The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-01 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—On Wednesday
evening, a sermon in behalf et the funds of this society
was preached in St. Andrew's Church, in this town, by
Or:: Rev. H. Stowell, of Manchester. The collection
amounted to £29 10s. and a gold ring.
AMERICAN Hops.—A parcel of thirteen bales was of-
fered by auction. on Tuesday I,st, for which £6 was bid.
They were subsequently sold at Xi per cwt., less the duty,
for export, the duty, £4 14s. 6d., being prohibitory for
home use.
IMPORTATION OF MINERALS FROM SYDNEY.—TWO
parcels of lead ore, and manganese ore have been received
here from the above colony. The former assayed well,
and sold at £9 per ton. For the latter, which is of fair
quality, £6 per ton is demanded.

CHEAP TRIP.—We perceive from the Bristol papers
thas a cheap train was to leave Gloucester, Cheltenham,
Birmingt am, &c., yesterday for this town. The fare is
only 16s. 6d. for both coming and returning, he distance
being 298 miles.
MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The hon. secretary has re.
ceived a notification from Sir J. Barrow, Secretary to the
Admiralty, granting permisEion for the vessels to carry
the blue ensign of her Msjestv's Fleet, with the dis-
tinguishing marks of the club, which. we believe, will be
a Liver and Crown, in the fly of the ensign.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.—Dur-
ing the past week the following persons of distinction ar-
rived at the Adelphi Hotel, and, after a brief stay, took
their departure for carious places !—The Earl and Countess
of Cardigan, Lord Abinger, the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, the
Hon. M:s. Middleton, of Stourton, the Hon. Captain
Nugent, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Pakenham, Dean of St.
Patrick's Dublin, L'ard [lowa), Joseph Hume, Esq.,
M.P., and Judge Armstrong, of the United States.

MORGAN'S IMPERIAL HOTEL.—During the past week
the following distinguished parties have arrived and taken
their departure from this esiahlishment :—Lord Viscount
Deneraile and Lady Doneraile, Sir Compton and Lady
Danville and daughter, Captain and Lady H. Pagett and
Lord Dartmouth, Captain Holloway and lady, (from
Madras,) Isaac English, Esq. and lady, Colonel Stewart,
Colonel Ward, Captains Thompson and Barker, H. Cope_
man, Esq., D. H. Ryan, Esq., &c.

ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—On Saturday a young
female, named Ann Maguire, was brought before Mr.
Rushton, on a charge of having stolen Bs. fid., the pro-
perty of Lawrence Livesay, publican, of Charter-street,
Vauxhall-road. It appeared, that on Friday night, Mr.
Livesay marked five half-crowns, a shilling, and sixpence,
which he placed in his trousers pocket, and hung them
close by his bedside. In a short time after, the prisoner
entered, took the Ss. 6d. from the trousers, and was ap-
prehended with the money in her possession. She was
fully committed fcr
The Uir3rpool Polytechnic Society proposes to give
prizes for communications of adequate merit on the fol-
lowing subjects :—A medal fur the best essay nn any
subject connected with the objects of the society. A
medal for the best mechanical or architectural drawing.
A medal for the best mechanical or architectural model,
showing the latest improvements. A medal for the best
molel of a ship, showing the letest improvements. All
essays, models and drawings will he returned. The prizes
will be confined to the members of the society, their sons,
and apprentices of members.

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The anniver-
sary meeting of this society has been postponed to Tues-
day, the 22d instant, in consequence of the day previously
fixed upon interfering with the engagements of Lird
Stanley. The prizes will be delivered to the successful
competitors by Lord Stanley, who will also preside at the
dinner.

PROPOSED RAILWAY BRIDGE AT RUNCORN.—The
directors of the Grand Junction Railway, with the view of
shortening their line, are again considering the desirable-
ness of carrying the railway across the Mersey at some
point lower down the river than Warrington. The point
now thought of is Runcorn ; and it is proposed to effect
this passage there by means of a bridge or viaduct, rising
a hundred feet above the level of the river. Should this
plan be carried out, it will shorten the distance between
Liverpool and Birmingham several miles, but it is said
that it will be opposed by parties interested in the navi-
gation of the river.
SALE OF AMERICAN HAY.—On Wednesday last a
sale of American hay, per the Liverpool, from New York,
took place on the north quay of the Waterloo Dock. The
attendance was not numerous, though the bidding was,
on the whole, tolerably spirited. The hay was considered
of rather inferior quality. The quantity offered was 210
bales, divided, for the convenience of purchasers, into 21
lots, of 10 bales each. The first lot went off at 7Ad. per
stone: the next seventeen were knocked down at 7d., and
the three remaining lots at 7+. Tare was allowed at the
rate of 251bs. per bale; and parties were to remove their
purchases on the day of sale. It was stated that there
had been a loss by the sale of from 30 to 40 per cent.
TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—On
Thursday last, the Rev. Walter Butler, A.M., minister
of St. Thomas' Church, Toxteth-park, was presented
with a superb suite of robes—made at the'establishment
of H owarth and Co., Bold • street —acco m panied with the fol.
lowing valuablebooks :—Polii Sync psis , a Hebrew concord-
ance, and Alison's History of Europe—by the churchwar-
dens, Messrs. Wm. Wainwright Worthington and Charles
Hunton, sen., in the name of the congregation. who have
availed themselves of this opportunity of testifying their
sincere and gra'eful attachment to a minister of the
Gospel, whose only object is the salvation of the flock
committed to his charge, and a fervent desire to expound
with simplicity and faithfulness the sacred Scriptures,
and make their efficacy felt in the densely populated dis-
trict in which the church is situated. His devoted attach-
ment to the cause of Christ, one of whose faithful ambas-
sadors he is, and the bold Christian deportment by which
he defends that cause, render it impossible to speak in
adequate terms, or to present any testimonial equivalent
to the respect and spiritual love he entertains for his con-
gregation.

-Al fiRTING OF THE Couiverr,.—At the usual monthly
meeting of the council,lto• morrow, the proceedings of the
Watch Committee will comprise the appointment of as-
sessors for the lighting and cleansing rates for 1844-5 ; the
appointment of collectors of the collectors of Cie lighting
and cleansing rates for 1844-5 ; the appointment of col-
lectors of the Fire-police rates, in the new parts of the
borough, for 1844-5 ; and the proceedings for laying the
usual Fire-police rate of one halfpenny in the pound for
the same period. The proceedings of the Health Com-
mittee will comprise the appointment of Inspector Fresh
to the Town hall duty, under the Mayor. Health of the
Town and Finance Committees, and the Town -clerk and
Prosecuting Solicitor, at the salary of £lOO, besides
clothing, which subject was postponed at the last monthly
Council, pursuant to the standing orders. The Coroner's
account for the month, amounting to £6l lls. 6d., will
also come under consideration.

COURT OF BANRRUPTCY.—On Tuesday, Jas. Taylor,
formerly commission agent, Dale-street, applied to Mr.
Commissioner Phillips for his certificate. Mr. Bardswell
opposed the application, on behalf of Messrs. Jones and
Martin, Maltsters, of Shrewsbury, to whom the bankrupt
was indebted in the sum of £215, for malt sent for sale to
Liverpool on commission. The grounds of opposition
were, that the bankrupt sold the malt and pocketed the
proceeds, which should have been immediately trans-
mitted to Shrewsbury, after deducting the amount of the
commission. The bankrupt was examined at considerable
length, and from his answers it appeared that he had some
connexion with a person of the name of Henry Burton, in
the month of November, last year. He was connected
with him in various joint accounts, and allowed him half
the profits, but he did not consider him in the light of a
partner. It appeared that the malt in question was sold
to Burton, and bills drawn for the amount. The case
stands adjourned for a month. Mr. Radcliffe appeared
for the bankrupt.

GUANO.—Since our last two cargoes of inhaboe have
arrived at this port. One of them was offered by auction
on Thursday, when the first lot sold at £6 55.. and the
remainder were taken in for want of buyers. The sales
of the week are about 100 tons, at £6 2s. 6d. to £6 55.,
chiefly at the latter price. For delivery the first three
months of next Year, several cargoes have been sold at £6
to £6 2s. 611. The Wave has arrived at the Clyde, with
a cargo from Mercury Island, the quality of which appears
epal to that of Ichaboe. It was to be offered, by public
sate, on Friday, the result of which has not come to hand.
The following is an authentic account of Mercury Island:
—in lat. 25 42 south, long. 14 58 east.- It is a mile in cir-
cumference, and three-quarters of a mile from the south-
west point of Spencer's Bay, and one mile and a half from
the northwest point of that bay. Both passages are easy
to take, and perfectly clear. The best anchorage is on the

east side of the island, one-and-a-half cable's length from

its shore, in five fathoms, on a bottom of sand and clay.
Near the full and change of the moon a heavy swell often
sets into the south part of the bay, and renders it there
unsafe for anchorage. There can be little doubt that,
like Ichaboe, Mercury Island is stocked with guano.
A RADICAL EDITOR'S OPINIOS OF THE " LIVER-
POOL MERCURY."—It may be supposed that in noticing
from time to time the inconsistencies and follies of the
Liverpool Mercury, we, entertaining opposite opinions
in politics, have given a colouring to our expositions
which were not altogether warranted by the facts. We
are certainly not aware of having ever permitted our
judgement to be warped by such considerations, or that
we have ever even stretched a point to overthrow our re-
doubtable antagonist. We found, indeed, no occasion to
resort to such a mode of warfare, even had we been in-
clined to take such undue advantage. But we are not
singular in our opinions of the absurdities put forth by
the Mercury. Even his co-mate in radicalism, the Ma-
nchester Guardian, and his readers, have loft all patience
with him. That journal of Saturday last commences an
article in the following complimentary terms :—" We are
almost tired, and so, we dare saw, are our readers, of the
foolish twaddle of the Liverpool 21Tercurg, in reference
to the division on the writ of error, but we connot per-
mit ourselves to be grossly misrepresented"—and the
writer goes on to show that a passage in the Mercury
(which he quotes) "is not an error or a misconception,
but a gross and wilful misrepresentation." The Guardian,
in fact, never stated that which the Mercury imputed to
him,
.nor'anything from which the assumption could be
inferred. Ile proceeds by exposing " the nonsense which
had appeared in the columns of the Mercury, and which

showed about as much ignorance of facts, and of all the
legal principles applicable to the case under discussion, as
anything that has come under our notice." The Guardian,
arter noticing another instance of the ignorance of the
Mercury on the subject on Friday last, concludes with
these additional compliments:—" As the editor of the
Mercury is evidently quite innocent of any knowledge
upon the subject, we beg to refer him to the third section
of the introduction to Blackstone's Commentaries, which
he may read with a double advantage to himself; namely,
first, in learning what he does not know; and, secondly,
in the acquisition of what he wants, namely, a little mo-
desty in treating of legal questions with respect to which,
_

generally, his linowledge'is very
_much_ behind_ that o

- -
-moderately well-informed and educated men." Poor
Mercury ! He is surely falling, and wo may expect
stormy weather. It was bad enough to provoke the hosti-
lity of opponents in politics; but to be written down as
uttering foolish twaddle from week to week, being guilty
ofgroesand vvilfulmisreprc•sentation.and being totally igno-
rant of the subjt ct with which he had the temerity to
grapple—and that, too, by a journalist of cqual standing,
with whom he has so long sailed in the same boat—surely
this "was the unkindliest cut of all!"

LAUNCH OF A SPLENDID NEW IRON STEAMER.—011
Saturday, at noon, a new iron steamer, that has been about
7 months in course of construction, was launched from the
building yard of Messrs. Vernon and Co. Barrack. treet.
Every inch of available space, from whence a sight could
be obtained, was densely crowded, and a commodious
stage was erected at hex' bows, on which a select party
were accomodated, amongst whom was Miss Curtis,

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daughter of Mr. Curtis, of the firm of Bury, Curtis and
Kennedy, the builders of her engines, niece of Sir W.
Curtis, Bart., on whom was conferred the honour of chris-
tening her. At high water the several orders were given.
" out keys,"—" out wedges," and " down daggers,"
when, without the slightest hesitation, or any continual
clattering of hammers, she moved gracefully, amidst the
vociferous cheers of assembled thousands, to the bosom of
that element, on which, we trust, she may long and suc-
cessfully ply. She was named the " Sabrina," and car-
ries a beautifully carved full-length figure of that charac-
ter. The Sabrina is 519 tons burtlien 175 feet long
bet wer n perpendiculars, 25 fee' 3 inehesbeam ,and has 15 feet
depth of hold • she is divided into five compartments, by
watertight bulk heads, thus securing her safety in case of
collision. She is what may be termed a splendid model :
she has a clean entrance, good bearings, and a fine run ;
and the displacement of water she causes, when compared
with the cargo she will carry, is surprisingly small. Her
stem, if in iron vessels the term is admissible, is carried
from the water-line in what carpenters would call a beau-
tiful " ogee," thus giving her a width of deck room for-
ward that could not otherwise be obtained. In fine, she
has below all the sharpness of a clipper schooner, and
aloft all the roomy deck of an American merc'lantmrn,
without the unseemly squareness of their bows, a plan that,
in our opinion, gives her the manifold advantages of deck
room and a buoyancy over her water line that would, were
she going head to sea, prevent her being a wet craft. She
is the first vessel constructed with Kennedy and Vernon's
patent deck beams and side frames, which combine the
maximum of streneth with the minimum of weight, and
are greatly superior to the ordinary angle iron used. The
Sabrina hes beautifully carved stem and quarter galle-
ries, and a graceful scroll of carved work runs forward from
the figure bead round the hawse holes. Head name boards
are too, in ber, done away with, end in their stead, is a
carved ole, with broad ribbons folding gracefully over it,
on which her name will be inscribed. The effect of this
relief cn her sides, which are so perfectly smooth that not
a plate seam nor a rivet head is visible is excellent. Her
cab'ns, which will be fitted to accommodate about 60 pas-
sengers. will be decorated in the gothic style, in papier
machei, with pannels illustrative of scenes from Milton's
Comas, by Mr. Key's, of Bold-strect, and her e gross
are of 210 horse power, on the direct action principle,
end her boilers tubular. After the launch a nume-
rous company partook of a cold collation which bad
been prepared for the occasion. This fine vessel has been
built for the Cork Company, and intended to ;:ly between
that port and I3riotol.

LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT OPERATIVE

SOCIETY.

The quarterly meeting of the Liverpool Protestant
Operative Association was held on Monday, at seven
o'clock, in the Commercial Hall, Gloucester-street.
There was a very numerous attendance, the spacious
room being crowded in every part. On the motion of Mr.
CRISP, Alr. THOS. INMAN wiS called to the chair, and
the proceedings commenced by the offering of prayer by
the Rev. Henry Carpenter.
The Rev. WRAP HUNT, incumbent of St. Saviour's,
moved the first resolution, which stated—
" The conduct of the Romish Church in reference to the Sacred
Scriptures, as exhibited in the Bull recently issued by the Pope in
relation to Bible Societies, manifests the very spirit of Antichrist;
an I is calculated to awaken in every Protestant bosom compassion
for every member of the Church of ttome, and gratiturte to God for
bestowing the precious gift of his holy word—the source of Eng-
land's prosperity, and the basis of her civil and religious liberty.'

The Church of Rome, the rev. gentleman contended, had
always distinguished herself by her bitter opposition to
the Scriptures of truth. In the Council of Trent we found
her asserting that the Scriptures, if disseminated among
the people, would do more harm than good ; we found
her detracting from the Word of God ; we found
her opposing the purity of his Word by enforcing
the books of the Apocrypha, and by taking away the
second commandment, making up the number by di-
viding the tenth into two. In fact, she was distinguished
by her opposition to the Scriptures, thereby manifesting
the very spirit of anti-Christ. Anti-Christ he defined to
be a system of error in every age of the church ; it was
a system of error that opposed itself to Christ in one of his
three offices as prophet, priest, and king. In the days of
the Apostle John, Simon Magus, and his followers, who
denied that Christ came in the flesh, exhibited, with va-
rious modifications, the spirit of anti-Christ as it appeared
in succeeding ages ; and there had been many within our
own time. We had the anti-Christ of Unitarianism,
which opposed itself to the kingly office of the Lord Jesus
Christ, denying that he is the " King of Kings, and Lord
of Lords." We had the anti-Christ of Mahometanism,
which opposed itself to the prophetic office of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and set up another prophet in his stead ; and
we had the anti-Christ of Popery, which opposed itself to
the priestly office of Christ. In direct contradiction to the
statement of the Word of God, Popery asserted in the
sacrifice of the mass the insufficiency of the sacrifice of
the Saviour, and the insufficiency of his priestly office.
Popery thus usurped the priestly office of the Lord Jesus
Christ. To a certain extent it opposed itself to his kingly
office, for Poptry had invested the Pope with a power
that belonged to Christ only. She had set up the Pope,
as it were, in the temple of-the Lord ; she had placed him
above whatever was called God ; she had given to him all
dominion, principality, and power, which belonged only
to Christ; she had attempted to wrest from the Lord the
keys of death and hell, and place them in the hands of
the Pope, giving him the power of delivering from death
itself, and the punishment due to the wicked in the
world to come—in fact, placing him, in the church, as
the dispenser of those powers which belong only to the
Lord Jesus Christ. (Applause.) She opposed herself
to the prophetic office of the Lord Christ. Christ came
as a prophet, to declare the will of God—to make known
the revelation of God's mercy; the Pope came forward
and said, that what Christ told as the word of truth was
not enough—that he (the Pope) is to declare rightly the
word of truth ; and he claimed for the dogmas of the
church of Rome a credence quite as extensive as those
required for the Scriptures of truth aemselves. (Hear,
hear.) The Pope could never be wrong in his interpreta-
tion of the Scriptures, nor could he be in fault, because
he was to de'ermine whether what he said was right or
wrong. He thus destroyed the very essence of the Scrip-
tures; Le thusopposed himself to the Word of truth ; he thus
detractedfrom it; and in these respseti he proved that he
was the very spirit of Antichrist. (Hear, hear, hear.) He
contended that Popery was perfectly identified by the 6th
verse of the 4th chapter of St. John's Ist Epistle as "the
spirit of error." (Hear.) What Popery had been from
before the days of the Council of Trent she still continued
to be. She still continued to be opposed to the Word of
God. (Hear, hear.) The hull lately issued against the
Bible Society was a proof how she opposed the free disse-
mination of the Word of God. (Hear, hear.) From the
formation of the Bible Society, Popery bad continued to
be assailed in a manner in which she had never been since
the days of the Reformation. (Cheers.) The free dissemi-
nation of the Bible awakened men to the dangers of Popery.
( Hear). Consequently, popery was always hitter in oppo-
sition to the Bible Society. Pope Pius the 7th, in 1816,
issued his bull against the Bible Society, calling it by the
most opprobrious epithets, and his successor, Leo the
12th, issued his mandate to the priests of Ireland, that
they were not to allow their flocks to be led astray by
these poisonous pastures, meaning thereby the English
translation of the Bible. (Hear, hear.) In these few ex-
pressions, lie thought he had to sonic extent shewn that
the Roanish Church manifested the spirit of Antichrist.
(Hear.) The reverend gentleman then applied himself to
the consideration of the next assertion in the resolution,
namely, that these circumstances were calculated to
awaken in every Protestant bosom compassion for the
memory of the Church of Rome, in the course of which
he earnestly recommended the circulation of the Bible
as the only means of delivering the Roman Catholic laity
from their threldom. In proof of its efficacy, he referred
to the great progress which Protestantism had made in
Dingle, and remarked that hitherto we had neglected Ire-
land, but be rejoiced that now a professorship of the Irish
language had been founded in the University of Dublin,
where, by means of the instruction there received, young
men would be prepared to teach " the knowledge of the
truth " to their fellow-countryenen in their own lan-
guage. This, to use a favourite quotation of Mr. O'Con-
nell's, was the only way to make Ireland

" Great, glorious, and free,
First flower of the earth, first gem of the sea."
(Loud cheers.) And when the Scriptures of truth had
delivered the people from their mental thraldom, it might
be said—

" fie is the freeman whom the truth mak s free—
And all are slaves beside."

(Cheers.)

The Rev. HENRY CARPENTER seconded the resolution ;
and in the course of an eloquent speech he read several
passages from the Pope's letter against the Bible Society,
to show that in that letter there was enough and more
than enough to justify every statement that had been
made in relation to the hostility of the Church of Rome
to the light of Scripture. The same letter, too, fur-
nished an ample refutation of that fashionable error—
that heresy against all truth—that Rome was changed—
tht.t Rome in the 19th century was not what Rome was
in the 16th century. They must indeed be unacquainted
with the circumstances of Rome who were led away by
this supposition. They neglected to remember her cele-
brated motto semper eadent; that in that motto she as-
serted her determination to maintain the same idolatry,
persecution, perjury, and hostility to the Scriptures for
which she had ever been notorious. (Cheers.)
A collection was made at this stage of the meeting, dur-
ing which the hymn beginning " from all that dwell be-
low the skies" was sung by the meeting.
The Rev. Mr. IRVING moved the second resolution—
" That seeing the undisguised support and encouragement
which is given to popery and latitudinarianism in every shape,
to the discouragement of our National Church, it is heartily to be
wished that our Protestant friends would enrol themselves as
members of our Association, that we may, with the blessir g of
God upon our labours, make such a bold stand for the truth,
from time to time, that it may eventually reach the legislature,
and through them the government, to prevail upon them to re-
move the principles of expediency and concession which are
s,ipping: and undermining the great principles of the Reforma-
tion2,—(Clieers.)

Mr. 6tzsr seconded the resolution.
A vote of thanks was then presented to Mr. Inman, for
his able conduct in the chair, and the proceedings termi-
nated at a qulrter before ten o'clock.

LIEUT. PUDDICOMBE.—This officer, accused of steal-
ing some plate, from the house of a gentleman, at Cork,
where he was present at a ball, was tried for the alleged
offence, on Friday, and acquitted.
RUMOURED BREVET.—The expected military brevet
will include lieutenant-generals, major-generals, and co-
lonels of 1837; lieutenant-colonels, majors, and captains
of 1836 ; and will cause the following changes :—Major_
General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence to command the
Dublin diAriet, vice General Wyndham, promoted ;
Major-General Prince George of Cambridge to be In-
spector of Cavalry, vice General Lvgon, promoted; Co-
lonel Sir Pcbert Sale to he Deputy Adjutant-General in
Ireland, eke Colonel Napier, promoted ; Colonel Sir
Richard England, K.C.8., to be Adjutant-General in
India, vice Colonel Sir Robert Sale, to Ireland; Colonel
Love, C. 8., 73rd Regiment, to be Colonel on the Staff
at Corfu, vice Prince George of Cambridge; Colonel
Spink, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General in Ireland,
vice Bainbrigge, promoted.—Limerick chronicle.
Tom THUMB AND HIS EQUIPAGE.—Tbe general, his
carriage, pair of ponies, coachman, and footman, weighed
one day lately, at Spat Ichrook gate, near Birmingham,
7 cwt., 2 qrs., and 4 lbs.

The Rev. Jacob Smith, Wesleyan Minister at Sunder-
land, was drowned on Thursday lust, whilst bathing in
the sea at the North Sand,' between Sunderland and
Whitburn.

DREADFUL AF • FRAY —Last week a scuffle took place
between two men, named Tansy and Martin, at Halifax,
during which Martin gave Pansy a complete swing round
against the wall ; and the point of a knife in Tansy's hand
being in the direction of Martin's left ear, the latter,
during the turn at the wall, drove his head against it with
great force, T!insy's elbow resting at the time against the
thus giving a double force to the contact with the
knife, which entered just below the left ear, and inflicting
a dreadful wound, from which the man died on Tuesday.
A HINT TO OUR CABMEN.—According to a retort of
the Prefect of Police of Paris, the hackney-coach drivers
of that capital deposited in the hands of the authorities
18.079 f. in money, and articles to the value of 22,719 f., in
all 40,816 f., left by mistake in their vehicles during the
year 1843.

L ~DY CIGAR SMOKERS OF MEXICO.—Of all the petty
vices practised by the Nlcxicans, the vicio inocente of
smoking among ladies is the most intolerable ; and it is a
habit of which the loveliest arid most refined equally par-
tdie. The puro or cigarro is seen in the mouth of all ;
it is handed round in the parlour, and introduced at the
dinner table. Even in the ball-room it is presented to
ladies es regularly as any other specks of "refreshment;"
and in the dance the senorita may often be seen whirling
round wilt a lighted ctgarrito in her mouth. The belles
cf the southern cities are fregrently furnished with term-
zitos de ero (little golden tongs) to hold the cigar with,'so
as to prevent their delicate fingers from being polluted
either wi'h the stain or scent of tobacco, forgetting, at the
same time, its disagreeablt, effects upon the lips and breath.
—Gregg's Arc;rthern Mexico.

=,!l.itcraturr.

POETRY.

A LEGA I, BALLAD.

(From t,

kerbocker.)

An attorney was " taking a turn,"
Iu shabby habiliments Brest;
His coat was shockingly worn,
And the rust had invested his vest.

His breeches had suffered a breech,
His linen and worsted were worse;
He had scarce a whose crown in his hat,
And not a half-crown in his purse.

And thus as he wandered along.
A cheerless and comforting elf,
Ha sought for relief in a song,
Or complainingly talked to himself.

" Most unfortunate man that I am,
My only client is Gri,f;
The case is, I've no ' case' at all,
And in brief, I have nc'er had a brief.

"The profession's already so full
Of lawyers so full of preLssion,
That a modest young man like myself
Can't make the s:na lest impression

"They grant I'm acquainted with grants',
Can devise a ' devise.' or a plea,
Can make a good deal in fee simple,'
But I can't get the simplest ' fec.'

" I've waited, and waited in vain,
Expecting an opening' to find,
Where an honest young lawyer might gain
Some reward for the toil of his mind."

While thus he was wandering along,
His eye accidentally fell
On a very deep hole in the ground,
And he sighed to himself " It is well 1"

To curb his emotions, he sat
On the curb-stone the space of a minute,
Then cried " Here's an opening at last I"
And in less tr.an a jiffy was in it.
Next day twelve citizens came,
The " coroner's 'quest" to attend ;
To the endthat it might he determined
How the man had determined his end.

" The man was a lawyer, it seems,"
Said the foreman, who "opened" of course;
"A lawyer! alas !" sighed another,
He undoubtedly died of remorse."

A third said " He knew the deceas'd—
An r.ttorney, well versed in the laws;
And as to the cause of his death,
'Twas no doubt for want of a cause.' "

The " crowner s" at length gave a verdict,
Which finally settled the matter;
" That the young man was drown-ded, because
He could not keep his head above water !"

NOTICE.

Miscellaneous Poems, by Georgiana Marie Palmer.
Liverpool: Robert H. Frazer, James-street.
This little volume of occasional poems, which the au-
thoress offers to the world as a " Widow's Mite," contains
many pleasing and graceful pieces, which, if they do not
come up to the highest order of merit, display on the part
of the fair authoress a refined mind and great amiability
of disposition. It is dedicated, by permission, to the
Countess of Sefton, who is thus apostrophized in the
opening piece :

" Dear lady, but for thee my lyre,
By cypress boughs enwreathed,
All mute had hung, all quenched its fire,
Nor e'er again had breathed.
Thy kind, sweet looks, with feeling fraught,
Awolie its silent voice ;
They cheered with hope each widowed thought,
And bade my heart rejoice.

SELECTIONS.

NOVEL PLAN FOR VENTILATION.—The house is built
of mud and reeds, matted together; that is, there arc four
walls without other aperture but a door, while a thatch,
supported on poles, spreads on either side from the roof-
tree, forming a porch in front. This thatch is not allowed
to touch the tops of the walls ; but between them and it,
all around the house, a space of five or six feet has been
left, by means of which a free circulation of air is kept up
within.—Maker's Mexico.

A Pooh MAN.—It is possible that the accumulation of
wealth may add to the sorrow of the posessor. 1 know
an individual, with whom I was very intimate when a
youth, and I remember very well, at that time, whenever
I wanted relief or the poor he would give a 101. note, and
say, " Richard, never pass my door ; always come to me
when you want assistance for any deserving object." He
was then comparatively poor, having perhaps a fortune of
from 50,0001. to 60,000/. ; but now he is worth nearly
1,000,000/. One would have thought it ought to have
made its possessor happy ; but no, I knew not a more
miserable man than that. Rich as he is, it was but the
other day that he. ordered some of the beautiful trees in his
park to be felled, because he had not money to pay the
Income-tax with. It was but the other day that he lost
100,000/. in America; that made him mad. He has another
100,000/. which he does not know how to invest,—that
makes him miserable, and he is now under the impression
that he will die a poor man.—Oastler's Speech.

THE STORIES WHICH CHILDREN LOVE.—Of all the
subjects which fascinate a child, none can compete with
those in which religion is the mainspring : the narratives
of persecution and conversion, with all their high-souled
faith, strong endurance, or deep contrition, have a charm,
for the key of which we must look to a higher feeling than
imagination. What book is more popular with children
than the " Pilgrim's Progress " ? What child will not
bang over the tales of the covenanters in "Lights and
Shadows of Scottish Life ; " or, take a soberer example,
what young heart has not been impressed with the cheer-
ful piety that animates the" Vicar of Wakefield" ? How
salutary are such representations, compared with those
where religion is professed without reverence, and self-
condemnation without humility; or where children are
made to see sacrifices for which there are no motives, and
sufferings under which there is no consolation, and which,
at this tender age, can only harden or wither the heart!—
Quarterly Review.

LORD VERIDLAM'S TURTLE.—Lord Verulam once or-
dered a turtle from London, and a cook to dress it. Tur-
tle and cook both went down by coach, and arrived on the
same day. Several of the nobility were invited to dine.
The cook was in high spirits, but the turtle died. With
a long pale face, only to be equalled by the length and
whiteness of his own cap, the cook related the fact to
Lord Verulam. But as it was on the day of the dinner,
and as coaches then ran only four miles an hour, it was
impossible to obtain another turtle either for love or
money. What was to be done? The cook scratched his
bead, and finding nothing in it, at last asked for a carte
blanch to use whatever in the piggery, garden, or kitchen,
he could find. Permission was given. The noblemen
came. All declared the turtle-soup excellent. Next day
the surrounding gentry were invited. They dined off the
turtle, they declared it surpassed anything in the world.
Nest day the Hertfordshire Yeomanry were invited, they
dined off the same turtle, and all went home in extacy.
The next day the cook buried the dead turtle, and went
home laughing at the nobility, gentry, and the public.
METEORS IN CHlNA.—Throughout Chinese history,
the phenomena of nature, such as an eclipse, the appear-
ance of a comet, a vivid meteor, an earthquake, as well as
pestilence, excessive rains, drought, locusts, and famine,
have been regarded as signifying the displeasure of Heaven,
and have induced a real or a feigned desire to repent, and
to reform. General pardons have been granted ; measures
taken to alleviate the distresses of the poor; and imperial
proclamations issued, inviting persons to speak pointedly
and freely their opinions of what they deemed amiss in the
sovereign s conduct. Chinese history mentions 101 earth-
quakes ; 26 falling, or rushing down the mountains ; and
63 floods, occasioned by excessive rains, or irruptions of
water from and beneath the surface of the earth. They
mention a few times a phenomenon which appeared to
them as raining down of blood, and once in which the
wind appeared as blood. Storms of rain and hail are
mentioned 24 times; and great storms of rain arid bail
four times. The hail-stones are once compared to cocks
and hens for size, and are said to have measured in di-
ameter two cubits five-tenths. On this occasion it is said
that they killed the people on whom they fell.—Captain
Pidding's Chinese Olio.
"REVELATIONS OF LONDON, BY MR. AINSWORTH!"
—Nothing can be more true than the old saying, " One
half of the world knows not how t'other lives." In Lon-
don especially are many strange and unsuspected modes
of life—hundreds of characters whose attributes differ as
much from those by whom they are surrounded as beings
of another sphere—humours, eccentricities, the happy
brightness of virtue neighboured by light-hating sin—
revelry, despair, prosperous industry, and profligate idle-
ness deepening into crime. Mysteries of all kinds lurk in
the recesses of London streets and alleys. Nowhere is
the nobility of the human heart more grandly displayed—
nowhere do its desperate obliquities more fearfully exist.
Mr. :Ainsworth is the very man to reveal all; and we
observe that the October number of his " Ainsworth's
Magazine" contains the commencement of his work,
" Revelations of London."
ODERN SCENERY IN GlLEAD.—Beauty still dwells
in Gilead, though the wild boar out of the forest doth de-
vour it, and El-Belka, the ancient Bashan, is rich in pas-
ture and woodland; its noble oaks and its fine flocks and
herds retain their old pre-eminence. Speaking of his
journey through the mountains of Gilead, Buckingham
says, " We had no sooner passed the summit of the se-
cond range, going down a short distance on its eastern
aide by a very gentle descent, than we found ourselves on
plains of nearly as high a level as the mountains or the
hills themselves, and certainly eight hundred feet at least
above the stream of the Jordan. The character too of the
country Was quite different from anything I had seen in
Palestine, from my first landing in Soor to the present
moment. We are now in a land of extraordinary rich-
ness, abounding with the most beautiful prospects,
clothed with thick forests, varied with verdant slopes,
and possessing extensive plains of a fine red soil, now
covered with thistles as the best proof of its fertility, and
yielding in nothing to the celebrated plains of Zabulon
and Esdraelon in Galilee and Samaria. we continued
our way to the north-east, through a country the beauty
of which so surprised us that we often asked each other
what were our sensations ; as if to ascertain the reality
of what we saw, and persuade each other, by mutual con-
fessions of our delight, that the picture before us was not
an optical delusion. The landscape alone, which varied
at every turn, and give us new beauties from every dif-
ferent point of view, was of itself worth all the pains of
an excursion to the eastward of the Jordan to obtain a
sight of it ; and the park-like scenes that sometimes
softened the romantic wildness of the general character
as a whole, reminded us of similar spots in less neglected
lands."

BLAIR ATHOL AND GLEN TlLT.—What a change in a
century ! It is not quite a century since "the Foi ty-five,"
and here in sylvan retreat and highland sports are a queen
of the detested house of Hanover, her German husband,
and her child, in the very heart of the land of Stuart de-
votedness—

" Down by Loch Tummell and banks o' the Garey."
A hundred years ago their lives would not have been
worth a pin's fee; now they are all but worshipped by
the same race of men, guarded like idols, the wild deer
chased, and the loveliest green of all the Scottish glens,
Glen Tilt, and the romantic falls of Bruar, " promenaded"
like Kensington and St. James's. What voices might
the walls of Carlisle and the Tower and Temple Bar of
London utter, could the ghastiey heads exhibited on them
witness this strange scene! Who can look forward to
1944 ?—Literary Gazelle.

THE RIGHT OF THE CHURCH TO EDUCATE THE PRO-
PLE.—And when we come to enter into a thoughtful ana-
lysis of the spiritual machinery, which a pure and aposto-
lic Church can bring to act on the internal life-springs of
a being like man,—we can well understand what is meant
by the disputed but vet noble assertion, the Church is
alone competent tO EDUCATE the national heart and con-
science. To take only a hasty view of the matter. When
the grosser wants of the body are reasonably supplied ;
when the cravings of the animal aee subdued, and the exi-
gencies of the interior man are to be met ; what a mass of
new ideas, what might of truth, what majesty of doctrine,
does her prophetic office (under Christ) enable her to
bring down on the intellectual powers ! For instance :
confine your views to the incarnation of the Eternal Son,
and to redemption through His atoning Blood ; and let
these two facts be preached with energy, applied with
earnestness, and in every possible mode be urged home
with affectionate pressure on the intelligence of the poor
and the depraved,—and by the Spirit's blessing, how
much of sublime repulsion is there in these two facts
alone, wherewith to expel political discontent and social
despair from the bosom of humanity ! Let the humbler
classes be encouraged to behold the essential dignity, the
spiritual nobility of manhood, as generically assumed
into the Person of the Only-Begotten,—and much is ac-
complished towards proving to them, in what the ideal
of man's equality consists. While the ambassador of
heaven narrates to him how in Adam all die, and are
under the curse of irreconcilable law, guilty, polluted, and
undone; let him also hold forth to him the gleams of im-
mortal glory which the Incarnation radiates around indi-
vidual man, as taken into membership with Christ. Let
him teach him how the sublime of personality, that is,
spiritual enlargement and liberty and elevation of our na-
ture,—consists not in earthly rank or secular good, or in
any form of political privilege whatsoever ; but in being
federally related unto the Lord Jesus, as the Head of re-
deemed manhood, the First-born among many Brethren,
after whose " image," the whole body of His believing
people, are " predestinated" to be conformed. Again :
let the faithful pastor endeavour to show the deluded
martyrs of a mistaken liberty, that the grand secret of
man's freedom is found in submission to a law without;
that law being the disposing Will of God. And when the
sinful but awakened man asks, " who is sufficient for
these things?" let him be told that all moral " sufficiency
is of God ; ' and that the finest expansion of his faculties
and the highest glory of his being are related to the secret
indwelling of that Divine Spirit, whose delight it is on
earth, to inhabit the souls of them for whom the S-n of
God was crucified."—Rev. R. Montgomery's Gospel be-
fore the Age.
THE STRATAGEMS OF POPERY,—AII the contest I had
since I came here, was the following; what effect it will
have I know not yet, but I write to show the wiles and
stratagems the priests use even by the Scriptures, where
they can get a sentence to wrest. Miss 11—, who is
now in London, has two nieces here, who are, according
to their age, not deficient in know/edge. A man who
lives convenient, came to them, and told them that St.
Peter was the rock that Christ built his Church on ' • and
whosoever was not built on that rock must perish, and
defied them to prove to the contrary. They not having
considered the subject, were thunderstruck, and told him
they could not answer him, but would consult me when I
would come. " That is what I want," said he ; " tell him
1 will meet him next Sunday evening." When I called,
they told me, in great surprise, that they could not answer
him, and of his challenge to me. I told them I would
meet him, but from circumstances 1 could not attend at
the time appointed. He came, and not finding me, went
off vauntingly, and told them I should meet him the fol-
lowing Sunday. I got the account, but could not attend ;
so he cried out, that I dared not meet him, and it was the
opinion of others also—hut the third time I came. He
did not wait to be sent for; he came with his wife and
others. One of the young ladies opened the subject,
That he said, Peter was the rock Christ built his Church
on. I said, " A very bad foundation he laid." They
looked with surprise at me. " Why," said he "is not
Peter called a rock in the Testament ?" " No," said I,
"no where." Said he, " Did not Jesus say, thou art
Peter, and on this rock I will build my church?" &c.
" Well, friend," said I, " I will give you scope enough ;
will you not admit there is a great difference between this
and that ?" " Surely," said he. " Well, if he had built
his rock on Peter, he would have said, on that rock I will
build my church ; but the word is, on this rock." But
I promised to prove that Peter is no where called a rock :
I showed in the Ist chapter of John, where Cephas is in-
terpreted a stone, and that a rock is an immoveable
thing, and a stone is a moveable thing. And in the
Scriptures Jehovah is called the rock of ages, and three
times in the 18th Psalm he is called a rock, and three
times in the 101st Psalm. And in the Bth of Isaiah, that
the Almighty has laid Jesus " as a stone of stumbling, and
a rock of offence." I read for them Ist of Chorinthians,
3d chapter, wt. ere Paul shows, other foundation can no
man lay than that which is laid ; and said, they in the
wilderness drank of that rock which followed them, and
that rock was Christ, with other passages. "So friend,"
said I, "we must see the burden which my rock will
bear, and that which your rock will bear; for if Peter is
the rock which Christ built his church upon, that rock
must bear all the sins that are laid on it. So in that very
night that the Lord was betrayed, when the great load
was laid on him, his sweat was as great drops of blood
falling to the ground. What was your rock doing then ?
Why, sleeping. So there was a shipwreck made of the.
church built on Peter, at the first trial. Next, when
Jesus was buffeted, scourged, and crowned with thorns,
what was your rock doing ? Why he was cursing and
swearing that he never knew him. But Peter, who was a
lively stone in the building, though not the rock, after he
was converted, does not leave us ignorant; for in the 2nd
chapter of his Ist Epistle he shews you plainly, that Jesus
to you is a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, for
you plainly stumble at the worn.—Life of Wm. Moore.
ANECDOTES OF BONAFARTE.—In the imperial palace
it was never known before-hand the week or even the day
when Napoleon would quit his residence to take the com-
mand of his troops. It was invariably expected, that all
the officers, both civil and military, should be ready to
follow him at a moment's notice ; for he never informed
those whom he wished to take with him until a few hours
before his departure ; and, as they knew not the place he
would go to, each one patiently waited until the grand
marshal should communicate the orders of the emperor.
These orders once given, the preparations for the journey
were soon made : we were then ready to follow Napoleon
to the end of the world, if he had ordered us. At the
time to which I am referring, he chose to depart from St.
Cloud in the middle of the night, accompanied in his car-
riage by his grand marshal and grand equerry, and passed
over, with the rapidity of light, a space of one hundred
and fifty French leagues in less than thirty-six hours.
The order of the journey was as follows. On the left side
of the carriage, an aid-de-camp on service rode; on the
right, the equerry on service ; the other aid-de-camp, the
equerries, the orderly-officers, the Mameluke Rustan, and
the domestics of the suite, accompanied the carriage;
while all these were followed by an escort of the chasseurs
of the guard, and the guides, commanded by an officer.
On they precipitated themselves like a hurricane, in full
trot, night as well as by day, for eight, ten, and even
twelve leagues, sometimes without even halting. We,
who were obliged to follow this whirlwind, during the
night above all, were, as you might suppose, not very
well at our ease. In places where the road might be
narrow, we would sometimes run one upon another, and
with an ardour and zeal that had the appearance of some-
thing savage in it. Evil to him who was not a good
horseman, or perfectly sure of his horse ; for, in tumbling,
he would be sure of being trod under foot by the horses
in his rear, before their riders would be able to arrest
their speed. On went the torrent—on we precipitated
ourselves—in heat or in rain, on the ice, across the snow,
the dust, or the mist, to be always within the reach of
the voice of our master, or to obtain one single look from
him. Those who least suffered the fatigue were the
.orderly-officer, the page, the groom, mid twelve chasseurs
of the guard, who all preceded the carriage at about six
paces, these not having the fear of a reprimand in conse-
quence of the postilions regulating their movements by
the pace of their horses. Napoleon, notwithstanding,
almost constantly thought that the postilions never drove
quite fast enough. " Tbey go along like ducked hens !"
he would exclaim, while striking his fist against the side
of the carriage ; "we shall never arrive!" Then lower-
ing one of the front sash-windows, he would thrust out
his head, and address himself to the postilions. " Get
on ! get on ! are you asleep ? you make no progress : get
on, then ! " Whenever Napoleon stopped on the road,
the whole of the suite did the same, and dismounted,
excepting the chasseurs of the escort, who remained in
their saddles. If the emperor got out of the carriage,
four of the guides would dismount, fix bayonets, present
arms, and remain around him in single files; but not an
officer moved from his place, unless Napoleon gave the
word, by saying, " Dismount, gentlemen." If any of
those who were to have joined him remained in the rear,
they sometimes did not arrive at head-quarters until a
day after a victory, or perhaps the campaign had ended.
" It is good time to arrive, ma foi I" Napoleon would
exclaia to a loiterer ; " happily, sir, we did without you."
* * Before any serious engagement was expected to
take place, and when circumstances obliged Napoleon to
remain for some time in the open air, whether in the
morning or in the evening, the grooms and domestics of
the escort always prepared a large fire, nourished by an
extraordinary quantity of wood, comprised of entire
branches of trees, of enormous logs, and even of beams.
During this time, Berthier, Duroc, or Caulincourt, were
his faithful companions. It was rare, on such an occa-
sion, that any other than these three persons were to be
found with him, unless he happened to send for any one
from whom he expected some information, or to deliver
instructions, or to convey orders to any particular mar-
shal. All, save the three mentioned persons, remained
at a distance of about fifty yards from him, and formed a
species of circle round the fire of the emperor. Before
this fire he would walk alone, now and then whistling in
a low key, while waiting to hear the sound of a cannon,
or any other signal agreed upon with the chiefs of corps.
After he became tired he would take a pinch of snuff,
strike here and there his feet against any pebbles he might
neiixti•oilleiisnpreerwamithbuttetimon,
perambulations,
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his boots.—Colonel Tucker's Tales.