The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-13 00:00:00

but the court would be wanting in its duty a this crisis, if it ( lid not gover be g permission earnestly to impress on his Majesty's nnient that this community so entirely confide •in the h is of that equitable principle already propounded by 418 Majesty's government as to the distribution among, the different colonies of the intended compensation, that a devia t!o.ss from t h at dies principle wo u ld engen d er f ee li ngs o f i n t ense c°ol p oin tment and d espon d ency, and would tend seriously to Promise the hope of embarking in aid of the arduous ex periment about to be entered On, the cheerful concurrence 'of that h - -ydy, on whose cordial co-operation its peaceful and bene ficial Progress avowedly depends. t" NO. 2. - That as the grant in question is obviously made owards aff or di ng compensation for a peculiar description of eny about to b e affected by the changes incident to the alt Policy o f the state, it is self-evident that no other rule than one which shall have strict regard to the relative values ? f t hat species of proßerty in the different situations in which alt 110 w exists, can with any semblance of justice be made appli cable to its due apportionment. "No. 3. If this were a question on the adjustment of which P:wertlil private or politi ca l i n fl uences cou ld b e a d m i tte d to it,ve a legitimate bearing, thi s co l ony , una bl e to contend with wdipetitor s i n t h e exertion of such influences, could not but h ave serious apprehensions of an unfair result, but in a matter ‘lt pure equity, subjected to the soleinn and judicial adjudica .°ll of the i mper i al legislature, the court cannot entertain the trelecorous supposition that any other principle will be sane iioned than th at which will award the intended compensation deg ree i n which that property which is to be interfered with Possesses value as property. The confidence with which ° court is disposed, on behalf of this colony, to rely exclusively the abstract justi ce o f it s c l a i m i n thi s i mportant matter Would not b e weakened by the appeal which it might make to 'the repeated acknowledgments, by successive Secretaries of th e ° I . his Maj es ty' s grac i ous approva l o f its efforts to fulfil V" intentions of parliament in the amelioration of slavery, and iie h, 80 long as the legislation, on that subject, was left to its cretion, fell short in one solitary point only of carrying into 'Meet the requisitions of his Majesty's government. All the s t or i es b usily circulated for the last few days r elative to defection in Don MionEL's army, the death BounNioNt, and the defeat of CADAVAL, now turn (Al t , as we suspected, to be fictions invented by the liberal PaPets for the honest purpose of gambling upon the °ek Exchange. We have advices from Oporto to the f th alt., at which time it would appe ar th a t BOUR -0;( Was within forty mil es o f th a t ca pit a l, w i t h an army from .twenty to twenty-five thou Sand men. That he the march upon the city hardly "admits of a doubt, and or in its environs, the fate of PEDRO and Portugal will be decided. It i s • b singular enough that at the very moment chosen lets Majesty's Ministers for the recognition of Donna her 444, and the exhibition of the poor infant at Windsor, fortunes are as much clouded as at any. period of this th e contest. A civil war spreads desolation over w i i e whole of the kingdom to which her worthless father, 411 1 even the Whigs distrust and despise, lays claim in t e s t na me and the uncle who had been commanded to z 15 "se her seems resolved, under the guidance of able ellerals, to decide their respective pretensions by the word. .T Lt is also remarkabl e that Don MIGUEL, in th is e ente r p r i se, is encoura ge d, if not aided, by Don 4 R Los o f Spain, a p r i nce w h o , till recen tly, w as the un ,evabted heir of the Spanish crown, and who, there is deerY reason to fear, will contest his right to it upon the, t b nlis e of hi s b rot h er F ERDINAND. I n t hi s strugg l e, t . e eref °re, there are two uncles making war upon their d t :P ee Live nieces, and it is likely to be a struggle of some rat i° l l and much blood. c 0 ,,, h , e W ay in which his Majesty's Government have re f Olised Donna MARIA is, like themselves, the very per caec,,,,tkr" of shabbiness. They have been supporting her , t along, but they could net pluck up sufficient b °llr age to avow it in an open and bold manner. They T Th fe t s sed neutrality, and they have attempted to bolster tnie professed neutrality by means of as many lies as tb °ll l, ld put all the inmates of all the gaols in Europe t o u ltlsh. They h ave d en i e d the charge in the ha r di es t 411 /C li ner possibl e ; an d h ave even put word s i n t o th e G 's month . w hi c h a ll th e wo rld knew w ere no t w ords be com i ng t h e sacre d M a j esty o f E ng l and. In Short. they loudly, and in the most swaggering man lier, disclaimed all interposition and all knowledge of ' 4 aY breach o f neutra li ty b y t h e K ING ' S subjects; and th ese dis c l a i mers t h ey repeated throughout the whole of ik . 'e last. session of P a rli ament . B ut no sooner was Par -14 larnent prorogued—the voice of the censor liushed-- 14 (1 when they could not conveniently be called to ac cunt—then, and not till then, did they recognise the t ight s of this unhappy child, and renew their " diplo taatic relations with Portugal !" If they fancied that DON PEDRO was safe in Lisbon, and th e cause of his daughter triumphant, then were they thlY fools ; b u t if th e y h a d ant susp i c i ons on t hi s h ea d , o are they something worse than foals: They are . 11 4 (4 ' in a dilemma. They have recognised DONNA:MARIA j , o r by this act they are bound by treaty, as the ministers of i t , 116 Xing of ENGLAND, to protect and assert the rights Young QUEEN by force of arms. Their neutrality 1 at an end. They lied over it long enough. So scl a g as they had any doubts as to who was the rightful i ti v , e t r eign, so l ong h a d th ey a pretext f or not i nter f er i ng t c L ' e quarrel. B u t now t h ey must be taken as h av i ng ati4lisgivings on the subject . ; they have recognised the t o ', I) °NNA. MARIA and having d one so th e y a re bound t!ce her upon her lawful throne per force of arms. w ? ; Y All ! here is.the rub ! It will take nzonish, wi Y th fr end Moses! Lord PAIXERSTON cannot go to war t ash nothing but Exchequ er bill s , or w hil e t h e h ar d er 410_ con tinues to " fructify" i n M r . P OWLETT Timm -4_B Pockets. We cann o t afford to send ten thousand p t : to the s h ores of the Tagus. LOUIS. PHILIPPE, vidett.O's sleeping partner, would willingly enough pro too; th efrancs ; b u t h e i ns i sts upon furnishing the men k np , 11 1 d that is a proposition which Lord GREY well ,tievis t he people of England would not brook for a sin tokprzi. "lent. Loui s , th e s o n o f ega li ti , h as many t eto -tit r easons for wi s hin g to in va d e P ortuga l— many arc,upt4tions to make it a desertHmany a . pe cun i ar y y 4 t e nt in favour of the destruction of its vine la th a nd its old port—but we of England know that tak e e ca use port versus claret, John Bull is sure to t he side of the plaintiff. The citizen KING is ' 4 g. but he has no right whatever to interfere in be „ liirair s of England ; his Britannic MAJESTY ma y .1144-4/citting but he is bound by treaty to interfere, or i i defe nd the King or Queen of PORTUGAL against his 41 8 er enemi es. Lord GREY, we sus p ect, however, is h is osed t o treat solemn treaties as Lord GODERICH treats TY, na me l y, as an old alnianack. 1 ,p art , rollowindContains, in 'a short spate, the latest p onc i e blars f rom Lisbon. Our London private corres exit supplies other facts Falmouth, September 9. 4 h a ll al Bourmont has the command of about 16,000 men, , 11 (1 is dili It i s Li _ ge nt ly engaged in completing their discipline, so th at . I 'op so ught he does not contemplate any hasty attack on Lis as h . whi ch the Pedroites are perpetually engaged in reporting tit 011 intention for the purpose of keeping alive the publicspi 'at b f the caPital, which, it would seem, is very warm in f avour - 1301. °ltt Pedro and Donna Maria, the former seeking every opr vii,titillitY of exciting the cry of " Viva Donna Maria," by se he to - Y courting the Popular applause, to attain which end the to to the utmost degree of familiarity with all, even . ho e lowest ranks. Miguel, however, has many friends in Lis oillie) Iv " de not dare, under present circumstances, to show any 4 Inanifestation of their disposition to support his cause, but 11 are he , nevertheless, ready to render every assistan ce . to him . e r l rs ever opportunity may occur without compromising tehae,iii -iiita ° nal safety Dorn Miguel and Don Carlos are at the h `ll.. rter s of Marshal Bourmont, and their presence greatly con and to keep alive the attachment of the army to the person q t. ti caus e of their sovereign. There are several guerilla par ties dis persed dispersed over the country, and they cause no little annoy 4 1 _ et o the partisans of Dorn Pedro. Bourmont, it is furthe r 41 ' 1 , is in expectation of being joined by a great number of fo tyteititsv_o,luntee.r!, both offi cers and men, it is supposed he hi— . . " : "" " i n his present position till their arrival shall enable his t take the field with a certain assurance of the success of °Peratioll3. ,—... :f A ue recall of Lord A NGLESEY and the re-appointment Lord WELLESLEY as Viceroy of Ireland, have not ti zil Y caused some surprise, but have exc i te d considerable :ePPrehension in the minds of the Protestants of that r tillt rY• The Dublin Evening Mail, on . e. of the leading 4 . 41 1 s of that party, gave vent to its suspicions and its in- Ittlation on Wednesday last, in the following terms : t is not th a t the Marchioness t ß.Whi c Wellesl e y professes that it t i:, e ''' h it is evide n t th at an ascendancy is ab ou t to b e eilizi this couitry—it . ii uot that our new viceroy's mock court will be the haunt of all that is bigotted and intolerant in the land, or that his councils will be directed by those whose leading passion is hate to Protestantism and its establishments—(that of his predecessor has latterly had nothing to boast of,) no, it is the deep and deadly wound given to that moral principle which is the characteristic of the Irish Protestant that will be felt at sending such a man, and at such a time, to rule the destinies of this unfortunate and ill-treated country. This one act is more strongly calculated to estrange the feelings of our party from England and English connection than all that the Whigs hare yet committed against us. How deep must the resentment of the Irish people "of all creeds be when they see that of late the qua lifications-for our viceroys are the poverty that results from im providence, a disregard for the observances of religion, and an utter incapacity for public business ? That men-of bad pub lic lives, and worse private .ones—broken in constitution and bankrupts in character=should be sent over here to reap, by the appropriation of an enormous income, intended originally for public benefit, the reward of an ill-spent life; is enough to open our eyes to English misgovernment. Why should this country be a mere paddock for the spavined hacks of the British court to fatten on? We want melt of talent, firmness, and integrity, who respect morality and reverence religion, to govern us; we want men whose pecuniary circumstances, will enable • them at the least to expend in the country that which they derive from it, in place of having Chancery receivers and the collectors of trustees hanging about the Treasury on quarter days, picking up for lawful creditors each his portion of the spoil levied off the people of Ireland; we want a viceroy about whom the noblemen of the land can rally, and a lady at whose court our matrons can present their daughters on their entrance into life; we want a man with whom gentlemen can mix in social inter course without the fear of being bearded by priests or bullied by demagogues, and at whose table they may hope not to be inflicted with worse company than they could meet within the precincts of any other, circle of what is termed respectable so ciety; we want, in fine, a court that will revive our drooping trade, encourage our sinking manufactures, give motion to our listless looms, animation to, our dispirited and broken-hearted shop-keepers, an impetus to trade, and a resuscitation to fashion." We do not adopt the asperity of tone thus indulged in by our able and honest contemporary, but we go as far as he doeslin believing- - that the mission of this tawdry lord and miserable' statesman will be to Ireland a national infliction, and will do more to alienate the moral, respect able, and intelligent part of the population from the alli ance with England than anything that has been done for many years. It will do much, we solemnly believe, to increase the popular discontents of that unhappy island, and lead to its Separation from the British empire. We have reason to know, as we intimated on Tues day—in fact, it is well known in the best informed politi cal circles, that Lord WELLESLEY has been a principal adviser of all the recent ?measures adopted towards Ire land—an adviser of the church spoliation and the bible condenniation scheme—that he lias been during his whole life a toadier and flatterer of every vulgar and insolent priest—an ultra hater of the Protestants—an envenomed enemy of their religibus and educational institutions, carrying on by sap and mine a secret war against all that they love and reverence, all that attaches them to their native land, all that freshens their affections and fortifies their confidence in their relationship with England. But this is the man selected for the second time to direct the government of Ireland ! And why is he so selected ? Because the measures to be enforced are his own, and because it is considered that no man can be so . well qualified to carry th ese measures i n t o effect as their author and propounder. And what are these measures? They are the further degradation of the Protestant church, the destruction of the corporations, the extinction of Protestant influence, the ascendancy of the Popish lerarchy, and the pensioning, by means of English money, of the worthless priests of that communion. If this policy were wise or expedient, which it is not, the very choice made, in the person of the Marquis WEL LESLEY, for the purpose of carrying it into operation, is objectionable in the higheSt degree. During this noble man's first viceroyalty he was the most unpopular man in Ireland. He was Odious to all parties. He engaged in theatrical riots--he was the hero of the bottle row— his dignity was insulted, and he stormed like an emperor —made war upon the gods of the gallery—ordered PLUN KETT, his Attorney-General, to prosecute the suspected parties, although he knew that not a single juryman in the whole country would return a verdict in his favour. In this way. he wrangled with all classes, filed informa tions by scores, even cater the _grand jury bad thrown out his indictnientS. %QUI ccframpt, until he was corn; pelled to retire from office amid the shouts of popular execration. Are the Whigs so blind—is the noble Mar -- pis so silly as to believe that these acts of folly are for gotten ? i Do they, imagine -that the Protestants of Ire land.are_made, of wood or stone, like the images "my lady" worships, and 'that they have no. sense of insult, and no recollection of his mischievous plots, his vindic• tive prosecutions, his- playhouse broils, his persevering hostility to their church and the faith for which their fathers have fought and bled ? Lord WELLESLEY may dream in this way, for his whole life has been a dream; but Lord GREY is not so 'Stupid, and he Must know that he is sending an obnoxious : man to be a firebrand in Ire land. His needy circumstances, apart from his factious politics, and his past errors, render Lord WELLESLEY a most ineMcient, and improper representative of the KING'S majesty. What was wanted at the present junc ture was a statesman of untainted reputation, and pos sessed of those moral and religious attractions which would have a tendency to woo back to this country those affections which have cooled of late years, and which, we fear, we are on the point of losing for ever. What was wanted was a man who could have rallied round him the established clergy and the Protestant population, who still writhe under the insults offered to their order, and the acts of spoliation committed upon their church. If the Whigs had been desirous to heal old, wounds and stem the floods of bitterness which have been let loose by a revolutionising_ or experimentalising government, they would have strained every nerve to conciliate the Protestants. So, far from d o ing this, however, they have given power to a man Whose very name is abhorrent to the best part of the popiilation, and who is sure to excite thOse heartburnings Which . it was most degrable of all things to avoid at the present crisis. They have done that which there is every reason to fear will plunge Ire ,land into fresh discords, and hasten that final separation to which the measures of the fast few years have smoothed the way. If the* ProteiOntS be 'hurried by, any rash measures, such as those which, Lord WELLESLEY has in store for them, and which he deems the, pana.cea for all the evils of Ireland, into the dreadful alternative of join ing the ranks of the Repealers, then is Ireland lost in deed, and lost for ever, uniess - reConquered by invasion and a murderous conflict. The connection of that island with our own would not have an hour's duration if the Protestants were to join in the cry of disMemberment. We are not disposed to speculate upon the chances of reconquest ; but this is no speculation in so far as the Protestants are Concerned---4e mean the power of en forcing a separation in the first instance. But in whatever way we view the subject it is impos sible to view it with any other feelings than those of dis trust and alarm. Our Protestant brethren well know that the Marquis WgLLESLEY is not sent amongst them charged with measures for their honour or advan tage. They know that of his immense salary of £30,000 a-year, not more than £4,000 will be spent in Ireland. They know that at the court of the viceroy neither they, their wives, nor their daughters can appear. The high and noble of the land are restrained by circumstances from paying court to the KING'S representative. The noble Marchioness is a Roman. Catholic, and the fairest and first-born of Ireland,are Protestants. She will be surrounded by priests and confessors into whose presence the daughters of the nobility may not come, whose vul gar habits they must not see, whose polluted atmosphere they must not breathe. In short, Lord WELLF,SLEY'S beggarly court will consist of demagogues and monks, fit only to form a train in a popish procession. It is a most unhappy choice altogether, and the end of it, we fear, will be fatal in more respects than one. We have New York papers to the 25th ult., but they are totally barren of any news which would excite in terest on this side of the water. The packet made her passage in seventeen days. THE CONCISELY BEAUTIFUL.—The Omnibus writes thus : ".Worktiop.The harvest is nearly gatheredthetyphUs fever is prevalent—gamei is plentiful." `f his remindi.us.of our pretty friend the c:hambermald at. the Tavistock, who promptly called to hoots, ,".1-lot water fur No. 2•• No. 3's cut his throat"— Town.. ; LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, Ha!l:past Seven o'clock. The intelligence yesterday from Lisbon has produced some ludicrous effects upon the liberal press. The scribes of these accurate journals, who have annihilated, "from undoubted authority," Don Miguel, and from equally high channels of information made the Portuguese nation unanimously in favour of the puppet Queen, have sud denly found themselves compelled to eat their own words, than which a more nauseous repast can scarcely be itna gined. We have from good . authority, that the force under Marshal Bourtnont amounts to no less than 25,000 men, and that the disciplitte of these troops since the arri val of the French officers from Spain is such as to render the issue of the contest little doubtful. Our Money market has been somewhat affected by the congress about to be held, or now holding, by the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Russia, which will proba bly lead,- according-to .the apprehensions of the specula tors, to the concoction of some project to arrest the march of mobocracy, and, consequently, bring them in collision with the Government of the citizen King and England. Consols for Account this afternoon,close at 88 . 4, and the market has worn a flat appearance. Portuguese Scrip has fallen as low as 18, but rallied this afternoon to 201, extraordinary means being adopted to keep up this se curity. (!) 'the Bonds are 751. There is some business in the northern bonds, which, for Russian, are 102 ; Dutch 4S and for Belgian 94. Spanish Stock has declined, the King of Spain, although killed for the last month daily by the newspapers, not having yet shuffled off his mortal coil. The Stock is 21-'L 22k. SEPTENTRER 13 , 1833. TB E LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL NEWS. M. Thiers, the French minister of commerce, arrived here yesterday, from London, by the Chester road, and took up his residence at the Adelphi Hotel. During the day he visited the Town-hall, and, attended by several gentlemen, walked through the principal ducks. He afterwards visited the south tunnel of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, accompanied by Mr. Moss, to whom he expressed his great admiration of this stu pendous work. After passing through the tunnel he proceeded to St. Helens, by the railroad, from which place he returned to Liverpool, and partook of the hospitalities of his worship the Mayor, at the Town-hall. M. Tillers intends leaving the town this morning for Manchester, to see the cotton factories, and other large establishments of that town and its neighbourhood. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The time of feeding the animals at these - gardens, we perceive, is altered to six o'clock, in conse quence of the shortness of the days. We understand many choice and valuable additions have been made to the collection of late, and should the weather prove favourable, as we hope it will, during the Festival, Mr. Atkins may expect a consider able number of visitors. A handsome marble monument has recently been erected in the church at Market Drayton, at the expense of the parish ioners, as a testimony of respect to the memory . of their late vicar, the Rev. John Pountnev Stubbs, whose integrity and general worth of character haa secured him the esteem of a large circle of friends, and by whom his death is very sincerely regretted. He was, for many years the officiating minister at Wavertree, near Liverpool. The Isle of Man Steam-packet Company has made arrange ments, by which, during the winter season, the mail will arrive there twice in the week The contract for , this great accommo dation is not more than remunerative, and the public, as well on this side of the water as on the island, will feel obliged to the company for adopting a measure so obviously beneficial. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—On Tuesday evening last, three brick layers in the employ of Messrs. Holmes, at the New Custom house, who are straers in Liverpool, having been brought from Hull only two days preceding, were going home to their lodgings in Burlington-street, about half-past six in the even ing, and when-they ai rived in the neighbourhood of Dale-street, were attacked in a furious manner by a number of men, mem bers of the Trades' Union, who knocked two of them dawn, and then proceeded to kick them upon the head, with the in . tentioa, as they said, 6' of giving them a finisher." The mayor has very promptly offered a reward of Twenty Guineas on con viction of the offenders, and it is to be hoped that the miscreants will be apprehended.—No punishment can be too severe for such abominable conduct. It appears that the men had been solicited to join the union, but had refused to do so; and the assault was accompanied with a threat, that all "black sheep" should be served in a similar manner. Men who, for the sake of earning an honest living for themselves and families, meet with sucfrfreatment as this, are deserving of every protection which the law can give. LivEaPoor. PoticE OFFlCE.—Yesterday, Henry Hayhurst, a journeyman plasterer, in the employ of Mr. Johnson, the builder, was placed s at the bar before Mr. Alderman Peter Bourne, charged with an assault on a young man in the employ of Messrs. Holmes, the builders. The young man is one of a considerable number of operatives that the master tradesmen have been obliged to import into Liverpool, in consequence of the insane proceedings of the heroes of the unions, and was, therefore, obnoxious to this body. The assault complained of was committed by an assemblage of several men who stationed them selves near the building where the complainant was at work, and saluted him and his companions with a shower of brick bats, some of which were produced. Of the offenders, Hay hurst was the only man that the police officers succeeded in securing.. The case was fully substantiated, and the prisoner was ordered to find bail for his appearance at the sessions, with twenty-four hours' notice as to the sufficiency of any bail that might be tendered in his behalf. The worthy alderman took this opportunity of expressing his determination to enforce the law with its utmost rigour, iu all cases that might be brought before him of this nature. CAUTION TO LADIES.—On Monday, as a lady was walking along Church-street, and carrying her purse rather negligently in her hand, it attracted the notice of one of those youthful depredators who are ever on the watch for plunder, who seizing an opportunity when a number of persons were in the way to cover his design, he rushed forward and wrenched it from the lady's hand. Having so far accomplished his purpose, he was endeavouring to make his escape;_ but a gentleman, who had observed the theft, promptly seized him by the collar, and the property having been rescued from him, lie was sent to Bride well. his circumstance may act as a caution to females not needlessly to hold. out temptations for the practice of these petty villains, which are often the stepping-stones to confirmed depravity. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—An accident, which might have been attended, with very fatal consequences, occurred on Saturday forenoon, in Redcross-street. A large cask of train-oil, in the act of being lowered from the fifth story of the warehouse of Messrs. Forshaw and Owen, was no sooner launched upon the rope than it descended, with alt its tremendous and accumu lated force, from the great elevation at which it was suspended into the midst of the foutwalk below. The cask burst into a thipsand pieces, and its contents were dashed about in every direction, to the distance of many yards. Most providentially no person was passing under it at tfie time, or it is needless to state what would have been the result. One man, however, had.a narrow escape; he was within three or, four paces from the spot wher e the cask fell, and had any of the fragments been driven in.th a t di r ection, their violence was sufficient to have deprived him of life. As it was, the poor fellow seemed melted with gratitude that his case was no worse, having left him only with a franance rather more than requisite for everyday condi tion, and greater richness of suit than he had ever been con scious of coveting. This is another powerful argument in fa vour of some better system of loading and unloading goods. There was no fault in the manner of attaching the cask,—the accident arose, we believe, from a neglect to secure the other end-of the rope; but the danger in this, as in other more inelan chot instances, was in the method of lowering goods over the hea of passengers. NEW BRIGHTON. — The rapid metamorphosis of Liverpool and its vicinity is nowhere snore strikingly exhibited than in the northeastern extremity of the Wirral peninsula. The former impoverished and arid appearance of the. shore at the 11,01:,k -Perefi - was greatly improved when the'present splendid light house superseded the ancient sea mark; and in the construction of the fort it received an additional ornament, to say nothing of the object of its erection for the defence of the harbour, in the event of a contingency which, it may . be hoped, is so remote as to place it amongst the improbabilities of the future. Within the last two years several new and elegant cottages have been erected on the shore betwixt Egremont and the extremity of the coast, and the thriving foliage which surrounds those previously erected gives considerable variety to this part of the margin of the Mersey. The greatest and most important change, however, which presents itself to the observation of the visitoi is the colony of New J3righton, which, through the enterprise of the spirited proprietors, is daily advancing in importance and improvement. Already have the peaks of the wild sandhills which formerly stood 1(X) or 150 feet above the level of the sea, beeu cut down, numerous valleys filled up, and their sites now surmounted with a number of elegant dwellings which, approached from the sea side, might, at a distance, with the aid of a little 'fancy, be con• sidered a fortified height, flanking the battery at the entrance into the river. The long road from the laudin g place to the summit of the hill is now under a process which promises to make a lasting foundation through a wilderness of sandhills, and thus form a ready communication to the slimmer residences of those who ssek health by inhaling the purest air can one of the most romantic and lovely spots which could have been se lected for the enjoyment of those who usually spend their sum mer months on the sea beach. An excellent steamer runs re gularly for the accommodation of passengers who wish to visit this new and interesting establishment, and every facility is afforded for their landing on the fine hard sand. Hundreds of persons have, during the recent fair weather, availed them selves of the advantage of a lounge amongst the hills or the varying prospects of the shore, which, during the absence of the tide, affords the greatest enjoyment to the lover of marine scenery, or those who wish to snatch a vacant hour from the turmoil of business in a crowded town, and spend it for the ad vantage of their health. When we have sufficient leisure to make ourselves acquainted with the localities and capabilities of this new settlement, we shall have pleasure in returning to the subject.—Liverpool Courier. THE HEYWOOD PRIZE.—Mr. Wm. Keeling, a promising young artist in this town, has gained the prize of ten . guineas given annually by Benjamin Heywood, Esq., for a painting of the best domestic scene, by an artist residing within forty miles of Manch e ster. Th e su bj ec t o f Mr. Keeling's pencil is the interior of a cottage, in which three children are engaged in feeding birds. The sketch is characterised by its broad and deep tone, and-the colouring is remarkably fine.—Man. Herald. STATE of TRADE.—The market for yarns and goods has been lesslively to-day (Tuesday,) than it has been for several weeks past. There has not been, however, any material alteration in prices, though we understand some parties have manifested a disposition to accept of offers which they declined a week ago. This temporary inactivity is attributed to th e li m it e d scale unon which business in the raw material has been transacted in Liver pool, and an opinion in the minds of seine persons that the pre sent high prices will not be maintained. The prevailing opinion, however, is, that there will be no material change until the quan tity and quality of the present year's crop has been ascertained. Whilst on this subject, i we direct the atte n ti on o f our. commer cial readers to a table n our fourth page, exhibiting a view of the imports, exports, and stock of cotton during the correspond ing. period' of the last and present year. From this document, which is the production of Mr. Burn, the author of the Commer cial Glance appears that the stock, f cotton in this country on the 9tti ins.C•was equal to sixteen weeks' consumption, being a decrease as compared with the stock at the corresponding period of last year, of 52,923 bags, or about three weeks' consumption. —Manchester Herald. The London papers contain a vague account of an alleged murder under circumstances of a mysteriou,s character at Cain bridge, The party supposed to have been murdered was a poacher, named Wallis, and-the accused the keeper of a beer shop. The whole affair was to have been inquired into yester day by the authOlities of Cambridge. Mrs. Hannah More died on Saturday, at her residence in Windsor -terrace, Clifton, in the 80th year of her age, after a painful and protracted illness. Few persons have enjoyed a higher degree of i public esteem and veneration than this excel lent and di s ti n gushed lady. Early in life she attracted general notice by a brilliant display of literary talent, and w a s h on oured with the intimate acquaintance of Johnson and Burke, of Rey nolds and Garrick, and of many other highly eminent indivi duals, who equally appEeciated her amiable qualities and her superior intellect. Mrs. More's publications are too well known to the literary world to require to be detailed here; they were principally devoted to the advancement of morality and virtue. FORMIDABLE FRENCH FLEET AT CHERBOURG.—A formidable French squadron is king in Cherbourg harbour, without any apparent object. We are informed that the improvements made in that harbour, by lengthening, raising, and strengthen ing the breakwater, and by the excavation of an immense basin, in addition to the former two, have not a little astonished our yacht-men and naval characters who have visited the French king at that port. The breakwater is now mounting with one hundred and twenty pieces of heavy cannon, and several mortars in three forts; and the vessel will contain nearly thirty sail of the line, with a depth of thirty-two feet of water, and this within sixty miles of the Isle of Wight !—Hants Telegraph. BUTE.—On Friday - afternoon the electors of this county were entertained in the Bute Arms Inn, Rothesay, to an elegant dinner, on the occasion of the return of Sir William Ile of St. Catherine's as the member of Parliament. Sir William was in the chair, John Muir, Esq. croupier. The president was sup ported on the right by the Rev. Mt. Buchanan of Kingarth, and on the ieft by D. Anderson, Esq. of Moredun. After the customary toasts, the healths of the Marquis and Marchioness of Bute were given and drunk with rapturous applause; then followed Sir W. Rae and his lady, which were also received in the most kindly manner. Sir William replied in appropriate terms, and was loudly c heered. Many oiler taasts followed, Which cannot be enumerated in our limited space. Among the companOirere Mr. Tho ms o n , c ashier of the bank of Scotland, George Robertson, Esq. of Lark-hall, &c. &c. In fact, almost the IN -- hole of the constituen c y of liuteshire were present, amidst whom the best feeling prevailed, and the harmony was conse quently.prolonged to a late hour.---S'cotch ruler , • LOSS Al' SEA OF THE 511 W DOROTHY, CAPTAIN GARNOCK, FROM LIVERPOOL TO BOMBAY, AND • MERCIFCL PRUSERVATION OF THE CREW.. It has seldom fallen to our lot to' peruse a more interesting account of human suffering or patience than has been presented to us in Captain Garuock's narrative of the loss of the Dorothy, under his command. The Dorothysailed from this port on the 30th April, and nothing material occurred until the end of June, when she became rather leaky. On Thursday, the 4th of July, she experienced fresh gales from the westward, with squally weather, when she became more leaky; and in the course of the morning, on sounding the pump, twenty-six inches were found in the well. From this time both pumps were kept work ing without intermission, with the main topsail close-reefed and hauled by the wind; ship's head to the northward, being then (at noon) in latitude 28. 50. south, longitude 21 west. From noon to six o'clock Working both pumps without intermission ; half the ship's company taking half-an-hour's spell at a time; leak increasin,g, the water in the hold being nearly up to the upper part of the keelson at six o'clock. At ten p.m. the water iu the hold about two feet above the keelson, both pumps constantly working. At this time some hands were set to clear away the long boat, and the carpenter to cut away the starboard stancheons on the main deck. At midnight the water in the hold was about four feet above the keelson, with both pumps continually going ; the spell off thelnimps doing the extra duty. It then became .clear .to Captain, Garnock that there was no chance of saving the ship; and, in consequence, -about one a.m. of Friday, the sth July, the long boat was got out, by launch ing her over the gunwale, the stancheons being cut away. Two empty puncheons were put in the boat, which they succeeded in nearly filling with fresh water. Three barrels and two bags of bread were stowed in the boat, together with three top-gallant studding sails, some cordage, and a few small stores. A jolly boat was also launched ; and about three a.m. all hands (twenty five souls) got into the two boats, hanging by the ship astern, waiting for daylight. At this time the water iu the ship's hold was washing over the iron stowed in the main hatch, being about six feet below the beams; the ship filling fast, and strain ing heavily:- The small boat was sent for a compass and some cOrdage, the water in the ship's hold. being then up to her beams. As there was then .no doubt that. she must...shortly go down, the boats cast off from her about eight a.m., and stood to the northward ; Mr. Hughes, second mate, and five sea men .in the. small boat; .Captain. Garnock, Mr. Smith, mate, and seventeen hands in the long boat. At noon the ship. was in si g ht, bearing S.S.E., distant about three miles; the .boats being then, by observation, in lat.. 28.21. south, and long. 21.00. west. About one, p.m. the Dorothy disap peared• altogether, having gone down in lat. 28. 24. south, and long. 21. 00. west. The boats being then both rigged, stood away to the eastward, with fresh breezes from the northward during the night; and on Saturday, the 6th July, continued on their course in company, all well, with fresh breezes .and flue weather; haying. at noon sailed nicety-otte miles from the ship, on a course N. 66. B. On Saturday night. it came on to blow fresh from N.W. to W.S.W.; boats wet and taking in water; awnings rigged over the boats; and on Sunday forenoon, 7th of July, squally weather came on with rain, when all - the spare clothes were hove overboard to lighten the boats; and an ac count of the provisions taken; which consisted, besides the bread and water, of two small pieces of salt beef, two rounds of beef, two small hams, a few small fish, about six pounds of cheese, a little fat, and a few onions ; together with about ten gallons of rum, and fifteen bottles of claret. At noon this day the boats were in lat. 26. 37. south, and long. 18.37. we s t. Fr om this day to Tuesday, the 16th of July, the - boats kept on their course in company, standing to the northward and north-west with moderate breezes, variable,_ and generally clear fi ne wea ther, steering f or th e I s l an d o f Trinidad, (a small Island off the coast of Brazil,) making courses from twenty-three to one hun dred and twenty-nine miles in the twenty-four hours; the two or three last days having strong breezes, which enabled them to make two hundr e d andthirty-four miles in forty-eight hours. On Tuesday, the 16th July, they had the good fortune to catch eight small dolphins with the hook and line • which, for want o f fire to cook them were hung in the sun to ' July, dry. On Wednes day, the 17th of light breezes and clear pleasant weather; being at noon in l a t. 20. 59. south, by observation; and long. 26. 47. west, by the chronometer; and Trinidad bearing N. 77. W., distance one hundred and thirty-six miles. The boats had then sailed eight hundred and thirty-eight miles from the ship in twelve days. On Thursday, the 18th, light breezes and clear weather; the latter part being calm, took to -the oars. The same next day (Friday the 19th of July), when they worked with the oars one and half mile per hour. At day-light made Martin Vas rocks, about twenty-two miles east of Trinidad; and at eight, a.m. Trinidad was in sight, bearing W. by N. At noon light breezes and fine weather, Trinidad bearing W. by N. Martin Vas rocks distant ten or twelve miles. On Sa turdac, the 20th of July, at day-light, the boats had hauled round the north end of Trinidad, coasting the west side in search of water; they discovered a fine run of water, but found it impossible to land on account of the surf ; made several attempts, but could not effect a landing at any point. The island is situated in lat. 20.32. south, and long. 29. 9. west. The attempts to obtain that essential commodity, water, were ineffectually persevered in until three p.m. on Sunday the 21st, when the state of the surf giving evidence of there being no possibility of obtaining water, they again placed themselves at the disposal of that Providence which had hithertoprotected them, and stood away for Bahia, then N. 50. W. di s t ant 660 miles. At this time their stock of water was one puncheon; and the daily supply of pro visions to the hands was one and a half biscuit, about half an ounce of dried round of beef, a small piece of Bombay dried fish, a piece of fat one day, and a piece of cheese on alternate days, each about the size of a small walnut, with three wine glasses of water each meal. At 4p.m. on Monday, the 22d, they lost sight of Trinidad, bearing S.E. by S., distance 55 miles, both, boats in company, and all well. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 23d and 24th J u ly, th ey cont i nue d their course, steering N.W. for Bahia, with some squally weather and rain on the morning of the latter day ; when at half-past twelve, p. in. they were overjoyed at the discovery of a sail a-stern, standing to wards them: About 2, p. in. the boats were alongside the which proved to be the American ship, Charles Adams, Cap tain Alex. S. Palmer, of and for Stonington, from the Falk land Islands, which she left on the 3d July. Captain Palmer took Captain Garnock and all his crew on hoard the Charles Adams, where they experienced every possible kindness and attention from Captain Palmer, his officers, and craw, who supplied the whole of the Dorothy's people with abundance of refreshments, and every comfortable accommodation, promis ing to land them at Pernambuco. The jolly-boat was hoisted up a-stern the ship, and the long-boat stoved and turned adrift. On Sunday, the 28th July, at H a. in. the Charles Adams en tered the harbour of Pernambuco, when Captain Palmer sent two of his whale boats on shore with Captain Garnock and his crew, except five men who remained on board his ship. Thus, after remaining twenty days and nineteen nights in their boats, and running 1311 miles from the spot where the Dorothy went down, were the whole of the ship's company preserved by an all-merciful Providence from impending death or destruc tion, and restored to their friends and their country. Next to the gratitude that is due to Almighty God for his watchful pare of them under such distressing circumstances, they owe it to Captain Palmer, his officers, and crew, for the great kindness with which they treated them on board the Charles Adams, a„, kindness which will never be obliterated from their memory. Captain Garnock speaks in the highest terms of his , officers and ship's company, for their subordination and general good conduct from the commencement to the termination of this severe trial, thus affording a strong evidence of the great ad vantage resulting from steadiness in a ship's crew when placed in circumstances of difficulty and danger. The foregoing interesting particulars we have abstracted from the memorandums kept in the boat during this period, With which we have been favoured by Captain Garnock, who ar rived here from Pernambuco on Wednesday night, with his mates and apprentices. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain Garnock for his able and intrepid conduct when placed in the trying situation in which he found himself at the period of the toss of the Dorothy. It was on that as on all other occasions whilst in the vessel, most unexceptionable. She was, when lost, on her eleventh consecutive voyage to Bombay under his command. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (Written expressly for the Liverpool Standard.) The great Doncaster meeting, which commences on Monday next, is the all-engrossing subject of conversation in the sport ing circles, and the betting upon the St. Leger, since ourlast, has been exceedingly brisk and heavy. It is generally the case when the great event approaches so near, that the fluctuation in the odds is very extensive, and frequently the first and second favourites on similar occasions, from their misbehaviour or accident in the training trials, have been placed at the bottom of the class; such, for the gratification of those who early backed the favourites, is not now the case, as Muley Moloch, who has enjoyed unlimited confid ence as t h e hero of the turf for many months, improves upon acquaintance, and our quotation against him now is merely 3-1 to 1, and at Tattersall's he has been heavily backed at 3to 1. Rockingham remains second in com mand: In our last notice of the turf, allusion was made to Bel shazzar having gone back from 6 to 1 to 20 to 1, which was caused by reports that it was not intended to start him, and that Rockingham had easily beaten him in a trial. On the strength of a strong tip of the kind, supposed to have been given exclu sively to the colossus of Ilarpurley and a select few of his friends influential in the betting circle,—the parties alluded to laid out, it is said, between two and three thousand pounds against him. From the accounts received from our Loneon correspondent, it appeared that no knowing whisper against Belshazzar had reached Tattersall's, and at time our friends were betting all they could against him, in Lancashire, at odds verging from 8 to 20 to 1, in fact any odds that the uninitiated would snap at, the circle at Hyde Park were betting only 6 to 1 against him; whether the reports against him are unfounded or not, we have been unable accurately to ascertain, but we should rather imagine that half may be true; and that Rockingham has beaten him in a trial, but there is every reason to suppose that he will start, and. 11 and 12 to 1 against him has since been eagerly sought for and taken ; 14 to I was offered against him at 'l on Monday last, but he speedily came up to 12 to 1, where he now remains, and as all Leger bets are play or pay, the circumstance of the odds being eagerly taken goes a great way to prove that he will s ta r t. Tut o r has thrived since the last bettinf4, and is b ac k e d at 12 t o 1 , 20 to 1 was laid against him on Monday at Tattersall's. The Mole, Anne, nui Re venge have also unproved a few points. For this great event, so important to the sporting world, 75 are entered, out of which we should imagine not more than 1-1 or 15 will start. The fol lowing are the closing prices upon which we shall have no occa sion to remark further until the result of the contest is known : —3l to 1 agst Muley Moloch (t); 6 to 1 agst Rockingham; 9 to 1 agst Mussulm a n (t); 12 to 1 agst The Mole (t); 12 to 1 agst Tutor (t) ; 13 to 1 agst Marpessa ; 15 to 1 agst Anne (t); 16 to 1 ags t Revenge (t); 18 to I agst Jack Faucett (t) ; 25 to 1 agst Deceiver (late Frankenstein) (t); 30 to 1 agst Connois seur (offered); 40 to 1 a g st Forrester (t); 50 to 1 agst Alecto (t) ; 45 to 1 agst L aure l' s Dam (t). LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. —The daily performances of the en gines on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway testify the perfection which has been there attained in the conveyance of light goods and passengers, the ordinary rate of travelling being from 20 to 30 miles an hour; but they se em t o b e excelled by those in the neighbourhood of Glasgow in another very import ant application of the power of locomotive - engines, namely, the transmission of heavy goods, in which great speed is not of so much importance as the 'diminution of the expense of con veyance by increasing the quantity conveyed. The other day, one of the engines on the Grankirk and Glasgow Railway hauled a train of seventy loaded wagons from Gargill to the depot at Glasgow, a distance of eight miles, in one hour and five minutes. fhe gross weight of the waggons was 2861 tons, and of the engine and tender 14 tons 7 cwt., making a total weight of 301 tons 17 cwt. A great proportion of the distance is quite level. The ordinary resistance on a level line is nine lbs. per ton ; so that the engine must have been exert ing a power of about 27181b5. The diameter of the cylinders is PA inches. the length of stroke 22; and the pressure at. 551 b. per square inch. The train extended over a • distance of upwards of 270 yards, and presented to view a grand and in teresting spectacle, while it afforded a most wonderful exhibi tion of locomotive power to those who take an interest in the Important national question of the improvement of our internal means of communication. The engine •is of a new construc tion, and was mannfactured -by , Messrs. Murdoch, Aitken, and Co,, engineers, Hill-street, Glasi,Tow,---Gtosra , ficruht. LIVERPOOL MECICANIcS' INSTITUTION. The half-yearly meeting of this excellent Institution took place on WZlues - day night. The room was tilled to overflowing, no less than three of the forms being occupied by ladies, and during the evening the harmony was frequently disturbed by the efforts of those outside to gain admittance. Our excellent chief magistrate, Charles Horsfall, Esq., honoured the meeting with his presence, and'un his entrance was greeted with the most hearty cheering. Mr. Radcliffe, the. secretary, read the report, by which it appeared that the subscriptions collected in the half year amounted to £322 55. , 4d. ; that the disbursements had been £561; and, taking into account a balance of I:112 in favour of the Institution at the commencement of that period, the Insti tution was at present £59 6s. in -debt; there had been an acces sion of 300 members, and' 73 had ceased beinzMembers, so that at the present time there were lOW persons 17. - rho subscribed to it ;—they were ,very much craiiiped for want of room, but entertained hopes that the Corporation would in a short time comply with, their petition fora sit e on w hi c h to erect a new building, when that disadvantage would be removed—other wise the report gave most flattering accounts of their prospects. The resolutions proposed were adopted with great unanimity, and several eloquent speeches were delivered on the occasion, amongst which we would particulaiise those of the President, Mr. R. V. Yates, and the Secretary, Mr. J. S. Radcliffe. Mr. Jos. B. Yates hoped that much good would arise from the Mayor's presence on this occasion, by exciting among the students a generous rivalry to deserve such patronage. He begged leave to move " That the thanks of the meeting be pre sented to the Mayor, for the honour of his presence this even ing."—(lmmense cheering.) The Mayor rose, and said, " Gentlemen, it is impossible for me to express the great honour which you have done me. As your excellent President has stated to yo u , I was greatly grati fied with what I saw in your schools yesterday,. and not less so with what I have witnessed on the present occasion. I can only assure you, that it will give me very great p&easure to be of use to this Institution. (Cheers.) The Chairman then delivered the prizes to'the successful candidates, with a , suitable remark to each, and thanks having been voted to him, with the Must deafening cheers, the meeting separated. ADJOURNMENT OF THE ASSIZES, On Tuesday, in pursuance of public notice, a meeting was held in the sessions-house, Chapel-street, to consider the pro priety of petitioning his Majesty to direct the assizes for the nurtured of West Derby to be held in Liverpool. At the hour appointed, the Mayor, Charles Horsfall, Esq., having taken the chair, proceeded to read the requisition, which he stated had been received by him, numerously and respectably signed, in compliance with which he had summoned the meet ing of that day. The subject, the Chairman continued, was not new to them; it had been often before discussed, and petitions had been sent up, but without effect. Such proceedings had, however, shown nuequivneally the opinions of the town with re spect to the adjournment of the assizes, and never yet, as far as his recollection went, had any solid objection been urged against it. On the other hand the expense, the loss of time, the inconveniences of distance, under which they now laboured, formed irresistible arguments in its favour. Most cf them could speak to this from their own experience, and he had been in convenienced himself in several respects, both as suitor, witness, and juror. Previous to the passing of Mr. Justice Bayley's act, or one which he forwarded, he had twice been detained fourteen days, once sixteen, and frequently seven or eight days. (Hear.) He was very happy to say, that the government had the subject under its consideration, and he had to lay before the meeting a letter which he had received a few days ago, wishing to know whether the Corporation were disposed to defray the expense of courts, and the extra costs which would attend the visit of the high sheriff for the, purposes of the assizes. That letter, as well as the resolution of the Common Council conse quent upon it, would now be laid before the meeting. The Town Clerk then read the requisition to the Mayor, with the signatures affixed to it, and afterwards the letter from the government office, which was as follows . • " : Whitehall, August 30, 1833. " SIR.—An act of parliament having conferred upon his Ma jesty in Council the power of making such new arrangement of the placeS and manlier of holding the assizes for the counties of England and Wales, as may be expedient for the public service ; and it being not improbable that his Majesty in Council may be pleased to direct that the assizes for the western division of the county of Lancaster should be holden in the town of Liverpool, I am directed by Viscount Melbourne to inquire whether for the purpose of facilitating this arrangement, if it should seem good to his Majesty in Council to direct it, the. Corporation of Liver pool would be prepared, at their own charge, to provide conve nient courts for holding such assizes, and suitable lodgings and accommodation for tile Judges of assize ; and also to defray any additional costs and charges to which the High. Sheriff may be subjected in consequence of holding the said assizes at Liverpool instead of at Lancaster as heretofore.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " G. LAMB." " The Mayor if Liverpool." The resolution adopted at the Council to which the above letter was submitted, was then read : " Resolved,—That this Council is anxiously impressed with the great advantage to be derived by the inhabitants of this town from the removal of the assizes to Liverpool, as suggested in the letter from Mr. Lamb, and is most ready to afford to his Majes ty's Government all the assistance in its power to carry this object into effect. For this purpose the Council readily places the present courts in Liverpool at the service of the Judges and the Bar attending this circuit, and will have pleasure in provid ing suitable accommodation for the Judges; but owing to the litigation commenced regarding the right of the Corporation to receive town dues, which town dues comprise nearly one-half of the annual income of the corporate estate, this Council regrets that it is thereby prevented, from a sense of justice to the bond and other creditors of the Corporation estate, froni undertaking any greater outlay at present." The CHAIRMAN, in continuation, said they had reason to .hope, that on the receipt of that resolution, and those which might be expected to follow it, his Majesty's government would have no difhculty iu making up their minds. (Cheers..) As for the expenses of the judges and sheriffs, he did not appre hend they would be very great. Some gentlemen present, however, might be prepared with observations on the subject,. and the meeting, he had no doubt, would be happy to hear them. W. W niur said, Mier what had just fallen from: their worthy chairman, and the decision corning front the Com mon. Council of Liverpool, in answer to the letter which had been communicated to the meeting, he should not have thought it necessary to allude to that part of the subject, if it had not been to notice, iti passing, the manner in which the account of that proceeding . of the (Common Council had been taken up, in his opinion not quite fairly, by the press. One said that that, reply was tine enough; another, that government would laugh us to scorn,-,he believed that was the very expression. Now it-was but right ..to .observe that -the motives which influ enced the Council in coming, to that qualified resolution were, first; that they were in an uncertainty as to the total expense • .n es that there as the present court which might be applied to the purpose; and lastly, because the Council were ignorant whether it might hot be required by government to build a separate Muse and apartments suited to the reception and dignity of the judges,.and ignorant, also, as to . the extent of the charges which might be corehended under the terms of " sheriff's extra • expenses." lie did not uoubt that the preshtt buildings would answer the purpose, and an appropriate residence would - readily be found for the judges, where they might be shown all the respect and honour due to their high station. He thought .that in the absence of plans, views, esti mates, and other necessary information, and without knowing how the new system would work, they would not have been justified in committing themselves indiscriminately, and with out qualification, to the preposals intimated by government. They knew nothing of the amount of liability to winch it might have carried them ; and if they had known it, he could not tell how it was to be defrayed.—(Hear.) They had before their eyes the fact, that having for a century accommodated the judges in a private house at Lancaster, at a late hour, cer tainly, it had been thought highly desirable to go to an expense of seven or eight thousand pounds to build them a house; at least there was an act of .parliament for the purpose. They could not be certain that this would not be the case with Liver pool also. (Hear.) He thought this would remove from the minds of the people of Liverpool, as well as from those of his Majesty's Government, all idea that the Corporation or any portion of the inhabitants were anything but extremely anxious for the accomplishment of the great object they had in view.— (Loud cheers.) This was not the first, second, or third time they had assembled in public to petition for that desirable ob ject; and without wishing to say one word which could occa sion a single unpleasant feeling, but only stating that which he would not scruple to affirm in the presence of his greatest enemy; he did think they were greatly indebted to Mr. Sw art for his perseverance in this object. (Much applause.) It would be in their recollection that he had given notice of a bill for removing the assizes to Liverpool and Manchester. That bill had been read .a first and a second time, and only at last witbdraWn because the Solicitor-General, struck with the jus tice—the indisputable necessity of the case, thought an act of parliathent, to apply to the kingdom at . large would be prefer able. He could have had nothing so strongly , in view as the county •of Lancaster,—(cheers)—for let them .take the map of England ; pore over it, and they would find none which presented so forcible, so extraordivary a claim as that county. (Cheers.) When they considered the immense.population concentrated in the southern division; 'the distance they had to be dragged to attend the assizes, and . the . consecrent.inconvenience and ex pense, little was necessary to be said in recommendation of their design; and though-with - his friends of antiquarian predilections ~ and feelings, he might regret the days of faded splendour which might be expected to await the town of Lancaster, yet he trusted the pod sense, the ijustice of‘llre.people of Lancaster, would convince them that their town was only undergoing those effects to which every place was subject in common with them selves, the effects of the mutability of human affairs. (Cheers.) At one time, probably, it had been the most important place in the county : others had now sprung up, and the concession which they now sought of having the legal business of the dis trict transacted amongst those who were most extensively con cerned in it, appeared so reasonable that it seemed to be con sidered quite unnecessary to attempt to show it. . (Cheers.) Indeed he did not knoW any subject that could come before the town upon which so little need be said. In looking to the future the prospect of a vast accession to the commerce and business of the port urged them 'strongly in favour of their object. When he reflected what, during his comparatively short life, Liverpool had been, when he looked at what she was, and when he contemplated what at no great distance of time she was likely to become, in consequence of recent measures, calculated to exert a prodigious influence over the welfare, the prospects, and the population of the town, he thought it would be well for us to be prepared beforehand for that increase of business which would flow into the courts of the assizes, in connection with it. It was right for them to avail themselves of the opportunity, when the attention of the legislature was directed to it; and he looked forward to the month of March next with the confident expectation of hailing the judges at this place with all that ar dour, respect, and joy, which every man who had felt the incon venience so feelingly alluded to by the Mayor, would experience at so welcome and beneficial a change. (Cheers.) Such was the justice of the case, and such the motives which appeared to have swayed the Solicitor-General, that he fully anticipated the next assizes would be held• here. The resolution he had the honour to propose was one in which he was convinced he should have the cordial concurrence of the meeting. Mr. Currie then proposed the first resolution, which, with the rest of the pro ceedings, will be found detailed in the advertisement. The motion was seconded by Mr. T.B BARCLAY,and carried unanimously. Mr. A. HoneSON, in proposing the next resolution, said, the object of the meeting and its great importance was a subject so familiar to all present, and the favou ra bl e oppor t un it y now b e - . fore them, had been so fully explained by their excellent chair man and Mr. Currie, that he would not detain the meeting a moment. The resolution he had to move had only reference to the mode of carrying their object into'effect. Mr. Hodgson having moved the second resolution, an amend meat was proposed by Mr. Brooke, seconded by Mr. John San ders, to substitute tor the words "in such manner as his Ma jesty may be pleased to see best," the expression as it now stands in the resolution ; "from Lancaster to Liverpool, in the spring and autumn of each. year." If this was not specified, great inconvenience might be the result. The resolution, as amended, was then passed unanimously, a committee appointed to carry the reAolutions into effect, and thanks having been voted to the cliairmad, the meeting &Tit . rated.. THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL. The Young QUEEN of Portugal, accompanied by her mother, the Duchess of Braganza, landed at Portsmouth at nine o'clock. on Sunday morning. Her Majesty immediately on her arrival gave. an audience to Sir J. Whatley, the bearer of the King's invitation to Windsor, which was accepted. ,The following letter from the Home-office was received by the Mayor of Portsmouth on Friday morning, and in consequence of it, a meeting of the corporation was held in the afternoon of that day, when addresses to the EApress and the yoting Queen were agreed to : " Whitehall, Sept. 5. " Sir,—l am directed'by Viscount Melbourne to acquaint you that their Majesties the Duchess of Praganza and th e Q ueen o f Portugal are expected to a r ri ve at Portsmouth to-morrow or Saturday, and that the King has been pleased to command that the Empress and Queen should be received on their arrival its this country with all the honours usually paid to crowned heads, and I am to request that every respect and attention may be paid to their Majesties on their landing at Portsmouth. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, "The Mayor of Portsmouth." "G. LAMB." The address of congratulation on her arrival in. England was resented by the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth on the following day. Supposing her little Majesty's land forces should have the worst of it in her war with her " sometime" lover and uncle, Miguel, the King "de jure," and supposing he too should find leisure to honour England with a visit, will his Majesty's ministers carry their neutrality so far as to command the Mayor of Portsmouth, should he disembark at that port, to receive him "with all the honours usually paid to crowned heads?" We should like to know. Since writing the above, we perceive by the Court Circular, that her Majesty, a.:companiecl by her Imperial mother and suite, left Portsmouth at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, and arrived at Windsor, at six in the evening of the same day. His Majesty, attended by the officers of his household, re ceived the Queen on her arrival, and conducted her to the Royal apartments. Dinner was served in the evening in St. George's Hall. The Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester were present to meet their Majesties and their illustrious guest. The officers of the Hou se h o ld an d the Visitors at the Castle also bad the honour of dining with their Majesties. Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, arrived at the Palace from London a little before seven o'clock to dinner. Covers were laid for fifty. The young Queen is expected to remain at the Palace for several days. The King went to Isleworth yesterday and paid a visit to Lady Augusta Kennedy Erskine. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. On the 3cl inst. at Grendon Church, by the Rev. J. Clare, M.A., Vicar of Bushbury, Sir John Hanmer, of Hanmer and Bettisfield Park, in the county of Flint, Bart , for Shrewsbury, to Geol.- giana, youngest daughter of Sir George Chet w y n d, o f Gren don Hall, in the county of Warwick, Bart. The lovely bride, attired in white satin, with a profusion of blond lace, and a splendid veil to correspond, was attended by her sister and the two Misses Hanmer. As soon as the ceremony was over, the party, including several noble relatives of the bridegroom, par took of an elegant dejeune a la fourchette, atter which the happy pair set off in a carriage and four, on a tour through the continent. The Marriage of Sir John Harmer, Bait, to Miss Georgiana. Chetwynd, was celebrated on Tuesday, by his numerous friends and supporters in this town, a large and most respectable part) , of whom dined .together at the Talbot Inn, Colonel Francis Knyvett Leighton, President ; and Robert Burton, jun., John Eaton, jun., Rice Wynne, and W. Wybergh How, Esqrs., VicC-Presidents. The dinner and wines were in the usual ex cellent style of the Talbot Inn ; and after the cloth was drawn the health of the King, as also of the Queen and Royal Fa mily, were severally drank with 3 times - God save the King" being sung (after His Majesty's health had been drunk) in fulf - chorus. The President then appropriately intro duced the health of "Sir John and Lady Hamner," which was drank with enthusiasm ; and Mr. Thomas Hanmer returned thanks in an address which elicited the warmest and most de served plaudits. The health of " Mrs. and the Misses Han mer" was rapturously received, and was followed by that of " Lord Hill and the Army;" " The Navy of Great Britain ; " "The Lord Lieutenant of the Countyi" " Lord Kenyon;" &c. ; and the festivities of the evening were prolonged to a late hour. About 400 of Sir John Hanmer's supporters also dined, and spent the evening in festivity, at other inns in the town ; cannons were fired, and the bells of the several churches sent forth their cheerful peals throughout the evening.—Salo pian Journal. CHOLERA BLOWN AwAY.—The cholera bee undergone a more unequivocal diminution within the last six or eight days than during any former Period since the commencement of its present irruption. The deaths have diminishe,4l to sixty-nine in the week, the number a fortnight ago having been nearly 2,0. In fact, the late sudden reduction of temperature, and the change in the atmosphere effected by the late heavy gales, seem to have had a beneficial influence on the epidemic.— Medical Gazette. NEW APPLICATION OF MECHANICAL POWER—SUBSTITUTE FOR THE CRANE.—An ingenious, very simple, and cheap me thod of transferring heavy bodies to short distances, and, by affording a moveable point of suspension, enabling builders, where it is necessary to use large blocks of stone, t o l a y them down with precision, has been contrived lately by M r . Moon, of this neighbourhood, and successfully employed in the con struction of a dam dyke which he is at present erecting at Rus sel Mill. Two strong poles, set up at a small angle towards each other, and properly stayed back, are placed at each end of the proposed erection, over which a strong rope—in the present case three smaller ropesrturn , i , irg parallel are used—is thus passed at a consider a ble height. P his rop e i s t raverse d by a block sheath, from which the stone is suspended in the usual manner, and raised by means of a compound pulley; guy ropes are attached to the sheath, so that the stone is easily made to traverse backwards o! forwards, and br oug ht w ith accu racy to the situation where tis wanted. By this means blocks of 15 cwt. have been readily transported upwards of 30 yards. It is obvious that, by a little complication, the apparatus might be easily, constructed so as to command the stone where re quired, in a lateral as well as longitudinal direction; and thus might become of general applicability in circumstances where the use of the trane might lie inadmissible, or at least inexpe dient, either from its more confined latitude of motion, or. what must be an important co n s id era ti o n i n regard of small i jobs n a country situation, the expense of the transference of erection of such a ponderous instrument.—Fite Herald. THIS ESTA BLISHED CLERC4r.—WC have been f a voured by a kind friend with the following religious and patriotic sentiments of the enlightened and celebrated Dr. Chahners:—"lt is owing to the learning of th e p r i es th oo d that Christianity has kept her ground on the high platform of cultivated and well-educated humanity, and that she enters so largely as a bright and much esteemed ingredient into the body of our national literature. It is well when this degree of respect and acknowledgment eau be obtained for her among the upper cla s ses of life; and more especially in a free and enlightened nation like our own,i t is of unspeakable benefit that Christianity should have been so no bly upheld by the talent and erudition of her advocates. There are many who look with an evil eye to the endowments of the English church, and to the supposed indolence of her dignita ries. But to that church the theological literature of the Scot tish church stands indebted for their best acquisitions; and we hold it a refreshing spectacle at any time that meagre Socinian ism pours forth a new supply of ilipparicies and errors, when we behold, as we have often doue, an armed ch a mpi on come f or th in full equipment from some high and lettered retreat of that noble hierarchy; nor can we grudge her the wealth of all her endowments, when we think how well under her venerable aus pices the battles of orthodoxy have been fought; that in this holy warfare they are her sons and her scholars who are ever foremost in the field, ready at all times to f ace th e th r eatenin g mischief, and by the weight of their erudition to overturn it. Whatever the ensuing changes in the state of our society may he, there is none that would more fatally speed the dis'orgaiiization and downfall of this great kin g dom, than if the baud of violence were put forth on th e rightsand revenues of the church of Eng land. If the ecclesiastical establishment should fall, and that because the temporalities which belong to them have been pro nounced by the oracles of our day as an oppression and a but:- den on the general population, then. instead of truth being their judge or their executioner, they shall have fallen at the hand of cunning and deceitful witnesses—they shall have perished in tho midst of a strong delusion, at the mandate and by the authority of a lie."—Dublin Packet. SAxONY WooL.—To the late King of Saxony, when Elector, is due the merit of having first brought the breed of Spanish Merino sheep into Germany, which has since transferred the valuable trade in fine wool almost wholly from the Spanish to the German sbil. From the period of its first introduction until 1814, when Europe once more began to enjoy the bles sings of a general peace, this wool was gradually, although slowly, spreading itself over the surface of the kingdom of Saxony; hut when the continental trade was thrown quite open, by the events of the short campaign of 1815, and the minds of men were set at rest by the flue! catastrophe of Napo leon, the Saxon wool dealers began to open a regular trade in the article to England, and they soon discovered the real value of thi s new b ranc h o f German commer ce . I n th e fi rst year, viz : —l n 1814, there were imported into England only 3 ,593,1461b5. ; 1819, 4,557.9381b5. ; 1824, 15,4:32,65i lbs. ; 1818, 23 ,110,8821b5. This prodigious increase in the demand for German wool naturally excited the emulation of the States lying contiguous to Saxony; and the flock masters of that. kingdom carried on, for a considerable period, a very prosper ous trade in rains and ewes with the land owners of Silesia, Bohemia, Austria, and other parts, who were fleArous of chang ing the nature of their flocks to this more profitable breed. All the superabundance of grain, which had no external vent to carry it oft was given to the sheep, in order to accelerate their approach to the maximum degree of fineness of which their wool was susceptible; thus actually creating a profitable consumption for their corn, through the eagerness exhibited:in England to obtain a superior quality or .wook 7 42, o utterty Jour. of eel Agriculture.