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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

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RE-SALE OF THE GOODWILL, FIXTURES, AND OTHER PRESCOT, NEAR LIVERPOOL.
TO be SOI.D, byPRIVATE TREATY, all that corn-
ARTICLES OF THE SHOP AND BAKEHOUSE, No I,
1 itiodious DWELLING.HOUSE, with the Offices, Coach-
TARLTON-STREET, CORNER OF GREAT HOMER- house, Two-stalled Stable, and spacious Garden in the rear
STREET.
MR. D. HODGKINS will RE-SELL, 011 THURSDAY thereof, situate on the east side of the Market-place, in the
most eligible part of the town of Prescot. The House contains
111_ next, the 30th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, on Dining, Drawing, and Breakfast Rooms, with a small Office
the Premises, 1, Tarleton-street, Corner of Great Hoorer.atreet, for Business attached to the latter, spacious Kitchens, two
The GOODWILL of the obove-named SHOP and BAKE- Larders, six. Bedrooms, Storeroom, lofty Attic, and Hot and
HOUSE, together with the FIXT ES—and other Effects, Cold Water. Baths, and is replete with every convenience.
comprising Panelled Counters esters, Sheltring, Gas and The situation is admirably adapted either for a professional
Window Fittings, Bakers, els, Troughs, Chaffer, Blower, business or for a wholesale or retail trade. The Garden con-
Baking Tins, &c. tains by admeasurement 3,900 square yards, or thereabouts,
May be viewed, e Morning of Sale. is perfectly retired, well stocked with Evergreens, of large
For further -particulars, apply to Mr. b. HODGKINS. 5, growth, and choice Fruit-trees. It would be extremely valu-
Queen-square. able as Building Land. A consid to has lately been
expended in rebuilding great of the Premises, which are
now in a state of thorouv epair, and are offered for sale is
consequence of the •e of the Proprietor to change his resi-
dence. Two-t • of the Purchase-money may remain on
Mortgage fo even years, certain, if desired. The Tnure is
Copyhold of Inheritance (equal to Freehold). and possession
may be had in six months. The Premises may be viewed on
Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, from eleven to one o'clock.
There are cheap daily conveyances between Prescot and Liver-
pool, the distance being only eight miles.
Further particulars will be furnished on application to Mr.
R. B. Sob-rxERN, on Use Premises.

DU BARRI'S HEALTH-RESTORING FOOD FOR
INVALIDS AND INFANTS.
TIMF REVALENTA ARABICA, discovered, exclu-
tively grown, and imported by Du Barry and Co., 127,
New Bond-street, London, sole owners of the Revalenta estates,
and of the patent machine by which alone the curative nrinci-
pks of the plant can be developed. This light delicious break-
fast farina (without medicine of any kind, without inconveni-
ence, and without expense,-as it saves 50 times its cost in other
more expensive remedies) 'speedily and permanently removes
dyspepsia (indigestion), constipation, acidity, cramps, spasms,
fits, heartburn, diarrhea, nervousness, biliousness, affections
of the liver and kidneys, flatulency, distension, palpitation of
the heart, nervous headset, deafness, fses in the head and
ears? pains in almost every part o e body, chronic inflam-
mation and ulceration of the a ach, eruptions on the skin,
scrofula, consumption, dro , rheumatism, gout, nausea and
vomiting during prtgn y, after eating, or at sea, low spirits,
spleen, geurral deb , paralysis, cough, asthma, inquietude,
sleeplessness, i untary blushing, tremors, dislike to society,
unfitness for cly, delusions, loss of memory, vertigo, blood
to the he , exhaustion, melancholy, groundless fear, indeci-
sion, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, Bzo. The best
food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food
which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, but imparts a
healthy relish"for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of
digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most en-
feebled. Du BARRY & Co., 127, New Bond-street, London.

AGENTS Fon LIVERPOOL—T. Nixon & Co., 1, Castle-street;
Evans, Son, & Co., 85, Lord-street; P. Roberts, 20, Ranelagh-
street. AGENTS FOR BIRKENHEAD—IL Mottram, Argyle-
street, Hamilton-square. AGENTS FOR MANCHESTER—T.
Nash, J. Dalton-street ; A. Heywood, 52, Market-street, and
58, Oldham-street.
Analysis by the celebrated Professor of 'Chemistry and
Analytical Chemist, Andrew Ure, &c., &c,

"London, 24, Blpomsbnry.,Bqpire, June 8, 1849.

"I hereby certify, that having examined' Da Barry's Revs-
lenta Atabica,' I find it to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly
wholesome, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action
'of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspep-
sia; constipation, and their nervous .conseqttenCes.
"ANDREW URE, &c., Analytical Chemist."
A FEW CASES.
"Dublin, March 2nd, 1850.

"Respected Sir,—l have now suffered thirty years' indescri-
bable agony from Aneurism, and have applied in vain to the
most eminent of the faculty, both in London and here. I had
given up all hope of a cure, having experienced no relief from
any of the remedies suggested. As a last resource, I tried
your invaluable and delicious Food, and am at last happy to
say that lam perfectly cured. I think it due to the interest of
-suffering humanity that the world at large should be acquainted
with and appreciate your delicious Food. I am,
humble servan

sir, your me

COI•tNELIUS O'SULLIVAN, M.D., F.R.S."

"London, August Ist, 1849

"Dr. Harvey presents his compliments to Messrs. Du Bairy
and Co., and has pleasure in recommending their ‘l2evalenta
Food ;' it has been singularly nseful :n many obstinate cases o
diarrhoea, as also of the opposite condition of the bowels an
their nervous consequences."

"3, Sydney Terrace, Reading, Berks, Dec. 3,1847.
" Gentlemen,—l am happy to be able to inform you, that the
person for whom the former quantity was procured, has derived
very great benefit from its'use; distressing symptoms of long
standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health
induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-
mentioned case. I can with confidence recommend it, and shall
have much pleasure in so doing whenever an opportunity offers,
&c., &c. I am, zentlemen, very truly yours,
"JA.MES SHORLAND, late Surgeon, 96th Regt.
From the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies.

44Dron1ans, Capomlin, colinty Waterford,
" Feb. 15, 1849.

" Gentlemen,--4 have derived much benett.from the use of
the' Revalenta Food.' It-is only due to theiniblic and to your-
selves to state,'Cluityou are at liberty to make any use of this
communication which you may think proper. I remain, gentle-
men, your obedient-servant, "STUARTME DECIES."

"4. Park-walk. Little Chelsea, London, Oct. 2, 1848,

"Twenty-seven years' dyspepsia, friim which I had 'suffered
great pain and inconvenience, and for vvhich I had consulted
the advice of many; has been effectually removed by your ex.
cellent `Revalenta Arabica Food' in six weeks' time, &c., &c.
"PARKER'D. BINGHAM, Captain Royal Navy."
"Louisa-terrace, Exmouth, Aug. 17, 1849.
" Dear Sir,--I will thank you to send me, on receipt of this,
two ten pound canisters of your Revalenta Arabica Food. I
beg to assure you -that its beneficial effects have been duly
appreciated by, dear air, most respectfully,
"THOMAS KING, Major-General."
Letter from the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross.

"Agbadown Glebe, Skibbereen, County Cork,
" Augnst-22, 18'49.
" Dear Sir,-1 cannot speak too favourably of the Revalenta
Arabica. "ALEX. STUART; Archdeacon of Ross
Cambrid-e Oct.
_ _ _

"I now consider -myself a stringer to all complaints; except
a hearty old age. am as well as ever 'I -was, and even 'quite
free from 'the vexations and troublesome Annoyance of an
eruption orthe skin, and of which I had suffered for years,
and which my medical attendant had declared incurable at my
time of life, About•sixty years ago I had-a fall from my horse;
hemiplegia was the consequence; my left arm and leg were
paralysed, also my left eyelid ; and the eye was displaced.
From 1789 these dilapidations have resisted all remedies, until
now, at -the age of 'B5, by two years' use of your delicious
Breakfast Food, my left arm and leg have been rendered as
useful to me as thereght, and the left eyelid restored to health;
the eye so much that it requires no spectacles, Arc. I deem this
extraordinary cure•of much imoortanee• to sufferers at large,
and I consider itiny duty to place the above details at sour
disposal in any way you think will promote the v,elfare of
others. Faithfully, _

• "'WILLIAM HUNTER;lBarrister-a
"2, Princess-street, Manchester, 3rd-.month, 19th, 1849
"Respected Friend,—l think no one, who had received or
seen so much good and comfort result from 'it as in my mother's
case, wouldbe Without it in sickness. Thou art at liberty to
use this letter as 'thou thinkest best, and I will cheerfully
answer any inquiries. I am, thy. friend,
"EDWARD CORBETT, Sanitary Engineer, Sze."
"Winslow, Rucks, Jan. 22, 1848.
" / have found it to he a simple though very efficacious and
pleasant food, doing good to my, own and others' functional
disorders. 4Rev.eIIARLES KERR."
" Royal 'Hotel, St. Heliers, Jersey, Nov. 4, 1649.
" My dear is not to be told all the benefit your fond
has been to me; and any little son cries fora saucer of it every
morning—he neverrianted a doctorsince it came into the house.
I consider you a blessing to society -at large. Most faithully,
yours, "WALTER KEATING."

-Law."

"Q-ueen's•terrace. Bayswater, Condon, Nov. 22, 1849.
"Mr. Dampier willthank Messrs. Du Barry and Co. to send
him another canister -of the Revalenta Arabics, it agreeing a*
well with his infant:"
c. Catherine-street, Frorne, Somerset, Dec. 16, 1848.
"Sir,—l have given your Revalenta Arabica Food' to my
little girl, 'who is of a delicate constitution, arniA find it does
her much good, kc.,l- izc. ",H. CLARK."

" St. Saviour's, Leeds, Dec. 9, 1817

" ...For the lastlive years I have been in almost deplorable
condition of health, having been subject during that period to
most severe pains in the back, chest, right and left.sides, which
produced vomiting almost daily..... Next to God I owe you a
great debt of gratitude. I have not had any sickness at the
stomach since .commenced your Food, 1ec.,.-kc. I remain,
.gentlemen, yours-very truly,
-'4(Rev.) THOMAS MINSTER,
-"(of Farnley Tyas.-Yorkshire.)"
"Devon Cottage, Bromley, Middlesex, March 31, 1849.

°" Gentlemen,—The lady for whom I orderedyour food is six
months advanced in pregnancy, and was suffering severely from
indigestion, and .constipation, throwing up bet- meals shortly
after eating theni, having a great deal of heartburn, and being
constantly obligati to resort to physic or enema, and sometimes
to both. I am happy to• inform you that your food produced
instant relief. Sbe has never been sick since, bad hut little
heartburn, and the functions are more regular, tic.
"THOMAS NVQODIOUSP.'

"Pool Anthony,.Tiverten, Nov. 8, 1848
"Ail that I had suffered from•for twenty-five years, !Ind win

no medicine could remove or-relieve, se-ems fo vanish under
the . influence of Revalenta. I enjoy sound and refreshing
sleep, which, until now, 4 could not procure. Nervousness is
passing away rapidly, and I am much more calm and collected
in everything Rio, and it has quite sweetened my poor temper.
It now affords me pleasure to do for others what, before, I did
not dare to do for nervous irritation, &c.

" W. R. REEVES.'

-"Southwick-park, Fareham, Harts, Oct. 31. 1845.
" Gentlemen,—l sincerelg thank you for your kind attention.
When I began taking the Itevalenta' I was in as deplorable' a
condition as, can well be inianed. I.was confined to bed, and
so weak that I could neither stand nor walk, suffering severely
from flatulency, constipation, and indigestion, and being com-
pelled to have recourse to aperients every second or third day;
and upon one ,pecasion I swallowed no less than seven doses
within twenty-eight hours, under medical advice. There-was
.a giddiness in my bead, and a singing in my right ear, that,
when I turned my bead on the pillow, resembled the sound
produced by a slight touch on a musical.; lass. I had a pain
and a sort of fulness across the chest,n sore throat, and a slight
cough; but the pain-around my loins was to great that I could
not remain in the same position for ten minutes all night long.
The principal seat of the pain seemed to bejust below the ribs
on my left side, and about three inches from_the back bone. I
commenced taking the glavelenta' morning and evening,
boiled iu water and salt, And in less than a fortnight my appe-
tite was greatly improved, and flatulency and ;constipation so
far vonished that I have not tasted a pitl or Ong of any kind
since.. I.am much stronger, can walk steadiet,-and less like a
drunken man, *c.,

to bt Ltt,

TO be LET, FoltwisHEn, IXMonths, or a less
period, a well-Furnis OUSE, plersantly situated in

the Piince's Park.
Apply to Mr. WA-Erna SCOTT, Architect, 7, Castle•street.

MO be LET, a very excellen odern HOUSE and
GARDEN, suitable for a 1 Family, in the best part of
Aigburth, _ - - - -

pply to THOMAS WYLIE, Surveyor, Royal Bank-buildings

TO be LET, OFFLarErriii
I wick-street.
Apply to THOMAS WYLIE, Surveyor, Royal Bank-buildings

agle-chambers, Fen-

Dale-serest

910 be LET, a spacious and well-lighted Double
OFFICE, on the First Floor • ein Church-street.
TO be LET, an excelle P, with modern Plate-g
Front, situate in C - met, near the Town-hall.
Apply to Wax. WILLIA.Nra, Estate Agent, 47, Ran'elagli

"JOHN VASS, Land Steward."
" Athol-street, Perth, May 2,-1848.
"Some time has now elapsed since the lady, (who had been
an invalid for thirteen years for want of digestion, aocompanied
with cough and general prostration of strength), for whom I
procured your Ambles Food has-been using it daily arkdirected,
and I am happy to say that it has produced .a most.salutary
change in her system, .Ste. "JAMES POILTER.!'
"Haddington, East Lothian, March S. 1i149.
"Dear Sir,—Your excellent Arabica Food has completely
restored my stomach, nerves and liver, which had been dis-
ordered for nearly twenty years past, and my health is now
everything I could wish, and has been so these three months
past, &c. "ANDREW FRASER."
In canisters weighing 11b. at 2e. 9d. ; 21b.,at 4s. 6d.'; of 51b.
at 115 ; 121 b. at 225. ; super-refined quality,, 101 b., 335. • and
51b. 225.1 suitably packed for ail climate's. 1211). ancelolb.
canisters forwarded by DU-BARRY •and CO., on receipt of
Post-office or bankers' orders (carriage free), to any town or
railway station connected by rail with London, or to any port
in Mcotland or Ireland connected with London by steam or
sailing vessels. Shipments abroad attended to. Theirarnount
may be sent in a bill or banker's order on London, or paced to
the credit of Messrs. Du Barry and Co.'s account, at Messrs.
Coital' and ankers, London. • . •
AGENTS DI Co.,'LONDON :—Hedges and sutler, 165,, Regent- '
street; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182 and 183, Piccachl!y, Pur-
veyors to Her Majesty the Queen ; Barclay; 95, Faringdon.
street; Edwards, Sutton, Newberry, Sanger, Evans, flannan
and through all respectable. teadealere, grocers, Italian ware
houses, booksellers, druggists, chemists, and medicine 'senders,
in town and country. -

JIO be LET, FURNISHED, for the Summer Months,
a DETACHED HOUSE or VILLA, with a Garden well
St )eked, at Oxton, near-Birkenhead.
The HOUSE contains, on Ground- t, Dining and Draw
Rooms, Kitchen, Scullery, 7 - ion
the Upper-floor, Lihr , hree Be,
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LAW AT LOW PRICE.

Low, 'narrow, dark, and frowning are the thresholds of
our Inns of Court. If there is one of these entrances of
which I have more dread than another, it is that leading
out of Holborn to Gray's Inn. I never remember to
have met a cheerful face at it, until the other morning
when I encountered Mr. Ficker, attorney-at-law. In a
few minutes we found ourselves arm in arm, and straining
our voices to the utmost, amid the noise of passing vehi-
cles. Mr. Ficker stretched himself on tiptoe in a frantic
effort to inform me that he was going to a County Court.
" Immediate execution " in this court, seemed to be
payment within a fortnight. An order to pay in weekly
instalments is a common mode of arranging a case, and
as it is usually made by agreement between the parties,
both of them are satisfied. In fact the rule of the court
seemed not dissimilar from that of tradespeople who want
to do a quick business, and who proceed upon the prin-
ciple that No reasonable offer is refused.'
I had been in the court sufficiently long to make these
and other observations, when Mr. Ficker introduced me
to the clerk. On leaving the court by a side door, we
repaired to Mr. Nottit's room, where we found that gen-
tleman (an old attorney), prepared to do the honours of
" a glass of sherry and a biscuit." Of course the con-
versation turned upon " the County Court."
" Doing a pretty good business here ?" said Mr. Ficker.
" Business—we're at it all day," replied Mr. Nottit.
" I'll show you. This is an account of the business of
the County Courts in England and Wales in the year
1848 ; the account for 1849 is not yet made up."
"Take six months, I suppose, to make it," said Mr.
Ficker, rather ill-naturedly.
" Total Number of Plaints or Causes entered," read
the clerk, "427,611."

amount Ot money sought to be recovered by the
plaintiffs," continued Mr. Nottit, " £12346,802."

"Good gracious !" exclaimed Ficker, his face express-
ing envy and indignation ; " what a benefit would have
been conferred on society if all this property had, been got
into the legitimate Law Courts. What a benefit to the
possessors of all this wealth. I have no doubt whatever
that during the past year the suitors that have recovered
this million and a quarter have spent the whole of it,
squandered it upon what they called necessaries of life.'
Look at the difference if it had only been locked up for
them—say in Chancery. It would have been preserved
with the greatest possible safety : accounted for—every
fraction of it—in the books of the Accountant-General;
and we, sir, we—the respectable practitioners in the pro-
fession—should have gone down three or four times every
year to the Masters' offices to see that it was all right, and
to have had a little consultation as to the best means of
holding it safely for our client, until his suit was properly
and equitably disposed of."
" But, perhaps, Picker," I suggested

clients make bitter use of the

" these poor

than the Courts of Law and Equity could make of it for
them.''

" The total amount of costs adjudged to be paid
fendants on_ the amount (X 752.500) for which jnd

was obtained, was £199,00 ; was the answer ; " being an
addition of 26.5 per cent. on the amount ordered to be
paid."
" Well," said Mr. Ficker, ""that's not so very bad.
Twenty-five per cent.," turning to me, "is a small
amount undoubtedly for the costs of an action duly
brought to trial ; but, as the greater part of these costs
are costs of Court, twenty-five per gent. cannot be consi-
dered inadequate."

" It seems to me a great deal too much," said 1, "Jus-
tice ought to be much cheaper."
. .

"Ali the fees to counsel and attorneys are included in
the amount," remarked the clerk, " and so are allow-
ances to witnesses. The fees on causes amounted to very
nearly £300,000. Of this sum, the officers' fees were, in
1848, £234,274, and the general fund fees, £51,684."
" Not so bad !" said Mr. Ficker, smiling.
" The Judges' fees amounted to nearly £90,000. This
'would have given them all £1,500; but, the Treasury has
fixed their salaries at a uniform sum of £l,OOO, so that
*the sixty judges only draw £60,000 of the £90,000."
"Where does the remainder go," I inquired.
_ _

The county court clerk shook his head.
" But you don't mean," said I, " that the suitors are
made to pay £90,000 a-year for what only costs £60,000 ?"
. _

.
" I am afraid it is so," said Mr. Nottit.
" Dear me !" said Mr. Ficker. " I never heard of
such a thing in all my professional experience. lam sure
the Lord Chancellor would never sanction that in his
Court. You ought to apply to the Courts above, Mr.
Nottit. You ought, indeed."
" And yet," said I, " I think I have heard something
about a Suitors' Fee Fund in those Courts above—eh,
Ficker ?"

" Ah—hens--yes," said Mr. Ficker. ',Certainly—but
the cases are not at all analogous. By-the-way, how are
the other fees distributed ?"

" The Clerks," said Mr. Nottit, " received £97,283 ;
nearly as much as the Judges. As there are 491 clerks,
the average would be £lBO a-year to each. But as the
clerks fees accumulate in each court according to the
business transacted, of course the division is very unequal.
In one Court in Wales the Clerk only got £8 10s. in fees,
in another Court in Yorkshire, his receipts only amounted
to £9 4s. 3d. But some of my colleagues made a good
thing of it. The Clerk's fees in some of the principal
Courts, are very comfortable.' The Clerk of West
minster netted in 1848 £2,731 ; Clerkenwell, £2,227 ;
and Southwark, £1,710. Bristol, Sheffield,.Blownsbury,
Birmingham, Shoreditcb, Leeds, Marylebone, received
£l,OOO a-year and upwards.—Dickens' Household Words.

FERTILITY OF MADEIRA.—FIowers, which require the
greatest care in mere northern latitudes, spring up spon-
taneously in-all parts of the island,, and hedges and fences
are formed of the fuschia, geranium, myrtle, wild rose,
jasmine, honeysuckle, and, prickly pear, giving a beautiful
appearance as you ride along, and diffusing a grateful fra-
grance. - I do not think there is a spot in the world where
so great a variety of fruits and flowers might be grown as
iu Madeira.—Madeire, by Dr. Mason and J. Driver.
AN AMERICAN BLUEBEARD.—In the town of West
Bradford, rennsylvania, there is an old churchyard in
which stand seven tombstones, side by side, covering the
remains of the Hon. Nathaniel Thurston and his six
wives. Theysetand in order as follows :—Mrs. Betsy
Thurston, died November 25,1790, aged 34 ; Mrs. Martha
Thurston, died May' 12, 1799, aged 32; Mrs. Huldah
Thurston, died Sept. 8, 1801, aged 24 ; Mrs. Clarissa
Thurston, 'died Nov. 14, 1803, aged 36; Mrs. Martha
Thurston, diedsTuly 30, 1804, aged 25 ; Mrs. Mary Thurs-
ton, died Marcia, 1808, aged 2~7; Hon. Nathaniel Thurs-
ton, died in Lansinburgh, New 'York, October 21, 1811,
aged 56. Martha the e.econd, it wilt be observed, was
. married and buried within nine months of the death of her
-predecessor, Clarissa.
TRAGICAL OCOURRENCE.--A4party of pleasure, com-
posed chiefly-of the members of two families about to be
,more closely united by intermarriage, had visited the falls
-of Niagara from the New York side, and were enjoying
the superb view of them to be witnessed from. fri%island
and the neighbouring little Prospect Island. One of the
party, a little girl of about. twelve ,-years old, with the
giddiness natural to her years. had-gene too near thowa-
-.ter and the precipice, and had been repeatedly egled
back.- On repeating-the inconsiderateness, a young gen-
Ileman, the affianced a the sister of the hild, followed
herto bring her back, and having caught her by the dress,
playfully attempted to-frighten her, by holding her for-
ward toward the waterras if he would chop her into the
sriver. Fearful to narrate, the part of the dress by whieb
he held the child gave way in his grasp, the child fell into
the hurrying, eddying, tossing waters. -a vain hope of
saving-her, or maddened to desperation -by the scene, the
youth sprang after her, and both were instantly launched
into eternity, by being thrown with great force over the
precipice into the boiling caldron below.--sßaird's West
Indies ate North America.
A FEARFUL INCIDENT or ,TaAvEL.—Lately, a fright-
ful steamboat explosion occurred on one of.the rivers of
the United. States. One very mournful incident in con-
nexion with the event is noticed in the journals :—" The
case of Mr. Archer Brackney is of thrilling interest. He
was on his-way from Lafayette, la. to-Philadelphia' with
the remains of his wife and child, recently deceaeed, both
of the corpses were inclosed in ono box. When the ex-
plosion .took place, he succeeded in dragging his two
living children-from their rooms, and with them plunged
into the water. After swimming around for a short time,
he came in contact with the box containing his sere and
child. Upon this he succeeded for some time in keeping
himself and children from drowning, altheugh every wave
would roll his frail support and ,plunge them into .the
water, until at last his little boy, two years old, .was
drowned in .his arms. After becoming satisfied thathis
boy was dead, he reluctantly parted viiththe body, and
turned his attention to the rescue of the xeusaining
who was clinging around his neck, crying, ' Papa ! we
shall drowni' He finelly succeeded in gaining the float-
ing part of the vaeck, with his little daughter, and both
were saved,"
A CONVENTION OF AMERICAN LADIES.-•-- M this is
trifling compared with the, movement recently made in
Ohio by the female buck-eyes of that state. A conven-
tion; composed effive hundred women recently met at
:Saleni to consider the social, intellectual, and political
-condition of the sex. There were a president, three vice-
presidents, end (lime secretaries, besides a business tom-
mittee. An address was read complaining of the legal
liabilities to which women are subjected, the want of pro-
tection for their labour, their inability to obtain for it a
fair remuneration, and the inequality of their position as
component,parts of the state. Many good speeches were
made by the ladies, and many spirited letters were read on
the'oceasion, all of which breathed a spirit of resistance to
" the overbearing tyranny of the other sex." The rights
of women were proclaimed in a tone not to be misunder-
stood, and it eeemed for two days as if the men would
have to don,the pctticoats, and the women were about to
seize the nether farcateintegurnents of man. The reso-
lutions passed, wore 22 in number, and are of considerable
length. They declare that all laws which prevent women
from pursuing their, own substantial happiness are con-
trary, to nature, equity and justice, and that to make them
subject to laws, with the enactment of which they have
nothing to do, is also unjust—that all rights are human
rights, and of course irrespective of sex ; that the submis-
sion the sex to laws made for them without their con-
sent is a proof of their degradation ; that the good of the
race demands the extension of the elective franchise to
women; that the control of their property and of their
children, by the men, reduces them to the 'condition of
slaves ; -that all' distinctions between men and women,
based on the difference of sex are wrong and should be
abolished,- " That the practice of holding women amenable
to a different standard of propriety and morality than that
to which Men are held amenable, is unjust and unnatural,
find highly' detrimental to domestic and social virtue and
happinesc ' • The ladies also resolved that our mild: re-
publican government was in fact atyranny, that they were
oppressed, taxed without representation, degraded, and
subjected to 'misery and crime. In short, they published
an address, and rasolVed to meet annually until they could
obtain their right: ow-American Correspondent of the
Daily News.