The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

THE WRIT OF ERROR,—Judgment will be given on
the Writ of Error on the 2nd September.

The number of seamen on the books of the British navy
is 28,000, and of marines 10,500.
A vacancy has been occasioned for South Hants by the
death of Mr. Fleming, of Stoneham.
The Prince Royal of Prussia arrived at Woolwich in
the Princess Alice steamer on Tuesday last.
Another victim, an old man, aged 70, has died in con-
sequence of injuries received by the crush at the execution
of the murderer Saville at Nottingham on the 7th instant.
This makes thirteen killed on that melancholy occasion.
Chester Castle is, we understand, about to be consti-
tuted a House of Correction for the county. This will be
a great saving in the cost of removing prisoners from
Chester to Knutsford, when sentenced to hard labour.
Robert Owen, the Socialist leader, is about to depart to
the United States, on a visit to his family. A public
breakfast was given to him on Sunday week, in London,
by about 350 of his followers.
REVF.NGE.—On Tuesday last, two boys were walking
together in Kirkgate, Wakefield, when some dispute arose
between them, when one of them drew his knife and cut
off the greater part of the other boy's ear.
FATAL OCCURRENCE.—A frightful explosion of fire-
damp occurred uu Monday, 0.1. the Crabtree Colliery,
West Bromwich, by which four men were instantly killed,
and five others were so severely burned that they are not
expected to recover.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—This great
contest took- place on Saturday; it was between Mr.
Chapman, who for three years had held this distinction,
and Mr. Bumpstead. Mr. Bumpstead won by half a mi-
nute.
MURDER.—On the 12th instant, at Wells assizes, Joel
Fisher was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged for
the murder of his wife. The prisoner struck down his
wife with an iron bar, stood on her chest with a carving
knife in his hand, and cut her throat with it.
A novel entry for export was made on Saturday week,
at the London Custom-house, viz., 500 pine-apples for
France, by way of Havre, and 100 for Hamburg, being
the first exportation of the kind that ever took place from
England.
THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL.—The gross total income
of the Duchy of Cornwall, for 1843, amounted to
£40,100 18s. 11d. The sum of £18,579 constitutes the
total amount of payments made out of the above revenue
to the use of his royal highness. The general expenses
amounted altogether to about £13,020. •
BAPTISM EXTRAORDINARY.—At St. Mary's Church,
St. Marylebone, on Tuesday last, were baptised, by the
Rev. Dr. Dibdin, rector, three children, the progeny of
the same mother, at the same accouchement, under the
names of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all being remark-
ably fine children, and doing well.
There is no truth in the report that the Duke of Devon-
shire contemplates disposing of his Lismore estates.
From that property being entailed, his grace has not the
power of sale ; which is the best refutation we need
give of the several mis-statements that have gained circu-
iation.
On Monday, a letter carrier at the General Post-office,
was examined at the Bow-street Police-office on a charge
of having that morning stolen notes and cheques from
letters addressed to two London bankers, to the amount
of £782. He had been seen to go into a water closet and
open the letters, and put the cheques into the basin, where
they were found. He was remanded till yesterday.
ANOTHER MURDER IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—As William
Cooper, an assistant keeper to Thomas Cooper, his father,
keeper to Sir Thomas Boughey, residing at Almer End,
Audley, was returning from Audley Walks, about half-
past twelve on Sunday night the 4th instant, he was shot
dead as he was entering his father's dwelling-house. He
was about 23 years of age.
The Clothworkers Company, on Wednesday, presented
the livery and freedom of the company to Sir Robert Peel
as an acknowledgment of the essential services to trade
rendered by him. This honorary presentation of the
livery was the only one ever made in the city of London.
but freedoms have been presented to the members of the
government very frequently.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. —On Tuesday last, a
middle-aged female, and a child six months old in her
right arm, were found drowned in a ditch near Hull.
The woman was married, and the evidence at the inquest
left no doubt but that the poor creature had destroyed
herself and her infant in consequence of her husband's
misfortunes in business.
Sir Robert Peel left town for his seat, Drayton Manor,
Staffordshire, on Saturday week, accompanied by his son,
Lieut. Wm. Peel, R.N. On Tuesday the Right Hon.
Bart. returned to town to attend a Cabinet Council, and
on Wednesday he had an audience of his royal highness
Prince Albert, at Windsor Castle. On Thursday after-
noon, Sir Robert left town, by railway, for Drayton
Manor.
INSECT REVENGE.—At Leintwardine, last week, a
swarm of bees, which had been brushed off the mouth of
the hive where they had clustered, became so irritated,
that they set upon every thing in their way, and stung to
death twenty-six chickens and young ducks. The old
poultry got out of their road, or they would probably have
shared the same fate. After sundry gyrations and other
onslaughts upon man and beast, the night approaching,
they returned quietly to the hive.
SERIOUS CHARGE.—A great sensation was created in
Sunderland on Thursday, on its being known that the ship
Earl Vane, of that port, had put back from the North
Cape, in consequence of an attempt made by the captain
to sink the ship by boring two holes in her. The case
was immediately investigated by the Committee of Insu-
rance, and the result was, that they have instructed
Messrs. Brown and Potts, solicitors, to prosecute An-
thony Day, the captain. The captain was taken into cus-
tody, and the case was to be investigated.
CURIOUS ROBBERIES.—At the Worship-street Police-
office, on Tuesday, a very gentlemanlike and remarkably
well-proportioned young man, named Octavius Clarke (the
son of an eminent deceased divine), was charged with
stealing a quantity of jewellery and wearing apparel from
the house of an intimate friend of his. He was also
charged with the theft of a horse from a gentleman well
acquainted with his family, who are highly respectable.
The prisoner has latterly become abandoned in his cha-
racter.
THE COMET.—Mr. Holden, in a letter dated the 16th
instant says, " It is now 28 days since I first observed the
• new comet, and by examining these observations, I find
that for the eight days it was coming nearer to the earth,
• and passed by it about the 27th of July, at a distance
• from us of 131,708,000 miles. But to-morrow, the 17th
; of August, its distance will be increased to 152,019,000
; miles from the earth. I have observed the comet four
• different evenings since I wrote last. On the 4th of
. August I found the comet's R.A. 14th. Om. 40a., and
; 1 declination 19 deg. 39 m. north, at,9 h. 30 m. P. m."

CURIOUS APPLICATION.—On Wednesday a Frenc h
man applied to the sitting magistrate at the Mansio n
house, and after a long account of a debt incurred by the
French Government, asked for a warrant to. apprehend
Louis-Philippe, as soon as he lands in this country, for a
debt of honour, amounting to £6,ooo.—Alderman Pirie :
The King of the French will not be here for a month,
but we cannot interfere in the matter. You must apply
to a civil court.—The applicant then left the court, saying
be would take the magistrate's advice.
DRAWBACK ON SOAP.—By the act of 7 and 8 Vict.,
cap 51, which received the Royal assent on the 29th July,
the allowances of the duties of excise paid on soap which
were granted in respect of soap used in certain manufac-
tures and processes set forth in the act 3 and 4 Wm. IV.
cap. 16, and which have been continued by various sub-
sequent acts to the present time, (except the allowance 9f
the duty on soap used in the whitening of new linen in
piece for sale), are to be continued and remain payable
until the end of the Session of Parliament next after the
21st of July, 1846.
LIFE INSURANCE.—At the Warwickshire Assizes, an
action was tried to recover payment from the Imperial
Life insurance Company of a sum of 12000, insured
upon the life of John Scott, deceased. The insurance
was effected in May 1840, at an annual premium of £53. ;
in 1842, Scott became bankrupt, and his assignees sold
the policy to a Mr. Beale, for £135, in October, and
Scott died in December, 1843. The Insurance Company
resisted payment to Mr. Beale, on the ground that the
policy bad been obtained by the fraudulent misrepre-
sentations of Scott. The jury found for the plaintiffs.
POPERY.—A Romish " cathedral," on a larger and
more magnificent scale than any built in England since
the Reformation has been recently erected in Notting-
ham, and will be " opened" on Wednesday, the 28th
instant. Three other chapels are to be opened during the
present month—St. Mary, at Coventry, the Church of
the Monks, at Mount St. Bernard, Leicestershire, and
St. Mary's, at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Several others are
in course of erection,—among which are the new church
at the Willows, near Kirkham, and St. Cuthbert's, at
Ushaw.

WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—It appears that there is
an increase in the societies at home of 6,574, in Ireland
405, and in the foreign stations of 6,253, making a total
increase of 13,232. The conference has decided upon
preparing a series of works adapted to the study of young
ministers during the period of their probation, to be com-
piled from the standard Wesleyan authorities ; and it is
proposed that on certain portions of this series the candi-
dates for the ministry shall be examined yearly, in addi-
tion to the usual examination at the end of the fourth
year.
WISE JURY.—At the Kent Assizes, John Rough was
indicted for stealing 601bs. weight of lead, value 55., fixed
to a church at Swanscombe. The prisoner was arrested
with the lead on his back, and it was found to correspond
with the part from whence it was taken. He admitted to
the constable that he had stolen it. The jury returned a
verdict of " Not guilty," which appeared to surprise the
prisoner as well as everybody else in court. The learned
judge said—" Not guilty, gentlemen ?" One of the jury
—" The prisoner was not seen to steal it, it was only
found upon him." His lordship—" Why, gentlemen, he
acknowledged it." His lordship, to the prisoner—" Pri-
soner, the jury must think you a very bad fellow, for they
won't believe you."
PUBLIC FUNERAL OF DR. DALTON.—A public funeral
was given at Manceester on Monday last to the remains
of Mr. Dalton, who died in Manchester a few days ago,
aged 78. The doctor was a member of the the Society of
Friends, and was celebrated throughout the land as a
chymist, and as the discoverer of the " atomic theory.
The Mayor and corporation joined with the scientific
friends of the late doctor in giving this public testimonial
of his worth, and no less than 100 private carriages, in-
cluding that of the corporation and the various societies
of the town formed a part of the procession to the Ardwick
Cemetery, where his remains were interred. The shops
and warehouses in the line of road to the place of inter-
ment were closed, manifesting a marked desire to pay
every respect to the philosopher's memory.
SPEEDY LEGISLATION.—A bill for abolishing impri-
sonment for debt was talked of from the very beginning of
the session. It was promised in March, postponed in
April, brought forward in May or June, and at last, in
July, at the instance of the ever-Changeable Lord
Brougham, it was suddenly thrown overboard. Of course
the subject was supposed to be over for the session. But
no such thing ! On the 30th of July this same Lord
Brougham, the least trusted of all men, by any party in
the house or in the country, is allowed to pass an entirely
new bill through the House of Lords ;—and on the Ist of
August we find this bill already receiving a second reading,
without discussion, in the House of Commons—the de-
bating powers of the legislature being, in fact, quite ex-
hausted; and on the 7th of August, just seven days after
its first proposition in the House of Commons, it becomes
law ! Now, really, this is not performing the work of le-
gislation in a proper manner. It must tend to bring the
whole business of parliament into very light esteem. Not
only should ministers refrain from such lightness them-
selves, but they should discountenance it in others.
SHIPPING AND TONNAGE (AMERICA.)—A return of
the number and tonnage of all vessels entering and depart-
ing from the ports within the limits of all the Consular
stations in the United States, for the years 1839, 1840,
1841, 1842, and 1843, has been printed on the motion of
Sir Howard Douglas. ' Taking the year 1843 by itself we
find that the number of vessels which arrived at New
York was—British, 270, and foreign, 201. The number
which departed stood thus—British, 258; foreign, 177.
The gross total invoice valued of their inward cargoes was
4,951,041 dollars, and the gross total invoice value of their
outward cargoes, 4.787,249 dollars. Into the port of
Philadelphia, 59 vessels entered (British and foreign)
whose cargoes were valued at £39,185, whilst 59 vessels
cleared outwards, whose cargoes were valued at £52,320.
Into Charleston, 92 British vessels entered, with cargoes
valued at £31,223, and 96 cleared outwards with cargoes,
valued at £447,850. Into New Orleans, 268 vessels en-
tered inwards (British and foreign,) with cargoes valued
at 1,002,008, whilst 240 cleared outwards (British and fo-
reign), with cargoes valued at 5,234,486. Into the ports,
of Massachusetts (Boston, &c.) 900 vessels (all British,)
cleared outwards, with cargoes valued at £87,427. From
various other ports of the Union accounts have not yet
been received, whilst in some cases the figures are not
sufficiently significant to warrant us in occupying our space
with a lengthened detail. The ports in question include
those of Maryland, Alabama, and Floridas, Virginia,
Georgia, Maine, New Hants, &c.
CATS' MEAT AND HORSES' TONGUES.—On Wednes-
day an inquest was held in London, on the body of John
King, aged 14 years. It appeared that the deceased was
a deputy vender of eats meat, and got from his employer
2s. 6d. a week, and his breakfast and dinner each day.
On Monday last he knocked at the door of a customer,
and the instant the door was opened he fell into the pas-
sage and died. He was subject to fits. The Coroner.—
His must have been a very laborious occupation, for he
must have travelled a long distance with a large quantity
of meat, which I understand is sold at Id. per lb., before
any profits could be realized. A Juror.—Oh dear no ;
cats' meat is sold at 3d. and 4d. per lb., and he would not
have to wheel more at any time in his barrow than half a
cwt. A good cats'-meat walk is a fine fortune, and the
proprietor would not sell his vested interest for a trifle.
The Coroner.—l believe it is boiled horseflesh they sell.
Did any of you ever see them sell for cat's meat boiled
horses' tongues ? A Juror.—Never. The Coroner.—To
be sure you never did. They are salted and dried, and
sold for ox's tongues. A Juror.—Yes, many of the so-
called pickled and cured neat's tongues come from the
knacker's yard.—The Coroner.—lt requires, lam told, a
nice palate to distinguish the flavour of an ox's tongue
from that of a horse. Ido not see why it should not be
so. A gentleman.—The prejudice against equine flesh is
not universal. The celebrated sausages or Arles, in the
south of France, are principally composed of ass's flesh
and condiments. They are considered a great delicacy,
and easy of digestion.
DINNER TO SIR ROBERT SALE AND SIR W. NOTT.—

On Wednesday evening the Court of Directors of the
India Company gave an entertainment, in their charac-
teristic style of magnificence and sumptuous hospitality,
to celebrate the return to their native land of those two
distinguished officers, whose achievements have stood so
proudly prominent during the late Affghan war. It was
an occasion worthy of the distinguished purpose to which
it was dedicated, and nothing could be more gratifying
than to witness this eminent association of merchant
princes assembled to hail, with a welcome worthy of them,
two of their glorious veterans, on their return from that
distant empire which their skill and valour so powerfully
contributed to defend. Unfortunately, indisposition, the
consequence of severe and harassing campaigning, pre-
vented Sir W. Nott from attending to receive personally
the high compliment which it was intended he should
share. Amongst the ladies in the gallery were Ladies
Sale and Nott, the former being accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Sturt. Their presence was hailed with
repeated bursts of acclamation ; indeed the least allusion
to the heroic conduct of the former lady was, during the
evening, the signal for renewed plaudits. The dinner took
lace at the London Tavern. The Chairman of the East
India Company presided. Amongst the distinguished
guests we noticed the Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Dal-
housie, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord G. Somerset, Lord
Eliot, Sir R. Peel, Sir G. Murray, &c. The company
consisted of about 150.
MURDER IN MANCIIESTER.—A woman, named Jane
Millins, 52 years of age, was barbarously murdered be-
tween
the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock, on Wednesday
morning, in Bradshaw-street, Hulme, Manchester. It
appears that she was married, and that her husband is
living. In the house with them lodged a machine-maker,
named George Evans, who, for the last few days, ap-
peared idling and loitering about. On Wednesday morn-
ing, Millins went to his work and left Evans in bed.
When be came back to his dinner, at 12 o'clock, he found
, the front door fast, and upon forcing it open discovered
the dead body of his wife lying upon the floor. She bad
evidently been dragged from the front room into the
kitchen? her head had literally been smashed to pieces
with an iron instrument, since found on the premises, and
made something in the form of a life-preserver, with a
large iron knob at the end. The supposed murderer,
Evans, who is a native of Bristol, made his escape,
taking with him all the money in the house, and a box of
wearing apparel belonging to another lodger. His father
is a cooper at Bristol, and his connexions are decent
working people. He left Manchester shortly after the
murder by the Liverpool train. He was taken
tody on Thursday morning, at 2 o'clock, by Inspector
Anders, in a street near the Clarence Dock. Anders
took his prisoner to the Police-office, High-street, where
he detained him till the following morning. He then
left by the seven o'clock train for Manchester. Whilst
sitting in the Police-office here, in the middle of the
night, the prisoner killed a mouse which was playing
about. He then remarked to those near him, with the
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TIGHT LACING.—An inquest was held last week on the
body of a female aged 22, a pupil of a fashionable metro-
politan miliner, whose death was occasioned, according to
the evidence of the surgeon, by tight lacing. Her corset
would not meet on her body by two inches.
THE GAME OF CRICKET.—Baron Alderson, a few days
since, addressed the following remarks to the grand jury
of the county of Suffolk :—"ln a neighbouring county
which I passed through on the circuit this time, I had
what I am afraid I shall not have here—a day of rest ;
and I went out into the country and had the pleasure of
seeing a match of cricket, in which a noble earl, the
Lord-Lieutenant of his county, was playing with the
tradesmen, the labourers, all around him, and I believe
he lost no respect from that course—they loved him better,
but they did not respect him less. I believe that if they
themselves associated more with the lower classes of
society, the kingdom of England would be in a far safer.
and society in a far sounder condition. I wish I could
put it to the minds of all to think so, because I think it is
true.

REMOVAL OF A CHURCHYARD.—In the execution of
the improvements in the formation of the new street from
the Bank to the Post-office, the contents of the burial-
ground of St. John Zachary, one of the churches des-
troyed at the great fire, situate at the end of Maiden-
lane, and just at the rear of the Post-office, are being
removed prior to the ground being thrown into the new
street. The churchyard is carefully boarded up, so as to
prevent inspection ; but a large vault is in the course of
excavation at the rear of the ground, in which the remains
from the graves will be deposited. The earth is being
taken to the new Bunhill-fields burial-ground, in Golden-
lane, and is removed in carts only between five and eight
o'clock in the morning. This ground contained some
very old monuments, but the interments have been rare
the last few years.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.—A most cruel and horrid
murder was perpetrated at High Eighton, in the county
of Durham, on Saturday week. It appears that a potato
field, belonging to Mrs. Metcalf, of High Eighton, had
suffered severely from depredators of late, and Mr. Feck,
manager of the farm, had placed a watch to prevent a re-
currence of these losses. One of the watch, Robson,
seeing a man in the hedge, called out " hollo !" upon
which the villain instantly fired .a pistol at him ; he
staggered a few yards and fell dead. His comrade was so
paralysed by the dreadful deed, as to be completely de-
prived of his faculties, and he also fell, and remained in a
state of stupor for a considerable time. At length Mr.
Fleck came to the spot, and found them as described.
Robson was quite dead, his heart having been partly
blown out of its place, and his breast dreadfully shattered.

THE ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.—Some curious sta-
tistical details, illustrative of the present state of this ex-
tensive fraternity, were laid before the Grand Metropoli-
tan Lodge, at its late anniversary meeting. It appears,
that on the Ist of April last, when the returns were made
up, there were in England and Wales, 3,840 lodges, and
325,000 members, showing an increase of 450 lodges
and 23,000 members over the previous year's return.
The subscriptions for this year amounted to £352,583 ;
the expenditure to £300,000 ; leaving a balance of £52,583.
in favour of the association. The total amount of pro-
perty belonging to the order (including pictures, flags,
banners, lodge paraphernalia, official apparel, and various
insignia), was estimated at £700,000. Amongst the en-
rolled members are, 130 members of Parliament, 629
ministers of religion of various donominations, and
9,000 honorary members who make no claim upon the
funds. If each member were to contribute only one-
halfpenny each, it would amount to £34,126 a year. If
they were to walk two and two, one yard asunder, the
procession would extend 92 miles and 380 yards. If they
walked three miles a❑ hour it would take 30 hours 14
minutes to pass any given spot-10,214 passing every
hour. The chief item of expenditure consists of the
charge for medical aid afforded to the sick and indigent of
the order.

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—Messrs. T. and H. Smith,
of Edinburgh, have discovered an antidote to Prussic acid.
The sulphate of iron, commonly called green vitriol, was
lately stated by Sir George Lefevre to be an antidote to
this poison, in the pages of the Lancet. It is not so, as
the Messrs. Smith showed in reply. However, the pre-
sentation of oxidised iron to the deadly acid is in reality
the fundamental feature of their own discovery. Only,
it was necessary to find out how to present it to the acid
in the shape in which the acid will combine with it, and
to do that safely—a difficult matter, as all medical men
will know. The iron, as the late experiments demon-
strate, must be in a state partly of peroxide, and partly
of protoxide, when combined with which, only, will the
acid form the desired compound, well known as Prussian
blue, which is perfectly harmless in the stomach. It was
the observation that, in that salt, the iron was peculiarly
and doubly oxidised, which, while showing the uselessness
of common sulphate of iron, suggested the formation of
another combination of the sulphuric acid with the oxid-
ised metal, which might take up the Prussic acid, and
form Prussian blue. The accomplishment of this combi-
nation constitutes the antidote. The Prussic acid is
turned in the stomach into Prussian blue, there an inert,
harmless body.
ART-UNION OF LONDON.—A meeting of subscribers to
this Art-Union was held at Drury Lane Theatre, on Tues-
day last, for the purpose of distributing the prizes of the
present subscription, and of receiving the report of the
committee. His royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
took the chair, supported by Lord Monteagle, Thomas
Wyse, Esq., M.P., &c. The noble chairman said he had
great pleasure in announcing that the difficulties that had
caused the suspension of the drawing of the prizes had
now been removed. When he had last the pleasure of
presiding over their meeting, two years ago, he bad an-
nounced that the number of their members had increased
to 7000, and he had now to announce that there were
7000 more. After the reading of the report of the com-
mittee, Lord Monteagle and other gentlemen addressed
the meeting ; after which the distribution of the prizes
took place, and the meeting separated. Amongst the
most fortunate were the following, who drew prizes of the
value mentioned after their names :—Miss C. Hennington,
near Lonsdale, £4OO ; Mr. P. W. George, London, £3OO ;
Mr. Saunders, Burton-on-Trent, £2OO ; Mr. J. Fla-
manch Tavistock, £200; Silentio, £150; Mr. Edward
Hazlitt, £150; Mrs. W. H. Macqueen, London, Mr. S.
Maberley, Post-office, Dublin, Mr. W. Collingwood,
Liverpool, C. Gildon, Port Philip, Mr. J. Candler,
Bolton, £lOO each. A multitude of minor prizes were
drawn, making 203 in all.
EXTENSIVE FRAUD ON THE POOR IN MANCHESTER.
On Wednesday last, a young man calling himself Dr.
Wellman, but whose name is Lett, was charged at the Bo-
rough Court, Manchester, with obtaining money under
false pretences. It appeared that the prisoner had some
time back been employed by the Equitable Total Asti-
nence Sick and Burial Society in that town, as canvasser
to obtain members, but his connexion with the society
had since ceased. He afterwards went round to a number
of the members and collected money, pretending that the
real collector, Mr. Parker, was ill, and on the point of
death, though, in fact, he was moving about in his usual
health. A great number of witnesses were called, chiefly
poor persons, some of whom were members, and others
who had become so through his false representations, and
from all of whom he had collected various small sums,
amounting to a considerable aggregate. He had also re-
presented the society as having held their meetings at the
Carpenters Hall for years, though the hall had but re-
cently been built, and issued prospectuses with names of
officers, altogether fictitious or fraudulent, there being no
such society at the Carpenters Hall. He impudently said
in his defence that the people paid their money to receive
a benefit at a certain time, and he could not see how they
could call it a fraud until they had become entitled to that
benefit, and had been denied! Mr. Maude committed the
heartless imposter for trial.
SYDNEY SMITH.—Considering the severity of the rev.
gentleman's attack on the " repudiating" American
States, few notices have reached the English public of the
effect produced by them on the other side of the Atlantic.
A specimen must therefore, be acceptable. In a long
article in the Democratic Review for June, devoted prin-
cipally to an acknowledgment of the services rendered to
the cause of American liberty by the early writings of
Sydney Smith in the Edinburgh Review, it is said advert-
ing to his recent letter on the State debts—" This is
hardly to be considered one of his serious writings ; it is
an admirable squib, a splendid exhibition of his satirical
fence and attack, a cutting retort which, if it were not
temporary in its application, if we did not feel it to be the
jest of the moment, good only till the debts are paid.
would indeed be withering. But it cannot be fastened
upon the nation, and only for a short time upon a small
part of it." This, by the way, is a consolatory intimation
to the creditors of Pennsylvania and other States labour-
ing under the same stigma.—ln another passage in the
same article it is remarked—" To dispose entirely of this
matter of the American debts, as we have only a bystand-
er's perception of the satire as New Yorkers, and have no
fears for the ultimate honour of the country any way, and
more especially as the Rev. Sydney Smith has paid hand-
somely for his jests by the premature sale of his bonds,
we are quite well disposed to let him have his fun undi-
minished, provided always he adheres to his resolution,
' as soon as the last farthing is paid to the last creditor, of
appearing at the bar of the Pennsylvanian senate in the
plumeopicean robe of American controversy. Each con-
script Jonathan shall trickle over me a few drops of tar,
and help to decorate me in those penal plumes in which
the vanquished reasoner of the transatlantic word does
homage to the physical superiority of its opponent.' The
day is fast basting, Rev. Sydney, towards this thy pur-
gation, in which thou must make atonement in Dantean
penance, clad as a harpy, for the fulness of thy attacks
upon the drabcoloured men of Pennsylvania."
We have been favoured with the following anecdote by Mr.
Harrison, of Colquit-st., wh advtose •
appears in another column
—A French captain of cavalry, after the battle of Waterloo,
he paid
Corfu a visit on his way to Albania, wherehoped to meet
with a situation under Ali Pacha. Learning th
Corfuoites, and being himself an admirable
fencer, he
of the
admirab e he temper
caused
bills to be circulated throughout the town, challenging both Bri-
tish and natives to a public trial of skill; the latter only accep_
ted it to the number of eight. At an early hour the theatre was
crowded to excess by all ranks, to witness the captain's perfor-
mance. The curtain drew up, and a trifling display of fencing
took place until the Frenchman's appearance on
the stage; he
was kreetedNery - cordially by the audience, and his tall martial
figure almost placed the odds in his favour. The usual cere-
monyplace of presenting foils, and the Frenchman suc-
ceeded took
in
hitting all his opponents successively. The dexterity
he showed with the foil was wonderful, and the mortified candi-
dates retired in disappointment. The Frenchman came forwar d
amidst thunders of applause, and stated his willingness to meet
any other gentleman. This produced a ninth competitor, who
started forth to the surprise of all and challenged the victor'. He
Neapolitanfencero, height,fwhmicidhdtlhinegcaptan noticing, stood in a more
i firmly made, and was a
attentive posture. The audience waited in anxiety for the
re-
sult, although each one felt confident of the Frenchman's
suc-
cess ; but after five passes, the Neapolitan fairly bent his sfoil
on the Frenchman's side. The applan,,e that followed was tre-
wleaftshaanded
mendous, and became redoubled when it was discovered that
the victor was no other than the governor's principal cook ! The
Frenchman boasted no more, nor was he to be:enticed to an-
other trial of skill. The manner in which the Neapolitan fenced
was totally different to the rules observe
d by the professors of
that art; lie stood with his legs perfectly straight, clos;, to each
other ; and when he had occasion to play the foil only bent his
body, still i
keeping his egs in the same position, until he suit-
denly hit his opponent

August 20,
:^1844.

EXECUTIONS.—At Bodmin, on Monday, Weeks was
executed for the murder of his sweetheart. He made a.
full confession of his guilt and said the perverseness of
the young woman in refusing his professions of love
that
he of another, had wrought up a demoniacal feeling tkst
he could not account for, and, urged on thus, he cow'
mitted the murder.—On Saturday morning the extreme
sentence of the law was carried into effect, at the Stafford
county gaol, on William Beards, for the murder of Eliza-
beth Griffith, at the village of Wednesbury, on the 16th
of last March. The prisoner acknowledged the justice of
his sentence, and made a full confession of his guilt.
MURDER AT BOLTON.—An inquest was held yesterdaf
week at Bolton, on view of the body of Patrick Murrar,
aged 29, a private in the Bth Regiment of Foot, who died
in the barracks on the previous Wednesday, from the rtl
ture of an intestine, caused by violence inflicted upon him
in a house of ill-fame, in Taylor Brow, on Saturday night,
the 3d instant. It appeared he had that night gone to the
house, where he was brutally attacked, and. in an almost
dying state, thrown into the ash-hole of the Bridge In
He was there discovered by the ostler in the morning, and
placed on some straw in the stable. When he recovett
his consciousness, he requested that no message mightrt.
sent to the barracks, and he was allowed to lie, in great
agony, in the stable, during the:whole of Sunday, sritu"-
medical attention, or any intimation being given to he
police. On Sunday night he was removed to the hosrt3li:
and attended by the surgeon of the regiment ; but, thong,
he !vas evidently in a dying state, the police was kept in
entire ignorance of the affair, and it was not until after the
funeral that it became known to them, that he had beeP
kicked (as he had informed his comrade) by some 10
,vi.
gators and thrown into the ash-hole. On Saturday rat
men and two women were apprehended on suspicion, utld
the soldier being dead they could not be identified, an
„-
were discharged. Had the police been informed, the
villains would have been apprehended before his deal
The jury, under the circumstances, returned a verdict;
" Died from the effects of outward violence, inflicted '1
some person or persons unknown."

THE BRITISH HONG-KONG TEA COMPAN'te;
faithful to their professed principle of supplying tu
public with none but genuine Teas, of superior character'
have to com,ratulate themselves on the liberal patronsg,`,
they have hitherto received. It would be easy to pretens_
as some advertisers do, to sell Teas at lower prices thr
charged by the Company ; but the very fact that the dt3g
,1
alone amounts to 2s. 2td. per lb., must convince s"
thinking persons that much which is offered to the publicunder the name of Tea, can be no other than a
spurious
article ; and it would be easy to prove that such trash is
as injurious to health as the genuine leaf is wholesome andexhilarating. The Company would particularly recoor
mend their

BLACK

STRONG and RICH FLAVOURED WIRY-LEAF CONGO'

at ss. per lb., being all that for ordinary occasions
can be desired.

Their IMPERIAL PEKIN MIXTURE, at 6s. per lb. fr
is a combination of the rarest and most exquisite Blac'
Teas exported from China, and is peculiarly adapted t°
the taste of Connoisseurs.

The following can be confidently recommended :
s. (I.
Genuine Breakfast Congou 4 0
Strong full-flavoured ditto ..
GREEN. _

Bright-leaf, Hyson kind, fresh and strong.. 5 0
Fine Hyson, with choice savour .. 6 0
Pearl leaf Gunpowder 7 6
MIXED. _

Kong-Kong Mixture .. ,
By those who prffer Mixed Teas the CompanY/
confident that this will be pronounced unequalled,
strength and flavour, by any combination of Black an,
Green Teas that have yet been offered to the Public n'
the Price.
The Company's Teas are sold in Catty Packages, ia
pure state in which they are imported, in Quarters;
Halves, and One Pounds. Each Package is sealed
Company's Seal, and bears the Signature of J. CAssrl3"
their London Manager, without which none are gentan_e'
Teas at ss. per lb. and above may be had in Two Quota
Packets.
lies-
COFFEES.—In consequence of the numerous OP ntst
tions which the Company have received from their Age .
htir
requesting to be supplied with Coffee of a superior qua
they have made arrangements to supply the following.;
scriptions, which will be found of singularly exquill
flavour, and will be packed in Lead, in Quarter, "ji
e
Pound, and Pound Packets, and sealed, to prevent
possibility of the Aroma escaping.
CHOICE MOUNTAIN JAMAICA. . .
RICH TURKEY FLAVOUR
with th

The following Agents have been duly appointed : 37
Liverpool—J. Brown, 168,Wale-street ;J. Banks, '
Copperas-hill ; Mrs. S. Phillips, 60, Park-street, Tosteth-
park ; J. Mason, Bootle.
Manchester—Ellerby and Sons, Booksellers, 52, gar:
-street,
C 0.,,
ket-street ; Champness and 26 Cbester
Medlock-street, Hulme. _

Blackpool—J. Bamber, Grocer, &c.
Southport—S. Whiteley, Coronatiowalk.
Grocers,
22, St.
Burnley—Lord and Whitehead,
James's-street.
Bolton—A. S. Hyde, 12, Hulme-street.
street.
Rpß oro
ele Ishotd:
an-
il—ee
DMHi ox
Rochdale—Holt-le- a—a
nnld4V
CC.
oo Barrow,Gl 5r4 eFTrrs,
iea arT-gdoaeat dealer,
:e n 3,e Oxford-

Leyland—R. Gilchrist, drocir.
Knutsford—d . Williams, Grocer, King-street.
The Company continue to appoint Agents in 600
Towns where one bas not been already appointed, and A 4
the AGENCY can be carried on with a very small Capita('
with but little trouble and no risk, it is worthy the attela
tion of respectable Tradesmen, or private Individlitng-
N.B.—All letters must be addressed " British, u
Kong Tea Company, "Little Tower-street. 1,0"071.

lONS
PHYSICIANS' & SURGEONS' PRESCRIPT
CAREFULLY PREPARED.
MEDICINE CHESTS FITTED UP FOR SBA.
GENUINE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. arti-
T TPRIESTLEY, CHEMIST, Lord-street, begs P
• cularly to call the attention„of his Friends ,
Public to the under-mentioned selection of Preparations
THE NECTARIAN SYRUP,
e
Drink.for producing The ao d delieff effects
citosuosf,
Acidulatedrefres hin B
g ,
eavnedr a
g
the Summer Season, are so well known in clutoting
thirst, rendering the skin clear and cool, avid pro' ad
general health, that it is nearly superfluous to recorera
them. ;veils
,elde:sberirno
SY'
Of all preparations of the kind, the NEcTiturAlte.
nrr is the most agreeable ; and, as possessing the auv,soi.,
mentioned salubrious properties, is particularly recv
mended. told°
To Captains of Vessels, persons going abroad, or
excursions of pleasure, it will be found extremely usel,'ro.,
being portable, and so well calculated to allay that a
tressing heat and fever which accompanies thirst.
SC RENNET
or making delicious ECNurds E OF
and Whey. This wholega„rape.
preparation is engaged to keep, and obviates all the
certainty of making Whey from the Rennet Bag. „TT
PRIESTLEY'S CITRATED EFFERVESCENT
MAGNESIAN APERIENT.
This delightful compound is recommended in E.-101.
Affections, Indigestion, Gout, Heart-burn, and as e;":01ges
ing aspirant during the autumnal season. In small °or
it is of great use in abating fever, forming a very agt
ble effervescent saline draught. The citrated flavourteill
the carbonic acid gas evolved render it peculiarly gra free
to the Stomach, and an admirable corrective when a9OO
indulgence has impaired its energies. Prepared and sad,
only at 52, Lord-street, Liverpool, in bottles at 2s. 9a"
4s. Gd. each.
PRIESTLEY'S FLUID EXTRACT OF
SARSAPARILLA.
In this preparation are concentrated all the Medicitres!
Properties of Sarsaparilla Root. To persons, there..oo•
who, from various causes, would experience great (,I_l'eto
venience, or with whom it would be utterly imp et'
prepare the Compound Decoction, the Fluid Elrt 04,
which possesses the advantagesof portability and of keel, 01
in any climate, will be found a most desirable re°
employing this much-esteemed Medicine. .4 are
The diseases in which it has proved most benefie,' „dr
those of the Skin ; such as Scorbutic Affections,";:ta'S
tive Diseases, Secondary Symptoms, &c., arising rrylie%
diseased state of the system at large. For rereabse
Blotches, Pimples, &c., from the Face, this Mediein"
no superior.
PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS, ail to
which approach nearer than anything yet discover f ere'
the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style 01;,. to
paring PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is Peell'rod;
himself, and combine scientific skill with great aeqlli, ttla
and though numbers of people unacquainted WltrAits:
business, and others, have of late years attempted
tions, they have invariably been found to be ogur 00
compounds, neither possessing the agreeable f 1,,/
the medicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. ,
t,ll "Ppci,fl:,
Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-f°a'"
ders, to make one dozen tumbler glasses, an
"
Cases.
VEGETABLE HAIR OIL, „ stirf°g
Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for inY'' rsea"
and renovating the human Hair. It eradicates theoes
nourishes the Hair, prevents it falling off, W dipir:
most beautiful natural curl, and gives to artificial mace'
peculiar softness of texture and luxuriant aPPe-
.
Sold in Bottles at is. 3d. and 3s. each. •
NEWLY-INVENTED CRYSTALLINE 13,,1
This is a limpid VEGETABLE OIL, CODS01100"rotli
peculiar process, and really is one of the best Pre'
aver made for nourishing and beautifying
keeping it in curl. 'tit
ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMON--g s'taiusefal
For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other her ‘'la
of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &c., and for many ot"2, 6a.
purposes.—Price Is. per Box, or three Boxes j,
MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAT 1 Ist
A few drops of this Flavour, added to Custan'te a reo,
dings, Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., cornrow:l°o Pic
delicious taste of Almonds.—Sold in Bottles, w
tions, ls. Gd. and 3s.
PRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASl:latb°ll:gr
For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture vrirb°_,uci polisher)
trouble. This paste is used for cleaning e"_ eartdto
every description of Furniture ;
urpose, es P
may have previously been used for that P js•
high lustre to French polish.—Sold in Pots
or Three Pots for 2s. 6d. Meat
GENUINE METALLIC LI-1.-• rs for o
This article is recommended to Housekee_ire,../ Teseif
ing all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, INI
dlesticks,
Pewter Measures, Brass Fenders, Can
c., c., Ater
Rods, Rods, Brass Plates on Doors, Tin Covers, &
_nth oil4„0
half the labour which is generally requirt v
preparations, the above lustre leaves a Inauneiy
the Metal.—Sold in Squares, Gd. and Is. e I
whatever Pr parade
c.

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