The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-25 00:00:00

ROMANTIC STORY.

The following strange story appears in the Se'maphore of
Marseilles. Whether considered as a hoax, or as a proof of
the extent to which the burning imagination of the south has
carried the writer, it is not unworthy of being reproduced.
No suspicion of the girl's being an imposter seems to have
occurred to the writer or the authorities :—" We have a
touching history to relate to our readers. There is at present
in this city a young girl, sixteen years of age, and of remark-
able beauty, scarcely able to speak a dozen words of French,
who has been afflicted with extraordinary misfortunes at
more than a thousand leagues from her native country. A
man, to whom she was entrusted by a charitable lady at
Valence to conduct to Marseilles, presented her within these
last few days to the commissary of police. All he could re
late of the young girl's history was, that the lady found her
weeping bitterly in the midst of a field, and unable, either by
gestures or language, to make herself understood. As Mar-
seilles possesses consuls of all the powers in Europe, speak-
ing, of course, the languages of the nations they represent,
she has been spoken to in fifteen different tongues, without
any one of them being her own. As the words • Russe' and
• Nicholls' were frequently uttered by her, it was thought
she might speak Russian; but when taken to the Russian
consul, he could not comprehend a word she uttered. She
is at present under the care of the Sisters of Charity of the
Hotel Dieu, until something certain shall be discovered of
her sad history. She is tall, with regular features, and thick
light hair. Her air is melancholy, and her eyes are frequently
filled with tears. She wrote in our presence, her name and
country in close characters, which no person could decipher,
and which would have puzzled the intelligence of a Champo-
lion. This young girl was born in the Ukraine, the kingdom
of the Hetcnan Mazeppa. She must have been born there,
for her gestures intimate It clearly. She also gave us to un-
derstand that she was accustomed to riding ; that the priests
of ber country wear long beards, and that there is much
marshy ground, in which persons sank up to their knees.
Our readers will desire probably to know how this fair maid
of the Ukraine has come to Marseilles. Her father is an
Englishman, named Joseph Protman ; he married a woman
named Vicbtochtiff, a native of the Ukraine, and from this
marriage was born the young girl at present here,
.w.hose
name is Juliah. The words ' Constantine' and
vine,' which she pronounced, would seem to indicate that
her father, a merchant or mechanician, which, by the way,
are not vxactly the same thing, resided five years in one of
these two towns, and that he had gone from that part of
Africa to seek his family on the banks of the Don. This
father of hers must have a mother of great age residing in
some town in England. He travelled in a very handsome
carriage, drawn by two horses, with his wife, his daugh-
ter, and a maid servant, and he entered into France
through Switzerland. It is by the aid of the words
Papa Anglais ; grande maman en Angleterre ; papa a
Constantine et Philippeville ; papa en Ukraine ; Suisse ;
France ; voiture ; mamaa ; deux chevaux ; une cuisiniere'—
that we have constructed the account just given. It appears,
further, that, within two days' journey of Valence, a quarrel
arose between her father and some other persons at an inn,
that the day was rainy, and that the maid of the Ukraine
being seized with fear fled across the fields. She afterwards
tried to find her parents, but lost her way. She walked on
next day, and was robbed of her watch by some women
who were working at the vintage. For two days she wan-
dered about, and at last met the charitable lady who sent her
to Marseilles. The maid of the Ukraine wears under her
clothes a pair of long trousers, after the fashion of her coun-
try, and is as natural. Amongst the ten or twelve words of
French which she retains, figure those of mort and mourir,
which she pronounces often, to intimate that she will not
survive her frightful misfortunes. She wears round her neck
a medal, on one side of which is a cross, and on the other an
image of the Virgin. When interrogated about Czar Nicholas,
she gave us to understand that she had seen him, that he was
of lofty stature, and had a severe air. She, however, pro-
fesses a great veneration for him. The motives of our col-
lecting together the slightest details of this melancholy story
will be appreciated ; we have acted thus in the hope of re-
storing this unfortunate girl to her parents, whose cruel
anguish it is easy to imagine."
The same paper, of a later date, states that nothing new
has transpired respecting the young stranger, of whom it has
given
Fair
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Imivehiosit!li has surnamed
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the Sisters of Charity, one of whom is endeavouring to teach
her French. She is apparently in great distress of mind,
though not yet, the writer in the Semaphore declares, fully
impressed with an idea of the full extent of her melancholy
situation. A young Russian, residing at Marseilles, whose
fame as a linguist is considerable, was brought to see her, and
he declares that the tongue which she speaks is not that of
the inhabitants of the Ukraine. He thinks that she comes
from Greenland, that the name of her father is Pistisutii, and
that the part of Greenland from which she comes is Abraz-
lana. All this is, however, mere conjecture ; the real history
of the young stranger is still unknown.

THE GASTRIC JUICE.—Worms in the alimentary canal
resist the agency of the gastric juice so long as they are
alive ; but when dead they are then subject to the laws which
govern inanimate matter, and are consequently digested or
expelled like the ordinary contents. This fact affords a good
reason for using cold boiled water, as the high temperature
to which it is raised must kill the animalcules that may be
found in this fluid, and thus they are rendered easy of
digestion. It is a remarkable circumstance, first observed
by John Hunter, and referable to the same principle, that
the gastric juice will, when the individual dies, dissolve the
very stomach that had secreted this powerful solvent, and
had resisted its action when living. The knowledge of this
fact was the means of acquitting an individual accused of
the crime of poisoning.—Philosophy for the Public.
SCENE IN A LONDON OMNIBUS.—WeII, this London is
a strange place. There is no knowing the gentleman from
the swindler—the man of " ton" from the man of " tun."
Yesterday, returning from the city, in the Strand, an ex-
quisite, bearded like the pard, and a new zephyr cloak for
1842 carelessly flung over his jewelled band, entered the
omnibus in which were your humble servant, and seven other
ladies. He aped the "lady-killer"—stiff in stock, and
trussed up to the " mode." In a moment I found a hand
passing my waist, and gently descending to my pockets. I
made a slight movement. The exquisite pick-pocket became
alarmed at my discovery, and removed his digits; but I re-
mained on the look-out for a second attempt. In a short
time afterwards we had a new arrival, in the form of a dashing
elderly lady, who was admitted at Piccadilly. Her trip was
short. Near Burlington House she unclasped an ornamented
reticule, then unlocked a splendid purse, well stored with
rarer aces, yclept " Victorias." Taking from amidst these
chirping canaries the needful siller sixpence, she called a halt
at Birlington Arcade. While she extended her hand to the
omnibus mercury, I saw the beau jump quickly from the
vehicle, closing his zephyr about him, and rush hastily up
the Arcade steps. I called out, " Oh, madam, look have
You your purse ; I am sure you have been robbed ?"
" Think you, ma'm," said she. " Well I never—did you
ever—?" " No, never." Out I bounced, followed by the
victim. We both gave chase. " Stop thief—stop dandy—
there he goes—stop thief !" shouted we. The swindler
turned the corner, and got to Lord Anglesey's house. On
we came, but behind us arose a din similar to the music,
"once heard, ne'er to be forgotten," of some half-score of
donkies in a chorus arranged for the purpose, and forth came
the omnibus guard. " Ladies," s.,id he, " you did not pay
your sixpences, and you are not going to give us the slip after
that fashion." The fact was, in our hurry to overtake a
swindler, we were ourselves mistaken for a pair, having, in
our hurry, forgotten to pay our fare. We were obliged to
discontinue the pursuit, and the youth in the zephyr escaped,
carrying with him twenty-seven sovereigns.
The following story, related by the Gazette des Tribunaux,
is a new version of a tare given long since in some of the
Paris papers by way of a quiz at John Bull. The Gazette
says English (MM. les Anglais) have now and then
eccentricities to which it is impossible to habituate ourselves,
although the frequency of our relations has in some measure
msde us familiar with their whims. An eccentricity of this
nature
has just brought M. Fressart before the Tribunal of
Correctional Police at the
suitofSir Plakett. On the 2d
ult., at six in the evenin M. Fressart entered a restaurant
on the Boulevard du Temple
to take his dinner. All the
tables were fully occupied,at which was seated
only a single Person,
although
one
the table was large enough
for four. M. Fressart politely
asked permission to place himselfy hed thisperson, and
approac .
at the same table. Je
voulais bien tres volontiers,' replied the person addressed,
who was no other than Sir Plakett. M. Fressart took his
seat, and dined tranquilly opposite the Englishman, who
went on eating without saving another word.
having finished first, rose, and went to the bar to pay his bill.
An instant afterwards, the waiter who had served M. Fressart
went to him, and inquired whether he would take
anything
paying
else, as my lord wasthe bill
for both and it would
time.
be included at the same
.`Paying my bill l' said M.
,is be mad ? ' and, rising immediately, he went
Fressart ;
Englishman stood, pick' his
to the bar where the
bill. 'Mylo d , teeth
and waiting patiently for the
very politelyr said M. Fres-
saat,
I thank you for having conceded to me
but that was quite sufficient, and
a portion of your table,
my own bill.' Sir beg you will allow me to pay .
I k Plakett re-
plied, now the laws of h *
Sir- I will not suffer it.
that they are practised atp'.
tality, and I will prove to you
You have dined at my tableer,
in England than in France. I
and as true as my name is Plakett will pay your bill.' A
Englishman became angry.
sharp discussion ensued. The
._
led tirm. At length,
The Frenchman laughed, but remain
of the Frenchman,
exasperated at the refusal and laughter
h his fist.
Sir Plakett struck him a blow on the stow
ac h
a bo witttle which
Furious at this attack, M. Fressart took up
was at hand, and struck Sir Plakett with it on the head,
causing him to bleed profusely. The master of the house
now interfered, and separated the combatants. Sir Plakett,
however, who had become seriously injured, laid his _
com-
plaint before the police authorities, and M. Fressart appeared
to answer the charge. The President of the Tribunal said
to Sir Plakett, It was you who provoked M. Fressart.
Why did you strike him ? ' Sir Plakett—Because he refused
to allow me to pay for his dinner, and laughed in my face.
President—His repugnance to allow you to pay his bill is
easily to be conceived. Sir Plakett —ln England we are
hospitable: if we had been in London under the same cir-
cumstances, and I had dined at his table, I should have al-
lowed him to pay my bill. The President next addressed
the defendant, and lectured him very severely for having,
even with the provocation of a blow, resorted to an act of
such violence as that of which he had been guilty, and which
might have caused death. M. Fressart replied that he was
so excited by the blow that he knew not what he did. He
had laughed until then ; but after receiving a blow, the se-
cret of administering which h known only to the English,
he lost all self-control. He was found guilty, and con-
VIE demned to pay a fine of 150 francs and the coats.
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Standard-office, Three o' Clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Tats Day.

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN S• SONS' Circular.)

About 3295 quarters of Irish with 1300 quarters of Foreign,
comprise the only arrivals of Wheat into this port since
Tuesday last, and Coastwise we have little to notice ; of
Oats, however, a good, and of Oatmeal a large supply re-
ported from Ireland; while the receipts of Flour thence are
comparatively light, owing to the long dry season, and the
consequent want of water for the mills, which a change in
the weather and much rain within the last few days will ob-
viate, and we may therefore expect more regular shipments
of the article from that source ere long.

The slightly improved aspect in the Wheat trade her
towards the end of last week, added to a rather firmer feel-
ing in the course of yesterday, when a few thousand quarters
of duty-paid foreign again changed hands, were followed up
at this day's market by a fair inquiry for Wheat of most
descriptions; the sellers, however, generally requiring an
advance of 2d. to 3d. per 701bs. upon the currency of
Tuesday last, which was reluctantly and but partially com-
plied with; and the transactions were materially curtailed in
consequence, being altogether but upon a very moderate
scale.

English and Irish Flour fully supported former prices, and
Foreign was 6d. per barrel dearer.
Malting Barley was is., and Malt 2s. per qr. cheaper, with
a limited demand for each ; Grinding Barley was also the
turn lower. Beans and Pease unvaried.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 18th to the 24th October, 1842, inclusive

IRE- COAST. CANADA PO-
DESCRIPTION• LAND. WISE. & VATS. REIGN. I .I.OTAL -
----....---------- I
Wheat Qrs. 3295 1300 4595
Barley Qrs. 71 956 I
; 1027
Mal 'c
Oats Qrs. 13674 2 , ; , 8676
Rye Qrs. ,
Beans Qrs. 93 1 \93
Pease . Qrs. 63 : 63
Shelled Barley . Qrs.
Indian Corn .. . Qrs.
Rapeseed
I
Oatmeal .. . • Loads 8799 57 ; 8856
Flour . Sacks 1186 2 I 11b8
Ditto
Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. ; Oats
1973 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 4278 Ids; Flour, 570 sacks. .

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Barley, qrs.; Beans, 10
qrs. ; Oats, 136 qrs ; Pease, qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oat-
meal, 3 loads; Flour, sacks, 442 brls.—lreland. Wheat.
qrs. ; Malt, qrs.; Oats, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Indian
Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, lds. ; Flour, 37 sacks 334 hrls.—
Coastwise. Wheat, 336 qrs.; Barley, 20 qrs.; Malt, 10 qrs. ;
Oats, qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, 76 qrs. ; Pease, 399 qrs. ;
it Indian Corn, 7 qrs. ;. Oatmeal, 95 Ids. ; Flour, 347 sacks 1925
barrels.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Oct. 25, 1842.
Wheat 515. Id. I Barley 235. 10d. ) Oats.. 18s. Od. I Rye.. 31s. 7d.
Beans.. 325. 4d. I Pease.. 335. 3d.
Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat.. 525. 4d. I Barley 28s. Od. Oats.. 18s. 3d. Rye.. 30s. 3d
Beans.. I 33s. Od. Pease.. 335. sd.

Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.

WhePt 183.0 d. I Barley 9s. Od. Oats . Bs. Od. Rye.. 10s. 6d.
Beans 9-4.6 u. I Pease.. gs. 6d. I I Ind. Corn Os. Od. Flour 10,10 d

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.... ss. Od. I Barley.. 2s. Od. I Oats .. 2s. Od. I Rye.... 2s. 6d.
Beans.. Is. ud I Pease.. Is. od. I Indian Corn.. Os. od. I Flour 3s od
Liverpool Averages, week ending Oct. 18, 1842.

Wheat. Barley. I Oats.- I Beans. Pease.
Qrs 1332 1 468
Prices 42s. 7d. Os. Od. 1 Hs. I Id. I Os. Od. Os. Od.

COTTON MARKET.-THREE O'CLOCK.

The demand for Cotton to-day is very moderate ; the sales
do not exceed 12 or 1500 bales, at full prices, with a steady

market.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A cargo of potatoes from Guernsey has been disposed3F
Bristol this week, at about 3s. per sack, or 3d. per 201bs.

We are happy to s,, that Sir William Geary, formerly
M.P. for West Kent, who met with the extrordinary acciden
which we mentioned last year is now out of danger.
Pope's works Lave recently been translated into German
by Adolph Bcettger and Theodor Oelkers ; the former the
successful trap a or of Byron, the latter of Moore.
sTbe Brighto," arriers on Wednesday, in pursuit of a hare,
rushed over an embandment on the railway, into a cutting
upwards of 30 feet deep, and several were lamed by the fall.
Her royal highness the Princess Sophia continues residing
at Broadstairs, where she intends remaining until November.
There is a well of good fresh water at Newton, near Porth
Cawl, Glamorganshire, and within a quarter of a mile of the
sea ; but, strange to relate, when the tide is full the well is
dry, and when the tide is out there are six or seven feet of
water in it.

It appears that the duty on about 123,000 quarters of
foreign wheat has been paid at this port during the last two
weeks, and it is estimated that three-fourths of the quantity
is still in granary.—Newcastle Journal.
There is now growing in a garden at Barnard Castle, Dur-
ham, belonging to Mr. James Rose, a very fine bed of straw-
berries, perfectly ripe, being the second crop this season ; the
same garden has also produced an extraordinary crop of
onions. fine of which measured 174 inches in circumference.
A gentleman of Black Torrington has an otter that is quite
domesticated, and so tame that it accompanies him about
like a dog. The animal is so under command that it will go
into the river, catch fish, and bring them out to his master.
Western Luminary.

GOOD FRUITS OF THE INCOME TAX.—A few cf the ab-
sentees are corning back to evade the payment of the Income
Tax. The Marquis of Clanricarde and the Marquis of Ely
have arrived, others of our nobility are coming, and several
of our gentry have already returned.—Waterford Chronicle.

- _
FEROCITY OF THE BOAR.—Mr. Charles Matcham, of
the Globe Inn, Andover, lost a valuable cow on Monday week,
which had been so seriously injured by the attack of a boar,
literally ripping open the poor animal's stomach, that it was
obliged to be immediately killed.
FOREIGN POTATOES.—Amongst the imports of the present
week have been half a cargo of potatoes, brought by the
Francisa Maria, from Amsterdam. We have heard that the
quality is well spoken of, and we suppose we may now set
down our Dutch neighbours as regular competitors in this
market.—Hull paper.
PENZANCE.—The schooner Earl of Devon, which was
sunk in the Bay on the 3d of February, 1841, and was pur-
chased as she lay for 200 guineas, having been raised and
brought into the pier with great labour, and at a cost of from
£1,200 to £1,400, was brought to the hammer last week, and
knocked down for £260. West of England Conservative.
Sir Charles Bagot, the governor-general of Canada, in his
reply to the address presented to him by the ministers of the
Wesleyan church in Canada, formally recognises them as a
distinct church, and not as a branch of the British Wesleyan
connection, from which body they have formally seceded.—
Patriot.

DEANERY OF FERNS.—His Excellency the Lord Lieute-
nant of Ireland has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Henry
Newland, D.D., to the deanery of Ferns, some time vacant
by the demise of the Very Rev. Peter Browne. The deanery
includes a benefice of the value of £B5O per annum, besides
other advantages.
We are happy to state that the Right Hon. the President
of the Board of Trade, Mr Gladstone, has quite recovered
from the effects of his recent severe accident at Hawarden
Castle, but he is still obliged to carry his left arm in a sling,
having, as already stated, had the misfortune to suffer ampu-
tation of the forefinger of that hand.
The price of butchers' meat, with the exception of that of
beef, has fallen materially in price at several of the provincial
markets within the last few weeks. At Berwick, lamb is
selling at 4d. and 44d., mutton 5d., and pickled pork sd.
per lb. At Newcastle, mutton and lamb are still selling at
6d., and beef at 7d., per lb.

THE CHARTIST CONVICTS AT CHESTER.—We have been
informed that a petition to the Queen is in the course of
preparation, praying for a remission of the sentence of such
of the prisoners as had been somewhat severely dealt with,
the ground of the petition being that the judge, in his address
to the grand jury, had prejudiced their trials.—Stockport
Advertiser.

A clergyman, residing at Ilchester, when collecting tithes
of a farmer, understanding that his wife was lately confined
with twins, took them as the tithes of the farmer's progeny.
This occurred several years back, and the children are now
living under the care of their benefactor, receiving an educa-
tion that will ultimately enable them to aspire to respectabi-
lity of station in life.

MILK, HALLO !-A Chesire farmer, residing near Crewe,
in consequence of the fall i❑ cheese, determined to discon-
tinue manufacturing that article, and instead to send genuine
milk to Liverpool, and actually, by contracting with the
railway company, now conveys this nutritious article a dis-
tance of 43 miles, delivering the same by half-past eight
o'clock in the morning.—Chester Chronicle.

DEATH OF THE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.—We
regret to announce the death of the Right Hon. Sir William
Rae, Bart., which took place on Tuesday evening, at his
residence, St. Catherine's, near Edinburgh. He had been
for some time in a weak state of health, and was advanced
in life. He bad filled the appointment of lord advocate from
the accession of Sir Robert Peel to office.

On Sunday week, his Grace the Archbishop of York
preached in the chapel at Bishopthorpe to a numerous con-
gregation, the chapelbeing.full, as it was understood to be
the last sermon the bishop intended to preach, in consequence
of his very advanced age, having on Monday last completed
his 85th year. The text was most appropriate—" The night
cornett' when no man can work.::

We rejoice to learn that the Wasp corvette has been com-
missioned at Chatham by Captain Drew, who so gallantly
distinguished himself during the revolt in Canada. The
Whigs, with all their bluster, stood too much in awe of
Brother Jonathan to do justice to this gallart officer. It was
reserved for a Conservative Government to give him the well-
merited and long-withheld reward.—Brighton Casette.
THE PItESTON GUILD ROBBERY.—At the Knutsford Ses-
sions, on Wednesday last, Eliza Bayley, who was committed
from Birkenhead, for the robbery of Mr. J. Marquis, at the
Preston Guild, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to seven
7h
years'
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transportation. The prisoner, who was weeping bit-
-177r, ,
have exclaimed, as she was being conducted from the bar,
mercy on me—think of my two poor dear chil-
dren." The trial occupied about five hours.
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DOWNFAL OF AN OLD TREE.—We regret to state that
Magdalene College and the President's between the chapel at
saisleodd.gainugds,aufelalttteoruthpet
ground last week. It has again been raised,
made to preserve the veneywraeblrne
loppingnoch fear that the attempt
orintst of
perhaps more
supporting than le years'
trunk; standing,
but btop branches and
will prove ineffectual.—Oxford Herald.
The Earl of Wilton and the other gentlemen on a mission
to invest the King of Saxony with the Order of the Garter
performed the ceremony on the 4th instant, at the Palace
Dresden. The King was seated on his throne, and was at-
tended by the Queen, Prince John, and the Dowager of
Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, and surrounded by his ministers.
In the afternoon there was a grand court dinner in the
Throne-room.

EXPLOSIOS OF A STEANI BOILER.--On Tuesday morning
last the inhabitants of the town of Middlesbro' were alarmed
by the explosion of a large boiler, used at the iron-works of
Messrs. Bolkow and Vaughan, around which a great num-
ber of workmen were engaged when the dreadful catastrophe
took place. Three men were killed, and about eighteen or
twenty wounded ; one man was sent with considerable force,
by a piece of the boiler, into a mass of fire, and was seen to
expire in the midst of it. Little hopes are entertained of
many of the sufferers.—Leeds hitelligencer.
On Monday week, at 11 o'clock at night, Mr. Abraham
Gale, 24 years of age, left the Chequers Inn, near Chippen-
ham, on horseback, on his way home to Biddestone. The
next morn;ng his body was found dead on the road near
Beckell Wood, not far from his house. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict of " accidental death." There appears to
be a remarkable fatality in this family—the father of Mr.
Gale having been accidentally killed in riding home from
Chippenham market about three years since, and a younger
brother of the deceased having been also accidentally killed
six or seven years previously.—Devizes Gazette.
MACHINE FOR MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF THE PIS-
TON.—This ingenious machine, the invention of the late
Capt., Tregaskis, was explained by Mr. Philips, of Tuck-
ingmill. Its necessity arose from the fact of the piston
moving with variable speed. Ranged round the inside of a
circular box were fourteen compartments which passed under
a stream of sand flowing through a small hole in the bottom
of an inverted cone, as sand in an hour-glass. These being
connected by a cord with the piston, the whole fourteen
would receive a share of the falling sand, in proporiion to the
rapidity of its movement beneath it ; and it was only neces-
sary to weigh the deposits of sand to ascertain the compari-
tive velocities, the velocity being, of course, in an inverse
ratio to the weight of sand. Thus, as the piston at first
move- slowly, the first compartment will receive the largest
quantity of sand. The greatest velocity seemed to be at the
point of time at which the fourth compartment passed ; and
the least velocity at the last, the motion beginning to be
retarded at the sixth division.

GLOOMY PROSPECTS OF THE IRON TRADE.—The October
series of iron-masters' quarterly meetings are just ended.
Gloomy and dull as the season they have been ; the business
done has been comparatively trifling, and the future prospects
of the trade are disheartening in the extreme. Consequent
on the late stoppage of the works, a rise on the then ruinously
low price of iron of £1 per ton was attempted, and, in many
instances, paid. but prices have again receded, and the at-
tempt to maintain in the current quarter a rise of 10s. will,
t • doubt, prove abortive. The demand created by the
stoppage of the works is supplied, and the orders now issued
will only be for such quantities as are required for immediate
use: what this will be may be inferred from the fact that the
chain and trace trade is nearly at a stand still, while the de-
mand for nails is daily decreasing. Some idea may be formed
of the extent of the reduction in the make of iron, from tt,e
fact that one work, which has usually paid from z£1.500 to
£l6OO for carriage per quarter, has not incurred an expense
of £7O on the same account in the one just ended.— Worcester
Chronicle.

CATTLE AND PROVISIONS AT HULL.—The importations
of prime Holstein cattle continue undiminished at this port,
with every appearance of an increased business. Last week,
for the half-yearly fair, there arrived, by the steamers from
Hamburg, 92 oxen, 44 cows, and 21 swine. This week we
have had from

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HAMBURG. Oxen. Cows. Swine.
By the Tiger
Transit 43 4 0
Manchester 4O 0 0
ROTTERDAM.
By the Emerald Isle . 0 2, 0

Total lB3 6 4
And the Leeds is expected to arrive here for the first time
to-day, with another consignment of cattle; so that, as the
means of transit increase, so do the importotions, the supply
at Hamburg being abundant.—Eastern Counties Herald.

PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN THE METROPOLIS.—III Ox-
ford-street, Tottenham Court Road, Shoreditch, the New
Cut, Lambeth, Lambeth and Vauxhall Walks, and the prin-
cipal thoroughfares, provisions are at present selling at the
following moderate prices, viz.:—Prime legs of mutton at
6d. and 64d. per lb.; shoulders, 51d. per lb. ; necks, 4d.
and 44d. per lb. Beef—roasting pieces, 64d. per lb., coarse
pieces in proportion. Westphalia hams, 74d. per lb. ; York-
shire, from 6d. to 74d. per lb. Prime Wiltshire bacon, 6d.
per lb. by the half side. Berwick pork, from 44d. to 54d.
per lb. ; dairy-fed pork, from 54d. to 60. per lb. The best
household bread can be had at 64d. the 41b. loaf, and some
rather coarser may be bought at 54d. and 6d. the 41b. loaf.
Butter at Bd., 9d., 10d., and the best Dorset at ls. per lb.
Gloucester cheese, 6d. to Bd. per lb. ; Cheshire, 7d. to 84d.
per lb. ; Dutch, 44d. to 54d. per lb. Although the foregoing
are the general prices, still inferior articles can be purchased
at a much lower rate.—London paper.

Such a long continuance of drought at this season has not
been experienced for half a century ; and the consequence is
that there are now few miles in the country, driven by water,
which have a sufficient supply, and many are completely
stopped. Our own line of works upon the Shaws Water. we
regret to say, have to a certain extent been affected by the
scarcity, as they were yesterday put upon short allowance,
and are to work only half time until the watery influence re-
gain the ascendancy. It is but proper to state, that this
stoppage would not have occurred, even from the protracted
drought, had it not been that the sluice on Loch Thom be.
came, from some cause or other, unworkable a short time
since; and to repair it, it was necessary to run off a depth of
about 26 feet of water, being fully equal to three months sup-
ply ; still leaving abundance, under ordinary circumstances,
to meet the usual wants of the mills, had the customary sup-
ply of rain descended this season.— Greenock Advertiser.
RAPID VEGETATION.—Some surprise was expressed by a
correspondent, the other week, at hearing that a second crop
had been obtained from the same ground in one year by Mr.
M. Brown. This was most satisfactorily explained by Mr.
Brown ; but we have something still more surprising for the
ears of our correspondent—namely, the raising of a thirJ
crop from the same ground ! This has been done by our
worthy friend Mr. Moor, of Houghton, in the garden of Mr.
Stordy, of Cross-hill. After taking two crops of potatoes
off the ground, he planted a third in the first week in Aug.;
and on Thursday last we had the pleasure of partaking of a
dish from that planting ; and certainly finer flavoured pota-
toes we never tasted. They were of large size, and the crop
is abundant. We were also shown by Mr. Moor a sample of
new potatoes grown from seed raised this year !—a circum-
stance, we believe, almost unparailed. They were planted
the second week in August, are already of a good size, and
present a most healthy appearance. It is Mr. Moor's in-
tention to let them grow till Christmas. From a tree in the
same garden in which these wonders have been witnessed a
dozen pears were taken this week, which weighed upwards of
twelve ounces each, and measured twelve inches round. The
pear is called the English Ball, has but recently been intro-
ducedinto this country from America, and can be kept in
perfection till March or April.—Carlisle Journal.

FATAL COLLISION.—A dreadful collision happened on the
night of Monday last off the eastern coast, between Whitby
and Stockton, which unhappily terminated in the total des-
truction of a vessel and the loss of two lives. The vessels
which came in contact were the Despatch, a schooner be-
longing to London, and the sloop Margaret and Ellen, of
Leith. The accident took place between seven and eight
o'clock within a few miles of the village of Runswick, situate
seven miles to the north of Whitby, during a heavy sea and
a gale of wind from the westward. Both vessels were in full
trim, and scudding through the water at a rapid rate—the
schooner bearing down to the north, and the Margaret and
Ellen progressing on her passage, in a southerly direction to
London. Upon the vessels nearing, those on board the Dis-
patch exerted every nerve to avoid coming in contact ; they
altered the course, and shouted to the crew of the Margaret
and Ellen to do the same ; instead of which—no doubt con-
fused—they brought her in direct opposition. The result
was that in the next fi.oment the sloop ran upon the schooner
with tremendous violence. The crash is described to have
been terrific. The consternation of those on board the
schooner and sloop was of a description easily imagined, and
up-in it somewhat subsiding, the latter was discovered to be
fast sinking, and her crew were exclaiming " 0, God save
we are going down." By that period the Dispatch had
disentangled itself from the rigging of the sloop, and was not
space to allow the unfortunate crew to get on board.
The master however, with several of his men, set about
launching the ship's boat, but by the time that was accom-
plished, a period not more than three minutes, the sloop
went down, carrying with her two of the crew ; the res tmi-
raculously saved themselves by springing to a rope that was
hanging over the bows of the Dispatch at the moment of their
vessel sinking.

The following is given from an official statistical return of
the convicts at the Bagnes on the Ist January, 1842 :—The
total number was 6,908, of whom 271 were invalids. Their
ages were-156 between 16 and 20; 1,868 between 21 and
30 ; 2,204 between 31 and 40 ; 1,663 between 41 and 50 t 732
between 51 and 60; 285 between 61 and 69. There were
4,139 bachelors, 515 married men without children, 534 with
one child, 1,351 with several children, 117 widowers without
children, 77 with only one child, and 175 with several chil-
dren. 4,128 could neither read nor write; 2,012 could read
and write imperfectly ; 650 could read and write well, and
114 had received superior primary education. The crimes of
which they were convicted were, attempts to commit murder,
175 ; conspiracy, 72 ; fraudulent bankruptcy, 11 ; bigamy, 5 ;
cutting and maiming, 109 ; malversation by public officers,
24 ; political, 3 ; desertion after paadqp, 4 ; poisoning, 69 ;
extortion of money by acts of vitittre, 15; forgery, 192;
coining, 116 ; perjury, 6 ; arson,..t3R; resistance with vio-
lence to legal authorities, 13; obtaining money by threats,
3 ; murder, 867 ; parricide, 18 ; plunder in bands, 13 ; rebel-
lion, 9; selling military accoutrements, 3; rapes, 314: rob-
beries, 4,546; accumulation of crimes, 182. Duration of
punishment under 5 years, 22; from 5 to 10 years, 3,097;
from 11 to 20 years, 1,268 ; from 21 to 30 years, 570 ; from
31 to 40 years, 58 ; from 41 to 50 years, 26 ; from 51 to 60
years, 6; for life, 1,861. Among the various stations in life
filled by the convicts previous to their condemnations, 12
were anatomists, physicians, or surgeons ; 50 veterinary sur-
geons or farriers; 30 hotel and innkeepers, and masters of
lodging-houses ; 32 jewellers and goldsmiths; 26 makers of
lace and embroideries ; 9 coffee-house keepers ; 15 chasers
and engravers ; 1 comedian ; 22 restaurateurs, &c. ; 220 do-
mestic servants ; 7 druggists and herborists ; 5 ecclesiastics ;
6 public functionaries ; 12 opticians and mathematical instru-
ment makers ; 2 men of letters ; 5 men of law; 27 school-
masters and professors ; 37 watchmakers and mechanicians ;
105 military men ; 7 musicians ; 9 merchants ; 7 notaries;
39 proprietaires, or men of independent property,
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF IMPRISONMENT UNDER
THE BANKRUPT LAW.—A printed circular has recently
been published by a Mr. John Dufrene, complaining of the
injustice of an imprisonment in the Queen's Bench Prison,
of which be has been the victim, of upwards of 30 years. It
will be perhaps the best to quote the words of the circular
itself, because that document sets forth the case of the pri-
soner in his own words :—" Mr. John Dufrene, a respecta-
ble merchant of Leeds, was declared a bankrupt in the year
1812, the petitioning creditor having sworn to a debt of £6OO,
whereas Mr. Dufrene states that the petitioning creditor was
indebted to him £670. When he was brought before the
Commissioners he disputed their authority to proceed against
him without a petitioning creditor's debt; but they took his
property from him, and committed him to prison. He then
appealed to Lord Chancellor Eldon, before whom his case
had several hearings without any decision. His last hearing
in Chancery was before Lord Brougham ; and the report in
the Times newspaper of September, 1833, states that " The
Lord Chancellor rose without giving judgment." His Lord-
ship, having afterwards resigned the Seals of Office, lost all
judicial authority to grant an order for a sitpersedeas of the
commission to which Mr. Dufrene became entitled at that
hearing. His friends being all dead, by whom he was for
some years well supported, his health and life have since
been, and are now, placed in jeopardy. through extreme pri-
vations connected with his support in the Queen's Bench
Prison, where there is no regular gratuitous allowance to sus-
tain life." This statement is concluded by an appeal to the
public for pecuniary aid in order to obtain redress, and states
that subscriptions will be thankfully received by the Rev.
Dr. Pye Smith, Homerton; Rev. John Burnet, Camberwell ;
and by Messrs. Carlisles, Pitman, and Co., 11, Bow-lane,
Cheapside. Whatever may be the merits of Mr. Dufrene,
or whatever may be the causes which have led to his impri•
sonment, it is impossible for any unprejudiced person to
form a judgment from an ex parte statement coming either
from himself or from those opposed to him, and it can only
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