Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-08-05
Fifteen Days Later from Europe.


Hewelt, arrived at Boston early on Saiur
day morning last, llom Liverpool, after pr:
sage offouricen DAYS and half.
The United States Gazette states in con
sequence of the massacre of the crew of The
Wasp, on the coast Of Africa, it his been
determined 10 give no quarter to savers of:
/ ferng the slighies resistance.
| Tie Elrl Of Winchilsea aud Nottingham
! has addressed letter TO the Protestants OF
Britain, calling upon them to establish ma
tional clubs, for the support of Protestant
| principles, in every county and borough OF
| The kingdom.
The number of fires in London during
the last half year, is upwards of4 O.; as com
pared With former years, their magnitude
has increased
The money raised in England and Scot
land, last yearly thirteen Missionary, Tract,
Bible and School societies, amounted to no
less sum than E S3,712.
1t is said thai the Wesleyan Methods,s
of Grca; Britain are about TO disown any con-
nexion with those OF the United States who
are shareholders.
=. Communicable state of the weather
Commands at the present moment much al
tenton. The temperature, during the last
few days, has not been SO high as when the
last packet sailed. There has been good
deal Of rain, accompanied by piercing winds,
succeeded by occasional heat and sunshine
But the general character of the weather
has been favorable to the crops, and wheat
is now in ear in tie utlcrn parts ofthe king
dom The next six weeks will decide the
fate of the coming harvest; and. during tina,
period, the fate of the agricuturalist, not
less than The polite an will be influenced by
the weather, Any decided opinion on the
result would, of course, be premature; but
this may be said-an admitted fact on all
hands-lhat the next bad harvest will seal
The fate of the Corn laws. The number in
En3iInd is not few who would submit 10 the
inconvenience and loss of bad harvest for
the sakc of canceIling the prohibitions on
the free import.on of grain. The struggle
between the landed and the commercial elias
scs on tbs point has been marked with
much tieFceness during the last half dozen
years. but it is now drawing to close, and
victory assuredIy points in the direction of
SHIPS, COlOnicS ana commerce..
SlNGULAR.-A gentleman recently took
into the diligence, between Marselles and
Toulon, vessel ofleeches, which were not
well secured at the top. The creatures
soon sailed forth in quest of blood. Sud
denly piercing cries were heard from
young lady who, unware ofthe blood-thirs.y
passengers which had been placed in the
carriage, declared that she was seized with
acute pains as if punctured with lances.-
Though she continued her. cries, del;cacy
prevented her from permitting any Of the
passengers TO ascertain the cause Of her I'M
easiness. a detachment Of the teaches,
however, had gone further TO fare worse,i or
they had fixed on the legs of stout elder
ly gentleman, who, less iastidious than the
fair one, at once uncovered and ascertained
the cause. The diligence was Stopped, and
the young lady taken to the nearest house,
where she was relieved from her unpleasant
companions. Between fifteen and twenty
of the vagrant leeches had made their way
up her pettcoats and fastened on her.
The rumors of "a very interesting and as
tonishing discovery begin to be circulated
in Paris. 1t consists in furnishing the means
oflightning simultaneously, all the different
highways which cross France in all direc-
tons, by means ofsimple iron wires connec-
ted with electromagnetic machines. The
utility of this discovery is immense, as il
will render the roads as well lighted and
safe as the most frequented streets Of the
capital. Several experiments have already
been made on the road from PARIS to small
town on the HAVE road, which were crown
ed with entire success. Gas-lieht is said
to be nothing in comparison with that given
by the above process.