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~tUrr. POETRY, II DAY SONNET. the Liver) oot Standard.) it thy jny heart-pr. bitthd-•y, lit '3:1), every star nlment emit: the rest decay ; h, Tit j ,- ,) - S forsake; era a of the day. I Sister. 'twit! make MUEL HUGGINS ORIGIN 0 THE WHITE ROSE. ,wo to death h the pnisoner's stroke— sumer! a pallid hue, 'er s, :1 as she spoke; u!cl strike the blow, tombs, They 1111'd with od perfumes k dew disease, death shean'd his sword he maiden sought the iresh'itin,r. aii ; and flowery sward. from pain a• d ear he eather•d there, In all its crimson radiance drest ; Stripp'd off the thorns that cluster'd near, And placed the charmer in her breast. wer. her pale, Her snot, y er dark eyes si He; thin soft 1 ess cheek ; s-; vales. so parch'd and weak eep and bright, eek with red, And ting But lett t NOTICES. Coriolanus ; a Burlesque. By James Morgan. Our worthy host of the Imperial Hotel dedicates this us (Iron of his pen to Mr. Vandenhifff. and apo o that eminent actor for the liberty taken with lonises t "the noblest Roman of them all," at the same time ex pressing his hope that his own noble Roman may never tread on the heels of Shakspere's and Mr. Vandenhcff's viritable Coriotanus. We hope he won't. The produc tions of the great bird are made of sterner stuff than to be laughed cut of countenance by Mr. Morgan's drolleries ; and even W. J. Hammond's delineation of the burlesque character would never put us out of love or memory of one of the greatest efforts of Vandenhoff's histrionic genius. The burlesque is very cleverly done ; and although the author, with his known invdesty, hints his perfect inno cence of any expectation that it should ever find its way to stage representation, we confidently expect that it will, ere long, be found there, to " split the ears of the ground s' VA ',TIES. Sir William Brown, the phrician, said there were two 41@rts of gout—freehold, and eopyhold ; and one hereditary —the other where a person took it up by intemperance. A little boy, seeing a drunken man prostrate before the door of a grogery, opened the dour, and putting in his - bead said to the proprietor, " See here, master, your sign has fallen down." There are in or near Geori John-streets 35 Kul. ning." The Imi London, 41 Charles-streets, 29 -streets, 23 High-streets, 448 9 3 New-streets, and 23 :ecs, Queen-street.. Day and (Ki Night are bath fishmongers in Knares borough. Summer is a botch, r, and Winter sells pots. Spring is a pedlar, and Weeks on certain days visits the town in the capacity of a travelling tinker. A French chemist has discovered a method for produ zing gas for illumination from water. Ile charges the hydrogen from aqueous vavur strongly with carbonaceous vapours from oil of gas-tar or any other and produces a brilliant white light. THE BIBLE.—The language of the authorised version is the perfection of Enaisli, and it can never be written gain, for the language of prose is one of the few things in which the English have real!! degenerated. Our tongue has lo , t its holincss.—Hartley Coleridge's Bio- Jrraphia Borealis. It is said to have been observed at Moscow, that two workmen in an advanced stage of pulmonary consumption were cured after a few months' employment in certain chemical works. During this time they had been almost constantly exposed to of vapours charged with marine salt and sal-ammoniac. The Courier de I Lyons announces an important disco ., art of (being. A dyer of Vienne, resident in has found out a process for obtaining a superior yes'.._- orange colour, by the employment of quercitton, and with a single dip. This process dispenses with the use of fustic, cochitie:ll, cream of tartar, and compound of tin, which upon the common method are necessary. it has been calculated, that the available coal beds of ;hire amount in weight to the enormous sum of ,000 tons. The total annual consumption of this , it has ben estimated, amounts to 3,400.120 tons. -rice it is inferred that the coal fields of Lancashire, 'at le . present rate of consumption, vsill last 2470 years.— gales Statistics. Lyons LancaA AMERICAN BAR ELOQUENCE.—" May it pease the Hon Court and (*Frit lemt , n of the Jurv—the defendant in wilfully and maliciously, with all the fury of a fiend, emerged from the wild wilderness with all the terri fic frenzy of a roaring lion, and, with his gigantic ,trength, he did then and there seize my inoffensive client by the lar—and lore his shirt ?"— American paper. ' WH AT'S IN A NAME ?"—So wrote the poet of old ; we may judge from the following, some eccentric duals seem to place great virtue therein :—At Old .........--___ . Widcombe church . on Sunday week, an operative of Bath bad his chill christene I by the names of " Stephen Breckenden Cobden --." Tli, s,rne "eccentric" has a child named " George Samuel Roebuck Frovt .lt NOTHING NEW.—I compare life to a litti.t wilderness. surrounded by a high dead wall, Within this F•pace we and walk in qui•st of ilie new and happy, fingetting superable limits, till, with snrpri,e, we find our opned by the dead wall ; we turn away, and muse, •ide. we find ourselves ail. Whichever way we turn, [ - list the dead ame.—FoAter. but that may be taken with either with the right hand of chartable picion ; and all thi,,gs -e succeed as they are taken. To construe an evil action wril, is but a plea , ina and profit able deceit fur myself; but to n isconstrue a good thing is a terrible wrong—to tnyzelf, the action, and the author.— Bighop Hall —I know from experience that habit can, in direct opposition to every conviction of the mind, and ttle aided by the elements of temptation (such as st pleasure, St.c ), induce a repetition of the most un y actions. The mind is weak where it has once way. It is long befnre a principle restored can br as firm as one that has never been moved. It is as found of a reservoir ; if this mound has AD HABITS whatever care has been taken to paired as pOS-1 e the probabi- ia,it will be iii that Wile Y PATRIOTS.- an end, is he rce of repeal, instead of corn- Ty day with renewed merri lecti d ai a member of the Maher, who was born that " I I eredi tat y Bondsmen" if the Great Relrevrr of Ire baby to " strike the blow." ation " M We aie afraid tl rather scar nes', too, t .rit r qua -Ince of a n , w-born infant to increase the disturbAneP. Where was " Young I rel,nd" on the occ-.sion ? it should 'have moved Master Thomas Maher into the chair; or is it waiting tilt its representative gives its nurse a few strik ing proofs of " ph% steal force ?"—Prmeh. THE DAUCIITER OF ROSAS.—Wish the character of General ROSUS, is Chirf of the Argentine Republic. the readers of the puhlic journals are ►n son e degree aequain he is described as cruel as Nero and as terocioua and thirs . y as Robespierre. Ills daughter appear,. in to be deficient in these quali. rather to improve uy a recent traveller :—"lnis woman seems to partake fully of all the sanguine 'gas traits of her father. She has been known to - heads of victims as they have in the yard, and to look upon an cutiing of a throat. it such Can be. railed ,ton, as mere pastime. Rosas, it is well known, nis household, after the manner of the iron•fijted is of old, a couple of j- tern, or, as they are more she is t 'capitAtE pon t I herwv , r th's young lads I favour from her holler, she s to Ware himself .11' all r•i-le his beck, would ride md with tno:•k humility present her pe. ut the Dic:ator in titude a ei of ihe r humot „.,...„.. s.”—if (Ir2ss did not flu is dutinL t resumed all its former ascendancy larger th.n the rest Unlovelin and if rent change• were now rn low rn the forehead, and i►so ; the king sct tote fashion of a " love s a curl on the left side, considerabl) Nothir in the annals of hSir, o s, ever catiqed such a commotion amooe , as did this unfortunate " love ti,t it by Mr. Pryniie, of Love lA , le/t." In it ilf written -aerously iTI, and who, ...'ath, declared publicy, after detestat ton of hi " ffbmira.e, fania,tie - -onsittly perceived to he hut had given the devil holdtas , re, end who would nev,r ersign swished this unlovely bush." He ..refoie ordered his barber to cut it off. It does not appear that the eloquence of Mr. Prynne had much effrct crept in this solitary instance, for love locks were quite file rage for some years, which is, perhaps, the more re markable, as beards were beginning to go out of fashion. —Book of Costume by a Lady of Rank. a w.blrman who et of d to lead him at 1115 ple his prey na Inn 7 as lie r ANIMAL DIET BAD FOIL CHILDREN.—On the subject of giving ailinial f. aul to young children, the following opinion of D-. CI :1 ke, Poysician in Ordinary to the Qaeen, expresses tile views of most of the celebrated physicians: —"'fliers is no greater error in the management , f chil dren ilia,' that ot giving them animal diet very early. .y persevering in the use of an over stimulating diet, the digestive organs become irritated, and tie variaus secre tmns, miperliaiely connected wi , h, and necessary to dic tion, ar... diminished, especially the biliary see and consiipivion of the nowels, and canoe dominal circulati 'n succeed. Children so fed ion of Ult.. ab moreover very liable to attacks from fever and infl trnma tion aff,eting particularly the muctini membranes; and rneasleq, and the other diseases tricidelit to childhood, are generally severe in tacit at.tack." In r,fereace ta thii last remark, a diszi-gui,hcd med'cal gentleman mentioned to us, that in families wh:ire children livtol on a simple diet, without tea and coif- e, if they werc seized with rwasles, hooping caugri, and s milar diseases, he newer called but once, as he knew there ws no danger; but that in fami- lies where an oppo4ite e irxe wa; nurined, he akvays expected trouble.— The English Wife. :Mumma OF VAZIR FATAII KHAN.—N,I tragedy Of modtrn (lays can be comoare,l with tint bmbar :us one that end , d the lie of Vazir. lie •I blind e was contlncteu ..., and pinioned. into the presence of Mahmud tihah, whom he had elevated to the throne. The Shah aske,l him to write to his reheli..us brothers to submit, to which he replied with fortitude, that he was a poor blind prkoner, arvi had no iiiiittei!ce over his brothers. Mahmud Shah was in censed at his obstinacy, and ordered him to be put to the , and the zir was cruA butch- erect by the courtiers. cutting him limb film limb and joint from jlint, as was reported. of er his nose, ears, and fingers had been ct.opped off. His fortitude was so extra ordinary th tt he neither showed a sign of the vain he suf fered, nor asked the perpetrators to diminish their cruel ties, and his head was at last sliced from his lacerated body. Such was the shocking result of the misciinduct of his brother the Sardar Dost Mohammed Khan towards the royA female in Haat. However, the end of the Vazir Fatah Khan was the end of the Sadczei realm, and an om:At for the accession of the new dynasty of the Barak zais. or his brothers, in Afighanistan.—Mohan Lan; Life of Dost Mohammed Khan. SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING —People and cattle in an open and level part of the country are very liable to be struck down, injured, or killed, during thunder st rms. A few simple precautions may be the means of saving lives. A person leading an animal with a meal chain, no part of which is touching the ground, is in the mast dan gerous circumstances. If one be struck, the other will rarely, perhaps never, escape. This was exemplified, near the Bridge of Dee, in the case of an old woman and her cow, some year or two ago. If part of the chain, the more the better, be touching the ground, both person and ani mal may be struck and escape ii jury. The chain being the better conductor, the discharee would pass through the metal to the earth. In such circumstances, the best ar rangement, when danger is apprehended, would be to pass the chain over the head of the person and the back of the animal, and drive the iron pin at the end into the ground. A person leading an animal with a rope is tolerably safe, especially if the animal he large and horned, and the rope quite dry. The chances of safety to the person would be increased by wrapping a hit of cloth of a - 1y kind (a nap kin, for example, and silk is the best) round the part of the rope which is held in the persPn's hand. The two persons who were leading the bull which was killed near Rhynie lately, must have been isol ,ted by a rope of some non-conducing substance. Ha d they been connected to the animal by any conducting metal, no part of which was touching the ground at the instant of the shock, their de struction woula have been as certain as that of the old woman and the cow.—North of Scotland Gazelle. AN Eernostesee---We read to a Brlgian journal,— " The sale of the gallery of paintings of M. Van N., of Brussels, who dieu 'n the course of the last month, is ad vertised. Th's celebrated amateur not otcly devoted his life, but sacrificed the whole of his fortune, which origin ally produced him a revenue of 40,000 f. a year, to his pas sion for posses-ins the masterpieces of the greet Flemish artists. Reduced by this to the want of even the neces saries of life, he could not be induced to part with even one of his cherished treavures. At last an old sere -nt, who continued to serve hitn without wages, converted the gallery into a source for the maintenance of his master and himself, by a; plying the gratuities given him for showing the splendid collection to visitors in purchasing food for them both. A few years ago the faithful and af fectionate old set cant died, and M. Van N., hopeless of finding another upon the same teams, lock the office up on himself. When visitors came to view the gallery, he put on the old livery, and attended them through it, dis playing a critical a. qu tintance with the merits of each picture, that delighted all and astonished those who were able to appreciate his erudition. Sometimes the visitors, supposing him to be really the servant, would make the master the subject of sarcastic observations, some calling him an eccentric fool, and others a madman, and wonder ine that his friends did not have him declared a lunatic. All this he listened to either with perfect indifference, or making pallieting e,cuees as his old servant used to do, and when their curiosity was satisfied, holding out his band for the accustomed fee." BEAUTY AND VANllY.—Angelina Luxrnore was born and hred a beauty ! Every one understands what it is to be born a beauty ; although some weeks (clay, months) must elapse before even to the fondest eve and moat san guine heart the little wizen " wee thing." ked-faced.bald headed, flat-nosed, and old-looking, can give any great promise of the charms which are to enchant the world, still, undiscerned and undiscernible, the germ is there. The mos" fatal and fascinating of gilts is enclosed in that little bud. It will expand into a matchless flower, if born a beauty ; if not, it may to outward view be an unsightly weed ; but whatever its outward form, to it belong a heart, a mind, a S9UL ; and therefore, hovvev.-r nurses may triumph parents tejlice, and friends congratulate, we pronounce it to he a fearful thing to be born a beauty, if, as is too generally the case, that circumstance leads to tt e being bred a beauty too! What is it, then, to be bred a beauty ? Is it tent to he set apart from the cradle as a priestess of vanity ? To be taught betimes to dwell and poneer on those charms ell female educalien should induce their possessor to forget ? Are not the advantages of a face and form of mite rising loveliness frequently, by the folly of those around, ruined by those sad and repelling drawbacks, frivolity, egotism, and self-worship ? A;as! alas! among the host of single women whom the coarse world so harshly terms "old maids," how many owe their joyless fate to that great but unsuspected enemy, their beauty ! " She must have been a great beauty—what a wonder she never got a husband!" In that common re mark cause and effect go hated in hand. She was a beauty—she knew it—how could she but know what she had heard from her cradle—what was repeated before she knew the mencieg of the words—repeated, with many a hug and exteting caress, by the proud and silly mother, re-echoed by the sillier father, broadly asserted by the nurse-maid with every new bit of finery, insinuated into the little head with the first plume stuck bite) the white beaver hat, and conveyed to the ale heart with the first gaudy sash a d glittering necklace. Yes, that sad, sub dued, and disappointed " old maid," with whet the French so graphically call " de si beaux testes," with such fine features, such an air of command, and yet such a look of desolation, but for her once brilliant beauty, she might now be a toad and cherished wi'e, living her own youth over again in that of her children, glorifying in her daugh- larins and her son's mat tainments. There is nothing so unl9vely as selfishness, and nothing, generally speaking, so selfish as a woman bred a beau , v. No homage suffices—no cinquest contents her. She cannot !lye ; and t hos., who cannot love cannot long be l• ved : they way enthral the st n,es fora time, but the heart they have so easily won they as easily lose. — Life of a Beauty. 1 - lAVDON'S FIRST INTRODUCTION TO FUZELI.—Such was th- horror connected with his name, that t remem ber p,rfectly well the day before I was to go to him, an introduction having been prepared by Prince Hoare, a letter from my father concluded in these words God speed you with the terrible Fuz-Ai." I never bad heard h's person deseribed, and bpprehendetl, with a sort of rmsterious doubt, he vc;is at least as tall 1:s his own Satan, 'rum a cr.-rain lan seven night of extraordinary dreaming, the awful morning came. I took my sketch-hook and drawings, in ki“g the pro tection of my gotd genius to bring me back alive, and galled forth to meet the enchanter in his den ! Aft, r an ab,tracted aaik of perpetual musing, on what I should say. how I should look, and what I s .ould do, I found myself b fore his & - ;or in Berners-ctreet,—lB;.;s. I re member taking up the knocker with a nervous energy, tion of the hinge, that it absolutely stud( in the air as it' bewitched, incieasirg rn mysterious fears. I stared at the knocker, as much as to say, is this fair? when, dri ving it down with great viol , nce, the servant came to the door as if the house was burning! 1 stammered out my wishes, and was shown into a room which did not add to my self-pos.ession, for it was full of Fuzeli's hideous conceptions! galvanised and .spasmodic deforms! Satans crossing chaos! witches, malignant and ugly, brewing th e i r iii , :antations! Medusa's snaky head! Paulo and FranceSC3. Lady Macbeth, and the dreadful Lag rr house ! with its insanities, its diseases, and its pathos, vvindihg up the hideous assembly. Imagine a young man of nine teen, fresh from Devoushire, viho had relished and brooded ever the works of this wild genius from eight years old ; hour after hour had Le dwelled on his sublime conception of U iel and Satan, as he dived to the earth io many an airy whe. I,—and now he was actually in his room, and ac!ually heard his footsteps ! Men who ate rought up in London have no idea of our freshness feeling when float the provinces we enter it for the first time, and see and talk to the celebrated men we have heard of, and read of, and seen of from boys, for tears. At last, whilst I was wondering what metatnorposis was to undergo, the door slowly opened, and I saw a little hand come slowly round the edge of it, which did not wok very gigantic, or belonging to a very powerful figute, and rnund came a little white-faced, lion•headed man, dressed in an old Mime! dressing -gown tied by a rope, and the bottom of Mrs. Fuzeli's work•basket on his head for a cap. I was pet fectly amazed ! There stood the des;gner of Satan in many an airy wheel plunging to the (-arm, and was this the painter himself? Ctirtaitily not such as I had imag i ned when enjoying his inventions. I did not Irt;o.s , whether to laugh or cry, but at any rite I was his match, if he attempted the supernatural! We stared quietly at each other, and Fuzeli kindly under standing my astonishment and inexperience, raked in the mildest voice for my drawings. Ilere my 'evil genius took the lead, and instead of showing him :my btudi 8 from the antique, which I had brought, and had meant to have shown him. I showed him my sketch -book I dui not. mean to show him, with a sketch I had made coming along, of a man pushing a sugar-cask into a grocer's shop. Puzeli, seeing my fright, said, by way of ecc , iuragement, " At least the fellow does his business with energy." From that hour commenced a friendship which lasted till his death, though of course my political opposition to the academy rendered our meetings sometimes rather stormy, and less frequent during the latter part of his life.—/lay. don's Lectures on Painting and Design. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Rom's!' WORSIIIP IN PADUA.— . I never saw anything so singular as the manner of conducting the service in San Antonio. Not for a single moment did any one in the church, except ourselves appear to be quiet: the effect was more like a promenade concert than a religious cere mony. S,iveral priests continued, without pause, to walk briskly round and round the aisles and choir, bearing some precious casket, covered by embroidered si►k, and pre ceded by a boy in white robes, carrying a book, which did not, however, seem to be used : each of these priests walked alone, and was succeeded, at an interval, by the next, and each had a trimn behind him of fishermen and peasants, male and female, dirty, ragged and unseemly in aspect. No one appeared to be uttering prayers, either priest or people, and all hurried along at a rapid pace. Women in slovenly gowns and coarse shoes, or a sort of sabots without heels, with dirty white stockings, their heads covered with a flabby yellow-white veil, promenaded with the utmost indifference, some holding the arms of their husbands or friends, some their children by the hand. the little girls occasionally looking pretty in their white veils. A few decently dressed citizens and their wives in embroidered clean veils, and silk dresses, tripped along, and occasionally a lady and gentleman dressed with great assumption of Viennese fashion swept past ; none kept their seats long, and all bowed and crossed themselves as they passed the shrine of San Antonio, but I could not perceive that they were occupied in prayer. Some dirty Franciscans in coarse brown dresses, lounged after the rest, and several large dogs roamed about amongst the dense crowd, much to my surprise; but I understand these animals are of a race privileged to remain in the sanctuary. All the lime of this parading the organ played vehemently, and the singers exerted themselves to the utmost, and when the priest addressed the congregation from the pulpit, there was no cessation in the promenade nor in perambulating of the priests. I could not understand the meaning of all this, for though I had heard that at Padua the priests are accustomed to address the people in different parts of the church, 1 was not prepared for this continuous roaming of every person within the walls. St. Anthony is said by tradition to have compelled the evil One to follow him for ever, in the form of a pig, but whether this movement has any reference to the legend I have not ascertained.— Cos tello's Tour. A GENUINE YANKEE.—" Halo, my good friend, can you inform me how far it is to the next house ?" Jona than started up—leaned on his hoe handle—rested one foot on the gambril of his sinister leg, and replied— " Hullo, yourself! dow'd dew ?—wall, I guess I can, Taint near as fur as it used to be afore they cut the woods away—then 't was generally reckoned four mile, but now the sun shrivels up the road, and don't take more'n few. The fuss house you come to, though, is a barn, and the next is a haystack ; but old Hoskin's house is on beyant. You'll be sure to meet his gals long before you get there; tarnal romping critters, they plague our folks more'n a little. His sheep git into our orchards. Dad sets the dog arter the sheep, and me arter the gals— and the way he makes the wool, and I the petticoats, fly, is a sin to snakes." " I see you are inclined to be face tious, young man ; pray tell me how it happens that one of your legs is shorter than the other ?" " I never 'lows any body to meddle with my grass tanglers, mister, but seein' it's you I'll tell you. I was born so at my tick erler request, so that when I hold a plough, I can go with one foot in the furrer, and t'ther on land, and not lop over : besides it is convenient when I mow round a side hill." Very good, indeed—how do your potatoes come on this year?" "They don't come at all; I digs 'em out—and there's an everlastin' snarl of 'em in each hill." " But they are small, I perceive." "Yes, I know it. You see, we planted some whoppin' blue-noses over in that 'ere patch there, and they flourished so all-firedly that these here stopt growing just out of spite, 'cause they knowed they couldn't keep up." " You appear to be pretty smart, and I should think you could afford a better hat than the one you wear." " The looks aint nothin'—it's all in the behaviour. This here hat was my religious Sunday-go-to• meetin' hat, and it's chock full of piety now. I've got a better one to to hum ; but I don't dig taters in it, no bow." " You have been in these parts some time, I should guess ?" " I guess so, tew. I was born'd and got my brot'n up in that 'ere house ; but my native place is Pordunck " Then you say it is about three and a half miles to the next house ?" " Yes, sir ; 'twas a spell ago, and I don't believe it's growed much shorter since." " Much obliged—good bye." Mr. C. Green, and his brother, Mr. H. Green, who ascended from Cremorne Gardens, on Monday last, 13/th made safe descents—the former at Thames Ditton. and the latter at Kingston. Mr. C. Green was ably assisted by the inhabitants. Mr. P. Green unf,rtunately, met with a different reception, as his machine was very roughly handled by the townspeople of Kingston, and suffered very serious damage. _ A few days since, a young girl, named Sarah Wenlock, we,,t to a dance in the village of Colemore, S.dop, where some of her comp tnions began to joke her shout her sweet heart, who was gone to sea. She b-came greatly affected, and suddenly fell from her chair. Medical aid was called in ; hut she told the doctor he " never could cure a bro ken heart," and died shortly afterwards, ejaculating to the last the name of " Edward !" Pusey, whose health is very ind fferent, has been with his family sljourning for some weeks at Tenhy. Owing to extreme wealtru-ss he does not appear at church, or at all in public. Mr. Newman, hearing of his indispo sition, came to see him about a fortnight ago; and Dr. Pusey was so affected by the visit (it being the first time the two gentlemen had inet since Mr. New man's secession) that a relapse has been the consequence. He is now somewhat better. A GROOM MISTAKEN FOR REBECCA.—Edward Mach, groom to Thomas :Morgan, Esq., solicitor, of Carmar then, was on Tuesd;?y week breaking in a pony for the use of a lady. H,. used a side-saddle, and was attired tit a habit, shawl and bonnet. He was stopped by police constable Lyon, who forced him to undress in High• street, shocking the delicacy of the bystanders. The policeman stated there was an act of parliament that man must not wear woman's attire. The Earl of Shrewsbury, accompanied by his agent, Thos. Noggins, Esq , visited the township of Oxton, on Thursday week, fo: the purpose of inspecting the nu -memos buildings erected, and in course of erection, upon his estate in this rapidly improving place. His lordship appeared much pleased with the g; eat and rapid improve ments there. His lordship has granted a site in the town ship for a Roman Catholic chapel, and it is expected will also give land for the erection of a church. On Monday afternoon a sanguinary conflict took place at the Camden Town station of the London and South- Western Railway Company, between the English and Irish labourers employed on the line. One party came down to the st.tion and made a most violent attack upon the other, many of whom were dreadfully cut by working tools, brickbats and stones ; one or two of them, owing to the injuries inflicted, will probably not survive. From fifteen to twenty of the ringleaders are in custody. MAN versus ELEPHANT.=A sporting bet came off at Mr. Tuting's, Valiant Soldier, Beverley, on Wednesday. Mr. John Tuting matched himself for two sovereigns to carry Mr. Stephenson, of Rooth, farmer, weighing 12 stone 71bs., one hundred yards, sooner than an elephant could walk the same distance. The elephant was started by his keeper, Mr. Stamford, hut turned sulky as soon as he had gone 20 yards, consequently Mr. Tuting came off an easy winner:by five yards. On Friday, a public meeting was held at the Hanover square Rooms, London, when the celebrated reformer, Czerski, attended and delivered an address with refer ence to the German reformation movement. The chair man, the Hon. W. Cowper, retired strongly impressed with the fact that the communion to which Mr. Czerski belongs is to be distinguished from the German Catholics, or M. Rooge's party, the former being decidedly ortho dox, while the latter ate degenerating into rationalism. SALE OF CELEBRATED GREYHOUNDS.—On Wednes day a large number of sporting gentlemen attended the auction sale at Aldridge's Repository, St. Martin's-lane, where a portion of the celebrated stud of greyhounds, the property of Captain Baintree, a well-known coursing gen tleman, was put up for competition, and which realised high prices. Among the lots were a fawn dog (Probity) which sold for 50 guineas; a bitch (Certainty) fetched 28 guineas; two puppies by the celebrated greyhound King Cob fetched 49 guineas; a red dog 18 guineas, and the other lots made equally high prices. HURRICANE AT RUGBY —On Thursday the neigh bourhood of Rugby was visited with the most tremen dous hurricane ever known in that locality. Upwards of one hundred trees, many of them exceeding two yards in circumference,were snapped in two, while others were torn up by the roots, to the extent, in one line of country alone, of nearly two miles and a-half. The da mage iii the neighbourhood is estima.ed at between £2,000 and £3,000. After lasting about three hours, the hurricane abated, apparently going in the direction of Kettering. The murder at Dagenham, in which a policeman was found killed in a most savage and cruel manner, has as sumed a new feature. Hennessey, Flynn, and Ellen Ran kin, accused by the boy Welch, have disproved the suspi cions against them. On the other hand, five of the police, including Sergeant Parsons, have been suspended, from the false evidence given at the inquest. The four men ad mit they acceded to a request of Parsons to say, they saw him at certain periods on the night of the murder, when they did not. They are all consistent in this, but Parsons says they state what is not true. It is beyond a doubt that gross perjury has been committed._ MISERABLE LODGINGS OF THE POOR.—In conse quence of the demolition of the r Rookery' in St. Giles's, the close back avenues in Drury-lane. Saffron-hill. old Westminster, and Whi echapel, are crowded to repletion by emigrants from the fallen fastnesses of Bloomsbury. It is stated by a clergyman, who is constantly amongst the poor, that, on entering houses in those neighbour hoods in the course of his sick calls. he has found a num ber amounting to seventy human beings crammed toge ther in a narrow and dilapidated tenement. The arrange ments by which miserable creatures are thus packed, are almost revolting: for lodgings have become so valuable in these dens, that the voter inmates pay for permission to sleep on the landing-plat es and stairs! _ THE GREY'S INN ADMINISTRATION.—The late Earl Grey was caricatured with his tail of 70, having provided for that number of his family. The present administra tion under Lord John Russell, has a strong tenth ncy to turn grey, which is a very bad sign in a Whig. One of his private secretaries is a Grey. Sir George Grey is Colonel Secretary. Mr. C. Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is Lord Grey's brother-in-law. There is also Lord Grey, and his private secretary, Hon. Captain Grey. In fact, there are so many Greys that we wish Mr. Hume, when parliament returns from grouse shooting, would move for a list of all the Greys who are at present em ployed in pumping the engine of state. Should they ever resign in a body, they will certainly be able in apply ing fur the Chiltern Hundreds, to take a Chiltern a-piece. A horrible story was circulated on Friday in the neigh bout hcod of Middlesex Hospital. On Sunday week a re spectably-attired young man stepped into the shop of Mr. Just, baker, of No. I, Nassau-street, with a large pie to be baked, having deposited the dish on the counter, the fellow remarked that " care should be taken with that pie in baking it, as it contained a good deal of meat." He then departed. The pie was baked, but the owner omit ting to send for it, some suspicion was excited, which con tinued to increase day after day until Thursday afternoon, when Mrs. Just suggested to her husband to keep the " di-h" no longer, there being a strong and offensive efflu vium arising from its contents. Tne crust having been raised the parties were horror-s'ruck at finding the con tents to consist of a newly-born child. Information was immediately despatched to the Marylebone Court House, and the district officer has slice communicated with Mr. Wak ley, the coroner. The refined brutality of the affair renders it difficult of belief, EVANGELICAL. ALLIANCE.—FRENCH MEETING IN LONDON.—On Friday, a meeting of French Protestants resident in London and favourable to the objects of the above alliance, was held in the Hanover-square Rooms. It was of more than ordinary interest, since it was the first public reunion in the metropolis conducted exclusively in the French language. Attracted by the novelty of the proceedinga,seyeral English 'tidies and gentlemen attended. M. le Pasteur Martin, minister of the French Protestant Church. St. Martin's-le.grand, having taken the chair, players were read, and several foreign ministers addressed the meeting in support of the principles of the alliance, which were explained in previous meetings reported inthis paper. Much stress was laid on the fact of Protestants being so dispersed over France that the pastors of the various congregations rarely met. The differences existing between Calvinists, Lutherans. and the ce her numerous sects into which the reformed religion was divided were so slight, and the duty of union dn (1 support was so incum bent that the Evangelical alliance cook not fail to call fortn the good wi,be; of Pro , estants of all countries. FLIGHT OF INSECTS.—A singular phenomenon occurred at Lewes, on Sunday week. During the entire day a heavy murky atmosphere prevailed, hardly a breath of air being perceptible, while the close dull warmth was most oppressive. About 2 o'clock a small but thick and dark aloud was discernible, hanging, as it were, tir. and the lion at the top of the old castle tower.—so dark, indeed, as almost to obscure the figure. On ascending the c. site. and going out on the leads, it was found that this thick cloud was composed of myriads of insects, which wt ate not entomologists enough to describe by name, but which ap peared like large-winged ants. These insects Sr 'tied on the iron rods which support the figure of the lion, while thousands clung to the walls and floor of the tower. Many thousands of them fell on the leads, where they gradually died. In an hour or two the great bulk of them had taken their departute, but large numbers were left behind them in a dying state. We picked up a handful of them, dead and dying, and when placed on a paper those which still retained Ife showed no disposition to mo•ion. They have expansive vvinp.s, their bodies being dark and shining. Their heads are somewhat large. and they are apparently armed with powerful forceps.—Sussex Advertise,. A lloAx.—A hoax was played off on Friday last, the day of the Queen's arrival at Plymouth. A person en tered the ton of Totness in great haste, made instant inquiries for the Mayor's residence, and proceeded thi ther with a letter, purporting to he a communicaqon front one of her Mo . Hty': - attem'ants, stating that it was the Queen's intetitio.,, 0,,,:f1 going down Channel from Tor bay, to proceed up the River Dart, and view the town of Totness and neighbourhood. Immediately upon the re ceipt of this communication, I:is worship proceeded to summon the town youncil, to adopt the necessary preli minaries for the royal reception, and to show the loyalty of the good folks of the place. The bells sent forth their merry peals all the townspeople were soon in active bustle, and all the artillery that could be mustered soon sent forth their reports ; fltgs were suspended from vari ous parts, and every one t ululated his neighbour to put forth their hest cl , sp'ay for the occasion. After being thus engaged for several hjurs, and some time being al lowed for raflection, many began to think the steamer was a very long time in coming from so stunt a distance as Torbay to the River Dart ; and upon maturer rt flec tion and inquiry, it was a,certained that her Majesty's flotilla had proceeded down Channel for Plytnoulb, and that his worship, with the other authorities of Totness, had been hoaxed. Prime Boiled English Bed, preserved in canisters of - . 4lbs. and upwards, is advertised in our paper of to-day by Messrs. Ingleby and Cooke, at 7d. per lb., a price, consi dering its excellence, surprkingly low, for meat of a similar quality could not now be purchased uncooked at a lower rate. COURT-MAIITIAL ON CAPTAIN GORDON.—At Ports mouth, on Wednesday, a court- mar , ial assembled on board the Victors, 101, to try Capt. the lion. John Gor don, R.N. ; of the America, 50-gun frigate, upon the fol lowing charge:—" For that he, the said John Gordon, did, on the 26th day of April, MI6, sail with her Majes ty's said ship America, from Valparais.) for England, in die.obedienze of the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, then his superior officer." After a long trial the court found that the charge had been fully proved, and adjudged Captain Gordon to be severely re primanded. The court consisted of two flag officers and four post captains. INGENIOUS FRAUD.—A singular fraud committed upon Messrs. Coutts arid Co., the bankers, was the subject of conversation in the city on Wednesday. It appears that a person having a check for £5, increased the amount to .£5,000, by an obvious alteration. and succeeded in getting bank notes. This operation having been accomplished. he lost no time in going to the bank of England, and changing a part at least of his newly-acquired notes for gold. As yet, we believe, there is no trace of the culprit. —Times. [Such was the impression on the first exami nation of the check. It now appears, however, that the forgery was committed, riot by an addition of cyphers to the small amount originally added to the check, but by the obliteration of the writing through a chymical process, and the substitution of a larger amount. Had there been a coloured surface on the check, it would have been next to impossible to obliterate the ink without raising suspi cion by discolouring the surface also, but the checks in this particular house are uniformly white, with the excep tion, of course, of the words in print.] ARTIFICIAL HATCHING. —The hatching of eggs by artificial means is now carried out on a large scale as a commercial speculation, at Eleathfield, between Tunbridge Wells and Lewes. The hatching machine is described as ingenious and simple. It is carried on by means of a small fire of charcoal, by which a large tank of water is heated, which is dispersed by means of a fan over a large space, covering the eggs, which are contained in a water proof cloth. The cloth containing the hot water rests on the top of the eggs, and answers all the purposes of the breast of the hen, or, as the patent states, is " top con tact heat". " During my visit," says a correspondent of the Daily News, "I saw upwards of one hundred chickens leave their shells, and a more interesting sight can scarcely be conceived than seeing the hole pecked through the shell, and afterwards the rfforts made by the chicken to liberate itself, which it does without assistance. Many of them could be distinctly heard chirping whilst within the shell. There were also half-a-dozen detached' build ings, surrounded by hundreds of lively chickens. These buildings, and the top contact heat' of the hatching machine, form the great feature of the invention, being the places of shelter for the chickens, or artificial mothers, and consist of ingeniously-contrived means, by which a series of pipes are heated, and under which the chickens seek the warmth they require. Upwards of two thousand chickens, all lively and healthy, were running about. THE BERWICE BANK ROBBERY.—RECOVERY OF TFII3 STOLEN PROPF.RTY. — The magistrates of Berwick-upon- Tweed, sided by the superintendent of police from New castle, continued their inquiry on Monday into the cir cumstances attendant upon the robbery of the North of England Joint Stock Bank, in the former town. The house q.nd premises had previously been searched by the Berwick police, with no other discovery than four parcels of silver in the yard. It was evident, however, from va rious circumstancHt, that the robbery had been effected by a party or parties well acquainted with the bank. On Monday, accordingly, the authorities procured the assist ance of a blacksmith and joiner, in order thoroughly to gut the house. This, fortunately, was not necessary, as £3OO in gold and the remaining portion of the silver were found in the kitchen, secreted under the stairs. Mean while, the other parties were examining the bed-rooms, and in that occupied by Mrs. Thompson, the wife of the manager of the hank, the whole of the notes were re covered. There were £lOOO Bank of England notes, £B3O in notes of Scotch banks of various denominations above £1; and 613 in ditto of £1 each; and all these were discovered sewed in the bolsters and bedding of Mrs. Thompson's bed. Every farthing, therefore, amounting to very nearly £3OOO, has thus been recovered in a sur prisingly short period. Mrs. Thompson, on being ap prised of the discovery, was taken ill; she was, however, taken into cusu,dy, though allowed to remain'in the house, under the care of one of the matrons of the Berwick gaol. It is not considered probable that the proceedings will be carried further, though on this point the intentions of the bank directors remain a secret. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—A public meeting of the friends of the Evangelical Alliance was held on Tuesday morning, in the large room, Exeter Hall, every portion of which was completely filled. The Chevalier Bunsen, the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Professor Tholoch, (of the College of Halls.) Rev. Dr. Beecher, (of Cincinati, Uni ted States,) and numerous ministers of all denominations of Protestantism, and from various parts of Europe and the United States of America, were present. Sir Culling Eardley Smith took the chair, and opened the proceedings with a brief speech. The Rev. Mr. Bickersteth, Rev. Dr. Beecher, and Professor Thuloch supported the prin ciple, which set forth that sight differences on minor points ought not to prevent nations from joining in the great union. Addresses to a similar purport were deli vered by the Rev. Dr. Robson, the Hon. and Rev. Bap tist Noel, and others, when the assemblage separated A second public meeting was held on Wednesday evening, at Exeter Hall. when the large room was again crowded. Mr. Justice Crampton was in the chair, and around him were Sir C. E. Smith, Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the I Rev. J. Jordan, (vicar of Enston, Oxfordshire,) the Rev. Professor La Harpe, and the Rev. Adolphe Monod, (from France,) and the Rev. Dr. Peck and the Rev. Dr. Schu ker, (from the United States ;) there were, bes;des these, a very large number of the clergy of all the sects of Pro testantism. It was stated, in the sper ches of the chair man and others, that the alliance was not to be considered an alliance of different branches of the church, but of in dividual Christians, each acting upon his own responsibi lity, and that no compromise of the views of any member, or sanction of those of others on points of difference, was expected, all being free to advocate and maintain their religious convictions with due forbearance. A DAY TICKET.—A romantic young lady, residing not 100 miles from Bourn, contrived, a few days ago, with the assistance of a little absence of mind, to make more of one of these railway indulgences, and to enjoy a greater amount of locomotion on one day's fare, than commonly falls to any one's lot. With no luggage (hear this, ladies!) and little more cash than was just needful for " the day ticket," our heroine left Peterborough, and in due time arrived in London, where ices, and something quite new from Madame T—'s, in Regent-street, con tributed to exhaust the small resources of her purse; hut " the day ticket" is all right—•' I shall get comfortably to Peterborough to a late tea." The train leaves Euston square, and our heroine, charmed with the day, composes herself with a novel and a first-class carriage for Peter borough. On they go, and night arrives ; the train, too, arrives at a station. "Is this Peterborough ?" " This is Rugby, ma'am." Alas, 'teas too true! the virtuous hero of the novel was about to commit suicide when the train divided at Wolverton, and our heroine was at Rugby ! Here, from the state of her exchequer, she was obliged to repose on the sofa in the " ladies' waiting room" till the morning. With promises from the guard that she should really be conveyed to Peterborough forth with, and that " the day ticket" should, owing to the mistake, still be the passport, our heroine starts once more ; and now, in place of the nova!l hero, she meets with a must agreeable gentleman fellow-traveller—a real hero—who soon becomes more interesting than even the martyr at Wolverton the preceding day. Conversation progresses—so does the train ; till during a pause caused perhaps by the introduction of some vulgar porter's head into the carriage, the lady "fears they must be near Peterborough by this time." " Peterborough, my dear madam ! I am afraid you have made a mistake," said her companio i ; and in the fulness of his topographical information he tells her that she is at Watford, only some 18 or 20 miles from London, again ! Such was verily the ca , e, and serious misgivings aro-e as t r the remaining and oft-tried virtues of " the day ticket ;" but it still held good. and, with one more effort, Peterborough is at last reached in safety, and our heroine lives to tell the tale.—Stamford Mercury. NhiNDiLsoinv's" ELIJAH. " ..—The Times git is the fol lowing account of the reception of this extraordmary com position at the Birmingham Festival on Wednesday last : " The crowds of strangers and visitors, which were great the day before, were still more numerous, the whole length of New-street being lined on each side witn a dense mass of human beings, eager to behold the visitors as they made their way to the building. The tops of the houses, and every window, from garret to ground floor, were covered and crowded with spectators. In the hall every corner was alive; not a vacant spot was to be seen, such being the intense anxiety to hear the new oratorio of " Elijah," for the first time, under the direction of its author. The orchestra was quite filled with the execu tants, and the immense organ, with its thirty-two feet pipes, looking like gigantic rolls of oil-cloth, rose from be hind till its head touched the roof, like some test animal of mysterious firm. When Mendelssohn, the master that was to direct this multitude, stepeed into the con ductor's rostrum, and gave one rapid glance at the brilliant company who had come to listen to his favourite w or k —f l. e " the child of his adoption, the composition he prefers to all he has written—the forms of etiquette were unanimously laid aside, and one loud arid universal cheer acknowledged the presence of the greatest composer of the age. But o endelsohn, who seems to hold app arise in small account, after a brief salutation, waved his Idion to begin. Herr Staudigil, accompanied by the low, rovste ii;rsswte eoermf should pejeldicieea no r pif e ne f ,, rc upt s gel h ead: the earth writing, happilyl r ea r rious tones of the oboes arid bassoons, deliver, d in a voice of thunder,.the awful prediction of the prophet Eljah. s." de was as though one instrument, in tsspp The eca Sympathy, in stead da.gytno;ehrottytit:urteloareaniendnel,beda:snrpmi'ita tongue to t he . music of hundred and tWenty: w. fi i : ls e t , o7 w iae e g r n e irnifia g ege i n v ne i tt r ii rg yc part was given with the same precision arid effect The last note of " Elijah" was drowne I in a long-cetiti he inspired composer. The eecona nued and unanimous volley of plaudits, if vec. erous tied deafeblitgo It was as though enthusiasm, long checked, had suddenly burst iis bends, and filled the air with shouts of exultation. Maidelssohn, evidently overpower( d, bowed his acknowledgments. and quickly descended from his position to the conductor's rostrum ; but he was com pelled to apr ear again, amidst renewed cheers and huzzas. Never was there a more complete triumph —never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of ar t. " Elijah" is not only the chetd ccuvre of Metidelssolirp, but altogether one of the most extraordinary achievements of human intelligence. The greatest c edit is due to the band and chorus. Unapproachable as is Mendelssohn as a conductor. unrivalled as is his experience of the orches tra and its resources, his work could never have won such instantaneous appreciation but for the zealous and artist like unanimity of his forces. Mendelssohn, after thanking them, expressed his particular obligations to Mr. Simp son, the Birmingham professor, who had, for two months previously, so well and effectively trained the local choir. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Lord John Russell has declined to make public the number of stamps issued to each newspaper. The other woman stabbed by the infuriated man at Leeds has since died. There is not a single French merchant ship which mea sures 700 tons. Mr. and Mrs. Cobden left Paris on Thursday, for the Pyrenees. THE IMPORT DUTY ON CORN is now at the maximum figure —viz., 10s. per quarter. Twenty-one operas and thirteen ballets were produced at the Italian Opera, London, during the last sea s on. A bathing machine has been ordered for her Majesty's use at Medehole, under Osborne. A tramway is also or dered to be made for it. The proprietors of the Daily News have resolved to publish every evening an edition of their paper, to be called TheExpreis. The publication will commence to-day. The lead ore miners of Alston Moor, Allendale, and Weardale, have engaged the services of an oculiat, at the rate of sixpence per man per annum. The number of soldiers in receipt of pensions is above 50,000. The in-door pensioners of Chelsea Hospital are about 500. The Bank of England has reduced the rare of interest on bills not having more than three months to run, to three per cent., from three-and-a-half per cent. A policeman was dismissed from the Birmingham force last week. because he refused to go down a lane which was on his beat, where be said he had seen his uncle's ghost. LONGEVITY.—Mrs. Febys, of North Driffield, near Howden, had twenty-two children, nineteen of whom attained their majority, and the united ages of eight of the survivors is GOO years. Mr. Matthew Pearson, the oldest inhabitant of the town of Knaresborough, is now in the 111th year of his age, and, wonderful to relate, notwithstanding his great age, he continues in full possession of his faculties. THE MOORS.—Mr. Campbell, of Monzie, on the 21st current, bagged on the hill of Monzie, 191 brace of grouse, one black cock, one snipe, one duck, one rabbit, and 24 hares ; in all 410 head of game. THE MAILS FOR BRAZIL, BUENOS AYRES, AND MONTE VIDEO, will henceforth be made up in London on the evening of the 4th of every month, except when the 4th happens on Sunday, when they will be made up on the follow ng evening. The Hurdle Match for 1000 guineas, at Hereford races, between Capt. Neville's The Miser's Son (011iver), and Capt. Williams's Limerick (Scott), was won by the latter. Betting; 2 to 1 on The Miser's Son, who was defeated by a head. CURIOUS RAT TRAP.—A day or two since a large rat, not being much accustomed to railways, attempted to cross the Nottingham and Lincoln line, near Burton Joyce, as a train was passing. The poor animal was severed com pletely in two. —Nottingham Journal. AMERICAN IcE.—The Tibtrius, from Boston, has ar t.:— aved in the Thames, with a cargo of 900 tons of Wen aam Lake ice, to follow the bazaar just cleared. Its market price, in consequence of the frequent importa tions, is now reduced to £8 per ton. At Southampton, on Saturday, a shopkeeper was fined Eighty Pounds for having 20Ulbs of gunpowder on his premises more than the law permits. The informer is the 1 indlord of the premises, who will receive half the penalty. _ • A public meeting was held at Doncaster, on Monday, called by the mayor. for the purpose of memorialising the Directors of the Great Northern London and York Railway, to establish the plant, for the manufacture of engines, in the town of Doncaster. The Admiralty have just issued an order for the distri bution of the medals to the officers and men of her Ma jesty's ships who served in the late op rations on the coal' of China. It will be remembered that some months since the Master of the Mint received orders from her Majesty to prepare a die. The negociations fur the future issue of Mr. Dickens's works, by his old publishers, Messrs. Chapman and Hall, are at an end, and he brings out his new story in monthly parts, on his own account, on the first of Octtrb , r. It is to be called " Dealings of the Firm of Dowbey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation." _ _ CUSUMBERS FROM RUSSIA.—AInOng the novelties in the list of importations now taking place, may be men tioned the arrival of some parcels of cucumbers from Rus sia, which has just taken place in a vess,l named the Vic tory, arrived from St. Petersburg off the St. Ka herine's Wharf. The late Countess of Scarborough has left all her property. real and personal,—the tatter anv , unting to £100,0411,—t0 R. G. Lumley, Esq., of Tickhill Castle, Yorkshire, with the exception or certain legacies. 01 the latter, eight of £lOOO eacb, and four of £5OO, are void for want of attesting witnesses. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-OH Tuesday, as Mr. Michalowski, a Polish gentleman of high rank, and who once held the position of major in the Polish army, but has recently resided in Carlisle as a teacher of languages, wes on his way to Penrith, he fell n•om his gig, and sus tained such severe injuries that he expired about five o'clock on the following morning. Sir Justinian Vere Isbam, Bart., a resident of Chelten ham, blew his brains out on Tuesday last. The unfor tunate deceased was about thirty years of aye, and had but lately succeeded his father in the title and estates. He was rattier eccentric in his habits and turn of mind, and it is presumed that melancholy induced him to the com mittal of the rash act. The steamer Londonderry. plying between London derry and Glasgow. was wrecked off the Mull of Kintyre, on Thursday.. The passengers, between 500 and 600 Irish reapers, and crew, were saved by being taken on board the steamer Scotia, after having been for ne ar ly thirteen hours on board the wreck. The Londonderry was got off the next tide, and taken to Gr enock. On Friday, John Hilliard, the:old country man, charged with vending berries of the alropa bella donna, or deadly nightshade, and causing the deaths of Thomas Parker, late proprietor,. of the Veteran beershnp, in the White chapel-road, and Samuel Jones, a child aged three years, was committed at Thames police-office for trial. The prisoner said he never picked the berries at all, and was not aware they were poisonous when h- sold them. SALMON FISHING.—The tike continues to be mode rately good, but not so great as usual at this season, which is the harvest of the year by river as well as land. Prices have not been so low as on the average of seasons. Salmon, 7d. ; grilse, 6d. • and trout, 5d., and a penny per pound more if cut. We have seen them 4d. and 3d. The suc cess of the sportsman, however, has been bet`,er this year than perhaps ever recollected. On Tuesday, M . Stewart, son of one of the town-sergeants, took a splendid salmon, 32 lbs. weight, out of the Tay, after a run of upwards of an hour.—Perlhpaper. Sept. 1, lg4s. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock LIVER POOL CORN EXCHANGE, THIS DAY. The arrivals of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, coastwise and from Ireland, are still comparatively light; and of any kind of Grain from abroad we have littl to notice since this day week; of States Flour, however, the sup ply is good, exclusive of several large parcels just at hand, but not yet reported We hive had a slow market for Wheat to-day, at scarcely so good prices ; but the demand for Flour continues to a fair extent, at 6d. advance on this day Oats and Meal are exceedingly scarce, and command, the former 4s. to 4s. 3d. per 45 lb. ; the latter, 38s. to 40s. per 240 los. Indian Corn meets a free sale for consumption, at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per qr. upon last Tuesday's currency. ARRIVALS OF CORN From the 25th to the 31st A CANADA U. STATE COAST- W LSE. Wheat Barley Malt.. Oats Rye Beans Ors. 732 167 Qrs. 1g Qrs. 49 1506 Qrs. 1353 100 Qrs. Qrs. 55 2956 I 3855 ig 1 45 1453 90 I 245 Pease Qrs. ShelledßarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. Oatmeal .. Sacks 533 Flour. .... Sacks 821 Ditto 2900 I 2900 31 1 20627 EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat,-- qrs. ; Barley,— qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Oats, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs.; Oatmeal, sacks ; Flour, 753 Ms.—lreland. Wheat, 1762 qrs. ; Bar ley, qrs. ; Beans, —qrs ; Oats, qrs • Indian Corn, 1451 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 1 i 0 sks; Flour, 225 sks 7377 brls -Coastwise. Wheat, 919 qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Malt, 60 qrs.; Oats, 5 qrs.; Beans, 300 qrs. ; Pease, 81 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 111 sacks; Indian Corn, 593 qrs. ; Flour, 353'sacks 6786 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Aug. 22, 1846, Wheat 455. lid. 1 Barley 275. SG. I Oats 235. 3G. I Rye 309.10 d Beans.. iga: gd. Pease.. 365. 9d Aggregate average of the six weeks Wheat 475. ia: Barley 275. 3d. I Oat;..23s.le.ißye 308.116 , Beans.. 395. 3d. I Pease.. 365. 2d. Duty on Foreign Produeethis week . WheatlOsOd I Barley 4s ad Oats .. • . is 6d Rye.. 4s Od I Beans 43 Od I Pease .. 4s Od Ind. Corn Os Od I Flour ' 6s Od Duty on British Colonial. Wheat.. Is. Od. I Barley.. Is. Od. Oat, Is. Od. I Rye... Beans.. Is. od. I Pease.. is. Od. I Flour. 41. cwt Liverpool Averages, week ending Aug. 25, 1846. Wheat, go] qrs., price 43s 5d ; Barley, qrs., price Os Id. Oats, 130 ars., price 245. 2d. ; Rye, qrs., price Os, Od.; Beans, go qrs.. 465. Od. ; Pease, 40 qrs., price 3gs. Od. Duties paid in Liverpool, week ending Aug. 27 . . Foreign.—Wheat, 401 qrs.; Barley, qrs. ; Malt, -- qrs. ; Oats. 12 qrs. • Rye, qrs. ; Beans, 244 qrs ; Pease, 846 qrs.; Indian C0rn;6947 qrs.; Oatmeal, loads; Flour, 508 barrels. Colonial.—Wheat, 440 qrs. ; Pease, - - qrs. ; Flour, 3221 brls qrs. ; Indian Corn, FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion."), The materials for the present season are taffetas glare cuit, and pekin. Plaids in every variety. Bareges taf fetas de fil, checked foulard, taffetas Chine - in narrow stripes or satin waves ; gros de Naples of mauve shot with violet or dark-green shot with a lighter shade. Very dark plain bareges are worn by young ladies, and instead of flounces very deep tucks edged with fringe, and pelt= rine very deep behind and on the shoulders, crossing 10 front in the ceinture, and trimmed with folds edged with fringe. Morning dresses of lilac, green, or sky-blue, are made with flounces, headed by velvet of the same colour. Robes of brochies silk in wide stripes are with flounced en blahs, the skirt closing in front so as to leave a space of three fingers between the stripes, on which is placed gimp trimming; the sleeves arc long and tight, also 01 biais. Many dresses of pink, lilac, and even white are trimmed with flounces of black lace ; this toilette is completed bI a large black lace shawl. Bonnets of crape lissi have been much in favour , of moderate size, rather close at the sides, and spread at the top ; short at the ears, and with very full beeel e e _L and made not to require tying, the brides being d of tall " wide crape or tulle, hanging as a veil. Crape an a s__ on ' bonnets of pink and white are ornamented by T trac t' r it, and dark green velvet, forming a striking ‘? material and colour. Morning capotes of P"C;e have a are trimmed with ribbon, with o ut aceutiB. Straw very deep lace forming voil e lle roun d t h e edge. bonnets for morning w ear are tr i mme d w i t h ve lvet, to which may be added a few sprigs of m i gnonet t e , ivy, acorns, or cbesnut flower. Capotes of pale g reen crape are ornamented with rnarabcuts of the same colour. The tulle Payan is much used for dresses, its e x t r eme lightness giving so much effect to the double ski r t ; it is made in all colours, and in black is particularly suited for mourning. This tulle is also much approved for cannezous, with narrow ribbon of pink, blue, or lilac , introduced to show its transparency. Many little fancy articles are worn of filets de soie ; handkerchiefs in pink , blue, or cerise, some shaded, others striped, are used for the throat or head ; little scarfs of the same description are also fashionable. de sole but POLICE ESPIONAGE (From the Times.) The Central Criminal Court was occupied on Monday with the trial of a person charged with setting fire to b l 9 house with intent to defraud the Sun Fire Insurance Corn pany. It proved, on inquiry, that the matter had been - entirely got up by the polic e , an d t h a t th e Insurance; Office alleged to have be en th e obj et of a cont em plated fraud had distinctly declined to prosecute. On attempting to trace the prosecution to its source it was found to W e originated with the police; the evidence tendeted in suP; port of the accusation was chiefly that of the police :.an d the depositions were handed to co unse l b y t h e o ffi ce r °' the court without even the intervention of a solicitor . This zeal for bringing an offender to justice may be die . tated by the most disinterested motives ; but we 00 010 that it would have worn a better aspect if the office for whose protection so much exertion was made had at leas t shown some sympathy in the proceedings If any grotto. of reasonable suspicion could have been shown, it is 0 0 ' likely that any insurance company would allow its inter' ests to be neglected, or permit its battles to be fought bl, the police at the Old Bailey. If we admit the zeal evince d on this occasion, we must at the same time condemn th e utter want of discretion manifested in bringing forward . accusation that does not seem to have had even the sl ight eat foundation. The charge of incendiarism was unsur, ported by a single spark of evidence; for the princ i pa l witness, who made an examination immediately after tbg fire, declared that "he saw nothing at all suspicious' The wilful and malicious setting fire appears to have been a sort of hallucination in the minds of the police, who ma possibly have been labouring under a temporary light , ' headedness. If they were not acting und er some stroll% i delus.on, t becomes a much mo r e ser i ous quest i on, what could have induced them to get up a charge which the re; stilt has shown there was literally nothing to justify • N% hen we find the police exceeding its legitimate duty 60 far as to prosecute offenders instead of being satisfied . t° place them in the hands of justice, we naturally inqui r e whether this trouble is take n p ure l y f or t h e public goo"; or from base motives of interest? A ssum i ng t h e facile: to be the case, we should be disposel to discourage the practice, as one liable to abuse, open to the grav es: sag' picion, and capable of being perverted to th e wor st e 0„ pores. It would be possible, if such a system were .1,0 become general, that the members of the police might, l e " t their anxiety to enhance the value of their services, " g up" prosecutions on slight grounds, entailing great 0 , 0 needless exper,se, as well as subjecting nt peoP l 4 yes y often to unjust imputations, pecuniary lo s s, and odi c , untnerited hardships. It has been said that the pr 0 0 , 2 1; lion of a police-officer depends in some degree on tP. Dumber of convictions he has obtained, and if this i s really the case, a police prosecution in,y be regarded Wit k vet y grave suspicion. Society could not be safe under th°, dangerous practice of offering a premium to th e po li ce (°: carrying criminal charges to a sucei ssful Issue. The (09 1 ; hties which they have for combination—the opportunitl e i that are in their power for organising a system of m uta t % support in the fabrications upon w h ic h t h ey m i g h t agr o t —the ease with which they could obtain a - knowledge sufficient fact upon which to raise a superstructure va plausible falsehood—are a ll ca p a bl e o f b e i ng con ver ts , into the most dangerous instruments of unjust accusan? o i We will not impute to the police the bas eness o f reser,! o i, to any of the means in their power for getting up insa kb e ous charees, but if anything would expo s e th e m to ' O , suspicion of acting so vile a part, it would be the kit o t ledge that a certain number of conviction s i s req uired them as a qualification for promotion. It such a rul e el acted upon by the commissioners, it should be abando o 4 without delay. for its exist ence h as a ten d ency t o coal% the police, offer a temptation to the worst character fi e , become members of th e f orce , an d to un d e e m i ne t he g r curity of the whole communi t y . Th e regulat i on i n go e s tin is, indeed, perfectly adapted to revive in, perhaP e e 'f. mitigated form the old and odious system of bioed.ol io % There are miscreants enough to m a ke a b us i ni ss o f get hice up false charges without offering promotion in the P e nt ef as an inducement to any villain who would like to em upon the horrible trade under the wing of authority. HE GOVERN MENT AND THE COLONTES.—The svg tern upon which the present government is acting ' 3 , te sa colonial appointments is eminently swim actorv. I°' 0 0 of being given, as has hitherto been almo.t uniformic iti practice, to the partisans of the minister, they 1, ,,1;;g0$ every recent instance been made the rewards , of en'" e btt' public service, and in this respect partake rather the tAr d racier of promotions than appointments. Thus , f Jtr, Elgin, after acting with much_ ability as governor ' l 4 o f maica, has been appointed to the more important P ° 'oo' Governor General of Canada; Sir C. E. Grey, l ' te ice; vernor of Barhadoes, will succeed Lord Elgin in Je°' - r olin while Lieutenant-Governor Colonel Reid, trom Bel l e d at will replace Sir C. E. Grey ; an d h e himself susse s ° int' Bermuda by captain Elliott. The only fresh nil the ment is, therefore, to the least important post , a n k ., an principle is e ' tablisbed that a colonial governor, a ny able and diligent discharge of his duty may rise thrf n ig. regular gradations to the highest honours and O W ' menu of tke departmsot.—miss.