The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-19 00:00:00

~,.,,.,..!..9_JuLl7 , 1833. TO CORRESPONDENTS'. mend ---- ~,, d who Writes us froth Ormskirk should not allow him ; ," 0 1 1 ,0 be disconcerted or annoyed by any thing that appears r e vacking columns of one of our trunerY el:lirthe CI 'the stuff which it contains from week to wee , . a cont. 71ehke_tion, of a poor old woman, who contrives -to obtain . lide a ;", by a sort of illicit trade. She steals the smallwa e re . oad vtinch she sells. In the shape of news she vends ging,. r_ . and her policy is puff, puffing, and . puffery., o ,i,i_ e e r ' . klifie„"l."ting-tbs, t uud - duckinc , 2 __top-spinning,. ant Li ' __ 8 '7, is the vilest trade going. 'We cannot notice he per w °ll further. eat pr,etilleeotpresprn. e upon our very humble knowledge of legal n th e e_ toadisE., our correspondents "near Lancaster" wayi 5 ,,, 90aibn affair to which they refer. Their best t ' nsult some intelligent and experienced attorney. ~......,.................._ltbably in our next. Ebt liattpoot 'tanbartl 111 DAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1833. Ad v i ees from Algiers state that considerable discon ex„, Vel s '7(l a mong the troop s i n th at quarter. The - tB4 and d y s enteries conti nue d to commit considerable li o4a g es, but particularly among the soldiers of the batal villa Pla ced as advan ce d posts. The Fort de l 'E au, t h e g of kost e C° /lba, and the Maison Carree were the places 4 8ti Posed, and where these diseases raged most viru relieY; in consequence of this it had been resolved to 4, d ! l iese post s every eight days. The hospitals were lev e , W i lth Sick, and th e h ealt h o f the officers had suffered 174 Y. The French force at Algiers consisted of 'regular troops, and 6,000 national guards. h, fcili owi ' y e a file of Washington papers which contain the ng commercial intelligence : " DUTIES ON WINES. ffNT " Comptroller' s-Office, June 4, 1833. 144 1 e LEm t xi —Th e S ecretary of the. Treasury has referred roizther lette r t o him of the 27th ult., in which you submit "k„ We questio ns f or the decision of the department . `!le dutie s on wines to be reduced on the 4th March, letv,,,i . " 44 te half their present rates, and a return duty to he al „ 8 1 18 1 ,i ve th ese then on hand; or, instead thereof, will the pro -4PPIy t : .ti et tetiolt contemplated by the_ tari ff act of 2d March I th a - In the l at t er case w i ll the w i nes i n bon d on the 1834 , be entitled to the first reduction of duty? tt re4 o ,7 l l I hav e t o o b serve, that the duties on such wines as „Abe} be ad, and shall rema i n so unt il a ft er th e 31 s t e '44(6) and on such wines as may be imported before 411c1 shall at the time of importation be deposited un sipb:4`.°l. the proper officers of the customs, and shall rie ttoviiio"4tD after that day, will have to be regulated by t 44 44, 4 , 80 f the first section of the act of 2d March, 1833,. to ~dGell4s act of 14th July, 1832, and all other acts imposing , 411 0: 141 : 1 11 P °41 ; and accordingly, if such duties exceed an ;,; t t he r-Itty of 20 per cent., a reductimi thereon will be made ;the Of Withdrawing the wines from the public stores f en t e l ti °t ) ll part of such exces s. 'JOS. ANDERSON." I'4 Ftt ° 1 : (4 7 obtained bv a British officer, at the ex +t h B - v " ri tish blood, over the fleet of Don MIGUEL, 1 14 % the effect of much more embarrassing the 1414;and protra c ti ng t h e strugg l e i n P or t uga l. It 11 3a id, and 'w e b e li eve t ru l y, th a t th e mo n e y r e. telia ti hiring steamers, and paying the British mer has been furnished by Louis PHILIPPE of France. "Itepitithell MAJESTY has, we suspect, all along, been a g Partner in the speculation, the motives of that ti lte, 1 1 1 , 4 ' 1 and paltry king being purely of a selfish na- W ould not surprise us if he were intriguing to 4411 g H e e of his sons on the Portuguese people as the 4c15,. Consort of Donna MARIA, just as he has imposed d 4hter •gaie llm , u pon that shadow of a prince, the pauper an thi s 140 POLD of Belgium. l't 'ithip l is B as it li ty,' and bright as the laurels confessedly 4 44 0 C 1 decorate the brow of - Captain NAPIER, still we tt Ak kh reir ain from thinking that this victory is a deep 11."11 1t tritish honour and integrity, and will 44am indelible stain upon ministerial neutrality. It • t lY b e believed that on the very day after the re !Ned t he intelligen ce , an official notification was 10 4te ll t Ll ° Yd's, declaring all the ports of Portugal in of mo bl ockade. Talk of neutrality indeed! It is et bare -faced hypocrisi, and the most glaring fraud ‘ltAi ova""ilibited or perpetrated by public men. It is as Ain as any thing can be that ministers must have ire et communication With NAPIER and his fel -114 Il entu rers, - and when all the truth transpire s w e t ttw r ° t be astonished to find that the C a pt a i n an d hi s 11 4 °Il ght under English colours. The consternation t t ,Pervaded MIGUEL'S; fleet indicates as much. ll teVerthek 'Ede to Calculile the result. ss, nnpossi People of Lisbon bea s fa vou i u bl e to P EDRO as has ki N stt ° been alleged, we see n o thi ng to prevent Captain W f rom sailing up the . Tagus and taking possession ke, k i . : 4l Pital. If any number of the people be so dis ,thtir ,„ 11°T y is the time to show it, and take advantage of Nvi e ' te P o ssessions. Hitherto. all the demonstrations t il L e : te n on the other side. The nobles; the Hidalgoes, ttliZgY, and the peasantry, have taken the side of d Abt h ave liberally contributed to his assistance, an 14 % 4 - 1 7 the most strenuous and united endeavours in eve If this victory should so far change the tide Ao rta 'eats as to change public opinion, then the people of t4 rti% ct i are the most craven-wretches on the face of the %eh . But We cannot on such vague grounds give ear ‘°4l)ed a ti sw eeping sland ers aga i ns t an . i n j ure d p eo pl e , 'g f led Plundered l as they have been by pirates, and 41 governMents,- and the mercenaries of the e olkt eats, of England and France. It is time en ough a erneaMe t , ti t when the charge of perfidy i s p rove d. Zthe a ime we are bound to admit, that much ‘rat: ss , a nd inactivity, almost am oun ti ng t o a wan t o f Port hav e been evinced by the besiegi ng arm y b e f or e tr ft , e - up s We have the best authority for stating that the umer th e command of MIGUEL'S officers were, nu oq Q ie ' of sufficient force to take the city by storm. 3' ,Were not l e d t o th e a t tac k rema i ns to be ex "itiart is alleg e d, i n excuse, t h at a dread of the san v t e°lls equences, and the exterminating effects of a ~ 'AN t , s ank, accomplished by an inc ense d so ldi ery, that hesitation which preferred the starving pro 'ettl :lauEL has, no doubt, been well advised, if he has Z i ler 4_4 tEL advice of the . Duke de CADOVAL and the ° 414 by whom he is surrounded ;. but still it likoilt,Cave betokened a more resolute mind, even al • shoUld himself have perished in the lines, or in 1 the att ac k , an d wou ld h ave s h own th at h e was 41e1"3 sa crifice his life in the service of that people wh o I:rer,„e‘vated him to the throne, and who have suffered so Y in his cause. Better end the contest in one con :ttlele ' f latter who or how many should fall, than allow : ( 1w,, 1) i ll to wave its banners with impunity, the peace tl ~...4 4r e of his subjects to be destroyed, and a cruel sa t ech t 4.. to be perpetuated. ttlin iSters on Tuesday evening, lik e th e sun on r *ki l ) o d e . sd aY morning, were under an eclipse, an d th e i r headed by Mr. SPRING RICE,. suffered . a de 'the qe house of Commons. The victory was achieved i t ti. ! 4 Party and the -Irish tail. Lord ALTHORP '4ltra S t rue, but it was principally for the purpose of 4) (hetin g himself and his friends. One Mr. RUTH -4e vs °vet t that all sinecure _places be abolished," and , "". Was carried by a majority of 88 to 7 9 . t4 '" si lpp P o ill *Port of the motion is not very clear, and that s,PPor t or e Was one of the reasons why it received the t 4 tia o. s° man y members from the other side of the ` 4l l. If by this motion it be intended that no man Itr vi: 4 futu re be rewarded for his own services or the 4 cl " or his f 14, the a mily, then the object is plain enough, .o rt only exceptions we have to take to it are on the ti,olf_ipiiistice. There are hundreds of sinecure places ii,r ll (l, some of them more honourable and less lu -1114 and 8 o aome more lucrative and less honourable than ' b ut ll % 3 s tki the holders of these offices are as much intitled Lkot,.`"),4lord GREY is to the coat on his back, or Lord " L , t 5 4 , k to the wig on his head, or his lordship's bar- Ztbolock in .his shop,•or the sign over his dour. tis °reMath be deprived of these places and the emolu iriteeirleigofi,blielteEgitish, a nntlemots motion would be rendered into e QD seB elv ed, follows 4cl, that the holders of all sinecure places BE Eon , ttkisARLIAMENT... v t WOUI 41 1 d be straightforward villany, against which k) %hi kN t . not raise our voice so loudly as against the i te 1 8 1 :g: l!ett t y tr theirnuia.n -larceny way of committing fraud. Up them, at once, in fair fight ; but do not alll4l. th e ' en ' or pillage their ben-roosts in the dark! tila. other hand, it be the Intention of the mover J ° rity that these places be abolished at the demise of the present occupants; this, of course, would he a mitigation of the offence, and a lesser evil. But would the public gain by the change ? If the Govern ment be deprived of the means of remunerating public services in one way, they must have recourse to another way. Would the public be gainers by this ? We think not. The Whigs never make a change for the better. The motion would hardly have been worth our notice had it not been coupled with the defeat of ministers. It is pitiful to see the King's servants badgered and buffeted in the reformed house on matters of money that would not excite the cupidity of a tavern-waiter. They richly deserve it, we admit ; but it is pitiful, nevertheless. The sooner, therefore, they retire, the better for them selves and the country. The fear of a dissolution has already begun to operate, and desertions from the ministerial ranks are innumerable. The absentees from the house are more numerous still. Oh, rare reformed Parliament ! The view which we have recently taken of the West India question seems to coincide, in a great degree, with that entertained by the majority of practical men con nected with the colonies. It required no great share of penetration, and even less acquaintance with the prin ciples of equity and justice, to arrive at the conclusion, that common sense as well as vested rights are equally and grossly violated by the bill brought into parliament by Mr. STANLEY. It is, as we expected ; with or with out sufficient cause, from the state of business, the second reading was, on Monday night, " disposed of among the other orders of the day ;" and that part of the ceremony has yet to be performed. Meanwhile, it is curious to see the verification of our opinions in the floundering of the minister, when he is brought in contact with men of ex perience. Conference upon conference have taken place between the different agents and Mr..STANLEY ; and each succeeding one has plunged him into greater bewilder ment and confusion than before. On Friday last, the committee appointed on the, pre ceding Wednesday, waited' On the - Secretary;---a long , discussion, bueno conclusion, and adjourned to the next day. Saturday, another long discussion, but no satis factory arrangement. At this interview the question was argued in the spirit of that view which we took of it in our last number : that the degradation so unjustly, as well as unwisely, inflicted upon the legislatures of the colonies,—and that of Jamaica was the more immediate subject of discussion—was calculated to bring about one of those " collisions" which it has been so much the fashion, of late, to talk about nearer home. In other words, that the violation of their charter, and the attempt to coerce and even annihilate them in their legislative capacity, would induce them to reject the bill, and thus demonstrate the existence of those rights, and their de termination to support them. The deputation maintained, apart from the consideration of right, that the change effected by the bill, if passed in its present form, "would produce great excitement in the Island of Jamaica, and no preparation had been made to meet it. There was no magisterial authority imposed in case of a refusal to work." To which Mr. STANLEY replied, " that special magistrates would proceed to the West Indies imme diately after the passing of the bill." We know that the whole machinery, as far as regards filling up the places to be created, has been in a forward state of advancement for some time ; and many a poor devil of the lowest grade of hangers-on has been rubbing his hands at the chance of, at length, being able to buy a dinner out of the public purse. But, even now, they may be disappointed. For, since the demolition of that piece of legal humbug, the so-called " Poor Man's Bill,"—that gross lump of com pounded Whig patronage and tyranny, the " Local Courts' Bill"—the five or six score of briefless Whig barristers, who were ready to take their seats and dis pense "cheap justice" to the people, having lost their chance in England, affect to have preferable claims for the new magistracy of the tropics. Supposing their claims to precedence worth anything, some half-dozen of these are to be got ready to ship off, with as many mis sionaries, to displace five or six hundred existing magis trates and clergy of the church, and to explain, in turn, the mysteries of the bill, and the mysteries of the gospel, to the willing workers and listeners of the Island of Ja maica ;—and a corresponding number will, of course, be sent to each of the other colonies.—Oh I Mr. STANLEY But, what comes next? The- new distinction of piw dial and non-prdial apprentices, by which, in plain English, is meant those attached to farms or estates and those not so attached, does not seem to give satisfaction. Mr. STANLEY stated, in reply to some objections, urged by the deputation on this head, "that the labour of the prmdial slave was limited.-to 45 hours; but the labour of the non-prtedial slave was not limited. Therefore, the non-proedial labourer ought to remain in apprenticeship only half the time; besides, the non-prcvdial class was better fitted for liberty." Now, we should have very much liked to see tacked to the bill a schedule A and a schedule B, in which these two classes were set out in detail. But, in the absence of such a guide we must imagine something like a small schedule for ourselves. We will, then, suppose our Selves at Kingston, and gOing to repair our house there, and that we have got the usual number of masons, carpenters, plumbers, and all such sorts of people at work ; not to say anything about coopers, and other artizans and labourers of all sorts, and our domestic servants. These, we take it for granted, are all non-prredials, and well fitted for liberty — according to the STANLEY doctrine, we mean. That is, having the advantages of a town life in all its purity, they are quite fitted to be gentlemen at large in the year 1840. Well, we go down to our estate in St. Thomas's in the east, or in St. George's parish, and we there set about repairing our house, or our sugar mill, or some other part of the works; for which purpose we employ, of course, masons, carpenters, plumbers, coopers, and other sorts of workmen. But know, gentle reader, that these masons, and carpenters, and plumbers, and coopers, and such like, are all our own negroes, living upon our estate, brought up from their youth to their respective trades, and frequently entitled, from their greater utility, to some advantages over the mere labourer. We may err in our opinion, but we take our estate mechanics to be equal in all respects, perhaps very superior in some, to men of the same occupation in . Kingston. But we take it for granted also, that these men are prmdial, and not "fitted for" or entitled to their freedom until 1845. Of course, our domestic servants upon our estate are prm dial ; those we have advanced to the honour of waiting upon us at our town house, necessarily non-proedial. I We leave Mr. STANLEY to settle . the difficulties of this point, one of fifty series of.clifficulties present to our view at the moment we write. But we cannot dismiss this branch of the question without hinting our suspicions that ministers have taken a leaf out of the factory commission ers' ",Big Book" for their guidance on this part of the business. The przedials have got a7l hours bill—the ?tons are liable to work fifteen hours, and ought, there fore, to be at liberty in half the number of years. Just as children of thirteen years old, minus one day, are only to work eight hours in a factory—but those who have entered their fourteenth year—that is, being of the Age of thirteen years, plus one day, are equal to working sixteen hours out of the twenty-four. If we understand any thing of the object of the Factory Commissioners that is the meaning. But to the climax. After some discussion upon the com pensation clauses, in which nothing could be drawn from Mr. STANLEY---who, we imagine, was by this time in a corner, and turned sulky—" the deputation strongly pressed the honorable Secretary to undertake the whole legislature of the Colonies, as the proprietors were con vinced the Colonial Legislatures would not pass the bill as it at present stood." Mr. STANLEY replied—and his answer should be emblazoned in. letters of gold as a warning to all future ministers—" How is it possible to legislate for the different Colonies which have so many different interests Y " Was ever admission so unfortu nate for the reputation of the ministers of a once great country ? "We know that we are legislating in igno rance of the circumstances and wants of the colonies, —we are wantonly destroying property—we are inter fering with chartered rights—tampering with the best interests of the country—incurring the risk of the total loss of our valuable colonies—but what can we do ? How is it possible to legislate for the different colonies ~~ THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD which have so many different interests ? "!! ! We will not add another word to increase the humiliation of this confession. On Monday the West Indians met again, to receive the report of the deputation ; and passed the following reso lution : " Resolved—That a committee be appointed to draw up a petition to the House of Commons, which (while it expresses the anxious desire of the proprietors of Jamaica to give every support to the principle of slave emancipation, according to the resolution of the West India body of the 7th of June last, in which they as a constituent part fully concurred,) shall at the same time point out the peculiar objections which they enter tain to the manner in which it is proposed by the bill introduced by Mr. Stanley to carry the same into effect, and shall pray to be heard by counsel at the bar of the house against the same. "That the gentlemen composing the deputation to wait on Mr. Stanley be appointed the committee to prepare the pe tition." Yesterday was again fixed for a meeting to agree upon, sign, and present the petition ; which will urge powerful objections to many of the enactments of the bill. Thus stands this affair. We wait for, and shall watch its further development with undiminished anx iety. When we first surmised that the Trades' Unions, as they are called, had political as well as other objects in view, and that their leaders were the tools of the THORNELY party, the supposition was doubted by some, and denied by others. Having been at some pains to , discover the truth, we have procured a list of the most active members of these unions, and, on comparing their names with the polled votes at the last election, we find that every freeman who voted for EwART and THORNELY belongs to the list. Of masons, bricklayers, painters, plasterers, joiners, and cabinet-makers, being freemen, upwards of four hundred voted at the last election, one half of whom voted for the radical candidates ; and of the whole number nearly two-thirds are members .of these degrading, dishonest, and illegal unions. To these men, whether they have been innocently en trapped, or corhpelled by threats to enter the associations, we beg to offer a word or two of advice. To the revolu tiOnary members of the unions any admonition from us would be like throwing pearls before swine, and, there fore, we leave them to their own reflections, if they be capable of reflecting. They are the worst characters in the town—the scum of the most worthless class—and a sure fate, beggary and ignominy, awaits them. But with regard to the more deserving portion, those who have been duped, who are not revolutionists, who have hitherto respected the laws, and rallied round the constituted authorities in moments of emergency, we beg to remind them that while they are sapping their own in terest at home, a faction of their fellow-townsmen is stir ring heaven and earth before a committee of the House of Commons to deprive them of their political rights, and degrade them in the face of the world as corrupt and un principled drunkards and slaves. This is the character which certain liberals, men who call themselves patriots, men, some of whom are not Englishmen either in heart or in manners,—men not one whit more abstemious, intelli gent, honest, or useful than themselves—this we say is the character which these men wish to stamp upon the whole body of the burgesses of Liverpool. Meanness and selfishness—upstart arrogance and an insatiable love of aggrandisement—urge these persons, in the prostituted name of liberty, to spoliate their poorer townsmen, trample upon the weak and the' defenceless, and brand with oblo quy the humble operative, in order that they may obtain uncontrolled power and resistless influence in this the second town in the empire. The freemen to whom we address ourselves must see that joining in this-combination, the pretended object of which is a rise of wages, but the real object of which is political influence, is fraught with certain ruin to them selves, and opens an avenue to that monopoly of power which . Messrs. TIIORNELY, WM. RATHBONE, WYBERGH, and the Unitarian and Deistical party, bave long aimed at, and now seek to obtain by the most unwarrantable and arbitrary means. By joining in these unions the well-disposed :operative must perceive that he is not only making himself the vile instrument of these men's ambi tion, but that he is also signing away his own freedom, and giving himself up to slavery foolishly and thanklessly. What would a burgess, a . member of one of these unions, say, if Mr. RIGBY WASON, (by the bye, we have a secret to tell of this gentleman some of these days,) or Mr. MARK PHILIPS, of Manchester, who seems inclined to billy roller us of Liverpool,—what would a freeman say . if either of these, or any other equally honourable member of the reformed Parliament, were to rise up in the house and contend that the burgesses of Liverpool deserved dis franchisement on the very ground that a large portion of them are active members of these illegal and infamous combinations ? It would not surprise us if such an ar gument were used. MARK PHILLIPS has steam enough for any enterprise directed against Liverpool ; and RIGBY WASON would not be sorry if all the debts due to the Cor poration were obliterated by the sponge. As to Mr. THORNELY, our constitution of King and Nobles, and of Church and State, must be a nuisance in his eyes—a com bination of affinities which his refined intellect cannot possibly comprehend. But a word more : we are, in all likelihood, upon the eve of a new election. It is impossible, even if it were desirable, that ministers can long withstand the repeated discomfitures which they now receive in both houses of parliament. They have, within a few days, been twice defeated in their own darling House of Commons, and other defeats await them of greater consequence. Incom petent and imbecile, shallow and dogmatical, grasping and unprincipled, as ministers have proved themselves to be, and of which the nation is now fully convinced, they must resign, and then comes an election. It must come, for no set of men would ever be mad enough to attempt to govern the country with such a House of Commons as the present. At least two hundred of its members must be swept into oblivion before any sound measures of po licy can be brought forward, or any remedy applied to past errors. When an end kput to this blundering and chattering parliament—to this assembly of natural cu- • riosities, sent up to London, like M'Lean's caricatures, for sale or return—then will begin the tug of war, and the real trial of strength. In this trial of strength the freemen of Liverpool, we trust, will be allowed to take their share; and if allowed, we are confident they will acquit themselves as before. If not allowed, the blame be upon the patriots—the liberty people—those aspiring philanthropists who make white only the outside of the cup and platter, whose dupes they are as the members of these unions. If, therefore, the operative burgesses be anxious to regain the position they have hitherto held in this vast community, they 'must come out of these illegal clubs, absolve themselves from impious oaths, dissolve the unseemly connection which exists between them and the secret agents of the discomfited candidate, and send the tippling schoolmaster on his travels—they must do all this before they can regain their former respectable position in society, and revive those kindly feelings which until lately subsisted between the workman and his employer.- The MorAing Herald has sent forth one of its stock articles on the " sanguinary character of our criminal code," in a Jeremiad over the luckless fate of some high waymen, in the following plaintive strain : "At the Northampton Assizes three young men, named Lloyd, Newell, and Marsden, convicted of highway robbery, have been left for execution. Their case presents no feature of peculiar atrocity. Their violence consisted in dragging the pro secutor off his horse, and holding him on the ground while the robbery was committed. While atempting to resist lie was kicked on the side, but it does not appear that, beyond the in dignity, any personal injury was inflicted. The persons, in deed, made use of very violent language ; but hard words are not hard blows. The culprits carried no deadly weapons, nor is it alleged that they carried weapons of any sort. They had life in their power, and they spared it—even the life of him who was the only witness of their crime. By the commission of a greater crime they might have destroyed all evidence of the lesser one." In the first place, we would wish to ask, who is thebest judge of the propriety of remitting or inflicting the ex treme penalty of the law, the Judges on the circuit, or the Editor on the Morning Herald ? Who best ac quainted with the facts of the case, these learned person ages, or the Herald, who can at best have but a very imperfect knowledge . of them ? According to the ideas of the la tter, highway robbery, unattended with murder, is but a venial offence, a juvenile indiscretion towards which we ought to be very tolerant. The Wisdom of our ancestors, however, and to this wisdom we owe all our present greatness, declared this crime to be second only to that of murder, so anxious were they to guard the rights of " person and property" from any violation. This interference with the course of justice is mis chievous in every point of view—first, because it teaches the people to view with distrust the decisions of our courts of criminal justice—and secondly, because it robs the Crown of its brightest jewel, mercy ; for a pardon, granted after it has been clamoured for, ceases to be an act of "grace and favour." This system is also fraught with other evils. If the executive is to be bullied into granting' a pardon, the same language may be used to compel the execution of a sentence on any individual who may chance to offend "the Majesty of the people ;" and for a confirmation of this opinion we have only to refer to occurrences of a recent date. Had the policeman, who was foully murdered in the execution of his duty, re covered from his wounds, for aught we knOw, he might have been brought to the bar of modern justice and exe cuted, for daring to obey the orders of his superior officers. The law has lately been relaxed in favour of the crime of forgery. This venial offence is not now punishable by death, and the consequences are, that scarcely a day passes in which the London police reports do not furnish us with cases of this kind in abundance, and the greater part of them of a most atrocious character. With respect to the three young men in question, we know nothing more of their case than what we have extracted from the Herald: We are far, very far, from wishing to see them made an example of. If mercy can be extended to them , consistently with public justice, which is the only true mercy that becomes " the crowned head," no one will rejoice more sincerely than ourselves. All that we de precate is, an improper interference with the duties of the constitutional authorities of the land. The following important clause in the Reform Bill has reference to those persons who claim to vote as free bur. gesses for any city or town, and not to those who are entitled to vote as householders. As there are many freemen in Liverpool who have not yet registered, it is of the utmost importance that they should know, that un less they forward their claim for registration to the parish clerk or overseer, who are bound to receive the same on payment of one shilling, on or before Saturday next, the 20th instant, they will for ever be precluded from voting as freemen. It is also indispensable that the arrears of rates and taxes due in April last should be paid. At the end of the 33d section of the Act it is pro vided— " That every person shall for ever cease to enjoy the right of voting for any city or borough (as therein expressed,) if his name shall have been omitted for two successive years from the register of such votes for such city or borough," &c. Upon inquiry, we learn that there are about six hun dred burgesses who have not yet registered. Now then is their time, or never ! LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. Ministers, it will be seen, again cut, yesterday, a pitiful figure in the House of Commons. Tonight, however, is looked to with the utmost anxiety, in the House of Lords, although we have a report that the Conservatives have consented to spare the cabinet a short time longer. We have had it whispered to us that on Sunday last two eminent law lords, both con nected with the government, although of adverse politics, had a meeting at which certain propositions were made, which, if ac ceded to, will preserve the government from annihilation for a brief period longer. This has had its effect on Consols, which have risen 1 per cent. in consequence, the closing price for the Account being 901 3. Of course, however, the retention of power on the part of the administration, so far as the debates of this night are concerned, will depend upon the display of com mon justice made by ministers. Bank and India Stocks have both been rather flat; the former is 20G, and the latter 2391 2401. lt is understood, this afternoon, that the French government have fully recognised Donna Maria as Queen of Portugal, and that an ambassador will be despatched forthwith to -Oporto. This has had a great effect upon the Scrip, which has been done at 4,1 prem., although, when we last wrote, it was 3 dis. The Bonds have also risen from 591 to 701. Reports have been current that Donna Maria had been proclaimed at Lisbon, but this is merely a weak invention of the enemy. In the northern bonds theie is some degree of buoyancy. Belgian Steck is 931, Danish 741, Dutch 49.-2, and Russian 1051. There has been some inquiry for Spanish Stock, which has been done at 191 LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17. This being the day appointed for the second reading of the Irish Church Temporalities Bill, long before five o'clock the gallery of The house was crowded with strangers, and the steps of the throne and the bar with M.P.'s, anxious to hear the de bates. Among the Bishops present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops of London, Bath and Wells, Glou cester, Chester, and Hereford. Shortly after five o'clock, Earl Grey entered the house in full court dress, wearing all the insignia of the order of the Garter. The gallery approprited to Peeresses was crowded to excess. he'l Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a petition against the Irish Church Bill, from five Bishops, 22 Archdeacons, and 826 cler g y of the Church of Ireland. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented two petitions from East Retford, against the Irish Church Temporalities Bill. The Noble Duke stated that he concurred entirely with the prayer of the petition, thinking the Bill fraught with the greatest mis chiefs to the Established Church. The Noble Duke, in conclu sion, could not but regret that Ministers had thought fit to counsel his Majesty to violate his coronation oath. (Hear, hear.) Earl GREY rose to order. The Noble Duke had made a di rect assertion that Ministers had counselled his Majesty to vio late his coronation oath. (Hear.) He was willing to admit that it was competent to the Noble Duke to argue as much as he pleased as to the inconsistency of the Bill withihe obliga tions of that oath • but he must be allowed to state that it was not competent for him to state distinctly in that House that Ministers had advised his Majesty to violate the sacred obliga tion of an oath. (Hear.) He'trusted, therefore, that the No ble Duke would correct the expression he had used. (Hear.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE stillthought that, in advising his Majesty to assent to the principle of this bill, the ministers ad vised the Crown to that which would tend to a violation of the coronation oath. (Hear, hear.) He feared that the fate of tills bill would be the same as that of the Reform Bill, namely, that the intimidators would overcome the intimidated. (Hear, hear..) He earnestly deprecated the result of the Reform Bill altering this bill, for he was convinced that it would be sub versive of the established church, and of all .property. He trusted their lordships would, however, do their duty to God and their country, and be governed by principle, not expedience. Earl GREY said that he would not be driven by all the sound and all the fury of the noble duke into any premature discus sion. (Cheers.] When he called the noble duke to order, it was because he conceived that the noble duke was guilty of a disrespect to the usages of the house, in flatly charging the go vernment with advising his Majesty to break his coronation oath.—The noble earl then proceeded to move the second read ing of the bill, and was left speaking. LOCAL NEWS. We are glad to find that a steam communication is about to be established between London, Plymouth, Cork, and Liver, vool, thereby insuring a certain and expeditious conveyance for both goods and passengers, which till, no doubt, prove very advantageous to the interests of both countries. MARCH OF IDIOMS.—The leading article of one of the New York papers, just received, commences as follows :—" The Report of the Board of Visitors of the West Point Military Academy, beilw crowded out to-day, will appear in our paper to morrow." This may be pure American, but it is not English. DEATH BY DROWNING.—On Wednesday last, a young boy named Falkner, (son of Mr. Falkner, the well-known carrier, of the firm of Barnaby, Falkner, and Co.) whose mother was one of iho unfortunate sufferers in the wreck or the Rotlisay Castle, which happened about this time two years, was drowned in his father's' fish pond at Mosten, near Manchester; Whilst playing in its margin he fell in, and was not discovered until two hours'afterwards. The event, from the interesting age of ' the youth, (twelve years) and the painful recollections which it revives, has plunged the family into a deep state of mental suffering. On Monday last Sir Richard and Lady Bulkely, with the young hei' of Baron-hill and their suite, left this port after their visit at Hooton-hall, in the Prince Llewelyn steamer. The in habitants of Beaumaris, being apprized of their approach by the display of flags made by Captain Wright on the steamer's arrival off Puffin Island, were assembled in great crowds to' welcome their highly respected neighbour on his landing; and, having taken the horses from the carriages, drew them to Ba ron-hill, amidst loud cheers of congratulation.—We understand Sir Thomas and Lady Stanley are expected on Tuesday the 30th instant, by the Prince Llewelyn, on a visit to the worthy baronet. NEW BRIGHTON. —This delightful place is rapidly progress ing in its improvements and population, and promises to equal in importance any of the villages on the Mersey. For the last week, the steam packet has conveyed upwards of a thousand persons daily, and in a short time another boat will be employed on the same station, so as to afford a greater facility , to these who may have occasion to visit it in search of recreation, or on business. LOTTURY Swixor,E.—On Wednesday se'nnight, one of the watchmen, in the neighbourhood of Scotland-road, found a note book and some papers. One of the papers was a printed form , filled up in manuscript, announcing a lottery at the Blue Bell, London-road, of household furniture, estimated at £65. They were to be all prizes and no blanks, and the number of tickets was 526 at 2s. 6d. each. In the hate book were the names of two thousand persons who had paid various sums from one shilling to ten, and from the state of the book it was evident that this was not the first lottery of the kind in which it had been employed. Suspecting that all was not right, Mr. Her bert, one of the captains of. the watch, made inquiries at the Blue Bell, and found that they knew nothing of it; but seeing the name of Mr. Parker, publican, Scotland-road, in the list, he went there that evening, and apprehended a person who admitted that the book and papers were his. On Saturday he was brought before Mr. Alderman Case, when four women, from Wavertree appeared against him, he having received 2s. 6d. from each on the p revio us Thursday. The penalty for ann ouncing a lottery is £lOO, or six months' imprisonment; but the worthy magistrate, on his promise of abandoning his prese nt mode of life, fined him 40s. It is really surprising how the poorer classes are swindled by plausible cheats like this fellow. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, . _ The events of the Turf during the past week have not en grossed the general attention of the sporting world, the interest excited by the races decided being chietly of a local-character, and as such their attractions were unabated compared with for mer years. The keen eye of our Lancashire lovers of the Turf has been closely directed to the Lancaster and Newcastle meet ings, to them a source of much pleasure, and as regards the for iner a source of considerable gain or loss, . as the speculators upon the Lancaster Cup were rather extensive. Nine were en tered, but only three started, infinitely to the disappointment of those who had effected p.p. bets. Mowbray Hill, the winner of the Cup at the Liverpool Spring Meeting, appeared in the entry, and the confidence in his starting was so great in the early part of the week that a number of p.p. bets were made in his favour. against the field, but when it was ascertained that he Was not intended to run, Satan became the " imp of choice,'' , and was backed at even against the field, and 3 to 1 were the odds against the winner, but, although "His Sable Majesty" figures away at Tattersall's as a Leger horse, (and many, since the little feats he performed upon the Aintree Course have fancied the odds against him), he was beaten closely by Remember, which his backers will not easily forget. . - Upon the Newcastle Races, the business done was not extensive, the meeting being. more cal culated b I afford amusement for hohday visitors, than for specu ation, and indeed few of the horses enjoy the benefit of a vita racterbeyond mediocrity. The Knutsforcl Meeting, .whith com mences on the alst, is lOoked to with much interest, particularly the race for the. Cup, for which about four are expected to start, viz.: Lady Stafford, Westport, Manchester, and Penrhos, horses whose feats of excellence are too notorious with sportsmen to need comment, and little doubt is entertained but the sports will realize the .anticipations formed, although we should doubt whether Lady. Stafford, for so long'a distance, is worthy of her place as first favourite. More has done upon the Doncaster St. Leger, the Drawing Rooin Stakes, and the Goodwood this week than for some time past, and business will most likely continue to improve as the important events more nearly ap proach. The following is the state of the betting in the principal sporting circles of the country up to this afternoon (Thursday) : KNUTSFORD CUP. • 31- to 1 agst Manchester 5 to 1 agst Penrhos. ST. LEGER. 13 to 1 agst Connoisseur 20 to 1 agst Anne 20 to 1 agst The Mole 30 to 1 agst Satan. STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Gallopade 15 to 1 agst Baleine 13 to 1 agst Guildford 15 to 1 agst Lady Fly. 5 to 4 on Lady_ Stafford 3 to 1 agst Westport DONCASTER 4 to 1 agst Muley Moloch (t) 7 to 1 agst Belshazzar (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mussulman (tk) 12 to 1 agst Rockingham GOODWOO to I agst Little Red Rover(t) 5 to.l agst Windcliffe (taken) 10 to 1 agst Tourist 12 to 1 agst Clara 12 to 1 agst Porwee GOODWOOD CUP. 41, to 1 against Camarine (taken.) DRAWING ROOM STAKES. 2 to 1 agsi Revenge (taken) 3 to 1 agst Young Rapid (tk) 3 to j. agokTpepiclation (taken) THE DERBY. 6 to 1 agst the Duke of Grafton's Olympic, a most excellent entry of 133 horses. THE OAKS. 1 15 to 1 agst Cotillion 3 to 1 agst Zulems. to 1 agst Dublin SALFORD SESSIONS. TRIAL OF MR. WILLIAM GIBSON. At the opening of the court on Saturday morning, Mr. Wm. Gibson, late agent to the Manchester and Salford Savings' Bank, was surrendered by his bail, and was arraigned upon an indictment under 'the 7 and 8 Geo. 4, cap. 29, sec. 49, chayging him with having, on the Bth of May last, while agent to Hugh Hornby Birley and others, the trustees and managers of the Savings' Bank, converted to his own use the sum of £lOO, the money of the said trustees, in violation of good faith, and con trary to the purpose specified in a written direction to apply the same to the use of the said trustees and managers, contrary to the statute, &c. The defendant, who was not placed in the dock, but sat on the cross bench in front of it, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Armstrong stated the case to the jury at some length, and called as his first witness, Mr. Broome, the accountant, who produced the last monthly balance sheet prepared by him from the books kept by the defendant. He also produced the minute book of the Savings' Bank Committee, which contained the original appointment of the defendant as agent to the bank, and the rules and regulations. Dr. Brown objected to any entry in this book 'being read, until it was shewn where the book itself came from. Mr. Peel contended that the act of parliament for the regu lation of Savings' Banks, made the books of the bankevidence in all legal proceedings. The clause on which he relied was the sth of the act 9th Geo. 4, cap. 92, which was as follows : The entry of such rules and r e g u l a ti ons i n s u c h b oo k or books as aforesaid, or the 'transcript thereof deposited with the clerk of the peace as aforesaid, or a true copy of such transcript ex amined with the original, and proved to be a true copy, shall be received as evidence of such rules and regulations respect ively in all cases. Dr. Brown, for the defence, submitted that it did not come within the 49th section of the act 7 and 8 Geo. 4, c. 29, on which the indictment was framed, and which he would read. That section provided " That if any money or security for the pay ment of money shall_ be entrusted to any banker, merchant, broker, attorney, or other agent, with any direction in writing to apply such money or any part thereof for any purpose speci fied in such direction, and he shall, in violation of good taith, and contrary to the purpose so specified, in anywise convert to his own use or benefit such money, security, &c., or any part thereof, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdenieanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding 14 years, or, less than 7 years, or to suffer such other punishment by fine or im prisonment, or by both, as the court may award."—ln the first place, he contended, that the defendant was not an " agent," contemplated by that statute. The court would be aware that by the 47th section of the same act, embezzlement by a clerk or servant was made a felony, thus making a clear distinction between a clerk or servant, and an agent : the clause under which this indictment was framed applied to a different class of persons, and to a different class of embezzlements, and must be taken altogether as separate from the case of clerks or ser vants. Mr. Gibson's situatioa ' then, being, as the evidence proved, in the nature of a clerk or servant, if any money was delivered to him by his masters, and he applied it to his own use, the offence would be a larceny at common law, or if the money were received from any other person for the use of his masters, he would be guilty of embezzlement under the statute, and in either case the offence, if any had been committed, would be a felony, and not a misdemeanour, as now charged. In the second place, he should contend, that there had not been that specific direction in writing which the act required to he given to au agent before he could be brought within the sta tute. There was a resolution of the trustees of the bank that Mr. Gibson should always have £lOO in his hands to meet cur rent expenses, but there was no pretence for saving that up to the year 1833, he' had misapplied any portion of the money he had received in 1819, and the act was never intended to apply to a matter of renewing account, but to 'a specific sum given for a specific purpose stated in writing. He had other objec tions to the indictment, b u t h e would b first take the opinion of the court upon this. The Chairman, after consulting with his brother magistrates, said the court' were of opinion that the word " agent" must mean some person of th e same c l ass as a "b an k er , merc h a nt, o r attorney," and not to a clerk or servant ; and they were also of opinion that as the character and duties of the defendant were those of a clerk, and not of an agent, he had not been pro perly indicted under this clause. The jury, under the direction of the court, consequently re turned a verdict of acquittal. LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, JULY 16. OLVENT. July 16, James Calder Stewar lNS t, Torrington-square, merchant. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. James Thomas Parker, Cambridge, broker, to July 27. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. _Daniel Ellis, Bourne, Gloucestershire, boat-builder. William Knowlson, Willi am Skin, Anne Bay li s, an d David Allison, Sheffield, drapers. BANKRUPTS. Charles Powell, Birmingham, linen-draper. • Uriah Wright, Bury-street, Westminster, carpenter. John Amos, Birmingham, corn-factor. Mary Tongue, Birmingham, retail-brewer. John Capel Jennings and William Collins Jennings, Bristol, corn merchants. James Hustable, Bristol, freestone-merchant Thomas Payne, Folkestone, Kent, innkeeper. John Solloway, Powick, Worcestershire, horse-dealer. Edward Crockitt, Grane-yard, Staffordshire, pig-ironmaker. William Bellamy, Sheffield, corn-factor. Thomas Stokes, Cradley, Worcestershire, druggist. William Jones, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, mason. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. j. Moss and T. Hampson,, Liverpool, ship-brokers.—Bishop and Jacob; Liverpool, dress-makers. —Wilkinson and Constantine, Man chester, 'ginger-beer-manufacturers. —G. and L. Norman, Bristol, pastry-cooks.—Rhodes and Rbwsbv, Bradford, Yorkshire, timber merchants.—Herbert and Austin, Ilirmingham, wine-merchants. — Johnson and Wade, Sheffield, cabinet-makers.—F. Hutchinson and W. Lush, Felling, Durham, manufacturers of Epsom salts.—Blag den, Hodgson , and Co., Shef f ield, silver-platers.—Denton and Riley, Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstaplers.—J. and C. Butler, Dublin, che mists.—T. and B. Hurst, Warrington, Lancashire. plumbers.—S. Steddy, jun., and F. J. Johns, Ashford, Kent, timber-merchants.—H. Standerwick and G. Good, Basingstoke, Hampshire, grocers.—Bate and Conn, Truro, Cornwall, maltsters.—Atherton and Craig, Man chester, engravers. DIVIDENDS. July 26, F. Armson, Melcome4l;.ee,lsOrset-square, builder.—Aug. 6, J. and .1. Weston, Old Bond-street, tailors.—August 6, J. H. Skel ton, Chandos-street, Covent-garden, warehouseman.—August 6, R. Richards, Marylebone-street, Piccadilly, mercer.—August 7, W. Wil liams, Dorking, Surrey, brandy-merchant.—August 8, J. B. Cour thope, Regent-street, painter.—August 5, A. E. Sinus, Bath, book seller.—August 12, C. 'Fuck, Great Yarmouth; shipwright.—Sept. 25, J. P. Durant, Plymouth, chemist. CERTIFICATES, AUGUST 6. J. Munro, Liverpool, iron -founder:—R. Drew, Great Sutton-street , Clerkenwell, curr►er.—J. Meeks and T. Gummery, Warwick, up holstererspafford,alford, Lancashire, corn-miller.—S.Stoc ker, Bristol, victualler.—F. F. and J.R. Lanvanchy, Air-street, Piccadilly, warehousemen. CaocxForin, GULLY, AND Co.—Of the public racing men at Newmarket, Messrs. Crockford, Gully ' I 1 i d. eledsale ' S a dler, the being almost. Chifneys &c., we need not say much, their deeds results of d a ily before us. But, looking at the extrag to be the best these men's deeds, who will not admit racing talk of raring s trade going? Talk of studs, talk of wiliin , e stablishments, our Qraftons , Itichmonds Portlands, and Cleve lands, with all their "means and P itactionsp ti red with thoseillustrions fiances and . doings on theaces to boot," are but the i li beings of a summer's day, when comp o"n personages, and their various transactions dealing in a very perish able inafew years, turf. Here is a small retail tradesman; O. r t n i g o:ses m England! Be - - able commodity, became our m n o e d s the champion of and proprietor of several of thc ti the bold the champion of the boxru o i an honou - 14 turf, the proprietor of a noble domain , r., e member of the reformed parliament, a ll in the person of a Bristol butcher! Turn to a great proprietor of. coal-mines,. the: owner Of the best stud in Engla nd, one who gives 3000 guineas for a horse, in the comely form of a Yorkshire footman! We have a quondam Oxford livery-stabl 1: ---eeper, with a dozen or more race-horses in his stalls, and those of the very best stamp, and such as few country gentlemen, or, indeed, any others, hare a chance to contend with. By thei r f a th er ' s account of them (see ."Genius Genuine, by the late Sam. Chifney) the two Messrs. Chifney were stable-boys to Earl Grosvenor at eight guineas a year ' and a stable suit. Th ey are now owners of nearly the best horses, and—save. Mr. Crockford's—quite the best houses, in their native town: There is the son of the . ostler of the Black Swan,. at York, betting his thousands on the heath, his neckerchief secured by a diamond pin. Then, to crown all, there is. Squire Beardsworth of Birmingham, with his seventeen race-horses, and his crimson liveries, in the same loyal, but dirty town, in which he once drove a hackney-coach. Taking for granted that all this is done honestly, why should we despair of having the gratification to see the worthy little devil who trots with this sheet to Stamford-street, appear some fine morning on Newmarket Heath, with his seventeen race-horses, his crimson Iveries, and his diamond pin ?—Quarterly Review, ^'o. JB. .FASITIOA; FACTS, AND FICTIONS. During the last week .her .Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has distributed among the different charity schools and benefit societies of Ryde, powcs, and Newport, nearly r.,100. It is said that the Premier has_presented the late tut o r of his son, Lord Howick, to the living of areenwich; vacant' by - the• death of the Rev. Q. - Matthew. . ' , • * • ,' - • It is rumoured that the several parties against whom appeals were decided at the late Clerkenwell Sessions are determined to resist the several judgments pronounced; on the ground of invalidity of the session. : • . The last fortnight has thinned the town amazingly; the Park on Sunday, which is a fair test, displaying but a comparatively small sprinkling of fashion.—(London paper.) , We understand that Mr. Kennedy has resigned his office of Lord of the Treasury iu 'consequence of his vote on Sir John Wrottesley's motion last night. When the government with drew the 147th clause Mr. Kennedy tendered his resignation, as he could not support them in the course which they pro posed to adopt. Lord Grey, however permitted him to remain, provided he did not vote. Last night, however, he fairly proved by his vote what his real intentions .are, and, having abandoned Lord Althorp, Mr. Stanley, and the rest of the cabinet, we hear that he felt himself genii(' as a man of hon our to quit his office.—Morning Post. Among the on dits of the passing hour (says an Exeter paper) is avert' current one—that an M.P., connected with this county, who, it is said, has been a more regular frequenter of the pur lieus of St. James's-street, and other miscalled -fashionable neighbourhoods in the metropolis, than of th e f ame d o ld c h ape l of St. Stephen's, has been fleeced by the more knotting visitors of the hells to a very large amount, varying, according to busy rumour, from £70,000 to £150,000. It is added, that by the in tervention of relatives, the matter has been arranged. The remains of the lamanted Lord Dover were removed on Wednesday from Dover House, for interment in the family vault at Twickenham. The ceremonial, we understand, was private. A marriage is understood to be in contemplation between the Hon. Wm. Henry A'Court, eldest son of Lord Hevtesbury, and' Miss Worsley Holmes, daughter and heiress of the late Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley Holmes, Bart., of Westford, and Pitford House, in the Isle of Wight. Previous to the passing; of the reform bill this opulent young lady possessed the nomi nation of members of Parliament fot Newport and Yarmouth, with a fractional interest in the boroUgh of Newtown. ELOPEMENT.—The neighbourhoods of Aberdovey, Towyn, and Machynlleth, have been amused by therecital of the elope ment of a son of a captain. The two lovers went off in the true Welsh fashion, each riding upon a ceffyl, (Welsh pony,) and were pursued several stages without being overtaken.—Shrews bury Chronicle. DEATH •OF LORD ALDBOROUGII.—Died, at his residence, Stratford-lodge, Baltinglass, on the 11th inst , the Right Hon. the Earl of Aldborough. The loss of this venerable and much esteemed nobleman will be felt by the poor of that town and neighbourhood, to whom he was a benefactor. His charities were unbounded, whilst every public institution, calculated to promote the interests of mankind, literally partook of his bounty and patronage. He was one of the best of landlords, an upright magistrate, and as a private country gentleman, was hospitable without being ostentatious ; he was a staunch sup porter of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and the uncompro mising foe of novelty and innovation.—Carlow Sentinel. SUDDEN DEATH OF DR. TWEEDIE,-011 Monday au inquest was held at the Red Lion, King-street, Bloomsbury, on the body of Dr. Tweedie, aged 63. On Saturday night, * Dr. Tweedie hearing that the kitchen chimney of his house in Southampton row was on fire, ran down stairs, and having procured two pails of water, with the assistance of another gentleman extinguished. it. The deceased then went up stairs, but had scarcely reached. the landing when he fell down, and was heard to groan heavily. The two gentlemen immediately put him in a chair, but life appeared to have gone. In about two minutes Mr. Keeling, • surgeon, Little Ormond-street, arrived, and administeredevery thing by which re-animation could be brought about, but without the desired effect. Verdict—Died by the Visitation of God. A hail storm last week destroyed glass iu the gardens at Belvoir Castle to the value of nearly £6OO, There was a strong meeting of conservative peers, at Apsley house, on Sunday. Among others, the Marquis Camden, Earls Roslyn, Eldon, and Bathurst, were of the party, who were carrying on a rather animated discussion, in full view of many gazers in Hyde-park. On Saturday night or early on Sunday morning a sheep was found in a field on Beechen Cliff, with its hind quarters cut off ; these the wretches who mutilated the poor animal in this bar barous manner carried off, leaving the rest of the bleeding carcase. We should be disposed to think that there is no crime under heaven of which the miscreants who could do this would not be readily capable. The sheep was the property of Mr. G. East, butcher, of New Westgate - buildings. —Bath Journal. SYDNEY, MARCH 2.—We have had quite a novelty this week in the list of our arrivals. A little schooner, 88 tons only, has made her passage from Glasgow, having touched at the Cape, which she left 27th December. Her crew consists of six, and she has for her p a ssengers the wife and five daughters of the Captain, who is, besides, the owner. An indigent old woman, named Euphemia Lindsay, residing in the neighbourhood of Cortachy, Forfarshire, awoke, on Tues day last week, out of a sleep of seven weeks' duration ! And, unless she had at any time awoke unobserved and helped here self to a draught of water which was placed within her reach,' and which, it is said, was sometimes found by her attendant to be diminished in quantity, she existed during this space en- ' tirely without sustenance of any kind. On awaking at the time - already mentioned, she partook freely of refreshments; and, after continuing two days in a state of conscious existence, she again sunk into another slumber, which, though seemingly like the former on its approach, was, nevertheless, very different—it was the sleep of death. —Edinburgh Observer. MONUMENT TO Sin JOHN MALCOLM.—This interesting tri bute to worth and genius is now fairly set about. An adjourned meeting of noblemen and gentlemen was held last week, at the residence of the Viscount Clive, in Hill-street, Berkeley Square, when it was resolved, that to perpetuate the remembrance of. the public services and private virtues of the lamented deceased, a statue to his memory be erected in Westminster Abbey. It will be seen by an announcement of the design in our front' page, that the subscription list has already' received some very handsome contributions. The Dukes of Wellington, orthuni berland, and Buccicuch have each subscribed 1100; our coun ty member, Sir James Graham, £5O; and the Pacha of Egypt £loo!—the latter is a most extraordinary circumstance, and one much to the honour both of the dead and the living. But Sir John Malcolm was regarded with deep veneration by his Highness the Pacha; he had long enjoyed his intimate friend ship• and had twice travelled with him throu g h Egypt. We shall' not be surprised to find contributions sent from Persia also;' and from India we look for an important list of subscri bers. How honourable to Carlisle, to have had it inscribed upon this monument, that the estimable man of whose merits it per petuates the remembrance had been its re p re s e ntative! But the Whigs willed it o therwise. —Carlisle Patriot. ICON TRADE.—(From the Birmingham Journal. )—We beg most particularly to call attention to the following important remarks, from a correspondent, on the present v er y neg li gent mode of manufacturi n g iron;—" As quarter day is approaching, and the iron masters will have to fix the price, of iron, I hope they will fix such a price as will enable them to bestow more labour upon it and make it better; or it will come into disrepute not only in England but in foreign countries. The quick method now in practice to produce it, leaves it only part iron, the rest rubbish. If the hook which broke as short as an isicle at the Town-hall had been made of good iron, the men killed in consequence would probably now have been living; and here I would recommend an act obligatory upon every smith to put his name upon every article he makes above a cer tain weight, or where it is to be used in a way wherein . the life of man may be endangered, such as axle trees, drag chains, irons for coach dick'eys, ships' bolts, and many other articles; and if death ensued in consequence of any article of the above description being made of bad, brittle, cold, short iron, the ma ker of the article should be tried for manslaughter. Three in stances of dickeys breaking off and letting two persons down head foremost and sadly hurt, may he seen in the newspapers; and the frequency of drag chains breaking is notorious: the: coach going down a steep hill, with fourteen outside and four inside passengers. About two years ago the English ambassa dor's carriage broke down going through France; the axle-tree broke short. It was nuts for the Frenchmen, who exclaimed "This is your English iron!" Instead of the old way . of pass ing it through the finery and chaffary and well-beating it under the hammer, it is now coaxed up into a ball just as it will adhere together, receiving two or three.blows under the hammer instead of twenty, put through the roller, and at once made into a bar, kt for nothing but to make pallisadoes, when cast-iron would do as well. Any iron work which maims bad iron is a positive nuisance to society, and the master of it ought to be such among the iron-masters." THREE GENERATIONS OF JOCEEYS.—There are MOTH Ed wardses at Newmarket tlian there were Caesars at Rome, and they all - ride as it were by instinct. James, or Tiny Edwards, ai he is called—par excellence of Course—is father of all the jockeys that bear that name, and also of William, formerly a jockey, who trained for his late Majesty, and has a pension and part of the palace and stables at Newmarket, as his reward. James trains for the Earl of Jersey, and is considered first-rate, and particularly so in his preparation for the Derby course. The cleverest of the jockeys is Harry (the one-eyed man, who lived with the late Earl Fitzwilliam), a very elegant horseman ; and our Caledonian friends will not forget his winning the King's Plate on Terror. George is likewise very good, as are Charles and Edward, young ones, not forgetting Frederick, little better than a child, but with the seat of an old man. When his late Majesty saw his own horses mixed 'with Lord " Jersey's at Ascot, and. the answer ,, to every question the ki ng , • of " Who is that?" was " Edwards,"— Bless me, exclaimed "What lots of jockeys that woman breeds r !" It happ ens, how ever, that they ar e the produce of_the e different marriages, sr). the glories come, as Garter would say, from the Baron, not time Fomme.—Quarterly Review, No. 98. Tex AQUATIC SPIDER.—A property of these araneides, not less singular , is the ca p acit y of co nstructing for themselves, in the bosom of the water, a kind aerial mansion, a true diving bell, where they can respire freely, live in safety, and which serv es as a cradle for their family. • This may be compared to a diving bell, not only because he has the same destination, but the same form—namely, that of a cap; or that of one-half of the shell of a pigeon's egg. It is . entirely filled with air, perk. tly close, the under part pt d, where there is atoles l tole rably large apertur e , g i v i ng at entrance and a tissue andexit of white . silk, to the animal. Its walls are slend er , and - coinpoeed - of strong, and close, a great number of irregular threads fix it to the stems of plants, or other bodies. Sometimes the upper part is .out of the water, but most generally it remains entirely immersed. Its inhabitant is thus euyiraned with air; she re mains there quietly, the head usually down—a situation which permits her to see more easily what passes, to watch tier prey, and to escape from the least danger. sneer has seen her with her head upwards, and the feet applied against the body. Gssaus.—What is genius, but the faculty of seizing and turning to account everything that strikes us; of co-ordinating and breathing life into all the materials that present themselves ; of taking here marble, there brass, and • building a lasting mo nument with them? If I were nut assured that Mirabeati pos sessed in the highest possible degree the art of approvriating the knoWledge and the thoughts of those around lorn, I should not. believe in the stories told of his influence. Tim Most original young painter, who thinks he owes everything to his invention, cannot, it he really has genius, come into the room in whi c h w e a re now sitting, and look round at the drawings with which it is hung, without going out a different man from what he came: in, and with a new supply of ideas. What should I be—what: would remain to me—it this art of appropriation were considered as derogatory to genius ? Whht have I done ? I have collected and turned to account all that I have seen, heard, observed :-1 have put in requisition the werks. of nature and of man. Every one of my writings has been furnished t o me by a tiaouland dif ferent persons, a thousand different things—the learned and the ignorant, the wise and the foolish, infanity and age, have come in turn—generally without having the least susiacion of it—to bring me the offering of their thoughts, their faculties, their ex perience : often they have sowed the harvest I have reaped; my work is that of an aggregation of beings taken from the whole of nature ; it bears the name of Goethe.—Austin's Charaetriitks of Geethe