The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-25 00:00:00

A. TORY SONG.

(For the Liverpool Standard.)
Come, let us sing a Tory song, a song of other days,
When revolution stalk'd abroad, and did the land amaze ;
When infidels, and anarchists, and all the worst of men,
Were ripe for rapine and for blood—what did the isle do then ?
To William Pitt she turn'd her eyes, and turn'd them not in

vain,
For he the laws at once enforc'd, good order to maintain,
And some met with the traitor's doom, and some in other

climes
Found the reward so well deserv'd—the punishment of
crimes.

Resplendently the talents of the mighty statesman shone,
And from destruction he preserv'd the altar and the throne ;
With matchless energy he thinn'd the baffled traitors ranks,
His sole reward, 'twas nobly earn'd—a grateful nation's
thanks.

O! would that we another Pitt in these sad days could find !
Like him to stop that rebel course, now call'd " the march of

mind."
Where then would be O'Connell and the brawlers for repeal ?
The " Towers of Julius," doubtless, would their dastard

forms conceal.

Then where would be the traitors, and the members of the
league,
Who with disturbance fill the land by many a vile intrigue ?
Their silly, well-paid spouters too, where would the creatures
dwell ?
Long, long ago, their lodgings would have been a Newgate
cell.

Now let us hope the mantle that once cloth'd the form of
Pitt,
Will in these times of lawless acts another statesman fit;
Then mute would be the traitor's tongue, disturbances would
cease,
And England, as of old, be bless'd with plenty and with
peace.
Everton, 24th November, 1842. P. M.

THE BATTLE FIELD.

BY WM. C. BRYANT.
Once this soft turf, this rivulet's sands,
Were trampled by a hurrying crowd,
And fiery hearts and armed hands
Encountered in the battle cloud.
Ah ! never shall the land forget
How gushed the life-blood of her brave—
Gushed, warmed with hope and valour yet,
Upon the soil they fought to save.
Now all is calm, and fresh, and still,
Alone the chirp of flitting bird,
And talk of children on the hill,
And bell of wandering kine, are heard.
No solemn host goes trailing by
The black-muuthed gun and staggering wain;
Men start not at the battle-cry—
Oh, be it never heard again!
Soon rested those that fought—but thou,
Who minglest in the harder strife
For truths which men receive not now,
Thy warfare only ends with life.
A friendless warfare ! lingering long
Through weary day and weary year ;
A wild and many-weaponed throng
Hang on the front and flank and rear.

Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof,
And blench not at thy chosen lot;
The timid good may stand aloof,
The sage may frown, yet faint thou not!

Nor heed the shaft too surely cast,
The hissing, stinging bolt of scorn,
For with thy side shall dwell, at last,
The victory of endurance born.
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again ;
The eternal years of God are her's ;
But Error, wounded, writhes with pain,
And dies among his worshippers.
Yea, though thou lie upon the dust,
When those who helped thee fl eln:fear,
Die full of hope and manly trust,
Like those who fell in battle here.
Another hand thy sword shall wield,
Another hand the standard wave,
Till from the trumpet's month is pealed
The blast of triumph o'er the grave!
—New York paper.
AN INVITATION TO DINNER.
The following, the latest production of the poet Moore,
was addressed to the Marquis of Lansdowne:—
Some think ye bards have nothing real—
Tha► poets l►ve among the stars, so
Their very dinners are ideal—
(And heaven knows, too oft they are so ;)
For instance, that we have, instead
Of vulgar chops, and stews, and hashes,
First course, a phoenix, at the head,
Done in its own celestial ashes;
At foot, a cygnet, which kept singing,
All the time its neck was wringing.
Side dishes, thus Minerva's owl,
Or any such like learned fowl ;
Doves such as heaven's poulterer gets
When Cupid shoots his mother's pets.
Larks stew'd in morning's roseate breath,
Or roasted by a sunbeam's splendour;
And nightingales be—rhymed to death—
Like young pigs whipp'd to make them tender.
Such fare may suit those bards who're able
To banquet at Duke Humphrey's Table;
But as for me who've long been taught
To eat and drink like other people,
And can put up with mutton, bought
Where Bromham rears its ancient steeple ;
If Lansdowne will consent to share
My humble feast, though rude the fare,
Yet, seasoned by that salt he brings
From Attica's salinest springs
'Twill turn to dainties ; while the cup,
Beneath his influence brightening up,
Like that of Bacchus, touched by Jove,
Will sparkle fit for gods above.

WELCH NAMES.—The frequency of such names as Davies,
Harris, Jones, and Evans, has been often remarked, and it
is to be accounted for by the use of the father's name in the
genitive case, the word son being understood ; thus David's
son became Davis, Harry's son Harris, John's son Jones,
and Evan's son Evans. It is a well-attested fact that, about
forty years since, the Monmouth and Brecon militia con-
tained no less than thirty-62..1;0in Jones's.
Even
the
gentry
of Wales bore no hereditary surnames until the time of
Henry the
Eighth• That monarch, who paid great attention
to heraldic matters, strongly recommended the heads of
u
with their rank and sage long before adopted
Welch families taoscruonofroercmoit)osisttheent
by the English,
.1.
farm les
.accordingly_ _made
dig-
nity. Sometheir existing air-
while a few adopted the surnames of
whom they were allied, as the ances-
tors stationary,,._siith
who thus changed Williams for
English families
tors of Oliver Cromwell,
they
Cromwell, which thenceforward uniformly used.—
Lower's Family Nomenclature.
have been the subject!
any names," say Lower, in his
amusing NAMES.—" M---,
amusing work on English surnainems,;;
be noticed the follow,
of excellent puns, amor.g which r
famous for his living
ing :—` When worthy Master He n,
death-bed (rich only in
made womanish lamentations
preaching, and writing, lay on his.
goodness and children), his wife
' Peace, sweetheart,'
what would become of her little ones.
said he, 'that God who feedeth the ravens will not starve
the hems;' a speech (says Fuller) censured as light by some,
observed by others as prophetical, as indeed it came to pass
they were all well disposed of.' Akin to this were the words
of John Huss at his burning, who, fixing
his
eyes stedfastly
burn
!upon the spectators, said, with a solemn voice, 'They
a goose, but in a hundred years a swan will arise out of the.
ashes;' words which many have regarded as a prediction of
the reformer of Eisleben, the name of Huss signifying a
goose, and that of Luther a swan." [Apropos of punning.—
We were told a few days ago a bit of pleasantry of a late
distinguished novelist who was extremely fond of a game at
cards. Two days previous to his death, while stretched upon
his bed of sickness, his two daughters came to visit him.
One of them was named" Louisa"—familiarly called amongst
them Lu ; the other young lady had that day arrived at her
majority. Having taken their usual seats on each side of the
couch, the medical attendant made his morning call, when
the wit exclaimed, " Yon see.,Doctor, I cannot get over my
old love for a quiet game. Here's Lu on one hand, and
Vingt-et-un on the other."

MISCELLANEOU,'i.

A new church was opened at Lisburn on Sunday last.

Her Majesty will leave Walmer for Brighton, according to
the present arrangement, on the 22d December.
There is a rumour abroad that the Hon. and Very Rev.
Dean Maude will be the new bishop.—Dublin Evening
Packet.

PILCHARD FrsHEßY.—This fishery has been very suc-
cessful this season on the Cornish coast. At St. Ives alone,
12,000 barrels have been cured.

Money-letters, containing property to the extent of more
than £BOO, have been recently abstracted from the Hudders-
field post-office.

Five thousand adventurers from Madeira in the last four
years emigrated to Demerara, where the climate has made
fearful havoc amongst them.
The remnant of the 44th, which was all but extinguished
in the deplorable retreat from Cabul, is ordered to be sent
back to England forthwith.

Sir E. L. Bulwer has a new romance in the press, entitled,
"The Last of the Barons ;" and " Boz " opens the new year
with a monthly novel.—London paper.
The Conservative, or Junior Carlton Club, now numbers
nearly 800 memeers ; and the new Club House is to be built
on the site of the Thatched House Tavern, St. James'-street.
Lady Charlotte Beauclerk has been ordered by the Court
of Chancery £lO,O-12 n.aintenance, in pursuance of the will
of the late Duke of St. Albans.

The failure of Messrs. Bell, Brothers, and Co., a firm of
old and respectable standing in the Irish trade, was announced
on 'Change on Tuesday.
Another calamity has befallen the Southampton docks, no
less than the falling of three of the walls. It will cost
£25,000 to repair the damage.
YOUNG TRAVELLERS.—Ten commercial gentlemen dined
at an hotel in Lincoln last week. On a calculation it was
found that eight out of the ten were under 25 years of age.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will assemble
on Monday, the 28th instant, to hear appeals from decisions
of the Ecclesiastical Courts.
A spacious and beautiful Corn Exchange has been erected
in Glasgow, and was opened on Wednesday. It is situated
in Elope-street.
The mail from Worcester to Ludlow, after running for half
a century, made its last journey on Tuesday, thus leaving the
public without any official conveyance for letters betwee❑
Worcester and Tenbury.
Paris letters of Saturday's date announce that the new
Post-office treaty between France and England had been
signed, as well as a treaty for regulating the cod fisheries of
the two countries.

On the morning after the Reliance East Indiaman was
wrecked on the French coast, another vessel, named the Ar-
moricain, with a cargo of wine and brandy, went to pieces
within a few miles of the same spot.
TRAMPS.—By the act of 5 and 6 Victoria, casual poor are
compelled to work six hours, if ordered so to do, i❑ return
for the food and lodging afforded them. On refusal to do so,
they are liable to three months' hard labour.
A most extraordinary collection of Pagan deities, instru-
ments of war, and vessels for domestic purposes, has lately
arrived in this country from Mexico, as presents to Sir E.
Antrobus, Bart.
THE UNEMPLOYED.—We grieve to say that the number
of the unemployed is still rising. Last week it was 7022, this
week it is 7372 ; showing an increase of 350.—Paisley Ad-
vertiser of Saturday.
On Friday, a man of the name of Paterson, belonging to
Paisley, committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree in
suburbs of Greenock. Want of victuals was the cause of the
rash act.

The intelligence from China has caused the postponement
of a very large public sale of tea, which had been advertised,
but the opinion in Mincing Lane is, that prices may be con-
sidered to be full lid per lb lower than on Saturday afternoon.

A handsome monument to the late Thomas Dunham
Whitaker, L.L.D., late vicar of Whalley and Blackburn,
&c., &c., the excellent and lamented historian of Whalley,
has been erected by public subscription in the venerable
church of that village.
THE MARCH OF INTELLECT.—We are assured that the
following epistle was lately written from a farmer in this
neighbourhood to his friend :—" Der Jan—the Oxen ar corn
to praise the Gods :"—he meant to convey that " the auc-
tioneer was come to appraise the goods."—Exeter Gazette.

The sentence of death, passed upon Milborough Trilloe,
who now lies in Hereford Gaol, for child murder, has been
commuted by her Majesty to transportation for life. The un-
fortunate woman received the intelligence with the same ap-
parent apathy which has marked her conduct since her trial.
The Courrier Francais states, that in consequence of the
threatened invasion of Texas by the Mexicans, overtures have
been made by the Cabinet of Washington to France and Great
Britain. in order to place the infant State of Texas under the
protection of the three Powers.
COLLIERY RIOTS.—On Wednesday night week, an out-
rage took place amongst the colliers in Ayrshire. One man
was stabbed, and ten others were severely beaten. About
sixty new hands had arrived by railway to work at Mr. Gor-
don's, and the old hands were exasperated, and maltreated
them as we have stated.

" A few days back," says the Courrier Francais," a child
of three years of age, whose birth, from some negligence had
not been inscribed on the registers of the state, was brought
before the mayor of a village to be registered•. The worthy
functionary, faithful to his customary routine, wrote down,
' This day was born a child three years old !' "
Surveys have been made and the required notices given
for the construction of a branch line from the London and
Brighton Railway at Croydon, to pass from thence through
Merstham, Mitcham, Brixton, Tooting, Clapham, Lambeth,
and Battersea, terminating at the Wandsworth-road, near
the Nine Elms station of the London and Southampton
Railway.
INCOME-TAx.—Several motions and other applications
have been made during the present term to the Lord Chan-
cellor and the other Equity Judges respecting difficult legal
questions arising out of the operation of the above tax.
There appears every probability of the prediction of the Vice-
Chancellor being fulfilled, viz., that it will occupy years to
decide all the questions relative to the income-tax.
John Todd, Esq., of Tranby Park, near H ull, has purchased
of Sir J. P. Milbanke, Bart. the Halnaby and Cowton Grange
estate, in the North Riding of York, with the beautiful do-
main of upwards of 3000 acres. This handsome estate was
originally purchased, in the sixteenth century, by the cele-
brated Lady Dorothy Milbanke, with the proceeds of her sale
of gingerbread upon the bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
On Wednesday last, the election of registrar for the West
Riding of Yorkshire commenced, as we announced in our
last. The emoluments of the office are about £2,000 per
annum. At the conclusion of the first day's polling the
numbers stood as follows :
Mr. Lascelles 726

Mr. flodj;ci::

Mr. P. V. Fitzpatrick, Treasurer of the O'Connell tribute,
has issued circulars pressing the collection, and declaring
that " Mr. O'Connell is in want of pecuniary aid," and he
concludes with the important news, that it is in contempla-
tion " in future to give us the annual call. and to make one
general call on a given day, throughout the nation, which will
be a final one, and thus enable the trustees to purchase an
estate, to keep the great Liberator from want in his declining
years."

The Sydney Herald (New South Wales) of May 21, which
we have seen, has a long and interesting account of the de-
parture of Dr. Selwyn, for the Diocese of New Zealand, of
which he is Bishop. An address, with 2,500 signatures, was
presented to him. The Bishop of Australia delivered an elo-
quent and pious address, to which Bishop Selwyn, replied,
and when he embarked for New Zealand, the leading men of
Sydney saw him off.

THE WELSH BlSHOPRlCS.—Carnarvonshire has been
foremost in the field in the renewed opposition to the mea-
sures of the ecclesiastical commission. A county meeting
was held at the Shire-hall, Carnarvon, on Wednesday, and
an influentially signed requisition has been presented to the
high sheriff for calling the county of Anglesea together to
enter its protest against the union of the sees of St. Asaph
and Bangor, the reduction of the chapter to the dean and two
canons, and the appropriation of a portion of the revenues of
the diocese to the increase of the stipend of one of the Eng-
lish bishoprics.
Scarcely a day passes in which the Queen Dowager, atten-
ded by her suite, to the number of 16 or 18, may not be seen
taking equestrian exercise in the neighbourhood of Cantord
House. Her Majesty every Sunday attends Divine Service
at the parish church, where also service is celebrated on
Wednesdays and Fridays; and Divine Worship is likewise
regularly celebrated daily in the house by her Majesty's
chaplain, the Rev. J. Wood, a room having been fitted up
for that purpose as a chapel. Her Majesty's beneficence is
extensively exercised amongst the poor of the neighbourhood.
—Dorset Chronicle.
ANOTHER RUMOUR. —The death of Dr. Sandes, the

Bishop of Cashel, is likely to lead to a vacancy on the judicial
as well as on the episcopal bench. It has been understood
for some past that Judge Torrens was willing to retire in
favour of any of the Government men, provided his brother,
the archdeacon, was elected to the episcopacy. This oppor-
tunity has presented itself, and the probability is that the
descent of the judge will be but a preliminary to the exalta-
tion of the parson. Mr. Serjeant Warren, it is thought, will
be the successor of Torrens in the Common Pleas.—
Advertiser.

Another of the unfortunate persons (Miss Jane Walker)
who were on the scaffold that fell when her Majesty was in
Edinburgh, died on Friday last. She was carried to the
Royal Infirmary when the accident happened, where it was
ascertained that she had received a compound fracture of the
ankle, and though it was at first deemed expedient to have
recourse to amputation, yet a strong desire to preserve the
limb, induced the surgeons in attendance to resort to less
stringent measures, which were so tar successful as to enable
the patient to be removed, a fortnight since, to her sister's
house in India-street, but mortification afterwards ensuing,
she died as above stated.—Edinburgh Standard.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—Mr. Walter G. H. Light-
bourn, of Nassau, New Providence, met his death on the
14th of October last, in a very sudden and awful manner.
He had on that day gone out from his country residence to
shoot a wild hog, but had not proceeded far when he was in-
duced to stop to pick some guavas, when by some accident
the gun went off and the ball passed through his heart. His
daughter and some of her children, who were in company, at
once saw the nature of the accident, and immediately ran to
him; he almost instantly expired, having barely time to call
his daughter by name, and to say " 0 God, 0 God, I am
dying."—Barbadoes Paper.
Loss OF THE RUSHEN CASTLE.—lnformation was on

Saturday last received of the total loss of the Ru-sfien Castle,
Captain Carrall, which unfortunate event occurred on the
night of Tuesday last in Port St. Mary Bay. The vessel was
laden with a general cargo. On her passage from Dundalk
to Liverpool she had taken the bay for shelter, a strong wes-
terly gale having sprung up, when, in consequence of it in-
creasing, the anchors and cables gave way, and she drove on
the rock at the entrance of the harbour, where, in the course
of a few hours, she became a total wreck. The crew and
passengers happily were saved through the exertions of the
coast-guard service, who deserve the utmost praise.—
Standard.
A RASH HUSBAND.—A strange affair, says the Commerce,
.
at this time the common topic of conversation at Troyes.
Aofri iilhabitant of that place, in full confidence of the fidelity
his wife, made a wager of 600 f. that she could not be
seduced, An obligation for this sum was deposited by him
in tun hands of a notary, who gave an undertaking that it
should not be enforced until proof was given that the wner
was decided. The lady proved frail, the bond was put in
for the purposl:
on the ground of it-rsaii
suit, and the roofperty of the self-deceived husband seized
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traveller, residing at No. 56, Basinghall-
street,from Andover, by the South-dI?VY
had occasion, on v •
last, to come up to London,
a white linen bag, estern Railway, having in his
containing 244 sovereigns and
possession li
two silver watch-cases. On
must have deposited the bag on the seat up it is supposed he
;l of the carriage he
was in. The train arriving at Nine
had proceeded but a short distance to his residence
he got out, and
missed his treasure; he hastened back with all
when he
speed to re-
gain the money, but he heard no tidings of •
It, and it is very
doubtful if lie ever will. The railway company have insti-
tuted every inquiry, and the unfortunate loser has off •
ered a
reward of £5O for the recovery.

DE ATE FRONT ATTACK Or RAM.—Aa inquest was
held, by Mr. Hosty, on the body of Eleanor Farley, at Lar-
ragan, who came by her death from several frightful wounds
inflicted on her head and body by a ram, the property of
Patrick Walsh, which attacked her when crossing a field.
The owner of the ram having undertaken to destroy him, the
jury did not impose a deodand. The ram's head, breast, and
shoulders were covered with the blood of the unfortunate
woman.—Tuam Herald.

ADMISSION OF FREEMEN.—The Right Hon the Lord
Mayor held a Court for the first time since his electio❑ to
office, at the City Assembly-house, William-street, on Friday
last, from ten until four o'clock, for the admission of free-
men, during which time he admitted 159 claimants :-106 by
birth. 46 by marriage, and 7 by service. His lordship re-
ceived the Conservative and Radical claimants by alternate
tallies until he adjourned the Court. The following are the
numbers admitted :—Conservatives, 118 ; Radicals, 41 ; Ma-
jority for the Conservatives, 77.—Dublin Evening Mail.
THE CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—OR Satur-
day an accident happened at this exhibition in London, which,
fortunately, did not terminate so fatally as might have been
expected. A gentleman entered the car, in the indulgence
of his curiosity to experience the peculiar motion, when, from
some unexplained cause, the car, at the moment when it had
reached the zenith of the verticle circle, was, with its occu-
pant, pitched out of the rails on the ground. Had the car,
which weighs 2001 b, fallen on the individual, he must inevi-
tably have been killed, but he fortunately escaped with a few
bruises. The fact of such an accident having occurred may
operate as a caution to others.
We are glad to hear that the local commissioners for the
city have relaxed the rule laid down by them, of requiring
persons assessed by them to the property tax at more than
£l5O a year to appeal in these cases where the government
officer is prepared to certify that the parties are entitled to
exemption. We hope this will allay the angry feeling mani-
fested in the city at the proceedings of the assessors, and at
once convince the public that it has not been the wish of the
Government officers to charge parties with the tax who are
not liable, or to give them the trouble of appealing to prove
their exemption.—Times.

UHALmEres LIBRARY.—The sale of the third part of the
library of the late George Chalmers, which concluding por-
tion also occupied eight days, is terminated. To the close it
continued to excite very great interest; indeed, when the
immense bundles of manuscripts, as well as the elaborate
notes and illustrations in the several volumes, all in Mr.
Chalmer's handwriting, were contemplated, the wonder in-
creased that he could have found time, independently of his
labours at the Board of Trade, to do so much. This sale pro-
duced about £2,000; the first and second parts £4,000;
together, certainly, above £6,000.

RARE SURGICAL OPERATION.—A child, six months old,
was brought to Dr. Cotter laboring under the most distress.
ing symptoms of water on the brain, for which •he subjected
him to the usual and most approved treatment in such cases
—but without success. He therefore determined to perform
the operation of tapping the head, as the only means of saving
the child, which would have soon died from the pressure of
so much fluid on the brain, and did perform it successfully,
abstracting from 17 to 18 ounces of water, to the indescriba-
ble relief of the little suffering patient—without causing much
pain or uneasiness, and without the loss of a single drop of
blood.—Cork Constitution.

The foundation-stone of the Glasgow New City and County
Buildings was laid on Friday by the Lord Provost. The
buildings are of the Grecian lonic order, and, as was stated
in our last, are calculated to afford chambers for the meetings
of Council, for the Burgh Court, the Town Clerks, the
Sheriff and Sheriff's Clerks, the Justice of Peace,Clerk, the
Chamberlain. the Fiscals, &c. Connected with these build-
ings, although unconnected with the Court-house Commis-
sioners, is the New Merchant's Hall, a very elegant building,
fronting Garthland-street, at the other end of which is the
Trades' Hall. The Merchants' Hall will be finished next
summer, and the County Buildings in 1844.

CONVOCATION.—In his recent charge to the clergy of his
diocese, the Bishop of Exeter strongly recommended that
the sittings of convocation should be resumed. The follow-
ing address has been transmitted to the Venerable J. Moore
Stevens, M.A., Archdeacon of Exeter, on the subject :
" We, the undersigned, request you to call a meeting of the
clergy of this archdeaconry, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of addressing a memorial to the
bishop on the evils under which the church is at present
lying through the want of a representative body qualified and
authorised to protect the religious interests, and thereby
to promote the wellbeing of the national church." (The
names of twenty clergymen follow.) In compliance with
the requisition, the archdeacon has called a meeting, to be
held at the College Hall, Exeter, on Friday next, the sth
instant.

The following is a true and correct list of the new Commis-
missioners, of their respective seniority, calls to the bar, and
the present rumoured "location."
1. Mr. J. Balguy, Q.C June 14, 1805.. Birmingham.
2. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow Nov. 17, 1805.. Manchester.
3. Mr. Sergt. Goulburn June 9, 1815.. Exeter.
4. Mr. W. Skii row, Q.C May 23, 1810.. Liverpool.
5. Mr. Sergt. Stephen Nov. 24, 1815.. Bristol.
6. Mr. Nath. Ellison
7. Mr. Martin J. West June 16, 1812.. Leeds.
S. Mr. E. R. Daniel
9. Mr. W. T. Jemmett Nov. 10, 1820.. Manchester.
10. Mr. C. Phillips .
11. Mr. M. B. Bere. June 21, 1825.. Leeds.
12. Mr. Richd. Stevenson
A LARGE BULL.—This animal, four and a half years old,
the property of John Horn, Esq., of Thomanean, was killed
at Milnathort, a few days ago. The following is the weight :
Total weight when alive, 188 stones imperial, or 2632 lbs.
The four quarters weighed 1735 lbs. leaving 896 lbs. to be ac-
counted for as follows :—Hide, 142 lbs. ; head and feet, 80
lbs. ; tallow, 158 lbs. ; lungs, heart, and including what is
generally known under the name lights, 7-1 lbs. ; blood,
100 lbs. ; stomach and intestines, with contents, 270 lbs. ;
waste, 72 lbs. This animal was a cross with the calf of a cow
belonging to Captain Barclay, of Ury, and a Teeswater cow.
One of his breed, two and a half years old, the produce of a
short-horned cow (Teeswater) promises even to exceed the
weight of the former. Farm produce alone was employed in
the rearing.—Glasgow Mail.
PROPOSED RAILWAYS.—Surveys are now in progress, and
application to parliament is intended to be made in the en-
suing session for leave to construct a branch railway fromthe
Blisworth station on the London and Birmingham Railway
to Nottingham and Peterborough, and likewise for another
branch to Leamington and Warwick. Branches are also in
contemplation from the London and Dover Railway to Can-
terbury, Margate, and Ramsgate. The Eastern Counties
Company are about to make a line from their station at
Kelvedon to Bury St. Edmund's; and the Northern and
Eastern will extend theirs from Bishop's Stortford to Cam-
bridge, terminating with a junction by the Norwich and
Yarmouth. Two branch lines from Oxford are to be con-
structed to join the Great Western at Wallingford and
Dideot ; and a third to communicate with the Aylesbury
Railway. Surveys are also in progress for a line to pass
through the towns of Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, 11
Rochester, and Maidstone ; and also for another to connect
the Brighton and South Western railways. The above lines,
when completed, will open a direct line of communication
from the metropolis from nearly all parts of the kingdom.
Two new stations have lately been opened on the London
and Birmingham Railway, at Sudbury and Rimer, to accom-
modate the increasing traffic.
POOR. RATE.—TWO MEN KlLLED.—Considerable diffi-
culty has been for some time experienced in collecting the
poor-rate in the parish of Skibbereen. The rate for the
estate of Lord Carbery was fixed to be collected on Wednes-
day week, and it was determined to do so as peaceably as
possible. A body of police accompanied the collectors, and
considerable resistance was offered to them, and an affray
took place, when two men were killed, three severely and
three slightly wounded. On Monday, an inquest was held
on the bodies, when Mr. Driscoll, of the town of Skilbereen,
was examined, and deposed that there were about sixty or
seventy police present ; when they came to Creagh there were
sixty men, women, and children following the police ; could
not say how many were to the front; does not think Mr.
Jones could see what occurred at the head of the police ; at
this side of Creagh Mr. Jones desired the people to fall back,
which they did ; the rear-guard turned on the people, and a
mounted policeman charged in amongst them, and he at-
tempted to take a man named Collins ; Collins was arrested ;
he had no coat on him ; the people were doing nothing at
the time ; he was handcuffed and carried on ; the police
then presented at the crowd that was with witness; Mr.
Jones told the people to stop back ; when they got at the
top of Creagh, witness saw Mr. Aylmer tussling with a
countryman; Brien, the deceased, was with witness at the
time, about forty yards from the rear-guard ; there was
no shouting or stone-throwing at that time ; the man
who was tussling with Mr. Aylmer was beyond the rear-
guard at the side of the road ; the police were at this
time to the west of Creagh Chapel, and witness saw stones
thrown at the head of the police and middle; the stones were
thrown in the direction of where Mr. Aylmer and the coun-
trymen were; could not say whether any of the police were
struck ; saw none of them knocked down or cut : when the
stones were thrown witness heard some shots; they fired
immediately after the stones were thrown ; they fired one by
one ; the shots were fired in the direction where the stones
were thrown from ; the police wheeled round and fired in
the rear; there was no stone thrown there or shout given;
it was there Brien fell, near witness ; his face was turned to
the police when he was shot ; he was forty or fifty yards from
the police; he fell ; witness did not wait to take him up, as
the people all ran as fast as they could ; after they ran there
were forty or fifty shots fired ; witness saw a man shot in the
back in a field as he was running away; the rear guard, he
thinks, primed and loaded twice; all the people with witness
were throwing themselves down at the side of the ditches;
the ground about Creagh was very rough, hilly and full of
rocks ; if the people were on a plain they could scarcely—
ln witnesse's oath from the time he left the town with Brien
there was not a stone thrown, or an offence given to the
police by the people that were with deceased and himself.
After some further evidence corroborative of this the enquiry
was adjourned.—Cork Constitution.

BRITISH IRON COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of
this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, on Friday last, and was numerously attended. Sir
George Larpent presided. In their report, the directors
expressed their regret that the continued fall in price during
the whole period over which the accounts extended was such
as to render inevitable a loss upon the workings. The prices
of iron at the beginning of the present year, when these ac-
counts commenced, contrasted with what they were at the
end of June, to which period they were made up, were as
follows :-
31st December, 1841. 30th June, 1842.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Newport 6 0 0 .... 4 15 0
London 7 0 0 .... 510 0
Liverpool
Corngreaves ooto 7 5 0 .... 6100 to 6 15 0
The operations of the company in the half-year ending on
the 30th June, 1842, and their result, may be shortly stated,
as follows, viz.