The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-06 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is now finally determined that the second meeting of the
English Agricultural Society takes place at Cambridge.
The new system of universal penny postage is intended to
be brought into operation in January next.
A Petition, praying the Queen to dissolve the Birmingham
Corporation is in course of signature in that town.
Lord Fitzroy Somerset is to have the Colonelcy of the 43rd
Foot, vacant by the death of the late Lord Howden.
A matrimonial alliance is spoken of between Lord Charles
Kerr, brother, we believe, of the Marquis of Lothian, and
Miss Hanmer, a sister of Sir John Hanmer, Bart.—Herald.
FOSSIL REMAINS.—A splendid specimen of Fossil Croco-
dile was lately discovered on the cliff at Kettleness, about
four miles north of the port of Whitby, by Mr. Thomas•Bar-
rick and Mr. William Crosby, two celebrated fossil searchers.
The Earl of Harrowby and Viscount and Viscountess San-
don and Lady Georgiana Ryder contemplate a continental
tour during the autumn, but it is understood the noble earl
will pass Christmas at Sandon Hall, Staffordshire.

The Earl of Wilton's yacht has entered the Thames from
Cowes, Isle of Wight. The noble earl, accompanied by his
amiable countess, has made arrangements to embark on
Monday or Tuesday next for a cruise of several months—six,
it is said.—Herald.

The moors were never in finer condition for the sportsmen
than they are at present. The birds are fully stronger than
they were at the end of August last year, and coveys of eight
and ten are very cominon. On the whole, there will be
excellent sport and game of first rate quality.—Leeds
Intelligencer.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Some scoundrels, too impatient
to wait for the general equilization of property in pros-
pectu, have within the last few days, taken up a consi-
derable breadth of potatoes on the premises of Mr. Joseph
Morris, solicitor, Fairweather Green. They have most sys-
tematically cleared the ground as far as they have gone—
Leeds Intelligencer.

MISSISSIPPI CROPS—A gentleman, direct from Vicksburg,
which he left June 26, reports the drought in that State to be
universal, and most destructive to the crops. This is en-
tirely the reverse of accounts from Vicksburg to the 20th
ult.—New York Evening Star.
RAILWAY• SUNDAY TRAVELLING.--Meetings have been
held both in Nottingham and in Derby, to address the rail-
way proprietors to put an end to Sunday travelling. At pre-
sent the carriages only run in the morning and in the evening
of Sunday, and not between the hours of ten and six.

THE LATE SULTAN KILLED BY DRINK.—The correspon-
dent of the Slmaphore, at Constantinople, states, as a mat-
ter of public notoriety in that capital, that the last illness and
decease of the Sultan Mahamoud was greatly hastened, if not
caused, by his use of wine and spirits.
MURDER, AT NEW YoßK.—During a dispute, on Thurs-
evening, at the corner of Roosevelt and Water-street, be-
tween two seamen, A. J. Reamson, aged 22, recently dis-
charged from the North Carolina, was stabbed to the heart
and instantly killed by David Taff. Taff, who is a native of
Liverpool, was immediately arrested and committed to pri-
son.—New York Paper.
Jacob Fredrich Ehlert, late mate of the Prussian vessel,
Phoenix, convicted at our late assizes of the murder of his
captain, and whose trial appears in the Supplement to our
present Number is left for execution. It is understood that
he will suffer on Friday, the 16th inst.—Durham Advertiser,

THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED AT ISLINGTON.—The
following may be seen on a board at Laycock's dairy in the
Liverpool-road :—" The front cattle lairs when built upon will
be removed further back on the premises." Query—Are
the houses that are to be built on the cattle lairs to be re-
moved back at the same time ?

HAY CROPS.—Sunday and Monday being two fine days,
a considerable quantity of hay was got together in the neigh-
bourhood of Barnsley, all in very fair condition. The wheat
crops have suffered but little from the effects of the storm.
Barley is uncommonly thick, and the consequence is, that it
is a good deal laid in different places.—Leeds Intelligencer.
The crops in this neighbourhood are much injured by the
late incessant rains : never, indeed, do we remember so wet
a hay season as' the present, and we reget to say that much
has been so damaged as to render it altogether useless. To
the little saved it has been found necessary to apply salt,
now happily so cheap as to be accessible to every farmer.
The wheat has also suffered in many districts—already has
the price risen to £2O the load.—Oxfird Herald.
STURGEONS.—On Tuesday last, two fine sturgeons were
caught in the River Ouse, betwixt Selby and Cawood, the
largest of which measured 7 feet 2 inches, and weighed up-
wards of 12 stones. Mr. Wilson, fishmonger, of this town,
assisted in the capture of them, and on Wednesday they were
on sale at his shop, when cust,nners were soon found at one
shillin per pound. We are informed that the head of the
largest was purchased to be preserved from the Museum of
the Philosophical Hall.—Leeds Intelligencer.
THE EGLINTOUN TOURNAMENT.—The Sheriff of Ayrshire
has addressed a letter to the Earl of Eglintoun, for the pur-
pose of informing him, that, should a life be lost, or even
such a wound be inflicted as would endanger life, it would be
his indispensable duty to commit those immediately con-
cerned as for a capital felony. Lord Eglintoun, in reply,
states, that the.Tournaruent will certainly take place on the
28th of August, but it will be merely a display of splendour,
amusement, and hospitality, in the style of their ancestors,
and cannot possibly be productive of danger to any who are
engaged in it.
LANCASHIRE' MAGISTRACY.—" Ah !" said a 'novice,
glancing over. a published list of magistrates for this county,
in which the names pre arranged under the respective hun-
dreds, "I did' not knoW the justices were set down by hun-
dreds in this way:" tt Oh yes," said a wag, sitting by,
" you'll find justices here by hundreds with a vengeance,"
Mem.—There are atiolit three hundred Magistrates in the
Lancashire commission, of whom no fewer than one hundred
and twenty have been appointed during the last four years.
We need' `not say 'that with very, very few exceptions, all
these new magistrates are of radical politics.—Lancaster
Gazette.
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EMBROJpI,IItY, nx M 4. cg NE rt -= A short time, ago we
had an opportunitfiieinspecting at the manufaCtorY of Mr.
Louis Schwabe,: of this.town;,the most beautiful specimen of
embroidery that, ever came under our notice. It was a dress
of white Satin lOrler Majesty, embroidered with wreaths of
flowers of surpassingarichness and brilliancy,—the entire-
pattern filling two breadths of the, skirt, And occupying a
space about thirtyeight inches square. Beintiful as have
kriTie4',"lVJ• salllWgirkii'aftnciAnAlVa
with the dress iiiilnestiori;• Whieh;•We ntideritand, was ordered
by the. Queen, in cansequengol,haying seen an embroidered.
satin table-cover, executekby Mr. Schwabe some time ago,
and which -was sholin tO.herMajesty by Mr. Poulett Thom-
son, as 4,:specimer! of tbe,progress made by the manufactures
'of this town. Her Majesty was so much struck with the
eiecutiofi,.that'Ae'alrected-a-draWing to be made of a pat-
tern fig the dress ahorg described, which has been recently
'completed and forwarded to London; and, as we learn from
'a letter from Sir Henry Wheatley, the keeper of the, privy
pursei.bast,giveluo great satisfaction to her Majesty.—Man-
Pyordign.

ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL-
WAY.---An accident occurred on Thursday afternoon, on the
London and, Birmingham Railway, about five miles from
Coventry ,--with-respect of which, greatly exaggerated reports
preVaileit in this toivii'yesterday. We are glad to find, how-
ever,-from the accounts in the London morning papers of
yesterday, that the mischief has been by no means so serious
as had been- 'represented. The best and most probable
account whieb we have seen is contained in a letter to the
Times, from which the following is an extract :—" The over-
thrciii" of she engine and of ;the first five carriages was occa-
sioned by the negligence. of the police-constable, whose duty
it was tp see that the moveable rails were correctly replaced
after the crossing of a pilot-engine. One had just previously
crossed thei,line to, take in water ; and, forgetting that he
had not re-adjusted,the points, he hoisted the white flag,
indicating' that all Was right at the moment of the approach
of the train. • ; The engineer's eye caught that object first,
and of course he felt emboldened to proceed at the rate he
was then going, which was at least that of 30 miles an hour.
Immediately afterwards he perceived the red object, indica-
tive of the displacement at the points, and he instantly slack-
ened his speed, but not in time to prevent, though it greatly
mitigated, the catastrophe. The 'engine, being of course
thrown off the rails, ploughed, for itself and the five follow-
ing carriages, deep furrows in the sand. All these were
flung on their broadsides; and the three first, which sus-
tained the heaviest shock, were more or less shattered. How
their passengers escaped with life seems hardly explained
even by a reference to the amazing strength of the carriages.
The engineer and his assistant were thrown off upon the road,
the latter falling under the engine ; yet both escaped com-
paratively unhurt. • The guard, John Caldwell, who sat in
front of the first carriage, fell under it, and, after more than
an hour's effort, was extricated in a state of extreme faint-
ness. His chest and right thigh were severely crushed. A
gentleman and lady in the second carriage were imprisoned
nearly as long between the fragments of the shattered vehi-
cle. One gentleman received a frightful cut in the scalp ; a
lady was much hurt in her back, and several others were
variously injured."—Manchester Guardian.
APPREHENSION OF FIVE CHARTISTS, AT MANCHES-
TER.—From late editions of the Manchester papers of Satur-
day, we learn that, on Saturday morning, between the hours
of one and three, the following persons were taken into cus-
tody at their.own houses, by different officers of the borough
police :—Georges Smith, Providence-place, Gratrix Gardens,
Hulme, a frequent speaker at chartist meetings, in that town-
ship. William Tillman, Hardman's Passage, Hardman-
street. He calls himself secretary to the Manchester Political
Union, and was lately brought before the mayor on a charge
of going about begging, with intimidation, for chartist pur-
poses., William V. Jackson, John-street, Hulme. This is
the man with Reverend affixed to his name, has addressed
many meetings. Joseph Sinney, David-street, Garratt-road,
a person who spoke at a chartist meeting, on Friday night,
at Shaw's-brow. Christopher Doyle, Price-street, Holt
Town,
_.a. weaver, who appears to have been a speaker at
several of the Chartist meetings. The prisoners were seve-
rally conveyed to the borough police-office, and were brought
before the borough magistrates in the course of the day. Mr.
Brandt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. R. B. B.
Cobbett, solicitor, defended the prisoners. Mr, Brandt, on
opening the base; said, be appeared to prefer an information
against several parties for seditious conduct. Evidence was
then heard in support of the information. Among the wit-
nesses was D:person named Walter Smyth, who is, we
presume, a resident in Liverpool. The magistrates ordered
Jackson to find bail, himself in £3OO, and two sureties in
£l5O each. The other four prisoners were ordered to find
two sureties in £75, and to give their own recognizances
for £l5O. The prisoners were removed from the office in
custody, and, not being able to find bail, they were committed
to Kirkdale House of Correction, where they arrived on
Saturday night. They will be tried at the Liverpool assizes,
which commence on Thursday week.

STORM.—On the morning of Wednesday last, during the
storm of wind and rain that visited Bury and the neighbour-
hood, the new chimney, which was erected at the works of the
Bury gas-light and coke company. was thrown down with a
tremendous crash. the upper part falling upon the central part
of the retort house. The former chimneys (two of which
have been blown down, the latter during the heavy hurricane
in January last,) were erected close to the retort house, but
the one that has now shared the fate of its predecessors, was
erected at the north-east angle of the gas-yard, for safety.
The chimney was an octagonal one, composed of brick, and
its erection was commenced about the middle of the month
of May last. It was 123 feetan height, and was finished with
the. exception of the :upper stone work, and the accident is
mainly attributable, to the late prevalence of wet weather,
which has not allowed the mortar properly to set; and as the
structure stook 'upon a thick bed of clay, the water accumu-
lated around the.sunken portion of the base, by softening the
clay, rendered the foundation less secure, although the pre-
caution of baling the fluid out occasionly had been resorted to.
The last man so employed had a very narrow escape, having
left the interior of the chimney a very short time before it fell.
Fortunately, the men employed about the works, felt some
alarm from the appearance of the erection, and kept out of
the way as much as possible ; and they had fortunately all re-
tired to the ,southern end of the gas-house, just before the
ponderous mass -fell upon the roof, hurling destruction upon
everything within its reach. The middle portion of the iron
framed roof, for about fifteen feet in length, and near sixty
feet in the breadth, of the building, was destroyed, as well as
the horizontal and all the upright and other pipes connected
with from twenty to thirty of the retorts. Notwithstanding
this untoward event, no material interruption is likely to take
place in the supply of gas to the town, a sufficient number of
retorts being left uninjured, capable of so far keeping up the
supply that no material inconvenience is likely to be sustained
by the consumers, till the evil is remedied.--Manchester
Courier.

THE QUEEN OF NAPLES.—The official journal of Naples
announces that the Queen of the two Sicilies is enciente.
A NEW MEDICINE.—" Betty, your mistress is sick, get
her a hot brick." " Yes, ma'am ; must I boil it ?"
The proprietors of the Great Western, steam-ship, are
about to build a ship of iron, of about 2,000 tons, with engines
of 1,000 horse power.
According to parliamentary returns, it appears that in the
year 1838 foreign apples were imported into England to the
value of £30,000.
We regret to learn that the small pox is raging in an
alarming degree at the Isle of Wight, many chidren having,
within these last few days, fallen victims to this dreadful
disease.

It may not be generally known, that persons guilty of tor-
turing or maliciously killing a cat, are liable to a penalty of
forty shillings.
Mr. Norris, of Philadelphia, sends another locomotive, via
New York, for England, to run on the Birmingham and Glo-
cester railroad.—New York Paper.
Ladies who are troubled with sick headache will be happy
to learn that by putting their hair up in papers containing ad-
vertisements of Brandreth, they will be entirely cured before
they rise next morning.—New Orleans Times.
An advertisement in one of the Paris papers gives a
striking picture of the state of French joint stock companies;
the shares of more than 40 companies are advertisedfor sale
at discounts varying from 25 to 99 per cent.
An old farmer, whose son died lately, was visited by a
neighbour who began to condole with him on his loss. "My
loss ! " exclaimed the father, "no such thing—it's Lis own
loss—he was of age."
WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE.—We like to see a pretty ankle.
—WHAT WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE.—We don't like to see a
woman pull up her clothes in crossing the street, on purpose
to show it.—N.O.Sun.—We do.—Boston Post.—We too.--
Picayune.
An auctioneer in a country town, while engaged in his
avocation a few days since, thus exalted the merits of a car-
pet which he was desirous of selling :—" Gentlemen and
ladies, some people are in the habit of selling carpets for
Brussels which tire not Brussels, but I can most positively
assure you that this elegant article was made by Mr. Brussels
himself.

We learn, from Bucharest, that the principal banker and
merchant in that city, Zupagnotti, has failed. It is only two
years since the bankruptcy of Moscha, the first banker in
Wallachia. The transactions of both were extensive in the
principalities, especially with the merchants at the shipping
ports of Grlatz and Brailla ; but their liabilities extended to
other countries, chiefly to Vienna.

A gentleman residing in Perth wrote the other day to a
person in Edinburgh regarding some matter of business ; and
the individual to whom the letter was addressed, instead of
replying through the same channel, (the post-office,) came
in person to Perth by the steamer, the fare of which amounted
to 7d, while the postage-of a letter would have cost a half-
penny more.

NEW SPECIES ON ENGRAVING.—We have before us a
well executed map of the State of Connecticut, with the lakes,
mountains, rivers, &c., very distinctly marked, published by
S. E. Morse, the inventor of the art of cerography, as lie
terms it. It is published in the Neu' York Observer. No
explanation is given as to time, mode or implements. The
great advantage of this improvement is, that the plate can be
used in the common printing presses, and also the Napier
and steam presses.—New York Era.
LOOK OUT, GIRLS.—Eliza Emery warns all the girls out
south and west—hoziers, buckeys and all—to look out for her
gay, deceiving, runaway husband, David. She says that he
has cruelly left her, and told the folks when he started, that
he was going south west to preach universal salvation, and
marry a hozier. Eliza thinks he may easily be known, and
to prove it says, " David has a scar on his nose where I
scratched it."—New York Era.

THE POTTERY RACES.—We have the high gratification of
announcing to our numerous readers, that it is the intention
of the Honourable Frederick Dudley Ryder accompanied by
his brother Lord Sandon, to attend the Pottery Races next
week ; at the same time we have no doubt they will avail
themselves of the opportunity of visiting the north Stafford-
shire Museum. The races are expected to afford most ex-
cellent sport. Staffordshire Gazette.

The letting of the contract for blocks along the line of the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway took place a few days
since at Manchester. No fewer than eighteen tenders were
received, including several from Lancashire, Cheshire, and
Staffordshire : Mr. Ward, however, the eminent Congleton
contractor, obtained the order, his tender being one penny
the block lower than those of his competitors. Mr. Ward
has also lately contracted for £22,000 for the Crewe line.—
Ibid.

Charles Bathurst, Esq., of Lydney Park, has forwarded to
the Diocesan Church Building Association, through the Lord
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the President, the munifi-
cent donation of £lOOO towards the endowment of the new
church at Clinderford, Forest of Dean. More than £20,000
has been subscribed to the Church Building Association, of
which two-thirds were contributed by the clergy.—Bath
Chronicle.
GRACE DARLING.—Last week Mr. Gordon, a Russian

merchant, and his niece, from St. Petersburgh, went off to
the Longston Light House, and presented Miss Darling with
a splendid silver salver. This gentleman was accompanied
by Mr. Sinclair, of Berwick, whom he has commissioned to
paint for him a picture of the melancholy wreck of the For-
farshire steamer, and which is to be taken to St. Petersburg.
—Berwick Warder-

The weather again wears a most inauspicious character.
Owing to the continued heavy rains, the progress of the hay
harvest has been almost entirely stayed, and a considerable
breadth of grass cut is now lying abroad, so damaged, as to
be rendered of little value but for fodder. The corn-crops
are also greatly retarded in their advance to maturity by the
uncongenial state of the season, and, in many places, they
are much laid.—Worcester Herald.
CHARTISM .—This week, the chartists at. Middleton, Hey-
wood, and Rochdale, have been, as they say, making very
great preparations for the national holiday, to commence on
the .12th of August. They have been leaving, at the houses
of the middle and higher classes, printed aCldresses,'lleing
copies of those left in the shops in Manchester. Up to Thigs-
day evening, however, they met with but very poor success ;
and many, even of their own body, wholly disapprove of their
plans.—Manchester Paper.
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Last week a shark of the enormous length of 12. feet and
.4 a ctonc. irs VIZO W, 1--
off armouth by the fishermen a, few'days previously en-
tangled in the mackerel nets, and was with some difficulty
secured.
EMIGRATION OF GERMANS.—On Monday last, about 160
persons, on their way to New York, arrived here from Ham-,
burgh via steamer to Newcastle, and railway to Carlisle, and
proceeded by canal to Port Carlisle, where they embarked on
board the steamer Newcastle, for Liverpool.—Carlisle
Patriot.
BEVERLEY.—John Wharton, Esq., an old acquaintance
and friend of the freemen of this town, has signified his
consent to the liberal voters of this borough, to be nomi-
nated as a candidate at the next general election to represent
them in parliament.—Yorkshireman.
EXTRAORDINARY CABBAGE.—On :the 11th instant, Mr.
Hurry, of Bozeat, gathered from his own garden a cabbage
of the early York kind, the heart of which measured exactly
three yards round, and served one cow and twelve pigs for
food two days.—Northampton Herald.
The city of Paris is stated to have contracted for between
400 and 500 trees of 50 years' growth, and measuring at
least three feet in girth, to replace the vacancies on the inner
Boulevards. The expense, including moving and planting,
is estimated at 250,000 francs.

From a parliamentary document just published on the
Birmingham extension (Stone and Rugby) railway, we learn
that there were 14,973 persons posted through Lichfield in
one year, prior to the opening of the Grand Junction Rail-
way ; and in 1837, 4,991 post horses posted from Lichfield.

So characteristic are the Americans in all they do that part
of a public procession, on the anniversary of the evacuation
of New York, is described to have consisted of a party of
butchers, drawn in a sort of rustic arbour or shambles,
" tastefully festooned with sausages."
BANK OF ENGLAND.—INCREASE IN THE RATE OF IN-
TEREST.—The following notice was issued from the bank
on Thursday afternoon :—" Bank of England—At a court of
directors, held Ist August, 1839—Resolved, That the rate of
interest on bills of exchange and notes discounted at the
Bank of England be 6 per cent. from this day."

PROFITS OF VAGRANCY.—In an assault case heard at
Hatton Garden Office, London, on Monday last, in which
complainant and defendant were sturdy female beggars, it
came out that one of them was formerly in the habit of
making 12s. a day by her vocation, but that since she had got
twins to exhibit, her income had daily reached £l.
FOOT RACE.—On Monday last, several thousand persons
from Oldham, Royton, and Chadderton, went through Mid-
dleton to witness a foot race of two miles, for £l5 aside, at
Heaton Park wall, on the old road to Manchester, between
James Wood, of Chadderton, and John Miggins, of Busk,
near Oldham. The men kept very near together for upwards
of a mile and a half ; when Wood took the lead, and won by
upwards of 20 yards. The last mile was run by the winner
in four seconds under five minutes, and the whole race in ten
minutes and eighteen seconds.—Manchester Guardian.
The will of Mr. N. Mori, the celebrated violinist, late of
Bond-street, in the county of Middlesex, has just been proved
in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Doctors! Commons, by George Frederic Anderson and
Edward Willson Duffin, the executors. The personal pro-
perty of the deceased has been sworn to under the value of
£16,000, which the testator has bequeathed to his three
daughters, Julia Eliza, Elizabeth Maria, and Christiana
Margaret. The will is dated in August, 1838, and he died on
the 14th of June, 1839.

A SINGULAR TREE.—There is at present a very singular
tree growing in the court-yard of David Price, Esq., of Park,
near Brecon. The tree, which was originally an oak, measure's
five feet from-the ground, fifteen feet in girth ; about seven
feet from the ground there grows a very fine sycamore tree
with five large branches, the largestof which measures thirty-
six inches in girth, and the others are nearly as large. The
sycamore forms about one-third of this beautiful and singu-
lar tree, the branches of which are about twenty yards high,
and cover above sixty yards in circumference.—Bath I'ost.
DEATH CAUSED BY TERROR.—On the morning of Tues-
day week, one of the workmen on the railway at Summit,
who had been killed and shockingly disfigured in the works
of the tunnel, was suddenly brought into the cottage of oue
Robert Stott : that being the first place of residence the men
came to, after taking him out of the works. Stott's wife was
at home at the time, and was so shocked at the spectacle that
she went into fits, and continued to have them with little in-
termission until Saturday afternoon, when she died.—Man-
chester paper.

ULSTER RAILWAY.—We may now expect, that, in a few
days, the section of this railway, between Belfast and Lisburn,
will be opened for travelling. On Saturday morning last, an
experimental trip was made to Lisburn and back, with one of
the two engines now at the station. The experiment was in
every respect satisfactory. The rate of travelling was about
thirty miles an hour, which however, is only half the speed at
which the engines are calculated togo, even with a load of 50
tons after them. We understood, that it was intended to
make a similar trial with the other engine, this morning.—
Northern Whig.
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ON RAILROADS.—CLEGG'S
PATENT.—This new and admirable application of an ancient
power to useful purposes is likely, ere many years shall
elapse, to supersede steam, and , locomotive action on rail-
rcads. There are several powerful reasons why this event
should happen—first, the great disasters occasioned by ex-
plosions, by which human lives`are frequently sacrificed;
the cheapness of atmospheric power compared with that now
in use; and a third advantage is, that the ordinary turnpike-
roads can readily be fitted for this purpose, and for one-third
of the present cost of railroads. It is also next to impossi-
ble, that the carriages by this plan can run off the rails ;
and further, that there are neither fire, smoke, ashes, noises,
nor any of the concomitant nuisances inseparable from our
present mode of railroad travelling, and as there are not
combustibles employed, there cannot be any danger from
fire to passengers or goods, and the regularly-laden train
can be propelled readily up any road, the incline of which is
one foot in thirty. This cannot be done by the present loco-
motive power, one foot rise in 120 feet being the greatest
ascent that steam can master. The new pressure of power
does away with the necessity of a locomotive engine ; these
are generally about 18 tons weight, which must first be
moved before the merchandise can get into motion. Now
this 18 tons, by the Messrs. Samuda's new method, becomes
,a part of the carrying train, so that not a particle of the
force is lost upon the useless machinery.

loved SCISY‘Cir
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.--Cl - tie '-f.
putation of the electors of this borough waited.llPaiitioll
Walter, the late member for Berkshire, with a reloraina•
inviting that gentleman to allow himself to be puqpcslter
tton as their representative on the next vacancy. •
should o't
accepted the invitation, but intimated the he
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himseIfMANCHESTER AND BIRMIN.
GHAM EXTENSIAt length,
WAY.—HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 1, 1839'
h Co,ol3itteef
after a sitting extending over for-six daYs, t-e
have this day voted the preamble proved by 3 Mbo'use3a'
more than two to one. Under the new rules, the 0 jetntat
a certain number of select members, who have is it'
in, or connection with, the district which the ra..nee cor
tended to traverse ; and the majority in this inset nt,
es
prises the names of all such members as were Prese, ore
cepting the chairman, who of course, as the number
not equal, did not vote.—Sun.• ew,..r°°ll
WHIG-RADICAL POLITENESS.—III the parole n- "11,01
effecter'Turs-buildings, there is a notice stuck rip to the
" The Sun newspaper is continually sto/tai,i,tv4,o
room. If the thief will leave his name with the
he will be rewarded for his trouble." Strangers froallseto
tance, who are staying a day or two in the towe't`cnee
manage to get some friend to introduce them Mitt'eo, tbeld
room, and, from what they observe in such Pd morals
generally form their judgment .of the manners all t ear
the people. It is obvious that " the thief" was ITtualpet,t,ft
servative, but a reformer, the object of his coil cbaro
larceny being a paper notorious for its reform err
principle —Stockport Advertiser. ' ceet
The Rev. Dr. Warrieford has presented the ea6-56.9r.
sum of £l,OOO to the Royal School of Medicine, Bnl- . fro
gery, lately established in the town of Birminguain quer
Rev. Doctor directs that the interest of the money e, eitker
tton shall be applied for the institution of COt pra..-,64,00t
in equal or unequal amounts, as may seem to therin
the school most likely to advance the great en !oldies 04
which are to combine religious with scientific 7ent, gov
pursuits, to make medical and surgical FM° dote
christians as well as able practitioners in medicine mi
—Staffordshire . , ; bi
,
FALL OF RAlN.—Gazette
W e believe it has been astel43.o
bath
observations continued during a long series of )1,
• greater quantity of rain falls at Manchesterll :,
in • !,90P-
,
any other month of the year ; and the month ole-„,„,
concluded does not appear to have been an to
excer gst w.;
general rule. The week ending on Wednesday
marked by a fall of rain amounting to no less than
of which 1.20 fell during the tremendous shower ,
The fall, during the week, is larger than that in
en if.
week since the year 1834, when there fell the
quantity of 3.60 inches ; and what is worthy of reniastircpe#7
also occurred in the last week of 11)1.-
Guardian. t toll ,urt
BIRMINGHAM POLICE BlLL.—Yesterday' je thee`ot
requisition was numerously signed by members bets cf
of all parties :—" We, the undersigned, mem...bi t 0 err.
common council, respectfully request your lord-c;„ide
mon a court on an early day, for the purpose of Ho' °a
the propriety of.expressing in a petition t: the, „Nu'
Commons the anxiety of this court that, in "LM of
that may be made by parliament respecting, W!„,.n.,40°,.)
Birmingham, the house will not sanction ROI-et "ly
the ancient and salutary rights of local governm ,
have been inherited by the people of this countrY 40°
earliest times as an essential principle of our frees e'n-
-Herald of Friday. °
„ii 04 0:e
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. —We are n---t'srecen,
state, that arrangements are in progress hero 0,
North Midland and the Sheffield and Rotherll34olo,l,o
Companies, for passing the carriages of the Nm.inana",',oo
Company upon the Sheffield and Rotherham
Sheffield. The North Midland Company Pad at the
here, and forward passengers and goods to
of
and elsewhere, without delay or change 0' et'es iittl!
junction of the two lines at Masbro'. have gin
,rtice'fi3.
sure in communicating the above to our readers,ottlied,
asit evinces, on the part of the directors of tbe f She
land Company, a desire to accommodate the trade°pit
in the most efficient manner.--Sheyfie/r/ iris. e br
Thoogh
THE MANUFACTURES OF STAFFORD•-- !Alen /01
congratulate the public on the settlement or aat to;
tween the manufacturers and the workmen in liii-810,,:jto
cannot be denied that the wages of the latter are not
and it is equally true that the manufacturers ar`shert
meet the market at greatly reduced prices- lofsfi4.
ago, the Globe (ministerial paper) named the arro:,, „aloe
sent to Queen Victoria from the Queen of neigiti 01'0
ing of several dozen pairs of embroidered sliePe_l:stishe lichc'of
so much admired by the ladies of the court, tim'aueen.;fer
slippers became all the rage ; the resent to he, to
the sample which was to entice English ladies °lcier theweed
ence for the Belgian manufacture. In fact,
nomer of free trade, every foreign manufacture t.
or 010
into the English market by one indirect memisbin oard to
the foreign trades taking nothing. in exchange
sonde bate
reigns ; and thus our heavily taxed nation is oiltbeic
labour against the slaves and serfs of foreign stsn'ce,lol,",es°
little or no taxes. Now, though ministers in olopsee;cor.
royal mistress and her court may consider! noti°,,toe'
treading on velvet, the trade of this counter little or-
dtoitipoanyt.o compete waihthoefao,reiglon:erss who hay "'sag lit-tcto'ol.
France, and Italy, are nowgstockina. our Inarketiel"nbc:e
struction of the home trade. The town of err f bong ocd'
suicidal rivalry has been much.
tleman in that neighbourhood says, that seven ges oaf
ing still in the town and neighbourhood ; kee' Jo t/'
stantly lowered to enable their employers to
ri`
ket at all.—Staffordshire Gazette. r, olovt OP;
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF FOUR, Cea,:;°/f
READING GAOL.—The culprits were all senl-gforial
sportation for life. " Baker Bill" was convicte bur;. P'
robbery at Hurst, Burgess and Vickers, ferhigtaThie;
Winkfield, Einbling for the same offence at
tt
four prisoners slept together in the condemn", TI• 'lief„ce,,i
ing esteemed the most secure part of the to°1;01.1.t
locked up as usual on Thursday night allul"t.yaryfr,,a
bolts firmly secured. Outside'ilie cell is a Oil' Leese oe's,f
in, roofed over with iron bars, which form sear p
six inches. Their first proceeding was to`pipe of t.:4( drab
rail, six feet in length, from their bedstead ti'
his hand through the iron bars over the cell u.,°''t tailfr°l.o"
back the outside top bolt, and passing the wemfrile-16
forced back the lower bolt. o was wr`;- z is;
the inside by a broken iron holdfast found I)"giedtlioct
make their exit from the court-yard, theY,,alerc‘thefOrt
trasses and piled them aainst the wall. l'`) Aciao4-1116.
iron bars which like a large cr.; the ic,„sa. itio,cdt
1e..« ..ne: oa,
washed over, and with its help a cross-bar of tile 5;014,
joefs
partnerstt
,es iron
blankets
lasqueezekweotrs work, 112 in length, was soon made to relent. Thiroutfr 101er )irf
uthtleilnitt
ob inchesesdtriiepss, b.
cyaTriirhy,
eichill st,:; sae
001 icaloti",e4i
elanthel
other roofs, and came to the front near the Aro cicic
nr'efichA,
chimney they fastened one end of the blankets'fat, tiav
the strips together, and descending twenty.lo 000;
the front garden. They scaled the front W'n'aoll3li O'J;
west corner, and came into the road near the ,covietilotr,
lic chapel. One of the prisoner,Saboow l•allY
thinking it a ghost, and know mg, a, „Ave 40.:
been " very
wicked, that the perspiration!.
clip: Jor;
Other
prisoners heard a cry or scream, prcee.
from the runaways, who might be hurt in theird;
sage The escape was effected betweerione 30,c1. 10;,,t•
the stormy night preventing the noise beinelse'-ti;cl
posed a female accomplice met them, and i„f
near, but no trace,. has yet been discovered dirj;e
abouts.—Berkshire Chronicle.
riches and other topogra or ott•
tbW
MACHINE MAKING A Belgium' f
' he inforic. afro
doubt
lead in the progress of continental machiner);;; rojpg,..icte ;di
3,000 workmen, with 7 skilful En
pnicßar na `Urge
establishment of Mr. John COCkeTill, at "e 'lll).,`iilW-0
ing the chief departments, thus combining Pl*cover
the advantage of cheap labour. The inotiretP coeVifit,ver,
English engiceer'lish
of steam engines of 9,000 horse power 3.ortioe(it'Oel'etr
only supplies machinery to all parts of the ea' alr• iooe
ill told Sir Hamilton Seymour that he' let' establishments in 3 different cou.oitari,eil•
the it
tions over at Seraing ten days after they owe 0 Aii4
land. sPee'fr
of this i;
THE WORLE MURDER.—The perpeteatorlet gaooo
crime has been safely lodged in Shepton Alti,;ct,battilY,C-
Fuses to give any reason for committing the c",..itht cues terta•
it was unpremeditated. We hear that little` au. in a, oarty
h cited at taetnattpet efrdo amcluitipbtinitosarl
bbfeeeelfoonhrye,hand that he le' of
;took his h%•bed
The.kettle smock ivee°nveinto the ctii 5t00103.,t.
gaoler, to be produced on theg trial ; rails Illuesveel'insrPl'(:o.l
blood. The poor girl was buried on natt):otiiiio,ol4tv
monson the event were preached in the neighutich se)/
The excitement has been very great, and in oeti-
10'
felt for the parents andes
Standard. d
..__Thoerb
THE COTTON TRADE.—Manchesterr, ifrirspYavreroci,f,bltr,
not been the least change in the value of citnedthe st
relations of the deee
loom cloth since this day se'unight ;li been I,lerel,
large, it is probable that lower prices Must "8,_14 r
to. It would seem to be vain to expect any
it; love-, it ifd,
active operations until cotton has seen "'OO. OA ety
Twist is as dull as may be ; and no wonder, 10,0,„61
but officially known that the exports for the rt3s pareffoirtA
ing June 1839, have fallen off one-third as e,eitheee
corresponding six months of the year 1838-
no remedy for such a state of things but hali
t'enj for
maser Prices too are a shade lower. The titeolte(i.
fustians for the home trade is unusually tin
STRIKE AMONG THE SHOEMAKEILS•"--/Vl,l 00, twity
that a second meeting of the masters was
ceding evening, Friday, but we were not 45;s:cp°,
result. It appears, that an advance on ...t..!_vrs. 'l,tvo jiott
of goods was acceded to, but resisted on oitin,e, dad). 044
quence was, that the journeymen eontin the '
the town, and exhibited a white flag, hor.;,",:' shr,,,c/I
"No surrender." On .Monday s°°l: tie'r"ahl et!"
work, and the parading party was con i( t
the ive,it,„ 00
daily grew less, and, -we are informed, trust ti''ve:dipe
all at work again. We rejoice at this, an'
(Is the !„,,,
is good, the masters will act liberally Wwei.e,, hae in 419°
the other hand, we cannot but condemn tittc,,,,,tit
of the journeymen, as we have little don
dons cuscnit,47ll,ol
the first instance deputed proper 010)10Ue,l,ol'
masters and represent their wishes, ills'Literal, e, e,
the
face of their emplo,yers, and causing 3 b7,.re „e?.
trade, they would have got as much or I.';';it, dari"je
have, and have been at work instead ot
lei days.
tramp.--Northaroplon Herald.
ii itt: 0..001 es
THE WEATHER, THE Fl.OO ester).o6t.,.;dter;
great number have lea
Wednesday, Stafford was visited by a him
yen
rJer"
dation than has been known tor loanyaely 111,,siegio,cre
meadows surrounding the town were comPwete tnalln,";
and several houses near the Green bridgF the r!,,,e,p,1/440,_
garden of l‘dr. Booth, and others ailjoininiaerri.l)olo,rele'et,
under water, and of course sustained eotl,4,ere
statio
.•
ed
Passengers to and from the railway
being -hear.''o; ccir.
the too
make a circuitous route, the water
the road near to the bridge. Tfit railwa,)jog 00.0jor;
was flooded, and an obstruction until e ' !c, rail
The lie. d at' jp;
an embankment there giving way- caose Vil"hr°ad
fallen during the last three weeks have Flo6tge 'seferio
to the hay harvest ; serious losses have
too a
.110(ei„
the impossibility of getting in the croPieece
has been entirely spoiled ; Lave, herd it to rilvo• thcrle
instances, in which farmers have calecs „r
10 or Aieto,trt
condition being such as to rencha- it us.
pose. Apprehensions were entertaineq.
swoif
would suffer by the almost incessant timvec!,- geoe 0„, e
weather has since Wednesday become ,
these apprehensions will prove , al' ergs
wheat is, however, expected to be envot.
average. Turnips are likely to turn
profitable speculation.—Stafordihire
.1,10;
pr.)'
INCIDENT.—CAUTION TO Vqt6iittiObeti
since a young lady, with her atteraltin,t,':_ents Rot,
and viewing one of the II .S. e.stabli:"l • ros ipepr
when the fair lady. with truly fcm."'„, wilarinftteestk,
suddenly alarmed by a number of ,lalitiotit out', ncl Pet
her path—and in her fright she t: OA,
creatures had taken refuge on her ITl,jd 111 5et1,1111,164,':°
dress, which she fortunately succet!-;-1,,,„..
fast in her hand. Not daring ,Tamedtil her
fainting through alarm, she exp „trgi;.,ht ~, tee,
ment to her companion, when thcY by
neighbouring house, where the lah his re' rf,. .°4,111
shown into a private room, to removu hi.
,itiur'.,de!
jto 600
neath the folds of her garment, whel,i' ale fl` e-
hold, what impudent animal drepP,...,,,icT,
h istle--"" liiic"tilrttt ifir
enormous rat, but the ladies' -I toot Tripe
removed from its destination, and c, 00, ,„;
It is needless to add that the fo_r_,,,e(( fru"'
speedily adjusted, and she soon reco“
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