The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-30 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

The Earl of WICKLOW expressed a hope that their lord-
ships' house would be as carefully ventilated as the House of
Commons had for some time been.
Lord DUNCANNON aswered that he had consulted Dr.
Reid on the subject. If it were the wish of their lordships
that the change should be made, he would issue the requisite
orders. •

The Earl of GLRNGALL moved for some correspondence
between the poor-law commissioners and certain magistrates
touching the election of guardians of the poor; also between
his lordship and anindividual respecting the poor-laws, &c.—
documents which he doubted not, would be considered as
proper to be referred to a select committee.
On a motion that the house resolve into committee on the
Lower Canada government bill, an extended debate ensued,
in which Lord Brougham, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of
Wellington, Lord Durham, &c., took part.
Their lordships, shortly before 12 o'clock, resolved into
committee on the bill.

There was much opposition to the third clause, and their
lordships divided on it; the clause was carried by 56 to 49.
The remaining clauses were adopted ; the house resumed,
and the report ordered to be received on a future day.
The remaining orders having been disposed of, by being
deferred till another day, their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

Several petitions were presented by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE
and other members, against the poor-law commissioners
continuance bill, on the ground that the existing law deprived
the rate-payers of all superintendence over the parish funds,
and degraded them from the position which they were entitled
to hold. - Mr. T. Duncombe afterwards gave notice that, on
Tuesday next, he should move for a return of all orders
sanctioned by the poor law commissioners.
Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that on the report of the
postage duties bill, he would move that provision should be
made for taking an account of official franks, &c.
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of his intention to move "the
call of the house" whenever the Bank of Ireland bill should
be read the second time.

Mr. LABOUCHERE Ptoffered further explanation regarding
the condition of the " hill coolies" in Demerara. The papers
that would be laid upon the table would, he observed, give
full information on the subject.
Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to questions put by Sir R.
Peel, stated that he proposed to bring forward the Birming-
ham police bill on Monday, and as early as possible. With
respect to Turkey, the government had received information
generally of the defeat of the army of that power in Syria,
with great loss of men and cannon.
Sir EARDLET WILMOT requested Mr. Leader to defer his
motion till Tuesday, regarding the treatment of Lovett and
Collins, in Warwick gaol, as the papers were not printed,
and as the men were to be tried on Monday.
Mr. LEADER-acquiesced, but complained of the delay in
printing the papers ; or, rather, of the negligence of govern-
ment. It seemed, he added, as if delay were the only weapon
of the government ; it did nothing but by delay.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHncitymt moved that the
house again resolve into committee on the Bank of Ireland
acts, to resume the consideration of his resolution for the
continuance, during a limited time, of the charter of that
bank, Mr. Hume's amendment thereupon having been nega-
tived on the previous night.
Mr. O'CONNELL again opposed the motion; but the ori-
ginal resolution was carried.

The CH ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER afterwards stated,
in answer to Mr. Ellis, that he proposed to bring in the bill,
on Monday, for continuing the Bank of Ireland charter.
The Metropolitan police courts bill, after considerable dis-
cussion, went through committee.
The discussions and several divisions in such committee
occupied the remainder of the sitting.
The other orders were chiefly postponed.
Lord J. RUSSELL withdrew, for the present session, the
" factories bill."
The house then adjourned, at two o'clock.

SIR EDWARD AND LADY BULWER.—The novel lately pub-
lished by the wife of Bulwer the novelist, has already passed
through three editions in England. Its only merit consists
in its bitterness, and the success with which it portrays the
angered feelings of a vindictive woman.—N. P. Willis, in the
Corsair, gives the following account of the first misunder-
standing between Btilwer and his wife.—Baltimore Chronicle.
" Bulwer was an ambitious man—full of genius, profound
learning, and liberal views. He had written Pelham, the
first novel of the nineteenth century, and the Disowned, not
far behind it in merit. He became a member of parliament.
To his wife he had breathed his hopes, his ambitious thoughts
of what he could effect. He spoke as he would have spoken
to his own soul. He entered the House of Commons ; he
rose to speak ; it was his first trial ; his fame was at its zenith;
he saw the lights dance before his bewildered eyes : the stu-
dent of the one solitary lamp was before blazing and lashing
chandeliers, and his heart crept back to his book-girt san-
tuary, and his tongue could not utter its beautiful and eloquent
sentiments—he failed. Stunned and confounded, be fled to
the sanctuary of home, like the culprit to the sanctuary of
the church. His wife was in her boudoir—she had heard of
his defeat at a party where she was. Her pride was stung.
He entered to receive her sympathy. Dropping him a curt-
sey, she sneeringly addressed him—" Ah, you are the dis-
tinguished Edward Lytton Bulwer, author of Pelham and
the Disowned. You the man that was to regenerate England,
to overthrow the Grey ministry ! Poor thing, scared by the
flare of a candle !" He was overwhelmed with rage, and slap-
ped her on the face. He was unpardonable among men, but
not among women. The provocation was great. This was
one of the first causes of their separation ; who was to blame
it ? Morality and love will answer the question. (Fudge !)

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. F. Lablache has married Miss Fanny Wyndham, the
vocalist

There is an old saying that Shropshire is full of trout and
Tories.—Shropshire Standard.
A sheep with two tails was, a few days ago, slaughtered by
Mr. Thomas Pearson, butcher, Hull.
The admiralty have determined to clear the anchorage at
Spithead of the remains of the Royal George.
The court is not expected to leave Buckingham Palace,
for Windsor Castle, for the season, until the Ist of September.

SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILWAY.—It is intended
to open a branch of this railway to Greasbro' on the 7th of
August.

A new farce, called " Seth Slope, " has been successfully
produced at the New Strand Theatre. Lee, of the Liver,
sustains a principal character.

A letter from Namur, of the Bth of July, sta.es that, on
the preceding night a great portion of the buildings of the
beautiful Abbey of St. Gerard were destroyed by fire.

During the last two or three visits of the Queen to the
Italian Opera, an addition has been made to the miltary guard
on duty at that theatre. Why is this ?

It will be agreeable to tea dealers to learn, that they will
not in future, be subject to the annoyance and trouble of ex-
cise surveyors of stock—a general order having been issued by
the board to that effect.

MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.—In the new colony of South
Australia, the " good old English custom " of husbands
advertisinc, their wives, declaring themselves not answerable
for their debts, &c. has already been acted upon.
It is said that John Wharton, Esq. is to be started for the
representation of Beverley on the Whig-radical interest at the
next election, in opposition to J. W. Hogg, Esq. and Sack-
vine Lane Fox, Esq.
AN EXAMPLE WORTHY OF IMITATION.—MTS. Anne
Kyrewood, late of Droitwich, has bequeathed by will, to the
Worcester Diocesan Church Building Society, the sum of
£7OO stock in the 3 per cent. consols.—Worcester Journal.
Horatio Ross, Esq. of Rossie, has intimated to the conser-
vatives of Aberdeen that the state of his health will prevent
him from coming forward as a candidate for the representa-
tion of the city in parliament. Sir George Murray is to be
requested to stand on the conservative interest.—Scottish
Guardian.

WooL.—During the last week, the amasing quantity of
nearly one million pounds of wool was imported into the
port of Hull alone. Nearly 700,000 lbs. were from Hamburg,
and almost a quarter of a million of pounds were from St.
Petersburg.

HAY HARVEST.—A. considerable quantity of grass is cut
in this neighbourhood. The crops generally are not very
heavy, and the unseasonable weather we have had during the
past week has retarded the progress of the harvest materially,
and somewhat deteriorated the quality of the hay.—Black-
bum Staticlard.
A prisoner was acquitted at the Lancaster sessions last
week, in consequence of the indictment charging him with an
offence against the peace of our " Lord the King." The
gentlemen of the long robe have decided that king means
queen, but it is beyond their power to make lord and lady
synonymous.

During the trial of Mr. A. A. Sowers, in Stanton, Augusta,
County, Virginia, on the charge of burning a barn, &c., two
most extraordinary circumstances occurred. The jury were
kept together, and on the morning after the evidence was all
got through, the astounding intelligence was announced that
in the preceding night one of the jurors had gone crazy, and
another had cut his throat!

We are glad. to communicate some agreeable information
to travellers going to Hamburgh. The imposition of duties
on the luggage of passengers in the Elbe has ceased. Orders
have been given by the Hanoverian Government to its Cus-
tam-house officers at Stade, that the charges hitherto made
there by them on passengers' luggage are not to be levied.—
Morning Chronicle.

GARNETT V. SOWLER.—This case came on for hearing on
Friday, in the Borough Court, Manchester. Mr. Brandt
appeared for Mr. Garnett, and Mr. Wilkins for Messrs.
Sowler. At the special request of Mr. Wilkins, the case was
adjourned to the next borough sessions, when a jury will have
to decide between the parties.
The letters from Brest, to the 21st instant, state that a
tempest, such as had not occurred in Brittany within the
memory of man, had taken place there, which lasted for a
period of two days, and committed frightful ravages on the
coast, as well as the interior. Many vessels had been
wrecked, and great damage done.
WEST-RIDING VOTERS.—In the Halifax polling district
whiggery is rapidly declining. The whigs at the last registra-
tion expended all their ammunition, and we understand, as
a last report, (by way of a show,) they have again sent in
claims to the overseers for all the dissenting chapels which
have before been tried and rejected in the revision courts.—
Leeds Intellipencer.
CURE FOR A DYING MAN.—Some years since the wor-
thy crier of the court at Knutsford felt one morning in court
rather. worse for the previous night's debauch, and sent the
following recipe to be compounded at a neighbouring hotel :
—"Dear Miss H.,—Sent me a quart of coffee, two muffins,
and a duck, for lam almost dead ! Yours, just alive, and
that's all,—M-- T—."

As a proof of the value of greyhounds, and the cheap estima-
tion of the human species in Russia, we may take an an-
nouncement of the Odessa Journal, that an estate of 2000
acres, with 78 peasants, was recently offered by the marshal
of the district of Eksterynoslaw, in exchange for a white
greyhound called Sultan, belonging to another nobleman !
FRUITS OF REFORM.—Hereford, by the magic effect of the
municipal reform bill, is blessed with a yearly expenditure of
£4OOO and upwards, and a whole bevy of town councillors,
whilst the old corporation made about 13600 do ! This comes
of the whig-radical cry of reform and retrenchment I—Here-
ford County Press.
One of the men belonging to the police of the boroughreeve
and constables at Manchester obtained a summons from the
county magistrates, the other day, against one of the police
officers of the town-council, for assault. The town-council
denied the jurisdiction of the court, and ordered their officer
not to appear. A warrant is to be applied for on Saturday.
We are rejoiced to hear that at the last survey of the river
Weaver, the trustees have been induced, by petitions from
the flatmen, numerously signed, and supported by the request
of a large body of the respectable trades, to take into their
consideration the stoppage of all traffic on a Sunday along
the river. The managers of the Mersey and Irwell naviga-
tion have for some time cloSed the locks of their canal on a
Sunday ; and Lord Francis Egerton has carried the principle
still further on the Duke of Bridgewater's canal, by building
churches for the accommodation of the poor, in the populous
places on the banks of the canal.—Cheater Gazette.

THE COTTON TREE.—We have in our possession a piece
of cotton, the produce of a tree growing at Green Bank,
near this town. It is the first time that it has yielded any of
the material. The cotton is of a silky texture, but appears
deficient in fibre. It grows in pods, which, after a while,
burst, and the cotton hangs in luxuriant folds down the
branches. We see that several trees in Yorkshire have been
equally productive this year.—Kendal Mercury.

It is very generally supposed that Mr. Labouchere retires
from the Under-Secretaryship of the Colonies, and that he
will be succeded therein by Mr. Charles Buller—Lord
Durham's Canadian Secretary. It is also rumoured that
the Marquis of Normanby is heartily sick of the Colonies,
most assuredly not more so than the Colonies, and those
connected with them are of him.

A Belgian paper relates that a pigeon-fancier lately took
a couple of carriers with him on a voyage which he was
making to Algiers, going round by Lisbon and Gibraltar,
intending to introduce the system of conveying dispatches
by means of these birds into Africa. At Lisbon the basket
in which the pigeons were kept got undone by some accident,
and the birds escaped. Not many days after they had re-
turned safe to Antwerp
SINGULAR ANIMAL ATTACHMENT.—AnimaIs which are
unable to associate with their own species, will not unfre-
quently make strange attachments.—We, yesterday, had the
opportunity of witnessing at Mr. R. Jones's, grocer, Pride
Hill, a Cat suckling a litter of seven Rabbits, which had been
taken from their nest whilst mowing a field of grass a few
days since. The offspring of the cat having been previously
drowned, the rabbits were placed under her care, which she
has adopted and evinces much fondness towards them.—
Salopian Journal.
THE MINERALS OF BRECONSHIRE AND RADNORSHIRE.
—A gentleman from Cornwall, called at our office last week
on a geological tour through the above-named counties, and
on Tuesday last returned, bringing with him three specimens
of a very rich copper ore found within the county of Brecon.
We have also this week received from a correspondent of
Gladestry, Radnorshire, five specimens of iron ore of different
kinds, found in that parish.—Silurian.

HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.—A portion of the great western
window of our venerable cathedral, from the extreme violence
of the wind, was blown out about half-past ten on Friday
morning; and on Thursday, an arm was torn from off one of
the fine elms in our cathedral church-yard.—Hereford
County Press. _ _ _

THE BITER BlT.—One day lately, a sturdy beggar woman
called at a farm-house in Strathallan, and seeing only a
young girl, she asked where her mother was ? "At Dun-
blane," was the reply, " selling her butter." She then
asked where her father was. "In the moss, carting peats."
" And so there is nobody but you at home ; you must give
me," said she, " a good pickle meal." The girl replied
there was but little in the house, and that was at the bottom
of a deep girnel beyond her reach. The wife, not liking to
be put off in this way, said she would lift it herself, and
when in the act, the girl tripped up her heels and threw her
into the girnel, telling her, after securing the cover, to lie
there till she brought her father from the moss.—Stirling
Observer.

ALARMING STATE OF JAMAlCA.—Extract of a letter from
a resident large landed proprietor in Jamaica :—" If Mr.
Labouchere's bill has passed, Jamaica is for ever lost. It
will become another St. Domingo, and we must fly to save
our throats being cut. The lately emancipated men are
arming themselves, upwards of 3,000 stand of arms having
been purchased by them at Kingston alone, and every one
has a new macheat ready ground for the conflict. More dis-
satisfaction exists than even previous to the Ist of August
last. The Baptist preachers have had a meeting, and de-
sired their congregations to hold their houses and grounds
without paying rent or, respect to the proprietors of them,
and declared Sir Lionel Smith's late proclamation to the
contrary as nugatory."

CONSERVATISM IN SHROPSIIIRE.—Shrewsbury and Lud-
low are doing their duty nobly, by preparing to meet the
enemies of the church and constitution foot to foot, when-
ever an election shall come, should they venture a contest,
which we much doubt. In the first an "Operative Conserva-
tive Association " has been formed with the greatest success.
Placards have been issued, requesting the conservatives of
Ludlow to meet at the Feather's Inn, in the borough, on the
evening of the 12th instant, for the purpose of forming a
permanent association the loyal gathering on the occasion
surpassed the expectations of the most sanguine friends of the
good cause. Thomas Childe, Esq. was called to the chair,
and he acquitted himself most admirably in the discharge of
his duties, as chairman of a meeting that promises to lead to
the happiest results. James Davies, Esq. of Elm Lodge,
was appointed president of the association ; James Baxter,
Esq. vice-president. Upwards of 80 members were imme-
diately enrolled, and the prospects of the future success and
usefulness of the association were unanimously admitted to be
as cheering as theloyal conservatives could wish.—Hertford
County Press.

CONSECRATION OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BAGILLT.--011
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Thursday last, the imposing ceremony of Consecrating this
new edifice for divine worship was performed by the Lord
Bishop of St. Asaph. Though the weather was unpropitious,
yet the church was crowded to excess.--Amongst the Clergy
present were noticed the Revs. A.D. Gardner, Vicar of Holy-
well, H. Parry, R. Richards, W. Williams, Ysceifiog, Mr.
Hughes, T. Thomas, Carnarvon, Hugh Jones, S. Smalley,
T. Briscoe, C. B. Clough, H. Jones, and Mr. Pugh of Dre-
merchion. R. J. Mostyn, Esq. in his own name, and in the
name of the parishioners, solicited from the Bishop conse-
cration of the church and burial ground, to which his Lord-
ship assented. The Bishop next, assisted by the Rev. A. D,
Gardner, and the Rev. H. Jones, read prayers, after which,
the Rev. A. D. Gardner preached from the 26th Psalm, Bth
verse, " Lord I love the habitation of Thine house, and the
place where Thine honor dwelleth." In the evening the Rev.
Mr. Briscoe read prayers (in Welsh) and the Rev. Mr.
Richards preached from the 122 d Psalm, " I was glad when
they said unto me, Let us go up into the house ofthe Lord."
The affectionate and powerful appeals made by both minis-
ters were most attentively, end we have no doubt profitably
listened to by the respective audiences.—Chsiter

GREAT VETERINARY DISCOVERY.—A certain J. C.
Walker, of Louisiana, says that to cure a horse of botts give
him a quart of molasses ; in about half an hour, or as soon
as the horse is relieved from his pain, give him two ounces of
pulverized alum—in solution we presume—and in one or two
hours a pound of salts. The molasses induce the insect to
quit his ravages on the beast for the sake of the greater deli-
cacy it affords them ; the alum shrivels them up, and renders
them inactive, or kills them, and the salts carry them away.
The Chinese have taken a fancy to hatch fish under fowls.
For this purpose they collect from rivers and ponds the gela-
tinous matter which contains the eggs of fish, put it into ves-
sels, and sell it to the proprietors of ponds. When the hatch-
ing seasons arrives, a fowl's egg is emptied of its usual con-
tents, and this gelatinous matter is put in. The entrance is
hermetically sealed, and it is put under a hen. After some
days the egg is opened, and placed in a vessel of water heated
by the sun. This is kept in his rays until the little fish be-
come strong enough to bear the external temperature.—
(Fudge.)
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—The business on
this line of railway continues rapidly to increase. We un-
derst*d, that on Tuesday the number of passengers was
more by 200 than on any former day ; and that the additional
train put on this week has, on the average, carried upwards
of 140 passengers per day each way. On Wednesday, the
whole' of the passengers of the Harewood coach, on their
arrival at Littleborough, left the coach, refusing to travel any
further by the turnpike road, and came on to Manchester by
the one o'clock railway train.
A flrench soldier, not many weeks ago, was called up by
his sergeant to receive a letter that had just arrived. The
letter not being franked, and the postage of a considerable
amount, the soldier refused to receive it, alleging that he
could not afford the money. His officers shortly afterwards
heard iof the fact, and sent to redeem the letter at their cost,
when bn being opened, it was found to contain some family
documents, accompanied by the announcement that the
soldier to whom it was addressed had just inherited a fortune
of two millions of francs.

IMPROVED WHEAT.—We have this week had brought to
our office an ear of the newly imported wheat, called forty-
fold, grown by our neighbour, Mr. Lewtas, of Aldcliffe farm.
In this ear, lying before us, there are 42 grains, whilst an ear
of old Danzig wheat, such as we usually sow, has only 28.
Thus the difference in produce is as 150 to 100; and the
sample, we are told, is large and fine. Really this wheat is
well worthy the consideration of our farmers, and we should
think it a highly desirable thing to cultivate it as generally as
possible.—Lancaster Gazette.

At Drury-lane, Mr. Hammond, the new lessee, is already
making active preparations for the commencement of his first
campaign. Amongst other engagements already effected, we
have reason to believe, are the following :—Alexander Lee,
as musical director. For the drama—Messrs. Elton, Brin-
dal, Baker, W. Bennett, T. Lee, (the Irishman,) and G.
Bennett ; Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Selby, Miss Tyler, and Miss
Daly. Mr. Macready, it is expected, will join the company
after the close of his present engagement at the Haymarket,
in January, and a carte blanche awaits the arrival of Ellen
Tree from America. Offers have also been made to Young
Betty, who has been received with such great eclat in the
provinces.—Herald.

DANGER OF CARRYING PIKES.—On Saturday evening,
as an individual, who subsequently proved to be a thorough-
going chartist, was leaving the ground, on the dispersion of
the meeting, held near the Social Institution, Greek-street,
he stumbled and fell upon a pike, or some sharp instrument,
which was concealed about his person. What the nature and
extent of the injuries sustained by the unfortunate wight
may be, we are unable to say ; he was, however, carried from
the ground, and placed in a leaning posture against some
rails, and was, to all appearance, in a fainting and sickly con-
dition when we left him..—Stockport paper.
ACCIDENT FROM THE INCAUTIOUS USE OF GUNPOWDER.
—On . Thursday last, a maid-servant in the employment of
James Waddell, Esq., of Stonefield, having arisen at an
early hour, and supposing the kitchen fire to be nearly de-
cayed, incautiously took a canister of Dartford gunpowder.
belonging to Mr. Waddell's son, for the purpose of more
speedily arousing the slumbering embers with a small quantity
of its contents, when, unfortunately, the whole canister of
powder exploded, throwing the servant from the kitchen into
the lobby of the house, at the same time driving out into the
gardens and shrubberies the windows both of the upper and
lower kitchens, the lobbies, and several of the bed-rooms,
besides otherwise materially injuring the house. The ex-
plosion was so terrific that it struck the family with conster-
nation and alarm ; and Miss Waddell, while rushing from
her bed-room to ascertain the cause, fortunately met the
servant, whose attire was at the time in flames, and she, with
much presence of mind, and after great exertion and some
personal injury, succeeded in relieving the sufferer from the
clothes that were burning around her. It is also worthy of
mention, that while Miss Waddell was thus humanely en-
gaged, a favourite dog belonging to the family endeavoured,
by every means in its power, to relieve the servant, by tearing
the burning clothes from her person with its paws. The
servant has been materially injured, but hopes are entertained
that she will ultimately recover.—Glasgow Constitutional.
RIOT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—
One of those desperate affrays which have so often occurred
on railways, between English and Irish labourers, cn the
subject of wages, took place on Monday morning last, at
Ebden Bridge, near Todmorden, on the line of the Man-
chester and Leeds Railway. About 100 of the English
labourers commenced an attack upon about the same number
of Irishmen, for the purpose of driving the latter from their
employment, on the alleged ground that they were working
for lower wages. The contest raged fiercely the whole day,
and many on both sides were very seriously injured.—
One Englishman was struck on the top of the nose with a
pick, with so much violence, that it almost cut off that por-
tion of his face. The authorities of the neighbourhood
assembled together, and promptly procured the assistance
of the military ; and by this mean the disturbances were
suppressed. On Tuesday morning, however, the belligerent
parties re-commenced the contest in increased numbers,
drawn from distant parts of the railway ; but another de-
tachment of military from Tormorden, hastened to the spot,
and, by their timely interference, order was again restored.
On Wednesday all was perfectly peaceable. These alarming
infractions of the peace exhibit, in a striking manner, the
propriety of establishing an effective police along all exten-
sive railways.—Manchester Guardian. '

THE BLOOMSBURY CASE.—This affair has undergone
some change in the manner in which it will come on for trial.
By the operations of the interpleader act the action of Rids-
dale v Weatherby, (the venue for which was removed to Lan-
cashire), has been superseded, the court above having directed
that in lieu thereof two actions should be tried, in one of
which Fulwar. Craven, Esq., and the other Lord Lichfield,
should be the defendants. These actions will come on for
trial at the ensuing Liverpool Assizes, and Mr. Serjeant
Wilde has been specially retained for the defendants. In
" Ridsdale v. Lord Lichfield" the issue raised is whether
Bloomsbury is properly described in the entries for the Ascot
Derby and the 200 sous. Stakes. In "Ridsdale v. Craven"
there are two issues to try-Ist, whether Bloomsbury is pro-
perly described in the entry for the Epsom Derby Stakes :
2d, whether the decision of the Stewards is conclusive be-
tween Mr. Ridsdale and Mr. Craven. These causes, of course,
excite great interest.

TROUBLES OF A RUNAWAY CHARTIST. - It was CUT-
rently reported yesterday morning, that a warrant from the
home office had arrived in time for the apprehension of Mr.
Moir, the chartist delegate for Lanarkshire. The rumour
was early communicated to Mr Moir, when, recollecting the
rough treatment Dr. Taylor received at the hands of,the jail
barber, he hastened home and shaved himself. He then
engaged the services of a law agent, who is said, with what
truth we know not, to be a loquacious member of town
council; and having made these preparations, he sat down
and awaited with fortitude the coming of the officers of jus-
tice. It was reported, in the meantime, at the police-office,
that Mr. Moir was coming to surrender himself to the
authorities ; and the sitting magistrate was good enough to
remain for some time after the conclusion of the business,
in order that he might " have the body" of Mr. Moir,
receive it with becoming deference, and stow it away with
the requisite security. But Mr. Moir did not come to the
magistrate, nor the officers of justice to Mr. Moir; and in
the course of the forenoon the rumour was discovered to be
a hoax!—Scottish Guardian.

TURKISH NAMES.—As Turkish affairs are likely to occu-
py the attention of the press for some time, it would be well
to adopt some system of orthography for the proper names.
The new sultan's name is written by the French Abdul
Medjid, by the Germans Abdul Medschid, and by some of
the Constantinople correspondents to the morning papers
Abdool Medjeed. His highness, however, has little to com-
plain of in comparison to the new grand vizier, whose name
we have seen written with an almost unbounded variety of
spelling. Sometimes he is Chosrew Pasha, sometimes
Khosreff Pasha ; then again Hustrew, Husrew, Kusreff,
with a list of aliases far too long for an average memory to
take charge of them. The cause of this irregularity, which
must singularly puzzle the uninitiated, is this :—Our Turkish
news is generally translated either from the French or the
German, and the very opposite orthographies of the two
languages are carelessly adopted by the translators. A
Frenchman, in writing a Turkish name, makes use of such
letters as will most easily make the pronunciation familiar to
a French reader. A German acts on the same principle,
with a view to the accommodation of his own countrymen ;
and the Constantinople correspondents of the London
papers, again, endeavour to represent the Turkish sound by
English letters. The latter system would be the most advi-
sable for the English press to adopt ; at all events, a system
of some sort ought to be made to supersede the present sys-
tematic confusion.— Courier.

SERIOUS BREAK OUT AT NORTHALLERTON.-011 Wed-
' nesday evening last, a most alarming disturbance broke out
at Northallert, caused by the navigators (employed on the
Great North of England Railway,) aided by numbers of in-
fatuated Chartists, which for some time threatened destruc-
tion to the lives and property of the inhabitants of that town,
but by the prompt exertions of the police, assisted by great
numbers of the tradespeople and respectable householders,
the designs of those mad depredators were put a stop to, and
a number of prisoners were taken, though a severe attack of
rescue was made, yet the police and peaceable inhabitants
came off victorious. The prisoners, by order of the magis-
trates, (who were present during the whole of the disturb-
ance,) were safely lodged in the House of Correction at that
town, and will undergo an examination on Friday, previous
to their being- finally committed to take their trials at the
next Quarter Sessions for the North Riding of this county.
The town at present is tranquil, (Thursday evening, ten
o'clock, 25th July.)—Leeds Intelliyencer.

REPRESENTATION OF. ABERDEEN.-Mr. Ross of Rossie
having communicated to the conservatives of Aberdeen that
the state of his health compelled him to relinquish the honour
of being their candidate at the next vacancy in the represen-
tation of the city, a meeting was held, on Monday evening, to
consider this notification. Mr. Hadden of Persley was in the
chair, and expressed his regret (which we are sure the conser-
vative body at large also feel) at the cause which compels Mr.
Ross to withdraw from a position at once honourable to him-
self and likely to lead to the ultimate advantage of the city.
The meeting also agreed with Mr. Hadden, that their pre-
sent prospects were of too gratifying a nature to allow the
conservatives any relaxation in their efforts to secure the fit
representation of the city. When Mr. Hadden suggested
that Sir George Murray should be invited to become a can-
didate, the meeting received the proposal with acclamation,
and agreed, at mice, that a requisition should be sent to that
able and gallant officer.—Aberdeen Constitutional.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT SOUTHPORT.-011 Saturday last,
a serious accident took place at Southport, which had nearly
proved fatal to several parties. An omnibus belonging to
Mr. Salthouse, of the Hesketh Arms Inn, was proceeding
along the road, when, on turning the corner passing Bruns-
wick Villa, the residence of Thomas Morris, Esq., the axle
broke, and the vehicle was upset. Several of the outside
passengers jumped off, and fell near the omnibus, which
came down upon them with great force, and the consequence
was several were severely injured—two ladies so much so,
that their lives were despaired of for some time, and they
are not yet free from danger. One lady had her thigh bro-
ken, and the other was severely bruised in the spine.--Wigan
Gazette.

SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE.—The temporary excitement pro-
duced by the addresses of the sitting members and the can-
didate for the representation of South Lincolnshire has
nearly subsided, but the friends of each are on the alert,
and a sharp contest is anticipated—not between Mr. Turner
and the other gentleman, the return of the conservative
being certain, but between Mr. Handley and Mr. Heathcote,
the supporters of each being confident of success. The
Morning Post and other London papers stated, erroneously,
that Mr. Towline was to be the second conservative candi-
date in the southern division ; should that gentleman come
forward, as we believe he is ready to do, it will be in the
northern division, as the opponent of Lord Worsley, whose
support of the ballot has offended many who were staunch
friends.—LineOln Standard.

COWBRIDGE.—In this healthy market town there is a
population of about 1200 inhabitants, many of whom are
persons of independent property, but yet„ there is no butcher,
baker, plumber, in the parish, and labourers are so scarce
that the farmers are now paying from twelve to fifteen shil-
lings per week, besides an allowance of beer, and in many
cases a dinner, during harvest time. This is a strong con-
trast to Devonshire, where the men employed in agriculture
are earning but seven to eight shillings per week.—Cambrian.

DECEPTIVE CHARACTER OF BRUISES ON THE BODIES
or CHILDREN.-At an inquest held on Wednesday on the
body of an infant in Compton-street, Brunswick-square, and
the marks of apparent bruises on which might have led the
jury to suspect that it had met its death from violence, Mr.
Wakley observed, that nothing could be more deceptive than
such external appearances on the dead bodies of children. A
few days back he held an inquest on the body of a boy, aged
13, who was drowned whilst bathing in a pond near Finchley.
The lad had an extremely fair skin, and some of the jury who
had seen the boy taken out of the water told him that
there was not the slightest mark or bruise on the body, but
that it had the appearance of the purest white marble. Two
days afterwards, when the inquest was held, the body, par-
ticulaily the arms and thighs, was covered with black marks,
just as if the lad had received a severe cudgelling. If the
boy's father had been at work in the vicinity of the pond, and
had been heard to threaten his son, there was very little
doubt but he would have been tried for an offence he had not
committed. On inquiry he found that the marks on the boy's
body were caused by the handling he underwent in endea-
vouring to resuscitate him, and in conveying him from the
pond to the doctor's. The information contained in these
remarks (and he hoped the public press, with its usual readi-
ness to communicate useful facts, would aid in its dissemina-
tion) could not be too widely known, in order that jurors on
coroners' inquests might not be swayed as to their verdict by
such deceptive appearances. On the inquest that called
forth these remarks a verdict of " Natural Death" was
returned.—Standard.

YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The approaching
second annual meeting of thiS society, excites the greatest
interest throughout the county, and a very considerable
accession of new members in Leeds and the neighbourhood
has been the consequence. A preliminary meeting of the
general committee, at which Lord Wenlock presided, was
held at York last week, when the proceedings were of the
most satisfactory character, and no doubt of the meeting was
entertained. A great concourse of strangers will no doubt
visit the town upon this interesting occasion, and accordingly
a temporary pavilion is now being erected in the Barrack
Yard, under the superintendence of Mr. Chantrell, and with
the permission of Lord Hill, which will accommodate 2000
persons at the grand dinner, which will take place on the
28th August next. The Earl Spencer, who is well known as
a distinguished agriculturist, will preside, assisted by many
of the most influential nobility and gentry of the county, and
thus a great treat may be anticipated. The Leeds commit-
tee, which consists of many of the most influential gentry of
the town and neighbourhood, with their chairman, William
Beckett, Esq., are already engaged in making the necessary
arrangements connected -with the proceedings, and no exer-
tions will be spared to render them as complete as possible.
Every subscriber of one pound annually, becomes a member
of this society, and any gentleman who has not yet enrolled
his name, and intends to become a member, should do so
without delay. The transactions of the society are published
annually, and contain all the practical prize reports, a list of
the premiums awarded, the rules, donations, and the officers
and members of the society, with other valuable and interest-
ing information.—Leeds Intelligencer,
CURIOUS MANORIAL CUSTOM.—Rutland assizes, on Fri-
day last, proved maiden. The judges arrived in Oakhaha on
Thursday night, and stopped at their lodgings in the town
until Saturday morning, when they proceeded to Lincoln.
On this occasion the bailiff of the manor was successful in
catching Lord Abinger, and asserting the right to a horse
at his lordship's charge, to grace the castle walls. On two
former occasions of this learned lord being in the commission
of assize, he eluded the vigilance of the officer, and the cost
of compliance with the manorial custom. Several new shoes,
of Paiagonian dimensions, have been lately added to the col-
lection in the castle. Amongst them are those of Lord
Denman, Lordßarhain, the Earl of Roden, the Marquis of
Cholmondeley, and the Bishop of Carlisle. Lord Wil-
loughby D'Eresby contributed the usual fee, £5 to £lO, and
sent a real horse shoe—one which had been worn by his well-
known favourite hunter, Clinker. It is gilt, and nailed over
the door of the grand jury, room. There are now nearly a
hundred shoes, of various dimensions, hung up in the fine old
hall of the castle, which forms the assize courts. They are
inscribed with the names of the donors ; and amongst them
are several from royal personages, including Queen Victo-
ria's and the Duchess of Kent's. The building was erected
in the year 1060; and it is thought that an immense iron
shoe, of singularly beautiful workmanship, which looks like
the great ancestor of all the rest, is nearly as old as the castle
itself. On its being lately removed from the wall, for the
purpose of making a new arrangement of some of these
feudal memorials, the tooth of time was found to be so
deeply indented by oxydation, thut the iron crumbled to
pieces. Lord Abiuger evinced a particular desire to have his
intended shoe placed near that of the Earl of Lonsciale.—
Stamford Mercury.

FIRE IN AUGUSTA.—NARROW ESCAPE OF MR. BUCK-
INGHAM AND FAMlLY.—Yesterday morning, about half-
past two o'clock, a fire broke out in the Planter's Hotel, in
this city ; and the building being entirely of wood, except the
basement story, it was quickly wrapped in 'flames, and con-
sumed with astonishing rapidity. Among the families staying
at the hotel was that of Mr. Buckingham, the orieni al tra-
veller, his lady, and son. He had returned late from the de-
livery of his first lecture on Palestine, in the Presbyterian
church; and, sitting up reading for some time after, he had
not long retired to rest when the alarm of fire was first
given ; but, the flames then bursting out in a remote part of
the hotel, he was enabled to bring out his family in perfect
safety ; his faithful man-servant, however, a native of Ire-
land, in remaining too long to assist in saving as much of the
property as could be rescued froin the flames, had to lower
down the trunks by a rope of bed-sheets tied together, from
the bed-room window, and, throwing out, after these, all
mattresses and feather beds at hand, he leaped on to them,
from a height of upwards of twenty feet, every passage out
of the house being then blocked up by flames, and received a
slight injury from the fall ; but, medical attendance being
immediately procured, he is expected speedily to recover.
Mr. Buckingham's manuscripts and papers were all saved,
and a good portion of his personal effects ; though, from the
suddenness of the alarm, and the rapidity of the flames,
many valuable articles of property and apparel were un-
avoidably consumed. The family were kindly and hospi-
tably received by Mr. and Mrs. Bradon, nearly opposite to
the hotel, in Broad-street, at whose house they still remain.
—Georgia Constitutionalist, June 20.

CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST FLATMEN.—James Owen,
George Thomas, and Wm. Ellis, were charged at the Stafford
assizes with the wilful murder of Christina, the wife of
Robert Collins, by drowning her. They were also charged
with the capital offence of having feloniously assaulted her.
They were tried on the latter. charge. It appeared from the
evidence of a number of witnesses that the deceased, who had
been a dressmaker at Liverpool, was sent for by her husband,
who had sought and obtained employment in London, to join
him there, and that for that purpose she had, on Saturday,
the 15th of June, taken her passage on board one of Messrs.
Pickford's fly-boats, of which the prisoner Owen was the
captain, and the other two prisoners, and a lad named Musson,
the crew, It appeared that the deceased exhibited symptoms
of alarm as early as the evening of Sunday, as she then walked
on the towing path from Stone to Ashton lock, and there
sharpened a small knife, which was afterwards found in one
of her trunks, which had been uncorded for its introduction,
as it had been corded when she commenced her voyage. Evi-
dence was also given of very coarse expressions on the part
of two of the prisoners, and a menacing one by one of them ;
and it was also proved that when the boat passed Hoo Mill
lock, at midnight on Sunday, the 16th, cries of distress were
heard to proceed from the boat, and that on the arrival of the
boat at Fazeley, the deceased was missing ; and that at five
o'clock on Monday morning, the 17th, the body of the de-
ceased was found in a part of the canal near Brindley Bank,
where the banks of the canal were sloping, and the water only
19 inches deep, the deceased then having neither bonnet nor
shoes on, her shoes and bonnet being found in the prisoners'
boat, the latter having the crown driven in.—Mr. Justice
Williams, on these facts, was of opinion that there was not
sufficient evidence to make out the charge against the pri-
soners, and his lordship directed an acquittal. Verdict,—
Not Guilty.—Mr. Sergeant Ludlow applied to have the trial
of the indictment for the murder postponed, on an affidavit
of the absence of a material witness. Mr. Justice 'Williams
directed the trial to be postponed, and ordered the prisoners
to be remanded till the next assizes.

BOROUGH OF HALIFAX.—Within the last two years a
wonderful change has taken place with the constituency in
the good and loyal old town of Halifax, which is mainly
attributed to the introduction of the whig poor-law. This
will appear from the following facts. For several years pre-
vious to that harsh laW berg introduced, the churchwardens
could not at the vestry meetings obtain a church-rate, from
the intermeddling of certain " conscientious" whig-radical
agitators. The duplicity of these Malthusian liberals has,
however, been proved, and the ratepayers were determined
to be no longer cajoled with their cant and hypocrisy, and
on both the last year and the present church-rates have been
allowed almost unanimously. Twelve months ago, from 20
to 30 borough electors, whb had previously voted for the two
present whig members, disqualified themselves by not pay-
ing their rates at the propel; time. This year the example
has been followed by no fewer than from 50 to 60 electors
(who have also voted in the same manner) disqualifying
themselves by not paying their rates at the proper time.
This year the example has been followed by no fewer than
from 50 to 60 electors (who have also voted in the same
manner) disqualifying themselves by not paying their rates
until after the 20th instant ; and we understand there are a
considerable number of others who have heretofore voted in
th,e same way, would have followed the example, but are
anxiously waiting to see if the conservatives will bring for-
ivard candidates for the borough opposed to the whig poor-
law. At this change of feeling with the electors no one need
be surprised, considering the increased rates inflicted upon
them by the economising Whigs, in carrying out their pet
poor-law, and particularly- in this district, where the whig
guardians are expending 130,000 of the ratepayers' money
in the erection of union workhouses, against the wishes of
not only the poor, but of nineteen-twentieths of those who
have to pay for this uncalled-for and unnecessary outlay.
When the erection was first anticipated, vestry meetings
were called to take the sense of the ratepayers, and petitions
were unanimously agreed upon, by hundreds of ratepayers,
to the then board, against the same ; but the board being
composed of a majority of whigs, the petitions were, as a
matter of course, (according to true whig doctrine) not no-
ticed. We are confidently informed that this borough is
now essentially conservative.—Leeds Intelligences-.

THE VAMPIRE.—A great deal of curiosity was excited on
Friday among the loungers in St. Katherine's Dock by a
report of the arrival of a real live vampire. So many horri-
ble associations of blood and terror are connected with the
popular ideas of this extraordinary animal, arising from the
very imperfect knowledge of its habits which can be gained
from the accounts of travellers and the stuffed specimens in
the various museums, and so many unsuccessful attempts
have been made to import it alive, that when it was known
that one had actually arrived, a most intense desire was ma-
nifested to obtain a peep at the " blood-thirsty willin," as
we heard him described by one of the great unwashed who
was standing by; and accordingly the vessel was crowded
during the day by hosts of curious visitors, until its removal
to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, to which establishment it
was consigned. It is the Sumatran species, and the first
living specimen ever seen in England. It is of the most
horrible aspect, and well deserves the name of Vespertilio
spectrum, given to it by Linnaeus, remaining constantly sus-
pended to the roof of his cage by the immense hooks at the
edges of the wings, his head hanging downwards, and his
eyes glistening with most vivid brightness. The appearance
of this singular creature immediately calls to mind some of
the " tales of blood " in which these monsters figure so pro-
minently. Of all such relations, that of D'Azara, the cele-
brated naturalist, is the most veracious. He states, that the
vampire will attack horses, mules, asses, horned cattle, and
the crest of fowls, who generally die in consequence, as a
gangrene is engendered in the wounds. Even man himself
is not secure from their insidious attacks, as D'Azara says
he can bear very faithful testimony, having had the ends of
his toes four times phlebotomised, gratis, by this nocturnal
surgeon, while sleeping in the cottages in the open country.
The wound is not felt at the time of its infliction, as the
blood is withdrawn by the most gentle suction, entirely from
the capillary vessels of the skin, and not from any of the
veins or arteries, and the victim is besides lulled into a deep
slumber by the flapping of his destroyer's leathern wings,
who thus enjoys his banquet undisturbed. It was mentioned
by one of the persons on board as a remarkable circumstance,
that during the whole voyage the vampire had never been
seen at the bottom of his cage,