The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

POLICE IA TELLIGENCE.

A BARBAROUS JOKE.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a
tall young man named Core, a member of the shaving pro-
fession, was brought before the magistrates, charged with
running away with a rival barber's pole.—A policeman
staled, that he saw the prisoner late the night before bearing
away a barber's pole, and on asking him where he got it, he
was notable to give any very satisfactory account about it,
so betook bitn into custody. He had since made inquiry,
and fouud that the pole had been carried away from the door
of another barber in Rose-hill.—Another shaving individual
here stood up and said the pole was his; but good-naturedly
enough, he said he thought it had been carried away as a
joke, and he did not wish to press the charge.—Mr. Hall
asked the prisoner what he intended to do with the pole?—.
Prisoner : Nothing, sir; I did not intend to rob him of his
pole.—Mr. Hall inquired if the "pole-bearer" was sober,
and was told by the officers that the man was sober enough.
The man himself said he was himself he was neither drunk
nor sober; he was " just middling"—which means mis-
chievously drunk.—Mr. Hall said he was afraid the prisoner
wanted the pole to exhibit at his own place.—The prisoner .
denied this, and said it was a trick he bad often had played
him.—Mr. Hall advised him not to do so again, as he might
find he had got himsell into trouble the next time he tried
such a trick. The prisoner promised he would not do so
again. The complainant shouldered his pole, and the two,
though of one trade, agreed to settle the matter between
them, and cut their sticks out of court.
DRI/NA. OR SOBER ?—THAT IS THE QUESTION.—It would
be highly desirable irsome learned bibliographer would de-
fine the positive meaning of the word "drunk;" and the po-
sitive meaning of the word "sober;" and also enlighten the
public, by informing them at what precise point the former
quality of mind, or of stomach, or of both mind and stomach,
entrenched upon the precincts of the latter; for this appears
to be a matter of most difficult solution. For our own parts,
we have beard so many definitions of what means sober and
what means drunk, in our Police-court visits, and the state-
ments as to when men are in this "happy state," and when
not, are so very various, that we confess we have but a very
confused idea of the precise period when oblivion ruin-
mences. Mr. Hall, it is true,
,has done much to produce
clear-headedness in the comprehension of this knotty point;
and the theory at present laid down at the Police court is,
that when a man has imbibed any portion of liquids to which '
the term aqua pure cannot be applied, and thereafter gets
into any mess, or is productive of any mess whatever, the
liquid is guilty, not the individual, though it is a standing
rule always to punish the individual for the offences of the
liquid. The liquid being proved to be guilty, it is then as-
sumed that the individual is not perfectly sober ; and not be-
ing perfectly sober, he is, therefore, pied erat demonstrandum,
drunk, and in a fitting state to he " booked for safety."
This appears, however, to be very far from the general un-
derstanding of what is meant by the word " drunk." We
have heard a sailor at the police-office after having betrayed
manifest symptoms overnight of liquid paiticipation In
" Old Moll," or what has been dignified with the appellative
of " heavy wet," swear he was not drunk because he could
walk in a straight line. We have heard others swear they
were not drunk because they could recollect what they said;
others that they were not drunk because they knew what they
did; but by far the greater portion that they could not be
drunk because they knew what they were about. There ap-
pears, however, to be a different scale applicable to different
classes of society, for the higher we go the more decided proof
of liquid " potation pottle deep" does it require to pronounce
a man to be drunken. We once heard a gentleman who had
been " booked for safety," who had been picked up out. of
the kennel the night before, assert that he was not drunk
" because he could lie on his back and call for a coach;"
and in Cambridge, amongst the students, a still higher order
of drunkenness exists, where no man can with any sort of
propriety be called drunk as long as he can lie tin bed after
he is put there. In fact, if we were to enumerate all the de-
finitions of what really is drunkenness and what is not, we
are afraid we should both weary our readers and crowd our
columns. But to proceed from this general digression to the
particular charge which has called it forth, a female, bearing
the euphonious name of Alice Gray, once most familiar to
the officers of Bridewell, and whose face bore that peculiarly
disgusting appearance of shrivelled, flabby yellowness which
is the consequence of gin drinking and debauchery, was yes-
terday placed at the bar, charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly, preaching in the streets, and creating a great crowd
on Sunday afternoon, till at length the officers were obliged
to remove her to Bridewell. The prisoner, of course, denied
that she was drunk, and the Bridewell-keeper, being sworn to
prove that she .was, abiding by the definition of drunkenness '
laid down by Mr. Hall, pronounced her, in monosyllabic
style, to be " drunk." "Oh dear," said Alice, " I was not
drunk, because I could keep my legs:" Alice's definition of
what was and what. was not drunkenness did not, however,
satisfy Mr. Hall, and, though she could " keep her legs,"
she was ordered to pay ss. for being drunk, or take three
days to sober in the Borough Gaol.
A Horn, MEET.—Yesterday, at the Polico ffice, a stout,
good-looking young woman, named Mary Williams, was
placed at the bar, charged by her husband, a mechanic, with
a long list of offences. The husband being asked to state his
charge said, " I call her a very troublesome woman, and as
to living with 'her, it's out of the question." . Mr. Hall.—
" What does she do ?" Complainant.—" She drinks every
thing she gets hold of." (A laugh.) Mr: liall.—" Why
don't you lock her up in your own house instead of sending
her to Bridewell ?" Complainant.—" I can't keep her in
any house; I catch') her with one of the men at the brew-
house, yesterday morning. Mr. Hall.—" Hadn't You better
separate from her; will you allow her ss. a week ?"--Com-
plainant.—" I think it is too much to allow her, considering
the circumstance yesterday morning—and that is'nt all. She
pawns her boots, her shoes, her gowns, her stays, and every
think she has for drink, and what am I to do with the wo-
man ?" Mr. Hall asked the prisoner how old she was? She
said she was 3k. Mr. Hall said she was strong and able
to work for herself, and ought to do it. The woman here
began abusing her husband, and said he beat her shame-
fully—cause enough, if anything could justify a man beating
a woman—and exhibited her back whiCh was marked with
many bruises. Mr. Hall (to complainant) well, are you
willing to pay her ss. a-week ? Complainant.—" It is too
much sir." Mr. Hall.—Discharge her.
IRISH COWARnton.—Yesterday,cat the Police-office, two
Irishmen, named Murphy and Carron, were placed at the
bar, charged by a miller named Moore. working at one of
the mills in Kiikdale-road, with having knocked hint down,
and kicked him, The complainant stated, that on Sunday
night, between nine and ten o'cock, he was going into his '
own house, on the• Bootle-road, when a young girl ran up to
' him, and claimed his protection from three Irishmen—the
two prisoners and another, who were pulling her about. He
let her into the house, and she got away, when one 'of the
Irishmen walked up to him; and asked him wanted any
thing of him—that he would pitch it into him for two pins,.
and before he knew what he vas about, he knocked hiin
down, and then ail three began kicking him, and jumping
crown, wtia,s he could oft the ground, and
and _pummelled him to his
gupo tono ohniemo. f He frouutfiglaltnass
heart's content, and he saved bun from many kicks.
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length,awily . some person
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third
escaped. Carron was trying to hide himself another person, and stopped the two pns.oiureirns,
tthhee
hedge
from those following him, when he took hnidmsiourteo
from the
The complainant said he was very stiff a
kicks he had got. Both prisoners are labourers about the
docks. Mr. Hall finedieach of them 20s. and costs, or to be
committed in default for sixteen days to the Borough goal.

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COURT OF PASSAGE.-FRIDAY.

POTTER AND ANOTHER V. JONES.—This was an action to
recover the sum of £1 lOs , the value of ten boxes of lemons
which had been sold by Mr. Fletcher, a broker, to the defend-
ant, on account of Messrs. Potter and Co. It appeared that
the broker had followed the general practice of selling the
goods and drawing out the invoice in his own name; subse-
quent to the transaction, the defendant had Mien into diffi-
culties, and bad prevailed upon certain of his creditors,
among whom was Mr. Fletcher, to sign a release ; and as
the debt now sued for had been incurred in what, on the face
of it, seemed to be and was esteemed by the defendant a
bona fide transaction with M r. Fletcher, the-detendant pleaded
that the plaintiffs had to power to sue. Mr. Fletcher, on his
examination, admitted that he had released the defendant
from that part of the debt owing to himself, but not from that
due to Messrs. Potter, the principals. The plea of the de-
fendant was overruled, and a verdict for the plaintiffs, for the
amount claimed, given.
CASE OF TRESSrASS.—The plaintiff in this case was Mr.
Thomas Kenworthy, a rent and debt collector, and the de-
fendant Mr. Thomas Ayres, a .watchmaker, in Ranelagh-
street. Mr. Murphy appeared for the former, and Mr. Cot-
tingham for the latter. The facts of the case were as follow :
Between five and six o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, the
17th of April, a person entered the shop of Mr. Ayres on the
pretext of purchasing a gold seal, but left the shop without
having done so, and immediately after his departure it was
found that a gold watch had been stolen from a glass-case bu
the counter. That evening, as an apprentice to Mr. Ayres
(who had been present when the individual who had commit-
ted the theft was in the shop) was going- home, he say, in
Whitechapel the plaintiff, whom he strongly suspected to be
the guilty person—followed him, and at last gave him in
charge to a police officer. Mr. Kenworthy was taken to the
Rose-hill lock-up; but the keeper was unwilling to book the
charge unless Mr. Ayres was sent for to speak to the identity
of the prisoner. Mr. Ayres was sent fur, and, having exa-
mined hint both in a sitting and standing posture, said, "I do
not think that he is the man." Mr. Kenworthy, feeling in-
dignant at the manner in which he had been treated, threatened
to seek redress in a court of law, on which (according to the
testimony of Butler, the late bridewell-keeper—for the wit-
nesses varied in their account of what had occurred) Mr.
Ayres at once declared that, if such were the case, he would
follow up the charge,-and, saying that " he believed that
was the man," then, and there ordered him to be booked for
the felony. He was consequently brought up before Mr.
Hall on the succeeding day, and that the case might be sifted
to the bottom, and for the satisfaction of all parties, Mr. Hall
remanded the prisoner until Ft iday. On that day he was
again brought:up before the police magistrate, and Mr. Ayres
refusing to swear to his identity, lie was dismissed, having
remained in custody about three days. The present action •
was brought by Mr. Kenworthy to recover damages fur the
trespass, and for the injury sustained by him.
The plea of the defendant was that he had had good and
reasonable cause for suspecting Mr. Kenworthy to be the
person guilty of the felony, and his apprentice was called to
give evidence in support of the plea.
The learned Assessor, in summing up, said that if the jury
thought that the defendant had made out his case—namely
" that he had had good and probable case of suspicion, and
vehemently suspected the plaintiff to be the party who had
committed the felony," they must give him a verdict ; but if,
on the other hand, they were of opinion that his charge had
arisen from the threat of the-pLintiff to resort to legal pro-
ceedings, the would give a verdict for the plaintiff, and award
hint damages as they should think fitting.
The jury, after a consultation of a few minutes, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff-4amages, £lO.

SATURDAY.
RICHARDSON AND COWBCRN v. CHRISTIAN.

This was an action brought by the' plaintiffs, Messrs.
Richardson and Cowburn, silk mercers and drapers, of
Dale-street, to recover from the defendant, Mr. Christian, a
sum of money for articles purchased from them by JNlrs.
Christian, the defendant's wife.
Mr. Murphy appeared for the plaintiff, Mr Henderson for
the defendant.

The wife of the defendant formerly' kept a respectable
tavern in the Old Church-yard. She was a widow, and her
name was Gould. Some little time since she married the
defendant, Mr. Christian, who had been a master of a vessel.
Soon after the marriage the defendant and his wife disagreed,
and the consequence was an arrangement before Mr. Hall,
the magistrate, in which it was agreed, that the defendant
should allow her ten shillings per week, and the parties were
to live separate. On the day preceding that on which this
arrangement was made, Mrs. Christian went to Messrs.
Richardson and Cowburn, and obtained certain dresses and
other articles to the amount of £5 15s Again, some time
after the separation had taken place, she went to Messrs.
Richardson and Cowburn and purchased flannel, calico, sheet-
ing. &c., to the amount £1 ss. It was proved, on behalf of-the
plaintiffs, that Mrs. Christian had been in the habit of dealing
at their shop, and had had credit before for goods of a similar
description; that the articles were suitable; and a Mrs. Sarah
Waters, who had lived with Mrs. Christian for nine years,
stated, that they were articles which she stood in need of, and
were, consequently, necessaries. The shopman who supplied
the second parcel of goods was not, at the time, aware that
Mrs. Christian was separated from her husband. It was fur-
ther proved, that Mr. Christian had sold the stock, license,
and fixtures of the house for £449, and the household furni-
ture for £l6O 3s. 3d. The defence set up was, that the wife
of the defendant was in the habit of drinking; and it was

attempted to be shown that the articles were not necessary,
but only procured for the purpose of raising more money
than had Peen allowed. It was further shown, that Mr.
Christain bad paid, out of the property, several large sums
owed by the wife when she was Mrs. Gould.
The learned Assessor summed up at a considerable length.
The jury, after a few minutes' consideration, returned a
verdict for the plaintiffs for both the sums of money.
The business of the court was concluded on Saturday
night.

A man named Patten, well known to the police, accom-
panied by three other men, went on Wednesday evening into
the tap of the Mitre Inn, Dale-street, and called for drink to
the amount of four shillings. They asked for change of a
sovereign, and on the landlady-producing it, Patten snatched
the money out of her hand, knocked her down, and ran away,
as did also his companions. He has not yet been apprehended.
A seaman, on Thursday morning, had his thigh fractured
by `failing into the hold of the American ship Howard,
Prince's Dock. He was carried by his messmates to the
Northern Hospital.
FRODSHAM AND NORLEY LADIES' BAZAAR.—The Vil-
lage of Fiodsham, on Thursday, exhibited a very gay ap-
pearance. The bazaar was held in the Grammar School, at
Overton, a pretty little village, distant half a-mile from Frod-
sham, and situate at the foot of the Overton Hills. A mar-
quee was erected on either side of the building, one of which
was appropriated to the purposes of a promenade, and the
other was used as a refreshment-room. Soon after ten
o'clock, the doors were thrown open. Mrs. Woodhouse, Mrs.
Turner, and Mrs. Hayes presided at the stalls. assisted by
sixteen other ladies. The articles, which included both the
useful and the ornamental, consisted of a varied display of
female handicraft, from Lilliputian shoes and purses, made
from the dress of the Empress Josephine, up to ottomans and
other specimens of needlework, that would confer credit upon
the name of Linwood. Lord and Lady Brabazon presented
some beautifully-executed drawings, from their own pencils;
and the Rev. W. P. Holton, M.A., formerly curate of Frod-
sham, presented a number of copies of a poem, written by
himself, and printed for thisoccasion, entitled "The Prodigal
Son." The great attraction to the bazaar was a splendid
proof engraving of the queen, in her state robes, enclosed in
a massive gilt frame, displaying the national emblems—the
shamrock, the rose, and the thistle, as well as a figure of St.
George, on horseback. This was valued at forty guineas, and
was disposed of by way of lottery, which was divided into 1,624,
shares, of half a-crown each, thus realizing the sum of £203.
Their names were inscribed on a roll of parchment, 51 feet
broad and 8 feet long. At three o'clock the drawing took
place, Lady Ann Wilbraham undertaking that task. The
fortunate winner was Mr. Tidswell, of this town. The bazaar
throughout the day was crowded with company. Amongst
others present were Lady Anu Wilbraham, G. Wilbraham,
Esq. M.P.' Sir Richard Brooke, Dowager Lady Brooke,
Miss Brooke, the Honourable Mr. Stuart, It. Legh, Esq.,
G. Greenhall, Esq., P. Greenhall, Esq., J. Lyon, Esq., J.
Bagnall, Esq., John Johnson, Esq., Captain Edwards, Rev.
R. E. Warburton, Rev. James Warburton, Rev. George
Gibbons, Rev. C. Stanhope, Rev. William Turner, &c. &c.
The sales were exceedingly brisk, and all the articles dis-
posed of realised prices highly beneficial to the funds of the
charity for' which the bazaar was raised—the supporting of
the Girls' National School, at Frodsham, and the building

and supporting a Sunday School in connection with Sr.
John's Church, Norley. Stubbs's royal harmonic band was
stationed in the large marquee, and during the day played a
variety of selected pieces from the works of Beethoven, Ros-
sini, &c. Three Indian jugglers, from London (little dolls

. . .... .
hung upon horse hair), attracted a numerous company to
witness their performances, and brought no less a sum than
£l6 to the general fund. At i past 5 o'clock the bazaar closed
for the day. The sums taken were as follows:—The Queen's

picture, -V'203.; Mrs. Woodhouse's stand,.£llo;_Mr, Tur-

(inclnding donations), £7B; Mrs. Hayes, £BB 10s. ; at
two refreshment stalls, superintended by Miss Singley and
Miss Guest, £l4; at the large marquee for refreshments,
£l2; at the doors, EGO: making a total sum (including the
jugglers) of £4Bl. The band then played " God save the
Queen," and the company separated until the morrow—The
arrangements made at the bazaar, and for the canvenience
of the public, by the providing of conveyances, both by laud
and water, for the surrounding towns, reflect great credit
upon the committee.—On Friday there was a full attendance.
In addition to the fashionables present on Thursday, Were
the Hon. Lady Talbot, Arthur H. Wellesley Aston, Esq„ S.
Chadwick, Esq., T. W. 'Williams, Esq., J. Cheshire, Esq.,
and J. Aspinall, Esq. At Mrs. Woodhouse's stand, about
£7O was taken; at Mrs. Hayes's, £45; and at Mrs. Tur-
ner's, £22. The total receipts of the bazaar cannot, on the
whole, amount to less than £7oo.—ln the evening a miscel-
laneous concert took place in the grammar school, under the
management of Mr. G. Holden, of Liverpool. Between 400

and 500 persons were present.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint 'William Mackie,
Esq. KH. to be Lieutenant-Governor of her Majesty's set-
tlements in the Gambia; and John Gervas Hutchinson
Bourne, Esq. to be Chief Justice of the Island of Newfound-

land.
Lord Duncanaon is to be the new Lord-Lieutenant of the
county of Kilkenny; and Mr. Alexander Spiers of Renfrew-
shire. The vacant Lieutenancy of Carlow is to ,Je given to
the Hon. John Ponsonby, eldest son of Lord Duncannon.—
Ministerial paper.
STATUE OF DR. JOHNSON.—On Thursday week, the foun-
dation for the statue of Dr. Johnson, intended to be erected
in the Market-place, Lichfield, was laid, with appropriate
ceremonies, by the Rev. Chancellor Law, to whom the city
is indebted for zealously promoting this testimony to its most
illustrious townsman. The statue, which is completed, is
reckoned an excellent likeness, and will stand in such a
position as to be seen from the furthest extremity of Market..
street.

GRAIN AND Mria L.—From a return ordered by the House
of Commons, it appears that the total quantity of grain re-
maining in warehouse in the United Kingdom on the sth
ult. was 891.800 qrs. 7 bushels; total of meal and flour,
120,937 cwt. 3 qrs. 81bs. Of the pain, the largest quantity
is wheat, namely, 578,123 qrs. (exclusive of colonial,
5,112 qrs.); and the smallest quantity colonial Indian corn,
namely B'os qrs.
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—The removal of old London
bridge has caused very serious injury to this structure; the
current !Living, by its constant action. undermined the whole
fabric. The .principal cause of its dangerous and defective
state arises frOm - the piers having been built originally on
caissons, and lowered down to the bed of the river, without
retrieving the stratum of gravel and sand. The engineer
who constructed it likewise neglected the precautionary mea-
sure of fixing sheet piling round the piers, excepting in the
case.of tour; and it has therefore been rendered necessary
to surround all the remaining piers with coffer-dams, for the
purpose of effectively securing their foundations. This will
tie done by driving sheet piling into the substratum, Which is.
clay, as well as other measures far security. The works have
already commenced, and the amount of tender is .E 87,000.
WEATHER AND AIR. 'MURPHY'S AI.MANACK.-'AI the
commencement of this year, this new publication stood in
high esteem, as being found generally correct, particularly
during' the frost. Since that time, much of its 'reputation
has been lost, as the predictions have generally failed. But
the month of July, Mr. Murphy predicts to contain 27 wet
and changeable days, and only four,fair days. That month
having now terminated, the result is found not to be so much
virtually wrong, as haying contained 21 wet and changeable
days and 10 fair days, total 31 days; bift, divided after a dif-
ferent manner, the result shows 17 days predicted wet to
have been wet, and 4 days wet, predicted fair, and 10 days
fair, predicted wet, total 31. It would seem, therefore, th-at
Mr. Murphy's predictions are entitled to greater respect than
some persons are disposed to accord to them, and that his
theory for judging of the state of the weather is at least wor-
thy of attention.—Leeds Intelligences.
SuiciDE AT UNswonm—Between six and seven o'clock

on Tuesday morning last, a man named John Harmon; a
blacksmith, at Unsworth, was found by his son (a lad of 12 •
years of age,) suspended by a cord in his own shop, and
quite dead. An inquest was held the same day before Mr.
Rutter, at the Bay Horse public-house, when it. appeared,
Irma the statement of the son, that the deceased had been
drinking for about a fortnight, and that he had that morning
said to the witness, in a despondent tone, " This work will
never do." He then left the house, and had been seen lean-
ing on several gates in succession, which be had to pass on
his way Co the shop. On witness going to the shop, he found
him hanging as stated. The jury found a verdict of " firn-
porary insanity :" and the coroner directed the lad's serious
consideration to his father's untimely end, as an awful warn-
ing against intemperance.
Tits Goer,: Coors.—The state of the weather in this
neighbourhood, since our last publication has been very un-
settled. Showers have frequently fallen ; and the atmos-
phere occasionally has been remarkably chill. Notwith-
standing these rather unfavourable appearances, the crops
have made greater progress to a state of maturity than,
judging from the weather, might have been expected. The
barley is gradually changing colour; and the wheat is assum-
ing a brighter appearance. It is generally conjectured' that
the late weather, which was the reverse of scorching, con-
duced to the fuller developement of the plant,-La conjecture
which is justified by appearances; and that as a wonderful
improvement has been already effected, the crops will con-
tinue to advance, with fine weather extremely rapid to a state
of perfect ripeness, and yield a bountiful produce. The price
of wheat 'rise in Mark lane, on Monday last, two shillings
per quarter; and this advance was sustained on Wednesday.
This circumstance has contributed to the probability that
foreign corn will, before long, be thrown upon the markets.
—Leeds Intelligeker.

"THE CONFEDERATION OF GAIL."—MM. Slowaezinki
and Moreau, who have long been engaged in statistical re-
searches, have just detected the' source whence the English
pamphlet has derived its plan of partition ; it is a work in two
octavo volumes, which was published in 1828, by Bechet, the
Paris bookseller. The work intitled "Etudes de Geoaraphie
appliquees a la Politique Actuelle," contains several synop-
tical tables, wherein tot only France, but all the great states
of Europe are divided after a system which, according to the
author, must produce perpetual peace. Russia, to which new
provinces are to be added, was to have three Emperors. The
King of France. Charles X., was to give up 7,000,000 of his
subjects to the Prince Louis Philip, who was to become a
King, and reign at Orleans; the Emperor of Austria was re-
.....

uceril to 19.000,000 of subjects; George the Fourth was to be
King of England, Wales, and Scotland only; Ireland was to
devolve to King William Henry; an Italian prince was to
reign at Calcutta, and an Englis prince in the country of
the Papoos. In the time of Charles the Tenth, George the
Fourth, and Alexander the Fit st, this fantastic division gave
rise to no observation, nobody considered it seriously, nor
cared about it.—Con: Tier Francais.
BRITISH SHIPPING.—From a parliamentary return, it ap-
pears that the tot al number of vessels which entered the ports
of the United Kingdom during• the .yer.r 1837 was 146,100
with an aggregate burtben of 14,625,'200 tons, exhibiting an
increase of 4000 vesselS, and 1,155 tons over the arrivals of
the previous year. Of the arrivals, 18,100 vessels,. with a
burthen of 3,215,800 tons wet e from foreign parts, and 128,000
vessels, with a burden of 10,499,400 tons were engaged in
the coasting trade. Of the last number a very considerable
proportion must have been steam vessels, which arrived •at
ports between which they ply three or four times a-week, and
whose arrivals give an idea rather of the extent, frequency,
and value of the intercourse existing, than of the number of
vessels employed.
COUNTY `LITERS WITHIN TIM TOWNSHIP OF MANN-lEs-
Tnn..--By the overseers' " list or -perons entitled to vote in
the election of knights of the shire for the southern division
of the county of Lancashire, in respect of property situate
within the township of Manchester,"—which is now publish-
ed,—it appears that there are this year 1,822 persons on the
list, being 69 fewer than in 1836.. Of this number, 115 ate
objected to by the overseers, chiefly on the ground of change
of residence, or death; not more than three or four objec-
tions being► taken by the overseers on other grounds. Of
the 1,822 names, 183 are fresh claims, of which about 90 are
in consequence of changes of residence, and alterations of
qualification.

FEDIALE RASHNESS.— A circumstance occurred at New-
port, (says a correspondent of a Bristol paper,) on Monday
last, which shows how unbridled are the passions of some
ladies when thwarted in their inclinations by their husbands.
A woman, by the name of .P.hillips, wished to attend a fashion-
able Bazaar, given for the benefit of the new church;. but
her husband objected, on account •of her services being re-
quired at home, upon which she declared, if he did not allow
her to go, she would immediately chop off her finger. The
threat was of course treated with contempt: but, strange to
say, she carried her intention into effect, and no sooner was
one off than a second shared the same fate; when, with the
most extraordinat y perseverance, she exclaimed, "Here's
to go at the hand.' The hatchet (for that was the instru-
ment used) immediately fell just below the wrist, and severed
the whole of the tendons, but without injuring the bone. Mr.
Harry Fry, a surgeon was sent fur, and the lady Was destined.
to undergo a second infliction, by having both the stumps am-
putated, and her mutilated hand was dressed. She declared,
in the presence of that gentleman (although she regretted
the loss of her fingers, she would do the Caine thing again
rather than any restraint should be put upon her reasonable
inclinations.—Bath Journal.

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