The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-03 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

STATE OF THE CROPS.

We have been favoured by a friend of much practical
experience.in agriculture, and who has just returned from
his accustomed professional tour in the south, with some
interesting facts relative to the general state of the crops.
He journeyed through Kent, Essex, and other southern
and provincial corn counties, and his remark was, that the
wheat was not looking so well in those quarters as at the
same time last year. Many of the crops of this article
were very thin, having seemingly suffered severely from
the attacks of the wire-worm, and. on light lands, evi-
dently much injured by the continuous severity of the
winter, especially from the keen east winds to which those
localities are more exposed than with us. Wheat, how-
ever, is a plant of a wonderfully revivifying character, and
he by no means entertains, after the late fine rains and
general favourable atmosph-ric change, the gloomy appre-
hensions that have been expressed by some of our contem-
poraries. A great breadth of wheat had generally been
sown ; but in some instances, where the wire-worm had
been more than usually destructive, the farmers had
Ploughed down their fields and substituted spring seed.
It is remarkable that in these, and also in the eastern
counties generally, the crops are not so forward as in Lan-
cashire, owine, no doubt, to the cause assigned for their
thinness—the long prevalence of cutting east winds. The
spring-sown corn—oats and barley—are exceedingly pro-
mising. In the course of his experience, indeed, he never
saw them look better. The whole of the corn crops in the
west of England give indication of an abundant harvest,
provided the weather continue to be genial, in which case,
after the recent seasonable rains, a general average crop
may vet be fully expected.
All the spring corn crops this year are doing well, the
rain having come in time, which it did not do last year.
In Lancashire, some of the wheat suffered from wire-
worm and cold easterly winds, and was in some few spots
ploughed down. The crop that remained looks remarka-
bly well, being generally thick on the, ground, and withal
strong and healthy. We have seen many beautiful fields
of this prince of grains in our Immediate neighbourhood,
though it is not so much of a wheat as a grass-growing
country. Our grass crops are very superior to those be-
tween this and the metropolis ; and. strange to say, our
market is at present better supplied with grass than any
other in England, although the crop is one month later
than usual. Potatoes, so far, are also promising. It is
yet too early to form an opinion as to turnips, but we have
seen many fields in which the seed has already told in a
gratifying manner.

FIRST ELECTION UNDER THE WALLASEY
IMPROVEMENT ACT.

The first election of commissioners, to put into exe-
cution the act recently obtained for the improvement of
the parish of Wallasey, took place yesterday, at the
Queen's Arms Hotel, in the village of Liscard. The
mode of taking the sense of the ratepayers, all of whom
who occupy tenements at £lO yearly are voters, was by
each tendering a paper upon which were printed or writ-
ten the names of twenty-one gentlemen eligible to act as
commissioners. The voting commenced at nine o'clock
in the morning, and closed at three in the afternoon.
During the whole interval, not only the village of Liscard,
but Seacombe, Egremont, and New Brighton, exhibited
signs of great interest in the contest ; for there was a
genuine electioneering contest between one party deno-
minated " the Clique," and another designated " the
Independent and Unbiassed." " The Clique," accord.
ing to the representations of the adverse side, have ob-
tained, and desire to carry out, the act for the purpose of
improving the landed property of the parish at the ex-
pense of the ratepayers; their object, in their own words,
is to work the law for the b-nefit of all parties. " The
Independent and Unbiassed" party profess a desire to
execute the law without reference to any private interests
whatever, but solely for the public welfare and the im-
provement of the parish, and, what is very important, to
keep down the rates. " The Clique "—and, in applying
the terms by which the parties are named, we express no
opinion for or against either—put a list in nomination,
the names upon which will be found in the paragraph
elsewhere, reporting the proceedings which took place at
a meeting at Liscard on Friday night last. The " Inde-
pendent and Unbiassed " party nominated the following
list :—Henry Winch, Henry Meadows, John Halliday,
John Parry, George Hamerton Crump, Joseph Brice,
Gideon Dare, Samuel Fleming Symonds, Wm. Atherton,
Harold Littledale. Joseph Christopher Ewart, Charles
Holland, Thomas Dean, Robert Edwards, James Leay,
John Ripley, John Bewley, 'William Healing, William
Dickinson, Henry Johns,,n, and Samuel Carter. Mr. G.
H. Crump officiated as the presiding officer; and, as we
have just in'imated, the poll was kept up with much ani-
mation till three o'clock. The official declaration of the
result was not made, however, until a late hour in the
evening, when the election was announced to have fallen
upon the following gentlemen :—For three years : Messrs.
G. H. Crump, Ripley, Winch, Healing, Richard Parry,
Halliday, Ewart. For two years: Messrs. Atherton,
Fisher, Holland, Littledale, Leay, Mann, Peers. For
one year: Messrs. Hughes, North, Dean, Edwards,
Mawdsley, Meadows, Bewley.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, a man, named
James Harvey, a labourer, from Bristol, who was em.
ployed with others in excavating the new sewer in Hamp-
ton-street, Windsor. accidentally fell down one of the
eyes or wells opened for the tunnelling, a depth of 22 feet,
and was so much injured that he died soon after.

THE COTTON CROP.—The statistics brought by the
Hibernia, fully bear out the highest estimate made of the
last year's production. The arrivals at the shipping ports
from the Ist of September to the latest date amounted to
2,240,752 bales against 1,829.821 to the corresponding
period last year, and 2.153,437 in 1843, the largest pro-
duction ever known. It will thus be seen that the actual
imports were nearlyloo,ooo bales more than the maximum
production, rendering it highly probable that the crop of
last year will turn out to be full two-and-a-half million
bales.

SALE OF THE AUTOGRAPH OF SHAKSPERE.—On
Saturday a sale by auction took place in Mr. Fletcher's
rooms, in Piccadilly, of numerous valuable autographs;
among them was one of the immortal Shakspere. The
book, after some competition, was knocked down to Mr.
Pickering, of Piccadilly, for 21 guineas. Among the other
autographs was a signature of Lady Jane Grey, with the
words attached, " I am the Queen," which sold for £4 ;
another of Lady Seymour, Queen of Henry VIII., £2 55.:;
another of Elizabeth, £2 7s. 6d. ; and another of Napo-
leon.

ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH SCHOOLS.--We beg to call
attention to an advertisement in reference to sermons to
be preached in St. Michael's Church, on Sunday next,
in behalf of the Girls' Week-day and Sunday School.
Upwards of 100 girls, we understand, have received a
scriptural education in this school in the past year. The
mayor, who is patron of St. Michael's Church, and seve-
ral members of the Town Council, have kindly promised
to attend. The hour for assembling at the Town-hall,
on Sunday morning, is ten o'clock. We make no doubt
there will be a large attendance at the Church both morn-
ing and evening; and we trust that the collections will be
adequate to the excellent object for which they are in-
tended.

SAVAGE ASSAULT.--Yesterday, William Martin, a
Very stout man, and Frances his wife, lodging-house
keepers, Atkinson-court, Bell-street, Toxteth-park, were
charged by a sailor, named Henry Jones, with a violent
and unprovoked assault upon him. It appeared that he
had lodged in the house about a fortnight, and that being
asked by the servant girl to go up stairs and bring her
bonnet down to her, he did so ; :whereupon both the pri-
soners set upon him and assaulted him with their hands
and with a poker, so that he was covered with blood and
bruises. The defence was that be had brought down
stairs a plate and a cup and saucer, with which he intended
to make off, but this was considered, even if true, no justi-
fication, as tney might have given him in charge. The
prisoners were each tined £5 and costs.

SEAMEN'S WAGES.—A seaman, who had performed a
voyage in the ship Lord Canterbury, Captain Bruce, yes-
terday claimed, at the police-court, £6 10s. stated to be
due for wages.—The captain said that he had delayed to
pay the amount until he had received a reply from the
owners in London. It was stated for the prisoner that
he had been found on shore with albs. of tobacco upon
him, but the article was merely seized, and he was not
proceeded against. The captain or owners had suffered
no loss or injury in consequence, so that the wages could
not be withheld. The captain said he had received a le•-
ter from his owners. and would nay the amount.—Edward
Skihtnui lie, a young man, claimed £6 ss. as wages, for
work done on board the ship Olinda, at the rate of £1 ss.
per mouth. He had shipped as a labourer for lchaboe
to work at guano, and also to assist at sea. When the
vessel reached the island the guano had all been taken
away, and the vessel went to Maranham, and thence came
home. The captain said the claimant had not done what
was required of him as an ordinary seamen. The magis-
trates decided that as the wages were very low, and it was
not the man's fault that he had not worked at guano, he
should be paid the amuuut demanded.

THE CUSTOMS.—The Board of Customs have recently
had before them the annual return of the characters and
capacities of the various officers, clerks, and subordinates
employed in the service of that branch of the revenue
throughout the uni ed kingdom for the past year, and
a committee of the board having inspected the returns in
question for the period referred to, and inquired perso-
nally of the principals of departments with reference to
the conduct of the several parties under their supervision,
it appears that the general account of the attendance of
the officers, and of the zeal evinced by them in the per-
formance of their variJus duties, has been such as to
give very great satisfaction, and afford just grounds for
gratulation, as to the mode in which the business of
the department has been conducted. A certain num-
ber of officers rendered unfit for further advice, by
length of servitude or infirmities, have been, as usual,
recommended to the Treasury to be placed on the super-
annuation list. The fines imposed on officers and clerks
during-the p.tst year in London and at the outports fur
irregular attendance, instead of being divided, as was
formerly the case, amongst a certain number, the most
deserving, as a premium for good character and abilties,
are, by a recent regulation, to be added to a fund, and
disposed of in benevolent grants to widows and children
of officers who may die in the service, or in such other
cases of distress as may from time to time be brought
before the board : thus enabling them to dispense imme-
diate and much required relief to parties, in respect of
whom there was previously no fund or means applicable
to the purpose,

SIR JAMES GRAHAM'S MEDICAL BILL.-SO-
CIETY OF CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS.

A public meeting of the chemists and druggists of Li-
verpool and its vicinity was held in the Clarendon-rooms
last night, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament
against a clause introduced in the amended Medical Bill,
calculated to be seriously injurious to their interests.
The meeting was held in compliance with a suggestion
from the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Mr. THOMPSON, jun., of Church-street, was unani-
mously called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by mentioning
that the council of the Pharmaceutical Society considered
it highly desirable that the chemists and druggists in
every town in the kingdom should forward petitions to
their representatives against the 36th cl ,use in the amended
medical bill. If that clause became law, the effect upon
their trade would be most injurious. The term "apothe-
cary" was very ambiguous, and it behoved the trade,
before any enactment was made, to ascertain the exact
application and signification of it. The clause re-
erred to proposed to enact that every person acting
as an apothecary, without having been registered by
the Council of Health as a general practitioner, should,
for every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty
pounds, to be applied to the use of the college of general
practitioners, and recovered by the said college by action
of debt in any of the courts at Westminster. The Chair-
man then read an article from the Pharmaceutical Jour-
nal for the present month, in which all the objections
against the clause are elaborately stated. The operation
of it was described as hinging upon the words " practise
as an apothecary," which opened a large field for litiga-
tion, and the college would require no other funds for its
support than those derived from fines. No chemist could
act in any case of emergency without being liable to the
penalty ; he could not apply a bit of sticking plaster, or
administer a dose of rhubarb.
Mr. JOHNSON said he was satisfied that this clause
struck at the roots of the business of chemists and drug-
gists. The definition of an apothecary, in Johnson's
dictionary, was " one who provides medicines for sale."
Every druggist in the present day might be termed an
apothecary, and upon that supposition this clause would
utterly ruin him.
The CHAIRMAN expressed a hope that every druggist
in the town world sign the petition. He then read the
petition, which set forth the objections of the trade, and
prayed, in conclusion, that the clause, as it stood, might
not become law, and that the petitioners might be heard
at the bar of the house, either by themselves or by counsel.
Mr. WALIcER expressed an opinion that the clause did
not extend to chemists and druggists, provided they did
not use the titles of " physician, surgeon, or general prac-
titioner." It would be as well, however, he thought, to
petition, and by that means an explanation of the effect
might be drawn from government.
A GENTLEMAN stated that the trade came under the
designation of " general practitioners," consequently they
would be liable to the operation of the clause.
The CHAIRMAN repeated that the trade would be de-
stroyed by this clause, and recommended all chemists
and druggists to join the Pharmaceutical Society, which
was now a chartered body, and able to act, for their in-
terests with much effect. He also mentioned that Sir
James Graham had stated that the original bill was not
intended to interfere with chemists and druggists; and
that if they opposed it he would give it up.
The petition was then unanimously adopted, and signed
by all present. The Chairman, upon a suggestion from
the council of the Pharmaceutical Society, recommended
that each druggist should send up an individual petition,
and also sign the general one, by which means the House
of Commons would literally be inundated with them.
The meeting then separated. The petition will lie for
other signatures at Mr. Thompson's this day (Tuesday)
and to-morrow.

WOOLTON FLORAL, &C., EXHIBITIONS.—On Thurs-
day next, the first Woolton show of the season will take
place, in a spacious marquee, near the church, under dis-
tinguished patronage. A great number of prizes are an-
nounced for plants, fruits, and agricultural produce, to-
gether with several for the encouragement of cottagers,
and the great and annually increasing interest of the
former exhibitions., together with the novelty and variety
of specimens that may be expected to be brought, will we
doubt not, ensure a numerous and fashionable attendance.
ST. SIMON'S CHURCH.—A plan for raising the amount
requisite for the extension of this church, and providing
790 free sittings for the poor, is elsewhere advertised, to
which we cordially direct public attention. The sum of
£l5OO has to be raised, to add to £l5OO already raised,
and if 500 collectors or subscribers would produce £3
each, the money would be realised. The nece-sity for
such exertion has been shown in this paper. The Lord
Bishop of Chester, the Chancellor of the Diocese, and the
Rectors of Liverpool, have already subscribed.
BEBINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The first
exhibition of the present year, of plants, flowers, fruits
and vegetables will take place on Thursday next. The
tent will be pitched in the gardens of the Royal Rock
Ferry Hotel, and a good military band will be in attend-
ance. The former fine exhibitions at the Rock, and the
growing taste in the neighbourhood for all that is beauti-
ful or useful in horticulture, furnish a sufficient guarantee
to visitors, that on this coming occasion, they will find
increased objects of attraction. The grounds, moreover,
are beautiful within themselves, and afford delightful
views, not only of the surrounding land cape, but ti the
river, with i s multuctrOUS and ever-moving shipping.
NOT KNOWING WHEN YOU'RE WELL OFF.—A few
days ago a lad a-cended a ladder to the top of the Black-
burn Arms Inn, in the Park, which is undergoing repairs,
with a jug of beer and a glass for the workmen. In at-
tempting to come down, by some accident he missed his
step and was precipitated from the top, a height of about
fifty feet, to the pavement below. Surprising enough, he
immediately raised himself apparently unconscious that
any thing to be thankful for had happened, and unhurt.
His first care was not for himself but for his jug and
glass ; and on seeing these smashed to pieces he tell a-
crying, saying to those who had run to his assistance,
that he had borrowed the jug and glass from the public-
house, and as he had not as much money as would pay
for them he was afraid of being punished.
PASSENGERS By THE PACKET-SHIP HENRY CLAY.—
John Hillhouse, Lieut. Gargas, A. H. Arnold, John R.
Stevens, B. R. Stevens, A. G. Stevens, A. Gullaten, jun.,
John S. Miller, R. D. Izard, J. Bruce, jim., Mrs. A.
Matthews and servant, Miss Anley, Miss Harriet Cole-
man, Miss S. H. Coleman. Mr. G. Dawson Coleman,
D. W. Wetmore, W. Ferguson, lady, and child, John
Trowat, James Coleman, Miss Ann Colman, Edward
Martineau, Benjamin Armitage, L. G. Hoffman, Mr. P.
Parks, James Lee, jun., and lady, Dr. J. Rush and lady.
The " Henry Clay" is a fine-looking long vessel, as now
seen at anchor in the river, and has already been much
admired. She appears to be very tauntly masted. We
shall furnish some description of her build and equip-
ments in our next, after having inspected her cabins, &c.,
when she comes into dock.
SATURDAY EVENINGS CONCERTS.—The concert of
Saturday last, notwithstanding the heavy rain which fell,
was attended by several hundreds. The principal attrac-
tion was Mrs. Sunderland, who sang with her usual good
taste and feeling. In the duet with Mr. Rvalls she was
enthusiastically encored • Mr. Ryall's, in the good old
song " Ye Mariners of England," and in the scena from
Somnambula, was vociferously applauded and encored ;
in fact we have seldom attended a concert where the en-
cores were so numerous and the efforts of all parties were
similarly rewarded. Mr. Armstrong was in capital voice,
and sang with much taste. Mr. Henry Russell is an-
nounced for Thursday and Saturday evenings, another
proof that the promoters of these rational recreations are
determined to cater liberally for the amusement of the
working classes.

EXHIBITION OF THE LANDING-STAGE MODELS.—On
Saturday evening a meeting of some of the inventors of
the models and plans for landing-stages, sent for inspec-
tion to the Dock Committee, met at the Brunswick Hotel,
Hanover-street, Mr. Joseph Boult, architect, of Colquitt-
street, in the chair, for the purpose of considering the
propriety of having a public exhibition of the plans. After
some discussion, pro et con, it was at length agreed that
the exhibition should take place, and a deputation was
appointed to wait on the chairman of the Dock Commit-
tee Yesterday, to make the preliminary arrangements for
holding it at the rooms attached to the Dock-office ; but
owing to the absence of that gentleman in London, nothing
definite was done. The deputation were, however, most
courteously received by Mr. 'Mason, who assured them
that every facility should be afforded for forwarding the
object of the contributors. The exhibition will, in all
probability, be open to the public in the course of a
fortnight.

MEETING.—Amongst the business to be
brought before the council to-morrow, are the proceed-
ings of the Health Committee, which comprise a resolu-
tion, that no plan of any house intended to be built in a
court will hereafter he approved by the committee unless
thyre be shown upon sur' plan a separate privy and ash-
pit, immediately adjoining such house, for the exclusive
use of the inmates thereof. Mr. Alderman Horsfall will
move the adoption of a report of the Special Committee,
appointed by the Council on the sth of February last, to
"inquire into and report upon the unnecessary restric-
tions imposed upon the trade of this port by the Board of
Customs, and the insufficiency of the customs establish-
ment for the growing wants of the port." A present-
ment by the Grand Jury at the last sessions of the dan-
gerous state of an unoccupied house, in Vernon•street • a
fence wall, on the north side of Phillip's-street • and the
furious rate at which spring-carts, and especially butcher's
carts, are frequently driven along the streets, will be
submitted.
FIRE AT BIREENHEAD.—At about half-past two
o'clock yesterday morning, an alarm of fire in Hamilton-
lane, Birkenhead, was sent to the police-office there.
Fire-engines were instantly dispatched, and it was found
that the offices (a small two story building) of Messrs.
Walker, builders, were in a rapid state of combusion.
The flames were by great exertion finally subdued, but
not before the floors, roof, &c., were entirely destroyed,
together with the fixtures, &c. Luckily the fire was pre-
vented from reaching the yard adjoining and the work-
shops at the back of the premises, containing a great
quantity of timber and new joiner work, otherwise the
loss would have been great, with the probability of other
buildings close by being ignited. The principal part of
the books and papers were saved, they having been depo-
sited in one of Milner and Sons' patent safety-boxes
which was afterwards found amongst the ruins, in which
it had been submitted to an excessive heat. The contents
were uninjured, having undergone only a little discolours_
lion. The superiority of these boxes in resisting fire was
furthor den onstrated by the fact, that in an ordinary iron
box, close to the patent one, some old books, &c., were
completely destroyed. We have heard no estimate of the
loss, which is not much. It is not ascertained how the
fire originated ; but as it is improbable that any fire left
in the premises would smoulder from Saturday night to
Monday morning without developing itself, it is strongly
suspected that the ignition was the work of an incendiary.

June 3,&

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STATE OF TRADE.—THE COTTON
SHARE MARKETS.

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country; the great increase in the consumPti°ll'ool
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from other causes, speculation in our staPie ss
pressed has flown into our Share-market. °tie!' Ss,
a large business was done, at very full priees'erte,'
lines and good new ones. Yesterday the,. —Altry
tinned very excited, and upon several stocks i a'
Vance in price was secured. The stocks 03.19.3 rise!,
upon were Midland, in which, however, the '',"hsre:'
turday was slight, having advanced £l6 Pert:o,A:
week ending Saturday; Sheffield and Mancncidinr
rose on the day's transactions .£5 per share 10:4
£l2 in the previous week ; South Eastern ‘5,.,2'i1i.0
48k; Grand Junction which were done at X4',';o, 4
and Birkenhead, and several of the lighter shard
.hona
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upward tendency, which is attributed to t ( a
nearly the whole of the business now doing is °the ',
fide character and for permanent investment! that
of the country being now rapidly flowing 'll sea
tion. The Scotch Bank and Insurance-office.
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buyers ; and we are informed that the Live efii
are compelled to give notice to their custoenn° ,( :lid
intention after the 30th instant to cease to 801 j
upon dead accounts, which step will drive en kerr
amount of now almost idle capital into the oar '
vestment.

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states that it is the intention cf Governtnea"
draw this bill for the present session. ;Id
The Bishop of London has suspended, ICJ
months, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Moneht'ilifoir
whom, it is known, charges have been pending
time.
An aggregate meeting of Protestants, the F4,-,arit hr. tilito'
chilsea in the chair, will be held at Exeter tit" to e'
row for the purpose of memorializing the ane‘e"hial..4
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THE OLD ENGLAND AFFAIR.—The eteluz,4og
Gully's charges of foul play, against certain b,,e7.„-a•„d
ptovnaalyt:e yachts usitn'erls;ll';ll
took place on Saturday, before the Jockey t',..-e,:iaser•
press was not admitted, but it is stated that ta4o-e11;0
goes to show that had not Mr. Gully made a 070
covery of the plot, Old England would have ",estsf'
perfectly " safe," and his backers not had even
their money. joidr
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FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Sunday. rne,s-fn Ittra"
at one o'clock, a fire broke out in the prenitsee",:
Satchel! and Robertson, hatters, Fenchurch-str:ctija
vnnuegrr Saturday,
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don, when the premises and stock-in-trade we were
consumed. Several of the buildings adjoining,,sell,lo
more or less injured. Unfortunately, Mrs. 53,,g0',1
her infant perished, having been, it issn
by the smoke. The origin of the fire and the
damage are alike unknown. § the
TEXAS ANNEXED.—" A few days ago," says del;
pposed, ottik
bile Herald," Judge Bragg of the Circuit Coor"ooes
that Texas was a part of the United States. TbAe (rote,
came up by a juror petitioning to be excas% tbe h 1
performance of his assigned duty, on the pleati:tsitetol
a citizen of Texas. The Judge ordered film sop' 0/
seat in the box with the other 11, giving for re6-,,4 104
Texas was a part of the Un oa and all her cititelJP
to be called upon to do duties citizens of t-5 wri
States. a 0 //bA
STEAMBOAT ON FIRE.—The steamer 1,0"°- 'lo.l".tir
left Dundee for London on Wednesday evening' `*.d
covered on Friday morning, when off the coas- PP'
• tea' ld‘
folk, to be on fire. The combustion origin° the
taneously, among the coals stoweda way behind tee e;:i
The fire spread rapidly, and soon extended acroissad
tire breath of the vessel between the funne'.,r-ed' 60
quarter deck. The deck was considerably in•r;" •
the bulkheads which separate the coalhold from
cabin berths were also partially on fire. Nntv..tinier
ing the alarming aspect of the flames for some
were at length finally extinguished.
THE LATE DUEL.—Up to (Thursday Mr• Sett)Poieg r
was wounded in the late duel at Gosport, wastgoolsl3ol.6;
favourably, but on that day some alarming sYnl.- 'on 00
sented themselves, and on Saturday an alie"-fitir el,"10
performed to suppress the pulsation in a turna-r„
bad formed within the last few days at the Val-re ",e,
abdomen in front, and which distressed the suu'a-je,'",ts
much. All necessary preparations having been r°-„tierPof
Liston, attended by several other medical ge:'001,0
commenced the operation, which consisted of s,,y
the external iliac artery. No sooner was the er.,ter. ce!
tbs
up, than the throbbing sensation in the tutnn"."s
and gave the patient much relief. The suet' l
operation cannot at present be calculated upon' d
THE ORCHARDS, &c.—lt has been calcula,teaiot
should half the blossom stand, we shall still bac- s 010
cellent crop of fruit. A finer " blow" was Per"Pedit'llf
witnessed. Since Saturday we have had some verloso,ol
showers, and although the temperature has been uc- a °de
low for the season, they have already produce cooly
beneficial effect, renovating the whole face of theio Oita
The weather is now (Tuesday) much warmer' ssPeced
to the grain crops, (the most
Wenimportat,) the 04/
we believe, generally cheering. notice that
many new hop grounds have been laid down this :f t
a proof that, in the present ruinously low We' °tte' '
the agriculturists find it necessary to turn their -Jae'
more particularly to other descriptions of Pr° 00'
Hereford Journal.
EXTENSIVE FAILURE IN THE FLAX-CRC?' (000 fief
nounced that the flax-crop has proved a ruinnu,s,
the flax-growing districts in Ulster. A 13eIr''•Iite °ego;
says, "The Riga seed was generally the favealn-f titr
country, but owing to the unfavourable state -,,,,;erdr
sonven
dfeorrss ahvaivneg it
resortedi n
t hiet is
nefarious thought
ptrhaectltive;
tiorfrA:cefairife
drying it. This would of course give it a fir'-,,a
appearanced to the eye of the purchaser, but t'Ve ":00
es•roys almost all probability of vegetation• p, of,;(10
been assured that between 4,000 and 5,000 ner'ronleo
this country, are doiritnhi
sown wuaitittchlhlotsuhegieshdssle,aetwde have missed, and that the liar-tig°
and
prepared for potatoes and barley. I..bef,;rtearis4
crodp
this period in former seasons."
yo
papers received by thgnetwhglie:
SPORTING IN THE UNITED STATES.--,5940 grea°
11,
BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH.—The, the °
egtrayinni
datai
naand rel
promiseaa
ptf epalelylif loafioar•roe
ptsobro:
Union Course, New York, between Peytpotinrilerae'stfloobee-,tir:::
match, which took place on theAtororle:oet:icalt:lii:
tTptbhiheaolhaerre•lrts: horse, and
rkaroeenmdaddf
jeoFtrriasdshairnitnohendn,a
ttsa
oofetnnioik.urct
much
northerne horse,t for 2°'v veer
Oregon
•i ansgf o
question,ur
theirm rr huts;
etatehsb ei me f
ae tree noedfny
ahht
she eirtessinctu
joolois
osioP
earcifieti:roo
sopfeoeud and bottom of Englishteharneitmds.
we subjoin a few particulars of the race. luethe
(of four miles) was accomplished by Peytonnt of 1 I,
ern horse, in 7 min. 39i seconds, or an averageoo )1 Op
55 seconds per mile. The second heat wne,f,i seejtis
same horse, covering the distance in 4 roin•‘,`"f the,rfse';
It was a waiting race throughout on the Pabr'itersoPiOttie
ner, who, it is said, could have made it a
mance as to time. The betting before the rae,ed°
d
aisgawinnsutidthe e winner,
in 7
nee,ann4.i4towsaescoenvdesn. hveta:....""/7:o•fr'
heats 70
dollars have exchanged hands on the occasion. 7

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