The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

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In other shapes a

re destroyed in seeming
Drms arise.

The arrivals into this port since Tuesday last furnish
an abundant supply of Wheat, Oatmeal, and Flour, from
various sources, the particulars of which are specified
THE TRIBUTE. below. We have also to report a fair quantity of Oats,
Before the arrival of the Liberator, with a few parcels of Barley, but of other Grain we have
Mr. CLEMENTS, in an eloquent speech, moved the fol-
lowing resolution on the subject of the O'Connell Com-
little
very
pensation Fund : Our market to-day was tolerably well attended by town
Resolved—That the Loyal National Repeal Association and country buyers, who continuing very cautious in their
hold it a paramount duty, at this moment, to apply all its
weight and influence to the suceessful furtherance of the proceedings, no lively features were exhibited in any
National Collection for the O'Connell Compensation branch of the trade. In Foreign Wheat the transactions
Fund, fixed for Sunday, the 19th instant : on that occa- were upon a limited scale at a decline of Id to 2d per 701 b.
sion the Members and Associates of this National Body are especially expected to co-operate personally and ener-
from the current rates of this day se'nnight, but in
however, our - ---
getically with the respected and patriotic Clergy of their the value of English we have no change to note ; whilst
siti probably find an exception. it is an es tract several parishes, in securing results for this imperative the general runs of Irish were equally depressed with Fo-
rom the official despatch of Sir Henry Pottinger to the measure worthy of the crisis and the cause.
Few reign; ; superior qualities of Irish, however, forming the
Dr. GRAY seconded the resolution, which, after a
Earl of Aberdeen, in which the British
principal attraction, were in moderate request, and nearly
Plenipotentiary words from Mr. Steele, was carried amidst the loudest .
ss the Minister for Foreign Affairs a detailed account
acclamation.
which has been already briefly noticed. It is recovered the position in which they stood on Tuesday
„Avery lengthy address to the people of Ireland, signed last.
" says Sir Henry Pottin
-eriosity in diplomatic correspondence
ger, "the Im- pondence : Daniel O'
Connell," was agreed to. It exhorts the
people to judge calmly of the position in which Ireland is Flour, still meeting a very difficult sale, was is per sack
ner Keying came, according to at present placed, and represents the giorious results that
and 6d per barrel cheaper.
with me, and after he and his are to flow from a repeal of the union. It deprecates the • Barley, Malt, and Beans continued to rule in much the
'e themselves comfortable by idea of any intention on the part of the repealers to
lug esta-
aside their mandarin caps and upper dresses , blish Catholic ascendancy, in such language as the follow_
same state as described in the preceding report of Friday,
`s custom at such parties in China, we sat for,
Pease were Is to 2s per quarter dearer, and feeding small-
I :---
'n the drawing room, whilst dinner was " A Catholic religious ascendancy is, if possible, more ties in demand.
'-o• this short period Keying's atten- easily demonstrated to be futile. In the first place, the Oats, although moving off sparingly, maintained our
very principle of the repeal of the union would allocate
-miniatures of my family which
to purposes of charity and education the ecclesiastical last quotations. Oatmeal, commanding less notice than of
sble, and he desired Mr. Morri-
late, new reverted to the terms of this day week, and old
state revenues as each of the present vested interests
, that he had no son himself, and should terminate. The value of astate church ascendancy scarcely retained the improved rates of Tuesday,
adopt my eldest boy, and to know if i is to get at the state revenues, and, as those revenues
.J. to come to China. To this I replied, would, as they fell in, go to the state for ascertained pur-
ducation must first he attended to, but that poses of education and charity, there would be nothing to
angs had happened than his seeing Keying make the Catholic hierarchy desire an ascendancy for
; on which his Excellency rejoined, ' Very their religion over any other. The money being disposed
.ie is my adopted son from this day. His narre of, the ingredient of ascendancy would be blotted out for
ach he had previously ascertained) shall henceforward ever.
,e Fred. Keying Pottinger, and until you send him to "In the second place Catholic ascendancy would be ut-
me, after he is educated, you must allow me to keep his terly impossible—for this reason, the Irish Legislature
' To this proposal I could make no objection, Iwtoiusl would he,
uhee ,
thattv o
a parts oit oi fn
til three,e House essentiallyProtestant.m,,nsm igbt
gave him the picture. Immediately
be Catholic; but majoritytherenecessarily would be a very great
ssed a strong wish to have Lady number of Protestants in that house. The Corporations
ass but about giving it I made of Ireland, having Catholic majorities, have returned
fore the matter was either way almost all the liberal Protestants who sought to be elected.
..aounced, and we went to table. I Besides, the Protestant portions of Ireland would return
.., ;ming would be forgotten ; but when dinner Protestants. On the whole, therefore, no measure Nu-
,artly over, Keying again introduced his request, rious to Protestants could possibly pass the House of
a that he would send me his wife's likeness in return, Commons unless the Catholics in that house were false—
and that he wanted my whole family to take hack with basely and shamefully false—to the principles they have
"--- Nankin, and eventually to show to ever avowed ; and even then no such measure could pass
I felt it was impossible to refuse that house without a vivid resistance from all the Pro-
ht
testant members, and from all the Catholic members, who.
and I had the miniature brought '
He immediately rose and placed were liberal and conscientious. In short we are deeply
told, is the highest token of
convinced that any Catholic ascendancy measure would be,
of necessity, rejected by a majority of the Irish House of
_.-s, niled a glass of wine, held the Commons.'"
_.. wont of his face, muttered some words in a The amount of rent was upwards of thirteen hundred
ow voice, drank the wine, again placed the picture on pounds. A deputation of the Law Clerk of Dublin
's head, and then sat down. The whole of this extra- waited upon Mr. O'Connell to-day, and presented an
ssy action was performed without apparent reference address to Mr. O'Connell, accompanied with £lOO, to
.y o being present, and formed quite a scene. He help to defray the expenses of the approaching prosecu-
n deli -ed the miniature to his principal attendant, lions; the deputation, who were received most cordially,
"aas behind hint, and directed him to send intimated to the learned gentleman, that they intended
chair, in which his Excellency had contributing a further sum for the same purpose.
--- :ure. Afterwards -

And Nature still unfolds the tissue
Of unseen works by spirit wrought
And not a work hut halt its issue
With blessing or with evil fraught.

And thou m^
All me

seem to leave behind the
past;

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pmpanions had mad

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 3141 Oct. to the 6th Nov., 1843, inetusine,

COAST.

CANADA'
i REIGN

Wheat .. Ors. 11660
Barley Qrs. ; 353
Malt
Oats
Rye Qrs.
Beans. Qrs.

I 79*

and I accordingly

I 677
1 170
8

ature als

Pease' -Qrs. 83
Shelled BarleyQrs.
Indian Corn. Qrs.
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. Loads 6215
Flour. Sacks 5885
Ditto ...... Brls.

when he went
lends at Pek

Into Runcrirn, Ireland and Coastwise,— Wheat, 557 qrs.;
Oats, 2703 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 346 I loads; Flour, 550 sacks.

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 2.5 qrs. ; Beans,
14 qr.; Indian Corn, qrs_;. Oatmeal, loads; Flour, 50
brls.--Ireland Wheat, 520 qrs.; Beans, qrs; Indian
Corn, qrs. ; Flour, 8 sacks, brls.—Coastwise. Wheat,
244 qrs. ; Bariey, qrs. ; Malt, 33 qrs.; Okts, 12 qrs. ;
Beans, o qrs. ; Pease, 10 qr. ; Indian Corn, to us.; Oatmeal,
loads ; Flour, 181 sacks 284 bits.

n his head, w

to any one

Average prices of Grain, for the week endinc, ''Jot. 28, 1843.
Wheat 50s. sd. ; Barley 30s. gd. Oats 17s. Bd. I Rye 30s. 3d
Beans.. 31s. la. I Pease.. 325.10 d.

Aggregate average of the six week 3.
Wheat 30s Id Barley 30s fid Oats I7s 9d. I Rye 33s 2d
Beans.. 303. 6d. I Pease.. 323. 7d.

gation to me for the gift I had
paired, through Mr. Morrison,
to Lady Pottinger that would

QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN

Duty on Foreign Grain, ece. this week.
Wheat2os Od I Barley 8s Od Oats .. . 8s Od Rye.. 103 6d
Beans tos 6c, I Pease.. 10s 6d I Ind. Corn Os Od I Flour 12s oad
Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe,
Wheat.. Is. Od. I Barley.. Is. Od. I Oats .. 2s. Od. I Rye.. 2s 6d.
Beans as. 6d I Pease Is. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour Os. 74d.

The court was crowded to excess all day, it being un-
derstood that Mr. Barrett's counsel would move for a
mandamus to compel the magistrates of College-street
Police Office to take the informations tendered against
Mr. Hughes, the government reporter.
Mr. 3,l'Donagh, Q.C. made the application, and argued
at great length in support of his motion.

acle giving him an answer
Id think of it, and let him
he asked, What! am I

Liverpool Averages, week ending 31st October, 1813,
Wheat, qrs. 2331, price 463. lod. Brimley, qrs.4o, priee 375. 10d

two Kiang, and cannot get
, to satisfy him, I told him
3uld be, as his gift, highly

.iemorandum made of it. Soon
sing a Tartar song, which I am told
their convivial friendly parties ; and on
that I should be delighted to hear it, he began
a very animated and loud voice. The couplets by
ang, I have since bee-

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the motion, be-
cause he believed it was not made bona fide, but to pre-
judice the administration of justice. He did not wish to
oppose an investigation, but to prevent the present ac-
cused parties being sent before the grand jury as witnesses
before they had either ignored or found the present bills;
when they had done either one or the other he had
no objection to a bill being sent up against Hughes,
and that his original information might then be sent up,
but he earnestly entreated the public not to allow their
minds to be poisoned beforehand. (The learned gentle-
man was much excited in tone and manner.)
The Court finally ordered bills to be sent up against
Hughes when the present bills against the traversers were
disposed of. The grand jury adjourned shortly before
five o'clock.

FOUR MEN DROWNED.—IsIay, Oct. 23.—0 u Friday
night last, four young men, belonging to Bowmore, were
drowned in Lochindaul. They were out at the fishing all
day, and towards evening the wind being south-west, blew
very high, and it seems that the boat, when coming home,
was upset.

0 informed, were allusive to the
concluded between the two countries,
.o his great personal friendship for me ; and
.use of it he took a rich golden bracelet, made in
arm of a puzzle, with two clasped hands, off his own
a and put it on mine. He then explained to me that
:bracelet and its fellow had belonged to his father.

KENDAL ELECTION.—The contest for this Borough is
expected to be a close one, the canvass of Mr. G. Ben-
tinck, the Conservative candidate, being a very favourable
one, and the Quaker electors of Kendal being a good deal
annoyed at the exposure of Mr. Warburton's electioneer-
ing tricks at Bridport.

The reports of the Municpal Elections in various parts
of the country, show that, generally speaking, much less
interest is taken in these contests, than used to be the
case. In some instances however, much spirit has been
displayed ; and the Conservatives have been the victors
in the majority of cases.

he was eleven years of age

uis one upwards of forty years, and
ith his wife, at Pekin ; and that it
in the palm of one of the hands in

Only one witness was examined, Mr. Vernon, and it is
not likely that he will be up again.
Not a single member has been absent on any day from
its sitting to its rising. It is impossible that a finding
can be had before Wednesday.

;; and that he had some friends in every
ho would, on my producing it, receive
In the course of the evening he told
cted to go to Pekin in three or four
vouid then send for me ; that in the
;t correspond with him, whether I re-

On Wednesday, while the great bell of the cathedral of
Notre Dame was being rung, the clapper gave way, and
the enormous mass fell down through two floors of the
tower and lodged at the third. Three persons were in-
jured, and one of them, a ringer named Mazarin, so much
so in the head, by a splinter from the scaffolding, that it
was necessary to carry him immediately into the hospital
of the Hotel Dieu.

GENERAL

MISCELLANY,

mained in China or returned to England ; that if Taou-
kevang (the Emperor) saw me, he would give me a
two-eyed peacock's feather—the highest honour in China;
and that I had gained a great reputation and much dis-
'n my own country, but in every part
r we rose from the table, and re-
,m again, I presented his EKcel-
,word and belt, which I had
l Malcolm to bring from

An Order in Council, recently issued, directs that the
six minor canons of \Vestminster Abbey shall each in
future receive an annual stipend of £l5O.
On Thursday last, workmen commenced taking up the
old pavement in the Old Shambles, Preston, and they are
now busily engaged in preparing for the wooden blocks.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 3.—Our raw sugar
market continues with animation ; and purchases are
only made for immediate purposes, but we have no alte-
ration to notice in prices, which continue steady at from
565. to 675. from very low brown to good bright grocery
descriptions. Average price of sugar, Oct. 31, is 345. 41d,
per cwt.

tinction, not onl

tired to t

The staff of the League, with Mr. Cobden at its head,
left Manchester on Saturday morning for Salisbury, to
meddle with the election there.

WIGAN MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—The triumph of the
Conservatives in this borough is again complete. Con-
servatives, 10 ; Radicals, 0.

It is not generally known that Mr. Cobden, M.P., re-
ceived his education at an academy at Bowes, for the
" board, clothing, and tuition" of young gentlemen, kept
by the late Mr. Clarkson, where he gave promise of con-
siderable talent. The Bowes schools have since been im-
mortalised in the faithful and graphic narrative of
" Nicholas Nickleby" from the pen of Mr. Dickens.,

THAMES NAVIGATION.—There landed and embarked
during the summer, at the Red House-pier, Battersea-
fields, 121,237 persons, besides children in arms.

Mr. Peter Nichol, of the Leazes, Newcastle, bird-fan-
cier, has this year made the novel importation of two
hundred of that handsome bird, the Goldfinch.

EXTENSIVE FIRE.—At midnight on Thursday, the
Itoodee Paper Mill, near Chester, was discovered to be on
fire. In an hour the whole front range was in one con-
tinuous flame, and the mill with a. large quantity of paper
was destroyed, but the foundry adjoining was saved. The
damage is estimated at several thousand pounds, but the
property is insured.

James Chadwick, Esq., elected Borougbreeve of Man-
chester, on the 18th October, having refused to serve, has
been fined £5O, and Wm. Wanklyn, Esq., elected in his
stead.

THE TEA TRADE, Oct. 30.—The deliveries last creek
were rather smaller, being 438,5091 b. The trade since the
conclusion of the public sales has been quiet, at the re-
duced prices then established.
Last week, Master S. L. Hilton, aged fifteen, a student
at the Military College, Sandhurst, was killed by a blow
on the head, received from a fellow- student, when flourish-
ing his stick at play, in the game of hockey.
THE BOY JONES.—The boy Jones, whoso often broke
into Buckingham Palace, is on board the Warspite.
Having lately attempted to desert, he was detected, and
received a severe flogging.
The principal Banks in Newcastle-upon-Tyne have re-
duced their rate of discount on bills not having more than
three months to run to four per cent ; and their rate of
interest on deposits to two and a half per cent.
THE LATE GALES.—Four bodies from some of the
wrecks on the Southport coast were washed up on Mon-
day night last. One of the vessels was a coaster from
Ireland.

A poor mechanic at Bristol, of the name of Bacon, has
nvented a pump and fire-engine, which, for compactness
and power, is unique. It draws water at 22 feet from the
surface, and throws to a great distance. Its cost is about
£2O, and it possesses an hydraulic power equal to a large
engine worth £l7O or £lBO. An experiment was made
last week in the presence of several scientific men, and
gave satisfaction.

FATAL EXPLOSION.—On Friday week a terrific explo-
sion took place at the manufactory of Mr. J. Merr ix, at
Birmingham, an occasional maker of fireworks. No cause
an be assigned for it, but Mr. Merrix, his wife and assist-
ants, were engaged in making those articles at the time.
Nine persons were conveyed to the hospital, and three of
these, including a son of Mr. Merril are already dead,
and the lives of others despaired of.
On Wednesday, being the commencement of the regu-
lar hunting season of her Majesty's staghounds, there was
a brilliant meeting at Salthill. Upwards of two hundred
horsemen were present, among whom were the Noble
Master of the Buckhounds, Viscount Seaham, and many
of the officers of the Life and Foot Guards, General
Wemyss, and a number of gentlemen from town, who
came with their horses, by the Great Western Railway.
THE PEGASUS.—An application for a rule calling upon
the coroner of Berwick-upon-Tweed to return into court
the inquisition which had been held before him on the
body of a person named William Milne, one of those
drowned in the late wreck of the Pegasus on Holy Island,
was made at the Bail Court, London, on Tuesday. The
object was, that the inquisition might be quashed, upon
several grounds which were stated. The application was
granted.
FORGERY.—Mr. Thomas Walker, an attorney residing
at Dewsbury, near Wakefield, has been committed for
trial at the York assizes, charged with having twice forged
the signature of Mr. M. B. Bere, one of the commission-
ers of the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, to a pro-
tecting order given to an insolvent who had employed the
prisoner to get him through the Leeds District Court of
Bankruptcy, and for which the latter had given the pri.
soner a sum of money in advance.—London paper.
THE ROBBERY OF A CHAPEL BURIAL GROUND.--
On Wednesday, at the Central Criminal Court, London,
Isaac Bridgman and John White Bridgman, his son, were
indicted for stealing a body from the burial-ground at-
tached to St. John's Chapel, in West-street, Walworth.
The elder prisoner was the Minister of the chapel, and
the younger one, his son, who was 17 years of age, and
was studying for the medical profession. The elder pri-
soner was acquitted, and the younger one was sentenced
to twelve months imprisonment.

The first cabinet dinner since the prorogation of parlia-
ment, which was to have taken place at the residence of
Sir James Graham, in Ilill-street, Berkeley Square, on
Wednesday next, is postponed until Wednesday the 15th.
The last stone of the tower of the new Royal Exchange,
London, was set by the contractor on Monday last, on
which occasion all the workmen were entertained, and
some bottles of champagne were drunk at the top of the
scaffold, in honour to such completion.
We are gratified in being able to state that her Majesty's
Custom-house officers at this port have been more busily
engaged during the last 15 or 20 days than for several
years past. The increased activity is more especially ob-
servable in the import trade.—Hull Herald.

EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL.—The week before last the
trial of twenty-two thieves, for the perpetration of no less
than fifty-seven robberies, took place in Paris. They
were found guilty, and sentenced to hard labour at the
hulks for periods vat., ing from thirty years to four years.
A few days ago. Mr. Beaumont, a highly respectable
solicitor, at Warrington, forwarded a £lOO note in the
course of business, and, as it has never reached its desti-
nation, it is supposed that it has been lost in the Liver-
pol Postoffice.—Chester Chronicle.

The Bombay Times, of the 29th of July just come to
hand, contains a curious and elaborate calculation, made
by one of the Hindoo pupils of the Elphinstone College,
in which, not only the absurdity, but the impossibility, of
Mr. Henson's aerial ship, is mathematically demonstrated.
The stock of bullion held by the Bank of England dur-
ing the four weeks ending the 14th of October was
£12,086,000, showing a decrease of £164,000, as compared
with the preceding month ; and an increase of £2,285,000
as compared with the corresponding period of last year.
A GREEK VILLAGE.—The village of Moria, straggling
at its commencement, but gradually presenting a more
compact array of rustic habitations, occupies a valley not
to be equalled by any thing that I have seen in Scio, an
island which has a reputation for pre-eminent beauty :
from the tall tree to the plant of Bacchus, that, diffident
of its strength, seeks support from its vigorous neighbour,
every thing grows here with a graceful luxuriance. After
traversing many districts, known to have been once fertile,
but now waste and desolate, under the withering rule of
Islam, the traveller cannot persuade himself that even a
spot like this has not lost some of its charms, and will say,
" How delightful this little valley, still so beautiful, must
have been in Lesbian times !" Yet here I could not dis-
cover any memorial of the Hellenic race, except a large
stone, bearing a relief of a pair of wreaths and an urn.
Over one of the wreaths were the letters Odamos : the
corresponding inscription of the other is defaced ; but ho
doubt it was the Doric Abolla.—Literary Gazette.

WILL OF ALDERMAN WOOD.—The will and codicil of
Alderman Sir Matthew Wood, late M.P. for the City of
London, have just been proved in Doctors' Commons, by
B. Wood, Esq. (the brother), and W. P. Wood, Esq. (the
son), the executors. The deceased gives to his wife,
Dame Maria Wood, the furniture, plate, pictures, china.
carriages, wines, spirits, and £5OO per annum for life,
He directs £20,000 to be invested in the funds, and the
interest to be paid to the Rev. J. P. Wood. The pro-
perty is sworn under £70,000.

Loss OF TOE FRANCIS, OF LONDON.—On the 29th
ult., the brig Francis, of London, Joseph Parker, master,
of 133 tons register, and six men, at four p.m., was found
to be in a sinking state about thirty-five miles off Tyne-
mouth, the greater part of her ballast washed away, and
pumps choked. At nine a.m. the brig Esk, of Newcastle,
hove in s ght. At ten a.m. she hoisted a signal of dis-
tress ; got the long-boat out, and the whole of the crew,
at great risk of life, went on board the Esk. The Francis
shortly after went down in about 50 fathoms water, every
effort to save her having failed.

SALE OF Two ISLANDS.—On Tuesday two islands,
named Rasey and Bona, situated in the Hebrides, were
sold by auction at the Auction Mart. They were for many
years the property of the M`Leods, of Itasay, and com-
prise about 18,000 acres. The net value of the estate, in-
cluding the mines and the timber, was about £73,000.
There were 52 farms, the rent arising from which was
about £1,200. They were capable of rapid improvement,
in consequence of the facilities of communication from
them to the metropolis, the journey now being completed
in less than 36 hours. The estate was put up at 20,000
guineas, and eventually knocked down at 35,000 guineas.
MURDER IN THE ISLE OF MAN.—On Saturday
week, a man by the name of Thomas Cowley, of Baldwin,
who has for twelve months betrayed symptoms of aberra-
tion of mind, murdered his wife in the following man-
ner :—lt appeared that on that day he was about leaving
home as usual, when his wife followed and endeavoured
to prevail on him to return, and on his approach to her
he took up a large stone and threw it with such violence
at her head as to cause an extensive fracture of the skull,
of which the unfortunate woman died on Tuesday morn-
ing last. On Wednesday an inquest sat upon the body,
when the jury brought in a verdict of " Wilful murder
against Thomas Cowley."—?Manx Sun.
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP RATTLER.--A trial trip has
been made in the Thames of this vessel, which has been
fitted with Smith's Screw Propellor, when some of The
Lords of the Admiralty and Captains of the Navy, as well
as scientific men accompanied her. The result was highly
satisfactory as to the powers of the screw as a propellor;
and the advantages of its application to war-steamers were
admitted as allowing a whole broadside of guns, in addi-
tion to two long ones generally ❑ow placed on steamers'
decks, to be carried. This is the first ship of war to
which the screw has been applied. The arrangement of
the machinery, size of screw, &c., have been made under
the directions of Mr. Brunel.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY. —We understand that the
workmen employed in pulling down an old dwelling-house
at Gotham, in this county, to their great surprise, found
the probate copy of the will of a man named Burrows,
who bad resided there many years ago, he having owned
the property. It was found stuck between two walls in
the staircase. This same property has been long held by
Earl Howe, in consequence of the inability of the parties
to make any title to the same; but it is now conceived
that his lordship will, upon a pedigree being produced,
and the title of the heir-at-law established (who, we hear,
resides in Nottingham), readily relinquish the possession.
—Nottingham Journal.

CURIOUS REMEDY.—A few days ago, a carrier's horse
haying got disabled and become useless, from a sprain or
lunation, its owner resolved on finishing its career, and
accordingly it was taken to the jetty at the pier, and corn.
mited to the " vasty deep." In place of submitting to
be carried to sea, the animal speedily get to• land, and was
subjected to a second plunge from the jetty, from which
it again came to land, but completely restored in its dis-
ordered limb. The horse was then taken to its old quar-
ters, and has since wrought as well as ever. It is proba-
ble that the efforts which the horse made in swimming
reduced the dislocation, but as to the real cure, we must
refer it to the learned in such matters.—Rosshire Adver-
tiser.

The village of Cotherstorre, which is situated in a pic-
turesque and romantic part 01 Teesdale, a little below the
junction of the Baulder with the Tees, and so long famed
for its very rich cheeses, and for the custom which is said
to have prevailed there of " christening calves ;" and lat-
terly for having supplied the name of Mr. Bowes's famed,
race-horse ; is now rapidly rising into notice as a colony
of the Society of Friends. A number of Quakers have
been long settled there, who chiefly follow the simple and
rural occupation of agricllture ; now it is becoming the
abode of numbers of weelthy members of that religious
body on retiring from business. At present a very elegant
mansion in the Gothic styleof architecture is erecting on
the banks of the Baulder, fir Francis Gibson, banker of
Saffron Walden, Essex.

AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN SVRREIC.—There were three
instances of incediarism raging. at one time on. Thursday
night the 2d. The first was at Park Farm, occupied by
Mr. Harwood.. Very soon after another farm-yard, very
near the former and in the same occupation, burst out in
a blaze, and one of the engines was sent in that' direction,
but so rapid was the combustion that the whole was soon
in flames, and several horses and hogs perished. The
same evening a large barn close to the public-house at
East Clandon was on fire, and application made at Guild-
ford for the engines, which could not be complied with,
as all of them were away at the two first mentioned fires.
There can be no•doubt as to the character of these fires,
there was one last week about half a mile from the two
first-mentioned, and an attempt the week befora.
FLOOD IN TILE IRWELL.—On Saturday evening week,
in consequence of the heavy rain, the water in the. river
Irwell rose to a considerable height above its ordinary
level, and came down with such force as to wash away a
stage erected by Messrs. Pauling and Henfrey, con-trac-
tors, at Hunt's-bank, Manchester. The balks forming
the stage floated down the river in one raft, with great
velocity and force, and came in contact with one of the
uprights supporting the temporary foot-bridge at the end
of Bridge-street, communicating with Salford. The- re-
sult of the concussion was, that the upright or supporter
was broken in two near the middle, leaving the bridge
unsupported for about sixty feet ; but, in consequence of
the precautions taken, no person was suffered to pass over
the bridge. Another wooden temporary bridge is to be
immediately erected, and the loss to the contractors will
be about £2OO.
WESLEYAN CO24MITTEF. ON•EnucATlotst,--The Special
Committee appointed by Conference to consider the subject
of day schools, was summoned to meet in London on
Tucatlay last. We perceive hum the huh report of toe
Wesleyan Committee on Education, presented to the last
Conference by the able secretary, the Rev. Robert New-
ton, that the day schools of the Wesleyans, as well as
their Sunday schools, are yearly on the increase. The
following is the return :—Boys' Day Schools, 141 ; Girls'
Day Schools, 121 ; Infant Schools, 28 ; making a total of
220 Day Schools,,with 20,804 Scholars ; and 3797 Sunday
Schools, with 401,383 Scholars; making a grand total of
4037 Schools, with 422,187 Scholars. The whole present-
ing the following summary, viz. :
Increase of Day Schools ..
Increase of Sunday Schools
Total Increase of Schools

Increase of Day Scholars...,
Increase of Sunday Scholars

2,271
23,383

Total Increase of Scholars

25,654

Loss OF FOUR LIVES.—We regret we have this wee,'
to record another seriocs accident on the Humber. On
Monday night last, the ship Andromache, Hunter, of this
port, having arrived in the Humber from Quebec, with a
cargo of timber and deals, during the heavy squall swung
across the current—capsized, and, falling on her larboard
beam ends, engulphed the mate, steward, and seven of the
crew in their berths under the hatches. A foreigner,
named Henry Horsens, went over with the ship, and was
not seen again ; a similar fate attended the steward, who
is supposed to have been washed out of the cabin window,
as he got out of hisberth. Some men afterwards boarded
the wreck, proceeded to cut through the starboard side of
the forecastle deck, almost the only part they above wa-
ter; and, by this means, seven men were extricated from
their perilous situation in the forecastle • but the eighth,
a youth of sixteen, named George Revell, was unhappily
drowned in his berth before the assistance from the Bee
arrived. The wreck, being timber laden, retained the
same position until about nine o'clock the next morning,
when, having been in some degree moved by a river boat,
it righted ; and, being taken in tow by the Eagle, steam-
tug, was brought safely into port with comparatively less
damage than could have been expected. It was then
found that the mate, Charles Ross, aged 35, and the
youth, George Revell, 16 years, had been drowned in their
berths.—Hull Rockingham.
PRESENT STATE OF THE IRON TRADE.—The furnaces
stated in the following paper have been blown in since the
25th of September, and if about six more are added to
this number, it will include all that are likely to be put in
operation in Staffordshire until some further and consid-
erable improvement takes place in the price of iron. It
will be no slight temptation that will induce parties to
incur the expense of opening the mines which the recent
pressure on the trade has had the effect of shutting up.
The make of iron in South Staffordshire is not likely to be,
therefore, materially increased. The late advance is well
supported, and the demand appears sound and free from
any speculative character ; indeed, some of the stocks
which have been recently purchased with this object are
being re-sold for consumption :
FURNACES IN SOUTH STAFFORDSIRE BLOWN IN SINCE