The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-01 00:00:00

FIRE NOTICE•

PERSONS ASSURED AGA "siST FIRE by this Corporation,
whose Policies expire at DSUMMER, are respectfully re-
minded, that for thei n security, they should renew them
within FIFTEEN S from the said QUARTER DAY.
LIFE AS,I ANCES.—This branch of the Corporation's
business is carried on without any charge for management, and
offers peculiar advantages to the Assured.
Prospectuses, Mercantile Fire Rates, and au other informa-
tion may be had at their Offices, or sent free, on application to
JOHN SMALL,
2, South John-street,
eARNE and NEPHEW,
20, Water-street.
Agents for Liverpool and adjacent parts ; or to
HENRY ROBERTS,
Sandford-street, Birkenhead.

A NCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY FOR LIFE,
FIRE. AND ANNUITIES,
LIFE ASSURANCES, adapted to every contingency, may
be effected with this Company at premiums most economically
rated.
ANNUITIES are granted by the Company on terms exceed-
ingly favourable to the assured.
FIRE ASSURANCES are issued at Pre/11%ms commensurate
with the risk arising from the natureor position of the property.
T....BELL. Secretary and Actuary.
Offices, 67, Cheapside—London ; Ducie-place. Manchester;
Exchange-buildinpriTull ; Grey-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
ACIENTS AT LIVERPOOL, VIZ.:
Mr. HUGH BROWN, Spekeland-buildings, opposite the
Post-office and Custom-house;
Mr. M. WOTH ERSPOON, 20, North John-street;
Mesere. A. and E. JACOB, 7, Clayton-square; and
Messrs. LUCAS and KIRBY, Sweetin,g-street.

THE BREWERS, DISTILLERS. LICENSED
VICTUALLERS, AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE
ASSURANCE AND LOAN AND ENDOWMENT
CO MI PAN Y.
CAPITAL, £125,000, IN 12,500 SHARES OF £lO EACH.
DEPOSIT, _el PER SHARE.
OFFICES, No. IS, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS.

This Company is prepared to grant Policies against all kinds
of Risks incidental to Life and Fire Assurance business, as well
as Immediate and Deferred Annuities and Endowments, edu-
cational or otherwise.

One of the distinctive features-of this Office is, the simpli-
city of the Loan DepartmeD,Vranother, that Policies are granted
against any kind of risk; natural or accidental, such as blind-
ness, insanity, &c....,

Lastly, that, the Policies are Indisputable.
N.B.—One-third of the Shares has been reserved for Licensed
Victuallers, and may be had on application to the Secretary,
on payment of the Deposit.
Persons desirous of becoming Agents for this Company are
requested to write to the Secretary, giving the names of two
well-known and respectable Referees, when the terms and
other particulars will be forwarded to them.
ROYAL IN SLIUVFRRAPONOLC E COMPANY.
CAPITAL, £2,000,000, in 100,000 SHARES of £2O Each.

TRUSTEES

JOHN SHAW LEIGH, Esq. I R. B. B. 11. BLUNDELL, Esq

DIRECTORS.
Charles Turner, Esq., Chairman.
Deputy-Chairmen.
John Campbell, Esq., and John Bramley-Moore, Esq
George Armstrong, Esq. Edward Johnston, Esq.
Michael Bousfield, Esq. Roger Lyon Jones, Esq.
Ralph Brocklebank, Esq. James Lawrence, Esq.
David Cannon, Esq. Francis Maxwell, Esq.
William Claxton, Esq. I George Maxwell, Esq.
Thomas Dover, Esq. Robert M'Andrew, Esq.
Richard Harbord, Esq. I Edmund Molyneux, Esq.
Robt. Ellison Harvey, Esq. Henry Moore, Esq.
R. Brodhurst Hill, Esq. William Smith, Esq.
rhos. D. Hornby, Esq. I John Torr, Esq.
John C. Jack, Esq.
Auditors.. OViiii Dickinson, Es Esq.,
and
Physic' . Richd. Formby, Iq., M.D.
urgeon.—Hugh Neill, Esq.
doe ampler
.----S'urreyor.--Saml. Holme, Esq.
• Solicitor.—Septimus Booker, Esq.
Actuary and Secretary.—Percy M. Dove, Esq,

BIRKENHEAD BRANCH,
OFFICE—HAMILTON-BUILDINGS, HAMILTON-STREET
SUrgeOß.—James T. Vale, Esq., Hamilton-square.

The Directors beg to announce that they continue to RE-
CEIVE PROPOSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSURANCES.
The large Capital of the Company, and the number and in-
fluence of its Proprietors, enable it to take rank with the most
eligible offices in the kingdom, with respect to the advantages
offered to the Public.

FIRE INSURANCES
Will be effected at moderate rates of premium. The Company*,
having the advantage of a resident Directory, will be enabled
to distinguish itself by its promptness in the Settlement of
Claims.
No Charge made for the Policy.

LIFE BRANCH

The Company assure Lives on any of the following contin

gencies, viz

For the term of ONE YEAR, SEVEN YEARS, or any other de-
finite period, or on two or more lives.
POT the WHOLE CONTINUANCE OF LIFE.—The Premiums t•
cease after a LIMITED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
For a Sum to be payable at age 60, or at death.
PREMIUMS ON CREDIT.

A PORTION OF THE PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN ON
CREDIT. OR ASSURANCES MAY BE EFFECTED IN
VARIOUS WAYS, NOT ENUMERATED. TO MEET THE
CONVENIENCE OF THE PARTY MAKING THE ASSUR-
ANCE.

The important advantages afforded by the Company in this
Branch will include the following. viz. :

GUARANTEE OF AN AMPLE CAPITAL MODERATE PRE-
MIUMS, LARGE PARTICIPATION OF PROFITS BY THE
ASSURED, AMOUNTING TO TWO-THIRDS of its NET
AMOUNT. SMALL CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT, the
Expenses of the Office being borne in due proportions by the
two Branches, and EXEMPTION OF THE ASSURED FROM
THE LIABILITY OF PARTNERSHIP.
The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager.
POLICIES falling due at MIDSUMMER should be renewed
on or before the 9th of July.
June 21, 1851.

ADDITIONAL ADVERTISEMENT.]

WRECK OF THE HALCYON-SAVING OF 300

PASSENGERS.
AT a MEETING of the PASSENGERS wrecked in
the HALCYON, from Liverpool to New York, held on the
30th June, 1851,

It was resolved unanimously.—
That our best thanks are due to ,Captain Wade, of the Hal-
cyon, not only for the kind treatment we received up to the time
of our disaster, but for his exemplary conduct on such a try-
ing occasion, and his indefatigable exertions in mitigating the
/
wants of those around 'which were much lessened by his
sharing to the last the lowance of provisions, and manifest-
ing such sympathy ' our sufferings, and allaying the terror
natural on such aeualty ; being the last person to leave the
sinking ship, havj g remained perilously endeavouring to obtain
an adequate sufiply of provisions from the wreck.—This we
wish equally to apply to Mr. Peters, the chief mate, who
risked his life to save us.

That our thanks are also due to Captain Gates, of the W. H.
Wharton, and Captain Latham, of the Connecticut, for their
humanity in affording us (with the fear of death before us)
their able and efficacious services, and also for their after
kindness—kindnesses too great for words to express.

That we are also indebted to Messrs. Hamden and Co. for
the promptitude with which we were, on our return, relieved
with money and provisions; and also for the handsome dona-
tion of £25 they have given to a contemplated subscription to
enable us to obtain the necessary extra provisions, bedding,
&c., to proceed in the ship in which they have procured us,
without further cost, passages to New York.

That we cannot dose this meeting without expressing our
thanks to Lieut. Hodder and Lieut. Prior for their attentions,
and recording generally our favourable opinions of the intelli-
gence of the commanders, the excellence of the ships, and
the quality of stores provided for us in the vessels to which
we have alluded.

RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS.—We perceive that the
unfortunate passengers, who were wrecked on board the
Halcyon, have passed resolutions expressive of their grati-
tude to the captain and mate, for their painstaking and
persevering exertions to promote their safety and comfort,
and to the gallant commanders who were the means of
rescuing them. They also gratefully record their obliga-
tions to Messrs. Hamden, for so promptly adopting mea-
sures of effectual relief; and their strong opinion of the
excellence of the ships, and of the quality of the stores
provided for them.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Thh gardens are now duly
licensed by the magistrates for the performance of the
light pieces by the Vaudeville company, which have now
become so popular. Ou Friday, being the anniversary of
American Independence, a splendid representation will
be added to the numerous other attractions. It is not the
fault of the enterprising proprietress if the public are not
satiated with delight.
ROCHDALE SAVINGS BANK.—A circular has been ad-
dressed to the members of parliament by the committee
of depositors in the Rochdale Savings Bank. The com-
mittee urge the parliament to make good the loss of
£38,000 which they have sustained by the defalcation of
Mr. Howarth, their late auditor, on the ground that par-
liament has, by its frequent interference, come un-
der a moral obligation to protect the depositors, while the
laxity of the government supervision, in this particular
instance, required them to be held responsible; and the
relief given to the depositors in the Cuffe-street Bank in
Dublin, and to the pensioners who were depositors in the
Rochdale, afforded sufficient precedents for the govern-
ment taking the loss upon themselves.
THE DECORATIVE ART.—In no branch of the decora-
tive art have the rise and progress been more rapid than in
that of paper staining; arid this is fully verified in the
recent decorations that, by way of specimens, have been
placed to adorn the walls of the shops of Messrs. Cuffiey
and lleighway. The rude figures of old are discarded—
elegance has succeeded the commonplace design—and de-
corations may now be classed amongst the arts. The
ceiling of one shop is in the Elizabethan style, and is
chastely elegant, though plain. In the other apartment
the ceiling is formed into panels of rich French arabesque,
intermingled with groups and running borders of flowers,
most delicate in shade, and rich in colour. The centre,
in a circle, consists of figures of playful urchins flying a dove.
The panels round the walls are all various in form and
style, but they are so tastefully arranged, that harmony is
not destroyed. The richness of many of the centres ex-
ceeds any thing we have before seen. They will serve
well the object for which they are intended.
ANACHRONISMS or PAINTERS.—I send you a further
addition to the " Anachronisms of Painters," and, like
them, not in Disraeli's list. My father, R. Robinson, of
the Heath-house, Wombourne, has in his collection a
picture, by Steenwyk, of the " Woman taken in Adul-
tery," in which our Lord is made to write in Dutch !
The scene also takes place in a church of the architecture
of the thirteenth century.—Notes Querief.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SELF-SUPPORTING
BUILDING SOCIETY.

A lecture was delivered in the course of last
week at Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street, by the Rev. H.
Smith, Senior Chaplain to the Government Juvenile
Prison, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, on the principles and
objects of the Church of England Self-Supporting Village
Society, the objects of which he explained to be as follows t
It was proposed by the Society, that establishments, con-
sisting of 400 families should be formed, in which instruc-
tion might be afforded, and the religious ordinances
administered on the principles of the Church of England.
combining agricultural with manufacturing employment.
Each such establishment was to consist of a square of
buildings extending over an area of thirty-bur acres,
containing three hundred cottages ; each cottage to have
tour rooms, so that every man might enjoy the privacy of
his own home, in the midst of 1000 acres of land, a por-
tion of which was mere waste land. The cost of one of
these villages had been estimated at £50,000, to be raised
by loans. or by subscriptions. It was supposed that the
amount of profit, taking the earnings at £lB,OOO a year,
and the expenses at £14,000, would leave a balance suffi-
cient to pay off the capital in ten or fourteen years.
There would be a resident clergyman and director, aided
byaspstant managers. Some could be occupied in re-
claiming and cultivating the land, and others in various
trades. The means of improvement would consist of
schools, and every assistance would be provided for the
physical, mental, and spiritual advancement of the in-
mates. There would be a church, a museum, a botanical
garden, a training college, &c.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY OF THE LONDON AND‘
WESTMINSTER BANK.—A clever robbery was defeated
on Saturday last, by the vigilance of Inspector Lund and
Sergeant Wickir. These officers had noticed some
months ago that a returned convict was lurking about
the London and Westminster Bank : he was joined
by an old man named C iuty. The thieves had not
matured their plans until Saturday last, when they suc-
ceeded in carrying off the bank cash box, which occasion-
ally contained as much as £100,( 00. They were taker:
into custody before they had proceeded 200 yards. The
box then only contained some marked notes and papers ;_
so arranged between the police and the authorities of tit*
bank.

Lord and Lady John Manners have 'arrived in towri
from the Duke of Rutland's romantic seat, Haddon-hall.
Derbyshire.

At Bradford, Margaret Slinger, aged thirty-one, went
up stairs last week, whilst an operation was being per—
formed on the eyes of her child, and when called she was
found to be dead.

On Monday morning one of the fishing boats belonging
to Stanathro, Aberdeenshire, was upset off that village,
by a sudden squall, and of the crew, six in number, four
were drowned.

The Queen has signified her intention of visiting her
Majesty's Theatre in state on Saturday, the sth of July.
The night will be an extra one, thus affording the public
the opportunity of testifying their loyalty. The prepara-
tions w►ll bo upon a scale of unparalleled splendour.
On Monday, the scaffold under Blaekfriar's-bridge, ort
which three men were standing, gave way. Two of then'
managed to cling to the timbers, but the third, Johrt
Phelos, fell, and in his descent his head struck the abut-
ment Sand his brains were dashed out.

TROOPS FOR THE CAPE.—The authorities at the
Horse Guards have forwarded instructions to Madras and
the Mauritius for the embarkation of the 51st Light In.
fantry, and the reserve battalion, 12th Regiment, for the
colony, should Sir Harry consider that he requires further
reinforcements to act on the offensive against the Kaffirs.
On the 18th instant a man was found in the Thames,.
near Chertsey, with his throat fearfully cut and his skull.
fractured. A surgeon, after examination, expressed it as
his opinion that the skull had been fractured after death..
and from the direction of the wound that he had first cnt
his own throat, and afterwards precipitated himself into
the river.

SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.-011 Saturday last,
a young man named Entwistle, who accompanied a party
in a railway trip to Fleetwood, when the train was near
Preston, incautiously mounted upon the carriage until he
gained such an altitude that his head came in contact with.
a bridge, and he was forcibly driven into the succeeding
carriage : he never spoke more, and died almost imme-
diately. The South Devon mail train, on the up journey
on Monday evening, when near Totness, passed over &
man, completely severing the head from the trunk.
The railways are sending into London an immense daily
quota of visitors, and the North-western being under
contract to convey 1,600,000 persons to the Exhibition,
the drafts to commence from the Ist July, and to continue
throughout the month, it is thought not improbable that,
before many weeks, there may be as many as 100,000
visitors to the Co stal Palace in a day. Should the ap-
plications rise to that amount, those who are best qualified
to judge think that some restrictive regulations will be
necessary, as it is thought that 60,000 is quite as great a
number as can be at one time in such a way as to fulfil.
the object of their visit.

CHURCH-BUILDING SOCIETT.-At the meeting of this
Society for the present month, held by adjournment on.
Monday last, eighteen new grants were made and three
former grants increased. The new grants arc for building
new churches at Lorrimore, parish of St. Mary, Newing-
ton ; Pont Robert, near Welchpool ; Pont y Rhun, parish
of Merthyr Tidvil ; Aberdare; Forest-hill, parish of Lew-
isham ; Hove, near Brighton ; for rebuilding the churches
at Halton, parish of Runcorn ; Great Crosby, near Liver-
pool ; Llanrhystid, near Aberystwith ; and Risca, near
Newport; for enlargement, re-arrangement of seats, &c.,
at Llanfair, neer Harlech ; Rodington, near Shrewsbury ;
Newton in Makerfield, near Warrington ; Egerton, near
Maidstone; Stockbury, near Sittingbourne ; Tingewicit
near Buckingham ; Timsbury, near Bath ; and Tibberton,
near Worcester. A legacy of £lOO, free of duty, has been
bequeathed to the Society by Miss Wightwick, of Chert-
sev. The next meeting of the society. to be held in July,
will be the last for the present season.

" ALEXANDER THE GREAT."—Among the various
exhibitions, sights, and wonders that are congregating
round the Great Exhibition—which, by the way, appears
to be by no means acting the part of a respectable brood
hen, but is rather stifling than protecting them under the
shadow of its giant wings—is a gigantic Ayrshire ox,
appropriately named Alexander the Great, and which.
under any other circumstances, would he looked upon as
a "great" curiosity. It weighs, we are credibly informed,
no less than one ton seven hundred and a-half, or 385
stone, and stands nearly six feet high. It was bred and
reared in Ayrshire, and is of the true Scotch breed,
giving undeniable evidence of the good living it evjoyed
upon the estate of his Grace the Duke of Portland.
Unlike most of these overgrown animals, the Ayrshire ox
is by no means over fed. Its symmetry is perfect, and it
is active upon its limbs, which are taper and well formed.
Should the increasing demands of the public upon M.
Soyer's establishment in the same neighbourhood render
it necessary that the ox should be sacrificed for the
benefit of the public at large, we shall feel much satisfac-
tion in assisting at the interesting event in order to test
by the ultima ratio our opinion of its merits. Daily
paper. - _

THE TRACES OF SIR JOHN FRANRLIN.--The Morning
Chronicle says—" We are happy to learn that the fact
lately announced by us of the existence of a cairn con-
taining undoubted intelligence of Sir John Franklin's
expedition, lying in Jones's Sound, has received additional
confirmation by the testimony of another witness, named
George Moore, of Orkney. He was in the same watch with
William Millar, on board the Prince of Wales ; was also of
the party which landed ; and not only saw the cairn, but
was engaged in pulling it down when recalled to the ship..
The evidence of these two witnesses differs in some
unimportant points, but they agree not only in the exist-
ence of the cairn, but also as to its position, namely, on the
south shoreabout 150 miles from the entrance to the Sound;
and equally state, that a little higher up, the channel
widened and apparently entered by an open sea. We
learn by way of corroboration that William Millar
repeatedly mentioned that he had seen a cairn, on his
return to Orkney, but his statement received little or no
attention, although he is a man of known integrity and
truthfulness, from the fact that its importance was not
understood." Our contemporary also states that. in 1849.
Lady Franklin, who was accompanied by Dr. Scoresby,
while investigating the report, was told by the master of
the Prince of Wales that, the preceding season, on leaving
an unknown sound, north of Lancaster Sound, some of
his men had mentioned having seen a cairn, but that it
was not possible for him then to go back. It is also added.
that Sir John Franklin had intimated an intention of
looking into the sounds north and west of Baffin's Bay.

PRECOCITY OF BALFh'S GENIUS.—Just as he bad
entered his fifth year, be received his first lesson in music
from his kind friend and band-master. Three months
produced such wonderful results that Meadows began to
think he could do very little more for his pupil, and
therefore resolved to visit his father again and inform him
that it was high time to put his son under a more ex-
perienced master. " See, sir," said he, "he has just
composed a polacca for our hand ; and what do you think.
he scored every note of it himself. We practised it to-
day, and I had a great deal of difficulty to persuade the
men that it was written by the little fiddle-player as they
call him." This piece of gratifying intelligence soon de-
termined Balfe's father as to the course he shotfid pursue;
and shortly afterwards the family removed to Dublin,
where arrangements were speedily made to place our
young musiaian under thec:rietEo:l:lGr. O'Rourke (now
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QUAKER'SigMnNG AugTiasgGeAadezoairnsgeea.
in the Women's Meetinn. Rocrn the seat on which his
moment placed himself, when led by the spirit of adventure,
and as my informant stated, a most unbecoming curiosity,
lie
the secret conclave, Ilis dress was all right : a gay silk
gown, a broad cloth shawl, a little white silk handkerchief,
with hemmed edge,round his neck, and a very well-poked
friend's bonnet, with the neatly crimped border of his
clear muslin cap tied under the chin completed the disguise,
in which he might have escaped detection very well, were
it not for the tell-tale boots, and the unfeminine position
in which the arms and legs bestowed themselves. The
young woman who sat behind him and saw his heel pro-
truding from its silken robe, slipped quietlyout of meeting,
and gave the alarm. Two men friends were speedily sum-
moned, and the royal intruder felt himself gently tapped
on the shoulder, and requested to walk into another room.
He made no resistance, but quietly went away ; and
receiving the usual notice, that the rules of the society
would not allow any but members to be present, he retired.
and calling a hackney coach, drove off, perhaps flattering
himself that his incognito had not been penetrated ; for
although his countenance had been instantly recognised,
still nothing was said to intimate that it had been so..
Resolute that none but the initiated should be present,
they were yet careful to treat with courtesy their most
unexpected visitant, and even deferentially to respect his
assumed character.— Quakerism.

Ktteraturt.

POETRY.

MIDSUMMER DAY-1851.

When Winter his dark cloak was spreading,
He encroached on the verdure of Spring,
And with his cold feet he kept treading
On the flow'rets which April should bring.

And Spring thus pushe4 out of his place,
Did not like being made to look small,
So, by gently increasing the pace,
Threatened Summer with no space at all

But e'en Zephyrs imprisoned may burst
Their bonds in demanding fair play,
So the thunder and lightning came first,
And then afterwards Midsummer Day.

Clear the way, then, the storm cloud is past,
And though seasons at times g• astray,
Sol mume s his dominion at last
In the glory of Midsummer Day
Midsummer Day

J. H. HALL.

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VA RI ETI ES.

A person pointed out a man who had a profusion of
rings on his fingers to a cooper. " Ah, master," said the
artisan, " it's a sure sign of weakness when so many
hoops are used."
THE PUNSTER'S FATE.—How true it is that the man
who makes a pun will pick a pocket, may be ascertained
from the reports cf last week's proceedings at the Old
Bailey. It will be found, fom reference to those dismal
records, that a man has made a pun—that he has picked
a pocket—that he has been tried and found guilty. The
facts are these :—An infatuated wretch of the name of
Cotton, stole a handkerchief ; and, on being called upon
for his defence, he declared " he thought it was his own,
because it was a Cotton one." Jude and jury felt at
once how much the atrocity of the pun added to the enor-
mity of the offence. Who, after this, will dispute the
soundness of the axiom, that a man who can make a pun
will pick a pocket? The thing has been logically proved;
and henceforth, whenever he is known to be present in a
large assembly, the cry will be. as a matter of course,
" Take care of your pockets !"—Punch.
A FRENCH WINDFALL.—An old man who, with his
wife, had lived for many years in the Hospice des Vieil-
lards, at Tours, purchased, four years ago, a pair of
trousers from a soldier, and wore them until within the
last few days. The wife then began to unsow them, and
discovered fastened in the band a piece of paper. " Ah,"
-said the husband, glancing at it, it is an assignat o the
old republic ! It is of no use !" " Well," said the wife,
" as there is a little engraving on it, I will paste it to the
wall." She did so. The day after a person came in.
and, on seeing the note, exclaimed, " What ! do you
paste bark-notes of one thousand francs to the wall ?"
" One thousand francs ! Good heavens !" cried husband
and wife together, " why, isn't it an assignat ?" " No,
but a note of the Batik of France for one thousand francs,
which sum any banker will give for it." 'the .cote stuck
too tightly to the wall to be removed, so the visitor cut
out the brick and sent it to a banker in the town. That
gentleman saw that the note was a perfectly good one,
and he sent it, still attached to the brick, to the Bank of
France. It was paid at once. The note is dated :n 1829.
—Galignani's Messenger.

A LAW COURT INT -CALTFORNIA.—Judgeg there sit on
the bereh,• attired like other men, and taking a leaf out of
Chief Baron Nicholson's book, puff their cigars While
laying down the law on the enlightened principle of ex
fumo dare lucem ; nor do they haughtily hesitate to ac-
commodate with the glowing butt any of the learned
counsel or ae;dience who may require a light ; in fact,
there is a degree of charming republican familiarity ex-
isting betwixt the bench, the bar, end the public, which
rnakes a man feel as much at ease in a court as in a
tavern, and must he seen to be properly appreciated. Law
arguments under such a ertem are no longer dry and
uninteresting, but flow smoothly along, liberally lubricated
with tobacco saliva, and garnished with colloquial episodes
that come with a delicious freshness upon the ear of a
person before only accustomed to the oppressive profun-
dity of Westminster prael ice. I was being thus edified,
sitting in the jury box (no jury being empannelled at the
time), when I observed a row of new pine sticks, about
the dimensions of a shillelah, standing in exact order in
front of the seats ; and finding their number amounting
precisely to twelve, it struck me they were part of the
legal machinery of the place; nor was I astray, for a sort
of factotum—crier, usher, tipstaff, &c.—who wore his hat
ex officio, comtniaeratingly informed me that they were
"desk protectors," which it was pirt of his duty as court-
keeper to provide as " whittling stuff for the gents," who
would otherwise cut all sorts of hieroglyphics and incon-
gruous devices upon the desks ; an operation I afterwards
saw gone through by a witness under the ordeal of a sharp
cross-examination, who cut with an increasing keenness
into the rail as the counsel cut into his credibility.—
California.

AN ADVENTURE IN A CAVERN.—An American paper,
the Chattanooga Gazette, of May 16, says. "A few days
ago, three of our worthy citizens paid a visit to the cave,
now attracting much attention, under Lookout Mountain.
With the usual amount of pine, some matches, and bread
and cheese, they worked their way along the main passage
until they found an aperture in some rock which let them
down into a lower chamber. This they traversed for
hours, when hunger and fatigue admonished them that it
was time to return. But how short-sighted is man, espe-
cially when several miles under ground ! To the conster-
nation of the trio, the fearful truth groped its way to their
senses that they were lost ! They were then beyond all
landmarks. No stranger had left his mark upon the wall ;
and, with pine fast diminishing, fears came upon them of
being buried alive beneath the towering rock of the Look-
out. All jokes were laid aside, and the company, with
measured countenances, gave rent to some very funny
promises if they could just get out of these difficulties.
Hope was dying within them, when a streak of good luck
befell them, almost as welcome as a gleam of daylight.
Away in that far recess, where no traces of men were
seen, they found two bottles, one filled with water, the
other with brandy ! They were old-fashioned porter
bottles, and the cork in the one containing brandy was
half rotted out, The brandy had the taste of great age.
After taking a ' horn,' the party moved forward in better
spirits. Shortly after they found the skeleton of a man,
which they gathered up as a trophy and carried along.
Finally, alter many vicissitudes, weary and heavy laden,'
they found out their ' bearings,' and soon emerged into
moonlight, a ter having travelled ten hours and a half.
Although the party suffered much that visit, yet it had its
interest. New regions in this subterranean cavern were
discovered, and novelties and grandeurs seen seldom
looked upon before. Parties are now almost daily ex-
ploring this interesting cave, and it is destined to be a
great resort. It is about three miles from Chattanooga,
fifty yards from the Tennessee river, and immediately on
the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad."
How QUAKERS PAY TAXES.—Friends annually
sum up the amount of all they have lost by this
suffering as they call it ; and I was then under the idea
that our noble testimony against a hireling Ministry was
an essential part of all true Christianity, and that our
refusal to pay the unholy tax was an acceptable martyrdom
in a small way. I had heard much preaching on this
subject, and very much self-laudation on the faithfulness
of the society generally. indeed universally, to this our
testimony, which so widely separated us from the hire-
lings of all other creeds. The two men who called on
me for the purpose of collecting the disputed impost were
exceedingly gentle and polite. Tney saw at a glance that
I was an ignoramus, and kindly volunteered to inform
me how other Quakers manavd, for I had told them
that my profession would not allow me to pay tithes;
and that if they insisted on forcibly taking away my
property, though I would not resist, still I would look on
it as actual robbery. " Did you ever pay tithes, ma'am ?"
" Never," I replied. " Well, then," said he, " you are
a stranger here, I see, and I'll just tell you how the
Bristol Quakers manage ; for I am going about among
them for twenty years past, and I am always glad to
accommodate them, and meet their scruples. The sum
you must pay is one guinea • so I will call here to-
morrow at eleven o'clock in the morning, and you just
leave on the sideboard there some articles of plate—
your teapot will do very well, or spoons, or whatever you
like—then I come and take it away. You don't give it,
and so your conscience is clear. You will then return to
your meeting-people that your teapot, worth ten guineas,
was distrained for tithe; and as soon after as you like you
tan go to Mr. Jones, the silversmith, and tell him how
you lost your teapot, and are obliged to buy a new one.
He will condole with you; and after showing you a variety
of new ones to select from, he will hand you your own
identical article, and say he will sell you that cheap—say
one guinea. You pay your guinea, and get your own
safe back again, cleaner and brighter than ever, and, if
you like, you can purchase some other trifling little
article ; for Mr. Jones is a very accommodating man.—
Quakerism. by a member of the society for forty years.
A SPANIARD'S LOYALTY.-1 have been sometimes
struck with considerable astonishment that so little flat-
tery is to be found among painters and sculptors. Those
who are familiar with the antique must have remarked in
the case of Nero, bow faithfully the sculptor or medallist
bas followed the truth of nature ; the almost divine beauty
of his youth gives place gradually to the fierce perplexed
expression of incipient madness in his manhood ; and be-
forethecloseof hisreign it is the savage scowl of a wild beast
that glares on us from the statues and medals of the last
C,sesar. The Spanish queen fares no better than did the
Roman emperor, and 1 once witnessed, growing out of
this, the most remarkable instance of artistic loyalty that
perhaps ever existed. During the reign of the Duque de
Victoria (Espartero% I entered a print shop in Madrid to
obtain a portrait of the Regent. I hal noticed that
though portraits of nearly all the reigning sovereigns in
Europe adorned the window, there was none of our own
Queen. I asked the shopkeeper how this happened :on
which he told me that he could supply me with one, for
that he had quite a variety. " I did not see any in the
window among the other kings and queens." " No,
Senhor; we do not put the Queen of England there."
" Why so ? England and Spain are on very good terms,
and our Queen, who is fond of the sea, is very likely to
pay you a visit some day." " That may be, Senhor ;we
shall be happy to put our country a la dtspocision sit la
majestad (at the disposal of her majesty), but I do not
put her portrait in the window for all that." My Lurio-
sity was thoroughly piqued. " Would you object to tell
me the reason ?" " I have very great objection, Senhor
taio; but if you insist, just to shew you that it is out of
no disrespect to your Queen (may she lire a thousand
years!), I will tell you why T keep her picture out of the
window. Queen Victoria is rimy graciosai rnvy bontla
(very pretty and very graceful); and Providence has not
been peculiarly liberal in that respect to Donna Isabel
(whom the saints watch over !), therefore, as I think the
contrast not complimentary to our sovereign, I keep the
Queen of England in a drawer." " But then," added
be, suddenly remembering a new fact, " there are two
pictures of the Queen of Portugal in the window! Pues
hombre, there it is, if you want it." Surely the force of
loyalty could no further go.—Christetaa's Shores and
Wing& ri this With-rinteass.