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provincial. 
_ . a a * ikst Tobacco an d Sn u vr. — At a meeting 
f ^Oxford' Board of Guardians n few days ago, Mr. Arnett, 
of tboOxfo member — who doubtless is a disciple of 
Kolds the anti-tobaeco lecturer-attempted to deprive 
Se need and infirm inmates of the Oxford workhouse of 
l eir only luxury, by a motion to discontinue heir nsua 
allowance of tobacco and snuff. The question wan the subject 
of discussion for some time, until Mr. A ^ n,B “ 1 ®^ 1 ® 1 J,j 0 
ex officio member, related an anecdote of a gentleman wh 
was formerly governor of that board, although but on indif 
CnTpupil ofLindley Murray, who, in the oyer- zealous 
discharge of his duty, took upon himself to visl ■ 
larder, and reported in the entry-book os follows . 
the master's larder, and found there two 
What business had they there?" The relating « f ‘hlsanoc 
dole, which is well-remembered by the Oxonians, 
considerable amusement, and acted as a Mvero re • 
Arnett. Surely the guardians were not possessed of any 
liberal i tv, or they would have disposed of so trifling a subject 
at once,’ instead of referring it to the house committee. 
THE NORTH EAST COAL TORTS. 
From a return published by the House of Commons, at 
the Instance of Mr. Ingham, M.P. for South . ShW*. , wo 
gather the following facts with regard to the shij 
at the great coal porta on the coast of Nort»boidand « nd 
Durham. It will he seen by the figures hat tliore has been 
immense activity in tlioso ports during the past year. JO 
™X, .ndlonnagc t>r Bhip» registered In cad. port on .1.0 
31st of December, 1853, wore 
SAILING VESSELS. 
Under 50 Tons. 
Above 50 Tons. 
Newcnatlo • • • • 
Shields 
Vessels. 
7 
17 
Tonnage. 
3,104 
546 
Vessels. 
006 
703 
Tonnage. 
147,782 
201,101 
The Tyno . . • • 
24 
3,709 
1,458 
348,880 
Sunderland .. . • 
03 
2,770 
832 
208,801 
27,830 
Stockton 
20,777 
Hartlepool .. .. 
Berwick 
30 
1,015 
20 
3,112 
In addition to suiling-vcsseis, vo , "g . 
the port of Newcastle, 82 to the port of Shields, and .18 to 
Sunderland. The following vessels and tonnugo cleared 
coastwise from tho north-east ports during the past year, 
and from all tho other grout ports in Englund 
SAILING VESSELS. 
Inwards. 
Outwards- 
Ncwcoxllo .. •• 
Shields 
Vessels. 
2,132 
000 
Tonnage. 
103,410 
0(5,408 
Vessels. 
11,172 
1,413 
12,585 
10,413 
2,500 
0,684 
312 
2,479 
851 
7,090 
7,721 
2,940 
Tonnage. 
1,602,813 
151,897 
The Tyne . . . . 
Sunderland . . . • 
2,708 
1,443 
554 
327 
455 
4,120 
772 
7,010 
19,240 
1,435 
229,908 
113,821 
41,034 
25,407 
22,319 
101,002 
60.133 
622,499 
2,744,624 
134,411 
1,054,710 
1,330,100 
228,904 
854,174 
17,420 
105,843 
73847 
407,949 
553,452 
191,276 
Hartlepool .. 
Berwick 
Bristol 
Liverpool . . . . 
Of steam- vessels tho clearances outwards woro— Newcastle, 
429 ; Shields, 23 ; Sundorland, 134 ; Stockton, 18 ; Hartle- 
pool, 30 ; Berwick, 1; Bristol, 915; Hull, 003 ; Liver- 
pool, 2,841 ; London, 1,505 ; and Glasgow, 1,501. 
In tho colonial and foreign trndo tho figures are as follows;— 
SAILING VESSELS. 
Inwards. 
Outwards. 
British. 
Foreign. 
British. | Foreign. 
Newcastle .. . • 
Shields 
Tons. 
150,101 
118,770 
Tons. 
200.029 
41,884 
Tons. 
477,174 
100,983 
Tons. 
387,117 
77.743 
The Tyno .. .. 
Sunderland . . . • 
Stockton 
Hartlepool . . . 
208,931 
144,815 
30,407 
75,888 
0,579 
95,201 
. 148,897 
. 940,580 
. 1,095,320 
. 84,232 
241,913 
1 10,31 G 
20,323 
98,858 
3,634 
79,053 
235,941 
807,430 
1,010,527 
1 47,038 
584,157 
253,333 
37,425 
124,308 
1,192 
08,584 
78,902 
999,757 
728,026 
•211,423 
404,8C0 
154,101 
39,211 
214,344 
1,902 
Bristol 
Hull 
Liverpool . . . 
London .. .. 
lasgow .. .. 
39,785 
150,692 
941,175 
889,622 
04,702 
THE FIELD. 
•irir x&Z & & 
P rrtnlfihiilfl were discouraged by these examples of the 
to b. Uil Wifi., and soon atowerd. 
XltTcc^T TO A <*..»»«*»-* fatal accident 
occurred at Gloucester on Tuesday. Ihe Rev. Mr. Clax- 
street ran away, and jerked the servant who was driving 
out ni the carriage. The reverend 
5™sas|ssss 
few hours, and expired on Tuesday night. The servant 
was only slightly hurt. . 
Warning to Police Constables.— T he magistrates 
of Winslow, Oxon, havefined Mr. Gregory Odell, wnstaMe 
of Ravenstone, £2 10s. for allowing a person of the name 
of Waplcs, who was accused of sheep fMjng, to P 
from his custody. TJ.c defence set up was, that the pnso 
ner gave the accused the slip. 
SCOTLAND. 
Death in a TuN.-Mr. Charles Dick, brewer, has 
three large stock tuns placed in his yard at the back of ho 
counting-house, one of which had been emptied about a 
fortnight ago, and required cleaning previous to being used 
ugain. b Mr. Hick had issued strict orders that, before going 
into them, the men should lower a lighted candle through 
ho 1,5’ ’to ascertain whether or not the air wee strong, 
and required to bo purified by pouring in water. A in an 
named Bird, after hiving descended into the ton tot e 
purpose of cleaning it, foil to the bottom in a state of insensi 
bilitv. His companion, Boyle, went down almost imme- 
diately alter having given the alarm, and was also suffocated. 
Throe men went down one by one, but they ^re rescued 
a greatly exhausted state by another of the lnewei*. who 
took the precaution to go down with ropes for the purpose 
of having them pulled up, at the risk of his own safety 
Bird and Boyle were both dead before they could be brought 
up . — Edinburgh Nexcs. . 
Medical Reform.— A very important preliminary 
meeting of Scottish graduates in medicine was held on 
Wednesday afternoon, for the purpose oi forming an As- 
sociation of Scottish Graduates in Medicine, to watch t he 
progress of any measure of medical legislation likely to be 
proposed to Parliament during the present session, and 
• to aid, as far as is compatible with their status, the 
er which tho Royal College of Physicians seek to ob- 
' .i : lvrti.rx orronfTPf TO 
It appears that during last year only six foreign vessels 
wore purchased by owners belonging to tho north-east ports. 
West Rieino Militia.— I t has been resolved that the 
head -quarters of the Cth regiment of West Riding Militia 
(shall be at Halifax. Tho regiment has only just commenced 
enrolment. 
The Channel Islanders.— F or some years past emi- 
gration has been going on from the Channel Islands. 
Before the gold discoveries in Austrulin the Channel islanders 
chiefly emigrated to America. Sinco those discoveries 
Australia has been tho chief attraction. Nearly 100 emi- 
grants left tho inlands last week. In Guernsey soveral 
hundred houses arc empty. 
The Church Rate in Liverpool. — Final Close 
of tup. Poll. — Liverpool, Tuesday Evening. — T he 
poll fora church rate of Ojd. in the pound was brought to a 
close to night, when the numbers were. 
For the rate. Against the rate. 
Persons. . .1,037 Persons. . . . 1,574 
Votes 2,408 Votes 2,880 
Majority against the rate, 537 persons and 412 votes. 
The Stockport Strike. — Soveral rather serious 
tumults have already arisen out of the strike. At three of 
the largest mills— Slessrs. F.skriggo and Co.’s, in Heaton- 
lane, and Mr. C. Howard’s and Messrs. Marshall’s, in Port- 
nlso 
charter wmeu me iwjm -■ - -v- tn 
tain The members of the association have arranged to 
call a general meeting of the Scottish graduates practising 
in England, for the purpose of electing representatives to 
attend the Conference to be held in the Hall of tho Royal 
College of- Physicians of London on Tuesday next when 
representatives from the different British and Irish Uni- 
versities, the lloval College of Physicians and Surgeons of 
England, Ireland, and Scotland, the Apothecaries So- 
cieties of London and Dublin, and from the Provincial 
Medical and Surgical Associations, will attend to discuss 
the provisions of a comprehensive Bill on medical reform, 
drawn out by the reform committee of the 1 rovincial 
Medical and Surgical Association, and to adopt a decided 
plan of action, previous to placing the bill in the hands 
of the Home Secretary. 
Trial for Wife Murder. — T he trial of Alexander 
Cunningham for the murder of his wife on tho 22nd of De- 
cember lust, at Girvan, in Ayrshire, has taken place before 
Lords Ivory and Cockburn, at tho Ayr Circuit Court. It 
was charged against the prisoner in the indictment that, on 
the 22nd of December, 1853, in or near a garden situated 
behind tho workshop occupied by James Hamilton, weaver, 
at Girvan, ho shot at Janet Cunningham, who was then in 
the workshop, and mortally wounded her, tho said shot 
having entered her chest, in consequence wheroof she soon 
thereafter died ; and that lie had previously conceivod and 
evinced malice against the said Janet Cunningham. There 
were 01 witnesses cited in this case. Tho jury found tho 
prisoner guiltv, and Lord Cockburn sentenced him to bo 
hanged on tho 11th of May, without holding out to him the 
least hope of mercy. 
1 Electric Telegraph to Balmoral.— T hrough the 
1 liberality of Priuco Albort, whose example in contribut- 
ing £200 towards tho extension of the electric telegraph to 
Aberdeen 1ms been followed by tho merchants and manu- 
facturers of the city, there is now a certainty that the wires 
will bo erected in the course of the present summer. The 
directors of the Dee-side Railway Company arc to have the 
(olograph extended to Banchory, and as the distance thence 
to Balmoral is only about thirty miles, it is intended, wo 
believe, to lay n wire to Balmoral, so that the Court may bo 
in immediate communication with London. Tho new 
palaco at Balmoral is now pretty well advanced, but though 
a part of it will be finished this summer, the royal family 
will not occupy it until the summer of 1855. — Scotsman. 
§its anb Spurs. 
One of our editorial neighbours of the Albany Express says 
the only reason why his dwelling was not blown away on Satur- 
day was because there was a heavy mortgage on it. 
An Artificial Man.— The “Memorial Bordelais” slates 
that not far from St. Sever, there is living an old military man 
who' has a false leg and a false arm, both moveable by means 
of springs, a glass eye, a complete set of false teeth, a nose of 
silver covered with a substance perfectly resembling flesh, andn 
silver plate replacing part of the skull, lie bears on liis breast 
tlu* Cross of the Legion of Honour, won in the campaigns of 
Egypt, Ituly, and Russia; at Friedland, Jeua, Austerlitz, Wag- 
ram, and Waterloo. 4 , 
I have observed that m comedies the best actor plays the 
droll while some scrub rogue is made the fine gentleman or hero. 
Thus’ it is in the farce of life. Wise men spend their time in 
mirth; its only fools who are serious .— Lard Bolingbrohe. 
Lokd Byron given this account of a party with Sheridan : 
It was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then dispu- 
tatious, then unintelligible, then altogethery, then inarticulately, 
U AVapothccarv's boy was lately sent to leave at one house a 
box of pills, and at another six live fowls. Confused on the 
wav he left the pills where the fowls should have gone, and 
the fowls at the pill place. The folks who received the lowls 
were astonished at reading the accompanying directions- 
“ Swallow one every two hours. „ . 
Gunology. — Shi Haber, of the “ Carpet Bag, tells us the 
following outrageous gun story :— Speaking to-day with u son 
of a gun regarding some gunning exploits, he told moot a singular 
instance of a gun hanging fire, which, were it not for Ins well- 
known veracity, I should feel disposed to doubt. lie had 
snapped his gun at a grey squirrel, and the cap had exploded 
but the piece not going off he took it from Ins shoulder, looked 
down into the barrel, and saw the charge just starting, when, 
bringing it to his shoulder again, it went oft and killed tho 
TSSL use ley to clean tin; it will soon spoil it Make it 
clean with suds, and rub with whiting, aud it will look well, 
“"I Literary Dog.— There is a dog in Liverpool that visits 
all the newspaper offices every day. He generally honours 
our establishment with his first visit. For some hour or hour 
and a half ho reclines on the flags on one side of the door-way, 
eyeing the passers-by, and eacli person who enters. Then he 
arises, and proceeds to the next adjoining office, the Sjfliu/oiv/ , 
where, having gone through the same observance, he repairs 
to the Mercury, and again renews liis apparent penance. Thence 
he goes to the Albion , the Journal , and Hie limes, at each 
of which places he similarly spends about the same abace of 
time, which completes his daily gyrations. It is snrm^ed Hut 
he is the dog of some defunct newsman.— Liverpool Com mi. 
An English Classic.— “ As soon as our anchor felt 
the bottom in Bahia Bay, wo were surrounded and mobbed 
by a number of flat-bottomed open boats. The owner of oi.o 
of them particularly recommended lnmself to me, by Ins 
knowledge of English. On perceiving me, he shouted- 
‘Senor Mitcrre Inglishc — habbe boatee’— I spik Iiig- 
lishc,’— ‘ Now tank you— berry well’— I leave you, uiy 
boy.’ This last Paul Bedfordism decided me ; I immedi- 
ately hired tho linguist, and soon found myself at the wharf. 
— Transatlantic Rambles. 
Dramatic Intelligence Extraordinary. (Fiom out 
own Correspondent).— In consequence ot the patronage 
bestowed upon the dramas, “ Pauline, The Corsican 
Brothers,” “ Married, un-Mamed, &c., Lcs Dames 
aux Cornelias," “Le Juif Errant CEdipus and Jocas tn 
“ Mr. and Mrs. Manning,” “ Hatto, or the Burnham Abbey 
Farm,” &c., are being adapted to the pictorial stage.— L. K. 
gUibertfecments. 
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The minimum charge being 2s. 6d. for Five LinM and under. 
Payment must be made in Cash or by Fost-offlce Order to the Pub- 
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HENRY PEAT, 
HUNTING SADDLER, 
14, OLD BOND-STREET, 
LONDON. 
ARTHUR DAWSON, 
DEALER IN HORSES, 
116, STEPHEN’S GREEN (WEST), 
DUBLIN. 
HORSES. 
A RTHUR DAWSON beeps respectfully to intimate 
il. to the Nobility and Gentry of the United Kingdom, that he ha-' 
returned from the southern provinces of Ireland, where he nas 
selected, with scrupulous care, 
TWENTY HUNTERS AND CHARGERS, 
of surpassing beauty and perfect soundness, which arc now on view 
ot his Mews, 116, Stephen's Green West), Dublin. 
rno SADDLERS AND HARNESS MAKERS.— 
1 Business to be sold in consequence of the death of the late pro- 
prietor. The business has been carried on for some years, and . has an 
established trade. For particulars, enquire of Mrs. Spirhs, at the pic- 
mises, Cumberland Market, Regent’s Pork. 
NEW DESIGNS. 
The Monitcur tie la Flottc says that Rear-Admiral Richard 
Saunders Dundee, now in Paris, has been sent to Franco to 
arrange with the French government a system of signals to 
be used iD common by the allied fleets. Ho lias bad several 
consultations with Admiral Baudin, and they are on the point 
of concluding their labours. 
Infernal Machines.— I t is reported, whether truly or 
not, that several Americans, headed by ex-Alderman Wesley 
Smith, jun., of this city, accompanied by a Russian officer, 
lane, and Mr. C. Howard’s and Messrs. lunrsnaii s, in uort- left in the Baltic on her last outward trip, to engage in a 
W00 d_Sn place of their full complement of thousands, only contract with Russia to destroy British aud French ships of 
about 120 in the aggregate are working; yet, few ns the war that approach near enough to Russian ports, by means 
“knobsticks" are (to use the current phrase), the turnouts of Taylor’s submarine armour end Colt's submarine battery, 
have assembled in front of the mills to watch them out and rr “'“' nn Invention railed the eatnmilt. a vessol with 
intimidate them. On Monday night the conduct of one of 
the turnouts was so violent that ho has been committed to 
prison. On Tuesday night much larger crowds assembled, 
and in front of Messrs. Rskrigge and Co.’s mill, In Henton- 
lane, a riotous mob proceeded to assaults upon the work- 
ui b — • - 
They have also an invention called tho catapult, ft vessol with 
double bows, armed with long sharp iron beaks, to break the 
sides of hostile ships. It will be propelled by steam, which 
drives a wheel in her bottom. It is bo arranged that jets of 
scalding water are thrown from the vessel on all attempting 
to board her.— Am’ York Herald. 
CHEVELET PARK, NEWMARKET. 
TOHN FALRLIE, Esq., can supply EGGS for the 
U remainder of the season .it 21s. per dozen, from the following 
Prize Birds:— Bull', Partridge, White, and Black Cochins, Bramai 
I’ootras, Dorkings, and Scotch Diunpies. 
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on Saturday, May 13, nt 2 p.m. . „_ no »nMnc 
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personal admission to these Exhibitions without a Ticket, 
may also personally introduce o friend with nil AdmiKion » d . 
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