The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Monte Cavallo.; hero the Pope resides during the summer SOCIAL POSITION OF THE RAILWAY KING.
heat, itis much' cooler than the Vatican Palace. -The (From the. Railway Register.)
two colossal horses held by the two nude figares, called It is for the good of railway companies that the railway
Castor and Pollux, are a very fine imposing group, like board should have the Proposer power, but we object to
that of our bronze group to the Iron Duke ! more calcu- it because it is not for the good of the public. Railway
lated to command surprise than admiration. These horses shareholders have a yearning for "vested interests," and
no doubt give the name of Monte Cavallo to this hill. a well-grounded fear of competition, and will cheerfully
The gardens adjoining the palace are extensive, but not take Mr. Strutt'S proffered boon. The great champion
very well cultivated ; there is a grand prospect from one of Monopoly; Mr. Glyn, the godfather of the railway
of the walks. I had several strolls through this garden, at board, hasailready given his thanks for it, and that says a
different times, with a German lady and the son of an great (Mal ; but looking at the public interests, which are
eminent sculptor. The Quirinal Palace stands on the of .higher moment to all than vested interests," we be-
ruins of the baths of Constantine ; but how very inferior Here that itivould be very wrong to give railways a mo-
to the Vatican arid St. Peter's. This Palace, however, nopoly, even in the wardship of the new board, and it
must be very interesting at the election of a new pope. would be worse to release them from wholesome respon-
Dr. B. pointed out the closed-up window out of which is sibility. We hold with Mr. Hudson that the interests of
exhibited the votes, where every afternoon the conclave of the shareholders and the country agree ; and that such is
Cardinals meet to decide which among them is to wear the the head and front of all rail Way policy. For speaking of
Tiara. They are like our jurymen, almost starved into a his 'regard to public interests, Mr. Hudson has been
decision, not without bandying, bowever, many passionate laughed at in the house and out of it, but we defy any
words, and now and then the inkstands thrown at each man to carry on a railway for selfish purposes without a
other's heads. A large crowd assemble daily to receive regard for the public interests. Many have teed it, and
the decisive result, which sometimes requires many days' all have failed, and most unwillingly do they acknowledge
argument„ consultation, and intrigue, before the sacred their error, but they have been forced to take pp ,the
mantle falls upon the infallible Papa! But the immense policy they slighted. --
Palace of the Vatican, adjoining St. Peter's Church, must If Mr. Hudson, if railway chairmen had no such regard
command our greatest attention ; and here let me ob- for public interests, how are we to explain the public po-
aerie, that it is the magnitude of things at Rome that sition of Mr. Hudson, Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Russell, andao
astonish you; whether it be the miles of catacombs under many others ? The bloated and selfish monopolist, as
ground, the vastness of the tombs and aqueducts ; the they call him, the golden calf of mammon. whose w-or-
richness, grandeur, and number of the churches ; the ship they say is a Slur on the gentry of England, the
treasures of art in the palaces ; the largest collection in grasping sharejobber and gambler, Mr. Hudson, is the
the world of antique marble groups, statues, and most popular man in his own neighbourhood, and one of
busts. Each, all, alike to the thoughful mind, is the best beloved men in England. Let his revilers ex-
a wonder and an admiration : think of a palace stand- -plain this consistently with their own malignant and con-
ing on 120,000 square yards of ground ! Ascend that temptible slanders. They can put 'a fair face upon every
marble staircase (from the equestrian statue of Constan- lie they invent, and can frame ill motives for every good
tine), the finest in the world, consisting of eight flights of act such a man performs, let them try their hands on his
marble steps of immense width, adorned with a double popularity, which is the real inducement to their envy,
row of lonic marble pillars ! This staircase by Bernipi, hatred, and malice. It will not do to say that he has
leads you to the Sala Regia. This large saloon is deco- given the poor of Yorkshire scrip at a premium, or that
rated with frescoes. Passing through this you enter the lie has juggled to swell their share property ; it cannot
1 Sistine Chapel. Here are the dark obscure works of An- be said that they are led 'by the influence of wealth to
gelo, and of Raphael's master, Pietro Perugino. Opposite worship him, for there are few worshippers of the wealthy
this is the Capella Paolina chapel. The two columns of among the very poor, by whom the wealth of others is too
the altar were brought from the pagan temple of Romu- often considered as wrung from their own misery. Go
lus: From thence you pass out into the Loggia, or 'open however among all classes, among the rich and the poor,
gallery, beautifully ornamented by Raphael, from which is in his own neighbourhood, and in the city of York in
copied the decorations of the interior walls of our London particular, and whatever envy you may find, still it will
Royal Exchange. What a pleasant lounge is it upon that be seen that with all Mr. Hudson is popular.
gallery ! Curious works of art by Raphael on the ceilings He is popular, because to his exertions and to his influ-
and sides, and leaning over the balustrade, Rome at your ence they trace the increase of their trade, the extension
feet; and beyond, the Sad Campagna, and the mountains of their comforts, the cheapness of fuel; they trace in
forming three-fourths of a circle, in the distance. This their own persans and in their own households undeniable
gallery leads to the four Sales of Raffaelle, the halls of proofs of his well doing. If chance first• led Mr. Hudson
Constantine, Heliodorus, School of Athens, and that into this career, when he had first entered it, it was little
of the Conflagration. These halls contain the finest likely he should withdraw, but ambition as much as any-
frescoes in the world by Raphael and his pupils ; you there thing would carry him on. No man can cast away the
approach the museum of Pio Clementino by the Belvedere love and praise of the people when offered to him; wealth
Gallery, nearly a thousand feet long. The apartments are we know to be but light in the scale when weighed against
too numerous to describe, but to the antiquary here is food them; and 'if Mr. Hudson began as a railway chairman
for months—the Hall of Animals, of the Muses, apartment with the hope of getting wealthy, he would soon, in
of the Car Cabinet of Masks, Gallery of the Statues, Geo- growing popular at the time, be moved by the ambition
graphical Gallery, Gallery of the Candelabra, in eight di- of every Englishman to merit the confidence of, the
visions, &c. The Laocoon is wondrously fine, natural, people. Five years ago, Mr. Hudson was unknown to
and expressive, but I was much disappointed in the the public generally : a year ago he was a humble member
Apollo Belvedere, or Antinous, as I was in the Venus de of the legislature ; at the present moment, he' certainly
Medici, in the Tribune at Florence. The Apollo is the holds as great a place in the eyes of the public, as before
creature of imagination, a "faultless monster that theworld he did in that of railway shareholders. The career of
ne'er saw." It is all very fine to say, "There stands the Mr. Hudson, though thoroughly English, is without its
statue that enchantS the world." Is it natural ? No. like in English history, and we know no example where
Is it possible ? No. Is it true ? No. Then I hold, as in time of peace a man has so suddenly clambered to
there is no beauty without truth, both the Godlike Apollo such a height, which in times of war or political commo-
end the Angelic Venus are presuming, false, pretended tion he finds it hard to reach. Here is a man who has
images of humanity. I know I may be called stupid, the influence of a statesman, the political power of a
tasteless and ignorant, but there are other statues that I boroughmonger, the patronage of a minister, the wealth
like better, that are more truthful and natural, and the of a capitalist, the skill of a financier, and the consiclera-
Lancoon and the Dying Gladiator are among the number. tion due to an honest man, whose midden and unlooked-
The Belvidere Antinous may be the Catamite of Adrian, for rise excites as much envy and curiosity as if he had
who named a city after him, and ordered divine honours supplanted some one else, instead of creating a position
to be paid to his beautiful favourite. If this Apollo be one of his own. This is a man whom the city of York
of the four mentioned by Cicero, the first of which is flatters, to whom Sunderland, Whitby, and Burlington
Egyptian, the three last Greek, and llerodotus styles him look up, whom Hull fears, whose patronage is courted by
the son of Osiris and Idis, Pausanias also ranks him among towns, as that of a Roman senator was of yore. Here is
the Egyptian deities, then is it purely ideal. Diodorus one holding no recognised public station, who administers
Siculus al.o classes them in the last of the deities of millions of money, and who has at his command re-
Egypt ! The Grecian fables of Apollo have most of them sources which would enrich a mighty kingdom.
their originity the mythology of the great and wondrous

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people otAfrita. The hymn of Callimachus was chanted A STRANGE INCONSISTENCY.—If a single individual
with great enthusiasm by the Greeks at their festivals for perishes in consequence of injustice or neglect, the case

many ages, innumerable were the temples erected, excites the sympathy of all classes, fills the columns of the
oracles respected, 'and festivals celebrated to Apollo. preis, occupies the public mind, forms the subject of ex-
Twenty other statues of inferior value are referred by the cited conversation in private, the theme of animated, dis-
moderns to this the fir ,t of its class. This god of music, cussion in parliament, and every one is anxious to apply
of the fine arts, of light, is beautifully treated in Guido's a prompt and effectual remedy. Proclaim that ten thou-
celebrated picture at Rome. This picture, in a palace sand lives are destroyed in one quarter of a year, in a part
close to the Quirinal, excited Tr+- - ',in more than only of England, by causes which are removable—that is
to say, in consequence of the neglect of authorities who
have the power, and whose proper office it is, to remove
these ;causes—and it produces scarcely any impression.
But while we remain apathetic, and do nothing, these de-
stroying agents steadily, though silently, pursue their
work.—Dr. Southwood Smith.

the statue ; which these lino may prove—
Beho!d Aurora's brilliant dawn is come.
No trumpets' clangor, sounds of martial drum,
Announce the silent, swift, approach to earl -
But light and life, with solemn joy and rub
The steeds—rindriven, rapid, eft
Course down heaven's
And lo! when

RECEIPT FOR BOILING RlCE.—Rice is generally mom_.
Floating on clouds and visible-afar, mended to be used in lieu of vegetables during the preva-
Aurora scatters fruit and fragrant flowers, lence of cholera; but few persons are acquainted with the
Buoyant around the Car dance lovely Huursi • - •• " mode of preparing it for the table. The rice must be
Now rushing like a stream of radiant fire, thoroughly scrubbed and rinced in several waters until
A Deity all thoughts and hearts inspire.
the particles of flour, which are often sour or musty, are
The symbol of the Sun, Apollo Belvidere, is neither male entirely removed. A handful of salt should be thrown
nor female, it is calm, cold, affected, unearthly beauty ; into a pot of water, which last must boil before the rice is
without feeling, passion, or sympathy, "a wretch with- sprinkled in. The rice should be boiled steadily twelve
„„,. „ ~,„.. f I ...:41...-. .4. 1 :4.1. A. IL a i
minutes by the watch ; the water should then be poured
off, and the pot covered and set closer.to the tire to steam
for ten minutes. Thus prepared, and eaten with Milk or
butter, rice is one' of the most digestible articles-of food

d, dazzling' as mor

VARIETIES

Prussia has at length got her Constitution. We fear, in nature; but if badly cooked, few substances are more
however, that it can never be supported on the strength- apt to disorder the bowels. Two extremes are to be
less Diet prescribed for it.—The Man in the Moon. avoided. Ist. Rice ought not to be eaten at all raw.
This state is detected by crushing a few grains between
the fingers : if a small chalky lump is found in the-centre
of the grain, it is not sufficiently cooked. But, again,
rice cannot when cooked be too dry or grainy,—by which
is meant separated ; for if it be eaten in a pasty, starch-
like form, the gastric juice cannot penetrate it readily,
awl it will occasion dyspepsia. Again, unless the water
absorbed in the boiling process is evaporated, the stomach
would surcharge with fluid.
No RAIN BEFORE THE FLOOD.—Your correspondent
who signs himself " B. B." remarks that it is his opinion
that no rain fell before the flood, and starts it by way of
an original idea ! I much fear the ancients have long
since stolen his thoughts ; for he will find the matter
fully contested by Jewish writers, and in later times by
Burnet and Whiston, both of whom held that " no rain
had fallen before the flood." "B. B." has omitted the
principal. argument generally brought forward in support
of his theory—namely, the concluding portion of Gen.
vii. 11. But I confess it appears to me a thing utterly
immaterial whether rain fell before the flood or no ; for
in either case the objection of the infidel may be satisfac-
torily met. Let it be granted that rain had fallen, and
that the bow had oftentimes been seen in the skies bear-
ing upon its fragile arch the heavy masses of clouds above ;
what then ? The words, "I do set (or appoint) my bow
in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant
between, me and the earth," would cause it for the future
to be looked upon with the same increased degree of
interest and veneration with which the Christian beholds
the sacramental bread and wine, though familiar with the
minion uses of them both : he sees in them the symbol

disappearance.—Americtin paper.
THE PATRIOT OF THE PAUPER'S PENNY.—We have at
length discovered the estate from which Dan draws his
It is the estate of sin and misery.—Dhe Man in the

PLEASANT HISTORICAL MORCEAU.-Dr. Parry was
banged for the attempted murder of Queen Elizabeth ;
and when he was apprehended, his absolution for the in-
tended assassination, from Pope Gregory XIII., was
found in his pocket.
A ROUGH METHOD OF VENTILATION.-Dr. Gregory,
of Edinburgh, in visiting the poor, used often to begin his
prescription by breaking a pane or two of the window with
his walking-sticks which he made good again at the end

of the illness.

ENLIGHTENING THE DARKNESS.—" What are the cgm-
dles on the altar for ?"said a little boy to his companion,

darkness which exists in the pulpit," was the appropriate

THE WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS.— ID respect to
Eton, I would mention that the College is provided with

sewers, construc

ago, prOvided reservoirs and sluices for the purposes of
flushing them with water; and those sewers have been
kept free from deposit by periodical flushing ever since
Mr. Roe's Evidence
TURNIP BREAD

To every 41bs of flour add Blbs of

turnip,

them quit

and the pledge of the benefits he receives fron; that
Gracious Being who gave them, when thus employed, to
be " effectual signs of grace and God's good will towards
us." So would it be with Noah--=-so is it with his de-
scendants. However dark the cloud, no sooner is the

much of the water from them As possible (because it is I
water which causes the unpleasant taste), mash them fine,
and then rub them up with flour, putting the harm after-

wards as you would with common household bread, bear
ing in mind that there will I

a degree of moisture still

rainbow seen in it than the most faithless cannot but
believe that a second deluge is impossible ; and he hails
that beauteous bow as a sign of God's promised favour

The result the day after it

" there was a rainbow round about the thron,

It the first levee which Mr

•
evidently to teach us that at that day when, in the second
tempest of God's wrath, fire shall do what water once has

ier, the King, drawing them into the
id, " If- we three do but

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done, the weakest believer may look up with safety and
holy confidence to the rainbow that is round his throne,
as au emblem of the covenant that God has made with us
in Jesus Christ.—Correspondent of the Church and State
Gazette. _ _

-4HEBACK STREET.—The back street is remarkable
for the perpetual mutations of its inhabitants. It has one

I 'themselves as quite an aristoeraeyaniong the rest, one

being a pawnbrok
ing tavern which

le are a year's continuance at most, or perhaps
ay so inh. The fact is, the back street is only a
pis-alter, a harbour of refuge for persons quite at "a loss

ircely so much

then-se

interrupted by poverty- in the midst of their studies for
professions, plunge headlong into the back street, in the

=---- -POLITICAL MISCELLANY. -.- 1 IRISH PAUPERS.--It appears from a report made to
the guardians of Leeds, at their last weekly sitting, that
THE CANTERBURY ELECTION.—Mr. Twisden Hodges, the number of Irish poor relieved at the vagrant office in
it is understood, will come forward as a candidate for the that town, during the week ending on the 28th February,
representation of Canterbury, in the room of Mr. Brad- 1846, was only 14, and of Scotch poor, 16 ; bat that in
slum, whose demise we have elsewhere announced. Mr. the corresponding week of the present year, the number
Wilkinson, chairman of the London and Croydon Railway of Irish poor relieved was 236, and of Scotch poor, 9.
Company, is also spoken of. SINGULAR INTERPRETATION OF LAW —At the Read.
- ' It-is.understood in the best informed parliamentary cir- log petty sessions last week, a married woman named
des of the metropolis that, if the state of Ireland should I Mary Egerton, whO had taken a hare from a wire in
not piesent an obstacle, there will be a general election in which it had been snared by her husband, and conveyed
the autumn of the_ present year. The present session it home, was discharged by the Magistrates from all penal
will be 'a shaft one, and, to suit the purposes of the very consequences, upon the ground that, as the statute only
pliant Virfiig , Ministry, as few difficult and debateable related to male offenders, the information against a female
,questions as possible will be brought forward. could not he sustained.
The statistics of the Board of Trade show a ruinous NON-LIABILITY OF A CLERGYMAN TO PAY TOLL.—At
falling off in the export trade of the country, and an Worcester, the Rev. T. L. Wheeler summoned Thomas
equally ruinous increase in the import trade. It is now Norman, the keeper of the Broadwas-gate, for taking toll
seen, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the commer- f from him on the previous Sunday, as he was proceeding
cial policy of Sir Robert Peel, which, be it observed, is to perform his duty at Cotheridge, of which parish he is
equally that of the Russell party, is on the point of being curate. A large majority of the magistrates declared in
exploded as one of the most signal errors ever committed favour of the exemption, and fined the defendant in the
by a man charged with the destinies of a nation. nominal sum of Is. and costs.
. ~.
The personal quarrel between M. Guizot and the Mar- LOAN of EIGHT MILLIONS.--On Tuesday, at the
quis of Normanby has been terminated by the joint exer- Treasury Chambers, in the presence of Lord John Russell
tions of the King of the Belgians and Count d'Appony, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Baron Rothschild
the Austrian Ambassador. M. Guizot admits that be is and Mr. Baring were declared the highest bidders for the
wrong; and so both parties have shaken hands. The re- loan, their terms being jointly 894, that is £B9 103. for
conciliation only occurs in time to revent the resent
£lOO stock in the three per cent. consols. The contract
threatening aspect of affairs leading into absolute hostility
was accordingly entered into between them and the I
Government.
between the two countries. . _ .

THE RESTLESS Loan.—Lord Stanley rose, a few nights HOLYHEAD.—On Friday, on the motion of Lord San-
ago, in the House of Lords, after Lord Brougham had de- don, a return was ordered by the House of Commons,
livered himself of the first of his nightly series of speeches. showing the name of the engineer whose plan foi the Na-
He remarked, in commencing a very short speech, that tional Asylum Harbour at' Holyhead has been finally ap-
what he was about to say was in reply to some remarks Proved of by her Majesty s government, with a copy of
which had fallen from his noble friend, who had " just such plan, the estimated cost of the same, and where such
taken his seat." Chancing at that moment, however, to plan is now deposited, together with the names of such
look round, and observing Lord Brougham jumping about I engineers or nautical men as have been consulted and have
the House like a cricket, he suddenly checked himself, and approved of the same.
said, " I beg my noble friend's pardon, I meant my noble EDINBURGH, MARCH I.—The food riots at Wick and
friend who never takes his seat." This, as may be sup- Thurso have turned out much more serious than any simi-
posed, created a general laugh, in which lord Brougham lar disturbances that have yet taken place in other parts
himself heartily joined. of the country. A collision has occurred between the
Mn. BROTBERTON, M.P.—ln Wednesday's debate on I military and the people ; happily, no loss of life has en-
the Factory Bill, Mr. Brotherton made the following sued ; but two persons have been severely wounded, one
manly statement of the reasons that induced him to vote I of whom, at the moment of his being struck, was in the
for a diminution of labour in factories. It was received very act of endeavouring to avoid the mob and get out of
with cheers from all parts of the House, and gracefully the reach of the soldiers.
alluded to by Sir James Graham in his reply :—" When At the Assizes at Newcastle, on Friday, before Mr. Ba-
he was a boy, he had been acquainted himself with this ron Rolfe, James Welch was found guilty of the murder
wearisome toil ; he knew the feelings and the sentiments of Thomas Proud, and sentenced to death. The deceased
had quarrelled with his murderer, in consequenm of some
of those who were employed in factories, and he had
resolved at that time that, if ever he had the good fortune insults offered by him (Welch) to a female at a christen-
to be in a position in which he could be instrumental in ing. Welch left the party, and afterwards returned and
shortening factory labour, he would endeavour to accom-
beat his victim with a stick, and likewise stabbed him
plish that end ; and he was proud to say the feelings of twice winiuthasknife, after which the poor man lived only a
his boyhood he still retained."
THE SCOTCH FREE CHURCH.—On Tuesday, the Free At the same Assizes, on Saturday, George Matthews
Lo
ng
mons Site Question was revived in the House of Com-
was found guilty of the murder of Daniel Hives, at LoB
mons by Mr. Bouverie, who moved for a select committee Benton, near Newcastle. Both parties were " navvies, '
to inquire whether "large numbers of her Majesty's sub- and had had a quarrel, and deceased followed Matthews
jects in Scotland had not been deprived of the means of for the purpose of giving him into custody, when the
murderer turned round and stabbed Hives in the thigh,
religious worship by the refusal of certain proprietors to
grant them sites for churches." both Sir James Graham about an inch and a half from the abdomen. He died
and Lord George Bentinck opposed the motion, but it almost instantaneously. Matthews was found guilty, and
was supported by Lord John Russell and Sir Geo. Grey, sentenced to death.
and ultimately carried by a majority of 89 to 61. We STAG HUNT ON A RAILWAY.—On Tuesday last, the
trust that we are not to be taxed to buy sites for these Surrey Stag-hounds met at Sutton at mid-day, and a
free Scotch seceders, however meritorious their independ-
noble buck was uncarted. After some hard running the
ence and agitation ; yet we can hardly suppose that any
stag came to the South Western Railway, and leaping the
other result can come of a successful parliamentary move-
fence, wen at a tremendous pace, along the line towards
London, closely followed by the dogs. At this moment
ment, for we presume the land will not be confiscated for
such a purpose. the express up-train was coming at forty miles per hour ;
VOTES OF LANCASHIRE MEMBERS.—On Wednesday, three of the dogs that were on the up-rail were cut to
pieces, and two others had their legs smashed. The stag
on the occasion of a motion being made for the House of
e
Commons to go into committee upon the Factories Bill, escaped uninjured, and was finally run down at Barnes.
EXPORT OF CORN TO FRANCE.—A vessel arrived in the
an amendment was proposed by Mr. B. Escott, that the
house go into committee that day six months, or, in other commencement of the past week from a
Thames at the
words, that the house throw out the bill. The number of port on the Lincolnshire coast, with a cargo of corn,
members present, connected.; with this county, was which was intended for the London market, but which,
,
eighteen, who voted as follows :—For the original motion, on its arrival, was immediately bought up and, without
Mr. Entwisle, Lord Sandon. Mr. Hornby, Mr. Airs-
being landed there, exported to France. This, at the pre-
worth, Mr. Walker, Mr. Fielden, General Johnston, Sir sent time, is a remarkable, although probably by no
means an isolated instance of the anomalous varieties of
H. P. Fleetwood, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Brotherton and
incidents occurring in regard to the supplies and disposal
Mr. Hindley, in all 11. For the amendment—Mr. Wil-
of food both with respect to the sister isle and this country.
son Patten, Mr. Brown, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. ,-, „
OF A FRENCH LODGE OF FREEMASONS. Greene, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Phillips, in all 7. The eight
INSTALLATION
—On Tuesday night, a very grand ceremonial took place
absent members were—Mr. Talbot Clifton,SirW.Fielden,
at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's
Mr. Martin, Sir H. Douglas, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Black-
borne, Mr. Standish and Col. Lindsay.
Inn Fields, being the installation of the first French
Freemasons lodge in England. At the request of a con-
siderable number of the brethren of the (Taft, natives of
France, a warrant for the installation of the lodge was
granted by the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland, the most
worshipful grand master of England, and the ceremonies
were conducted upon a very grand scale.
CRACOW.—A very important meeting was held on
Tuesday, at Freemason's-hall, to petition the crown on
the late annexation of Cracow to the Austrian dominions.
The Marquis of Northampton took the chair. Letters
were read from a number of distinguished noblemen and
gentlemen, expressing their cordial concurrence in the ob-
ject of the meeting. Resolutions were proposed and sup-
ported by Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Wharncliffe, Sir E.
Codrington, the Earl of Arundel, Lord Beaumont, Mr.
M. D. Hill, Mr. D. Urquhart, Sir Henry Varney, the
Lord Mayor, Mr. Beales, Sir C. Napier, Mr. J. S. Buck-
ingham, Captain Jablionski, and Lord Dudley Stuart.
SILVER-LEAD ORE.—Two valuable parcels of silver-
lead ore have been discharged this week in the river
Thames. The vessel has been in the port of London for
about three weeks, but the ore could not be removed till
a parcel of oats had been first unloaded, the ore being at
the bottom (of course) of the vessel. - It appears thiit, i%
vessel containing corn is entitled to demand a certain
number of market days allowed ere the captain can be
compelled to clear his vessel. The oats were from, and
not for, Ireland ; and the ore was the produce of the
Royal Mining Company's mines, and consigned to Mul-
lins, Brothers, and Co., smelters, London.

Ottural

The Wesleyan fund for the relief of the prevailing dis-
tress has reached £15,000.
Mr. J. Bradshaw, M.P. for Canterbury, died on Thurs-
day, in London, after a long and painful illness.
Four of the prisoners for the Abingdon malt robbery
have been transported, and three imprisoned.
The Spynx steam-sloop was floated off her bed of rocks
at the back of the Isle of Wight on Wednesday.

A tumour :near a cow's Udder was opened by a veteri-
nary surgeon at Forfar, and a dinner fork, complete, ex-
cept a part of one prong, was taken out.
On the morning of Sunday, a whole cloud of black flies
continued for many hours to move onwards at a consider-
able height over the harbours of the Isle of Man.

The operatives of Hull have established a proprietary
mill for grinding their own corn, and a similar one is
about to be provided at Lincoln.
Major Beniowski was committed for trial at Bow-street
on Wednesday, for assaulting Mr. D. Urquhart, whom he
charged with having denounced him as a spy of Russia.

SIIOOTINe EXTRAORDINARY.—Geo. Osf)ildeston, Esq..
of Ebberston near Scarborough, has, this season, bagged
no less that 3,585 head of game at Ebberston Manor.
Two men were killed, on Sunday morning, by the ex-
plosion of a still at the chymical works of Mr. Astley, at
Bormington, near Edinburgh
A large three-masted
evening, between West

ship was seen on fire on Tuesday

'oint ant

y Island

She was burnt to the water's edge and then disappeared.
At her Majesty's Theatre, on Thursday, the profits
were £1,300, which will be added to the Scotch and Irish
relief fund.

By a recent case at the Hammersmith police-court, it
appeared that a French teacher in that village, gave les-
sons, cheaper than his neighbours, by employing 40 young
Frenchmen at 6d a day and their dinner.

A dreadful accident 'occurred, on Thursday night, on the
Hall and Bridlington Railway, by which two unfortunate
men lost their lives. The two men, it is said, were tres-
passing on the line returning from their work at a farm.

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TEMPORARY TEMPERANCE.-Certain members of the
Reformed Presbyterian congregation, Rothesay, have re-
solved to use no intoxicating liquors during the continu-
ance of the present famine. —Edinburgh Witness.
A fraud has lately been practised by the American mil-
lers when grinding maize or Indian corn for shipment.
The fraud consists in grinding the corn and cob together,
and then kiln-drying and regrinding the produce.
On Saturday evening, the shop of Mr. Cooper, silver-
smith, Norwich, was robbed, and fifty gold watches, with
a quantity of plate, of the total value of £l5OO or £2OOO
taken away. The perpetrators have not been found.
A new patent slip-way, for taking on vessels to repair,
has been constructed on an entirely improved principle,
in the building yard of Messrs. Scrafton and Co., ship-
builders, Middlesbro'.
At Stockton, on Sunday last, three children of the name
of Simpson were buried at one time, and on Wednesday
the fourth and last surviving child of this family was con-
signed to its last resting place.
A correspondent of the Dumfries

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hose falls which, since the

Herald says that
black particles are so numerous in the air, that for miles,
in Wigtownshire, the sheep are as black as in the parks
near large manufacturing towns in England.
At a meeting of the shipowners of the port of Sunder-

land, held on Friday, restitutions condemnatory of inter-
ference with the Navigation laws were passed with only
one dissentient voice—that of Mr. Joshua Wilson, who
made a speech in support of, free-trade in everything.
The Dundee Advertiser records, to the horror of all
concerned, the discovery
of the corpse of a negi