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. fteraturr. VARIETIES. A HINT TO TttE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGEE.—The first thought which a repeal of the Corn -laws would sug gest to a revived Pliny would certainly be some inconve nience to his literary pursuits; copy, not Cobden, would be the object of his solicitude. At Last, he wrote in this manner to a fiend during a season of agricultural depres sion. " I have received the same bad account of my own little farms, and am, myself, therefore, at full leisure to write books for you, provided I can but raise money enough to furnish me with good paper."—Fraser's May. PROBLEA. — The following problem we translate from a German paper, aid shall publish the solution in our next. A man had a certain number of apt.les, which he divided amongst three boys, as follows •—To the first boy he gave half the whole number, and half an apple ; to the second boy, half of what remained, and half an apple; and to the third boy, half of the residue, and half an ap ple. What number of apples had he, to make this divi sion without cutting any of the apples, and without hav ing any of the apples rernainine ?—Dorset paper. STATISTICS OE Pawls.—Paris has a population of 912,035 souls; it covers a sunerficies of 396,800 square metres, or 3,459 Lecteeres, 68 area. There are 42,000 houses, 1,922 public thoroughfares, 57 barriers 46 chemins de rote, 37 quays, 20 boulevards, 37 avenues, 133 squares, 37 bridges, 105 " courts" or " cities," cloisters, &c., 9 palaces, 23 remarkable edifices, 6 public gardens, 4 principal arches, 5 colums, 1 oblisk (the Luxor), 35 libraries, 15 museums, 2.i fountains, 38 churches, 25 con vents, 26 hospitals, 4 equestrian statues, 21 theatres, and 39 barracks. SCRAPS FOR THE Contous.—lf a tallow candle he placed in a gun, aid shot at a door, it will go through without sustaining any injury ; and if a musket ball be fired into waeer, it will not only rebaund, but he flattened as if fired against a solid substance. A musket may be fired through a pane of gtess, making the hole the size of the ball, wet - lout cracking the glass. Cork, if sunk 200 feet in the ocean, wi!l not rise on account of the pressure of the water. In the arctic regions, when the thermometer is below zero, persons can converse more than a mile dis tant. Dr. Jamieson asserts that he heard every word of a sermon at the distance of two miles. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF 11IE PREMIER'S LAST SPEECH.—Sir It. Peel's speech is only too successful. It is a perfect triumph of argn went, but the victor is the great captiv of the day. The procession, the spoils, the trophies, and the banners, are beyond measure splendid ; but when we look for the hero, we perceive him bound to his own chariot wheels. He has crushed all objections, but they were his own ; he Las demolished a party, but he was once its leader ; he has revealed a great crisis, but that crisis is the catistrophe of his own life's drama; with one mighty effort he has brought the fabric of protection and a crowd of antagonists down to the ground, but, like the captive of Gaza, he is himself buried under the down fall. Every quality of greatness in the speech recoils on the speaker. He proves the dire certainty of a famine, and the impos-ibility of doing more than just alleviate its horrors ; but a famine was always a possible, not to say a probable event, and why was it not provided for ? He demonstrates that protection is a blighting thing, and that competition gives new life. Why iias he been so long making that discovery ? He establishes the truth that abundance is a bless'ng. How could he ever deny it? His whole life is the full of this one cast. He has tried protection these thirty years or more, and his only con clusion is the preacher's—that it is all vanity and vexa tion of spirit. Happily he is spared to undo what he has done. He lights up a glorious beacon at last, hut what a length of past aberrations the light betrays !—Times. - - APPEARANCE OF AI A.TURIN.—I have already hinted at his personal eccentricity, and I shall now describe him a little more particulariy,—not for the sake of ridicule, which did nut attach to him, but that I may present a graphic picture of his appearance ;—tall, thin, pale, with a pensive expression ; large, full, but lightless eye; a grace ful figure; his dress, not merely on those country ram bles, but walking the erects, attracted general attention, but the people knew it was Maturin, and he passed with out molestation; a large brown roquelaire, with a long cape, which nearly hung to his feet, be held closely round his person its colour had once been dark brown, hut it had changed by time to that of high toast snuff; his nether limbs were cased in old black web panta loons, a style that }IA once been fashionable ; his long feet, thus looking longer, were cased in well-worn shoes; his small hat was twisted into all imaginable shapes, brown aad napless, and covert(' with ragged crape ; his small wig scarce gave a stray lock to cover his high and intellectual temples ;—such was the strange figure that presented itself to citizens and strangers; but still, the one could perceive that he was a perf-ct gentleman, nei ther decayed nor mad, while others only looked, smiled, and said, " There goes Mattain." The contrast that he presented sometimes to this was equally strange. I have seen him dressed in canary-coloured shapes, and black frock of most lashionable cut, scarcely reaching to his knees ;—these trivial sanctions from custom or propriety were very leniently rept-Jed in general ; some might laugh at him, but he was loved by all.—Jerrold's May. DEFECTIVE VENTILATION A SPECIAL CAUSE OF DISEASE.—This might be argued as a deduction from its producing dissipated habits; but even where the men are sober it is stated in the Second Report on Health of Towns, as the result of a large induction of facts, that an impure atmosphere in factories ' induces consumption— renders the constitution inure prone to, and less able to resist the attacks of diseases of various kinds, especially fever. hence in Dundee we find one tithe of the whole population attacked with fever during the last seven years, and in Glasgow no fewer than 21,000 fever cases have oc curred in one year—the chief victims being wetrYing peo ple, exposed to a close and impure atmosphere. In the evidence of Thomas Brownlow regarding the tailors, we find the following testimony :—` Great numbers of them die of consumi , tion. By their own rules, a man of fifty years of age is superanuated, and is thought not to be tit for a full day's work.' Toese being the deplorable effects of a defective supply of pure air in the houses and work shops of the people, it becomes an important eleme n t i n vital statis,ics-1 - 1 ow is this clamant evil to be re me di e d? On prac:i , al details it is impossible for us at present to enter. The grand remedy, however, is plain and patent to all—a free circulation of fresh air. The amount of the supply and the manner of its admission must in some mea sure depend cn the character of the house or workshop in ques•ion. Eminent scientific men have paid attention to these details, and we must again refer the reader to the elaborate work of Dr. Reid, and likewise to the excellent pamphlet of Mr. liiteHe on tile sanatory arrangements of factories.—Hogg's treacly Instructor. FIRST PEDESTRIAN MATCH OF CAPTAIN BARCLAY.— The writer of some " Recollections of a Lover of Soc'ety," in Blackwood's Magazine, gives from his note-book, un der date Jan. 1800, the follow.ng:—The town is ringing with an extraordinary feat of pedestrianism ; the first ex ploit of a young Scotchman, Barclay of Uri. lie had betted £5301) that he would walk ninety miles in twenty one and a half hours, arid has won, leaving an hour and seventeen minutes to spare. Feats of this order have a valu as showing the powers of the human frame. They would otherwise be merely vulger gambling. But if it is of importance to know the extent of the mental powers, those of the body also have their uses; and an effeminate generation would only have to prepare themselves by the exercises of this young gentleman, to be able to dispense with post-chai-es and the gout. loe walker is but 22 years old ; and he has finished his exploit without any in jury to his frame, and, it may be presumed, with a consi derable advantage to his finances. All the " sporting world," as they are named, were on the ground, which was a measured mile, on the road between York and Hull; lamps were erected to light the principal performer dur- , ing the night. A cottage at the road-side received him for refl., shment, and change of dress, at intervals. A mi litia reg.ment, which happened to be on its march front Hull, halted and filed on either side of the road, with the gallantry of sportsmen, to give him free way ; and the ge neral interest taken in this singular performance was sur prising. The only drawback was the evident activity of his frame, and his powers of endurance; for after the first thirty tniles the betting began to be wholly in his favour, and the spirit of speculation shrunk from that period, and. long before the close no bets c ould be taken From day light, multitudes thronged to the course. All the car riages. of which such numbers pass along this communi caton between the two great northern towns, went to the side of the road ; een the mails gave way. The affair seemed national, and if the gallant pedestrian had failed, it might have been followed by a general mourning in the Ridings THE PRESENT CRISIS. —We are even now on the brink of a national crisis ; we are even now threatened with the subversion of the laws. The rights of the pro ductive, above all, of the labouring, classes, so long pro tected by our legislature, are in the most imminent . danger. An unscrupulous body of men, who control the so-called League, demand that the labourer should be sacrificed to their demand for gala. They ask, and ask tumultuously, for unrestricted competition with poorer countries, in which prices ate naturally far lower, because money and " money's worth" are far more scarce. The first principles of true political ecouemy, established by a Sistnondi, supported even by a Malthus, they venture to overthrow. They tell us that low prices are an abso lute benefit to all, forgetting that the very existence of the productive and labouring classes is dependent on the value of labour, which is one of the el:Lt . elements in all money prices. These men, however, by dint of clamour and insolence, have fought their way to the most danger ous elevation. Perhaps another year may witness the triumph of their schemes, unless such men arise as may have the moral courage" to speak the truth, and the requi site earnestness to enforce it. We say, then, that it is high time fur the faith and genius of the country to awake from slumber; - the handwriting is on the wall—this is the eleventh hour ! The sacrifice of labour to the demands of labour's direst enemies, who dare not show themselves in the manufacturing districts before the masses, from fear of being torn to pieces—this sacrifice, we say, if con summated, will involve a probable social revolution, and that at no distant period ! 11 genius, then, exists in Eng land, awakened to a sense of the awful dangers of the hour, let it not - hesitate to raise its voice, and risk its all in the attempt to save our country. The fear of ridicule, the droad of misconstruciiA, the natural shrinking of modesty from the assumption of so high a post—all these should not, and cannot, deter the true men of the hour (if any such they be) from proclaiming their resolutions and seeking their one goal. Finally, in bidding farewell to this great historical work, let us draw one lesson from its pates, and enforce it on those readers whose con sciencies may best apply our warnings. Pitt, a young man at the age of twenty-four, overthrew the mightiest political coalition that had ever been known in his native land, through the agency of honesty, earnestness, and resolution. An even still more fearful leaguenow exists ; but that, too, may be defeated! It is always individuals who rule the masses; and every age may be moulded to their will by the true living spirits it produces.—New Quarterly Review. POLITICAL EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. The Hon. J. Lindsay does not intend to defend his re turn for Wigan. Bets are made at the Club Houses in London, offering to give £lOO to receive a guinea a day while Sir R. Peel shall remain in office. The Duke of Norfolk has withdrawn from the Sussex Protection Society, and will support the government mea sures. On Thursday, Mr. E. S. Gooch, a staunch protectionist, was elected for East Suffolk without opposition, in the room of Lord Henniker, resigned. The Cambridge Advertiser states that there appears little doubt of Mr. Goulburn's being opposed the first time he again offers himself for the suffrages of the senate of the university. DUBLIN CITY.—The electors of the city of Dublin fiave called upon Mr. William H. Gregory to resign the trust which he has violated in support of a measure fraught with evil. _ Mr. G. Finch, a protectionist, and a decided opponent of the Maynooth grant, has been returned unopposed for Rutlandehire, vacant by the retirement of the lion. W. Dawnay. Sir Robert Peel has derived great benefit from cupping. The right hon. Bart. underwent the operation before at tending the House of Commons on Monday, Nhen be took part in the debate. A Paris letter to the Times says—" A very considerable sensation has been produced in high quarters here by the receipt of assurances from London that immediately upon the passing of his measures now before Parliament, Sir Robert Peel will retire from office." A requisition has been originated by the League to the lion. C. P. Villiers and W. Brown, Esqrs , requesting them to become candidates for the representation of South Lancashire at the next general election. A committee has been appointed to canvass for signatures. Sir G. Cockburn, M.P. for Ripon, and Admiral Bowl, M.P. for Launceston, have resigned office rather than vote against the understanding on which they were elected. Lord Forester resigns the command of the gentleman Pensioners, and Earl Delawarr, the office of Lord Cham berlain, being unable to support the Premier. MR. O'CONNELL'S SPEECH.—The Morning Post says the hon. member's speech was delivered with extreme feebleness, and one could hardly persuade oneself that he whose voice with difficulty reached the gallery, could be the same great agitator whose stentorian lungs once made the walls ring with their powerful tones. The Duke of Newcastle has addressed a letter to the inhabitants of South Nottinghamshire, in which he says that his son (Lord Lincoln) has been deluded; and sug gests to him to retire from a contest in which he must be beaten. It is confidently expected that Lord Lincoln will not go to the poll. His opponent calculates on a majority of SOO. Capt. Rous. who has just been ejected from the repre sentation of Westminster, stated in the House of Com mons on the 14th Feb. 1842, that " the man who would do away with the Corn-laws was only fit for Bedlam." In 1846 he declares his readiness to vote with Sir Robert Peel for the repeal of the Corn-law. The gallant captain has been custed from Parliament ; and where, according to his own confession, should be now be sent to ? The Siecle (Paris paper) has an article giving great praise to those members of Parliament who, having changed their opinions on the subject of the corn-laws, have appealed to the judgment of their constituents. No thing can go wrong, thinks the Siecle, in a country where the constitution is so well understood and so honourably followed.— [The only drawback from this eulogy is that it can be best wed upon so few.] Robert Owen, in a letter upon the state of affairs in England, says, " the abandonment of the Administration by the Conservative party in that empire, is the signal which proclaims the commencement of the great moral revolution of the world." The news of the restoration of Sir R. Peel was published on the same day and in the same paper. What will the oft-mistaken prophet say to that ? In reply to a requisition calling upon the members for West Somerset, Mr. Acland and Mr. Dickinson, for " an explicit declaration of the view which they take of the ministerial plan," Mr. Acland states that he shall vote with Sir R. Peel. Mr. Dickinson is less explicit, but gives the electors to understand that he also intendp to support the ministers in the coming division. A cou`nty meeting is spoken of for the purpose of formally calling upon these gentlemen to resign their seats. Mr. Seymour and Mr. Floyer, two opponents of the government measures, were returned unopposed for the county of Dorset on Thursday, in the room of Lord Ash ley, and Mr. Sturt resigned. The noble lord was present, and delivered a long address, but declined peremptorily being put in nomination. His lordship animadverted with much warmth on a resolution passed by a meeting of elec tors opposed, that " it was inconsistent with their honour to support Lord Ashley." His lordship with great force challenged the whole county to state one single reason why it would be inconsistent with their honour to returm him as their representative. _ _ . LORD NORTHLAND'S PREDICAMENT.—The Morning Chronicle thus explains Mr. Ferrand's allusion to the coal-hole predicament of Lord Northland. It would ap pear that on the occasion of the Maynoath grant, during last session, Lord Northland had voted with Sir R. Peel on the first reading of the bill, but after having done so, some qualms of conscience seem to have disturbed the un limited confidence of the noble lord in the Premier. Be ing present in the house at the second readif.g, he was a little puzzled what to do; vote against Sir Robert he could not—to vote with him he was ashamed. Very properly, then, he bit upon a tertium quid, and this was tempora rily to eclipse himself in the coal-cellar of the honourable house, while the division took place over head ; then he could return and resume his seat on the Ministerial benches, with increased confidence in the Premier. WESTMINSTER ELECTION.—The nomination for West minster took place on Tuesday. The proceedings were opened by the High Bailiff, who stated that the vacancy was caused by the acceptance of an office under govern ment by Captain Rous. (This announcement was 're ceived with groans.) After the usual preliminaries, Mr. J. C. Wood nominated Captain Rous, and Lord F. Eger ton seconded the nomination. The Hon. Edward Bouve rie proposed General Evans, and Mr. R. Moore seconded the nomination. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of General Evans, but a poll was demanded on the part of Captain Rous. The respective candidates then addressed the assemblage. The crowd was very great, and there was much uproar and confusion. The pull was opened at eight o'clock on Wednesday, and at four the voting was declared to be as follows :—General hvans, 3843; Captain Rous, 2906. Majority for Evans, the ra dical, 937. In 1841 Captain Rous beat the General by several hundred votes. So much for the divisions amougst Conservatives through Sir Robert's apostacy. The first person who voted at the polling-booth, at St. Margaret's Church, was Sir Robert himself. The hon. baronet ar rived as the chimes were going for eight, the commence ment of the polling, and gave his vote for Captain Rous. There were few persons present at that early hour, and few, except the poll-clerks, were aware of the rank of the voter. In 1841, Captain Rous beat General Evans by a majority of 80. CAPTAIN Rons AND THE PREMIER. — An amusing anecdote is in circulation, connected with the Westmin ster election, which exhibits the Premier in the novel character of a dupe. It is said, that when the vacancy at the Board of Admiralty occurred, Capt. Rous at once ap plied to Si: Robert Peel for the appointment. The Pre mier announced his readiness to accede to the. wishes of Captain Roes, provided his re-election for Westminster was a matter of certainty; but that he considered any diminution of the ministerial strength in the House of Commons at the present crisis as a matter so much to be deprecated, that the condition alluded to was to be consi dered as literally a sine qua non. Tha gallant captain, with characteristic alacrity, gave the assurance required, and that, it is said, in the most precise and unqualified terms. Whether the naval hero was the dupe of his own vanity, or whether his ignorance of the feelings of his constituents was in some degree feigned, remains to be settled between himself and Sir Robert. One thing is per fectly certain, that the mortification of both knows no bounds. At the clubs it is considered as doubtful whe ther Captain Rous, having lost his seat in parliament, will be parmitted to hold his new appointment, as the failing health of Sir George Cockburn makes the presence of another member of the board in the House of Commons almost a matter of necessity. The salary of a Lord of the Admiralty is £1,200 per annum, and Captain Rous's ex penses at the late election are calculated at £l.soo.—Bri tannia. CONNECTION OF SPEECH WITH HEARING.-It has often occurred to me that there is really more connection between the organs of bearing and of speech than is usu ally supposed. It is now the received belief that the deaf and dumb are naturally only deaf, and that thay are dumb also because they have never had any opportunity of learn ing to speak. It is undoubtedly true that for this reason they do not speak; but I am persuaded there is also—a part from this, and physically connected with deafness—a sort of inability to utter articulate sounds. I have no physiological acquaintance with - the subject ; but the im pression growing out of my own experience and observa tion is, that the same fuctional causes act upon both or gans. The hearing, being the more delicate organ, is ut terly extinguished by that which only suffices to impede or deaden, without utterly destroying, the vocal organs; leaving them in so much vitality as may, under a certain, artificial training and stimulus, be awakened into imper fect action. The deaf can thus be taught to speak, as a bear can be taught to dance, or a man without hands to fabricate baskets; but a natural indisposition to use this acquired art, with more or less difficulty, or pain in the use of it, remains : and this I am disposed to attribute not to the education being left imperfect through deafness, but to a physical difficulty in formingarticulatesounds.—Kitto. . - AMBITION—A LITTLE TALE FOR JOINVILLE.—A mite, who lived in a piece of Neufchatel ch , et-e, was sur prised one day to find himself under a microscope. The exclamations of the children, who were looking at him, turned his brain, as he had no idea he was a millionth part so big. From that moment the Neufchatel, which he preyed upon, was too small for a person of his great ness, and he must go abroad, in search of larger and richer cheeses. Ile succeeded in entering an old Parmesan, which, being in a very decayed state, from the number of little pieces it had been cut up into, he soon got through, as well as an adjoining Gruyere, and several Austrian, Spanish, and Dutch cheeses, every one of which he seized upon, and divided them amongst the greedy followers he always took with him. But a fine rich Cheshire, which had never yet been entered by a single mite, had excited his appetite for a length of time, and at last be deter mined, especially as it was so near his own Neufchatel, to make it his own. But a little drop of water happened to be in the way, and the consequence was, the poor little mite sunk, in sight of the very Cheshire he had made so sure of walking into. The name of this ambitious mite, whose littleness has been so grossly magnified, was Napo leon, and we hope no one will accuse us of boasting when we say that England is " the cheese."—Gilbert a Beck ett's Almanack for February. SIR ROBT. PEEL'S FREE-TRADE STATISTICS. (From his speech on Monday ni.(41.) RELATION OF THE PRICE OF WHEAT TO THE RENTAL OF THE KINGDOM.—What I want to show is this, that agricultural prosperity has no necessary connection with the price of wheat. (Hear, bear.) It is admitted that never was there a period when science has been so much applied to agriculture—when so many improvements have been made—and when the cost of production was so much reduced, as it has been within the last three or four years. Let us see what is the price of wheat—and I would ob serve that there is a natural tendency in the price of wheat to decline, quite apart from legislation—let us take the price of wheat for the ten years ending 1805 ; the price then was 81s. ; for the ten years ending 1815, it was 97e. 6d. ; for the ten years ending 1825, it was 78s. Bd. ; for the ten years ending 1835, it was 565. 7d. ; for the ten years ending 1845, 575. Ild. Now, what was the average for the last four years, during which it is admitted great improvements were made in agricultural science. The average of the last four years was only 51s. 10(1. Thus, it has fallen from 975. 6d., 78s. Bd., 81s. 2d., and yet it is admitted that agricultural prosperity never was more marked, or that greater improvements were made than within that period. And therefore, if there should be a continued fall in the price t:f wheat, do not attribute it to the operation of the law—it may be the result of scientific improvements, and even the reduced price of wheat shows the increased extent of agricultural resources. I would now compare the rental of land in this country, as taken from the property-tax returns, with the price of wheat. Tie rental of 1815 was £32,532,000; the average price of wheat for five years, ending 1815, was 102 s. sd. ; for five years, ending 1812, the price of wheat was 61s. 7d. ; and yet the gross rental of the country had then risen from £32,000,000 to £37,000,000. (Cheers.) So that, instead of a great fail in the price of wheat, there had been a great increase in the rental of land. I quite admit there was a difference in the currency ; if you take off ten per cent. from the price of 100 shillings on account of the difference in currency, you must take off ten per cent. on the rental of X 32,000,000. Take off a proportion on both sides, and still it will leave them unquestioned, that with a great reduction of the price of wheat, there had been a great increase of agricultural prosperity. THE QUESTION OF HOSTILE TARIFFS.-11 is not fact that every country is determined to meet you with hostile tariffs. (Hear, hear.) No, there are countries which you, perhaps, least expect, and to which I did in justice, perhaps, by not naming before—as Sardinia, which has already set the example of a free importation of your goods and manufactures. (Hear, hear.) Naples will shortly follow the example of Sardinia. (Hear.) And Prussia, I can tell you, is already shaken. (Cheers.) France is desirous of following these examples. These countries have been controlled by the aristocracies of their manufactures and commerce, which exercise a pre ponderating weight in their chambers; but the opinion of sensible men not interested in protection is bearing upon willing governments, and they are desirous of following your course, and of reciprocating the benefits you may offer to them. (Loud cheers.) Then the United States. (Hear, hear.) I believe you will give by this measure an encouragement to that party in America which is in favour of commercial intercourse with this country. GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH SILK TRADE.—During the ten years which immediately preceded the year 1823. the total amount of raw silk imported into this country, under the old system, was nineteen millions of pounds. liuring the next ten years it was thirty-nine millions, and during the next decennial period, that terminating in the year 1843, it was fifty-two millions. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Could any eloquence of any human tongue,how ever gifted, speak more potently than do these figures ? (Cheers.) Under the prohibitory system the quantity of foreign silk imported was nineteen millions—when that system was relaxed, it increased from nineteen millions to fifty-two millions. On that fact alone I might base my vindication. And now I will give you a statement of the aggregate consumption of raw silk after the duties were relaxed. During the first decennial period after the re laxation, the average consumption was 1,540,0C01b5. ; dur ing the second, 3,968 0001bs.—(hear, hear)—during the third, 5,200,0001b5. (Loud cheers.) There was a further reduction of protection in the year 1842, and the results were equally satisfactory. The gross resuit of the experi ment shows that whereas under a strict and inexorable system of prohibition the quantity of silk consumed in our manufactures averaged no more than 1,940,000 lbs. in each year ; in the year 1844, when a wiser and more libe ral policy was adopted, our consumption was no less than 26,400,0001b5. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) * Look at the state of the silk trade at this moment. The French have been long accustomed to plume themselves upon their silk manufactures. But it may, perhaps, surprise not a few of those who are now listening to me, to learn that last year, with our relaxed tariff, we actually exported to France more silk than we exported to the whole uni verse in any year under the protective system. (Hear, hear.) And there is no branch of manufactures in which the same improvement is not observable. lam prepared to prove this; and could enter into matters of the most minute calculations in support of the assertion. EFFECT OF THE REDUCED DUTY UPON FOREIGN FEATHERS.—In the year 1842 we reduced the duty upon foreign feathers. When it was understood that this re duction was in contemplation, an extensive dealer in the article, who resides in Cork, came to me in an agony of anxiety and gravely assured me that the proceeding in which I was about to engage was the most revolting, cruel, and hard-hearted measure that it bad ever entered into the mind of man to conceive. (Laughter.) In fact, he represented to me that the absolute ruin of every one engaged in the feather trade would he the inevitable con sequence of the reduction, and he calculated that the in jurious results would be felt in an especial degree in Ire land. He said that he was in the habit of purchasing large quantities from the Irish farmers, who were more provident with respect to their feathers, and set greater value upon them than the English, and he represented that this source of revenue would be entirely removed from them if the duty were relaxed. His representations were pathetic and moving in the extreme. But I was not to he diverted from my purpose. We reduced the duty on feathers, and I have the happiness to inform the house, that many weeks have not elapsed since I received a letter from the some gentleman, in which he admits that he was totally in error, that he was but a sorry pro phet, and he returns me thanks for the firmness with which I adhered to my purpose, in despite of his repre sentations, and those of many others similarly circum stanced. Ile had given me to understand that, before the alteration was effected in the tariff, he was in the ha.- bit of purchasing about 100 tens of feathers annually in Ireland. for which he paid at the rate of 20s. per stone, and herein consisted almost the entire of his traffic. But observe how his fortunes are improved. He now in forms me that, during the last year, he imported 250 tons of feathers from Russia, and that in Ireland he purchased 150 tons, instead of 100 tons as heretofore, and that he paid for them to the Irish farmer at the rate of £1 2s. 10d. per stone, being an advance of 2s. 10d. per stone upon the price which the article fetched under a higher duty. So much for my friend's prediction that his own trade was about to be lost, and the Irish farmers ruined. But there is another circumstance connected with this com munication which is highly gratifying, as evidencing the increase in the comforts of the poor, which results from a liberal policy in commerce. He tells me that his princi pal customers are the miners of Cornwall, whose condi tion of late years has become so much improved that a feather bed is no longer a rare luxury amongst them ; and their orders to my correspondent are daily becoming more numerous. This is a trivial matter, and yet I have not thought it wholly irrelevant to allude to it. WHAT SHOULD BE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND THE FARMER.—Referring to a supposed dialogue between a landlord and his tenant, related by Mr. S. O'Brien, in which the former is represented as stating that a manufacturer, who is able to improve the yield of the soil from three quarters per acre to five, pay ing a full rent, and that the latter is likely to be dispos sessed; his farm being let to the highest bidder, the right lion. baronet continued :—" Well, now, I will suggest l i another speech, and a better speech to be made by this landlord : My good fellow—(laughter)—let us both start with this advantage. Your forefathers have been buried in the churchyard of this hamlet. Your forefathers Faye ' had their fortunes intimately connected with those of mine. It is possible that a stranger may outbid you in this farm. Under these protecting laws, your land, which ought to produce five quarters, only produces three, and public opinion will hardly tolerate this. (Hear.) That there shall he no foreign corn imported, but that the na tural fertility of our own soil shall be promoted. We must really, therefore, take some measures for increasing the produce of this farm from three quarters to five. (Hear, hear.) But I have the advantage of the new tariff. (Hear, hear.) lam enabled to purchase my commodities at a lower rate—(hear, bear)—and I intend to apply the saving in your assistance and in the improvements which I wish to effect. (Cheers.) I will not, therefore, turn you out of your farm ; I will not let the manufacturers come here ; but it is for your interest and for mine that the land which can bear five quarters shall not bear three. (Hear, hear.) You have not capital, perhaps; you have not science ; I can afford you both—l will lend you capi tal, I will get you the aid of science to assist your im provements, to assist you in the education of your son, and enabling him to succeed you. (Hear, hear.) I will cut down the trees that encumber your land, and let you and me together keep out the foreign invader—the manu facturer. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) But let us now, by the application of capital and industry, improve this farm, and let it be handed down to my son and to yours in an improved state. (Cheers.) Let five quarters be pro duced where three have been before. That will be for the benefit of both landlord and tenant, and your son's son shall be buried in this churchyard.' (Hear hear, and laughter.) Suppose the tenant ehould say, But this is a labourer's question.' I should answer then, My good friend, but if we can make this land, which now produces three quarters, produce five, we shall employ more labour —we shall have a greater demand for labour, and all parties will be benefitted, and the state will be improved. The guarantee for the rent will be enhanced, your com fort increased, and all this by the application of a little of that saving which the honourable gentleman says that the rich are to derive from the tariff.'" MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL. Shortly after seven o'clock on Monday morning, the neighbourhood of Southampton-street, Camberwell, was thrown into consternation by the frantic screams of a wo man who had just made her escape, by the back door of No. 5, Wellington-place, a small cottage residence t nly one story high. The first person who repaired to the spot was Mr. Pratt, a surgeon, who resided at No. 4, and who, upon entering, was horror-struck at the scene. In an upper room, upon the floor, lay the lifeless body of M. Philarete Hot eau, a Frenchman, aged 53, with his throat cut from ear to ear ; o n the bed, his son, aged 1 3 , quite dead, shockingly mutilated about the throat; and in the lower room, an3ther son, aged 11, with his throat cut, a wound on the cheek, and his hand much lacerated, who was at first supposed to be dead, but afterwards showed some symptoms of life, though unable to articulate or give the least account of the dreadful catastrophe; and in a short time aft .rwaras, a female child, aged eight months, was found dead in a rain-butt which stood in the garden, but having no wounds whatever about its person. Upon investigation we find that the unfortunate man had resided at No. 5 for nearly the last twelvemonth, supporting his family as a teacher of languages; but this mode of existence had been so precarious, that for some time past they bad suffered extreme privation and great pecuniary embarrassment. M. Horeau had been in the habit of rising about seven in the morning, and usually took down stairs with him one of the twin infants (a male and a female), who slept in the same bed as he and the mother. On Monday morning, upon dressing himself, he did the same thing, taking the female child with him, and leaving the male infant in bed with the mother. In a few minutes the mother was alarmed by a loud shrieking, which she at first attributed to the two elder boys quarrelling, and therefore took no farther notice of the matter for a few moments, but the shrieking being continued, she went to the room, and upon opening the door was met by the younger boy, who immediately ran down stairs bleeding, at the bottom of which he fell down apparently lifeless ; and, on entering the room, Mrs. Horeau saw her unfortu nate husband in the act of cutting his own throat, and be fore she could interpose he had fallen down a corpse. On looking farther, she discovered her eldest son dead in the bed, but could not perceive any trace of her infant child, who was, however, shortly afterwards discovered to have been drowned in the rain butt. There is no doubt whatever but that the unfortunate father proceeded to the garden instantly on leaving his bed-room, and having drowned the child, then ascended to the children's room, where he afterwards perpetrated the other murder, com mitting suicide the moment an alarm was raised. As no vital organ bas been severed, hopes are entertained that the younger boy's life will be saved. There seems to be little doubt that, owing to their privations, temporary insanity was the immediate cause of this shocking affair, as his pecuniary embarrassments had for some weeks past induced great depression of spirits. GENERAL MISCELLANY. A labourer, at Padibam, aged 68, committed suilside, on Saturday week, from the fear of going to the workhouse. The repair of the Portland vase is completely finished. The work has been so well managed by Mr. Doubleday that scarcely a blemish can be detected. On Tuesday last, as a wedding party were returning to Holmfirth, in a spring cart, the vehicle was overturned, and Mr. Henry Senior, 24 years old, was killed. On Monday morning last, some fifty individuals, com posing nineteen families, residing in the neighbourhood. left Bradford, with a view to seek a home in Venezuela. On Wednesday se'nnight, the coach from Exeter to Torquay, was upset near the Clifford Arms, Shaldon,and two of the passengers were much hurt. About £15,000 have been bequeathed to the Phrenolo gical Society of Edinburgh, by the late Dr. Robertson, of Paris, who died in 1840, and who had taken a warm inte rest in the subject for nearly thirty years. A brace of pheasants were lately killed in the parish of Brad well, near Coggeshall, Essex, the crop of one of which contained 75G grains of wheat and barley, the other 928 grains, besides other small seeds. _ The fire which destroyed the brown-paper mill of Messrs Hutton, Fletcher, and Co., near Sunderland, on the 6th instant, was the work of an incendiary, for the discovery of whom a large reward has been offered. Visitors to Windsor Castle, since the abolition of the shilling fee, have not seen the suite of rooms overlooking the North Terrace, except the Presence Chambers and the Ball Hoom. These contain all the old pictures. They are now to be seen only by special favour. On Saturday week a woman, named Susan Hayton, was accidentally killed on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, at Hay Fell, near Kendal, through the cart she was riding in backing on the rails as a train was passing. She was crushed in a frightful manner. At a meeting of the Syra-Egyptian Society, last week, Dr. Platt demonstrated the practicability of a continuous railway communication with India, through Germany and Turkey. Lieut. Waghorn stated, that Government had determined on the route to India vid Trieste. During a levee of General Tom Thumb, at the Trades'. hall, Airdrie, on Monday, the floor gave way, and preci pitated the audience into a room some 14 feet below. No one was seriously hurt, but the table on which the Gene ral bad been exhibiting was dashed to pieces. The House of Commons sat last session 119 days and three Saturdays; hours of sitting, 1,026 r; hours after midnight, 96 ; average time of sitting„ 8 hours. 37 mi nutes, 33 seconds; average number of Inurs, 7 hours, 52 minutes, 44 seconds. The total number of divisions was 170. AUTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF THE MOON.-Mr. Clau det, in making experiments on the photographic actions on the moan's rays, formed a powerful picture by five minutes' exposure. He hopes to be able to obtain a very accurate daguerrotype of the moon's surface, drawn by herself on silver plate.—The Builder. The inquiry into the case of mysterious poisoning at Bromley bas been resumed. A young woman, named Moncton, it will be remembered, was found dead in a water closet attached to a dissenting place of worship in that village. A post naortem examination discovered the presence of prussic acid i❑ the body of the deceased. On Tuesday evening last, about five o'clock, a man, named Lacey, or Facey, made an attempt to murder, by stabbing another party, whose exact name could not be ascertained, but who, at the time, wns in the house occu pied by a Mr. Lewis, cordwainer, Cripplegate, London. The culprit is in custody, and his victim is declared to be in great danger. The monument to the author of the " Pleasures of [lope," to be erected in the Poets' Corner, WeAtoinster Abbey, will consist of a statue of the poet, leaning on a pedestal, on which is a figure of Hope, in bas-relief. At the foot is a lyre with a wreath. The modern costume not being adapted to sculpture, the artist has represented the bard in his robes as Lord Rector of the College of Glasgow. THE CONDEMNED FRIGATE DUBLIN.—The fifty-gun frigate Dublin, which was condemned and ordered to be fitted up as a lazarette fur this port, has been re-surveyed. It was formerly reported that it would cost £40,000 to render her fit for service. It ha 3 now been declared that for £lO,OOO she can be put in efficient repair for four years, and that, in consequence, her condemnation has been rescinded. On Friday week, a boy and girl, aged respectively seven and four, were warming themselves at a fire in the house of a friend at Everton, near Leeds, when the clothes of the boy, the younger of the two, caught fire, and he was instantly enveloped in flames. His sister tried to extin guish the fire, but in doing so her own clothes caught, and before assistance came to them, they were so much injured that they soon after expired. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. — The Royal College of Physicians, in 1844, granted fifteen diplomas to practice medicine; and the Royal College of Surgeons examined in that year 437 candidates, to 376 of whom diplomas were granted. In 1852 diplomas were granted to no fewer than 669, and in 1843 to 531. The Society of Apotheca ries, in 1844, granted 302 certificates, out of 357 candi dates. MACKAUEL.—A very large quantity of mackarel have been taken during the week. Nearly ten thousand fine fish were landed on the Brighton beach on Wednesday. Alackarel are now brought to this city in a very fresh condition by railway : they fetch from 4d. to 6d. each when fresh, but have been sold at lid. On Saturday week soles were offered for sale in our market at 2d. per lb —Worcester Guardian. The itiorni7g — We;id — reports that there are at this moment about 20,000 beasts in course of fattening for our markets, a large number of which will be shipped in the next three months. The beasts are being fed in the various distilleries at Rotterdam, Scheidam, and Harlin gen. The Dutch graziers have built a number of sailing vessels fur the conveyance of their stock to the English market. FURTHER RlOTlNG.—Further disturbances have taken place on the Lancaster and Carlisle, and also on the Windermere Railway, in the vicinity of Kendal. On Monday, a body of about fifty Irishmen applied to the Mayor of Kendal for protection. They had been driven off their work, beaten with pickaxes and other weapons, their huts had been pillaged, and, in one instance, set fire to. The mayor and magistrates assembled promised every succour in their power, and immediately issued a handbill, warning the labourers on the railway, that strict measures would be taken to protect the peaceable in their lawful calling, and to bring the offenders to justice. On Tuesday the men were set to work again, under cover of the mayor and magistrates on horseback, attended by the police f. rce of the town. A number of special constables have been sworn in, and no further outhre has occur red. It seems desirable that a body of military should be sent into the district.—The latest accounts state that all was again quiet. Several of the rioters have been appre hended. ORIGIN OF THE LEAGUE.—The seven persons who originated the movement which gave rise to the National Anti-Corn-law League were Edward Baxter (now of Bel fast), W. A. Cunningham, Andrew Dalzeil, James Howie, now of Edinburgh), James Leslie, Archibald Prentice, and Philip Thomson. At the second meeting of the asso ciation, although about fifty persons had given in their subscriptions, there was again an attendance of seven, the place of Mr. Baxter, who was absent, having keen taken by Mr. Rawson, now the treasurer of the League. Mr. Rawson was the first Englishman who joined the associa tion. Of the original seven, six were natives of Scotland, and one of Ireland. The grand impulse to the movement was given when Mr. Cobden, who was abroad at the time of its origination, joined it. The first person who sub sctibed more than ss. , was Mr. Robert Stuart, now one of the magistrates for this borough, who, on being applied to, said, '• What is the use of subscribing ss. ? Put me down t:lo."— Greenock Advertiser. Loss OF THE " JANE MORRISON," OF GLASGOW, AND SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW.—A letter, written by the captain, has been received by the owners in Glasgow, informing them of the loss of the above vessel, which struck on the Monicorgan shoals, about 190 miles below Quebec, on the night of the Ist December, during an easterly snow storm. The sufferings of the crew were intense, owing to the excessive cold, and the loss of all their clothing and provisions. After remaining on the wreck for three days, they succeeded in constructing a raft, and reached the shore. Here they met with the captain and crew of the Sir R. Jackson, which had been wrecked on the upper part of the shoals, on the same night, and who were in the same destitute condition as themselves ; and, falling in with an Indian cabin, they despatched one of the inhabitants with a communication to the authorities at Port Neuf. After suffering every hardship for three days and nights, and when nearly ex hausted, they were relieved by the arrival of the Hudson's Bay Comr any's agent from Jeremie, with several Indians loaded with n:Tessaries. Many are so frost-bitten as to be unable t o wa lk. Th e s hip's papers, with every thing belonging to the captain and crew, are lost. They expect to reach Quebec in March. MURDER.—Uriah Deffett, of Meare, bas been commit ted for murdering his wife whilst in a state of intoxica tion. On Sunday she was upbraiding him with spending his Sundays in drunkenness, and not providing for his fa mily of five young children, for which he knocked her down, and then cut her across the forehead and temples with a knife, which caused her death.—Sherborne Journal. THE MISSIONAAY-CHlEF. — Kahkewoquonaby, one of the Ojibeway chiefs, has become a missionary, and last week, delivered a lecture at Tolsey, Gloucester, where he had an overflowing auditory. His description of the manners and customs of American Indians, was full of interest, and his appeals to Christian sympathy to aid him in his labours among his dark brethren, was impressive and effectual. PARRICIDE IN NORTHUMBERLAND.—Margaret Joy cey, the sister of Ralph Joycey, who, it may be remem bered, was a few weeks ago committed for trial for the murder of his father, by poison, at Cockle-park, near Nlorpeth, has also been committed for trial as accessory after the fact. Ralph Joycey, the brother, was commit ted by the coroner, but the jury, at the inquest, acquitted the daughter Margaret, on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to implicate her ; she was, however, brought before two magistrates on Thursday, when, some slight additional evidence having been produced, she was committed. A RAILWAY SPECULATOR.—The principal witness in an action tried, on Friday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, at Guildhall, for the recovery of Pie value of some railway scrip, gave the following account of himself on his cross examination :—" He bad several times been insolvent to a large amount, and never paid a farthing to his creditors. He could not tell how many applications be had made for shares. There were some railway projects in which he had not received any shares ; but he had received at least fifty letters of allotment, and he might have sub scribed for shares to the extent of £BO,OOO or £lOO,OOO, but never paid a farthing upon any of them, nor ever gave that subject a thought." LADY HOLLAND'S WILL.—We occasionally hear in society of the bequests in the will of the late lady, with the monetary parts of which we have no vocation to med dle. But it is a subject of general literary interest to learn that (besides some £1,500 per annum, and a consi derable sum in money, £7,000) she left to Lord John Russell the " Memoir of Mr. Fox," so long in prepara tion by the late Lord Holland, with the expression of a hope that it should be published as early as possible. Her ladyship also bequeathed to the British Museum the celebrated Tolentino Box, on which the lovers of art are aware, is sculptured the noble antique of the Goat Brows ing. This precious relic, it may be remembered by our readers, was presented by the Pope to Buonaparte after his Italian campaign, as the richest gift he could offer him. Napoleon sent it to Lady Holland from St. Helena, with a grateful autograph note, for the attentions paid to him by her ladyship in his captivity. Both box and autograph are now, we believe, in the British Museum.—Literary Gazelle. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday, about 36 labourers, employed to repair the damage arising from the embankment " slip," which happened beyond Corsham about a week ago, were despatched from the Bath station in a carriage-truck attached to the up mail train. On arriving near the entrance of the Middle Hill Tunnel. one of the wheels of the truck gave way, and threw it off the rail. The accident occasioned the utmost consternation among the men, some of whom were thrown out, others jumped off, and others remained in the truck. The men in the truck called out " murder" as loud as they could, but the engine -driver, mistaking the noise for singing, kept on till an intimation of the accident reached him, so that he was enabled to stop the train in the middle of the tunnel. He then went back, and the men who were not hurt accompanied him, when it was found that one man, named George Smith, had expired from a dislocated neck, and most of those who had jumped or fallen out of the truck had received severe contusions, and one of them had sustained a fracture in the right arm. A curious case of seduction has been brought to light. About two years ago two sons of Mr. W. Pitt, piano-forte tuner of Warmington, near Oundle, were engaged by the Rev. W. Faber to play the organ and lead the choir in the parish church. The age of one of the boys was 17, and that of the other 16. They left home on the Saturday evenings, and returned on Monday morning, and as they often stayed at the Rectory, the rev. gentleman was exces sively kind to them, made them his equals in all respects, and at length began to teach the elder one Latin. When Mr. Faber joined the Church of Rome, the boys also joined, voluntarily, according to the rev. convert's account, but doubtless owing to his teachings and persuasions. This event has thrown the father and mother of the boys into unspeakable affliction. Mr. Faber has written to Mr. Pitt to say—"l feel that I have been the means and in God's sight I cannot repent of it, of introducing division into your family; and I am therefore bound to do what I can to repair any grievous consequences to you which may come out of that solemn and religious act."—The boys, however, have now been recovered by their parents. DREADFUL ASSASSINATION.—On Monday morning, soon after six o'clock, a man named James Bostock, who is a working brass and gun-metal founder, in a narrow paved court leading from Drury-lane, London, was as sassinated by a young man named Wix, his apprentice. Wix had obtained payment of a small bill due to his mas ter, and stated on his return home that he bad lost Ils. of the money, and begged his master to deduct it from him at 2s. 6d. per week. This Bostock refused to do, and deducted the whole sum from his wages on Saturday night last. This circumstance created a rancorous feel ing against his master in the mind of Wix, and in revenge he snot his master with a pistol on Monday morning. The bullet entered the unfortunate deceased's ear, and he expired the same afternoon about four o'clock. The possession of a pistol, with powder and bullets, by Wix, was proved in a clear manner. He was accordingly ap prehended, and on Tuesday was committed for trial, when he confessed his guilt as follows :—" The evidence is so clear against me, that I must confess that lam guilty. I did do it ; and I only wonder I did not do it twelve months ago, his conduct to me was so cruel." BRITISH WINE.—By reference to our advertising co lumns it will be seen that Mr. Hiles, of Parker-street, has commenced the British wine trade. The improved mode in which British wines are now made is causing a daily increasing demand, and the high repute in which Mr. Hiles has long been held as a confectioner, is sufficient to guarantee to his friends the excellence of the article he announces ; but as trial is the genuine test, all consumers should obtain a supply. CHEAP METHOD OF CLEARING SHIPS AND OTHER. PLACES OF VERMIN, &c.—Captains and owners of ves sels are often obliged to incur great expense in smoking their vessels (often as much as £5, and frequently that ineffectual) to get rid of rats, mice, and other noxious and destructive vermin. From undoubted testimonials, ad vertised in another part of our paper, it appears that this desideratum may be more effectually attained at a scarcely mentionable expense, by the use of Butler's Vermin and Insect Killer.—(See Advertzsement.) A POOR MAN'S LIFE SAVED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. —Jeremiah Laughlin, a porter about the quays of Dublin, was afflicted for many years with shortness of breath, spitting of Phlegm, night perspirations, and general weak ness of body, a want of appetite, sick headache, and suf fering much from the liver. This man was in the second stage of consumption and not expected to live three months, when he commenced the use of Holloway's won derful Pills, and by their means alone he is now as strong, as hale, and as well as ever he was in his life. Among the many discoveries that characterise the pre sent age, nothing has contributed so much to the ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon - upon suffering humanity, as that important discovery and never-failing remedy for gout and rheumatism, Blair's Gout and Rheu matic Pills. Thousands would join in the observation of an elderly female, as mane to Mr. Fogget, the agent at Thirsk • " That shgewould rather be without butter to her bread and sugar tdher tea, than Blair's Pills." This im portant rnedicOi is sold by an medicine vendors. Price 2s. 9d. per Ipfx. Observe the name of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the government stamp. AMBROSIAL SHAVING SOAP.—This is the title of an excellent article to supersede the use of soap for shaving, manufactured by Messrs. John Gosnell and Co., of Lon don, who have recently opened a branch for supplying export and other orders, in Rumford-place. There is no operation at the toilet so annoying as shaving under ordi nary circumstances, but by this invention the powerful effects of cutting a wiry beard are at once removed. In fact, it proves that ease in shaving is not to be attained by a. genuine razor alone, but by preparing the skin for the operation, and this cream is so astonishingly powerful that the application of the smallest portion on the point of the finger will, with the addition of a moist brush, pro duce a creamy and inimitable lather. It is patronized by Prince Albert. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING. DECIDING COURSES. The Cup was won by Romulus, beating Sparks of Fire. The Sefton Stakes were won by Hector, beating Col lector. The Croxteth Stakes were won by Ballyshannon, beat ing Syren. The West Derby Stakes were won by Cormorant, beat ing Satirist. The Sapling Stakes were won by Carder, beating Sher bert. The Ditch-in Stakes were divided between Cataract and Specimen. The Hill-house Stakes were won by Habeas Corpus, beating H it-or-M iss. The Altcar-hall Stakes were won by Secretary, beating Cork. The Ackers Holt Stakes were won by Bright, beating Codford Lass. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SPRING LYTHAM CHAMPION MEETING. This important coursing meeting took place on Wed nesday last, and subsequent days. The following are the deciding courses : _ _ GREAT CLIFTON CUP.--Mr. Thomas's Agnes beat Mr. Richardson's Reserve, and won. TALBOT CUP.—Mr. O'Grady's Othello beat Mr. Landless's Storm, and won. LYTHAM Cur.L-Mr. Craven's Camera beat Mr. Ball's Bachelor, and won. RAILWAY STAKES.—Mr. W. Hunt's Bonnet beat Mr. Hardman's Mayflower, and won. THE SAPLING STAKES, NO. I.—Mr. Whiteside's Fan beat Mr. Edmundson's Young Crafty, and won. THE SAPLING STAKES, No. 2.—Mr. Williams's Cam bridgeshire beat Mr. E. G. Hornby's Heterodox, and won. THE SAPLING STAKES, NO. 3.—Mr. Standish's Sym metress beat Mr. Edmundson's Young Dart, and won. THE RIBBLE STAKES.—Mr. Sampson's Clown beat Mr. E. Craven's Cento, and won. THE FYLDB STAKES.—Mr. Landless's Silk beat Mr. Peacock's Phenomenon, and won. THE WESTBY STAKES.—Mr. P. Taylor's Tom Thumb beat Mr. Landless's Sally, and won. Feb. 24, 1546. 3irtbs, jlaarrtagts aull Eitatbs. BIRTHS. On the 13th Instant, at A tv, re - dam, the wife of JAMES AX" NESLEY, Esq., her M - aje-ty o , ul, of a son. On the 15th instant, the VI, ui Mr. JAMES ADAMS, of 8 daughter. Same day, at St. James's-terrace. the wife of JAMS BOURNE, Esq., of Heathfield, of a daughter. Same day, at Grosvenor-place, London, the Hon. 1 4 ' 1 ' CHARLES LENNOX BUTLER, of a son. On the 1(:th instant, in Hill-street, London, Lady JOLIFFI, of a son. On the 17th instant, in Bootle-lane, the wife of Mr.li IL • LlAbf WILD, of a son and heir. On the igth instant, at Clifton, the lady of SAMUEL SAND" BACH, jun., Esq., of Handley, Cheshire, of a son. MARRIED. On the Ist ultimo. at Bombay, MEDCALFE LARK' N. E., 54 " of the Civil Service, to SARAH, second daughter of Mr. JOH N PENNYCUICK, of Sollaire, Perthshire. Lieutenant.Cclonel ° her Majesty's I;th Foot, C.B. and K.H., Commandant of the Garrison. On the 2nd instant, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. .1... Fr„.• Stewart, Mr. WILLIAM BROWNBILL, to Miss SARAH JAN . ' WALKER. On the Bth instant, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. 3 . 11 * Stewart, Mr. WILLIAM JACKSON, to Miss MARY FAL STO _ On the 11th instant, at Holt, by the Rev. E. Walwyn FoleYr M.A., Incumbent o Trinity Church. Tewkesbury, the Rev. JOHN BATH GABRIEL, M.A., Vicar of Chepstow, Mo n " mouthshire, to ANNA MARIA, youngest daughter of toe Rev. JOHN FOLEY, M.A., Rector of Holt, Worcestershire. On the 12th instant, at Grcat Berkhampstead. Herts, by the Rev. Stephen Lea Wilson, JAMES HODGSON COMPIGNIS, Esq., barrister-at law, youngest son of the late Alfred Corn pigne, Esq., of Reading, Berks, to Elizabeth, only surviving daughter of the late THOMAS MARRIOTT, Esq., of GuyhirOg Cambridgeshire. Same day, Lieut-Colonel W. A. M , CLEVERTY, of Glynn, i ll the county of Antrim, Deputy Quarter-Master-General, New Zealand, to ANNE M'GILDOWNY, youngest daughter of the late JOHN CASEMENT, Esq., of Livermore, also in the count/ of Antrim. _ _ Same day, at the Parish Church, Leamington, by the Re a • Gardnor Baldwin, Vicar cf Leyland, the Rev. THOMAS WIL• SON, Rector of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, to LOUIS' SOPHIA, daughter of CHARLES BRANDT, Esq., Clydesdal e Vida, I.eamington. Same day, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J. H. Stewart Mr. WILLIAM M•WHAE to Miss HANNAH BOSTON. On the 14th instant, at Christ Church, Marylebone, London , WD,LIAM BELL, Esq., of Chapel-street. 13elgravc-square, to ELIZABETH, widow of the Rev. SAMUEL BRADSHAW, late of Hume-place and Greenheys, near Manchester. On the lath instant, at St. John the Baptist's Church, Torteth . park, by the Rev. J. Hassal, M.A., PETER, son of the late HUGH McMANNIS, Esq., to MARY ELEANOR, youngest daughter of THOMAS TREVOR, Esq., of Ellesmere, Shropshire. Same day, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J, H. Stewart, Mr. THOMAS HOLMES to Miss MARY ANN PAGE. Same day, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. D. D. Ste War t, Mr. JOHN BLANIFIED to Miss MARY MOSELEY. Same day, at St Bride's Church, by the Rcv. D. D. Stewart' Mr. GEORGE BRIGHT to Miss RACHAEL ASHLEY. Same day, at St. Bride'. Church, by the Rev. D, D. Stewart, Mr. JOHN BULLOCK to Miss JANE PENLINdTON. Same day, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. D. D. Stewart, Mr. JOHN TRISTRAM to Miss BETSEY FAINT. On the 16th instant, at St. John the Baptist's Church, JOHN MOSES, to Miss ELIZABETH EVANS, both of Wl' town. Same day, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. J. K. HADFIELD, chief mate of the ship Juno, to HANNAH MATILDA, the onli daughter of the late FREDERICK GORHA NI, of this town. On the 17th instant, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Seel street, JOHN ROGERS, to EMMA OWENS, widow, o f Frederick-street. Same day, at the Parish Church, Halifax, by the Rev. Jolla Haigh, M.A., Incumbent of St. Pain's Church, Efudde sfteld, the Rev. DANIEL HAIGH, M.A., Incumbent of Trinity Church , Halifax, to EMILY JANE, eldest daughter of CHAS. NORRIS , Esq , of St. John's House, of the above place. Same day, at Clapham, near London, by the Rev. J. Whiting. M.A., JOHN WYATT BARNARD, M.D., cf Hastings, Sussex , son of J. Barnard, Esq., Olives, Great Dunmow, Essex, to ALTHEA PHILLIPS, third daugl.ter of Lieutenant-Colonel U. C. BARNARD, late of the Hon. East India Company's Service. Same day, at St. Mary's Abbotts, Kensington, by the Vee'„ the Archdeacon of Middlesex, Lie u te nan t-C o l one l FRANCIS FA RRANT, K. L S., Secretary of Legation at the Court of Persia , to MARIA ELIZA, daughter of GEORGE BATTYE, Esq., lat e of Campden-hill, Kensington. _ Same day, at St. John the Baptist's Church, Toxteth-park, by the Rev. J. Hassall, M.A., JAMES, only son of JAMES MURRAY, Esq , of Kirton, to JESSIE, eldest daughter of JAMES M'CULLOCII, Esq., of Glas..ow. Same day, at the Parish Church, Ormskirk, Mr. GEORGE PEET, jun., joiner, to Miss ELLEN, second d aug ht er o f Mr' RICHARD MAWDSLEY, both of this town. Same day, at Clontarf Church, near Dublin, by the Rev.l . W. Finlay. THOMAS FINLAY, Esq.. second son of the late Colonel Finlay, of Corkagh. county of Dublin, to CHARLOTTE? second daughter of the late Mr. B. MITFORD, of Clonturgi county of Dublin. Same day, at the Parish Church, Stockport, by the Rey. r• Thackeray, Mr. WM. ADSIIEAD, to Miss SARAH SMITII , both of ktockport. On the 18th instant, at Cou'och Church, by the Rev. W. Ma" honey, WM. E. CLARKE, Esq., of this town, son of G. ft• Clarke. Esq., to FANNY, eldest daughter of JAMES KERB , Esq., of Larch-hill, Santry, and Capel-street, Same day, at Walcot Church, by the Rev. Sidney Widdringto°' Rector, CHARLES BRUNE GRAVES SAWLE, Esq., eldes t scn of Sir Joseph Graves Sawle, Bart., of Fernier, Corn Want and Barley, Devonshire, to ROSE CAROLINE. youngest (laugh' ter of David R. Paynt,r, Esq., of Dale, Pembrokshire. Same day, at the Catholic Chapel, Little Crosby, Mr. PETER LOVELADY, Ince Blumiell, to MARY, eldest daughter of gr. JOHN FLEETWOOD, Thornton. On the Igth instant, at the Parish Church, of St. Marylebone , London. by the Rev. D. Moore, ?4.A.. of Camberwell, CHAS• SENIOR, Esq.. of Liverpool, to AGNE3 MATILDA, daughter of MATTHEW CLARK, Esq., of Sussex-place, Regent's-par'' , London. Same day, at St. George's Church, Everton, Mr. EDWARD ALCOCK, tallow chandler, of this town, to EsTHER, youn ges t daughter of the late JAMES HUSON, West Derby. On the 22nd instant, at St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, by the Rev. D. James, Incumbent, Mr. GEORGE BOND, of Liver pool, to Miss ELIZABETH BIRCH, of Kirkdale. On the 23. d instant, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J• Stewart, Mr. ROBERT CARItUTHERS to Miss ELIZABETU CRAKE. DIED. On the 4th of August, wrecked in the ship Cataratplip Utz King's Island, Bass's Straits, bound to Port Philip, aged 16. v` • H. WITTER, only son of the late Mr. Wm. Witter, of this town• On the 15th ultimo, at St. John's, Antigua, aged 44, Captaill JOHN HARTLEY, formerly of this town, much respected by a large cir cle of friends and acquaintances. On the 4th instant, at his house, Great Homer-street, Mr' GEORGE ELLIS, aged 90 years. On the sth instant, in London, aged 37, Mr. S. JEFFERSON , formerly a booksel er in Carlisle, and author of " The Histori of Carlisle" and the Histories of Leith Ward and Allerdale above• Derwent." _ of O u n ,o th b e ar 7 q tl o i e insla o n e t o , ° M i r le . o T , H o O f M t A hi S s C p L o A rf ßlß w U hi T o ' an which vessel command of wrecked on Taylor's Bank. He was the second son of the late Lieut. Claributt, for many years lieutenant of the ROY, Navy Hospital, Haslar, Portsmouth, of which place Captalu Claributt was a native. On the 12th instant, at his h ouse , i n Mansfield-street, age d 39. Mr. JOHN CRITCHLEY, printer. At Bayswater, on the 15th instant, aged 4S, Mrs. FRAN C S BRAHANI, wife of the celebrated vocalist. She had been t ° church in the morning, and in the afternoon took a walk it' • Hyde Park. On her return home she complained of a faintnes s and sinking, for which she could not account. Having, nov't; ever, dined with her fami:y, she seemed re , tored to perfec` health. About eight o'clock in the evening, Mr. Braham ta turned home from his tour i n hi g h sp i rits, and after passing a 0 exceedingly cheerful and happy evening the family retired t°, rest about twelve o'clock. I n h a lf an hour Mr. Braham o alarmed by his wife's saying, " John, I am dying, , ' and lief leaping out of bed, declared that something was broken at 1 3 heart. Mr. Braham instantly rens , d the family, and the Sef, vants were despatched f or me di ca l a id , an d w i t h the i n t e lligeric'i t of her illness to the deceased lady's brother, Dr. Bolton, a n d Lady Waldegrave, her daughter, and before five minutes h a t elapsed, Mrs. Braham breathed her last in the arms of her Ode, son, Mr. J. B. Braham, while smiling in hi- face. la Same day, at W a lt on - on -th e -Hill, age d 4S, Miss M. s ' - Same e sday day MILBURN. TON. , la a s t t, Nv a e g s e t d3s, Derby, sA aNgV, relict of the late on UIL stre a e m t. 1 e day, ANNE, wife of Mr. T. EDMONDS 3N, of Benso n ' Same day, aged 39, ELSPET, wife of Captain W. TAT t 0 of this port. On the 16th instant, aged 84 years, ELIZABETH, wife of gr. JOHN FOX, bookseller and stationer, Pontefract. J-50 , Same day, at Everton, MARIA, the belov e d w if e of Mr. CLARKSON. I.ame day, at her residence, Mill-street, aged 32 years, wife of Mr. HALL. Same day, at Sandford-street, Birke n head, s u ddenly, M o t : ISABELLA HAUGHTON, wife of Mr. Wm. Hau g hton, chandler, second daughter of the late James M'Whan, of vv"' haven. On the 17th instant, at South-p ara d e , Bath, I'VM. MEva- -l eg' jun., Esq., barrister-at-law, of the Inner Temple. Same ay, aged 27 years, ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. - HARDY, landlord of the Maypole Inn, Nottingham. earh Same d,y, Llyndir, in the county of D en bi g h, a g ed 659 „ HARRIET, relict of the late FRANCIS EDGE BARKER , of Chester. late Same day, at Park-hill-road, Mrs. MAiKAY, relict of the Captain Hugh Mackay, 92nd Highlanders. o l' Same day, aged 27 yea rs . JANE , second daug ht e r of RICHARD BLACKBURN, Christian .street. t- Sanne day, at his house, Carlton terrace, Upper Pathan' street, aged 52 years, Mr. JOHN PRICE. rel o° ' Same day , at Tarporley Rectoiy, Cheshire, aged 3 1 ELIZABETH ANN, youngest daughter of the late Rev. HORNER, of Kirkdale. • n i°- Same day, after a few days' illness, at the hols.'! of his so sstll law, Mr. John Arrowsmith, William Henry.street, in th e year of his age, Mr. THOMAS HASWELL. r Same day, aged 13 month s , JANE , thi r d daughter 0 CARMICHAEL, of Hamilton square, Birkenhead. nee On the 18th instant, at Harmony-avenue. DonnybrooK.„dot Dublin, aged 71 years, the Rev. W. KID D, W es l e y a n Meth' Minister. wife or Mt Same day, at Prescot, aged 45 y ears , MARY, JOHN RICHARDS, formerly of the City-road, London. op. Same day, in his 61st year, WILLIAM HAWES, E s 2 j : St. wards of 51 years member of h er M a j es t y ' s Ch a pel Roh l ' James's. On the 19th instant, aged 43 years, ANNE, the 'f a nd ° l; ' th S e a b ni el e ov d e a d y, the 18th, FANNY. the infant daughter, of Mr. EAGLES,' Wash.ngton-street. a rlf, r ote' wifeo f o c o f r i%, , s l u r .mitt WILLIAMS, at her late ofresidence,th Aberystwyth. e Tx Talbottethr% MA O; Same day, at Egremont, suddenly, in het 23rd year , the wife of Mr. JUDGE. 10 tbe On the 2 th instant, at his r es id ence , I , Fl ee t-street, D I 6.3 rd Same year of his age, 51r. M. ROBINSON. 6 day, at the Parsonage, Rainford, in the 66th Y ea fi, ° lP ..l. age, and the 3gth of his Incumbency, the Rev. W I " ELLAM, much regretted and dessrvedly esteemed. ii ipeo Same ciay, at No. 30, Sydney-street East, after serel a. SARAH ANN, only child of Mr. W. SMITH, of 1 -1 . toms. 554 1 Same day, at Lark-hill, aged ag, SAMUEL HORROC wi f e o On the 21st instant, in her 31st year, BELLA JANE , Mr. JOHN B. JOHNSON. ring to; On the 22nd instant, at his residence, Upper f la j a TS, „ I° ,, street, Toxteth-park, aged 56, Mr. THOMAS ROBE — cI I - , many years in the employ of Messrs. Fawcett, Preston,' Same day, at St. Helens, Miss GRA PEL, aged 62 [MONTHLY REPORT.] SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL For the week enihig-ranti;r)•-3i. otitdl; Indoor. Cured and relieved 65 Cuaed and relieved **** • •• • 0 Dead •. •* Entered 56 Entered......... • • Under treatment Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M. , Joon Platt, . ~,."- ~ilinor ' House Visitors. Treasure r. Mr. Studly Mart;n and Esq v Mr. E. House Surgeon, Mr. Thos. Morris. Assistant House-Surgeon, Mr. John Cowbarri• Matron, Miss E. Jackson. Et, be] inst a Ze] Rii 4or own ,ano t etee Teo dm Soso 44lia, t e B4 ILE /30 s b ' fl Ahe N,g Bo l al a s` A for Pc f or dei! tl4°Aleh' Gthal .cede; SA 'rot a 1 3 vI h o Lis )4 e — eh; pa4l Ceara )41 . 4 ,Y Ale rn h o rv a, . g e ' e r, up,_ fra .k 'v. fr tAiI A rI tR D -olu Gllthrie n i t Volk, RetcM, LLa, L. 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