The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-09 00:00:00

ti I_ CI UST 9, IS3 3 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. • of Paris, AuctlsT 4.—The municipalcbuncil of the town ~. in its sitting of Friday, August 2, on the motion re soh Bourgeois, one of its members, unanimously re ._thr-,ed that it would go in a body, headed by the Prefect the Seine, to the King, in order to acquaint him with e : ,uneasines s and the alarm of the capital relative to the ""tling of detached forts around his good city of Paris, and at the same time to beseech his Majesty to give orders for the project to be indefinitely adjourned. • HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. • Aotwithstanding the accession of Leopold to the Belgian throne, and the capture of Antwerp, King William con inues to give hiMself the title of King of the Nether !ands, and this is not contested by Louis Philippe, father fln-law to King L eo p o ld. Thi s i s ev id en t from the )11 "ring article, contained in the official intelligence of the Aluniteur : " The King has just received a cabinet letter, by which his Ma j esty the King of the Netherlands informs his Majesty of the birth of a prince of the Netherlands, n o to their Royal Highnesses the Prince Frederic of the Netherlands and the Princess Louisa Augusta Wilhel- Nina Amelia of Prussia, his consort. This letter of V 4 tification .was transm i tte d to G overnmen t by M. de • Ir icies, Charge d'Affaires for the Netherlands." "'e were of opinion that the kingdom - of the Nether -14,,,T1(1s was destr o y e d f or ever by th e revolution in Sept., 4 1: 3 "' William 'is but King of Holland, unless the con .erence, res u m i ng it s o p era tions, intend to return him the sovereignty made by the treaties of 1815. The Duke of Lucca, who has just adopted the Protes tant religi on i n G ermany, is Charles Louis de Bourbon, Infant of Spain, born in Madrid, in 1799. His mother was Queen o f Et rur i a . Th e D uc hy o f Lucca was given !TI in 1815. H e marr i e d, in 1823, the daughter of King Emmanuel, of Sardinia. The result of this mar • • I 'age is a son, born in 1823. For several years back .the Duke has been spending the revenues of his petty I Pst ate in Germa n y. He is the first Spanish prince that °as becom e a Protestant. He would be in an awkward si tuation with respec t t o th e I nq ui s ition, if it were as f ormerly, were he to return to Spain. GERMANY. FRANKFORT, JULY I.3( . —An increased degree of strict, _flees_,.respecti ng passports, which has lately been ordered Vienna, has, withi n these few days, caused much sem b3rrassment to several strangers, who passed through this city, intending to go to Vienna, and it is of essential im portance to travellers to be informed in time of the par ticulars. H ence f ort h i t w ill b e a b so l u t e ly required that every one who wants to enter the Austrian States shall be r l "ided with a p ass p or t, s igned by the Austrian legation .11 this c ountry. A ccor di ng l y t h e A us t r i an legation here as refused to sign French, Russian, and other passports , w hich w ere not signed by the Austrian legation at Pari s, St. . Petersbu rg h, &c., though they were signed by the leach, Russian, &c. legations here, which used to be ":,', l ficient, and th o u g h p ar t o f them belonged to persons who are well knoWn.- , Of the C omm i ss i oners o f th e C en tral Board of Inquiry, those of Austria, Prussia, and Wurtemberg have arrived ; ripe Bavarian Commissioner is not yet come. However, two latter are expected to arrive shortly, and the com mission will then proceed to business. • AUSTRIA. • - V IENNA, Jimy 25.- - -This morning their Imperial Ma .l.,esties set out on their j ourney to Prague. Great sensa :' O ll has been excited on 'Change today by the news of , capture of Don Miguel's squadron by Napier. fi t is feared that t ro ubles may ensue in Spain. Count - 'atopuzano Spanish ambassador here, has sent a courier his Madrid. A F renc h cour i er h as arrived from Paris; 1 4:,s desp atc h es are sa id to re l ate to th e affairs in the east. court and most of the foreign ambassadors having left us, the town is very dull; in a few weeks Vienna will be more animated. The Osservatore Triestino. says :—" On the 10th July arrived here the North American frigate the United states, Captain Nicholson, of 54 guns, 430 men. Com modore Patterson is on board. She came from Naples 11 fourte en d a y s , f ro m Palermo in twelve, and from Messina in ten days. On the 12th arrived the . Constel lation, Captain J. C. Read, of 40 guns, 332 men, in sixteen days from Naples and twelve from Palermo. TURKEY. ODEssA, July 15.—The.Neva steam-boat arrived here Yesterday in seventy-two hours from Constantinople, and brought the news that the Russian fleet and army, sent by his Majesty the Emperor to the aid of the Sultan, left the Bosphorus on the 10, - .11 instant to go to Feodosia. After landing the troops at that place, where they are to Perfor m quarantine, the fleet, as we hear, will by his Ma jesty's orders put to sea again, and not return to Sebas topol till it has remained at sea for the time appointed for quarantine. Two transports, with part of the sick who are to be brought into our Lazaretto, are already at an. Thor in the road, and six more are to arrive. Count Or. lot' is expected here every moment on board the Pen. tderaclia corvette. A GREAT CAVERN DISCOVERED. About six weeks ago, as some workmen were em ployed i n qua i ry i ng stones in a liMeStone quarry situated within seven miles of the town of Caller, and six miles of Mitchelstown, on the old line of road between the said towns, they discovered, at the distance of 20 feet from the surface, an opening into the rock capable of admit ing the body .of one person. .Prompted by curiosity; one of the men entered the opening and proceeded along a sloping declivity which terminated, at the distance of 40 or 50 feet from the entrance, in an abrupt descent of about 20 feet... Unable to proceed further,- he returned, and having procured a ladder, he, accompanied by two - or three of the workmen; proceeded to explore the ca vern. Having descended . .the ladder, they proceeded along a passage about 300 yards in length, 40 f.-et in breadth, and generally between 30 and 40 feet in height, at the termination of which a superb cavern, nearly one mile in circumference, presented itself to their view.— This rand cavern seemed to be supported by 150 claystal columns, varying in height from 30 to 40 feet, and in diameter from one to eight feet. In the middle of this spacious cavern is placed a chrystalized petrefaction exactly resembling a table, about seven feet in length and two feet in breadth, surmounted with chrystal can delabras of the most curious construction. The subject would be endless were I to enumerate the'variety of sur prising creations which nature has displayed in this sub terranean palace. At the distance of 700 or SOO yards, and immediately opposite the entrance, lies another Passage which led them into what they called the lower Cave, which is about three quarters of a mile in circum ference, supported like the former cave by lofty. pillars, and with the most fanciful productions. Hav ing proceeded through this cave they discovered an aper ture, which having ascended by a flight of eight steps, a sight presented itself to their view capable of impressing the strongest emotions of surprise and astonishment on the mind of the spectator. It would be useless for me to attempt a description of this astonishing hall, as no thing less than the descriptive powers of a Sir W. Scott could render it even moderate justice ;—suffice it to say, that it is • about three miles in•circumference, supported ' like 'the other caves with innumerable pillars, and adorned with almost perfect imitations of all that art and nature presents to our view. However, I cannot for bear remarking that in the centre of this magnificent hall, and depending from its roof, appears a petrefaction resembling the body of a horse, through which,' at the distance of fifteen feet from the floor, issues a stream of pure water, which, after forming several evolutions on • its chrystalized bed, disappears, with hollow murmurings, at. the furthest extremity of the hall. Through an open ing to the right in the last-mentioned hail, they de-. scended, by a flight of ten or twelve steps, to a cavern . called the long cave, which is about one mile and a half in circumference, supported in like manner by superb . columns, and adorned with many of the same imitations nature and art. Amongst the imitations 'of art is a hollow chrystalized petrefaction resembling a drum, which, when struck upon, produces a sound, the rever beration of which will continue for several minutes. — Having proceeded through the last-mentioned cave they Came to a fissure in its right side, which led them into what they called the cellar cave. This cave, unlike the rest, is not supported by pillars, nor adorned with those productions of nature for which the others are so highly appreciated; but the spectator is amply Com pensated for the absence of those ornaments by the view of a deep and rapid ri ver , w hi c h urges it s s ubterranean course thro ug h tue middle of the cave, and which, in all probabili ty , i s t h e same which passes throug h anot h er celebrated cave, called the " Sheep's Cavern," a place too. well known to offer any commment upon.—Corre spondent of the Tipperary Free Press. The burning cliff at Holvvorth has, during the last fortnight, become more immediately interesting, from the extraordinary quantity of vapour expelled from the numerous fissures which so abundantly present them selves on its surntnit and side. The internal ignition has evidently much increased of late, and is visibly extending its influence and making progress westward. Many ad • ditional apettures have, within a short time, become •aPParent, and are pouring out a profusion of very strong sulphurous exhalations. Parties are daily visiting this .extraordinary phenomenon.—Western Luminary. INHUMAN CONDUCT OF-A PA R ENT.—On Saturday last, Israel Asquith, a blanket weaver at Ileckmondwike, was committed 1.0 the Rouse of Correction, at Wakefield, by the' magistrates !.t. Dewsbury, for cruelty to his daughter, a child fourteen years r._aSe. It appeared that-this man had kept the girl at work in 'fit house with her legs manacled by means of two broad hoops (4 iron, which were rivetted next to her skin, and k ept c l ose together by means of a strong chain. The uncles of the Colt, when tlie irons were removed, were found in "a dreadful state of laceration. The reason assigned bV th e unna t ura l f a ther for his c on d uct was that the gir: had ruu away, and had stolen something on Whit Monday, when the manacles were put on, n oil' and had nev er b een take Reel; I till the nei g hbours interfered last .TO _CORRESPONDENTS, 'he letter containing a serious charge against the master of One of the steam-boats plying On the river must be authenti- Ebe iliberpool Liqannrb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1833. We have no arrivals since our last either from Lisbon or Oporto, and this is the more singular, inasmuch that if any important movement had taken place before the latter city, surit as the retreat of .thP Miguelites for in stance, the news would have been conveyed hither before -. was rumoured in London on Wednesday evening at the Spanish army of observation had entered Por gal. We do not attach . much credit to this rumour, although the fact would not surprise us. Ministers are receiving contracts for transports, and it is stated that these vessels are to be employed in con veying troops to Lisbon. This is exceedingly, improbable. Their destination is more likely to he the West Indies. There, we fear, more troops trill be required, in conse quence of the measures affecting the slave population, than the mother country can spare, or afford to pay. Anxious to supply our commercial friends with all the .information that may be serviceable or agreeable to them, we have made arrangements to furnish a monthly return of imports, exports, deliveries for home consumption, and remaining stocks of produce in the docks of the metropolis. 'Among our usual commercial tables in the last page, we have presented the report to the Ist instant from the St. Katharine Docks, which will be followed by a series of similar tables to the close of each succeeding month. In another. column, under the head " Advertisement,' will be found a series of letters, in. which two gentlemen, Messrs. RIDARD - and WILLIAM RATHBONE, the latter name too much before the public lately, cut a very painful and deplorable figure. Of the former we have every dis position to speak with forbearance ; and we regret as much as his best friends must do, to see him enter the lists as his brother's champion, at a moment when silence would have been discretion, and when any ostentatious or in temperate vindication of that brother's character could be of no avail' in the face of notorious facts, and in defi ance of living witnesses. Mr. RICHARD RATHBONE must be convinced of this before now, and Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE must also be : deeply sensible that to fra ternal affection he is indebted for that darker shade of odium which now attaches to his reputation. The correspondence to which we allude has reference to a charge made at the public meeting of yesterday week, by Mr. SAMUEL HOLME. This gentleman accused Mr. WILLIAM RATunosE of having insulted General GAS COYNE during the Liverpool election of 1831. This charge having been publicly made, was met, not by the accused, but by his brother RICHARD, who 'addressed a letter to a contemporary journal, in which he used these words : " This statement is, within my personal knowled absolutely, entirely, and in erery part of it, FALSE." . .Mr. HOLME is herein accused of uttering, not of in venting, but of giving circulation to a falsehood. Mr. .RICHARD RATHBONE states that he knows, of his own personal knowledge, that the statement was false, thereby meaning, if language have any meaning, that he was an eye witness of the transaction, and the whole tranaction, and in a condition to make oath that the whole of the allegation was untrue. Mr. RICHARD being a voluntary witness in favour o' Mr. WILLIAm's innocence, and the terms of his contra. diction being unqualified and peremptory, Mr. HOLME is again furced into the field in his own defence. This gentleman having in the first instance made the charge, was bound eithei- to substantiate or retract it. In justice to himself and the reputation of others, he produces his witnesses, and publishes three letters from three gentle men of unsullied character, and unquestionable credi bility, who severally state that they saw, at the time specified, .Mr. WM. RATHBONE insult General GAS COYNE in the most vulgar, violent, ungentlemanly, and dilsgusting manner ••-' Here, then, on the one side, are three unconcerned and impartial witnesses, who verify the truth of the ori • ginal statement; and•on the other we have the assertion of the accused party, and his very innocent and injudi cious brother. The public will be at no loss to decide who is right and who wrong. Mr. R. RATHBONE asserts that every part of Mr. Ifoi..mE's statement was false. Mr. WM. RATHBONE, on the con trary, admits that he hissed General GASCOYNE. RI CHARD asserts that the falsehood of the statement is within his personal knowledge ; and yet it does not ap pear that he has any personal knowledge on the subject,. WILLIAM, per contra, admits that which RICHARD de- The former does not deny that he hooted, or _trust his head into the carriage, or insulted the Gene ral ; he only denies the statement in vague terms, -ad mitting at the same time that he made a goose of him self and hissed " old age and respectability." RICHARD says in his first letter that he contradicts the statement " in the name, and with the authority" of his brother WILLIAM ; and " brother WILLIAM" in his first and last letter, states that he is sorry" that his brother has done !. So are we—very sorry—and so must be all their lends. We should have stopped here, but for the hypocritical and insolent tone assumed by Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE —a tone so unsuited to his situation, and which no man of good feeling would assume with such a shuddering charge impending over him. He says that his brother's defence has " called forth three respectable eye•witnesses to circumstances which had never • any existence." Is this a sneer ? or is it playing the sycophant and the • - - slanderer in the same breath ? These witnesses are " re• spectable" enough, as he and all the world knows, to con vict him, first of insult, and secondly of falsehood. - If he be desirous to extricate himself from the charge, we beg ini; for his own sake, not to employ his brother as his counsel. But he stands upon his public character, forsooth ! The name of the patriot is the honour of the man ! WM. RATHBONE must be believed on WM. RATHBONE'S word ! He says, "let that portion ofthe public to whom my cha • ratter is not in itself a • sufficient refutation of the ab surdity of the charge, judge which party is most likely to be correct." This is not ordinary vanity ; it is imperti nence". It is taking a liberty with the public which Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE is not entitled to do. He knows, or it is time he should know, that the public do not care a pinch of snuff; ,or Sir Jorot KEY'S pledge, either for him or his character; and this lie would learn if he were to try the experiment to-morrow. Almost every respect able-merchant, and the .great majority of the inhabitants of Liverpool, are disg*fed with his conduct, and feel the greatest indignation at the factious measures in which he has joined, the party feuds he has kept alive, the angry passions he has excited, and the personal enmities he has created and done his utmost to perpetuate. He knows, besides, that this is not the only insult he has offered - to his superiors, nor the only vulgar ebullition which has ex posed him to contempt. Why so chary of his honour on the present occasion It is not the first time he has insulted dgentleman, and been compelled to make an humble, if not an abject apology i The first session of the reformed Parliament is draw ing near its close, and honourable members, tired of talk ing, or nauseated with dull harangues, are taking their leave, sans ceremonie, some for the moors, others for the sea coast—all anxious to escape from the noise and dust of London. It is expected that the houseS will be pro rogued in the course of a fortnight. On Tuesday, the Commons voted a milliOn sterling to Pay up part of the arrears due in the shape of tithes to the protestant clergy of Ireland. The Roman Catholics of Ireland must be delighted beyond measure at- seeing their, just debts saddled upon us English Saxons. By a fraudulent conspiracy they succeeded in depriving the ministers of religion of their dues, and now. they have completed,- to the very utmost, their original designs by making the people of this part of the empire pay for their acts of fraud and injustice. They are nut only released from these arrears, but they are further gratified, by receiv- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD ing from England a million of money, in addition to the large contribUtfons already made,. to be wholly, and ex elusively spent in Ireland. Who then will say that the Irish are not a fortunate people ? Other communities of men generally suffer for their vices and crimes ; but they alone seem to thrive by violence, to prosper by fraud, to gain concessions by threats, and to kindle benevolence by deeds of blood. John Bull is an ass! It is not said how or vdien any compensation is to be drawn from Ireland for this voluntary payment. We see I no source whence the interest of this money is to come. I Lord ALTHORP has not the courage to impose a tax upon the Irish landowners, too many of whom have con nived at the measures which have rendered such a grant necessary and indispensable. The noble lord has no other object in all his financial operations than to put off the evil day. He is constantly adding to the expenditure of the country, and increasing the liabilities of the treasury. Twenty millions one day, three the, next, two the third day, and one the fourth, always ad ding, never subtracting, increasing by pounds and reducing by farthings, throwing tons into the state waggon, but never diminishing its aggregate weight, ex cept by the quantity of grease melted by friction upon its wheels. • This is, and has been, ever since the present men came into office, the undeviating policy of the Whigs. They appear to have in view the studied derangement of our afatirs, obviously for the purpose of preventing their easy adjustment by any other set of ministers. They aim at something even beyond embarrassing their successors.— They wish to put the finances of the country in such a state of delapidation that to repair them will be impos sible. They are clearly looking forward to a grand ex plosion which shall do violence not merely to public credit but to all the institutions of the empire. They aspire to be the founders of a new system, and they are therefore clearing away as fast as possible the ruins of the old.— They have already removed some of the superincumbent parts of the structure, and they are preparing to assail the foundations. The sponge to the debt—the prdning knife to the law—the tomahawk to the bishops—the lever and the crow bar to the church—the harrow to the corpora tions—and then comes the end of the old system, the ad vent of anarchy, and the beginning of the Benthamite experiments, levelling being the means, and confusion and spoliation the consequences. As a nation we are fairly upon the move, and we fear in the " broad way." We have, in another place, disposed of a Liverpool patriot, and we now turn our attention to a London one; in the person of Sir JOHN KEY, Bart., " twice Lord Mayor," and, to use the slang, "one of the independent and popular representatives of the first.city in.the world." This distinguished tool of the Whigs, and ornament of the "jabbering" Parliament,—this very consistent re former and honest contractor, has been found out, and he • has opportunely taken the hint and retired from the Flouse of Commons. He has done an act of extraordinary liberality, and has accepted office without pay, making, of course, an immense sacrifice for the benefit of his country. Most of the facts connected with this case were given n the STANDARD of Tuesday last, and we have little to add by way of elucidation, the more especially as a com mittee of the House of Commons has been appointed to inquire into his conduct. That the charges against this worthy patriot are true we have no doubt whatever, and hiS acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds is an intimation that had he not resigned, he would very possibly have been expelled. TheSe amount to the following.:—First, that he, Sir JOHN KEY, Bart., continued to sit in Parlia- ment contrary to law, he being a government contractor, and his elder brother being, by collitsion, his representa tive in the contract. Secondly, his having passed off his eldest son as being twenty-two years of age, while, in point of fact, he was little more than eighteen years, and thereby obtaining for this son a situation in the Station ery-office, with a salary of £4OO per annum, the duties of this office being to examine and pass •the stationery with which his father, or his uncle acting collusively for his father, had contracted to supply the public offices. These are charges which certainly have an Old Bailey or King's Bench look about them, and they are sufficient to - justify Sir JOHN KEY in taking an airing on the chalk hills of Oxfordshire. If the committee should report against the honourable baronet in these serious matters, it will be for the house to exercise its discretion in pro ceeding against him for the penalties. As to the impo sition relative to his son's age, that is a matter between the government and Sir JonN, and between the govern ment and the public in the last resort: . Well, the " twice Lord Mayor" has had a sudden fall, and the sweet Bow-bells are out of tune. This is gene rally the end of these towering patriots, the beloved of a London rabble, the admired of the mob, the esteemed of modern puritans, who, trading upon politics , steal into the House of Commons, betray their country, and sell their constituents for filthy lucre , as hogs are sold in Smithfield, or any other market. This man was a pri n ce among the reformers. He was the very foremost in the work of agitation during the early career of the Whi gs , first raising the yell in favour of the bill " an d nothing but the bill," next, swallowing every fulso m e pledge that was offered him, and, lastly, voting for ministers through thick and thin, in order to turn his principles to account, and convert foolscap 'and froth—dirty rags and fustian oratory, into money at the same time. Such was a n d is Sir JOHN KEY, created a baronet by Lord GRE Y , and elevated to importance by the ministry and their mini o n s . He was somebody — he is now nobody. He nev er was respected—he is now despised; and to do th e people of London justice, they are so disgusted with his conduct that they have refused to• countenance any attempt t o propose or re-elect another member in his stead profes sing the same opinions. In this case we conjecture that Mr: F. KEMBLE, a conservative candidate, will be per mitted to walk over the course. Sir JOHN KEY, therefore, being thus shorn of his po pularity, deprived of his son's salary, disappointed of his job, and fairly consigned to oblivion, it remains to be seen how far the Government or Lord. GREY was impli cated in the foul transaction. Mr. STANLEY contends that • Ministers are exonerated by granting the committee of inquiry. This does not follow. It is, admitted that the appointment was in the hands of the premier, and that it was he who conferred the office upon the irresponsible boy. The Comptroller it is also said protested against the appointment on the 'ground of the lad's unfitness, and on other grounds perhaps of a more delicate nature. Still he was forced upon the office, and was in the receipt of his salary up to a few days before the explosion of the job. Under these circumstances—KEY .being. the contractor —KEY the patron of young KEY—KEY the applicant to Lord GREY—KEY the examiner of stationery for KEY the stationery contractor—under these circumstances Lord GREY, or the other Lords of the Treasury, or the Under Secretaries, could not have been ignorant of the fraud, or the collusive bargain made with Ministers. No man in his senses will believe that all these facts could have been concealed from the Government ; and vet we were told by the Whigs, when they accepted office, that they were resolved to govern without patronage, and to rest their claims to support on the merits of their Mea sures, the purity of their intentions, and on public opi nion. Without patronage indeed! Here is a fine specimen of their dislike of patronage! A dirtier job never was perpetrated. It is enough to bring the very name of Reformer into contempt. A boy of eighteen, just brought from grinding Murray's Grammar at some Cockney school, which in milliner's phrase is called a seminary, where he was washed; boarded, flogged, and heddicated for thirty pounds a-year, is placed in a responsible situa tion under the Government with a salary of .four hun dred pounds per-annum. It is the most shameless job on record, wortlq only of a Whig, and a first-rate reformer! We have given in another part of our paper a rep or of thelrial and virtual acquittal of the notorious rfuoMlis STEELE, at the Limerick Assizes. It will be in the recol lection of our readers that this prime agitator was ch#ged with one of the most flagitious and . seditious libels. ever published, contained in the report of a speech delivered by him at a meeting of the Limerick Order of Liberator,' and which he promptly . and unequivocally avowed: The charace7 Ofthe libel may be judged of by stating, that, after declaring that if the coercion bill was enacted, it would be the duty of Q'CONNELL to head the people, and that he (STEELE) would cut down the trees in his own demesne to furnish pike handles ; he at the same time accused Lord GREY'S administration of being leagued with the atrocious Whitefeet for the same purpose as it had cherished the Birmingham and other political unions. A conviction and exemplary punishment seemed inevita bly to await the orator, but so deeply and thoroughly de tested is the Government, that upon the clearest evidence —indeed Mr. STEELE admitted the case for the prosecu tion—both prisoner and jury are discharged, there being eight of the latter for an acquittal and four for a convic- tion. How is this ? How happens it that the Government have so efrectually.brought the administration of justice into ridicule and contempt ? In London, a policeman acting in open day, in the public streets, in the exercise of his duty, is assassinated, and yet, with direct evidence of the identity of the accused a jury return a verdict of not guilty. In Ireland, the slaughter at Carrickshock, and the various, other scenes in which human life has been sacrificed by those engaged in the systema tic violation of the laws, are unavenged. At Limerick Mr. STEELE rests his defence chiefly on the ground that the present government are precluded from com plaint ; the means by which they have held their places being the political agitation and excitement which they would now treacherously prosecute. Leav ing this point to be settled by the government and its supporters—parties worthy of each other—can any thing, we would ask, more completely demonstrate imbecility and incompetency thati the conduct of this very trial at Limerick ? We speak not, of course, of the eminent and learned Counsel for the Crown, but of the sapient Marquis at the head of the Irish government, by whom it is evident the proceeding was directed, it being quite in the style of the ANGLESEY policy. "To give a tri umph:to neither party," six Protestants and six Roman Catholics compoSed the jury; thus invidiously pitting one party against the other. "To give Mr. STEELE every advantage," for so the counsel for the prosecu tion states it, " the trial takes place at Limerick, where he is best known." . Now was it likely or probable that a fair trial could have been had at Limerick, where the accused was indeed well known and most extensively connected ? Is it not the fact, that one of the most im portant enactments of the Coercion Bill is the giving to the Crown the right of laying the venue in any county in Ireland, no matter where the offence may have been committed ? In Mr. STEELE'S case the existing law, without any reference to :the Coercion Bill, gives this power, and probably no case can be imagined where its exercise upon the part of the Crown was so indispensa bly demanded in order to secure a fair trial and attain the ends of justice. Why not arraign Mr. STEELE at the bar of the King's Bench ? Why not, in short, try him in any part of Ireland but where an impartial in vestigation and an unbiassed verdict were scarcely to be hoped for ? But no. The government enable Mr. STEELE to laugh at the law—to exult in its violation — and thousands of his deluded followers, while chairing and cheering the seditious agitator, enjoy his proud tri umph. Is it any wonder that Ireland is disturbed ? LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, IlnY:past Seven o'clock. The stationary job between Sir Jo hn Ke y , B art. and Earl Grey has caused a great sensation here. We alluded but slight ly to it in our last, because the particulars we had heard, and which have proved true to the letter, were of so nefarious a character that we could not believe it. One of the first results of the discovery has been a vacancy in the representation of the City, and we believe no reformer will venture to show him self. Mr. Kemble, a conservative, is the only one at present in the field, for although many of the adverse faction have been named and spoken to, they have one and all shaken their heads, buttoned up their pockets, and declined the invitation. We ourselves are of opinion that the thanks of the public are due to Sir John Key for opening the eyes of the nation to the real views of the reform party, and for shewing what the aim of their numberless pledges was.' Our Consol Market has been ra ther heavy in consequence of -a notice posted at Lloyd's for the taking, up of two transports for Government, to convey, as it was understood, troops to Portugal. The tenders' were duly sent up to-day, but when the parties attended to learn the result, they were informed that alt contracts would be for the present sus pended. The Consol Market has consequently recovered to 89, which was the best price this afternoon. •Ttr.re has been an extra ordinary mania in the Foreign Market for Vortuguese Bonds and Scrip, and the former arc quoted as high as 8.) to 9J, and the latter at 21 pm. All our Northern Bonds have been on the advance; Russia are 105% .to 106 ; Belgian Bonds are 96%, and have been 97 ; and Dutch are 52. -In Spanish Stock there has likewise been considerable business doing, and the price has risen to 23y 2 %, and has been as high as 2:04. Bra zilian Stock has also advanced; since our last it has been at 75 to 76, and closed this afternoon at 73 m. There is an abundance of money unemployed, and the general feeling here is that Stocks must advance, high as they are. Exchequer Bills are heavy, and closed at 45 to 49. We learn by accounts from Mexico that a decree had been published by the State of Cnaheula and Texas, removing the commercial interdict by which foreigners had been trammelled. A second decree of the legislature of the same state transfers the capital to Moneleva, a town situated more neutral than the ancient capital, Saltillo, which was upon the extreme frontier, south west of the state. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (Written exclusively for the Standard.) This week's business in our sporting circles (with the excep tion of the settling for the by-gone events of Goodwood, which went off amicably on Monday,) was chiefly confined to the bet ting upon the York August Meeting ( which opens next Tues day) and the Great St. Leger ; upon both, the speculations en tered into were heaVy, although there was a manifest tardiness to bet the odds against Belshazzar and Rockingham, compared with last week, which was mainly owing, we should imagine, to the near approach of the York Meeting, at which both those • horses will run; indeed these races are usually looked to with grea t interest, in consequence of their having a most material influence upon the St. Leger odds. '1 here appeared much eagerness to take the odds against Belshazzar at the Tattersall's of Manchester, and he appears to be creeping further lute esti mation throughout the country. As is generally the ease, the nearer the great event approaches, the previously neglected horses come into play, and we have now Mr. Futte's Mazeppa, Colonel Westerne's New Fashion, Sir E. Dodsworth's Charmer, 'Mr. Osbaldiston's Fate, and Mr. Orde's Dancing- Master, with backers—Mazeppa appears almost a favourite. [here was no thing doing in other events. The follow in g are the latest state of the - odds in Manchester : Great Yorkshire Stakes.—Even on - Rockingham against the field. Produce Stpkes.-5 to 4 on Gascoigne against the field. . His Majesty's Purse.-2 to 1 against TomboY. Two Year-old - Stakes..-2 to 1 against the Duke of Leeds ch c by Velocipede; 3 to 1 against Walaby Barlock; 5 to 1 against any other. Thursday's Produce.-5 to 4on Frankenstein against the field ; 3 to 1 against Lot. The Thirty Sovereiyns.---5 to 4 on Belshazzar and Rocking , ham. _ . . The Tureen.-2 to 1 against Emancipator ;4to 1 against Physician; 6 to 1 against Othello. Doncaster Great St. Leger.-5 to 1 against Maley Molock (t); 7 to 1 against Belshazzer (t); 8 to 1 against Rockingham; 13 to 1 against the Mole (t); 13 to 1 against Mussulman (offered); 14 to 1 against Connoisseur; EX) to 5 against Revenge (t) ; 100 to 4 against Mazeppa (taken freely); 100 to 4 against Tim; 30 to 1 . against Jack Faucett. The latest betting upon the Leger in London does not materially differ from the above; we have heard that 2000 to 55 have been laid against G,aucus; 1000 to 25 against Charmer (t) ; 1000 to 30 against Satan 1000 to 20 against Dancing Master (t). CIIOLERA.—We regret to learn that this dreadful scourge has again made its appearance in tins town, and that some fatal cases have occurred during the past week.—Manchester Rentld. THE HARYEST.—Wheat harvest - iu this neighbourhood is expected to commence next week. At Walton there are some fields of wheat which will be ready for the sickle this week, and which promise to be large crops and of line quality. On Satur day some fields of oats were cut near Warrington, and on the same day a cargo of new oats arrived here from Drogheda. This is the first cargo of new grain which .has been received from Ireland this season, and we understand it is a very fine sample. TURN-OUT OF DYERS IN MANCHESTER.—We regret to state that in consequence of a dispute bete eel the master-dyers and the operatives, the latter have turned out for au advance of wages. The advance required is 3s. per week, man and boy, which the masters are unwilling to accede to unies4 the. mer chants and others, their employers, would advance for work done in the same ratio. The merchants do not seem willing to do so, and in all probability the operatives will remain out some time, much to the disadvantage of the exporters of manufactured goods and others interested. A city correspondent writes to say :—" The two transports to he contracted for by government, and the report of the King of Spain marching a considerable force to the frontier of Portugal, still continue to excite interest in the city. Various conjectures are formed by the speculators iu Spailish and Portuguese stocks. Up to the present hour we have no official information on the subject. By some it is asserted that twelve uio►a transports are to be taken up by government for the conveyance of cavalry, but all is mere conjecture at present; in a few hours, perhaps, we shall be better informed on the subject."—London THE DISTURBANCE BILL.—Our Carsick curresp:olent in forms us that two highly . respectable young ladies were taken ,by the patrole a few evenings since within a short distance of that town, on the borders of the county of Kilkenny, and not withstanding their entreaties and r emonstrances, were brought into Carrick and detained in the Police Barrack till an investi gation into their illegal conduct had taken place! 'the same evening, a nurse was proceeding to the country for the pur pose of attending a lady, and though she explained the reason of her encroachment on the provisions of the disturbance she also was led captive into Carrick and detained in like man ner. We know not what the Irish secretary will say to such proceedings, which are, we think, as disgraceful as they are an. noying, and we should suppose were never contemplated even by the most fierce supporter of that unconstitutional measure. We have heard the young ladies' and n urse's names; but, n o t desiring to bring them before the pub ic, we. forbear inserting uarer. LOSS OF THE HIBERNIA . . The melancholy account of the loss of the Hibernia, from Liyerpool to the Cape of Good Hope, has already appeared, but the enclosed details, from authority, will no doubt prove interesting to the relatives and friends of those who were saved, and serve as a confirmation of any doubt as to the loss of the remainder of the crew and pas- stingers. TRACT OF A DESPATCH FROM MR. CONSUL HESKETH, RIO JANEIRO TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. "On the 21st of February, the arrival of the convict ship Lotus, John Sommerson, master, Superintendent Doctor brook, R.N., was reported at this office with sixty-two persons. n board, picked up on the Ljth instant, in lat. 7. 12. S., and long. 26. 19., W., in two boats, having escaped from the Bri tish ship Hibernia, William Brend, master, which vess el was destroyed by fire on the sth of February in lat. 4. 20, S., long. 20. 30: W., on her voyage from Liverpool to the Cape of Good Hope, Hobart-town, and Sydney with 209 passengers and a crew of 23 men and officers, making a total of 232 per-, sons on board. "On the 22d of February the Brittsh brig Isabella, Le Flere, master, arrived with 17 more persons saved from the disastrous loss of the Hibernia. "The enclosed statement describes the persons who suffered, and those landed at this place, 153 unfortunate fellow-creatures having perished. "The contligration was accidental, but the cause of such extensive loss of life was the lamentable insufficiency of the boats, not only as to the extent of succour they were calculated to afford, but also their bad and unserviceable state, and the great sacrifice of life which this culpable negligence has occa sioned may, in all probability, meet legislative attention and protection. I also enclwie a list of all those who perished, with a descrip tion of each individual, and a similar list of all who were saved. " Tht se distressed beings were landed from the Lotus and Isabella on the 22d ; the passengers are lodged in the most eco nomical way on shore, and the crew distributed amongst the British shipping; all are quite destitute of clothing; I have supplied such as is indispensably requisite. " I have determined on sending to their destination the pas- , sengers saved from the Hibernia, for which purpose a vessel is in the act of being hired, and I expect they will go on board in a few days. _ " It is j gratifying to couple with such distressing occurrences the announcement of a considerable subscription, at present on foot amongst the British residents, in aid of their distressed countrymen. ROBERT HESKETII." NUMBER OF PERSONS LOST. John Dillon, his wife and two children; P. Sullivan, his wife and three children ; James Davis, his wife ; B. Ailesby, his wife and child; Samuel Hartley, his wife ; W. Smith, his two children; Isaac Farrel, with lour children ; wife and three children of James Williamson; two children of Mrs. Logan; Thomas Wilson, his wife and two children ; W. Richards, his wife; , G. Richards; William Richards, jun,; Charles Richards; Mary Ann Richards. Mary Richards; Martha Richards; Mona Richards ; Charles . Broomhall,lirs wife and two children; wife of Peter Roy; John Hooky, his wife ; Z. Lutchitie, his wife ; Richard Gregory, his wife and child; Eliza GregOry; James Potten; J. Broomhall; Ellen Broomhall; John Reily; John Roberts, his wife; Samuel Pannel, his wife • Benjamin Garritt, his wife ; wife of. C. Webster ; wife of john Burn ; James M`Couchie, his wife; B. M'Convil,, his wife; E. M`Donnell ' • E. Matthews; wife and two children of Richard Perry; W. Smith, his child; Sarah Smith; Thomas Moulton; Richard Fawcett, his wife; 'flioinas Wadsworth; Robert M‘Gee; Jas per Phillips; C. Wallace; M. Liotter; George Alaters, his wife; William Kaye, his wife and two children; it. Kennedy ; wife and child of Henry Gillett; Edward Akitt; • Mary Mo riarty; Elizabeth Moriarty; Mary Gorrnace ; Rebecca Mars; Augusta Fisher; Louisa Poole; Amelia Thorogood; Susannah Petit; wife and five children of Thos. Graham ; Ellen Mairas, her two children; Walter Woods, his wife and two children; wife and two children of Henry Palmer; Anna Palmer; Har riet Palmer; Henry Palmer; the four Misses Meider; Mary Ann Hewit; wife of Robert -Holmes; eleven girls from the Dublin establishment ; Ellen Green ;—total, 143. CABIN PASSENGERS.—Mr. Fleming; Mr. Dickinson, sur geon; Mr. Ridley (who died in the boats;)—total, 3. CREW.—James Thornton ; Win. Duke; Christopher Share ; Peter Anderson; W. Carrow; David Jones; —, (cook of the ship;)—total, 7. SECOND E DITION. Standard Office, Three o'clock• We are entirely destitute of foreign intelligence day. Not even a rumour afloat. In domestic concerns the absence of a second candidate to contest -the election for the city of London with Mr. Kemble, who comes'for ward on ~the 'conservative interest, marks plainly the changed tone of. public feeling. Radicals and "pledges" are no longex the order of the day. That important measure, the Slavery Abolition Bill, was, on Wednesday evening-, read a third time and passed in the Commons ; carried to the Lords, there read a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Monday next. CORN EXCHANGE. FRIDAY, TWO O'CLOCK. There : has been rather a thin attendance of town and country dealers at this day's Market, and only a limited business has been dune. In the ti a 'e generally there is more confidence titan on Tuesday, and fur the few purchases made of Wheats - , fully the prices of that day have been paid. Oats are very dull, but not cheaper, and some lots of new Irish were sold at 3s. There were speculative inquiries for Oatmeal, of which there is none offering under 225., and 225. 6d. is generally asked by sellers. 7- price. In' other articles there is Irish Flour supports its no chan ge. COTTON MARKET. FRIDAY, TWO O'CLOCK. Our Cotton market continues very quiet, to-day's sales not amounting to more than 1500 bags, generally at steady prices, excepting in the inferior classes of Ameri can, which may be bought on rather lower terms, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Wind, N.N.W.—Fair. ARRIVED. Dillgentia, %liens, from Bremen. Carnation, Sheppeid, St. from Potershur;h. KangaroO, Rees;- Selbitrn.- Haig; Atalanta, Greenwald; taxi of Errol, Ititeeie ; and Agnes Primrose, Johnston, hence, at Thsineur. Union, Wienhott, hence, at Dantzic. SAILED. General Williams, Hohlridge, for New York Matilda, Powditch, from Lima, off Cork, sailed 20th April, experi enced easterly winds for 3 weeks. Alfred, late Martin) hence for Africa, at Cork. An outward bound brig on shore near Ruth() sau,l.3, LORD ALTHORP'S FACTORY BILL The following is a summary of Lord Althorp's Bill "as amended by the Committee." The preamble states, " Whereas it i 3 necessary that-the hours of labour of children and young persons employed in the mils and factories, of what ever description, should he regulated, inasmuch as it has become a practice in many such mills and factories to employ a great number of children and young persons of both sexes an un reasonable length of time, and late at night, and in many in stances all night, to the great and manifest injury of the health and morals of such children and young persons." Clause 1. Persons under 21 years of age not allowed to work at night. 2. Persons under 18 not to work more than 12 hours. , • 3. Extension of hours of working in certain cases. 4. Providing for unavoidable time lost in cases of accident. 5. Loss of time from the want or excess of water in the day time provided for. - 6. One hour and a half to be allowed for meals to persons working twelve hours. 7. The employment of children under nine years of age pro hibited. 8. The employment of children under eleven, twelve, and thirteen years of age for more than eight hours a day prohibited. 9. Children employ e d i n any one mill less than eight hours, not to be employed in any other mill more than the residue of eight hours. 10. Unlawful to employ any child without a certificate. 11. Certificates to be made by a Surgeon or Physician. FL Form of Certificate of Surgeon or Physician. 13. Certificates of age in the case of children above 13, up to 18 years of ap;e. ff. Certificate to be countersigned by magistrates within three mouths. 15. Inspectors to be appointed. 16. Powers and duties of Inspectors to make rules and regu lations for the enforcement of tilts Act, - • 17. Authority of Inspectors to appoint Mill Wardens or other officers. 18. Children in factories to be taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. 19. Schoolmaster's voucher required. 20. Means of providing additional schools. Parishes to be charged with the expense. 21. Power of Inspector to disallow certificate, if education deficient or shoolmaster incompetent. . 22. Mill-owner liable to penalty for child remaining on the premises. 23. Notices by Inspectors. 21. Interior walls of every mill, &c., to be limewashed. 25. An abstr ac t o f this Act, and such rules and regulations as any Inspector may determine, shall be hung up in every mill. 26. Forgery of certificates, punishment for. 27. Parents liable to punishment for the employment of chil dren beyond the legal hours. 28. Agents and servants of factory owqrs to be personally liable. 29. Justices may convict under certain cases. 30. Penalties for offences agaifist this act. 31. Penalty for obstruction of inspectors in the execution of their duty. 32. Inspectors may order fines of not more than 20s. 33. Proceedings under this act may be had before any one inspector or one magistrate. 3L Complaints to be preferred before the visit of the inspec tor. Notice of complaints to be given within six days after the commission of any offence. 35. In case of partnerships, one name sufficient for summons, &c. 36. Service of summons. 37. Power of Inspectors to compel witnesses to appear and give evidence. 38. Form of conviction. 39. No appeal. 40. Penalty for offending against this Act, and disposal of the same. 41. Authority to Inspectors to hold sittings in Sessions-house. 42. Lords of the 'treasury to determine the amount of In spectors' salaries. 43. Inspectors to make an annual report. Proceedings of Inspectors required to be uniform. 41. Inspectors to apportion salary to officers. 45. Inspectors to send a list of mills in each county to the County Treasurer. County Treasurer authorised to order the payment of expenses in the parishes in which mills are situated. Overseers of parishes entiLed to order payment of expenses f►om mid-owners. 46. This Act a Public Act. The General Steam-navigation Company's mail-packet, the Attwood, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house at two o'clock, p.m., 4th of August. PUNNING REPROOP.—When Dr. Johnson visited the Uni versity of St. Andrew's (a place famous for vending academi cal honours), he took occasion to inquire of one of the professors into the state of the funds, and being told that they were not so affluent as many of their neighbours—" No matter," said the Doctor dryly, "persevere in the plan you hav e formed, and you will get rich by degrees." SERIOUS JOKING.— A gentleman who marlle d a lackadaisical young lady was visited by an old friend, when the wife, after en larging, in an animated strain upon the pleasures of London, retired for the night, and the friend exclaimed—Why, Jack, your wife is not so pensive as she used to be;" to which the other replied, with a shrug, "No, she has left that of; she is now expensive." • Lord Hill, accompanied by his aid-de-camp, Lieut-Colonel Egerton, has left town on a tour of inspection to the garrisons of Plymouth, Portsmouth, &c. His lordship was peseta at the .1 former place on Saturday last, when the Mayor and Corpora tion presented their address to the Duchess of Ken t and the Princess Victoria, and the General Conimanding in Chief re viewed the troops in the presence of the royal visitors, FANCY FAlRS.—These fails are indeed a strange fancy charity, it seems, has no naked charms, she must be attired in the robes of merchandise. The frequente:s of fancy fairs have a few guineas to spead, but not in relievirvr m isery or succouring the distressed, but in pleasing themselves; the contrivance, then, is to combine the gratification called pleasure with the principal object for which the guine as are to be extracted. I t is effected by a series of przteaces; a lady of rank eaters into is compact of this kind with the subjects she intends to work upon. She say look i n gNow I suppose I am worth looking at any wh ere , but more especially to that kin d of p arson that has few chances of seeing a lady of fashion at her best. I will therefore dress myself up in my most b eco ming style, and c o n sen t t o s h ow myself in a stall to all those who wilt pay a certain sum to the charity. But I must not stare like a figure in a Wass case; the show will then be too barefaced; I must make th e p re t ence o f having something to s ell, and these somethings to sell will also be useful in extracting gains even beyond the admission money. Though no one wants the articles; though they are not worth a tenth of what I shall ask for thorn, set; out of compliment to me . , ,and fur the pleasure of snaking purchases from one of - my tank, many wit buy; and the pretence of selling will Lea most agree able way of exhibiting atl those advantages of air, .and shape, and graciousness, which I suppose myself to possess. All tins is sheer pain to the charity, my vanity is gratified, and the c uriosity of the spectators sanstiod." Noue but a very mercantile people surely could hit upon the expedient of playing at trade for cha rity; and it is still further characteristic of this most aristocra tical and most commercial land, that the merchandise should be baited with rank and fashion. The cnohiriation of a love of truck and barter with the well-known reverence for aristocracy is particularly ingenious when considered as em blimatic of the national character. The fancy fair is then; or to be, th e beau-ideal of John Bull; fur in one room he finds commerce. and charity hand in hand, rank and trade, beauty and begging, splendour expandin g all her gitled wings to shield a poor object . who could have lived a year on the mere gilding of the ,a i d wings; benevolence going about in the mask of-vanity; in short, a grand contrivance to do goad; but in such a manner as to Le it a bargain.—New Muntli'y Moy:zinc. . THE LIBERALS AT FAULT. We copy the following account of the failure of the attempt to procure a radical candidate to represent the city of London, from the second edition of the Sun of Wednesday : An advertisement appeared in the papers of yesterday, call ing a public meeting of the electors of London, for the purpose of inviting some liberal candidate to stand in the place of Sir John Key, and to pledge them to his support. At one o'clock (the time appointed) we attended, and found the ball-room at the London Tavern prepared, and about thirty persons assembled. Between that and two o'clock there were about from 90 to 100 altogether , going out and in. Near that time a gentleman mounted the platform, and moved that .1. Bish, Esq., be called to the chair, which was seconded and car ried unanimously; hut Mr. Blab (who had just then been in the room) was no where to be found. After another quarter of au hour's waiting, and there being no appearance of a committee, or any managing person, Mr. BuAs FIER rose and said, he had attended to assist in the proceedings, but as it was then more than an hour past the spe cified tiine, he would move that the meeting do then adjourn. The motion was put and carried amidst much laughter. 'We could find no one to tell us who were the originators of the affair which was so badly arranged. MR. RICHARD RATHBONE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.INDARD. Siu,-- . --The gentleman whose name adorns the head of this note, in a letter addressed to the Editor of the Liverpc;ol Times, dated the sth instant;says, "I will not fin ther expose the unjust and •ungenilemanly manner in which our efforts to do, what we believe to be our duty, have been calumniated and reviled." Mr. Richard Rathbone and his brother William, of course, never could condescend to do any thing ungentlemanly. Now the enquiry naturally suggests itself, what is it which these gentlemen believe to be their duty? Hear Mr. Richard Rath bone. "As I, and as almost every body of the multitude assem bled did, my brother William did hiss General Gascoyne." Pas est ab haste doceri—verily the schoolmaster is abroad, and we may soon expect " Chesterfield Improved, by B. IL" Genera Gascoyne, an old and faithful—aye faithful—servant of the burgesses of Liverpool, who in his capacity as member for the borough, had rendered the town on many occasions good service, chose to act upon the question of reform, not according to the wishes of the Messrs. Rathbones, and gentlemen of their stamp, but according to the dictates of his own judgment, and in accordance with the opinions of at least a very respectable minoritu of his constituents. For this offence—for thus follow ing the course which every honest man ought to pursue—these lita , ral gentlemen and the multitude (query mob ?) assembled with them, considered it their duty to surround a gentleman's carriage,•and to hiss him. Such, Mr. Editor, is the duty which Mr. Richard Rathbone and his brother William consider them selves called upon to perform, and the exposure of which to the public view they call unjust and ungentlemanly." No one rived now be at a loss to know what a radical gentleman deems "his duty "—and no one upon such a point will venture to question the authority of Mr. Richard Rathbone. Sik August, 1.833. . CONSERVATOR. FASHION, FACTS, AND FICTIONS. The white fishing has this summer almost entirely failed in the Shetland Islands, owing pattly to the stormy weather, but principally to the want of fish on the coasts. 'Fite Shetland fishing sloops have hardly caught any cod at ail. THE Moo RS.—ln the Highlands grouse are very abundantg and the birds are expected to be in capital condition by tha 120, and to have fewer cheepers among them than usual. Gan:a of all kinds is also very plentiful south of the Tweed.—Leeds Intell;gencer. After all the clamour that was raised to carry the Reform Bid through Parliament, the value of it seemo to be so highly appreciated, that very many individual.' consider it entireff w orthless ; for it is a fact, that in most of the metropolitan parishes not one half of the number that exercised the fran chise at the last general election are inns eligible to vote, these worthy elabaudears not having qualified according to the act.— London Standard. - - - ..... James the Second having been a spectator of the battle of the Boyne, on the first of July, 1690, thought it most prudent , when the fate of the day was yet undecided, to seek safety id flight. In a few hours he reached the castle of Dublin, whet,: he was met by Lady Tyiconnel, a woman of spirit. 6' y c ue countrymen (the Irish), Madam," said James, as he was ast•en;- ing the stairs, "can run well." 6' Not quite so well as yro:r majesty," retorted her ladyship, "for 1 see you have won the race." FOSSIL TREES IN EDINECRGII.—III the sandstone quarry now working at the west end of Rutland-street, several fossil trees of considerable magnitude have been found in the course of the operations. These have mostly been broken down by the workmen as the substance of the trees seems formed of nh,- terials not very different from the sandstone in which they ale embedded; but specimens in ,plenty are still lying about, of large size. Several stray geologists, with hammer id hand, "like road-makers gave daft," have visited the quarry. VARIOUS MODES OF TREATING INFLUENZA.—The Medical Gazette recommends as the most successful mode of treating the influenza, the use of saline diaphoretics, mum diluents, and a short confinement to bed. The Lancet recommends saline ape rients, antimonies, and the vapour bath. The Medical aid Surgical Gazette says, the treatment that has been found most serviceable has been small doses of ca!omel With antimonial powder at night, the saline effervescing draught during the day ; for the cough, oxyinel of squills; in some cases emetics lia . ‘ been employed at the first attac with great success. Dover's powders have also been found serviceable when taken at night. CAPTAIN BACK'S EX PRDITION. -- ThC '° Montreal Gazette . ' says, we are much gratif;cd to state that icetiuntS have been re- C ceived by the honourable Ilnelson's Bay CoMpany of the safe s progressrTioecsf' vio reached Sault St. Mary's-ou nptain Back and his adventur ous t health and without band the prosperous 1 ot fi heroicot. ayc, 0a ru perfect any accident. .'rhey passed, about 15th May, I\lichipitoton t r ading post of the Hudson's Bay Company on the north side of Lake Superior), having accomplished a journey of 1,000 miles in the short space of twenty-cue days. The marriage of the Hon. Captain Douglas, brother to the Countess of Aberdeeo, and Miss Pennant, diaighter of G. Dawkins Pennant, lad., 111. P., of Portland-place, and Penne castle, North Wa.es, was solemnised on Tuesday, at Tihnt Church, It e,gent's-park, London. On account of . the indispo_ sition of the Count ess o f Ab er de e n, and the severe ihness of Lady Stewart, th e ceremon y was c onducted with privacy, and the erejeane appointed to take place at the mausiba In Por:atid place was postponed. TIIE FIRST BOOK A ucTioN.—The first book auction of which we have any record m Eiwiaud was the sale•of Dr. Seaman's library, which was brought to the hemmer iu 1676. The address prefixed to the catalogue ran thus:—`' Reader, it hath not been usual here in England to make sate of hooks by way of auction, or who will give most for them ; but it having been m a in other countries to the advalitage of hoth buyers and seiiers, was therefore conceived'. for the encouragement of learning to publish the sale of these books in this manner of way." 4, STATE , OF ThE rRESS TER ISLE IIF MAN.—The 110- prietor of the Man! Sun has tiv.. i'oltowing dolorous remarks ttl a nswer to the reproacles of a correspotn Tim comp,air,ed of sonic omissions avid uegiigence in ins journal In this is land, such is the state of the press, that it cannot afford to d.- fray the expenses of either emlor or reporter; - consequent:y the duty, beyond that, of compiling, May be coosidered as =entirety gratuitous; both our predecessor nod self may fairly cons:- dered as amateurs. 'the tli:pa journals do trot actually toge ther receive •payment fur tnote than 4,0 e.,pies weeKty. 1 weekly sales of the two journals, it:co-more, amount for which two printinu,lii,.:es are engaged, a:1:1 the copies dc - livered over the winie island gratis. We have this week to record a ninnific.ent act of generosity on the part of a noble lord in'this_ comity—a nobleman whose philanthropy and benevolence - are only exceeded, perhaps, Li his untiring and unwayming attachment to our (Acetic/it of ofin th.ts s fo ti r tu th ti e nu eo i u n ) p c l h e u ti r o c n h h s e ta i t ie e w ---v c e h e u n r i , e i a l .T' t d . fun's city, were wanting about a hundred pounds, when the Rev. Mr. - Atkinson, rector of that parish, wrote to Lord Rolle, and begged his assistance in partly making up the deficieucy. lordship, in the must handsome manner, replied, that he &A obliged; to the rev. gentleman for directing his attention to tv subject, and beggeu him to accept the inciosore for the poses required. The inclosure was a cheque on his bat.e.,l . 1 / 4 4 one hundicd . p ., nnds.-IVvitern LeniPaury.