The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

THE MIND

(From Charles Swain's new work.)
The fine associations of the mind,
With their own loveliness invest each hue
And form of nature I—Unless thus combined
With feelings, holy, eloquent, and true,
What were this gorgeous firmament of blue—
These floating mountains of a vapoury sphere—
This commonwealth of flowers—this vast review
Of wordly splendour, bursting far and near ?
Oh 1 what were earth itself, unless the mind were here?

There's beauty in the soft, warm, summer morn,
When leaves are sparkling with the early dew ;
When birds awake, and buds and flowers are born,
And the rich sun appears, half trembling, through
The crimson haze, and dim luxurious_ blue _

Of the far eastern, heav'ns :—there's beauty deep
From mountain tops to catch the distant view
Of quiet glen—wood path—wild craggy steep—
Or cool sequester'd coast where lonely waters sleep.

There's beauty in the noontide atmosphere;
When willows bend their graceful boughs to meet
The fountain waters—delicately clear :

When midway heaven the wild lark carols sweet ;
There's beauty in the tender traits which fleet
Along the skiey shores and isles of gold,
That seem just formed for holy angels feet,
Gleaming with gifts of an immortal mould !

God! could thy name be lost, while men such scenes behold

Theer's beauty in the still blue hour of night,
When streams sing softly through the moonlit vale,
When, one by one, shoot forth the stars to light,
Dreamy and cold, and spiritually pale.—
There's beauty on the ocean, when the gale
Dashes the merry billows to the strand ;
When like a phantom flirts some wand'ring sail,
White as the moon-beam on the glittering sand,
And distant flute-notes rise, touched by some skilful hand.

There's beauty nn the quiet lake afar,
When the wild birds sleep upon its voiceless breast;
The lonely mirror of a single star,
Pale shining in the solitary west;
There's harmony and beauty in that rest—
So placid—stirless—lonely—and so deep—
We scarcely move, or dare to whisper—lest
A word should break the magic of that sleep,
And start the spirit nymphs who watch around it keep !

There's beauty on the mountains—when the snow—
Of thousand ages on their forehead lies ;
Purple and glittering in the sun-set glow,
The gala light of the Italian skies :
When gorgeously the clear prismatic dyes
Illumine ice-built arches—crystal walls
That like the mirrors of the spheres, arise ;
Or proud magician's visionary halls,
Arrayed for merry masques—for pomps and carnivals.

There's beauty in the old monastic pile,
When purple twilight, like a nun, appears
Bending o'er ruin'd arch and wasted aisle—

Majestic

glories of departed years—

Whilst, dark above the victor, ivy rears
Its sacriligious banner o'er the shrine,

Once holy with a dying Martyr's tears;
Yet, amidst dust, and darkness, and decline,
A. beauty mantles still the edifice divine !

But, ah ! bereft of mind, which is the light
That melts the shadows of futurity !
Nor early morn, nor noon, nor summer night,
Nor the wild billows of the lonely sea ;
No, nor the sweet and plaintive melody
Of distant flute-notes on the moonlight shore,
May touch one heart with beauty ! If the free
And god-like spring of thought could act no more
Dark were the past to man, and dark his path before.

All beauty is the mind's. The dews of earth—
Her loveliest breathings—her serenest skies—
Ne'er warm'd such noble feelings into birth,
As from our own imaginations rise ;
The bright illuminated memories
Which are the rays of the soul's world I—the gay

And fond creations of our youthful eyes :
Beauties which set not with the setting day,
But hold a life within—a charm against decay !

PARODY ON THE BRAVE OLD OAK

(From the Carmarthen Journal.)
Here's a song to the maids—the tough old maids—
That have single remained so long ;
Here's health and renown to their scanty-skirted gown,
And their power to reject so strong.
There is spleen in their frown when 't is told in town,
That a love-flame had just burst out ;
And they show too their spite, when the young maids plight,
Or walk with their beaux about.
Then here's to the maids—the tough old maids—
That live—for they must—alone,
And still let them say, oft sought were they
Ere thirty years were gone.

In the days of old, ere their locks of gold,
Were sprinkled by time with grey,
To the dust at their feet, bow'd lovers neat,
To acknowledge their potent sway.
And then each day, with their prospects gay,
They trifled with love-sick swains ;
Their beauty 's defaced, on the shelf they 're placed,
But the wish to wed remains.

Then here 's to the maids, &c.

een the brave time, when in their prime
lighted to appear
In the county-hall, at the fancy ball,
When girls oft are bought too dear,
Others now have the sway which once had they,
Of which lasses 'ware should be,
When their present rule ends like our ancient friends,
Perhaps we them old maids shall see.
Then here 's to the maids—the tough old maids
That live—for they must—alone,
And still let them say oft sought were they

Ere thirty years were gone

8114„11%teiCAN PORK.—We understand that private letters
with that People of the United States to be greatly pleased
introd„_iert of Sir Robert Peel's tariff which allows of the
PreparZiZ f:4 salted provisions at moderate rates of duty.
&c., to this making to send large supplies of pork, hams,
Delaware, Ztuni„titailY, not only from the back states, but from
meroua herds run a, Virginia, &c., where the pigs in nu-
maize. From tewild in the woods, and feed on acorns and
live upon their fiesilkiabita of the animals and the food they
ticipate a large impertagosuPerior flavour ; and we may an-
t a an advantage to botu
eon at a moderate price. This will
RaPitEsssrrAriox op
iuntries.—Leeds Mercury.
by a committee of the HeePsselvien.—Having been unseated
corruption, neither Mr. Rigby fvvcommons for bribery and
eligible to become candidateif ason nor Mr. Rennie are
place during the sitting of the or the representation of an
Present P • any
stead Mr. Thomas Gisborne, whose arhament. In their
Carlow and North Derbyshire have elr.ctioneering freaks in
Mr. Moffat, a gentleman carrying rainedbus considerable, and
in the city, will, it is said, come forward on
neaa as a merchant
• ' les
prmcip • They will be opposed by the _ the W
Earl of Deserthig-radical
Thomas Gladstone, brother of the Right Hon. and
Mr. Vice President of the Boar ' W. E
Gladstone, d of Trade. For. of
time past the conservatives Ipswich have been
someand has their ranks are A pre-
paring
for a conflict ;
firmly united,
preparations are fully matured
and as all their
matured, there is no
• th • •
t the can ias in eir interests
doubt whatev tha Successful .
At the last election Mr. troy
triumphantly
J• C• Herries were defeated;
and
Kelly and the Rig .ht Hon. •C.
t has been caused by the'
disappointmen
although some
conservatives do not feel at all
coming forward, the n so effectually routing the
discou-
raged. In fact, they calculate o
m aain xer-
wing-radicals. as to present them fro
lever itical pagrty ie n the
rising much influence as an important po
last election were—
borough. The numbers polled at the
. 611
Mr. Fitzroy Kelly (Conservative) ... . ...
Right Hon. J. C. Herries (Conservative).. 04_
Mr. Rigby Wason (Liberal) ............. 9..?..
Mr. Rennie (Liberal) ................... 57
of
the majorities.
It will be observed from this statement that
the liberal candidates were very small indeed ; and when it is
remembered that those majorities were colourable and not
_
real, the success of the conservative cause admits not of
question, especially as the result of the last registration was
decidedly adverse congratu-
lation to the whigs. It is a matter of to the conservatives that they resisted the insidious
la .
proposal made to them the whigs to enter into a compro-
mise by allowing a member
of either party to be elected with-
out opposition, for hz
that compromise been acceded to,
great injury would have been inflicted on the conservative '
cause. It is nnderato that Thursday has been fixed upon
as the
went of t dhe polliay of nominatio
n so nt
2
and Friday for the commence-
g,tha there is no time to lose. Doubt-
of proper and legitimateme
less the contest will be severe, but the victory, by the exercise
ans
P may be fully assured.

Wiliam Halford, a fellowship porter, appeared on Tuesday
at Guildhall, to answer the charge of Charles Howcroft, the
calf of whose leg he had severely bitten, while being co.-
veyed, on conviction, by that turnkey to Giltspur-street
prison. Mr. Alderman Thompson ordered that, as the pri-
soner had behaved like a mastiff, he should be treated as one,
and his teeth filed or drawn by the prison surgeon. The de-
fendant having repeatedly cried for mercy on this score, he
was permitted finally to make compensation.

It has been decided at the Court of Exchequer,—and the
police magistrates have acted on the decision in several re-
cent cases, that shopkeepers have a right to ticket their goods
at any sum they please, and afterwards to refuse if they
thought proper to sell them at the ticketed price. The false
price then can be regarded only as a fair warning to the pub-
lic,—as plain as the words—" Don't deal at this shop if you
would not be deceived."
At the Insolvent Court on Wednesday, before going into
the list several motions of course were disposed of, and
amongst them one for liberty to give bail in the matter of C.
P. Gardiner, son of the Earl of Blessington. The schedule
debts of the insolvent exceeded £30,000, but property was
returned which, after payment of these debts, would leave a
surplus amounting to £150,000, the Blessington estates hav-
ing been willed to him.
A SERIOUS STRIKE.—The Worcester Journal states,
that it is estimated that in the coal and iron districts not less
than from 10,000 to 14,000 operatives struck work on Satur-
day se'nnight. This includes workmen discharged by blow-
ing out several blast furnaces ; and it is gratifying to state
that there has been no infraction of the public peace. At
the Stourbridge ironworks a machine has been invented for
squeezing the cinder out of the puddled iron, consequently
there will be no further use at those works for the service of
the men called shinglers.

DREADFUL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—On Thursday se'n-
night, an accident occurred at Green-bank Colliery, belong-
ing to Mr. Gerard, at Blackrod, by which two aged men
lost their lives. It appears that the men were about leaving
their work, and had to ascend the pit in turns. Mr. Gerard,
who was at the bottom, was about to ascend, but being in
conversation with one of the workpeople, allowed the unfor-
tunate men, who names are James Atherton, aged 51, and
Simon Rogers, aged 54, to ascend in his place. They got in
the tub, and when nearly at the top an accident happened at
the head gearing, by which the tubs became detached, and
the men were precipitated to the bottom, and killed upon the
spot. The pit was exceedingly deep, and such was the im-
pelling force of the fall, that the bone of Atherton's leg was
driven through the heel of the boot.—Bolton Chronicle.

HORRIBLE DEATH.—On Tuesday last an inquest was
held at the Snipe Tavern, Dukenfield, Cheshire, before Mr.
C. Hudson, coroner, on view of the mutilated remains of
James Ogden, aged 43 years. Deceased was an engineer at
the Victoria colliery, Dukenfield (worked by Messrs. Swyer
and Lees), and on Monday was engaged along with several
other men in makinc, some alteration in the rope which drew
the coals up the shaft of the mine. For this purpose the
deceased was standing near the top of the shaft, holding on
by the rope, when, the rope beingjerked by some nnaccount-
able cause, he was thrown down the shaft of the mine and
fell to the bottom, a depth of 345 yards. In descending
he came in contact with sundry pumps and pieces of timber,
and on two persons descending to look for him, he was found
quite dead, one side of his head being cut off, both his legs
and thighs, one arm, and part of one side also cut off, his
bowels dashed out, and every bone in his body broken.
MESMERISM EXTRAORDINARY.—A party of gentlemen
of this town having determined to make some experiments
in animal magnetism, or mesmerism, with a view to deter-
mine whether operations could be successfully performed at
a considerable distance, went on Friday last, by railway, to
Brightside; sending the operator forward to Rotherham.
It was agreed that at a given time the operator should make
the usual manipulations in the station-house, at Rotherham,
when the subject, a young man, should be in a room at
Brightside. Precisely at the time appointed sleep was pro-
duced, and in less than one minute afterwards the young
man was drawn towards Rotherham with a force so power-
full that it took several strong persons to hold him. After
a few minutes were passed, the gentleman about, among
whom was an experienced medical practitioner, were able,
with great exertions, to restore him to partial conscious-
ness ; and on the operator arriving by the next train from
Rotherham, he was instantly set right. All present were
perfectly satisfied with the success of the experiment, but
they concurred in saying that great danger would be likely
to result from its frequent repetition. When the operator
and the patient can be brought together immediately in cases
of emergency, there is little to fear ; and certainly no in-
dividual ought to attempt to magnetise another without being
sure that he can instantly put his patient into a natural state.
The distance from Rotherham station to Brightside station
is three miles and a half; and as the train leaves Rotherham
in a few minutes after its arrival for Brightside and Sheffield,
a similar experiment could scarcely be made in less time.—
Sheffield Iris.'
MURDER OE A SON BY HIS FATHER.—An inquest was
held at North Collingham, Nottinghamshire, on the 23rd of
May instant, before Mr. P F. Falkner, coroner, over the
body of Mr. George Rawortb, who was a respectable currier,
aged between 30 and 40 years. He lived with his father, but
the latter had never spoken to him for two years. The de-
ceased on Saturday last had put his horse into cart, and was
ready to start to Newark, when a neighbour, Mrs. Gilbert,
called and requested him to wait five minutes whilst she
fetched a basket which she wished him to take to Newark.
She was not absent more than five mniutes, and, not seeing
him in the yard on her return, with the cart, went into the
house, when she found him in an inner room in a state of
great suffering, and scarcely able to speak, with blood flow-
ing
profusely from one of his ears, at the back of which he
had received a violent blow. His father who is a shoemaker,
was sitting inathe same room at his work, quite indifferent
and unconcerned, and offered no assistance, and evinced no
sympathy for his son. A medical man was sent for, and
soon after arrived, and found the deceased rapidly sinking
and insensible, in which state he continued till his death in
the evening. The father at first denied any knowledge of
the injury, but afterwards confessed he had inflicted it with
a thick bar of wood, with which the outer door of the house
was fastened, but alleged that his son had provoked him to
it. He had evinced no contrition, and never went near or
inquired after his son, and when speaking of him, after be
had injured him, used oaths and other violent language, by
which the state of his mind towards him was manifested.
On opening the head it was found that the skull was exten-
sively fractured at the back of the ear, and that the deceased
had also received three or four other violent contusions on
the head. The jury immediately returned a verdict of
" Wilful murder," against the father, who was committed
by the coroner to the county gaol, to take his trial at the
next assizes.—Nattingham Journal.
BURNING OF RILEY-HOUSE AND Loss OF LIFE.—At
a late hour on Wednesday night last accounts were received
in the city, at the principal insurance offices, of a dreadful
fire happening at the village of Hinnock, in Devonshire, on
the afternoon of Monday, which occasioned the total de-
struction of Riley-house, an elegant seat in the occupation
of a gentleman named Weekes, and attended, it is feared,
with loss of human life. From the letters received from the
correspondents and agents connected with the offices in ques-
tion, it appears that Riley-house was a noble brick building,
beautifully situate within a short distance of the village, on
a commanding eminence, surrounded by vallies and pleasure-
grounds. It was built upwards of a century ago, and was
approached by a spacious court-yard. Immediately in the
rear was the farm, which covered a large space of ground,
consisting of one barn, two granaries, cart and coach-house,
stables, cow-houses, and numerous outbuildings. At the
time of the commencement of the fire, which was about half-
past four o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Raley and his fa-
mily were out on a visit, leaving two female servants in care
of the premises, and they, it appears, were first alarmed, by
flakes of fire falling down the flue of the dining-room chim-
ney, where there was no fire. They immediately proceeded
to examine the cause, but were unable to do so for nearly an
hour, when hearing a crackling noise in the upper room, they
became alarmed, and called in a labourer, who was at work
in one of the neighbouring fields ; on his proceeding into the
uppermost apartments, he discovered the flames breaking
through the ceiling. He directly obtained several buckets
of water, and made great efforts to stop the fire spreading ;
but it had obtained an alarming ascendancy, and soon made
its appearance through the roof. Upon the fire being ob-
served at Hinnock, a great number of persons hastened to
give assistance, and the chief constable started off on horse-
back to South Bovey, a distance of five miles, for the fire-
engines, which were got ready with the utmost alacrity ; but
long before they reached the spot, the terrible conflagration
had spread over the entire premises, and one poor fellow
had perished in the flames in consequence of the floors giv-
ing way upon him while in the act of saving some valuable
property. There were many others with him at the moment,
but they contrived to escape by leaping out of the front and
back windows, without sustaining any injury. Within a
very short time after the flames caught the barn at the back
of the mansion, and subsequently extended, notwithstanding
every possible exertion to prevent it, to the granaries that
adjoined, and afterwards over the whole farm. In less than
two hours not a vestige remained ; all the buildings were le-
velled to the ground, and nothing remained of old Riley-
house but its blackened walls. The fire continued burning
furiously for many hours, during which period thousands of
persons had been attracted to the scene of destruction from
all parts of the surrounding country. The amount of pro-
perty destroyed is stated to be very considerable.—London
Paper.

LASCAR. SEAMEN.--On Wednesday, a long investigation
took place before Mr. Baker, coroner, at the Lord Nelson,
East India-road, Poplar, on the body of Ali Gheurn, aged
20, a Malay seaman, on board the George Fourth, East In-
dianian, now lying in the East India Dock. She arrived
about five weeks since from Calcutta, from which place de-
ceased and about 17 other natives came as seamen. He ap-
peared to have very good health on the passage, and up to
Wednesday week, when he complained of pain in his sto-
mach. Witness gave him some castor oil, and he afterwards
seemed a little better. On Friday he became much worse,
but recovered on Saturday. On Sunday he had a relapse,
and appeared dying. He complained of violent pains in the
head and stomach, and witness gave deceased six drops of
lavender spirit to revive him, and then sent for Mr. Bright,
surgeon, of the East India-road, in the meantime himself
applying a mustard poultice to the deceased's chest. Mr.
Bright arrived in about half an hour, before which, however,
the deceased had expired in the most acute agony. In an-
swer to the coroner and jury, the witness stated that when
he considered any of the Lascars dangerously ill, he gene-
rally sent them to the hospital-ship, but he did not do so
in the present instance. He had unlimited orders from
Messrs. Magniac and Jardine, the owners of his ship, to
make the Lascar seamen comfortable. Their food generally
Consisted of rice, peas, fresh mutton, salt fish, and vegetables
forced tod
since they have been here. There were four at present in-
mates of the hospital-ship, and one previously had died.
could steak
They ha
in his bowels
diet during that°r
iilleomedical man on board when at sea, and were
theirn own doctors. Pooka Rajah, a Lascar, who
of his messm
English, said deceased complained of a bad pain
the same complaint.
four days before he died. His principal
timeal had been cold rice and water, and ano-
therwhen he called he foil
es had been taken ill on Tuesday night of
Mr. Bright, the surgeon, deposed that
deck of the George
e deceased
t the deceased lying dead on the lower
ddhis
cu
ebbtemlhi
mortification
belief t
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fihncaffat
et
ritoel adn Fourth. From what he was told, it was
greatann_ had died of influenza, and no
gangrene,
exposure to cold might pro_
sent for as soon as these megnownwe; taken ill, as it frequently
A. surgeon ought to be
Several of the jury condemned
happened they were let to
before sent to the hospital. ithout medical aid too long
without it evident that
men,dsaeye that the lives of thesepoor
the treatment of these an:l
medical advice. It
thdfd
the
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w
creatures were not sacrificed for want of medical aid, and
they had no right to expect that the captain could understand
all all the diseases of men coming from so warm a climate. The
jury, and •
having de-
t. n to write to the
dared it his inten io . owners of the George
coroner coincided in the views of the
Fourth upon the subject, a verdict of " died from natural
causes" was ultzmately recorded.—Times.

Several Romish priests in France have, within the last two
or three years, been led, by the reading of the Scriptures, to
renounce the Roman Catholic and embrace the Protestant
faith. Among them is M. Maurette, who was formerly a
priest at the village of Serres, which is in the south of France,
and near to the Pyrenees.

A captain of a Lancer regiment in Ireland is obliged to be
put in a state of restraint. He has written several insane
letters to the Queen, particularly remonstrating against the
appointment of Prince George to the command of a regiment.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt
of £4O, in two notes of £2O each, received, from some per-
son unknown, as conscience-money, on the 26th of May,
1812.-11, Downing-street, May 27.
OXFORD, MAY 25.—The Heads of Houses have just
issued a proposal for the repeal of the University statute
which was passed, relative to the Regius Professor of Divi-
nity, in 1836. June 7 is fixed for bringing the measure
before convocation.

TIIE CHURCH.--Of the eight churches in the borough of
Hull, four have been built and a fifth rebuilt by the present
generation, and the whole of the remainder have in the mean
time undergone extensive renewals. A ninth is erecting in
the Groves, and yesterday was appointed for laying the foun-
dation of another church in Myton—making ten in Hull.
A meeting was held at Evesham, Worcestershire, on Mon-
day last, for the purpose of promoting a communication be-
tween that borough and the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway, by means of a branch line. The result was as fa-
vourable as could be desired, and there is little doubt the
object of the meeting will be carried out.
SINGULAR WILL•—Mr. William Falkous, late of Gates-
head, draper, who died in July last, by his will, proved on the
21st instant, bequeaths £7410 in legacies, varying from £lO
to £3OO, to " industrious and upright professional men,
tradesmen, and others," (iii all 101) some of whom, he re-
marks, he had observed contending with difficulties, and yet
preserving their integrity. To one legatee he bequeaths £5O
as a token of his esteem for him in closing his shop on the
Sabbath, which shop had been kept open by the previous oc-
cupier.

An amusing circumstance occurred at the Dublin Theatre
on Monday. It has lately become the fashion here for the
fair ones of the boxes to fling bouquets of choice flowers on
the stage, in honour of those vocalists who have become more
than common favourites. Thus during the recent Italian
engagement the stage nightly was literally strewed with "all
sorts of dasies and delicate bells ;" but it was reserved for a
deity in the gallery, on Monday night, to afford a practical
satire on this absurd custom, which, we think, will put a
period to it here. When the enthusiasm created by Miss
Kemble's performance was at its height, there dropped from
the upper regions—not a garland of roses—but—a good sub-
stantial bunch of radishes—the voluntary tribute of some en-
amoured green-grocer to melody and beauty ! Miss Kemble
raised the precious offering—which she did not press to her
bosom, as is the custom, but handed it to Balfe, amid shouts
of laughter from every part of the house, the stage included.
It was positively not a bad joke.—Dublin Evening Packei.
MARRIAGE OF A GIANT AND GIANTESS.—On Monday
morning a young man of most gigantic stature was married
at St. Martin's Church by the Rev. M. W. Foye, to a young
woman of proportionate dimensions. The bridegroom, who
is only 23 years of age, is upwards of seven feet in height, with
well-proportioned limbs, and had been exhibited in one of
the travelling collections of monstrosities, which were shown
at our fair last week. His name, as entered in the parish
register, is Frederick Chadwick, and that of his bride is Jane
Grey. It is not a little singular, that only a few years since
the same clergyman united a couple of dwarfs under very
similar circumstances. An immense crowd collected round
the church during the performance of the ceremony, and
many of the public obtained admission. We are told by an
eye witness, that so conscious was he of his immense stature
and singular appearance, that when directed by the clerk to
stand up instead of kneeling down, as he wished to do, he
endeavoured ineffectually to conceal his height by stooping.
—Birmingham Advertiser.

APPALLING SINCIDP.—A woman named Catherine Rice,
the wife of a carpenter of this town, who had been for some
time in a deranged state of mind, was found yesterday in one
of the plantations convenient to (Anitiville, with her head and
one of her legs separated from her body. A razor was found
near her by which it is supposed she cut her throat, and the
head and leg were it is presumed torn from the body either
by pigs or dogs. The razor was stained with blood. She
left her house on Sunday morning, and strange to tell, she
was observed to take the razor on a shelf, and no effort
seemed to have been made to deprive her of it, notwith-
standing her state of mind. She left four children. Mr.
Greene left town at an early hour this morning, accompanied
by Mr. Fitzimon, 5.1., to inquire into the circumstances.—
Clare Journal.

SUMMER CIRCUIT OF THE JUDGES.—On Thursday morn-
ing the ensuing summer circuits were appointed in the Judges'
Room of the Court of Queen's Bench. It was expected
that an alteration would have been made in the northern
circuit ; but it is understood that an act of parliament is
required for the purpose.
Northern Circuit.—Lord Denman and Mr. Justice Maule.
Oxford.—Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Mr. Justice
Erskine.

Horne.—Lord Abinger and Mr. Justice Coltman.
Midland.—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Patteson.
Norfolk.—Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Williams.
Western.—Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Cress-
well.
North Wales.—Mr. Baron Gurney.
South Wales.—Mr. Baron Rolfe.
The Judge at Chambers during the long vacation—Mr.
Justice Coleridge.
UNIVERSITIER OF EUROPE.—We find the following sta-
tistical table of the Universities of Europe in a German
journal:—

Countries. Inhabitants. Universities. Students.
Russia .
Great Britain 27,000,000 .. 9 .. 17,750
France
Austria
Prussia 15,000,000 .. 7 .. 5,220
The rest of Germany . 17,000,000 .. 12 .. 7,960
Denmark
Sweden and Norway 4,300,000 .. 3 .. 2,810
Spain
Italy 18,000,000 .. 19 .. 8,800
Portugal 4,200,000 .. 1 .. 1,960
Switzerland
Belgium
The Netherlands
Greece 1,000,000 .. 1 .. 200
lonian Islands
Cracow 130,000 .. 1 .. 300

LIFTING THE LATCH.—A correspondent has furnished us
with the statement of a very singular occurrence which re-
cently took place in a neighbouring county, but which we
decline publishing in its circumstantial form, at least for the
present. It appears that a certain gay Lothario in high life,
not duly influenced by the sacred obligation of the tenth com-
mandment, having been smitten by Cupid's darts, glanced
from the bright blue eyes of a humble cottager's wife, impor-
tuned this Laura of humble life in vain ; but on a luckless
occasion last week he bent his steps to his enslaver's door,
on the information that the gude man was awa', and he
essayed to open the door latch by introducing his finger,
when off was cut the offending member by the knife of the
indignant husband ! Off started poor Don Juan, with but
nine fingers, roaring out that the chartists were coming ! We
understand that the finger was neat day found in a garden.—
Monmouth Merlin.

THE DANUBE.—In consequence of the improvement of
the navigation of the Danube by the introduction of nume-
rous steamers, it is now easy to pass in a few days from Ger-
many to Turkey, and though we can look at the progress of
things only as it were in motion, yet it is impossible not to
have serious considerations awakened by the observation of
what is passing. The visits of so many strangers to the
Lower Danube, and the occasional return of some, create
an active communication which greatly forwards European
civilization in the east. Semlin and Pancsova, on the mili-
tary frontiers, and the Servian town of Belgrade, are flou-
rishing, whereas the neighbouring towns have fallen into a
state of decay. The poverty of the Turks in those quarters
is so great, that they are induced to emigrate to other Turkish
provinces. Wretchedness appears everywhere. The Turkish
fortresses are in entire decay ; no hand is employed to repair
them, and they will soon be in ruins. On the other hand,
the Servians act with vigour. They have a good military
force, clothed entirely in the German fashion. The men are
youthful and well disciplined. The towns are well built, and
rapidly increasing in population.

TIIE WHITE QUAKERS AGAIN !—OR Sunday last there
was another " field day " of those people called " White
Quakers," in Cathedral-square, headed by their high-priest,
Joshua Jacob, and his fair friend Abigail Beale leaning on his
arm. They were followed by eleven others (nine women and
two men), all dressed in similar costume, if we except two of
the females, whose shoes appeared to have come under the
operation of the polishing brush, while those of all the rest
retained the primitive colour the leather had before the cord-
wainer operated on it. Exactly at twelve o'clock they took
up a position in line adjacent to one of the side entrances of
the church, or "steeple-house," as friend Jos. has already
designated it. Jos:iaa held a large bundle of printed papers
in his hands, as also did two or three of the females, which
they distributed to all who asked for them. They observed
in their demeanour all that mildness and placidity charac-
teristic of the respectable body tram which they have, in some
degree at least, secede,'.. T heir situation, while standing in
square, notwithstanding their quiet manner, was rendered
more unpleasant by some dozen urchins who considered it
great fun to annoy them with jibes and impertinent remarks,
added to which the rain for some time poured down copiously ;
but they still kept their position, perfectly heedless of the
annoyance from sinful man, as well as the unpropitious ele-
ments, without flinching, although all wore unprovided with
umbrellas. As soon as they believed that all the bvtanders
had been furnished with copies of the papers which they had
been distributing, they fell into two deep, and, led on as be-
fore by Joshua and Abigail, they proceeded to their meeting-
house in the square, and the people dispersed.—Waterford
Chronicle.
REWARDS OF INDUSTRY.—The two richest merchants in
the United States, during the last ten or fifteen years, have
risen from humble life by industry, perseverance, and a
thorough mastery of their respective business. Stephen
Girard, whose property at his death was over twelve millions,
was a friendless orphan, struggling for years for a bare living,
and at manhood commanded a mere sloop in the West India
trade.
Step bystep, investing here a little, and there a lit-
tle—watching the fluctuations of trade, taking advantage of
the mutations of markets, saving with rigid economy, he
amassed thousands after thousands, till his thousands be-
came millions, and the humble sailor became the richest man
in the Union. John Jacob Astor, now living, is another il-
lustration of this gradual rise. By diligence, attention to
business, and carefully securing and appropriating his gains,
he has accumulated property greater than that of any other
American. He began life a small merchant in the fur trade ;
little by little he cultivated his business until he is the great-
est of our " millionaires." Mr. Astor has said that it was
harder to make his first thousand than his last hundred thou-
sand—so difficult is it to begin ;so easy, once fairly started,
to push onward. The Rothschilds of Europe, whose pro-
perty is estimated at about thirty millions of dollars, are the
sons of a poor teacher, who, being exceedingly indigent,
sought this profession for a living. Realising a little from
his labours, he abandoned the pursuit, and began to
trade
in
bli
ancient coins, which proving lucrative, he was able to advance
established a banking house at Frankfort.
by degrees, till he
y,
business, and on the corner-stone of their father's industryprincely,
built
that tol is the father
At his death in 1812, his five sons continued the bankiinng.
built up their more than fortunes. All these -
rite cannot too
talent and moderatemat—go to prove the old Greek pr
stances—and others could be multipliedoverbs i
were they necessary
of glory." Those setting out in mercantile
much school themselves in diligence, perseverance, probity,
and a
proper eco ; for these, with moderate business
capital, will seldom fail of making them
successful and affluent. It was nothing more than this which
an
lay at the found • immense fortunes of the Roths-
childs, Girard on of the
and Astor.—Savanna Georgian.

TIDE TABLE.
Height.l Sundays, Holydays, 6c,

.1 Mrn. 1 Evn,

U• 11. a. al. F• I Tuesday .31 324 349 111 11 • Moon in Apogee 3h even
Wednes . 1 417 446 11 4 Nicomede
Thursday 2 517 549 11 1
Friday .. 3 ti 24 6 t'6 11 3 6 Saturday 4 728 757 11 -
Sunday.. 5 826 84g 12 3
Monday. 6 913 9 34 11 6

Mars sets 10h 14m. even.
I2nd Sunday after Trinity,
Venus sets 10h 14m even,

TELEGRAPH OFFIC

E, MAY 30.

Wind at Holyhead S.W. moderate morning and noon ; W.S.W.
in the evening.
Off Holyhead, No. 3274, Seagul,atl2at noon,
anf d 27 for .Monte video;
9236, Oromocto, Bk. at 2p.m. from __
8.8. at 3 p.m. from Callao.
Off Holyhead, yesterday, No. 4658, Grace Darling, at 7 3U p.m.
from Barbadoes. _ .

No. 8614, Nais, schooner, (which sailed on Saturday for Cadiz,)
at anchor in Bull Bay'at 3 p.m. this day.
Off the port, at 8 p.m. one brig.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AT YORK.--We are
Informed that the information we have received respecting
the extent of the purchase, and the money collected for the
erection of a new Catholic' church in York, Is not correct.
The sum available for that purpose amounts to no more than
between X 2,000 and £3,000.

PRICES OF SHARES, MAY 30.
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 0 0
Birkenhead and Chester
Ditto, new 2O 0 0 0
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto new Shares .... 26 8 414 2 .... 5 1 8
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto new shares 3 .... 4 12 6 .... 4 10 0
Ditto Ldlgh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 0 0 0 ....

Half Shares
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar }5O paid 0 0 0 ....
Greenock, and Ayr
Grand Junction lOO .. 185 0 0.. ..
Ditto half shares 5O .. 92 10 0 ....
Quarter 5 ... 0 0 0 ....
New ditto 25 .... 46 0 0 ....
Great Western 65 .. 0 0 0 ....
Ditto new shares 5O .... 63 15 0 ....
Ditto Fifth Shares.. • • ..
Great North of England lOO ... „ 82 10 0 ...
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Preston 47 10 0 0 0 0 ....
Ditto Junction, new
Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 0 0 0 ....
Leeds and Selby
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto half shares
..... . .

London and Birmingham go . 180 0 o
Ditto quarter shares

Ditto old shares
Ditto new
London & Brighton ..
Ditto new
London and South Western
Ditto, 10th shares 37 10.. 0 0 0 .
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury .. 93 .... 0 0 0 .
Manchester and Birmingham.. 40 .... 27 0 0
Ditto and Ditto Extension .. 7 .... 0 0 0
Manchester and Leeds 7O .... 0 0 0.
Ditto half shares
Ditto quarter shares 2 5 15 0 .
Midland Counties no .... 0 0 0 .
Ditto, quarter
North Midland
New North Midland 4O .... 32 10 0 ,
One-third Shares
North Union
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 0 0 0 .

Ditto quarter shares
Ulster 25 .. 0 0 0 ....
Paris and Rouen l6 .... 0 0 0 ....
South Eastern and Dover 5O .... 0 0 0 ....
New shares
5•• • • 7 0 0 ~.,. 7 0 0
York and North Midland BO paid 0 0 0 ....
Half Shares .15 .... 00 0 ....
A
Bank of Liverpoo2l.NK.. BANKS.
Bank .. £l2 lOs paid 0 0 0 ....
Borough 8ank.......... 10 ... 13 12 6 ....
Commercial of Liverpool 10 ...: 17 2 6•• • •
Commercial of England. 5 .... 0 0 0 ....
East of England lO . o 0 0 ....
—of Manchester lO .. 00 0 ....
M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 00 0 ....
Northern and Central
North and South Wales lO .... 00 0 ....
Royal of Liverpool 500 .... 00 0 ....
South Lancashire
Albion
Liverpool Union lO .... 0 0 0 ....
Liverpool Banking Co lO .... 00 0 ...
Wilts and Dorset 7 los. 0 0 0 ....
GAS, WATER WORKS, &c.
Exchange Buildings £loo paid 177 0 0 ....
L'pool and Harrington Water } Stock .. 000 . ..
Works
Bootle Ditto Stock.... 0 0 0 ....
L'pool Gas Light Company,
(Original Stock) 100 .... 0 0 0 ....
Ditto new Shares .... 100 .... 0 0 0 ....
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 184 0 0 ....
Ditto new shares are now paid up.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
M•chcster Assurance Company. 10 .... 0 0 0 ....
Liverpool Fire and Life 2 105. 0 0 0 .... 219 0
Ocean Assurance ..........
Liverpool Marine Assurance 110 paid 0 0 0 ....
Company
FERRIES,AnDdOertCoEUS,NEW COMPANIES,
lESO
&c.O 0 ....
Rock Ferry
Carrying
Company
20 .... 0 0 0 ....
Steam Tug C0mpany.......... 10 ... 0 0 0 ....
Harrington Docks ............ 100 .... 00 0 ....
Apothecaries' Company ...... 9•• • • 00 0 ....
Asphalte (Liverpool) .......... 2 .... 00 0 ....
(Poloncean) .......... 2 .... 0 0 0 ....