The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-20 00:00:00

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

It is said that M. Musard is to receive £lOO pe
the direction of the Concerts D' Hiver, at Drur

week for

Herr Schumann has signed an agreement to rent Drury-
lane Theatre for 48 nights for the German Operas.

Mr. W. Spalding has been appointed professor of rhetoric
and belles lettres in the University of Edinburgh, vacant by
the resignation of Mr. Muir.

The magistrates have committed one man for trial, charged
as a principal in the attempt to murder Mr. Biddulph; his
name is Dogherty.—Dublin Evening Mail.

The Hon. Martin Ffrench, a minor, second son of Lord
Ffrench, the only nobleman in the Repeal Association, is ap-
pointed to the commission of the peace!—Limerick Chro-
nicle.

Mrs. Frost, the wife of that misguided individual, John
Frost, is now reduced to the most pinching indigence, having
expended all her money for the defence of her husband.—
Bedford Mercury.
An apple tree may now be seen in the orchard of Mr. S.
Renshaw, of Bolsover Woodhouse, which is in full flower.
and, at the same time, is loaded with fruit. —Derby Mercury,
The fa; pig which gained the first (cottager's) premium at
the late Northumberland Agricultural Show, held at Alnwick ,
when killed, weighed thirty-five stone imperial, including
one stone of loose fat.

The most propitious weather continues to prevail through-
out the Northern Counties of England, and in all directions
the wheat is nearly gathered in, the quality being found to be
unusually good.
INLAND COALS.—We understand that in the course of
this week, a quantity of coals from Clay Cross, Derbyshire,
will be brought to the London market. They are said to be
equal to the best Wallsend, and can be bought at a cheaper
rate.—Hull paper.

According to recent decisions, persons who have no dis-
trainable property refusing to pay affiliation orders for illegi-
timate children may be indicted for misdemeanor, and are
punishable with fine and imprisonment.
THE LATE MR. COCKERILL, TIIE ENGINEER.-The Bel-
gian government has given directions for the body of Mr. J.
Cockerill, who died at Warsaw, to be brought to Belgium.
It has also been ordered that funeral honors shall be rendered
to his remains on their entry into the Belgian territory.—
Times.

The Court is expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace in
the course of three weeks for the Royal accouchement. The
alterations at Buckingham Palace, which relate chiefly to the
personal convenience of her Majesty and the Prince, are in a
forward state of completion.—Standard.

THE FALKIRK BURGHS.—At the late Cheltenham conser-
vative dinner Major Anderson, in returning thanks for his
health being drank, said he had been recently canvassing the
Falkirk burghs against Mr. Gillon, and he was happy to tell
them his election was certain.

SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.—The collectors of assesssd taxes
throughout the kingdom have received peremptory orders
from the commissioners at Somerset House, to collect all
rates in future one month earlier than heretofore, and to
make an immediate return to head-quarters of any defaulter.
Saturday last was the forty-seventh anniversary of the
Duke of Wellington, being gazetted to the lieutenant-
colonelcy of the 47th regiment, which his Grace commanded
in India. The duke's first commission as ensign, in the
33rd regt., bears date March 7th, 1787, fifty-three years ago.
Nxw FABRIC.—The Most ingenious invention of weaving
glass with silk is proceeding with great success. The pat-
terns wove are beautiful in the extreme, and have induced
many of the nobility to select them for curtains and other
ornamental furniture.

A SMART PACE—The North Britain and Engineer coaches,
the latter of which has been notorious for the furious speed
at which it is driven, on Tuesday last went from Carlisle to
Kendal, a distance of 44 miles, in three hours and forty
minutes, including stoppages.—Cumberland Pacquet.
Tivy and Juvenile, two blood mares, lately belonging to
Mr. Collett, and which have been run several times at our
races, have been shipped for Russia on board the Manchester.
Lallah Rookh, a filly, well known here, also took her de-
parture by the same conveyance.—Worcester Herald.

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PIT PROPS AND RAILWAY SLEEPERS.—The board of
customs have ordered that British timber and wood of a de-
scription and dimensions calculated to be used for pit props
and sleepers for railroads, to be added to the list of articles
exempt from coast regulations, on removal from port to port
in the United Kingdom.—Newcastle Journal.

The permanent rails on the line of railway from Gloucester
to Cheltenham are now laid down within a few yards of the
whole distance between the latter place and the temporary
station in course of erection at Gloucester. It is understood,
therefore, that the portion of the line will be opened to the
public without further delay.

HEREFORD FESTIVAL.—We are sorry to hear that the
stewards (seven in number) of the recent festival at Here-
ford, will have to pay about £lOB each, to make up the de-
ficiency. The Clergymen's Widow and Orphan Society re-
ceived the total amount of the collections, free of all deduc-
tions, namely, £1029 17s. 3d.—Musical Journal.
It is our painful duty to state that the Countess of Leices-
ter sustained a compound fracture of the leg, in consequence
of a fall from her horse, while riding in the park on Tuesday
last. Her ladyship is attended by Mr. Archibald Dalrymple,
and we are happy to state was doing as well as could be ex-
pected on Sunday last.—Bury Post.
IMPORTANT.—The officers of the Cork corn market state,
that the wheat this season weighs 651bs per bushel, being
51bs,—that barley weighs 551bs,—and that oats weigh 451bs,
being 7 to Blbs per bushel heavier than the average of many
years past. Upwards of 22,000 barrels (of 1961b5.) oats
were pitched for sale on Saturday week.—Cork Constitution.

HASTINGS.—We understand that a person from the Board
of Ordnance has been sent down, preparatory to the battery
and Martello Tower in our vicinity being furnished with
guns. At present we have not a cannon to fire for hostile,
or what is still better, for festal purposes. There is nothing
to prevent a French steam-frigate from visiting our coast at
day-break, and sounding the reveille from the cannon's
mouth.—Brighton Gazette.
ENORMOUS PIKE.—On Saturday last Master Gerard
Hoare, son of Archdeacon Hoare, whilst angling in a piece
of water belonging to C. Newberry, Esq., at Godstone,
hooked a pike, and, after a considerable time, succeeded
(with assistance) in landing it, when it was found to measure
3 feet 10 inches long, 28 inches in circumference, and weighed
281bs.—A short time since another was taken from the same
pond by Smith, Esq., which weighed 261bs.—Sussex Ex-
press.

FRANCE.—A HINT TO SIIIPOWNERS.—The following is a
copy of a circular issued at North Shields this week, from
the British Ship Insurance Society, addressed to the owners
of vessels :—" Sir,—ln consequence of the present aspect of
affairs between this country and France, the committee deem
it necessary to recommend great caution should be exercised
in sending your ship or ships to any ports in that country."
A private letter says, " The French have taken the hint be-
fore us, very few of their vessels have visited Shields lately."
TILE HOPS.—We said in our last that Saturday would be a
day of great business in Canterbury, and such was the fact.
In the early part of the day the buyers were very shy, and
seemed disinclined to purchase at any price. In the after-
noon, however, considerable business was done. The Bourn
hops, the crack produce of East Kent, realised over £2O per
cwt., as did those of Mr. Wacher, of Ford, whose computed
weight 10 ton 11 cwt. Several other lots of inferior quality
were disposed of at £l7 and £lB per cwt. The duty is
rising slightly, and some business has been done in favour of
£33.000.--Kentish Gazette.

LIABILITY TO ASSESSED TAXES.—At the meeting of the
commissioners of assessed taxes for the Brentford division of
Middlesex, on the hearing of a large number of appeals
against the new survey of windows, &c., to the assessed taxes,
it was decided that school-houses, when occupied solely for
the purposes of charity, and not for emolument, are exempt ;
that beer-shops, not being places occupied for the purposes
of trade, ire not exempt ; that the windows of warehouses,
when noon the ground floor, or when attached or forming
part of any dwelling used for domestic purposes, are liable ;
and that persons having lodgers residing in their houses, who
are possessed of dogs or other taxable property, or having ar-
ticles subject to the assessed taxes in use, and neglecting to
enter on the notice-paper the names of such lodgers, with the
specification of the taxable articles, render themselves liable
to be assessed, and compelled to pay the rates for them.
PORTSMOUTII.—The Britannia, 120, Captain Drake, bear-
ing the flag (red at the mizen) of Rear Admiral Sir John Om-
maney, K.C.8., went out of the harbour to Spithead, on
Monday, where she will embark her lower deck guns, and
complete her stores, for which every dispatch is being used.
The Indus, 84, and Vengeance, 84, are being expedited at
this port for immediate commission, and the Clarence, 84,
at Plymouth. The Warspite, 50, razee, is to be commissioned
shortly, it is supposed for the South American station, to re-
lieve the Stag, 46, period expired. Volunteer seamen are
brought to this port daily for the ships fitting out. The /Etna
is gone to Plymouth and Liverpool to collect more, and ten-
ders are sent to the Irish and Scotch ports for the same pur-
pose. The Belvidera, 42, it is expected, will be commissioned
shortly to proceed to the West Indies, to relieve the Sering-
apatam, 42, at the Leeward Islands. The Blazer steam-vessel
is commissioned at Woolwich, by Liet.t. John Stone, late of
the Sheerwater, for service in the West Indies.—Brighton
Gazette.

STEAM-VESSELS AS MEN OF WAR.—The numerous
steamers which trade between the port of London and various
places could be made available for the purposes of war at a
very short notice, and if only one-third of the steam-ships
belonging to the river Thames were to be armed and provided
with ammunition in the event of hostilities, a powerful fleet
could be sent against the enemy, while their captains and
crews, from their knowledge of the English, Dutch, and
French coasts, the channel, &c., would be very serviceable.
The admiralty have had their attention drawn to this, and
have been recently making inquiries into the condition of the
steam-vessels and their capabilities for war, from which it
appears that the various companies, without any interruption
to their general trade, could provide 50 steam-vessels of from
200 to 1200 tons burthen, which, in three weeks, could be
converted into men of war. The General Steam Navigation
Company have the largest fleet of steamers of any trading
community in Europe, amounting in all to 40 sail, and among
them are many splendid vessels, including the Monarch,
equal to any steam-ship in her Majesty's service, the Cla-
rence, Giraffe, Ocean, Neptune, Britannia, Countess of
Lonsdale, Attwood, Soho, and others, which could easily
be converted into war-steamers, and make a very formidable
display. We believe the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany have intimated to the government that they could
provide them with a dozen large steam-ships on an emer-
gency, and from this it will be seen that the port of London
alone, independent of Liverpool, Hull, Glasgow, and other
places, could furnish steam-vessels sufficient for the navy if
Great Britain should be called upon to defend herself against
foreign aggressions.—Standard.
WHIG TAXATION.—It will he in the recollection of many
of our readers that when our present whig rulers were occu-
pying the benches of the opposition, they were the loudest
declaimers against taxation, and constantly urged the repeal
of all those taxes (which as they then alleged) pressed most
heavily upon the health aad comfort of the people. The
window-tax was by them denounced as one of the most
vexatious of our war taxes. It was injurious to health, it
was a bar to improvement, and excluded both rich and poor
from the enjoyment of the blessings of light and air. When
it was at length determined to relieve the people from one
half of that obnoxious impost, it was stated publicly in the
house, that although the revenue could not dispense with the
whole of the tax, no new regulations should be introduced to
increase the amount, and many alterations were made whereby
shops and warehouses were relieved from those stringent
enactments by which the collection of the duty had been pre-
viously enforced. Thene new
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highest amount, has created general dissatisfaction. We are
convinced that an appeal must be made to the legislature for
relief. The calculation upon which the 10 per cent additional
was taken was the old assessment. It is therefore a fraud
to collect the 10 per cent. upon a new assessment.—Oxford
Herald.

The Lancaster town-council, by a majority of one, have
,determined on the discontinuance of the races of that town.
No races have taken place at Leominster this year, owing
to the reluctance of gentlemen to accept the office of steward,
and the want of necessary funds,

STOCKPORT VIADUCT.-011 Tuesday, the 26th the last
arch of that stupendous piece of architecture, the viaduct of
the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, at Stockport, was
completed.

The facetious Sydney Smith, of Edinburgh review celebrity,
but now ashamed of his old friends the whigs, has nicknamed
Mr. Babbletongue Macauley " Book-in-Breeches." The
joke will stick : there never was a better one.
WHITE PHEASANT.—On Friday last, William Gibson,
Esq., of Ellel, whilst shooting on the grounds at Ashton
Park, had the fortune to kill one of those very rare birds, the
white pheasant. The bird is perfectly white, and it is Mr.
Gibson's intention to have it stuffed and preserved as a natu-
ral curiosity.—Lancaster Gazette.

FACTORY ACCIDENTS.—On Friday last, at Haslingden, an
aged man, who works in a factory, by some means got en-
tangled by a strap, and had his leg taken off. In about 20
minutes after, a young man, son of the unfortunate indivi-
dual, was killed in the same mill; and the week previous, a
boy had his head literally torn off at the same place.—Man-
chester Guardian.

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Counsi N G CnALLENGR.---A. correspondent informs us
that the Newmarket coursers have challenged the Lancashire
gentlemen to run twenty-five courses, for £2O each course,
and £5OO the main ; as there is no lack of either dogs, spirit,
or cash in the north, the match is very likely to be made.—
Blackburn Standard.

SECOND BLoord.—There is to be seen in a garden belong-
ing to Mr. William Sellers, innkeeper, Hornby, a pear tree
in full bloom, as if it had been in the months of April or May,
at this present, though untimely season of the year. The
tree is growing in a situation sheltered from the N. and N. E.
winds, and had previously produced an abundant crop of
pears. How wonderful is the contrast ! whilst we are daily
beholding the leaves of trees falling in every direction nipped
off by the sharp frost in the mornings.—Lancaster Gazette.

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.—An inquest WaS held on
Thursday last at Higham, on the body of Henry Atkinson,
aged 11 years. It appeared from the evidence that on the
Tuesday preceding the deceased was riding on an ass, and
ha-. 1 tied himself on by placing a cord round his own body and
round the ass's neck. The ass threw him on the ground,
and galloped about half a mile on a rough road with the boy
dragging at its heels. He was taken up dead, and very much
disfigured. Verdict, accidental death.—Blackburn Standard.

CONSECRATION OF H4LLIWELL CHURCH.—The new
church at Halliwell, near Bolton, was consecrated on Sun-
day week, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester.
After the ceremony a sermon was preached by the Rev.
Henry Raikes, chancellor of the diocese. In the afternoon
the Lord Bishop preached an excellent sermon from 2d
Chronicles, last chapter, 13th and 14th verses, in the course
of which he alluded, in forcible terms, to the necessity of
providing places of public worship, and the people embracing
the opportunities they offer in attending to their spiritual
welfare. Collections were made at the close of the service,
in aid of the church fund, which amounted, in the whole, to
£BO 3s. 1 lid.

WARLIKE PREPARATIONS AT JERSEY.—WE extract the
following from the Jersey Chronicle:—" Every preparation
is making to place the fortifications in this island in a com-
plete state of defence. The guns are being mounted on Fort
Regent, and orders have been issued to mount guns on all
the towers recently erected around the coast. There is at
Fort Regent a battery of 24 pieces of artillery, which it is in-
tended to add to those already in use by the Royal Jersey
Militia. It is also stated, that, in the event of a war, a
brigade, composed of 24 pieces of artillery of the same
calibre, would be sent from England to relieve the depOt
garrisoned here. We understand, that the 11th Regiment of
the Line is shortl7 to be garrisoned in this island, in which
case the 45th depot will be quartered at St. Peter's Barracks.
Among the measures in course of operation by the bank
for contracting the currency, one is said to be the disposal of
those immense mortgages on the Rutland property, which
have been for so many years held by the bank, and which be-
ing an improper banking asset has always been a great incum-
brance to them. The rumour is, that one of the wealthy in-
surance companies, for whom this would be as proper an in-
vestment as it is an improper one for the Bank of England,
will take it off their hands. The disposal of the dead weight
to any large amount is considered perfectly impracticable at
present through any such medium ; but it is conceived, if
the bank were so inclined, that an arrangement might be made
with the government to substitute savings-bank stock for
some portion of it. The general persuasion is, however, that
the bank will cling to this security with as much perti-
nacity as ever. As far as it goes, there can be no doubt that
to get rid of their mortgages would be a most sensible !did.
—Times.

COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—A dreadful accident which will
probably be attended with loss of life, occurred at Halliwell
Colliery, near Bolton, on Tuesday morning. Two boys, one
named Settle, aged 18, and the other Rylands, about 12 years
of age, had just got into the tub to descend the shaft, when,
from some cause or other, they were both thrown out, and
fell to the bottom, a distance of 50 yards. They were soon

afterwards brought out, and taken to their respective homes,
and Mr. Chadwick, surgeon, sent for, when it was discovered
that the eldest had both thighs and one arm severely frac-
tured ; and the younger, his legs fractured, and his head and
face severely injured. They both lie in a dangerous state,
slight hopes being entertained of their recovery.
EXTRAORDINARY OBSTRUCTION ON THE MANCHESTER
AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—On Thursday, the Bth instant, as
the first train from Leeds towards Manchester, arrived near
the Bradford and Huddersfield station at Brighouse, the
signal was made to " stop the train," and assemble the con-
stables, owing to an obstruction of the way caused by a person
of the name of John Holroyd, who had collected a number of
men from the. neighbourhood, and persisted, in defiance of
the constables of the railway, whom they overpowered, in
placing wheelbarrows with stones, &c. on the rails, notwith-
standing they were cautioned that great loss of ife might
follow to the passengers of the train expected every minute.
A strong force of constables were soon brought up, and three
of the parties taken into custody and conveyed, handcuffed,
to Halifax, the most active having been fined £5 and costs
for the trespass ; and the other two, who it appeared had
acted under the influence of Holroyd, were (by the request of
Captain Laws, who was in the train,) admonished and dis-
charged, when an application was made for a warrant to
apprehend, under Lord Seymour's act, John Holroyd, of
Brighouse, who was taken into custody on Saturday, and
committed to take his trial at the next assizes, on the most
incontrovertible evidence ; which, in all probability, will be
the first commitment under this very useful act of the last
session of parliament, which, for this serious offence, awards
a punishment of not exceeding two years' imprisonment, with
or without hard labour, at the discretion of the court. It
appears that Holroyd is a person of some property, and the
case altogether seems a very proper one to make an example
of. We understand that Holroyd baricaded himself in his
house for thirty-six hours before he could be taken. The
extraordinary and reckless conduct of this man, who, we un-
derstand, is a land-surveyor, arises, we belive, out of some
dispute as to a road which the railway company have diverted.
—Manchester Guardian.

INCENDIARY FIRES.—On Sunday morning last, about a
quarter before two o'clock, a fire was discovered to have ori-
ginated in one of the bleaching rooms at Mr. T. B. Cromp-
ton's mill, Farnworth Bridge, near Bolton. An alarm was
instantly given, and the two engines at the works were
promptly brought out. Mr. Barnes's engine from Moses'
Gate, and that from Messrs. Crompton's at Prestolee, were
also immediately on the spot, and by great exertions the
flames were extinguished by about half-past four o'clock.
Sergeant Moody, and the county police at Farnworth, were
in attendance, and of great service. On Monday evening,
about nine o'clock, a fire again broke out at another bleach-
ing room, at the same works, and it was apprehended from
its contiguity to the paper and other rooms that great damage
would ensue, and cocsequently a messenger was despatched
to Bolton on horseback for the town's engines. The borough
police on duty, hearing the alarm of fire, and seeing an en-
gine pass through the streets, drawn by horses at full gallop,
immediately sprung their rattles, and rang the fire bells.
Before their arrival, the fire had fortunately been got under,
and they were not brought into play. That the fires have
been the work of incendiaries there p soatcely a doubt, from
the manner in which they took placol ant,from the fact that
there has been a disagreement beten 'Mr. Crompton and
the workpeople ; thirty men and .Iboys having been dis-
charged on Saturday night, in consequence of their refusing
to work at reduced wages. The dainage sustained will be
about £lOOO, but the property is insured to the full amount.
REPRESENTATION OF YORK.—On Thursday, great ex-
citement was caused amongst the freemen and electors of this
city, by the appearance of a long address from Mr. C. F.
Barkley, who contested the city on the radical interest, in
1835, and who was much mixed up in the parliamentary pro-
ceedings to disfranchise the freemen, on the ground of bri-
bery, in the following year. He has declared himself a can-
didate for the representation of York at a future election.
Some time ago, Mr. Yorke, of London, son of Redhead
Yorke, who was imprisoned for sedition during the admi-
nistration of Lord Castlereagh, was brought forward by the
Radical Asociation ; since then the two secretaries of that
association have been distributing sovereigns to the " liberal"
freemen, as they allege, in payment, by the Hon. E. Petre,
of the sums which he promised nearly a dozen years ago I.
This conduct is denounced in the city as bribery—particu-
larly as the widows and orphans of deceased freemen, who
voted for Mr. Petre, have been forgotten. For this conduct
Mr. Barkley boldly denounces his old friends, for paying this
head money, and then asks Why the claims of the widows

and orphans of the deceased freemen have been utterly neg-
lected ? What could have been more calculated to show the
prospective character of the late payments than the fact that
these widows and orphans remain unpaid for the votes of
their deceased relatives, whilst the still living voters, who can
again serve a /ibera/candidate, have all received their almost
forgotten claims." Where the money has come from has not
been ascertained. It is pretty clear, however, that Mr. Petre
has not given it, and that it has not been subscribed in York.
Mr. Barkley's address will doubtless create a further division
amongst the liberal party, which are now in a miserable mi-
nority in the corporation where they were formerly masters,
and which is fast dwindling down into insignificance. No
doubt can be entertained that, let an election come when it
may, two conservatives will be returned for York.

KIDDERMINSTER.—CREDULITY AND SUPERSTITION.—
A singular case of this nature has recently occurred in Kid-
derminster, the narration of which will, we hope, have a ten-
dency to put confiding female servants upon their guard
against the artful tricks and designs so frequently practised
upon them by pretended sybils, commonly called fortune-
tellers. It seems that on the evening of Thursday last one of
this tribe called at the house of Mr. Hill, hat-manufacturer,
in High-street, under pretence of being a " mender of broken
chairs," and asked if any work of that sort was required.
Being answered in the negative, she expressed a desire to tell
the servant-maid, Susan, her fortune ; but this " insight into
futurity" was declined by the latter, at least for the present ;
the sybil, however, would not be so easily discouraged, and
therefore wished to know if she (Susan) had a nice new gown,
such a one as would do to be married in, as such would be
her lot before long. This prospect was too charming for
Susan to contemplate unmoved, and in a thrice produced to
the arch impostor a fine new gown, which met the approval
of the latter ; who then drew forth a " fine gold" wedding
ring, which Susan contemplated with feelings of delight, and
offered to exchange it for the gown until the next day, when,
if Susan did not like it, she would return the gown, and take
the ring back again. The proposed exchange was soon agreed
upon, and the impostor departed ; but the next day she never
made her appearance ; and the poor girl, feeling uneasy, de-
termined to examine her prize, which she had carefully wrapt
up, and deposited in a place of safety, when, to her utter
surprise and mortification, the " gay gold ring," for which
she had given her new gown in exchange, turned out to be
nothing more or less than a brass article worth about one
penny. Immediately on making this discovery, Susan sent
for her mother, accompanied by whom she visited the differ-
ent lodging-houses in the town, with a view to discover the
woman ; but she had prudently withdrawn herself in the in-
terval and was not to be found. Finding all their efforts un-
availing, they at length made application to the police, but
were soon informed that their best plan would be to rest con-
tented with the present loss, coupled with a caution to Susan,
to be careful how she obtained a wedding ring in future.—
Staffordshire Gazette.
AWFUL CONFLAGRATION AT GATEHOUSE.—We lament
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their full value. By this accident two hundred people are
thrown out c f employment.

Accounts from the Hague, October 9, state that his Ma-
jesty, William 1., will take the title of 'William Frederic,
Count of Nassau.

Some symptoms of civil war have begun to manifest them-
selves in La Vendee. Prayers have ceased to be offered in
several churches for Louis Philippe.
CEYLON COFFEE CROP.—We are informed, on the au-
thority of persons from the interior, that the prospects of the
coming coffee crops are most encouraging ; the bushes being
loaded with fruit, under the weight of which they already
bend.—Colombo Observer, Aug. 3.

A private letter from Paris states that the English were
quitting that city—that the hotel-keepers were pulling long
faces—that English bank-notes were at a discount of tour
sous per one pound, and that the funds were expected to go
lower.

ATHENS, SEPT. IG.—Sir Robert and Lady Inglis are here,
and are staying with Sir Edmund Lyons. Accounts have
just been received of the death of an English traveller, Mr.
Edward Archdall, who was travelling in the north of Greece.
He expired at a village near Livadia, it is said from a fever
brought on by exposure to the sun.
COAL MINES AT THE HAVANNAH.—SeveraI mines of
capital bituminous coal have been discovered at Havannah,
fully equal to the best English. This is good news for the
West India and South American steam-ships from England,
that are projected to touch outward and homeward at the
great West India port.—Journal of Commerce.
Admiral Hugon, whose arrival off the Dardanelles has
been announced, had not, on the 19th ult., left the coast of
Greece, if we are to believe the following letter written on
that day by a French resident at Athens, which we find in
the Commerce :—" The French fleet, commanded by Admi-
ral Hugon, is at the Piraeus, and, it appears, does not intend
to leave these shores. More than two hundred of its officers
have taken out licenses to shoot. The admiral expects to
pass the winter in this roadstead. The Powers, it is said,
have applied to the Greek government to join them, and to
refuse the French fleet any shelter."

The Progre's du Pas de Calais states that Prince Louis
Napoleon informed a gentlemen who visited him in the Con-
ciergerie at Paris, that when he landed at Bolougne, he had
in his coat pocket a pocket-book, in which were English
notes for £3OOO, and a considerable sum in gold, all of which,
when his coat was returned to him, after having been dried
from his immersion in the water, were missing. This jour-
nal adds, that if they did not fall into the sea, and any one
has happened to find them, they may be sent to the prince at
Ham.

The Emancipation of Toulouse has a long report of a re-
form manifestation in that town, at which M. Arago, the
astronomer, but no conjuror, was the great gun. The follow-
ing were some of the toasts :
_ _ _

"To the principle and triumph of democracy."
" To perseverance (Id. est, revolution.)"
" To the alliance of the people ! "
"To the democratic propagandism ! " . .

" To the revolutionary propagandism, which is to restore
to Italy her independence and Poland her nationality. To
Germany her free unity, and to Spain democracy. To Bel-
gium and France one country. To France her preponderance
abroad, and the sovereignty of the people at home. To the
oppressed people to whom the first cannon shot will give
emancipation. To the National Convention."

DEATH FROM A POISONOUS SNAKE COOKED IN FOOD.—
A very melancholy event took place a few days ago in Zilla
Moorshedabad. The wife of a Mahomedan in Tarkpoor,
cooked some vegetables for her children (three boys) in which
she had unconsciously cut up a small poisonous snake.
When the boys were eating the vegetables with their rice, one
of them found in his plate a piece of the snake, and immedi-
ately asked his mother if she had put fish in the vegetables.
The mother was surprised, and replied in the negative, upon
which the boy showed her the piece of snake he had found.
The woman was still more astonished, and bade her sons to
eat no more. She then examined the dish of vegetables, and
found that she had inadvertantly cut up a snake with the
vegetables. But she discovered her error too late. All her
three sons died shortly after, from having eaten of the, no
doubt, poisoned vegetables.—Bengal Commercial Adver-
tiser, Aug. 5.

MORE FRAUDS or THE CHINESE.—We have been given
to understand that a considerable amount of fraud is disco-
vered in the China goods lately imported per several vessels;
and in order to protest against the same, a meeting of several
merchants met the day before yesterday in the house of Ebra-
him Cadoo, the owner of the ship Atiet Rahimon, when in
their presence, twenty-five chests of raw silk were opened,
and instead of twenty bundles, as usual, only nine bundles of
silk were found in each ; and to make up the weight, small
pieces of China bricks were discovered, wrapt up in grass in
the midst of them. We have also learned, that in China
piece goods, similar frauds have been practised,—small planks
and some such weighty articles being wrapt up in the middle
of the pieces. It is supposed that these pranks must have
been practised either at Macao, or by boatmen in bringing
the same there from Canton ; for individuals experienced in
China trade gave it as their opinion, on examining the same,
that it could never have been done by the original merchants
in China.—Doorbin, July 22.
IMITATION OP THE HUMAN VOICE.—We are informed
by the Fanal, Brussels paper, that M. Glantz, one of the
first mechanics of Vienna, has been at work for several
years in forming an instrument, which his ingenious mecha-
nism has at length succeeded in making imitate the sounds
of the human voice. The instrument, it is said, is now
completed, and that it acts in a manner altogether unex-
pected. It is stated to be a chef d'oeuvre of mechanism.
By pressing a spring, it executes different melodies in a tenor
voice, a barytone or deep bass. This instrument, it is further-
more added, excites, as it might naturally be supposed to do,
if the account of it be correct, the most lively sensations in
the salons of Vienna. M. Glantz intends to make an auto-
maton, in the head of which he will introduce his voice
instrument, the mechanism of which occupies very little
room.
THE CAMP AT BELMONT.—The Courier du Bas Rhin
announces that the camp of 15,000 men destined to be formed
at Belmont has already began to receive troops ; 9000 men
are already in barrack there, and this number will he increased
so soon as new barracks are completed and rendered capable
of receiving them.

ACCURATE INTELLIGENCE.—The National of Wednes-
day announces, that on the arrival of the intelligence that an
attempt had been made to set fire to the dockyard at Sheer-
ness an emeute burst forth in London, upon which occa-
sion the people rushed upon the hotel of one of the ministers,
and sacked his mansion !
GREAT PUBLIC DINNER TO DR. THOMAS ROLPH.—On
Tuesday last a public dinner was given in the City-hall to
Dr. Thomas Ralph, as a proof of the estimation in which he
is held by the citizens of Toronto, for the unremitting exer-

tions used by him, during his recent tour through the United
Kingdom, to bring before the British public the resources
and capabilities of this province. The hall was most taste-
fully decorated with oak boughs and evergreens, together with
the flags and banners of the different societies in the city. A
full-length portrait of the Queen was placed at the head of
the room over the centre table. The tables were ranged in
four divisions to accommodate the large party who attended
on this occasion. The chair was occupied by his honor the
Vice-Chancellor, and the vice-chair by W. B. Jarvis, Esq.,
Sheriff of the Home District. The vice-presidents at the
other tables were the Mayor of the city, the Honourable J.
Elmsley, and Mr. Barwick.—(Toronto Patriot, of Sept. 18.)
Dr. Rolph delivered, on his health being drunk, a long and
interesting speech.

THE DEVIL AND A SOCIALIST.—One night last week, a
young man, who has unfortunately imbibed the dangerous
and foolish principles of Owen, was in company with his
sweetheart in the lotter's house, when the subject of Social-
ism came on the carpet for discussion. The young man had
moralized to a great length, and, thinking that he had van-
quished every opposing argument, got so desperate as to boldly
assert there was not such a thing as a Devil, adding that if
there was, he wished he might pop his head in the house,
and convince him, by ocular demonstration, of his existence.
The hour when ghosts and hobgoblins generally take their
rambles was fast approaching, and still our Socialist con-
tinued to express his belief and wish. Just at the crisis a
young man who labours in the dark domains of the earth,
was on his way home, and hearing the voices of the loving
pair, resolved upon giving them a "start." For this purpose
he softly lifted the latch of the door, and stealing gently into
the lobby, popped his sable head—and only his head—round
the partition, in full view of the disbeliever in his Satanic
majesty. The young man's eyes caught the object before
him, and believing that his wish was granted him, sprang
from the embrace of his sweetheart, leapt on the floor in ter-
ror, and did not know where to fly or what to do in order to
be relieved from his dreadful situation. The young man
who had been so desperate as to present his black face before
them, was greatly amused, though he could not see why he
should be an object of terror to the young desperado, who
will no doubt hereafter believe in the existence of, being
who goes about as a roaring lion.—Whitehaven Heraila-
w

FRIDAY, OCTOBER N.W. moderate

AltRIVED.—Anna Maria, Bakker, from Nantes—Gazelle, —,
from St. Petersburg—Hoop, --, from Dordt—Auguste, De
Jaeghere, from Ostend—and Thomas Tattersall, from Drogheda.

Orestes, Smith, from Bombay, at St. Helena, and sailed 26th
August for Liverpool
Pharsalia, Winsor, hence at Boston
Ellen German, Tasker, hence at Laguira
Emily, Wardle, hence at Pernambuco
British Queen, , from London, ditto
John Bull, Ormond, and Regular, Bond, from Bombay, at St.
Helena
Mathew, Johnson, hence at Marseilles
Don Juan, Luscombe, hence for Copenhagen, at Deal
Minerva, , hence to Richibucto, was spoken 9th instant,
in lat. 47, long. 39
John Bull, Ormond, from Bombay to Liverpool, was spoken 14th
ultimo, in lat. 12 N, long. 25 W

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17.—Wind N. light

ARRlVED.—Elizabeth, Sinclair, from St. John, -N.B.—Alexan-
drina, Howes, from Zante—Flora, Farren, from Denia—Joseph,
from Ostend—Boreas, Ball, from Lisbon—Landsdowne,
Turnbull, from Bilboa—Onrust, Huisman, from Ghent.
SAILED.—St. Cloud, Emerson, for Philadelphia—Helen Mar,
Nuttall, for Savannah—American, Holden, for New York—M ag-
dalena, Harde, for Angostura—Virginia, Hussey, for Havana—St.
Vincent, Shepherd, for Madeira, &e.—and Vesper, Harper, for
Trieste.

Mary Ann, Stevenson, from Sydney, N.S.W. at this port ; sailed
28th June, in company with the James Holmes, for London. The
Cumberland had sailed for Port Philip and Valparaiso. The Man-
well sailed 27th, and Abberton, was to sail 29th June, both for
Liverpool. The Pilgrim was loading for Liverpool. On the 12th
October, in lat. 52, long. 13, spoke the Hesperus, from Africa for
Liverpool
_ .

Bengalee, Boadle, and George IV, , hence at Sydney,
N.S.W.
William Russell, -, hence at Bahia
Rossendale, Friend, hence at ditto 25th August

Clinton, -, hence at New Orleans -
Howard, Mills, hence at Savannah
Rhode Island, -, hence at Virginia
Frederica, Bremmcr, hence at Halifax
Paragon, Carr, hence at Providence
Minerva, Matthews,.hence at Richibucto
Asia, Chambers, hence at Newfoundland
Eleanor Palmer, Harris, hence at Constantinople
Anna Sophia, Reeve, hence at Travemunde
Countess Wilton, -, hence for Leghorn, was spoken 29th
September, in lat. 27
Isabella, -, from Antwerp, at Pernambuco
Astrea, Le Couteur. hence at Vera Cruz, and sailed lath August
on her return