The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-12 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

So abundant is the crop of nuts this year that upwards of
50 sacks were pitched for sale in Yeovil market last week,
. which were disposed of at from Gs to 7s a sack.
CARLISLE AND MARYPORT RAILWAY.—II is intended to
open the first nine miles of this line, from Aspatria to Mary-
port, on the 18th of June, 1839.
Wveciarlic ELECTION.—No individual has yet been hardy
' enough to becothe a candidate to oppose Mr. G. R. Smith.—
Aylerbury News.
We do not get drunk now-a-days; we only stupify our-
• selves with cigars. Every generation has some anomaly
'which it elevates into a fashion.—Bentley's Miscellany.
DEATH OF THE YANKEE LEAPER.—A Cheltenham paper
states, that Scott, the American sailor, whose extraordinary
feats of leaping have frequently been before the public, made
his last leap, at Stroud, on Wednesday, having been drowned
in the canal there in one of his fool-hardy attempts.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, OCT. B.—The
market has not been so well attended, and business has not
been quite so brisk as it was last Monday. The coarser kind
of goods continue to be yet most in demand, at prices some-
what similar to those of last week. The wool market has
been dull, and but little business done at any price,
At a very recent meeting of the principal proprietors of
the coaches, it was resolved to adopt the railway from Basing-
stoke, for completing the journey from the west of England
to the metropolis, from and after the 17th instant.— Western
Luminary.

MR. PATERNOSTER.—Mr. Richard Paternoster, whose
recent seizure and confinement as an insane person have
excited so much interest in London, has, after a full investi-
gation of the circumstances by the Metropolitan Commis-
sioners in Lunacy (set on foot immediately upon their being
made acquainted with the fact), after a detention of six weeks
in Mr. Finch's Lunatic Asylum, at Kensington, been released.
THE Nsw Elousas OF PARLIAMENT.—The inquiry which
was committed to Mr. Barry, Mr. De la Beche, and others,
as to the stone to be employed in the erection of the new

houses of parliament, is at length closed, and specimens ci

•
lected, received from quarries in nearly every: part of
kingdom. Some time, however, must elapse before the par-
ticular kind is fixed on, as the specimens are to form the
subject of a careful examination and analysis in London.
It appears that the directors of the Eastern Counties rail-
way, and those of the Northern and Eastern, have nearly
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colicludeda negociation, by which they_will boih have a CO

mon terminus it Shoreditch. The land for the purpose is in
possession of the Eastern Counties Company, and the direc-
tors of the Northern and Eastern will pay a proportionate
sum.—Esser Herald.
STRANGE DUEL.--A deplorable occurrence took place at
Apt, in the Vancluse, a few days ago. Two old men, the
one aged SO, and the other 70, had quarrelled, and resolved to
fight a duel. They went without any seconds into a distant
field, and, after a sharp contest with swords, one of them fell
mortally wounded. Some children, who were near, ran to
the town to give the alarm, and the survivor was soon after
arrested.

INFANTICIDE IN FRANCE.—The number of infanticides
and desertions of new-born children seems to be increasing
every day. A few evenings since, a female infant, not three
months old, was found in an unfinished house in the rue des
Martyrs. Some passers-by, attracted by its cries, took it up,
and conveyed it to the commissary of police of the quarter.
On the following morning the dead body of a new-born child,
wrapped in cloth, was discovered under a tree in the Alice
des Veuves, Champs Elysees.
INCREASE OF BELFAST.—There are, at present, in course
of erection, or ready for occupancy, in Belfast and its su-
burbs, upwards of 120 dwelling houses, many of them of the
first class, exclusive of several large stores for the provision
and other trades, and two extensive weaving factories. Bel-
fast, within the last twenty years, has not only doubled its
population, but its extent—a rapidity of increase not sur-
passed, if equalled, by any other town in the united king-
dom.—Northern Whiy.
STATE OF TaAnE.—The yarn market continues so ex-
ceedingly depressed that the spinners who reel for exportation
are generally talking of working short time; and it is un-
derstood that a number of extensive firms in Manchester and
the immediate neighbourhood, will cease to light up their
factories after the present week; a plan, which, if generally
adopted, will cause a considerable diminution in the quantity
of yarn produced. The demand for goods is also limited,
and prices rather lower than last week.—Man. Guardian.
INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.—A complete
specimen of the Mastodon, in a reclined position, was lately
found near Busiris, Crawford County Court House, from five
to seven feet under the surface of the ground in the Ohio.
The account published in the Crauford County Republican
Eztra, August 14, says :—" This is the only instance in
which the skull of the :Mastodon has been found in a state of
preservation, and it furnishes the only specimen from which
correct ideas can be obtained respecting that massive and
singularly shaped organ."
GENERAL. POST OFFICE, LONDON.—NEW ARRANGE-
MENTs.—The following order has just been issued from the
General Post Office morning mails are now de-
spatched from London at 10 o'clock, a. m. The letter boxes
at the branch offices, Charing-cross, Yore-street, arid the
Borough, will he open for the reception of newspapers until
half-past 8 o'clock, and for letters until 9, At the General
Post Office, and the branch office in Lombard-street, the
boxes will close fur newspapers at 9a. in., and for letters at a
quarter before 10 a.m.—AV. I. MABERLEY, Sec.
DERRY OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.—The first
annual dinner of this newly organized and fast-increasing
society, was held last evening (Tuesday), at the Fox and Owl
Inn, in this town. The company, which consisted of more
than 100 individuals, occupied two long tables, Thomas Bur-
roughs: Esq., surrounded by several other gentlemen of the
town, officiating as chairman. The evening was passed in
the greatest order, regularity, and good humour, giving the
hest promise of the society becoming an important auxiliary
to the Conservative cause in this town.—Derby Mercury
AN AWFUL INSTANCE OF MORTALITY.—On Thursday
morning last, at Doddiscombsleigh, Mr. J. Jones, a pig-killer
in the neighbourhood, went to a neighbour's house to pursue
his deadly avocations, and just as he had performed the ope-
ration of sticking his bleeding victim, he fell backwards, and
ere the life of the pig was extinct, the butcher had ceased to
breathe. The deceased was above 50 years of age, and prior
to this awful event was in perfect health. He was a very
industrious and useful man.—Exeter Post.

RACING EXTRAORDINARY.—The following incident, which
occurred last week, at the Isle of Wight races, would seem to
show that there is no cruelty in horse racing, but that the
noble animal enjoys winning the race quite as much as his
owner. During the race for the Hunters Stakes, Mr. Smith,
°tie of the stewaids, had given his horse to a lad to hold as
the horses were starting. They had got about 200 yards when
Al
• Smith's horse broke from the lad, and followed them
without a rider—kept the course without cutting off any of
the corners, passed both the running horses, and actually
came in first, amidst the shouts of the surrounding spectators,

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CURIOUS EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—Carmino Rosso, a Nea-
politaa tinker, who committed a bartwous murder in January,
at Draguignan, on the person of an ex-friar, named True,
was executed a few days s►nce in that town. The last penalty
°f the law had not for many years been carried into effect at
Dragniznan, and on this occasion the execution was attended
With peculiarly horrible circumstances. The knife of• the
auillqine not being sufficiently sharp, descended three dif-
ferent times en the neck of the culprit without severing his
head from his body, and one of the executioners was in the
end actually obliged to perform his fatal office with the aid of
eutl.ass.

FLUMMERY.—CA USE AND EFFECT.—Robert Owen gave a
lecture on his social system on Monday, after which a gen-
tleman asked him how he happened to become the only
rational being;" he, as well as others, having been sur-
rounded by "circumstances which made all the world irra-
tional." Mr. Owen said that, in his anxiety to go to school,
he ate too soon the hot flummery intended for his and the
faMily's breakfast, which scalded him internally, and laid
?kint up; during his illness he reflected, and read much, form-
lug hts own views, uncontrolled by the lessons of schools.
This explanation of reason caused much latighter.//alifax
Rxpret,.

Plrescrsr To sum MAJESTV.—A pair of bead-embroidered
shoes have been worked by a private lady in this city, with a
view of being presented to her Majesty. Immediately on the
franc of the shoe, before the instep, is a neat cluster of the
loaves of the royal oak, surmounted by the English rose; and
• eneircling the foot is a rich wreath, composed of the rose, the
thistle and the shamrock—all neatly worked in appropri-
ately coloured beads. Altogether, they are exceedingly ele-
'Cant, and do great credit to the taste and ingenuity of the
',arty by whom the embroidery work has been executed. Sir
John Campbell has uudertaken to present them to her Ma-
Alty.—Soetsman.
LARGE CALF.—Such of our readers as attended the late
agricultural show at Lytham, will remember that among the
valyee exhibited was one of extraordinary size for its' age, be-
ing only thirteen weeks old. To such of them, then, as may
,have speculated opinions as to the weight of this calf, it may
be interesting to learn that when cut up, on Saturday last, it
wPiOaed 691hs. a quarter, a greater weight, we understand,
than airy calf slaughtered in Preston for many years past,
With the exception of one that was bred by Captain Smith,
and killed by Mr. James Clayton. The Lytham calf was
bred by Mr. William Fair, of Lytham Moss-side, and was
n_tircliiised by Mr. John Turner, butcher, of Avenhatn-lane,
Preaton.—Pre,too /Tot.
Owcisism oa INFIDELITY REFUTED.—On Monday even-
tag last, the free grammar school, at Middleton, was crowded
t 4 excess, with persons from various religious denominations,
'anngst the rest were several Clergymen and Ministers of
elissoating parties. Mr. Eashy nave an address against the
Principles of Owenism, after which a discussion took place.
11/.. Jones, fr:rn Manchester, advocated the cause of the
Neuites, anti said that last week they purchased 700 acres
t"f lead in Norfolk, that t heir community would soon be formed.
r. Masby gave n vivid account of the infidel proceedings of
5 Owenites at London, Blackburn, and Other places, more
i'articularly of their " moral marriages." The party discussed
twilit after ten o'clock, and the people were quite disgusted
4tll--
tho system of the Owenians, or rather poor deluded in-
13olion Chro uicle.
:ettELTENHANI. OcT. 3.—SUCCESSFUL. PARACHUTE Da
c:o4T.—This achievement, the announcement of which has
'wised great interest took place this afternoon, and was ac-
V,iished with thenine, brilliant success. Mr. Hampton's
,'lloon, the Albion, having been inflated, and all things
, for the start, the aeronaut got into the basket of the
4chine anti haying cut the cord which bound him to the
the balloon and parachute Ascended in fine style, and
a south-west direction. In about 10 minutes the para-
:tte eras detached, and immediately expanded; the balloon
" same instant turning topsv-turvey, and discharging its
r-.4_,,eollpsied immediately and ell to 'the ground. which it
heun,ed while yet the parachute was floatirw beautifully above.
,14.'u,scent of the parachute was steady and uniform through-
-4 4nd Mr. Hampton reached the ground in perfect safety,
ma_..returued to Cheltenham at half-past six o'clock. The
descent was Badgeworth—about five miles from
rniC,,,iir,rtysaLis OF Strtmonais.—A letter from M. Farand, a
that tflar.i• in China, states, that during his long residence in
eakiontry be has often seen the chrysalis of s lkworrns
4e— fo.d. Ile has himself partakeu of them, Lnil found
Re.„3" once strengthening and cooling, and particularly
the (1,,,,te. delicate persons. After having wound the silk off
ridof the its. they are dried in the frying-pan, in order to get
nr itself - Aqueous matter. The envelope will then come off
the e , and they look like little yellow masses resembling
ol,i,t,gs of carp, They are fried 'in butter, lard, or oil, and
fl„.etieautosrn.e'l,iiritb broth, of which that of chicken gives the best
the`l hen they have been boiled in this for live tni•
qp fr_ are crushed with a wooden spoon, and well-stirred
the 1,71rk5,::,, bottom. The mandarins and rich people add
Wise,; , eggs. in a proportion of one yolk to 100 chry-
volottred when this is poured over it, it becomes a golden-
Aso
er:reara, and is of an exquisite flavour. The poorer
siri_contented with salt, pepper, and vinegar, or, after
d'ot..`" them, cooking them. with oil.
perteryivs_eny.rive INcriF.AsE.—Our readers_will rejoice to
t.the late registration for county voters, in the
solamo,tionat_jundsgitsatt?rict, exhibits an increase of conservatives,
defeat one hundred and sixty voters. The desperate
for the sustained by the tvhig-radical party in the elections
perfect ...111:ee, will in all probability convince them of the
'Hectorst ray of attempting another trial. The list of
radical claihave been carefully purged of many unqualified
conaervatiyenantB' while the efforts of the liberals to strike off
Our _s
nut only
have tact with a roost dispiriting repulse.
oniabi:v only a mere
tnands the meat gain, but a great accession. The
otsact of the conservative objecting parties de-
t. cordial commendation. By the constant
ex::(Lise, f similar assiduity and vigilance, not only the
tientlii;_a_4, gallantly Wrested from the hands if its misrepre-
es j but every borough
ict
el etaioninif
pool
nisi radicalu h (like to Liverpool) may be
taint, ana restored to the healtlaftli
tiooal principles, —Bolio Ch,roniele.

ENORMOUS Ent.—The Berwick Advertiser says—This week
there was caught in our neighbourhood a fish of the above
species, which measured six feet three inches in length, 18
inches circumference, and weighed two stones three pounds
and a half. The skin is now about being stuffed.
NEW MAIL-COACH.—A new mail-carriage has just been
put on the Strasburg road by way of trial. It is light and
commodious, being formed as a coupe, with side and front
windows, and a seat for the courier behind. Upon this seat,
and in front of the vehicle,are boxes to receive the letter-bags,
and, we believe, the luggage of the passengers, as their does
not appear to he any imperial. There are two lamps outside,
and a third which throws light into the interior.
Mtnacutous ESCAPE.—On Monday last, as Richard
Cay,gill, a workman in the employ of Mr. 'l"curnbull, of
Whitby, watch maker, was cleaning a double barrelled gun,
one of the barrels of which had been left loaded or charged,
having the screwing rod in the barrel, and there being no
admittance for the air he lifted the hammer up, at which the
gun discharged immediately, his hand at the moment being
on the screwing rod; the rod was blown- to atoms, and the
splinters, which flew in all directions, very narrowly missed
him, and he fortunately escaped entirely uninjured.—Leeds
Intelliyenccr.
COACH ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last, about noon, as
the Eclipse Manchester and Hull coach, very heavily laden,
was passing down Dewsbury, on its route to Hull, the fore
axle' broke very near the- middle, and threw the coachman
and passengers upon the pavement, by which Mr. Aaron
Halmshaw, blacksmith, of Lake Loch, near Wakefield, had
his leg dreadfully broken by a heavy trunk falling from the
top of the coach upon him; he was carried to the Hope and
Anchor Inn, Dewsbury, where he now lies iu rather a pre-
carious state. Three other persons, who were slightly in-
jured, proceeded on their journey. The coachman and other
passengers were uninjured. —Manchester Guardian.
MR. DUNN, THE IRISH BARRISTER.—This gentleman'
who has lately been somewhat unpleasantly before the public
as the troublesome suitor of Miss Burdett Coutts, has been
committed to York Castle by the bench of magistrates at
Knaresborough, for a breach of the peace, and refusing to
find sureties. He will be detained until the West Riding
Sessions, which commence at Knaresborough on the 16th
October. Ile is a fine-looking young man, of good address,
and, genteel appearance. Since the transaction at Harrow-
gate he has written a letter to Sir Francis Burdett, and after
stating his intentions to be honourable, and his love the most
ardent, concludes by expressing no doubt that at length he
will come off with flying colours. In the castle he is sub-
jected to the same treatment as prisoners on a charge of fe-
lony, and we presume this will bring the hot-headed lover
to his right mind.
A PRISONER KILLED ON A TREADMILL—OD Wednes-
day a young man named George Lordon, a prisoner in the
Shropshire county gaol, was working with the other pri-
soners on the treadmill, when the lever held by a man ad-
joining the prisoner was unhooked by a convict named
Johnson, and a blow was made at deceased by a prisoner.
Lordon suddenly turned aside to avoid the blow reaching
him, whe❑ he was caught between the lever and the wall,
and so dreadfully squeezed that he died on the following
Friday from inflammation in the bowels caused by the in-
jury he had received. At the inquest the jury thought that
Cahill, the man who struck the blow, was implicated in
Lordon's death, but ultimately came to a resolution to re-
turn a verdict of accidental death, with a deodand of 10s. on
the treadmill The deceased was committed fur vagrancy.
—Salopian Journal.
NOVEL FIGHT.—On Monday night last, one of the chief
authorities of Dewsbury having occasion to go through the
yard of the most celebrated of our Dewsbury inns, i. e. the
Man and Saddle, was alarmed by hearing cries for help
issuing from the brewhouse: he proceeded there and found
one of mine hosts' regular customers, who had been indul-
ging in deep potations of nut brown ale, laid upon his back,
loudly crying for help, and requesting some one to fake his
-opponent away, stating he had never before been used so. ill,
at the same time using his fists with great dexterity ; the
worthy conservator of the peace seeing at a glance how
matters stood, summoned assistance from the house, and re-
leased the Bacchanalian knight from his adversary, which
proved to be, not mortal man or ghostly foe, but a large sack
of malt, which by some means or other he contrived to pull
upon himself in endeavouring to get out of a place which he
could have had no business to enter; after, his release he
begged to have another drop, remarking he liked the spi
much better than the body of the malt

LATIN AND LABOUR.—The following anecdote was related
by the late John Adams, (ot one time president of the United
States,) even to the last days of his life, with all that good
humour which was so characteristic of him, and, it is pre-
sumed, has not vet passed away from the minds of many
who have heard it from his own lips; a few only of his strong
expressions are remembered;—" When I was a boy, I had
to study the Latin grammar; but it was (lull, and I hated
My father was anxious to send me to college, and therefore
I studied the grammar till I could bear with it no longer;
and, going to my father, I told him I did not like study, and
asked for some other employment. It was opposing his
wishes, and he was quick in his answer. • Well, John, said
he, • if Latin grammar does not suit you, vou may try ditch-
ing, perhaps that will; my meadow yonder needs—a ditch,
and you may put by Latin, and try that.' Phis seemed a
delightful change, and to the meadow I went. But 1 soon
found ditching harder than Latin, and the first forenoon was
the longest I ever experienced. That day I ate the bread of
labour, and glad was I when night came on. That night I
made some comparison between Latin grammar and ditch-
ing, but said not a word about it. I dug the next forenoon,
and wanted to return to Latin at dinner, but it was humilia-
ting, and I could not do it. At night toil conquered pride,
and I told my father (one of the severest trials of my life)
that, if he chose, I would go back to Latin -grammar. He
was glad of it; and if I have since gained any distinction, it
has been owing to the two days' labour in that abominable
ditch."—Salem Gazette.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—OD Wednesday last, as Mr.
Charles Hunt, traveller to Messrs. Clench and Co,. wine
merchants of Exeter, was engaged on business atthe Lobster
Inn, near 'l'eignmouth, the horse, with a gig, which had been
left :it the door, took fright, supposed to have been stung by
a wasp, and plunged at a gate leading to the court-yard.
This it dragged, 'together with a cart with which it came in
contact, over a hedge into an adjoining field, and con-
tinued running at a frightful rate, passing over large heaps
of culla and limestone, by which at length the cart was up-
set, and the gate thrown off. The horse, with the gig attach-
ed, passed on to a cliff on the seashore, upwards of a hundred
feet high, over which abounded with the utmost speed. Mr.
Hunt, with other persons, followed, but, in consequence of
the precipice being perpendicular, were obliged to take the
course of what is called Smuggler's Lane, to, come to the
foot of the cliff, where they expected to find the shattered
remains of the horse and gig. To their surprise, however,
on coming to the spot neither horse nor gig were there; on
looking up, they saw the gig about 50 feet from the summit,
caught in a tree, and the horse actually suspended in the air
by the harness. They then adopted means fur rescuing, the '
horse, by attaching a rope from the top of the cliff round the
neck, freeing it from the harness, and lowering it to the shore.
Strange to say, the horse received scarcely any injury; the
gig was broken to pieces. The greatest praise is due to two
gentlemen, Messrs. Lee and Breinridge, fur their prompt
assistance.—Exeter Flying Post.
CLERICAL. Pr,u Eta mus.:—Every parochial clergyman
throughout the kingdom has within the last week or. two re-
ceived from government a copy of "An act to abridge the
holding Benefices in Plurality, and to make better provision
for the residence of the Clergy," passed 14th August, 1838.
This bill, fifty-four pages, contains no less than one hundred
and thirty-three clauses, and many of them extremely strin—
gent in their provisions and enactments. Not more than
two preferments can be held in future by the same person,
under any circumstances, whether in Cathedral or Collegiate
Churches, 'or Rural Beneffres—nor two Benefices unless
within ten statute miles of each other; and then under limi-
tations as to amount in value and population. Accepting
preferment contrary to this act vacates any Benefice a cler-
gyman may have previously been in possession of, and ren-
ders it ipso facto void. Licenses, whether for non-residence,
or for curates, are made much more strict and binding in the
present bill than in any formereacclesiastical law ; and a
more summary power is vested in the Bishops, for enforcing
obedience and compliance. The power of Bishops for mort-
gaging the glebe of any vacant benefice in their Diocese, to
build a Parsonage House, may be called arbitrary indeed—
While their legal authority over the clergy generally is greatly
increased. Whether these stringent provisions may be for
good or for evil to the church, time must prove.
La VoLEutt MALGRE Lut.—The proprietor of a. small
house in the Hue du Haut Moulin, in the cite. occupied the
upper part, and let the two lower stories to different tenants.
aving from time to time lost various valuable articles be-
longing to him, he began to fear that he was unfortunate in
his choice of tenants, and even at length entertained suspi-
cions of his own brother, who was one of them. To accuse
his relative without proof would, he justly felt, bring dishonor
upon himself, and he therefore kindly gave him notice, not
many days since, to quit. In the mean time he set a species
of trap in the place where he kept his plate, so contrived that
any hand which might attempt to steal it would be caught in
the act, and the thief held fast. The night before the brother
was to remove, he was awakened by the cries of the suspicious
proprietor, and, hastening up to his apartment, found him
caught in his own snare, his hand grasping a silver fork and
spoon. On investigation it was ascertained that the pro-
,prietor was the only perpetrator of the several robberies upon
himself, which he had committed in a state of somnambulism;
for, on being afterwards watched by his brother, he was seen,
*While in his sleep, to get up, take his own watch, and go with
it to the common sewer, into which he threw it. On search-
ing the place the following (lay for the watch, all the missing •
articles were found in the same receptacle.—Galignanes
Messinger.

DREADFUL COACH ACCIDENT AT SOUTH QUEENS-FERRY,
SCOTLAND.—Yesterday, about one o'clock afternoon, whilst
the Coburg coach, on its way from Perth to Edinburgh, was
receiving the passengers and luggage from the steamer, at
Newwhalls Pier, South Queensferry, the leader suddenly
wheeled round; and, notwithstanding that the. guard and
coachman, who were then busy stowing the luggage, were al-
most instantly at their head, assisted by Mr. George Mitchell,
of the Newhalls Inn, both the coach and the horses were sod.
denly precipitated over the quay. Some of the outside pas-
sengers escaped by throwing them on the pier; but those in
the inside were less fortunate. The inside passengers were;
Mr. Ellis, Reyal Terrace, Edinburgh ; rs. Captain M‘Duff;
Miss M`Duff, a girl about thirteen years of age; and an el-
derly female, servant to Mrs. M'lluff. The coach having
fallen into the sea on its side, Mrs. M`Duff and Mr. Ellis
managed to get their heads thrust out of the window above
the water, until extricated from their perilous situation by
Robert Beveridge, the engineer of the ferry steamer. The
other two, Miss M•Duff and the servant, were, we regret to
state, taken out entirely lifeless. The only outside passen-
ger who kept his place on the coach until it was precipitated
into the water, was pitched into the sea a considerable dis-
tance, but fortunately saved himself by swimming ashore.
The pole having broken, the leading horses were saved; but
the two wheel horses were drowned. Captain M`Duff,• and
other members of his family, were passengers by the same
coach, but had not taken their seats when the accident occur-
red The melancholy result is entirely attributable to the
dangerous practice, recently introduced, of loading the coach
on the quay instead of at the inn as formerly, and at the same
time leaving the horses' heads unattended.—Seotsniaa.
CAUTION TO ENGINEERS.—About two years since, Mr.
Hind, well known in London as an engineer and builder of
several gas-works. and who was an assistant of the late cele-
brated Mr. Windsor, was induced by the Russian govern-
ment to go over to St. Petersburg to erect and superintend
the imperial gas-works then about to be established, at a
salary of £BOO per annum. One year's salary was paid him
in advance, by way of outfit; and he soon afterwards sent
for his wife and family, who joined him. In this country
there are certain perquisites belonging to the engineers of
such establishments. amongst which is the superabundant
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quantity Of rough lead cut from.off the pipes where they are
joined. These cuttings in large works amount to a consi-
derable quantity, and Mr. H, considering that he would
be entitled to the same perquisites in Russia as in England,
sold the cuttings; for which it is understood by his friends
that he• has been banished to Siberia. The circumstance
has attracted considerable attention with scientific media-
nics in London, as great inducements are now held out by
the Russian government for intelligent individuals to settle
in that country. We understand that the directors of the
Equitable Gas Company, whose works Mr. -Hind erected at
Vauxhall, have, with a laudable spirit reflecting great credit
upon them, presented a memorial to the Russian Ambassa-
dor at our court, to request that he will cause an inquio to
be made on the subject of the painful banishment of this in-
dividual to Siberia. Mr. Hind was well known and highly
respected in the profession ; and the Independent Gas-
works at Haggerstone, so celebrated for commodiousness,
were amongst those erected by him. He has also established
many of the first companies in the metropolis, and several
provincial towns and cities of England. Fresh accounts are
looked for anxiously by his friends; but it is feared thdt the
reporeof his banishment to the. desolate climes of-Siberia is
but ton true,—Chroniglef

FRIDAY MORNING, 007'. 12, 1838.

The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this

morning at 5 o'clock.

THE REVENUE.—The abstract of the ol• the re-
venue for the quarter ending on Wednesday last h as been
published. It exhibits a slight improvement, both as
regards the preceding quarter, and the precediDg year.
On the year the total increase amounts to £74:1,045 ;
—on the quarter the increase amounts to £655,910. The
customs show an increase on the year of £450,675, and
on the quarter of £33,155. The excise show a de-
crease on the year of £179,450, and an increase on the
quarter :of £388,492. The stamps show an :increase
on the year of. £174,922, and on the quarter of £129,224
The taxes show a decrease on theyear of £46,223, and
an increase on the quarter of £19,953. From 'the post-
office there has been derived an increased revenue, on
the year of £45,257, and the decrease on the quarter is
£8,006. The crown lands have yielded an increase on
the year of £140,000, and on the quarter of £65,000.
The miscellaneous receipts have increased 4on the year
£146, and on the quarter £5,675.
On this statement the Morning Herald of yesterday
has the following remarks:—
It must be ,borne in mind, however, that this im •
provement in the state of the revenue is an improve.
ment, only relatively to the two preceding years—the

most disastrous, almost, in the history of English
finance. On these two years, as compared with those
which preceded them, there was a decline in the income
of the country, to the extent of nearly .E 3.000,000.
And, although, during the last quarter, things have
mended a little ;—yet the slight incren,se will be found
by no means adequate to meet the greatly increased
outlay of public money consequent on. the Canadian
rebellion, and other emergencies of the public service.
"There is one important fact embodied in'the abstract
of the revenue just published—important, in so far as

it illustrates the influence of whig principles of govern-
ment on the condition of the labouring poor. There
was, last year, a marked decline in the national income
derived from exciseable articles ;—and this year, despite
the slight improvement in other departments,there ap-
pears a hither decline in the excise returns. Our
financial documents supply no other test so decisive as
to the measure of the poor man's enjoyments. The
result before us is quite in accordance with the genius
of whiggery. The march of 'reform' has gradually
and regularly lessened the labourer's comforts."

THE REGISTRATIONS.—THEI progress of the re7gis-
trations continues to be favourable to the conservative
cause. There is scarcely a solitary exception to be
made to this satisfactory statement, although the iiibe-
Tals have been endeavouring, by the creation of faggot.
voters, to swamp the genuine constituency of the
country. Thanks to the vigilance of the conservative
agents, their nefarious schemes have been, in most in-
stances, completely frustrated. The progress of con-
servative principles in the county of Middlesex is of

the most encouraging character, and ought to stimu-
late to increased zeal, energy, and activity in the de--
fence of our glorious constitution in church and state..
From the statement which -we subjoin, and to wh'c't
we refer our readers with feelings of exultation, it will
be perceived that the radical faction have no chance or
dividing the representation of Middlesex in future_
The following we extract from the London journals :

PROGRESS OF CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLE
IN MIDDLESEX.

POLL IN 1833.

Mr. Hume
Sir Charles Forbes ..1494

Radical majority 1744
POLL IN 1835.

Mr. Hume 3O9G
Captain Wood

Radical majority 387
POLL OF AUGUST, 1837.

..4582
..4380

Captain Wood
Mr. Hume 0•1
Conservative majority .
REGISTRATION OF OCTOBER, 1837.
Conservative objections sustained 769
Radical objections sustained 266
Conservative majority ....
REGISTRATION OF 1838.
Conservative objections sustained . 608
Radical objections sustained 195

.- 202

...- 503

Conservative majority . - 413

Present probable Conservative majority ....1118

" Added to the above, however, there is a further
considerable majority on the new claims. But as, in
this class, there would still remain a considerable
number of doubtful' or unknown,' it is thought best
not at present to introduce them into the calculation.
As far as answers have yet been received, the rltopor.
tion of the Conservative claimants of the present year
to the Radicals appears to be as 5 to 2."

We are also glad to learn, from the Dublin Evening
Mail, that the Irish metropolitan county is also
"quite safe." Thus fortified in our hopes of success
on all sides, we do not, for a moment, dread the occur-
rence of a general election, come whenever it may.
The result of another appeal to the people would prove
the downfal of the Melbourne-O'Connell ministry,
Their doom has been long since irrevocably fixed.

THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—The Liverpool
Journal, the especial organ of the Papists of this
town, though not the most Papistical in its character,
in an article as vulgar and as scurrilous as ever dis-
graced the columns of the most degraded among the
unstamped publications of that sink of iniquity, the
metropolis, has ventured to attack the speakers and to
pour contempt upon the proceedings of the late meet•
ing, at the Amphitheatre, of the Protestant Association.

We feel confident that no one, possessing the feelings
of a gentleman, or entertaining any regard for the
usages of civilized life, could possibly envy the repu-
tation of a writer who, in the plenitude of his conceit
and self-sufficiency, has the hardihood to compare the
Protestant meeting to the assemblage of beasts in the
Old Infirmary ground. Is the author of this scandal-
ous outrage upon public decency—this audacious in-
sult to the understandings,and even (het:amnion sense
of his readers—is the perpetrator of the mass of ab-
surdities to which we allude really aware of the cha-
racter of the meeting which he strives to turn into ri-
dicule ? Can he. be, indeed, ignorant that, among the
'thou:sands who thronged the Amphitheatre on Thurs-
day last, there were to be found some hundreds.of the
most respectable merchants and professional men in

this neighbour' hood ? Is he ignoravt also of the fact
that consideral )1y above the half of that vast assem-
blage was composed of the most lovely, the niost vir-
tuous, and the. most religious of the ladies of Liver-
pool? The evidence of his own eyes might havecon
vinced him at least of the loveliness of the audience
which he so ungallantly compares to an assemblage of
beasts " bellowing and braying." What will the mo-
dest wives and daughters who graced the proceedings
of the day with their presence say to a writer who
designates therm as "a collection of animals much
more noisy, and scarcely more rational" than the
"beasts" at the agricultural show ? Would this Po-
pish scribe have employed such terms in describing
a meeting differently constituted—a meet'ing of the
filthy, degraded, and demoralised Irish Papists of the
town? We trow not. Such an assemblage, reeking
from the contamination of the confession-vooi and the
gin shop, and scandalising public decorum by their
yells and execrations, would be prono,uncecl as the
most orderly that could be conceived. :13tit a meeting,
chiefly composed of the ladies and genikmen of Liver-
pool, simply because they happen to be Protestants,
are declared, in spite of theirpeaceable and orderly
demeanour, to he "deficient in decency and good
manners." Let this calumniator stand forth and ad-
duce a single instance of indecency or bad manners in
connection with the meeting on Thursday. We defy
him to substantiate his sweeping-charge. In attempt-
ing to do so we would have him to reflect that his in-
discriminate condemnation of the audience applies to
nearly three thousand of the must respectable females
in Liverpool. Has he any evidimce to prove that MO/
were guilty of indecent conduct, or of infringing the
laws of good manners ? If he has not, to whom do
his observations apply ?

The Journal characterises t .he meeting of the Pro-
testant Association as an " li.nti-Catholic" meeting.
It was no such thing. The Protestant Association
does not acknowledge the titl e of the Chinch of Rome
to the assumption of the term. " catholic:* The meet-
ing was an " Anti Popish" meeting. It was a meet-
ing to expose the frauds, to attack the heresies, and
to expose the abominations of the fore-doomed GREAT
APOSTACY. It was a meeting in defence of the " ca-
tholic truth," from which the apostate: Church of Rome
has departed.

The Journal acknowledges that the Amphitheatre
was " pretty nearly filled;" but fal!,ely asserts that the
audience was composed of " foolis h women and igno-
rant children, and a sprinkling oC yet more foolish and
ignorant men." Of what modest assurance is this
writer possessed! How gallant -to the fair sex! How
superciliously confident in his o wn superior sense and
discernment! Has it never occ erred to him that some
persons might be apt to reckon him as an item in the
account of the " more foolish and ignorant men" who
were present at the meeting, lo cavil at what they did
not understand ? Has it never occurred to him, that
many of the " foolish women and ignorant children,"
who were present, could afford to look down with pity
on his own consummate dulness ? Let it suffice the
writer in the Journal to be told—and we tell it with

every confidence in the truth of our assertion—

there were hundreds present at the Amphitheatre, ex-
clusive of the clergymen on the platform, with whom

•
it would be almost an insult to common sense to coin
pare the author of the drivelling nonsense, upon whicl
we are compelled to bestow our notice.

The Journal says that the " Vast year, and the year
before, these meetings were of some importance," and
most oddly assigns as a reason, that " the endowment

affair was then proceeding !" What imaginable con-
nection could there be between the endowment ques-
tion and the exposition of theerrors of Popery ? The
objects of the Protestant AssoCiation are of a general,
and not of a local character, and, therefore, the endow-

ment question, which involved no general principle,
could not confer any "importance" on the proceedings
at its meetings•: The " school question" was of a dif-
ferent character. That subject is intimately connected

with the secret workings and machinations of the Po

pish system, and was, therefore, very properly intro

. . _
duced into the discussions of the Protestant Associa•

The Journal seems to assume the character of an
arbiter in the matters of "decency and good manners,"
and yet ventures to designate the Rev. Messrs. Gregg,
M‘Neile, Ralph, and M‘Ghee, as "two Irish vagrants,
and an Irish and a Scotch interloper." Our readers
need not be informed that the Journal employs this
singularly elegant and polite phraseology to four of
the most gifted, eloquent, pious, and laborious clergy-
men in the British dominions, each of whom possesses
" more learning in his little finger " than this Popish
" interloper" does in his whole body.
On what authority does the Journal assert that " the
speeches abounded with filth and folly ?" We have
already furnished the public with a copious report of
the speeches. In which of them does the Journal dis-
cover " filth and folly ? We can recognise no such in-
gredients, excepting, indeed, they are to be found in
the extracts read from various Popish publications.
If the Journal alludes to these, it is quite welcome ;
but we do not agree with him that they have " lost all
claim to attention on the score of novelty." The
" filth and folly" of the apostate Church of Rome are
so identified with its doctrinal system, and so amalga-
mated with its demoralizing discipline, that it becomes
the imperative, but painful, duty of every lover of wis-
dom and purity to expose them to the reprobation of
mankind. We can well appreciate the soreness of the
Papists on the subject of the " filth and.folly" of Peter
Dens, and the oilier casuists of the Church of Rome;
but it is taking rather too great a liberty whir truth,
to impute these abominations to those who are so se-
dulously engaged in denouncing them. If it be an
act of impropriety in Protestant clergymen to allude
in the most delicate manner to this " filth and folly,"
what must be the degree of criminality attached to the
authors who have laboured so diligently in their pro-
pagation ? get the Journal answer.

The Journal accuses the speakers at the Protestant
meeting of slandering the Irish Papists, their clergy,
and their religion. If truth be a slander, we acknow_
ledge that the charge is well-founded. Let the Jour-
nal prove that the Popish priests have been otherwise
than thus slandered, Is "to rave about the beast in
the Revelations" to be considered as a slander upon
the Church of Rome ? If so, the more of such slan-
der we have the better; but let us not call it "rav-
ing," for that would imply a censure upon the Bible

_
The Journal jumps too hastily to a conclusion when
takes it for granted that the •' attacks" of the Pro-

testant Association " have ceased to have political im-
portance." We beg to assure the Journal that he
could not be guilty of a more unfounded assumption.
The labours of the Protestant Association have con-
tributed far more signally to further the conservative
reaction, now making such triumphant progress
through the length and breadth of the land, than the
most eloquent speeches delivered within or without

the walls of the houses of Parliament on merely
political topics. The missionaries of this associa-

tion have been successful in opening the eyes of the
British public to the dangers which surrouni the best
interests of the country—to the wily machinations of
the Jesuits—to the " filth and folly" which are infused

into the mass of the population through the teachings
of the Popish priests— to the foul and monstrous per-
jury which stalks unblushingly in the very legislature
—and to the inevitable ruin and national calamities
which are the bitter fruits of Popish ascendancy. This
is the true secret of the hostility manifested by the ra-
dical, Popish, and infidel press against the operations
of the Protestant Association. Hence arises the con-
tumely with which such men as the Rev. Hugh M'Neile,
the Rev. T. D. Gregg, the Rev. Dr. Sullivan, and the
Rev. R. G. M'Ghee areloaded by the republican press.
We . would particularly wish to impress upon the
minds of our readers that the most effectual method of
stirring up the people to a sense of the danger to which

the time-reverend institutions of our county are ex
posed, is to promote the Protestant reaction now in
progress. Conservative reaction will always follow
in the wake of Protestant reaction. The latter is a
deeper and more abiding sort of thing—a stronger im-
pulse—a more powerful feeling. O'Connell has set
up the "Repeal of the Union," meaning therebY Po-
pish Ascendancy, as his ultima ratio. Let PROTESTANT
ASCENDANCY, then, be our ultima ratio. In this lies
our only security against national perdition. This
will procure for us honest, wise, and Christian legisla-
tors. This will avert from us the judgments denouced
against " the followers of the, beast that sitteth upon
seven bills." -

The Journal talks of the "stale prosing of 111`Ghee,"
and "the equally stale ranting of WNeile," We pre-

sure that no speeiesof prosing or ranting would prove
more unacceptable in the eyes of the editor of the Jour-
nel than the quotations fram scripture which the speak-
, ers at the meetings of the Protestant Association so
provokingly introduce in their addresses to the public.
To the Papist there is nothing so "stale" and unwel-
come as the palpable denunciations in the scriptures
of the Church of which he is a member.
The miserable perversions, and the pitiable suppres-
sions of 'truth, of which the Journal is guilty, while
animadverting on. an isolated passage in the speech
delivered by the Rev. T. D. Gregg, we consider en-
tirely unworthy of notice. The sophistries to which
the Journal resorts are too transparent to deceive the
most ignorant of his readers.

The Live'poet Times has also indulged in some
lengthy and prosing remarks 6n the proceedings of
Thursday last. To these we shall address ourselves
on Tuesday,

THE WAREHOUSE QUESTION.—We are compelled
to defer our observations on the proceedings in the
Town Council on this question until Tuesday next,
when we shall examine it in all its bearings. In the
mean time we congratulate the -public upon the tri-
umphant issue of the division which took place. No
doubt our sage councillors, or at least some of them,
were influenced in their decision by a wholesome
dread of the ordeal through which they will have to
pass on the first of November. However, we must
add that the present adVantage over the foe is no secu-
rity against any future attack. The monopolising
monster is only scotched—not killed. Our friends
must be on the alert, especially between this and the
first of next month, when the liberals will be once
more put upon their trial.