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RoVAf. F.xCfl.wr.P. plo'wn oVhvfc nrt Qnffnr. it, is the most barren and desolate you can ima- "Ottnds approuch and tri the limits of their hear- TO THE EDITOR OF THE The anneted Report of the state of Charitable GUARDIAN. Education in this Town and the immediate Vicinity I communicate, in the expectation that you will consider it of sufficient importance and interest to entitle it to publication.

No document of a similar nature nas yet been laid before the public. At tunes, such information as it contains is valuable; because, without knowing the extent to which, education, and particularly the education of the labouring classes, prevails, the best opinions which out be formed of the condition and future progress of society must be 1 3 considerations, sucn a uocoment seenrcu caueu iur we prcrcut juncture, uy me legiswwe measures with which Mr. Brougham is threatening the country, and which appear to me to be a practical consequence of the ignorance which exists on this subject. The facts on which Mr. Brougham make out the necessity tor his Education mm, are, as ne is reponen io say, ine numerical results or an inquiry, carried on for years among the persons able to report the state of education in each village attd hamlet of the island.

Those persons have, by the mott minute detaili of matters within theiir own STANZAS, BY THOMAS MOORE, F.RQ. A licam of trWHpriflity smilM the west, 'The storms of the morning pursued us no more, And the- ware; while it wefcoin'd the moment of rest, Siailjeav'djXSKemt mH'iTu the His that were o'er! Serenely my heart took the hue of the howr, Its passions wen: sleeping weiemute asthedead, iftd- the spirit becalui'd, but remcinber'd their powers As the billow, the force of the gale that was fled thought of the days, Wlten to pleasure alone My heart evee granted a wih or a sigh; When the saddest emotion my hosotn had known, Was pity for those whu were wiser than I Ffelt how the pure intellectual lire hi luxury loses its Iteavcnly my; How soxm, in the lav isb'mg cup of desire, Tle pearl of the sou may be wasted away? knowledge, enabled him to state the txaet numbers 44 children actually tangat earn." i ne persons wuoie qualification ami Knowledge are ttous extravagantly and (taken in connection with the real fects of the case) ridiculously praised, are the Ctenrvinen of the Church of England, who time up the reports that compose the Education Direst. In the district to which the following reptttt respectable Clergymen, who are, I believe, as such a task. Them it would be severe to censure by the orders of the Education Committee to com! they were obliged, ex officio, to know even so mu i hold them accountable for the great inaccuracy whifcu appears iu the Digest; but it may be reasonably objected to Mr. Brougham, that he ought not to hate pledged himself quite so strongly in support of his informants, as persons best able to report the state of education," and of thir information, as contain-in? tie exact nitwhtrn of tchovts actually existing, and the Humbert of children u-iWm tattuhi iu That the public may judge, I have extracted included the following Keport.

voi. p. s. -pi ic Unendowed Unendowed. PanshesorChapclnes.

Endowments. ry schools. Sunday Schools. Names. ion'in No.

Revenue. No. Children. No. Children.

181 Manchester 85,828 2899 1 I5o .1800 3 3900 3 8000 1 2000 4 83 1 30 200 1 10 100 1 30 40 5344 129 1 none 8 1 200 19,114 791 4 600 8 700 I' From this it appears, that there are only seven Sunday Schools, containing scholars, in Man' Chester, Salford, aud Ardwick. Such is the statement given by fbtsr resielent Clergymen of the of England, who are. as Mr. Brougham thinks, best able to report the state of education;" while the fact is, that the uumlier of the Chcbcii Sunday Schools alone, is 19; and of the Dissenters, 46; making together, 65 and afforelmg gratuitous education to children. It to this number be added the day-scholars anil boarders of the public and private schools, it would appear, that, with respect to this town and neighbourhood at least, there is no necessity suaded, that there is as little necessity in any part i.

ii-. i ii" -i agricultural uismcis, ine case may ou umciciiu useful but Mr. Brougham's bills are too obnoxious but evil in any part of the kingdom. As disqualifying acts, they ought not to pass into laws; and they will not, unless the Dissenters negligently disregard the protection of their own rights. My object, however, is not to discuss the provisions of Mr.

Brougham's bills but merely to call attention to the errors necessarily incorrect. But, independent of general. i scnoo's actually exutino, and the number of refers, I find the statements are attributed to four tent as any of their brethren for the performance of tne impenecuou ot their returns: they were bound tnicate only what they knew and I am not aware that as they have communicated. I do uot. therefore.

the official returns that cot respond with tfee district iam-ashike, i able. for any legislative proceeding whatever; and I am per of the manufacturing district of the country. In the i i. i i i i i uu rcsfteci. to uiem, some legai provision migni oe to the liberal spirit of the times, to produce any thing au earnest wish, that similar reports may be made i trust, your columns would lae open.

N. A MM. Exp. Total. Remark.

155 80 .00 50 10 21 1800 2000 200 10 100 40 40 250 10 600 Faught, clothed an.d boarded. Faught and clothed. And offertory money do. (Suppose) Taught Funds arising from and clothed. Sacramental Offerings.

(Suppose) Expences raised by vo-( luntary Subscription. 5 Taught, clothed ami boarded by I voluntary Subscription. .20 30 (Suppose) Taught aud partly clothed. This School is supported by the benevolence of a single individual. 21 313 I 470 Voluntary Subscription, and Col- I lections at diuretics.

1232 917 35 319 400 50 KM Voluntary Subscription. Ditto ditto Ditto ditto 1271 c554 4061 106 240 353 139 595 253 281 300 i023 586 120 90 This is, perhaps, the largest School 1111 the Kingdom, it cost about 1906 of which .,512 0 10A 478 1 I was contributed in small sums by the Teachers and Scholars. 374j 387 170 30 25 7647 95n 1208 739 654 682 c92'3 968 537 241 466 303 423 422 40 37 (Suppose) 8062 280 370 203 356? 95 5 66 200 66 980 28 50 30 10 Boys and 40 Girls taught writing 5 Defrayed by a Monthly Collection in the School. Adults. 275) 250 3 SMO 300 355 1535 220 410 100 135 80 110 150 380 280 50 Faught writing.

Taught writing. writing and accounts. Taught writing and accounts. Ex- peaces defrayed by payments from tlie writing Class Of d. for every two and fines from the Teachers for non-attendance.

1200 110 115461 1801 tite, except some spots near Cape Town, which have been long made, at a vast expense, aud are occu pied by toe Dutch merchants, and the few motitetl people, for almost every estate in 'the country is deeply mortgaged. As a proof of the poverty of the soil, vegetables are o2d in tne capital at toe most extravagant price. You must gire haif-a-crown for a cabbage, and 3s. td. for a cauliflower; 6s.

a pound for fresh butter, and every thing else in proportion. And tt was the same at Simon's Bay i bnt I had very good friends there, who were mostly English. And is this the place in which I am to live out thd remainder of my wretched existence? Forbid itj Heaven! I. find I canuot live on such terms. To be buried like a dog in a place surrounded by wild beasts to me, who have been used to every com fort! Think of my sensations, when 1 hear the wolves howling round our dismal dwelling.

Yon can have no idea of the dismal yell they make, as loud as a cow bellowing: add to this, the barking ot the jackalls, auel tlie blowinar a tlie porcupines. The ground swarms with insects and reptiles. I have had a snake a yard long coiled up by mv bed side, and a mouse, as large as a small rat, in my lied, when I was lying very ill. We cannot set a single article of pro) isious out of the way, but it is covered with millions of ants, some of them an inch long. Tin: state of my mind is such, that I cannot work for half an hour.

I do nothing but cry, and reael over aud over again the books and old news-papers, I have read, a hundred times before. Poor Dai il blames himself continually for bringing me out, aud has promised, that if 1 am not more reconciled iu a year, be wil? send me to England: but 1 shall never live that time. And if the government do not assist us, it will be impossible that any one can stay. If I was near you, I could lie happy to sit and work from morning to night. David has written a long letter to Colonel Strutt, explaining his situation.

I envy this paper, it is goiug to England; and 1 declare, rather than stay here, I would leave the country in an open boat. (Signed) 44 Anna Fr wets." The originals of the above letters, and others of the same character, are in the hands of Dr. Harnh. THUNDER STORM. On Wednesday se'nnight, about one o'clock, after a forenoon unusually sultry for the season, several very heavy showers of rain fell in Liverpool ami the vicinity, accompanied by loud claps of tl.

under: the darkness of the atmosphere being iu-tersperscd aud succeeded by uncommonly bright gleams of sunshine. During one of these showers, the electric fluid was observed to pass along the south end of Edge-hill. In its progress it knocked dowu several workmen, one of whom was so violently affected in the back of the head, that for relief he had recourse to bleeding; aud a girl in a garden had her arm suddenly lifted up by its effect, ami felt it benumbed for some time after. The coachman ef Mr. Duff wa struck ou the arm whilst on the box, but was merely stunned.

A lady near Islington, who was sewing at the time, felt in the lingers iu contact with the needle a sensation resembling that of a slight electric spark. The electric fluid entered the bouse of Mrs. Clare, iu Edge Vale, where its progress was not less alarming to the inmates, than destructive to the premises; and we have never heard of a more surprising escape, than that of the several individuals dispersed i. i i a iiousc, oi wiiicu almost every room bears testimony of the ravages of the imeoutsolable eleineut. It appears probable, from an examination of tlie apertures which the fluid has made, and the direction in which the bricks, timber, have been forced, that, attracted by the iron railing iu front of the house, it entered the wall on one side the door, where it has shattered the bricks, iiorn to pieces the wood and brick-work between the door-pillar and the arch-way of the door; lifted the boards on the top; shook the fan-light to pieces burning part of the frame, and leaving a black soot on the pamt-work: thence it passed up through the arch door, splitting the bricks and the stone at the bottom of the middle window, the glass of which was shattered to pieces, and the whole frame dislodged and forced into the house.

Over the window it forced, in its way to the roof, a large hole, above which the soot appears exactly as if flames had issued from it. Its course appears next to hare been towards the chimney: the cans were shattered to pieces the ridge stones displaced many bricks and much cement torn from the wall; and tlie lead iu many places forced up. It probably reached the rooms below by the chimneys. In the lower room the stucco, plaster and paper are in several places broken, and the Quid, as if searching its way out, scorched the gilding of the chimney glass, and peeled the top ornaments, but did not disturb the polished fire-irons, just below. Six squares of glass were driven out in this room.

In ihe room above, in one corner, stood a bundle of rods, to which it made its way, perhaps from the chimnev, between the lathing aud the wall, as it forced off the plaster, and shot a quantity of it against a chest of drawers, eleven or twelve feet distant, evidently with amazing force, (u this room a young lady was standing: she felt as if her head were pressed by a weight to her shoulder; but received no further injury than that resulting from extreme alarm, at the noise of the fluid in its passage, which resembled cannon, and filled the room (and iiideed the whole house) with a sulphureous smoke. On going to the door, she found it the bolt having been forced, as if it were partly locked, probably from its having attracted the fluid. From this room it seems to have passed through the window and entered another at a right angle from it in tlie back part of the house, the glass and strong frame of which were broken aud forced in. In another front room on the first floor, in which there are no marks whatever, another young lady, who was using a pair of scissars, was struck dow and was deprived, for a short time, of the use of one of her legs: she was seriously hurt, but, we are happy to say, is recovering. A female servant was driven to one end of the aud a nail in the door, on which her bonnet hung, was drawn out, ami the bonnet torn to pieces.

From the kitchen the electric current seems to have escaped by the upper part of the door, where the bricks and lime are loosened. The alarm occasioned to the female inmates, by this -terrific visitation, need not be described. The house appeared to be tilled with vivid filan.e and smoke, and they fearfully anticipated its falling ou their beads. Two men aud a boy, who had taken shelter at the end of the house, were mrowu liltetn or twenty feet from the spot where they stood; one of them was taken up insensible, but is now recovering. The breast and back of the boy are Severely scorched in red branching stripes, as if produced by the blows of a switch.

In the next house (that of Mr. Mortimer,) iu a room, the door and windows of hich were closed, the frame of a targe pier glass was perforated, as if by a pibtol ball; round which, as from a the gilding was recularlv streaked with soot the nn broken. A person was in the room, but was not aware of the circumstance ulnu ith 4 IIVU i greater part of the ceiling of a room above was also on. vu umer accitient, we uelieve, nas Occurred. Hisc.iNc.

dy Deputy. An unfortunate, yet some-w hat laughable affair recently oecurreel at Canton, and for a short time put a stop to all commercial intercourse between the English and the Chinese. -It appears that one of the latter was accidentally shot, at a boar hunt, by an officer of the Company's ship Loudon and as there exuits a law in China, that the death of a man, even though accidental, can only be expiated by blood, the Chinese Government demanded the offender, and laid an embargo on the ships in the harbour, until the demand should be complied with. This excited very serious alarm amongst the English but they were determined not to surrender their countryman to suffer an unjust death. From this unpleasant dilemma they were extricated in a singular manner.

One of the crew of the London, ho had been sentenced to undergo a severe punishment, hung himself in a tit of despair. His body was sent on shore as a peace-offering, and was ira-mediately accepted by the Chinese, who only wanted a man to be hanged, and did not trouble themselves about his identity with the offender. The embargo was immediately removed and the affair terminated to the satisfaction of both parties. nig. I hose who enjoy a temporary triumph, are often compelled, in their turn, to acknowledge tq how short a uMtauce their little superiority extend.

Since there is nothing ru the constitution ot the atmosphere to prevent the existence of vibrations incomparably wore frequent than any of which we are couschxis, we may imagine that animals like the grytti, whose powers appear to commence nearly where ours terminate, may have tlie faculty of hearing still sharper sounds, which at preseut we do not note to exist; aud that there may be other i tweets hearing nothing in common with us, but endued with a power of exciting, and a sense that perceives, vibrations of the same nature indeed as those which constitute our ordinary sounds, but so remote, that the animals who perceive them may be said to possess another sense, agreeing with our own soletv iu the medium bv which it i- excited, and possibly wholly unaffected by thoe slower vibrations of winch we are sensible." Nothing is said iu this paper as to a coincidence between the ordinary pitch, or the compass, of the voice, and the extent to which acute sounds are audible. To reason from analogy, we should -im pose that individuals who are remarkable for their power of hearing acute sounds, would either have shriller voices in ordinary conversation, or would be able to sound higher notes, than those persons whose ears are pitched lower. Iu any future ex pcriments on the subject, it may, perhaps, be worth while to examine whether anv such coin cidence exists. SETTLEMEN AT ALfJOA BAY. The- following extracts of letters, just received from one of the rec -ntly-fonned settlements iu Southern Africa, are Addressed by a Ladv of the name of Francis, who accompanied her husband as one of the settlers, to her friends in this country, ami give a melancholy picture of the hard-hips to which she, iu common with many others who so rashly quitted their native shores, have been ex posed.

The first' letter is dated Frogmobr, uear Assogya liush, and is addressed to Mrs. Black burn, Laytonstone, Essex:" My beloved Sister, 1 have the pleasure to tell you, after af I my perils aud adventures, that have at last gaiucd a shelter. We have been here ever since the 12th of October till we could get a room built. I suffered buvnud expression, and the cu ther was mi stormy, that for one whole mouth it ramed incessantly, accompanied with the most dreadful tempests of thunder aud lightning. You can have no its effect, enclosed as we are on all sides by high mountains.

It would give us both iKim were I to relate all that i have felt, dod grant that von mav never know by experience the mise ries of settling; yet, in comparison to hundreds, we are to be envied We have built an excellent room, which serves us for a 4 kitchen, parlour and and are completely sheltered from the weather. The sun here scorches to that degree, that it burns the skin and raises blisters, exactly as if one had been in the lire but the evenings and nights are sometimes so cold, that, after a burning dfcy, we are shivering over a lire. This I think the most miserable country iu the w-oiid, for it produces nothing without manure, aud the gardens which we have made are all burnt up before they come to any peifection. The whole of the wheat harvest has totally failed here and iu every part of the country; indeed, the mi-erics of flu: uuhappy settleis are beyond any thing 1 can express. Flour is not to be purchased at any price, except that served out by trovernment, and that is most execrable stulf: then! is the bread bran, and whole grains of wheat, with a mixture of peas ami Indian com hut all this I do not consider for myself, as I do not eat more thau would satisfy an infant.

I ive been very ill for some weeks, and my spirits are dreadfully depressed; I hope time will reconcile me to my situation. If 1 had society, I would endeavour to make myself easy, but there is not an English settler nearer than seven miles, and I know none of them but Mr. t.athom, who returned from Clan William, with many others, chiefly Irish: he has been our frequent visitor, but he is as miserable as myself, and detests this country as much as I do. When 1 reflect that it was on this day twelvemonth I parted from you, my heart is like to break! Why did I ever leave you, my poor mother, and my dear Patty? Never shali I see oit and my dear native country again! Yet the thought of staying in this miserable solitude is dreadful debarred from all social intercourse not one female friend to converse with no doctor within fifty miles no clergyman or church in the whole country no post-otltce nearer thau Graham's Tow iit which is a wretched place, and the road to it terrific. I am more wretched than 1 can describe; but what are my miseries compared to the miseries id' those that went to Clan William; they are absolutely starving, and the government will do nothing for them, because they would not come up here.

I do not think any one will stop a year in this wretched country that can help it, many have already left it, and others are going. What will be the end of it, (od only knows, but I dread the worst. There is little short of a famine now great numbers have nothing to eat but mutton they can get neither bread nor vegetables, and wine and spirits are all out of price. Not an ounce of tea or sugar is to he got at Graham's Town- for 4 love or except now aud then, as every thing is to be brought from Cape Town, and the conveyance is very uncertain. We have indeed been miserably deceived, both as to the soil and climate.

Oh, if any thing would but turn up, that 1 miuht once more return to England, 1 would not care if I lived on bread and water, for I envy the poorest servant there. The wretched thought of ending my days in this savage wilderueas, surrounded by wild beasts, and every thing that is horrid, quite distracts me. As for poor David (Mr. Francis,) he is well tn health, but almost mad to think he ever brought me to such a place. He has led the life of a slave, for as there arc no enclosures, the cattle are no sooner over the hills than they are out of sight.

He has lost a horse, and four bullocks, and ais.i three sheep, which, I suppose, were picked off by the wolves. It is the same by all the settlers; they have all lost cattle. I am afraid you will think I am a croaker but, believe me, I have not told yon of half our miseries. Oh, how different from the account I first wrote to you on our arrival in this country! but then the weather was mild, and every thing seemed enchanting. 1 was surrounded by friends, by whom I was beloved.

Now 1 am separated from aK ever knew, anil have no hope of ever seeing them aain David seems to have no wish to return, and is only unhappy to see me in this state. Here follows some allusions to family affairs. I believe I have never laughed since I have been here, but at the loss of 4 My JokcyV (Majocehi) memory. Tell me all about the Queen, and what your opinion is about the trial. (Signed) Anna Fiuntis." The second letter is dated Jan.

22d, 1821, near Assagya Bush, Nossar River, near Graham's-town, and is directed to Mrs. Galabin, V2, Old Jewry, London." My dNir Fanny, I expected long before this I should have had the pleasure of receiving a line from you; but that, as well as every other consolation, is denied me. I have received but two letters from England, both from my dear shter, the last dated the 9th of August. I wrote to my sister a short time since, and explained to her my uncomfortable situation in this miserable I thought my situation bad enough then, although I told her that I wanted for nothing, being provided by the government for twelve months, or more if required. All the parties that came off with us were upon the same terms, as some remuneration for the very great expense and loss of time we had incurred.

For this we had the governor's verbal promise, as well as a circular letter. We have now-received a communication that all rations are to be stopped, unless paid for, or unless undeniable -security be given for payment hereafter. This is a Wow which, persisted in, must break up the whole enterprize, it is impossible to procure corn at any price, the whole of the crops having failed in every part of the colony. At for nc, you would hardly think I was the same creature. When I arrived at the Cape, I had grown fat and strong the sea voyage had entirely restored my long lost health, and 1 fondly looked forward to happiness.

But alas! my dear friend, this is the last place in the world where I could aspect to find it for thecountry, from every part we have seen day, in the.presence of some hundreds of persons the top stone of the new dome at the Royal change as elevated to its place la weight It it above half a ton. luthe eentred theise is 1 caviti Of Unwardii of 411 iimlina rt.u.. sv Mwuin Ua Jn. to which a globe is to be attached, and the wholj sunnounxea oy uie grassnopper, tne crest ot Thomas Gresham, who built the Royal Ertcfcang in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The stone a placed with loud acclamations, and the colours St Mary Woolnoth were hoisted at the cxtreinit of the scaffold, on the south side.

On Sunday the 15th ult. being Palm Sundaj to annual custom, the following singuh service wa observed at Broughton in Lindsay, i Lincolnshire, by which the manor is beldj Tl deputy of the Lord attended at the church, whlV item cart-nhip in his hand, which he cracked fhr times in tlie church porch, then passed with it his shoulder up the chancel, and seated himself the pew of the lord of the manor, where he remai ed till the officiating clergyman was about to 1 the second lesson. He then proceeded -wit'- whip, to the lash of which he had in the iatcri affixed a purse, which should have contat u.s. silver pennies, but, not being able to proif.n thei a single half-crown piece was sitl stiUfced, aj kneeling dowu ou a cushion before the readi desk, held the purse suspended iha curat) bead during the time of his wiur the lessq after which he returned to ir, and as soon divine service was over, tln x-' left the whip a purse at the manor-hor. Gazetie Saturday.

Apbh. 8. i CLARKE Thomas, of Gainsborough, in the coni or uneoin, el. May 7, 8, June 9, 11, at the Punch AM. Payne-, Nottingham.

COLLIN Stepheu, of in thccuj 01 iur, blacksmith 1. Mav II. at tlie White Horse, Leeds, May 12, June at at the Court-house, Leedi. Att. Mr.

Fir Wakefield. DAWSON Robert, of the city of Norwich, lini draper, el. May 12, 14," June 9, at 4, at Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. Atts. Messrs.

Simns ami Hackham, Norwich. GLOVER Benjamin, late of Bread-street, but 1 e.i auiug-sireet, iu the city of LomUm, Chester-warehouseman, commission agent, el. May 8, 12, June 9, at 10, at i Mr. Lawrence. Dean's-conrt.

LAUGHTON John, late of Arhmir.snuan?. C. medial road, in the county of Middlesex, nt i-uuuincr, ftiav 6, at 1U, May 15J 1 1, Jne 9, at 10, at Guildhall, 'London. Af Meslsrs. Tomlinsou and Bennell, Thcogmortj street, I LEE Jonathan, of Sunderland- in tlie count Durham, grocer, el.

c. Mhv 12, 19, June 1, ai uuuuitaii, Loudon. Atts. Messrs, Huddau and Gattv. Thnvrmortn-stret.

PAYN Thomas, and John Daniel Payn, of Ca tou-sireet, in the city of London, wavehemsenl d. May 12, June 9, at 1, at Guild! Att. Mr. liiudiuan, Basmghall-street, SMITH John, now or late of Puttrington, in i dcrness, in the county of York, grocer, liii draper, d. May 11, 12, Juuet), mil, at Dog and Duck Tavern, Kingstou-upon-Hedi.

1 Mr. Walmsley, Hull. TATE John, of Liverpool, in the county of caster, provision-mcrehaut, d. Mav 17, June 9, at 1, at the George Inn, Liverpool, Mr. Dcnisou, Liverpool.

WARD Joseph, late of Banbury, mthceounti Oxford, (but now a prisoner in the King's Bo prison), brewer, d. May 5, June 12, at Guildhall, London. Atts. Meant. Fil and Monday, Holborn.

WHARTON Robert and Henry Wharton, of Li tne county ot Lancaster, joiners! hOU8e-VD-njiitare lot 1, 19, June 9, at 11, at the Geoie lw, verpool. Att. Mr. Hodfroon. Titromnnl iJi.MOTT Danish of Princess-street, Rot 01 mu wmuy 01 surrey, master-mars merchant, d.

May 5, at May 15, aj uiie at tu, at Guildhall, London. 1 Messrs. Paterson and Peile, Old Broad-stred I May 22. Macnair Atkinson, London, merchi a- uavics, flax-spnuier, 29. W.

Bcwtey, Manchester, taiior. 22. W. and A. Copp, Exeter, drapers.

22. W. Bnrne. Exeter, draner ami tiilm- 29. J.

draper a. mjc, l.onuon, warehouseman. 24. T. Cassidy, Liverpool, fcather-merch 22.

J. Williams. London, draner. 22. M.

B. Schlesinger London, iadigo-rt einanc Ryder Nasmyth, London, sugar-reft June DISSOLUTIONS OF PABTNKRHUIP. i John Harrison aud Brothers, Manchester, cot spinners. Widow Welsh and Sons, Manches! common earners. Geo.

Ramsden and Co.W Chester, cotton merchants. Gazette Tuesday, May 1. i ALLISON George, of Bishop Wearmouth, hv county of Durham, rope maker, c. (carry on trade at Moukwearmouth Shore, in the a county) May 10, 24, June 12, Bridge I iiisiiop earmouth. Att.

Mr. Edward Hinde, shop Wearmouth. BAYLY William Henrv. of Cheltenham, in 1 county ot uioucester, banker, 1. May 41,: Fleece Inn, Cheltenham.

Juue 12, King'H Hej Gloucester. Atts. Messrs. Pruen and Griffil Cheltenham. DEMAINE William, of Burley, in the parish Otley, in the county of York, worsted spinni May 10, 11, June 12, New Inn, Bradford, jj Mr.

Crosley, Bradford. FRAN HS Richard the elder, of Newark uponTrei in tho county of Nottingham, miller, d. o. 8, 9, June 12, Saracen's Head Ion, Newark. AC Messrs.

Tallents and Beevor, Newark. GREENWOOD Thomas the younger, of Presto in the county of Lancaster, upholsterer, 3. May 28, 29, June 12, White Hart Ino, Prestd Atts. Messrs. Troucrhton anal Hav.dnc.lt- Uremie.i JERRY John, of Kirton, in the county of SntTol maltster, merchant, d.

May 16, 17, June 11 Coach and Horses, Ipswich. Att. Mr. Jackamai Ipswich. SHEPHEARD John the younger, of the parish Pirton, in tlfe county of Worcester, aud Richai Houghton, of the parish of Badsey, in the sal county of Worcester, d.

c. and copartner; Ma 15, 16, June 12, Rein Deer lun, Worcester. At Mr. Elkington, Birmingham. TURNER Daniel, of Wbitechapel in Oj county of Middlesex, timber raerchaat; May i 12, June 12, Guildhall.

Atts. Messrs. Jones an Howard, Mincing JLaoe. WALLER Matthew, late of the Furnace, in th parish of Stone, inhe county of Stafford, victual Icr, d. May 21, 22, at the office of Mr.

Astbuni Stone, June 12 Crown Inn, Stone. Att. Mr. Astj bury, Stone. WELSH John, of High Holborn, in the county 4 Middlesex, master mariner, d.

c. and master oi the ship Claudine employed in the East Indif trade, May 8 19, June 12, Guildhall. Atts. Mesj Tomiinson, Thomson, and Co. Colemaa-street.

WESTAWAY John, of the city of Exeter, watcS maker and jeweller, d. May 21, 22, June li Half Moon Inn, Exeter. Att. Mr. Furlong, Exetei DIVIDENDS.

May 26. R. Simpson, London, merchant! 22. W. Poole, Leicester, 21.

Foulkes Darnton, Mancliesferj cabinet makers. i 19. R. J. Grimsbaw, Manchester, merebants 19.

W. Sherwood Liverpool, soap-boiler. I 19. C. C.

Becher, London, merchant. DISSOLUTIONS OF PAWNESSHIP, N. M. J. and J.

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mfcht give hack tle gem I had borrow from him! The was extatk! I fek as if Heaven Had already the wreath of eternity shewn; A if, passion all clmstcn'd, and error forgiven, My heart had begun ti purely its own! Mouk'd to tlie west, awl the beautiful sky, Which morning had elouded, was clouded iw more "Oh! tlms," I exclaim'd, can a liearenly eye Shed light on the soul that was darkened before!" ON- SOUNDS INAUDIBLE BY CERTAIN EARS. A very paper on this subject lios Keren recently to the Royal Society By- Dr. Woitastoo. Some of our readeis are, no douhl, acquainted with the telehmttd ajH.r of our Townsman, Mr. Dalton, on certain peculiarities of vision to which he, and several other indi viduals, are subject: to tikis Wollaston's communication forms an excellent counterpart; ami the facts which he has stated, respecting the kindred sense of hearing, are eouallv siucular and striksnr.

As yth(f subject is otic of general intercut, we need not apologize to our readers for presenting tliero with ait abridgment of the puper. The Dr. ohscrves, that persons aborning under deafness usually hear acute soiiimIh better thaikgnrvc eues; and he bus found that all ears may be reduced, by artificial means, to the same iuaciisibitit to low tunes. Wheu the mdutli ami nose are shut, tfhe tympamuu may be so exhausted by a forcible-attempt to take breath by expansion of the chest, the pressure of the external air is strongly J'eh upon the mcmhraua. tyutpani, aud, in this state of tension from external pressure, the ear becomes insensible to graver tones, without losing in av the jMreeplion of sharper sounds.

To a iRoihmirc extent the experiment is not difficult, and well worth making. The effect is singularly striking, and may be aptly compared to the-mechanical separation of larger and smaller bodies by a sieve. If a table is struck with the end of the uiijier, the whole board sounds with a Veep note. If is stru-k with the naHy there is also at the same time a sharp sound produced ty quicker vibration ol parts around the point of contact. When the ear is exhausted, it hears only the latter sound, without perceiving in any decree the note of tlie whole -table.

In the same matt-uer, in listening to the sound of a carriage the deeper rumbling noise of the wheels no Itxtgcr heard by an exhausted ear; but the rattle of a or loose screw remains at least a audible at before exhaustion. He has tried the experiment at a concert with simrtdar effect. None of the sharper sounds are tost, but, by the suppression oi a great mass of louder sound's, the slimier ones are so much the more distmrtly perceiveil, even to the rattlim; of mexeiysoi a nan msirurBein, or scraping ot catgut iiusKtHUfiy lom uc n. The sate to which the ear is tbns reduced by fxhaustion, may even lx peserved for a eertaiu and without cych stoppiuj; the bretlt; since, by sudden cessation of tlw effort, the internal passaire to the ear becomes closed by the flexibility of the Kustachiau tube, hich acts ns a va-lre, ami pre-veutslhe ruturn of air into tlie tympaitom. As the defect thus is voluntary, so also is the emedy, the unpleasant seiirtiM pressure mu the drum, and the partial deafness which accompanies it, mv at any instant be removed by the act of swallowing, which ojens the tube, and, fcy allowtu the airo enter, restores the equilibrium pressure necessary to the tlue performance of the fnoctions of the ear.

Those who attempt exhaustion of the ear for fcbe lirst tiimr, rarely have any difficulty in making Miemsclves sensible of external pressure on the tym-yamttn; but it vit at tirst to relax the eil'ort tuspiiatiVu) with suflicieut siid(leine3 to close tlie tube, and thus maintain the exhaustion; neither is it very easy to refrain Ions together from swallowing tlie saliva, which instantly puts an nd to the experiment. AH this is very extraordinary; but the ompata-tive insensibility to wnlr in intliviiluals hearim: is otherwi.ve perfect, Mrhaps, still more astonishing. We willghe, in Dr. Wul-htstoit's own words, his account of this singular yheuoiMentii)'. It now some years swiee fwrst lr.nl occasion to notice this upceics of particular deafness, which 1 at that time it)posel to be peculiar to the individual in whom 1 observed it.

WiuMe I was endeavouring to esliiuate the pitch of certain sharp sounds, I remarked in one of my friends a total insensibility to the souml tf a small organ jipe, which, uu.cespect to acute.ness, wan fas within tlie limits my envn heariuir, as well! as of others oi our acquaintance. Ily subseeiueiit examination, we found tliat his -sense )( hearing termina-ted at a note four en'taves- above the middte of the piano-forte. This note he seeuked tohear rather 'itnperfevtly, but he i-tndd not hear the next almve it, altloogl hits hcf.ring wias, in oiler respeets, as perfect, ami perception of innsieal pitch as correct, as that of any ordinary cars. Tim casual observation of tlut peculiarity in the nran of heartier, swhi bnmght to my recollection a similar ucapuctty in a near relation of nty own, whom I very well remember to- have said, when I was a boy, that she never cooTd hear the chirping that eomirtonly tcHirs ki hedges dm inga summer's evyimrr whioh I beKeve to- be thut ef the I have reusou to think that a sister of the person altliougb nekler of- these wu in any degrae deaf to common sotcod-. The lKXt case which came to tny knowledge was in some degree more remarkable, in as much as the deafness in all probability extended a note two lower than in tle tirst instance.

This m-formation is derived from two ladies of my ac-quamtaiice, who agree that tlieir father could uever kear the chirping of the conwnott Ik. use sptirnovr. This is the lowest limit to acute 1 rearing that I have met with, and I believe it to be extremely sarc. Deafness even to tlie chirping of the house cricket, whieh several notes higher, is not common. Inability to hear the piereiug squeak of tlw batfeeim not very rare, as I have met with several instances of persona not aware of such a sound.

The chirping, which 1 suppose to be tha'. of the gryllut eampestris, appears to be rather higher than that of the bat, and accordingly will approach the limit of a greater number of cars; for, as far as I am yet able to estimate, iMiman itearing in general extends but a few notes above tins pitch. I cannot, however, measure these sounds with precision; for it is difficult to make a pipe to sound such notes, aod still moie daiBcult to appreciate the degree of their aeuteness. The suddenness of the transition from perfect Itearing to. total want of perception, occasions a degree of surprise, which renders an experiment vn this subject, with a series of small pipes among severali pessos, Jtlir amusing.

It is curious to observe the chauge of feeling manifested by various individuals- of the party, "in succession, as the We perfectly remember a yoong man who was BemarkabJe for his dexterity in shooting bats, but was never able to beat their cry, though, other respects reiuaskable foravutentss of hcariug -Ed. which exist in the Education Digest, and to express up for other large towns, to the publication ot which, DAY SC IIOOLS. KstablithmcH lioys Girls. Grammar School Blue Coat ditto Green Coat ditto Collegiate Church elitto Strange ways ditto St. Mary's ditto St.

John's ditto St. Paul's ditte Ladies' Jubilee 155 io 12 9 20 50 12 30 Back King-street National Schools, 21 194 300 119 170 Boltou-street, Salford aoi 381 Dissenters. Lancastprian School, Marshall-st. Unitarian, Mosley-street Catholic SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Establishment.

Collegiate Church, Shude Hill St. Ann's, Back King-street St. Mary's, Back South Parade St. Pa id'e, Grceu. street Turner-street Jersey-street St.

George's, St. George's St. John's, St. John's-street St. James's, St.

James's-street St. Michael's, Miller-streot St. Peter's, Jackson's-row Alport Town St. Clement's and St. Luke's, 692 198 225 35 121 890 381 201 50 130 170 68 314 141 118 102 234 9(7 835 181 139 220 185 196 60 205 56 110 183 71 281 112 163 198 352 120 Bemiet- St.

Stephen's, Bloom-street Odtield-road Trinity, King's Head Yard. Hulme, Duke-street Oxford road Ardwick street 1071 297 204 300 189 191 110 3434 4213 Dissenters. For am. Denominations, Lever-street 429 607 220 355 335 362 450 223 128 257 160 219 202 522 601 248 384 319 320 518 314 113 209 143 204 220 Loudon Road Ormond-street Tib-street Long-Millgate Bridgewater-strect Gravel-lane Elm-street New-Islington David-street Hulme Chancerv-lane Brunswick, Pendleton 3947 160 210 100 172 45 30 100 30 507 57 159 130 100 160 173 74 120 230 60 75 35 60 90 200 230 38 700 4115 120 160 103 181 50 36 100 36 473 68 116 120 120 140 182 79 100 180 40 60 '45 50 60 180 50 12 500 New Connexion Methodists, Oldham -street Pendleton Hope-Town ISDEPKSDr.NT METHODISTS, Edward-street Cooke-street Welch! Meihodists, Parliameut-st. Wt-Lcu Independents, Oak-street James-street Independents, Grosveneir-street Lloyd-street Mosley-street.

Mathcr-sreet Blakeley -street Jacksou's-lane Chapel-street Hope-street Windsor Baptists, York street. Fleet-street Ntw iu'salem, Peter-street Bolton-strcet, Salford King-street ditto. Hulme r.sios Schools, George Leigh-street ti Nil arian, Mosley-street Greengate, Salford. Cai houcs have Eight Schools 7983 7478 Establishment Dissenters DAY SCHOOLS. AT.

of I tchoot, Boys. Girls. 13 830 411 3 890 381 III II II I II.I.-I.. -I. 1 SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Ann. Xor oj, Ann. Total Exp. schools Boys. Girls.

Total. Exp. 1232 19 3434 4213 7647 1078 1271 554 46 7983 7478 15461 1801 16 1720 I 792 2503 5564 65 11,417 11,091 123,108 2879 jno. 01 uay scholars, Establishment, 4232 DUsenterji, 1271 2503 Sunday Scholars, Establishment, 7647 Dissenters, 15471 23,108 igj 70 Deduct One Third of Day Scholars, the proportion supposed to attend Sunday Schools, '834 Total gratuitously Besides the ahavp. 34867 ui 5V.UUUI uuuu are open wo or wiree evemngs in the Sum! UIin1arc 4isi n'tr 9 email om sk slafVtr 1 no uHnuwu vuiuu aawru, wnicn were are already 120 scholar.

At the Sunday Schools, reading only is taught, except in, the Initaoces noticed in the remarks. Rat ikmtwt ho Ahuovroui tii n.i i i uw.iiviHij the week, and writing knd arithmetic then tauerht to UC SXt)C6ft s..