The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-01 00:00:00

"EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM."

We copy the following from the Worcester Journal of
Thursday last. Our contemporaries still persist in reiter-
ating their calumnious falsehoods in reference to the ser-
mon to which the subjoined communication refers, and it
is therefore as well to show what is thought by disinter-
ested lookers on, both of the publication itself and of the
blasphemous attacks by which it has been so pertinaci-
ou,ly

" It. would be amusing to see with what pertinacity the
hirelings of the press, from the Tractarian to the Infidel,
persist in stigmatising the above title to a sermon by the
Rev. Hugh M'Neile as blasphemous, if we did not know
that the charge originated in, and is maintained by, feel-
ings of ' envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitable-
ness.' The outcry against him has been a wicked lie
from first to last, and his calumniators know it; but their
end is answered, or they think it is, and they are satisfied.
It is not difficult to show why this hue and cry has been
raised. There are few men who from their commanding
talent, and the peculiar position they have taken, are so
thoroughly hated by Papist, Tractarian, and political dis-
senters, together with the whole fry of semi's and semi-
demi's with which the present age abounds. They ` wait
for his halting,' and if they can detect anything like ' a
dead fly' in his `ointment,' it is paraded, and exhibited
as one of the greatest monsters in nature. Perhaps, in
ju,tire to the calumniated individual, you will insert the
enclosed short extract. * which will the simple use
which Mr. M'Neile made of Prince Albert's visit to Li-
verpool. He only did what his Lord and Master hay
donebefore him—seize on a passing event, and improve it
to the spiritual good of his congregation. Some of its
members thought that the sermon, if published, would be
useful itself, and help to forward the interests of the in-
stitution which brought Prince Albert to Liverpool ; and
thanks to the publicity which his enemies have given to it,
it has now gone through four editions.
* Our contemporary gives the extract, but our readers are suf-
ficiently familiar with it.

[The last number of The Church and State Gazette,
which is no very cordial admirer of Mr. M'Neile's prin-
ciples, says " The preacher merely made use of a passing
event to illustrate an important tru►h'"]

Omen! Biatilanp.

JEWISH SITERIFF.—Baron Meyer de Rothschild has
been appointed High Sheriff for Buckinghamshire.
The first shipment of gold from the Bank of England
took place on Wednesday, for Paris. The amount was
inconsiderable. . . .

The increase of one-halfpenny per paper on the price of
the Daily News will bring in to the proprietors, it is said,
£20,000 a-year.
The Home and Colonial Infant School Society being
in want of funds her Majesty has presented £2O towards
the support of that valuable institution.
The late Mrs. Carr, of Knosthorpe, left £4,000 for
apprenticing the boys who form part of the choir of Leeds
parish-church.
During the last few weeks, Mrs. Rowell, of Town-end,
Wisbeach, has lost her whole family, her husband, two
daughters, and a son, by typhus fever.

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One of the candle manufactories of Messrs. Palmer, at
Clerkenvrell, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The
damage is estimated at £3oo'x, and is fully insured.

Nearly all the steamers on the Thames, plying between
London and Westminster bridges, have now reduced their
fares to a halfpenny.
The Town Council of Worcester have resolved to adopt
the act of last session for the adoption of baths and wash-
houses.

Such family announcements as the following sound
oddly :—" At —, the lady of Captain —, unattached,
of a son." . .

At a late electioneering meeting at Stirling, it was
moved, seconded, and supported by four votes, that Mr.
Alison was unfit for a seat in parliament, owing to his
ignorance.

AN ORDER FOR A NOBLEMAN.—Lord Huntingtower
received his protecting order in the Court of Bankruptcy
last week. The debts, &c., were stated on the petition
to be £87,000, and the assets " none."

A violent shock of earthquake was felt at Perth on
Tuesday. In high tenements heavy articles of furniture
were violently shaken, bells were rung, and crockery ware
overturned. Al any rushed into the streets, under the im-
pression that the houses were falling.
Coney, has recently fallen
eighbourhood of Bristol.
he was bitten on the lip ;

A young gentleman, named
a victim to hydrophobia, in the
While caressing a favourite don

and the disease-subsequently declared itself with the usual

symptoms.
THE BANK ROBBERY AT MESSRS. RO,-;ERS'S.—On
Wednesday, from information which has recently been
obtained that it is expected will throw some light on this
mysterious affair, the offer of a reward of £3OOO, to-
gether with her Majesty's pardon, was renewed.
Immense meetings were held last week, in favour of
the ten hours' bill, at Dewsbury, Wakefield and Barnsley.
Mr. Oastler delivered telling speeches, and the proceed-
ings were very enthusiastic. Several large manufacturers
argued in favour of the measure.
A BLUE HARE.—On Tuesday, a hare of a singular
colour, which had been seen in Mr. Woodbridge's coverts,
near Chelmsford, for a year o r two, and called the " blue
hare," was killed. Its fur resembled that of the grey
squirrel.
It appears that Morse, the postmaster at Barnet, for
whose discovery a reward of £5O have been offered, has
absconded with a sum of between £3,V00 and £4,000,
obtained at various times by means of forged Post-office
orders.
TriE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—We have the best
reasons for believing that it is not the intention of Minis-
ters to assemble Parliament at an earlier time than usual.
The session will open, we understand, about the close of
the first week in February. Some day from the 4th to
the Bth of that month is the most likely.—Britannia.
THR LATE MINE EXPLOSION AT OLDBURY.—After
several adjournments, the coroner's ju y on Tuesday re-
turned the follow ng verdict :—We find a verdict of Acci-
dental Death ; but we beg to express our opinion that
there has been neglect, to he attributed to the ground bai-
liff, for the imperfect yen ilation of the works.
G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., last week entertained a distin-
guished party at Newby, including Lord. G. Bentinck,
M.P., Major Beresford, M.P , Sir .1. Lowther, M.P.,
Hon. Capt. Duncornhe, M.P., Andrew Lawson, Esq•,
M.P., R. C. Hildyard, Esq., Q C., H. Broodwood, Esq.,
M.P., Mr. G. H. Bentinek, the Rev. Canon Sutton, &c.
There has been some mystification about the health of
Thomas Moore, the poet. It was stated in some of the
French journals that Mr. Moore was " dying" in Ire-
land : a Limerick paper thereupon announced that the
poet was " much recovered ;" and now the Devizes
Gazette states that Mr. Moore " was in Devizes on Wed-
nesday, apparently in good bodily health."

Up to the present time the Scott Monument in Edin-
burgh has cost £15,050. There are fifty-six niches yet to
be filled with the statues of the principal characters in
Sir Walter's works.

PRIVATE GOVERNESSES.—A correspondent of the
Morning Post, who signs herself " A Retired Gover-
ness," states that there are in this country, 15,000 ladies
of her professsion, who receive salaries varying from £2O
to £3OO per annum.

The Rev. W. Champneys, at a recent meeting, said
that in crowded parts the want of sanatory regulations
was not only removing the present generation, but caus-
ing the next to grow up poor and puny, weak and un-
healthy.

The' Rev. Mr. Eavins, Wesleyan minister, late mis-
sionary from America, preached in the Wesleyan cllapel,
Keelby, near Caistor, on Sunday, in his usual spirited
manner, apparently in good health ; and on Monday
evening, while conversing with some friends, he sank
from his chair and instantly expired.—Doncaster Gaz.
A dreadful row took place at Covent•garden Theatre
on Friday night, in consequence of the building having
been crammed too full—such is the anxiety to hear the
music of Mons. Jullien. The police had to use their
truncheons pretty freely before anything like order was
restored.

WELSH EDUCATION INQUIRY.—This inquiry is pro-
ceeding very rapidly, and, from the facilities given every-
where to the Commissioners, promises to be accomplished
in an unusually brief time. Every parish, it appears, is
being looked into, and its schools inspected where they
exist. Thus the return, as regards statistics, promises to
be complete.
The Manchester Guardian says, that Colonel Maberly
is about to retire, on his full salary, from the secretaryship
to the Postmaster-General, and that he will be succeeded
by Mr. Rowland Hill. The Observer of Sunday says that
Mr. Hill is to he appointed an additional secretary, in
order to relieve Colonel Maberley, who will continue as
chief secretary of the Post-office.
On Friday, the 6th ult., as some men were gathering
jet out of the cliffs between Staitbes and Runswick, a por-
tion of the cliff fell, and three of the men escaped by
climbing up a rope by which they had descended. Other
three were more tardy, and the entire mass, comprising
several thousand tons, came down, and hurled them to
the bottom, a distance of about sixty feet. Strange to
say, they were all, though much injured, found alive.
RETURN OF A CARRIER PIGEON AFTER LONG AB-
SENCE.—On Thursday afternoon, a pigeon belonging to a
gentleman named Rawlings, of Brixton, made its appear-
ance after an absence of two years. In October, 1844,
the pigeon-house of Mr. Rawlings was robbed, and the
whole of his pigeons were taken away, and nothing was
heard of them till Thursday, when a carrier pigeon, of pe-
culiar marks and colour, arrived at home, and took his
roost in his old spot.
The Registrar-General of births, deaths, and marriages
in England, announces in his seventh annual report, the
alarming fact, that there is a great probability of the race
of Quakers shortly becoming extinct ! Under the head of
" marriages," this official authority states that " the mar-
riages of Quakers have decreased considerably ;" and that
" the Quakers appear to be dissolving into the general
population of the country, under the benign influence of
religious toleration."—John Bull.
TEA.—The Economist says, that in consequence of a
speculative movement in tea, the price of common cen-
goushas risen from 9d. to 10-id. per lb. ; the speculation
has arisen in hopes that a reduction of duty will take
place next session. Our coutempora, y, however, says that
he has good authority for saying that government has no
intention of making any change in the duties next session,
and that the large increase in the present stock, as com-
pared with that of last year, will• furnish more than a
provision for the gradual increase of consumption.
A NEW INFERNAL MACHINE.—As Mrs. --, of nem,
in this county, was lacing her stays on Wednesday morn-
ing last, the lace broke, when a severe shock was expe-
rienced by the lady bruising her hack and sides, as though
gunpowder had exploded near her. On examination it
was found the lace was made from the material now so
much the subject of conversation, " gun cotton," and
bad been sent by some friend in an envelope to the lady
in question, as a new invention for which a patent had
been obtained.—Shropshire Conservative.
MADEIRA ORANGES.—The cultivation of this delici-
ous fruit is likely to form an important frature in the ex-
port trade from Madeira, the soil being in every way
adapted for the growth, the temperature being similar to
that of the Azores. A small parcel in boxes has just sr-
rived by the Dart. The fruit is perfectly sweet. This
vessel has likewise brought a-large quantity of bananas
in a ripe state, specimens of walnuts, green citrons, and
sugarcanes, all the growth of Madeira, being sent over as
a sample of the productive capabilities of the place.
MARRIAGES AND CHRISTENINGS WITHOUT FEES.—
On Sunday, in consequence of the authorities of the parish
of St. John, Clerkenwell, having discovered that numbers
of the poorer classes inhabiting that district were living
together without regard to either of the above ceremonies,
and bringing up their children in the same way, notice
was given—their excuse being that they were unable to
pay the fees—that on Advent and Whit Sundays christen-
ings would be performed gratuitously, and marriages on
the first Mondays in December and May.
The cargo of the Victoria, from New York, was re-
ported on Wednesday in the Custom-house (London) list
of entries, and seldom has such a mass of merchandise
been discharged from one bottom in the port of Lon-
don. The single article of cheese would appear on paper
to be enough of itself to load a large vessel, and yet it only
forms a fraction of the whole cargo. Of this article there
are no less than 6,681 boxes and 1,034 casks. Another
item merits attention—this is two hundred and fifty bales
of hops—an ominous item to the growers in Kent, SUS-
sex, &c.

ATTEMPT OF A MAN TO BLEED HIMSELF TO DEATH.—
On Tuesday, a working man (a stranger) was discovered
lying weltering in his blood on some loose straw betwixt
two haystacks, near Wakefield. He was in a state of
great exhaustion, and was conveyed to the Union House.
It appeared from what he afterwards stated that he was a
mechanic in search of work, but not being able to find
any, and not liking to beg, he deliberately cut his left
arm, with the intention of bleeding himself to death. He
had cut himself on the Saturday previous, and had been
lying in that state till discovered as above described. He
is recovering.
The electors of Weymouth have had another meeting,
at which Mr. Christie introduced to them a second " Li-
beral " candidate for the next election. We are no ad-
mirer's of Mr. Christie's political opiniona, or of the
course which they lead him to take in parliament, but we
must do justice to the manly and straightforward way in
which he adverted to a " message " of a peculiar nature,
sent him by Mr. Gordon, the person who had been mixed
up with Mr Christie's late " explanations " to his con-
stituents. Mr. Christie courageously avowed his deter-
mination, upon principle, never to fight a duel ; and he
said that as Mr. Gordon felt himself aggrieved by the im-
putation of "intriguing against him (Mr. Christie), he
had referred the matter to a friend, Sir D. Le Merchant,
who had advised him that the expression " intriguing "
was objectionable, upon which he at once withdrew it.
A deputation from the London Health of Town's Asso-
ciation, joined by several members of similar bodies in the
country, had an interview with Lord Morpeth and Sir
George Grey, at the )Home-office, on Friday last. The
following particulars of the conference h ve transpired :
That the Government have decided on bringing in a bill
early in the ensuing session—that it will embrace the best
parts of Lord Lincoln's measure, and several of the pro-
visions urged in the recent report cf the London Health
of Towns Committee—and that not a few of the evils
sought to be remedied by local acts of parliament will
probably be met in a manner satisfactory to all parties.
Sir G. Grey informed the deputation that, in reply to ap-
plications from several corporate bodies, as to the extent
of the Government measure, and as to the desirableness
of proceeding with bills which they contemplated, he had
advised them to avoid all unnecessary expense, and wait
for the announcement of the various details.
THE EFFECTS OF SHOT ON IRON VESSELS.—The in-
formation received from the officers of the Gorgon steam
vessel, which has lately arrived from La Plata, gives a
very alarming account of the effect produced on the hulls
of the Harpy and Lizard iron steam vessels, by the shot
from the batteries of Rosas. It was expected, from the
nature of the material, that any breach made by shot
would leave a clean fracture, merely curling up the lips
of the orifice, as is usual when fractures are caused in iron
by the application of an ordinary force. The results,
however, are quite different. Instead of a clean fracture,
large splinters of iron flea, about in all directions on the
hull being struck, rendering the danger from this cause
tenfold more imminent than that produced by the shot
itself. Several splinters of this kind, struck from the hull
of the Harpy, have been bkought home by the officers of
the. Gorgon, and, amongst the rest, the splinter from the
angle iron which caused the death of Mr. Barnes, the
clerk in charge, proving that the tendency to splinter is
not confined to the thin sheet iron of the hull, but to the
heavier masses which compose the vessel. These results
are in accordance with those observed in the experimental
trials on board the Excellent, and they constitute a sad
drawback against the general use of iron as a material for
vessels of war. Whether the iron in question is not so
malleable as it ought to be, or might be if better wrought,
is another question ; for the present, however, the men
are alarmed, and those who have witnessed the effects
produced on board the Harpy declare that they will never
go to sea in an iron vessel. —Daily News.
TRACTARIANISM.—MT. Ambrose L. Phillips has pub-
lished a letter from the Rev. F. Merewether, in reply to
the charge reported in our paper last week, and made in a
speech of the Rev. M. H, Seymour, that " Mr. Mere-
wether, a Tractarian told him (Mr. S.) that a leading
Roman Catholic convert in the neighbourhood had written
to him to state, that if Mr. Merewether would privately
conform to Rome, he might trust to his (the writer's)
honour to have it concealed, and that he might continue
in his living as a Protestant clergyman, until such time as
it would be convenient for him to make the matter public.
The name of the Roman Catholic converted gentleman
(said Mr. Seymour) is Ambrose Lisle Phillipps, of Grace-
dieu Leicestershire." Mr. Seymour said he had seen
the letter, which bore out these facts. Mr. Merewether.

in a letter in reply to an inquiry from Mr. Phillipps, says
that the letter in question was written several years ago,
and contained the following passage :—" My dear Sir,—
You need not hesitate to speak your mind to me, for I
promise you the strictest secrecy ; and whether you re-
main a minister of the Protestant Church or not, no one
shall be the wiser of any thing having passed between us
on these subjects." Mr. Merewether, atter givii.g this
extract, says to Mr. Phillipps, " I must freely confess to
you this passage offended me extremely when I received
it; as I think it would any one under my circumstances.
But this is no excuse for Mr. Seymour for making so bad
a use of his memory, especially when he thought fit to
mention the matter publicly, with names, without any
sort of previous communication with me. In truth, he is
a stranger to me, except on the occasion of what may be
called his official visit in this neighbourhood, and once I
saw him in London The other statement of the allusion
in the letter to ' thirty Protestant clergymen,' is totally
without foundation."

NORTHERN ARCTIC EXPEDITI,iN-4The Truelove,
Captain Parker, the last of the whalers from Davis'
Straits, arrived at Hull on Monday, with two fish, about
20 tuns oil, and reports that no intelligence whatever had
been heard, during the season, of the Terror, commanded
by Sir John Franklin, and the Erebus, in the command
of Captain Crozier, the vessels sent out by the Admiralty,
in the spring of 1845, to seek a north-west passage. They
were supposed to be up Lancaster Sound, but, on account
of the great body of ice to the north, none of the whaler,
had this year penetrated in search of them.
BEET-ROOT BREAD.—A baker of Vienna has made a
discovery which may prove of high importance—the use
of beet-root in making bread. Two loaves, one consisting
of one-half, the other of five-eighths beet-root, the re-
mainder being of wheat flour, were sent for the inspection
of the Minister of Agriculture and of Commerce. The
loaves were baked on the 30th October, and on the 20th
November retained all the taste and appearance of good
household bread. The bread is made in the usual man-
ner, only with less water and a little more salt. The
beet-root must be grated at the moment of making use
of it.

DEATH OF WYNDHAM, THE SWINDLER.—The Glou-
cester Journal mentions the death of " the Hon. Captain
Wyndham," whose successful attempts at defrauding the
ba❑kers and tradesmen of Gloucester and of Slough must
be in the recollection of our readers. He died on the
20th of June, while on a tour through Wales. We are
given to understand that the real name of the deceased
swindler is Page ; that he was of very respectable con-
nexions in a ❑eighhouring county, where he has a brother
living in affluent circumstances, and of high reputation ;
and that the deceased was formerly in the army, which
accounts for his assuming so well the military character,
and for his knowledge of military persons and military
incidents, which he turned to so good an account in his
late dishonourable but advantageous career.

THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—The Morning Herald, and
several of the London papers, of Monday, contained a
paragraph announcing that the French ambassador in
England, the Count de Sainte Aulaire, had be?n recalled.
The Times of' Tuesday says, that it has been requested
to contradict the statement to this effect, which appeared
in other journals; and other papers also give this contra-
diction. The Morning Herald, however, observes that
the letter containing the contradiction was sealed with the
seal of the French embassy, but had no signature at-
tached, and that it consequently considers the letter in
the light of an anonymous paragraph. The original
statement was sent to it by a correspondent, likely to be
well informed, and the Morning Herald sees no reason
to question its truth. The Daily News aLo adheres to
its original statement.

The Times, in a very carefully written article, seems to
be paving the way for a coalition. Many circumstances
give colour to the notion that there is an understanding
between Downing-street and Printing-house-square, and
the article we allude to has consequently been looked upon
with considerable interest. Coalitions, however, are not
popular in England ; and a second edition of " all the
talents" ministry would not, we think, be received with
much favour by the people of England. They are collec-
tions of weak people, and traders in politics, and veteran
intriguers, who, as old Cobbett said of them long ago, like
drunkards returning from market, must "link and tod.
dle" to keep their feet. Can Sir Robert Peel, or Lord
Palmerston, or Sir James Graham, or Earl Grey go alone?
No ! they must " link and tod le ;" and even then we
should expect to find them rolling altogether in the gutter
long before they reached home.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT WITH GUN COTTON. On.
Sunday evening, a serious accident occurred to James,
Richardson, a young gentleman, residing in Besborough.
terrace, Pimlico, whilst making experiments with gun-
cotton. Richardson and several other young men were-
in the kitchen of the house, and having a quantity of gun-
cotton, they were trying experiments with a pistol, and
endeavouring to force the ball through a board fixed for
the purpose at the other side of the room. The force
with which the board was struck caused it to fall down
upon the table, and it capsized the candle upon the gun--
cotton. The whole instantly exploded, and blew out the
windows, and when a light was procured, Richardson
was found lying on the floor, with his face frightfully
burned. The sight of Richardson's right eye wis totally
destroyed. The other parties present were more fi ight-
ened than hurt.
CLEANING SEWERS.—As long as the country is blessed
with rivers, it is only necessary that the water should be
diverted, or raised therefrom, to meet the most important
object of improvements—the cleaning of sewers. Under
a good plan, carried out with ordinary skill, there could
be no difficulty. A supply of good water is, of course,
necessary for household purposes, and this it may be
necessary to get from a distance; but the matter would be
much less difficult of attainment were the two objects
considered apart from each other, as they really are.
Under a proper arrangement of the sewers, with reservoirs
at a sufficient ,levation, supplied from the river, the whole
of the metropolis could be washed out at any time, say
once a day. The idea seems so simple that many must
wonder it has never been attempted; it might almost be
supposed that a river did not exist in the neighbourhood,
or that there was a fear of its being run dry. One thing
seems certain—this is the principle which some day or
other must be carried out, and the sooner it is thought of
the better.—The Builder.

SEIZURE OF THE FLORES EXPEDITION —On Thurs.
day evening Mr. Forsyth, the principal searcher of the
Customs, accompanied by other officers, boarded the ship
Glenelg, of 1200 tons, lying off Gravesend. and, after in-
spection, seized her for a contemplated breach of the Fo-
reign Enlistment and Equipment Act ; and on Friday
morning he also, upon the same grounds, seized the Mo-
narch and Neptune, large-class steam vessels, lying in the
East India Docks, Blackwall. It is understood that these
vessels form part of an expedition which is being secretly

fitted out in this country, with the intention, by hostile
means, to effect a revolution of government in a State of
South America with which this country is on terms of
peace and friendship. When the Glenelg wps seized there
had been received on board 250 men, under pretence of
their being emigrants. but who, it is understood, were in-
tended to serve as soldiers or marines. The Lords of the
Treasury have directed the legal condemnation of the ves-
sels to be proceeded with, and the Glenelg will he brought
to London as soon as the state of the tide will admit.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-0(1 the 14th ult., a boy
named Robert Wake, aged 14, in company with George
Taylor, aged about 17 years, and Robert Smeddle, a
youth about 16 years of age (son of Robert Smeddle, Esq.,
of Bamburgh Castle), went along the beach at Ban].
burgh, Northumberland, for the purpose of shooting sea-
fowl on the afternoon of the 14th. They bad each a gun,
and in the course of their pastime Smeddle and Taylor
came near some birds among the rocks, Wake being then
at some distance and out of sight. Smeddle and Taylor
being together, both prepared to fire at once. Smeddle
levelled his gun at the sea fowl and discharged it, when,
at this instant, Wake rose suddenly up from behind a.
rock about 12 yards distant, where he had been lying in
wait for an aim, and received the contents of the piece in
the back part of his head. Smeddle, in momentary
despair, threw down the gun, exclaiming, in deep afflic-
tion, " Oh, Taylor, I have shot Robert Wake," and im-
mediately ran to Bamburgh for medical assistance, but
the poor boy soon died, and Smeddle has been since
broken hearted.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday the Hon.
Mr. Lascelles, nephew to the Earl of Harewood, was
riding a very spirited horse, near Roehamp'on, when it
ran away with him. One or two persons followed the
rider, and one of them saw a hat rolling down the in-
clined broadway from the railway bridge, and sm.pecting
that the rider was thrown, he, with some of Lim men,
hurried on to the bridge, expecting to find Mr. L iscelles
there. Here he was not, but there was sufficient evidence
that a terrible accident had occurred, for the stone-coping
of the bridge on the Richmond side was grazed for three
or four yards, apparently by a stirrup-iron ? and small
particles of cloth, together with stains of blood, were dis-
cernible, showing that the infuriated animal hld literally
crushed his unfortunate rider against the parapet as he

rushed past, until the centre of the bridge was reached,
when the horse threw his rider, or he fell over the pa.ra-

pet in endeavouring. to effect his release fro
Mr. Lobjoit, looking from the bridge, disc,
fortunate young gentleman lying apparently e(

the animal.
:red the un-

the metals of the down line
dreadfully bruised, likely to recover
GREAT INCREASE IN THE IMPORT OF CATfI
SHEEP.—By the " accounts (of the board of trade) re-
lating to trade and navigation for the nine months ended
on the 10th October, 1846," we find a most remarkable
increase of late in the, number of live stock imported into
the United Kingdom,—an increase which seems to pro-
gress in every successive monthly return to an extent by
no means calculated upon in some quarters. The in-
creased imports are especially observable in cows and
sheep. During the month of August last, ending the sth
September. the import of cows was, 2,361; and in the
tollowing month, ended the sth October, 1846. the num-
ber imported was 4,646, being nearly double the number
of the preceding month, and exceeding by more than 500
the import of the nine months of 1845 endinz en the sth

October !
same periods

The increase in the import of sheep within the
is still more remarkable. In the month
ending the sth September last, the number imported was
11,556, being an increase of 1,789 over the import of the
preceding month. In the month ending the sth October,
the number of sheep imported was 15,584; being an in-
crease over the preceding month of 4,028, and exceeding
the import of the whole nine months, ending the sth
October, 1845 (6,918), by 8,666. In other 'words, for
every sheep imported during the first nine months of
1845, two sheep and a quarter were imported in the single
month of September, 1846 !
Two DEATHS FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.--On the
12th instant, John Thompson, 19 years of age, under man
servant of Mr. Martin, of Llangrigg Bank, complained to
his mistress of sore throat, and said that he felt a stiffness
in it. Mrs. Martin immediately sent to the family sur-
geon, Mr. Elliot, informing him that the servant had a
sore throat, and he sent a blister and an emetic. No per-
ceptible change took place until about half-past four
o'clock, p.m., on Saturday, when evident svmptoms of
aberration of intellect began to appear. No time was lost
in sending for Mr. Elliot, who immediately discovered
that the poor lad was labluring under the effects of hydro-
phobia. The firs t question he asked the sufferer was
whether he had ever been bitten by any animal, when he
acknowledged that about eight weeks before be bad been
bitten by a cat. On Saturday evening, about twelve at
night, he expired. The other case was that cf a boy
named Armstrong, in his thirteenth year, who lived in the
same village, which also terminated fatally on Sunday
night, about twenty-four hours after the death of his fel-
low sufferer ; and what is very remarkable, they were
both bitten on the same day, about the same hour, and, it
is believed, by the sume animal, as the cat was seen, after
it had been driven from Armstrong's premises, imme-
diately after it had bit the boy, to cross the fields in the
direction of Mr. Martin's house. The symptoms in both
cases were very similar, only in the latter more violent, it
required three men to hold him in the chair. This case
was also pronounced by Mr. Robinson, surgeon, to be out
of hydrophobia.—Carlisle Journal.