The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-30 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Hargreaves, of Leeds, has given a Munificent dona-
tion of £lOOO towards liquidating the debt of the Wesleyan
Missionary Society.—Leeds Times.
It is stated as a fact, that the first observation the Duke of
Wellington made, when fairly put on motion on the Liver-
pool and Manchester Railway, at its first opening, was to
this effect :—" This will be most efficient for the conveyance
of troops."
The Berkshire Chronicle states, that at a vestry meeting
of the parish of Tilehurst, held on Thursday week, it was re-
solved to raise the assessment of the Great Western Railway
from £3OO to about £lOOO per mile. There are two miles of
the line in that parish.
Mr. Pitt, on one occasion when some measures of his were
thought by the higher aristocracy to be prejudicial to their
interest, as Sir Robert Peel's are now viewed by certain
members of that body, is reported to have said, that he con-
sidered the first duty of government was to provide an ample
supply of food for the people.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—About six o'clock on Thursday
evening three young men from Arundel left the harbour at
Littlehampton, in a small galley, with the intention of going
for a night's cruise as far as the Owers Light, off Bognor, or
to the Isle of Wight, promising to write to their friends in
the event of their reaching the island. Sunday arriving
without any intelligence from the party, serious apprehensions
were entertained for their safety, more especially as a sudden
squall, resembling a whirlwind, and lasting only a few mi-
nutes, had been felt along the coast, accompanied by a change
of the wind from south-east to south-west. A few minutes
after the change the boat was discovered by the crew of the
Owers, half a mile distant, but it was not afterwards seen.
Subsequently, however, the boat's rudder, stern-sheets, and
oars, a basket, and hat, identified as belonging to the party,
were picked up, and the conclusion is that the boat was cap-
sized, and the three young men met with a watery grave.
The unfortunate gentlemen were a Mr. Carter, of a respec-
table family in Norfolk, articled to Mr. Duke, solicitor, of
Arundel • Mr. Edward Constable, aged 20, son of a brewer
at Arundel ; and a young man named Clear, also connected
with Constable's brewery.

WINDSOR CASTLE.—PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT THE
INTRUSION OF STRANGERS.—Since the late mysterious en-
trance effected into the interior of Windsor Castle, by the
man Quested, on the night of Monday week, such precau-
tions have beer. determined upon and carried into effect as
will effectually prevent, for the future, the possibility of the
privacy of the Sovereign being invaded by the intrusion of
unknown and suspicious characters. The police, who are
stationed at the only entrance which it is possible for a
stranger to pass through, and who formerly went on for
night duty at eleven o'clock, and left at six in the morning,
now commence their duties several hours earlier in the even-
ing and remain until eight o'clock the next morning, from
which hour the usual porters upon the Royal establishment
are in constant attendance throughout the day, and until late
in the evening. It is to be hoped that the groat vigilance
now exercised by the respective officials connected with the
department in which they are engaged, will be the means of
frustrating any further attempts (should they be made) to
intrude into the interior of the Castle to the great annoyance
of every one concerned with the Royal Household.

AWFUL THUNDER-STORM.—COUNTY OF LUUTII.-011
Friday last, at six o'clock, as the family of Mr. Piers Murphy,
himself, his mother, sister, and three children, one of whom
was Miss Rose Murphy, of Newry, at present on a visit
there, were sitting at tea in a small parlour at the western
end of his house, the neighbourhood was visited with a vio-
lent thunder-storm ; a flash or ball of fire descended through
the chimney, splitting a great part of the gable wall and
chimney, breaking through the bedroom, and literally ex-
ploding in the apartment where the family were assembled—
breaking two large framed pictures, shivering the chimney-
piece to atoms, damaging the ceiling and room plastering in
different places, perforating the clock-case in three different
parts, and, most singular, breaking the cups and saucers on
the table were the parties were sitting. The room was bril-
liantly lighted with flame—breaking the window-frames,
glass, &c., into atoms, and wreaking its awful fury on the
individuals present. The parties endeavoured to make their
escape, but Mr. Murphy (who, with his mother, had been
previously struck and scorched most dreadfully), having
recollected that one of the children present was lying on ►he
floor, returned, and found it to be his cousin, Miss Murphy,
who had been struck by a piece of the shattered chimney..
piece, and lay prostrate. He brought her to the open air,
when, after the lapse of fifteen minutes, she partially re-
covered, and is now doing well. Nothing hut the hand of
Divine Providence can account for the miraculous escape of
the inmates, and is attributed (in the words of many poor
and starving persons) to the charitable generosity of Miss
Murphy. Two cows and a horse have been killed within a
few perches of Mr. Murphy's. A woman named Byrne is
lying dangerously ill from the same effect. A dog belonging
to Mr. Owen Byrne, of Lanett, was also killed on the spot.
—Newry Examiner.

AWFUL VISITATION.—THE CROPS.—On Friday, the
19th instant, the neighbourhood of the Island for about three
miles round was visited by the most dreadful thunder-storm
ever recollected by the oldest inhabitant. About two o'clock
in the afternoon, the fine blue sky, which wore such a pleas-
ing aspect up to that moment, suddenly became dark and
cloudy—so dark that one could scarcely discern his own hand.
The most terrific peals of thunder, accompanied by vivid
flashes of lightning and tremendous hailstones, ensued, the
latter as large as pigeons' eggs. This was followed by a
waterspout, as if the cataracts of heaven had opened, which
lasted for two hours and a half, leaving a flood that carried
away all before it. The destruction committed on the corn
crops fit for the sickle is really heartrending ; the fine fields
of corn, particularly oats, are literally thrashed out of the
ear. Even green oats did not escape. There was one field
of oats of fifty acres, belonging to Mr. Bolton, which was
fit to cut, and by far more than half of which is lost; indeed,
every field where the shower fell has suffered incalculably.
From inquiries we have made since the above particulars
reached us, we are happy to say that no injury has been sus-
tained by the crops except in the neighbourhood of the
Island ; but it is melancholy to reflect on the privations
which this awful visitation must impose on the poorer class
of sufferers in that district. The accounts from all other
parts of the country are of the most cheering character.—
Wexford Independent.

PRESENT To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.
—A very beautiful Arabian mare (the only one which has
been permitted to leave the country for many years past, and
which arrived in England a few days since) has just been
presented to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Windsor,
from the English Consul at Morocco. The mare, which for
symmetry may almost be said to be unequalled, is of a dark
gray colour, standing 15 hands high, and not more than two
years old, and of the purest Arab blood. It reached Windsor
by the Great Western Railway from town a day or two since,
and immediately upon its arrival it was taken to the quad-
rangle, where it was seen by the Queen and the Prince, and
several of the members of the Royal household, by whom it
was greatly admired. Its mane has been cut previously to
its leaving Morocco (a plan adopted in that country with
respect to all mares bred there), and the only "drawback"
to its beauty and general appearance is that of a hog-mane ;"
but it is expected that in a few months, with the care and
attention which will be bestowed upon it, this will be reme-
died by means of the usual training which it will be subjected
to. The mare, which is now at the Royal Mews, Windsor,
will ultimately be placed in the paddocks at Cumberland-
lodge, under the care of Mr. Quarton, His Royal Highness's
stud-groom, for the purpose of raising a stock in this country
from the purest blood of Arabia.
DEATH OF LIEUT.-GEN. LORD VIVIAN, LATE MAS-
TER-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE.—lntelligence was
received last night, which caused the deepest regret in the
garrison at Woolwich, that Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon.
Richard Hussey Lord Vivian had died in Germany. This
brave and gallant officer, on being appointed Master-Gen.
of the Ordnance, on the 19th of May, 1835, performed the
duties of his office with great zeal and ability, and by his
urbanity, kindness, and attention to all was universally
looked upon as the officers' and soldiers' friend. His lord-
ship continued master-general until the accession of the
present government to power, in September, 1841, when he
retired, having previously been raised to the peerage by the
government of which he was a member. Lord Vivian was
born on the 28th of July, 1773, and entered the army as an
ensign on the 31st July, 1793 ; promoted to lieut. 20th of
Oct., 1793 ; captain, 7th of May, 1794 ; major, 9th of March,
1803; lieutenant-colonel, 28th of September, 1804; colonel,
20th of February, 1812; major-general, 4th of June, 1814 ;
and lieutenant-general, 22d of July, 1830. The lieutenant-
general served in Flanders and Holland, under the Duke of
York from June, 1794, until the return of the army in 1795.
He was present at the sortie from Nuneguen, and was left
with a picquet of the 28th regiment, in conjunction with
other picquets, to hold it after the retreat of the army. He
was present in the affair of Geldermalsen, in which his regi-
ment (the 28th) suffered severely, and in other skirmishes.
His lordship was also present in all the different battles
which took place during the expedition to the Helder, ex-
cepting in the landing. Commanded the 7th hussars in the
campaign under Sir John Moore in 1808 and 1809. Com-
manded a brigade of cavalry in the Peninsula from Sept.
1813, until the return of the army ; including the battles of
Orthes, Nive, and Toulouse. He was severely wounded in
carrying the bridge of Croix d'Orade, near Toulouse, and
served at the battle of Waterloo. Lord Vivian received a
medal and one clasp for Sahagun, and Benevente, and Orthes.
His lordship's death causes a vacancy in the Ist dragoons,
of which regiment he was colonel.
A crime, attended with an exhibition of depravity and
barbarity but rarely equalled, engaged the attention of the
Court of Assizes for the Gard, held at Nismes, during one of
its recent sittings. Etienne Perrier, a man years of age,
was brought before it to be tried for the murder of his wife,
under the following circumstances. It appeared from the
evidence, that at the end of January last, Jane Perrier, the
deceased, was discharged from the central prison of Mont-
pellier, where she had undergone confinement during a cer-
tain period for a theft of which she had been convicted.
She brought away with her the petty sum of 40 francs only,
and yet the possession of this was believed to have been the
exciting cause of her death. OnWednesday, the 2d February
last, this woman and her husband came to occupy a room
in the house of the widow Durand, in the rue Payee, at
Nismes, and both were seen entering it together about seven
o'clock in the evening of the next a.y, but from that hour
the woman was never more beheld alive. On the Satnsday
following, Madame Durand went to the well to draw water,
but was prevented by some solid body lying at the bottom.
She obtained the assistance of some persons with long poles
having hooks at the end, and by means of these it was soon
ascertained that the impediment was a dead body. The
commissary of police being sent for, in his presence it was
raised, and ascertained to be the corpse of a female, but so
mutilated that she could not at once be identified. The
head was fractured, the throat cut. and the face so disfigured
that the features could not be recognised. All the lodgers
and other inhabitants of the house were summoned round
the magistrate, and all appeared except Perrier and his wife.
On proceeding to their apartment, the door was found shut,
, but the key was outside. On entering the room, the follow-
ing evidence of crime, under the most savage deliberation,
was disclosed. The bed showed that one person had slept
in it. It had no marks of violence, but there was a stain of
pnagr-ty
w e sas
blood on the bolster, which indicated that some victim had
been struck in sleep. A mass of clotted blood was found
ano-
ther neeeanfir. chair, and behind the door a marmite (an earthen
s se cooking-vessel)
seen apa l ledwiritohf blilnoeond
pwaanstadliosoconvse,rkendo.wlntoanboe:
long to Perrier, still exhibiting blood-stains, though endea-
vours had evidently been made to wash them out. From
these and other features, it was impossible to come to any
other conclusion than that when he had rendered his wife
senseless by the blows inflicted
piuponplaced
dh ehre,r, hehe
ahad
betweentaken herhis
out of the bed, and deliberately
knees and cut her throat
clotted gore, where it still a knife
which he left near the
it was subsequently ascertained
dovered with blood, and which
he had bought on the morn-
ing of the murder. That the
thatc foodund in the well, was
acs°r of the person murdered
in the room was the same
spolafcbelto the other. Several of
the witnesses testified to the repeated
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hwhich could be very
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quarrels between this
degraded couple, one of whom, Perrier,was
drunkard, and both were thieves, for the man an inveterate
as well as the
woman had been in the hands of justice for robbery. It
appears that long before the murder he had attempted t
to
• wife. She was sense
drown his found floating less near the
bank of the ricer, but was taken out and resuscitated. pi.,
her first coming to her senses she exclaimed, " Ah! le bri-
gand ! " but could never afterwards be prevailed upon to
accuse him or any one else of the act • On the present
charge the jury, after half an hour's deliberation, delivered
a verdict of guilty, but without premeditation, whereupon
the court sentenced the prisoner to hard labour at lie hulks
for life.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Eleven o'clock.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FROM WINDSOR CASTLE.

(Frain Last Night's London Standard.)
Her Majesty left Windsor Castle this morning about five
o'clock, and proceeded to the Slough Station, where the
state carriage of the Great Western Railway was in readi-
ness to convey the Court by special train to Paddington.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert and suite,
proceeded from Paddington over Vauxhall Bridge to Wool-
wich, attended by a military escort.
In consequence of the early hour her Majesty passed along
the line of road almost unobserved ; but when seen she was
loudly and enthusiastically cheered.

ARRIVAL AND EMBARKATION OF HER MAJESTY
AT WOOLWICH. _

At a quarter before seven o'clock it was ascertained that
the Royal cortege was approaching. In a few minutes after-
wards a discharge of cannon from the Dock-yard battery
announced the arrival of her Majesty, Prince Albert, and
suite. The band of the Royal Marines immediately played
the National Anthem, and the soldiers of that gallant corps
presented arms.
Her Majesty and Court arrived in three of the Royal
travelling carriages and four, preceded by outriders, and
escorted by a detachment of Light Dragoons.
The Queen and Prince Albert occupied the first carriage.
In the other carriages were the Duchess of Norfolk, the
Lady-in-Waiting ; the Hon. Miss Matilda Paget, the Maid
of Honour; Colonels Bouverie and Wylde, Equerries in
Waiting ; Capt. Meynell, and the Hon. G. E. Anson,
treasurer to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Earl
of Morton, the Lord in Waiting, arrived sometime previous.
On the arrival of the Royal Carriages, they drove at a slow
pace down the Dockyard to the landing steps of the pier.
Her Majesty was handed out of her carriage by the Earl of
Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain, and the Earl of Liverpool,
Lord Steward, and was immediately conducted to the Admi-
ralty barge.
On her Majesty alighting his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge kissed her hand, and shortly afterwards gave a
most affectionate kiss on the cheek, bidding her farewell, and
wishing her a safe and happy voyage. Her Majesty was at-
tended down the steps by Sir George Cockburn, and handed
into the barge by the Earl of Haddington. Prince Albert
immediately followed.
The Queen and his Royal Highness appeared in excellent
health and spirits, and, as the barge proceeded to the Royal
yacht, they were most enthusiastically cheered. Her \la-
jesty smiled very grajously, and bowed repeatedly in answer
to the cheers with which she was greeted.
Her Majesty was attired in a blue silk dress, a white silk
bonnet, and wore a splendid shawl of Paisley manufacture.
His Royal Highness was dressed in plain clothes, over
which he had a military cloak with red collar, and had on a
travelling cap.
Sir Francis Collier had the honour of steering the Admi-
ralty barge, and on its arrival alongside the royal yacht, her
Majesty was received by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, an d
was assisted up the accommodation ladder, that had been
rigged expressly for the occasion, and covered with flags, by
Mr. Breaks, the secretary to the senior officer in command.
As soon as her Majesty was afloat, the yards of the differ-
ent vessels that comprised the squadron and others in com-
mission in the river were manned, and formed a very impo-
sing and gratifying spectacle, and as her Majesty stepped on
board the royal yacht, the sailors loudly cheered. It was
caught up by the men of the other vessels and was continued
on the shores on both sides. The Royal standard was then
struck on board the barge, and immediately hoisted to the
mainmast of the Royal George, and another discharge of
cannon announced that the Sovereign had embarked.
In a few minutes afterwards the Earl of Delewarr, Lord
Chamberlain; the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward ; the
Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse ; the Earl of Morton,
Lord in Waiting ; Colonel Bouverie ; Captain Meynell ;
Hon. J. C. Anson ; the Duchess of Norfolk, Lady in
Waiting, and some few other attendants on her Majesty
and Prince Albert, were on hoard, and precisely as the clock
struck seven, the Royal yacht was under weigh, and towed
by the Monkey steamer, proceeded down the river amidst
the continued cheers of those assembled.
As the Royal yacht moved on, the different vessels saluted
her by a discharge of guns.
Sir James Clarke, M.P., her Majesty's Physician, ac-
companied the Queen on her voyage, and will remain in
attendance until the court returns.
On the Queen and Prince Albert entering the Admiralty
barge, his Royal Highness presented the crew with a purse
containing gold.
The whole of the squadron was under the command of
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Captain of the Royal George.
It consisted of the following :
The Shearwater steam-vessel, Captain John Washington.
The Salamander steam-vessel, Commander A.S.Hammond.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander G.
Snell.
The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master Commander S. B.
Cooke.
The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master Commander T.
Lean. _ _ _

_
The Fearless, steam-vessel, Captain F. Bullock.
The Lightning steam-vessel was ordered by his lordship
to precede the Royal George, and consequently led the way
down the river. _ _

The other steam-vessels followed in the wake of the Royal
Yacht, according to the seniority of their commanders.
The Salamander steam-vessel, being of larger draught of
water, was ordered off sooner ; but in getting under weigh
she fouled with the moorings of a hulk, and broke some part
of her paddle-wheel. The damage was speedily repaired,
and she proceeded to her destination about half an hour after
the squadron had departed.
Orders were given yesterday to have the " steam up" at
five o'clock this morning.
The steam-boats from London did not arrive in time to
witness her MAesty's embarkation. One boat proceeded
down the ;river afterwards, but in consequence of the un-
propitious state of the weather it only contained a few pas-
sengers.

The Pique, 36, Captain Stopford,
The Daphne, 17, sloop, Captain James Onslow,
And the, Wolverine, 18, sloop, will, with all the yachts be-
longing to the members of the Royal Yacht snuadron, join
her Majesty at the Nore, and attend her to Scotland.
The Camperdown, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness, has been
removed from her moorings to the Nore, to salute the Royal
squadron on passing.
By eight o'clock the town of Woolwich had assumed its
usual quietude, and most of the distinguished visitors had
taken their departure.

GRAVESEND.
Shortly after nine o'clock the Royal squadron hove in
sight. The Royal yacht at this time was towed by a second
steam-vessel, the Monkey tug being found insufficient in
power.

On her Majesty arriving off Tilbury Fort she was received
by a royal salute from the guns of the fortress, and the troops
in the garrison were drawn out and presented arms. On
the Gravesend shore, the inhabitants and visitors were
assembled in considerable numbers, notwithstanding the
unfavourable weather, and a general impression that her
Majesty would not arrive at so early an hour. The scene,
however, at this moment, was very animated. The royal
squadron was received with loud cheers as it passed, the
Gravesend steamers hoisted their flags, and the different
bands played " God save the Queen !" until the royal yacht
was out of sight.

THE MORE.
The following was received by Watson's Telegraph this
morning :
" The royal squadron, with her Majesty, his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, and suite, was off the Nore Light at 11
o'clock this morning. Her Majesty's yacht, Royal George,
in tow by two steamers.
" The Royal squadron was received at the Nore by a royal
salute from her Majesty's ship Camperdown (Admiral Sir
Edward Brace, C. 8.), the Pique frigate, the Daphne, and
other vessels with their yards manned.
" A great number of yachts, steamers, and boats of all
descriptions, were assembled to see her Majesty pass. The
scene is described as being most animated. Wind from the
eastward, light breezes and fine.
" In passing down the river her Majesty's yacht commu-
nicated with Watson's Telegraph Station, and reported
All's well." The royal squadron passed Herne Bay at
half-past 12 o'clock.
" At half-past 12 her Majesty's ships Pique and Daphne
were still at anchor off the Nore light."

DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF THE ARCHBISHOP

OF CANTERBURY.

With feelings of the most unfeigned regret, it becomes our
painful duty to inform our readers that the anticipations of
Dr. Howley's speedy return to convalescence, in which we
indulged during the latter part of last week, are not, owing
to the inscrutable dispensations of Providence, likely to be
realised. It will be recollected that the bulletin of Saturday
announced that his Grace had passed a good night, and that
he was gaining strength. During the whole of Saturday no
fresh symptoms exhibited themselves from which anything
like an unfavourable conclusion might be drawn ; and, as
may be gathered from the following bulletin of Sunday, the
Archbishop on the preceding night had been in a favourable
condition :
" His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury had a good
night, but has not been in so favourable a state during the
morning, his strength having rather failed during the day.
" Addington Park, Sunday afternoon."

Shotrly after breakfast, however, the most Rev. Primate's
health began to decline ; and his Grace has since continued
to tail in strength, as announce(' in the runbv.i.,b bulletin,
dated at seven o'clock this morning :
" His Grace the Archbishop has had some hours of rest-
less sleep, and is much weaker this morning.
" Addington Park, seven o'clock, Aug. 29."
The spasmodic cholera with which the Most Reverend
Primate was originally '
attacked has not at all returned • but
the severity of his illness was such as to leave his bodily
powers in that utter state of prostration, that the best medi-
cal akill has been ineffectual in restoring the tone of his cor-
poreal faculties. The Primate is in his nth year.

END OF Mn. O'CONNELL'S MAYORALTY.—Mr. O'Con-
nell has announced that he does not again assume the office
of Lord Mayor; and thus these sanguine beings who calcu-
lated so complacently on transferring the burthen of his
maintenance from his shoulders to those of the citizens of
Dublin, have that cup of consolation dashed from their lips
for the present. He assigns as his reason the impropriety
of holding civic office while so exclusively engaged in politi-
cal agitation as he says he intends henceforth to he. We
everyoec:rebduitt
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the several Lord Mayors expectant have kicked against the
proposal of keeping him perpetually in office, and that he
finds it safer to retire with a good grace than to risk a more
that
summary ejection. Be it, as it may, he goes to renew an
agitation, the cessation of which, he admits, has been
at-
tended by a decided advantage to the country.—Dublin
Mail.
A LIGHT FOR ALL NATIONS.—( 2'o the Editor of the
Standard.)—Caisson, Goodwin Sands, August IG.—Sir, I
am to inform you and the public, that at present the caisson
is sunk below the sands 16 feet at low-watermark, and that
the whole portion is now 42 feet high, being nine feet above
highwater, and that in the course of next week I hope to
add 10 feet more, with every prospect of speedily finding a
foundation suitable for the base of such an undertaking.
There has rarely been any project, howeverimportant and
beneficial, but the projetors have met with opposition; and
unfortunately, in my case there has been no exception ; for,
notwithstanding the favourable progress of the work (and
when it is considered that the caisson weighs 14 tons, and
is 30 feet in diameter, it has been equal to my most sanguine
expectation), there have been persons in the vicinity
of Deal
and Weimer diligently engaged in promulgating the most
absurd and unfounded rumours, but the best refutation of
their malicious misrepresentations is the advance made to
the completion of the object. I have the honour to be, &c.,
W. Busit, Civil Engineer.
MIND YOUR TONGUES.—Mr. Grove, of the Strafford
Arms Inn, Stainbro', plucked an apple in his garden, on
Wednesday last, which, on examination, was found to con-
tain in the interior, seventy wasps.
The first importation of Cattle into 'Sunderland, under the
new tariff, was made on Tuesday by a foreign vessel, naia?-d
Noidt Gedaclit, landing twenty-four bullocks from Flushing
for a gentleman at Durham.

A DRUNKARD.—Look at that grey-headed man, of three
score and upwards, sitting by thuway-side: He was once
an elder of the kirk ; and a pious man he was, if ever piety
adorned the temples—" the lyart buffets, wearing thin and
bare"—ofia Scottish peasant. What eye beheld the many
hundred steps that, one by one, with imperceptible grada-
tion, led him down—down—down to the lowest depth of
shame, suffering, and ruin ? For many years before it was
bruited about that Gabriel Mason was addicted to drink, his
wife used to sit weeping in the spence when her sons and
daughters were out at their work in the fields ; and the infa-
tuated man, fierce in the excitement of raw ardent spirits,
kept causelessly raging and storming through every nook of
that once so peaceful tenement, which for many happy years
had never been disturbed by the loud voice of anger or re-
proach. His eyes were seldom turned on his unhappy wife,
except with a sullen scowl or fiery wrath ; but, when they
did look on her with kindness, there was also a self-upbraid-
ing in their expression, on account of his cruelty : and at the
sight of such transitory tenderness, her heart would over-
flow with forgiving affection, and her eyes with tears. But
neither domestic sin nor domestic sorrow will conceal from
the eyes and ears of men ; and at last Gabriel Mason's name
was a bye-word in the mouth of the scoffer. One Sabbath
he entered the kirk in a state of miserable abandonment,
and from that day he was no longer an elder. To regain his
character seemed to him, in his desperation, beyond the
power of man, and against the decree of God. So he deli-
vered himself up, like a slave, to that one appetite; and in a
few years his whole household had gone to destruction. His
wife was a matron almost in the prime of life when she died ;
but, as she kept wearing away to the other world, her face
told that she felt her years had been too many in this. Her
eldest son, unable in pride or shame to lift up his eyes at
kirk or market, went away to .the city, and enlisted into a
regiment about to embark on foreign service. His two sis-
ters went to take farewell of him, but never returned ; one,
it is said, having died of a fever in the infirmary, just as she
had been made a pauper ; and the other—for the sight of
sin, and sorrow, and shame, and suffering, is ruinous to the
soul—gave herself up in her beauty, an easy prey to a de-
stroyer, and doubtless has run her course of agonies, and is
now at peace. The rest of the family dropped down, one by
one, out of sight into inferior siruations in far-off places;
but there was a curse, it was thought, hanging over the
family, and of none of them did a favourable report ever
come to their native parish ; while he, the infatuated sinner,
whose vice seemed to have worked all the woe, remained in
the chains of his tyrannical passion, .nor seemed ever, for
more than the short term of a day, to cease hugging them to
his breast.—Christopher North in his Sporting Jacket.
NAUTICAL ANECDOTE OF HE MAJESTY WHEN PRIN-
CESS VICTORIA.—It is not generally known that her Ma-
jesty is so conversant with matters of seamanship as she
really is. Before her accession to the throne of these realms,
no amusement afforded her more delight than marine ex-
cursions; and, during the summer season, her beautiful
yacht, the Emerald, was in frequent requisition. Nor were
her Majesty's trips at all times unattended with danger, and
the following instance will show that a very narrow escape
from one of the many "perils of the deep" occurred during
one of her voyages. At a time when her Majesty was round
a portion of the Isle of Wight, her favourite cruising ground,
on account of the beautiful scenery to be found there, a
breeze sprung up, and before the Emerald could get into
Cowes Roads, for which she was beating up, it freshened into
a gale. In squally weather, there is a very ugly short sea
that runs in the channel, which now washed the yacht's
deck " fore and aft." Her Majesty, however, with a degree
of nerve seldom to be found in her sex, and oftimes wanting
in a man, stayed on deck, and quietly, though carefully
attended to the efforts of the men. The pilot on board, Mr.
Saunders, was giving directions, and doing everything that a
seaman could do to bring his onerous charge safe into port,
when a sharp squall came and took the Emerald " aback,"
and crack went the topmast immediately above the " cap."
Seeing the danger, Saunders sprang to where the Queen was
standing, seized her round the waist, and had scarcely time
to deposit her farther aft, where less chance of harm existed,
when crash came the topmast down upon the deck, directly
on the spot where the Queen had stationed herself, scarcely
an instant intervening between her removal and its fall; had
it fallen on her, it must inevitably have crushed her. In
gratitude to her preserver, the Queen (then Princess) got
him appointed as a master of the navy, and after her ac-
cession to the throne she ordered him to be brought to court.
He was for come time master of the Firebrand and Royal
Yacyt steamer, (now called the Black Eagle, in honour of
the King of Prussia,) but, it is to be regretted, he is recently
dead. An ample provision has, however, been considerately
made by the Queen for his wife and family.

CONNEXION OF TRADE AND HARVESTS.—That there is
a strict and indissoluble connection between the state of
trade and commerce in any country, and the state of its
harvests, is plain from what has taken place in this country
within the last ten years. Our commercial affairs have been
prosperous or adverse just in proportion as our harvests have
been abundant or otherwise. In illustration of the truth of
this assertion, we do not know whether we can do better
than note down the average price of wheat for the last eight
or ten years, opposite to the annual surplus or deficiency in
the public revenue for these years. For the years 1832,
1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836, the account would stand as
follows :
Price of Wheat Season. Annual Surplus
per qr. of national rev.
1832 38s. 8d... Above Average 5,696
1833 525. 11d. . ~. do.
1834 465. 2d.. d 0.......

1835 395. 4d. do. 1,270,050
1836 48s. 6d.
In 1837, a series of deficient harvests set in, the effects of
which were soon perceptible on the national finances; there
being thenceforward not a surplus but a deficiency in the
annual revenues. We do not happen to be in possession of
any account of the revenue for that year, but the following
statement embraces the period extending from that year to
the present time :
Price of Wheat Season. Annual Deficiency
per qr. of national rev.
1838 645. 7d. Scarcity ... £1,428,534
1839 70s. 8d... do 430,325
1840 . 665. 4d do 1,457,133
1841 oos. 0d... .... do

BARGEMEN AND BOATMEN.—The friends of this long
neglected class will learn with satisfaction that arrangements
are being made for opening an Episcopal Floating Chapel
near this city, for the instruction of the men employed on
the river Severn and. the. Worcester and. Birmingham canal.
The venerable Society for promoting Christian Knowledge
has made a grant of £5O in aid of this benevolent design ;
and our worthy Diocesan, the Bishop of Worcester, with his
accustomed liberality, has subscribed £25. Several hand-
some donations have been added, and a few annual subscrip-
tions. We trust, that commercial men and other respectable
individuals on the line of these navigations will patronize an
Undertaking fraught with so many benefits to a body of men
proverbial for their demoralized character, yet very useful
in their station, and capable of improvement if placed under
more favourable circumstances, as has been proved in vari-
ous parts of the kingdom. Sunday traffic had a most injuri-
ous effect upon th►s class. One of the boatmen executed
at Stafford for the Rugeley murder, stated to a clergy-
man, who visited him in prison, that during the fourteen
years he had been employed on the canal he had never once
attended public worship. He was consequently in a most
awful state of ignorance. Some years ago a boatman suf.'
fered for the same fearful crime of murder at Chester. That
wretched man solemnly declared he had never heard there
was a place of reward or punishment in a future world, and
had never uttered a prayer during his whole life, till he was
committed to prison. Nothing could exceed the attention
he paid to the chaplain's instructions. These things " ought
not to be" in a country professing Christianty. It would
be well if factors, tradesmen, gm, when ordering goods to
be sent by canal, would avoid infringing on the sacred rest
of the Sabbath, a practice productive of the greatest evils.
We hail, as philanthropists, the efforts being made to raise a
degraded class of our countrymen in the scale of religion and
morals. In addition to the three churches erected on the
Weaver navigation in Cheshire, three places of public wor-
ship have been recently set apart for boatmen in Staffordshire
—in other parts of the kingdom a friendly interest has been
excited on behalf of this class, which we trust will soon be-
come universally privileged with the grant of the Sabbath,
to which as British subjects they are justly entitled. —Wor-
cester Journal.

PRICES OF SHARES, AUGUST 29.
Prices within the last seven days. This days
RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices
Bolton and Preston
Birmingham and Gloucester
....
Ditto quarter
Birmingham and Derby lOO .... 0 0 0 ....
Bristol and Exeter 7O •• • • 0 o 0 ....
Birkenhead and Chester
Ditto, new, issued at .433 dis. .... 112 6 pm.
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto new Shares .... 66 8 817 6. •••• 81 8
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto new shares 3 .... 312 6 ...
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid o 0 0 ....
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 17 10 0
....
Half Shares 9•• • • 00 0 ....
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar }5O paid 0 0 0
Greenock, and Ayr • • • •
Grand Junction lOO •• 183 0 0 ex.
Ditto half shares 5O ... • 91 0 0 ex.
Quarter 25 ... • 45 5 0 ex.
New ditto....
Great Western 65 .• • . 84 0 0 ex.
Ditto new shares 5O .• • • 60 0 0 ex. 5g 10 0
Ditto Fifth Shares 4 .....• .. 7,15 - 0 ....
Great North'of Engianil-- . lOO. ... 0-0 0 ...
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Preston .. :
Ditto Junction, new
Leicester and Svvannington 5O .... 01) 0 ....
Leeds and Selby
Liverpool and Manchester lon arg n . •• • -
Ditto quarter shares
Wt.^ half shares , 5O .• •• 85 15 0 ex. 85 15 0
London an a isinningnanz go ... • 182 0 0 ex.. 183 0 0

•
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto old shares
Ditto new
London & Brighton
.... 33 10 0 eX.
Ditto new . 7 10.. 0 0 0 ....
London and South Western
Ditto, 10th shares
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury
Manchester and Birmingham 4O .... 0 0 0 ....
Ditto and Ditto Extension
Manchester and Leeds 7O .... 0 0 0 ....
Ditto half shares
Ditto quarter shares
Midland Counties
Ditto, quarter l5 .... 0 0 0 .. • •
North Midland ' 100 .... 57 10 0.. • •
New North Midland 4O .... 28 5 0 ••••
One-third Shares
.... 19 0 0•• • •
North Union
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 0 0 0 •••
Ditto quarter shares
Ulster 25 .... 0 0 0 "• •
Paris and Rouen lB
.... 0 0 0 •• • •
South Eastern and Dover 5O
.... 22 5 0 ••••
New shares
York and North Midland 5O paid 0 . , ... .
Half Shares l5 .... o 0 0 ••••
BANKS.
Bank of Liverpool tl2 10s pa'l il o 0 0•• • •
Borough Bank lO .... o 0 0 cx. 13 12 6
Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 00000:: : •
- Commercial of England. 5 .... 0,, .0
....
East of England lO .... . " •
—of Manchester
M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 00 0 ..-
Northern and Central
0 0
....
North and South Wales lO .. • • "
Royal of Liverpool 500 .. • 0o 0 ....0
0 0 ....
South Lancashire
Albion
Liverpool Union 25 paid
100
20
60 ....
10 .. • •
_ ex.
Liverpool Banking Co lO .. • • 00 0 ...
0 0 ....
Wilts and Dorset 7 10s•

GAS, WATER WORKS, &C.
Exchange !landings £loo paid 0 0 0 ....
L'pool and Harrington Water 1 Stock . • 000 . ..
Works
Bootle Ditto. Stock.... 0 0 0 ...•
L'poo Gas Light Company, 0 0 0 •• ..
(Original Stock) 100 ....
0 0 0 ....
Ditto new Shares.... 100 . • • •
0 0
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 0 ....
Ditto new shares are now paid up. .
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
M'chester Assurance Company. 10 ... • ° 00 • '
Liverpool Fire and Life 2 105. 217 0 ...
Ocean Assurance
Liverpool Marine Assurance} 10 paid 0 0 0 , ...
an
Compy
_ DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &C. •
0 0 '0 ....
Anderton Carr in Company 16 ss.
Rock Ferry " - " "• • 20.... 000. • • •
Steam Tug Compan
19 . .
Harrington Docks y
Apothecaries' Company
Asphalte (Liverpool) 0 0 0 ....
—.---- LPOlonceau) 2 „., , 00 0 ••.?

obtptiing

FRIDAY, AUGUST 213.—Wind N.E. moderate.
SAILED.—Tapley, Gething, for China—Portsmuoth, Glover, for \ e
York—Patrick Henry, Delano, for ditto—Robert Parker, Dwight, for
ditto—Tameneud, Lovett, for New Orleans—Windsor Castle, Glover,
for Boston—Aberdeen, Duffey, for Quebec—Mabel, Nicholson, for St.
John, N.B—Julie, Baggie, for Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso--Maid
of Cashmere, Fishley, for Monte Video, &c.—Camoens, Tanner, for
Trinidad—Romulus, Auld, for Grenada—Meadea, Bockhout, for Stet-
tin—Fred. Wilhelm IV., Zeilcke, for Revel— Annechiena, l'atje, for
Groningen—Amalla, Faelders, for Riga—Nautilus, Johnson, for Dordt
—Ocean, Nicholas, for N antes—Salvator, Croce, for Civita Vecchia—
Aimwell, Stammers, for R otterdam.

Magistrate, Manney, from Old Calabar, at this port, sailed 10th June,
and from Fernando Po 15th June. On 17th Augast, in lat. 48, long.
16, spoke the Joseph _Hume, from Africa, for Liverpool, with loss of
sails and short of provisions ; supplied her with the latter.
Fr Liverpool. Hadley, from Mobile, at Liverpool. On 27th July, in lat.
26, long. 49, spoke the Barbadian, from Jamaica, at Liverpool. On sth
Aug. in lat. 41, long. 57, spoke the Elizabeth, from Honduras. On 12th
Aug. in lat. 45, long. 41, spoke the Royal Oak.
Chester, Doyle, from New York, at Liverp-01.
Patrioten, Helin, from Gamla Carleby, ditto.
Julie and Marie, Beck, from Pillau, ditto.
Ontario, - , from Liverpool, for New Orleans, was spoken 23rd
July, in lat. 25, long. 81.
Australian, -, from Liverpool, for Campeachy, was spoken in
1at,49,10ng. 8.
_ .

Queiatinleitch, . from --, for Bombay, was spoken 18th
April, in lat. 28 N. long. 18 W.
Bombay Packet, , hence at Old Calabar.
Chaos, Wise, hence at New Orleans.

Assunta, Cafiero, hence at Genoa.
Mischief, Downes, hence at ditto.
Patty, London, hence at Texel.

Beeit Schuritiga, De Vries, hence at ditto.
Onrust, Husiman, hence at Helvoet.
Anna, Wyhmeyer, hence at ditto.
Nymph, Hughes, hence at Antwerp.
Palmyra, Schreyenberg, hence at Ostend.
Elizabeth, Duff, from Liverpool, for Algiers, at Scilly
Navigator, Le Grand, from Buenos Ayres, off Cove.

SATTTIMAY,27th AUGUST.—Wind N.N.E. light.

SAILED.—Ann Jane, Rigby, for Singapore—Jane Lo;r—den, Cocker-
line, for Miramichi—Richebuctoo. Gunson, for Quebec—Clio, Pundle,
for Gibraltar, Sze. —George and Mary, Jackson, for Rouen—Boadicea,
Rowlands, for Beirout—Louisa Thompson, Betts, from Lisbon—Mi-
nerva, Marr, for Pernambuco;

Silvia, D'Arvillas, from St. Michael, at Liverpool.
Cartaretta, from Jamaica, at ditto.
()spray, Langmaid, from Lisbon, at ditto. •
rthur, Scharnberg, from Danzic, at ditto.
Monarch, from Dublin, at ditto.
Jacent, from Cork, at ditto.
George Anson, from Newry, at ditto.
Elizabeth, Miller, from Newfoundland, off Kinsale. On 14th Aug.
in lat. M, long. 14, spoke the Amelia, from Liverpool, for Newfound-
land.
Dolphin, Sisholm, from Finland, for Liverpool, at Stornaway.
Speed, -, from Liverpool, for Quebec, was spoken 9th Aug. in
lat. 43, long. 41.
Montbars, Olive, from Liverpool, at Loire.
Selma, -, hence at Matanzas.
William Reed, James, hence at St. Petersburgh.
Empress, Stmt., hence at ditto. •
Catherine, Pottinger, hence at Riga.
G. Von Essen, Schumacker, hence at Danzic.
Ann, Jardivehence at ditto.
Albion, Mace, hence at Swinnemunde.
Susannah, Lewes, hence at ditto.
Sarah, Harvey, hence at ditto.
Wanderer, Rickinson, hence at Hamburg.
Egidius, Halewyk, hence at Antwerp.
Leopold Ist, Zoetloff, hence at ditto.
Hostilina, -, hence at Leghorn, 13th Aug.

SUNDAY, 28th AUG.—Wind E. light.

SAILED.--Duffer Annetta, Kramer, for Amsterdam—Magdalena,
-Bremming, from ditto—Clio, Randle, for Gibraltar--Mary Ann, Giles,
for Lisbon—Victory, Thomas, for ditto—Volante, Farrugia, for Malta
—Aguetha, Hallander, for Riga—Anna Agatha, De Boer, for Rotterdam
—Aurora, Llewellyn, for Dordt—Juffer Fresinr, Potjer, for ditto—Mi-
nerva, Knowles, for Charleston —Kilby, Barstow, for Boston—Charlotte,
Tyson, for Jamaica—Rockshire, Duggan, for Montreal—Carmancita,
Ogenega, for Havana.

Columbia (steamer), Judkins, from Boston, at Liverpool ; sailed 16th
August, and from Halifax, 18th August, at 430 p.m On the 18th Aug.
about 20 miles outside of Halifax, spoke the Premier, Benney, from
Halifax, for Portsmouth. Ou 20th August, spoke the Dykes, from
Quebec, for Rhyl. On 27th August, spoke the Patrick Henry, from
Liverpool, for New York.
Emerald, -, from New York, at Liverpool.
Elizabeth, from Newfoundland, at ditto.
10, -, from Montreal, at ditto.
Anne and latharine, -, from Nantes, at ditto.
Johannah, - , from Danzic, at ditto.
Emilie Fredericka, , from Danzic, at ditto.
Helene, -, from Rostock, at ditto.

Braunsberg, -, from Konigsburg, at ditto.
Joseph Anderson, -, from Liverpool, for St. Petersburgh, at
Pentland Frith.

Britannia (steamer), Hewitt, from Liverpool, at Halifax, 17th Aug.
Lamport, Armstrong—Alcyone, Johnston,—Belmont, Brown—Hu.
ron, Sibbison—Robert Kerr, Agnew—and Countess of Loudon, Hut•
chinson, from Liverpool, at Quebec.
Walpole, Thomas, hence at Boston.
Constantine, Simpson, hence at ditto.
Saladin, Shaw, hence at ditto.
Alex. Edmund, Strang, hence at Halifax.
Corsair, Daly, hence at ditto.
Charles, Rennie, hence at ditto.
Charles, M'Lea, hence at St. John, N.B.
Oromucto, —, hence at ditto.
Rose, Franklin, hence at New Orleans.
Loyalist, Sayers, hence at Dalhousie.
S. Whitney, Thompson, hence at New York.
Denmark, Frost, hence at ditto.
Sarah, Miller, hence at Alexandria.
Volunteer, Reid, hence at ditto.
Little Wonder, Foster, hence at Smyrna.
Joseph Yeoward, Jones, hence at Malta.
Jane May, May, hence at Naples.
England, Johnston,from New York, at Quebec.
Ariadne, Silver, sailed from Smyrna, for Mytileue and Liverpool, Bth
August.
Swatara, from New Orleans, for Liverpool, was on shore on
the S. W. Bar, 4th August.
The Gossypium was struck by lightning, at New Orleans, 27th July,
which splintered ono of her masts.
Yarmouth, Forsyth, from Monte Video, at Cove. On 23rd July, in
lat. 19:3 N, long. 24 W, spoke the barque Congo, from the Coast of
Guinea, for Bristol, out 42 days. Left at Monte Video, the Jessie An-
derson, Morrison, the Atkinson, M'Donald, for Rio—the Franklin, and
James, for London—and the Ailsford, for Liverpool, The Reis Effendi,
and the John Blake. were to sail in a few days for Cork.
Catharine, Davis, from Liverpool, at Cove.
Penelope, Le Geyt, from Gaspee, at ditto.
Mary, Pinnel, from Newfoundland, at ditto.