The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-23 00:00:00

Hail Colborne (16), and Campbell (i 7), and Baird,

Hail Beresford, Barnard, and Jackson (18)';
Each peril ye nobly have shar'd,
And prov'd that your lineage is Saxon.
Hail Codrington (19), E.rmouth (20). and Howe,
flail Stopford (21) and gallant Sir Sidney (22
" Hearts of oak from the stern to the bow,"
Your deeds well betoken your kidney.
Success to our soldiers in red,

!ess to our sailors in blue

May the halo of glory be shed,
Transcendant on all that they do

But still, 0 our God, unto Thee,
Let us gratefully raise the Hosanna;
And " THE LORD OUR DEFENCE" ever be
The motto of Albion's banner !

To those not mentioned—Kempt, Pack, Graham, Blakeney
Hardinge, Colville, Keane, Ponsonby, &c. &c. &c.

Ye warriors unmentioned, I slight not your claims,
Think not, I beseech you, 'Lis so meant;
I have left out indeed some bright chivalrous names,
But they came not to mind at the moment !

(I) This name may well awaken feelings of pride in the bosom
of every Englishman. It is illustrious equally for the superior gifts
of mind, as well as the pre-eminent chivalry of heart, which have
distinguished all its possessors. To Baton Napier, of Murchistoun
Hall, Scotland, ancestor of the present family, is clue to the honour
of the invention of logarithms. He published, in 1614, the first table
of these numbers, in a small treatise entitled " Mirifici Loga-
rithmorum Canonis Descriptio."

Who is unacquainted with the gallant sailor, who in 1833, in cum-
Maud of Don Pedro's fleet, achieved by boarding so brilliant a vic-
tory over the far more numerous squadron of Don Miguel; and who
is now adding fresh laurels to his brow on the coast of Syria?
Who is unacquainted with England's great military historian, the
author of " The Peninsular War ;" or with his two noble brothers,
Major-Generals Sir Charles James, and Sir George Thomas Napier ?
(2) Sir John, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, and Com-
mander of the Forces in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
(3) Commander-in-Chief at Madras. Captain 0' H . had the honour
of serving on this distinguished officer's staff at Barbadoes.

F, at Waterloo. There is hardly a member of this
rous family who have not left some such token on

(4) Lost a lee
noble and chiva
the field of battle

(5) This gallant officer fell gloriously leading his men to the charge
at Waterloo.

t) Fought by Lord Beresford against the renowned Soult

Toulous(

The historian, Col. W. F. P.
(9) Sir James ; serving on the staff of Canada.
(10) Serjeant Shawe.
(11) A subaltern officer. Ills name has escaped the author's me-

(12) Late Sir Stapylton Cotton.
(13) Present Lord Londonderry. Author of the Narrative of the
Peninsular War.

(14) Lord Fitzroy and Robert. The former performed the arduous
and responsible duty of A.D.C. and military secretary to the Duke of
Wellington, throughout the campaigns in Spain, Portugal, France,
and Flanders. His lordship has a - cross and five clasps" for his
distinguished services. He lost his right arm at Waterloo, and was
likewise wounded at Busaco.

(15) Sir Edward, Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Sir Edward lost
his right arm at the action off Oporto ; served in Flanders and Hol-
land in 1794 ; was present in the naval action off Cape St. Vincent,
in '97 ; wounded in Egypt, and performed distinguished service in
the retreat and battle of Corunna.
(16) Present Lord Seaton.
(17) Sir Colin, late Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.
(18) Sir Richard Downes, present Commander of the Forces in
Canada.

(1g) (20) Heroes of Navarino and Algiers.
(21) (22) The latter celebrated for the defence of Acre, in 17gg i
the former for its reduction, in 1840.

THE ST. SULPICE ORDINANCE

(From the London Standard.)

There is a question which we wish to be answered by the
conservative peers who opposed the Bishop of Exeter's mo-
tion upon the San Sulpice ordinance. These noble lords
profess to believe the ordinance a bad thing in the abstract,
a rescinding, indeed, of the Reformation, as far as the pro-
vince of Canada is concerned, but they hold that the legisla-
ture is- bound to sanction the evil, because Lord Bathurst
supplied what has been tortured into a precedent for it, and,
further, because of the long possession of the monks of San
Sulpice, and of intimations dropped by Lords Goderich and
Aberdeen that this possession might, on certain conditions,
(not, however, the conditions reserved in the ordinance) be
permitted to continue.
. . .

Now the question arising upon this argument which we
,sh to have answered is the following :

Were not the Irish corporations, lately destroyed by the
House of Lords by tie active influence of some of the con-
servative peers, and with the aid of the learned Recorder of
Dublin, entitled to continue their existence, and to preserve
their privileges and property, upon much stronger arguments
(though of the same kind) than those to which the House of
Lords, under conservative guidance, yielded in the case of
San Sulpice ? The Irish corporation had a possession varying
from 650 years to about 250 ; the longest possession that the
monks of San Sulpice could claim did not exceed a century,
and then possession under the English government was no-
thing like so long. The right of the Irish corporations was
.guaranteed by charters of English kings, recognised by so-
lemn acts of the legislature, and protected by the law, which
forbade that the conduct of corporations should be questioned
anywhere but in the supreme court of criminal jurisdiction.
The right of the monks of San Sulpice, such as it is, rests
upon the charter of a French king, extinguished, as all such
charters must be, by the conquest of the province, and on
those obscure and equivocal intimations of ministers, without
legislative authority, to which we have referred.
We have put our question to the conservative peers. We
shall now put a question to the country : is this equal deal-
ing between Protestants and Romanists? Is it fair that the
most solemn engagements to Protestants should be treated
as of no force, avowedly because they are engagements to
men who maintain their character as Protestants ; while the
slightest pretext of even an unauthorised promise to Roman-
ists, or of what can by ingenuity be twisted into the form of
a promise, is to be regarded as an obligation of paramount
force ?Is this—we repeat the interrogatory—equal dealing
between Protestants and Romanists?
Of course we do not apply ourselves to whigs or radicals,
or to any others who may wish for the ascendancy of the
Romish church, or at best regard the contest between Pro-
testantism and Popery as an indifferent
matter while they
profitably play the game of politics. It is natural for such
to persecute impracticable Protestantism in Ireland, and to
promote Popery, the willing handmaid of politicians of all
creeds and orders, in every country
_toconservative where they can hope to
promote it. Our inquiry is addressed
and to the conservatives of the country ; and we may em:
peers
body both our questions in one—of whathave these profess-
ing conservative peers shown themselves conservative_ in the
matters of the Irish corporations and of the San S.
ulpice
ordinance? Is it of the right of property and privilege in
the one case, or of the reformation in the other?

Intelligencer.
THREATENING LETTER TO A JUDGE.—During the pre-
sent assizes Baron Rolfe has received a letter from the friends
of Straker and others (the Birstal burglars), whom he had
sentenced to fifteen years' transportation, threatening that,
unless he revoked their sentence, he would be shot before
he left York.—Halifax Guardian.
" LOOK AFTER YOUR FORTUNES."—An industrious and
peaceable working man, named Richard Hardman, in the
employ of Messrs. Walton, Oates and Simpson, at their ex-
tensive bleaching premises at Crimple, near Knaresborough,
received a letter a few days ago, requesting him to go and
take possession of landed estates, &c., to the amount of
£30,000, left to him unexpectedly by a relative in Lanca-
shire.-:--Halifax Guardian.
THE APPROACHING CENSUS.—Active preparations are
now being made for taking the decennial census, and instruc-
tions to this effect have already been sent to the registrars in
the different parishes of the United Kingdom. Each parish
will be divided into different districts, extending from 50 to
80 houses, and the,inquiries will be made by intelligent per-
sons residing in the neighbourhood, to be appointed by the
local registrars. Each of the agents to be appointed will have
to fill up all the details respecting the age, sex, exployment,
&c, of the different occupants. On Monday, a circular was
issued from the Home Office to the different district regis-
trars, assigning as a rate of remuneration the sum of lOs for
every 50 houses, with one additional shilling for every 10
houses above this number. The inspectors will be appointed
from intelligent tradesmen and others in the different dis-
tricts, by which means authentic details will be ensured.
Inspectors have already been appointed for the purpose in
most of the parishes in the eastern districts of the metropolis.
CURIOUS AFFAIR.—The police reporters had an opportu-
nity of exercising their ingenuity in recording a circumst:
of a curious character that occurred at the •Head Office;
Dublin, yesterday. It appeared that the lady of the Hon.
Captain lost • a Cashmere shawl of a peculiar pattern
some weeks ago. It was supposed to have been stolen out of
her carriage. After some search was made it was given up
as lost. The lady was driving through Nassau-street on
Thursday, when she observed her shawl on an elegantly
dressed young female. The owner of the shawl ordered her
footman to request the attention of the wearer, when she
made known her loss. The young lady said if they retired to
her residence she could give every satisfaction as to the man-
ner whereby she became possessed of it. The young lady was
invited into the carriage, and all drove off to a respectable
looking house in Park-street. At this moment two gentle-
men were passing who happened to know the carriage of their
military friend, and having ascertained that his lady was
within a notorious house of ill fame, known as the
Hotel, advised the coachman to apprise the lady of the fact.
The horror of the lady's feelings at receiving the intelligence
may be very well conceived. In the mean time the husband
became acquainted with the affair, and having procured the
assistance of the police, it was ascertained that the shawl had
been stolen and sold to a receiver of stolen goods named
Brown, for 55., who
.sold it to the landlady of the
Hotel for 10s., and she sold it to her " lodger" for 20s.
Mrs. Brown was committed for trial for receiving the shawl,
knowing it to be stolen.—London Standard.
A CURIOUS CHARACTER.—A few days ago a man of very
eccentric habits departed this life at his house in Broad-
street-buildings, in the 84th yeaK of his age. His name was
John Yardley Vernon, and he had a fancy for.always ap-
pearing about the streets in the garb of a beggarnian. He
was, we are given to understand, a stock-broker, having
years ago, and by a careful and industrious course, realised
upwards of £lOO,OOO, and yet he cut such a miserable figure
in the streets that people have dropped alms into a little bag
which it was his custom to carry. He never appeared to be
offended at the mistakes which were thus made by the com-
passionate donors, but he invariably returned the money
with a smile, and the words, " No, no, thank you." The
refusal had always the effect of exciting astonishment, and
the old gentleman walked on in an old pair of shoes, or
rather slippers, not worth a penny. The parochial officers
of the neighbourhood in which he resided say that he made
it a rule to walk down to Whitechapel every day to get a
glass of rum and water, in which he soaked some bread, a
dish in which he took more delight than any other. His old
habits of business were exemplified in his visits to butchers'
stalls, in which he purchased bits of meat, and to brokers'
shops, where he bargained for old pieces of furniture, in
which he could have had no use, except the philosophical
one of keeping up the excitement which the very show of
business seldom fails to encourage. Mr. Vernon attended
church regularly, but never entered a pew. He sat amongst
the poorest parishioners, but frequently put upon the plate
as much as would pay for a suit of the best clothes amongst
the whole congregation. and there was not a charity in the
ward to which he was not a principal contributor.—Morning
Herald.
GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COMPANY.—The annual
meeting of the proprietors of this undertaking was held on
Thursday, at their offices in Prince's-street. Robert Bright,
Esq., in the chair. A very satisfactory report of the direc-
tors was read : the following is its substance. It stated, that
since the last meeting, the Great Western steam-ship had
made six voyages, the average time of her passages out hav-
ing been a little more than fifteen days and a half, and thir-
teen days and a half home ; and during the same period she
had conveyed 1057 passengers. Her last arrival completed
her thirty-fourth passage across the Atlantic, since which
she has been docked, and is now reported to be in perfect
condition. The experience of the two seasons in which the
ship had made early voyages had induced the directors to be-
-1 eve that it would be more for the interest of the proprietors
that her first should now be in April, and she will conse-
quently make five voyages only in the present year. The
company's works are now in a very efficient state, and the
entire stock of machinery is in daily and active operation.
The directors having satisfied themselves that it would be
for the interests of the company to get rid of the paddle in
their iron ship, and to substitute a propeller upon the prin-
ciple of the Archimedian screw, have taken the necessary
measures for that purpose; the slight alterations required in
her frame were easily effected, and at a trifling cost. Had
the last meeting 'empowered the board to raise temporary
loans, the completion of the company's second ship in 1841
might have been effected, but this without unduly hurrying
her work could not now be accomplished. By this period of
next year, she will, the directors anticipate, be perfect for
service. On the subject of the company's executing work
for other parties, the directors deemed it light to say that
their opinion was still entirely favourable to such an appli-
cation of their works. The period within which this ques-
tion might be most beneficially considered, should not ex-
ceed six months from that time, when, should a determina-
tion be come to not to manufacture for the public, it would
become desirable to decide upon the steps to be taken in re-
ference to the works. By the additions made to the Great
Western last year, her tonnage had been increased from 1340
to about 1700 tons, and the amount being £3,155: 6s. 4d.
was added to her cost. The rates of premium paid on the
Great Western in 1838 varied between £lO and £l2 per
cent. ; in 1839 it was eight guineas, and in 1840 six guineas
per cent. per annum, and the total consequent charge on the
ship had been £13,606: I6s. The accounts of the past year
accompany the report, and a dividend had been declared of
345. per share for the last half year, being, with that declared
in August last, equal to 58s. per share or the year, or £8 :
18s. per cent. on the cost of the Great Western, £61,671 :
15s. 10d. The sum of £3,475: 10s. 11d. was carried to the
reserved fund, which now stood at £8,021: 14s. 6d. The
directors had also reserved out of the profits of the year
(amounting to £9,350: 9s. 11d.) the sum of £430: 13s. in
reduction of the loss sustained on the first voyage made by
the ship, which was nearly £4,000, and of the expenses in-
curred in the formation of the company.
The unusual sight of a Sister of Charity brought before the
Correctional Tribunal was exhibited on Saturday. Sister
Sainte Gabrielle, of the order of Scours Augustines, whose
family name was Engelskirchen, aged 57 years, 32 of which
she had passed in attending the sick, was arraigned upon an
accusation of having committed homicide, by imprudence.
On the 29th September, a young woman who was a conva-
lescent patient in the Hospice St. Louis, was prescribed a
dose of Glauber salt, but by some negligence unexplained, a
bottle of corrosive sublimate was placed in the medicine clo-
set. under the charge of sister St. Gabrielle, who unwittingly
administered a quantity of it to the patient, instead of the
salt, and of which she died in three hours, after suffering
dreadful agonies. The administration of the poison by the
hand of the prisoner was admitted by her, but she protested
that she was totally ignorant of its nature, and produced evi-
dence to prove that corrosive sublimate was never before
known to be in the same closet, and must have been placed
there through the negligence of the chymist who supplied
the hospital with drugs, or by some other accident unknown
to her. M. Chas. Ledru, who was counsel for the prisoner,
said, on opening his defence, " In appearing by the side of
this good sister, I have obeyed the express wish of the pro-
cureur-general, who has thusconferred upon me the most en-
viable task 1 ever had imposed upon me in my life." He then
argued with great ability in favour cf his client's complete
innocence, and ended his defence thus Condemn her!
No, gentlemen. Permit me to say, without impeaching your
justice, neither am I worthy of defending her, nor have you
in any manner the right to judge her. It is the duty of all
in her presence to say that we unite in rendering one and
the same homage in her person to a being which can merit
only our admiration and regret." The court, after a short
deliberation, acquitted and discharged the prisoner, who had
suffered severely in mind from the fatal event. She was at-
tended in court by the superior of her order at the hospital,
who, previous to her trial, wrote to the judge, offering to un-
dergo any penalty the court might inflict in her stead. In
her letter she said, " If you impose a fine upon her, I cannot
pay it; for I have nothing, absolutely nothing, in the world.
My daily revenue is derived from my sick patients, and this
I pay into the bank of the hospice, which does not pay the
interest on the capital. But if my sister is condemned to im-
prisonment, I entreat you to allow me to ask leave of the
Archbishop of Paris to go into confinement in her stead."

DARING BURGLARY AT STAIRFOOT TOLL-GATE HOUSE.
—On Monday morning, about half-past two o'clock, a dar-
ing and diabolical burglary was committed at the Toll-gate
House, situate at Stairfoot, near Barnsley, occupied by two
industrious old people of the name of Oldroyd. It appears,
from what we can gather, that at the hour above stated, some
one came up to the bar, and called out " Gate." Oldroyd,
hearing footsteps about the door at the time the call was made,
supposed it to be only a hoax to get him out of bed ; how-
ever, in a short tiine another person came trotting up on
horseback, and called out, lustily, " Gate : look sharp, I'm
going to fetch the doctor to Mr. Micklethwaite, who will be
dead before I can get him there if you don't look sharp."
Oldroyd, on hearing this, and knowing Mr. Micklethwaite
(who lived in a village a short distance off), opened the door
immediately, but scarcely had he put his foot on the thres-
hold, when he was struck on the head with a bludgeon, from
which he fell senseless upon the ground. After this they
pulled his night-cap over his eyes, to prevent his seeing them.
During this murderous attack four other men had rushed into
the house, and made their way up the stairs to the old woman,
who was in bed, and heaped the bed-clothes upon her and
almost suffocated her, saying at the same time, if she made a
noise they would, murder hr. Whilst two of the villains
were doing this, the others were searching for money, which
they succeeded in finding to the amount of from three to four
pounds, with which they decamped, going in the direction of
Ardsley. The horse on which the villain was mounted was
light grey. During the same morning, one of the labouring
men in the employ of Mr. Harrison, farmer, of Grainge,
getting up to go and look at a cow which was ill, on crossing
the straw yard, saw four men running from the outbuildings.
Had they not been detected at the time they were, Mr. Har-
rison would have been minus one of his valuable horses, as
the thieves had bridled him, and got him out of the stable
ready for walking off.

The Farmers' Insurance Institution. Security to the
assured being a matter of vital importance, it will be satis-
factory to our readers to learn that the names of 1,323 Share-
holders of this Institution have been enrolled, pursuant to
the provisions of the Act of Parliament by which the com-
pany is empowered, and which list of names can be referred
to at any time. Amongst them will. be,found some of the
largest landowners, and, most distinguished farmers, in the
kingdom.
It is stated that the Marquis of Hertford is a heavy loser
by the stoppage of the United States' bank. It is said that,
fearful of a war between England and France, the noble
marquis sold out from the English funds not less than
£500,000, and transferred it. for better security to the United
States' bank ; and has become minus to this large amount.
A scientific gently:llan has lately patented a candle, which
presents the apparent anamoly of being made without a
wick. A wick is, however, supplied, being fixed to a rod,
which is moved up and down, and through the centre of the
composition, by the aid of a common spring lamp. Several
lectures have been delivered at the Polytechnic Institution,
upon the advantages, as a means of combustion, which this
discovery embraces. It is termed the Soho lamp, and is now
exhibiting on the east side of the square of that name. The
light it affords is of great power and volume.—Dublin States-
man.

SIR W. FOLLETT.—The present circuits promise to yield
an abundant harvest to this distinguished lawyer, he having
received no less than six special retainers in the Lent assizes
—namely, at Liverpool, Lincoln, Chelmsford, Swansea,
Exeter, and Taunton. The result of his exertions at Liver-
pool is no doubt very anxiously anticipated, he being leading
counsel for the plaintiffs in the Heatley property cause ; and
we are quite sure that if the most transcendant legal talents
may be exercised in a manner that might secure a verdict,
the case that is entrusted to Sir W. Follett will run no risk
of failure.

THE ASSIZES.—In the course of the afternoon of Wed-
nesday last, the whole of the 90 causes entered for trial in
the Ist or West Riding List were disposed of, and at the
rising of the court on Thursday evening, there were only a
dozen of the 25 causes in the 2nd or North and East Riding
List remaining to be tried. At the Crown end, although
great efforts have been made to get through the business by
the holding of subsidiary Courts and otherwise, there re-
mained on Thursday evening not less than half-a-dozen
cases for trial, of which were the long cases of the Barnsley
murder, and of Peter Foden for riot and sedition, each of
which was expected to occupy something like a day. The
general expectation, however, was that the business in both
Courts would be got through to-day.—Leeds Intelligencer.

UNGRATEFUL THIEF.—On Wednesday a woman fell from
the north quay at the Bromielaw, and, while struggling in
the water, a sailor gallantly sprung from the side of a boat
ann got her out in safety. The heroic act was followed up
by a generous offer on the part of the tar to take the woman
home to his house in Oswald-street, in order that she might
have her clothes dried, which was readily accepted. On ar-
riving at the house in question, the rescued fair one had her
dripping clothes exchanged for a much better dress belonging
to the wife of her preserver ; but before the drying operation
could be completed, she found an opportunity, while dallying
with the sailor's child at the door, to make off with the suit
with which she was accommodated, and has not since been
heard of.—Scottish Standard.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM A RAILWAY
CARRIAGE.—On Monday last, as a police-officer was taking
prisoners from Halifax to Wakefield House of Correction,
in the Manchester and Leeds Railway carriages, one of them,
committed for housebreaking, asked to have his handcuffs
taken off, es he was in great pain from the pressure on his
wrists. The request was, from kind feeling, no doubt, com-
plied with ; and the man no sooner felt himself liberated,
than he leaped out of the carriage, although the train was
then going at full speed. An alarm being given, the engine
was stopped and put back, and the poor wretch was found
with his skull fractured, and both his legs broken. He was
taken up into the train again, and conveyed from the railway
station on a board to the House of Correction.—Leeds paper.
AMERICAN POLITENESS.—(From a Correspondent.)—
Just before I left America I was at Washington, and hap-
pened to be at the foot of the steps by the Senate House. I
saw our minister, Mr. Fox, about to ascend them, when he
was accosted by a half-drunken Yankee in these words :
" What do you do here, sir ? I guess you're one of the Bri-
tishers, whom we are going to turn out of the country ; so
be off." And, suiting the action to the word, the fellow
took hold of the collar of Mr. Fox's coat, who desired him
to desist, or he would find he had got an awkward customer
to manage. But this warning being of no avail, our minister
gave his assailant a regular Mendoza hit, which sent him
sprawling down the steps. A crowd, of course, assembled,
among whom were several American officials ; and the latter
instantly took Mr. Fox into the office of the Secretary of
State, where, as well as in public, great pains have been taken
to hush up a matter so discreditable to American manners.
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE CITY PRISON.—TyIer,
the young man who was sentenced at our late assizes to 15
years' transportation, for a burglary, and who was in the
city gaol awaiting the order for histemoval, made an attempt
to get out of his irksome confinement on Sunday night last.
On the following morning, Mr. Griffiths, the governor, went
round to examine the cells, according to his usual custom,
when he found in the prisoner's cell the brick-work loosened
to a considerable extent ; the prisoner, upon being ques-
tioned, acknowledged that he had laid a scheme to make his
exit from the prison, by first removing the bricks by means
of a small knife • be had then intended to make his way to
the boundary wall, and to get over by tying his blankets to-
gether, with a hi ick appended ; his knife, however becoming
useless before he could make a hole in the wall, the plan was
frustrated. He is now in irons.—Worcester Journal.
THE CATHEDRAL AND PALACE AT HEREFORD.—It has
been already stated that the Lady Chapel (a beautiful speci-
men of nglish architecture) in this time-honoured edifice,
is about to be restored ; and in addition to this, the process
of removing the odious plaster and whitewash from the
massy columns in the nave of the cathedral is proceeding.
The richly-variegated stone of which they are composed is
thus brought to light, and the appearance of the whole is
much lighter and more elegant. Another great improvement
will be effected by the repair or rebuilding of the Bishop's
Palace, which is now in progress. With these alterations,
and the building of St. Nicholas's Church and of a new city
gaol, work seem likely to be plentiful this summer ' • and if we
take, in conjunction with this fact, the recent establishment
of a society for aiding the industrious, it seems not impro-
bable that our neighbours of Hereford will enjoy the dis-
tinction of not having an able-bodied pauper among them.—
Worcester Journal.

HYDROPHOBIA AT WESTBROMW ICH.-A poor man named
Stanley, recently died from this horrible malady, after three
days' illness. The poor fellow stated that he had not been
bitten by any dog since about seven years ago ; but it is sup-
posed he must have been slightly bitten several times since,
as he had a habit of fighting with dogs in sport. A gentle-
man who saw him on the day of his death states that the
paroxysms were dreadful, but the sufferer was perfectly sane
and composed in the intervals between the fits. The posi
mortem appearances were increased by vascularity of the
brain, with softening of the cerebellum, and a very consider-
able softening of the upper portion of the spinal marrow. We
understand that Messrs. Chance, the deceased's late em-
ployers, have kindly furnished the widow and children with
employment. There are seven of the latter.— Warwick Ad-
vertiser.

CAUTION.—BREAKING OPEN WAREHOUSES AND IRON
SAFES.—During the night of Thursday last one or two very
determined attempts to.get at the contents of safes in well-
secured warehouses, were made, but fortunately with but
small booty, though in all other respects the efforts were most
completely successful. In one instance the thieves appear to
have shown all the dexterity and skill of practised cracksmen.
Some time between the hour of eight o'clock on Thursday
night, and the same hour on Friday morning, the thieves
effected an entrance into the counting-house of Messrs. Peel,
Williams, and Peel, ironfounders, 17, Pall Mall, by unlocking
or picking the padlock on the outer door, and also opening
the fixed lock on the door, doubtless with a key with which
they had provided themselves for the purpose, for they again
locked the door inside, leaving the key in the lock. They do
not seem to have sought for any booty in these premises ;
but, having forced their way thence into the adjoining ware-
house of Messrs. Rostron Brothers, they dragged the iron
safe from its stand into an adjoining room, and having care-
fully wrapped it round with fustian pieces, and padded it, so
as to deaden the sound, they proceeded to break it in pieces
with a large sledge hammer ; but though in this they suc-
ceeded, they were disappointed by finding that all the cash
bad been removed. The thieves appear to have quitted the
premises without making any further attempts, or taking any
property away with them. They made their egress by a door
into Pall Mall (not the principal one) which was locked and
barred inside, and which they left unfastened. They also left
behind them their implements, consisting of two crow-bars,
and a very large sledge hammer. In all probability this was
the second attempt of the kind made during the same night
by the same parties; for we understand that the warehouse
of Mr. John Hall, iron merchant, 64, Port-street, was also
broken into, and the iron safe broken, apparently by similar
means; but here, too, the booty of the thieves was very in-
considerable. As no ordinary safe can be secure against such
attempts, it behoves all who are in the habit of relying per-
haps too much upon the secarity of these boxes, to be careful
to leave as little cash in as possible.—Manchester Guardian.

ACCIDENT ON THE BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—
An inquest was held at Chorley, on yesterday se'nnight, be-
fore Mr. Palmer, coroner, on the body of a man named John
Tyson, 33 years of age, who was employed as an engineer on
the Bolton and Preston 'Railway, now forming at Chorley.
Peter Crosby, labourer, was examined, and he stated that
himself, the deceased, and two others, were engaged, on
Tuesday afternoon, the 9th instant, in heaving on the drum
of the machine, the rope connected with which was fastened
to a balk of timber laid against another piece, and when the
balk was lifted up, it overbalanced, and they were not able to
prevent it from falling upon the deceased, by which it threw
him into the cog-wheel, the engine being going at the same
time. The right thigh of deceased was broken, and he was
otherwise crushed. After he was got out he was taken to
his sister's house, in Chorley, and Mr. Pollard, surgeon,
promptly attended to him, and gave him all the assistance in
his power, but the deceased only continued to survive until
the following day, and then died. .He was in perfect good
health before the accident happened, and witness had no
doubt that his death was caused by the injuries he then re-
ceived. David Williamson, another labourer employed on
the line, and one of the four engaged in raising the timber,
corroborated the evidence given by the former witness. The
jury then gave a short deliberation to the statements of the
witnesses, and afterwards returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death."

THE WEATHER.—Despite of poor Murphy's wager, that
the Thames would he frozen sufficiently to bear hackney-
coaches by the Ist of March, and in defiance of Dr. Burney's
meteorological threats respecting the intensity of the cold in
this month, the warmth of the sim's rays has been unusually
fervent for so early a period of the year. The weather during
the past fortnight has been of an extraordinary kind, for by
night we have had the fogs of November, while the day has
been metamorphosed into June. Everything is now budding
forth, and giving abundant promise of Nature's continued
bounty—trees, hedgerows, woods, gardens, and the planted
fields :
" 0, how delightful is the bursting spring,
the warm blood leaps ni'

hen _ leaps imbly through the veins,
And with the budding forth and blossoming
Of fields and groves, methinks the soul attains
Fresh life and greenness, wantons in the breeze,
Sings with the birds, and with the waving trees
Dances in unison."
We have, however, heard fears expressed that the month of
March is this year rather too precocious, and that the plants
and fruit-trees (many of which are now in the thickest bloom)
will fall victims to the biting frosts which are not unreason-
ably to be expected in this and the ensuing month. But why
should we anticipate evil? It is always the wisest policy to
look on the bright side, to enjoy the present moment, and be
grateful for the blessing. The wheat is at present everywhere
looking in excellent health, and the agricultural operations of
laying manures on the land, &c., have been highly favoured
by that boon to the farmer—a dry March. To-day, however
(Wednesday), we have had an instalment of April weather,
inflecting and warm showers.—Berrow's Worcester Journal.

THE SEDUCTION BlLL.—This bill, brought in by Mr. W.
Miles and Mr. Sotheron, proposes to enact, amongst other
provisions, that women who, under promises of marriage,
shall have become the mothers of bastard children, &c., or
their parents, guardians, or mistresses, &c., shall be em-
powered to make complaint against the putative fathers to
justices of the peace, and that such justices may, if the charge
be proved to their satisfaction by one credible witness at
least besides the plaintiff, convict the defendant in a certain
penalty, to be paid in cases of breach of promise of marriage
to the plaintiff for his own use, &c. ; and that if the fine be
not paid, the said justices may issue warrants of distress, or
commit the defendants to prison, with or without hard la-
bour. This arbitrary and unconstitutional measure can
hardly be denounced too strongly, as it takes away entirely
from the defendant the privilege of being tried by a jury. be-
sides subjecting him to false and vexatious accusations on the
part of worthless and profligate females, who may constantly
perjure themselves with a view to obtain the fine which may
be levied against the defendants, whilst, as a means of pre-
vention against vice and profligacy, the bill is likely to prove
a decided failure. It was rejected by the House of Com-
mons, we believe, last session, and we trust that it will ex-
perience the same fate this year.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. —Yesterday morn-
ing, about twelve o'clock, a woman named Gage, about
30 years of age, whose husband has been in the employ of
Messrs. Stevens, law-booksellers, in Bell-yard, Fleet-street,
for many years, residing in Little Shire-lane, made a despe-
rate attempt at self-destruction, by cutting her throat with a
table-knife; but whether from the instrument not being
sufficiently sharp, or failing in her resolution, she threw open
the window and precipitated herself to the pavement be-
neath, having no other clothing on but her chemise. She
was immediately removed to King's College Hospital, where,
in spite of the severe nature of-the injuries she received,
hopes are entertained of her recovery. It appears that the
wretched woman is of very dissipated habits, being always in
a state of intoxication when she can procure the money for
that purpose, and the previous day bad been very drunk,
and was during the night found by a policeman sitting on
the step of a door, when he removed her to the station-house,
and afterwards knocked up her husband, who went and took
her home. Little doubt can be entertained that drinking
has destroyed her reason ; and some time since her husband
was obliged to put her in the workhouse in consequence, and
she has been considerably worse since the death of an only
child, about twelve months ado.—Merning Herald.
A CANINE POSTBEARER.—A very interesting scene may
be witnessed any day on the road to Derby. It appears that
the Derby mail is met every morning, at ten o'clock, by a
dog from an extensive ironworks at orksop, waiting to be
the bearer of the letter bag for his master, which is regularly
dropped by the guard without waiting. If, however, the
canine messenger is not somewhere about at ten, the horn is
sounded, and the dog is immediately observed in the distance
coming along the road with all speed to meet the mail at the
lane-end ; but this is very seldom the case, as the dog usually
seats itself upon the walls adjoining the works, listening for
the approach of the mail. When the bag is thrown down
the faithful creature, without delay, invariably takes the
nearest way home through the hedge and over the fields.

Later in the day the empty bag is brought back by the dog
to meet the same mail to Derby, but, in consequence of the
guard not getting off his seat, it is necessary to send a person
with the bag, who can throw it upon the mail while it is
going. The dog, feeling his inability to supply the deficiency,
denotes his anxiety by barking and howling. With this ex-
ception the animal performs all the duties of a letter carrier
for his master " with punctuality and despatch."
Ma. M`LuoD.—We confess we do not like to see a case,
involving a gross and most dangerous violation of the law of
nations, argued like a common charge of felony, on the low
ground of an alibi. What matters it to the authority and
dignity of the British crown, thus outraged and insulted in
the person of its subject, whether AV Leod was present at the
burning of the pirate vessel the Caroline or not? The charge
against him is, that he was there ; and the insult to'Great
Britain consists in the American authorities continuing to
keep him as a prisoner, and to try him for his life, notwith-
standing the declaration of our government that the burning
of the Caroline was an act done under its own authority.
The result of the trial has nothing to do with the merits of
the case, as between our government and that of America.
That there should be a trial at all is the wrong and outrage
for which Great Britain has a right to demand satisfaction.
That the buccaneering " sympathisers" of the state of New
York have received the most direct encouragement in their
outrageous proceedings in the American congress, is a la-
mentable fact ; nor can there be any doubt that nothing but
the most energetic conduct, on the part of our government,
can prevent the intended murder I—Morning Herald.
DIIDLEY.—Last week, Jonah Child, the celebrated portrait
painter, died, aged 69. He was a very singular character ;
he had his coffin made 16 years ago, and used it as a book-
case.

UN ENFANT TERRIBLE.—A travelling pedlar with his
pack arrived, a short time ago, at Aubencheul-an-Bois, not
far from Cambria, and, entering the only public-house, de-
mdnded his supper and a bed. The house being full, the
latter could not be afforded him, but an inhabitant of the
village, who was present, offered him one in his own cottage.
The poor man gladly accepted it, and being fatigued by his
day's journey retired, and was soon souneasleep, with his
pack by his side. The villager had at first no evil intentions,
but overcome by the demoniacal instigations of his wife, he
in the middle of the night, got up, beat out the brains of his
sleeping guest, and threw the body into a marl-pit, at the
bottom of which was a quantity of water. The pack was
then opened, and its contents, consisting chiefly of hosiery,
were divided among the family. Next morning the child of
the murderers, who was very young, appeared with a pair of
new stockings, which excited the envious inquiries of its play-
mates. The hild, in the simplicity of its age, told them that
they were found in the pack of a man whom its father had
killed in the night ; but the story was so improbable that no
one believed it, till some days afterwards, the wife of the
pedlar not having heard from him traced him to the village,
and came in search of him. The magistrate was called in,
the child examined, the marl-pit sounded, the body of. the
murdered pedlar discovered, and the murderer and his wife
arrested.—Galignani's Messenger.