The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-22 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is reported in the sporting circles, that Lord Gardiner
will be the new master of the Queen's buck hounds.
We understand that Lord Brougham has become a sub-
sctiber to the Cumberland teetotal society. We have not
heard that his lordship has signed the teetotal pledge.—Car-
lisle Journal.

It is in contemplation to construct a railway from Barnlrd
Castle to join the Stockton and Darlington railway. The
advantages of such an undertaking, as set forth in a pamphlet
recently put into circulation in the district, are unquestion-
able, and there can be little doubt of its proving a profitable
speculation.—Newcastle Journal.

ELECTRO-MAGNETISM.—CIintOII Roosevelt, Esq., an-
nounces, in the Evening Post, that he has invented a new
electro-magnetic machine, which overcomes entirely the dif-
ficulties encountered in the operation of Davenport's, so
that now the electro-magnetic power may be increased be-
yond any assignable limits.—New York paper.
THE BLOOMSBURY AFFAIR.—As we anticipated, there
has been no motion for a new trial in these cases, and the
verdicts obtained by Mr. Ridsdale, at Liverpool, are there-
fore confirmed. No pretence now exists for withholding
bets, and we trust all " out-standing accounts" will be
" squared" without delay.—Bell's Life.
Tan MARQUIS OF HUNTLY.—Some difficulty, we under-
stand, has occurred as to the sequestration of his lordship's
estates and property ; and erroneous statements of the mat-
ter have appeared in the newspapers. We can state that no
opposition to the measure has been offered by any one, and
that his lordship at once consented to a sequestration, on
being informed that, after the rejection of the trust-deed,
the proposed measure would be for the advantage of his cre-
ditors.—Aberdeen Journal.

PENTLAND SKERRIES LIGHTHOUSE, ORKNEY ISLANDS.
-It is very common for birds to flock about sea-lights under
night in certain states of the weather, but we have not met
with an occurrence of the same extent with the following :
The Lighthouse Return for October states, that on the night
of the 11th they had light airs of wind with hazy weather,
when nine dozen of larks, snipes, and woodcocks, were
caught fluttering about the lantern, and had more assistance
been at hand, double that number might have been secured.
—Montrose Standard. .

NovELTY.—" There is nothing new under the sun," is a
very old, and in the present case a very true adage. Two
officers laid claim lately to a supposed invention of a " sweep
piece" applied to the gun carriages of ships of war. While
this mighty question was pending, and proofs on both sides
collecting, Col. Pasley fished up from the wreck of the Royal
George a lower-deck gun carriage, having the new sweep
attached to it ! As the ship was sunk some years before
either of the aspirants for fame were born, they could neither
be the copyists nor the inventors !—Hampshire Telegraph.
GREAT NORTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.—III the month
of December, 1838, nearly twelve months ago, an able and
scientific report of the projected Line of Railway from New-
castle-upon-Tyne to Edinburgh via Hexham and North Tyne,
prepared by Mr. Blackmore, was laid before the public. In
that document the great utility and eligibility of the line in
question was forcibly pointed out, and clearly elucidated;
and'yet, to our great surprise, the inhabitants of Hexham,
who would be in a peculiar manner benefited by the under-
taking have done comparatively little in support or in favour
of the project. We are persuaded that it is only necessary
to call the attention of the inhabitants of that town and dis-
trict to the importance of the subject, and the great advan-
taees whieh would result to them, in order to induce greater
activity than has hitherto been displayed. Since the last
meeting, held in the month of September, a numbcr of sub-
scribers have been enrolled, but mach yet remains to be done
in this quarter.—Newcastle Journal.
MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.— We have learned with great
pleasure that the late John Neilson, Esq. of Nether Common,
Paisley, has left for the establishment of a seminary for edu-
cation in that town, the sum of eighteen thousand pounds
sterling. This is the first bequest to any considerable amount
that has been left for the benefit of the inhabitants of Paisley,
and as the late Mr. Neilson has besides made ample provi-
sion for a numerous circle of relatives, such an important be-
quest reflects great credit on his memory, and cannot fail to
keep both him and his family in the remembrance of the in-
habitants for many ages to come.—Glasgow Mail.

MARCH OF INTELLECT.—The following is a verbatim copy
of an application made by a tailor of this town to be allowed
to make clothing for the new police :--

"Bolton Oct. 1839.

" Estemate gevea

by
or the polees offices cloathen, 20 cotes and 20 pare of trouders
to be MAD accorden to pateren. 20 to cotes and 20 pare of
trowess to be Mad accorden to patteren, and to stockes for
the same for the sum of XlOll 10 0.
Mrs. Backer, Police offess, Bolton.—Bolton Chronicle.
AN ANTIQUARIAN DINNER.—Lord 8., well known for
his love of everything out of the way, lately gave a dinner at
the baths of Lucca, of the following singular character :
The meat, fish, and vegetables were all, at least, of two years
standing, preserved according to the plan of M. Appert. The
table was supplied with sea water, made fit to drink by the
process recently discovered •, the claret had been rescued, by
the assistance of the diving bell, from a merchant vessel sunk
in the Thames more than a century ago (!), and the bread
was made from wheat some centuries old, which the noble
lord had himself brought from one of the pyramids of Egypt,
and had sown in England!! The dinner gave the greatest
satisfaction. (Who is Lord B. ?)
GAS HARP.—Some alarm was lately excited in a dwelling
of this town by mysterious sounds, like those of the /Eolian
harp, in a dark cellar, after sunset. " What is it ?" said one,
and would not venture in alone. The sounds were heard
night after night, and never in the day time. They recurred
at regular intervals, and always the same melancholy tone
like those of whip-poor-will in the American forest. At last
it was determined to investigate the cause ; a candle was
lighted, and the sounds were followed. After climbing over
piles of firwood and lumber, it was found to be nothing but
the gasmeter, which, for the want of oil, at a certain point of
every revolution, uttered a plaintive and noeunpleasing strain
of melody.—Bradford Observer.
SHOOTING STARS.—There is, in the Noxember number
of the London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine, a
curious article on the subject of shooting stars, founded on
observations made on the night of August, 1839, written by
Mr. Edward Cooper, of Birmingham. This article says„
that the general result of observations on the lights of the
lOth and 11th of August furnishes a most remarkable exhi-
bition of those interesting celestial travellers, and that expe-
rience fully justifit s the prediction that these, and the nights
of the 13th and 14th of November, will in future be their
established galas. On the subject of the shooting stars of
August last, this article in the Philosophical Magazine ob-
serves, that " the average number per hour, in the half he-
misphere to which the writer attended, was 44 : exceeding
considerably the average of last year at Geneva." It adds,
thut a circumstance particularly worthy of notice this year
is, that " several of the shooting stars appeared to move up-
wards, whereas no instance of this was remarked last year at
Geneva."

We are requested to notice a memorial to the directors of
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, requesting
them to put on a first clas train from Liverpool at half-psst 3
o'clock, p.m. This train will be a great accommodation to
the cotton and other buyers, who are a very numerous class,
in this town and neighbourhood. By the present arrange-
ment of the trains, if a man cannot finish his business by two
o'clock, he must return by the half-past two o'clock train, (a
second class) ; and if he cannot finish his business by half-
past two o'clock, there is no means of returning before a quar-
ter to five, although the Exchange closes at four. Spinners
have been continually detained two hours in Liverpool, after
finishing their business, very much to their annoyance and
inconvenience.—Manchester Courier.

BRITISH REFORMATION SOCIETY.—A meeting of the
friends and supporters of this society was held, last evening,
at the Corn Exchange. We have seldom seen this room so
densely crowded, and the interest excited was most intense.
The chair was taken by previous appointment, by the Rev.
Hugh Stowell. Upon the platform we observed the Rev. H.
W. M'Grath, Rev. R. Frost, Rev. W. J. Kidd, Rev. W.
Keary, from Hull, Rev. Brabason Ellis, agent of the society
in London, Rev. W. Cumming, of London, Rev. W. Hunt-
ington, Rev. G. L. Stone, Rev. G. Birch, Rev. L. Dobson,
Rev. T. J. Morgan, Rev. T. Baylee, Rev. M. Allen, Rev.
W. Bawdwen, Rev. W. G. Mayre, Rev. R. Rigg, John
M'Clure, Esq. Rev. W. Hosier, Denton, J. Chadwick, St.
James's, &c. &c.—lbid.
DEATH FROM A BROKEN HEART.—It isoften said that
persons die of a broken heart, although it is generally sup-
posed that such an event as the bursting of the heart is im-
possible. At the beginning of the week, Mrs. Cohen, a
Jewess, residng in Gough street, was taken confined
to her room. There was, however, no apprehension enter-
tained of her disorder being of a serious nature ; and beyond
a little more than ordinary care and gentle medicine, no pre-
caution was taken. On Wednesday, however, a woman who
was cleaning in the house went up stairs to Mrs. Cohen's
bedroom, where she found her lying dead upon the floor. An
inquest was held on the body, when it appeared, from a post
mortem examination, that the deceased's heart had burst,
and that she might, indeed, be said to have died of a broken
heart. The jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visits-
ation of God."—Birmingham Journal.
EXTRAORDINARY METEORIC PHENOMENON,—The fol-
lowing is given by Mr. Richard Sainthill, of Cork, of a
curious meteoric appearance witnessed by him and others
near that city about the end of last month :—" As I was
coming into Cork from Ballyvolane, on Monday night, 28th
October, 1839, before half-past nine o'clock, on the new
Ballyhooly-road, near Mr. Ellis's house, about twenty yards
on the country side of the Spring, I was startled by a most
vivid flash of clear bright silvery light (I am short-sighted)
on the left, towards which I turned and looked ; the ground
rises, and on the hill are trees—considerably above which,
and, as I have since ascertained by a pocket compass, in the
direction of the S.S.E., I saw a body of pure bright light,
which to my eyes appeared about the diameter of a gas light,
seen from one lamp to another, apparently say 18 inches
diameter, falling in a perpendicular direction very rapidly,
find leaving a track of red sparkling light, which remained
stationary for some time. After descending some distance,
the luminous body separated into four or five parts just as it
reached two black clouds, that were lying across the horizon,
below it, and 1 thought the meteor fell behind the clouds,
but I did not see any further appearance in the clear space
between the two clouds. I listened attentively, but did not
hear any sound whatever. I had remarked an appearance
of the Aurora Borealis in the north-west, when leaving my
brother's at Ballyvolane that evening. Cork Standard.
ESCLIIIMAUX INDIAN: —The Neptune, Penny, just arrived
from Davis' Straits, has brought an interesting and intelli-
gent Esquimaux Indian. He is twenty years of age, about
five feet high, and very stout. His appearance is altogether
agreeable, and his disposition exceedingly pleasing. He is
the very picture of good nature, and has evinced a great deal
of anxiety to form acquaintance with Europeans. He is
evidently possessed of excellent natural abilities ; but he
seems to have no idea of the existence of a Supreme Being.
This remark, Captain Penny says, is applicable to the tribe
to which he belongs, with the exception that, when any of
their party die in warlike strife, or in the field when hunting,
they console themselves with the thought that they have
gone upwards. This Esquimaux has come over by his own
request, and with the full consent of his parents ; and, from
the information which Captain Penny has received from him,
he is strongly convinced that he will be able to trace out new
and important discoveries in regard to the fishing grounds on
west coast ; but of this, more anon. In the mean time we
may state, that the only object Captain Penny has in view in
bringing him over is, to get him educated, that he may be
able to instruct his friends and others when he Warns Bain
to his native country.--Aberdeen Herald,

HEttnicw CiAßGYmm—There are now, at leaiit, eight
clergymen of the Church of England who are of the Hebrew
nation.-

MR. CoLatmonN, M.P.—A public dinner is to be given
to Mr. Colquhoun; on Thursday the 28th current, on the
occasion of his being installed into the office of Lord Rector
of Marischal College; Aberdeen.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, Nov. 18.—
There is little change in the market to report to-day ; there
has been a moderate quantity of business done at very low
prices.—Wool market dull, at rather declining prices.
There is not the slightest rumour of the Queen and Court
occupying the Pavillion this winter, but it is generally thought
her Majesty will visit Brighton shortly of Christmas, although
the stay of the Court is not likely to exceed a week.
When Lord Glenlyon and his bride left the scene of their
marriage, they were, says the Perth Constitutional, followed
by " the hearty good wishes of all assembled, not forgetting
the good old custom of a shower of old shoes for good luck !"
CHARTISM IN LONDON.—The Lord Mayor has issued a
notice prohibiting public preaching in Smithfield and all other
parts of the city, as it has proved only an excuse for disor-
derly meetings, to the disturbance of the peace. Chartists'
" sermons,' as the chartists call them have hitherto been
frequent, and generally ended in serious breaches of the peace,
to the alarm of the peaceably-disposed inhabitants.
PROPERTY IN COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—The ma-
chinery and decorations are worth from £BOOO to £lO,OOO.
The property consists of alpiost everythingin creation, deco-
rations of every nation and all periods ; there are creations
of all sorts, from the fly to the whale. The carpenter of the
theatre has under his charge property of the value of £lO,OOO.
The wardrobe is worth £lO,OOO ; the music library £l3OO ;
the dramatic library £230 ; and the organ cost £472. 10s.
A report gained currency in Bradford, on Sunday, that the
chartists of Horton, Clayton Heights, and Lidgett Green,
meditated a descent on the town ; and a great deal of alarm
was manifested. As it is believed that mischief is intended
by them, the soldiers have been kept in the town, although
the barracks are ready for them. Secret meetings and bullet
moulding are going on to a great extent ; but it is to be
hoped that these infatuated beings will profit by the example
of Newport, and preserve their lives.—Halifax Express.
SINGULAR DETECTION OF A THIEF.—The other day, a
rather laughable detection of a thief occurred at Veryan. A
man had stolen a garden door, and was making away with it
across the churchyard, when he stumbled and fell into a large
thicket of brambles. The fellow was so alarmed that he
shouted murder most lustily, and brought to his assistance
many of the villagers, who found him entangled in the bram-
bles with the door by his side. Of course the marauder will
be punished for the theft.—West Briton.
THE GURNEY LIGHT.—On Thursday evening week, the
new chapel in the Borough-road, London, was opened for
divine worship, by the Rev. Dr. Liefchild. The chapel was
lighted by a single Bude light, suspended from the centre of
the ceiling, which diffused ample illumination throughout
every part of the chapel; of a beautiful pure white light, and
its effect was agreeable in the highest degree. Upwards of
a thousand persons were present.
A NOVEL MODE OF RAISING THE WIND.—A person
named Smith was brought before the Rochdale magistrates
last Saturday, under the following charge :—He had been
accustomed, for some weeks back, to stop children in the
street, who had been sent by their parents to seek harm. He
generally went up to them, asking if they did not want harm ;
and if answered in the affirmative, he would ask for their can
and money, giving them at the same time a can (which he
had taken from some customer), to hold while he returned
from some place near, which he mentioned, where the de-
sired article was to be purchased. Thus he pocketed the
money, and went in search of some other dupe.
EMIGRATION.—Another vessel for New Zealand, the
Company's ship Bolton, reached Gravesend last night, and
will sail this afternoon. She carries labouring emigrants ex-
clusively of the agricultural class, and several cabin passen-
gers. Among the latter are the Rev. J. F. Churton, a minis-
ter of the Church of 'England, and family ; Joseph Mint,
Esq., &c., &c. Mr. Churton goes out with an endowment
from the society for the Propagation 9f the Gospel, and car-
ries with him a liberal grant of books from the Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge. The emigrants are sup-
plied by the New Zealand Company with books for their
amusement and for the instruction of their children during
the voyage.—Spectator.
THE NEWPORT CHARTISTS.—It has been rumoured that
the government intend to enter into a compromise with Frost
and his followers, by. suffering them to leave the kingdom,
instead of awaiting the result of their trial. This is likely
enough ; for as Frost and Co. were taken under the special
protection of Lord John Russell when home secretary, it is
only natural, now his lordship has the colonies under his
control, that the future career of these worthies in the penal
settlements should be confided to his care. Perhaps, how-
ever, Lord John Russell, taking a hint from Lord Durham,
may recommend Mr. Poulett Thomson to receive Mr. Frost
as his private secretary, or principal legal adviser.—Herald.
DEATH OF PROFESSOR HAMILTON, OF EDINBURGH.—
It is our painful duty to announce the demise of one of our
oldest and most respected fellow-citizens, the accomplished
professor of midwifery in this university. This melancholy
event took place at an early hour on Thursday morning, after li
an illness of a few weeks duration, occasioned by the active
and over zealous discharge of his professional engagements.
For nearly half a century Dr. Hamilton dischaged the duties
of that professorial chair with the utmost ability and satisfac-
tion to the public. Indeed, the able, lucid, and masterly
manner in which these were performed, and the valuable
contributions which his powerful mind brought forth to the
theory and practice of the obstetric department of medicine,
will be attested by thousands of practitioners formerly his
pupils, resident not only in our own country, but in the most
•distant parts of the globle.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
A SPLENDID OTTER HUNT ON A SMALL SCALE.—On
Saturday last, as Mr. John Knowles was was walking in the
fields bordering on the brook which divides Longton township
from that of Hutton, his dog (a water spaniel) suddenly fell
on the scent of some animal, and after a famous hunt of up-
vvardsi of a hour, stopped at the mouth of a large burrow, out
of which issued a large, fine, full-grown otter. After a des-
perate struggle, and many deep wounds given and received
on both sides, the otter broke loose, and made across the
fields ; the little water spaniel, though much exhausted, close
at her heels. Several neighbours had by this time corn up,
and the scene became most animated. The otter, by no
means relishing the close attendance of the spaniel, little
" Swam" made to a deep, broad ditch, hung with thick brush
wood, when a person named Henry Garstang opportunely
darting into the intervening space, the chased animal wheeled
about, and shewed her teeth to her enemies ; and after a most
desperate fight, yielded up her life to the superior prowess of
the valiant spaniel. The animal is a female, weighs 131bs,
measures 3 feet 2 inches from the tip of her nose to the end
of her tail, and is considered by the knowing ones to be a
very fine specimen of her tribe. The good people of Long-
ton have not enjoyed such field sport for "many a day."—
Preston Chronicle.

TRAVELLING FOR KNOWLEDGE.—" Ccelum non animum
mutat ," saith the poet ; but in his time the new world was
not discovered, neither was Mr. Poulett Thomson born to
illustrate the effect of climate upon the understanding. No
sooner did Mr. Thomson, Right Honourable Governor,
Captain General, and Vice Admiral of British North Ame-
rica, set foot in Canada, than his disposition towards our
transatlantic brethren became so changed, that, except for
the accident of going by the same name, he would hardly be
recognised for the same man. While on this side of the
water, he held the Canadas to be more cost than worship ;
and of all the absurdities under the sun none appeared so
monstrous to him as encouraging the Canadian export trade,
when it is so much handier to fetcti our timber from the Bal-
tic. The Canadians consequently did not expect much be-
nefit from being placed under his thumbs ; and they must
have been agreeably disappointed by the benign announce-
ment on his arrival, that the voyage had cleared his head of
some old misconceptions touching the value of colonialtrade,
and that he should henceforth do everything in his power to
promote it. As the head of a whig statesman can be cleared
by so mechanical a process as sending it on so short a trip as
to the St. Lawrence—just as they send wine, for the pur-
pose of fining it, on a trip to the Indies and back—it would
not be amiss if a few more of her majesty's ministers were
treated with a berth on board of some of her Majesty's fast-
sailing packets. If the country even found that they were
nothing the better on their return, it would at any time gain
something in the meanwhile by their absence.—Morning
Herald.

ALARM IN ST. OSWALD'S CHURCH, CHESTER.—The
congregation at this church was thrown into a considerable
state of alarm and excitement on Sunday last, by a small
portion of the building falling into the church during the time
of service, accompanied by a rumbling noise, occasioned by
the fragments falling on the pews and seats. An immediate
rush was made to.the doors, and for some time the screams
of the children of the four schools attending there, were ter-
rific, and were heard in Eastgate-street and the neighbour-
hood. At the door leading into the broad isle of the Cathe-
dral a number of the Blue Coat Boys, and several females,
were thrown down and trampled upon by the crowd. One
elderly female was carried out of the edifice by Mr. Edwards,
of the Blue School, in a very exhausted state from the fright;
she did not appear, however, to be much hurt. One of the
Green Cap Boys lay for some time on the ground, and, in
consequence of being a cripple, was unable to raise himself
up until his master, who heard his groans, drew him from
under the feet of the crowd. He appeared to be much inju-
red ; and complained of his chest and stomach ; it was also
thought at the time that his right arm was broken, but, upon
carrying him to Mr. Roberts, surgeon, in Abbey-street, it
was found that no bones were broken. The Rev. Archdeacon
Clarke followed the boy into Mr. Robert's, and sent for a
sedan to convey him home, but after some time the boy re-
covered a little, and with the assistance of the master and
another person, walked home. We understand that, with
the exception of a 'few slight bruises received by the boys
whilst on the ground, this was the only accident that occurred.
Several articles of female dress, such as boas, capes, shawls,
&c. were found and restored to the owners. The Rev. Mr.
Harrison behaved with the greatest coolness and presence
of mind, in endeavouring to calm the fears of the children and
females. It is but a short time since a similar accident oc-
curred in the same church, when a piece of slate was driven
with considerable force into one of the book-boards of the
free-sittings, where it now remains. It is a singular circum-
stance, that both accidents should have occurred during the
time of Divine service, and we hope the attention of the pro-
per authorities will be immediately directed to the state of
the building, lest more serious consequentes may follow.—
Chester Courant.

STRANGE ROMANCE OF REAL BIOGRAPHY.—MT. Clark
told me the following story :—That when he was at Alicant a
galley arrived, which had just escaped from Tangiers with the
first or favourite wife of Muli Mahomed, the late emperor of
Morocco, who had lately been assassinated by his rebellious
son, Muli Ismael. This lady, who, with her attendants, was
seeking a refuge in Spain, was originally a Miss Thompson,
of Cork, and when on her passage from that city to Cadiz,
on a matrimonial expedition, she had been captured by a
Moorish corsair, and made a slave. Her first intended bride-
groom had been a Mr. Shee, an Irish merchant settled at
Cadiz, who, during a visit which he had made to his native
country, had become acquainted with and attached to Miss
Thompson, who possessed great charms ; but as some im-
pediments existed to their immediate union, they parted,
having first plighted their troth ; and with the understanding
that at some future period she should join him at Cadiz, as it
would be injurious to his commercial interest for him to ab-
sent himself again from the field of his speculations. The
lady, in fulfilment of her promise, sailed to join her future
husband; but as just'narrated, her destiny was changed by
the capture of the vessel she was in, by a Marroquin corsair,
which carried her into Fez. Here Miss Thompson was de-
tained as a slave, and closely confined, until a report of her
uncommon beauty having reached the emperor, Muli Ma-
homed, she was by his orders removed to the imperial palace,
and every inducement was held out to her to embrace the
Mahomedan faith, and to accede to the emperor's desire of
making her his wife, Whether it was by persuasion, or from
the conviction that her fate was irrevocably decided, her va-
rious scruples were overcome, and she became the wife of
Muli Mahomed, and subsequently the mother of two sons,
who bore the names, the eldest of Mull Ismael, and the
younger of Muli Mahomed. She was ever the most favoured
of her imperial husband's wives, for he had many besides ;
and the number must have been great, as I have heard both
from Mr. Clark and Mr. Romans, who was at one time es-

tablished as a merchant in MorocCo, that the emperor
Mahomed actually formed a regiment, composed entirely of
his own sons, to the number of five hundred and twenty-
three, most of them being blacks. Mr. Clark says that this
wonderful fated lady, when he saw her in Spain, was dressed
in the Moorish costume ; and strange as it appears, she
seemed in all respects to have adopted the taste of her new
country in preference to those of Christendom, for she after-
wards returned tO M9rOeco, and there ended her days,.Mn.
Broug4ton,

General Sir R. Stevenson, K.C.8., died at sea July 30, on
board the Moira, arrived in the Downs.
The Irish bishops are about to hold a consultation in
Dublin on matters relating to their church.
English travellers are again flocking to Athens, now that
the oppressive heats of summer are passed.
The Theatre at Oldfiam has been converted into a place of
worship by the Welsh Methodists.
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham is still suffering from the
effect of the wound he received at Eglinton Castle.
Lord Normanby has declared to interfere in the matter of
Collins and Lovett, now confined in Warwick Gaol.
Mr. Macaulay, the new Secretary at War, has appointed
Mr. C. Z. Macaulay to be his own private secretary.
No agreement with a baker is binding unless the service
be for one year, according to the act of Elizabeth, for the
regulation of that trade.
The Quotidienne states that Prince George of Hanover has
just published a work in German, entitled, " Reflections on
the Effects and Properties of Music."
At Exeter the lawyers are getting up a petition for the em-
ployment of the three salaried ex-Chancellors, to bring up
the arrears in the Court of Chancery.
Mr. Sims, chairman of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, in a fit of temporary insanity, on Friday, put a period
to his existence by shooting himself through the head.
The Duke of Wellington, since his appointment to the
office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, has annually paid
to the Treasury, for the public service, the whole amount of
the proceeds of the office.
Mr. Barrett, of the Dublin Pilot, will not, it is said, be
brought up for judgment, having arranged to hand over a
sum of one hundred pounds to some charity, and to make a
public apology.
ORDNANCE ACADEMY.—The gentlemen cadets at Wool-
wich have been ordered to discontinue wearing the shoulder-
belt, unless on duty or drill, as it assimilates them too much
with the private soldiers.
Mr. John Greene, of Reading, who was formerly a part-
ner in the firm of Greene, Roberts, and Co., of Sheffield,
has by his will bequeathed the handsome sum of £5OO to the
Boys Charity School of this town.—Sheffield Iris.
Mr. Roby, the banker, of Rochdale, is expected to be the
•second conservative candidate for the representation of Bol-
ton-le-Moors, in the next parliament. We hope he will be
the colleague of Mr. Bolling.
The Bolton canal was drained on Sunday morning last, be-
tween the wharf and the Haulgh-bridge ; arid, on removing a
portion of the mud, the workmen found 18 pikes of about 16
inches in length.—Yorkshireman.
Several accidents have lately occurred from the system of
battue shooting. Amongst them we hear that Earl Spencer,
who has been for some days on a visit to the Earl of Leices-
ter, at Holkham, was shot through the hat and slightly
wounded in the head.—Sunday paper.
Viscount Melgund, M.P. has been appointed private secre-
tary to his father, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in the
place of Mr. Tufnell, who has recently been appointed
Secretary of the Treasury.
Tint NORTH DEVON ELECTION.—A correspondent in-
forms us that the expenses of the late election to James
Wentworth Buller, Esq., was very little short of £9,000 ! !
It is also stated that the aristocratic spirit of this gentleman
would not permit him to accept of the meagre subscription
purse which was proffered.—Woolmer's Exeter Gazette.
ATTEMPT TO POISON THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—The
Jesuits have made an attempt to poison the King of Prussia.
Popery is unchanged—is it ? The Archbishop of Posen has
a plenary indulgence to take this truly Protestant Monarch's
life by any means. We hope some zealous adherent of the
Protestant faith will prevent this. The fight must come, and
Prussia nobly leads the way.—Aye.
It is with sincere pleasure we announce to our readers
that the thanks of the general commanding in chief have
been conveyed, in the most handsome terms, to Lieutenant
Gray and Ensign Stack, of the 45th, and to the men com-
posing the detachment of that regiment under their command,
for the steady, spirited, and soldier-like manner in which
they resisted and repulsed the body of chartists at Monmouth,
on the 4th of the present month.—United Service Gazette.
EDITORIAL REQUISITES.—The New York Herald, after
naming the editors of the penny press in that city, says,—
" Many of these litterateurs are tolerably smart men, and
though they may have tact and savoir vivre enough fot2turn-
ing a penny by editing penny papers, yet it would take half a
dozen of them, ground up like flour, and rdlled together in
butter, mustard, cayenne, and champagne, to be capable of
conducting a paper like the Herald for one week.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has consented to
act as administrator to the estates of his late brother, the
Duke of York. The death of his executors, Sir Herbert
Taylor and Sir Benjamin Stephenson, rendered this step ne-
cessary. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia is resi-
duary legatee, and although her Royal Highness has always
been willing to abandon her claims in favour of the creditors,
still she has a right, through her illustrious brother, to pro-
tect her own interests, as well as that of the creditors.
We regret to learn that Mr. Alfred Montgomery, who is
known to the public as the innocent instrument recently
employed to procure, by anticipation, post obit notices of
Lord Brougham from our London contemporaries, has him-
self since become an actual party to a truly lamentable acci-
dent. Whilst shooting at Levermere, in Suffolk, the seat of
Charles Marty n, Esq., the gun of Mr. Montgomery went
off, and shot away the hand of his loader. Little hopes are
entertained of the recovery of the unfortunate sufferer.—
Observer.

PROPOSITION TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A BALLON.—
Mr. Charles Green, the well-known aeronaut, has been for
some time making calculations for the construction of a bal-
loon on a new principle, for the purpose of crossing the At-
lantic, from New York to England. The machine is to be
of gigantic dimensions, and its enterprising 'projector asserts
that it could be as safely effected as the journey from London
to Nassau in the great balloon the summer before last. Mr.
Green says that, had it not been necessary to have the bal-
loon in Paris by a specified time, he would have proceeded on
to Turkey, for which he was in the direct line. Mr. Green
is also about to construct a balloon for a number of gentlemen
to be used for purely scientific purposes.—Observer.
MORE PROOFS OF THE POPULARITY OF THE MELBOURNE
GOVERNMENT.—Among the performances of last night
(Friday), at Covent-garden Theatre, was the amusing piece,
transferred from the Olympic, called The Printer's Devil.
It will be recollected, that in the part played by Mr. Keeley
the exclamation, " Down with the minister!" occurs. These
words were followed last night by a burst of applause which
shook the house. We suppose this manifestation will be re-
garded as a violation of decorum ; but be this as it may, it
was very hearty, and all but unanimous.—Morning Post.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—The following is a description
of a new invention, applicable to locomotive engines, which
is considered by a number of scientific men (as railway tra-
velling is proceeding so rapidly) well calculated to supply a
desideratum, and which is likely to prove a great national be-
nefit, by reducing the expence, and increasing the safety, of
internal intercourse :—The advantages of it are—First, the
condensing the steam after it escapes front the cylinders, and
the water produced thereby returned to the boiler to be
wrought over again and again ; by which means the boiler is
rendered more durable, being kept perfectly free of incrusta-
tion or deposit of any'kind ;' and no stoppage is required to
take in water; of couse freeing the
,engine of the burden of
carrying a supply along with it.—Second, The air that sup-
ports the combustion of the fuel is considerably heated pre-
vious to entering the ash-pit ;by which the smoke is com-
pletely consumed, although fresh coal be Used in the furnace.
Consequently a great saving in the consumption of fuel is ef-
fected. It is pleasant to add, that an experiment has been
made with the apparatus, which is exceedingly simple, and
found to answer all the purposes intended, and for which a
patent is in progress. The inventors are William and Andrew
Symington, whose ingenious talents are likely to be of as
great benefit to their country as those of their father, the late
William Symington, celebrated as the author, and introducer
of practical steam navigation.--A correspondent of the Edin-
burgh Chronicle.

FACTS FOR THE ANTI-CORN-LAW AGITATORS.-Agri-
cultural associations are formed for the avowed purpose of
protecting the " agricultural interest"—which means, in the
mouths of nineteen-twentie.hs of those who use the term,
maintenance of the corn-laws. There are hundreds of these
associations in England, and the proceedings at many of their
meetings have been published. With very rare exceptions,
they are pro-corn-law meetings. Does the Anti-Corn-Law
Circular wish to inculcate the gross error that there have
been no meetings for the defence of the corn-laws, because,
forsooth, none have been advertised as such ? The announce-
ment frills perfectly, unnecessary ; no doubt other matters
were discussed, but the stirring oblect was defence of the
corn-laws. To deny this, is to deny that of which every pro-
vincial newspaper supplies proof. Facts also bear out the
statements respecting the wealthy merchants and manufac-
turers. Take Manchester itself : what proportion of the
wealthier classes even there join heartily in the anti-corn-law
movement ? who are Sir Geoke Murray's leading suppor-
ters ? who Mr. Garnett's at Salford ? Turn to Liverpool :
are not Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell elected by wealthy
merchants ? Do any large proportion of the London mer-
chants aid in the attack upon the land owners' tax? In the
majority against Mr. Villiers's motion on the 18th March,
we find the representatives of Liverpool, Bristol, Hall,
Southampton, Norwich, Newcastle, Sunderland, Belfast,
Stockport, Dudley, Worcester, and other places of minor
importance. but dependant on commerce for their support.
In Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, and Glasgow, their are
large minorities, including many of the richest merchants,
manufacturers, and bankers, who always vote for the candi-
dates attached to the landed interest ; but where do we find
the landowners voting for men not pledged to suppert the
agricultural interest ?—Spectator.

AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER.—Died, at his residence,
Charlton, on the Gth instant, Richard Andrews, aged 63, for-
merly a watchmaker and jeweller at Dover. The following
particulars respecting this eccentric individual have been col-
lected by our reporter with great care. About twenty-two
years since the deceased, thinking he had seen enough of the
pains and pleasures of this vain world, endeavoured to rid
himself of it by cutting his throat; and which would no
doubt have proved effectual, had not his servant ascertained
the circumstance, and called in a person named Smith, by
whose aid life was preserved. Smith afterwards received a
present of a new watch for his exertions on that occasion.
The deceased, after his retirement from business, having
amassed considerable wealth, always went to bed about four
o'clock in the afternoon both in winter and summer. He
used generally to take his meals at a cook-shop, except his
tea, which he always took at home, the water for which he
used to get from the pump, after belabouring at that engine
for about an hour. The reason assigned for this extravagant
waste of labour and water was, that he wished to obtain that
which was in its real and pure state. He is said to have
died worth upwards of £14,000, the greater part of which he
has left to his executors ; the remainder is left in legacies to
various wealthy individuals but his poor relations have been
cut off without a single shilling. His wife died about 15
years since ; but the deceased expressed a desire just before
his death not to be buried in the same vault with her. This
long-continued feeling of resentment arose from his wife
having left the greater part of her own private property to
her own relations, This so offended the old gentleman at
the time, that he withheld the, copper plate that he had pre-
viously had engraved for the purpose of placing on her coffin
—neither would he follow her to the grave, but held open the
front gate while the corpse passed through, and, after closing
it, went back into his house again. Ever since that time he
has lived entirely by himself. He would never allow a female
to enter his dwelling to do any work, but always scoured out
his rooms, made his bed, and performed the household et
ceteras in a very workmanlike manner. He always slept in
his wearing apparel. He lay ill about six weeks previous to
his death, when he called in the aid of his next-door neigh-
bour, with whom before he had scarcely ever before exchanged
a word. He was very patient and sensible during his illness,
and appeared very thankful for everything that was done for
him. On his death bed he desired that the brass plate on
which he had himself engraved " Richard Andrews, Esq.,"
should be placed on his coffin, observing that it would not
moulder away so soon as lead or pewter. He also requested
to be buried with his four valuable rings on his fingers, and a
new pair of buckskin breeches to be placed under his head, a
velvet cap in his right hand, a new shirt studded with silver
buttons for a shroud, and to be carefully wrapped up in his
grandmother's wedding sheet. After his death there was
found in a closet adjoining his bed-room an iron chest, wlich
report says is filled with,old gold and silver plate, gold rings,
and old coins to a great amount. He had preserved all the
tools which he used in his trade, and kept them in good con-
dition. He was buried at Charlton church, Dover, on Tues-
day last, followed by his two executors, and Mr. Youden,
mason, to whom the decoabecl has left part of his
Greenwich Gazette,
property.—

TIDE TABLE.
Days. Men. Evn. Height.
H. M. H. M. P. I.
Friday .. 22 11 37 0 0 19 10 Cecilia.
Saturda) 23 0 0 025 19 4 St. Clement.
Sunday 24 0 49- 114 17 11 26th Sunday after Trinity
Monday 25 139 2 5 16 8 Mich. Term ends.
Tuesday 26 231 257 15 2 Jupiter sets 2-59 even.
Wednes. 27 327 357 13 g Last Quarter 10-12 even.
Thursday2S 439 5 2 12 10 Saturn sets 4.13 even.