The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-09 00:00:00

9,11833. RE- 110 YAL, LIVERPOOL. kr.llr,R. WA.I.LACK'S LAST NIGHT BUT THREE. for u T U : N ?N, of and? heatre-Roval 'Drury-lane, thes e w . ( ' UTS ' will make . his secon 1 is enga,,ed , . ' d a ipdarance here r rsi."S Piesent TUESDAY, July 9, 1833, when will be per furrned the admired Comedy of the • . HYOCRITE. . Do c t or Cantwell Mr. Dowt P on .—Col. Lambert, Mr. Browne. To conclude with the - favourite Drama of the in whic h will RENT DAY. brac e d . be pourtrayed representations Wilk ie's cele l pictures, "The Rent Day" and " i - aining for Ren t. " ki_4l.in Heywoodr. Wallia, (as ori • ally performed by il,Ol Lon(lon;) Tolls. Heywood, Mr. B owne. t i , 'aces in the Boxes may . be taken of Mr. PARKER, at the t I•office, from Ten until Three o'clock. Lower Boxes, 4s . ; •o ,PPer B"xes, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. 6,1.; Gallery, Is,. . Doors to b e . i k ued at half -past Si; the performance to commence at Seven. On •17 - • BCH, " EolvEstuv, will be repeated the Comedy of t the . Ch. ~v ° l, FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Dow on , t r ''•es Surface, Mr. Wallack ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, 'Mr. ii.?vne; Joseph Surface, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Lady Teazle, Miss , iiVart. To conclude with the Drama of ELLEN WARE- Ilii i 'I. Captain Wareham Mr. Dowtou; Ellen Wareham, " illlddart ' XB 4 Tii URS DAY, Shalispeare's Play of M UCH ADO ABOUT te,,,T,IIING. Benedick, Mr. ` After Dogberrv, Mr. Dow- Ti',,l3eatrice, Miss Hialart. After which (for the last time,) Ati BRIGAND. Alessandro Massaro 1, Mr. Wallack. - / tigt FRIDAY ; for the benefit of Mr. W. .L ACK, Cll. , and the last Pal ta r his engagement, the Play of H •N R Y IV. Sir John 5 4, Nlr. Dawton • Prince of Wal , Mr. Wallack ; Hot -11.41., Mr. Vatitlenlioff; Poins. . Mr. Browne; Lady Percy, Miss xeldart. After which MY AUNT. To conclude with a Farce, called THE' WOLF AND THE • LAMB. 2.„ ............ . . . Vie Eibtrpool &.tanbarb. „__ TuEsDAY mon_vixG, JULY 9, 1833. We have received Montreal papers to 9th June. The O f England, Scotland, and Ireland, in the shape of p c ,„ "` u h tl i tar Y emigrants, the best part of our labouring V a tion, were fast pouring - into these northern colonies. ith s ome emigrants from Limerick the good people of Que}'ec had imp ort ed t h e c hOl era morbits, which had ec ess hmed so me a l arm a t fi rst, b ut w hi c h, we are happy to add, had s u b s id e d w h en t h e l ast acco un ts came awa y. t h e v e have also New York papers to the 16th June, but , iti Y ar e unusually barren of intelligence. The worthy var ze hs of that place were entertaining themselves with th e t°llB spectacles of intense'interest. These were, first, thvisit of General JACKSON to New York, who entered e elt Yin slate, drawn by six noble gray steeds, amid o , 4 4lecl amations of th e delighted inhabitants. Had these 3 : 8 b een cream- co l oure d, and of Arabian breed, the nadir would h ave l ooked st il l more ki ng l y . Th e A m er-- eati d() their b est and ape us well, but they are not quite qt, T he in th ese matters. l e se cond spectacle was the arrival of " Black Hawk and d e' Party:, " The streets, wharfs, and vessels in the Gag the of the l an ding place," says the New York t e , Were completely crowded with an anxi ous ti,r' a ce, all desirous of having a first look at this dis lktrished warrior." The precise nature of the specu qq°,n w hich has brought the Black Hawk to the first city 6'! republic i s not stated, but we would advise h is t hess to order a gOod look out to be kept on his i t , i tln g' grou n d s d ur i ng hi s a b s ence. The third grand V re it was the ascension of a balloon, in honour of the i i hi s ident and the Black Hawk. The latter made a sen- II °l3 'ervation on the occasion. On being asked what e thou ght of the ascension, he replied—" That man is a treat br ave--don't think he will ever get back l" W e to ti have been favoured with a file of Sydney papers Itth ah e , 34 of March. The colony is flourishing , b ut its tr ee ' ta nts are restl ess and disaffected in the highest de- Pe eti i. ev ils almost inseparable from a people of such a i llib e lar "order." In that land of thieves the word tha t t - h rt Y" is in almost every man's mouth ; we suspect 1141 Y have too much liberty already. Some of the Pitr a BP ß 6 a P e appear to be written by tried men. The -e°lo ey smacks of the Old Bailey. Th e N I , a ccounts of the produce of the revenue for the eh a nd the quarter ended the sth instant, will be found 4'where. It will be seen that there is a decrease of th e : sl on the quarter, and an increase of £569,703 on th Ye ar. It is som ewhat singular, that although the last kis gaarteis have exhibited a decrease, still it has been so 4 1 : a ged that the pioduce for the whole year shows an eas e• How thi s crone it is not for us to say. th Tiltt revenue of the Post-office shows an increase upon 1 1 9tlarterof no les s th an £41,000. Thi s we suspec t been obtained by means of . the new patent spy screw. 411 , 0 , th e o p en i ng o f parce l s, the peeping into letters, k" -he employment of honest informers, has been a pro -14 l e speculation, which reflects infinite credit upon the j ea lous persons • concerned. % e ll the assessed taxes there is also an increase upon lir e Yea r of £85,039. is this a proof that these taxes Inore . freely paid, or that the number of inhabited a es and windows has increased ? Far from it. The toil er uas also b een applied in this department, and . the Ikt ; tar s have been lavish of their surcharges. Poverty 111 1 44 stood in the way of extorting money by the i g N oltb process. But the evil will cure itself. Lord AL - Ni s ; has contrived to make this mode of taxation so 'll -3 ' that. it must very soon be abandoned altogether. Ni t ! Excise. is the only touchstone by which the real he. 4 611 of the middle and working classes can be hap di ed, and here we find a sad falling off. On the t i de ther e is a decrease of £218,880, and on the quarter LordrnPortitnlbly greater decrease of £133,740..,,H0w tom 4 411110 aP is to provide for these deficiencies perhaps 1.1, 0 "'Rote himself is unable to explain. a the Whole the finances are in a very gloomy an d Wh s. rte uing condition. As some reductions have taken It or ile , t ,e next quarter, we venture to predict, will be ket is glan the last. Disguise it as some may, still the Iketplii,leolltrovertible that the income of the country is t ille th a .; to the expenditure. We perceive that Exche• t° lli ee ll t is te the amount of £7,322,423 will be required %% Il the charge upon the consolidated fund for the 1: inter ended. In addition to all this, are the obliga ti4 tc h Lord ALTHORP has come under on the West doer k b i iii i the Bank bill, the East India bill, the itinerant Se ci ,„" in ns, the Irish tithes, the new local courts, and Th e' s'unittees of inquiry into elections and other matters. ei ttir these l as t w ill be enormous. If the present ►noat Pass, upw ar d s o f thirty millions will ha to be s ome means or other, before this day twPlve ,lr. .And where are these millions to come from ? ele . 111T ?LP. HARVE Y has been instructed to put forth a \k r t 111 t he House of Coinmons about a property tax. t he Lle Whio• • impose Wh igs that which they have censured in 1 4N si , gest te rms, and which they extorted from Mr. 'TART in 1817 ? VS a shall see. Iti n • --,—. 40 --- tt , taters met with what the Times (which by .. the ~ y NI evi;alatiy ratting) calls an "ignoble defeat on !Itp 4 r Y ]as ratting) The subject was Lord ASHLEY'S bill for the ihe3sicn, or at least the regulation-of infant t slavery noble 1,,,i factories, of England .and Scotland. 1.11 1 ti , 111 1 . 4( X 1 that his bill be submitted to a com T m le ittee of titt"l"ole house, which, after a spirited debate, teas car ktii eaving ministers, the Manchester philanthropists, ttle "b.% ' It ,Th e , i "-rotters," in a minority of Twenty-three. k ell "bate was the only honest one which has vet t or , Place in the reformed parliament. The members di. lik ti 11". haying the fear of a dissolution and the In : le i ta li °4 bf their constituents before their eyes, burst Wo rtl ll l ( la of the ministry, and gave rein to sentiments .. 4 14 i Y of better times. tA illti l l the shabbiest, mearrnieest,cluestion, however, was and most hypocritical tand ilie lib bY Lord ALTHORP, who had the bad ttiek 1%1%10i -table stupidity to identify ministers ta S.wit h e tast e, s the cf ll it I,.,',,,frailds. cruelties, and blood-stained iniquit ie s - S—"()ners. In order to defeat Lord ASHLEY'S b m e. Nal i a " give a respite of another year ,to the o n t,,,rtira and Man nnon-worshippers of the fac to ries, tect t atil l.L.rll°lll) moved that the bill be referred to a 8 '' k te. , i ttee t o h "'e appointed by himself. Had the house k t4 g ed to this proposition the noble lord would have ta• 44:4re that no report would be presented during the ite% ti • t i" s ictl, now drawing near its close, and thus the l'ori,ll4ient intentions of Lord ASHLEY and his friends 11,11111a,1,4" been evaded, and the hopes of thousands of N I "eings miserably disappointed. It was a clumsy 'qe ~,' as an indecent fraud. It was so transparent, that tittou'"Qat purblind of the ministerial adherents saw 611,-.111 it, and some of the most obsequious were corn-' t° denounce it. In a house of upwaids of 300 ' et. ' 164 voted against ministers, and only 141 for 1 them. ,This, howeVer,.: was on a Friday—unfortunate day !—and it would not surprise us if the vote were re called on the succeeding Tuesday—t O-night! The factory system has been under the consideration of Parliament foi many years. It was considered by Mr. SADLER'S comMittee, and a volume of evidence amount ing to 800 pages, containing the most heartrending de tails, was published at the expense of the country. This evidence, however, .was not deemed satisfactory: The millowners denied the facts, and offered to disprove them. They were afforded an opportunity of doing so. A rov ing commission was fitted out in accordance with their wishes at the national expense. A more inefficient, a more partial, or a more invidious tribunal could not have been organised. The object. in nominating these commissioners, who were, for the most part, brief less ' lawyers, with whom pay was a greater object than distinction, and patronage a higher incentive than honour or renown, was delay in the first instance, and delusion and mystification afterwards, on a subject on which the minds of all thinking and charitable men had been previously made up. But, as we have said before, their designs were too manifest, their party predilections too strong, their chicanery too obvious, and their mode of procedure respecting evidence too glaring and disgust ing to be tolerated for a single moment by the parties concerned. It is therefore not surprising that a commis sion formed of such materials should rather have increased than diminished the abhorrence of the public towards a .system the details of which had before made the blood run cold, and had called down curses both loud and deep upon the guilty authors and abettors of modern cruelty. The commissioners soon found this to be the case. They dis covered that they were deputed to do a deed of shame— 1 to throw a veil over crime—to soften the heavy and dark I shades in the picture—to remove Manchester out of thel proclaimed districts —andwhitewash MARK PHILLIPS and others, so that they might, in the eyes or this nation of, fools, appear pure as unsunned snow. This, however, was more than the commissioners could do; but in order to show how far mere cunning pays homage to truth, as vice does to virtue, they all of a sudden became benevo lent to excess, and affected to have the interest of the in fant slaves more at heart than their real friends. They recommended that no children under fourteen years should be employed in the factories for a longer period than eight hours a-day. Here was an admission with a vengeance ! This was the unkindest cut of all ! The mill-owners were condemned by the very persons who were appointed for the express purpose of establishing their innocence and extricating them from infamy. For more than thirty years children, from seven years and up- ' wards, have worked in these factories from twelve to eighteen hours per day. Why is it recommended that no child underfourteen years shall be permitted to work more than eight hours ? Why is this proposed by the mini sterial commissioners? Why ?—Oh, murder will out! — Why ? For no other reason than the damning fact that all that has been charged against the system was incon trovertible—all the allegations true—all the crime and cruelty fully and irrefragably established! No set of commissioners—no Set of men on earth would have dared to recommend such an interdiction of labour, where the young are concerned, and by which labour these infants contribute to the emoluments of their parents, unless all the charges against the system were indisputably sub stantiated. The commissioners, therefore, unintention ally we believe, have driven the last nail in the coffin of the tyranny of the mills. But their proposition of eight hours' labour was a trick nevertheless. The double relays—to use the language hitherto applied to horses—we all know is impracticable; and even if it were otherwise, it would lead to further fraud and more aggravated oppression. It would have exposed them to double toil, the tack in the one mill, the billy roller in the other, and the vomit fever in both. In short they would have been by fraud and connivance compelled to work sixteen hours a day instead of eight. Lord ASHLEY'S bill, however, we are happy to say, will settle the question. It must be carried or woe be to the ministry. The cabinet must see that they are powerless on this great desideratum in our manufactur ing system, which they have been willing to blink, in order to conciliate the five-hundred-horse-power philoso phers of Leeds; Halifax, Manchester, Dundee, and other places. They now find this is an act of madness, and that they must either throw them overboard or go down themselves. But a word before we conclude toughing Mr. POULETT THOMSON, member for Manchester, and member as, we calculate, for the last time. This gentleman gave him self some airs on Friday night which were a satire upon his status in society, and which not only indicate an irresistible gravitation towards ignorance, but also show how pertness can take liberties with public opinion. Mr. POULETT THOMSON, in opposing Lord ASHLEY'S motion, was pleased to observe, that he " felt satisfied that no man would lose by honestly opposing the pas-sing feelings of the people of this country." This grocer-like fling at the " dear public" by such a counter statesman as Mr. POULETT THOMSON is best explained by the Morning Chronicle in its comments on the same subject. The old organ, but now the despised ally of the Whigs, says, that the House of Commons — the reformed House—is a very stupid House for " yield ing to the ignorant clamour which exists upon this sub ject out of doors - -a clamour which, in our conscience we believe, has been got up solely for party purposes, and has attained its present height by the aid of humbug!" ' Now, who is POULETT THOMSON, and who is. the writer in the Morning Chronicle? THOMSON despises the " passing feelings" of the people; the Chronicle repudiates " clamour" and " humbug." This is beau tiful consistency in both of these worthies! Had we said a word in reprehension of " clamour" and " hum bug," we should have been set down as old, illiberal, and tyrannical Tories--fellows who do not move in the march of intellect—aristocrats who revere not the schoolmas ter—bigots who cling to absurd prejudices, and affect to despise public opinion. All this would have been said and sung of us in a thousand different ways if we had dared to talk disparagingly of " clam Our out-of doors." PouLtrr TitomioN, on the contrary, may say just what he pleasesi .withoirt; we Oppose, giving any offence to the unwashed patriots - whorli he has flattered and flirted with during the whole course of his useless and factious life. No man has crawled more foully through the mire of public opinion than this same Thom. : sort, • and yet he affects, to deride the " passing feelings" of the people ! Did. he and his colleagues not ride upon these " passing feelings" during the mania of the re form bill Do they not owe every thing to agitation, clamour and Humbug ? Were they not sustained in of fice by appeals to the rabble at a crisis when it was deemed expedient to resort to every species of fraud and delusion to carry a worthless bill, the working•of which has not given satisfaction to any sensible man in the country.? All this is most true. POULETT Tuomsori is a - reformer, a liberal, an economist and a—quack; and yei he despises the " passing feelings of the people." There is nothing like tallow! As for the poor Chronicle censuring " clamour" and " humbug," it is hardly worth our notice. Its teeth were drawn long ago, and its garrulity is quite pitiful. The member for Manchester, Mr. MAnK PHILIPS, succeeded in his motion relative to the Liverpool election on Thursday last. It was carried by a considerable ma- jority in the absence of Lord ALTIIORP and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. We knew from the first that Lord JOHN was ashamed of the proceedings, and be, therefore, staid away. Mr: STANLEY and Lord PALmEnsToN voted against the motion. Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir RICHARD VYVYAN, Lord CIIAXDOS, Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. HER- Rim, Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL, and a host of the To ries, abs anted themselves, for reasons which we should like to hear explained. All the Manchester and Leeds people—all the spinning gentlemen, with the exception of Mr. FIOULDSWORTH, voted against the freemen of Liverpool. This last must be noted in our.memorandum books. Mr. EWART to his honour did not vote at all. Such people as GROTE and Sir JOHN KEY of London, TORRENS of the Hue and Cry, WALTER of the Times, ROEBUCK of the Political Unions, and JOSEPH the Quaker, voted in favour of the inquiry. There were twenty-six Irishmeni.including b'CoNNELL and his tail THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD. of beggars, who voted against us. A more raffish ma jority never was counted in that or any other assembly. Well, are we displeased with this triumph of the de structives ? No; surprised, but not displeased; a little disgusted, but as ready as ever to enter the lists on the side of the calumniated freemen, and quite confident that we shall rescue them from the meditated attack upon their liberties. • The battle then has to be fought over again. Be it so ; and now that the principle is recognised of trying the living for the delinquencies of the dead—of damnifying the pure by the misdeeds of the rotten—the matter can not stop with Liverpool. The electors of Westminster whom BURDETT and the RUMP have bribed for the last twenty years, as stated by Mr. HmktE—the rotten liverymen of London, whom Sir JOHN KEY carried drunk to the hustings—the electors of Berkshire, among Whom the proprietor of the Times news paper spent £40,000 of his honest gains—the peo ple of Manchester, Blackburn, Hull, Leeds, and various other places must, if there be any justice on earth, be ex posed to the same ordeal with the burgesses of Liverpool. The whole transaction is so marked with injustice that it requires no ordinary share of temper to discuss it calm ly. The present is an attempt to trample upon the very principle upon which the advocates of reform based their bill. They told us over and over again that the reform they contended for, and which, after a desperate struggle, they obtained, was to be indemnity for the past, and se purity for the future. These words were perpetually on the lips of his Majesty's Ministers. Reform was to ex terminate bribery and corruption. It was to expel from our municipal and political institutions every vestige of impurity. It was to restore the ancient forms of a con stitution which had been the admiration of the world. All old wounds were to be healed up—all grievances were to be blotted out for ever. It was to be an act of oblivion for past offeneesi Of every kind whatsoever. We appeal to every man if these precise expressions were not contained in the exordium of Lord JOHN Rus- SELL'S speeches when he introduced his bill or bills into the House of Commons. He declined to legislate on past corruptions—he refused to insert any clause to restrain or punish bribery—solely on the ground that the bill itself was an efficient corrective of these evils. Such being the case, it is a glaring and flagrant violation of good faith on the part of the reformed parliament to retrace the pages of history, to dive into forgotten secrets, to rake up the filth of past times, to stir up angry passions, and personal quarrels, in order to gratify the ambition and the paltry resentment of a disappointed faction. Such, we say, is the only object which the enemies of the Liverpool free men have in view. Bitter enmity against their fellow men, and these men too poor to defend themselves, and boundless selfishness as concerns themselves, are the motives which urge the THORNELY party to this inquiry. They care not whom they offend, or what bad blood they may inflame, provided they can rob the poor, and seat themselves in power. But let them beware ! Hitherto we have treated them leniently. We could not believe that they were quite in earnest; for we did not believe that they could be deli berately Unjust. We made allowance for the excitement of .the moment and the acuteness of their feelings; and while we smiled at their folly, we left the result to their sense of shame and their " second thoughts." Now, however, that they have returned to the charge more like confirmed madmen than sober citizens, maliciously in tent upon embroiling Liverpool in a party feud, wilfully, wantonly, and, unnecessarily, we beg to inform them that we shall make reprisals in a way they little dream of, and the consequences of which they will repent while they live. We know what their evidence was on the former committee, but we passed it lightly over for the sake of peace. It would have been easy to prove . by numerous and respectable merchants that some of the witnesses whom they examined, and on whose evidence much of their charge rested, would not be believed on their oaths in any court of justice. It is now necessary that this un pleasant duty should be performed. The committee have resolved in their inquiries to go so far back in search of bribery as the contest in which BROUGHAM and CREEVY were defeated. It would be odd enough if they should find flaws or specks in the - Loan CHANCELLOR'S purity. As for CREEVY, he is dead, and therefore it will be easy to invent some lies abput Some Mrs. ROBINSON might be found to swear a penSion for life against him. Mr. HUSKISSON too is in his grave, He, therefore, would be fair game for RATHBONE and Co. How easy would it be to find some sharp-eyed fellow who knew Mr. HUSKISSON by the back of his coat, and saw him bribe a shoemaker with his hands on the other side of his body. There need be no lack of evidence in this re trosp?ctive inquiry. •The dead tell no tales, and ghosts cannot be brought from the charnel house as in the olden time, to confront modern liars. If one tenth of what is likely to be told, ay, and sworn to for sixpence a word, is believed, the freemen have already polled their last votes. If such an investigation is to be tolerated, no man is safe. Bribery will procure witnesses to swear to bribery. — Rogues there are in abundance to slander the ashes of our predecessors. The living will trade upon the reputations of the dead, and a bounty be offered by modern liberals for the encouragement of perjury. But who is to pay for all this folly, pollution, and crime ? Forty seven witnesses have already set off for. London. Here is a thousand pounds gone at one draft. If they proceed at this rate, a hundred thousand pounds will not pay the expense of the proceeding. This money must collie out of the taxes, and the people must bleed in order that two or three upstart and conceited persons may ride rough-shod over the necks of the burgesses of Liverpool. It is a disgraceful business, and the public shall hear more of it. The conspiracy against property and the project for pro ducing pauperism and idleness, still continue to throw a blight upon industry. So long as the wages of iniquity are paid, the workmen will remain unemployed and adhere to their illegal clubs. So long as poor dupes can be fleeced of their half-crowns, and so long as contributions can be levied upon the active labourer, just so long will the schoolmasters, the clerks, and other dissipated black guards, hold their . nightly revels and keep up the game of plunder and delusion. . . Themasters,iowever. have at length issued an address, which should have been done sooner. They have re solved not to employ any workman who is a member of these unions, and we shall soon see whether the em ployer or the operative is the master in this business. It is of the utmost importance that the employers should unanimously join in these resolutions. If any stand aloof, they are striking a d'ath blow at their own pros perity, promoting insubordination, and encouraging in dolence, insolence, and illegal oaths. If unanimity prevail, the combination will be broken up in a week. It is calculated that there are EIGHT THOUSAND workmen, members of these unions, who are at present unemployed in Lancashire alone. These men have hitherto earned at least 20s. per week. Should the com bination continue for a month it will be as if upwards of thirty thousand pounds were thrown into the fire ! How many a poor wife will have to pledge her clothes—how many poor children will want bread—for this folly ! The retail trad6smen are beginning to feel the effects of the combination in a serious way. Old scores remain unpaid —new purchases cannot be made—and of course all credit is stopped. The owners of small houses can not obtain their rents, and the articles of furniture are disappearing. They are pledged, like WM. BROUGHAM, and not likely to be redeemed. The revenue, too, will speedily be touched by this com bination. In the artiCleS. of timber, bricks, glass, &c., as there is no consumption, no duties will be paid. The erec tion of houses that were contracted for has been postponed until next year, and there will consequently be many hun gry masons and many shoeless joiners before Christmas. Before the 10th of. October the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, whoever he is, will look rather blue at the " unexpected" decrease in the Customs. The Excise is far enough behind already, but it will be farther before October. Men cannot drink ale or spirits conveniently with Out a sixpence in their pockets. The folloWing is a copy of the oath administered to all the members of the unions:— " I do before Almighty God and this Loyal Lodge most so lemnly- sonar that I will not work fur any master that is not in the Union, nor will I work with any illegal man or men, but will do my best for the support of wages; and must solemnly swear to keep inviolate all the secrets of this Order; nor will I ever consent to have any money for any purpose but for the use of the Lodge and support of the trade ; nor will I write or cause to be wrote, print, mark, either on Stone, Marble, Brass, Paper, or Sind, anything connected with this Order, so help are God, and keep me stedfast in this my present obligation ; and I fur ther promise to do my best to bring all legal men that I am connected with into this Order; and if ever I reveal any of the rules, may what is before me* plunge my soul into eternity." With men who act under the responsibility incurred, or supposed to be incurred, by this illegal and impious oath, which is an insult to Divine Providence, and an outrage upon decency, it would be criminal to hold any cor respondence, or make any - compromise. It is a dis grade to the country Where it is tolerated, and'a re proach upon the education and the common sense of the men who take or respect it. The age of intellect in deed!—it is the age of stupidity and downright idiotcy. This is, as the Times says, " a beast of a nation." ~• • A person stands in front of the party to whom this oath is ad►ni nistered, holdinz a drawn sword with the point towards his breast. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'Clock. It will be seen by the parliamentary reports, that mi nisters were again in a minority in the House of Com mons, and that the Jesuitical attempts of Lord Althorp to perpetuate factory slavery have failed. This is the sole topic of conversation hem to-day in the absence of all other news. The result has been so satisfactory to every friend of humanity, that the conduct of Lord Ashley has met with just eulogy. We have had no political intelligence of any import ance since we last wrote. The operations of the Consol market have been upon a limited scale, and the quota tion, which, since Wednesday, has been generally at 90, has closed this afternoon at 90,1 There has been a considerable advance in Bank Stock during the week. Op Saturday last it was 203-,% and it closed this afternoon at `2034. The northern Bonds are also buoyant. Bel gian Stock has risen to 93, Dutch to 491, and Russian to 103. There has been great dullness in Spanish Stock, which has been done at 18, but has since rallied to 181. Marshal Solignac, the great commander (ex) of the armies of Don Pedro, is in town. The parties uphold ing the Brazilian ex despot have been importuning the Marshal for his opinion of the prospects of the expedition recently sent from Oporto. His replies, we understand, have perfectly satisfied the enquirers, and the Script has fallen to 21,- discount. _ _ _ The latest accounts from Greece furnish us with va rious acts and decrees of the Government. One of these states the emoluments of the public functionaries : that of the ministers is 12,000 dragmes, of the prefects 6000, of the first councillors of state 4200, of the second council lors 3600, of the secretaries of the ministers 2400, and of the secretaries of the prefects 1800. Six dragmes are equal to one Roman crown. Considerable difference of opinion prevailed as to the city to he fixed upon as the capital of Greece. Some selected Athens, others Argos ; but it was understood to be in contemplation to found a town in the isthmus of Corinth, to be called Otho, and which, from its central position, could not fail to become a place of great commercial importance. According to these ac counts, an English and French squadron were expected in the Archipelago. LOCAL NEWS. The body of an infant was found dead, in St. Thomas's Church-yaid, by the watchman, at six o'clock on Sunday morning. LIVERPOOL AINTREE RACES.—The Stewards elected for the next meeting are Sir R. W. Bulkeley, Bart., and T. W. Gif faid, Esq., of Chillington. A valuable stakes, to be called the Knowsley Stakes, of £lOO each, for three year-olds, has been concluded upon during the last week. Ten gentlemen have already become subscribers to them. Boat races, for several silver cups, will, we understand, take blace on the river Mersey, on or about the 21st instant. The oats will start from the Egremont Hotel. SLDDEN DEATH.-Mr. Barker, a Manchester gentleman, was on the Liverpool 'Change on Friday last, and died, the same night, at his own house. • The Liverpool select committee consists of the following members:—Mr. M. Philips, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Langdale, Mr. Brodie, Mr. B. Oswald, Mr. Ryle, Mr. Birt, Mr. Barnard, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr. Wedgwood, Mr. E. Curtcis, Mr. L. Fenton, Mr. B. Handley, Mr. J. Marshall, and Mr. Nichol'. TH UNDERSTORM.--011 Sunday a tremenlous thunderstorm broke over this town. About noon, the storm was most terrific. The lightning was intensely vivid; the peals of thunder were awfully loud ; and the rain, falling in torrents, rolled down from the higher to the lower parts of the town, inundating several districts. The electric fluid struck the windmill in Limekiln-lane, belong ing to Mr. Rawsthorn. It damaged the sails, and, entering the top, took the hoisting chain fm a Franklin, or conductor, and passed by it to the bottom floor, the flags of which it tore up. •It then ascended by the same means to the top room, and'forced out the wall, the bricks of whiCh were projected up wards of one hundred yards. It being the time of Divine ser• vice the mid was not working, and, consequently, the workmen escaped injury. The storm spent its violence in this outbreak ; but it did not wholly pass away till three o'clock. The rain continued to fall during the afternoon. ROBBERIES.—On Saturday night several attempts were made to enter the offices and warehouses in Tarleton-buildings, Cha pel-street, and in two instances the thieves were successful.— fhe property abstracted from them was not of any great value. FIRE.--Yesterday morning, about half-past two o'clock, a fire was discovered by the watchman of the district to have broken out in the cellar of a warehouse in Vernon-street, occu pied by Mr. Dicker. The Mayor was early in his attendance, and was assisted by Mr. Parlour and a body of the police, and Mr. Whitty, the superintendant of the nightly watch, in pre serving the necessary order, and in protecting the property re moved- front the apprehended danger. The Gas Company's fire-engine was the first that arrived, and was immediately worked with great effect until the other engines arrived. '1 he warehouse was nearly full of damaged cotton. How the fire originated we have not heard. The loss is estimated at £l2OO, which we are happy to say is insured. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE RACES.— We lament to state, that several persons have lost their lives, and others been manned, by the crowded state of the roads-and 'streets with vehicles returning from the Aintree Race-course. Oa Wednesday evening, as two carts with passengers were coining through Kirkdale, and driving very fast, a person on the road saw a boy falling over the side of one of them, and hu manely rushed forward to save him. In doing so he unfortu nately fell, and the wheel of one of the carts passed ove r hi s arm, 'fracturing it so dreadfully that it was obliged to be ampu iated. It is said that the driver of the cart, who is a black man, residing in Naylor-street, was drunk, and was racing with the other cart at the time of the accident.—On Thursday night, as Mr. Jonathan Birtles, plasterer, was returning from the races in a gig, he observed a boy in the act of falling from a cart. In leaping out of the gig fur the purpose of saving him, he fell and broke his arm, and also his leg. He was brought home, and although medical assistance was immediately obtained, we re gret to state that he died on Friday mornin(7.—On Friday even ing, about seven o'clock, a fine little boy, about three years old, son of Mr. Spears, watchmaker, Tenterden-street, Scotland road, strayed trom its father's door and was knocked over by a shandry. Before it could he picked up by the bystanders, the *heel of a cart loaded with people returning from the races passed Over its neck, and killed it on the spot. On the same evening, about half-past eight o'clock, as three gentlemen were returning iu a gig from the races, it came in contact, at Wal ton, with a cart, which, being before it, suddenly stopped. One of the,gentlemen, Mr. Samuel Griffiths, the clerk of the Mag hull Race-course, an individual well known on the turf, was thrown out by the concussion, and, the wheel passing over him, he expired on Saturday morning, at two o'clock. COA L- PIT ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, as the engineer and an underlooker were going to repair the pump-rods of the three quarters' mine, situated near Hutton-lane-end, in Over Hutton, the engine not being in geer, the coaltub and the men who were in it fed to the bottom of the pit, by which the engineer, named Henry Bowdon, was killed on the spot, and the underlooker had liis leg broken. It is not known whether he has yet reco vered or not, but he has had the best surgical assistance, by tb,e direction of W. Hutton, Esq. of Hulton Park. .' --r Atirtidnp.- -Often, and over and over and over again, have we been reluctantly compelled to quote the memorable line— `• A was an Althorp, as dull as a hog?' Now, more in sorrow than in anger, we allude to it. In sober sadness, it is pitiful to see a kind-hearted old cock, as we believe Maori) to be, quizzed by the Tories, flouted by the Hadica!s, and scorned by his colleagues. Yet, among all this, we have ore consolation—that he Wilt be the means of breaking up the Cabinet —Age. There has been a numerous and splendid meeting during the last week, at Cambridge, of the "British Association for the advancement of Science," at which were congregated all the Itained and scientific men of the age. In the Literary Gazette of yesterday there is a copious detail of all the proceedings of this highly gifted congregation. During the sittings of the illustrious body, the degree of Doctor of Civil Law was con ferred by the University on Admiral Duudas. For what particular service this honour was administered we know not ; nor have we room to . put upon record all the great things that were achieved in The course of the week.— There was a magnificent dinner given to upwards of five hundred persons, ur Trinity Hatt. The wines were of the first quality, and the vocal- department extremely well arranged.— Malibran was in high voice 'at the concerts, which were ad miritbly selected. There was a ball, which was crowded to ex cess: the newest gallepades, and the mazurka, were introduced with great effect; and, a display of fireworks, with which this most interesting assembly broke up, was pronounced to be splendid in the extreme.—John Bull. Hetherington, the printer -and publisher. of the Poor Man's Guardian, was discharged from the New _Prison on Saturday, the list of June, after an imprisonment of six months, the max imum of punishment authorised•by the stamp act, under which he-was convicted. His sentence was indeed for twelve months, but as both convictions took place on the .same day, and the commutations were dated accordingly, they fell due on the same day, and the authorities could not detain him longer. It ap pears, however, that no sooner were government acquainted with his unexpected release - than they instructed the authori ties of BOw-street . to prefer an iudi. talent against him, on a charge of sedition, in having recommended to the working classes to attend no public meetings for the future without being well provided with knives, in order that they might resist. any effort of the police to crush them. A bill was 'accordingly pre sented before the Grand Jury of Middlesex on Tuesday after, noon.—Me do not mean to say that Mr. H. does not deserve all he has got,'and may get, in the way of punishMent at the hands of the government; but-of this we arc certain, that trea son, sedition, and blaspheniy are daily published in the minor prints which transcend in infamy any of the things for which he has suffered, and which (being, we presume, sanctioned by the Polidcal Unions) are permitted without the slightest notice from our excellent Secretary for the Home Department, or from our liberal Attorney-Geiteral.l---John Bull. LIVERPOOL QUARTER SESSIONS. These sessions commenced yesterday before the Worshipful the Mayor. and Bailiffs, &c. After - the grand jury had' been impanelled the learned Recorder• delivered the following charge : GENTLEMEN OF THE Gamin JuaY,-'—Your labours will be somewhat lighter than they were at the last sessions. Still, however, the calendar is a heavy one, looking to the short inter . val betwixt this and the preceding sossions. Some seriotts cases will be. brought i.iefore you; and I am sorry to find that many persons have severely suffered from houset;reaking and odic: Crimes, the perpetrators of which are not yet discoveretl.; It is with deep regret I learn that dissensions have 'sprung up betwixt two classes of persons who ought to be united to ad ; Vance their respective interests. The consequence is most in jurious, as it obstructs the exercise of capital and- suspends much valuable labour. This state of things is prolific of great evil, spreading from individuals to the community at large. If there be any combination formed which interferes with the ex ercise of capital, or the rights of industry, which prevents the hiring and disposing of labour upon terms with which many persons, if left to themselves, would be well satisfied ; if there be coercion by one set of workmen against. another, all this is quite at variance with the law, and with what we hear so much of, the growing intelligence of the age, which seeks to remove all restraints upon industry, and to make labour per fectly free. Arbitrary and despotic proceedings, wherever they are discovered, and by whomsoever they are practised, are an infringement of popular rights, when well understood , and sub versive of the great end of society, which, by gooduand equal laws, binding upon every one alike, seeks to promote the wel fare of the Whole community. If, therefore, much wrong has been done through delusion and deception, and mistaken views of self-interest, I trust there will be an immediate return to good sense, and to a restoration of that harmony betwixt mas ter tradesmen and their workmen out of which the exercise of capital will become as free and elastic as formerly, and industry be sure of meeting with a jii.3t and ample reward. If there be any concealed attempt to force wages beyond this point, by any union, be its numbers what they may, it. must of necessity-fail. Nay more, in making the attempt they recede from the object they . wish to accomplish, and may at last find,—such are the con sequences of folly and of crime,—that the very source of wages even, to any amount, may itself he dried-up. I therefore hope that this town, where so much kindness and attention are always paid to the labouring classes, and whose charitable institutions have proved, to make use of far better words than any of my own, "a strength to the poor; a strength to the needy in their dis tress, and a refuge from the storm," will not hereafter have reason to complain of the breach of any duties arising out of the relation of master and servant; but, on the contrary, re joice in observing this important link in the chain of civil so ciety firmly secured by the correct knowledge and application of certain . principles, well known to mien ot business, and al ways terminating, if parties be well disposed, in a fair and honest adjustment. There is one other subject to which it -. May beneeessarY to allude. You are all of you probably aware that a great mea sure is now in progress by which, according to the preamble of the WI, the means are to be afforded to the people of this realm of having their suits tried speedily and nearer to their own homes, whereby great expellee and delay may be avoided. Now, this object is already in part attained in many..of the large corporate towns in this kingdom, and the local courts of this town have furnished to the shopkeepers and tradesmen many facilities for the recovery of debts. Still, however, they are capable of great improvement, and I am happy in saying, that in a short time many beneficial changes, which have for some time past been in contemplation, and not arising out of the measure of parliament to which I have alluded, will be effected, in conducting the business of the civil court ot this town, so that unnecessary delay and great expense will be avoided. As far as the court contains within itself the means of its own improvement, they will be brought into full operation, and when we, on our part, have done all we can accomplish, further power may be conceded to the court to extend the sphere of its usefulness. With these remarks I conclude my address to you. , Of the cases tried in the course of the day, the following are the most important : James Wills, Hugh Tunny, and Joseph Holwelt were convicted of stealing in a dwelling-house and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour in Lancaster castle. .The same sentence was passed on Ann Anderson for stealing nineteen yards of gingham, the property of Charles Bamford.• Thomas Speed, aged 21, and John Plumbleg, aged 22, were convicted of stealing two pounds of lead, two potinds of brass, and a brass tap, the same being affixed to a building belonging to Charles Bird, and sentenced to transportation For fourteen years. William Bragyert, aged 11, was also sentenced-to transporta tion for fourteen years for having . ripped and cut 50th. weight of lead, fixed to a . building belonging to Thomas Huntington, with intent io steal the same. Michael Neadley, aged 14, and John Blundell, aged 15, con victed of stealing three hundred pence and six hundred half pence, the property of Thomas Richardson, were sentenced to be whipped twice and imprisoned for six mouths each. Joseph Murray, aged 22, for stealing, nine shillings and two pence from the person of James Houlton, was. sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. . John lieges, a boy of 12 years of age, was sentenced to seven years' transpottation for stealing a soup ladle and two spoons, the property of Ellen Lloyd, and one spoon, the property of George Gordon. THE DRAMA. During the last week Mr. Wallack has been going through the timid of his characters, and on Friday night: We saw him in that of Massaroni, in " The Brigand," which we think his best. Having a very strong suspicion, that no one has read this piece who has not chanced to meet with it on a rainy day, with no thing else to read but the Law List, the London Directory, the Times newspaper, the Penny Magazine, or Miss Harriet Mar tineau's Malthusian novels, we think it necessary to say that Masserroni is the brigand leader of a band of robbers, but who is himself a sort of gentleman robber, in whom generosity and reckless daring are most romantically blended, and who eventually turns out to be the son of Prince Bianchi, the com mander of the army of his Holiness the Pope, who has given him especial orders to capture .Masictroni and hits bind. In the hey-day of his youth this " Roman prince" had taught Massa rove s " unhappy mother" how very dangerous a thing it is for ladies to ." put any trust in princes." " The Brigand' abounds in what are called good incidents for stage effect, and the scene in which he appears at the prince's palace as an Austrian count, plays at cards with, and laughs at his stories of Massaroni' s exploits, was about one of the finest pieces of acting that we ever beheld. We have only to add that he sang " Love's Ritornella, as nightly encored in London," and was encored here, as well as in Wham. " The School for Scandal" was got up last night for the pur pose of introducing our old friend Dowton, after an absence of two years, in the character of Sir Peter Teazle. This actor is one of the few remaining links that connect th e giving and the dead in the theatrical world. He has been the• compatriot of Bannister, Eiliston, Munden, 51rs. Jordan, and Miss Duncan, and many a time have we seen him sustaining parts with these kindred spirits of whom nothing now remains but the name. But to return to the play :—" The School for Scandal" is a witty but a bad school. As in Fielding's "I3lifi" and "Tom Jones," in the novel of that name, the odious vice of hypocrisy is exhibited in its worst colours by contrasting it with . the spu rious generosity of another scoundrel, a rake, gambler, and sen sualist that has the old stage trick of giving with great liberality that which is not his own, and is sentimental enough to be generous, although his extravagance prevents hiM from being just. In Sheridan's . younger days, the man of spirit was he who could drink most cleeptv ; happily, these days are gone by, and our fashionable youths have discovered less debasing follies. _ • With such materials a.s Dowton, Wallack, Vacderihoff, Browne, Andrews, Miss If uddart, and Mrs. Clarke, the pay was cast equal to either of the London theatres, and very tar superior to any country theatre that we have ever seen; each was equal to the part assigned, and we must add that we never saw either to greater advantage. We could have wished to have seen Van denhoff in Charles, and Wallack in Joseph Surface. The only rival that Dowton has in the part of Sir -J'eter Teazle is Farren; perhaps the latter may be the best; but the testy old gentleman of Dowton is excellence of a very high order. Taking this performance as a whole, we never saw the play better acted. The Library Scene is composed with consum mate art by the author, and the scenes between Joseph and Lady. Teazle, and Charles and Sir Peter, were admirably sustained by Mr. Vamienhoff and Miss Huddart, and Dowton and Wal lack. After the discovery of Lady Teazle behind the screen, when Joseph attempts an explanation to Sir Peter, the manner in which Miss Huddart gave the true one merits our unquali fied praise. We were particularly struck with the tone of her voice when she said "stand back; hypocrite !"—we never heard ineffable contempt more happily expressed. It is rather strange that the Theatre-Thryat of such a place as Liverpool cannot afford to keep a decent singer. Mr. Benwell sung " Here's to the virgin of blushing fifteen," in a manner that would scarcely be tolerated in a tap-room or at Bartholomew fair. The performances announced for to-night are "The Hypo crite" and "The Rent Day." Mr. Dowton is, we think, about the best Falstaff of the present day, and while he is here we should like to see the first part of " Henry the Fourth," with Messrs, Vandenhoff and Wallack as Hotspur and The Prince qf It has been suggested that the hon. member who amuses the House with the crowing of a cock, might vary his imitative powers by adopting the more appropriate braying of donkey. THE Caops.—ln the eastern and southern parts of Scotland the crops are looking well. In consequence of .the heat and drought of the month of May, feats were entertained for the hay crop, but the rain Caine very opportunely, and improved it much, and, if properly secured, bids fair to be. an average crop. As there is, however, abundance of old hay iu the couuttv, the price will scarce) be a remunerating one to the fanner. Wheat, barley, and oats, present a most luxuriant appearance, and if the rain, of which there has now been more than enough, clear off, there is every prospect of an abundant harvest. In the western counties, particularly in Ayr and Argyli shires, the green crops wear an equally favourable aspect. The potatoe crop, however, has partially failed in the latter shire, particu larly in the lower part of it, which will be a great loss not only to time farmers but to the country generally, as great depeudeuce is placed on this crop, there being not unfrequently the large quantity of 40,000 boils exported iu one season. The export for season 1833 will be uuprecedentedly .4 'v. To Sr see 13aEonEus.—It is well known in our mountainous districts, that, at Una season of the year, the extensive sheep proprietors always softer a loss, more or less, amongst the iamb,; and the nowt a! its' is attributed to . various causes, yet I have good reason for bclieiing that the principal cause is not generally known in this part of the country. The death of some lambs in this neighbourhood was attributed to their hav ing eaten something of a poisouous nature, but, upon exami nation, a substance - almost the size of a walnut, composed of sheep's wool and coagulated matter, and compressed into a hard lump by the action of the system, was found in the stomach, amid which, there scenic little doubt, was the cause of death. One of these lambs, which I saw opened, was minutely exa mined. The body exhibited but little internal inildtnmation, excepting in the bladder, which was very full_ of water. I am of opinion that this concretion is gradually formed, .and being firmly held together by the woolly filo es, it shenilv acquires the consistence of an indissoluble mass from the heat of the stomach, and finally obstructs the passages, so as to produce much inflammation and pain, and at length death. The wool, there can be no doubt, is sucked into the mouth by the lamb, in its eagerness to obtain food, and swallowed with the milk, whera the sidistance, once formed, progressively accumhlates, and the destruction of the animal inevitably follows. In farther-contir illation of this fact, it has, upon reflection, been found that the loss in the different flocks has been confined, principally to the lambs of - young sheep. The circumstance is well known to shepherds, that the udders of young ewes are more thickly clothed with wool than that of old ales, and that the latter are the best nurses in assisting the lambs to find the pap, From these ob servations, it appears necessary to guard_ aganist these losses, that the shepherd, es soon as the ewe bas recove - kil frout-lanib ing, should carefully cut away the wool that pm events the lamb from easily finding the nipple, as I have no doubt that many thousands of lambs have been lost for want of this precaution, and that the shepherds have not atti ibuted their • deaths to the real and true cause,—Cumbeti-and Packet.. SECOND EDITION. Shindard Vice, - Three o'clock. • CORN EXCHANGE. 'T , ESDA I, Two o'cLocx. • . Our market his gone off Without aniimition, but a moderat.: busine'ss has been (Ion; and genera, , y at steady prices. 'I be better descriptions of Irish 1v !tent 7. ere In fair req,.est at former • rates, and Canada had a fair the holders having lowered. prices to ss. 3q. for Red, and 9s. 3.1. for Whitt,. Oats wera iu request, and id. dearer; and 4ish Flour found ready burrs at an advance of tid: to le. In Oilwr a, tie,es these is no cnunge. There has been no . !rattiness revAtcd in bonded Flour and Wheat, but holders steady. COTTON MARKET. TLESD i tY, Two O'CLOCK. Cotton continues4attgood.clernaml, particularly from specula tors; the saves to-d4r tira At it 490)J3ags at extreme rates, of which two-thirds will o‘r for resale. SHIPkJNG INTEL L IGENC E. TUESDAY, 9th July.—Noon, Wind N.N.W.—Fair. ARRIVED. Carroll of Carrollto• , Bird, from Savannbl , ; sailed on the 10th June. On the 7th ins . .. oa uskar, spoKe the St. John, Spencer, fur New Fork; Grace Brown, Higgin, fur 13altImore ; and the Asia. Graham, for Marauham. James and Henry, Paine, from Rotterdam. Neptunus, Bakker, from dn. Phoenix, Dierendock, from o,tend. London Packet, Eliring. from (lc. Concordia, Neil, from Harlingen. BAILED. Breebin Castle, Newlands, for Trinidad. Junon, Knorlten, for Ostend. EnvHint, Bok, for Rotterdam. Opbeffing, limmes, for Thxdt. Rapid, Hewitt, for Bombay, put back. SAILED YESTERDAY. Sheffield, Hagstaff, La New York. Coubtitution, Wilson, for do. Montezuma, Cheney, for Philadelphia. Lyra, Head, for Tampico. Fenwiek Keating, Atcheson, for St. John, N.B. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 9TEI JULY. Wind at Holyhead, N.E. light breeze in the morning. W.N.W. light breeze afternoon. Pissed Holyhead outward bud this day. No. 888, bneffield, A S, at 5, a.m. No. 501, Constitution. A S. at 6. a.m. Passed Point Lynn. inward, yesterchy, No. 234, Rapid, B B, and No. 141, Marin?, A. S, at 12 noan. FASHION, FACTS, AND FICTIONS. Their Majesties, we are happy to say, continue well. On Wednesday his Majesty came to town from Windsor. The 'King afterwards held a levee at St. James's Palace, which was numerously attended. His Majesty, in the evening, returned to his palace at Windsor. On Friday their Majesties honoured the Earl and Countess of Albemarle and a select circle of the court with their company at a grand dejeune, given at the Said House, Hampton-court. MARRIAGE IN limit LIFE.—The marriage of Lord Albert Conynghani to Miss Forrester, sister to Lady Chesterfield, took place on Saturday, at St. George's, Hanover-square. A nume rous assemblage of distinguished persons, friends of the parties, attended the ceremony ; after which the happy couple left Lon don to keep the honeymoon. MARRIAGES ON THE TAPIS —Lord Bauelagh, who has just attained his majority, will, it is said, : shortly lead to the altar Miss Laura Paget. Lord Foley's union with Mrs. Barker, of Harlow, is also spoken of. Among the other alliances !lintel at in the circles of heat ton, as about to take place, the follow ing are mentioned:—Lord Milton to the Lady Selina Jenkin son; Miss Holmes to the Hon. Mr. A'Court ; Lord Ossulstou to the lovely Miss Farquhar,. Lord Ossory to Miss Louisa He bert, niece to the late Earl of Carnarvon ; Lord Douglas to Miss Hardy; Major Hall, of the Life-Guards, to Miss Pole Carew; the Hon. Algernon Capel to the Hon. Miss Maynard; Captain Douglas, of the Grenadier-Guards, to Miss Pennant, &c. &c. If Hymen links all the above in the rosy bonds of wedlock, he will have had a very fair season of it. Cobbett chuckles heartily over the verdict he has obtainel against Anna - Brodie. But let him beware. The old lady has, by our advice, declared the words "bloody old Times' to be libellous, and will forthwith commence an action against the bone-grubber - -a term which we owe it to Mr. Cobbett to say does not signify one who eats dead men's bones.—Age. . _ AWFUL PitivarioN.—Out devoted country is about to suffer under an eclipse. Both—yes, both the Bulwers are a-going to go—the elder on a tour, and the Younger to fill the high office of pen-uiliber to the embassy at - Paris. Well, we must do the best we can without 'em.—Aye. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA AT NORMS CASTLE.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is, with her illustrious daughter, the Princess Victoria, at present domiciled at Nervis Cowes, Isle of Wight. The young Princess is particularl at tached to the IslariA, and we sincerely wish "the hose of v.:mg land, the expectancy of the Fair State," all the benefits tart the sea breezes aid lively scenery of the beautiful Island of Wight can afford. We cannot conclude this snort notice of the royal movements without expressing our sincere pleasure that our hint has been taken. We augur well from the gracious answer of the mother of England's future Queen to the address presented by the inhabitants of Cowes on her arrival in the Island on Tuesday lash—Age. - - Under "the corrupt system" a member of Parliament could not be a public contractor, or supply the government with goods as a tradesman; but it seems the reformed Parliament has cor rected this mistake, for the City Ministerial Member, Sir John Key, it is reported, is the principal contractor for supplying the Government with paper. This is not all ; there has within these few days occurred a vacancy in the Stationery Office occa sioned by the resignation of the storekeeper , and Sir John Key has used his influence at the Treasury In favour of a friend, who is to be (or perhaps is by this tune,) appointed his suc cessor. It. will be the duty of this individual to examine the goods sent into the office by his patron. We hope Mr. Hume will look into this.—Age. The late Lady Dudley has bequeathed her house in Bryan ston-square, together with the bulk of her large fortune, to the Rev. Saxbv Penfold, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, Mary lebone. 15r. Penfold received fitun his patron, the late Earl Dudley, previous to his fatal indisposition, a living of £l,OOO a year in Staffordshire. The Duke of Newcastle and his family will visit his newly purchased domain of Hafod, in Walcs, immediately after the recess, for the first time. The noble duke's son, the Earl of Lincoln, and his lovely bride, the daughter of the Duke of Ha milton, are expected to be at ilafod about the same time. Where will absurdity end, when we hear of a printed public document being communicated to the parties most interested in it, on condition of its being kept secret? Yet such it would seem is the case with the West India Bill. AN UNCOMMON WEDDING.—About a fortnight ago, a wedding took place at the Collegiate Church, undeir Lircumstances which we should suppose are without a parallel in the annals of matrimony. The parties we are told reside in the neighbour hood of St. George's-road, and as our information goes, some weeks since the wife of the bridegroom declared to a company of female acqUaintances, that she would give any woman three pounds who would marry her htisband, and take him off , tier hands. " Will you ?" cried one of the company, "I'll do it," and without any further ceremony the bargain was concluded. When the. husband was consulted he expressed himself quite willing to make the transfer of his "troth" to the adventurous damsel, and on the 19th ult. they proceeded to the Collegiate Church in a body, the wife officiating as hrid,smaid, and her uncle as groomsman to the happy pair. At the altar, the self discarded wife took the ring from her finger and presented it to the bridegroom to place upon that of his new bride, and when the nuptial ceremony was ended, she duly paid over to her suc cessor the three pounds which had been agreed upon as the price of her liberty ' presenting the new married couple also with a cart load o f furniture towards the formation of a new domestic establishment! Of course the peculiar circumstances of the case were not made known to the clergyman who per formed the ceremony.—Manchester Courier. OFFICIAL. N (meas.—The following official notices have been issued by the Department of Trade at St. Petersburgh Merchants trading to Russia are informed by the Dever,- ment of Foreign '1 rade, that, by a resolution of the council of the Minister of Finance, and confirmed by the foreign minister, that foreign woods, used by joiners and turners, imported itt logs, and in c luded in the supplemental tariff, as paying duty by weight, but which are sold by the piece, the number of pieces is allowed to be stated in the documents presented to the Custom house.- A ukase had been issued by order of the Emperor, lowering the duties on the exportation of salted skins, in the following proportions :—from the Baltic and 'White Sea, from 80 to 60 silver roubles; from Bleed and Azoff, from 80 to 45 . silver roubles ; and from Bessarabia, from 40 to 25 roubles." Up to the 15th ult. there had arrived at, St. Petersburgh 131 British ships, and 31 had sailed.—Exchange on Loudon, 10 9-16ths. , NEW Mont OF GAUGING THE IN-TELLECT.—I maY here mention a very interesting point in physiognomy, which has never been published before. It is, that when the diameter of the forearm near the wrist is more considerable than usual, and not dependent upon any morbid state of the parts, but upou their natural formation, you may be almost certain that such person is of weak and obtuse intellect.—Dapuytrea's Lectures, in the Medical Gazette. VA LUR OF 'MARRIED MEN.—" A little more animation. my dear," whispered Lady B. to the gentle Susan, who was walk ing languidiy through a quadride. "Do leave me to manage my own business, Mamma," replied -the provident nymph ; I shall not dance my ringlets out of curl for a married man." "Of course not, my love; but I was not aware who your partner was."-- World cf FashLn. Loss OF THE AMERICAN STEA MER LIONESE.---Tbc steamer Lioness, 'Captain Cockerolle, ou her paerage flout New Orleans to Natchitoches, was entireiy tiestioe.ci by Ere ou the I.9th of May. Several lives were lost; among whom Was the Honour able Josiah H. Johnson, U. S. Senator. Louisiana ; Honour able E. a 'White, a representative iu Congress, wa badly wcatuded. How the fire originated is uot known; it is -suf posed, however, to have been cominuoi:ated eitherbv spark s from lime furnace being drawn down the hatches, which were open to get out a lot of way freight, or through the hole for the fly wheel o f th e e c l zine, or else from the spark of the candle used by the mate and men in the hold getting up freight, which, being lodged in a crate of straw, or oil, or other ignitible , material, kindled so rapidly as to defy their exeitious to extin guish it, and in attempting which they lost their fires, not cue of them getting out to give the alarm or afterwards to account for nii s t f h o e r . be boat and cargo went down near the middle of ricer and are entirely lost.—New York l'arer. Pao xso Cow—The Times say ,, "In the House of Lords last night, the-report of the Lord say':, local courts' bill was agreed to, .tiiitwithout alteration or objection. We might have represented this as a subject whereon to congratulate the country, had it not been for a rumour, sedulonsiy put about, though surely almost incredible, that the party adverse to the bill, that is to say. the Deers lately entered under the banners of Lord Lyndhurst; have - not been disbanded, but are merely held in reserve, and that a fatal blow will be strut at that eAcellent and popuar measure oil occasion of the third reading, neat Tuesd a y. The hilt i s the . poor ; as such it oileht to deemed more peculiarly under :Lir lordship's protection. Bat the overthrow of the bill will lit,' equivalent to the denial of justice to the poor. We are conlident that noble lords are in cßpable of such an act; they are incapable of deliberate injustice, We shall, however, venture upon another admonition before the day of trial."—Cebbett, in his Ilegister, sz.ys, " It is the most damned thing for oppressing the poor man that ever found its way from toe heart even of a Scotch feeloso A cher. If the lords do not throw out this bill before they have done with it they will show themselves to be that witiOt I. will 11Qt des a&ribe."—( 11,y. ,hiue 22.)