The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-03 00:00:00

SELECT EXTRACTS.

CHOICE PHRASEOLOGY.—A certain lady in one of the
cities of the Far West, whose fondness for fine words pre-
vailed in her conversation, at the expense of her etymology,
was lately desirous of intimating that she had been out walk-
ing in the rain and got wet to the skin : the language she
used to express her meaning was the following I merely
went out to take a little, exorcism (exercise,) when the rain
came down in a perfect cataplasm (cataract,) and my hippo-
potamus (epidermis) was perfectly satiated (saturated.")—
New York paper.
CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE UNITED STATES.'
—For many years after the first sett'ement of America, most
of the books written here for the press were printed in Eng-
land. The first American press was set up at Cambridge, in
Massachusetts, as early as 1638 ' • in. 1700 there were but four
presses in the colonies ; in the United States, in 1800, 300;
in 1830, about 1,200 ; since which time the number has much
increased. The number of newspapers- printed in this coun-
try, in 1775, was 37; in 1801, 203; in 1810, 359 ; in 1834,
nearly 1,300 ; and the present number is about 1,400. The
number of copies of newspapers circulated in the United
States in 1801, was computed at 12,000,000 or 13,000,000; in
1810, at 22,222,200; the present number does not probably
fall much short of 100,000,000. The other productions of
the press have increased in a similar description.—American,
.Alinanack for 1840.

TAR-MAKING IN SWEDEN, NORTH OF THE BOTHNIAN
GULF.—The machinery of the. world could scarcely go on
without .tar; yet we seldom think of inquiring how it is
made. Fir trees (pines sylvestri.s), which are stunted, or
from situation not adapted to the saw mill, are peeled of the
bark a fathom or two up: the stem, This is done by degrees,
so that the tree should not decay and dry up at once, but for
five or six years should remain in a vegetative state, alive, but
not growing. The sap, thus checked, makes the wood richer
in tar; and at the end of six years the tree is cut down, and
is found converted almost entirely into the substance from
which tar is distilled. The roots, rotten stubs, and scorched
trunks of the trees felled for clearing land, are all used for
making tar. In the burning or distilling, the state of the
weather, rain, or wind, in packing the kiln, will make a dif-
ference of 15 or 20 per cent in the produce of tar. The la-
bour of transporting the tar out of the forest to the river-
side is very great. The barrels containing tar are always
very thick and strong, because, on the way to market, they
have often to be committed to the stream'to carry them down
the rapids and waterfalls. The price is only 6s. Bd. sterling
to the peasant, and often not so much. It would not pay
;his time and labour; and tl#oK.w.ll9, follow tar-inaldng are
always the most -indigent ;.-hui_the.y...tunid_ deliver_ to. the
" privileged" merchants. of the towns, who are generally
their creditors, the. articles these, choose to take, not that
which in a free-market will best repay the maker.—Laing's
Tourin Sweden, in 1838..
CUSTOM 'UNDER THE GEORGES.--=-Various extravagancies
of attire survived Queen Anne, and the two first Georges. In
the reign of the former, the dress .of noblemen and gentlemen
consisted of square cut coats anti. long flapped waistcoats,
meeting the stockings drawn over the knee so high as to con-
ceal the breeches, but gartered below it; large hanging cuffs
and lace ruffles ; the skirts.of the coat stiffened out with wire
or buckram, from between which peeped the hilt of a sword ;
blue or scarlet silk stockings, with gold or silver clocks ;
square-toed, short-quartered shoes, with high red heels, and
small buckles; very long and formally curled perukes, with
three-cornefed hats laced with gold or silver, completed
the outer man. The tie-wig, bob-wig, and pigtail, were the
additiqns of the, two next reigns: George the Third's reign
began with a large.cocked hat, called a Kevenhutter, impor-
ted from Germany, some of which were open before, like a
church spout, or the scales they
.weigh flour in. Gold
laced hats are said to have been general in 1775 and in
1778, and were adopted by many as a military distinction, or
to escape the pressgangs that were busy in the latter year.
Round hats began to be worn, about the breaking out of the
French revolution, which, besides the downfall of the three-
cornered cocked hat, witnessed also the disappearance of the
wig and the practice of " frizzing, plastering, and powdering
the hair, till it was at least is ugly as a wig." In 1789. the
shirt collar appeared, and the ruffle vanished. About the same
period pantaloons and Hessian boots were introduced. Short

boots and loose trowsers were the res.ilt of the visit of the
Cossacks in 1814 ;_ and with some slight variations of she"
together with the frock coat, form the present undress. - The
changes in ladies' dress arc too numerous and evanescent to
follow. They continued to wear white stockings in modelling
till 1778: lair-powder maintained its ground tilf 1793, when
it was discarded by Queen Charlotte and the princesses, and
rapidly disappeared from the toilette. The large hoop was
only worn at court on in full 'dress towards the close of the
eighteenth century. George IV. abolished the court-hoop.--.
Wade's British History.
ORIGIN OF THE SOUTH SEA SCHEME.-Sir John Blount,
a scrivener, who matured, if it could be so called, the South
Sea scheme, had formed his plan upon the Mississippi scheme,
which, in the preceding year, had failed in France, and had
ruined whole families. Undeterred by this warning, *VIA
the wary Duchess of Marlborough sought and obtained from
Lord Sunderland subscriptions for herself and her friends
and connections, as the greatest boon that ministerial power
could grant. But to her sound, shrewd mind the fallacy of
ail the expectations which a greedy public formed was very
soon apparent. The duchess was not one of those stars et
our late days, before whom an astonished world bends with
adoration. Mathematics and logic had never directed ber
powerful understanding. She, was no political economist ;
her speculations on all such subjects arose out of the groat
practical lessons which she had. witnessed. Her education

had been limited. To arithmetic, as a science, she was a
stranger. " Lady Bute," says the ingenious writer of the re-
cently published anecdotes of Lady Mary Wortley Montague,
" sat by her (the duchess) whilst she dined, or watched her
in the curious process of casting up. her accounts—curious,
because her grace, well versed,' as she was, in all matters
relating to money, such as getting it, hoarding it, and turn-
ing it to the best advantage, knew nothing of common
arithmetic. But her sound clear head could invent an
arithmetic of its own. To lookers-on, it appeared as if a child
had scribbled over the paper, setting down figures here and there
at random ; and yet every sum came right to a fraction at last,
in defiance of Cocker." Yet it was this untaught mind,
disturbed often by bursts of passion, and in love with wealth
and all other worldly advantages—it was the Duchess of
Marlborough, who, of all her claSs, was the first to detect the
fallacy of that scheme by which a whole tuition had. been, en-
snared. When the • value of the Stdek rose to an unprece-
dented height, and the public were more than ever infatuated
by false hopes, she saved her husband and her family from
ruin, not only by her foresight, but by her firmness. Let
those who would wholly preclude women from any participa-
tion in masculine affairs, remember 'how often their less bi-
assed judgment, their -less employed hours, have been made
available to warn and to save. The duchess happily had suf-
ficient influence over her husband to rescue his disposable
property from any further investment, in the South Sea stock.
She resisted all the entreaties of Sunderland to employ any
further portion of capital in the scheme ; she foresaw that no
profit would now satisfy the public . mind, excited to an un-
natural degree, and predicted that the fall of the stock would
be as rapid as the rise. She not only withheld the duke's
hand, but_ persecuted him to sell out his shares, by which
prudent step. he realised, it is said, a .hundred thousand
pounds ; and this clearsightedness on the duchess's part was
the more admirable, that it was wholly singular. It was the
age of speculation and of.compttnies ; and many of the nobi-
lity were at the head of some new ophemeral speculation. The
Prince of Wales was made governor of the, Welsh Copper
Company ; the Duke of Chandos, of the York Buildings;
and the Duke of Bridgewater formed a third for banding
houses in London.—Memoirs of the Duchess of Marlborough.

SUBSTITUTES FOR OPIUM.--The Peruvians-have been ac-
quainted, for a long period, with the virtues of a small tree
called coca, whose leaves possess properties resembling the
effects of opium. The leaves of this plant are plucked three or
four times a year, and after being carefully dried, are packed
in small baskets. Many chew these leaves as others do to-
bacco; and, such is the sustenance derived from them, that
they frequently take no food for four or five days, although
constantly working ; and whilst they have a good supply,
they feel neither hunger, thirst; nor fatigue, and without any
injury to health they can remain upwards of a week without
the refreshment of sleep.- Coca proves to the Peruvian the
highest source of giatification ; for, under its influence, the
imagination presents the most fascinating scenes. Many, to
indulge in its use, forsake the rationalassociations of civilized
life, and return in the evening to the woods, to revel in the
uninterupted enjoyment of its magic qualities. Prostrated
under a tree, its votary, heedless of the storm, the darkness
of the night, or the attacks of .wild beasts reposes happy and
contented, until the morning awakes him to a sense of his
own degradation, and induces him to return a frightful picture
of unnatural indulgence. When a Peruvian starts on a
journey, he carries with him a small leather pouch, for hold-
ing coca, and a calabash for lime or ashes of the nwlle, to mix
with the coca. Thus equipped, a inan will undertake to con-
vey intelligence upwards of one hundred leagues without any
other provision. These persons are termed chosques, or
chosqueros, a name given to the.condactors of mails. Men
of this description were employed for the transmission of in-
telligence by the Incas, long prior to the invasion of the
Spaniards ; and some of these couriers have been known to
convey news a distance of six hundred miles in six days. The
coca appears to be a kind 'of Arnerican opium, closely resem-
bling the opium of the poppy in ifs effects, and presenting a
most remarkable analogy in its history and uses, with that of
the Oriental drug.—A mushroom, which grows in Siberia,
and which is not uncommon in this country, is used es a nap-
cotic in Kamschatka and other parts of the Russian empire.
The fungus or mushroom is eaten without any preparation ;
and two small ones afford a moderate dose. The effects of
this exhilarant have more resemblance to the intoxication

produced by spirits, than to the sober, dreamy visions, in-
duced by opium. Its ordinary effects are giddiness, gaiety,
a flushed countenance, and incoherent talking ; it renders
some very active, and proves highly .stimulant to muscular
exertion. Too large a dose brings on violent spasmodic af-
fections; and such are its excitements on thenervous system
that it renders many very silly and ludicrous. If a person
under its influence wish to step over a straw or a small stick,
he takes a step or a small jump sufficient to clear the trunk
of a tree : a talkative person can neither keep silence nor se-
crecy ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing.—Dub-
lin University Magazine.
A SINGULAR CASE-Or FORGERY.—A very painful in-
stance of forgery on the bank occurred in the Strand, soon
after the decease of Mr. Coutts:. A young man of gentle-
manly appearance and good address presented a cheque for
£5OO, drawn on Messrs. Coutts' bank, which, on inspection
by the cashier, was considered to 'be a forgery. The bank,
having suffered considerably about that time from similar
fraud, the clerks thought it necessary to mention this de-
tected instance to the partners of the firm, who happened to
be in the house at the moment. They, therefore, requested
the applicant to walk into the parlour at the extreme ead of
the bank, where he would find Sir Coutts Trotter and Sir
Edmund Antrobus. These two gentlemen having examined
the paper, instantly saw it was a forgery ; but feeling, if they
took any legal step in the matter, the wretched man's life
would probably be the forfeit, they most humanely consulted
to let him off quietly ; therefore, they agreed that they would
retire from the room, leaving the young man alone there, so
that, observing he was suspected, he might rushforth through
the bank and effect his escape. Accordingly, they withdrew,
giving secret orders that he was not to be arrested in his
progress if he came forth. All watched in anxious sus-
pense, but the young man still remained in the parlour;
and they, knowing that the windows towards the Thames
could not be opened by human strength, considered he
might have fallen insensible from the horror of detec-
tion. • They instantly -returned to the room, and found
the delinquent sitting near a desk, on which stood a lau-
danum bottle, whose contents he had evidently swal-
lowed ! Their humane intention thus shockingly frustrated,
the gentlemen were obliged to make the case public in send-
ing for medical aid to several places, and of course prosecu-
tion then became inevitable. The effects of the poison being
counteracted in time; the forger was tried, convicted, and
sentenced to death. Mrs. Coutts was in agony ; she neither
ate nor slept, and her distress of mind was increased by the
incessant applications from the family, (who proved not to
be of the most respectable order,) saying that " she was go-
ing to take the man's life away, as all depended on a word
from her." It was in vain she stated that the offender, by
his rashness, had put the matter beyond privateinterference,
and that she had no power to save him from any punishment
the law awarded; representing the misery they inflicted by
charging with indifference a person who would think no ef-
fort too great to save him. After great exertion of interest,
it is said, Mrs. Coutts made personal application to the high-
est quarter ; she obtained at length the happiness of having
his punishment transmuted to transportation for life. The
thanks she received from his friends were conveyed by the
announcement, " that " it was no use for her to have saved
his life unless she settled on him the means to live comfort-
ably out of.the country.; and as the whole family intended to
emigrate, they expected she would defray the expence of
their passage and establishment in New South Wale,s,"o7
diem, tr! fif 49r grace Om pachos Noo,
. .

>NOTHER ATTEMPT TO GAIN ACCESS TO HER
MAJESTY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

(From the Morn" Herald of yesterday.)
WINDSOR,—SATURDAY EVENIN G.—Considerable alarm
and excitement was created in this town last evening in con-
sequence of a report that a maniac had gained access to the
private apartments at the castle.
It appears that about half past 10 yesterday evening a re-
spectably-dressed man got over the high iron gates leading to
the castle, opposite to the long walk, where no sentries have
hitherto been placed. He then walked across the park to the
grand entrance to the castle, where Smith, the porter, a
trusty old servant of the establishrnent,:was stationed. Upon
seeing Smith, he thus accosted him :—" I demand admittance
into the castle as the King of England." Smith, seeing the
sort of character he had to deal with, replied, " Very well,
your Majesty, but he pleased to wait till I get my hat. The
porter then retired within the lodge, and putting on his hat,
very quietly introduced him within the castle, and as promptly
to the professional care of Mr. Russell, one of the inspectors
of police on duty at the castle. He was immediately searched,
and there were found upon him various papers, £l7 lOs in
gold and silver, and a very valuable gold watch. He was
then taken down to the station house Church-street, where
he was placed under the care of Mr. Gillman, the superinten-
dent, during the night.
This morning he was taken to the castle, when the Hon.
C. A. Murray..the master of the household, requested the
attendance of William Berridge, Esq. the mayor of Windsor,
who promptly obeyed the summons, and the examination of
the prisoner was proceeded with. The following facts were
elicited :

It appeared that the prisoner's name is John Stockledge,
and that he resides at Withy-green, Manchester, in which
town he is a partner in an extensive wholesale tea establish-
ment. He has been confined in two lunatic asylums—one at
Liverpool and the other at Lancaster, from the latter of
which he has been but recently liberated. He was on a jour-
ney of business, which was the cause of his leaving Manches-
tei for London. He arrived at Windsor yesterday afternoon
about three o'clock, and, as we understood, took up his tem-
porary abode at the New Inn. He said, in reply to a ques-
tion'from the mayor, " that he was like all other men who
wanted wives, he was looking after one"—evidently alluding
to her Majesty. When asked how he managed to get into
the park at that late hour, he replied that he bribed the sen-
tinelwith a sovereign to let him get over. This could not
be,as no sentinel is stationed at this spot. He further stated
that' he once before got as far from Manchester, towards
Windsor, at Leicester, but the elements were against him,
and so he returned home."
He, left London by an omnibus yesterday, and thus pro-
et•cded to Hounslow, and from thence came on here in a
hirod gig. When he was again asked what brought him to
Windsor, he replied, rather incoherently, that " he was the
kling- of England, and was impelled by the Spirit." He af-
terwards "An unknown power had done it," and that "it
was the Spirit which helped him over the gates."
Tlieexamination being concluded, he was sent off to Lon-
don in the custody of Mr. Russell, Inspector of Police, who
proceeded with his prisoner forthwith to the Home-office,
where he will undergo a further examination, on Monday,
before the head of the Metropolitan pollee. The Hon. C. A.
Murray intends to communicate with the man's friends, in
Lancashire, by to-night's post. He appears to be between
40 and 50 years of age, and of mild and unassuming manners.
He answered all questions put to him without the least hesi-
tation or reser.e, and has no appearance of viciousness about
him.

We understand that he has a wife and two children, who
are now residing at Manchester.
The following additional particulars have reached us :
The only error in the account already pnblished in the
hour at which that unfortunate man arrived at Windsor.
Tne lunatic Stockledge did not reach the New Inn until
nine o'clock on Friday night, and not at three o'clock in the
afternoon, as stated. When he alighted from the chaise he
paid the man who drove him from Hounslow (and who, it is
supposed, somewhat imposed upon him) 15s. for the hire of
the chaise, and 2s or 3s extra, for himself. When he entered
the coffee room at the New Inn be ordered tea and cold
meat, which were served hlm. He cut off a slice of meat,
and a large slice of bread from the loaf, but eat not a morsel
of either. He drank several cups of tea. Having paid for
his refreshment, he told the waiter that "he should most
probably want a hed," that "he was then going to the castle
on business," and that "if he did not sleep there, he should
sleep at the New Inn." The man who drove him told Mrs.
Clodo, the landlady, that he thought the gentleman was not
in hisright senses, from his extraordinary conduct on the
road.

When he was taken from the castle to the station-house,
which was about 11 o'clock the same evening, he was placed
in a cell by himself, Dobson, an intelligent sergeant of the
Windsor police, sitting up all night in an adjoining apart-
ment, and visiting him in his cell twice every hour. Until
the time that Dobson went off dirty the next morning he re-
mained, from the period he was taken to the station-house,
standing. About eight o'clock in the morning he laid down
on the bench. His conversation during the night was on the
subject of the palace. He frequently expressed a desire to
go out, saying, " I want to go to the palace, as I want a
wije. I've left my money at the palace, and I must go for
it." He further remarked that he was " directed" to go the
Queen, and that he clambered over the iron rails, and went
direcno George the Fourth's gateway to get into the palace.
While he was at the station-house he was supplied with
cciffee, between eight and nine o'clock, and again at eleven,
but he refused to eat anything, although it was frequently
offered him. In his pocket-book were found several letters
on business, and tea invoices of goods supplied by the firm
of Tickle, Stockledge, and Co. (in which he was a partner),
to their customers. It appeared that he only left Manches-
ter on Thursday last. He was taken in the custody of
Russell, the policeman, from Slough to London by the 12
o'clock train yesterday. He will be further examined at the
'House-office to-day.

. We should like to know by what legal authority a case of
alleged high treason, which had been partly inquired into be-
fore the Mayor of Canterbury, has been disposed of by the
fiat of the Secretary for the Home Department, who ordered
the party charged (the Rev. Mr. Davies) to be liberated on
his own recognisance ? On the same principle all the prison-
ers charged with high treason at Newport might be liberated
without trial. Either public justice, or the party so charged
'and.liberated; has been seriously wronged—the former if he
be:gitilty, the latter if he be innocent, which we are disposed
to believe he is ; but that innocence he ought to have been

allowed to make out to the satisfaction of the magistrates.
Even for the offence of high treason, though fully proved,
= the crown may grant a charter of pardon, and not a secre-
tary's fiat to discharge a prisoner, which looks very like an
exercise of the dispensing power which the law and consti-
tution prohibit.—Herald.
ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS.---(Extract from a letter from
Sydney, dated June, 1839.)—" A great many ships are now
• arriving from England bringing numbers of emigrants. I
am sorry that this is the case, because I do not think one-
half of them will find their expectations answered. Employ-
ment, though more easily obtained than in England, still
falls very short of what is usually represented at home, and
this makes the people who come out with high expectations
murmur and complain that they have been deceived at home,
although very often they have only to blame themselves.
The great fault is, that most of the emigrants have no fixed
trade or calling, but express themselves willing to work at
anything : this, however praise-worthy in them, is not the
thing wanted here ; while mechanics, who are masters of their
trade, and good household servants, are sure of employment.
If you know any good cooks who want to come out, pray
send them. Men-cooks are much employed here."
SCOTTISH HYDROGRAPHY.—In the survey of the Ayr-
shire coast, under Captain Robinson. R.N., considerable
progress has been made—the coast line having been comple-
ted from the Mull of Galloway to the northward of Ayr, with
plans on an enlarged scale of the various harbours, including
• Loch Ryan. The soundings have been accomplished from
the " Basin of the Clyde." We, therefore, (on the comple-
tion of the coast line,) may look' for the publication of an
accurate chart of this frequented coast; for which we have
long sought in vain. The velocity and direction of the tides,
depth, and nature of the bottom, have been paid particular
attention to ; the result of which, we understand, will enable
Captain Robinson to form some law to assist the navigator
in knowing his position on entering the Firth, when no lights
are visible. The facilities rendered by the Board of Admi-
ralty in providing a steam-boat for Captain Robinson's ope-
rations, have tended greatly towards the fulfilment of this
desirable object.
CURIOUS FACT. -'On Thursday afternoonl Mrs. Purvis,
No. 17, Fleshmarket-close, bought for sixpence a fine cod-
fish, from Christian Lottitt, Fisherrow, and on opening it,
found a handsome engine turned silver watch, without glass,
or appendages. The seller of the fish insisted that though she
had sold a cod, she had not sold a watch, and claimed restitu-
tion of the latter. Mrs. Purvis, on the other hand, main-
tained that she had bought the fish and all that it contained,
and being in possession, is likely to laugh at the claims of
Christian. The cod was caught in the Frith of Forth, by
, 'John Loutitt, Fisherrow. As it is probable the watch has
been lost by some seaman, it will be remarkable if it shall be
' again restored to ins lawful owner. Mrs. Purvis, we suppose,
will readily show the watch to the carious.—Edinburgh
Erentng Post.
RAILWAYS.—In connection with the P.irmingham, Mid-
land Counties, York and North Midland, we shall ere long-,
we hope, sec a railway communication in a line direct north-
. ward 200 miies, between the two most ancient and renowned
cities in England, London and York.. A man may very well
then breakfast in London, and dine with his friends in York
the same day ; send a letter and receive an answer in six-
teen or seventeen hours. And when the Great North of
England to Newcastle is added, we shall have a continuous
railway communication between the metropolis and New-
castle, near 300 miles, directly to the north, and be within
about 100 miles of Edinburgh. That we shall, ere many
years elapse, be able to reach Newcastle from London in ten
hours, there is but little doubt ; and we hope to see the time,
and before many years, when a man may leave London after
dinner, visit Edinburgh, transact his business, and return to
town to dinner the next day.—Leeds Intelligences.
CHARTISM.—The chartist leaders are doing all in their
piaWei to set chartism again upon its legs in the northern towns
and villages, with a view, no doubt, to excite the people to
riot 'and rebellion. Within the last few weeks there have
been several meetings of delegates held in the manufacturing
diitricts, the avowed object of which is to form a new " Na-
tional Convention," whose sittings are to be at Newcastle-
npon-Tyne. In Manchester, Oldham, Ashton, Staley-Bridge,
Boltbn, Bury, and moat of the towns of Yorkshire and Lan-
cashire, rooms have been taken for the purpose of holding
meetings, and organising a new "moral force." To avoid the
appearance of assembling in public meetings in large numbers,
they are in the habit of forming chartist lodges at different
houses, which are held simultaneously, at each of which a
spouter of sedition attends. No person can gain admission
to these secret societies unless he be well known, and fur-
nished with "a card." The open proceedings ofthis dangerous
clique are confined at present to the sending about the dis-
tricts paid itinerant lecturers, whose business it is to impress
the people with a due idea of their wretchedness, to draw
them of their money for the support of a new convention, and
to stir up a feeling in favour of Frost and the other Welch
rebels. A Mr. Bairstow and Mr. Feargus O'Connor have
been the most industrious of these revolutionary lecturers,
both have travelled through the districts endeavouring to
sow dissension among the poor.—Newcastle Journal.
NORWICH UNION LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION.—It
is gratifying to see that the differences which have so long
exiested in a long establishesi and respectable commercial es-
tablishment liks the Norwich Union Life Assurance Asso-
ciation, are in a fair way of being amicably and permanently
settled. This is much better for the interests of the nume-
rous body concerned in its welfare than having recourse to
the adjudication of the Court of Chancery—a prospect which
the association had for some time past before it, and which
is always a gloomy one at the best, but a particularly sad
prospect it was for the widows and orphans whose interests
were involved. This gloomy prospect has now cleared away.
The character of Mr. Bignold has come out unsullied from
the inquiry ; nor did Alderman Farebrother bear a stronger
testimony to his able and upright conduct, than Mr. Paynter
and others, who were his opponents. For this satisfactory
termination of long existing disputes, we think the associa-
tion are greatly indebted to the good sense and busiuess-like
habits of Mr. Godson, M.P., who, though a barrister, set
himself most strenuously against litigation, and by his speech
at the London meeting previously to that at Norwich, which
we reported the other Clay, laid the foundation of that ami-
cable arrangement which is about to be carried into effect.
We do not w under that the result of the meeting at Norwich
produced the effect described in our report in the following
words At the beginning there were many anxious coun-
tenances, but at the close every heart seemed to rejoice, and
the room rang with acclamations. Thus, after two years of
doubt and uncertainty, the prosperity of the society is now
settled beyond all doubt. Morning Herald.

ECCLESIASTICAL AND 'UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald.)
In a convocation holden on Thursday last, the nomination
of the following gentlemen to be select preachers at the en-
suing Michaelmas Term, was unanimously agreed to
The very Rev. George Chandler, D.C.L. Dean of Chiches-
ter, late fellow of New College.
The Rev. Ernest Hawkins, B.D. fellow of Exeter College.
The Rev. George Gleig, M.A. Balliol College.
The Rev. John Ryle Wood, M.A. Christ Church.
The Rev Robert William Browne, M.A. late fellow of St.
John's College.
On the same day the following degrees were conferred :
DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.
Francis Nicholas, Wadharn College.
MASTERS OF ARTS.
Rev. John Somerville Broderip, Baliol College.
Thomas Drayton Wintle, Pembroke College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Charles Haughton Aitkens, New Inn Hall.
Francis Hinde, Lincoln College.
William Brooks Stephens, Lincoln College.
William Ewing, Lincoln College.
William Beckley Graham, Magdalen Hall.
William Chapman Rawlinson, Magdalen Hall.
Edmund Lane, Magdalen Hall.
Fitzwilliam John Taylor, Christ Church.
Edward Rhys Jones, scholar of Brasenose College.
John Dobree Dalgarins, Scholar of Exeter College.
Thomas Preston, Exeter College.
Thomas Pearse, demy of Magdalen College.
Edward Kaye Burney, demy of Magdalen College.
Benjamin Jowett, fellow of Balliol College.
Edward Dugdale Bucknall Estcourt, Balliol College.
George Hadon, Balliol College.
Thomas Carteret Manic, fellow of St. John's College.
John Williams Deane, St. John's College.
Philip Hayman Dod, Worcester College.
William Samways Oke, Wadham College.
William Yorick Smythies, Trinity College.

Yesterday, the Rev. Henry Wall, M.A. and Vice-Princi-
pal of St. Alban Hall, was elected a Fellow of Balliol College ;
and, at the same time, Frederick Fanshawe, from Winches-
ter School, and Commoner of Balliol College, and John Bil-
lingsley Seymour, from Eaton, were elected Scholars of the
said College.

On Friday, the 22nd instant, Stephen Charles Denison,
B.A. of Balliol College, and George Tickell, S.C.L. Stowell
Civil Law Fellow of University College, were called to the
Degree of Barrister-at-Law, by the Hon. Society of the
Inner Temple.
The Rev. Lewis Francis Bagot, M.A. Fellow of All Souls'
College, has been instituted to the Rectory of Castle Rising
with Roydon, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Hon.
Fulk Greville Howard, and the Hon. Mary Howard, his
wife.

William Linwood, B.A. Student of Christ Church, Latin
Scholar in 1836, and Ireland Scholar of the same year, has
been elected to the vacant Boden Scholarship.
The Rev. Henry Anthony Jeffreys, M. A. Student of
Christ Church, has been presented, by the Dean and Chap-
ter of that Society, to the Vicarage of Hawkhurst, Kent.
On Thursday last, William Henry Jones, Commoner of
Brasenose College, and William Dyne were elected Exhibi-
tioners, on Sir Francis Bridgeman's Foundation, at Wednes-
day, at Queen's College.

The Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, M.A. of Oriel College, and
Rector of Brixton, Isle of Wight, has been collated to the
Archdeaconry of Surrey, vacant by the decease of Lord
Walsinghnm.

Edward Elder, M.A. of Balliol Coliege, has been appointed
Head Master of the Durham Grammar School, void by the
resignation of the Rev. H. M. G. Buckle, M.A. of Wad-
ham College.
Mr. D. B. E. Dwarris has been admitted to the Van Mil-
dert Scholarship in the University of Durham.

PROMOTIONS.

Rev. Thomas Maine, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge,
to the Rectory of Harrington, Lincolnshire, vacant by the
death of the Rev. Henry Trollope.

Rev. W. Vincent, B.A. to the Vicarage of Steventon,
Berkshire ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
Rev. W. Baker, Vicar of Cherry Willingham, Lincoln,
shire, to be Chaplain of the Lincoln Union.

Rev. Henry Hardinge, B.A. to the Perpetual Curacy of
Woodbrige, Suffolk ; patron, the Rev. Thomas Salmon, of
Woodbridge.
Rev. M. G. Beresford, M.A. of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, Vicar General of Kilmore, to the Archdeaconry of
Ardagh, vacant by the death of the Hon. and Rev. C. Le
Poer Trench.

R,ev. Henry E. Jolly, M.D. to be Vicar General of the
Diocese of Tuam, in the room of the late Archdeacon Trench.
He is also appointed Judge of the Consistorial Court of
Tuam.

Rev. Thomas Davis, Curate of All Saints', Worcester, to
the Perpetual Curacy of Roundhay, Yorkshire, void by the
death of the Rev. J. Dodsworth ; patron, S. Nicholson, Esq.
Rev. Charles Haves, to the Sunday Afternoon Lecture-
ship of the Parish of Wath-upon-Derrn, and to the Curacy
of Swinton, Yorkshire.

ArchdeaCon Boston' to the Vicar Generalship of Clonfert
Diocese, vacant by the death of the Hon. Archdeacon Trench.

Rev. John Sinelair, to be Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of
London.

Rev. C. W. Gibson, Perpetual Curate of Chasewater,
Cornwall, to the Vicarage of St. Clement's, in that County,
void by the death of the Rev. F. Fenkins ; patron, the Lord
Chancellor.

(From the CombrOp Chronicle.)
At a Congregation on Wednesday last, the following de
grees were conferred

BACHELORS OF ARTS.
John Kitton, Queens' College.
Richard Blanchard, Queens College.
The following grace also passed the Senate :
To purchase of Count Munster, from the Woodwardian
Fund, a collection of geological specimens, about 20,000 in
number, at the price of £5OO.
On Friday last, Joseph Clark, 8.A., was elected a Foun-
dation Fellow of Christ's College, in this University • and
on Tuesday last, Henry Brookland Mason, 8.A., was elected
a Fellow of the same college, on the foundation of Sir John
Finch and Sir Thomas Baines.

The Rev. James Geldart, LL.D., late Rector of. Kirk
Deighton, in the county of York, and senior magistrate of
the West Riding, whose decease we lately recorded, was ad-
mitted A.B. in 1783, and was the first man at Trinity Col-
lege, in the Mathematical Tripos. Marrying early, he was
not a candidate for a Fellowship.

The Rev. Jackson Delmar, 11. A., of Corpus Christi Col-
lege, in this University, has been presented to the Rectory
of Swalcliffe, Kent, vacant by the death of the Rev. John
Burke.

Rev. James Whitley Deans Dundas, M.A., of Magdalen
College, in this University, has been presented to the Vica-
rege of Ramsbury, Wilts, void by the death of the Rev.
Edward Graves Meyrick, D.D., of St. Mary Hall, Oxford.
The Rev. Rowland Ingram, M.A., of Trinity College, in
this University, has been presented to the Vicarage of Gig-
gleswick, Yorkshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. John
Clapham ; patron, ohn Nicholas Coulthurst, Esq.
The Rev. Charles Acland, M.A., of Caius College, in this
University, has been presented to the living of Queenbo-
rough, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Wm. Howman ;
patrons, the Corporation of Queenborough.
The Bishop of Ely has appointed the Rev. H. J. Rose,
8.D., of St. John's College, in this University, and Rector
of Houghton Conquest, to be one of the Rural Deans of the
Deanery of Bedford.