The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-24 00:00:00

NATIONAL EDUCATION.

(From the Ulster Films.)
The subject of national education has long been a matter
of contention in Ireland. It has given rise to a controversy,
in one sense, not yet settled, though all men, who prefer
principle to expediency—who are willing to forego mere
temporal advantages for the sake of adherence to Scriptural
instruction and Christian truth—regard it as set at rest for
ever. Men may flatter themselves into a pleasing belief that
it cannot be far wrong to give up some of their own con-
scientious scruples, if they can thereby secure what they may
regard as substantial benefits. But it is dangerous, indeed,
to adopt such a grievously erroneous idea—an idea that, if
once carried out to its legitimate consequence, might lead to
the rejection of the most important doctrines of Christianity
itself. Besides, we ought to be fully aware of the danger of
countenancing a system which abounds with acknowledged
evils, such as the present loard of Education for Ireland,—
not to speak of the criminal and and ominous silence as to
witnessing against those evils, necessarily, it should seem,
imposed on all who have consented to receive a portion of its
funds. These remarks have been drawn from us by reading
the subjoined letter, from the pen of an able minister of the
Church of England, in reference to the subject of education,
which we shall present to our readers without further preface,
as it sufficiently speaks for itself:—

" TO THE REV. HENRY MOORE.
" DEAR SlR,—The address to Sir Robert Peel, which you
have been requested to forward to the clergy for signature,
and which, as you report, above eight hundred of them have
already subscribed, I cannot sign, even after its recent alter-
ation. I think that it still states the principle of scriptural
education most vaguely, and our chief objection to the er?
scriptural system of national education insufficiently; tsbaent_l u-
""
is further capable of being practically interpreted dir
or
which the great majority of the subscribers have
claimed, and is consequently, on the whole, f more likely
to do harm than good.
" I am, dear sir, yours faithfulyL.
E. MARTIN.
17, 1842."
" Rectory House, Killyshandra, May

Did you ever see two women pass each other in the street,
without each turning round to see what the other had ou

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-qifice, Eleven o'clock

EXECUTION OF DANIEL GOOD TIIE
MURDERER.

(From last night's London Standard.)

This hardened miscreant underwent the extreme penalty
of the law, in front of the gaol of Newgate, at eight o'clock
this morning. Before describing the last moments of the
unhappy convict, we will briefly advert to his conduct yes-
terday (Sunday) and the night
previous. At a few minutes
after 12 o'clock on Saturday night, as Mr. Cope informed
our reporter, the convict requested one of the turnkeys to
write to his wife Mary Good ; his request was complied with,
and a communication, dictated by the murderer, which was
of a rambling and incoherent character, was dispatched yes-
terday morning to his wife. He retired to rest between 12
and 1 o'clock, and slept tolerably sound until 5 o'clock yes-
terday morning, when he arose and dressed himself in a frock
coat of a dark olive green, and dark grey trousers, which
had been sent for by Good's desire, and which were brought
to the gaol by Inspector Busain, of the V division, at a late
hour on Saturday night. At an early hour the Rev. Mr.
Carver visited the culprit in the condemned cell. and re-
mained engaged with him for a considerable time in prayer,
but he evinced not the slightest intention to make any con-
fession. At half-past 10 o'clock Good attended divine ser-
vice in the private chapel. He afterwards partook of dinner
with a seeming relish, and a few minutes before 3 o'clock he
again attended the chapel, when the Rev. Mr. Lewis, from.
Rochester, preached an excellent sermon from Psalm 13, v. 13,
" Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said
in his heart, Thou wilt not require it." The chapel was not
much crowded in the afternoon, there being less than a
dozen hearers in the body of it, and the conduct of the
criminal was therefore more easily observed than in the
morning. Upon the prayers being read the prisoner
turned round and knelt covering the upper part of his
face with his hands, during which time he appeared as if
repeating the responses after the clerk. Occasionally he
stared wildly round the chapel, and clasped his hands to-
gether, as if appealing to heaven. In appearance he was
much altered for the worse since the trial ; his dark, quick.
penetrating eyes were inflamed and sunken in his cheek, and
his countenance altogether was of a pallid hue. At the con:
elusion of Divine Service he rose, and standing in the centre
of the chapel, and evidently struggling with his feelings, en-
deavoured for a few seconds to give utterance to them. At
length, in half choked sobs, he faltered out, as he waved his
ho accompanied him then led him out of
hand, " The Lord be with you all !" " God bless you!"
wll, where he was doomed to pass the few
the The
chapel two
to turnkeys
thecell,
remaining hours he had to exist.
Messrs. Alderman Magnay and Rogers (the Sheriffs,) the
ordinary, and the governor, were unremitting in their atten-
tions to the malefactor until a late hour last eveninc, ; all
their endeavours, however, to bring him to a true state of
repentance were totally fruitless. When pressed closely con-
cerning the atrocious crime which he had committed, he
avoided the question, and dwelt upon some frivolous circum-
stance connected with his dress or his travels abroad. At
twelve o'clock last night he went to bed for the last time and
slept soundly for abyut two hours ; he then awoke and re-
quested the turnkey to read prayers to him, waich was done,
and between three and four o'clock he fell into a doze, during
which he exhibited great restlessness, and finally rose at five
o'clock, and dressed himself in the same clothes in which he
appeared in the chapel yesterday. Shortly afterwards Mr.
Cope entered the condemned cell, when the culprit ex-
claimed, " I am no murderer ; I am no murderer !" but
finding his assurance of innocence made no impression upon
the governor, be desisted from making any further remark to
that gentleman.

By four o'clock the fatal drop, the barriers and all the ne-
cessary apparatus for carrying the law into effect were com-
pleted, and even before that hour groups of people assembled
in the Old Bailey. Before six o'clock above 200 of the City
police, under the direction of Major Shaw, the superintendant,
in addition to a considerable number of the Metropolitan
pvilice, were stationed in front of the gaol, and at this time
a more dense mass of human beings had assembled than has
been known since the execution of Fauntleroy. All the
houses opposite the prison had been let to sight-seeking
lovers at an enormous price, and in several instances the
whole of the casements were taken out, and raised seats
erected for their accommodation. In one case a noble lord
was pointed out to the reporter as having been a spectator at
the last four or five executions, his price for his seat was said
to be £l5. The house-tops were likewise covered with per-
sons, both male and female ; and the number of spectators
far exceeded those who were present at the execution of
Greenacre or Courvoisier. The usual ribaldry and coarse
jokes were indulged in, and drunkenness and debauchery
were prominent characteristics of the scene.
Shortly before six o'clock the Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, the
Ordinary, and other officers of public justice, arrived at the
prison, and proceeded to the condemned cell, where fresh
attempts were made to induce the culprit to acknowledge
the justice of his sentence, but with no better success than
on the previous days. About a quarter past seven o'clock
his breakfast was taken to him ; it consisted of some coffee
and thin bread and butter, of which he ate heartily.—
Calcraft, the hangman, arrived soon afterwards, and at
twenty minutes to eight o'clock the reporters were ad-
mitted into the condemned cell, on entering which they
found the convict seated on a form, with the Rev. Mr. Car-
ver by his side. The first words he was heard to ejaculate
were, " Oh, my dear sir, I would not deny it at all if I
were guilty." He appeared at this moment to be in a
most distressed state of mind, but extremely cautious in
what escaped his lips ; indeed it appeared as though he was
acting in the hope that by creating a belief in his innocence he
might avert that ignominious death which in a few minutes
he was inevitably doomed to suffer. After a momentary
pause he lifted his hands and, clasping them together, ex-
claimed, as he looked around, " The Lord bless you all, the
Lord of Heaven be with you all." Then, fixing his eyes
upon the Sheriffs, he said, " The Sheriffs—may God bless
you both; I return thanks to you all ; may the Lord God
bless you." Mr. Cope, the governor, then advanced near the
culprit, and was immediately recognised by him ; he ex-
tended his hand to that gentleman, and remarked in a
tone of deep lament, " Oh, Mr. Cope, you have been my
best friend, and may the Lord God bless you. I declare, as
I shortly expect to stand before my Maker, that I never
took a life. As I have often told you, Mr. Cepe, when I was
in Spain and Portugal for many years, I have seen many a
man killed, but I never took a life, I declare 'to Almighty
God." During the time he was giving utterance to this
solemn declaration, he continued to fold his bands in an
imploring attitude. The Ordinary then observed, "You
are now about to quit this world have you any-
thing more to say? Are you prepared to go into the
next world ?" The malefactor again replied, " I
never took a life ; may the Lord receive me into the
gates of Heaven. I never took a life." The reverend divine
then said, " Do you adhere to the statement ? Remember, you
have but a few minutes to live." The prisoner here laid
his left hand on the Ordinary's shoulder, and taking one of
that gentleman's hands into his right, said, " Oh, my dear
Sir, I should own to you if I was guilty ; fur I have now
only two or three minutes before I go to my execution.
I never took a life. May the Lord bless you and be with
you all." The chaplain then reminded him of the scriptural
passages he had frequently read to him, and which said, that
those who confess their sins would find mercy in God. The
culprit, however, still repeated that he never took a life—
adding, as he pressed the Ordinary's hand, " If I had I
would tell you, for you are the man I love ; I love the
ground on which you tread. You have prayed with me—
you have read and you have talked with me ; and I would
not deny it now that I have only a few minutes to live. I
hope the Lord will receive my poor soul." Mr. Carver ob-
served, if you are truly penitent he will, to which the culprit
responded, " Why should I tell a lie when I've only got a
few minutes to live? Oh, my dear Sir, I told a gentleman
when he came up from Norwood, that I would tell you every
thing."—Mr. Sheriff Magnay here desired the unhappy con-
vict not to dwell on that subject, as he was only making his
case worse. The ceremony of pinioning here took place,
nad the culprit, with a ghastly smile observed, " I think I
see my Maker now before me." He then requested to have
some wine and water, which was administered to him by
Mr. Cope, and the executioner took off his muslin necker-
chief and placed it between his bosom and his coat; upon
this being done the culprit requested the hangman to re-
move the neckerchief, and accept it for himself. The Fllirt-
collar of the wretched man was afterwards unbuttoned and
turned down at his request, and the chapel bell having
sounded his funeral knell, the solemn procession moved
along the gloomy narrow windings of the gaol to the
scaffold. Good frequently imploring, in loud accents, the
Almighty to save his soul. He walked with a firm step, and
ascended the steps of the scaffold without assistance. The
prisoner, on being placed under the gallows, was assailed
with the most hideous yells and long-continued execrations
by the mob. When the hangman was about to draw the cap
over his face, the murderer cried out " Stop, stop," and ap-
peared anxious to address the crowd. Calcraft desired him
to attend to the prayers of the Ordinary, and in a few seconds
the bolt was withdrawn, and the unhappy criminal was
launched into eternity. He seemed to struggle violently for
some seconds, and his body, after hanging the usual time,
was cut down. Dr. Elliotson afterwards took a cast of the
murdergr's head in the presence of several medical and
scientific gentlemen.

DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE GEORGIA,
INDIAMAN.-FIVE LIVES LOST.

On Saturday afternoon the melancholy intelligence of the
loss by fire of the ship Georgia, of Newcastle, an Indiaman,
Captain Mitchell, bound to London, was received by the
underwriters at Lloyd's, attended, we regret to say, with a
deplorable sacrifice of human life. The ship was between
800 and 900 tons burthen, and was valued at £7,000,
being splendidly fitted up for the accoiTmodation .o-
-f
passengera. She had a very rich cargo on
ing of jewellery, merchandise, and other
valuabletotaarld ,Icoonpne
aes
ri
y,
which perished with the vessel ; a lossin
£20,000. The unfortunate event occurred
ono the morn-
ing of the Ist of last month, while on her passage to
England, from Calcutta, which place she left in the early
part of February. From the accounts brought over by the
ship Thomas Sparks, from China which arrived off part"
,
mouth on Friday morning, it appears that, early on the
morning mentioned, the " watch" on deck, when the vessel
was in latitude 30 south, and longitude 36 east, off Madagl;
car, discovered a strong smell of burning about the ship
of
aroused the commander, Captain Mitchell, and thee. rest
the ship's crew, and a strict search was deterniesind
taken off,
On the boats being removed, and the main hatchcargo,
when
the burning was found to Proceed from the cargo,
so as to get
orders were given to remove over a portion
Veeded far, be-
upon.
at the fire. The crew, however, shortly after-
fore a volume of smoke burst upon there., a
ed with excessive
wards it became so intense, accompr captain Mitchell
heat, that they were forced to desinsd
blocked up every
then had the hatches replaced,ol_l
~,,, f stifling the tire. But
aperture in the ship,
in the L a.beout two hours the flames
this proved unavailing, for ilows, and likewise from the
had not prnd
broke through the cabin a
that the destruction
terrorn and dismay of all
ble,Pdirected the crew to prepare
of the vessel was inevita
h.
in which they immediately set
the sk "Vnats (two in number) over the
n hatchway
board. over
c Captain
pttali the
nAij forecastle,
tcb eiviintoe
rtoheei
vi
about doing by lowe a most trying
themselves to learering the __.
moment, for the sea was,
between 800 and 900 miles
vessel's side. It was a heavy gale of wind, and with the
extremely rough, tn
soul expeCted to meet with a watery
grave. land every s.
ht . o'clock the chief mat with •
At about eig _
ves in e, nine.
i tch
theel l andwor
work
the
-f.
left the burning sel the jolly boat • and
,
gkrnaovwe.ledge
of the crew,
tain M.
off at hwer
quarter b being
gf
a n hour afterwards
ect Y
they ,i followed by Cap
ship umber, four in numb • the 5.. n) s er, in the small boat.
rest of
In the course
reached the mast,
g a terrible, though magni-
ficent and she appeared embo-
dieddevas mass of flame, form
in one
At th.in
ppearance. is fieent a critical period a vessel was ob-
served at a distance bearing
servetowards the ill-fated ship, and
the chief mate turned to make known the joyful intelligence-
twatieoren haddir.
to Captain Mitchell and the rest of the crew, when he was.
horror-struck on find fit..ng that the boat had foundered, and
none of them were to be
of picking them up,
but seen. They rowed about in hopes.
unfortunately_ none of the poor fel-
lows ever rose after. The ship Thomas Sparks, which.
proved to be the vessel they b •
saw bearing down to their as-
sistance, came up
chief officer and-th alongside soon afterwards, and took the
c rest of the Georgia's Crow on
.board,
and they remain a mntlun a short distance of the burning
ship untile
She went down, which event took place at a late
hour in the aftern
to be iunu ed.to The Georgia
0. and cargo are reported
urn'
e extent of £25 ,00

By the provisions of the theological statute passed at
Oxford last week, Dr. Hampden, Regius Professor of Di-
vinity, has been constituted chairman of the new Theologi-
cal Board, and is also recognised as a public University Pro-
fessor in Dogmatic Theology. The statute, therefore,
`ually rescinds the judgment passed by the university on
professor's theological opinions, in 1836, on occasion of
appointment to the chair by her Majesty, at the recom-
dation of the late whig administration.—Globe.
inderstand that a bill is about to be introduced by go-
- to attach Shropshire to this circuit—to merge the
of North Wales into three, for assize purposes,

six count

by joining two together, and holding the assizes alternately
in the chief town of each—to transfer Hereford and Mon-
mouthshire to the South Wales circuit, and to send two
judges on the Welsh circuits, instead of one. Lord Abinger
is the proposer of these alteration.—Carnarvon Herald.—
'This statement has since been contradicted by authority.]
NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—This evening,
As; ~'clock, Joseph Sturge, Esq., the candidate selected
by to Complete Suffrage Association, and the chartist body
;s town, entered Nottingham, preceded and followed
immense a crowd of electors and non-electors as has
The procession was the most unosten-
n ; no banners, no flags, no colours, no bands
-nd pure, betokening a good beginning on
ich it is sincerely to be hoped will end
ph. The greatest enthusiasm prevails in favour of
and he was received with cheers on all sides.

assembled here

A Ronui•:lt EXTRAOADINARY.—Between two and three
o'clock, before daybreak, on Thursday morning a servant in
the employ of Mr. F. J. Arnold, of Peter-borough House,
near Hornsey, aroused his master with the information, that
he (the servant) had heard footsteps passing along the gravel
walk near to the window of the pantry, and that some one
had shook the shutter of his room window, Mr. Arnold
immediately arose, and, telling the man to awaken the coach-
man, he armed himself with a brace of pistols, and, accom-
panied by his two servants, left the house by the back door,
and proceeded cautiously to the front of the mansion, where
they distinctly heard a rustling amongst the branches of the
shrubbery, as though persons were making their way through
the trees. Mr. Arnold called out to the supposed robbers
to stop, or he would fire, merely intending to intimidate the
fugatives by the threat, and was in the act of rushing forward,
when the pistol he held accidentally exploded, and a loud
groan proceeding from the shrubbery gave token that the
shot had taken effect. On the party reaching the spot, they
discovered, instead of a wounded two-legged midnight ma-
rauder, a couple of four-legged intruders in the shape of a
mare and a foal, in the former of which the shot had taken
effect ; the poor beast being in its last struggles. The ani-
mals had doubtless effected an entrance into the shrubbery
from the adjoining lane on the previous day, whilst the gates
had been left open for the egress of the carriage, and so re-
mained unobserved by the servants.—London parer

AFTERNOO

RAILWAYACCIDENT—PARKSIDE STATION, WED-
DA _:.—This morning the London up mail
fro, -c north, on its arrival within a distance of 200
sof this station, passed over the body of Thomas Grif-
a bargeman. James Blundell, the driver of the engine,
nding that he had met with some obstruction on the
stopped the engine as speedily as the downward incli-
n of the line at that particular part would permit, but
ntil the whole train had passed over the body of the de-
l- On examination it was discovered that the de-
,ieen dead some hours, as the body was cold and
evident marks of more than one train having
The lower extremities were nearly severed
the trunk, and were only attached by a small ligature.
the inquiries I have made at this station this afternoon,
the deceased was a married man, about 40 years
a native of Tarvin, in Cheshire. He was in the
Er. James Tyrer, of Lowton, and engaged as a
the Bridgewater Canal. On Monday he dis-
-1 his cargo, and spent the greater part of yesterday at
n cattle lair. At night he, his master, and some other
at the Bull's Head public-house, in Gol-
left there between ten and eleven o'clock.
all the worse for liquor. The deceased loitered
,ne rest of the party, and I understand they saw
g of him after they passed the bridge over the North
_.e London-road. The embankment of
ailway is full eight or ten yards above the

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employ of M
bargeman on

men were drinking

Union Railway, on ti

either side, and it is well fenced, "'so as to prevent
It was near this place the deceased's
.ody was found; and, in case he got upon the railway on
arting from his companions, no less than two luggage trains,
mail, must have passed over him. His hat
and shoes were picked up at different places, and the sand on
the railway bore evident marks of the deceased having been
dragged a considerable distance.

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PRINTING IN BOMBAY.—The Bombay Times of the Ist
of March, after apologising for " some enormous typogra-
phical errors," which had occurred during the iilness of the
editor and chief corrector of the press, save,—" If the Eng-
lish reader had any guess of the frightful state of backward-
ness of the typographical art in Bombay, he would wonder
1 " '

less that bluddets Of this sort should be continually occurring
than that a Bombay paper should be made legible at all. Our
compositors are chiefly Portuguese, who understand next to
nothing of the English language, and who care nothing what-
ever how their work is done, because they know we are at
their mercy, and who, moreover, on the occurrence of a
Saint's day, or native festival, will decamp without warning
from the office, whatever the emergency. A first proof from
them is more like a galley-ful of pie' than a piece of corn-
positorship intended to be read ; and it is only by the inces-
sant and persevering labour of one able and industrious pre-
siding reader, over divers others of inferior responsibility,
that we are able to produce a paper at all intelligible. The
sickness of one or two of the trustworthy men in the office
utterly disables us—there is no resource to fall back upon.
A steady English compositor could earn from £lO to £l5 a
month without the smallest trouble, working from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. This class of European workmen in other depart-
ments so generally drink themselves to death in Bombay,
that no printing-office here has as yet run the risk of paying
'ge out. We shall certainly be driven to it shortly.
the expense of printing here, waste of material, and wages,
taken together, is about four times what it is in London.
Bombay, for sober men of good constitution, has one of the
finest intertropical climates in the world :to the ti let or
drunkard it is instantly fatal."

their passa

THE ROMANCE OF LIFE.—Some short time ago, in one
of the villages on the Firth of Forth, lived a lady whose hus-
band had long before gone to sea, and never having heard
from him for some years, she believed him to have been
dead. At the time her husband went to sea, Mrs. S. lived
in a town in England ; but, after giving up hopes of his
return, she removed, with her only daughter, to her native
country, Scotland. In the course of years a probationer
of the church of Scotland came to officiate as a mis-
`he pariqb, and formed an attachment for Miss S.
g no immediate prospect of obtaining a church at
he resolved on transferring himself to one of our
!-- and received an appointment there from
..ary society. Having been united to Miss
be took his departure, leaving his wife and mother-in-
-non as he should have prepared for their
They accordingly left this country
afterwards for America. In the meantime, among
4ttlers over whom the young divine's charge extended,
r theamfortable farmer, also named S., who made inquiries
history of the minister's wife and mother, and ex-
,d an anxious desire to see them on their arrival. They

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••Ave 5..,
r.-S. wasan on reaching th minisr's haitation,
of all wh sent for d e
to be introduced. Judgete of the b
surprise
males found (inn,!..he entry of Mr. S., the newl ared fe-
ing been unabieuitni the long, lost husband and father! Hav-
tracted absence, I°,,t?;4ce., hi; family in England after a pro-
singular coincidence Bi 7 returned to America ; where, by a
given up as lost. TLeoth he and they found those they had
living comfortably andparties we are glad to say, are now
paper. 4aPpily in the new world.—Edinburgh

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write,e._,, Rurr TREES.—A conic-
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aneesffastened to tbe
from the depredation of
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enterprisingo
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cotton
men could manufacture netasan a cli
gert into
durabilit
prove very useful, and soon be brf a coarse that
cessary that they combine stren ~ geneoranlus.e;
es
; such nets might be suspendear
S hooks, and to protect peas and sraintler et/n(Tairtici
s will more effectually protect wall-7
aeepe,ds-, Cot_
being much warmer than hemp nert-a7;7"11 in
weave nets of different sized meshes, will be
n and string for heavy fruit, as apples and with
,aller, for cherries, damsons, and mulberries. The
of the mesh is immaterial, if square it is of n. The
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1E BRANDESTON HALL ESTATE.—The great room at
art was on Thursday numeroygyectrtionwgdeadgbryeactapbiatalrgiasitns:
)f them in the expectation
stances beingrumoured that required the
.-semptory one. A
ir. George Robins delivered
ery animated exordium, i nwhich
pheeepirabiysesdetvteinryg
-sures adopted by Sirßobert
-'ices of opinion regarding thedacmornto-lhaawyse.
Jle for human wis
as
landowners and the public; it
just, and honest
lia ia arrangement,i.act, a
re altogether worthy of the high renown of our highly
. minister. In this strain Mr. Robins
went on for a
hened period, and evidently succeeded in carrying his
ence entirely with him in tiie view he took of the sta-
y now of landed investment as compared with the uncer7
,ty of previous years. The rental is £lOOO a year, and
h a suppositious value only for the mansion and manors,
d to be £1,200 a year ; but the real annual value was con-
ently declared to be from £l,OOO to £1,200 a year. He
Id the estate for 30,1300 guineas, independently of the tiro-
which is to be taken at a fair valuation. Mr. Wood,
se solicitor, of Woolbridge, was the purchaser for one of
,is Suffolk clients. The event:of Thursday is one of im-
iortance, inasmuch as it proves the wisdom displayed by Sir
Robert Peel, and demonstrates a fact which before was
doubtful, that his arrangement of the corn laws has not at
all deteriorated the value of land.—London paper.

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Loss OF TEIREE SHIPS IN THE BALTIC BY ICE.—On Sa-
turday, the 7th instant, the brig Scotia, Captain Mearns,
belonging to Montrose, from that port for St. Petersburg,
in ballast, was jammed by the floating ice off the island of
Nervo, and soon afterwards went down. The crew and part '
of the brig's stores were saved. Two days afterwards the
Joseph Storey, Captain Spencer, from London, and the Cas-
pian, from Newcastle, both for St. Petersburg, also got
jammed by the ice, and sank between the islands of Leskar
and Biorko. Several of the stores, and a small portion of
the cargo, consisting of indigo, of the Joseph Storey, and
the crews of both vessels, were fortunately saved. The three
nnfortunate ships—viz., the Scotia, Joseph Storey, and Cas-
pian, were partially insured.

On Monday evening an awful instance of the uncertainty
of this life occurred at the Montpelier Tavern, Walworth.
There had been a large chartist meeting in the afternoon,
with a tea party and ball for the friends of the delegates in
the evening. Mrs. Brown, the wife of the president, had
been busily engaged attending at the tea table, and was in
the highest spirits. After tea she went to dress herself for
the ball, remarking to the servant that she " would see her
different from what she was then the next time she saw her."
She returned to the ball-room apparently in the best of
health, when she suddenly said, " Good God ! I am very
giddy. Let me see my husband." She then sank in a chair,
and never spoke afterwards, having expired almost imme-
diately.

COUNTERACTION OF INFIDELITY.—On Friday morning a
meeting was held in London to receive from Mr. Brindley a
report of proceedings with respect to the attempted sup-
pression of socialism. The auditory was very numerous.
After Mr. Brindley had detailed the rise, progress, and down-
fall of socialism, and unfolded his plan of operations for the
future, the Lord Bishop of Chester remarked that if he had
not been an enemy to socialism as a Christian minister, he
certainly should be so as a man and a philanthropist. He
very much rejoiced in the course Mr. Brindley had decided
on adopting ; he was in the possession of great powers, and
had applied them to the most noble purpose. There were few
infidels who knew the evidences on which Christianity rested,
and therefore he was glad that so many opportunities had
been afforded them by Mr. Brindley for making themselves
fully acquainted with these points. The Bishop of Norwich
also spoke in similar terms.
IMPORTANT INVENTION.—A French gentleman, Dr.
Payerne, has just made a discovery likely to be of great use
in submarine experiments and purposes. He proved on Fri-
day morning that he can descend and remain under water for
any length of time without communication with atmospheric
air. He descended, in the presence of several scientific men,
in the diving-bell of the Polytechnic Institution, at 9 o'clock,
and remained there for three hours, when be ascended, hav-
ing no appearance of inconvenience. His process is, of
course, a reproduction of the gases necessary to support life
and also combustion, as was proved by his taking with him
some candles, which he kept burning whilst below ; and be
intends applying it to salvage and submarine purposes, for
examining dock-gates, foundations of bridges, ships' bot-
toms, &c., as soon as his patent is sealed.—London Times.
" Bottled Ale," like many other of the good things of this
world, owes its invention to a priest. Dean Newell, Master
of Westminster School in the reign of Queen Mary, was a
noted angler. One day, when the Dean was catching fishes,
Bishop Bonner was laying his lines to catch Newell. News
came to the angler of the danger in which he stood, and he
transferred himself from the banks of the Thames to a ship
on its bosom, and was transferred to a place of safety. When
the days of persecution were ended, he returned home, and
renewed his recreations as an angler. He then remembered
that he had left behind him, on the day of his flight, the pro-
visions which he had brought to the river-side for the suste-
nance of his inner man ; and on examining the hole in the
bank which he had converted into a cupboard, he found the

victuals untouched. Among other things, there was some
ale, which he had put into a• bottle; and on drawing the
cork, he was surprised to hear a loud _report, and to find that
the liquor was extra excellent. This (says Fuller) is be-
lieved to be the origin of " bottled ale" in England.
SINGULAR RECOVERY OF A LOST SNIIFF-TIOX.—A. short
time since, a snuff-box was missed from off a table on the
lawn of one of the masters at Eton College, during his tem-
porary absence, and no tidings were heard of it until a few
days ago, when it was discovered in the following curious
manner :—The rope communicating with the bell in the tower
of Eton College Chapel not working so freely as usual, 111 r.
Gray, the clerk, was about to ascend the narrow stone stair-
case to ascertain the cause, when he found the stairs com-
pletely blocked up by a large quantity of twigs, chips, pieces
of wood, and other materials of a similar character, (some
two feet in length,) extending throughout the whole width
of the staircase, and from the bottom step of the landing to
the top of the flight, consisting of no less than 14 stairs.
Upou a closer examination, be discovered that the depositing,
in this position, of the whole of these twigs and chips, was
the persevering labour of two jackdaws, who had thus con-
structed their enormous nest upon the stairs. Amongst the
variety of articles with which the jackdaws had constructed
their habitation (which must have been conveyed through a
loop-hole in the tower, the only opening, not more than four
or five inches wide) was discovered the identical snuff-box,
uninjured, which had been lost a few days before, and which
must have been " walked off" with by the industrious and
not over-scrupulous daws. Extraordinary as it may appear,
the twigs, &c., of which the nest was constructed, could not
have weighed less than three quarters of a hundred. The
tower has since been visited by the Reverends the Provost,
the Vice-Provost, Dr. Hawtrey, several others of the autho-
rities of the college, and parties residing in the neighbour-
hood ; but the old birds, no doubt in consequence of the nest
having been disturbed, deserted their skilfully and extraor-
dinarily constructed retreat two days after the discovery had
been made. They have since been seen hovering around the
tower, but without again venturing to take possession of the
fruits of their persevering labours.—Morning Herald.
PO9ll LAWS IN SCOTLAND.—A considerable number of
individuals belonging to Glasgow, impressed with a deep
sense of the misery and destitution of the poor of that city
and neighbourhood, and with the inadequacy of the means
provided by law for an effective management of the Scottish
poor generally, presented a requisition to the Lord Provost,
requesting him to call a meeting of the citizens, to consider
the propriety of memorialising her majesty's government on
the subject, and praying for such revision and adaptation of
the poor laws, to the altered circumstances of the country,
as may seem necessary. The Lord Provost having called the
meeting, it was held on Wednesday in the town-hall, and his
lordship was called to the chair. Dr. Perry, in an able
speech, showed the absolute necessity of an alteration in the
law, so as to enable the poor to claim with effect that which
was their right—a subsistence when they had not the means
of earning it by their own labour. He moved a resolution to
the effect that, destitution was prevailing to a fearful extent
in the city and suburbs, and in various other districts ; and
that it was too deeply rooted to be removed by the effects of
private benevolence. This was seconded by James A. An-
derson, Esq., supported by the Rev. Dr. Burns, of Paisley,
and agreed to.—Professor Wm. Thomson moved the second
resolution, to the effect that, in some parts of Scotland, the
operation of the poor-law was illusory, in other parts not
acted on at all, while the poor were gathered to those places
where a provision was made for paupers. He strongly urged
the necessity of altering the law, so as to secure a better pro-
vision for the poor.—Seconded by Mr. N. Stevenson, and
agreed to.—Mr. Bennet gave a variety of statistical details
connected with the college parish ; after which Dr. Willis
moved the third resolution, in favour of a civil instead of an
ecclesiastical management of the poor, and complained very
strongly of the inefficiency of the present system. This hav-
been seconded by Mr. N. Stevenson, and carried, a memorial
to government was agreed to.—Glasgow Argus.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CLYDE.—We have the melan-
choly duty of announcing the occurrence of an accident on
the river, which resulted in the death of two persons, one of
them a gentleman well known and highly respected in this
city, viz., Mr. Robert Henderson, of the eminent firm of
Messrs. R. and J. Henderson, of London and Glasgow. At
four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Robert Henderson,
his brother Mr. John Henderson, and the Rev. Dr. King,
proceeded from the Broomielaw, in the Windsor Castle
steam-boat, with the view of landing at Mr. Henderson's
country seat of Park. Arriving opposite Park Quay, they,
along with a female servant of Mr. Henderson's, were put
into a small boat, and almost immediately after having pushed
off from the Windsor Castle, another steamer, the Shandon,
was observed coming up the river towards them, when Mr.
Robert Henderson exclaimed, " We shall be run down," and
a collision soon followed, in consequence of which the small
boat was instantly submerged, and all on board (five in num-
ber, including the boatman) were left struggling in the water.
The Shandon was immediately stopped, and every assistance
was given by both steamers. Three of the party were res-
cued, viz., Mr. J. Henderson, the Rev. Dr. King, and the
boatman. Mr. R. Henderson was picked up at the same
time as Dr. King, but was insensible when taken out, and
every attempt to restore animation proved abortive. The
body of the servant has not been found.—Glasgow Courier.

THE. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.—This is a weekly
Paper
which made its first appearance on Saturday week, pre-
y best
pre-
senting quite new character among .
principal a
jects of
the very feature is its rich embellishments of wood-cuts in
public journals. Its
Hamburgh
news of the va
tresses of dabli a
style of the art, thus conveying graphically the
ma eek 1 The Queen's Masque furnishes the sub-
by the cut of the
.nYthaplendid illustrations ;c the conflagration of
not very distinctly nagrayer.
Versailles Railway atastrophe ; the for-
pudiated, but consis
:d Ghuznee, all are brought before the eye
The politics of this journal do
mecar;.party name is disavowed and re-
give the following.
re-
pledge. As a sample jla promised—a somewhat difficult
humour of the paper, we may
Und the
lollypop, with his tr er a sketch of an elderly dealer in
aY a 8
this mock advertisement :
P ee slung to his neck, appears
Bank ! Wanted a partner in Capital Spec ! Safe as the
with an airy and pleasant corner'rif genteel little concern,
densely crowded thoroughfares in the hrion, in one of the most
a good ready money business, without much and doing
increase of capital would considerably catch risk; which an
exceed the outlay, and the Sunday ctistonid. The returns
rent. The taxes are redeemed, and there is
long covers the
term of the lease, which is held at a lollypop.
olunexpired
into a half share, including plant and stock, very he coming
trifle above £OOOO. Any person who can cotammoderate,
say a
will not only find this a decided bargain, the
above sum, , but a
desirable opportunity of commencing business, and
verywell
attention of an industrious person of small means
worthy the
and less family. References exchanged. Address, Pre-Paid,
to B. 8., (Brandy Ball,) Pieman's Alley."

The Australian papers are now very generally advocating
he importation of Hill Coolies from India, for agricultural

purposes.

The expenditure of the further sum of £llO,OOO is recom-
mended by the select committee on the Caledonian canal.
A Kilmarnock paper says—" Scarcely a day elapses with-
out departures of emigrants taking place, composed of agri-
culturists, mechanics, and other classes of the community."
It is stated in the Canada papers that one thousand la-
bourers, fifty stone-cutters, and fifty masons, are wanted on
the St. Lawrence Canal, Cornwall.

FISHERY RIOTS.—On Thursday last, riots, arising out of
the disputed claims of the Foyle fisheries occurred at the
Faughan mouth and Culmore, in one of which a young man
named Lynch was nearly blinded of au eye.—Derry paper.
Benjamin Chimmo, Esq., secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir
W. Parker, K.C.8., and Richard M. Wichel, Esq., purser
of her Majesty's rhip Blenheim, are appointed prize-agents
for the naval captures made in China.
The Augsburg Gazette states, that the loss sustained by
Steyer, which it calls the Birmingham of Austria, from the
late conflagration, amounts to two millions of francs, and
that more than 2000 persons are deprived of all means of
subsistence by the disaster.
A few days ago, says a Brussels journal, a detachment ef
30 soldiers, on their march from Courtrai to Bruges, at-
tempted to take some liberties with three girls who were at
work in the fields. One of the girls, in defending herself,
struck a soldier on the head with a spade with such force
that he died two days afterwards.
Cockchafers are so numerous in the environs of Arnbeim,
says a Dutch journal, that the authorities have offered a
premium of Two Dutch cents (nearly a sou) for every quart
of these insects caught and delivered to them. The Dutch
journal asserts that at this premium a boy can earn as much
as two florins a-day.

THE CORN TRADE.—One of the chief houses in the corn
trade in London, in a circular addressed to its friends last
week, states that holders of bonded wheat, by refraining from
paying duty until the latter end of June, may rely upon ob-
taining a profit for their money of no less than two per cent.
per week I—Perhaps not.
We are glad to learn that the presentment made at the
court leet of the Duke of Bridgewater's trustees, as lords of
the manor of Bedford, against the builders of a turf house
there, on Siddall Common (improperly called the Hall of
Science), has had its due effect, for the parties, in order to
save their fines, have had the good sense to pull it down to
the ground ; and we hope such midnight meetings will never
be held again, either for gambling or any political purposes.
DEATH FROM THE KICK OF A HORSE.—On Sunday af-
ternoon last, Thomas Jackson, of Didsbury, went into the
stable of Mr. Occleston, surgeon, Cheadle, for some purpose,
and while there, the horse kicked him so violently on the
belly that death terminated his sufferings on the following
morning, at seven o'clock. The deceased was 48 years of
age, and was a pensioner, having been 25 years in the British
army.—Stockport Advertiser.
THE WEATHER.—After a week or ten days of fine dry
weather, succeeding some most refreshing showers, we had a
heavy fall of rain yesterday evening, which commenced at'
four o'clock, and continued without intermission for several
hours. If at all general, it must be of essential service to
the crops. During the last few days the weather has been
very sultry for this season of the year.—Ulster Times.
THE WEATHER.—It commenced raining heavily in the
afternoon of Wednesday, since when it has continued to pour
down with little intermission. We believe that, so far from
the quantity of rain that has just fallen proving injurious to
the crops, it will tend to serve them most materially. All
our accounts from the provinces concur in stating that
nothing can exceed the verdure and beauty which the whole
face of the country presents.—. Dublin paper.
THE DEANERY OF ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN.—It is un-
derstood that Dr. Ratcliffe will pronounce judgment on Tues-
day next (this day), in the long litigated question arising out
of the election to the deanery of St. Patrick's, vacant by the
death of the lamented Dean Dawson. In the legal circles it
is believed that the parties (Doctors Daly and Wilson), will
be sent to a new election.

FIRE AT HAMBURGH.—The captain of a vessel which ar-
rived at Haure on Tuesday, from Hamburgh, which place he
quitted on the 14th instant, states, that in clearing away the
ruins of the buildings which have been destroyed, 160 bodies
had already been found ; twenty-two of them were in a cellar.
He states, as positive, that 1500 houses have been entirely
destroyed, and 720 so injured as to be uninhabitable in their
present state.
THE SCHOOLMASTER AT LEEDS.—Some time ago, much
merriment was occasioned in Leeds by the fact that one of
our " Russell magistrates" for the borough, whose erudition
is not remarkable, ordered a juvenile delinquent (in writing)
to be privately wiped." Last week, with a keen sense of his
blunder oh his mind, he had come to a similar decision, and
he ordered the offender (again in writing) not to be wiped,
but to be floged In avoiding Charybdis, how often do frail
mortals fall upon Scylla.—Leeds Conservative Journal.

THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER AND "THE TRACTARI-
ANS."-It is but a week or two since a report was current in
this town, that the bishop had interdicted the Rev. M. NV.
Foye from delivering any more of his lectures against the
Tractarian system. And but for our own personal exertions,
this report, though utterly destitute of the slightest founda-
tion, save that in some minds, perhaps,
" The wish was father to the thought,"

would have appeared in two of the morning papers, and
thence, doubtless, have " gone the round," representing our
reverend diocesan as being the first of the bench of bishops
to foster those peculiarities which he, in common with so
many reverend prelates, had condemned. Birminyham
Advertiser.

PRINCE ALBERT'S TAILOR'S BILL.—A " London corre-
spondent" of the Dundee Warder writes to inform the
good people of Dundee, that Prince Albert's tailor's bill
amounts to the enormous sum of £250! and thereupon con-
cludes that his Royal Highness's " love of dress " must be
absorbing. The worthy critic of the cost of the royal ward-
robe has, we should imagine, taken his notions of expendi-
ture from the prices of Rag-fair in the Minories, and has
probably no idea of the cost even of a subaltern's uniform,
far less of a court dress for an officer of state. We should
be very sorry to be obliged to pay the tailor's bill of any royal
princ. in Europe, if £250 were the wherewithal.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-it is with feelings of the deep-
est regret we have to announce the melancholy and frightful
death of Master John Pennefather, the eldest son of the Lord
Chief Justice, which took place on Friday morning, at Bray
Head. The unfortunate young gentleman, who was ap-
proaching his seventeenth year, left his father's residence,
near Bray, about half-past eight o'clock, accompanied by a
Younger brother, in order to enjoy the pleasure of a morning
Walk, and when on Bray Head, his hat was blown off by a
gust of wind which suddenly sprung up from the land. While
in the act of seeing where it was blown to, and approaching
for that purpose too near the precipice, it is supposed that
either his foot slipped or his head became giddy; but he was
precipitated down the fearful abyss, and killed on the spot.
On his being taken up, a wound was found on the left side of
the forehead, which completely exposed the brain, so that life
must have been extinct before he reached the bottom.—Dub-
lin Paper.

We (says the Standard) have much pleasure in copying
from the Globe (Washington, United States, paper) the fol-
lowing tribute to Sir Robert Peel's financial measures. It is
not without reason that the right hon. baronet calculates
upon the imitation by other countries of the wise policy
which he recommends to his own ; exactly in proportion as
other nations are intelligent and free, will they follow the
example of Great Britain. But it need not be said that it is
only with free and intelligent nations we can hope for com-
mercial relations at once profitable and secure ; let those who
complain of the existence of privileged classes in this country
look to the following observations for proof of the effect of
the absence of recognised privileged classes in " The Model
Republic.—" The New British Tariff.—We have before us
the new tariff introduced by the British premier, Sir Robert
Peel, into the British parliament. It is not yet acted on ;
but all such projects, involving as they do the continuance in
power of the ministry itself, aereesopowell considered before they
are brought forward. The bill will therefore undoubtedly
pass, with but very few modifications. From its details, it
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reduce those now existing generally one half ; and, to make up
the deficiency which may arise from this source, meet the for-
mer inadequacy in the treasury by laying a prooerty and
income-tax on the cepitalists and fundholders of the country.
This is a policy worthy a statesman to whose conduct are en-
trusted the interests and destinies of a great nation ; and
when contrasted with the mean, sectional, unjust, anti-
republican, and altogether detestable scheme of taxation con-
tained in the bill lately introduced into the House of Repre-
sentatives, on the part of the Committee on Manufactures,
by one of the Essex Junto and Hartford Convention origi-
nators, reflects most disadvantageously on the imitators of
the English Conservatism, now in power in our government.
With us, in a republic, to raise a revenue of only 26,000,000
dollars, it is proposed to tax heavily all the necessaries of life
which the poor consume ; whilst in England, in a monarchy,
under a decreasing income, insufficient for the annual wants
of the government, and the enormous amount of 25,000,000
able, and who, on every
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CHURCH PASTORAL Allll SOCIETY.—The Rev. John
Harding, Rector of Blackfriars, London, in a letter addressed
to the Record, says, " inasmuch as the society can do no-
thing of itself, but can act only so far as the clergy avail
themselves of its assistance, and are sanctioned by their
diocesan in so doing, if any man finds fault with the society,
he does, in fact, impeach
it, and
body of clergy who have
connected themselves with and those prelates of the
church who, by their patronage of the society, or their
licenses given to the curates supported by its funds, have
countenanced and encouraged its proceedings."
FATAL ACCIDENT.—We deeply regret to announce that
an accident, which has proved fatal in its results, occurred
yesterday, about two o'clock, to the under-named respected
gentleman, at his residence, Stormount, within a short dis-
tance of this town. It appears Mr. Cleland had employed a
number of men in pulling down an old house, lately occupied
by one of his own servants. While the men were proceed-
ing with the work, as Mr. Cleland was superintending their
operatics, the gable of the house suddenly gave way, and,
coming down with a tremendous crash, melancholy to re-
late, buried the unfortunate and lamented gentleman beneath
its ruins. He expired almost instantly.—Ulster Times.

KINSALE PETITION—About forty witnesses started yes-
terday for London. Some of the friends of Mr. Watson,
summoned at the instance of the petitioner, seem not in-
clined to go, but we dare say the Speaker will know how to
deal with them. If we are not misinformed, there are ample
proofs that Mr. Watson has no right to the seat he holds.
We intimated at the time that in a few months the honour-
able gentleman would be.wishing his money in his pocket;
but he would not listen to us.—Cork paper.
A WITTY BARBER.—A gentleman went into' a shop in
Bedford, on Whit Monday, to be shaved ; the barber was
engaged in shaving a tailor of the same street, with whom he
was conversing on the conduct or misconduct of some of the
professors of religion. During the time the young man was
operating, the tailor remained mute, but as soon as he had
an opportunity of wagging his jaw without fear, with attitude
and elocution surpassing that of Kemble himself, he ex-
claimed, " You may tell a tree by its fruit ;" when the bar-
ber, fixing his eye ukon his waistcoat, which was joined in
two places, calmly said, " If I may judge of your waistcoat,
your's is cabbage."—Bedford Mercury.

INSOLVENCY AND DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMERCIAL
STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. - This company, the head-
quarters of which was London, is insolvent, and its affairs
are now winding up. Its liabilities amount to £140,000.
£112,000 has been offered for its vessels, and the shareholders
are called upon to make up, by a per centage on their shares,
the deficiency of £28,000, besides losing all their capital.
The following question was put and answer given at the
meeting of the shareholders, held on Thursday last :—A
proprietor : " What has been the cause of the present state
of the company's affairs ?" Mr. Wire : "It arose from the
competition of two or three companies against each other,
when their vessels were running for fares that were de-
structive to both. At one time, a shilling was the charge for
going to Boulogne." (Hear.)

CHARTIST AGITATION AGAINST ENLISTMENT.—SiIIee
the meeting of chartist delegates, held at Birmingham about
a month since, a systematic agitation has been carried on
in that town and neighbourhood, for the purpose of deterring
persons from enlisting in her Majesty's service ; and it is
known that the agents employed in these disloyal and sediti-
ous practices, have not confined their efforts to mere argu-
ments against enlistment. but have, in many cases. tampered
with the soldiers, en route for foreign service, with the view
of inducing them to desert. One of the serjeants, in endea-
vouring to pass through the streets, was assailed with abusive
epithets, and so obstructed, for many days, that he complain-
ed to the police, who took the offenders into custody, and
they were bound over to answer any charge that may be pre-
ferred against them.

THE NEW TARIFF.—DUTY ON CORK. The duty at
present payable on cork is Bs. per cwt., and in consequence
of its being stated in the new tariff that the duty on that
article will, from and after sth Jan., 1843, be reduced to is.
per " ton," it was generally believed by the trade that the
duty on this item in the tariff was, by mistake, incorrectly
given, the present duty being imposed by the cwt., and that
the word " ton" had been misprinted, or inadvertently in-
serted for cwt. To remove all doubts on the subject, a gen-
tleman, at the request of several cork manufacturers, wrote
a letter to Sir Robert Peel, respectfully requesting to be
informed whether the new duty of Is. was to be imposed by
the cwt., as at present, or by the ton. On Saturday morning
the Premier's reply was received, and is as follows :
" Whitehall, 20th May, 1842. Sir.-1 am directed by Sir
Rober Peel to acquaint you, in reply to your letter of the
16th May, that the duty on cork, in the new tariff, is meant
to be taken by the ton.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
(signed,) W. H. Stephenson. Mr. Goodfellow, 14, Burr-
street, Lower East Smithfield."

TRACTARIANISM.-It gives us much pleasure to lay the
following information before our readers :—" By the provi-
sions of the Theological Statute passed at Oxford last week,
Dr. Hampden, the Regius Professor of Divinity, has been
constituted Chairman of the New Theological Board, and is
also recognised as a public University Professor in Dogmatic
Theology. The statute, therefore, virtually rescinds the
judgment passed by the University on the Professor's theo-
logical opinions, in 1836, on occasion of his appointmdnt to
the chair by Her Majesty, at the recommendation of the late
whig administration." This is as it ought to be. The ap-
pointment we consider excellent in itself ; while it is another
proof that Tractarianism is fading in the estimation of those
in places of highest influence in the church. As we have
already intimated, we are disposed to think, that in future
our warfare will be chiefly directed, not against Puseyism in
its rampant state, but against its principles, insidiously ad-
vanced as the principles of our church, while in essence they
are Tractarian principles—in other words, Popish principles
—as these are diametrically opposed to the principles of the
gospel.—Record.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IN A BEIL—A few days since
a remarkable case of the spontaneous combustion of a bed
occurred in the family of C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., of
Portland-place, Leamington, which, but for its timely disco-
very, might have led to very disastrous results. The alarm
was given of a fire which had broken out in one of two bed-
steads in a bedroom, on which there were two beds, the one
a paillasse and the other what was supposed to be a hair mat-
tress. It was promptly extinguished by the application of
water, when it was ascertained that a hole, about eight inches
in diameter, had burned completely through the floor imme-
diately under the bed, and. on examining the bedding, a cor-
responding circle of combustion was found both in the mat-
tress and paillasse. The former turned out, on examination,
instead of hair, to have merely a thin superficial covering of
that substance, the interior being made up, amongst other
things, of roughly broken flax, tow, and oakum, which sub-
stances only require the contact of oil or grease to ignite of
themselves. This process, which goes on under ordinary
circumstances of the atmosphere, would unquestionably be
promoted even by such an elevation of temperature as mere
animal heat. It would appear, that after having commenced
in, the tow or other contents at the under side of the mat-
tress, thence to have burned downwards through the paillasse,
the straw and ignited materials setting fire to the floor, and
thence to the curtains and hangings. Mr. Booth, the lectu-
rer on chemistry, who has paid much attention to this curious
and intricate subject, and to whom these facts were thus re-
lated, finds no difficulty in adding this to the many authentic
cases of spontaneous combustion ; and, as many such mat-
tresses are undoubtedly in use, it should operate as a whole-
some caution.

THE CASE OF MR. C. MATHEWS.—In the Observer of
last Sunday a general analysis of the schedule and other docu-
ments filed in the Insolvent Debtors' Court by Mr. C.
Mathews, the late manager of Covent-garden Theatre, was
, given and we now proceed, from the same sources, to state
some further particulars relating to the speculations in which
that gentleman and Madame Vestris were concerned. In
the first place, it may be stated that the performers have sub-
scribed to present Mr. C. Matthews and his wife with an ele-
gant candelabrum, which has been made in testimony of
their approval of the late management of the theatre; but
the same will not be presented until after the final hearing
of the case, as it would become the property of the creditors ;

and for the same reason no benefit-will take place, as it has

been suggested should begiven, on account or the losses sus-
tained in the establishment. Mr. C. Mathews took his bene-
fit at Covent-garden Theatre on Saturday night, and he
was taken in execution on the following Monday. The
question, therefore, naturally arose, what had he done
with the money? That question is, however, easily an-
swered, by reference to the schedule, in which is a state-
ment showing that he had anticipated the proceeding
by borrowing various sums of persons, to whom he gave
orders on Mr. Robertson, the treasurer, and they were
paid accordingly. In this way the money was dissi-
pated, and Mr. Mathews left with a very few pounds. It
seems that the trip to America was an unfortunate one, and
that a sum of £5OO remitted for the purposes of the Olympic
Theatre was an entire loss. The general balance-sheet
(which, by the practice of the court, must commence from
the earliest date in the schedule) shows that £650 was re.
ceived for thirteen nights' performance at New York ; £4OO
for twelve nights at Philadelphia ; and £7OO on the second
engagement at New York, of fourteen nights, making in the
whole £1750, whilst the expenses were about £lOOO. It is
stated on the schedule-sheet, that from Easter to the closing
the performers above £8 a-week received only half salaries ;
and in juxta-position to the debt of £6,166, claimed by the
proprietors for arrears of rent, is a long statement setting
forth the agreement under which the theatre was taken, the
effect of which is to show that it was taken verbally from
Mr. Moore, with an understanding that any sum above
£5,000 to £7,000 a-year would be accepted, after deducting
£6O a week for his own services and those of Madame
Vestris ; and until a recent period before the close he was
not aware of the present claim, having paid during the
three seasons the sums of £5,000, £6,150, and £2,384 ;
besides which last-mentioned sum, £7OO would accrue
from private boxes, and £l,OOO from the German Opera
now performing at the theatre. The balance-sheet states,
that £750 a year has been spent in household expenses,
£l4O a year for horse hire and keep, and £350 a year
for clothes and theatrical dresses. Among the property
detained by the proprietors are clothes and theatrical ward-
robes to the estimated value of £5OO. There are no perform-
ers in the schedule as creditors for services rendered at Co-
vent-garden, and a very few of those who were engaged at
the Olympic. The names of various " money-lenders" are
set forth ; and, with the law expenses, amounting to £4,500
in less than five years, is indicative of certain involvements.
A sum of £3,000 was raised by way of annuity, which soon
disappeared in payments. When Madame Vestris corn-
pounded with her creditors to about £B,OOO, she raised the
money by sale of her own property' and it appears that her
jewels alone were sold for £l,OOO. A vast deal of informa-
tion is given in the schedule. The theatrical speculations of
the
parties—the struggles behind the scenes to pursue the
career whilst all was glittering in front—form at once a curi-
ous and instructive lesson to those who look at more than
the
outside, or the keeping up of appearances, or to the reali-
ties of life.

St. Andrew, Leitch, hence at Stornaway, to embark emigrants
for Cape Breton
Horsford, -, from Buenos Ayres, at Plymouth
Helen, -, from Valparaiso, at Swansea
Frances, Pratt, hence for St. Petersburg, at Elsinore, to dis-
charge and repair, having been aground on the Swinebottoms,
Dorothea, -, from Valparaiso for Liverpool, was spoken 21st
April, in lat. 11 N, long. 37 W
General Wiltshire, hence for New York, was spoken 9th May, in
lat. 43, long. 27
Robert Whiteway, -, hence at Valparaiso, and sailed 29th
Dec. for Mazatlan
Maria Brennan, Taylor, and Williet, Sovelius, hence at Swine.
monde
Ellen, Roche, hence at Venice

Leipzig, Ritchie, and Water Witch, Dunn, hence at St. Peters-
burg
Thomas Tattersall, M•Guire, hence at Hamburg
Rapide, Bockleman, hence at Cuxhaven
Shakespeare, -, hence for New York, off Cove
Lowther, hence for Newfoundland, off Cape Clear
Prince Albert, Gibson, hence at Scilly, and sailed 17th May for
Algiers
Auckland, Petrie, from Honduras, at Cove
Duke of Wellington, Lawson, ditto, ditto, with loss of sails and
boats, and rudder damaged, having encountered very bad weather.
On 7th May, in lat. 4S, long. 36, passed four dismasted vessels,
apparently outward North Americans, and were all persevering to
get to the westward. On 3rd May, in lat. 45, long. 47, spoke the
Catariqui, from Liverpool for Quebec.