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      * W A # ? TO AMEND THE LAW FOR THE . SBGISTBATION fXFTOTEBS , INCOEPd-SATIS& : THE 1 lEF 0 B \ l ACT , ANB 3 EGEST : STATDTJS 5 ; "WITH INTBOpTJGTION , &NJ > A COPIOUS INDEX . — T $ » ISffiKABD W . COX , ISSQ * ' BaSBISXEB . —Se-^ j Bdhron ^ iPubliined at ' ^ e office of the j ^ jr Thnesy London . IJ 553 js a most nsefnl and valuable publication . TTpreis embodied , | n systematic arrangement , off

      £ T ftira xelafave - _ to , ¦* the Siandiise /* M the -BwistraiioD ^ aiid ^ th . eElec ^ onB . 3 ? Tina book gives ^ Iftai ran be needed , as ^ isr as . flie BeYeral « lMt « jjjeate reKfl > &g tire abore operations , are coneeZBed for under each separate lead as given a # gjeStetBtes tearing on tie qnestioiu The aixangejjsnt is excellent . * T £ e publieation will be of immense use io Overseers , IksiBtn ^ ori ^ jrerite , Sherife , Sheriff-offiears , ^ innuDg-officsis , Elecaon Committees and Poll Geite . Indeed it is ths best-work -we liave seen for anvandBvary one "who crashes io know . the Jaw affecting the TranciiB 8 and its exercise .

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      Db . PhbijCH && bees appointed 3 eommiaaortsr to inquire into the state of fever in Ireland . Potatoes sre selling at Bllkee , county Clare , at tme fcsL ' penny per stone . And in Dublin at 5 £ d > per stone . Tttk Foot of a Chinese female , from tbe heel to the ¦ gre&t toe , 1 b only four indies long . Stsattkkbxes are ^ seffias in TT * fli at one penny Q » pint . lOTi in Prance is an opera ; in England a tragedy ; 3 n Italy a comedy ; and In CtarsiairyjB melodrama . " ~ Wmrx thread glares , " says the Zriiassferl / enewy , " may be bought in this town at a penny per pairj " Titr Toeces sow concentrated in Ireland exceed , it ia xaid , 55 000 men ! "Wbt is Punch like the aerial ship ?—Because be cu not made » irip yet , and DererTPill . A "Wei ^ h 2 f EwspiPEB . 1 b about to be started at XdverpooL

      Ocb . Wab Steah-ships form no less a proportion fhsn one-fifth of ihe 3 ritis 3 a zatyj . —Brighton Gazette . Twti fjs 57 op August la izxed 2 or the redaction of tte Irish sugar dnty . < rCo 2 TJasii ^ s skjxi . ias been said to consist in keeping the peasantry at the boiling point , and preventing them boiling over . Tw ^ ite Fkbsoks hrre held the office of Mayor of the city of Washington mice She year 1802 . Of thia umber fi-reTPere practical printers . Accounts haTe been received from the Governor of Senegal to ibesa nit They announce the almost total JaJnre this year of the gum crop , 2 hx Cori Ezaxmter states that " Bsbecca and her DaaeliterB" hsve lately made their appearance in ire-3 andT We ieass , from the Liverpool Times , that ihe disgiacffnl practice of placing women in the public stocks is being revived at Piescot and Sfc Helen's .

      3 LB . Jaqcxs sold nine -shori-homs , si 2 > = rby , for 600 pnneaS ; and 33 k Watson , of WaUdosham , a short-horn BHfer for 150 mines s . —3 To « fe Zone Express . THS Masokic Grand lodge of England has Toted £ l , ODD towards a monument to tie memory of their Hhutrions Grand Master , the late Duke of Sussex . Accobdug to the last census of the Hassan empire , flB toafl iramber of inhabitants vho can -write ana read ins -4 . 167 , 595 , or the proportion of the -whole pepnlajjon of one to twelve . The JTod O&kbis Picaywte , ttfmfliTig- to a candidate £ ec 2 szsito& Siathe trocid head the president or die , says , "When a man pledges Iib honour to tiie , he ought to die—or perish in the attempt . " The stjubeb . op locouotttes on the German xailvaysj acoording to 3 d . Ton Bedsn , is 245 , of -trhich thiftT-eight are German , 166 ~ Rr gtt * 'h t ^ elis Belgian , yr ^ T twefltT ^ Siafi ATTlF'Tlr ^ m-

      A 3 > £ RAi > ex . —The Serefbrvl Times , is allusion to the death ef the fsToaritehorse Herley , says , * ' af ^ er hehad nn thB Stallage Stakes , and -was taken to ihe stable , he VOTMseiQiersicaid xorlicdovraP ' Bt a series of interesting experiments lately made in Philadelphia , a Troman - s toajne has been found capable of moiing one thousand nine hundred and twenty times m a TiiiTinte . - A tocsg highwayman -was offered his life , after condemnation , if he -wonM consent to hare Jus l £ g cut off , feata ^ ieTrstypticimght be tried . " What ! " replied be , " and goBping to the denS at last ? 2 ? o > I'll be d- —dirat , " and-BBS haiiged ' OSBDiKEClOBS . ef the Belgian railroads are bnSdinx a diligence-with two fioors . The upper part tdll be a ? l ? xsd gallery , from-vrnicfe an cxtensiTe Tiet ? of the country -sraU fee ccmmaDded . It u to xnn between 3 Sbzb SBBTTasaeis .

      Thb assitai . income <* charitable endo-wments m Esgland and Wales exceeds £ 1 , 200 , 000 ; % he eommis » bii of inqniry costneariy £ 260 . 060 ; aud yet nothing effectual has been done iovsr&B zemedying the pwas abnseaTriich it exposed . QsTHinESDiT , the Fteam-paeket Bata ^ ier , Capbain Dnnlop ^ arriTed off St- SatJiarine ' B Steam-packet Wharf , ircm Botterdam . ^ Pstl of her ear ^ b consisted -of -150 baskets of potatoes and 50 # baskets of currents , -which "Were consigned to two sdesmen in Spitalfields market Tttkh-i ; -ffijg' BKE 5 an' extraordinary demand for copies of Dr . yuseya-sermon . Upwards of 3 , 000 copies iaTebeeE sent to Jrelana . Two editions of 6 , 000 each , hsTebeen printed , and & third edition , it is expected , 3 b sibont in issae .

      Cossoltsg—TEKT!—The directors of the new railvsy of £ rankfort-os-ihe-Oder hsre resolred to keep at Frery-station a o , nanfity of bandages and medicinesj-in order that in ease of accident aome relief may he given in ths SrstiostsEce . Ill ZHB ple&snragroimda © I Sir CharifiB Halee , at Bremore , there is a splandid specimen of the fcnlip tree , of about 200 years * growth , and Bnpposed te be the first in Scgland , -with thousands of flowers now in fnil perfection . AicrEST HtbbostaTIC Bed . —Kniarch says , in th "Idfe of Alexander /* that $ be Babylonians taed , during ihe dog-days , to sleep on "ririns filled with water . " The Passengebs between Francs and England from 21 st to 27 th June : — jByBologns ...... ......... 1 A * * By Calais ..-.-.. „ ... » . .... 567

      A 2 fn ? xstd BBAmrjyin . Ibos Boat , intended for the increasing intercourse between Southampton sd Hawe , and named Ihe Sonth W-esteen , arri » 6 d in fls Sonihampton jfi » a on Wednesday -weei . Oa iha 3 rd -of Jnly , Ihe railway was opened frwn Iffle to Houbaix , a great town in the cotton mannf aetnriiigdiBtrict , haTing- with Tonreoing between thirty 2 nd forty thousand people . The distance is , we beliere , under ten miles . AiEiTEBfrom l-nbecksays , '" iheiinmberof failnres m tins city "baa sogmeotea -within the last ten years , hi so tngbHal-a Tnanzter , th » i st present they actually exceed those of Hambnrgh , the population and trade of which are fire times greater than onrs . "

      The COBEEciaojuo , Tbjbcxai , of asefzcondemned , afev days back , to a year ' s imprisonment acfl a&ge , ibs Xnaxminm rf punishment allowed by the lsw ^^ pnan , who , on the occasion of the Tele Dieu , pfesefflBwThim-» elf in * state of perfect nnfii ^ in the pnHic street at Sb moment the procession Tsaspasimg . Messes . Milles , BiTESHitx aod < Jo-, of BlacK-* all , ksTe just completed a new iron boat for the Xonflt-n and -Margate * tstk > n , a vessel , " -which bids well io-xnrpzsB ererything that has hitherto appesred . Her an&ehxnery is ef great poorer , -and her cabin the prettiest tfcat cxn he shown on the jivei . Cold Water 1 > C 5 ishmesi . —The cfficers of the Aibnrn state prison lave xecentlj snbsUtnted the effn-&m of cold water upon the bodies of refractory priicmerxifistesdof texsosgsjog . This is an Important diange in prison ^ izdplme , and is likely to be adopted- very generally tbrongbont the ITnitsd States .

      At oke of ovb . commas schoola , the teacher , in atgrW » ff"g JO * arhribtra . put ihe foHowing question : — " ¦ What "w ^ juafle to gjre light to tha world ?" "Matches 1 " cried one of the youngsters , after a shcrt x *» ae . A . : popui ^ e 'frEXTtmv-Liscx . —The Babxda JTiffiffi . If bw Xosi paper , autles xtiai Xba shtiiff msd Ins assst * xnt performed ihe dnty of hanging BeDjasntn J ) . White In * " maxser ibat jsrf the approbation e / xtUpresent A Hjuiabt Tea Pxeit . —^ A mlitia captain in SpTt «>> ry » -rf « pTttj ( g ^ JB ffn A'mgrirgrp pajjar ) receiTOJga Eote from , a , Jady , icgnesting " fiw pleasurB « f Ms company to taa . "" understood itii a eesnpSmpnl io those unfler his command , . and marched the whole of fhRtn to the honse at the honr appointed . Bra . Pzx £ B 2 » AirBiE b » js there is one great recom mtDdatlon in the wood , pa-rement—economy ; -which he t ^ earj y proves by showing that , if it do not xrre the ht «» ea thoss , at all irents it makes them suppebs . —

      2 Hjlrd Case . —The chsplam of the Edinburgh gaol hti Tesi ^ ned Ms atnataon , haling gone over to the te roe \ 2 mrch . ** Eis ccr opr ^ paiiMi had a eonsaentions daarete follow their pastor , bnt theiitolerfiiit gaoler * coa&j * t allow them ! , 3 ok » g " trrxs a Wixjtess . —The vitmas stroke SJS&JjWsicaeof yolce that ^ ie connsei inqcired if ™ _ « a maniea ? Witnessi O , dear , yes , Sir . "" srag : ThenTwiBh job would speak as lond as yon ^ neraEy oi > to yonr husband—Hsnghter } . Gkfos of *^ y 8 . { The learned - connsel was im > donbt a married : XB * a hmfflaf . " ) aje

      ^ E ^ t-CHLiLB * —A contemporary ssys , Ibat traEscen-^^ fflis ipintoal cognoscence of psychological •"" "agabaHty , enrmiaft ^ -wiHi -eoBcnitant ademption of ^^ nnmiait spiritoality and . etherialised contention of ¦^ tray TOneretion .: 3 g ^ SAS 6 iar SPOKtSHAS , boasting of the c » pa-* g « M -0 f » -rerjr indifferent horse , swore thai the *™» V » eaia Ihto won a eertwn race , only he ran « 5 " * vaggaa . ; "The only thing , " said a bystander , ** hsis fit to inn against " j j * ° tSE IrtES ^_ aM = B txottOsBcins BtSe icserfa may ^ T ^ sally destnyed -ssiihont ihe cse of j » J » on . ^^^ Taspocajfnl of gronnd black pepper , one tea-^^ fl dibrojoisngaijand one tablesposnfnlof cream , j i j *^ Wf 31 togeJhfii , asd placs them in the room , on J ™^» ha 8 Sa ffiesare trcBblesomei , and they will ^* flte 8 Spesr .

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      " Ma , " said a hopeful youth , may 1 go to play to-day ? " « 2 ? o , child , " waa the reply . "Well , then H jua dont let me , I'D go and get the measles ; for 1 know a boy who has 'em prime 1 * ! The seighbottehood of Kendal , which has been famed forthe jrowtb of fine fmit . has this year suffered mnch from the cold east winds of Whitsun week . The appleshaTebeennearly all destroyed . j Ah Bsgush lafiy on srrlrisg at Calais , on her way to make . the grand tour , -was surprised , . and somewhat Indignant at being termed fox the first time in hex life a fbrelgnec , * ' Ton mistake , madam . " said she tot the libeller ; with some pique— " it is you who axe foreigners —we are English . " ]

      A . M 151 STEE . of the Kiri oompTaoned to another that he had " got a ringing in his head ! "Bo ye ken-the Teason o * that ? " asked his worthy « roay . ¦ ' Na I " " HI teOl je then , it * beeanse ift empty 1 " "Xnd haTo ye nerex a ringing in yonr head ? " qaotb the other . "Na , nerver . " M And do ye ken the reason ? It ' s beeanse it ' s cracked I was the retort ; and j the truth was not Tery far off . j SibJ . Iswrs -was a great fa-ronrite with G « orgethe Third , who osca observed to him , " they tell me , " Sii John , that yon lore a glass of wine . " " Those , " repliedIrwin , "who bo informed yoni Majesty haire done me great injustice ; they should have said a bota * . *» ' t

      Tjekt TsttE . —One of onr Methodist clergymen , last Sunday , remaried that if all the world believed 1 the second coining was to take place on ihe 23 rd of April , 2843 , at three o ' clock , pan ., two-thirds of them would delay all preparation for it till half-past two!—Albany Tab-ioL A Njbgb . 0 Diaxogtte . — " I say , Bbz , where do dat comet rise st f" " It rises in the 46 th meridian ob de triad zodiac , as laid dowa in the comet almanac . *• Well " where do it set , Baa ? " " Set ] yon blackiool —it don't set nowhere ; when It get ' s tired of Bhining it foes into Its hole ! " ! Scotch "Belatiosshtp . —Sir George Mackrarie once stated that an old woman in the island of St Kflda claimed relationship with him , on the ground that her mother ' s aunt had Buckled a sister of ] Six George ' s grandmother !

      A tbxest , named Abbo , -was condemned to death at Rome , on the SO th tilt , fo * the murder of hisneptew . The Vop ^ is order that there may be no privilege of crime for any class , has deprived him of his ecclesiastical consecration , and there is , consequently , now " no obstacle to his being executed . * These ake in -London and its environs 107 , 962 female servants , and in Holborn alone 29 . 000 , of whom 24 , 000 to 15 . 000 are constantly ont of place . In England and Wales there are ^ 330 , 000 , 000 of property in household furniture , £ 16 . . 000 in-wearing spparal , and £ 31 , 000 ^ 00 in plate , jewels , &C , nndsr the care of female servants .

      A Highlandmas's Aksweb . —A gentleman from the Highlands of Scotland , attended by his trusty servant l > ooald , a native of Iiochaber , is Invernesshjre , when travelling thrtmgh the fertOe and delightful plains of Italy , asked Xtonald what he wonld do if he possessed an estate there 7 Donald instantly replied : " PleasB yonr honour , I wonld sell him and bny an estate in Locbaber !" The latb Ditei .. —The bail of Mr . Gulliver , ? the surgeon , implicated by the verdict of the jury in tfee death of the late Colonel Fawcett , was extended before Mr . Justice Coltman in Chamben . The additional Eecnritiea to appear and take his trial for mnrder at the Central Criminal Court are , himself in £ 600 , and four sureties in £ 250 each .

      Expeditions Tbatellisg . —The special train on Thursday evening , with the party , of Mb Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Cocurg , performed the journey , 77 miles , in one hour asd thirty-sine minutes , from Southampton to YauxhaD . USU& ? - —A person named Grodard was tried on Friday by the Tribunal of Correctional Police , on a charge ef lending money on usury . It being proved in evidence that he had taken 22 , 14 , 2 « , 18 , 24 , and even 40 percent interest in many of his transactions , which amounted in the whole to 400 . 000 fr ., be ' was found guUtj , sod sentenced to a fine of 50 , 6001 r . and tie ctats .

      HAU .-WA-S Speed . —The extraordinary speed ; at which Prince Albert travelled on the Great Western B&Qwsy , on Wednesday last , on his visit to , and return from , Bristol has been the subject of much conversation . A distance of f our miles , between Steventon and WaHingford-ro&d station , was accomplished in three minutes and forty-eight seconds ; also , between Twyford and Slough , ten miles in eleven minn- ' es ! The train went with such speed that many small birdB were ; cut do-Bu !

      As Ahti-Haxtitcsiak . —A gentleman engaged in taking the census of Louisville ( United States ) informs the editor of the Eaduckian that he camo across a man who is fifty-year * of age ; he had been married three times ; by bis first wife he bad eleven , by his second trite be had tea , and twelve by hia last wife , making thirty-three children ; aad Ms -wife is now in a "fery interesting state . Twenty-three of hia children are boys , and ten girls ; nineteen boys and sis girls me living . He married in his eighteenth year , and remained in a state of -widowhood three years .

      CxcaioTTS Caxcstlatios . —It is reported that jtbe late Mx . Arkwright left his son-in-law , Viae-Chancellor Wigram , the sum of one million of money . Now , supposing this te be correct , and in sovereigns , it would have taken the learned gentleman the astonishing number of thirty-five days to count it , at the rate of sixty a minute for eight hours a day , and would weigh , allowing four sovereigns to the ounce avoirdnpois , ; tix toss one ewi-, two qra ., ore lb ., and would require four strong horses to draw it , . Ikpoetasi to Suitors is Chasceut . —Having occaion the other day to visit the Chancery offices , we discovered as announcement which we are

      surprised has not been more generally noticed , and we take no litfle credit on ourselves for being the first to £ ive extended publicity to the important pxiblic directions to the unhappy snitots . who may have been wandering in the Conrt for so manyytars . The information is contained in the following short announcement , "The way out , ' * which -we can assure our readers ; -we have copied from an official notice stuck up in that Court—Pm < A . A Shak Attokket . —^ A sham attorney , asmed Ksene , was committed for trial in London , the other day , on a charge of fraud . He had got hold of an elderly simpleton , named Benjamin Newport , and contrived to make him believe that as action had betn commenced against >» Tn . Then , by continually serving ugly-looking law papers upon him , he extracted no less than £ 30 from his pockets , in the nanse of fees . Savers ! other persons had been *• served" in the same way by the iuaTish prisoner .

      Yawte 01 BOOKS . —*• There i » no one to talk to , and books only weaken ycur nnderstandin' as "water does brandy . They make yon let others gnasa for yon , instead of gnesain" for youraelf . Servants Bpile yonr habits here , and books spile yonr mind . 1 wouldn't swap ideas with any man ' s . I make my own opinions , as I used to do my own clocks ; and I find they are truer *> wm other men * . The Turks are so cussed heavy , they -have people to dance for ' era ; the English are wns , for they hire people to think for ' em . Neyer reads book . Squire ; always think for yourself- —Sam Slide in Endartd .

      A few dats sihce the nBder-cBtler of the White Hart Hotel , at Windsor , found a bag containing nearly 1 , 000 sovereigns , under the following circumstances;—In drawing ont a chaise belonging to Mr . Ashley fa member of tbB Society of Friends , and ef ths firm of Ashley and Sous , the extensiTe brewers of Stainw ) , from under the shed in the yard of the hotel , to get ] at another vehicle which -was behind it , a bag , filled with money , rolled off the Eeat into the straw . The nian picked it up unseen by any one and carried it to the

      head-ostJer , by whom it was immediately handed Jto PDe , the head--waiter in the establishment Upon Mr . Ashley returning , "two or three hours afterwards , it was discovered that the bag and its valuable contents -wets bis property , -rhichhe had carelessly left on the seat : of bis ehaiBe -while he went into the town to transact hia business . The man , through whose honesty tie whole of the property -was returned safe into the hands of its thoughtless owner , was liberally rewarded with 20 s . !'

      Cosncnos fo « Mttrde * . —At the assizes it Beaibrd , SaTah Dazlcy vras charged with the Tnlful mnrdEr . of ler hnsbaad , William Dazley , by ad- j ministerr- ^ arsenic to him on the 29 th of December ; last . The c * ee excited great interest . The prisoner was arrested in London , having absconded . afte ? a . marriage into -which fihe -was about to tnter vrithi a j jonnj ? man named "Waldocb , bad been broken off , \ in coEscqneuoe of reports of her having caused the i death of her two hnsbaBds , » nd of a boy , the sonof , her first hnsbaiid . All three of the bodies wera exhniccdand examined , and traces of poiaon were , discovered in all of them . An immense mass fill circumstantial evidence ttos produced , and the jury , hsrbyr retnriied a verdict of guilty , ehe was sentenced to death . The Learned Judge ( Aldenson ) held out no hopes of pardon .

      The Late Mb . Abebnbiht . —It is well known to ail wao consalted this taAenud and celebrated surgeon , that heprincipallj relied on natore herself in bis attempts to care the maladies of his patients . Tiis he chicly effected by relieving tbe Asesnve oysans of iheir improper contents , and having thus pScuisdJelie ^ wade it permanent by keeping the EStarycaMlin its proper healthy state , using mUd apSeite . Prampton ' s KB <* Health » a medi-Sd desdtnleofcauang f tose frP § JSitT ™? are frequently * tt € ndant on the administration of pnrgatiTe Bjedicnaes . _ \ ir ^^ T * _ ¦ - < 4 T * a rmnn man time the good

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      Family Coiwexion . —A negro paesiDg along Fleet-street , was astotiislieii at hearing a voice cali ont % * How d * ye do , Mass » MungOi how d ' ye do . Snowball i" and on looking up , observed it proceeded from a parrot , Sna splendid gilt cage . — "Aha , mass * Parrot , " saidBlackee , " you great man hero ; you live in gold house now , but me know your fader very well ; he live in'Mtth . " We hate been much pleased by the perusal of a little work , entitled » Tales " of the Heart . " bv liord

      William Lennox ; which £ rom its extreme simplicity , we believe it to be the genuine production of his Lordship . The following short extract is all that we can find room for at present : — " The maiden wept ? and I said , ' WbyweepeBt thon , maiden ?' She answered not , 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 Toice andisaid , 'Maiden , why weepest tbou V And she answered and said , What ' s that to you ? Mind your own business / "—Punch .

      Ths Late Weddihg . —We must describe I the wedding . —We iave already said that the sun rose from his bed ai 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 hat-box , i was in attendance with the insignia of his various offices . The hereditary duke having tried Rowland ' s Macassar , and had an audiencee of himself in the glas 3 0 f a Mechian dressingcase , repaired to Buckingham Palace , which bad been the spot fixed for the wedding . The ceremony wa 3 performed in the usual style of royalty . And when the prelate who performed the office camo to the words " with all my worldly goods I ihee endow , " the Bake of Cambridge , who always thinks out loud , kept up a running accompaniment of " well , that ' s

      capital ] worldly goods , indeed ! I should . like to see ' em , " and other pleasant observations ; which , as Streliiz 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 Sew to spend the honey-moon . The bride ' s wardrobe had been conveyed there already , arid youngStrelitz had arranged to have his carpet-bag left at Kew Bridge , where it was met by his rojalhighness ' B lord of the luggage , who carried it to the : palace . The Duke of Cambridge behaved very liberally to the poor in the neighbourhood ; and Streliiz senior gave away © n the occasion—his eldest son—a piece of munificence in every way worthy of Mecklenburgh . —Punch .

      A SiGNmcAOT HiNiu ^ Tlie Whig organs are striving hard to prove thai if their party was restored to office , the Repeal agitation wonld be extinguished . They assure us that nothing more is necessary than a change of placemen to bring halcyon days to Ireland . We recommend the following moreeau from ih&Globe 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 its friends before it cm be feared by its enemies . Above all , a government must be buts that it is in the right , aruTable to impart that assurance to the nation "whose

      aid it calls for , before it can count on the moral force , that sound and uncorrnpted body of public opinion , "which has never yet quailed in England before either external or internal foea ; It is not the millions arrayed in Ireland , not the hundreds , or thousands , who meet in England ; it ia not ilr . O'Connell , nor Mr . Feargus O'Connor ( the former of whom disowns the latter;—it is no popular nor physical force we fear , if public opinion is union—ifUiat opinion is pronounced for union , which lias never yet 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 INCI / DDB ALL JHISIIMEN ( WITH A FEW AMBITIOUS

      EXCEPT 1 OHS ) V ? H 0 KNOW THE INTERESTS OP THEIR OVITN COTJNTKY AND OURS—IF , IN SHORT . THOSE CLASSES IN BOIH C 0 UKTK 1 ES WHOSE DELIBERATE VOICE HAS HITHEBTO BEES OMNIPOTENT , GITE THaT VOJCB IN FATOtra OF A GOVERNMENT RESOLUTE TO KEEP THEM UNITED , THERE IS NO POWER in HEBE BOMBERS . GOADED BY WANT OR PASSION , TO Repeal that Union . Multitude never becomes sovereignty , till the natural sovereignty of mind is abdicated—till complete ; anarchy has taken place of the cultivated intelligence whose rale is legitimate in all countries . That this intelligerice is on the side of the Irish Repealers assuredly tee do not think . But is it united on the side of the power which has to withstand repeal ? There is our danger . Oa 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 reins ' of ofiice . Were they driven from power it is more ; than insinuated that the old set would be recalled ;; and that they would bo so beloved that just to keep them free from embarrassment , our Anglo-Irish party would arise to counteract the designs of Mr . O'Connell and his supporters . This we doubt very much ; as we do not believe the Whigs ever possessed popular confidence or attachment to that extent which would render it at all likely that they could { calculate upon being better sustained in this way than the existing Government . They might have recourse io ( he ancient expedient of BB 1 BEBY OF BkPEAL LAWY £ BS ASD AGITATORS ; but tee question tchethpr the people have not their eyes too attentively fixed upon the game to $ ive any hope of the deception succeeding , —Dublin World .

      Distressing Accident at Ringwood . —A fatal accident occurred near this town on Friday evening last . As a fly from Wimborne , with the Re . y . T . JS ' ayler , of Lincoln , his yrife and son , was descending the hill sear the turnpike-gate , the horses became restive when the young man who was sitting on the box with the post-boy , > being alarmed . Jumped of £ Mr . Nayier , on seeing ] it , immediately opened the door and jumped out , followed by Mtb . Nayler , who feli , and was killed on the spot . Mr . Nayler was taken up insensible , and conveyed to the Crown Inn . Every attention has been paid him by Mr . Charles Westcott , burgeon , and hopeB are now entertained of his recovery .

      Singular Accident . —On the 16 th . instant M . Kiracb , an aeronaut , was about to makes an ascension at If antes , but while the balloon was being inflated , a god dm sale of wind tore it from bis hands , and those of fifteen other persons who were holding it down . It mounted- into the air , with its boat suspended by only one cord and the safety rope , with the grapp ' ing iron attached to the other end . In it ? passage , before rising , the iron caught hold of a boy , twelve years old , named Gnerin , the fluke entering at tha opening at the bottom of hiB trousers , and running np to the waistband . In this manner the boy was dragged struggling- for some distance , and not

      being able to extricate himself , was at last carried npinto tho air . With the courage and judgement sometimes inspired by danger instinctively into the weakest mmds , the lad caught the rope with both his bands , and thus clung in comparative safety . After a . short lime the £ as began to escape from the balloon , and it descended upon an open plain , where it was seized and secured , and the poor boy was released . When examined , it was ascertained that he bad not received any bruiBe or injury , not even the slightest scratch , } from the grappling-iron , although it had pased between his skin and clothes . —Gahmani ' s Messenger .

      Modes or SAitrrATios . —Greenlandersh&re none , and laugh at the idea of one person being inferior to another . Islanders near the Philippines take a person ' s band or foot , and rub it oter their face . Laplanders apply their noses strongly against the person they salute . ¦ In Nas Guinea , they place leaves upon the heads of those they salute . In the Straits of the Sound they raise the left foot of the person saluted , pass it gently over the right leg , and thence over the face . The inhabitants of the ; Philippines bend very low , placing their hands on their cheeks , and raise ono foot in the air , with the knee bent .

      An JSthi-ipian takes the robe of another and ties it about him , so as to leave his friend almost naked . The Japanese tafce off a slipper , and the people of J . rraean their sandals , in the street , and their Stockings , in the house , when they salute . The Negro Kings on the coast of Africa salute by snapping the middle finger three times . The inhabitants of Garmene , when they would show a particular attachment , open a vein , and present the blood to their friend as a beverage . If the Chinese meet , after a long separation , they fall on their knees , bend their faces to the earth two or three times , and use inany other affected modes . They have also a kind if ritual , or " academy of complimentB , " by which they regulate the number of * - owb , genuflections , and word " B < to be spoken , upon any occasion . Ambassadors practice these * eerettionies forty days before they appear at Court . - " - * In Otaheite they rub their noses together .

      The Dutch , who are considered as great eaters , have a morning salutation , common among all ranks , ** Smankelyk eeten I" "; May you eat a hearty dinner ! " Another is , " Hoe vawt a awe V " How do yon sain" adopted , no doubt , in the early periods of the republic , when they were all great navigators and fishermen . ; The usual salutation at Cairo is , "How do you sweat I" a dry Let skin being a sare indication of a destructive ephemeral fever .

      Some author has observed , in contrasting the haughty Spaniard vrith ithe £ . rivouloua Frenchman , that the proud , steady giit , and inflexible solemnity of the former , were expressed in his mode of salutation , Come esta V ' * How do you stand ! " wbilBt tbe "Comment tous . pdrtez-vous V * * ' How do yon carry yourself f was equally expressive of the gay motion and incessant action of the latter . The common salutation in the southern provinces of China amongst the lower Qrders is , M Yafan !" Have yon eaten your rice ! ' *

      In . Africa , a young 'woman , an intended bride , bronohr a . little w » t « r in a calabash , and kneeling down before her lover , desired him to w » Bb his bands ; when he had clone this , the girl , with a tear of joy sparkling in her eyes , drank the water ; this was considered as the greatest proof of her fidelity and attachment . :

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      A . CGMIDIKG to the last census of the Russian empire , the total numhor of inhabitants who can write and read was ^ , 157 , 995 , or tho . proportion to the whole population as one to twelve . . ' Foreign Fhcit and Vegetables ;—The markets are just now glutted with cherries , strawberries , S **^ « # currant berries , for which we are in ' J 2 ? &i ? w *}} J . *»\ VM * following paragraoh from thei fluff Rocktrtgham , ^ o oar continental neigh bt > " ! ' : «« Sj > ttigtt fruit and vegetable * brought t ? W £ * ^ Won is very considerable , which has had tbe effect of redacine in priori the productions of our home gardeners . The Emerald Isle , from

      jtotterdam , -on Sunday last , for instance , brought 250 baskets ( a jVeraRe Jlsibs . each ) of cherries ; 199 baskets red and black currants ; six hampers ex-M&S ? VS ? 5 ' ' ™ lar * hampew ( about 6 feet long , 4 fe ^ t broad and 3 feet [ deep ) of caulifl owers ; which , on their appearance at market , excited great attention , and a ready sale ; and SO hampers of potatoes . This is but » speoimen of what ttoe Emerald ^ Isle alone is bringing every week throughout the summer . The further imports of frait , are , we are informed , likely to be very large . Considerable portions of thosa imports have already found tneir way into various inland towns by the railways ana steamers .

      u Evkbt Dog has his day . "—The Whtg day gone for ever-The Whigs will not be able to induce the people to help them to regain office upon easy terms . £ air promises or maudlin symiathy will not do , and this they now begin to perceive in rather a dissatisfied mood . They do not ; like to oatbid the Tories , land yet they find it most uncomfortable to remain out of Downing-street . All the party , from Lord John hussell down to Rosa , of Belfast ! with looka of jpjt y beseech that they may not be pressodtoofarl They caunot gul p ! Kepeal , nor do away with the Church ; hut they ate restfy to pacify the country by ; providing for hungry lawyers , and pensioning the ? Catholio clergy . Were anything requisite to convince the Whigs that their old policy

      is for ever out ; of fashion , the proceedings at the late meeting atjMarylebone ought to be sufficient to bring home conviction to the most sceptical and obtuse . Sir Benjamin Hall , a pretty constant supporter of the jlate Ministry , called a meeting of his constituents and other well-disposed persons , to consider what steps should be takv . n to tranquillize Ireland . At this preparatory meeting , a great many attended ; but none of the magnates of the Whig jparty , if we except Mr . Thomas Wyse . It is probable that Mr . Wyse scented the tone of public feeling at tho Marylebone rehearsal ;

      for we do not find that he attended , the demonstration , which turned out in the sequel to be nothing else but an ami-Whig and Repeal exhibition . Many of these whe haVe been , much to the ' ir credit , carrying on a factious warfare against the Tories , kept dear of Marylebone ; and we think ( hey were wise in doing so . Tbe j demonstration , nevertheless , was a respectable affair—the Chairman behaving well , and the speakers , among whom was honest Sharman Crawford , eloquently and fearlessly exposing the grievances and I wrongs of Ireland . ¦ When matters had advanced ! about half way , a Mr , Ridley , a Chartist , proposed this startling resolution : —

      " That the meetiDg was furtiier of opinion that tha conduct of the late and present Governments towards Ireland has been unjust and tyrannical , and the Irish nation has an undoubted right to take such legal measures as they may deem beat calculated to procure a Repeal of the Union . " . Will it be ¦ eredited , that this resolution wai sconded , and what is more , unanimously carried 11 ! Thia is a eore blow to the vanity of the ex-official Whigs—while thiB evidence of popular sentiment proves how correct our estimate was of the Melbourne Cabinet ! and its retainers . The best joke of

      the whole ia , bonevsr , yet to come . The meeting agreed that a memorial should be presented to the Queen , grounded of course , upon the resolutions which had beod passed ; and whom , gentle reader , do you think are ihe parties appointed to carry it to the Throne ? Why none other than the Earls of Charlemont and Leitrim—the very : champions of Whiggeryl These patriotic Peers * surely , will never lend themselves to slander the late " paternal Government ybutishould they take charge of the Whig-Radical memorial of tho Maryleboiie people—who will dare afterwards to say that we have been unjust in our castgation of the Whigs .-T-Dublin World .

      The PimdspPHEB ' s Sione . —Tho Philosopher ' s Stone , ~ or in other words , the art of transmuting , any and every thing into pure and solid gold , was the prime 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 was ; and in fact , there is as much probability of bringing this to bear , as there is of discovering the grand secret of a perpetual motion ; and no more . Bat setting aside all probabilities and improbabilities , let us glance for an instant , at what so strange a discovery in science would be likely to effect . One thipg 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 so mysterious a discovery were to furnish ( its possessors wiih piles of glittering riches ; suppose , in a dition to this , that it could convert tho very walls aud furnitures of dur mansions into costly gold }; what would be the attainment of these unheard-of possessions , without other essential accompanimenti—health and longih of life 1 When a banquet of the most stimulating delicacies is spread be / bro us , we are uuabie to partake with pleasure or relish ; and even shrink from tasting , unless we are moved by j an appetite to partake , j And thus , it is with the possession of riches . Though surrounded by all that the philosophers' stone might endure us , we should be still unblessed—nay we should even be miserable , without the enjoyment of health to consummate our felicity . Now this important discovery —this necessary ; appendage to health without which

      the chimerical blessings of the philosophers' stone were as nought , | has already been made known and brought into daily operation . The researches of Old Parr , that well-known long-liver , b > ve proved successful in this cardinal point of earthly comfort and happiness . Many medical discoveries have been brought to ligat ] since the study of the human frame first , occupied the attention of mankind : but when we look at a discovery ( simple in itself , } not only yielding temporary relief in caaes of inreterato malady , but sound and permanent health , accompanied with a prolonged existence , we must injustice to the venerable ; Parr , pronounce his vegetable discovery as the most important introduction in nodical science ever' yet made . We muflt necessarily look upon suchia 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 lk the Philosophers'Stone . "

      What is " Fixity of tenure" '—It is an Irish expression , which , being translated : into English , means "tenant \ right . " This just claim of the Irish tenantry , is denied by the extortiori and cruelty of certain Irish landlords who think that a tenant has no claims—no rights . Thus , one evil begets another ; and rebellion is invoked by the suffering tenants , to rid themselves of the tyranny of unjust landlords . In the course ofy ears , < the same spirit of disaffection will prevail in England , if the avaricious spirit of some landlords 1 be allowed to progress . " Custom" gives certain rights to English tenants ; but some greedy landlords , being counselled by ignorant and selfish stewards , force their tenants , under a threat of discharge , to sign agreements by which their elaim to Itbo "custom of the country , " on leaving , is abandoned . This practice is as wicked as

      it is foolish . If \ t be allowed to progress and become universal , revolution must be the consequence . Those silly landlords will then find their mistake . Stewards 4 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 . JBy such extortion the landlord applies a lever to the foundation of bis own title . For a season the landlord may seem to gam-rthe end will be ruinous to his . interests . Many will have cause to rejoi q o if this warning be heeded . The empire is now payiog the penally of permitting Irish landlords apd stewards to loosen tho bonds ¦ which ought to unite the tauanta to their lords . Woe to England if her landlords and slewards shall be permitted to play the same gamo . —Oastler ' s Fleet paper forto-dayj . ¦

      Serious Railw ay Accident—Damage to the extent of several' hundred pounds was sustained ou Monday afternoon , by the two o ' clock mixed train of carriages on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway line taking fire . iTho carriages star ted from Dundee at the tfeiml hour , and were midway on the line to Brougbty Ferry ( when the fire tyas ^ discove red by some labourers jwho were vrorking on Jihe road . Immediately behind the engine , were four waggons loaded with flax , and then one of miscellaneous goods , consisting of flannels , cloths , lacesj and other similar valuable articlea / sand lastly another tier of flax waggonB , ending w | t 6 those conveying passengers . The fire originated ia ? % > me of the ashes being blown among the flax , which readily ignited , as the day was very stormv , and ihthecourso Oia few seconds the first two waeeonsworein a blaze . and wererapidly

      communioatiog to those behind . Theenginewasunniediately stopped , and to prevent the fire reaching the last tier of waggons , tbeyj were with difficulty got detached , and conveyed out of the reach of thej element . No water for a considerable time could be bad , and the passengers and engineers broke up the burning waggons and scattered the goods' about j the roadside through which means any articles that had not been ignited were saved , while the fire wjas easily subdued . As it was , the damage amounts to £ 300 or £ 400 . The firsf two flax waggons ; were almost ; entirely consumed , a great part of the , thfTd and fourib , and also of the miscellaneousigoods therein . Considerable alarm was for a short time manifested b y the female passengers , whose fears , however , were soon allayed when they saw themselves detached from tbe fiery train . —Glasgow Courier *

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      TOT \ L WRECK OF THE PEQASUS STEA . MER .-LOSSOE FIFTY LIVES . Berwick , Thuhsday Night—This vessel , » regular trader between Leith and Hull , was lost on ThurBday morning lasti on Crkdstone Rock , off Holy teland , and ho great distance from where the Forfarshire was wrecked about five years ago , tbe scene of the late noble-inlndted Grace Dealing ' s ; heroism . The latter vessel suffered tt&roiJgh tempastnons weather ; but this cannot be said on this present lamentable occurrence , Wednesday night being very ] oalm . The Pegasus left Xeith on Wedaasday evening apout five or six o ' clock , and struck . on tbo Goldstone Bock early on Tburaday mornings where she lies at present The occurrence was

      observed by several of the flahe ^ men belengin" to Holy Island , who promptly put off to render assistance , but we understand they did not euoceed in Baving any lives . They picked up several dead bddiss , among whom were some females dressed in their ni ght-clothes . Tbe Mattello steamer , ( belonging also t 6 the sains company ) ' , on her voyage from Hull toLeith , rounded North Sonderland Point about four o ' clock on Thursday morning , and picked op a boat contaby five at b ! x persona . These are believed to be tha whole saved from thia unfortunate vessel . The Martello , we understand conveyed these , as also the bodies or such of the unfortunate sufferers as had been found , round to Laith .

      { Fromthe Glasgow Herald of Friday . J Last night we received the following particulars of the wreck of the Hull and Leith Steam Packet Company ' s steamer , the Pegasus , CJaptaiu Miller , with the loss of nearly all on board . Oar information , though topeilect in details , is derived from an anthfintfc source , and the painful recital ( may be depended on as far as it goes . The Pegasus sailed from Leith foi Hull at 5 o ' clock on the afternoon of Wednesday last , and , having proceeded so far on her { voyage , struck on a rook inside of the Fern Islands at a quarter past 1 o ' clock yesterday ( thuxday ) meruing . jJT he captain immediately backed her off , and made an effjrt to reach the shore * bat the water increased upon her with such rapidity that within three-quarters of an hour after she had

      struck she went down headforemost in 50 feet © f water , la their desperate effort tol save their livea , the passengers rushed to tbe boats , and , having hurriedly lowered them , all on board , ] including the captain , peri&hed , with the exception ofjflve individuals . Of the crew , amounting , it is believed , to 16 or 17 , four were saved—viz , W . Brown , thefirjst mate ; Hood , the first engineer ; D . Campbell , a fireman ; and G . Taylor , the carpenter . Oat of X 6 or 17 cabin passengers , only one is saved , whose name we uave 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 np yesterday morning at 5 o ' clock , in a state of great exhaustion , by the same company ' s steamer tbe Martello , which fortunately came up , on her passage from Hull to Leitb . and

      at that time six feet of the foretopmaafc of the illfated Pegasus appeared above the water . The carpenter bad saved himself by clinging to it ] and the other four survivors were preserved by grasping loose fragments which had been washed from the deck , and Boated npon them . The Martello also picked up six dead bodies and the two beats . The Pegasus was a Clydebuilt boat , seven years old , ofjabout 130 horsepower , and bad been ail along a favourite , from the speed and ' euooessful trips she was wont to make . Captain Miller bad been on tbe station for many years , and he knew it well in all its bearings . In tbe present state of our information we cannot give tbe reasons which have led to this distressing catastrophe . Without this lost most painful cause of remembrance tbe Fern Islands would not soon have been forgotten in connexion with the disasters of the Forfarshire , and the heroism of tha departed Grace Darling . J

      From the Edinburgh Observer of Friday . Another appalling steam-boat disaster has just taken place , near the spot where the Forfarshire was wrecked a few yearsago , and where the iate Grace Darling so heroically distinguished herself j by saving five lives at the imminent risk of her own . By the present disastrous occurrence no fewer than from fifty to sixty human beings nave been suddenly deprived of life . The Pegasus , which has plied between Leitb and Hull for several years , left Leith harbour on Wednesday afternoon , having on board , besides ] the crew , at least sisteen cabin and about twenty steerage passengers ; but the probability is that the number was greater , for several individuals are known ] to nave gone with her whose names do not apper on the list at the company ' s

      office . The vessel sped on berjway till midnight ; jost when the watch was changed , the captain being on the bridge , taking a look about him before he turned in , she struck on a sunken rock inside tbe Fern Islands , near what is called the Golden Rock ! The engines werethen backed , and abe came off . J Her head was turned towards the shore , bat she did not proceed many hundred yarda when the water rushing is , extinguished the fires , and almost immediately the vessel sunk . Finding the vessel sinking rapidly , there was a rush to the boata , which , it would appear , were swanip « d . The accounts of the disaster , however , yet } obtained , must necessarily be confused , and may possibly contain mistakes ; but we fear that ; an accurate narrative of the accident , as well as the names of the

      sufferers , will never be obtained . The Martello steamer , belonging to the ] same company on her voyage from Hull , descried the wreck about five o ' clock yesterday morning . The first object which attracted the attention of Captain Black wood was a boat with a man in it , drifting -with the tide ; and soon after a boat floated past This made him aware that some accident had occurred in the vicinity . On coming up to the boat , which was almost full of water , the mate of the Pegasusjwaa found in it , nearly insensible from cold and exhaustion . A person of tbe name of Biillie , a passenger returning to Hull , was taken from a sort of hatch , on | which he was afloat ; a young man of the name of HUjyard , another passenger from the neighbourhood of Hull , and one of the craw , were discovered holding on by the mast—the vessel having sunk in about six fathoms water . Six persons in all were saved—namely , two pasaeneers ( Hillyard

      and Baiilie ) , tbe mate , and three of the crew , which we believe amounted in all to { fifteen . Captain Blackwood remained in the vicinity of tbe scene of disaster for several bears , And picked ] op six dead bodies , which were brought to Leitb in the 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 her nraa when found a child a few years old . The third seemed considerably advanced in life , and was nearly ' undressed . The other bodies were tnose of the second ] engineer or fireman , a v « Ty stout man , whose forebe&d bore the mark of a Violent contusion ; a lad , apparently twelve or fourteen years of age , dressed in a black j vest and trousers , and a rough brown Petersham aurtout ; and the third was the child found in the arms of Miss Barton . These

      bodies , on arrival at Leith , were placed in shelis , acd conveyed to South Leith Church till claimed by their relatives . i The names of the following we have learned , although of steerage passengers we have reason to believe no account is kept : — Mis , Edington , Miss Hope ton Miss Barton and a boy , Miss Floor , Miss Briggs , Mr . and Mrs . M'Leod , Mr . lorry , from Hull , a gentleman who was in ill health , on and whom Baiilie , who is saved , was in attendance ; Mr . Elton , late ef the Adelpbi Theatre here ; Mr . Hodgson ; Mr . Elliot and son , understood to be from the neighbourhood of Dundee ; Mr . | Moxhan j Mr . Milne ; the Rev . Mr . M'Kerze , belitved to be from Glasgow ; Mr . James Hunter , son of Mr . j Hunter , Danrias-street , Edinburgh ; Mr . D . Whimster . in the employ of Messrs . Ireland and Sen , Southbridge ; j > lr . Martin ( and son ) , of London , but a native of Edinburgh ; Mrs .

      Alexander , of Paisley ; and Mrs . Bametson , of Edinburgh . Captain Miller , who ia among ! the victims , had great experience in the navigation of jthe coast , baving sailed many years as commander of one of tbe Leith aud London smacks . He was considered au excellent seaman . From all we can learn there mnijt have been about sixty persons on board—including tbe crew— -and only six of the number have been saved . The vessel now lies in tbe Fairway between tbe Fern Islands and tbe Englieh coast , about six feet of her mast j appearing above water at half tide . It would seem tbe accident occurred nearly abont the period of ebb . Mr , tjringle , a gentleman in the employment of the company , baa been despatched to take charges of the bodies that ' may be recovered . It may not be improper to state , that most of the facts bave been gleaned from parties officially connected with tbe company , who seem desirous of affording every information upon thia unfottun&te subject .

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      myself to prepM-e fit swimming for my life ,- and laid my clothes n * xm the companion . By this fcinl ^ the engine had stopped , and the ship was fast settling by tho head . looking around me while undressing I saw tbe Rev . Mr . M'Keozie on the quarter-deck praying with several of tha . passengers on their knees around him . Mr . M'Kenzie seemed calm and collected . AU the passengers arousid him were praying too , bat Mr . M'Ksn . zie ' s voice was distinctly beard above them alt I heard the Captain say that we must do the best we could for ourselves . I saw a lady , with two children , close beside ine on the companion , calmly resigning herself to the Almighty , The children Beemed unconscious of the danger , for they were talking about some trifling matter . When I found that the vessel

      was fast , filling , I leapt 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 get sold of a plank and the steps ' which led to tha quartsr-derk . The stewardess attempted to get hold of ma ; but I extricated myself from her , to Bave my own life . By this time the scene was a most dismal one . Tbe surface of the water was covered with the dead and the dying . Tho screeching was fearfaL One of tbe firemen also attempted to get hold of the plank which I had , but I swam away from htm . I remained floating about till half-past six , wheia I wa »

      picked up by a boat from the Martello . I was then about a mile from the wreck , and tha people in the Marfello 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 exertions to save himself , but he sunk at last . His body was warm when picked up . I was once wrecked before , about twenty years ago , Off tha 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 tbe idea of taking off my clothes before leaping into the sea .

      Hildyard said , —I belong to Beverley ; my father is a clergyman there . I bave for several years followed tha trade of a seaman ; but I was going to Hull ai a passenger-by the Pegasus . I think it waa about half-past two when the vessel struck . I was below at the time , but when I heard the crash , I went on deck . I was at once aware , from the concussion , that the ship bad struck on a rock . I ran forward aud looked Into the forecastle , and found her fast filling with water . I perceived the captain and mate in earnest conversation en the cross-bridge , between the paddle-boxes . I heard the captain order the engine to be reversed , which was immediately done . I then went aft , and found the people all rushing into the 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 the captain wb&t was best to be done . I did not hear nia answer , but be did not seem mncb agitated . Seeing theboat fast sinking , I took off my bat , boots , an& stock , and helped myself to two or three fathoms of rope , with the view of lashing myself 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 hoar elapsed from the time the vessel struck till she west down . ¦ It was certainly not more . I was standing on the after-part of the larboard paddle-box when she went down , and I sunk with her . I was about half a minute under water . I felt myself caught by the legs by some

      one ; but I got quit of them . When I rose to the surface , the top part of the funnel and the stern of the quarter-deck were just disappearing . Tbe first thing I got hold of was the accommodation-ladder , which I got astride of . I perceived about eight feet ef the foremast Btanding out of the water , and a carpenter clinging to it . I asked him if thete was room fox 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 laddsr . which was under water , until we were picked up by the Martello . When we left it there was only about two feet of the mast visible . If we had been much longer , we could not have held on . Just before the vessel went down , I saw a woman climbing up the main rigging ; . but she must bave gone down with the vessel , for I never saw her again .

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      Guy ' s Hospital Built bt Losing a Hdsband . — Thomas Guy , the founder of this hospital , had agreed to marry his female servant , whose manners pleased him . Some few days before the time arrived for celebrating their nuptials , he had ordered the pavement before his door to be repaired to a particular spot . Having left , borne , his servant discovering a broken flag beyond the epot pointed out bj her intended , desired it also to be replaced by another , thus prematurely assuming an authority by telling the workmen to say to Mr . Guy , " I bid you , and be won ' t be angry . " i » n his return , and being informed of her conduct in this affair , he renounced his engagement with her , and , determined to devote his lortune to charity , he built the hospital which bears his name , at a cost of £ 18 , 793 . 168 . Id . and afterwards left for the endowment of it , the sum of £ 219 , 499 . 03 . 4 d .

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

      to be on © hundred feet in diameter , which will give a net ascending : power of twenty-five thousand pounds , being amply sufficient ttMuaka « TCTv thine safe and comfortable . A sea-Worthy boat w ftrbSuaed for the car , which iB to be depended on , in case the balloon should happen to fail in accomplishing the voyage . Tbe boat would also be calculated upon , in case the regular current of wind should be diverted from the course b y the influence of the ocean , or through other causes . The crew to consist of three peraon&v namely , an aeronaut , & navigator , and a scientific landsman . "

      Fatheb O'Lkabt and Counsellor Cobban . — One day after dinner Curran said , "Reverend Father , I wish you were St . Peter , " "Arid why . Counsellor , would you wish that 1 were St . Peter ?" asked G'Leary . "Because , Reverend Father , In that omb" replied Curran , " you would have the keys of heaven , and you could let me m . " ** By my honour and conscience , " replied the Divine , "it would be better for you that 1 had the keys of the other place , for then I could let you out . "—Curran enjoyed ihe joke , which he . admitted had a good deal of justice t . —Scrap Book .

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      The Scotsman of Saturday , after giving the foregoing particulars , has the following statements from tbe two passengers saved from the wreck * : — Understanding that Bailiie and Hildyard , the only two passengers saved , were residing down at Granton , we visited them last night , and { obtained from each of them a statement of what occurred under their own observation , from the time of the ' vessel striking on the rock till they were picked up bylthe Martello . Baiilie said—I t )> ve been a seaman for about eighteen years ; but was recently in attendance on Mr . Torry , who was one of t&e passengers on . board of the fcguqa when ehe went down , I think it was about twenty minutes pest twelve when the ( vessel struck . I was down in the cabin lying on a sofa , and when I found tho vessel bad struck I ran on tbe deck , and having Been the state of matters there , ] I went down to the cabin for Mr . Torry . I told the ! passengra below that

      I believed the ship bad struck , but they did not seem to comprehend what 1 meant . Some of the passengers ( chiefly the ladies ) were in bed . } Whey I reached the deck with Mr . Tony , I saw tbe crew in tbe act of lowering the boat * I put Mr . Torry in tbe starboard quarter Boat when it was in the fact of being lowered , and . when it bad reached the water I sprung in myself . There were then about nine j of us in the boat A lady , I remember , was sitting in the bow . When we were in the boat , there waa a cry from off the qunrter-deck to " stick to the ship" . At that moment the engines wore set In motion ; and , the boat being hooked to the Bbip ' s stern , ! but unhooked from it at the bow , the back water raisa ^ by tbe paddles filled the boat and upset her , throwing tbe passengers into the sea . I got hold of the ship ' s rudder-chain , and the chief mate having thrown a ropa to me , I got into the ohip again . Seeing the danger increabing , I undressed

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      From all the accounts that bave yet transpired respecting the loss of the Pegasos steamer , we fear the inference is inevitable , that there was gross negligence on tbe part of those who were in command of the vessel . Lloyd ' s agent writes word . — " What makes this wreck the more lamentable is , that it was a flue night and clear , with a westerly wind , aud the lights were seen distinctly ; and it . was also said that the master was on the bridge at the time she struck . * ' A correspondent of tbe Scotsman states : — "The Ooldstone Rock , on which the Pegasus is supposed to have been wrecked , is seldom or never left uncovered by tbe tide ; Ik is well known to , and anxiously avoided by , oarcoaflting 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 cat , but never so preferred , especially at night , without incurring a risk which infinitely counterbalances any saving of time thus acquired . " A private letter , dated North Berwick , and received by au underwriter at Lloyd's , adds— " How the Pegasus came into the track of tha Goldatone Book , is somewhat extraordinary . Up to tbe period of the dreadful calamity , the weather was very favourable for the voyage , it being a moderate breeza at west-north-west . It is generally supposed that tbe tide , which is exceedingly strong in that direction , must bave drifted her into that course , and that tbe man at the helm bad neglected to make any difference in the steerage . There is no

      doubt that she went clean on the rock with her engines at full play , which must bave completely dashed ber to pieces . " From tbeae accounts it is , we fsar , but too manifest that the catastrophe waa the result of the most culpable snpineness—for , in the first place , tha night was calm and clear , and the lights were seea 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 , hod made not the slightest difference in the steerage . But what makes the case still more remarkable , is the statement that the master was on the bridge at the time the vessel struck ; aud the sight being clear , the beacon-light quite visible , and he himself accustomed to the navigation of the

      coast , the unhappy man would appear to be wholly without excuse in having directed the ship into such a notoriously dangerous track . We presume be did so with a view to shorten the voyage , and save time ; but this is no justification of an act of rashness tbat 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 the vessel struck , and there was need of all bis promptitude and decision , we get not the slightest tidings of the Captain . We hear of no orders that be gave for getting the boats ready—though , aa half an hour elapsed between the striking and the sinking of the Bhip , and the weather was perfectly serene , one would bava suoonsed they might have been

      prepared without difficulty—all we hear of him is , that at the moment of the shock , be was engaged with " the mate in earnest conversation on the cross-Bridge between the paddle-boxes ; " and when tbe vessel " was fast filling with water , " be ordered her to be directed towards the shore , though , from the condition in which she then was , there waa every probability that she would founder before abe reached it We do not wish to press tatd on tbe memory of one who has expatiated his neglect with his life ; but justice to the living demands that , in cases like the present ,. involving such dreadful , consequences , and 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 / acts . —S * n , 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-ncseproduct661/page/3/