The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-28 00:00:00

SECTION E.-MEDICAL SCIENCE.

Mr. J. Catlow read a paper "an the statistics of births
and deaths."—He solicited attention, in the first place to a
table of the deaths of 10,700 children, under two years of
age, from 1817 to 1838, extracted from the registry of the
Rushohne-road Cemetery, in this town, whose natal month
was'determinable from the stated age; showing the propor-
tions born in each season of the year, on the one hand, re-
latively to the total of deaths; and, on the other hand, to
the average number of births in the same season in towns, as
estimated by Monsieur Quetilet. The result was that the
winter births supplied 2.1 per cent. less than their debit
quota of the mortality, and the autumnal births, 2.7 ; while,
on the other hand, the spring births supplied 2.4, and the
summer births 2.5 per cent. more than their debit quota of
mortality; the greatest quarterly difference being 5.2 per
cent., viz. : between autump and summer. It thus appeared
that spring and summer births had a less probability of ar-
riving at the age of two years than winter and autumnal
births.—Estimating this relation half-yearly, the general re-
sult gave a deficiency of 4.6 per cent. in the winter quota,
and, of course, a .corresponding excess in the summer. A
second inference appeared to be, that children born in a
greatly increasing temperature had a greater probability of
life, up to two years, than children born in a declining tem-
perature. A third inference was, that the season of birth
ought to form an element in the calculation of the probabi-
lities of life.

Mr. John Robertson read a paper " on the period of
puberty in negro women," embracing a great number of
facts, the tendency of which was to show that increase of
temperature did not accelerate,.as was generally supposed,
the period of puberty.—ln the course of a long and interest-
ing-discussion, Mr. Noble mentioned that the same notion
prevailed with regard to the girls employed in factories, but
he believed it was equally ungrounded.—Mr. Turner ex-
pressed an opinion that the period of puberty would be found
to be much about the same amongst all races.—Mr. Robert-
son said the tendency of his paper was to show that this
period was independent of external circurnstance:z, and was
of constitutional peculiarity:
The proceedings in the other section was not important.

THE DINNER.
(From our own correspondent.)
On Saturday evening a grand dinner, in honour of the as-
sociation, was given at the Wellington Hotel, Peter-street,
to which the members were invited, the Right Hon. Lord
Francis Egerton presiding, and amongst the distinguished
company we may mention the following names :—His Ex-
cellency the Hon. Edward Everett, the American Minister,
the Right Hon. the Marquis of Northampton, Professor
Jacobi (Berlin), the Bishop of Norwich, Sir William Hamil-
ton, Professor Sedgwick, Sir D. Brewster, Geo. Wm. Wood,
Esq., M.P. Col. Sabine, Dr. Dalton, Professor Whewcll,
Sir S. Brisbane, Professor Friziani, the Dean of Ely, the
Dean of Manchester, the Marquis Sauli, R. J. Murchison,
Esq., the Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, Sir Charles Lemon,
the Rev. Dr. Buckland, Professor Erman, Baron de Bach,
Count Keyserling, Col. Weymiss, Sir M. J. Brunel, and Dr.
Stanger. The toasts, which, after doing honour to royalty,
had reference principally to the different learned societies,
called forth some eloquent speeches from the American
Minister, the Marquis of Northampton, the Noble Chair-
man, Professors Sedgwick, Murchison, and Buckland, the
Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Ely, &c., and the company
did not separate till about twelve o'clock.

ST. HELENS PROTESTANT READING SOCIETY.

On Wednesday last, the annual public meeting of this
society was held in the Girls' Sunday School, St. Helens.
The committee had issued nearly eight hundred admission
tickets, being as many as the room could accommodate, and
many persons were disappointed who could not obtain them.
Above the platform was inscribed, " Contend earnestly for
the faith," (Jude iii.,) tastefully enciicled with flowers.
Lee Watson, Esq., the treasurer of the society, and others
of the influential gentlemen of the town, with many of their
ladies, were among the company.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. M. J.
FINCH : after which, the secretary, SAMUEL BISHOP, Esq.,
read the report, from which the following is an extract :
" The committee take this opportunity of pointing out to
those friends who may not perhaps be acquainted with the
plan of the society, that it is what its title imports—a read-
ing society: by the character of the books it circulates, it is
a Protestant one: from the smallness of its subscription
money (only 2s. per annum), it comes within the means of
all ; and, by its plan of local districts, it reaches to the very
door of every member, bringing him weekly a little manual
of information of the most interesting and valuable nature,
comprising scriptural instruction—selections from history
and science—missionary and ecclesiastical intelligence—and
particularly an exposure of the unfounded pretensions, the
dangerous delusions, and the artful machinations of Popery.
The wisdom of our ancestors repelled Popery to a distance,
and, with jealous care, fortified the state by various enact-
ments against its return; but we, their descendants, igno-
rant of the danger which bad been thus kept out of view,
have pulled down our ramparts and opened our gates, be-
lieving no enemy to be near. Having, however, been warned
of danger by those champions of our constitution and our
church, to whose exertions in the cause of Protestantism we
are so deeply indebted, it behoves us, in the absence of ex-
ternal defences, to raise up a militia. armed with knowledge,
practised in the use of it, and therefore qualified to meet the
foe with confidence on no higher vantage ground than that
of truth, and relying on no other help than from the spirit
of truth sought humbly in faith."
The Rev. W. PonnocK, president of the society, then
addressed the meeting. It gave him great pleasure, he said,
to have such an opportunity of addressing them, and of sup-
porting an institution which he knew was doing much good
in the neighbouroood, and which was deserving of all, and
more than all, that the report claimed for it. He was aware
that, in standing forward thus to advocate the cause of Pro-
testantism, he would be deemed by many to be committing
an offence against charity. Even Romanism, in the present
day, thinks fit to resound the cry for peace. It liks been
mentioned in the Romish chapel of this place, that it was
said by St. Francis de Xavier respecting his converts, that
he had caught his flies with a spoonful of HONEY. Peace is
doubtless a good thing, but we are taught that the wisdom
from above is first PLUM, • then peaceable. We might cer-
tainly use honeyed words if we desired to please men, but
it is our duty instead to sound the trumpet loud and long
when we see the sword coming. It is not our duty to " cry
peace, peace, when there is no peace ; " and our Saviour's
words are but fulfilled if it is found that our faithful preach-
ing of the Gospel sets a man at variance against his father,
and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-
law against her mother. in-law. honey indeed may catch
flies, but it is not our aim to entrap such flutterers of an
hour. We fish for souls; and our instrument must be the
Gospel net, every mesh of it contracted, and every knot and
loop of it drawn and fastened by the convincing spirit of
Him who sends us forth. Mary Protestants are under a
great delusion in despising the character of Popery. "It is
too absurd a creed," say they, " for reasonable men to sub-
scribe in this enlightened age; its fallacies and falsehoods
could only have made converts during the dark ages." Let
no man be deceived by imagining that the enlightenment of
this educated age is a barrier to its errors. Until men can
quench the fire of immortality which burns within them,
every heart, that has not been renewed by the Holy
Spirit, will at times long to purchase heaven without
quitting its hold of earth—will experience doubts and
misgivings that poison every cup, however overflowing
with earthly pleasure. To such the religion of Rome is
exactly adapted; for it serves to sooth their consciences by
offering them pardon for their sins without repenting of
and forsaking ;hem, and promising them happiness without
holiness. The carnal mind under the stings of conscience is
ready to fly even to a fellow mortal who pretends a power to
pardon sins;—who offers for money to appropriate to him
the merits of an atoning sacrifice in the mass ;—to prescribe
penances sufficient to counterbalance past iniquities. Yes—
Popery is a religion exactly adapted for two large classes of
mankind—those who want to save themselves by their works
—and those who want to be saved IN their sins. It is said
also that Popery is changed ; that it is no lunger the aggres-
sive system that it was. It may change its weapons, but its
character is unchanged and unchangeable. It cannot cease
to attempt conversions and to proselytise ; and its members
pursue its objects with a zeal that may shame many of us.
The rev. gentleman read the circular letter from the priest of
the Romish chapel near Prescot, calling confidently upon his
Protestant neighbours to assist him in establishing schools in
that town, on the plea that the only object would be to train
up the children to be good Christians, and promising that
no force should be used over their religious opinions. He
proceeded to comment on this letter. It exhibited the mo-
dern character of Popery, plausibility and insidiousness.
He wag confident, however, it had drawn no contribution
from any member of their Reading Society ; and yet the
writer was justified in his confident appeal, for some of you,
said the speaker, attended their (so called) Catholic Balls ;
but whoever countenances-them, or any other of their insti-
tutions, virtually denies and renounces his own holy Protis-
taut religion. It would not be necessary for him on that
occasion to dwell on the unscriptural character of Popery.
They were not going to give up the pure faith of their ancient
and apostolic church for the perversions and the novelties of
the creed of Pius—they were not going to adopt the awful de-
lusions of transubstantiation, nor image worship, nor the in-
vocation of saints—they would never admit of a host of me-
diators, nor of any mediator between God and man but the
man Christ Jesus—they were not going to bow down under
the yoke of men who first invented the doctrine of an inter-
mediate state or purgatory after death, and then practice on
the sympathies of their fellow creatures to make and gain of it
for the sake of filthy lucre. The rev. gentleman proceeded to
prove the anti-social character of Popery, and its total in-
consistency with any free or independent government,
and concluded by observing that he by no means
meant to identify all Romanists with the iniqui-
tous system he had been describing. There were hun-
dreds, perhaps thousands, among them who would shrink
with horns from those principles. Yet such was the system
to which they were bound ; such from authentic documents
it was proved to be, and such it must continue to be ; for its
character was now stereotyped on its front. All it had put
forth was stamped since the council of Trent, with the fatal
seal of infallibility, and it did not dare to repeal or repudiate
one act or one canon. It has no other principles of action
than it has always had—to use force where it has the power—
to dissimulate where it has not. Against such a system the
Church of England protests, and he was proud, while he
grieved to say it, that in this country she almost alone pro-
tests against it : our dissenting brethren are honoured (for it
is an honour) by being included in the same condemnation
and anathema which the church of Rome hurls against us ;
but instead of joining with us in the contest, we see their
ministers uniting with hers in complimenting each other
from their pulpits, in opposition to the Church of England.
Such conduct is unworthy of the descendants of the Dod-
dridge's, the How's, and the Baxter's of former times.
But against such a system we must continue to protest.
We protest against its falsehood ; we protest against its
wickedness ; we protest against its slavery ; and we will
stand up by God's blessing in the freedom wherewith Christ
has made us free. The rev. gentleman then concluded a
most powerful address of nearly two hours of which the
,
above is a very imperfect sketch. He was enthusiastically
applauded throughout, and the meeting dispersed after
singing the doxology.

At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on Mon-
day, Mr. Murchison, the chairman of the evening, stated
that a gentleman, employed by Government, in ascending the
river Juba, in Africa, from East to West, had fallen in with
a considerable tract of country inhabited by a race of pig-
mies not exceeding four feet in height, with very curious
views of religion and government, and exactly resembling the
type of Herodotus.

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THIRD EDITION.

Standard Office, Three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Tats DAY.

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN St SONS' Circular.)

The great influx of Foreign Wheat up to Friday last, and
many cargoes in since, with several arrivals coastwise and
froni Ireland, amount unitedly to nearly 50,000 quarters, ex-
ceeding, with one exception, the receipts into this port of any
single week for some years past. Of other kinds of Grain
the supplies recently in arc comparatively moderate; but of
Flour, from various quarters, rather liberal, as stated below.
Having a good attendance of town and country millers at
this day's market, the trade for most descriptions of free
Wheat exhibited an increased degree of firmness, resulting
in a fair extent of business; and, notwithstanding the afore-
named large import, the rates of this day week were fully
maintained. In English and Irish Flour we have no change
to note; but States and Canadian, duty paid, moving off
rather sparingly, receded 6d. per barrel.

Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease continued to rule in all
respects as described on Friday.

The Oat trade assuming a more steady appearance, sales
upon a moderate scale were effected, on the reduced terms
stated at the close of last week.

Oatmeal, on the contrary, was in very limited demand at
the decline above mentioned.

About 1200 quarters of Polish Odessa Wheat, in bond,
changed hands to-day, within the range of our quotations ;
no other transactions of moment, under lock, having recently
transpired.

ARRIVALS OF CORN.
From the 21st to the 27th .Thrie, 1542, inclusive,

DESCRIPTION, IRE. COAST- CANADA FO-
LAND. WISE. & U.STS. REIGN. TOTAL.
------ --.--.. - -
Wheat Qrs. 1036 2816 1325 45604 49781
Barley ,
Malt
Oats
Rye Qrs. 405 405
Beans Qrs. i 1934 1956 22
'
Pease. Qrs.; )
Shelled Barley . Qrs.
Indian Corn
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .... Loals 68 2 i
70
Flour. Sacks 1476 15 ) 503 f 3274
Ditto . Brls. , 151 , 8358 2032 , 10541
Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs.; Oats
qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids; Flour, sacks.

; Oats,

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Beans, qrs. ; Malt,
qrs.!; Oats, qrs.; Pease, 15 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oat-
meal,— loads; Flour, sacks, 412 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 2245
qrs. ; Barley, 290 qrs. • Oats, 359 qrs. ; Beans, 444 qrs. ; Indian
Corn, gl9 qrs. • Oatmeal, 1543 lds. ; Flour, 254 sacks 403 brls.—
Coastwise. Wheat, 241 qrs. ; Barley, sg qrs. ; Malt, 5 qrs. ;
Oats, 22 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, gs qrs. ;
Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 20 Ids.; Flour, 139 sacks 421
barrels,

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending June 17, 1942.
Wheat 635. lod. I Barley 265.10 d. I Oats.. 21s. 6d. I Rye.. 365. 10d.
Beans.. 335. pd. I Pease.. 325. 6d.
Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat.. G2s. 3d. I Barley 265. 4d. Oats.. 2054 Od. Rye.. 335. 3d.
Beans.. 32-s. sd. I Pease.. 31s. led.

Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
Wheat ios.od. I Barley 10s. od. Oats .. . 6s. Od. Rye.. gs. 6d.
Beans los. 6ri. I Pease.. 10s. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour 6s. od.

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.... is. Od. I Barley.. 2s. 6d. I Oats ..2s. od. I Rye.... Is. Od.
Beans.. Is. 6d I Pease.. 2s. Od. I Indian Corn.. Os. I Flour.. Os. 74d.

Liverpool Averages, week ending June 21, 1842.
Wheat. I Barley. 1 Oats. Beans. Pease.
Qrs 3g3 /i 126
Prices

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
5111.,—1 have just seen a letter in your paper, from Mr.
Brindley, commenting upon a challenge I have given him.
If he is satisfied with the result of our discussion at Wor-
cester, I have, I think, as much reason to be so, when I
remember that 282 people met, within a fortnight after, to
present me, publicly, with my picture, "as a memento of the
estimation in which they held me, and the defence I made."
True, Mr. Brinley had left that city before this happened,
and may, therefore, be ignorant of the fact. He is also,
perhaps, to be told now, for the first time, that the gentle-
man who commenced the onslaught owned, on the fifth night,
that " I had not left them a leg to stand upon," and that the
chief abettor of the opposition, a celebrated M.D., has seen
reason to change his opinion, and is endeavouring to get up
a course of lectures in that city.
So much for the past, and so content was I with it, that
I should not have deemed it possible that Mr. Brindley and
I should again become public disputants, simply because I
fancied that I had left him nothing to question; but "some
men never know when they are beaten." And I was no less
surprised at his bold reiteration, in London, of his old ob-
jections, than I was annoyed at the weakness or indifference
of the London phrenologists in allowing him even a seemiv
victory ; for this reason, and this only : I have called him to
accounts, and if he be sincere in his search after truth,
(which I do not doubt,) I will endeavour, once and for all,
to show him and the world generally, that Phrenology is the
only true science of mind—that it does not lead to Socinian-
ism nor Infidelity ; but that it is in direct accordance with
Christian doctrines—in complete harmony with Scripture
tenets; that, so far from being mischievous, it muBt become
the science of all countries ere legislation or education can
be put upon a sure basis, or the innate capacities of man
developed ; that until it reveal the secret, insanity will
remain a mystery and an opprobrium to those who should
understand and cure it ; and that the present lamentable and
bitter diversities of opinion—religious, political, and moral—
which distract mankind, can only be composed by the know-
ledge and practice of that science, which, by teaching man
to know himself, enables him also to know how to deal with
others. I know I can prove this, because I hare so often
proved it to most sensitive and pious minds—that mere
accusations pass by me unheeded. Still, though I do by no
means agree with all that Mr. Combe has written, nor allow
that Phrenology is to be made answerable for Mr. Combe's
errors, I yet feel called upon at once to repudiate any irre-
ligious tendency, and claim for Phrenology and myself an
impartial hearing.-1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, _ _

J. Q. RUMBALL.

Oster-hill, St. Albans, Herls,
June 25, 1842.

LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.

The following letter appeared in the London Times of
Saturday :

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

" Sir,—The Royal mandate being in force for a sermon to
be preached for the relief of the distressed mrnufacturers on
some Sunday during the present month, I availed myself of
the 19th inst., for the purpose of complying with the requi-
sition. The contribution was made after the sermon, and
as the churchwardens were not providedwith scales and
weights, sundry light coins were deposited in the plates. On
transmitting the amount of the collection to the Bank, a
difficulty presented itself as to the defective standard of the
coin, which I find is to he made up by the officiating minister
of the parish. Now it may be a useful caution to the mem-
bers of different congregations, that as scales are not kept at
the church doors for the purpose of weighibg the sovereigns,
the contributors to the plate should satisfy themselves on
this point previously, otherwise they may inflict a penalty
upon their pastors without intending to do so.
" I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
"June 23."
" CLERICUS.
[ With respect to the law of the case, as here stated, we
can say nothing; but we certainly admit the individual
hardship complained of. The maxim that " one should
not look a gift horse in the mouth " fails here, for the first
time within our observation.]

A railroad company has been formed, chiefly by the King
of Naples and Grand Duke of Tuscany, for a railroad be-
tween Naples and Florence, by Cevita Vecchia, which, it is
said, will require a million's sterling worth of English rails.
At a late sitting of the Commissioners for Assessed
Taxes in Glasgow, an appeal was brought up by a gentleman
against a charge or armorial bearings On being examined,
the appellant disclaimed the use of any armorial bearings
whatever ; he had no armorial bearings on his carriage, none
on his plate, and, in short, did not wear them in any way
whatever. He was asked if he had no signet, ring, or stamp,
on which armorial bearings were engraved ? and replied that,
at a former period, he had used something of the kind, but
I
that latterly he had thrown it aside into a box, and did not
now make any use of it whatever. The apellant was here
shown a letter, written by himself, complaning of the very
charge against which he bad now appealed, and admitted its
authenticity. The wax with which this letter was sealed,
bearing the impress of armorial bearings, was then shown to
the commissioners, to the no small confusion of the corn..
ahi.neman d-
plainer, and the glaring fact, of course, settled the fate of
his appeal.—Edinburgh Observer.
LORD ASHBURTON'S MISSION.—Lord Ashburton's is
the same errand.
sion is nearly closed. The Commissioners from.wMee
Massachusetts have passed through this city for
bMurrion
there to settle the treaty about the Maine boundary,g
Webster were ~
tam i ri
Mr. Webster left here for Washington on
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accededthe points n t
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and on this one point he sent home for d except one ;
Western received, such special instructions' anb
it
the Great
ons
him to grant all thit our Government asks, tas enable
doubt that all this matter will be brought , and there is no
close in ten days. There is also a point to an amicable
m t •
by which an arrangement is to be his new treaty
made, yielding us all that,
we have desired in regard to impressment
search, which is to be a sepa • and the right 0.. r
separate and distinct arrangement
from the present treaty on this
subject between England and
the other European powers. The will be,
great difficulty
however, in getting the Senat for
e to agree to an treaty.,
the two extremes in Congress ar • hostileto President
e so
Tyler, that they will oppose arc calcu-
latedany and every pleas
to redound to the credit of his ad • • t. II
ministra io •

When you find another man doing more bushier lothoakno)coeru
are, and you are puzzled to know the reason; ..P.!
his advertisements in the nexspapers. Tliatds all.vctualler to a
" Please, Sir," said the son of a lice
newspaper proprietor, ' my father begs„ Tell your father,"
' paper,' he only wants to read it.
nd me his dinner, I
answered the proprietor, " first to se ,fn9.:ueto lend him your
only want to eat it."—Welshrnan•
asked him if
g hbhozu
easkedas , one
and of
whenhis gu.essts_wernhoe,his next door
neAiiny little friend," said
the gentleman was not a fool.
very sensible man ; but why
the guest, "he is butno•fool,,,4swily, ' said the little boy,
did you ask the.question?
day you were next door to a fool,
said the other
next door to ,'
" my mother lived you.
r:tet9;'issr,rio:4l "
and I wanted to know who
_if we create imaginary wants, why
IMAGINARY
WA".slnary satisfactions ) It was'the hap_
- •
do we not create imaginary
to be like the mad Athenian,
f the two who
into
pier frenzy 0
ships that came the harbour to be lia
thought all the.
tormenting ourselves with insatiable 1 --.
de-
own, than be still
des EssaYs•
sires.—Bulstro .
b •asked his :
—A rustic eing
CRITICISM•
feeding, painted by Morl dan ion a picture
of three Pigs 1 " scratching•
, , said "`yell the
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be Pur -11 ~ W hen asked what that be•
one fault sti
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fault might be, he
replid, ' ' his foot in a feeding without,
?ern having the trod
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one on
THE SUN FLOWER.---ADVANTAGES ARISING PROM ITS-
CULTIVATION.—A correspondent i
cation states, that the oil obtained
flower will produce gas-light a trom the seed of the
one-
fourthsun-
the cost, and in half
the time
the labour, e time necessary to obtain a:
corresponding supply from coal, ••
de-
cided advantage of being with the additional and
effluvia or smell, affording wholly free from any nauseous
that obtained from nig a light far surpassing in brilliancy
grees than coal gas. coal, and emitting less heat by 100 de-
oil for culinary and d e considers it preferable to any foreign
domestic purposes, and recommends the
'enitivation of the flower . as the means ofaffording a profitable
employment to the increasing population of the British
i empire.

PASSAGES FROM AN EDITOR'S NOTE-BOOK

It will

(For the Liverpool Standard.)

RY MELTON

CHAPTER 111

,t be necessary that I should bring before the

....iy thing more than I have already mentioned, inci-
dentally, with respect to the early life of the subject of my
In fact it was only as a schoolboy that I
to the meeting detailed in the preced-
and boyhood seldom pursues his inquiries into
lividuals very far beyond the surface which

airn, previcusl

emotion and proceeded
" The first hour of consciousness however, wretched though
it found me, was not one of inaction. I started from my bed
of sickness ; and fevered as I was, (and at this distance of
time I can fancy no other than that I was delirious too,) I
threw myself into the mail, and on the following evening I was
seated in the hotel at Greta Bridge, within a few miles of the
little village of G—, pale and haggard, and wondering
almost upon what errand I had come, or by what instrumen-
tality I had been borne, to that well remembered, once loved,
but now loathed and distressful scene.
" How I passed that fearful night to this hour, I never
It was not, however, in sleep ; for the dawn found
me seated upon a mossy stone, in the park at Rokeby, by
the confluence of the Tees and Greta. where, lulled, perhaps,
by the silver sound of the meeting waters, or by the busy
memories of the past, which it called u? within me, I had
remained for hours. Upon that very spot, George,—how
well I remember it !—were spoken the first words of love
which this tongue ever uttered—the last too ! Upon that
very spot, mingled with the gliding of those sweet waters,
was whispered the chaste acknowledgment of a happy heart,
which bore bliss alike to her by whom it was uttered, and to
him whose ears drunk in its soft music.
" That dawning morn—would that I could recal it ! The
cool air never since played upon this faded forehead so grate-
fully as then. Peace never rushed upon me with such a tranced
suddenness as when I bathed my fevered face in those trans-
lucent waters. My steps absolutely bounded as I passed
along the shaded walks, beneath the chesnut trees and
spreading oaks. And yet, if it be true that
The coming events cast their shadows before,'
my feet should on that bright morning have been glued to
the green sod. But why prolong my wretched tale ? In a
few hours I had breakfasted, and was careering along
towards the quiet village, in which, the past blotted from my
memory, and a bright dream before me, I pictured the fair
-form of her I loved, advancing to greet me, with the smile
of olden time' upon her cheek, and joy and grace meet-
ing in the wavy motion of ' her form most infantine.'
" I had passed the village green ; I had passed the village
church, and was approaching that spot within which all that
this heart ever loved was nurtured, when the bells rung out
a merry peal, and I observed that every living being whom I
met wore a face of something akin to gladness, and that eyes
familiar to my youth gazed at me as I passed with a com-
miserating look. Yet even these awakened me not from the
dream into which I had fallen. On, on, in a stupid, stony
trance of fancied bliss, I passed; and not a flitting thought
of ill—not a throb of the startled heart—not a flutter of the
pulse—checked my blindly confiding hopes. I had neared
the little winding path which led across the daised lawn ; my
eye was already fixed upon the latticed windows of that sweet
dwelling place ; my senses already drunk in the soft perfumes
of the clustering honeysuckle which hid its porch, when a
sound of approaching wheels and a buzz of voices—happy
voices I thought them—compelled me to turn aside for a
moment. A post-chaise swept past me, its windows down,
and the postillion wearing bridal favors ; and as I looked
around, standing almost at the very gate which had so often
yielded to my hand—at which I had exchanged so many
parting words of love,—my eyes were blasted by the sight of
her upon whose sweet image my fevered and delirious
thoughts had wandered through the lone night, seated in
bridal array, side by side, with the chosen being who was
from henceforth to be her all—the partner of her future
pilgrimage on earth—her husband !
" I sprung forward with the energies of a madman. I
clung to the carriage until it whirled up to the door ; and
when Maria stepped out, blushing and seeming happy, I
sunk down with a wild shriek at her feet, and knew no more,
until I found myself, weeks afterwards, at home,—ill, very
111,—with my beloved sister watching by my pillow. From
that hour, George, I have been the Wrecked, lost thing you

see me

He ceased. The feverisli, forced energy which had sup-
ported him through his painful narrative was gone ; and it
was not until nearly an hour had passed that he became
sufficiently composed to enable me to take my leave.

JENNY CARELESS ;
OR, ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE

(For the Liverpool Standard.)
How frequently in our sojourn through life do we meet
with characters which, if we saw delineated in a book, we
should conclude were overdrawn and exaggerated. Not long
since our own town furnished an instance of a man who spent
thirty years of his life, and tens of thousands of his money,
in undermining, in every direction, the earth, that infinite
wisdom had made solid, and this for no other reason than
the satisfaction of his own ill-directed mind ; and who that
has ever had a peep at the noisome and innumerable tunnels,
thousand arches, unsightly mounds, and deep holes that dis-
figure one part of Edge-hill, is not struck with amazement at
the magnitude of the mischief, and grief that so large a por-
tion of the time of an immortal and accountable being should
have been so mis-spent, in marring the fair work of creation.
But the opening remark of this paper was suggested to the
mind of the writer more forcibly than ever during a recent
brief visit to a little village near Chester, in the outskirts of
which resides a complete " female outlaw," who is the terror
of the surrounding farmers and landowners. She does not
certainly possess the redeeming traits that some of the males
of outlaw notoriety have credit for, (for instance, Sir Hum-
phrey Kinaston, who stole from the rich to give to thepoor,)
unless, indeed, she considers herself the most needy of that
class. The constant risks this strange individual has run has
earned for her the appellation of Jenny Careless ; and
throughout the neighbourhood she is scarcely known by
any other name. Jenny is an unmarried woman, now
about thirty-six years of age, and inhabits a cottage,
in a secluded spot, about a mile from the high road. She
does not possess one perch of land, although she is the pro-
prietess of two cows, three donkeys, and a number of pigs,
&c. ; and in the keep of these quadrupeds the craft of our
spinster is chiefly displayed, for it requires little ingenuity to
feed cattle when you have plenty of land ; but to graze with-
out a field, and fodder without a farm, and that most abun-
dantly, has been left to the subject of the present sketch to
discover. Jenny has reversed the order of things, and the
time for her cattle to regale themselves is during the silent
and dingy hours of midnight, while the proprietors of the
adjacent fields, weary with their honest toils, are fast locked
in the arms of Morpheus. Then it is that Jenny, without
shoes and stockings, creeps along a lane, and dislodges a
hedge-stake for her cattle to get over and luxuriate in the
well cultivated pastures of her richer neighbours ; but should
some vigilant farmer surprise her, and prevent tbeir return
by the gap, her magic hand struck sharply on the flank of
her well instructed kine, and her more magic voice with
" Now, Betty, for thy life," " Now, Sally, for thy life," is
the signal for a leap from the unwieldy creatures that would
not disgrace a steeple-chase. Occasionally, even Jenny
Careless is outwitted, and her unlucky cattle found in the
Pound. Then she bewails her unhappy fate, and if tears will
not avail for their release, she pays the money, declaring the
obdurate farmer shall be none the richer, as she will have it
out of him before many days are over. Once lately, poor
" Betty" could not resist the odoriferous perfume of a clover
field ; and as ill luck would have it, was found there by the
owner, who straightway marched her into the Pound : release
was refused without the payment of 17s. In vain did Jenny
cry, and plead she had not a shilling in the world; at last,
when nothing else would do, she proposed to give, as a re-
muneration, a heap of manure that Stood in front of her cot,
which offer was accepted, and the cow delivered to its mis-
tress, the innocent farmer little calculating that she would
spend the ensuing hours, which he devoted to needful rest,
in removing the manure into her cabin ; and that the next
morning, when he took his cart to fetch it, he would be ex-
ultingly told he dared not touch a spadefull.
During this summer there were some bricks to be made
in the neighbourhood, and as it was necessary to burn the
bricks, it was also necessary to provide coals. Well; to put
it quite out of Jenny's power to purloin them, a man was
duly ensconced as watchman, but alas the Roman law is not
in force in happy England, and sleeping at his post is not
here punishable with death ; .consequently, this poor fellow
was not proof against the attacks of the drowsy god ; but
when did Jenny Careless lose aught by sleeping ; and
though the poor man to his own fancy had " only a wink,"
she contrived to lay in a winter's stock of coal. In fact,
Jenny is the pest of the village ; not a hen can hatch her
brood in peace for Jenny's pigs—not a duck can swim the
pit in quiet for Jenny's ducks—not a lady walk the lanes
without being menaced by Jenny's cows—not a youth pur-
sue his angling without the chance of being kicked into the
water by Jenny's donkeys. Reader, this is no tale of
romance ; but how frequently do we meet with charactprs
which, if we saw faithfully drawn in a book, we should con-
sider exaggerated.
1- 1

The Royal Mail Steam-ship Columbia came up the river
this morning in splendid style, having made the passage from
Halifax in nine days and twelve hours—the shortest run ever
yet made by these splendid steamers. A special train to Bir-
mingham left Liverpool at twelve to-day with the intelligence
brought by the Columbia, and will anticipate, we predict,
the news brought by the steamer Great Western, which
would leave New York for Bristol the same day that the
Columbia left Boston for Liverpool.
We have New York papers to the evening of the 15th,
Halifax to the 18th, and Boston to the 16th instant.
The steam-ship Britannia, which left Liverpool on the
afternoon of the 4th instant, arrived at Halifax at half-past
nine o'clock on the morning of the 16th instant. She was
detained outside of Halifax, by a thick fog, for fifteen hours ;
but, notwithstanding, this is a most excellent passage, being
accomplished in 11* days.
The notorious swindler and forger, Colonel Monroe Ed-
wards, had been tried before Judge Kent. on the 14th inst.,
upon a charge of forging a letter of credit in the name of
Maunsell, White, and Co., of New Orleans, for 30,000 dol-
lars, and defrauding thereby Messrs. Brown, Brothers, and
Co., of New York, of that amount. The learned judge en-
tered into a very lengthy charge to the jury, explaining fully
the law of the case, and detailing the particulars of the frau-
dulent transaction—at the close of which, after some legal
exceptions had been taken by the prisoner's counsel, the
jury retired. On the morning of the 15th instant, at ten
o'clock, the court was opened, and the jurors, having an-
swered that they had agreed upon a verdict, rendered a ver-
dict of guilty as charged in the indictment. Edwards, who
had up to that moment felt confident that the jury would dis-
agree, turned as pale as marble, but not a muscle of his
countenance moved—taking a pinch of snuff, he resumed in
a few moments the air of impudent assurance which has
marked his conduct throughout the trial.
It will be remembered that that the Rhadamanthus, go-
vernment steam-ship, sailed from Portsmouth a few days be-
fore the Britannia left this port, with a special messenger
from the foreign office carrying out despatches to Lord
Ashburton. The two vessels arrived at Halifax the same
day, on the morning of the 16th instant, as will be seen by a
paragraph above.
The special messenger for Washington who came out in
her sailed in the Britannia on the same day for Boston—to
proceed with the utmost expedition, with the despacthes en-
crusted to his care for Lord Ashburton.
The Rhadamanthus remains yet at this port, and until the
arrival of the steamer to-day, it was very uncertain what
might be her destination.
It was not intended that the Rhadamanthus should pro-
ceed to New York, unless in case of the non-arrival of the
Cunard steamer, the measure of sending out a separate ves-
sel having been more for the certainty of transmission of
these important papers than from any expectation of superior

bareels of pots were sold at 5,25 dollars, and 50 of pearls at
5,62;1 dollars. Cotton.—The sales yesterday amounted to
about 600 bales.

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, June 15.—EXCHANGE.—
FORM GN.—There is not much doing to-day in bills on Eng-
land, and we continue quotations at 7 a 74- per cent premium.

obipping intelligenct

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FRIDAY, Jt

24.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W. moderate

ARRIVED.—Mary White, Wakeham, and Inglewood, Kerr, from
Calcutta—Mertoun. Kenn, and Princess Charlotte, King, from
Bombay—Young Queen, Reed, from China—Arequipa, and Geor-
gina, from Valparaiso—Satisfaction, from Bonny—Hope, Soule,
from New Orleans—Speed, Ellis, from Mobile—North America,
from Charleston—Caledonia, Knight, from Apalachicola—South
America, Bailey, from New York—Osprey, Way, from Alexandria
—Pomona, Penny, from Trieste—J amadina, from Barletta—
Douro. Bale, from Oporto—Edward, Braudhoff, from Danric—
Romulus, from Halifax—and Cumberland, from Sydney; sailed
17th February, and from Bahia 30th April.

Ellen German, Cumming, from Puerto Cabello, at this port ;
sailed Sth May. The John Winch sailed on the 3rd May for •La-
guira. to load for the Downs for orders The John Brooks sailed
on the 6th May for Laguira, to load for Liverpool
Trinidad Packet, sailed from Barbadoes for Liverpool 20th May
Octavia. Bayfield, hence at Lima
Supeib, hence at Jamaica
Los Ninos, Lancerica, hence at Havana
Clyde, hence at Tampico
Alleghany, Michaels, hence at Philadelphia

Gazelle, hence at Genoa
Gipsy, Daxis, hence at Texel
Industry, Powditch, hence at Bridle
Britannia, hence at Bahia
Apparition, hence at Barbadoes
Adams, Gray ; Genessee, Lombard ; Lord Seaton, Fitzsimons ;
George, 'Thompson ; Tyrone, Jackson ' • Eben Preble, Maley ;
Bornholm, Nasson ; Craton, Gay; and Gossypium, hence at IA ew
Orleans
Superb, Hamilton—Science; Adams—Sheffield, Allen—Liver-
pool, Spence—Liberty, Norton—Queen, Hutchinson—Agnes Gil-
more. Berrill—Jessie, Barker—and Princess, Vaughan, hence at
New York
Great Western, (steamer) hence at New York 4th June
Agnes, Davidson—Champion, Cochran—and Burley, hence at
Sydney
Copeland, hence for China, was spoken 25th April, in lat. 14 S,
long. 20 W
Gleneira, hence for Sincapore, was spoken gth June, in lat. 47,
long. 16 _
Apollo, hence for Havana, was spoken 11th June, in lat. 46
long. 18
Hand of Providence, hence for Constantinople, was spoken Bth
May, in lat. 30,, long.l 8
Aimwell, Hesse, hence for Sydney, was spoken in lat. 1 N, long.
15 W
Nabob, hence for Sydney. was spoken early in February, by the
Sarah, arrived at Sydney
Limena, Freme, hence at Dominica, and sailed 14th May for St.
Vincent
Britannia, Higginson, from Curacoa, at Amsterdam
Woden, from Copiapo, at Swansda
Irt, Pletcher, from Pernambuco, at Falmouth
Wanderer, Hines. from St. Lucia. at Dublin
British Queen, (steamer) from New York, at Cowes ; sailed 7th
June
- Daniel Grant, Minty, sailed from Guayaquil, for St. Helena and

Lima 7th March
ST. THOMAS, May 27.—The Indian, Scott, from Liverpool and
Trinidad, for Santa Martha, was wrecked on Ayes Reef, near Bo-
nayre, 11th June. Crew saved.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25. —Wind W.S.W. fresh

LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JUNE 27,

The currency of new Butter may be rated 2s per cwt. higher
since this day se'nnight ; at which, we experience an improved
demand. Favourite brands of Belfast and South Country Butter,
are saleable at 82s to 83s,—and as it is understood that there are
several extensive orders in the various Irish markets, on London
account,—we may not expect, heavy imports to this place, for some
time to come, and consequently look for steady prices. Pickled
Butter 80s per cwt. Provisions unaltered. Bacon 46s to 475, and
tolerably brisk.