The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-14 00:00:00

—Wind W.N.W., blowing fresh.

A RRIVED.—AmweII, Hesse, from Calcutta
Newfoundland.

Asia, , from

Water Lily, —, hence at Corfu
Panope, sailed from Leghorn for this port 25th Nov.
Pere Joilet, Roy, hence at Nantes
Tyro, hence off Jersey
Ocean Queen, Jolly, from St John, N.B. at the Downs
Helen Hamilton. Nicol, hence for La Guayra, was splzen 30th
November, with loss of jibboom and two men
Theodore, Behrendt, hence at Stromness for Danzig
Off the port, I barque, I brig, and 2 schooners

SECOND NATURE.—Physical force, moral force, and the
police, are all very powerful things, and so is the force of
habit. It killed a young gentleman last week at Spring-vale
Academy. He was the only boy left at school in the holi-
days, and the very first walk he took, be split himself—poor
fellow !—in trying to walk two and two.

Congratulatory addresses have been presented to the
Queen and Prince Albert, from the bishops and clergy of the
episcopal church of Scotland.—Standard.

INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF RAILWAYS.—In consequence
of the recent promotions in the army, Sir Frederick Smith
gives up the appointment of Inspector-general of Railways,
and assumes an important command at Chatham. The new
inspector-general is Major-General Pasley, of the Royal
Engineers, so well known among engineers as Colonel
Pasley.

EFFECTS or RAILROADS.—At the toll-letting on the
Sheffield and Wakefield turnpike-road, a few days ago, there
was not a single tender delivered, and the trustees of tho
road were therefore compelled to take the tolls themselves.
There was a similar scarcity of contractors at the letting of
the iron bridge tolls on the Wakefield and Denbydale road.
—Leeds Mercury.

The preparations that are making for the baptism
.of the
infant prince are said to be upon a style of real magnificence.
The ceremony, we are told, will take place early in next
month, when one of the names to be bestowed on England's
hope will certainly be Edward. With respect to sponsors,
nothing more is known than that the King of Belgium and
the Duke of Wellington will be two of them ; and it is even
whispered in circles which profess to know something, that
the duke will have the honour of giving one of his illustrious
names to the royal neophyte.—John Bull.

The annual expense of the late army and navy promotions,
presuming no casualties to occur, would be £21,000•--
Hampshire Telegraph.
AGRICULTURAL TOAST.—At a late agricultural dinner ill
Massachusetts the following toast was given :—" The game
of fortune ; shuffle the cards as you will, spades will always
win."

FRINCE OF WALES FUND.—The Prince of Wales Fund
for the poor of the city has reached nearly to £3,000, which
will prove a great boon to our distressed working population
during the winter, as it is to be distributed in meal, potatoes,
and coals.—Edinburgh paper.

The Univers, a Paris paper, quotes an extract of a letter
from its London correspondent, which states that not only
are great armaments carried on in the docks and arsenals of
Great Britain, but that an unusual and prodigious activity
reigns in the Foreign-office. Lord Aberdeen is said to spend
whole days, and even nights, in the despatch of besiness,
with indefatigable ardour, without his most intimate friends
being able to guess at the particular subjects which seem to
absorb his attention. The greatest mystery envelopes the
plans of the Cabinet, and nothing is known of the designs of

our statesmen.
Two melancholy accidents have recently occurred in the
fashionable world at Vienna. The Countess 11leshazy was
reading in bed, to which she was confined by indisposition,
when her taper caught the curtains, set the bed in flames,
and the unfortunate lady was so dreadfully burnt that she
died the next morning. On the same day the Count Lu-
gansky, of the Cuirassiers, was thrown from his horse and
killed.—Galignani's Messenger.
We are informed, upon authority on which we can rely,
that a paragraph which has lately appeared in several jour-
nals, announcing her Majesty's intention to grant a pardon
to convicts, on the single ground of the birth of the
Prince 'i
aless'erroneous. We are as-
sured ri isoprecedeut entirely
for the extension of the royal
ncethaotf
there
mercy to criminals in any similar instance. and that there is
no intention of exercising the prerogative of the Crown on
the present occasion.—Times.
POPISH OPPOSITION TO TITHE.—The payment of tithe
is, according to Roman Catholic principles, a religio.,
enjoined upon Roman Catholics by the Council of .1
and by the popular catechisms iu which the people are in
structed, with this addition, that the payment he made to th
"lawful pastors."—(Vide Christian Doctrine.) The griev-
ance of tithe is not the pecuniary amount, nor that in addition
they have to pay their own pastors; but the fact, that they
are obliged to pay tithes at all to the ministers of an heretical
sect. Whatever equivalent may be given to the itotuish
priesthood, still, so long as the tithe itself is withheld from
them, the Church of Rome will be dissatisfied with its ap-
propriation.—Lord Roden's Letter.
BRETON
ofW Quinaper Journal gives a
WEDDING.—The
hnenmarriageh eof the daughter of a wealthy
lonAg
farmer of Ploare, in that department, named Peuerez. The
bride is said to have been dressed in a robe of scarlet,_em-
broidered with gold and silver, which cost upwards of 500 f.
The bridal party, including friends and relations, amounting
to 500, all proceeded from the farm to the church, mounted
on horses decked with ribbons and favors. Numberless oxen,
sheep, and calves, were killed for the marriage feast, and the
consumption of liquor was not less than sir barrels of wine,
two of brandy, besides a great number of casks of cider.
i
The bridal garments of the guests were resplendent n colours
and texture. The feast was kept op for eight si!ccessive days
and even then was not terminated, as, according to ancient
custom in Brittany, the table is constantly replenished with
fresh viands until the last which are put upon it remain un-
, touched.

MISCELLANEOUS

A CASE OF MONOMANIA.--A gentleman, who fancied
himself a pendulum, always went on tick, and never disco-
vered his delusion until he was carefully wound up in the
Queen's Bench.
The Colonial Ofiir
grant ships w,
ment, till Mar

ssued notice, that no more emi-

contract of govern-

THE PRINCE OF WALES.—We hear that the infant prince
is to be named Albert Edward, after his royal father and
grandfather, and that the Queen Dowager and the Duke of
Saxe Coburg are to be the sponsors.—Standard.

THE BREVET.—The very •liberal promotions of the late
brevet may be best estimated by the increased cost to the
country, which we understand will amount to very nearly
£40,000 per annum, reducible, of course, as the lives fall in.

•
FORBIDDEN Booxs.—The papal government, by a decree,
dated the 15th ult., has placed several new works in the In-
dex. Among the works thus honoured are Ranke's " His-
tory of the Popes," the novels of Balzac, and various Belgian,
Spanish, and German works, mostly of a religious or histori-
cal character. No English book figures in the list, nor, with
the exception of Balzac's novels, is any French work in-
cluded.
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FEMALE HEROISM.—On the evening of the 6th instant,
a man named John Murphy entered the bedchamber of Mr.
Peter Duffy, of Solicitor's Point, Dundalk, and took from a
chest some clothes. His servant maid perceived the thief,
and instantly seized him. He then knocked her down ; but
she still kept hold, crying out for assistance. She was
dragged from the top room down the stairs into the hall,
where she succeeded in wresting the bundle from him, and
then ran to give the inmates alarm, who lost no time in pur-
suing, and succeeded in apprehending the ruffian, who was
fully committed.

Mr. Ashton Yates deposited £14,000 at the late election in
the hands of Mr. O'Connell towards defraying the expenses
attendant thereon ; and it is alleged that, from that hour to
the present, Mr. O'Connell has forgotten to refund one shil-
hug of the money to pay up the debts—or to reply to the
numberless communications that are being daily made to
him upon this subject. The radicals are outrageous at his
conduct.—Carlow Sentinel.

THE CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—Our
readers will recollect, that a bottle of genuine water from the
river Jordan was sent to this country as a present to the
queen, to be used at the christening of the princess royal.
After that interesting ceremony, the water was ordered to be
carefully preserved, and the bottle sealed. It is, therefore,
almost superfluous to say, that the precious element is des-
tined to perform the same office at the christening of the
Prince of Wales.—Court Journal.

WHALES AT DOVER.—The inhabitants of Dover, Folk-
stone, and adjacent places, have lately been surprised with
visits from some huge monsters of the deep. Three or four
times a whale has been "spouting" off Dover; and we un-
derstand that, in the early part of this week, two or three
whales and two sharks (though we doubt the latter having
appeared) have been observed off Folkstone. doubtless driven
upon that coast by the late rough weather.—Canterbury
Journal.

MONACHISM AT OXFORD.—Mr. Newman, vicar of St.
Mary's the Virgin, is building several sets of chambers, for
the • reception of young men (candidates for orders, or for
monastic institutions in contemplation), in his parish, at
Littlemore. And we beg to direct the heads of colleges to
an investigation of the fact, whether several young men,
bound by oath to celibacy and monastic vows, are not now
receiving a gratuitous education in the university, from par-
ties who have no special interest in them. The Bishop of
Oxford, where is he l—Oxford Chronicle.

Lord Denman last week gave judgment in the Bridgewater
town council cause, respecting the ineligibility of townsmen
to hold office in the council who have a beneficial interest in
the property of the borough. His lordship said he was' of
opinion that a lease was a contract ; but he had doubts in his
mind whether a person holding a lease under the old corpo-
rations, and being a member of the new body, was disqualified
by the words of the new municipal law. This, if correctly
reported, must be a very unsatisfactory judgment. It is,
indeed, no decision of the case.—Bath Journal.

•
SERIOUS Loss.—An unfortunate circumstance occurred
on Thursday week, in connection with Mr. Tucker, a clerk,
in the employ of Messrs. J. and F. Savage, of Bristol. He
came from Reading in the afternoon by thel railway, with
bills and banknotes in his possession, to the amount of £365.
On leaving the terminus he proceeded to his residence on
Marlborough hill, and the next morning he discovered that
he had lost his pocket-book, containing the bills and notes.
The last time he had seen it was at Reading. The property
consists of eight ten-pound Marlborough notes, of Hillier
and Co.'s bank ; a one-hundred pound bank post bill, paid
at Reading ; a bill for twenty pounds, drawn by Wm. Fisher,
Stroud, a fifteen-pound Bank of England post-bill ; and one
hundred and forty pounds in five-pound notes of Bristol,
Bath, and Bank of England notes. A reward of £5O is
offered for their recovery.

SUDBURY, Nov. 10.—We have the utmost gratification in
being enabled to state, that since her Majesty the Queen
Dowager's health first began to amend, the improvement,
although gradual, has been constant, and that her perfect re-
covery, should no unexpected relapse take place, may be con-
fidently expected. The distressing cough by which she was
so constantly disquieted has in a great measure been abated,
and she is able in consequence to enjoy every night several
hours of regular and unbroken repose. The salutary effects
of this refreshing sleep have already become apparent. Her
Majesty now sits up from eight to ten hours every day with-
out fatigue, and has attained sufficient strength to walk about
her room unassisted. Sir D. Davies still remains in attend-
ance, and, with the exception of Lady Gore and her daugh-
ters, constitutes the only addition to the ordinary party at
Sudbury-hall.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning
last, as an engine was drawing a train of coal waggons from
the Havdock colliery, along the Dallam Lane branch of the
Grand Junction Railway, near Warrington, by some acci-
dent, a little boy seven years of age, named John Sephton, a
nephew of the engineer, was killed by the wheels of the en-
gine and waggon passing over him. It appears that the
neighbouring highway, Dallam Lane, is in such a state that
people-cannot walk upon it ; and, consequently, they trespass
upon the railway. This boy had on several former occasions
been caught riding on the engine, and punished for it, and it
was supposed he was attempting to get upon the engine, and
had fallen. An inquest was held on the body on Thursday,
before Mr. Heyes, and the jury returned a verdict of " Acci-
dental death," with a deodand of 20s. on the engine ; at the
same time recommending that the trustees or surveyors of
Dallam Lane should be summoned for not keeping the road
in repair.

MURDER. AT THE MANCHESTER WORKHOUSE.—On
Tuesday evening last, a barbarous and unprovoked assault,
attended with fatal results, was made on a poor old man,
named Peter Jackson, a pauper in the Manchester work-
house, by a fellow inmate, named Timothy Hetherington.
Those who witnessed the assault observed nothing in Jack-
son's conduct calculated to excite the angry feelings of his
assailant; and it is therefore supposed, that the wanton
ferocity which he displayed was the effect of temporary in-
sanity, particalarly as he had recently been subject to fits of
lunacy. Jackson was 67 years of age, and had been upwards
of four years in the workhouse, during which time he con-
ducted himself remarkably well. On Tuesday afternoon,
Jackson was standing in the men's day room : and Hether-
ington, the moment he entered, seized him by the collar,
threw him down on his back, and kicked him on the head

and side several times with great violence. Several persons
happened to be within view at the time, who ran to the old
man's assistance, and gave Hetherington into the custody of
the police. Medical aid was procured for Jackson; but he
died on Thursday from the wounds which he had received.—
Yesterday, Hetherington was placed at the bar of the Bo-
rough Court, before C. J. S. Walker, Esq., charged with
wilful murder. The assault having been proved, he was re-
manded until the result of the coroner's inquest was known.
Last night the inquest was held at the workhouse, on view of
the body, before Mr. Rutter, when, in addition to the above-
mentioned facts, it was stated, that a fortnight ago the pri-
soner threatened to make a cripple of deceased, unless he re-
funded 18d. which the prisoner had lent him ; and Hether-
ington himself voluntarily stated, that he assaulted deceased
because he said he would not pay him. Mr. Snape, the
workhouse surgeon, deposed that the deceased came to him
for medical aid on Tuesday evening about half-past six
o'clock, and was then labouring under a great difficulty of
breathing. He complained of acute pain in his side ; and,
on a post mortem examination, it was found that one of the
fractured ribs had penetrated the right lung, which injury
produced inflammation in that part. There was much
effused blood under the skin, caused by external violence.
The left lune was also in a diseased state, deceased having
been labouring under asthma and chronic affection of the
lungs for some time previously. The external violenee he
had suffered was sufficient to account for his death. The pri-
soner was twice under restraint, about four months ago, in
consequence of mania, induced by epilepsy. From the tes-
timony of Mr. Robinson, governor of the workhouse, it ap-
peared that the prisoner was 30 years of age ; that he was
dangerously violent when he received any provocation, and
that he had been frequently confined for outrageous conduct,
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the
prisoner.—Manchester Guardian of Saturday.

THE OPINION OF THE AMERICANS 'RESPECTING THE
AGITATION FOIL THE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS.--We
have been favoured by a friend in Birmingham, with the fol-
lowing extract from a letter, received from a gentleman re-
siding in New York, on the repeal of the corn-laws. The
letter from which the quotation is made, was received in
Birmingham on Saturday last :—" The people here laugh at
the English about their agitation in favour of a repeal of their
corn-laws. I have asked a great many farmers, with whom
I ant acquainted, respecting the price of flour, and they as-
sure me, one and all, that flour cannot be produced here
under five dollars a barrel,—and it is sometimes as, high as
eighteen and twenty dollars a barrel. It is selling at the pre-
sent time at seven dollars and a half per barrel. A barrel of
flour weighs 196 lbs. It is well understood here that your
corn-law agitation is got up by the Manchester manufac-
turers, and the Yankees laugh at the English people for their

ignorance and infatuation. -Bread is as as it is in
England; meat is dearer ; butter is also dearer, and these
are the three principal articles in housekeeping." We have
also another extract from the same letter, on the subject of
negro emancipation, which is worthy of notice :—" Things
are in an unsettled state here. There are constantly riots
and fights between the Whites and the Blacks. The libera-

tiou of the Blacks is considered the greatest curse that ever

happeneTinthiscoUniiy ; they are too idle to work, and are
the greatest thieves in existence, Eighteen out of twenty
who are tried for theft are Blacks ; if a man offends them
h
they will set fire to his house. There was a black woman
executed since 1 came here, for arson. Joseph Sturge was
here a short timehis rar, for about six weeks, and was glad to
get away with
tlhfethselayvceould catch him anywhere up
the country, in states, they would Lynch
him. ".._ Ten Towne' Messenger.
of
Messenger.
TAE MYERScouG ROBBERY.—The following is the
confession of one of lith men now in custody as being con-
cerned in this robbery, takene on the 7th instant :—Having
agreed with John Knowles, Thomas Wilding, Thomas
Wignall, and another the call Joseph, to rob the house of
John Cottam, at MayersYcou on the evening of Saturday,
the 27th of last month, I foll d them to the house, and
about eight o'clock found thernowZ awaiting for me in the
shippon. We all remained there for a few minutes, when,
Knowles seeing Cotton open the door, went first; Thomas
Wilding followed next, Jeps the
on, and n myself and Wignall.
p
Knowles, Wilding, and Jeson, had
been eL), had got some
in the house a
more
.itort time before I went in. I
money, and were insisting upon having
door was first opened, I said—shoot him, ao;dand when the
others used threats. We were all in the house somet of the
an hour. After making search through the houshie think about
up stairs, and looked into two of the rooms. We fastened
fal went
the inmates to some chairs, left then ouse and came stslt.ne•n2ehdt
away to Preston. I left the party ear ;he lime-kilns,lL;
far from Tulketh-hall. I think Knowles took all the money.
Just before I left them, Knowles was counting out the money,
and he then gave me eight hall-crowns. I did not get any
more money until a day or two after the hand-bills about the
robbery had been posted, when Wilding brought me three
pounds more—one sovereign • and two pounds in silver. I
said that was not a fair share. I don't recollect whetherinall. he
said anything in reply. I have had only four pounds
I have spent ss. 6d. out of it. I saw Knowles leave the
stolen watch on the road. It was a small one. I asked him
what time it was, and he said it was not going. I received
the £3 in Lady-street, and Jepson was there with Wilding.
We had several new pistols with us, and some of the party
said they came from Caton's. There were two old umbrellas
and two pairs of stockings taken. I think Jepson had one
pair of the stockings, and I think the umbrellas were thrown
away before we reached Preston.—Prestox pager.

The Grand Jo:lotion Railway Company officially announcied
on the Ist inst., that they had " reduced the tonnage rate or

toll on cotton and other wool,

;s, anti -manufa,

on passen-
We

;o one penny per ton per mil
gers to four-fifths of a penny per passenger per mile
trust the experiment will prove amply successful.

LIBERAL REGARD FOR THE SUFFERINGS OF THE POOR
—A "liberal" of the purest water, on being solicited, a few
days ago, to contribute to the fund now raising for the relief
of the poor of the parish of All Salnts, replied with charac-
teristic coarseness and petulance—" No, not a farthing till
the corn laws are repealed." It is much to be feared that
here, us everywhere else, our charities would cut
figure but for the aid and countenance of the " gi
tyrannical tories."—Newcastle Journal.
A correspondent of the Birmingham Herald writes
understand a commission is to be appointed immediately, to
examine receivers and collectors of taxes, with a view to a
reduction of the expenditure, and for the adoption of a me-
thod of discovering any illegal practices among collectors,
many of whom have been obliged to pay heavy penalties
lately, in consequence of verdicts obtained against them in
the Court of Exchequer; two are recorded of £7OO each. We
would advise all persons paying queen's taxes to keep their
receipts."

RAILWAY SIIAILIMOLDMIS.—The Dublin Evening Mail
states that a trial took place in the Court of Queen's Bench,
Dublin, on Wednesday last, in which the Drogheda Railway
Company succeeded in obtaining a verdict against one of
their defaulting shareholders who declined paying up his in-
stalments in pursuance of the provisions contained in the act
of parliament under which the company is incorporated. The
value of this verdict consists, not so much in the amount of
the sum recovered, as that it puts an end to further litigation
in reference to the question raised by the issue, and decides
the class of cases similarly circumstanced.
EDUCATION.—The six English counties having the great-
est proportion of schools, are Cumberland, Durham, Middle-
sex, Northumberland, Rutland, and Westmorland ; in which
the schools are, one for every 727 inhabitants ; and the crimi-
nal offenders, one for every 1156 inhabitants. The six coun-
ties that have the smallest proportion of schools are, Chester,
Dorset, Hereford, Lancaster. Northampton, and Somerset ;
in which the schools are one for every 1540 inhabitants ; and
the criminal offenders, one for every 528 inhabitants. In
Essex, Gloucester, Hertford, Middlesex, Somerset, and War-
wick, we find one criminal offender, in the annual lists of
government, for every 449 inhabitants ; and only one school
for every 1069 inhabitants; on the other hand, in Cornwall,
Cumberland, Derby, Durham, Northumberland, and West-
morland, we have only one criminal to every 1309 inhabi-
tants ; while we have one school for every 839 inhabitants.
In other words, there are six counties in England that have
nearly three times the amount of crime found in six other
other counties ; and the counties with the least crime, have
one-fourth more schools than the counties in which crime
abounds.

ARE TITHES A GRIEVANCE ?—As a mere pecuniary burden
especially as the law at present exists, tithes cannot press as
all upon Roman Catholic farmers ; it is really, as it alway_
has been, a portion of that which otherwise would be avail_
able to the landlord. The landlords are the bona fide tithe
payers, and if tithes were done away in reality, as well as in
name, they would alone be the gainers. The total amount of
tithe payable to the clergy of the Irish church amounts, in
round numbers, to about £300,000; of this the landlords in
fee, that are Roman Catholics, pay only obout £14,000, so.
little grounds have they for asserting that the Established
Church is supported in whole, ore even chiefly, by the Roman
Catholics. Indeed, under the existing state of the law, the
tithe is already scarcely noticed by the majority of tenants.
In a short time, if left to themselves, the name of it will be
almost forgotten, and unless some strange revolution takes
place there cannot be any successful agitation in regard of it.
Some such measure as that which Lord Alvanley recommends
is the most likely means of producing such an unfortunate
result.—Lord Roden's Observations on Ireland.

" WHO SHALL DECIDE ?" &c.—At the meeting held at
Wakefield, to agree upon addresses to the Queen and Prince
Albert, on the birth of the Duke of Cornwall, a serious
difference arose between the two learned doctors, as to whether
or not there was any danger in childbirth, as the words of
the address expressed. Dr. C. Crowther declared there was
no danger in childbirth, and seriously objected and protested
against the foolish fear of that danger, which this address
was likely to spread. Mr. Statter, on the other band, who
prided himself on being the oldest practitioner in Wakefield,
and " on having had more to do with childbirths than any
other man in the town," staked his professional reputation
on the fact that there was danger, and sometimes very great
danger. In deference to the oldest practitioner, Dr. Caleb
Crowther waived his objection, and the words " great dan-
ger" were declared to be worthy of insertion, amid the pro-
longed cheers of the meeting.
INGENIOUS MODE OF ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.—Of the
many cunning contrivances to escape from slavery, we think
the following is about the most shrewd we have heard yet.
Two slaves in a certain county of Virginia ran away with one
of their master's horses. The, started very early in the
morning, in the following fashion :—One of the slaves fastened
a strong rope round the other's body, tied him to the saddle
and drove off. When met and qnestioned, the rider answered,
" That black rascal undertook to run away from massa. I've
caught him, and am taking him home, quick step. I guess
he won't be for running away again in a hurry, after massa's
had the cooking of him." This failed not to elicit warm ap-
probation, accompanied with hospitable offers of refreshment
for himself and his horse. When arrived at a convenient
place, the slaves exchanged places • the rider submitting to
the rope in his turn, while the other performed his part to
admiration ; and like him, received assistance and praise for
his honest zeal in his master's service. Thus they journeyed
" in tye," till they reached Pennsylvania, when the rope was
no longer necessary. Thence they passed over into Canada.
—American- Paper.

THE MASTER OUTWITTED.—At a ploughing match,
which recently took place at a village within six miles of
Chesterfield, the following amusing adventure occurred :—A
boy asked his master to allow him to attend it. " Oh, no,"
said the master, " I have plenty of work for you at home ;"
upon which the boy went quietly to work in his master's
field. In the course of a short time the master prepared
himself to attend the meeting, but thought it proper, on his
way, to call and see how the boy was getting on in the field.
As he did not plough exactly to his master's satisfaction, the
latter dismOunted from his nag, threw the bridle over a gate,
and told the boy he would teach hire to plough. He there-
fore commenced working and talking—supposing the boy
was behind, paying attention to all that he said ; but, on ar-
riving at the other end of the field, to his great surprise and
mortification he found the boy was gone, leaving his master
in charge of the animals. There was no other alternative for
him but to take them home, where he found the boy, in ap-
parent indifference to the business. The master severely re-
primanded him for his conduct, and once more set off to the
field of sport. The boy, however, again outwitted him, hav-
ing arrived there before his master, with his plough and
horses ; and having started as a competitor for the prize,
which he won. It is expected that the master will not hear
the last of the joke to the end of his days,

TAKING THE VEIL.—The Roman Catholics, when they
first broached the project of establishing a nunnery in the
suburbs of this Protestant metropolis, did so with their usual
cunning and circumspection. It was introduced to the public
under the innocent designation of " A. Seminary for the
Education of Young Ladies," and any one who breathed a
whisper as to the real objects of the institution, was threatened
with a prosecution for libel. Gradually, however, has the
mask been dropped ; and now under the auspices of the am-
bitious lecturer in Broughton-street, Bishop Gillis, public
exhibitions of the ceremony of taking the veil are regularly
made, and the quasi boarding-school is proclaimed, in open
day, to be nothing more nor less than a Popish Nunnery.
One of these truly melancholy spectacles of knavery and
superstition, took place on Wednesday last, in the nunnery
alluded to, which is situated at the head of Bruntsfield Links,
before a select assembly of Papists and Protestants, the latter,
of course attracted by mere curiosity, to see how the interest-
ing drama would be conducted. We understand that there
were three orders of nuns consecrated, as it is impiously
termed, on this occasion. One young girl, evidently either
the dupe of priests, or of her own diseased fancies took the
first veil, which bound her to remain a close prisoner for
one year ; two took the second veil, and immured them-
selves for five years, and an interesting looking young lady
took the " vows" for life. On this last victim the chief
interest was centered—a mock funeral service was per-
formed, and having prostrated herself on the marble floor
of the chapel a pall was laid over her, and the bishop,
after much impressive palaver, consigned her to a living
death. The burial-rites occupied fully half an hour, during
which time this infatuated sacrifice lay prostrate upon the
cold ground. The feelings excited by the proceedings, on the
part of the protestants at least, must have been of the most
painful kind. How they could witness this auto da fe with-
out testifying their indignation and horror in a manner not
to be mistaken by the actors and agents, is certainly more
than we can imagine. In a moral and religious sense, after
such an exhibition, how can Christians pretend to look with
detestation upon or attempt to abolish the atrocities of
Juggernaut or the Suttee? Of course these proceedings are
as illegal as they are disgusting, and although the unhappy
victims, or rather blinned devotees, are deluded into the
belief that they are bound and may be compelled to submit
to the consequences of their infatuation ; it is in the power
of their families to rescue them from the unhallowed meshes
cast around them by the myrmidons of popery. What
renders such unnatural practices more odious is the fact that
the end of these pretended religious ceremonies is, that the
property of the victims passes into the hands of the priests,
who thus make religion a mere conduit for conveying into
their own pockets the means of those whom they dupe and
sacrifice at one and the same time.—Edinburgh Post.

CAVANAGH, TIIB " FASTING " IMPOSTOR.—This fellow
is not yet sufficiently recovered from the effects of his nine
or ten days' partial abstinence from food in Reading gaol to
undergo the exercise of the wheel ; nor has he yet been allowed
by the medical officers of the prison, in consequence of the
weak state of his stomach at present, to take animal food.
This " fasting " worthy, however, is allowed two pints of
pretty stiff gruel and four rounds of toast daily, with the ad-
dition, every alternate day, of a pint of soup. The whole of
these allowances he regularly consumes, and with a capital
appetite into the bargain. Cavanagh admits that he managed
to gull the public pretty well outside the gaol ; but that as
soon as he got inside he expected to be bowled out. His
hopes were that if he could have managed to keep up the
deception for a week, the magistrates would have been im-
pressed with the belief that he was not an impostor, and have
therefore liberated him. Before he was detected, he was
generally found in his cell upon his knees, a posture he has
not since been once seen in. Tiernan, who acted as a sort
of showman to the " fasting" knave, and who is incarcerated
in the same prison, states that when the fellow exhibited him-
self in Dublin, as a miracle, he received as much as £2O and
sometimes £3O a-day, from the hundreds of visitors who
flocked to see him. It does not appear that Tiernan was
wholly in Cavanagh's confidence. He says be never saw him
eat while he was with birn ; but he always had his suspicions
that he did.

ENOUGH.—How many toil on, disquiet, and harass them-
selves, as, if desperately struggling against poverty, at the
same time that they are surrounded with abundance !—have
not only enough, but more than enough—far more, in fact,
than they actually enjoy. Still they go on, worrying them-
selves incessantly in the endeavour to grasp at increase of
superfluity, as if under the influence of some fatal spell.
To the tasks of labour there are seasons of intermission,
but to the toils imposed by the vain endeavour to satisfy
imaginary wants, there are none; it is like attempting to
fill the cup of the Daniades, or to destroy the fabled Hydra
by cutting off its head. For one wish of the kind that is
gratified, two others, at least, more desperately craving
still, start up in its stead. It would be better were we
more frequently to look at those below, and gaze at those
above us, than we now do. It is true, we often turn our
eyes in the first-mentioned direction, but then it is gene-
rally to look down with unpitying indifference or contempt
on those less favoured than ourselves—rather for the pur-
pose of indulging our pride and self-conceit, than with
feelings of gratitude at perceiving how much our worldly
portion exceeds our deserts, when compared with that of
numbers whose real merits may far exceed our own. The
praise of the envious is far less creditable then their censures •,
they praise only that which they surpass ; but that which
surpasses them they censure. To be happy in old age, it is
st et
little
better
ttein r ;
old ;
age necessary that we accustom ourselves to objects that can
accompany the mind all the way through life, and that we
take the rest as good in their day. The mere man of pleasure
and the mere drudge in business is
bisutml whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical
and mechanical sciences, are a continual source of tranquil
and,
the in s
tsupdi
yt e
ofo of
those tlie gloomyis
y fotrhbeo
studyding s ,
ofand
tr
true
theology ; it teaches men to know and to admire the Creator,
superstition,pleasu pleasure
;
for the principles of science are in the creation—arc unchange-
able, and of Divine origin.

MAY BREACIT OF PROMISE CASE.—
The ease of Snape v. Dick (the Member for Weldon) was
struck off the list on Saturday week, because the plaintiff's

attorne

his recorc

'he action, however

will come on shortly, as Mr. Quintin Dick rej
like compromise, and is resolved to defend.

cts anything

AFFLICTING OCCURRENCE.-011 Saturday, two carts of
Messrs. Milne and Co.were passing Crompton Fold, near
Oldham, when they were accidentally driven over a child of

three years of age, named Jane Seville, daughter of Mr. Jas.
Seville, of Crompton Fold ; the girl was so injured that she
died in a short time ; the carter seemed much affected by the
affair. The coroner's inquest was held on Monday, at Jubilee
Inn, Crompton. Verdict; " Accidental death."
THE CENSUS AND THE LADlES.—According to the official
document just published, detailing the total amount of the
population of Great Britain, we find that the ladies have the
advantage in point of number over their " lords" in every
English county except the following :—Derby, Hereford,
Lincoln, Monmouth, Rutland, and Stafford : in Westmore-
land the gentlemen are in a minority of one !—the number
being, males, 28,234, females 28,235. There are but two
counties in the whole of Scotland, namely, Dumbarton and
Linlithgow, in which the lads outnumber the lasses:
The county of Cornwall is so extensively undermined, that
churches and church-yards, mansion-houses and hostelries,
are many of them suspended over a yawning gulph, and in
danger of crushing the lives out of some scores of adventu-
rous miners. We read in the Cornwall Gazette of last week
the following " narrow escape" :—" On Tuesday, at Mogan,
as the wife of a labourer called Dunstone was crossing her
kitchen, the ground suddenly gave way, and she was left
suspended by her arms over a shaft, but fortunately was
rescued from her perilous situation without any injury.',

RAISING OF THE BLOCKADE OF THE COAST OF CANTA-
BRIA.—The following important letter has been received by
the secretary at Lloyd's :

" 37, Old Broad street, Dec. 10.

" Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that I have just
received a despatch from my government, in which 1 am
directed to apprise the commerce of this country that the
blockade of the coast of Cantabria is raised.

" I have the honour to be your obedient servant,
" JOSE MARIA BARRERO

" To Mr. W. Dobson, Secretary at Lloyd's."
ALL-TRIUMPHANT STEAM.—The Great Western fired her
signal of arrival in Kingroad (ten miles from Bristol, at the
mouth of the river), at half-past ten on Monday night, in 13
days only from New York. The reporter of The Times went
on board, and left her again with the despatches, in an open
boat, and in a gale of wind, before 11. He reached London
by the mail train at half-past five. The intelligence was
printed, and despatched again to Bristol by one of the regular
trains, and a copy of The Times was in the cabin of the Great
Western, in the roadsted, by 1 o'clock p.m. These are the
wonders of steam navigation, steam travelling, and steam
printing.—Mechanics' Magazine.

We are informed that lately an eminent shipbuilder of one
of the outports, upon reading the dimensions recorded as
those of the Ark, was so struck with the just proportions
that prevaded the whole plan of construction, and the
similitude that it bore to that in use at the present day, that
he applied himself to the formation of a model which would
explain at sight the character and capacity of the huge vessel
so well known in religious history; and, to exhibit how little
our largest ships vary from her admeasurement, a model of
the British Queen has also been constructed on the same
scale. In both these works of art the proportions are ob-
served to the greatest nicety. It is understood that the
models will be presented for exhibition by the ingenious
projector to some public institution in the metropolis.—
Shipping Gazette.
A gentleman from the city called at the Treasury yester-
day, where he gathered that as soon as parliament meets there
will be an inquiry into the exchequer-bill fraud ; but that
there is no intention to appoint any commission to decide
upon the case of the innocent holders of the forged bills.
This is anything but consolatory to the parties so situated,
for a parliamentary inquiry will be sure to occupy a very long
time, and then, for aught appears to the contrary, the point
elicited will be, rather how to prevent such frauds i►l future,
than any consideration for those who have been the sufferers
by them. Hence it is clear that nothing is to be expected,
either from the Treasury or from any voluntary assistance,
in the way of promoting compensation, when parliament
shall assemble, in which alone the proper remedy must lie.—
London Times of Saturday.
GRACE DARLING'S FATHER AGAIN. Early on the
morning of the 26th ult. the schooner Dart, Peter Clark,
master, of Limekilns, from Aberdeen, with a cargo of pota-
toes, struck on the Nistone, near the outer Fern Islands.
The sea being high, the crew escaped in the boat, and landed
at the Longstone lighthouse. When the morning dawned it
was found that the vessel had disappeared. A schooner,
however, was observed in the offing, apparently under no
command, and it was concluded that she might be the Dart.
Darling, his son, and the crew immediately proceeded
towards her in Darling's boat, and got on board when she
was eight miles from the land, and six feet water in the hold.
Everything was done to save the ship and cargo. A flag of
distress brought Mr. Thomas Smith and a crew from the
inner lighthouse ; and being thus strengthened, by great
exertions they were enabled to get the vessel into North
Sunderland the following night. She has since been taken
to Berwick to repair.—Edinburgh paper.

DESPERATE FRACAS.—The Ten Towns' Messenger re-
ports proceedings before the Mayor of Shrewsbury, wherein
Dr. Mackenzie, the editor of the Salopian Journal, and
formerly of Liverpool, and Count Albizzi, a French teacher,
were the parties accused of a desperate fracas. The Salopian
Journal had given offence to the count by a severe critique
on the performances of a young lady at the Shrewsbury
Musical Festival. A violent paper war was carried on be-
tween them for some time, in which the most abusive
epithets were exchanged. At length the count waited on
the editor to exchange blows. Dr. Mackenzie was knocked
down, and the count, placing his foot on his fallen enemy,
commenced belabouring him with a stick. The editor then
drew forth a pistol, and threatened to shoot his assailant if
he did not liberate him, The pistol was fortunately wrenched
from his hand by a police-officer before any mischief was
done. The magistrates bound over both parties to keep the
peace.

THE LATE SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY'S WlLL.—This
truly great man has exhibited in the disposition of his pro-
perty all those beneficent principles which obtained for him
while living the warm friendship of a numerous and most
distinguished circle. Towards those who have been most
closely associated with him in his professional avocations he
has evinced a high-minded appreciation of their talents and
services. To Mr. Allan Cunningham, who has for more
than 30 years officiated as his secretary and manager of his
financial department, he has bequeathed the sum of £2OOO,
with a proviso that Mr. Cunningham shall remain in the ex-
ercise of his duties until the close of the establishment. We
need scarcely add that Mr. Cunningham has long been
favourably known to the public as a literary man. To Mr.
Henry Weekes, who, for the last 15 years, has been his chief
artist, he has left £l,OOO, on condition that he will complete
the works in progress at the time of the testator's decease ;
a strong proof of the high estimation in which he held the
talents of this gentleman. Handsome legacies are left to the
executors, and Sir Francis not having any issue, the remain-
der of his ample fortune and property is left to Lady Chan-
trey for her life, and at her decease to be employed in the
promotion of the fine arts in such a manner as will form the
noblest and most imperishable. monument to his fame.

POST LETTER.6.—Extract from a return of the number of
chargeable letters which have passed through the London
General Post inwards and outwards, since the first general
reduction of postage, on the sth December, 1839, in periods
of four complete weeks each, and distinguishing, as regards
each period, the unpaid, paid, and stamped, and total number
of letters for the year immediately preceding the reduction.
Four weeks ending Jan. sth, 1839, (the year preceding the
reduction,) unpaid letters, 1,299,789 ; paid, 201,127 ; total,
1,500,916. Four weeks ending Dec. 7th, same year, un-
paid, 1,359,439; paid, 323,473; total, 1,682,912. Four weeks
ending Jan. 4th, 1840, (commencement of fourpenny uni-
versal rate,) unpaid, 1,566,434; paid, 2,505,847; total,
4,102,281. Four weeks ending Feb, Ist, 1840, (commence-
ment of penny rate,) unpaid, 787,139; paid, 2,217,127 ; total,
3,004,267. Four weeks ending April 25th, unpaid, 423,930 ;
paid, `2,980,970; total, 3,404,900. Four weeks ending May
23d, unpaid, 410,399 ; paid, 2,630,895 ; stamped, 419,984 ;
total, 3,461,278. Four weeks ending Dec. sth, 1840, un-
paid, 296,285; paid, 2,096,097; stamped, 1,992,219; total,
4,385,301. Four weeks ending Jan. 2d. 1811, unpaid, 333,433;
paid, 1,974,684; stamped, 2,047,120; total, 4,355,237. End-
ing Jan. 30th, unpaid, 370,080 ; paid, 2,204,919 ; stamped,
2,108,074; total, 4,683,073. From that time to June 19th,
up to which time the return was made, there was a steady
increase in all descriptions, unpaid, paid, and stamped.
Four weeks ending June 19th, 1841, unpaid, 485,986; paid,
2,310,379; stamped, 2,516.304; total, 5,342,669.
It is said that Sir Robert Peel employs the present parlia-
mentary recess in making inquiries as to the prices, the rates
of wages, the condition of the labouriug classes, and generally
the resources of the corn countries in Europe and Asia. It
is acknowledged that these inquiries, if properly made, are
likely to prove useful, which is an admission that they are
unnecessary to a perfect knowledge of the subject, and, as
such, they sufficiently justify the premier's refusal to im-
provise a repeal or modification of the corn laws, when
strongly urged to do so about two months ago ; the necessity

for these inquiries, too, even up to the present time, reflects
an unfavourable ight upon the rash enterprise of the late
cabinet, made so long ago as the month of April, and if we
believe its authors—which, however, in candour, we own not
to be the case—determined upon twelve months ago. The
inquiry ascribed to Sir Robert Peel is perfectly in accordance
with the conscientious and prudent character of the states-
man to whose care the destinies of the empire are so happily
committed. Nearly thirty years ago the late Mr. Cobbett,
no complimentary critic, acknowledged that " Mr. Peel was
distinguished from every other politician of the time by the
care which he took always to make himself thoroughly ac-
quainted with facts." And whoever has watched the right
lion. Bart.'s course can scarcely have failed to observe that,
excelling as lie does excel, all competitors in the qualities of
a public speaker, lie excels them still more in a perfect
knowledge of the facts connected with every great question
that comes before parliament. This is the characteristic
which distinguishes Sir Robert from the great statesmen of
past ages, as well as from the greatest among its con-
temporaries. He has never in thirty years been caught
tripping, never found in a mis-statement, or even a mistake,
as to the matter of faet—this must be the fruit of extra-
ordinary sagacity, sound judgment, and immense labour,
stimulated by conscientious zeal—attributes of a statesman
scarcely enhanced in value by even Sir Robert Peel's elo-
quence. The research which the right hon. baronet is now
understood to be prosecuting must have results, the value of
which it is difficult to overrate, although we can easily enough
anticipate, from information already in our hands, what these
results will be.—Standard.

AURICULAR CONFESSION.—It has been recently pro-
claimed from the pulpit of St. Mary's, at Oxford, (says the
Morning Herald,) in a discourse preached and published by
the Rev. Professor Baden Powell, that the Popish ceremony
of auricular confession is notoriously administered by certain
Puseyite clergymen to their deluded devotees. This is a
grave accusation delivered by an eminent professor in the
face of the heads of houses and of the whole University. It
is such a charge as demands, in our opinion, the immediate
investigation of the Bishop of Oxford. If unfounded, this
preacher should be gravely. admonished not to deal in such
rash and dangerous accusations against his brethren. If it
can be substantiated, the accuser and the accused should be
confronted with each
other ; and if it can be brought home
to any clergymen resident officially in his lordship's diocese,
we hesitate not to assert, that however high in station, or
irreproachable in character, such a clerk should be forthwith
suspended from his spiritual functions, with an intimation
that for a second offence he would be at once and for ever
deprived of the power of exercising his clerical duties in the
diocese of Oxford. We have not noticed this circumstance
before, in the hope that some proper notice would have been
taken by the Ordinary ; but as two or three weeks have since
intervened, we deem it right, . to draw the attention of the
University and the public to this mostimportant fact. It is
too plain that we have now arrived at the crisis which has been
so long expected. Either the cause of the reformation and
the doctrines of our reformers are to be upheld—or we are
of the Papists •
to be silently passed over to the. rites and ceremonies of Po-
pery. The case in question is the argu.mentin crucial'
by which it must be decided. If the Puseyitestittiorye amtaliybaerlstoy
toot introducero
dtiintroduce
tthe
et
mass,he rite o
ro of
ny auricularrite
or
ceremonyconfession,.
and if a Protestant bishop, either from tear orfathveoruer,idseal
clines to investigate a charge thus publicly brought by an
eminentvirtual
od a
nd professor,
abolitionbe fore
of thethe whole
power
ao 4 university,. superintendence
of our episcopal bench. We say that this is the real truth
and bearing of the case ; and that silence. will. be viewed by
the Puseyites as equivalent to an official connivance in their
Popish propensities.

CRIME IN YORKSHIRE.—There are now upwards of
Asmly prisoners in custody in York Castle, for trial at the
next assizes, being about thirty above the average at this
Season of the year, for the last seven years.

LORD 11 ILL.—We can state with certainty there is not the
least foundation for the report which has gone the round of
the newspapers, announcing the retirement of Lord Hill from

the office of Commander-in-Chief. The noble and gallant
lord has not expressed, or in the slighteSt degree intimated,
any wish to retire from a situation which he has filled with
so much credit to himself and satisfaction to the In
fact, the report is groundless.—Slandard.
HERTFORD.—A singular scene occurred on Saturday at

Hertford. A court for the relief of insolvent debtors was
held before Mr. Commissioner Law, who went expressly
from London for the purpose, and only !` one case" appeared
for hearing. The appearance of one insolvent had occasioned
the attendance of about a dozen persons. The gaoler and
other officers were required to appear. The insolvent at-
tended in a smeck-frock, and owed about £4O. The court
was only open a short time, and the scene was closed.

OXYORD, Dec. 10.—A circular, signed " A Resident
Member of Convocation," was issued yesterday, addressed
to Dr. Pusey, suggesting the propriety of withdrawing both
the present candidates for the vacant Professorship of Poetry,
and pointing to the Rev. T. L. Claughton, Fellow of Trinity,
as an eligible third or neutral candidate—" a gentleman,"
the circular describes, as " most honourably distinguished in
the University for having gained the highest classical
honours, and also for having carried off three out of four of
the original prizes."

FAILURE OF THE NEW POOR LAw.—Circumstances, we
understand, are compelling the Poor-law Commissioners to
give up the principle which they deemed the keystone of their
system—namely, that the workhouse should always be sup-
plied as a test of destitution. Mr. Senior, the assistant Poor-
letiv Commissioner, acting, no doubt, upon orders received
from Somerset-house, has publicy announced to the Board
of Guardians of the Nottingham Union that them is no re-
striction on the administration of out-door relief, and that
the guardians have in consequence discharged 50 persons from
the workhouse, and ordered them relief at their own homes.
LAMENTAI3LE OCCURRENCE ON TIIE DUDDON SANDS.
—We are extremely sorry to state that a melancholy and fatal
accident occurred to Mr. Robert Lightfoot, surgeon, of
Broughton-in-Furness, late of Wigton, on Thursday week,
whilst attempting to cross Duddon-sands, which have been
the grave of almost countless numbers who have attempted
to cross them. It appears that Mr. Lightfoot left his home
about ten o'clock in the morning of the day above mentioned
to visit some patients in Kirkby Irleth, after which he had

to cross Duddon-sands for Millom. in order to visit some
others. Kirkby is about three and a half miles from Hol-
born-hill, across the Ssnds, to which place he was going, and
thirteen miles round by Broughton, so that crossing the
Sands saved a ride of nine and a half miles. Mr. Lightfoot

was quite in time for the tide, and got through the channel,
which he had been in the habit of crossing daily. He was
last observed cantering up the far or Cumberland side of the
Sands in shallow water, and it is supposed the horse had
fallen into what is termed a " break "—a deep hole caused
by the Sands having been removed by the preceding tide,
and that he had been suddenly thrown from his horse, as the
rein, which he held in his left hand, had been entirelycarried
over the horse's head. There is no doubt that the deceased
had been fast in the stirrup, and had been dragged in the wa-
ter by the horse for some time, as the right side stirrup was
entirely lost, and his right ancle was either dislocated or bro-
ken, which could not be exactly ascertained on account of
the swelling of the joint. When the deceased's clothes had

been saturated with water, the spring bar of the stirrup had
been opened and let out the leather. The horse was saved
by some sailors belonging to a vessel close at hand. The
body of the deceased was found next day about ten o'clock,
nearly half a mile from the place where he was supposed to
have perished.—Westmoreland paper.

PROFESSOR KEBLE'S SERMON AT ST. MARY'S.-Mr.
Keble, professor of poetry, and one of the tractarian trium-
virate, preached the university sermon on Tuesday last. The
substance was such as to remind us most forcibly of Mr.
Sibthorp's university sermon, preached only a few months
before his conversion to the catholic religion. The public
are anxiously looking for the publication of the episcopal
charge of a sixth bishop (Winchester), the diocesan of Mr.
Keble. The trumpet of his spiritual overseer has blown no
uncertain sound, and the reverend gentleman is in this awk-
ward dilemma : he must either retire, or will show that, when,
in his letter to Mr. Justice Coleridge, he spoke of " feeling
deeply the slightest word of his bishop," he meant to frighten
the bishop out of speaking (just as if his lordship of Oxford is
dumb), or not to heed his voice, should be be so harsh.—
Oxford Chronicle.

FREAKS OF STEAM TRAVELLING.—One day last week
the Rev. C. B. Marriott, of Thundersly, having decided to
proceed from the city of " bustle and barter" to the rustic
quietude of Harlow, determined on entering himself on the
Northern and Eastern Rail ; accordingly he possessed him-
self of a snug first-class seat, and was soon spinning along
before the gale to his destination. " Harlow Station" at last
stared him in the face, as plainly as paint and board could
stare ; but, alas ! the carriage door had become fixed by the
rain : all his exertions could not get it down to enable him to
serve the officers with notice to quit. All the rev. gentleman's
calling out, and all his hammering the glass, as heavily as
glass may be safely hammered, brought no one to his prison
door; and, as it was vain for him to attempt to put a bit in
the mouth of a steed which is fed with coke and driven with

a kitchen poker, he soon found himself whirling along to the
next station. at Sawbridgeworth. Here he succeeded in
achieving his liberty, and was consoled by the information
that, on the usual terms, he could be conveyed back to Har-
low. In due time the rev. traveller resigned himself to his
fate and to the up-train ; but scarcely was he snugly seated
and fairly under weigh, when his fellow-passenger informed
him that that train did not stop at Harlow. This was too
true: onwards went the monster with puff and snort and

rattle of wheels, regardless of his wishes, all he saw of the
desired haven of his hoßes_being the glimpse which steam at

30 miles an hour afforded Mtn. Of course it was useless
lingering at the next station, so onwards he flew to town,

where. On a proper representation of the case to the secretary
and directors, the hotel expenses of the night were handsomely
paid by them; and the next morning he was again skimmer-
ing the earth towards Harlow. Again the painted hoard an-
nounced to him his journey's end, aided by the voices of the

attendants ; again, too, the carriage-door became obstinate in
its slides and sulky in its hinges ; and it was not till the train
was almost again in motion that the rev. gentleman was en.
abled to set foot upon the desired spot ; even then it was not
effected without some risk, as in his haste to avoid a secoud
trip to Sawbridgeworth, he did not perceive another leviathan
of the modern road, which a few yards off was hissing and
boiling up the rail upon which he alighted.—Chelmeord
Chronicle.

SUSPECTED INCENDIARISAI Dl' A FEMALE.—About one
o'clock on Friday morning, a fire broke out in a barn belong-
ing to Mr. J. Salmon, at Great Clueton Farm, which soon
communicated to the other buildings, and, though the Equi-
table engine arrived in the course of an hour, and active as-
sistance was rendered by the superintendent of police and
others, the barn, which was full of wheat, the stables, and
out-houses, together with a wheat, a barley, and a clover
stack, were destroyed. The damage done amounts to about
£4OO. A part only of the property was insured, and we re-
gret to add, there is reason to suspect that the fire was the
act of an incendiary. Soon after the fire, Superintendent
Evans discovered the impressions of foot-marks near the
premises, which were believed to be those, of the incendiary,
And he carefully dug up the earth containing them, and thus
secured the impressions in a box. A woman named Thomp-
son was apprehended, when it was found her shoes corres-
ponded with the marks, and other strong evidence being ad-
duced against her, she was remanded for further examina-
tion. The prisoner is believed to be insane.—Essex Herald.
THE CoNvicT WARD.—The day appointed for the execu-
tion of this wretched man is Monday, the 20th instant.
Since his conviction his conduct has been such as leads to the
hope that he feels fully impressed with the necessity of ma-
king his peace with his Maker. lie maintains a reserved
and quiet demeanour, almost approaching to sullenness, but
listens with profound attention to the exhortations of the
Rev. Ordinary, who is unremitting-in his endeavours to bring
the unhappy man to a sense of his truly awful situation. He
has not made any confession, as has been reported, nor does
he allude in any way to the crime of which he has been found
guilty. Upon being told that there was no reason for him to
hope that his life would be spared, and that the day was fixed
upon when he was to suffer, he made no reply, but received
the information as a matter of course. He now occupies the
same cell in which Blakeslcy, Courvoisier, and others who
have suffered, were confined, and (as is always now the case
with those who are condemned to suffer the extreme penalty
of the law), is never left alone. Great exertions are being
made by many persons to obtain a mitigation of the sentence,
but as yet we have reason to believe their appeals have been
unavailing.

DREADFUL. SITUATION.—The Cherbourg journal relates
that on Monday, the 29th ult., two men and a woman went
from the small town of Lezardrieux, in the Cote du Nord,
in a boat of eight or ten tons, to gather a load of sea weed,
much used on the land in that country. Having taken a full
cargo, they were returning home, when a gale of wind arose,
tore away their sails, unshipped the rudder, and left them
with only one oar to steer by, through a tempestuous sea,
the other having been washed overboard. Thus they re-
mained at the mercy of the wind and waves, starving with
cold and hunger, and not knowing how far they had drifted,
till Thursday morning at daybreak, when they found them-
selves within sight of the point of land on which the lighthouse
of Andreville stands, the reflection of which they saw during
the darkness. The master of the boat and his man deter-
mined to use their single oar to steer it on shore ; but the
woman, with more judgment and resolution, seeing that they
must, on account of the violence of the waves, be inevitably
dashed to pieces on the rocks, insisted on their again turning
the boat's head off, and trusting to P,ovidence. In an hour
and a half afterwards, when about four leagues to the east of
Cape La Hogue, they were seen by a Havre pilot-boat, who
answered their signals of distress, bore down upon them, took
them in, and towed their boat safe into Cherbourg, where
the poor creatures were landed on Friday morning, in a state
of almost total exhaustion.

NARROW ESCAPE OF Two BANK NOTES. During the
Statutes at Otley, a person who had been offering up a sac-
rifice at the shrine of Bacchus, and had evinced his zeal by
pouring most copious libations into his own stomach, in ho-
nour of the " jolly god ", and thinking at the same time a
burnt offering might not be unacceptable, drew from out of
his pocket a piece of paper, part of which he appropriated to
the lighting of his pipe, returning the remaining part to
his pocket. The evening passed merrily on, and the smoke
curled in beautiful circles about his head, till at length being
weary of his festivities in honour of his favourite divinity,
he gradually sunk into the arms of Morpheus, but judge of
of his surprise when, on awaking, he found that part of a
£5 bank note had been torn away to light his pipe, and of
his joy when, on examining it, he discovered that the signa-
ture was only partly destroyed, and that, on taking it to the
bank, what remained of his note was exchanged for gold.
Shortly afterwards another person called at the same bank
to enquire whether any one of a suspicious appearance had,
within a few hours, presented a £lO note ; and being
answered in the negative, said he had just lost a note of that
value, and left the bank, very much regretting his loss. A
few days afterwards the same individual called, and stated
that his note had been found among some ashes down in the
yard of an inn in the town, with a large hole burnt through
its centre.

HORSE V. MAN.—On Tuesday, Cootes, the well-known
pedestrian, entered upon a second match with a horse, to go
six miles and leap 100 hurdles, the first in to win. The
match was bona fide and for £2O. Cootes also had a by-bet,
that whether beating the horse or beaten he would perform
the distance in 40 minutes. The contest came off in the
cricket field upon the Handford-road, at one o'clock, at
which time a great number of persons were upon the ground.
Owing to the ease with which Cootes had beaten the horse
Towitt upon a previous occasion, the betting was 6 to 2 in
favour of the former. The horse matched against Cootes on
the present occasion was a powerfui gray, aged, regularly
hunted, and evidently possessing great powers. There were
four leaps in each round, and 25 rounds made up the distance
of six miles. After the umpire and referees were appointed,
Cootes and his brute companion started upon their under-
taking. Horse and man, Ist round, even ; 2d round, man 2
leaps behind ; 3d, 3 leaps behind ; 4th, 3 leaps behind ; sth,
4 leaps ; oth, 4 leaps; 7th, 4 leaps ;—horse pulled up for a
minute ; Bth round, man 3 leaps behind ; 9th, 3 leaps ; 10th,
3 leaps ; 11th, 4 leaps ; 12th, 5 leaps ; 13th, 4 leaps—horse
pulled up ; 14th, 6 leaps ; 15th, 6 leaps ; 16th, 6 leaps ; 17th,
7 leaps ; 18th, 8 leaps—horse pulled up ; 19th, 7 leaps ; 20th,
7 leaps ; 21st, 8 leaps ; 22d, 7 leaps ; 24th, 8 leaps ; 25th,
man 9 leaps behind. The horse, therefore, was declared the
victor. The animal won easily, and took two rounds and
eight leaps after he had cleared his last hurdle, at a gallop,
to prove his thorough bottom. He was not at all distressed.
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LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 13.
At this day's market we have had a small supply of things, and
those of first quality command high prices. Beef of first quality
varying from 6id to 7id ; middling from 5d to 6d. Good Wethers
scarce, and sold from 7d to 7d; Ewes 6d to 6id, sinking the offal.
Head of Cattle at market, Beasts 1323 ; Sheep 4433.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 10.
The only change in the import duties for the ensuing week
is a decline upon Foreign Rye to Bs. per quarter.
In consequence of boisterous winds for some days past,
we have scarcely anything up Coastwise, and except a mode-
rate quantity of Oatmeal, the supplies from Ireland into this
port since Tuesday are small ; those fresh in from abroad
consist merely of a few parcels of Canadian Wheat, Pease,
and Flour, 1,000 barrels of the latter from the United States,
with 2,380 qrs European Wheat, and 1,200 qrs Beaus from
Egypt.

The prevalence of extremely heavy rain, more or less daily,
continues to constitute the character of the weather, still
rendering the cultivation of the soil, previously overcharged
with wet, wholly impracticable around us ; thereby exciting
apprehensions for the safety of that portion of the Wheat
seed already in the ground, comprising in this part of the
country little more than half the quantity first intended to be
sown, and delaying all further operations upon the land to
an indefinite period.
Although we are unable to report any extensive business
in free produce between the close of Tuesday's market and
to-day, the preceding facts appear to have given a firmer tone
to the trade, and for Wheat and Flonr in bond, inquiries
have been more general, resulting in the sale of several car-
goes of the former to arrive.
Upon a very slender attendance of buyers at our Corn
Exchange to-day, the demand for English, Irish, and foreign
free Wheats was limited in amount ; but without the slight-
est abatement of confidence on the part of holders the full
rates of Tuesday were maintained, and in addition to the
sales made for consumption here, about 2000 bushels were
again taken for Irish account. States and Canadian Flour,
duty paid, moved off rather more freely at an improvement
6d per brl ; but English snd Irish continuing to be neg.
ected, hardly supported late prices.
Some further purchases of Mediterranean Wheat, on the
passage, have been reported, and a cargo of Barletta on the
spot has been sold to-day at 7s 4d per 70 lbs. ,
Malting Barley, upon a very dull sale, receded ls. per
quarter, but in grinding samples or in malt we have no change
to note.—Beans and Pease were in moderate request and ra-
ther dearer.
Oats, still commanding very little notice, scarcely sup-
ported their previous value.
Oatmeal was held upon somewhat higher terms, but no
general advance being obtainable, few sales were effected.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, DEC. 10.
We have rather a short supply of grain to this day's market.
The Wheat trade has assumed More firmness, and we have a steady
sale for both old and new, at an advance of is per quarter. Fine
Barley is in fair request, at fully last week's rates ; secondary
qualities dull. In Beahs no alteration. Oats id per stone, and
spellings 6d per load higher.

LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Dec. 13.
Much difficulty is experienced in effecting sales of Butter,
though at a reduction in price of fully 2s per cwt. Indeed it is a
long time since we witnessed so dull a week as the last. Pickled
Butter continues at 8 sto 88s, with a very limited demand. Good
ship store Beef is to be had at 120 S to 125 s per tierce, and Pork at
75s per barrels. The trade is very lifeless.

LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,
DECEMBER 13.
Adverse winds still prevent any considerable, supply of l!otoes
getting into port.

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- For the last f'p,,v days the town trade lias been more animated,
combined with steady and improved demand forethe Manchester
and other couffy markets. Prices may be noted id told per gOlbs
higher since t '6th instant. Manx, Scotch and Irish Cups is Bid
to Is 11d per Bulbs.
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Althouili the Hay market continues to be plentifully supplied
with all descriptions of our local farm prodnce, there is' an im-
proved demand, at the following prices :—Pink-eyed, Potatoes
Is lld toutts,4d Cups is 8d; to as; Short Tops is 5d to Is lld ;
Cattle Is to Is 4d per gabs. Turnips 20s to 22s 6d; Manglewurzle
20s; Carrots 405 per ton. Old Hay 8d to 11441; new 6d to I lid ;
Clover 7d to 19d per 201bs. Wheat Straw 4d to-4id ; Oat 3d to nd
per 241 b.