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

WARRINGTON.

THE BEER ACT.—The petition from the town of Warring-
ton and its vicinity was signed by nearly two thousand per-
sons. It prayed that the legislature would not alter the pre-
sent act without taking the case of the common brewers, who
had vested their capital upon the faith of its provisions, into
consideration ; and that some compensation may also be
provided for the beer-sellers. Lord Melbourne has already
presented the petition to the House of Lords, and the Chau-
aellor of the Exchequer has promised to present and support
that to the Commons.
HAY HA 11VEST.—The hay harvest in this county is fast
drawing to a close, although, in the neighbourhood of Wigan,
much yet remains to be cut. The crop is plentiful, and,
excepting those districts in which it has been damaged. by
the late floods, may be said to be in excellent condition. In
some places the wheat is on the turn.
DEFICIENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—At Newton petty
sessions,• on Thursday, several parties were fined for having
short weights and imperfect sales. The penalties varied from
five to twenty shillings.
BOWLING MATCH.—On the last day of Knutsford races,
there was a match played at the bowling-green, Kilton, Hoo
Green, for a handsome and richly chased silver cup, which
was won by Mr. 'romlinson; Mr. Richardson bowled up wills
him. Most of the players were from the neighbourhood of
Manchester.
STRIPPING CLOTHES LINES.—On Wednesday, al War-
rington petty- sessions, Edward Leigh, a youth, who is sus-
pected of being an adept at the profession, was committed
for trial on the charge of stealing a silk handkerchief from
the garden of Mr. Pierpoint, of Warrington. The prisoner
had pledged the handkerchief fur 2d., and sold the duplicate
for 3d. more. •

WINDOM' BREAKIND.—At the Warrington petty sessions,
on Monday, a boy, named Samuel Rowbottons, was convict-
ed in the penalty of eleven shillings and costs, for breaking
a number of windows in an uninhabited cottage, belonging
to James Mauules, Esq. late M.P. for Guildford, situate near
the Mersey Mills, Warrington.
DESPERATE ASSAULT UPON THE CONSTABLES. John
Burke was, on, Monday, ordered to find bail to appear at the
sessions, to answer an indictment charging hint with assault-
ing, while in the execution of their duty, Mr. Mallett, the
constable, and William Garnett, one of the assistant consta- ,
hies of Warrington. On Sunday morning, soon after nine
o'clock, Garnett was called out to quell an Irish low in Doll-
man's-lane, when he was attacked in the Most furious mP.u-
ner by the defendant, wlo; knocked him down, struck hint in
the mouth, and cut hint on the thumb Severely. Mr. Mallett
came immediately to the assistance of his deputy, and it was
with great difficulty they jointly succeeded in capturing the
prisoner. The first pair of handcuffs that were put upon him
were broken short off at the joint. Garnett succeeded in
dispatching at a blow with his staff, a dog which souse of the
prisonm's companions set at him. [Garnett was swots) in as
a constable sonic half hour after the prisoner had been coin •
mitted to take his trial.l
A SOUND SLEEPER.—John Allaghan was, at the Warring-
ton petty sessions, on Monday, committed for trial, on -the
charge (if stealing of a pair of trousers, stockings, slows, hat,
and handkerchief, the property of John Simpkin, a potter,re-
siding in Orford-lane, Warrington. The prosecutor had been
at adrirth-day supper, at the Little Horse Shoe, Warrington,
and left the house at twelve o'clock at night, " pretty consi-
derabl3" intoxicated: lie proceeded a few paces front the
inn, and then mistaking the steps of a door for his own " four-
poster," laid himself down quietly to rest. That he slept
soundly may be inferred from the fact, that in two hours from'
that time, he was awoke by the poliCe, who found hint ship-•
ped of all his under garments. A series, of cirministantial
evidence was produced, clearly proving the prisoner to be the
party who had committed the robbery.
SPINNERS' STRlKE.—hivejo rneyanen cotton spinners, in
the employ of Messrs. Hadfield and Frost, of Latchford, were
charged, at the Warrington petty sessions, on Wednesday,
with leaving their employers' service contrary to the rules of
the factory. It turned out that the defendants had -gone on
a drunken "spree" on Monday, and were afterwards afraid
to return to their work. On promising to do so they were
discharged, on paying the cost of their apprehension.

STATE OF TRADE.

TR ADE OF Laerts.—\Vo have no alteration of importance
to note in the state of our woollen market. Both manufac-
turers and merchants are, generally, very busy, especiall•;
those merchants connected with the provincial or domestic
trade; but in the cloth-balk there has not been quite so much
business done, the stipple of fresh goods having been scanty,
owing to the unsettled state cf the v:eatifer,
BRA TWO!: D MARK F.T.—The transactions at our market on
Thursday, were much time saute in extent as those of the pre-
vious week,•and a further advance was obtained for lastings,
moreens, and merinos, the latter of which were scarce, both
in common and figured qualities, six quarters wide. The
price of yarn was much the same as last week, and a fair
amount of business was done. The wool market was firm,
but the transactions were not extensive.

)riAIAAX, SATURDAY--We have not been able to realize
the expectations indulged in fur the 14st few weeks, either in. •
the quantity of goods'sold, or prices realized. Things to-day'
were, if any thing, retrograde, manufacturers anxious•to sell,
and the merchants shy in their operations; still, if merchants
could make their purchases at a shade under last quotations,
it is thought that. some more business might have been done;
but as this was not complied with, the market must be called
a dull one, and with a downward tendency in prices. •
HUDDERSFIELD, TuEsna v.—There was not by any.means-
the usual show of goods to-day, owing, perhaps to many of our
manufacters being very busy in the hay harvest.: What..
pieces were shown were eagerly bought, up at a decided im-
provement in price. The merchants are very busy. Wool
is in good demand at former quotations.

WAkkEFIEI.D.—There is not the least variation in the value A
of wools this we: k, nor yet much doing, espe,.,ially in long
and short wool.

HECK MON ow I KE.—The Blanket-hall continues to be re-
gularly attended by the merchants, who appear, nevertheless,
to be buying but sparingly; yet the little that is doing gives
a certain confidence to the trade, and keeps the manufac-
turers partly employed ; if the same demand for goods.holds
out during the winter months, the weavers, Sze., will not have
much cause of complaint. The masters, owing to tire high
Price of wool compared with that of the manufactured article,
are certainly not remunerated for their trouble,
YORK WOOL MA RK ET, AUG CST 2.—Our supply of wool
to-day has been fair, with rather a thin attendance of buyers.
Tin, demand has chiefly been directed to' low wools, 'most of
which have been taken; many good bred wools remain over
unsold. Moor wools (salved) 6d. to 60 ;• super ditto, (clean)
7d. to 8. d. ; locks, (without cols.) id to 9d.; ditto, (with
cots,) a to lid.; ewe. 121 d. to 131 d. ; half hug and ewe,
131 d. to 141 d.; hog, 16d. to 17d. per lb.
DONCASTER WOOL M A RK ET, j ULY 28 —The attendance
of buyers at our market this day was not so numerous as last
week, but the supply of wool was tolerably good. There was
scarcely any business thine until twelve or one o'clock,
buyers not being disposed to give large prices. A reaction
afterwards took place, and about half the quantity of the
wool at market was purchased at the prices of last week.
The following were the quotations :—Hog, 19s.(id.; bog and
ewe, 183 ; ewe, 165.; locks, 10s. per stone.
SILK TR A DE.--Several silk manufacturers have this and
last week sold a large quantity of goods. Fine satins, such
as six thousand and eight thlinsand reeds, are extremely
brisk, but the work is so fine that it is only suitable for the
very best of workmen. Fancy wink and figured sareenegs
are improving every day. The coarser reeds-of plain sarcenets
are nearly till woven sin power-loonis. which snakes !hero to
be little of any thing to
Oue
do for women and children.'
very large firui, in Manchester has commenced weaving fine
satins and figured work by poWer, and it is said it answers
very well. During the last six weeks; upWards of bun-.
dred families of silk' weavers, in the ueig,hbourhood of Ma"-
chester, have gone to weave on power-looms in the cotton
factories. Persons with large families are going tiaihr to • •
_ . .
work in cotton mills.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Henry Cooper has been appointed judge of the colony
of South Australia, in the room of the late Sir John Jeffcott.

It is rumoured in the fashionable circles, that a marriage
is on the tapir between Lord Duncan, the eldest son of the
Earl and Countess of Camperdown, and a lady of great
Wealth.

We are clad to hear that Mrs. Langton, who was thrOwn
from her horse some days ago in Hyde Park, and severely
injured, is now in a fair way of recovery.
Rutland must be a pleasant county to live in. At the
assizes last week, there was not a single prisoner for trial,
and only one cause at the nisi Arius bar.
According to a recent tourist, of the whole population of
Limerick, one third, at least, live during some part of the
year by begging of the residue.
THE POLITICAL USE OF ASPHALTE.—The English ex-
port gas tar for the French to make pavements, that the
people may have 'to paviny•stones wherewith to defend them-
selves in case of another revolution! .
The Earl of Sandwich will shortly lead to the hymeneal
altar Lady Mary Paget, one of the unmarried daughters of
the Marquis
Pofaget, &c Anglesey, and sis.terof the Earl of Uxbridge,
Lord Alfred .
HONEST BARNESLEY !—There has not been one single de-
linquent for trial front Barnesley at this or the three prece-
("hit assizes, although the population exceeds 15,000 persons.
--Sheffield Iris.
Lotto 'WILLIAM BENTINCK, M.P.—We understand that
the noble Lord has taken the beautiful property of Ousdale,
in Stitherlandshire,_where he will chiefly reside during the
autumn,—Scottish Guardian.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF RF.NFREWSHIRE.—It iS now un-
derstood that Mr. Speirs of Elderslie, M.P., will receive the
appointen to
nd that is ocial nnuncement, as Lord
Lieutenam to
nt fa Renfrewshhire,ffi mays beo daily expected.—
Scottie& Guardian.
e
WoECESTER ELECTION PETITION.—Each of the petitit-
ionrs against the return of Mr. Bailey as M.P. for this
Y, has, been served with a copy of a writ for the amount of
e expenses incurred by the above-named gentleman in pre-
paring his defence.— Worcester Journal.
IT Is
AN ILL WIND, &c.—The gentlemen of the long
I,obe will uot be inclined to agree with the Duke of Wel-
Ingt°D, that the English municipal bill has produced no
Rood; for to them it has been, and has not ceased to be, an
endless source of profitable litigation.
1 EOPEMENT.—An elopement has taken place, within the
:lilt few days, from the neighbourhood ef Marlborough, which
tI excited 'considerable interest. The gay Lothario has
entlPwards of 50 summers; the fair lady is about thirty.—
ernes Gazette.
We Paragraph is going "the round," stating that 5,000
ne'lteYen ministers are assembled in Bristol at the confei-
e -A-8' TheY do not amount to quite 500.—Bristol Journal.
"ling man, being asked if he had ever been abroad,
answered ~ Ist '
111? e o; but I had an uncle
whol once intended to
voyage to the Isle of Man."
a; ."°,11116 of the judgesset an example of early rising and ac-
tin
tite.,w„. which might be advent
."
na"-
..
ageously followed. Whilst
Coltman estern circuit, Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice
returning
luridaries, with a prudent regard for their health, took morn-
w;„ on horseback, whenever the weather permitted,
e;fr.p": from their equestrian excursions before 8 o'clock.
Mee he alstat, of Tile MORGUE.—When a new corpse ar-
rish Pots himself at the desk,
th enters it and with a giaceful fluu-
on the book; and when not claimed
.at,
if ekent'arteree days he writes in German text, "inconnu,'
laagettnutystetitioireniu.." The exhibition room is, since its en-
on emergene ent for the ordinary wants of society ; Gut
like, the,- lel, as on the `'three glorious days," and the
elsewhere'- arte obliged to accommodate a part of the corset
iilveerr the hey hive been seen strewed, on these occasions,
garden; and Miss Perrin bas had to take some in
its alr'.3aln' Alas! that no state of life should be exempt from
~ . 'series'. You who think to have propitiated fortune by
?Tie. pbtlernr i.lltY of your condition, come hither and contemplate
rm.
Only a kw years aeo, when quietly engaged in
e official duties, his own wife °came in with the other ens-
! ona e rs. He was struck with horror • and he went to his
bureau and Wrote down " C0J17111."-116, American in Paris.
Dzeitect the
gold artom OF THE Goin COINAGE.—The subject. of
.coinage is beginning
of the to attract the serious attention
rtew
c:uTate hankers in the city, its depreciation in weight
ankaonf
by the B• ng
immense nragelannsde,qttioanthtietv of sovereigns to be rejected,
of one half of all'th
egtablishment. InethaiailY paymentsoffered which are
usti-
tied undoubtedly, the s course the Bank of England ist j
tlre-
rent the practice of "sweat'
of the regulation being
o that
nefarious practice is termsweedating" the gold coinage,
as
are shaken in a hue., whic,hby which a number of sovereigns_
and the
gold dust collected from the "afterwards burned, ,
.(
this practice the depreciationri"D"'tahienS. (:)wing principally to
a;:e is so rapid that by experiments weight of the_ gold.nt
year 1833, it was found that the made at the Mt in the
8s 10d in each hundred sovereigns of 1817 had lost
pounds; those of 1821, 9s Id per hundred; those of 1825, 6s 8.1; and those or 1829, 6s 2d per
hundred; whilst-of the half sovereigns coined in 1817, the
loss, according to the same experiments
wes as great as 16s
`2_t I per two hundred; of 1821, 13s 10.1;
of 1825, 13s 6,1 d; and
hose of 1829, 6s 2,1 per two hundred half
sovereigns. At
this time the • •
quantity of gold rejected by the Bank of Eng-
land, and by the Customs, Excise. and Stamp-office, is so
set iously complained of by the mercantile interests, that some
remedy for these ineouveniences and losses must be found, it
rs thought, before a very long titne.—Morning Chronicle.
THE WEATHER IN AMERIcA.—The extreme heat of the
weather since the end of Mar has been the subject of much
remark on this side the Atlantic, and already, 1 am sorry to
sin there have been several deaths from coups de soleil, or
sun-strokes," as they are here termed. In this city (lati-
tude 30 deg. 56 sec.) the thermometer stood, on the shady
side of Chestnut-street, at 1011, and for more than a fort-
night together it has risen to from 91 to 96, far beyond the
heat even of the West Indies. Streets, however, are hardly
a fair criterion for a thermometer, as the sun shining on the
opposite side will throw much heat as well as reflection hack
upon the houses that are shaded. In the garden of the Penn
Hospital, where the glass i‘ embowered by large trees, the
mercury has risen to 95, In Boston it has been 91; New
York, 96; Baltimore, 10.)' ; Richmond, 99; Charleston, 97;
and New Orleans, 98. Thinking that such a table would in-
terest scientific men in England who study meteorology,
and throw additional light ,tu the summer climate
fof
or the month
America, I have procured a series of averages
~_
of June in Philadelphia, for nine year,
from a professor f
ho se of day and night.
this university. By averages 1, mean3,c
wast
67;
1831, 6.5 ; 1832,
The average heat in June. 14-
'18.36, 60; 1837, 61; 1838,
61; 1833, 63; 1831,6.1; 1835, 66;
the
month has been
75. The average heat at sunrise furpast
.average for
2 m The mean
66 and 1-10th, and 81 at p. •
.__.,ere
rmnark,how-
, sot. 1 nouid 1
July, up to Yesterday, i
'thermometer is by no means a cor-
rectever, that the bight of the
upon the human frame, nor
index of the effect of heat
o.
t 0 e dryness of the
individuals. A Ing 0 I
..,
of the sensation of
American atmosphere,
it is not so oppressive or insupport-
able
as you mightlmagine.
Indeed it is Inv firm conviction,
rs- stand's at 80 or E 35 in Europe, it is
quite as oppressive s that when the mcercili s
at 90 or 95 in this country. The large
cities of the union were never more healthy than at the pre-
sent time, notwithstanding
the heat.—New York Letter.

GREAT WESTERN RAILW A Y.-011 comparing the traffic
upon that portion of the Great Western line, which is yet
opened, with tke traffic of the Liverpool and Manchester,
and London and Birmingham Railways, the result is most
favourable to the former line, and must satisfy the share-
holders, thet its spite of a tempOrary depreciation of their
property, effected by the most unscrupulous means. the Great
Western Railway will shortly prove a superior investment
to any other line. It will be recollected that the arrange-
Memo of. the company_ are not yet- sufficiently matured to
convey a large proportion of the traffic, of various kinds,
which is ready to be transferred to the railway when in full
working order. But, notwithstanding this, we are enabled
to state. that from the opening of the line to Maidenhead
(23 miles) on the 4th of June to the 10th inst., the number
of passengers conveyed on the line was upwards of 55,000,
or an average of above 1.500 per diem. The receipts (luring
the Rame period have exceeded £8,600. During the first six
months of the Liverpool and Manchester line's working, the
total number of passengers was 135,000, or less than ,000
per day upon the average; and after the line had been opened
fifteen months, the daily average was little more than 1,200,
and the receipts from passengers (upon a line of 30 miles)
about £B,OOO per month, which enabled them, with a com-
paratively small profit on the merchandise carried, to declare
dividends. of 9 per cent. per annum. From the last report
of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, it ap-
pears, that from the 20th July, 18.37, to the 14th February,
1838, (a period of 30 weeks,) the number of passengers con-
veeed on their line to Boxinoor and Tring (the latter being
a distance of 30 miles) was 162,216, or an average of 772
daily. This result the directors considered as fully bearing
nut their estimates of the traffic, and as most encouraging
for their future prospects; but on competing it-with the traf-
fic on the Great Western line, our reathirs will be surprised
to see that it is only in the proportion of one to two. We
hive conversed this week with a gentleman well conversant
With railway matters (Mr. Tothill), who had just returned
from a careful examination and trial of the Great Western
line, and he gives it as his decided opinion, after snaking a
temporary trial of the other lines. that in all those portions
which hare been properly peeked, the Great Western is
superior for ease and motion to either the London and Bir-
mingham or the Southampton line. We have little doubt
01;4 in a short time the whole line front London to Maiden-
head will tie in an equailv satisfactory state, and that public
enntidence in the undertaking will be stronger than evei.—
Bristo/Jeurnd. A great number of men are employed on
the line between Maidenhead and London, in repacking and
'Caking more solid the foundation on which the rails are laid.
An improvement is already perceptible, the jolting of the
,"vriages being considerably abated. As the repairs proceed,
'e alteration will of course be more sensibly felt by passen-
"r'• There is no truth in the report, which has been so
Prevalent of late, that the railway would be closed until the
repairs were completed. The formation of the line between
!tending and Maidenhead occupies a large number of work-
fin"?, but the permanent rails will not be laid down to Twy-
or(„and Sunning for some months to come; probably the
tra ,
c will not he opened until late in the next spring,—
et erhire Chronicle.
clu'it' Rev. Robert Montgomery preached in St. Chad's
rch, in this town, on Thursday evening last, to a very
.4,k1110n erous congregation, in aid of the mission he has under-
i'...Hito raise funds fur the erection of an Episcopal Church
au, 'alinsgflow. The subject he selected for the occasion was,
yyunced in our last Journal, "the Temptation of
Christ, 36 recorded in the 4th chapter of St. Matthew. It
would be inadequate even by simple analysis to detail the
artsuments which the Rev. Gentlemana so zealously and elo-
quently dwelt upon, there was trtuafire of imagination, a
brilliant conception of thought, the whole of his
discourse. that almost defies description, which we are
assured remised the hearts of manly 11' 110. heard him burn
within them as he reasoned upon what gas written fur the
instruction and correction of mankind•
set forth in gemlanguageLiegee the tempnteasl;tie l; while he
oonosneraolaChrist, in
reference to himself, his church, his
pirihdestimable graces of humility, resignation, fortitude, and sisym-
pathy, which were peculiarly illustrative of them, and which
the Great Redeemer of the World taught and leftfor example
to the church in all ages to copy, not by speculation but by
experience. Being unable to finish Ins subject within the
ltnnits of one discourse, he took the opportunity of resuming
again on Sunday mining last, at St. Julian's church.
Long before the hour appointed for divine service, every part
,
t the body and aisles of the building was crowded to excess
iii
yaa highly respectable congregation: in fact, every approach
t)!e
_nd around it where a hearing; could be obtained was occu-
pied, and hundreds returned unable to procure even that ac-
trtithns°lda".". In propounding to his hearers the great
tninyy4 had to discuss, in the exposition of the duct rine con-
;diluted' s thesth
and
following
verses of the chapter above
_;o, he most forcibly dwelt on the necessity of a Na."l lolucatom being based upon the Scriptures and those
f'd Principles which accorded with the doctrines of the Establish-
urch of this land ; that it was the height of absurdity
y,t,plefiteporise with the souls of mankind; and as a mistaken
was bad been the curse of this country, Religion, he
tiony conduced, must he its salvation; and that sound institic-
Irst whether afforded on a limited or more extensive scale
havehere,
a tendency to snake mankind not only good eiti.
e, but to secure their eternal happiness. Many, he
lind
a es a
.ore, might be indifferent to this view of the subject
serr false notions of toleration and affected liberality—a
pemous mask under which
many
Well as Churelo were half-and-half Christians as
anxiona to conciliate. all sects and
, inneO
if the_end to satisfy none,—and whose hearts.
fess4i,":l
cif wereliberalityalike favourable to uone,—since the pro-
these who mightoftendiffer even in trivial matte's from their own
—The collections after the several
the same e, to upwards of i.:7o.—Mr. Montgomery, on
u
this.o
cpreached two sermons inSalopean Journai the parish church of

Mrs. Ann Highman, of Nottingham, died, recently, from
mortification of the tongue, occasioned by the prick of a
needle which she had in her mouth.

VIENNA, JULY 29.—The troops that are to be assembled
here for the review during the visit of the Russian great
prince, amount to 15,000 men.
At the Hereford assizes, there were thirty barristers and
three causes, only one of which came on fur trial, the others
being settled by the parties!

Mr. Bunn, it is now definitively arranged, will be the
lessee of Drury.laue Theatre for the nextseasou. Mr. H.
Bishop will be the musical director.
The author of the two admirable and quaintly unique works,
under the name of " Sam Slick," holds a high judicial situa-

tion in one of our colonies, and has been lately in'this
cuuntry.

CLAY Cnoss TUNNEL—This Etupendous work is advan•
cing with all possible dispatch. The excavation is completed
to the extent of 430 yards.—Leeds Intelligencer.
The Duke of Devonshire has been appointed Ambassador-

'xtraordinary at the coronation of the.king of Loinbardy.L
3ost.

We regret to learn the death of Sir Hesketh Fleetwood's
only surviving child, who died at the hon. baronet's house in
the Regent's Park on Wednesday; she. was an interesting
gill, in her llth year.
The Marquess of Clanricarde has been appointed Ambas-
sador to St. Petersburgh. His lordship is busily employed
in making preparations for his departure, which, we• hear,
will take place in October next.—Post.
POOR-LAW COMMITTER.—The poor-law committee met
again on Thursday morning, for the purpose of agreeing to
their final report, which was made to the house that evening.
The committee have now closed their labours.
The difficulties in the way of Lord Foley selling Whitley
Court to Lord Ward have been got over, and this magnificent
property will, i❑ the course of a few days, change owners. It
is the intention of Lord \Yard to make the mansion his resi-
dence.— Worcester Herald.

We have much pleasure in stating, that the Conservative
registrations for the present year have been most successful.
For the first time since the passing of the Reform'Act we
have enrolled a greater• number of names than the combined
army of Whigs and Radicals. There is nothing wanted but
perseverance and diligence.— Glasgow Courier.
We learn from Falmouth, that the Admiralty- have sent in-
structions to the naval superintendaut at that station, to di-
rect that the packets shall not in future receive specie on
board at Vera Cruz or Tampico, on merchants' account,
during the continuance of the French blockade--London
Paper. •

HEREFORDSH tß.—The wheat harvest will commence in
many of the forward situations in this county about the 10th
instant. The continued cold nights have made sad havoc in
the hop yards; and it is now thought, in the most favoured
spots where the bines looked well a._ fortnight ago, there is no
hope of even a small produce.

SPLENDID GERANIUM.—We hear that Mr. William
Charles, of Silcoates Gardens, near Wakefield, has raised a
most splendid seedling, which for regularity of form and
finess of "pencilling," cannot at present be excelled. • It has
been valued at not less than from fifty to one hundred
guineas, by some competent judges.— Wakefield Journal.
On Monday, the members of the Stock Exchange were
startled by a visit from Lord Brougham, escorted by three
members; and it excited quite a " sensation." His lord-
ship was conducted over the building, and initiated into so
much of the mysteries of the stock exchange craft and forms
of the establishment as in so brief a visit could be ex-
plained to him.
One of the west-end dentists has invented an ingenious and
useful method of extracting the fangs of teeth when they are
so deeply imbedded in their sockets as to be incapable of re-
moval by ordinary methods. It consists in boring a hole to
a sufficient depth in the centre of the fang, into which a screw
is inserted to take hold of the fang, and give the hand of the
operator a complete command over it, so that it may be
loosened and extracted with great ease, and comparatively
little pain.
The British whaler Gladstanes, Brown, of London, was
totally lost on a reef, supposed off Ocean Island, lat. 28 N.,
long. 178 W., in June, 1837. The captain, mate, and eight
of the crew had arrived at the Sandwich Islands in a small
vessel they built out of pieces of the wreck; and a schooner
had been despatched for the remainder of the crew, 23 in num-
ber.

CONVICTIONS UNDER THE BEER LAWS.—From a return
just presented to the House of Commons, it appears, that
the number of convictions in England, for adulterating beer,
against beer retailers licensed by the excise, was—in 1835,
three; in 1136, six ; and in 1837, two; making a total of 11.
The number of convictions against retailers licensed by the
magistracy, during the same years, was respectively,-15,
108, and 79 ; making a total of 202.
HIGH LlVlNG.—Messrs. Crosse and Co. of the Hull Soap
Works, having finished their immense -octangular chimney
on Wednesday night, the whole of the men employed by
them had a substantial dinner provided and set out upon the
top of it, on Thursday, of which they 'all heartily partook,
and afterwards enjoyed themselves by singing "God save
the Queen," &c., to the delight of hundreds of spectators,
who would rather dine at their own tables.
CONTEMPLATED MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The Earl of
Shelburne and Kerry, only surviving son of the Marquis of
Lansdowne, will, ere long, lead to the altar Madlle. Elphiu-
stone Flahault, eldest daughter of Count and Countess Fla-
hault, (Baroness Keith in the English peerage.) Theepi is
in his 23d year, and the lady is in her 18th.
Poon LAW LIBERALITY.—`The Keighley Board of Guar-
dians advertise for a Relieving Officer for one of their districts,
comprising two townships, "who is to devote his whole time
.to the business of the office, and not to follow any other trade
or profession," at a salary of £25 per annum ! They had
bet ter at once select a pauper to relieve his fellows, than ap-
point a man to starve on less than ten shillings a week.
Her Majesty will give dgrand entertainment at the new
palace on Friday, the 17th instant, to celebrate the natal day
of her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent. This will
close the court parties in town during the present season.
The Official Gazette of Naples, of the 14th instant, con-
tains a royal ordinance approving of the railroads from
Naples to Portici and Castellamare. The terminus of the
principal line will be at the place between the gates of Car-
mine and Not...
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL—For the last few days, several
workmen have been busily employed in making an attempt
to restore to their original brightness the splendid monuments
raised in this sacred edifice, to perpetuate the memory of the
good and brave, and as humble tributes to their praise.
"Though the attempt has not had the effect of completely re-
storing them to their original whiteness, it has, nevertheless,
been productive of very great improvement, in having ea.
tirely removed the quantity of dirt and stains with whit%
they have hitherto been covered.
The British whale ship James Colvin, Maughan, was de-
stroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean, in lat. 32 N., long. 167
W. She was set on fire by the cook, Peter Williams, who
hid himself in the coal-hole, and when discovered cut his
throat, from which death speedily ensued. She was four days
on fire, during which time the crew were vainly, but anxiously,
endeavouring to extinguish the flames; but the oil with which
she was laden proved too powerful an auxiliary in the burn-
ing hold; and on the afternoon of the fourth day the crew
were providentially saved by the American ship Catawbu, of
Nantucket.

TOE DUKE OF WEf,LINGTON.-A paragraph has gone the
round of the papers, stating that the Duke of Wellington
-was about to leave this country for the continent, and that he
had paired off in the House of Lords with the Marquess Wel-
lesley, for the remainder of the session. The noble duke in-
formed the committee, previous to attending the meeting, on
the subject of the Nelson Testinumial on 'Wednesday, that
the statement was entirely without foundation.— Times.

At Hereford Assizes, William Cooke and Thomas Robert
Comber were indicted for lbrgery. The former' for some
years carried on an extensive business at Hereford, as a tim-
ber merchant. The indictment charged them with uttering,
with a guilty knowledge, too forged bills of exchange, one
purporting to be of the value of 1,0001., and the other of 5001.
with intent to defraud the National and Provincial Bank.
Comber was admitted evidence fur the Croon. Cooke was
found guilty on both indictments, and sentenced to tran-
sportation for life. •

LAMENTABLE EX PLOSION.—On Tuesday last, a most
lamentable explosion of gunpowder took place iu the out-
buildings belonging to Mr. Harrison, who is a shopkeeper
and farmer, residing at Hartingdon, Derbyshire, by -which
three persons, two men and a boy, were killed. The cause
of the accident has not transpired, as yet ; but no blame
appears attributable to any, one, the gunpowder having been
deposited in one of those outbuildings ordinarily used for
this purpose. The premises were entirely destroyed, together
with a quantity of hay in the building.—Derby Mercury.
STEAMING ON CAN A LS.—The canal steam-boat of Messrs.
Robins and Co. arrived in this town again, from London
laden with goods, early on Monday morning, having left
London at twelve o'clock on Wednesday night. On Wed
nesday she made a trip on the Duke's Canal, bavin,g on board
Lord Francis Egerton James Loch, Esq., 111.1), the pro-
prietors, and several other gentlemen, who expressed their
approbation of its construction and capabilities. On Thurs-
day night it left (fully laden) for London, via Macclesfield,
where the canal committee, and several other influential
gentlemen join it, and proceed some distance, fur the purpose
of seeing its powers.—Manchester Courier.

H AN9VEH, JULY 24.—Your readers will learn with inter-
est that his Royal Highness the Crown Prince set out for
Nordenay this morning, wherd he will remain under medical
direction for some weeks. Should he derive as much benefit
from his stay there as he did lap, year, it may then be thought
advisable to perform the operation which it is now confidently
hoped, under the blessing of Divine Providence, will restore
to him the enjoyment of sight. He caries with him the
wishes and prayers of all who have had personal opportunities
of estimating his character, and indeed of every one among
his future subjects • for never was a prince more cordially,
and, it must be added, more justly the object of popular con-
cern .and affection.
It is stated, that, by the decision in the House of Lords in
the great cause of "Scarisbrick. and Lord Skelmersdale,"
the appellant, Mr. Scarisbrick, recovers an estate of the value
of £20,000 a year. The point at issue between the parties
had been three times decided against Mr, Scarisbrick: of the

two last decisions, one being by Master of the Rolls, and

the other a decision by the Lord Chancellor (on appeal), and
affirming the tleciee at the Rolls. Mr. Searisbrick considers
that the advice and assistance of Mr. Duval, the conveyan-
cing counsel, who is understood to have prepared the reasons
for the appeal, contributed so essentially to his ultimate aue-
mg, thai he has presented that gentleman with a magnificent
service of plate of the value of £1,500.
• - • • •

ARTESIAN leVet.t.,—The bore which has been going on for
so long a period near Paris, has now reached the depth of
410 metres (or about 1,315 feet;) and, the funds being ex-
hausted, M. Elie de Beaumont has been requested to examine
the matters lately brought up by the auger, and to say
whether they afford any indication by which the thickness of
the bed to be pierced, before arriving at the sand; may be ga-
thered. M. de B. has accordingly given his opinion, that the
bore has reached the lower beds of the chalk formation, and
that the marls and gait which still intervene between the bore
and the stratum, where the water will be found will probably
be less than 100 metres thick (328 feet.) If M. de Beau-
mont's anticipations should prove correct; the well should
have a deptt? of 1,600 feet; at which depth, according to re-
cent calculations the water should have a temperature suffi-
ciently high to furnish Paris with an abundant supply of hot
water for baths, and for many other purposes.
SINGULAR WEnoaN3.—On Monday last, an aged couple
appeared at the hymeneal altar, at the' Rochdale parish
church, to be married, when the following scene took place.
The minister had got to that part of the ceremony where it is
said, " Whom God joineth together let no man put asunder,"
when the old man exclaimed, " Howd, howd, stop! aw wont
to ax yo o question obewt that. Aw say, winnot this new
poor-law bill doo that ?" The minister declared that he could
not suffer himself to be interrupted in that manner. lie would.
answer any proper question after the ceremony was com-
pleted.
The old man, looking steadfastly at him, replied,
"Oh ! aw nobut thout Pde ax vo if it wur true."
EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY or NOTES. —Some time back,
a gentleman, who was on business at Braemar, accidentally
dropped from his pocket three five-pound notes, on the pub-
lic road, near the inn at Achandrine. The day being rather
windy, they were instantly driven away, unperceived,
in dif-
ferent directions, and two ofithem were carried to a considera-
bleldistance; yet, at intervals of several weeks, the whole were
found by three different individuals—one of them about half-
a-mile below Castletown, hanging on a twig, close by the
water's edge • and, much to the credit of the honesty and
good principle of the finders, were all restored to the rightful
owner. Stich an example of honour and Christian integrity
is highly commendable, and highly worthy of universal inn-
tation.—Aberdmn Journal.