The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-02 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Duke of Northumberland has acceded to the petition
of his labourers, and generously advanced their wages two
shillings per week, in consequence of the high price of pro-
visions.—Newcastle Journal.
The hay harvest has commenced in this neighbourhood,
and the crop has been very greatly increased by the recent
beneficial rains. In places, however, there is a deficiency of
under-grass, owing, doubtless to the long-continued drought
of the spring.—Gloucestershire Chronicle.
EARLY HARVEST.—There is a small field of barley on the
canal side, near the Links, which is in such a state of for-
wardness, as to lead us to anticipate an early conclusion to
the labours of the husbandman—the stems generally being
from 2 to 24 feet long, and showing a fine long ear, which the
present rains will tend to fill rapidly.—Aberdeen Journal.
THE WEATHER.—There has fallen an immense quantity
of rain during the week, accompanied by a warm atmosphere
and occasional glimpses of sunshine ; and vegetation has, in
consequence, made rapid progress. Yesterday evening the
air turned rather cold, with the wind blowing from the
north ; and though the sky was clear overhead, heavy showers
appeared to be passing at a distance.—Derry Sentinel.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday last, by special
licence, at the private chapel of Knowle, the Earl Amherst
to the Dowager Countess of Plymouth. The Marquis of
Downshire, Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, Lady
Sarah Amherst, Hon. Robert Clive, &c., were present at the
ceremony. The Earl and Countess Amherst are staying at
Knowle Park. The noble earl is in his 66th year, and, we
believe, the countess is about 45 years of age.—Herald.
The long-continued drought, the effects of which were ap-
parent on the hay crop and pasture grass, and beginning to
be felt on the potatoe and turnip fields, has been succeeded
by soft showers, which continued almost without intermission
during several days. The crops are looking well, and the
temperature continues high, the reign will be of essential
benefit on every species of field crops.—Edinburgh Evening
Post.

• CHELTENHAM.—A report is in circulation that the radicals
of this town intend getting up a requisition to Mr. Roebuck
to come forward as a candidate in the event of an election.
We can hardly think they have turned their backs upon their
faithful advocate, W. P. Gaskilt, Esq., who, we understand,
is pledged to come forward ; independently of which he is a
resident and rate payer : consequently he has a much greater
claim upon them than Mr. Roebuck.— Gloucester Ghronicle.
THE STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—We have good
authority for stating that, in the event of a dissolution of
parliament, William Maxwell, Esq. younger of Cardoness,
will be brought forward as a candidate for the Stewartry of
Kirkcudbright, in the conservative interest. A requisition
will be got up immediately inviting him to stand ; and if it
be signed, as we cannot doubt it will be, by a goodly array
of respectable names, we have every reason to believe that
Mr. Maxwell will comply with the mighty request.--Dumfries
Herald.
THE CROPS.—At the present moment, when trade and
commerce are in such an unsatisfactory position, and indeed
every thing looking so desponding, it is gratifying to find that
the accounts from all parts of the world give every reason to
expect a most abundant harvest. Throughout England we
are assured the crops look most flourishing, and in America
as well as France the same appearance is presented. In many
districts the hay harvest has commenced, while the recent
rains have done much to forward the grain, potatoe, and tur-
nip crops. Some of the provincial papers speak of the wheat
crops, in particular, as wearing a more luxuriant appearance
than was almost ever remembered at this season of the year.,
—Newcastle Journal.
ELECTION FOR BRADFORD.—A short time since, some o
the friends of Mr. Hardy applied to him to know, in case of
an election, whether he would allow himself to be nominated
for this borough. The answer he gave them was wary, and
prudent, and characteristic of the man. He stated that should
a requisition be presented to him, bearing the names of half
the registered electors of Bradford, he would, in case of an
election, come forward and offer himself as a candidate for
that borough. A requisition has been framed, and is now in
course of signature. Up to Monday night it had received
about 400 names. It is stated that about 60 known and staunch
Tories refused to sign any requisition, but pledge themselves
to vote for Mr. Hardy. We are informed that 612 voters will
give the victory.—York Courant.
It is demanded what steps the House of Lords will take in
support of Sir Robert Peel's policy in the House of Commons
for the overthrow of the nefarious scheme of anti-church edu-
cation ? The Commons have done their part ; the country
is with them. Are the House of Lords against both country
and Commons—against both Church and State; or is it only
his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who could crush both
Ministers and their project by a majority of two to one ?
The patience of honest men, and, with all due deference, of
wise men to. mais-mt-awaveii:o43l.a.asAt to sampth;,..-
AYLESBURY RAILWAY.—The London and Birmingham
Company (who lease the Aylesbury line) have this week an-
nounced a considerable sink in the fares ; the price of the
whole journey from Aylesbury to London is now but ss. 6d.
and no gratuities are allowed to be given to the police, guard,
or men in waiting. The time allowed for the journey is 2h .
10m. Some of the London papers have put down the dis-
tance of the Aylesbury branch at 7-1.: miles • this is not correct,
the real distance being somewhat short ofseven miles. The
time allowed for the transit from Aylesbury to Cheddington
is in future to occupy but seven minutes ; i. e. at the rate of
nearly 60 miles an hour.—Aylesbury Fetes.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—Steam conveyance is ordered
for embarkation of the following depOts :-30th-107 men,
from Carlisle to Belfast ; 52nd-160 men, from Carlisle to
Belfast ; 77th-295 men, from Belfast to Carlisle ; 83d-154
men from Belfast to Carlise.—[The 52nd passed through
Carlisle last Saturday ; the 95th arrived here on Tuesday ;
the 33d left on the following day for TYnemouth ; and the
33th passed through on Friday morning].—Carlisle Patriot.
WHIG BLUNDERING.—The course pursued by ministers,
in reference to the Irish railways, affords an admirable spe-
cimen of the whig genius for blunder. A number of enter-
prising speculators were actively employed in raising funds
for giving to the sister kingdom the advantages of railway
communication. Actuated by a burning zeal for that country,
Lord Morpeth steps in, protests that these speculators are
engaged in an enterprise which can never repay their outlay,
and very politely begs to transfer to the unwilling purse of
John Bull all the loss which these speculators were quite
willing, to risk. Having thus taken all possible pains to
extinguish the ardour of the speculators, the noble lord
' makes a dignified pause of some three months, and then,
with a very Jim Crowish jump, suddenly renounces his
design on Mr. Bull's pockets, and quietly- recommits to
the sole care and attention of private speculators that
same project for railways, which be had before taken out
of their hands, and which he now returns with the truly Irish
advantage that they have been officially denounced as entirely
hopeless of profit. Lord Morpeth has dealt out " a heavy
blow, and great discouragement" to the Irish railways, and
they must be Irish speculators indeed who will now have
anything to do with them.—Morning Herald.
SALMON FISHING AT THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY.—There
is a considerable draught of salmon just now at two or three
stations in the vicinity of the Giant's Causeway, and it is
daily increasing. Very fine salmon, weighing from six to
fourteen pounds are selling at 6d per lb. other descriptions of
fish are equally reasonable, haddock and mullet not averaging
over 2d_per lb. Very large lobsters are selling at 10d to is
each. The Coleraine and Derry steamers call at Port Bal-
Entree three times a week, and regularly take away large
quantities of salmon. If a steam vessel were put on from
Belfast to Port Ballintrae, calling at Larne, Glenarm, Cush-
endall, Cushendun, Ballscastle, and the Giant's Causeway,
there is no doubt that a considerable traffic would be carried
on in fish, fowls, eggs, butter, and other marketable articles.
Numerous families would, also, take country lodgings along
this picturesque coast, did they possess the means of visiting
thefr residences daily by steam conveyance. Our Scotch
neighbours along the Clyde enjoy these advantages in a pre-
eminent degree. There is every inducement for a specula-
tion of this description. There are convenient landing places
at all the ports we have mentioned : lodgings and provisions
are reasonable ; the hotels are good;. and the scenery, and
convenience for sea-bathing not to be surpassed in the united
kingdom.—Belfast Whiy.

STORMS IN FRANCE. - The French country papers sre
filled with accounts of storms, the effects of which have been
far more violent and more widely felt throughout France
this year than can be remembered for a long time. The
light-house on Cape Ferret, near La Teste, beyond Bordeaux,
was struck by lightning on the 16th instant, and much da-
maged. A workman, who had taken shelter in it from the
rain was killed. A thunder-storm occurred, a few days ago,
at Eravant, (Loiret); a female servant, who was haymaking,
was killed by the lightning. Her clothes were much injured,
but the body bore no other trace of the fluid than a slight
mark upon the head. Her shoes, the soles of which were
full of small nails, were rent to pieces. Her mistress, who
who was standing at her side, escaped without injury. A.
few days previously, a lady, who was on her way from Beau-
gene), to Missas, in the same department, was blown out of
her cabriolet by the storm, but escaped with slight contu-
sions. At Magne, near Niort, a farm was burned by the
lightning, and one of the servants was killed by the fluid.
His clothes were rent into fragments. At Vendome, great
loss has been occasioned by the hail-storms. From Amiens,
and all the surrounding parts of Picardy, distressing accounts
have been received of the injury done to the small farms and
gardens. At Boulogne-sur-Mer the Liane became suddenly
flooded the other day, from a heavy storm attended with
thunder and lightning, and the sluices in the port being shut
by the tide coming in, the waters rose 10 feet in certain
places, and the houses west of the port were flooded in their
ground floors. The inhabitants had to escape from some in
boats.

BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—We under-
stand that requisitions from many large shareholders in Bir-
mingham, Gloucester, and Liverpool, have been recently, and
are still presenting to the directors of this company, to allow
four per cent. interest from the period at which they have
paid up £5O per share, as well as on future calls. We are
informed that there is every reason to believe the request
will be complied with, and the arrangement will tend not
merely to raise the value of the shares, but also to produce a
present income to the holders, and induce a ready response
to future calls, and thereby accelerate the opening of the un-
dertaking. In the neighbourhood of Mosley and Highgate
the line is in a great state of forwardness, and still more so at
the Tewkesbury and Cheltenham end ; and it is expected to
be opened from Bromsgrove in January next.—Gloucester
Chronicle.

CURE. EXTRAORDINARY.—A valuable mare, eighteen
years of age, the property of Mr. J. Hill, of Dancinghall,
had the misfortune to get her thigh bone broken on the
twenty-second of August, 1838. The owner, anxious to save
the mare, (as he expected her to be in foal,) Mr. C. Bolam,
senr. of Lorbottle, was sent for, and the mare being put
under his charge, he set the bone and put her in slings; and
there she remained for twenty-three weeks. The mare is
now going about healthy and well ; she has also brought forth
a tine stout filly foal, which is running at her s de ; her thigh
bone is now as straight as the other one, and she walks quite
sound, which gives great credit to Mr. C. Bolam. The mare
may be seen at Dancinghall, near Whittingham.—Newcastle
Journal.

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The tolls of the Chester Dee bridges have been let for the
ensuing year for £1,260.
The number of persons who perished in the late inunda-
tion in Belgium, as officially stated, is 73.
The herring fishing at Donaghadee, last week, exceeded all
expectations. The take, on the average was five maize to
each boat.
Mr. George Taylor, of Longton-hall, has part of a stack
of clover hay, a cubic yard of which weighs 5 cwt. l qr. 20
lbs., or 43 stones 6 lbs. to the yard.
POSTAGE.-It is calculated that 77,500,000 chargeable let-
ters are annually transmitted by post throughout the united
kingdom.

BRYNKINALLT.—The Duke of Wellington is expected at
Brynkinallt in the autumn, on a visit to his noble relative,
the Viscount Duncannon.—Carnarvon Herald.
BLACK CATTLE.—It is generally admitted that black cat-
tle are higher priced at present than they have been since the
termination of the French war.
The commissioners for inquiring into the state of the roads
in England and Wales have appointed John Tidd Pratt, Esq.,
barrister-at-law, secretary to the commission.
.The subscriptions to the Nelson Testimonial now amount
to about £lB,OOO. The design sent in by Mr. Wm. Railton
has been selected for the adoption by the committee.
The penalties for printers for not attaching their name and
address [the imprint] to every thing they print, can now
no longer be enforced except by the attorney or solicitor-
general.

HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—The various works of this
railway were urged on with renewed vigour as soon as the
season allowed of it ; and on the greater portion of the line
men are employed both night and day.
Mr. Feargus O'Conner announced at Carlisle, last week,
that Mr. Oastler would offer himself for that city at the next
election. Mr. O'Conner mistakes the ground. Mr. Oastler
would have no chance at Carlisle.
A QUAKER FOUND OUT.—In the case of Dodd y. Dodd,
the parties are Quakers—Dr. Lushington on Wednesday
pronounced for a decree of separation on the suit of the wife
on the ground of the husband's adultery.
The Duke of Beaufort, who was recovering fast from the
measles, has since been attacked by gout, from which his
grace has been suffering some days past. On Friday the
noble duke was said to be better.
A person of the name of Carlile from London, has been
very busy in Bradford during the past week, in propagating
notions of the " despicableness of the clergy," the fabulous-
ness of the bible, and the uselessness of religion.
Among the military papers laid before the House of Com-
mons. on Friday, is one which was ordered on the motion of
a member who bears the warlike cognomen of Muskett—
George Alfred Muskett, Esq., member for St. Alban's.
The trial of Archibald Bolam for the murder of Joseph
Millie, is expected to take place at Newcastle, in the county
court, on the 30th or 31st of July. He will be defended by
Mr. Dundas and Sir Gregory Lewin.
The works on the Chester and Crewe line of railway are
proceeding rapidly and satisfactorily ; and we believe no
doubt exists but that the line will be open early in the ensuing
spring, and in full operation before Chester races.
Two potatoes were recently found by a workman, on the
premises of Mr. Copestake, baker, Derby, under a pave-
ment that had not been disturbed for 34 years. They were
quite sound, and covered with rubbish and lime about two
feet deep.
On Tuesday week, as a cow was grazing in a field at
Fixby, near 'Huddersfield, the lightning struck its horns
completely off, and they stuck in the grasss, and strange to
say, the cow was not otherwise materially injured.
THE HAY HARVEST IN IRELAND.—Mowing is in pro-
gress in the vicinity of Limerick, and several fields of excel-
lent meadow are cut down. We are quite happy to reiterate
the cheering prospect of an early and plenteous harvest. The
crops everywhere are luxuriant.—Limerick Chronicle.
According to official returns, the following is the number
of marriages solemnized according to the provisions of the
marriage act in the year 1838:—In Roman Catholic chapels,
1,629 ; in Protestant dissenting chapels, 2,504 • in Scotch
Kirks, 45 ; and before the registrars, 1,476. ' Total, 5,654.
ENORMOUS HEN Enc.—A' hen of the common species
belonging to Mr. Andrews, supervisor of excise, Duncan-
street, laid an egg on Tuesday evening of the following extra-
ordinary dimensions and• weight : Its circumference was
seven and half inches and six inches; and its weight, three
ounces.—Cork Constitution.
LORREQUER AMUSEMENTS.—The officers of the 94th
Regiment, now stationed in Chester, have been amusing
themselves by wrenching the knockers from the doors of the
citizens in the dead of night. In the mess-room a drawer
full of knockers was discovered.
The address to the queen, praying her majesty to dismiss
her present ministers, which the Brighton chartists sent up,
was curiously enough presented by Lord John Russell, who
has intimated to the memorialists that the same was very
graciously received.
Hay cutting has commenced in the neighbourhood of
Belfast. We have seen several fields on the Carrickfergus
road, particularly some belonging to Mr. Simms, of the
Grove, in a very forward condition. The crops, in general,
in this vicinity, have a very forward appearance.—Belfast
Vindicator.
Letters from Cairo, of the 21st ult., state that two young
Chinese priests, born in the environs of Pekin, and an
Italian clergyman, who spoke their language, had passed
through a few days before on their way to China. They had
resided a long time and been ordained in Naples.
The blacksmiths in Portsmouth dock-yard had a strike
last week in consequence of the allowance of time for wash-
ing at breakfast and dinner hours having been curtailed ;
the usual time, 20 minutes for cleaning at breakfast, and half
an hour in the afternoon, was again conceded to them.
Louisa Van Linne, third and last surviving daughter of
the celebrated naturalist, Linnaeus, died lately at Upsal, at
the advanced age of ninety. This lady, as recorded by her
father, was the first to observe sparks of light issue from
the flowers of the nasturtium during a walk in her father's
flower garden on a summer's evening.
THE WEATHER.—The effect of the late warm showers on
the species of vegetation has been most satisfactory. The
inetreasefl vrowth of all vezetahle JoaftAvisinew atneemintrary
vegetable& must be more abundant, of better quality, and
cheaper than they have been for some years.—Leeds In-
telligencer.

A TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE.—Our readers are already
aware that, lately, Mr. Francis Maude, in his capacity as Re-
corder of Pontefract, declared his wish in open court that
" every house was a beer shop except his own." A corres-
pondent inquires if that liberal desire is his qualification as a
President of a " Temperance Festival."— Wakefield Paper.
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—We are happy to state,
that, on and after Monday next, the fares to and from Not-
tingham and Derby, will be reduced to 3s. 6d. in the first-
class, and 2s. in the second-class carriages. The directors
have determined to have third-class carriages at ls. so soon
as carriages can be built, and arrangements made for carrying
this resolution into effect.—Nottingham Mercury.
AGRICULTURAL PROSPFCTS.—Great improvement has ta-
ken place in the appearance of the corn within the last few
days—indeed it looks as well as we ever recollect it at this
season of the year. The plants are tolerably thick upon the
ground, and the quantity sown is very great. An abundant
harvest is looked forward to with considerable confidence.—
Bath Chronicle.
Among the fair d6butantes at her Majesty's drawing-room,
on Thursday, were Lady Augusta Finch, eldest daughter of
the Earl of Aylesford ; Lady Amelia Capel, sister to the Earl
of Essex ; Miss Peel, eldest daughter of Sir Robert and Lady
Peel; the Hon. Miss Methuen, daughter of Lord Methuen;
and the Hon. Miss Liddell, daughter of Lord Ravensworth,
and the sister to the Marchioness of Normauby.
DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—During the thunder storm
which visited this part of the country on Monday evening
last, the wife of a farmer in the parish of Brecfa, near Car-
marthen, whilst dressing her infant child, was struck with the
electric fluid, and killed on the spot. The child, although
sitting in her lap, escaped unhurt.—Welshman.
An Operative Conservative Association has been formed
in Dudley within the last few days. The first meeting took
place on Friday evening at the Albion Tavern, for the pur-
pose of appointing the different oficers and committee, and
we are informed that three hundred individuals have already
enrolled their names as members.—Staffordshire Gazette.
In the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday, Mr. Livesey ob-
tained a verdict of £5O damages from Mr. O'Connell, for ser-
vices performed to the Irish Tail members in 1833, 1834, and
1835, such as summoning them at the direction of Mr.
O'Connell to attend meetings and ballots on election peti-
tions, &c. In Mr. O'Connell's notes the Irish members
were described as the Irish Brigade.
Incredible as it may appear to people in England, it is not
lees true, that men-servants at present demand and obtain
fifty-two pounds per annum, with board and lodging, and fe-
male servants from twenty-five to thirty pounds a-year. We
hope the time is nigh at band when we shall have the plea-
sure of seeing vessels direct from England entering our ports
with emigrants.—Port Philip (Australia) Gazette.
FOOL HARDINESS.—During the week, a man in a state
approaching intoxication, had the temerity to lay himself
down between the rails on the York and North Midland line,
and remained in that position until a train passed over the
spot where he was laid. Fortunately, no injury was done to
his person, though two red hot cinders from the fire fell upon
his neck. The reward of this pot valour was a quart of ale.—
Sheffield Iris.
IMPORTANT TO ADMINISTRATORS.—The Vice-Chancellor
has recently expressed an opinion that under the act of 3 and
4 Win. IV. c. 104, funeral expenses are not included in the
debts to which the real estate of an intestate is liable ; and
secondly that a creditor for advances made towards th ex-
penses of a lunatic where the income of his property was in-
sufficient cannot recover his debt under that statute out of
the intestate's real estate.

DOING THINGS TO A TURN.—Colonel Merrick, of Au-
beries, Sudbury, on the 30th ult., deposited 11 eggs, laid by
his own stock, in the Eccaleobion machine, marking each
with his own name ; and on the 20th inst. he had delivered
to him 10 of the finest chickens of the Dorking breed that
ever broke shell. The remaining one was lost, owing to its
beginning to peck the shell with its bill downwards, which
occasioned its suffocation.

The Marquis of Granby and Sir G. Clerk h'ave refused to
subscribe any further towards the Stamford Blue-coat School,
as has the Marquis of Exeter. The reason assigned for
withdrawing their aid to this charity is, that the charity-
trustees appointed by the Lord Chancellor have refused to
allow the children to be educated in the tenets of the Church
of England, and have forbidden the use of the Church Ca-
techism in the schools.

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It has created considerable surprise in the -fasionable cir-
cles that a distinguished conservative and his lady were not
invited to a recent fete to the Queen. We have heard, from
a quarter likely to be accurately informed, that the book of
invitations was submitted to an illustrious lady, who passed
her pen through the names. We were not aware that etiquette
demanded the submission of the general list of the company,
but only the guests invited to join the royal table.
BRITISH CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—On Friday the
21st instant the anniversary of this society was celebrated
in a commodious temporary building adjoining the Halfway
House, in Birkenshaw. Notwithstanding the unsettled state
of the weather, and the great distance of many parts of the
parish from the point of rendezvous, not less than 250 mem-
bers and their friends sat down to an excellent and bountiful
dinner, provided by Mr. and Mrs. Oddy.-Leeds Intelligencer.
O'Connell, ever first to incite the wild Irish to to insur-
rection, will not call attention to their wants. The present
destitute condition of the peasantry in many districts of Ire-
land has several times in the course of the last two or three
weeks been pressed upon the attention of ministers in the
House of Commons ; but on no occasion has the well-paid
advocate of his starving countrymen opened his mouth on
the subject.—Herald.

NINETY-TWO SHEEP KILLED HY LIGHTNING.—Late on
Tuesday night last, Piddinghoe, next Lewes level, wasvisited
by one of the most awful storms of thunder and lighting
ever remembered. At about midnight, thy thunder was
fearfully awful, and the electric fluid struck afold of sheep on
Deans farm, belonging to Mr. Tompsett, of Piddinghoe, and
killed ninety-two in the fold, fifty-five ewes and thirty-seven
lambs, leaving but few alive, and those in a senseless state.
COUNTY TIPPERARY CALENDAR.—Murder, 19; conspi-
racy to murder, 9 ; burglary and robbery, 3 ; grievous assault,
3; rape, 4 ; embezzlement, 2 ; cow stealing, 2 ; house rob-
bery, 4 ; shooting at persons, 2 ; administering unlawful
oaths, 3 ; robbery of arms, 4 ; sheep stealing, 1; on bail 20
--total 79.

Chester Assizes will commence on Saturday, the lOth of
August.

Our reform candidates, Col. Thompson and Mr. Clay, are
pursuing their labours with great success. Mr. Clay is
already dubbed " The yard of Clay," from his masterly
management of a pipe of tobacco ; and his vocal strains on
Tuesday evening, in the neighbourhood of the Pig Market,
are said to have rivalled those of Orpheus, and to have in-
duced a chorus unexampled. If such accomplishments do
not win for Mr. Clay the representation of Hull, it must be
evident that the constituency are still little advanced in
socialism.—Hull Times.
Among the instances in the rise of the value of property,
during the last half century, we hive heard of none more re-
markable than the following :—The late Sir John Hender-
son, Bart. of Fordel, in the county of Fife, purchased a field
of coal from a small proprietor, or, in Scottish phrase,
bonnet laird, of the name of " Laird. Broun," for one hun-
dred pounds ! This piece of property, which now belongs to
Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Durham, in virtue of
his wife, the daughter of Sir John Henderson, was, en the
19th instant, valued at the sum of one hundred and twenty
thousand pounds !
FORMIDABLE KNIFE.—We have been favoured by Messrs:
R. Bunting and Sons, of Regent-street, with the sight of a
life preserver, of new construction, manufactured by them.
The knife, when closed, is about 6.4 inches long, when open,
11 inches. It contains a strong dagger blade, and up the
back of the knife is a pistol barrel. The peculiarity of the
knife is, that a pressure of the spring on the side of the
knife, at the same instant opens the blade and discharges the
pistol. It is an exceedingly compact and formidable weapon,
and in the hands of a determined man, might do great ex-
ecution.—Sneffield Iris.
No GENTLEMAN.—" You' mustn't smoke here, sir," said
a captain of a north river steam-boat, to a man who was
smoking among the ladies on the quarter deck. " Mustn't—
he !—why not ?" replied he, opening his capacious mouth
and allowing the smoke lazily to escape. " Didn't yoti see
the sign—` all gentlemen are requested not to smoke abaft
the engine.' " " Bless your soul that don't mean me—l'm
not a gentleman—not a bit of it." So saying he smoked
away, and " took the responsibility."—American paper.
THREE TIMES THREE, "All's Well."—ln the announce-
ment of births this week we find the following :—" In Lon-
donderry, the lady of J. Kennedy, Esq. : Officer of Excise,
of three children, two boys and a girl, all well." "In Cal-
ton, Glasgow, Mrs. E. Murray, of two sons and a daughter,
all well." "At Sowerby, Bridlington, Yorkshire, the wife
of Mr. S. Mason, of three daughters, all doing well." The
happy husbands intend meeting to celebrate their good for-
tune, by drinking the healths of their consorts, with three
times three, and singing as a trio " All's Well."—Carlisle
Patriot.
WIRE WORM.—The growing crops generally bear a healthy
appearance, notwithstanding the late severity of the weather.
In some parts of the fens great complaints are made of the
destructive ravages of the wire-worm, by which the young
wheat in some situations are rendered patchy and ill-coloured.
The movements of this pernicious worm are very uncertain ;
one year the East-fen suffers, whilst the West-fen - escapes
altogether ; and next year the reverse of this will occur, the
West-fen being overrun, and the East-fen beingentirely free.
Mr. Thompson, of Sibsey, has suffered much, and indeed
complaints are general. Mr. Cordwin, of Stickney, has had
not only his corn, but his potatoes also, greatly injured, the
number of worms in three potatoes set being 112, 120, and
121 in each.—Boston Herald.
FORTUNE TELLING.—On Saturday se'nnight a gipsy
woman went to the house of George Clough, situate at Water
Houses, in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, and pretended
to tell fortunes. Having induced the wife of George Clough
to shoyi her a bag containing £132 in gold, she pretended to
charm the bag, and put it in a place where it was to remain
untouched for three or four days ; at which period her dupe
discovered that the bag of gold had been changed for one of
lead. Upon inquiry, it was ascertained, that, for three or
four weeks a gipsy family, consisting of the man and woman
and their four young ones, aged 20, 14, eight, and four years,
had been encamped in a wood not far from Clough's house ;
and they were seen together on the day of the robbery, but
they then decamped, and have not since been heard of.—
Manchester Guardian
THE GLASGOW ELECTION.—A rather curious and novel
question has arisen upon this election. The reform act pre-
scribes that a show of hands shall be taken at the nomination,
and if no poll be demanded by the candidate in the minority,
the candidate in the majority shall be declared duly elected.
The show of hands was in favour of Mr, O'Connor, and a
poll having been demanded in behalf of Mr. Oswald, Mr.
O'Connor withdrew, and the sheriff returned Mr. Oswald
without having recorded a single vote. It is contended by
some parties that Mr. O'Connor is the rightful member, he
having been elected by the show of hands, whilst Mr. Oswald's
friends contend that, Mr. O'Connor having withdrawn, there
was no necessity to go to the poll. We are clearly of opinion,
that though on a petition Mr. O'Connor could not be seated,
Mr. Oswald's return would be declared null and void, and a
fresh writ would have to be issued.—Mail.
IRISH MARBLE QUARRIES.—If these noble quarries were
situated in any other country than Ireland, they would long
ago have enriched the owners of the soil, and afforded em-
ployment to the poor of the neighbourhood, as the following
occurrence will show :—An Irish proprietor in one of these
districts was at length prevailed upon, last year, to send some
of this marble to London on trial. The statuaries were de-
lighted with it, and offered to take almost any quantity, at
the price of fine Italian marble. A considerable quantity was
accordingly sent, and immediately purchased. The tenant
of the farm upon which the quarry was situate, roused by
this piece of good luck in the proprietor, fancied himself
entitled to the quarries on this land, under the terms of an
old lease. An attorney whom he consulted, of course, con-
firmed this idea ; and a notice to stop the works, or defend
an action at law, was immediately served on the proprietor.
Thanks to good advisers, this legal spark was soon blown
into a glorious blaze, and the promising quarry has returned
to, and bids fair long to remain in, its former state of Irish
nature.—Times. '
A FEMALE DRIVING A MAIL.—A good-looking young
woman, whose name was stated to be Margaret, Wilkinson,
was brought up at the New Bailey on Tuesday, under the
following circumstances. Higginson, the officer, stated that
on the preceding day, Monday, the prisoner got into one of
the gig mails, which was standing at the post-office, and
drove . s treet• seemed at a loss-to
know what to make of the charge, said she just got upon the
box, and the horse set off. She was discharged, with a
caution not to drive any of her majesty's mails again.
ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—On Wednesday afternoon, a
man named Philip Mayor, whilst walking in Weymouth-
street, near Kensington, London, with a woman with whom
he had been drinking, attempted to murder her. He was
seen by a gentleman named Beames, standing behind the
woman in the act of cutting her throat with a knife, while he
held her head back upon his breast. They both fell upon the
ground together, the woman crying out " Murder, he has
cut my throat," while Mayor threw himself upon her, and
began kissing her, and ejaculating he hoped he had killed
her, and adding, that he had done the deed because he loved
her. He was taken into custody, and the woman, who had
received a dangerous wound, was conveyed to Guy's Hospital.
The prisoner said, she had lived with him for the last eleven
years, and that she had lately abandoned him, and gone to
live with another man ; but in the course of a dispute with
her on the subject, and in the height of passion, he had com-
mitted the act, and added, that he loved her, and that he
did what he had done to prevent his rival in her affections
from seeing her again.
NEW MARRIAGE ACT.—An uncertainty has for some
time prevailed with regard to the right interpretation of the
12th clause of the Marriage Act, viz., whether superintendent
registrars were authorised by it to issue a licence or certificate
for the solemnization of marriages within their several dis-
tricts, in cases in which neither of the parties intending
marriage had resided within the said district for the space of
15 days immediately before the granting of such license or
certificate. The question has lately been the subject of a
correspondence between the Registrar General and Mr.
Thompson the superintendent Registrar of the Worcester
Union, in the course of which the former gave it as his
opinion that such a residence was not required. Since then,
however, the Registrar General has addressed circulars to
the superintendent registrars generally, in which he says,
" In consequence of an opinion which I have received from
the law officer to the Crown, I hereby direct that from this
time forward you do not issue a certificate of any marriage to
be solemnized in a district in which neither of the parties in-
tending marriage resided at the time of giving notice.—
Worcester Journal.

THUNDER STORM.—On Saturday afternoon, the neigh-
bourhood of Marple was visited with a storm, attended by
thunder and lightning. About four o'clock, two labourers
were engaged spreading lime, in Bowden Wood, within
Marple, when the electric fluid struck a fine ash tree, which
was growing about fifty yards off, and shattered it to pieces,
the shock of which was so great that the workmen alluded
to fell to the ground at the same moment, as if they also had
been struck. We are happy to say, however, that they re-
ceived no personal injury. This is the second shock which
has been felt upon this estate within a few years by lightning,
having, about eight years ago, struck a barn, and ignited
the building and its contents; but, by the active exertions of
the neighbours, the greater part of the hay was preserved.
The barn was completely destroyed. On Saturday, the fluid
descending upon a house in Denton, drove in the doors and
windows, but no lives were injured ; and on the same after-
noon, the towing-line of one of the boats which was passing
along the Stockport and Ashton Canal, near Marple, was
divided in twain by the lightning. The driver was knocked
down, but not injured ; neither was any damage done to
either the horse or the boat.—Stockport Advertiser.
BERLIN, JUNE 2.—A very unpleasant circumstance took
place a few days ago—viz., a considerable theft committed at
the Mineralogical Museum of our university, which is under
the superintendence of Professor Weiss. The thief must not
only be a shrewd but likewise a very well informed gentleman,
for the miners missing are of those which appear to have
no value, but which the connoisseur at the first glance knows
to possess a very great one. A large and magnificent fire
opal has, for instance, vanished. Much regret is also felt at
the disappearance of almost all the beautiful ores of gold,
silver, and platina brought by Baron de Humboldt from the
Ural Mines, when his grand scientific journey in Northern
Asia took place. It is affirmed that they contained a value
of 4000 or 5000 thalers. Every measure has been adopted
for the discovery and apprehension of the thief. JUNE 9.
The police is in search of the individuals who, on the night
of the 6th instant, stole various minerals, valued at near
£lOOO, from the museum of the Berlin University. A young
Englishman who attends tha university lectures, and upon
whom suspicion rests, has been arrested.—German paper.
A CANDID ADMISSION.--•Lord Melbourne, in the course
of the debate in the House of Peers, last Tuesday evening,
on the chartist petition, made the folloWing curious and can-
did admission. Referring to Lord Brougham, he said :—" I
recollect when I had the honour and pleasure of acting with
the noble and learned lord when we did not feel it to be quite
a calamity to be in narrow majorities. I recollect when we
thought a majority of one on the second reading of the reform
bill was a very good majority to go upon. Ido not.think
there was a feeling of disgrace upon the occasion. As to the
reflection upon the assembly itself, I do not know how it is
to be helped. It is a contingency that may occur. An equal
division of any assembly is a possibility on the cards. Whe,
ther it is an advantage or disadvantage I do not precisely
pretend to determine, but we must decide by majorities.
After all, perhaps, it is an unsatisfactory mode of deciding—
it is forced on us by the imperfections of human nature.
Nobody thinks a majority always in the right, or a minority
always in the wrong. God knows Ido not—my associations
and feelings are ail the other way. My proposition is that
a minority is generally in the right."

A QUERY.—A correspondent, who has enclosed the fol-
lowing extract from the speech of Lord Brougham on the
chartist petitions, when presented in the House of Lords last
Tuesday evening, as reported in the Morning Herald, wishes
to know whether the noble lord's allusion was to himself or
to Lord John Russell. We cannot solve the question, but
we may state our opinion that it is not of much consequence
to the country to which of them the reference was made.
The cap would fit either, or we are much mistaken. Speak-
ing of the reform bill, he observed—" It had been said that
it was brought forward as a final measure, and speeches were
quoted to prove the assertion. When he denied it, however,
he spoke with- a perfect recollection of what one member of
that government had said of the doctrines he maintained and
of the expressions he had used. He was, it was true, an in-
dividual of no importance, and what he had said would have
been of little consequence to any one but himself, had it not
been for the position he held and the hand he had in that
measure, which he had to support in debate, and which ren-
dered him distinguished in station though obscure in personal
qualifications.'

The support of the Yeomanry Cavalry in Great Britain,
last year, came to £103,075.
TRUE LIBERALITY. The direction of the Bank of
England has voted a sum of £5OO towards building a new
church in the eastern division of the metropolis.
The most numerous and powerful clan in New South
Wales are the Camerons ; no fewer than 106 of the name
arrived out in one vessel from Cromarty last January.
RADNORSHIRE MINERALS.—The workmen employed in
making a new road in the parish of Llanwareth, leading from
Builth to Kington, recently discovered a very rich vein of
copper ore, a sample of which may be seen at Knitho, Mill,
near Builth.

BRITISH QUEEN STEAM SHlP.—This splendid vessel is
now moored in Gourock Bay, but will, we understand, leave
the Clyde on Thursday (yesterday.) She will call at Liver-
pool on her way to London, and will probably remain in the
Mersey about 24 hours.—Glasgow Courier.
PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.— A few days ago, a
man, at Clithero, calling himself James Wilson, engaged to
walk seven miles in one hour; but actually performed the
duous undertaking in fifty-five minutes.
SYDNEY.—SETTLERS AND CONVICTS.—The number of
free emigrant settlers landed at Sydney, New South Wales,
last year, was, 6,B29—the number of convicts in the same
time, 2,935.
THE SUNDERLAND MURDER.—The coroner's jury who
returned a verdict of " wilful murder," against the mate
Ehlert did not implicate the boy Mueller, but the magis-
trates of Sunderland have, after a long investigation, com-
mitted him also to take his trial on the capital charge, some
suspicious circumstances against him having since transpired.
We are authorised to contradict the statement relative to
the property left by the late Bishop of Peterborough. His
freehold property, which is called very large, did not amount
to seven acres ; and his personal property, after payment of
the necessary charges upon it, will be considerably below
X 20,000.— Government paper.
ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.—On Monday, the annual elec-
tion of sheriffs to serve for the city of London and the
county of Middlesex, took place at Guildhall. A great num-
ber of names were put up, and their appeared an immense
majority .for W. Evans, Esq., of the house of Seager and
Evans, the extensive distillers, and John Wheelton, Esq.,
of Newgate-street, who is connected with a great Manches-
ter house.

THE BLOOMSBURY AFFAIR.--The question respecting
the venues in which the Derby and Ascot issues, as to the
pedigree of Bloomsbury, are to be tried, came before a judge
at Chambers, on Friday week. On the part of Lord Lich-
field and Mr. Fulwar Craven, it was objected to try in York,
on the ground of prejudices in favour of Mr. Ridsdale, and
an offer was made to move the venue to London, and try, in
a week, at the present sittings, after Term. This was ob-
jected to on the other side from the impossibility of being
prepared ; when the judge, agreeing to the objection to York,
directed the venue to be changed to Liverpool, where the
trials will take place in August next.
THE QUEENITE AGITATION.—This agitation appears to
have almost subsided. The people are beginning to discover
the " erroneous impression" under which they have laboured,
and to feel disgust at the imposition practised upon them.
At the Queen's levee, on Thursday, there were few " friends
of her Majesty's childhood" addresses presented ; but there
were large numbers declaratory of utter want of confidence
in her Majesty's present advisers, and of a conviction that
their whole course of policy has tended to endanger the se-
curity of her Majesty's possessions abroad, and to alienate
the affections of her people at home.
THE DEANERY OF EXETER.—Everybody recollects the
blunder committed by her Majesty's ministers in appointing
the non-qualified Lord Wriothesley Russell to the deanery of
Exeter, and everybody recollects that these same ministers
were at length compelled, and with a very ill grace, to strike
their flag to the chapter, and to recall that appointment. This
being done, ministers proceeded, with genuine whig tact, to
repair blunder number one by perpetrating blunder number
two. They selected the Rev. Prebendary Grylls as the ob-
ject of their favour, that rev. gentleman being, like Lord
Wriothesley Russell, ineligible. The Exeter Gazette of Sa-
turday says, " the chapter have not confirmed the Gaxetted
appointment of the Rev. Prebendary Grylls, nor do we be-
lieve they will do so, as the rev. gentleman is not a canon ;
and it is reported that the deanery, after being vacant six
months, will lapse to the Bishop of Exeter for his appoint-
ment. If this be correct, a few weeks will decide the import-
ant question, as on the 29th of the present month the time
will have expired." The blundering propensity of the whigs
has not been more apparent in this matter than the admirable
firmness and strict respect for the law and the church mani-
fested by the Exeter chapter.—Herald.
WHIG ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT.—By a parlia-
mentaay return, just published, it appears that the increase
in the aggregate amount of salaries, &c. in forty-one out of
forty-six departments, in the year 1838, was £53,718 ; being
in salaries an increase of £23,781, in emoluments, £lOBl, in
retired allowances, £BOl3, and in expences, £20,242. ' By
far the largest items of this increase are £17,063 in the ex-
pense of the customs, and £12,246 in the salaries of the post-
office department. The diminution in the aggregate amount,
in thirty-four out of forty-six departments, was £43,007,
being a diminution in salaries, of £12,752, in emoluments, of
£4765 ; in retired allowances, of £13,978 ; and in expences,
of £1 1,510. The largest item of c,iminution is, £11,170 in
the excise department, and the next £7922 in that of stamps
and taxes. There would, appear a balance of increase over
diminution, of £10,711 ; and this is sufficiently explained by
glancing at another column in the return, for it appears, that
while the number of persons diminished in various offices in
1838, was only thirty-three, the number increased in the
same year, was two hundred and eighty-four, of whom two
hundred and eighteen were additional in the post-office de-
partment alone, making the increased amount of the salaries
of that department, as already stated £12,246, against which,
there is only to set off a diminution of 119, in the retired al-
lowances.

MELANCHOLY TALE.— We take the following sad tale
from the Wurtzbury Gazette:—" The son of a banker at
Frankfort, of immense wealth, while on a visit at London,
married a young, beautiful, and amiable girl, but without any
fortune. This was deemed by, his family an unpardonable
offence, and the young man and his wife were left for 18
months without the slightest ruen.?f support. Their dis-
Mt bS943Ttw. ;ria Yiiuloiw himself atiVel leetahv his
parents, hoping that hefrirtteresting character and their utter
destitution would soften his father's heart. The attempt
was made only a few days since, but they were repulsed by
the obdurate parent, and being totally without means, they
retired to one of the lowest public-houses in the suburbs of
Frankfort. Here, after having for three days suffered the
pangs of hunger from their inability to purchase food, they
mutually agreed to put an end to their sufferings by death.
A quantity of arsenic was procured and taken by both. The
poor young woman died in three hours in dreadful agonies,
but the fact was discovered while the husband was still alive,
Antidotes were administered to him by main force, and there
are expectations of his recovery ; but he is committed to
prison to wait the result of criminal proceedings already
commenced against him."
EFFECTS OF THE CHARTIST RUN UPON THE SAVINGS'
BANKS.--'Oll Monday last, a charge was made against a per-
son named Mills, of having broken open a box containing the
funds belonging to a society called the " Modern Druids,"
held at Mr. Kershaw's, Mount Pleasant, Rochdale. It was
stated in evidence by one of the members of the society, that
he had withdrawn from the savings' bank, on the previous
week, £42 13s. 7d. which, with other money, amounting in
all to upwards of £5B, was placed in a box with three locks,
belonging to the lodge, and kept at Kershaw's house. At
their meeting last week it was discovered that the box had
been broken open, and the money taken out. The prisoner
Mills, who was an officer of the society, had been in the room
where the box was kept, to put it in order, previously to the
meeting ' • and one of the beadles produced an instrument
found at Mills's lodgings, which appeared to fit the inden-
tation made upon the box by forcing off the hinges. As other
persons beside the prisoner ha,d access to the room where
the box was kept, and the box having been in other hands
since the robbery was discovered, when those marks might
have been made, the magistrates did not consider the evidence
sufficient to justify them in committing the prisoner ; but
they held him to bail in two sureties of £5O each, to answer
any further charge that might be made against him upon fresh
evidence. [There is no doubt that this money was removed
from the savings' bank at the instigation of the chartists'
leaders, and the result is what may be expected to occur in a
good many cases of the same kind.]
COMPARISONS ARE ODlous.—A return of the gross ex-
pense of Sir Francis Head's mission to Canada, including
his salary as governor of the province between two and three
years, has been presented to parliament. The sum total
amounts to about £9OOO, very little more than one-fourth of
the sum charged for Lord Durham's personal expences dur-
ing the eight months. Men's memory must be ungratefully
weak if it is necessary to institute a comparison between the
equivalents respectively rendered. Sir Francis Head saved
the provinces—Lord Durham did his utmost to lose them.
Sir Francis Head remained at hisstation until dismissed from
it, and even incurred responsibility which he might have
avoided without impeachment or shame, rather than leave
his charge in peril—Lord Durham ran away from his post.
Will Joseph Hume, who has been accustomed to favour
Canada affairs with much of his attention, pursue this com-
parative inquiry? No, he will not, Mr. Joseph Hume is
too deeply dyed with his own black-is-white morality ever to
act the part of an honest public man. We hope, however,
that the contrast will be noticed in parliament.—Standard.

POPISH TYRANNY.--The system of exclusive dealing,
established by the priests still continues in operation. Some
weeks ago, a man in a neighbouring village consented to sell
Dr. Adams some potatoes, and as he felt grateful for a suc-
cessful and gratuitous treatment of a painful complaint with
which he had been afflicted, he said he would bring the pota-
toes to the Doctor on his own horse without any additional
charge, if he could obtain the permission of the priest so to
do.. The potatoes never came, and when the doctor met the
poor man at the .close of the last month, and enquired why
he did not bring them, he replied that the priest would not
permit him. Dr. Adams expostulated with him, as to the
folly of submitting to such tyranny, the man answered that
if he disobeyed the priest, he would curse him, the Doctor
remarked that the mine causeless could not come, and that
such maledictions could only injure the person who uttered
them. The slave of superstition broke off the conversation
by remarking that that might be his opinion, but for his part
he would not for twenty pounds draw the priest's curse upon
him. It is worthy of remark that this submissive son of the
church is a person of notoriously immoral character ; this
union of punctilious superstition, and looseness of morals, is
very common ; those who pay the most devout and abject
submission to the commandments of men are generally the
most reckless transgressors of the commandments of God.—
Achill Herald.

A GENTLEMAN IN A LADY'S DISGUISE.---B--- Gr---,
an aged gentleman, whose hoary locks fully. evidenced the
truth of his assertion, that he had seen 57 winters, appeared
before the bench, having been taken into custody on Sunday
evening last, under suspicious circumstances. The gentleman
was attired, when taken up, in female uniform, without an
atom of the masculine dress. He wore an elegant black silk
dress, false hair, " in ringlets flowing," cap, bonnet, stuffed
breasts, stays, petticoat, shawl, and a chimese, in fact every
thing to represent him—what was found out afterwards he was
not—a woman. He bad been taken into custody by Maclean
at the Liverpool railway station, at five o'clock in the even-
ing. On bringing him to the office two ladies were intro-
duced to him for the purpose of making an examination, but
we understand that the search was not protracted. He was
immediately stript by the police officers and a suit of clothes
belonging to Maclean were substituted. His appearance was
highly rediculous from the peculiarity of his situation, and
the clothes he had put on, they being exceedingly too small,
except in the trowsers which were over long. The jacket was
too small and almost kept him as free from the use of his
arms, as the jacket of a, madman. It turned out however
upon his own statement, that he was no thief; his history
was as follows ;—a short time ago he buried his wife and ever
since that event he had laboured under a depression of spirits
and on Sunday morning last he thought that a trip in the
clothes she had lately worn would do him good. (This de-
declaration caused as maybe supposed considerable merriment.
He accordingly dressed himself and came down to Bolton by
the train on Sunday morning, and had spent the day here, was
returning home when taken into custody. Helived in Bruns-
wick-road, Liverpool, upon his own property, and he had no
family, servant, or housekeeper. Mr. Simpson said it ap-
peared to be correct as to his coming down in the morning as
he found a milway ticket upon him, which by some mischance
had not been delivered. The prisoner gave references to Mr.
Walmsley, Mr. Blair, and others of Liverpool. Mr. Darby-
shire said that it was a suspicious circumstance, but if he had
stated the truth there seemed to be nothing criminal in it.
Arrangementwas made that an officer belonging to the court
should accounianyhim to Ltverpb-01.--lkitois digrostiete.