The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-17 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER.—There has been no change in the tone of
the Market since Tuesday last. The demand for India con-
tinues, to some extent, and considerable purchases have been
made of yarn and piece goods suitable for the market of that
country ; but all other descriptions continue flat, with very
little business doing, and that little at ruinously low prices.
We are glad to learn that there was no foundation whatever
for the report which prevailed upon our Exchange on Tues-
day afternoon, of the failure of a large retail house at the
west end of London. We intimated, at the time, our doubts
as to the truth of the report, which appears to have been
nothing more than one of those mischievous and tub often
malicious stories which are so frequently circulated in times
like the present.

Luunsaa--We have nothing encouraging to report regard-
ing the state of the woollen trade of this disrict. The
markets on Saturday and Tuesday were exceedingly dull.
.. The number of unemployed hands is increasing ; and there is
very little prospect of amendment during the remainder of
the current year. The merchants are, however, looking out
for a change for the better, next month, especially if the 4th
shall pass off well at the clearing house.
BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—Our piece market to-day was
au exceedingly gloomy one, duller, in fact, than any of the
late preceding ones. We seemed to have arrived :at the
lowest point some time since; but a few more weeks' ex-
perience has demonstrated on what a false basis the suppo-
sition was built. The banks having, no doubt, been com-
pelled to be more tight during the last month with all their
connections, that circumstance has led to the suspension of
payment of some firms rather Unexpectedly ; and this, with
other concurring unfavourable circumstances, caused an un-
usual small business to be done. Prices for most goods the
turn lower.—Yarns: The spinners are almost unanimous in
their determination not to produce a pound of yarnaunleas
there is a certainty of sale ; thus they arc every week doing
less and less, and by this means prices are maintained. They
hold no stocks.— Ifrool,, This department of our trade is
very dull indeed, and spinners have, been enabled tO,buy, on
rather easier terms than on this day se'nnight.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 13.—There is no im-
provement whatever in the demand for any description of
wool since our last report; and yet, in consequence of the
firnmeas of the growers, and the exceedingly light stocks at
market, prices are without any variation.
HEcKaioa:nwf LU.—Very little business. has been done in
the
.Blanket Hall for the last two or three weeks. Many
looms are unemployed, and, consequently, many. hands out of
work ; the mills also are but partially employed.
BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—We are sorry to observe that
the Linen Trade of Barnsley is falling into a state of unusual
flatness; a considerable number of hands have been turned
off during the past week, both train the bleach crofts and the
manufacturers.

CHESTERFIELD WOOL 'MARKET, DEC. 10.—The wool
trade in this quarter holds rather steady, the demand being
regular, especially for the liner qualities, whilst those of in-
ferior description experience a dull sale, and the prices lower
in proportion. As far as regards the rates, we cannot per-
ceive any marked alteration, with the exception of low-
priced wools, since our last report. It is presumed by the
staplers here, that a further reduction in the prices- must be
submitted to before sales of any consequence can be effected.
The market for bar iron has been dull, but prices are not
abSolutely lower; but foreign iron has fal!en about ss. per
ton. Copper is in demand, and a slight advance has been
realised, but Spanish lead is lower by 7s. par ton. East In-
dia tin is not in demand, but there is no change in the quo-
tations of the recent currency.

INSPECTORS OP SCHOOLS.—The Rev. John Allen, M.A.,
and Chaplain of King's College, London, and Air. Seymour
Tremenhecre,. Fellow of New College, Oxford, were, on
Tuesday last, appointed, by ber Majesty, Inspectors of
Schools aided by public grants, and are to be employed under
the direction of the Committee of Council on Education.
CAUTION. —,TRANSAIISSION OF NEWSPAPERS.—AIany
subscribers to newspapers, and others, after having perused
their copies, send them to their friends at a distance, or per-
haps abroad, and some occasionally mark " all's well," or-
some other piece of intelligence upon them. This is a direct
. violation of the,law, and, when discovered, subjects the paper
to a heavy rate of postage. In such cases the papers.are sel-
dom received by the parties to whom they are addressed, as
few are inclined to pay four or five . shillings for a single pa,
per, even with " all's well " upon it. Last week one of our
papers was sent from a village in this county to a distance,
with merely a single pencil cross, to draw' attention to a
piece of poetry, and was. on Tuesday returned to the sepder,
with a charge of 4s 8111 of pottage.--4y? Obs'errer,

MISCELLANEOUS.

Lord Brougham left London fur Paris on 'Puesday morn-
ing.

Mr. G. Smith, of Littleborough, recently cut a red. cab-.
bade which weighed 281bs.
About one-tenth of the children born in the Preston Union
during the last quarter, were illegitimate.
Mr• Kelly, one of her majesty's counsel, and M.P. for
Ipswich, it is said, has been retained" tis leading counsel' for
Frost.

The Marquis of Westminster has. consented to act as pre,
sident of the intended thesici'Aarie.ultUral'SOCiety.
Last week, two lambs,were dropped.upn the farm of Mr.
Boggie, in the parish of Llanidati.--.North. Wales .chron..
We know a man possessed. -of such eyesight that on look-
ing at persons for a few Minutes he-is enabled to see through
them.

The Countess Maurley; who died last week in Paris, was
sister-in-law of the Lord'BiSlMP of Limerick.
Queen Adelaide has generouSly contributed £25.. towards
the fund for re-erecting the Wakefield GraMMar School.
TEA.—The present annual import of tea is 40,000,000 lbs.
costing upon an average. Is. per lb. in bond, £2,000,000
sterling.
We bear that a matrimonial engagement is contemplated
between the noble Viceroy of Ireland and Lady Dover, Lord
Morpeth's sister.—Weitera Luminary.
Last week. James Bacchus was committed for trial, charged
with stealing a sack of malt ut Cranfield. ".What a 'ailing al
was there !"
-In the London-market, wool and silk remain unaltered hi
value, and the demand is very languid, especially fur the
middling kinds of wool. . • --
NATIONAL. Ecawomie.----The men- who- contract for a few
cats to preserve the arsenal stores at Woolwich from' vermin,
have had their baard uiages reduced fivm3d. to 2d. a-week
. .
We regret to antuninee the decease'of 'Ladir IVlonteagle,"at
Hastings, on Tuesday afternoon, aftern lingering illness,
which she bore with exemplary fortitude.,-Brighton Gazette.
Licensed victuallers. are 'not, we' believe, generally aware
that they are liable to.ayenaltY or --05.fortharbouring police-
constables,'or supplying them with drink; While on duty.
A writer of a love tale, in • describing his heroine, say 3,
" innoCence7divellsin tine rich curls of her dark hair." We
think it would stand a pretty smart chance,ofbeing combed
out.

HOLY understand, that the, ,oldTestablislied
banking-house of Douglas, Smalley, and CO., have relin-
quished basiness in favour of the North and South Wales
Banking Company,
Prince Napoleon Louis has sent a subscription of 2,000
francs
,to the fund now forming in Paris 104 .the relief and
liberation of French prisoners said to be still detained in
Siberia.

The American papers affirm that a woman, of the name of
S'peechless,'a native of Boston, recently talked her husband
to death ;.-,-but then, in justice to her, it must be added, that
he was very old and infirm.
CHESHIRE REPRESENTATION.—The requisition to Mr.
Tollemache was signed by 2400 electors, four-fifths - More
than the entire number that voted at the last election for
Mr; Wilbraham,,--Stockport Advertiser,
• An English Company is now forming, under the immediate
sanction of Mehemet Ali, to navigate the Nile regularly by
steam-boats,, between Cairo and the mouth of the Alexan-
drian Canal.
Mr. Voules, assistant commissioner in Cork, has declared
to the guardians of that union that he will not attend the
meetings of the board should they continue to admit re-
porters.for the public press.
SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.—Not a hundred miles from
Singleton in the Fylde, the following notice is painted on a
board, and affixed to a tree at the end of a gravel Walk,—
" Privet road to the Lodge."
There is a certain gentleman within ten miles of Lanark,
father of a large family, who is so very short and dwarfish,
that, to enable him to look out of his own window, he
actually requires to stand on his own shoulders.
'We are sorry in haying to notice the last accounts from
Nottingham, Leicester' Loughborough, and the hOSiery and
lace districts in general, which represent that trade continues
in a deplorable state.
New almanacks, with Mr. Roby's excellent speeches,
delivered at Ashton-under-line, and at Bolton, attached to
them, have met with a most unprecedented sale during the
last two market days, at Northallerton.
The trade of Wolverhampton has not improved, and the
distress amongst the manufacturers appears to be increasing
rather than otherwise. No large orders, and very few small
ones, have been received by the factors.
TuE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—Lady- Mary Iloward, daugh-
ter of the Earl of Surrey, is to officiate as one of the
bridesmaids to her majesty, in addition to those ladies who
attend as maids of honour at the coronation.
DEATH EXTRAORDINARY.—Died, at Bradford, one day
lait week, from starvation, occasioned by bad times, " The
Holy Catholic Gild." It was deeply bemoaned by all those
interested in it, and we trust is now far beyond the regions
of purgatory.—Halifa.c Guardian..
We ..can confidently announce that the marriage ceremony
of .her mjesty and Prince Albert will take .place at the
Chapel Royal, St. James's the heads of the various depart-
ments
having been to the' chapel -Make- the preliminary
arrangements.—Morning Chronicle.
The Congress of Texas has, passed a law granting 2,982
acres of good land to every, woman who will marry, during
the present year, a citizen of that republic, who was such at
the time of the declaration of their independence.
THE SEASON.—The we ther has been very cold since our
last. The distant hills are covered with snow, and some of
the more immediate eminences—such as Clolfa Fell, and
Warten:Cragg,•have had their summits occasionally crowned
with snow,wreaths.--Lancaster Gazette.
A French lady, named Veriez, met with her death in a pri-
vate lunatic Asylum the other day, by throwing her head back
so suddenly as to dislocate the second vertebra of the neck,.
during an attempt to administer some gruel and wine to her.
Preparations are already made by the persons used to em-
ploy dogs iu drawing carts to meet the provisions in the act
passed to suppress the " dog-cart nuisance." Goats are now •
In several places in the Inetropolisbeing trained .to draw carts
•
as a substitute for dogs
By recent experiments made at Metz, it has been ascer-
tained that a Id-pounder impels its bell; vith the ordinary
charge of powder, 506 yards in the first second of time, and
that by increasing the charge, it may be projected 2117 Yards
within the same short space of time.—Naval aad Military
Gazette.

A Vienna letter mentions, that the reform in the postage
system in England has induced the Austrian government to
follow the example, and that the minister of finance and the
director of the post administration are concerting the best
mode of bringing the plan into execution.
TREATY OF COMMERCE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND NA-
PLES.—Extract of a letter from Naples, 26th ult. :—" Mr.
Macgregor left this place for Genoa yesterday, after his re-
turn from Sicily. He has traversed all the sulphur and wine
districts of that island, and has entered on negociations with
Prince Cussaro for a treaty of commerce and navigation be-
tween Naples and England, which will abolish the sulphur
monopoly in Sicily. It is well known here, that both the
treaty and the abolition of the monopoly have been formally
agreed upon." The treaty with England seems to be as
good as concluded. Our government meets with much diffi-
culty-in abolishing the sulphur monopoly, because the French
company, it is said, demand an exorbitant indemnity of seve-
ral millions, while his Majesty would be glad to abolish the
monopoly on some reasonable terms, in consideration of the
distress which it causes in society. His Majesty, accompa-
nied by the Queen. will go this week to Palermo. The Nea-
politan fleet, consisting of a man-of-war, is now in our road.
The projected steam navigation company in Sicily has fallen
to the ground ; but we expect in the course of this year a
boat of 250 horse-power, purchased in England for the Nea-
politan company, and it is intended to buy another. Vittoria
Corbi, widow of the celebrated court physician, Bartolomeo
Corbi, died lately, at the age of 101.—Allgemeine Zeiturzy,
Dec. 5.

SALATAGI(.—There was a case of salvage tried in the Ad-
miralty Court on Tuesday, which merits a passing observa-
tion. The learned judge, Dr. Lushington, laid down the
principle that the mate and part of the crew of the Charles,
one of the salvers, should be allowed only half their costs for
making an appearance separate from the master and owner.
We are disposed to accord with the general principle thus
laid down, in order to avoid multiplying expenses wherever
two interests can be recovered in one appearance ; but if the
learned judge be properly reported, he (lid not direct his
animadversions sufficiently strong against the proper parties.
It is not to be supposed that seamen, inexperienced in the
technicalities of law, could form any opinion of the matter
' for themselves, but ot they acted on the advice of proctors
and counsel, who are under the control of the court. If that
advice was known to be erroneous; from the analogy of cases
previously decided, it would leave no doubt upon the matter,
as, in that event, the parties who misled the seamen ought,
in justice, to have been mulcted of their fees. On the other
hand, of there was no precedent to guide the court, the judge,
we think, ought to have given due notice that he would not
. .
award full costs in any similar case in future, which would
either prevent the repetition of the error, or leave parties
without excuse. In the case in question, four seamen were
awarded £175 by the court, and only one-half the costs in-
curred ; and we should like to know how much money the
poor men will put into their pockets, after being the chief
instruments in saving a derelict ship and her cargo.—Ship-
ping Gazette."

CHARGE OF THREATENING TO ASSASSINATn THE EARL
OF STAMFORD AND WARRINGTON...7—A middle-aged wan,
named Peter Clark Mottram, who, we understand, lives at
56, Pump-street, Mason-street, Manchester, was brought
up at the New Bailey on Wednesday last, -charged with
threatening to assassinate the Earl of 'StaMford and War-
rington.--Sergeant Austin, of the Manchester police, stated,
that he met the prisoner on the 10th Of November, and spent
the day with him at a public-heuse. • In-the course of the
-day, the prisoner said hewoulet stab Major' Corhett ;- and he
also said, several times, that be would assassinate the Earl of
Stamford and Warrington. He aSSigned, as his reason, that
he was formerly in the Cheshire militia, and had been re-
moved from it by a false charge, made by Major Corbett.
Witness saw him again on the 19th, and he then Said he had
been at Lord Stamford's residence-: he showed witness a
written placard, which, he said, he was going to have printed,
and posted about Dunham. He also said he would be the
assassin of Lord Stamford, and drew a large knife, with
which he threatened to- stab witness, if he did not withdraw.
The witness, in cross-examination by Mr. Taylor, solicitor,
who defended the prisoner, said, he went to the prisoner's
house, by direction of Sir Charles Shaw, under pretence of
buying a dog.—Mr. Legh Richmond, his lordship's agent,
stated, that the prisoner had sent a great many letters to his
lordship, and witness had had conversation with him respect-
ing them. The prisoner eomplained of having been diss
missed from the yeomanry, in 1819. His lordship refused to
interfere, and the prisoner was continually annoying him by
sending him threatening letters.—lnspector Irwin stated,'
that when he took the prisoner into custody, be told him the
charge ; and the prisoner said, he had sent letters to Lord
Stamford, but they were always in respectable terms.—Mr.
Taylor called a witness, who stated that he, was a neighbour
of Mottram's ; and that, on the 11th November, Sergeant
Austin came to his house, and inquired if the prisoner had a
dog to sell. Witness said he did not kneir, and Austin then
went to the prisoner's house, and witness heard him ask the
prisoner if he had not said he would assassinate Lord Stam-
ford ; to which the prisoner replied, that he never had said
so. Mr. Maude said, he had seen the letters ; and, though
the prisoner took care in them not to use direct threats, it
was evident he intended to intimidate, and that his object
was to extort money.—The prisoner said, he had been de-
prived of his commission by a false charge without a trial,
and his lordship had always refused to give him an oppor-
tunity of proving that the charge was a false one.—Mr.
Richmond said, his lerdship told him that the prisoner was
discharged for euisconduet.Mr. Mande said, that if the
prisoner wanted redress, he must apply to the courts of his
country. He happened to know, that another charge, which
could be strongly made out, could be brought against him
on another day from another quarter, where there was no
doubt as distinct a threat of assassination held out as ever
was put upon,paper. However, Lord Stamford, he believed,
would be satisfied, if the prisoner would give his promise
that he would never annoy him again.—The prisoner said he
never would, if he could get redress.—Mr. Maude said, he
must have an unconditional promise. This, the prisoner,
after some hesitation, gale ; and be' was then discharged.—
Manchester Guardian.

The grocers of York have unanimously resolved to•discon,
tinue the custom of presenting Yule candles to their custom-
ers at Christ Mas.

REERESENTATION OF SouruwAn4.--Another candidate.
has started for this boraUgh in the person of Mr. John Curl.•
ing, a radical and.
The-amount of'the subscription available for the use of the
unfortunate Josephll4illie'S family is, it appears, £974. 18s.
The Magistrates- of Nottingham have come to a resolution
nato'receive the -evidence of a common informer's witness,
unless it is corroborated. -
It is reported that a noble .marquis, recently become a wi-
dower, already contemplates a union with the only daughter
of one. of, our royal dukes.
_ It is arranged that the, Duchess of ,Kent will take tip-her.
residence at Kensington Palace immediately after the cele-
bration.of the Queen's nuptials.:
We vegt:et to sav that the government Police Gazette shows
that, notwithstanding the spreading of the police all over the
country, 'erime-is-inereasing to an alarming extent.
NEW WESLEYAN CHAPEL, BARNSLEY.—A new Wes-
leyan Chapel is about to'be erected. at Barnsley, the cost of
which will amount to somewhere about £9OOO.
The marriage of Miss Smyth, the accomplished sister of
the. Princess of Capua, with Lord Dinorben, is to take place
early in. the spring.—Morning Chronicle.
Several robberies have recently been -perpetrated in the vi-
cinity of Halifax, Bradford, and Bingley, but none of them
to any very serious extent. -
The rich Mr. Quintin Dick, M.P. is, we hear, in treaty
for the Tyrone. estates, in the county Tyrone, late the pro-
perty of the Earl of Blessington, deceased.
The Mike of Devonshire will leave Devonshire House this
week for Chatsworth, where his Grace purposes to receive a
distinguished party at Christmas.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—From a return lately pub-
lished it appears that the number of students at present re-
sident in the -University of Cambridge is .1825, out of -which
number, in the seventeen colleges of the university, are 1217
living in chambers in the colleges, and 608 in apartments in
the town. .

LIBERALISM EXTRAORDINARY.— A poor factory child
picked up a £lO note in the streets of Crediton, the other
day, and honestly made inquiry to find out to wborn it be-
longed ; and the discovery was made that it had been lost by
an influential gentleman of the liberal party, who liberally
rewarded the child with one penny I—Bristol Mercury.
The alterations in her Majesty's private apartments at
Buckingham Palace are all to be completed before the 25th
of January—they will cost about three thousand pounds,
and combine the connection of a suite with two dressing,
rooms, ante-rooms, priVate breakfast and drawing-room's, so
•constructed that the royal couple may pass to and frO with-
out observation.
A St. Petersburg letter states, that the emperor of Russia
has determined on the construction of three railroads—one
from St. Petersburg to Warsaw by Wilna, another from St.
Petersburg to Moscow, and the third from Moscow to Kiew.
These lines, if not undertaken 4y. companies, are to be exe-
cuted by the state, which will employ the government serfs.
AN EAGLE SBOT.—On Tuesday last an eagle was shot on
BodoWen farm, close to Bodorgan, Anglesey, by Mr. 0. J.
A. Fuller Meyrick's keeper. The noble bird measured from
wing to wing eight feet, and from bill to claw four feet,. and
is supposed to belong to the species called falcon. imperialis,
or imperial eagle.—North Wales Chronicle..
Tx}: KING OF HANOVER.—It has reached us, from an
unquestionable authority, that it is the intention of the king
of Hanover, with his illustrious consort, to visit this country
early in February. The object of his majesty's visit is to be •
present at 'the nuptials of the Queen and Prince Albert of
Saxe Coburg. Her majesty has written her royal uncle •an
autograph letter of invitation.—Globe. •
PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. —The houses of lords
and commons met on Thursday, pro forma, for the further
prorogation of parliament by royal commission. The corn-
thissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Normal-16y. and 'Viscount Duncannon ; and parliament was
proroged accordingly to Thursday, January 16, " then and
there to meet for the despatch of divers and important busi-
ness!'

GENERAL LORD SEATON.—This gallant nobleman lost
an arm in the peninsular campaigns, where he commanded
the 52d light infantry. He was subsequently appointed
Lieutenant-Governor of ,Guernsey, whence he proceeded to
command the forces in Canada. His lordship has two sons,
the Hon. Lieut. James Colborne, of the 15th foot, and the
Hon. Lieut. Francis Colborne, of the 25th foot.
DOVER—DEC. 10.—A hostile meeting took place at Bou.
logne this morning between Lord Loftus and Lord Harley,
attended by Mr. Reed and Lieut. Hallet, R.N. After ex-
changing shots the seconds interfered, and the gentlemen
left the ground without being reconciled. -.They arrived here
this afternoon. anti left for London immediately. They both
crossed over yesterday by the Britannia packet, and returned
by the same to-day. -
nu,: PRECIOUS METALS.A letter from Frankfort com-
plains of the immense quantities of gold now in circulation at
the exchanges, &c. of Germany, and accounts for it from the
fact, that in consequence of such enormous quantities of corn
being bought by England in Germany, and of hardly any
English manufactured goods being taken in exchange, the
corn must be paid for. in English gold, and thus nothing but
sovereigns are anywhere to be seen.
The Messrs. Gregg have lately purchased the very large
spinning establishment at Ringley, 6 miles from Manchester,
and 4 from Bolton, from Mr. Crompton, of that place. Its
original cost is said to have exceeded £60,000. There are 146
.cottages attached to the works, and form part of the pur-
chase. When the mill is in full operation, the Messrs. Gregg
will be the largest consumers of cotton in Great Britain, of
course in the world.
THE LITERARY GROCER.—A grocer who, naturally
enough for his trade, had retired on a plum—being the re-
verse of one making many, since in this case many plums had
made one—took a literary turn to amuse himself in his retire-
ment. One day at table, some commercial, gentlemen men-
tioned the town of Stockton-upon-Tees. ." Bless me," said
the grocer, " I never heard of that work- before ; I should
certainly like to read Stockton-upon-lees.
DISSENTING " LIBERALITY ."—ATTEIf PTED'DICTATION.
.—About a month ago, at a very interesting public meeting in
Sheffield, a " Reformation and Protestant Association" for
that town was formed. Amongst the gentlemen who enrolled
themselves as members was the Rev. J. A. Miller, Minister
of the dissenting chapel in Queen-street; whereupon the
Deacons of that congregation " believing the Reformation
and Protestant Association to be both political'and persecut-
ing (!) in its character" strongly urged on their minister to
withdraw his name front its committee, but he declined to do
so, and-they have, consequently, resigned theirotilc-cs!-•- -
ANCIENT SHIP AT, MOtNT'S BAY.—The discovery of
the hull of a vessel, imbedded in the beach near Newlyn,
Mount's Bay, has excited much curiosity. She was about
fifty tons, flat-bottomed, clinker-built, of oak, thirty feet
long. Her ribs were only four inchcs apart, and sufficiently
strong for a vessel double her size. There were marks of
nails, but not a bit of iron was found, from which it would
seen' that wood when shut up from the air is the most durable.
The vessel appears to have- been in ballast when lost ; two
cams were found on board, one of which is in peri'vetpreserva-
tion and bears the inscription " Ave. Maria," but it is with-
Out date.. It resernbleS the coins of the fourteenth century,
and is suppOsed or Aug 0 ()linenorigin.—Shipping
Gazette. - .• •

.
A few days since we announced the munificent donation of
£6,000 from a clergyman and,his sister in aid of the fund
for ,building churches, &c., in the parish of Bethnal Green ;
and we haVe now the satisfaction to learn that an additional
anonymous donation of £2,000, under the title of " Com-
mercial Prosperity," has been paid to the same fund. We
trust that by • the munificence of others, who have been
blessed with similar commercial prosperity, the sum of
£32,000, still required. to complete the £75,000, will not: only
shortly be realized, but that individuals will be found to
supply the churches proposed to be erected with adequate
endowments in a district where poverty precludes the -hope
of all other sources of income to the clergymen.—Standard.
The socialists cf Huddersfield have obtained a license from
the Ecclesiastical Court, at York, for their Hall, lately built
as a place of public worship, by misrepresenting it as a
building for, an "assemblage or congregation of Protestants."
So says one of our correspondents, who seems disposed to
censure the Ecclesiastical authority, for a supposed want of
caution in such matters ; but we apprehend that he labours
under a mistake on the subject, for the Registrar, of the
Diocese has no discretion in the business, but merely re-
gisters buildings when required, and grants certificate of the
registry, which is commonly called a " license." If the
Social 'Hall were used only for religious worship, and as a
Sunday or Infant School, it would not be liable to Poor Rates
or Church Rates, but being frequently used for social concerts
and festivals it is liable to both.--Leeds Intelligencer,
BROUDIGNAG NEwsrAPEn.--Brother Jonathan is a most
indefatigable personage. He is ever going ahead and seenis
to delight in nothing so much as beating his venerable
ancestor John Bull. Ile boasts that he has longer railroads,
longer canals, betterships, more freedom, and even that he
can rear larger and better cattle than gall Spencer. Large
as our English newspapers aro, be is determined to beat his
grandfather in that respect also, and has produced certainly
the largest paper in the world, under the truly Yankee title
of the Boston Notion. The head letters stand two inches
high—the sheet measures 5 feet 10 inches by four feet l inch,
being abont 21 square feet—it is a double sheet. with 10
columns in each page, making in'all 80 columns, containing
one million of letters, and all sold for the moderate charge
of 31d.

THE FREQUENCY OF FAMINES IN INDIA. -In 1764-
66, a famine raged on the coast of Coromandel. In 1770-71,
a famine raged in Bengal, which swept off, under the admi-
nistration of Lord Clive, 3,000,000 of its inhabitants. In
1782-3, another famine raged on the Coromandel coast. In
1792-3, another famine raged there. In 1803-4, famine
raged in Bombay and the 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 Bombay and the Deccan. In 1833-4, there was a famine
in the Madras territory. In 1835-6, there was famine in
Orissa and on thy, Coromandel coact, lii 1837-81 there was
a fainintiin th.l Agra Presidency and during the end of last
year, famine appeared in the Boillbay PK:Metier:
amount of mortality caused by these famines is frightfully
great ; in the neighbourhood of Agra, 500,000 persons arc
said to have perished 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. .

Day after day we anti the ministerial newspapers employed
in the most rancorous, and yet, we must add, ridiculous
abuse of Sir Robert Peel. There is something peculiar in the.
yell of fear and hatred with which their mention of the
Right •Hon. Baronet's name is now, on all occasions, accom-
panied. We attribute this to an instinct of impending de-
struction, like that which prompts some of the lower Animals
of the forest to shriek when they hear the lion's approach-
ing tramp. The ministerialists are evidently in an agony of
terror, from haying heard that Sir Robert Peel means tp
spare them no longer, but to be down upnu them, with the
honest indignation of all England at his bank, as soon as
parliament meets. Most fervently do we hope and trust
that Sir Robert Peel will in no degree disappoint either their
fears or the hopes of his loyal Protestant fellow-countrymen,
The time has come to crush these minions of Romatusin—
these paltry dependents ❑pon an Irish conspiracy against the
British Protestant constitution. We hope, and we believe, .
that a blow will be struck, and that immediately, upon the
meeting of parliament.—Yost.

COLLISION ON THE MANCHESTED: AND LEEDS 'RAIL-
WAY.—On Monday morning, a new engine, made by Messrs.
Peel and Williams, was placed for trial on the rails in St.
George's Road. It worked excellently; and, on parts of the
line, the speed was tremendous. It is a regulation of the
company,--and a very useful one,—that, whenever an extra
engine or train is to pass either way, the regular train pre-
ceding it shall exhibit a board, with the words " Train," or
" Engine coming In this case, the rule was, on some
account, unfortunately departed from, and the consequences
were very serious. Several persons, including the superin-
tendent qud-the engineer, were on the engine, and they worked
it at a high speed past Rochdale, intending to go to Little-
borough ; but, when near the skew bridge on the A,lilnraw
Road, they came suddenly upon an empty truck, Which—
the usual notice not having been given—had not been re-
moved. There was no pulling up, and the persons on .the'
engine had no chance but jumping for it : they accordingly
did so, and fortunately escaped without serious harm. The
collision was singularly terrific. The force was so great, that
the truck was struck up off the rails, and the engine actually
ran under it ; by which the chimney was carried away, and
other serious injury done. —Manchester Guardian.

Mr. Vigors, M.P., for Carlow is about to retire into private
life.

KINMEL PUCK, ST. AsArtt.==Lord • Dinorben is making
preparations for the rec'ption of his royal highness the Duke
of Sitssex',. who is expected to arrive on the 18th or 20th
instant, from Banton Abbey,- the Shooting Lodge of Lord
LiChfield; in Staffordshire, The Prince and Princess of Capita,
with the infant Prince and Princess, also Miss Smythe, and
their suite, have left Kinmel Park, and on Tuesday arrived
at Miyart's Hotel; London.—Chester Courant.
"•‘• Why Mr. B." said a tall youth to a little person who
was in company with half a dozen huge men. " I protest
you are so small I did not see_you before." " Very likely"
replied the little gentleman, " I am like sixpence among six
copper pennies, not readily perceived, but worth the Whole of
them." .• • •- ;' •• •: •

The Earl of Ludlow has, in the most handsome manner,
presented to the Duke of Bedford one hundred thousand,
pounds on his Grace's accession to the title, accOnipanyino-
thnnoble gift with a letter stating that it was his (Lord Lud-
low's intention to have left his Grace that amount in his will,
but he now thought it better tz"-save the legacy duty. A si-
milar act of liberality, although to a smaller amount, was
some years since done to Mr. John Mills, brother to the
banker, by the late -Earl of Plymouth.
There are now living together, in Knutsford, three poor
people, whose united ages amount to two hundred and fifty-
nine years ! They are each of them iu the full possession of
their faculties. One of the three, a female, now eighty-six,
obtained her own livelihood, by honest industry, till her 84th
year. The other two, man and wife, the one 85, and the
other 88, did so too within the last few years.—Chester
Courant.
New MARRIAGE ACT.—It is a remarkable evidence of
the unpopularity of the New Marriage Act among Dissenters,
that in the district comprised in the Bridgenorth union, in
the county cf Salop, which includes 29 parishes, and above.
14,000 inhabitants, only one solitary marriage has taken
place otherwise than according to the rites and ceremonies
•of our venerable church, though the act has now been in
operation nearly three years.
SOMETHING LIRE A TURNIP.—A turnip, grown in the
garden and not in the field—none of your Swedes, or, cow
turnip of any description, hut a regular white turnip, which
any man might take with his leg of mutton who had a stomach
fur good things--was forwarded to this office on Fiiday last.
The weight of this esculent was 154- lbs. ; measurement,
thirty-two inches by, thirty-three. It was grown in the gar-
den of the Bee Hotel, Alyergele.—Nortli Wates Chronicle.
COACII .ADClDENT.—Yesterday morning, the Lord Ex-
mouth coach; Which is due-at five front the north, did not get
to Lancaster for live hours afteras time. The cause was a
Very alarming one, though Providentiallv no harm occurred.
At or near Sedbergh, the coach, with a lading of 18 passengers
Overturned, and singular to tell no one was hurt. The'acci-
dent, we understand, was owing to' the'sdlt state of the-roads,
consequent upon the thaw.—Lethedster 'Gazette. . -
EXTRAORDINARY PoTAToe.74lexander Douglas, lately
residing at Earlsmill, cut out the rose rim a .potatoe of the
white kidney kind, and .planted it whole aboUt the Ist of
April. As the'stems grew he earthed them up, and thus ob-
tained bearing fibres froM every joint in the stem under
ground. The pi oduce of this one seed, on Tieing dug, was
found to be 115. At Teary of Darnaway, Douglas planted a
kidney Potatoe last April, and heapett the eat th as above.
From it no fewer than'6B potatoes, as large as a man's fist,
were taken a few days ago, weighing 161bs. Baillie Laing,
of this town, had 50 potatoes lifted froth a single seed hist
week—they weighed 131bs. A 'potatoe of extraordinary size,
being in appearance like a red . turnip, weighing 31bs. 50z.,
was brought to our office, and may be seen by the curious.
It grew at Balnageith, on the farm of Mr. M`Queen—Forres
Gazette.

GATES FOR THE CROSSINGS OF RAILWAYS.—Mr. T.
Lambert, of Stockton-upon-Tees, has constructed a neat
model for gates, to be used at the crossings of railways. The
gates turn on centres; and are so simple and complete, that
one man can open both of them at one time with the great-
est facility. When open, they prevent any one passing on
the railway, and admit the progress of carriages, carts, tke.,
on both sides of the turnpike. Each gate is al" o furnished
with an elevated circular signal, containing a lamp, which
turns with the gate, so that whether it be night or day, per-
sons at a great distance will be:enabled to:see when " danger"
is. announced. We have had the pleasure of, examining the
model, and can say with truth, that the invention seems to
effect everything necessary for the protection 'of life and pro-
perty of crossings, while it allows the greatest facility for
passing on the road.—Sunderland Herald.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We have the greatest pleasure
in announcing that the Queen Dowager is expected at Wind-
sor this day, and that her majesty expresses the liveliest
satisfaction at the approaching visit of this august lady,
whose virtues and amiability have so endeared her to the
people of England. The public will now see that the vile
effort of the ministerial press to throw obloquy on the cha-
racter, the actions, and the intentions of the royal widow,
emanate entirely from a dirty low-minded party about the
court, to which royalty itself is, even at this moment, giving
a positive disavowal and a quiet rebuke.—Briesizton Gazelle.
[To spew the world what brilliant success has attended these
worthy efforts to raise up strife in the royal family, and to
deprive the two 'most illustrious ladies in the land of the
blessings of mutual confidence and attachment, it is the fact
that Queen Adelaide has for these three or four days do-
mesticated with her royal niece at Windsor, where no doubt
somewhat more of amusement than chagrin on both sides has
testified their united sense of what. is due to busy and ran-
courous impertinence.—Tienes. •
MR. BRINDLE Y'S LECTURES ON SOCIALISM, AT BRAD-
FORD.—On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, this able
and intrepid champion of Christianity, against that Infidelity
in its new and disgusting garb which is too prevalent in these
parts, delivered two powerfu' end convincing lectures; -the
first on the fundamental neinciples of Oivenism, and' the
second on the marriage institution. . The Temperance-hall
was well filled on the first occasion, but on the second it was
literally cranimed. On Wednesday evening-, a -socialist, of
the name of Williams n, who has lately turned book Seller,
attempted a reply to the lecturer, - but took nothing by his -
motion. He acknowledged that lie had been an -infidel be-
fore
he embraced Owen:sm, and this is undoubtedly the fact
in regard to all the leaders of that atheistical scheme in
Bradford. Mr. Brindley, in his rejoinder, extinguished his
antagonist in valiant style. On Thursday, the subject en-
grossed deeply the public attention. About 1,100 persons
were crowded into the building. The lecturer exposed the
original and real system' of gregarious intercourse which
Owen had proposed in lieu of marriage, and-shewed how, at
the last " conference" of the socialist:i, Owen had written a
letter to the hotly assembled at Birthingham, in which he
pretends to explain away and disguise these original and fun-
damental laws of his new moral (?) - The disgusting
and insulting libels of OIL dpsp.r:ttc atheist upon all the
troiriTed people, - were received With becoming indignation,
alid were ably exposed by Mr. Brindley. The Bradford
socialists, by a note from their secretary; Thornton, a man
who has lately set up in the wool business, authorised." Mr.
Barker, of Shelf," a socialist of rare qualities, to reply to
Mr. Brindley. It was evident that this philosopher had but
one object in view, and that was to create a disturbance and
to insult the meeting and its chairman, which he did in the'
- most outrageous manner. The only -argument which he
produced in justification of the infamous -system of Owen,
was derived from the New Marriage Act, which the ,"civil
contract" party, consisting of " the' three denominations"
and their coadjutors the Owenites, assisted the authors of
the Reform Bill and of the New Poor Law to place upon the
statute-book, to the eternal disgrace• of this prolesSedly, ,
Christian land. They may now see, when too late, the..
weapon they have put into the hands of infidelity and its'
apostles. The meeting tiid not terminate till a late hour, in
consequence of the continual interruption - offered by the,
".rational religionists,". as the Owenites sometimes call
themselves. 'William Rand, Esq.,- occupied the chair on
both occasions, and discharged his arduous and painful duty
with great patience and ability, ealibiting qualifications for
that frequently difficult post of no ordinary character.—
Leeds Intelligeneer.

RIBBLE NAVIGATION.—Such of our: readers as have not
lately had an opportunity of seeing the progress of the works
for the deepening of the Ribble, will be glad to learn that,
since our last report, the operations at the coffer-dam have
been so successful, that the whole of the first length of the
rock excavation is nearly got out, and it is confidently ex,
pected that in another week, if the weather continues favour-
able, it will be entirely completed. The depth of the exca-
vation will be full two feet deeper than we stated in our last
communication on the subject, which will admit of our hav-
ing at Preston quays a greater depth by 21 inches at high
water, than the good people of Liverpool have at their dock
sill. The most active preparations are making' for forminc,
the second length of the coffer-dam. The iron rods have
arrived, and are now being fixed, so as to enable the contrac-
tor to begin the excavation as early in the new year as pos-
sible. We are also happy to state that the dredging vessel
continues to perform its part of the work most satisfactorily.
In short, the general aspect of the undertaking was never
more auspicious.—Preston Chronicle.
The inconsistencies of the anti-corn law people are happily
so ludicrous, as well as palpable, as to stultify their activity
in the work of mi,4ehief. One day we are gravely assured
that -" the effect of opening the British ports, would be to-
raise the prices in the foreign ports to the British average,"
less freight and shipping charges, that is, foreign corn would
be raised to exactly the same price laid down here as the
British rate. On the day following, the people are loudly
appealed to with the assertion of dear bread, caused by pro-
hibitory corn laws. According to
.the plain sheaving of the
first proposition, the prices of cora would not be diminished
by foreign imports, and, therefore, the price of the quartern
loaf must remain the same. If the writer holds this faith,
or is capable of comprehending his own doctrine, it follows
that he is wilfully a party to the circulation of fallacies the
most absurd, with a view to mislead and influence the public
mind, and serve the purposes of fiction. Anil for this nul-
lity the Leeds Mercury has the effrontery to say that if the
" operative population should not think fit to petition for
great relief, they will deserve to be pinched and pined for
years!! This is the Christian charity of a paper the readers
of which present themselves ostentatiously in the most sane-
timonious garb of rigid puritanism.".-Courier.

WOMAN ! as VIRGIN, WIFE, and MOTIIER.—Vast asis the
literature of this country, it is astonishing how few works
have been Wiitten with reference to the dutks of the amiable
knriegtteinpts of this kind there certainly have been,
cortibining comMon-Place Ohseivationi.with general truisms;;
but it was reserved for Mr. Mitchell, Publisher, London, to
giVe to the world a work, with the above title, at once mous-
ing, elegantly written, of small size and price., and containing
information of solid and lasting importance. The virgin,
wife, or mother, will indeed find this little book a treasure.
We give a few of the many opinions relating to this family
counsellor.

The Editor of " The Atlas" remarks that this is :—" A
.little book which every woman in England ought to read."
-The Editor of " The Times" says :—" This is a very in-
teresting little book, and should be found in the hands of
every female between the ages of seventeen and seventy."
The Editor of " The Herald" observes :—" This little
book is indeed a' family counsellor ;' we recommend it with
confidence as a work unexceptionable in its sentiment, and
r artily of public support."
The Editor of " The" Sun" observes :—" We earnestly
recommend this neat Epitome of Woman's Social nutiPS
and Domestic Enjoyments' to every Maid, Wife, and Mother,
Within the sphere of our admonitory, influence. The store of
womanly wisdom contained in this book is truly incalculable."

PROSPECT OF AN EXTENSIVE STRIKE IN GLASGOW.--
We are sorry to learn, that there is some danger of Glasgow
"being again visited with the evils of another extensive strike,
arising out of a dispute bet Ween the power-loom manufac-
turers and their workers. It appears that some time ago
three e not ':eonnected with the Operative Tenters'
Union,
introduced' into the work of Messrs. E. Steven
trte
were rs
and Company. The tenters employed in the factory struck
work, in consequence of Steven and Co. having , refused to
comply with a request that the three men should he dismissed.
The other power-loom manufacturers of the city were in-
duced to interfere; and at a meeting of the Masters' Asso-
ciation held in • the Royal Exchange, they came to a resolu-
tion, to the effect that they considered the strike above re-
ferred to an improper interference on the part of the workers,
and that, in consequence, all the members should shut up
their works on Monday the 16th of December. The usual
warning has been given to the Workers, in terms 'of this reso-
lution, so that by. this day week, unless an arrangement is
come to, thousands will be thrown out of employment. We
confess that we shudder at the misery and starvation which
this occurrence is certain to create, and we would affection-
ately call upon the operatives to pause ere they permit it to
take effect. Judging from past experience and from present
circumstances, it is not difficult to foresee that they will fail
in their object ; and that, instead of strengthening their union,
a struggle. with the capitalists will only have the effect of
weakening, if not entirely destroying-4.--Glasgow *pp

An extraordinary star. may now be seen, about three o'clock
a.m., in the south east; it resembles a hairy comet, and
emits refulgent light.—London popes.

"Sambo, yoU niggar, are you afraid of work ?" " Gor
bless you, massa, I no fraid of work, I'll lie down and go
asleep close by him side.'!
MOST IMPORTANT.—CoIoneI D'Este, (son of the Duke of
the Duke of Sussex,) claimed the royal privilege of driving
his carriage in Rotted-row, Hyde-park, on Monday, for the
first time.

The subscription for the building of a new church at
Welshpool, to commemorate the coming of age of Viscount
Clive, has reached the handsome sum of .f. 4,800.
Mr. Cambridge, of Lavington, Wilts, on Wednesday per-
formed the extraordinary feat, at Horton, of cutting with his
horse-chaff machine, WITII ONE KNIFE, one ton of hay, in
one hour and seventeemminutes!—Gloitenter Chronicle.
At a recent meeting of the shareholders of the Penrith and
Carlisle Railway, held at the George Inn, Penrith, it was re-
solved that notice should be given to the owners and occu-
piers of land on the projectedline of railway, of the intention
of the company to apply for an act of parliament in the
ensuing session.

CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the 23d of last month, a
pear tree, belonging to Mr. Joseph Jame Son, of Long Mor-
ton, near Appleby, was in full blossom ; and on the 31st in-
stant the tree was studded with fine formed, pears.—Carlisle
Patriot.

PROFITABLE Sow.—Mr. John Dalton, of Cuminersdale,
is in possession of a sow which produced and brought up
fourteen pigs at one litter. The pigs, when killed 'a few days
ago, being one year old, weighed 312 stones 4 pounds; thus
averaging 22 stones 5 pounds.—Carlisle Patriot.

THE GREAT WESTERN.—This_ noble vessel, the pride of
Bristol, and the queen of the ocean, was, on Saturday, towed
up the river, and moored in Cumberland Basin, where she is
now lying, preparatory to her being placed in dock and un-
dergoing various alterations, principally in the after cabin,
and for general examination and repair.—Bristol Standai.d.
Grsnunw,- A POLLING PLACE.—The Queen in council has
been pleased to signify her compliance with the petition of
the magistrates ofthe West Riding, in sessions assembled at
Knaresborough, in October Jast, appointing Gisburn. near
Skipton, a polling place for the West Riding of Yorkshire..
EXTRAORDINARY COMPETITION.—Three gentlemen, well
known in the fashionable world, have made.a wager, the od-
dity of which is likely to give rise to considerable amusement.
The. first of the parties is to drive a stage coach ; the second
is to walk through the country as an itinerant melOdist ; and
the third is to perform four principal dramatic characters,
two in tragedy and two in comedy. The greater part of the
money obtained by these eccentric adventurers, in their se-
veral pursuits, is to be doted to charitable purpose. The
competitor who obtains the largest sum by his exertions is to
be the winner cf the wager, which is to the amount of several
thous ads_ We have not heard the " whereabouts"- of the
Jahn and the Apollo, but it is said that the dramatic
rant is to make his debut at Edinburgh, and that he will'df-
tcrwards appear at the other provincial' theatres. If the:re-
port we. have heard of his talents prove correct he will pro-
bably complete his career in London;_ by performing a tew
nights at one of the great winter theatres.

'WORKING OP THE NEW POSTAGE.---From inquiries which
the writer has taken the trouble to institute it appears—as all
sensible people antiCipated—that the new postage has not ad-
vanced half way in destroying the old system. The corresr
pondent, whether of business or pleasure, who desires a favor
or an obligation. does now, as he always did, pay the postage
of his letter. The party addressed mostly posts his acknow-
ledgment unpaid. This is the conventional rule, and it has suf-
fered no particular change in the country, though, indeed, in
the range of the penny post, considerable alteration has taken
place, probably for the reason that a degree of meanness is un-
derstood in putting a correspondent to the expense of 2d or 3d
rather than disburse a single penny oneself. The majority of
the penny letters are doubtless prepaid; but tradesmen, in the
habit of corresponding largely, will not, if they can tell) it,
prepay theirs own ones, much less their country ones. They
are daily excaiming against the increase of postage expenses
to which the new plan subjects them, notwithstanding their
apparently niggardly economy. But the worst phase of the
matter is, that neglect of prepayment creates ill feeling, trou-
ble and dissatisfaction, deranging the commercial system
sadly. This must be evident to most persons engaged in
mercantile pursuits, and the evil will increase until the uni-
versal penny rate is adopted; an ultimatum the post-office
authorities are doubtless by this time anxious to resort to,
unless they are thinking of restoring the old plan. The good
old plan ! In the names of Lichfield, Maberly, and the rest,
'why was it disturbed? What class of public benefits by the
alteration save those who could as well support the legitimate
postage. Oh ! rare and usefil reform—to grant a luxury,
when whole masses of the people are clamorous for bread:—
Morning Herald.

GAS PRODUCED BY A NEW PnocEss.---An experiment in
gas-lighting, by the Compte de Mal.Varino, was made yes-
terday evening, on a piece of waste ground'at the back of
Fetter-lane, in the presence of several scientific gentlemen,
who were invited to witness the result. A small gasometer
was erected for the purpose, whicn was connected .by tubes
with a furnace btiilt of brick, and containing three retorts,
one of which was supplied with water from a syphon ; ano-
ther was filled with tar, and both being decomposed in the
third retort, formed the sole materials by which the gas was
produced. The process. appeared to be extremely simple,
and the novelty of the experiment consisted in the fact, that
the principal agent employed to produce the gas was common
water combined with tar ; but, according to the theory of
the inventor of this new species of gas, any sort of bitumi-
nous or fatty matter would answer the purpose equally as
well as pitch or tar. After the lapse of about half an hour
employed in the experiment, during which time the process
was explained to the company, the gas was turned into the
burners, and a pure and powerful light was produced, per-
fectly free from smoke or any unpleasant smell. The purity
and intenteness of the flame were tested in a very satisfac •
tory manner, and those who witnessed the experiment ap-
peared perfectly satisfied with the result. The great advan-
tage of this sort of gas over that produced from coal consists,
it was said,in the cbeapnet:,a of the materials employed in its
production, the facility with which it is manufactured, and
the perfection to which it is at once brought, without the ne-
cessity of its undergoing the tedious and expensive process
of condensation and. purification ; for, in 'this instance, as
-Soon as the preliminaries were completed, the light was pro-
duced in a perfect state within a few feet of the gasometer,
which, although of inferior size, was said to be capable of
affording light for ten hours to at least 500 lamps or burners.
With regard to the comparative expense, it was also stated
that 1000. feet of cubic gas, manufactured by this process,
could be supplied to the public for about.one-third the price
now charged by the coal-gas companies.7--.gvening Paper.

THE ELEC2TRO-,MAGNETW TELEGRAPH OF THE GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY.—This telegraph, which is the inven-
thin of Mr. Cdok and Professor Wheatstone, of King's Col-
lege, has been, during two months, constantly worked at the
passing of every train between Drayton, Hanwell, and Pad-
dington. At the former station it, for the present, termi-
nates. As soon as the whole line is completed, the telegraph
will extend from the PaddingtOn terminus to Bristol, and it
is contemplated that, then, information of any nature will be
'conveyed to Bristol, and an answer received in town, in
about twenty minutes. Merchants and others, residing not
only at the two 'extremities of the line, but at any of the in-
termediate stations, (at all of which dial-plates will be fixed,
with competent persons stationed to work the telegraph,) will
then be enabled to avail themselves of the benefits and
facilities of the invention. Two of the boys from the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum in the Kent Road, have been at the Pad-
dingtOn station for five or six weeks, where they were in-
structed in the working of the machinery by Mr. Hutchin-
son, and they are
.now perfectly competent to superintend the
telegraph at any one of the stations, A piece of machinery,
simple but unerring, to which is attached a check-string to
indicate to the boys (who cannot hear the signal bell) when
the signal is sent up the line to show that something is about
to be telegraphed, has been invented, which enables these
lads to perform this duty as efficiently as if they were not
suffering under the deprivation of hearing and speech. The
telegraph has now been in operation for nearly 12 months,'
and not the least obstrnetion to its working, by any of the
wires, &c., !wonting out of order, has yet occurred. Should
such an event take place (especially when the whole line is
open to Bristol), it might occur to many that there would be
considerable difficulty (as all the wires are inclosed in a hollow
tube, not more than about an inch in diameter) in ascertain-
ing, throughout the 117 miles, the precise point, at which the
injury required to be repaired ; but this apparent difficulty
has been met by Mr. Cook, who has invented a piece of me-
chanism, which is contained in a mahogany case not more
than eight inches 'square, by which means the precise spot on
the line where the injury might have been occasioned would
be indicated in an almost incredibly short space-of time.
This invention may now be termed perfect in all its details,
and only awaits the completion of the line of railway to
Bristol to bring it into full operation between that city and
the metropolis,—Midland Counties Herald.

A FACT FOR THE PHILOSOPIIERS.—Some people are so
ingenious that they can prove anything. Your logicians used
to revel in this faculty some thirty years ago ; but then they
did the thing openly. They did not pretend that black was
white ; they only asserted the capacity of their art to cheat
us into the belief that black was the white of our eyes at
their pleasure. With the modesty characteristic of the
generation of our fathers, they did not go so tar as to swear
black to-day and white to-morrow. That was reserved for
the philosophers who have shoved the logicians off the stool.
Look at the savants, for instance, who are writing down the
corn laws. The day before yesterday they asserted the
irrefragable right of our manufacturing population to cheap
bread, and that a free importation was the grand desideratum
-to ensure it. Yesterday the chronicle lays it down as equally
irrefragable, that " in the importing country the price of
corn must always be high !" The day before yesterday
agriculture was bolstered up by shutting out foreign corn.
Yesterday " Agriculture must always be flourishing where
corn is imported." It is not intended here to discuss the
question whetlier the. repeal of the corn laws would make
bread cheaper or not. The philosophers will probably be
able to tell us which way they Will have it, when they have
made their minds up ; but one thing must be just mentioned
for their guidance. They cannot explain why wages in
Lincolnshire average from ' 12s to 13s. per week," while the
labourers in Wiltshire barely get half us much. Twenty
years ago Lincolnshire and Wiltshire were pretty much on a
par. Lincolnshire then .e, saine.as Wiltshire is now, a
pastoral district. Lincolnshire has
.emerged from that semi-
civilised condition, and the labourers are a well-employed and
well-paid class. So also would bc,the labourers in Wiltshire,
if a sufficient certainty of proteetiOn enabled the lindowners
to make them tillers of the ground instead of keepers of
sheep.—Moniing Herald.

FEMALE SAlLon..—The following romance of low life is
given by the Journal do Havre Josephine Fleury, a na-
tive of Brettiville, has been recently committed to prison at
Cherbourg for having robbed her master and mistress at
Montaign-lesßois. At sixteen she assumed male attire, and
hired herself as a servant at Cerences, but in the summer left
this employment, and embarked at Granville as a sailor in a
vessel engaged in the Newfoundland cod fishery. For six.
teen years she led the same life, being alternately a servant
in the winter, and a sailor in summer. She at length became
tired of this mode of living, and lived for four years as a ser-
vant at Brehat. From thence she engaged herself as a wood-
cutter in the forest of Gavray. In a quarrel at a public-
house she wounded a man severely, and being brought in
consequence before the Correctional Tribunal, was sentenced
to twelve months' imprisonment. During her confinement
her sex was discovered. On her ditchar,e, a year and a halt
to, she hired herself 'to do day's work at Montai,gn-les-
go.ois, where she ba:4 fallen into her present scrape. Jose-
phine's complexion is completely bronzed by exposure to all
weathers, and she has small whiskers.'.'-

THE TEE-TOTALLER SOCIETY TURNED INTO A POLITICAL
o:u.—Large placards were posted through the town last
week, calling on the members of the tee-totaller society to
meet on Sunday to enter into arrangements for the collection
of the " O'Connell Fund." Surely this great impostor is
destined to mar every prospect of moral and social improve..
ment in this country. No sooner is a temperance society
formed in this town--,a good cause—in which men of all per-
suasions may,• and have joined, than it is transformed into a
pclitical association, and made subservient to party purposes.
O'Connell's name must be blazed forth in conspicuous let-
ters on their placards, and the members required to admi-
nister to his avarice. Why this one fact is quite enough to
deter loyal men from joining—nay, even to make them sus-
pect the intentions of its members. What ! no sconer do a
body of men subscribe to the temperance pledge, and receive
medals from a priest, than they
at once exhibit a political as-
pect, and become parties to political purposes! The proceed-
ing, we say, is calculated to.injure the cause of temperance
very materially, and destroy the good effects anticipated from
its formation. But it is as we apprehended.—Tipperary-
Constitution. •