The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-31 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL
ASSOCIATION.

The sixth anniversary of this association was held on Wed-
nesday morning last, at thy, Royal Literary and Philosophi-
cal Institution, Bath. The attendance of physicians and sur-
geons from all parts of the kingdom was very great, compri-
sing many of the most celebrated for science and professional
talent, and falling very little short of 300 in number.
Dr. Boisragon, the president of the past year, took the chair,
and delivered a very luminous address. lie then resigned
the chair to Dr. Barlow, the president for the present year,
who also spoke at some length in support of the objects of the

institution.
Dr. Hastings read the report of the council, which stated,
amongst other facts, that since the last anniversary two dis-
trict branches have been added to those which were then in
existence, viz., one at Newton, in Lancashire, called the New-
ton Branch, comprehending members residing. at Manchester,
Liverpool, Warrington, and several towns in the north of
England • the other at Shrewsbury, called the Shropshire and
North Wales District Branch. He also remarked that the

Newton branch had declined receiving the allowance of one-

seventh part of the amount of their subscriptions to defray
the expenses of the district bank, as they prefer meeting this
expenditure by a„ri additional contribution among themselves.
The recommendation of the committee at Cheltenham last
year, to collect contributions in small sums in aid of the be-
nevolent society, had been acted upon by a member at War-
rington, who, through the assistance of friends, had collected
upwards of £30,5 thus proving that, by a little exertion, a con-
siderable addition may in this manner be made to the funds.
The names of the following gentlemen appear in the reso-
lution appointing, the council for the next year:=Robert
Bickersteth, Esq., surgeon, Liverpool; Thomas Blackburn,
Esq., surgeon, Liverpool; Samuell\l'Cullock, Esq., surgeon,
lo the Workhouse and Fever Hospital; Hugh. Neill, Esq.,
surgeon, Liverpool ;• John Bevan, Esq., Liverpool.
In reference to the place of meeting for the next anniver-
sary, Dr. Hastings said there were several places to which
the association might go with advantage, and London had
been named as highly eligible; but there was one place in
particular which was-pointed out to them, inasmuch as they
had had a very pressing invitation from upwards of one hun-
dred members of the profession in that town—that place was
Liverpool. If the solicitations from that town had not been
so pressing, London would probably have been selected, in
obedience to the expressed wishes of many of the members;
but it would be a question for their future consideration
whether the metropolis should be the place of their meeting
in the following year. Dr. Hastings then proposed the fol-
lowing resolution :—" That the anniversary meeting of the
Provincial Medical and Surgical Association for the year
1839 be held at Liverpool, and that Dr. Jeffreys be requested
to accept the office of president-elect for that year."
The resolution was agreed to.
The following are the names of the gentlemen whose signa-
tures were attached to the invitation forwarded from Liver.
pool:—J. P. Brandreth, M.D.; 'l'. H. Banning, M.D.; J.
Rutter, M.D. ; James Dawson, Esq.; P. W. Scott, M.D. ;'
J. Bevan, Esq. ; D. Macrorie, M.D. ; J. S. Carsil, Esq. ;
Hugh Neill, 141 sq. ; Alexander Hannay, M.D. ; George
Rogerson, Esq.; W. L. Cocks, Esq.; Francis Archer, Esq.;
Charles Worthington, Esq.; I'. J, Murphy, M.D.; William,
Reynolds, M.D.; Samuel Brownlow, Esq.; John J. Tim-
mons, Esq.; King Ellison, Esq.; R. Bickersteth, Esq .• H.
Sorlev, M.D. ; Thos. Jeffreys, M.D.; David Baird. 1‘1.D.;
John-O'Donnell, M.D. • James C. Ferguson, Esq.; William
Turner, Esq.; Henry Anderton. Esq.; J. S. Godfrey, Esq.;
John Burrows, Esq.; Herrman and Son; Arch. Robertson,
M.D.: John Callan and
.Son ; Richard Forshaw, Esq.; T.
W. Cattell, Esq.; William Gill Esq.; Thos.. Eden, Esq. ;
James Carson. senior. M.D.; C. 13. Greatrex, Esq.; It.d.
Batty, Esq.; Thomas Simon, Esq. ; J. Bennil, Esq. • J.
;
Canty, Esq.; Alexander Hookes, Esq. E. Steller, Esq.;
G. Johnstone, Esq.; D. Rose, Esq. ; Poole, Esq. ; John
Shaw, Esq.; H. V. Martin, Esq.; F. Wilson,Esq.; Henry
Bradshaw, Esq.; A. Gillon, Esq.; John Ashcroft, Esq.;_ D.
Cohen, M.D. ; W. H. Lynass, Esq. ; Robert Hector, Esq..;
B. Nightingale, Esq. ; J. Hughes Esq.; John Flayde, Esq.;
John Blackburn, Esq. ; Richard Hughes,
Esq. ; J. Lockwood,
Esq. ; Charles Boyce, M.D.; John Nicol, M.D.; John
Moore, Esq. ; Samuel M'Cullock, Esq.; James Carson, jun.
M.D. ; P. Ramsey, M.D. ; Ellis Jones, Esq.; W. T. Callon,
Esq. ; Edward Wadley ; ESQ. ; Thomas Gouthwaite, M.D.;
D. Chalmers, Esq. ; James Long, Esq.; Joseph Dickinson,
M.D. ; John Corlet, Esq., _. D. H. M'Nicoll, Eq.; Chalmer
and Son ; James Craig, Esq.; George C. Watson, Esq.;
Thomas Pennington, Esq.; John Cheesbrough, Esq.; R. P.
Tucker, Esq.; Henry Reston, Esq.; Robert Hamilton,
Esq.; James Nottage, Esq.; David James, M.D.; Thomas
Lewtas, Esq. ; Henry Emett, Esq.; James Munn, Esq.;
John Shaw,,_Esq. ; J. 11. W. Vose, M.D.; William Craig.;
Esq.-; W. P. Thomas, Esq,; J. D. Mackenzie, M.D. ; S.
Malins, Esq.; J. Moffat, Esq.; J. It. Davis, Esq.
Dr. Hastings observed, that it would be their duty to ap-
point some gentleinan to read the retrospective address for
the ensuing year : Dr. Scott, of Liverpool, had been named
to him as a gentleman highly capable of perforMing this
duty ; but the Worcester council were of opinion it would
not b desirable to select a president and the reader of the
address from the same locality. The following resolution
was then put and carried :—" That Dr. Symonds, of Bristol,
be requested to deliver the retrospective address at the anni-•
versary meeting for 1839."
At the general meeting held in the evening, Dr. Hastings
again introduced the important subject of the place of meet-
ing next year. At no distant period the southern branch
would have an opportunity of joining them, though hitherto
the association had been unable to take that course. He
begged to say, therefore, that, in compliance with the requi-
sition. of upwards of 100 medical gentlemen in Liverpool,
who had each and all promised their best aid to the society
and its objects, and that this number could have been largely
increased, had time permitted; he named that town, a place
eminent for its wealth, its public spirit and its enterprise,
which had been happily characterised by a great statesman
'as the modem Tyre. (Loud cheers.) He thought it would
essentially serve the association to hold its next meeting
there,. and, with respect to the choice of the president. the
council had always hitherto acted upon the principle of con-
sulting the feelings of the locality, presuming that the pre-
ference so given was a pretty correct test of the characterand
qualifications of the individual. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Mortimer, of Clifton, moved that Dr. Jeffreys, of Li-
verpool, be named for the president's chair next year. (Tre-
mendous cheering.)
Mr. Yeatman, of Frome, seconded the nomination.
Dr. Jeffreys returned thanks, and assured the meeting that
no efforts should lie wanting on his part to resider the asso-
ciation all the benefit and-services in his power.
At the dinner, the President said—l told you, gentlemen,
a short time ago, that I did not like the principle of worship-
ping the rising sun; but an exception presents itself in this.
instance, for I am about to propose to you the health. of the
president who will greet you on your next anniversary meet-
ing—Dr. Jeffreys. (Tremendous cheering.)
Dr. Jeffreys assured them that lie was deeply sensible of
the high honour which they had conferred upon him—an
honour upon which he bad never calculated. Ile could also
assure them that none could value their association more
than he did. Founded as it was upon the adamantine rock
of justice, charity, and benevolence, he saw also that sooner
or later it would carry on science to the loftiest height.
(Tremendous cheering.) With respect to his own town of
Liverpool, he was not ashamed to confess that though it was
become from small beginnings a town of great importance,
it was behind many places of inferior consequence, in respect
to science; and that, in this respect, Manchester went much
beyond it. He had himself laboured nearly half a century
in the profession, and he could assure them that he was de-
lighted to see the vast strides which science at the present
day was making among the young, and that, for himself; he
was at all times gratified to receive instruction from those
who were his juniors in years. (Cheers.) He could more-
over assure them that they might depend upon bis best exer-
tions in every form to promote the objects of the association.
(Loud cheering.)—Abridged from the Bath Herald and the
117orcester Journal.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WHALES' MILK.—The seamen in the South Seas use
whales' milk in their coffee. A friend of ours, just returned
from the Pacific, says it is always cool and refreshing. The
whales are milked by mermaids at present, but a patent for
milking them has just been secured by a Yankee.—Mercury.
Last week, crowds of people were drawn to Bagnigge
Wells•road, to see Lord Brougham standing on his head!
On their arrival they found that a beer-shop sign, the "Lord
Brougham," had been turned upside down, as a mark of dis-
approbation of his lordship's conduct on the subject of the
beer act.
REDUCTION IN POSTAGE.—A rumour was spread in the
House of Commons on Thursday evening which created a
most lively interest among all parties, and which has since
been found to be correct; it was said that the postage cjin-
mittee had passed resolutions recommending a low and uni-
form rate of postage throughout the kingdom. In order to
guard the revenue from the risk apprehended by some as
likely to arise from the immediate adoption of a universal
penny postage, the committee recommended a uniform two,
penny rate on all inland or general post letters weighing half
an ounce, and it penny on every additional half ounce. The
postage is to be paid in advance by 'means of stamps or
stamped covers. The fact of the committee having come to
this resolution is fully confirmed; but we are not aware when
any practical measure founded on it will he submitted to the
legislature.
CURE FOR SEA SICKNESS:—At this season, when so many
make sea voyages by steam, for pleasure, and are so often out
of their enjoyment by that pleasure-destroying disease, set
sickness, it may be proper to mention the following simple
remedy, which has seldom failed to give almost instant re-
lief:-Make some GREEN TEA, strong, with just as much
sugar in it as will make it palatable, and bottle it up. When
sickness begins to come on, take a cupful; if that dues not ~
prevent the vomiting let the stomach be completely emptied;
take the same quantity, more or less, as the stomach is. able.
to receive it; repeat it two or three times, and a restoration
will take place. The writer of this has often seen it applied.
and he can therefore state that it almost invariable had the
•
intended effect —Leeds Paper.
A PRUDENT PARMER.--,All agricultural farmer, not one -ee
hundred miles from Great Vecleston, resolving to havea
rious crop of beans, filled a sack with the intended seed, and • a.e.
by means of a rope rowered it carefully to the bottom of
deep well on his premises, in full anticipation that the Pulse.
when softened by the water, would, when sown, proauce en"
earlier and more .plentiful return. On the third day; after
thus depositing the beans, he went to the spot and began to.
hoist up the sack; but, finding it much lighter (in place of
heavier) than when he deposited it, some misgivings came
upon his mind, and he exclaimed, in phraseology peculiar to.
himself—pausing ere he took the sack out of the water—" Od
doll thee thou stupid oat, I'm aleard thou'rt bound to be
treacherous !" Nor were his apprehensions • unfounded.
The beans, as might be expected, had swelled to double their
size when dry, and, as the experimentalist had made no
allowance of room for such a contingency, all-that-he foetid . • -
attached to the rope was the burst and empty bag, the neeee- • •
being left at the bottom to • vegetate as they might.—Preston
Obserrer.
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAy.—We apprehend' the pro-
perty invested in this line will be put in serious jeopardy
between the Manchester and Birmingham, and the Chester"-
and Crewe lines with their extensions. The Manchester and
Birmingham line, instead of turning off froth Stone into the a .
Grand Junction, as intended, is now to be carried by a very
straight and easy extension by Lichfield and Tamworth into
the Birmingham line at liughy. By this means the whole. • •
of the Grand Junction line, and about thirty miles of the - •
Birmingham, are avoided, passengers and goods going direct • -
from Manchester to Louden, while those who wish to• visit
Birmingham have the means of doing so by the Birmingham •
and Derby Junction line which the extension crosses at
Tamworth. Thus the whole of the traffic of the great town
of Manchester will be removed from the Grand Junction.
But this is not all. The Birkenhead, Chester and Crewe •
lines, which start from •the opposite side of the Mersey, at Li-
verpool, are to be extended from Crewe to Lougport, Burs-
lem, in the Manchester and Birmingham line. Hence these , •
lines, instead of becoming feeders to the Grand Junction, e,,e
actually threaten to take from it its only remaining traffic,
the Liverpool. If these three lines thus unite and succeed, pee
it appears to us that they will nearly reduce the Grand June. •
tion to a dependence on its own intermediate traffic, a good
part of which they will take.—Railway Magazine. ,
DiscovEnY OP AN ANCIENT GitoTTo.—A singular disco-
very has been made at the Dane, Margate, of an extensive..
grotto, which appears to have been excavated about the time .
of the Saxon heptarchy, and which affords matter of deep,
reflection, and will probably throw some light on the habits-
of our Saxon ancestors. , The Dane is celebrated as the field :e
of a decisive and terrible• engagement fought between the ea.
Saxons and the Danes. From time to time objects here •
been disinterred which show the deadly nature of the int uggle,
including numerous human bones not yet reduced to duet;
and even entire skeletons embedded in soft chalk, and thus -
preserved, as with a-coating, of cement, from decomposition.. •
Armour and warlike weapons of the fashions of I.liat..early ,
period have also been found. The grotto which has just ,
been laid open does not appear to have any reference II) the.
battle. It extends to a great distance under the hills, and is
..
laid out in serpentine walks, alcoves, and passages of consie
derable extent., the sides being studded with shells, formed •
into elaborate and curious devices, and doubtless cam toed
by torch-light. The discovery of this remarkable structure
wets entirely accidental, and in consequence of some excava-
tion made on the spot by the proprietor of the land.—Dover . • •
Telegraph.
BRITISH ENTERPIIISE.—AIthough the present abundance
of money has not been observed to drive up the general
share market to the extent which many of the frequenters of
the Stock Exchange appear to have expected, as the result of
the late payment of the half-yearly dividends, yet a great
deal of capital is going into sound and useful empleymeot in
several companies for the building of steam shipping for
various parts of the world; Of these, about five thousand
tons are about to be laid down for die companies from Eng-
land to New York, all to be built in this country, where
steam machinery is known to be much more economical and •
perfect than in the United States. A company is also in
progress for steam navigation on a large scale to the East
Indies, by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and another for.
the establishment of iron steamers in the Ganges and its
tributaries to the city of Agra, which will cover a thousand
miles of the presidency of Bengal. To Brazil there are
steam vessels about to depart from Liverpool. for the navi-
gation of the coast front Rio de Janeiro to Bahia and Pere-- ,
nambnco; and one iron vessel is also building at Southar4e
ton for the Rio Doce river; whilst a third company has obe .
tained an exclusive privilege for the navieatione by, steam
vessels, of the bay of Bahia for a certain number of years.
All these undertakings must absorb-no inconsiderable animist -
of capital, nor can English enterprise, perhaps; be directed
to any more useful channel than the extension of the 'advert- • -
tage of steam navigation to so many distant quarter's of the
world.—Wloening Chi onicle. •
JOBBING INMATRIMoNY.-0111* readers are not perhaps
aware of the extent to which the welding trade is carried on
the Scotch side of the Solway. Gretna Green, it is title; has
long been famous as a matrimonial mart, and with it are as- ,
sociated die names of many Patricians, such as two learned
Lordi Chancellor' Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Richard- Brine
-
ley, Sheridan, and the Prince of Capua, with the ,fortunate
and beautiful Miss Penelope Smith, who each and all 'passed
the matrimonial portals by the aid of the Gretna, of Spring-
field blacksmith; and in some of these cases, we understand,
his officiating fee was one hundred guineas. These are prizes
in the list, however; but a great trade is drivenin denting;,
humbler men and maids, who have as good a right to he. Ma-
rried and happy as their betters, and according- more than one
station has sprung up on the Scottish BOrder. If the fete is..
Smaller, there are a greater number of thein, and .we are in-
formed that the keeper ofa cabaret and ferry-boat on the Scot-
tish side of the Solway occasionally splices " for better for
worse" half a dozen couples in the week. The ferrymae is
altogether a decent sort of a fellow, and obliging withal; as..
the following facts will show. A few days ago, an a&luititele.
once of ourown, a Dumfries merchant, happened to be pacing
the sands, in company with a friend, when a party were 'ob-
served making their way from the English to the Scottish
strand : "These gentry need my assistance—they are wed
diners," said mine host, who has a keen eve for the sublime.
"Then will you allow me to officiate?" said the other. "By •
allmeans," responded the ferryman ; and in a few minutes
an' English sea Captain presented himself, with a fair damsel
from Cumberland, whose heart had, Desdemonalike. fairly
given way under the recital of deeds of daring and hairbreadth'
'scapes on the stormy main.. Our townsman, 'for the time,
assumed the attitude and intonation of the Priest, and.in the
-course of three minutes the Captain was a benedict. The
process is as follows:—Printed certificates are produced, into •
which are inserted the names or the candidates for matrititeerie
with the parish and county from which they hail; the priest
then asks the gentleman if he be willing to take this woman
and cherish her as his just and lawful trite, which being au,
swered in the affirmative, the same question is putto the lady,
and as she never receives it with a nay-say, the•doceithila is
forthwith signed by the pair, attested by the signaler" orthe
priest and others who may be present, .and delivered over to
the young wife. - A toss of brandy, or a quaieh of the rnoun-
lain dew, passes round to the health of the young couple, the
fee is paid, and the party set out to spend their honeymoon •
as they list. The fees of these pedestrian or boating couples .
amount to from 2s 6d to lOs 6d. each, and altogether a round
sum of money finds its way to the Scottish side by this species
of traffic.—Dionfries Courier.
INTERESTING To MANUFACTURERS OF BRITISHALkA.I:I.:
—Letters from Naples of the Bth instant, and froth Sicily of
the 3d-instant, fully confirm the previous information revel red
of a monopoly in sulphur having • been granted by his Ma-
jesty the King of the Two Sicities to a French compieneL-
Messrs. Taix and Co., for ten years, con-inlet-cing IWl,st
August next, and ending Ist August, 1848. The. decree had
been despatched to Sicily in a steam-ship.of war, to he printed
and circulated, and letters had been forwarded to the proeine
Mal authorities. After the close of the present month no
sulphur can be exported without. -thee payment of an export
duty of '2O taxis per cantor, equal to El 10s. per ton, which
export duty is to be the emolument of••t he company; and in
consideration of which they have already paid into the hands
of his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies the sum of
600,000 ducats, or £lOO,OOO sterling. .The company, are
bound by the charter to make extensive improvereentein the
state ef the roads in Sicily, and the 'measure altogether ds
considered as highly advantageous to the •interests or that
island. It has already had the effect of greatly enhancing
the price of the article both there and in France and- Groat
Britain. Letters from Palermo state the price 'for the best
second quality to have advanced front 16 taris to 32 tans per
cantor; and to Marseilles prices haveetdvanced from It. 50c.
per quintal to Bf. 75c. per quintal, and still higher prices have
been paid there; but the Marseilles market is. quite at, the
command of the company, and will be constituted the chief
place and central point of their operations; they htild by far
the greater proportion of the stocks in that place, and the
temporary trifling decline there is clearly traced to them,
their object being to make a monolely of the article, not ill
Sicily alone, and which object they hope to effect by depress-
ing the market and then buying up all they can'lety their
hands on, and, a complete sweep beingmade, to charge their
own prices. They are large holders in England also, where
prices have advanced from £l6 to £l9 per ton ; but even at
this price there are very few sellers, and per ton would,
perhaps, be refused by a great proportion of the holders. A
very great rise in price must yet be looked for, for the article
will cost £lO in Sicily, anti with freights, &c. and hotii:e
it cannot be imported here under £l3; indeed, this pri'ne was
paid here only a few years since;'-and as the charter provides
that two-thirds only shall be exported annually of the average
produce of the last four years, and which the eamOanY are
bound by the charter to purchase of the mine .proprietors
at
21 taris per cantor for third quality; 23 tans for second qua-
lity, and 25 taxis for first quality, and to compensate the' at
the rate of four tads per canter fur the other one-third not
allowed to be exported (the mine proprietors, however, being
at liberty to refuse the fixed
ii,
price,r
ai
if they
mostcaii i
ohtieelinmii i
ib,) hettteer
elsewhere, but the 20 tans
present stocks will soon be considerably reduced, and should
retaliatory measures be restated to by our government- by
article whitc(itn.oittirwrrioualnd:f'aileYtutie•eur(st
tono cerne
allege
thhee rilicoer tottli:itny
must have, and %pv
any ecxapne
ct, and aof lOs, loirebert iftlittlileydpfrreopma
prepared
)I'd
iPt°issitsiv(ielliltkhneuti that Mons. Taix has, at the present
1,000,000 ducats, or £170,000 sterling, to commence °per'''.
wthiittliis., and
Some smerchantsabundant t
resources()ha:e rec
to act on
w theie
being got up to her Majesty's government, that the import
duty should be increased, but this would only teud to mcre"'e
the evil, for no efficient substitute has yet been foetid to su-
,ninnwi a dt
p!feetnitsiivolei
persede the use of brim nsto eg—Observatear, French paPe:;c
(Perhaps •1 he' temporary augmentation of price, r ot.nes
from the establishment of- this monopoly, in ty ultimately
._,
attended with beneficial affects. An extensive-manufect7elYd
Of alkali, in this town, is now carried on by- acid
from the combustion of the sulphineet of iron of •Llenreo,:ofoi.
North Wale: and in another, - prepaiatiorte. are'tnakillgane
the recovery of the eulphur-aft&r'it'hae,doriolts'ot, 4,
re,egiploypg infiqityznlf% 1-17 19.01 "

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The Bishop of Salisbury has announced that he will receive
no candidate for holy orders who is not competently versed
in the Hebrew language.
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Mr Stephen S. Rice, son of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, is spoken of as a candidate for Limerick, in room
of Sir David Roche, one of the Coronation Baronets.

It is rumoured that Mr. Bodkin, M.P.. intends retiring
from the representation of the county of Galway; and Sir
John Burke is spoken of as his successor.

Colonel 11I'Gregor is now in Dublin, having entered upon
his important dunes as head of the Irish constabulary.

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Lord Charles Wellesley embarks for Canada early in the
ensuing month, to assume the command of the 15th Foot, to
the lieutenant-coloneley of which corps his Lordship has
been appointed.
THE WHALE FlSHEEY.—Letters from liull mention the
receipt of advices of the Greenland fishery by a vessel arrived
there, having on board seven fish, 5,500 seals, and about 80
tuns of oil. The fishery appears to have been successful:
several ships belonging to Peterhead are reported to have
from 160 to 180 tuns of oil each.

COAL PIT ACCIDENT.-013 Thursday, an explosion of
fire damp occurred at Cleggswood colliery, Butterworth,.
near Rochdale, when a youn!, man, named James Lees, was
blown along the works, upwards of 100 yards, and through
a door which was shut at the time The poor man is dread-
fully scorched. He was the only person in the pit at the
time.

COMMITTEE ON JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—We understand
that the committee on joint-stock banks met for the last time
this session on Monday last, and agreed to present the
evidence to the house, unaccompanied by any report. By
this it is considered apparent, that the committee is to be re-
newed in the next session of parliament, and' that all the
great questions depending upon the result of this inquiry are
thus to be thrown over for another entire Year.--/Iforniny
Chronicle.

AltscoScErrloN.—As a canal boat was to pass under a
bridge, the captain gate the usual warning, " look out,"
when d little Frenchman, who was in the cabin, obeyed the
order by popping his head out of the window, which received
severe thump by coming in contact with a pillar of the
bridge. He drew it back in a great pet, and exclaimed,
Dose d— Amerikans say look out wen dey means look
in."

T., Marshal Soult, accompanied by his son, (the Marquis of
ualtnatie) and the Marquis de Mornay, with other persons
attached to the veteran's suite, attended the proceedings of
the House of Commons, on Thursday night, entering about.
halfpast four o'clock. They were conducted to seats below
'Pe bar. The distinguished party afterwards visited the
House of Lords, while the Bishop of Exeter, the Archbishop
Canterbury, &c., spoke. They were accommodated with
teats in front of the throne, and behind the woolsack.
Stiscui.ae CIECUMSTANCE.—Last week, as Mr. Lambe,
cabinet-maker, of Chesterfield, was opening a log of pine, he
discovered embedded in the centre of the solid wood, a cua-
siderable number of bees, of a description similar to the
En I.
ish species, though somewhat less in size. The pre-
:ll'46on is that the insects had crept into the tree in its
6rutviug state, and the aperture by which they had obtained
thentrance being by some accident closed up (probably from
',„expansion of the sap,) they thus became entombed alive.
----IJerbyshire Courier.
k Wallace the lion, the property of Mr. Wombwell, so well
14°41 as purveyor of animals for public exhibition, died at
olverhampton, ►at the age of nineteen. The poor creature
bipeds Abeen getting gradually weaker. forsome time, Si) that, as
rus sometimes say in affected pity for their kind, "it was
.I"Ppv release for him." This is the same noble animal
j,"41 demolished the dogs set upon him by some less dignified
:nes at Warwick, a -few years ago. From weakness and
holder this fine animal was a touching spectacle to.the
verb weakly
for some time before life became extinct. He looked
mentl,weakly a few weeks since, when exhibited in this bo-
-"---W,rby and Chestetjield Reporter.
"ALL eon LOVE."—Ann Geldings, as ugly a dame as
%.,e.,rrtl. man set eves upon, was on Wednesday charged, at the
gi police-office with robbing James Ward, a barge-
4.than, in the employ of the Old Quay Company. Late on
Lt.%"11( night, the prosecutor, as he was walking down
larket•street, wag accosted by the prisoner, who
as)tea hiin to treat her to something to drink. Of course he
refused
n, ; to do so, and she with a dexterity well becoming a
conjurer, and actuated by the love she felt for him, put her
half‘itini° his breeches pocket, and grave liberty to a captive
con4ariewn piece and a shilling she found there. The deputy-
flaw' de was, fortunately for the prosecutor, and unfortu-
pLfor, the prisoner, just at hand. HE. took her under
bery. ""°n, and she is now awaiting her trial fur the rob-

STantirriOo
kind; both TUE HIGH SEAS.—Two occurrences of this
w:rew.hich took place on board the Kingston, from.
Jamaica,
eirestigated by the magistrates of the Thames
youth named Rey'LllnisdaY• The first case was that of a
man of the nanie who had stabbed fatally a fellow sea-
and who had struct Manuel, with whom he had quarrelled,
him. The second case was that of a
moan of colour, name,! 11aldree, the steward, who stabbed
Smith, the cook of te
attempted to cut his thn vessel, in the arm, and subsequently
era, by the advice of 111;at, but without effect. Both prison-
half, declined sayi . Pelham, who attended on their be-
ther examination. 114
anything, and were remanded for fur-
THE NEW MAGISTRACY.--A
powerful and energetic letter
has been addressed to the Bishop of Exeter, by It. Oastler,
of Judderstield in which that gentleman exposes the
tyrannical conduct of the present ministry towards the work-
ing classes, by (-loiiisin their servile partizans, in every part
of the country,
to
fill
the magistrates' bench. We quote the
following
extract from his excellent letter; he says:—"T h ere
is one other great evil my lord, which the present govern-
ineat is fastening upon. ibis the old nine'. part of the country. They find'
'orates will not be the servile tools' of the three
commissioner - they
andarn now appointing new magistrates,
who are willing to do any thing and,* every thing that the
poor-law coinmissioners command. Ibis is a great evil. It
disgusts the old magistrates, and it destroys the respect which
the people formerly had for the magisterial character."
SoctF.Ty OF FRIENDS. It may be interesting to the pub-
lic to know, that several members of the Society of Friends,
in this town, whom we some time ago mentioned as having
been pronounced unworthy of being continued members of
thte_society, were, at the munthly meeting of Brighouse, held
a
Bradford on Friday the 20th, excommunicated solely, as
we understand, on. account of their having received Christian
baptism and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, although
it ass their particular wish to be retained members. "A
minute of disownment" will be brought up and read at the
next monthly meeting, which will take place at Leeds. It
is also worthy of remark, that at the same meeting, John
Jowitt, Esq., of Hanover.square, resigned his membership
in the society, believing that the doctrines, ordinances, and
ministry of tile Church of England were the purest and most
genuine apostolical Christianity.—Leeds Intelligence,
OPENING OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM' RAILWAY.
—•l'wo paragraphs have been running the round of the news-
papers at the same time, one stating that the London and
Birmingham railway will be entirely opened on the Ist of
August; the other fixing the 10th of September for that
event. We have made some inquiries on the subject ; and
believe the fact to be, that the time of opening is not yet
fixed, though it is net unlikely to be about the beginning of
September. We uuderstand that the line is likely to be so
far completed on the 21st of August as to permit the share-
holders to pass along it to attend the half-yearly meeting ;
and at that meeting the time of opening to the public will
most probably be formally announced.—ln a paragraph which
we last week copied from a Birmingham paper, it was stated
that a trip had been made with an engine from Denbigh
Ilan to Kilsby, and through the tunnel, a distance of ten
miles. The actual distance from Denbigh Hall to the oppo-
site extremity of the Kilsby tunnel is about twenty miles,
instead of ten.—Manchester Guardian.

FORTUNATE Escat's.—On Sunday last, at midnight, the
fuvrn-crier announced that two boys, the elde'st only eight
years of age, were missing from their homes. Every place
where there was a probability of finding them was looked in-
to, but without success; no intelligncee could be gained of
them, and- their parents laboured under the most painful
anxiety during the whole of the night, supposing they' were
lost to them for ever. However, on Monday morning, as the
Grimsby steamer was on her passage to Hull, some passen-
gers nn hoard perceived a boat at adistance, appatently with-
out any person in it ; but, upon nearing it, discovered that it
contained two children, which they took on board, and, with
the boat, brought safely to Hull. It appeared, from the
account given by themselves, that they were playing in the
bust, and had, by some means, (whether intentional or other-
wise,) gut adrift without oars, and the tide, at that time,
ebbing, took them down nearly as far as Grimsby. We are
glad to hear that the only injury they sustained was the want
of food for twenty-four hours,—Hull Rockingham.
MUNDRR.—A most shocking murder has been committed
at a hamlet called Colehill, near Winaborne, the murderer
being husband to the deceased. The circumstances of the
case are as follows :—lt appears, that Daniel Evans lived
with his wife et:the above-named place, the former being a
razor-grinder, and the latter travelling with pedlary wares.
Both were accustomed to drink freely, and, on such occa-
sions, words aad blows frequently ensued. Deceased had
been drinking at a public-house, (the-Barley Mow,) near
Wimborne, which reatly displeased her husband, and he
threatened, if ever she'vntered that house again, her life
should be the forfeit. - During the same day he found de-
ceased again these, at which he becatne greatly irritated, and
began to strike her violently with his fist about the head.
They then both left the house, and, as soon as they were on
the road, he began a brutal and furious attack upon her, and
commenced peitine stones at her with violence, one of which
was seen to strike deceased in her throat, and she tell down,
uttering a dreadful oath, and immediately expired. A coro-
ner's inquest has been held on the body. and a verdict of
" Wilful murder" returned against Evans, who has been
lodged in Dorchester gaol, to wait his trial at the ensuing
assizes.—Dorset Chronicle.

MYSTILRIOUS AFFAIR.—The London papneerseshaavueelna,sitalw;te,e,kn
been occupied with the singular circuTs
ofta London, formerly
the death of Mr. Thomas Davidson Po
of Newcastle, (son of the late Mr. Brough Pow, a common
The tale is
councillor, and much respected tradesman.)seized
with a this deceased, atew weeks ago, was
iv
nerv-
ous affection the result of tippling; and
.1 Myers, a me-
(heal gentleman, possessing extensive
Pow. Mr. Ayers
practice Al arylebone
Ahd St. Pancras, was called in by Mrs.
lady,
became -enamoured of the and she yielded to hit. wishes;
and the rumour is, that they then conspired to dispose by
violence of the injured husband, and possess.themaelves of
his Property. However this be, he was removed by them to
the Westminster Hospital, and there he speedily improved;
bet ou the 3d inst. he was removed to lodgings in the house
(.1. Mrs. Chapman, No. 3, Loudon-street, which wet e engaged
fur the purpose by the surgeon. When taken to his new
abode, he appeared intoxicated, and. was unaccompanied by
his wife. On the folloaing day, he was very ill, and a nurse
was provided, who (it is stated) was instructed bi Mr. Myers
to supply him with as much neat gin as he woukl take, and
this was done to such an extent that he was in a continual
stupor. In a few slays after he entered upon his lodgings,
Mr. M. and Mrs. Pow called upon him anti obtained his sig-
nature to a document purporting to be his last will and tes-
tament, which wag unthinkingly witnessed by the son and
daughter of the landlady. Owthe 10th inst. Air. M. again
called; and after he had been some time alone with the de-
ceased, Mrs. Chapman went to the bed-room, and found him
adminisiering a white powder to his patient, who was subse-
qttently seized with violent trembling, and died the next
morning. Mr. M. then waited upon the registrar of the dis-
trict, and gave ,him a.paper stating that Mr. Pow had died
of " delirium tremens, and apoplexy, brought on by too free
use of ardent spirits." Mr. M and the widow of the de-
ceased locked the door of the room in which the corpse lay,
and kept the key; and on the issue of a coroner's incinest,
Mr. M. and Mrs. Pow declared that the body should be in-
terred without investigation. Afte, wards Mr. M. visited the
house of Mrs. Chapman, and was suspected of adopting some
Means of hastening the decomposition of the body, to baffle
the researches of a post mortem examination. At any rate,
he was for some time alone with the body, while Mrs. Pow
kept watch outside ; and on leaving the room, he washed his
hands-. The phials, &c. which had contained the mixtures
administered to the deceased, were all removed by Air. M.
and every precaution apparently adopted to render enquiry
abottive. On Monday an inquest was held, but in order to
allow of the productioit'of additional evidence, the investiga-
tion was adjourned to Wednesday, on which
day
the enquiry
was further postponed till the Monday following, when
most
of the above facts were proved in evidence, and also that,by
the direction of Mr. Myers and Mrs. Pots., ardent spirits were
administered in large quantities to the unfortunate deceased.
No trace of poison was found in the body, but the medical
witnesses deposed, that in a case of delirium tremens, such a
course was likely to cause death. Various other suspicious
circumstances were elicited. Mr. Myers declined, in that
stage of the proceedings. to offer any defence, and the jury
brought in a verdict of ',Wilful Murder" against him and
-51 r s• Pow, They were conveyed to Newgate in a hackney
rol
etach f} fib,
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