The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-30 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

bushels !

Rev. William Coxe Radcliffe, 8.A., of Trinity College,
Cambridge, to the Rectory of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts, void
by the death of the Rev. J. Still ; patron, John Benett, Esq.
M.P.

Rev. William Gunner, to the Chaplaincy of St. Mary's
College, Winchester, void by the death of the Rev. T. Wat-
kins.

Rev. George Coleman, 8.A., of Christ's College, Cam-
bridge, to the Rectory of Water Stratford, Bucks, vacant
by the death of the Rev. W. L. Bennett ; patron, the Duke
of Buckingham and Chandos.

Rev. Miles G. Booty, M.A., of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, to the Curacy of Wensley, Yorkshire.
Rev. William Davies, of Llwyngoras, Guide of Nevern,
to the Rectory of Meline, Pembrokeshire.
Rev. John Wilson, to the Vicarage of Deeping St. James,
Lincolnshire ; patron, Sir T. Whichcote, Bart.
Rev. John Matthews, to the Rectory of Melbury Osmond
with Sampford annexed, Dorsetshire, vacant by the death of
the Hon. and Rev. Edward Strangways ; patron, the Earl
of Ilchester.
Rev. William Sharp, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Cam-
bridge, to the Vicarage of Addingham, Cumberland ; pa-
trons, the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle.
Rev. J. Ford, late. Curate of Stoke-upon-Trent, to the
Perpetual Curacy of Lane-end, Staffordshire, vacant by the
resignation of the Rev. J. Kingsmill.
Rev. Thomas Currie, to the Rectory of Bridgeham, Nor-
folk • patron, the Lord Chancellor.
Rev. Thomas Fisher, M.A., to the Rectory of Luckham,
Somersetshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Robert F.
Gould ; patron, Sir T. D. Acland.
Rev. Henry Blayds, M.A., to the Vicarage of South Stoke
with Monkton Combe, Somersetshire.
The Hon. and Rev. Lord John Thynne, D.D., of St.
John's College, Cambridgeshire, to be Rural Dean of the
Jurisdiction of Glastonbury, vacant by the resignation of the
Rev. G. H. Templer.
Rev. William Morris Holt Williams, M.A., Master of the
Frome Grammar School, to the Vicarage of Orchardleigh,
Somersetshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Joseph Alger,
M.A., of Wadham College ; patron, Sir Thomas S. Mostyn
Champneys, Bart.
Rev. E. Whitmore Lechmere, 8.A., Curate of Fownhope,
to the Perpetual Curacy of Brockhampton, Herefordshire ;
patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford.
Rev. J. F. Gordon, to the Rectory of Tyrella, Ireland.
This is a new Rectory, created under a late Act, by the ele-
vation of the late Dean of Down to the See of Tuam.

THE ARMY.

The 19th Foot—One company from Carrick-on-Sair, to
Dublin ; the detachment from Newtownbarry to Dublin, and
a detachment from New Ross. ,

The 10th Foot—Line company from Tipperary for Dublin,
two companies from Limerick to Dublin.
The Queen's 14th light dragoons from Birmingham to
Hounslow.

The 4th dragoons from Norwich.
The 75th depot from Boyle to Newbridge.
The 6th dragoons from Exeter to Manchester.
_BRITISH TROOPS ON THE MAINE FRONTIER.—The first
detachment of the llte regiment, from Quebec, reached Ma-
dawaska on the morning of the 9th inst. The sepond detach-
ment accompanied by a party of the royal artillery, with a
field piece, and a supply of ammunition, reached the Timis-
eouata Lake, about 40 miles distant on the same evening.
The whole regiment, of about 600 men, probably reached the
St. John in the course of the last week. There were previ-
ously at Tobique 100 regulars and two companies of provinci-
al militia. The sleighing has been good in Canada. The
journey between Montreal and Quebec was easily made on
runners in two days.—Boston Advertiser.

RECRUITING FOR TIIE EAST INDIA SeßvicE.—Orders
have been issued by captain Murray, of the Hon. East India
Company's service, to serjeant Hadnam, recruiting serjeant,
at Miller's general rendezvous, Queen's Head, Tower-hill,
and the other serjeants in the metropolis, to commence enlist-
ing with all speed, young men for the service. They are taken
as low as five feet five, and up to 30 years of age. It appears
that this order for the reinforcing of the company's troops is
in consequence of the military preparations making on the
part of the autocrat of Russia, and the intrigues carried on by
the officers of that ambitious power, as well as those of the
great sultan, against British influence in the Levant and the
East. Twenty thousand muskets on a new principle, besides
bayonets, and swords and pistols for the cavalry, have been
contracted for in this country, on account of the Hon. East
India Company, which will be forwarded to India immediately
when completed.

PENNY POSTAGE .—Petitions to both houses of parliament,
praying for the adoption of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of uni-
form penny postage throughout the kingdom, are in course
of signature in this town.—Manchester Courier.

Such is the demand for pikes in the town of Ashton-under-
Lyne, Staly, Dukinfield, Newton, and Hyde, and the eager-
ness with which they are purchased, that whitesmiths and
others, employed in the manufacture of them, can earn 10s.
per day with greatest ease.—MancheBter Courier.
A merchant at Florence has lately sent out to New York
40,000 mulberry plants. The cultivation of this tree is now
carried to a great extent in America, and further orders of
the same kind are expected in Italy. A diminution in the
the exports of silk and will ultimately ensue. The exporta-
tion of tissues in straw from Tuscany has much diminished
of late, and the trade has become °up of secondary importance,
while straw for bats not made up. is in extreme demand.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The royal donation of £5O to Grace Darling appears as an
tern in the estimates for " civil contingencies ! "

Why is a lollipop like a horse ? Because the more you lick
it, the faster it goes.
The total area of the British Colonial possessions is esti-
mated at 1,096,210 square miles, and the population at
145,612,517 souls.

The falling off in the consumption of malt in 1836 and
837, compared with 1835, was very nearly four millions of

We have great pleasure in stating that the contributions to
;he Centenary fund have now reached the sum of £200,000.

—Watchman.
Government has made a grant of £l5OO to the Glasgow
Astronomical Institution ; and the building of the new Ob-

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servatory will soon be commenced.

Owing to the increased number of tailors who have opened
establishments in Wood-street, Wakefield, a waghas christ-
ened it " Threadneedle-street."

From the report of the National Society, there appears to
be at present in connection with the church of England,
17,341 schools, and 1,003,087 scholars.
We understand that Mr. Grote, despairing of any increase
and rather fearing a decrease, of the ballot minority, will not
bring forward that question this year.—Spectator.
Such is the loyalty of the inhabitants of Gosport that it has
been proposed to change its name to Queen's Port; and that
of the Old Rope-walk has been converted into Kent-street.
The Lord Bishop of Chester,-with the consent of the patron
and rector of Astbury, has been pleased to license Congleton
church for the celebration of marriages.
In Tue'sday's Gazette, Andrew Rutherford, Esq., is ap-
pointed her majesty's advocate for Scotland, and James
Ivory, Esq., her majesty's solicitor general for the same
country.
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The patent of queen's printer for Scotland, which will ex-
pire on the 27th of July, will not be renewed ; but measures
will be taken to secure the accurate printing of the holy

Scriptures.
The Duke of Buckingham and Lords Longford and Farn-
ham, have made out their right to vote for Irish representa-
tive peers, in which body there is at present a vacancy,
caused by the death of the Earl of Caledon. The only candi-
date as yet named is Lord Dunraven.
The oural mountains, according to a statement published
at St. Petersburgh, produced to the crown and private
owners of the mines, during the last six rironths of 1838,
145 ponds of gold, and 77 ponds of platina. The pond is
very nearly 5241b5. troy.
A law has just passed the legislature of Alabama, prohibit-
ing the carrying of deadly weapons about the person. Any
person offending against the provisions of this act is liable
to a fine of not less than 50 dollars nor more than 500 dollars,
and to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months.
The Bord.iaux journals state that the cold is severely felt
in that part of the country, where, on Monday night, the
thermometer fell to one degree below zero of Raumur, or
291 Fahrenheit, so that standing water exposed to a current
of air was covered with a thin coat of ice.

An extraordinary fat hog, supposed to weigh 110 stone, or
nearly 90001b5., is now being exhibited at the Woolpack Inn,
in this town (eading.) Its dimensions are—height, 3 feet
10 inches ; length from snout to tail, 9 feet ; girth round the
neck, 4 feet ; ditto round the body, 7 feet.-16-kshire paper.
ST. KATHERINE'S HOSPITAL.—II appears to be now set-
tled that the valuable appointment to the mastership of this
foundation vests in the Queen Dowager, who, immediately
on her return to England, will fill up the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Sir Herbert Taylor.
FRUIT CROP.—The knowing ones already begin to prog-
nosticate a bountiful crop of fruit this year. They found their
predictions on the fact that the blossoming of the fruit trees
is unusually late for the season, and they anticipate that the
severe frosty nights will have passed away ere the blossoms
shall have been fully put forth.

We are sorry to announce the death of the Earl of Essex
on the 23d instant, at his house,in Belgrave-square. His
lordship was in the 82d year of his age, and is succeeded in
his titles by his nephew, Arthur Algernon Capel, the eldest
son of his late brother, the Hon. John Thomas Capel. The
late earl married secondly, about twelve months ago, Miss
Stephens, the celebrated vocalist.
A learned Italian, Manzano, in searching through the
archives of Bologna, has discovered that the celebrated Maid
of Orleans was descended from the race of the Ghislieri, and
was the daughter of Ferrante Ghislieri, who fled from his
country in 1401, when Giovanni Bentivoglio usurped the so-
vereignty of Bologna.—Foreign Quarterly Review.
The following notice is taken from a newspaper of 1761 :
" The ladies of distinction at the west end of the town have
determined to bestow on the poor all the winnings at cards
during the holydays."
Seven academies are to be established in Turkey, at the
cities of Constantinople, Adrianople, Salonica, Broussa,
Smyrna, Bagdad, and Trebizonde, where among other sciences,
mathematics, physics, and 'chemistry, are to be especially
taught.

It is understoad, that the act for the drawback on soap,
used in manufactures, which expires this year, will be con-
tinued by another temporary act, brought in under the
auspices of the chancellor of the exchequer.

RENT IN ST. PETERSBURGII.—A first-rate house in the
Russian capital brings a very large rent. Several were pointed
out to us as letting for £l,OOO a year, a rent rarely heard of
even in London. Lord Durham paid nearly this sum for
his town residence.—Bremner's Russia.
A WINDFALL.—A young man of the name of Thomas
Stiles, about twenty years of age, who was working at Belper
as an excavator on the North Midland Railway, received in-
telligence on Tuesday last that a relative in London, who died
lately, had bequeathed to him, by will, the sum of £3,000 in
money, and three houses, each of the yearly rent of £l5O.
On the receipt of this joyful news he abandoned the pick and
shovel, and started immediately for London, to take pos-
session of this unexpected property.
NEWCASTLE, HAMBURGIT, AND ROTTERDAM STEAM
COMMUNICATION.—A joint stock company is in course of
formation for effectually opening a communication by steam
between this place and the continent. The capital is to be
£50,000, in 5,000 shares of £3O each. Three large and pow-
erful vessels, namely, the John Wood, Clyde, and Queen
Adelaide, have been purchased in anticipation by one or two
a....,., O. Litt—_..,olv.the Clyde
Hamburgh on Saturday, the 4th May. The fare in the best
cabin is only £2 10s, and in the second cabin £1 lOs ; but the
parties are to find and pay for their provisions.—Tyne Mer-
cury.

CHARTISTS DRILLING.-It would seem that at length
some portion of the people, styled as above, are determined
to keep no compact with the laws, but to set them entirely at
defiance. On Wednesday night a number of men, report
says several hundreds, assembled in a field near Birchin
Bower, at the lower end of Hollingwood, to practise manual
and platoon exercise. They were drilled by an old soldier,
who put them through the rudiments of the practice ; and, by
teaching them to " shoulder their sticks," of which they each
had one, he imagined, perhaps, he should teach them how
" fields were won." The drilling commenced at about nine
o'clock, and continued until after ten. The drilling is said
to have been quite a public thing, and to have taken place on
several nights previous to the one mentioned.—Manchester
Guardian.

, THE COPTIC MANUSCRIPTS.—At the Bedford quarter
sessions, a letter was read from the Rev. Mr. Tattam, the
curate of St. Cuthbert's, Bedford, dated from Cairo, the 16th
February last. It stated that the reverend gentleman had
worked incessantly at the translation of the Coptic scriptural
manuscripts ; so much so, that ever since his arrival in Egypt
he had only allowed himself two days for recreation, and these
he spent at the ruins of Thebes. He had received considera-
ble personal favours and assistance from many of the natives,
and was about to proceed to the convent at Mount Sinai,
where they had told him there were some manuscripts which
no man could read. He had already- translated the Book of
Jeremiah, and a great portion of the Psalms, and other parts
of the Scriptures ; and he had possessed himself of the most
valuable collection of manuscripts that had ever been brought
to England.—Hertford Reformer.
NOVEL AFFAIR.—On Thursday se'nnight, about ten
o'clock, some surprise and excitement was occasioned by in-
formation that was brought to certain of the Parish Church,
Bradford, stating that a man had been discovered in the
Charnel-house of the Church, whose intention was said to
be to extricate the teeth of human sculls from their ignoble
lodgments. Inquiry was immediately instituted ; the man
was immediately secured and examined, but no masticators
could be found on his person ; and being on very comfortable
terms with Sir John Barleycorn, no definite or satisfactory
explanation could be elicited from him. He gave his name
as Fowler, working in Ormskirk-street, and managed to state
that he had met with a party of drunken men in the church-
yard, who happened to throw him over into the Charnel-
house, from which abode of ghostly sprites he was endeavour-
ing to make his escape as well as his fright:and liquor would
allow him, when he was caught by the informants. On
making due reparation for his misconduct he was set at li-
berty.—Leeds Intelligencer
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—On Friday afternoon last, a
circumstance occurred in the vestry-room of St. Chad's
Church, Shrewsbury, which might have been attended with
serious consequences, and which may probably throw some
light as to the origin of accidents often involved in mystery.
It appears that the rays of the sun were on that afternoon
strongly reflected upon a decanter on the table, of a globular
shape, and filled with water, having over the mouth an in-
verted tumbler glass ; this, acting (it seems) as a lens, ignited
a piece of velvet, upon which the decanter generally stood.
A smell of something burning attracted the attention of some
members of the select vestry, who fortunately were assembled
in a similar apartment on the opposite side of the vestibule
of the church. A search was immediately made, when the
smouldering velvet, as above stated, was perceived. The fire
had partially commenced on another piece of velvet used as
a stand for the tumbler glass, and would probably soon have
spread to the velvet covering of the table, on which were books
and papers, had not the timely discovery happily prevented
further damage.—Salopian Journal.
DREADFUL DEATH OF THREE OFFICERS.—The sad in-
telligence has been communicated to us by a take-letter cor-
respondent in an extract of a letter from Scinde, of the death
of three officers of the Queen's. At the time the letter was
written, it was unknown in what manner Lieut. Sparks, Lieut.
Nixon, and Dr. Hebbert had met with their melancholy fate ;
and, as it was suspected that'they had fallen intt the hands
of a dastard enemy, who was known to be hovering round the
camp, we can well imagine that a strong feeling pervaded
their brothers in arms. We find, however, that the three
unfortunate individuals perished in an awful way while shoot-
ing in a Shikar Caith or game preserve, where they were sud-
denly overwhelmed and destroyed by the flames. The acci-
dent had been thus reported to us :—A jungle had caught fire,
and it beingkanticipated that the flames would force numbers
of wild aninills from their coverts, the officers of the Queen's
posted themselves in a ttee, and as they supposed a secure
position with reference to the wind, waiting for the escape of
deer, &c., when the wind suddenly changing, the trees and
jungle surrounding the officers took fire, and precluded all
escape.—Bombay Gazette of February 22d.
GERMAN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.—Means have been found
to overcome the resistance of the smaller states belonging to
the customs union in Germany ; and the commercial treaty
between Holland and the union, having been ratified on both
sides, will be immediately published in all the states con-
nected with the union. The successful negotiation of this
treaty is highly creditable to Dutch diplomacy ; but the event
is one that we cannot help deploring, as it is extremely pro-
bable that it will transfer to the hands of Dutch merchants,
a large part of the foreign sugar trade now carried on with
English capital. It is not, however, yet too late for England
to interfere, and secure to herself her due share in the trade
with Germany, which she is at this moment in imminent
danger of losing. The treaty with Holland makes a revision
of the union tariff unavoidable ; and already it is distinctly
understood in the diplomatic cirles of Berlin, that a com-
mercial congress, composed of the representatives of the
different states of the union, is to meet in that city in the
month of July, for the purpose of considering what alterations
shall be adopted in the existing tariff. The interests of Eng-
land must be affected by the discussions of such a congress ;
and we trust, therefore, that some gentleman well qualified
for the task will be on the spot to watch their. progress. The
German states profess their willingness to extend to any na-
tion, that will give the same equivalents, advantages similar
to those they have granted to .Holland. Our pernicious corn
laws, we are aware, make a commercial treaty with Germany,
on a broad and liberal basis, nearly impracticable • still some-
thing, we are convinced, might be done, and at all events the
attempt ought to be made.—Courier.

There is a small river in Mount Vernon, Hillsborough
county, N. H., that empties itself into the Souhegan, which
was called by the Indians Quohquinopassakessanannagnog
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—New York paper.
There is the prospect of an abundant crop of hay this year,
which has a marked tendency to keep down the present
prices ; the artificial grasses, in particular, never bore a

more promising appearance.

An essay class has been formed in connection with the
Bradford Operative Conservative Society for the delivery of
original essays on political and literary subjects by the

members.

RECORDER OF BIRMINGHAM. We understand that Mr.
M. D. Hill, Q. C., has received an official intimation from
Mr. Phillips, under secretary of state, that the government
has conferred upon him the office of Recorder of the borough
of Birmingham.—Birmingham Advertiser.
THE KING OF THE BLACK BECK.—The other day, a trout
was caught in the Black Beck, in Stainland, near Halifax,
which was two feet in length, and 15 inches round, seven
inches across the tail, and weighed seven pounds and ten
ounces.—Hull Times.
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MALT.—Made in 1838 by Excise return, in England,
4.227,998 qrs. ; Scotland, 552,392 qrs. ; Ireland, 282,805 qrs.
Used by brewers and victuallers in England, 3,193,776 qrs. ;
Scotland, 139.627 qrs.; Ireland, 241,748.
THE CROPS. —The accounts from various parts of the
county as to the appearance of the growing crops, all concur
in stating that the young wheats are looking strong and
healthy, affording the prospect of an abundant harvest,
should the weather continue favourable.—Hull Times.
CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO IN FRANCE.—The receipts
arising from this Government monopoly underwent another
increase in 1837. The net profit was 3,400,000 f. more than
in 1836. The profits of the retailers (25,852 in number)
amounted altogether to 11,809,773 f.
BAD THINGS.—An unfaithful servant, a smoky house, a
stumbling horse, a scolding wife, an aching tooth, an empty
purse, an undutiful child, an incessant talker, hogs that
break through enclosures, a dull razor, musquitoes, a fop,
and a subscriber that won't pay for his paper.—N. York p.

A SMALL PRESENT.—"I will give you my head," ex-
claimed a person to Montesquieu, " if every word of the
story I have related be not true." " I accept your offer,"
said the president ; " presents of small value strengthen the
bonds of friendship, and should never be refused."

Is your powder good ?" asked a sportsman of a seller.
" Good-,indeed it is. A. cask of it got on fire the other
day, and before I could get a pail of water it half burnt up."

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QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.—The London Gazette states, that
the anniversary of the birthday of her most gracious Majesty
is to be celebrated on Thursday, the 23d day of May next,
being the day previous to the real natal day of the Queen.

ALondon paper contains, under its notice to correspondents,
the following choice piece of wit :—" An honest man asks us
several questions, which we respectfully decline to answer,
as we make it a rule never to correspond with imaginary
personages."
REPRESENTATIVE PEER.—The Earl of Dunraven, father

of ilrTAdare, the conservative member for Glaniorgan-
shire, is the only candidate yet announced to fill the vacancy
in the representative peerage of Ireland, caused by the death
of the Earl of Caledon.
A Nov EL MODE OF SELLING WATCHES.—In the window
of a silversmith's shop in the Strand may be seen the follow-
ing notice ;—" To watchmakers, pawnbrokers, and others,
this imperial peck of silver watches, all in going order, 132
in number, for the sum of £105." .

Yesterday the bells of Newcastle and Gateshead rang a
joyful peal, in honour of the arrival of the Ida, Captain John
Currie, from the East Indies, the first vessel belonging to
this port that has regularly engaged in the India trade.—
Gateshead Observer.

There was a report, in London, on Saturday, that the
Duke of Wellington had died from a paralytic attack. The
report was satisfactorily contradicted by his grace riding
down Parliament-street, in the course of the afternoon.

TO MAKE NAMES GROW IN FRUIT.—When peaches and
nectarines are about half ripe, cover the side exposed to the
sun with stripes or specks of wax, in any desired shape or
form, which hinders the sun from colouring the parts covered ;
and when the fruit is ripe, and the wax removed it will be
found marked in the manner described.
A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—There is in the possession
of Mr. Turner, of Belper, a cat which has brought forth a
kitten with one head, two faces, two mouth's, and four eyes,
and which is still living. Any person doubting the truth of
the above may see the same on application to Mr. Turner.—
North Derbyshire Chronicle.
FREEMASONS.—The first Grand Lodge of England met
in 926, at York, by a charter from Athelstan, who became a
member. St. Alban was also a freemason, and so were King
Alfred and St. Swithen. Amongst the great masters of Eng-
land are numbered St. Dunstan Edward the Confessor,
William of Wykeham, Henry VII., Sir Thomas Gresham,
Inigo Jones, and Sir Christopher ren. William 111. and
George IV. were also freemasons.
BRUNSWICK, April B.—The iron railroad from Brunswick
to Wolfenbuttel is far more frequented than was expected.
There are days on which the number of passengers is above
I,ooof The undertaking has, therefore, fully succeeded, and
does great honour to the projector.
SNEERERS.—The most insignificant people are the most
apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals, and
have no hope of rising in their own esteem but by lowering
their neighbours. The severest critics are always those who
have never attempted, or have failed in, original composition.
—Hazlitt.
The hon. Edward Petre, who has been residing on the con-
tinent for the last four years, is on the eve of returning
home. His losses on the turf, five years ago, exceeded
£200,000, and his other debts were considerable. Every
claim is now liquidated under the superintendence of the
principal trustee, his uncle, the Duke of Norfolk.
Though the tea and water drinkers of Cheltenham have
commenced building a temperance hall in that town, capable
of holding 1,500 persons, we do not learn that any of the
brewers have reduced their establishments, which leads to a
suspicion that some of these temperance people must sail
under false colours.
The blood-hounds in the New Forest have shown some
excellent sport, and several red deer have been taken alive
after hard runs. Numerous accidents have occurred, owing
to the singular nature of the ground. Among others, a Mr.
Lainson, last week, had his collar-bone broken ; and a valu-
able horse belonging to Mr. Holmes, of Shirley, died from
- A-NMI-Mr-at tsourueaux, a rew nays since, in preparing a
portion of a fish, called the ray, for cooking, wounded her
finger with one of the spines. Her hand and arm immedi-
ately became dreadfully swollen, and turked black. Medical
aid was called in, but all the remedies applied were ineffectual,
and she died of mortification in the course of the day.—
French paper.
Two of his late majesty's accomplished grand-daughters—
namely, Lady Adelaide Hay, presented by the Countess of
Errol, and Lady Adelaide Fitzclarence, presented by the
Countess of Munster, made their debut at her majesty's
drawing room, on Thursday. Both young ladies are in their
eighteenth year.
REFORMED ROMAN CATHOLICS.—A letter from Posen,
of the 10th instant, quoted by the Leipsic Gazette, mentions
the discovery of a secret association of Catholics in that
part of Polish Prussia for the reformation of the Catholic
religion ; the object proposed being to found a church similar
to the Abbe Chatel, in Paris.
Lord Denbigh, master of the horse to the Queen Dowager.
the Hon. William Ashley, vice-chamberlain, and the Hon.
Capt. Curzon, private secretary, are all spoken of as likely
to receive the Mastership of St. Katherine's, in the gift of
her Majesty. Lord D. and Capt. Curzon are in attendance
on her Majesty at Lisbon, where the Hastings are arrived at
Malta. Mr. Ashley is in England.—. Herald.
REPRESENTATION OF LEITH. —An address from Mr.
Rutherford, now lord advocate, to the constituency of Leith,
Portobello, Musselburg, and Newhaven, has appeared. Mr.
Mitchell, of London, has abandoned the intention of becom-
ing a candidate for the representation of the burghs at the
present time. No other person, so far as we can learn, has
presented himself.—Scotsman.
A few nights since one of the Exeter coaches proceeding
by the Southampton railway, had the contents of the boot
ignited by sparks from the engine, which totally destroyed
a valuable box of lace, and a great part of the luggage be-
longing to the passengers; and though the guard, who was
in the coach, blew his horn, the noise of the engine pre-
vented its being heard or the necessary alarm being given.
The Official Journal of Naples, of March 29, contains a
royal decree, which calls into operation a provision of the
Code Napoleon relative to civil marriages. The decree states
that widowers or widows who only contract a religious mar-
riage cannot retain the enjoyment of any rights or advantages
appertaining to the state of widowhood, whether arising from
a legal disposition or any other kind of agreement.
In the garden of Mr. Henry Smith, of Dam-street, Lich-
field, a pair of thrushes, of the species "tardus musicus,"
have succeeded thus early in the season, in rearing a brood of
young ones which have left the nest : during the time of in-
cubation, and while the ground was covered with snow, the
male bird was heard from the•adjoining trees, cheering with
his song his mate in her assiduous duties.—Staffordshire
Gazette.

4 CHANGE OF TIMES.—An old farmer, who lives not far from
the Hampshire hills, observed lately, when talking of the ex•
travagance and alteration of the times, that it was the fine
words and flattery of men to the farmers' wives that had done
all the mischief ; " For," said he, " when it was dame and
porridge, 'twas real good times ; when 'twas mistress and
broth, 'twas worse a great deal; but when it came to be
ma'am and soup 'twas very bad l"—Reading Mercury.
A short time since a little ragged urchin was sent by a me-
chanic to receive a small bill. He began in the usual:way,
but, becoming more and more importunate for the money,
the-debtor's patience being exhausted, he said to him, "You
need not dun me so sharply ; I am not going to run away at
present." " I don't suppose you are, sir," said the boy with
much simplicity ; " but.my master is, and he therefore wants
the-money."
A short time since some dogs of the Marquis of Hastings
worried and destroyed a bitch fox, who left behind her, a
young progeny of seven cubs, one of which was subsequently
killed. Lord Rancliffe had the six (one male and five fe-
males) conveyed to Bunny, and they were put to two small
terrier bitches, who each had puppies. The terriers took very
kindly to the cubs, and they are now thriving and strong.
At the meeting of the London Horticultural Society, on
Tuesday last, Sir Philip Egerton exhibited some fine straw-
berries, which had unfortunately been much damaged by the
jolting to which their conveyance by railway had el posed
them. Mr. Batemen also exhibited a specimen of Lalia cin-
nabarina, a rare Brazilian epiphyte, with flowers of a spark-
ling scarlet colour. For the latter the silver Knightian medal
was awarded.—Gardener's Gazette.
INSTINCT.—The following is Lord Brougham's definition :
—" It acts without teaching, either from others, that is, in-
struction, or from the animal itself, that is, experience. That
is generally given as the definition or description of instinct.
But we have added another peculiarity, which seems also a
necessary part of the description—it acts without knowledge
or consequences, it acts blindly, and accomplishes a purpose
of which the animal is ignorant."
IRISH REGIMENTS AT WATERLOO.—ITI reference to the
bare-faced assertion of the mercenary mendicant O'Connell,
that the battle of Waterloo was gained by the powers of
Irishmen alone, a correspondent of the Morning Post justly
remarks :—" If the assumption of this impudent mendicant
be true, where were the Foot Guards, whom we have always
believed to have held Hougemont and its vicinity (the Ther-
mopylae of the British position), at the expense of so much
gallant blood, against the vastly superior masses of the
French Guard?—that is, superior in numbers. They had
hardly an Irishman in their ranks. Where were the Life
Guards, to whom the same remark applies ? Where were
the Grays, with their brilliant charge into the French posi-
tion, and under the very eye of Napoleon—their chivalrous
and devoted charge, which they went into a strong regiment,
and returned from a weak squadron, and where every life
lost told for victory ? Where were all the English soldiers
in the different regiments of the line, and where were the
lads wi' the kilts ? But there were many excellent Irish
soldiers in the field, to whom be all honour. It has never
been denied. Let not, however, O'Connell suppose that his
countrymen who stand in the British ranks are like his de-
hided victims at home, or in the least under his influence.
No, he is anything but popular among them, as I know from
personal experience, and have often heard him termed by
them a worthless and mischief-making scamp ;' and I be-
lieve there are few among them who would not relish an
opportunity of assisting to toss the big beggarman' in a
blanket, if not of visiting him with a heavier and more ap-
propriate piniament."

A priest in Kerry has dismissed his schoolmaster because
he happened to have an Irish testament in his possession.
Fox HUNTING RHYMES.—The parting toast for the season
at a late meeting of the H. H. was
" Hounds stout, horses healthy,
Earths well stopp'd, and foxes plenty."
Lord Kenmure has subscribed £5OO, and Lord Headley
£3OO, for the relief of the poor of Kilkenny.—Limerick
Chronicle.
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Mr. Jackson, of Hull, has purchased for Russia, the Earl
of Aboyne's splendid horse, Hercules, we hear, for the sum

of X 406,

Twelve hundred and fifty pounds have been raised this last
week by a bazaar at Huddersfield, towards the establishment
of an infant school, connected with the Established Church.

Lord Wharncliffe intends to bring out his regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry, at Doncaster, for eight days' permanent
duty, the week after Doncaster races.
PROLIFIC EWES.-Mr. Robert Denton, of Graker Lodge,
near Stillington, has had two ewes which lambed 13 lambs-
within the space of twelve months, all doing well.—Hull
Times.

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M. Cabat, a young man of first-rate promise as a landscape
painter, and whose beautiful view of the " Valley of Narm"
was justly admired in the exhibition of 1838, has, if we are
to believe a correspondent of the Quotidienne, determined on
embracing a religious life, and has entered a Franciscan con-
vent at Rome.

One of the inmates of the Uralline convent at Beaugency
is a little girl 11 years of age, of most precocious intelligence,
and gifted with such a remarkably retentive memory that she
is said to be enabled to transcribe whole conferences and ser-
.

mons of 10 or 12 pages, which she has heard repeated but
once. She can also recite, without the slighest hesitation;

;he longest passages in prose or verse which have been once

recitedin her presence,

A terrible catastrophe has just taken place in one of the
coal mines situate at Harloz, near Liege, in consequence of
the explosion of firedamp in one of the galleries; 43 out of 70
unfortunate miners have lost their lives.

SHOPLIFTING.—A lady of fortune, between 60 and 70 years
of age, named Mrs. Phoebe Poole, has been held to heavy
bail, on a charge of shoplifting in London. Another "lady,"
named Ann Roberts, has been held to bail at the Worship-
street-office, on a similar charge.
The town-crier of Ludlow lately gave notice, that all boys
found whistling in the streets would in future be apprehended
by the police, as such practices were a great annoyance to the
peaceable and well-disposed inhabitants of the town !

EFFECT OF THE EASTERN GALES.—The long prevalence
of violent east winds has had the effect of casting up great
masses of sand and shingle on the eastern coast of England.
The harbour of Southwold has been completely stopped up,
and before a vessel can get in or out considerable labour will
be required to clear a passage.
The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times tells the following
good story at the expense of one of its customers :—The de-
vices of collectors, it is known, are various as they are some
times ingenious—and more especially so with collectors of
newspaper bills. Ours has just related to us the following,
which, being good as well as late, we give it for the benefit of
all parties. Dropping in at the place of business of a slippery
customer yesterday morning, he addressed the servant with
—" Is Mr. Butler within ?" " No—he is out of town." "When
can I see him ?" " I don't know ; have you any special busi-
ness with him ?" " Yes ; there is a small bill which I wish
to settle." " Well," said the servant, " I don't know whether
he will return this week or not." " But I wish to pay the
bill, as lam to leave town immediately." Oh ! you wish to
pay him some money ? He is up stairs I'm thinking ; I will
call him. Please to walk in ; take a chair, sir ; your hat, if
you please. Mr. Butler will be with you in a moment."
THE POOR LAW.—The poor law commissioners have now
established the principle, that a justice of the peace may at-
tend and vote as an ex olicio guardian at a plurality of boards,
provided he has a " place of abode" in more than one Poor
Law Union, in which he occasionellly sleeps. Thus, should
a justice of the peace, engaged in trade, happen to possess
half-a-dozen different places of business in as many different
quarters of the Metropolis, he is eligible to give attendance
and vote ex officio at an equal number of Boards of Guar-
dians. As the poor law amendment act is silent upon the
point, this decision of the commissioners (arising out of a
disputed election for auditor of the Tower Hamlets) is given
upon their own responsibility, by virtue of the extraordinary
powers lodged in them by that act. In the case alluded to,
it was shown that a justice named Stuttfield had voted double
(that is at two boards, Hackney and St. George's-in-the-
East), yet both votes were allowed. Such is Somerset-place
law.—Times Correspondent.

INGENIOUS AND USEFUL INVENTION.—Last week, Mr.
Morris, of Welsh Pool, gun-maker, exhibited his recently-
invented " Incendiary and Poacher Detector," with the
greatest effect and success in Powis Castle Park, (Lord Clive
having given permission for that purpose,) in the presence of
a numerous party. It is quite impossible to describe the
extraordinary illuminating influence which immediately suc-
ceeds the report of the " detector." At a distance of nearly
three miles persons were enabled most clearly (although the
night was exceedingly dark) to observe the time by their
watches ; in fact, the horizon was illuminated by a beautiful
clear white light, unlike the re.l glare consequent upon large
fires. The inventor has received letters from country gentle-
men and others within a distance of nine miles, informing
him that the effect was visible at those distances. The light
is preceded by a tremendous report, which may be heard
for miles round. No doubt the ingenious inventor will
receive at the hands of the public that , compensation he is
so worthy of, and which his invention so well merits. He
has also invented a " Portable Detector" for persons to
carry when in pursuit of poachers, incendiaries, &c. By
the touch of a trigger a beautiful torch light is effected,
which burns about fifteen minutes.—Salopian Journal.
CHARTIST MOONLIGHT MEETING.—About nine o'clock
on Tuesday night last, a party of chartists, who had mustered
at a beer-shop at the bottom of Goodwin Lane, Heywood,
put themselves in processional order, and marched through
the town with flags, a band of music, and staves, which to
casual observers appeared to be pikes. At some places, as
they went along, they cheered, and at others they hissed and
groaned ; and a number of pistols were fired. On meeting
several young gentlemen, they saluted them with loud hisses
and groans, though the parties thus distinguished offered not
the slightest incivility or interruption. The procession halted
at the chartists' meeting room, a place recently erected by
them, where the people were harangued during about a couple
of hours, by Job Plant, the special constable, one Sullivan, a
tailor, and another persCn. All went in favour of O'Connor,
Oastler, Stephens, and the convention and Pl,7c
in the good opinion of the fickle multitude, by whom he had
of late been partially discarded. The proceedings terminated
soon after eleven o'clock, when the crowd dispersed, and the
individuals crept quietly to their beds. These sort of meet-
ings have become troublesome and annoying to the peaceable
residents, who would gladly see them put down.—Manchester
Guardian.

LORD NORMANDY.—The question has been frequently '
asked " Why, if Lord Normanby was, in the eyes of Mr.
O'Connell and his friends the whig ministry, so admirable a
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was he not allowed to remain
there ?" It is true that it might have become necessary to
remove Lord Glenelg, both on his own account and as a pro-
pitiatory sacrifice to Lord Durham ; but whig candidates
for office must have become scanty indeed, if it were neces-
sary to rob Ireland of a lord lieutenant, who, in the opinion
of placemen and the tail, has been pronounced to be the
paragon of all viceroys. In the absence, then, of any expla-
nation, the world is apt to think that there is more in Lord
Normanby's removal than meets the ear ; and what is his
situation when thus removed ? He leaves one office, the
labours and anxieties of which are calculated to occupy even
the sleepless hours of a man bent upon performing his duties
honestly and fearlessly, to undertake those of another of
which the duties are, or ought to be, at the present moment,
if possible, still more onerous and severe. Yet such has
been the gross misconduct of Lord Normanby in the one
office, and so bent are the conservatives of the House of
Lords in making his delinquencies appear, that Lord Nor-
manby's time, instead of being devoted to his new office,
must, in the very nature of things, with such heavy accusa-
tions hanging over him, be almost wholly occupied in defend-
ing himself from the results of his O'Connell-ridden career.
Is a man under the ban of impeachment for misconduct in
one office a fit person to undertake the duties of another ?
And even admitting his competency in other respects, can
a man, occupied in his personal defence against heavy accu-
sations, be a fit person to conduct the extensive colonial
concerns of this country at such a time as the present ?
Morning Herald.
RAILWAY MANIA.—A new disease appears to have broken
out amongst railway travellers, in consequence of the velocity
of speed. A gentleman of great experience in the old way of
travelling, who resides not twenty miles from High-lane, ob-
served to us, the other day, that this disease will in time
completely upset the intellect of such of her majesty's sub-
jects as are so unfortunate as to adopt this expeditious way of
whirling their bodies" from one end of the kingdom to the
other. The worthy gentleman above alluded to offered to
make a considerable wager, that he would take his stand in
Market-street, Manchester, and could instantly find out from
the passengers in that thoroughfare, all such of them as had
just left the railway, and were proceeding to business. He
describes them as being so full of speed and motion, that
though they are mounted on their own pedestals in the streets,
yet they fancy that they are still on the railway, and like the
Merchant of Rotterdam, with his cork leg, unable to control
their speed. He asserts that he actually saw one gentleman
so full of velocity, that in attempting to turn the corner of
the Royal Hotel, to get into Mosley-street, he ran his head
against one of the gas lamp posts, and broke the iron pillar to
shivers. Most men would have thought that the head would
have broke, but such was not the fact, as could be abundantly
proved by many persons on the spot. The anti-railroad gen-
tleman further stated, as a fact notorious, that many persons
had confessed to him, that they had frequently gone to Liver-
pool and London on the railway, and from the extreme ve-
locity of travelling had forgot what they went for, and had
actually to write to their Manchester friends to be informed
what they were sent to town for. The subject appears to
demand the serious attentions of " philosophy," and all pro-
fessors of the infancy, and preserveto our fellow countrymen
what little sanity they may have left since the passing of the
reform bill. Her majesty's ministers are infected by the
rapid railroad method of legislation, as may be satisfactorily
proved by the sagacity and Integrity of their proceedings.—
Stockport Advertiser.
EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION OF A MURDER COM-
MITTED THIRTEEN YEARS AGO.—The attention of the
Cheltenham Bench of magistrates has been during the past
week called to an extraordinary case of murder perpetrated
thirteen years ago, which has been brought to light in a very
singular manner. On Tuesday last, a party of men were
drinking at a public-house in the Bath-road, when the con-
versation turned upon the Bristol murder, for which Davies
was left for execution at the assizes. One of the men pre-
sent, a stone-mason, named Henry Vaile, who has resided
in Cheltenham for some time, exclaimed " Ah, I know a
person now at large who committed murder, and I shall
never have any rest till he is taken." This of course excited
the astonishment of the company : more questions were
asked, and ultimately Vaile went to the seat of H. N. Trye,
Esq., and there, before that gentleman and the Rev. C. B.
Trye, two county magistrates, made a voluntary declaration
of what he professed to know respecting the alleged murder.
In consequence of this an examination took place on Wed-
nesday at the magistrates' office, and two constables were
despatched to apprehend the person accused by Vaile. The
constables succeeded in capturing the man at his mother's
house, and forthwith brought him to Cheltenham. On
Thursday, Richard Hopkins was placed at the bar, but it
having been deemed necessary in order to further the ends
of justice, that the examination should be strictly private, we
cannot lay before our readers any report of the proceedings ;
but we believe the following to be a correct outline of the
facts of the case :—About thirteen years ago ; the witness
Vaile was returning from Framilode l'assage to Rodleigh, in
the passage of Westbury-on-Severn, between the hours of
nine and twelve on a winter's night, and as he was walking
on the sands by the river side, he saw a man named Richard
Powell a considerable distance from him with a lantern and
candle in his hand ; when Powell reached Powcroft Field,
the prisoner came from behirtd a tree and struck Powell a
violent blow, the witness being at that time about 50 yards
distant. The witness ran back and called up his brother,
(who died about five years ago,) but did not communicate to
him what he had seen. The witness also afterwards met a
woman named Mary Hawkes, whose house was close to the
scene of murder, who said she had heard a dreadful groan,
but witness did not say any thing to her respecting the mur-
der. The body of Powell was found in the water about a
month afterwards, and a verdict of found drowned returned
by the coroner's jury. The prisoner was remanded till
Thursday next, and Henry Vaile was bound over, himself in
£lOO and his brother in £5O, to appear to give evidence.—
Clielteisham Journal.