The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

THE ROEHAMPTON MURDER

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crowded to excess,
On Thursday morning
tops filled with respectably-
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RE-EXAMINATION
gßow
-street
twenty minutes to nine.
on the bench, which
persons, to witness the arrival of Good, who was
brought in the prison van, about
At half-past ten Mr. Hall took his seat
The
din the dock. He ap-
pearedprisoner was in a few minutes place
minutes
was densely crowded with the nobility and gentry.
greatly dejected, and in a few fainted, but
after partaking of a glass of water he
revived, resumed his
former position, resting his right arm on theof the
front
dock. Several witnesses were examined, but whose evidence
was a mere repetition of that given before the coroner at the.
inquest. Good's son was in the room adjoining the court ,
his youthful appearance created a general sympathy. At the
close of the inquiry Good requested to be sent back to Clerk-
enwell Prison ; but Mr. Hall said, he felt bound to commit
him to take his trial. It was his duty, therefore, to send
him at once to Newgate. Richard Gamble and Mary Good
were then placed at the bar. Mr. Hall said, at that late
hour it would be impossible to go on with the case against
them, therefore he should again remand them till to-morrow
(Friday), when the evidence would be gone into. The three
prisoners were immediately conducted to the police van,
which was waiting for them, Daniel Good to be conveyed to
Newgate, and the others to Clerkenwell Prison. The mo-
ment Good was seen by the immense concourse of persons
who had assembled, he was saluted by a volley of hideous
yells and groans. Hundreds of persons followed the van as
it drove away, and continued shouting as loud as they pox_
sibly could.

" I can't bear you," as the sea said to the leaky ship

riNANcrAr, CONS. Why is part of the government
financial plan like directions on deal boxes? Because the
tacks and ink 'em!—Why another portion of it like anti-
slavery fanatics? Because they don't touch sugar!—Why
another like an order for the play given to a certain city
alderman ? Because it is getting Wood to the boxes cheap !
Why does the revised tariff oblige all to dress decently? Be-
cause no new duty (nudity) is imposed !—Why is the whole
plan like a cheap plaster? Because it is the "poor man's
friend !"

I►IISCELLANEOUS

Contracts were made on Thursday by government for
60,000 pairs of boots and shoes for the army, and 8,000 pairs
for convicts,.

Sixty-six volunteers from the 88th Connaught Rangers
joined the 86th in Cork barracks this day. The regiment is
now complete, and waits orders to embark for Liverpool, en
route for lndia.—Cork Reporter of Tuesday.
STATE OF TRADE.—Whatever improvement in trade may
have taken place in other parts of the kingdom, we are con-
strained to say that it has not extended to Leicester. Worsted
goods are little in demand at this season of the year, but the
stagnation in every department of the cotton hosiery is un-
precedented and unaccountable. The master manufacturers
have wisely ceased to make until their present stocks are dis-
posed of. In fact, little of any kind of hosiery is making.—
Leicester Journal.

WOOD'S CASE.---It is said that the special retaining fee to
Sir W. Follett, for his half hour's work in the Court of
Gloucester last week, was 1,000 guineas ; that of Mr. Fitz-
roy Kelly, 500 guineas ; and that of Mr. Butt (a stuff
gownsman from the Western Circuit), 300 guineas ; besides
several minor fees paid to each of them. To this may be
added, the fees paid Mr. Cripps, M. P., and Mr. Keeting ;
fees of 48 guineas paid to the jury, and lawyers, and lawyers'
clerks innumerable.—Globe.

PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—On Monday a wager of 50 sove-
reigns, between Lieutenant Peel (nephew of the Premier),
of the 60th Rifle dep6t, stationed at the Pigeon House Fort,
and Major Wynyard of the 58th Regiment, in which the
former undertook to perform the arduous task of walking 15
miles in three hours, was decided. The ground was in the
Park, from Castlenock-gate to the Phoenix, one mile. A.
very considerable number, principally of fashionable specta-
tors, was assembled on the occasion. Mr. Peel won the
wager, performing his work easily, Il minutes within the
given time.—Freeman's Journal.
GLOSSOP.—Wages have fallen here this last month more
than ss. in the pound. The mills continue working short time,
and the poverty which prevails is truly deplorable. Emigra-
tion and enlisting for soldiers seem to be the only resources
left for the labouring population. Last Saturday upwards of
20 persons, principally heads of families, left Glossop and
the neighbourhood for different parts of America; upwards
of 30 left Hyde for that part of the world, and 26 took their
departure from Staleybridge. These steps have been has-
tened by the receipt of letters in this part of the country
bearing good report from persons who have gone before.—
Derbyshire Chronicle.
THE OPERATION OF THE TARIFF.—A gentleman of
Bradford, who visited the south of Scotland last week, has
favoured us with the following " notes of a • traveller' :—ln
the prospect of Sir Robert's tariff acting injudiciously to the
farmers' interests, sheep and cattle are weekly falling in va-
lue. At a large sheep market held the week before last in
the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, a fall of 20 per cent. was
experienced on last year's prices. Cattle have given way £3
per head, and leave a direct lose on the winter's keep.
Wheat, which is scarce, rates at 635. to 655. ; oats about 255. ;
barley 365. The growers are sadly in the dumps respecting
the approaching clip of wool, and from what I could gather,
will be somewhat more supple and pliant with the stapler
than they have been a whilome back. They are now ready
to acknowledge, that live stock, as well as produce, has been
unnaturally and unwarrantably high.—Bradford Observer.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT NAPLES.—A more pain-
ful excitement has seldom been created at Naples than that
arising from the following melancholy event, the particulars
of which we gather from a private letter. The Rev. W. Jeans.
brother to Mr. Jeans, the banker, left Naples on the morning
of the 28th of March, with a gay party, for the purpose of
spending the day at the Sybil's Grotto, Curare. The party,
after enjoying the pleasures of the day, proposed to return
home ; but, instead of getting into the carriage in waiting for
them, they all agreed to walk on a short distance and catch
the delightful breezes of the evening. Mr. Jeans, following
the impulse of the moment, left the party, and took a different
direction, when suddenly he arrived at the edge of the pre-
cipice, which he did not observe, being near sighted, and
the evening having considerably advanced. lle fell headlong
from the fatal rock, and was not discoverid until an hour
afterwards, when the servant found him in dreadful agony,
though still able to speak. is soon as he had been lifted
into the carriage, he said, Thank God !my life is spared,
but my limbs are broken." He died a few minutes after,
though his friends were not aware that life had fled until
Dr. Rookilly, the eminent surgeon of Naples, informed them
of the dreadful truth. As well as several fractures, he had
received a fatal injury of the spine. The unfortunate gentle-
man is said to have been engaged to a young lady who was
one of the party, and their speedy union had been decided
upon. Mr. Jeans, who frequently officiated at the English
church at Naples, was much beloved by all who knew him.
He is said to have been in his 28th year.
THE NEW TARIFF.—The boot and shoemakers are agi-
tating strongly against the proposed reduction of duty on
foreign boots and shoes, like men, whose " awl" depends
upon resistance to the measure. The present duty on men's
shoes is £1 4s. the dozen pairs, and the proposed alteration
would make it 125., or a reduction of is. per pair. The pre-
sent duty on men's boots is £2 14s. the dozen pairs, and the
proposed alteration would make it £1 55., which is equal to
a reduction of 2s. sd. the pair. The present duty on that
class of women's shoes of which the largest amount has been
imported is now 18s. per dozen pairs ; the proposed altera-
tion would make Bs. per dozen, which is equal to a reduction
of Bd. per pair. But now see the per contra. It is proposed
that the duty on foreign dry hides shall be reduced from
4s. Sd. to 3s. per cwt., and on foreign wet hides from 2s. 4d.
to ls. per cwt. ; and the duty on dry hides, the produce of
British possessions, which is now 2s. 4d. per cwt., is pro-
posed to be reduced to Is. ; and on wet hides, which are no w,
when the produce of British possessions, chargeable with ls.
2d. per cwt., it is proposed to reduce the duty to Gd. Again,
the duty on calf and kip skins in the hair, which is now simi-
lar to that on hides, is proposed to be similarly reduced.
Considering, also, that the whole amount of duty received
on the importation of men's boots in 1840 was £1,147, and
on men's shoes £ll3, and that the whole Custom's receipts
on women's shoes was about £2,500, we do not see that any
vital damage to their trade can be apprehended. The public
also have not forgotten that when the great reduction on the
leather took place some ten or twelve years ago, boots and
shoes were to the full as dear after the reduction as before it.
—Scotch Paper.
The Limerick Reporter, detailing the particulars of the
dreadful murder of Mr. Roberts, (Mr. Garney's clerk,)
whose head, it appears, was literally shattered to atoms, says,
" There is very little doubt that his rapacity and hard-heart-
edness as an agent (he acted in that capacity independently
of his employment by Mr. G.) was the cause of this murder."
The Dublin Register, following up the palliation—or rather
justification—feeler thrown out, tracks in with, " This, then,
is another of those awful occurrences which clearly indicates
the dreadful and appalling results of the hellish system of
extermination. That atrocious system has led to most of
the murders and assassinations which darken and disgrace
our country, and yet such frightful warnings, such awful ex-
amples, seem to be still altogether unheeded by some of our
Irish landlords. Good Heaven ! how long is such a barbar-
ous and bloody system to be put in operation ? Thousands
of small farmers are annually cast upon the world houseless
and homeless, deprived of the little spot of ground upon
which their very existence depends ; and thus left to rob,
steal, die, or seek the ' wild justice of revenge.' " In plain
English, according to the principle sought to be inculcated in
the foregoing, once in possession, the peasant is warranted
(no matter bow reckless and improvident his demeanour) in
resisting to the death the being ejected from his holding.
Might constitutes right in this case ; and all the misfortunes
accumulating on his head, too often the result of constitu-
tional indolence, are sure to enlist the sympathies of haters of
oppression, till the shedding of blood demonstrates the suc-
cess of their advocacy.

CASE OF THE BARGEMEN AND BOATMEN.—A lecture
was delivered on Friday evening last at the lecture-room of
the Natural History Society, in this city, by the Rev. John
Davis, Rector of St. Clement's, on the duty of promoting
the religious instruction of this class of our countrymen.
The meeting was numerously and respectably attended, and
much interest was excited in its object. We were pleased to
notice at the lower end of the room some boatmen's jackets
and smock frocks. The reverend gentleman corroborated
the statements he had on former occasions brought forward,
by extracts from the Constabulary Police report, and from
the report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords
on the Sunday Traffic Bill, from which it was evident that
the men employed on our inland navigation are very demo-
ralised ; that the source of the evil is Sabbath desecration ;
and that where any portion of them have been favoured with
cessation from Sunday labour, and proper instruction pro-
vided, they have become much improved in character. Sir
George Chetwynd, late chairman of the quarter sessions for
the county of Stafford, stated in his evidence, that Ellis, one
of the convicts left for execution at Stafford some time ago,
for the murder of a woman under most atrocious circum-
stances, but whose sentence was commuted, made " such
disclosures as beggar description, on the abominations that
are committed on canals, and the habits of boatmen, their
pilfering, and their horrid depravity." He further remarked,
that Ellis considered that the abolition of Sunday traffic and
receiving-houses would be one means of improving the con-
dition of this class ; that as to Ellis himself, " he had never
been in any place of worship whatever until he was com-
mitted on a capital charge of murder ; that he is quite un-
educated, not having the least idea of God or a Saviour, or a
future state : in short, having, no idea of religion whatever
till he came to Stafford gaol.' Sir George also stated, that
he believed that there were " a great number of boatmen in
a similar situation ;" but although as a body they are so "ex-
tremely illiterate, uninstructed, and depraved, more so than
any other class he was acquainted with," yet he had reason
to believe, from having conversed with some of them, and
from what he had heard from others, that they were suscep-
tible of kindness ; and if clergymen were set apart for their
instruction, and suitable places for public worship, provided
for them, where they might a:,.,;;mble in their working dress,
if on their voyage, they would attend and gradually become
elevated in the scale of religion and morals. It was on the
trial of Ellis and his companions in guilt, who were afterwards
executed, that Baron Gurney remarked, " there are no men
in this country so destitute of all moral culture as boatmen ;
they know no Sabbath, and are possessed of no means of
religious instruction." The rev, lecturer confirmed the testi-
mony of Sir G. Chetwynd by various facts of indisputable au-
thority. It was proved that there are many reformed watermen
who have become most exemplary in their conduct in con-
sequence of obtaining the rest of the Sabbath. Mr. Lea's
and Mr. Harrison's testimony before the committee showed
that the boatmen on the Droitwich canal have decidedly im-
proved since Sunday traffic has been prohibited on that
navigation. The term of rest is twenty-four hours—from
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provided a floating chapel on the Oxford canal, make a
similar statement with reference to their boatmen. Mr.
Lingard, agent to the Old Quay Company, at Runcorn, read
to the committee several letters from clergymen on the line
of the Mersey and Irwell navigation pointing out the bene-
ficial effects produced, under the Divine blessing, from the
religious advantages afforded to the watermen by the canal
proprietors. The Rev. F. Wade, of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire,
gave similar testimony with reference to the manifest im-
provement of the boatmen in his vicinity, who thankfully
availed themselves of the religious privileges they have lately
enjoyed by a place of worship being set apart for them, and
a clergyman devoted especially for the discharge of the duty.
The Rev. lecturer called attention likewise to a remark made
by Lord Francis Egerton to the committee, that "too much
must not be expected at first from a population which has
been so totally destitute of all care and guidance in religious
and moral matters," and read a letter from his lordship's
agent at Preston Brook, proving the good which has resulted
from the establishment of a floating chapel, which his lord-
ship, with his accustomed liberality, had kindly provided at
that spot. After an earnest appeal by the rev. lecturer, a
by the meeting expres-
siveimously adopted
resolution was unanimously
of their hope that the grant of the Sabbath would be
universally made to this class throughout the kingdom; and
that especially as relates to the bargemen and boatmen
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em-
ployed on the river Severn and the irming.
ham canal, some plan would be speedily adopted, under the
-
sanction of the Lord Bishop of the diocese, to promote the
spiritual welfare of this neglected body of men. We under-
stand from good authority that a bill with reference to
Sunday traffic on rivers, canals, and railroads, wi
ll be brought
in by Sir James Graham this session of parliament. The
Bishops of Chester, Winchester, Lichfield, &c., as well as
our own worthy Diocesan, countenance plans for diffusing
religious knowledge among these poor benighted men. We
would notice that recently, out of thirteen male convicts in
our city prison, six Were boatmen !-- Worcester Journal.

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The income tax is the price the nation has now to pay for
whig misgovernment.
THIS WAKEFIELD ELECTION COMMITTEE has decided
that Mr. I-loldsworth had not been duly elected, and that
Mr. Lascelles had.

A DISCOVERY.—We understand that there is a man in
town, who has talked to a man, who has a piece of the
breeches of the man who knows who married Capt. Schinley.
—New York paper.
A gentleman in Towcaster has made a wager that he will,
by the 29th of September, gather seven bushels of peas in the
pod, the produce of seven peas which are at the present time
growing in his garden.
AN AMERICAN EXCEPTION.—The Boston (America)
Atlas says, " The steam-boat Oneida, which left Wheeling
on Thursday for Louisville, took fire and was burned to the
water's edge, with everything on board except the passengers!'
THE COST OF A SOLDIER.—La Presse calculates that in
England the annual expense of a soldier is 540 f. ; in France,
340 f. ; in Prussia, 212 f.; in Austria, 240 f. ; and in Russia,
120 f.

A VOLUNTEER TAXPAYER.—The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer begs to acknowledge the receipt of £5OO (transmit-
ted to him under cover to Mrs. Goulburn) by one who styles
himself " a sincere admirer of the manly spirit in which you
have met the difficulties of your position by a direct taxa-
tion," and to acquaint him that the said sum will be paid into
the Exchequer.—Downing-street, April 18, 1842.
MAILS FOR INDIA.—The following notice has been issued
by the Postoffice authorities :—" General Postoffice, April
20.—The next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands,
Egypt, and India, via Falmouth, will be despatched hence
on the 30th instant. The next mail for India, &c., via Mar-
seilles, will be made up here on the 4th of May."
A commission of bankruptcy has been issued out against
Messrs. Wilson and Beere, the proprietors of the Gresham
Hotel, Dublin, which they purchased some five or six years
ago for £30,000—they paid £lO,OOO in hand and 5,000 sub-
sequently, by instalment ; the premises are covered by a
mortgage for the difference, and if the mortgagees get pri-
ority, there will be hardly any thing for the other creditors.
Their liabilities amount to £30,000, £20,000 of which are
due to English creditors, principally in Liverpool and Man-
chester.

THE JOCKEY CLUB.—The following is an official report of
the meeting on Tuesday laat :—" Lord G. Bentinck stated,
that anxious to conciliate the goodwill of the club, whilst he
adheres to all the principles and maxims of turf law laid
down in his protest of the 12th of February, he is desirous to
withdraw and express his regret for so much of the language
in which that protest has been couched as has been felt to be
offensive to the feelings of the Jockey Club." It was unan-
imously resolved, that this statement was satisfactory to the
club.

REPRESENTATION OF STOCKPORT.—It is whispered in
privileged circles that one of our radical pair of representa-
tives is " indisposed," and, therefore, about to accept the
Chiltern Hundreds. It is, moreover, asserted by others,
that he is not so much indisposed as having a desire to vacate
his seat in favour of the Hon. E. J. Stanley, who has, there-
fore withdrawn his pretensions from the Montrose Burghs,
in the hope that an arrangement may be quietly entered into
with the Stockport constituency.—Stockport Advertiser.
DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE AT SOUTH-
AMPTON.—On Thursday night a respectable man rushed into
the shop of Mr. Morris, shoemaker, Above Bar, and, seizing
a knife, made an attempt on the life of the errand-boy, by
making a plunge at his throat. The boy was dreadfully cut
across the upper part of the chin, completely severing toe
lower lip. The assassin then endeavoured to stab himself,
exclaiming, " I have done for the boy and myself ton." At
the station-house, the prisoner refused to state who or what
he was, and expressed no concern whatever for the innocent
object of his attack. He is considered to be insane.
THE QUEEN'S FANCY BALL.—At the grand ball our
young and lovely sovereign is to enact Queen Philippa—her
royal consort, the Hero of Crescy. Prince Albert will wear
the panoply of Edward the Third. The costume of a queen
of that period will be embarrassing, although no doubt it will
be ably modified by her Majesty's costume maker. When
we say this, we allude to the headdress rising so high, and
so pointed, and bearing on its sides such exuberant appen-
dages. All the great officers of the Crown are to wear the
costume of their offices in King Edward's reign. It has
been suggested that the ambassadors of the different courts
should adopt the costume of their country in the 14th cen-
tury.—Morning Post.
BERLIN, APRIL 11.—The English residents here, whose
number has recently greatly increased, intend to build a
church for the English ritual, and the subject is to be taken
into more particular consideration on the return of the Eng-
lish Ambassador, the Earl of Westmoreland. We also learn
that a new evangelical church is to be built at the Potsdam-
gate. Including the Catholic church building at Kopwick-
fields, Berlin will soon be adorned with three new splendid
churches. A Court Counsellor has been directed by autho-
rity to visit England for the purpose of observing the style
of ecclesiastical architecture in that country.
The following are the receipts of the principal railways for
the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the re-
spective returns are made, viz. :—Brighton, £2,259 ; Black-
wall, £7OO ; Birmingham and Glocester, £1,517 ; Hull and
Selby, £911; Eastern Counties. £870; Manchester and
Birmingham, £343 • Birmingham, £16,941; Greenwich,
£797 ; Great Western, £12,954 ; Northern and Eastern,
£1,128 ; Manchester and Leeds, £4,427 ; South Western,
£6,002 ; Birmingham and Derby, £1,036 ; North Midland,
£3,987 ; Midland Counties, £2,529 ; Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, £1,821; and York and North Midland, £1,567.
AN ANECDOTE OF LORD ROLLE.—" We have lost a good
master," said an old crabber ; " he was a very kind friend
to me. Before there were any revenue men I was had up
by the excise before his lordship for a little smuggling affair,
and obliged to find two bondsmen. So I attended at the
justice-room at Bicton. The excise officer examined my
bondsmen about their property, and refused one because his
property was leasehold. I said it would be a great trouble to
me, as I was then engaged to attend a gentleman's yacht,
and I thought a leasehold under his lordship would have
been sufficient. No, he would not take it. We had some
trouble to get him to take the other surety, but his lordship
said, Oh, I know him ;he has property, and is an honest
man.' However, this one he (the officer) would not take,
when presently his lordship stepped up to the officer, " You
won't object to my being one, will you ?" ' The exciseman
was (to use the fisherman's word) struck quite pale when
his lordship took up his pen and signed himself as bond in
the sum of £5O for the poor fisherman. It is not astonishing
to find the poor and friendless regretting the loss of the noble
and wealthy, when, by such acts of kindness, they rivet to
themselves the best affections of the people, and our aristo-
cracy are not lax in deeds of kindness and mercy.
THE FRENCH POST-OFFICE v. VIVIER, ONE OF THE
COURIERS OF THE "MORNING HERALD," AND OTHER
LONZ:ON MORNING
PAPERS.—` The tribunal declares
Vivier guilty of having interfered in the transmission of let-
ters and parcels, and the president, after having read the
articles Ist and sth of the Arret des Consuls, of 27th Prairial,
year 9, as therein specified, condemns Vivier in 150 francs
and costs. The court grants six months for the payment of
the same, in default of which, to be arrested and imprisoned."
This extraordinary case, at the same time, produced the
most rigid activity and unprecedented severity on the part of
the French authorities, as regards the penalty for carrying
letters. Two others of a similar nature, as regards the se-
verity of the law, have met with the same fate ; one was an
English lady, who arrived from Dover by mail packet on the
3d instant, who was also fined 150 f. (£6), the same as the
courier, for two letters which were found by the custom-
officers in her pocket-book. Captain Wingfield, of the
Emerald steamer, belonging to the commercial steam-packet
company, was also fined the same sum for bringing a letter
from London, directed to the company's agent at Boulogne.
It is highly important that this severity of the French post-
office law should be made known to the public, who, from
motives of complaisance (as was the case with the lady in
question) may bring upon themselves such serious conse-
quences ; for the whole expenses may amount to £lO.
EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY OF A MISER.—A miserable
old man, named Costello, died a few months ago atßoyanagh,
near Castledaly, in the barony of Clonlonan, leaving a large
sum of money—which he scraped together during a long life
of penury—to one of his sons, on condition " that he should
take care of it and never spend it." A few days since this
son was seized with typhus fever, and during his illness his
priest (Father O'F.) attended him, and when "in extremis"
got him to make a will, bequeathing a sum of £5O for the
redemption of his father's soul and his own, out of purga-
tory—the money was agreed to be expended on the building
of the new Roman Catholic Chapel of Longford. On the
13th instant the £5O was to be handed over to the rev. gen-
tleman, but the nursetender having told the patient in the
mean time that he got a cool and would recover, he thought
it'better to reserve a life interest in the £5O, and so deter-
mined on disappointing his reverence for the present, He
was, however, destined to part with his treasure much'sooner
than he intended, and in a manner that neither he nor the
priest oncA calculated on, for on that very night a gang of
seven desperadoes, with their faces blackened, entered Cos-
tello's hovel, raised him out of bed, ripped open the tick, and
much to their surprise found no less a sum than £l2o—all
made up of old six, five, and three-shilling pieces, some
half-crowns, and but two notes for £3, as the old miser had
always a dread of the banks failing. The captain of the party
took possession of the booty, and jeeringly told the young
miser that they were good doctors, that he bled well, though
not freely, and as they softened his couch and left him
nothing to fret about, they would insure him a safe and
speedy recovery. Information of the audacious outrage and
robbery was speedily conveyed to the adjacent constabulary
station, and on Thursday last they succeeded in arresting
three notorious characters in the neighbourhood, Jem Claffy,
John Daly, and Owen Glynn, one of whom, we understand,
is identified by the nursetender and servant girl, who was in
attendance on the sick man during the occurrence ; and a
clue is obtained, which, it is hoped, will ultimately lead to
the apprehension of the rest of the gang. The unfortunate
miser is recovering from the fever, but the loss of his loved
treasure has so much affected his mind, that it is feared he
will be a lunatic for life. Mr. Fallon, acting county inspec-
tor, has since paid a visit to the house of Costello, regardless
of infection, and found some articles which the robbers
dropped, and which are likely to lead to the remainder of the
gang being detected.—Westmeath Guardian.
BLASTING ROCKS BY GALVANISM.—A spectator gives
the following description of the blasting operations atWester
Craig's Quarry on Tuesday The workmen, under the
superintendent of the quarry, had nearly completed their part
of the operations before Mr. Roberts (the inventor of the
new system) and Mr,. Wilson made their appearance, ac-
companied by assistants, with the battery and connecting
wires for conveying the galvanic current to the charges of
powder. These gentlemen assiduously and carefully super-
intended the placing of the charges in the rock, and connecting
coils of wire with the cartridges. When the arrangements
were completed, and it was observed that the battery was
placed on the top of the precipice over the quarry—whence
the distance to the charges to be fired was shortest, and en-
tirely free from danger—the spectators, by Mr. Roberts's
advice, placed themselves on the summit of the precipice,
and at the outside of the curved line of the rock, from which
an excellent view could be obtained of the effects. The two
charges at the foot of the rock were first to be fired ; and
having been uncertain where I should place myself, I was in
the act of moving from east to west along the top of the pre-
cipice, when the signal was given while I was immediately
behind and close to the battery at the moment the two gal-
vanic poles were brought together. The effect was instan-
taneous as the lightning's flash from "summer clouds. "
The hill upon which I stood was shaken to its foundation, as
ing down into the
if by an earthquake, e
and the riven mass of rock went crash-
de of the quarry. This was startling
and beautiful, but fell far short of what took place upon the
second application of the galvanic current to the two charges
placed over each other in the face of the perpendicular cliff.
A short time was required to remove the scaffolding that
had been used by the workmen in preparing the two upright
blasts, and in placing the connecting wires, and applying
screens in front of the charges to prevent the scattering of
the splinters of stone when the explosion took place ; these
arrangements gave me sufficient time to gain an excellent
position for observation, Everything was at length com-
pleted, and every eye then was fixed, and the breath held in
anxious suspense ; then came the ready ' from Mr. Wilson,
who remained in the bed of the quarry ;the assistant at the
battery brought the discs in contact, and the whole face of
the rock was riven asunder from top to bottom, and from .
300 to 400 tons of stone were torn from the and came
thundering down like an avalanche. It is impossible to
imagine anything more
to grand or interesting titan this triumph
of science as applied
practical
utility, in rendering a hitherto
most dangerous process perfectly safe and simple in execution
Glasgow Chronicle.

bean made that

GREAT WFSTERN RXILWAY..—Bet.
the receipts for this company reach £2OOOO a week Burin
this summer.—T. W.—Railway Magazine.
Sir I. Brunel, the eminent engineer, has left England to
visit the King of Sardinia, to ascertain the capabilities of that
country for the construction of railroads.
Mr. Thornton has commenced an action against the
stewards of the Jockey Club, for a libel, in pronouncing him,
according to their long-established laws, " a defaulter " on
the turf.
CURIOSITY.—Some English people were visiting an ele-
gant private garden at Palermo, in Sicily, and among the
little ornamental buildings, they came to one upon which
was written "Non aperite," that is, "Don't open." This
prohibition only served to excite their curiosity, and they
very uncivilly proceeded to disobey the hospitable owner's
injunction. On opening the door, a forcible jet of water was
squirted full in their faces—a very just, though not a very
severe, retribution.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN GERMANY.—FRANKFORT,
APRIL 18.—Yesterday evening there was a collision on the
Tannus Railway, at the station of Hattersheim, between the
two last trains from Frankfort and Mentz. Several car-
riages were dashed to pieces by the dreadful shock, and 30
persons more or less injured.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The share-
holders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway met last
week to sanction an application to parliament for the exten-
sion of their act, which was given unanimously. The ques-
tion of Sunday travelling on this line was not raised at this
meeting, but Sir Andrew Agnew reserved to himself the
right of bringing it forward on any other occasion.
At the Devon quarter sessions, last week, the Earl of De-
von, in his charge to the sessions grand jury, referred to the
bill intended-to be brought in by the government for the im-
provement of the present county constabulary force. Lord
Devon said, " From what I have heard of the details of the
proposed measure, I am inclined to think it one that will give
very general satisfaction. It will enable two or three parishes
to unite, for the mutual raisingand paying a sufficient number
of properly qualified persons to act as constables, without in-
fringing any local privilege."
ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—On Saturday afternoon a boy
about 12 years of age, residing with his parents at No. 10,
Parker-street, Drury-lane, London, went into the room of
a lodger in the house, named Ellen Smith (a woman of dis-
reputable character), for 'whom he had been in the habit of
going on errands. Upon his entering the room she imme-
diately seized him with her left hand, and at the same moment
inflicted a severe wound on the side of his throat with a razor
which she held in her right hand. The mother of the boy
ran into the room upon hearing his screams, and rescued her
son. The police soon after arrived, and conveyed the woman
to Bow-street. She declared her only reason for attempt-
ing the boy's life was that she had made up her mind to
commit a murder, and he was the first person that came in
her way. It appeared she was drunk at the time. The boy
was taken to Portugal-street Hospital, and although very
weak from loss of blood, yet it is hoped that he may recover,
as none of the principal vessels were injured.
FALSE .ALARM.—In the forenoon of Sunday last during
divine service at St. David's church, Exeter, and while the.
minister was engaged in reading the Litany, the congrega-
tion became alarmed by loud reports, evidently in connection
with the pipes of the steam apparatus by which the church
is warmed. The alarm spread, and the terror became so
strong that the cries of distress were uttered by females, and
numbers quitted the church, many females being minus their
shawls, boas, brooches, &c. The Rev. E. C. Harington, the
incumbent, who was officiating, remained in his reading desk,
and endeavoured to calm the fears of the congregation ; and
it was soon discovered that the cause of those reports was an
insufficient quantity of water in the feeder or cistern, and
that in consequence of this the pipes became filled with hot
or rarified air, which having in its progress to encounter that
of a colder and denser description, occasioned the sounds
which led to the alarm. Finding, however, at length, that
that calm which:is so requisite to the profitable performance
of divine worship was not likely to be soon restored, Mr.
Harington addressed those of his congregation who remained
with him in the church, saying he thought it advisable to
conclude the service, and that the afternoon service would
commence at the usual time, which was the case.—Bristol
Journal.

e2sod ay
agriculturists,last ap u b/a wonderful e n-
POWERFUL OPPOSIITION TO THE NEW TARIFF.—On
Newportll,
very
P
Wberedonftook meeting
placeof theat
this county, to oppose the tariff proposed by her majesty's
government. From what passed at the meeting the public
may judge of the absurdity of getting up a meeting to oppose
the new tariff, and of the little sympathy the farmers exhibit
in matters which so slightly affect their interests. To cut the
matter short, the meeting nullified their petition, by the
adoption of a proposal to introduce into it a declaration of
confidence in the government, made by T. A. Boswell, Esq. ;
but the Rev. Mr. Lawe came to the rescue, and got 14 of the
company to vote for leaving it out against six, and thus
" saved their bacon" by a very large majority of eight.--
Bucks Gazette.
About four o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last the good
people of Middlesbro'-on-Tees were thrown into a state of
consternation, by something resembling the shock of an
earthquake, which was found to proceed from the explosion
of the boiler of an engine, at the iron-foundry of Messrs.
Blockon and Vaughan. The roof of the building was com-
pletely blown off, fragments of which were scattered in all
directions, and in some instances at a considerable distance.
It was soon ascertained that one man had been killed, and
several others severely injured. How the accident occurred
seems at present to be veiled in mystery. Verdict coro-
ner's jury, " Accidental Death," with a deodand of Is. on
the engine.—Durham Advertiser.
TRADE OF DUNDEE.—We are happy to observe that the
accounts just received from the manufacturing districts in
England are not so desponding as they have been for some
time past. The feeling is now becoming pretty general that
prices have seen their lowest, and that an improvement is
certain as soon as the Ministerial measures are considered
secure. Our trade has undergone no change worthy of no-
tice within the last eight days. Flax on the spot is a shade
lower, which is, no doubt, owing in some measure to the re-
cent arrivals from the lower Baltic ports. Tows and codil-
las maintain their prices, because of their continued scarcity.
In hemp, hemp codilla, and jute, there is little doing, and
prices ate the same as formerly. Yarns and linens move off
slowly at their old low rates ; and, with the exception of
some weights of flax yarns, there is nothing accumulating in
this market.—Dundee Cornier.
A Cadiz journal gives an afflicting account of the suffer-
ings of that city from extreme drought. Water is so rare
that a small barrel is not to be obtained under two reals,
and all articles of food have become so scarce and dear, that
the population is in danger of sinking from hunger as well as
thirst. The magistrates have held sittings to devise, if pos-
sible, means for relieving the general distress.
Mr. Lockhart, in his interesting " Life of Sir Walter
Scott," gives the following anecdote, which, as it is indica-
tive not only of the great good sense of that eminent charac-
ter, but is of universal application, inasmuch as it reproves
a very common fault in society, we take leave to extract :
" Sir Walter's daughter Anne one day happened to say
something (on what subject is forgotten), that " she could
not abide it—it was vulgar." "My love," said her father,"
you speak like a very young lady ; do you know, after all,
the meaning of the word vulgar? 'Tis only common ;
nothing that is common, except wickedness, can deserve to
be spoken of in a tone of contempt ; and when you have
lived to my years you will be disposed to agree with me in
thanking God that nothing really worth having or caring
about in this world is uncommon."
SINGULAR DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW. —On Sunday
morning Mr. T. Horwood, the master baker of Newington
workhouse, Surrey, expired in Guy's Hospital, London,
from the effects of a lock-jaw, produced under the following
singular circumstances :—lt appears that on Monday week
Mr. Horwood was assisting a brewer in carrying a cask of
beer into the house, when the little finger of his right hand
accidentally got jambed between the edge of the cart and
the slings, by which the skin was lightly grazed ; no notice
was taken of it until Friday evening, when it began to swell,
and the symptoms rapidly assumed so alarming an appear-
ance that it was deemed advisable to remove him to the
above hospital, when lock-jaw took place and he died in a
few hours.

HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—The accounts presented
at the Hull and Selby meeting, held last week, were in their
general results satisfactory, the receipts for the last six
months having been £16,722, showing an increase of 50 per
cent. It was stated that if the profit of the company in-
creased in proportion to the receipts, there would be a rea-
sonable expectation of a dividend of 5 per cent. being divided
among the shareholders. Economy was urged in the work-
ing of the line, at present about 55 per cent., and the direc-
tors promised they would endeavour to reduce it if possible
to the average of other lines, stated to be about 40 per cent.
This line, it appears, has cost in construction £llO to £ll5
per mile.

ARREARS OF CASES IN THE COMMON LAW COURTS.—
There are 94 rules for new trials standing undisposed of in
the Court of Queen's Bench, the first of which was moved
so long ago as Easter Term, 1841. The list of the same court,
celled " the special paper," contains 65 demurrers, and the
" special cases" upon points of law for argument and the de-
cision of the court. The new trial paper does not comprise
any motions for a new trial in actions tried before the sheriff,
which are disposed of as ordinary rules. In the Common
Pleas there are 31 " new trials" and 23 demurrers, &c. In
the Exchequer there are 15 rules for new trials, 16 in the
special paper, and 11 in the " peremptory paper." The num-
ber of new trials will be considerably augmented in the
course of the present term from the causes tried at the late
assizes.

Of the sixty-nine words which make up the Lord's Prayer,
only five are not Saxon. In our most classical writers, as
Milton and Addison, the words of Saxon derivation greatly
predominate.

IF NOT AN INTELLECTUAL, AT LEAST A CHEAP
SURGEON.—The following is an exact copy of a bill delivered
to Mr. Greenhalgh, one of the relieving officers of the Bolton
union, this week :—" Bradshaw, March 22d, 1842, Mr.
Edward Greenhalgh to Doctor Platt, Dr.: to 9 times dressing
sores, and fisick and ointment, and Jornes and calico for
plasters and sope and water, for washing the Boyels of Mary
Greenhalgh, total amount £0 Os. 6d."
The number of effective horses for the military service in
the inner territorial divisions of France amounts to 56,865.
Deducting those of the gendarmerie and municipal guards, of
the officers of the other corps, and those at the Riding School
at Saumur, there will remain 38,944 for mounting the cavalry
in general. The horses are renewed by eights, or 5868 per
annum, costing a yearly expenditure of 2,716,1911, which may
be .thus divided—vis., 806 horses for the heavy cavalry, at
950 f each ; 1343 for the dragoons and lancers, at 550 f each ;
1208 for the chasseurs and hussars, at 480 f ; 37 picked horses
for the school at Saumur, 533 f ; 1070 for the artillery and
waggon trains, at 500 f ; 414 for the horse artillery, of which
332 are geldings at 600 f, and 82 mares at 540 f. If to the
above sum of 2,716,191 f be added 199,946 f for the purchase
of officers' horses, the total annual expense for the general
remounting of the army, according to its effective force on
Ist January, 1841, will be 2,916.131 f. In the above calcula-
tion are not included the newly-formed regiments of chas-
seurs and hussars, comprising about 2200 horses, the annual
cost of which may be estimated at 132,000 f. The daily ration
of each horse, according to the contracts entered into for five
years from the Ist January, 1830, was if 13c, but since 1840
this price has been increased by 2c a ration.

CURIOUS EPITAPIIS.--In the churchyard of Truro are the
following epitaphs :

" Here lie two little ones,
Whose ears were tender as their bones."
The second is equally original :
" Father, and mother, and I,
Chose to be buried as under :
Father and mother lies buried here,
And I lies buried yonder 1"
STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES.—From a work recently
published, entitled " Fowler's Compendium," we find the

following results, showing the number of manufactories and
persons employed in the three kingdoms :—England, Cotton
mills, 1,705; woollen and worsted ditto, 1,655 • flax ditto,
186 ; total, 3,546. Persons employed—Cotton mills, 220,000;
woollen and worsted ditto, 80,700 ; flax ditto, 16,600; total,
317,300. Scotland—Cotton mills, 198 ; woollen and worsted
ditto, 117: flax ditto, 189; total, 504. Persons employed—
Cotton mills, 35,576 ; woollen and worsted ditto, 6,076 ; flax
ditto, 17,197; total, 58,549. Ireland—Cotton mills, 25 ; wool-
len and worsted do., 47; flax do., 44; total, 116 mills. Persons
employed—Cotton mills, 4,622 ; woollen and worsted ditto,
1,231; flax ditto, 9,017 ; total, 24,870. From this state-
ment, we find that the relative proportion, according to the
population of each country, employed in the manufacture of
cotton, woollen, and worsted, and flax, together, to be as
follows :—ln Scotland, one in every 45 of the whole popula-
tion; in England, one in every 50 of the same; in Ireland,
one in every 552 of the same.

TIIEA TRE.ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

This present TUESDAY, April 26, Shakspeare's
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM;
which will be repeated on Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri-
day, after which it will be finally withdrawn.
The entertainments of this eved,ing will conclude with, for
the second time, Hood's Farce oP_ _

YORK AND LANCASTER,
OR, A SCHOOL WITHOUT SCHOLARS,

Which was received on. Friday last with shouts of laughter
and applause.

EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION,

NOW OPEN EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING,

AT THE
ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH- STREET,
AGRAND CENTRIFUGAL 'RAILWA Y,
200 feet long, with a vertical Circle upwards of 40
feet in circumference, round which a Carriage 200 pounds
in weight, containing a Lady or Gentleman, will revolve
at the rate of ONE HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR, with
perfect safety ; also, immense Iron Weights and Buckets of
Water will be placed in the Carriage, and, although the whole
will be completely inverted, not a weight or a drop of water
will be displaced. Also, a brilliant Display of the OXY-
HYDROGEN LIGHT, with other interesting Scientific
Experiments.
Open from Three to Five in the Afternoon, and from Six
to Nine in the Evening.
Admission—Boxes, Is. ; Pit, Gd.

MR. TEMPLETON announces his intention of giving
a CONCERT, in the Assembly-rooms, Albion Hotel',
Birkenhead, on FRIDAY next, the 29th instant.
For particulars see Bills.
One of the Woodside Steamers will leave for Liverpool im-
mediately after the Concert.

Tickets to be bad at the principal Hotels, Birkenhead, and
principal Music-shops, Liverpool.

CONCERT AT MR. LASSELL'S ROOM,
GT. RICHMOND-STREET, ST. ANN'S.
MR. WEISS takes the liberty to inform his Friends and
the Public that he intends giving a CONCERT at the
above elegant Room on THURSDAY, the sth of May next, in
order to Introduce his SON, just arrived from Paris, to a
Liverpool Audience.

Mr. WILLOUGHBY WEISS will be assisted by Madame
BALFE, and his Preceptor, Mr. BALFE, Mr. DODD, and
Mrs. ST. ALBIN. •
Mr. WEISS will feel particularly obliged by an early ap-
plication for Tickets, as no more will be issued than the Room
can comfortably accommodate.
Tickets,. Five Shillings each, to he had at the principal
Music Warehouses.