The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-19 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Among the exports of the principality of Coburg we find
enumerated " sausages and livers of geese."
IRISH EXPORTS.—O'Normanby's plate was shipped from
Dublin on Saturday week. His brass he imported himself.
CARLOW ELECTlON.—Gisborne declares he finds Bruen
so unbear-able that he dare not risk another hug.
In Bavaria vaccination is performed at the expense of the
state, and parents, however reluctant they may be, are
obliged to submit their children to this operation.
The long-pending dispute between the Duke of Beaufort
and Mr. Horlock, relative to the Badminton Hunt, has been
amicably adjusted.

The net income of Mr. Wakley's office of Coronership for
Middlesex is, we have heard, about £BOO a year.
The Georgia legislature, under the free banking law, has
provided that the capital stock may be paid in negroes.
The London Dispatch advertises, that it is about to pre-
sent its readers with " the intended charter of England,
beautifully printed in blood colour I"
The Irish railway commission has already cost the country
£26,ooo—viz., engraving the maps, £12,000; salaries,
£14,000.

It is an extraordinary fact, that when people come to what
is commonly called high words, they generally use low lan-
guage.

It is calculated that 10,000,000 of volumes are annually
printed in Germany, and that there are upwards of 50,000
authors of one or more books.
At a jeweller's shop on Ludgate-hill, a bill is exhibited in
the window, on which is written, " Wedding-rings at this
shop made out of lucky old guineas."
The Archbishop of Posen, (Dunin) has been sentenced to
20 years' imprisonment in a fortress, for his opposition to the
decrees of the Prussian government.
Paganini has recently been fined in damages of 20,000
francs, for having broken his engagement with the directors
of La Casino Paganini, Paris.
Among the on dits of the week is a report that Mr. Mur-
phy has given a confident opinion that mild winters are solely
to be attributed to the Society for the suppression of Vice
(of ice).
The Pennsylvania Bank of the United States has taken
stock to the amount of 100,000 dollars in the Philadelphia
and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company.
The heart of a man is said to weigh about nine ounces ;
that of a woman, eight. As age increases, man's heart grows
heavier, and woman's lighter, after she is thirty.
Last week, on Mr. Farquharson's hounds meeting at
Frampton-house, the owner, on making his appearance, was
received with a view halloo from a field of upwards of 300
sportsmen.
Mr. Edward O'Connell, who was elected secretary to the
poor law commissioners in Limerick, is also secretary to the
precursor society for Limerick and liberties.—Limerick
Chronicle.

There seems to be a general suspicion that the " infernal
machine" sent to the Olympic was little better than a trick
to get up a little sensation in behalf of Madame Vestris and
her theatre.
The Richmond election has terminated in the return of
the Whig candidate by a majority of 82. The following was
the state of the poll at the close :—Sir R. Dundas, 162 ; Mr.
Stapleton, 80.—Majority, 82.

A return published in the Moniteur shows that-the impor-
tation of foreign grain into France has been nearly as much
in the month of January in the present year as in the twelve
months that preceded it. •

A wealthy steam company of London have taken £15,000
in shares, in the intended steam communication between
Limerick and London, and they will send a first class vessel
of 700 tons very shortly on the line.—Limerick Chronicle.
On Mr. Ward, M.P. for this borough, being requested by
the Radical Association to support the people's charter, the
hon. gentleman wrote to say he could not comply with their
request, having made up his mind to give it his most strenu-
ous opposition.—Sheffield Iris.

The committee of the " Birmingham Ten Churches Fund"
have given notice, that they are prepared to receive designs
for the first two churches proposed to be erected.

The weather prophet, Murphy, has discovered to his no
small profit, that gulls which used to be seen only in very
cold or stormy weather, are now to be found in this country
all the year through.

It is generally reported in London, that Lord John Rus-
sell will retire at Easter. If this be the case, Lord Morpeth
will succeed him as ministerial leader in the Commons—that
is, if the Cabinet can survive his resignation.
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A Parisian doctor has discovered a remedy for gout, by
making his patients scour the floors of their own houses,
which operation is performed in France by skating furiously
along the boards, mounted on brushes attached to the shoes.
The doctor is of course making his fortune.
A gentleman of Buffalo has just sold all his real estate
there for 130,000 dollars, payable in instalments, without
interest, at the rate of one dollar an hour. The Buffalo
Advertiser remarks :—" According to these terms; the pur-
chaser will have 14 years, 34 days, and 20 hours to pay in,
at the rate of 8,760 dollars per annum."
CooL.—A gentleman advertises in some of the papers,
that he " wants to purchase some invention of general utility
and entire novelty, for a trifling consideration." We should
suppose that the answer of any person, having such a thing
to dispose of, would be, "Don't you wish you may get it ?"
A gentleman goes to Drury-lane Theatre every night, in
expectation of seeing Van Amburgh himself made a meal of,
for he would not miss the sight for the world ; and that it
will happen one of these spring evenings he confidently be-
lieves.

In Bavaria 110 marriage can take place between humble
persons not possessing some capital, unless by previous per-
mission of the institutions of the poor, which are appointed
by law in each town and village.
Sullivan, who is in Tullamore gaol for the murder of Lord
Norbury, will not be tried this assizes. Messrs. Bailey,
Stepney, and Flood, for the murder of Mr. Turpin, in a duel,
were acquitted. Chief Justice Doherty said they ought to
have been convicted, and in that event he would have re-
corded sentence of death.—Limerick Chronicle.
REPRESENTATION OF ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE.—It is
quite currently rumoured in that borough, that Mr. Hindley
is about to retire from the representation of Ashton-under-
Lyne, on the 'score of ill health ; and that Mr. Brotherton
intends to offer himself to the notice of the constituency,
considering it a safer speculation than Salford at the forth-
coming general election.
RIVER DEE IMPROVEMENT.—We understand that, at a
meeting of the committee formed for carrying forward the
improvement of this river, held in the Town-hall, Chester,
on Wednesday, it was resolved to request the Messrs. Ste-
venson, engineers, of Edinburgh, at their earliest conveni-
ence, to make a final survey, with sectional bearings, &c. of
the river.—Chester Gazette.
CONTRACT FOR STEAMERS TO HALIFAX.—The contract
for conveying H. M. mails from this country to North Ame-
rica, has been taken by the " Mining Association" for seven
years, at £55,000 per annum. The steamers are to start
once a fortnight ; but it appears that Falmouth is not to be
the port from whence they are to sail. This contract is to
commence on the Ist of May.—Falmouth Express.
GRAVE SECRETS.—In the course of an assault case heard
at the Thames Police-office, on Friday, wherein a dissenting
minister (who is also the lessee of a burying-ground) and an
undertaker were concerned, some of the secrets of the trade
came out. Among other things it was stated that it was
customary to use the mould from graves as excellent mate-
rial for the growth of geraniums in flower-pots.

OPERATION FOR THE STONE IN THE BLADDER.—This

important operation was very recently performed, with com-
plete success, by Mr. Henry Wilson, surgeon. of Runcorn,
on a boy nine years of age, son of Mr. John Tonk, painter,
&c., of that place. The stone was a large one, measuring
two inches in length, and three inches in circumference. We
are happy to learn the boy is doing well.
GERMAN MALTHUSIANS.—In Bavaria no marriage can
take place between humble persons not possessing some
capital, unless by previous permission of the institutions of
the poor, which are appointed by law in each town and
village.
Shopkeepers and others, and more especially the fre-
quenters of fairs and markets, at which places the unsuspect-
ing are more liable to be " taken in,' are cautioned to be
on their guard against what are termed " flash notes," which
are now in extensive circulation.

It is singular enough, and an unanswerable argument in
their favour, that the corn laws should• be so vehemently
assailed at the very moment when they are working that
very good to the country which they were intended to effect
—that of preventing even a deficient crop from bringing
about high prices.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The period foi holding the ensu-
ing meeting, which was left *for the decision of the council,
has now been fixed. The first meeting of the general com-
mitttee will be held at Birmingham on Saturday, Aug. 25th ;
and the various sections for scientific business will meet on

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the 27th, and through the week. The local council and com-
mittees are already busily engaged in making the preliminary
arrangements.

A young Irish lady of remarkable beauty, who, in conse-
luence of family losses, had entered a convent in the Rue de

Picpus to perform her noviciate, with the intention of taking
the veil, committed suicide a few days ago by throwing her-
self into a well in the garden of the establishment. Several
days elapsed before the fatal event was accidentally ascertained
by the gardener, whilst drawing water. No cause is assigned
for this melancholy act.—Paris paper.
CAUTION TO BANKRUPTS.—At the present Yorkshire
assizes a bill of indictment for felony has been found by the
grand jury against Richard Pullen, late of Selby, flax mer-
chant and seedsman, a bankrupt, for embezzlement, in ab-
sconding with monies belonging to his estate, instead of sur-
rendering the same to his assignees, for the benefit of his
creditors. Another indictment for fanny has also been found
by the grand jury for the city of York, against the same in-
dividual, for not surrendering to the commissioners under the
fiat in bankruptcy issued against him, pursuant to the usual
notice, and summons for that purpose.—Leeds Intelligencer.
It is the practice of parliamentary orators, who have neither
facts nor arguments to rely upon, to envelop their subject in
such a mass of words as to leave it in a more obscure and
unintelligible state than they found it. And then we hear the
chief secretaries of Ireland and the admiralty wearying the
House of Commons with interminable orations on the in-
teresting subjects of their respective departments, but instead
bf throwing any light upon them, only in both instances ren-
dering the previous darkness more dense.—Morning Herald.
CATASTROPHE AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE, AT EDMON-
STONE COLLIERY.—We have this day to record the most
miraculous preservation of 13 human beings, after almost
every hope of saving their lives had been extinguished. On
Friday evening the sides of the shaft of one of the coal pits, of
which the Messrs. Stenhouse are the lessees, gave way, and
completely blocked up the communication with the pit.
When this happened there were at work below nine men and
four females, who were thus fast imprisoned in the bowels of
the earth ; and as it seemed extremely improbable that any
communication could be effected before Sunday night or
Monday morning, there was reason to dread the worst. The
pit where the accident took place communicated with an ad-
joining pit, the shaft of which is a few hundred yards from that
of the former, and which serving as an air pump to it, there
was, of course a lamp or fire kept continually burning in the
shaft to purify the air. It being thought probable that the
individuals in the pit would naturally struggle to make their
way through this avenue of escape, about two o'clock on
Saturday morning five men descended the old pit, in order if
possible, to liberate the others. The foul air made the task
insupportable. On the afternoon of Saturday a second at-
tempt was made, but was still more unfortunate than the
first. All hopes of relief in this manner were now aban-
doned, and every energy directed to the clearing of the shaft.
For this purpose it was necessary ta construct what is termed
a crib—that is, a cylinder corresponding to the dimensions of
the shaft. On Saturday evening a strong body of millwrights
a-id other workmen strained every nerve in the construction
of the machine, which was to be lowered by the crane. The
crib was subsequently lowered, when the operation of renfbv-
ing the rubbish continued until they reached the bottom of
the shaft and opened the communication. At about half-past
seven o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, the men stationed
at the mouth of the old pit heard the welcome sound of a voice.
The alarm was immediately given, and one man descended to
render aid. The first raised was the youngest girl, who was
brought up in a helpless state. The remainder were rapidly
raised in succession, all in a very exhausted state. They were
placed on carts among straw and blankets, and conveyed to
their homes, and are now doing well.—Caledonian Mercury.

There are in the State of Pennsylvania 5000 common
schools, 38 academies, and 7 female seminaries.
The Nashville Banner gives an account of three bullocks,
one of which weighed 3,4001b5., another 3,3861b5., and a
third 3,1491b5.
A new writ has been issued for the borough of Leicester,
in the room of J. Duckworth, Esq., who has accepted the
office of one of the Masters in Chancery.
The agriculturist enforces his arguments by an appeal to
experience—the manufacture relies on expectations which
are little better than conjectural.
A GOOD LEAP.—One day last week a horse got loose in
the cavalry barrack yard, in this city, and amused himself
by leaping over a Cart-horse, one of a team which was stand-
ing across the road.—Canterbury paper.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT SIXTEEN LIVES LOST.—
Yesterday morning a canoe, belonging to Mr. Chabot, in
attempting to cross over from Point Levi, with twenty pas-
sengers, was upset by the floating ice in the river, by which
sixteen out of the twenty were drowned.—Quebec Gazette,
Feb. 13.

THE MARCH.—At a shop No. 9, Queen-street, Seven
Dials, a large canvas blind is exhibited, on which is painted,
" One halfpeeny per pound is give hoer for any durty old
rags.—N. B. Taillors shop boards cleared at 2d pet pound,"
What a close union and mutual respect mast exist among
our Whig ministers, when the premier denounces the senti-
ments of several of his colleagues on the subject of the corn
laws as " the wildest dream that ever entered the mind of
man !"

MORE AGITATION.—It is said that a general meeting of
the money-lenders and bill-brokers of the metropolis, which
will be attended by delegates from the great manufacturing
towns, will shortly be held in London, for the purpose of
taking measures to oppose and defeat that clause of Lord
John Russell's forthcoming police bill, which authorises the
policemen to take into custody, and carry to the station-house,
any person or persons who may henceforward attempt to
" fly any kite.', —Morning Herald.
HUGE Ox.—The largest ox in the world is now in this
city, and goes to England in the Liverpool. He weighs
4,0001b5, is five feet ten inches in height, eleven feet ten
inches in length, of a dapple bay colour, was raised in New
Hampshire, and is six years old. He belongs to Mr. Swan-
ton, who goes to England with him.—New York paper.
CHURCH RATE AT WAKEFIELD. —On Thursday week,
a meeting was held for the purpose of laying a church-rate,
and, and, notwithstanding the Dissenters mustered all their
forces, the rate was carried by a triumphant majority, 24d in
the pound for Wakefield, and .Is. 6d. for Stanley, Alver-
thorpe, and Thornes.
It is understood intimation has been given by the London
police, that a parcel of thieves have left the metropolis to
try their hands on some of the Scotch banks in the way
they were so successful.in Glasgow and Aberdeen some time
since. Those concerned had as well, therefore, look after
the security of their offices and safes.—Dundee paper.
A barber in Fenchurcb-street has manufactured some
wigs, which he styles " the acme of kallitrichoplashma."
A baker up in a narrow court in Fleet-street, has prepared
some vivificaceous biscuits ; and a hatter in Leicester-square
has invented a nightcap which he designates by the classical
name of a caputgereredormitor !
MIDDLETON.—On Sunday last a Stephenite preacher,
named Preist, from Dukinfield, preached three radical ser-
mons in the chartists' chapel. In the course of his sermon
in the afternoon he advised his hearers to get armed with long
sharp knives, the length of his arm, to wear them in their
bosoms, and to use them to cut their cheese and bread, and
defend themselves from their enemies, who robbed them of
their bread. The chapel was not so numerously attended as
it was a few weeks ago. Manchester Courier.
Though the slave-trade at the Brazils is, in pursuance of a
convention with Great Britain, done away with, the situation
of the negroes is in no respect ameliorated. "In Rio (says
Major Scarlett) they lie about the streets by night and by
day on heaps of dirt, without showing more inclination for
cleanly habits than if they were mere swine • and, in their
yet abused and degraded state, they are really little better."
SWALLOWING NEEDLES.—There is a pauper in Farring-
don Union Workhouse, named Mary Stanby, aged 24 years,
who has already had 132 needles extracted from her person,
the greatest number of which have been taken from her
breast. It is conjectured by the medical officer that she
must have swallowed the needles, but she positively denies
having any knowledge of the circumstance.—. Reading Mer-
cury.

DEFINITION OF A BORE.—" What is a bore ?" asked one
of my French female friends last night. "At Paris," con-
tinued she, " I have heard English people, when talking to
each other, say, What a bore he or she is !' Now, pray
give me your definition of a bore." " A person who tells
you about himself, when you wish to hear only of yourself,"
was my simple explanation, which made them smile.—The
Idler in Italy, by the Countess of Blessington.
The late Mr. J. Griggs, of Messing, it is stated, left the
whole of his property, estimated at £lOO,OOO, to the Rev.
Robert Eden, lately curate of Peldon, and now rector of
Leigh. About £lO,OOO had, by a former will, been left in
legacies to various friends of the deceased ; and, although no
mention was made of these in his last will, we understand
Mr. Eden has, with the greatest liberality, paid them all.—
Hull Times.
A fine large ox, five years old, bred by Mr. Saml. Dickin-
son, Brompton, and fed by Mr. Hammond, Scarbro', was
slaughtered on the 4th instant, by Mr. Sedman, butcher.
Very different opinions were entertained as to the weight of
this beast. He was measured for 122 stone, but his actual
weight was—the four neat quarters, 134 st. 61b.; tallow,
l6st. 31b.; hide, 9st.3lb. &c, He was one of the finest beasts
beasts brought to these shambles for some time.—Hull Times.
PTARMIGAN.—Two large cases, between three and four
hundred brace, of these beautiful birds, from Norway direct,
were received by Mr. Palframan, fruiterer, Briggate, and
exposed for sale on Tuesday, in excellent condition, at the
extremely low price of three shillings per brace. The birds
are excellent, rather larger than the Scotch Ptarmigan, and
much whiter : they were quickly disposed of. Further sup-
plies are expected.—Leeds lutelligencer.
EGGS.—The vitellus, or yolk of the egg of birds, has been
recently submitted to the observation of M. Pouchet. He
states, that it is not a fluid, but an organized body, formed of
subglobular vesicles, of a polyhedral appearance, in conse-
quence of the pressure which they receive, and which contain
still smaller vesicles and minute drops of oil. In the interior
of the latter vesicle is a fluid filled with little molecules, en-
dowed with a remarkable degree of motion.
BOLD SMUGGLERS.—One of the most intrepid instances of
smuggling on record occurred in the vicinity of Hastings, Sus-
sex, a few days since. 'lt appears that a party had for some
months determined on an endeavour to run tubs at the most in-
accessible part of the cliffs to the eastward of the town, near
Ecclesbourn, and directly under the nose of the coast guard
men on duty. The cliffs at this spot are most appalling to look
up at, being full of projections, and overhanging to a fearful
extent. Still that was the spot selected for the enterpirse. The
boat contained about 70 tubs. Information had been given to
the officer on duty, but the apparent impossibility of the dar-
ing attempt caused it to be treated rather as a feint to divert
attention from some more accessible spot. Still the officer
visited the place about the time, when, from what has since
transpired, the liquor was all but held to his nose, without
his being able to smell it out. A dog that was with the man
on duty on the cliff, was far more sagacious in detecting the
presence of the plunderers of the revenue, for he kept barking
at something under the cliff, which excited the attention of
his master, who approached the edge to ascertain what it was,
but was desired by his officer to retire, lest he should fall over.
At length the tubs were all run without the knowledge of the
look-out. When morning dawned, the fact was discovered,
but scarcely believed. It appeared that the bold smugglers
had contrived to hang up a ladder of rope, with wooden rods,
from several projections on the cliff, which they climbed with
the tubs, thereby avoiding the immense difficujty of ascend-
ing an overhanging precipice of at least 150 feet in height.
The slightest fall, in any form, must have been instant death
to the adventurers, who would inevitably have been dashed to
atoms on the pointed rocks beneath. A bolder attempt, it is
everywhere admitted, is not recorded in the annals of heroism.
—Hants Advertiser.

Our late representative, Sir Oswald Mosley, has, we are
rejoiced to see, altogether forsaken politics, and, like a second
Cincinnatus, is now devoting himself to more innocent pur-
suits. In the last number of the Transactions of the London
Horticultural Society, we find much interesting information,
supplied by the worthy baronet, touching the fate of divers
trees and shrubs in his collection at Rolleston, during the
very cold winter of 1837-8. Bilge I Sir o.—Staffordshire
Gazette.

PUBLIC EXPOSURE AND SALE OP PIKES, &C.—The ob-
ject contemplated by the infatuated chartists are no longer
concealed. For some days back, and at the weeks' end more
particularly, operatives have been observed in the manufac-
turing towns of Hyde, Staley Bridge, &c. to purch&se pikes
and fire arms either from shops where such weapons are ex-
posed for sale, or from stalls in the public market place,
where such instruments are openly sold at a cheap rate. At
first we had some misgivings about the truth of a statement
which developes a feeling and an action amongst the lower
classes so repugnant to the peace and welfare of England;
and even at variance with that law, by a narrow construction
of which, the deluded chartists consider themselves justified
—viz., in possessing warlike weapons, on the plea of their
being necessary for the protection of the subject. Being un-
willing to believe in these aggressive forebodings, we caused
a friend of ours to visit Hyde and Staley Bridge on Saturday
evening ; and on reaching the former place, he perceived
that a stall of hardware was laid out in the market-place,
kept by' a cutler in a small way, named Edward Smith, and
amongst the articles for sale were cutlasses, hand pikes and
pike heads ; but with the precaution of having only three at a
time exhibited. Some of the pikes are formed like a common
halbert, others have a crescent at the bottom of the blade,
pointing forward with a sharp edge, supposed to be designed
for cutting the reins and girths of horses. They are of steel,
with a hole in the shank for fastening it into the handle, and
vary in price at 9d. ls. 3d. and 2s. 9d. Our informant pur-
chased one at the largest price. It is believed a great quan-
tity are manufactured and sold there ; and in Stayley Bridge
such are exposed for sale in one or two shops without hesita-
tion. Surely if their be any truth in the proverb that " com-
ing events cast their shadows before them," there is matter
for the serious consideration of government and other con-
servators of the public peace. It will be well if the conclave
who, we have been informed, hold secret meetings in this
borough, do not burst upon our local rulers, vigilant though
they be, before they are aware of it. Without saying any
more on the subject at present, we shall wait to see what
further steps attend the councils of an heterogenous commu-
nity who, uniting only to ignite, often become their own
dupes in overreaching visionary and vicious objects.—Stock-
port Advertiser,

BANK OF ENGLAND.—The half-yearly meeting of the board
of directors and proprietors of the Bank of England, took
place on Thursday, the governor, T. A. Curtis, Esq., in the
chair. In accordance with the opinion of the court of direc-
tors, he moved that a dividend be declared of 34 per cent. in-
terest and profits for the current half-year. He stated that
the amount of the rest would then be £2,799,000. The in-
crease was about £24,000. The profits of the bank had not
amounted to what would enable them to declare their former
dividend of eight per cent. per annum. If they had recom-
mended the former dividend of four per cent., it would have
occasioned a diminution of £50,000 on the amount of the
rest. After some other explanations, the motion was agreed
to mem. con.

TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM.—In consequence of ill health the
respected Rector of Heswall, Cheshire, Dr. Penny, has been
rendered unable to perform the onerous duties of his parish ;
and with the most laudable feeling for the spiritual welfare of
his parishioners, he has, on that account, resigned his bene-
fice. Dr. Penny has been rector of this parish thirty-two
years ; and the parishioners, desirous of evincing their opinion
of the rev. gentleman's merits, have presented him with a
splendid silver salver, bearing the following inscription :
" Presented to the Rev, Dr. Penny, Rector of Heswall, by
his parishioners, as a memorial of their esteem and affection-
ate regard."—Chester Gazette.

ASTOUNDING, IF TRUE !—We have heard of a project in
contemplation so audacious that we can scarcely credit the
report. It is said that Lord Plunkett being no longer able to
hold the Irish seals, a bill is to be introduced, rendering Ro-
man Catholics eligible to the office of chancellor, in order
that the seals may be conferred upon Mr. Daniel 0' Connell !
The enunciation of such a proposition is monstrous, but it is
not to be disregarded on that account. We are almost come
to that state of paradoxical wickedness in government that
one may say " credo quia impossibile"—the more incredibly
atrocious any act, the more likely to be perpetrated by the
present men. We pray of the country to attend to this mat-
ter c if men see any attempt to tamper with the few feeble
securities reserved in 1829, they will then know what to
think.—Standard.

PLEASANT EMPLOYMENT FOR DISSENTERS.—till
day last, the newly-elected assessors attended at the Trl%
hall, and made the declaration, on their faith as Christi,.;
that they would not use their offices to the injury
Protestant church, and, most curious to observe, the de.
ration was administered by two magistrates, one of Nc„t,
was a Romanist and the other a Socinian.—Lancaster (IcPcisi
HORRIBLE SUPERSTITION.—The Indicator, a semi-effib:ch
journal, published at Gotha, relates the following fact w
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took place there, and would totally incredible, did it
come from an eye-witness, and attended with strong ;18th,
bation on the part of that journal :--" On February oted
immediately after the decapitation of a criminal comic. tie
to death for murder, several persons, subject to eallef„,
fits, ascended the scaffold, with permission of the authoritfa4
and each, filling a glass with the blood of the victim, ei
it on the spot.
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT CHESTER.—Mr. Thomas -wd.
corn-dealer, of Chester, was most seriously injured on "
nesday morning, in his steam mill. The workmen were em,
ployed in hoisting flour into an upper room, when ahi ;
slipped out of the chain, and fell upon Mr. T. F., cru' tb
him severely ; he was at the time in close conversation 01
his brother.—Chester Gazette.
Age
CLERGY CHARlTY.—According to the report on the of
of the institution for the relief of the widows and orphans of
clergymen who have officiated within the archdeaeuell
Chester, it appears that the total amount of subscript;
for the past year is £955 Os. 6d., and that the sum of ,
13F2
has been distributed amongst thirty-seven widows, and
to twenty-five orphans. The society has still a balativ: 4
meet~
will 18s. in the Warrington bank. The annual ee'"
will be held in Manchester, on the third Thursday in lwritil
Fans are become general : the mode of handling will in
probability become a science, as it was in Addison's tin-ie.:et
lady's feelings are often known by her manner of flirtingld,
fan. Pocket-handkerchiefs are now embroidered with gel
We saw one this week embroidered in the usual waylll4llc t
cost £2O, and this price is often exceeded abroad. Ag
such extravagance we have, however, nothing to say, for
embroidery was a perfect picture.—Court Gazette.
RAILWAY AND STAGE COACH TRAVELLING. —voll-
-
able interest has been excited by the appearance of a °co,
ment just published by order of the House of Come,
a return of the mileage and composition duties on 7),
way and stage carriages respectively, in the years ended Ai;
sth of January, 1837, 1838, and 1839. It appears from rbi,
parliamentary paper, that 4,800;000 less persons travelled•
stage coaches in 1838 than in 1836, and 14,400,000 more Per
sons by railway in the same periods.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.-We „
ra
formed that a memorial having been presented to the 130,,,1
of directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, tn,
respectably signed by the inhabitants of Newton, Ashl',,ei
and the neighbourhood, praying for all first-class earc"7o
to stop at Newton Bridge that the memorial has been Ore,
promptly attended to, and that John Whitley, Esq. hes4l
ceived a letter, conveying the intimation that Newton
for the future be in all respects a first-class station on r
line.—Wigan Gazette.
The Countess of Albertsdorf, late Miss Graham, itl'ap
few months ago, published a few months ago, publisheand
interesting pamphlet on the myterions history of GasP,ng
Hauser, is said, in a letter from Munich, to be prelo/or,
another for the press, which will expose some highll49oo
tant facts, and give a clue to the discovery of the perpctra
of his atrocious murder.
INCREASE OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.—At the revo--
in 1689 it was £664,263 ; at the accession of Queen Ati'T,t,
1702, £16,394,702 ; at the accession of George the rir'd,
1714, £54,145,363 ; at the accession of George the Seee.l3o
1727, £52,092,238 ; at the commencement of the Arnetlete
war, 1775, £128,583,635 ; at the commencement 01 •
French war, 1792, £239,350,148; on the sth of JanuarY,7l'
when the English and Irish Exchequers were consolidar
£_848,282,477; in the:first of Victoria, 1838, £764,704,051`
In the critical notice of a Boston (United States) rrvi
the following improvement was suggested :—" The vol,M,
contains six articles, and would have been improved, we
if some half dozen of them bad been struck out."
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—A corresilltb'
dent in the Times says—" Some misconception prevails td,
the public with respect to the amount of dividend deelt,,
which is stated to be £3 lbs. per £lOO share for half a Y 741
and, therefore, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum ; wher`,,
the dividend declared is for nearly eighteen more
from the opening in July, 1837, to the 31st of Decembe r
1838, so that the per centage is only £2 6s. Bd. per cent. Pfeof
annum. Besides, nothing has been carried to the charge
bo
maintenance and repairs of the line during the first is
al{,
months, within their stations respectively. Again, this 114
year will be chargeable, which the former has not been,
half a year's interest on borrowed capital, which will arae";,
to about £55,000, which is a formidable item ; while items
pears, from the returns published in the Railway Times,r,d
the number of passengers has diminished 147 per day
the line has been wholly opened."
icho
LORD STANLEY.—TITHES.—CASHEL March 5.-- he
good and kind landlord, in addition to the many benefitsbm-,
has conferred upon his numerous and happy tenantry hill.
county, has directed his respected land agent, Thomas "'"0
ton, Esq., not to require payment of tithe rent-charge ft°,
them, and they have got receipts for their rents
would without
eluding that obnoxious impost. Happy lreland gehad the landlords taken Lord Stanley as their model.
has built a residence on his estates, where he occasionally f:
sides, and visits the farms of even his most remote tenant''
by which means he is an eye-witness of their condition, No'',
happiness, and the proper management of his princely estate!:
one.would think has engrossed most of his attention. It:
not alone as a landlord that Lord Stanley has shown his
nevolence, but he has even contributed £25 towprds coral:l.l%lr,
ing the fine chapel of Cashel, which has been paid to lad
Heney, the treasurer, by his lordship's agent.—Tippo'
Free Press.

IMPORTANT INVENTION.—SeveraI successful and satisfy,
tory experiments have lately been made of an ingenious '0
vention, having for its object the prevention of accidents fr°s,
horses taking fright, starting or running away. The ta
chinery, with but trifling expense, can be applied to carriagli
cabs, or any other description of vehicles. Its model $
operation is as follows :—On the nave of the wheel is fi:te,,,el
small gun metal wheel ; in front of the axle runs a
spindle, with a small cog attached ; over the spindle 'sea,
cylinder, and to which the pulley or check string is affil
The moment it is put into action, the spindle advances, ed
the cog revolves gradually round the gun-metal wheel, Willthe
is fixed on the nave, carrying with it reins leading fronlbeel
horse's head, of catgut, or covered patent cord. As the w' is
revolves, the cylinder, which is about an inch in diameter $
gathering up the reins, until the horses are brought ,10
stand-still ; when, by letting loose the check,.string, the
horses immediately have their heads free. The securitl $
this invention may be imagined, when it is stated, that'd
child inside the carriage can with ease stop the most t
and powerful cattle, supposing the reins to be broken, of
coachman's command over a vicious or unruly team O
u ,
come. The above has been invented several years, by Li e,O
Cooke, R.N., who has a patent, and it is surprising it
not come into general use, particularly for gigs.
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EMBARKATION OF TWO ELEPHANTS AT BOMBAY..- 41
Jis
a Correspondent.]-3y the overland accounts from ntio
received in town on Tuesday last, we perceive that the it
elephants, which the.government of India intend to p.restelhe
to the Pacha of Egypt, were embarked at Bombay, in ,
Colombo, on the 22nd of December last. At ten o'cloellere
the morning these noble animals, male and female, 'cl,Lid
walked out of the commissariat compound, where they ':,je
been for some time kept, to the jetty opposite, a10ng5,,,
of which the Colombo had been hauled up to receive the 4,,
The male elephant is of an extraordinary size, consider`
above above ten feet, with very long tusks, good tempered and elwo,
ning withal, for he could not be induced, by any persuasinte
to trust his foot on the jetty. The female is not much anile
nine feet in height, very good tempered, and more trantter
than her partner, for she made no hesitation to walk wfeet
ever she was commanded. Every preparation had tithe
made on board the vessel to hoist the animals in from ou
pier, the hatches had been widened and tackled alre3tot
when the obstinacy of the male elephant obliged CaP,,tie
Graham to adopt some other method of shipping his gigae,
freight ; he determined, therefore, to swim them a10n55,1 off
and then lift them ; for this purpose the vessel was haule'the
clear of the jetty, and the male was then marched into i.sc;
water, with the slings on, ready for an immediate Poi
considerable time was occupied in getting him alongside' sc•
fastening the tackle to the slings, which being at 1010
complished, he was hoisted away, and, with not half the Id),
ble that was expected from his immense size and strelLici,
fairly and snugly lodged in his berth, down in the main ""re,
wherelstalls had been fixed for them, similar to those P 515
pared for horses, only stronger and more secure. The fe' to
had all the while been looking on, and seemed not at allb,
relish the treatment her partner received, for she became ter,
streperous, and refusing for some time to go into the °lipid
she was, however, compelled to do so, and soon was in the,
air, flinging and kicking about with all her might.---1'
neum.
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SINGULAR VERIFICATION OF A DREAM.—A letter f
,e
Hamburgh contains the following curious story relatiVs
the verification of a dream. It appears that a locksin, de
apprentice one morning lately informed his master (C4eet
Soller) that on the previous night he dreamt that he had /3010
assassinated on the road to Bergerdorff, a little town at 30.1161
two hours' distance from Hamburgh. • The master 13,u1',40
at the young man's credulity, and, to prove that he 11.''''01'
had little faith in dreams, insisted upon sending him 'lid)
diately to Bergerdorff with 140 rix-dollars, (22 85.,)
he owed to his brother-in-law, who resided in the town• e
apprentice, after in vain imploring his master to chaVoeV.'
intention, was compelled to set out at about eleven 0 ci y•
On arriving at the village of Billwaerder, about half waY,,ati
tween Hamburgh and Bergerdorff, he recollected his driVe
with terror, but perceiving the bailie of the village at a
distance, talking to some of his workmen, he accosted moo
and acquainted him with his singular dream, at the same f
requesting that, as he had money about his person, one °choti
workmen might be allowed to accompany him for.Prnte
across a small wood which lay in his way. The bailie snifit#
and, in obedience to his orders, one of his men set Ontiatier
the young apprentice. The next day the corpse of the
was conveyed by some peasants to the bailie, along
reaping-hook, which had been found by his side, and The
which the throat of the murdered youth had been cut., hbe
bailie immediately recognised the instrument as one wi11e,.1,e4
had on the previous day given to the workman who had se'ooe
as the apprentice's guide, for the purpose of pruning eon'
willows. The workman was apprehended, and, on being Sion
fronted with the body of his victim, made a full conies
of • his crime, adding the recital of the dream ha 4 o.ll°
prompted him to commit the horrible act. The assass''''sto'
is thirty-five years of age, is a native of Billwaerder'hoeoe
previously to the perpetration of the murder had awn)*
an irreproachable character. •
UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE.—FORM OF A PETITJO rop
"To the honorable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal bled
the Commons, as the case may be] in parliament assel;cted oP,
-The humble petition of the undersigned [to be t
with the name of place, corporation, &c.,] shewett, por
your petitioners earnestly desire an uniform penny ‘
able in advance, as proposed by Rowland Hill, and rese o
mended by the report of the select committee of the 1-11fittile
Commons. That your petitioners entreat your hoOtitioo:
house to give instant effect to this report. And your Pet() hear t
ers will ever pray."—Mothers and fathers that wi,h
from their absent children! Friends who are Parted forget
wish to write to each other ! Emigrants that do not he bese
their native homes ! Farmers that wish to know the
markets ! Merchants and tradesmen that wish to tea
orders and money quickly and cheaply ! :Mechanics ,a'vogr,
bourers that wish to learn where good work and higfoa:
are to be had ! support the report of the house of C"e7y city
with your petition for an uniform penny post. Let eY so"
and town and village, every corporation, every religious h'
ciety and congregation, petition, and let every one in,ttis is
dom sign a petition with his name or his mark.
question of party politics. Lord Ashburton, a conse, the.
and one of the richest noblemen in the country, sP°l'eitter'
impressive words before the House of Commons emir' t,
"Postage is one of the worst of our taxes; it is, in fact' e 0
at ;
in g the conversation of people who live at a distance from_,
other. The communication of letters by persons liov‘n'oot,l;
distance is the same as a communication by, word el"ace,,
between persons living in the same town. ;
if
says Mr. Brewin, "is the:third of a poor man's inc°ad to pay
f
gentleman, who had £l,OOO a-year, or X 3 a-daY,
one-third of his daily income, a sovereign, for a liettetrieoll°oo,
often would he write letters of friendship ?' Let a gell,t,i,
put that to himself, and then he will be able to e
seletter• o
poor man cannot be able to pay sixpence for his _he tO,
Reader !if you can get any signatures to a petition, n° they
then;
copies of the above on two half sheets of paper ;eg.,telY;
signed as numerously as possible ; fold each up s direct 004
put a slip of paper round, leaving the ends open ; direct üb,
to a member of the House of Lords, the other to a PIT: roP
the House of Commons, London, and put them into tuo
office.

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