheshire hills. At some very remote period, the waters flowing from the high grounds whch surrounded this valley, and which are now carried off by the channels of the Irwell and the Mersey, and the Sankey Brook, were probably thus col lected in a lake in this great natural basin. It was at this time, probably, that the vast deposits of marl, rich in lime arid beds of sand and gravel, the latter containing stories altogether different from the red sand stone rock of South Lancashire, were deposited on the great Lancashire plain. Here they are still found in every direction, altering the natural features of the country, and entirely changing the constitution of the soil. It is only at few spots that the red sand stone rises to the surface of the ground, whilst the coal stra'a in which the northern part of the district is so rich, are nearly all buried at great depths below thick beds c f clay.—times. A NEW YORK AUCTION.—I strolled into one of the auction .rooms of New York ; I had been in them before, but not to stop long—l stopped ha:f an hour to-day. These sales are for goods by wholesal •, and certainly if any Eng lish merchant could have seen the rapidity with which his goods were knocked down, at the most arbitrary prices, bur rarely, very rarely, good prices, he would be wage , red in his desire to send further consignments. Yorkshire woollen chiths were sellieg when I ta CM. in, and during rev , stay n they d ie, live far I am no great judge of them, but I should be in clined to say. from what I could judge, that all were told at a loss and some at a great loss. A nice superfine broad chith, tl e colour "invisible green", as it is called, was knocked off in ahout a minute or a minute and a half, at 21 dollars per yard, and would net about 6s. 93. to the ex porter, as this price, of course, must pay all duties and charges. Other things (woollen) went in proportion, varvim from l to 21 dollars per yard. They are seldom more than a minute in knocking, a lot ; and these sales are always understood to be bond fide, i.e. there is no buying in again There were ten or i dozen who seemed to have c, , me rs buyers, and as many more lookers on. It is im possible to describe in writing the quick volubility of the auctioueer ; tut the language is something like this :—'A fine piece of superfine broad cloth, gentlemen, invisible green ; who will make a bid for this cloth ? A beautiful cloth, gentlemen. I want a bid—a bid—a bid—a bid—a bid—a bid—a bid. 'What shall I say, gentlemen, what shall I say ? One dollar and a half is bid, gentlemen— one and a half—one and a half—one and a half—only one and a half, gentlemen—going, goine, going at one and a half—one dollar sixty cents, one s xty, one sixty, one six ty, one seventt•, one seventy•five, one seven-eighths, one seven-eighths," &0., and so he goes on until, in double quick time, down it comes at two dollars perhaps. In goods which are not so expensive, the lots are put up in eight or ten pieces, or quarter or half cases, &c. This auction system is much reprobated by the respectable merchants of New York. The British consigner, however, must always remember that if he wants to sell his goods immediately the auction room is the only place for that purpose, and he must take his chance accordingly, for if once off!red at auction his goods are not to be withdrawn. —Memoir of B. Braidley, Eau. RAILWAYS AND NOT FREE TRADE THE CAUSE OF FUTURE PROSPP.RITY.—Sir Robert l'eel has selected a period for making the grand experiment, when, under the existing commercial duties and arrangements, great pros perity must have rervacb-d the country under all ordinary circumstances. £11,492,000 of deposits on English rail ways alone (independent of Scotch and Irish), were paid into the Bank of England on Friday last ; that is the first deposit of 10 per cent. on a capital sum of £114,020,000 proposed to be expended in railways in England, indepen dent of the present large expenditure, in the course of the next three or four years. When to this sum there is ad ded the capital proposed to be expended during the like period in Ireltnd and Scotland, not yet ascertained, a ca pital Fun', of probably one hundred and fifty millions ster ling is set forth to he expended, on the manufactures, and on tire labours of the country, within the above period. That the projectors of these railways are serious in their intentions to proceed with them is proved by the payment of the deposit of ten per cent. Notwithstanding, there can be little doubt that a certain considerable portion of them will fail for the current year. Still, however, there is presented an expenditure of the capital of the country in the construction of those railways. which cannot fail to maintain in our manufactures generally, and in the market for labour, an activity and power which will give to the country, especially as mca-ured by the finances, an ap pearance of the highest prosperity. Supposing Sir ltobt. Peel's measure to pass (which there is little doubt it will do), this prosperity will no doubt be attributed to the free admission of corn ; while it will rest on the temporary ex penditure of the capital instead of the income of the coun try ; which extraordinary expenditure will, as during the war, demand an extent of labour, and draw on our mines and manufactures to an extent which inevitably pr•duces, celeris paribus, the highest apparent national prosperity. The reaction will come, as it did after the war. This ex penditure, altogether on home objects, is unquestionably far more solid and advantageous for the country than that of the war. But a reaction will eventually follow, and the prostration will be great in proportion to the height of the previous fever and excitement. But this will be in other days. Sir Robert Peel has to do with the present. And the railway peculiarity of the age affords him a strength of position which he has no doubt well measured, and of which he is largely availing himself in the gigantic change which he is accomplishing in the position of this great ex pire.—Record. CHINESE STROLLING DOCTORS. While passing through the Market-place of Macao, I heard one of the quack rhetoricans addressing a circle of bystanders upon the proprieties of a mode of treatment he was just going to adopt in the case of an old man, who was squatted close by his side. It appeared as if, a few seconds before my arrival, a bargain had been con cluded between them nearly in these terms of recipro city :—` 1 will impart to you,' quoih the doctor, ' the frill benefit of my professional skill, and you shall give me all tie money you have got about you ;' for immediately upon the close of the harangue the old man proceeded, with cheerful haste, to empty his money-bag into the lap of the young lEscula t ius, who, affecting to be disappointed, ac cused his patient of concealing some of his tseen, or cash, amidst the folds of his garment; but as the common man in summer is very thinly clad, a shake or two of his doub let satisfied the lookers on that all the personal effects had been fairly delivered up. The old man then retired, but soon after came back with a basin of water, and placed it at the feet of the doctor, who then took out a paper, and made him swallow a small quantity of whitish powder, without the aid of honey, treacle, or any other agreeable menstruum. The effect of this powder was supp led to be that of rendering the patient incapable of feeling any pain which might attend the operation to be performed. He then drew some needle's from a paper with an air of grave preparation, and after rubbing some of the aforesaid powder upon his own thigh, stuck one of the needles into it as if it had been a sort of pincushion. The next step in the process was a selection of a few seeds from a paper parcel, putting them into his mouth, and giving the rem. naut to the patient, as a pledge of his generosity. While the seeds were undergoing the process of mastication by themselves, he took a pair of Wooden cylinders, and after holding a lighted roll of paper within them, clapped them upon the breast of the old man. After they bad remained a few minutes upon the spot, they were removed, and left behind them two raised arcela., or bumps, which the doe: tor, after sipping a little water, rubbed by the seeds, by this time well reduced by maceration and grinding. He next pricked the humps with the needle which had been all the while sticking in his own flesh. To extract the blond, he applied his month, and drew with such violence that the old man began to heave a sigh, and the crowd to respond by a look of anxiety. All the while he pressed his hands upon the neighbourhood of ►he spot, as if he wished to make the blood flow in that direction. After the cere mony of washing the mouth, he applied a pitch plaster be t ween the areolea, and proceeded to treat the back after the same sort. Here was a sample of `much ado about nothing ;' when to have made one or two incisions with his knife, and then applied one of these cylinders, or cup ping vessels over them, with a roll of lighted paper within it, woull have caused a gush of blood, and rendered the poor old fellow a real service. The art of cupping is very ancient, and was perhaps long ago known to the Chinese, though I have not yet found any mention of it in their books. I was told by a Chinaman that, when young, h e was visited by a native practitioner, who assured his fa ther, that unless something of a serious kind were done, the disease then afficting him would endanger his life. The father intimated that the physician might use his discre tion ; upon which he cupped the sick son very freely, and a speedy restoration to health was the result. But, in this instance, the quack either enie'ook the proper method, or invented one of his own, which, while it would appear more ostentatious, should effect the least possible amount at good.— Chinese as thew are. In Paratlisc Ar.d happy children are ,ere note but good If you wil! tea h u,e h,w to live, ;o above My Father will a ,e things, mamma, you'll try To make me c in rehend And dear papa will to 1 me why To heav'n such prayers you send My heart, my tongue, my e: My every act, shall show rry ear. That in t Your little boy will that ea succeeding year, May find me Your darlir and still more dear, FREDERICK JOHN, SELECTIONS. SCENE IN AN INDIAN WIGWAM. (From" The Efehtvi led ?dock; a _Comanche Legend, by Percy B. St. John It was a girl—a young eirl—s.ca , cely past childhood herself, too youthlul, it would have appeared for her holy office ' • but with the burthen co m e s ever t h e power to b ear it • and to a mother, receiving in h er arms t h e great g if t oiqod, the guardianship and ministration of an immortal being, comes ever, to young or old, those gushing feelings of devotion, tenderness, and love, which hang in fragrant perfume round the mime of mother. The Indian girl—or rather the mixed-blood—for lowa was English on the father's side—sat upon a heap of skins, engaged in the act of suckling her beloved infant. It was a boy of some six months old, strong, healthful, and sturdy. But half asleep, its tiny hand tested on its mo ther's bosom, as-if clinging to her for support, one of its eyes stealthily, as it were, cast . up towards the only coun tenance it could yet recoamse. A smite of mingled fond ness, tenderness, and pity rested on the moth er ' s sweet face; a smile never illumining the human visage save on this very occasion ; a smile peculiar in its gentle adoration of the being to whom the donor has given life. 'Tis like no other,—trembling anxiety, devoted fondness, tender ness, a liquid moisture in the eyes,—all combine to ren der it one of those nameless things, felt but not actual, understood but incapable of being explained The infant at length wok up, laughing in its mother's face, who, with a delight almost childish, raised it up, held it out at arm's length, talked to it as if it fully com prehended all she said, and, delighted at the young crea ture's innocent and ang-iic expressions of enjoyment, laughed in concert, and was as truly happy in the child's entire abandonment and joyousness as the little being it. self. Now she pressed it to her bosom, the infant clutch ing in very wantonness at her hair, her lace, and neck, and laughing outright; then she raised it up, wondering and sedate at its elevated position, and then, jumping up, danced merrily round the tent, her world in her arms, pure, innocent, lovely, and happy. • • The ways of God are inscrutable ; and he who judges of his deeds in haste will assuredly repent in gnawing anguish of heart ; but wbo that sees such gleesome happiness, such pure and soothing joy, can fag to shudder when he thinks that a breath, a taint in the air, the most trifling derange inent of the golden mechanism of life, may change the pic ture to woe unutterable, to wailing and gnashing of teeth ? Not in the deepest gloom of Ilades is grief more sad than this. Then let us not spurn the thought of that future where we may hope to meet the lost upon earth, in un dying realms, the abode of the Eternal. lowa dreamed not of the future, she was happy; and as she pressed her infant to her bosom, and thought of its absent and gallant father, her heart swelled with joy, with pride, with love. _ Pres'ntly a distant hum of voices reached her ear, and then the hurrying past of women and children, the bark ing of the trusty watch-dogs, the stately passing to and fro of the warriors, informed her that the war-party had returned, or at all events a portion of it. The happy girl's cheek blanched. In her joyous delight she had forgot the dangers which the babe's father was incurring. In the rnerrisorne glee called forth by motherly pride and love, she had foiled to recollect that her husband was out upon .the bloody path, where some are sure to fall, and none can say who. _ _ Still the girl stirred not, moved not, but, momentarily forgetful of the child's innocent prattle, listened with charmed ears and pale cheek for the next sound which she should detect. The Lepan who owned her for a wt!e. be ing jealous of her beauty and attractions, had strictly for bidden her leaving her tent, except.% hen absolutely neces sary, and the youthful squaw knew no feeling more po werful than obedience to him who ruled her heart. Still she fondled the infant, but now without a smile. But ten minutes ago and its rosy and ruddy cheeks reflected the glow of her smiles, and now care and anxiety rested on her lair and lovely brow A quarter of an hour passed —a quarter of an hour of intense anxiety, and then footsteps approached, and her husband entered the tent, but not alone. A beautiful but stern Indian girl accompanied him, and the Lepan scarcely glanced at his wife or child in his anxiety to point out the accommodation which Keetsea was to txpect within his wigwam. Keetsea haughtily accepted a seat, glancing curiously and not without interest at the picture before her. And lowa ? Not a sound escaped her lips, not a breath whispered her intense and acute feelings, though a palor of deathlike nature rested on her cheeks, and the babe lay forgotten on her knee for the first time. The lighthearted girl was no more ; a woman, lull of doubt and care, filled - her place. A faint cry from the child restored her con stiousnes, and then, es if reproaching herself for her ne giect, she pressed the infant more closely to her bosom, for now indeed it was all the world to her. She saw her fate at a glance. Custom sanctioned polygamy, and her husband bad every right to follow custom ; but the dream of her youth was over : lowa saw with bitter grief, only to be likened to that which bubbles to the heart when the •cold sod falls on the inanimate form of a cherished child, that her husband's love had passed from her. ANECDOTE OF A LADY OF BORNEO.—The following little adventure was told me during my stay at Sarawak, by Dr. Treacher, who had lately joined Mr. Brooke, his former medical attendant having returned to England. It appears that Dr. Treachfr received a message by a con fidential slave, that one of the ladies of Macota's harem desired an interview, appointing a secluded spot in the jungle as the rendezvous. The doctor, being aware of his own good looks, fanci e d h e h a d ma d e a conquest ; an d , having got himself up as showily as he could, was there at the appointed time. Ile described the poor girl as both young and pretty, but w ith a dignified and determined look, which at once convinced him that she was moved to take so dangerous a step by some deeper feeling than that of a mere fancy for his person. She complained of the ill-treatment she had received from Macota, and the mi serable life she lad ; and avowed that her firm resolve was to destroy (not herself, gentle creature I but) him; for which purpose she wanted a small portion of arsenic. It was a disappointment that he could not comply with her request; so they parted, he full of pity and love for her, and she, in all probability, full of contempt for a man who felt for her wrongs, but would not aid in the very simple weans she had proposed for redressing them.—Captain Keppera Borneo. IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM. A document has just issued from the statistical depart ment of the Board of Trade, giving an account, amongst other things, of the principal articles or foreign and colo nial merchandise imported into the kingdom during the year ending January 5, 1846, as compared with the two preceding years ; together Pith the quantities entered for home consumption. We quote the leading items, omit ting the returns for the intermediate year : Entered for home Imported. Consumption. 1844. 1846. 1141. 1846. Cocoa ....lbs. 3,;95,531 4,917,907 2,5::1,'91 2 589.981 Coffee. 38,942.469 5',355,369 3 ~i 31,422 34.318,095 Eggs Gloves .. pairs 1,882,228 2,196,1 5 1,09,847 2,153,091 Silk, raw.. lbs. 3,476.313 4,351,626 3,049.747 Free. Silks, Ind. ..pcs. 44 1,314 752,070 98,`90 177,962 Rum gal. 3,729,7.:4 4 807.512 2,103.910 2.469,549 sugar .... cwts. 5.02,,5179 5,811.281 4,e37,921 4,085.006 Tea lbs. 46.012,737 51,057,934 40,304,407 44,183,135 Wine Wool, cot. cwts 6,010,653 6,442,176 5,231.452 Free. Wool, sbps lbs. 49,243,093 76.828,152 48,646,4.63 Free. And the imports for the years 1844 and 1845 were as follows : 1814. 1845. Oxen and Bulls . 3,652 9,782 Cows 1;15 t 6,502 Sheep Swine 263 1,598 Butter 180,965 cwt.... 245,118 Chee::e Currants Figs 33.314 cwt.... 36,065 Lemons and Oranges 347,173 chests.. 373,376 Nutmegs Pepper Tallow Colonial Deals. Battens, &c 398.194 loads.. 498.891 Of Foreign 321,4:19 loads.. 312.965 Colonial Timber Of Foreign.... Untanned hides 2c2.1:0 loads.. 282,082 637.886 cwt.... 719,482 Mahogany Tin ...... 25,622 cwt 12,065 cwt Palm Oil 4:4,648 cwt.... svg,gs Saltpetre and Nitre Si:k Handkerchiefs 562,651 pieces.. 75?,'170 Undressed Skins, Goat 256,715 pieces.. 3 , 43.536 Ditto Lamb The principal exports were as follows :- 1844. £16,.54,000, 7. 1 9 3 ,97 1 . 1,745.519 2,803,2?3. 893,829 Cotton Manufactures Ditto Yarn Hardwares and Cutlery Linen Manufactures Yarn e1q,172,561 6,961,6 6 2.194,523 3,02,0 6 1,051,303 METALS, vil : Iron and Steel Copper and Brass .. Salt Silk Manufactures.... Sugar. Refined Wool. Sheep or Lambs Woollen Yarn Woollen Manufactures, 2,590,833 1,644,248 213,746 3,555,485 1,702,315 218,94 424.940. ;64,424 469.507 555,432 742,888, 6,79 .232 7, 6 74,67 The fivres represent the declared value of the articles and the total value of all the articles included iu the re turn was, in 1814, £14,812,020 and in 1846, £51,471,050: increase, £6.659,030. _ _ 'Then, with regard to tonnage, we are presented with the following results:— FOREIGN, 3,925,122 3.753.369 5,023,589 4,3:9,197 Outwards. COASTWISk 1844. 18,822,176. 11,321,138. 12,485,854 13,114,104 Outwards, GE\ ERAL MISCELLANY. Spain in , ends to prohibit English cottons Last night, a vote of thanks - was to be moved in both the houses of Lords and Cornmoris, to the officers and !nen engaged in the late conflicts in India. Mr. Thomas Baxter, of Birmingham, maltster, com mitted suicide on Wednesday by drowning himself in the water butt. SPLENDID DONATION.—The treasurer of the London ' Society has just received £lOOO from some anotiNtrous Samaritan. Strai.prs The late flood has damaged the Bristol Dock Company's works and the banks of the river to the extent of 1:8000 or LlO,OOO. On Monday, the house of Mr. Graves, butcher, Con duit-street, Chelmsford, fell in and killed Mr Graces and his infant son ; his wife and seven children escaped. Several of the rioters on the Lsnca,ter and Girlisle Railway have been tried at Carlisle assizes, and sentenced to various terms of imprsonment. Die Anti Corn-law 'League organs announce that the subscriptions towards the Quarter of a Alitlion Fund amount to .£lBO,OOO. On Wednesday, fifty-three square yards of land, in Market -street, Manchester, were sold by ruction at 450 Gs. 411 per square yard, a price wholly unprecedented in that or almost any ()flier town. At Andover, on Monday, El'zabcth Tarrant, the wife of a respectable farmer, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a wedding-ring from the shop of a jew eller in that town. John Potter, the convict missionary, who recently ac cused himself of having escaped from Van Dietnan's Land before the term of banishment had expired, has re ceived a free pardon. On Friday, at the Newcastle Assizes, Ralph Joicey was sentenced to death for the murder of his father by poison, at Cockle Park, near Mormth. A true bill has been re turned against , he old man's daughter as an accessory. At the petty sessions held at Bilston last week, six men were fined 2s. 6d. each for " caging," that is, apprehend inc two pulice-ott;cers and a watchman, and keeping ihem in prison for an hour ! A letter from a Winchester correspondent states that the farmers have experienced serious loss among the lambs, which is ext!aordinary for this mild weather, which was considered so favourable for the lambing season, On Saturday, Wicks wos sentenced to death without ano hope of mercy, for the murder of his master, James I3ostock, in Drury-lane, London, on Monday fortnight. The prisoner, before being removed, publicly thanked his cJonsel. - The Directors of the East India Company have pre sented Mr. Waghorn with the sum of £3OO, in consider ation of the expenses which he has incurred in the estab liqament of steam communication between Great Britain and India. • A man named John Stone, was found guilty, at the Central Criminal Court Sessions, on Thursday last, on a charge of setting a dwelling house on fire, with intent to defraud the Union Insurance Company, and he was sen tenced to be transported for twenty yea's. A fire broke out on Sunday week in the premises of M essrs. Grant and Baldwin, sugar-bakers, St. George's in the East. The property consumed is estimated at £20,000. The proprietors are said to be insured for £l6 000. The next meeting of the Evangelical Alliance is an nounced to be held in Birmingham in April next. The great meeting, at which representatives are expected to be present from all the Evangelical Churches throughout the world, will be convened in London in August next. Faller Mathew has published a letter in the public journals, which speaks hi the strongest terms of the ex cellent quality and pleasant taste of the Indian cornim ported by government to supply the want of food caused by the destruction of the potato crops. INCREASE OF THE ARMY.—It appears by a circular from the Hocse Guards, that four men per troop are to be added to 17 regiments of the line; 400 rank and file to each of 8 regiments of inrantry at home ; and 200 rank and file to each of 27 other regiments of infantry. SUICIDES.—On Saturday last, Mr. Joseph Vaughan, clerk to a respectable sharebroker, Manchester, commit ted suicide by taking a large quantity of laudanum. Oa Friday, Mr. Anthony Harrier, chief clerk to Mr. Baron Alderson, committed suicide by shooing himself at his house, Camden Town. His head was blown to pieces. " RAGGED Settooes."—lt is intended to extend the schools established in London for the education of ragged and dirty children found wandering in the streets. Abave twenty of these places are now established, and there is an average attendance of nearly 2000 children of both sexes, end 200 teachers. CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—At this fair on Wednesday about 200 tons were piled for sale, consisting chic fly of late makes, and large sized common inferior daries. The sale was rather slack—at prices running about 50s to 60s—being a depression of 2s to 3s. per cwt. One or two fine fla voured full sized daries brought 60s and 665. CHESTER CATTLE FA I R.—At our usual horn and hoof fair, held at this season, the show of fat stock was larger than usual, and in equal demand; best averaged 6d. and sink ' • second best a shade lower. The supply of she e p was limited, and sold at 71cl. and sink. Store cattle scarce, and sold at high prices, averaging from £9 to £l2 per head. There was an excellent show of horses, which realised high prices. EXEC UTlONS:—Ace.rding to a Parliamentary docu. ment, it appears that in London, in the years 1825-G-7, the number of ten-sells executed was 53 : in the. next tri ennial period 52 ; in the next 12 ; in the next none ; next 3 ; next 4 ; and the last 5 ; so that in the last nine years only 12 persons have been executed in London. In 1813. as many as 120 persons were executed in England and Wales, whilst in 1833 only 33 executions took place. THE FERRERS FAMILY.—The youthf u l defendant in the late extraordinary " breach of promise" case, is the great grand nephew of the Earl Ferrers, executed in 1760. for the murder of his steward, and who, on that oc casion, put in a plea of lunacy, and argued it himself! " It was a strange contradiction," says Horace Walpol e , " to see a mar. trying by his own sense to prove himself out of his senses." _ _ _ Mr. Joseph Ady has ensnared tl e Rev. Canon Rogers, of Penrose, near Helstor.e, into the loss of a sovereign. In a letter to the Lord Mayor, Mr. Rogers says that he believed that Mr. Ady's services might be useful in tra cing out funded property which belonged to his fa ther. He received in return for his £1 slme useless warnings and advice about the railway liabilities of cler- gymen. CuRIOUS COMBAT.—On Monday, a greyhound belong_ ing to Mr. J. White. Ystlysgoed, was out with a lad nan.ed John Jacob, when they encountered a large male fox ; a desperately ferocious conflict ensued between the greyhound and the fox, which continued until the latter was compelled to retreat for shelter into a bush of briars. Reynard was, however, quickly beaten from his quarters by the lad ; and as he started to the field he was boldly attacked by his assailant, who gave him no quarter until he yielded up his life.—Hereford Paper. A LEGAL WITTICISM.—In the course of Sir Thomas Wilde's argument on Monday, at the bar of the House of Lords, in Wood a appeal case, the learned Counsel had occasion to refer to a case in the books in which a rat is stated to have mutilated a will. Lord Brougham—" The rat is a surprising animal ; but I was not before aware that it ever practised as a con veyancer. I knew it to be fond of sli:fticg uses." "It is," interposed the Lord Chancellor, " fonder of corn." " Doubt:es.," rejoined Lord Bio ighan3 ; " it is terra fond of corn." In the House of Lords, on Tuesday, Lord Brougham presented a petition from Mrs. Wortham, whose daugh ter, a girl of fourteen, made a runaway match two years ago with a Mr. Burton Newenham, now confined in the Queen's Bench. A child has been born since the mar riage. The petition therefore prayed that their lordships would dissolve the marriage without disaffirming it. ESCAPE OF A Fox.—The following occurrence, which happened some time ago in the neighbourhood of Imber, Wilts, is perhaps as singular as the annals of hunting can record :—A fox, being bard run, took shelter under the covering of a well, and by the endeavours used to extri cate him thence, was precipitated to the bottom, a depth of 100 feet. The bucket was let down, he laid hold of it, acd was drawn up some way, when he fell again. The bucket being let down a second time, he secured his situ• ation in it, and was drawn up safe; after which he was turned off, and fairly beat the hounds. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.—Since the late expose' of the doings in the Andover polr-house, a much more liberal diet has been adopted. This, with the discontinu ance of the horrid occupation of bone crushing, under the nose of the operator, has obtained such high favour with the poor, that the Union-house is now crammed to over flowing. It is stated that the inmates enjoy themselves so i.ighly that offers of 9s. per week and constant employ, to able-bodied men, have been rejected, and no invitation to quit will be effective unless the weekly remuneration be at least 12s.— IVilts Independent. DREADFUL. EXPLOSION.—Loss OF ELEVEN LIVES.— A melancholy catastrophe occurred on the South Eastern Line, Dover, on Tuesday. Upwards of twenty labourers took refuge, at dinner time, from the heavy rain, in a cave on the Shakspeare Cliffe, and were smoking their pipes, when one of them carelessly threw down a piece of lighted paper, which fell upon some gunpowder, and caused a terific explosion. Eleven persons were killed, and some of the survivors are in a dreadful state of suffer ing. The labourers had previously been warned against going into the place where the explosion occurred. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.—In consequence of the c.resent unsettled state of our relations with the United States, orders have been transmitted to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich to be in readiness to furnish a powerful ar mament, consisting of various pieces of ordnance, of dif ferent calibres, gun-carriages, ammunition, &c., for the various ships of war and steam-vessels at present sta tion, d on the coasts and rivers of Canada, and the lakes that form the boundaries between that colony and the United States. More than 300 pieces of ordnance, with the necessary ammunition, will have to be got ready for t hispurpose. The inhabitants of a house in the neighbourhood of Noblehouse, Peebleshire, have been recently attacked with a kind of malaria, which not only seized upon all the inmates, but upon all who came after to reside on the premises. One man has removed three several times, and. invariably on his return, he was attacked. Several emi nent medical men of Edinburgh Lave been consulted on the subject, but as yet they have not succeeded in tracing the cause of the disease, except that it may be an epide mic in the house itself.—[The case seems to be analogous to the tragic one which has recently occurred at West Derby.] WESLEYAN MrssioNs.—From the accounts of the Wesleyan Missionary Society for 1815, which have just been made up, the results are highly gratifying. The income has exceeded that of any former year, being £112,823. This has enabled the society to defray the expenditure of 1845 (X 104,366); to pay the balances on the old debt and on th e expenditure of 1843 and 1844 (4,775); and also the balance of the extraordinary expen diture on the Gold Coast and Aslidtree missions. The s)ciety, therefore, commences its operations for 1846 free from debt, and with the cheering hope that the income of the year will meet the expenditure. CURIOUS YROSECUTION.—On Friday, a little girl, aged eleven years, named Ann Hassack, pleaded guilty, at the Central Criminal Court, to stealing a shilling, the proper ty of her mistress, named Carter. The Recorder p pea red much surprised at seeing so young a child at the bar upon so trifling a charge, and inquired into the circumstances; when he was informed that the mother was in the habit of calling occasionally on Mrs. Carter to see how her child got on, and on the previous Saturday, Mrs. Carter said, " Oh! your girl is in Newgate on a charge of felono." It further apro ared that the money had been c irelessly left on the piahoforte. The Recorder sentenced the little girl to one hour's imprisonment in Newgate. The Floe Arts Commissioners have made their fif h re port. in which they recommend that the six arched com partments in the House of Lords he decorated with frescopaintings. The artists recommended are llyce, A.R.A., Charles West Cope, A.R.A., John Calleott Horsley, John Rogers Herbert,. A.R.A., Joseph Severn, and John Tenniel, jun., who have distinguished them selves as designers or frescopainters in one or more of the various exhibitions ihat have taken place with reference to the decoration of the palace at Westminster. The commissioners also recommend that the premiums for oil paintings amounting to £3,000. be postponed until June, 1847. Attached to the report is an appendix on subjects for stained glass windows in the House of Lords. CURIOUS ANIMALS —Last week there arrived from Havre, for the Surrey Gardens, several fine specimens of animals and birds. Amongst them is what the keeper called the Ricoro deer, as large as the rein-deer of the rth. The hair on the body which is nearly two feet eight inches long, is nearly black, whilst the face is white, lake that of the sheep, with bright intelligent eyes. There is one large lioness, with three baboons, each five feet high. The most attractive object among them all is ano ther animal of the baboon speeies,the first of the class, it is said, which has ever been introduced into this country. It is called by the keei.er the Manchian balloon. stands seven feet high, and is said to be possessed of herculean strength. It is very peculiarly marked with a great variety of colours. There is one large specimen of the grey eagle, a black eagle, measuring eight feet from wing to wing at the ties; besides several stuffed specimens of the same genus. PERILOUS LEAP AND ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.—At Coventry, on Thursday. a man charged with committing a felony. in custody of a police-constable, entered a second class carriae , ! on 013 London and Birmingham line. The constable naturally considered his prisoner pretty secure in a train going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, and perhaps did not pay much attention to his movements. Not very lone after the train started, the prisoner, ob serving the officer's attention otherwise occupied, formed the determination to make his escape, and in a moment threw open the door regardless of consequences, and leaped on the bank. To the astonishment of the pas sengers, who expected to see him killed on the spot, as the train was proceeding at a rapid rate, the man got up, apparently ordain t. and made off across the fields as fast as he was aide. The train was stopped as soon as pos sible; but the man escaped, and is still at large.—Bir mingham Journal. RIOT AT DERB r.—For years back it has been the an nual custom with the working people at Derby to play at football on Shrove Tuesday. This year, however, the n ayor and magistra'es came to the determiliation to pro hibit the game, and placards were posted about the town to that effect. Apprehending, however, that the game would be played, in defiance of the law, they sent for two troops of the 4th Dragoon Guards, and swore in several hundreds of special constables. It was as was expected : numbers of the mob did attempt to play; and on the po licemen interfering, stones, &c., began to fly about. His worship the mayor was struck on the shoulder with a brickbat, and knocked down. Such being the state of affairs, the riot act wax read, after which the military were ordered to disperse the crowd. Th's was effected very speedily, and the rioters were driven out of the town. They, however, were not disappointed of their game, for they played several rounds in the fields. IMPORTANT INVENTION•-At the concersazione of the Marquis of Northampton, which was honoured by the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Satur day last, his lordship introduced to the notice of his Royal Highness, Mr. Bettie, C.E., well known as the original inventor of the day and night railway signals, and a'so the new signals of distress for the saving of ships and their crews, and the admirable signals for steering so as to prevent collision of steamers and sailing vessels, which were explained by the inventor to his Royal Highness. The inventor also explained to his Royal Highness his new tidal harbour lamp, which has just been laid before the Royal Commission on Tidal Harbours. The lights now in use, as the inventor stated, are irregular and un certain of being understood, some ports using small, and others large lights, of a bright colour, or green or red, as their fancy and caprice suggest ; while this new lamp will he uniform in colour, and so peculiar that it will be known over all the world. It will tell the captains, at all hours of the night, the actual depth of water ; and the regulat ing power being the tide itself, it cannot err or mislead. The importance of this invention received the general ap probation of the assembly. THE LATE SIR ROBERT HENRY SALE, C. B.—This much lamented officer was the second son of the late Colonel Sale, for many years an active officer of the East India Company, by the daughter of Henry Brine. Esq., of Buckden. Huntingdonshire. He was born in 1782. and married in 1809 the daughter of the late George Meyrick, Esq. Sir Robert entered the army as ensign in the 36th foot in 1795, being then but thirteen years of age. His commissions are thus dated :—Lieutenant, April 12, 1797; Captain, March 23, 1806 Major, December 30, 1813 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, June 2, 1825; Colonel, June 28, 1838; Colonel-in-chief of the 13th or Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry. December 15, 1843. He served at the battle of Molerelly, and siege and storm of Seringapatam, in 1799: for the latter he received a silver medal. Was present throughout the campaign in the Ur gand country in 1801 ; served at the storming of the Tra vancore lines in 1809, at the capture of the Mauritius in 1816, and of Rangoon in 1824; particularly distinguished himself at the storming of the stockades near Kemmenline, and in conducting the operations of the sth, Bth, and 15th of December, 1824. Commanded a brigade at the reduc tion of Bassiere &c., in 1825 ; was nominated a C.B for his conduct at Prolue and Malouri in 18256. In October, 1838, was appointed to the command of the first Bengal brigade of the army of the Indus, which formed the ad vance in the campaign in Affghenistan; commanded the storming party at Ghuznee, under the late Lord Keane. on the 23rd of July, when he was severely wounded. Shortly afterwards he was nominated a K.C.8., and re ceived the rank of major -general in Affghenistan ; he was also presented with the second class medal of the order of the Dooranee Empire. He commanded the force sent to subdue the Kohistan country in September, 1840, and after numerous storrnings and ciptures, compelled Dost Mahommed Khan to surrender himself to the care of Sir William M'Naughten ; for these distinguished services he receeived the first class order of the Dooranee Empire. In 1842 he defended Jellalabad under very disadvantageous circumstances, and was nominated a G.C.B for his ser vices on the occasion. He also received the thanks of Parliament for his skill, intrepidity, and perseverance cis played in the military operations in Affghanisten. He possessed three medals, namely, for Glioznee, Cahoot, and Jellalahail. lie closed his career in the arms of vic tory, after nearly fifty-two years' service, and at the ad vanced age of 63. The 13th foot, which Sir Robert com manded, returned to this country a few months since. The Times says that it has the best authority for atatinz that Mr. (hue Lieut.) Hawkey, with his seconds, will sur render to take their trials at Winchester assizes, which commenced yesterday (Monday), for the murder of Mr. Setqn, in the memorably fatal duel at Gosport. On Monday morning as a gentleman . was crossing Hyde Park he observed on the grass a brown paper parcel, upon opening which it was found to contain the dead bodies of two newly-born female infants. By medical testimony it has been ascertained that one of them was still-born, and the other might have expired in the birth, but no clue to the motaer has been obtained. FORGERY.—Gn Friday, at the Central Criminal Court, London, Edward Bryant Garey, aged 51, who for many years had practised as a solicitor in Chancery-lane, and was much respected in his profession, was transported for twenty years for forging a certain instrument, pur porting to be an office copy of a certificate of the Ac.• countant-General of the Court of Chancery for the sum of £2,596 17s. EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE SALMON.—William Hen derson, Esq., [of Durham,] one of the Edenmouth Fish ing Club, killed, on Friday last, a splendid fish of 30 lbs. weight. He hooked him on the " cauld slap," and the fish immediately took down the rapid : a severe sturggle here took place, which ended in the fish coming up into the dub. where after running out the whole line several times, Mr. H. succeeded in landing him. He proved to be a remarkably short thick fish. This is the largest fish which has been caught in the Tweed for many years past. —Kelso Mail. A CROP AT LAST.—NEVER GIVE UP.—We had brought to our office yesterday, a twig of an old apple tree, of a late sort, with four apples on it, and it furnishes a remarkable proof of suspended fertility ; for it was taken from an old apple tree in the garden of Mr. Peter Cort, bleacher, at Turton, near Bolton, and before the twig was broken off there were 34 apples on the tree, and a fort night ago, it displayed no fewer thin 137 apples. The singular circumstance in the case is, that although Mr. Cort has had the tree for thirty years, and has had it thrice removed, it has never before borne fruit. Mr. Cort, however, persevered, arid, after thirty years' sterility, has seen the old tree bearing a very satisfactory crop of fruit. The apples are hard and vreen, tolerably sweet, but with something of the crab in them. The tree is a standard, and is thirty yards from any wall.—Man. Guar. WORCESTER EPISCOPAL FLOATING CHAPEL.—Lady Ford, of Conway -House, has sent a grant of bibles, tes taments, and suitable tracts for the use of the watermen frequenting this place of worship. It is gratifying to find that some of this long neglected class are becoming read ers of the Holy Scriptures, and have purchased copies out of their hard earnings. A waterman's widow, some tine ago, applied to a clergyman interested in this class, requesting the gift of a bible for one of her children, and offering to purchase another copy for a similar purpose. Upon inquiry it was found that the poor woman had pre viously bought six copies; having been left a widow, with eight children, she was anxious to provide each of them with a book she highly prized herself She received the two copies as a gift, and the poor widow returned home full of gratitude ;hat now she had obtained for all her children a bible, " to be the lamp of their feet, and the light of their path."— Worcester Journal. COOLNESS AND BRAMY OF LADY SALE. The captain of the Conway sloop of war gives a characteristic instance of this lady's courage whilst on board that vessel, which was totally wrecked off the Care of Good Hope, in October, 1819. and had it not been for an almost miraculous lull of the sea, a'l hands (passengers and crew) would have been lost. "The harbour-master's boat, and one from the Conway sloop of war, were sent to our rescue; but such was the awful state of the sea that they were unable to render us any assistance; the master of the nway, while in the act of cheering the men and urging them to pull to our assistance, was washed overboard and lost. We, when th.. sea lulled, escaped in our own jolly boat, with the loss, however, of seven of the crew. While the rest of the women and the children were being placed in the boat; Lady (then Mrs.) Sale was below, selecting the important papers belongirg to her husband from the unimportant, end placing them on her person for security, and when urged by her husband to ogre on deck, replied, ' I'm coming, my dear, presently,' and during the whole of the time we were in this awful position behaved in the most cool and courageous manner." CORR i. SPONDENCE. THE VICAR OF LEEDS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Allow ma to correct a misstatement into which your correspondent X. Y. Z. has fatten, respecting Dr. Hook and the vicarage of Leeds. I was at the time of his election resident in that town, and was well acquainted with the circumstances of the case. Two of the trustees, one of whom was Air. Beckett, the present member for Leeds, went over to Coventry, without giving him any intimation of their intention ; and going on Sunday to his church, heard one of his usual parochial ser mons. Soon after their return, Dr. Hook was elected, and preached his first sermon in the town, on the morn ing when he " read himself in." His sermon was pub lished in the local newspapers, and was made the subject of lenethened criticism by the liberal paper—the Leeds Mercury. Your correspondent has therefore been en tirely misinformed, if he Las been told that Dr. Hook preached there before his election; and is equally incor rect as to his statement, that he canvassed amongst the Trustees, from none of whom did he ask for a single vote. When put in nomination, lie told them that, if elected, lie should not decline the appointment, but he should take no steps to secure it for himself.—l am, air, &c. ONE WHO IS PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE VICAR. OF LEEDS. I enclose you my name and address, which you are at liberty to use if you think it desirable. [Our correspondent will remember that X Y Z made several statements of his own knowledge, but with re ference to what is denied in the preceding letter, X 1 Z merely stated that he believed it would be ascertained, on inquiry, that Dr. Hook had preached at the parish church of Leeds, and canvassed, prior to his appoint ment to the vicarage. We know he bad good grounds for that belief, though, at the same time, we have no reason now to doubt the truth of the observations made in the above letter.] UNIVERSITY INTELL;GENCE CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 25.—At a congregation held this day the following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor of Divi nity—Rev. G. Brown, St. Johns. l►las.'ers of Arts—G. J. flandfortl, Corpus Christi ; F. C. Penrose, Magdalene. Bachelors of Arts—R G. Chalk, Trinity ; J. J. W. Probyn, S. John's. Matriculation—F. T. Rowell, pensioner, Emanual. THE C%-URT 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD Her Majesty and the Prince Consort left town early on Fedav, via the South Western Railway, for the Isle of Wight, and were expected to arrive at Osborne House before noon. Her Majesty held her first drawing room for the season on Thursday, at St. James's Palace. It was most nume rously and very brilliantly attended. Mohun Lal is on a visit at Combermere Abbey, Che shire, on the invitation of Viscount Combermere. Tuesday was the bir h-day of the Duke of Cambridge, who compirted his 72d year. The Gazelle of Tuesday announces that the Court will go into mourning from Friday the 27th instant, to Friday the 6th of March, for his late Royal Highness the Arch duke of Modena. A letter from Paris of the 18th says :—" There can be no longer any doubt of the intended visit of Queen Vic toria. Apartments have been prepared for her at the Tuileries and at Neuilly. It is said that towards the end of May, or early in June, the Duke and Duchess de Ne mours will go to London, and will accompany the Queen to France." Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset are plunged into the deepest grief by the melancholy information received from India of the death of Major Arthur NV. Fitzroy Somerset (of the Grenadier Guards), their eldest son, who was mi litary secretary to his Excellency Sir Henry Hardinge, the Governor-General. The gallant deceased was born May 6, 1616, and entered the Grenadier Guards in 1832. Sir John Littler, who was engaged in the late battle of Moodkee. in India, is the eldest son of Thomas Littler, Esq., by Diana his wife, daughter of John Hunter, Esq., a director of the East India Company, and represents a family of considerable antiquity in Cheshire, where. in the Vale Royal, his ancestors were settled in the time of Edward I. Sir John Littler was born Jan. 6, 1783, and married, June 25, 1827, Helen Olympi only daughter of Captain Henry Stewart, son of John Stewart, Esq., claimant of the earldom of Orkney. SPO RTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTH OF ENGLAND STEEPLE CHASES. THURSDAY, FED. 26. The Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each were won by Mr. T. Hutchinson's Snipe, beating ten others, after a severe struggle. Mr. J. Mewburn's Clementina mina in second. The Sweepstakes of 7 sous. each were won by about hale a length, after a most beautiful race, by Mr.J. Ferguson's Infant, beating six others. SOUTHPORT OPEN COURSING MEETING, FRIED IY, FEB. 27. The Rearisbrick Cup was won by Mr. King's Blos soms; Mr. Bake's Virginius ran up. The Southport Cup was won by Mr. King's Miss Sa rah ; Mr. Graham's Dean Swift ran up. The Consolation Stakes were won by Mr. King's The Baron; Mr. Matthews' Primrose ran up. The Barton Stakes were won by Mr. Standish's , Shuf fler ; Mr. Littler's Smoker ran up. The Waterloo Coursing Meeting Will take place to-day and Thursday. • The Liverpool Steeple Chase will take place to-morrow, over the usual line of country at Aintree. The Hooton Park Grand Steeple Chase is fixed for Friday next, and consists of a Sweepstakes of 220 sous., half ft., with £lOO added by Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., for horses of all denominations. The race is to be run over three miles of fair hunting country, within ten miles of Hooton Park. Caunwall, on Thursday, over Mitcham Common, per formed his m a t c h, to run ten miles within the hour, which he did with ease in 59 minutes 10 seconds. A LADY JOCKEY. -At thegr - Ca - t — s - te - e - ple chase in Gallia (La Croix de l3erny), on the 19th April, a second Mrs. Thornhill, it is expected, will jump into the pigskin, and contest the break-neck for 30,000 francs. " The lioness" has hitherto had her roarings listened to with deference ; what will be the result when she enounces in unmention ables NEWS FOR POLITICIANS It is said that Mr. W. E. Gladstone is to be invited stand for Wigan. Sir James Graham in'ends to introduce a bill for the purpose of amending the New Bui!ding Act. On Friday the Nla.quis of Worcester, a strong protec tionist, was elected for East Gloucestershire without. oP position. At a meeting at Leicester on Monday, Col. ThomPs°ll was invited to stand for the borough at the next election. He assented. The Times states that Sir Robert Peel has not bee! cupped once this session, and that his health is better thaw it has been for some time: Captain Vyse, a strict protectionist, was ln Wedneglar returned without opposition for South Northaraptom blre ' in the room of Mr. Cartwright, retired. le of Most of the French papers think that the examP,_,,t free-trade set by Sir Robert Peel sill have no to" either in Germany or F LORD KENVON.—We are rance. glad to learn that o ur jo t fatigable neighbour, Lord Kenyon, has expressed bi5,...1", tention of supporting the constitutional rights of the co; tors of Cheshire against the attacks of the Anti _corn League, by `wille in his power. TAOS' Lord Ash ley commence immediately, in shire, a tour through the manufacturing districts, fp no ,, view to explain, to the friends of a ten hours bill, t O l4 - 0 sition of this questiornat the present time, and to AP,' what course to pursue. His lordship will be at Pretw this evening. , re . BRIDPORT.—Mr. Baillie Cochrane, having bee,n, ti l minded by his constituents that he had solemnly WI/ himself in 1844 to vacate his seat in case of his ehaq' his political opinions, has stated in answer tbat pt quite forgotten the circumstance, but that he wow" once resign, and present himself again as a candidate. to A meeting was held in Oldham on Tuesday nigh t for promote the return of Mr. Brown and Mr. \ T illi e / is South Lancashire. One of the speakers stated tb t rie , Lancashire, since the last contested election, " I L I , £300,000 had been expended by free traders, in r". chasing freehold quakications. rs At FREE TRADE.—Every thing is now " Free Trade. ‘t r o the cobler's stall, the blacksmith's hovel, the w heelwei .e gt' e d shop, and the tavern, in every village, nothing is -g1 " - the about but Free Trade. In the town, the nevvs.roonir barber's " saloon," the bakehouse, the manglehoul' et le. at every other gossip shop the only subject is Free 'i m p- The corn law must be taken off, and to show ho w guine many are on this subject, learned subontmes'a the other day, observed that the Corn-fatesavoulda llOr be taken off sugar! ! 1 , COMFORTABLE POSITION OF MEMBERS OF jilt he r. MENT.—It appears that Mr. Miles, one of the mo m s for Bristol, has actually given offence to several eon s o f hen of that city by opposing the free-trade measure l re s •he government ! A petition in favour of these nie Bs ti ol was signed by 18,000 persons, including tories, whig s ', l t radicals—hence many of the first-na m ed consider• Mr. Miles is thwarting their views. Taken, then. in i !„ ° g • junction with what is going on in other parts of the dom, the Bristolian system of ethics amounts to tits to a man keeps his principles, he does wrong ; if be with them, he does wrong also!the THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—At a meeting Town G uncil of Glasgow, on Thursday week, thelb"_°o, ing very characteristic and laconic letter was read l r l o , the Duke: " London, Feh.lllo, 1846. Field Marsha l i.o l Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to th e , ' - u s ti• Provost of Glasgow. He has received his letter ano,' . i eti t tion Cr closed. It is not the practice, nor .quite cotrw; with the orders of the House of Lords, to receive Fet it lea in favour of or against measures not on the table of re , House. The measure to which the enc:osed Petition t , haus is not in the possession of either H ouse of Parlia tn ` , bt It has been stated in some detail, in a speech by one ri A g tbe hon. member, but no vote has been taken upon it, n n " h House of Lords can have no coanisance of it, the votes of the other Howe of Parliament. Under t b ; e o , circumstances the Duke returns the Petition sent to bi the and he recommends that it should rot be sent ut, till time at which it can be presented to the House of Pv . with regal :rity." rg° PROSPECTS OF THE PROTECTIONISTS.—Mr. F ncb, the newly elected member for Rutl and t ' bi the wound up an eloquent speech on Thursday night vil- h a; ,i • following . impassioned appeal :—" The result of the ston on this question was well known •, Ministers w i f e , er , have a nominal majority and a bond fide mittoritY , t ai hear,) because those wl:o misrepresented te juderl o ps their constituents would by the country be l l e-Wee"' t he the one side and added to the other. (Cheers from iti r e , protection benches.) They (the protectionists) cce l3l ,, t eti ore from the division with unbroken ranks and una.!7 or hearts, and prepared to renew the battle on the firs'- o us portunitv. They would appeal, not only to th- ir ee n tuents. but to the country. They knew the majori,ler the population were with them (cheers and en?' il tf cheers) ; they believed the majority of those constnn i e e itts were with them ; they trusted soon to have the natinn, o d them. In the next parliament there would be 300 Vic protectionists. The cause of protection was not In•t o sS was a cause still dear to the British nation, becawe n i T sh in unison with British habits, and consonant to pr i rio . intereAS. Ttley (the protectionists) were strong in ,P tb at ciple, strong in consistency; and they would supen' tte r, cause, and defend it, so long as they had a v oice to sets an arm to raise, or a sh )t to discharge. (Loud 03 from the protection benches.) e the SOUTH NOTTINGHAM ELECTION.—FrOITIN e " b ni ca vacancy in the southern division of Nottingb 9m d e , a na krown, act;ye exertions were used by Lord Line' fo , Mr. Hildyard to ensure the success of their respect' e, _ even throngs, d lave 9 1 vourites. The noble lord repeatedly addressee ^ the semblages in different parts of the county. course of action. Mr. Hiltlyard was for some W o o sent. owing to his uncle's sib ; but. his canoe;fria warmly espoused by the fanners a.en . erally. Thene" - , ee a tion took place on Saturday. The Earl of Lincoln ' n ", • boldly avowed the reasons that had wrought on b ,:j e a, change of opinion. That change was not of a s n ' c ati. captious, or capricious neture; he had long been o f vinced that the present corn laws could not exist ° s ee years, but had been unwilling to make a prenven re obla nruncement as to any atteration of his views. The "ow earl then entered into an elaborate defence of the gn i -fs. defendigo, ment measure, which, he said, would have rather i t i bif vourable effect upon agriculture than otherwise- i on tri question were settled, the institutions of the C1 )111 would be strengthened and not weakened by it. , were defeated, it would be a blow from which he silos never altogether recover. Mr. Heldyard follows' oars pointed speech. He considered the g o vernment Ine filiei t fraught with evil, especially to the agriculturist• e j tO ability to comecte with the untaxed foreigner rerna in wra he prbved. The show of hands was i n f av our of co s. Lincoln. The poll commenced on Tuesday, an,clat the eluded on Wednesday. Mr. Ilildy ar d o slaine 3 0 11 e close of the poll a majority of 691. The number n ri in' all was 2765. The enth us i asm an d delight A " log: farmers vented itself in mutu a l congra t u l a tions an as" cheering. Without funds or legal assistance they i s b o overcome confessedly the most powerful candida, the could possibly have bee n b roug ht i n t o th e field "' free trade poly. FIRE-PROOF STORES.—Ora Wednesday las;'sll,-int;;g resting experiment took place at Messrs. Milner'e;,;Eie% the capabilities of their fire-proof stoves. The f o P;eat is Mr. Whit ty's opi n ion as to the result of ibeexPe ri • C t 4 which was highly sati s f a ctory : —We have no hesits did aie saying that Mr. Milner has conferred a great an d rid as tan! benefit on the commercial and professional 'f ° lo o o l the perfection to which he has brought these eares• ef ,e; experience we have witnessed many a heart- remlo4,oo' by the loss of papers by fire. The adoption of thet;0101 safe obviates all I his. for no fire in counting -houseß•hest to offices, or dwellings, would produce the inten , e P „ A tet! l which they were exposed on Wednesday, and the n r i recli one preserved its contents unscathed ' — even cybe n o° l/ dent burst it open, the £lOO note we had put it ° vel e safe. The two boxes, taken from the fire, with th,esoer. tents, may now be seen at the Journal o ffi ce, a nu pe ,7s o : also may be seen specimens of Milner's safes, b o l'.frtw; THE DREADNOUGHT HOSPITAL-SHIP AN" MAS HOSPITAL AGAIN OUTDONE IN TI LE WOUNDS AND ULCERS BY HOLLOWAY . S AND PILLS.—John Newington, a sailor, living to dash, court, Dover, was a patient on board the Drelu u ; fo f and again at Sr. Thomas' Hospital, for some "e T 0 i0 11174 0 7 very bad ulcerated leg of l ong stan di ng . without (1 1 , t ° the least relief at eith e r f th e a b ove !ns titutionfa as i rd cured immediat e ly a fte rwar d s b y Ho,lowaY's, rte ol o Ointment. The truth of thi s s t a t emen t can ue a is:o by Mr. G. Ashmore, the very respectable chef Dover. re' tbe rt Among the many discove r ie s th a t c haracterts e . c ,a sent age, nothing has cont r ib u ted so much to W I a F and ease of the community, nor confuted B " c' e rf . % upon suffering humanity, asihat important disco ( oft_ never-failing remedy for gout end rheutriati sms Gout and Rheumatic Pills. Thousands would jnorooteo in tt observation of an elderly female, as made to Mr the agent at Thirsk " that she would rather be l 3 1i bittter to her bread atorsugar to her tea, h fa edi ri o r Pills." This important medicine is sold by 91 ' a roe a , vendors. Price 2e 9d. per boa. Observe the sorer " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the ment stamp. i t s , e DENTITION.—There is perhaps no pert of • d woo frame which so amply exemplifi es the wisdom ° g rit of, a 4 of the Creator than the structure and at rangeolet-risele Teeth ; for while among the animal races, som e 1 ...00 t pl endowed with teeth which allow them to live os?..parsjes getable diet; others' being furnished with Bo !W e d I P rO calculated only for animal food ; man is p ro Teeth, which renders him carnivorous, and ens 0 ei t e l , live either on Animal or vegetable su b s tance,f 4 l : he ere, may be most conducive to his well-being- ' to nt P o d lishment, care, and preservation of these imP° to t t he, of the human economy are objects highly imP°r ar re se et among the various preparations offered for t he " ODONTO," invented by the Messrs. BO;rjett car Hatton-garden, stands unrivalled as a DEN Tg be lli' b dri• CELLING ALL OTHERS, in its capability Of en' see, purifying, and preserving the Teeth and assGum' astiltifith VlGles.—These, under another name, ,010,,,r11 6 called Eves. They are both days preceding ' e ' obly'dof , this difference, that a vigil is an eve with CBo ol 'ol o l, it simple eve has no fast. And in looking at th e t a sif t a ief we shall see that where the eve occurs. with oo errecco' is owing to the presence of sonic other holy day Y. Sr. , as in itself a feast; as i n the case of the f east r o w !le,asP' phen, it has no vigil, because the feast of Ch AO mediately precedes it. c adet tit Sr. VALENTINE'S DAY.—Mr. Donee , 00Cr i ibf... the the h o i h gh e e r s v t at a i u o t h ho o r f i s ty t. o \ n rai su e b h j t e i e n t e s ,e o . f a t a l y iis t r e n l i t o e p o o f l; fte athri ary, is nothing more than a monkish COrroP ia w hi o ,lo l /$ mirth custom, on the feast of Luperea l 4 o , aadcbor.. r j names of •young women were ut into a st i o n • tv o out by them. The pastors of the early C"Pf e rell' e 7,r t " substituted the names of saints for those 0 ' cvs en , he conjectures that St. Valentine's -day new feast. Th e Lupercal was a feast o' P' ary' lemnised in the middle of the month o f Fehr him it o , Y :l frorn Si for 4 ' 4 C: 4 _ us F., ' Mar Re a . Si rr ee cla rh " -.aced Al t 4,0, 1 41 v %, N fro - •teu 1 , ilt e. to t L hi 'fi d 0 (1, ) y our R in , I)4_ 8A ~4 43 Rt ac 4 t r ' 4 le 4i t iefe! I Jter t 4 41 tOi I 4 11, k hint LC ' : it b t „, — , 4 4 1 ,!--na %Si l t° Cr! k tlitt kUr 41:tehie 3 ' 444. I,t''jeor Nt' s it t , ATu I t‘it4t7t 4 )% /l i t 14 4 41 ,V 1 0 1 11 4 :, tqlon THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. March 3, 1846. Afti welt +roof e tr en , n—tAtn; 1, 141 1 3 !?efe,l sin] ' 43 he n i n g " *664 !lost Me e. tei the Il i lie ri POrt 3