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      aW ACT 3 * O AMEKD THE LAW FOB THE ¦ REGISTRATION OP YOTERS , INiXXRPOMTISS TEE REFORM ACT , AKD -RECENT STATBTE 3 ; WITH INTRODU CTION , AM ) -& COPIOUS I 2 JDEZ . — BT Ed ^ A ? 1 * W- COX , 'fe ^ , BiBiJSTKR . —Sejjond Edition . Published * £ the office ef the 2 ^ bj ISnwMs London . ^ jg is a ihpsfc "nsefnl and valuable publication -rigg ^ embodied , Insystenistifr arrangement , aH £ " jaws relative to "ibe Sranefcise / 1 w ihe 2 kg fetr ^ iu " afla ~ fiieKeeiioB& ? I&b book gives ^ jh&t « an ia needed , as far a 3 the several enaet-^ jjgnts legaliting Hie ^ bore operations , are conversed : / or raider each separate head is given all ^ SssirtssbearlngtmAe question , The anangejneni is excellent .

      Bib ^ pribBcanon Trail l > e of immense use to Over * seers , Beg ? straSaoh- * j ? ents , Sheriffs , Sheriff-officers , Hetnrning-offieers , Election Committees and Poll Gerks . Indeed it Is the best wort tts hare seen ibraaysEd every one Trho Irishes to know the law ageing the Franchise and ite exercise .

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      2 ) 2 . yfiELAS y > " » been appointed s commissioner to inquire into the state of fever in Ireland . Potatoes are selling at 3 £ Qkee , connry daze , at one l&Hpenny per rtcne . And in Dublin at 5 Jd . per stone . The Foot of a Chinese female , from the heel to the great toe , is only four inches long . snu . ~ wKKP . ms are selling in Bull at one penny Hie -pint . Iote in Prance is an opera ; in 3 ~ &gland a tragedy ; in Italy * comedy ; and in fSermanj a melodrama . " W-UXXK fliread gloreB , " says fiie Leicester Mortary ^ imay be bouijniinTbis town at a penny per pair !" The T 03 . CZS "new concentrated in Ireland exceed , it is sa . Td , 35 , 000 men ! Wbt is Pkr £ & 13 u £ b . B aerial ship ?—Because he has not marie a irfp yet ,-and tnever ~ wm . A iyxLSH ifEWSPAPEB is abont to be started at

      l £ rerpo 6 L Orm . Was stejji-sbtps form no less a proportion Stan one-fifth of the British navy . —Unghion Gazette . Tkr tulst jDF August is fixed for the reduction of the Irish sugar dnty . O'Cossilx ' s skilx has hesn said to consist in keep-: bg ibe peasantry at the boBing point , and preventing them boning-over . 7 wj £ 1 > ts Pebsoss hsTe held the office cf Mayor of She eaty of "Washington since the year 1802 . Of fins number £ vb -were poetical printers . Accocsrs hiTe been received from ths G-svernoi of Sen ^ al to the 2 d nit They anceunce the almost total faDure Ibis year of tbe gum crop . TKE Cot * Examiner states that " Rebecca and her ¦ Daughters "" fcavB lately made their appearance in Ire-JsndT WE XEiK « , Jrom fee Liverpool Times , that the dfegraeefnJ practice of placing women in the public stocks is bang revived at 3 ? xeseofc and St Helen '

      3 LR . JiftiTES-aold-mnB sheit-hoias , at T > 2 rby , for 600 jmnEas . and Mr . Watson , of Walkmsham , s . short-born baler ior 15 f > saaaeas . —2 fant Lane Express . THB Masosjc Grand lodge of England has roted . £ 1 , 000 towards a monument to the memory of their lUnstrions Grand Master , the late Ddke < A Sussex . Accobdixg to the last census of the Russian empire , the total number of inhabitants "who can "write and read ¦ hss 4 . 167 , £ 95 , or the proportion cf the "whole pepnlafion of one to twelve . USE Ifac Drletms . PXesyznee , aUndmg to a candidate ' s declaration that he won ! d head the president or die , ays , "When a man pledges his honoar to die , he { night to-die—^ or perish in the attempt . " ! THS 3 U 3 iBEB OP XOCO 3 JOTITE 5 < m file German ailsftiys , Acoording to M . Ton Keden , is 2 i 5 , of -which thirty-eight are German , 156 "Rnglisb , twelre Belgisn , ssd j ti rt ^ jr-TrTTta . American .

      A Sas ^ j > ox £ —3 a » SenfordTimes , in aDnsion to thB death el &e f ironrite horse Hecley , sajs , " after hehad ran the StanagB Slates , and "was tsien to the stable , he conld 3 u £ hsr stand « or lie down !" £ t x SEElX 3 ^> f interestins ; experiments lately made in TiBadeiphSa , a -sroman-s tot-jne has been fonnd capable of nursing ens thoasand yjxrv . hundred and twenty times inaminnte . A TOrsG high'wayman -was ofered Hb Bfe , after « ondfimuatitia , if hs 'would rwrxpnt to hare his leg cntjoff , that a new styptic might be tried . ^'" Whatl" replied he , " andgoUping to the devil at last ? So , 111 be H d first , " and -eras hanged ! 7 > rft DtBECXOBSiif the Belgian railroads are bnildinza dfligairs -with two floors . The npper psrt Trill be a jrlszed gallerj , from irhicfe an extensive view of the cumuy -will be commanded . It is to run between liese and Terriers .

      Ihs sjcsvjlS . income of charitable endowments in 3 sBg ! and and "S 7 sl = s exceeds £ 1 , 200 900 ; ihe commis-» 8 i » of inquiry cost iiearly £ 260 . 060 ; and yet nothing effectual has been done towards remedying the gross abases -vhieh it exposed . Os 3 khesi > a 7 , the steam-packet BataTiar , Captain DnnloD , arriTed offSt Katharine ' s Ste * ia-pju ±£ t Whsrl , from liotterdam . Psrt of her cargo consisted of 450 baskets of potato ^ and 501 baskets of currents , "which were consigned to two salesmen in Spits ] fle ] ds market . * PmrR-R has SEES an extraordinary demand lai copies of 33 tPnsey * s sermon , TJpwardB of 3 © 00 copies hare been sect to Ireland . Two editions of 6 , 000 each , hiTebetn printed , and a third edition , it is expected , isabont toissne .

      Gossouss—TXB 31—1 h * directors of the new xs 2-Ttay ^ ofirankfort-on-4 aie-OderBaTe resolrea to ieep at ctetj station a qnantity of bandages and medicines , in order that in ease « f accidest some relief ms ? be girec in Ihe fi » S instance . 15 -3 SE ^ plsaBore-gronnds of Sir Charles Halss , at Bremore , ttere is a * plendid specimen * f tbe tnlip tree , of abont SOD years' jprowtb , and supposed te he the irst in JEnglandj "With thousands of flowers now in ~ f oil perlection . ArcrKST HtbsostaTTC Bee . —^ Flclarch says , in ins "iife of Alexander , " that the Babylonians nsrd , -dsring the dog-days , to sleep on " skins filled -with "nasx . " The FAS 5 E 5 GEES between itencs and England torn 2 l 5 t to 27 th Jnne ^—ByBolcgne « , „„ 1 J 40 By Calais . „ . ..... 567

      A 5 rtf A 3 O > BBiniFiTL Ibos Boat , intended , lot the increasing interconzse between Southampton' , ana Havre , and named the South- Western , amred in ; the Sonthampton ri ^ er on Wednesday weak . Oa the 3 rd of Jn ] y , the railway jtzs opened frem ISBeiDBonbaxE , a great totm ia tke eoltcn mannfse- . toiC 2 district , ha'ving tn $ h ^ Samxcaixtg between thirty and f&ri ? » nnnqtT » a people . The Distance is , fre be-. Here , nnder tei inT » p « - , AxErrEE . &oBiIaibetisayB , "thennmberof Jailnres : inthis city haB angmented -witbin the last ten yeara , ! 3 n so fright&l a manner , t >» tt at present they actually i exceed those of Hamburgh , the population and trade of ! Trhidiare fire fenEssreater than oars . ™

      Ihe CoKSxenosxL TEtBinsALof MeSzcondemned , slew dsys back , toayear's impiisoiimeiit and a fine , the J mzxnnnin of prmishment allowed by the law , a man , Trho , « n the occasion of the FeU I ) ieu , presented him- ; ^ lfin a * tate of perfect nnfiity in the public street at , the mi ^ oent the procession "nras passing- 3 &E 5 sas . MiiiEB , HxTEnmu , and Go . ^ of Black- , Tf tD , i&rsB jnsfc coHipleted a Xkesr iron "bciA for tbe lonaVn tsfi Maijste Btstion » a Tfcssel , -which 'bias wdl j tomrpais erErythinglhatiss iabtrfo Eppfisred- Her ; ^ nachinEry ? s tf great power , ana her tabin the prettiest fiat esa ht ifcoTtn op ihe river . Cora " Waisb . PcsisnatEST . —Tbe rfScers of the i ¦ ABbcm £ tsce prison have recently ssbstituted the efFa-» on of cold -water npon the bodiea of refractory pri- j steers instead cf seonrging This iB an important change ; in prison disdnline , and is likely to be adopted Tsry ; generally thronshOTt the United States .

      At 052 of oitb common schools , the teacher , in ssi ^ BMEg bis scholars , pnt the IoBowiug qatstion : — "What was made to give light to the -world ?" " 3 iatches r * cried one of the yonngsters , after a short psose . A POPtXiS TZST&BMXSCE . — TPhe Baiaela Times . 2 Tew T « ri paper , states that tbe sheriff and bis = ssist-* nt jerfornsed the dnty of banging Benjamin D . "White ia a " mailer ftof vtA Die ajprobaiion of aBpresent !" A ^ JjirrAUT Tzi Txs . Tr . —A mJiBa captain in BerishfeecoEnty-tsajsanAmencau paper ) receivings loie from a lady , TegcesUng " She pleisure of his WR&Biy to tea , " understood it as a e ± . ap ! ini £ ' -t to those ^ s ^ er bJs commaid , and marched the whole of them fetbe house st the hour appointed . Sbi Pexee lirETE says there is one great ifcom ^ oftUson in the "stood pavement—econoiny ; -which he *^ fly proves by showing &at , if it do not ssxb the ^^ es &O 3 . at all events it makes them slxptebs . —

      A ^ BiBD Case . —The chaplain of the Efiribnrgh gaol «* xtajned his atnaiion , laving gone over to tbe * - ?> w < 3 iarcl >? ' xBb coRprtfOffon fead a ajassJeDfioas " ^ tt to loOaw thai pastor , int the intoJEKnt gaoler " * BBlGm allow them ! . Jokug " ttjth a T 7 HKESS . - —52 J 8 "mtaes 3 spoke JD » ic « a tcne of voice that the counsfcl inquired if ** ^* 2 » marrifed ? "Wifcoessi O , dear , jas , Sir . ** * 1 : ! Thenl-wishyon 'would . speak tslond as yon l ® 33 ^? do to yom hnsbana—( laughter ) . Globe at 3 fr ^ s learned ceECsel -was no doubt a maoied 3 s * » lmnK . jt ) -. : KE i ^ T ibat iracscen

      j ^ J -g i"P , — A contemporaiy says , - r ^ aa is the spiritnal cognoscenee of p ^ ebological la * % iKBiy , connected with conenitant ademptlon of ^^"" J ieat epnituafity and efliErlalJsed contenUon of *^ toy concxefion . Y ^ iajLGeAsx Spoktsmah , boasting « f the capa-^« a of & -yery inaifiErcei bjorse , swore that the " ^ would hare 3 ron a certen rac ? , cnly he ran ^ a « vaggon . " ibfrtsnly -aiing / ' said a bystander , ^* bs is Si te run against . " * Sorss PiXEs ^ - ^ rhese troriblesGme Bttle insects may *• _ * I&ttaaSy deBtaoyed Triamnt tbe use ef pciscn P ^ balf a ^ pj ^ jfnj of gio ^ a Ksck pepper , one tea-^^ 2 t ^ brownsngar , and one tablespoonful of cream , f ^~ ' » £ 31 tpg » lhfT , ypr » r ^ ase the m in the n » jn , on T * T «;» berB fiie fiiESare trrnbleEome , and they Trill ^ dWBpear .

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      " Ma , " said a hopeful youth , ' may I go to play to-day ? " "No , child , " was iha reply . "Well , then if yon don't let me , 111 go and get tbe measles ; forlinoTraboywlioh&s'ein prime ! " ; Tax kejghboushood ol Kendal , -which has been famed . for the growth of flne fruit , has this year suffered much from ths cold east winds of Whitsun week . ; The apples have been neatly all destroyed . , . A 3 ? English lady on arriving at Calais , on her way to make the grand tour , was surprised , and somewhat indignant at being termed for tbe first time in her Jifo a foreigner . *¦ ' Xon mistake , m * dam , " said she to the libeller , with some p ? qae— " it is you who are foreigners —we are English . " f

      A Minister o ! tbe Kiri complained to another that he had got wringing in hia head ! "Da ye ken the reason o * that ? " asked hia -worthy crony . " Jfa !" " 111 tell ye then , it ' s because ifa empty . " "And have ye never a ringing in your : head ? " qaoth theofcher . "Ka , never . " "And ^ oye kenthereason ? It ' s because it's cracked ! ' -was the retort ; and tbe truth was not very far oSl \ Sih J . Ibwis -was a great favourite -with George the TMrd , who once obserred to him , •¦ they tell me , Sir John , that yon love a glass of -wins . "' "Those , " replied Irwin , " who bo informed your Msjestyjhave done me great irjastice ; they should have aaid a bottle . " I Teet Trxte . —One of our Methodist clergymen , last Sunday , remarked that if all the world believed the second coming was to take place on the 23 rd of April , 1843 , at three o ' clock , p . m ,, two-thirds of them would delay an preparation for it tall half-past two!—Albany Patriot .

      A Negbo Dialogue . — " I say , Bsz , where do dat comet rue at ? " "It rises in the 46 th meridian ob de frigid zodiac , as laid down in the comet almanac . " " Well , -where do it set , Baz 7 " " Set ? yon black fool —it don't set nowhere ; when it get's tired of shining it ^ oea into its hole I" ; Scotch BelaTiosship . —Sir George Mackenzie once stated that an old woman in the island of St TCiiria claimed relationship with him , on tbe ground that her mother ' s . aunt had suckled a sister of Sir Qsoisb'b grandmother i \

      A fbiest , named Abbo , was condemned to death at Borne , on the 30 £ h nit , for the murder of his nephew . O 2 ie I » , in order that tfaew may be . no privilege of crime for any cIssb , has deprived oim of his eccleaiastical consecration , sad there is , consequently , now no obstadB to bis being executed . . THEE . E AEE in London and its Environs 107 . 962 female servants , and in Holborn alone 29 . 000 , of whom 14 , 000 io 15 000 are constantly out of place- In England and Wales there are £ 130 , 000 , 000 of property in household furniture , £ 16 . . 000 in wearins ; apparal , and £ 31 , 000 , 000 in plate , jewels , &c , under the care of female servants , :

      A HlGHLANDMAM ' s Absweb . —A gentleman from th& Highlands of Scotland , attended by his trusty servant Donald , a native of Locbaber , in Invernesshire , when travelling through the fertile and delightful plains of Italy , asked Donald whst he would do if he possessed an estate there ? Donald instantly replied : " Please youx honour , I -would sell him and buy an estate in Lochaber !" THE Late Duel . —Tbe bail of Mr . Gralliver , tbe surgeon , implicated by the verdict of the jury hx , the death of the late Colonel Fawceii , was extended before Mr . Justice Coltman in < Jhambera The additional securities to appear and take his trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court are , himself in £ 600 , and ' ¦ four sureties in £ 251 ) each .

      ,. 32 x 2 \ £ Druors Tua telling . — The special train on Thursday « vening , -nritn the party of his Boyal Highness the Duke of Saxe Cofcurg , performed the journey , 77 miles , in one hour and thirty-nine minutes , from Southampton to TauxhalL " Usttet . —A person named Godard was tried on Priday by the Tribunal of Correctional Police , on a charge of lending mom-y on usury . It being proved in evidence that he had taktn 12 , 14 , II , IS , 24 , and even 40 per cent , interest in many of bis transactions -which amounted in the whole to 400 . 000 fr .. he was found gnHljr , and sentenced to a fine of S 0 , < H ) 0 it . anti

      tkecosts-Eailwat Speed . —The ettraoidinary sp ^ ed at which Prince Albert travelled on the Great Western Riilwsy , on Wednesday last , on his visit to . and return from , Bristol haa been the subject of much conversation . A distance of four miles , between Steventon and Wailingford-road station , was accomplished in three minutes and forty-eight seconds ; also , between Twyford and Slongh , tea miles in eleven vnmi ' ei ! The train went with such speed that many small birds were cut down '

      As Aitti-Malthx ; sias . —A gentleman engaged in taking tbe csnsns « f Louisville ( United Sates ; informs the editor of the Eeniuckian that be came across a man who is fifty-years of age ; be had been married three times ; by his first wife fie had eleven , by his second wife he bad ten , and twelve by his last -wife , making thirty-three children ; and his wife is bow in a very interesting state . T wenty-three of bis children are boys , and tsn ^ irls ; nineteen boys and six gi ris me li ving . He married in his eighteenth ysar , and remained in a stale of widowhood three years . ¦ ' ¦

      Cvriovs CXLCXTLATios . —It is reported that tbe late Sir . Arkwrigbt left his son-in-law , Tice-Chancellor Wigram , the sum of one million of money . Now , snpposing this t © fee correct , and in sovereigns , it would bare taken the learned gentlemsn the astonishing Bnmber t > f thirty-five days to count it , at the rate of sixty a minute fer eiaht hours a day , and would "weigh , allowing four sovereigns to the onuce avoirdupois , six tons one cwt ^ two qrs , one 1 b ., and wcnld require four strong horses to draw it . 1 mpob . ia 3 T to SriTons is Cba ^ cext . —Having

      -occaion the other day to visit the Chancery tmcts , we discovered an announcement which we : ar « icrprised has not been more generally noticed , and we take no little credit on onrsejves Jot being the first to give extended publicity to the important public directions to the -unhappy suitors , who may have been wandering in the Court for so many years .. Tba information is contained in the follotring short announcement , 'The way ont , " ' which we can assure onr readers ' . we have copied from an cfScial nctice stuck np in that Court—Punch .

      A Sham Attobset . —A sham attorney , named Keene , was committed for trial in I » eDdon , the other day , on a charge of fraud . He had got bold of an elderly simpleton , named Benjamin If ewport , and contrived to make Mm believe that an action had been commenced against him . Then , by continually serving ngly-lookinc law papers upen him , fee extracted no less than £ 30 from his pockttB , in the nan-. e of fees . Sr ^ e ra ! other persons bad been " served" in tbe same way by the knavish prisoner . TaX-HE op Books— " There is no one to talk to ,

      and books only weaken yenr nnderstendin * as water does bianfiy- Tfeey make you let others guess for yen , instead of guessin * for yoe » elf . Sarvanta spile your habits here , and books spile your tnhid . I wouldn't swap ideas with any man ' s . I make my own opinions , as I used to do my oirn clocks z and I find they are truer than otl ^ r men's . The Turks " are so cuseed heavy , they have ppople to dance 'for 'em ; the English are ¦ wna , for they hiri people to think for ' em . Never read a book . Squirs ; always think for yourself . —Sem Slide in ' EugUozd .

      A few dats sisce the nnder-ostler of the White Hart Hotel , at Windsor , fonnd a bag containing nearly l , 0 C 0 sovereigns , under the following circumstances t—In drawing out a chaise belonging to Mr . Ashley i& member of the Society of Friends , and * f the firm- cf Ashley and Sons , ths extensive brewers of Sraines ) . from nuder tbe abed in the yard of the hotel , to get at another Tfcbide which -sras belaud it , a bag , STistJ with money , rolled cfl the seat into the straw . Tke nun picked it up unseen by any one and carried it to the heid-oitkr , by whom it was immediately banded to Pilz , tha head-waiter in the establishment Upon Jar . Ashley returning , two or three hours afterwards , it was discovered that the bag and its valnable contents vme hi 3 properly , which he had carelessly left on the seat : of his chaise while he weat inte the town to transact hi-3 business . The man , through whoss honesty th * whole of the property was returned safe into the ha ^ ds of its th-mafctisss owner , was liberally rewarded -with

      20 a ! * -CoxTicnas fob Mubdeb- —At the assizes rat Bediord , Sarah Dazley was charged Trith the muni murder cf her husband , WiJiiam Dazley , bj admlnisipnng arsenic to hia on * he 29 th of December last . The case excited great interest . The prisoner was arrested in London , having absconded , after a marriasre into -which she -was about to enter with a young man named "Waldoch , bad been broken off , in const q « EBce of reports of her havin g cansed the death of her two husbands , and of a boy , ibston ' of her first husband . All three of the bodies were exhumed and examined , and traees of-poison were d-seovered in ail of them . An immense aass of circumstantial evidence was produced , -acd the jury ba-rhig Tetumed a verdict of guilty , she was sentenced to death . The Learned Judge ( Aiderson ) held out no hopes of pardon .

      The Laxe Mb . Akebsbiht . — It is "well known to all who consulted this talented and celebrated surgeon , that he principaDy idied on nature hersaf in his attempts to cure the maladies of his patients . This ie chiifly effected by relieving the digestive organs of their improper contents , and haTing thns procured rejief 3 made it permanent by keepirg the alimentary canal in its proper healthy state , using mfld aperients . Rampton ' s PiU of Health is a medicine or ibis character , being gentle in its operation , and destitulB of causing those griping paps , which are freojaently attendant on the administration ; of purgative medicines . [

      Sho-wipg Cause . —Once upon a time the good men of HerefordshKehavingbeen rather eharj of drawing near and gifing their Attendance npon * ' my iords the Queen ' s jnstiees of aisize , " their lordshipshad a mind to fine * very juryman who could not addace T £ * 7 satisfactory reasons for his absence . Tlienaine ; of Robert SimpBon was called—no Tesponse -was made ; the ' call was repeated thrice , with still no-reply . u Fine him , fine him , " said his lordship . " Better « o * , " said one of ihe jurymen in waiting . ' Uetter not 1 " said theiearnea associate , " what do yon mean by ftat P H You had better not , " rejoined Mr Jnryman . " W * y man ? why not P aDgrfly demanded his lordship . " Cos jod see , my 3 ord , irs no user as he ' s waitin' at home to be buried .

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      A Family Connexion . —A nesro passing along Fleet-street , was astonfehed at hearing a voice C 3 ll out ?* Bow d ' ye do , ; Massa Mango ; how d ' ye do , Snowball : " and en ; looking up , obserred it prooaeded from a parroti in a splendid gilt cage . — "Aha , massa Parrot , " saiflBlackee , " you great man here ; you live m gold house now , but me know your fader very well j he live in iush . " We hate been much pleased by the perusal of a little wori , entitled *> Tales of the Heart , " by Lord

      William Lennox ; wbJch . from its extreme simplicity , we belio'e it to be the genuine production of hia Lordship . The following short extract is all that we can find room for at present : — The jnaicien wept : and I said , ' Why weepest * thoa , maiden ?' She answered noi , neither did she speak , but sobbed exceedingly ; and I again said , ' Maiden , why weepest thou ? ' Still she continued ; and the third time I raised my voice and said , 'Maiden ; why weepest thon f * And she answered and said , ' What ' s that to you ? Mind yonr bmi business . ' "—Punch .

      The Latb Wspi > isG . ~ We mast describe ? the wedding . —We have already said that the sun rose from his bed at an early hour , an example which was followed by the bridegroom , who prepared to dress for the wedding . His master of the wardrobe , who is also comptroller of the leather portmanteau and groom of the bat-box , was in attendance with the insignia of his various offices . The hereditary duke having tried Rowland ' s Macassar , and hud an audiencee of himself in the glas 3 of a Mechian dre £ si » gcase , repaired to Buckingham Palace , which had been the spot fixed for the wedding . The ceremony was performed in tbe usual style of royalty . And when the prelate who performed the office camo to the words with all myiworldly goods I thee endow , " the Dnke of Cambridge , who always thinks out loud , fcept up a running accompaniment of " well , that ' s

      capital J worldly goods , indeed ! I should . ltka to seo ' em , ' * and other pleasant observations ; which , as Strelitz senior and Mecklenburgh junior neither of them understood English very well , were supposed by the father and son to be a gush of fervent ejaculation from the father of the bride , invoking happiness on the new married couple . At the end of the ceremony the happy pair set out for Kew to spend the honey-moon , Tbe bfide ' 8 wardrobe had been conveyed there already ^ and young Strelitzhad arranged to have his carpet-bag' left at Kew Bridge , whero it was met by hisrojalhighness's lord of the luggage , who carried it to the palace . The Bake of Cambridge behaved very liberally to tho poor in the neighbourhood ; and Sfrclitz senior gave away © u the occasion—his eldest son—a pieco of muniiicca . ee in every way worthy of Mecklenburgh . —Punch . '

      A Significant Hint . —The Whig organs aro striving bard to proye that if their party was restored to office , tha Repeal agitation would be extinguished . They assure u 9 that nothing more is necessary than a change of placemen to bring halcyon days to Ireland . We recommend the following tnorceau from iheGlobe to the especial notice of such Repealers as have not yet thrown off the yoke of Whiggery : — " A government must be loved and trusted by Ha friends before it can be feared by its enemies . Above all , a-government must * be sure tbat it is in the right , and able to import tnat assurance to the nation whose

      aid it calJs for , bifore it can count on the moral force , that Bound and uncorrupted body of public opinion , which has nfrver yet . quailed in England before either external or internal foes . It is not tbe millions arrayed in Ireland , not tbe hundreds , or thousands , who meet in England ; it is not Mr . O'Connell , nor Mr . Fsargus O'Connor ( tbe former of whom disowns the latter ;—it is no popular nor physical force we fear , if public opinion is union—if thai opinion is pronounced for union , tchitA has never yel been pronounced in vain . It is no affront to Ireland to say that , if England supports her government , of those in Ireland—amongst -whom we

      include all irishmen ( "with a few ambitious exceptions ; who know tub interests of the hi OWN COCNTBT AND OCRS—IF , IN SJJO 31 T , THOSE CLASSES IN BOIH C 0 CNTE . 1 ES WHOSE DELIBERATE VOICE HAS HITHERTO BfcEH OMNIPOTENT , GIVE THAT VOICE IN FAYOtJB . OF A GOVERNMENT BESOLCTE TO KEEP THEM UNITED , THERE IS NO P 0 WEK IS MERE JiTJJlBERS . GOADED BY WANT OR PASSION , to Repeal that Union . Multitude never becomes sovereignty , till tbe natural sovereignty of mind is abdicated—till complete anarchy has taken place of the cultivated intelligence -whose rule is legitimate in all countries . That this iTitelligence is on ihe side of the Irish Repealers assuredly ux do not think . But is it united on the side of the pewer which has to withstand repeal ? There is our danger . On the one side enthusiasm—on the other nothing to excite enthusiasm . '

      Now the Globe would have us believe that the Repealers have it all their own way because the Tories hold the reinst of office . Were they driven from power it is more than insinuated that the old set would be recalled ; and that they would be so belov * d that jast to keep them free from embarrassment , our Anglo-Irish party would arise to counteract tho designs of Mr . U'Connell and his supporters . This we doubt very much ; as we do cot believe the Whigs ever possessed popular confidence or attachment to that extent which would render it at all likely thai they could ! calculate upon being better sustained fn this way than the existing Government . They might have recourse to the ancient expedient Of BB 1 BFBY OF KtP £ AL LAWYEBS AM ) AGITATORS \ but we question whether the veople have not their

      eyes too attentively fixed upon the game to give any hope of the deception succeeding . —Dublin World . Distbissing Accident at Ringwood . —A fatal accident occurred n < -ar-this town on Friday evening last . As a fly from Whnborne , with tbe Rev . T . ftaykr . of Lincoln , his w ] fe and eon , was descending tho hill near the turnpike-gate , the horses became restive when the young man who was sitting on the box with the post-boy , ' being alarmed , jumped off . Mr . Naykr , on seeing it , immediately opened the door and jumped out , followed by Mrs . Nayler , who fell , and was killed on tho spot . Mr . Nayler was taken up insensible , and conveyed to the Crown Inn . Every attention has been paid him by Mr . Charles Westcott , &urgeon , and ; hopes are now entertained of hi 3 recovery .

      Singular Accident . —On the 16 ih instant M . Kirach , an aeronaut , Tvaa about to makes an ascension at Nantes , but while tbe balloon was feeing inflated , a suddpn gale of iwjnd tore it from his hands , and those of fiiteen other persons who were holding it down . It mounted into the air , with its boat suspended by ealy one cord and the safety rope , with the grapp ling iron attached to the other end . In it ? passage , before rising , the iron caught hold of a boy , twelve years old , named Guerin , the nuke entering at ths opening at ihe bottom of his trousers , and running up to lhe waistband . In 1 Mb manner the boy "

      was dragged strugglingfor some distance , and not being abie to extricate himself , was at last carried up into the air . With " the courage and judgement sonieiiniLS inspired by danger instinctively into tha weakest minds , the lad : caught the rope with both his hands , and thus clune in comparative safety . After a short time the jtas began to escape l ' roui the balloon , and it descended Upon an open pi am , where it W 33 seized and secured , and the poor boy was released . When examined , it was ascertained that he had not received any bruise or injury , not even the slightest scratch , from the grappling-iron , ahhongh it had pased between his skin aad clothes . —Gaiionani ' s Messenger ,

      Modes or Salutation . —Grecnlanders have none , and laugh at the idea of one person being inferior to ar . othtr . Islanders near the Philippines tske a person ' s hand or foot , and rub it over their face . Laplanders apply the £ r hose 3 strongly against the person they salute . In Xcw Guinea , they place leaves upon the heads of these tb ^ y salute . In the Straits of the Sound they raise the left foot of the person salmed ^ pass it gently over the right leg , and thence over tbe ; face . The inhabitants of the Philippines bend very low , placing their hands on their cheeks , and raise one foot in the air , with the knee beut .

      An Ethiopian takes the robe of another and ties it abont him , so as to leave bis friend almost naked . The Japanese take offa slipper , and the people of Arrecan their sandals , in the street , and their stockings , in the house , whenlthey salute . Th 9 Negro Kings on the coast of Africa salute by snapping the middle finger three times . Tae inhabitants of Oarmene , whr-n they would show a particular attachment , open a vein ,. and present the blood to their friend as a beverage . If the Chines * meet , after a long separation , they fall on their knees , bend their faces to the earth two or three times , and uso many other affected modes . They have also a kind I of ritual , or " academy of compliments , " by which they regulate the number of ¦ ows , genuflections , and words , to be spoken upon any occasion . Ambassadors practice these ceremonies forty days before they appear at Conrfc . In Otaheite they rub their noses together .

      The £ > utdh , who are . considered as great eaters , have a morning salutation , common among all ranks , " Smaskdyk eeten ! " ' * May you eat a hearty dinner ! " Another is , l 4 Hoe vaart a awe ? " " How do you sail V adopted , no doubt , in the early periods of the republic , when they were all great navigatore and fishermen . Tho usual salutation tit Cairo is , How do you sweat V a dry het skin being a sare indication of a destructive ephemeral fever . Some author has observed , in contrasting the haughty Spaniard with , the frivoulous Frenchman , that the proud , steady g ^ it , and inflexible solemnity of the formerwere expressed in his mode of

      ealnta-, tion , "Cometstar " Howdo you stand 1 " whilst the " Comment vous p 6 rttz-vous V "How do you carry yourself !*» was equally expressive of the gay motion and incessant action of the latter . The common salniation in the southern provinces of China amongst the lower orders is , " Yafan !" Have you eaten your ricp V In Africa , a young woman , an intended bride , brouohi a little water in a calabash , and kneeling down before her lover , desired him to 'wash hiB hands ; when he had done this , the sirl , with a tear of joy sparkling in fcer evc drank the water ; this was considered as the greatest proof of her fidelity and attachment . '

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      _ . Acording ; to the lastcenBuso ? the Russian empire , rthe . totaj number of inhabitants who can write an <* read was 4 , 167 . 995 , or tho proportion to tho whole population as one to twelve . Foreign Sto p and Vegetables . —The markets K ^ -iT ^^ j ^* ^' - ?^* cherries , strawberries , blackand red currant berries , ft * which we are inf ™ mth * JTnti £ * l ? \ hyi ) lf > fol ^ S Paragraph tromine mui Rwk \ ngham , to our continental noigh-? ° rtHb «« f «!• ? r ^* a fruit and ^ tables brought 1 & ? £ t thta ^ asoa ia very considerable , which Mb had tneeffeet of reducing in price the productions of our home : gardeners . Tho Eoienld Isle , from Rotterdam

      , on Sunday last , for inatance , brought 250 . baskets < average 181 b 3 . oachj of cherries ; 199 baskets red and black currants ; six hampers extremely fine cucumbers ; fiva largo hampers ( about 6 feet long , 4 ifeet broad , and 3 feet deep ) of cauliflowers ; which , on their appearance at market , excited great attention , and a ready sale ; and 50 hampers of potatoes . This is but a specimen of what the iumeraldt Isle alouo is bringing every week throughout ttia summer . The further imports of fruit , are , we Jaro informed , likelyto be very large . Considerable portjiona of thoao imports have already found their way into various inland towns by the railways and steamera .

      ¦• Evkry Dog has his day . » -Thb Whig day gone for EVER . ^ Th © Whigs will not be able to induce the people to help them to regain offioo upon easy terms . iFa » r promises or maudlin symmtby will not do , aod this they now begin to perceive in rather a dissatisfied mood . They do not like to outbid the Tories , and yet they find ii most uncomfortable to remaia out of Downing-street . All the party , Jrom Lord John Hussell down to Ross , of Belfast , with looks of pity beseech that they may not be preased too far . They cannot gulp Repeal , nor do away with thp Church ; but they are ready to pacify the country by providing for hungry lawyers , and pensioning the Catholic clergy . Were anything requisite to convince the Whigs thkt their old policy is for ever out of fashion , the proceedings at the late Dieelingiat Marylebone ought to be sufficient to bring home conviction to the most sceptical and obtuse . Sir Benjamin Hall , a pretty constant supporter of the iato Ministry , called a meeting of

      his constituents and other well-disposed persons , to consider what steps should be taken to tranquillisa Ireland . At this preparatory meeting , a great many attended ; but none of the magnates of the Whig ; party , if we except Mr . Thomas Wyse . It is probable that Mr . Wyse sceoted the tone of public ! feeling at the Marylobone rehearsal ; for we do not find that he attended the demonstration , whiuh turned out in the sequel to be nothing else but an anti-Whit ? and Repeal exhibition . Many of these who have been , much to their credit , carrying on a factions warfare against ; the Tories , kepfc clear of Marylebone ; and we think they were wise in doing so . The demonstration , nevertheless , was a respectable affair—the Chairman behaving well , and the speakers , amon # whom was honest Sharman Crawford , eloquently and fearlessly exposing the grievances and wrongs of Ireland * When matters had advanced about half way , a Mr . Ridley , a . Chartist , proposed this startling resolution : —

      " That the meeting was further of opinion that tha conduct of the Inte and present Governments towards Ireland has bees unjnst nnd tyrannical , and the Irish nation haB an undoubted riaht to take such legal measures as they may deem best calculated to procure a Kspeal of the Union . " Will it be credited , that this resolution was Bconded , and what is more , unanimously carried !!! This is a sore blow to the vanity of the ex-official Whigs—while ! this evidence of popular sentiment proves how correct our estimate was of the Melbourne Cabinet and its retainers . The best joke of

      the whole is ,: however , yet to come . The meeting agreed that a memorial should be presented to the Queen , grounded of course , upon the resolutions wnioh had been passed ; and whom , gentle reader , do you think axe ' the parties appointed to carry it to the Throne I . Why none other than the Earls of Charlemont and Leitrim—the very champions of Whiggery . These patriotic Peers , surely , will never lend thtmselves to slander the late " paternal Government ; " but should they take charge of the Whig-Radical meriiorial of the Marylebone people—who will dare afterwards to say that we have been unjust in our castgatibn of the Whigs .- —Dublin World .

      The PmLOSOPHEit ' s SroNE . —The Philosopher ' s Stone , or in other words , the art of transmuting , any and every thing into pure and solid gold , was the primo desideratum of" alchemy ; " and the zenith of discovery to which this study aspired to attain . Now , although certain superficial changes have been wrought in the appearance of certain materials , yet the attainment of so desirable an object is as far off now as it ever waa ; and in fact , there is as much probability of bringing this to bear , as there is ofdisoovtiring the grand secret of a perpetual motion ; and no more . But setting aside all probabilities and improbabilities , let us gl&hce for an instant , at what so strange a discovery in science would bo likely to effect . One thing is very evident , viz ., that the time

      would not be far distant when the wants of life to every individual would be more than fully supplied . Suppose , however , that bo mysterious a discovery were to furnish its possessors wii . li piles of glittering riches ; 6 uppo ^ Y in a dition to this , that it could convert the very Walls and furnitures of our mansions into costly gold ; what would be the attainment of the ? e ur . htard-of possessions , without other essential accompaniments—health and length of life ! When a banqaot of the most stimulating delicacies is spread before us , we are unable to partake with pleasure or relish : and ev ^ n shrink from tasting , unless w © are moved by ? an appetite to partake . And thus it id with the possession of riches . Though surrounded by all that the philosophers' stone might ensure us , we should be still unblessed—nay we should even be miserable , without the enjoyment of health to consummateour felicity . Now this important discovery —this necessary appendage to health without which

      the chimerical blessings of the philosophers' stone were as nought , b . as already been made known and brought into daily operation . The researches of Old Parr , that well-known long'Hver , have proved bhoeessful in this cardinal point of earthly comfort and happiness . Mkny medical discoveries have been brought to light since the study of the Iranian frame first occupied the attention of mankind : but when we look at a discovery ( simple in itself , ) not only yielding temporary relief in cases of mveterato malady , but sound and permanent health , accompanied with a prolonged existence , we must injustice to tbe venerable Parr , pronounce his vegetable discovery as the most important introduction in medical science ever yet made . We mufit necessarily look upon such a promoter of human comfort and enjoyment , not Only in the light of a grand medical achievement , but as an attainment surpassing in value the magic transmutations of " the Philosophers'Stone . " ¦

      What is "Fixity of tenure ?"—It is an Irish expression , which , being translated into English , meaus " tenant ] right . " This just claim of-the Irish tenautry . is denied by the extortion aud oruelty of certaip Irish landlords who think that a tonaat has no claims—no rights . Thus , ono evil begets another ; and rebellion is iinvoked by the snfferin « tenants , to rid themselves of the tyranny of unjust landlords . In ihe course oflyears , the same spirit , of di&iffoction will prevail in England , if this avaricious spirit of some landlords ! be allowed to progress . "Custom" gives certain rights to English tenants ; but some greedy landlords , being counselled by ignorant and selfish stewards , force their teuants , uuder a threat of dii-charge , to sign agreements by which their claim to ; tbe " custom of the country , " en leaving , is abandoned . This practice , is as ivkkcd as

      it is foolish . If it be allowed to progress and become universal , revolution must be the consequence . Those silly landlords will then find ( heir mistake . Stewards and landlords may rest , assured that every attempt to weaken the just claims of the tenant to the profit of their labour in the soil ,- will sooner or later recoil on their own heads . By suoh extortion tho landlord applies a levor to tha foundation of nts owu title . For a season the landlord may Beem to gam—the end will bo ruinous to his interests . Many will have cause to rejoice if this warning be heeded . The empire is now paying the penaky of permitting Irish landlords Jand stewards to loosen tho bonds which ought to unite tbo tenants to their lords . Woe to England if her landlords and stewards shall be permitted to play the same game . —Oas // er ' s Fleet paper for to-day .

      Serioos Railway Accident . —Damage to tne extent of several hundred pounds was sustainod on Monday afternoon , by the two o ' clock mixed train of carriages on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway line taking fire . ' The carriages started from Dundee at the usual hour , and were midway on the line to Broughty Perryi when the fire was ; discovered by some labourers who were working on the road . Immediately behind the engine , were four waggons loaded with flaxyand then one of miscellaneous goods , consisting of ilarineis , cloths , laces , and other similar valuable articles ' , and lastly another tier of flax waggons , ending w ^ th those conveying passengers . Tiie fire originated in some of the asheV being Mown among the flax , whioh readily ignited ^ aa the day was very stormv , and in , the course of afew seconds the taat two waggons were inab ! az 9 , and were rapidly

      communicating to those behind . The engine waeimmediately stopped , and to prevent the fire reaching the last tier of waggons , they were with , dimoultyigot detached , and conveyed out of the reach of the element . No water for a considerable time conld be had , and the passengers and engineers broke up the burning waggons , and scattered the goods about the roadside ; through which means any articles that had not been ignited were sayed , while the fire was easily subdued . As it was , the damage amounts to £ 300 or £ 400 . The first two flax waggons wera almost entirely consumed , a great part of the third and fourth , and also pf the miscellaneous goods therein . Considerable alarm was for a short time manifested by the female passengers , whose fears , however , were soon allayed when they saw themselves detached from the fiery train , —Glasgow Courier .

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      TOTAL WRECK OF THE PEGASUS STEAMER .-LOSS OF FIFTY LIVEd . Berwick , Tbursdav Mght— This vessel , a regular trader betwetn Leitbj and Hull , was lost on Thursday morning last , on JGoldetone Rock , off Holy Island , and no great distance from where the Forfarahire wa . 9 wrecked about five years' ago , the scene of the late noble-minded Grace Darling ' s heroism . The latter vessel suffered through tempestuous weather ; but thia cannot be said on this present lamentable occorrenco , Wednesday night being very calm . The Pegaaus left Lsith on Wednesday evening about five or six o ' cleck , and struck on the Gok ' stoneJ Rock early on Thursday where she lies at

      morning , present The occurrence was observed by several of the fiaberaen belengins to Holy Island , who promptly put off to lender assistance , hut we understand they did not succeed in saving any lives . They picked up several dead bodies , among whom were some females dressed in their night-clothes . The Martello steamer , ( belonging alsofto the same company ) on her voyage from Hall to Leieb , rounded North Sandetland Point about four o ' clo ^ S on Thursday morniug , and picked up a boat contain * five or six persons ! Thpse are believed to ba tb jd whole saved from this unfortunate vessel . The Martello , we ucdarstand , conveyed these , as also thp bodies of such of the unfortunate sufferers as bad been fonnd , round to Leith ,

      ( From the Glasgow Herald of Friday . J Last night we received the following particulars of the wreck of the Hull and Leith Steam Packet Company's Bteamer , the Pegasus , ! Captain Miller , with the loss of nearly all on board , i Our information , though imperfect in details , is derived from an authentic source , and the painful recital may ba depended on as far as it goes . The Pegasus sailed from Lsith for Hull afc 5 o ' clock on the afternoon of Wednesday last , and , having proceeded so far on her voyage , struck on a rock inside of the Fem Islands at a quarter past 1 o ' clock yesterday ( Thurday ) mewing . ] The captain immediately backed her off , and made an effort to reach the shore , but the water increased upon net with such rapidity that within three-quarters of an hour after she had

      struck she went down headforemost in SO feet of water . In tbeir desperate effort to save their lives , the paasengera rushed to the boats , and , having hurriedly lowered them , all on board , including the captain , perished , With the exception of five individuals . Of the crew , amounting , It ia believed , to 16 or 17 , four were aaved—viz ., W . Brown , th 6 first mate ; Hood , the first engineer ; D . Campbell , a flrJBman ; and G-. Taylor , the carpenter . Out of 16 or 17 cabin passengers , only one is saved , whose name we have not ascertained . There were from 20 to 25 steerage passengers , all of whom perished . In all it is believed that not fewer than 50 human beings were thus hurriedly called from time to eternity . The survivors were picked up yesterday morning at 5 o ' clock , in a atdte of great exhaustion , by the same company ' s steamer the Marfcello , which fortunately came up , on her passage from Hull to Leith . and at that time six feet of the foretopmaat of the illfated

      Pegasus appeared above the water . The carpenter had saved himself by clinging to it , and the other four survivors were preserved by grasping loose fragments which bad been -washed from ths deck , and floated npon them . The Martello ' also picked up six dead bodies and the two boats . The Pegasus was a Clydebuilt boat , seven years old , of about 130 horse power , ami had been all aloB ? a favourite , from the spaed and successful trips , aha was woutjto make . Captain Miller had been on the station for many years , and he knew it well in all its bearings . In ihe present state of our information we cannot give the reasons which have ted to this distressing catastrophe . ' Without this last most painful cause of remembrance the Fern Islands would Dot soon have been forgotten in connexion with the disasters of tbe Forfarahire , land the heroism of ths departed Grace Darling .

      From the Edinburgh Observer of Friday . Another appalling steam-bqat disaster has just taken placo , near the spot where the ; Forfarshire was wrecked a few years ago , and where the late Grace Darling so heroically distinguished herself , by saving five lives at the imminent risk of her ovip . By the present disastrous occurrence no fewer than from fifty to sixty human beings have been suddenly deprived of life . Tha Ptgasns , which has plied betjween Leith and Hull for several years , left Leith harbour on Wednesday afternoon , having on board , besides the crew , at least sixteen cabin and about twenty j steerage passengers ; but the probability is that the jnumber was greater , for several individuals are known to have gone with her whose names do not apper onjthe list at the company ' s office . The vessel sped on her way till midnight ; fust

      when the watch was changed , | the captain being on the bridge , taking a look about him before he turned in , she struck ou a sunken rock inside the Fern Islands , near what is called the Golden Rock . The engines were then backed , and she C 3 tne off . j Her head was turned towards thes ^ iore , bntshedid not proceed many hundred yards when the water rushing in , extinguished the fires , and almost immediately the vessel sunk . Finding the vessel sinking rapidly , there w ^ as a lush to the boats , which , it would appear , were swamped . The accounts of the disaster , however , yei obtained , must necessarily be confused , and J may poBsibly conta ' . n mistakes ; but -we { eat that an accurate narrative of the accident , as well [ as the names of the sufferers , will never bo obtained . The Martello steamer to the steamer to

      , belonging same company on , Belonging we same company on her voyage from Hull , descried the wreck about five o ' clock yoaterday morning . The first object which attracted the attention of Captain Biackwooci was a boat with a man in it , ; drifting with the tido ; and soon after a boat Boated past This made him aware that some accident bad | occurred in the vicinity . On coming up to tbe boat , which was nlm ^ st full of wnter , tbe mate of the Pegasus was found in it , nearly in 8 euaib ! e from cold aud exhaustion . A person of the name of Biiliie , a passenger ) returning to Hull , was taken from a sort of batch , OR Which be VIVi 3 float ; a young man of the name of Hillyard , another passenger

      from the neighbourhood of Hull , and one of the crew , were discovered holding on oy the mast—the vessel having sunk in about six fathoms water . Six persona in all were saved—namely , two passengers ( Hillyard and BaHlie ) , the mate , and three cf the crew , which we believe amounted in all to fifteen . Captain Blaefewood remained in the vicinity ] of the scene of disaster for several heurs , and picked up six dead bodies , which were brought to Leitb tin thy Martello . Three of these were females . One appeared a middle-aged married woman , apparently pregnant ; she was attired in a dark-checked gingham dress , a Leghorn bonnet , and black hard-spun wooilen mantle . Another Was a Miss Barton , who had in ber arms when found a child

      a few years old . The third seemed considerably advanced in life , and was nearly undressed . The other bodies wera those of the second engineer or fireman , a very stout man , whose forehead bore the mark cf a violent contusion ; a lad , apparently twelve or fourteen ytars of age , dressed in a black vest and trousers , and a rough brown Petersham eurtont ; and the third was the child found in the arms of Miss Barton . These bodies , on arrival at Leith , were placed in shells , and conveyed to South Leith Church till claimed by their relatives . | Tha names of the following wehave learned , although of steerage passengers We have treason to believe no account is kept : —

      Mrs , Ellington , Miss Hepetou , Miss Barton and a boy , Miss Floor , Miss Briggs , Mr . knd Mrs . M'Leod , Mr . Torry . from Hull , a gentleman who was in ill hetlth , on and whom Baillie , who is saved , was in attendance ; Mr . Elton , late of the Adetphi | rheatie here ; Mr . Hodgson ; Mr . Elliot and son , understood to be from the neighbourhood of Dundee ; Mr . Mrxhan j Mr . Milne ; the Rev . Mr . M'Keize , hetieved to be from Glasgow ; Mr . James Hunter , eon of Mr ] Hunter , Duncias-strefit , Edinburgh ; Mr . D . WhimsterJ in the employ of Messrs . Ireland and Sen , SoulbbrMge ; Mr . Martin ( and son ) , of London , but a native of Edinburgh ; Mrs . Alexander , of Paisley -, and Mrs . BarnetBon , of Edinburgh . Captain Miller , who is amonji : tho victims , bad great experience in the navigation ofi tbe coast , having sailed inany years as commander of one of tba Lsith and London smacks . Ho wua considered an excellent seaman . From all we can learn there must have been about sixty persons on board—including the crew—and only six Of the number have b « en savedThe vessel now lies in

      . tbe Fairway between the Fern islands and the English coast , about six feet , of har maai appearing above water at half tide . It Would saem thejaccident occurred nsarly about the period of ebb . Mr . Pringle , a gentleman in the employment of the company , fcas been despatched to take charge of tbs bodies that may be recovered . It may not be improper to state , ] that most of the facts have been gleaned from patties officially connected with the company , who seem desirquaof affording every information uj ; on this unfortunate subject . i

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      myaeif to prcpara f « swimming for my life , ana laid my clothes upon tbe companion . By this time the engine hsti stopped , and the ship was fast settling by tha bead . Looking around me while undressing I saw the Rev . Mr . M'Ksnzie ou the quarter-deck praying with several of tho passengers on their knees around him . Mr . M'Konzie seemed calm and collected . All the passesgers around him were praying too ; but Mr . M'Kenz ' te ' s voice was distinctly beard above them all . t beard tbe Captain say tbat we must do the best we could for ourselves . I saw a lady , with two children , close beside me on the companion , calmly resigning herself to the Almighty . The children seemed unconscious of tbe danger , for they were talking about some trifling matter . When I found tbat the vessel

      waa fast filling , I loapt overboard , and the engineer and I were at first drawn into the sea by the suction occasioned by the vessel sinking . I soon got up again , however , and got hold of s plank and the steps which led to the quarter-deck . The stewardess attempted to get hold of me ; but I extricated myself from her , to save my own life . By thia time the scene was a most dismal one . The aur / aca of the water was covered with the dead and the dying . Tho screeching was CsarfaL Ono of the firemen also attempted to get bold of the plank which I had , but I swam away from him . I remained floating about till half-past six , when I waa

      picked up by a bo 3 t from the Martello . I was then » bout a mile from the wreck , and the people fa tho Martello did not for some time observe me , till I attracted their attention by waving a stick . One little boy ( probably the boy Scott ) kept himself afloat for about three hours on a part of the skylight covering , and made great exertiona to save himself , but he sunk at last . His body was warm when picked np . I waa once wrecked before , about twenty years ago , off the coast of St . Domingo , when I was three days and three nights on a reef . It was the experience I learned then which gave me the idea of taking off my clothes before leaping into the sea .

      Hildyard said , —I belong to Beverley ; my father fs a clergyman there . I have for several years followed the trade of a seaman ; but I was going to Hull &-. a passenger by the Pegasns . I think it was about half-past two when tbe vessel struck . I was below at tbe time , but when I beard the crash , % went on deck . ' . I was at once aware , from the concussion , that the ship bail struck on a rock . I ran forward and looked inta the forecastle , and found ber fast filling with water . I perceived the captain and mate in earnest conversation eu the cross-bridge , between the paddle-boxes . X beard the captain order the engine to be reversed , whish was immediately done . I tben went aft , and found the people all rushing into tha boats , men and women . I got into the starboard boat , but finding it

      crowded with people who knew nothing about the management of a boat , I got up again , and the boat soon afterwards swamped . I heard some passengers eagerly asking tho captain wbat was beet to be done . I did not hear bis answer , but he did not seem much agitated . Seeing tbe boat fast sinking , I took off my bat , boots , and stock , and helped myself to two or thiee fathoms of rope , with the view of lashing myaeif to something , if I should afterwards be able to do so while in the water . Two rockets and a blue light were burned by order of the mate as a signal of distress . I think about half an bout elapsed from the time the vessel struck till aha went down . ' It was certainly not more . I waa standing on the after-part of the larboard paddle-box when she went down , and I sunk with ber . I was about half a minute under water . I felt myself caught by the legs by some

      one ; bat I got quit of them . When I rose to tha surface , tbe top pare of the funnel and the stem of the quarter-deck were just disappearing . The first thing I got hold of was the accommodation-ladder , which I got astride of . I perceived about eight feet ef the foremast standing out of the water , and a carpenter clinging to it . I asked him if there was room for two , and he said there was . I then proceeded to lash the ladder with my rope to the mast-head , and we both of us stood upon this ladder , which waa under water , until we were picked up by tbe Martello . When we left it there waa only about two feet Of tha most visible . If we had been mach longer , we could not have held on . Just before tae vessel went- down , I saw a woman climbing up the main rigging ; but she must have gone down with tbe vessel , for I never saw her again .

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      Guy ' s Hospital Built by Losing a Husband . — Thomas Guy , the founder of this hospital , hadagreed to marry his female servant , whose manners pleased him . $ ome few days before the time arrived for celebrating their nuptials , he had ordered the pavem nt before his door to be repaired to a particular spt > i . Having left home , bis . Bervant discovering Ik broken fljff beyond the spot pointed out by her intended , desired it also to be replaced by another , thus prematurely assuming an authority by telling the workmen to eay to Mr . Guy , " I bid you , and he won't be angry . " On his return , and being informed of her conduct in this affair , ho renounced his engagement with her , and , determined to devoto his fortune to charity , he built the hospital which , bears bis name , at a cost of £ 18 , 793 . 16 s . Id . and afterwards b . ft for the endowment of it . the sum of £ > 19 ' , 499 . Os . 4 d .

      Across the Ocean , ho . —Mr . John Wise , of Lancaster , Pennsylvania , to whose name the newspapers generally tack the title " aeronaut , " haa published in the Lancaster Intelligencer a card * in which he announces his purpose to make an air voyage , by balloon , across the Atlantic ? , in the summer of 1844 . And he gives this long-beforehand notice , in order that traversera of the ocean may not take his travelling . eqmpage for a huge living monster , and go to pepper it with grape-shot and musket balls . He describes his balloon as follows : — " Tae balloon is to be

      one hundred feet m diameter , whica will give a net ascending power of twenty-five thousand pounds , being amply sufficient to make every thing safe and comfortable * A sea-worthy boat is to be used for tbe « ar , which is to be depended on , in ease the balloon should happen to fail in accomplishing the voyage . The boat would also be calculated upon , in caserthe regular current of wind should be diverted trom the , course by the inflaenee of the ocean , or through other causes . The crew to consist of three pemnB , namely , an aeronaut , a navigator , aud a scientific landsman . "

      Father O'Lbary and Cocnselloe Cobban . — One ^ day after dinner Carran said , *• Reverend Father , I wish you were St . Peter . " "And why , Counsellor , would you wish that I were St . Peter ?" asked O'Leary . "Because , Keverend Father , in that case , " replied Curran , " you would have the keys of heaven , and you could let me in . " "By mw honour and conscience , " replied the Divine ' ' - would be better for you that I had the k- . " ifc other place , for then I could let you j , ° * tne enjoyed the joke , which h * -vb * ' ^ : T Can » n deal of jasfiea t .- ~ 8 erap -P ^ ltted * Soo 4

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      The Scotsman of Saturday , after giving tbe foregoing particulars , haa the following statements from the two passengers sswet \ from tbe wreck : — Understanding that Baillie and Hiidyard , the only two passengers saved , were residing dawn at Gractcn , we visited them last night , and ] obtained fran each of them » statement of what occurred under their own observation , from the time of the vessel Btriking on tbe rock till they were picked up b y the Martello . Baillie said—I have been a seaman for about eighteen years ; but was recently in attendance on Mr . Torry , who was one of the passengers on b osrd of the Pegasus when she went down . I think it was abont twenty minutes past twelve when the vessel struck . I was down in the cabin lying on a sofa , and when I found the vessel bad struck I ran on the deck , and having seen the state of matters there , 1 went down to tbe cabin for Mr . Tony . I told tbe passengrs below that I believed tbe snip had struck , tint they did not seem to comprehend what I meant . Woffle of the passengers ( chiefly the ladies ) were in bed ! When I reached the deck with Mr . Torry , I saw tne crew in tne act of

      lowering the boats . I put Mr . Torry in the starboard quarter boat when it was in the j ttcfc of being lowered , and when it bad reached the water I sprung in myself . There were then about nine ] of us in the boat . A lady , I remember , was sitting in tbe bow . When we were in the boat , there was a cry from off the qaarter-deck to '' stick to tho ship " . At that moment the engines were set In motion ; and , tbe boat being hooked to the ship ' B stern ] but unhooked from it at the bow , tiw back water raised by the pacldles filled the boat and upset net , throwing the passengers Into the sea . I got hold of the ship ' s rudder-chain , and tbe chief mate haying tkrown a rope * to me , I got into the ¦ hip again . Seeing tbe danger increasing , I undressed

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      Prom all the accounts that have yet transpired re * ppecting the loss of the Pegasos steamer , we fear Ihe inference ia inevitable , that there was gross negligence on the part of those who were in command of the- vessal . Lloyd ' s agent writes word— " What makes this wreck the more lamentable is , that it was a fine night and clear , with a westerly " wind , and the lights were seen distinctly -, and it was also said that tbe master was on the bridge at the time she struck . " A correspondent of the Scotsman states : — " The GJdstone Rock , on which the Pegasus is supposed to bave been wrecked , is seldom or never left uncovered by the tide ; it is well known to , and anxiously avoided by , our coasting navigators in working through tbe Fair Way . or Channel between the Fern group and the

      mainlanda channel generally , preferred to the open sea by masters of vessels as a shorter cut , but never ao preferred , especially at night , without incurring a risk vrtrich infinitely counterbalances any saving of time tfaua acquired . " A private letter , date 3 North Ber * wick , and received by an underwriter at Lloyd's , adds— " How the Pegasua came into tbe track of tbe Goldstone Rock , is somewhat extraordinary . Up to tho period of the dreadful calamity , th « ¦ wsa thnT ¦ was very favourable for the voyage , It being a moderate . breez 9 at west-north-west . It is generally mipposud that the tide , which is exceedingly strong in that direction , must have drifted her into that course , and that the man at the helm had neglected to make any difference in the alesraee . There is no

      doubt tbat she went clean on tbe rock with her engines at fall play , which must havd completely dashed her to pieces . " From these accounts it is , we fear , but too manifest that tbe catastrophe was the result of the most culpable Bupineness—for , in the first place , tha night was calm and clear , and the lights were seen distinctly ; secondly , the rock was one well known , and " seldom or never left uncovered by the tide ; and thirdly , the helmsman , notwithstanding the increasing strength of the current , had made not the slightest difference in the steerage . But what makes tha case still more remarkable , is tbe statement that the master was on tke bridge at the time the vessel struck ; and the night being clear , the beacon-light quite visible , and be himself accustomed to the navigation of the

      coast . theunnappy man would appear to be wholly without excuse in having directed tbe ship into such a notoriously dangerous track . We presume he did so with a view to shorten the voyage , and save time ; bat this is no justification of an act of rashness that has caused the death of upwards of fifty individuals , and brought grief , and poverty , and , perhaps , despair , to the door of many a widowed mother and childless father . Again , when tbe vessel struck , and there waa need of all his promptitude and decision , we get . not the slightest tidings of the Captain ; We hear of bo orders that he . gave for getting tbe boats ready—though , as half an hour elapsed between the striking and the sinking of the ship , and tbe weather Was perfectlyserene , one would nave simposed they might have been

      prepared -without difficulty—all we hear of him- ia , tbat at the moment of tbe stock , be waa engaged with "the mate in earnest conversation on the cross-bridge between ; the paddle-boxes ; " and when the vessel " waa fast filling with water , " he ordered her to be directed towards the shure , though , from the condition in which she then was , there was every probability that she would founder before she reached it We do not wish to press nsrd on the memory of one who has expatiated his neglect with his life ; but justice to the living demands that , in cases like the present , involving each dreadful consequences , aud bringing grief into so many families , we should not shrink from the expression of any opinion , however stern , that may seem to be warranted by facts . —Sun , of Tuesday .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct492/page/3/