The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-25 00:00:00

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Six persons have died during the past week. at Darling-
ton, whose united ages amount to 494 years.
There are only 28 public libraries in Great Britain and
Ireland, while in France there are 107.
Sermons were preached in some of the London churches,
on Sunday, in aid of the fund for the English refugee ope-
ratives, so cruelly driven from France.
The Chartists are still holding their meetings in London
and in the provinces, and are arming in the north of
Scotland.

A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against
William Tomkins, for the murder of the female at West-
minster.

The Herald, 26, Captain Kellet, C. 8., on the American
station, has received orders to proceed to Behring's
Straits in search of Sir John Franklin and party.
Mr. Henry Baring, of Cromer Hall, died on Thursday,
aged 73 years. He had only survived his eldest brother,
Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., ten days.
The depression in ship-building at Sunderland has
caused a further number of shipwrights to be thrown out
of employment.
The wheat crop in the Vale of Evesham has changed
much for the worse ; the frosts and wet weather having
made the plant yellow and prickly.
Mr. George Distin, one of the family who have made
the performances on the Sax Horns so popular, died on
Thursday, from the effects of an abscess in the ear.
An entirely new vessel, under Danish colours, was
picked up last week, about 40 miles from the land, and
brought into this port, in tow of a fishing smack.—Hull
Packet.

THE FAWEATHER MURDER.—The capital sentence
passed upon Calvert and Mellor, at the late York assizes,
for this murder, has been commuted to transportation for
life.

During the three weeks that the Mint has purchased
silver plate for cash, an enormous quantity has been sold.
There are in the Mint enormous masses of tea-pots, forks,
knives, plates, and in fact, all kinds of articles.
The new church at Horsforth, Yorkshire, was struck
by lightning on Wednesday, displacing several of the
stones in the bell turret, some of which fell through the
roof, crushing the woodwork inside where they fell.

STABILITY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.—A house has
been engaged at St. John's Wood, the western part of
London, by M. Lamartine, for the residence of his
family.
The influx of foreigners and of previously-absentee
Englishmen into London, is giving an impulse to the
home trade, and benefitting generally the metropolis.
Furnished apartments in the West End are said to be in
great demand.
The ex-king of France is constantly in the streets of
the metropolis. He comes up by the South-Western
Railway almost daily. M. Guizot is living in a very un-
ostentatious manner in Pelham-crescent, Brompton, and
is almost daily at the Athenaeum Club.

It is a well:ascertained fact that Mr. Mallalieu, super-
intendent of the R division of police, who conducted Mr.
Feargus O'Connor from the deputation waggon to the
presence of Mr. Mayne, one of the Commissioners of
Police, had his pocket picked in the crowd.
The greatest number of letters or signs which have yet
been conveyed by telegraph in the United States is stated
to have been 25,000 in lh. 30m., being at the rate of 277
and a fraction per minute, while in England Mr. Bain
has accomplished 1000 per minute.
The most necessary talent for a man of conversation is
a good judgment; he that hath this in perfection is master
of his companion without letting him know it, and hath
the same advantage over men of any other qualification
whatever.

ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW CROSS.-The Earl of
Auckland has signified his intention of bestowing a marine
cadetship for competition amongst the pupils of this in-
stitution, at Midsummer next. In addition to this valu-
able boon, two naval cadetships are annually placed at
the disposal of the council by the Admiralty. The Earl
of Yarborough has also given the munificent donation of
£l,OOO, to found a " Yarborough scholarship."
AN Arts URD FEAT.—The weekly return of the Regis-
trar-General for the week ending April 8, reports the fol-
lowing decease :—ln St. George's Hospital, a coal-porter,
aged 24, died from hemorrhage from the internal carotid
artery, consequent on a burn of his mouth and throat,
caused by a red-hot poker forced into the mouth by falling
while carrying the poker between his teeth as a feat.
Three days elapsed between the receipt of the injury and
the death.

LEGACY DUTY.—A return moved for by Mr. Hume,
M.P., shows that the total amount of capital on which
legacy duty was paid in 1847, was £43,611,642, against
£42,630,687 in the preceding year. The aggregate amount
of capital, subject to the legacy duty since 1797, is estima-
ted at £1,425,661,841. The total amount of duty on lega-
cies, probates, and letters of administration received in
Ireland in the year 1847 was £147,118 against £135,346
in the year 1846.
On Saturday week, Mr. Morrison, of Jurby, in the Isle
of Man, was accompanied a distance of six miles to Ram-
say, by a pet jackdaw, which attended him to every house
where he went to transact business, and waited patiently
at the door or window-stones until he came out. Mr.
Morrison tried to escape its eye, by entering at the front
door and escaping at the back door, but to no purpose ;
for the faithful bird found him talking to a number of
men in another part of the town.

BRITISH WORKMEN EXPELLED FROM FRANCE.-011
Wednesday a vessel, chartered by the committee for the
protection of British workmen expelled from France, left
the river for Calais, where she will receive on board a
number of English mechanics and labourers for convey-
ance to South Australia. The total amount subscribed
towards this fund up to Thursday was about £3,749 19s.
Two thousand refugees have passed through London
alone, the whole of whom have received assistance from
the funds.

TRADE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA.—The
number of ships which arrived in Hong-Kong during the
year 1847 was 699—viz.: 43 from Great Britain, 147 from
the British colonies, 16 from the United States, and 195
from foreign states. The total tonnage amounted to
229,465. The value of the imports into Hong-Kong, in
Chinese vessels, during 1846,. was 642,700 piculs, or
£325,780 ; and in 1847, 840,990 piculs, or £493,239. The
estimated value of sugar exported from Hug-. Kong
during 1847 amounted to £144,822.

At Mivart's Hotel, London, on Monday, night, a
gentleman, named Bold Houghton, Esq. staying at the
hotel, who, on his retiring to rest, left his jewel-case in
his dressing-room, next morning was alarmed at not find-
ing the jewel-case in its usual place. On making a search
the case, broken to pieces, was found under one of the
beds, and diamonds worth £9OO had been taken there-
from. The thief, fortunately, did not perceive a secret
drawer, in which were deposited jewels of still greater
value. _ _

On Monday night week, the lightning struck- the spire
of the church at Cubert, Cornwall, and entirely destroyed
it. For a moment the whole church appeared in a flame
of fire. So great was the force with which it was struck,
that the stones were driven many feet in the air;. and the
electric fluid having passed through the body of the church,
and striking one of the pillars, made its exit through.the
eastern wall. The plaster and whitewash having been
torn off the western wall, some rude frescos. have been
discovered, after having been concealed for nearly two
centuries.

SERIOUS AFFRAY.—On Saturday night week some of
the Irish living in Walmgate, York, became valiant over
their cups, and accordingly determined to give the `' boys
in Bedern a severe " bating." With this object in view,
they proceeded thither, when a battle ensued, and some
apprehension was excited as to the result. This fear was
not entertained without good reason, when it is known
that pokers, chicory tools, hatchets, and similar danger-
ous weapons were used, and the combatants, not content
with these, tore up the pavement and assailed one another
with showers of stones. Several parties were apprehended,
and the ringleaders imprisoned and fined.
ARMING OF THE CHARTISTS.—The movement amongst
the Chartists is giving some annoyance to the local autho-
rities in different quarters. In the north of Scotland, at
Aberdeen, a communication had been opened between
members of that body and the gunmakers of Birmingham ;
the latter engaged to supply guns and bayonets at Its. 6d. ;
and it was agreed that each Chartist should supply him-
self at this price. 500 had been enrolled as a `• National
Guard." One of the speakers, at a meeting in favour of
charter, declared that if Parliament and the Crown should
refuse to listen to the demands of these meetings, their
last and only resort would be to arms..

A SLEEPER AROUSED.—On Saturday morning week, a
fish cart was creeping along on the high road leading out
of Yorkshire into Durham, with the driver sound asleep
among his fish. The gates of the railway crossing in
South Stockton were open, and horse and cart, man and
fish, got upon the line. An engine coming up from Mid-
dlesborough ran bump against the cart, and bore it along
a distance of 21 yards. The cart was shattered, but the
horse escaped unarmed ; and as for the man, the only
thing that was broken about him was his sleep ! The
Stockton and Darlington Company have since awarded
him compensation for his cart.—Gateshead Observer.
CALAMITOUS FIRE.—On Friday night, about nine
o'clock, one of the most disastrous fires that has occurred
for some time past in the metropolis, broke out in the
midst of a large pile of buildings occupied respectively by
Mr. Baron Waterstadt, patentee of ships' signal lights,
Mr. Taylor, boat builder, and Mr. Horne, sail manufac-
turer, Limehouse. Energetic exertions were made to
stay the progress of the flames, but before that could be
accomplished five or six houses at the opposite side of the
road had taken fire, and were either wholly or partially
destroyed. The walls and roofs also of the buildings in
which the fire originated fell to the ground.
ANOTHER COAL EXPLOSION.—On Sunday, the Diadem,
of Whitehaven, was blown up by an accumulation of gas
from the coal with which she was loaded. She had her
full cargo on board-157 tons. All things were ready for
sea ; the captain and crew had retired for the night, and
about one in the morning one of the apprentices got up
for some purpose and lit a match by drawing it suddenly
along one of the beams, when the gas instantly ignited,
and blew up the deck, started six of the beams, and
otherwise injured the vessel. The apprentice was severely
burned. This is the third explosion that has taken place
in these docks within the last three weeks.—Monmouth
Merlin.

THE DUKE OF BUCCIEUCH AND HIS TENANTRY.—The
Duke of Buccleuch has lately introduced a change in the
mode of occupation of his extensive estates in the south of
Scotland. Many of the tenantry rented two or more
holdings—those on which they did not reside being termed
led farms. This practice, coupled with the large size of
the farms, had been carried on to such an extent that
wide districts of country were in a great measure depopu-
lated. The duke has determined to put a stop to this
system, and at the recent let of his Selkirkshire lands, all
those tenants that did not personally reside received no-
tice to quit. The same rule will shortly be adopted in the
adjacent counties of Dumfries and Roxburgh, when the
present lease expires.
HIGHLAND DESTITUTION.—The Glasgow section of
the Highland Destitution Board has forwarded to the
several districts under their superintendence the follow-
ing quantities of garden plants and seeds (with instruc-
tions for their cultivation) for distribution to those who
would otherwise be unable to procure them, care being
taken that the small crofts and garden plots are first pro-
perly prepared :—Cabbage plants, 445,000 ; green plants,
445,000; early turnip seed, 4400 ounces; late turnip
seed, 8800 ounces ; Swedish turnip seed, 8800 ounces ;
carrot seed, 4400 ounces. This is in addition to other
large quantities of seed which have been distributed by
the Edinburgh section of the Destitution Board among
the distressed districts ander their management.
ARRIVAL OF JENNY LlND.—Mdlle. Lind arrived on
Friday at Blackwall, at four in the morning, from Ham-
burgh, by the Countess of Lonsdale steamer. Her de-
parture from Stockholm was attended by the most extra-
ordinary demonstrations. It was on the 13th instant :
the weather was beautiful,' from fifteen to twenty thou-
sand people lined the quays, military bands were placed at
intervals: and she embarked amidst cheers and music.
The rigging of the vessels in the harbour was manned.
The hurrahs and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs
continued as long as the vessel which bore Jenny Lind
remained in sight. Her last performance in Stockholm
was for the benefit of a charitable institution she had
founded. The tickets of admission to the theatre on this
occasion were put up to auction, and fetched an immense
price.

DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS.—Some months ago, the
parishioners of Swindon in vestry passed a resolution to
rebuild the parish church on a new site; Ambrose God-
dard, Esq., gave the land; his son (A. L. Goddard, Esq.,
M.P.) gave £1000; and the Incorporated Society voted a
loan. A vestry meeting was called on Thursday to ob-
tain the sanction of the parishioners to this loan, when, to
the astonishment of every one, eight or nine hundred of
the men employed at the Great Western Company's works
came up and made a disturbance ; four hours were con-
sumed, during which these fellows attempted to get the
worthy vicar (the Rev. H. G. Baily) out of the chair,
amidst derisive shouts, and in the end the resolution for
applying to the Commissioners was negatived. The men
were urged to the course by a dissenting minister.—
Gloucester Chronicle.

BANK OF ENGLAND.—The public are not generally
aware of the extraordinary means of defence possessed by
the Bank during the late excitement. It was for the first
time placed under military government, and from room
to room, and from office to office, this establishment
would have been defended, the centre being the citadel.
Although many attacks have been threatened, yet the
" History of the Bank of England" slates that the only
one of importance occurred in 1780. The last period,
however, at which preparations were made was in 1830,
when, says Mr. Francis, " all the assistants were required
to remain, and some casks of biscuits ordered in to pro-
vide against the wants of a siege." It is generally under-
stood in the City that the four corners of the Bank will
be so altered that the defenders may always command the
sides against any attack, however expected. _

ACCIDENT FROM PLAYING WITH FIRE-ARMS.--A few
days ago a serious accident occurred to Miss Dawson, of
Scopwick. Miss Dawson, with her sister, and her sister's
son, went to visit Mr. Gardiner, of Ashby, when the lad
was permitted to have a pistol (which was not supposed
to be loaded), to play with. It would seem, however, that
it was loaded at some time, and the fact forgotten.
Pleased with the weapon, the boy pointed it at Mr. Gar-
diner and others, and amusing himself by snapping the
lock. After throwing it about for some time, he pointed
it at Miss Dawson, and again snapped the trigger, when
all present were horrified by its going off. Miss Dawson
was most seriously wounded, a bullet being sent deep into
one of her thighs. Happily, favourable appearances have
presented themselves, warranting the hope of recovery ;
but surely this affair will operate to the discontinuance of
the silly practice of placing dangerous weapons in the
hands of children for playthings.—Stamford Mercury.

WRECK OF THE SE-NATOR DUBLIN STEAMER.-Letters
were on Tuesday received from Penzance, communicat-
ing the probable loss of this fine vessel, which occurred
during the night of Sunday last, near the Land's End.
The Senator was a vessel about three hundred tons bur-
then, worked on the screw principle, and rigged as a
three-masted schooner. It is stated she left Dublin for
the Thames on Saturday morning, with a full cargo, and
a number of passengers. The weather was very unsettled,
with squalls from the S.S.W. On Sunday night fogs
came on, yet the vessel steamed on. The consequence
was that the Senator, about three o'clock, miscalculated
the Land's End light, and ran into Whitsand Bay, close
to Sinner Cove, and got ashore. The coast-guard afforded
aid to the unfortunate persons on board, who were con-
ducted ashore in safety. By the last account it was diffi-
cult to say if there was any chance of the vessel being
got off. She wag buried several feet in the sands, and the
sea was beating upon her.
PHYSICAL VERSUS MORAL.—Whether the Physical
wants should be remedied through the Moral, or the Moral
through the Physical, has been a question which has occu-
pied the attention of philosophers and philanthropists for
centuries. Without attempting to decide the question,
there can be no doubt that when the Physical condition is
impaired it demands the first attention. For instance ;
a person whilst suffering from an acate attack of Gout
would be unable •tb appreciate the sublimest lessons o
philosophy, eveti though enunciated by the divine Plato.
How much, more welcome to the sufferer would be a box
of Blay!s'Gout and Rheumatic Pills, so efficacious in era-
dicating this distressing malady.
GAMBLING.—This vice has been practised by the most
civilized and enlightened people, as well as by the most
barbarous and ignorant. The coronetted legislator of the
foremost nation in refinement has been known to sacrifice
a princely income to this passion. No station is free from
its degrading influence. The brutal bull-baiter, and the
most profound thinker have alike met rain in its vortex.
An instance of the latter occurred in the case of an author
of European celebrity, who2,,iti one of his works, said,
" The gamester, if he dies' a martyr to his pursuit, is
doubly ruined : he adds his soul to every other loss, and
by the act of suicide redounces earth to forfeit heaven !"
The man who wrote diet sentence was himself a gambler,
and ultimately a suicide ! Such is the result of this demo-
ralizing habit,etmmenced perhaps in a state of dissipated
ennui, and amtinued through a vitiated state of the diges-
tive organ's,. entailing a morose, peevish, and discontented
state of mind, the whole of which might have been preven-
ted by the occasional use of that mild aperient, Frampton's
Pill of Health.

QUEEN'S BOUNTY.—OD Thursday, being Maunder
Thursday, the Queen's bounty or Maunday money was
distributed to fifty aged men and women, at the Chapel
Royal, Whitehall. The women received £3 15s. 4d..
and as many silver pennies as her Majesty is years of age.
The men received £4 15s. in money, with brown cloth
to make a suit of clothes, linen, shoes, and stockings.
The gold was placed in a crimson silk bag, and the small
silver money in white bags of the same material.
PRACTICAL GRATITUDE.—The nobility, gentry, bank-
ers, traders, &c., of London, have resolved, " in deep
gratitude to Almighty God for his goodness in preserving
their city and this realm from anarchy and confusion," to
open a subscription, and it is suggested that the sum con-
tributed should be appropriated, as may seem most advisa-
ble, to all or any of the following purposes :-1. To erect,
in the part of the metropolis in which it may be required,
and where a suitable site may be obtained, a free hospital,
dedicated to the use and service of the people. 2. To
erect and to assist the poorer parishes in building bathe
and washhouses for the accommodation and service of
the people, and for the promotion of public health, per-
sonal cleanliness, and domestic happiness and comfort.
3. To afford assistance where required, and, under certain
conditions and regulations, to established institutions for
the benefit and assistance of the poor.
A CUNNING FARMER.—rI farmer in the neighbourhood
of Blankney, upon goinc, to one of his fields the other
morning, was vexed to findi' that a lamb had been worried
by a dog, and two, others torn to pieces. How to dis-
cover the delinquent, and so protect himself for the future,
seemed at first a puzzle, as had he begun by proclaiming
his loss, every one would have protested that it could not
be his dog, and would have thrown all sorts of obstacles
in the way of discovery. Having a shrewd suspicion of
the whereabouts of the canine slaughterer, he accosted
the owner of the supposed criminal, and asked, "'Do you
ever lose any fowls ?" " Oh, no," was the reply, " I've
too good a dog, who runs loose at nights." " Why, I'll
bet my life, then, that he's the rascal who has worried
some of my lambs," rejoined the gentleman, bent on
vengeance. How to prove the fact seemed for a moment
an obstacle insurmountable, but the ready ingenuity of
the lamb-loser again came in aid of justice. Upon his
suggestion, a quantity of salt was put down the dog's
throat ; this powerful emetic brought to light portions of
the worried lamb, and the culprit, thus convicted, was
taken and hanged at once.—Stamford Mercury.
THE EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANK-
LIN.—The Herald, 36, Captain Kellet, C. 8.. was at Point
Chirambira, above Panama, on the 26th of February. A.
letter from her of that date says :—" We have just re-
ceived orders to proceed to Behring's Straits in search of
Sir John Franklin and party. We proceed first to Petro-
polski (a Russian settlement of Kampschatka). We are
not to run the risk of being ' pinned ' for the winter, but
when that commences are to victual and store the Plover
for the year, and to come away south with intelligence to
Panama, where we expect to arrive about December. We
are particular in this (off Panama) portion of our survey,
as numerous rivers debouch on this coast which take their
rise in mountains in the hack ground. Similar rivers
descend the eastern side, rendering a passage across the
isthmus possible at this point. In fact, we have met men
here who assert that the river San Juan runs to within a
quarter of a league of the Atrato, a river on the opposite
side navigable for large boats. Should this be found cor-
rect, the new road in this direction (across the Isthmus)
would soon supersede the one at Panama, as the anchor-
age at Chagres is so unsafe." _

TRICKS OF THE NEWSMONGERS.-At a meeting of the
Marylebone Vestry, held on Saturday. Mr. Stanford
begged to call the attention of the vestry to a great an-
noyance and nuisance which he and the inhabitants of all
the respectable streets of Marylebone bad been subject to
for some time past, and which was frightfully on the in-
crease. He meant that of four or five fellows, with sten-
torian lungs, selling newspapers in the streets at unseason-
able hours, and bawling out at the top of their voices, all
at the same time, the most disgraceful and barefaced lies
imaginable, in order to sell their papers. They were con-
tinually being treated in Portland-place with Frightful
Assassination of Louis Philippe." (Laughter.) Twice
the Emperor of Russia had been shot—(renewed laughter)
—and three times there had been " Dreadful Riots in the
House of Commons "—(laughter)—and once that " The
Seat of the Collective Wisdom of the Nation had been
Burnt Down." (Roars of laughter.) He wished to know
if something could not be done in the matter ?—Sir James
Hamilton said such parties could be taken up for pro-
pagating false reports ; but they managed the thing so
cleverly as entirely to evade the law. They never went
singly, and while one fellow on one side of the street
bawled out " Dreadful Assassination," the fellow on the
other side called out " Louis Philippe." (Roars of
laughter.")
The Atheneum mentions two schemes for remedying
the great disparity of sexes now existing in our Australian
colonies in process of organization. The one is a sub-
scription by the colonists themselves, for carrying over
20,000 young women, daughters and sisters of artisans,
who are to pay a small sum as a sort of guarantee of their
respectability. The other is Miss Burdett Coutts's Insti-
tution,of which we have before spoken and called her
" Home" for penitent females. A large house has been
taken at Shepherd's Bush, and fitted up at an expense of
£l2OO for their reception. The institution is under the
more immediate management of Mr. Charles Dickens and
Mr. Chesterton, the governor of Coldbath-fields Prison.
The female penitents are to be sent out to the Colonies—
after a course of trial and probation here—as free women ;
provision being made for them until they enter into ser-
vice or marry. Every kind of domestic art—cooking,
sewing, straw-platting, &c.—is to be taught in the
" Home," which can render them valuable as wives or
servants. Great care is taken in the selection of the in-
mates ; real penitence, sobriety, honesty, health, being
the qualifications demanded in the applicant for admis-
sion. As yet there are but twelve or fourteen inmates ;
but if the scheme work well the promoters are prepared
to appeal to the public for the means of greatly enlarging
it.

ART UNIONS.—If any of our readers take an interest
in the great joint stock company for the distribution of
works of art, called the London Art Union, they will have
been aware, that, for sometime past, a controversy has
been going on between that society and the Lords of the
Committee of Privy Council for Trade ; but, perhaps,
they were hardly prepared for the voluminous " corre-
spondence" on the subject, which the Council has recently
presented to its subscribers, in the shape of a pamphlet
of eight-and-thirty pages. The whole might, with advan-
tage, have been compressed into eight-and-thirty lines.
It amounts simply to this, that the Board of Trade, hav-
ing been charged with the duty of fixing the conditions
on which Art Unions are to be entitled to the protection
granted them by Parliament a short time since, has deci-
ded that one of those conditions shall be, that the prizes
which are to be distributed among the subscribers shall,
in the first instance, be selected by a committee possess-
ing some knowledge of art ; and that the Council of the
Art-Union object to the proposed condition, because it
would be unpopular with the subscribers, and would lead,
as they say, to a great diminution in the number of con-
tributors. This mode of arguing is somewhat irrelevant.
The question is not, what mode of proceeding is likely to
to be most conducive to the prosperity of the Art-Union ?
but, what is most consistent with the policy of Govern-
ment with regard to lotteries ?
GAS FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.—Among the advan-
tages enumerated by Messrs. Whalley and Clegg, the
government surveying officers, they state that—" By
having gas in their houses, they may cook by it in the
summer season, thus superseding the necessity for a fire.
By the aid of a wire frame fixed over the lamp, a kettle
of water will boil in a few minutes, and, in case of sick-
ness, the advantage of having gas is incalculable ; and the
artisan returning home after his daily toil, instead of
finding a comfortless house without fire, will meet with a
cheerful light, and a boiling kettle ; with this and a book
he will have no inducement to go to the ale-house to
waste his money and destroy his health. It is further
stated that there was scarcely a week but some unfortu-
nate child was burned to death by playing with the fire
whilst the mother was unavoidably absent ; this might be
prevented by the use of gas. The saving to the landlord
in the dilapidation of his houses, in having better tenants
in houses lighted by gas, would also be considerable."
Messrs. Whalley and Clegg recommend an arrangement
between a landlord and a Gas Company, in respect of the
introduction of gas into the dwellings of the poor. They
say :—" The arrangement between the owner of a row of
houses of the class above-mentioned and the Gas Com-
pany is easily made. The landlord fixes a meter at the
first house, from which he supplies all the rest. The
landlord is accountable to the Gas Company, and he fixes
a rate upon his tenants ; instead, therefore, of the Gas
Company selling the gas to the rich at about half pricer
under the name of public lamps, it appears to us that it
would be infinitely better if the town were charged the
same price as the private consumer, thereby enabling the
Company to lower the price to the poor. Is it to be
wondered at, we would ask, that the poor congregate
together in gin-shops and ale-houses, those nurseries of
crime, when their comforts at home are so totally neg-
lected ?"

AN EMEUTE IN A ROOKERY.—On Saturday (week)
two very curious scenes occurred in the colony of crows
on the South Inch, Perth. In the first case, one of the
black denizens had been laborious!) occupied in convey-
ing sticks from the opposite side of the river, wherewith
to build his nest, when something seemed to strike hint
that he was making no progress in its erection, and that
he was the victim of some thievish neighbour. That his
suspicions were correct he soon discovered, and evidently
adopted the following plan to detect the culprit :—He set
off apparently to cross the river, and kept his usual way,
but on reaching the island he suddenly wheeled round,
and sweeping behind the lime sheds, he reached his nest
just in time to catch the suspected rogue in the very act
of robbing him of a stick. A fierce engagement ensued,
lasting several minutes, when the thief, clearly having the
worst of the fight, was compelled to render justice to
his injured neighbour by restoring his stolen property;
as for nearly half an hour after, the latter was seen to
carry stick after stick from the other's nest, without any
molestation, and apply them to his own. The other case
made so much noise as to attract some hundred specta-
tors to witness it; the carpenters, sailors, shipowners, &c.,
having left their various occupations to witness the cause
of the uproar, besides many of the citizens who were pro-
menading on the Edinburgh Road. Those who saw the
commencement of the scene say that the entire colony
was congregated upon a tree, as if they had apparently
constituted themselves into a deliberative assembly upon
some momentous subject; that after having remained
quietly together for a considerable time, they all with one
Impulse commenced a most furious assault on a newly-
built nest. The noise, tumult, uproar, and confusion they
made in their work of havoc may be fancied, not only from
the circumstance of the ship-carpenters, &c. having left
their work to witness the spectacle, but from the fact that
several of the shore publicans left their houses to see it,
attracted by the uproar. In fifteen minutes there was not
a single stick nor a vestige of the obnoxious nest remain-
ing. The suppositim !: chat the nest had been built by
an intruder or stranger to the colony:-4/3uitclii Cofirkre,

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A regular trader.
• Warranted first vessel or forfeit freight, and will
be despatched immediately, having the greater
I " portion of her cargo engaged.
.%401 For HONG KONG and WHAMPOA,
The ANNE JANE.

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For S SrGHAE, direct,
e SANDERSON.
W. and J. TYRER.

(One interest.)

Cast intlits,

Positively
.first vessel.—Clearing for sea.
For CALCUTTA,
I:44111U- The remarkably fine Ship FREE TRADER,
WADE, Commander
Classed A I at Lloyd's for eleven years ; 359 tons per
register, and coppered r onlyyppre7JPcr old; sails re-
markably fast; presents a supe pportunity to shippers,
• and has excellent accommod s for passengers.—For terms
of freight or passage ap o JOHN JARDINE, I, Rumford-
place, or MOORE and KEWLEY.