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      AH AGT TO AMEXD THS Li _ W FOB . THE BEGISTBAfMON OF . VOTERS , INCORPGBA 5 TNG USE HEFQRi . ACT , JJSD KECEST STATGICES ; WITH INTRODUCTION , AKD A COPIOUS INDEX . — By T 5 _ ORr . iBi > W . Cox , Esq- BABiasTEa . —5 eeond EdilioD , Published , at the office of ine iS _ w Tanes , London . This is a jbosI useful and Y _ 3 n _ l > l _ publication . Here is emboaied , in syBteroatio arrangement , all the laws i-lative to ~ lhe J ! raneMse , *» the Be # stra £ oD * and ^ the Sections . " "The took giveB ctf that can i > eseeded , -as far as the Fevers ! enactments j eg-Tatfng the abore operations , axe concen « d i ibr nnder each separate lead is given off ihe Siai _ tesl > e _ rin £ o _ the question . The arrangement is-excellent .

      Ihe publication win © e of immense _ ss io Overseers , liegistTStnm-agents , Sheriffs , Sheriff-officers , Hetuxning-cffiters , Election Committees and Poll Clerks . Indeed it is the test -work we hare seen for * ny ajjd « very one who -wishes to know the law sffiscting the Franchise and its exercise .

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      _)__ ? Bjsi . a ?> has sees appointed a commissioner to inquire into the state of lever in Ireland . Poi-ToES are selling at KHkee , county Clare , atone iaVpenny per stone . JLnfl in Dnhlin at 5 _ d . per stone . The Pool T ) i a Chinese female , from the heel to the great toe , is only four inches Jong . £ T £ JlWK&bxe $ > we selling in Hull al one -penny the pint . ^ Lote in France Is an opera ; in England a tragedy ; 3 n Italj -a coi _ e _ y ; and 3 n Geraiany a melodrama . " "ffim thread gloves , * saya the Leicester Jiera&s ?* msy be bought in this town aVa penny per pairi " TBE FOBCFS uov concentrated in Ireland exceed , it is said , 35 000 . men 1 War is PtauA like the aerial ship ?—Because he has sot made airip yet , and never ynQ . " _ L Welsh Hewstxphb . is about to be started at

      ZrrerpooL © OB TRfcR SlXAai-SHIBS form bo fas * a proportion fijsn one-fifth of the British navy . —Brighton Gaxetle . ! Ehjb tjest op August is fixed lor the rednctlon el the Irish sugar duty . O"C 0553 £ __» "S skilx has been said to consist in Jreeping the peasantry at the boiling point , and preventing ffwrri boning over . TlTELYE Psasoss ns . ve L _! a the office of Mayor of fhed ^ of Washington anoe ths year 1802 . Of tfcds number five weTa practical printers . Accounts have been leceiVBd from tha Governor of Seoejalioibe 2 a nit They announce the almost total failnre this year of the g _ m crop . Tkb Coric Examiner states that "Bsbectt and her : D __ ghier _ " hxn lately made their appearance in

      Ireland . WJS _¦ __ . _ £ ? , from the Liverpool Times , that the diigneefnl practice of placing -women in the public stocks is being re-rived tt Prescot and St Helen ' s . MS . J _ . $ rj £ s sold nine shert-boms , at Derby , for 600 guineas .- and Sir . Watson , of W-UHnenatn , b Ebort-hoxu Iteifer far ISO ralneas . —Jfarit 2 ka _! Express . The iLisoxic Grand Lodge of England haa -voted j £ U > & 0 tcrsrarda a monnment to the memory of thtir Illustrions Crand Master , the Jate Dote or Sngsex 2 l £ C 0 BDrNG to the last census of lbs Bosnan empire , the total irnmbe- of inhabitants who can write asd read "jraa 4 . 267 , SS 5 , cr the proportion of th » trhole pep-lagan of one to twelve . TThs jVctc Orleans Picayune , aTmflfag 1 *> a candidate ' s aecJat-tson ftu&be -son > d head -he president or die , ays , " "Ween a man pledges bis honour to die , be onset to die—or pemb in the attempt . "

      Thb 5 UHEE& of xocoxoTiTES os the German raHiRijE , according to M . Ton Beden , is 2 * 5 , of which thrrty-ei ^ ht are Germsx , 166 Englifb ., twelve Belgian , andftwtnty-niiie AmtxicaiL . A Px&adox . —The Hertford Times , in aUnsion tolhe deatbsftfee Jivonrite horse Haley , says , *• after he had ran the Sisnage Stakes , and was taken to the stable , be ecxdd neither stssd nor lie down I " 3 $ X ASEBiESeliatEr ^ d 3 nse 33 > Mimentslate 3 yBiafieiii ^ iilsdelpiiis , a -sroman ' a tocpie ttfi been fonnd capable of Tnoyiitg cue thoQsand iiiiifi Jnjudisd sd& twenty times Jn amirrDt- . A TOt ^ G bialrwayman was cSered his life , after confiemnaHon , if he wenid consent to have bis teg ent off , ffeat a new styptic might be triei •• What j » replied he , aud % o lipins to ths aeril at last ? Up , 1 " 11 be a djBrEt ^ " sbq wasbasnd I

      TffR DraEcioas of toe Belgian railroads are bnlldinfa dflige || 6 wjth twofloGTB . ^ ie upper pan will be ft gbxad ^ Say , from which an rxttTiwre view of the eomtry will be commanded . 1 % is to ran between 33 ege snS Tariers . Ihb AJfycAX Income of charitable endowxeents in 32 sgIaBd and Wales exceeds ^ i _ 2 © 0 COO ; vbe coHimis ^ em > f inqoiry cost reasy . ££ 60 oco ; amd yet nothing tJSxlasl fcis been done towards remedying the szuss abuses TFhich it exposed .

      O ^ Thubsbat , the steam-patkst Batavier , Csptsln IDoblps , sxriTBd offSt Xathaiine ' a S team-pact tt WZtaif , from Rotterdam . lari of ber csrgo consisted of 450 baskets of potatoes and 50 B h ^ tjfrotn i , f carrents , which "Were aasizced to tes-o st ^ eTTigi 3 d Spifoif ttvlfls ssaxket . THhKT . HiS BEES an BXtTSOrfiinary demami for copies of Hr . Tsstj' 2 aamon . "Upwards of 3 . 000 copies fcaTe been sect to Ireiand . Two editions of 6 0 D 0 eaeh , havebeen printed , asd a third edition , it is expected , is about- to issue . Cossqxisg—TEB . T l—The directors of the hew railway of Rsnkfort-oii-lbe-OaeT have lesolTed to leep at erery stsdsn a qnsntiiy of bandages and medicines , in order that ia case of accident aome relief may be given in the fesfe iEEiaBce .

      35 THE pieasure-grcunds of Six CBsarto Sxlse , st Bremcre , there is a splendid specimen cf the tnJip tree , « f abent 200 years' growth , and supposed to be the ibat in ^ England , with thousands of flawera now in fall perfecSon . Ajctest HTBBOSTilic Sec . —PJniascb ssys , in his "life of AlexandET , " that the Eabjlcunsza = ssd , finring the dog-daySj to Bleep CO " aMns filled with watet The Passes gees between Pranra and 3 ngl ? md feom 21 * J to 2 > Jh Jmie r—BjB- ^ ogns . « ..... 1 J 4 # By fe ^ s , . ... 567 A 2 * BW Ajrp BZiXTjTXTL IKO 5 Eoai , isteoded lor the inesessSig rrttrcoatEe between Sonthsiupton saa H = rsre , SEd aanstd the South Western , arrived in fi ; eSi « itbampton ir ^ r on Wednesday week .

      On Qib 3 rd of July , the railway was opened fr » m laDelo B-mbabc a great tewn in &e c&tton mannfactering district , latrng ida Tonreoing between thirty and ibrty thousand people . The distance is , we be-Bfeve , Tcoder Ihi usHea-A xetteb from Labeck sys , * ' the number of failures in Qn 8 e $ y Ins angicected wiSiin Qib laBt ten yesrs , in ao insatfd smaDei , tbat st present they actually exceed ihc * e of S ^ abor ^ h , the popalateon and Hade of wiieh-are STe . ttnes prater tban onrs . " The CoKEEcnosii Teibcsai of Meis condemned , » few deys bsck . toayesi ' a imprisonment and a fine , the iBBXimnm of ptrnisbment allowed by the law , a man , who , on ths occasion el file Fete J ) ieu , presented him * « effin * state of T ^ rfecs Bnfiity in the public street at the mome&i the -pzc-orsion trsg rasaing .

      3 d 2 SSBS . MiiiEB , KaTHSHIH , and Ca , ofBlackwaU , have jnst complfcted a uew iron boat lor the louSon and Slarj ^ atef tatioa , a vessel , wMcb bias well to * inpasB * Teiythi = gtbathas habeito appeared . Her machinery is f f great power , and ber cabin ihe prettiest that can hr rho « i op tbe livei . Coed Wuek PcBlSHICKai . —Tha offieeis of ifce Aabsrs sta ^ prison have recently sebstitnted Ihe effu-&m of cold water upon the bodies of refractory prixonExs instead of Beonrring This is an important change inpriam msclpline , and is likely to be adopted -very generally thron £ hcnt the United States . AT flSB OF OI 7 K common schools , the tsssbsr , in tsie&psmg Ms sdioizTS . pnt the followiiJjJipiEBti&n ;—" ¦ JRhai -ns sa&e to » ve light to lha world ?" ** Matdses J" criBd one cf the yoangstera , after a short pause .

      A PoPDioSj PEBybB 3 i * 5 CE- —The Jlofavia Times . BewTork paper , states that the sheriff and his assistant performed tb « duty r-f haBjSng Bexjamin 1 > - White in a " TOWfcer ifarf anrf fte « Rprooafioa of 6 B . presad a . ajxnAET Tea Pabit ^—A miitia captain in 3 krla&ire cennty jssj 3 aa American &&& ) recemng a itfe from a lady , ^ tqaestiBg " "She pleasure of bis toapaxp to tea , " nndeistood it as a cemplimeal to those * ss 66 r his command , atsd msrebed the whole of them to the htaree at the honr appointed . Sih Peteb ItiCSiE says there is one great rrcom 2 B * ne ai £ on m the woofi pavement—economy ; -whidi he &ai 3 y jsotes fcy shomn 5 that , if it fio not sava the l > o * sa ^ tioes , at an treats it mats them sii ? P £ Jis . — ?» ci .

      A Hasd CiSE . —Thechaplain of the Bdinbnrgh gsoi «» tec ^ ned bis situation , having gone over to the * J "« 8 caanch . " His copfreffalion had a con ^ denfions ^ are & follow iheir pastor , bat the intolerant gaoler * onton * t aHowlhemJ " . .. . - 3 ok 33 s -TRiH a wmrESS . "—The witness spoke ^* plow a ^ icaie of voice that as «> nns 6 l inqniied if ** was usanied ? TVitn » 8 : Q , deaii yes , Sir . ^^ 3 s Thpn l wiBh yon wouia speak as lonS as yon ?* f * B j ojb to yonr hn 5 bana--JlaBghter ) . C 3 o 6 c of f * ( The learned coEnsel was no donbtsmairied ^ Jfeaett ) aJ ^ t CtEjca . —A « mlemponB 7 » J « , 4 hat tracBceni ^^ a is = jhe spiritnal eogncseeBeejof psycbo ^ eal S ^^ B ^ ir eonaectetfwith , eonnatant ademptioiLof

      j **»» JBon » Btion . jj ^ jBAeeixT Spobtshax , boasang of the eapaj ^^ <* a very indiflfefEnt horse , note that the T ^^ waa haveTTOn a certehi aee , onlyhB n » *^ f «« M 0 i » « B » only am « , fflid » bystander , Sr ™ i « fit terra against . " i e ^* ^ B ^ -lhes 8 ' tronblefl 0 ine BtUe insects may aajr **^ fiestroyea-wJSiOBt the « e of poSsoit J 5 ) 0 ca ^ j 5 ) ocBfnl of gtond Hack pepper , cue teajaix fv ^ wown « gar , and one JaWespoonfvi of creain , a tk ^ , ** icgeai £ » , aaipiMfl S « n in Sie room , « n e ^^^ aeJiaite trsoK Hflme , and they wffl

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      "Mi , " said a hopefnl yonth , " may I go to play to-day ? " « Ko , chfld , " was the replyi " Well , then if yon don't 1 st me , 111 go and get the measles ; for 1 know a "boy -whohas * em prime ! " \ THE SEiGaBOUEHooD of Kendal , which- has been famed for the growth of fine fruit , has this year suffered much from the cold east winds of Whitaun week . The apples have been nearly all destroyed . i As English lady oa arriving at Calais , on her way to make the grand tour , was surprised , and somewhat fafffgng ^ t at being termed for the first time in her life a foreigner . ** Too mistake , madam , " said j sbe to the libeller , with some pique— ' it is you who are foreigners —we are English . " - 1

      A Mihistbb . of the Kirk complained to another that he had got a ringing ia . his head 1 " Do ye ken the reason o * that ? " asked his worthy oonyi " 2 f » l " " 111 tell ye then , it * heeaow if * emptyf" " And havd ye never a ringing in yom head > " qaoih the other . Ifa , never . * " And do ye ken the reason ? lite because if * cracked I" was the retort ; and the tzuth was not very far off : Sir J . Jnynx was a great favourite with G « orge the Third , who once observed to him , " they tell me , Sir John ; that yon love a glass of wine . " f" Those , " replied Iiwin , "who to informed your Majesty have done me great injustice ; they ahonld have aaid a bottle . " I

      Test Teto . —One of onr Methodist clergymBn , last Sunday , Temaiked tbat if all the world believed the second coming was to take place on the 23 rd of April , 1843 , at three o ^ elock , pjn ., two-thbrds of them would delay all preparation tor it tfll half-past tytd >\—Albany Patriot . \ A NBGBO Dialogub . — " I say , Bajs , where do d&t comet rise at V " It rises in the 46 th meridian ob de frigid zodiac , as laid down in tha comet almanac " " Well , where do it set , Bex ? " *• Set ! yonjblack fool —it dont set nowhere ; when it get * tired < of « bMng it goes into its hole » " ; Scotch BEiATioasHiP .-rSir George Maekeuiia once stated that an old woman in the island of St Hilda claimed relationship with him , on the gronnd that her mother ' s aunt had suckled a sister of Sir George's grandmother ! {

      A 7 BISST , named Abbo , was condemned to death st Borne , on the SOth ult-, for the murder of bisnephew . The 3 Pope , in order that there may be no privilege of crime for any clus , has deprived him of lri » ecclesiaBtical consecration , and there is , consequently , now no obstacle to his being executed . ' Thbxb abb in London and Its environs : 107 , 965 female servants , and in Holborn alone 29 . 000 , of whom 1-MKJO to 15 000 are constantly out of place . \ In England aaa Wales there are £ 130 , 000 , 000 of : property

      in honsehold fcrnitare , £ 16 000 , 000 in wearing apparal , and £ 31 , 000 , 000 in plate , jewels , < fca , under the care of female servants . . ; A HlGHLAKDMAK " s Aksweb . —A gentleman from the Highlands of Scotland , attended by his trusty servant Ronald , a native of Xochsber , in JnvernBaahire , when travellmg through the fertile and deli ^ htfnl plains of Italy , asked Donald what he would do if he possessed an estate there ? Donald instantly replied : ! "Please your honour , I would sell him and buy an-estatein Loehaber I "

      The j-ate Duel . —The bail of Mr . Gnuiver , the surgeon , implicated by the verdict of the jury in the death ofthB 1 st * Colonel Tawcett , -waa extended before Mr . Justice Coltman in Chambers . The additional securities to appear and take his trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court are , himself in £ 600 , and four sureties in £ 250 each . Expeditions Tbateixikg . —The special train on Thursday evening , with the party of his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg , performed the journey , 77 miles , in cue hour sad thirty-nine minutes , from Southampton to YanxhalL

      TJSDBT . —A person named Godard was tried on Friday fey the Tribunal of Correctional Police , on a charge cf lending money on nsury . It being ; proved in evidence that he had taken IS , 14 , 28 , IS , 24 , and eves 40 per cent , interest in many of his transactions , ¦ which amounted in the whole to 400 . 0 D 0 fr ., he was found guilty , and sentenced to a fine of 50 . 600 lr . asd tke coats . Sailwat Speed . —Tbe extraordinary spped at which Prince Albert travelled on the Great Western Bailway , on Wednesday last , on his visit to . and return from , Bristol has been the subject of much conversation . A distance at font miles , between Steventon and WaHlnfford-road station , was accomplished in three minute * and forty-eight seconds ; alBO . between Twjford and Slough , ten miles in eleven minute ! The train went with such speed that many tmall birds were cut iownJ

      AS A 5 TJ-MAXTHX 3 S 1 AS . —A genfieman engaged in taking tbe census of Louisville ( United States ) informs the Editor of the Eadttckian that he came across a man who is fifty-ye&ra of age ; be had been married three times ; by his first wife be bad eleven , by his second wife he had ten , and twelve by bis hut wife , making thirty-three children ; and his wife is now in a very intersetiDg state . Twenty-three of his « hildren are boys , imd ten girl »; nineteen l > oys and six girls are living He at&nied in bis eighteenth year , and remained in a state of widowhood three yt-axa .

      • Cubioes Calculation . —It is reported that the bite 2 ilr . Arkwright l « ft his » 0 D-in-law , Yioe-Chascellor Wigram , tbe sum of one million of money . Now , supposing this te be correct , and in sovereigns , it would have taken tbe learned gentleman the astonishing number of thirty-fife days to count it , at the rate Of ziXty a minute far eitht hours a day , and would weigh , allowing fonr . sovereigns to the ounce avoirdupois , six tons one ewL , two qrs-, oce lb ., and would require four strong horses to draw it .

      IMP 0 BTA 5 T TO SU 1 TOBS IS CHAKCEBT . —Having ccaiion the other day to visit the Chancery efficea , we discovered an announcement which we are sn 7 pri 3 eo has not been more generally noticed , and we take no little credit on ourselves for being thB first to ghe ea&e&ded publicity to the important public directions to the nnhappy suitors , who may have been jwandering in the Court for so many years . Tbe information is contained in the following abort announcement , The W 3 y out , " which we can assure our readers we have copied from an official notice stuck np in that

      Court—Paacfc . A Sham Attobjtet . —A sham attorney , named Keene , was committed for trial in london , tie othei day , ona « hargeof fraud . He bad got bold of aneldeily simpleton , nsmed Benjamin Newport , and contrived to make him believe that an action had been comnienced agaiBBt him . Then , by continually serving ugly-looking law papers upon him , he extracted no less than ^ £ 30 ¦ bom his pocktta , in tbe na » e of fees . Several other pejsocs baa been " aerved" in the same way by ; the knavish prisoner .

      Yavbb op Eoosvs . —• " There is no one to talk to , and books only weaken your nnderstandin' as water does brandy . They make yon let others , guess for yon , instead of guessin' for yourself . Servants spile your habits here , and books spile your mind . 1 wouldn't swap ideas with any man ' s . 2 make my own opinions , as 1 C 3 ed to do my own clocks ; and 2 find they are truer than other icen ' s . Tbe Tmks are so cussed cesvy . they have peopib to fiance fer " em ; the English are whs , for tfeey hirj people to thick for em . Never read a book . Sgoire ; always think for yourself—Sam Slick in Endatid .

      A Txw DATS SI 5 CE tbe under-ostler of tbe White Hart Hotel , at Windsor , fonnd a bag containing nearly 1 , OM > aovfcreJgns , rnder the follo-wiag eircBiustences IIn drawing out a ehaise beiongiDg to Mr . Asaieyi ( a member o ! the Society of Friends , and-ef the firm cf Ashley and Sons , the extensive brewers of Siaines ) . 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 teat into the ttraw . The man nicked it up unseen by auy one and carried it to the ijesfl-tsaer , by whom it was immediately handed ito PIK the hatd-waiter In the establishment TJpcu Mr . Ashley returning , two or three hours afterwards , it was discovered that the bag and its valuable contents were bis property , which be had carelessly left on the seat of bis chaise while he went inte the town to transact his" business . The man , through whose honesty tfce -whole of tbe property was returned safe into tbe hands of its thoughtless owner , was liberally rewarded with 20 a . ! ]

      i ~ Coirncnos tos . Mcedeb . —At the assizes at Bedford , Sarah D&zley was charged with the wilful murder of her husband , William Dszley , by adznnjislPring areenic to him on the 29 th of December las * . The case excited great interest . The prisoner -was arrested in London , baviEg absconded , after a marriage inw vrhicfa "he was about to enter with a young man named Waldocb , had been hrokes off , in consxqneBce of reports of her having caused the death of her two husbands , and of a boy , the = on of her first husband . All three of the bodies wete exhsiced and examined , and traces of poison were discovered in all of them . An immense mass of circumstantial evidence vras produced , and the jury having j-etnxned a verdict of gufljy , she was sentenced to death . Tbe Learned Judge ( Alderson ) held oot so hopes of pardon .

      Thb Late Mb . Abernbtht , —It is well known to -all who eonsalUd 1 Mb talented and celebrated surgeon , thai he principally relied on nature herself in his attempts to cure "&e maladies of bis patients . This he chitfly eleoted by relieving the digestive organs of iheir improper contents , and having thus procured relief , made it permanent by keeping the alimentary canal in its proper healthy state , using mSd aperients . EramptonVPiU of Health igamedicane ol this character , heing gentle in its operation , and destitute of causing ihose griping pains , which are TregnentJy attendant on the administration , of pnrg&iive medicines . ]

      Shgwtkg Cjltssb . —Qnee upon » thne ibe good men © f HerWordsWre having been xaAer chary or drawing aear and giving their attendance upon **» y lords the ^ oeen ' sJQsSces of asBze , ** taeirl 6 rd&uipsnad a nuna to fine every jnryiDan Trho eould not adduce rery safisiaeVory leaBons for lis absence . * Ehe ^ naine of Robert Simpson was called—no response was made ; the call tras repeated thrice , Tn&sffll \ no reply . ^ Ksehhn , fine him , " said Hslordship , " & **** notf-BtitL one of the jurymen in waiting . ** Better not V said thelearned associate , " lAat do youmean iy that ! " " You had better not , " rejoined Mr , Jorynan , "Why man ! why not ! " angrily demanded his lordship . " Cos yon see . my lord , ifs no ase j -ae Ws lyflitin' at home to be hai&d .

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      A Family CcSnzxjon . —A ne ^ ro pacsir ^ alons : Keet- ^ treei , waa assonished at heariug a voice eall sat How d ' y © do , Massa- Mungo ; how d ' yo do , SnbTsb&U : ' aed tn looking up , observed it proceeded from a jiarrot , in a splendid gilt cage .- — "Ahs , massa Parrot *' jBaid Blackoo , you great maa here ; you live in pold \ Home vow , but me know jour fader very vrell ; he live in biishP ' ' We HAVE been much pleased by tho perusal of a little work , entitled " Tales of the B&sxt , " by Lord

      William Lspioi ; which from its extreme . simplicity * weheliere it to be the genuine productioii of his Lordship . The- following short extract is all that we can find room for at present : — The maiden wept : and I said , * Why we . epesl thon , maiden I She answered not , neither did she speak , but sobbed exceedingly ; and I again Baid , * Maiden , why weepeat thon 2 * StiU she continued j and the third time 1 raised my voice and said , 'Maiden , why weenest thou ? ' And she answered and said , 'What s that to you ^ Mind your own business . ' "—Punch .

      Tbe Late Webdisg . —We must describe C the wedding . —We have already Baid that the sun rose from hifl bed at an early honr , an example which was followed by the bridegroom , wbo pre pared to dross for the wedding . ! His master of the wardrobe , who is also comptroller of the leather portmanteau and groom of the hat-box , was in attendaace with the insignia of his Various offices . Tha hereditary duko having tried Rowland ' s Macassar , aud had an audiencee of himself in the glass of a Mechian dressingcase , repaired to Buckingham Palace , which had been the spot fixed for the wedding . The ceremony was performed in the usual style of royalty . And when tbe prelate who performed the office came to the words " with all my worldly goods I thee endow , " ihe Duke of Cambridge , v ? ho always tninka out loud , kept up a running accompaniment of " wall , that ' s

      capital 1 worldly ; goods , indfeed ! I shonld . Iike to see * enij" and other pleasant obserrations ; which , as Sirelitz senior and Mecklenburgh junior neuher of them understood English very well , were supposed by tbe father and : eon to be a gash of fervent ejaculation from the fatlier of the brido , invoking happiness on the new married couple . At the end of the ceremony the happy pair set out for Kew to spend the honey-moon . The bride ' s wardrobe had been conveyed there already , and young Sirelitz had arranged to have bis carpetbag left at Kew Bridge , where it was met by bis royal highness ' s lord of the luggage , who carried it to ibe palace . The Duke of Cambridge behaved very liberally to the poor in the neighbourhood ; and Strelhz senior gave away « u the occasion—his eldest eon— -a . piece of munificence in every way worthy of Meckleuburgh . —Punch .

      A Significant Hint . —The Whig organs are striving hard to prove [ that if their party was restored to office , tbe Repeal agitation would bo extinguished . They assure us that nothing more is necessary than a change of placemen to bring halcyon days to Ireland . We recommend the following morceau from the 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 can be feared by its enemies . Above all , a government must be sure that it is in the right , and able to impart that assurance to tbe nation wnose

      aid it calls for , before it can count on the moral force , that sound and uncorrupted body of public opinion , which has never yet quailed in England before either external or internal foes . It is not the millions arrayed in Ireland , not the ; hundreds , or thousands , who meet in England ; it is not Mr . O'Connell , nor Mr . Fe&rgua O'Connor ( the former of whom disowns the latter ;—it is no popnlsr nor ¦ physical force we fear , if public opinion is union—if that opinion is pronounced for union , which luu never yd , been pronounced in vain . It is no affront to Ireland to say that , it England supports her government , of those in Ireland—Amongst whom W £

      INCLUDE ALX IRISHMEN ( WJTH A V&W AMBITIOUS EXOEPT 10 SS } WHOKSOW THE INTERESTS OF THEIR OW 8 COT 3 NTRT AND OURS—IF , IN SHORT , THOSE CLASSES IN BOIU COUNTRIES WHOSE DELIBERATE VOICE HAS HITHERTO BEEN OMNIPOTENT , GIVE THAT VOICE IN FAVOUR OF A GOVERNMENT BESOL \ 3 TE TO KEEP THEM UNITED , THERE 18 NO POWER IN MERE NUMBERS , GOADED BY WANT OH PASSION , TO BEPEA 1 THAT TJsiOJi . Multitude never becomes soTereigDty , tiil the natural sovereignty of mind i » abdicated—till complete anarchy has taken place of the cultivated intelligence whose rule is legitimate in all couBtries . . Thai this intelligence it on the side of the Iiith Itepealen assuredly ve do not think , But is it united on the side of tbe power which has to withstand repeal ? 'There is our danger . On the one aide enthusiasm—os tee other nothing to excite enthusiasm . ' *

      Now the Globe would have us beliore that tbe Bepealers nave it all their own way because the Tories bold the reins of office . Were they driven from power it is more tban insinuated that the old set would be recalled ; and that they would be 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 doubl very much ; as we do not believe the Whiga ever possessed popular confidence ' or attachment to tbat 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 to the ancient expedient Of BKJBfcBY OP JfETTBAI . LAWYERS AM > AGITATORS J but ice question whether the people have not their eyes too attentively fixed upon the game to give any hope of the deception succeeding . —Dublin World .

      Distressing Accident at Ring-wood . —A fatal accident occurred nea ^ r this town on Friday evening last . As a fly from' Wimborne , with the Rev . T . . Kayler . of Lincoln , his wife and son , was descending the hill near the turnpike-gate , tbe horses became restive when the young man who was sitting on the box tviib the post-boy , being alarmed , jumped off Mr . Kayler , on seeing it , immediately opened the door and jumped out , followed by Mrs . Nayler , who fell , and was killed on the spot . Mr . Kayler was taken np insensible , and conveyed to the Crown Inn . Every attention has been paid him by Mr . Charles Westcott , Mirgeon , and hopes are now entertained of his recovery . \

      SnvGULAB ACCIDENT . —On the 16 th instant M , Kirach , an aeronaut , was about to makes an ascension at Nant € 8 , but while the balloon was being inflated , a sudden gale of wind tore it from his hands , and those of fifteen other persons who were holding it down . It mounted into the air , with its boat suspended by only oneicord and the safety rope , with the grappling iron attached to tho other end . In its passage , before rising , th « iron caught hold of a boy , twelve years old , named Guerin , the fluke entering at the opening at the bpttom of bis trousers , and running up 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 up into the air . With tho courage aud judgement sometimes inspired by danger instinctively into the weakest minds , the lad caught the tops y rith both bis bands , and thus clung in comparative safety . After a * iort time the ^ ae 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 had not received any bruise or injury , not even the slightest scratch , from the grappling-iron , ahheagb it had pased between his fckin and clothes . —GaUgnani ' s Messenger .

      Modes op Salutation . —Greenlandershave none , and laugh at the idea of one person being inferior to another . Islanders near the Philippines take a person ' s hand or foot , and rub it over their facp . Laplanders apply their nogSB Btrongly against the person they salute . 5 In New Guinea , they place leaves upon the heads of those they salute . In the Straits of the Sound tbay raise tho left foot of the person saluted , pass it gently over the right leg , and thence over the Jace . The inhabitants of the : Philippines bend very low , placing their hands on their ebeefes , and raise one foot in the air , wkb the knee bent .

      An Ethiopian takes the robe of another and ties it about him , so &s to leave his friend almost naked . The Japanese take off a slipper , and the people ot J . rracan their sandals , in the street , and their stocking ? , in the house , when they salnte . The Negro Kxngs on the . coast of Africa B&lule by snapping the middle finger three timeB . Tae inhabitants of Carmene 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 , bt-nd iheir faces to the earth two or three times , and use many other affected modes .

      They havs also a kind of ritual , or " academy of compliments , " by which ^ they regulate the number of Lows , genuflections , and words , to bo spoken upon any occasion . Ambassadors practice these ceremonies forty days before they appear at Court . In Otaheite they rub their noses together . Tbe Dutch , who are considered as great eaters , have a morning salutation , common among all ranks , u Smankelyk eeten 1 M " May you eat a hearty dinner r Another is , "Hoe vaarfc a- awe V' " flow do yon sail V adopted , no doubt , in the early periods of the republic , when they were all great navigators and fishermen . ¦

      The nsual salutation at Cairo is , "How do you sweat ! " a dry bet skin being a sire indication of a destructive ephemeral fever . Some author has observed , in contrasting the haughty Spaniard with ? the frivoulous Frenchman , that tbe proud , steady gait , and inflexible solemnity of the former , were expressed in his mode of salutation , "Comeestal '' * 3 L 6 yt do yon stand V whilst the " Comment votis portfi-rous ! " "Hofrdoyon carry yourself T" was eanally expressive of the gay

      notion and incessant action of the latter . Tbe common salutation in the southern provinces of China amongst the lower orders is , Yafan !" Have yon eaten your ricel " In Africa , a young woman , an intended bride , brought a little water in ; a calabash , and kneeling down before her lover desired him to wash his bands ; vrhen he had done this , the girl , with a tear of joy sparkling in ner eyes , drank the water ; this w&s considered as & 9 greatest proof of her fidelity and attachment .

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      t : fiDi ! VG to the last census of tho Russian empire , the total number of inhabitants who can write and road was 4 , 167 . 995 , or ! tho proportion to tho vmolp population as one to twelve . Foreign Fruit and Vegetables . —The markets k ? J U Sotted with cherries , strawberries , black and red currant berries , for which we are inoebfced , jit will be Been py the following paragraph from in ^ Hull Rochingham ^ to our continental neighpours . ( ' Ihe foreign fruit and vegetables brought i u Jif ?* ^' fioMoQ w very considerable , which has bad the effect of reducin g in prtco the productions of our home gardeners . The Emerald Isle , from

      Sin \ t ? on Sunday last , ; for instance , brought 451 TbasketB ( average laibs , ieach ) of eherries ; 199 pasKets jred and black currants ; six hampers extremely fine cucumbers ; fire large hampers ( about 6 feet long , 4 feetbi < vfl 4 , an ^ S feet deep ) of cauliflowers ; which , on their appearance at market , excited great attention , and : a ready Bale ; and 50 nam-pers | o . f ¦ potatoes . This ia but a speoimen of what the Emerald Isle alone ia bringing every week throughout the Bummer . The further imports of fruit , are , wo ara informed , likely to be very large . Considerable portions of those imports have already found their way into various inland towns by the railways and steamers .

      Eve | iy Dog has his day . " —The Whig day gone fob ever . —The Whigs will not be abld to induce the people to help them to regain office upon easy terms . Fair promises or maudlin sympathy will not do , and thi 8 they now begin to perceive in rather a dissatisfied mood . They do not like to outbid the 'JJories , and yet they find it most uncomfortable to remaiu out of Downing-street . All the party , from Lord John Russell down to Hoaa , of Belfast , with looks of pity beseech that they may not be pressed too far . They cannot gulp Repeal , nor do away with the Church ; but they are reauy to pacify the country by providing for hungry lawyers , and pensioning the Catholic clergy . Were anything requisite to convince the Whigs that their old policy

      is for ever out of fashion , the proceedings at tho la ' e meeting at Marylebone ought to be sufficient to bring home conviction to the most sceptical and obtuse . Sir Benjamin Hall , a pretty constant sapporter of the late Ministry , called a meeting of his constituents and other well-disposed persons , to consider what steps should be taken to tranquillise Ireland . At this preparatory meeting , a great many attended ; but none of the magnates of tbe Whifi ; party , if we except Mr . Thomas Wyae . \ i is probable that Mr . Wyse scented the tone of public feeling at tho Marylebone rehearsal ;

      for we dolnot find that be attended the demonstration , whioh turned out in the sequel to be nothiDg else but an anti-Whig and Repeal exhibition . Many of these f ^ have been , much to their credit , carrying on a factious warfare against the Tories , kept clear of Marylebone ; and we think they were wise in doing so . ' The demonstration , ' nevertheless ,, was a respectable affair—the Chairman behaving well , and the speakers , among whom was honest Sharraan Crawford , ; eloquently and fearlessly exposing the grievancesjand wrongs of Ireland . When matters had advanced aboat half way , a Mr . Ridley , a Char da t , proposed this startling resolution i—

      " That the meeting was further of opinion that tha conduce of ' the late and present Governments towards Ireland has been uDjust anil tyrannical , aud the Irish nation has an undoubted risht to take such legal measures as they may deem bast calculated to procure a Repeal of the Union . " Will it be credited , that thia resolution was sconded , and what is more , unanimously carried 1 !! This is a sore blow to the vanity of the ex-official Whigs—wHile this evidence of : popular sentiment proves hov £ correct our estimate , was of the Maibourne Cabinet and its retainers . The best joko of

      the whole ; is , however , yot to come . The meeting agreed that a memorial should bo presented to the Queen , grounded of course , upon the resolutions which had been passed ; and whom , gentle reader , do you think are the parties appointed to carry it to the Throne !! Why uone other than the Earls of Cbarlemoot and Xeitrim—the very champions of Whiggery . ! These patriotic Peers , surely , will never lend themselves to slander tho late " paternal Government ; " but should they take charge of the Whig-Radical memorial of . the Maryleboue people—who wjll dare afterwards to say that we have been unjust in our casteation of the Whigs . —Dublin World .

      The Ph « . 6 sopher ' 8 Sxone . —The Philosopher ' s Stone , or in xnher 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 ia the appeur&nco 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 diacovering the grand secret of a perpetual motion ; and no more . But setting aside all probabilities and improbabilities , 'let us glance for an instant , at what so strange a discovery in science would be likely to tffect . One thing is very evident , via , that the time

      would not be-far distant when the wante of Hfo to every individual would bo 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 the very walls and furnitures of our mansions into costly gold ; what would bo tho attainment of those unheard-of possessions , without other e ^ cnti ^ l accompanimepts—health and length of life ? When a banquet of the most stimulating delicacies is spread beforo us , wejare unablo to partake with pieasure or relish ; and even shrink from tasting , unless we are moved by ? an \ appetite to partake . And thus it is with the possession of riches . Though eurrouudad by all that the philosophers' stone might ensure us , we Bhould be still unblessed—nay we should even be miserab'o , without the enjoyment of health to consummate our felicity . Now this important discovery —this necessary appendage to health without which

      the chimerical blessing ' s , of the philosophers' stone weroas nought , has already been made known and brought into daily operation . The researches of Old Parr , that well-known long-liver , have proved successful in this cardinal point of earthly comfort and happiness . Many medical discoveries have been brought to light smoe the study of the human frame first occupied tho attention of mankind : but when we lopk at a discovery ( simple in ' itself , ) not only yielding temporary relief in cases of inveterate malady , but sound and permanent health , accompanied with a prolonged exigence , we must in justice to the venerable Farr , pronounce his vegetable discovery as trie most important introduction in medical science ever yet made . We must necessarily look upon such a promoter of human comfort and erijoymenf , not only in the light of a grand medical achievement , but as an attainment surpassing in value ths magio tntn&iuMatioiia of u the Pkiluaopbers * Stone . "

      What is " Fixity of tenvbe ?"— It is an Irish expression , which , being translated into English , means " tenant right . " This jus f claim of the Irish tenantry , is denied by the extortion , and cruelty of certain Irish landlords , who think tbat a tenant has no claims—uo rights . Thus , one evil b ? geta Another ; and rcbetitou isfinvoked by tha suffering tenants , to rid themselves of the tyranny of unjust landlords , la the caurse of years , the same spirit of disaffection will prevail in England , if tho avarioious spirit of some landlords ! be allowed to progress . " Custom" gives certain RIGHTS to Ei !« lish tenants ; but some greedy landlords , beinj ? couns ' lled by ignorant aud seifish stewards , ibrco their tenants , under a threat of di-oharge , to sit ; n sgroeraenta by which their claim to tbo " custom of the country , " on leaving , is abandoned . This practice is as wicked as

      it ie foolish . If it be allowed to progress and become nniverta ) , revolution musi be the , consequence . Those silly landlords will iheu lind' their mistake . Stewards and landlords may rest assured that every attempt to weaken the just claims of the tenant to the profit of their labour in the soil , will sooner or later recoil on'their own heads . By such extortion the landlord applies a lever to the foundation of his own title . For a season , the landlord may seem to pa . n—tho end will be ruinous to his interests . Many will have cause to rr-joico if this warning bo heeded . The empire is now paying the penalty of periniuing Irish landlords and stewards to loosen tho bonds which oujjht to unite the tenants to their lords . Woe to Englaud if heir landlords and stewards shall be permitted to play the same game . —Oastler ' s Fleet paper for to-day .

      Serious Railway Accipent . —Damage to the extent of several hundred pounds was sustained on Monday afternoon , by the two o ' clock mixed train of carriages on the Dundee and Atb ^ oath Railway line taking fire . The carriages started ; from Dundee at the usual hour , ' and were midway on tho lino to Brouiihty Ferry When the firo was discovered by some labourers who were ¦ working on the road . Immediately behind the engine , were four waggons loaded with . fl . 4 X , and then one of misceUaneoua goods , consisting of flannels , cloths , laces , andjOtber similar valuable articles , ind lastly another tier of flax waggons , ending with | those conveying passengers . The fire . 'originated in some of the ashes | being blown among the flax , which readily iftnittd . aa theday was very stormv , and in theoourse of a few seconds the first coratna

      two waggons were in a bla « e » and were rapidly - nicstingto those behind . Theengjnewaeunniediately stopped , and to prevent the fire reacaiDg the last tier of waggons , they were with difficulty got detached , and conveyedfout of the reach of tbe element . No water for » considerable time could bebad , and the paBsengers and engineers broke up the burning waggons and scattered the goods about the roadside ; through vrhioh means any aiticlca tbat had hot been ignited were saved , wbife the fire was easily subdued . As it was , the damage amounts to 4300 or £ 400 . The first two flax waggons * erei almost entirely conBumed , la great part of the third and fourth , and also of j the miscellaneous R&ods therein . Gonsiderable alarm was for a short timp manifested by the female passengers , whose fear 8 , however , were soon allayed when they eaw themselves detached from the fiery train . —Glasgow Courier ,

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      myseif to prepare far swittimfaj ; for my life , and laid wy clothes npin tho companion . By thUtimetba oa-% h \ Q h ^ d stot ^ t ^ rt , and tho siiip was fast settling by tho head . Looking around me while natiressing I Saw the Rev . Mr . M'Kmzie on tha qaarter-deck praying with seven ! of ihe passengers on their knees around him * Mr . M'Kenzia seemed calm and collected . AU tae pi 3-sengers around him were praying too ; but Mr . M'Kinzie ' s voice was distinctly heard above them all . I heard the Captain say that we mast do the best we could for oureelves . I saw » lady , with two children , close beside me on tbe ( Companion , calmly resigning herself to the Almighty . The children seemed unconscioaa of the danger , for they were talking about aome triflinic 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 tbo anction occasioned by the vessel sinking . I soon got up again , however , and got bold of a plant and the steps which led to the quarter-deck . The stewardess attempted to get hold of me ; but I extricated myself from her , to swemy o-wn life . By this Ume the scane was a mart dismal one . The surface of the water was covered with the dead and the dying . Tho screeching w * a fearfuL One of tbe firemen also attempted to get hold of the plank whieh I had , but 1 swam away from him . I remained floating about till half-past sis , when I was

      picked np by a boat from the Martello . I \ raa then about a mile from the wreck , and the people in the Martello did not for some time observe me , till I attracted their attention fry waving a stick . One little l > oy ( probably tha boy Scott ) kept himself afloat for about three hours on a part of the skylight coveting , 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 tba coast of S 5 . Domingo , when I was three d * y » and three nights on a reef . It was the experience I learned then which gave me the idea of taking off my clothes before leaping into the sea .

      Hildyard said , —I belong to Beverley ; my father is a clergyman there . I have for several yeara followed tho trade of a seaman . ; but I was going to Hull a ? a passenger by the Peaasua . I think it was about half-past two when the vessel struck . I was below at the time , but vhea I heard the crash . I went on deck . I was at once aware , from the concussion , that the ship had struck on a rock . I ran forward and looked into the forecastle , and found her fast filling with water . I perceived the captain and mate in earnest conversation gu the cross-bridge , between the paddls-boxas . I heard tbe captain order the engine to be reversed , wbieh was immediately done . I tfeen went aft , and found the peoplo all rushing into tho 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 sot op again , and the boateooQ afterwards swamped . I heard same passengers eagerly asking the captain wbat was best to be done . I did not hear his answer , but he did not seem much agitated . Seeing the boat fast sinking , I took off my hat , boots , and stock , anti 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 Hght -were burned by order of tbd mate as a signal of distress . I think about balf an hear elapsed from the time the vessel struck till she went down . It was certainly not more . I was standing on the after-part of tbe larboard paddle-box when she went down , and I sank 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 fchcra . When I roaa to ihe surface , the top part of the funnel and the stern of thfl quarter-deck were just disappearing . The first thing I got hold of was tbe accommodation-ladder , which I got astride of . I perceived about eight feet ef the foremast Btanding oat of the water , and a , carpenter clinging-to it . I asked him if there was room for two , and he said theTe was . I then proceeded to lash the ladder with my rape to tbe mast-head , and we both of us stood upon this ladder , which was under water , until we were picked up by the Martello . When w « left it there was only about two feet of the mast visible . If we had been much louder , we could not have held on JU 9 & before the vessel went down , I saw a woman climbing up the main rigging ;; but she must have gone dowa with , the vessel , foil i never saw her again .

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      Guy ' s Hospital Built bv Losing a Husband — Thomas Guy , tha founder of thi- hwpiial , hadagre «< i to marry ma female servant , whose manners pleasefl him . Some few days before the tirae arrived for celebrating their nuptials , he , ha . d ordered the pavn m «* . nt before his door io be repaired 10 a particular spot . H ivin ^ t loft home , bis servant discovering a broken fl' ^; bvycr . d tho spot pointed out b y her intenut'd , dr ^ i red it aiso to be it placed by another , thus prematun Iy assuming aii authority by telling tti « workmen w » say to Mr . Guy , " I bid you , and he won ' t bo Hiinry . " < la his return , and being inform * d of her conduct in this affair , bo runoanced his en-« at «? meui . mth her , ana , u < tvrinmed to devote his roriune to charity , be buik th « hospital which bears his name stt a cost of £ 18 793 . ltJs . Id . and after warrfa left for the endowment of it , the sum o £

      acboss the Ocean , ho . —Mr . J « , Sn Wise , of Laneasttr , ^ fcausylvama , to wht »« name the newapaners generally tack the titl « " se .-anaut , " has pubiiBhed in the Lancaster Intelligencer a , card , in which he announees bis purpose to make an air voyage , by balloon , across the Atlantic , in tho summer of 1844 And he gives this long-beforehand uotice , in order that traversers of the ocean may not take hi 3 travelling equipage for a huge living monster , and go to popper it with grape-shot and musket balls . He describes his balloon as follows : — *• The balloon ia

      to be one hundred feet ia diameter , whioh will giv # a net ascending- power of twenty-five thousand pounds , being amply sufficient to make everything safe aitd comfortable . A sea-worthy boat is to be used for the oar , which is to be depended on , in case the balloon should happea . to fail in accomplishing the voyage . Tha boat would also be calculatedlupon , in caaexhe regular current of wind Bhould be diverted trom the course ? by the influence of the ocean , or through other causes . The crew to consist 6 t three persons , namely , an aeronaut , a navigator , and a scientific laadsman . "

      Father O'Lkaht and Counsbllob CtBRAN . — - One _ day after dinner Gurran aaid , Reverend Father , f wish you were St . Peter . " « And why , Counsellor , would you wish that I were Sfc * Peter " asked G'Leary . "Because , Reverend Father , in that case , " replied Curran , ** you would Have tha keys of heaven , and you could let me in . " ^ 1 $ f t £ j honour and conscience , " feplicci the Divine , ** fi would be better forgou that 1 had the keys of the other place , for then I could let you oafc " - —Curran enjoyed the joke , which he admitted had a good deal of justice u—Scrap Booh .

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      morning , where she lies at present . The occurrence was observed by several of the fishermen beleugins to Holy Islaad , who promptly put off to render assistance , but we understand they oid not succeed in saving any lives-They picked up several dead bodies , among whom were some females dressed in their night-clothes . The Martello steamer , ( belonging also to the same company ) , op ber voyage from Hull to Loitb , rounded North Sanderland Point about four } o ' clock on Tnnrsday morning , and picked up a boat contoing five or six persons . These are believed to be tha whole saved from this unfortunate vessel . The Mnrtallo , we understand , conveyed these , as also the bodies of each of the unfortunate sufferers as bad been found , round to Leith .

      TOTAL WRECK OF THE PEGASUS STEAMIER .-LOSS OF Fit'TV LIVES . Berwick , ThursdWy Nioht — Thta vessel , a regular trader between JLeiih and Hull , was loot on Tfanrsday morning lasfi , on G rtdatane Rocfe . off Holy Island , and no great dwtanco from where the P .. rfarshiro waa wrecked about five , years ago , th 9 BC 9 B 8 of the late noble-minded Grace D ** Hn S's heroism . The latter vessel suffered through tempestuous weather ; but this cannot be said on this present lamentable occurrence . Wednesday night being very calm . The Pegasus left Leith on Wednssday evening about five or six o ' clack , and struck on the GoWstone Rack early on Thnndnv

      ( From ihe 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 , Captain Miller , with tfeo loaaof nearly all on board . Our information , though imperfect in details , is derived from an authentic source , and the painful recital may he depended on as far as it goes . The Pegasus sailed from Laith for Hull at 5 o ' clock on the afteruooa of Wednesday last , and . having proceeded so far bn ber voyage , struck on a took inside of the Pern Islands at a quarter past 1 o ' clock yesterday ( Tburday ) msrnlng . Thu eaptain immediately backed her off , and made an tff . rt U \ reach the shore , bat the water increased' upon her with such rapidity that within three-quarters of an hoar after she had

      strnck she went down headforemost in 50 teet ot water . In their desporate effort to save their lives , the passengers lusnod to the boats , and , having harried Iy lowered them , all on board , i eluding the captain , perished , with the exception of five individuals . Of the crew , amounting , it ia belie * . A , to 16 or 17 , four ¦ were saved— -viz ., W . Brown , ihe first mate ; Hood , the first engineer ; D . Campbell , it fireman ; and G . Taylor , tho carpe-te * . Ont of 16 or 17 Ciibin passengers , only One is saved , whose name we have not ascertained . There were from 20 to 26 steerage passengers , all of whom perished . In all it is believed tluvt not fewer than 50 human beings were thusjhurriedly called from time to eternity . The survivors were picked up yesterday morning at 5 o ' clock , in a state of great exhuuation , by tbe same company ' s sCearner tbe Maitello , which fortunately came up , on her p ; ws »« e from Hull to tmith . and

      at that time six feet of the foretopmast of the illf&ted Pegasus appeared above the water . The carpenter had saved himself by cHnging ] to it , and the other four survivors were preserved by grasping loose fragments which had been waabed ] from the deck , ar : d fliated upon them . The Martello also pieied np six dead bodies and the two beats . The Pegasus was a Clydebuilt boat , seven years old , of about 130 horsepower , and had been all aloag a-favourite , from the speed and successful trips she was wc-nt to make . Captain Miller had been on the station for many years , and he knew it well in all its bearings . In the present state of our information we cannot give the reasons which have led to this distressing catastrophe . Without this last most painful cause of remembrance the Pern Islands would not soon have been forgotten in connexion with the disasters of the Fnrfarshire , and the heroism of tbe departed Grace Darling .

      From the Edinburgh Observer of Friday , Another appalling steam-boat disaster has just taken place , near the spot where the Forfarsbire was wrecked a few years ago , and where the late Grace Darling so heroically distinguished beiBelf , by saving rive lives at tha imminent risk of herjown . By tbe present disastrous occurrence no fewer than from fifty to sixty human beings have been suddenly deprived of life . The P . gaaus , whioh has plied between tcith and Hull for several years , left L » : tb harbour on Wednesday afternoon , having on board , besides tbe crew , at least sixteen cabin and aboai tweuty steerage passengers ; but the probability is that the number was greater , for several individuals aro known to have gone with ber whose names do not apper on the list at the company ' s

      office . The vwssel 8 ped onjher way till midnight ; just when the watch was changed , the captain being on the bridge , taking a look about him before be turned In , she struck on n sunken rock inside the Fern Islands , near what is called the Gulden Rpok . The engines were then backed , and she came off . Her head was turned towards the shore , bat she did not proceed many hundred yards when the water rushing in , extinguished the fires , and almost immediately tho' vessel sunk . Finding tha vessel sinking rapidly , there was a rush to the boats , which , it would appear , were swatuped . 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 ot the sufferew . will never be ! obtaia « d . The slkrtello

      steamer , belonging to the same company on her voyage from Hull , descried the wreck alwut five o ' clock yesterday morning . The first object which attracted tho attention of Captain Black wood was a boat with a man in it , drifi . ng with tbe tide ; and soon after a boat floated past . This made him aware that some accident hah occurred in the vicinity . Oncoming np to the baat , | which was almost full of ¦ water , the mate of the Pegasus was found in it , nearly insensible from cold and exhaustion . A . person of the name of B . Hlie , a passenger returning to Hull . Was taken from a surd of batch , on which he was afloat ; a young man of the name of HiUyard , another passenger from the neighbourhood of Huii , and one of the crew . , were discovered holding onjby the mast—tbe vessel having snnk in about six fathoms water . Six persons in nil were saved—namely , It wo passengers ( Hillyatd and Baillie ) , the mate , and three of the crew , which

      wo believe amounted in all to fifteen . Captain Blackwood remained in the vicinity of tbe scene of disaster for several hcurs , and picked np six dead bodies , which were brought to Lekb in the Martello . Three of these were females . One appeared a middle-ag « d married woman , apparently pregnant ; she was attired ia a dark-checked gingham drtss , a Leghorn bonnet , and Mack hard-spun woollen mantle . Another was a MisB Barton , who had in her arms when found a child a few years old . The third seemed considerably advanced in life , and was nearly undressed . The other bodies were those of thestcond engineer or fin-man , a very stout man , whose forehead bore tbe mark of a violent contusion ; a lad , apparently twelve or fourteen years of age , dressed in a black vest and trousers , wad a rough brown Petersham suttout ; and tbo third was the child fuund in the armajof Miss Barton . These bodies , on arrival at Leith , were piucert in » helis and conveyed to South Liith Church till claimed by their

      relatives . j The names of the following we have liarned . although of steerage passengers we have rcasou to believe no account ia kept : — . ¦ Mts . Ediugton . Mips Hopeton . Mtea Batfcou and a boy , Miss Floor , Mias Bn « £ » s , Mr . j anil Mra . M'LfOd ., Mr . Torry , from Bull , a gentleman who was iu iil health . On and whom Builtiu , who is caved , was in attendance ; Mr . Eiton , late ef tbe Adelphi ( Theatre here ; Mr . Hodgson ; Mr . Elliot nv \ son , unVltt&tuod w bi from the neighbourhood of Dundee ; Mr . Moxnaii ; Mr . Milne j the Rev . Mr . M'Kei sp , heiitved to he from Glasgow Mr . James Huater . sou of Mr ! Hunter . Dunfas-stre ^ t , Edinburgh ; Mr . D YVhimster . j itt tlwfcinpioy of Me-ers . Ireland and Swu , S > uthbh « ige > Air . Martin ( and son ) , of London , but a na-ivo cf SEiir / ureh ; . Mrs .

      Alexander , of Paisley ; and Mrs . B . irne * r < n . of E / 'inhur ^ h . Captain Miller , who is am ne the victims , hail greal experience in tbe navigation of j the cou .-t , bflvir . g sailed many years aB commander of one of tbu Lsita and London smacks . He w ; is considered uu wccelient sf-aman . From all we can learn there limit have been ahi > u * s . xty persons on board—including the ere < v—ami oniy * -: _ of the number have been saved . Tile vosndl u iw ! L s in the Fairway between the Fern I . kau . is a-sci . ' : E n ( ii * h coast , ftbiut six feet of her mastj appearing jt > n ¥ r water at half tide . It would seem thepccidetu occurreu n-arly about the period of ehb . ! Mt . ^ fvi >< l .: , a K «> uti « . > n . n in the employmfDt of t ?; e coapany , fcft > lei-. u tle . sp / itched to take chorgecf the bodies tBa ( j an ) t > p r . oovct < i . It may not be in > proper to state , ji b t moat of : b < fact * have been gleanefl from partita vfllcia ^ y c « mi » pcte < i with tbe company , who seem desirous « f affyfdiu . i ; every Information upon this unfortunate tuty ct .

      The Scotsman of Saturday , afteV giving the forlorn * particulars , has the following stat < / ' . ents f /» in tiie tw « passengers saved from tbe wreck : — Understanding that Baillie ao / t Hildyard , tho only two passengers esved , were residing dwwn ?? Gran ton , we visited them last night , and jobsaiau < l ( turn each of them a statement of what occurred under th-ir own otiaeivation , from the time of the vessel striking on the rock till they were picked up by the MarteH ... Baillie said—1 save been a seaman fur about eighteen years ; but was recently in atteniVance on Mr . Tony , who was one of the passengers onjb oard of tbe Pegasus whan she went down . I think it was about twenty minutes past twelve when tbe vessel struck . J was down In the cabin lying on a sofa , and when I found tbe vessel bad struck I ran on tho deck , and having seen the state of matters there , jl went down to the cabin for Mr . Torry . I toid the pasuengra below tbat

      I believed tbe ship bad struck , but they did not seem to comprehend what I meant . Some of the passengers ( chiefly the ladies ) were in bed . 1 When I reached tbe deck with Mr . Torry , I saw tbe crew in the act of lowering the boats . I pnt Mr . Torry ia tbe starboard quarter boat when it was in the act of being lowered , and when it had reached the water I sprang in myself . There were then about nine of as in the boat A lady , I remember , was sitting in the bow > When we were in the boat , there ) was a cry from off the quarter-deck to •* stick to the J ship " . At tbat mo « ment the engines were set in motion ; and , the boat being booked to the ship ' s stern , but unhooked from it at the bow , Uw back water raised by the paddles filled the boat and upset her , throwing the possefigen into the sea . I got hold of the ship ' s rudder-chain , and the chief mate having tbrown a ropa to me , 1 got into the ship again . Seeing the danger increasing , I undressed

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      From all the accounts that have yet transpired respecting the loss of the Pegasus steamer , we fear the inference is inevitable , that there was gross negligence ou the part of those who were in command of the vessel . Lloyd ' s agent writes word—?" ' What makes tbis wreck ths more lamentable ia , that : it was a Site night and dear , with a westerly wind , and the ligatwere seen distinctly ; and it was also said that the master was on the bridge at the time she struck . " A correspondent of the Scotsman states : — " The Chldstona Rock , on which tbe Pegasus is supposed to have been wrecked , is seldom or never left uncovered by the tidaj it is well known to , and anxiously avoided by , our coasting i : a-i atora in working through the 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 bo pie * ferred , especially at night , without incurring a risk which infinitely counterbalances any saving of time tfeus acquired . " A . private letter , date ! North Berwick , and received by an underwriter at Lloyd ' s , adds— " How the Pegasus caaie into the track of the Goldstone Rock , is somewhat extraordinary . Up to tbe period of the dreadful calamity , the weather was very favourable for the voyage , it being a moderate brefzj at west-north-west . It is generally supposed that tbe title , which is exceedingly strong in tbat direction , must have drifted her into tbat course , and that tbe man at the helm had neglected to make a » 7 difference in the steerage . There is .

      doubt that she went clean on the rock with her enginea at full play , which m ust have completely dashed her to pieces . " From these accounts it is , we * sar , bnt too manifest that the catastrophe was the result of the i . j « t culpable snpiaeness—for , in trie first place , the night was calm and clear , and the lights were seen distinctly ; secondly , the ruck was one well known , and seldom or never left uncovered by tbe tide ; and thirdly , the helmsman , notwithstanding the increasing strength of the current , hod made aot tbe slighteat difference in tbe steerage . But wbafc makes tbe case still more remarkable , is tbe statement that toe master was on the bridge at the time the vessel struck ; and the nleht being clear , the beacon-light quite visible , and be himself accustomed to tbe navigation of the coast , the unhappy man would appear to be wholly without excuse in having directed the ship into euc _ a notoiiously dangerous track . We presume ho did so with a view to shorten the voyage , and save time ; but this

      is no justification of an act of rashneas that has caused the death of upwards of fifty individuals , and brought grief , and poverty , and , perhaps , despair , to the door of many a widowed mother and childless father . Again , when tbe vessel struck , ar . d thrre was need of alt his promptitu'lo and decision , we get not tbe slightest' tidings of tho Captain . We bear of DO orders that he gave for getting tb © boats ready—though , as half an hour elapsed between the striking and tho sinking of the ship , asd the weather was porfeotlyserene , one would have supposed they mubt have been prepared without difficulty—all we tu- « r of him is , that at tbe moment of tt . e skock , he was engaged With , " tbtt mite in earnest conversation on the cross-bridge between the paridk-hozes ; " and * b ^ n the vessel " Was fast filluis ; with water , " he ordered her to be directed towards the shore , though , fvom the condition in which she then v » aa , there was every probability that shn wouid foun < l » -r before she reacLna it . We do not wish

      tu press h&td on the memory of one a ho has expatiated hi * neglect with his iifo ; but justice to the living o « m .. iiids tiiat , in cases lifco the presoiit . involving su ^ b dr ; sui / al cc-nsrquynces , and bringing grief into so many fawiilies , we suouiu not shrifik from the expression of any opinion , boweve ? stern , that may seem to be war-T ^ nte uby facts . —Sun , of Tuesday .

  • 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-ncseproduct812/page/3/