The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-22 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICES.

Master Humphrey's Clock. By Boz. Webb, Liverpool. I
We learn this work is to be concluded, in other words the
" Clock is to be stopped" in November. In the present
part we find poor Barnaby in prison, his friends rioting
through the streets, and making a strong effort to release
him. Old Varden gets into their clutches, and a scene of
much excitement is vividly described. Mr. Dickens, it is
said, is about making a tour in America ; he will be well re-
ceived by Brother Jonathan. The next number may be ex-
pected to be very interesting.

Asiatic Journal. W. H. Allen and Co., London.
The review of Eastern news is continued. The truckling
and bungling Captain Elliot is severely and very properly
dealt with. The " Memoirs of a Griffin" gives us an insight
into hog and alligator hunting, and the mode of treating In-
dian robbers. The " Diary of a Surgeon" is continued, de-
tailing the ravages of the cholera. " Saturday Evening" is
a graceful poem, full of pure thought. We have "The Bench,
the Bar, and the Press of Bombay, No. 2." The " Debate
at the India-house" will be read by all interested in India
with much attention. There is an immense quantity of
Indian news as usual. This journal, we perceive, is pub-
lished regularly two days after the arrival of the overland
mail.

The British Farmers

Magazine. No. N. Ridgway and

Sons, London

This quarterly magazine, which is stated to be the property
of Mr. Cannell, of this town, contains many very clever ar-
ticles and papers upon agricultural matters. Amongst other
things, we find a Consideration of the Science of Agriculture—
the Importance of Farmers' Clubs—a good and elaborate paper
on the Rotation of Crops—a Defence of Agricultural Socie-
ties. The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society in
Liverpool is thus mentioned, and the gross mismanagement,
illiberality, and want of discretion on the part of the com-
mittee, slurred over. It shows that the conduct of the com-
mittee cannot be defended nor battled for one moment :
" The Liverpool papers state that the show was nothing to
what it would have been had the managing committee done
their duty. Not a singie advertisement, however, notifying
the particulars of the show, ever appeared in either a Lanca-
shire or a Cheshire paper; and when the farmers from those
counties applied in Liverpool to enter stock, they were in-
formed that there was no local committee, and that they must
write to London, both to enter their stock, and learn the na-
ture of the regulations. As regards the proceedings of the
committees, too, complaints were made that the reporters of
the press were carefully excluded, as if secrecy were more
desirable than publicity. The consequence of this has been,
that the local papers have teemed with angry observations, -
reflecting on the due qualifications of the committees for the
duties they had undertaken, and severely questioning the
line of conduct which has marked the proceedings of the so-
ciety at Liverpool.
" These remarks, scattered over the kingdom, will be apt
to raise unfavourable impressions against the society, and,
as some do not scruple to say, make it appear to be not eal-
culated for the general advancement of agriculture. We
hope, however, that this impression will not be suffered to
gain ground, as the stability of the society might be most
seriously affected by it. Doubtless, however, the council
will in future make such arrangements as will give satisfac-
tion both to the press and the public, and take measures to
counteract whatever may endanger the welfare of the society."
A list of the prizes is given which were awarded on the
occasion, The Observations made during a Tour from Nor-
folk to Liverpool and back, is an amusing as well as instruc-
tive article. This magazine is well worth the attention of
every farmer. Agriculturists of all denominations should
support such productions, not only by subscribing for, but
contributing to, them. Every man possesses some little
wisdom which another knoweth not, but which might be im-
parted. Taken altogether, we consider the British Farmers'
Magazine deserving of support.
Amongst the other contents are—Farmers' Clubs, Mr. C.
W. Johnson on the Rotation of Crops, Improvements in
Ploughs, Formation of Water Meadows, Second Annual Re -
port of the Beccles Farmers' Club, New Distemper in Cattle,
Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England at
Liverpool, Spade Labour, Destruction of the Turnip Fly,
Yorkshire Agricultural Society, Warminster and South
Wilts Farmers' Club, the Harvest, West Sussex Agricultural
Association, Interesting Letter on Guano Manure (well
worth notice), Joint Stock Farming, Calder Vale Agricultu-
ral Society's Show, Foreign Grain Imported into Great Bri-

tain during the last Forty Years, Chipping-Norton Agricul-
tural Society, Blight and Mildew in Wheat, Warwick An-
nual Cattle Show, Agriculture in the Weed Prairies of

MISCELLNNEOUS

Mernw•ial of Dieppe states that a young woman near
that town was brought to bed a few days ago of four children,
who, with the mother, are doing well.

Portland Chapel, Bath, formerly a Roman Catholic place
of worship, will be opened for Divine service according to
the forms of the Established Church, on the last Sunday of
this month.

Mr. Wigram has been appointed to one of the new judge-
ships created by the bill passed in the last session for facin-
tating the administration of justice in the Conrt of Chancery.
No gentleman has been yet selected as Mr. Wigram's col-

The corporation of the city of Durham and the commis-
sioners under the Durham Paving Acts have effected two
very great improvements in that ancient city—namely, the
enlargement of the market-place and the widening of the
thoroughfare at the foot of Claypath. They contemplate
still further improvements.
Nearly all the miners of Castleton, in Derbyshire, have
turned out, in consequence of the agents requiring them to
work two hours a day extra for the same wages. The rate of
wages has been only 2s. 6d. a day, or 15s. a week. The plea
offered by the agents for the reduction is, that the mines
have become too impoverished to afford an adequate return.
THE LATE JAMES WOOD.—The mayor has convened a
meeting of the town-council of the city of Gloucester for
Tuesday next, " to adopt such measures as may be deemed
necessary with reference to the judgment of the judicial com-
mittee of the privy council relative to the will and codicil of
the late James Wood, Esq."
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In the London Gazette of Tuesday night, the following
appointments as to the British ministers at foreign courts are
officially announced :—Lord Cowley to the Court of France ;
Lord Stuart de Rothesay to Russia ; Sir Stratford Canning
to the Ottoman Porte; Sir Robert Gordon to Austria ; and
Lord Burghersh to Prussia.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On. Tuesday, a most destructive
fire took place at Southampton, by which, according to a
letter received at London. upwards of 80 houses were destroy d.
The town was partially inundated the same evening, and the
bridge across the river was swept away, and a boy, who was
crossing at the time, perished.
The disposal of the highly valuable property at Tredegar
iron works, Monmouthshire, is announced, and the mode
proposed is a species of lottery, the price of each share being
fixed at £lO. The property is divided into lots. One prize
is no less value than four thousand guineas, this being she

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Tredegar Arms Inn, Tredegar.—Ccmbrian.
GREAT PROTESTANT MRETING.—The Rev. Professor
Butler, of Dublin, one of the most distinguished ornaments
the Church of England in the sister country, as a preacher
and public orator, has been invited by the committee of the
Protestant Association to take part in the great protestant
meeting which is to be held at Exeter Hall, on the 4th No-
vember next.

GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—Each of the stew-
ards are £l9O minus by the late festival. The enormous
sums given to the foreign " stars " is tile reason assigned
for the deficiency. We are informed that the Choral Society
of London have come to the resolution never to attend ano-
ther musical festival at which such inordinate amounts are
lavished on foreigners, to the neglect and injury of native
talent.

An important discovery of large strata of coal has been
made at Buckow, a small village not far from Berlin. A
company has been formed for working the mine, which pro-
mises to be so abundant that :aanufacturers and steam-
engines will probably soon be supplied with coal at half its
present price. When it is known that the Berlin manufac-
tories employ about 40,000 workmen, the importance of this
discovery will be easily understood.—German paper.
It is our painful duty this evening to announce the death
of the Right Rev. George De la Poer Beresford, D.D., Lord
Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh, which melancholy event
took place on Saturday morning last, at half-past one o'clock,
in the 77th year of his age, and fortieth of his episcopacy.
His lordship took his accustomed drive on Friday, and dined
with his family as usual. In the night he became suddenly
unwell, when medical aid was at once called in, but without
effect.

DEATH OF DR. FRANCIA, DICTATOR OF PARAGUAY.—
Dr. Francia, the author, and up to within the last few weeks,
the inflexible upholder of the non-intercourse policy of Pa-
eaquay, has, by his death, removed the only obstacle to trade
upon the river Parana, and other parts of the rich kingdom
of Paraguay. This singular man now rests in the quiet of
the grave, having been tottering on its verge for the last
three years. Before his time the chiefs of the South Ame-
rican republics, who, under the name of presidents, had
more than the power of kings, succeeded each other with
less than the brief sovereignty of Lord of Mayors of Lon-
don. Francia was the first who had the skill to fix himself
steadfastly in power, and to retain it against all other men in
the state. Francia's early history was that of a scholar and
a gentleman.
Loss OF A COLLIER.—Some Calais pilots fell in on the
6th instant with a collier from Sunderland, the Respect,
bound for Calais, with a cargo. It had been abandoned by
the crew, was in a sinking condition, and shortly after it was
met went down. The Journal de Calais, in mentioning the
loss of this vessel, says that the crew bad been picked up by
the English mail steamer Dover, going from Dover to Os-
tend. It appears, this paper adds, that the crew of the
Respect had not seconded the captain in endeavouring to
save the ship ; that they wished to take to the longboat, but
the captain, seizing a hatchet, stove in the boat, so as to ren-
der it impossible to be used. A sailor, however, took the
hatchet and threw it into the sea, and ultimately the captain
giving way, embarked with the crew in the jollyboat. The
collier had first struck on a bank off Dunkirk.
SUCCESSFUL CHASE AFTER A RAILWAY TRAIN.—A
few days ago a gentleman, who appeared anxious to reach
Darlington with the least possible delay, applied at the Derby
station for a special train to convey him. Not being able to
procure one he proceeded by the mail train, and, on arriving
at the Castleford station, near to Wakefield, he alighted and
asked one of the porters how long the train would remain.
The porter, understanding him to mean the Hull train, told
him about 20 minutes. The traveller then left the platform,
and, on his return, his surprise and vexation may be imagined
on finding the train, which contained the whole of his lug-
gage had started. He immediately ordered a chase and four
post horses, but was only able to obtain two, and started in
chase of the train towards York, a distance of 20 miles,
where it was to remain 40 minutes, 50 minutes being allowed
to reach that station. He arrived at the York station just as
the train was starting, the engineer's whistle having been
sounded as he came within sigt. Fortunately the chaise
driver made a s'gnal, which was observed by the guard of the
train, and our hero was enabled to take his place in the rail-
way carriage he had quitted at Castleford.—Derbyshire
Courier.

DARING ESCAPE FROM PRISON.—A person of the name
of David Lee, a native of Kendal, by trade a wailer, who
was committed to the House of Correction in that town for
six weeks for an assault, this week made his escape over the
prison walls on the morning of the 13th instant, by placing
his back in an angle of the wall, and working himself by his
hands and feet until he arrived at the top, where there are
projecting flags. When he had reached the flags he laid
hold of their edge with his hands, and raised himself up until
he got his breast upon them, and by that means succeeded
in getting upon the top of the wall, from which he instantly
leaped to the ground, a height of about 25 feet. He made
direct for Cunswick-wood, about two miles west of Kendal,
where he remained all day. Search was immediately made,
and the Kendal police and Lancashire rural police were
placed in different directions on the look out for him. The
next morning he surrendered himself, being so much in-
jured by the leap from the wall that he found it impossible to
get away. This most astonishing and daring feat equals any
one we read of in Jack Sheppard. It seemed almost impos-
sible that a stout man, such as Lee is, could succeed in
turning himself round to get upon the flags, which project
two feet and a half from the wall in a sloping direction, with
the insecure hold he could have upon the wall. This, how-
ever, he accomplished, and we give the particulars as re-
counted by the unfortunate, but daring, young man himself.
One of his legs is much bruised and swollen from the effects
of the leap. His cap and shoes were left at the bottom of
the wall in the prison.

CHANCERY ACCOUNTS.—Some idea of the magnitude and
importance of the operations of the Court of Chancery may
be formed from the following detail. According to a state-
ment just completed, it appears that the balance of cash and
securities placed to the credit of the various accounts in
Chancery amounts to the extraordinary sum of £12,000,000
and upwards! At present the actual number of these ac-
counts is about 12,000; but parliament has recently deter—
mined that all the accounts belonging to the Court of Ex-
chequer (amounting to 1,600. or thereabouts) shall be added
to them. thus forming an aggregate of 13,600. For facili-
tating the business incidental to this great mass of accounts,
such as the payment of the quarterly dividends, &c., the
offices have hitherto been divided into three departments
(arranged according to the letters of the plaintiffs' names),
but we believe it is now determined to subdivide these de-
partments into four. Great exertions are being made to
carry this into effect ; and the new arrangement will, no
doubt, contribute much to the expedition of business and the
convenience of the suitors, so soon as the labour of closing
and bringing forward into new books such a vast number of
accounts (for the purpose of subdivision) shall be com-
pleted. The officers in Chancery-lane are undergoing ma-
terial alterations in order to afford accommodation for
the carrying on this great increase of business.—iWorning
Herald.

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.--At an early hour on
Sunday morning a chaise and four, containing two persons,
the one apparently about 25 years of age, and the other a de-
licate-looking stripling of 16, drove up to the King's Head,
at Brookfield. A fresh chaise and relay of horses were
ordered on immediately by the travellers, the elder one
urging the people of the inn to make haste, saying he carried
an " express. The postboys, &c., were accordingly on the
qui vice, and the " express " was quickly despatched as fast
as four good horses could carry it. Twenty minutes had
barely elapsed when a dark green travelling chariot, contain-
ing an elderly gentleman, and lady, accompanied by a man-
servant, dashed up to the King's Head, and the gentleman
eagerly inquired whether a chaise containing a lady and
gentleman had stopped there? The landlord said that a chaise
in which were two gentlemen had left there a short time
previously. 'This information evidently threw the party at
fault, but after a few minutes' private conversation with
mine host," fresh horses were ordered, and the second
party followed in the wake of the first, the gentleman telling
the postboys that if they succeeded in overtaking the chaise
in advance, he would give them a sovereign. Between six
and seven miles were speedily passed without any signs of the
fugitive chaise, when, on reaching the submit of the hill above
Evington, the pursuing party caught a glimpse of the chaise
turning a corner of the road in the valley beneath. The ex-
citement of the gentleman in pursuit grew to an exceedingly
high pitch at the sight; he thrust his body from the carriage
window, and urged on the postilions, who spared neither
whip nor spur, and the two vehicles dashed through the
village of Evington to the great surprise of the good folks of
the place who perceiving a couple of carriages whirled along
at a railroad speed, and a respectable looking person with the
greater part of his body hanging out of the window of one of
them, and using the most frantic gestures imaginable, were
completely at a loss to account for the extraordinary ex-
hibition. The pursuit continued in this fashion for nearly
three miles, when the chaise came to a dead stop in conse-
quence of an obstruction caused by a waggon load of straw
crossing the road, which enabled the pursuers to come up
with the pursued, and a somewhat singular scene took place.
The elderly gentleman sprang from his carriage, and rushing
to the door of the chaise, commenced dragging out the
younger of its occupants, at the same time using the epithets
" You jade, you undutiful creature," &c. ; while the party
addressed, who, it now appeared, was a lady in disguise, clung
to her conipagnon de voyage, and exclaimed, with a voice
nearly suffocated with sobs, "that she would not go home;"
but the elderly gentleman, deaf alike to her tears and en-
treaties, with the assistance of his female companion and the
servant, managed to drag not only the fair fugitive but her
zaamorato likewise from the vehicle into the road. Here a
renewed struggle took place, during which the young gentle-
man received an accidental blow from the servant's elbow,
and. which he immediately returned by knocking the man
the his arms, while
the o pugnaciousthers forced gentleman,
theh
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down, who, however, quickly recovered his legs, and, seizing
eids
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suc-
ceeded in placing her in the carriage; and, quickly following
their prize, the
nearest inn, whent postilions were ordered to proceed to the
and helpless gallant e man-servant, who still held the enraged
right." suddenly nt. in his powerful grasp till it was " all
quitting
the " sociable"' and the- his
hold, sprang up to his seat in
the scene of action, carriage. quickly disappeared from
himself as best he leavingmight the disparing Lothario to console

Her Majesty and Prince Albert have arrived at Buckingham
Palace, the place fixed upoq for her Majesty's accouchement.
The next Anti-Slavery Convention in London is appointed
for the month of June, 1843.
The Earl and Countess de Grey have reached Dublin in
afety.

The Earl of Harrowby, accompanied by Viscount and Vis-
countess Sandon and family, have left Sandon -hall for Wales.
The typographic establishment of Auguste Wahlin and
'Co., at Brussels, has been entirely destroyed by fire.
Among the rumours current in the city of London is one
that the old system of lotteries is about to be revived, and
'that a correspondence with the treasury has already com-
menced on the subject.

We are happy to state that Lord Stanley is considerably
better, but the noble lord is not yet sufficiently recovered to
leave his house, or attend his official duties in Downing-
street.—Standard.
The Findens intend bringing out a quarto volume contain-
ing a set of portraits of the beauties of Queen Victoria's
court, engraved in a new style, and with poetical illustra-
tions.

The state of the Queen is so uncertain that Mrs. Little,
the nurse, has been ordered down from town to be in readi-
ness in case of accidents.—Cheltenham Looker-on.
The Nottingham Journal states that a striped hose, after
being out forty years, has again come into fashion.
THE APPLE Caor.----The Cambridge Chronicle says that
above twenty thousand bushels of apples have been shipped,
within the last two months, from W6beach, for the North
of England.

Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer has all but abjured novel writ-
ing, owing to the indifferent success of his more recent works
of fiction. He is now turning his literary attention solely to
dramatic authorship.

RAILWAY TO THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—The prelimi-
nary steps to obtaining a railway to Aberdeen, communica-
ting with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, by Strath-
more and Strathearn, have commenced at the northern end.
—Perth Paper.
The Rev. Dr. Harris, who is the author of the Prize
Essay on Mammon, has just obtained another prize for the
best Essay on Missions, which has been awarded to him by
the Rev. H. Melville, Dr. Welch, of Edinburgh, Dr. Bunt-
ing, and Dr. Wardlaw.
It is believed that Sir Robert Peel has a plan of church
extension, in providing for the better management of the
church. To effect this, it is believed that (to be paid out of
the revenues at present belonging to the church) several
suffragan bishops will be appointed. None of these to have
seats in parliament, but to be the successors-elect to, and
associates with, the present bishops.—Correspondent of the
Salopian Journal,
SHARMAN CRAWFORD V. REPEAL.—The hon. member
for Rochdale has once more take❑ the field in opposition to
the insane agitation which, providentially, is now all but
confined to the meridian of the Corn-Exchange, and would
but for the mischievous perseverance of its founder, have
long since expired from sheer inanition.
It is said that a dispute has taken place between Mr.
Bentley, the publisher, and Mr. W. Harrison Ainsworth,
the author, of " Crichton ;" and that the consequence will be
the secession, at the end of the year, of the latter gentleman
from the editorship of Bentley's Miscellany. Mr. Ainsworth
has resolved on starting a new periodical in the beginning of
the year.

SINGULAR FACT.—A few days ago, a woman residing in the
village of Stevenston, near Edinburgh, who had for some time
been affected with a severe swelling in her thigh, applied to
Dr. Brown, of Saltcoats, in order to get the pain alleviated.
After minutely examining the swollen part, the doctor com-
menced to operate, and succeeded, after considerable labour,
in extracting a sewing needle, about an inch and a half long,
which the patient had swallowed nearly thirty years ago.
RETURN OF IRISH HARVESTMEN.—During the last fort-
night an almost incredible number of reapers, not a few of
whom belong to Connaught, have returned from harvest-
work in the sister kingdom by the steamers. Sometimes as
many as 1000 have come in one boat. We have been assured
by a gentleman who was lately in Scotland that total ab-
stinence was there almost universally observed by them,
which, though it excited'.the admiration of their employers,
caused no little inconvenience, as they had provided the
usual beverage of beer for the men, which they would not
taste, and milk was not to be obtained in sufficient quantities.
—Londonderry Sentinel.
DEXTEROUS THEFT.—On Thursday, among the passen-
gers by one of the railway trains from Greenock to Glasgow,
was a well dressed young man, with an address and manner
calculated to make an impression of a very favourable cha-
racter on the most fastidious. A lady sat opposite him with
her face to the wind, and the weather was really cold, to whom
he endeavoured to make himself especially engaging. He
generously proposed to exchange. The lady, with many
thanks, accepted the kind offer, and the gentleman, think-
ing himself entitled to some remuneration for his service,
took the opportunity which the jostling unavoidable in moving
from one seat to another while the train is at full speed, to
relieve her of her gold watch, by cutting the chain with some
instrument.—Glasgow Courier.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On the morning of Wednes-
day, the 6th instant, a most distressing accident occurred at
Newhouses, a farm about three miles distant from Lauder.
A little boy, named William Smeal, nephew to Mr. Dixon,
tenant of Newhouses, had been appointed to take charge of
a young stallion. Having occasion to open a gate, in order
to admit some cattle, the boy tied round his body the rope
by which he held the horse, in order, no doubt, to secure the
animal, and at the same time have full power to remove the
gate. During this process the horse took fright and ran off,
dragging the poor boy at the end of his halter. When the
animal stopped, the boy was taken up in a state of insensi-
bility, from which he never recovered. His head was severely
fractured, and his body also much bruised. He survived the
accident only five hours.

CHARLES DICKENS, &c.—The London Correspondent of
the Dundee Warder says :—As the lull in the political world
is so profound as to divest politics, for a brief season, of all
interest, allow me to communicate to your readers something
of a literary character. I find that Mr. Dickens has an inti-
mation of discontinuing "The Clock," and going abroad.
Your readers, however, are, I presume, unacquainted with
the nature of the agreement entered into between the pub-
lishers and himself, at the commencement of the undertak-
ing. That agreement was, if my information be correct-
- and I believe it is—that the work should go on for three years
instead of twenty months, which will now be the term of its
existence : and that it should, when completed, form six
goodly octavo volumes. As matters nave turned out, it will
only be three volumes. The terms were to be, and have
been, £5O for each weekly number, making about 1000 guineas
for each volume, or 2000 guineas for Mr. Dickenk' yearly
labours as author of the work. The " Clock" has very
materially fallen off in sale, which is the true secret cause of
its discontinuance.

THE UNEMPLOYED AT PAISLEY.—We regret to state,
that the number of unemployed is still on the increase, and
that the depressing appearances of trade afford no other
prospects than a continued increase. The following is the
state of the list down to a late hour yesterday :
Males, married ..
Females, married
Males, unmarried and widowers
Children depending on the above
Females, unmarried and widows
Children depending on the above

620
620
166
1516
509
747

Total .. 4208
Add to the above, new applicants, who will receive _

relief for the first time to-day .. 136
Estimated number of dependants on the last men-

tioned number

Total number depending on Relief Committee .. 4664
Two members of the deputation for London left town on
Thursday, and the other two leave to-day. A meeting of
the distress committee of 1826 is expected to take place in
London on Monday.--Paisley Advertiser of Saturday.
FOUR LIVES LOST.—On Monday evening, at about ten
minutes after seven o'clock, a most melancholy catastrophe
happened on the river, near the Cadogan Chain-pier, Chel-
sea, when four individuals were precipitated into eternity.
That being the day appointed for a rowing match to take
place from Vauxhall to Putney the river was consequently
crowded with boats filled with anxious and interested spec-
tators. Amongst others was one containing the wife, sister,
and child of the waterman Coombes, and a female named
Goodrum, the wife of the waterman, the two successful com-
petitors for the race. After the race was over, sand the time
arrived for the parties to return to London, the boat was en-
trusted to two youths, who were to row the three women and
child from Putney home. When the boat neared the Cado-
gan-pier it Was carried by the force of the current, the tide
having been exceedingly high, against the "dummy," a
barge attached to the pier, which it struck with much vio-
lence. One of the females instantly sprang from her seat,
and it was this imprudent act which caused the boat to upset.
The two youths saved themselves by clinging to the barge ;
but, melancholy to relate, all the rest were carried along with
the stream, and sank before assistance could be afforded them.
THE WEALTHY MISER.—The sale of the furniture of the
late Mr. Smith, of Great St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials,
took place on Friday. The interest excited by the event in
so populous a neighbourhood caused such a rush of people
to the house as to render necessary the interference of the
police to preserve order. The lots were, as may be supposed,
of an ordinary description, but realized extravagant prices,
owing to a prevalent idea among the buyers that they con-
tained hidden treasures. The story of the fortunate man
who recently bought a pair of old shoes, in which lay con-
cealed a number of bank-notes, contributed in no small de-
gree to promote this delusion. The library of the deceased
consisted of a few sacred volumes, of which the Bible an-
nounced in the catalogue was not forthcoming. The late Mr.
Smith used to attend Whitfleld's chapel, in Tottenham-court-
road. The sister, who acted as housekeeper to him, enjoyed
an income of £1 per week, not from the liberality of her
brother, but by the right of her father's will, who died many
many years ago. She has long laboured under an imbecile
state of mind. Until within a very few years Mr. Smith
used to labour actively at the forge, which his father had left
him, together with upwards of £20,000; but latterly his toil
was restricted to the supply of the locks, bars, bells, &c.,
required at the various houses in Mornington-place and else-
where. Mr. Smith was, in the strictest sense of the word,
a miser. He was of the Phineas Phiddy school, and formed
a striking illustration of the degree of wealth to which a man
ma) attain by regarding self in every moment and movement
in life. Mr. Smith is supposed to have died worth £200,000.
It is said that his funeral expenses, though moderate, would
have swallowed up his expenditure for three years while
living.—Times.

A very extraordinary and interesting circumstance hap-
pened during the last week in connection with the operation
now going on upon the Royal George, at Spithead, under the
direction of Col. Pasley. Amongst other relics brought up
from " the deep waters," from the wreck of that unfortunate
ship, was the collar of a dog, with the name of the owner,
Thomas Little, as well as that of the animal, " Victory," en-
graved upon it. It appears that this collar has been recog-
nised by one of the oldest inhabitants of the town as the pro-
perty of his father, who was one of the many on board that
vessel at the time she went down, but who, more fortunate
than a number of his ill-fated companions, was saved from a
watery grave, although his faithful animal perished. The
party in question is named John Little, who has been 1011.'%
known as the owner of a passage boat which plies between
Portsmouth and Vie ootton-bridge, in the Isle of Wight, and
whose brother was during the long period of thirty years in
the Customs at this port, but is now in Liverpool. The aunt
Little, Mrs. Harding, is also a resident in this town, and
knew the dog well, from its being a constant visitor at her
mother's house. A sister of Captain Little is also living,
who is named after the three wives of the father—viz., Mary
Ann Eleanor, one of whom was on board the Royal George
with her husband, and who was picked up dead a few days
after that melancholy event. Thomas had twenty-three
•hildren, three only of whom are now in existence. He
sailed with the present Captain Burford, hydrographer to the
Admiralty, in the Phaeton frigate, then commanded by Cap-
tain—now Admiral—Stopford, the hero of Acre. Little was
then boatswain, and was present at the action of Admiral
Cornwallis, as well as in several other engagements, and
sharing the died in the Phaeton during the command of Captain Stop-
ford. We are informed that the present John Little has ap-
plied to Colonel Pasley for the collar as
aunlrepsttoinvigarieltliicai
experienced
re extraordinaryn,ced from .
escapeand a reminiscencewhich
hi
melan-
choly fate so many met .vith in that ship ;
.and Nye are happy
to hear that the application
.has been complied with in a man-
ner which does infinite credit to the feeling heart of Colonel
Pasley, inasmuch as thousands
.would be proud in possessing
sfatheorf
the slightest material which might be recovered from the
wreck at any price.—Hampslitre Standgrd.

On Wednesday, Court of plrectors *as held at the East
India House, when the Right Hon. Lord Ellenborough was
appointed Governor-General of India.

NElv PE Eas.—lt is believed that several new Peers will
be created in November. In addition to those before alluded
to, it is said that Sir George Murray (Master-General of the
Ordnance) will be called to the House of Lords ; and that
Sir Charles Coote. Sir Francis Burdett, and Sir John Ge-
rard, will also have peerages. Mr. Bushe, Chief Justice of
Ireland, will probably have a peerage, on his expected resig-
nation ; and it is said that Doctor Lefroy, the Irish barrister,
will also have a coronet —Age.

WHALE CAPTURE.—On Wednesday a large whale ran
ashore and got fixed in a fissure of the rock at the projecting
point on the north side of Bsoadhaven, about a mile north
of the bay of Wick. The monster of the deep was observed
by some people fishing " cuddens" in a boat near the head.
The alarm was instantly given, and many on shore hastily
armed themselves with old swords and other lethal weapons,
and immediately commenced an attack on the helpless
animal. After a good deal of exertion they succeeded in
killing it. The animal, which measured upwards of 76 feet
long, was claimed by Mr. James Bremner, on behalf of the
Vice-Admiral of the county, and the broad arrow cut on its
back. in the forenoon it was towed round to the curing
station at Eliza, and sold by public roup. The sum realized
was £Bo.—John o' Groat Journal.
AN INGENIOUS SMUGGLER.—The following clever MSC
is related by the Droii :—" A few days ago a Belgian smug-
gler, whose horse and its contraband lading had been seized
by the Custom-house officers of Ais-en-Artois, went to them
and proposed for a reward to lead them to a spot where they
would be able to effect an extensive seizure of tobacco, making
it a condition, however, that as he was known to the smug-
glers he should, for bis personal security, go with them in
disguise. The precaution appearing to be a proper one, the
uniform of a Custom-house officer was lent to him, and he
was mounted on a horse to accompany the two officers, also
on horseback, who were to make the seizure. On arriving
at the inn in the village of Hermies he said he was afraid to
go further, lest he should be recognized, bnt pointed out a
barn at some distance, where he said the tobacco was lying,
and told them that be would wait for them. They all put up
their horses in the stable of the inn, and the two officers
proceded on foot to make their capture. During their ab-
sence the smuggler saddled the best horse of the three and
rode off with it. It is needless to state that the officers lost
a horse without finding any tobacco."
CALCULATING BOY.—Among the many boys employed
for the different purposes of calculation on the Ordnance
survey of Ireland, there is at present one named Alexander
Gwin, only eight years old, and a native of Derry, whose
abilities at his early age are truly surprising. He has got by
rote the fractional logarithims from 1 to 1,000, which he will
repeat in regular rotation, or otherwise, as the interrogator
may put the questions. It is certainly astonishing to think
so tender a mind can retain with such tenacity and correct-
ness seven figures of an answer (according to their different
variations) for 1,000 numbers. His rapidity and correctness

in the various calculations of trigonometrical distances, trian-
gles, &c., are amazingly beyond snything we have ever wit-
nessed. He can in less than one minute make a return in
acres, roods, perches, &c., of any quantity of land, by giving
him the surveyor's chained distances, while the greatest
arithmetician, with all his knowledge, will certainly take
nearly an hour to do the same, and not be certain of truth in
the end.

MOTION.—The common watch, it is said, beats or ticks
17,160 times an hour. This is 411,840 a day, 150,424,560 a
year, allowing the year to be 365 days and six hours. Some-
times watches will run, with care, 100 years. In that case it
would last to beat 15,042,456,000 times ! The watch is made
of hard metal ; but I can tell you of a curious machine which
is made of something not so hard as brass or steel—it is
not much harder than the flesh of your arm—yet it will beat
more than 5,000 times an hour, 120,000 times a day, and
43,830,000 times a year. It will sometimes, though not
often, last 100 years; and when it does, it beats 4,383,000,000
times. One might think this last machine, soft as it is,
would wear out sooner than the other, but it does not. I
will tell you one thing more. You have this little machine
about you. You need not feel in your pocket, for it is not
there. It is in your body, you can feel it beat; it is—your
heart.

WARLIKE APPEARANCES.—PORTSMOUTH.—The number
of ships fitting for sea, and the general call for seamen to
man them, is greater than we ever recollect, certainly quite
equal to anything of the sort during the late war. The
whole neighbourhood of-the Dock-yard and Common Hard
presents the appearance of one continued placard. Every
ship has its bill or placard—and, as though this were not
enough, the Admiralty caused one to be exhibited at the
Dock-gates, which to a sailor has all the appearance of a
" round robin"—no less than 18 or 20 ships being enume-
rated as requiring bands. The placard alluded to is to ordi-
nary seamen, landmen, and stout boys—who are informed
that they may have employment in any of the ships enume-
rated—or may be entered for " general service." Those

who have been engaged in boats, b-arges, or small craft, are
particularly invited. Yet amid all this, we are assured, on
good authority, that men are slow in entering. We hope,
for the sake of humanity, that the energies of this nation are
not likely to be called into operation in warlike conflict; yet
what are we to suppose is the cause of all this ? We readily
concede the point, that, to prevent war, it is proper to be
always prepared for it, and would fain hope that the demon-
stration now made may end in peace. War at all times en-
tails a vast amount of misery and expense—at the preeent
time it would prove almost ruinous.—Hampshire Indepen-
dent.

SALTS AS A MANURE.—The rapidity with which dis-
solved salt of any kind passes down through the earth, espe-
cially in light soils, makes it important to consider the best
time of putting on the salt as manure i.e., that at which the
salt is most likely to be taken up by the roots, or to produce
in the soil the chemical combination required ; and also the
quantity which it is expedient to put on at one time. Thus,
it would seem, if the salt is speedily worked down below the
reach of the roots, it would be proper to put it on when the
plant is growing, or at a time when the combination necessary
would be perfected, before the plant begins to grow ; and
next it is important to ascertain the rate at which salt is
worked down, for if it is soon out of the reach of the plant, it
is clear that only a small quantity at a time should be put
on. It is well known that gravel-walks, which have been
salted to kill the weeds, are soon covered with grass, the in-
fluence lasting but for a short time, the salt being washed
down away from the surface. It is important to try some
experiments as to the passing down of salts : large barrels
might be filled with mould, and the salt put on, in different
quantities, and exposed to the rain, &c. ; portions of the

earth at different dr-nth might I,‘: drawn out, and it could be

ascertained, by tests, the time the salts took in reaching to
one foot, two feet, three feet, &c. The subject has not yet
been considered by agricultural experimentalists.—Gar-
deners' Chronicle.

ELOPEMENT IN HUMBLE LlFE.—Last Wednesday, a per-
son respectably attired in the garb of a Quaker, arrived by
the two o'clock Liverpool train, and immediately ordered
a " fly" of Mr. Clewlow, jun., of this town. The Quaker
directed the driver (Mr. Clewlow) to proceed to Eccleshall,
and on arriving at that place, to go on to the village of Ellen-
hall. 'When at the latter place, Mr. Clewlow was somewhat
surprised at being ordered to drive to the door of a cottage,
sod by observing sundry symptoms of a love affair, for the
Quaker was instantly recognised by a fair and as it appears,
frail one, and a very amorous greeting occurred. After re-
maining for about 10 minutes (during which it turns out the
preliminaries for the flight were all arranged), the chaise was
ordered on to " the 'Wicket" public house, where horse
and man were well entertained at the expense of the
broad-brimmed gallant. The chaise being once more in
motion, had not proceeded far, when the driver was or-
dered to " pull up," and " take up" the identical female
he had seen a short time before at the village. The
loving pair were then driven on to the station here, and
booked themselves for Birmingham the same evening. Next
day brought an explanation of the mysterious business. An
honest disciple of Vulcan, with rueful countenance, came in
search of his wife, whom he had only taken " for better for
worse" on the preceding Monday morning, thus having en-
joyed the sweets of matrimony for two whole days ! It ap-
pears that the female received, during the week, two or three
letters from Liverpool, where she had recently been living
in service, and informed her loving husband, that they were
from a former lover, whose heart she had broken by rejecting
his addresses; being asked why she had been so cruel, she
replied " it was all on account of a difference in religion, he
being a Quaker !" The young woman possesses, we under-
stand, considerable personal attractions. The husband, who
is an honest industrious man, is well known in this town.
He has not yet received any tidings as to the whereabouts of
the guilty pain—Staffordshire Gazette.
NEW SOUTH WALES.—The state of money and commer-
cial affairs had not improved since the last advices, as was
too rapidly anticipated. Statements of the position of the
various joinnt-stock banks are given in these papers, which
on their face appear to be sufficiently satisfactory, but in
the midst of so much commercial ruin all around them it
can hardly be expected. they will escape scot free, and the more
especially so as by their former too great facility in discounts
they must have laid themselves under heavy responsibilities,
and therefore subject to the chance, in such times of diffi-
culty, of considerable loss by unfortunate traders who had
" gone ahead" far beyond their means and the resources legi-
timately at their disposal. The sudden curtailment of dis-
counts, though rendered indispensable from a just regard
' to the stability and interests of these banking institutions,
would, of course, add for a time at least, to their own da-
mage and insecuriety, by bringing to a stand-still and some-
, thing like a forced liquidation such industrial concerns as had
traded beyond their capitals, or without any at all had sprung
up in the times of overflowing credit and embarked in specu-
lations of a magnitude but peril which might showily advance
their claims to a large participation in the open-handed
facilities afforded by banks too anxious to extend the sphere
of their operations and accumulate all the profit possible for
swelling the dividends to proprietors, and enhancing the
premiums in banking shares. It it is probable, and should
be so provided for by all interested as far as possible, that
the disastrous condition of trade and money affairs in New
South Wales may not speedily be righted, and rather that as
it has been the gradual effect of over-excited trade and specu-
lation ; it can hardly fail to take as much time to recover it-
self as previously to get into excess and derangement.

FRIGHTFUL ADVENTURE OF SKINNER'S HORSE IN
THE BOLAN PASS.—CAMP, QUETTA, MAY 10, 1841.—0 n
the following evening we made a march of six miles to Sir-i-
Bolan, where we passed the night, intending to march to Dust-
i-Budowlut (18 miles) in the morning ; but finding the party,
men and animals, much fatigued with their previous exer-
tions, I finally determined to give them till the afternoon to
recruit themselves. We started, therefore, at one, P. at.,
and had gone about two miles, when it came on to rain,
though not heavily. We had now reached the narrowest
part of the pass, not more than twenty or thirty yards
wide, and I had sent on 1000 Suwars, the camel-men,
and all the baggage, with instructions to keep close
together, and was bringing up the rear, with about eighty
horse, when, just as I entered the narrow pass, and came
to a turn, I saw a body of water, about a foot deep, rushing
round another turn with tremendous force, and immediately
after another wave full three feet higher. On the right and
left there were no means of escape, the rocks being per-
pendicular ; so we went to the right about, and galloped
back, just reaching an accessible place as the water was upon
us. Tile stream now rolled past with awful velocity, and
rapidly increased to ten feet in depth ; then came a dreadful
scene—men, horses, camels, &c., were swept past us, and
dashed to pieces against projecting rocks, over which the
water flew twenty feet high. No assistance could be af-
forded, fot the stream ran faster than a horse could gallop.
I stood upon the bank quite horror-struck for I be-
lieved that every one a—head of us had perished. In a few
minutes the destruction was complete, and we felt like men
cast upon a desert island, without a particle of food, wet to
the skin, a cold cutting wind blowing upon ua, and no means,
from the nature of the country, of ascertaining the extent
of our loss ; as, until the water went down, all com-
munication with any of the party who might have been
saved was completely out off. About sunset the water had
nearly subsided, and I then found how matters stood, the
loss of life was 33 men and 101 animals. We passed a
miserable night ; but no more rain fell, and in the morning
we pushed on to one of our outports, which is about eight
miles from Dust-i-Budowlut, and about an equal distance
from our camp. Two officers of the Madras engineers,
who were with us, have lost everything they had, and the Ri-
sallans have been ruined ; nor can they replace the things
lost here. We trusted to recover some of the property in
the morning before starting, but found very little ; for, such
was the force of the stream that the matchlocks belonging
to the men drowned had the 'barrels broken in two, and some
of the bodies were found by the dawkmen at Beebee Narree,
twenty miles below the spot where the accident occurred.
The only people in the torrent who were saved happened at
the time it met them to be ilea; a place where they could
scramble up. All the company's camels but six were lost.

Philomela, Sprott, hence at Monte Video
Morning Star, —, hence at Richibucto
lanthe, —, and Joseph Porter, —, hence at St. Stephen's
Reindeer, Fell, hence at Brakc
Jacobina Barbara, Schutt, hence at Harlingen
Albion, Forken, hence off Toningen
Gebkelina Lucretia, Dommering, hence for Dordt, at Brouwers-
haven
Laura, Day, from Sydney, N.S.W. at Batavia
Ocean Queen, , from Halifax, at St. John, N.B.
Resolution, , from ditto, at Quebec
'Fisherman, Old Tom, and Lady Harvey, from Gaspee, at Civita
Vecchia
Zante, Wolverton, from London, at Trieste
City of Dublin, (steamer) Cobb, hence at Lisbon, and sailed 10th
October for Madeira
Ace of Trumps, Lidstone, hence for Azores, at Holyhead
Glenalvon, Cargill, from Sydney, N.S.W. at Deal
Abbotsford, Chambers, from Calcutta, at Gravesend
Velocity, M'Grath, from Quebec, at Waterford
Beauty, Hanley, from Pictou, at Cork
Shannon, Collins, from Dorchester, at Kingstown
Britannia, Rugong, from Cork for this port, at Beaumaris, leaky
Charlotte, Creighton, hence for Riga, at Longhope
Branch, Currie. and Mazeppa, Jordan, sailed from Bourdeaux
for this port 10th instant
Frances Ann, Thompson, sailed from Saugor for the Mauritius
gth July
Cleveland, Morley, sailed from Saugor for China, 12th Aug.
Letitia, —, sailed from Shields for Sincapore, 16th Aug.
Blundell, Jones, sailed from St. Andrew for Trinidad 23rd Sept.
Aberdeen, of Waterford; Tecumseh, of Glasgow; William
Dawson, of Alloa ; St. George, of Maryport ; Culdee, of Glasgow ;
Marchioness of Bute, of Cardiff; John Munn, of Quebec, and
Jane, of Glasgow, were passed above the Traverse, by the Unicorn,
(steamer) from Quebec, arrived at Pictou
Hannah, of Exeter, Pembroke Castle, of Pembroke; Spring-
field, of Alloa; Collina, of Gloucester; Reaper, of Poole • Alfred,
of Alloa; Dolphin, of Newry; Eliza, of Bideford; Luris, of
Belfast; Charlotte, of this port; Scotland, of , were passed
nelow the Traverse, by the Unicorn, (steamer)
Favourite, Dick, arrived at Greenock, from Bay Chaleur, passed
on the 30th ultimo, in lat. 45 0, long. 48 0, a very large iceberg,
and a great deal of small ice.
TENBY, Oct. 17.—The Belle Alliance, —, from Liverpool to
Antwerp, was brought in here last night, very leaky, and with loss
of sails, having experienced bad weather.
PWLLHELI, Oct. 19.—The Aurora, Clarke, from Sierra Leone to
Liverpool, anchored yesterday in Portinllaen Bay, with sails split.
and crew disabled, and, after striking several times, slipped both
anchors, and was run aground in the harbour.

THURSDAY, OCTOBEIL 24.—Wind N.W

ARRlVED.—Pakenham, —, from Paraiba—Glenlyon, Crutch-
ton, from Buenos Ayres; sailed 12th Aug.—John, Walker, from
Quebec—Temperance, from —Monongahela, Miercken, from
Philadelphia—Adelaide, Wade, and Margaret, James, from Water-
ford.

SAlLED.—Britannia, (steamer) Hewitt, for Halifax and Boston

Shenandoah, West, hence for Philadelphia, in the Delaware 2nd
October

A full rigged ship was seen on shore near Portaferry 17th lust.
with a steamer alongside
Boykett, Bruldoe, hence for Bourdeaux, at Scilly
Gipsey, Cresswell, hence to Rio Janeiro, was spoken 4th inst. in
lat.4g, long. 9

Eh nv7or iiinrcle, from Malaga, at the isle of Man
Albion, Hicks, hence for Havana, at Milford

Clio, Randall, from Gijon for Liverpool, at Milford
Armanilla, Weir, from Pugwash, at Waterford, dismasted and
must discharge to repair
John Horrocks, Bleasdale, from Sincapore to London, was
spoken off Cape of Good Hope
Alexandrina, Howes, hence at Venice

Sampson, Butcher, hence at Messina, and sailed 28th Sept. for
Trieste
John Souchay, and Courser, hence at Naples
Isabel, Ward, hence for Malta, at Kinsale

Julius C2esar, Mitchell, from China, at St. Helena 6th September
St. JOHN, N.B. Oct. I.—The Lady Cohig, bound to London, got
London, got in contact with the Australia, Kenny, from Liverpool
21st Sept. and lost bowsprit, Ac.; the latter lost cutwater, cathead,
&c.