The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-28 00:00:00

HORNBY CASTLE COURSING MEETING

IST CLASS—PUPPY CUP,—Mr. Moore's Maria Monk
beat Lord Bective's Byron, and won the cup.
2ND CLASS—PUPPY STAKES.—Mr. Thompson's Tur-
ner beat Mr. Hornby's Young Hyson, and won the
stakes.

OPEN DOG STAKE.—Mr. Lamb's Lime beat Mr.
Walmsley's Wanton, and won the stakes.

RESULTS OF THE PAST' RACING SEASON.—The fol-
lowing (says the Era) is a summary of the turf proceed-
ings during the season just concluded. The net amount
of stakes won during that period (exclusive of winners'
stakes and expenses, and cups, &c., of whose value we
can give no correct account,) is £165,796, distributed
amongst 526 winning horses, whose ages were as under:
—73 were aged, 42 six-ye )r olds, 68 five-year olds, 94
four-year olds, 158 three-year olds, 73 two-year olds, and
18 of whose ages we have no account. Alice Hawthorn
has won the greatest number of races of any animal
during the season, viz., 20i races out of 23, of the value
of £3,465. Colonel Peel's Orlando has won the greatest
amount of stakes, £7,326 (Cotherstone last year won
£13.'290). Foig-a-Ballazh has won £5,950. The under-
mentioned noblemen and gentlemen have been among the
most successful during the year :

Races Valuc
Duke of Richmond 184 .e82`.7

Races Value
Lord Lonsdale 4 £1325
Hon S. Herbert 9 .. 1175
Colonel Anson 9 .. 8 35
Colonel Peel
Mr. Salvin 3' 6360
Mr. E. J. Irwin
Mr. Wreford .
Mr. Osbaldeston 6 .. 4640
Mr. Gully
Mr. Meiklam 2l 2552
Mr. G. Payne 9 2255

Duke of Bedford

Duke of Rutland

Lord Exeter

Lord Stanle

Lord Stra tbroke.. 4 .. 184',
Lord Glenlyon .. 6.. 1 95
Lord Eglinton.... 19 .. 6555
Lord G. Bentinck. 41 .. 11170

Lord Maidstone
Lord Albemarle
Lord Chesteifleld. I o

6.. 915
6 . 1656

THE ARMIES OF

FOREIGN NATIONS

In the appendix to a rep,
ust issued, the following int(

,ort on the Army Estimates

eresting facts appear :—Bava-
ria has an infantry force of abaut 43,000 men; consisting
of 16 regiments of 2 battalions each, and 4 battalions of
sharp-shooters. The cavalry consists of 6 regiments of
light cavalry (containing 6 squadrons each,) and 2 regi-
ments of cuirassiers—in all 8,750 men. The artillery and
engineers are about 4,500, making the total peace esta-
blishment 57,000. But this is exclusive of he reserve and
of the landwehr or militia. The army is raised by a sub-
scription from the population (except nobles and clergy,)
the time for service is•six years, and the whole cost is
about £700,000. Bavaria has 1,562 officers effective in
the military, and 527 in the civil departmet,t, of its army.
Its court and sinecure offices are 127, and its pensioned
officers 588. Belgium maintains over 100,000 regular
troops at a cost of over a million and x half. Denmark
has, on its peace establishment, 17,162 infantry, 3,916
cavalry, 3,400 artillerymen, 295 engineers, and 937 horses;
and in its war complement, 49,301 infantry, 10,627 cavalry,
8,153 artillerymen, 144 field guns, and 847 engineers. Its
total peace force is 25,000, its war 69,189 men. The army
costs about £309,000 a year. Every citizen serves for 2
years, and then for a month in the year during the four
following years. He is then rated on the malitia, and
only Fable to the ernergenny service. Egypt's standing
force is 100,000 men ; 64,600 of them are infantry, in 20
regiments of 4 battalions of 800 men each ;-12,000 are
horse, organized into 15 regiments of 8 squadrons of 100
men each ; 400 are artillerymen, and 20,000 are seamen.
Thit is exclusive of iricgulars. The Popedom has a
standing army of 14,680, 9,300 of whom are infantry, and
800 cavalry. The army is governed by a cardinal, presi-
dent, and a board of three general officers. There is a
reserve and national guard of 9000 men.
Portugal has a standing force of 21,500 infantry, costing
about £750,000. Hanover has an army of 20,501 men.
The infantry musters 15,580, in 16 regiments; cavalry,
3,340 men and 2,445 horses, in three regiments ; artillery,
1,638 men and 175 horses, in five companies—viz., two
companies of horse artillery, two battalions of foot, one
company of pioneers ; engineers 198 ; military staff 45.
The army costs 1,500,000 rix dollars. Hesse Cassel sup-
plies a contingent of 5,679 men, and a reserve of 2,000 to
the Confederation. Its establishment is little more. The
army is raised by conscription, to which all grown males
under fifty are liable. The army costs about £llO,OOO
a-year. Hesse Darmstadt has a peace establishment of
6,462 men, raised by a conscription of persons from twenty
to twenty-five years of age, members of the mediatized
houses alone excepted. Holland has a fixed army of
43,000 men raised by voluntary enlistment for a limited

LANCASHIRE COAL MINERS

The last number of the balance-sheet of the Lancashire
miners, from Dec. 2 to Jan. 11 (a period of six weeks),
is another instructive document. First, as to income,
the receipts of the six weeks, for the general fund and the
law fund, amount (with the balance in hand at the coin
mencement, £27 4s. 51d.) to £1372 12s. Bd., or more
than £228 weekly. We see that the eight or nine lec-
turers (Ingham being added to the number) contribute
just 6d. a fortnight to the general fund, or 3d. a week ;
but they give double that amount (Is. fortnightly). as in
duty bound, to the law fund. Their names are—Harris,
Parkinson, Embleton, Ingham, Price, Holgate, Dennett,
Bowen, and Welsby. The receipts of the fortnight end-
ing Dec. 16. appear to be £4Bl ; those of the fortnight
ending Dec. 30, £453 ; and those of the fortnight ending
Jan. 11, £438. As in former balance-sheets, many dis-
tricts contribute larger sums to the law fund than to the
general fund. If we turn to the account of the disburse-
ments, we find a jumble of things, without any arrange.
ment or order. Take one item as a specimen :—" Ash-
ton district, 13 men, two weeks, one ditto three weeks,
20 ditto, one week, and coach hire for Mr. Roberts
during procession, per J. Price, £l2 155." Amongst
other notable items are—" W. P. Roberts, Esq., £120,"
ditto £l7O, and ditto £l5O (in the six weeks, £440).
Then there are payments of lecturers' wages, at a guinea
a week, of course swelled by " travelling expenses, post-
age, &c. ;" the " treasurer, two days' loss of time, and
travelling expenses, 18s." Then comes an item of which
no explanation is offered. "To the executive, £30."
In the six weeks the executive appears to have received
£6O, or £lO weekly. " Secretary two weeks' wages and
travelling expenses, £1 19s. 6d. ; " four letters to Mr.
Roberts, 4d., and two to the Star-office, 2d. The lec-
turers, we see, get their wages frequently in advance—
thus, one entry is " Halford, six weeks' wages, four in
advance, £6 65." Dixon received Bs. for lecturing at
Ashton. Then the executive keep their grievance spin-
ners, as the following item shows :—" Grant to M. Pas-
quell and W. Smith, for the best statement of grievances,
£l." The law charges in the Pemberton district are £5
10s. ; and the expenses of defending a man at Charley,
before the magistrates, in the absence of Mr. Roberts,
£1 4s. Bd. Another vote is " towards assisting the wool..
embers of Yorkshire, £2." The last item in the dis-
bursements is " Turner's bill for 6,000 bye-laws, £l5
10s. ; " and the total amounts to £1,330 16s. 3d. De-
ducting this from the total receipts, there would remain
a balance in hand of £4l 16s. sd. ; and this, it appears,
is the balance left on the entire amount from the com-
mencement, as stated thus in the balance-sheet :
" Total income, since commencement .... £9495 15 9
" Total expenditure, since commencement 9453 19 4

Balance in band ..
From this document, we may infer that the income of
this Union is about £9OOO a-year ; and, assuming six
weeks to be the eighth of a year (it being, in fact, rather
less), the payments to Mr. Roberts, if he receives £440
in every six weeks, would be something like £3520, or
more than one-third of the entire income of the Union.
Then, if the executive are beginning to pay themselves at
the rate of £lO weekly, this will absorb £520 more ; and
the nine lecturers, at a guinea a-week each, will take
away nearly £5OO more, without reckoning their travel-
ling expenses. Including all law expenses, travelling
expenses, remuneration to deputations, and the payment
of other machinery to keep up the agitation and its funds,
it would seem that nearly £3OOO a-year goes into a very
few hands, in order to raise £9ooo—in other words, the
executive, officers, and lecturers receive amongst them
nearly, if not quite, one-third of the entire funds raised
amongst 9000 or 10,000 individuals. Such is the working
of this Union, of which its own authorised and printed
documents furnish such curious revelations.—Manchester
Guardian.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

Mr. Baron Gurney has resigned his office as one of the
Barons of the Court of Exchequer, in consequence of con-
tinued illness.

In the Bail Court, Mr. Justice Williams granted a rule
isi for an attachment against the Mayor and seven mem-
bers of the Town Council of Wigan, for having neglected
to make a return to the mandamus.

In the Bankruptcy Court, London, on Thursday, the
petition of John Davis, an insolvent, who was a director
of the Tulacre Company, was dismissed on the ground
that the company was a trading company, and was, there-
fore, liable to the bankrupt law.
THE PROPOSED NEW POOR-LAW.—Married women
are not to be removed from their husbands. Legitimate
children are not to he removed from their father's parish,
nor illegitimate children from their mother's. Widows
and their families are not to be removed for a year after
the husband's death. Widows are not to be removed
from the place of their husband's settlement and death.
THE INFERIOR LAW COURTS.—Since the passing of
Lord Brougham's Act abolishing imprisonment for debt,
there has been a very material decline of business in the
Sheriffs' and Secondaries Court; plaintiffs not feeling
very desirous to enter actions when, if they obtain a ver-
dict, they are not very likely to recover, after the heavy
expenses they have been at in taking out writs. At the
Secondaries' Court, London, there are seldom more than
two or three causes. At the last sitting there was not
one case for trial; and at the Sheriffs' Court most of the
causes are now undefended.

GENERAL MISCELLANY,

Lord Sandon had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on
Friday.

The Marquis of 'Westminster has given his tenants per-
mission to kill the rabbits on their respective farms.
From the Financial Report for £lOO,OOO League Fund
for 1813-4, it appears that £86,009 7s. fid. have been
received, and that £26,675 19s. remains balance in band.

A fire broke out on Thursday morning, at Ilungertord
market, London, which destroyed twenty-five loads of hay,
and threatened serious damage before it was extinguished.
A man named Thomas Dickson, aged nineteen, has
been arrested on a charge of attempting to poison' his wife
and infant by the mixing of oxalic acid in the sugar-basin.
Mrs. Johnson, a widow lady, aged 76, was burnt to
death yesterday week, at Wandsworth, through a candle
in her lap catching her head-dress whilst she was reading.
On the sth inst., the American barque Joshua Emlem,
of Palermo, with sulphur, wine, &c., bound to the United
States, was totally wrecked during a storm off Gibraltar.
The crew were lost.

A little boy named Morgan died in Whitney-street,
London, on Sunday week, it is supposed from eating a
portion of a candle in the manufacture of which arsenic
had been used.

NEW GUANO ISLAND.—Letters have been received in
Leith, mentioning the discovery of an island, named
" Nalagar," where guano is said to abound from four to
seven yards in depth, and covering an area of about eight
acres.

An asthmatic patient, complaining bitterly of the long
prevalence of a north-east wind, said he wished it had the
same property as the great American aloe—only to blow
once in a hundred years.
On Wednesday last, Sir George Lament, chairman of
the London Mercantile Committee on Postage, handed to
Mr. Rowland Hill the sum of £lO,OOO, as " part of the
amount raised" towards the national testimonial.

During the performance of a pantomime at Astley's, on
Monday, one of the sopernuweraries, who wore a truss for
rupture, was thrown down by one of the clown's tricks,
and so much injured that h' died the following morning.
The Nottingham Journal records an inquest on a child
poisoned with laudanum by its grandmother, in mistake
for syrup of rhubarb ; another on a child which had drunk
its mother's laudanum in ignorance of its nature.
By the death of Earl St. Germains a vacancy is occa-
sioned in the representation of East Cornwall, by the
promotion of Lord Elliot to that title. His Lordship
will also retire from the secretaryship of Ireland.
At Plymouth, one day last week, Mr. Jones, the head
keeper of the Breakwater lighthouse, was unfortunately
washed off that structure by an immense wave and was
drowned.

DEATH FROM EXCESS OF Joy.—On Friday se'nnight
a poor woman, at Eastbourne, who kept a little shop and
was behind in her payments, was so overjoyed at their
settlement, by a benevolent lady, that she went into a fit,
and shortly expired.
Charles Skipworth, aged 22, who was tried and con-
victed at the last Lincoln Assizes for setting fire to a wheat
stack at Swaby, the property of Mr. E. Enderby, and
sentenced by Mr. Justice Matteson to transportation for
life, committed suicide last week in Milbank prison.
John Brill, accused upon his own admissions to a fel-
low i risoner in Coldbath Fields' prison, of a murder at
Ruislip, eight years ago, underwent an examination at
Uxbridge, on Monday, when a variety of corroborative
evidence was adduced, and he was committed for trial.
Two years ago, there were five paupers receiving relief
in the Lichfield Union, all of whom had served the office
of sheriff. One of them was ruined by law, another by
extravagance, and two by drunkenness ; theififth was bile
who " never could get forward,"

time. The limitation creates a trained body, by which l THE ADDRESS.—The address to the Queen in reply to
the army can be increased to 70,000 men. Promotion is i her Majesty's speech on the opening of the session will be i
in future in all ranks, from second lieutenents np, to be moved, n the House of Commons, by the Hon. Francis
two-thirds by seniority, and one-third by selection. The Charteris, one of the members for East Gloucestershire,
Militia is composed of all males between 19 and 23 years and seconded by Mr. Thomas Baring.
of age. The army costs about £1,000,000 a-year. At the Glasgow Theatre, the other night, a " gentle-
Naples has a standing army of 29,000 infantry of the man" in the boxes, who conducted himself unseemly
line, 4,500 cavalry, 2,800 gendarmes, in all 44,300 men. during the performances, and was called to order by the
Its war establishment is 64,247 men. The army is raised manager, was afterwards forcibly ejected by one of the
by conscription of pbrsons from 18 to 25 years of age. actors.
The time of service in the artillery, gendarms, and vo- The oil and colour stores of Mr. Bayliss, Whitechapel-
lunteers, is 8 years; in other arms, 5 years actual acid 5 road, London, were burned down on the morning of
in reserve. There is no militia. The war department is ,
Thursday, through the indiscretion of two boys, who were
said to cost £1,300,000. Saxony has 13,000 men, and a drawing naptha, having held a light too near the inflame:in-
reserve of 3,000 raised by conscription. Males of 21) ble material. In an instant the place was in a blaze and
years (with exceptions) are liable to six year's active and one of the boys had to be taken to the hospital. '
three years reserve service. Spain.—The changes of late
in Spain have greatly increased the regular army, which The sum of £1,300 has been subscribed for the relief
was only 60,000, and disarmed most of the militia; but of the widows aryl children of the men who were killed
there is no easily account of their present state. Sweden by the explosion at Blackwell, in November last. The
has 8,356 men voluntarily enlisted, viz. 2,200 infantry, relatives of the sufferers have received weekly allowances
5,446 artillery, and 1,000 horse guards. She has 24,500 since the accident, and some of them have been supplied
infantry and 7,000 cavalry ; in all 41,500 men, under what with mangles.
is called the " Idelta System." Switzerland has a federal An attempt was made on the life of Mr. Evans, of
militia supplied by the cantons, in proportion to their Pwllheli, on the night of Tuesday last. He was accom -
popula'ion. The force rates at 61,000, viz. 51,800 infan- panied by a Mrs. Williams, and on the new road, near
try, 5,800 artillery, 5,700 cavalry, and 700 engineers. A Penrhcs Church, was struck in the bask by a ball, fired
federal camp is formed every two years. The expenses of by a man in the road. The sufferer was severely but not
this militia are borne by a contribution of from five to mortally wounded. The villain escaped.
ten Swiss francs per man, paid by the canton that sends CAUTION TO PYROTECHNISTS.—During an exhibition
him,
of fireworks, at Northampton, a few days ago, a rocket,
in the act of being fired, slipped, and was discharged
amongst the spectators, one of whom a woman, it struck
on the head, and, penetrating the brain, killed her on the
spot.

The Bank of England has given the firm of Rogers and
Co. value for the notes stolen from their premises, on the
latter g:ving a guarantee to meet them if ever they should
be ',resented for payment. This arrangement is consi-
dered very fair on the part of the bank directors, although
it is generally believed that none of the notes will ever
make their appearance in circulation.
EAST CORNWALL.—The demise of the Earl of St.
German's and consequent elevation of Lord Eiiot to
the peerage, has caused a vacancy for East Cornwall,
which cannot, however, be filled up till after the meeting
of parliament. J. A. Roberts, Esq., of Lanhydrock, is
mentioned as likely to be a candidate on the Radical, and
Mr. Carew on the Conservative interest.
IRON TRADE IN GLASGOW.—The ordinary monthly
meeting of Scotch iron-masters was held here on Wed-
nesday last, and was well attended. The price previously
obtained for pig-iron (£3 ss. per ton for all Nos.) was
confirmed, while it was understood that few of the makers
were willing to sell at this rate. Bars are firm at £6 10s.
for common, and £8 per ton for best. We are happy to
understand that the underground workmen are partici-
pating in the progressive improvement of the trade, their
present wages being about 40 per cent. above the mini-
mum rates of last year.—Scottish Guardian.
Prior to Mr. Macready's leaving Paris, where he has
been performing for a few weeks, Louis Philippe presented
him with a most splendid poinard, in a still more mag-
nificent case. The blade—a real Damascus one—having
upon it an inscription in Arabic, is set in gold; the hilt
enriched with diamonds and other precious stones. The
case is still more costly, being of pure gold, exquisitely
chiselled, and set in rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and dia-
monds. His Majesty also gave to Mr. Mitchell, of Lon-
don, through whose instrumentality the performances were
provided, a handsome gold snuff-box, accompanied by
three bank notes of a thousand francs each, towards co-
vering his outlay.
EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY.—An inquest was held
at Sheffield the others, on a poor girl named Elizabeth
Hewitt. From the evidence, it appeared, that about four
months ago, she went to an old woman to have her for-
tune told, or her " planet ruled," as she called it. The
sybil told her, she would leave Sheffield for two months ;
that she would afterwards return, and have a quarrel with
her sweetheart ; and lastly, that she would poison herself
shortly after Christmas. Such was the infatuation under
which this poor girl laboured, that she verified every one
of the fortune teller's predictions. She did leave Sheffield,
and visited Bradford. She returned, and had a quarrel
with her sweetheart, and then put a climax on the bel-
dame's prophecy, by taking poison, of which she died.
A document has just been issued by the Poor Law
Commissioners which announces, that from the 25th of
March next unions are to keep one particular part of their
accounts in a more systematic and producible shape than
it appears they do at present. No clerk or relieving-offi-
cer is for the future to commit the obvious irregularity of
transmitting relief to paupers residing iu his own union
from the unions to which they belong, without accounting
for the same to his own treasurer, and entering in his
official book under a seperate head all the names, the
debts, and the credits of the transaction. This is to be
done in all cases of relief given to poor not belonging to
the union, whether their legal settlement is acknowledged
or not, and whether the union has received any payments
on their account or not.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.—On Saturday an ap-
pendix to the report on the Merchant Seamen's Fund was
printed, showing the particulars of the invested funds and
balances in hand, with their estimated value, &c. Among
the bills printed for consideration in the present recess is
one to amend the laws relating to the relief and support,
in certain cases, of merchant seamen, their widows, and
children. It is proposed by this amended bill that masters
shall pay 2s. and seamen is. a month towards the Mer-
chant Seamen's Fund, which, it would appear, amounts
to a considerable sum, and which, it would seem, parties
wish to perpetuate. There is a provision to provide a fund
for masters and seamen in case of shipwreck, from which
they are to obtain assistance for their support, and to
procure means (and a sum for clothes) to enable them to
return to the port to which their ship belonged.
THE COOPERAGE TRADE.—Among the parties that are
coming forward for the remission of the existing duties the
coopers are taking a prominent position. The incorpora-
tion of coopers of Glasgow and the journeymen coopers of
London have alike memorialized the Board of Trade for a
repeal of the duty on the raw material required for their
work. The movement is not a new one, but was made in
1842. before the existing tariff was brought into operation,
and also in 1843. The memorials now presented call at-
tention to the inexpediency of allowing foreigners to import
manufactured articles into the British colonies without
the payment of duty, while the British manufacturers are
charged f om 20 to 30 per cent. on the raw material, and
to the fact that there are no United States staves used in
this country, although they are of the best quality and
suited for the largest portion of the export trade of Great
Britain. This exclusion from the United States market
has the further effect of enhancing the price of the inferior
material, which, the cooper complains, he is compelled to
use. Under these influences it seems that the export of
coopers' work has materially fallen, although the English
workmanship is allowed to be far superior to that of any
other nation in the world.
LONDON Docxs.—The St. Katharine Dock Company,
at their meeting on Tuesday last, declared a dividend of
five per cent. The following statement shows the traffic
of the port of London, including the operations of the St
Katharine Dock Company :
SHIPPING ENTERED THE PORT OF LONDON,

CARGOES, FROM FOREIGN PARTS
1843. I 1844.

Ships

I r----
Ships

6,138 I 1,306,738 I 6,852 I 1,356,614
Increase in 1844, ships 714 ; aggregate register tonnage,
49,876 tons.
SHIPPING ENTERED THE ST. KATHARINE DOCKS, WITH

CARGOES, IN 1842, 1813, AND 1844.
1842. 1843. I 1844.
Ships. I Tons. Ships. I Tons. I Ships. I Tons.

592 I 149,817 I 608 1154,135 I 591 I 149,915
Ships, with cargoes, entered since the Ist of January in-

stant, 15,498 registered tons

Goods landed during the year 1842.
Ditto ditto 1843.
Ditto ditto 1844
Ditto since the Ist of January instant,

106,370
106,726
101,355
2,467

Tons.
Stock in warehouse on the'3oth December, 1842 .. 68,502
Ditto ditto 30th December, 1843 .. 69,293
Ditto ditto 30th December, 1844 .. 65,415
Increase since the Ist of the present month 3,551

Two CHURCHES DESTROYED BY FIRE.—An event of
a most disastrous character occurred at Edinburgh on
Sunday week. The cathedral or collegiate church of the
Greyfriars, in connexion with the Scottish Established
Church, a pile of great extent, and peculiarly venerable
from its antiquity and historical associations, has been
totally destroyed by fire. It must be understood, that, as
in many instances is the case in Scotland, the edifice
comprised two churches under one roof, the one being
separated from the other by a substantial wall of masonry.
The eastern half, in which the Rev. Dr. Lee officiated,
was called the Old Greyfriars; the western, of which the
Rev. Mr. Robertscn was minister, the New Greyfriars.
The building, now in ruins, is finely situated to the south-
west of the city, overlooked by the Castle on i's lofty
rock within less than half a mile, and the churchyard
adjoined the grounds of Heriot's Hospital. The eastern
portion, in which the fire originated, is the more ancient
hearing the date of 1613 ; the western half was erected
a century later ; but the sight of the former had been oc-
cupied by a monastic establishment for some centuries
previous to the date mentioned. It is providential that
the edifice was discovered to be on fire before the con-
gregation had assembled for forenoon worship, as probr bly
the most serious consequences would have resulted. The
fire was caused by the overheating of the flue of a stove
in the south-eastern portion of the building. The fire
broke out about half-past nine o'clock, a.m. The au-
thorities soon collected on the spot, at the same time that
the three city engines, and one from the Castle, were got
in requisition. The colonel of the 87th Foot, now in the
Castle, placed at the disposal of the civic authorities a
detachment of 300 of that corps, who repaired to the
spot. The flames meanwhile spread with extraordinary
rapidity, and ultimately the entire structure was burnt to
a shell. The session books of the New Greyfriars have
been saved ; the accounts as to those of the Old Grey-
friars are conflicting. All the seating, furniture, and
books, have been destroyed, including some highly-prized
relics—a table, once the property of the Reformer, John
Knox, and one or two bibles of early and rare editions.
The communion plate was not exposed to danger, not
being kept in the church. Old Greyfriars Church was
erected in the year 1612. New Greyfriars was finished
in 1721, at an expense of about £4,000. Neither of the
churches had any pretensions to architectural beauty, or
were the slightest ornament to the city. Both buildings
were insured, but only to the extent of £l,OOO each.
They were both the property of the city, and were occu.
pied by the Establishment.

BILLINGSGATE.—On Tuesday soles were selling in Lon-
don at ld. per pair for small, and 2d. and 3d. for middling
size, and very fine ones could be obtained for 6d., such as
generally cost 2s. per pair. Other flat fish was equally
plentiful, especially plaice. Macka►el have for some time
been selling at Is. to 2s. a dozen, and though this is not
the time of year they are considered in season, the quality
was gocd.

REV. SYDNEY SMITH.—The reverend gentleman gives
the following description of himself in a letter to a cor-
respondent of the New York American :—" I am seventy-
four Mars old ; and, being a canon of St. Paul's, in
London, and a rector of a parish in the country, my time
is equally divided between town and country. I am
living amidst the best society in the metropolis, am
at ease in my circumstances, in tolerable health, a mild
Whig, a tolerating Churchman, and much given to talking,
laughing, and noise. I dine with the rich in London, and
physic the poor in the country ; passing from the sauces
of Dives to the sores of Lazarus. I am, upon the whole,
a happy man, have found the world an entertaining world,
and am heartily thankful to Providence for the part
allotted me in it."

GUANO.—This valuable manure has now become an
article of such peculiar interest and extensive consump-
tion, that we beg to lay before our readers, and particu-
larly our agicultural friends, the following statistics as to
the stock and consumption, whicb may prove interesting
at the present season. From statements we have received
it appears that the consumption, last season, in Great
Britain, of Peruvian and African guano, was about 60,000
tons, at prices ranging from £8 to £l2. The stock on
Ist Jan. 1845, in all the ports, was 39.000, During the
first four months we may calculate on a further import of
45,000 tons, making the stock, on Ist May, about 85,000
tons only, and this, to meet a demand, on a moderate cal-
culation, of 180,000 or 200,000 tons. Prices are, conse-
quently, advancing, and we may look for great activity in
the trade immediately. On Wednesday a cargo of 315
tons of Ichaboe guano was offered for public sale at the
Bromielaw, when the whole was sold, in a few minutes,
at from £6. ss. to £6. 7s. 6d., as it lay.—Glasgow
Chronicle.

THE SMALL Pox.—At the annual meeting of the
Vaccine Institution in London, on Thursday, Dr. Eppa
stated that there had been a frightful increase of small-
pox, which they attributed to the inefficiency of the
Vaccination Act, as, through the ignorance of many
practitioners, vaccine matter was used which was not
pure, thus rendering the patient, by its being inoperative,
liable to the attack of the small-pox. A letter had been
received from Mr. Labait, secretary of the Dublin Cow
Pox Institution, who assigns a similar cause for the
spread of small-pox in Ireland, and who states that the
Poor-law Commissioners have done all in their power to
promote vaccination. A letter from a medical gentleman
in India stated that the small-pox was greatly on the in-
crease there. Dr. Epps said they had not applied to the
cow for the vaccine matter since the formation of the
institution. A medical gentleman who was present en-
deavoured to account for the vaccine matter having lost
its virtue by the profession generally carrying it in their
pockets, which caused its decomposition.