The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

Contrarts.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
NORTHERN DIVISION.
TO IRONFOUNDERS.
rpHE Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS
I. for the CONSTRUCTION of a CAST-IRON VIADUCT,
to carry Hotham-street over the Passenger Station of the
Company, Lime-street, Liverpool. The Castings will consist
of Girders and Columns, weighing he whole about 430
Tons.
Plans and Specifications of e Works may be seen on and
after MONDAY next, the 2 nstant, by application to EDWARD
Woons, Esq., at the ompany's Office, Edge-hill, where
Printed Forms of Te er may. be obtained ; and no proposals
can be accepted which are not in the prescribed form.
Sealed Tenders are to be addressed to the undersigned, and
left at the Company's Office, Lime-street, Liverpool, on or
before MONDAY, the Bth of March next
By order of the Committee of Works,
(Signed) HENRY BOOTH.
Railway Office, Lime-street, Liverpool,
16th February, 1847.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
NORTHERN DIVISION.
TO CONTRACTORS FOR MASONRY EARTHWORK.
THE Directors will be glad to receive TENDERS
for the EXECUTION of the WORKS of the intended
RAILWAY from HUYTON (on the Liverpool and Manchester
Line) to WARRINGTON, about eleven miles.
Plans and Specifications (with further particulars) may be
seen on application to JOSEPH Lo , sq., 11, Adam-street,
Adelphi, London.
Sealed Tenders, in a fo atisfactory to Mr. LOCKE, ad-
dressed to the undersigns ust be delivered at the Company's
Office, Lime-street, Liv 01, on or before TUESDAY, the 23d
of March.
By order of the Committee of Works,
(Signed) HENRY BOOTH.
Lime-street, Liverpool,
16th Feb., 1847.

THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.
MHE Directors of this Railway Company will meet,
1 in their Office here, on SATURDAY, the 13th March next,
to receive TENDERS for' the EXECUTION of the WHOLE
WORKS on the following portions of this Line :
L—From near Rack's Village, about five miles south of Dum-
fries, to Drumshinnock, north of Thornhill, being a distance of
about 21 miles, and divided into two or more Contracts.
IL—From south of Dalpeddar to the town of Sanquhar, being
a distance of about four miles. _

The Plans, Sections, and Specificatio with Drafts of th
Contracts, will be seen here on er riday, the 26th Fee
bruary. The Assistant Engi r will be at Gibb's Inn-
Sanquhar, on the morning* o uesday, the 2d March, at Nin,e
o'clock, to go along the of Works, to point out the same
to Contractors.
Forms of Tenders nd Detailed Estimates, May be obtained
on application here; and Tenders in any other form will not be
attended to.
Sealed Tenders, addressed to WILLIAM LoozE, Esq., 98, St.
Vincent-street, Glasgow, and marked on the outside "Tender
for the Works," must be delivered here, on or before Ten
o'clock of the Forenoon of the 13th March; and each Tender
must state the names of two or more responsible Parties willing
to become Security for the due performance of the Contract.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
offer.

By orders of the Directors,
WILLIAM LOGIE, Secretary.
Glasaow, Dumfries, and Carlisle
Railway Chambers,
98, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow,
13th Feb., 1817.

HAYDOCK LODGE,
ASHTON, NEAR WARRINGTON.
it,""hart—
THE INSANE.—ADDITIO ACCOMMODA-
I TION has been made in t ' beautiful, salubrious, and
comfortable Residence. The are now VACANCIES for Two
Ladies and One Gentlema , in detached rooms, with separate
service; for Three Ladi and fOr Two Gentlemen of the First
Class, and for Five P. cents in the Second and Third Classes.
GRIFFITH JONES, Secretary.

IMPERIAL LOAN . AND INVESTMENT
COMPANY,

(LATE 28, GLOUCESTER-STREET,)
REMOVEI? TO

DORAN'S-LANE, LORD-STREET,
LIVERPO
. AITKEN, Secretary.
ADVANCES made by this pany, to any extent, on good
personal or other available urity.
DEPOSITS received on entures, for which Interest at Five
per Cent. will be paid.

LIVERPOOL TRADESMAN'S LOAN COMPANY.

Registered under '7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. -
THE Directors of the above Company beg most
respectfully 'to inform the Public, that they are
NOW PREPARED TO MA DVANCES,
in Sums from .4'20 to 4'500, on .oyed Personal or Colla-
teral Securities.
Application to be made to
WARD ROB Secretary.
Commerce-court, Lor -street.

ST. PETER'S SCOTCH CHURCH,
SCOTLAND-ROAD.

THE Sub-Committee appointed for building the
above Church having completed their labours, and ob-
tained a .conveyance of the Land upon which the Church is
built, the Deed for which is enrolled according to law, we beg
to inform you that a Meeting of the Committee appointed by
the Subscribers was held on the 13th February instant, at which
it was resolved, that the Undersigned, being the parties in
whom the Property is now vested as Trus hould give notice
to the Subscribers, by Circular Let and by Advertisements
in the Newspapers, that, unless ev (the Trustees) are reim-
bursed all the outlay and exile es which they have incurred in
the payment for the Land • erection of the Buildings, with
other charges connectc erewith, on or before the ist day of
1..7 :lilt;
vet,
therefore,
eet
r,me theyfeonrte; Rill teed to a Sale of the Property, ei e r
by Public Auction o Private Treaty, for the purpose of their
dive you notice, that we intend to carry out the
said Resolution by a Sale of the said Church and Premises
unless repaid our advances as stated.

A. C. DUNLOP.
JOSEPH ROBINSON.
Liverpool, 17M FebHUGH MATHESON.
ruary,lB47. JAMES ADAM.

BIRKENHEAD (COMMISSIONERS') DOCKS.
THE COMMISSIONERS of the BIRKENHE!,D
DOCKS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on or before the
sth. day of April. next. the first portio...of the said DOCKS.
WILL BE OPENED FOR BUSINE' .
Shipping frequentin' these Doc will be sublNt. to Tonnage
Dues only, the Acts of Parliai . A not authorising the Com-
missioners to levy any Rates on Goods.
Fall prrticulars as to t Rates. Rules, and Regulations' of
the said Docks will sho be issued; and, in the meantime,
information may be on application to Mr. RICHARD HIND,
at the Commissioners' Offices, Argyle-street, Birkenhead.
JOSH. MALLABY, Clerk to-the said Commissioners.
• Dock-47(e, .Birkenhead, 7th Jan„ 1847.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
T,OCH RYAN LIG-HTHousE.
THE COMMISSIONERS of the NORTHERN LIGHT-
HOUSES, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the BEACON
-erected in the year 1843 upon CAIRN RY POINT, within
Loch Ryan, in the County of Wip,town,h een converted into
a LIGHTHOUSE, the Light of which w be exhibited on the
night of •the 3d of March, 1847, and ev y night thereafter, from
Sunset to Sunrise.
' The Light is chiefly inteude( o open up the anchorage of
Loch Ryan.
The following is a speciticati of the Lighthouse, and the ap-
pearance of the Light, b Ir. ALLAN STEVENSOII, Engineer
to the Commissioners •
'LOCH RYAN LION ' OUSE is situated upon CAIRN. RYAN
POINT, on the East Shore of the Loch, in N. rat. 54 deg.
58 min. 28 sec., and W. Long. 5 deg. I min. 47 sec: The Light
will be known to Mariners as :I FINED LIGHT of the natural
appearance. The Lantern, which is open from S. by W. kw.
round to N. E. in a westerly direction, is elevated 30 feet
above the level of the Sea; and the LIGHT will be. seen at the
distance of 10 Miles, and at lesser distances, according to the
state of the Atmosphere.
• And the COMMISSIGNERM HEREBY FURTHER GIVE
NOTICE, that, by virtue of .a warrant from the Qtitmic iH
COUNCIL, dated 19th December, 1E46, the following Tolls will
be levied in respect of this Light, viz.:—
For every. British Vessel, the same not belonging. to Iler Ma-
jesty, or being navigated wholly in Ballast, and for every Fo-
reign Vessel
.privileged to enter the Ports of the United King-
dom, on paying the same Duties as British Vessels, which shall
Pass or derive benefit from the.said Light; that i.s, which shall
arrive at or depart from any Port or Place within Loch Ryan :
If the same shall not exceed 50 Tons Burthen 6d.
And if the same exceed 50 Tons for each additional
50 Tons, or part of 50 Tons, a like Toll of 6(1.
:dad Double the Said respective Tolls for every Foreign VeSsel
sailing as aforesaid, not privileged as aforesaid.
By order of the Board.
(Signed) . ALEX. CLTNINGOAM, Secretary.
sdlrilotrigh, lft Februarp, 1847.

LIVERPOOL CHARITABLE SOCIETY.
FOR VISITING AND RELIEVING THE POOR AT
THEIR OWN DWELLINGS.
THE Treasurer desires to acknowledge the following
additional Contributions: •
.s. d.
William Nixon, Esq...
Charles Worthington q
George Langtry, F
Lawrence Frost, •sq_ 5 0 0
William Peak, jun., Esq
Wm. Cooke, Esq ............................ 3 0 0

DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY,
OFFICE, 4, QUEEN-SQUARE.
THE
Treasurer begs to acknowledge the receipt of
the following Additional Donations : .W. s. d.
J. P. Brandreth, Esq.
Joseph Ridgway, Eso
The plisses Myers, Mount-pleasant lO 10 0
The Misses Yates, Farmfield lO 0 0
William Peek, jun., Esq
P. W. Brancker, Esq., Wavertree
Miss Thornley
Lawrence Frost,Esq 5 0. 0
William Myers, jun., Es
Isaac Harrison, Esq.
John Fletcher, Esq t. Michael's, (second donation) 5 0 0
Mrs. Thornton (second donation).
Matthew Crozier, Esq
Messrs. Jeffries and Darcev
Mrs. Cochrane.
Mrs. H. Randles.
Miss Barton, Percy-street 1 0 0
Mr. George laker 1 0 0
A Female Servant
Mrs. Hughes, Clanghton
Subscription after Dinner
Mr. Anderson , One bag of Rice.
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Q ÜBSCRIPTIONS IN LIVERPOOL for the DES-
K./ TITUTE INHABITANTS of the HIGHLANDS and
ISLANDS of SCOTLAND. -..e a. d.
Amount already advertised 4397 0 1
R. and H. Anderson
Collected In small Weekly contributions, per
Miss M‘Bryde. Caledonian Free School
M‘Tear, Hadfield, and Thompson 5 0 0
William Alexander
W. H. Lott 1 0 0
Subscribed and Collecte ' y the Boys in St.
George's Presbyte - Day School, Nelson-
street, per Mr. dner, teacher .. - 1 19 7
AB Z - - 1 1 6
James Mui
M. A. E. Kirby, Moorside 1 0 0
William Lindsey
Cbaloner and Fleming
Williams, Parks, and Co.. 2O 6 0
William Atherton 5 0 0
W. M. Duncan
Further Subscriptions will be received by any Member of the
Committee. at the Bars of the Exchange, the Underwriters'-
room, the Athenaeum, and the Lyceum, and by the Treasurer
and Secretary,

CHARLES M'IVER, Esq., Secretary,
JOHN CLOW, Esq., Treasurer.

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.

ESTABLISHED ANNO DOMINI 1778.

REV. JONATHAN BROOKES, A.M., President.
WALTER F. MACGREGOOR, Esq., Vice-President of the
North Dispensary.
, CHARLES BOOTH, Esq., lice-President of the South

Dispensary.
GEORGE GREEN HORN RY, Esq., Treasurer.

DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited to enable the COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL
DISPENSARIES to meet the present urgent demands upon
them for relief. The attention of the Public is particularly
called. to the extensive number of Poor Persons relieved by this
Charity during the last year, amounting to 46,926 against 38,824
in 1845. The expenditure on account of the Charity for the
year 1846 exceeded the income by £723 , a this important
crisis, extraordinary efforts must be de to arrest the progress
of misery and disease, the Com ttee rely on the sympathy
and liberality of the Public.
Subscriptions and Donati will be thankfully. received by
Members of the Committ , and at the Dispensaries' Office, 21,
South Castle street, da" , from *Three to Four o'clock, at the
North Dispensary, V -ball-road, 'and at the South Dispensary,
1, Upper Parliame -street. •
The Treasurer egs to acknowledge the receipt of the follow-
ing Contributions received during the present year:—
Mrs. Hugh Jones, Lark-hill . £2O 0 0
Mr. Wm. Maury, Exchange-buildings lO 0 0
Mr. Alan Potter, tweeting-street
Mr. Victor Poutz, Rumford-street
The Misses Myers, ,64, Mount-pleasant lO 10 0
From a Fri, nd at a distance, per Rev. J. H. Thom 5 0 0
Mr. Henry C. Beloe
_ Mr. David Bland, Vauxhall Foundry 2 0 0
Mr. Wm. Bennett, being half of Arbitration Fee llO 0
Miss Moon 1 0 0
NEW AND INCREASED SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Mr. John Gres, 12. Cook street 5 5 0
Mr. William Cross, Borough Bank 5 0 0
Messrs. Thompson and Son, Church-street
Mrs. C. W. Clay, New Brighton
Mr. John Torr, Exchange-bniklings 2 `, 0
Mr. James Stephenson, Vauxhall-road
MessraJ Maclean and Clark, Fenwick-street
Mrs. Alinson, St. James's-street .
1 1 0
Mr. W. B, Falcon, Shaw-street, Everton 1 1 0
Messrs. G. and A. Herring, Brunswick-street
Mrs. Ellis, Field-street, Everton 1 1 0
Mr. W. H. Gilliatt, 15, Water-street 1 1 o
Mr. C. H. Horsfall, Dingle-lane 1 1 0
Mr. William Jones, 23. St. James's-street
Mr. David Tyrer, Wilton-street 0 10 6
D. H. GIBSON, Secretary.

FUND FOR. THE TEMPORAL RELIEF OF THE
SUFFERING POOR OF IRELAND,
THROUGH 'I HE INSTRUMPNTALITY OF THE CLERGY
OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

"Whoso bath this world's good, and seeth his brother have
need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in him 7"—l John iii. 17.
"As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all
men, especially unto them who are of the heusehol faith."—
Gal. vi. 10.
The COMMITTEE appointed so maim?. the above fund, in
this their third Address to the Christie' . of the United Empire,
beg leave to direct especial attention • the agency which they
have, from the first.. been led to • opt, and which will, they
trust, continue to commend it• f, as being at once simple,
inexpensive, .and eflicient—th • allude to the Clergy of the
Church of Ireland, upwards if two thousand of whom are
widely scattered over this c. i retry, even in its wildest and re-
motest parts.
Calumniated as the r• gion of Protestants has been to Our
Roman Catholic fellowecountrvmen, it is surely a matter of the
utmost moment that-we should exhibit a practical refutation of
such slanders, and demonstrate to all,'now in the period of Ire-
land's dire emergency, that ours is a "faith which worketh by
love," even to enemies. This the Committee feel persuaded
can be effectually done by continuing to use the Clergy of the
Established Church as the dispensers of the bounty entrusted
to their care by their fellow Christians. Thus, also, a gua-
rantee is given that none of their funds will be expended on
improper objects, or for the promotion of improper ends.
The Committee, moreover, feel that sympathy for the suffer-
ing clergy themselves requires this at their hands. Placed in
the midst of a fiery trial of famine and disease, their houses
are daily surrounded by dying multitudes of all religious per-
suasions, who look up to them as their natural and tried bene-
factors. It surely becomes their brethren of the household of
faith to lighten, as far 'as may lie in their power, the heavy load
of anxiety under which the% labour—anxiety for the spiritual,
as well as temporal, welfare of the perishing multitudes over
whom the providence of Cod has placed them, and who are
now brought, through his insc;utable wisdoin and goodness, to
receive, 'with deeper attention' than ever before, the lessons of
divine truth.

The Committee have.received many testimonies, from differ-
ent parts of the country, to the value of their exertions, for
the necessity for the instrumentality they are employing. One
clt:rnman writes as follows :
_

" Will you convey to the Committee my sincere thanks for
their aid. Through the assistance kind friends have given me,
I have been enabled to make myself felt as the rector of the
parish. I have two boilers established, six miles apart, in the
poorest districts of my parish. I have now a bakery at work
in the heart of a mountain district, thus giving the poor on the
mountains bread 3d. under the usual price, besides saving them
a walk of fourteen or fifteen miles. A second bakery will be
set up in a few days. I gave free tickets on our poor kitchen
to many—to widows, to the sick, to families, no member of
which was earning wages. Fever rages. The money entrusted
to me has saved many lives. The whole of the money raised
for the soup kitchen, and for relieving the sick poor, has been
placed at my sole disposal. I have asked a most worthy pa-
rishioner to be my treasurer. He, his wife, and I, manage the
money. Your committee will believe, that administering nearly
individual' relief, in a parish of upwards of 25,000 acres, is a
matter of no light labour."
The Committee deem it unnecessary, in their present appeal,
to adduce further proof of a fact, now by all admitted, that
calamity, on a national scale, and of unparalleled severity, has
befallen the land. Their earnest prayer is, that national re-
pentance and humiliation may in.time ensue, "lest someworse
thing come upon us." In conclusion, they desire it to be un-
derstood, that the benefits of this fund are not confined to any
district, or to professors of any particular creed, but are de-
signed to be coextensive with the misery that prevails. • CAN
THIS APPEAL BE MADE TO BRITISH CHRISTIANS IN VAIN?
Contributions for Special Districts, or the General Fund (as
also articles of clothing) will be thankfully received and ac-
knowledged by the Rev. Wm. 111‘11,1A-A I 'NE, Incumbent of St.
George's Church or- the Rev. TH EO en ILL'S CAMPBELL, In-
cumbent of Trinity Church, Honorary Secretaries.
-Clerical Rooms, Belfast, Feb. 9, 1847.

Sarah Johnson, a girl known to the police, was yester-
day committed for trial by Mr. Rushton for robbing a-
man of -275.
ORIGIN OF THE• NAME " MERTHYR TYDVIL."—ItiS
not generally known that this flourishing town owes its
name to a.lady.. A youog girl, Tydfil, was burnt there ;
and Tydfil, who would not renounce her religious opi-
nions, became Tydfil the martyr. Merthyr rydvil is a
corruption of the poor girl's name and fate.
The Fifeshire Journal contains a series of interesting
letters, entitled, " 1 Winter tour in the Highlands," from
which the following is taken :—" It is characteristic of an.
idle and savage people that the women perform more la-
bour than the men. Here you will meet on the road wo-
men carrying hardens of peals and wood. You will see
both young women and old women thus employed, but
you will not see a man at this necessary wok. You will
find that the son of the old woman, whom, perhaps, you.
lately saw stooping to the ground under her load, has been
strutting about the whole day, with his hands in his pock-
ets with the air of a nobleman born. His mother would
think herself disgraced for ever it hei' F.op Ponald were to
he seen corriipg creel or basket."

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. •
During last week, up to Saturday evening, the arrivals of
English Wheat in the port of London, were unusually small,
while those of all other articles of home produce were on a very
limited scale. By land carriage and samples, the receipts were
trifling ; and the same observations may be applied to those
from Ireland and Scotland. The imports of foreign corn,
pulse, and flour were limited. Fresh up to-day, a moderate
quantity of wheat of home produce reached us from Essex;
but the supply from Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c. was small.
The market opened by the factors demanding an advance in
the quotations paid on Monday last—arising from the limited
number of samples brought forward, of from 45 to 5s per qr.
At that improvement nc sales were effected; and the trade be-
came excessively heavy—so dull, indeed, that up to twelve
o'clock scarcely a single parcel had changed hands.. Under
these circumstances, we have to report unusual dulness in the
trade, and, in some instances, a decline of quite Is. per qr. in
the rates paid on this day se'nnight. At :the conclusion of
business, a clearance had not been effected.
The show of Foreign was again small, yet, owing to the millers
evincing an uneasiness to purchase at present prices, the trade
was in a sluggish state, at barely last week's quotations. Not-
withstanding the quantity of Barley was limited, the trade with
that article was exceedingly dull, at an abatement in value of
from Is. to 2s. per quarter. Superfine White Malt moved off
slowly at fall prices; but all other kinds might have been pur-
chased on someweat easier terms. With Oats we are again
scantily supplied. Still, however, the Oat trade was slow, and
prices were with difiiculty supported. The sale of Beans was
heavy, and when transactions were forced Is to 2s per qr. less
money was taken. In Peas next to nothing was doing, at a re-
duction of is per qr. The Flour trade was very dull, both for
sack and barrelled parcels, at barely late rates. Indian Corn
was dull.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA RKET. - :ESTER owv.
The number of home-fed Beasts on sale was seasonably ex-
tensive, and of full average condition, yet the actual weight of
Beef was not equal to that exhibited on Monday last. The
dead markets being heavily supplied with country-killed meat,
and the weather by no means favourable to slaughtering, the
Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at, in most instances, a
decline on last week's quotations of 2d. per 81b.—the highest
figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s. 2d. per Sdb.
- The number of Sheep were again very small, owing to which
the salesmen demanded advanced rates for that dcscription of
stock. In some instances, a trifle more money was paid for•.
the primest old Downs, but as this advance was by no means
general, we can make no alteration in our last week's rates.
The trade, hoWever, must be considered firm ; and a good
clearance was effected.• There were about 300 shorn Sheep of-
fered. _ _

With Calves we are scantily supplied; yet the veal trade was
heavy, at the late decline in value.
Pigs were in moderate supply and sluggish inquiry at unal-
tered rates.

MONEY MARKET. YESTERDAY.
The financial expose of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is
the subject of speculation in the monetary circles this morn-
ing ; but nothing new has transpired on the question, and bu-
siness has been held in abeyance with little change in prices up
to this time. .

There has been but little business done to-day in the Stock
Exchange, and but little alteration in prices has taken place.
Consols have been alternately buyers and sellers at 901 for
money and the present account ; Exchequer-bills 2 6 pm. ;.
Spanish Five per Cents.. 24i ; ditto Threes 35.

THE NEW ORLEANS ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.—This
justly celebrated band of American melodists have con-
cluded their engagement at the Adelphi Theatre, where
their performances throughout drew forth enthusiastic and
encouraging bursts of applause. We are happy to say
that they purpose to prolong their stay in the town yet a
little longer. They have taken the Liver Theatre, in
which they last night gave the first of a new series of their
amusing and highly interesting concerts. The audience
was numerous and respectable, and the " niggers" ap-
peared to excel their former selves, and were repeatedly,
and loudly encored. 'We have not room to enter into de-
tails of their several feats, vocal, instrumental, and, we
may add, gymnastic. Suffice it to say that they exhibit a
versatility of talent which is truly astonishing ; .that they
far surpass all former essayists in depicting negro character,
agility, and song in its more civilised condition, with a
just perception of its quaintness and drollery, as
well as of the occasional pathos that, in common
with the white man, is exhibited by the Ethiop.
There is nothing of coarseness, but much of originality,
the pieces being varied nightly. Amongst the perfor-
mances of last week, which we noticed as peculiarly ex-
cellent were " Mary Blane," (as an American,) by Mr.
Swain ; " Charmin' Susiana," by Sandford ; solos on the
violin, by Ole Bull, a mere youth, but very talented ;
" Lucy Neal," &c. The Ethiopians, in fine, must be
seen and heard to have their merits duly appreciated. We
happen to know, however, that the whole corps are gen-
tlemen in education and manner ; that they are linked
together as brothers -and that their main object is to
impart a just idea of negro feeling and talent in the
principal cities in England and on the continent of
Europe.

RAIN UNKNOWN BEFORE THE FLOOD.—May I request
(through the medium of your columns) from my clerical
brethren, the statement of any reasons they may have to
offer, in refutation of an opinion I hold that rain was
unknown in the world till the time of the deluge. This
opinion I ground on Genesis ii. 5,6, compared with Ge-
nesis ix. 13, and 14. In the former passage we are told
that " the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the
earth," but that He " watered the whole face of the
ground by a mist" that went up from the earth ; and in
the latter passage it was intimated that the rainbow was
seen for the first time, not till after the deluge. Hence
it appears to me easier and safer to suppose that there had
been neither rain nor rainbow before the flood,—than to
suppose that the fall of rain had been an ordinary occur-
rence for upwards of 1,600 years, without the rainbow
being frequently seen as it is now ; and the conclusion to
which I am,led is, that, previously to the universal deluge,
there had been no rain; but that instead of it, " there
went up a mist from the earth, and watered the
whole face of the ground," and that, consequently,
not till after the deluge was the rainbow seen.
when the Lord God said unto Noah, " I do set my bow
in the cloud, and it shall come to pass," &c. What form
of words can, indeed, more plainly intimate, rather I
would say, declare, that it was then so " set " for the
first time, and that, therefore, both it and that, wherein
it was " set," were objects alike unknown before the
flood ? Had the rainbow been manifested before the
flood, how could it be a sign that there should be no
repetition of the same awful catastrophe ? On the other
hand, how could it have been otherwise than manifested
had the fall of rain, one of the causes of it (as its name
imports), been an ordinary occurrence ? To suppose that
rain had been constantly falling from the days of Adam
until the time of Noah, without having once—not to say
often—in the course of one thousand six hundred years
by the refraction of the rays of the sun, produced a rainbow,
would be, it appears to me, to suppose the intervention of
a repeated miracle to prevent it. Correspondent of
Church and State Gazette.
INTERVIEW BETWEEN ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND
THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.—A remarkable interview took
place between the Emperor of China and Alexander. the
Great, an account of which has been translated from a
Persian work by the late Sir John Malcolm. After Alex-
ander had made war against Paor or Porus, and slain him,
he marched against the Emperor of China. That monarch
did not consider hiMself equal to the conflict, and went in
disguise to the Grecian camp. He was discovered, and
brought to Alexander, who asked him how he could act
in such a manner. The Emperor replied : " I was anxious
to see you, and your army ; I could have no fear on my
own account, as I knew I was not an object of dread to
Alexander ; besides, if he were to slay me, my subjects
would instantly raise another king to the throne. But of
this I can have no fear, as I am satisfied Alexander can
never be displeased with an action that shows a solicitude
to obtain his friendship." The conqueror was completely
overcome by this truly Chinese flattery, and concluded a
treaty by which China was spared on condition of paying
tribute. The emperor returned to his capital to make
preparations for the entertainment of his great ally ; and
the third day he returned with an army, the dust of which
announced its great numbers, which made Alexander pre-
pare his force for battle. When both lines were opposite,
the Emperor of China, with his ministers and nobles,
alighted and went towards the Grecian Piince, who asked
him why he had broken 'faith. " I wished," said the
-Emperor, "to show the number of my army, that you
' might be satisfied I made peace from other motives than
an inability to make war. It was from consulting the
stars, that I have been led to submit. The Heavens aid
you, 'and I war not with them." Alexander was so grati-
fied; that he released the Emperor from paying tribute, as
he was too wise, too pious, and too great a prince ; he was
perfectly satisfied to have his friendship. The Emperor
took his leave, and sent a present of jewels, gold, and
beautiful ladies, to the conqueror. [From a Persian work
called Zeenut-ul Tuarikh.] --Mont gomery Martin's China.
THE MEXICAN IlousE-TAMER.--Prom infancy the
vaquero is trained to horsemanship : his legs can no sooner
cross a horse than his father fastens him with a handker-
chief to the back of the saddle, and rides over hill and val-
ley with him. He grows up thus. A day comes when
his legs are bowed along the sides of the horse, and his
whole body made supple by its uneven pace. The va-
quero then learns in his wanderings to throw the lasso, to
know the ground (saber to tierra), that is, to join the
reasoning of man to the instinct of „the horse, which dis-
cerns at a distance of twenty leagues the Odour of the
plants be is accustomed to tread, the emanations of the
trees which shade him nightly, and takes a direct course
over plains, mountains, or torrents, towards the querencia
he likes best. Amidst the solitudes in which he spends
his life, without regular roads, unacquainted with the
spots where a keen pursuit may lead him, the vaquero
never hesitates as to the road he ought to follow. The
moss on the trees, the course of the rivers or of rivulets,
the position of the sun, the leaning of the grasses, the
sighs of the wind, are so many signs which the desert
seems to multiply under his feet to indicate his road. To
this singular keenness of perception the vaquero adds unu-
sual moderation. Scraps of tortillas (cakes of maize baked
on an iron plate, which almost every where take the place
of bread), a bit of dried meat, a pomegranite, a pimento,
a cigarette of maize straw, sustain him a whole day ; pud-
dles of reddish water, forgotten by thecain in some print
'of a hull's or horse's hoof, refresh him ; he is equally in-
sensible to the chilly nights and scorching days. Once in
pursuit of some animal, nothing stops his career ; neither
ravines, torreiits, nor forests. Clothed in leather from
head.to foot, he gallops intrepidly through the forests as
if in the middle of plains. ,Sometimes bent to the right
or left over his steed as if his body were without bones,
sometimes his torso beat Os er the fore part of his saddle,
or with his head thrown back over the horse's croup so as
to avoid contact with the large branches, which would
otherwise dash out his brains, he never slackens the impe-
tuosity of his course. When his inevitable lasso has
caught the animal he is in pursuit of to tame, intrepidity
slims itself united to suppleness and vigour. Then the
business of the vaquero becomeS perilous ; but, at the end
of a two hours' struggle, the horse returns docile, his body
covered with foam, his eyes sunken—broken in, in short.
Sometimes he brings hack lifeless the horseman whom be
has dashed against a rock, but the vaquero died as he
ought---on his horse !—Frtiser%s• Magazine,