The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-06-25 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Thames tunnel is expected to be opened for foot pas-
sengers in about fifteen months.
The Botanical and ZOological Gardens now erecting and
preparing in Wakefield, are about to be furnished with public
baths.

The small pox is committing great ravages at Keighley,
Yorkshire. Parents cannot be too careful in preventing the
spread of this malignant disease by means of vaccination.
The farmers and graziers in the neighbourhood of Stam-
ford interested in the sale of wool, are making an effort to
establish a wool market in that town, toll free.
BEES.-Mr. John Lightfoot, of Weddom-hill, near Wig-
ton had a very fine swarm of bees, on Saturday, the 15th ;
and Mr. William Stoddard, of Skixiburness, had a most nu-
merous cast on the 17th instant.—Carlisle Patriot.
The immense depth of Seguin's basso is thus whimsically
attested by a Yankee admirer :—" He went so low in the
first act, that it was feared he would never be able to get
back in time to finish the opera."
THE SCHOOL MASTER ABROAD. - The following is a
verbatim et literatim copy of a placard exhibited in a shop
window not fifty miles from Horsforth :—" NIC SweT
ButTeß Satled Swet BuTer ownley won an ceven pens a
pund."

MODE OF EXPELLING CATS FROM GARDENS.—A fellow
of the name of Jenkins, living at Grassington, actually caught
a cat in his garden, poured spirits of turpentine upon it, and
set it on fire. Puss was found next morning in a stable in a
pitiable condition, and where there happened to be several
kegs of gunpowder ! I—Leeds Intelligencer.
The bishop and clergy of the diocese of Derry and Raphoe
have signed a protest against the establishment of a new
theological college in Ireland, and requested the members for
the counties and places within the united diocesses to oppose
any such measure.
Much difficulty exists in procuring the requisite number of
knights and esquires for the approaching tournament at
Eglington Castle. Those already enlisted meet at St. John's
Wood Barracks every Tuesday for practice. It is expected
that this fete will cost Lord Eglington nearly £20,000.
The new commissioner of the woods and forests, the Hon.
Charles Alexander Gore, is brother to the present Earl of
Arran, and nephew to Lady Cecilia Underwood. Mr. Gore
has officiated as private secretary to Lord J. Russell during
the last four years and is a constant guest at the royal dinner
parties at Buckingham Palace. •
SINGULAR CIRCU MSTANCE.—A rabbit's nest was recently
found on Quarry Hills near Maryport, and the young ones
being taken away are now suckled by a cat. The foster-mo-
ther., though the natural enemy of her adopted brood, seems
fond of her charge, and exhibits the utmost parental affection.
Carlisle Patriot.

REPRESENTATION OP BRADFORD.—A requisition is now
in course of signature in the Borough of Bradford, requesting
John Hardy, Esq., to permit himself again to beiput in no-
mination for the representation of that Borough. We un-
derstand that it is going on satisfactorily, and that several
persons have signed it who voted against Mr. Hardy at the
last election.—Leeds Intelligencer.
BODIES FOUND IN THE THAMES.—From enquiries made
of the authorities of the various parishes situated along the
river between Vauxhall bridge and Greenwich, it appears that
during the present year not fewer than one hundred bodies of
persons above the age of sixteen have been picked up in the
Thames between the places above mentioned, being for the
most part females. One-half or more were buried by the
parishes, their names and residences being unknown.—Sun.
DISTRESS AT ASHTON-IN-THE-WILLOWS.—In conse-
quence of the factories being stopped in this township, a large
number of the inhabitants have been for some time unem-
ployed, and destitute of any means whereby to obtain the
common necessaries of life. Some well-disposed persons,
we are informed, who work at the mill belonging to Mr.
William Woods, Wigan, entered into a subscription last week
for the temporary relief of the poor sufferers, and collected
upwards of £6, which, we understand, was immediately sent
to them without further delay.
PRIZE FIGHT.—One of those exhibitions called prize
fights " came off" on Tuesday last at the Hucks, in the neigh-
bourhood of Kendall. . The combatants were Molyneaux a
black, and a man named Renwick, of Newcastle. After
beating each other for one hour and twelve minutes, during
which 65 rounds were fought, the black was declared the
victor. Both men were severely injured. The stake was
£56 a side. This is the second time the men have fought,
and the black has triumphed on each occasion.—Carlisle
Patriot

LANCASTER RAILWAY.—The Lancasterand Preston Rail-
way is now making rapid progress at both ends. At Scotforth,
north and south of Ray's-lane, the double line of rails have
been permanently laid down, to the extent altogether of about
a quarter of a mile, and in other parts the embankments have
been smoothed ' and finished off. Preparations are making
near Lancaster for laying down the rails. The blocks are
prepared, and the chains on the spot. Altogether, we un-
derstand, there is no do-übt of the railway opening next year
at the appointed time.—Carlisle Patriot.
AN ENTIRE FAMILY BURNT OR SUFFOCATED TO DEATH.
—An occurrence of a most distressing nature happened in
Bandon, on Sunday night. A man named Brien, who had
recently come into the town from the country to reside, and
was getting on rather prosperously, within a few doors of the
Bank for Savings, retired, with his wife, his three children,
and servant, to bed, about eleven o'clock. Mr. and Mrs.
Brien, and the children, it appears occupied one room, the
servant sleeping in an apartment contiguous. By the culpa-
ble negligence of the latter, who clung a lighted candle to the
wall, the bed-curtains took fire, the flames extended to the
room where the ill-fated family were, and with such effect,
that when they were extricated from their perilous condition,
they were all found in agony. Mr. Brien expired yesterday
at twelve o'clock. The three children have since died, the
wretched wife gave birth to a child last night, and this morn-
ing, the physicians had no hope of her recovery. The fire did
not extend beyond bed. A very deep sympathy pervades the
town for the fate of the poor victims.—Cork Constitution.
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The North Wingfield,
Kilnhurst (near Rotherham) and Houghton, (near Barnsley)
contracts are near completion—while several others are not
far behind. Of the Milford tunnel, which extends about 800
yards, scarcely 150 remain to be excavated. At Lodge Hill,
(near Alfraton) is a tunnel 250 -yards in length, the whole
arching of which is finished. Of Clay Cross tunnel the parts
at different shafts remaining to be finished, do not collectively
exceed 70 yards. About two thirds of the Notton (near
Wakefield) in the whole 600 yards, remain to be accomplished.
The different bridges and viaducts are either erected or in
course of erection. The viaduct near Rotherham, which
carries the railway across the Dun Valley, consisting of 30
arches, and extending about half a mile, is finished to the ex-
tent of two thirds, and the remainder is in a forward state.
The principal part of the works is in the locality of Wakefield
and Leeds. Near Wakefield is an embankment 60 feet in
height—the highest on the line ; and at this elevation, the
railway crosses the Barnsley Canal on a large viaduct of five
arches' nearly the whole of which are already turned, and the
embankment is now raised to the level of the viaduct. The
permanent rails are now being laid on most of the contracts.
On the Chesterfield contract the workmen have commenced
the ballast. Some of the permanent materials have lately
arrived, and about one quarter of the permanent way is already
laid—the whole of which is expected to be completed in the
course of a few weeks. This will be the case also with a
portion of line yet unfinished between Chesterfield and Clay
Coss. Mr Waring is actively employed in removing the
earth at the entrance of the tunnel at Clay Cross, preparatory
to erecting the stone work; and the contractors are preparing
ballast for the portion of line through the tunnel (which is in
a very forward state, as we have remarked already) previous
to laying down the permanent rails. In conclusion, we have
to remark, that the portion of the line forming the North
Midland Railway expected to be first completed is that be-
tween Chesterfield and Barnsley.—Manchester Guardian.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—III our paper of
the Ist June we gave an account of an experimental trip on
the Manchester and Leeds railway, to Littleborough. At
that period, however, the permanent rails were not laid all
the way, and the company had consequently, for about three
quarters of a mile, to proceed on foot. Since that time,
however, the laying of the rails having been completed, the
directors determined on taking their first trip through to the
summit tunnel, beyond Littleborough, on Monday last, on
which occasion they politely invited a number of their friends
to accompany them. The train started from the station, St.
Georges Road, in several carriages of the first, second, and
third class, at half-past four in the afternoon, drawn by
Messrs. Shart, Roberts and Co.'s locomotive engine, the
Junction. In consequence of the laying of the rails on some
portion of the line having been completed only a day or two
before, an arrangement was made for communicating signals
to the persons having the conduct of the engine, that they
might know when it was requisite to go cautiously and
slowly ; indeed the engine proceeded all the way at a very
moderate pace. After three stoppages at Mill Hill, Roch-
dale (where water was taken in,) and Littleborough, the
train reached the mouth of the Summit Tunnel, 16-1- miles,
in an hour and five minutes from Manchester. At this place
the company alighted, and proceeded to view the works in
progress at that part (which we particularly described on a
former occasion); and shortly after six, having resumed their
places in the train, it set out on its return to Manchester.
After short passages at the same places as on the up-journey,
it continued its return with somewhat more than the former
rapidity, and reached the station at Manchester in 55 minutes
after leaving the mouth of the tunnel ; the whole trip having
passed over without the least accident of any kind. We be-
lieve it is intended to open the line, so far as yet complete,
to the public, on the 4th July, at which time we understand
it will be very little more than a year and three quarters
since the first breaking of ground on the line ; the construc-
tion of which, therefore, affords, we presume, an unexampled
instance of despatch in a work of such immense magnitude.
—Manchester Guardian.

CHUDLEIGH.—A curious discovery of a range of caverns
was made last week in Chudleigh Rock„ in consequence of a
terrier dog getting into a fissure in pursnit of a rabbit. The
dog was heard at various times to bark for,more than a week,
and as it was almost impossible to extricate him' it was
attempted to destroy him by'-burning brimstone. On the
15th day after the dog's entombment, his moans were dis-
tinctly heard by many persons, when a further endeavour
was made to extricate him: A lad on the following day had
the courage, with a rope affixed to him, and two lanterns, to
enter the chasms, and after two hours, working a passage of
20 feet, he descended into a dry chamber about 80 feet square
and 63 feet below the opening, where he found the dog dead,
but still warm. From an aperture in this cavern gushed a
stream of air leading into another cavern, which is supposed
to be still deeper, as the boy had not rope enough to descend.
This range of caverns is beneath those where Professor
Buckland many years since discovered some very extraor-
dinary antediluvian remains.—Exeter Gazette.
SURVEY OF Loon RYAN. Captain Robinson, R. N.,
who has been employed for some time past on a survey of the
Solway Frith and the coasts of Kirkcudbright and Wigtown-
shire, in connexion with the trigonometrical survey carrying
on by the engineer department, has received orders to make
an immediate and accurate survey of this loch, and arrived
in Stranraer on Monday last for that purpose. He proceeded
the same day to Cairnyan, where he directed soundings to
be taken ; and from this and other circumstances it is con-
jectured that a transfer of the packets from Portpatrick to
the Cairn will take place as soon as the necessary arrange-
ments can be made. We trust, now that the loch is to un-
dergo a survey, that before next winter we may see a light-
house erected on the Cairn point; and when we consider the
number of vessels which are annually compelled to take
shelter in the loch, is by no means creditable to the commis-
sioners of northern lights that so necessary an object should
have been so long neglected. Capt. Robinson is to have a
steamer attached to him for the purpose of his survey ;
hitherto it has been carried on by a small yacht of about 30
or 40 tons.—Galloway Register.
EXTRAORDINARY SHOAL OF WHALES.—A large shoal
of whales made their appearance in Ringabella Bay on Sun-
day afternoon. They were seen by Samuel Hodder, Esq.,
of Ringabella House, who was returning from Cove in his
yacht. When the country people heard it, they came in
great numbers armed with all sorts of weapons—pitchforks,
adzes, griffons, &c. ; and as the whales got into the shallow,
they used these with such effect that they captured not less
than 55. They averaged from 10 to 20 feet in length, and
would weigh about as much as a good cow. The sea all
around was reddened with their blood.—Cork Constitution.

REPRESENTATION OF GLASGOW.—A requisition, addressed
to Mr. Oswald, has been placed for signature at the bars of
the Royal Exchange and Tontine Coffee Rooms, but the sub-
scriptions come in very slowly. The conservative candidate
has not yet been declared, but he will make his appearance
in due time. The writ for this city arrived on the 18th.
Monday, the 24th, has been fixed for the nomination Of can-
didaW,—Scottislo Guardian,

The heat wag so great in Paris on Monday that several
horses fell dead in the streets.
THE COMET.—Viele's comet, after a period of six years
and nine months, will cross the ecliptic on July 16, and re-
appear in our hemisphere, but will not be visible to the naked
eye. It is the same as in 1832 was expected to come in con-
tact with our globe on October 29, and at least throw it out
of its course if not altogether destroy it. In 1826, this comet
passed us at a distance of 55,000 leagues, or a little more
than half the distance between the earth and the moon, with-
out its passage having the slightest influence upon us. The
atmosphere or nebulosity of this small comet is very limited,
' extending to only 40 minutes, or two-thirds of a degree.
LADY FLORA HASTINGS.—The public will not have
failed to notice the absence of the name of Lady Flora Has-
tings in the announcements of Court movements for the
last ten days or a fortnight. We deeply regret the explana-
tion of this circumstance which it is our task to give, for it is
a truly melancholy explanation. Her labouring under serious
and alarming illness. After bearing up with astonishing for-
titude and resolution against the unparrallelled prosecution
to which she has subjected herself, the powers of her consti-
tution have at length almost given way. This unfortunate
lady is, we fear sinking rapidly to the grave, a victim, in the
flower of her days, to female indiscretion, indelicacy, intrigue
and malignity, exhibited, without rebuke, in a sphere where
`they may be expected to produce future and still more appal-
ing consequences.—Post.
SUDDEN DEATH.—There was a rumour very prevalent
throughout the town, on Monday evening, that a woman had
• been struck by the lightning, in the Scholes. On inquiry it
turned out that a female named Wilson was returning home
from the Boys' Well with a can of water on her head. When
she had reached near her own door, she fell down on the
causeway. This was perceived by her father-in-law, Isaac
Wilson, a green-grocer, in Scholes, who immediately went
to her assistance. She breathed once or twice after she was
taken up, but died before she could be removed into the
house. This happened between five and six o'clock—before
the storm came on. She was married, and has left a hus-
band and two young children. An inquest was held on the
body on Tuesday evening, when the Coroner gave it as his
opinion that her death had been caused by the rupture of a
blood-vessel in the cavity of the belly. Verdict, Died by
the visitation of God."— Wigan Gazelle.
SHRINKING OF EARTH.—The shrinking of earth in the
New Town, Whitehaven, to which we adverted last week,
still continues, and excites considerable alarm. A joiner's
shop, or moulding-room, belonging to the Earl of Lonsdale's
foundry, is so much rent and cracked that it will have to be
taken down, should it not tumble of its own accord. This
building, however, is connected with a moving hill in the
rear, and hence the extensive damage it has sustained. The
tall chimney attached to the foundry, though standing in the
same yard, but entirely unconnected with the hill, has not
suffered the slightest injury. The dwelling-houses to the
south of the foundry have also been much damaged, but
these, like all the others similarly affected, are immediately
connected with the immense bill behind, where the fissures
or cracks are nearly a foot wide. The most alarming feature
connected with this mysterious circumstance is, that the hill
is slowly but gradually moving onwards, and as no one can
fix a limit to its progress, nor yet tell where it will stop, its
consequences cannot of course be foreseen.—Carlisle Patriot.
We have read somewhere of a Lord Mayor of London,
who, riding in " all the pomp of earthly pride," broke his
leg by a fall from his horse in the Poultry—the horse stumbled
in a deep rut, which was thus the final cause of the chief
magistrate's downfall. A neighbonring shopkeeper, after
having humanely assisted the dignitary, consoled him after
the following fashion :—" My Lord Mayor, I have no ill will
to your Lordship, I assure you, but I cannot help being
pleased that your lordship has so seriously damaged your
worshipful limb. That rut has been for seven years an eye-
sore and a cause of splashing and stumbling to us little peo-
ple ; but there it has been suffered to remain. Now, how-
ever, theft has broken a Lord Mayor's leg, there is good
hope that it may be filled up." So it is with the libel law—
for seven times seven years it has been a nuisance, and an
offence to us little people ; but now the House of Commons
has stumbled into the commission of a libel, there is good
hope a remedy may be applied.—Standard.
ATTACHMENT OF FISHES.—I once had occasion to observe
the strength of friendship which can exist even between fish.
I was accustomed to keep some gold fish in a large glass
globe. Ido npt think that I should do so now, for whatever
care I migbt take of them, still it was a state of imprisonment
to which I was dooming them. It so happened that from
some cause, the nature of which I do not recollect, my stock
was diminished to two, I gave away one of them. The other
from that moment, re fused to eat, he lay motionless at the
bottom of the water, and as I thought, was evidently pining
away. It struck me that he was mourning the loss of his
companion. I shall never forget the evident joy and strange
antics to which he abandoned himself when his companion
was restored to him.—Youatt on Humanity to Brutes.
No EMINENT MUSICAL FEMALE COMPOSERS.—The
fact is remarkable, that whereas there have been, and at this
moment exist, women distinguished in astronomical dis-
covery, logarithmic calculations, in political economy, in
natural history—that whereas, in poetry, fiction, and the
belles lettres, the sex have shown a feeling, a fancy, and an
invention, peculiar to themselves—there cannot yet be ad-
duced one solitary instance of a woman achieving any uni-
versal reputation in the science of musical composition,
which, beyond all others, might seem calculated to attract
her in her leisure hours ; while, as executive artists, the
very delicacy of organization which makes them so highly
finish their performances in the chamber, precludes them
in public from that absolute power over the keys which
tempts its possessor to astonish and enthral his audience by
inspirations of the moment, the effective utterance whereof
must depend upon physical power yet more than coolness of
nerve.—London-and Westminster Review.
HOUSEHOLD AHORISMS.—There is in most struggling
families—for in families either above or below the necessity
for making a struggle of some kind or other, to acquire or
retain respectabiiity, there is little to be learned that is worth
remembering—but there is in most struggling families a
kind of oral circuiating library of household aphorisms ;
which, however familiarized by frequent repetition during
the lifetime of their utterer, will suddenly appear, with him,
to " shuffile off this mortal coil," and to put on immor-
tality." And so long as remnant of the family shall adhere
together, will retain their authority. They will even revive,
as pious reminiscenees, after every temporary separation, and
continued to be quoted, with the appended authority, "As
poor father used to say."—Floreston, or the new Lord of the
Manor.

THE MAN WHO NEVER HAD A GRANDFATHER.—It is
a common saying with a friend of mine, an octogenarian
divine, one of the most highly polished, and consequently
one of the most agreeable, gentlemen to be met with in the
hunting field or elsewhere, whenever he had occasion to ani-
madvert upon misconduct in any one holding the rank and
station of a gentleman—" Rely upon it that fellow never had
a grandfather." There is a fund of truth and meaning in
these words ; for, although it has but two frequently happened
that some scions of the aristoracy have proved degenerate
(as if determined to maintain the existence of black sheep in
every flock), it will be found in 99 cases out of a hundred,
where the harmony of any society is disturbed by an obnoxious
individual, that he is a cocktail—a low, underbred fellow, one,
in short, who never could have had a grandfather.—The
Noble Science, by Delme Radcliffe—an amusing book, ex-
hibitiong a somewhat whimsical enthusiasm for fox-hunting.
Squire Western, if he could have read, would have been de-
lighted with it.
THE LATE LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK.—This noble lord'
who died on Monday, in Paris, was next brother to the pre-
sent Duke of Portland, and in his 65th year, having been born
in September, 1674; he married in 1803 Lady,Mary Acheson
daughter of the first Earl of Gosford; by whom he has left no
issue. He was a G.C.B. and G.C.H. colonel of the 11th
light dragoons, and a privy councillor. It was only at the
close of last week a new writ was moved for Glasgow, of
which city he was till then the representative. He entered the
army in 1791, as an ensign in the Coldstream guards, he
subsequently served in the Scots greys the 11th dragoons,
the 28th foot, and the 20th dragoons.;.: In 1793 he was ap-
pointed A.D.C. to the King, with the rank of colonel. He
was present at the battles in Italy from 1799 to 1801, and in
the latter year went to Egypt. In 1803 he sailed for India,
as Governor of Madras, and remained there till 1806. He
served after his return in Spain, and had the command of a
.brigade during Sir John Moore's retreat to Corunna. His
next appointment was in Sir Arthur Wellesley's army, with
the local rank of lieutenant general ; and shortly after he was
appointed minister at the Court of Sicily. Lord William was
for some time employed on the eastern coast of Spain, toward
the close of the Peninsular war. In June 1811, he received
the rank of lientenant general, and in 1813 got the colonelcy
of his old regiment, the 11th light dragoons ; and 1825 was
raised to the rank of a general. Since then his lordship has
been Governor General of India, and for a few sessions re-
presented the city of Glasgow in parliament.
THE BITER BlT.—The village of Wentnor has recently
been visited by a company of scouts, calling themselves
Stage Players, a custom which, to the credit of Shropshire,
is now nearly extinct, but on this occasion caused a consider-
able stir among the rural inhabitants of this populous parish,
and as the waggish mirth so often displayed at those gather.
ings is nearly unknown to those moving in different spheres
of life, we give the subjoined as a specimen :—Mr. M*****,
whose hospitable domicile is situate less than a hundred'
miles of the Wool Mills, had occasion to pass through the
village on his way to a neighbouring rookery, where by his
repeated visits and excellent sport, he appeared to have
sworn a lasting enmity or complete annihilation of its inha-
bitants. His knowledge of his neighbours' propensity to
serve him, as it is called in that part of the country, "El
rogue's trick," caused him to be on his guard ; he, there-
fore, surveyed his double-barrelled gun, in each of which he
put TWO charges, and proceeded to the White Horse, in the
parlour of which a considerable portion of the neighbouring
farmers were " blowing their clouds," and regaling them-
selves on the best juice of Sir John Barleycorn. The gun
was securely deposited in the corner of the room, but its
proprietor, after putting a friend on the " look out," pre-
tended to have forgot something at home, and immediately
left. This opportunity was not to be lost, and accordingly a
farmer, whose parsimoniousslabits have made him proverbial
in that part of the county, proposed to draw the charges,
and immediately suiting the action to the word, the gun was
again deposited in the corner. The enemy of the rookery
having returned, and received intimation from his friend that
" all was right," prepared for his departure, but several hav-
ing persuaded him to stop, the disciple of Elwes laid him a
wager that he could not hit his, the miser's, hat at the dis-
tance of 35 yards, giving him the chance of both barrels.—
The ground being measured, and the hat one of " Christie's
best," being placed at the distance, bets of 20 to 1 were of-
fered, but no takers till the sportsman gave a friend a know-
ing squint, so peculiar to himself, and instantly the odds
were taken, when bang went the barrel—away fled the hat—
ditto repeated, went the second, and down came master
Christie a crownless, tattered shred, while the under lip of
its owner was so distorted that it hung nearly on his breast.
Consternation was visible in the countenance of every one
who saw the charges drawn, and many of them left the
ground with the strong supposition that Mr. M held
intercourse with one whose name must not be mentioned
before " ears polite."—Salopian Journal.

A DEEP OLD FILE.—In every town, large or small, there
is always some one great man, the Solon of the place, wise,
knowing, cute, incapable of being done, and priding himself
on the fact that he is able to make a better bargain, and. " do
the trick" more thoroughly, on all occasions, than any of his
neighbours. There is always a wiseacre of this sort in every
town, village, and country hamlet, and therefore, of course,
there must be some such a one at Amlwch. The following
anecdote will, moreover, bear ample testimony that such is
really the fact. The wise man of the town above named was
smoking his pipe with an air of the deepest and most scien-
tific reflection ; his every puff, indicative of the intensity of
his meditations, when one of his less knowing neighbours
offered to sell him a horse for £7. This sum the wise man
very properly regarded as much too large, and therefore he
offered him £6, which was refused. A long silence ensued :
during which the puffs of tobacco smoke sallied forth most
voluminously around the head of our Solon, as if to mature,
and veil from vulgar observation, the deep thoughts that were
beaming on his sapient countenance. At length the light of
genius burst forth—our Solon had hit upon the plan, the
only plan, of " doing his neighbour brown" upon this im-
portant occasion. " 11l tell thee what, fr end," said the deep
old file, " I'll buy him by weight, and give thee a groat a
pound." " Done:" says his neighbour : and forthwith the
horse was duly weighed at the Amlwch machine, and found
to be of just such a gravity as to make the bargain a matter
of grave reffection to the wise Solon of the town, he having
only to pay £l4 4s. for that very horse which he had stoutly
refused to pay £7 for! Alas that genius should so far over-
shoot itself! We could almost weep for sympathy with the
poor Solon, but can scarcely do so for that idle habit of
laughing, which will beset both us and our Tenders op such
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Papineau, the runaway hero of the Canadian • a .415
11.1ibe.- ill.
seems to be a great pet just now with the ultr.a,steryd 0
Prance. He is said to be preparing a complete ni weal
cent events in Canada, and, in the meanwhile,pragres/
publish a series of articles in the Revu du
Courier. O,
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The following is an extract from the official re, tatifiasl9lh °I
exportation of bullion, between the 13th an
June, both inclusive :
Gold bars .
Coin
Silver in coin
,-, , get
....A. A*
LARGE EGGS.—Mrs. Mary Woodhead, o' Ll's-a fled
street, in this town, has a hen that is laying esgine only
traordinary size. We had the curiosity to eieranati iflhre
the eggs and found it to measure 7i inc r°Blgbed u•
length, and 6 inches round in the width, an" sr
, 1;
ounces and a half.—Bolton Chronicle. 0
up,
AN INHUMAN ACT.—On Saturday last, aire)rdiol'p
lately from Ireland, who was a labourer on h into aoai
Summitt, near Rochdale, having got wet, wen'_',. oice,
house ; when another labourer opened the steaTesh actus,
scalded the poor man to such a degree that the flat bas
dropped off his legs. The villain who did the .
sconded.—Bolton Chronicle.
svsl4 11:1111
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES : --
_yepille 4
LOST.—During the major part of Thursday
.:11 burl'?
night, the Thames was in a state of corarlThwinds, ',Ol
witnessed, owing to the prevalence of high t posy,
blew a perfect hurricane. The storm did n°olB el 4
without loss of life, and that to a very, eonsiderven Pee k
as, in the • course of that night no less thane titer dr,
were drowned in Chelsea Reach, a part of„D, JO'
times rough, but, when the wind is high, extrew' '
o!
,
ous for small craft.
: esgr'J
id
LAUGHABLE ANECDOTE.—Not long since, aBtle.4o
auctioneer of Brenchley, was selling the furnitnretori7of
of a person about to leave, a lot was put up, eon reroell'ellf
volumes of the Spectator. After the usual to
theta
a iro j
" going, going," the lot was knocked clown,' tbe9:
neighbouring farmer. On the following mantle aria
came
.(as did many others) for his lot with a l'rtle a7,ttY
the auctioneer was much surprised, and not a,l cart feitii
when told by the farmer he was come with tiwtoo,rom,e .
articles bought, which, he said, he had taike.ne j
bushels of speck'd taters (potatoes)-211afeL"°" of o
gle
THE CONSENT OF ALCOBACA.—The convellee' 0/
is constructed upon a scale of feudal inag,eand V
affords a striking proof of the great wealtu, 010'4 tat'
consideration formerly attached to the monast",e, h freig#
kitchen is nearly 100 feet long, and 63 feet eis
rtraell;
floor to the entrance of the vault. The fire pie se e
long by 11 broad, and stands in the centre of thbe cadi
Jo
through which a stream of water flows,—it nillstfactorYll'
a magnificent appanage to the kitchen. The re sn 0,
long by 68 broad. As we approached the allied, sot"
the brotherhood poured in ; the organ sounae....er
chant of thanksgiving as we sat down to dinner' Ai
and Gallicia, by Lord Carnarvon. It vi
...L.Ny last,' Y°
CONVICTS FOR MURDER.—On F..--,,,, i,,Octos
Central CI, CONVICTS
Court, London, William R,,7thrseffl
was arraigned for the wilful murder of Elistwot.:o
The prisoner pleaded guilty, a plea in which he Per of LIPftY
Lord Chief Justice Tindal then passed senteneeijorl ~,,
the prisoneiin the usual form. During the doectediel IS
address, the prisoner was obliged to be suPP tiny,
4
turnkeys. He was deadly pale, trembled violenio
tears chased each other rapidly down his ehete,, the,Or
Willis, a soldier, aged 18, was then indicted l°.heret,
murder of William Shepherd, sergeant major il,hief Jia,let,
tillery. He was found guilty, and the Lord The Pirefq
Tindal passed sentence of death on him also', (10.4
appeared totally unconcerned during the trial gas, del!ft,
the learned judge, and when the sentence the ass'
walked from the bar with a firm step, rejecting A
of the turnkey.
hed f
the fe4
THE Rocx OF LlssoN.—As we approae 41sge feint` . ,
Lisbon, half the population of a neighbouring coled„d va
out to meet us, ancious to perform the fal;" re de
descending the steep. When we had neon,' sa Otoll]
point, the roar of the Atlantic, heard from 11,,%, ,v
depth below, suddenly broke upon us. The,l--;„ leor,,fdrq
landmark to ships at sea, is about 200 fee'' in "..w• PI
slants to the waters edge in a great uniform shed, ny
d •c,b A
coloured stone, down which our heroes deseern t whl4it„,”
balancing themselves with their hands - a 'ea to rdri
and long continued habit can alone enable then' fourt
successfully : a frightful sight, as the last ste„Pot btfori
enevitably proved fatal ; yet the descent e'l"t be l'rf•
difficult, as numbers accomplished it, nor can %sea, ''''otw;
with much personal risk, as no accident had tcr altb gel
for some years. The feats having terminatechtoi°2
fracture of any adventurous skull, there rose hick,
of men and boys, contending for -the spoil w, a,/
tributed with laudable impartiality.—Portugal a (1
by Lord Carnarvon. , e Srk
THE COUNTRYMAN AWAKE.--TWO Y°lll3 ter e,
a ~,
fashion, or, more properly, senseless fools, .0111 1• h i
an evening, last week, at the temple of the .11,0 cjw,
Wavertree, took it into their heads to of soiae 104
turbing the rest and destroying the prop ertY n. Lbee ?•
peaceable inhabitants of that villiage. They lej,', Orli
little before midnight, and commenced theirliathlPl;
knocking most violently at the door of Me* hous°o'er,,
sidence ; they then paid similar visits to other,ol,,,t 0,1
as they proceeded on their way towards Li°ert• ;al', 4
d old ,s.
sod
to smashing wickets, pulling down walls,. an. pligtl't' 50,,,i,
thing that seemed likely to yield to their stye o'o6
am told, threw open the Railway gates on t"-
00e44/
that might have been succeeded by very serious °tor
pOli
they imagined, I dare say, that they were ge :0040
gloriously ; but there was a trap set for theln.;,,, I,
going to his work at an early hour in the moral;
eft
these young gentlement at their amuserneilt,boce 1
master's shrubbery-gate. He saw he had nel 8 stlife;
ing them into custody himself, and he adoPte,olia.J.
He affected intoxication, and he fortunately lied
taxi t 4,
session a bottle of ale, which assisted him initaclg°foro
coming up to him, they asked him what he f ale t;
pointing to the bottle. " Oh, only a bottle °cBleel'irj
poor old mother," said the man. But he ~etillie°,r Aft.
forget his mother, and wished them to drink 'Tana !t lir,9
were directly " jolly good fellows, well met,' f theotieer,
turn with them to Liverpool and partake °the grioilt›
Agreed; and they jogged along quite cheerlY, 5010 0:
assisting their drunken companion on his feet naiireolee PLl,,ii
could, till they reached Edge-hill, when two
„P- of ',tee,
their appearance. The sight of the guardians tile';-, ',/,'
immediately sobered our friend, and he t?lost.eivor;
his two companions into their charge.
~ xcisioldti)
were amazed. " Nonsense, watchmen, e'„desr4 re.
" the fellow's only. joking." " No, no, exit you eor
the man, " I'am in earnest. You thong'''. • tsociar
, ,e 534 v.
country yokel to deal with, did you '' '''' o°l
• marched o
monstrance was useless. They were i. /brew tell
street Bridewell, and were next day taken u,e.re P to I°l
istrates. They were fined £3 each, and 11-- duct 1,11,
£1 10s. each for damage done. Similar eon. ltd,)
above-mentioned is not at all rare in Wavertreeineiner'ol
creditable to gentlemen of fortune ; but, wernetdcl ,I)eaptel
the poor classes guilty of the like, they would
on u •,'
blackguards, fit only for the treadmill.—CorresP 0
Albion. Mondi 06
f.,
MELANCHOLY CASE OF SUICIDE.—On borly,°t, Pn,4,
quest was held by W. S. Rutter, Esq., on the, brsi!e(iilf'ter:
Hudson Butterworth, tin-plate worker ar,,,1u5'1,r,
Millgate, who, on Saturday last, put an enia '-)larl O',v:l
by swallowing a quantity of sulphuric
hat he fol',o4'
worth, mother of the deceased, stated that, bot i'ir',2
four years of age, was in business for himself„ lof the r,te
askedet
forahx ec mi
te.
wdheiseFintkao
trtheoat, hdt
aaenakldp:apssletooamofrokeerdetdcna
soieffgxhiecfetelaehusdenihanhetgai
oldcy.abmwe
jell:0i ,
,;°ON: alr histali
el; ,
(6/ e ::o.t,ndyfi
day morning. He answered—" No, rne9rileod -01- r;
taking poison." On going upstairs, she fba,,,aoce ljerooo,
his bed room, with a brownish coloured sub" Bite 7 pp ~,t,
was very poorly all day, and wandered aboiltit r,„,,,
fl P. pv Dr
crying out—" I want nothing but death. jiii 4
morning, and said he would buy some poison,ono 0/54'
he returned about five o'clock, with a new ralagia',Ar
which witness took from him. He went out afteeiro-
his shop to pay the men ; his father was so°rithei",o4
Witness next learnt that he had been take?. only t• 51), i4l
where he died on the Sunday morning. Toe
olis lie,,,
counting for the disturbed state of his ininu'A thot , 7,i,'
reu •sti.' 4,1
got a little in debt.—William
onoOrmerd Sta- vlO aCr
the employ of the deceased and &dada' 0,41 Z
oole' a P at .
heard that he was in a tit, he went into the , ease n,a,P „
a bottle empty on the bench, he thought nee
r, hi1,,104.i
drinking what it contained. There had heegr. P 13W6
of oil ,of vitriol in it; and the deceased told 'a 31_,e;;01, .;
witness's presence, that he had drunk it, 4°oo i'.'cteLla e,`
said.there were from four to six ounces of it. e di,475001,,01.t
preceding day) the deceased appeared quit, stsloo ere
paced the shop several times, and ran dowut halo Deno
again, and was quite absent in mind for ah°o4;, bareeiV,;
Witness asked him a question about some ''',l aprepo.rv.
no answer. On Saturday night the deceased olio Bflei4
ill. •The bottle which contained the acid, wtThottlsYd'as!AiD,‘
day night ; but when witness saw it on St of it 'aLsKill,
deceased had drunk its contents, the nee,'norYt,htro
off.—Mr. Smith, house.surgeon to the Innruotelvlu",
'the deceased was brought to the InfirmarY aelereoooo,
on Saturday evening, and died at half past io e
the pet,.
Sunday morning. He had made a post-701: OJP eio li
of the body, and found severe inflammatioe
001)11000.j;
from the mouth to the stomach. The who two Ptiol,,llaG,
the stomach was completely charred, one °l.i.iBolloBDiVt
nearly corroded through, and there was in 4s 0 101),t,,
veral parts of the intestines. These symP.r°l. antl otecloVii
duced by corrosive acid, like oil of vitrio!, a oil
icenc(
doubt they were produced by oil of vitriol len,,, ola,
and were the cause of death. A quarter eViieci $ t!,
be sufficient to cause death. The jury rett.e.r. 114,,,,e
" Temporary insanity."—Manchester Coul pestiB/1
, —.On iiros„l2o.4l
A LITTLE MORE GENUINE POPERY'S 410" 0" 0;1
11th instant, a man of the name of 'White, ' d t° for,
hurst-court, Ludgate Hill, St. George's-breato' .ttihe P ,34
ceased child, five years old, for intermen'„o 0' d top
burial-ground. The service was read by ,L'iocke oar:
ii
and the cofin deposited in the vault, anufor tlie0041;117of
child's mother then went to the sextonLn to tapot•oi
paying the dues, which she had been Site
at 0 itt`eiy
were six shillings for a child, but to her gee heitii",o4,4
he demanded twelve shillings ! She inquired, thaiss iP(
the charge was so much ; to which he rteoP:ewhiatr:teloi
iii:itto:
child was more than five years of age th,,e op I,,fre 411ii:ir
and that they had discovered the child ft:re ~, kiiiv
months more than five years old, there kelest,oloy
twelve shillings, and positively refused to t',lB pethelotil.
remonstrance vain, she then appealed
formed her that he had nothing at all to n...uequetac, cl°,;pei
it was entirely left to the sexton. she eont'hing lo /O' filiii4
to the sexton, who also told her he had n° he sho I.entito op
and if she did not pay the sum demanded!B,ol 10, rtp
child back again! In this state the disti,e%y jilice.ii(f,
almost distracted, knowing they could Li°tt, for tlti, ii:elotv
hraaids efotuh
re
smallother childrensL shillinlegfts
,atwtihiiaothrtmege:thhaenrd
,3,oo,o'olo;eiliVe
must be supported by his own labourtasafficiealtoo,;,(o)
Their poverty, however, was wholly i a oje i
aphis - coil 0.1
hard hearts of the Christian priest an , A 1
ar— nod i 1 JIV
uncle of the deceased ;child stepped forv:,, 0'01! `,ed•,,0,,'
leave his coat until the next day, when :isoreniiiroPtie'4,
pay the other six shillings • but this was„„ctual ;00,09
ther appeal to the priest also proved ineii:_dit, ovgri,
the sexton, sans ceremonie, went to the
.u 0,80,! 001
locked, and with the assistance of anotheerehapet
ireiwe
fin out of the grave, brought it into 11,
.„o,lle 1. 59
told the parents, if they did not take it aj
'r' 14e" ol4r ,
for a couple of policemen to remove it
wally f , 01,..eq
no alternative, the poor people were aCinterrea lipli,i
take back their child, who had just been t thev';oooebl. if
gaze of a crowd who 'had assembled ah°acatell go #.irit?
the following day, buried it in the conseLe se fact est
Established Church, Ducie-bridge. 'rue to dra ie,
themselves, and we will leave our reader:ery ,'-'...
conclusions from then), 001" P(lt .
Courier. "

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