The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-03 00:00:00

THE REV. HUGH M‘NEILE

Dublin, August 30, 1841.
This talented apostolic, truly Christian, and uncompro-
mising minister of our Scriptural and orthodox Church,
preached a most important and instructive sermon on last
sabbath, to the sons of our learned and persecuted clergy,
now located in their " second home" in Lucan, a small town
a few miles from the city of Dublin. We have reason to bless
God, that, while he has permitted popish fiends to excite their
worst, their popish malice on a Christian Ministry—that yet
Christian principle and Christian philantrophy have founded
this little Zion, where to nourish, and there to educate the
offspring of those who are now enjoying tt sabbath of rest in
the world of glory, that they may also proclaim the same
truth, disturb the same darkness, and agitate, and so purify
tnat atmosphere which is impregnated with those' errors,
against which, their fathers declarned, and in many instances
were made instrumental, either to correct, or to remove.
What a sublime effect it had, to see this reverend gentleman
ascend the pulpit: how grave, how collected, how composed
his appearance—before him were seated in decorum, and
with becoming gravity—a gravity far exceeded their youth,
those dear children, whose destiny for weal or wo, who can
contemplate ; they may be the savour of death unto death,
or the savour of life unto life, either to themselves or to
others. The preacher stood before them, and his manner
was most peculiarly striking, calculated to produce awe and
reevernce in both old and young, even without the utter-
ance of that eloquence—that heaven-inspired eloquence,
which burns through his lips, and which, with zephyr
appearance, plays thereon. We looked at him, we ad-
mired him. We said, there stands forth PRINCIPLE in
all its honesty—in all its integrity—in its unbending
sterness ; there it is, without the smallest, the most mi-
nute admixture of compromise—no looking to consequen-
ces—none of the slaver of conciliation—nothing of the smile
to delude, to decoy, or to seduce, into the paths of wayward-
nes, of hypocrisy, or of double dealing—none of your " double
entendre. No ; his lips exhibited true principle—" their
speech was comely." His sermon being for the benefit of
the young, the orphan, and the unprotected. This text was
taken, naturally and properly, from the 2 Timothy iii. 14,
15. " But continue thou in the things which thou hast
learned, and hast been assured of; knowing of whom thou
bast learned them ; and that from a child, thou host known
the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto
salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus." He
shewed that the study of the New Testament was well calcu-
lated to direct the attention to the consideration of the Old
Testament, scriptures; that the tendency of the whole was
to lead to Him, who is the sum and substance, the very en-
cyclopaedia of revelation—the Lord Jesus Christ. In the
course of his sermon, Mr. M'Neile exhibited the folly and
the absolute nonsense of the Socinian, Arian, and Popish
heresy, by proving not only the necessity of sacrifice for the
remission of sin, but proving that. ONE sacrifice was all-
sufficient—once for all, never to be repeated. The doc-
trine of sacrifice is a doctrine which his father-in.law, the
late Archbishop of Dublin, fully established in his work on
the atonement, to the overthrow of the conceited heresy of
Socinianism—a work in which we have all wheat, to the ex-
clusion of every lie—to the exclusion of all chaff and every
Popish mixture. Oh hearing the sermon of Mr. M'Neile,
we could not but appreciate his letter to a Mr. Massie, a
person who, if we mistake not, was once upon a time a holder
forth in a dissenting meeting-house in the city of Dublin,
but who, for reasons which he can best explain, deserted that
place, commencing business in a religious way elsewhere ;
but failing, retired—not from business—but to manufacture
a little in that great manufacturing town, Manchester; there
the better to become mischievous by notoriety—to summon
kindred spirits to deliberate about what they knew nothing—
corn and agriculture. Mr. M'Neile very properly repudiated

all connexion with that mass of dissenting agitators ;—he
repudiated the idea of the existence of Christian charity
without Christian principle ;—he repudiated that infidel
liberalism which implies that Revelation is useless, without
having the honest boldness to affirm its primary importance.
He, in fact, repudiated all connexion, all association with
Socinian and Arian intruders,—and with Popish Priests—the
whole of whom are Anti-christian in their design and in
their doctrine,—all actuated by opposition to Jesus.

THE LOVE OF COUNTRY.

" He that would view Melrose aright
Must go and view it by the pale moonlight."

'-SCOTT

SCENE.—A Steamer from Dublin to Holyhead.
Seotehman.--He that would see my country to advantage
should approach it by the Clyde : it is a magnificent entrance
to a romantic country. Romantic highlands, cloud-cutting,
almost cloud-compelling, begin to restrain the estuary, while
you bear right down upon th savage craig of Ailsa. Then
succeeds the fortified Rock of Dumbarton, celebrated for one
of the exploits of the hero Wallace, you look at it with due
respect. But where are the Alpine mountains ?—fast retiring
in the distance, softening, softening down, till the banks of
the river take a new character, and beautiful villas and culti-
vated plains offer new beauties to the traveller's gaze. What
river is comparable with the Clyde! It withdraws itself into
sylvan solitudes, where the rushing waters form, over high
rocks, the most beautiful object of inanimate nature.
Irishman (with a smile).--Your enthusiasm is so high that
you have forgotten you said not long since that no river in
the world could equal the Forth.
Scotchman.—Ha, ha, I believe I did. They are both
beautiful ; and I think having gone up the Clyde the tra-
veller should go to Edinburgh, and then sail up the Forth
to Stirling ; then visit Loch Katrine, back by Loch Lomond
to where he set out from, which might then be justly called
a tour, and one I think unequalled for the time employed.

. .
Irishman.—Now allow me to say a few words for my
country. The bay of Dublin has been celebrated. But he
that would view it aright should go from Liverpool, and if
possible pass between the Isle of Dalkey and the main land,
—that isle which yearly crowns a king, but without treason,
for he is only a king of good fellows.—The towering moun-
tains of Dublin, the picturesque sugar loaves of Wicklow,
the rich cultivation and crowding spires and domes of a great
city.

iVelsh»zan.—Stay my friends. With the modesty of con-
scious superiority I have been listening silently to your ami-
cable contest, the only contest I hope that will ever exist
among us natives of the three sister kingdoms. But now my
time is come ; I have stood so as to prevent either of you
seeing my native land an instant too soon. But now he that
would see aright, let him first see Carnarvonshire, approach-
ing it by water! Look ! (Steps aside.)
Irishman.—Magnificent

.'S'cotchman.—But I do not give the in Frith of Clyde.
Welshman.—That long range of varying blue outline is
the highland of Carnarvonshire : towering above all you see
the bare round shoulders of the majestic Snowdon like an
English atlas, tit to support a world—there is no approach to
England at all to be compared to this. The town of Carrier-
von is poor, but you should visit it to see the famous castle
—the birth-place of the ill-fated Edward, the first prince of
Wales. The road to Chester passes along the brow of Pen-
maen-mawr : you see the Conway far below dashing against
its base. There Edward I. passed in his career of conquest,
and directly above stood the last bard, thundering his curses
upon the king,—" Ruin seize thee, ruthless king "! Better
if he had rolled down some of those huge stones that seem
ready to descend on the traveller's head like an avalanche !
Irishman.—We pass the famous Menai Bridge, I think,
on_the way to Chester.

Welshman.—Yes. And I shall be proud that you may
see that tenth wonder. As you view it from afar, it is like a
festoon of some elegant drapery hung up among the trees,
but I shall not attempt to describe it, for no words could do
it justice, any more than the beauty of my country-women,
with their neat round hats, such as ladies ride in, and their
blooming healthy faces. You pass that singular old town
Conway, which looks at a distance like an old castle in a
cultivated park. No stray cottage outside the castillated
wall (a triangle in shape, which encloses the small town)
breaks the illusion, and until you drive through the gate, you
are not aware of approaching human habitation.
Irishman.---1 believe we must admire reciprocally. Each
country has its beauties, and each surpasses both the others
in some points.

Scotcliman.—l believe, however, I can nearly match your
famous bridge. In Lanarkshire, at the bottom of a deep
ravine, runs a mountain stream, the Moose. The edge of
this ravine are united by a beautiful bridge, the centre pillar
of which is above 200 feet in height, the most picturesque
thing at a distance 1 have ever seen. The stream itself is re-
markable for having sheltered Wallace in one of its caves,
and also for being the scene of a most remarkable event, re-
lated by Cunningham in one of his beautiful tales.
Irishman.—W hat was the story ?

Scotchrnan.—A scattered few of the persecuted cove-
nanters had assembled for worship in the deep dark glen,
when in the midst, they were interrupted by the falling of a
pebble from the bank above, the concerted warning that a
band of their ferocious enemies were approaching. They
had scarcely taken refuge in the hidden cave, when the
hunters of men appeared rushing up the .glen, thirsting for
their blood. But such was the providence of God, that at
that moment a torrent burst from the hills, and they saw from
their hiding places their appalled persecutors overcome by
the death themselves had been preserved from, for escape
was hopeless, the banks of the river were above them like
walls of full 200 feet, and the rushing waters pent up in a
few feet of width ; they perished to a man.
Irishman.—lt was an awful event !
Welshman.—Awful indeed. And you have said a good
deal in favour of your bridge : has our friend from Ireland no
wonder of art to boast of.

Irishman.—Scarcely a wonder of human hands, unless you
admit of my going back to the " round towers of other
days ;" but many of superhuman agency. His black majesty
has been busy in all parts of my country ; and the famous
Causeway of the county Antrim, in the midst of the most
splendid scenery, may challenge comparison with any part of
the world. But I see we approach the land, let us see what our
friend has described, and then onward to the city, the darling
of commerce (Liverpool of course), whose merchants are
princes of the earth, or would be, if they could think with
less respect of the glittering Mammon they have amassed.

SINGULAR.—Miss Clifton lost recently, while bathing, a
diamond ring, worth 1,000 dollars, given to her by the Mar-
quis of Waterford. Next day a shark, a sort of a marine
Bill Wiley, called upon her, and returned the ring for eight
per cent. reward.—American paper.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S UMBRELLA.—A fancy
fair was held last week at Cross-deep, between Twickenham
and Teddington, by some of the ladies resident in that neigh
hourhood. The Duke of Wellington having been present,
had gone away, leaving his umbrella behind him, whereupon
Lady P— immediately said, " Who will give 20 guineas for
the duke's umbrella ?" In one moment a purchaser was
found, and on his grace's return, the fact was communicated
to him, when be good-naturedly remarked, " I'll soon sup-
ply you with umbrellas if you can sell them so much to the
advantage of the charity."

The ladies of Doncaster have presented Lord Morpeth with
a splendid diamond ring.
On Tuesday morning the family of Mr. Pearman, music-
printer, of No. 13, Castle-street East, Oxford-street, Lon-
don, was thrown into the greatest state of alarm by hearing
a report of fire-arms, apparently proceeding from the lower
part of the house. The servant and family of Mr. Pearman
were at the time up stairs, and on some of them running into
the kitchen to ascertain the cause of the report, they disco-
vered the body of Mr. James Pearman, the son of Mr. Dear-
man, lying on the floor, the blood flowing from a frightful
wound in his head, and a pistol lying by his side. Medical
aid promptly attended, but shortly after he ceased to exist.
The deceased, who is twenty-six years of age, was residing
with his parents, and had been superintending his father's
business in the workshop shortly before the melancholy oc-
currence. He was on the eve of marriage with a young lady
of highly-respectable connections ; but it is stated that, in
consequence of some slight quarrel with her a short time ago,
he had become within the last few days exceedingly low and
desponding.

At Paris, a young woman, passing over the Pont d'Aus-
terlitz, instead of the sous she ought to have paid, deposited,
with an air of absence of mind, her cambric pocket-hand-
kerchief at the money-takers seat and walked on. The
invalid on guard walked after her with it, and mentioning
her mistake, she took a sous from her pocket and received
back her handkerchief. The man was about to return to his
seat, but *effecting that she might have some sinister inten-
tions, changed his mind, followed her, and was just coming
up to her, when she stopped, raised her hands and eyes to
heaven, and sprang over the parapet into the river. He im-
mediately gave an alarm, and some men in a boat succeeded
in bringing her to shore before life: was extinct; but the
shock she had received was so great that ibe died in halls
hour. Her body was taken to the Morgue, where it was re-
cognised as that of a young milliner, who had been deserted
by her seducer.

MISCELLANEOUS,

Ten smiths, and six smiths' apprentices were added to the
establishment in the Plymouth Dock-yard last week.

An awful instance of sudden death occurred on Saturday
night, at the Pelham Arms Inn, Lewes. The barmaid was
engaged serving some customers, in apparently good health

0 0 0
and spirits, when she suddenly made an exclamation, fell
down, and expired before any assistance could be rendered.

A. DOWRY

,—Purity of heart, is, of all others, the most

elevated of virtues. A Greek maid, being asked what fortune
she would bring her husband, answered, " I will bring him
what is more valuable than any treasure—a heart unspotted,
and that virtue without a stain, which was all that descended

to me from my parents."
PRINCELY DONATION.-Mr. Stultz, the celebrated tailor,
has contributed the munificient sum of £5560, together with

a large plot of ground for the erection of a comfortable and
permanent house of thirty-three pensioners. (with their
wives,) of the institution, " for the relief of aged and de-
cayed journeymen tailors."

The King of Prussia is stated to have had a splendid tent
of cast-iron frame-work, which cost nearly 40,000 francs,
made at Berlin, for the camp of Silesia, with a view to giving
in it a dinner and other entertainments to the officers.

WELLINGTON MEDAL.-Mr. Pistrucci, chief medallist
to the Queen, has just executed a very beautiful medal of
the Duke of Wellington in gold, silver, and bronze. The
front presents a highly-finished likeness of the hero of Wa-
terloo, surrounded by the words " Field Marshal, Arthur
Duke of Wellington ;" the reverse bears an heroic helmet,
on which are represented the three military virtues—Pru-
dence, Force, and Charity. Beneath are the British lion and
the Genius of Britain holding a trophy in his right hand,
and seated on a seahorse. Round it are inscribed the words
" Nova cantamus tropas."

AGAVE GEMINIFLOAA.—We understand that there is at
present in full bloom in the conservatory at Wynnstay, a
splendid specimen of this rare and beautiful variety of Ame-

rican aloe, the flower, stem or spike of which is'nearly 20
feet high, 15 feet of which is covered with flower ; it has
attained this height in the short space of six weeks, having
first shown its flower stem on the 15th July.

HARVEST.—The wheat harvest in the Fylde has become

general, and a considerable quantity would, ere this, have
been reaped, if the weather had been favourable. During
the past week, the weather has been very unfavourable for
the harvest, one day being fair, and another wet, and another
sultry, and thereby causing great apprehension as to the

soundness of the grain. The oats -sic coming on fast.—
Lancaster Guardian.

EXTRAORDINARY PIKE. —On Monday last, as Mr.
Cooper, of Spring-gardens, and Mr. Pollard, were fishing
in the river, near Sandall, the former gentleman hooked an

exceedingly fine jack-pike, a yard and tour inches in length,

fifteen inches round the middle, and weighing upwards of

thirteen pounds.—.Doncaster Chivnicle,

A very shocking occurence took place in Lisburn on Tues-
day evening last. A man named William Boomer, a black-
smith, and his son, a fine young lad about seventeen years of
age, had some angry words in the forge, where i•oth worked,

when in a moment of irritatio❑ the Former seized a small bar

of nailrod iron, and struck the boy so severely on the lower
part of the chest, that the instrument passed obliquely in the
direction of the lungs, and caused death in a few minutes.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday last, E. J. Smythe, Esq.,
eldest son of Sir E. J. Smythe, Bart., of Acton Burnsll
Hall, in the county of Salop, expired in a manner awfully

sudden. Whilst riding with the respected baronet and
others after a buck in the park, he was suddenly seized with
illness, fell back from his horse and expired before medical
aid could be procured.
We have received an unpleasant piece of intelligence from
Brussels. Mr. Alatnan, who (on a smaller scale) was to
Mexico what Mr. Cockerill was to Belgium, has stopped
payment; his failure is for 7,000,000 f. or 8,000,000 f. This
event is calculated to paralyze the endeavours to establish
manufactories in Mexico, of which he was the principal in-
strument.

BRUSSELS, AUGUST 26.—A terrible storm of thunder aid
lightning, with hail and rain, passed over Ostend on the 23d
inst. in the evening. The lightning struck the barracks of
Hazegrass, and did some damage to the roof. It set fire to
the mainsail of a ship entering the harbour, but did no other
damage to it. It also set fire to a mill in the neighbourhood,
which, however, was soon extinguished.
EXPENDITURE OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FOR 1840.
Bread £2,350; butter, bacon, cheese and eggs, £5,150;
milk and cream, £1,500; butchers' meat, £10,000; poultry,
£4,250 ; fish, £2,180 ; grocery, £5,000 ; oilery, £1,850 ;
fruit and confectionery, £1,980 ; vegetables, £520 ; wine,
£5,250 ; liquors, &c., £2,000 ; ale and beer, £3,000 ; wax
candles, £2,150; tallow candles, £iso; lamps, £4,950;
fuel, £6,980 ; stationery, £B7O ; turnery, £4OO ; braziery,
f 950 ; china, glass, &c., £1,576 ; linen, £2,504 ; washing of
table and other linen, £1,250 • plate, £355. Total annual
expenditure of the royal household, £69,765.
REPRIEVE.—The execution of Patrick Woods, who was
convicted at the Armagh assizes of the barbarous murder of
Mr. Powell, has been deferred by the Lord Lieutenant, until
the point raised in the convict's favour by Mr. Napier shall
have been duly argued and decided.

A GOOD DAY'S SPORT.—Mr. John I‘l‘ Hardy, head fo-
rester to the Duke of Leeds, in Mar Forest, killed the fol-
lowing varieties of game in one day (Friday, the 20th ult.):—
A hart (royal), roe-deer, blue hare, ptarmigan, grouse, black
cock, common hare, wild duck, snipe, teal.—Aberdeen paper.

Two LIVES LOST.—RAMSGATE, AUG. 30.—Yesterday.
(Sunday) morning, about ten o'clock, a melancholy and fatal
catastrophe happened in the Sandwich river, by the upsetting
of a boat, whereby two young men unfortunately lost their
lives—one named Samuel Smith, belonging to this place,
(Ramsgate,) a baker ; and the other named Edward Thomas,
of Oxney, Gloucestershire, an attorney. John Smith (bro-
ther to the deceased Samuel Smith) and Jeremiah Sandwell,
were also in the boat when it was upset ; but they were for-
tunately picked up by several persons that came in boats to
their assistance. The bodies of the deceased bad not yet
been found.

EXTRAORDINARY ATTACHMENT BETWEEN BIRDS.—A
few days ago a lad, who was employed by a farmer at Peck-
ham to shoot birds in his corn-field, shot a wood-pigeon ; on
reaching the spot where the bird fell, he was surprised at
finding another, hovering close to the wounded one ' • he took
up the dead bird and carried it in his hand some distance,
closely attended by the other bird, sometimes following him
and sometimes going before, and (to use the lad's own ex-
pression) " making quite a fuss about him." On reaching
the fieldgate the lad stopped to re-load his gun, placing the
dead bird on the gate post, when the other pigeon flew to the
side of his lifeless companion, and, without the slightest at-
tempt to escape, quietly suffered itself to be secured by the
boy. The bird was brought home, and put into a small room,
where shortly after it was found dead. It is now stuffed, and
in the possession of the writer.—Standard.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —On Thursday last, A
labourer at work in the cutting upon the Eastern Counties
line of railway at Brentwood, was unfortunately killed. He
was engaged, with several other men, iu undermining a
portion of earth, preparatory to a fall, and notice of its descent

was given by the man stationed for that purpose, when all
his companions got away, but the poor man in question stood
looking as if paralysed and unable to move. The earth in
consequence fell upon him, and literally dashed his brains
out. Nearly a hundred of his companions stood by at the
time unable to render him any assistance.—Esser Herald,
JUNCTION OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OcnAxs.—
The great natural advantage of Guatemala is, the all but
ready-made cennection of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The great Lake of Nicaragua, having an average depth of 15
fathoms, is within 16 miles of the Pacific; the only known
outlet of this inland sea is the river San Juan, navigable for
craft drawing four feet water, to the Atlantic Ocean, in
despite of rapids, and capable of being improved for the
passage of ships. At present no commerce is carried on
upon this remarkable line of navigation ; it might almost be
said that nothing floats upon it. As soon, however, as a
settled country and stable government can give security to
commerce and capitalists, it is easy to see that this water-
line will be the seat of an extensive transit trade ; whether it
will ever answer the full expectations of sanguine men, and
supersede Cape Horn, is, as regards coarse and bulky coin-
modifies, very questionable.

SHIP STRUCK BY LIGHTNING—FATAL ACCIDENT.—The
following is an extract of a letter fram Charleston, (South
Carolina,) dated August 11 :—" The British ship Jane and
Barbary, Captain Colman, lying here, was struck by light-
ning on the sth instant. The first mate, William Leaker,
was killed, and the second mate and two of the crew severely,
but not dangerously, injured. The fluid passed down the
mizenmast, and through the cabin and deck, shattering the
cabin, compasses, and every thing in the steward's room.
The mate was sitting at the companion door when he was
killed. He was about 30 years of age, and his melancholy
death was much lamented by Captain Colman and crew. This
is the second vessel that has been struck by lightning at the
same wharf within the last fortnight, the electric fluid being
attracted, it is generally supposed, by the iron unloading here
for the new railway."
AFFLICTIVE VISITATION.—At the late meeting of the
British Association at Plymouth, Dr. Fowler gave an account
of a young woman now in Rotberhite workhouse, who has
the threefold infirmity of being deaf, dumb, and blind. The
unfortunate individual, who is about twenty years of age, was
born deaf and dumb, and blinded by small-pox, when about
three years old. She does not hear the loudest efforts of the
voice, but starts on A poker hung by a string against her ear
being struck against a grate. Touch is the only sense by
which others can communicate with her, or which she em-
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them. Until within two or three years since her existence
appeared to be merely animal, but then a marked difference
took place in her habits, and she became as attentive to her
dress and personal decorum as any other girl of her age. She
feels her way without a guide to every part of the workhouse.
recognises all its inmates by the feel of their hands, makes
her bed, and sews not only plain work but even the more in-
tricate parts of dress. She is very tenacious of what she
deems her own, and was much pleased with a shilling which
was put into her hand, smiling, curtseying, and feeling it ea-
gerly for some time after.
WINDSOR, Sept. I.—An accident of an alarming nature
took place to-day in the middle and lower ward of the Castle.
A party bad just alighted from an open carriage, and the
horses heads turned towards the town, when they became
restive, and kicked and plunged frightfully in the narrow
part of the entrance by the Norman-gate ; at last setting off
at full speed, the carriage came in contact with a projecting
wall which divides the middle from the lower ward, and the
poll, bar, and traces having broken, they were freed front the
overturned carriage, and pursued their mad career down the
hill towards King Henry the VIII. gateway, against which
they dashed themselves, and were at once brought to the
ground. For a few seconds it was thought they were both
killed, so violent was the shock ; they are, however, not so
much hurt as was expected, nor is the damage done to the
carriage so great as the rapid pace, the continuous turning of
the road, and the many obstructions liable to be met with in
it, would lead us to conclude. Most fortunately the road
was free from parties, and no further accident occurred.
BANKRUPTCIES IN PARlS.—During the last year there
were 41,467 causes heard before the Tribunal of Commerce,
Paris, to 31,750 of which there had been no appearance,
8,918 were decided on argument, 540 were adjourned for
consent of parties, 175 were still vending, and the remainder
were struck out of the list : 806 bankruptcies were declared
during the same period. The investigation of those hal-
ruptcies required 3435 meetings of creditors, from which the
following facts had been elicited :—That the greater part of
those failures were caused by too great a competition
t
shopkeepers, for which reason the profits
narisinngt from
and other
trade were so insignificant, that, after
expenses, there remained scarcely any
The president remarked, that the more Fo;s
were caused by over-trading and excess'', desire for specu-
ydi forgidreterhaeb
le creditors.
failures

lation. . _
police have received
NOVEL MODE of SurrNouso.—The
information that a well-dressed elan had recently succeeded,
in many instances, in committing the following frauds :—His
usual method of proceeding is, to enter au hotel or tavern
late at night,
accompanied by a dashingly-dressed female, and
then inquire for the head waiter. Ilthat,e then
havin tells the waiter
that he has conic out for a spree, but g for„,,,otteu
his purse at home, and being in want of cash, he has deter-
mined on leaving. his gold watch and chain as a guarantee
with the, waiter, if he lends him £1 or £5 till the followin
reward the
possible. care may be
day. lie then exhibits a watch and chain, having the g
ap-
pearance of gold, says it is a family relic of considerabe
care of them. by, this contrivance the
worth, and requests that the greatest
lender of the
taken of them, adding, that he will
several head waiters,
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ajblFdrnrt°el"):e. watches and chains turrnawoutini;t'o be
manutioturc, perfectly; valueless
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—London Weekly Review

LITERARY NOTICES

Fraser's Maga

"ine for September

kt this existing period Reg

ina comes with a double relish,
eaves with considerable avidity to dis-
cover some racy touches of crushing but good-humoured ex-
postulation with some of the political quacks who now agitate
our country. On this head will be perused, not without
merriment, a ludicrous exposure of the doings of the dissent-

and we turn ove

ing convention at Manchester. The objects of the confer-
ence, with the origin of it, are pointed out with the irresist-
ible weapon of naked truth, and the movements of " the re-

ligious public' • are treated with becoming sarcasm and power-
ful raillery. " The End of the Beginning" i& a clear and
faithful analysis of the causes which have induced the people
of this country to hurl from the eminence to which it had
raised them, the very men whom that same people had
selected to adorn that eminence, and to whom, with some

brief intervals, it had intrusted the reins of power for more

than ten consecutive years. Following this we have Part the
First, of an interesting " Journal of an Autuma in the
Country," and sufficient is already known of " rustic con-
We need scarcely

troversies,

[I " the gr

epochs

say, however, that there is much besides what we have
touched upon for the enjoyment and instruction of the
reader. We give two extracts in our present number, from

the first article to

Charles 0' Mall,

Lch we have alluded

No. 18. Harry Lorrequer. Webb,

verpool

This number is a most agreeable and spirited one. In it
we find the hero covered with glory and entertained by
royalty. Captain O'Malley returns to his uncle's, aocom-

Is .man, N 110“;

panted uy ~,%ree. Mickey's interview with
the Bristol Editor is laughable, but improbable. This work,
approaching to completion. It will
a finished. It is the most lively story

we regret to say, is fast

be mud

of the day

trations are

as usual, very good

THE STA.

NLEY FAMILY

The family of Stanl
Dugdale, and a
the old Baron

, is of early baronial origin. Camden,
our antiquaries agree that it is a branch of
of Audeley, co., Stafford. The im-
,eys, was
h, who lived in the reign of King John,
tiir Adam de Audleigh, the manor of

inediate founder of t
William Aud
and had fot

Stanieigh, where fixing his abode, he assumed the surname
of Stanleigh, or Stanley. The great-great-grandson of this
William, was—

Sir William de Stanley, who married Joan, eldest daughter
of Sir Philip de Bamville, Lord of Stourton, in Cheshire, by
which marriage Stourton not only came into the family and

has since remained in it, but also, by the same alliance, the
13
family became possessed of the manor and bailiwick of yrall
Forest, and thereupon assumed the armorial bearings since
used by his descendants, in place of those borne by his

ancestors.
Sir William Stanley, Lord of Stanley, Great Stourton,
&C. &c., was his grandson; and from a younger brother of
his, descended the Stanleys of Cumberland.
Sir William Stanley, &c., the eldest son of the above,
married Margaret, daughter and heiress of William Hooton,
of Hooton, and thus brought the Hooton property into the
family,—which, together with the lordships previously pos-
sessed, have continued to be possessed ever since by it in
lineal descent. The second son of this Sir William, namely,
Sir John Stanley, K. G., who married the daughter and
heiress of Sir Thomas Latham, Knight, -of Latham and
Knowsley, county of Lancaster, is the ancestor of the Earls
of Derby, the Stanleys of Alderley, &c. &c.
The present baronetcy of the Hooton Stanleys was created
on the 17 June, 1662, the first baronet being Sir William
Stanley, of Hooton, and the following are the persons who
have held it :

I.—Sir William.
IL—Sir Rowland, his son.
lll.—Sir William, his son
IV.—Sir Rowland, his son,

V.—Sir William, his son (died without issue).
Vl.—Sir John, uncle to the last baronet, who assumed
the additional surname of Massey, under the will of
the younger son of the third baronet, and also the ad-
ditional surname of Stanley, under the will of the last
baronet.

Vll.—Sir Thomas, his son.
VIII.—Sir William, his son, who died during his mi-
nority.

IX.—Sir Thomas (the late baronet), his brother.
X.—Sir 'William (the present baronet), his son.
The date of the creation we have already stated. The arms
are :—Quarterly, first and fourths, ar., on a bend, azure, three
stags heads, caboshed, or, for Stanley ; second and third
quarterly, or, and Gules, in first and third quarters, 3 fleur
delis, ar., for Masse

the tongue hang
(The ea

Ana chi

which is w

-.--
head and neck, couped, ar., attired, or,

Id of the Knowsley and Alderley Stan-
a the family of Lathams, the legend of

STATE OF TRAM

MANCHESTP

SEPT. 1

The continuance of favourable
irs to have produced some little
d there was yesterday a rather
rn and goods, than for two or
however, remain miserably low,
t appearance of improvement.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AUGUST 30.
-Flannels still continue in good demand, and buyers have
Purchased freely at former prices. In the woo: market
there is no change to report : the manufacturers purchase
for immediate use only.

effect upon this market ;
better demand, both for )
three weeks past. Prices,

and without th

HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31.—The
demand for fancy woollens and heavy plains still continues
brisk, and the trade generally begins to exhibit a more ani-
mated and healthy appearance. Prices are firm. Business
in the warehouses is generally pretty good.

The great north road, from London to Edinburgh, is in
several parts between Doncaster and Bawtry thickly over-
grown in the centre with grass. The high road between
Stamford and Grantham, for several miles, forms a noble
green lane.

THE MOORS.—Accounts have gone abroad, that the
moor game of this year have suffered so much from " tape-
worm," that they afford poor sport, and that many of them
are not " eatable." The results of the numerous inquiries
made as to the state of extensive moors lying widely apart,
coincide in pronouncing the above doleful story either the
jest of a wag, or the complaint of sonic tyro who has not
succeeded in throwing salt on their tails. The fox's opinion
of the grapes he could not reh elains ow the moor.
fowl are not eatable. At no 12thac explains
of August,hfor the last six
years, have the birds here been so numerous, or so strong on
the wing ; and the prevalence of wet and stormy weather has
since driven them into packs ; so that although the sports-
sees plenty he cannot get even " within cry of them."
apply to extensive tracts of moor beyond
;le north, and Gil van on the south; and are
accounts from Wigtownshire. Partridges
the late severe rains have been much
feared that some may have been lost in
Several keepers, howeveroissure us
'd hares will afford good sport.--Ayr
from the moors continue to be as
week ; but, of course, the

These remarks

Kilwinning on

4dvertiser

sportsmen are more moderate in the hours they spend on thehills, and more select in the choice of the birds, than during
the first days of the season. The game boxes continue to
average about 100 a day, the greater part of which are for-
warded by steam to Dundee, and the remainder to Edinburgh
and Glasgow. The superiority of the Perthshire moors in
grouse is this year very decided, over the more northerly
counties; and in the south the sport has proved an almost
total failure.—Perth Courier. On the Lammermoor and
Cheviots, grouse shooting has been on the whole an unsuc-
cessiul affair ; not omuch from scarcity of birds, as from the
broods being strong.on the wing, and wild beyond example.
Sportsmen have therefore fagged a_ great deal, and bagged
very few birds.

:counts

favourable as

hose of the f

" But," it may be replied, " although the leaders of this
movement were, generally speaking, of second or third-rate
standing among Dissenters, they have been joined by others
of vast importance; so much so, that on the 9th of August
the Patriot published a list of 250 ministers of the Gospel
who bad signified their intention to be present at the confer-
ence on the corn-laws."

Ist. Out of the 250 names, 125 are ministers in small towns
and villages in England, where there are few Dissenters, and
those few obscure and uninfluential.
2d. No less than forty belong to Manchester and its en-
virons, for whose advantage the movement is made.
3d. Eight appertain to London.
4th. Eight belong to Ireland.
sth. Twenty to large towns in England where there are
several Dissenting ministers in each town, and yet from each
of which only one or two have promised to attend.
6th. Thirty are Papists, Socinians, Southcottians, Univer-
salists, and so forth.
And, 7th. The remaining nineteen belong to cities and
places of importance; but only a very few places are repre-
sented by them, as two, and in one case three, ministers at-
tend from the same place.

THE OBJECTS OF THE MANCHESTER CON-

VENTI ON

(From Fraser's Magazine /or September.)

" To direct the attention of the religious public to the effects of
the monopoly in food; to the principles upon which the law of that
monopoly is based; and to the most legitimate and Christian means
of obtaining an equitable settlement of the question, without civil
convulsion, and without injury to the just interests of any class of
our fellow-citizens."—Vide Thompson's Circular, dated July 8,
1841. _ _

To the effects of the monopoly in food. Then of course
there is a monopoly. This is assumed. Mr. Thompson
tells us so, and we ought to believe him ; but still, is it not
just possible that he may be,mistaken Where is this mo-
nopoly ? Who belong to it ? All the landowners ?—Yes.
All the farmers I—Yes ! All the millers ?—Yes ! All the
bakers ?—Yes ! All the muffin-men, with their little trays
and bells ?—Yes ! All the butchers ?—Yes! All the
butchers' boys too I—Yes !—All the holders of dairy farms ?
—Yes! All the dairy-men, and dairy-women, and dairy-
maids, too? (God bless them !)—Yes 1 All cheese-churners,
cheese-pressers, and cheesemongers ?—Yes ! All cultivators
of hogs and pigs (including those dear little squeakers called
sucking-pigs), as well as all pork-butchers and sausage-
makers?—Yes! All tea-merchants, tea-importers, the East
India Company, all sugarcane-growers, makers and refiners
of sugar, as well as all grocers and dealers in tea, coffee, and
sugar—both white and brown ?—Yes ! All wine-growers,
wine-merchants, and dealers in wine, wholesale, retail, and
for exportation ?—Yes! All market-gardeners, growers of
fruit or vegetables for sale, and all vendors thereof, from
Grange of Piccadilly to the lowest green-shop in Bethnal-
Green or Shoreditch ?—Yes ! All owners of fishing-smacks
and fishing-boats, all fishermen and fishwomen too, includ-
ing our old friends the sweet girls of Billingsgate; all fish-
mongers, and hawkers and criers of mackerel and herrings at
six or sixteen a shilling?—Yes! All keepers of poultry-
yards, and fatteners of geese, ducks, fowls, turkeys, and
pigeons ; all poultry-merchants and poultry-mongers, as
well as all persons engaged in the sale of poultry, whether
at fairs, markets, and shops, or on the highways and byways,
in baskets or on boards, and whether live or dead ?.L.Yes !
All potato-growers, potato•exporters, potato-merchants,
potato-farmers, from the Irish landlord to the seller of hot-
, boiled potatoes in a tin saucepan, at three for a penny (cook-
ing included), in St. Giles's ?—Yes !
What ! all monopolists ?—Yes ! Brewers, too, are they mo-
nopolists I—Yes ! Cook-shop keepers ?—Yes ! Pastry-cooks
and biscuit-bakers ?—Yes ! These, in their respective spheres,
are all monopolists in food. Nothing would be less difficult
than to demonstrate this. They all deal in food ; they all sell
food ; they all get the best prices they can for food. The pub-
lic only get food through them ; without them the public
would get no food. They all make their fortunes (when they
can) out of the public, to whom they sell food. They will
have their own prices for the food they sell, with one excep-
tion, however, and that is the farmers, who can only obtain
as much money for the corn they send to market, as the
supply or deficiency for the time being indicate as a jair and
reasonable remuneration. All the rest are monopolists ; and
" to the effect of monopoly in food," dear Thompson pro-
poses to call the attention of the " religious public."
But why the religious public? Is it because dear Thomp-
son is a religious man ? But who are religious men? Only
dissenting ministers and popish priests ? This is surely a
monopoly in religion ; and it may become necessary, per-
haps, to call the attention of the " irreligious public" to
the " effects of this monopoly in religion." What would
George Thompson think of a conference to be held in Lon-
don to consider the effects of this religious monopoly. Yet
something must be done or the dissenting cardinals may vote
ab irato that they are exclusively 4` the religious public."
Then why is the attention of the religious public only to be
directed to this monopoly in food? Are religious men the
only eaters and drinkers in our cities and towns, villages and
hamlets ? We know not. But 2s
there a monopoly in food ?
Can every man grow corn who finds it productive and ad-
vantageous to do so? He can. Can he grow as much as he
pleases? He can. Instead of cultivating potatoes, currants,
or cabbages, may the agricultural poor grow wheat, barley,
and oats in their larger or smaller gardens and slips of
ground? They may. Can farmers cultivate on their farms
as much of corn as they think they can sell to advantage ?
They. can. Are the English farmers a set of wealthy cormo-
rants who are so rich that they do not know what to do with
their money, and yet so miserly as to prefer hoarding up
their corn to allowing the public to have it cheap ? No. Are
the English farmers a set of ignorant and stupid dunces who
know nothing about reninnerative prices, and therefore refuse
to grow that which would pay them best for its cultivation?
No. Then is there a monopoly in food? THERE IS NOT.
"Then if there is no monopoly in food, why is bread hih ?"
I asks honest John Birt or dear George Thompson. will
ask them another question, and beg them to answer that.
Is there a monopoly in religion ? " No, no, no," they
will all roar and scream at the mere announcement of such an
inquiry, " there is not ; at least among Dissenters." Very
good, gentlemen, we reply ; don't be angry, but then allow
us to ask, why is that preaching the gospel is so expensive ?
" We don't think it is expensive : four or five hundred pounds
per annum is all we require for preaching two or three ser-
mons on a Sunday, and giving a lecture on the week night."
But, gentlemen, the first apostles and preachers of the Gos-
pel, according to your oft-repeated statements, had neither
shoes, nor scrip, nor money, and vet the Gospel was preached
in Rome and at Athens. How%- this ? " Yes ; but then
they had not such heavy taxes to pay ; and all the necessaries
and luxuries of life were not so dear." Agreed to, gentlemen ;
and as for this reason you require good salaries for preaching
the Gospel, so for the very same reason the farmer, the mil-
ler, the baker, must be paid for their corn, flour, and bread.
"Oh yes, that's all very well. Of course they must be paid
—but not so much." Well, gentlemen, since you are (in
your own opinions) competent judges of what is a fair remu •
nerative price for the corn-grower, corn-grinder, and baker,
allow us, the irreligious public, to believe, and to act on that
belief, that we are judges (and competent ones too) of the
salaries necessary to be paid to Dissenting ministers for their
preaching and teaching, so as to establish a sort of general
harmony between the principles they preach, and the conduct
they pursue. We will have a conference, gentlemen, to exa-
mine into your monopoly in religion, and it is high time the
irreligious public should occupy itself with the matter.
" Oh, but what has the irreligious public to do with religious
matters ?" Just as much, gentlemen, as the religious public
has to do with irreligious questions.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has just given
another exemplification of the good old saw that there is no
royal road to knowledge, in the publication of a protest
against the rejection of the commercial schemes of ministers
by the house, of which, if he be not an ornament, he is at
least a member, though for all useful purposes he is gene-
rally an absent or a silent one. The royal duke w:serts that
the corn laws have not produced "any" of the beraefits anti-
cipated by their original advocates. His royal highness will
not, we trust, think we are intrusive or impertinent in hint-
ing that they have prevented England being dependent on
foreign countries for food, and have enabled its treasury to
discharge quarterly his royal highness's well-earned and
well-spent demand on its coffers.

personstheir families, belonging
NOVEL RAILWAY ExcußsxoN.—On Monday last, 500
, composed of mechanics and
to Birmingham were generously treated to a trip to the
metropolis by the Mechanics' Institute of that town, a special
trreantiurnh:Si °R Wednesd y, after having visited the Colosseum,
i" been engaged for their accommodation. They
Zoological Gardens, Southern Arcade, and other exhibitions,
free of expense to themselves. The charge for the trip to
London and bsck, including the admission to the several
places of amusement, is only 225. each person. Thus are
railways not only become conducive to commerce, but to the
intellectual gratification of numerous persons whose avoca-
tions would not of afforded them such advantages by the old
wo4le of travelling.

Our Northamptonshire correspondent writes to the point
of weather, as well as crops. The information tallies with
local observation. " Aug. 25, a very wet day. One of our
most respectable agriculturists says that most of the corn is
ripe, and the harvest becoming general ; all we want is suita •
ble weather. The crops of wheat are not in some fields so
good as had been expected, in consequence of the red-dust,
induced by continued moisture. The whole of the last week
we had glorious weather, and sonic fields of barley and oats
were carried in good order ; much more would have been
housed to-day had the weather been propitious; but it has
proved otherwise.' There is a wonderful abundance of grass
everywhere ; and the second crops are nearly equal to the
first. Corn has risen in Northampton market, some old
wheats fetching from £3 I2s. to £4; but three weeks fine
weather would reduce it again."
Of potatoes—one of the really staple crops of our country,
—there are conflicting opinions; but we retain our expressed
opinion, stoutly, that if, the sets fail and rot in the ground,
the planter has himself to blame in nine cases out of ten.
Either the sets are taken from worn-out, superannuated
varieties, or they are cut, and suffered to become flaccid,
many days before they are deposited in the drills, subject
also to the contingency of a period of dry weather, the ground
being acrid at the time of planting ; the vegetation, therefore,
in such cases,. either proceeds languidly, or the set is lost,
causing a blank. Now, it happens that we never remark any
of these patches, either in field or garden ; although, as in the
present season, some of the ash-leaved kidneys yield but two
or three to a root, while others produce three times the num-
ber, in consequence of the drought of May and June. Yet,
upon the whole, we find reason to base our report of the
potatoe-crop upon the following notice, which squares with
the opinion derived from observation :—" It is gratifying to
hear that the crops of potatoes were never known to be more
abundant than they are at present. This intelligence offers
to the poor the consolation of looking forward to a supply of
this valuable article of food at a cheap rate."
The beautiful weather which continues to the present
moment with high day and day night temperature, concur-
ring with the hopeful prognostic of the full moon, lead to
reasonable expectation of the rapid gathering-in of a most
abundant harvest.

LADIES' FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER

(From the London and Paris Magazine of Fashion)

White poults de soie, with small green stripes, intermixed
with pink bouquets, levantines brochees with small pink or
blue spots on an ecru or gray ground, taffetas Napolitains in
stripes or small cheeks hi every colour, moires d' ete in pink
or blue, foulards de Chine, deep blue or dark green, with
white patterns in bouquets or checks, are now very fashion-
able, particularly suitable for country wear ; bareges, amongst
which those particularly remarked were violet, checked with
white; but on account of the coldness of the season, gros
d' Afrique taffetas, poult de sole, are the materials that have
been most seen in Paris during the last month. The make
of dresses continues much the same ; the skirt is still trim-
med en tablier with gimp and tassels, tight open bodies, with
frill drapery, tight sleeves, also ornamented with gimp and
tassels ; a Swiss guimpe, embroidered and closing in front
with three buttons, looks well with this toilette; skirts are
also still ornamented with a biais, headed by a quilling of the
same material : the corsage tight, with rounded point and
revers, also finished with a quilling, as well as on the sleeve,
of which it forms the jockey ; the redingote style has the
body closing with gold buttons, wide sleeves, half long, trim-
med with a double row of tulle festonnii, and quilled ; trim-
mings of cord form patterns in relief, A pretty novelty in
trimmings is a rouleau of the same material as the dress,
heading each tuck ; the corsage with fringe and folds sewed
on half way down the body, and fastened low on the shoul-
ders. The ceintures, on muslin dresses, of small scarf of
the same material, very narrow, have been introduced, rolled
round the waist, the ends wide, and reaching to the knees ;
they are trimmed with narrow lace, and a wide hem, with a
ribbon through. In dresses of thicker materials, the cou-
lisses of the corsage are sometimes placed horizontally in-
stead of transversely, which has the effect of lessening the
size of the waist. With respect to sleeves, they are very
generally tight, variously ornamented : the prettiest are open
from the wrist t 3 the elbow, and buttoned or laced with puffs
of muslin lace, or similar material, passing through : gimp
trimmings are so fashionable as even to be worn on peignoirs
of muslin. The most fashionable colours are purple, oriental
blue, green scarabe, orange, China black for dresses of satin,
tissus, &c.

Spencers are always genteel ; one of black velvet, high on
the shoulders, and en coeur in front, with tight sleeves,
trimmed with two biais of the same, was worn with a very
pretty skirt of pink barege. having a flounce of the same,
one-third the depth of the skirt. For children the spencer
is square before and behind, with a narrow Valenciennes
round the throat, and black lace round the waist; tight
sleeves, with manchettes of embroidered cambric.
Inlets of lace have been much used this season in fichus ;
caps and handkerchiefs in the latter style. Some borders
have been composed of six small inlets, divided by an interval
sufficiently wide to admit a single row of embroidered spots.
Cuffs and collars have also been made in this style, for neglige.
Pelerines of India muslin, embroidered and trimmed with
lace, are much worn, ornamented in front with small noeuds
of ribbon, matching the colour of the dress. Many collars
are also of cambric, with inlets of lace &c.
Many scarfs are made of Cachemire, with light trimmings
of gimp all round, and fringe at the ends ; the most elegant
are white, and very full. Various other materials are used
for scarfs, such as soft silks, lined in various colours, giving
two different sides ; those of black velvet have also appeared,
no doubt prematurely worn on account of the weather.
Small caps of cambric and muslin are worn without ribbon :
they form the prettiest style of neglige ; the bands, which
turn back, tying on•the head, have a good effect, all encircled
with light embroidery and lace. One of our latest accounts
from Paris states that combs are again making their appear-
ance in coiffures, either ornamented, carved, or cut out, of
pretty forms, suiting all the styles of head dress, and that
they have been worn by the most elegant ladies.
The form of bonnets is undergoing a little change—they are
not thrown quite so back, and begin to fall more on the fore-
head.

The flowers now used on bonnets also indicate the season
of the year. Wheat-ears and poppies are again in favour ;
and a straw bonnet was prettily ornamented with black and
green grapes, and ribbon velvet of shaded green. Crape and
paille de riz bonnets are universally ornamented with feathers,
the shaded marabout to the bouquet of ostrich feathers, &c.,
&c. ; the demi guirlandes are reserved for pailles de riz and
capotes; nceuds of velvet for straw bonnets, and trimmings
of velvet, twisted with ornaments of straw, on Leghorn bon-
nets. White feathers, shaded with pink, green, or blue ;
wreaths of roses, white, tinged with lilac, without leaves,
placed round the crown ; bouquets of various flowers, &c.,
&c., are used for bonnets and capotes of silk, &c. Leghorn
bonnets, of the straight form, are sometimes ornamented
with a small lace veil, entirely covering the front, and con-
fined on each side and the place of the brides by a ncEud of
green sarcenet ribbon. Capotes of paille de riz are pretty,
trimmed with velvet ribbon, shaded in pinks, and intermixed
with a small lace veil; the two ends of which fall en fichu,
on each side, tying under the chin as brides, and velvet roses
inside. Sewed Leghorns are genteel.
Very pretty little cameos are used as snaps for bracelets of
black velvet, now very fashionable : in a more elegant style
bracelets are formed of tresses of seed coral, closing with a
mend, which terminates in tassels of seed coral.

TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE SIR D. WILKIE

On Saturday afternoon a meeting was held at the Thatched
House Tavern, for the purpose of considering the most ap-
propriate method of doing honour to the metnory of that
distinguished British artist, Sir David Wilkie. Upwards of
300 gentlemen were present. Sir Robert Peel took the chair.
The Duke of Sutherland moved, and Sir James M`Gregor
seconded—" That it is meetingthe opinion of this meeting that the
genius of Sir David Wilkie was of that high order which en-
titles him not only to the admiration and gratitude of his
country, but to be publicly recorded amongst those whom
she loves to honour.
Lord John Russell moved, and Mr. T. Phillips, R.A. se-
conded—" That record shall be a permanent and cha-
racteristic testimonial of his worth as a man. and his great
excellence as an artist. '
Viscount Mahon moved, and Mr. B. B. Cabbell seconded—
" That a statue, preserving the manly and well-remembered
exterior of Sir David Wilkie, and expressing with skill and
taste the likeness and chtiFac'7r of Sir David Wilkie, is the
most appropriate testimonial.
Other resolutions were move, d and seconded by Lord C.
Somerset, Sir A Calcott, Lordßurghervh, and Mr. P. M.
raDncuiliseE:frerßtounc:
Stewart.
£5O;
_Sir W. Knighton, £5O ;
The list of subscriptions,. which already amount to about
Sir Charles Forbes, 20
;e'sL7rdaFe
£lOOO, includes the followingxnl.aon;
£2O ; the Duke
ct
iciho,yfilsooc
Scottish
tSi
soi
u.ctahPdeeerellnla,yn,d
12a ;
guineas; Count D'Orsay, 10 guineas; Lord Burghersh, £lO ;
P. M. Stewart, Esq., £10; Lord John Russell, 425.

THE TEA TRADE, AUG. 30.—The deliveries of tea from
the London warehouses for home consumption were last week
steady, being 433,2601 b. The quotations have given way to
some extent since our last, ranging now about 2itl. per lb.
below what they were on this day week. No public sales will
take place till the 7th proximo, but speculation is dull, in
hourly expectation of the arrival of the overland mail.

The following is the account of a female passenger with
Mr. Green, on his last aerial voyage on Monday.
" The evening was delightfully calm, the heavens beauti-
fully serene, and of that lovely blue which the Italian mas-
ters have so delighted in transferring from their own sunny
skies, speckled over with numerous light and fleecy clouds,
and scarcely a breath of wind stirred. By veterans in aerial
voyages it was considered that a more favourable evening for
a trip could not have been selected.
At ten minutes past seven o'clock Mr. Green completed
the act of separation from our friends, and we embarked, im-
pressed with loftier views and every prospect of a pleasing
voyage, taking a north easterly direction, which current, with
but little variation, bore us throughout. It is utterly impos-
sible for persons on their first adventure to give expression to
their feelings. There is something awful in the very novelty
of the situation that, to a great degree, paralyses the lan-
guage of description, and yet the awe may be considered
imaginary ; for the balloon that Benjamin Franklin recog-
nised as a boy, appears to have reached its manhood, On
leaving the gardens we were somewhat flattered by the cheers
of those we left behind us, and they changed notes in propor-
tion as we towered over the lanes and thoroughfares adjoin-
ing. The motion of the machine was so imperceptible that
it seemed not to us as if we were leaving the gardens, but as
if the gardens left us. The first blush of observation pre-
sented to us a something like a schoolboy map—everything
flat, diminished in dimensions, and curiously compact. The
motion of heads, and the turning up of faces, partly indi-
cating animation, but more especially reminding us of bas-
relief sculpture. We soon triumphantly o'ertopped the ori-
entalists of the metropolis, and then the scene changed
shades, and assumed a different shape. The river Thames
became like an animated reptile, of ponderous growth, ser-
pentining along, and seeming to encirle in its coils the mighty
London, the mistress of the world. Crossing the river be-
tween the tower and Blackwell, and surveying the scene we
were passing from, the lights sprang up in rapid succespan,
like glow worms in the twilight. The objects became more
compact, and the bridges bore the semblance of beautiful
and sparkling fillets, encircling here and there an immense
boa constrictor, and fettered, as it were, or controlled, by
white and riband-looking roads, the inlets and outlets of the
great city. Shortly after this, we attained our highest alti-
tude—six thousand two hundred feet, or nearly two miles
and a quarter. We had expected from what we had often
heard that soma difficulty of respiration would have been
experienced ; but so far from this, we fancied that it was
more free than usual, added to a buoyancy of feeling per-
fectly delicious ; and instead of the cold usually resulting
from a great elevation and a ratified atmosphere, the heat
was unusually oppressive. We next passed over the forest
of Epping. We now commenced rapidly to descend, till
within 2,300 feet of the earth, as indicated by the barometer.
For the first time we became sensible of the motion of the
balloon, our gradual approach to objects enabling us by compa-
rison to form a judgment of the swiftness of our course. The
most sublime object that accompanied us throughout our
trip, when night had set in, was the moon and its effects on
the scene beneath. The reflection of her beams on the river
—now bursting upon the view, now disappearing—leaving,
this in darkness, and suddenly presenting the same appear-
ance in a thousand different quarters, rescuing solitary
scraps or sheets of water from obscurity, rather as if it were
artificially produced, than the mere result of accident. As
an artist, I was delighted with the light and shade of the
scene; and one of the most prominent objects attracting our
attention, from its uniqueness of character, was the moon's
reflection on the bell, and the mighty shadow of the latter
upon the earth. Although at the great elevation at which we
then were, we were much surprised to find with what exceed-
ing and clear distinctness we could hear the voices and dis-
tinguish the words of those who, attracted by the novelty of
the object, were assembled beneath, the conversation, mun-
dane and celestial, if not very edifying, was, at least,
highly amusing. Mr. Green now became anxious to descend,
but finding, from information afforded by the good folks
below, that the ground was not well adapted for his purpose,
we rose considerably, but still in the same direction, until
we found a fitter spot, at least as well as the obscurity
enabled Mr. Green-to judge; being without the guide-line.
Having arrived, however, at a place that he thought would
be suitable, he encountered a difficulty from the sudden
springing up of a ground breeze. The grappling-iron
was thrown out, but from the nature of the surface, a
hold could not be retained, until after two or three attempts,
when, with the assistance of the country people, the iron was
properly planted, and we owed especial thanks to sundry
little urchins, who bounded over hedge and ditch to our as-
sistance. We were sorry to find the balloon considerably
injured, from having been a short time entangled in the em-
braces of a solitary ash tree. Our descent was, however,
effected scatheless, barring sundry bumps and thumps,
which, however, formed but a slight alloy to the pleasure of
our trip. The gentlemen of the party then assisted us to
alight, precisely at 20 minutes to 9, having been in the air
exactly an hour and ten minutes. We were now on terra
firma at Knavestock, near Brentwood, in Essex, 23 miles
from Vauxhall. We were kindly invited to the house of Mr.
J. Crouchinan, by his good lady, who was attracted to the
ground, and to her kindness and the efficient services of her
husband we were much indebted. Finding we were ina part
of the country aboundingin cross roads, and the cattle being en-
gaged in the harvest, it was 3 hours before a conveyance for the
balloon could be obtained. An unpleasant incident occurred
after landing, some one having abstracted the ornamental
drapery of the car ; but, through the vigilance of the police,
fine young fellow was presented to us, manacled, as the thief.
Mr. Green bad previously handsomely rewarded him, and to
share with his fellows. It was our own opinion that the poor
fellow did not wish so much to take it for its value as to ob-
tain a relic. A postchaise was obtained shortly afterwards,
and we reached town in the morning, between nine and ten
o'clock, delighted with our excursion, nothing the worse for
an adventure or two, and looking forward with much pleasure
to our next trip to tha Isle of " Sky.'
" I have the honour to remain yours, &C.,
" Bloomsbury," " JOANNA FORREST.

A forgery, involving the loss of about A!400, was on Satur-
day last successfully practised at Oundle, upon the branch
there of the Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Joint-stock
Bank. A person who, it is ascertained, arrived that day from
Boston, presented a check for £4OO, purporting to be drawn
by a well-known customer of the hank ; and some momen-
tary scruples of the cashier being removed, he paid the sum
in notes of the firm. On Monday it was ascertained that the
check had been altered from £4 to £4OO. The Oundle
agent immediately pursued the offender to London ; but the
notes had been changed for cash at Messrs. Barclay's early
in the forenoon, and at present nothing further is known of
the party by whom the fraud was committed.—Lincoln
Mercury.
CAPTURE OF 150 WHALES.—Stronmess, Aug. 24.—Our
annual welcome visiters made their appearance off Houghton-
head on Saturday last, about six o'clock in the morning.
The cry of " Whales, Whales," was immediately raised, the
news spread with amazing rapitity, and Morpheus was
suddenly freed from many a votary. And all the boats in the
harbour, to the number of from 50 to 60, were immediately
put in requisiiion, and all the implements of destruction from
a harpoon to a carving-knife were quickly gathered. The
morning was particularly favourable for a chase, and the
scene altogether was most exciting. The cries of " Give
way, pull together," &c., were heard floating along the smooth
surface of the waters, while in the distance the monsters of
the deep were sporting and gamboling. In a short time, the
boats were up with the whales, and their heads turned in
shore, when after a sharp run, they were all safely grounded
on the Cairston shore. Then began the process of slaughter-
ing, and as it is the rule here, (Storinness,) " every man for
himself," all were soon engaged in the work of death. There
were about 150 killed, which, on the average, would be worth
about £3 each, making the aggregate value of the whales
£450. It is feared that, unless some proper regulations are
adopted and enforced by the authorities, the blood of her
Majesty's lieges will some day or other be mingled with that
of the whales. Club law in any shape is a dangerous one,
especially where the excitement is so great, and lethal weapons
so ready at command. There was a good deal of bickering
and bad blood on the occasion, and some disputes occured,
which are likely to be brought to an investigation before the
sheriff. In Flotta, Scapa, and other places the people make
common cause of the affair, and share alike, which is de-
cidedly the proper system.
Bernard Cavanagh has arrived in London, and bids fair to
become a formidable antagonist to Mesmerism, with its
manipulations, its galvanism, its brimstone and lucifers.
Times are so hard in Massachusetts that it requires the
united efforts of the population to get through thew.
Rum, when in hogsheads, is capable of doing but little
mischief ; but when it gets into men's heads, look out !
WHAT IS A BULBUL ?—A lady of considerable pretensions
to knowledge lately asked a well-known wit what sort of a
bird the bulbul was ? The wag, with the utmost possible
gravity, replied that he did not know, unless it was the male
of the cow-cow (cuckoo).
An American, dining with one of our celebrated authors.
made the following observation on beholding a statue of
Venus, which he thought particularly well placed :
you've got a tarnation convenient fix for that '—" I say
ere stone
gal."
The New Orleans Times says, the inquiry of a gentleman
if it was not " rather amusing" to edit a daily paper, re-
minds him of a question he once heard propounded by a
moustached, wasp-waisted exquisite, to an emaciated wretch
at work on the tread-mill. " Fellow, said the perfumed
and ringletted copy of humanity. " don't you loind that
demned excel'rating aixercise ?

Fairy Queen, --, hence for Corfu. was spoken :sth Aug. in
lat. 41 0, long. 9 0
Delia, Adey, sailed from Poole for Quebec 25th August
Elida Klasina, Tiktak, from Rotterdam off Dungeness, for this
port
Margaret, Klamp, from Bremen off Torbay, for this port
Peregrine, Leipsett, hence at Longhope, and sailed 24th August
for Konigsberg .

Kingston, hence for Calcutta, was spoken 14th August, in lat
40 0, long. 10 0

Susannah Collings, hence for the Cape of Good Hope, was
spoken 11th August, off Cape Finistere
Fanny, hence for Quebec, was spoken 29th July, off St. Paul's,
with loss of fore topmast
Champion, -, from Bombay, at this port. On the 31s. Aug.
off Tuskar, signalised the Caledonia
Cicely, M'Leod, from Sydney, N.S,W. at this port ; sailed 25th
April, and from Pernambuco 17th July. The Actaeon, Duniam,
was to sail from Sydney 25th April, for Valparaiso, and the Emma,
for this port, 29th April

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.—Wind N.W. fresh.

AftatvEn.—Hopkinson Stevens, from Calcutta—Chilian,
from Lima—Renard, Le: Grand, from Monte Video—Amelia,
-- from St. Domingo ; sailed 24th July—Mary, Sullivan, from
Port dedway—Fenrith, Russell, from Montreal—Cornhill,
from Labrador—Hcrmanic, Leiken, from Nantz—Copernicus,
Withers, for Bourdeaux—Jacobina, —, from Copenhagen—
Messenger, Ballaine, for Hambro'—Margaret, ---, from 13re-
men—Loochristie, Cornelis, and Perseverance, Monnot, from Os-
tend—and Arab, Richards, from Penzance.

SAILED.—Ocean Queen, Pitcairn, for St. Thomas—Union, Van-
der Heyde, for Ostend —Carrs, Nicholson, for St. Petersburg—
Horatio, Irvin, for Riga—Evergreen, Henry. for Quebec—Auguste,
Kirkhoven, for Ostend—Georgiana, Toole, for New Orleans—
Sehnellpost, Evert, for Konigsberg—Ritson, Johnson, for St.
Thomas—Robert, Johnson, for St. Petersburg—Wakefield, Young,
for Quebec—Marie & Louise, Steine, for Ostend—Wellington,
Forster, for Miramichi—Sarah, Fletcher, for Grenada—Harvest,
Al 'Laren, for Rotterdam—Dois Amigos, Campos, for Oporto—Wil-
liam, Wilham, for Marseilles—Spencer, Birkett, for Batavia—Lady
Harvey, Reid, for Antigua, &c.—Hebe, Green, for Newfoungland,
&c.—and Fenice, Visin, for Alexandria.

Isabella, -, hence oft' Dungeness 30th August, for Oporto
Wm. Galles, Clarke, from 'Bombay, at this port; sailed 13th
May, and from St. Helena 15th July. On 20th August, in lat. 50.
long. 9, spoke the Iris, hence to the Cape of Good Hope
H.M. Steamer, from Malta, at Marseilles 31st August, with the
Overland Mail that left Bombay 4th July

Rothschild, Luckett, from Bombay, at St. Helena, and sailed
15th July for Liverpool
Premier. -, from China, at St. Helena, and sailed 15th
July, for London
Australia, Golden Fleece, and Lady Flora Hastings, hence at
Bahia
Spartan, , from New South Wales, at ditto
Liverpool, Orde, sailed from Bahia for New South Wales 16th
July
Horatio, Martin, hence at 'Honduras
Manuella, Cuettla, hence at Havana

Aletta, Varn Dam, hence at Harlingen
Ceres, Vinnes ; Vrow Henrietta, Klie ; Liverpool, Potter; He-
lena, Gialtz ; Jane & Eliza, Richards ; Paulina, De Boer, and
Alida, Jockem, hence at Helvoet
Lima Packet, Stanton, from Trinidad, at the Cove
Sojhie, Gustavus, from Killandberg, off Oxfordness, for Liver-
pool

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADIG.

(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

CHINA

John Horton, 0 Cunningham, 336 Canton, W & J Tyrer
AFRICA.
Kingston, 268 Africa, C Horafall & Son

WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.

Cornmereio, F D Villa, 200 Havannah,
SOUTH AMERICA.
Thos Fielden, , 456 Valparaiso,

Castellain
J Lockett

Pickwick, J Cornish, 386 Valparaiso, W & J Tyrer
Jamaica,. J Pritt, 215 Bahia, T & J Brocklebank
Christina, J Grant, 247 Bahia, Amey & Co
Holywood, E Halliday, 291 M Video & B Ayres, II C Smith &Co
UNITED STATES.

Cormoran, T Herve, 450 Rochefort, Focke & Boult
Pharsalia, D L Windsor, 663 New Orleans, Ingleby
Wm Prowse, W Prowse, jun., 326 Boston, J Prowse & Co
Suffolk, F Crosby, 518 Boston, W M & F Duncan
BRITISH AMERICA.
Commodore, A Matthewman, 232 Montreal, Crozier Brs & Co
Sorter Johnny, T Little, 392 Quebec & Montreal, W Fisher & Son
Andover, J Buckley, 291 St. John, N B, J & G Lockwood
The Duke. R Sheddon, GB2 Quebec, D Gibb
EUROPE.

Diadem, J Binet, 140 Beirut & Alexandria, Bahr, Behrend St Co
May and Harriett, J Rees, 322 St Petersburg, Ellerton &Co
Active, J Hick, 260 Constan & Odessa, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Duque de Braganca, .1 A Martinfi, 100 Oporto, T Martin & Son
Ilmaoi, Abraham, Pernau, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Hero, T Davison, 223 Cronstit, Crozier, Brs & Co
Susanne Wilhelmine, A Bencke, 198 Danzic, C G Weber & Co
Monarch, R Jackson, 321 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co
Messenger, W Stabb, 113 Labrado, Graham 64 Taylor
Ida, M Fritz, 139 Stettin, Bahr, Behrend & Co

Wansbreck, A Hay, :150 Stockholm, Campbello
Cesar, C Nierinck, 61 Ostenn. Bahr, Behreml &Co
Schnellpost, C 0 Evert, 122 Pillau, C G Veber & Co
Selma, H F Dottloff, Dauzic, C G Weber &Co
Louisa, H Ringe, 145 Dordt, Cram, Smith & Co
Hannah, R E Terdrey, Genoa, Chapple
Munro, AI Balfour, 22:, Genoa & Leghorn, J Bibby & Sons

LIVERPOOL AND MA:'

CHESTER RAILWAY

FROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER.. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL.
First Class Second Class First Class Second Class
- Morning.. 7 0 Morning - Morning.. 730 Morning
8 45 „ 9 45 ~ 9 0 „ 10 0 „
1 0 „ 11 45 „ 11 15 „ 11 45 „
12 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern.
4 45 „ 5 30 „ 5 0 .. 5 30 „
71 15 Evening.. 715 Mixedl 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed
Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I
* Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three.
ON SUNDAYS.
First Class Second Class First Class Second Class
8 is Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin
4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern.
715 Evening.. 715 Mixed 1 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed I
Stop only at Newton & Prksidc I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I
TO PRESTON AND WIGAN.
FR OM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER.
8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Morning.. Mixed
11 0 „ First Class I 1 15 „ .. First Class
2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class
445 „ .. Mixed I 5 0 „ .. Mixed
715 „ .. First Class 715 „ .. First Class
ON SUNDAYS. _

7 0 Morning Mixed 7 0 Morning,
445 Afternoon.. „ 5 0 Afternoon
7 16 Evening.... First Class. 7 15 Evening..
TO LANCASTER.
PROS! LIVERPOOL. ?EOM MANCHESTER
845 Morning.... Mixed. 9 0 Morning.... Mixed.
11 0 „ .... First Class. 11 15 ~ .... First Class.
230 Afternoon .. Second Class 245 Afternoon.. Second Class
245 „ .... Mixed. 5 (I 9, ....Mixed.
TO BOLTON.

First Class.

FROM LIVKRFOOL.
8 45 Morning.... First Class.
11 0 „ „
2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class
5 30 11 • • • • 11,

PROM 31ANCTIESTER.
g 0 Morning.... First Class.
11 15
2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class
530 .. _ _

ON SUNDAYS
Second Class I 7 o Morning.
” I 5 30 Afternoon
TO ST. HELENS.
ritONI LUYKRPOOL. PROM NIANCIIESTER.
7 0 Morning.... Second Class I 7 30 Morning.... Second Class
9 45 ~ •• •• Pt 11.1 0
11 45 „ .. • • f, ll 45
JP
2 30 Afternoon .. IP 2 45 Afternoon ..
5 30 ~ • • •• ~ 5 30 .. -- --

7 0 Morning..
5 30 Afternoon

Second Class

DISPENSARY FOR CONSUMPTION AND
DISEASE OF THE HEART.

Established by Mr. Cronin, in -Oldham-street.

WICEXLY REPORT.—AUGUST 29
Received Advice and Medicine
Relieved Spitting of Blood
Inflamation of the Lungs.
Palpitation of the Heart

70 caess.

6 cases
6 do.
9 do.

Cured 21 do,

AGRICULTURAL• PRODUCE,
North. Hay Market, Sept. I.
s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d.
Old Hay o psl opt> 2011. Potatoes, 841 t, 2 6(43 0 is"
New Hay.... 0 61 010 - Cattle Ditto 0 0 0 0 -
Clover Hay.. 0 8 0 In - Turnips 0 0 0 0 -
Straw, Wheat 0 ai 0 61 - Carrots ----
Straw, Oat .. 0 4 0 - Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 -
Straw, Barley 0 3 0 4- Manure 6 6 8 6 -
Green Clover 0 1 0 2 -
AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED
Into Liverpool, from the 24th to the 30th inst., inclusive.
FROM IRELAND.
Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs.
2138 6729 1403 - 22 122
Prey.. 38553 84445 98535 1268 26 258 24619

COASTWISE

10 631 -- -- -- __ __
Prey.. 1879 32054 413 42 -- IS 1275