The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-25 00:00:00

LAW INTEL LIGENCI

On Thursday morning, Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr.
Justice Coltman left Lancaster for Appleby, to open the
commission at that place.

In the Court of Exchequer, on Saturday, a verdict was
taken for the crown against Messrs. R. and T. Clay, for
£l2OO, for silks imported without payment of the fuil
duties.

R. C. Hildyard, Esq., barrister at law, of the Northern
Circuit, Q.C., has been placed in the commis ion of the
peace for the parts of Lindsey, by the lord lieutenant of
the county of Lincoln.
On Saturday week, the objections reserved by Baron
Gurney, on the trial of John Kenyon Winterbottom, for
forgery, were submitted to the judges, who, having heard
the arguments on both sides, took time to consider the
points before giving judgment.

LIBEL—In the Exchequer on Friday, Mr. Henry
O'Connell, an illegitimate son of the far-famed Daniel,
recovered .£lO damages against the proprietors of the
Wakefield Journal, for a libel on his character. The
plaintiff has been lecturing about the country, and the
libel stated that Daniel O'Connell had denied that the
plaintiff was his son, and that the plaintiff bad been exhi-
bited in London as a bastard to excite sympathy.
A case, interesting to the sporting world, was tried,
last week, in the Queen's Bench ; it was that of Williams v.
Wentworth. The action arose out of the famous Running
Rein affair. The plaintiff had drawn the horse at a
Derby sweep, held at the Hero of Waterloo, Waterloo-
road, and he had originally brought his action against the
landlord, Mr. Okey, for £2OO, which was the amount
that was to go to the person who drew the " first horse."
But Mr. Wentworth, who had drawn Orlando at the same
sweep, was made, by a judge's order, to be the defendant
instead of Mr. Okey. It was contended, on the part of
the defendant, that the horse which was declared the
winner (viz., Orlando, must be considered the "first
horse." The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

THE DONCASTER RACE COURSE STAND.—WOOD V.
LEADBETTER.-111 the Exchequer, on Saturday, Mr.
Baron Alderson delivered a most elaborate judgment in
this case, which, reviewing the several cases relied on
by the plaintiff and the defendant, eventuated in a de-
cision in favour of the latter. Ihe question raised for
the consideration of the Court was, wheiher the defend-
ant, acting under the orders of Lord Eglintoun, as stew-
ard of Doncaster races, was justified in turning the plain-
tiff out of the Grand Stand, he having purchased the
usual ticket of admission for the whole meeting in the
usual manner. On the part of the plaintiff, it was con-
tended that this ticket conveyed such an interest in land
as required a revocation by deed, whereas it was urged,
on the part of the defendant, that it operated simply as
" leave and license," and, as such, might be recalled at
pleasure, and by verbal notice to quit. Mr. Baron Rolfe
at the trial adopted the view of the defendant, anti the
verdict accordingly passed against the plaintiff. The
learned Baron's stew of the law, therefore, so expressed,
as it were ex tempore, has thus been confirmed by the
full Court, after a most learned argument at the bar ; and
the rule for a new trial was discharged.

Feb. 2.5, 181.5,

RAILWAY INTE,LLIGEI\CE.

On Saturday week, one of the labourers on the ti
caster and Carlisle railway was killed, by being stri
behind the ear by a piece of sharp iron, which was
tached to a waggon that was passing at a rapid pace.
The Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Asht
Branch) bill. and the Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverp,
Junction Railway (Ardwick and Guide Bridge Branch
bill, were read a first time, as was also the York a
Scarbro' Railway Duration bill.

As the market train from Darlington to York i
near the Thirsk Station, on Monday afternoon, a jobl
of the name of Edward Scarr, imprudently leaped fri
the train, when it was going at full speed. He was tat
up much injured, and expired shortly afterwards.
PROJECTED RAILWAYS.—The Board of Trade ha
notified that they have determined to report to Parli
went in favour of the Clydesdale Junction Railway, t
Caledonian, the Edinburgh and Hawick, and the Scott
Central, and against the Edinburgh and Glasgow-Stirli
Branch, and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle.

DIABOLICAL MISCHIEF.—An attempt has been ma
to alter the switches on the Maryport and Carlisle Ra
way, near Wigton, apparently with the intention of causi
a collision between the trains passing to and from Carlin
Fortunately, the circumstance was discovered in time
prevent any calamity.

RAILWAYS IN ScoTLAND.—Messrs. Brassey, Mt
kenzie, and Stephenson, who are at present engaged
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, have taken the cc
tracts for the Clydesdale Junction, the Scottish Cent
snd Midland Junction Lines ; and it is believed that in
few days the Caledonian will be added to the list.
At a meeting of the directors of the Grand Juncti
Railway, held on Thursday, it was resolved to accept c(
tain overtures which had been made to them by the Lo
don and Birmingham Company, by which they agree
withdraw all opposition against the Churnet Valley lir
and the union of the several companies with the Lond
and Birmingham.

We are informed that a contract has been entered in
for the construction of engines of improved arrang
mcnts, of such power and dimensions as will perform t
distance between Manchester and London with the me
perfect safety in six hours, or at the rate of forty mil
per hour. This information we have from the most u
questionable source.—Mining Journal.

At a meeting of the Manchester and Birmingham rai
way company, on Tuesday, the following resolution w
unanimously passed—" That this meeting record the
high approval of the arrangements for consolidatin
under one management, the railway interests betwei
Manchester and London, and their conviction that,
regards the Trent Valley Railway, those arrangements a
alike beneficial to the public, and just to the subscribii
patties."

PROJECTED RAlLWAYS.—Friday's Gazelle contains
notification, that the Board of Trade have determined
report to Parliament in favour of the Irish Great Wester
—Dublin to Galway, the Londonderry and Enniskille
the Blackburn, Burnley, and Adrington Extension, ar
the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton lines ; and again
the Great Western (Ireland) Railway—Dublin to Mullis
gar, &c. Great Western (Ireland) Railway—Alternati'
Line. Great Western (Ireland) Railway —Extensic
Line ; and the Londonderry and Coleraine.
RAILWAY FROM CAIRO TO SUEZ.—We have mm
pleasure in being able to assure our readers that the Pact
has arranged with Mr. Galloway, the London enginee
for carrying out forthwith the execution of his long.prl
jetted railroad from Cairo to Suez. The crossing th
desert of 80 miles now occupies as much time as goir
from Alexandria to Cairo, a distance of 220 miles; an
the fatigue, inconvenience, and expense of the dese
journey in many cases deters travellers from availir
themselves of the overland route to India. When th
railroad is completed, the journey across the desert mt
be accomplished in three hours with ease, comfort, an
security, and economy, as it will no longer be necessai
to send out supplies of food and water to the desert
which at present are requisite in con•equence of the tin,
occupied in the journey. We sincerely hope that befoi
three years shall have elapsed we may have it in of
power to congratulate Great Britain on the achievemei
of this gigantic work.

BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—The meeting of the short
holders of the Blackwall Railway, which was held o
Thursday last in London, passed over extremely wel
and the dividend of 3s. per share, free from income-tai
put them in very good spirits. The ri port stated the 11
ceipts to have been £30,433 18. s. 9d., and the total ea
nditure, including interest on debentures, £24,706 la
5d.. which, with the balance of last year, left £7,457 13'
10d. to be applied to this dividend. The passe,:ger traffi
showed an increase of 510,139 in the numbers carriec
and of £3,231 ss. 10d. in the receipts, over the correg
ponding period of List year. Nutwithstanding this larg
addition to the traffic, there has be: n no increase in th
actual expenses of the railway. A
fresh report on th
traffic of the projected Epping line was brought up, con
firming in every respect the one formerly presented b
the directors. Mr. Levi gave an opinion against the pro
ject, while the majority of the shareholders appeared t
be in its favour ; but as the qu-stion was decided affirms
tively at the previous meeting, no vote was taken on 05
present occasion,

CLNSGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, ANT) AYR RAIL
WAY.—The sixteenth half-yearly meeting of thi comparf
was held on Thursday. The revenue of t half-y, 8
has been increased to some extent by accidental causes
the receipts during the week of the ifighland Society
Cattle Show having alone exceeded £3,000. In the"
circumstances it would not be expedient to divide tio
whole profits of the half-year, ircluding this extra rum
the directors, accordingly, are unanimous in opinion
that on the present occasion the dividend ought to ti
limited to 255. per share of original stock, being at th
rate of five per cent., and made p:iyahle, alusual, on th,
15th of March next, free of any dedm tion for income-tat
They, therefore, place at your disposal for this purpose
the sum of £18,927 12s. 6d., which will yield a div;deud
at the above rate, on the original and quarter shares it
the company. Of the balance, £B2B ss. has been place'
to the credit of the depreciation and contingent a.,...count
and the remainder, amounting to £1305 6,>. 10d.,
carried forward to the credit of the next half-yecr, less thi
income-tax on the present dividend.

THE ARCHIMEDIAN SCUEW APPLIED TO
RAILWAY PROPULSION.

(From the Mining Journal.)
Within the last week we have been favoured with a viec
of a very ingenious discovery, for applying the Archimedisl
screw to the purposes of railway locomotion : our reader'
will at once perceive the originality of the invention, and
if satisfactorily established, its high utility and importatic`
The model is in every respect admirably adapted to explB,l
the principles, the working, and the minutiae of the design
it only remains to be proved whether trials on a larger a'
more practical scale will confirm the success evinced 11,
the experiments, and prove its feasibility. Annexed is ;
description of the plan in all its bearings; we give it
e,
present unattended by any observations of our own.
lieving that by those means justice will more complete ,
be done the invention. After the public has thus had ei
opportunity of forming its own opinions on the merits
objections of the proposition, we shall recur to the subje'
more unreservedly and in detail.
The invention consists simply in a screw, called 1
screw propeller, laid down continuously in the
dle of the track, fixed in the direction of its length 0°
turned under its axis, by steam or other power, CI;
municated to it at proper intervals, say every three DO 1.,
along the line. This screw may be of any given diamete,,
say from 18 to 24 inches, formed in lengths of from
i;,
15 feet each, and consists of a shaft of cast or rolled it ht,
tubing, 4 inches diameter, supporting, by means of wrong, ep
iron arms keyed on the shaft, a rolled iron-spiral, wbicli
is bolted to the end of the arms ; the construction is sal/
as to afford perfect confidence in its strength for !.A
intended purpose. The lengths of shaftings are conneetoi
by doublings, that allow a sufficient play to meet ail
accidental irregularity on the line, and also to per 9d
them to be laid down on the quickest curves that 01
allowable on railways, with sc ircely any calculable affinnef
of friction ; each length rests on turned bearings in Pr°l',
metal pedestals, secured to the cross sleepers of the rail°, 01
The power is communicated to the screw by meatP:di
spur wheels, turning a pinion fixed on one end of elit
line of shafting of one and a half mile in length;
situated so as to drive two such lines, that is, one in efoi
direction from it, and the gearing is so contrived as tot
dually to bring the screw propeller into motion, andool
to transfer the power from one line to the other will"(
stopping the train. The motion of the screw propel,ved
communicated to the trains by means of a pair of WP 00
or rollers, so attached to the framework of the le9,
carr
formsofiageh
thete train as
of h
to
the screw,
and thus
theri m o r
esaprirrisle,
0,01
that
the train forward ' the other acts as check-wheel 80 10(
vents the train from moving with an unequal moo°,l,
running forward by acquiring acceleration.
The screw propeller is capable of acting in both -AO
tions ; and, on the motion being reversed, that 0,04
before acted as a check-wheel becomes the proPe',4ll
wheel, and rice versa. These wheels, which form the v,ee
connection between the trains and the propeller, tut!,'
fectly under the control of the conductor, who, by' terhweeli
the handle of the vertical screw, can press the lidef
when he sees it necessary with more power upon the 6,00
propeller, or in a moment disengage them from it; oW,
having done so, can instantly apply the break to the
,tie
ing wheels, by continuing the movement of the 'Mger
screw, and thus stop the train at any point without I"
fering with the motion of the propeller. 01
• et,
The advantages proposed to be derived from this W f
tion, are—economy in the construction of railways, I-
,
the facility it affords for ascending inclined planes
most any angle, and the consequent reduction in cot, re,
embankments, bridges, &c. ; also in the use of ligh'ott,i
instead of the heavy rails required for the loelloe'l
system ; also, in the use of lighter carriages than thoiri
present in use, and hence less useless load ; ecooneo, 4,1°
power for locomotion by the use of fixed engirt tY
water power in the place of locomotive-engines. an
consequent avoidance of the expense of erection an7sitl,
port of those costly establishments required for the t"
Injury to passengers, by collision or the running

trains off the rail;', being rendered impossible

HoRRIBLE AFFAIR.—On Saturday night eo
'''.
the estate of Lord Rendlesham, Suffolk, the game
who lives close to the hall, returned to his home late; 0",
state of intoxication, and after a few minutes' tir!,
sired to leave again. His wife remonstrated agaill'oro
and shut the door to prevent his getting out ; a 9g glj'
ensued, and the maddened gamekeeper snatchd 11'i
levelled it at his wife, and blew her head to atotO:ote:
is now in custody. He declares that he did ncit„itfe
tionally murder her, but, in the struggle, the
off by accident. He has a family of four children'

—-- ---- ---- kid, dressed, not dyed or coloured, skins and furs, or the state of prisons, the condition of the criminal law,
Resolved,—pieces thereof, unenurnerated, tawed, curried, or dressed, I and the suppression of state lotteries. In the course of
to her That, towards raising the supply granted skins and furs, or pieces thereof, raw or undressed, un- the same year he devoted himself to the exposure of that
Majesty— enumerated, specimens of minerals, fossils, or ores, un- 1 barbarous practice, still prevalent among Hindoo widows,
Ist. In lieu of the duties of customs now payable on enumerated, exceeding fourteen pounds weight each, I of offering themselves a living sacrifice on the funeral pile
besagar and molasses, there shall, from and after the speckled wood, spelter of Zinc, rolled but not otherwise lof their deceased husbands. During the many years that
char-,
mannfactured, spelter of zinc crude, in cakes, sponge, he possessed a seat in the House of Commons, few men
g d, for a time to be limited, the duties following,
that is to say,— XB, d, squills, dried and not dried, stavesacre, staves, not exceed- amongst those who never formed part of a ministry ad-
ing seventy-two inches in length, seven inches in breadth, dressed so many speeches to the collective wisdom of
_' sugar the growth and produce of any British Possession •
nor three inches and a quarter in thickness, steel, un- Great Britain ; and yet in the subject matter of his dis-
. • nin America, or of any British posses-
Fny'ssion within the limits of the East India Corn- I wrought, scraps, straw or grass for platting, sweet wood, courses he wandered not from that defined career which
charter, into which the importation of stone, in blocks, shaped or rough scalped, tar. Barbadoes, he seemed to have laid down for himself. Debates on
Foreign
tarras, tartaric acid, teasles, elephants' teeth, sea-cow, foreign policy or internal
thence, government, the strife of party
sugar is prohibited, and imported from
sea-horse, or sea-morse teeth, terra japonica and cutch, warfare, finance, diplomacy, or
law, had in his mind no
Double refined sugar, or sugar equal in quality i terra sienna, terra verde, terra umbra, tin ore and regains general interest.
to double refined, for every cwt.
tulip wood, turmeric, turpentine of Venice, Scio. or Cy- post for which he was peculiarly qualified, when he Other
-
Other refined sugar in loaf,complete and whole,
pros, turpentine unless above the value of 15s. per cwt., came leader of the philanthropists; but the result has
or lumps duly refined, having been perfectly
clarified and thoroughly dried in the stove, valonia, vamantunt not of stone or wood, vermilion, wal- fully shown that nature never intended him to take that
and being of an uniform whiteness through-
nut wood, mineral water, bees' wax, in any degree place which had once been occupied by the celebrated
bleached, or unbleached, myrtle wax, vegetable wax, William Wilberforce. On May 15, 1823, Mr. Buxton
out, or such sugar pounded, crushed, or
re-
White clabroken,yed sugar, for every
or sugar rendered by any cwt.
•`re-
W from the fisheries, or from any British possession, in a pugnant to the principles of the British constitution and
Process equal to white clayed, not being re-
British ship; wood ; wood for shipbuilding, now admit- the Christian religion," and a few days afterwards he
,rfined, forown sugar, being Muscovado, or clayed, or cwt. 0 16 4 ted at the same duty as teake wood ; birch wood, hewn, supported Sir James Mackintosh's motion for mitigating
b§
not exceeding three feet long, nor exceeding eight inches the rigour of our criminal laws. To resolutions and mo-
any other sugar not being equal to white square, imported for the sole purpose of making herring dons such as these his whole life was devoted, and it
clayed, for every cwt, 0 14 0 barrels for the use of the fisheries ; teake wood ; wool,— might naturally be expected that when Mr. (now Lord)
_candCandy, brown, for every cwt. .. ....
y, white, for every cwt
Molasses, for every cwt. 0 3 3 wood. branch of the discussions. In every clause and sentence
2d. On sugar the growth and produce of any 2. Resolved,—That, from and after the dates specified of that measure he, of course, took the strongest interest,
Other British possession within the limits of the against the articles under mentioned, the duties of cus- sometimes dividing with, and sometimes against, the Mi-
toms now chargeable upon such articles imported in the nistry of the day, but, of course, supporting, in every
-East India Company's charter,
White clayed sugar, or sugar rendered by any United Kingdom, shall cease and determine, viz. : step, the views of that party out of doors who had con-
Spermaceti
Process equal to white clayed, not being re-
_ fined, for every cwt.
Brown sugar, being Muscovado, or clayed, or Train Oil, or Blubber of foreign fish- of the English character, yet England is the only country
any other sugar not being equal to white ing 1 January, 1847. that produces such men. His trade was that of a brewer, _
rd. On sugar the growth and
produce
of China, clayed, for every cwt. 018 8 Whales' Fins of foreign taking and but his wealth was to be reckoned, not by tens, but by
3
not prohibited 1 January, 1849. hundreds of thousands. His position in society enabled
Java, or Manilla, or of any foreign country the
3. Resolved,—That, from and after the. cessation of the him to obtain a seat in the House of Commons; the
sugars of which her Majesty in council shall
excise duties on British glass, the following duties of cus- Crown conferred on him the dignity of a baronet ; and
toms be charged on the articles under mentioned, impor- the popular voice declared him the organ of that portion
have declared, or may hereafter declare, to be
.admissible as not being the produce of slave la- ted into the United Kingdom, in lieu of the duties now of the community which take to themselves almost ex-
?!iur, and which shall be imported into the chargeable thereon elusively the merit of redressing distant grievances, and
:
United Kingdom either from the country of its Painted Glass or Paintings on Glass,—for every £lOO watching over the interests of humanity all over the
of the value, £5. world. They may fairly be designated the philanthropic
growth, or from some British possession, having
All other Glass, and Glass Manufactures,—for every party in the state, and their successive leaders have been
first been imported into such British possession from the country.of its growth.— £lOO of the value, £l5. Mr. Wilberforce, Sir Fowell Buxton, and now, perhaps,
White clayed sugar, or sugar rendered by any 4. Resolved,—That, from and after the day of Lord Ashley. Whatever may be thought of the value of
, 1845, in lieu of the duties of customs their labours, or the means which they employ, the bene-
process equal to white clayed, not being re-
fined, for every cwt 1 8 0 now chargeable on the articles under-mentioned, imported volence of their intentions are beyond suspicion or uncer-
Browninto the United Kingdom, the following duties shall be tainty. We shall not pursue the subject of this memoir
sugar, being Muscovado or clayed, or
charged, viz. : beyond the grave, by inquiring too critically into the
any other sugar not being equal to white
4th.
clayed, for every c g
wt
With
Oils, chemical, essential, or perfumed, Is. per lb. every statement which he made, or every piece of decla-
duty : On all other au g wt
not otherwise char ed Refined Camphor,
Refined sugar, for every cwt. ...
Turpentine, above the value of 15s. per sary to renew those painful discussions with regard to the
Brown, or Muscovado, or clayed sugar, not
being refined, for every cwt .... 33 0 cwt~
Molasses, for every cwt ....
Candy, brown, for every cwt 5120 5. Resolved,—That, from and after the day of merit of society put forth in a manner but little advan-
Canndy, white, for every cwt
Ad SO in proportion for any greater or less upon the goods, wares, and merchandize hereafter men- tion of Sir Fowell Buxton. He was the mainspring of quantity than a hundred weight. tioned, exported from the United Kingdom, shall cease that lamentable undertaking : those who usually differed
and deter mine. viz..— from him censured it without any reserve ; and even those
Resolved,—That the bounties now payable upon the Cement, stone, and flint, ground and unground. with whom he was accustomed to act withdrew from him
exportation of certain descriptions of refined sugar from Clay and china stone. that confidence of which he bad so long been the depo-
le Unison of
do cease and determine, and that, Coals, calm, or cinders, exported in a British ship. sitory. 11l health supervened, and his maladies were grie-
In lieu thereof, there shall be paid and allowed the follow- Coals,
aggravated by the regrets and disappointments which
lng bounties or drawbacks, that is to say : Xs. d.
Upon double refined sugar, or sugar equal in INCREASE OF POSTAGE
ON LETTERS AND attended his later labours ; thus probably his life wasshortened by the erroneous estimate which he formed of
...quality to double refined, for every cwt.... 10 0 NEWSPAPERS (OVERLAND) TO INDIA. his own qualifications as a statesman and a reformer.
Upon other refined sugar in loaf, complete and
whole, or lumps duly refined, having been He died on the 19th instant, at his residence, North
Perfectly clarified and thoroughly dried in Repps-hall, near Aylsham, in Norfolk, aged 59.
the stove, and being of an uniform whiteness
throughout, or such sugar pounded, crashed,
Upon bastard or refined sugar broken in pieces,
or being ground, or powdered sugar pounded,
or crashed, or broken, for every cwt...

SUGAR, RESOLUTIONS.-NEW TARIFF.

On Friday last, the following notice was posted in the
ball of the General Post office, St. Martin's-le-Grand:—
" On and from the Ist of March next, an additional
rate of 4d. per half ounce over and above the present
0 17 0 postage, will be chargeable on all letters, and an addi-
tional rate of 2d. on every newspaper forwarded by the
overland mail, whether vid Southampton or vid Mar-
Lady Olivia Sparrow has purchased the Huntingdon
. _ ...... 014 0 seilles, to or from places to the east of Calcutta, and also Theatre, which is to be converted into a chapel of ease.
to and from the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, Lord Brougham is preparing a life of Voltaire. He is
1. Resolved.—That, from and after the day of Bourbon or Madagascar, when despatched to such places writing it in English
and in French.
from ports in India, or vice versa", this sum being levied On Sunday last, two youths were drowned by the
1845, the duties of Customs chargeable upon
to defray the charge made by the East India Company for breaking of the ice, on the river Foss, at York.
the goods, wares, and merphandize hereafter mentioned,
imported 1 the despatch and receipt of such letters and newspapers. James Walker, Esq., President of the Institution of
the United Kingdom, shall cease and deter-
Mine, viz. : " The rates of postage chargeable from the date above Civil Engineers, London, having resigned his office, Sir
mentioned on letters and newspapers transmitted between John Rennie has been elected in his stead.
, Agates not set, alganobilla, alkali not being harilla, al- the United Kingdom and India, and despatched from
aanet root, bitter almonds, aloes, alum, rock alum, ports in India to places to the eastward of Calcutta (as The customs' revenue of the port of Hull, for the year
rough amber, ambergris, amboyner wood, angelica, an- ll as those forwarded to the Mauritius, the Cape of ending January 5, 1845, amounted to £607,963, being an
natto, roll annatto, ore of antimony, crude antimony, re- increase of £82,545 over the precious year.
.11,00!us of antimony, argal, aristolochia, arsenic ; pearl and Geood Hope, Bourbon, or Madagascar), and vice versa",
will therefore he as follows : Last week, a notorious criminal, in endeavouring to
" ` ashes ; soap, weed, and wood ashes ; unenumerated "On a letter forwarded via Marseilles, weighing under effect an escape from Bath gaol, set fire to the cell, and
ashss, asphaltum or bitumen judaicum ; balsam—Canada, a quarter of an ounce, 2s. 2d. ; not exceeding half an was suffocated.
balsa. Peru, Tolu, balm of Gilead, and unenumerated ounce, 2s. 7d.; not exceeding three-quarters of an ounce,
m ; barilla, bar wood, extract of bark or of other By the death of the Earl of Effingham a vacancy has
,vegetable substances to be used only for tanning leather, 4s. 9d. ; not exceeding one ounce, ss. 2d. ; exceeding been occasioned in the borough of Shaftesbury, which
one ounce, and under one ounce and a quarter, 9s. Id. ; Lord Howard (now Earl of Effingham) represented.
mirk for tanners' or dyer's use, Cascarilla bark, Peruvian newspaper rate, sd.
Sir Howard Douglas, after voting against Mr. Roe-
bark, bark of other sorts not for tanning or dyeing, bas- .. Via Southampton—Not exceeding half an ounce,
ket rods
buck's amendment on Wednesday night, was accidentally
Roe-
other Peel,..d and unpeeled, beef wood, bay berries ; Is. 4d. ; exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding one
shut out from voting on the main question.
111o_,berries than bay, juniper, yellow, and those corn- ounce, 2s. Bd. ; exceeding one ounce and not exceeding
ties,my made use of for chemical processes ; juniper ber- two ounces, ss. 4d. Newspapers—British colony, 2d. •
1, s
The amount of duties received at Sunderland Custom-
' house, for the year ending January 5, 1842, warea£67,2os ;
ye low berries, unenumerated berries commonly foreign possession, 4d.
made use of for chemical purpases, singing birds, black- ..
1843, £74,408 ; and 1844, £76,537.
This charge will apply to all letters and newspapers to
„nod, bladders ; bones of cattle and other animals, and and from Australia, Bourbon, Cape of Good Hope, China, A poor man, named Carmichael, was unfortunately
-' fish ladders whale fins), whether burnt or not, or as Hon-Kong, Java, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Zealand, killed at Hope-house, near Alnwick, on Wednesday last,
animal charcoal ; box wood, borax refined, borax or tin- Sumatra, and Van Diemen's Land. by getting entangled in a thrashing machine.
ealeunrefined, boracic acid, Brazil wood, Braziletto wood, " Letters and newspapers, however addressed, to Aus- A prisoner in Aberbeen gaol, for sheep-stealine, last
ties
baitstone refined in rolls, in flour, and not refined •; bris- tralia, Bourbon, the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, week deliberately laid his hand on the block which he was
ursohueg h ' or in any way sorted ; bronze works of art, Mauritius, New Zealand, and Van Diemen 's Land, must using for cu ting oakum, and snapped it off by the wrist.
s, camomile flowers, camphor unrefined, cam- be especially directed ' via India,' or they will not be dos-
'Wnad,candlewick, candle albs; canes,—bamboo, reed,During last week four of the inmates of the Windsor
rattan,
patched by that route. caoutel not grained; canes or sticks, unenumerated; " Letters of soldiers and sailors, forwarded in confor- union died of the respective ages of 82, 83, 86, and 88
oue cardamoms, cassia buds, cassia fistula, cas- years, making, in the aggregate, 339 years.
tor, cedar Wood, chalk unmanufactured, chip or willow mity with the act, will not be liable to this additional
bar slatting,
rate." In the space of five or six weeks, the four congregations
'og, chesnuts, China root, rough chrystal, Cinna-
of Independents in Leeds have cleared off debts amount-
baris n
of coban'tiva' civet; coals, calm, and cinders ; cobalt, ore EAST INDIA SHIPPING. ing in the whole to ten thousand pounds.
eoi • it, cochineal, cochineal dust, cochineal granilla ;
On Sunday morning last, the corn-mill at Damside.
r rope and junk,
1.1 lsons and Sons was
old and new, cut into lengths not The comparative statement of British shipping, with Hawick, belonging to William ..'i ,
exceeding
ca
three feet each colocynth, Colombo root ; their tonnage. &c., entered inwards and cleared outwards totally destroyed by fire.
...ap .. ,—blue, green, white; coral,—whole, polished, from and to places within the limits of the East India
mu olished, or in fragments;cork, cotton bb r• t for the ears 1843 and 1844, h - 'ofcabs, and 4 546 drivers
yarn, cu e s, saompany s charter, y .
cream tartar d• •It appears that there are in the metropolis 1,793 onmi-
as bus conductors, 1,662 drivers
, ivi divi, down, drugs unenumerated, ebony, been published by the East India and China Association.
of hackney coaches and omnibuses.
feathers for beds, in beds or otherwise; orstrich feathers, The results of this table are as follows :
U.ni?ressed ; paddy bird feathers, undressed ; feathers, un- .. It appears that the number of vessels entered into the
Ziterated and undressed; flax and tow, or codilla of Port of London during the year 1844 was less than the The right lion hart. '
Sir Edward Knatchbull has issued his farewell address
to his East Kent constituents.
r,,,51) and flax, dressed and undressed ; flocks, flower number that entered during 1843 to the extent of four to be called to the upper House, by the title Of Baron
s
Mersham.
u!,e, fustic, gallic powder, galls, gamboge, garancine, vesels, with an increase of 1,688 tonnage, the figures for
4a% tSipOt cut, gentian, gin-eng, glue clippings, or waste the respective periods being 542 vessels and 222,810 ton- Messrs. John Reay, senior, and Co., an old-established
not beYi kind
fit only for making glue; goods enumerated, nage, and 538 vessels and 221,122 tonnage. The entries house in the wine trade, carrying on their business in
~_lc
eng either in part or wholly manufactured, not enu- at Liverpool had increased by 48 vessels and 17,326 ton. London, have suspended their payments. Their liabilities
low Prohibited or prohibited ; grease, greaves for dogs, and tal- nage, as shown by the returns of 1843, which gave the are stated to be £lBO,OOO.
uw eaves -
lac , guano; gum—animi, arabic,:assafcetida,'arn- gross number of arrivals as 162 vessels with 73,170 ton-
lac dy, —' heniarain, copal, eupherbium, guiacum, kino, nage, while in 1844 they had increased to 210 vessels with , The Swift steamer, although but 90 horses' power,
running between Bristol and Newport, is said to steam
anth,"_nl'stie seed lac, senegal, shellac, storax, traga- £90,496 tonnage. The returns for Bristol and Hull, and fifteen statute miles per hour ; and she has been known
gypsum ; gun stocks in the rough, of wood f for the Clyde and the other Scotch ports, also showed an to exceed that speed by nearly a mile.
horse, 1' nalr—camel hair or wool, cow, ox, bull, or elk, increase, but of course only to a limited extent. The in-
bore, hll/mu, unenumerated ; heath, for brushes, bele- crease in the case of Bristol and Hull was 6 vessels withreturn just published, it appears
From a parliamentary.
other venila, dressed ; hemp, rough or undressed, or any 4,944 tonnage, and in that of the Clyde and the other that the duties paidonorpiment and sal ammoniac, in
dresserle_getable substance of the nature and quality of un- Scotch ports 5 vessels with 2,454 tonnage.
hem the years 1843 and 1844, each amounted to the large sum
not I), and applicable to the same purposes ; hides, " A general review of the entries inwards gives a total
tanned
of one penny; and the duty paid on plaintains to three-
and wet; bidesd, curried, or in any way dressed, dry increase of 45 vessels and 15.128 tonnage in favour of pence.
iiiiies erated ; hides—tails,
Vrienumor Pieces of bides, raw or undressed, and 1844 against 1843, the arrivals in one year being 805 yes-
hoo , carne 1, not buffalo, bull, cow, or ox; sels with 331,605 tonnage, and in the other 760 vessels
• -Ps of w otherwise dressed ; hoofs of cattl with 316,477t0nnage.
India_
India_ . ood, horns—horn tips and pieces of horns ; " The clearances outwards in all respects show a large
in bttr, inkle, unwroughe; iron—bloom, cast, chromate of, increase for the year 1844. There were despatched from
Pig, sil's
onnwrought, hoops, old broken and cast iron, ore, the port of London during that year 449 vessels of 188.917
raids an raharrirnered into rods ; jalap, jet, jewels—eme- tonnage—against 395 vessels of 162,628 tonnage in 1843,
lac, ,i;:a:
all. precious stones, unset, pearls; kingswood ; which exhibited an increase of 54 vessels and 24,289 ton-
shaven t
, ,avicklac, lapis calaminaris, lard, latten, latten nage. From Liverpool 320 vessels of 119,340 tonnage
ehroins,..ice.ndar flowers ; lead ore—red, white, black, went out in 1844, while in the previous year only 255
log,oo_,‘ t leaves of roses, leeches, ligumvitm,litharee, vessels of 99,960 tonnage left—thus, in that case, lost[este-
Mangsogrse hides ; madder, madder root, mahogany, bushing an increase of 65 vessels, and 19,380 toanage.
Metal, bell: ore of, manna, manures, unenumerated, Bristol and Hull despatched 13 vessels more, with an
models of c metal, minerals and fossils, unenumerated, increase of 3,755 tonnage, in 1844, than 1843 ; and the
other tha, ork or wood ; moss, lichen islandicus; moss, Clyde and the other Scotch ports sent out 7 vessels and
use . motherrae,k or Iceland moss ; rock moss, for dyers' 1.580 tonnage beyond the number of 1843. Hence it will
niek'el, arsenateo pearl shells, musk, myrrh ; nicaraguawood, be generally perceived that trade has exhibited a much
refined
__ae of, in lumps or powder, ginbein ian un- more active appearance than the previous year.
cubic orttret , metallic and oxide of, refined, ore nitre— " A general review of clearances outward gives a total
and of lints' nuts, kernels of walnuts, and of peach stones, increase of 139 vessels and 49.004 tonnage; the gross
Used aor e or kernels thereof, unenumerated, commonly number for 1844 being 965 vessels and 373,915 tonnage ;
rlooleir.ate
used
oil therefrom, nuts and kernels une- and for 1843, 826 vessels and 324,911 tonnage."
Moray u_!i, and kernels unenumerated, nut corn- It appears from the same statement that, exclusive of
eilasaili jati foots expressing oil therefrom ; oakum, ochre ; these vessels trading, 190 other craft, with 69,510 tonnage,
lan,ships of stall, castor, cone duet, of olives, except were despatched in ballast for the west coast of Africa,
un, line "e two Sicilies palm, paran, rock, lard oil, Calcutta, Bombay, China, and other places, for the Our-
head the
' '
matter the am, blubber, spermaceti oil, and pose of engaging in the guano trade. They principally
sae, ea, h , produce of fish or creatures living in the Liverpool, which, it is very well understood, is
direct , g tbY the crews of British vessels, and imported went from
The Scotch, however,
Brats Fishery from any British Possession. the chief seat. of this speculation.
ti or any
vas .shar e partly in the trade.
ralpeseed, walnut , seed oils, viz., hempseed, linseed
oabon... ,
~ seed cake, seed oil, unenumerated •
ore, „uni , olive wood, orange peeland lemon '
ere "enumerated . . peel,.
th "lours ' orchal, orpiment, orris root, paint- l
etch,
Pia unenumerated, unrnanufactured, palmetto i The public career and personal history of the gentleman
Platina
and
dico root, burgundy pitch, plaster of Paris, whose name stands at the head of this article will certainly
tnres to itiie re of platina, platting or other manufac-
interest the general reader, and probably prove not alto-
nets, of
ei .ased in or proper for making hats or bon- gether uninstructive o those who aim at being useful as
ksilveauP' Peel of pomegranates prussiate of potash, philanthropists or eminent as reformers.
erngii, i., goose and swan quills, radix contrayervre, Mr. Buxton, of Earle's Colne, in Essex, married the
er snakeerecacuhanm, rhatenim, senekse, serpentarim, daughter of Mr. Hanbury, of Coggeshall, in the same
Ing-tlets root ; rags
-, fit onl old junk,old fish- and the eldest son of that marriage was the re-
, . ropes, or, . or
Guiue woollen rags • rape of
!tali "'pad, rhubarb '
Por 8.1 . rosewood, rosin, safflower, saffron, Greenwich. Dr. Burney—not the historian of music—
stood s'oP, saltpetre, sanguis draconis, Santa Maria but a gentleman who kept a school at Greenwich, num-
sa , Sapan
antlers' red wood' sarsaparilla, sassafras, satin wood, bered young Buxton amongst his pupils. He was the
Zinoaeare, arm's , white or yellow ; scammony • seeds, viz., brother of Madame D'Arblay, and a man who enjoyed no
, e,,"eed, beans, kidney or French, bu'rnet colchi- inconsiderable reputation as a scholar and an instructor
laa o sole coriander, cummin, fenugreek, forest,'garden, of youth. The subject of this memoir was not remarkable
fiaxesne merated, grass
or edilueines . , unenumerated, lettuce, linseed and at school for anything but good-natured, inoffensive. men-
. tree, tares,
w, maw, millet, parsley, quince, rape, shrub ners, rand an extraordinary inaptitude for the acquisition
Mg oil therefrom 8, worm, croton, cammonly used for express- of mathematical knowledge. From the care of Dr. Bur-
conimua,, hemp. Poppy, sssamuna unenumerated, ney he went to Trinity College, Dublin ; and his residence
no h, ;;llY,,used for expressing oil therefrom' ; senna, shu- at that University was not attended by any extraordinary
joat dyed ; i•aw, knubs or husks, and waste silk, thrown, results, for neither in science nor in classics did he acquire
lahthe hair skins and furs, viz., marten, undressed, seal, any honours. On the 13th of May, 1807, being then in
sr fu not Pelts, and
cawed, or dressed, squirrel or Ca. the 22d year of his age, he married Miss Gurney, the fifth
undressed'_r,,beaver,
and tails, viz., beget, undressed, bear, daughter of Mr. Gurney, of Earlham Hall, in the county
il,4nitt eased, cone r, undressed, cat, undreased, chinchilla, of Norfolk, by %%horn he had issue, amongst others a son
drers' Ilq tannedY, undressed, deer, undressed, dog, in the who now succeeds to the baronetcy, and who was born in
d e sed, ermine or dressed, dog fish. undressed, elk, un- 1812.
it_orossed, f_ . undressed, fisher, undressed, fitch, un- Before he had reached. the ege of thirty the subject of
se,
undressed
dndressed, fox tails, undressed, goat raw, this memoir " rushed into print," giving to the world an
il!garoo, raessed, hare, undressed, hussy, undressed, Undressed, inquiry into the question whether crime and misery were
,yurilknai, Undressedhair, leoard undressed, lion undressed,' then in operation. This composition was illustrated by
ed
„I'll essed. marten • '
dre'sse° e' undressed, tads, undressed, mink, undress- descriptions of several gaos, and by some account of the
creased' d otter, musquash, undressed, nutria, un- proceedings of the ladies' committee in Nesvgate.. The
utr Pelts, undressed, ounce, undressed, panther, un- work went through more than one or two editions; it ob.
tails sana, ra undressed,oo of goats, pelts, undressed, of all tamed for its author. some reputation ; it
.fixed public
dr or
e tips, Undressed
' aquiFrel or Calabar, tails of, un- cal results were neither extensivenor important. But
Pelts ' wolfs undressed' Undressed tiger• undressed, weasel, un- his entrance on public. life can scarcely.be dated from any
indi ' and tails
, wolverings, undressed, furs earlier period than his return to Parliament for the bo-
ea,
ean, tails' tanned tawed, or dressed, viz., deer, —: rough of Weymouth, in 1818, after a severe contest, at
larnbitinet d esseetli'stenned, tawed, or in any way dress- which seven candidates went to the poll. To this con-
dressed 'brier{ us
.a.,,,k1d, dressed and dyed, or coloured, stituency he remained constant. for nearly twenty years,
tawed. in oil,
_l_.l3t, , ed. lamb, dyed or coloured, lamb, and when they shook off their allegiance to in the glased,
or in anywNyt
alsy dressed,dr pelts of all sorts, tanned, year 1837, he sought no new mistress, but retired from
.441 the wgoat, tanned, eased, deer, Indian, undressed or Parliamentary life. As member for . Weymouth, there-
"rear ed .9°l, ghee! tawed, or in any way dressed, lamb, fore, the whole of his legislative existence was passed ;
Moll, oil, _ Pin the wool, sheep, tanned or tawed, and almost immediately after his return, viz., in March,
squirrel or Calabar, tavred, wolf, tawed, 1818, he bore a prominent part in the debates respecting

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Taunt, the pugilist, brought an action on the 12th,
against a publican in Marylebone, to recover the sum of
£5 deposited in a wager on a fight. The Court decided
that the transaction being illegal, the action could not be
entertained.
At ecourt of common council, held last week, the free-
dom of the city of London, in a box of the value of 100
guineas, was unanimously voted to Major-General Sir
H. Pottinger, for his important services in negociating
a treaty of peace and commerce with the Chinese empire.
Serjeant John Finley, one of the oldest officers in the
metropolitan police force, committed suicide by hanging
himself on Saturday last. A decision of the Prerogative
Court, adverse to his expectations, appears to have been
the proximate cause of his committing the fatal act.
NINE SAILORS DROWNED.—On Monday night week,
the collier brig Martin, of Dundee, from Newcastle,
went on shore on the Gaa Sand while entering the river
for Dundee, and the whole of her crew, nine in number,
were drowned.
By the death of the Marquis of Westminster, the two
following horses are disqualified for the ensuing Derby,
Oaks, and Leger :—br. c. Falstaff, by Touchstone, out
of Decoy, and b. f. by Touchstone, out of Laura, besides
many valuable two-year-old horses in other great stakes.
Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir H. Douglas, M.P., Mr. Mas-
terman, and a deputation of wholesale grocers, consisting
of Mr. G. Crosfield, Mr. Absalom, Mr. Heyward, Mr.
Graham, Mr. Heap, Mr. Wainwright, and Mr. H. Cros-
field, had an interview with Sir R. Peel and the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer on Wednesday.
The Aylesbury News states that " fourteen men left
the Aylesbury union on the morning of Friday week, in
consequence of part of their food being stopped, for the
dreadful offence of laying their wearing apparel on their
beds to keep them warm !I" God help the poor of any
country where such conduct is tolerated by law.
HIGIIWAYWOMEN.—A farmer has been forcibly robbed
on the high-road, near Worcester, by two women ! One
pulled him off his horse, and another ran instantly and
assisted in rifling him of some money. The two high-
waywomen were captured shortly after, and have been
committed for trial.
THE PORTLAND VASE.—Sir Henry Ellis states his
opinion that a possibility still remains of restoring the
vase to its pristine integrity, by two skilful artists in the
employ of the trustees of the museum, named' Doubleday
and Baldock, who have had considerable experience in re-
setting the fragments of Greek vases.
Two young men of Barnardcastle, went out a shooting
with a pocket gun, on Monday, and one of them climb-
ing over a gate with the gun in his pocket, the trigger was
caught, and the gun went off, the contents entering his
side, from which he died immediately. His father, a lead
miner, has since become deranged in consequence of the
melancholy accident.
The case of " May and wife v. Burdett," was tried in
the Bail Court before Mr. Justice Wightman on Monday.
The defendant, Capt. Burdett, kept a monkey in the bar-
racks at Hounslow. The monkey had got loose and had
attacked plaintiff's wife, and inflicted some serious inju-
ries on her. The jury found for the plaintiff, with 450
damages.
ANT.-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.—After a recess of five
weeks, the League re.a,st.tahled on Wednesday night at
Covent-garden Theatre, and the attendance was as nume-
rous as on any previous occasion. Mr. W. Brown, the
late candidate for South Lancashire, was called to the
chair, amidst loud acclamations. Speeches were made
by Messrs. Wilson, Bright, and G. Thompson.
MISERY AND COMPARATIVE WEALTH.—A woman
named Boyle, was last week found dead in a house in
Maria-place, Borough-road. On a post mortens exami-
nation it was discovered that she had died of disease of
the heart. It was singular enough that while her hus-
band, herself, and her children were lying upon straw,
their only covering being flour sacks, sixteen sovereigns
were detected concealed in small bags under the woman's
arms, the husband being ignorant of her possessing such
wealth.

DEATH OF SIR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON