The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-31 00:00:00

VRIVILEGF. OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.

A charge against a female named Jane Griffiths, of having
stolen five shillings, in copper, from the shop of Mr. Ab-
batt, tea-dealer, Elliot-street, having been disposed of by
the prisoner being remanded, Mr. George Crostield, whole-
sale grocer, bespoke the favour of the bench to hear a
complaint of Mr. Abbatt relative to the manner in which, on
coming there as a witness, he had been treated by two the
police officers.
Mr. Rushton expressed his willingness to hear the com-
plaint.
Mr. Abbatt stated, that when he entered the Court he was
rudely spoken to by two of the officers at the door, one of
whom forcibly took off his hat, and he thrust out with such
violence that he still felt the effects of his treatment on his
person. In addition to this, one of the officers insultingly
addressed him in the language peculiar to his sect, showing
that he knew he belonged to the society of friends.
Mr. Rushton said the officers did very wrong, and inquired
if they were present.
Mr. Abbatt said he did not know their names or numbers,
but one of them was a tall man.
Police-officer No. 35 then appeared, and stated that he was
one of the officers. The complainant, he said, had come in
wrapped in his Macintosh cloak, and he did not know him
to be a Quaker.
Mr. Abbatt repeated that he must have known, from the
language which he afterwards employed.
Mr. Rushton said, that the officers had done exceedingly
wrong in using violence. The members of the Society of
Friends wear their hats, not from any disrespect to the
courts, but in obedience to the discipline of their sect ; and
the proper way would have been to remove the hat gently,
which they (the Friends) never resisted. He trusted he
should not have a second complaint against any officer of a
similar nature. _ _

.....
Mr. Crossfield thanked the magistrate for his notice of the
subject. He (Mr. Rushton) was perkctly right in stating
that no disrespect was intended by their sect wearing their
hats. They did so because they conscientiously believed that
the taking off of the hat was due only to the Creator.
Mr. Rushton said, he should take care that the other
officer (who was absent) should also be apprised of the im-
propriety of his conduct.• The parties then left the court.

COURT OF PASSAGE.—The court of passage for this bo-
rough will be held on Thursday neat, at Ten o'clock, in the
Nisi Prius Court.

' GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.—Last evening the
Theatre-Royal was crowded to excess in every part, on the
occasion of the first of the series of four grand subscription
concerts, which we announced some time ago. Miss Clara
Novello, Miss Dolby, and Mr. Parry, jun., were the vocal-
ists ; and the solo performers were Mr. Blagrove, the cele-
brated violinist, and the veteran Lindley. The band was
most efficient. The concert opened with Weber's well-known
Jubilee Overture, which was performed in spirited style,
and prepared the auditory for the enjoyment of the following
pieces. Sir J. Stephenson's beautiful duet, " Tell me where
is fancy bred," followed, and in it Miss Dolby and Mr.
Parry were warmly applauded. Miss Clara Novello sue-
, 'made& with some of the magnificent music of Handel,
which she executed in a manner that reminded us of the la-
mented Malibran. A Prize Song by Parry, was the next, and
to our minds it was one of the features of the concert. It is a
beautiful composition, and in the hands of Mr. Parry,jun. it
achieved a reputation at once. Our limited space will not
allow us further to particularize in the vocal department.
Mr. Blagrove's violin concerto was a perfect study, and we
thought we saw several young violinists endeavouring to
catch his points. We may inform them that much fag will
be necessary. Mr. Lindley is so well known that we have
no need to report of his performance. His advancing years
have certainly not abated his love of the divine art, nor is
his execution in any degree affected. There is still the same
vigour of tone, the same finished points, and the same
unrivalled power over his instrument as we have ob-
served in him years ago. He was loudly applauded. The
concert terminated about II o'clock ; and we are glad to be
able to say that not one of the audience complained of
anything except the uncomfortable pressure which the at-
tractions of the night had caused.

Two liaorimits DROWNED--A most distressing accident
occurred on the morning of Christmas-day on the river Irwell,
near Eceles, by which two. brothers, in the prime of their
youth, suddenly lost their lives in a moment of amusement.
The sufferers on this ruelanaholy were two sons of Mr. Pres-
ton, of the:firm of Bindlos:ws and Preston, silk manufactu-
rers', of INlanchesteranitlEcelesi—,-one, Mr, },:dwarct James
P"restiin; a yioalig wo.s :manager 0 f the mild at
ElCeles the 'Other.' ,i)ft..;01111,19Oi Preston,. aged 19, was a
elerkTh the'BoatliLanea;Sliire` Bank.. It appears that these
gentlemen have for some tinaepttst.hada.small sail-boat upon
I the river, in which. they frequently .amused. themselves by
sailing botwcen the locksat .13aton 4nd Ihrpstie- Nast,. On
Wednesday. nikiiini,Theyand hers got into; the bos.t,.
mid proceeded up the river for., sinart ilistange. and then
turned round with the intentithkor beating dowikagainst the
wind Which was right a-head. ou their Teturn. ~ They had not
gonavery far before aiiclent gust caught the sails of the boat ;
and the sheets, (the ropes by which the sails arc held to the
wind) being unfortunately made fast, instead of being held in
the hand, as they might to have been, the boat was overact,
and the whole party were precipitated into the water. Four
of them either got on shore themselves. or were assisted by
others, and escaped without serious consequences ; but the
two Messrs. Preston, after struggling for a short time, sunk
to the bottom and were. drowned, and their bodies were not
recovered until the lapse of an hour, when of course, all at-
tempts at resuscitation wereentirely fruitless. Both the young
men were well known, and their untimely death has caused a
general gloom amongst a large circle of friends.

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY !-" We arc enabled to state that
Her Majesty's Government are more firmly seated in power
than for a very long time past."—Cheltenham Examiner.
" Musket balls, full bore," were a legal tender in Massa-
chusetts in 1656, " current for a farthing a-piece, provided no
man be compelled to take above 12 at a time Of them." In
1680 the town of Highain paid its taxes in milk pails.—
American paper.

EGGS.—("A London Poulterer.") The number of foreign
eggs imported into Great Britain for the year ending sth of
January, 1839, was 83,7.15/723 ; and the gross amount of duty
received for the same was X 29,111. The customs' duty is
10d per 120.

The Picayune tells of a man who told so crooked a story at
the police-office, that it turned his tongue into a cork-screw.
—Boston Notion.

LONGEVITY AND LONG SERVITUDE.--There are now re-
siding, all within one hundred yards from that ancient and
venerable pile the parish church of Croston, and to the ser-
vices of which they have in their respective capacities been
attached for very many years, the rector and his lady, the
parish clerk and sexton, and their wives, whose united ages
amount to 148 years, viz : .
• The Rector 73
His Lady 7O
The Clerk.
His Wife 76
• • The Sexton B2
His Wife..

TINKLE! TINKLE !—A family in the neighbourhood of
Barnsley engaged a rustic youth to run errands and wait at
the dinner table. The first day he entered upon his new
situation, his master told him, that after the dinner had been
taken into the room he was to stand in the passage and
answer the bell. The boy, of course, was all attention, and
after the knives and forks had been at work for a short time
the bell was rung ; the boy on hearing it immediately called
out at the top of his shrill voice, Tinkle'. Tinkle ! Tinkle !
Tinkle! The master wondering what was the matter ran
out of the room into the passage, and there his attentive
servant was, with a face as red as a turkey cock, still calling
out Tinkle ! Tinkle ! What's alt that noise, exclaimed the
master, in a tone of anger, " Wha," responded the boy, as
soon as he had recovered his wind. " Am ansering th' bell,
Sur." The master, on hearing this, turned round upon his
heel, and into the room he went in a regular twitter.
MONEY LETTERS.—The following notice has been issued
from the General Post-office :—" In consequence of the great
increase of letters containing coin, it has become necessary,
in order to prevent the total interruption of the service, to
discontinue the system which has hitherto prevailed of enter-
ing theaddresser of such letters, and taking receipts for them
on delivery to the owners. The practice, therefore, of enter-
ing such letters as money letters will cease on and after the
Ist of Januaiy, 1840; after which time, parties having occa-
sion to transmit small sums in cash are recommended to
make use of the money order office, where they will incur no
risk, while those who may desire to remit hank notes or
drafts payable to hearer, are requested to cut them in half,
sending each half, if possible, by two different posts, In the
case of bank notes, or bank post bills being sent, the num-
bers, dates, and amounts should be carefully taken. Money
orders for stung under £5 ure granted by every post town
upon every other post town in the united kingdom on appli-
cation at the various offices."

FUNERAL SEamoxis.—On Sunday last, two most eloquent
and extremely impressive sermons, in relation to the death
of the late lamented Vicar, were preached at the Parish
Church, by the Rev. R. P. Buddicoin, of St. George's Ever-
ton. In the morning, the rev, gentleman took his text from
Acts XIII., v. 36—" For David, after he had served his own
generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto
his fathers, and saw corruption ;" and in the evening he
preached from Hebrews XIII., v. 4 and 8—" Remember
them which have the rule over von, who have spoken unto
you the word of God ; whose faith follow, considering the
end of their conversation ; Jesus Christ the same yesterday
and to-day, and for ever." His sermons on both occasions
exhibited a very correct knowledge and appreciation of the
qualities and character of the deceased pastor, as well as of
his talents and adaptation for the ministerial office. Both
discourses were couched in terms of eloquent pathos and
affectionate appeal, and appeared to produce a marked effect
upon the congregations. Both morning and evening the
church was filled to overflowing, and a great proportion of
the congregation appeared in mourning.—Preston paper.
YUCCA GLORIOSA.-At the scat of Sir Robert Eden,
Bart., Windlestene, near Darlington, one of those rare and
interesting plants (YuCca Gloriosa,) has recently flowered.
The height of this extraordinary plant from the ground to
the summit of its beautiful spike of flowers, was 14 feet 6
inches ; the-flowers which were of a pale yellow colour, and
nearly as large as a white lily, numbered 673. Sir Robert
obtained it from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in 1828, and
it stated that this is the only instance of a plant of its species
having ever flowered in the county of Durham. An instance
of one having flowered in the County of Northumberland
occurred in the gardens of the Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P.,
at Eslington, some years ago, which was recorded in the
columns of this journal.

THE FREQUENCY OF FAMINES IN INDIA.—In 1764-66,
a famine raged on the coast of Coramandel. In 1770-71, a
famine raged in Bengal, which swept off under the admini-
stration of Lord Clive, 3,000,000 of its inhabitants. In 1782-3,
another famine raged on the Coramandel coast. In 1792-3,
another famine raged there. In 1803-4, famine raged in
Bombay and Deccan. In 1820-1, there was a famine in
the southern part of the Deccan. In 1823-4 famine raged in
the Deccan, from Kandiesh to Mysore. In 1832-3, in Bom-
bay and the Deccan. In 1833-4 there was a famine in the
Madras territory. In 1835-6, there was a famine in Orissa
and on the Coromandel coast. In 1837-8 there was a famine
in the Agra Presidency ; and during the end of last year, fa-
mine appeared in the Bombay Presidency. The amount of
mortality caused by these famines is frightfully great ; in the
neighbourhood of Agra, 500.000 persons are said to have per-
ished from want. And all this occurs in a country where
millions of acres of the richest soil are lying uncultivated, and
where a rupee's worth of rice will support native life for thirty
days!

SINGULAR W TRUE.—As Mr. Jubb, surgeon, of HaHai,
was returning from a visit to a patient about four miles from
Halifax, on Sunday night last, he was accosted by apparently
a respectably-dressed female, who sported both muff and
veil, and who requested him to take her into his gig, as she
was benighted ; to this he consented, and on coming through
Elland, a light from a lamp showed him the lady had whis-
kers also, which put him in a sensation; he therefore had
recourse to the old expedient—dropped his handkerchief, and
requested she would step out for it, as his horse was a spirited
one; as soon as she had alighted he politely dropped of, and
found she had left the aforesaid muff, which contained a
hrace of loaded pistols and a dagger.— Wakefield Journal.
Ricu HARVEST IN GERMANY.—A harvest of a very un-
eommon description in Northern Europe has been reaped at
Blanslto., near Braun, in Moravia. After many trials, a
Baron Von Reichenbach has, it appears, succeeded in bring- •
ing to pert-eel:Mu a field of rice, which in. Germany, even
more than. with us, is an article of constant and extensive
Consumption. As the land where the crop has been grown
is situated in a cold mountainous region, more than a thou-
sand feet above the sea, and surrounded by forests,.. where
the climate is too severe for the growth of grapes, his success
is the more extraordinary. The seed was sown and raised
entirely in water; in the first instance in a sort of hot-bed,
or hot water, for the water was a little warmed whenever,
during the spring, the weather was cold enough to render it
necessary; and it was then transplanted according to a me-
thod practised in Hindostan.—Athenceuns.
MOST EXTRAORUINA.RYSHOOTING.—On the 21st instant,
the high sheriff of the county, Charles Scarisbrick, Esq.,
beat his covers, at his seat in Wrightington, and killed the
extraordinary number of 709 rabbits and 1 pheasant, in the
short space of five hours and a half. In one of the covers he
killed 218 head, in twenty-five minutes; and as many as 30
a minute, during several minutes in succession. It almost
appears impossible that a person could continue during the
space of five and a half hours to find sufficient game to shoot
and kill, on an average, 128 rabbits in an hour, when it is
taken into consideration the time that must necessarily be
lost in waiting for the game being driven out by the beaters,
and going from one cover to another. Many of the:persons
who witnessed the sport, and knew the expertness of the
shooter and the quantity of game in the preserves, ex-
pressed it as their opinion, that, if lie had turned out earlier
in the morning, he would have killed upwards of 1,000 head.
Perhaps, no individual in England ever killed so great a quan-
tity in the same time, and the probability is, it will never be
done again, as it is reported that that gentleman will not in
the futnre keep so great a stock on his demesne.—Wigan
Gazette.

EXTRAORDINARY FOOT ItACE.-Wil M`Mullin, who,
it will be recollected, accomplished an extraordinary pedes-
trian performance near this town some time since, purposes
undertaking, without training, the following Herculean task
on New Year's Day, upon the road leading from Sand-street
to the Castle Mona gate. starting at ten o clock in the fore-
noon :—To walk twenty miles, run one mile, walk one mile,
walk a mile backwards, run two coach wheels one mile, wheel
a gig one mile, and pick up forty stones one yard apart with
his mouth, in a shorter period than that in which the two
rival champions of England, Townshend and Mountjoy ac-
complished a less arduous feat, for 100 guineas, a short time
ago, at St. John's Wood, near London. Townshend's and
Mountjoy's undertaking was—to walk 20 miles, run one mile,
walk a mile, walk a mile backwards, run a hoop one mile,
and pick up 40 stones one yard apart with their mouths, oc-
cupying 4 hours and 45 minutes. Mr. M`Mullin feels con-
fident of performing his astonishing undertaking in -a touch
less period of time.—Mosz Liberal.

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There are now growing at . Pelaw, niar" i ester-le-
street, about two acres of white' turnips, the property of
Henry Stobart, Esq.y many of them measuring from 35 to
38 inches in eircumference.—Neteeastle Joatial.
So mild has the weather beenin-Alston Moor this week,
that the Thrush has been heard, morning and evening,
whistling in the neighbouring plantations, an unusual treat
to the people of Alston.—Netreastle Journal. -
RAILWAY FROM HERTFORD.—The subject of a railway
to connect the towns of Hertford and Ware with the North-
ern and Eastern line, has been again mooted, and some steps
we are pleased to hear have been taken to promote an object
so much to be desired.—Herts Reformer.
SUICIDE OF AN ENGLISH YOUNG LADY AT MOUNT VE-
SUVIUS.--roe Moniteur Pariarien of Saturday night states
that the daughter of an English banker, a rich heiress, na-
med Miss Anna Wilkins, had thrown herself in the crater of
Mount Vesuvius, on the 12th instant, in consequence of be-
ing crossed in love. The object of her attachment was a
handsome Lazarone, nineteen yeatS of age.
We regret to learn that the disorder called the murrain is
very prevalent in the neighbourhood of Tenbury, and many
cattle have died in consequence. If it does not receive im -
mediate attention, the disease frequently proves fatal in three
or four hours. The long continuance of wet weather is sup-
posed to be the exciting cause of this singular malady.—
Worcestershire Chronicle.

MORECAMBE BAY RAILWAY.—The parties interested in
this undertaking are busy serving notices, but we are informed
that the opposition to the measure will be very great indeed,
there being few owners on the line who do not object entirely.
It was said the other day that the Earl of Burlington had
become favourable to the scheme, but it is said that his lord-
ship is opposed still.—Lancaster Gazette.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—It is an extraordinary fact
that in the garden of Mr. Caleb Bowe, of Stony Croft, near
Keswick, there is at present a gooseberry tree bearing fruit ;
the berries are about the size of peas. The circumstance is
certainly rendered the more remarkable by Stoney Croft
being in a high situation, and not sheltered in any way from
the.atorms of winter.— Manx LiLcrel. •
• MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—There. Was Within the 'Lit
few weeks, at Mr. Selby's, of Dockray-liall, near Wigton, a
jargonelle pear tree in blossom ; the tree contained twenty-
seven clusters of blossom, some of which formed into small.
though perfectly-shaped fruit, but were destroyed by a few
nights of frost. Several other fruit-trees have also been in
blossom lately near the same neighbourhood.--Manx Liberal.
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.—We learn from Lord
Dover's Life of Freder.ck the Great, that " Count Brutal,
Prime Minister to the King of Poland, a man of inferior
abilities, and great indolence, used to say that public affairs
carried themselves on, provided one did not trouble oneself
about them." It is clear from this tiutii Lord Melbourne,
however eccentric he may sometimes be, is- not a great ori-
ginal.--:-Moruing Pest:
ANTIQUE VESSEL.—We have just been informed that au
ancient stone urn or vessel, was discovered on Thursday
last by some labourers, on the plot of ground in the village
of Kirk Onchan, which is now in the course of being con-
verted by Andrew Spittall, Esq., into a public nursery and
pleasure grounds. In our next we trust to be enabled to
give our readers a description of this antique rarity:—Manx
Liberal.

LAMENTABLE EVENT.—EarIy on Friday morning last,
two labouring men, belonging to Ulverston, were discovered,
quite dead. in a lime-kiln house, the property of Mr. Richard
Parks, situate at Plumpton, near that town. The names of
the ill-fated men are John Davison, aged 63, and John Dia-
mond, aged 56 years. It appeared that the roor men had
gone there for shelter, and being overcome by the gaseous
vapour, had insensibly sunk into eternal Wieep.—Carlisle
Patriot.

SINGULAR COINCIDENCL.—Many of the congregation
assembling at the Parish Church, will recollect that the text
from which the late vicar preached his first sermon after his
appointment to the living, was the words—" it is rewired of
stewards that a man be found faithful:" now it singularly
occurred that these words formed part of the Epistle read on
the very day of his death, after a lapse of nearly 23 years
from the time when he first made them memorable to his
hearers.—Preston Pilot.

EENOOI.OOAPIK—THE ESQUIM A Ux.-S0 great and so ge-
neral has been the anxiety manifested towards this interest-
ing stranger, during his late severe illness, that it gives us
the greatest pleasure to state— and, we are sure, the an-
nouncement will be received with the most lively satisfaction
—that Eenoolooapik is now almost quite recovered. During
his protracted illness, Ee.uoct has received the greatest atten-
tion from many kind 'friends, and particularly from Dr.
Pirrie, the medical gentleman who attended him, of whose
unremitting care it is impossible to speak in too high terms.
Aberdeen Journal.

MORECAMBE BAY RAILWAY.—The directors of the railway
over Morecambe Bay are at present busied in obtaining the
assents and dissents of the proprietors of land in Low Fur-
ness, and the occupiers thereof, which appears as if they had
come to a determination at length to go before parliament and
endeavour to obtain an act for the accomplishment of its ob-
ject ; and we understand the bill will be applied for in April
next. It will doubtless meet with some opposition in this
part, especially about the village of Leece, where it will cut
through many excellent fields, each almost belonging to dif-
ferent proprietors—men, too, who would he unwilling to sa-
crifice their land even though at a large valuation. But its
success as to its progress through this part will chiefly de-
pend upon the sanction of the Right Hon. the Earl of Bur-
lington, through a large tract of whose fertile farms it neces-
sarily passes. We hear the projectors are confident of his
approbation, and sanguine in the success of the speculation ;
but whether it will eventually do much or any good to Fur-
ness is to ninny a matter of much doubt.—Westmorland
Gazette.

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—An affair of a singular
nature has recently occurred in the county of Norfolk. We
abstain from revealing the names of the parties, as we are
informed a court of law will speedily decide on the merits of
the case. It appears that the gentleman, Mr. was in-
formed by his domestics that his lady was a great admirer of
an officer in the•Laacers, now quartered in the city of Nor-
wich ; indeed, so well founded were the suspicions, and so
strongly conveyed, that the injured husband determined to
procure proof positive, and to effect this invited the gentle-
man and a brother officer to dine and sleep, omitting to say
in the invitation that some yens d' (mai 'were to be of the
party. The lady and her husband it seems have been long in
the habit of occupying different apartments, and on the par-
ticular night, Mrs. —, it was remarked, wished her hus-
band good night more affectionately than usual. The police.
however, were on the alert, and stationed about the mansion.
At about three in the morning a figure appeared, slowly and
carefully bending its way through the passages, and finally
ensconced itself in the lady's room, and turned the key.
To make assurance doubly sure, the gentleman's room was
searched, but no ghost nor shadow was discovered there.
Doors, in these fashionable and romantic days, are made of
stout oak, and do not give way as in the days of Jack Shep-
pard, Armed with pistols, the police and husband were yet
several minutes in effecting an entrance, and the gay Lotha-
rio, doubtless without much hesitation, jumped out at' the
window in his robe de nuit and one slipper. It was (fortu-
nate or not our readers must determine) the merest chance
in the world he was not killed dead on the spot, falling
within two inches of a deep area : however, a run of three
miles across ploughed fields proved that the gallant gentle-
man was more frightened than hart. The end of this romance
is, that Mrs. departed to her friends, the enraged hus-
band to the French, and the officer to the English metropolis.
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE VIrESE. INDIES.—
Sixteen days only from their date to have letters from our
dear friends, and all the great news,from Europe: Why, at
this rate of improvement, with such a wonderful march of
invention, skill and enterprise, we, ix our 'posterity, at least,
may look forward to almost the annihilation of time and
space ! One of these days people. will leave their friends in
the West Indies at five o'clock in the morning, breakfast off
the Bermudas, dine oft' the Western Islands,:and have their
tea and toast by an English fireside. Itow familiar the West
Indies will then be with England, with all her comforts, all
her intellectual and social delights, all her goodness and all
her wickedness ! How easily will the monarch of Great Bri-
tain then rule her once distant colonies. No governors—no
legislatures. We shall be one people, " one and indivisible,"
as the French republic was in the days of the revolution, All
through the instrumentality Ohre and water. Father Xolns,
we eau dispense with your services,—at sea at least. Mo-
narch of the winds, " your occuPation, is gone." Did not
you puff and blow against the Great Western, and all to no
purpose ? when, spite of winds, adverse or favourable, she
made a passage across the great Atlantic of twelve days and
eleven hours? Voyages will; seine .days or other be reckoned
by hours, instead of days froni- Europe to the far West.—
People will be asking each other how did the debate go off
in the House of COMM.:NIP, or Lords, last night? the packet
having just arrived, you observe, in a few hours from Eng-
land. Talk of fresh salmon in tins herineticaliy sealed to
preserve it ! Why, the good people who shall live in those
days will have salmon and oystias just caught, all but alive.
Good bye to tough Barbadian and coarse Porto Rico Beef.
Leaden-Hall Market will supply the table at a days notice.
Housekeepers will not then be put out of humour by the
cook coining in a late hour with, " Nothing in the market."
—Barbadian.
ANOTHER PLOT AGAINST TUC QUEUN.—TaIk of plots
against the King of the French, indeed'.—there are more
against our Gracious Queen, her crown and dignity, in six
weeks, than against Louis Philip in a year. No sooner do
the whig press (who, if they have not the, eyes of the
lynx, have the ears of the mole to hear what no.other crea-
ture can) detect and defeat one plot, than another is on foot
to keep their vigilance and loyalty in play. Scarcely had
they warned her Majesty not to part with her taster, Lord
Melbourne, lest, after the eastern fashion, she should be
poisoned by the tories with a treasonable cheese-cake, when
they discovered that the same unrelenting traitors were re-
solved, as they could not have her life, at least to deprive her
of her crown. The,old woinan at the Tower was, of course,
cautioned iu time to keep a sharp eye upon the regalia. and
Sir Robert Peel consequently tsbandatted the attempt. But
we have already another most daring attack- upon her Ma-
jesty's title to the throne, in the real Don Carlos spirit, w'hiell
willhaie no woman sehateper to mign over us. This im -
portant piece of, intelligent:7z won't} certaiely have come
.more appropriately through the asolninnA .of thetaro:tick
or Globe; .but it is no time, to stand on ceremony and the
noble Secretary for_ the Hanle Depaittnent is st,dricc re-
ferred to the fourth volume of tlm-workaW the. Rev. Sidney
Smith, for a full exposition of the diabolieal scheme. The
rev, prebendary declares that all the aius and absurdities of
the present cabinet are chargeable to a fenaale court having
made qalanterie and niaiserie the business of the cabinet--
turning Lord Melbourne into an Opieby, and Tom Macaulay,
into a Maleolio,--and that the. (gaily .reineds (presuming, of
course, that the whigs mean, conte.quicoute,-to stick. ex) is
to introduce the loi salique, ex post facto, for the regulation
of the succession ! Professedly the rev. gentleman is a
whig, but can there be the slightest doubt about his being
an Orangeman in disguise, and chaplain, under the rose, to
the "grim" King of Hanover? If Lord Melbourne neglects
to secnre this dangerous parson,—a bishopric, perhaps, would
do it better than bonds--he will be unmindful of what he
owes to the Queen's safety—and (what is more) to his own.
The Globe and Chronicle should stir his lordship up to
silence the factious and facetious prebendary by some means
or other.-21-forning Herald.

APPROPRIATE REFLECTIONS AT THE CLOSE or A-YEAR.
—According to the most accurate calculation, an astrono-
mical year contains 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 48 se-
conds. _ Suppose one individeal to die every second, then we
have 60 every minute, 300 every five minutes, 3600 every
hour, 86,400 every day, and 31,556,928 every year ;
and in 30 years 946,707,840. As this
.number is about
equal to the present population of the earth, and as thirty
years are calculated to be the period of one generation, it
seems probable that one death every second is as accurate a
calculation of human mortality as can be made. It seems
probable also that taking the world at large, there is a ge-
neral uniformity in the doings of death. In particular
places, at different times, the movements' of this destroyer
are like the rivulet, now rushing down the mountain's side,
then moving sluggishly along the plain below ; but taking all
the world together. he resembles the deep and broad river,
constantly pursuing his restless way to the bosom of the
ocean. Looking over any definite period of time—say the
intervening years between the death of Christ and the pre-
sent moment--we should not find an hour, nor probably a
minute, in which some have not died. The hour since we
commenced these calculations has witnessed, probably, the
departure to the world of spirits of no lesi than 3,600 human
beings ; and even the single minute since the reader com-
menced this article, has carried 011.60 ; and if, perchance, he
has been two minutes reeding thus. far, .120 deathless- spirits
have gone to theiraccount ; and should we pass three minutes
more to wonder or to weep over the desolations of the grun
tyrant, the number will have swelled to 300 !—Reader,
pause and reflect upon so humilisting a picture.

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