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teacher pointed out the child who had been crying, seated on
the step of the street door leading to the infant school yard ;
but, to satisfy himself that no child was in the infant school,
he went to the window, and knocked, and called, but
without obtaining any reply, and having thus satisfied him-
self that no one was in the infant school, told the infant
teacher, who did not examine the school. She saw the child
who had been crying, and she was assured that no one was
in the school, and was, in my opinion, quite justified in
taking no further notice of the matter.
J. C. speaks of the "terrified look" of the "imprisoned
child ;" the child was found, as I said, in the school-room,
and not in the cloak-room ; its only terror on being found
was lest its mother should beat it for going into the cloak-
room, and when at my house was delighted at the reception
it met with in being presented with some food, while the mo-
ther said she should certainly send the child to school again,
though she has not yet done so.

I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
FREDERIC BARKER

Edge-hill, June 13th, 1812.
P.S.—I omitted to mention that the mother made no appli-
cation to the mistress when her child was missing; this,
which would have been the most natural course, and in case
of children straying on their way home is frequently done,
would have been the means of discovering the child immedi-
ately.

[We have erased a few words from Mr. Barker's letter, as
they do not seem to afford any reply to Mr. Coiquhoun, and
are only unnecessary remarks on the freedom of the press.
We have been most egregiously misled if the facts turn out
as represented by Mr. Barker, and shall have more to say
when we have made a little further enquiry into the matter.]

A. PEER AND HIS TENANTRY.

We beg to refer the following " address" from the Mar-
quis of Donegal to the electors of Belfast, to the Committee
of Privileges. If it be not an undue and illegal interference
of a peer with the liberty of election—and in his own town
too, and with his own tenants—we know not what a breach
of privilege means. Oh !if the Earl of Roden bad addressed
such a letter as this to the electors of Dundalk on behalf of
his son Lord Jocelyn—what convulsions our radical cotem-
poraries would be in.? But it is ever thus with that party.
A thorough going whig may steal a sheep with impunity,
while an honest-minded tory cannot look over the wall with-
out being assailed :

CTORS OF 13ELFAST

GENTLEMEN,—I beg to inform you that it is the inten-
tion of my son, Lord Hamilton Chichester, to offer himself
as one of the candidates at the ensuing election, for the ho-
nour of representing your borough in parliament.
" I have, therefore, to request that you will do me the
favour of keeping your suffrages unpledged, until he shall
have an opportunity of doing so.—l have the honour to be,
gentlemen, your obedient servant,

" DONEGAL

" Ormeau, 7th Jae."

"GREAT BRITAIN" IRON STEAMSHIP,

(From Grantham on Ironfor Shipbuilding.)
The scientific world is awaiting with intense interest the
completion of the iron ship the " Great Britain,"now build-
ing at Bristol, and better known as the " Mammoth." I
have been favoured by Mr. Guppy, the managing director of
the company to which she belongs, with her dimensions,
which are truly gigantic. They are as follows :
Length of keel _ _ 289 feet.
320 ~
51 ~ •

gth from figure head to tafrail .

Total depth from underside of the upper
deck to the keel

31 „ 4 inches
Draft of water when loaded l6 ~
Tonnage, per old measurement, about.. 3500 tons.
Displacement of water when drawing 16
feet, about..
The plates of the keel are from iths of an inch thick in
the middle, to 1 inch at the ends ; and all the plates under
water are from *ths to 3 inch, at the top, except the upper
plate, which is iths. She is clencher-built, and double-
rivetted throughout. Towards the extremities, and quite
aloft, the thicknesses are reduced gradually to 7-16ths.
The ribs are framed of angle-iron, 6 inches by 3i, by 4-
inch thick at the bottom of the vessel, and 7-16ths thick at
the top, The mean distance of the ribs from centre to cen-
tre is 14 inches ; and all these ribs will be doubled ; the dis-
tance is then increased to 18 inches, and then gradually to.
21 inches at the extremities.
The boiler platform is of plate iron, supported upon ten
iron kelsons, of which the centre ones are 3 feet 3 inches deep.
These kelsons are formed, like the floorings, of iron plates
placed on edge.
The hull is divided into five distinct compartments by
means of substantial water-tight iron bulkheads.
The decks, which are of wood, consist of the cargo deck,
two cabin decks, and the upper deck.

The Rev. Jacob Picton, incumbent of St. Stephen's
Church, in this town, is about to resign the pastoral charge
of that flock, having accepted a curacy in a rural district in
Staffordshire. We believe the next presentation is in the hands
of the rectors of Liverpool.

THE FUNDS SATURDAY EVENING.—The English funds,
with barely such good quotations as they closed yesterday,
remained quiet throughout the day, business being very
limited. Consols for the account closed 911 to ; 3 per
Cents. Reduced, 911 to 92 ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 1001 to
1; Bank Stock. 167 to 168 ; Exchequer-bills, 495. to 50s.
premium ; and India Bonds, 225. to 245. premium. Quota-
tions were not affected in any material degree by the dealings
in foreign seeurities. Spanish Actives left off 221 to 1;
Ditto. New, 231 to ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 374 to 38 ;
Ditto, 3 per Cents., 22 to 4 ; Mexican, 364 to 37 ;. putch,
21 per Cents., 521 to 53 ; Columbian, 26 to ; Chihan, 87
to 89 ; Brazilian, 661 to 674 ; and Belgian, 102 to 101
FATAL ACCIDENT WHILE BATHING..--011 Sunday last,
a young man named William Gregory was drowned while
bathing on the Cheshire shore, between Tranmere and Rock
Ferry. The deceased, who was about 24 years of age, and
unmarried, was employed as a general servant by Mr. Whal-
ley, of the Adelphi Hotel, Woodside. He stripped about 12
o'clock, and went into the water near a place called Gunner's
Pool—a sort of rut or hole in the sand silt opposite to the
Sloyne, and which, like many other small indentures in the
banks of our river, is dangerous for bathers who cannot
swim. It is supposed that he got into the gut, and finding
himself suddenly out of his depth, became aware of his dan-
ger and soon afterwards sunk. He rose to the surface more
than once, and shouted for assistance; but though there were
some bathers at no great distance, they were either alarmed
for their own safety, or could not reach him in time ; and he
sank to rise no more. Information was immediately con-
veyed to Mr. Whalley, who lost no time in hastening to the
spot ; but the body was not found until the retiring of the
tide, when it was picked up near the spot where the cata-
strophe occurred. It was conveyed to Mr. Quigley's, the
Queen's Arms, Tranmere, where the inquest will be held
this day, before Mr. Churton, the coroner for the district.
The deceased was, we learn, a young man of good character.

We have heard from good authority, that Government are
in possession of information from Jellalabad, three days later
than what has been given to the public, by which the grati-
fying fact is known that General Pollock bad effected a
junction with Sir R. Sale, and that the united force would be
competent for offensive operations.—Hampshire Telegraph.
The Bristol and Exeter Railway Company have petitioned
parliament in favor of Bristol, as the most suitable port of
communication between this country and Ireland.
Sir Charles Metcalfe, the late Governor of Jamaica, is
daily expected from the West Indies.
Lord Middleton has disposed of his estates in the county
of Waterford. They brought nearly £20,000.
THE HAY HARVEST.—Haymaking is becoming pretty
general, and the crops are good, although the drought of the
last fortnight has, to some extent, diminished them, and in
many parts of the couutry the want of rain is beginning to
be felt severely.—Morning Herald.
SIR JOSEPH LITTLEDALE.—We regret to learn that this
excellent Judge and most estimable man is labouring under
severe bodily infirmities, and, although no immediate danger
is apprehended, his situation is such as to give the utmost
pain to his friends, and precludes the most remote hope of
his recovery.
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, SATURDAY. Every, thing
up to the present moment is going on triumphantly for Mr.
Colphoun, the conservative candidate, who, since his arri-
val in the borough on Tuesday last, has met in all quarters
with the most favourable and cordial reception. Having
had two clear days start of his opponent (Mr. Harris, the
late radical candidate), he has been fortunate enough to
to secure the votes of many of the neutral and wavering
amongst the electors, who generally hold back till the last
moment. Mr. Colquhoun has taken every possible oppor-
tunity of informing the electors of his political opinions,
and his unflinching adherence to the government of Sir
Robert Peel, whose measures he has explained, and strongly
contrasted with the weak, vacillating, and do-nothing policy
of the whig ministry. He expresses his confidence as to
the result of the election ; but under any circumstances he
has the highest legal authority for saying that Mr. Harris
is disqualified for sitting as the representative of the borough
in parliament.
MANSLAUGHTER.--A shocking affray, by which the life of
one man has been forfeited, and the liberty of another will
be sacrificed, took place in the establishment of Mr. Richard
Eede Marshall, ironmonger, of this town, last Wednesday.
Two men in the employ of Mr. M., named Alfred Pensom
;oh ethloaitrtewr
obrkei ntgb
the
t nexttle
and William Hall, were on friendly terms together, and used
to send for their beer from a neighbouring public-house
acntomatbmienegp, int of beer had been set
jointly : on Tuesday afternoon Pensom sent
poennesoomf the lads.
blow
, in mlfoitilorrean absent.pintno ,foifa
Ball
beerOd discovered
ctiohnveeHrea menl
that
up to him, and unfortunately grew very passionate eoncern
bthlowoning it, abusing Pensom very outrageously.
con-
sequence of the abusive terms, struck Hall a
face, sharp, but not very serious ; Hall, infuriated ;on the
; the poor fellow
Barrett, Esq.,
pas-
sion, snatched up a sledge-hammer, and inflicted aw'
hours ! An in-
quest head with the murderous weapon
died from the effects in less than twenty-four
quest was held on Thursday before J. Bar
when the jury returned a manslaughter coroner,
Hall. Hall absconded immediately after against William
i of the assault was known.—Cheltenham jr the serious nature
Journal.
COMMITTAL OF A SOCIALIST L
tenham Police-office, on Friday,LECTURER.—At the Chel-
tenham
lecturer and editor of the
Georgee Jacob Holyoake,
charged with blasphemy. The • Oracle of Reason, 11.!
dis-
cussion on the existence of the Deity,prisoner was eaed in s
In-
stitution, at that place, on the at the Mechanics' _
24th of May The witness"
against him were two compositors ' the Chelten-
ham Chronicle office,
one
of
whomrs employad in , .___,.sed
James Bertram► aci"'
that the prisoner, while deliveringe colo-
a lecture upon hom -
nisation, said, in answer to a question put to him, by one or
his audience, " that he thought the people of th° cgeullietvrye
were too poor to have any religion; that he did
Andliave the
there was such a thing as a God, and that he w_ ice
e.ens—place
Deity served as the overnment treated the setotu-- Henry
them on half-pay." The other witness, We;sple were too
Pearce, deposed that the prisoner said " th?, for my part, I
poor to have any religion •, and be addefd,s
.. religion are wor-
shippers no religion at all ; those who Plestlieee is such a thing
of Mammon. Ido not belie,
..pd for the prosecution,
as a God." Mr. Bubb, who aPPetitiaw of the land, vvhich
said be should proceed on the coot the existence or provi-
provided that any person wholeinto fine, corporal punish-
dence of the Deity shall belt, bench then committed him
ment, and imprisonment. 1 jin £lOO, and two sureties in
for trial, allowing bail, Wore' aiting to offer bail, but Mr.
ui v;
£5O each. Persons were
.rsoner should give 24 hours' notice.
Bubb required that
lt)hacekPto prison.
He was then taken
, , —The first traces that I can dis-
coverlßON CANAL poAcrt.o.n
of iron vessels, are wall
of the contstrisu
h country. Of these, a fese built
for the canals of t
back as forty years since and.believe,
were built as far . , it is stated by
have ban a good opportunity of k •
those who
still be in existenc flowing, that
some of them the trs;YAssociation in Glasgow,e.During the meet-
ing of the
d Bonnthe subject of iron after a paper had
been rea.
ted facts, which had vessels, several gentlemen
communicated come within their own know
t to th •
ledge, with re.sPec.. eir early introduction•
-
writing on this subject 9 states that a • nen On
shire was at that time cnttin,, u gentleman in Stafford-
had been at work twenty-eight some iron vessels which
page, was engaged in building years. My partner, Mr.
upwards of thirty years since several canal boats of iron,
vessels in Staffordshire, ; . and I have myself seen iron
date of the construct' of a still greater age, but the precise
These facts are isn of which I could not ascertain.
has long beeninteresting, not only as proving that the sub-
jectas evidence of
the
under the attention of practical men, but
points to which I es
strength and durability of iron vessels,
hall hereafter more fully allude.—Grant-
ham on Iron as a Material for Shipbuilding.