The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-10 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Earl of Harrowby is now at Rome, with Viscount
and Viscountess "Sandon and their family. It is probable
that the earl and the members of his family will not return
to this country until March.
The total number of deaths by poison, in 1837 and 1838,
was 543. Of these, 261 were females ; 282 males.
The New Zealand Emigration Company have determined
to give catholic clergymen a free passage to that country.
WIT OUTWITTED.—A wag went into a shop the other
day, and asked for a yard of pork. The shopman cut him
off three (pig's)feet.
THE WEATHER.—Mr. Murphy fixes the coldest day next
year for Monday the 27th of January, and the hottest for the
20th of July.
The Alsace states that a method of printing stuffs with
madder has been found out at Vienna. A reward of 30,000 f.
for this discovery had been offered in France.
Rear-Admiral Casey, an Irishman, has been appointed to
the command of a division of the French fleet of the Levant,
under Admiral Rosamel.
A report is going about that there is a conspiracy in Rus-
sia to remove the Czar, by means similar to those employed
in the case of his father and grandfather.
_ Steel may be made three hundred times dearer than stand-
ard gold, weight for weight. Six steel pendulums, weight
one grain, cost 7s. 6d. each—£2 ss. ; one grain of gold
only 2d.
" What does the earth revolve round ?" said a school-
master the other day to a loco foco pupil. " General Jack-
son," promptly answered the budding sprig of astronomy.—
Americanpaper.
COLLEGE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS.—The scientific world
will be glad to know, that this institution is so forward in its
formation, as to justify the intention of its promoters to open
in the ensuing spring.
" The intellectual faculties of Prince Metternich," says
the Commerce, " have been so much impaired by his recent
illness, that it is feared he cannot remain much longer at the
head of affairs."
We have great pleasure in learning, from a source which
may be depended upon, that the Birmingham and Derby
Railway contractors are preparing to convey the mails on
their line.—Staffordshire Gazette.
The number of ships of all nations that passed the Sound
in October was—From the German Ocean 619 ; Baltic, 937-
1,556. Of which there were—English from German Ocean,
142 ; ditto, Baltic, 320-462.
The late Hon. Miss Brougham, only daughter of Lord
Brougham, who died at Brighton, was in her 17th year, hav-
ing been born in 1822. Ledy Brougham has two surviving
children, namely Mr. Eden Spalding and Lady Malet.
TRIUMPHS OF STEAM.—On the day when her Majesty's
privy councillors met to hear the tidings of her intended mar-
riage, Sir R. Peel left Drayton manor in the morning, at-
tended, and returned home to Drayton the same evening.
DANGEROUS, VERY !—There is a young lady of our ac-
quaintance whose eyes are so flashing and bright, that there
is a direct order against admitting her into any gunpowder
magazine.

BUSINESS-LIKE.—A gentleman in the country lately ad-
dressed a billet-doux to a lady in a neighbouring town, ad-
ding this curious postscript :—" Please to send a speedy
answer, as I have somebody else in my eye."—American
Paper.

Twenty instances of desertion have occurred in Dublin
garrison since the 15th of October. Of these eight were
from the 87th depot, seven from the 22d regt., three from
the 19th, one from the 88th, and one from the Enniskillen
Dragoons.
MALE AND FEMALE HONESTY.—It appears from recent
statistical inquiries, that though the number of female ser-
vants in England greatly exceeds that of males, yet, that the
number of the latter charged with larceny is nearly three
times that of females.
The Duke of Devonshire, Sir George Crew, Bart, M,P.,
and Mr. W. Evans, M.P., have respectively given the muni-
ficent donation of .ClOO to the Lichfield Diocesan Board of
Education. The noble duke and the hon. baronet arp also
liberal annual subscribers.
Mr. Jaudon has received by the Great Western steamer
a bill of lading for five kegs of gold coin, amounting to
£120,000 in sovereigns, which v.-ould be forwarded to Europe
by one of the first sailing packets leaving the United States.
A singular carrot was taken up last week on the farm of
Mr. Harvey, of Kirby Bedon, (a tenant of Capt. Stracey).
This lusus nature weighed six pounds, and from its large
top were nine roots growing, like outspread fingers.
A son of Mr. O'Connell, the Irish agitator and mendi-
cant, has been performing at the Colehester theatre during
the past week.—Essex Standard. [At all events, the son is
earning a more honest livelihood than the father. Both are
players, though in different lines. The son is an actor in
light farces—the father performs in deep tragedy.]—Suffolk
Herald.

TILE ANTI-CORN-LAW DINNER.—We understand that
it has been decided to invite to the dinner, on the 9th of next
month, every member of parliament, who voted in favour of
Mr. Villiers's motion. It is intended to erect a pavilion
spacious enough to seat upwards of two thousand persons ;
but the site has not yet been fixed upon,—Manchester
Guardian.

Viscountess Burghersh is employed on a painting of great
magnitude, which it is said will occupy her ladyship little
short of four years. From the artistical talents displayed in
the portrait of the Countess of Morniugton, mother of the
Duke of Wellington, little doubt remains but that her lady-
ship will not disappoint the lovers of the fine arts in her
approaching production.

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD AND COVEN-
TRY.—We regret to announce the death of the Bishop of
Lichfield and Coventry. This event, which has been for
some time anticipated from the evident breaking-up of the
Right Rev. Prelate's constitution, will occasion deep and
extensive regret. His lordship expired on Wednesday, at the
Episcopal Palace, Lichfield.

Rome is full ; Lords Clarendon, Meath, de Mauley, Har-
rowby, Beverley, and Granby, and the Hon. Bertre Percy,
are named in one batch of arrivals, with about 300 English
names. The Duke of Bordeaux is at Rome for the winter.
The Duke of Torten° and the Countess of Coventry keep
open house every evening to Italian, Russian, and English
fashionables.

There have been more potatoes planted in Cheshire, which
supplies principally the great markets of Manchester and
Liverpool, this spring, than has been the case for many years.
caused, no doubt, by the present scarcity of that indispensa-
ble article of food, and the unusual length of time afforded
by the dry season, in getting the land into suitable condition
to receive the sets.—North Cheshire Reformer.
The aurora borealis was visible on the 3d ult., at termuda,
and at the very same time—allowing for the difference of the
four hours in the meridians of the two places—the same phe-
nomena were remarkably attendant on the " northern dawn"
in London.

LATE HARVEST.-There is a field of barley standing in
stook on Wetheral Common, being the last in that neighbour-
hood. In the same parish the barley harvest commenced
early in the month of August, and ended in the month of
December.— Carfisle Patriot.

Mr. John Rutherford, of Lower Sackville-street, Dublin,
has had the honour of submitting the plan upon which the
Lords of the Treasury are to bring the new system of postage
into operation, the particulars of which will he made public
in a few days.

A. few days since one of the hounds of the East Suffolk
pack deliberately walked into Barritt's cook-shop at Wood-
bridge, and in a few seconds ate tarts and broke dishes to
about five shillings value, when be made his way out, evidently
satisfied with his unusual repast —Essex Standard.

An action for libel has been brought by Mr. Jones, ex-
Sheriff of Dublin, against the proprietor of the Dublin
_evening Mail. The action was tried on Tuesday, in the
Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, when a verdict was re-
turned for the plaintiff, with £3OO damages. The sum of
£2OOO was demanded !

As a proof of her Majesty's early attachment to her intended
consort, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Queen's pre-
ceptress, is said to have remarked that, when children together,
the princess could never be prevailed upon to attend to her
studies while the young prince, her cousin, was in the room.
—Argus.

If the Siberian sow-thistle shuts at night, the evening will
be fine; if it opens, it will be cloudy and rainy. If the
African marigold continues shut after seven in the morning,
rain is at hand. Tire convaculus arvensis, caleneula flavialis,
and the anagalis arvensis, or poor man's weather glass, close
at the approach of rain.

ErgcTioN FOR SOUTHWARK.—There are now no less
than four candidates in the field canvassing for this boiough,
viz.—Mr. Walter, Mr. Benjamin Wood, Mr. Arthur Rose,
and the rejected of Bath, Mr. John Arthur Roebuck ! A
most active canvass is going on in all parts of Southwark,
and there is very little doubt of the contest being a very
severe one.

Mr. Roadnight, of Cuddington, has a sow in his posses-
sion; of the " anti-Malthusiati" breed, which last week
brought forth the unusual number of nineteen live pigs!
Strange as this may seem, it was exceeded by a sow which
belonged to Mr. James Wheeler, jun., of this town, and
which, at two fcllowing litters, brought forth 40 pigs-21 and
19.—A vlesbury News.

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has directed that any
officer of the Irish constabulary force, who shall give, accept,
or be concerned in any challenge to fight a duel upon any
pretext, or under any provocation, shall be punished with
instant dismissal. As there are nearly 500 officers in this
force, a large proportion of whom have held commissions in
the British army, the order is most important.
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A TICKLISH QUESTION.—Perhaps some member of the
Infallible Church, learned in traditionary lore, though not
mighty in the Scriptures, would have the kindness to solve
the following question :—Peter, an apostle, died A.D. 66.
John, the apostle, survived him forty years. Was John sub-
ject to the tuccessor of Peter Au answer simply in the
affirmative or negative won't do. A reason must be assigned.
—Dublin Statesman.

The British Museum may now boast of being the first in
the world for Egyptian collections • it possesses the Rosette
Stone, the Tablet of Abydos, and (since the acquisition of the
Anastasi collection) all the historical papyra in Europe. May
not the hope be held out that some savant, who possesses
time and taste for their research, will apply himself to the
elucidation of these documents.

HAPPINESS of ANINIA.I.S.—It is impossible to view the
cheerfulness and happiness of animals and birds without
pleasure, and it is astonishing how much man might do to
lessen the misery of those creatures which are given to him
for either food, use, or pleasure, if he were so inclined ; in-
stead of which he often exercises a degree of wanton tyranny
and cruelty over them which cannot be too much deprecated,
and for which, no doubt, he will oue day be held accounta-
ble. Autrnals are so capable of showing gratitude and affec-
tion to those who are kind to them, that I never see them
subjected to ill-treatment without feeling the utmost abhor-
rence of those who are inflicting it. I know many persons
like myse;f who take a pleasure in seeing all the animals about
them appear happy and contented : my old nag, when he
sees me coming, always expects the accustomed piece of
bread or apple, and I seldom disappoint him. A poor horse
.continually whipped at first steps out quicker, but soon flags
under the constant impulse, and to make him stir requires
constant beating. How different from the horse who, fed
with wholesome food, is allowed to go his own steady pace,
and who, not driven beyond his nature, performs his journey
well and freshly !

We copy the following from the government evening official
journal of yesterday :—REMARKABLE OPERATION.-011
Saturday, the 16th instant, at Steyning, an old lady, now 83
years of age, performed the operation of shaving, without the
aid of spectacles, on four men, one of them older than her-
self, and the other three between 60 and 70. The operatrix,
it should be added, for 20 years or more conducted the shav-
ing business of Steyning and its neighbourhood, but had not
renewed her art till the above occasion. The old lady did
the job admirably, her hand being firm, quick, and steady,
and her eyesight perfect.—Globe. [This appears a rather
singular amusement for an old " lady." We had no sus-
picion, until the Globe vouched for the fact, that shaving was
considered one of the elementary' branches of education
aoongst ladies, and yet such must have been the ease, or how
did this " old lady" acquire her proficiency ? Perhaps, how-
ever, she was a Whig, and with them shaving (close shaving)
comes by nature. The most surprising part of the affair
consists, according to the Globe, in having found somebody
"older than herself" to submit to the operation. We think
so too.]—Morning Herald.

It is a singular circumstance, that of four female Sove-
reigns that have occupied the throne of England, not one
ever was a mother. Three out of the four were married :
the first Mary, married to Philip of Spain—the second Mary,
joined in the sovereignty with her ever-to-be-remembered
husband, the hero of the Boyne—and Anne, married to
Prince George of Denmark—Elizabeth never was married.
None of the three, however, left a child to inherit her crown.
MORTALITY AT LONGRIDGE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
—Scarcely was there ever a period when sickness and death
prevailed in this neighbourhood as they do at present. The
small-pox, typhus fever, and other diseases equally distress-
ing, have carried off their victims almost at all places they
have visited. The young especially, and those who were the
most likely for life, have, in several instances, been carried
away to the grave at very short warnings.
POPULOUSNESS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.—The num-
ber of inhabitants to a square mile in England and Wales is
at present about 265. In Westmoreland, there are little
more than 70; and in Lincolnshire, almost a purely agricul-
tural country, there are about 120. Mr. Farr states, that
in the East and West London. Unions the number of inha-
bitants to a square mile is 186,046, and that the greatest
density attained in the heart of English cities is 243,000 to a
geographical square mile.—Companion to Almanac for 1840.
A very smart shock of earthquake was felt here yesterday
morning, 13etween three and four o'clock. It awoke us out
of a sound sleep, the shock continuing about fifteen seconds
after. It was felt by two other persons in the house, one of
whom was awakened by it, as we had been. We are very
apprehensive that these frequent shocks (this the second
within three weeks) are the forerunners of some dreadful
convulsion.—Barbadoes Liberal, Oct. 12.

A NOBLE PlloPosAL.—We perceive by the last number of
the British Temperance Advocate„ that the committee of
the British Association for the Promotion of Temperance
propose to distribute gratuitously during the ensuhig year,
ten thousand copies per month of that useful and valuable
production, among ministers of the gospel, medical men,
members of parliament, magistrates, coroners, &c., in all
parts of the kingdom. This is an attempt to enlighten the
minds of the people on a truly magnificent scale, and de-
serves the encouragement of every moral and social reformer
in the land. As we are fully persuaded that much ignorance
and misconception prevails among all classes with respect to
the true nature and effects of intoxicating liquors—ignorance
and misconception which have produced, and are still pro
ducing, incalculable injury to society, we trust that the com-
mittee will receive all thdassistance necessary for the accom-
plishment of their praiseworthy object.
CANINE SYMPATHY.—A French poodle, named " Nap,"
domesticated at the lodge at Llantarnam Abbey, was returned
missing on the evening of Tuesday last. Being a favourite,
much anxiety was felt for his recovery, but all search was in-
effectual, and he was given up for lost. On the following
morning, however, one of the under-keepers, in traversing
the park, had his attention arrested by " Nap," who ran to-
wards him, and by all kinds of canine gestures, sought to
direct his steps to a particular spot. On arriving there he
found a spaniel securely caught in a trap laid for the capture
of certain prowling grimalkins, which are found to be destruc-
tive to the game. It was then remembered that this spaniel
had departed with the poodle, and on being trapped it ap-
peared that the poodle in his attempt to liberate his compa-
nion had gnawed the wood, but finding his efforts ineffectual,
it is presumed he had laid down all night with his captured
friend. The moment the under-keeper appeared an oppor-
tunity presented itself of rescue, which he was not slow in
taking advantage of.—Merlin.

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. - On Sunday se'nnight'
about eleven-o'clock in the evening, the family of Mr. R.
Keys, Cinque Ports pilot, Limekiln. street, were alarmed by a
loud knocking at the doors, and apparently against the wains-
cot in the passage, which continued without intermission
for some time. On the following morning the:noises again
commenced, and have continued at intervals every day since,
but during this week the knocking has not been near so loud,
sometimes being scarcely heard. Every exertion has been
made to find out the cause, but hitherto without success.
The floor of the cellar has been removed, and the pannels
closely examined, without the least satisfactory result. It
was supposed that the noise might proceed from the cement
works of Mr. Walker, near the premises, or from some of
the excavations in the cliff, but hitherto no satisfactory cause
can be assigned for this myterious circumstance. The family
were at first much alarmed, but are now more reconciled to
their strange annoyance. We have seen an account pub-
lished in an old magazine, of a similar circumstance that
occurred in a house at Dundee, the origin of which was never
discovered.—Dover Telegraph.

THE OLD TRICK AGAIN.—On Thursday last, Mr. James
Clark, of Ulverston, hoop-maker, who had come from Li-
verpool to Manchester by the twelve-o'clock train, was ac-
costed on coming from the station by a person having all the
appearance of a gentleman, who asked him what part of the
town he was going to. Clark said he was going to Dale-
street, but was a stranger in Manchester. The gentleman
then said he would show him where Dale-street was, and
took him to the Olive Branch public-house in Sackville-
street, where they got something to drink, and entered into
conversation. The gentleman, having discovered that Clark
came from Ulverston, said he knew Ulverston well, and he
had married the sister of the Rev. Mr. Gwyllym, of that
place. He added that he had got two pieces of silver of an-
cient date, which he could like to send to Mr. Gwyllym, and
asked Clark if he would take them. Clark said he would ;
but his companion then said he was afraid he would lose
them, and suggested that they should be put with his other
money. Clark agreed to this, and said he would put them in
his purse, and he should then be sure to take pare of them.
The gentleman then asked for the purse, saying he would put
the two pieces of silver in it, and wrap them all up together.
Clark gave him the purse, which contained 26 sovereigns ;
and the gentleman apparently wrapped it up in a piece of
brown paper, and put it into his fob to be safe, and the two
then went out of the house together. As soon as they got
out, the gentleman, pretending to recollect something, turned
back, saying to Clark, " Stay by this post till I come."
Clark stayed accordingly for about a quarter of an hour, when
he began to suspect all was not right, and taking the parcel
out of his fob examined it, and, instead of his 26 sovereigns
and the two pieces of silver, found that it contained-34d.
The sharper, it is almost needless to say, made clear off with
his booty, and has not since been heard of.—Manchester
Guardian.

THE STOCKPORT VIADUCT.—The flood on Friday, caused
by the late rains, has done considerable damage to the pre-
parations for constructing the river arch (63 feet span) of the
viaduct of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway which
extends over the Mersey. By half-past two o'clock in the
afternoon, the water broke in upon the dam, which had been
partially completed, for the foundation of the abutment on
the south or Cheshire aide ; and, in about two hours after-
wards,- the river had risen near twelve feet above its regular
level, threatening inevitable destruction to the whole of the
wood work, the first evidence of which was the forcing of the
iron pointed piles which had been driven a great depth into the
bed of the river. This gave the water such an additional
power, and defied the. workmen from averting the damage
which almost immediately followed, that Mr. Pauling, the
engineer, who was at that moment upon the temporary rail-
way over the river, desired the men to secure all the loose
timber, and take care of themselves. Immediately afterwards,
the whole of the scaffolding on the Cheshire side was carried
away, including the supports of the engine and boiler. This
was followed by the bearers and the temporary or working
railway itself, upon which a large " crab" was propelled ; and
presently the engine and boiler fell into the river, together
with the stupendous timbers supporting the working railway
to the opposite side of the river ; and the whole of the con-
struction disappeared with the flood, leaving but a few planks
standing. All connection between the Lancashire and
Cheshire abutments was thus destroyed in a very short time ;
and the ony step which prompted itself was the security of
the valuable property which had been carried away by the
flood. The workmen were then despatched with waggons
and carts to Cheadle and Northenden, to regain possession
of the floating property. A considerable quantity was ar-
rested in its progress at Brinksway ; and ultimately between
£3OO and £4OO of the damaged timber were, at considerable
labour and expense, saved at the above places, and also at
Jackson's Bridge, Stretford, by Wednesday. The real damage
has been variously stated at £l,OOO and £1,200; but we are
authorized by Mr. Pauling to say, that it will not amount to
more than from £2OO to £3OO. Several persons have been
apprehended on charges of stealing timber which had been
thrown upon the banks on the receding of the waters at
Northen and the neighbourhood, a more immediate report of
which will be found elsewhere. We understand, that, despite
of this accident, and the unfavourable period of the season, the
contractors contemplate making another attempt in the course
of a week or ten days to re-erect the works, and, if practica-
ble, to push on the completion of the south abutments, and
so to interrupt the entire erection of the viaduct as little as
possible. If the effort fails, the work must necessarily stand
over till spring. We understand that the exact situations of
the boiler, engine, and " crab," have been discovered, and
that they will be lifted out of the river at a favourable oppor-
tunity.—Stockport Advertiser.

Less than twenty years ago Watson and Thistlewood
could, upon the shortest notice, collect their mobs of 20,000
or 30,000 in the centre of London. Now, it is notorious,
that after the largest preparation, the chartists cannot collect
one-tenth of the number. 'Whence the difference ? The
new police : Folly ! One of the Thistlewood mobs would
trample the whole body of the new police under their feet.
No, it is not the new police, but to the new churches, the
happy change is to be assigned—the new churches which are
filled exactly in the same ratio as their numbers increase ;
and as they are filled, in even a greater proportion, thin the
ranks of the disaffected. Will not the nation grow wise by
these lessons ? Will not even they who care only for the
things of this world, learn to choose between a government
that gives them all the elements of ultimate confusion—sedi-
tion, trades' unions, beer-shops, and a population without a'
God ; and a government that, by raising up a religious
people, would surround property and order with a wall of
steel ?—Standard.

THE RIVAL WESTERN RAILWAY LINES IN SCOTLAND.
—Considerable discussion is now going on in the north re-
specting the western lines into Scotland. Two have been
proposed from Lancaster to Carlisle, one by way of White-
haven, over Morecambe Bay, end along the coast to Mary-
port, to join the Maryport and Carlisle railway ; and the
other, an inland line, from the North Union railway, at
Preston, by Penrith to Carlisle. The easier gradients are
no doubt by the coast line ; but then the embankment for
ten miles over Morecambe Bay, and two more over Dutton
Sands, exposed to all the fury of the Western Ocean, is a
most formidable undertaking. There appears also to be 90
miles of railway to make instead of 60 by the inland line.
On the other hand, the works of the inland line are reported
to be heavy, and the country far from easy. It is true there
may be only 60 miles to make ; but, if these 60 are more in-
tractable and expensive than the 90, and more difficult to
work after being made, nothing will be gained by the shorter
distance. The whole question of preference will then turn
upon the time saved by the 30 miles less, the expense of the
two lines, and the relative advantages of the intermediate
traffic. We confess we have not data enough before us to
determine the question of preference, and we are exceedingly
unwilling to hazard an imperfect opinion. One of the lines,
we presume, will be made ; but we think great caution should
be exercised in the selection. Very little doubt exists in our
mind, that whichever line obtains the parliamentary sanc-
tion will command traffic to insure an ample return for the
outlay.—Railway Magazine.

CLERICAL QUALIFICATIONS.—The Speaker has appointed
the Rev. Mr. Andrews (a sound reformer, and a voter for
Mr. Byng at the last election for the county of Middlesex)
as his chaplain.—Globe. In announcing this appointment
the ministerial hurdygurdy,—we beg pardon, the Government
evening organ,—by no means minces the matter. To enable
a clergyman to perform the duties of chaplain to a whig
speaker, it is requisite that he should he what ! an emi-
nent divine, a sound moralist, a man of high attainments and
strict rectitude of character? No, none of these things are
necessary ! He must be " a sound reformer," in the first
instance ; and then, if he has the advantage of having " voted
for Mr. Byng at the last election for Middlesex," he becomes
duly qualified to minister to the spiritual comforts of Mr.
Shaw Lefevre. Mr. Andrews may be a very estimable and
orthodox personage : we dcubt not that he is both ; but we
cannot bring ourselves to think that voting for Middlesex is
a clergyman's best qualification for preparing others for a
better life. Why, at the period of Mr. Byng's election, Mr.
Frost was not only " a sound reformer,' but a whig magis-
trate to boot, and had he possessed a vote in Middlesex,
would, unquestionably, have given it to Mr. Byng. If Mr.
Frost could have been induced to take orders—instead of
giving them, he might now have been one of the Speaker's
chaplains. On the principle of Mr. Andrews's appointment,
Lord Melbourne might just as well have selected Lord Nor-
'manby for the office of Home Secretary on account of his
theatrical qualifications. But perhaps he did. Morning
Herald. .

A few days ago Mr. Thomas Robson, or Thorney-Burn,
put up a covey of partridges, half a dozen in number, and
firing one of the barrels of his gun shot the whole.—Newcastle
Journal.

The river Tyne was on Friday and Saturday last swollen to
an unusual height. Several ships, steam-boats, and other
craft, were driven from their moorings both at Newcastle and
Shields.—Durham Advertiser.

Loid (4ardiner, who has been on a visit to Lord Worsley,
while out hunting the other day, leaped over the immense
stone wall into Noxton-park from the turn-pike road. The
wall is more than six feet and a half high—Lincoln Chronicle.
A DESPERATE FELLOW—A rogue at the west has stolen
a lot of newspaper accounts.—Post P. (The rascal deserves
no mercy—he should be sent to collect them).—Toronto
Examiner.

CuismnE ELECTION.—We understand that a requisition
from the freeholders of this division of the county is in the
course of signature, calling upon George Cornwall Legh,
Esq., of High Legh, to allow himself to be put forward as a
candidate for the representation of North Cheshire.—Stock-
port Advertiser.

YEAR OF THE WouLn.—The first day of the year 1840 of
the Christmas-era will be the 25th of the month Thebet in
the year of the world 5600, according to the Jewish account ;
the cbmimmcement of the year 7348, according to the Con-
stantinopolitan account ; and the beginning of the year 7332,
according to the Alexandrian account.—British Almanac.
Mr. Stephenson having resigned his situation as engineer
of the Carlisle and Maryport Railway, a meeting of the di-
rectors was, in consequence, lately held at Aspatria, when
Mr. Blackmore, the engineer of the Newcastle and Carlisle
Railway, was appointed to fill the vacant office. It is ex-
pected that a portion of the line will be opened to the public
in the course of the ensuing year.—Newcastle Journal.
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. maybe seen at present,

at Mr. John Hine's, of Seaville Court,Hohne Cufteam, a
cur bitch, performing the office of wet nurse to a black kit-
ten, whose mother lately met with an untimely death. The
cur evinces the greatest fondness for the kitten, and had been
deprived of a litter of puppies only a few days previous to
her taking charge of it.—Carlisle Patriot.
RARE FISH.—A very fine specimen of the " Maigree,"
Scitena Aquila, Cuv., one of the largest of scaly fishes, was
caught in the river Tyne, on Monday last, by one of the men
on board a steam-tug, with a boat hook• The specimen
measures 5 feet 2 inches in length. It has been purchased
for the Natural History Society, and is now in course of
preservation for the Newcastle Museum. This is the fifth
specimen recorded as having been taken on the British shores.
—Newcastle Journal.
On Tuesday evening as the Mercury, Birmingham coach,
was proceeding towards Birmingham, shortly after leaving
Droitwich, a man on horseback, supposed from his appear-
ance to be a drover, rode between the leaders, owing, as it is
supposed, to the darkness of the night, and being thrown off,
fractured his skull in au appalling manner, and died almost
immediately. Fortunately no accident happened to the
coach. Not the slightest blame attaches to Ladd, the driver
of the Mercury, than whom a steadier or better whip is not
on the road.—Ten Town's Messenger.
CONSOLATION FOR THE REJECTED.---TherC are some men
born to be knocked about from pillar to post—a fate which
appears to pursue the present race of Whig candidates for par-
liamentary honours in general, and poor Mr. Ewart most
particularly. It has been rumoured that Lord Melbourne,
wishing to give the suspicious radicals a still further assurance
of what he intends to do, contemplated the introduction of
Mr. Ewart to the glorious company of the Sheils, O'Ferralls,
&c. The unfortunate gentleman, however; found out that his
old luck was at his heels, and that if he ventured to leave his
present place of refuge in Scotland, his return would after-
wards be inevitably prevented. In this dilemma he inquired
what chance there was of his taking sanctuary at Roxburgh;
denied admission there too, in terms which left no hope, he
once more felt the pulses of the radicals at Liverpool ; but
there is no "cut and come again" with that immasculate
body, without paying off old scores. The last desperate re-
source was to make another attempt upon Marylebone ; but
though Thompson was plucked, uno avulso non deficit alter
—up jumped Master Young as a rival for the sweet voices of
the Kensetts and Cardos. Liverpool ! what have you not to
answer for, having first stamped the mark of the " wanderer"
upon so rare a man ? " I felix guce amiserit ! Inyrata
qua ejecerit !" Nethertheless he bath at last one consola-

iion. 'He will shortly have plenty of companions in his misery.
How sweet to study constitutional law with a Wilde—to con-
trive ballot-boxes and other nick-nacks with a Grote—or to
make nonsense verses with a Macaulay ! If they could manage
to raise a club-house amongst them it would not only be sure
to fill well as a pecuniary speculation ; but, safe from the
sneers and the jeers of the world, they might pass the re-
mainder of their days in the obscurity for which nature ori-
ginally intended them. Happy fellows after all—as Virgil
says of those who are doomed to the plough tail—if they did
but know it !—Morning Herald.
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL.—Great pre-
parations are in progress for the commencement of the fifth
anniversary of the Loyal and Constitutional Association, on
Tuesday, the 17th inst. In addition to the President's
dinner at the Royal Hotel, dinners will also take place at
the Vauxhall Tavern, the Union, the Nelson, the White
Hart, the George,' the King's Head, Worcester-street ; the
King's Head, Dudley-street ; the Rose and Crown, Edsbas-
ton-street ; and the Fountain, Cheapside. Other dinners
are also spoken of, and an enthusiastic celebration may be
ex pecte d.—Birmingham Advertiser.
GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—The Directors
of the Great North of England Railway have suspended any
further proceedings with regard to the line of road through
the County of Durham, until the government engineers, now
employed on a survey, have completed their work, and
made their report to the Home Office ; and it is anticipated
that their report will, in a great measure, influence the de-
cision of the board as to the line to be adopted. The line
for which the company obtained an act of parliament a con-
siderable time ago, is attended with most formidable diffi-
culties, and considered almost impracticable.—Newcastle
Journal. •

REPRESENTATION OF OLDHAM.—In consequence of 'a
rumour, which has been circulated by the Chartist leaders, to
the effect that O'Connor was likely to be brought forward
by his party as a candidate for Oldham, a report has been
prevalent amongst respectable persons who take an interest in
politics, that General Johnson, one of the representatives,
was about to resign. These representations now appear to
be erroneous, and to have arisen from the imprudent zeal of
the O'Connorites, whose " wish" was no doubt " father to
the thought." If it were likely O'Connor was to be intro..'
duced at Oldham for electioneering purposes, his success
would be hazardous.—.Polton ChromCle•
" SENATORIAL" Qu4uncA.TioN.--,-The Globe, like Phi-
losopher Square, seems bent on demonstrating the extreme
" fitness of things." it having been already shown by that
admirable whig journal, that a clergyman's merit depends
upon the complexion of his political creed, we are now in-
formed what it is that renders a man a desirable candidate for
parliamentary honours, in the eyes of reformers. In the
Globe of last night is the following paragraph :—" MR.
ATTWOOD.—This gentleman, so well known for his con-
nection with the memorable case of Small and Attwood, has
purchased the Highlands, the seat of Mr. Labouchere, near
Chelmsford, and the Reformers of Essex being on the qui
vire, have fixed their eyes on him, as a man who would not
object to spending £lO,OOO in an election contest
.for the
county at the first opportunity." Pure, amiable, disinter-
ested Reformers of Essex ! They have " fixed their eyes"
on " a man who would not object to spending £10,000"
amongst them. No doubt of it; and if Mr. Attwood were
willing to spend £20,000 instead of £lO,OOO, they would
" fix their eyes on him" so much the more. The Reformers
of Essex are wise in their generation, Mr. B— may be
an excellent man ; Mr. C— a "sound reformer ;" Mr.
D-- a consistent politician ; but then, perchance, Messieurs
B, sC, and D, might ' object," or be unable, to spend
£lO,OOO in a contested election. " The man for our maney,"
say the reformers of Essex, " is the man who has money—
the man who can fork out handsomely. The reformers of
Essex are actuated by the purest motives ;—they are deter-
mined to defeat the machinations of their political antago-
nists, and appeal, not to public virtue or patriotism, or
purity of election"—those are bygone themes ; they rather
prefer a candidate who can " stand Sam," and make it worth
their while for them to record their reforming votes. Mr.
Attwood must be a catch indeed in these hard times. No
wonder the lofty-minded reformers of Essex are " on the
qui vive."—Morning Herald.

SOCIALISM DEFEATED AT HUDDERSFIELD.—On Monday
and Tuesday last, a public discussion on Socialism took place
in the Philosophical Hall, at Huddersfield, between Mr.
Brindley, the celebrated anti-socialist lecturer, and Mr.
Hollick, a Social Missionary, in which the former undertook
to prove that the fundamental principles of socialism are un-
sound, atheistical, and immoral. Each of the disputants
nominated their own chairman, Mr. George Mallinson being
named by Mr. Brindley, and Mr. Owen by Mr. Hollick. At
the conclusion of the second discussion the meeting resolved.
by overwhelming majorities that Mr. Brindley had made
good his positions, and a vote of thanks was unanimously
voted to him. Mr. Brindley has since challenged Mr. Owen
himself.—Leeds Intelligencer.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—On the evening of Sunday last, a
stranger of genteel appearance and address called at alehouse
of Mr. Thornton, innkeeper, at Sacriston, near this city, and
asked for refreshment and lodgings, After sitting for three
hours over a pipe and a glass of ale without entering into con-
versation with any of the company, he retired to bed, de-
siring to be called up at an early hour in the morning, as his
time was most precious to him. On being roused about six
o'clock on Monday morning, he said he had an order from
the agents of the colliery to inspect the workings. The land-
lord, himself working at the colliery, offered to shew him to
the pits, but his services were declined, and the stranger pro-
ceeded alone. A few yards from the house he met with a
pitman whom, under the same pretence, he induced to change
clothes with him. lie never proceeded to thepits, has never
received any orders to view them, and has not since been
heard of. He was about 5 feet 11 inches in height, rather thin,
and was dressed in a very genteel suit of black. His coat
and trousers were pierced in corresponding places in a trian-
gular form.—Durham Advertiser.

PROLIFIC roraToEs.-7-An experiment bas been made,
during the past season, by Captain Banks, of Kirk Onchan,
on the potato known among the agriculturists by the name
of mangel wurzel, (so called from its colour,) the result of
which is as follows ;—From a single potato, planted whole,
the produce, when dug up last week, was thirty-one pounds.
From two of the same description, which were cut into sets
in the usual way, the yield amounted to the amasing increase
of one hundred and eighteen pounds. A single potatoe
weighed four and a half, and many others three to four
pounds. We have this statement from a respectable individual,
on whose veracity we can depend, and who weighed them on
the spot.—Cumberland Herald,

SPLENDID PORTRAIT !—The walls of Kidderminster have
been decorated, during the past week, with large placards,
containing a most important announcement—of which the
following is a copy ;—" Give your orders immediately for
the Northern Star, to ensure the splendid portrait of John
Frost, specimens of which may be seen. Agent for Kid-
derminster, Mr. J. Richards, Black Star-street." Bravo !
This is certainly one way of acquiring notoriety ! Give your
orders immediately," says the placard—that is, delay not a
moment to possess yourself of the splendid portrait of such
a great man ! An individual who has been the cause of in-
ducing numbers of hitherto peaceable mechanics and la-
bourers, to forsake their lawful avocations, and engage in
open rebellion against the government of their country, must
undoubtedly•he an object of anxious solicitude and affec-
tionate regard !! ! By the bye, how complimentary this is
to Lord John Russell—that a magistrate of his creation
should in so short a time acquire such reputation and esteem !
—Ten Town's Messenger.

EXTRAORDINARY Pox HUNT.—Wednesday last was the
day appointed for the annual hunt dinner given by Mr. Car-
ruthers, cf Stanwix, and it had been announced that a bag
fox should be turned out on the occasion, in consequence of
which a large company assembled at the inn in the morning.
They were, however, destined to be disappointed. The
fox was being carried to the rendezvous by a boy who walked
about forty yards behind Cowan, the huntsman, and his
dogs, but when at Newtown reynard bit his bearers back,
in consequence of which the boy immediately dropped the
bag and the fox made his escape. Cowen immediately laid
the dogs on the scent and followed on foot, accompanied by
some other pedestrians and one or two horsemen. After a
severe run, with many doubles, the fox was taken alive at
Parton in a singular manner. Some labourers, at work in a
field, hearing the cry of the hounds approaching, looked
round and saw the fox stuck fast in a hedge, exhausted and
unable to move. They bagged him and kept the hounds at
bay until Cowan came. The fox will be turned out at Stan-
wix on Tuesday next. In the evening a numerous party as.-
sembled at Mrs. Carruthers and partook of an excellent
dinner and capital wine.—Carlisle Patriot.

BRIGHTON.—The Pavilion is to be deserted this season,
for it is now said at head-quarters, that as Parliament is to
assemble in January, public business will demand her Ma-
jesty's presence in town. It was thought, and in well-in-
formed circles, that the Queen would pass at least three weeks
at the Pavilion from the last week in December until the se-
cond-week in January, but I am now enabled to say not the
slightest doubt remains as to the uncertainty of her Majesty
and court residing here this season. The fact is, it cannot
be disguised, the Queen is not partial to Brighton or its Pa-
vilion.—Correspondent of Morning Herald.
The deer-park at Taymouth Castle contains seven hundred
fallow-deer, nearly a hundred red-deer, some fine specimens
of the black deer, and you can move in no direction without
starting the light-footed roe ; and in a small paddock to the
east of the deer-park are to be seen some fine specimens of
the moose deer, which are so tame that they will come up
and fawn upon you. There are also some wild Indian buf-
faloes, sent to this country a few months ago, by Sir W. D.
Stewart, Bart., of Murthly Castle and Grantully, front the
rocky mountains of the New World.
THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.—Of the govern-
ments of South America, is now organised, we present to our
readers the following list of presidents :—Mexico, General
Bustamente ; Guatemala—this republic is broken up into as
many independent states as there were formerly provinces.
The confederation is dissolved. New Granada, Dr. Mar-
ques ; Venezuela, Gen. Paez ; Ecuador, General Flores ;
Brazil, Don Pedro 11., Emperor ; during his minority the
empire is administered by a regent. Buenos Ayres, General
Rosas ; Uruguay, General Rivera ; Chili, General Prieto ;
Bolivia, General Velasco ; Peru, General Gamarra.
RUMOURED MARRIAGES IN HIGE LIFE.—The Marquis
of Douglas, it is said, is shortly to be united to the beautiful
Miss Stuart, the youngest daughter of Lady Stuart de Ro-
thesay, and co-heiress with Viscountess Canning. The Hon.
Mr. Maynard will be united in the spring to the Hon. Miss
Murray, second daughter of the late Lord Glenlyon, and
niece to the Dukes of Northumberland and Athol. It is
also reported that a noble marquis, recently become a wi-
dower, already contemplates an union with the only daugh-
ter of one of our royal dukes.
STATISTICS OF CRIME IN PRESTON DURING THE LAST
YEAR.—On casting up the books at the Police-office, for the
year commencing on the 2nd of December, 1838, and termi-
nating on the 2nd of December, 1839, we find, that during
that period, thirteen hundred and sixty-four persons have
been taken into custody on charges of misdemeanour ; four
hundred and sixty-eight charged with felony ; seven on
charges of uttering counterfeit coin ; and eleven for embez-
zlement,--making in all eighteen hundred and seventy cases
heard and disposed of at the Town-hall during the twelve
months. These charges have all been entered at the Lock-
up ; they comprise the charges made by the police on duty
in all parts of the town, and at all periods of the day and
night.—Preston Pilot.
EXCESSIVE DEPRESSION OF TRADES.—:We regret to
state, that trade in all its branches is exceedingly depressed
in this town. Complaints of slackness in demand, and scar-
city of money are everywhere rife, and very painful appre-
hensions are entertained as to the prospect of the approach-
ing winter. We have heard it stated, during the week, that
unless there is a speedy and favourable change in the com-
mercial aspect, it will'be difficult for a large and respectable
class of tradesmen, including a portion of the cotton trade,
to weather the storm until next spring. We earnestly hope,
that at the turn of the year, things may assume a more cheer-
ing countenance, and that of the gloom which has so long
and so severely pervaded the cotton districts may give way
to corresponding activity and cheerfulness.—Preston Pilot.
ENQUIRY INTO THE BANKRUPT LAWS.—A commission
has been sent down by her Majesty the Queen, directed to
Mr. Justice Erskine, Commissioners Evans, Fonblanque,
and Holroyd ; also Commissioner Law, of the Insolvent
Debtors' Court ; W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. ; Wynn Ellis,
Esq., M.P. ; B. Hawes, Esq., M.P. ; J. Hankey, Esq.,
banker; G. C. Glyn, Esq., hanker ; and Horsley Palmer,
Esq., for the purpose of enquiring into the present state of
the laws relating to bankrupts and insolvent debtors, and the
administration thereof, and to ascertain whether it be expe-
dient to make any alterations therein ; and particularly to
enquire into and report whether the several courts, by which
the laws are now administered, may not be beneficially uni-
ted, or so arranged as to co-operate with and assist each
other ; and by what means the full benefit of such laws may
be secured, and the better administration thereof provided
for throughout the country at large. The commission will
be formally opened (as we were informed) this day.—Gar-
deners' Gazette.

GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK.—Pot, glass,
or plant, whatever may remain of the flowering bulbs, ac-
cording as they are wanted to force or bloom in open ground.
Dig and lay up in-ridges all vacant ground not intended for
immediate cropping : the effects of frost will penetrate much
farther than if it be levelled on the surface. Prepare for
matting up and protecting half-hardy shrubs and plants in
the open ground. It is better to• have these protections so
contrived as to be removed always in mild weather. Pro-
ceed with all kinds of planting, all garden alterations, re-
movals of trees and shrubs, &c. Look well to auriculas,
take off dead leaves, see they do not get wet, and give air
whenever the weather is dry and not frosty.—Gardeners'
Gazette.
A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A person in the employ of
the trustees of the late Earl of Dudley, at Cane Colliery, was
working down the pit loading coal and slack, and after work-
ing some time lost a watch, worth about 4:4. After looking
a considerable time in the pit for it, he thought it likely that
it might have slipped from his pocket, got into the skip, and
so have been taken up the pit. He immediately ascended
and enquired on the bank if any one had seen it. Being
answered in the negative, he immediately went to the canal
where they were loading boats with slack from the pit, to see
if he could find it, and after carefully looking amongst the
slack in the boat, found the watch uninjured, not even the
glass being broken, although this slack had been takri a
mile from the pit and thrown into the boat wholesale.—Staf-
fordshire Gazette.

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NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—We receive repeated commu-
nications in reference to two matters connected with the
N. U. Railway, to which we beg to call the particular atten-
tion of the directors, so that either the alleged evils may be
remedied, or that they may signify to the public their unwil-
lingness lo recognise them as evils. We allude to the rates
of charge for short distances, and the non-provision of fires
and other reasonable accommodation at the station houses.
We hope the worthy directors will, by either making the ne-
cessary arrangements, or by explicitly stating that they will
not do so, prevent our correspondents the trouble of writing
letters on the subject, and us the trouble of noticing them.—
Preston Chronicle.

KIDLAND COUNTIES' RAlLWAY.,—Although the rain has
occasioned considerable interruption to the making of the
embankment on the left of the Humberstone Road, the work
has gone on as usual towards Thurmaston, where, the earth
is removed by a steam-egine instead of horses. The same
mode is adopted near Leir, and consequently, in both quar-
ters, the work is progressing. The most difficult part of the
line,. and that upon which the least progress seems to be
made, is the cutting on the right of the London Road Bridge,
the soil of which, being of a wet, loose, sandy description,
prevents the workmen employed on it from getting on so ra-
pidly as on other parts of the undertaking. The passenger
and luggage station offices, near the London Road, are now
covered in, and will be completed in the ensuing year. The
depot for building and repairing carriages, upwards of 300
feet in length, is erected up to the first floor.—Leicester
Chronicle.

POULTON HERRING FISHERY.—During the last week the
fishermen at Poulton-by-the-Sands have made some of the
largest catches of herring almost ever known on the coast ;
every boat being almost alike successful. Previously the
poor fishermen had been most unlucky, and were beginning
to be quite dispirited. So scarce were herrings at the Lan-
caster market that they were selling no more than three and
four for a penny ; thus •the shoals not being to be met with
was not more unfortunate to the fishermen than it was to the
working classes in the neighbourhood. However, Provi-
dence has sent a grateful boon to both, the fish having been
taken in tens and twenties of thousands per boat. Poulton,
that pleasant little village, is now showing nothing but light
hearts and merry faces ; the buyers from Birmingham, Man-
chester, Preston, &c., are amongst them, and everything is
cheerfulness and bustle. The beach is thronged with the
wives and children of the fishermen unloading their boats ;
others again. in the village [are counting them into barrels,
and the road is lined with carts bearing them away to their
respective destinations, whilst in Lancaster, " Herrings,
fresh herrings, ten a penny," meets the ear in every street.
Long may it continue to do so.—Preston Pilot.
AN UNFORTUNATE AUTHOR.—A_person, who signs him-
self "Hardmah," and dates from " King's.road, Brighton,"
has addressed a letter "to the editors of newspapers in
Brighton," in which he " begs leave to acquaint" them that
he has " lost two hundred and some odd pounds by publish-
ing" his •" Descriptive Poem of the Battle of Waterloo,"
his " Petition to the House of Commons, and a few other
little things." He gives the .following details of his fruitless
exertions to force a sale :—" When I published my Descrip-
tive Poem of the Battle of Waterloo,' I paid three pounds
to some of the daily papers : and also one to all the monthly
and quarterly reviews. I placarded the streets from White-
chapel Church to Hyde-park-corner, aad so on all round
London. I presented a copy to the Lord Mayor in the
Mansion-house ; I had three men walking the streets with
boards on their backs three weeks ; I had my house in Ken-
sington-lane, close to Vauxhall-gardens, placarded all over;
they were acting the Battle of Waterloo in the gardens ; and
after all this enormous expense I only sold one sixpenny
number, and my publisher, Mr. Chappell, of the Royal Ex-
change, only sold seven numbers, so that we got four shil-
lings between us, for my laying out upwards of one hundred
pounds. I expended the same sum on my Petition•to the
House of Commons,' thinkint, that I should recover some
part of my former loss ; but alas ! I only sold seventeen six-
penny numbers of that petition. I have now only sold six-
teen numbers of my five letters."

APPREHENSION OF THE MURDERER OF MR. HARVEY
COMBE'S GAMEKEEPER.—Aboat two years ago a serious
affray took place in Cobham-park, Surrey, the seat of Mr.
Harvey Combe, between his gamekeepers and a gang of
poachers, and one of his gamekeepers was killed. A coro-
ner's jury subsequently returned a verdict of wilful murder
against a notorious character known as " Kingston Bill, the
cobbler, ” and some others. Two of Kingston Bill's com-
panions were subsequently taken into custody and convicted.
Their sentences were commuted to transportation for life,
and they are now irr New South Wales. Kingston Bill, who
was a most desperate fellow, and the terror of Kingston and
its vicinity, escaped the vigilance of the officers sent in all
directions after him, and was not heard of until Saturday
evening, when Mr. R. W. Cook, the inspector of the King-
ston police, having received information that he was on board
the collier brig Allison, of Hartlepool, lying in the river,
obtained the assistance of Mr. William Judge, an inspector
of the Thames police, and his boat's crew. On reaching the
ship they were informed that the man had gone ashore at
sunset, and was most probably in some of the public-houses
in the neighbourhood of Shadwell. After a long search the
two officers entered the tap-room of the Barley Mow, New
Gravel. lane, where the man they were in search of was found
smoking his pipe. On seeing Mr. Cook, Kingston Bill held
down his head, and endeavoured to escape observation. The
officers stepped up to him, and Mr. Cook tapped him on the
shoulder, and said, " Don't you know me, Bill ?" The man
sighed heavily, and said he did, and that it was all up with
him. He was immediately secured and lodged in the sta-
tion-house.—Staffordshire Gazette.
ANCIENT DRUNKARDS.—Dionysius the younger, accord-
ing to Aristotle, would sometimes continue in a state of in-
toxication for ninety days at a time,--a habit, the frequent
recurrence of which reduced him at last to total blindness.
The emperor Zeno daily drank himself into a state of insen-
sibility. In one of these fits of inebriety, his consort, Asi-
, adne, had him committed to the horrors of the tomb. Re-
turning consciousness revealed the dreadful situation in which
he had been placed by his folly and imprudence. His lamen-
table cries and entreaties, however, were suffered to pass
unheeded ; and the sensual tyrant, detested alike by his wife
and his subjects, was thus left to die a miserable death. The
conduct of Winceslaus, king of Bohemia, exhibits another
instance of the infatuating influence of strong drink. This
monarch visited Charles VI. at Rheims, A.D. 1397, in order
to treat with him on some important national affairs. The
wine of that country afforded him such unexpected pleasure,
that, rather than be diverted from the excess in which he
daily indulged, he consented to make certain important and
disadvantageous concessions. One of the monarchs of
Samba, in Africa, resigned his right to the throne, rather
than submit to be removed from the Portuguese settlements,
where he had ample opportunities of indulging hii fondness
for intoxicating liquors. Shawe O'Neil, the famous oppo-
nent of Queen Elizabeth, usually kept in his cellar, at Dun-
erurn, 200 tuns of wine, of which, as well as of usquebaugh,
he drank to such excess that his attendants were accustomed
to bury him in the earth chin-deep, untill the inflaming
effects of inebriation had become dissipated.—Mr. R. B.
Grindrod's " Bacchus."

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS ON PASSING

THE SOUND.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 9th.—The negotiation of the English
ministry with the Danish government to obtain some modifi-
cations of the existing quarantine regulations in favour of
English ships passing through the Sound to the Baltic, are at
length terminated. The models of the English certificates
to be delivered having been considered, the Board of Qua-
rantine has sent the necessary instructions to Elsinore.
Hitherto ships, laden with infected or suspected goods, were
required to be examined at Elsinore by the Board of Quaran-
tine, and then, if it was judged necessary, perform quaran-
tine at the Island of Lessoe ; but now English ships, furnished
with certificates from the quarantine officer at Standgate
Creek, Milford Haven, and Proinbe Pool, need only to have
the certificates countersigned by -the Danish Quarantine
Board in order to pass the Sound, and to be admitted in the
Prussian and Russian ports in the Baltic, the two govern-
ments being satisfied with the:above regulations. The Rus-
sian government, however, requires that the Danish quaran-
tine officer shall give a separate certificate, declaring that
suspected goods, such as cotton and the like, which are sus-
ceptible of infection, have been purified at one of the above-
mentioned English stations; without which separate certifi-
cate, the English certificate will not be regarded.