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      TBISH SONS . i'hk CEXKBTXIN 8 F ERIN . BY "KTRg . CRATFJOBB . He stood fm the deck , the lone Chieftain of Erin , And ^ asad tm ihB bewitifnllana > of Ma felrtb ; Here dear at fiat moment of sorrow appearing , Than aJl ibe hrlgbi geras of Sie ocean and earth ; HB-watdi'd till ttelastblnsh of day kad deputed , And ttwmgliVor the fiiendilie tad left broken-hearted Jhen dashed « ff » tear , thai in sadness hid started , Ana sang the * wM measure of "Erin go Bragh ! "Iteair land of my fathers , renowned in story ! Bo more shall thy preudiarp awaken for ns ; A dark dcnd has rrept o ' er the aim of my glory ,

      TeVl share but the fate of the faithful and free . An exfle I go , where my tongue is snspoxen , 3 ai ray heart o ' er the-wave sendi thee many a token ; Tbonahalt lire in that heart , fill the last chord has Sin mvronrneen , * Sna go Bxagh !' * 'My brothers , my brave ones ! what fond zeeoHeetions Bring Ttmnd me , all iresbly , the days that J « e part—3 Cbe home , and the hearth , and the holy affections " Weiahaaredia onrlwyhoba , anaiovea tottie last ! Oh ! dear are the scenes where together we sported , lbs wild mossy cromlech where pilgrims resorted , And Dsrgle ' B deep glen , * where my Aileen I courted , : Thai gem of thy beauty , asreei Enn go Bzagh J ' "Bat the err of the sea-mew arosad me Is teeaMnz ,

      Dark ahadowi h » TB Ehrouded the son's lading fires One look—i * fia my last !)—ofthB lanii ' Tm forsaking , ThelaneL of my first 1 ot » , thehomB of my aires . Tet , yet , e ' er thy valleys , bow wasted and gory , May tbi star of thy freedom ahine oat in its glory , And tby battle-flag -Wave with ttie prondest in story Erin msvoureeo . Erin go Brash V "

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      * Ibe environs of Powerseonrt , in the connty of ¦ Wi cklp-ar , are Ingbly pictccreEgne . Tbe CHen of Dsrgle is beanfifnl beyond expression , and may -vie with the Choicest spots in Italy . Dargles is a deep -valley , about a mile long , bonnded by steep , sylvan , craggy hills ; and at the bottom runs a small serpentine river , murmuring OTerinimmerableliaie hrf ^ lri tine ? ftiTTw . Usnypleasant Traits intersect Ibe brows oT the bills , by which are Erected benches and gammer houses , for pleasure and

      lepose . If ear the Slen of Darglea is another ¦ valley , called the "Glen of the Mountains / ' the scenery of -which is Tincommonly grand and romantic ; Indeed , this part of S » country may jssQy tetermed the Tery garden and 35 d * enci Ireland . By way of contrast , howeTer , on'the other band , 5 b an extensive tract , wholly composed of iarren mBuntains and bogs—a perfect desert In the midst of these savage wilfis are the rains of seTen tinrciiee , ana a round tower ; Which proves tint this uninviting spet was ones babitable , tbe abode ef kolinessandindnBtry , and that desolation and sterility bare overspread is from JMj ^ erf , rather than from its own nature .

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      TtTR STATE ! EIN 3 £ ERS . The Whigs and the Tories—the tnds and-the ins , ' "Vulgarly speaking , are both " put to their pins "; Tbe T «* ftf "" L > " bellows' * the firm cannot mend , "WMch augurs their tinkTing must soon hare an end . The ' re deslan'd the "hammer to suck * in their turn , And orer their " vices" must speedfly mourn . The - pincers" wiereby they bwe torn 83 most sore , Sh » n anguish extract from thsir ererj pore . With " Budget" quite empty , each reptile must budge Be bis cognomen lord , Duke , Bishop , o- Judge . " And true-hearted men each State office must £ 11 ; 2 &en , resolved to comply with the people ' s own wOL

      ButBDtlssnkslo the" league , " "Bebecca / ' or *» Uan Whose schemes won't restore the birth-right of mas , * Ej the pacific Chartists , and theyalone , Who freedom can gain , and bid tyrants be gone . Wjc Ridke . Leeds , August 9 th , 1843 .

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      STJRYi—The Conrt of Holiness , No . 25 , of the Ancient Order of Bojal Foresters held their 18 ih Anniversary on Saturday , August 5 ih , when sixtynine of its members sat down to a most excellent dinner at the ionse of Mr . Thomas Foxaroft , the Bridge Inn , Heap , near Bury . After the cloth -was dr * wn , Mr . James Heap was called to thepresi dental chair , and Mr . Thomas Birdshal , senior , to the viceehair ; and the evening "was spent in the greatest lannony and gl « e , until a late hour , when the assembly broke up .

      Z > ONz ) OK . —xeetozaijsil—Father Maihew has beeffworiing-wonders in the lEast End of the Metropolis . Thousands have received the pledge administered from a platform erected in an open space of ground in Commercial Road East . Since then numerous oiier districts have been visited . On Monday and Tuesday thousands congregated on Senniugion Common , to recerre the pledge at the Stands of this extraordinary man and renew their promises of devotion to the principle of total abstinence .

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      33 £ cashtkb of the Australian Bank has absconded to America with ^ 25 , 000 . A sew daily paper is abbot to be commenced in New York , to be edited and solely conducted by ladies . A BSASXiT fellow residing in Old Dover-road , Csnterfeniy lately xwaQoved twelve itogB for a wages . ^ TB 3 £ GBABDsJlk bazaar of Granada has been destroyed iyfire . 052 HD 5 DBKD dindends in the Brighton Railway Trere lately sold at laverpool at 2 & 6 d .-each . OITT of HO Baronfia and Knights at the Queeni ball , tagbt Jibenfls only were invited . Oira tpxe steam-ships form so less a proportion than ore-filth of the British nary . The whete of an egg is said to be a specific for fiah bones sticking in the throat . It is to be swallowed raw , and will carry doim a booe tety easily and eertsoslj .

      Okdkbs sxte bkks reserved at Brighton to prepare the PaTillion , without delay , for the arrival of the -Queen and Prince Albert , with their children . Sib . A CGCS 2 CS D'Este has , we bear , presented a petition to the XJaeen claiming to be entitled to the titles of Ms lather , ihalale Dnie of Snasex . Ihe QiT ££ N , jn Qjesame of the Prince of Wales , hai appointed the Duke of Northumberland Constable of She Castle of XauKceston , in Cornwall . Pkics op Bbead . —The bakers of the metropolis hare taken ad-nntage of the rains ef the past week t « T 7 ii « t > the -paes of bread-a penny the quartern leaf . A STIPSKU 1 XB . T MAGISIBAIE has , for the first Hms , been appointed at CharleTille , in the person of Hr . Cox-Db . CiSTE , of Cam Cottage , county Deny , was fired aton bis xetnrn home a few nights since—the ball injured tiie daabi ^ ard of iis ear . op the

      The Ce ^! C £ UO 2 eschx ^ dsb acknowledged last week the receipt of £ 70 sent him as conscience money . © KB or tkk Mahtevlo Towzks , at Dymeehurcb , the erection of which cost £ 8 , 006 has lateiy been sold as old materials for the sum uf £ 170 . Thb toial aHioairi of the snoscriptionB in faTour of She Baferers by the earthquake of Oaatialoupe , up to Slst -nit , was 3 ^ 28 414 fr . BEIWKXK the 21 st and 27 th ult . there entered Prance from England—stBonlegse , 1314 traTelleia and £ -re carriages ; and at Calais , 634 traTeUezs , two borses , and ten caniagea . SKlilSG "WB 1 TB 2 &XS . —Two white men were sold on the 4 tb ult , at SpxrUnsbuig , S . C ^ under a law of lhat state ; whether lox debt , pauperism , or crime , we 27 e not SB&sxxied- —^ merifxm gax > sj *

      JJ . de HACKATT , the £ rench 2 iinister of Manns , has lost bis nephew in a melacholy manner , fie was browned whUebaQung a Ifewfouodland dog , giTen him by tbB AdmiraL Hie young man was only twenty . GKiSD Pbojeci . —It is in contemplation to build anagaednet over the Irish -Gbazmel , for the purpose ef supplying England with hot vxder . —Punch . A report h&s been current in Lincoln for the last few flays , that Edward Idlburn , who was transported at the last spring assizes for killing his wife , Las lost bis life l > y dre-snnxg , having accidentally fallen oTerboard at ifceirtfiB . iXEXi 3 TDKR OswAtD , Esg ^ was , on Thursday week , elerfr * fi Member of Parliament for the county of Ayr , Without opposition . The proceedisgs lasted only a TEry -ihorfc time . laz

      Patrick Parrell , arrested at the Carlow aces Stealing a hndlB , the property xtf the Br ? . Mr . Conroy msde « ff from the Police , butaftera chaBe of eight miles *' OYer a spor&ig conntry" the delinguent was xe < Ep--tared . MtBEHST Al > lB » SnTreyorin the Scotch Post-office , is ttpntpnf ** to -p'jj ^ t *"" months' impnseninent in Aberdeen gaol , for chesang thB Posl-office of condfiEHUe suias of mosey ' J- 3 & . 3 PK 3 SSCH , = of the connty of Bossommon , is * dded to the list of superseded magistrates , for attending a Repeal meeting at Boscommon on the fifteenth of Aira-MAlfclXpSlii- — -Hlne men of the S 9 th party of rsrenne police stationed at Kfflsloe have been dismissed by order of CoL Brartton for baTing married without permission .

      **© H VZXIk , TTHAT CA 2 f JTOB 3 L&TTSR BST '— ' So maoixge ias ooenzred at Jif&A , is Sent , { wbieb contains a population of nearly 1 , 500 } during the last twelve monais . Accobdikg to a clause in a bill now before Qte House of G « mmoBS , the duty on marriage certificates in Ireland 1 b Tepealed ; and also the stamp duly upon leases for property of jm&H Tslne ¦ nnfier certain cirenmtianceB . A . i > 00 B . "W 0 MAH , "wife of a man named'BnlliTsn , a sirya , jesidin ^ at St . John ' s-square , limerick , was a ^®* dayB sigo safely delivered of Jour children—one * & » & > , ana three iemalts , who , with tie mother , are dome 9 EQ .

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      Or THE gbeat number of Irish labourers srbo annually went to Eogkoa to reap the bcryest , ( areiaging S 0 , 000 ) not more that a t *» th have gone this season . Sib James Gbahaji has refused bisi sanction to Lord Cemenu being appointed Vice-XieutenanVof the comty of leltrim , in the absence of ^ e Ead of Leitnm . ! The Cabrkjk-ON-Scjb Poor law Guardians an determined to turn out the paupers and doss thehouse if they are pressed for £ 1 , 200 for bnilding by tae Commissioners . . ..., L .,. Bt OHE or IHE dauseB of the new bill [ for the regulation of stage coaches , omnibuses , cabs . &a , the driTers and conductors are forbidden to smoke while on

      ACeeat Ikceease has taken place in the exports ef linen yams from Great Britain to Trance , in 1832 a > ey amounted to not more than £ 5 . 800 whereas in 1841 and ' 42 they had increased fco at least a million sterling per annnm . ] IT is said that a small quantity of hellebore powder , dusted orer tbeleares of gooseberry trees , in the proportion of abont an ounce to thirty or forty trees , will prevent the ravages of caterpillars . | A CHUEKin isin the course of erection ; at Woolwich dock-yard , ass rent for the whole of the smoke from the different flues in the yard ^ and it is to be thirty feet higher than the Monument > Is the eounly of CornwaH ttiere are J 370 00 & inhabitants , 10 , 060 of whom are miners , and ] 70 , 000 teetotallers ; and of this large body there were but five prisoners for trial at the last assizes ! Thus abstinence lesseos crime and abates misery . I

      Bason Rothschild bas advanced 780 . 0601 to the municipality of Tienna , at a low rate of interest , for the purpose of continuing the works on \ the aqueduct of ibe Emperor Ferdinand , which had been suspended for want of fund * . j AT The Hertford Ass ! z-s , a servant girl , who had put a quantity of oxalic acid in her mistress ' s teapot , was found " guilty of administering the poison , bst KOT trfft itdesi to murder !* \ The Afblcmt Sentinel says the sudden ; rise of wheat and flour arises from orders received to j provision all tho garrisons in Ireland for a three yeai-a Beige—a store is bow being built at Athlone large enough to hold three year t provision for SOD or 400 men !

      Ho Propeb . Place fob it . —A law of Virginia allows the retailing of spirituous liquors , at " proper places" In the different connties . In one of the counties , the magistrates lia-ro decided that there is no " proper place" within their jurisdiction for that purpose . — Boston paper . \ THE death of the Dnke of Dorset , which occurred at Hurley Street , on Saturday last , creates a permanent -vacancy in the Peerage . The Duke was in his 76 th year ; and he succeeded fc » cousin Chhrlea in 1815 . Dying without issae , the title becomes extinct THE Edinburgh Weekly Journal records the death of Hr . Charles Mackintosh , of Caropsie and Danchattan , the inventor of the waterproof cloth that bean his name . .

      The Glasgow underwriters win suffer rery severely by the loss of the Columbia steamer , which was principally insured in that city . We have heard the amount stated at upwards of £ 40 , 000 , underwritten by several influential broken . ' < M-iNUFjlCTTCBB QT STEEL PEKa—T& 6 steel alone employed in this country for making pens amounts to one hundred and twenty-five torn annually , which is equiva lent to about three bnndred millions of pens . g The -widow e ? Colonel Fawcett , besides paying the expenses incurred on account of the dyipg man at the Gamden Anrm , has presented to Mi . Miles , the landlord , and his wife , a -valuable gold ring each , in acknowledgement of their kindness and humanity . '

      A Dexterous S-wokdsmaw . —On Thursday , the 3 rd of July , Serceant Corey , of the 3 rd regiment , of Tmndalk , cut a leg of mutton , suspended by a cord , through -with one cut , for a wager of [ sixty guineas . This is , perhaps , the most extraordincry feat of dexteri ty and Bwordmanship on record . \ Comjiiitatios OF Sentence . —The sentence of deatb xecorded at our late assizes against Rafferty , the soldier of the 36 th , for cutting the throat of James Keane , with intent to kill , has been commuted by the Lord Lieutenant to transportation for life . —Limerick Chremde .

      - Y . EOHA ? rxT Gatalbt . —The following corps , formerly serving gratuitously have been placed on permanent pay and allowances under the estimate of the present year : —the Lymlngton Troop , ! the Andover Troop , tile Long Melford Troops , the Suffolk Borderer ? , the Taplow Troops , and the Uminster Troop . The Royal Mid Xotbi ^ D Yeomaniy Cavalry is Te-establlsbed . Capture op a Shahk . — A singular capture was made last week , by Dryden Robert Corbet , Egq ., of Sundome Castle , near Shrewsbury , whilst fishing at Town , Merionethshire . ItiB a monster of the white shark' species , and measures fire feet eight inches in length , and the thickest part of the body , near the bead , is upwards of two feet in circumference ; the weight is over 401 bs . Mr . Corbet also took st the same cast , and with the same line , a grey mullet , weighing nearly lllbs . i

      t . itbt . t , at Ensis , smaa wito gave bis name as Thos . Sesn . from Derryqnin , neuTolla , soldaa butter , a quantity of lard with a coating of butter about an inch thick . He to held to bail to appear at the petty sassiens court . On the preceding Saturday , a woman had concealed in some butter which « be sold , a quantity of salt , weighing at least two pounds , but the fraud was sot discovered until sbe bad left the bouse . Kilts . — - 1 shall be off to tb . © bighlwds tbH fall j but they haute got no woods there ; nothin * but heather , and that's o ^ ly bieh enough to tea r [ your clothes . That's the reason the Scotch dont wear no breeches , they 3 ont like to jfet em ragged up that for everlavtinly , they cant afford it ; so they let ' emsentch and tear their skin , for tint will grow again , and trousers won ' t . "— Sam Slick » England . i

      AT the COUBT of Assizss for the Haute Garonne , held a few days ago at Toulouse , a man named Boques was condemned to death , fer the third time , for poisoning Ma wife . Be bad twice before had the same sentence passed upon him by the Courts of Assizes for two other departments , but their judgments were qnashed by the Conrt of Cassation on grounds of irregularity in the proceedings . ; SWIFT preached an assize sermon , and in the coarse of it was severe against the lawyers for pleading against their consciences . After dinner a yonng counsel said some severe things about the clergy , and { did not doubt were the devil to die , a parson miebt be found to preach his fuseral sermon . " Yes , ** said Swift , " I wouid , asd irooid grre the SerrU ias dne , as I did bis children this mnrning . " . :

      AUSB 1 CA 3 P 0 "WEK OI DKSCRIPTI 05—The Charlesioven Mercury thus graphically describes the various stages of the weather , which cut off the ; writer from a concert and the sight of the comet ;— "Yesterday afternoon it doodad np with a bout , soppy look , -which towards sight degenerated into a fog . which in turn melted into a drizz l e , which again rallied into a pouring rain—whereby there was neither comet sor concert" ; Fbom the AMEB . ICAH Papebs—It is suggested by some of the Editors that now the Croton Wofks have riven to New York such a command of water , there should be a man stationed at the corners of thoroughfans , with a small hose that would play at his will , and that whenever any one came by with a lighted cigar in bis month , be should be authorised to pnt it ont , and wasi the person of the smoker j '

      • ' The League . "—We understand that one means adopted by the League of furthering the Anti-Corn Law agitation is this . They offer to the " Liberal" journalisU of the district a report prepared by their own reporters , agreeing , at ibe same time , to purchase 1 , 000 copies of his paper , of which ' 500 are to be sent to the League , and 500 are to be left for distribution with the printer . If this statement be true—as we believe it to be—it throWB considerable ligkt on the vaunted " success" —such as it Is—wfeich has attended Mr . Cobden's proceedings—CcunbridffeCkroBide . ;

      Bt the official accoust just published we observe that on the 5 th instant we had . under the Queen ' s locks in tbe United Kingdom , of Wheat , 279 , 042 qrs . ; Barley . 44 , 463 qre . ; Oats , 37 , 350 qra ; Beans , 115 . 538 qrs ; Peas . 24 . 042 qrs . ; FJonr , 67 , 961 lewis . Whilst on the Btb of July , 18 * 2 , there were in bond—of Wheat , 487 770 qn . ; Barley . 22 . 722 qrs , '; Oats , 36 726 qn . i Beans , 59 , 246 qrs . ; Peas , 33 , 838 qrs . ; Flour , 268 ^ 81 ewts . \ 2 iotjcs to a Thief . —The following * advertisement lately appeared in a Montreal paper : —The person who by a pardonable absence ef mind , tool : a new light coloured silk velvet trimmed Macintosh from the second flat of the Ottawa Hotel , is informed that , by calling at thB same place , be can have a very good cape , which belongs to the coat , and is now of no use to the owner .

      TBE London Mercantile Journal says—The distilled and fense&ted liquors , manufactured in Great Britain and Ireland , have annually required forty millions of bnshels of grain , or the produce of one million acres of fertQe laud . Forty thousand acres of the richest soil in the kingdom are devoted to the growth of hops . This quantity alone , with or > e-third of tbe ; million acres aDoded to , wonld produce one million quarters of wheat which would be sufficient to maintain one million six bnndred thousand human beings , including men , women , and children . We have here a proof that the corn-laws are not tbe only cause of dear bread . the loss of the PEGASUS . —The liirectors of Hie Londen , Lath , Edinburgh , and QlBSfow Shipping Company have given notice , that tbe captains of their steam ships are instructed that on no account are they to take their ^ vessels through the inner , passage at the Pern lalanda . either in tbe day or nigbA time .

      A Hew Discoteet . —Away sonth down there , In Vew Orleans , the Picayune jeayB It has been discovered that highway robbery is but a speeles of mesmerism , ana that when a footpad pnta iiimself in \ " commnnka . tJon" with a traveller , dapping at the lams time a pistol to bis breast , beS telling him to stand ana deliver * the dismayed traveller , in obeying tte iajnae tion , is but acting in accordance with | mesmeric impulse , or in obedience to the will of -She operator . A TAU . JoHATHAW was patrolling op Broadway a short time since , wifli aaheetof gingerbread under his « m , and gwSng at tfce sign * , wbsn one wHeb . ssas labelled •» General Koding Store" attiaoted his atteritien . He entered , « hewing atl ^ s glngethtead , and after a severe effort at swallowing , like a bens eating dough ; he oclaimed , " swowl you must be jtoned lucky chaps to find all tbese here things—I « pose you ha ' nt found my umbrella , are yon" ?

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      A Slip ? bbi : Ghakacteh—We understand that the proprietors of the GHaciarium , or Artificial Ice , who advertise theii txhibition as ** tbe only one in the world * " contemplate an engagement with Lord Brougham as " the most slippery person in the nniverse , " toappearas a skater . —Punch . M . PiBara ^ 5 iM 0 H , vho , in 1834 , as King ' s Commissioner , sustained before the Belgian Chambers the SaUrbad Bill , Sued presided over Us executioB , died on May 14 , at seiaj on board the schooner Louise Marie , on his way to Sti Thdmas de Gaatemala , where he was going to fonnd a Belgian colony .

      Anothee . Suicide at Wateeloo Bbidgb . —On Friday morning , about two o'clock , a dna yonng woman was observe ! to walk into the recess of the first arch on the Middlesex side of Waterloo bridge , and placing her bonnet and shawl on the coping-stone , leaped over into the river . ; Qnfaccount of the early hour at which the occurrence toojc place , no assistance could be tendered , and tae poor creature suck in a few moments . Near bet bonnet was found one penny-piece , and some duplicates . Another female was only rescued by the merest chance at six o ' clock ou the previous morning by some men in the Thames Police galley .

      John Beight ' s Election Expenses . —At a dinner given in Manchester on Friday last , to celebrate the triumph of this eminent Leaguer , one of the speakers - » Mt . Hibbeit- ^ remarked that he was at Rochdale on Monday , and in Hochdale and Manchester he succeeded on obtaining £ 350 , not to bribe , but to pay the necessary expenses at Durham ; for at Dur * ham , as at Nottingham , they were just emerging from the mcihes of corruption to the purity of election . £ 350 for tbe " necessary expenses ; " pray what are the becessary expenses ? £ 350 is rather a large sum for a pure election to cost amongst a limited constitution such as that of Durham . — Liverpool Standard .

      A Dbeaotul Suicide was committed on Saturday at the Croydon Infantry Barracks . Tbe victim is Donald M'Guinness , a sergeant-major in the Soots Fusilier Guards , and who had been employed in the recruiting service . The deceased got up at the usual hour in the morning , and nothing was observed in hiB manner to create a suspicion that he intended committing suicide . At seven o ' clock , his servant observed blood oozing through the ceiling ; the girl at once called in a sergeant , who entered the bedroom , and there found the deceased , with his head nearly severed from hiB body .

      LokgetittI—Old Sergeant Reid , who w&s in the ranks at the battle of Bunker ' s Hill , and an actor in many other deeds of arms , st ill survives , although in the 108 th year of his age ; but he is no longer able to sit at the door , basking himself iu the sun , and crooning and lilting song he learned in youth , or at mesa table , yrhen he had become a tall , athletic , powerful man . A short time ago he was struck with paralysis : which deprived him of the power of locomotion . When visited lately , we found him fast asleep ; his breathing unimpeded his chest broad and deep , and his : arms brawny and muscular as ever . — Dumfries paper .

      Shipwreck . —The Brothers yacht , Bruce , master , which had left Port Nicholson , on the 16 th of September last , ] on a trading voyage , round to the southward , having on board Captain Smith , of the Royal Artillery , was wrecked about tbe middle of No ? ember , in attempting to make the harbour of Akaroa . Eleven persons who happened to be on the deck were saved ; but a native woman and her two children , who were below at the time , perished ; She was a fine vessel , the property of Capt . Bruce , and had a very valuable cargo , consisting of oil , seal skins , whalebone , and a large amount of specie , which is a total Jobb to the owner , and , what is more painful , Captain Bruce is not insured a single farihing . The loss will exceed £ 3 , 000 , but it is believed that tbe New Zealand Company will mako the unfortunate man some compensation for his severe loss .

      LiBEEALiTY , — " I know this , if a feller talks very liberal in politics , put him into offioe , and see wbat s tyrant he'll make . If he talks very liberal in religion , it ' s because he hante got none at all . If he talks very liberal to the poor , talk is all the poor will ever get out of him . If he talks liberal about Corn Law , it tante to feed the hungry , but to lower wages , and so on in every thing a ' most . None is so liberal as those as hante got nothin ' . The most liberal feller I know on is- * Old Scratch' himself . If ever the Liberals come in , they should make him Prime Minister . He is very liberal in religion , and would jine them inexcludin' the Bible from common schools , I know . He iis very liberal abont the criminal code , for he can ' t bear to see criminals punished . He is very liberal in politics , for he don ' t approbate restraint , and likes to let every critter * go to the devil'his own way . Oh , heshould be head spy and Prime Minister , that feller . " 45 am Slick in England ,

      Ahciewt Hospitalitt . —It was once the universal custom to place ale , or some strong liquor , in the chamber of an honoured guest , to aseoage bis thirst , should he feel any on awakening in the night ; which , considering that the hospitality of that period often reached excess , was by no means unlikely , it is a current story in Teyiotdale , that in the house of an ancient family of distinction , much addicted to the Presbyterian cause , a Bible was always put Into the sleeping apartment of the guests , along with a bottle of strong ale . On some occasion there was a meeting of clergymen in the vicinity of the castle , all of whom were invited to dinner by the worthy baronet , and several abode all night . According to

      the fashion of the times , seven of the reverend guests were allotted to one large barrack-room , which was used on such occasions of extended hospitality . The butler took care thai the divines were presented , according to custom , each with a Bible and a bottle of ale . But after a little consultation among themselves , they are said to have recalled the domestic as he was leaving the apartment . " My friend , " said one of ihe venerable guests , " you must know that when we mett together , the youngest miuister reads aloud a portion of Scripture to the rest ; only one Bible therefore is necessary ; take away the other six , and in their place bring six more bottles of ale . " Sir W , Scott .

      Total Loss of the Tboop Ship Alkrt . —Miraculous Peesekvation of the 64 th Regiment . — Within the last two or three days the authorities at tbe War-office have received intelligence of the total loss of the troop ship Alert , Captain Daley , com * mander , whilst on her passage from Halifax to England , having on board part of her Majesty ' s 64 th Reyiroent , whose escape is somewhat extraordinary . The 64 ih Regiment , it appears , had been stationed at Nova Scotia since the year 1840 , and in the month of May last an order was received from tho Waroffice for their instant return to England , when two ships were forthwith commissioned for that purpose , viz ., the Corsair and the Alert . The embarkation of , the troops took place at Halifax , the staff officers of

      the regiment : leaving that port in the early part of June l&st , ' iuiher Majesty ' s ship Volage , which has since arrived ! at Portsmouth . On the 4 th of July another detachment left on board the Corsair , and the remainder of the regiment embarked on board the Alert on the 13 th of last month , both ships being bound for Portsmouth . The Alert was quite a new bhip , having been built in America last year , and was about 509 tons burthen , barque rigged , with a crew of about twenty-five seamen . In addition to the troops on board , they had their several families with them , altogether amounting to about 200 men and 35 women and -children , the ship having a very valuable cargo of mahogany , together -with the chief portion of the regimental baggage . She sailed from

      Halifax with a fair wind , and the weather very favourable for the commencement of the voyage , whioh continued till nightfall , when the wind freshened up , and in the-conrse of a few hours it blew a gale , rain at the same time descending in torrents . The master , Captain Daley , who is considered to be an experienced seaman , had the ship made as snug as possible , and all went on favourably until about two o ' clock , when all on board were alarmed by the ship striking on a rock , off Country Harbour , near Goose Island , about 60 miles distant from Halifax , In an instant the deck is described to have been crowded by the troops and their families , who were in the greatest-fitste of alarm ; but , by the cool and determined conduct of the captain , assisted by the

      officers in charge of the \ men , their fears were soon quieted . The ship was shortly got off , and apparently not having received any injury , was brought on to proceed with her passage , as the pumps were sounded and she was found to be making no water . On the pumps , however , being sounded a eecond time , severarieet of water ware discovered . Orders were instantly given to work the pumps , which the men did vigorousl y , some of the soldiers taking it in turns . The vessel ' s course was instantly altered for the purpose of running her into the nearest place for shelter , but on the captain finding that tbe water wa 9 increasing in the ship ' s hold , ho made known the fact to the officers of the regiment , and also bis intention of running tho ship ashore , for the

      preservation . ; of the lives on board . Within an hour afterwards she grounded on the shore of Goose Island , The shock being some \ fhsl violent threw her on her beam endB , but she almost immediately rioted . Again all was confusion on board , and the excitement amongst the troops increased to an alarming extent . Three poor creatures * ^ soldier ' s wives , who had but a few hours before been confined ^ were brought ap on deck in their beds with their infants , a supposition being entertained amonpt the troops thai the ship was going to pieces , and a rush was made to ] the boats . There is but little doubt , but for the praiseworthy conduct of the captain and

      officers , an immense sacrifice of life would have taken place . Tiey were addressed by the captain , who begged of them to act wider his orders , and all their lives would be saved . This they did ; tho boats were lowered , and af ) er several hours of toil and exeriion , they were 6 afely landed . The ship has since become a total wreck , and the whole of the baggage belonging to the troops is loss , and the greatest distress preya&a amongst the poor creatures , they having lost all their 'clothing . Her Majesty ' s ship Rose has been sent to their assistance , and a subscription lias been commenced at Halifax , to relieve iheir ; sufferings . The total loss is &aid to exceed £ 2 >> . 0 Q 0 .

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      nJ ^ J ^ t ? of water , involving the destruction o * Pu £ » f ? i % * " * B of fi <> y thousand pounds , and tne total deprivation of employment to several hua-25 « J 5 «? W » took P ^ ce last week , at the £ ? p ^ f . - ' FmenM , situato in the township nLiv ^ inna ; * « ¦ Mao - ohestexrf which supplied Kelt . M ° f e 6 al - a **?* ManohSster . fw &fflfCE of Mind .-A few days ago , a fire broke pu ^ S * ho 1 * fte isbip of Ihe line , the Feki ( Zaffar , at Constantinople , and was rapidly approaching the powder ^ magazine . The alarm was lmiBodiately communicated to the crew , and the men , without making an attempt to Bave the vesselbegan W throw themselves from

      , S tt i * e sea , ior take to the boats . isamiK i ' acha , who chanced to be near , immediately embarked for the ship , ana with his drawn sword succeeded m restoring order and restraining a part of tne crew . Then , descending ; with great courage into the hold , he checked ! the flames which were already rapidly advancing towards the magazine . Having extinguished the fire , with the assistance of his own servants and afevi ? men who followed him , be returned upon deck andjupbraided the officers for their cowardice . The presence of mind and trepidity of Namik Pacha , in these trying circumstances , bave excited general admiration .

      Afprat at Brighton . —On Friday afternoon waek , as sow as theraces had concluded , an affray took Piaoo hetween a number of soldiers belongiag to the ¦ r » e rf * 0021 Guards , the thimble-rig men , and the Brighton police . It appears that on the previous day ajfew of the soldiers were on the course , when one of them , a corporal , in a state of intoxication , was playing at one of the thimble-rig tables , and lost about 253 . He then bet without the means of paying . This enraged the thimble-riggora . who mustered | round him , some holding his arms whilst others out off hie stripes and otherwise defaced his jacket . On returning to barracks , he , of course , got into trouble , and was ordered into confinement . His comrades determined to i have revenge , and

      accordingly , on Friday afternoon , met on the course , armed with sticks , about ! 100 strong ; the offender beingfidentified , he and his gang were immediately knocked down , and their ! tables broken to pieces . The soldiers then commenced an attack on every gambling table on the coarse , smashing them , and the umbrellas that covered them , to pieces . The soldiers , having completely ol « ared the course , were going home ; when the police mustered all their strength and [ attacked the soldiers . A furious conflict ensued , and the battle lasted till dusk , when the parties appeared to separate by mutual consent , each | carrying off their wounded . Sergeant-Major Nutt , who was on the course at the time , went up to : the combatants and endeavoured to stOD anv

      collision , but was himself struck most violently , and fell senseless with a severe wound in his skull , of which he is still suffering . When news of this affray had reached the barracks , a strong guard was despatched to the course , but did not arrive till the affray was completely finished ; the soldiers who had been taken into custody by tbe police were then given up to ! the captain of tbe Ruard , and were taken back to the barracks . On Friday , at the Brighton Police Court , Frank North , a private in the 7 th Dragoons , was charged before Major Allen and Major Willand , the sitting magistrates , with having assaulted Inspector Crowhurst in the mob which took place ; on the race-course . < Mr . Solomon , the chief officer of police , deposed that he received information

      that the soldiers intended a general attack on the tables . About seven o ' clock a number of soldiers passed down the course armed with sticks , and completely demolished the gambling tables . He saw the prisoner strike Inspector ; Crowhurst with a thick stick ; Crowhurst was sent to the Sussex County Hospital , but was too weak to attend the Court . The adjutant said he could prove , at the proper time , that if the police had not interfered , there would not have ibeen a blow etruck , or any riot . The magistrates expressed their disapprobation of the conduct of the police in not informing them of the riot , for they jwere the responsible person ? , and no disturbance would have taken place . Tbe prisoner was remanded .

      , Fatal Affray with Poachbbs . —A Constable Killed . —A desperate conflict between a gamekeeper and constable , and a gang of poachers , took place on Friday morning week , in the grounds near Apedale Hall , ' the residence of R . £ . Heathcpte , Esq . James Beech , one of the' parish constables of Audley , lost his life in the rencontre , and John Vaughan , tho gamekeeper , was dreadfully , itis feared mortally , wounded . The savage and brutal nature of the attack , and its consequent results , have caused a great sensation in the neighbourhood . The following are the leading particulars of this atrocious outrage . The visits of poachers in the locality of Apcdale Hall being of frequent occurrence , it has been necessary to keep a striot watoh on their movements . Oh Thursday

      night , a little after ten , James Beech , the deceased , wen £ ito the house occupied by John Vaughan , the gamekeeper , which is situate on the estate , for tho purpose of going out with him to assist in watching the game . The men . both left the house together about half-past ten , Vaughan armed with a loaded double-barrelled gun , and Beech with a . policeman ' s Babre , or cutlass , whioh he had in a scabbard attached to ft belt fastened round him . Nothing can at present be traced relative to their movements until near one o ' clock , when a man named James Boston , a collier , living at Alsager ' s Bank , who was returning from iwork up the carriage road , near Apedalo Hall , Baw [ two very suspicious looking men near the hedge , and from a rustling noise which ho heard in

      a field of oats , he believed they had a dog with them . Bostoo passed without speaking to them , and a little further np the road he saw two oth « r men , who came : np to him , one of them being Vaughan , the keeper , and the other Beech , the constable . Boston tola them of the men he [ had seen lurking in the grounds , when Yaughan immediately proposed , after inquiring how many meni he had seen , to go after them ]; and Beech and the keeper moved in that direction . Boston went on his * way towards home , and neither heard nor saw anything more of them . About two o ' clock , Johu Lighttoot and a person named Penlington , servants at the hall , being up brewing , distinctly heard the cries of " Murder " proceeding from the direction of the carriage-road .

      Having told the circumstance to other parties , a lantern and candle were procured , and several persons proceeded up the road . They were led , by groans which they heard , to the spot in the carriageroad , ' where a man lay covered with blood . He was soon recognised as Vaughan , the keeper . The man showed no other signs of consciousness than that of a slight rolling of the eye .. It was immediately apparent from the state of the ground , that a long and severe struggle must have taken place , in which Vaughan bad received fromhis antagonists very severe injuries , particularly over the head , and had lost a considerable quantity of blood . He was carried in a chair to the hall , and subsequently to his own house . Tbe discovery of the body of Beech did not

      take place until about half an hour after Vaughan was found . He lay on his side in a field adjoining the carriage road , and about thirteen yards from the place where Vaughan was discovered . The poor fellow lay in a state of complete insensibility , having received from his assailants the most savage treatment ! It was clear from the dreadful wounds on his head , and other parts of the body , that in tbe conflict the cutlass with which he had armed himself had jbeen wrested from- him and used by tbe poachers against him . With a view , no doubt , of making sure of their victim , they had actually plunged the cutlass into his head at the side , to the depth of seven and a half inches ! In this position the weapon remained when the body was found , and

      it actually required great force to withdraw it . The unfortunate man exhibited but little appearance of life , and he was removeJ . without delay to the hall . Mr . j fUtlo , surgeon , of Newcastle , having been Bent ) or , arrived shortly after threo o ' clock , and rendered all the assistance in his power , but in the case of tbe constable Beech without avail—the unfortunate man breathed his last in about a quarter of an hour afterwards , having remained in a state of entire unconsciousness . Vaughan , the keeper , at a late hour on Friday , was still alive , but in a very precarious state ; It is conjectured that the gang of poachers consifetdd of three or four ; men . That they carried fire-arms is proved by the fact that the butt end of a gun which was' broken from the barrel , and a gun

      lock lay near the keeper , and bore evident marks of hiving been used and broken in tbe deadly con uct . It is somewhat extraordinary that the keeper ' s gun , loaded , was afterwards found reared against a tree , a short distance from the so ne of the contest . Information of the murderous affray was conveyed to the constabulary office , at Stoke , aud Major Maoknight , with a ; body of the constabulary force , went in immediate search of the offenders , and by noon had captured three men in Tunstall , who are strongly suspected . The unfortunate keeper , it is said , several times during the day , in incoherent sentences , mentioned thai name of an individaal whom he had previously Summoned for trespassing on the estate , and who it is also said had threatened to do | the keeper some injury by way of revenge . This man is one of those j taken into custody . The inquest on James Beech was held on Friday . Several witnesses were examihedi amongst whom was

      the wife of the keeper , who on coming into the room where the jury were assembled , and where one of the prisoners was also sitting , pointed to him in a very agitated state , and said that is the man who murdered my husband ; " and exclaimed , wringing her bands , ¦' * * Oh , you wretch , you wretch I" which ehe repeated several times . The prisoner replied j that his conscience was as clear as any one ' s in that room ^ and that he knew nothing at all about it . The Coroner cautioned him against making any statement ^ as that was not the proper time , upon which ho desisted . The leading features of the evidence of the witnesses ate embodied in the above details . The investigation was continued the whole of tfce afternoon , and the Coroner , finding it impossible satisfactorily to conclude the case , adjourned the inqueBt , to allow time for the production of any Other evidence respecting the melancholy transaction . — Stafford Advertiser .

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      Mysterious Disappearance of a Respectable FARMEh- ^ Tho follo | win # occurren ce has excited a m-ist painful sensation in the neighbourhood of Woodbam Ferris , Essex ; Mr . John Beard , a farmer of that place , occupy ma 200 aoros , was on Tuesday week married to Miss King , grand-daughter , of Mr . RobertF . E . King , ef Great Leigh , at whose house the wedding party afterwards dined . They returned home late the same night , Mr . Beard being in his U 8 aaleoo « lBtateofh ealth ; early in the morning he complained of UlneW , and having dressed himself went down stairs , abd was seen at his back door , by ^ ehorsekeeper . HeJ did not , however , return to Mrs . Beard , and from that time he has not been heard of , though the most dUigent search has been made for

      him . His bride is , of course , in the deepest affliction . Mr . J . Beard , whea he left home early on Wednesday last , was dressed in his brown great coat , with velvet collar , black mat , dark coloured trousers , and lace-boots . He is about twenty-seven years of age , five feet six inches high , dark complexion , and dark whiskers . J Healthful Longevity —A long life without the accompaniment of health ( which is sometimes to b « be met with ) , is noc very desirable : but a healthful old age is attended jwith a thousand blessings . According to the present duration of existence , families are continually exposed to the moss painful separations . No sooner does a child attain the years of maturity and wisdom , then he begins to look for the melancholy decay and decease of his parents—and no sooner doss a parent behold his family entered upon the world , than he is stung by tho poignant

      reflection of bidding them a final farewell . No sooner doss the man * of science and learning become in some way acquainted with tBe objects of bis pleasurable research , than he is moved by the chilling thought that his knowledge in this world is of little or no avail , for the want of opportunity to carry it into practice . If the term of human life , however , be extended to a period of greater length , how happily mitigated are these painful incidents of human existence ! The man of research is enabled to pursue practically that knowledge whioh has cost him years to attain . The parent may anticipate a time when he will be surrounded not only by his immediate offspring but by his children ' s children , in one long and successive retinue . The child has not to mourn over the untimely departure of his parents , ; but has an opportunity of beholding the authors of his existenoefor many successive

      seasons— L u jTill worn by slow decay , While resignation gently slopes their way . " Such are a few ] of the numberless blessings of "healthful longevity "—and such are a few of th © numberless blessings which tho vegetable remedy of the immortal Parr confers on those who avail themselves of its remedial powers , Lifeis termed " a boon , "" a treasar ^ , " « ; a pearl , " &c ., and if life be deserving of these distinguished appellations , sorely that whioh ensuresjits health , happiness and prolongation deserves to be equally valued , and honourably , designated . The Iiife Pills of Old Parr will confer on the community [ such benefits as will render this discovery the most valuable acquisition which has yet graced the discoveries of medical research . Extensive Robbery of Piatb at Jesus College , Oxfobd . —On Friday week , information Was

      received at the chief office of the Commissioners of Police , Great Scotland-yard , and was forwarded from thence to all the station-houses of the Metropolitan and City police , that between the hours of nine o'clock on the evening of Tuesday last , and half-past seven o ' clock on Wednesday morning , the butlery belonging | to Jesus College , Oxford , was burglariously entered by means of skeleton keys , and robbed of silver plate valued at nearly £ 300 . The articles ohiefly : consisted of silver stoups , ( with handles aud without ) for drinking , silver tea-pots , salts , mustard p ' ots , silver waiters , dishes and covers , pepper and ] sugar cat tors , sauce tureens and boats , forks , gravy ,, table , dessert , and salt spoons , sauce ladles , sugar tongs , eight dozen tea-spoons , &c . &c . The robbery is supposed to have been effected by experienced London thieves , who have returned to town with their booty .

      Dreadful Muhdebat Maidstone . —On Wednesday week , a murder was committed within a hundred yards of the old church , and close by the Palace at Maidetone . It ( appears that some men were in custody on a charge of stealing a hat , and that a young woman named Ann Young , living at Linton , about two miles from Maidstone , was to be a principal witness against them . The comrades of these men having , by some means not known , brought the young woman to the place above-mentioned , stunned

      her by two blows on the head , and then filled her mouth with grass' from the adjoining bank , and threw her into the river . This horrid deed was committed by two men ] in the presence of a woman , who was providentially so much frightened that she cried out murder . " Hier cries were heard by a man residing near , and the murderers were in custody in a few minutes . They [ ware heard to say that they " had done for her , and she would not appear again ; " they are workmen . The occurrence has caused a great sensation in Maidstone .

      Another Murder in Tipperary . —The Tipperary Free Press of Wednesday week , contains the following : —On Sunday morning last , the body of an unfortunate man was discovered in a . most mutilated state in the archway of Kil breedy brid r « , near the road leading to the avenue gate of tho Rev . Mr . Latouche . The head was completely battered , and the body presented a most appalling appearance . Two large stones were placed on the head and neck . The deceased was a stranger , and supposed to be a cattle dealer from either ( Cork or Kerry . An inquest was held on the body before Mr . Cormack , coroner , assisted by John Mangley , Esq ., J . P ., and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" returned against some person or persons unknown . A jobber who was in company with deceased has absconded .

      ExEcirnoN ok Sarah DAaELBY .--BEDFORD , Saturday , August ] 5 ' . h . —This day being appointed for carrying the sentence of the law into execution on the body < jf Sarah Dazeley , who was convicted at the Lite Bedford ] Assizes of the murder of her husband , by administering a quantity of arsenic to him , and which was discovered in the most extraordinary manner , the town from an early hour presented a scene of great excitement , hundreds having come from various part ' s of the county , and made the best of their way to the county gaol , in order to obtain the best position so as to witness the death of the unhappy culprit . The wretched woman , from the enormity of her wicked deeds , has been designated throughout the county of Bedfordshire by tbe

      name of the " Female Blue Beard . " She was the daughter of a hairdresser named Reynolds , aud passed her early days iu the village of Polton , Bedfordshire . Her J father died Borne years ago , and her mother is still living in the above village , and gains a lining by dress making . Her prospects were then very favourable , and at the early age of eighteen she married a young man two years older than herself , named Mead , at Tadlow , who , at the time was in the service of the . ' clcrsymanof that parish . They lived happy for sometime and were blessed with a daughter . Suddenly a disagreement took place between them , and Mead subsequently became ill ; be was confined but a few days to his bed , when he was seized with most violent pains in the stomach , and almost as soon died , and the daughter

      a short time afterwards died under similar circutnstancos ; this took ! place in the year 1840 . Within five months after she married Dazeley , the cert mony being performed ait Wrestliogworth parish church . They led a life of extreme profligacy . In about two years after the marriage , in the month of October , last year , he was taken ill , and expired under the most acute sufferings . Although much suspicion was felt in the neighbourhood at the time , no judicial proceeding was adopted until the month of February in the present year , when it was reported that she was about ; to marry a third husband . This was round to be correct , as the banns had been published in a Leighbourin ^ parish church . All the other circumstances appeared at the trial . Since

      her condemnation she maintained , till within » few hours previous to iher death , the samo fortitude as she evinced on the day of her trial . Within ehe last ten days of her life she was troubled with a severe sore throat , and received the greatest attention from the medioal officers of the prison . She was never allowed to be alone , two female turnkeys being placed in the same cell with her . She has been every day visited by the Rev . Ordinary of the gaol , to whom it is understood she has made some confession of her guilt | but from the secresy maintained * by the authorities at the goal , this fact could not be eiicited . During yesterday the chaplain remained with her in deep devotion for upwards of nine hours ; and it is believed she became somewhat resigned

      to the jast sentence which would , in a few hours , be carried into effect , j Before day-break this morning the drop had beenjereoted over the entrance to the gaol , and at an early hour crowds were filling up every avenue leading to the spot . The unhappy woman had had ai favourable night ' s r * st , and on rising this morning gave vent to some paroxysm of grief . She was soon visited by the chaplain , who remained with her in earnest prayer . At a quarter before twelve tbe lUuder-Sheriffc , attended hy the Governor and javelin men , entered the cell , and her arms having been pinioned by the executioner , who , if we mistake not ; is the same functionary who officiated on Courvpisier and Greenaore , the cavalcade moved to the fatal spot , the prison bell tolling all the timeShe

      . appeared in a dreadful condition and was obliged to be supported . At thia moment the crowd was immense , full 10 , 000 persons beinff assembled round the wails of' the prison . Assear twelrevo ' clock as pos ^ iole ; she appeared < m m scaffold ; at the same instant there was a terrific shriek from the crowd . The teremony of adjusting the rbpejfpnnd the neck having been quickly performed , Mie clergyman withdrew to a more distant Wt , and having commenced the Funeral Service , . In the midst of ] life we are ia death /' && , the signarwas given , and the next moment the drop felL and the unhappy jwretch , after a few convulsive straggles , ceased to exist in this world . The body after hanging the % sual time , was cut down , to be interred within the precincts of the prison .

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      A Novel ^ Remedy . — A chemist not many miles from street , Plymouth , inquired of a patienVs wife how her husband was . ** . © , sir , we ' ve had a terrible night with him , poor man ! " "Why , did you apply tho leeches as I ordered 1 " " Yes , sir ; but oh ! my poor husband ! I thought he would have died a-taking of ' em . You see , sir , we couldn ' t get ' em down . He did try , and try , and try , but they did stick all across his throat , and made sure he would be strangled . At last , he did manage to swallow one ; but will you believe me , sir , we couldn ' t get down another . 'Twas all of no use to go on in that way ; but I knew he must take ' em , as you ordered , sir ; aud go I chopped up t ' other five into nice small pieces—and then ' twas a terrible job again ; I was with him nearly all the night , and at last he got ' em all down but one ; and , so I fried that there last one ' , and he took that one too . Ah , sir , but he had a terrible night of it , poor man . "

      Extraordinary Occurrence . —Ou Saturday last , Clogher market-day , a boy was leading a horse up the street , and just as he was a few perches above the Lord Bi&hop's-gate , the earth opened in the spot he was then standing on , and the horse was swallowed ! The opening , it is said , is 96 feet in depth , and about six feet in breadth . By means of ropes and vviudlasses , the horse was got up , bus wa 8 injured a little by the fall . The hole rema i ns yet to bo seen . Some people may think this is absurd ; but they may rely on it as a fact . There can be no canse assigned for the chasm , as the street round it ia hard and firm . —A Correspondent of ihe Newrv Telegraph .

      Will of James Wood , Esq . — After several years' litigation , the will and codicils of James wood , Esq ., the late wealthy banker and draper of Gloucester , have been proved in Doctors' Commons . He gives to the Corporation of Gloucester £ 60 , 000 ; to Mr . Phillpote , £ 50 , 000 ; to Mr . Council , £ 10 . 000 : to Mr . Helps , i 530 , 000 ; to Mrs . Goodlake , £ 20 . 000 : U Mr . Smith , £ 20 , 000 ; to Mr . Cleveland , £ 14 , 000 ; and to the family of the latter gentleman , £ 6 , 000 j and the residue of his property , estimated at about £ 500 , 000 , to his executors . The property has been sworn under £ 900 , 000 , and the probate bears a stamp of £ 12 , 000 . Ttte executors named are Alderman Wood , , John Chadbora , Esq ., ( who committed suicide some time back under very extraordinary circumstances ) , Jacob Gsborne , Esq ., and John Surnam , Esq . The charges of three proctors engaged in the suit relative to the will , amount to £ 17 , 536 33 . 2 d .

      A Petrified Human Head . — An interesting geological discovery has recently been brought to light , viz ., a petrified human head , which shelled out of the Lincoln stone-brash bed , which comprises from No . 2 to No .. 10 , of the uppermost layers of the rock beneath the alluvial soil . The layers of rock thus denominated are those used for the formation of lime , and the petrified head was discovered and laid aside by one of the labourers of the quarry as be was engaged in breaking up stones for the kiln . The petrifioation comprises the whole of the head except the face , where it is evident it has consolidated with the common rock , and being rendered incapable of shelling . Beneath , there is in a perfect state the cavity for the vertebrae of the neck , &o . The identity of the human head is beyond a doubt . The petrification is at present in the posession of Mr . Skill , maltster , in the Bail Lincoln , —Stamford Mercury .

      Gltphogbaphy . —In this process , on ordinary p late of copper , prepared as usual for engravers' use , is taken , and blackened with sttlphuret of potassium . It is then warmed and coated with a very thin layer of a white-composition resembling wax in nature and appearance . By means of various tools , which need not be described here , this composition is cleanl cut through by the artist , who sees at once the effect he produces , in consequence of his obtaining , as in the case of a lead pencil , a black drawing upon a white ground . After careful inspection through a powerful lens , the plate is Bnbmitted to the action of a galvanic battery , by means of which , the required deposition of copper is effected , and a new electrotype plate is obtained .

      Pbussic Acid . —Death caused by prussic acid says a German paper , is only apparent ; life is immediately restored by pouring acetate of potash and common Bait , dissolved in water , on the head and spine . Some time since , Mr . Rogereon , chemist , of this town , instituted a series of experiments on animals for the purpose of observing the effects of prussio acid , and of discovering tho means to be pursued in case of poisoning by that fluid . He then , if we mistake not , invited the attention of the medical profession of this town to the fact , that rabbits poisoned with prussic acid could be at once recovered from apparent death by merely pouring cold water over the head and spine . Hops . —The accounts received in town from the hop districts of Kent are favourable , and there iB every prospect of a good average crop . .

      The Weather and thb Crops . —In the Midland and Western counties the weather has of late been changeable , with sudden and frequent changes of temperature ; in some places heavy thunder-storms and deluging showers of rain , with oppressive heat , succeeded in some places by cold blasts . and heavy showers of hail . On the whole , however , the weather has not been unfavourable , for the rain proved highly beneficial to the turnips and aftermath , while it did not injure the corn , which is rapidly coming forward for the sickle . In Scotland and Ireland the elements have been less propitious . There , during the last raven or eight days , somewhat too much rain has fallen , accompanied by a temperature unusually low for the season of the year . All our correspondents agreo in stating that they scarcely remember a season in whioh such frequent changes have occurred as ia the present . They are equally agreed that the approaching harvest , taken as a whole , promises to be a bountiful one .

      Tremendous Fire m Sandwich WooDS . ^ Cape Cod has had enough of disaster by fire the present summer . We have to record another conflagration more destructive by far than any with which we have yet been visited . It-jtooke out on Sunday morning last in Sandwich wows , between the north and douth Falmouth roads , and raged with fearful violence until yesterday , all efforts to stop it proving BDavailiDg . The fire , we learn , commenced nearly abreast of "Snake Pond Village , " and about three miles distant from it , and extended in a southerly direction to within about two miles of Sandwich town . It then shifted its course to the south , and burned within a mile of Falmouth line , when it again took a northerly direction . After traversing

      a distance of ten miles in a easterly direction , passing to the northward of where it had been before , it crossed the South Falmouth road and extended towards West Barnstable . Some of the woodland which the fire traversed was valuable , but a considerable portion , we understand , was worth but little , as the wood had bees cut off to supply the Glass Factory . Nevertheless , the amount of property destroyed must be immense for Cape Cod , and we have heard of instances where the loss has fallen hardly upon individuals whose entire capital was invested . The fire originated from a stroke of lightning . Of this we believe there is no longer any uoubt in the minds of those who have visited the

      spot where it commenced . The fluid struck a large pine tree , shattering it much , and entered the ground , tearing up the earth at its base . We learn that the fire was subdued yesterday abont noon , by the aid of a copious shower of rain . It has extended over to Hamblin ' e Plains , West Barnstable , before its ravages were arrested , passing within half a mile of Spring Hill in its course . It is believed that much valuable wood was destroyed in the iatter part of its progress , h is impossible to tell with any certainty how much property has been lost by this conflagration , but it must be immense . Independent ef the growing wood , there were immense quantities of cord wood burnt . —Yarmouth Register 6 th ; ( American Paper . }

      Terrific Explosion of Gas . —About ten o ' clock on the night of Thursday week , an explosion of gas took place in a public house , kept by a man of the name of Stevenson , in Upper Dawson-street , Liverpool , contiguous to the Theatre Royal , which caused the utmost alarm and very considerable destruction to the rear of the bnilding . The precise cause of the explosion has been differently stated , but the most probable appear ? to be , that the person who extinguished the gas-light in the shop , about nine o clock , accidently turned the cock backwards at the time , and thus allowed the gas to escape , All the doors and windows been fastened , an exceedingly strong smell of foul air was soon discovered mall parts of the house , but particularly so in the draw

      ing-room , whither Stevenson , the landlord , repaired with a lighted candle in his hand . After having opened the wlndowB , he approached the bedroom on the same floor , and while he was in the act ot entering it , the explosion took place . The report was heard all over the neighbourhood , and so loud did it appear to the inspector on duty in the adjacent square , that he compared it to the firing of a sixpounder . The roof ever the bed-room was entirely blown away by the force of the explosion , and the walls were considerably shattered , and in many places thrown down ; almost all the windows were more or less forced from their positions , some of them to the extent of a foot and a half , and the woodwork and funutnre in the drawing-room were blistered and charred in the same manner ar if an extensive fire

      had taken place within the building . Stevenson was much injured j hisface was very much scorched , and ms hair and whiskers have undergone a general mnging ^ He state * that when thefexploBion took P" *?**? 4 the room was in a Ww 9 , W threw himself on his back , and endeavoured to preserve his face , iwithhia handS i from beinj t injured ;; and this aeconnta lor the ahockmg manner hi i ^ ch ibi iinfbrtnnale man's hands , and particularly the tops of Mb fingers , have been burnt and otherwise muchflacerated . The damage done has-been roughlyiestin ^ ted at £ 150 : and by many . it is supposed that ^ he-buiWing wili have to ; be taken down altogetherris the % alls ar © so very much shattered , that to jBuafdagainsit further damage they are now supported with larReDroD 8 . The Ecene of this disaster haa been visited \ &m * fc of personsof all classes . ?^?? r

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct663/page/7/