The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-29 00:00:00

THE NEW STEAM-SHIP ."ACHILLES."

We had recently occasion to notice the new steam-ship the
" Saint George," of Glasgow, and have now an equally
pleasing duty in supplying some brief, and necessarily hasty,
account of another splendid steamer, from the same port.
We need scarcely repeat, that, though natives of " the good
old town" of Liverpool, we hail these advancements in steam
navigation as indicative of the gratifying progress of a science,
destined, we believe, to benefit mankind to a vast extent in
the " civilized" world, and to civilize them in the " savage"
regions of the earth, hitherto difficult of social or commercial
access.
We believe it will be generally admitted by all who visit
the " Achilles," that in beauty of model, strength of struc-
ture, taste and style of equipment, and highly finished work-
manship throughout, she stands unsurpassed by any vessel
yet afloat. Previously to attempting a description of the
"interior," we shall supply, for the information of those in-
terestedin steam navigation", (and who is not?) some particu-
lars of the vessel's hull. The Glasgow boats have long been
celebrated for their beauty of mould, and in this instance
the' celebrity is perhaps more deserved than in any other.
She has all the appearance of offering the least possible re-
ristance to the water, consistently with the weight she is des-
tined to bear ; and appears, indeed, as fine as a rowing boat,
whether from the Clyde or the Thames—of which we have
now some fine " antagonist" specimens at our port. Her
entrance is beautiful ; and lo3king at her run, we may defy
the most critical in naval architecture to say, that, like her
namesake " Achilles," she is at all " vulnerable" in the
heel." The following are her dimensions, power of engines,
&c.

Length over all
Beam of the ship
Ditto, including the paddles ..
Depth of hold
Tonnage B3O tons.
Power of engines
Diameter of cylinders
Diameter of paddle-wheels 3O feet.
She is flush-decked, has a head of " Achilles," is highly
finished in every point, several novelties both of ornament
and use being ingenuously introduced,--and is a truly hand-
some and substantially-built vessel.
. .

The principal cabin, or saloon, is an apartment So gorgeous
that we have some diffidence in endeavouring to describe it,

aassured as we are that we must fall short of conveying any-
thing like a conception of the reality. The style is, on the
whole, of the most florid of the age of Louis Quatorze, the
ground-work of polished rosewood, and the decorations in
frame-work, with carved mouldings, richly gilded.
The staircases and lobby of the saloon are panelled in oak,
richly moulded and carved in the Elizabethean style. The
brass hand-rails are unusually massy ; and in the front part
of the steps are inserted plates of brass, pierced with figures
of Grecian armour, in accordance with the " Achilles" style
of the vessel. This is but a subsidiary portion of the work-
manship, but we are bound to notice it to show the "keeping"
of the whole, so far as the Arms of Greece can be blended
with the decortive style of the most splendid of the Louise.
The saloon, (and we write not romantically), is of a cha-
racter so rich and gorgeous, that it realises the brightest con-
ceptions conveyed in " Arabian Tales" of eastern luxury and
magnificence. The apartment is about 40 feet in length, and
widens at the stern end, about half its length, to the full beam
of the vessel,—twenty-eight feet,—the first part, next the bow,
being narrowed by the introduction of a range of state rooms on
each side. The "walls" are of polished rosewood, ornamented
with panels and mirrors, the former containing beautifully
executed paintings in papier mache", by those clever artists
Messrs. Jennins and Bettridge, of Birmingham. In the sides
of the narrower part of the saloon there are four of these
large paintings in splendid carved fixture frames, and ten
smaller ones, the colours of which are exceedingly rich ,—all
illustrative of the valiant deeds of Achilles. The illustrations

introduced into the panels are exceedingly beautiful, and
the whole are specimens highly creditable to the artists.
The carved and gilded ornaments of the saloon are too nu-
merous for description. It is, in fact, a fairy palace afloat.
The trusses under the beams are entirely of gold work.
.The

moulding under the cornice is of " egg and tongue" richly
gilded. The roof is peculiarly fine, being divided into deeply
empanelled compartments, with gilded mouldings on a light
ground, and carving raised in basso relievo in the centres of
the panels. The side compartments are oblong, across the
vessel ; those in the middle are rounded at the cornices so as
to assume a sort-of oval form, and in the centre of each, are
carved in relief—radiating spears, battle-axes, swords, and
other armour of " Achilles." The panelling was executed by
Mr. A. S. Cleland, of Glasgow. The rudder-case is beauti-
fully enclosed in rosewood, with an elaborately carved clock-
case in front, richly gilded. There are two fire-places of
beautiful workmanship. The marble work, pipes, tire irons,
&c. all made in Glasgow, are of superb and delicate design.
The cabin is lighted by two oval deck or dome lights, by
six windows in the stern, and by others of plate glass in the
sides. The whole is enlivened and enlarged by mirrors.
Round the roof-lights, on stained glass, are paintings, from
Flixman's illustrations of Homer's Iliad, and the circular
dome in the middle of each is also of stained glass of costly
and elaborate design, representing Grecian shield, chequered
work, &c. These last are composed of pieces of glass mi-
nutely joined,—the two containing no fewer than 1,156 pieces.
The effect is most splendid, and the whole is in strict keeping
with the general style of the internal architecture.
The wider part of the cabin is at the stern, and is fitted up
with sofas divided by beautiful rosewood arms in the massy
style of the general architecture, and forming a semicircle.
These are upholstered in light coloured hair cloth of a striped
pattern, and contrast well with the dark rosewood and gilded
ceiling. Above this range of sofas, and shelving back to the
sides of the vessel, are sleeping places, all round so contrived
as to be exceedingly comfortable and airy, without being en-
closed as small sleeping rooms. Round them, in front, on
the top of the sofas, the backs of which are very high, runs
a massy brass railing supported by short square pillars, of the
most decorative style of Louis IV. It is somewhat remark-
able that this brass work, the whole of which is beautifbby
finished, was from the same manufactory as the engines. We
can scarcely help entertaining, notwithstanding what we have
before advanced, some little jealousy of our clever northern
neighbours. We can, however, afford to forgive them : if
they show us a little bit of the way we shall find out, or
have already found out the rest. We would do them great
injustice did we not admit that the tase and workmanship
displayed in this vessel is highly creditable to the shipbuilders
and decorative artists of Scotland.
At the bow end of the " Saloon" is a beautiful sideboard

of';;;;oocivith pilasters in alto, of the richest carved work
in gilt. The top is of veined marble. Over the centre is an
arched recess or niche interiorly linel with mirrors, and
within this is to be placed a fine figure of " Achilles."
Dividing, when occasion requires, the broad part of the
cabin, astern, from the narrower, but equally sumptuous
partition nearer the bow, there is a rich silk damask double
curtain, hung on a massy semicircular rod of brass at the
roof, and which may with facility be closed so as to with-
draw from the centre, on each side, leaving the whole in one
grand apartment.
On one side of the saloon are the ladies' cabins, fitted up
with great beauty—we may say magnificence. The carved
work and pannelling is in keeping with the general structure of
the vessel. The berths are btautifully contrived for air, light,
and we may add elegance. Tha beautiful construction and
fittings of the beds, the decorative work •in empannelling,
mirrors, and pictures, and the chaste but rich ornaments of
the ceilings, leave not a wish to be expressed by the most
luxurious in maratime ease and comfort.
The gentlemen's cabins on the opposite side of the vessel
are on a similar style of elegance, though being for the
" ruder" sect, not quite so decorative. The fore-cabins,—
one on each side,—used as dormitories and dressing-rooms,
for the cabin passengers,—are very spacious and lofty.
There are three tiers of beds in each, capable of accommo-
dating 44 passengers. The fittings are beautiful ; the wash-
stand-tops of fine marble, and the whole of the fruniture and
fittings of the best description.
The engines of the •` Achilles" are of the finest modern
construction. The cylinders, as before stated, are 74 feet in
diameter—the stroke 7 feet. There are two small engines
attached to them for the purpose of opening the valves, or,
in other words, " starting the large engines." The latter
have been admitted, by scientific gentlemen, to be specimens
of the finest marine engines yet produced. The castings are
exceedingly perfect and beautiful. The frame-work is in the
Grecian style, with eight Doric-fluted columns below,
at the stern end. Above, the same style is preserved
in demi - columns, also fluted. There is a gallery all
round ; and the entrance below is by a door ornamented
with Doric columns and surmounting cornice, painted
in variegated marble. The iron-work of the engine is
admirable executed, finely polished, and exceedingly massy.
Indeed, we could scarcely suppress the expression of our
opinion that it is unnecessarily heavy. This, however, is a
" good" fault. The engine-room:presents, indeed, a curious
and most interesting scene. It appears more like an engine
manufactory than an engine-house, and all is beautifully
clean.
The vessel was built by Mr. Robert Steel, of Greenock;
the engines by Messrs. Caird and Co., of the same place.
We cannot conclude this sketch without acknowledging
; our obligations to Captain Main, for his politeness in shew-
ing us the vessel, and affording us all the information of
• which he was possessed.

SIGNOR GALLt's PICTURES.-We direct the attention of
our readers to an advertisement, in another column, an-
nouncing the return of Signor Galli to Liverpool, from the
Continent, with a collection of valuable paintings, for private
disposal. Several of the pictures are of the highest class,
and, from the well-earned reputation of Signor Galli as a
first-rate judge, we recommend, with confidence, a visit to
the gallery where the paintings are deposited. Besides the
works of many eminent masters, there will also be found
some modern productions of considerable value. Au Italian
landscape, by Wilson, would, for richness and tone, be con-
sidered equal to some of Claude's best works, and the View
in the Highlands of Scotland, by the Rev. John Thompson,
is one which must be seen and admired. There are many to
which we cannot yet allude, but shall probably notice the
exhibition more fully in an early number.

CASTLE-STREET WARD.—A respectable correspondent
has furnished us with the following, which we believe to be
authentic :—At a ward meeting, when Thomas Bolton was
proposed as a pruper person for the representation of Cactle.
street ward, Mr. Peter Hope put the following question to
him :—(we are now speaking of Thomas Bolton's last elec-
tion, three years since)—" Why are not the children at the
corporation schools, instructed in their obligations to their
God, by the introduction of prayer at the opening and closing
of the schools ?" This question was at that time what we
call a poser to the Socinian. Mr. Bolton answered in great
warmth, " That is a very invidious question, and I am
aware that your object is to cast the apple of discord amongst
us. Perhaps I advocate the system as much as you. I re-
monstrated with Popish priests relative to their objections
to the introduction of the Lord's prayer in the schools ; hut
the priests remarked that they could not allow their chil-
dren to associate in prayer with a Protestant, and conse-
quently, for peace sake with the Catholic priests, we could
not introduce it." At present we understand that Mr. Bol-
ton declines answering any disagreeable questions ; for, at a
meeting a few night's since, of the radical electors of Cas-
tle-street Ward the other day, an elector wished to put some
questions, but was not allowed to do so.

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES FOR A RAILWAY IN FRANCE

There are now at the railway station at Wapping, six loco-
motive engines, of a large size—each having six wheels, des-
tined for the railway between Paris and New Orleans. They
are from the manufactory of Messrs. Sharp, Roberts and
Co., of Manchester, who have, of late, supplied many excel-
lent engines to foreign railway companies. They will be sent
by sea from this port. On each of them is inscribed,—
" Chemin de Fer, de Paris, a Orleans.
SUICIDE AT WALTON.—On Tuesday evening last, some
men, working in Skirving's nurseey grounds, discovered the
body of a man lying among the young trees. He was quite
dead. On examination, a razor was found, with the blade
thrust into his throat, leaving only the handle out. It ap-
peared that he made two incisions (supposed with a knife)
before he effected his self-destruction. His certificate as a
Chelsea pensioner was found on him, and a knife at some
little distance. His name was Joseph Gamble, aged 54 years.
Mrs. Stanley, of the Black Horse Inn, remembered his call-
ing on Friday week last, and stating that he was very ill. He
drank a pint of warm ale, and left the house, stating that he
was going to " the Park." He must have entered the nur-
sery grounds by the first gate after passing the turnpike gate;
and then turning a few yards to the right, committed the rash
act. An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday last,
before John Heyes, Esq., the county coroner, when a verdict
was returned, " that the deceased destroyed himself during a
fit of temporary insanity."
EXTRAORDINARY CELERY.—A root of celery grown by
Mr. John Stewart, gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Den-
man, near Stoney Middleton, weighed 15ilbs. others averaged
121bc each.

THE MERCURY AND THE BISHOP OF NORWICH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Six,-The Mercury of Friday last has made a political use
of the Bishop of Norwich's visit to the,Corporation Schools,
but with his usual impartiality has omitted to state that the
Smith Church of England School, in Corn Wallis-street, re-
ceived a similar favour the same day frOrn-Dr.Stanley,.who,
after having minutely examined the first class "in Scripture
History, Doctrines, Geography, History of England, and ge-
neral Geography," reported " that the answers manifested
great intelligence, and that he was much satisfied."
VERBUM SAT.

IMPERIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND,4PD

Sir,—ln a document purporting to be a list of the share-
holders of the Imperial Bank of England, published in the
Liverpool Standard, of the 23rd instand, appears the name
of " Hugh Mackay, Liverpool." I think it, proper to state,
that I am not the person, as I never applied for or purchased,
or held any share or shares in the said bank, nor have been,
in any manner whatever, connected with it.—l am, Sir,
yours truly, HUGH MACKAY.
Albion Bank, Liverpool,
26th Oct. 1839.

On Sunday Past the Rev. Hugh M`Neile preached a pow-
erful sermon at Sefton Church, when the sum of £6O was
collected in aid of the funds of the Church Building Society.
The building was crowded by the inhabitants of the parish
and district adjoining, all of whom evinced' the greatest
anxiety to hear the pungent remarks which the rev. gentle-
man laid before them.

UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE.—We observe by Our adver-
tising columns, that the efficacy of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan
for carrying into effect the great experiment 'of universal
penny postage, by means of stamped envelopes, will be dis-
puted by a writer in the forthcoming November number of
the Polytechnic Journal; on the.grouud that prepayMent in
money, at the time of posting letters, will be the only means
of securing public convenience, preventing. forgery, and col-
lecting the revenue in the cheapest way.
TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.—On Thursday last, a nume-
rous party of the members of the order of Independent Odd
Fellows dined at the house of Mr. J. Longmore Shadwell,
Prov. C. S., and presented Mr. Henry Morris, of London-
road, with a gold snuff-box, of exquisite design and work-
manship, engraved with the following inscription :—" Pre-
sented to Brother Henry Morris, P.G., a-s token of respect
from the Liverpool District of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, M.U., and as an acknowledgement of the eminent
services rendered by him as Treasurer of the Funeral Fund
for a series of years.. Oct. 24, 1839." - On the occasion se-
veral addresses and unity toasts were-given; and thdcomps.ny
separated highly delighted. - -
ANOTHER MONTH !—Many of our readers, we feel
.per-
suaded, will perceive with pleasure, Mr. Colles's -announce-
ment of his intention to remain ill Liverpool another month ;
ill a former number we expressed our-surprise ',that MY: C.
should think of leaving at a time when he was daily receiving
fresh accessions of both visiters and -pupilsl—wegivelilt% C.
credit for breaking through the too frequent custom of public
men, in announcing " Positively the last week.-"—" One
week longer," &c. &c.—he boldly announces his purpose of
remaining another month :—Another of-his arrangements,
we think extremely judicious, namely, extending his hours
of business next week until nine o'clock, in order to afford
an opportunity to those who may be engaged in business
during the day, of visiting him in the evening; we feel no
doubt but that this will be duly appreciated.

ENOUGH OF THE WHIGS.—The impostor vehemently pro-
claims to the people of Ireland that " nothing has been done
for Ireland." What ! nothing done for Ireland during nine
years of whig rule—for one-half of which period he himself
was lord protector over those whigs, and lord paramount over
a reformed House of Commons ? Nothing done for Ire-
land by those ministers who, by the talismanic touch of this
wizard, were metamorphosed from " base, brutal, and
bloody whigs" into the only friends to " justice, impartial
justice," for Ireland !—the " only good government that
ever existed for Ireland"—the " best possible government ?"
How comes this most saddening: announcement ? He sus-
tained those whigs ; he coerced those whigs ; he urged the
Catholic peasantry to oppose their best landlords by acts of
sanguinary violence, and the CathOlie prelateS and clergy to
violate their most solemn engagements, in supporting those
whigs ; arid practised, and he sti,i practises, the most vile ex-
tortions upon all for his own maintenance, as patron of those
whigs. He had whigs in the cabinet and whigs in the court,
Whigs in the Palace, whigs in the Castle, whig government
in Ireland, whig ministers exercising power throughout the
entire United Kingdom, whig appointments to every depart-
ment in the state, whigs in the courts, whigs in the Customs,
whigs in the Excise, whigs in the Treasury, whigs in the
Home-office, whigs in the Foreign-office, whigs in the Colo=
nial-office, whigs in the India-board, whig law officers, whig
representatives from Ireland, whig majorities in the House of
Commons, whig laws, whig commissions, whig commis-
sioners, whig reports, whig sheriffs, whig justice, whig jour-
nals, whig organization, whig agitation, whig associations,
whig societies, whig meetings, whig dinners, whig toasts,
whig speeches, whig resolutions, whig petitions, whig letters,
whig trade unions, whig political unions, whig' repeaters,
whig pacificators, whig precursors; whig justice-rent, whig,
sacred fund, and, though last, not leaA in his estimation,
whig tribute for the impostor-syet " nothing has been done
for Ireland."—Eneas M`Donnell's Letter.
YANKEE ADVERTISING.—MOSt Englishmen are amused
with the specimens of American .e.divestisiog which occa-
sionally come under their eye. -T.be 'folfoiviug is not. anuss :
—" Anthony Macdonald teaches boys and girls their gram-
mar tongue ; also geography, terestrial and celestial. 'Old
hats made as good as new." There can be no.queation, that
if Anthony is able to perform all that he here covenants to
accomplish, he is a universal genius. ?o mau not possessing
the most versatile talents, could unite in his own prson the
somewhat heterogeneous qualifications requisite for teaching
boys and girls their grammar tongue, also geograPhy, ter-
restrial and celestial ; ' and making old hats as good as new."
To be instructed in"celestial geography," by which Anthony
we suppose, means the geography of the heavens; generally
called by other people astronomy,—must be a very great mat-
ter; but as the old world goes, especially in Jonathan's la .d,
we shrewdly suspect, that if Anthony can actually, according
to promise, make " old hats as good as new," he is likaly to
drive a somewhat brisker and more profitable business that
way, than in teaching the young idea how to stnot ; the
Americans being notorious for their ,shocking bad lints."--
Walks and Wanderings" in the World of Literatui-e, by the
Author of "Me Great Metropolis." - -
AVERSIONS OF THE AMERICANS TO WOOD.—The build-
ing was very spacious, hut its wings were a- little too long,
and the small garden in front almost entirely destitute of
trees; a fault from which no public, -and hardly any-private
mansion in the United States can be said to be entirely ex-
empted. The Americans have, indeed, a singular aversion
to trees and shrubs of -every description ;- their highest idea
of perfection in a landscape being •an extended -plain sown
with grass. They consider trees-as a melt of•barbarism,'and •
are, in their zeal for civilization, eittirpatingatthena wherever
they find them. The hills and islands of the harhour,of.Bos-
ton, which were once studded with the majestic pine anil the
gnarled oak, are now completely shorn. -Toe city ofAloany,
built on a gentle declivity once covered with variegated-wood,
is daily becoming more and more flat, and less shady ;
fashionable inhabitants paying more for levelling the -ground,
and felling the trees, than for the erection of their dwellings.
The beautiful trees on theshores of the Monongahela and the
Ohio are, at an enormous exrease, destroyed root and branch,
to give the inhabitants of P.ttsburgh 'the benefit of light and
air ; and even the " old liberty tree," of Boston, with all its
historical associations and recollections, stands no more.
How singularly this taste of the Americans contrasts with
that of the English, who, after burning and sacking the co-
lony of New Jersey, placed a sentinel near .the trey tinder
which William Penn had concluded the treatrwith the In-
dians !—Aristocracy in America.
PHEASANTS.—Pheasants are natives of 'the bl 4 cantineat
and can be completely domesticated, though still retaining
some of the peculiarities of their -wild state. They, in gene-
ral, require a larger extent of ground than common domestic
fowls, although they have been made the denizens of the
poultry yard, and roam about the barn-do Or. Our friend
Mr. Nicolson, of Edinburgh, has had a pair, in his back
green, for years ; and a villanous poacher, a few months ago, •
shot one that was wont every morning to 'brealsfaJ at the
parlour window of Mr. Smith, in the neiglibourheol of Glas-
gow. The passengers on the Edinburgh add Daliseith Rail-
ways are amused at seeing the carriage wheels graze the
plumage of the flocks that abound in the policies of the Duke
of Buccleugh ; and it cannot be doubted that, with proper
care and training, they could be brought to a proper state of
thorough domestication. About sixty years ago; the pheasant
was introduced Ito the south-east of Scotland, which, for
mate, shelter and food, is perhaps the best: Within 'the last
20 years, several gentlemen have attempted to naturalize it
in the counties of Fife and Forfar, north of the great estuary
of the Forth. The experiment has succeeded completely.
for few estates are better stocked with pheasants than those
of Raith, Wemyss Castle, and Dtmnikin, in Fifeshire ; or
Rosse Priory and Brechin Castle, north of the ricer Tay.
The Earl of Fife has stocked his estates in Banffshire, and
even so far north the pheasant thrives welt In the west of
Scotland I am not informed that the pheasant has yet been
tried beyond Ayrshire, where, however, it,aboutictspn the es-
; ,tes of the Earls of Eglinton and Itlialmost
needless to mention, that pheasants wl 1 'aboitilicrirowhere
without winter feeding E in SOothindtliti4erfioinore par-
ticularly than in England ; becanse, 'The/ogilitr coun-
try be well wooded by plantiitiona theretsVery,littleinatural
wood, and of course underwood is scarce. The berries and
insects that underwood affords are great sources of support
to the pheasant. The pheasant, the turkey, and even our
common cocks and liens, thrive best on a nth:tire of corn,
wild seeds and insects. The winter feeding of pheasants in
Scotland is confined to throwing into their resorts Sheaves of
oats. The pheasant is not a long-lived 'bird ; but it is pro-
bable the period of existence assigned to it by somewriters,
namely, six or seven years, is too short. The wholegomeaess
of its flesh was proverbial among the old physiclitiass it is of
a high flavour and alkalescent quality, and in PerWOion du-
ring autumn. A young pheasant, very fat, is'reckoned an
exquisite dainty. In a wild state, the lien irtys front eighteen
to twenty eggs in a season, but seldom more than ten in a
state of confinement.—The Poultry Yard.
SPECIMENS OF BLUNDERS.—The four estates of the realm,
the king, lords, commons, and public press, have all practi-
cally illustrated their approbation of Islanders. For royalty
lst one example suffice. When George ILwaa on a sea ex-
cursion, there appeared sigtmof an approaching VAPID . The
noise occasioned on deck by the prepare:tic/Isla) meet it called
his Majesty from below to inquire into tha,castseas On being
informed that they were -" preparing for a storsia,"gbis Ma-
jesty's instant commands were, -" Double mareguards."
It is not a hundred yeafi SineeWmembet-of the tower house
grandiloquently inquired whether certain persons-would still
submit to be covered with dust from the chariot-wheels of
those who were always standing still. In their collective
capacity, the estates of parliament have . sanctioned blunder-
ing, for the act 54 George 111, c. 26, for repealing the duties
of customs on madder, and granting other dtities in lieu
thereof, enacted, " that frorn and after the passing qf this act,
the several duties and customs shall cease and deterinine." A
complete repeal of all the duties on customs. Three days
afterwards, another bill was brought in to rectify this blun-
der. The parish registry act (56 Geo. 111, c. 146) provides
that any person or persons wilfully making, or causing to be
made, false returns in the books of baptisms, burials, or mar-
riages, " being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be deemed
and adjudged guilty of felony, and shall be transported for
the term of fourteen years." And the succeeding clause en-
acts, " that one half of all fines or penalties to be levied in
pursuance of this act shall go to the person who shall inform
or sue for the same; and the remainder of such tines as shall
be imposed on any churchwarden shall go to the poor of the
parish." So the only penalty imposed by this act is trans-
portation forfourteen years, and tnat is to be equally divided
between the informer and the poor of the parish. A rector
of a parish going to law with his parishioners about paving
the church, quoted the authority from St. Peter, " Pageant
illi, non paveam ego ;" which he construed. "They are to
pave the church, not I." This was allowed to be good law
by the judge, and the rector gained his cause. How much is
science indebted to blunders ! To what else do we owe the
telescope, and some of the most effective improvements in
that mightiest of inventions the steam-engine.' How much
have blunders contributed to the comforts and luxuries of
private life ! To the former let the widely spread votaries of
Lundy Foot's manufacture testify, who are indebted to the
careless blunder of a boy for one of the most gratifying com-
pounds that ever irritated nasal organs. The attendant whose
duty it was to watch the kiln neglected it, the snuff was burnt
irrecoverably, and supposed to be spoiled, but was tried ac-
cidentally, pronounced excellent, and christened " Irish
blitekgnareL"—Nelf Arent hly _Magazine,

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