The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY

The Board of Ordnance has rejected the proposal for
the use of Schonbein's gun cotton in the British army.
The Queen has directed that the Wellington statue
shall be removed from its present resting place.
On Wednesday Mr. Nicholson, late a solicitor at Wor-
cester, was thrown from his gig and killed.

Three entirely new houses in Oxford-place, Old Bromp-
ton, fell in on Thurday, and killed two workmen.
A ves,el arrived from Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope,
has brrught, besides a general cargo, 82,320 lb. weight of
due bones.

Mr. Alsager, the ex-city correspondent of the Times,
made an attempt on his life, by cutting his throat, a few
days since. The unfortunate gentleman still survives.
Two steamers on Windermere have had a mo-t success-
ful season, the proprietors having received a very hand-
some dividend upon their capital.
The Glasgow Examiner states, that though trade is
brisk at Paisley, the weekly average of the weavers'
wages does not exceed seven shillings.
A young female, named Hester Elizabeth White, has
been committed for trial for burglary and robbery at

During the past fortnight the magistrates of Bucking-
hamshire have committed 26 prisoners to the Aylesbury
House of Correction, for offences against the game-laws.
A few days since, while a Mr. Harris, of Bristol, was
cutting his toe-nails he let the knife slip, and drew blood ;
mortification and lock-jaw ensued, and he died.

KENDAL.—John Wakefield, Esq., of Sedgwick, wati
last week, for the second time, nominated to the dignity
of Mayor of Kendal, on the ground of his "activity in
promoting the best interests of the town in every way."
The remains of Miss Harriet Churchill, of Manor-
place, South Chelsea, niece of the poet, and the last
member of his family, were on Tuesday deposited in the
family vault in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.
The next celebration of the Eton Montem, which will
take place in May. 1847, will probably be the last, as the
heads of the school are said to have resolved upon abolish-
ing it.

On Monday week, several youths at Redditch, Worcea-
ter,hire, went out to shoot rabbits, and as one was firine,
he lodged the contents of the gun in the head of one or
his companions, named John Thomas, k Ming him instantly.
Mr. Dearsley, the counsel for the Hull Advertiser, in
a recent libel case against the proprietor of that paper, has
returned his fee, amounting to fifty guineas, as he con-
siders the liberty of the press the " living soul" of freedom.
GENERAL DISPENSATION.—Liguori declares without
hesitation, that in heretical countries it may be necessary
and proper, on some occasions, to conceal one's religion,
or even to profess to be of the religion generally held.
On Monday, Mr. Bettridge, of the firm of iennens and
Bettridge, London, bad the honour of waiting upon her
Majesty and Prince Albert to exhibit the specimens of
panier mache and japan works. _ _

The tolls of the foirr turnpike gates on the road between
Canterbury and Chatham, which were put up for auction
two years since at £2OOO, are now advertised to be put up
at a litt►e more than £l4OO. Other roads have suffered
in still greater proportion.

Tuft HOP buiY.—From the return, it appears that
the amount this year of the old duty on hops is £242,929,
and the aggregate £448,609. This is, we believe, nearly
double the ordinary produce of the duty, the crops of
bops having been most abundant.
The London papers are dull beyond all precedent.
The Globe of Saturday week has a leader on Chemistry, and
mechanism of the lungs. The chief article of the Times
of Wnday is an essay on pawnbroking ; recommending
the State as the" great uncle" of the poor people.
Mrs. French, the lady of the Dean of Elphin, died a
few days since in consequence of having had administered
to her by a servant, an embrocation in mistake for a
draught, which had been prescribed by her medical atten-
dant.

It is said that the Court of Directors of the East India
Company has privately adopted the resolution of confin-
ing the grant of cadetships and assistant surgeoncies to
candidates who are in some way connected with the mili-
tary or civil services in India.
A MAN STUNG TO DEATH.—On Friday week. an
inq.lest was held at Hemsby, Suffolk, on the boiy of Mr.
Palmer, a miller in that village, who, a few days before,
had, while employed in his garden, accidentally overturned
a skep of bees. The insects attacked the intruder, and
stung him so dreadfully that he died a short time after.
P. W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P., has presented to all his
allotment tenants, at Shirehampton, a sufficient quantity
of seed wheat to sow their land with this year, in order to
encourage them to depend less upon the potato crop,
which has proved so complete a failure for two successive
years.
The majority of the bakers in the metropolis last week

again lowered the price of bread one halfpenny in each
41b. loaf. The lowest price now charged on the Surrey
side of the water, Whitechapel, &c., is 7d. per 41h. loaf,
h le the best bread is 9d., as charged by the full priced
bakers.

The gun-cotton may be easily made SV saturating cotto
with a mix' ure of equal parts of nitric and sulphuric acid
and ifterw..rds washing it well in clean water, and care-
fully drying it. We would recommend great caution in
exploding this substance. It ought to be known that, at
a temperature of 130 degrees, ►he cotton explodes spon-
taneously. Great care should therefore be taken in drying
it.

AMIABLE TRAIT IN THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE
MR. STEWART, M.P.—Mr. Stewart's filial devotion to
hie mo,ht-r, and her affection for him, are well shown in
the simple but eloquent fact, that when be was absent
from Carnock, never did one post pass without bringing
letters I, m the one to the other. This singularity was
almost equilled in his correspondence with his sister the
Duchess of ti.imerset. and other branches of the family.
THE DAGE N FIAM MURDER.—The three police consta-
bles, named Butfoy, Pearns, and Stevens, who have been
under surve llance in consequence of the contradictory
evidence t hev gave relative to the murder of the policeman
Clark. at Dagenham, have been dismissed from the force.
The Attorney and Solicitor-General were of opinion that
as the policemen were not sworn at the time they gave
false evidence, they could not be indicted for perjury.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—A. letter in the London
Times informs its of the amazing fact that the prices of
admission were trebled on Lord Mayor's Day, upon
the pretence that, in addition to the ordinary sights,
visitors would have an opportunity of seeing the civic
procession ! Surely such profanation as this will draw
the attention of the heads of the Church to the indecency
of making a show of such a building, whether for hire or
not.

DR. WAREING'S SPECIAL PLEADING.—Dr. Wareing's
quasi contradiction may be, in reality, no contradiction
3i all. The charge was that the young man was proffered
dispensation. The bishop's defence is that he did not
beforehand proffer or afterwards grant any dispensation.
No charge was made that he had granted a dispensation.
It was that he had proffered one. He denies that he

proffered beforehand; he does not deny that he after-
wards proffered a dispensation.—Morning Herald._

The whole of the magistrates officiating at North
Shields have sent in their resignations, in consequence, it
is understood, of their refusal to grant a licence to the
railway terminus at Tvnemouth having been overruled at
the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held at
Alnwick

An address to the magistrates_ of. the east

division of Castle Ward, expressive of confidence in their
impartiality and justice, is in the course of signature in
the borough of Tynemouth.
EXHUMATION.—The body of Mr. George Taylor, of
Carlton-upon-Trent, Newark, who died and was buried
in November, 1844, was disinterred last week, it being

suspected that he was poisoned by Miss Smith, his house-
keeper, at the instigation of his own wife. Both these
parties are in custody, Miss Smith having made a confes-

sion to the above effect, and Professor Playfair, of Lon-
don, is making an analytical examination of the contents

of the stomach of the deceased.
FOREIGN RECIPROCITY.—The Zollverein was said to
be the , ffspring of our corn laws, and sure to expire when
hese laws should be repealed. The Zollvdrein has not
died, and will not die; and the first step by which it sig-

nalises its gratitude for the repeal of our corn laws is the

imposition of an additional duty of 50 per cent. upon
the previous r eavy duty on our cotton yarn, and a multi-
plication twelve fold of the previous duty upon our linen
yarn. Is this the promised imitation of our liberal com-
mercial policy.
A MAN KILLED BY A PLOUGH.—On Friday, a man
named Thomas Watts, farmer, of Cottenham, met his
death in an awful manner, being absolutely ploughed to
death. His brother was guiding the plough, and he re-
quested him to turn the horses round. In doing so, be
slipped down and eras dragged along, the ploughshare
passing over his head, which was smashed to pieces, the
brains being completely crushed. He died instantane-
ously. Watts was a man of some property, and had no
wife or children.—Cambridge Advertiser.
It is said that M. Guizot, at the request of the King of
the French, has furnished Lord Brougham with copies of
all the coorespondence which has passed between Lord
Palmerston and the French government, on the subject
of the Spanish marriages, in order that his lordship may
be enabled to vindicate the course pursued by the French
cabinet. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Chro-
nicle says that Louis Phillippe has received an autograph
letter born Lord Brougham, congratulating him upon the
Moirtpensi..r marriage.
M hI,ANCHOLY BRIDAL-DAY.—On Wednesday week
was married, at St. Mary's Church, Devizes, Mr. Geo.
Nash, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Charles Bristow.
The younger sister of the bride, aged about 16, who had
been for some time in a consumption, had looked forward
to this day with considerable anxiety, and was more than
usually elated when it arrived. She saw her sister in her
bridal dress previous to her going to church, and took
leave of her ; but at the very moment that one sister was
married the other died--Devizes Gazette.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday week,
as Mary Ann Edwards, aged 45, a fine, healthy, and
able-bodied female, employed as charwoman at the house
of Mr. Terry, Chiswell-street, Lordon, was proceeding
into the kitchen with a large empty dish in her hand, in
stepping up a single step, she stumbled and fell, the dish
being broken into sever al pieces, one of which, of an an-
gular form, penetrated the right side of deceased's neck,
dividing the jugular vein and the carotid artery, and
causing instant death.

At the election of the Mayor of Nottingham, on Mon-
day, a questibn was raised whether a citizen of the United
States can hold that office: Mr. Cripps was objected to
on the ground that ha had. wben in America, become a
e:~s-.. of. United States. The Sawn-Clerk

opinion that that cireumAance would not be a legal
objection; and as Mr. Cripps avowed himself to be a
loyal subject of the Queen, he was unanimously elected.
The discussion of the question occupied much time, and
excited great interest.

CAPT. WARNER'S LONG RANGE.—It was recently
announced that government bad determined to incur
some expense for the purpose of testing Captain Warner's
invention of the long range, and that £l5OO had been ap-
propriated for this purpose: It is now further asserted
that Colonel Chaloner, R. A.. and Captain Warner have
selected a place on the east coast of Et sex for the experi-
ment; that Colonel W. Dundas, C. 8., Inspector of Ar-
tillery, is appointed arbitor ; and that an early day is to
be fixed for the trial.
A sacrilege took place in the church of Butterton, Staf-
fordshire, some weeks ago, and the only clue to the de-
predators was a piece of trousers cloth lying near one of
the windows. Last week, the Stoke constabulary were
removing some persons to gaol, followed by a sympathis-
ing crowd ; one of the busiest among the spectators was
a young named Platt, a joiner, residing at Stoke. This
attracted the attention of the chief superintendent, who
observed that the trousers he wore were exactly of the
kind of which a relic had been left in the church. The
result has been that he, along with one of the former pri-.
soner, has been committed for trial for the sacrilege.
THE LATE DWARKANAIITH TAGORE.—Three or four
years since this wealthy Asiatic made a princely gift of
£lO,OOO for the forwarding of education in India, and by
his last will he has left a similar sum of £lO,OOO for cha-
ritable purposes. . Dwarkanauth Tagore has left conside-
rable wealth ; besides his Zumindaree properties, he had
large capital in houses, bazaars, and mercantile pursuits,
the whole of which he bequeaths in equal shares to his
three sons (who, jointly with his European partner, are
his executors), the e'dest a partner in his father's house
of business in Calcutta; the second, also brought up to
business; the third, now in London, prosecuting his
education, in view, we trust, to future eminence.

On Tuesday last, the wife of a labouring man, at John-
stone, gave bit th to four children. Three of them lived
only an hour, and the fourth is still alive and well. They
were all males, and not much under the usual size. The
.mother is doing well ; she is a young woman, and never
bad any children before.
Applications are abnut being made to parliament for
making and cons'ructing a bridge over or across he river
Thames, at or from, or near Essex-street. Strand, to the
opposite shore, at or near Dowsen's Wharf, in the Marsh
and Wall liberty; also, for making and maintaining a
market at or near the south end of the proposed bridge.
G ,vernment has just concluded the purchase, for
£25,000, of about 14 acres of land, on the east side of
Birmingham, for the erection of a great central barracks
for England. The electric telegrai.h will communicate
from the centre of the barracks with all parts of the
country, extending along every line of railway that may
be made.
THE ARMY.—From a Parliamentary return we learn
that in 1834 there were were 5,675 sergeants, 1.789 trum-
peters and drummers. and 90,831 rank and file, in the
army. In 1840, 6,217 sergeants, 1.840 trumpeters and
drummers, and 104,597 rank and file, and in 1843, the
rff etive strength of the army consisted of 6.760 sergeants,
2,(,64 trumpeters and drummers, and 115.124 rank and file.
On Thursday morning week, .a barrister, named Jones,
residing at Lincoln's-inn, in a state of somnambulism,
dreaming that he was attacked by banditti, crept out of
the window, and, suspending himself by his hands, kicked
vigorously with his feet, breaking from five to six panes of
a window beneath. He at length lost his bold and fell to
the ground, falling within three feet of some iron railing,
but was happily not much hurt.
THE WATER COMPANY.—A company has been formed
and provisionally registered, under the title of the United
Kingdom Artesian Water Company, for obtaining pure
water by sinking artesian wells. The water used last
year by the water companies is estimated at 314.553,012
hog,b,ads. And it is calculated that, from the chalk bed
on which London is built, more than ten times the quan-
tity needed for all the towns in England could be raised
The company propose, in the first place, to supply the
public baths and washhouses, and, instead of iron, to use
glass or porcelain pipes.
Baron Lit big imagines the essence of the potato dis-
ease to consist in the conversion of the albumen,
usual
constituent of healthy potatoes, into caseine, a ptinciple
which, by its great instability of composition, is supposed
to cause the potato to putrify rapidly.— The Plough.
The Rev. F. Dauvenoy states, in the Taunton Cow ser,
that he has discovered by the microscope a minute insect,
crystal-like and transparent, resembling a Fri ider, in the
midst of potato mildew, evidently feeding on it, and
making its nest among the thread-beds of fu tai. From
observations made, there must be more than 100 HI a
single tuber.

A WHOLE CORPORATION DEFUNCT !-It iS the op',
nion of legal men that the Town Council of Worcester
has. virtually committed an act of felo de se, and has no
longer an existence, in consequence of the vacancy occa-
sioned by the death of the Mayor not having been duly
filled up Within ten days, as required by the act. By this
neglect, which occurred before the recent annual election,
the number of Councillors fixed by law was incomplete,
and consequently the acts of the remainder are null and
void.
On Saturday, at the Croydon Police-court, a fortune*
teller, named 6iddens, was charged with obtaining con-
siderable sums of money from a young and attractive lady,
named Elizabeth Markby Dodd, by means of fraudulent
pretences. The prisoner informed her t hat a young man
named Anderson, in the East India Colkge, Addiscombe,
had fallen in love with her ; and, strengthening the belief
by the most artful means, such as the presentation of
dresses, billets-doux, &c., succeeded in obtaining from her
considerable sums of money. The infatuation was carried
so far that the young lady left home clandestinely, accom-
panied by the prisoner, to go to India to marry her un-
known lover. They were stopped at Dover. The magis-
trates were of opinion, however, that the evidence did not
support the charge, and the prisoner was discharged.
The Editor of the Salopian Journal has published a
circular marked " Private and confidential," from one of
the recent lecturers of the Anti corn-law League, in which
be explains the cbjects of the " Liberal Registration
Offices," After a somewhat inflated flourish about " the
exhaustion of the septennial cycle," which will render a
general election necessary, this document continues—" It
becomes essential to the interests of the liberal party that

they should be able to form some estimate of their actual
position in the various counties and boroughs at tEe date
of the commencement of the present revision of the regi-
ster, and of the results of that revision with reference to
the state of parties. I shall feel much obliged therefore
by the inter position of your kind offices to'procure for me
such information as you possess or can obtain on this

subject, in reference to the borough of Bridgenorth."
EDUCATION IN \VALES.-A committee has recently

been formed in connexion with the Incorporated National
Society for the special purpose of improving and extend-
ing sound education in Wales. The committee is called
The Welsh Education Committee," and consists of
many noblemen and gentlemen connected with the Prin-

cipality, and of various members of the Standing Com•

-s -
clittee of the National Society. The committee ',umbers
amongst its members all the Bishops of the Welsh Dio-
ceses ; the Marquis of Bute, K.T. ; the Earl of Powis,
K.G. ; Li.rd Dynevor ; Lord Kenyon; Viscount Clive,
M.P. ; Viscount Emlyn, 11. P. ; S rW. W. Wynn, Bart.,
M.P., &c. The annual subscriptions already amount to

£2136 25., and donations have been promised to the
amount of £ll7B. Among the annual subscribers are the
Archbishop of Canter bury tor £lOO, the Bishop of Lon-

don, £300.; the Welsh Bishop., £lOO each ; and several
other noblemen and gentlemen £lOO each. Lord Sandoa

gives ten guineas annually.
FREE TRADE EFFECTS.—The poor woolcombers of
Keighley have- had a market-place meeting, denouncing
free trade as a cheat arid a delusion ; they were all working
and suffering men. The meeting was finished by moon—

light, and stable lanterns lighted the reporters to furnish

their notes. These men now represent large bodies, who
are all equally suffering from short time and shorter
wages. We give a brief extract from one of the speakers.
" In January last," said Mr. John Town, " the masters,
took it upon them to reduce wages, and he was one of a
deputation appointed to wait upon them and ask theta
not to inflict that penalty on their workmen. But the
masters said, No, you must submit to it, and we'll
return it to you when the corn laws are repealed.' But
now their arguments are changed. lie had waited on
many of them, and on many of those who had joined with
them in agitating for a repeal of the corn laws ; and now
they said the cornbers never can have better wages. And
why? Because, they say, they are a class of men of weak
intellect.”—This is adding insult to t ppression, and is
something like the free trade compliments to the farmers.
THE BREVET.—The Gazette of Tuesday contains the
long-expected brevet. The following is a summary of the
Army Brevet :—Generals to be Field Marshal., 3; Lieu-
tenant Generals to be Generals, 13 ; Major Generals to
be Lieutenant Generals, 44; Colorrls t, be Major Gene-
rals, 107 ; Lieutenant Colonels to be Colonels, 92 ; Ma-
j,rs to be Lieutenant Colonels, 50 ; Captains to be Ma-
jors, 181. Total number of officers promoted, 490 The
Promotion of the three senior generals increase the list of
Field Marshals to nine, viz :—The Duke of Wellington,
the King of Hanover, the Duke of Carob, idge, the King
of the Belgians, Prince Albert, the Kng of the Nether-
lands. Sir George Nugent, Thomas Grosvenor, and the
Marquis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance.
The Navy Brevet gives the following promotions:—Ad-
miral of the Fleet, 1 (Sir G. A, artin) ; Admirals of the
Red, 4 ; Admirals of the White, G; Admirals of the Blue,
4; Vice• Admirals of the Blue, 14 : Rear-Admirals of the
Red, 20; Rear-Admirals cf the White, 17; Rear-Admi-
rals of the Blue, 20 ; Captains, 44 ; Commanders, 80 ;
Lieutenants, 20; Masters, 20; Surgeons, 20; Pursers,
20. Total, 313.
Romisa PR CESSIONS.—The Perth Advertiser has
the following paragraph :—"Dunkeld.—Opening and Can"
secration of Murlhly Roman Catholic Chapel.—On
bath week this chapel was opened and consecrated with
all the imposing ceremonies of the Catholic Church. On
the occasion, there were present the Rev. Bish Ts Car-
ruthers and Gillis. end assisting clergymen from Edin-
-

burgh, Perth, and Dundee, besides the Rev. Mr. Mackay►
the officiating priest in that quarter. At eleven o'clock,
a procession of bishops and priests, bearing the host, ap-
proached from the Castle, accompanied by Sir WiTiain

laruccuxusna-Stawaxt..( the Uranclor 4:1( fticfice), the Earl

of Traqualr, and other noblemen and friends of the Ro-
man Catholic persuasion." [Not content with going
through the forms of their Hindi within the new edifice,
or around it, we find here a regular array of the higher_
and lower ranks of the clergy marching in state. and not

only so, but with the host, a prime obj;ct of 11.ornisn
wor-
ship—rather idolatry. Such exhibitions are common
on
the Continent, and there a superstitious, ignorant Priest"
ridden people feel pleased with the circumstances of-the
play. But in Protestant Scotland we might have been
saved so public and so scandalous a display of Popi h fully.
Transubstantiation is bad enough, (many who professed to
believe in the monstrous tenet did not): brought out into
tangible manifestation, it will certainly gain nothing in the
way. of argument, and as little in the way of respectability.]
THE ANDOVER INQUIRY REPORT.—The printer to
the House of Commons has just sent forth this report.
five thousand
itnyelfteoenur pages; twenty-questions ; and seven hundred
which extends to two thick folio volumes, containing Iwo
sat thousand ehfuoa
four
ddrpeaadng deasntodhf inrappendices, the whole, for we have had
the two volumes, within an ounce of fourteen pounds.
Such a mass of matter nullifies itself, fur who will wade
through it. in hunting the late Home Secretary and the
Poor-law Commissioners, for whose neglect or duty the
inquiry was called for. The concluding paragraph of the
report, though it relates to but one of many sit:lsaac
charges against the commissioners, is,
we suppose, con-
clusive as to the necessity of promptly removing them
from the office in which their conduct has incurred so
severe a censure. " That on a review of the proceedings
of the commissioners with respect to the Andover in-
quiries, and towards Mr. Parker and Mr. Day, it appears
that they have been IRREGULAR and ARBITRARY, NOT IN'
ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTE under which they
exercise their functions, and such as to shake public con-
fidence in the administration of the law." If such a re-
port as this had been made by a committee of the House
of Commons, or by an authority far less enetled to re-
spect. of the conduct of a poor exciseman, or a police

, . . .
BRISTOL FLEE PORT AssocIATIoN.—A public meet- constable, how long would he be permitted to remain in
ing of operatives of the city of Bristol, to the number of office? The government have been in possession of this
upwards of 3,000, was held on Thursday evening in the report since the 20th of August, but have taken no steps
large public room. Broadmead, for the purpose of aiding upon it ; Sir James Graham, and the Poor-law Commis-
the above association in its efforts to reduce the excessive sioners ought at least to pay the cost of it themselves.
port charges. The speakers dwelt upon the manner in THE TEN HOURS' BILL.—In furtherance of the reso-
which the pressure of the dock dues had reduced the trade Lions adopted at a meeting of the delegates of the various
of the city, and expressed the general belief that a reduc- short-time committees throughout the West Riding, held
tion of charges to the extent of nearly a tree port would at B. ighouse, in the latter part of last month, a public
restore the ancient prosperity of the city. One of the meeting of the mill operatives residing in Halifax and the
vroicoimnitoyf,
twhaesohdedldFoeniloTwhsu, rHsdaally,
ienveut:aintgt,owitni
.thf,er sthpaecpiouurit_
speakers promulgated a plan by which the operatives might
contrihute over £3,000 a-year to the object ; and it was
unanimously resolved to lend all possible aid, as well pe- pose of giving to the factory workers, and others interested
cuniary as otherwise. in the short-time movement, an opportunity of expressing
The members of the Exeter Protestant Association their sentiments on a question so nearly concerning the
have memorialised Mr. Divett, one of the members of happiness and welfare of so 'large a portion of the. " pro-
that city, on the subject of further grants to Roman Ca- ducing classes." Shortly after eight o'clock, the hour
tholics, expressing, at the same time, their determination appointed for the commencement of the meeting, John
"to vote at the next general election only for those per- Fielding, Esq., M.P., Richard Oastler, Esq., and other
eons on whom they can place reliance as defenders of the friends and supporters of the movement, made their ap-
Protestant faith." Mr. Divett, in reply, declints respect- pearance on the platform. At this time the room was
fully, but in the most distinct and emphatic manner, to densely crowded, and not less than three or four thousa
give any pledge on the subject, and considers the conduct people being present. The moment the well known and
of the memorialists "as partaking of religious pride, and revered countenance of the " Factory King" was
recoge
tot touch of Christian charity." Sir J. B. Duckworth, nised by his old friends and parishioners, he was greeted
Mr. Divett's colleague in the representation of Exeter, with enthusiastic cheers, and we feel confident from the
has also been appealed to on the subject, but does not yet fire which lit the eye of this venerable, devoted. "
and
appear to have returned to answer, ardent " Friend of the Poor," that his reception by the
1-1 e BRINGS.—On Tuesday, a fishing lugger was towed Halifax audience was all that his heart could wish. Ben-
into Yarmouth, with the enormous quantity of 25 lasts jamin Rushton, a working man, was unanimously called
and 9.500 herrings on board, which were caught off that upon to occupy the chair during the proceedings of the
coast i , about a week. Each last of fish contains 10,000 evening, and, as usual, he filled the honourable lost with
1 herrings, or 13,200 short tale, 132 being sold for each great credit. The meeting was addressed be Oastler and
hundred ; the cargo of the lugger therefore amounts others. A similar meeting was held at Huddersfield a day
to the prodigious number of 342,549 herrings, valued at or two previously, at which nearly 2,000 persons were pre-
near .C4' 0. The same boat brought in nearly 15 lasts sent. The vicar and several of the clergy were present,
about 12 days previous. Such a sight, even in Yarmouth, and Mr. W. B. Ferrand delivered a powerful address.
is rarely seen, for not only was almost every part of the GALLANT RESCUE OF A CREW.—The gales of last
boat filled, but a vast quantity was stowed on the decks, month were most disastrous to life and property at seta•
bringing her gunwale to within a few inches of the water, On the 15th of that month, about noon, one of the cele-
and fortunately the weather was very fine, or they must brated Broadstairs fishing luggers, called the Fame, with
have thrown a considerable quantity overboard, a crew of eight hands, in a heavy gale from the S S.W.,
DEATH OF A MISER.—A notice has ben posted at the perceived a brig on the Longsand, with a terrific set
Royal Exchange, from the Gaut of the Archbishop of breaking over her. The colours in the rigging showed
Canterbury, that if the next of kin of Thomas Katie, late that the crew had given their vessel up as lost. The
of Old Brentford, in the parish of Ealing, dead, intestate, crew of the Fame immediately determined to attempt to
did not come forward, they would be condemned by con- rescue them, though at the risk of their own lives. After
tumacv, and administration granted to Thomas Msule, two unsuccessful attempts to reach her by dropping anchor
the Tress Icy solicitor, on the part of her Majesty Queen and veering out a cable, they by another effort got opposite
Victoria. It seems that Kane, who was well known in to her, and filially, at the utmost hazard, got hold of a cabin
for his penurious habits, and bore the name of ladder, which the crew of the brig had fastened to a log-
a miser, died some few months since, possessed of con- line and committed to the waves. By means of the line a
siderable wealth. No will could be found, and he Was stronger rope was got out to them. The danger to the
not known to have a single relative, and though every en- boat was still most imminent; but John Castle, the
deavour has been used, no one belonging to him can be master of the lugger, by means of the warp reached the
discovered The above notice was issued preparatory to wreck in safety, and found her to be the French brig
possession being taken in behalf of the Crown. Adelaide, of Nantes, full of water, and eight men on
A DUCHESS MADE AMENABLE TO THE GAME LAWS. board. They then perfected the arrangements for gettini
—lt will be in the recollection ot our readers that a para. the Frenchmen off, and after much perseverance, an
graph in the papers recently announced that the Duke running the utmost hazard of their own lives, they suc-
of Marlborough was accompanied in a shooting excursion ceeded in getting all of them into the lugger, and landed
by his lately married duchess, and that the latter person- them on the following morning, at two o'clock, at North
ally took part in the amusement of the day, and with her Yarmouth. More than three hours elapsed between the
own hand killed several head of game. Of the fact there time of their seeing the brig and that of rescuing bet
is, we apprehend, no doubt ; but it has been followed up crew. The Morning Herald concludes a detailed account
by consequences little apprehended at the time. Itifor- of the circumstance in these words :—" This noble and
mations, it would seem, have been lodged against the gallant act of humanity was performed by poor fishermen•
duchess for shooting without a licence. It is supposed ' Not only did they thus peril their lives, but they risked
that this unusual step, which if followed up must in all the loss of their lugger, the sole means of their livelihoods
probability lead to a conviction, has been adopted in re- We fervently hope that, although they had not the good
taliation for some severe measure: recently taken by the 1 fortune to save any property, which would have entitle
duke to punish certain trespassers upon bit manorial them to salvage, their meritorious conduct in saving th
rights.—Brifannie. I lives of eight Frenchmen will not ;o unrewarded,"

ARE WED —David Banks, Cuttis, Palermo—Sophia, Westcott,
Xabia—Bon Le, Pento,Vianna.

SAILED.—Hope, Hitchens, for Trinidad—Sarah, Major, Syra
—Pythagoras, Canine, St. Philips—Ocean, Butchard, New Or-
leans—Robert Watt, Johnson, Gulf of Mexico.

Hannah, Maitland , Lady Acley. Davey ; Lady Mary, Whit
^lel; and Speedwell, Mills, from Bude Bay at this port, 'with
goods from the Eliza, hence for Valparaiso
Jane Gearey Barney, from Trieste; Herezano, Evans, from
Zetuan ; and Senor des Passes, Al iretu, from Oporto at Cove.
Irlarn. hence for Barbadoes, off Tuskar.
Sea, Freeman, hence for New York off the Smalls.
Duke of Wellington, Finnigan, hence at Dundalk, with loss of
lorerniq.
Liberty, Mowart, hence for Copenhagen off Stromness.

FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13.—Wind S.E.

ARRlVED.—British•Qneen, fm Antigua—Law Ogilby, George,
from Cephalonia.
SAIL/SD.— Reindeer, Tindall, for Rio. Janeiro—Jos. Wheeler,
Reed, for Trieste—Ann Paley, Lister, for Lisbon.

Margaret Wylie. Einelair, sailed from Marseilles, for this port,
4th instant.

Concordia, Eddes,' hence at Browashaven.
Phoenix, Neilson. hence at Aalesund.

Neptuous, Neimkerchim, off Volderhang.
Alexander Giant, Alexander, from Mazatlan, at Cowes.
Jane Anderson, M'Kellar, hence for Savannah, at Belfast
Lough 2nd instant.
Mermaid, Caird, hence for Havana.
Helena, Gialts, hence for Rotterdam.
VESSELS SPOKEN. _ _ .

Rockall, of this port, from Jamaica, sth instant, in lat 50, lon
13—M ail , from Batavia to London, loth ultimo, in lat 10 N,
lon 26 W.

+SATURDAY, 14th NovEmßan

ARRIVED.—Mary, Ballantme, from Bonny; sailed -23 d Aug.,
and from Fernando Po Ist Sept.—Medusa, —, Alexandria—
Ivo, Minanich, from Trieste—John Pearce, Lujy, from Palermo
—Redbreast, Mearns, from Charente.
. _ .

SAlLKl).—Prima Donna, Howarth, St. Michael—Lady of the
Isles, W heation, Terceira—Luna, Redmond, Cuba—lreland,
Morton. Ha% ana—Mayllower, Kewley. Newfoundland—Prince
of Waterloo, Forbes; Washington, Benson; and Araminta, Ro-
gers, New Orleans—Sheridan, Cornish, New York—Mary and
Jane, Osborne, Naples.

Reis Effendi, Sutherland, hence for Havana, at Madeira, with
decks swept, cargo damaged, loss of boats, bulwarks, &c., and
one man overboard.

Warwick, Jacobson, and William Botsford, Calvert, hence at

ronny.
si,owden, Scott, hence at Brass River.
Octavia, Reid,'hence at Rio Janeiro.
Higginson, Reynell, hence at Madeira.
Pomerania, Krause; hence at Daiizic.
Egbertlna Annechina, Dreut. hence at Cuxhaven.
Romp. Jenkins. sailed from !Malaga for this, port nth Oct.
Plabhawa. 1.4.-911smoratentio....111•61 trona .1111bosa for Lam port 6th
November.

H.M.S. Gorgon, ,from Monte Video for Portsmouth at
Falmouth, with Mr. Hood on board. Left Monte 'Video on the
13th Sept.; Rio 22d, and Bahia 30th Sept.

SUNDAY, 15th NOVEMBER.7-Wind S.E., light

ARRlVED.—Caledonia, (steamer,) Lott, from Boston; sailed
Ist Nov.. and from Halifax 3d Nov.
SAILED.—FIora M'Donald, M'Pherson, Bombay—Eliza Bell,
Hewett, Hayti—Augnst„Kineh, St. Thomas—John Peat, Cork,
and Lancashire Witch, Brownrigg, M, me Video—Richard An-
derson, Bennett, Bnitimore—Southerner. Palmer; Indiana,
Cornell; and Kalmazoo, M'Cerren, New York—Wyoming, for
Philadelphia—Eclipse, Kerckhove, Ostend—Stour, Mawson, El-
sinore—Letitia, Neergatd, Christiansand—Auguste, Kerkhove,
Ghent.

Teazel'. M'Guffie; Rockshire, Evans ; Baron of Bramber,
Flinn; Washington, Wilkie; Queen, Leary; George, Reed;
Ouzel Gaily; Springfield, Ray; Capricorn, Rourke; Ida, Lis-
ter, and Christiana, M'Gee, hence at Quebec.
Huron. Driver; Malabar, Fraser; Great Britain,Trost ; and
Kestrel, Turner, hence at St. John, N.B.

ConcOidia, E6rr; Antwerp, Robinson; Mary Ann, Brown;
and Arabella, Rice, hence at Boston.
Hen ietta, Eaton, hence at Halifax, and sailed 29th Oct. for
St. John, N.B. _ .

Butler; Harvard, Corliss ; Narraganset,•Destebucho;
ope, -, and Deucaleon, hence at New Orleans.
11,Ashburton, Howland; and Europe, Furber, hence at New
ork.

:Mary and Jane, Ilitner, hence at Gardiner.
Edwin, rearce, hence at Providence.
,Agnes, White. hence at Ancona.
. Matilda, Oldfleld, hence at Sierra Leone.
Brewster, Lincoln, hence at Mobile.
Georgia. Collins. hence at Savannah.
Colossus. M•Donald, hence at Charleston.
Thomas P. Cope. Mierckin, hence at Philadelphia,
Grace. Ryrle, from Antigua at Savannah.
Sir Henry Huntley, Grant, sailed from Halifax for St. John,
?4.8. 22d,Oct.
A violent hurricane was exp7rienced at ,Key West 17th Oct.,
which destroyed near y the whole of the town , drove 20 vessels
on shore, and seriously injured several others, and destroyed
-the Key West and Sand Key lighthouses, with the people in
them.

The ports on the western coast of Mexico, south of San Diego,
were declared, under blockade 19th Aug., by the United States

squadron.
A ship was seen on shore on Florida Reef 13th Oct.
Llama, Jamieson, from Benin for this port, was lost off Papoe
id July.
.YARMOUTH, 18th Nov.—The liebe. Thompson, of Liverpool,
got upon tiaisbuTough Sand yesterday, but came off, and was
Put on the beach ,et Wintertc'n.

RIO JANEIRO, 17th Sept.—The Bebe, Dale, which arrive
tere on the 11th instant from Punta Arenas, must undergo re.
Pairs, having started her cutwater, and received other damage.
Nam YORE, 31st Oct.—Th • St. Patrick, henee for Liverpool,
bas, put back to this .port leaky, and with cargo shifted. The
Pilgt.boat Sylph reports having spokon a packet-ship from Li.
yerpool for Philadelphia, distnasted. The Magnet, Morton,
from Liverpool for Montreal, is on shore on Anticosti.. Captain
Morton-had proceeded to Gaspee for schooners to assist in sav-
ing the.carg
HALav,kx, 3d November.—The Ambassador, Barbour, from St.
John, N:l3 for England. ran on shore on Mud Island lath Oct.,
but wasslterwards got off and taken into Yarmouth.
Qvgasc. i9th Oct.—Three vessels are repot ted to be on shore
at Pont Neat one at Cape Cotomblar, and one off Basque Is.
land. The Thomas. of Whitehaven, was seen on the Mille
Vaches. 14th instant, a total wreck.
I►trawls:cot. 24th Oct.—The Mary Ann Peters, M'Alpioe, far
England. which grounded on the bar, has returned into port,
and is now discharging for repairs.

MONDAY, 16th Novw'.o S.E

SAlLED.—Vibilia, Du Ftocq, for Hayti—Severn, Wisemsn,
St. John, N.B.—Brant, Gregorius, Danzic—Uuion, Ruard, for
Ostend.

VESSELS SPOKEN.--Gleaner, Sth Nov., in lat. 47, long. 44—
Gratitude, of Arbroath, 12th Nov., in lat. 52, long. 18, by the
Caledonia. (steamer.) from Boston—John ArLellan, for Savan-
nah, 6th Nov.. in lat. 50, long. 13. by the Tarolinta, from New
York—Fairfield. hence to New York, 24th Oct., in lat. 44, long.
56, With loss of fore and mizen topgallant masts.

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, Nov. 14.

. DISCHARGED. ADMITTED.
, .)pattentscured 26 ln-patients 36
71,e ved and at own request 4 Out-patients
:lade Out-patients 1 Casual sduring tbe week.. 7
d‘fregular
wad

Consulting Surgeon ..J Da. , -
House Surgeon . Mr. M'Cheane.
• Apothecary, Mr. George PadleY•
°use Visitors, Thomas Macgill, and C. W. Reade, Esqrs,
Chaplain...
RICHARD GI LlSON,Treasurer

NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Nov. 11.
(WEEKLY REPORT.]

DISIIATIORD

Accidents
Medical and Surgical cases
uPon recommendation

A D M ITTED

22 I Cured
Relieved and at own request 5
.. 25 Attending as Out Patients 16
I
---,- Irregular
q 7 Died
Rem ainingin the Hospital . 103.
Consulting Snrgeoil ...... J. M. Banner, Esq.
'"Ylllician and surgeon for the ensuing week, Dr. Ashcroft

house Visitors, Rev. Thos. Hornl.y and John Clint, Esqrs,
no4se Surgeons. Mr. G. S. Deane and Mr. T. B. Gliders' sues

Treasurer, B. H. Jones, Esq.
Chaplain Rev. Wm. Hughes,

Wheat, r 70th s. d. s. d. R. d. s. d.
English red, new
Ditto, white 8 9 9 3 d 0..... 9 3 9 6
Irish red
Ditto, white .. 8 6 8 10 d 0..... 7 10 8 4
Rye, English, Irish6o//) --
Barley, English
Scotch & Irish, 60/b —-- do.
Malt, English, is, qr
pale
Irish
Oats, p 4 Stb.
E'lish & Scotch, new
told
Welsh ldo.
Irish. fine qualities.. 4 3 4 5 do.
general (lo 4 1 4 S do.
Beans, English, is, qr — Ido.
Scotch& frish,v4Bol —,do.
Pease, English, white 55 0 —59 0 blue
Do. & Irish... maple —— grey
Flour, 43, 280th
English & Irish, ends _fine
Ditto, superfine 46_
_o :48_0
dexotra
Oatmeal, Id. of 240th
Irish, 1846 .... 42 0 —45 0 old
Canadian
Bran, la• 241 b.

5 6
- 5 10

old ..•• 6s o—;s o
dm ..•• o 0 u •

4 6 - 4 8
4 2 - 4 5
I 4 3 - 4 5
4 1 - 4 3
51 0 -53 0
,47 0 -49 0

;45 0 -47 •
,38 0 -41 0
50 0 -52 0
,39 0 -41 0
'39 0 -41 0
1 2- 1 3

LIVE Ii POO ; , COLONIAL MARKET, Nov. 13

Sugar.—The market continues quiet. but as holders are firm,
there is lift e change in prices, and the sales are only 14,0 hhds.
B. P.. 3500 bags Bengal, and 1500 bags Mauritius, 1200 of which
were al faults. No transactions in Foreign.
Molasses.—No sales to notice. _ _ _

Coffee.— 6 casks Jamaica have been sold at auction; an ad-
vance of 2s to 3s per cwt. has been paid for coloury middling
descriptions, which are scarce. but we cannot quote any general
improvement; 70 cases, iBO bags East India Plantation are re-
ported at 318 to .70s, 100 bags Plantation Ceylon at 48s to 545
6d, and 1300 bags pale ordinary native at 36s per cwt Of
Foreign, the sales are 500 bags Laguayra, 4100 bags Costa Rica,
(half sea-damaged,) and 50 bags ordinary Bahia.
A few brls Jamaica Ginger brought 535; 350 bags Trinidad
Cocoa 36s 6d per cwt., and 300 bags black Pepper 51}d per lb.
Nothing reported in Pimento.
Rice.-200u bags Bengal sold at 16s for yellow, and 19s 3d to
208 per cwt. for good white, being a shade lower.

Rum.—The business is confined to 60 puns. Jamaica and 200
puns. East India. the former at 3s 6d to 4s Id for As per cent.
0. P , and the latter at 2s Id to 2s lid per gallon, proof, being
Id to 2d advance on previous rates.