The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

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FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,. ' 71`11•E WEST INDIES.- • themselves, determined to lose their freedom only with
--s-- _____ ARRIVAL OF THE AVON. ' ' their lives ; and conspicuous among this number has been
AMERICA. The royalmail steam-ship Avon arrived at Southampton William Craft. You perhaps remember the romantic
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. on Sunday, with t_-.e mails from the Pacific and the West story of the escape of William and his young wife, which
The British and North American Royal Mail Steam- Indies, under charge of Lieutenant Hast, R. N. 'She has they *effected by her assuming man's apparel, and
fillip Niagara, Capt. Stone, arrived here on Tuesday morn- a large number of passengers, and about £200,000 clmer- travelling through the southern states as a young
ing at a quarter to ten. She left New York on the 4th chants' account. She has experienced very heavy winds invalid planter, attended by his body servant. They
- inst. at noon, and has consequently made a very rapid from the north-west. have now lived here in peace for about two years,
passage, having had to encounter strong gales of wind, From Jamaica, the Pacific ports, and most of the West till this wicked law stirred uo two ruffians from Georgia
especially on the 12th, when at six o'clock, a.m. the log India islands we have later accounts, via the United to attempt to force them back into slavery. They have
records " Blowing a hurricane." The longest distance States, by the Europa, than those by the Avon. -known for some time that an effort was to be made to
run in a single day was on the I lth, when she made 270 Lima accounts, of the 9th ult„ state that an organised abduct them, but it was not till about four weeks since
miles. 'The Niagara brought fifty-two passengers, and body of bandits were keeping the city in continual alarm, that the slave hunters made their dreaded appearance in
-256,000 dollars in specie. On Monday, 20 miles east of committing nightly both murders end robberies of the Boston. William was urged by his friends to fly, but
„Tuskar, she spoke the Chimrera, of this port, dismasted, most daring character. The Callao railway was finished he took his resolution independently and carefully. He
and offered to take off the crew, but they refused. to within a mile and a half. An accident had occurred calmly replied that he had rtm far enough. and that
On the 4th the Niagara passed the steam-ship Arctic, during a trial trip, by which three or four persons were he intended to defend himself in Boston against all
about four hours' sail from New York, and at seven, p.m. killed, and thirty or forty wounded. Freights to England comers. Ellen ardently desired to share the danger
on the sth passed R.M.S. Asia, New York bearing E, 30 to 40 dollars. • and the defence of her husband; but, after some time,
290 miles distant. The Arctic sailed from Liverpool on Accounts from Ecuador, of November 15tb, contain no was persuaded for his sake to withdraw to another
tbe 20th ult., and the Asia on tho 23d. news of importance. Freights to England were '728. 6d. part of the city. William, who is a cabinet-maker, has
'Exchanges were in active demand for remittance by the Accounts from Grey Town, ( Nicaragua,) dated No- remained steadily at his shop, working at his bench,
steamer, at 94 to 9- per cent. vember 17th. state that the district was unhealthy. Her with a pair of pistols and a Bible arrayed upon it, coolly
In the Senate, Mr. Benton has given notice of a bill Majesty's steamer Inflexible was lying there. Between awaiting his life struggle with the government of the
granting land for the construction of a railroad from St. thirty and forty cases of fever were reported on board of United States. No intreaties could move him to abandon
Louis to San Francisco. her.
his resolution to stand and die for his freedom on his own
The remaining Contoy prisoners are about to be re- Accounts from Santa Martha and likewise Carthagena threshold 1 and for, at least, a fortnight, while warrants
leased by order of the Spanish Government. state that the islands were healthy. No news of im- of arrest were in the hands of the marshal, has this heroic
The Governor of Virginia, in his message, says : portance,
man faced and paralysed the tyrant power of this nation.
" Virginia—and I think ail slave. holding states—can and Letters from Havana, of the 23rd ult.. announce, that No one has dared to attempt his arrest, and the slave
2ought calmly but explicitly to declare that the repeal of the Spanish war steam-ship Caledonia, which lately made hunters have left Boston discomfited. Verily one shall
the Fugitive Slave Bill, or any essential modification of so quick a passage from Cadiz to Havana, left that port chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to
it, is a virtual repeal of the Union." The South Caro- again on the 21st, for Cadiz, bearing Count Alcoy on his flight. The arrival of Mr. Thompson from England
lina legislature has passed resolutions declaring their de- return to Spain.
and his strong representations of the beneficial impres-
termination not to elect Senators to fill vacancies, and
-directing their representatives nor to take their seats in Agricultural colonies of Jews are to be established on public, have induced him to quit his position here, No
Congress, and refusing to hold intercourse with all states the waste lands in Hungary. personal fear drives him :he is the calmest man among u
-that
bill. throw obstacles in the way of the enforcement of The extensive glass and porcelain manufactory of the
all. I trust they will both be welcomed cordially on
e Turkish government at Beykos has been destroyed by side of the Atlantic. They are each remarkable persons
The total export of gold and silver from New York fire. The loss is estimated at £150,060. in their different vrays, and very pleasing in externals, having
during the present year amounts to 48,660,270, most of The cholera is making great ravages at Sacramento astonishinglyirnproved in their language and mannerssinee
which was shipped within the last four months. This is city. The deaths for the week ending the 26th October they left slavery. Ellen, as you of course will have
a small amount compared with the amount received were 90.
inferred, is very nearly a white girl, and is a person of
from California and other parts. The editors of the new German Zeitung, a social demo- engaging appearance and genuine refinement. She has
A fearful tornado had visited the valley of the Missis- cratic paper, have been ordered to quit Frankfort in 24 a certain quiet self-possession and modest dignity of
aippi, a short distance from St. Louis. Above 70 build- hours.
manner, marking her superior character, and giving the
Ines were destroyed at the town of Cape Girardeau, in- The Secretary of the United States Navy has recom- impression that she will know how to conduct herself
eluding several churches, one convent, the partial loss of mended Congress to establish a steam mail line from San under any circumstances."
two steamboats, and, we are sorry to add, numerous lives. Francisco to Macao, China.
.............—„____„_.„
The force of the tornado was so'gratt as to actually lift a A priest named Halter w .as on Friday condemned by IRELAND.
cow from the ground and deposit her on the top of a tree default by the Tribunal of Correctional Police to five
—*—
a.t a height of sixty feet. The town is literally torn to , years' imprisonment. 50 francs fine. and 11,T,-.‘ 'par:' ;ntnr_ -- __ _

LI/ERPOOL STANDARD.

On Monday, in London, the tide of the Thames burst
into a sewer, which a number of men were repairing.
Several escaped narrowly, and two were drowned.
The ancient sport of hawking is about to be revived at
Cheltenham. A meeting of the gentry is to be held upon
the subject.
Miss Anne Romer will make her debfit at the Hay-
market on Boxing-night, in a new burlesque, written by
the Brothers Brough.
_ _

Mrs. Davison, one of the principal milliners of Sunder-
land, has been committed for trial, charged with forging
divers bills of exchange.

Rumour gives the Duke of Cambridge the coloneley of
the Ist Dragoon Guards, vacant by the decease of Sir
William Lumley.

All the prisoners charged with the extensive plate rob-
bery in the Strand, London, have been acquitted, except
the youth who made such an extraordinary confession.
He has been transported for twenty years.
At York assizes, on Thursday, an old man of 69, and a
youth aged 18, were sentenced to death by Mr. Justice
Patteson, for' en abominable offence with each other,
which was unmistakeably proved.
The Stamford Mercury states that in several nuarterg

Sir Henry

'er NV3S AL INeW
versary of the

rid made a long

Bishop of K

xpose of detecting sheep-

.pest Wes

steamboats have: been

General A
Jenny Li

lected I

t of Mexico

A fishing boat was upset in Dundrum Bay, on Sat
- - --------- ''c'v `-'"L'aus- day week, and six men we:-:. _7_
..-I burned at the mouth of the Potomac, on On Sunday week, a man named 11., , - ---
alt., and eight persons, including the capL sin and Belfast, was murdered by his son. During a quarrel, the
'-hed in the flames.
, latter stabbed his father with a pocket-knife, from the
- . u effects of which he died in a few hours.

The United Service Gazette says that in a regiment of
the line the officers enforce a rule that every officer who
marries must either exchange into another regiment or
sell his commission.

AT'Aranus, livine at

led with the Tu

Neiri Shevket, which sank

The celebrated fisherman, Nicks, of Torquay, had ex-
traordinary catches of sprats during the past week. The
.•.
' by his having made .£2O by sell.

President del
in the Ameri

inople

but the topic

'y, has already reached J slates

The Icing of Denmark is about to se

ruck a cow-house, and several
Three cows and a calf

were flung a great distant
,struck dead. Several per
some buildidgs were damaged.
l and Mr. Daniel O'Connell, youngest son of the agitator
Ing met with a serious accident at Killarney on Wednesday.
-.57 While loading one of the barrels of his gun the other
"),tally went qff. and shattered his left hand fright-

in; at 4d. par hundred

'ate from Madame

ons were also injured, and

-A. little boy, two years old, drawn in a wicker basket
chaise, by a servant girl, about 15 years of age, were sent
into the Walworth-road, London, about 12 o'clock on
Friday week, and neither of them have since been heard
of.

important
follanin

whom he. lately mart

rn whom th

principle

,ted in a fe

He is about to m

judicial d
States. '

h Sep., the Portuguese frigate Donna Maria
ram), and the offieers,_nearly two hundred in

An aged maiden lady, named Kellaway, living near
Sherborne, jumped out of the bed-room window, a heightot

lock-jaw vi

croach rri en

with provisio

fired at the time, in honour of the birthday of the I
't of the Queen of Portugal.

VERSITY

I) CLERICAL NEWS,

consequence
his duty to a

ernment

10 not do things by halvE
curie's system of " puttir
Christianity by a decre

constitution,
rebuke to th

States, for the r

.ovincial prefect, and

ianit3 to be " ill

Air. Shei
Universit

,pal Church comp

The P,
the reN
ties on
lie is t
duties ;

D bishops,

and one thousand five I
en. The state of New .1
3, one with two hundred
with one hundred and a

and the othc

Baltimore and Ohio railroad

the promotion of i

Rer. C;

pel Alolyne

everal bac

The mi

pock Chapel, London

in Flintshire. Some children pl;tin;;Ttiflucife;;a‘t'Cri

live of the I

agric

n in Cum

u of the

minations of the Tort

ent of a hoar
sting Califon

s also t

.commend

on the present tootin

.en but recent

mostly due to K

;s at th

extension of

He is hap

-Jord Grey ha

trnast(

General in recon

strolg letter of contradiction to the public
and statements of Dr. Lang. Its Lordship s._
st in England Dr. Lang never on addressed a I studer
M L: •- -t

reforms der

upon contingencic

avows himself in

thereupon reco

for the cor

of such work

n conic

nod for the cor,

,ent of

I general importance,

, DEC. 4, 1850
under 1

Pee. g 4, 181ei

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_
,li.tneral intOrtliany.• • PUNCTUALITY EXTRAORDINARY.—A bet was made by ItUr
al'
Mr. John Scott, commercial traveller, of London, in the
It is stated that the Daily News has been purchased by tea trade, of a hundred to one. (and taken,) on the 9th ftrtrultural anb *)ortint
T_....411
We have always considered it a duty to urge 01.1;10
the London Water Companies., to advocate their interests. of September, that he would be again at Market Raisin
John Warren has been transported for life for the on the 10th of December by seven o'clock in the evening, plants, simply because there is no class of pia-nr!A 0
to take a warmer interest in the culture of •A._loll
forgeries and robberies from the Leeds post-office. half an hour over or under. The gentleman made his adapted to the locality, none more ornamental, and 0
Pensions of £loo_a year each has been granted to George appearance driving into the White Hart-yard as the clock requiring less care and attention. Let the gorgeo'o_ J
Petre, Esq., L.L.D., and to J. Kitto, Esq., M.D. ' . struck seven :he therefore winning his somewhat extra- plays now yearly made in London be but once seen'
The workmen employed at Wilson's iron foundry, ordinary bet.
Hunslet, near Leeds, have struck for wages. On Monday evening a bullock, being driven from
Band in ' 0
parts. .The stocks at present on han
on our
there would be no further necessity for any atirtre
The Duke of Cambridge has invented a new frock coat Smithfield market, suddenly broke furiously away, and
for the officers and men of infantry regiments. ran a course of destruction as far as Coldbath-fields, toss- demand.
ing, in its way, Mrs. Hughes, a ewo opener at St. Philip's mediate One great hindrance to the. a_.'':,tho
verpool nurseries would be insufficient to supPlY tende
A range of workshops at Clapham, and some stacks of
timber, have been destroyed by fire. Church, and seriously injuring her. It knocked down that they will not grow in anything but bog soil, 'c';',l The people of Hull are still making strenuous efforts to another female, and so seriously gored a man that he was is both troublesome and expensive to procure. ° reduce the dock rates considerably, and to bring about obliged to be conveyed in a cab to St. Bartholomew's
the purchase of the docks by the corporation. hospital. Before it was captured it smashed in three shop
sandyhowever,ti s
snooi
lt, thesay case, for
partfo r
iirti has
four, beenwi l
lf
fully
fully
saw-dust, exposed to the weather until i't is thorougu,
re b°'
Several colliers from Kilmarnock have been hired by fronts, upset two cabs, overturned various trucks and rotten, and the exhausted tan of the bark-bed, are
Island the Hudson's Bay Company to proceed to Vancouver's apple-stands, besides doing other damage in its mad materials easily had, and which, with a slight mi er fc
Island in order to work the coal mines. career.
doer was
.made, it will be remembered, in February last, by answ
all tb
5,000
The vessel Ada, which has arrived in France, from _ Mumma AND SUICIDE.—A desperate attempt at mur-
J John Lillinerap, a servant to Mr. W. A.' Yen, High yp"ved tb'l
heaths, rhododendrons, azaleas, kalmias, and
head r
Mogador, has brought the very large number 'of
other beautiful genera wh:ch rank under
the
lour au
tortoises.
American plants. In point of brilliancy ot. °hada°
A child, a few months old, died in Edinburgh on Mon- Sheriff of Devon, who shot and severely wounded W. abundance of blossom, nothing can exceed the r
_r tb
day, from being suffocated by the shawl with which the Symonds, a fellow-servant, and believing he had killed
heard of afterwards until last Wednesday, whea his body drons and azaleaa, whilst the delicious perfumeroi_,,„,
nurse bad covered its face. the man, he immediately took to flight, and was never latter rivals that- of the honeysuckle. Anothe
.g,;
On Monday, in London, the tide of the Thames burst
analit, i. th.:.. ~...1.. a • ii K to if a rai/..,
into a sewer. which A nnmh.p of rri.. m...n .....,...;..:-- was discovered in +h. ..;,,,,...m..... i___

We have always considered it a duty to urge °art:di
tolttask,ea
simplyw ecaarbmerusienttehreerset
is
sn
nt hoecicauslsturofe of ItetuJ
pan
plants ridair-ns
adapted to the locality, none more ornamental, na., op
requiring less care and attention. Let the gorgeaus sod
plays now yearly made in London be but once see!' ,i
there would be no further necessity for any stil°7,3l.
on our parts. The stocks at present on hand in 1""jor
verpool rurseries would be insufficient to supplY the Jeri
mediate demand. One great hindrance to the extensio
culture of this beautiful class of plants, is the imPteshich
that they will not grow in anything but bog soil, ;di,
is both troublesome and expensive to procure. °
d Ott
however, is not the case, for it has been fully prove blf
saw-dust, exposed to the weather until it is thorou both
rotten, and the exhausted tan of the bark-bed, are of
materials easily had, and which, with a slight mixt° for
Asamnedryiepacnatosaonilt,s.say one part in four, will fully nnswertbe
heaths, rhododendrons azaleas, kalmias, and all of
other beautiful
olafttleeraf_rmivoaulsldthanatd
abundance of blossom, nothing can exceed the rho
of
drons and azaleas, whilst the delicious perfume or ...,,A
genera
ol olf anmtli
eipointsil whichaodnodef
added
dsuckle.
ee brilliancy
underoAo: thelot
h. 1
echrue
ra d.g, ;
;,__:a:
quality is their early flowering. Moreover, if a mixt he
mpost of t
abnetdi,
tihtuadds
rtmo iatsdefficiency, becomesbabnerdy, w available : ts,
roses, which may be planted amongst the other Pall st
which ill be alma
constantly in flower. bola
There is another reason why the American plants 5
that
be brought into notice in Liverpool, namely, the fact,
three or four of our nurserymen have been eininelTY
aro3'
beautysuccessfula
ti
din
htahrediri
nes
a culture,any o
anfd
tahtopsreese
whichn t th ebraevaere v
crea;
ties in some of our local establishments which exceenvid
such a furore at the London exhibitions.

MURDER. AND SUICIDE.—A desperate attempt at mur-
der was made, it will be remembered, in February last, by
John Lillingrap, a servant to Mr. W. A.' Yeo, High
Sheriff of Devon, who shot and severely wounded W.
Symonds, a fellow-servant, and believing he bad killed
the man, he immediately took to flight, and was never
heard of afterwards until last Wednesday, when his body
was discovered in the river Taw by some gentlemen en-
gaged in duck shooting. It was only by his clothing, &c.;
that he was identified. The body had evidently been in
the water some months, and it is conjectured that he had
drowned himself a short time after his attempt at murder,
his watch having stopped at half an hour after the period
of the event.

FACTORlES.—According to a parliamentary return,
the total number of factories of all kinds in the united
kingdom is. 4,330, containing 25,638,716 spindles, and
298,916 powerlooms. The moving power employed in
108,113 is steam, and 26,104 in water. In the silk-throw-
ing mills, 1,737 boys and 3,916 girls, between 11 and 13,
are employed. The total number of children under 13
years of age employed in factories who attend school is
19,400 boys, and 15,722 girls. The total nnmber of
males employed between 13 and 18 is 66 864, that of
females above 13 is 329,577, and that of males above 18 is
157,866. The total number of persons of both sexes
employed in factories is 596,082.
A TASTE FOR PICKLES.—A workman in the employ of
knthony Hill, Esq., at Merthyr Tydvil, lately ordered
d gin-
bage.

EARLY PEAS AND BEANS. _otecting
b ft tried
have seen innumerable suggestions for Prot
early peas from mice and birds, and we havesv th
co , plan
and recommended many, but in no case and
p
satisfaction. We have, however, lately tried
ond oaf
with perfect success ; and we think its simPliclt is sir'"
application will recommend it to every one,i p Yell"'
ply this. We procured from Messrs. C. an" ‘,. netting,
the eminent wire-workers, some of their sv:ir';,,ke two
-ine foot in width, and in lengths of 8 feet. 1' e -,. string
_ . . ~. of these lengths, and with a few pieces of wire 1::;.ds Of 8
The wife obeyed,—but instead of ginger she purchased tie them together so that they will open like the
~.; o,ter
two pennyworth of gingerbread, and made the required book. We then open them partly, and place the"' war
pickle. But her husband's relish failed him, and he con-
tented himself with saying that great folks ate what poor the row of peas like a ridge-roof. As many lengths -at
re crowned
ll are put
'I,
people would not give to their pigs. Another workman
bought a jar of onions, and devoured the whole be taken as are required by the row, and when a ~, two
up and fixed, the ends may be easily blocked up wit moat
i,
pickled
are i" •
N, with his supper. His wife, in fine revenge, went and convenient; and when done with, they will lie Os' of
bought a send, which she also consume, all but the
capsicum pods, which, she said, were too tart for her.—as
the tool-house without occupying much space, ~, be
pieces of board. We find 6or 8-feet lengths la
v.
means might aPv my
Swansea Herald. 4
used to protect rows of strawberries, and its eccaLte
vs FEARFUL EXPLOSION.—A frightful explosion took would not be its least recommendation, for it would
suffered place in Banbridge, on Sunday, when several parties course they all lie flat. The same
_ors.
suffered very materially from the catastrophe. About life-time. and its first cost is but a trifle.
Ng. four o'clock in the evening one of Mr. Halliday's young
es men went into the powder store for the purpose of empty-
it. ing a canister for general use in the shop, and on bring-
.h, ing it off the shelf some of the powder spilled, which was
be upwards of thirty feet, on Sunday week, and was instantly gathered up, with the exception of some grains that still
killed. She had been in a desponding state of mind for remained on the floor. He incautiously put the lighted
some time. candle to them, and in a moment the explosion was ter-
At Exmouth, Devon, about three weeks since, two lit- rifle. Not a window in the house but was blown to
ieces. Three of the young men were found in a dreadful
tie children were so terrified by seeing a man with a mask P
_
Mr. Bramley-Moore, jun., was second in the list of on, that they died last week. During their illness they state, scarcely a feature recognisable, and one in his
" freshmen," at the examination last week at Trinity continually cried out, "He is coming," " There he is," agony ran to the street with his head and clothes on fire.
College, Cambridge. and such-like expressions. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY LIGHTNING.—On
Colonel Mure has resolved to give his casting vote to I THE HALIFAX BOILER EXPLOSION.—A verdict of Sunday morning week, about three o'clock, the inhabi-
-iff Alison, as Lord Rector of the Glasgow manslaughter has been returned against one of the pro- tants of Abingdon were suddenly roused from their slum-
prietors of the mill, and against th engine-tenter. The hers by a thunder-storm, which burst immediately over
......, the Christmas examination of Trinity College, Cam- evidence went to show that the proprietor was aware that the town. Scarcely a quarter of an hour had elapsed
bridge, the Rev. G. C. Gorbarn's son was the second the exploded boiler was unsafe for use. from the first terrific peal, when a messenger on horseback
senior soph :he also took the Dealtry prize, the reading I Three convicts, under sentence of transportation, named rode at full speed into the town with the alarm of fire,
prize, and the prize for the best English essay. John Bradwich, John Thompson, and Charles 'Webster, the electric fluid having struck a lone barn on Wick Farm.
The Rev. William Duncan Long, M.A., incumbent of succeeded in making their escape from the convict este- The building was insured in the County Fire-office, and
'Bartholomew's, Birmingham, has been appointed blishment on Dartmoor, on Wednesday week, and have the farming-stock, which consisted of upwards of 150
quarters of barley. the produce of 24 acres of beans, ten
acres of wheat, a variety of agricultural implements and
utensils, the whole of which were destroyed, were fully
insured in the Royal Exchange. The total damage is
estimated at £lOOO.

t upon pickleC

MISCELLANEA.
In his extraordinary treatise on " Instinct and Reasoe,t,
Mr. Alfred Smee says, speaking of the Wardiun Piallof
cases—" In my dining-room I have bad two or three
I luxuriance
purchasedt hes si
de escasfee sr
ofnrffsoothleniLrianot
getderdmoyi
wegpaettrh,
sst isae
rsageonrqdos
vctti the plants
great,
atl hivae:.T
In fa ctiotdnie.
cally compelled to remove largequantities of the P
blooamf few flowering
with IV'
P I commence with crocuses ; Igo 0n..,0
cinths, and an occasional tulip or narcissus. Latcr inv71.1..
year the common Cereus (?) is generally covered
this'
flowers,
ant
generally blooms itself of ut
to death.display.
alai not't
carnosa gives rise to a dozen or a dozen-and-a- wing
flowers ; and I am now venturing to try the marlob.
Stephanotis floribunda. During a
the fall of the year h.co-
tain a fine display of Achimenes, and my ferns ''
podiums form an elegant green covering all the Year'

ißtstrtrt

P.C11)0.

ENTHUSIAST.—It is with much regret that we
nnounce the death of Mr. M'lntosh, violin-maker,
ometime residing in Dovecotland, and lately of Dublin.
M'lntosh was an Highlandman, and having there acquired
the art of violin-making, afterwards went to Ireland,
where he commenced business. Here he was very suc-
cessful, both because he produced good articles and was
extremely steady. He realized above £3OO annually,
having got extraordinary prices for his instruments, some
of them selling at the enormous sum of £lO, £l5, and
£3O each. He also supplied the famed Paganini with
violin strings, who highly appreciated his workmanship.
Subsequently, however, M'lntosh tried to invent the
" perpetual movement," which so many have failed in—
left Dublin to get rid of his friends, who greatly opposed
him in the matter, and came to Scotland. He has now
b'en continually working at the affair for eleven years,
the latter four or five of which he spent in an attic in
Dovecotland, above-mentioned. He died on Wednesday
morning, at one o'clock. Up to the 11th hour he kept
his door shut against the kindness of friends and neigh-
bours, and never would he admit a single individual to
afford him assistance. Starvation and poverty were his
only visitors.—Perthshire Advertiser.
SUNDAY POSTAL DELIVERY.—The regulations referred
to in the following notice came into operation on the 15th
instant :—" General Post-office, December, 1850.—For
the purpose of enabling the public to decline the receipt
of letters on the Sunday, the following regulations will
come into operation on and from the 15th instant, and
they are to be made known at the various post-offices to
all persons seeking information on the subject :-1. Any
person can have his letters retained in the post-office on
Sunday until the next day, by giving to the postmaster a
written order, duly signed, to that effect. 2. Such order
must include newspapers, as no distinction between letters
and newspapers can be allowed. 3. On the same prin-
ciple, no distinction can be made between ordinary letters
and letters of importance, notwithstanding any directions
which the latter may bear for their immediate delivery.
4. No letters or newspapers, the non-delivery of which
by the leter-carrier on Sunday has been ordered, can be
obtained from the post-office window on that day. 5.
Private box-holders will still have the option of applying
for their letters at the office while it is open for delivery
on Sunday, or of abstaining from so doing, as they may
think proper; but no nerson can be permitted to engage a
private box for Sunday only. 6. To prevent the confu-
sion and inconvenience which would arise from the fre-
quent changing of these orders, no order can be attended
to unless given for three months at the least, nor can any
be withdrawn, without a week's previous notice.
DARING FEAT OF HORSEMANSHIP.—At the stewards'
ordinary, at the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, after the
aristocratic steeple-chases yesterday week, the conversa-
tion turning on the feat of bringing a horse up into the
dining-room in which the company were then assembled,
which was once done by Lord Jocelyn and Mr. Ricardo
during the meeting of the Royal Hunt some few years ago,
Mr. Charles Symonds, of sporting notoriety at Oxford,
offered to bring a grey horse of his upstairs and lead him
round the table. No sooner was this said than done, for
off he started, fetched the animal from the stable, and
very shortly announced his progress by a loud clattering
on the old oak staircase. In a few minutes the horse was
gazing on the assembled company. His owner then led
him over a flight of chairs, which he jumped beautifully.
Nothing then would satisfy the company but that he must
jump the dining-tables. Mr. Fowler, the proprietor of
the hotel, fearing lest some serious accident might occur,
as the room is of great antiquity, having been built by the
Earl of Rochester in the time of Charles 11., made strong
objections; but he was overruled, and the horse was led
over the tables, everything standing. The champagne
glasses rattled, the plates quivered, the candlesticks shook.
but nothing was displaced ; back again he went, clearing
everything at a bound ; whereupon a most ardent sports-
man, 'Mr. Manning, of Wendover, volunteered to ride
him barebacked over, and, to the astonishment of all pre-
sent, he accomplished it without bridle or saddle. The
celebrated gentleman jock, Captain Barlowe, next essayed,
and managed to make a smash of one table with its con-
tents. This was only a temporary check, for in the face
of a tremendous fire and the cheering of all present he
achieved the feat gallantly. It was now time to desist,
and to ge,p the horse down stairs ; this was sooner said
than done, for the stairs and passages being kept polished
the gallant grey slipped about dreadfully, and was evi-
dently afraid of the descent. At length. at the suggestion
of a weeny baronet, he was blindfolded, and thus de-
scended into the entrance-hall, but managed to break
about a dozen of the carved oak bannisters in his pro-
gress.—Bucks Chronicle

virilowst
William Ormerod Pllkington Esq., of the T'l the
has this week been placed on '
the ommissioa for

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association,t of which Mr. Fairbairn, G SE, 1 .ohe
tr
president, has been formed at Manchester, to obtal
thorough reform of the patent laws. tied $t
A large consignment of oranges was recently lan rtea
Chester, into which port oranges had not been jail)"n .

ince 1820.
ace ",aching
A porter named Thomas Marshall was aeel",e'hing
killed at the Chester station, on Monday, while B"..nd be
a van to a goods train. The buffers struck him. Ete„.
received such injuries as carsed death in a few Iniuu-rlef,
The corn milt on the Yarrow, at Croston, near - r•culla•
the property of Sir T. J. de Trafford, and in the 0.,,,, by
tion of Mr. H. Chadwick, was completely destLA and
fire on Sunday week. The loss is e3ticeafed at ('
the property was not insured. oft"'
Mr. H. P. Hobson, one of the official assignee:l,osC
Manchester Court of Bankruptcy suddenly fainte„red i 3
attending to his duties in court on Friday, and es' time
about an hour. He had been suffering for some
from an affection of the chest. cpen bY
FLAX Corrme.—A sample of yarn has beeniom 3f;
Messrs. John Bright and Brothers, Rochdale, (right al
Claussen's prepared flax. mixed with an equal fair Oa-
cotton. It seems to be about No. 30, is of very '‘.lole"
lity, and has apparently been spun on a throstle• in the
ther any attempts have been made at Rochdale t°sfoPrined'
tionthe Literary
wasoriginated
short
flax without an admixture of cotton, we are not ia held'
On Wednesday evening last, a soirée and ball Nolo of
in the Town-hall, Ormskirk, to celebrate ther.,9l)e?ilistitv
iim Institution.eago
by sere r
al Igieei u•-; laenrili
connected with Ormskirk and the neighbour 'erocn
intended to afford the means of educational imPr°' eeoe"
f
to the young men of the town, and the inhabitants e tee
rally. The Mansion-house has been engaged or
purposes of the institution. et erleY."
Another Orange lodge has been opened at I'e:rubel
The first two gentlemen offering to become ni'rvias"
were the Rev. J. B. Birtwhistle, incumbent of the d the
tar, who was appointed chaplain of the lodge' noel'
Rev. J. C. Thompson, curate of the minster, who lc (01-
pointed treasurer. A number of other gentleme°ooed
lowed the excellent example. Another lodge Was °dor at
at Wigan; on Monday, and one on the eani,e; ruing'
Airdrie, near Glasgow. Another was opened at r"'rsatilf-
ham on Thursday week. A fifth was opened, on cod
day, at Burnley, and in a few days a sixth will
at Shrewsbury. A
of fr;
ANOTHER CONUNDRUM NIGHT.—The aware ,_t., o-
fessor Anderson's cup at Manchester, took Oa report
Friday night. The Guardi-in gives the followiogent fur'
of what took place. There was but little:1(111191d judge;
nished by their reading ; and, as far as we con
ram 11""
the laughter was quite as often at the sheer abs° of the"
at the wit of the conundrum. At the conclusio,n„, gr-
reading (as he had previously stated that lie w 011,10.0, tot
Anderson asked for the numbers of a few conn°_°, :vie'
be given from each part of the house, that tire' „ 015
then be submitted to the jury. Two or three we'c-trcle r
obtained very readily from the lover and uP,Percase°„ll9
but when the voice of the pit was caled tor, rue
„f coed"
quite otherwise: persons shouted the number .0 gofer
drums from all parts of the pit,and it was
tion of (I
•on . `red
difficulty that any one could obtain the otter)" . poormit
Anderson to any conundrum three thu- ce' "
; two or die Lutes
out were indignantly condemned by the au" lv."
~. °OA t the
after much shouting and confusion ekagliccl e" -°
were selected, and ultimately the wag a-u g
cup Ns' be OP
r Medial
following .he -a par"
455 Why is the New Bailey Prison 'die ~ pave a,„,cal,
aaausntthlt fooorr,tsbhoentalmimtoehdewepaesoopfs/teatthheeadv
jetuotorbype,sayA.dif
er
ce
jas:r
essxop-re's :he:
Church ? Because both haveknave. b,leg",. goreli"-
son to pray, both have a halter, both un" - „a. 56:
bTohteh
Fountain-street. Much dissatisfaction Wag and '
a—ndThierwdeeislif te
conclusion to which they had come. 1a,v51" 1
.. Onle gel',
NAVIGATION OF THE RIVERS MERSE; ' '
I by sea -a late
'se
vessels, has been resumed b the trustees 9 , ton
y wee reason for
Duke of Bridgewater, under circumstances w resist)" rs,
everya few y enve,
design of
rendering
gg
themtlie cihiaavningealbsieof tit:
t...h.,eeoinf,
a favourable result ; and there is now
honing that Manchester will, 'n the course of
_f EnglB,,r-
-take its proper position amongst the seaports
rO
_nt um'
at
The great difficulty in the way of this imp.
...7.usaucton,
taking has been the existence of the cane,l„Vgh coed
Barton-on-Irwell, the arches of which
_r,':,.., ere ~t
an.'idubleob'ed by
sidered something stupendous when Bries Vis wi,rlVe
them) are too low to admit the passage of vnwracticif,l7.o
lowering their masts,—a process wholl3'
~lor the jerted
with sea-going vessels. The two bridges 'lOl con' olic
at Warrington and Barton, can be Opened Ferio"s,P near
into draw or swivel bridges, without an Y, siodect,tacie,
ievcaorrnivnegntioenn ce
might ; and
s ee
seem
though e
at the
rrea itloe;
el, t
obtain 184b,there is a clause in an act of parliarroin the.yrjeftiappli-
the Grand Junction Railway°)
C°Panin p ture
t to render
which provides that in case at anYibr on act sea.geing
cation should he made to parliarnentavigableufu
e pose in con-
the Mersey, cast of Warringr°n't!oir ri°lt rehrihould cross
vessels, or to construct any canal _
of whi •
provision
the Grand Junction Railway' tLettroduction
of
athe Pas'
be required to assent to rlepieridge, to allow .
wa .
for the construction of a sw"v-- the line of the rail_
re'
nection with the Mersey, theibnreniiway company
sage of such vessels tbro
, viebfore seemed capable of
ct,
Every serious obstacle, r''',.t.ion of the Barton annadnutiy,
moval, with; the single usceibe insuperable.
Severalltece
which appeared likely °.
teevised and approved by
tirelf
however, a plan has bf eel •ffi ulty is likely to be en
0,
engineers, by which this di c
nts in the removal
obi
obviated. The contrivance co
Substituting for it . _
and b both ends en tnn
one arch of the viaduct, .iii- at 0 hich
iron trough, which, when restrtao_
f the canal, but w
sc.
piers of the bridge, will foram pea
d at one end like a drat. _
will be capable of being rsos,ge of vessels along n_r
bridge, so as to allow the P
the plan will require the loom':
river beneath. Of course,tes.
to prevent the canal tr
.rn.
vision of suitable flood-g
ricer when the trough is raised;
emptying itself into e
th ill require considerable nicety aa,_.!
should
and the trough itself
nict,
to guard against extensive lc 1:),
accuracy of
adju't„motehing in it. beyond the resources
4
age ; but there is
we may congratulate our fellow'.
these circumstan
fair
prospect which exists of the Wen':
the
as a recd
townsmen on
to Manchester,
len so important °not
tion of a p
;cation' with foreign ports, by which a vast am
stet,
cow 03/01Ise and waste, now incurred in trait-
of labour, expel ,
the . . it is in,-
n produce from ships in which .
ring foreign .
vey
It
50
ported, to the river and canal boats which con s
_„1
ienecee.,and skill in the present day. Untie
be brought unbroken almost to the doors of th_e .
sinners. It is very generally known that the Bare !:'
'll be entirely saved, and entire car;;
COP
Ellesmere).,ia mechanicaliiManchester,
h e s t e
. of the navigation
ever since he acquired the ownership
to CO"
there is no reason to doubt his inclination .
n —ltlanchole)
rnence it at the earliest practicable motile t,
Ge4irdiano has had this great improvement much to! ar•

EXTRAORDINARY STAG HUNT.—On Sunday afternoon
an unusual visitor was seen in the neighbourhood of
Brampton, in the shape of a gallant stag, of northern
breeding, repasting upon the festivities of the turnip fields
in that delightful district. Whether or no the Duke of
Buecleuch took stock recently, we know not, but the one
we allude to was evidently of gentle blood. Information
was communicated to Brampton, where an old sportsman
or two reside. Two men were despatched at the dead of
night to bring the Gilsland }larders. They arrived at
Brampton next morning, and proceeded direct to Hayton,
where they were met by a large concourse of people.
They were immediately taken to Toppin's Castle planta-
tion, which they drew blank. But the dogs having here
challenged him, made him away to Howhunnel Wood.
After drawing it—our visitor having slipped out behind—
the view halloo was given, and the dogs being brought up,
they laid themselves down to the novel and exciting scent
in a most beautiful manner. In a few minutes they came
up to their game, near Toppin's Castle plantation, and
went at a slashing pace past Mr. Head's tile-kiln, turning
to the left towards Broadwath, and made direct to Eden,
which he crossed a little below the railway bridge. Find-
ing the hounds to be getting rather more near than plea-
cant, he crossed the river again near the church, and pas-
sing through Mr. Hamilton's garden qt Warwick Bridge,
made towards the preserves of T. H. Graham, Esq., of
Edmond Castle. here he crossed the river Irthing,
making direct to Newby, crossing the military road near
Watch Cross, and bearing away to Beanlands, the pro-
perty of John Bell, Esq., thence to the left to Hurtleton
Wood. Being now hotly pressed by the gallant pack, he
was forced to take the open--a fine hunting country. The
hounds all well up. The horsemen were however now
greatly diminished, none but fast ones being able to live.
Turning to the west, he now passed the old wall through
Scaleby Meadows, and leading away to the north, crossed
the Longtown road, directing his course to the river Ly.ne.
He was, however, finally run into at a small brook near
Scare Farm, only three horsemen being up at the death.
This hunt, which is considered to be one of the finest, that
ever took place in this neighbourhood, occupied one hour
~
And twenty minutes, the distance being About tore P-3:
seven mites, at racing speed. The stag weighed L")"'
stem Acme d a-half..- Carlisle Journal.