The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-13 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

GREENWICH RAILWAY.-It is said that this line will be
opined tte whole vay to Greenwich in the course of the pre-
sent month. Its present terminus is at Deptford.

ORTHOGRAPHICAL GEMS.—In a window in White-horse-
yard, Drury-lane, may be seen a bill announcing that " kar-
pets is beet and mezagses tended to," by the person in the
kitchen. In Duke-street, 'Westminster; for sallaydes"
is sold.

LONGEVITY.—It is said that there is now living at Hamp-
stead a gentleman named Solornons, of the Jewish persua-
sion, 11U years of age. He formerly carried on the business
of a jeweller, at Watford, in Hertfordshire, and has upwards
of 50 grandchildren.

ROCHDALE GATTI.E FAIR.--011 Wednesday last, the
annual cattle fair was held, according to ancient custom.
There t, as a very good show of cattle;- milkers were in good
demand, and sold at high prices; but drapes and fat cows
were sold at very low prices.
NEW CHURCH.—On Thursday afternoon last, the corner
stone of a new church, to bP dedicated tc the Apostle St.
Peter, w..s laid by Robert Gardner, Esq.. of Manchester.
A procession flora the Jubilee School to the site of the new
church, was of an imposing character, consisting of toe Sun-
day-school children and a number of the clergy of the estab-
lished church.—Maneltester Courier.

'THREE PERSONS FOUND DEAD.—On Monday last, two
men and a boy were found dead, in the neighbourhood of
Ilayswater, under the hill called High-street, betwixt Kent.
wore and lillswater. They were discovered by is soeplierd'S
(big, which gave taken to its master of having found some-
thing unusual, awl in his approach t., the spot Inc melan-
choly scene presented itself :o his view. 'They proved so be
three persons of the names of Huddleston' Macgeary, and a
son of the latter, a lad about thirteen; the first a tailor, be-
longing to the village of Stavely, uesa Kendal: the elder
Macgeary a small farmer in Kentinere. It appears they bad
gone early ou Saturday morning to augi• in the mountain
tarn of Bayswater, which abnaads r.sh of An excellent
flavour, and it is conjectured that they sat themselves down
in the midst of a heavy snow storm, sod being overcome by
drowsiness, had suuk into sleep and fallen victims to the in-
clemency of the day.—Lancaster Paper.
A Nice PolatT.—ThomasCliff, the keeper of a keer-house,
at Townsend, Warrington, appeared before the magistrates
on Wednesday, to answer an information charging him wit!:
keeping open his house for the sale of beer, at three o'clock
on Sunday morning, the 28th ult. Povey, the notice con-
statile, &rased to having seen a boy in au entry adjoining
the defendant's house, on the morning in question, woo told
him be was waiting for John Thomason, who was gone to the
defendant's house, and saw a light in the cellar. The de-
fendant's wife was drawing some liquor into a half_gallon
jug from a cask. Shortly after she opened the door ana
looked round to see if the police were watching her. Wit-
ness then saw a man with a half-gallon jug in his hand,
which the defendant's wife took from him on seeing witness.
Witness saw souse froth on the jug, and could swear that
the liquor was not buttermilk. The defence set up and
proved by the evidence of one witness was, that the liquor
seen by the officers was nothing more or less than buttermilk,
which the man spoken of had gone to the defendant's house
to purchase, in order to make himself and his wife some por-
ridge. The bench, in the absence of positive evidence of
the defendant's guilt, dismissed the information on payment
of costs, Mr. Halland Mr. Gasket! recommending the police-
man to be more particular for the future, this being the
second case that week in.which evidence had been called to
prove that he was mistaken.—Manchester Courier.
THE NAVY.—TIie state of our naVy begins to excite public
attention. Some alarm exists as to the projects of Russia..
There is a probability of war, and as the navy has been neg-
lected through 23 years of peace, it seems: now to be suddenly
discovered that the right arm of our safety is weak and de-
crepit!, if not paralyzed. We are at issue with Russia as to
the affairs of Persia, and to-day it is stated that the large
naval farce collected at Sebastopol, and of which the effici-
ency has lately been much vaunted, was expected at Con-
stantinople. The English fleet under Admiral Stopford
has been ordered to prepare for an emergency, and at Con-
stantinople, it was expected, should the Russian fleet enter
the Bosphorus, that the British fleet would pass the Darda-
nelles. A collision between them is, in. fact, not so unex-•
peeled as was the collision between the British and Turkish
fleets at Naviirino. The Russian fleet is said to consist of
two ships of 120 guns, and six of 84—a formidable fleet; but
Russia is not able, we believe, to collect a force in that
neighbourhood at which Admiral Stopford need feel the
least alarm. At the same time, the possibility of a war with
Russia, which must be carried on chiefly by our ships anni-
hilating the commerce of Russia, and the formidable fleet
possessed by France, make the present condition of our
navy, now again, after many sears of neglect, one of intense
public interest.—Sun.

THE MACINTOSH CLOA KS.—These outer garments are now
all the rage throughout the country—go where one may, old
and young, great and small, male and female—well formed
or deformed—all are to ha seen enveloped in these most co-
mically cut, impenetrable habiliments. The fashions of
these are as various as the tastes of their wearers. Some are
to be seen walking about in them, as if they had been pitched
into a bottomless sack, which was, then, tied at the mouth to
prevent them from advancing or retreating.—The shape of
others—" if shape it can be called which shape has none"—
bears a nearer resemblance to that of an ill-made smock-frock,
than any thing ever destined for the "human form divine."
Some are made exceedingly capacious, others inconveniently
confined.—Of the former, many fit their occupants as the
sentry-box does the soldier—touching nowhere.—Of the lat-
ter, one would be inclined to imagine, that their wearers were
hide bound, or that the composition=in the process of "the
fabrics" as they are called, was adapted to them in purls no-
turulibus. It would seetn that they were intended as a bur-
lesque on the professors of the Art of Cutting, or that all the
patterns of a tailors board had been first thrown into confu-
sion, and then a few were drawn at random, which united as
chance might direct were to be the prototypes of these gro-
tesque dresses. Be this as it may they are the fashion, and
that is enough.—They are, besides, more useful than orna-
mental, and as winter always begins to give very sensibleand
regular signi of his approach, it is but natural that all who
possibly can, should provide against his inclement visitation.
What class of men, therefore, more require the protection of
Micintosh's impenetrable fabrics thiin those much exposed
inWidualg, who are invariably to be found,—blow high blow
low, be the weather foul or fair, in readiness at Piccanilly,
with their coaches and horses, prepared to sacrifice their do-
mestic comforts for the public accomodation. Who so hard-
hearted as not to sympathize wiili the sufferings (.1. those ten-
innocents—the "sweet little cherubs that sit up aloft," when
rudely assailed by the pelting of the pitiless storm P—lt was
then, a gratifying spectacle for the compassionate to behold
them, or the greater poi Linn of the .n, t ern out a ft- w mornings
ago, on their parade, opposite the Intirthary, in full Macintosh
Uniform. Fur the comfort of cabmen or any other class of
her ;,1 sjesty's subjects, it is to be regretted that the sensibilities
of public officers are not so easily affected. This simultaneous
display could not escape their ever vigilant e) es—they at once
suspected that a screw was loose somewhere. and lost no tint,
in making the nece.sary enquire,,. Beswick, assisted
Green and Irwin, soon discovered whence the supplies were
furnished to the corps. It appeared that a coachman named
Harrison, now confined in the hospital with a broken lee,
purchased'a quantity (admitted to be no less than 20) of the
Macintosh coats, front a person named John Booker, who is
imthe employment of Messrs. Birley, Macintosh and Co.—
at the price of 4s. each;. and that be ( Harrison) sold them to
his brethren of the whip, at 16s. each. Booker on being ques-
tioned respecting the manneein which be came by them, at
first denied all knowledge of the matter, but on being told
that all was known, be admitted having stolen the coats from
the warehouse in Carobtidge-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock.
He had always access to the warehouse,—and availed himself
of it to commit the present fraud. He took the coals singly,
The policeman recovered most of the property, which was
identified by Mr. Booth, the manager of the firm, and on
Thursday, Booker was fully committed to the sessions.—Man-
chester Courier.

A TENDKR HUSBAND.—A young man named William
Bickerton, who lives in Joddrell-street, was brought up be-
fore H. J. J. Norrevs and J. B. Smith, Esqrs. at the New
Bailey, yesterday, charged with threatening to shoot his wife,
under the following circumstances:—The prisoner's wife
stated that she and her husband frequently quarrelled, and
that he had often threatened to take away her life. On
Thursday they had again been quarrelling, and he went out
and returned again with a loaded pistol, and said he would
shoot her. She told him ►he would fetch the police to him;
upon which be swore at her, and said he would prevent that;
at the same time he snapped the pistol, but it missed fire.—A
young man stated that he was pretient at the time, and he
believed, if the pistol had gone off, the woman would have
been shot.—Sawley, the beadle, said the pistol was loaded
with powder and ball; and, on inquiry, it had been found,
that he bad bought the pistol not long before he attempted
to shoot his wife.—The prisoner said his wife had provoked
him, and he only intended to frighten her.—The magistrates
said they should commit bins to answer the charge at the
sessions, but would admit him to bail on his finding two
sureties of £2O each to appear.- As no sureties were forth-
coming, he was locked up.—Manchester.Guardian.

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF ROMAN SKELETONS.--
Dr. Allnatt, of Wallingford, has written an account of some
most interesting discoveries which have been recently made
at Shooter's Hill, near Pangbourn, Berks, on the line of the
Great Western Railway-. Several human skeletons, in a
high state of preservation, have been disinterred, which are
the remains of Roman solders, who fell, in all probability,
during their sanguinary conflicts with the ancient Britons
Small sepulchral urns of rude workmanship, but elegant and
classical devices, were in the graves, and upwards of forty
Roman coins, of gold, silver, and brass, of the reigns of Do-
mitian, Constantine, Julian the Apostate, Constantius, Gra-
cianus, Licinius or Lupicinius, the Pro-pro tor, (who ass
invested with regal authority), and several others. Spear-
heads, battle-axes, and spurs of British and Roman manu-
facture, were aiso found; and some of the graves contained
considerable masses of charcoal, without hones, indicating
that funeral honours had been paid to the deceased warrior,
and that hii remains had been burned previous to interment.
Some of the coins are in good preservation; but others are
worn, cankered, and illegible. The bones are well preserved,
having lain in the dry gravel, about four feet from the sur-
face, immediately overlying he chalk; and one of the skulls
appears heavier anti more consolidated than natural, owing
probably to its being in the incipient state of the process of
petrefaction.—Standard.
DRY-ROT.—KYAN'S PATENT.—On Wednesday last, a fun-
gus pit was opened in the yard of the Anti-Dry-rot Company,
David-street, for the purpose of exhibiting 'the effect of
Kyan's process for the preservation of timber and canvas
against dry-rot. There were present the borOughreeve and
constables, several architects and bililders, and' many other
gentlemen. The result of the experiment, though the period
of trial was only twelve mouths, fully confirms all that has
been stated of the efficacy of the process., We were present
on the 7th of November last year, when the various sub-
tances, submitted to trial, were deposited in the pit. They
consisted of twelve planks,(six Kyanisectand six unprepared,)
two nail bags, two pieces of common wrapper, two pieces of
inch rope, two pieces of packing rope, and two balls of twine,
one piece of each sort being prepared. The wood consisted
of spruce fir, English poplar, American elm, American ash,
American birch, and American oak.—On opening the pit,
Mr. Blackie, the agent of the company, first exhibited the
balls of twine. That which had not been Kvauised was so
completely rotten, as to have the appearance of black soil;
that wh rli had been prepared was, on the contrary, as per-
fect and as strong as when deposited. The unprepared pack-
ing rope fell into pieces on being brought out of the pit; but
the Kyanised piece had not undergone any change. The
prepared inch rope, except a small piece of it, probably the
the part held by the person who dipped it in the tank, was
also sound; whilst the unprepared was quite decayed. The
same results were also observable on the wrappers and nail
bags. Nothing, indeed, could be more satisfactory than the
results as regarded the canvas and ropes. A silk handker-
chief; which had been dipped in the tank, was also quite s,,und
when taken out of the pit. The experiment upon the timber
was highly satisfactory. As the pieces had been deposited
only twelve months, the progress of decay had noi been very
great upon the unprepared wood; all the unprepared pieces,
however, were, to a certain extent, infected with dry-rot,
whilst those that had been Kyauised was perfectly free from
it. The result of the experiment gave great satisfaction to
the spectators, a large propori ion of whom, previous to their
leaving the yard, signed a testimonial tot hat effect. in order,
however, to give the public further evidence ot the etlicao
of the process, Mr. Mackie deter mined to submit the 1, nod.,
and other substances, to the test of another year's exposure
to the decaying influence of the fungus pit. Accordingly,
yesterday at noon, the same pieces of wood, prepared and un-
prepared, and the prepared rope, were again deposited in the
pit, and along with them a few yards of calico, one half of
which was Kyanised. The pit was then cmosed, and the key
delivered to the care of- one of the gentlemen present. It
will be again opened at the expiration of twelve months,when
the efficacy of the process will, we doubt not, be established
by further proof.—Manchester Courier.

BON MoT.—A peison having wilfully put an end to his
life, by drowning in the canal, the coroner's jury returned a
verdict of "Fel.6 de se." Upon hearing it, a wag exclaimed,
how can that be, for be "Fell in de cut."
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN GCN-LOCKS.—An Italian,.
named Rosaglio, who 'resides in this country, announces a
gun-lock, constructed upon such new and curious principles
that it acts without any exterior combustion, needs no prim-
ing, and flees the discharge from al flame or smoke but what
is emitted at the mouth of the barrel.

The poor Nottingham mechanic, now Sir John Leman,
Bart., who lately succeeded in establishing his claim to that
Baronetcy, seems to be making a friendly tour through the
towns and villages which were dear to him in the days of his
huwbie fortune. On Monday he paid a visit to a few old
friends and acquaintances at Castle Donnington, and dis-
tributed his newly acquired wealth with a liberal hand
Amongst his old associates and fellow-craftsmen; and the
Donnington ringers cheered his heart with a rejoiciog peal
at his successful fortuue.—Loughl,oroughJourttal.
CAPTAIN Tur.tocit's REpPier OF OE SICKNESS AND
MORTALITY OF THE Tdoops IN TDB WFST INntaft--
The first and most startling of the facts esta:,,,shed by this
report is, that between 1803 nnd 1836 upwards of 33,000 of
our fellow-soldiers have perished in the WeA Indies. This
is exclusive entirely of the casualities by warfare, and the
deaths which took place in Martinique, GualeAcupe, Surinam,
atLd other colonies captured daring the last war, and ceded
at the peace; it is also exclusive of the deaths of black
t...ops. Consequently, during these ttirty-tnree years more
than four times the whole force has bean cut off by disease
alone; aur.: the average duration of the life of every soldier
sent to that c;iniate has not exceeded seven years au_ a half.
United Service Journal.

The notorious Acland, the firebrand of Briqol notoriety,
arrived in Huddersfield this week, as a lecturer on teetatalism,
tt,..1 so far imposed on the committee of the Temperance So-
ciety as to induce them to patronise him, and got bills
printed for a lecture en rinisrlay evLning, but before that
time his character was discovered. and they refused to havl
any thing more to with him. Th:.. s...:hject having failed,
he applied to a few whits, offering to lecture in favour of
the new poor law, which he describes as the best law ever
passed, consequently, to raise a few shillings, be proposes
giving a lecture ou that subject at Is. admission.—Leeds
In telligencer.
AUCTION EXTRAORDINA:IY.—On Saturday week, a female
dressed in very gay attire, was sold by public auction in the
Market-place or Bridlington, The competittion w-s rather
brisk. and she was finally knoc' Id down to a dealer in fish
for the mouerate surc of two guineas. This disgusting a-1(7
hiLtion attracted a large audience; and a poor auctioneer,
who was dilating upon the qualities of a post-horse, which
be was offering to the notice of the public, suddenly found
himself deserted by his hearers, wh) moved -off by common
consent to the more novel and attractive sale of.the lady,
leaving the auctioner and his horse to themselves.—York
Chronicle.
AN AMATEUR. PISCATOR.—Joseph Jackson, a lad about
fifteen years of age, was placed before the magistrates, of.
Warrington, on Monday week, charged with damaging a
cart-horse, the property of his master, Mr. Daniel Griffiths.
The prisoner, it appeared, had pulled pretty nearly every
hair from the tail of his master's horse, and had so altered its
appearance as to transform its fine switch tail into an elegant
" rat." Theprisoner's excuse was his need of a new supply
of fishing lines, and a commission which be had been re-
quested to execute for another of Isaac Walton's followers.
The horse was damaged to the amount of fifty shillings; but
on the prisoner expressing his contrition, he was convicted
ins the fine of 15s. and ss. costs.

SUICIDE AND EXTENSIVE DEFA I.CATIONS.—The inhabi-
tants of Islington, London, have been in an extraordinary
state of excitement, in consequence of the suicide, by hang-
ing, of Mr. Robert Oldershaw, who was for thirty•five years
the vestry-dick of that parish, and who held other high and
important situations. Scenes of themost heartrending kind
resulted from his death, as many who believed that they were
independent of the world ascertained that they were penni-
less. His stewardships were inun;terable, and for many years
he had been actuary of the Islington Savings' Bank. One
lady, named Chick, residing iu Cloudesley-square, some
years ago intrusted £15,000 with the deceased, to purchase
stock in the funds, which he did ; and ever since he has
regularly half-yearly paid her the interest. By the persuasion
of her friends, she afterwards made inquiries at the Bank of
England, and, was informed, that 14,000 had been sold out,
leaving a balance in her favour of £l,OOO, which is all she
now possesses.

BEER versus WATEN.--Samuel fiamblett, the landlord of
a beer house in Warrington, appeared before the magistrates
on Monday, to answer an information, charging him with
keeping his house open on Sunday morning, the 28th Oc-
tober, before the hour allowed by law.—Povey, one of the
Warrington police, deposed to having seen, at the early
hour of three o'clock in the morning, two womeu coming out
of the defendant's back door, carrying a balf-gallon can,-
containing something having white froth upon it.—Mr. Bea-
moot, solicitor, on behalf of the defendant, called the two
ladies spoken of in the policeman's evidence, and they both
swore that the can contained nothing bnt rain water, which
they had fetched from the defendant's yard, for the purpose
of washing cictbes for their children, in order to send them
clean to the Sunday-school the same morning. Both wit-
nesses denied having been in the defendant's house, although
Povey spoke to hiving seen them through the keyhole,
talking to the defendant's wife.—The magistrates dismissed
the information.—Manchester Courier.

The Earl of Stamford has ordered all the cottages on his
estates to be repaired at his own expense, whilst heretofore
the different parishes used to repair them. For the future,
however, it seems the present occupiers will be rated, and
possession of the cottages left to their successors; and the
Earl has, in addition, ordered that the poor teuantry shall be
supplied with materials for building or enlarging their cot-
tages, in order that cottagers with large families maybe
made more comfortable, pruvided.they can pay for the work- -a,
manship. The poor labourers have also had small allotinens,,:-..ti
of land let to them at Is. per hundred yards, to grow po-!.
tatoes and other vegetaales upon.— Leicester Chronicle.

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A prospectus fora new steam navigation company, entitleckti
the "Pacific
.Steam Navigation Company,". has appeareAtlci
and created much interest in the mercantile circles connected
with the countries on the shores of the Pacific. The object
of this company is to establish steam navigation along the
coast from Valparaiso to Panama, embracing all the princi,
pal ports in Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador; and the west - -
coast of New Grenada, and, in conjunction withcher
Majes-
ty's packets in the Atlantic, t 6 promote a more rapid and
gular communication with Europe by the isti, Oa of Dari,,a_,-
by which it is ascertained, ')nthe best autnority;"that fhb
voyage from England to Lima .can-be performed in about 30
and to our A L6trAlia.u.sealernenis in about 70 days,siu._ „.
stead of tip,r.a,onths, points as desiderata that can require no
comment when the mercantile interests of a nation like this
become involved in the question.

CURIO cS CANA R Y-BIRD. —The Adelaide Gallery contains,
among other übjeets to amuse. the imagination while tliey
satisfy the judgment, a canary-bird in fall feather of the •
brightest hue; which speaks, or rather sings, most distinctly-,
even pasages so long as "Come,. come,- sweet Fetty little •
Dickey,—sweet pretty little dear—dear Mary," &c. We ne-
versaw a bird apparently more happy in the display of any
accomplishment: The throat is swelled out in the .proudest
manner, and the little follow seems to tejoice in his extraor-
dinary talent, as if be were a popular lyrist, like Alcor°
himself. It is mentioned that the first indication of this
faculty, i. e. expressing words, sprang up spontaneously from
the bird, which, hemp noticed,7 encouraged, and cultivated by
frequent repetition to him, he soon grew proficient; and it
is remarkable that he derives a sttmulus to go through his
task from the rustling of paper.
The corporation of Birmingham is to consist of a mayor. ii.r-
teen aiderrnen, and forty-eight councillors. The berotigh ii to
be divided into thirteen wards. The- first election of mayor, Al-
dermen, and councillors, is to take place as follows :—The
election of councillors on the .26th of December next, and the
aldermen and mayor on the day succeeding, the 27th. The
aldermen are to be assigned to their respective wards on tee
same day. When formed, the charter further erripowerefire
corporation to hold a Court of Record on the third day-of-
every week, for the trial of actions of assumpsit, covenant,
and debt; actions for trespass or. trover. for taking goods and
chattels; and actions of ejectment between landlord itnd
tenant, where the amount to be recovered, or the dainages
sought to be obtained, shall not exceed £2O;

POACHING Fisti.On Saturday, Mr. Samuel Hardy .:cif
Agclen, appeared before E. J. Lloyd, Esq., charged On''an -
information with using a net for the purpose of destroying
fish; in a brook running between Agden and Dunham. Two
under gamekeepers, in the employ of the Earl of Sainfo.rd
and Warrington, proved having seen the defendant fishing
with a net on the night of the 28th October. The defend4lt
pleaded that he had permission from Mr. Harrison, lartnet,
of Agden, to fish in the stream in question. He was; how-
ever, unable to prove any right•possessed by Mr. Harrison, .
it being stated by Mr, Reeves, the noble earl's head keeper,
that the water was strictly preserved.. The defendant was
convicted in the penalty of two pounds and costs, and in de-
fault, to be committed for one month to the House of Cor-
rection. The defendant at first hesitated paying the fine;
but on being told that the half of his.month at the House of
Correction, would bevoted to the labour of the tread-mill,
and the other to the diversion of picking oakum, he foliowing
the advice which says " discretion is the, better
.part of
valour," reluctantly drew forth the money.-Maiichester
Courier.

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—Underneath one of the arches of
the large timber bridge, now erecting over Willington,dean .
for the Newcastle and North. Shields Railway, temporary
blacksmith's shop is erected, in which an eccentric old cha-
racter, named Wardle, usually works. A few days ado, du-
ring the high winds, a large three-inch plank slipped through
the timbers from the top of the arch, a distance of 80 feet,
and entering through theroof of the shop where the old man
was at work, fell endways on the shaft of the hammer with
which he was at the time beating a piece of heated jron.
The hammer•shaft was broken in two, leaving the end of it
in his hands. A young lad stood amazed at the miraculous.
escape of the old man, whilst he coolly took upanother ham-
mer and re-commenced heating the iron, unwilling to Jose
hi; heat. On being congratulated rat his luck in not having
been knocked to atoms by the large plank, he very innocently
exclaimed, "Aye, Mister, but a miss is as good as a
Preston Pilot.

SWINDLING.—Richard and Ann Swayne were placetl'at
the bar of the New Bailey, Manchester, yesterday,- charged
with obtaining money under false pretences front Mrs.:Mae
Vicar, of Manchester, and Mrs. Johnson, of Liverpool. In •
consequence of information received by Lipsett the police-
officer, from a member of the Provident Society, that a fe-
male named Shea had received money from Mr. M'Vicar,
under suspicious circumstances, he was induced to suppose
that this Mrs. Shea was no other than the wife of the notori-
ous. Richard Swayne, who came before the public notice in
Manchester, some year or two ago. He accordingly began
to make inquiries respecting their residence, and having
learned that they lived in Joddrell-street, he was proceeding
through Back King-street, when he met Mrs. S. on her way
borne—whither he took leave to accompany her. She in-
formed hint that her husband was in Leeds, but on reaching
the house the gentleman was at borne. She then informed
her husband that a policeman was waiting for him, ~and she
expressed her sorrow for having been persuaded to solicit the
money from Mrs. M•Vicar. Lipsett intimated to both that
they must consider themselves his prisoners. Swayne.en-
deavoured to persuade him of the illegality of the arrest, but
his argument was fruitless. It appeared that some tinie,itgo
he called upon a Mrs. Johnson, of Liverpool, and stated that
he was in great want of a situation,—and that owing to this
he and his wife and family were in the greatest distress. Im-
posed upon by his tole, and with a view to relieve them, Mrs.
J. asked him fur his wife's address here, and a few days after
she'received a letter from Mrs. J., enclosing one f:ir .Mrs.
APVicar, which was delivered, requesting the lady to pay ss.
a week for the space of six weeks. These facts being proved,
the male prisoner was asked what he had to say in his de-
fence. He admitted having assumed the ❑a r of Shea,
which he was compelled to do, as in consequence of the man-
ner in which his character and fair fame had been laeerAted
he..e, it was impossible for him to procure any employment
in the name of Swavne. He and his lady were rentanctedr
till Monday, to enable Mrs. Johnson to appear and gi'Ve-ovi-
deuce against them.—Manchester Courier. •

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A LIGHTNING CromucTott.—The Nout),//iit,' after re-
marking that it is not every owner of a house that can afford
to he at the expense of erecting an iron lightning conductor,
mentions the fallowing simpie apparatus as being evally ef-
fective, and within the compass even of a cottag^r:--.:l'o.the
highest and the most salient point of the building, ench as',
theangle of a chimney, a pole should be attached, surinininted
by an iron point, about two feet long, and having a -book at
the lower end, from which a rope should be suspended,,rnade
of rye or other strong straw, three or four inches in circum-
ference, passing along the roof, and down the . side4.of „the
building to the gr,nnit, which it most be rnade'tc enter by
mean* of an iron chain, fastened taits lowerend,- 'ph*slec
tric fluid will be attracted by, and, it is said,'.liill-pailettpwn
this conductor, as well as down a suctallic 012)‘:.

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pearl).

THE ORPHAN'S TEAR.

( From the' Court Gazette.)
Beside a grave where flowers wild,
Supplied the place of flAttery's scroll,
There stood a lovely, artless child,
And down her cheek a tear-drop stole.
She knew nut then a mother's worth,
But still the name alone was dear,
And the first grief she knew on earth •
Was that which caused the orphan's tear.

In after years though fortune smiled,
And every earthly blessing gave,
Wben mirth and joy the hours beguiled,
A word would oft recall that grave.
For when she heard companions say
That parents' words could soothe and cheer,
She felt she lost life's greatest stay.
When first she shed the orphan's tear.

THE POET AND THE MAGICIAN.
BY MISS 11. A. BROWNS.
(Fran► the Forget Me Not of 1839.)

MAGICIAN.
Thou of the wild and wandering eye,
Thou of the forehead pale and high,
Wherefore dost dwell in thy chamber lone,
Touching thy lyre, the lofty of tone,
Framing thy lays, so graceful and sweet,
The echoes of thoughts in thy heart's retreat,
And of dreams that like stars in thy spirit lie?
Little they bring thee—oh, cast them by !
fling down the tyre, and come with me.
I can teach thee spells over earth and sea:
I will lead thee wherever the floods are rolled
Over the dust of the rich red gold;
I will show thee the founts whence the rubles start,
Branching, like veins, through the Earth's deep heart;
I will give thee the key to the innermost shrine,
Where the diamond lights up the secret mine !

POET.
Vainly, indeed, had the minstrel sung,
If only for gold had his lyre been strung,
Little he wins from the hand of Fame,
Save a wreath for his brow and a life for his name;
But from the depths of his soul he hath brought
The gold and the jewels of glorious Thought;
Therefore, thou master of earth and seas !
I yield not the lyre for such treasures as these.