The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

THE PLAN OF BIRKENHEAD.—The Liverpool Stan-
dard of Tuesday gives, in a supplement, a typographical
sketch of the extensive improvements at Birkenhead. This
specimen of workmanship is certainly a curiosity, and is
as creditable: to the skill of the manipulator as it is to the
advancement of the arts in the noble town of Liverpool.—
Worcester Tournal.—[We are sorry we cannot find room
for the many notices from our other provincial con-
temporaries of our novel production. They are as grati-
fying as they are numerous.]
OPENING OF THE MANCHESTER CUSTO3I-HOUSE.—
This establishment was opened for business on Friday.
The establishment consists of a solicitor, comptroller, six
clerks, a landing surveyor, two landing-waiters, lockers,
&c. Mr. Powell, late comptroller of the customs at New-
castle, has been selected as collector; and Mr. Shelly, late
warehouse-keeper at Liverpool, has received the appoint-
ment of comptroller. The majority of tho officars have
been selected by the commissioners of customs, from the
Liverpool officers. We understand that a considerable
business was transacted.—Manchester Courier.

Fiats.—On Thursday morning about half.past ten, a
fire broke out on the premises of Mr. W. Alletson, tallow
chandler, Bevington Hill. The damageamounted to about
&10. On Friday night a fire broke out in the stable of
Mr. Lathom, Vauxhall road, but the police being promptly
on the spot, the flames were soon subdued. On Sunday
morning a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. John Simpson,
chemist, Scotland-road, opposite St. Martin's Market.
How it originated has not been exactly ascertained, but
the flames were extinguished by the police before the en-
gines arrived. The counter was partially burned. The
stock was insured in the West of England Office for £7OO.
FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Saturday an inquest was held
before the Borough Coroner, on view of the body of a
child, five years of age, named Eliza Winsmore. It ap-
peared, from the evidence, that, upon the morning of that
day, the deceased was run over, in Great Howard-street,
by the Tally-ho omnibus which plies between Liverpool
and Bootle, and belongs to a person named Bradley. The
driver was taken into custody upon the instant, but was
subsequently discharged, Mr. Kaye, the proprietor of the
Courier, having deposed that no blame was attributable
to him, but that the death was purely the result of acci-
dent. A verdict to this effect was returned.
BIRKENHEAD FAIR.—The quarterly fair for the sale
of horned cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, &c., took place on
Tuesday last. The show of cattle was, on the whole,
pretty good, and a number of parties from the neighbour-
hood, as well as from Liverpool, Prescot, &c., attended
both as sellers and buyers. Cows, of which there was an
excellent supply, realised high prices, especially good
milkers; pigs were scarce, and a considerable advance in
price consequently took place. There was a large stock
of horses, but purchasers were scarce, and complaints
were very general as to the paucity of the business
transacted as well in this as in other departments con-
nected with the fair.

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT, THURSDAY.—SeveraI
parties were summoned for allowing goods, &c., to remain
on the footwalks, contrary to the provisions of the im-
provement act. They were warned, and acquitted on pay-
ment of costs. William Parkinson appeared to answer a
summons for laying down a gas pipe, and connecting it
with the Gas Company's main without giving notice. As
it appeared that it was done in ignorance, and with no in-
tention to defraud, the case was not pressed—the object
in bringing it being to warn the public.—A man, named
Dann, was fined 20s. and costs (or fourteen days' im-
prisonment in default), for a violent assault on Mary Min-
shull, on Monday night, at Arrow.

THE LARGEST POWER-LOOM SHED IN THE WORLD.
—Messrs. Ainsworth and Son, cotton Spinners, of this
town, have now nearly completed their most extraordi-
nary power-loom shed. The building covers one and
three-eighths of an acre of ground, and will hold 1650
pairs of looms, which will require 825 hands to superin-
tend them, and 75 horse power to drive them. The shaft-
ing connected with this monstrous shed is now finished :
its length is 6,500 feet. When the whole of the looms
are in motion they will require 28,000 feet of strapping.
There are 3,000 feet of gas piping, and 825 lights will be
required. The roof contains 340 windows, or sky lights,
and is supported by 325 pillars. When the whole of the
looms are in motion, they will turn off 50 yards of cloth
per minute !—Preston Chronicle.
BANK OF MANCHESTER.—The annual meeting of the
proprietors of this unfortunate concern was held at Man-
chester on Wednesday. The report read on the occasion
stated, that the committee of shareholJers appointed at
the last annual meeting to investigate into the affairs of
the bank had arrived at the conclusion that the balance-
sheet presented to the shareholders last October correctly
showed the position of the bank on the 30th of June, and
that the balance-sheet of the 31st of December showed a
considerable realization of assets, and a consequent reduc-
tion of liabilities from £440,236 to £314,778 during the
half-year. By the balance-sheet made up to June, 1843,
the liabilities amounted to £440,936 6s. 10d. and the net
amount of the estimated assets was £388,577 16s. 5d.,
showing a deficiency of £52,358 10s. sd. The total
results of the statement made up to the 30th of June last
was as follows :
£ s. d.
Total assets - - - - 1,183,677 1 3
Deduct estimated losses - - 937,125 3 1

246,551 17 7
Liabilities - - - 217,573 14 2

Showing a surplus of - 28,178 3 5
The surplus thus shown, added to the previous deficiency,
makes a total difference of £81,336 I4s. 10d., which is
accounted for by the receipts on the first call of £2 per
share, amounting to £5,896 95., on the further call due
in January last, amounting to £88,497, and the return
of directors' allowances; amounting to £1,452 165., ma-
king a total of £95,846 ss. The expenses of the year,
amounting to £14,501 lls. 2d., being deducted from
this amount, leave the difference as quoted above. On
the 30th ult. theiliabilities had been further reduced to
£204,440. The report was adopted.

HOLLINS GREEN REGATTA.—The regatta took place
on Tuesday last, the company was numerous and respect-
able, and the sport good, the boats being well matched.
The distance to be pulled, out and in, was from opposite
Hollins Ferry House, on the Mersey, round a buoy
moored off at liixton Hall pier, about three miles. Every
available point for si.:ht was crowded to excess. The
Warrington Royal Forresters band was stationed on the
Cheshire side, and in their new uniform added much to
the gaiety of he day. One of the Old Quay Company's
vessels, which was decorated with various colours, was
engaged to bring down the Manchester division, and ar-
rived about eleven o'clock, amidst the acclamations of the
assembled throng. The stewards and judge were punctual
to time, and precisely at twelve o'clock the start took
place for the Lancashire stakes, and resulted after a good
race in "Mr. J. Skelmordine's Little Thought Of, beat-
ing Fenoless, Lady E.aerton and Mazeppa. The Rixtcn
stakes next came off—a splendid race—Mr. Burrows
Crusader beating, the Mystery, and the Mersey, by 50
yards. The next race was for the Cheshire stakes, and
was the best contested of the day. The result was Mr.
Nowell's Briiannia 1; Miss Lucy 2. The Mystery dis-
tanced. Then came a diverting duck race. The duck,
Catch me if you can; pursuing boats—Little thought of,
and Mr. Jones's Fearless.—Catch me if you can was in a
very small boat, provided with a pair of small sculls. The
two pursuing boats being of great length, could not turn
so quick as the smaller ono, and on several occasions
in coming in contact with each other, gave the duck the
advantage of getting away from them. Eventually Little
thought of caught her and demolished the prize.—The
stewards and their friends adjourned to the lied Lion Inn,
accompanied by the band playing a lively tune. The
evening was spent in right good fellowship.

DOCK UOMMITTEE, THIIRSDAY.—T-de SIM-COMM tree
of works submitted a letter from Messrs. Thomas Vernon
and Co., containing a statement of the terms upon which
they wished to rent the land pointed out to them on the
Harrington Dock estate, and, also, a resolution come to
upon the subject, which was to the effect that Messrs.
Vernon should be allowed to hold the land in question
(about 300 square yards) rent free, until the land at the
north be ready for their reception. After a discussion
which lasted upwards of an hour, the votes were taken,
when there appeared for the recommendation of the sub-
committee, nine, namely—Messrs. Kendall, Bold, Tobin,
Sandbach, Smith, Holmes, Royden, Trotman, and Nicol.
Against it, seven, namely—the Chairman, Messrs. Mid-
dleton, Ripley, Holt, Aikin, Barclay, and Evans.—Mr.
Evans hoped some limit would be put to the time the land
was to be rent free, and, after some conversation, the
time was limited to eighteen months, and a clause was
ordered to be inserted in the leases, to the effect that no
compensation would be given to parties who should be
required to remove.—A letter from Mr. Cato, requesting
that the rent of land occupied by him might not be in-
creased from Is. to Is. 6d. per square yard, and asking
for a lease, was referred to the sub-committee of works.—
A letter was read from Mr. Wilson, objecting to the clause
in his lease of the land at Brunswick Dock, which prohi-
bited him from sub-letting it. The committee decided
that they would never lease land with power to sublet ;
and it was urged by Mr. Ripley that the land ought only
to be let for the purpose of shipbuilding.—The Chairman
said that although the necessary. notices had been given,
yet it was found impossible, consequence of the number
of ships in it, to let the Prince's Dock dry these springs,
but that it would be done the first springs in November.—
The sub-committee for the marine department presented
a .new telegraphic vocabulary, prepared by the marine
surveyor, and recommended that it should be printed at
the expense of the trust, and sold to the public at the
cheapest possible rate. After some conversation, the de-
cision on this point was deferred for a week.—lt was or-
dered that two assistants should be appointed to the line
of telegraph, in order to supply the place of sick and
absent men.—The marine surveyor reported the death of
Mr. Evans, superintendent of the telegraph station at
Holyhead. Referred to the marine sub-committee to
consider and report. Mr. Aikin said that, after an ac-
quaintance with the deceased for above a quarter of a cen-
tury, he must say that they had lost in him one of the best
public servants—as good a man in his position as any he
knew.—Recommendation for the placing of mushrooms,
capstans, life-buoys, lamps, &c. on the island at the en-
trance to the Canning Dock, was approved.—The number
of days the flags denoting the docks to be full bad been
flying at the pier-heads, during the last quarter, was stated
as follows :—Waterloo and Victoria Docks 49, Prince's
57, George's 90, (in this the dredging machine had been
at work 64 days,) Canning 32, King's 27, Queen's 31,
Brunswick 25, Coburg 22, Union 23. Mr. Evans said he
went by the Canning Dock frequently, but he had no re-
collection of seeing any want of room.—At the suggestion
or the master pilots, with the approval of the marine sur-
veyor, the bell-buoy was ordered to be removed half a
mile further in the same line.—Two letters, as to landing
berths for tobacco vessels, was referred to the harbour
master's sub-committee.—A resolution of the finance
committee, as to W. Kelly, was referred to the secretary.
—Tbe committee then adjourned, having sat nearly two
hours.

WALLASEY CHURCH. —The Rector and Church-
wardens of Wallasey have issued a circular to the
parishioners, announcing that they have received the sum
of £9OO, for the purpose of adding a new aisle to the
church, to contain four hundred and eighty sittings,
which are to be entirely free, and that they intend to
carry the donor's intention forthwith into effect. The
venerable old church requires rebuilding, and many of
the parisioners, we have no doubt, would " come down
handsomely," for the support of such a proposition.
Would not this be a capital time to moot the question ?
CASE OF STABBING.—On Saturday an elderly female
was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having
stabbed another female, rather advanced in years, with a
knife. The complainant, who had her face bandaged,
and appeared to have been wounded very severely, said
that her antagonist, without any provocation whatever,
had taken up the knife and " carved " her nose. The
prisoner's defence was, that they bad been drinking to-
gether, and quarrelled in argument. Mr. Rushton, after
remarking that many of the outrages which came before
him had their origin in intoxication, ordered the prisoner
to pay a fine of 50s. and costs, or to be imprisoned forty-
two days.
PUBLICANS AND BEERSEL LEAS FlNED.—There were
only two informations against beersellers, and one against
a publican, heard at the Police-court on Friday, thus ex-
hibiting a remarkable diminution in point of numbers.
William Rimtner, beerseller, Mill-place, Shaw's-brow,
was fined 10s. awl costs for having sold ale at half-past
eleven o'clock on the night of Saturday last; and Row-
land Williams, beerseller, of Bixteth-street, was fined
20s. and costs for permitting drunkenness in his house at
two o'clock on the morning of Saturday last. The pub-
lican was Mr. Henry Jordan, of London-road, who was
convicted in the penalty of 40s. and costs for permitting
drunkenness on the morning of Thursday, the 26th ult.

RATHER SUSPICIOUS.—On Wednesday, an elderly
man, named William Finch, was brought up, charged
with stealing £1 in gold and four half-crowns from the
house of Mr. Mossop, Vine-court, Circus-street. The
evidence against the prisoner was, that he lived opposite
to Mr. Mossop, and that early on Monday morning he
was seen, partially dressed with a striped nightcap on, to
come out of the house of Mossop, lock the door, and go
into his own house. The money was safe on Saturday,
and it appeared that the same key opened the houses of
both complainant and prisoner. In his possession was
also found £1 in gold and 17s. 6d. in half-crowns, but he
accounted for this by saying he was a treasurer to a Fo-
resters' Lodge. He admitted to the officer who took him
into custody, that he had a nightcap such as was described
by the boy. Mr. Rushton did not think the case conclu-
sive, and or'lered the prisoner to be discharged.

RE MICHAEL M`DIVITT, A BANKRUPT.—Wednesday
being the day appointed for the public sitting for the al-
lowance of the bankrupt's certificate by the commissioner,
Mr. Moss attended on behalf of the bankrupt, and Mr.
John Yates, jun., for the assignee. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow
having inquired if any creditor appeared to oppose, and
no one answering, Mr. Yates, on behalf of the assignee,
said that he was instructed not only not to offer any oppo-
sition, but to state that—after the fullest investigation of
the bankrupt's conduct—he thought he was fully and fairly
entitled to the certificate, having, in all respects, duly
conformed. The learned Sergeant afterwards addressing
the bankrupt, said—" Mr. M'Divitt, I am happy to re-
mark, that you have passed this court in a very creditable
manner • and it must be gratifying to your feelings to
know, drat you obtain your certificate with the entire ap-
probation of the solicitor to the assignee."
THE DISTRICT BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Under Lord
Brougham's new act; a discharge of debtors, whose debts
did not amount to £2O, has taken place, and the conse-
quence has been several re-commitments to prison by the
bankruptcy commissioners. Two instances of this oc-
curred in our own district court last week. A man named
Simpson, who had thus been discharged, came before the
commissioner (Mr. Sergeant Ludlow) for a final order
and relief from all his debts, when he was opposed for a
man named Jones, on the ground that he was also in gaol
for an assault on Jones, the damages and costs amounting
to £3B ; the damages, however, being less than £2O. By
a section of the act, insolvents convicted of certain of-
fences (including assaults) are ineligible to take the bene-
fit of the set. The commissioner held that he should be
sent back to Lancaster Castle. Anotherinsolvent, named
Boyle, was also re-committed to prison under similar cir-
cumstances, and also on the opposition of the same Mr.
Jones.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a distressing na-
ture occurred on Tuesday evening last, between six and
seven o'clock, to three persons who were intending to
cross the Lancaster Sands on their way to Flookburgh.—
John Moore, fisherman, of Flookburgh, was returning
from Lancaster on Tuesday evening, with two carts, each
drawn by one horse. Two other young men were also
with him, riding in the cart. On arriving at the Lancas-
ter Sands it unfortunately happened that the travellers
were considerably out of time, the tide then flowing rather
strongly. Moore, however, imagined he might proceed
on his journey, without incurring any serious risk, and
did so • when melancholy to state, the water was soon
after found to have increased to so great a height, as to
baffle all their endeavours to get through it, and the pain-
ful result was that Moore and one of his passengers, and
both horses were drowned ; but the other man having
stuck with determined tenacity to the tail of one of the
horses, was afterwards rescued from his perilous situation
in a very exhausted state.

RABIES IN A HORSE.—On Wednesday afternoon last,
a horse, appearing to be labouring under great nervous
excitement, and belonging to Mr Garner, Kent-street,
was brought to Mr. Dawber's veterinary establishment, in
Houghton-street. On closer examination, it was observed
that the animal manifested some very curious symptoms,
which inclined to the belief that he was affected with ra-
bies. On further inquiry, it wus stated that the horse,
under natural circumstances, was remarkably quiet : but
during the day had become extremely vicious, with a de-
sire to attack any person that came near him. On making
an attempt to give him a little medicine, he threw himself
into the most violent convulsions, and fell to the ground,
apparently much exhausted. Every precaution was used
to secure the horse; and owing to some sedatives Oat had
but
been given, he, for a time, seemed more composed;
early on the following morning
a most aggravated form. He was,
.from time to time,
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strongly convulsed; he sweat profusely;
mouth
of the most savage description, frothing at the mou ;he
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ei'G;tifAtnohNgreD fora hfSpa FiOtrwhheEai onanbAo:ap of Oldhall-street. Mr. Cun-
ningham, surveyor of that district, stated that an estimate
given in for " coating" a given portion of the street, about
three weeks ago, was £5B, and owing to the great traffic
over it, another " coating" would be required before
Christmas. The cost incurred to keep this street in re-
pair, as at present, was better than 2s. per yard per an-
num. It cost yearly half what it would cost to lay it with
small sets, which would last for thirty years. It was un-
derstood that the commissioners decided upon having the
street laid with sets.—A communication was read from
Mr. Hoyle, in referen;e to the commissioners having re-
jected the whole of the flags which he had supplied accord-
ing to the contract.—A communication was read from
Mr. R. P. Carter, Green-lane, complaining that in con-
sequence of a well which had been sunk in his immediate
neighbourhood, his supply of water had been drawn off.
After a conversation it was concluded that the commis-
sioners were not liabie to make compensation for water
so taken, and, moreover, that much doubt existed whether
the water had been so exhausted.

A LADY ROBBED OF HER WATCH IN THE STREET.—
Yesterday week, at the Police Court, a boy, named George
Miller, was charged with having robbed a lady, in open
day, of her watch and its appendages, together with other
minor articles. Miss Christina Marshall, the complain-
ant, said that she lived in Myrtle-street South. On
Saturday last, about 12 o'clock, she was on her way
homeward from St. James' Market, and had reached
Canning-street, when some one came up to her, and she
felt a hand about her person, and immediately missed
her gold watch, gold seal, a gold locket and a key. She
immediately screamed out, and told a person who came
up, of her loss, but the boy ranToff, and she could not
notice him so distinctly as to identify him. A boy who
happened to be near said he saw the prisoner snatch
away the watch, with which he ran off. He afterwards
observed him showinv something to another boy, and he
then ran towards Parliament-:street. Mary Eleanor
Treavenor, a servant, said that she was going into Back
Canning-street, when she heard a lady scream. The
prisoner was pursued by some boys, and by witness, and
he took up a stone and threw it at the boys to keep them
back, and finally escaped. From information afterwards
received, Police officer, Samuel Tuck, with a description
of the prisoner's dress and appearance, he went in search
of him, and saw him in Fcntenoy street. On seeing the
officer he ran off, but was pursued and found in an entry
seated on a heap of coals, and one shilling in his pocket.
The prisoner, who had been nine times committed, was
sent for trial at the Sessions.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last at noon, the
neighbourhood of Paradise-street was thrown into a state
of considerable commotion by the rumour that an explo-
sion had taken place in the house of Mr. Jones, chemist,
No. 5, in that street, and the appearance of a female, en-
veloped in flames, rushing out of the shop door. The
passers by seized the female, who was Mr. Jones's servant,
and, by forcibly throwing her on the ground and rolling
her in a flannel garment, succeeded in quenching the fire,
which had, however, burned her hands and face and the
upper part of her dress. On entering the premises it was
found that Mr. Jones himself had his right hand much
burned and blistered, and that his brother William, and
more particularly his sister, Miss Jones, a fine young
woman, were dreadfully iburned in various parts of their
bodies. Mr. W. Jones was singed in the face, hands,
arms, and thighs, and the legs of his pantaloons were com-
pletely burned away. Almost all the clothes worn by
Miss Jones were also destroyed. The servant and Mr.
W. Jones were soon after taken to the Infirmary, and
though Miss Jones could not be removed on account of
her sufferings,•she was sufficiently recovered to be re-
moved there in a covered car on Sunday, and they are all
doing well. Mr. Jones states that his sister's clothes
caught fire in the kitchen, a small apartment over the rear
of the shop, and that his brother, the servant, and himself,
having rushed in to save her, were injured in the manner
described. He further stated, that there was a jar in:the
oven containing a chemical preparation of turpentine and
wax, and that overheating must have accidentally caused
the boiling over of the ingredients and the bursting forth
of the flame. The door of the apartment was, it appears
shut, at the time, and the confinement of the dame would
no doubt, have caused its ravages upon the injured parties
to be the more intense. He denied that there was any
explosion, but a female living in an adjoining house stated
that she heard a very loud report. Little damage was
done to the premises.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, as J. Cunningham,
a carpenter, was walking along the edge of the staircase at
one of the new buildings, Hamilton square, Woodside,
the brickwork suddenly gave way, and precipitated the
unfortunate manfrom a height of forty feet, and when taken
up, he was found to be literally crushed to pieces. He
was immediately conveyed to the dispensary, but be only
lingered for a few hours.
THE OUT-PENSIONERS.—On Thursday last, the out-
pensioners of this district assembled at the Barracks, in
Duke-street, where they underwent an examination by
Captain Greigg, the staff-officer. They were reviewed,
on Saturday. in the large fields to the rear of the Colle-
giate Institution, before Major-General Sir Vim. Warr,
the commanding officer stationed at Chester. Sir William
arrived at George's pier about twelve o'clock, and was
there met by his relative, Mr. William Rathbone, in
whose carriage he proceeded to the review. The hardy
veterans went through their various evolutions with a
precision which plainly showed that, although they had
been discharged from active service, they had not forgot-
ten the military discipline to which they were subjected
in their earlier days. Sir William expressed himsel
highly pleased with the regularity of their movements and
general appearance. A full band was in attendance, and
played several military airs. On Thursday next the out-
pensioners will be finally inspected by Captain Greigg.

HASTY HONESTY AND DEPLORABLE ROGUERY.—A
correspondent says, "On Monday week, a mercantile
clerk lost a bank note for £5OO, on his way from Change-
alley to the south end of Castle-street, at haV-past two in
the afternoon ; the loss was immediately discovered, and
in an hour afterwards the owners of the note offered a re-
ward of £25 for its restoration. About six o'clock the
note was handed to the printer of the handbill, the £25
paid, and a receipt given. The owners, of course, were
well satisfied, and naturally supposed that the finder
would be equally content with his reward ; but, to their
surprise, they received, on the following morning, a mes-
sage from the gentleman, to the effect that be wished to
see a partner in the house, and when his summons was
obeyed, he expressed great dissatisfaction at the £25 re-
ward ; he thought he deserved more ; indeed he said he
could at any bank have got 500 sovereigns for his prize;
or, at most, if he had gone to London, it could never
have been traced ; and a friend of his had called him a
fool for not going ! after many fruitless attempts to ex-
tract a further sum, he descended from his high ground,
begged for a suit of clothes in addition, assured in his own
mind, that this would not be refused him. The gentle-
man holds what is called a confidential situation in an of-
fice, and dresses in the height of fashion. Of course he
had to content himself with the paltry £25."
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—An inquest was held at
the Qneen's Arms, Liscard, on Tuesday last, before
Henry Cburton, Esq., on the body of Richard Chapman,
aged 30, a clerk in the house of Messrs. Clegg and Co.,
of Liverpool. It appeared that the deceased, who had
been for some time in a declining state of health. was
crossing the river about three weeks ago by one of the
Seacombe Ferry steamers, and, owing to the weather
being wet, had taken shelter in the cabin, but, finding the
heat oppressive, had removed to the stairs and stood on
the uppermost step. A person in the cabin was heard to
order him either to go up or come down, but, being un-
fortunately deaf, he did not hear him. Immediately the
person took hold of his coat-laps, and dragged him down
in a very forcible manner, the shock of which acting on
his mind, as well as his body, had the effect of bringing
on a crisis, as be gradually got worse until his death.
Dr. Donlevy, of Liscard, gave evidence that the deceased
had tubercles on the lungs, hut that he was not in a state
previous to the accident to warrant that his death would
occur soddenly, and his opinion was that the shock he
received had materially accelerated his death. Verdict—
natural death ; but in the opinion of the jury very much
accelerated by having been forcibly pulled down the
cabin steps of one of the Seacombe Ferry steamers by
some person unknown.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening a lament-
able catastrophe took place in the timber yard of Messrs.
J. and W. Bellhouse, Oxford-road, Manchester. About
six o'clock, two sawyers, Benjamin Clayton and Simeon
Lord, were engrged in sawing a log of timber, which, "a
short time previously, had been placed between two piles
of timber for that purpose, when (in consequence it is
supposed of the ground in one part giving way) four large
logs fell from one of the piles into the space where the
men were at work; killed Clayton on the spot, and injured
Lord so severely that he died in a few hours afterwards.
The inquest was held before Mr. Chapman on Friday.
It appeared that the logs had been piled in the usual neat
and apparently secure manner, but there was a strong
wind at the time, which, together with the settling of the
ground and the sinking of a sleeping, caused some of them
to fall. The jury returned a verdict of " accidental
death." Clayton, who was dreadfully crushed, was 46
years of age, and has left a widow and family of children
living in Buxton-street, Chorlton-on-Medlock; and Lord,
who sustained a compound fracture of the leg and other
injuries, ancllived in Brunswick-street, Salford, was36years
of age, and has left a widow and one child.
Tun LATE GALE.—The barque Ocean Queen, which
sailed on Tuesday for Savannah, has put back, hay ing
been in contact with the schooner Nymph, for Lynn, on
Wednesday night, off Holyhead. The Nymph, with her
captain and two hands, went down : two others of the
crew were saved by the Ocean Queen. The following
vessels have also put back :—The Crown, for M
leaky ; the Ben Nevis ; the Lady Courtenay, for Corfu,
with loss of bowsprit ; the Remittance, for New York,
with loss of maintopmast, &c. ; and the Inconstant, for
Halifax, with foremast sprung.—A violent sale raged on
the Irish coast on Wednesday night, wind S.E.—The
Liffey rose several feet beyond the ordinary level of
spring tides, and flowed over the quays of Dublin. The
shipping suffered considerable damage.—ln Halpin's
Pool a schooner, laden with oats, became a wreck. The
fine steamer Shannon was dragged from her moorings at
the same place and thrown nearly dry upon one of the
slips; one of the wheels and a paddle-box destroyed. At
the Island of Ciontarf a man named Cromwell and his
son lost their lives. Cromwell, who rented the island,
and kept boats, lived in a small but strong wooden house,
and while they were asleep (as is supposed) the building,
inmates, &c. were swept away by the sea, which had co-
vered the whole surface of the island. Several pleasure-
boats were wrecked in Clontarf Bay. A great deal of
large timber growing along the north coast was blown
down. The Marchioness of Stafford, coal laden, was
driven on the Wicklow beach, and became a total wreck :
crew saved. The Susannah, of Chester, bound to Bris-
tol, was driven ashore at Five Mile Point, Wicklow. The
brig Amity, of Avr, bound for Dublin with coals, was
wrecked off the Skerries. but the crew were saved. A
vessel belonging to Halifax, but whose name we cannot
find recorded, was lost off Port Rush. She was laden
with palm oil; and the captain, his wife, and one of the
crew, were drowned.

FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE RIVER.—On Wednesday,
the Hesperus, bound for Africa, was lying in the river,
off the Magazines, preparatory to going to sea, when,
about eight o'clock in the evening, the wife. of the chief
mate, wishing to see her husband, engageda boat, manned
by two hands, to proceed to the vessel. They had not
gone far, when she was, at her own request, put ashore
again, the sea being very rough at the time. The men
then put off, and reached the ship, for the purpose of
bringing the mate ashore. Accordingly, he, together with
the steward, boatswain, and one of the coopers, embarked,
andthe boat left the vessel, with theview of returning,when,
it is supposed, she must have been upset by a squall of
wind, as it was at the time (and, indeed, all day) blowing
hard, from the south-east. It being quite dark, the ac-
cident was not witnessed by any one, and, it is conjec-
tured, that all hands, six in number, must have perished
immediately. One of the boatmen, William Richie, has
left a wife (who, for the last three years, has becn in a
delicate state of health) and five children, the eldest not
ten years of age, totally unprovided for. The name of
the other boatman is Hugh Jones, also married, but no
family. On the same evening, and about the same time
as the above accident occurred, a boat, having on board
seven seamen, left the ship Glasgow, a North American
vessel, then anchored off Seacombe, and they have not
since been heard of, though the boat herself has been
picked up near the Magazines. [lt appears that on the
evening in question the Iron Duke steamer, on her way
down the river to Dublin, came in contact with a boar,
which must have been one of the two mentioned above,
and the passengers in the steamer have published the
following account of the collision :—Having come down
slowly by the docks, and just having passed the iron ship
building yard, the captain being on the stage keeping a
look-out, and one man at each paddle-box, with certainly
more than two men looking-out on the forecastle, several
passengers being at the time about the stage in front of
the chimney, the night dark and blowing hard, a cry was
passed from the forecastle, " A boat right n-head."
Immediately the words " Stop her, hack her," were
given by the captain, which were at once responded to ;
but the boat haring been so close under the ship before
she was seen, from the darkness of the night, had not
time to clear her, and, while the engines were in the act
of being stopped, was run on by the steamer and swamped,
having been struck by the larboard paddle of the steamer.
The ship was at once stopped, blue lights were burned,
life-buoys were thrown over, and the boat lowered with
a crew to look for and render assistance to the un-
fortunate people who had been in the boat ; but after
searching about for a long time—fully three quarters
of an hour—were obliged to return without being able
to discover any trace either of the men or the boat.
The passengers unanimously acquit from all blame the
captain and crew of the Iron Duke. It appears also that
about the same time these accidents occurred, the hands
on board her Majesty's steamer Redwing, at her moorings
off Monk's Ferry, saw a man in the river either clinging
to the bottom of a boat or to some spars. The unfortu-
nate being was calling for assistance, and a boat was im-
mediately lowered from the Redwing and every exertion
used to save him ; but he disappeared in a moment. The
boat which was swamped by the Iron Duke was found in
the Rock Gut. The unfortunate being who hailed the
Redwing was, therefore, in all probability, one of the crew
of the Glasgow's boat, because any remnant of the boat
of the Hesperus could not have reached the anchorage
ground of the Redwing, off the Monk's Ferry, in the then
state of the wind and tide. The how of the boat which,
was in collision with the iron Duke is broken, and, to-
wards the stern, the bulwarks on either side, together with
the seats and the upper stern-board are swept away. The
most probable exposition of the manner of the occurrence
is, that the gig ran bow on to the larboard bow of the
Iron Duke, accounting for the shattering of her bow;
and that, brought round parallel to the side of the steamer
by the collision, she was carried stern foremost under the
paddle-floats, accounting for the extensive damage near
the stern. The remnants of the boat may be seen at the
south end of the Prince's Dock, outside the walls. By
these accidents thirteen lives have been sacrificed.

A HINT TO HOOK-BORROWERS.—Of persons who bor-
rowed books, but did
i not return them, Lord Eldon said,
"that though bnckward n accounting, they seemed to be
practised is book-keeping."

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

The total import of foreign oxen and cows this year
amounts to 5327 head.

Sir Henry Pottinger arrived at Grove's Hotel, Albe-
marle-street, on Tuesday, in excellent health.

The agents of theiinti-Corn-Law League actually made
no less than 700 objections at the City of Exeter *Regis-
tration, out of which they sustained twelve.
The demand for Tartan dresses, which has been on the
increase for several years, has received a vast impulse by
the visits of her Majesty to Scotland.
FIRE AT Cat WE.—On Friday a fire broke out in an
outbuilding of the Holly Sheaf Farm, in the occupation
of Mr. Farber. The loss is estimated at £l5O.

A subscription has been entered into for the relief of
the relatives of the sufferers at Haswell Colliery. The
amount already announced is nearly £l7OO, the owners of
the colliery having subscribed five hundred guineas.
At the third and last Falkirk cattle tryst, which com-
menced on Monday, from sixty to seventy thousand sheep
were exhibited, and prices were lower by front is. 6d. to
2s. a head than in September.

On Friday last, a boy, ten years old, at Rhiw Coch
mill, near Holyhead, came within reach of the wings of
the mill while making their revolutions. He was struck
down and killed instantaneously.
ARRIVAL; OF LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—Lord
Ellen-
borough arrived at Portsmouth, en Friday moniug, in the
Locust steam-ship, Lieutenant Commander Lunn. The
vessel is performing quarantine at the Mother-hank.
The Artesian wells at Southampton (one thousand three
hundred feet deep) have been completely successful. The
water rises to within forty feet of the surface, and by the
aid of powerful engines no less than fifty-five thousand
gallons a day are poured into the town.
THE MOTHER OF HILLS.—We are sorry to hear that
the Jubilee Column, on the lofty summit of Moel Vamma,
is in so dilipidated a condition, that unless instant means
are taken to put it into a proper state of repair, it will
scarcely stand through the winter.
LIBERATION OF A CHARTIST PRISONER.—Joseph
Cappur, the well-known Chartist Blacksmith, of Tunstall,
convicted of sedition at the special commission in 1842,
was released from Stafford gaol on Monday last, after
undergoing his term of two years' imprisonment.
JEWISH MAGISTRATES.—Mr. E. Lousada, of the
Peak, Derbyshire, and one of the deputy-lieutenants for
the county, has qualified as a county magistrate. Mr.
Benjamin Cohen, at Richmond, has also been placed
upon the commission of the peace.—Voice of Jacob.
The Windsor Castle, an iron steamer, soon after leaving
the royal squadron on Tuesday week, struck on the North
Carr Rock, between Dundee and Edinburgh, and was
totally wrecked. The passengers, two hundred in num-
ber, were providentially rescued.

THE HASWELL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—Tbe pro-
tracted inquest on the bodies of she sufferers by this
awful visitation closed on Friday, when the jury brought
in a verdict of " accidental death," stating, that they did
not attribute blame to any one.
TERRIFIC FIRE.—On Wednesday a most extensive fire
broke out on the premises of Mr. Mace, farmer, one mile
from Gravesend. A homestead, a large building filled
with grain, a pea rick, two of beans, and two stacks of
wheat, the piggeries, stables, &c., were consumed. A
deaf and dumb man is in custody.
On Wednesday last a boat, containing eleven persons
was swamped by passing over the ridge of rocks called
" The Bridges," off Devonport. Eight of thaeleven were
drowned, one of them a female, who had just bade adieu
to her husband, a seaman on board her Majesty's ship
Rhadamanthus.
FATAL MISTAKE.—Two Scotch lads went into the
woods near Crieff, Perthshire, last week to shoot a roe
that had been trespassing on the corn stacks. One of
them perceiving a movement in a bush, incautiously fired,
and passed a rifle ball through the body of his companion,
who died next day. '
• SUNFLOWER:—A new society devoted to the cultiva-
tion of this flower says—" Let a man but devote his ener-
gies to the cultivation of one hundred acres of sunflowers,"
and he shall see, what he shall see—his profits in one
year shall be from £2,000 to £2,400, after paying his la-
bourers handsomely I"
HERRING TRADE.—The total quantity caught for the
season is estimated at 90,000 barrels, of which there
have been exported to Ireland, 38,997 ; do. to the Conti-
nent, 33,066. Leaving unshipped 17,936 barre's. The
total number of boats employed here during th season
was 906, and of hands 10,561.—J0hn 0' Groat's Journal.
UNITARIANISM.—Upwards of £4OOO is already sub-
scribed towards taking down and rebuilding Mill Hill
Chapel, which was formerly built and occupied by Trini-
tarian Nonconformists, but is now, by virtue of the ab-
sence of all creeds, and of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill,
in the hands of the Unitarians. The same body, in
Leeds, have also appointed a town missionary.

Hop-picking has been brought to a close nearly through-
out the county, and we are enabled to state pretty confi-
dently that, taken on the whole, the produce has fallen
from a fourth to a third short of what was expected.
The quality in some instances, however, is better than was
anticipated. From Mid-Kent we learn that the crop falls
short of expectation by a third, and even a half, in a few
cases; and the estimate of duty now varies from £127,000
to £l3o,ooo.—Kentish Obse►ver

HORRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—We last year took notice
of a maniac belonging to Strathpeffer, known by the name
of Big Hector, and the abominable manner in which he
behaved during the sacramental fast days in Ferintosh,
and the danger to the public of his being left at large.
We are now informed that he lately visited Edderton, in
the eastern portion of this county, where, having
taken hold of a child (a girl), he ate the flesh off her arm,
and the pour sufferer, when relieved was, and stilt is, in a
very painful and dangerous condition.—Rosskire paper.

THE BRIDE OF STRONG WIND.—We state`l, last
week, on the authority of the Sentinel, that the English
bride of the Ojibbeway Indian had returned to the pater-
nal roof, in consequence of the parties not having been
able to agree. A gentleman, who called upon us a few
days ago, has informed us, that this report is incorrect,
he having seen a letter, which the bride had written to
her father, stating that the happy couple had landed at
New York, and giving evidence that they were living on
the most affectionate terms.—Albion.
ARRIVAL OF MRS. PRITCHARD AND FAMILY.---Mrs.
Pritchard (the wife of Mr. Consul Pritchard), with her
three daughters, have arrived in this country. They came
on board the barque Cape Breton, Captain Caerr, which
left Valparaiso on the I Ith of June, and arrived at Cork
on the 3rd of October, bringing government dispatches
from the master of the Basilisk, onboard of which Queen
Pomar e has taken refuge, and from Admiral Thomas on
the South American Station. Mrs. Pritchard and her
daughters came over to Bristol on Saturday, and reached
London the same evening.
ROMANTIC SUICIDE.—George Gardner, the young
man who was arraigned at the Warwick Spring Assizes
for the abduction of Miss Jane Page, the daughter of Mr.
William Page, of Stretton, on the 10th of February last,
from a boarding school at Warwick, and bound to keep
the peace, committed suicideby poison on Wednesdayweek,
at the house of the young lady's father, whither he had
gone for some unexplained reason, but probably for the
commission of the sad deed. The conduct of Mr. Page
to the young man during the time he was in a dying state
was severely censured at the inquest by the jury who
brought in a verdict of Felo de se.
Louis-Philip is the first French sovereign who has
visited England in peace. King John of France was
taken prisoner by the Black Prince, carried to London,
and lodged in the Palace of the Savoy. Francis the
First promised a visit to Henry the Eighth, and Henry the
Fourth held out the same hopes to Elizabeth ; but oh,
structions, intentional or unavoidable, intervened. Nei-
ther Louis XVIII. nor Charles X. were kings—they were
mere refugees—and we may safely say England, never till
now, bad the honour of a friendly visit from a King of
Franc This is a new feature in the remarkable history
of this remarkable man.
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-ARMS.—On Tuesday.
last Lieut. Col. Charles Davies was shooting near En-
glish Bicknor, and when in the act of getting over a
hedge, his gun becoming entangled in ttle briars, went off
and lodged the contents of both barrels in his right side.
He immediately fell, and on the keeper (who was accom-
panying him) coming to his side, and attempting to raise
him, he exclaimed" It is of no use, I am a dead man!"
He then prayed earnestly to God to have mercy on his
soul, and on the souls of his relations. The keeper ran
to the village (which is only a hundred yards from the
spot) for assistance, but before he could return the unfor-
tunate gentleman had breathed his last.—Cheltenham
Chronicle.

BREWERS,VICTUALLERS, AND BEERSHOP-BEEPERS.
—lt appears from a parliamentary document, that on the
10th of October last there were 2,644 brewers in the
United Kingdom, of which number 2,318 were in Eng-
land, IsB in Scotland, and 138 in Ireland. There were at
the same period 86.073 victuallers in the United King-
dom, of whom 57,698 resided in England, 15,449 in Scot-
land, and 12,926 in Ireland. In Englaud, there were
31,227 persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the
pi emises, and 4,252 persons licensed to sell beer not to be
consumed on the premises; there were 27,009 victuallers
who brewed their own beeer, and nearly 14,000 beershop-
keepers who also brewed their own beer.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.--On Friday morning, during
a sale in the attic of the Bull's Head Inn, Digbeth, the
beams
230 f
the Boor gate
nwaeyarly in the middle, and the com-
pany, all precipitated into the
persons,
were
club-room below, and enveloped amongst furniture, &c.,
broken fragments, clouds of dust, Btc. The screams and
confusion were terrific. Several were so much injured,
that they had to be sent to the hospital. Several of the
parties, both in the attic and club-room, escaped almost
by a miracle. One man was saved by jumping on the
leads in front of the house. Curiously enough, the vehi-
cle in which a Mrs. Hare was sent to the hospital was up-
set, and another to which she was transferred lost a wheel,
before she got to her destination.
BROUGH-HILL FAIR, WESTMORELAND.---ThiS impor-
tant fair was held on Monday and Tuesday. There was a
tolerable supply of Scotch and MAI cattle, considerable
lots of which were sold for wintering, at prices fully eight
per cent. below the prices of last year's fair. A goodly
number of English cattle of all kinds was exhibited, but
the sales effected were at declining prices. Practical
agriculturists affirm that fodder for cattle during the ap-
proaching winter will be scarce, by reason of the oat and
barley crops being so short in the straw, and the turnip
crops scarcely average ones. There was a good deal of
business done among the Scotch and other kinds of sheep,
but the prices, like those of cattle, were looking down-
ward. The horse fair was a very thronged and brisk one,
and a large number of very superior animals were shown
for sale.

PROFITS OF TIMBER.—The late Mr. Fleming, of
Hampshire, was one of the largest landed proprietors ia
the county, owning at his death 15,000 acres, and so richly
wooded has it always been that he is supposed to have
cut no less than £300.000 worth of timber, from first to
last, and yet left the whole as full as the land will bear.
Mr. Fleming's expenditure in the town and neighbour-
hood of Southampton averaged £lB,OOO a-year, and im-
mediately after his departure for the Mediterranean the
loss of such a large expenditure was most sensibly felt.—
Hants Advertiser.

A somewhat interesting native of India, "Mohem Lal,"
arrived in London by the last overland mail. He is the
same who travelled in Central Asia in disguise with the
late Alexander Burns, and subsequently published his
journal in Calcutta. Since that period he has been de-
voted to British interests, and was greatly instrumental
in effecting the deliverance of our prisoners in Affghanis-
ran. We hear he has been received with marked atten-
tion by the chairman of the East India Company, Alto,
after honouring him with a visit, invited him to dinner at
his reside: ce. He will shortly proceed to Scotland, to
meet the parents of his late lamented friend Sir Alex-
ander Burns.-21forning Paper.
PROPERTY IN SHARES:—On Friday last, at the Auc-
tion Mart, Mr. Shuttleworth put up for sale by auction
100 shares in the " 'Thames Tunnel," upon which £5O
each had been paid, amounting to £5,C00. The attend-
ance of capitalists was rather numerous, in consequence
of the same auctioneer having several other lots of value-
able property to dispose of ; but they appeared to " resolve
unanimously" that this was a bad lot, and after a very
sluggish and slight competition, they were knocked down
to an extensive shareholder in the undertaking, at the
exceedingly low price of six shillings per £5O share,
realising only £3O, and £4,970 less than had been paid
for them. The sale was a bordifide one, the shares hav-
ing been put up by the executors of a deceased gentle-
man.

THE HASWELL EXPLOSION.—With the exception of
the Wallsend explosion, in 1835, that at Haswell has been
more fatal than any on record. The following is a list of
all the accidents which have occurred during the present
century, in Northumberland and Durham, in which fifty
lives and upwards have been lost :-1812, May 25 : Fel-
ling, ninety-two lives lost, by explosion.-1815, May 3:
Heaton, seventy-five lost, by inundation.-1815, June 2:
Success Pit, Newbottle, fifty-seven lives lost by explo-
sion.-1821, Oct. 23 : Wallsen I, fifty-two lives lost by
explosion.-1823, Nov. 3: Plain I'it, Raintan, fifty-nine
lives lost by explosion.-1835, June 18: Wallsend, 102
lives lost by explosion.-1839, June 28: St. Hilda,
South Shields, fifty-one lives lost by explosion.-1844,
Sept. 28: Haswell, ninety-five lives lost by explosion.
This is a fearful catalogue: and cne, we trust, which will
not appeal to science, to benevolence, and to the legisla-
ture, in vain.
SUGARWUTIES.—On the 10th of November next the
act passed in July last to alter the duty on sugars will
come into operation.. The several duties to be paid are
set forth in the statute with t he enactments respecting the
importations of sugar from China, Java, or Manilla, or
from the British possessions. By the third section it is
stated that from the 10th of November next her Majesty,
by an order in Council, may declare, with respect to any
foreign country or countries, that it having appeared to
her Majesty, from sufficient evidence, that the sugars of
such countries are not the produce of slave labour, such
sugars shall (from and after a day to be named in such
order) be deemed and taken not to be the produce of slave
labour, and from and after the day named the brown Mus-
covado or clayed sugar (not being refined) of the countries
mentioned in such order shall be admissible to entry for
home consumption at the duty of £1 14s. the cwt., with
5 per cent. additional. Certificates and declarations from
masters of ships are to be required respecting the growth
of sugars.
DESTRUCTIVE FlRES.—Monday week a fire broke
out on the home farm contiguous to Mertham House,
Surrey, the seat of Sir W. Joliffe, M.P., by which the
stabling, and a very large quantity of hay. straw, &c.,
therein, were consumed. The fire also spread to a range
of shedding, upwards of 100 feet long, which was soon
destroyed along with a valuable bull, brought from Ger-
many for the purpose of increasing the value of the En-
glish breed, which fell a sacrifice to the fury of the flames, as
well as two horses, and from 12 to 18 pigs, and a couple
of spring carts, with a valuable assortment of agricultural
implements. On the same day a fatal conflagration took
place at the residence of Mr. W. G. Hayter, M.P., Wells.
The fire originated in an outhouse, but soon communicated
to the mansion, and before the engines could effectually
subdue the devouring element, the roof over the servants
bed-rooms fell in with a tremendous crash. Here, we re-
gret to say, lay an invalid, whose body was found soon
after the fire was extinguished burnt to a cinder. The
damage is estimated as exceeding £3,C00.

WEST INDIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM COMPANY.---.
This company held their half-yearly meeting on Thurs-
day last. It appears, that, between the reduction of ex-
penditure and the increased traffic, the concern has done
about £40,000 better this half-hear ,ban it did in the our-
reiponding one of 1843. A portion of the saving is, how-
ever, due to a less distance run. Some opposition was
given to the report and management by Mr. Ridgway,
but the general feeling was one of satisfaction, and, in the
end, Mr. R. seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman.
To avoid the uncertainty of repairs, a contract for £22,000
a-year has been entered into with Mr. Filcher, the emi-
nent shipbuilder of Blackwall Referring to the accident
to the Tay, the Chairman said, that the expenses, inclu-
ding salvage, were about £lO,OOO, and that they had dis-
missed the captain, though they had had an excellent cha-
racter with him, and had, in other respects, found him to
be a good offic.sir. A new steamer of 1,000 to 1,200 tons
is to be built for the greater work imposed on the com-
pany by the Admiralty. Some allusion was made to the
company's claim on the estate of Acraman and Co., which
depends on the issue of a new trial.
TURN-OUT AT LEEDS.—A turn-out of the persons em-
ployed at several of the principal flax mills in Leeds has
taken place, owing to the operation of the New Factory
Act, which came into effect on Tuesday week. The per-
sons who have struck work, amounting to about- 3000 in
number, are nearly all girls and women, classed as " young
persons ; " but they have caused 300 or 400 male adults
to also cease work through the consequent stoppage of
the machines at the different mills. Under the old regime
it was customary for the whole machinery of the mills to
be kept running from six o'clock in the morning to seven
in the evening, with the cessation of an hour for dinner,
Thus, taking into account that the factories closed on
Saturday at four o'clock in the afternoon, the hands
worked 69 hours a week. The new statute requires an
hour and a half at certain intervals allowed for metl times,
and in consequence of an attempt to make up the 69 hours,
by beginning wotk earlier in a morning, and leaving off
later at night, the hands have struck.--[The Leeds In-
telligencer of Saturday announces that the strike has
been brought to a close, some mutual concessions having
been made.]

PREACHING TO THE DEAF AND DUMB.—On Sunday
afternoon week, Mr. Henry Roxby, formerly of Hull, but
now residing at Huddersfield, and being himself deaf and
dumb, attended by several others labouring under the
same deprivations, and a few friends in possession of
these invaluable faculties, proceeded to Cliffe End, about
two miles from Halifax, Yorkshire, to the house of a
working man and his wife, both also deaf and dumb,
where Mr. Roxby preached to them from 1 Cor. c. xi.,
v. 2. The assembly consisted of ten deaf and dumb per.
sons. The sermon lasted about three quarters of an hour,
and was delivered with much expression by the finger-
alphabet and by signs, which to those who bad their hear-
ing were not very intelligible, but to the deaf and dumb
were perfectly so, and the sermon appeared to give them
great pleasure and satisfaction. A Hull paper states that
Mr. Roxby is perfectly understood by all the deaf and
dumb persons present. Part of the liturgy of the Church
of England, several portions of the Holy Scriptures and
two psalms were expressed by signs and by dactylology,
as were also a short sermon and some prayers. All the
deaf and dumb persons appeared highly delighted.

INAUGURATION OF THE DUKE'S STATUE AT GLAS-
GOW.—Tnesday last was fixed upon for opening to the
public the statue erected by the citizens of Glasgow in
honour of the Duke of Wellington. The statue had been
raised on its pedestal in front of the Royal Exchange on
the previous Saturday. All the streets in the neighbour-
hood were densely crowded, and numberless banners
flaunted in the vicinity. About two o'clock on the first-
mentioned day, Sheriff Alison, Sir Neil Douglas, the
Commander of the Forces, the Lord Provost of Glasgow,
and Col. Fleming of Glasgow, ascended a temporary ele-
vation; and after a brief address had been delivered by
the learned Sheriff, the signal was given, and the covering
which had hitherto concealed the statue of the hero and
statesman was lifted up. The opening was greeted by a
round of enthusiastic cheering, and succeeded by the
booming of the guns of the horse-artillery. The likeness
of the noble duke is admirable, and his position is that of
dignity and repose. The steed seems worthy of its rider ;
and, in particular, the spirit and expression of the head
and neck are natural and classic. The bas reliefs round
the pedestal are extremely beautiful : they represent on
two sides incidents in the Duke's career, and op the other
two they are emblematic of Scottish life. Baron Maro-
chetti, of Paris, is the artist.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE,—One of the most destructive
fires that have occurred in the metropolis since the burn-
ing of Toppings Wharf, occurred on Monday evening.
The scene of its operation was a large space of ground
behind the London Road, Southwark, on which was
erected a large number of shops, occupied by various
tradesmen, and known as St. George's Market. Before
any person had time to get out of their houses, the flames
extended to a long range of butchers' shops on the west
side of the same rov, all of which were speedily enveloped
in the same element. The fire next reached three or four
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myriads of sparks were sent flying in every
direction, and falling upon the houses in the vicinity,
caused the utmost alarm and consternation to prevail
throughout the neighbourhood. The flames next broke
through the windows of an extensive house belonging to
a chair maker, and owing to the very inflammable nature
of the stock contained therein, the building was, in the
almost incredibly brief space of ten minutes, one corn.
plete burning mass. Notwithstadding that the firemen
were beset on every side by the continual falling of rocfs
and heavy beams, they worked without the least inter-.
mission until nine o'clock, when it at last became ap-
parent that the flames were yielding beneath the power of
the antagonist element they were casting upon it. In
the course of another half-hour all further danger of the
fire extending was dissipated. Thirteen buildings, in the
whole, 100 feet long by 35 feet wide, and used as butcher's
stalls and miscellaneous tradesmen's sheds in the market
were destroyed, together with their contents, including
five sheep and a horse. Several other buildings in
Batcber-row were also seriously injured.

Cast fittitts.

To sail on the 25th instant.
For SHANGHAE, Direct,

And will proceed, if required, to NINGPO or CHUSAN,
The splendid English-built Barque
rfif4 MONARCH,
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ketii JOHN PERCIVAL, Commander;
A 1 for twelve years; nearly new; 337 tons;
coppered ; is a remarkably fast sailer, and in every respect
a very first-rate conveyance both for goods and passen-
gers; her accommodations superior.—For terms, &c.
apply on board, west side George's Dock, or to

W. and J. TYRER.

141' To sail immediately.
For BOMBAY,
/40111, The Ship LINTIN,
JOHN GILLMAN, Coirmander.
For terms of freight or passage apply to Messrs. BAR.
TON, IRLAM, and HIGGINSON, Or to
W. N. MOORE and BROTHER,
4, India-buildings.