The Welshman

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. I It was stated not long ago, in the House of Commons, that there were no less than eighty-six clergymen of the Church of England, gentlemen and scholars, receiving as their pay less than 3s. per day. Eight of their num- ber were receiving as little as Is. 3d. a day, and one was actually receiving 6d. a day. We are glad to learn that Major-General Sir Henry Smith, the hero of Aliwal, has been appointed to suc- ceed Sir Henry Pottinger as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. We also understand that Major-General Staveley succeeds Major-General D'Aguilar on the staff at Hong-Kong. It is currently rumoured in well-informed circles that the Rev. J. Dufton, Rector of Warehorn, Kent, and chaplain to Lord Normanby, is to be the new Bishop of Manchester." Having more than once taken occasion to draw the attention of our readers to the enlightened views, high character, and eminent ervices of Mr. Dufton, in connexion with the great subject of educa- tion and the moral ahd religious improvement of the people, we cordially wish the report may prove true. We believe Mr. Dufton is a decided Whig.-Sun. Count das Antas has sailed for England, alleging as his motive, a fear of being assassinated if he remained in Portugal. Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer has just placed himself under the care of Dr. Edward Johnson, at the hydro- pathic Establishment, Umberslade Park. A pleasure excursion party, the first that has taken place from Scotland to London, arrived on Wednesday at noon, with upwards of 600 persons. There is not one public monument in New York. The Irish Election Polling Bill has been amended so that the sheriff's costs for erecting booths have been reduced to 31. for each booth. Cardinal Acton, lately deceased, was the only Englishman in the Sacred College. The Worcester Journal states that Mr. Herbert, Judge of the County Court, Ross, has given a decision relative to separate plaints where the sum is above 201., quite at variance with the famous judgment of Mr. Powell, at Bristol. The public executioner of Paris having lately been dismissed from his place without, as he thinks, sufficient cause, has drawn up and published a pamphlet, in which he pleads for restoration, on the ground that in the whole course of his experience he has acted with the greatest kindness and respect towards all his clients, that he has invariably cut off their heads in a very neat style and with great dispatch, and that he has introduced some important improvements in the guillo- tine! The authorities of the post-office have issued a notifi- cation that, by the Act of Parliament lately passed to regulate the post-office, all limitations of the weight of letters have been removed for the present, and post- masters are, therefore, directed to forward parcels, what- ever may be their weight. The Americans think so highly of my lord, the king, for his railway successes, that they now call the Hudson, the regal stream." » Captain Provo W. P. Wallis has flfeen appointed to the post of aide-de-camp to the Queen, vacant by the promotion of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Fellowes. The New Zealand government has appointed resident magistrates, whose courts will be held at Wellington, Watkanea, and Wanganui. Liebig has published his long promised work on the chemistry of food; a book on this subject from such a man is exceedingly valuable at this critical time. There are no fewer than between 300,000 and 400,000 chimneys in Paris it is proposed to put such a tax on them as shall yield about EI,50,000 per annum; the French already tax doors, windows, and furniture. On Friday night last, Mrs. Fulche, of Brighton, dis- covered her footman, Joseph Goldspink, hiding himself under the bed. The fellow attempted to strangle her when detected, and afterwards rushed into an adjoining room, where he cut his own throat with a razor, but not effectually. The decrease of Irish manufactured spirits for the quarter terminating April 5, 1847, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, reached 595,711 gallons, and E74,928 duty. The state of trade in Paris continues to be deplorable. The Union Monarchique estimates at about one-third the number of shops, stores, timber-yards, workshops, and apartments now vacant in Paris, in consequence of the distress which presses on the entire population. Mr. Hall, of Preston, urges the appointment of go- vernment inspectors of mines and collieries, from which he says a saving of fifty per cent. in life and property would result. He asserts that one of the greatest evils practised in the coal districts of the north is that of extending the workings in all directions two or three miles without sinking additional shafts. Ninety-nine out of every hundred of the casualties result from the economical system of working the pits to a preposterous extent in connexion with only one shaft for both up and down casts. In the St. Hilda, the Jarrow, and other collieries, the enormous distances the men had to travel after the explosion was the cause of death. Let mas- ters (he continues) only do justice by instituting a more perfect system of ventilation, and the carelessness of workmen will no longer be the cause of these fearful explosions. On the day before the prorogation of the late Parlia- ment, Mr. Williams moved for a return of all articles upon which taxes are imposed in Great Britain, which are not taxed in Ireland, stating the amount of each item, in the year ending the 5th of January, 1847, and in obedience to the order of the House of Commons a paper was yesterday printed professing to give the re- quired information. There are three branches in the return. It appears that bricks, hops, post-horses, and soap are not taxed in Ireland, and in Great Britain the amount of duty received- in the year ending last was E2,303,682 5s. 4d. Then the difference in other taxes, and exemptions in other instances are shown and in the third part is given a list of all articles upon which taxes are imposed in Great Britain which are not taxed in Ireland, and in the last year these articles, com- prising the land-tax, assessed taxes, property tax, and stamp duties, amounted to £10,550,523 19s. 5d., from all of which Ireland is exempted. It will be fresh in the memory of our readers, that on the representation of a clergyman in Skye, Sir R. Peel, on the 29th June, 1846 recommended to the Queen to bestow a pension of f50 per annum on each of the two surviving sisters of the late Sir John M'Caskill. As a further proof of the benevolence of our beloved Sove- reign, her Majesty has commanded Lord John Russell to offer the amiable ladies in question an additional pension of £50 a year so that the Misses M'Caskill will forthwith enjoy an annual pension of £100 each. The substantial and well-merited tokfn of her Majesty's goodness cannot fail to be gratifying to the public at large, when it is considered that the Misses M'Caskill lost three worthy brothers in the service of their So- vereign and county, before they were deprived of their only surviving brother, the late gallant Major-General Sir John M'Caskill, K. C. B., who was killed in the battle of Moodkee. A communication has been addressed to the com- mittee of the Shakspearian Club, at Stratford-upon- Avon, by command of Prince Albert, intimating that it is the intention of his Royal Highness to contribute a donation of E250 to the fund which it is proposed to raise for the purchase of Shakspeare's bouse. The munificent contribution has been rendered still more valuable to the committee by the assurance which ac- companies it of the strong interest felt by his Royal Highness in the preservation, as national property, of a dwelling which is connected with the greatest name in English literature. The Shaksperian Club are actively exerting themselves, and offers of aid have been made to them by the Archeological Asssociation, the Museum Club, &c. A general metropolitan committee, for the purpose of effecting the purchase and preservation of the precious relic, will be formed in the course of a few days. The Shakspearean Club have published a report, wherein they state that-" The committee have within the last few days purchased the four tenements above- mentioned for the sum of E820, which, as it puts them into possession of a part of the house in which Shaks- peare was born, cannot but be regarded as a most im- portant acquisition at the present time. The price which the committee have given for this part of the property, and for the advantage of at once securing it, may probably be referred to as some indication of the amount required for the purchase of the larger and more valuable portion of it, which they understand realizes from the rental of the house, and the exhibition of the birth-place, fromJESO to £ 100 per annum. In the event of this portion of the property being secured, the committee contemplate restoring, as far as possible, such portions of it as may from time to time have been removed, when it would be placed under the protection of the Government, the Chief Commissioners of Woods and Forests having signified that that department would willingly take charge of Shakspeare's house, as a just object of national care.

A DINNER-TABLE ANECDOTE.—A short time before the late contest at Maldon-so the tale reaches us-a party of voters in one of the out-districts gathered round the festive board to cheer the heart and strengthen the lungs for the struggle. Splendid was the fare, mine host provided ponderous plum-puddings smoked before them, and as to the accompanying sweet sauce, why it was actually voted to be nectar which the landlord had by some means smuggled from the feast of the divinities of old. When, therefore, the table was cleared, and the word went forth that they were free to choose from bar and cellar, they came to the conclusion, after grave counsel, that there was nothing like sweet sauce, and sweet sauce they accordingly had in by the gallon, quaffing their pipes over it with as much elation as if they were so many Soyers, and had just made a great c/; ?.  pM. discovery in culinai v scieuce.—Ipswich Express.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ITALY.—This week, as last, the most interesting foreign intelligence is from Rome. The assertion that Austria fostered, if she did not originate, the plot against Pius IX., every day's news tends to strengthen her agents are detected in all quarters, and her policy (policy !) made more bare day after day. There can now be no doubt that if any of the petit princes of Italy, from the Piedmontese Alps to Trieste, from the Tyrol to the Straits of Messina, had dared to manifest one tithe of the Pope's liberality, Prince Metternich, acting for his fatuous Emperor, would have put it down" with the strong argument of whiskered pandoors and fierce hussars. With Pius, however, the case was dif- ferent; conspiracy became necessary; spies and traitors must pave the way for the Imperial sabres. Supposing this plot to have existed, as there is no reason to doubt, in its detailed enormity, who would have sympathized with the attempt, or the consummation ? We will answer from Junius, making the application to Metter- nich and the Pontiff, and changing a single word If it be true that a virtuous man, struggling with adversity, be a scene worthy of the gods, the glorious contention between you and the best of Pontiffs, deserves a circle equally attentive and respectable. I think I already see other gods rising from the earth to behold it." Such beholders could not fail to sympathize strongly with the Austrian. TURKEY.—The Kurdish chieftain, infamous for his murders of the Nestorian Christians, Beder Khan Beg, is hard pressed by the Turks. The last news from Kurdistan was important. The Seraskier had gained two decisive victories over the troops of Beder Khan Beg, who was then represented as a fugitive at the head of not more than 500 men, consisting of his personal retainers. The immediate command in the principal action was held by an Austrian renegade, Omar Pacha, who is said to present a curious resemblance, in the fire of his assumed zeal, and in his influence over his follow- ers, to Byron's sketch of Alp, the Adrian renegade"- There is not a banner in Moslem war Will lure the Delhis half so far." SPAIN.—MODESTY OF GENERAL CONCHA.—In a despatch published in the Gazette of July 28, Gen. Concha announces his return to Oporto on the 18th, on board the Spanish steamer Isabel II. Another letter from the General, dated from Lisbon, 15th, appears in the Correo, in which he declines the titles and honours which the Queen has bestowed on him, adding, The transition from a private station to the elevated rank with which her Majesty has designed to honour me, has ever been marked by high deserts, and great sevices rendered to the state and when, even in our days, generals exist who, in the war against the French empire, and in America, have acquired well-merited fame, sustaining with glory the Spanish name in a hun- dred battles, how is it possible to compare my humble services with theirs ?" It is thought, however, that the government will advise the Queen not to admit this modest refusal on the part of General Concha, of the re- ward due to his services. PORTUGAL.—-A CONSEQUENCE OF CIVIL WAR.—A touching proof of the prevalent distress in Lisbon con- sequent on the civil war, is to be found in the multitude of houses to be let, as indicated by the white papers pasted on the windows. Numbers of families unable to pay their rents have shifted into meaner apartments, and two families, through economical motives, have frequently united their establishments in one.-Titnes. INDIA.—THE STATE OF THINGS AT HYDERABAD.— The state of things at Hyderabad is briefly this :-there are between 20,000 and 30,000 idle troops there, not deficient in a kind of bravery, nor in a plausible cause, for they have actually some two years' pay fairly due to them; and who will have to be dislodged, if force is used, from the strong houses of a semi-fortified city. There is a treasury without a lac of rupees to pay them withal, and a revenue of which three-fifths are appro- priated, and the remainder mortgaged. There is a minister of average eastern intellect and intent, wholly without confidence on the part of his Sovereign, utterly without credit in the capital, and presumed to be without that support from our influence which might possibly help him through. There is a sovereign without the smallest sentiment beyond the gratification of his own caprices, and who is rather pleased than otherwise at the prospect of riot and bloodshed, as pro- mising to embarrass a minister whom he dislikes. To crown all these, there are our resident and our sub- sidiary force, without authority to interfere effectually for timely pacification, and with scarcely force enough to meet extremities which appear inevitable. Such is the last report from the metropolis of the Deccan, which hints at the possibility of the mercenaries cutting each other's throats, as the only hope for the security of the inhabitants. Such, too, are the fruits of our protective system, which has brought, or at least tended to bring, one of the finest and most productive districts of India to a wretched waste of discontent, ruin, and rniscry.-Times. ——-—————— -————————

IRELAND. FUNERAL OF MR. O'CONNELL.—On Thursday, the mortal remains of the Great Agitator of Ireland were consigned to the grave, and a vault in the cemetery of Glassnevin now encloses the body of the man whose po- litical career has for so many years excited the attention of all Europe. Perhaps no funeral was ever more numerously attended, in Ireland, at least, than that of Mr. O'Connell was to-day, for at the lowest computation not less than 50,000 persons left their homes to follow in the funeral train, besides twice as many more who thronged the windows and roofs of the houses in the route which was pursued by the processsion. Some persons, and principally those who differed from the political creed of the deceased, attended from a respect to the memory of a great and illustrious countryman but amongst those of this class there were but few per- sons of note or distinction. The remainder, who formed the great mass of the people-those whose hearts he had gained over, and by whose aid he had raised himself to power-the stepping stones of his greatness-these, the middle and lower classes of the Jrish people, attended him to the grave with hearts overflowing, and vieing with each other in a sad species of enthusiasm in paying homage to the memory of their beloved leader. On the preceding day Dr. Miley deli- vered a funeral sermon over the remains, at Marlbo- rough-street, to a crowded audience. The reverend gentleman, in the course of his sermon became so intensely affected, that the tears flowed down his cheeks, and his auditors, influenced by his example, participated in his feelings. From an early hour next morning numbers of persons congregated in the neighbourhood of the chapel, which contained the remains, and amongst the rest, "the maim, the halt, &c. &c." who cared little for the pressure and violence of the crowd, provided they could obtain the earliest glance at the coffin which enclosed the body of O'Connell. Most of them, firmly persudded that he had been sent on earth to fulfil a divine mission, and believing that as soon as he had undergone the allotted period of puri- fication in purgatory he is destined to a prominent niche amongst the saints and martyrs of their church, waited in confident expectation that his presence would work a miracle in their favour, and that their infirmities should be cured, their siglit restored, and their limbs straightened. At 12 o'clock the procession set forth from the above chapel, and thence proceeded through the principal streets of the city, attended by an immense concourse of people. It was about one mile and a half in length, and was composed of the various asso- ciated trades walking on foot, followed by Mr. O'Con- nell's triumphal car, which conveyed him from the Richmond Plenipotentiary to his residence in Merrion- square after his acquittal by the House of Lords. The coffin was laid on a large rather plain and open hearse, and which was itself covered with rich Genoa velvet and gilt ornaments. The members of Mr. O'Connell's own family, the Lord Mayor, clergy, magistracy, gentry, and citizens followed. Amongst those who attended were-the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop, and the following Roman Catholic Bishops :—M'Hale, O'Connor, Cantwell, Whelan, Nicholson, O'Higgins, Magion, M'Nally, and Murphy; the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon. Judge Perrin, Sir Montague Chapman, the Most Rev. Dr. Polding, Roman Catholic Bishop of Australia, the Rev. Dr. O'Connell, Thomas Steele, &c. After the procession had passed through Glassnevin Cemetarv, the usual service was read over the coffin, which was then consigned to a magnificent vault espe- cially prepared for its reception in the very centre and most elevated portion of the burial-ground by the Ceme- teries' Committee, who have spared no expense to bestow, both on the ceremonial and on the grave, the most gorgeous appearance which the most liberal ex- penditure could present.

BANK OF ENGLAND DISCOUNT.—The managers of the Bank have raised the minimum rate of discount on bills, to the unprecedented rate of 5j per cent. This extraordinary tightening of the screw has created much anxiety in the trading and commercial circles of the metropolis. The appearance of renewed exports of bullion, and possibly a hint that the French government could not go on much longer without an instalment of the loan, are the presumed causes of the extreme mea- sures adopted within the last few days at the Bank of England. A PREMIUM FOR ROTTEN POTATOES !-To do away with the impression occasioned by the conflicting reports on the state of the potatoe crops, the Jersey Mechanics Institute have offered a reward of El sterling to any person who, by Saturday next, will bring to their rooms, in the Royal Square, a six-tonier of potatoes affected with the same disease as last year. This is putting the question to the test, and will do much towards removing the contradictory rumours that are propagated on that all engrossing subject.—Jersey Telegraph. j

I ROEBUCK AND BATH PHARISEES. Some days have elapsed since Mr. Roebuck made his farewell speech to the traitors of Bath ;and for the saving honour of human nature, we are glad to record it-many who heard that speech, and more who read it, have not done blushing yet. Some of the more penitent, it is thought, will go down to their graves scarlet. Never was victim offered up with cooler maliee, with more dastardly ingratitude, to the altar of cant-sorry, indeed, are we that it is served by so many Dissenters in the pharisaic city of Bath-than Mr. Roebuck. He has been dauntless, untiring; unmindful of the obloquy of the hour contemptuous of all peril, in service of the Dissenters :—and they, with smiles on their cheeks, and fair words at their lips,—betrayed their champion; giving him up as a victim to an election lie. These men of Bath, betraying a most faithful, most enthu- siastic advocate, have covered themselves, as with a garment, with the contempt of the country. Mr. Roebuck's speech was worthy of himself; and whatever may be the political opinions of the reader, must win from him admiration of the dignity with which the insulted candidate withdrew himself from the degradation of all future connexion with his betrayers. He rose to a noble elevation upon his injuries, and humbled to the dust the miserable hypo- crites who had sold him, His scorn was withering as a blast of flame 1 For you (said Mr. Roebuck) who are non-electors, when you are invested with the franchise, I can appeal to you here or anywhere else, and be sure of a trium- phant return. (Cheers.) I saw this morning four burly priests, called Church of England parsons, at one of the polling-booths. They were good, hearty felloes, and I liked the look of them. My heart yearned towards them; and why? They were open, upright foes. There was no sneaking about them. They were no sham friends. I tell you that on this occasion my heart yearned towards them, and I could have shaken hands with every one of them. Why ? because they were honest opponents. They were not the parties whom I have seen among those who pretended to be my friends for such pityful, shameful, wretched, miserable humbugs, I never met with in all my life. (Cheers.) I have done with them for my life upwards. (No. no.) Yes, yes Never again will I venture my boat upon waters which are blown about by the breath of the Dissenters at Bath. I hope every word I have said will be reported faithfully. What I have said I have spoken from a careful consideration of what I have undergone for many years past. I hope now for ease, and peace, and quiet, in the bosom of my most cherished family. I wish not for political contest or party strife, I would rather see the wheat grow evenly on my farm than behold your ?ees..fMOMM?Aet-yeM-MM-Mp the gifts ?,?G"d?, good providence than meet with your approval. The time may come when those who have rejected me will wish to have me here but to them, and to you, and to all, I now do say an eternal farewell." Surely Mr. Roebuck must at least have felt as true a pride from this easing of the heart-this withering de- nunciation of the mean and traitorous-as that which animated the victorious Ashley. It is hard enough to be the victim of cant; but it is harder still to be made its puppet. We have no doubt that Mr. Roebuck, with his thoughts upon his corn-fields, and his heart swelling with the ingratitude of humanity, gave utterance to his true feeling when he preferred the contemplation of the open bounty of nature, to shut-up faces of men. To see wheat grow evenly" is a sweeter, more ennobling sight than to look upon the human countenance, with the sad suspicion that, as Mr. Roebuck had so lately experienced, it is but an outside sincerity, masking a lie. But the country must not lose Mr. Roebuck. We would not take him altogether from his wheat- whereof we wish him an abounding harvest- but we must have him in Parliament. Having gathered in his crops in Hampshire, he must in due season return to his old, good work, rooting up cockle and darnel in the House of Commons. -Douglas Jerrold's Newspaper.

THE LONDON AND EDINBURGH ELECTIONS.—A rumour went abroad in the city of London on Saturday, and was very generally circulated in the early part of the week, to the effect that an error had been made in casting up the poll, and that in reality Sir George Lar- pent had a majority of 19 over Mr. Masterman. The precise manner in which the mistake had occurred was specified. Two leaves of a polling-book, it was said, had stuck together, and the votes entered upon them had consequently not been counted. Now it is wholly impossible that this fact should have been discovered even had it occurred, because immediately after the official declaration of the poll the books were sealed up .by the sheriffs, according to custom, in presence of all the candidates, and deposited in the Hanaper-office, where they are only to be opened in the event of a parliamentary scrutiny. A similar story was told in 1841 by the agents of Mr. Attwood, who alleged that Lord John Russell had been returned by a mistake of the sheriffs. The fact, however, proved to be, that Lord John had a majority of nine over Mr. Attwood. Another story of an invalid election rests on a better foundation. Mr. Cowan's election for Edinburgh cannot be sus- tained. He is a government contractor, and therefore incapable of holding a seat in the House. Should he present himself there and exercise any of the functions of a member, he will render himself liable to heavy pecuniary penalties. It does not appear that any public protest against Mr. Cowan's eligibility was made before the poll was taken, or that there is evidence that the fact of his being a Government contractor was known to those who gave him their votes. To all appearance they acted in total and excusable ignorance of the circumstance. Had it been otherwise their votes would have been considered as wilfully thrown away, and the candidate next to Mr. Cowan on the poll would have been duly elected. But as the case stands, Mr Cowan s supporters have been misled by him, and it is not con- sistent with equity that they should be punished by the loss of their suffrages for the conduct of an individual over whom they had no control. The consequence, therefore, will be that Mr. Cowan's seat will be declared vacant, and that a new election will take place to fill it. Atlas. DEFEAT OF MR. MACAULAY.—The Frei Church has proved its strength. The author of Lays of Ancient Rome," has been ousted from the representation of Modern Athens." Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham were completely deceived by the incorrect in- formation they received as to the state of Scottish feel- ing on ecclesiastical matters. Four hundred and forty ministers had seceded from the Establishment, or rather avowed their intentions to secede, unless lay patronage was absolutely abolished. The late Premier and his colleague were assured that not six among them, pro- bably not four, would persevere in his resolution. Four hundred stood firm, abandoning their manses and pre- ferments for the sake of conscience. The forty who turned recreant will be known in Scotland, so long as history remains, under their present title of the Forty Thieves." Mr. Macaulay failed to appreciate Scottish constancy, and on him retributive justice has been dealt. He will never again be a Scottish representative per- haps he may be grateful, for we can hardly suppose that his first patron, the Marquis of Lansdowne, who nomi- nated him for the rotten borough of Calne, will order his son to accept the ChilternHundreds that thePay master of the Forces may obtain a seat. But the Free Church was nbt the only opponent of Mr. Macaulay. He was very generally charged with want of respect to his con- stituents. He treated them with hauteur, considering himself rather their master than their servant. High thoughts he possesses, but they appear not to be seated in a heart of courtesy. He is not the only Scottish member who has lost his seat with a large constituency for being ungracious. In this respect Mr. Dennistoun is his fellow-sinner, and Glasgow resented the indignity by placing him at the bottom of the poll.-Doitylas Jerrold's Newspaper. [ADVERTISEMENT.] To LADIES.—At this peculiar period, when the beauty of the season invites to out-door enjoyment, the fair sex are of necessity exposed to those influences which are peculiarly prejudicial to the charms of beauty. The solar heat produces on the delicate skin the permanent stain of tan, the disfigurement of freckles, and not unfrequently a discoloration and swelling, which gradually assume one of the multitudinous forms of eruption. These evils are increased and perpetuated by sea-bathing, which, however beneficial to the general health, cannot but prove injurious to the delicate and susceptible nature of the skin, unless care be taken to apply some remedial means to counteract the stimulating and acrid elements contained in salt-water. This remedy is happily supplied by Rowland's Kalydor, a preparation composed of the most innocent, yet most efficacious ingredients, which has the admirable property of neutralizing the effects both of atmospheric action and saline influences upon the skin, and maintaining that healthy action of the minute vessels which produces continued delicacy of texture and of tint. Nor is its utility confined to the fair sex alone. To gentlemen travelling, or who suffer in- flammation after shaving, or other irritating causes, it will be found alike grateful and pleasing. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by Her Majesty The Qneen," the Court, and the Roval Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the elite of the Aristocracy, and Haute Volee." The high reputation it bears, induces unprincipled shopkeepers to offer their spurious KALYDORS" for sale, composed of the most deleterious ingredients, containing mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the Complexion, and by their repellent action endangering health. It is therefore imperative on Purchasers to see that the words ROWLAND'S KA- LYDOR," are on the Envelope (an Engraving of exquisite beauty from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon b Co.) Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers. VENERABLE CONSISTENCY.—At the No. 1 booth for I St. Augustin's, Arthur Palmer, Esq., of Park row, at- tended before eight o'clock, and at that hour requested to be permitted to vote the first in the city" a plumper for Berkeley, in this the 93d year of his age. Mr. Palmer throughout the course of his long and useful life has been an undeviating friend to civil and religious liberty. Mr. Palmer, in the year 1774, acted as poll clerk fur the distinguished Burke, at Burke and Cruger's election. -Bristol Mercury. IMPORTANT TO FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—A very im- portant act recently passed, 3rd of July, 1846, relating to Friendly Societies, 9 and 10 Vic., c, 27, consisting of 14 leaves a copy of this act ought to be possessed by ¡ every friendly or benefit co-operative or other similar society, as it makes a complete change as to the mode of approval, and confirmation of the rules-the deposit of the rules, and many other matters. By the 10th Section the barrister appointed to certify the rules, is to be styled The Registrar of Friendly Societies." S. 12, repeals so much of 109 Geo. IV, c. 46, as requires rules to be filed with the clerk of the peace, and con- firmed at the quarter sessions, and rules already filed to be taken off the file, and returned to the registrar of friendly societies in England, Ireland, and Scotland, respectively. The copy which used to be sent to the clerk of the peace for confirmation at the sessions to re- main with the registrar of friendly societies and all rules certified by him, to be of the same force as if con- firmed at the sessions. Section 5 directs the return of sickness and mortality, assets and liabilities, to be made every five years to the registrar of friendly societies. D"5EADFUL ACCIDENT, WITH Loss OF LIFE.- HAVRE, MONDAY'.—A frightful accideDt occurred this day on board the royal screw-propeller yacht Comte d' En. She had left Havre in the morning for Cherbourg, where some of her fittings were to have been completed, and she was to proceed from thence to Treport, to take on board his Majesty Louis Philippe, and part of the royal family, for a pleasure excursion. The steamer was going at its usual speed when, about noon, the officers and a few passengers being assembled on deck, a mass of steam was seen to escape in thick volumes from all the outlets of the engine-room. The first moment of panic being passed, gangs were speedily formed for the purpose of throwing cold water into the engine-room. The heat of the steam even on deck was, however, so great that it was almost impossible to move about on it; and it was known that twenty engineers and firemen were in the greatest danger near the fur- naces. Three of them were soon seen to emerge from the hatches, and fall senseless on deck. Cries of help were heard, but the difficulty of sending any person to the assistance of the unfortunates below was so great that none ventured to come forward, until the captain himself, only taking counsel of his courage, fastened a rope round his body, got himself hoisted into the engine room, and, though having but one arm, succeeded, with the assistance of some of the crew, in getting up the bodies of the remaining sufferers. The greatest care and tenderness were afforded to the victims, but many had almost lost human shape, and most of them gave hardly any signs of life. Before ten o'clock in the evening nine had expired. The steamer had mean- while been turned towards Havre, she being then near Barfleur. When the steam had sufficiently escaped to allow the examination of the engine, it was discovered that the boiler had burst in the under part, corres- ponding with the furnaces and the boiling water falling upon the fire, and running through the grates, had deluged with its boiling waves the whole of the engine-room. The effect upon the unfortunate men who were at that time in the engine-room must have been immediate, and instant suffocation must have been the fate of the persons who were nearest the boiler. The Comte d' Eu arrived in the roads of Havre at two o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, when the killed and wounded were placed in boats and brought on shore. Of the immediate survivors, eleven in number who had been sent to the hospital, four expired on Tuesday, and there is little hope entertained of the remainder. ODD FELLOWSHIP.—The New York Observer states that the provincial council of Roman Catholic Bishops at Baltimore, have forbidden communicants of their faith from joining the Odd Fellows, under penalty of excom- munication. A MODERN ROMANCE, a la GIL BLAS.—Leoline de Villars, a handsome young French girl, dressed in full opera costume, was summoned, on Wednesday, at Marl- borough-street office, before Mr. Hardwick, by Benjamin Ellam, for detaining his portrait, his velvet cap, his two walking-canes, his ring, and his silk handkerchief—The complainant, a short person, of juvenile and simple ap- pearance, stated that on Sunday a friend and himself were taking a stroll down Regent-street, when they met the defendant and her sister, who nodded to them. Not: understanding French himself, he deputed his friend to do the introductory part of the business, and the young ladies suffered himself and friend to see them to their residence, with permission to call the next ewnin. He took counsel with his friend on the subject, and they came to the unanimous conclusion that their new ac- quaintances were girls of unblemished character, distin- tinguished birth, and very possibly of large fortune. The appointment was kept, and in the course of their visit Mdle. Leoline was obliging enough to communicate a few particulars of her private history. Her companion was her sister Esther. They were daughters of Count de Villars, whose estate was the castle of the Isle of Bonn. They had resolved to emancipate themselves from the harshness of parental control—had made their escape from the parental castle-had found their way to England, and had taken a house for five years, intending to lead a pure and lively life in London on the JE200 a quarter which they each possessed. The complainant told the magistrate it did strike him as rather singular that two young girls should take a house for five years under such circumstances but he attributed their de- termination to their French breeding, and to their want of knowledge of the proprieties of English high life. The warmth of his reception that evening induced him to entreat for another interview. This was granted, and on his arrival in Foley-place with his friend, made- moiselle came down stairs splendidly dressed, but seem- ingly in a state of despondency. He entreated his friend to inqmre the reason of her melancholy. She refused to say at first, but at last was prevailed on to state that for want of a sum of jE35 to pay for duty, their valuable goods were detained at the Custom-house. Complainant said he spoke to his friend on this ticklish subject, and expressed his doubt about being able to raise such a large sum of money. His friend told him he would get E20, and then complainant undertook to get X15 from his friends. The money was got together, and he went the next day with Mdlle. Leoline and her sister to the Custom-house, and paid JE35 on account of duty. Com- plainant stated that he saw some cases afterwards come from the Custom-house, which he was told contained the valuable property in question. Immediately after this little affair he found Mdlle. Leoline again in a state of despondency, which could only be alleviated by his ad- vancing JE25 to paint and decorate the house so as to enable her and her sister to receive his friend and himself in that distinguished manner to which his merits entitled him. Complainant's suspicions began somewhat to be roused, and he laid a plan with his friend to ascertain, if possible, the true characters of the ladies who were drawing so largely on their resources. They disguised themselves, watched the house in Foley-place, and soon had occular demonstration which at once dispelled all doubt. Indignant at the perfidy with which he had been treated, complainant sent at once to demand his pro- perty, but he was unsuccessful, and he therefore resorted to a suillmons.Madoinoiselle Leoline addressed the magistrate with a short statement of the matter in French. A person named Delusan, landlord of the house in Foley-place, said the fact was that Ellam and his friend met the two young French ladies in Re- gent-street one evening, and Ellam introduced himself as the nephew of the Duke of Wellington, and as hold- ing the rank of commander in the Queen's Guards. To prove his assertions he took Mademoiselle Leoline to the Horse Guards, gave her champagne there, and made her sit down in what he called the Queen's seat. He pro- fessed violent love for Mademoiselle Leoline, and gave her at different times various presents but on the dis- covery that he was only a shopman the acquaintance was put an end to. The complainant now wanted to get back the gifts he had offered as tokens of affection. Mademoiselle Leoline declared that Delusan's statement was true. Mr. Hardwick, referring to the catalogue of items which Ellapi wished to recover, asked him if he had ever sent the young lady his picture. Ellam admit- ted that he had sent her his portrait, but it was not a gift.—Mr. Hardwick asked him how the young lady got possession of his ring.Complainant: Why, she took it off my finger one night, and said she would Wear it for my sake.—Mr. If. And your velvet smoking cap ?— Complainant: She took it off my head another night, and said she would keep it for my sake.—Mr. H. And your cane -CLniplaii,int She would not let me take it away; as she said, if I did, I would not conic the next night; but I did come with another cane, and she kept that too, under the same pretence, which I thought was very odd.—Mr. H. And your silk handkerchief?— Complainant. That she kept too, as she wanted some- thing to remember me by. The handkerchief was round something that I sent to her. Mr. H.: What arc you ? Complainant: I am in the employ of Messrs. Swain and Co., whip-makers, Piccadilly. The male friend of the defendant here stated that he had received a note from one of the partners to the effect that the two canes were to be detained, as they were believed to be Messrs. Swain's property, and that those gentlemen desired to examine more minutely into the affair. The complain- ant was shown this note. He admitted it was from his employers, but said he had no doubt he would be able to clear up matters satisfactorily. He wished for the magistrate to remand the case until his solicitor could attend.—Mr. Hardwick did not see there was any red necessity for a remand. As far as the canes were con- cerned, the note of Messr8. Swain and Co. disposed of that part of the business. The portrait, the rinp, the handkerchief, and the smoking cap appeared to him to have been given as pledges of love, and he did not, there- fore, feel justified in ordering them to be restored. The evidence showed that the parties had mutually attempted to deceive each other. The ddPlldant had repn'sUIIt',1 herself to be some princess or countess, and the com- plainant had endeavoured to pass himself oil as a rrlative of a distinguished family. He should dismiss the sum- mons. 1