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THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
AuG. 31.
Our supply of wheat to-day consisted principally of
new which sold at very irregular prices, from the qua-
lity and condition being so various. The sale was by no
means brisk, and prices 2s to 3s per qr. lower. Very
little old at market, which sold at a trifle under last
week's rates. Of barley, only a few samples appeared.
In other articles nothing passieg.
PER QUARTER. FIR QUARTER.
Wheat, red (old).. 44s to 40s Beans
Ditto (new)
Ditto, white (old). 50s to 54s Oats oos to 00s
Ditto(new)
Barley .........
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 28, 1852.
Wheat
Beaus 0 ~ —s Od
lIULL, AUG. 31.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states—We
have had a week of exceedingly favourable weather
for harvest operations, and much progress is made
throughout this district. The trade has been more
quiet this than the preceding week, but still several sales
of old foreign wheat have been made to distant places,
where the new crop seems to have suffered more than
with us. To-day we had a good attendance of farmers,
find a fair show of new wheat; condition much better
than last week, and quality generally good. The general
run of prices was from 38s to 41s per qr weighed 631 b
per bushel. Very little old English offering. A very re-
tail sale for old foreign, the current demand being on
fresh red qualities. Barley goes off for consumption at
our currency. Beans are 63 to Is dearer, especially
Egyptian, which are now much reduced in stock. Peas
exceedingly scarce, and in great request. No alteration
in the linseed market. Cakes very firm. Nothing
doing in rapeseed. Rape cakes fetch full prices.
The following are the present prices of grain:—
s. S.
Wheat, English, red 38 to 411
Do. white 42 44
Dantzic and Ko-
nigsberg 42 46
Pomeranian and
Ilamburgh . 37 42
Danish, Holstein, &
Friesland 36 38
Russian and Odessa 34 38
Oats, English
Do. Danish 16
Do. Friesland lB 20,
Do. Russ. & Odessa 16 18
Barley,malting OJ 00
Do. grinding 23 '24
Beans 3O 32
Do., foreign 2B 39

ported that all wfriars. rig_ W ht—enx:tin as in
proceeded to
delicacy of his position,atit
gbyeemnanf,oBllhDodu.se
mbaunt
awthloeuwgateh
a further sea
makeand
secured the as si ssi went
en' nicoateuntosdof t Itt
hihmneegye cdhlirecaeracil
feeling the
the ng with him. The circum•
stances were stated to ebb not being satisfied, and
satabuindwlehwi their efforts had no
which
hs discovered between
surgeon, who determine
search in
on instituting
the nurses. For some timerc in presence only of
the child's arm and body,
gr
eesnutll te,
immediately laid hold of. The girl,
of the nurses
instantly called out, " You m gstir , as it is alleged,
not touch that."
" But I must have it," said thel "
But,"
said the deaf chill, " you shan't hawveomita;;* " I will
have it," exclaimed the nurse, and away went the
bundle, the child with great resignation
" Well, if you will, you must." The saying,g surgeon
undid the parcel, and found it to consist of about
a score of napkins, bits of linen, &c.,
which,
it
t
is said, heel been recently used. These were
spread out upon the counterpane, and the parents
and two watchers were summoned in to gaze
upon the not very fragrant discovery. Of course
the utmost consternation was depicted on the
faces of the parents. The mother .z • Aeritediately_
accused the_ child ofdaceizing
stoppwrrylte remark that this part of the imposition
could not have been carried through without her
agency. The father seemed in an agony of distress,
and solemnly protested that he was entirely ignorant
that the napkins were there, and that so far as he
knew neither morsel nor drop had passed the child's
lips for sixteen weeks. Messrs. Webb and Whitby,
the medical gentlemen, and the nurses, immediately
left the cottage, and all, with the exception of the
surgeon, walked on to Woodbridge, feeling indignant
at the imposition that had been practised. It is im-
portant, however, to notice that during Saturday,
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs-
dave she had had no food or drink, neither was any
food found in the bedding. Mr. Matcham, a medical
practitioner, makes the following statement :
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE IPSWICH EXPRESS.
" SiT,—ln consequence of the statements which have
been made relative to the above case, I took the earliest
passible opportunity of visiting the parents for the pur-
pose of bearing their version of the affair. I now append
briefly their statetnent:-15t. Elizabeth Squirrell did not
take any food during the time the gentlemen appointed to
watch were present; nor had she taken any for fourteen
weeks, 2. No food was found in or about the bed when
searched by the nurses. The evidence so far is conclu-
sive. The only suspicious circumstance is the searching
of the bed and finding twenty-one pieces of handker-
chiefs, cloths, and fragments of long deserted and forgot-
ten dresses, containing dried fens, hard, mouldy, and
swimming on the surface of the water when put into it.
After hearing the statement of the parents, I proceeded
to the clergyman of the parish (the Rev. Mr. Frances),
and had an interview with Mr. Frances, the surgeon,
who made the examination at the request of Mr. Webb.
His answers to my interrogations were most satisfactory.
On examining the pulse he found it beating 85 to the
minute; it, subsequently increased to 95, and ulti-
mately to 120. He is of opinion that Elizabeth Squir-
rell is suffering from a disease of the heart, which
of course would readily account for the variation
of the pulse. Mr. Frances found no fasces that had re-
cently passed, nor was there any appearance of urine,
which I humbly submit to the learned and reverend
divines would have been the case had she taken food or
drink during the time they were there or previous. I
o ence to criinate
respectfully submit that there is n evid
h
either father, mother, or daug ter. I confess it is diffi-
cult to account for the discovery of so many fragments
of garments, &c.; but the fact itself, when properly con-
sidered, exonerates the parents, for no one could believe
them so devoid of cleanliness as to leave such things in
the house to the detriment of their own and chiefs
health, if they knew of it. In review of these facts, I
must conclude that there is no evidence at p
resent to
justify us in branding the Squirrells with impotur I
would invite the public to visit
for themselves, hear the
counter statements, and then decide. The inquiry has
terminated so far is a very ungentlemanly and unscien-
tific manner, and nothing but a second watch of gentle-
men who have no interest but the public in view will be
conclusive. Trusting to your usual willingness to give
the truth so far as you can arrive at it for the insertion
of this letter—l am, Sir, yours, &0..
"ALFRED R. MATCHAM, M.D.
"Norwich. road, Ipswiab, Mondave_elligueLelei" _
leeeten tee-conclude our narrative :
Oa the morning following the discovery the father
came to Ipswich with a bundle of napkins, which we
believe he took to Mr. Webster to prove that they
had not been recently used, but we cannot tell whether
these were the identical ones that were found,
whether the wife deceived the husband, or whether all
have been engaged in carrying through one of the
most blasphemous pieces of deception on record.
After the discovery the girl folded her hands, and
looking to heaven (for it is fully believed that she has
the use of her sight) said, "I commit myself to the
care of my guardian angel, and know that Gad will
take care of me." When her father left for Ipswich
she exclaimed, " Never fear, father, I shall weather
the storm—'twill all end well." We understand that
her parents and herself still
stoutly
assert that she
has taken no kind of
nourishment for sixteen
weeks, and that each of the three is most anxious for
a further trial which shall extend over fourteen days.
Unless there be full and unimpeachable testimony.
that the state of the napkins was such as to indicate
without doubt that they had been recently used, the
case in the eyes of the public will not be deemed sa-
tisfactorily settled. Our duty is to state the two
sides of the case, and to leave our readers to form their
own conclusions. It most not be forgotten that the
whole value of the discovery rests on the testimony of
the two nurses and the
medical gentleman, and in the
preceding letter Mr. Matcham
coolly asserts that the
surgeon told him the fleeces had not recently passed,
nor were there any appearances of urine. If this be
so, what becomes of the discovery? What becomes
also of the fact that, closely as the girl was watched,
nothing was seen to pass her lips, and the fact also
that her pulse alternated from 85 to 120 a minute ?
Were the nurses, also, quite accurate in their ac-
count of what occurred when they seized the napkins ?
Probably it will be deemed necessary to make a
farther examination, should not the report of the com-
mittee be perfectly conclusive.
We need hardly add that it is believed the girl can
see, and that her alleged ability to read writing with
her fingers is disputed. It is also believed that she
can hear, and if the conversation regarding the clothes
be accurately narrated, there is positive proof that she
has the use of this faculty. Regarding the ringing
of the glass, we ought to add that she has in her room
a glass harmonicon, which frequently laid on her bed,
and on which she was very fond of playing, though
we cannot conceive what delight she could take in
music that she could not hear. The belief is that
this is the means by which the ringing is occasioned ;
that in lieu of the invisible angel's wings, she touched
it under the bed clothes while her visitors were ab-
sorbed in their devotions.
But we must leave the whole case to the judg-
ments of our readers. Much more might be written.
We might enlarge upon the fact that the girl is un-
doubtedly an extraordinary character—that at the be-
ginning of her illness she certainly took but little to
sustain life—that reports of her abstinence from food
spread widely—that the cottage was besieged—that
its humble occupant was lionised—that the parents
had their vanity flattered and their pockets replenished
—and that the thing has gone on to the present mo-
ment, interspersed with many extraordinary circum-
stances. For the present, however, we drop further
allusion to the matter.

• ' EXTRAORDINARY NARRATIVE.
(From the Ipswich Express)
Many of the allegations connected with the follow-
ing extraordinary narration have for some time been
known to us, but up to the present period we have for
many reasons preferred remaining silent regarding
them. It is our painful duty to allude to a very re-
markable case, many of the features of which are so
abhorrent, from their apparently profane connexion
with' religions subjects, that we could wish we had
been spared the duty of detailing them.
Shottisham is a quiet village in Suffolk, distant
froth Ipswich thirteen miles, from Woodbridge five
miles. Aseph Squirrell (a small tea dealer) and his
wife have long resided there, and were believed to be
honest,
,industrious, and worthy people. Amongst
their family was an interesting girl named Elizabeth,
who, ifelict, is the heroine of our tale. Whilst a
mere child this girl gave evidenve that she possessed
a very superior mind. At ten she was placed under
the care of Mr. Osborne, 'the village schoolmaster,
who soon perceived that his pupil was a girl of great
natural ability. She was attentive to her studies,
and whilst others were at play she would be closely
engaged in poring over the books that composed
Mr. Osborne's library. 'Having a religious turn
kall
of mind, she read upo theological points. She
also made herself aclitainted with the Enn '
poets, with history, with parts of botany, and
with phonography. In June, 1850, at the age of
twelve, sbe left the school from illness, occasioned, it
is said, by too close attention to her studies. Her ill-
nessshe had the best medical advice, and
was subsequently
sent to the East Suffolk Hospital, in Ipswich, where
she
remained assumed
the
ab sohuatp es
six
xf a spinalweeks. affection, for which
She then returned
home, became worse, and lock jag, set in, depriving
her, as it was alleged, of the power of swallowing.
She lived on suction, milk being poured down her
throat, but the quantities were so small that her
death was daily expected. She, however, to the
astonishment of her friends and the villagers, con-
tinued to live on, although it was said she did not
take a morsel of solid food. At Midsummer, 1851,
she recovered from her lock-jaw, but it was alleged
that she had previously been seized with blindness and
deafness—faculties which she did not regain. The
way in Which she had lived begun to be talked of,
and some excitement was occasioned amongst the
gossips of the neighbouring villages. But at about
this time the writings and speeches of the child oc-
casioned considerable interest, which was heightened
by the assertion that she still ate no food. Persons
living in the locality came to visit her, and found the
patient in a humble apartment, supported on her bed
by pillows, with a countenance which most of them
called " angelic," but which certainly was re-
markable for its singularly devotional cast,
and for the great intelligence which beamed
from it. Although it was alleged she could not
see, her eyes remained open, and but little defect
could be observed in them. To her visitors who
sympathised with her she would say, when lamenting
her deafness and blindness, that " what she had
learned during health were the tools she had to make
use of during her illness." Every hour that passed
away added to the excitement, and spread her fame
wider and wider from her native village. At all
hours ,of the day parties wended their way to her
cottage, and no sooner had they gazed on the child
than they were interested in her—an interest that had
a strange dash of mystery in it when they were as-
sured that for nearly two years not a particle of solid
food had passed her lips. But the moment she begun
to speak she fairly enchained the sympathies of her
hearers. For the most part her remarks applied
to religious subjects, on which she would descant
with a beauty of language, power of thought, and de-
votion of mind to which (Id divines could make little
pretension, and she became to be regarded as a being
who had some direct mission to accomplish on behalf
of Deity. Her intellectual and devotional powers
were developed to their utmost whenever sceptics or
infidels were within range of her voice. On secular
subjects, also, her remarks were clearly and power-
fully given, and also manifested an inti-
mate acquaintance with the topics on which
she dwelt. - Iler parents were equally as-
tonished with others, and ever solemnly- pro- ,
-tested -that - lief aelevrtirsas' sszarass„-- .........a.....,,,,s
from food were religiously correct. Her statement
regarding herself and her alleged peculiar condition
was, that she had seen a vision of angels, one of which
number had consented to become her constant atten-
dant and guardian. Lest she should not be believed,
she frequently prayed earnestly that God would grant
to her and her visitors some immediate manifestation,
which should convince all that she was really the
object of God's especial favour. After a time her
prayer was answered in this wise—whilst her visitors
were deeply engaged in devotional exercises, a ringing
noise was heard as if proceeding from a small tumbler
glass that stood some distance from her. The sound
excited the attention of those who were present, who
listened in wonder to her statement that whenever it
sounded it was swept by the invisible Wings of the
angel that attended her, and was a direct manifesta-
tion from heaven of the presence of God. Often and
often did this mysterious ringing occur—and always
when they were most devout ; but the visitors were
unable to account for it. She often, although deaf,
expressed much anxiety that it should ring, and after
its peculiar sounds had been heard she seemed bathed
which h. er
in a sort of ethereal inspiration during
thoughts flowed from her lips, burdened with devotion.
and religious zeal. During a considerable par.t_ of
her peculiar state she gave evidence of great sensilbL
lity of touch, being, as it was asserted, enableu Lu
read any person's letters by running her finger overs
the lines, and deciphering by the same alleged means
the phonographic characters that were printed on
letter wafers.
Amongst those who visited her were not a few .who
endeavoured to detect whether or not any imposition
pas practised. Some of these attended day after.day,
but all were fairly beaten, and came away convinced
that it was physically, intellectually, and religioumontsbys
a genuine case. Rather more than three
since, she and her parents stated that the milk ceased
to afford her any nourishment, and that,
ill
fact,e at
from that time she left off taking any i isi
sustenance .
all, neither food nor drink passing be lips •
tors closely watched her, and were convinced that
she was really living on from week to Week without
partaking of of any kind of nourishment.
The excite
partaking of any kind of nourishment.
rts x
of the
parts ment out of doors, and throughout many r- d
to listen cler-
country, was now at fever heat. Medical
insen,
,
gymen, dissenting ministers, carriage
aristocracy,
de-
gig, cart, and foot folk, alike shared in the in
sire to gaze on this extraordinary child, an
h to the words which fell from her wit as much
edentials
weight as if she really had indisputablebcring
asked
that she was an oracle from heaven. One she re-
when and how this mystic scene would end,
for 1
g.ory ."
plied," Ohl in my triumphant entrance intoha_
d become
Some gentlemen in Ipswich, who
that it was
deeply. interested in the case, at length felt .
should be made
quite time that some systematic effort
en judged
to test it to its fullest extent: These
gentlemen
as to
that an eight days' trial would settle the
kind of nourish-
whether or not she partook of 50' o
character
ment. Accordingly, two females of
goodthe father of
were selected, at the earnest entreaty ° ateh over her
the girl, who were instructed to keep w.n
g an instruc-
tor eight days and eight nights,
itbeing
iwithout one of
tion that the room should never be left Doe they com-
menced being present. Three weeks
stieuctions from a
their task, receiving their instructions
s d vs returned to
medical man, and at the end of eigh.
had
t had an -
Ipswich, declaringthat
as and that they
thing to its lips during
s 5 genuine case.
were thoroughly convinced it was
f the gentlemen
This, however, did not fully sato).
- lk dof
now universally tai e
alluded to. The thing was n' ined to spare no
in these localitiesand 't was' determ
, 1 They formed themselvs
pains to teat it to the utmost. drew up regu-
lations a committee of eiht persons, and
that for eight
one was
lationa for theirguidance; ver be left
days andhe should ne
nights 8 • Was that each gen-
unwatched ; and another • t
writ en entry of the
tleman on guard should make a
h
events that occurred evert -1') ur ' and that he should
will not
make his name to it. (11319 committeethis
of
make their report until the evening day. The
facts we subjoin, therefore, are not received direct
from any of their number, but we think we may
guarantee their strict correctness.) On Saturday
week, August 21, this
watch commenced, and went
on Without the slightest thing to excite suspicion, ex-
cepting a little restlessness, until the evening of the
following Thursday, when Messrs. Pitcairn and
Burton (booksellers), were relieved by the Revs.
Webb and Whitby. The former gentleman bad long
been a sceptic in the matter, and on entering the room
unpleasant smell. He left
thought he discovered an
for an hour's walk, leaving Mr. Whitby in charge.
The father then entered, and complained of the want
of faith which the watchers in charge manifested, and
then suggested that they should seek the blessing of
God. He immediately knelt down and prayed with
apparent earnestness and solemni▪ ty and at consider-
able length. Mr. Whitby was close to the bed, and
during the prayer noticed some agitation of the
clothes, and fancied something was offending his
olfactory senses. When Mr. Webb returned Mr.
Whitby mentioned his suspicions, and as the nose
of the former g
wrong,entleman again convinced him that
something wag
e• he insist•
ed that the bed
should be searched. The nurses, who were also present,

On Monday next, in purple cloth, price One Shilling,
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FOR 1852.
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THE 134th Number of the HYGEIST and
MEDICAL REFORMER for SEPTEMBER, contains:—
An Article on the Rise and Progress of the British College of
Health, New-road, London—An Article on the Case of Mr. Pascoe ;
showing the pains tak en by the medical profession to get him off
from the ten years' transportation to which he was sentenced by
Mr. Justice Erle. If Mr. Pascoe had been let off by the Secretary
of State, we should then simply have had the Government sanc-
tioning Secret Poisoning !—Blood Changes in Disease ; proving the
truth of the Morisonian System of Medicine—Adulteration of Pre-
served Fruits. What are such adulterations but the various metals
in their chemical combinations which are held out medicinally by
doctors ?—Puffin; Doctors and Hospitals in Churches—ldeas Beget
Ideas. By INVlCinnon, of Cape Breton—Symptoms of Canine Mad-
.
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May be had at the British College of Health, New-road, London
and at the Hygeist Office, 2t2, Strand. Price Id., or 2d. by post.

pR (JCL AM A T I O N.
Wherever the sun shines or the wind blows, or business,
pleasure, and health Is pursued by the numerous grades of the hu-
man family, Dress, elegant and serviceable, is constantly sought,
but nowhere is it found so cheap, so good, or so fa-hionable as at E.
MOSES and SON'S, where variety is applied to every article, and its
styles approved by all parties. Sportsmen find it easy, waterproof,
and elegant. Parents find it more pleasing to their children and more
satisfactory to themselves than any other. Etcursionists discover it
is expressly the dress they need, and Noblemen, Clergyme
while all
n, Trades-
men, or Mechanics each give it their warmest approval,
purchasers are convinced that its quality and cheapness exhibit the
triumph of E. MOSES and SON over every other house in the world.
MUCH GOLD AND LITTLE GOLD.
Emigrants, your circumstances demand plain statements, sup-
ported by truth and experience. Your " Little Gold" should become
the germ of " Much Gold," and if judiciously spent is sure to suc-
ceed. " Much Gold" may be expended with inexperienced Outfit-
tres, and little service will you get from their goods.
" Little Gold" will procure at E. MOSES and SON'S an Outfit
which will answer t most important purposes, froM the time of
your embarkation to the period when your wishes are realised in
the possession of wealth.
" Much Gold" may be consumed in separate purchases by Emi-
grants, but " Little Gold" will procure each a collection of clothing
and useful articles as are worth calling an Outfit, if E. MOSES and
SON'S Establishment is the only place applied to.
" Little Gold" in a good market is better than " Much Gold" in a
bad one, as an unsuitable Outfit will be the most expensive as well
as the greatest impediment to the Emigrant's success. E. MOSES
and SON'S boundless, but select and appropriate Stock shows the
Emigrant most convincingly that he is at the best market in the
world.
" Much Gold" may be easily obtained in Australia at the
" Dicgings," or at almost any other employment, but " Little
Gold" spent at E. MOSES and SON'S will put the Emigrant in pos-
session of more useful and serviceable goods than " Much Gold" will
at present procure in any of the colonies.
A separate department kept for Outfitting. Full Lists of Outfits
and all necessary information relative to sailing of vessels, Ikthe
e.,
may be had on application, or post free, to any part of
kingdom.
No CornsExioN WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
155, 156, and 15T, bfinories, 83,
the Church, all communicating.
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Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street,
Sneffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Merchant Tenors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot
and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
The F.stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sante on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock.
A new Book, entitled " The Library of Elegance," containing a
list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had,
gratis, on application, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the
iingdom. A
handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis,
on application.
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a: a.
Peas, white and yeL 30 32
Do. grey
Linseed, Black Sea 44 46
Do. Petersburgh
Do. Riga & ArchngL 38 42
Do. Konigsberg
Per ton.
Lins. c., Hull 01 Os to 7112 s 6d
Do. fine for. ...71 5s Od to 01 Os
IDo. inf. foreign... 01 to 6/ 10s
Rapeseed 23/ lOs to 24/
Rape cakes...b7s 6d to 903 Od
Tares, English ......00s OGs
;Do. foreign 25s —30 s
Guano
IBones, do ...... 903 Od to 003
I Rye Meal 71 Os

CORK, Aua. 30.

Barrels. Currency.
20 White wheat 185 6d to 195 6d 005 Od-20 stone
98 Red wheat l7s Od to 2J5 Od)
0 Ditto oos Od to 005 Od i- 19; Od-20 do
O Ditto oos Od to 005 Od
0 Barley 005 Od to 00s Od
O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od
00s Od-00 do
0 Ditto
34 80re... ........105 4d to 10. 6d ON Od
199 Oats Eis 6d to 9s Od
163 Ditto
O Ditto
O Pigs OJs Od to ON Od OOs Od per curt
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:-
7 barrels white wheat ; 2 red ; 0 barley; 25 bare ; 20 oats ;
0 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold la k s
st wee
Wheat, 459. Barley, 0. Bere, 537. Oats, 2,775. Pigs, 0.
PRICES OF BUTTER.
CANT. CURAINCY.
First quality ............... 73s First quality ........ 64.
Second quality ............ 695 Second quality
Third quality .....»..••»•• 65s Third quality s6i
Fourth quality ............ 62s Fourth quality
Fifth quality ............... 500 Fifth quality
Sixth quality ...... ...... 42s Sixth quality
Return of Cattle sold for week ending Aug. 21.
Pigs, 325. Sheep, 290. Cow., 56.
Coax.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 135 6d ; extra 14. 6cl;
seconds,lls to 12s 6d; households 94 to lOs 6d; thirds, 75 to 9s per
cwt. Oatmeal lOs 3d to 10s 6d ; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 6d; wheat-
meal, 9s 6d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 710 s to 712 z 6d per ton.
than 75s Od to 80s per ton. Hay—Farmers 155 Od to 255; average
221; dealers 38s Od to 355; average ois per ton. Str aw— Farmers
151 Od to 249 Od ; average 205; dealers 32s Od to 005 Od ;
average 005 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 0d;
household loaf bd to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to
10d per lb. Eggs-45 Od to 41 2d per hundred. Coals—
Newport 14s Od ; Lydney 155; Landore 005 ; Calm,
12s 6d per ton. Tallow 39. Od to 40s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Moat
—Beef 411c1 to 7d ; mutton 5d to 60 ; veal 4d to
7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages bd per lb. Hops
8185 to 91 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 17s 6d to 3105 per ton.
Bark, rod 71 to 8116 s per ton. Fleece wool 16s to 00s per stone.
new 291 to 341 pee sou.--44e15.--Biretutrirerriligis-tOrto oAs; red
ditto, 245 to 005 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 1010 s to 11/ pe:
ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 315 x; Telloss
ditto, 3/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 18/ per 100. Hides—
Market 205 to 285; salted 215 to 301 per cwt ; calf skins
3d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 5d to lid; pinks,
Bid to 12d. Gtup.no—Peruvian, 101 10s to 11/ per ton. Tar—
A rchangel, 191 per barrel.

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
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S Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of
Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects
the health and happines of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe-
diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits,
youthful excess, tropical climates, Or clos stuffy ; followed by prac-
tical remarks, founded on twenty years' expernce in the treatment
' and all diseases of the Crinory And. tlenerattve System- _
of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, :lipermatorrhesa,
lustrated by ko coloured Ensrravingi, on the Inatomy of the Repro-
ductive organs and their relative coqditions in Health and Disease.
By SAMUEL LA'AERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful
consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, whi
have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any
other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment
adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated
schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe.
The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under
the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, 3 P.M.--A squadron of four
screw steam-frigates were observed at two o'clock
this afternoon, under canvas only, about five miles
south-west of the Eddystone, steering a S.S.E.
course up Channel, with a moderate breeze from
W.S.W.
The first ship, the Arrogant, was under topsails,
topgallant-sails, and royals, foretopgallant-studding-
sails on the port tack, and maincourse hauled up on
the starboard tack. The Dauntless was two miles
astern ; she carried a main topgallant-studdingsail on
the port tack additional. The Highfiver, a mile
astern of the Dauntless, had fore and maintopgallant-
studdingsails on the starboard and port tacks. The
last ship, the Encounter, two miles astern of the
llighflyer, bad foretopgallant, top, and lower stud-
ding-sails both sides, and top and topgallant studding-
sails on her mainmast.
The Arrogant appeared to be running away from
the others. They bore the ensign on the peak and
signalized their numbers from the main royald mast-
head to her Majesty's ship Queen in the Soun.
Her Majesty s Indies onsets Geyser is appointed to
alai for the West Indies onday, the 6th of Sep-
tember.
AUGUST 30.—The Hound had her
DEvORPOILT,
as choose
powder taken out this morning; after which she was
towed into harbour by the Confiance, and will pay off
on Saturday next.
McDougall, will be paid off
_sTuch he
Ts eearmmean
Hogue, Captain
to-
morrow. The Argus reserve steamer
,wwillastatltheis herday
Giffard.
tto
havemarines
at to
passage.
T Portsmouth,
ussDalayd.
PORTSMOUTH, gant, new
screw steam-frigate, 24 guns, 620 horsepower, built by
eNVomhimtei,asoinfnCedowatest,haist GeorgeDpeerpttfboyrdaaipntaliBn4B
The Electra corvette, 14, advanced vessel, was
ordered this day to be also commissioned at this port,
by Commander Morris, late of the Arab.
The Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, sailed
this morning, with a fine wind, for the North Ame-
rican station.
The Collingwood, 80, has been docked to-day to
undergo a general overhaul.
The Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Wol-
rreigaed,inies basafveirngtribale,r
peroempapraastsnersyatdejusbteed to-day,ing in
readyi ne forsi sea.nn reported
m iron steam troop-ship, Captain King..
come, went out of harbour to Stoke's Bay this morn-
ing, and made several runs along the measured mile.
She returned to harbour at 3 F.M., her engines having
worked very well.

NOVEL LUGGAGE FOR RAILWAYS.
An Irish woman travelling per London and North-
Western Railway, from Liverpool to Manchester the
other day, having secured tickets for herself and two
children, presented a large box, say 4 feet by 2 feet, and
2 feet deep, to the porters, which was placed at the top
of one of the carriages. The box was not marked
"Glass," or "This side up." In fact there was nothing
about it to indicate that any particular care was requisite
in its transmission, and when the train reached Man-
chester it is said to have been
sent down the slide from
the top of the carriage on which it had rested sans ceri-
monie, and alighted with a bump on the landing-stage
which was calculated to produce concussion of the brain,
if the box had possessed brains. But the porters
never supposed the box did contain any brains, and
they treated it like any other box. The Irish woman
claimed the box, and but for a mistake on her part
nothing more would probably have been thought
either of her or. her luggage. She made the
slight mistake, however, on getting the box free of cost
from the porters,
when out sprung two children who had been Paeke'dther
of opening it before she left the station,
side, and who fortunately, it seems, had escaped.ne'..r
being smothered or getting concussion of the brain
this hazardous mode of treatment. The rallewrt,l;iv an
now put in a claim for carriage, but who
ierveumstances?
Irishwoman with any money under
snob °awn generally
" Get blood out of a stone," is an
clothes which
to retain the children, the box an, fl 0.83 d. to
applicable to such cases; and, as they
pay," are
now lie at the station marked
.
2s;
are ever likely to
all the satisfaction they obtained, 012
years of age, and
obtain. The children were
10a °either end of the box,
had been packed with a head
ad
which appeared to have
and, except a little bit of w
A ne side of the lid, had no
been accidentally chipped off fresh air or ventilation.
opening for the admission
Pfwreaewsre not dispoliied

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the naeeting of Parliament, says a corre-
spondent, to which a large number of Free trade and Liberal
Members of the House of Commons is to be invited. The
bmacia44 14 tc, be held in the Free-trade usu.

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suite. We need not enter into a description of ,e ;-
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but may state our impression that the furnishin
her Majesty's Victoria and Anat Las nothing
al,
Tnere are deck cabins for the attendants upon is ciSAt.
Highness and mite, and there is also on apartment
for the Pasha's pipe and smoking apparatut, and the '. .
cooking range, the operations in which wit' be prin.
cipally done with charcoal. A magnificent awning
covers the main deck and poop. It is of rich silk
damask, worked to an original design, with deep silk
fringe and hangers, It is covered with fire-proof
cloth, to guard against any damage by spark's from
the funnel. The quarter-deck and poop are covered
With oilcloth.

ef d
interior.e c o io n
th
ise
adornedoutside o fi
n
wolrnth7ionfttho
style of art, agreeably to the taste of the
f cthothueenytbajyglibtfeosisrt
beauty is intended. Round allp
which this little floating
teheo c.osdtliness and
stem to stern, are carved and gilt architraves,v'in
aows,
nd the
bulwatks are ornamented with carved fretwork, akn-
lieved with gold. The paddle-boxes are alwso°Vgbrel;
ornamented, and on a shield in the centre is thee ves.
sel's name in Arabic—viz., the "Feld Rabar e. ' The
figure-head is composed of his Highness's crest,
supported by two lions richly gilt. 'The hull is
painted a rich green colour, and is literally one blaze
of gold from stem to stern.
The Faid Raban4 will proceed to sea about the Ist
of September, under the charge of Captain Brown
and a trustworthy crew and ably engineers. She will
carry sails on jury-masts, as auxiliary to her steam-
power, but these will be removed on her arrival in •
Egypt. ii.r station will, of course, be permanntly
on the the Nile, and, from her light draught of water,
she will be able to sail up the " Father of Rivers"
from the Delta till within twOlLT—toiles of the firßA
6.4liitance ot:ool3t*P--Lir-ii",4•:2, we -
may add that thete-eiternal:gorgeous fitting will all
be removed from the yacht before she sets sail, and
that her hull, down to the water-line, will be covered
to protect her from injury by the sea. Once out,
however, a couple of days will serve to refit her as she
is destined to remain.
Messrs. Tad and Macgregor, of Glasgow, have
been selected to undertake the entire contract of
building and fitting up this gorgeous pleasure ship,
which they have effected by securing the services of
the most eminent artists in Great Britain and France.
We have no doubt that these gentlemen could have
sent out two magnificent ocean steamers with less
trouble to themselves. But " sweet is pleasure after
pain ;" their past anxieties will be consoled by the
fact that they ate the builders of the most splendid
steam•yacht in the world. All the operations have
been personally superintended on the part of his
Highness Abbas Pasha, by Senan Effendi—a gentle-
man highly qualified for the task. He was one of 20
Egyptian-youths sent to England
re 1829 b the lat
Viceroy, Mehemet Ali, to acqui the
wngy lis
did
h lane
-
partly in Portsmouth and partly in Sheerness , gunge and the art of shipbuilding, hich E
he ,
dock-
yards, during a residence of nine years in the country.
lie returned to Alexandria in 1838, and filled an
important office in the public dockyards there until
dispatched,_ in September of last year, to superintend
the construction of the Faid Rabane.

;^~

STEAM-YACHT for the PASHA of EGYPT.
The attention of the numerous visitors to the Clyde
at this season has been attracted by a steam-yacht
lying in the dock of Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, the
well-known steam-ship builders. The embellishments
of this vessel, which will be ready fur sea in a week,
are of such a gorgeous character as to lead to the be-
lief that in this case the power of wealth and the in-
genuity of man, could go no further. This steam-
yacht is intended for the use of his Highness Abbas
Pasha, the Viceroy of Egypt. during his excursions
upon the Nile, and as the "Paid Rlban6," or "Di-
vine Favour," as she is named, is beyond ail doubt
the most brilliant steam-vessel ever fitted up, some
short description of her may not be out of place before
she leaves our shores for her ultimate destination.
The Nile, in bygone times, has been associated with
all that is magnificent in the material and construe •
tion of her princely barges; for speaking of the
aquatic progresses of the beauteous Cleopatre,
the historians tell us "that the whole poop of
her ship flamed with gold ; the sails were purple,
and the oars inlaid with silver, which kept time to
the softest music. A pavilion of cloth of gold was
raised upon deck, under which appeared the Que9,ol-
- likem Yeauni, ndjurrovaded. brttieinta* iiiian-
then vi-tns
orher
Court,- of whom some represented
on the Nereids and others the Graces. Perfumes burnt
deck, which spread their odours to a great dis-
tance upon the river on each side of its banks, which
were covered with an infinitude of people, whom the
novelty of the scene had drawn thither.' The bosom
of the Nile is ag •
ain destined to bear the most splendid
vessel which the world
and excelling ih n basseen, propelled by steam-
power,eauty and costliness the Q
barge of the renowned of Egypt as far as
modern art and science excel those of the ancients.
To afford the usual statistics, we have to state that
the Faid Rabane is a most exquisitely modelled little
steamer of the following dimensions, viz. :
Keel and fore-rake ••• ... 180 feet.
Breadth of beam... •.. • • 20
Depth of hold .. ••• ••• ,s
Draught of water .. 91l
• • 3
••
Power of engines If
•
The ship is furnished with oscillating engines,
feathering paddles, and performs thirteen knotshas
hour without the slightest perceptible vibration.
These These engines are bright with brass and steel work,
and are altogether finished with the same taste and
care which a superior workman would use in turning
out a gold watch. Although the vessel has an ordi-
nary- escape pipe, it will not be used, for the steam
will be blown into the water from the sides of the
yacht ; and his Highness and Court will escape those
drenchings of condensed vapour which occasisnally
make such havoc of ladies' dresses. She has three
safety-valves, and a beautiful small brass donkey en-
gine, quite independent of the others, which is used
for supplying the boilers with water when the large
engines are still.
The principal features of this ship, however, are her
interior furnishings and decorations, which, when
completed, will realise all that has ever been dreamt
of in connexion with Oriental splendour. Some no-
tion of the extent and magnificence of these fittings
may be learnt from the fact that 500 men in Glas-
gow and elsewhere have been employed upon them for
some time past, and are still working night and day.
Here is all that is beautiful in the carver's and painter's
art, and all that is gorgeous from the looms of
Lyons and Spitalfields. There are, in short, no
fewer than 450 pictures, of separate subjects, set in
frames, almost any one of which would adorn the
dra wing-room of a prince. To notice these decora-
tions, however, more in detail, we may state that
from the main-deck the visitor enters his Highness's
reception-room, which is in the poop—an apartment
of unrivalled beauty, fitted up with the richest rose-
wood bulkheads, doors, &c , the panels of which are
filled with those beautiful pictorial designs, on papier
mach& to which we have referred, and set in the
most elaborately carved and gilt frames. The di-
vans, which extend round the saloon, are covered
with costly cloth of gold -nn the front of which is
suspended gold eml-- needlework, and mas-
sive gold bullion_fr . nes in depth. Between
the windows are a se. • lattl pictures of fruit
._and_flugverN biedz; 4F.s, _ .. 3 enriched. veitta-pree•
, . .
dm stoves, *nowt new -patent gem-ena-
melling process. ~ ,-. in frames, carved in
black walnut, and 'let and burnished gold.
The ceiling between - (which are of maho-
gany, French polishee ..led with designs of fruit
and flowers on papic; .ii.ichi panels, enriched with
gold border mouldings. Round each door are richly
carved and gilt architraves and pilasters, all of diffe •
rent designs, and representing various lovely floral
combinations.
Entering off the saloon, on the starboard side, is his
Highness's bed-room, which is fitted up in a cone
-
I sponding style of elegance and grandeur. On the her.
board side is his Highness's dressing-room, similarly
adorned ; and adjoining these is the bath-room, the
floor and sides of which are lined with marble. Round
the windows are curtains of gold damask, edged with
old lace and fringes, surmounted by carved and gilt
cornices, and valances of crimson silk velvet, em-
broidered with needlework of gold, with fuchsias,
fringe, tassels, &c., all of the rarest gold manufacture.
Enclosing every oor are also gold
with damask
old curta
ac ins
of a:different design and all edged
there g
are five
le,
fringes, &c. The m'irrors, of which ,
are enclosed by curtains of eirnilar material ; for it
seems to be the custom of the Orientals to cover their
In the centre of
mirrors, except when in actual use.
the floor of this reception-hall stands a rich circular a
rosewood table, supported on dolphins,
.covered with
beautiful fruit and
splendid table-cloth, presenting
floral designs, and edged with massive gold lace,
fringe, and tassels.
if possible, decked out in a
The lower cabins are,
style of still greater costliness and magnificence.
spacious
The descent descent to them is by a
adorned withstaircase, stained
closed with mahogany, and
glass windows and papier mach,: panels, got up in the
highest style of the art. The steps of the stairs are
laid with very thick plate glass, painted with gold
borders, and representing ones i
stn mosaic
work. At top and bottom precious unique flight of
steps are four large silver-plated columns of fine
chased work, between which are fixed the handrails,
and filled in with pleasing designs in carved fretwork
of rosewood. At the bottom of these stairs is a spa-
cious lobby, fitted up with polished bird's-eye maple
and elegant panels, from which branch off the wait-
ing-rooms for the Pacha's suite, with baths, gm Pro-
ceeding inward, we enter the dining saloon, which is
a fine apartment, about 20 feet square, fitted up also
in maple, with papier mache panels, and adornedwith
a most brilliant cluster of paintings, representing
animals of the farm-yard, the forest, and the desert.
Some of the latter aro painted in the act of killing
of the bear
manad
n
their prey, and others, especially
monkey tribes, are thrown offnionove thater
y the comicalhu
atti-
tudes. It is worth while to notice
figure is not in any part introduced, as being con-
trary to the religious notions of the Orientals. On
each side of the dining•roomare laced large divans
of richly carved rosewood,
coveredwith crimson and
gold damask, with
gold embroidery and fringes in
character similar to the adornments in the Saloon
above. In the centreiiss hall are
table like
in&
thato
,
exquisite furnishings, this already noticed.
In
which it would be tedious to
enumerate in detail.
At the end of the dining saloon, and towards the
are a
stern, are two large mirrors, between whicthr„,,ce is '
pair of folding doors, and through them anhen;e7l- rich
obtained into another lobby, fitted P
u wit finely deco-
satinwood bulkheads, the wbole P
rated. On each side of this lobby ace placed cabi-
doors, for
nets, with carved fretwork and Plate-Prom this lobby
the reception of gold or silver ehebis• Highness is ap-
the private retiring saloon r ptl:tea-g7ass
°artlnent corresponds in
proached. This beautiful
position with the cabio.
od, and surrounded with
onfwaonaP_ordinary steamer. It is
fitted up with rifh Isi
with festooned and gold damask on a
divans, covered
, wietund, festooned with embroidered
rich white satlrlg-and massive gold bullion fringe 15
gold needle!, fx Round the windows, doors, &c.,
°tronto
deep Tod gold damask curtains, with gold
inches
are whitara
apartment
similar to the upper saloon. At the
cornices,.i.
are placed a richly carved and
mirror, and in the centre a beautiful
end of this
gilt table
malAnedtable and two chairs, inlaid with pearl
papier
nd adorned with designs of birds and flowers. The
ceilings of this and the rest of the lower cabins are
hapnadneblefaorrimntic his
acovered with gold damask, worked according to ori-
ginal designs, with flowers, &c.,a c
Highness's crest in the centre, e
complete design of itself.
The floors of these cabins, as well as that of the
poop saloon are covered with gorgeous carpets, which
for beauty of design and workmanship and richness of
texture far exceed any of the famed productions of
we have Brussels which we have seen, and pride in
stating that they are of Glasgow manufacture.e We
may add that each carpet is worked in a single
piece. All the doors of the different apartments,
both in the upper and lower saloons, are surmounted
with richly-carved and gilt architraves and pilasters,
enclosed with curtains. The locks,
hinges, and han-
dles of the doors are richly plated on German silver,
and they, as well as the finger-plates, are exquisitely
chased.
The fore cabin contains twelve separate apartments
for the accommodation of the rasha's officers and

SPIRIT of the
remarked the continua
DAILY NEWS.-0
PUBLIC
appearance iJa 00
ui :
columnsß N ALiO Sf .a
ur readers cannot fail to have
piece of intelligence that might be stereotyped. " The
Cambridge University Commission had a meeting yea'
reiterated announcement woullSpebreowiiinhcieohm
terday.' Tho portion of our
it, and the number of yesterdays
chronicled threatens to be suchpeloontetaiwniathtohoist
asronicled and to be
Now, with alll
Commission an age equal to that of toa
hodamumniecseeerretyos
respect
suit
under the venerable Eldon.
to the Commissioners, they are losing their time.
evidence they will have in their power to bring forward
(ei
will be, as the French have it, like mustard after dinner.
The Oxford Commission has exhausted the subject. No
;
one after Mr. Stanley's ebb report need be at any loss
for materials upon which a judgment may be founded
on the University question. That report, and the evi-
dence which accompanied it, showed most clearly that
the present University government and administration
is an undoubted usurpation, and in opposition to all the
principles which presided at the foundation,
not only of the University, but of the Colleges.
c showed that the University of Oxford was
originally like all the other universities of
western Europe, an association of teachers united only
by mutual interest—that it chose its own legislative
body and executive officers, its constitution being essen-
tially democratic. The report further showed, that
when the University had acquired such distinction, as a
place of education, as to make the participation in its
advantages a matter of great desire, benevolent persons
founded " houses of charity" where poor persons might
reside while studying at the University town. That the
e_ -
lodgers in these " houses of charity" were bound by
atatliteleethige-theireaueeeeseee-seett-sseearausebeerveetie - e 7./W4lr
alifroir pore and 'study, and, to the performance of , •- - •,,
ieligious ceremonies which cannot now be performed.
That a rigid rule of life was laid down. Further it was
shown, that the velue of the property left to these
" houses of charity" increasing, the influence of the
tenants fcr the time being iecressed also, and to such
a degree that they were enabled to exclude all other
teachers but themselves—in fact to absorb the Univer-
sity. The poor" houses of charity" have become rich
colleges, sharing amongst them about 150,0001. a year
derived from real property, arid an enormous sum de-
rived from students fees. They allow no one to cr,,me
to the University unless as a member of a college, and
thus convert a great national institution into a private
establishment, managed for the benefit of a clique. Of
course similar evidence wilt be brought forward against
Cambridge. That University also will be proved to have
fallen into the hands of the tenants of the ancient
" houses of charity." It will be shown that democitt-
tical institutions have been revolutionised into oligar-
chical,—that large funds have been grossly misapplied,—
and,in short, that Cambridge has not been far behind
Oxford in the work of destruction. All this evidence,
it is clear, we might well spare; and the same aright be
said of the inferences to be founded on them, a., Mr.
Stanley's report contains nearly all that can be said
upon the subject. In the meantime there is something
left for the Commissioners to do which might well make
their labours as valuable to the nation as those of the
Oxford Commission. Although a little is said in the
report of the latter body about the extension of the
studies of the University, the question could not be gone
into fully. Now—reform everything else in the
Universiees and have the curriculum of studies
alone, and you will have done but little to-
wards nationalis'ng the institutions. The nation
will never be brought into sympathy with the
Universities until the education there becomes national.
The great learned men in England at the present day
are not those who have edited Greek plays, or writtene
in flinging tubular bridges over straits, in bringing
Latin verse; they are these whose studies have resulted
portion of the island into closer connexion with one
part by means of railways—in transmitting' Diesosge:
with the speed of lightnine—in multiplying our Ask
to an incalculable extent bby means of m"hieerYriclulled
any of the foremost men in the ccuntry what isnglishe
another
in the necessary education of a distiegui
; sbeedou a long
study and
man of the present day, and he will g-Teriquire deep
list of subjects any one of which Tillie,
r not one of
Oxford or Cambridge
toil to master. But
these will the Universities
our Universities
recognise. Out of the vast ocesonf
as it is known at the presenot
_crl
two bays
and inlets,
are content with surveying ots'no e
labours of the daring
_Cloayf
,haroan knowledge
smiling contemptuously
laid
open to us the road to
navigators who have
The Universities do not ex.
d They have confined theme
o excellence in two or three
ipma
nmde awsiut
with
atl, ihlee o
st rt ei
oat!
sun(
temieoi
nr o ,
selves to the recog .
were non-existent. Now, we
ainfaireat the rest of the large map
of human`ience 3
tot more from a university than this.
branches of
have a rigto exP
institution, it should recognise excel-
Ifael
it is a no
re department in which intellectual eminenoe
lence in every The honours and rewards of the
can manifest studY:_
as national institutions, should be bestowed
Universities,
are pre-eminent in intellectual
e
ePe°ll those who
;:i. regtesents in any of those divisions of science which
ee
modern discoveries have brought to light, and upon
which the prosperity and the civilisation of the world
depend. There is no reason why, up to a certain point, the
Universities should not be prepared to instruct the 3 ouch of
the country in the whole enoycloemdie of science, ab-
stract and industrial. If this were the case, the students
and professors of all branches of learning, scientific and
practical, would bo brought into close communion. The
result would be something like an intellectual republic.
There would be no aristocracy of the professorsof
or two branches of learning. The spinner fL one
that hie
o atm
verses would be forced to recognise lna achieve-
ments were neither in kind nor degree
superiorof the man who had thorou?hly mastered
d the to those
know-
ledge of the principles of mechanical •
scencThe
skilful analyst would no longer arrogatetioe.
himself a
university degree, to the exclusion of the Bdi coverer of a
possessors
new motive power. The
of inte ec • ii Mai
might would be all broughti however
cosier together,
their pursuits might diverge, and the Universities
would be elevated into the position they ought 0
the
copy as interpreters, and in some sense directors, of iue
I national mind.
e

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Tim FER .
in the Feroze•
OZF PORE EMIGRANT SHIP.--A
passengers who left this country for Austral'e''2d of July last,
pore, which sailed from the Downs on
out with him two ne
teen years of ago, ginpton. He took
along the
was a brother of a tradesyan of Saobou
ut
fourteen and six-
phew, youths
, by way of Havre,
golden country.
Letters were received in Sout
hal
Pon Saturday last. The
from each of these three individuaos_
hem :
" Lat. 12.30 N.
following is an extract frome oonree, f t
to seek their fortmunetoinn the
July 23, 1852. All well
lon. 26.30 W. The P P
Ferh7a'tever. We have passed several
on board ; no sickness w
vessels from London and Liverpool, which left a week and a
fortnight before us. We
A have ninety-eight passengers on
them are Messrs. Moyle and Edwards, for-
board. Amongstthe West India Comany's service, also Mr.
merly officers i
a uthaniston, with appsrty of miners. We
Wilkinson, of -° .
rkably ne run, and have every prospect of
hav© had a rema
s voyage. I the Bay of a "e on
n iscay we
a most WS
Perhuour. In the bay also a man was discovered
twelve miles a
board. He is workinghis out. We
concealed on
of now
seen plenty sharks. We are about sax
hundred
have into a
north of the line and have
miles — , got apparently .
rainy quarter. w e shall call at Brazil. .
The captain is
goin• gto try a new route. We have bread instead of bis-
cuit. Good French rolls are made on board every morning.
Several passengers have filterers on board. Thereare two,
lwell.
however, belonging to the ship. We fare exceeding y _
The captain in the afternoon comes and plays with us with
the ropes; 00 do many of the passengers."

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