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NEW TRANSLATION of the BIBLE.
" You may be assured that, deeply sensible of the duties
impssed upon me, and more especially of that which binds me
to the support of the Established Church, I shall always use the
powers vested in me by the Constitution for the fulfilment of
that sacred obligation."—Her Majesty's Answer to the Address
of the Lords.—The Weekly Dispatch, Sunday, July 14, 1839.
" The favour and the love of Heaven, we have great argu-
ment to think in a peculiar manner propitious and propending
towards us. \A by else was this nation chosen before any other,
that out of her, as out of Sion, should be proclaimed and
sounded forth the first tidings and trumpet of reformation to all
Europe."—Areopagitica : Milton.
We shall here exhibit to the country, that for the great
" measure of truth which we enjoy," we are indebted to Mo-
narchs—rightly so—they were "the people's !rust."
" All the King's—( Henry the Eighth's)—proceedings con-
vincing the Pope that he was to expect no change in him,
he published at length the Bull of Excommunication, drawn,
and signed in 1535. As soon as Henry heard of the Bull being
published, he required the Bishops and Abbots to swear again
to renounce the Papal authority. At the same time, the new
translation of the Bible being presented to him, he ordered
1,500 copies to be printed, being satisfied that nothing would
be found there to support the exhorbitant power assumed by the
Pipe over all Christendom."
" Grafton, the printer, printed 1,500 at his own charge,
which amounted to 5001, !"—History of England, by Rapin,
p. SI%
" Then came the reign of Queen Elizabeth ;
but I know that she had great worldly glory. I have seen her
in history, and I have read of her in those pageants, when the
people if England surrounding her, and the leading gentry her
slaves ; while her glorious flag was unstained on land, and floated
invincible ever every sea. I know all this, and 1 know that female
reigns are often the most triumphant—(Hear)—and I trust we
are at the beginning dose now.—(Loud and continued cheer-
ing.")— A full Report of the Proceedings of the Great Meeting
of the Catholics of London, held at Freemason's Hall, on the
15th day of July, 1839. Edited by Daniel O'Connell, M. P.—
The London and Dublin Weekly Orthodox Journal, No.
212, Vol. 9.
" Not only do we owe to the happy Reformation all the do-
mestic advantages by which we arc distinguished above other
States, but it is also to the Reformation we are indebted for our
present political consequence and territorial grandeur."
" Then sprung up the mighty Elizabeth, and mingling her
existence as a Sovereign with the preservation of the true faith,
lashing herself to the mainmast of Reformation ; on that vessel
she securely rode the storm, and established the independence
of her kingdom."—The Times ; The Sun, No. 14,628, 1539.
";His Grace next adviseth the Reader not to be offended with
the diversitie of translators, nor with the ambiguity of transla-
tions. ..... Nor hereby professing this to be so absolute
a translation as that hereafter might follow, no other that might
see that which as yet
to posterity sl,a,llsbeeeyi
in the Gospel ver without doubt
dark places, which
maden wna sym notch understood.
more
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ForFo rwhy thereshouldutterly he
despair herein,
understoodthe G ospel
bwasy
us,
yea deliveredtu tthoe
verythis i intent,
Who can doubt but that such things as remain yet unknown in
our posterity to their clear ter
the Gospel shall be
Preface to the Translation bycmoianmte " Queen Elizabeth dyionFseu
u e Sixth,e
n e Kingno m aonpdeonf to the
Queen
E latterliz
ab witseth
.o f
understanding."—Bishop Parker's
Marchl 24, 1602, was succeeded
inationt Scotland, as next heir to the Crown
banydjaomf James
tlitehQe
the new King come up to London Accordingly no sooner was
Crown, but an humble petition of thet'll%tke posssssion of the
of England, as they styled themselves,!misters of the Church
Majesty, desiring reformation of certain was
presented to his
of the Church. In the preamble to theeerse*
monies and abuses
Majesty that they, to the number of more than they toad his
than 1 000 of his
Majesty's subjects and ministers, all groaning as under' com-
mon burden of rites and ceremonies, did with '<i a humble themselves at his Majesty's feet to easeil
and consent
in this behalf, and that their humble suit to his Majestyrelieved
that of the offences following, some might be removed,was,
that some
amended, and some qualified. These offences were, Ist, in the

opposed to the University of (14;1ord. It was well known, that
it the opinions of that Unive wits had been adhered to, the
Protestant religion would neror have been established. The
opinions of Locke were opposed to those ofthe University; and
if their opinions only were to be consulted, everything liberal,
noble, and ingenuous in our institutions would never have been
established."—Viscount Melbourne's Speech in the House of
Lords, on the debate on the E-rl of Radnor's motion respecting
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.—The Morning
Herald, Friday, Dec. 22, 1837.
" We observe in a pamphlet, ' Anti-Deist,' published by
Mr. Bellamy, that Exodus, c. iii, v. 22, is a gross mistransla-
tion. He notices a number of other errors in the translation
of the Bible now in use, equally hostile to the true meaning of
the writers. It is not a little curious, that many of these mis-
translated passages, which give meanings in direct opposition to
the real ones, have been as stoutly defended by eminent theo-
logians as any in the whole took, and long commentaries have
been written upon them, expressly to show their beauty and
propriety."—The Examiner, Dec. 24, 1821.
" Mr. Bellamy, in a very conclusive performance, the Anti.
Deist, does not attempt to parry the weapon, so much as to
disarm the hand that wields it; for he does not explain away
the objections that have been advanced by the Deist, but he
labours rather to extirpate them, and to show that they have no
other root but misconception or mistake. Should this author's
emendations turn out correct, they should be adopted, as no
time and no authority can consecrate error. Mr. Bellamy has
met with patronage in the very highest quarter—a patronage
liberal in every sense of the word; and as honourable to the
patron as the author."

" His alterations, I admit, are extremely numerous, im-
portant, and consequential, but they are supported by a mass of
erudition, authority, and argument, that does indeed demand
our most serious attention, and many in common with my elf,
will lament that they have drank more freely at the stream,
than at the fountain.~'

" We hail the march of intellect, because we know—that a
reason that is cultivated, is the best support of a worship that
is pure. It is for thos • who thrive by the darkness to hurl
their anethemas against the diffusion of light; but wisdom, like
a pure and bright conductor, can render harmless the ' brutum
fulmen' of the Vatican."—l4con, C. C. Colton.
" I may therefore conclude, that upon this revision of the
Hebrew Scriptures, great stress ought to be laid, as anticipat-
ing a closer approximation in sentiment among all denomina-
tions of Christians now at variance with each other, upon cer-
tain disputed points of doctrine—under this impression, I think
all must subscribe to its importance."—Chester Chronicle, Feb.
20, 1824.

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" We may be sure that sufficient care has been taken that
the Holy Scriptures should contain nothing unsuitable to the
character or dignity of God, and that God should say nothing
or himself which should derogate from his own Majesty."—
Milton's Posthum•us Treatise.
" Mr. Carlisle then read the names of several of the sub-
scribers, beginning with the Prince Regent, who at first sub-
scribed only for five copies ; but, pleased with the specimens of
the translations forwarded to him by the gentleman in ques-
tion, had increased that number to fifty. This anecdote he
had front Mr. Bellamy himself, who was. ~timately acquainted
with Dr. Clarke, the Prince's librarian. Here Mr. Carlisle
iterated his argument, arising from the discrepancy of the two
translations, and the consequent fallibility, at least, of one
version."

Mr. Carlisle's trial for publishing " Palmer's Principles of
Nature," Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, Friday, Oct.
15.—The Times, Saturday, Oct. 16, 1825.
To CORRESPONDENTS.—" The Bible.—We have been so
earnestly exhorted to persevere in opening our Paper to the dis-
cussion of the merits of the New Translation, as a question of
the utrno t importance to the interests of mankind, that we feel
it to be our duty to comply. Our Correspondents, therefore,
shall be attended to in turn, as we have reason to believe that
the Heads of the Church have already directed their attention
t‘, the controversy."—The Sun, London, Saturday, Dec. 5,
Ills.

" Surely the elevated patronage which this New Translation
has deservedly obtained, should operate as a general example
and incitement. Shall the Bible, with its many acknowledged
errors, descend to posterity polluted with all those errors; or
shall it be transmitted to the latest generations of mankind,
with as much of its original purity as it is possible for human
sagacity, knowledge, and diligence to elucidate and cor.firm."—
The Sun, Monday, November 23d, 1818. The Sun, Septem-
ber 30th, October 7th, and 26th, 1837. The Guide, March
18th, and 25th, 1838. The Sun, December 27, 1838, Feb. 5,
1839.

" Published in MS and 1819. Parts 1 and 2, price 245.
each. dedicated by permission to his Royal Highnessthe Prince
of Wales, as Regent.

" The New Translation of the Holy Bible, containing the
three books of the Pentateueh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and
reconciling the numerous discrepancies in Jerome's and the
European versions."
Part 3d in 1821, containing from Numbers to Deuteronomy.
Part 4th in 1825, containing from Joshua, c. I. to I Samuel,
c. 13. v. 5.

Part sth in 1831, containing from 1 Samuel, c. 13. v. 6. to
2d Kings, c. 17. v. 11.
Part 6;11 in 1834, containing from 2d Kings, e. 17. v. 12 to
Job, e. 18. v. 21.

Part 7th in 1835, containing from Job, c. 18. v. 22. to
Psalms, c. 50. _

The Anti-Deist, in answer to the publication called the
Deist, containing also a refutation of the erroneous opinions
held forth in the Age of Reason, and in a recent publication,
entitled Researches on Ancient Kingdoms, 1819, price 4s.
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First and Second Replies to the Quarterly Review, showing
the gross errors the Reviewer has made in his Remarks on the
New Translation of the Bible.

" I now proceed to examine the passage which the Reviewer
has adduced to prove how grossly I have erred in translating
the word gnaaroumin, prudent, instead of naked ; which is in
Job, c. 22. v. 6. And stripped the naked of their clothing.
This is, perhaps, one of the passages which he deems elegant,'
simple, and dignified.' It is simple' enough, surely ; and
such simple passages abounding in the common version have in
all ages excited the wonder of intelligent men. ' Stripped the
naked of their clothing !' In the name of common sense, if
they were naked, how could they be stripped ?"—Extracts. See
Classical Journal, No. 38.

A Refutation of the Erroneous Opinions, promulgated by a
Right Rev. Bishop of London.—See Classical Journal, No. I.
A Reply to the Right Rev. Bishop of St. David's. See
Classical Journal, No. 26.
The True Age of Christ at the Crucifixion, net 33 but 52i
years, price Is.
Biblical Criticisms in each quarterly part, in the years, 1810,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, of the Classical Journals,
by JOHN BELLAMY.

SPECIMENS OF EMENDATIONS, AND TENOR OF

REPLIES.
Genesis, c. 11. v. 4. Jerome's Version.—And they said,
go to, let us build as a city, and a tower, whose top may reach
Unto heaven.

New Translation.-1-lebrew._And they said, come, let us
build a city and tower, with his top Like unto heaven.
"An undertaking as impious as it was foolish, an attempt to
build a tower which should reach to heaven !"
Origines ; or, Remarks on the Origin of several Empires,
States, and Cities. By the Right Hon. Sir W. Drummond.—
The Literary Gazette, May .1-43, 1625.
.4 The tower of Babel whose top was to reach to heaven,'
and 'the confusion of tongues;" the sacrifice of Isaac; and
Jeptha's daughter; the true age of Christ at the crucifixion.'
—Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors.
wicb,l6B6-
The works of Sir Thomas Brown, Knight, M, D., of Nor-
Authorised Version,Deoteronemy, chap. 14, v. 22 Then
shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed."
" It is a well-known maxim of English law, sufgested by
common sense, and recognised by every principle of justice, to

infer, that the long and uninterrupted enjoyment df a civil
right must have originated in a regular grant from the Origh.al
owner, although no express evidence can be produced of
existence of such conveyance." On Tithes.—Quarterly Re-
view, No. 53.
New Trans'atien :—" A tenth thou shalt tenth, of all the
increase of my seed." Note—Onkelos, the most eminent of
ail the learned Rabbis, who lived before the dispersion of the
Hebrews, and consequently made the translation of the Sacred
Volume into Chaldee at that period when the Hebrew was a
national language, he thus translates the clause--gnasaara
tignsarah, " a tenth thou shalt tenth," which is the same as
the Hebrew. The Septuagint ar.,','OEX^C7'WCrEi (kith
Alexandrine and Vatican) " a tenth thou shalt tenth." The
learned selden, Le Clere, and other great authorities on
tithes, say—" It is not likely that the Levites should have had
a tenth of the whole produce of the land, because the number
of the tribe of Levi, compared with the numbers of the other
tribes, was so trifling. Neither could it be of all the produce
of the land, but of the increase of the seed; as it is truly said
in the common version : for the increase must necessarily have
been that part of the produce after the seed employed to give
the increase, had been returned to the grower out of the gross
produce ; otherwise it could not have been said it was the " in-
crease of the seed."
When the harvest had beene ended, and all gathered, then
the husbandman laid aside his great themma, otherwise called
the first fruits of his threshing floore, of which it bath beene
spoken in chapter 01, first fruits ; which, though it were one
of ten, in respect of that portion which the Levites received,
yet it was but one of a hundred in respect of the husbandman's
tocke, who payed the Levites ; the Levites payed a tenth por-
tion unto the Priests ; this they termed Magnasher mim-ham-
magnasher, the tithe of the tithes, Neh. x. 3s. The Pharises
would pay a tenth, Matt. xxiii. 23 ; and hence it is that they
boasted, They gave tithes of all that they possessed, Luke
xviii. 12."—Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites, used by the ancient
Hebrews. Dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke, Chancellor of
the University of Oxford. By Thomas Godwyn, 8.D., 1634.
" Add to this, that by the tenth part of the lands must ne-
cessarily be meant the tenth part of the profits ; which must
be owned to be a very forced interpretation, especially in a
primordial act sach as this."—Page 111, Rapin's History of
England. See The Sun, Nos. 14,628-14,662,
" No mention, Bishop Barlow observes, is made of tithes
in the grand codes of canons, ceding in the year of spur Lord
457, (which, next to the Bible, he considers as &i most au-
thentic book in the world). During all that period, there-
fore, both the clergy and Church appear to have been sup-
ported by the free gifts and other oblations of the pious."—See
Selden on Tithes, and Barb. Rem. 169.
" Tithes, from the Saxon word Teoda, which signifies the
tenth part of a thing, may be defined to be the tenth part of
the increase yearly, arising and renewing from the profits of
land, the stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the in-
habitants.-2 Black. Com. 24.
" The King, Henry the Fourth, representing to the Parlia-
ment his great want of an extraordinary aid, the Commons
went in a body and addressed him, ' That without burdening
his people he might supply his occasions by seizing the revenues
of the clergy. The Archbishop of Canterbury resisted—the
Commons brought in a Bill to seize the clergy's revenues—
the solicitations of the Archbishop were so prevalent with the
Lords, that they threw out the Bill, so the Commons were
forced to find other means to supply the king's occasions ; the
clergy granted a tenth and a half."—Page 495.
" The Commons, willing to comply with the King's
(Henry V.) demand of a subsidy, presented an address, praying
him to seize ties- clergy's revenues. The clergy perceiving
their ruin inevitable, came to the resolution to: resign a part of
their riches to the King in order to save the rest."---Page .509,
Rapin's History of England.
" It has been presumptuous," so we read in the pithy Exam-
iner, No. 780, "to dabble in chemistry; to look through a te-
lescope ; to innoculate for the small-pox ; to abate the virulence
of a pestilential disorder by the salutary assistance of a cow ;
lastly, and we trust the argument will he deemed conclusive--
to read the Bible. And in what has all this presumption gene-
rally consisted? In the anxiety of some men to know more
than it was convenient for other men they should know. The
moment the daring inquirer discovered a truth—a truth !—which
threatened to militate against a profitable system of error, then
the awful secrets' were invaded—the ' ark of the sanctuary'
disturbed. Any Barabbas of the day was milk-white compared
with the daring offender : in a word, ' away with him.' Could
great men thunder,' says Shakspeare, there would be nothing
but thunder.' Could they make a thirst for knowledge sinful
and presumptuous, there would be a most inconvenient multipli-
cation of awful secrets.' "
Having now emerged from the honourable estimation in the
community, we take leave to mention a few whose great names
gave permanency to the system.
" Pro ,est." 4. In our opinion, therefore, the land is subjected
to a direct taxation, amounting on the rent, tithe, and poor-rate,
to 33 per cent. !"

On the amendment of the Duke of Wellington upon the Corn
Bill; Signed Duke of Newcastle, Earls Rosslvn and Lauder-
dale.—Journal of the House of Lords.—The -Times, June 5,
1827.
" It would shake the foundation of all property in the king-
dom."—Mr. Peel.—The News, Sunday, May 23, 1825.
" Because he had an apprehension and timidity." Mr.
O'Connell, Herald, Dec. 2, 1836.
Authorised Text.-1 Kings, c. xvii. v. 4.—" Thus it shall
be, thou (Elijah) shalt drink of the brook, and I have com-
manded the ravens to feed thee there."

Ilebrew —New Translation, Part V.—" Thus it shall be,
thou (Elijah) shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded
the Arabians to supply thee there."
V. 6.—" There the Arabians brought for him bread and
flesh in the morning," &c.
Ist Samuel, c. v., Authorized Version.—'
beah, under a tree in Ramah."
New Translation—" Now Saul abode by Gibeah in the
grove by Ramah." Classical Journal, p. 203, No. 5 for
April, 1811.
Twenty-eight years since this emendation was submitted to
notice. Therehas been uncommon apathy, or ignorance in our
council. _

." Saul abode in Gi-

Specimen of emendations to be introduced in Part VIII.:
Song of Solomon, authoriz'd version, chap. Ist, v.
am black, but comely, 0 ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the
tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Soloman."
_ _ .

Neither in this verse, nor Isaiah, chap. 42, v. 11, is the word
" Kedar"—" mourning"—translated.
New Translation—" I am the dawning light, as the compa-
nion of peace, when the habitation of the daughters of Jerusa-
lem is as the tabernacles of mourning. "—See Clasieal Journal,
Ne. 30, for June 1617 ; the Examiner, Nov. 3, 1822 ; the
Examiner, Sept. 2. 1827 ; the Courier, April 23, 1839.
Disturbing the Classical Journals of 1811 and 1817, on the
shelves of the Universities, must bo like disturbing bones in
catacombs.
"May the diffusion of knowledge, the increase of relig;on
and morality, and the augmented- happiness of the people,
make the present reign (era) more glorious than triumphs in
the field have rendered those that preceded it, and peace have
her victories no less renowned than war."
Reasons in favour of a New Translation of the Iloly Scrip-
tures. By Sir James Bland Burgess, Bart. 1819.
" The matter is highly deserving of attention. It is a
question of no less magnitude than the choice between a blind
adhesion to error, and a pure and perfect knowledge of the re-
vealed law of God. Which of these is preferable—which of
them is it no less the interest than it is the duty of every rea-
sonable being to adopt—cannot admit of a doubt. In such a
case let us not be alarmed by any vain fear of temporary in-
convenience, which ought not for a moment to weigh against
the permanent and incalculable advantages attendant on such
a measure. Let us, on the other hand, entertain a lively, and,
I t-ust, a well-founded hope, that those who govern our Church
and State, nay be pleased to take the matter into consi-
deration, and l irect an immediate revision of our Received
Version, or, what might perhaps be more recommendable, a
New Translation of the Original Text."—Extracts.
A Reply to the Rev. Mr. Todd's Vindication of our Trans-
lation and Translators of the Bible. By Sir Janes Bland
Burgess, 1820.
" I certainly, therefore, should have considered them as alto-
gether undeserving of a reply, had they not been employed as
a vehicle of much illiberal personality, to which the writer has
affected to give an additional weight, by ostentatiously an-
nouncing himself in his title-page, as Keeper of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury's Records,' and by dating his preface from
' The Library, Lambeth Palace.' "
" Such were the birth and parentage of our received ver-
sion, as asserted by Mr. Todd himself, and proved by his own
testimony ! No further comment on it is necessary." Suu
sibi gladio hunc jugalo.
" Resting on this evidence, I leave this charge, and with it
the whole of Mr. Todd's Vindication of our authorised transla-

tion and translators, than which a more meagre, crude, and
unsatisfactory performance, was never obtrudt d on the public-"
" The charge of Socinianism Is a mere stale hacknied trick
of miserable controversialists, when they are reduced to the
paltry shift of calling names, in the hope of thereby escaping
from the effect pf arguments, which they are incapable of an-
swering. Does net he know that it was employed against Le
Clerc? Did he never hear of a similar charge made against our
immortal Locke ? If such artifices were used against men of
their exalted characters, I can have no pretension to expect a
more liberal treatment."
4. Some may say, ' Let us introduce no change,for we cannot
tell what further changes may be required of us.'—Had this
Leen listened to, neither the Reformation nor the Revolutiox
could have taken place, and we should have been still subject to
Romish superstition, and to despotic power."
" On the side of those who advocate the necessity of a New
Translation rests the whole weight of facts and arguments. Let
not these be counteracted by less worthy considerations ; let us
not leave to the enemies of Christianity the only weapons by
which it can be assailed ; but let us cordially and sincerely
unite with the learned and pious prelate Archbishop New-
combe, in the prayer with which he concludes his preface,
May the all-wise God, in His fit time, dispose the Sovereign
of the first Protestant Churches, and of the most learned
countries in the world, to complete his true acts,"
—Extracts. of piety, by
promoting equal attention to the English Bible !
The Sun, January 26th, 1839, contains an appeal t• her
Most Gracious Majesty.
Digest of the proceeding, publishing, and publicity of the
Work. The Classical Journal, from 1810 to 1818-1843 the
appearance of the First Part. The Sun, Nos. 3,181-3,192.
—.
Review of, and Rejoinder of the Quarterly Review, Reply to,
and Rejoinder from the Author to Quarterly Review. 1819,
First and Second Part of Anti-Deist. Second Part.—lM, Cri-
tical Examination of the Objections of Mr, Whitaker, A.M.,
Cambridge. Reasons in favour of a New Translation of the
Holy Scriptures. A Reply to the Reverend Mr. Todd's Vin-
dication of our Authorized Translation and Translators of the
Bible.-1821. The Examiner, Dec. 24, 1821.—Mr. Bella-
my's Reply to S. Lee, A.M., Professor of Arabic in the Uni-
versity of Cambridge. Third Part.-1822. Computations is
the Examiner, No. 771.—Aug., Oct., Nov.-1823. Nos, 785,
786, 793. 101, 803.-1824. I\los. 834, 640, 845. In 1825.
Fourth Part. The Times, Saturday, Oct. 16.-1825. The
Durham Chronicle, Saturday, July 16. The Liverpool Sa-
turday Advertiser, July 23 ; and the Norwich Mercury, Satur-
day, August 13, 1825. In 1827.—N05. 1,021, 1,022. The
Examiner, Vol. 111., No. 34 and No. 69. Galway Indepen-
dent, 1825, Nos. 1,049, 1,050, 1,057.—The Examiner. In
1831, Part sth ;in 1834, Part 6th ;in 1335, Part the 7th. In
1837--The Sun, Nos. 14,056, 14,062, and 14,080. In 1838—
Tho Guide, Nos. 48,49. The Sun, No. 14,447. In 1839
Nos. 14,465, 14,468, 14,475, 14,432, 14,606. Nos. 14,628.
July 25th, 14.652, 14,653, 14,662, to the latter we lay no pre-
tension, the insertions each, issuing 3,500 per day—are from
souls of kindred fire—who in this glorious field fight together
with us in our chivalry—who have allied themselves with us
in this arduous strife to " do that deed which shall gild our
humble names."
To decry supineness on the part of her Majesty's Govern-
ment in not acting upon the precedent of James the First as de-
reliction of duty, would be fustian and farrago ; the precedent
any longer laying in abeyance is tantamount to misprision of
treason.

By Appointment : Budd and Catkin, 13oeksvilets to her Ma-
jesty, Pail-mall; Longman, Rees, Orme, and Brown, St.
Paul's, London.

Defendant—What for? The mangle was a dead
take-in. It vont vork wrout I pulls my arms otT. In-
stead of arning one half-a-crown a day, it takes me and
two more strong men to get even salt to our wittles.

Plaintiff—There's a respectable livelywood for them
as don't get drunk.

Defendant—Whoever saw me drunk,you waggerboa ?
If I does take a drop of beer or a drop of gin now and
then, it's because I'm troubled with the narvish disorder.

CHAIRMAN—What was the matter with the mangle ?
Defendant—You see there's a vheel here, and a bit of
hiron there, and so ven you goes to turn it in this here
vay the bit of hiron joggles agin the vheel, and the rol-
lers vont slip easy.
I perfectly understand you," said one of the Coat-
MISSIONERS, " the whole matter is quite clear."
" I don't understand it at all," said another Com-
lIISSIONER. " Perhaps the defendant will explain it
again."

The defendant laid hold of a ruler in her anxiety to
give a practical explanation, and giving it a flourish, as
if turning an imaginary mangle, she caught the plaintiff,
who stood by her side, a crack on the head, which made
his eyes water. This little incident discomposed the
proceedings for a minute, but order having been re-
stored, the mangle operator succeeded in making matters
quite clear to the apprehension of the Court.

. .
CHAIRMAN—The Commissioners decide that you pay
the plaintiff his claim. How much per month can you
afford? Defendant—Oh pray be merciful, your Lord-
ships, I'm a respectable woman, but I'm sorry to say
my husband isn't ; he gets a drop too much, and that
takes away the money. Besides ladies don't send so
much to the mangle as they used ; they won't give more
than threepence a dozen for small things, and as for
shimmies and night clothes, they has 'em all ironed at
home now.

The appeal bad its due weight with the Court, the de-
cision being that the balance was to be paid within two
months.

ABERDEEN CIRCUIT.

The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened on
Wednesday last by Lord MACIEN ZIE. George Napier,
Esq., Advocate-depute.
Margaret Lawrence, an interesting lookinr, woman,
was placed at the bar on a charge of child-murder, also
of concealment of pregnancy.
Prisoner pleaded guilty to concealment of pregnancy
only.

the plea was accepted, and in mitigation of punish-
ment, her Counsel pleaded that she had been delivered
when travelling to her mother's to make her aware of
the circumstances in which she found herself.

Lord MACKENZIE then seriously admonished the
prisoner, and sentenced her to six months' confinement
in gaol.
117iManz Brown, farm servant, Middle Ardo, Ban-
chory, was then placed at the bar on a charge of cul-
pable homicide.
Pannel was accused of having, on the 29th of June
last, recklessly pointed and discharged a gun at Robert
Scorgie, then herd to James Spring, Jun., farmer,
Easter Ardo, whereby he was mortally wounded.
Pannel pleaded guilty.
Lord MACKENZIE remarked briefly on the danger of
such conduct as the pannel pleaded guilty to, and sen-
tenced him to two months' confinement in the gaol of
Stonehaven.

Alexander Wright pleaded guilty to having forged and
uttered a bill of 101. 14s. 9d.
The prisoner was sentenced to two years' imprison-
ment in gaol.
David Smith, a strange-looking man, aged 75, was
then placed at the bar, on a charge of having, on the
17th of June last, in a house in Stonehaven, assaulted
a young girl, under twelve years of age, with intent to
ravish her. . .

13annei pleaded guilty to the assault, but not guilty to
the charge of " forcibly."
The plea was accepted, and the pannel sentenced to
twelve months' confinement is Bridewell.

John Davie pleaded guilty to three of four charges
of forging signatures to bills of exchange, and was,
sentenced to fourteen years' transportation.
Christian Dunn and Hannah Watt were found guilty
of robbicg a man of the name of Peter Low of 21. 155.,
and were sentenced to ten years' transportation.
Lord MACKENZIE then addressed the Sheriffs, and
congratalated them on the comparative lightness of the
calendar, remarking, that in other places of Scotland
the trials were less heavy and numerous than ususl,
which he trusted arose from a decrease in crime. His
Lordship then thanked the Magistrates and the Jury,
observing to the latter, that he was most happy at this
critical season of the year to be able to dismiss them so
early.

CURIOUS PHENOMENON.—A MIRAGE.—In
Boston, on Tuesday afternoon, that very singular phe-
nomenon called a mirage, was seen in the harbour. We
do not recollect of hearing, but twice before, of the ap-
pearance of this curious sight in this country. The pil-
grims saw it at Plymouth. They were expecting some
supplies from England, and the vessels, three in num.
ber, with them, were at sea, a long time, when one day
they were all distinctly seen inverted in the horizon by
several of the forefathers. They never arrived, however,
and probably foundered at sea. Last winter a mirage
was seen on the North river. Persons alone, and out
of sight at Newburgh, saw a precise image of that place,
inverted, and hanging between heaven and earth like
Mahomet's coffin. It is of more frequent occurrence
in Arabia and Italy, than in any other country. In
Boston vessels, of which the sails only could be seen,
were represented by a distinct image inverted above the
horizon, exhibiting both sails and hull. Images were
also seen apparently of vessels beyond the reach of
direct vision.—New York paper.
The Freemasons of the provinces of Durham and
Northumberland will be glad to hear that they will very
shortly be visited by his Royal Highness the Grand
Master of England.—Tyne Mercury.

The following is from the pen of James Gordon Ben-
nett, Editor of the New York Morning Herald, and
one of the most amusing writers in the United States :
The papers are talking Wunders of A. S. Willington
the proprietor of the Charleston Courier. I happen
to know Mr. W. better than any other here. He was
the first person who employed me as a newspaper writer
sometime in the year 1822.

He went to Charleston, S. C., a journeyman printer
from Massachussets, about the year 1795. Willington
est,iblished the Courier, was the first to employ a news-
boat, and boarded vessels himself in Charleston har-
bour, to pick up the news, as my newsboat does here.
By industry and attention to business he created his
' newspaper out of nothing.
Thus much of Mr. W. He made his fortune by
the newspaper press—but in my views I mean to out-
strip all that ever preceded me. I have already made a
fortune in less than five years, but my ambition is to
make the profession of an editor, in the moral, intel-
lectual, and social scale, equal to the highest rank in any
society, under any system of civilization. The news-
paper editor, from his position, may combine,
in one person, the power v.nd influence of
those ancient asses called kings, priests, and
judges—or of the modern blockheads, named presidents,
parsons, and bankers,—and it is his own fault—his own
want of spirit—that prevents an editor from being one
of the first personages of the ,age. To accomplish this
for the press is my ambition—and to reach it requires
resolution, virtue, personal and moral courage, intelli-
gence, industry, economy, fearlessness, travel, experi-
ence, and every element of moral and intellectual great-
ness, Such an editor must combine something of the
moral qualities of a Washington, the intellectual powers
of a Napoleon, and the imagination of a Shakspeare in
one mind—and in one soul. The newspaper twaddler&
of the day are quarrelling among themselves about trash,
when they ought to be contending against the political,
religious, anil financial impostors for the empire of the
public mind and the public soul. They are asses ! asses !
asses !

IMPORTANT ARRIVAL FROM THE HOLY LAND.—
The great Prophet, Rabbi 13,2 n Shildeburger Uziel, has
arrived from the Holy Land, consigned to the care of
Major Noah, charged with a special mission relative to
rebuilding Solomon's Temple. He conies to collect
money, to make arrangements for the sale of all the old
clothes, books, &c., belonging to the pawnbrokers of
this city, including all Major Noah's miscellaneous ef-
fects, old clothes, &c. &c. We understand that Major
Noah returns with him in the British Queen. and that
he is busy packint,' and pricing all his old rubbish prepa-
ratory to a grand sale. We shall give an inventory of
his goods and an outline of his plans for rebuilding the
Temple, with drawings of the same, in a day or two.
We shall have great times in the Holy Land this winter.
—New York Morning Herald.
CURIOUS MOVEMENTS IN RELIGION.--That a tre-
mendous revival in all manner of religious matters is
close at hand we have very little doubt. The Me-
thodists are at work in Europe, sending over agents to
this country to enlighten us, and to Canada to quell the
disturbances, and heal the religious dissensions there ;
Presbyterians are travelling all over the continents of
Europe and Asia to increase the kingdom of heaven ;
to instil new life into. old Jerusalem ; the old clothes
men of Chatham-street, and the pawnbrokers, with
Major Noah at their head, are making great efforts to
get back to the Holy Land ; the Moravians are moving
east, west, north, and south ; the Mormons are on the
march through the United States, going about, as
George Fox and the Quakers did of old, preaching and
praying, and by trying to turn many to righteousness,
endeavouring to shine as the stars for ever and ever.
There is some great and extraordinary religious move-
ment close at band ; and as we know not the day and
hour when it may overtake us, as the great day of re-
vival will come upon us as a thief in the night, as one is
to be taken and another left, it behoves us well to watch
and pray lest we enter into temptation. The Mormons
made their appearance on Sunday last in the town of
Paterson, New Jersey, about sunrise. They were about
fifty in number, including twenty beautiful young women
(newly made converts), dressed in the garb of the pri-
mitive Christians, mostly, although—
Some were ragged and some were torn,
Some were shaven, and some were shorn

of most of their fair proportions ; some of the men had
coats like Joseph, of many colours, and some of the
young girls had petticoats somewhat scanty. They
stopped before the first tavern in the place and thus
chanted their matin song :
Who's a going along with us,
Up to Jordan, up to Jordan ?
Who's a going 'long with us,
Hallelujah! over I"
They then prayed and preached, and exhorted, and
went through the town proclaiming the near approach
of the day of the Lord. No one molested them, and
all seemed to listen with interest, if none were edified.
The Mormons stopped in turn before every tavern,
every factory, and every corner of a street, and went
through their evolutions and religious exercises. When
they had got through they adjourned to a small bar-
room, to take a drink all round. After this they left
the town for the woods, followed by about .500 factory
girls, and held a bush meeting all that afternoon and
night ; and many returned the next morning much im-
proved in piety, but not all improved in their per-
sonal appearance. Again, we say, watch closely the
signs of the times, for some great moral and religious
convulsion is certainly close at band.—Acw York .211Orn-
ing Herald.

DIEPPE, SEPT. 28.—Dieppe is getting very
empty ; a few bathers are still to be seen now and then,
but in one week more this town will hare resumed its
lonely appearance. Altogether it has been a tolerably
good season, both in point of company and weather, and
even now we seem to be better off as regards the
elements than other parts of France. Though there
has been much good company here, it has not in-
cluded any large proportion of the Parisian leading
fashionables.

We have witnessed during the course of our jour-
ney through this transitory state of things many wet or
fitful summers. We remember perfectly the grand de-
struction of 1799, which, with its glorious coadjutor war,
raised the quartern loaf to Is. 100., and even 2s. or
more in some places, and certainly cannot forget the
season of 1816. Yet can we not recal to our recollec-
tion a season more fitful and perpiexing than the one
which the last three months have presented to our
anxious observation. It is as one of perpetual spring
—the counterfeit presentment of old April—with, how-
ever, a predominance of showers. We say old April,
for that is a subject of chronology, the month still bear-
ing the name having for many years past been an ac-
cessory of lingering winter, frequently with considerably
increased asperity.
The gleams of sun have been frequent and powerful,
but if we except the twelve first days of August, there
has been no period of four days' fine weather since the
dreadful hail storms of June 18, and July 7. September
has deteriorated ; had it sustained the character of
August, all the harvest might have been housed, or in a

condition for the stack and barn ; but it came rainy, and
so continued, with fugitive intervals of sunny weather,
till the end of the third week. Many persons describe
the season as cold. True it is that our thermometers
lave only on two days (6th and 10th) risen to 70 deg. ;
but, though great mid day heat has been wanting, we
have not witnessed one frosty night. A decided im-
provement in the weather took place at the equinox.
On the 23d the sun entered Libra, the day fine and
sunny ; the wind north-west. till three p.m. ; but it
veered to south-east about five p.m., and (as has been
invariably the event of late) then went to south-west.
As this change occurred about the bitur when the earth
passed the equinoctial point, and the western current,
with a tendency to showers, was again established, the
prognostic is in favour of a mild south-westerly winter,
with, perhaps, frequent showers.
We hope our agriculturists will observe three equi-
noctual indications. Our meteorological prophets have,
one and all, been at sea, showing that " nothing is but
what is not; therefore, a better and more obvious crite-
rion should be noticed—one which will not interpret
causes, but may lead to sound and experimental de-
ductions.

If the weather have been tantalising, what shall we—
can we—say of the multiform agricultural reports?
They are one tissue of contradictions ; all are at va-
riance, even in, and wizen, referring to the same locali-
ties. Of our own district we can only say, in few words,
that, being nearly central, as respects the east and west
of England, it may offc.r a pretty fair medium standard.
Ail the wheat, or nearly all, was safely housed in the
fine weather of August ; if any were carried damp, the
nervous impatience of the farmer must alone bear the
responsibility. Some oats and barley were discoloured
by the rains at the close of the month. Much of the
second cutting of clover is damaged by the recurring
showers of September. It cannot be doubted that very
much worse weather has troubled the west and north-
west of Britain. and all Ireland, but, as a set-off; we
believe that the great corn countries of the cast have
been blessed with splendid weather and a noble harvest
A fair estimate of the weather, and consequences,
may be obtained by the perusal of the following extract
from the September Number of that capital periodical,
The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture. Individually
we have ample reason to give our testimony to the emi-
nent qualifications of its editor, and the report merits
the utmost attention of every English farmer ; for,
verily, it does us South Britons no little honour, espe-
cially as we believe it to be founded upon an actual
survey :

" All the crops are certainly better than last year,
with the exception of wheat, which is rather thin on the
ground, but well eared notwithstanding. The barley
and oats we would pronounce a fair crop, the latter, in
all cases, being the best. When harvest shall com-
mence in Scotland it is difficult to predict ; the middle
of September will certainly arrive before much grain
can be ready for the sickle. In the north of England
the crops arc much the same as in Scotland, but in the
southern parts of that glorious country they are all
heavy, and the wheat particularly so, and full eared
and standing up, notwithstanding the heavy rains and
storms which have prevailed for some weeks past. The
pastures (Scottish) in the early part of the summer
were completely bared, so that the stock suffered from
privation to a considerable degree ; and even now, that
rain has fallen, a pasture early eaten down cannot be
expected to recover in that se icon. The English na-
tural pastures are excellent ; but it has been remarked
by graziers that the grass does not feed so kindly this
summer. The effect may be partly ascribed to the heavy
dewy nights and cold mornings, which aro apt to induce
starving coats and hard hides.

" We have observed but few blanks among the po-
tatoes, which look pretty well ; and as there is a large
breadth planted this year we may anticipate a sufficient
supply of that necessary of life for the labouring popu-
lation. The turnips, we suspect, have received too
much wet of late to permit their attaining a heavy

remarks apply, of course,
crop."
tghe concluding line upon tur-
nipsex Severalosively ofto thethe
.foorretgho: n
is good, but
ground been
cthroep
Thabde
tliehwulibilsbwe
less chilled and poached with water, and more stimu-
lated found
havebu but
beentoo true.
larger
by continuous sunbeams. Potatoes, of which the
total failure was predicted, are generally of abundant
promise ; we see proofs of this fact, and though we must
lament the pro traction of the latter harvest, and feel
that " its joy" has been checked ; yet we earnestly en-
treat our readers to suspend their judgment, and not to
suffer themselves to be terrified by the designing, who
have an object to gain, and care not for the conse-
quences which result from the falsities they propagate.
Three seasons have in succession been somewhat un-
propitious. We cannot refrain from feeling a hope that
this glut of rain will terminate the elementary contest,
and prepare the land for that great productiveness
which results from a regular and balanced distribution
of the great natural elements, light, heat, and moisture.
The barometer has been extremely low the latter half
of the month ; bUt has, with some fluctuations, risen
during a week past to about 29 in. 50-60 cents. The
weather improved in proportion. Michaelmas-day was
superb, so has been the 30th to 4 p.m., when indica-
tions of wind recurred. We hope the beat, and that
October will raise the hopes of many whose crops are
still in the field.

Sept. 30, Eight p.m.

We are happy to learn that the Countess of
Hillsborough is not so seriously ill as stated ; although
still in a very delicate state of health, not the slightest
danger is apprehended. The Marchioness of Down.
shire has recently visited her Ladyship at Anglesey Villa.

EVEN ING EDITION,

HOP 1N TELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER, SEPT. 28.—The supply of new Hops
at this day's market amounted to about 1,600 pockets,
and the quantity would have been considerably aug-
mented, had not the rainy morning prevented many
planters from sending their Hops in. The trade opened
brisk, and continued so throughout the day, and at the
close 1,224 pockets of new, and 28 pockets of old Hops
had passed the scales, none but those of the lowest de-
scription remaining unsold, and which the planters
could not get rid of at any price. The business trans-,
acted during the week has been very trifling, 23 pockets
only having been weighed. Yearlings and old Hops are
scareely saleable, and prices of such are nominally as
last week. The duty is rather lower, 29,0001. being
now the estimate.

WEALD OF KENT, AND SussEx.—The Hops come
down tolerably well, the great difficulty appears to be
to produce a good sample, the Hops have been greatly
injured by the wet and boisterous weather. The plan•
tars complain heavily of the lowness of price ; so much
so, that many say they do not pay for picking ; great
care is bestowed in keeping out the damaged Hops to
improve the sample, when it is hoped more money will
be made.

DISFRANCHISEMENT OF

TORIES.—The

Essex Herald says the decision of the Revising Bar-
risters at Maldon, on what is generally known as the
" crow-flying question," will be regarded with deep in-
terest, not only in that borough, but by every one who
takes part in political matters in this and the neighbour-
ing counties. By several former decisions it was settled
that the seven miles within which the freeman is
raquired to reside should be measured in a straight
line : by the judgment now given the distance is
tl be measured by the nearest public path ; and this de-
cision alone strikes off from the register sixty-one Con•
ervative voters, most of whom, we believe, polled at
the last closely contested election. The Barristers have
also decided, contrary to their predecessors, and con-
trary to the decision of the Committee. of the House
of Commons, against the claims of another class of
freemen, on a nice construction of the Charter, and
thus a number of other voters are disfranchised.
THE LATE LAMENTED JOHN CRESSET PEL-
HAM, ESQ.—We are enabled to give a few paticulars
relating to the death of this highly valued and deeply la-
mented gentleman, who has represented both this county
and borough (Shrewsbury) in Parliament for several
years. Mr. Pelham was on his return to England,
in the Nerbudda ; when 9ff the Isle of France, the

smallpox being on board, and Mr. Pelham having
caught the infection, the vessel was immediately put
under quarantine ; but the Governor having been
informed that an Enf,,,di,h gentleman of family and dis-
tinction was a passenger, communicated to the Captaia his
desire that the sufferer should be removed on shore,

and offered the best attention and medical advice that

could possibly be procured. Mr. Pelham, on hearing
of the offer, respectfully, but resolutely, refused to avail
himself of it, remarking, with his usual feeling and
. .

wonted consideration, that he would not have his body

removed to endanger the lives of the islanders by car-
rying such a frightful disease on shore. Shortly
after, this good and beloved being breathed Lis last.
The Governor was present at the last sad rites that

were bestowed on the mortal remains of this esteemed

gentleman. The whole of the vessels at that time off the
island were removed within a prescribed distance round
the Nerbudda ; the body was brought on deck ; the

beautiful burial service from m our own Book of Common

Prayer was read by the chaplain ; all the public func-
tionaries of the island were present, and the crew of
each vessel stood uncovered on their respective decks,
watching the solemn ceremony. At a given signal the
body was committed to the deep, shrouded and weighted,
amidst the heartfelt regrets of his friends, and the re-

spectful attention of those present, to whom the scene

was a mournful and sad event. Never did the waters

close over a more upright and just man. His body is
the sport of the winds and waves. with corruption ; but
as sure as the good man meeteth his reward, his soul will
ue'er see death.—Sliropshire Mercury.

THE ADJOURNED INQUEST ON ALDRIDGE
THE POLICEMAN.—At nine o'clock yesterday morning,
the inquisition on this unfortunate man was resumed
before E. J. Carttar, Esq., at the Swan Inn, Lee. The
arrangements made by the landlord were admirable ; a
barrier was placed across the long room in which the
Court was held, so as to prevent the dense crowd from
pressing in upon the Jury, and those professionally en-
gaged in the business. The room was crowded to suf-
focation, a large concourse of persons being outside,
who could not gain admission, anxious to witness the
proceedings. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, of Wapping, at-
tended for the prisoners generally. The first witness
called was Mr. Edward Downing, the surgeon to the
R. Division of Police, who, after stating the nature of
the wounds, said the contusions and fracture of the
skull which the deceased had received, were sufficient
to cause his death. A number of other witnesses were

examined, but it did not appear that the prisoners were
identified, and the inquest was adjourned till the

o'clock on Friday. •
ROBBERY AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—
On Tuesday information was forwarded to all the police
stations, describing the following property which was
stolen on Monday from the apartments of Mr. Bellamy,
at the House of Commons ; viz. a mahogany box, with
inlaid brass handle, containing 14 dozen of table, tea,
and dessert spoons, 32 salt spoons, a dozen of them
with gilt bowls, and four mustard spoons, all of silver,
and of different patterns, King's, fluted, and plain, and

cyphered ; some of them wwith " B," and others

E. B.' At the same time was stolen a Russia
leather pocket-book, containing two 51. bank-notes,
an l a canvass bag, containing 13 sovereigns. The
above property eras stolen from an iron chest in the
bed-room of the butler, during his absence, between
the hours of eleven and. twelve, and from a drawer in
the same room a silver watch was stolen. The thief
was evidently wel acquainted with the premises, and
took from a drawer in the room the key which opened
the iron chest.

On Tuesday night an inquest was held at the
Black Horse Tavern, High-street, Poplar, before Mr.
Baker, the Coroner, on view of the body of Moses
Fox. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased,

- - ,
who was & years of age, and had been second mate on

board the Duke of Clarence, at present lying in the
West India Export Dock, was in care of that vessel.
On Sunday morning, about half-past one o'clock, the
cabin, which was partly erected on the deck, and in
which he slept, was discovered to be on fire, and the
flames had attained such an ascendancy that it was
found impossible to release him. The dock engines,
under the direction of Mr. Dickson, the super-
intendent of the dock police, were promptly on the spot,
and by his directions the fire was soon subdued, and the
deceased got out, but his body at the time presented a
most frightful spectacle, and life had been extinct for
some time. It was the opinion of Mr. Dickson and
other witnesses that the deceased had concealed a light
on board, and, from a Bible being found half consumed,
that he had been reading, when by some accident, pro-
bably the deceased going to sleep, the place had taken
fire, and the deceased been unable to make his way out,
or suppress the flames. The captain of the vessel gave
the deceased an excellent character, as being a most
sober and religious man, and the jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental death." A watch belonging to the de-
ceased, which was found in the cabin, and much in-
jured, was stopped at seven minutes to two o'clock.
PAUL DE Koch.—A new novel by Paul de
Kock creates a more powerful sensation than the

speech of the King himself : and, on the day of publi-
cation, not a diligence, not a mail, not a public convey-
ance leaves the French metropolis without bearing to the
country librarians of all parts a package of the anxi-
ously-awiaited volumes. There is not a circulating
library throughout France that does not possess one
or more complete sets of his works ; there is not a
newsroom where, among the few dozens of standard
hooks which grace the little shelf in the corner, the
novels of Paul de Kock are not to be found. His
popularity extends to the meanest and most distant
cottage in the empire ; there exists not a labourer
who tills the land in the remotest province that has
not heard of Paul de Kock, and laughed at the vi'-
lage pedant's recital of the best episode in his last
work. Mount the imperial of the diligence, and the
eanducteur will talk to you of Paul de Kock. Con-
eTe with the tine du comptoir in a cafe, and she
willHireask you to lend her his lately-published novel.
a cabriolet de place, and the driver will tell
you that he has just perused Paul de Kock's new work.
Chatter with
your porter's wife when she brings you
your newspaper in the morning, and she will call your
attention to the critique of Paul de Kock's book
in the feuilleton. Speak to your cook relative
to your dinner
havifore, and she will throw
ng
thhr beo ektetelna m
e late
on
IDthe ddea yK 0 lac
ke -.
Ask your friend why he
his
the reply will be the same. In fine M. Charles Paul
de Kock engrosses public attention appointment, and
as P ,much as the
prices of the funds, the measures Qof the Ministers, or
,
the war in Spain. He is a " Monsieur
existence is interminable.—Repious
ture (21. France. 41 lodern Litera-
ture
number of passengers of the better class
proceeding- to the United States is unprecedentedlY
great, notwithstanding the numbers carried out by the
steam-ships, the sailing vessels get a fair share,--Liv,
pool Herald.
A number of cutlasses, in leather sheaths, have
Leen forwarded by the Board of Ordnance to the Sur-
veyor of the Police, for the use of the policemen in
case of necessity. The cutlasses with which the men
were at first armed, were borrowed from a neighbour-
ing town.—Sheffield Independe,lt.
It is rdmoared in the higher circles that a sport-
ing gentleman, residing in Berkeley-square, is about to
form a matrimonial alliance with the sister of a Noble
' .Lord, whose family seat is in Shropshire. We men-
tion this merely as a rumour, for the gentleman has,
during his pilgrimage in this transitory world, already
c,nducted two ladies to the hymeneal altar, besides
, being upwards of thirty years older than the lady above
1 a laded to.

FIRE IN THE STRAND.—An alarming fire
was discovered this morning on the premises of Mr.
Green, milkman, No. 272, Strand. When first dis-
covered the flames were issuing from the front part of
the house, and by the time that the engines belonging
to the London Fire Establishment, which were the first
on the spot, had arrived, they had gained such an as-
cendancy that the whole efforts of the firemen were
devoted towards saving the adjoining premises ; yet,
notwithstanding, those of Mr. Baylis, Ironmonger, No.
273, sustained consideral injury.
RINGING (808 MAJORS AND OXFORD
TREBLE Boss,)—The set of bells in Nayland Church,
which have been rehung after the repairing of the
tower, were opened on Monday last. An invitation
was sent by the churchwardens to the ringers of the
adjacent places to give their attendance on the above
day, and make a trial of their skill. Lots having been
drawn, the Dedham ringers commenced with a bob
major, but lost the peal before the changes were com-
pleted.
Those from Ipswich then rang an Oxford
treble bob, completing 720 changes in about 25 minutes.
The Colchester ringers gave a bob major, but unfor-
tunately, when within four changes of completing it, lost
their peal ; but their ringing was greatly praised
throughout the day, and as far as they proceeded,
judged decidedly the best performers. Afterwards the
Boxford and Bures ringers commenced bob majors,
the changes. After each party
but failed in completing
bad had their trial, those from Cochester and Ipswich
rang an Oxford treble bob for a purse of 10s. made by
themselves, which was won by the latter. There are
six bells, the tenor in key
F. weighing 19 cwt.—Essex
Mercury.
MANSLAUGHTER IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—
A. case of manslaughter, in which one man has met
his death from the hands of another, occurred last week
in Nottinghamshire on the farm of Messrs. Robert and
Henry Harrison, at Colsted Bassett, about ten miles
from the town of Nottingham. A number of men and
women were employed on the above farm thrashing
barley
by means of a machine, and as overlooker a
Inwoarnk.namA youth
edjo
of the nameLowesu of Brookesperintend
superintended
aged about
hematthei r
eighteen, had been ordered by Lowe to cart some bar-
ley straw, and on demurring was, it is said, struck with
a fork, the prongs of which penetrated his temple. On
Friday a Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of " Man-
slaughter.'

Let us look calmly at this proposition—Silver is
the general standard of the continent ; consequently
to make thatt a legal paymentwouldat once bring our
standard into conformity with theirs, and enable our
merchants to buy and sell to more advantage. Being
the general stand ,rd of the ContiniAtt, it is Lo:n-
paratively abundant, and may be at all times

The Hobart Town and Sydney papers received
yesterday are filled with apprehensions of a famine
in the Australian colonies. The Launceston Jour-
nal states that in consequence of the high price of
bread the Government had judged it necessary to
abridge the allowance of food usually issued to the
prisoners, thus subjecting that unfortunate class of
per,uuo to the enduruilct of the uf
superadded to their other sufferings. For the quan-