The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-29 00:00:00

C4PTURE OF THE VIXEN.

Sir STRATFORD CANNING presented a petition regarding the
seizure, by Russia, on the north-east coast of the Black Sea, of
an English vessel (the Vixen, it was understood), complaining
of the irregularity of the seizure, and the non-interference of
the British authorities. Lie stated that he shouldbring forward
a motion on the subject on the 7th June.
Lord PALMERSTON observed that he would content him Self
with remarking on one assertion in the petition—namely, that
the expedition was sanctioned by the Foreign-office—in other
language, by him ; it was totally and entirely untrue.
NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP.

Sir E. WILMOT stated that it was not his intention tn bring
in any bill founded on the resolution regarding the jimnediate
emancipation of the negroes.

Lord J. RussELt. said that, had any such bill been proposed,
the government must have strenuously opposed it. He intended
on Monday to move resolutions, declaring that it was not ex-
pedient to adopt every measure which could tend to secure every
advantage and privilege heretof6re enacted and contemplated
for the apprenticed negroes • and that the most anxious atten-
tion of the house should be directed to strengthen the condition
of the negro population when they should be entitled to freedom.
It was agreed, on the motion of Lord J. Ii OSSELL that.the
chaplain be directed4o preach before the house on the 29th of
May.
troxßuriciti F.l.EcTrox.
The adjourned debate on Sir J. Graham's motion relating to
Hawick as a polliiigplace, and the Roxburgh election, was then
resumed, and chiefly occupied the remainder of the sitting.
After much discussion, in which the lord advocate, Sir Robt;
Peel, Lhrd John Russell, &c. took part, the house divided on
Sir J. Grahava's motion. The numberi were : for the motion.
250, againit rt 272; majority against the motion 22.

The magiitrates of 1-lull have resolved to prohibit parties
from hawking and ering shrimps in the streets on Sundays,
the act of parliament only 'specifying mackerel and milk us
articles allowed to be sold on the Sabbath day.

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OPENING OF THE ;MANCHESTER AND HOLTON
RAILWAY.

The opening of the Manchester and Bolton Portion of the
intendel " Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway" took place
on 'Thursday morning, when the directois,, and a number of
the proprietors and their friends, proceeded to an experimen-•
tat trip from this tewu to Boltun.and back, preparatory to the
line being thrown open to the public 611 Tuesday next.—A mongst
the company present were James Brancker, Esq., chairman of
the directors; Jelin Bibby, Esq., director; E. D. Falkner,
Esq., ditto; George Parsons, ditto; W. S. Miller, Esq., law-
clerk; James Kitson. Esq., treasurer; John Hawkshaw, Esq.,
engineer; • Robert Price, Esq., (of Liverpool,) together with
the following proprietors:—James Hutchinson, Esq, R. C.
Harvey, Esq., C. S. Parker, Esq.. John Moore, Esq., J. G.
Chamberlain, ESq., John Fletcher, Esq., Benj. Frankland,Esq ,
Francis Gouthwaite, Esq., C. J. Jullott, Esq., John McFarlane,
Esq., Jas. Tyrer, Esq., Robert Marshall, Esq., R. H French,
Esq., H. H. Grounds, Esq., W. Burland, Esq., W. Dugdale,
Esq., E. Here, Esq., John Hore, Esq., Crawford Logan, Esq.,
Win. Logan Manifold, Esq., Peter Manifold, Esq.. Lawrence
Peel, Esq., J. A. Timm, Esq., Alfred Webb, Esq., Peter
Wright, Esq., William Bromilow, Esq., and Arthur ThoMpson,
Esq.
It is, perhaps, known to most of our readers that this line of
railway was originally intended to have been formed on the bed
of the present canal, and that valuable property was bought by
the railway proprietory ostensibly with that view; but it was
thought advisable, after an act of parliaftient had been obtained
for that purpose, to repair and continue the canal in use, and
apply for another bill (which was ultimately obtained) to en-
able the company to form a line of railway independent of it.
At the same time the company availed themselves of the excel-
lent opening into Manchester which that canal and the adja-
cent land, forming part of the purchase, gave them, by bring-
ing their railway into the town along its banks, whilst their
amended act gave them the power of diverging considerably to
the left of it beyond Pendleton and Agecroft. These explana-
tions, perhaps,,may be necessary to some of our readers, in or-
-der to give them an idea of the reasons which have led to the
completion of the line having been so long protracted beyond
the time it was reasonably supposed such a work would occupy
iAconstruction. Thus, though the first bill was obtained in
1831, yet owing to the time which the company had to wait be-
fore they could get their amended bill through parliament, it
was not till the latter part of the year 1835 that a portion of the
line forming seven-tenths of the whole could be commenced;
and when it is recollected that the works on this line are of
greater magnitude in proportion to its length than those of any
other railway in the kingdom—there being scarcely a yard of it
which has not been attended either with embankments or cut-
tings of from three to 25, and in some places of more than 30
feet—it is not surprising that its completion has occupied nearly
three years. The line commences with a temporary station in
New Bailey-street,- and runs over a noble viaduct of brick-
work, consisting of 38 arches of about 21 feet span, and nearly
of the same height, (crossing Irwell-street,) and is continued by
an embankment and other arches over the company's canal and
Ordsall Lane, to near ()Meld Road, under which it passes by a
slight cutting similar to that on the Manchester and Liverpool
line. From this point it runs by the side of the cans] under
Windsor Bridge, and it'continues from thence nearly parallel
with it through a part of Mr. Fitzg,erald's land at Pendleton, as
far as Agecroft Bridge, where it leaves it and diverges consi-
derably to the left. The line continues from this point over the
beautiful valley of Clifton, entering Pepper Hill near to Clifton
Hall, and passes through Clifton Wood to the Village of Ring-
ley, and from thence by way of Clamer dough, through part of
which it is carried by a tunnel of 975 feet in length, to Halshaw
Moor, passing through the estates of Benjamin Rawson, Esq.,
of Parley, Hall, and of John Bentley, Esq. A little beyond this
point it passes under the Manchester and Bolton turnpike road,
and aiew yards further on Under.the road to Farnworth, at a
distance of little more than a mile from Bolton, and continues
thrinigh Burnden, passing. Liver-street Bolton, under a stone
bridge of eight arches, and terminatifig at Bradford Square,
near to Trinity Chuich, where a Commodiona• station, and
booking and other offices have been erected. The only stations
on the line are at Ringley and at Agecroft bridge,
The weather on Thursday was extremely favourable for the
opening excursion, and at a little before eleven o'clock the
directors, proprietors, and their friends, including ladies and
gentlemen from Manchester, Bolton, Liverpool, Bury, and
other towns, to the number of about 150, assembled at the station
in New Bailey-street, where a first class train Of five carriages,
attached to the Victoria engine, and a second lass consisting
of one first class and four second class carriages attached to the
Fairfield engine, were waiting to convey their along the line.
The first class train, containing principally the directors and a
few of their friends, with the reporters of the Manchester press,
left the station precisely at eleven o'clock amidst the shouts of
a:concourse of people assembled to witness the event, and of the
workmen on the line. The speed was gradually increased till
the train had passed under Windsor Bridge, when it
.moved
along at a rapid rate, reaching Agecroft Buidge in about eight
minutes; the village of Ringley in 16; Halphaw Moor in 20
minutes; and arrived at the station in Bolton, a distance of
neraly 10 'tides, in 26 minutes after leaving Manchester, having
made no stoppage on the road. We believe, however, that the
ordinary time of aceomplishing the. journey by the first class
trains will not occupy more than twenty minutes. The second
class train, which left Manchester 10 minutes later than the
first, arrived at BOlton 12 minutes before 12 o'clock, having
accomplished the distance in 38 ininutes including two stop-
pages on the road, one of five and the other of three minutes.
Great numbers of persons had assembled at various points
along the line, and especially near the terminus in Bolton, and
-loudly cheered the trains is they passed.
We may here mention the carriages of which the company
have 15 of the first class and 21 second class, made by Messrs.
Mather and Chantler, Pin-mill, 'Ardwick, Mr. Carr, Bridge:.
street, Messrs. Melling and Co. Green-heys„ and Mr. Cooper,
of Bolton. They are equally elegant and commodieui with
those on the Grand Junction line, the second class being en-
closed and differing only from the first class in not being lined
and cushioned, and in having no arms to the seats. They are
pannelled with good bay wood, handsomely painted and var-
nished; the window of the door is of one large square of plate
glass, and there is a smaller pane of plate glass a quarter of an
inch thick on each side the door, so that the passenger can sit
in comfort, protected from the weather, without been excluded
from a view of the country through which he is passing. They
form a striking contrast with the unsightly-looking pig-pens
called second class carriages on the Liverpool and Manchester
line. The company have six engines in readiness, and four
others are expected to be ready in a few days. The Victoria
engine, we perceived, by the name it bore, was made by Mr.
Edward Bury, of Liverpool, We have before noticed that the
rails on this line, instead of,
.as on the Liverpool line, being
laid down on sleepers placed equi-distant a few feet from each
other, are laid upon a continuous line of sleepers formed of large
blocks of solid stone of nearly a foot in thickness, by 18 inches
in width and four feet in length, (and on a great portion of line
on long balks of timber, Kyanised to prevent decay) sunk on a
foundation of about 12 inches of gravel cemented with lime.
The rails are of great strength, about four yards in length and
slightly sunk in the stone, resting at either end on an iron chair,
to which they are secured by nuts and screws. The chair is
also let into the stone, being secured on each side by strong
bolts running through the blocks oistone. The jbints are formed
with
.great nicety, and the work appears altogether of a sub-
stantial and lasting character. , The effect of this to those who
have travelled oa other linei itpon felt, the motion of the car-
.
riages being much easier, au specially on the wood sleepers,
when it is scarcely perceptible.•
For the journey back the whole of the carriages forming the
two trains were joined into one long and splendid train of car-
riages, with the Victoria engine in front and the Fairfield in
the rear; and the whole moved off at a slow pace from Bolton
at about a quarter to one o'clock, stopping occasionally on dif-
ferent parts of the line fiir tile company to get out and view the
formidable cuttings and embanktrieuts which had been required
in the construction of the railway. The first of these which at-
tracted attention was the heavy cutting on passing under the
Farn*Orth-road, about a mile and a half frOna Bolton, which
runs through the park of B. Rawson, Esq. to a point near the
church or, Halshaw Moor, gradually deepenin, to 21 feet below
the surface, where the line enters the tunnel We have already
mentioned. Over this cutting are several light and elegant
stone foot-bridges, connecting the estates through which the
line has been cut. By a judicious contrivance of the engineer,
the tunnel has been lighted by a shaft being sunk from the sur-
face, about equi-diStant from either end, whichlis covered with
a glass dome ; and the unpleasant Sensation felt by many per-
sons in passing through the dark tunnels on other lines is thus
obviated. The time occupied in passing through the tunnel by
a first class train is barely 30 seconds. Pursuing the course of
the line from Bolton homewards, it emerges froni the tunnel in
Clamor Clough, and through a deep cutting in Stone Clough on
the village of Ringley, and is carried through it upon an em-
bankment of great height, and More than a. quarter of a mile in
length, taking its course by a deep cutting through Clifton
Wood, the property of the family of the late Ellis Fletcher,
Esq. Indeed from the tunnel through Ringley, Clifton Wood,
Pepper Hill, and the valley of
,Clifton, a distance of several
miles in length, the works are of a most stupendous nature, and
created Much surprise amongst the visitors who were sttangers
to the line. Nor were the company more surprised at the ob-
stacles which nature had fruitlessly opposed to art and the in-
domitable spirit and enterprise of man, than they were delighted
on many points of the line with the beautiful landscapei spread
before them, especially to the left [on the :ight hand of the road
from Manchester]; and indeed we should imagine that to the
class of paisengers bent on pleasure no portion of equal length
of any line in England will afford such a variety of pleasing,
romantic, and picturesque scenery. The country along the
whole line (except where interrupted by cuttings), as you pass
it in the railway carriages, appears like a series of constantly-
revolving panoramic views of the most diversified and striking
character. The last great work which the company alighted to
look at was the embankment, from Agecroft Hall to Clifton
Hall, a distance of from 400 to 500 yards, above 20 ft. in height,
and which must have been raised at an enormous cost, the na-
ture of the ground having been such that the canal had to be
diverted and the enabankment raised on its former bed. The
company were again taken up at Agecroft Bridge, and Afew
minutes sufficed to bring therh once more to the station in New
Bailey-street, from whence a considerable portion of the gen-
tlemen proCeeded, about two o'clock; to partake of

THE LUNCH.
Provided lOC them in the large room at Ladyman's Hotel;
Bridgest. where a splendid cold collation, with choice wines
was in readiness. Covers were ]did for about NO: JAMES
BhANCkER, Esq., of Liverpool, presided; JAMES 11ITSON,
Esq., occupying the vice chair. After a most hearty dinner,
rather than a lunch,—the country 'air wonderfully improbes
yoUr citizen's appetites;—the cloth having been withdrawn, the
company ftirmed thernselvei into a convivial party
The CHAIRMAN said he was sure it must be a source of great
gratification tipall that it had so Happened that the opening of
this railway had taken place on the hitth-day of our gracious
Queen—(a burst of applause)—and not only so, but that it had
also happened that the very engine which had taken them on
their first trip along the line was named after tier majesty.
(lieneWid applause.) lie begged to propose to them "the
health of her Majesty Queen Victoria the First, with nine times
nine." The toast was heartily given With the proposed chernaenres]
to ask them-
-In giving the next toast the Chairman said, after a lon
whet her it.
trying period of preparation the Manchester and Bgolton
railway had been opened. In proposing that they should drink
hitilye'underlakeli.
Success to it he would only appeal to the company
swealsveas,,v(f)rrokmwhwichhathathdeleehaadligjthisttlysdeezneoofrthlie
length in the
They had witnessed upon it mere stupendous works than were
many that the
to be met with upon any other line of equal
country; and though it had been thought by
He, like money
outlay upon it was too great as regarded expense, he believed,
than was himself, it could be shoWn that no more '
ti many there, had held
neces-
sary had been spent upon it.
shares in it whilst in, the market they ad been up to 100 pre-
mium, and down to s'o discotint; but'
fwhatever might be thought
wereh e rs,
nhoewhaodvegrr
adnd or believing that their vi-
rettaiaB°till'he railway would from this
coifssiittubdyeost
day take its rank among the first in
He could safely say that for h. tin the kingdom. (Applause.)
his sharei in it for any other himself he would not now exchange
yontpany's existing ; and on look-
ing at the great undertaking;
now progressiiit in various parts
of the kingdom, With
cation, he moat
say
thatwhich this must forum a link of cominuni-
he thought its success would increase
with its }ears. tie begged
to propose, therefore, " Success to
the NlanC:heiter and Mt 11 . ' (Cheers.)
tort ailway.' The next'
toast was "one of the ' bases -f
great o our prosperity—the town
and trade of Manchestei." (Cheers.)
The VICE-CtiXtastAri said the company had witnessed: this

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day the preparatory opening of the MancWester and Bolton
Railway, a work which he hoped would repay the proprietary
for the expense to which they had gone in its construction. He
had pleasure in informing them that the directors had, the day
previous, directed a dividend to be made upon one branch of
the company's property, he meant the canal; and it would be
speedily carried into effect. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that ,
from both, in a short time, the shareholders would derive a pro-
fitable return. Their worthy chairman had remarked that. the
opening to-day had been most auspicious, owing to its beingithe
birth-day of our gracious and beloved sovereign, whose name
was borne by one of the engines. He begged to observlso
that the name of the other engine was the "Fairfield;" and he
could not help wishing that the proprietors might ever have a
" fair field" open to them. They had had an addition to these
engines with them, also the representatives of that mighty en-
gine which regulated and governed our social system—whose
effect was felt at times in stimulating us all to do our duties—
and whose mighty power was too well known and felt in this
kingdom not to command respecthe meant, " the Press."
(Cheers.) He might also mention as a circumstance of this
day that they had been honoured with the company of the fair
sex.. He would: say then let " the press" and "the fair sex" go
together;—(cheers and laughter)—and he begged to propose as
the next.toast, "the press and the fair sex." (Cheers.)
Mr. BaosilLow, of St. Helen's, said he rose to propose a
toast which he was sure the whole company would agree with
him ought to .be drunk in a bumper He begged to observe
that he had been one of the first shareholders in this line, and
let others ferrn their opinions of 'its value as they might, he
would only say for himself—and he knew something of the line
that I won't sell!" (Laughter and cheers.) He begged to
propose "the health of the Working Committee." (Cheers.)
Drunk with three times three.

Mr. FALKNEH, having been called upon to respond, said
though it was ntanv years since this line was first projected,
since which tithe the Leeds and Selby Company had obtained
a bill, formed a line, and were at work upon it; yet this com-
pan must not deceive themselves as to the real time this (the
13 n and Manchester Railway) had occupied in construction.
It s but abOut three years since they obtained their bill for the
:it
construction of the greater portion of the line. In 1831, it wee
true, they obtained a bill to make a railway liv converting the
existing canal into one. And here he might iibserre, that the
purchase of that canal by this company was a master-stroke of
policy. It enabled the company to obtain into Manchester such
an entrance as they could not otherwise havelpossibly obtained,
by the purchase of a piece of gronnd which would one day return
them a honest profit. (Hear, hear.) In 1832 they went before
parliament for an actito amend their former one, and to enable
the Company to carry the railway along the side of the canal;
finding that the benefit derivable from the latter was such as not
to be overlooked, for it was seen that the canal, which cost the
company only from £BO,OOO to £90,000, was likely to pay a
handsome dividend. And it had indeed paid;them back a gross
revenue of £12,000, or nearly approaching £13,000 per annum;
enabling them, exclusive of the expense which it, had been at-
tended with, to divide from £BOOO to £9,000., The expense to
which he alluded had been incurred in repairing. the canal, the
banks of which were in a very dilapitated state at the time of the
purchase. The purchase of the canal, with its banks, he had
before said, was made because it gave them an excellent entrance
into the town ; and the obtaining of a new bill carried them on
till the year 1835, one
.year having been lost
,by the parlia-
mentary practice requiring a year's notice of such bills being
given. It was then, the proprietors went for the line overwhich
the company had travelled to-day; the deviation from the former
line commencing at Pendleton, and taking the railway up to the
higher part of Bolton, and avoiding there by an inclined plane
on the road which would have required a stationary engine and
ropes to have worked the carriages up it. (Hear.) By this ju-
dicious change too, the proprietors had accomplished another
important desideratum, by overcoming the only obstacle to a
continuation of their line so as to toim a communication with,
that of the Preston and Bolton railway. ' (Hear, hear.) Thus
in reality three years had not elapsed since the bill was obtained,
enabling them to make seven-tenths of the whole line. It would
not be said that the formation of such a line had been long ill
construction by those who had seen it this day carried over the.
valley of Clifton ! (Hear, hear.) With the profits of their canal
the proprietary, he had already said, had reason to be satisfied;:
and he trusted that the traffic by railway would be equally pro%
fitably to them. He would conclude by proposing to them OA
health of a gentleman whose abilities, in his early as well as pre-
sent connection with the company, had been greatly instru-
mental in contributing to the success of the works. He proposed
" The health of Mr. Hawkshaw the engineer." (Cheers.)
Mr. HAWKSHAW said that if custom had not rendered it
necessary for him to acknowledge the compliment uhich had.
. been paid him, gratitude, at least, on his part would have cont
strained him to do so, however unaccustomed he might be to
public speaking. ( Hear.) He had known this railway upwards of
seven years. It was true it bad been a long time in hand from.
first to last; but it must be recollected that soft timber was of
the quickest growth, and they must hope that, though their line
had been long in construction, like the oak, it would be the
harder wear, and last the longer. (Cheers.) The difficulties.'
attending its formation, owing to the nature of its locality, had
this day been witnessed and explained ; but it must be recollected
that if these difficulties had been great, they were not without
their use, inasmuch as they would form a barrier to the con-
struction of a competing line for at least half a century to
come. (Hear, hear.) There was another peculiarity about
the situation of Bolton. It could only be said hitherto to have
been connected with Manchester by a turnpike road, only a
small portion of its merchandise being transmitted along the
canal: it might be said to be only a sort of suburb to Man-
chester rather than a distant town—a sort of bleaching croft
to this metropolis of the manufacturing district; and as such it
had increased in an equal proportion. And if this increase had.
been so rapid hitherto, how much more so must it become now'
that it was brought so much nearer? In his opinion it would
now increase in a double ratio, thus securing to the line a re-
turn for their expenditure, increasing with every year. (Loud
cheers.)
The CIIAIRMAN next proposed " Success to the Town and
Trade of Bolton." -

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Mr. JOHN M'FaRLANK said he rose not so much to respond
to the toast as to make an observation on what had been said
on the locality of a piece of land over which the railway en-
tered Salford. He happene,d to know something of that land,
and any gentleman conversant with the map of Manchester
must see the. means afforded of making a road by throwing a.
bridge across the river, to Connect Chorlton-upon-Medlock with
it, and thus open a direct communication between those parts
of the town. (Hear, hear.) He thought it was not difficult to
see that the time was not far distant, therefore, when this land
would becdme valuable to the company. He looked at the rail-
way as the future means indeed of connecting the south with.
the north, by an union of the proposed Manchester and Binning- '
barn railway, with a continuous line northward of Bolton.
Mr. HAWKSHAW rose to answer a question put to him through
the chairman, as to whether the timber forming the sleepers on.
which the rails of the line were laid had been Kyanized ? lit
stating that it bad, Mr. Hdwkshaw said he had before omitted
to mention a cause which had greatly added to the expense and
length of time in constructing the Manchester and Bolton Rail-
way. He alluded to the fact that all the cuttings, embankments,
and bridges on this line had been made of more than 'ordinary
width with a view to the ultimate laying down upon the road of a
third line of rails. (Hear, hear.) All this could be done with.
the slight additional expense of the iron, and the expense of
laying it down. This was a capacity which no other railway at
present constructed possessed, and was done with a view to the
ultimate adoption of one of two objects, either as a means of
preventing the line from being too much crowded, should it
become the means of connecting libes to the north and southo'
or.of forming a separate line for the carriage, at a slow rate, of
heavy merchandise along it.
The CHAIRMAN here announced that he had just placed ire
his hands news of the arrival in this country of the Great
Western steam-ship, after her trip to America, betting
thtt
se tfhae
was
toast
our
r canal
drunktlargesto p forro w
p s
omrnSirius by three days. He begged to propose " the health of gi
relative of his own—the gentleman under whose auspices Rio
ai r
Chairmanjso hr
n rb
‘thih,adanother purchase
heebuai
toast
a ot
f all drink with applause : that of their law clerk, Mr. Miller-
(Cheers.) He too, like others had his difficulties to, content!
with, but like his great predecessor, " Jack the Giant Killer,
he had overcome them all. (Cheers and shouts of laughter.)
Mr. MILLER briefly acknowledged the compliment.
ieoy saidi
would
'^—
bel
his
u
acawplh.,lipvace.auhs'lls'say e.:e was _
The
w s accomplished, and.
se t.
The health of Mr. JAMES RITSON was proposed and drunk
with great applause, and in acknowledging it that gentlemen.
said, he hoped with Mr. M`Farlane that this line might ulti-
mately prove the means of connecting the north and south of
England. He saw no difficulty in its way which might not be
overcome. A good deal of perseverance, mixed up with a good
deal of money, was an excellent recipe for accomplishment-
(Laughter and cheers.) He concluded by proposing " Tbet
health of the Chairman"' which was drunk with, three cheers".
and on ore.
and'
The CHAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compliment, en"'
then proposed in succession, as sources of future wealth to flit'.
company, "The Bolton and Bury Canal;" "'The Manchester_
and Salford Junction Canal;" and "'The Town and Trade of
Bury."
Mr. HUTCHINSON (of Bury) "responded to the last toast, after
which Mr. FALKNER proposed "Prosperity to the Manchester"
and Birmingham Railway."
The healths of Mr. Bromilow and Mr. John Bibby were after-
wards given, to which those gentlemen responded; and cl,
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Earl of Derby, Lore.
Lieutenant of the County,' which having been drunk with ety:
plause, the company soon afterwards rose and separated,. I,"'
about five o'clock.

WOOL CATTLE FAIRS AT RIPoN.—The f
ir
of Ripon has recently given notice of the re-establishment ot
wool markets, by the appointment of four fairs, one in the presee,„•
month, two in June, and one in July. It is also stated that ik
f,-
establishment of fortnight fairs is under the consideration of t"-
Council.
seals. .a a
altthwaansdghe
had
de ,„ t.•
NEWFOUNDLAND, SEAL FisitEny. ACeOlbDiS sJohn's, 10th April, report the arrival of twelve vessels, all
be-
longing to Conception Bay and the Northern Ports, bring Lt.
only X 3,000
toosefaa
ohnadl
generally
missed tl
ai.aQantAraKvEallilSedENupVtoolrtoAwonE.—wiNtil ea hwahvoeleoninsmidoeret
ftbFanyieontidesojactil4:ll,
of which the fishery this season would be very partial.
hieeyseedatlah,aitn
caaalasegrgeurn;y
we 'could not help imagining, that those who are apt to re°,n' c
them as a very self-denying people wonid have seen, with.sl"--
degree of wonder, the quiet Indulger
on. Going up to the yearly meet; is the oing,tlP,Pf t" '
;. plat° Israelites of old tothe g-t el
g
assove'r, at -erusa_ern—and lour
that it is a time of feasting aw,...1 good cheer. Ateverhmeacood.',
Friends seemed to enjoy Vaemselves with a. sensa•af the 114 d;
things of Providence, ,ce in which they, travelle
wh;.ch even Solor3on must.have
when he said, " Let us eat and drink, for it is the gift of full-
party party which filled. the 'coach, as. a nut
1 speak now more pr ipicularly of one full-grown and f
They enjoyed thr; fat things Of the table, and laid, in stores 0..
suhstantials for discussion in tlseiutervals.of traiel. At break
fast they ordered a quantity of eggs. to be hard 'boiled, t_antea
with them, and a pint of sherry, which they'carefully
into a hP.ndsome wine-flask. henemer the horses vverech
C; q_a any
at any place noted for the production of any good ,'"nt'
sent and procured of it :. at one place a Stilton cheese, at
aseg,
then a cream cheese, nay, evun young•radisbes were pur n
It too'
is Ailed with its kern
It was evident that they. were providing for thelodgiugs
,_arty
which were themselves already provided •; for experienced ):
meeting goers. always secure good and appropriate quarter 45
fore leaving the " warm precincts" of their own house,4_:ii,
party being a stout and jolly. quarter, and the weather
unusually warns for the,seasosa, they travelled with the coa
al-
doors open,. to get: as gopita share of fresh ail' as they.".,,,a battler
ready got of provisioos; Every coachman and every trams its
that we met, wondering at the winged aspect of our vehicle,
;our
doors. both standing wide, invariably cried. "Coachman'
doors are open Coachman nodded assent, and went.
00.
o th
without farther notice, to the increased astonishment t
people. If our Friends, however, took good care of themselves,
it was evident that they extended their care to all those, ‘,J.
had a claim of fees upon them; for those invariably expressoor
their lively satisfaction on feeling the gratuity in the palme,,
the most expressive faces, and other indubitable signs•
one accuse me of wishing to represent sober Friend as
mands. I hero merely relate a particular case which I' 1:3
seen ; and I am. bound, by a
a large„experience, to describe thew
truly as a temperate. but yet self-indulgent
fulfilment of their own and the Psalmist's pravo, have been
to "lie down in green pastures, Ana by the still waters." "
. .
stlQwitt, in Tait's IWO:file. people, whon,,,sq

1A1.,1 '.:L,',-I-.. 1 s;'-1

MESCELLANF,OiTS.

Sir lit •.la •
nctri Burdett has presented £l,OOO to the W stminster
Hospital.
In nne•3'ear the town of Newark' has been disg,
eases 01'. nigh: lv drunkards !
The salary of the Mavor of Doncaster fur the current y •ar
has been fieed by the ceitacil at £l5O.
'Vhe tuned ex pease, of the prosecution of M r.• William for
athe
alleged forgery of a will, amounted to £839 9s. 9d.
Heorv-Lieht, Esq., has been appointed Governor and Com-
%mender-in-chief of the colony of Guiana and its dependencies.
Criine' has increased full 30 per cent. in the hitherto peace-
able county of Dorset, • sin rthe introduction of the Whig
. c
laithustan poor law.
Mr. Oasrl EP —We are glad to hear that, notwithstanding
the severity of ht s recent attack, this gentleman is now con-
valescent.— Leeds Inteltigancer.
• The Attorney-General has given an opinion in favour of the
Zal. freemen of Preston to the right of patronage on the moot
Inch has. been incluse(' by the corporation.
Tee ••
N 01, I. OF TAE. BRADFORD JOINERS.-00 ;4,311day last,
the nperelive joinery and Cameras of Bradrorst armed out for
an advance or wages, from 92s Is. rer week.
a ..
The rumour of the resienasimi of Mr. Dunlop, as member
112 r Ayrshire, seems to have been premature, though he has been
fur some time indisposed.
• It said of the-late" Duchess of York that her foot was the
1111allest-ever known ; and our present Queen is said to tival
her total aunt in this fespect.
thl:he cheas club of' St. Petersburgh has sent a challenge to
of Varis, to play a match by letter for £10,600. The
lattenge. has been accepted, and the stakes deposited. •
The hay harvest will be unusually late this year, and unless a
;Peet-1y aiteratiou in the weather takes place, the crops are
tabe very scanty. •
hospital
late Nita Thomas Blizard has bequeathed to the London
sin , ,
4111" W, of which he was formerlyeon, £5 000 and also
to the Samaritan Society..
hiBY the Bri-gliton improvement net no person can go out in
akes "rn pleasure-boat wit hoot being accompanied by two water-
'', "der a penalty of 145., and chats ofthe information.
• •
51,I4Austria 'there are eight universities, in whielathere.are
students; format cf. iris, with 334 profeeaors, and i6BO
student's'? 55 Roman Catholic theological professors, and 4679
• -
• k•DuN COLOURED CROW.—A few flays ago Mr. Joseph Wils
-vln•secin, in the neighbourhood of Eatnoh nt Bridge, sit a crow
oth was a perfect " Dunnv."- Mr. \V., we understand, has
got it stuffed.—Carliste Patric. t: • • •
The mails to .1-`l6lNeail;'ellaneheater,Liveatinailiand Carlisle,
,%.ere despatched from London on Tuesday. night, for the first
'tree, by•the London. and Birmingham railway.
•
T;L"rd Stanley's cattle show, for the benefit of his,tenantry,
,PPerary, will take place at' Sullobead, in
.that -county, on
A
-sichaelinas-day next. .1
The veteran Captain Morris, well known by•his tmmerons
Ytieal•productions and convivial 'habits, has entered his 94th ,
}ear, having just recovered from a violent fit of lumping-cough, •
whit h he caught from his grandchildren.
In the yard of Mr. Edward Spink, common.brewer, Ponte-
f
the is an apricot tree, trained up against the. gable-end of
house, upon.which Mr. Edward Partridge has now growing
about-2000 apricots, and about- lOW have been taken from the
tree. -A.bout42o weighed a pound.
Archdeacon Kennedy, of Waterford, comp)ains that after
taYing his -curates' salaries in live parishes, containing 2000
roteatanrS, he has only. £l5O a year income to support himself
and family, without glebe-or residence. • •
Mr. •
Roebuck has addressed a letter to'Mr. Daniel O'Connell,to
Which be charges that person with having deserted the cause
at the Canada traitors, after that he, Mr. O'Connell, had sworn
to Protect those traitors to the utmost of his power.
It.is a curious circumstance, that in the British Museum are
now to be found nine thick volumes entirely composed of title-
Pages, the collector of which spoiled thousands of volumes to
obtain them.
By a return to an order Of the House of Comrnons,it appears
that the extra expense of fitting-up the Hastings man or war to
'carry Lord Durham and suite to Canadaawas £573 2s. sd.
The parliament, or " House of Kiwis," in the Isle of Man,
have made quick work at church 'reform, having just passed an
act commuting the whole of the tithes of the island for £5OOO,
-and settling the future income of the bishop at £1000; the
archdeacon at £800; and no parochial cleegyinan to have, in
future, an income of lees than £l4O per annum. - •
PaTeureasat.—A• person entering the House of Commons
when the Romp Parliament was sitting, exclaimed, " These
-are goody gentlemen.:. I could work fur them all my days for
nothing." " What trade are you, my friend ?" said one Of the
- •
attendants. " A rope-maker, sir," replied the other.
A Goit M A NDIZER.— Last week, a bleacher at Barnsley, under-
took for a wager of, ten shillings' to swallow a quart of Melted
bacon fat, a 'Jason of mustard, and a pound of raw bacon in the
spaise of half an kour. He•accomplished his task in twenty-five
minutes, drank a bottle of gin afterwards, and then retired to
bed. He has since offered a bet that lie will perform the dis-
gusting feat in twenty minutes.
Ex e aosioN OF, Ft RE-DA Mll.—On• Tuesday last, an explosion
of fire-damp oecorreu in a coal-pit now working by Messrs.
ftylaeds, neartbia town; which communicated to two adjoining
pitg belonging' to Messrs. Woodcock and Halliburton, and to
Mr.. W. Bullock. Fortunately no lives were lost, and only one
individual was slightly injured; in• consequence of some metal
falling on him at the pit shaft.--11-iyan Gar&tte.
PRESENTING TEA IN CHINA IN SHOPPING.—As soori•as.you
cuter a shop-, and have taken your seat to commence business
with the tradesman, a tea-pot and two or three little cups are
brought in by an attendant and placed on a counter. You are
then invited to join in sipping this pleasant and refreshing
which is handed tp you as a cottireon civility, in the same
way as a •Frenchinan would offer his
.antiff-box, or atTurk his
pipe.—Tice Fan-qui in China.
Quatous•Cie.cosisassacra—As one of the workmen employed
on the Newcastle and.Cariisle Railway at the Scotby station
was, on Monday last removing one erthe-awitebee etr the line.
to his great surprise he discovered underneath the switch-the
nest of a water wugtail containing six. eggs. The bird has not
deserted her nest, and is frequently seen-to go into it.—Carlisle
Piariet.
The Minist'erial Journals announce with great parade; that the
-coronation procession will be of unexampled splendour, and
will proceed front Buckinghain-paince up Constitution-hill,
-through Piccadilly, St. James's-street, and Pall-mall, to West-
* urinate,' Abbey. There will also lie a fair for two days held in
Ilyde-park, and fireworks and other amusements will be af-
forded to the population of London. What splendour" A -fair
for two days in Hyde Park !
ELECTRICAL. EFFECTS.—M. Sellier has found it sufficient to
place an-electric (liivionri upon a pane of Klass in order to pro-
duets- sounds. When a well polished sewing needle, suspended
from a hair, is placed in a .glass bowl- with an acid sulphate of
copper, the bowl crackles, even after the liquor has been with-
drawn, and the liquid poured out. Small currents of common
•electricity become perceptible to the ear, by means of a wheaten
straw; struck upon a drum of vegetable paper.
PAYING CP A CALL.—In the Court of Queens% Bench, the
directors of the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Com-
Pasny proCeeded against a Mr. Thomas, for the amount ora
coll." The defendant was the owner of ten shares in that
company, and this was an action to recover a sum of £5B 165.41.,.
being the amount of £5 on each share and interest thereon,
from the time when the call was made. The case was proved.
arid, there being no defence offered, the -plaintiffs at once ob-
tained a verdict for the whole suet
'The.aetists and authors of Great Britain have sustained a.
great loss by the death or one of their most liberal patrons, Sir:
'Richard Coil Hoare, of Stourbead. A short time since, this
'gentleman made. the .munificent gift of his splendid Italian
library. to . the British Museum. The title devolves on Ungh
'Lure, Esq., the wealthy banker of Fleet-street, 00 whom the
large landed estates are entailed-as-male-kin, to the prejudice of
the grand-daughters of the late baronet.
-DEATH, of Tin?, MARQUIS OF 'OR moNt)r..—The Marquis of
Ormond° expired early on Tuesday morning, at .o'Dienne's
Hotel, Dublin, after en illness of thirteen den, produced by a
severe cold. .His lordship succeeded to the earldoms of Or-
monde and Ossory, and the interim- Irish dignities. at the de-
mise of his brother, 10th August, 18e10, and was Created a baron
or the United Kingdom, I7th July, 1821, and ;!. marquis of
•11e land on the .sth October, 1825. his successor 13 John Earl
•of Ossory.
ROMANTIC INCIDENT.—Some time since, an ine:dent occur-
red on the river Licking in Ohio, by which a boat, containing
four young men, was upset, and three of them were drowned.
'The fourth, 'Mr. Janes, a gentleman in the very prime of life,
-wealthy and accomplished, was also sinking, when a young
woman and beautiful widow, named Lee, actuated by an inir
•epulse of heroism and -generosity, plunged into the stream•and
saved him! Overcome with gratitude, love, and admiration at
• --the bravery of her conduct, Mr. Jones, after a few days'
acquaintance, mede her an offer of his hand; it was accepted,
and they were married. Happy Mr. Jones!
R4yesareici BARISTERS.—RetOTOS of the total number of days
an sack sear during, which the. whole of the barristers appointed
anlevise the lists of voters for the counties, cities, and boroughs!
'England and Waleg, were employed in performance of their
;duties-7-ofthentimbei'"of barristers 'eppninted in each year—
and of the total cost of such revision in each year. In continu-
L 'ation of the last return to an order of the house, made in t-836
t Year 1836, 175 barristers, 3,1-id days, total cost £96.817 7s. 90.;
1'1.837, 172 barristers, 3,654 days, total cost £31,080 ISs. 90.

rtt., COLOSSAL REMAINS. —A Wiltshire paper states that within
these few days some remains of a huge animal, to all appear-
Vee of the ox specie, have been discovered in the Avon, at
In casting a net, it became entangled in a deep
• ainl, after getting clear, brought up an immense hnrn.
u!§led to further search, and after much trouble the skull
:LIN the other horn were brought up. The horns are stated to
finely formed, 39-inches in length, 17.; ti inches in cireomfer-
•'ace near the base and separated in the skull by 12 inches.
A
rib., of correspon'ding size, has been fished up. How long
they' have been in the water it is impossible of course to con-
..lecture., but app3arances„ it is said, indicate that it. must have
been fur centuries.
SHERIFF'S COnItTs'FATENstON Bit.L.—Thishill, brought in
b
the Solicitor-General and Captain Pechell, authorises any of
the
,• 4 •superior Courts of Conimen Law at Westminster, or any
udge of such courts to send au} issue joined for a debt or do-
mazes under fifty pounds for trial before the sheriff of the county
• in which such action is *brought, or before the fudge of any
.Court of Recerd for the recovery of felts in such county ; the
g Provisions 6f the 3ed and 4th Will. V., c.,12. bein extended to
this bill; and the power °iven not extending to issues joined
' upon right or title to land, &c., malicious arrest or prosecutions,
ctira. con., or seduction.
• t't
o w To MAN A GE THE
TuiNG.—"My dear fellow," said the
• immortal Bulwer to the editor of the ' on the
Morning after the ousting of the Bonded Corn Bill, "I am in
on unpleasant dilemma. If I attended the house last night, eir-
cutristanees would have compelled me to Note with the ministry,
and in that case I should have offended my constituency; I there-
fore stayed awaV altogether. Now, how am Ito account for my
• c/e4snt7t." r "Oh, you have he entree of the Morning Cloonicle,"
rthe editor: "give the public a paragraph to the purport
that you were shot nut in the haste nip "rhe thing was
done; the paragraph to-co tied into the 164,T-radical Papers 9'l
- Lincolnshire ; and Mr. Bulwer's constituency became the dupes
of the pitiful contrivance.
SoctETY von PuomoTING CHRISTI AN KNOW LFMGE.--rrolll
the report of the Chester Diocesan Committee of this society,
we learn that the number of books cold at the depogitory, in ""'
city, during the. year 1827. wete, Bibles.. 794 Testaments. 772;
cninnion- Praver Books, 13`35; bound books and tracts, 13,247.
Ve are sorri•
he preceding one ; and lament this the more.
to saY that the receipts- last year were smaller
because this
fur years, by the diss,,mination of the Word. of God,
Ul religious trams,has been one of the miehtv•in-
- stttnn-nts tacit have arresters the rnthless power of infidelity in
nation :mud various parts of the "lobe. We hope that the
nlO Criondi gew.rally in this neighbourhood,
Pp nil' Wit r,l anti Contribute to the funds of this Linable su-
ciuty,—Chester Curette,'