The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-08 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS

Rev. John Knight Greetham, Rector of Sampford Brett,
Somersetshire, to be a Prebend in Wells Cathedral.
Rev. James Cottle, late of Catherine Hall, Cambridge,
Vicar of St. Mary Mazdalen, Taunton, to be one of the
Domestic Chaplains of Lord Ashburton.
Rev. T. Pierce Maurice, late Curate of Petersfield, to the'
Rectory of Michaeltnersh, Hants, vacant by the death of
the Rev. Dr. Woodcock, Canon of Christ Church; patron,
the Bishop of Winchester. _ _

Rev. John Cunninghame Calland Bennett Popkin Haw-
kins, M.A., to the Vicarage of Ramsbury, Wilts, void by
the cession of the Rev. J. W. D. Dundas ; patron, the Lord
Chancellor.

Rev. Lowry M'Clintock, to the Perpetual Curacy of Mo-
nivea, county of Galway.

(From the Cambridge Chronicle.)

The Rev. V. J. Hare, 8.A., scholar of Clare-hall, in this
university, has lately been elected a Fellow of the above
society.

Thi; Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. George
Waddington, M.A., of Trinity college, in this university, to
the deanery ut the cathedral church of Durham, void by the
the death of Dr. John Banks Jeukinson, late Bishop of St.
David's.

On Thursday, Aug. 20, the Rev. William Downes Willis,
M.A., of Sidney Sussex college, in this university, was
collated by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the pre-
bendal stall of Wanstrow, in the cathedral church of St.
Andrew's, Wells.
The Rev. James Roydon Hughes, M.A., Fellow of New
college, Oxford, has been presented to the perpetual curacy
of Dorchester, in that county, vacant by the death of the
Rev. J. Roe.

The Rev. W. Busfeild, M.A., has been presented to the
rectory of Keighley, Yorkshire, on the presentation of the
Duke of Devonshire.

The Rev. Charles Otway Mayne, M.A., vicar of Mid-
somer Norton, Somersetshire, has been collated by the Lord
Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the prebendal stall of Hassel-
mere, in the cathedral of Wells.
Tqe Rev. Henry Mackenzie, M.A., of Pembroke college,
Secretary of the Bethnal-green Churches Fund, and Chaplain
and Master of Bancroft's Hospital, Mile End, is appointed
the Incumbent Minister of St. James's District church, Ber-
mondsey, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. Evans.
The Rev. R. Thomas, Principal of the Monmouthshire
Diocesan Training School, has been appointed by the Dra-
per's Company, to the Chaplaincy of Bancroft's Hospital,
Mile End, London.

The Rev. C, 'Welland Edmonstone, M.A., has been pre-
sented to the vicarage of Marlborough St. Mary, Wilts, void
by the cession of the Rev. Josiah Bateman, on the presenta-
tionof the Very Rev. the Dean of Salisbury.
_ _

The Rev. Edmund Crawley, of Coombe Villa, Bath, has
been presented to the prebendal stall of Taunton, in the ca-
thedral church of Wells.

The Rev. John K. Greetham, rector of Sampford Brett,
has been appointed one of the prebends in Wells cathedral.

COURT CIRCULAR.-SATURDAY

The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess Ida of
Saxe Weimar, arrived at Marlborough House at half past 11
o'clock yesterday morning, from her residence in Bushby
Park. Her majesty paid a visit to the Princess Augusta, at
Clarence House, St. James's, and also visited the Duchess
of Gloucester, at Gloucester House.

At four o'ciock yesterday afternoon the Queen Dowager,
accompanied by the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, 'aft town
in a carriage and four for Bushby Park.
The Princess Augusta was visited yesterday by the Duke
of Cambridge the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess
Ida of Saxe Weimar. Sir Henry Halford attended her royal
highness yesterday morning, ana Mr. Moore was in attend-
ance on the princess during the day. The following account
of her royal highness's health was issued yesterday :
" There has been no improvement in the health of the
Princess Augusta, since yesterday, and her royal highness has
passed another very disturbed night.
".Clarence House, Sept. 4." _ _

_
Among the inquirers after the state of her royal highness,
yesterday, were the Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese min-
ister, the Netherlands minister and Madame Dedel, the Sar-
dinian minister, the Hanoverian minister, the Duchess of In-
verness, the Duchess Dowager of Marlborough, Marquis and
Marchioness of Winchester, Earl of Fingall, Viscountess
Ashbrook, Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Gordon, Lady
W. Gordon, Col. H. Seymour, and Col. Wynyard.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The wet and unfavourable state of
the weather to-day has prevented the Queen and Prince Al-
bert from enjoying their accustomed airing.
The Princess Hohenlohe and Princess Theresa rode out
together in the forenoon.

Sir Henry Wheatley left the castle this morning for town,
The following will be included in the royal dinner party
this evening :
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Princess Ho-
henlohe, Princess Theresa, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount
Palmerston, Lady C. Dundas, Lady Charlemont, Earl of
Surrey, Lord Lilford, Sir William Lumley, Gen. Bowater,
Col. Wemyss, Hon. Miss Cox, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Ma-
dame de Hugel, Baroness Spaeth, Baroness Lehzen, &c.

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your wife.—Penrith : I should not wish it, if I was sure I
had one.—Mr. Loraine : For not supporting your wife you
are liable to be sent to gaol.—Penrith : I will go to the gal-
lows before I will live with her. 11l go to death first.—Mr.
Loraine : After that, I have no hesitation in sending you to
gaol for a month.

MISCELLANEOUS

CAUTION TO TILIDESMEN.—A great many gilt sixpences
are now being attempted to be passed as half sovereigni.

Three diamonds have been found in the auriferous sands
of the river Gouinel, in the province of Constantine. One
of them weighs three carats.

Mr. Brunel, the engineer, has offered to bet £lOOO, that on
the completion of the Great Western Railway, he will go from
Bristol to London in two hours !

There is a vacancy in the East India Direction by the death
of Mr. Campbell Majoribanks, which took place on Tues-
day, at his residence at Bushy Grove, Herts.
The towns and villages bordering on the Lakes of Cumber-
land and Westmorland are full to overflowing with tourists
and students from the universities.

SOUTH CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of this association will be held at North-
wich on the 24th of this month. It is expected to be very
well attended.

" Well, sir, (said one person to another, to whom he had,
in a matter of business, made a very absurd offer,) do you
entertain my proposition ?" " No, sir, (replied the other),
but your proposition entertains me."
The Hon. Charles Stuart Wortley, youngest son of Lord
Wharncliffe, will be brought forward at the next election, in
the conservative interest, as a candidate for the reprpsenta-
tion of Thirsk.

WELSH BISHOPS.—A correspondent suggests that an op-
portunity occurs, by the demise of Dr. Otter, Bishop of Chi-
chester, for the ministry to translate Dr. Thirlwall, who has
not yet taken possession of the see of St. David, to the va-
cant English see, and give that of St. David's to a Welsh
scholar. There cannot be a doubt .that this arrangement
would be satisfactory to all parties.—Merthys Gunrdian.
A seedling cherry was exhibited at the meeting of the
horticultural society at Worthing, of large size, and 26 of
which weighed half a pound. It grew on a wall with a
western aspect, and the tree was a good bearer, but the fruit
was scarcely equal to the old Morella cherry.

DUTY ON FRENCII OAK.—We learn from the journal de
Granville that the French government had laid a duty of
10d. per cubic foot on French oak exported from that country
for the purpose of ship-building, which amounts to an abso-
lute prohibition, and will be highly prejudicial to the ship-
wrights of this island.—Jersey paper.

" Friend Franklin," said Myers Fisher, a celebrated Quaker
lawyer, from Philadelphia, one day, " Thee knows almost
everything ; can thee tell how I am to preserve my small
beer ? My neighbours are often tapping it o'nights." " Put
a barrel of old Madeira by the s►de of it," replied the doctor,
" let them but get a taste of the Madeira, and I'll engage they
will never trouble your small beer any more."
Mr. Gypson, an aeronaut, has invented a new valve placed
externally on the top of the balloon, by means of which may
the machine, on reaching terra firma, be althost instantly
emptied of its contents, and rendered stationary, thus
enabling the occupants of the car to land without any of
those risks arising from the rebounding of the machine, or
dragging along the ground.

Last Wednesday, as a girl named Clark, with a child in
her arms, about two years old, was witnessing Batty's col-
lection of wild beasts, exhibiting in Bath, she incautiously
approached too near one of the cages containing a leopard.
The animal caught at her clothes, and on the girl turning
round it grasped the child's face near the eye, lacerating it in
a frightful manner, and making several indentations with its
teeth about the jaw and neck. The child expired shortly
afterwards.

The Times has brought a charge against Lord Melbourne,
of having neglected to adopt an invention proposed to him,
which would have the effect of mowing down the ranks of
an enemy in no time. The description of this extraordinary
war-engine is not given, and therefore we cannot form an
opinion whether the Premier is culpable or not. It is a
curious fact, however, that the Moniteur Indusiriel, a Paris
paper, recently brought a similar charge against the War
Minister of France ; who, it would appear, has been infinitely
more careless about the safety of his country than Lord Mel-
bourne even.

The report of the committee appointed by the admiralty
to inquire into the advantages afforded by the different ports
for the West Indian mails, has been published ; from which
it appears, that the committee strongly recommend Dart-
mouth, in preference to Southampton, which latter port had
been recommended by the chairman of the Royal Mail Steam-
packet Company. The chief requisites of a port for a
packet station, they conceive to be adjacent headlands, the
lights exhibited thereon, freedom from outlying dangers,
depth of water in the entrance and within the harbour, the
rise of tide and strength of its stream, and above all the
tranquillity of the waters.
MEMBERS FOR OLDHAM.—Mr. John Fielden and Gen.
Johnson addressed the electors and non-electors of the bo-
rough of Oldham, on Monday last. Mr. Fielden stated that
he had no confidence in the present administration ; it was
the worst ministry there had been for a long period; and he
would rather bring in the tories than continue the whips.
General Johnson declared that he had agreed with his col-
league on almost every occasion brought forward during the
last session. The assemblage passed a resolution unanimously
approving of the conduct of the members.
GUIDE POSTS.—At the late assizes at Guildford, Baron
Gurney reminded the grand jury that there was an act of
parliament which appeared to be very seldom acted upon,
which required that where roads crossed each other, sign-
posts should be put up to direct passengers. This might be
done by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, or the direc-
tion of the magistrates ; but as the former, from being well
acquainted with the locality, were not likely to take any trou-
ble in the matter, it was highly essential that the magistrates
should interfere, because the public suffered very great in-
convenience from the want of these direction posts.
DISCOVERY OF ROMAN COINS.—On Saturday last, some
men at work in a brick-field of Mr. Walmsley's, near the
Landmark, Fleetwood, found upwards of 300 Roman coins.
They are principally of silver, and are in a very fair state of
preservation. We have seen a few of them, which bear
the impress of " Sabina." " Nerva," " Antoninus," and
" Adrianus." Most of the coins are now in the possession
of Sir Hesketli Fleetwood, Bart., M.P.—Preston Chronicle.
CHURCH EXTENSION.—Last week, workmen commenced
pulling down the range of old buildings in Wilton-p!ace,
London, which formerly were occupied as the foot guards'
barracks. A new church is about to be built on this site, to
be called " St. Paul's, Belgravo-square," which is to form
an additional parochial district of the parish of St. George's,
Hanover-square. The Marquis of Westminster has granted
the freehold of the site, and £3OOO has been paid to the pre-
sent lessee for his remaining interest in it. The patronage
is to be in the hands of the Bishop of London, who has ap-
pointed the Rev. William Bennett, minister of Portman
Chapel, St. Marylebone. to be the first incumbent.

PRINCE ALBERT'S FIRST RAILWAY JOURNEY IN ENG-
LAND.—Prince Albert travelled on Thursday, for the first
time, in England. An express arrived at Windsor Castle,
by the Great Western Railway, bringing intelligence that the
Princess Augusta's illness had assumed so alarming an ap-
pearance that it was feared she would survive but a few
hours. Her Majesty immediately urged the Prince to lose
no time in proceeding to Clarence House. Accordingly an
especial train was ordered to be in readiness to convey his
royal highness to Paddington at three o'clock. At that hour
the Prince arrived at Slough, where a train, to which waN
attached the Sunbeam engine, with its steam well up, was
awaiting his arrival. The Prince reached Paddington in ex-
actly 23 minutes, and his journey back occupied 22 minutes.
His royal highness more than once expressed the great de-
light he experienced at railway travelling.
DISCOVERY OF CdlNs.—A gold refiner, in the neighbour.
hood of Clerkenwell, lately purchased a quantity or old
gold and silver, and, upon examining his purchase closely,
after the person who had sold them had gone, he found
amongst it some extremely rare Greek and Roman coins in
a very fine state of preservation, amongst them were three
"espasians, two Julius Caesars, and one Titus ; there were
also some very curious English ones amongst them, particu-
larly one Alfred, several William Rufus, Stephen, Richard
1., &c. Whether these are the produce of some late rob-
bery of some collector or not we cannot state; the purchaser
says the seller was a most respectable looking man.
On Wednesday an inquest was held at Faannet, county of
Donegal, to investigate the circumstances connected with the
death of a female found buried in Ballikinard bog. It ap-
peared that while some men were occupied cutting turf on
Friday evening, the 21st ult. they discovered the body dressed
in a dark stuff gown, and flannel petticoat, with a scarlet
handkerchief round the head. The wretched woman had evi-
dently been barbarously murdered, as her throat was cut in a
most frightful manner, the hair, and a riband encircling the
head, stained with blood, and the left arm broken. Several
witnesses were examined, who clearly identified the body as
that of Betty Thompson, wife of Owen M'Swine, deceased,
who suddenly disappeared in the month of May, 1811, under
circumstances of a most suspicious nature. It had always
been rumoured in the neighbourhood from the time she had
been missed, that the body had been buried in the bog after
she hid been murdered, by the parties suspected, though,
strange to say, no search was made, nor did any investigation
ever take place. It was really astonishing to see. a human
body, for thirty years inhumed in a bog, with the lineaments
apparently perfect and unchanged as the day the unfortunate
creature was murdered ; and the clothes of the deceased were
Aninjnred by time. Even the smallpox, with which she was
slightly marked, was clearly discernable, from the powerful
anticeptic qualities of the bog. The figure was fully propor•
tioned, and the limbs perfectly elastic and finely formed. with
beautiful dark hair flowing down the neck, as if veiling from
the eye of nature the horrid deed of an unnatural assassin.
The jury found—" That the body was the body of Betty
Thompson, who disappeared in the month of May, 1811, and
that she came by her death in consequence of a wound in-
flicted on her throat with some sharp instrument, by some
person or persons unknown."—Derry paper.

THE DERRY CASTLE ESTATE, IN IRELAND.—The sale of
this splendid property has made a considerable sensation in
the moneyed world—it was indeed so highly appreciated, that
the aid of Mr. George Robins was required by a special re-
tainer to come to Dublin. Gresham's splendid hotel, in
Sackville-street, was selected as the seat of action, and
Thursday in last week was the appointed day. His large
rooms were thronged even before the. hour of sale arrived.
Mr. Robins here indulged them with a lengthened exordium,
in which he availed himself of every favourable topic, and
dwelt with much animation on the advantages arising from
an investment where they were fortunately free from the tur-
moil of politics, and each farm was relieved from that scourge
to Irish property, the middle men, who, it is pretty generally
known, are the pests who take the farms at low rents in order
relet them to the industrious class beyond their value. He
was peculiarly happy in contrasting the interest derivable
from land, and the unhealthy state of the funds. He told
them he was just old enough to remember the Three per
Cents at 473, and if a war with France took place he should
have the mortification to see them shorily at 65, the time
had therefore arrived to exchange such precarious security
into terra firma. We have not room to follow him through
his energetic appeal. He provoked a considerable excite-
ment and consequent competition, and a rental approaching
£2,600 a-year was knocked down for 70,000 guineas. We
are told it was not actually sold at the sale, but that Mr.
Guinness, our wealthy townsman (and the best brewer of
porter in Europe), became the purchaser immediately after.
—Dublin paper. The Derry Castle estate, county of Tip-
perary, was set up to auction on Thursday by the celebrated
the bidding went up
George Robins, at 50,000 guineas► when
rapidly to £69,000, which, not beir gconpiered the full value
of this splendid property, it was bought in at 70,000 guineas.
We understand that Mr. Guinness is in private treaty for it.
—Limerick Chronicle. The Derry Castle Estate. An in-
fluential and numerous assembly grouped about Mr. George
Robins yesterday, at Gresham's Hotel, on the occasion of
his second professional visit to this country. The bidders
for this property were numerous, but nothing beyond 70,000
guineas were offered. At this amount the hammer fell, and
it was announced that the estate had been bought in, and
was consequently still in the market. Mr. Robins, in the
course of his address took occasion to pay a most marked
compliment to Messrs. Neville. He alluded to the admira-
ble and satisfactory manner in which the survey of the Derry
Castle estate had been completed by them, and added that if
he wanted any surveying done in Ireland he need not look to
London, when such competent surveyors were to be had as
the Messrs. Neville, of Dublin. We have since heard that
Mr. Guinness is likely to be the purchaser.—Saunders's News
Letter and Daily Advertiser. Sale of the Great Derry
Estate.—This celebrated and romantically-situated estate,
the property of Michael Henry Head, Esq., was yesterday
brought to the hammer by Mr. George Robins, at Gresham's
Hotel. The sale excited considerable interest. 70,000
guineas was the highest bidding, but at this offer the estate
was not disposed of. We understand that our respectable
and wealthy fellow-citizen, Mr. Guinness, is .in private
treaty for it.—Dublin Morning Register.

The Marquis of Normanby has been elected Lord High
Steward of the borongh of Hull, in the room of the late
Earl of Durham.

So little comparative interest do railways excite in the west
of England, that we understand there are individuals in Man-
chester who have a larger bona fide interest in the Bristol
and Exeter Railway than the entire city of Exeter.

An advance of 10s. per ton has been made on the price of
iron by the Staffordshire and Welsh houses, caused by the
sudden demand for rails for the railroads in America.
Mr. Stephens. a confectioner at Southampton, was suffo-
cated last week by descending into his ice-house, which is 20
feet below the surface, before the noxious gas, which; had
accumulated, had been expelled.
The foundation-stone of a new church was laid at Shaftes-
bury last week. The accommodation in the new church will
be for 850 persons ; 450 sittings being free. Estimated cost
£3200.

Mr. Hayter (who painted her Majesty's portrait before she
came to the throne, by command of the King of the Bel-
gians, and subsequently as " England's Queen," for her
Majesty's uncle) is now at Windsor, and constantly attends
at the castle every morning, to instruct her Majesty in the
art of etching.

Captain Crow and the crew of the City of Edinburgh
steamer, were on Thursday released from confinement.
Messrs. Borcaut and Bacciochi, who were arrested for the
attempt of Prince Louis, have also been discharged.
The Derby Mercury infers that there will shortly be a new
election for that borough from the circumstance that there
is an unusual stir among the whigs there, and from the vol-
untary and gratuitous distribution of ale in several of the
public houses in that interest having been iu constant exer-
cise for more than a week. Mr. Ponsonby is the member
who is expected to retire.

NEW SPECIES OF KANGAROO.—Mr. Gould, who has just
returned from Australia, has discovered, and described be-
fore the London Zoological Society, six new species of kan-
garoo, inhabiting the interior of that country. Some of them
are of a very remarkable formation, and the entire number
form very interesting additions to the specimens of that most
curious animal previously mown to the zoological student.
OKRA CorroN.—This species of cotton has now esta-
blished amongst the planters of that part of Alabama, where
it was first discovered and most extensively cultivated, an
undisputed superiority over all other varieties of the'short
staple. The yield to the acre is extraordinary, and the staple
finer, while its turn-out from the gin head is still more asto-
nishing. On good land the product is 3,000 pounds to the
acre.

WESLEYAN METHODISTS.—The gross receipts of money
during the past year for missionary purposes by the Wesleyan
body, from every source, both at home and abroad, has been
£92,697 18s. Bd., being an increase of annual income amount-
ing to more than £30:000 on the year 1838. The expendi-
ture has been for the past year, for missionary purposes,
£104,017 6s. ld.

It is whispered that the King of Hanover is carrying on
his suit against the Queen of England, for the restoration of
diamonds, amounting in value to the sum of £50,000. which
it is contended belong to the crown of Hanover, and it is
alleged that the deposition of the Princess Augusta has been
taken, her infirm state of health rendering such a course ne-
cessary.

BANK OF ENGLAND.—The following notice was issued at
the bank on Thursday :—" The governor and company of
the Bank of England are ready, until further notice, to re-
ceive applications for loans, upon the deposit of approved
Bills of Exchange, not having more than six months to run,
Exchequer Bine and East India Bonds ; such loans to be re-
paid on or before the 27th October next, with interest at the
rate of 5 per cent per annum, and to be for sums of not less
than £2,000 each."—Bank of England, Sept. 3, 1840.

FACTS FOR BACHELORS.—Of 169 convicts in the Con-
necticut state prison, 104 were never married ; and, of the
residue, 11 have lost their wives, and 22 had parted from
their wives when the crimes were committed which carried
them to prison, leaving only 32 (out of 169) who at the time
of their fall remained within the influence of the conjugal
relation. Farther, of the whole number, 108 were intempe-
rate, 78 sold liquors, 92 left their parents under 21 years of
age, 32 had been sailors, and 12 had been soldiers. Coloured,
44.—New York Journal of Commerce.
TENDER AVOWAL IN TIIE WAY OF TRADE.—A young
and pretty girl stepped into a store where a spruce young
man, who had long been enamoured, bunlared not speak,
stood behind the counter, selling dry goods. In order to
remain as long as possible, she cheapened everything; at last
she said, " I believe you think lam cheating you.' " Oh,
no," said the youngster, "to me you are always fair."
"Well," whispered the lady, blushing as she laid an empha-
sis on the word, " I would not stay so long bargaining, if you
were not so dear."

Within the last few days all labelled letters passing through
the Post-office have been stamped in black ink instead of red,
a change which has been brought about in consequence of a
communication lately received by the Government from a
scientific chemist (who declines giving his name), in which
he explains the method of preparing a composition which
will entirely annihilate the red stamp, reducing the label to
its original appearance ; but it will only possess this power
over the red ink, the colouring matter of the black ink being
such as to resist the action of this compound. In future the
black will be substituted for the red.

CHA.TSWORTII.—The splendid new conservatory is nearly
completed. Workmen are employed in the erection of an
immense piece of artificial rockery, through which proceeds
the hidden way to the lofty galleries of the place. This con-
servatory is oil an immense scale, extending over an acre of
ground ; and when replete with choice exotics—some of na-
ture's choicest gifts—cannot fail to become a novelty of
general interest, and to have many claims on the attention of
our more learned horticulturists. Some idea of its magni'-
tude may be formed on knowing that the central arch of the
roof is seventy-six feet high, with a span of seventy feet, af-
fording ample room for the stupendous growth of the Ameri-
can aloe, (Agave Americana,) or indeed the loftiest green-
house plants ever fostered in these islands. The road towards
it from the lawn at the foot of the distant cascade is to be
hidden by an artificial rock arch, now in the course of erec-
tion, and which is to be covered with trees and shrubs.
CRUEL CASE OF SWINDLING.—On Monday last, two
fellows, dressed as farm stewards, entered a public-house in
Kelso,in which were several Irish reapers, pretending to be
in quest of their services. Having agreed as to terms, the
sham stewards requested from the shearers some security for
the fulfilment of their engagements, and ultimately prevailed
upon two to part with their little stock of money, amounting
to nearly one pound, on condition of its being'returned to
them when they appeared in the field. Having given their
dupes directions as to where the farms were situated, toge-
ther with the farmers' names, which it is almost.uunecessary
to add were fictitious, the scoundrels decamped, and the poor
fellows discovered their loss only on making inquiry for the
imaginary farms.—Caledonian Mercury.

SUBMARINE OPERATIONS AT SPITHEAD. —Mr. Dean
and his party, who are working at the wreck of the Mary
Rose, sunk in battle in the year 1545, in the reign of henry
VIII., have for their object the recovery of brass guns and
such valuable articles ; and their purpose has been fully an-
swered last week. A brass gun, between 11 and 12 feet long,
of exquisite workmanship, and upwards of five inches in the
bore, has been fished up—it bears an inscription which will
be easily read when the gun is washed ; even at present, the
name of Henry VIII. can be made out—over the inscription
is a beautiful full-blown rose, and those parts technically
called the dolphins consist of angels lying on their backs, in
one of those ingenious attitudes assumed by the incompara-
ble clown, Mr. Charlton, who is at present delighting the
good folks of this town. Alongside of this curious and per-
fect piece of ordnance was found an iron gun of the very
rudest description, made out of bars hooped round—and,
what is still more remarkable, a granite shot, rather larger
than -a 32-pounder ! It is very strange to observe the ex-
tremes of the art thus lying side by side for more than three
centuries.—Hampshire Telegraph.
VARIETIES OF FLOWERS.—There are dispersed over the
surface of the globe upwards of 40,000 distinct species of
plants which bear flowers ; and from the number oT new spe-
cies which have, in comparatively recent times, rewarded the
labours of collectors, we cannot suppose that the entire num-
ber, or any thing approaching to it, is yet known to those
best skilled in plants. The vast number of flower-producing
vegetables is variously distributed over the globe, in different
regions, according to its several latitudes, climates, and char-
acter of soil. In this respect the usual estimate is that there
are upwards of 13,000 flowering plants, natives of the inter-
tropical parts of America, and considerably more than 5000
in tropical Africa. In Australasia and the numerous islands
with which the wide expanse of the Padtc is studded, either
within the tropics or not very far without them, there are
about 5000 species already known, though some of the largest
and most tropical of those islands have been but imperfectly
explored. Temperate America, in both hemispheres, con-
tains about 4000 ; temperate Asia, about 2000 ; and Europe,
which lies wholly within the temperate zone, contains at least
7000 distinct species of plants which bear flowers.—The
Florist's Journal.

MARINE SHELLS.—There are few situations on the sea
coasts which do not produce some speCies of shells. The
lowest ebb of the tide is the best time for searching for them.
The rocks, corals, and stones which are then left exposed
should be carefully examined for tritons, limpets, sea-shells,
and other adhesive tribes, which are fixed upon the surface
or shelter themselves in the crevices ; they are detached by
suddenly passing a knife between them and the substance
they are on. Muscles and other gregarious bivales furnished
byssus, likewise occur in such situations. Wherever the
rock, mud, or sand is pierced with round holes, the collector
may be tolerably sure of finding bivales; they are procured
either by breaking the rock with a hammer or digging deep
into the sand or mud with a spade. The little puddles of salt
water left by the tide are the habitations of many univalve
shells, and others will be found beneath loose stones and
sea-weeds. If any shells appear to have been recently cast
upon the beach, and are not broken, they may be collected.
After a gale of wind or violent storm, the shore should be
immediately visited, as fine shells are frequently to be met
with ; if the line of coast is extensive, a few boys should be
engaged to assist in the search. This must be done quickly,
for it not unfrequently happens that the next flow of the tide
takes away every shell. Small islands and coral reefs are
generally very rich in shells.—Swainson's Taxidermy.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE AT SEA.—
By the Arabian, Captain Bankier, arrived in this port on
Sunday, from Launceston, New South Wales, we have the
particulars of the following distressing accident which oc-
curred to her at sea. She left Launceston in the latter end
of April, and on the 13th of May, having been out a fort-
night, she was about 300 miles to the east of New Zealand,
in lat. 48, S. long. 175, W. Just at break of day a sudden
squall came on, and a tremendous sea swept over the ship,
forcing in her bulwarks and carrying off her wheel, with the
man at the helm, and the round house on deck, in which the
passengers and part of the crew slept. In one moment eleven
human beings were swept into eternity ! No arm could be
stretched to save them—no assistance by any possibility could
be rendered. In an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, the
whole were whelmed in the midst of the rolling billows, and
nothing was heard but the hoarse roar of the remorseless
waves as they swept past with their victims. Several others
of the seamen had narrow escapes. One man was caught by
the spindle of the wheel as the waves were hurrying him
across the deck, and another was driven with great force
against the sides of the ship. A large quantity of the stores
of the ship were also lost. The names of the unfortunate
sufferers are Henry Miles, the second mate ; Dirk Vander-
son, the carpenter; John M'Bride seaman ; and Alfred
Skelton, apprentice. Of the passengers, Mrs. Young-
husband, and her three daughters, all young girls about six
or seven years of age ; and Mrs. Mathews and two children
were lost. Mrs. Mathews had another child with her on
board, an interesting, intelligent little boy, about six years of
age, who was providentially saved. The little fellow had
been taken by one of the sailors into his berth, and thus
escaped destruction. Mrs. Mathews was a widow lady, and
was on her return to her friends in England. Her husband,
who was a coach-builder in Launceston, died suddenly a short
time before. All now left of the family is the poor little
boy, but he is not left alone, for with the generosity which
characterizes the British sailor, there is not a man on board
the Arabian, from the captain to the seaman before the
mast, who does not feel a deep interest in the boy's welfare,
and who would not willingly' endure any privation rather than
see him want. The orphan boy has met with kind and hu-
mane friends. Mrs. Younghusband and her three daughters
were also on their return to their friends in this country—
friends they were doomed never more to see. It speaks
highly for the skill of Captain Bankier, and the undaunted
courage and perseverance of his crew, that short of hands, as
the accident had left them, they baffled the storm, and brought
their vessel through a very long voyage safe to harbour.
This could only have been effected by the most strenuous
and unwearied efforts, and well deserves, and we trust will
obtain, the reward they so richly merit.—. Bristol paper.

The Midland Counties railway when complete at all points,
will cost very little more than £25,000 per mile.
On Friday last, a young man named Edward Nulty, acci-
dentally tell down the shaft at Duke-pit, near Whitehaven,
and was killed on the spot.
The quantity of foreign grain now bonded at Hull is as
large as has been known at any period. Of wheat alone there
is at least 100,000 quarters.
The carpenters and joiners of Carlisle have struck, in con-
sequence of the masters refusing to comply with their de-
mand, that they should be allowed to leave off work at four
o'clock on Saturdays, as the masons do.

There are four candidates for the coronership just created
by act of parliament, of the Stockport and Hyde division of
the county of Chester—two of whom are solicitors and two

surgeons

Mr. Baker, the mayor of Stockport, and Sir Ralph Pen-
dlebury (on whom the honour of knighthood was conferred
for his services against the chartists,) have been appointed
magistrates of the borough of Stockport by the Secretary of
State.

Such is the state of the Wellington Road, since the open-
ing of the railway from Stockport to Manchester. that large
patches of grass may be seen growing upon it. Previous to
the opening of the railway no road in England had more
passengers upon it than this.

Lord John Russell has declined an invitation to dine with
the Jdinburgh whigs, on the ground that the present posture
of public affairs requires his constant attendance in. London.
A poor woman, named Vincent, who is 85 years of age,
residing at'St. John's Common, has recently come into the
unexpected possession of XB,OOO, being a legacy bequeathed
to her by a relative. She had for many years subsisted
chiefly on charity ; but she now talks of taking a farrn ;
Brighton Gazette.

Trust' BULL.—At one of Mr. O'Connell's repeal meetings
held in Dublin, a worthy and substantial citizen, occupied
the chair. In the course of his speech, alluding to the sub-
ject which had brought them together, he declared he had
been for five and forty years mad about it ; in other words,
he was a repealer five years before the Union !
TIIE MURDER AT PEOVER.—Thursday's Hue and Cry
contains an offer of reward of £lOO for the discovery of the
perpetrators of the murder of Mr. Joseph Cook and his wife
at Over Peover, in the county of Chester, who, on the night
of Monday, the 24th August, were, between the hours of ten
and eleven o'clock, cruelly murdered in their own house, by
their heads being fractured by an axe.
Last week a man named Peckett, aged 62, woodreeve to
Lord Gage, met his ,death under the most melancholy circum-
stances. The poor old man, being anxious to give his young
master and mistress a joyful salute on their wedding-day,
placed a cannon In the Plashet, and fired it off ; but having
unfortunately overloaded it, the cannon burst, and a portion
of it shattered his skull. He died instantly.

CAUTION. TO NURSES.—Last Wednesday, afternoon, as a
girl named Clark, with a child in her firms itbout two years
old, was witnessing Batty's collection of wild beasts, exhibit-
ing at the Cattle market, Bath, she incautiously approached
too near one of the cages containing a leopard. The animal
caught at her clothes, and on the girl turning round it
grasped the child's face near the eye, lacerating it in a fright-
ful manner, and making several indentations with its teeth
about the jaw and neck. The poor little creature was taken
to the United Hospital, but it was found to be so dreadfully
injured that recovery is hopeless.
There are at present, says the Limerick Standard, two gen-
tlemen occupying a respectable position in this county, who
are so strikingly similar in their appearance, that the parties
themselves, who are on terms of the closest friendship, not
unfrequently play off jokes at the expense of each other.
Their names are Bernard O'Flaherty, Esq., of Lisdona, and.
Robert Bodkin, Esq., of Annaugh ; so perfect is their resem-
blance as to height, .figure, complexion, and dress, that the
brother of one gentleman has been known to declare that he
could not distinguish between them, had not his relation a
peculiar rotatory motion about his eyes which the other had
not.

PROTESTANT MEETING AT SHEFFIELD.—The monthly
meeting of the Protestant Operative Association brought
amongst us an old and tried friend of the people of Sheffield,
the Rev. T. D. Gregg, chaplain of St. Nicholas-within,
Dublin. The announcement that he would deliver an ad-
dress on the subject of national religion, drew together a
most crowded meeting, to the largest room of this town; the
chapel in Rockingham-street ; it was filled on Monday even-
ing in every part. There could not have been less than 2000
persons present, amongst whom were many of our local
clergy, of the Wesleyan ministers, and of the most respec-
table inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood._ James
Creswick, Esq., was called to the chair, and introduced Mr.
Gregg, who addressed the meeting for three hours and a
half.—Sheffield Mercury.

FRACAS EXTRAORDINARY---HORSEWITIPPING.--011
Wednesday evening last, a respectable lady of this city was
walking on the Military Path, near the New Barracks, ac-
companied by nurse and child, when a military man in the
medical department approached her, and, impertinently lift-
ing her veil, made use of sonic insulting and indelicate lan-
guage. The lady, of course, indignant at this disgraceful and
womanly conduct, reported the matter to her husband. This
injured gentleman, together with his brother, went to de-
linquent's house in W—m street, where he belaboured the
offender with a horsewhip purchased for the occasion. After
the wholesome thrashing, the delinquent son of Mars made
a most abject apology, and requested to have the circumstance
buried in oblivion—a recommendation which, as a matter of
business, we, of course, attend to.—Limerick Reporter.
MR. O'CONNELL'S LOYALTY.—At the Corn Exchange
meeting on Monday, O'Connell, while speculating on the
probability of repeal being opposed by the present ministry,
thus menaced the British monarchy :—" There are 80,000 of
Irishmen in Manchester, there are 90,000 Irishmen in Li-
verpool, and there are upwards of 200,000 Irishmen in Lon-
don. There is not a town or city throughout the land that
has not multitudinous classes of our fellow-countrymen, who
are all ready to assist and support one another ; and if the
homesteads and the villages of Ireland were exposed to the
destruction of a riotous soldiery—for instance, if the Russian
despot lent his troops to England for the purpose of putting
down the popular movement in Ireland—who shall see what
frightful revenge might not be taken by our fellow-citizens in
England for the persecution of their friends on this side of
the water, and in what, fearful manner her proudest cities
might be made to suffer for her cruelty to Ireland 1"

THE REV. Hoots STOWELL AND THE OPERATIVES OF
FINSBURY.—The operatives of the borough of Finsbury
held a meeting on Wednesday last, and unanimously agreed
to the following resolution :—" That the secretary, of the
Finsbury Operative Protestant Association 'be requested to
forward to the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, an ex-
pression of the cordial Christian sympathy of this meeting,
and assure him that the recent legal proceedings carried on
against him by the Popish party only endear him more than
ever to their affectionate regards ; and they earnestly pray
that such proceedings, so far from stopping his mouth in
boldly and fearlessly exposing the anti-Christian, anti-social,
and superstitious tenets and practices of the apostate church
of Rome, will only serve as a fresh stimulant to the zeal and
ardour with which he has so successfully and valiantly con-
tended for the truth, and that he will go forward in the
strength of our God and Saviour with redoubled energy and
vigour, and prosecute with increased success his important
Christian labours in the service of his country and his God."
LOAN SOCIETIES.—One of the most useful practical adts
of parliament passed during the last session of parliament,
for bettering the condition of the industrious classes, was that
of 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 100, for enabling the more
wealthy classes to lend small sums, not exceeding £l5, to
deserving persons on personal security. The good these so-
cieties can do is extraordinary, under judicious management,
for they not only allow surplus capital to be employed in our
immediate neighbourhoods, advantageously to the lender, but
they assist to elevate the industrious poor to a state of trading
independence and comfort. The establishment of one •of
these useful societies in every populous town in the kingdom
is worthy the attention of the benevolent, the legWature
having carefully provided against any unjust or unworthy ap-
plication of this boon ; whilst it gives sufficient protection
and security for the recovery of the sums lent, it also wisely
allows them to charge sufficient interest to ehable them to be
" self-supporting institutions, so as to recover the risk and
expense of management, as well as to pay fair interest for the
money subscribed to form its capital.
PENANCEA STORY OF LOCH DERG.—TO the Editor of
tit* Times.—Siy,—.Having read in your paper the account of
the recent trial at Liverpool, I thought the following cir-
cumstances, of which I was a witness, would not be unac-
ceptable to your readers. One day while I was in Ireland I
went with a party, made up by the gentleman at whose house
I was staying, to visit Loch Derg, a noted station to which
pilgrims resort for confession and penance. I there saw a
poor wretched woman doing penance on her bare knees upon
the sharp stones, so that the blood streamed from her knees
and legs and feet. This I was told was no uncommon case.
Hard by I beheld another won-.an in the act of confessing to
a priest, who was laughing very heartily, apparently at the
ludicrous details she poured into his ear. In the same ferry-
boat with ourselves, both going and returning, was a young
woman of whom, on our return, our host asked, how it was
she was so soon back without performing any penance. She
replied that it was because she could afford to pay the priest.
I can easily believe that John O'Hara attempted to act in a
similar way at Manchester to what the poor woman did whom
I saw at Loch Derg. Who imposed the penance in either
case I will not pretend to say.—l am, sir, your obedient
servant, F. E. D.

FATAL ACCIDENT FROM FOUL AIR.—A distressing occur-
rence took place in Manchester last week, by which two men
lost their.lives. Messrs. Sharp, Roberts' and Co., engineers
and machine-makers, were sinking a well on their premises,
in Great Bridgewater-street, and the work had proceeded to
the depth of twenty-five feet. The well-sinker, Hugh Wil-
liams, descended into the well, with his tools, about half-past
six on Wednesday morning, to commence work. He had
only just got to the bottom, and deposited his tools, when he
gave the signal to be hauled up again. The man at the wind-
lass obeyed, but, before he had raised him far, perceived that
he had lost hold of the rope with his arms, and was hanging
in the sling by his legs, with his head downward. The man,
not conceiving what was the matter, and-fearing that he would
fall out, immediately lowered him down again : and some of
the workmen having come out of the smithy, one of the
strikers, named William Daly, insisted on going down the
rope to the assistance of the man at the bottom. He slided
down, and was in the act of fastening the rope about Williams,
when it was observed that he suddenly fell with his head
against the side of the pit, and they both lay together. It
was only then that it was conjectured what was the true na-
ture of the accident ; and the most prompt means were used
to exhaust the well of the carbonic acid gas ; it was, however,
half an hour before the unfortunate men could be extricated,
and they were then, of course, quite dead. It was ascer-
tained that the soil, for about eighteen feet in depth, was
clay, two or two and a half feet sand, and the rest the red
sandstone rock.

ESCAPE OF ONE OF THE WIGAN MURDERERS.—Four
persons were in custody at Wigan, charged with the murder
of John Coulton. After the examination, three of the pri-
soners were placed in three sparate cells or strongholds ; and
there being no other similar place of durance for the remain-
ing prisoner, it was thought expedient to handcuff him, and
place him, with chains on his legs, in the Town-hall of Wigan
—the chains being made fast to an iron bar, or stuncheon.
It appears that, thus placed apparently beyond the probability
of rescue or escape, he was left, but without that guardianship
that makes security doubly sure ; for it was found in the
morning that he had by some means got rid of his manacles
—that the chains were filed off from his legs, leaving the
fine, rings round his ancles, and that, in he had escaped !
He had been enabled, it appears, to take his departure about
half-past one in the morning. It was further discovered that
he had taken with him a suit of clothes that were in the room,
and in which he would doubtless have arrayed himself on the
first opportunity ; but beingseen by a watchman and pursued,
he dropped that booty, and got clear away from his less
nimble pursuer before an effectual,alium could be raised. He
lias not since been traced, but active exertions are being made
to find him. A bill announcing his escape, and offering a
reward for his apprehension, states that his name is Robert
Anderton, and thus describes him :—" He stands about 5 feet
9 or 10 inches, his complexion is dark, he has brown eyes,
brown hair, high forehead, bald head, thin face, whiskers
shaved, and appears to be about 45 years of age. When he
escaped he had the ring of a leg lock on the right leg, and his
right wrist will bear marks from the hand-cuffs. He was
dressed in an old black coat, old black trowsers, check shirt,
no waistcoat, 4 or 5-hole laced shoes, and an old black hat,
slouched. His voice is very weak, and he speaks slow and
drawling."—Mr. Heron and Mr. Acton, two magistrates,
have privately examined the two policemen, who were in
charge of the hall at the time, since which they have informed
Knowles, the man in whose custody he was, that it was ne-
cessary, from the mysterious circumstances attending the oc-
currence, tbat he should consider himself in custody.