The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-21 00:00:00

HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS.

'TO 71,7,..
,-'4-a EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
ynT_lt,--Por some time past I have thought of addressing
. 01 a subject which I regret,
a more serious consi-
tlit-VroPortance, has not met with
from its very great and
kali itlino from a christian public than has hitherto been
*ow consi-
ifer I mean thesubtjoecwt
ooufnhdost
eil;,.._ is far from my wish
teeli:CleanrsPhietafleeclilinapglsaionfs.hainpy.
lio lding so responsible. an appointment, still I
tight a duty to state that during an experience of the last
viit if/ , in which I have bbeentmtobree okrinlgedssomco,nlnehetnerde
oft._ . erent hospitals throng ou zlqu indeed felt much grieved to witness how little time
ti.4l4t_ttention were devoted to administering to the spiritual
ad n! the many suffering inmates
.who continually al 4 within the walls of these noble buildings ; for it has or „„aYs seerned to me that, if there be one field more open
spr-", °le eininently calculated nip another for h
Ithea'i °f revealed truth, it is in such asylumustmasbethrsesoef,
t)0,,,,e there are not only ever to be found nn
umbers nofortunate sufferers, who coup from all of the
Rosi,aible globe, and on whose ears it may be soundtheuringinof
da''tPeaee has never fallen ; but therp are p
densohrer daY, the most abject and profligate ofo our own
4414 populated streets. And though we cannot but
takeri ~,,.411,d feel deeply impressed with the care that is
noclii,„;` Perishing bodies, yet, after all, what are the
gieZrn.forts they enjoy, and what is all the medical or
‘‘,.,ith the'l,.4l Which is bestowed on them when compared
in
nat eO-4eglect of their never-perishing souls. No
laklo the,."eas it almost appears as if greater value wereseuts,
e 6,s:intitutions, on the body than on the soul. Let
town.
step for
-ejarople the Northern Hospital, in this
4'svdc:oave two house-surgeons, one of whom is s
rar to
~!la case of casualties, and no less than. six to f egleal officers, attending regularly., and hable.tsofbee
eitconr whenever their presence is required : such 0
_h
1-4 et us no sever
with respect to the care of tfieebbet.
%le no II"' turn to the spiritual state of things. W
the
~.,11-resident honorary chaplain, who has on his hands
ltoptrY of visiting a large, most depraved, and. densely-
ioshi,..ate, d district of the town, as well as attending to the
no,,
•,;-"`".; and, I would ask is it possible for any man,
.44 enteivp: zealous, indefatigable, and active he may be, effi-
Oily
cone'o Perform Loth these offices ? I feel certain that
4gte w;,1,11° for a moment considers the subject must
Prpeiric". toe, that at all events it is more than one can
leek d' Perform. 'What is half an hour or an hour in the
tx,_ ay, and one short bouron the Sunday, which is the
tietsent of time that can be devoted, in consequence of du-
aul4llelleeted with the church ? When I consider the
Col,. °,_t oloney sent out annually to our missionary sta-
ufelluread
„ , , ; when I look at the glorious endeavours
eietieLue,tialf of the Pastoral Aid and other similar so-
ilevei4,„,"' o,olla, e, I cannot but think that the subject has
Dolilterc 4;lak:Cal 4,-iinrcly from, the fact that a christian
v,ith
1... liotUrhie—of ihe'roore than heithiiidaikness,
knia."Pect to
tea'sG revealed truth, which covers the
—4 ni tuost of many suffering inmates of crur hoe-

pitals. The gaols throughout the country are well pro
vided for in this respect ; not only are there resident chap-
lains appointed, But the public too, in most cases, take an
interest in them ; ladies are not ashamed to go round and
visit the poor wretches in their dungeons, and this is as
it should be ; and although I do not think it to be expected
that ladies could give the same attention to hospitals, yet
some other means ought to be devised. " This ought ye
to have done, and not to leave the other undone." When
is the time at which the mind of man is so ready to receive
the gospel seed, judiciously, kindly, and affectionately
sown, as on a bed of sickness ? Ido not now refer to the
case of poor wretches who are stunned, and almost un-
conscious, from accidents, where only a few hours at most
can intervene before death puts an end to their sufferings
here, in too many instances to be exchanged for greater
suffering hereafter, though even in the eleventh hour we
know the balm is frequently applied to the wounded but
repentant conscience ; and though the power of utterance
is almost gone, and the glazed eye proclaims the swift ap-
proach of the king of terrors, yet God by His spirit can
perform a work which all around are unconscious of. His
gracious promises are gently whispered in the sinners
half-closed ear by His faithful minister; they find a rest-
ing-place within the now scarcely-heaving breast ; a faint
prayer for forgiveness, though unheard by man, reaches his
God, " who seeth in secret," and an immortal soul is
saved. But these instances are rare, at least we have not
the proof that we have in those cases which recover, and
consequently cannot see the fruits of our labours in them,
but must trust, as we have one instance given for our en-
couragement in the Scriptures, 'that it is sometimes the
case. But when a man has been taught through a severe
illness, or is recovering from a serious operation, when he
has been in the very jaws of death, is he not led to con-
trast his condition with others alike afflicted in the same
ward, who have been summoned away ? When he has
lain for weeks, perhaps months, with nothing to excite his
mind to throw off serious thoughts—the word of God
sounding in his ears day after day—the calm and stillness
of all around, save at times the heavy moan of one fellow-
sufferer, or the muttering delirium of another, just chang-
ing time for eternity—the agonizing prayers for mercy of
others from the hands of a God whose laws their whole
lives have set at nought, and earnest cries for life and time
for repentance when death is glaring upon them and mercy
can no longer be found—all conspire to prepare the lately
obdurate but now softened heart to look to Him without
whom all the physician's science or the surgeon's skill
were powerless. No longer can the newly-sown grain be
uprooted by the levity and ridicule of worldly and sinful
companions ; the drunken oath is changed for the silent
prayer, the public-house where he was wont to repair to
find an anodyne to lull the aching of a terrified conscience,
is changed for the Bible-promises where is found the true
anodyne—the Balm of Gilead. Is he an English or fo-
reign sailor, who visits distant climes and mixes with the
lowest and most vicious of mankind ? Is he a workman
in one of our large foundries, or in the factories of our
neighbouring towns, or whatever may be his occupation,
may we not anticipate almost with certainty that the gos-
pel fruit will assuredly increase and bring forth abundantly ?
Yes, sir, here is an opportunity such as we can rarely meet
with for extending the light of religion, and are we, who
profess christianity, to suffer so many immortal souls to
perish for lack of knowledge, without a single effort in the
cause ? Are we to satisfy ourselves with the exertions of
our foreign and home missionaries, when there is one cor-
ner of the Lord's vineyard left almost without a labourer,
and that too in the very centre of a christian community ?
Shall we shrink from our plain duty for fear of being
thought meddlers or busy-bodies, when we know that these
things are so ? Shall we withhold a trifle of our worldly
riches, which flow bountifully when the suffering body is
concerned, and refuse to subscribe a paltry sum to further
this noble cause ? No, sir. I trust that more need not
be said, but that the subject will be warmly responded to,
that universal attention will be directed to it, and that we
shall soon see resident house chaplains in these noble
buildings as well as house surgeons
I am, sir, yours, &c.,
Liverpool, March 16th, 1848

MEDICUS

THE CURRENCY—FREE TRADE—THE LOSS OF
THE COLONIES OF ENGLAND, &c. &c.

Our readers are aware that our friend Mr. Buchanan is
not a currency reformer and protectionist of yesterday.
It has always been our object to get the public made
aware that this gentleman is no theorist, being a mer-
chant, and long extensively engaged in large transactions
with Canada and the United States.

For the same purpose we think it not inapropos to pub-
lish the following from the LIVERPOOL STANDARD of the
24th March, 1846, and we desire to call attention to a
more recent communication from the same gentleman,
which appears in another column :

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD
Sir —I am very much gratified by your notice of my
humble efforts to awaken the mechanics of this country to
a sense of the fatal blow about to be struck at their pros-
perity by Sir Robert Peel's measure.

. _
Even the cotton trade will, I sincerely believe, be in-
jured from the first, although as the employment in that
trade at Manchester, is chiefly to machines, girls, and
children, the consequences of failure or depression in it
would not be so fearful or heartbreaking as would flow
from want of employment for the MEN, the hard-working
men of Birmingham, Sheffield, Glasgow, &c.
I have no direct interest in agriculture or timber, either
in this country or in Canada, and, as I do not return to
that colony. I may. perharm,
the imputation of what Mr. Cobden calls colonial selfish-
ness.

My interest, as a shipper of British goods, is, in fact,
identical with that of the maker of these goof's ; for if his
manufacture is beaten out of Canada, (either through
foreign goods, while it remains a colony, or by American
tariffs, after it shall have become a state of the Union,)
my trade as an importer of British goods is also extin-
guished. _

Now as free trade in England means also free trade in
the colony with all the world, and as the extra or pro-
tective duties in the Canadian frontier in favour of Eng-
glish manufactures is what alone prevents Canada now
receiving her cotton and coarse woollen fabrics, loaf sugar,
&c. &c. from America, and many other manufactures and
productions of continental countries, including cutlery and
other German hardware, it follows that, as merchants, we
must either be driven by Sir Robert Peel's measure to buy
in America, Germany, &c., or be driven out of the trade.
The latter is an alternative which, as an individual, I
shall adopt, because the moment I see free trade intro-
duced into the mother country, I shall see danger to life
and property, before very long, in reserve for Canada in
achieving her independence, (which I have no confidence
that the good sense of England would allow to be brought
about peaceably, although no man can show any, the
slightest interest British America will have in continued
connection with this country, but quite the reverse, after
the colonial or protective system is broken down.)
When Canada is lost to England we shall have to pay
for our timber in gold, (instead of manufactures as at pre-
sent,) just as we now pay for three-fourths of our raw
cotton from the United States ; but who can assure us
that, EVEN FOR CASH, we could always get a supply of
timber from foreign countries !
It is now well ascertained that the Baltic alone could
not furnish the supply now required, say two millions of
loads, (although we were always at peace with these con-
tinental powers), so that we must depend upon North
America for a large share of the timber wanted in Eng-
land.

But Sir Robert Peel forgets that, in 1809, the public
mind of England was convulsed on the subject of timber.
The enmity of the governments of the Baltic cut off our
supply, and the price rose from £5 to £l6 10s. per load.
Parliament was called, but instead of following Sir R.
Peel's free-trade course, the statesman of that day raised
the protection to colonial timber from 20s. 9d. to 575. 4d.
per load, and gradually British timber was prepared,
through the erection of immense saw-mills and other
lumbering establishments, at a vast outlay of British
capital in Canada and New Brunswick, and imported in
sufficient quantity to regulate the trade (say two-thirds of
the whole). The price was thus permanently reduced, as
low as ever it was when the entire supply was foreign,
paying only a duty of 10s. Ild. per load ! before the day of
England's necessity drove her to raise up, by protection
to British labour, in the forests of British America, that
great national interest which is now being given to the
Americans by our adoption of the anti-British theory of
free-trade.

The effect of free-trade and its consequences (on the
currency, &c.) on Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield,
Glasgow, &c., will be UTTER RUIN to tens of thousands of
the most deserving and hardworking men in the world,
which I view as afar snore serious consequence than the
loss to the British empire, and the gain to the American
republic, of three thousand ships and sixty thousand
sailors.

The free-trader may tell us that gold does not go to
America, but he is too intelligent not to know that it goes
to the continent to pay for luxuries sent to America, and
for which America cannot pay by any other possible
means than through drafts on England, or English gold.
America draws these drafts on us to more than double
as great an amount as we send her goods, so that there is
at least two-thirds the nominal amount of the American
trade, WHICH YIELDS NO EMPLOYMENT OR PROFIT TO
THE English artizan.

If, th;ough the loss of Canada and the West Indies,
two other great staples, timber and sugar, were put in
this position, there would be no safety (even as a matter
of simple existence) for our over-supply of English arti-
zans, but in their transferring themselves to the United
States, to get under shelter of the protection of the Ame-
rican tariff.

It is my sincere belief, that time is all that is required
to show that FREE TRADE IS SUICIDE ON THE PART OF
BRITISH ARTIZANS, and that by not preferring a mode-
rate protection to out-and-out free trade, the liberal party
will become very unpopular, in this country.
There is no man on either side of party politics who
understands the practical interests of the empire better
than Sir Howard Douglas, and no one expresses them so
well. In his speech on the late debate, Sir Howard
Douglas explains the true policy of England:—
"

"The whole amount of manufactures exported to India does
not at present exceed .e 8,000,000 ; in 1844, £7,695,666, inclu-
ding Ceylon. If we were to encourage, as we might, the natu-
ral productions of British India, to enable her the better to pay
for British goods, THERE IS SCARCELY ANY ASSIGNABLE
LIMIT TO THE INCREASE OF THAT VAST MARKET OF CON-
SUMPTION FOR THE PRODUCTIONS OF BRITISH INDUSTRY;
THE DEMAND FOR BRITISH COTTON GOODS IN PARTICULAR,
if the population took but at the rate of 10s. per head, would
amount to £'50,000,000 sterling; and the demand for woollens,
silks, pottery, glass, plated wares, cutlery, iron, brass, and
copper implements) and an infinet of articles for domestic
use, would be prodigiously increased."

_ -
Let us take Sir Howard Douglas's advice, and endea-
vour to give employment to British subjects instead of
foreigners: Let us morganise the Colonial system (which
is the cause of England's greatness) on the principle of
moderate protection.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Let us prefer to produce our cotton, sugar, timber, &c., GAMEKEEPER SHOT BY POACHERS.—At the Cardiff
from the labour of British subjects, who have British police-office, on Thursday, three men were committed for
habits, and consume British manufactures entirely, rather trial on a charge of killing David Davies, watcher to W.
than from the degraded labour of the American slave;. W. Lewis, Esq., of Newhouse, near Cardiff. The de-
and then our demand will be for manufactures and not ceased was shot in an affray between the gamekeepers
for gold, the national currency will get out of its present 'and a party of poachers, on Wednesday se'nnight.
feverish and excited state, which gives no dependance to At a late meeting of a trades' protection society in
the manufacturer, and keeps the labouring class always London, a Mr. Hornsley attributed the want of employ-
within a few weeks of absolute want. ment for silk-weavers, not to the abolition of protection,
At present it is no matter how good and certain a mer- but to the death of William IV., as lie said that when
chant's prospects are of disposing of goods, he cannot Queen Adelaide was queen consort of England, she al-
buy them if the British money market is deranged, or, ways patronised the home trade.
in other words, if specie (the groundwork on which is 'I HE CHINESE JUNK.—This specimen of Chinese naval
built all confidence and credit*) is being exported to fo- architecture has at last left Boston for England. where it
reign countries, or beyond the limit of the home and is proposed to exhibit her in the Thames ; she was towed
Colonial trade. out to sea by a steam-boat. Many wagers are laid as to
Even the comparatively slight trial we have had of the the time she will occupy in crossing the Atlantic. Some
fruits of our HIGHLY-WEIGHTED ARTIZAN BEING RUN persons say three, others six months.
AGAINST THE UNBURDENED FOREIGNER, has been what A cargo of excellent Swede turnips from Berwick-on-
I call ruinous both to the minds and bodies of the people. Tweed has been delivered at Sunderland and readily sold
The aggregate capital in England, 'tis true, has been at the rates of sixteen shillings a ton, and one shilling a
increased, but it has found its way into the hands of the hundred weight. Turnips are so plentiful on Tweed-side
money-lenders, with whom the manufacturer now shares that farmers are stinting sheep at one penny a head per
his profit, and none of it has remained in the pockets of week to eat them off the land.
the working classes, who, in fact, are getting more and M. Dejean's French company of equestrians are appre-
more crushed in their circumstances and degraded in their ciated in London. They have already become fashionable.
moral and intellectual condition. Rather than buy our Among the visitors on Monday and Tuesday were the
pre-eminence in commerce at so dear a price as the dis- Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of
tress of the working classes and a continuance of over- Douro, Count de lvlontemolin, the Marquis and Marchio-
production, let us, by a parliamentary grant of the public ness of Douglas, Count D'Orsay, &c.
money, (a million pounds a year, if that were necessary,) A fellow named John Dawson, being brought before
in support of SCHOOLS OF EXPERIMENT, (with their tra- ' the Edinburgh magistrates the other day, for stealing a
Yellers and ramifications all over the world,) make, and , loaf from a baker's shop, pleaded starvation as his excuse.
educate the people in, those advances in manufacturing On searching him, however, there were found on his per-
science and knowledge, which are found necessary to keep son six sovereigns, one Irish pound note, one shilling in
us first among the nations. ; silver, and 24c1. in copper. He was sent to the treadmill
Rather than not have a radical change in our systems, for sixty days.
and to enable it to be attempted safely, I would support A NEW KIND OF ROBBERY.—Within the last few
the minister in laying on an income-tax for three years, weeks, that class of vagabonds known as bone and rag-
of 20 per cent. for the first year, 15 per ceat. for the gatherers, have stripped all the printed placards off the
second year, and 10 per cent. for the third year, to enable usual posting places in Leeds, and sold the same at six-
him to construct an immense system of emigration to the , pence per stone, to make, we suppose, new paper of.
colonies, as well as to push forward our colonial cotton Some of them have been brought before the magistrates.
and other productions, and to ameliorate in every possible Being first offenders, they were discharged with a repri-
way the condition of the industrious classes in the manu- mand.—Leeds Intelligencer.
factoring districts end Ireland. ISLE OF MAN.—On Monday the preliminary inquiry
There never was before so glorious an opportunity as took place into the charge of murder against John Bridge-
the present for this country to return to homely and sound man, a private of the 15th foot, stationed at Castleton, for
principles, and there may never be again. shooting a brother soldier named John Connor, on the Ist
The effect of the construction of railways on the LA- of March instant, in the barracks in that town. The jury,
HOUR MARKET is such that (independent of Sir Robert after having retired a short time, returned and indicted the
Peel and the political economists) every man, woman, prisoner, who was committed to prison to stand his trial
and child can get employment and high wages, and that for the murder.
at a time when there is scarcely one article of manufac- DISTRESS IN LEEDS.—We are sorry to say that, in-
ture for which there is one-half the demand usually ex- stead of diminishing, the distress has greatly increased.
perienced at this season of the year. Passing events have determined the working men of Leeds
But the construction of railways, like foreign trade, is to bring their condition before the public, and for this
at best but a temporary employment for a population, and purpose a meeting of the unemployed was held on
if GREAT NATIONAL means be not now taken to provide Friday. A formidable array of men took place willing and
permanent outlets both for the people and their labour, it anxious to labour, who are unfortunately deprived of the
is easy to foresee that wretchedness and distress among all opportunity.
classes of the community, will by-and-by be greater, more A dividend was declared on Thursday, at the half-
severe, and more lasting, (so overwhelming now is the yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of England,
increase of our population) than we have ever before ex- at the rate of 4} per cent. for the half year, interest and
perienced in the worst times ; nor will it matter whether profits, free of income-tax. A higher rate was contended
nominally the colonial system or the theory of free trade for by a section of the parties present ; but the former one
is in operation. being but 4 per cent., it was thought there was no cause
The agricultural interest of this country was at a cer- for dissatisfaction. It was also resolved that the system
tain disadvantage in fighting the battle of protection as a of electing the governor and deputy-governor by rotation
matter of merely agricultural selfishness ; but they will should be abandoned.
be sure to triumph at a general election if they ask for a VENTILATION.—In our prisons, contrived under me-
five shillings protection to British and Colonial corn as dical advice and superintendence, 1,000 cubic feet of air
THE ONLY CONDITION ON WHICH THE COLONIES CAN BE is held to be necessary for each person. In No. 2,
RETAINED, AND, AS A CONSEQUENCE, OUR NAVAL Church-lane, St. Giles's, London, the allowance to each
POWER SUPPORTED, coupled with their defence of the inmate is eighty-six feet ! in No. 4, only seventy-seven ;
British artizan from the cruel competition of the foreigner, and in No. 7, it is no more than fifty-four. The mor-
with which Sir Robert Peel's bill threatens him, the tality is naturally very great. Out of 100 children born,
foreigner having the run of the British markets for his there die, in Islington, sixteen without attaining the age
surplus labour or sweepings (which can afford to be sacra- of twelve months ; in the city of London, nineteen ; but
ficed), while the British weaver and mechanic is excluded in Church-lane, thirty-one !
from the foreign market. Lord Ashley and Mr. Stafford, M.P., have, through the
A truly British party, now starting up under whatever medium of the Times, made an appeal to the public on
name, will get the support of the working classes, who behalf of the many thousands of English workpeople, who
are tired of the present SYSTEMS OF MEN" (as they get have been suddenly and violently driven from France to
tired of quack doctors and their specifics), if that party the shores of their own country, without, in many
(kindly descending from the distance and coldness of instances, having received the arrears of their wages, or
abstract theories, or, in other words, of mere political being permitted to bring with them the smallest portion
economy) will pass a NINE OR TEN 'TOURS' BILL, /1
and by of their property. The Queen and Prince Albert have
parliamentary grant will provide intellectual employment, given £2OO towards the object.
with the means of health and recreation for the poor in FALSE REPORT.—In their haste to give the " earliest
those hours of happiness, which they have been the intelligence," the London papers stated that a person of
blessed means of calling into existence.
the name of Wm. Hall, residing at Twigworth, Glouces-
Let the new government also pledge parliament to give
ter, had, while in a drunken fit, murdered his wife by
half a million each year to a NATIONAL SYSTEM OF COLO- kicking her. It turns out, however, that the husband
NIZATION. having returned home rather the worse for liquor, she
Let them so systemise matters that, through the labour begun to scold him, and in the height of her passion fell
of a British colonial population, we will each year be down and expired. The poor fellow was greatly dis-
getting more and more cotton, more wheat, more timber, tressed at the circumstance.
more sugar, more sheeps' wool, and all other necessaries, PATIENT SEARCH REWARDED.—RecentIy a fine large
PAYING BRITISH LABOUR FOR THEM, AND NOT BRITISH vein of lead ore was discovered in the manor of Hartsop,
GOLD, AS AT PRESENT. Patterdale, of which the Earl of Lonsdale is lord. It was
And let such a government, rising superior to the petty
influences and considerations of the London Land Speen-
found by a poor man, a miner, named Hodgson, who, for
upwards of 25 years, felt convinced that there was a vein
lators and Companies, assure every family which, by its in the manor, and who, from time to time during that
own or its friends' exertions, can reach Canada or any long period, has searched, and, at last. found it, and who
other British colony, where there are unconceded lands has been presented with a share of it, as a reward for the
belonging to the crown, of their getting WITHOUT CHARGE, discovery. The ore is of the best quality, and there is no
AND AS THEIR PATRIMONY OR BIRTHRIGHT, A LOT OF doubt but that the company who are working it will realise
LAND, (200 ACRES), (with the cost of clearing three large profits.
acres, as a commencement, and a year's provisions till THE RIOTS IN SCOTLAND.—Accounts from Glasgow
the first crop is got off the ground (to be repaid to go- state that no further disturbances had taken place. All
vernment), to such as have only means to take them out, was quiet, and business was going on in the usual way.
but whose reaching the colonies by their own exertions The colliers and their employers had had a meeting re-
will be sufficient proof of their being the proper parties to specting the demand for increased wages, but the masters
emigrate.) refused to comply. The only thing Frenchified about the
The revenue of Canada is £500,000 (half a million) revolt at Glasgow was an attempt to erect a barricade on
and her expenses and interest on her debt are £400,000 ; a small scale at the head of the Gallowgate. It consisted
nor do I see why any well-managed colony should be a of three coalcarts and a few planks. Its defenders, how-
burden on England. ever, were found wofully wanting in French courage, for
And the simple reform required in colonial manage- when the military appeared they fled. From Aridrie, Kil-
ment is, that each colony shall have appropriated to it a marnock, Paisley, Greenock, and Edinburgh, the reports
separate room in Downing-street, and be caused each to are all equally favourable.
have two private Secretaries in future, who should alter- MELANCHOLY STATEMENT.—A letter has been received
nately be three years in the colony and three years in at Leith from Peterhead, dated the 11th instant, which
London pushing colonization and the other interests of states that the whale trader Hannibal, of that port, Capt.
the colony, and securing for colonists who come to En- Laurie, had been lost on the shores of Norway on the Ist
gland the consideration due to their rank and influence of February, and all on board drowned, with the excep-
in their particular colony, until the colonies get repre- tion of one of the crew, who lashed himself to the mizen-
sented in the Imperial Parliament. mast, and there remained five days without food or drink.
You may depend that it is not in human nature that It states that the ill-fated ship was in the latitude of the
the oppressed labouring classes should misconstrue sub- Orkneys on the 31st of January, and on the day following,
stantial benefits like these, by whatever minister or party during a tremendous sea, the crew, fifteen in number, and
offered. I am, Sir,
five Germans, whom they had picked off a wreck, were
Your obedient humble servant,
all washed off and lost. The Germans belonged to the
ISAAC BUCHANAN Lydia, of Embden, and were picked up in the North Sea
to suffer another and fatal shipwreck.
JOSEPH ADY.—At Bow-street Police-office, on Satur-
day, Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the post-office, applied to
Mr. Henry for a warrant to apprehend Joseph Ady. It
will be recollected that Ady was convicted some time
since at this court, and ordered to pay for the postage of
certain unpaid letters to the amount of upwards of £l6.
He promised to pay if allowed time ; but not having made
his appearance at Mr. Peacock's, an execution was issued
against his goods; but on attempting to levy this, Joseph
produced a receipt, signed by his sister, proving that the
property had all been assigned over to her. Under these
circumstances Mr. Peacock now attended to obtain a war-
rant against his body, in order, if possible, to cure him of
his cacoethes scribendi, for he is still carrying on his busi-
ness as briskly as ever, and innumerable letters from him
passed through the post-office daily. Mr. Henry said be
would put the law in force to the utmost extent to stop
him, and ordered that the warrant should be issued imme-
diately.
LORDS ELLENBOROUGH AND HARDINGE.—AIthOugh the
necessity for a war policy might have been great, and it
was indispensably necessary to restore the pr6stige of the
British arms throughout India, Lord Ellenborough's rule
was essentially warlike and uneasy. The same fate ap-
pears in some measure to have attended upon the govern-
ment of Lord Hardinge, although it is in this respect
more favourably judged than that of his predecessor—that
no question has been raised as to his moderation in victory,
more than as to his dexterity and firmness in preparing
the triumph of the British arms when every effort had
been exhausted for the maintenance of the peace. We
do not judge Lord Ellenborough unfavourably, we simply
enunciate a fact when we say that the result of a com-
parison between his government and that of his successor
is to proclaim him prone to war, and Lord Hardinge de-
sirous of peace. It was, however, the lot of the latter
Governor to fight many " great battles," any one of which
war more important and sanguinary than all the hostilities
of Lord Ellenborough's rule.—Times.
CORN, &C., FROM AMERIC .k.—The Farmer's Journal
of Saturday, says, " Our advices from America are to the
effect that the value of both wheat and flour is on the
advance in the New York market, although the whole of
the orders received out from England had been executed.
We have the best authority for stating that they have not
exceeded, since the commencement of the present year,
200.000 parcels of flour, and 220,000 quarters of wheat and
Indian corn. These quantities may be thus divided :
FLOUR. Brls.
Shipped off, from the Ist Jan. to the 24th Feb. 120,000
Purchased for spring delivery BO,OOO

Glasgow, 19th March, 1845

* It is self-evident that the paper currency to be safe must
be small and fluctuating in this country when the bulk of our
trade is with foreigners, as they do not take in exchange its
manufactures (or labour) : for commercial confidence (or
credit) exists less or more just as there is less or more move-
ment or exportation of the precious metals. 1.8.

Total -Flour
GRAIN.
Shipped off, from the Ist Jan. to the 24th Feb*
Purchased for spring delivery

200,000
Qrs.
90,000
130,000

Total Grain .. 220,000
Thus it will be perceived that we have yet to receive 80,000
barrels of flour, and 130,000 quarters of grain, at least
80,000 of the latter being Indian corn, and which can
have but little influence upon the wheat trade here. It is,
however, quite evident that very large quantities of flour
and grain will find their way hither during the present
year on American account.

COURAGE OF A CLERGYMAN.—At the Nottingham
assizes, Joseph Palmer. aged 24, was placed at the bar,
charged with having on the night of the 17th of January
last,, broke into the house of the Rev. Charles Walter
Hudson, at Saundby. The prosecutor, on the night of
January 17, had been sitting up somewhat later than his
ordinary hour, reading-, when he heard a noise at one of
the windows, and looking through saw a man, though at
the same time he must have remained unobserved. The
prosecutor went round stealthily to the front door, and
there saw three men in all. They were extractinc, a pane
of glass. The rev. gentleman immediately armed himself
with a poker, and • the moment one of the men made an
entry, knocked him down. The prisoner (for it turned
out to be him) immediately rose, and attempted to escape,
by the window, in which he was assisted by the men out-
side, who laid hold of him and attempted to drag him
through. The prosecutor, however, clung to his man,
and was actually dragged through the window along with
Palmer. The two. men then commenced an'attack upon
him,, beating him about the head, face, and wems ; but all
would not do, and they were obliged to quit the field,
leaving their companion in the grasp of tb.e enemy. The
learned judge (Maule) was loud in the praise of the intre-
pidity and courage displayed by Mr. Hudson, and in tes-
timony. of his approval of his conductr-tirdered the sum of
ten pounds to be paid over and abov4 'the expenses allowed.
itt.the character of prosecutor,

Dtscourrrs.—The gold in the coffers of the Bank of
England now nearly amounts to £15,000,000. With such
an enormous stock of treasure, it may be expected by
many persons that the directors will further reduce the
rate of interest. The adoption of such a measure at the
present juncture would, however, be hardly"prudent, for,
although there is every prospect of a large surplus remain-
ing in this country. still the threatening aspect of affairs
abroad warrants excessive caution on their part, especially
in connection with the cheapening of money. In the
discount market, the brokers are inclined to support rates;
and no disposition has been exhibited on their parts to
' bring them down. About three and a half per cent. is
the most current quotation.
MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION.—On Thursday a woman
named Martha Bolston, attempted suicide by throwing
herself into the river Avon, at Bristol, close to the Sus-
pension-bridge. The tide was ebbing at the time, and
she was carried a long way rapidly down the river towards
the sea, when she struck against a trow, sunk, but, in
about a minute rose on the other side of the trow, having
Passed under its bottom. At this time she was perceived
by Mr. Eaglestaffe, of the Rock-house, who, imagining
it to be a floating dead body, went in a boat and picked it
up. On being conveyed to Mr. Eeglestaffe's house, his
wife had her undressed, and having placed the body be-
fore a good fire, commenced exertions to restore life, and
after upwards of an hour, succeeded in restoring animation.
DISTRESSING WRECK.— On Tuesday the sloop Britain,
of Tintern, loaded with timber for railway purposes, left
that place for Newport, and, strange to say, the captain
(Thomas Davis) left behind him the hatches, although his
directions were to return with a cargo of coals. As the
vessel proceeded down the channel, and when near the
lighthouse, the waves were observed to beat over the
sloop, and the captain, with his brother-in-law (William
Maybury) and his son, were seen to take to the boat, and
shortly afterwards disappeared. The sloop was observed
for half an hour tossed to and fro before she went down.
By this melancholy event two women residing at Tintern
became widows, eleven children fatherless, and three un-
fortunate creatures were ushered into eternity.
GENERAL EVANS AND TEE DUKE OF NEMOURS.—
A small affair excites curiosity in London. In the list of
early visitors to. the Due de Nemours was the name of
General Sir De Lacy Evans. Through The Times of
Thursday, the General declared that he had never called.
On Saturday Lord Foley asserts that the General's name
appears in the visiting-book, in his own handwriting, and
that a person of rank saw him write it there ! In the
Times of yesterday the General says that he called at the
French Embassy, to pay his respects to the Duchess of
Montpensier, and asked for her special and separate
visitor's book, in which he wrote his name as Lieutenant.
General—the rank he holds in the Spanish army, and to
which he has not attained in the English. He states that
he had no intention to pay his respects to the French
prince.

DEPUTATION OF BAKERS.—On Thursday, a deputa-
tion of master and journeymen bakers waited upon the
Secretary of State, to solicit the support of Government
in the application they are about to make to Parliament
for a legislative enactment for the abolition of night work,
and for the limitationi of the hours of labour. The depu-
tation was accompanied by Lord R.obt. Grosvenor, M.P.,
and Mr. Wakley, M.P. Lord Robert Grosvenor intro-
duced the deputation to Sir George Grey. His lordship
said he wished it to be understood that the masters and
the workmen were willing to arrange the matter them-
selves, but it was found upon inquiry that nothing but a
legislative enactment would be effectual to carry out the
desired object. Mr. Wakley, M.P., said it had been
proved by the statistics of London that the bakers were
shorter lived than even the white-lead manufacturers, or
the scissor-grinders of Sheffield. Sir G. Grey said he
hoped they would not expect him to give any hasty deci-
sion upon so important a question. He would promise
them that he would give the matter due consideration,
and he could say that Government would not stand in the
way of any practicable measure that would be deemed
fair to all parties.
MURDER.—At the York assizes, on Thursday, George
Calvert, 38, Thomas Hodgson, 28, and James Mellor, 22,
were charged with the wilful murder of William Wood,
at Farweather, near Bradford, on the 18th of December
last ; they were also charged with committing a burglary
in the dwelling-house of the said William Wood. Cal-
vert and Mellor were found guilty, and Baron Rolfe, in
passing sentence, said :—You have been convicted, on
the clearest testimony, of a most barbarous murder.
Every murder must, necessarily, be a case of great atro-
city, but it has rarely indeed happened to me to be pre-
sent at an investigation which disclosed such long-con-
tinued and persevering barbarity as was inflicted by you
on that fatal night. I have seen cases where deadly wea-
pons have been used, and where the victim has fallen
under the sudden infliction of some deadly wound; but
rare indeed is it that four men in the prime of life at least,
have been proved to have broken into the lone house of a.
poor but .pparently industrious and respectable cottager,
to have driven him, absolutely naked, from his house, in
the dead of the night—to have beaten him first with
sticks, and then with another deadly weapon, and not
being satisfied with one attack, to have renewed it, more
than once—to have left him prostrate on his own floor,
absolutely without a rag upon his body, while you deli-
berately plundered the house, and thought to escape with
impunity.

LECTURES ON MAN CULTURE, by theßer.T.D. Gregg.
—We cannot allow these lectures to terminate without
expressing our very high sense of the importance of the
subject, and our admiration of the superior manner ire
which it was treated by the Rev. T. D. Gregg ; in this
respect indeed the expectations which we were led to
entertain at the commencement of the course were more
than realised. It is gratifying to know that those who,
did attend were especially qualified to judge of the sound-
ness of the views brought forward, and that their appro-
bation was most decided. We are aware that some have
been hitherto disposed to regard Mr. Gregg merely as a
distinguished politician of ultra-protestant principles ;
these lectures will certainly convince them that, whether
they concur with him in that respect or not, his opinions
on the question of education, that is on man culture,
on the developement and due exercise of our intellectual
powers on the formation of character upon a true Christ-
ian and philosophical basis, are deserving of the most
serious consideration, being both sound in principle and
practical in character. Whilst his various readings front
the oriental languages, the ancient and modern classics,
combined with his own critical remarks, evinced to those
acquainted with such matters, the extensive research and
refined taste of the scholar ; he also succeeded in equally
instructing and entertaining the English portion of the
audience, so that the interest first awakened increased
irom night to night. Mr. Gregg concluded by reading
an address to the Queen praying for inquiry into the
present system of public education. It is evident that
his vigorous and eloquent style of address would recom-
mend any subject to a popular audience.—Cheltnhm Jour.
INDIAN CorroN.—Before Mr. Blight's committee on
the cultivation of cotton in India much information was
elicited from Mr. Robert Wigram Crawford, a partner in
the house of Messrs. Remington and Co., Bombay and
London, the only witness examined. Having traversed
the western coast of India in all sorts of craft, and
journeyed after business throaogh most of the cotton-
growing districts for several years, this gentleman's evi-
dence was of a highly sanguine character as to the cape.
bilities of the country. He spoke warmly in favour of a
railway being constructed, to connect Bombay with the
interior, the utility of which he likened to that of the
Ganges at Calcutta. The railway systeni, lioweitet,
not be comprehended by the natives. and on that account
they would not cordially engage in subscriptions for its
construction, although interest was guaranteed on their
advances ; but if they once saw it in operation for ten or
a dozen miles, they would understand its capabilities at
once, and immediately engage in promoting its success.
In the course of his evidence on this subject, Mr. Craw-
ford mentioned the fact, very well known to the observers
of eastern habits, as one cause of the poverty of the
Indian population, that there are no means provided for
the investment of their small savings, consequently, they
are what we should call improvident. It is not, however,
exactly improvidence in their case, because their small
sums are invested in bronzes and jewellery, which have
some value ; and, as an illustration of similar habits
nearer home, the Chairman stated that, when he was in
Syria, he recollected seeing a donkey driver give £2O for
a bracelet. Mr. Crawford expressed a confident opinion,
that ultimately, East Indian cotton will be produced of a
quality and price to meet the American product upon
perfectly equal terms in the Liverpool market.
EATING AND DRINKING ON BOARD THE TRANSAT-
LANTIC STEAMERS. —The Glasgow Herald furnishes us
with some curious particulars of the eatables and drinks-
bles supplied for the consumption of the passengers on
board Cunard and Co.'s American steamers. Each ship
on her outward trip is supplied with 50 dozens of port
wine, 100 dozens of sherry, 100 dozens of champagne, 50
dozens of Madeira, 50 dozens of hock, 200 dozens of soda
water and lemonade, 300 dozens of Scotch ale, and 200
dozens of London porter, besides spirits of all kinds.
There are also ample stores of ice, and an abundant sup..
ply of fresh water. Each ship is victualled for 21 days,
and carries at least 4000Ihs. of beef, mutton, and pork,
fresh and packed in ice. Then there are 16 dozen fowls,
4 dozen of geese, 4 dozen of ducks, 4 dozen of turkeys, 6
dozen of pigeons, and one dozen of roasting pigs, besides
an ample store of tongues, calves' heads, &c. Milk is
furnished by the cow, though each ship also carries a sup-
ply of forty gallons, which is packed in ice, and keeps
fresh and sweet till the end of the passage. The baker
turns out 200 loaves or rolls per diem, and the confection-
er is never idle. Breakfast begins at half-past eight, and
the cloth is removed at ten. There is lunch at twelve, and
dinner at four. Tea is served at seven ; and then follow
snacks, wine, punch, toddy, gin slings, sec.,—that is for
those who want them—till half-past eleven, when the
steward's bar is closed, and all the lights are out by
twelve. Such is life on board a Transatlantic steamer;
and in the summer season it is said to be becoming quite
common for parties to make a pleasure trip to America,
in the fashion that people go up the, Rhine. There have
even been occasions in which young married people have
spent their honeymoon in a trip to Halifax, a flying visit
to Niagara and New York, and a return voyage to Eng-
land, and all in six weeks,

BEQUESTS TO THE NATlON.—Colonel Petrie left the
sum of 16,0001. to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the
time being, to be applied to the use of his beloved native
land. The will was disputed on behalf of the widow on
the ground that the demise of the property was of too
vague a character to be valid. The Vice-chancellor,
however, held the bequest to be clear, and rightly claimed
by Mr. Genlburn for the service of the country. On
Wednesday, the Lord Chancellor, to whom an appeal was
made, affirmed the decision of the Vice-chancellor, and
dismissed the appeal with costs.—We have heard that in
the case of the lady of Hereford who bequeathed all her
property towards paying off the national debt, the Trea-
sury has not, from the peculiar circumstances of the case,
claimed the money, but very properly left it to the survi-
ving relatives.

Is THE KING OF THE FRENCH RICH ?—The Times
of Monday says, " In common with the rest of the
world, we were under the impression that the ex-king of
the French had prudently amassed and secured sufficient
funds to support his family in affluence and comfort, but
we regret to find that this notion is the reverse of the
truth. Louis Philippe, it now appears, whether from an
ill-grounded confidence in the stability of his govern-
ment, or from motives of nationality and patriotism—
possibly from a mixture of both—has entrusted the
whole fortunes of himself and his children to the soil or
the faith of France. If, therefore, the future legislature
should determine to confiscate the private property of
the House of Orleans, those unhappy princes would be
reduced to a state of destitution which would fill all
Europe with sentiments of shame and indignation. We
do not, however, anticipate anything so merciless and
unjust."

STRANGE DISCOVERY OF A BURGLAR.—A gentlemint
named Dutton, aged 80, of the Brynne, near Wrexham,
Flintshire, was listening in bed to his clock striking the
hour of 12 at midnight, when to his surprise the last six
strokes sounded much louder than the former. The old
gentleman naturally supposed that a door had been opened ;
upon listening, he heard the jingling of keys, and to his
astonishment he was but too fully convinced that au in-
truder had entered his bedroom, and was about to take the
contents of his bureau. He immediately jumped out of
bed, and clasped an individual having on a fustian coat ;
he held him tightly, and called lustily for assistance. The
thief carried the fearless old gentleman through two rooms,
when his son-in-law and wife arrived, who succeeded in
capturing the burglar, who is now safely lodged in the
county gaol. It appears that the scoundrel had only been
dismissed from the service about three weeks.

MR. AND MISS VANDENHOFF. --i);-;lay goers to
Wakefield theatre had a treat on Friday and Saturday
last, in the performances of Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff.

On Friday they played " Matthew Ellmore" and " Mar-
carete in " Love's Sacrifice ;" and on Saturday the
," and " Mrs. Haller," Mr. Vandenhoff sus-
.taining also the character of " Young Wilding," in Foot's
comedy of " The Liar." They were most enthusiasti-
cally received, and called for on both nights. The writer
of this notice has seen " The Stranger" performed nearly
twenty times, but never saw it better performed than on
Saturday night, since " The Stranger" of Charles Kern-
ble. It is now twelve years since he wrote his last notice
of Miss Vandenhoff. During that period she has suffered
severely from affliction, but she comes again among us
with undiminished histrionic power, and looking more
beautiful than ever. We sincerely wish her a long life of
health and happiness, for the stage cannot afford to lo se
so excellent an actress.—Leeds paper.
A REMORSE OF CONSCIENCE.—" The following proof
of remorse of conscience," says the Droit, "was given two
days ago :—A working man went to the commissary of
his quarter, and stated that, after fighting for the people
during the three days of February, he was among the first
to enter the Tuileries, and, reflecting on the state of desti-
tution in which he had left his wife and family, was
tempted to take a double breast-pin, united by a small
chain, and mounted with two large pearls, upon which he
afterwards obtained sf. from the Mont de Piete, which
saved four persons from starvation. But having got back
to work and pay, he was able to restore the sf. with the
ticket from the Mont de Piete, which he placed in the
hands of the commissary, who gave the man high praise
for his resolution in doing what was right. The pin, when
redeemed, was found to have belonged to the Duke de
Nemours, and each pearl is worth 500 f." The Bruit adds,
" that several other similar restitutions have been made,
and among them a valuable tortoise-shell box, with a por-
trait set in gold."
SOMNAMBULISM EXTRAORDINARY.—A short time since,
Mr. Cunnington, of Brampton Moor, fancy turner, &c.,
was awakened about two o'clock in the morning by a
noise at his door. He got up and opened the window,
when his daughter Hannah called out, " Come father, go
to work, the steam is up." Mr. Cunnington dressed
himself as quickly as possible, and went to the engine
house. about 100 yards distant, when he found the steam
roaring out of the boiler which is attached to the engine
that turns his work. Having drawn the fire and made all
safe, he returned home for an explanation of the strange
occurrence, when he ascertained that his daughter had
got up in her sleep, taken the key, and gone to the engine ;
she had then made a fire and got the steam up, when she
returned home, but was unable to gain admission into the
house in consequence of the door being fastened by a drop
latch. She was still asleep when Mr. Cunnington re-
turned, and he had some difficulty in awakening her.
She had no knowledge of what had taken place, and what
makes the affair more extraordinary is, that she had not
been accustomed to do anything at the engine.—Derby
Reporter. _

ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—It may confidently be hoped
that the arrangements made with a view of rendering
assistance to Sir John Franklin and his gallant crew may
be crowned with success, should the expedition have got
into difficulty. A reward of upwards of 100 guineas has
also been offered to any of the whale ships which may
bring information of the expedition, the actual amount of
the reward depending upon the authenticity and value of
the information conveyed. They have also been invited
to look out for any of the copper cylinders which Sir John
Franklin was directed to throw overboard daily on reach-
ing 65 deg. north. Although these precautions are most
proper and creditable to the authorities, we do nct our-
selves feel any unnecessary anxiety as to the fate of the
ships. That they may have been hampered, as others
have been, is very probable, and is almost a necessary
contingency in the navigation of an icy sea, but we place
great hope in the materiel as well as personnel of the ex-
pedition ; for ships better adapted for the service, better
equipped in all respects, or better officered and manned,
never left the shores of England on any of those arduous
voyages of discovery which have helped to raise the cha-
racter of the British seaman in the eyes of every enlightl
ened nation in the world. •

THE ESQUIMAUX.—The two Esquimaux brought from
Davis's Straits by Captain Parker, of the Truelove, have
been exhibited, since their arrival, in several of the prin-
cipal towns in this county, and have been visited by
thousands of delighted spectators. They have received
the greatest encouragement in every place, and have been
presented with numerous valuable presents, consisting
principally of firearms, which they are greatly in need of
in their native country. The warmth of our climate
appears to have had a sensible effect upon their constitu-
tions, as they are evidently not so strong and healthy as
they werelpon their arrival. While in their own country
they consumed between 6and 7 pounds of raw meat per day,
but now they only eat as much as an ordinary person. They
now eat cooked meat, which formerly they refused to taste.
When they first went on board the Truelove they appear-
ed as though they had never been washed, and had a
dislike to the water ; but now their habits are so much
changed that they take the utmost delight in washing, and
go through the operation two or three times a-day. They
speak a little of the English language, and that in a very
perfect manner. They appear now to be very anxious to
return home, and, when told that they were to sail for
their native country on Tuesday next, they were quite
delighted. On Wednesday last they were invited to meet
the wardens and elder brethren of the Trinity-house at
their board meeting, when they were kindly presented
with a very valuable collection of new guns, ammunition,
tools, &c., suitable to the wants of themselves and their
fellow-countrymen. Captain Parker states that he has
laid out upwards of £lOO in purchasing firearms and other
useful articles for them to take home. They sail for their
native land on Tuesday morning next, by the Truelove.—
Hull Packet,

THE ENGLISH IN FRANCE.—On Wednesday the Lord
Warden steamer arrived at Folkestone with passengers,
and the Queen of the French arrived next morning with
86 passengers, principally English residents who have left
Paris. We hear a great deal just now of the tranquility
of the Freneh capital, and there are persons who ridicule
the fears and apprehensions of our countrymen in remov-
ing themselves and their families from the scene of so
peaceful a revolution ; but a " reign of terror" has been
established there in a small and quiet way, which fully
accounts for the desire shown by English families to leave
Paris. A lady who arrived states, that she ordered a
dress to be made up for her, the usual charge for which
would have been 12f. When it was sent home she was
not a little astonished to find that a most extortionate
demand of upwards of 70f. was made. On her indignant
refusal to pay so monstrous a sum, she was impudently
threatened with the vengeance of the mob, who, she was
told, would soon chase all the British out of Paris.
Under the influence of the terrors excited by the late
events, and the fear of finding herself exposed to the fury

. _ .
of the populace, the lady eventually compounded for 60f.,
andleft Paris as quickly as possible. This is by no means
the only instance in which the fears of unprotected En-
glish residents in Paris have been worked upon as a means
of extorting money from them ; and this may, in fact,
partly account for the breaking up of so many English
establishments. Nor is the flight confined to the English
nobility and gentry. A Russian Prince arrived on Wed-
nesday by the Lord Warden, with his suite. He resided for
many years in Paris, but shares, with many of his country-
men, and almost all the Austrian nobility in Paris, a deep
distrust both as regards the continuance of order in Paris
and the preservation of friendly relations between France
and other foreign powers. The English gentry are ar-
riving in hundreds daily from France.
A MYSTERY RESOLVED.—Our readers may have had
their attention arrested by two successive advertisements
in the Times, mysteriously informing Z. A. that the
Council of University College acceded to certain undivulged
conditions of his. Like us, they may have had some cu-
riosity to know the key to this mystery, and having by
seeking found it, and found it to be a golden one, we are
willing to make our readers as knowing as ourselves.
Some weeks since, it appears, an individual, who refused
to give any name, called on Lord Auckland, as vice-presi-
dent of the council, and announced his intention of giving
£5,000 to the college, to be a fixed fund, at the disposal
of the council, on condition that the council should con-
sent to give to the fund such ordinary English surname as
he should prescribe at the time of paying the money.
In the event of the condition being accepted, the coun-
cil were to advertise the acceptance in the Times on
two successive days, which Z. A: named. The council
decided, as most of our readers, we presume, will de-
cide, and as we have made up our own minds to decide,
whenever they or we shall have to weigh a similar alter-
native. They did not, it would seem, consider that there
was anything in the terms for which £5,000 was not a
good and sufficient equivalent. The advertisements were
accordingly inserted ; but nothing more was heard of Z. A.
until some days after the second had appeared. On the
29th of February, however, (the rarer the day the rarer the
deed,) Z. A. made his appearance at the Admiralty, and
handed over to Lord Auckland £5,000, in Bank of Eng-
land notes, intimating, at the same time, the fund was to
be called "The Andrew's Fund." We believe an under-
standing exists that :no attempts are to by made to trace
the donor ; and his name is not to be divulgl4, if by acci-
dent it should be discovered, an additioq, to the term Plat
which, also, we hasten to promise, by anticipation, our
adhesion, to any philanthropist in se rChpf an easy reci-
pient. So much, meantime, for ap. id eccentric mu-
nificence, which may have reasons or the singularity of wee
its form. Generally speaking, it is difficult to assign this
1 reason why a thing should not be khown without aituallr
' making it known.—Globe.