The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-24 00:00:00

The reports from the fisheries on the north coast last week
were very satisfactory.—Glasyow Courier.

UNFORTUNATE NAME.—A popular itinerant preacher in
Sussex possesses the not very enviable cognomen of Scamp.

WIESB A DEN, AUG., 6.—lt is reported that his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambidge will come and make a long stay
here.— German Paper.
THE TEA TRADE, MONDAY.—The deliveries of this article
amounted last week tcx 421,7001 b. The trade is not quite so
brisk as previously.

GitouSE.All accounts concur respecting the birds in
this neighbourhood as being remarkably wild, and much more
scarce than usual.—Carlisle Patriot.

A party on pleasure from North Shields to Warkworth,
witnessed on Monday lost, an extraordinary take of salmon
on the Coquet, in one boat, of 134 fine fish.

THE GREAT' WESTERN STEANI-SHIP.—The brig Argus,
Captain Bell, which has arrived at Swansea, from Quebec,

Western., on the 29th Cat. 46 20, long. 41 8.
The steam-ship Sirius, which sailed from London on Wed-
nesday, the first inst., reached Cronstadt on'the Bth, having
'performed the voyage in seven days, including a detention
of 24 hours at the Sound.

MINISTERIAL ECONOM Y.-NVith the exception of Lord
Holland and the Marquis of Lansdowne, there is supposed to
be not one of the present ministers who does not live within
his official income, a very rare occurrence, as Mr. Pitt and
others knew to their cost.

BOROUGH OF WARWICK.—A report is rife in Warwick
that Mr. Collins, M.P., is about to retire from the represen-
tation of that borough, and that Mr. Bolton King is to suc-
ceed him. Considerations have been named for this change.
—Nor:hampton Herald.

Lord Melbourne will leave town in a few days for the Isle
of Wight.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will leave town this
week for Mount Treuchard, in Ireland.
Five ladies of the Sisters of Charity institutions sailed
from Dublin last week for New South Wales, to found a
branch of their order in Sydney.
DENBIGHSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—The Lord Lieut.
of the county has appointed Captain \V. Lloyd to be Major-
Commandant, vice Fitzhugh, resigned.
'On Monday morning the Duke of Montrose broke ground
on a'small section of his Fintry Moors, (Stirlingshire,) and
bagged twelve brace in a very few hours.

Moors.—James 'Duff, Esq., M.P. and a friend, shooting
together, bagged on the 13th 70 brace of grouse, and on the
15th 114 brace, on the Earl of Fife's moors at Braemar.

The ribitul of the order of St. Patrick, worn by the late
Marquis of °monde, will be given, it is said, to the Marquis
of fleadfort, one of the Lords in Waiting,-or Lord Oranmore.
EXTENSIVE VIADucT.—We perceive that in the works on
the line of..the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, which is
just commencing, it requires a viaduct of 632 feet long and
60 feet high,.to,cross the Almond Water Valley.
Tim GUN STOCK.—The new and easy recipe for polishing
gun stocks now (1838) is to varnish them precisely like the
panels of a carriage. Hawker's Instruction to Young
Sportsmen.

OVERFLOWING OF THE RIVER AlRS.—Owing to the con-
tinued rain of last week, this river overflowed its batiks
between Utley and Steeton, and caused serious damage to the
hay crop, the hay-cocks in some instances being barely
visible above the water.

PROLIFIC STOCK.—Thomas Pye, of Waddington, near
Clitheroe, has in his possession two broods of chickens, all of
which are in full feather, amounting to thirty-five in number,
nineteen of which were hatched by one hen and the remain-
ing sixteen by another.

REMUNERATION TO ENGLISH COMPOSERS.—For "Cherry
Ripe," one of the most popular melodies, not only in this
country but on the continent also, Mr. Horn, the composer,
seceived ten pounds; and Mr. Barnett, for "the Light Gui-
tar," the prodigious suns of Iwo guineas!

STATE OF TRADE, MONDAY.—Several buyers attended on
Monday, but prices are so depressed that little business was
done. Stocks are light, attributable in a measure to the du-
ration of the hay harvest, and the employment of many hand-
loom weavers in mills. A little firmness on the part of the
seller would inevitably raise the value of the hand-loom
fabric in the market.—Blackburn Standard.

PHENOMENA.—On Thursday week the people of Jedburgh
were astonished during the storm of rain which occurred on
that day, by the fall of a large quantity of small salmon fry
from the clouds, some of which are yet alive. It is conjec-
tured that they must have been caught up into the clouds by
a whirlwind, and this is the more probable as about that
time, this neighbourhood experienced several very severe
storms.— Glasgow Courier.

There was good sport on the Northumberland Moors on
Monday last, the first day of Grouse Shooting, and fine
birds are selling in this town at five shillings a brace. On
account of the influx of strangers, the demand is very great.
—Newcastle Journal.

A complete collection of the minerals peculiar to Russia
and Siberia, comprising nine hundred and eighty specimens,
have been presented by the Emperor of Russia to the Natu-
ral History Society of this town, to be delivered here free of
all charge.—Newcastle Journal.

ENORMOUS PEAs.—Last week a few pods of early peas,
of unusual dimensions, were sent to our office : they were of
the early sort; measured in circumference, 2h inches—in
length, inches; and contained from six to eight large
grams. These gigantic specimens of the pulse tribe• were
raised in the garden of Mrs. Boswell, Sandgate.—Ayr Obser.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.—Wednesday week was an-
nounced by Mr. Murphy to be a day of high temperature,
though the thermometer in the course of it was below 50;
and on Friday "a storm" was foretold, while the whole of
the day there was not wind enough to ruffle the leaves.—
Herald.
RUMOURED MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.—Sir J.d'Urban,
the present commander-in-chief at the Cape, will, it is said,
succeed Sir John Keane at Bombay; and there is great pro-
bability of Sir Jaspar Nicholls, who has just sailed for Madras,
succeeding Sir Henry Fane as commander-in-chief at Cal-
cutta.

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Newcastle
Commercial Banking Company, was held at the Banking
Office, Bridge End, on Friday the 10th, when the report of
the Directors was read, and the balance sheet laid before the
shareholders, which gave great satisfaction. A dividend at the
rate of 5 per cent. was announced.—Newcastle Journal.
WORTHY OF IMITATION.—A fe* weeks ago, Mr. Ward,
gardner to the Earl of Lnnsdale, at Lowther Castle, had a
severe apoplectic stroke, which has incapacitated' him from
fulfilling the duties of his situation; whereupon his lordship,
with his wonted benevolence, has settled upon him the ample
sum, we believe, of eighty pounds per annum during his life.
Mr. Ward is a middle aged person.—Carlisle Patriot.
THE Meoits.L-Sunday last, being the 12th inst., moor
game shooting did not commence till Monday, on that day
the llon. Colonel Lowther, and Sir James Musgrave, from
Leicestershire brought down forty brace between them on
Shap Fells; and on Tuesday the same gentlemen bagged
fifty brace on Birkbeck Fells. Birds are plentiful, though
small, but at the same time strong on the wing and wild, and
the moors are very soft and wet.—Carlisle Patriot.

STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA.—The first of the
intended line of steamers between London and the East In-
dies arrived at Falmouth on FridayJast. She is called the
Madagascar, and is commanded by Capt. M'Dougal, late
Commissary-General of the Queen of Spain's marine. The
vessel is rigged with topsail yards, and otherwise calculated
for sailing when the wind permits. She left on Monday for
the Mauritius and Bombay, but had no passengers.—Col nwal/
Gazette.

Mr. O'Connell says he owes the defeat of his petition against
his return for Dubli❑ in a great measure to the talent of Mr.
Byng, the member for Middlesex. Now, that Mr. Byng is a
very respectable old gentleman, and a very consistent old
whip, nobody doubts; but of his extraordinary talents we never
heard before: while we heartily pity Mr. Byng that at the
end of a long public life he should come under the disgrace of
Mr. O'Connell's praise.

THOUGH STRANGE, YT TRUE.—There are six individuals
at present living at Lanark, among whom there are no less
than three wives, three husbands, two fathers, one son, two
fathers-in-law, two brothers-in-law, two sons-in-law, two step-
mothers, two daughters, two step-daughters, two sisters, one
brother, two cousins, one uncle, one niece, and two sisters-in-
law, forming., altogether, twenty-nine distinct relationships
from these six individuals.—Glasgow paper.
Pt ATINA WIRES.—A musical composer, named Fischer,
has proposed the substitution of platina wares for those of
steel or brass. It is, he says, more elastic and ductile, and
the sounds produced by this metal are sweeter; air and damp
do not act upon it, and as it combines with iron, cords might
he made of a composition of the two, which would present the
advantages of each.

PARLIAMENTARY DurtATloN.—The session of parliament
which has just expired, which began in November last, met
nominally for about ninemonths, calculating from November
to August; but the number of actual sitting days, in which
list is included the " no houses" were, fur the lords 144 days,
and the commons 173 days. The bare enumeration of the
matters brought before them occupy, for the lords 980 folio
pages, and for the commons, 1,580 folio pages, exclusive of
appendices, supplements, &c.

DREADFUL CASUALTY.—On Monday evening week, a poor
woman, named Kate Duane, residing in Pump Lane, near
Moyderwell, left her infant child in the cradle, while she went
out of her cabin on some business, leaving nobody in the house
to take care of the infant, when, shocking to relate, on her
return she found the poor baby nearly devoured by a hungry
pig—the eyes and face, with many parts of the body, having
been lacerated and eaten. The poor innocent must have
suffered dreadful torture before death put an end to its agony.
—Glavow Courier.

THE BAR IN NEW SOUTH WA LES.—TheleCeOt act of their
honours the three judges, in proposing to, institute a course of
educational training for the future supply of the colonial bar
from the•ranks of our native youth, is one of the most import-
ant in its probable consequences upon the colonial mind that
we are aware of for a long time past.—Colonist. [The "gen-
tlemen of the long robe" then, in future, will be of home ma-
nufacture—one way of improving the profession, and ensur-
ing uniformity of the practice of English law. We did not
know barristers were so scarcel
Murmur. AT ECKINGT.ON.—A most atrocious murder was
committed at Eckington, some tune in the night between
Tuesday and Wednesday last, on one of the workmen of the
North Midland Railway, named Richard Sanderson, sup-
posed to be a native of Long Sutton, in Lincolnshire. The
inquest will not be held in time to allow of our giving au-
thentic details of this horrible deed. The following, how-
ever, are the leading circumstances :=On Tuesday evening
the deceased was at the sign of the Bear, in Eckington,
drinking with some otherss and rather late left the house in
company with them. It does not appear that any serious
quarrel had taken place, though some angry words passed at
the Cross; and they afterwards, walked forwards along the
Southgate to a narrow alley, called Rotten-row, where John
Guest, one of the party, resided. What passed there remains
to be inquired into • but it is quite certain that Guest went
into the house and brought out the blade of a sythe, with
which he struck Sanderson on the head. The blow divided
the scalp from the corner of the eye, across the top of the
head, almost to the neck behind; and completely severed a
large portion of the skull, and the projecting part of the
brain. The sequel is yet involved in obscurity, but several
persons were taken into custody early in the morning, and
from their own statements, Thomas White, a sawyer, of Bar--
borough, and John Turner, the son of publican in Eckington,
were so seriously implicated, that, together with Guest, they
were sent to Chesterfield to await the verdict of the coroner's
inquest After Sanderson had received his death-blow, he
appears to have staggered back into the street and repeatedly
fallen; for in the place where he fell there was a pool of
blood; and in one spot the detached portion of his skull,
some inches in extent, was found on the pavement, no doubt
torn off from the flesh in his agony. Ile afterwards struggled
amongst the wood in an adjoining wheelwright's yard, the
blood still streaming ftom him, and there must have become
completely exhausted. After daylight, the poor creature was
found under a tree in Lady SitweWs school-yard, but he never
could have walked thither; for it is nearly 200 yards from the
spot where the last trace of blood could be seen; and so com-
plete was his exhaustion, that Mr. Askatn, surgeon, who stood
for some time talking with a person between 2 and 3 o'clock
(certainly after the sufferer had been deposited there,) and
within a few yards of the spot, heard nothing to indicate his
being near.. Every possible attention was paid to him; but
though he lived till 3o'clock on Thursday morning, he never
spoke or showed the least sign of consciousness. On stripping
him, it was discovered he had also received a severe wound
in the loins from some sharp instrument. An inquest was
held yesterday before Mr. Hutchinson, coroner, and a most
respectable jury, and after the;examination of witnesses, it
was adjourned until Friday next.—Derbyshire Courier.

On Tuesday last, as the workmen were digging on the site
of Salem Chapel, at York, two ancient coffins were found 1?
feet below the surface. They each consisted of a solid block
of oak, hollowed out, but one was much decayed; the other,
which was 22 inches broad, contained a skull and other bones.
The York antiquaries have assigned them a very early date,
supposing them to have belonged to the ancient Britons.

GLASGOW AND AYUSHIRE RAILWAY.—James 111'Call, Esq.
of Daldowie, and John Fleming, Esq., of Claremont, the
chairman and deputy-chairman of the company, attended by
the secretary, Captain Humfrey, arrived at the Ayr Arms Inn
on Thursday, and proceeded next morning to inspect the
railway. We understand that they expressed themselves
highly pleased with the progress of the operations at that end
of the line.—Scottish Guardian.

TYPHUS FEVER.—As typhus fever is generally found to pre-
vail at this period of the year, it may not be untimely to men-
tion that nitrous acid gas possesses the power of destroying
its contagion, and of preventing its spread. By the following
„liinle.__9?)J3d the gas may be produced at a trifling expense.

as much oil of vitriol as will just cover it; a copious dischare
of acid gas will instantly take place, the quantity of which
may be regulated by lessening or increasing the quantity of
the ingredients.

The Marchioness of Lansdowne bas resigned her place as
chief lady of the Queen's bedchamber; and the Countess of
Burlington has been appointed to the vacant post.—Some of
our contemporaries attribute the resignation of the marchio-
ness to misunderstandings and breaches of etiquette; whilst
the government papers affirm that the resignation is the re-
sult of long previous arrangement, it having been understood
from the commencement that her ladyship would be able to
hold the office for a limited period only.
Tim SWIMMING MArcti.—A society has recently been
formed in the metropolis for encouraging the useful and health-
ful art of swimming. The prizes are to be open to the ,
com-
petition of all England, and the scene of action is to be from
shore to shore across the Serpentine in Hyde Park. There
are to be four heats, and the successful parties ore to start for
the grand prize on Friday morning. The hour is fixed at half-
past six each morning. It is a singular fact that last year,
when for the first time the prizes given by the society were
contended for, the result was as follows:—Civilians won five
prizes, a soldier one, and watermen and sailors one.

LARGE CEDAR.—In Quenby-park, Leicestershire, the
seat of W. W. Ashby, Esq., there is a magnificent cedar
tree, which presents an object of wonder and attraction to
all who visit there. The dimensions are as follow :—Cir-
cumference at the bottom, 17 feet 9 inches; at nine feet from
the bottom, 13 feet 2 inches • at twelve feet from the bottom,
13 feet 8 inches. Height of the tree, 40 feet 6 inches. Cir-
cumference of the largest branch close to the butt, 5 feet 5
inches. Length of the longest branch from the butt, 41 feet
5 inches. The longest horizontal extent of its branches, 76
feet 6 inches, Height from the ground to the forked part, 26
feet 8 inches. It contains 420 cubic feet of timber.

THE "ROMANCE OF REAL LlFE."—Many of our readers
have, no doubt, seen an account running the round of the
provincial papers, of the sudden accession of a Bilston collier,
named Robert Taylor, to the property of the late Lord Ken-
nedy. The "fortunate youth" is stated, upon the authority
of a veracious contemporary, to have recently become pos-
sessed of £60,000 a-year ! The believers iu 2t30,000 persons
assembled in Holloway Head will, no doubt, give credence
to this equally indisputable fact !• We confess that after the
circumstances connected with his "lordship's" history, which
have transpired in this town (luring the last week, we are not
inclined to be so far/Jul/ed.—Birmingham Advertiser.

DEFEAT OF RADICALS AT CHELTENDABI.—On Tuesday,
pursuant to adjournment, a meeting was held in the parish
church, for the purpose of receiving the report of the scru-
tineers appointed to inspect votes given relative to the repairs
of St. Paul's Church. The numbers were declared to be—
Voters. Votes.
For the repairs 479 1162
I
For the adjournment

Majority.
There being thus a majority of votes and voters in favour of
repairing the church, notwithstanding all the exertions of the
anti-church party, who in their anxiety to carry their object.
brought up to the poll persons who had been dead for some
time; at least, the virtuous and honest liberals procured some
of the respectable men of their party to personate defunct
voters.

CAUTION TO RETAIL. BREWERS.— John Whittingham,
retail brewer, New England, Marsh-lane, appeared before the
magistrates at the Town-hall yesterday, to answer a charge of
having refused to open his house door on Sunday morning
last, to the police-officers, after being requested to do so. The
magistrates remanded the defendant that the penalty for the
offence of which he had been guilty, was that he should be
fined £5; but as it was probable that he was not aware of that
fact, and he had not been before the magistrates on any former
occasion, he must be more careful for the future, and for the
present offence he would only be called upon to pay the ex-
penses of the hearing, which he did forthwith.—Preston Pilot.
WORKING DOGS IN LONDON.—The great increase of the
number of dog-carts within the last few years has been a sub-
ject of serious complaint. It is the practice in some parts of
the town to let dogs to hire, and they are kept to the number
of twenty or thirty by one individual, for that purpose ; when
not at work they are suffered to stray about the streets, to the
great annoyance of the neighbourhood, and the increase of
public danger from the bite of mad dogs. One witness, Mr.
Sewell, the veterinary surgeon, attributes the late increase of
hydrophobia " to the employment of dogs in carts ; they are
over exerted, that brings on fever, and whenever they have
any attack of fever it exposes them to rabies, from the pain
and irritation of the. feet' Tile same witness states it to be
his opinion that the very fact of employing a dog in a cart is
cruelty, because the animal is unfit for the employment.—
Report ofthe Committee of the Metropolitan Police.
SAVING OF HEAT.—A practice has been followed for some
time by the spinning masters of Johnstone, and, we believe,
in some other parts of the county, to prevent the escape of
heat from steam-boilers. Every one is aware that, when
standing near a steam-boiler, a great degree of heat is felt
making its escape: of course, all heat passing oft' is just so
touch clear loss. To prevent this, the method taken is to
cover, to the depth of a few inches, all the exposed part of a
boiler with a quantity of old cotton waste, of no other use,
and then to plaster it over with a coating of the mud that is
scraped from the streets. When so col ered in a proper way,
the hand may be laid on the coating, when the heat is found
scarcely perceptible. As the method is at once cheap and
of easy application, and as the saving of fuel is considerable,
while much of the disagreeable heat felt in the vicinity of
boilers is got quit of; the plan is worthy the attention of all
who have occasion to use steam power. Probably other sub-
stances, such as saw-dust, moss, &c. may form a good enough
substitute for cotton waste.—Glasgow Courier.
'fig WALKING MATCH OF A THOUSAND MILES IN A
THOUSAND HALF HOURS GIVEN UP?—This extraordinary
undertaking was commenced on Wednesday night, last,,in
Hall's Cricket Ground, Camberwell. Molloy continued his
task with the greatest ease until Saturday afternoon, but in
going up the steps leading to the room in which he took re-
freshment, &c., he slipped and bruised his left leg. It was,
however, considered of no consequence, and he continued
walking. Yesterday moinin.g, however, at an early hour,
he complained of severe pain in that leg, and Mr. Massey,
a surgeon of Camberwell, was sent for, who promptly at-
tended, and sent a lotion, which was used every time he came
in. At two o'clock he said he felt quite relieved from pain,
and was in high spirits, and after partaking of some dinner
he again set out, apparently quite fresh. He, however,
walked very lame, but continued till half-past four, (having
then completeth his 278th mile,) when his leg became so in-
flamed and swollen that he was unable to proceed at a quar-
ter to five, and the wager was consequently lost. It is said
upwards of £5OOO will change hands on the occasion.—
Morning Rerald.
REPORTED INTENTION OP HER MAJESTY TO RESIDE AT
KENSINGTON.—For some days past a report has been ex-
tensively current at the west end of the town, and to which,
by many persons professing to be well informed on the Sub-
ject, considerable credence has been attached, .that it is her
Majesty's intention to reside a portion of the year at the royal
palace of Kensington, the place of her birth, and which is
endeared to her by so many fond recollections. It is said
that the ancient palace is first to undergo a thorough repair,
and to be considerably enlarged; and it is even asserted that
estimates have already been sent into the Board of Works, of
the probable amount of the expense. Certain it is that the
Princess Sophia will shortly vacate her apartments at Ken-
sington Palace, and remove to a large mansion, formerly the
residence of Colonel Wynne, in Church-lane, Kensington;
in preparing which, and making enlargements, upwards of a
hundred workmen have for some weeks been employed; and,
for her royal highness' accommodation, an entrance has been
made from the rear on to the palace green. The inhabitants
of Kensington are on the tiptoe of anticipation on the subject,
and anxiously express a hope that that the report may be well
founded.—Sunday paper.
RAPID TRAVELLING.—The performance recorded in the
following paragragh is one among many modern instances of
improvements in the mode of travelling:—A gentleman, pas-
sengers in the Royal William steam-ship, left Trieste on the
15th June; and after passing through Italy, Switzerland,
France, and England, visiting four of the European capi-
tals, and spending twelve complete days at the different places
mentioned above on his route until his arrival in Liverpool,
the port of embarkation, reached New York on the 21th July.
Thus the whole distance was performed in thirty-nine days;
from this time is to be deducted twelve days of detention at
the following places:—
- Venice
Milan
Lausanne
Paris
• Boulogne
London
Liverpool

12 days,
and there are left twenty-seven days of actual travelling..
SWINDLING.—In an article, headed "An accomplished
Swindler," in the Guardian of Saturday last, we gave an ac-
count of an ingenious fraud attempte I to be practised upon
Messrs. Potters and Norris, of this -town, by addressing an
order to them purporting to be from Messrs. Hartley and
Morton, drapers, of Halifax, for a quantity of goods, which
were accordingly.sent. The goods, it will be remembered,
were received by Messrs. Hartley and Morton, who, not hav-
ing ordered them, wrote to Messrs. Potters and Norris to in-
quire if there was not some mistake; and afterwards, at the
request of the latter, sent them to the Golden Lion coach
office in Leeds, to which place a person who gave his name
William Howard came for them, but he was taken into cus-
tody. He was brought np at the New Bailey on Monday
last, when Smith, the beadle, stated the circumstances of the
case, as appeared in Saturday's Guardian; and a salesman
from Messrs. Potters and Norris stated, that he received the
order, and saw that the goods were taken into the packing
room to be sent off.. Smith produced the letter to Messrs.
Potters and Norris, ordering the goods, and to Messrs. Hart-
ley and Morton, requesting them to forward the goods to
Leeds; and the prisoner, after being cautioned by Mr. Maude
not to say any thing against himself, admitted that they were
in his writing. A bookkeeper from the Golden Lion coach
office, Leeds, stated that the prisoner came to the office on
Thursday, and asked for a parcel addressed to a person of
the name of Morton; the parcel was giVen to him, and he
paid for it, and signed for it the hook. The witness, by
Mr. Maude's desire, then compared the writing of the priso-
ner in his book and the writing of the letters, and said they
appeared to be written by the same person, Smith said the
goods were returned from Hartley and Morton; and he went
to Potters and Norris's. and they packed up a-second quan-
tity, and sent them off to Leeds.—Mr. Maude : The goods
which were ordered, then, the prisoner never got at all ?
Smith: No; the order was made a second time exactly in
the same way. —Mr. Maude : Then they sent ()flit second
quantity of goods of a similar nature to those sent to Hartley
and Morton ?—Smith : Yes; and 1 went to Leeds, and
waited at the coach office two days, expecting some one to
come for them; but as no one did, 1 came away.--A person,
who stated he was a salesman in the silk department at
Messrs. Potters and Norris's, said that iu the second parcel
they only put four pieces of bombazeen, the order was for
six. Smith said there were two or three other cases in which
the prisoner had obtained goods in the same way ; in one case
he got some goods from Messrs. S. and J. Watts's, and sold
them at Liverpool.—Mr. Reed, deputy-constable of Leeds,
stated that he was in the coach-office when the prisoner came
in for the parcel, which he gave to a porter, and told him
to take it to the railway office; but he, Mr. Reed, told the
prisoner that he must take both the parcel and him, which
he accordingly did.—The prisoner, who appeared to be about
21 years of age, said that he was an accountant, and came
from London.—After sonic consideration, Mr. Maude said
he doubted whether the charge of obtaining the goods from
Messrs. Potters & Norris could be sustained, as the prisoner
had not, in fact, obtained those goods by means of the false
pretence which he had used. That charge was consequently
abandoned; but the prisoner was detained, and he will be
brought up-again in a day or two, to answer another charge
of a similar nature.—Slanehester Guardian.

EDINBURGH AND DALREITH RAILWAY.—It is worthy of
note, says the Edinburgh ildvertiser, that, throughout the
whole of this controversy, only one journal has had the hardi-
hood to avow itself the advocate of Sabbath desecration—to
stand forth in defence of the practice of Sunday travelling;
need we add, that the jOurnal we allude to is the Scotsman.

Among the novelties at Bristol, during the last. month, was
the publication of a medal to commemorate the holding of
the Methodist Conference in that city. It presents on the
obverse, a well executed and expressive likeness of Mr. Wes-
ley, in the act of preaching ; and, on the reverse. exhibits the
names of the President, Secretary, and Irish Representatives,
and the numbers in society, &c.

THE VICTORIA STEAM SHIP.—On Monday Mr. L. Jacobs,
the solicitor to the old Hull Steam Packet Company, applied
to Mr. Justire Littledale for a writ certiorari, to remove the
case of the Victoria steam-ship into the Court of Queen's
Bench, on the ground that thedeodand (£ISOU) levied by the
coroner's jury on the engine and boiler of the vessel is exces-
sive. The writ was granted, and the whole case will be again

A list of petitions for private-bilrs during the !MIMI:lion of
parliament, with the proceedings thereon, has just been pub-
lisned, from which it appears that the total number of peti-
tions for such bills was 232. Of these 155 passed through
both houses and received the royal assent, including 17 rail-
way bills ; 34 for roads, bridges, and improvements; 4 for the
establishment of public companies; 14 for naturalization;
and 17 enclosure bills.

NEW POOR LA W.—On Monday the people of Sowerby
attempted to prevent their aged parents and relatiVe front
being removed from the workhouse of that town to the union
workhouse of llalifax, and the police were obliged to be
called in from Halifax, to enable the poor law officers to
carry off the paupers. On the poor people leaving the town
the scene was most heartrending, the air being filled with the
sobs of the aged and destitute parents, which were responded
to by their offspring, now from them many miles.—Sheffield
Iris.

THE LATEST Jon.—The appointment of the son of Mr.
Spring Rice, a youth of three or four and twenty, to the
Cmnmissionership of Excise, has excited very general dis-
gust. It is felt that an office of this kind should. not have
been bestowed on a young gentleman of whom nothing is
known but his parentage. When there are .so many old
friends of the liberal cause, of proved aptitude for business,
neglected, it is most Offensive to see an appointment suitable
fur them misbestowed.— Examiner.

SERIOUS MtsTAKE.—On Tuesday last, a person named
John Brown, in the employ of B. Mellin, Esq., of Wakefield,
actually drank a quantity of ammonia, which was standing
in a tin vessel, and which he took for water. The poor fel-
fow was so thirsty as not to find out his mistake until he had
taken a second draught, He then discovered his error, and
medical aid being soon procured, and proper treatment
adopted, he is 'anis, in a fairway of recovery. It was at first
reported that some evil-disposed person had placed the liquor
there for a malicious purpose,, but upon inquiry it appeared,
to have been entirely accidental. •

MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY AND Loss OF SIXTEEN LIVES.—
On Tuesday se'nuiaht Mr. 'Wear. innkeeper, of Whitby,
put two notes in a nest of drawerS fixed to his ceiling. On
the Monday following, on going to get out the moue), he, to
his consternation, found the not es gone. No reason could
be assigned for the mysterious disappearance of • the money.
A person suggested that Wear should take up the floor above,
which he did, and found his notes placed'anrongst a litter, on
which two rats had brought into the world two families
amounting to sixteen in number, the whole of which were,
without any mercy, executed, together with their parents,
upon the spot.

NON-LIABILITY or WINE MEncsANTS TO BILLET SOL-
pmts.—A
:question having arisen as to the liability of wine
merchants having soldiers billeted upon them a case was r3nt
for the opinion of the attorney-general, which has been pro-
cured, and is as follows:—" I am strongly of opinion that
wine merchants are not liable to have soldiers billeted upon
them, notwithstanding any licence given to them for that pur-
pose; that hey da.not keep victualling houses, or inns, or ale
.houses, and do not retail spirits, or wine, to be drunk in their
own houses, or places thereunto belonging. I think their
houses are private houses, within the meaning of the act.
"'Temple, Aug., 1838." (Signed) J. CANIPBEI.i. •

AWFUL Acctni.:NT.-.—On the morning of Monday last a
man named Kennedy, in the employment of Mr. Casey,
soda-water manufacturer, was killed, by the bursting of the
cylinder (technically called the ball) of the machine. The
unfortunate man was stooping over it at the moment of the
explosion, and was stricken by the portion propelled on the
shoulder and bead. The arm was. fractured, 'and his brains
literally dashed out. The explosion must have
.been owing
to an excess of carbonic gas in the cylinder, although it was
proven at the inquest that it had b'een more highly charged
with gas on the previouS Saturday. A verdict of accidental
death was returned. The deceased was a married man, and
has left six children.—Drogheda Journal.

MIDLAND COUNTIES' RAILWAY.—The neighbourhood of
Spondon' near Derby, has presented-4 busy. scene for the
last week. A diversion of the canal had to be made by the
railway company, which could not be effected Without stop-
ping the navigation, for which there was a penalty of £2 per
hour. The contractor (Mr. Mackenzie) taking advantage of
a stoppage of the canal, mustered his forces from the other
parts of the contract, and has succeeded in executing the di-
version While the repairs -of the canal were going on, to the
astonishment of the natives. Between 200 and 3(X) men
were employed in a very small space, and, when all busily at
work, presented a very animated spectacle. To induce the
men to persevere and work an extra numher of hours, Mr.
Mackenzie supplied them daily with a . substantial dinner of
beef and ale, (in addition to their wages,) which was served
out and eaten on the works.—Railway Times.

SAVING BANKS,—An account of the number of depositors,
and of the sums peposited, in savings)-banks, (Uyided into
classes at the close of the last quarter of each or- the years
from 1830 to 1837, both idhlusive, has just been published.
The details are extracted from official returns. They slurs
the increase or decrease in each of the above years, to which
is subjoined a statement of the securities or stocks in which
such deposits were invested at the end of the last quarter of
each year. From this it appears that the number of deposi-
tors durini, the foregoing series of years. has inc eased from
421,129 to 624,560; that the deposits save incretiied in gross
amount to £4,768,955. This document further supplies the
number of persons to whom dividends are payable out of the
before-named securities on the 19th of October, 1837, and
sth of January, 18.38. From this it appears that there were
86,927 not exceeding £5; 25,983 not exceeding £100; and
1,363 not exceeding £2OO.

A SUTIIERLANDSH lea PATRIARCH:—Mr. Donald M4KaY
of Crombach expired at Brawlbin, On the 4th instant, in.this
country, at the patriarchal age of 108. The deceased 'served
in the 'Bea), militia so far back as the year 1715, the memora-
ble one of the rebellion, and was one of those engaged in the
capture of the money which had been forwarded from the
continent for .the use .of the unfortunate Prince Charles
Stuart. The old man had a' store of anecdotes relative to the
history of the eventful period alluded to, as also of many re'
markable individuals who then figured in the scene of action.
M'Kay was the intimate friend of the celebrated ltob Donn,
the bard of Lord Reay's country, whose poetical effusions
were held by him in much estimation, and• some of whose
favourite songs he was in the habit of chaunting until with'°
a few days of his death. He was a man of exceedingly sober
habits, having been rarely or ever known to indulge In ardent
spirits. During the latter part or his life-he was employed 10
selling cattle and horses, and visited the Beauty market for
this purpose so late as the year 1832.-John o'Groat Journal.

FEMALE Hunotstu.—On Sunday, whilst slr. Mumford, of
Woodford Hall, near Byefieldi and his family and servants
were gone to church, leaving Eliza Whitmell and three chit'
dren under nine years of age in care. of the house, two men,.
habited as gipsies, demanded admittance, which being refused,
they tried to batter in the door. - Eliza, from the first4loo,l
window, desired them 'to be gone, as either they or she should
die rather than theyshould rob the house. The fellows, dis'
regarding her threat, battered at the door' in the expectation
of heating it in, when the girl went up stairs, and, taking het
master's gun, tired it at them, which she da-four times, Alr'
Mumfotd's eldest daughter, a child of nine }rears old, supPb"
ing her with powder and shot to enable her to reload the piece.
The thieves finding the girl determined, two of them bein„g
slightly wounded by the shot, decamped without gaining a:
entrance. The depositions of the servant ..and child wer,",
taken on Monday, and pursuit, after the thieves was set n''
foot.—Northampton Herald.

ERUPTION OF MOUNT ViSUVIUS.--A.l4teT from NaPl,:ji
dated August 6, gives an account; of au emotion of Mou"
Vesuvius, which took place on Wednesday, the Ist of Nr,
gust, the same day on which the Queen of Naples was dell
vered of a prince; a coincidence which- he Neapolitans cop;
sidered as a curious one. On Wednesday, at mid-day, thee,
were three streams of lava over the did Ilithway tip the C 011,4,
On Thursday also., at mid-day,-a fresh flow of. lava took Pia",,
over the same ground. On Thursday night (says the write,
of the letter) I went up alone, by a road of•niYon explori";
It was the finest night of the-three, viz., Wednesday, Thtqe-,
day, and Friday; and the stones were more celestial lef
dined than I have' ever seen them, 'excepting on the 191,,,,
April, 1835: There *as an electric fire 'flying between 42.•
two mouths (situated very close to each other, and near fro.
centre of the interior of the great cone,) anti the roaring Ifo,
louder than lever heard it. On Saturday it began to deereed
and yesterday the lava no longer flowed from above. Ti).of
there is not touch smoke from the mouths. As if to gieehof
the lie, the mountain, on my looking up front my parr, of
just made a flue heave. It was but a slight fit; it is °,e.
again now • but perhaps to-night there will he a releroal
Etna has also been in full activity fur some time past; 0,4
Stromboli, which is always smoking, has shtmn more
than usual.
Tot: PrAtit.s OF A TAILOR.—At an early hour Orel
morning of Tuesday the 7th current, while it blew a ocelot
gale from the west, the people on board the Nithsdaleste,3oo)
described a small boat buffeting the billows to the wino, iiag
of Blackcoomb, and many miles distant from land-
time the steamer might be two miles off; but Captain of,
ning bore up immediately, got to. the windward a Were,'
craft, stopped the engines, and laid to. As the boat ne
the steamer, it was observed that one solitary individn3l „.01
on board; and after repeated 'directions to keep the
his craft to the Nithsdale, he., was able to seize a roPerrol't
the paddle-box, and was thug rescued, it may be said, orri
certain death, in a gale ini which well-appointed vesselhoril
not free from danger. The boat was also taken onhd
after its late occupant; and as soon as the poor fello7ot '
been warmed by a cordial, he gave the following acc°,!rene.
himself, and of-
his perilouspip. His name is Richard- of t
0
aged between 25 and 30; and he follows the occupatit,Pe
tailor, in Kettle Market, Douglas, Isle of Man. On ,o'4
ceding day he set out on. foot, in company with
men, front Mona's capital, for Laxey fair, which was 110,0,
a few miles distance ; and in the evening the party Pucrooe',j
returning home by coasting it in a lugger called the
With this intention the tilt ee to whom we have allu,e:oic°,l
who were now accompanied by a man in a state of Te'r, tiej,
tion, took a small boat to lift the anchor of the Ing4ooYee
bring her to shore for the master. While thus etnlowici.t:
however, the drunken man seized the helm of the tal'°li
and placed her in such a dangerous position that thfeceov
becomint, alarmed, sprung into the small boat he hail reel;
left; and as the painter, or rope which extended her„%aric
vessels, got parted, he was drifted out to sea in 014 l',ll
stormy night. his presence of mind fortunately for sn'oe
not, and he made the most vigorous efforts to keeP, oars, ?
bark before the wind : although he had a pair old 100(1
could only use one of them ; for the brineboard,e_eef,,iiii
copiously that he was occasionally covered to the Kii's,ol'lol
had to employ one hand in baling with his hat, atviops
the boat with the other. Still he had small expeeta,losehi,4
he should ever be rescued alive. and he had lashed recere,
the prow of the boat, in the hope his body tili,-,floo
decent burial, in t fie event of the boat being drifte,!_i seryft
Previous to the Nithsdale doing him such essence
the solitary boatman had been tantalized by the th°o
steamer and two sail vessels at a.short distance; rheY,fi‘
he hoisted his handkerchief aloft on the spare oa,l!dee'',
or heeded him not. The poor tailor was thankful is hart
his rescue, and had struggled manfully for it, f;Thile bll
were entirely blistered from the use of the oar.
ing down on the Nithsdale, Crane reports that hen.,
.st hincot,
'by the figure of a dead man, which was swept r'tt"chsol!'.
the crest of a wave, and who wore a glazed I.lciihoodtQ
his head by a strap beneath the chin—in all 11,1‘be hone
luckless mariner who had previously perished. 1140434.1 i.,
of the captain, crew, and passengers of the for the:thii
deserving of the most special commendation._ sum 1;
owes to them not only his life, but a hanilsomf iNtana•cefi
was raised by snbscription to carry him back toof esr,elo,
free,e
the Nithsdale he was taken to Liverpool
ho,u e 5,
and, when once there, will readily find
,;ier wir,
native country, where he has an aged ton- ,i_er re We
'OF
pendent on hint I'M. the means of support, au d,°,Ltl: Oin oil'
who by this time may have given him up fnr '!_'er
nesday the tailor paid a visit. to notaries, ais rotn_or tvd
his hair breadth 'scapei said that the last hint "v ho otey go
him before going to Laxev was, " that those,
_fore the.
fair without an errand,Teiterally found one D'
back."— unyries Courier. -