The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-29 00:00:00

N N. . BOROUGH OP LIVERPOOL. . Thotims BOLTON, Esq., Mayor. CHARLES CROMPTON, Esq., Assessor. THE COURT- of-PASSAGE, for the Trig4f CIVIL CAUSES, will be held in the Nisi pP 4 S COURT, in the Sessions-house, in Chapel-street, o URSDAT, the 7th day of January, 1841, at Ten o'clock }`}p the Forenoon. RD. RADC.LPFE, Registrar. Town-hall, December, 1840. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. JAMES CLARKE. Esq., Recdrde . THE COURT of QUARTER SESS NS o f th e PEACE for. the BOROUGH waft, e held in the CROWN COURT, in the Sessions-house, n Chapel -street, on MONDAY, the 4th day of January next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon. No Traverse will be tried unless entered for Trial on the first day of the Sessions, at my office in the Sessions-house, or previously at my office in the Town-hall. And all Indictments for Misdemeanours, found at these Sessions against persons admitted to Bail, must be entered for Trial, in my office in. the Sessions-house, at or before Twelve o'clock on the day after the discharge of the Grand Jury, otherwise the Trial will stand over. RD. RADCLIFFE, Clerk of the Peace. Tour -hull. Dee. 23d, 1840. TA 1"- ERPOOL SEYSSEL ASPHALTktOMPANY. TI IVroCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ' tha he Directors are ie..;,(!y to recevt' TENDERS from Persons willing to purchase the Stock of ASPEIALTE and PITCH on hand, and also all the WORKING APPARATUS and Utensils of the Company, together with the Privileges of the Liver pool Company of working in Asphalte under Claridge's Pa tent. Sealed Tenders to be delivered at the Office of the Com piny: on or before the Ist day of February next. Parties intending to offer will be referred to Footwalks, Ro , fs, and other tvirks, which have been executed, in some , o , w,rfl Of two y curs, and have most satisfactorily tit' the weather ; and any further particulars ;..- .; a. ,, :i;o , cion to Mr BENSON, at the office of tie Company, Great Cirirlotte-,treet, Liverpool. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY. REDUCTION OF FARES, AND Trt IINS TO CHESTER EVERY OTHER HOUR. Tll E Public are respectfully informed that Steam-boats, to Monks' Ferry, leave George's Pierhead, iverpool, at the following Hours : MORNING, at 8, 10, and 12 o'cl ck. AFTERNOON, at 2,4, and 6 o'eock. A Steam Boat will leave Monk's Ferry4r Liverpool, on the arrival of the Trains from Chester; and Omnibuses will convey the First and Second Class Passengers only, to and from the Grange-lane Station to the Ferry, free of charge. Passengers by the Third Class Carriages will be booked only at Grange Lane Station and Chester, and will have Ferry Free, but will not be c rried by the Omnibus to and from the Station. Trains will depart every day, except Sunday, from Grange4lane Station, Birkenhead. MORNING. AFTERNOON. 20 minutes past 8. 20 minutes past 2. 20 minutes past 10. 20 minutes past 4. 20 minutes past 12. 20 minutes past 6. Brook-street Station, Chaster. MORNING. EVENING. . 15 minutes past 8. 15 minutes past 2. 15 minutes past 10. 15 minutes past 4. 15 minutes past 12. 15 minutes past 8. The twenty minutes past ten morning Train will be in time to forward Passengers to Crewe and Birmingham, by the quarter past eleven o'clock First Class Train froth Chester. The quarter past four Afternoon Train from Chester will bring Passengers leaving Birmingham by the half-past eleven First Class Train, and the eight o'clock Train those leaving Birmingham by the half-past three Afternoon Second Class Train. Passengers going to and from Birmingham, will, by this conveyance. effect a savin€ , of two shillings. ON' SUNDAY. • From Grange-lane Station, Birkenhead. MORNING. AFTERNOON. 20 minutes past 9. lO minutes before 5. From Brook-street Station, Chester. MORNING. AFTERNOON. 15 minutes past 9. 6 o'clock. All the Trains are Mixed Trains, and will stop at Mollington, Sutton, Hooton, and Bebbington Stations. FARES. lstClass. 2d Class. 3d Class. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1 0 .. 0 9 .. 0 6 1 6 .. 1 0 .. 0 9 2 0 .. 1 6 .. 1 0 3 0 .. 2 0 .. 1 0 From CHESTER. To Mollington Sutton and Hooton Bebbington Birkenhead From MOLLINGTON To Chester . Sutton and Hooton Bebbington Liverpool From SUTTON & HooroN To Mollington Chester Bebbington Birkenhead From BIRKENHEAD To Bebbington Hooton and Sutton. . Mollington Chester From BEDDINGTON To Hooton and Sutton 1 0 .. 6 9 .. 0 6 Mollington Chester Birkenhead Children Three Years Old and under Ten, Half Price. Carriages.... Four Wheels 15s. Two Wheels.... 10s. Horses One Horse 6s. Two Horses.... 10s. DOGS,—SIXPENCE EACH. Passengers, not exceeding five, riding in Four Wheeled Carriages, and not exceeding two, riding in Two Wheeled Carriages, to he charged Two-thirds Fare only. 1 0 .. 0 9 .. 0 6 1 0 .. 0 9 .. 0 6 1 6 .. 1 0 .. 0 9 2 0 .. 1 6 .. 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 6 0 9 1 0 0 9 1 0 . 0 6 . 0 9 . 0 6 . 0 9 1 0 1 6 2 0 3 0 0 9 1 0 1 6 2 0 . 0 6 . 0 9 . 1 0 . 1 0 LUGGAGE The weight allowed for each Passenger is 601 b., beyond which, a charge will be made at the rate of 2s. per cwt. For better security, Passengers are requested to take Car pet Bags and Small Packages inside the Carriage. AU Lug gage must he fully directed, as the Company will not be responsible for the toss of it.—No Smoking allowed in the Carriages or at th•• Stations. No Gratu;ties allowed to be taken by the Servants of the Company on a,iy pretence. Pas. , cogrrs and Parr els will be Booked by the Railway Company to Chester, and by Messrs. JONES and HERBERT, to all places beyond Chester, at the Railway Offices, top of James's-street, Liverpool, or at Grange-lane, Birkenhead. PUBLIC NOTICE. LII7. 7 :RPOOL EASTHAM FERRY, AND CHESTER (''KITING ESTABLISHMENT. A t U SNIITH takes leave to return his most grate .lo;. rul „,cknowlecigwents to his numerous Friends and the Public, for the kind patronage, support, and decided prefer ence his Coaching Establishment has for a very long period received from them ; and begs most respectfully to inform them that he continues, and means to continue, running the underinentioneu fast and favourite Coaches in a superior :tyie, if possible, to what they hitherto have done, and/at VERY REDUCED FARES. / R. S. avails himself of this opportunity to co radict a report industriously circulated, that there is no c munica tiou between Liverpool and Chester but by ilway ; and assures the Public that his Coaches have con ued, and do co,.tinue, to run daily, every two hours, etween Liver pool and Chester, as usual, at Fares below ose charged by th• Railway. As to the beauty of the roa from Liverpool t"a ff , e4tharn Ferry to Chester, for its sc ry, it is not to be ev , lled in the kin2dom. Passengers his Coaches are not =cloyed, on their journey to Wales, Shropshire. or else w;:ee. beyond Chester, by having first to take Packet to the Monk's Ferry, then an Omnibus to the Birkenhead Railway Station, thence by Railway through deep cuttings and high embankments to the terminus at Chester Station, where they again have to take Omnibus or other conveyance to the City, ere they can proceed on their intended route. All these great inconveniences and delays are avoided by tra velling with any of the undermentioned well-regulated Coaches, which it is Mr. Smith's determination to maintain on the road. R. S. challenges all his opponents to deny that his Esta blishment is superior, both in Coaches and Horses, to any other connected with Liverpool or Chester. R. S. has, ever since the opening of the Railway between Liverpool, Bir mingham, and London, kept on the road his " BRILLIANT" Coach—(see the list annexed) ; and further intimates, that, at the solicitation of several gentlemen and inhabitants of Birkenhead, Woodside, &c., he purposes to run one or more Coaches .between Birkenhead and Chester, to prevent the inconvenience those persons now experience who dislike Railway_ travelling, in being obliged to cross over to Liver- Pool, and proceed by way of Eastham to Chester. The following first-rate Coaches continue to run to and from Liverpool as under : NEW COACH TO MOLD, CALLED THE " WONDER," Via Queen's Ferry, every Morning at Seven o'clock, and arrives at Mold at a Quarter before Ten ; returns from Mold at Three in the Afternoo n , an d arr i ves i n L i verpool at Six. The .12HIRONDELLE, to Sh rews b ury and Cheltenham at Eight o'clock instead of Six, for particulars see below. ALTERATION OF TIME. The GENERAL CHASSE, to Carnarvon and Bangor, will in future leave at Seven o'clock instead of Six, as here tofore, through Holywell, St. Asaph, Abergel e , t o t h e Albion Hotel, Bangor, by Three o'clock, and Sportsman Hotel, Carnarvon,. at Four o'clock. Performs the journey from Liverpool to Bangor and Carnarvon in One Hour less time than any other Conveyance. 1. CHELTENHAM.—The HIRONDELLE, well known fast and splendid Coach, every Morning at Eight o'clock (Sundays excepted), through Chester, Wrexham, Overton, Ellesmere, Salop, [ron-bridge, Bridgnorth, Kid derminster, Worcester, and Tewksbury, to the Plough Ho tel, by Eight o'clock the same Evening, from whence Coaches proceed to Bath, Bristol, Southampton, Exeter, and all parts of the %Vest of England. 2. HEREFORD, LUDLOW, and LEOMINSTER. — A new Coach, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Morning, at Eight o'clock, via Shrewsbury and Church Stret ton to the City Arms Hotel, Hereford, by Eight o'clock, from whence Coaches proceed to Monmouth, Chepstow, Cardiff, Swansea, and all parts of South Wales. 3. CARNARVON and BANGOR.—The GENERAL CHASSE, splendid fast patent safety Coach, every Morning (Sunday excepted) at Seven o'clock, via Chester, Hawarden, Holywell, St. Asaph, Abergele, and Conway, to the Albion Hotel, Bangor, .at Three, and the Sportsman's Hotel, Car narvon, at Four o'clock. 4: NEWTOWN and WELSHPOOL.—The ROYAL OAK, old-established and favourite fast Coach, every Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Eight o'clock, via Chester, Wrexham, Ruabon, Chi r k, an d O swestry, to the Royal Oak Inn, Welshpool, by Three o'clock, and the Bear's Head Inn, Newtown; by Half-past Four o'clock: returns the alternate days. 5. LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. --The BRILLI ANT, fast four-horse Coach, daily, at Eight o'clock, via Chester, Broxton, Whitchurch, Tern Hill, Newport, and Wolverhampton, to Birmingham, by Six o'clock, (where time is allowed for refreshment) and proceeds, via Coventry, Dunchurch, Daventry, and Saint Albans, to the Bull and Mouth Inn, London, by Six o'clock the following Morning. Passengers by this Coach to Birmingham can proceed the same Evening from thence to Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Warwick, Leamington, and the whole of the Midland Coun ties. 6. OSWESTRY.—The ROYAL OAK, fast and favour ite Coach, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings, at Eleven o'clock, via Chester, Wrexham, Ruabon, and Chirk, to the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, by Five o'clock ; re turns the alternate days. 7. LL ANGOLLEN.—The Lord Nelson, fast four-horse patent safety Coach, every afternoon at Three o'clock, (Sun days excepted), via Chester, Wrexham, Ruabon, and Celli, to the Hand Inn, Llangollen, by Seven o'clock. 8. HOLYWELL.—The Lord Mostyn Coach, every af ternoon at Three o'clock, via Queen's Ftrry, Flint, & Bagilt. 9. MOLD and RUTHIN.—The Sir Richard Bulkeley, fast and favourite Coach, every Afternoon at Three o'clock, • via Queen's Ferry. 10. DENBIGH.—The Wonder, a new four-inside fast Coach, every Tuesday, Thursday,.and Saturday Afternoon, at Three o'clock, via Mold and Pontriffud, to the Crown and Bull Inns. Denbigh, by Eight o'clock. CHESTER.—Coaches Six times per day, viz., Mbrnings at Six, Eight, and Eleven o'clock, and Evenings at Half-past One, Three and Five o'clock. RICHARD SMITH and CO., Proprietors. OBSERVE.—The only Offices where Seats can he secured for any of the above-named Coaches are the ANGEL HO TEL, DALE-irrazzr, and Mrs. DOD'S, EASTUA M JAMISYS-ISTREBT. SPECIFIC CURE FOR SPASMS. ri R. BAYFIELD, R.N., Physician-Accoucheur, Mem ber-Li of the University of Edinburgh, Member of the College of Surgeons, &c. has the pleasure to announ e to the /e public and aged invalids especially, that he has di overed a most invaluable Specific for the immediate relief a d ultimate cure of Spasms in the stomach and bowelS, as w las of the constitution generally, by which many valua e lives have been preserved during an extensive practice or the last 16 jr , years. He respectfully c a ll s th e rea d r' ttention to the following letter from a lady of r a nk, w ch he has selected out of numbers he is able to produce. _ "Cheltenham, Plough Hotel. " Lady R- presents her compliments to Dr. Bayfield, and will thank him to send her another packet of his excel lent SPASMODIC TINCTURE. Lady R- has much pleasure in thus bearing testimony to the benefit she has de rived horn taking it, according to the directions, since which she has had no return of her former distressing malady ; for previous to a friend informing her of Dr. Bayfield's remedy, she had been for years a martyr to the most excruciating spasms. She therefore wishes to know whether Dr. B. wishes her to continue taking the Tincture, it is now nearly three months since she had an attack, but as she is about to leave Cheltenham for the north, she wishes to have a packet to carry with her. " March, 1839." The Spasmodic Tincture can only be purchased of Dr. Bayneld at his residence, No. 18, NORTHAMPTON -SQUARE, GOSWELL-ROAD, LONDON, in stopped bottles, price 2s. 2d., 4s. 6d., and 95., duty includ e d, w hi c h s h a ll be forwarded im mediately on the receipt of a post-office order for the quan tity required, to any part of the three kingdoms. Sole Agent— Mr. STEVENS, Chemist, 122, St. John-street-road, London. ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Oxford Herald.) Yesterday se'nnight, the Rev. John Caspard Villar, M.A., senior Fellow of Worcester College, was instituted to the Rectory of Hoggeston, Bucks, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Grape ; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Wor cester College. The Rev. Watson Buller Pole, late of Balliol College, has been instituted to the Rectory of Condicote, Gloucestershire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. J. G. Littlehales, M.A., of Brasenose College. _ _ . The Rev. H. Knapp, M.A., of St. John's College, has been presented to the Vicarage of Swaynton, with the Rec tory of Shanby annexed, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Darby ; patroness, Mrs. Eleanor Knapp, of Cheltenham. ; a CURE OF SQUINT' 'G. 1148. HARRIS, SURGEON, of Pre on, (Member of the kVA Royal College of Surgeons in ndon,) attends every Friday and Saturday, at No. 14, SLATY -STREET, Bold-street, Liverpool, to perform the new ope tion for the CURE of SQUINTING. Mr. HARRIS hasloper . ated with success in numerous cases of Squinting. No. 14, Slater-street, Liverpool, Dec. VI, 1840. I TAR. KOCK, from Paris, CIIIROPO IST, most respect fully informs the Nobility, Gentr , and the Public in general, that he eradicates Bunions, an Soft Corns ; he also removes the hard skin by the simple pplication of his in estimable and incomparable Ointmen . . Dr. KOCK, he sole inventor, assures the Public. he per forms the operation in so expert a manner, that it does not exceed ten minutes, and that without the least pain or detriment to the patient, who may follow his usual avocation without any hinderance. It is well known, that Corns enfeeble the nerves, and, the perspiration excited, cause hardness of the cutis, langour and pains ; the sensation can only be compared as if the body was punctured by needles: this is removed by the application of the OINTMENT. Residence, 36, 80ld -street, near the Lyceum. At home from Nine till half-past Ten in the Morning, and from Three till Six in the Evening. MONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST, •rom the Firm of LE DRAY and CO., London. A NEW DISCOVERY IN ARTIFICIAL TEETH, FIXED WITHOUT WIRES, SPRINGS, OR LIGATURES. SCURVY in the GUMS EFFECTUALLY 1? LOVED. LOOSE TEETH FASTENED. And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral - rmoratunt. MoNs. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-De ists, respect fully inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhab ants of Liver pool and its vicinity, that they have opene Establishments permanently at No. 70, SEEL-STREET, iverpool, (eight I doors from Berry-street,) and No. 52, GE RGE-STREET, Manchester. They continue to fill up the cavities of Decayed Teeth with their Mineral Marmoratum, without the least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into the cavity in an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, preventing and curing the. Tooth-ache; arresting all further pro gress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a mere shell into a sound and useful tooth, but, by completely stopping up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of the breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth. Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums. there are none more destructive in their effects, or more generally prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well known that the loss of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It affects individuals of all ages and of all constitutions, and it is the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay. To those so affected, Mons. LE DRAY and Co. have to inform them, that they can. effectually remove this destructive complaint by a single application, without the slightest pain. Mons. La DRAY begs to introduce to the notice of his Patients and the Public, an entire new description of IN CORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH, and can with confidence guarantee them to answer every purpose of Mas tication and Articulation, and defy detection from the closest observer. They never change colour or break, as those now used, are fixed without wires or ligatures, and have no un pleasant odour or unnatural gloss. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will give support and preserve Teeth that are loose, at the following Paris charges : A single Artificial Tooth £o 10 0 A complete Set A complete Set of Natural Teeth, on fine gold plate An entire Set of Natural or Terro Metal lic Teeth, highly finished, in the fil style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged 40 guineas Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied. Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelled to fit the mouth, and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original state. Attendance from Nine till Seven, and en Sundays from Nine till Two. ." For the convenience of country patients. Monsieur LE DRAY and Co. are enabled to fix a partial or complete set of Teeth at one sitting, without he least pain or incon venience, 1 5,SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL, AND 52, GEORG - STREET, MANCHESTER. PROMOTIONS. Rev. Annesley Henry Gore, to the Vicarage of Lewannick, Cornwall, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Dr. Coleridge ; patroness, the Crown. Rev. Dr. Warren, to the Incumbency of the new Church, called All Souls', Ardwick, in Manchester, consecrated on the 15th of last month. Rev. W. Harris, Assistant Minister of the Parish Church, Sheffield, to be Domestic Chaplain to Lord Wharncliffc. Rev. Francis Forster, Fellow of Catharine Hall, Cam bridge, to the Vicarage of Ridgewell, Essex; patrons, the Master and Fellows of Catharine Hall. Rev. G. T. Potchett, of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Denton, Lincolnshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. W. Potchett, M.A. ; patron, the Rev. W. Potchett, as Prebendary of North Grantham. Rev. H. Fielding, to the Rectory of Salmonby, Lincoln shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Bowerbank. Rev. Robert Potter, to be the Assistant Minister of St. John's Church, Hereford. Rev. William Brooke, M.A., to the Vicarage of Bentley, Suffolk ; patron, the Rev. Charles Edmund Keene• (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) The Rev. R. C. Ward, of Trinity College. in this Univer sity, has been appointed to the Rectory of Tollerton, Notts, vacant by the death of the Rev. E. Smith. On the 4th inst. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough insti tuted the Rev. Joseph Garton, to the Vicarage of T.wcester, in Northamptonshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. A. J. Ram ; on the presentation of the Lord Bishop of Lichfield. On the lfith inst. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough insti tuted the Rev. Edward Robert Butcher, D.C.L., on his own petition, to the Rectory of Milton, near Northampton, va cant by the death of the Rev. George Oakes Miller. The Rev. Edward John Everard, 8.A., has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the Rectory of Oldbury on the Hill-cum-Didmarton, in the county of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Cooke. Patron, his Grace the Duke of Beaufort. The Rev. John Douglas Giles, M.A., has been instituted to the Vicarage of Swinestead, in the county of Lincoln, va cant by the death of the Rev. Henry Daniel, on the presen tation of Lord,Willoughby de Eresby. The Rev. John Bowstead, M.A., has been collated to the Vicarage of Messingham with Bottisford, in the county of Lincoln, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. George Daniel Renaud ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Lincoln The Rev. William Barlow, M.A., prebend of Chester, has been presented to the Rectory of Northenden, Cheshire, va cant by the death of the Rev. W. Ainger ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chester. The Bishop of London has licensed the Rev. Daniel Au gustus Beaufort, M.A., of Jesus College, in this University, to be Assistant Minister of Portman Chapel, London. The Rev. Edward Penny, M.A., of St. John's College, Oxford, Curate of Hythes, has been collated to the united Rectories of St. Andrew's and St. Mary Breadman, in the city of Canterbury ; patron, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev. John Wimpenny, Curate of Rothwell, and son of the Rev. R. C. Wimpenny, vicar of Market Weighton, to the Perpetual Curacy of Yarm, in the North Riding ; patron, the Archbishop of York. The Rev. J. R. Rushton, 8.D., Curate and Lecturer of Banbury, has been uresented by the Lord Bishop of Oxford to the Perpetual Curacy of Hooknorton, Ox n, vacant by the decease of the Rev. Ueo. Turner, Vicar of Spelsbury. GREAT LEVEL OF THE WASH.—During the last week considerable progress has been made in the important nego tiations which are proceeding between the undertakers and the parties interested on both sides of the estuary. Two meetings were held in London in the course of the past week, which were attended by several of the most influential of the frontagers in Norfolk and Lincolnshire, and an arrangement suggested, which, it is trusted, will lead to the eventual com promise i.f all conflicting claims'; indeed, the frank avowal by the company of their intention to respect all existing rights to their full extent, and the equally frank avowal of the frontagers to give this great undertaking fair considera tion, seem to leave little doubt of its ultimate accomplish ment. A suggestion was made that the plan would be more acceptable to some of the leading interests if the company will consent to reduce its extent, as was indeed some time ago hinted at by Sir John Rennie, in his report of the 28th of January, 18i0, but, as the sub-committee were authorised to treat with the parties only upon the original scheme, no conclusion can be formed upon that point until a future meeting of the company. —Lincoln Gazette. SUDDEN DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR. WILLIAM HENRY PRINGLE. G.C.B.—We have to announce the death of the above gallant general, whose demise took place on Wednesday afternoon, at the family residence, in Stratford place. We understand that the deceased general, who had been out walking, came home shortly before three o'clock, and then complained of a pain in his left shoulder, but did not give any alarm. At half-past four he suddenly fell down in his room, and expired. The deceased officer was colonel of the 45th regiment, and had been in the army upwards of 48 years. He served throughout the Peninsular war, under the Duke of Wellington, and for his distinguished services at Salamanca, the passage of the Pyrenees, Nieolle, and Nive, received a cross. Subsequently., he was severely wounded in France, in 1814. In consideration of his bravely on several occasions he was nominated a G.C.H. His commission bears date as follows :—Cornet, July 6, 179 2 ; lieute nant , F e b . 24, major, Sept. 19, 1795 ; 1793 ; captain, Oct. 15, 1794 ;lieut.- colonel, Dec. 5, 1799; colonel, Oct. 2 5 , 1809; maj or - genera l , Jan. 1, 1812 ; and lieutenant-general, May 27, 1825. The late gallant general was nearly 70 years of age.—m orn i ng Herald. -\\ THE UNITED STATES. The Great Western, Captain Hosken; arrived at Kingroad on Thursday last, bringing dates from New York to the 9th inst:,' inclusive. The Great Western accomflished the voyage in 14 days . 10 hours.: She brought 69 passengers, and ,nearly 200,000 dollars in freight. Her departure from New York was delayed from the Bth to the 9th, in consequence of a dr'eadful snow -storm in the United - StateS, which rendered the roads impassable, and prevented the arrival of the southern and northern mails for three days. Owing to the same•cause, notwithstanding her detention, she did not bring the Presidenes message. The following are the most important extracts from the papers which we have received : (From the New York Herald of Dec. 9.) MONEY MARKET. TUESDAY, Dec: 8-6 p.m.—The late severe storm, by causing an interruption in the arrival of th e ma il s , h as been matter of much inconvenience just on the departure of the steam-boat for England. It has also prevented the arrival of many passengers expected from Canada to go out by the steamer. In consequence of this, she has been detained until to-morrow. Some further sales have taken place of bills on Europe at yesterday's rates, Bta9l on London, and f.17af.5.15 on Paris. The packet-ship Louis Philippe sailed this morning for Havre, has taken 120,000 dols. in specie. The stock market was heavy at the Board. U. S. Bank declined k, N. A. Trust and Banking Co. I, Canton Co. #, Stonington Mohawk 1. In quoting Delaware and Hudson yesterday at a decline, we omitted to state that it was divi dend 3} per cent off. Domestic bills continue to improve under the supposed certainty of resumption. Bills on Philadelphia 11, Baltimore 111114, Indiana 5 per cents 75i, Delaware Bonds 92, New York State 5 per cents 91i. The citizens of Bedford county Va., had a meeting on the 23d of November, on the subject of the high restrictions im posed upon American tobacco in foreign countries, and ex pressed themselves in favour of demanding an abandonment of those restrictions, or the imposition of countervailing duties on articles of foreign produce. STATE OF TRADE. A fair business is doing generally, particularly in the gro cery line. COTTON.—The market yesterday was quiet, and to-day there is a moderate demand without any particular alteration in prices. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESI- DENT, The New York Courier and Inquirer of the Bth inst. says— " On Wednesday last, the electors in the several states in the union met at their respective capitals, and elected a pre sident and vice-president of the United States. This is the 11th presidential election since the organization of our go vernment. " Fourteenth Election, 1840.—Number of electors, 29-1. William H. Harrison. probably received 234, and Martin Van Buren 60, for president. John Tyler probably 234 for vice-president—a stronger vote, as appears by the statistics of all the presidential elections, than has ever before been cast for any president at any contested election since the for mation of our government." Boston papers to the Bth, and Canada papers to the 3d, had been received, but were devoid of interest. In Canada, the governor-general continued issuing ordinances for the internal regulation of the province.. The affairs of Texas appear to excite considerable attention, and the message of the President, Mirabeau B. Lamar, is the subjact of considerable discussion. Its finances are still in disorder—its currency is depreciated; but sanguine ex pectations are formed by the American journalists that the new republic will be able to recover from these embarrass ments. The recognition of its independence by England had been confidently anticipated, and would no doubt afford great satisfaction. . _ THE GREAT STORM.—The snow storm, it appears, con tinued three days, producing considerable loss of both life and property, and stopping the north and south mails for that period. There had not been time, at the departure of the Great Western, for the arrival of full details of the damage sustained, although it was known to be very considerable. MEET4NG OF CONGRESS.—PRESIDENT'S MES SAGE. (From the New York Herald of Dec. 8) The second session of the existing Congress opened yes terday, and it is highly probable that the President's message will be delivered to-day. Although it is the last message and dying words of Mr. Van Buren, yet there is not a great deal of curiosity to know its contents. In the present state of railroad travelling—covered with snow-drifts several feet deep—it is impossible to tell at what hour, night or day, this week, the message may arrive i n town. When it does reach us, we shall publish it a s soon as possible; but as the Wall-street prints have monop o li se d all the modes of transmission on the road, it is highly pro bable that they will beat us this time ; but it is their last effort and " last card." From Mr. Van Buren we do not anticipate anything re markable or startling in his message. When defeated, no man is more humble and unpretending—trundling cabbages to Kinderhook market, when he can't trundle states, but both with equal equanimity. He , may indirectly d eve l ope some a the views of his party, on which to rally and direct their future movements; but the deepest interest will be felt in the actions of Congress itself. The friends of the new administration may begin to indicate their policy. A repeal of the sub-treasury law—the revival of the laud bill—a re newal of the discussion on the bankrupt bill—and a new ratio of the representation, growing out of the census just taken—may all be brought up for discussion. According to the accounts already received, it is nearly certain that our population in 1810 will amount to nearly 18,000,000. Altogether, however, the interest of the Washington news will not be very exciting till towards the close, when the in auguration of Gen. Harrison takes place—the selection of his cabinet and foreign ministers is made—and the appoint ments to the collectorship and other lucrative offices are known. There is a lively and buoyant feeling in the country, pervading all classes, springing from the election of Harri son ; but whether he will realise our hopes, time alone can tell. NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY. THE HIGHLANDS.—The Spectator, published at Gardner, Me., contains the following extract of a letter from Professor Renwick, one of the engineers in the boundary survey : " 1 am happy to be able to communicate to you that the result of my operations will probably leave no other basis for the British claim than the quibble whether the Bay of Fundy be the Atlantic Ocean. I have discovered and ex plored a range of mountains extending from the Bay of Cha leurs, around the heads of the branches of the St. John's to the Terviscouta portage, so that even on the British ground that the Highlands are necessarily mountains they can be met to advantage. The height of these mountains I can only guess at until I make up the calculations." The St. John Courier states that the British commissioners appointed to run the boundary line between the American possessions of Great Britain and the United States, have finished their labours for the present season, having com pleted the survey of the due north line from the river St. John to the Beaver Stream, on the Metis. From thence the commissioners proceeded up the St. Lawrence to river Ouelle, with the intention of passing up that river, and exa mining the highlands at its source. They started the last week in October for that purpose, but heavy and continued snow storms forced them to relinquish their operations. From the river Ouelle, the commissioners proceeded to Que bec, from thence Lieutenant Broughton, R.E., one of the commissioners, went to New York, on his way to England. Mr. Featherstonhaugh, the younger, remains at Quebec for the present, making up the returns and completing the plans. It appears from the Woodstock Times, that the American commissioners have also been active in prosecuting their re searches. They have explored nearly the whole extent of country between Woodstock and the St. Lawrence, which is represented as a most desolate and barren region. Nothing but bogs, lakes, and marshes, with soncie broken and irregu lar ridges of highlands, covered with a stunted growth of moth-clad trees, meet the eye after leaving the St. John some 15 or 20 miles. The parties that went up the Kennebeck and Penobscot have likewise reported, thus completing the whole American survey, with the exception of running the meridian by lunar observations, now going on under the di.. rection of Major Graham. SAILING OF THE GREAT WESTERN.—The Great Western carries out sixty passengers, principally British officers and civilians from Canada. Mr. Holford, of the eminent bank ing -house of Holford and Co., London, also returns in her to England. Already about 60,000 dols. in specie is on the manifest, but it is expected that 200,000 dols. will go in all. She is full of freight. This is the last steamer from this port in 1810, and generally considered the most successful. Captain Hoskin enjoys a high reputation as a nautical man and a gentleman.—N. Y. Morning Herald, Dec. 8. THE PUBLIC DEBT.—The total amount of treasury notes issued under this hard-money administration since Oct. 12, 1837, has been 24,739,473 89, nearly 25,000,000 dollars. Of this amount there has been redeemed 23,302,650 dollars 51 cents., leaving unredeemed at this present time 4,433,823 dollars 38 cents.—Madisonian: T SALE OF A WHITE MAN.—The Louisville J ourna l s t ates, that on the 2d of last month a white man was sold at public auction, for four years, before the court-house door, in Cam den, S. C. NEwFondomANn.--A. joint-stock company has been sormed in Newfoundland, for establishing a steam-boat line between St. John's, in that island, and Halifax. It is to have a capital of £25,000, of which three-tenths are to be reserved for Nova Scotia: two-tenths for England ; and the rest lo be taken in the island. —Boston Daily Advertiser. DIVORCE EXTRAORDINARY.--The Montieello (V.) Watchman gives an account of the manner in which a jus tice of the peace lately dissolved the hymeneal union of an unhappy pair, whom he had united but a short time before till death should part tnem. Upon the request of the parties to be unmarried, he placed a live cat on the block, and di recting one to pull at the head and the other at the tail, while he with an axe cut puss in two, at the same time ex claiming, " Death separates you !" The couple went away satisfied that they were legally unmarried, and have not lived together since. • INDIAN REMAINS.—During the progress of some exca vations making by the Marine Railway Company, on Mis sissagua-point, the remains of from 15 to 20 Indians, with beads, knives, &c., have been found imbedded about ten inches below the original surface of the site of the battery. The bodies appeared to have been severally wrapped in bark, the remains of which were found in close proximity to the undecayed portions of each skeleton.—Kingston Upper Ca nada Chronicle of Nov. 11. TEXAS. The steam-ship Havannah, arrived in this port last night, has furnished us with papers from Houston, Texas, up to the 21st instant, from which we extract the following items of news :—The Houston Telegraph contains the official re port of Colonel Moore's expedition on the river Colorado, which confirms the report of the total rout of the Indians in that quarter. The Houston -Miming Star contains the following narrative of the first capture at sea by the Texian navy NOVEMBER 19.—PRIZE V ESSEL. — Yesterday morning the 90 tons serbuArdnenial,Aar came a e, into M port t a u n tm nd m e e r rc c h om an man a d n, o o f f p a r b i o z u e. t Charles comm Fuller, an d e r w o i f t h t h o e r n d a e v r s al t s o t a r t e i o p n o r a t s t a h la w v e f s u s i e p l r z n e d . ken on her voyag e f rom V era Cruz to Tampico, e s m a h a r e s g t o w e r a t o s the ta by the Texian schooner San Antonio, Li eut . A . Moore com manding. The cause of this seizure is as follows :—About the 25th of October last, while Commodore Moore was lying at a little island called Lobez, a severe norther came on, by which a Mexican brig was driven ashore and wrecked. The commodore sent his boats promptly to their assistance, and saved the crew and passengers, 26 in number, and a part of the vessel's cargo. Some conception may be formed as to the violence of the gale, when it is stated that all the anchors of the commodore's ship were barely sufficient to keep her from dragging, and also that it took the first boat that he sent to the relief of the brig, well manned as she was, from nine o'clock in the morning until five in the evening to reach the wreck. The commodore sailed for Tampico immediately, and landed the passengers and crew in safety. Next day, however, being short of water, he sent one of his boats ashore for the purpose of getting a supply. When the boat had got within reach of the guns of the fort at Tampico, it was fired upoh three several times, the last shot striking a few yards short of the boat, and then glancing directly over it. The commodore, very properly, we think, conceived this to be an• act of indignity and aggression on the part of Mexico, which called for retaliation. He immediately issued orders t o the squadron to make seizures of Mexican property wherever it could be found upon the high seas. The cargo of the wrecked veesel, which he had intended to have landed that day, consisting of flour and coffee, he retained as lawful spoil. It may be mentioned here, also, that Mr. Treat, our agent at Mexico, has abandoned all hope of treating with that Government, and returned to Vera Cruz, ou his way home. A few days after this the San Antonio parted company with the sloop of war, and went on a cruise. On the 2d inst., in the afternoon, she came in s i g ht o f the above-men tioned prize. She set a flag of the United States as signal, which the Anna Maria answered by running up Mexican colours. The San Antonio then lowered the United States colours, and fired a gun to bring the Anna Maria to, at the same time running up a Texian flag. The schooner imme diately lowered her colours, made all sail, and bore away. The San Antonio gave her another gun, allotted, across her stern, when she hove to, and waited for the man-of-war. The San Antonio came alongside, and ordered the captain to come on board with his papers. On finding from the ves sel's manifest and register that she was Mexican property, he declared her a prize, and sent her into port, under Prize master Fuller, as stated above. Yesterday evening the case was brought before the Court of Admiralty, the lion. A. B. Shelby presiding, and all the necessary testimony taken ; but we understand the judge has determined to hold the matter under advisement until after his return from the circuit, which will not be until February or March next, when the final decree will be given. In the meantime it is understood that he will issue a commission this morning to have the vessel and cargo appraised and sold as perishable property, the schooner being at present in a leaky condition. Her cargo consists of 124 bags of coffee, 297 bags of flour, 21 boxes of dry goods, and 2 barrels of spirits of turpentine. There is no question, we think, that she is a lawful prize. N.B. It is the opinion of Prize-master Fuller and Mid shipman Slaughter, who came up with the prize, that the report of the steam-ship Zavalla having met with an accident on the bar at Tobasco is without foundation, and that the Mexican steam-ship Argyle, which resembles the Zavalla somewhat in size and appearance, is probably the one that has sustained the injury, if any vessel has, in that vicinity. *k*. • THE COURT. WINDSOR, THURSDAY- - This morning his Royal High ness Prince Albert spent several hours skating on the lake at Frogmore. His Royal Highnes s was attend e d by General Sir Edward Bowater and Captain Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at the castle this afternoon, at twenty minutes before two o'clock. Sir James Clark arrived at the castle this afternoon at three o'clock, and left at four. Viscount Melbourne arrived at the castle this evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Earl of Uxbridge, and Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, will be the only additiOns to the royal dinner party this evening. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—This morning, her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and most of the distinguished suite. at tended divine service, which was performed in the private chapel of the castle by the Rev. Isaac Gosset. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, after the service, walked on the terrace nearly half an hour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, took her accustomed airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert skated on Fro gmore lake, this afternoon, attended by Lord Lilford, Gen. Bowater, Dr. Pretorius, Mr. Rich, Captain Seymour, and Mr. G. E. Anson. Tile royal dinner party, this evening. will include Mr. and the lion. G. E. Anson, and Lord and Lady Kinnaird. SUNDAY. Yesterday her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked for a short time on the Terrace. In the afternoon Prince Albert skated on Frogmore Lake. His Royal Highness was accompanied by General Bowater, Lord Lilford, Mr. Rich, and Captain Seymour. This morning the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, with their distinguished visitors and suite, attended divine service in the private chapel'of the castle. Prayers were read by the Rev. Isaac Gossett, and the sermon was preached by Dr. Short. The Earl of Surrey arrived this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. A. Murray left the castle this morning to visit Mr. Hope, of Dorking. Her Majesty and the Princess Royal continue in the en joyment of excellent health. The royal dinner party this everting will include the follow ing personages :—Her Royal Highness the Duohess of Kent, the Duchess of Bedford, Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Lilford, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Misses Paget and Pitt, General Sir Edward Bowater, Captain Seymour, Col. Wemyss, Mr. Rich, and Baroness Lelizen. JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET. THURSDAY EVENING.—The Stock Market was still in a good deal of agitation to-day, and the sales of stock consi derable. The dealers affect to view the Portuguese dispute as a more serious affair than what upon the face of it might be expected ; for by many it is still conceived that there is •‘ much cry" about it and . little wool;" that in fact the two states will not be allowed to come to blows. One interven tion less or more can be no difficulty now to Lord Palmers ton, whom practice for so many years must not only have made a proficient, but have given a real relish to for that sort of busybody meddling. The truth would seem to be that this little Portuguese complication, coming on the heels and in the midst of so many others of a graver character, has had the effect of turning the scale of the market downwards, which was before on the balance, in the same sense in which it is said that it is the last feather which breaks the over loaded camel's back. Consols declined further to 88 to *for the opening. Bank Stock was 156 to 7. Exchequer Bills 2s. to 4s. premium. FRIDAY EVENING.—The day being of course a close holi day, there is, nothing to report upon in either stock or money affairs, or in general business. SATURDAY EVENING.—The funds remain without altera tion. Consols 88 to I for the openi ng . B an k s t oc k 156 t o 7. Exchequer hills 2s to 4s premium. In the foreign market there was little animation and prices are without material change. Spanish Active with th e Cou pons 221 to 3. Portuguese Two-and-a-Half per Cents. (falsely called Fives) 31 to 1, the One-and-a-Half per Cents. (falsely called Threes) 20 to 1: 'Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 501 to I, the Five per Cents. 97 to 1: Belgian 97 to 9. Danish 791 to 7-1. Brazil7l to 2. Mexican 27 to 1. Co lombian 224 to 3. LOndon and Birmingham railway shares were 79 to 81. Great 'Western 231 to 41, the half -shares 10 to 11. Gosport 4to 5 premium. South Western 541 to 51 per share. North Midland 26 to 4, the new 3 to 2. Blackwall 54 to 44. Brighton 81 to 8 discount. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER , FRIDAY EVENING. This being Christmas Day, there is nothing doing to require the slightest remark. 12 to 1 was the last offer we heard upon the Derby field, and 20 to 1 on the Chester Cup one ; 7 to 1 is offered v. Kedge for the Oaks, and 15 to 1 v. any thing for the St. Leger. • • TATTERSALL's THURSDAY. The attendance was so thin, and business so slack, that it would be absurd to make any introductory remarks. A list of the bets and offers must suffice. THE DERBY. 13 to 1 against Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt.—offers to take 14 to 1. 18 to 1 „ Mr. W. Scott's Marshal Soult.—t to X 25. 22 to 1 tf Mr. Greville's Pakemon.—t to £75. 28 to 1 „ Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans.—t to £lO. 28 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's lot.—t to £lO. 45 to 1 Col. Anson's Duke of Wellington.—taken to £lO. 1000 to 15 „ Lord Stradbroke's lot.—t 1000 to 10 „ Mr. Greville's Jack Sheppard.—t and afterwards offered Harlock succeeds Turner as private trainer to Lord Exeter. THE CHASE. The Cheshire Fox Hounds will meet on To-morrow (Wednesday), 30, at Booth Lane Smithy. Thursday, 31, at ........................ Bradfield Green. Saturday, Jan. 1, at ......... At half-past ten o'clock RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAYS.—The late snows do not appear to have at all affected the passage of the trains on railroads, and the employment of a few additional labourers where drifts have occurred has proved sufficient to remove every impediment. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAYS.—The line is now open, at Crow-mills, where several arches of the viaduct gave way, a short time ago. The season not being suitable for rebuilding the arches, a strong temporary platform has been erected with thick oak timber, over which the trains now travel as safely as along any bridge on the line. The directors, with a view to test its strength before it was pub licly opened, caused several engines to pass doer it, the weight of which was sustained with perfect firmness. — Leicester Chronicle. DEATH ON THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. — On Tuesday, in the parish of St. Mary's, au inquest was held on the body of Thomas Roe. The deceased was served deliberately walking down the line between Aylestone and Wigston, about two o'clock in the afternoon, on the 14th instant. He was walking between the two lines at the time the down - train was coming down. He appeared to walk on without noticing the approach of the train, which was going at the time about seventeen miles an hour. When the train got within 100 yards from him, he stepped from between the lines, and on the rail on which the train was approaching. The whistle of the engine was played to warn him off, and continued to play till it had come up to him. The deceased was seen to turn his head once just before the engine was upon him ; but in a moment he was knocked down. The entire train passed over him. The steam' as also shutoff, but it was found impossible to stop the engine until it bad . passed 50 yards beyond him. It then put back, and brought the deceased to the station, when he was taken to the intirmary. From the shocking manner in which he was found to be injured, it was soon evident that little hopes could be entertained of him, and he soon after expired. Verdict, " Accidental death, and no blame is attached to the companies' servants." The deceased was a railway labourer, not deaf, and about 52 years of age. He had lately been working at Crow-mill viaduct. Though sensible after the accident till his death, he never uttered' a word about it.— Leicester Chronicle. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The gross amount for conveyance of passen gers, parcels, mails, &c., for the week end ing Dec. 19, 1840 Merchandise for the same • 2,284 18 4 Cattle £13.243 13 9 MIDLAND COUNTIES ' RAILWAY. For the week ending Dec. 19 :-- Passengers........ Merchandise 486 16 9 £1,602 17 7 MANCHESTER AND BOLTON RAILWAY. [Length of line, 10 miles.] Traffic for the week ending Dec. 24 : Passengers and parcels Goods and coals £506 16 4 MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. [Open between Manchester and Stockport.—Goods not yet carried.] Traffic for week ending Dec. 21, 1810: — Passengers (8,144) Or at the rate of X 49 5s 4d per mile per week. The council of the league have determined to hold the great annual anti-corn-law banquet in London during the coming session of Parliament. MURDERS AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.-COMBI. NATION OF TRADES. ASHTON, THURSDAY.—This day the coroner and jury, pursuant to adjournment from last Thursday, re-assembled at the Swan Inn, in this town, for the purpose of pursuing the investigation into the circumstances attending the dia bolical murder of Benjamin Cooper, the sawyer, on the even ing of the 11th inst. The five men in the custody of the ma gistrates, charged with conspiracy and suspicion of the mur der, (alluded to in the Times of Wednesday,) were not brought before the inquest, but remain in prison, previous to their final committal to the assizes on the former charge, which will take place on Saturday next. The Coroner, having called over the names of the jury, requested to know frothi Newton, the deputy constable of Ashton, whether he had been enabled to procure any further evidence respecting the murder that was likely to criminate any person or persons. Newton re plied that he had received no clue whatever to the discovery of the murderer since the last investigation ; neither was he in any hopes of doing so at present. He had apprehended another man connected with the union, against whom there would be similar evidence to that adduced before the magis trates in the case of the five already examined. The coroner in addressing the jury, said that under these circumstances he did not see the necessity of again adjourn ing the inquest, as a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown would still leave the shocking affair open for the inquiries of tha police and the investigation of the magistrates. The jury concurred in the opinion of the coroner, and returned a verdict of wilful murder. By the technical wording of the verdict on the coroner's inquisition, it appears that the unfortunate man was murdered by four leaden bullets and four leaden slugs, these having been found in his body. There were four other slugs found in the saw pit, which proves that twelve or more bullets and slugs were fired at him. Some idea of the extent of the mortal wound received by the deceased may be imagined, when it is stated that the wadding with which the balls were fired was found burning furiously on a piece of mahogany. It was composed of the course wrapper of cotton bales, and was as much in quantity as a man could hold in both hands. Up to this pe riod it seems that the government reward of £lOO for the discovery of the atrocious murder had not been effective, neither do the police appear over sagacious in the matter. The district is almost inundated with policemen. The govern ment rural police have a station in the town, and there is the Ashton, the Stayleybridge, and the Manchester police, all engaged in the inquiry, but with very few exceptions (and these are the men employed under the old system) their intel lects in all probability would never have raised them higher in station than that of ploughmen if government had not deemed it necessary to have an army of policemen. The business of the rural police officers seems to be chiefly con fined to the laying of informations against beer-houses and publicans for keeping late hours, &c. Since the last investigation before the magistrates there have been two other unionists apprehended, one in Manches-, ter, by Newton, the constable of Ashton, and the other by Alcock,: an active superintendant of the Manchester police. The former prisoner's name is Butterfield, and can be iden tified, it is supposed, as being one of the party who attacked and brutally murdered Thomas Garland on the Manchester road, on the 31st of October last. The other man was appre hended in Liverpool by Alcock and Green, of Manchester. His name is William Shaw. He was known to belong to the union, and absconded the day after the murder of Cooper, on the 11th instant, and Mr. Whitfield, the master sawyer and builder, whose house was attempted to be blown up by gun powder on the 20th of October last, states, that lie answers the description of a man whom he had frequently seen sur veying his premises previous to the attempt being made. Both the new prisoners will be brought before the magistrates on Saturday next, by which time, it is to be hoped, that others will be in custody, as some of the most intelligent of the Manchester and Liverpool police are now in active search at Liverpool. It is said that when the unionists determine upon the committal of any diabolical act they generally ob tain a villain from some other union at a distance : and from the evidence already given it appears that the party, Peter Thompson, against whom a great suspicion of the murder of Cooper lies, comes from Hull. It is evident, however, that the implement of destruction used against the unfortunate man was made in a manufacturing district, or carried from a manufacturing district, as it was formed out of a piece of steam piping used in factories. From its appearance it would lead to the supposition that it was made by more than one individual. There are now seven men in custody on the charge of con spiracy and suspicion of murder, and it is not yet certain whether unionists in other towns who have corresponded with the Ashton club will be proceeded against. It is thought they will, if the government are inclined to protect the mas ters and the men against this nefarious combination and conspiracy: In . addition to the very liberal offer of £lOO reward for the, detection of the perpetrators of this cruel murder by the go vernment, the master sawyers and builders of Ashton offer £100; and the following proclamation appears upon the walls :—" Murder.—£2oo reward.—Whereas, on the evening of the 11th day of December inst., Benjamin Cooper, a saw yer, in the employ of Mr. Richard Whitfield, of Ashton, timber-merchant, whilein the act of sawing timber in a saw pit, was, by some evil-disposed person or persons, most atro ciously murdered, by means of an iron pipe converted into a cannon, and loaded with slugs, having been discharged at him ; and the circumstances of such murder having been represented to the Marquis of Normanby, the Secretary of State for the home department, his lordship has intimated that a reward of £lOO will be paid by the government to any person who shall give such information and evidence as shall lead to the discovery and conviction of the murderer or mur derers ; and his lordship has further intimated, that he will advise the grant of her Majesty's gracious pardon to any ac complice (not being the person who actually fired the shot) who will give such evidence as shall lead to the same result. And, as a further encouragement for bringing the offender or offenders to justice, the sum of £lOO (in addition to the re ward offered by her Majesty's government) will be paid by the timber merchants of Ashton-under-Lyne aforesaid, to whoever will discover the offender or offenders, so that he or they may be apprehended and convicted of the murder. Ar rangements will be made for affording protection to any per son or persons who shall give such information as aforesaid from personal risk or violence." No reward has been offered for the apprehension of the murderers of Thomas Garland, and as he was murdered nearly two months ago it is not. supposed there will be. Had the government and the authorities acted promptly in endea vouring to discover the perpetrator of the first murder, the second might not have been committed.—London Times. REPRESENTATION OF WALSALL. (From the Staffordshire Gazette) RETIREMENT OF MR. FINCH. The sudden, although long-expected resignation of F. Finch, Esq., the member of this borough, has created.no little bustle amongst the electors, as all parties are using their best exertions to secure the return of a candidate whose principles accord with their own. Perhaps, therefore, it would be well were we to give a short history of the proceed ings of the past week. It appears that the Radical party have been canvassing for some time, and, according to their usual practice in such cases, very. secretly. On Friday evening, however, official information was received by the conservative party that Mr. Finch had accepted the Children Hundreds: A deputation accordingly waited upon Viscount Newport, the talented and amiable son of Lord Bradford, to solicit his lordship to offer himself as a candidate. His lord ship very respectfully declined coming forward on this occa sion, urging as a reason, his youth ; although by-the•bye he is we believe quite as old as Mr. Spencer Lyttelton who is now in the field on the liberal interest. The circumstance of Viscount Newport declining to be nominated, clearly and plainly gives the lie to the mendacious assertions of an infa mous print published at Wolverhampton, which has fre quently endeavoured to make it appear, that Earl Bradford's aim and intention was, to make Wa lsall a close borough ! In consequence of the decision, perhaps wisely, come to by Lord Newport, intelligence of the vacancy was immediately dispatched to John N. Gladstone, Esq., who unfortunately happened to be in Ireland at the time. The radicals being aware no doubt, of the delay'that would be thus occasioned to their opponents, immediately began a canvass ; and the Honorable Spencer Lyttelton issued an address full of " liberal" professions on Monday morning. Toe hon. gen tleman at once commenced a personal canvass of the elec tors, but we think with but little success ; as the conserva tives being confident that Mr. Gladstone would suffer him self to be put in nomination, also actively canvassed the elec-' tors, requesting them to remain unpledged till Mr. Gladstone should arrive. It is needless to 'go through the various schemes adopted by the radical party to carry their ends; but one or two, we think, ought to be noticed ' • the one was, they endeavoured to persuade the electors that Mr. Lyttelton was a son of Lord Hatherton, by which means several un wary voters promised their votes to him, but they are now undeceived by a handbill, correcting the false impression thus 'conveyed to them, and the scheme at least, has done the radicals no small damage. Reports were put in circula tion by them to the effect that no conservative candidate was coming forward, and thus they attempted to practise another fraud upon the voters. This specimen of enormous lying has been contradicted by the appearance of Mr. Gladstone himself, who arrived from Belfast, after a very tedious jour ney, on Wednesday evening, at about half-past eight o'clock, and a handbill was issued announcing the fact. Mr:Gladstone met the electors at half-past two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, and explained to them his principles. To show the doubts and misgivings entertained by the radi cal party we need only refer to a handbill published, in which an appeal couched in very genteel terms, is addressed to the electors to be "up and at 'em." Some doubts are also en tertained as to whether Mr. Lyttleton will stand a contest; he left for London on Wednesday, and some persons are un charitable enough to say he will not return •, he has not yet completed his canvass which is not very exhiliratiug to him, and he had considerable difficulty in forming a committee; three notes were sent to one individual requesting him to become a member of the committee ; but all of which he re spectfully declined. The following is an outline of the proceedings of the meet ing, on Thursday, when Mr. Gladstone was introduced to the electors Shortly after three o'clock, C. S. Forster, Esq. accom panied- by Messrs: J. N. Gladstone, Esq r. - W. E. Gladstone, Esq. M.P., and others, proceeded to the Operative Conser vative News arid Reading Rooms, where a large and influen tial party of gentlemen and members of the association were waiting to receive them. Immediately on entering the rooms three hearty rounds of applause were given, which having in some degree subsided, C. S. Foster, Esq. said he felt ex treme pleasure in introducing to the notice of the meeting a gentleman of sound conservative principles, as a candidate well worthy of their support, and in every way fitting to be come their representative in the Commons' House of Par liament. His name was dear to many, and he had descended from a family ever remarkable for their attachment to the tried and ancient constitution, both politically and religiously; he was a gentleman that he could with confidence recommend to them, and he should have much pleasure in giving him his support. J. N. GLADSTONE, Esq. then came forward, and stated that he came forward to solicit their support as a candidate to represent them in Parliament. He came forward to so licit their votes as a conservative candidate ; by which he meant to support the noble constitution in Church and State ; and as he should have other opportunities of explaining his principles, he would not therefore detain them, but if any gentlemen wished t o as k any ques ti ons , h e s h ou ld feel much pleasure in giving any answer ; but to be candid he would tell them that be was connected with the navy, and might not have that practical experience in the mercantile department that could be wished for in a representative for that borough, still he must have lived but to very little purpose if from his family connexions he had not acquired a knowledge of a mer cantile life sufficient to enable him to understand their wants as a trading borough. He wished any gentlemen present would ask him any question •they thought proper. A gentleman in the room said he was of opinion that the candidate in going to parliament ought to go unpledged. This sentiment was responded to by the whole body present. W E. GLADSTONE, Esq., M.P., was then introduced us the member for Newark, and he said he thought there was but little time to be spent in speeches, but that the wisest course to be pursued would be to proceed to business imme diately,—all he had to say he would say in one sentence, that was, that if his brother should succeed to the high honour to which he had aspired, that he would be found a straightfor ward honest supporter of the institutions of the country, and at all times alive to- their local interests as a borough. He would advise them to proceed to business (a voice—delays are dangerous.) H. C. WINDLE, Esq., then proposed that J. N. Glad stone, Esq., be considered as -a fit and-proper person to re present their interests in the Commons' House of Parlia ment. This proposition was seconded by Samuel Perks, Esq., and was received with tremendous applause. Mr. Gladstone and a large party then left the room, and commenced a canvass, which was highly satisfactory. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Good prime cider is now selling in the neighbourhood of Taunton at £2 per hogshead. The floods in the south of Ireland have been of the most distressing nature to the poor. FROZEN TO DEATH.—A man was found frozen to death in the snow on Thursday last, at Ashmore, near Shaftesbury. A horse and cart which he had been driving was found near him. A person in North Shields has a canary bird, which is now sitting on eggs for the eighth time since April last, during which period she has produced thirty-four eggs, and reared twenty-five young ones. NOVEL. RAT KILLER.—A few days since a rat was killed by a horse, the property of Col. Drake, of Ipplepen. The rat found its way into the manger where the horse was feed ing, when the latter seized it between his teeth and killed it instantly.—Exeter Post. A singular accident occurred last week to an individual in Boston ; when lying down in bed he threw his head back on the pillow, and a needle which was lying there was driven into his head, where part of it still remains.—Stamford Mercury. A few days ago some loads of white turnips of an extra ordinary size, were taken from a field at Wisplaw, near Rennington, belonging to Mr. Forrest. Three of them, taken as an average, weighed 14i, 15, and 15 lbs. respec tively, and measured from 36 to 37 inches in circumference. Newcastle Journal. The attention of many persons in Stamford was on Thurs day directed to the singular aspect assumed by the heavens between twelve and one o'clock in the day. From the south point in the horizon to the zenith reached a stream of innu merable and very minute clouds in two distinct strata, the higher of exceeding brightness, and the lower of a darker appearance ; these covered the sun as with a net-work, and had a most singular effect. The phenomenon is thought to portend severe frost. —Cambridge Chronicle. An apothecary, residing in a village not a hundred miles from Leeds, went out the other day shooting, and took his errand boy to carry the game bag. Enteri ng a field of turnips, the dog pointed, and the boy, overjoyed at the prospect of his Master's success, exclaimed, " Lor, master, there's a covey! if you get near'em, won't you physic 'ern ?" "Physic them ! you young rascal, what do you mean ?" said the doctor. " Why, kill 'em to be sure," replied the lad. WILD FowL.—The Land's End is always famous for the resort of wild fowl, which, on the approach of sharp weather come flocking to its pools, in great numbers. This week their visit has been indeed a plentiful one, and hundreds have fallen victims to our expert fowlers. A man called Ellis killed 22 at one shot in Mr. Trembath's pool, on Thursday, and on Tuesday the same man killed 32 at the same place, and again by a single discharge.—Cornwall Gazette. During a snow storm, about eight o'clock on Friday even ing last, the brig Ino, of Shoreham, laden with coals, struck on the rocks near Beachy Head. She was soon after deserted by her crew, who, having lost their bearings; proceeded round the Head in their boat, and landed at Seaford. Our Fishermen discovered the brig, and, by lightening her of a part of the cargo, were enabled, at the next tide, to get her to sea, and carry her safe into Newhaven harbour. The brig was, we hear, nearly new, and has not sustained very con siderable injury.—Brighton Gazette. MR. OWEN.—On Monday morning, Mr. Robert Owen, the Socialist, entered the Commercial Rooms, but was almost as soon again shown to the door and bowed out, his exit being accompanied by a salutation of hisses. He stayed long enough to inquire how he could be introduced, and being told that it must be by a member, he said, " Oh, I'll get my friend Stokes to introduce me." In the course of the morning he had the cool impertinence to .wait on the mayor, and request his permission to have a body of the police force at his meetings, to preserve order and protect himself; we need not add that the request was promptly refused.—Bristol Mirror. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ON BOARD THE BELLE ROPHON, OFF BEYROUT, DATED Nov. 12, 1840.—The writer, after giving a description of the siege of Acre, says, " The other day, at Beyrout, after the prisoners had left, we hoisted at sunset the Belgian ensign, which is black, yellow, and red ; and the foolish French corvette that was there actually sent on board to know what we did with-the French ensign flying at that fluid of night, in consequence of which our captain ordered the ensign to hang there till seven o'clock next morning, which brought about an apology from the ::orvette. The fools! (adds the writer) we will make them think that Nelson is among us again. We expect to winter at Marmorica, near Rhodes, to watch the French fleet, which is up the Archipelago—l believe at Athens. The weather here is very moderate, compared to last year. We haVe only just taken to wear blue clothes.—Brighton Ga zette. WRECK AT SALCOMBE.—GALLANT CONDUCT.—On the night of the 7th, during a hurricane at south-south-east, the French brig l'Esperance, of l'Orient, Rolland, master, from Adrax, bound to Dunkirk, laden with lead, having struck on a rock at the entrance of Salcombe harbour, a preventive man on duty reported her perilous situation to Lieutenant Leworthy. The surf was awful, and although the attempt was made at the imminent risk of himself and crew, he suc ceeded in reaching the vessel, and was fortunate in saving the lives of all on board—eight persons. Ile had considerable difficulty in persuading the master, who was part owner, to quit his vessel ; to effect which, this gallant officer was com pelled, at all hazards, to go on board, and at the moment he regained his boat a heavy sea broke over the vessel, 'and nearly swamped her. In a few minutes nothing but the Hooting wreck was to be seen. The whole of the cargo being lead, amounting to £4,000., was subsequently saved by the active exertions of Lieutenant Leworthy and his men.— Slier borne Journal. EXTRAORDINARY PARROT.—A beautiful gray parrot ar rived at Windsor castle on Wednesday afternoon, which has been purchased by Prince Albert, for £5O, of Mr. Shepherd, of the City-road. The prince saw it yesterday at Bucking ham Palace, where it was taken by command of his royal highness, by Mr. Shepherd. I saw it upon its arrival at the castle this afternoon, between three and four o'clock, and • I must confess it is the most extraordinary bird I ever beheld. It is three years of age, and has been in this country about 15 months. It is perfect master of upwards of 800 words in the English language, and can speak several sentences in French. It sings, with great apparent feeling, the first verse of " The flag that braved a thousand years," and likewise sings, with considerable humour, the first verse of " Jim Crow," and afterwards whistles and jumps it in a most lu dicrous manner. if poll sees a person about to take . a glass of wine, it will hold out its right claw and lustily sing out, " Her Majesty Queen Victoria's good health ;" occasionally varying the toast to " The health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert," and " Princess Royal's good health, and God bless her !" " Pretty Poll" has been placed under the immediate care of the Baroness Lehzen.—Morning Herald. LITERARY OBITUARY.—Died of inanition, in this town, on Saturday last, the Northern Liberator and Champion • after an existence of little more than three years. This is the third failure of an attempt to establish an ultra-Radical Journal in this district. The first was the Newcastle Press, the second was the Newcastle Standard, and the Northern Liberator was the third. Sir John Fife, knight, ex-mayor and ex-chartist, was the parent of the first • Mr. Charles Larkin of the second ; and Mr. Thomas Doubleday has been for long the sole prop of the one that has just expired. In respect of literary ability, the Liberator was infinitely supe rior to either of its predecessors, and was conducted, more over, with that courteous bearing which ever tlistinguishes the gentleman from the representative of low life. As politi tical opponents, the conductors of the Liberator were en titled to respect, which is more than can be said of some of our contemporaries. The present failure, in short, may be attributed' not to any want of ability, but to the fact of the paper having advocated principles which do not accord with the sentiments entertained by the mass of the community, and particularly the lower classes to whom it was especially addressed. Whatever may have been the support given to the Liberator in other parts of the country, in the neighbour hood of Newcastle it was never held in high esteem ; hence, its gradual decay and final extinction.—Newcastle Journal. OUTRAGES NEAR THE LINE OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A short time since a young married woman, whose husband was working on the line near Corsham, was passing not far from the place where he was employed, when she was seized and used with brutal violence by several of the ' labourers. The husband coming at her cries, which were heard by others at a great distance, was shamefully beaten, and her brother attempted in vain to interfere. After some time, a few men out of the hundreds within sight and hearing interfered to prevent the brutality of others, and the woman, after suffering much injury, was released in the deepest affliction. Some of those who assaulted her have gone away to another part of the line. Very recently also Mr. Bullock, jun., a respectable watchmaker, on returning from his father's at Corsham, to Pickwick, about nine on Sunday evening, was seized by a railway labourer, thrown down, and stabbed in the abdomen. The aggressor, and another who abetted him, have been committed for trial at the next Wilts assizes. Notwithstanding the settled population of Corsham now ex ceeds 3000, and several hundreds of strangers, many of them violent men, have lately been introduced to perform the laborious excavations, and raise the vast embankments on this part of the line. only two (one of them a youth) of the rural police are stationed in the parish.—Devizes Gazette. THE SOCIALISTS.—The proceedings of the teachers and upholders of this anti-Christian system in Bristol have already rendered themselves amenable to the law. By taking money for admission to their lectures on Sundays, at their mis-named " Hall of Science," they have incurred the penalties in flicted by the 21st Geo. 111. c. 29, sec. 1, by which it is en acted that " any house, room, or'other place, which shall be opened or used for public entertainment or amusement, or for publicly debating on any subject whatsoever, upon any part of the Lord's Day called Sunday, and to which persons shall be admitted by the payment of money, or by tickets sold for money, shall be deemed a disorderly house or place ; and the keeper of such house, room, or place, shall forfeit the sum of £2OO for every day that such house, room, or place, shall be opened or used as aforesaid on the Lord's Day, to such per Son as will sue for the same, and be otherwise punishable as the law directs in cases of disorderly houses ; and the person managing or conducting such entertainment or amusement on the Lord's Day, or acting as master of the ceremonies there, or as moderator, president, or chairman, of any such meeting for public debate ou the Lord's Day, shall likewise, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of £lOO to such person as shall sue for the same ; and every door keeper, servant, or other person, who shall collect or receive money or tickets from persons assembling at such house, room, or place, on the Lord's Day, or who shall deliver out tickets for admitting persons to such house, room, or place, on the Lord's Day, shall also forfeit the sum of £5O to such person as will sue for the same." And by sec. 2it is enacted that the person who acts as master or mistress in any such house shall be deemed the keeper thereof.—Bristol Mirror. THE LATE MURDER ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—ALLEGED APPREHENSION OF DENNIS Doo- LAN.—Yesterday, information reached town from the police of Port-Patrick, that a person answering the description of Dennis Doolati, supposed to he oue of the most active hands in the murder of the unfortimate man Green, at Bishop bridge, had been apprehended under very suspicious circum stances. The individual taken into custody was observed lounging about the port, apparently waiting on a boat to take him over to Ireland. Officers ' we understand, have been de spatched to Port-P a t r i c k for the purpose of taking means to have the man identified. Since our last, another important circumstance connected with this atrocious murder has come out in the investigation by the authorities. It has been as certained that Green, in addition to being murdered, was robbed by his assailants of a silver watch, a full description of which has been procured. The guard to which it was at tached was found round his neck after the murder ; it is now in possession of the authorities, and bears the mark of the watch having been wrenched from it with violence. The belief generally entertained is, that the watch was stolen away by Doolan. The authorities have clearly made out that, at the time the murder was perpetrated by the two men who were more immediately concerned in inflicting the blows, there were other three labourers on the bridge, making five in all. Four of the six men now in custody can, we believe, - be proved to have been present, an'd the fifth is believed to be Doolan, for whom the search is going on. These five lodged together in the same house in Auchinean, and it has been ascertained that a poker, with which the murder was committed, was taken on the fatal morning from that house. It appears that there was no drinking among the labourers, as some have supposed. Indeed, they are all members of the Teetotal Society, and almost every person who was ap prehended had one of the medals suspended from his neck. The fact that the men are members of this society shows that the deed has been committed under no immediate excite ment, and would seem to strengthen the belief that the prin ciple of Ribbonism, shrouded in that of Teetolism, is at the bottom of the foul conspiracy.—Glasgow Courier. Mr. Ashton Yates, according to a statement made at th Repeal meeting in Dublin on Monday last, does not intend coming forward again for the county Carlow ; the liberals there, however, are Making preparations to bring forward two candidates. TIIE MURRAIN.—An Oxfordshire correspondent informs as that this disease has, in that county, extended " to all kinds of live stock, including horses, sheep, pigs, and even the poor shepherds' dogs." The writer adds, " beef is very scarce and eagerly sought after."—Carlisk Patriot. SALE OF MINERALS.—We understand that no leis than sixty thousand pounds, cash down, has been paid for the iron stone only, of seventy acres of land, on an estate in the neigh bourhood of Airdrie. The coal on the same land, in addition to this, is also of great value.—Scotch Guardian. THE WEST INDIEs.-i-A curious instance of the progress of refinement in the West Indies occurs, in the fact that an organ builder in London has just received orders for three Leol9phons, to be sent overlo Jamaica, for the use of three Baptists congregations in that AlAnd. Our coloured brethren, it appears, are not insensible to the influence of music in the exercise of their devotion. The first iron steam vessel built in Bristol was launched this afternoon, at three o'clock, from the building yard of G. Lunell and Co. She is built for the Bristol Steam Navi gation Company, and intended for the station between Cardiff and Uphill. Her engines and boilers are completed and ready to be fixed on board, she may therefore be expected at sea in a few weeks.—Bristol Standard. THE DETAINED HOMEWARD-BOUND.—The following is a copy of a letter received at Lloyd's, dated " Admiralty, De cember 23. Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Commission. ers of the Admiralty your letter of the 22d instant, with its enclosure, I am commanded by their lordships to acquaint you, for the information of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that two vessels of war haVe been sent to cruise in the. Chops of the Channel for the relief of the home ward-bound trade.—l am, Sir, your mast obedient servant, JOHN BARROW.—To W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's." CouRSING.—Mr. Chew's meeting at Fleetwood-upon- Wyre is again postponed in consequence of the frosty wea ther.- A strong muster a embled on the day fixed. The meeting now stands over Tor March 17, and two fol!owing days. INSOLVENT COURTS.—The next courts for the relief of insolvent debtors will be held before Mr. Commissioner Law, at Lancaster on the 9th, at Preston on the 17th, and at Liver pool on the 18th days.of March next. POULTON.—On Monday evening last, the remarkable phenomenon, the Aurora Borealis, brilliantly illumined the whole northern hemisphere. At about eight o'clock the meteor increased, and exceeded any thing before beheld in this neighbourhood. The beams of light arose from the east, extending all round to the west, and rising in all points to the zenith. Many of the smallest stars, and among others, some in the constellation oche little Bear, the electric action was intense, the signs of streamers •risin ,, under the great Bear with the rapidity of lightnilig.—Presion Chronicle. AURORA BOREALIS.—EXTRAORDINARY APPEARANCE IN THE HEAVENS.—Often as this interesting phenomenon has been witnessed of late years, never, we venture to say, did it before visit these parts in such extraordinary beauty and brilliancy as on the night of Monday last. As day closed, a luminous arch, of a yellowish colour, appeared in the north, stretching from E.N.E. to W.N.W. For two 'or three hours it remained, almost motionless, or if its figure changed at nll, it was only to break, by almost imperceptible divisions', into two or more arches, or to occasionally grow rather fainter at the crown than at the base. About eight or half-past this arch began to break up into the usual pencil lings, which shot up towards the zenith, of a clear bluish white. These increased in magnitude and brilliancy, till they quite changed their character, becoming expanded into broad flashes. Their recurrence had become so frequent too, that from two extreme points of the compass mentioned above, an unremitting blaze was kept up, each flash appeared to chase its neighbour with rapid motion, sometimes from West to east and sometimes the contrary way. But the most extraordinary part of the visitation remains to be told, and that is the variety of colours which it presented. All the hues of the rainbow were exhibited, and occasionally with such brilliancy that the effect was to call from those who had the pleasure of beholding the scene, involuntary exclamations of wonderment and awe. So magnificent a spectacle we should say, has never before been seen in the heavens—at least, not in these regions. We read of the extraordinary appearance of the phenomena at the Poles, and we can now perfectly well believe that these accounts are in no degree exaggerated. The wonders of Monday night will not, we should think, be easily forgotten by those who witnessed them. The lights displayed themselves till after midnight, but their varied tints and peculiar brilliancy departed about the hour of ten. It is needless to say that during the- whole night, the earth was overspread with an agreeable twilight. The aurora was visible both on the Sunday and Saturday nights preceding, but not under any peculiar circumstances. THE MURRAIN.—In the " Quarterly Agricultural Re port" we find the following passage in reference to the epidemic which has latterly been so prevalent amongst cattle : This epidemic fortunately is not fatal to life if properly ad ministered to in time. In cattle it begins with symptoms of dulness and loathing of food, and then a slavering at the mouth ; then a blistering at the mouth and nose, and ten derness and breaking out at the foot, even to the loss of hooves. In sheep it cannot be so easily noticed at first, as disease in them generally proceeds some length before alarm symptoms are exhibited. Their feet, however, become tender, and then they go on their knees to eat. A friend of ours in Berwickshire tells us that he has had 55 cattle, and 200 sheep affected. He was on the outlook for the disease, and fore-warned being fore-armed,' he got the mastery of it in the course of a fortnight, having lost only four sheep,. which he thinks were choked by i m p ro p er a d m i n i s t ra ti on o f the medicine and not killed by the disease. His cure was, on observinc , the first symptoms of dulness and loss of ap petite, to administer one pound of epsom salts, and one ounce of saltpetre, and half an ounce of powdered ginger, in a quart of gruel, to every grown-up beast, and which served five sheep. He bathed the feet with a solution of sulphate of copper in water, the blue vitriol of the shops, one ounce to a quart of water, three or f our ti mes a d ay . ome of the beasts and sheep got the drink for several days, whilst others were completely cured in one or two days." PORTSMOUTII.—The Driver, a new steam-ship of 800- horse power, is to be launched from this dockyard on Thurs day. She will afterwards proceed to Woolwich to be fitted with machinery. The steamer Monkey has been commis sioned at Woolwich by Mr. William Saunders, second mas ter, who is to have the command of her. Two new steam ships, called th 6 Ardent and Polyphenius, are hastening with all despateli Chatharn,lilso the Geowler and Vixen. These ships are second-class steamers. The Phoenix steam-frigate, Captain Stopford, is nearly ready to return to Malta. She will convey despatches to the admiral, and letters announcing the several promotions in the squadron. The steam-frigate Dee, Commander Sherer, is hourly looked for from the North American and West India station, to be paid off. The Indus, 84, Capt. Sir James Stirling, will be ready to go to Spithead about the 20th of January, and the Tweed, 20, Commander Douglas, at about the same period. No orders have yet arrived to commission the frigates Warspite, 50, Vindictive, 50, and Madagascar, 44. The London, 92, and Formidable, 84, are now quite ready at Chatham for com mission ; the whole of their stores are prepared. The Thalia, 46, is also bringing forward for the pendant. The troop ships Athol, Mr. Bellamy, master, and Apollo, Mr. White, are refitting in the harbour, to take troops from Cork to the lonion Island. The Monarch,*B4, Capt. Chambers, by pri vate letters from Sheerness, will be at Spithead by the 15th January, where she will complete her complement. That majestic ship St. Vincent, 120, has been undocked, and is rigging with every practicable despatch in the basin, for com mission in about a month. The Impregnable, 104, Captain Forrest, and Belleisle, 78, Capt. Nicolas, are to proceed to the Mediterranean ; both will leave Plymouth about the 25th of January.—Brighton Gazette. NEW THIEF TRAP.—A respectable tradesman, residing in Newark maket-place, who keeps a good larder, but not very secure, was robbed, on Tuesday night week, of a dish of sausages, and on the following night a fowl was taken from the same spot. A birth-day was to be celebrated in the family next day, when the wary housewife made two plum puddings, one for the family and one for the nocturnal de predators, and placed the destined dose upon the shelf which had been twice robbed. Early in the evening it was greedily eaten by the marauders, who were not aware that a portion of jalap had been put into the morceau ; and it operated so powerfully upon two well-known youths, that they believed they were poisoned. This led to an immediate discovery, and the pilfering rogues were placed in durance vile for a night, to ruminate upon their own " condition," and its pro bable consequences. SIGNS OF A SEVERE WlNTER.—Several weeks since we predicted a severe winter, from the early appearance of num bers of wild ducks and g eese upon our coast, and our opinion seems likely to be verifid ; but if ducks and geese were the heralds of the frost and snow we are now experiencing, what must we expect.shortly, if, as we are credibly informed, se veral flocks of swans have been seen within these few days in the neighbourhood of Lynn, one of which is said to have con tained no fewer than 100 birds ? A large body of scaup puchard and widgeon have arrived, besides many small quan tities of Brest geese. The purre, locally termed " stinte," are assembled in countless numbers along the shores of the Channel. between the harbour and the roads. Twenty-nine dozen of these birds were secured in three shots, filling nearly a bushel measure, and it may reasonably be inferred that many dozens more were wounded, but which were not cap tured. The shell, or borrow duck, has also now appeared in considerable numbers for the first time this year.—Cam bridge Advertiser. TAUNTON.—THREE TOO MANY.—On Tuesday, the Bth instant, Ann, wife of John Webber, a bricklayer's labourer, residing in East Reach, in this town, gave birth to three fe male infants, all of whom are in a thriving condition, and the mother is also doing well. The poor woman had, before her present addition, five children, who are all girls, and had before buried three infants, all of whom were also females. Her husband earns nine shillings a-week, and with such a family it will surprise no one that when the poor woman was put to bed, the destitution of her condition was most heart rending. Nearly without the most ordinary and lowly des cription of household goods—with a few fragments only of bed clothing, and no supply of fOel, the whole of these poor children were huddled together in one room, next to that in which. the mother was confined. The occurrence was 1 10 sooner known than, to the honour of a number of kind sym pathising hearts, among whom were many ladies, as they ge nerally are in deeds of charity, most benevolently active , supplies of clothing, food, fuel, dresses for the infants, and proper attendance was provided for the prolific mother and her babes, who are all going on well. The infant triple sis ters, who have been respectively named by the Rev. J. Cottle Faith, Hope, and Charity, are nourished by the mother, and the five other sisters lie altogether on the planks of an ad joining room, with as little in the shape of bedding under neath them as they have for covering. —Bristol Standard. FANNY ELSSLER.—THE OPERA.—THE SLEIGH RIDN S ' —As we are on the eve of losing " la belle Fanny" for t th . winter, public attention seems directed t o h er s t ro nger tha t ever. Enticed by the merry sound of the sleigh bells, l e Monday, she ordered a splendid • sleigh with four we e horses, and drove o u t on our g l or i ous A venues o f fi ve rn nn in extent, in a str a i g ht li ne . Th e news o f h er rou t e flew , "40 the wings of the wind, and " quick as a flash," betwe e bre l i k_ and 50 four and two-hor s e slei g h s , an d p ungs , a nd necks were dashing down the Avenues in the wake o f Fanny ; and they formed a sort of escort to her in h er t ou r- I evening she attended that cheerless theatre, the . National, to see the opera of Don Giovanni murde r ed, and to ad mire the dancing of Madame Giubelei, Miss Wells , and Mons. Martin. On her departure a crow d of fashio herdeparturecollected , the sunny land of the south. And thus, like the sun, her brilliant departure gives token of aehrraililiant oay on her re appearance.—New York Morning yd. ANOTHER ACCESSION TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.-"" We had last week the satisfaction of announcing that the Rev. Dr. Warren, (a distinguis hed Wesle y a n preacher) had been ordained, by the Bishop of Chester, minister of an Episcopal chapel in Manchester ; and now we have to state, that on Sunday last the Bev. Robert Aitkin, M.A., of Zion Chapel, Waterloo-road, and White's-row Chapel, Spitalfield' s preached his final serm on at the former place, previous to Lila return. under the direction of his diocesan, to the church establishment, of which he was formerly an ordained minister - From the great usefulness of this preacher for some Yeq s past amongst Dissenters in general, and the Wesleyans in particular, we are inclined to think well of his present niove mmt, which has, we understand, the approval of a conside rable part of his flock, who have, in a respectful petition to the bishop, applied to his lordship to lesse n th e period of °. " three years' silence" enjoined on their minister—a sentel usual, we believe, in such cases. The c h ape l was c rowde to excess, and the congregation deeply affected. Most of thoy waited to shake hands with their pastor and escort him to h l ' carriage, both minister and people apparently overcome bl he separation.—Times.