The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-22 00:00:00

EARTHQUAKES The terrible effects of earthquakes have attracted attention ti n; eve ry age ~e etetitt d ~,, and records of some of such convulsions have t j ~ e : —us from very remote ages. No period of our Ee'ict i o;. ll, '4?,r,Y has' been more noted for the violence and ex-, th e • ' i tturtilakes Ahem that between the first, third, and .. Middle. of the foprteenth ..Century. • China was terribly `;illed- fonten years.frain 183.3, when ICiang,si, its capital, 40'48 s wa llow e d ,, • : up ' nionntains were engulfed, "and floods, oc lc•l°Tied byttie ob'struCtion Of the Cnurse Of rivers, destroyed -'iiiiilfitudes of human beings. The CenthissionsOxtended 'turdrds,and Asia Minor and Egypt were violently shaken px ,; while in the following year severe earthqkes were i,ll:nerlenced in Cyprus, Greece, and Italy. Ina 1692, the i n ~,,v , i . °f Jamaica was visited by a most terrible earthquake, fro"ule,ll enormous masses of earth and rock were detached' hurl e d fro Blue Mountains, and vast quantities of timber, i nt : I A from their flanks, covered the adjacent sea like float -0 rt B D ,L an dS• It WAN (luring this earthquake that the city of !i,,"sre.,,.",lllo.Tvith,a"tract of adjacent land estimated at 1000 )-€ 74 .'? ''-'ro:- earthe inlinite bite - the deep... In the.sneceeding tiv. ,, great quakes in Sily. destroyed the dity . ,Of Can 10;',a,zid 140 other towns and villages in that island, where li f Persons perished. In 1746, Lower l'ern suffered letely fro this . bi nd w.,, irresistible calamity. The ocean burst in upon the i nto til,th irresistible force, when the barrier of land sunk Port 0 ;.' e ,,, sea. Lima was overwhelmed, and the present_ Port e... _ kallao formed. These convulsions were accompanied flit era of water and mud from several volcanoes . among a t .. d u_ i e,a, .In 1750, the eiti of Coneeptiono in Chili,. disap '733; n'llng an earthquake ; bid the sea rolled °Jet' it, ln 4,,i it , Inofi. a n a great ensure desfrOyta,hy One . theot . __ e 4urittat .ril?iti..4.ithtillakeS that 4v'e,i :visited . 1. 1 : uk0 . p . e . . Th fi t , st dr n, chain; ,:bet*eett. the, Dolirft, and, the latits were i'fbath e'alifidiv convulsed: ..The.. new,. Mole. at Lisbon, to "r;lc into)lll'44l-46 bad; fled; as ;to a place a safety, suddenly trfs.e e .an hideous abyss; .and not one body floated to the 'n '''or l ' rre• ;iny'fragments•.of the :vessels sucked into err 41.11/lire/We' rCil UP, and:o" A the 4p' tottliere,ik..now fill . hun ch ' oins ofwatel'. In this awful cbrivutoon PI Lisbon, qioei't,Persons perished in about six minutes. A violent retired threw down the greatest part of the city, and the sea tight,,%!eaving the bar momentarily dry ; but suddenly a l'he exte nt fifty feet' high, rolled in on the 4evoted city.. raarl,,; l ;r l t of the terra motzes, on this occasion, is very re mi,d b e, : . The violence of the shocks which were accom- L'r, *- ja.ferulnl Saibteftaileall. Wise ? like. this kindest than ht it 4 tuiilly felt in Portugal, Bpaiii, and AOrfilerri Africa.; iota ft.etg Wert perceived ,ter a ethisiderithlt part of tti-3h nrl*ere eyen etperiettee4in the A..ilyjdr. Char 1 / 4 4 ° a P i ts 't , l l 4fiOtkittily , Lah, Aqg . 4iid . .oc , .. ombh , a'er e at;Trt-eut repeatedly on, that ilreadfUl day. . hips at sea ..heirs, hy,the ,shocks, as ,if they. had, on rocks, ziay aloe ~."7,1*,_ cones; iiu.spine instandes,thrbwn clown..by . the q l 4 ' - `7 '` .rie eoncussfor),;. hi_ ..1766,, the island of Trinidad ti grea t part of telombia i.vt.t.o i;ioßilily ahitated bYf-rti.l - '..a,n islet ili fhb drolidkli diSaPpeired, and lafid in 2. t n h arr is lif the Coast was raised above the . waters. In § 4 Jii,„\el,orty volcano of Papandayang (the loftiest mountain , ‘I,LI ulaappeared, and an area around, fifteen miles by ‘'4l3 l ,,9 v allowed up. Most terrible earthquakes dislocated ktib ec ri in 1783. This calamity has been admirably .le- Yiy e „,.. oY several writers, among whom we may mention Dr. }ll6.r7s'° Grimaldi, Sir William Hamilton, Doloinieu, and . I'Dtei -Bel a, -pf the Royal Academy of Naples. The vm- Calacria, IN i t , , hOcks; lits.OhietlY. felt, in thn further *'sa.glibokutiopil of .MeS'sina... ;I'm principal agi 3 iiac t ;4 felt 4..att area of 50) square inges t ; inany Sudden , 164 1 ", A's cif the land riteperbeiVed; ntirrierees fissures were l 'he eti ' ' l 'd PartiEti elev dons were effected ill Soiiie, plaees. Bblogreatest de pressions a happened at Terra Nuova, Oppido, 4 11 11 / 4 11, and Santa Christina•• a fissure a mile in length, and l ortti red feet in depth, was formed at Cerzulle ; and at La i o wia n tb ' a chasm of a quarter of a mile in length, thirty feet gene, a nd two ;hundred and twenty-five feet in depth, .)e, t ,, 0 ,, n lielled in the ground. In some districts consider ,;-4. ~- -L it 4i ll'Blilig4 k l6l ‘ , the separatiou of hue masses of I' t 4 fiLiee 'A , ii ''' the l'Biraits.of Messina ; in the 1 'bour• 1 " .' c` n g . •oasesoo mile in r b , ° woe, Of Seylia; the subjacent of ! gat ~. " f precipitated on the subjacent find t - ten. gagmenenho detached by the earthquake from Monte Jaci, at th e . nulltitudes who had fled to the shore for safety ; and t h e '4 " moment a wave broke on the devoted shore, ail fipple away the aged 'Prince of Scylla, and numbers of hi 1 111 if.. ..iitjt of e art h 179" s tope Peru was terribly convulsed. The t '4lt l lBl ;4 7 A e n 4ll hEl . eifi l keS - e - on r tinued with great violence for th rti ree . '' lr sialr,;t i lhe thee of the do utry in the eentre of enn , l_ ..' VC - -`,,:, Y alailecli Ift l u ll, *jtllent,earthquakes shook ...4t tlit Z''q• the MlSgliSiplit, b y which lakci of etinsliderable 'vete] sa-Ppeared; and new. ,ones Were formed ; .but these keit,y efiesatrerrifie ; than ; the catastrophic weaker . destroyed the ; 'Ll+ aecas, in 1812, On the 26th of MarChlhere were •‘. '-'l4nOrr . . 'd,' •► a l e griiinill„ art, ulatd, as • ti{ b a ""s dam Elngs'.'-' — shock thus fine tit*. ~- • e : y.thi,:boilink *find; and at ono . th: `" "itt;t4b‘ed ili ' ' ruins - 10,000 of its inhabitants; Doring 'otlttlifloake is kef Maracaibo had its level lowered, fo rth e riven earth at Puerto Cabello and Valencia poured `,..4lca.Znus torrents of water. It is remarkable, that the 'or a centerof Bt. Vincent, which had been perfectly quiescent f APrii::Y, burst with prodigious violence on the 27th o ro,ie to an th e same year, and threw out clouds of ashes, which 1 ,1 84 -,n_Pninense height into the air. Much of the islan "ie r - 1 j' ea by showers g of scorix and ashes; and such was Niket).ence °f the eruption, that the decks of yessels . 20 I f.l),alpahl: 'windward of St. Vincent were covered with an um- ti' i l 'od o du at• On the day of this eruption, subterraneous •f) A eri t , -ga were distinctly heard at Caraccas, and even on 411'11 eazip'ltriee,42ofop.leoaglaesr • ari ht line from St. Vincent. In ir . l the earthquakes extended thousandthrough tite4aevetsofariaeriadofatatbeinb°° miles in diameter; a considerable grey4 ai l( ' the boti lima; the mountain disappeared in the s tich Port of ma ; where ships of war could for .,lk or, was ruined by the upraising . o . f a shoal. On qestra,ti_of November 1822 ; Chili was visited by a most 4 tai t , e theveefejarthquake,' .The shock was strongly felt at the 11 11. 148 thkd 'il i nnghout a line of coast 1200 miles in extent. liiirnei a - ;,.,' °i! good authority, that the coast for 100 miles f.ti.et: hultnefreoievation of from two to four feet ; and about a from Valparaiso it was raised from . six to seven ene'lellv.h,hue,,a_nndden elevation of the coast was indicate y d ° e higi'L ei g te found k adherent to the rocks, considerably win continued until the elP!',icrthS,,ePteiriber linnarthe following year ; and the area over ii;4ra-''tili:r_inanent alteration of level extended is believed to pop;k e country from the base of -the Andes to the sea, ;4H, nf not less than 100,000 square miles. In 1827, tit l 'i 411(1 Bogota suffered most severely from earthquakes, A ka 4.`‘ . k h ieh vast fissures opened in the elevated plains 'pi, 'Lle latter 't ' 4 -"' last ci y. ttkp,'4r Au Larthquake in Europe occurred in Murcia, in 1829,_ ur are miles,ean t Several villages, in an area -of above 10 . 7„ v 110,were thrown down by vertical movements in 4 , 1 ' - 'kll a s s - i t iiough wl i h the Rio Segura flows, and many o.,'''',,(i, sand, t 'res were formed ic in the alluvial soil ; while black ; -it iegi Rnd marine-shells were thrown up from small ~ttllrlainc.l.:inoed near the sea. Such are some of the severer n c pe, lit e'n.rn record ; bnt less sierable shocks are of b ef , t e } rie k,l l - :-.', , ! Fence in various countries, con especially in South' a ti .lar t d . '4,., in Italy. Smart shocks are occasionally felt in we. A They have often occurred at Cornrie, in Perth kt-let4;" ,a art shock rent the spire on the town-hall of the cas t In the vea • 1816 • and another earthquake was felt b " ' (4 'ater i i ' 1 1;i7, 1 °Iiabi ta , n 834, which shattered chimneys, and alarmed f elt is r,a. But all the shocks experienced in our island bp 41 man-sighificant compared with those which have been a/m y. Y other countries.---Dr. Tra i ll's Phys i ca l Geo. ,• - , thi ec , °SON'S STEAM-BOAT PROPELLER. It • (Prom a Correspondent of the Times. tak.4: a fa f bi et, requiring no demonstration, that almost in , 4 1 ,: 4 , if pse advantages would be derived from steam navigaas .l,' ti) be" Present paddle-wheel were of such a nature 1 . r ret a ths r ,°llo, , resent and not to waste the steam power at sea ti' kd t" `4eather, or during the heeling of the vessel, pro c.(4l4e,,i4o3'.th,e,p.ressur9.of sails, in using that cheap auxiliary, ti r :r uet. _, At is admitted, that the loss of . power in the best th;' , fro,'",,Paddle wheels, arising from their une ual immer -54e Nri a — e 'lle angle of incidence . at which the paddle r strikes th thi m. ,, , a from the receding of the water, is considering 4 ,facts landis also a fact, readily admited, on _ e qd,,,,tetette's a lluded to, that no material improvement c sn an e b r. h,yhuless that mode of applying the poweris p acting with tialieffica,,B°'ne Propelling apparatus capable of all !.' %, when wholly under water, as well as . when par tliteih4l4,ersed ; in other words, a propeller, krad ve 4el stances, is capable of imparting an w eg h u ic al h, fo u rc n e d t e o r • aI, tiai 1 . Whilst heeling, or whilst subjected to sudden or f ' 4 VY arla tiOns in the draft of water, whether produced by 4:"1rge.5e4,,,, pressure of sails, or by increase or diminution tl . P qler es conditions are fulfilled by Capt. Ericsson's .. I)l4°Oeelaw"ieh may be briefly described as consisting of Ili ri veted uf may iron, formed by a series of . 1: 1 1 a re to narrow cylinders a the same material, 4h , e Nth connected by radiating spiral firms to the_ Fentre 4;7! vel k ee4 are attached to shafts (the one to, which the tie;" ve s el i is fixed being hollow) passing through the stern ' ) f pla-setet2 being revolving in opposite directions, each se ' tiZhe re I, ' "eing so fixed on the cylinders. l'i) 1 . aa(1 811 t 8 cif a variety of trials prove, that great saving in ex arieht eh Ore ensue • we, therefore, anticipate im 'l,,i4e• at 'g e s in steam na'vigation from its introduction i ''' ne '°"eat 44,11er, Povver exhibited during the early trials of this ca,,i4Prup abou t 18 months since, induced some American it e l 4 e, t tletors to order an iron steam-boat, with a 50-horse 1 1 ' l ler ° b e fitt • This small iron h 'e rly i ; called , ed with the new propeller. uN t qain, eu rhe Robert F. Stockton has lately arrived in sied k l ' fronl Liverpool, and will s'hortly proceed to the t hi i o r tfe et ‘ b es ,• her dimensions are 70 feet length, on deck, 'tie "'clic ca n'''. A variety of experiments havebeen made, 1 tql4 th e :of several scientific and practical men, who cohr ,, tite t 't Durtlecess to be perfect. Although constructed the 'lll . qp e r 12 miles only, this boat has frequently gone at 1 .0(1, es an hour. As to her power as a tug, we are Ni,eau that on Tuesday last, January 29, she towed the iti 4 . 4 ' br q,)aeketshi Toronto, from Blackwall to the lower t°tit"„kituit()ewich, P a ' distance of three miles and a quarter, ; t he aii ( r s i , against the flood tide, then running from two ' ," E c i rat, ''',ualf miles • thus towing her through the water 'it ,f ton - ?' upward ' six miles an hour. The Toronto N...` 11 11 "' tairtu Sof it, l 'Of of t • en, she measures 32 feet beam,. .and drew . , at . I vi a :rti ot nal, 16 feet 9 inches ; thus presenting a sectional k t d l. bee h e t han 460 square feet. Now, the fact of this body L, 1 1 ', r okii e t4 _ 0 ved at a rate of upwards of six miles an hour, iN t i s ilie,h e , .r, or piece of mechanism, measuring I _ n 6 yl V , ig 0 :, 111 dameter, and, occupying less than 3 feet . i ONiS . etrgee wicti, scientifically considered, is interrstin u g 4;4 / , x 'e, and in a practical or commercial point company h‘t btinense importance. We understand, a . comp __ _ illi.htptirtierig,g, f ormed, to apply the propeller to a . ship of . IWO i o 4 aih 4 to bee mployed in transatlantic navigation , and Ii 1 : 1 1:tr, i f 'sialiti.es will not at . all interfere wi . th her steam k4t 454,,e, culiihdently anticipated, that increaseds a af s e a ty . at east one-half irspe l. greatly accelerated, at th;k l :4 o 1 ""............................ I 'o t,' - 'l't k th 4 traer..---The following interesting account . of one of tetin t Lthe eT,,r,ulrY Phenomena of nature having recently Otl-N14.44 Ye. of Good Hope, is an extract of a letter . from ty IN Lesiding there on whose authority the strictest k'' t k, t o ° tl a "e Placed.----. Nov. 24, 1838. I have taken the ~,titt kpaansnlit under your charge for Sir John Herschel 11 1 ,,k1c t ,' thatYing aerolite, another portion of an enormous tld, o,exPloded in the department called the Cold 11 ti l : of th vent 112 miles N.N.E. of this place, on the bi:k>.i e largnl3th October, and which for magnitude ranks 4-it,t, , r et e st .0n record of undoubted authority. Judge kt th q, ft 1 7 0 ., lAt s i n ' i ng from circuit, saw it traversing the atmos , ttOt t ,'Po t e ltY miles from the estate where it exploded, , a4;44 tort h qua' to the discharge of some pieces of heavy k L ik, '. , (1 4 ._e great astonishment of the inhabitants, one of li:Yhknj,7l4.4 st rop escape from being destroyed by it. I e `u th e 2ng efforts to secure a piece, said to have made Niitlf:t4agß4nd that would admit a dining table ! This 4t f tist • 4,ated. A man declares the hole is three feet in b o i t !il '4 l tit ua l° to collect information regarding its velocity, t h t 4 l tl 4 y 1 ) 1 •0. 4 ; . &c Another meteor, on Wednesday last, 1 1,,, ai kte ack to•(da,y light) passed over us. I was sitting 44 4 11 aY (I rrh e a :"Idow, when I was suddenly startled by ilNttil h er Ru t , wa indow-frame on the opposite wall, as if the rto, strap 'hioing through it ; at the same instant , if 4 4 :k11! and s r a an ,g uP who was sitting with her face to f, th ieh felt )1 , a body as large as a full moon descend -I,i clf j l / 4 1 ! half mile B. E. direction from us, at a distance Lq t , , r t - 11-,-,. There was no noise exlosion. thtlit4l;4lllol;rithi4L'ltltpeolnY ,s,tarted off in thp .. bne . , but could not th 1, 4 bee 'pond Quid generall happen between Septem t.lN. ei i , e p il a i rt . , l th,:v favors the hypothesis of the earth . 4 r lri 4a _ atln g r., yeah approaching the orbit of a mass or A , j ot , at th e ,„%und the sun. There is a letter from the uktk;/!, witi;a`u,chevold describing the explosion, enclosed ' i4a.ga'z7uatever good authority I could pick up." li c and Naval Chronicle. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. THE RIDDLESWORTH STAKES.—For this event, which takes place on Monday week, with a very seedy field, Lord Jersey's horse was backed last night at 6to lon him. It has since been offered, but no takers., THE CHESTER CUI", MAY 6t eOle keeps firm, Bto 1 being readily aCeePW., Pittfand Lord Siiffield's horse may be considered lialfa point better thin,, We i *fed threm on Friday, as hpth were ,backed to ; day at our figui,6: Healey's gelding was backed at file same time at.loo's Offers are inade to: lay 20 05 I against Col, Peql"a.horse,, Two points less (being an iltnprovemat of t*oY 'have been - pen cilled down on The Drone, recently purchased by Mr.3`.dkik lam, the owner of Modesty. Sir Thomas's horse has been backed at 15 to 1, and afterwards offered. The following are the prices of horses in leading request : THE CHESTER CUP.—P.P. 15 to 2 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole (8 to 1 taken) 9to 1 s , Mr, Ferguson's Harkaway l (tk) 12 to 1 „ Lord WeStininster . m Cardinal Puff (tk) 12 to 1 Captain Berkeley's Caravan (tk) 100 to 7 ggytatn Berkeley's Van Buren (tk) 15 to 1 „ it Thcindi4•Stanley,'s Cowboy (tk) 16 to 1 „ Captain Lamb's Cliit'CW. - <tk 20) 16 to 1 „ Mr. Heseltine's Slashing Harry 18 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklam's The Drone (tk) 20 to 1 „ Col. Peel's lon (off) 20 to 1 „ Mr. Allen's Percy. 20 to 1 „ Mr. T. Walters's Vertumnus (tk) 22 to 1 „ Mr. Barrow's Eaglet. There has been little done to our knowledge oil the Derby. We May qiio6 Bay Middleton 9to 1 (t); 100 to 8 agst Flam beau (t); 15 ci I agst,Ki+litlin (t) ; 20 to 1 ags t T ros • 25 to 1 a„o•st:Lord iynr . to agst Mr. Thornhill's lot (t); 33 to 1 agSt ithinerman (0' 33 to I agst Erin-go-bragh. . • • TATTERSALL'S,* l!lidxliA4: • A great numbei:Ofliorses were comprehended in the busi ness traPsrted, thiaafternopn,; And t in seAreral: cases, at Oda vaiThig fro m those rooted n.' our4st; Brother,O)ioY Mid, dleton was backed with :iPlift n to I and left-,off*teachl3,t at 81 to 1 ; Flambeau was at 15 to 1, but no niohi;rl . *iailaid out upon him. The Dey of Algiers gave his friends a terrible fried fit the early part of the day; 20 to 1 was offered, and "he was lame" wtay the inference drawn as a matter of course ; nevertheless, he rallied in a Sliat tints, and before the books were shut up for the day it would have been cult to get 18 to 1. Kremlin had a strong party in the room : he opentd at 20 to aild f after two or three small sums were laid Out, Nig at *Neil he wa also backed. Tros was b4azid at Al to. I three (Jr four iimog i and was quotable at that . prise until Oar/y half-past si4 f when 24 to 1 ikas betted against , At the , •saine pole the inajority having then-duitted).3( to,l,Wai Offered ,a.gaii,ist the Lord • Mayor, whose haa;previOuay.hevioi:dy . 25 to 1, Zim mermantUti "sable wgEm ;" 30 to I*as taken.(6,x,l'og,iatid the backers would havegdneon. 1 - lisetimimitions, Ef)lilvurus, Accelerator, and Erin-go-Bragh, showed no sign of i m pit ment. Melbourne, brother to Mouche, Dragoman, and Chimborazo, were in considerable favour ; but Meunier will be found to have received a knock-down blow : his fall can not surprise those who have noticed the betting of late. The betting closed at a late hour as follows : THE DERBY. 600 to 109 agst Scott's lot (t) 25 to 1 ~ Sir G. Heathcote ' s lot (t) V to, Thornhill's three (t 30 to 1) to jeEk.y'§ A t 0,114 3, Michileton (t 9 to 1 15 to 1 „ idc of Rnt,ls*:S Flambeau',. 18 to Col. Peers DO of Algiers, (t) . 18 to 1 „ Duke of CleVelAud's Kremlin (t) 1 24 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Tros (t) 25 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Ilderim. 30 to 1 „ Col. Anson's Zimmerman (t) 30 to 1 „ Ld. Westminster's The Lord Mayor 30 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus. 33 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt. 33 td I ~ The Duke of Grafton's iEther. 35 to 1 Lord Lichfield's Gulnare c (t) 35 to I „ l'lnwes!_s Accelerator. 36 to 1 „ Mr. BMWS'S frin=gb-Bragl1, 1 (t) 40 to 1 „ Mr. Batson's bro. to Pleni l io 40 to 1 „ Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomscury (t) 45 to 1 „ Ca.pt. Williamson's Melbourne (t) 45 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Chimborazo 50 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Meunier 50 to 1 „ Mr. Dixon's Camellino (t) 50 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Wapiti (t) 50 to 1 „ Mr. Thornhill's bro. to Mouche (t) 50 to 1 Lord Suffield's Vernon (t) 50 to 1 ~ Mr. G. Clark's Dragoman (t) 1000 td 10 i; Mr. T. Walter's The Deputy (t) 1000 to ID ;, Mr. Theobald names Hamlet (t) 2000 td . TO ;.; Mt. CoOkes's Lady =Day (t) 1000 eN-6zi .and ,Ziplu t errna: B ; 1000 to 500 on Tros against UfilmbOrago (0; 35 to / each against Erin-go-Bragh, Accelerator, and Zimmerman; ta'keri in one bet. THE OAKS. 500 even between the Duke of Richmond's Reel and Ful wer Craven's Deception ,(t). PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.—On Monday evening, in the house of commons, Lord John Russell stated, that none of the bills requiring discussion would be brought on before the Easter holidays. With regard to the factory bill, he pro posed that the Friday after Easter, the 12th of April, should be fixed for its consideration ; and that the ecclesiastical duties and revenues bill should be taken on the succeeding Monday the ,15th of April. RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—During the heavy falls of snow last week s when all the coaches were several hours behind the time, the trains on the Stockton and Darlington Railway arrived at the different stations several minutes before their time.—Sunderland Herald. "THE WISDOM'S IN THE WlG."—The Kent Club, meet ing at the house of James I Roosevelt, Esq., in Park-place, were presented with a curious relic on Saturday night — nothing less, than the wig of the late Lord Chancellor Eldon. It was sent to William Kent, Esq., by a son of the late Sir James Mackintosh. Upon the head of our worthy vice-chan cellor the wig appeared as well as when worn by his lordship. —New York paper. DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE AFGFIAUNS.—When a visitor comes in, the master of the house salutes the party by saying—" Peace be unto you :" to which they answer, " and unto thee be peace." The master of the house then rises, takes the stranger's hand between his own, and addresses him—" You are welcome : -may you often come," &c. The stranger replies, " May you prosper." The masier of the house then points ont a seat to his guest, and when they are seated, inquires after his health, and enters on conversation. These ceremonies are always performed even by the poorest Afghauns ; but when they are over, no people are less cere monious—a certain degree of gravity generally prevails, but it never excludes free and cheerful conversation, and is some times broken in upon by a hearty laugh.—Conolly's Journey to India. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, MARCH 19TH.—The inquiry for most descriptions of goods to-day was equal to that for many weeks past ; but fewer sales were effected, buyers feel ing indisposed to give an advance in proportion to the rise of the raw material ; in addition to which, the choice in the most saleable goods was extremely limited. Plain cloths were in fair demand, and considerable sales were effected. Light tweeds, fancy doeskins, and other fancylwoollens, were sought after; but few are in stock. Those sold realized good prices. Superior fancy waistcoatings continue in demand. 'Wools are firm, and rather inclined to advance. The warehouses are doing a steady, healthful business. REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON.—We have been inform ed in the course of the present week, by an accredited and esteemed correspondent, that "no definite arrangement has been made by the party to which Mr. Cobden belongs for bringing that gentleman forward at the next election." This may be, and indeed we should be rather surprised if any de finite arrangement had been already made, seeing that such an arrangement would be, under the circumstances, exceed ingly premature. We only mentioned the matter as a ru mour, but at the same time we have reason to believe that the rumour is not by any means destitute of foundation.— Preston Chronicle. MILITARY MOVEMENTS—SHOTS FIRED AT THE DUB LIN AND LIMERICK MAIL COACH.—AS the Dublin and Limerick mail coach was passing through the " Murderer's Hollow," near the Curragh of Kildare, on last Monday night, it came nearly in contact with a common car full of armed men. After passing about a 'perch, five shots were fired at the guard, in rapid succession, but fortunately with out effect. We do not suppose that this was a preconcerted attack on the coach, but we are of opinion that some of the midnight militia of Ireland were on their way to the adjoin ing review ground.—Leinster Express. STATE OF TRADE.—There was considerable enquiry for yarn yesterday ; but the spinners having generally demanded an advance somewhat above the late advances in cotton, which the buyers are unwilling to give, the amount of busi ness was limited, but large parcels would have been taken at a trifling reduction upon the prices asked. Printing cloth was in better demand, and an advance of 3d. to 41d. upon the pricei of last week was very readily obtained; but heavi er fabrics continue exceedingly dull. We understand that the working of short time at Stalybridge is'not likely to con tinue beyond this day. Indeed, several of the mills have already resumed full time. — Manchester Guardian. POPISH TREATMENT OF THE BIBLE.—A correspondent, on whom we place every reliance, informs us that, on Sun day last, at the chapel of Killinena, parish of Feakle, county of Clare, the priest publicly denounced the reading of the scriptures, and alluded to a christian friend who lives in that part of the country, by telling his congregation that there was a devil in the neighbourhood, who was trying to seduce the people, as the devil seduced Eve to eat of thelforbidden fruit, by circulating Bibles amongst them, and that he had honey in his lips giving those books, but that he had deadly poison in his heart, and to let the people beware of him as he was a dangerous man, and prayed that the curse of God may at tend any man or woman in that parish who would read a Bi ble or Testament, or even take it in their hands.—Limerick Standard. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—At a meeting of the Protestant inhabitants of Malta, held on the sth instant, an address was presented to Queen Adelaide, expressive of their sincere gra titude to, and high esteem for, Sher majesty, for her most muniflcentzift, to be appropriated to the erection of St. Paul's Church. To this address her Majesty was pleased to return the following gracious reply :—" I thank the Pro testant inhabitants of Malta for their affectionate address. Nothing can he more gratifying to my feelings than to receive the testimony of their gratitude for a work (St. Paul's Church) which will give me so much real satisfaction to undertake. Alfliough far distant when the sacred edifice shall be com pleted, I assure them that my prayers shall be offered up with theirs, that St. Paul's Church may p rove a bl ess i ng and a comfort to themselves and to their posterity." MORECAMBE BAY RAILWAY.—The plans and sections of this gigantic project were deposited at the Clerk of the Peace's office here, previous to the Ist of March, in obedience to the standing orders of parliament, to enable the promoters of the scheme to bring in a bill next session. The engineers employed, and under whose direction the surveys have been made, are J. A. Rastrick, Esq., and J. Hague, Esq., Mr. Hague has given the design for the crossing of the More cambe Bay and the Duddon Sands, and Mr. Rastrick has laid down the line from thence to Maryport, where a junction will be made with the railway now in progress from Maryport to Carlisle. The line is intended to branch off from the Lan caster and Preston railway near the station at Lancaster, and crossing the Lune just above the bridge —passes through the village of Skerton, and enters the Bay of Morecambe at Poul ton ; then stretching across the Bay in a direct line to Leo nard's Point, curves eastward and very near to the ruins of Furness Abbey ; shortly after crosses the Duddon Sands to Hodbarrow Point, in Cumberland, and through the villages of Kirksanton and Sill Croft, winding east for about nine miles, and crossing the river Esk, and on to the port of Ravin glass. From Ravinglass the line runs very near the high water mark all the way to St. Bees, where again leaving the coast, it winds up the valley of St. Bees to Whiteheaven, and directly through the centre of the town. After leaving Whitehaven there will be a tunnel 1320 yard long, (the only one on the line) after which the line again takes nearly the high water mark, and keeping along the coast through Work ington, joins the Carlisle Railway at Maryport. The gradients on the whole line are extremely favourable, the greatest in clination being 1 in 220, and that for only a short distance. From the Lancaster station to Morecambe Bay the cuttings on the line are very trifling, with the exception of that part between Morecambe Bay and Duddon Sands—the surface of the country is very rough, and there are several cuttings from 73 to 82 feet deep. The greatest depth of embankment across the Bay of Morecambe is 45 feet, and varying down to 23 and 24. The Duddon embankment is 26 and 28 feet in the deepest parts. There is intended to be a branch line along the north side of the Bay of Ulverston.—Preston Pilot. WIFS. t.) L . ck, the iny M , n eighbourro iequenc 6 % s ot! oycli los howeie r ' nr ; .verely er altiaja;. ;r for some „ n d 4 o ndaY er ‘e' not wo d rening, 9 4 )m in si je if by the SO ) be avert ev ver. d ng kind in ever,' cter. Sh e ( ember ° Iran Puri esley r mother ,tch the see bin , ' 'hope done l t ,i :ake Bailey up orr oven rcill be ' both ' as ked from for it , even - Dag" ribute B eing , hers GOOD Next Friday being GOOD FRIDAY, the proprietors of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD respecy'ally inform their readers, that the paper will remain on sale at the Office until ten o'clock in the morning, after which hour it may be had at Mr. Arnold's, Post-qffice Place ; at Mr:1 3 010 4 o, 11, Marybone, and of the other News- To " Regularity" appears h'dve mrsdop'stx*cctlip q4ictpreshe alludes to—an application to the COmihittee ,of the room in question would remedy the defect if neceSsait: We would gladly give insertion to the Letter of " A Member of Christ Church," but the character of the reverend gentleman requires no vindication from such a ridiculous charge. " A Correspondent" wishes to know whether the Rev. R. M. Fielded, who occupied a seat on the bench when the rate of assessment for the Monks' Ferry was argued, is ahalter of any shares in that company " Si" comp!ahAiof, , t)*i„Vt t totat)34nd perambulating the neighbOtithood Gteiat Georo 7 *4a,!an4,.`.`,s:Nl)ing the dull ear of night"—hit novel eip.4riinelitswoul4JOUbtless, accomplish the object he desires-- , -We If&-ot not room for his letter. The communication relative to Sunday shaving is postponed for the same reason. Ely Zibtrpooi OtaitNrb, PRID2Ik MORNING, MARCH 22, 1339. .tiie:,' , ,;i:ivafor u M LosTession 6t YOTrta j i e rs t'AAfe We have, in A another place, given copious extracts in:ointnese papers. They present us with no nelfe 4 interest, excepting what relates to the boundary question. As the origin and progress of this dispute may not be generally known, we shall lay before our readers a few facts illustrative of the subject, which we collect from a comnumication recently published in the Times. The Atnerieans , long since discovered the great and iiii . reasing . iahie of 616 hniticuse pine -forests of Maine, aecl if 4 to:C - 1116k afkorded did' noble rivers, which intersect the country in ever 411 1 0.1ibil; foi' rafting timber to the navigable waters. From the time at which this discovery took place, the State of Maine determined that the disputed territory, on which these forests were situated, should ultimately be her own. It suited the purpose of Jonathan, however, not to take immediate and forcible possession of this coveted land. He fdOlt fi more wily course than thus to provoke hos bit the part of dr(Fat &halm For many years past issoiaifort's liaveNrsted Odd& tide of "Maine Land and Lumber COrtiPaYast in 774e* York and other cities of the Union. The prospeetusei of those companies detailed, at considerable length, the low rate at which the land could be purchased, in conse quence of the right to the territory being undecided — the superior description of the lumber with which it alaryrded-:- 7 the vicinity of rivers and lakes practicable for rafts—the giei (MAIM for lumber—and the ra pidity with which the fine forests . worn d t ilsiffitearing, from the whole extent of sea-board. These induce ments produced their intended effect. Shares were taken up, and titles, of some sort or other, to vast tracts of land, within a debateable territory, were ac quired by the speculators. Were this disputed terri tory eventually to be acknowledged as British, the land in question would necessarily become the pro perty of the Crown, and the American " lumber com panies" Would ie stfipped of . ±lll pretension to its pos session. This, however, nothing sladtt of actual and superior force will induce them to submit to. Hitherto the New Brunswick lumberers, not unfre quently in small parties, came into collision with the same class of men from the State of Maine; but these were generally trifling affairs, and, after a few heads had been broken on either side, both parties were satisfied to call a truce, and contented themselves with a temporary partition of the lumber land. The events of the last two winters, however, having greatly inter rupted the labours of the lumberers in the Canadas, increased activity has been given to their trade in New Brunswick; and those same events offering precisely what the Governor, the Legislature, and the people of the State of Maine consider the most favourable oppor tunity of establishing their claims, they have silently but extensively prepared means to attain their object by the strong hand, even at the risk of involving the general Government in a war with Great Britain. The writer in the Times very judiciously remarks— " It is natural for Englishmen to think that, inasmuch as it is decidedly the interest of the two countries to maintain amicable relations, it is therefore very un likely that the American Government will go to war merely because one state of the union might be aggran dized by its successful result. But it must be recol lected that the American Government is utterly power less in repressing, or in any degree controlling, popular movements; and is invariably forced to yield to the will of the masses. Witness the proceedings of the sym pathizing' buccaniers at Prescott and Windsor; and, should the state of Maine persist in the present course, it is easy to furesee what will be the march of events' in the current year. And here it is :—ln the first place, volunteers, supported by the state militia, occupy the disputed territory. Should they come into hostile contact with the British troops, which it would appear can scarcely be avoided, and be defeated, they will be aided by volunteers from Massachusetts, New Hamp shire, Vermont, New York, and, in short, by sympa thizers' from every state of the union. Take up the line of march for Canada,' will then be the cry; and the Cabinet of Washington cannot, if it would, pre vent any one of these proceedings. The French Ca nadians, smarting under their late defeats and losses, and thirsting for revenge, will, it is almost needless to observe, spring to meet any ally who holds them out a promise of overthrowing British authority in the pro vinces." Notwithstanding the apparent readiness of Van Buren, and the executive of the United States, to co-operate with, the British authorities in the attempt to put a stop to the marauding incursions of the people of Maine, there can be very little doubt that a secret wish is entertained, both by the President and the members of Congress, to seize upon the disputed terri tory. We feel confident that nothing effectual will be done with a view to the suppression of hostile proceed ings. The conduct of Van Buren in reference to the scoundrels who invaded Canada from the United States affords the strongest presumptive evidence against the sincerity of his professions. Looking at the atrocious proceedings of the Char- tist agitators, we may well express our surprise that government has not long since sought to vindicate the violated laws of the land. Impunity has only rendered these reckless conspirators more violent in their lan guage, and more daring in their threats. At a meet- ing of the " National Convention," on Monday last, a Dr. Fletcher is reported to have uttered the following dlabolical expressions :—" He would not recommend the use of daggers against the police, as Dr. M`Dowell had, but to have always in their hand a loaded blud geon, and if any of those kind of soldiers of the go vernment, for soldiers they really were, would attempt to molest the person of one of the subjects of the realm, let him use that bludgeon in a manner that should not require a second blow to do its work effec- tually. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He concluded a long address by solemnly saying, that if resistance is necessary to oppose the rural police bill, RESISTANCE THERE WILL BE. (Loud and continued cheering.)" Is such language as this to be tolerated in a civilised country like England ? If any mischief should even tually result from the Chartist movement—if their seditious and inflammatory harangues should produce their intended effects on the minds of the populace— if the significant hints thrown out by the orators of the " national convention" should be acted upcn—no one can for a moment hesitate to charge upon the im beciles now in office the guilt of all the atrocities that may ensue. Coercive measures should long since have been taken for the purpose of arresting the ringleaders in this rebellious combination. But the truth is, that so long as the ministry connive at the Precursor agita tion in Ireland—so long as they extend the shield of their protection over the arch-agitator O'Connell arid his po pish myrmidons--so long will they find it to be neces sary, in order to maintain their consistency, to avoid all interference with the Chartists in their career of insu bordination. It should also be borne in mind, that the whigs set the Chartists an example when they raised the political unions throughout the country, and threatened to march " the men of Birmingham " upon the House of Commons, to enforce the passing of the reform bill. The whigs, if turned out of office, would most readily resort to similar demonstrations of "physical force," if, indeed, they could ever again tin?..!ead in persuading the people of this country that any of their iiitititai nOattnins were necessary or ex pedient. We perceive that the Morning Chro Miele tVdVises the policy of concession in reference to the demands of the Chartists. Concession was advised in the case of the Popish faction in Ireland. But what has concession effected in their case ? Has it conciliated or satisfied than? Has it diminished the stock of their alleged grievabees x Hits )t not rather encouraged them to make rgif and ?note tinteasonlible demands ? What, again; ha's l ii . oheieSsion far:dente fo the claims and complaiia nt Ate' irattilii in Canatiki Did not concession, in th e i r ca concession, aggres sions ? Was it not a prelude to the disturbinhs from which Canada has suffered for the last two years ? Resistance—bold, open, and uncompromising resist ance—is the only safe policy to be adopted in reference to the Chartists, as well as towards all other parties who wish to introduce among us the plague of repub lican instiintinni.• As we intirth : tedion. t Tu'eSday the' conspiracy has received lasf,for the pre sent. The decisive majority on tht which took place on Monday night, cannot fail, we trust, to convince the corn-law delegates of the utter hopeless ness of their cause ; while it will serve to inspire the agricultural interest with increased confidence in the conserMi/e party. Indeed, looking at the reaction in favour Of conservatigti4 which has been the natural re sult of Wn anti:cdritzfa* agi:ta4on g titld of the existence of which we' Have lad a cienithistrAii4 proof in the ease of the North Deftw . deCtion.; we' tan seaftelfperrnit ourselves to give expression to fee fi;igi of regret; that the manufacturers originated the movement *hilt the landed interest. The agitation has been productive of good. It has shown the British and Irish farmers who are their truest friends. Its effects will be perceptible at the next general election, come when it may. The English, Scotch, Welsh, and Irish counties, with only a few &j:eptintit i will return staunch conservatives to the . House on whose fidelity to the trust reposed in them Jost tmhesitating reliance can be placed—men who will not gairiee' th' dearest interests of the country for the sake of a little iriMeihit . popularity. But it is not in the counties alone that these beneficial results will be witnessed. In by far the greater. number of the English and Welsh bo- roughs the conservatives will likewise gain. Most of these boroughs are dependent for their trade and pros perity iipmt the Rh:rounding agricultural population. The interestiS . their thlighitalits are identified with those of the landed propriefafy; drrd of the farmers. The whig-radicals will find to their sorrow confu , sion, that a great majority of these boroughs will re- turn conservatives. Under these circumstances we heartily congratulate the public on the signal victory obtained over the scheming; gelfleh l and monopolising anti-corn-law delegates. We &Stied tin& their plots have been so completely frustrated. fkit tore especially do we congratulate the people of Ireland ttp'efa the issue of the debate in the House of Csmmons. frefand, if possible, has a greater interest than even England has in the protection afforded by the present corn-laws to the agriculturist. Ireland is more exclusively an agri cultural country than England is. She is dependent, lin a great measure, upon England for the supply of manufactured goods, and is, therefore, one of the very best customers which the manufacturers of Great Bri tain possess. A few facts ; elicited in the course of the late debate, will serve to prove the truth of our asser tions. During the ten years which intervened between 1824 and 1835, the increase in the importation of woollen cloth from England to Ireland was from 3,384,918 yards, in the former period, to 7,884,000 yards, in the latter. Also, in the article of cottons, while the importation from England was only 4,996,885 yards in 1825, in 1835 it had increased to 14,172,000 In 1835 Ireland exported agricultural produce to the amount of £12,083,558, and took back British manu factures to the value of £10,918,459. And yet, in the face of all this, we find O'Connell and his tail voting with the anti-corn-law faction. Surely the people of Ireland cannot be so stupidly blind as to trust such men in future ! By the rejection of Mr. Villiers' motion a contem plated act of robbery, to which history presents no parallel, has been prevented. The anti-corn-law dele gates wished, for the sake of realising their own selfish ends, to plunder the landed interest of a sum which would more than pay off the whole of the national debt ! As was very truly remarked by the Earl of Mountcashel, it is calculated that the whole value of the landed property in Great Britain and Ireland is £3,258,000,000. Now, it may be fairly assumed that the repeal of the corn-laws would be followed by a fall of one-third in the rents, which, at twenty years' pur chase, would amount to upwards of £1,000,000,000. Such is the enormous amount of the plunder involved in the repeal of the corn laws ! What would the ma nufacturers think of a proposition to deprive them of one-third of their capital at one fell swoop ? What would they think of the honesty, not to say anything of the modesty of such a proposition ? Would our worthy friend Joshua Walmsley agree to such an ex periment ? "Would he submit patiently to be fleeced in such a wholesale manner ? If he would not, he need not feel surprised that the landed proprietary should come forwards to defend themselves against an act of spoliation as unparalleled in its extent as it would be unprincipled in its nature. But though the anti-corn-law delegates have been so signally defeated, the landed proprietors and farmers of Great Britain and Ireland must still continue to be on the alert, and narrowly watch the future move ments of the conspirators. In their fracas with the city, the whigs have scrupulously courted a renewal of Sheridan's celebrated sarcasm of build ing up a wall to run their own heads against. —Morning Herald. BEER SHOPS.—This evening Lord Brougham will move the second reading of his bill ' to repeal in part the beer act." The lords have been ordered to be specially summoned on the occasion. The Marquis of Tweeddale, whose daughter, Lady Eliza beth Hay, is about to form a brilliant alliance with the Mar quis of Douro, was severely wounded in the peninsular war, where his lordship served as aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington. • WHIG MAXIM.—Take cure before you leave office to make enemies of all who ever were your friends ; there is a high mindedness in this, as it will save you in your fall from any thing like vulgar sympathy. What a precious state must our legislature be reduced to when a soap-boiler (in France, under similar circumstances, it was a butcher) tries his hand at subverting the best part of our ancient constitution, and our subservient ministers quietly permit him to do so, an d allow themselves to b ecome his cats'-paws.—Morning Herald. STILL LIFE AT SALISBURY.—In an address from Mr. Brodie, one of the members for this place, to his constituents upon the subject of the corn laws, he states himself to be in almost total ignorance of their opinions upon the question, adding, " You have sent me no petitions, either for or against the repeal of those laws ; nor has a single constituent favoured me with his written opinion." THE LIVERPOOL STEAMER.—The day appointed for the departure of the Liverpool from New York to this port, was originally the 7th, but we learn, by the England, that by a subsequent arrangement, she was to be detained until the 9th so that we can scarcely expect her to-day. She may, how ever, be looked for tomorrow; and will, most likely, bring us some further important intelligence relative to the disputed possession of the territory claimed by the New Brunswickians and the Mainites. DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. M I LDMAY.—We regret to announce the death of this lady, from the effects of her clothes having caught fire a few days ago. At first it was hoped that the injuries sustained were not of a serious cha racter, but when the bandages and the remains of the burnt clothes were removed, the worst apprehensions were imme diately entertained, and in a short time the unfortunate lady departed this life. She was the daughter of Lord Ashbur ton, and will be long regretted by a very numerous circle of relatives and admiring friends.—Morning Herald. THE LANCASHIRE LISTS OF MEMBERS FOR COMMIT TEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. —By a return ordered to be printed by the House of Commons on the 7th instant, the following are declared to be the Lancashire lists for the present session :—North Lancashire, the members for North and South Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and West Cumberland ; and the members for the boroughs of Lancaster, Preston, Blackburn, Clitheroe, Wi gan, H al i fax, Huddersfield, Kendal, and Liverpool.—South Lancashire, the members for both divisions of the county, Cheshire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire, and for the boroughs of Man chester, Salford, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldh am , Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Wigan, Liverpool, Warringt on , Chester (city), Stockport, and Leeds. BOROUGH POLICE.—We take from a parliamentary return, just published, the following items, exhibiting the cost of police, in various large and populous boroughs, for the year 1837 : X. s. d. X. s. d. Liverpool.... *17560 19 9 Leeds Bristol B7BO 6 3 Hull (watch com.) 4135 19 7 Bath 7183 10 4 I Nottingham .... 2998 8 10 We add the sums expended for police in several smaller boroughs in this neighbourhood : s. d. Chester (watch)l37o 7 2 Preston ..... Lancaster 3ll 19 54 Stockport Macclesfield 499 17 9 Wigan ....... Newcastle-under- Lyme * In addition to rates received. s. d. 782 12 10 ... 1044 6 9 • 538 15 0 INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND bumi. The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends to this admirable institution was held on Tuesday, in the Lecture room of the Royal Institution. The spacious theatre was well filled, particularly beneath the gallery. Amongst the gentlemen present we observed Richard Rathbone, Esq., Samuel Sandhath, Esq., William Corner, Esq., and several others Of the leaditig • gentlemen of the town, with several clergymen: ty far the fiat& propOrtion of the auditory consisted of /a dies; dlie are ever foremost In all works of benevolence. The FieV.: Iteetide eXiaisti,t, was called to the chair. At his request, Mr. RAD CLIFFE rea d th e re port, Whi c h 'cat te . tne follow ing effect :—" The committee expressed their sltiVa'etion at the highly improved state of the institution, and expressed their conviction that it might at length be said fully to angwer the benevolent purposes for which it was designed. Mr. Rhind's exertions continued unabated, and his devotion to the duties of his office were, in every respect, gratifying to the coilimittee. The fruits of his labours were perceptible in the tegfilat deem - lance, and rapidly increasing intelligence and know/edge, of the pupils ; and the committee were in duced to linpe that the instittitiOti was rising, as it deserved, in public' estinial . :;ioli, and interest, the Number of visitors having increasetrti' 70, deing fhe last year, from 560 the previous year. The appliCatitei:s' for admigsien for children were, the report s t a t e d, so hinnerOinf al to' eiteect the power of accommodation." Mr. RIIIND (the preceptor of the inStitlitieh) expressed his hope that he had succeeded in rendering religiois in struction attractive and intelligible to the pupils, and fixing religious impressions in their minds. He mentioned one instance of the power of conscience in one of the pupils, who hating told an untruth, was compelled, not by the fear of deteciitat: for there were no means of detecting him, but by the uneasine.!!.! - he felt under an inward conviction of his fault, to make a folrartary and unsolicited confession, and express hiss' Contrition'. Mr: Rifil.ip* Wai much Pleased Oh the progress which the pupils w4re.iiiaking articulation, ail 4 the increa s ed in terest Which it gave them the course' of their tuition he had informed tole' Couunifiee that they Seethed to take the greatest delight in th ei r stnAtes",, and that cheerfulness and animation had succeeded their Minkel- ihiareitt listlessness and apathy. , . The examination of the pupils in the Royal List:Wien at the preceding annual meeting having appeared satisfactory to the public, the committee had thought it advisable to repeat it this year, and trusted that it would excite an in creased public interest in the welfare of the institution. The feptlrt contained a list of the names of the pupils who had been admitted sitiee the date of the last report. The number of children in the school in December, 1837, was 49. ' AdMitted since 8. Left the khoOl 5, The numb er a t pre sent urideitAitibn seas 52:. One inindred and twenty pupils have been admiit4d SincetheestahlishMent of the Institution, upwards of 70 of tvhtiiii' liagi44 Shared in the benefits con ferred by it, are now usefull? en:toll:Ted in profitable occupa. tions. The report further set &rib that of those no w i n the school, 29 we re d a y sc h o l ars , viz. '22 bokS, 17 girls, and 22 boarders, viz. 17 boys and 5 girls. One was a private Forty-five of the whole number were educated gratnittiougly. The number of applications ha,ving considerably exceeded the power of accommodation, and the present premises being inconvenient and confined, the committee made application to the Town Council, for a grant of land in a more airy part of the town, and were happy to inform the subscribers that their application had met with a kind and liberal reply, by a emit of 2011t9 square yards, on the site of the Old Botanic Garden' adcf the reversion of the lease of the p res e n t pre mises. The committee were antions publicly to acknowledge their gratitude to the TWA' Connell fey' this liberality, but must impress on the stibseillkil that if Would be of no avail, unless it were met by a correSPondfrig liberality on the part of the public, and they confidently hoped` and trusted that a sufficient number of benevolent individuals Wentd be found to communicate of their superfluity, to the crying ne cessities of those who by the mysterious decrees of an in scrutable providence, seemed left so entirely depend en t u p on the charitable care of their fellow creatures, for the enjoy ment of common blessings of creation and redemption. Mr. Dawson having read a statement of the accounts, Mr. - .l3ttleke seconded by Mr. A. Smith, moved the adop tion of the refient, and that it should be printed and circulated. The Rev. Chairman' laid, he would call attention for a few moments to one part of the repofkpartieularly as he had the honour and happiness to see before him St/ Many ladies. He knew that they were the best beggars they have. The portion of the report, to which he alluded, was the last chause. The rev. rector, here read over the whole of the last para graph of the report. It was not necessary for him to take pains to impress on the minds of those present the necessity of doing all in their power, to benefit the objects before them. He knew they were deeply interested in their welfare, and would do all in their power c , to rescue them from the misery te Which they were otherwise so hopelessly condemned. It would ritut take at least £4OOO, or perhaps £4500, to erect a suitable building. They hoped to; get 4'2000 for the present premises, for part of which they were nlso Indebted to the Town Council. The lease Was originally granted for an In stitution for the Deaf and Dumb, and if was stipulated, that if it were used for any other purpose, the frase was to revert back to the corporation. The Council had, however, kindly granted them the reversion of the lease, thus enabling them to sell the premises, which, as he had stated, would probably bring £2OOO. They would still want £2500, for which they would have to apply to the public, and be thought they ought not to apply in vain. _ _ Mr. WAirsoN mentioned that the books were then at the doors, in which, those that thought proper might enter their names as subscribers. He had pleasure in stating that, be fore the commencement of the meeting, he had received names and subscriptions to the amount of £195. The Rev. REctou, having announced that the business of the annual meeting was emieluded, quitted the chair. Mr. RHIND, the able and respected preceptor of the insti tution, then stepped upon the platform, and said if he had chosen for himself he should rather have shrunk from the task which he was then about to undertake, but as he consi dered that he had been placed in his present situation by di vine providence, he did not feel himself at liberty to with draw. He should not trouble them with any minute exami nation, but should first call a few pupils from each class. Mr. Rhind then called up six pupils of his lowest class. He struck the ground with his foot to excite their attention, explaining that though they could not hear, their sense of feeling was exceedingly acute. When he struck the floor with his foot their attention was called by the vibration which the action produced. Mr. Rhind proceeded to detail briefly the process by which the teachers of the deaf and dumb first impressed the minds of their pupils. They commenced, he said, with subjects of which they had familiar or general no tions. These were generally nouns or the names of things which they had constantly under their attention. In these instructions they were assisted by a book of engravings. The second class, or a portion of it, was then called up, These, Mr. Rhind said, had been about two years under tui tion. They showed a remarkable aptitude of comprehension, and conversed with their master with the utmost ease. He put them a number of questions relative to matters on which general information is necessary, such as the nature of wood, coal, &c. They answered him in writing, very readily, and in well constructed sentences. The examination of the first, or principal class, occupied a considerable time, yet the master evidently cut the process as short as possible, from a fear of wearying the auditory. Mr. Rhind said, very frequent enquiries had been made as to whether the pupils were educated in the Holy Scrip tures. The best proof which he could give that this point was carefully attended to was, by asking questions on Scrip ture subjects. He should have been happy to have shown the attainments of the children in scriptural geography, but he feared the time would not allow it. Mr. Rhind commenced his examination by inquiries re specting the history of Moses, framing his questions in such a manner as, if possible, to mislead his pupils. To all his questions they gave prompt, brief, correct, and proper an swers, evincing not merely a general, but a minute and pro found knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. The number of questions put and answers given, in a brief space of time, was immense, the discourse by sins being carried on with the utmost rapidity. Having questioned the pupils on many parts of Scripture history, Mr. Rhind proceeded with other queries respecting religion. From the elder of two girls he de manded, " What is sin ?" She immediately wrote, "It is the transgression of the law of God." He next asked, " What is grace ?" She wrote, " Grace is the free favour of God to the undeserving, or unmerited kindness to the un worthy." He asked from a boy, whose name he stated to be Richard Williams, " What is prayer, and why do you pray ?" The answer to the first question was given in signs, that to the second was written as follows : " It is our duty to pray to God, because he preserves us, and we are in continual need of his protection." " But," said the master, "we need something more than his protection." The lad immediately added, " assistance ; " and, seeing that hi s mas t er ex p ec t e d something more, h added, " and blessing." The master next asked the meaning of eternal. The pupils described repeated circles in the air with the forefinger, as the sign to express this idea. He asked the meaning of everlasting, in reply to which they repeated the same significant sign. " What is the differencF between eternal and everlasting?" asked the master, making the requisite signs. The elder girl took upon herself to answer the question : she wrote, Eternal means time without beginning, and everlasting, time without end." " What is life ?" asked the master. Each of the pupils, with the exception of the girl above mentioned, laid a hand over the heart ; the girl had recourse to the crayon, and wrote, " Life is the state of actual ex istence, and death is the cessation of existence, or the sepa ration of the soul from the body." At this juncture several df the ladies present expressed a desire to hear a specimen of the articulation of some of the deaf and dumb. Ralph Perry was called forward. Mr. Rhind explained the utility of teaching the pupils to articulate, and the process by which it was accomplished, repeating his in vitation, to those who wished to see more than could be that morning displayed, to visit the institution. He stated, that the boy Ralph Perry was by no means the most perfect in the acquirement of which he was about to give a specimen. Mr. Rhind asked the lad his name, informing the auditors that he (the pupil) understood the import of any common question, when slowly repeated, by the motion of the lips. The boy instantly repeated, " My name i s R a l p h P erry. " The pupils next underwent a brief examination in geo graphy, with which they proved themselves to be exceedingly familiar. The next examination was in arithmetic. Here the pupils evinced extraordinary progress. Their facility and powers of calculation were such as to surprise every one. Specimens of writing and drawing were then handed round to the company, and seeped to be much admired, especially those of the private pupils. Mr. Rhind concluded the examination by reading several interesting extracts from the exercises of the pupils, wherein they gave accounts, to their masters, of their feelings and ideas on the occurrences that were daily passing under their observation. The examination, throughout, was highly cre ditable both to the master and his pupils, as well as most interesting to those who attended the meeting. The French steam-boat of Hamburg, Captain Vasse, has arrived here to-day from Havre. Farther down in the Elbe it had to contend with the accumulation of floating ice which was much increased by the frost last night. The English steam-boat Rob Roy, from Hull, which likewise was coming up the Elbe, was obliged by the shallowness of the water to put back at Slade, and is at anchor below Gluckstadt. Ships that have much draught can neither come up to the city nor leave it, on account of the floating ice and the shallowness of the water.—Hamburg Borseuhalle, March 15. CAUTION.—We have been requested to caution our friends the conservatives, against giving the slightest encouragement to a fellow who is traversing the country in the garb of a Polish jew, offering for sale steel pens and sealing wax, and who never fails to exhibit his gratitude for any favours which they may bestow, by pouring forth a torrent of round abuse of their party and principles. He carries with him in Liverpool a list of all the leading merchants, arranged under the heads of "tories" and "liberals," and professes to carry a written recommendation to them from the mayor, Hugh Hornby, Esq. He is of course an impostor, and utterly unworthy of sympathy from any persons of rightly constituted minds, whatever may be their political predilection. THE NEW YORK PACKET-SHIP ENGLAND. — This packet which arrived at this port on Tuesday, sailed in company with the London packet, Philadelphia ; the Havre packet, Jowa ; and the ship Josphine, for this port. The England made Bardsey Island in fourteen days and eight hours from Sandy Hook. Since that period she has experienced a suc cession of heavy gales fi om the eastward. On Saturday last, she exchanged signals off Bardsey, with the ship Grace Brown, for this port, and saw a large fleet bound up channel. The following is a list of the cabin passengers by the England : Alexander S. Ryley, Esq. of New York ; William S. Alley, Esq. ditto ; Edward Hughes, Esq. ditto; Count St. Leon ; Thomas Swanton, Esq., Boston ; William Churchill, Esq. ditto ; and Miss A. Waite and servant, New York. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -TUESDAY. BREAKI I 26 liV ' T'O'A DWELLING-HOUSE, AND THREATENING TO SHOOT IN'HATES.—COMMITMENT OF ORR OF THE SUSPECTED ON Aiith'illEß CHARGE. On Tuesday last, four young men, named Thomas Cooke, John Sale, William Mclllroy, and John Linacre, all known to the police-officers to be of bad character, were placed at the bar of the police-office under the follinving circumstances. Mr. Dowling stated, that on Friday night feast, Mr. Robin son's house, in Mill-street, was entered by some person or persons by the coal-cellar grating, and the prisoner* have been apprehended on suspicion of having one or all been codceriml. The two Misses Robinson are present, and would statethe facts. One of them said, that in the night in ques tion she and her sister and mother had gone to bed in the same room, and about half-past ten o'clock up to about twelve she thought she heard occasionally a noise of some one in the house.- At the latter hour she roused her mother and sister. The Itter stated that she and her mother rose and went to examine the house, when they saw a man, with a dark lantern in one hand' and' a pistol in the other. He presented the pistol at them, and said, " If you don't hold your noise I'll shoot you all." She theught the man was the prisoner John Sale, now at the bar. If he was amongst them that was the man. Mr. Hall here said that such- identifica tion was far too vague to be proceeded upon, and the wit ness, who is short sighted and wore spectacles, again looked at the men intently from the witness-box, but could give no positive statement of her belief. She was then requested to s go nearer to them, and to look at each of them without her glasies, , which she did not wear on the night i n ques ti on ; and at heFown suggestion the prisoners were ordered to but ton their eoats' close up, and to put on their hats. After gazing at each of theinfor a considerable time, she said she thought that the man vilts' either Sale or another whom she pointed out. Her testimony being, therefore unavailing, the case was necessarily dismissed as against all the prisoners ; but they were detained, at the instance of Mr. Dowling, there being another charge against one of them, Mclllroy. An elderly man, named Johnson, being sworn. said that on the night of the 25th February, while he was on his way from Edge-hill towards Toxteth-park, and had reached a vacant piece of ground near the end of Stanhope-street, when he was stopped, maltreated, and robbed by three men. The prisoner was one of them. He (witness) took particular no { tice of him as he sat on his breast, while the others kicked him and robbed him. They took from him a half-sovereign, a sixpence; and some copper, and finally stripped him of his coat, waists•OV,-,handkerchief, and shoes, which they carried off. He gave infOeination to the police at the time, but the prisoners were not ft und until Monday night. None of the money or wearing apparel *av found in possession of any of them ; but it is remarkable, tlyati on the prisoner Mclllroy was found a polished iron tobacco box, which witness bad not enumerated amongst the articles taken., but which was_ in his waistcoat pocket at the time. This he identified before he saw it again, as having engraved on it the " Oddi Fello w ' s Arms." He also picked prisoner out amongst eight, in the bridewell yard, as one of the gang who robbed him. As he could not identify any of the other prisoners at the bar they were dismissed, and McElroy was fully committed for POCKET PICKING. This offence has become so frequent that scarcely a day has passed, for aE week past, in which one or more instances of it are not brought helot® Mr. Hall at the Police-office. Amongst the commitments arc the fbllowing:—On Wednesday Wm. McQuirk, for three months to the House of Correction ; John Duffey for one month, and Jartieg Duffey for fourteen days. On Thursday (Yesterday) John Fogg, John Shenahan, and John Garvic, each three months to the Howe of Correction. THURSDAY. SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZZLE WENT. Yesterday, James Yowd, who had recently been in the efri ploy of Mesprs. Wm. Rathbone and Co., was placed at the bar of the Police-court under the following charge :—Mr. James Powell, a partner in the firm, stated, that the prisoner had been employed as Custom-house clerk, and, as such, was intrusted with certain sums to be paid, on account of the concern, at the Custom-house and Excise- office, and was also authorised to receive satfts that might be payable. He (pri soner) was required, by the rules of the establishment, to balance his cash-book once a month, and was allowed a few days beyond the first of each month to make up his balance, as inaccurracies might sometimes arise, which it would re quire some time to discover. He had to balance his cash at the beginning of the year, and had made up his cash book to 31st December ; but had not debited himself, or accounted for a sum of £66 and odd, which he had received at the Cus tom-house, being the amount of a debenture due, and a re ceipt for Whieli he (Mr. Powell) gave to the prisoner. There was also a deficieney of £l6 and odd on another. Mr. Brown, cash-keeper to Mesas: Rathbone and Co. received the prison er's cash-hok from him ontlae 15th January. It was balanced up to the 31st December, inclusive, the day on which he had re ceived the money at the Custom-honse. The prisoner had re ceived other money from witness for current expenditure in the interim, between the 31st December and the 15th January. Mr. Powell here added, that the prisoner ab sconded after the 15th January, and that he had been called for at the house where his wife and family lived, and a request left that he would come to the office and explain his conduct; but he never made his appearance. He was at length seen ; on board of a vessel, by one of the clerks, and a clue was thus furnished to his apprehension. Mr. Holt, excise -officer, stated that he paid the amount of the debenture to the pri soner, £67 Os: sd. (There was a deduction for a stamp paid by the prisoner of ss. 6d.) The prisoner said that he lost two £5O notes in the month of August: that he had taken other money, from time to time, to make it up, and the debenture money was taken to make it up.. He expected some money in Manchester, and if he had got it, he should have made it up. He was committed for trial at the sessions. ROBBERY OF A FATHER BY HIS SON. — Yesterday, Pa trick Marsh, Mary Ann Marsh, his wife, and Jane Johnson, were placed before Mr. Hall on a charge of robbery. It ap peared that the male prisoner was charged with robbing his father, who is a pawnbroker, in Dublin, of a considerable quantity of plate, watches, jewellery, money, &c., with which he had absconded, with the intention of going to America from this port. The prisoners were together when apprehended, and six of the watches were found upon the man, and another and a gold chain upon his wife. It was ordered by the bench that they should be sent by the first conveyance (yesterday evening) to Dublin, to abide the result. THE DOCK COMMITTEE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Are there such things as mercantile associations in our good old town, when the affairs of the docks are so miserably mismanaged ? If there are, is it not high time that they should look after their interests, and the interests of those whose representatives they are ? Are the affairs of the docks—the medium of our commerce—to be quietly re signed into the hands of men who have given, on more than one occasion, evidence of their total unfitness to manage them ? Where are the merchant commissioners, who are sent to the Dock-board by the rate-payers, to look after their interests ? It is true they form but a minority ; yet their talents and business habits fully qualify them to coun teract the mischief and even ruin that may ensue from the imbecility—the shameful jobbing of those who at present form the majority at the board. There will soon, I understand, be a vacancy for a com missioner, and I hope the rate-payers are prepared to put iri no one but a man on whom they can rely—a man of firm ness of purpose, who will not be cajoled and silenced by the smiles of his radical coadjutors, nor be their tool in helping. them to carry out their ulterior projects. Such a man must not be again invested with such momentous trusts. The very existence of our merchants' privileges is now threatened from enemies on all sides. Our Cheshire neigh bours need not he alluded to, I have only to refer to the threatened dangers of trials nearer at home. Look at the advertisements of the Harrington Dock Company, now going the rounds of the papers, and of others about to appear. If these things do not open the eyes of our merchants, nothing will. What has led to all this?—why the miserable mismanage ment of the incapables at the Dock-board, and the dissatis faction that has arisen therefrom, many of whom having little or no stake—and, as it was well said by a gentleman, the other day, in the council—" have not the length of them selves in land in the town," and some of whom do not pay twenty shillings a year in dock-rates. What have these men done since they came into office ? They have placed the attorney of the Reform Association in the office of solicitor, of whose fitness let recent events in parliament speak. They sent, a short time ago, one of their party,—a very needy fellow,—a little out at elbows,—into Scotland, to sell a stone quarry that these wiseacres held there. They might have found some one on the spot to have disposed of it, but that would not be providing for one of the many hungry fry by whom their ranks are at all times so well filled. This man,—one 'Wylie,—was sent upon this pre cious mission,, upon wages in amount that would make him, if such a metamorphosis were possible, a gentleman, equal to, if not above, the income of any of the lairds in the dis trict. They have discontinued their support of the telegraph, to the great loss and inconvenience of the port ; and though economy is always in their mouths, they have not lowered the dock rates one farthing,—whilst they have increased the debt. Well may they shrink from giving publicity to their pro ceedings, and from allowing reporters to enter their secret chamber : the deeds done there were not,—they know it full well,—fit to meet the public'eye. Should not the rate-payers immediately call a meeting to bring the subject of the dock management before the public, with the view of applying to parliament for a revision of the trust, and of getting the management into their own hands' That the merchants have power to do this is quite certain. I understand that the Dock Cominittee have appointed a sub-committee, to go into some matters, with the professed object of adopting some mode of expediting the discharge of vessels : but this, I suspect, i s on ly w ith th e d es i gn o f delay, and I predict that their deliberations will end in doing no thing. If they really desig ne d t o a d op t measures with avowed object, why not at once follow out the recommenda tion of a sub-committee, appointed in the month of May last, for the purpose " of giving increased facilities and des patch to the loading and discharging of vessels ?" lam told that their system of doing business, within their closed dooi* is perfectly childish and amusing, if such a term can with propriety be applied to any thing of so much consequence' in its results to the all-important subject of the trade of this town. Plans upon plans are called for, and sub-committee upon sub-committee appointed, without their acting upOn the one, or adopting the recommendations of the other. The: former, without ceremony, are thrown on one side, and the , suggestions of the latter are never attended to. I earnestly intreat our merchants to look well to their own affairs, and to rescue them from " the miserable and un worthy hands into which they have fallen," before it is too late. If the trade of the place should be driven away. for want of proper accommodation, it will be long, very long, before it can be brought back again. A WELL-WISHER TO THE PORT. LIVERPOOL REFERENCE OFFICE.—We perceive, from an advertisement in another column, that Mr. Myles has under taken the management of the old-established reference office, at No. 6, Wood-street, where, we have no doubt, he will meet with the same extended patronage which has been hitherto bestowed upon the institution. —See Advt. LIVER THEATRE.—We beg to remind the public that this evening terminates the present season at the 'Liver Theatre. When we add, that Mr. Raymond takes his benefit on the occasion, we feel confident that the house will be crowded. No one better deserves " a bumper." RURAL POLICE.—We believe that the report of the com missioners appointed to inquire into the propriety of esta blishing a rural police will very shortly be laid before parlia ment. The report is very voluminous, and contains a great body of evidence ; and although its recommendations have not yet transpired, we believe we may venture to state, that the commissioners have suggested that a paid constabulary be established in any county, riding, or division, under the control of the magistrates of the district, provided they, or the guardians of the poor, or a certain portion of the inhabi tants, shall apply to the police commissioners for that pur pose ; and that the expense of such force is to be paid partly out of the county rate and partly out of the consolidated fund. —Ministerial paper. THE MURDER AT HAYES.—The coroner's jury assembled to inquire into the circumstance attending the death of Mr. Joseph Alsop,the unfortunate young gentleman who was stab bed on the 9th instant by Mr. Francis Hastings Medhurst, his fellow-pupil, at the Rev. F. Sturmer's, Wood-end-green, Hayes, have returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Medhurst," and were unanimous in coming to the resolution : —" That the conduct of Mr. Sturmer are highly reprehensi ble in not interfering to prevent the altercation between the parties, as such interference might have prevented the un happy consequences which have ensued." INQUESTS. SUDDEN DE ATH. —Yesterday an adjourned inquisition was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on view of Peter Wilkinson, a joiner, aged 29, and a ringer of St. Peter's Church bells. The deceased had, on the night of Wednes day, been invited to accompany some musical friends to go throngh'the Vauxhall-road distillery, with the Excise officer, and to take with him his hand bells. He complied with the invitation, and was particularly elated throughout the even ing. He was a sober man, but had drank a little when there- On leaving the distillery, at about three in the morning, his, friends remarked that he appeared to be ill, and one of them said, " Peter, you are going to have a fit." lie said that he felt curious, and he became so ill that his companions car ried Mm to within a short distance of his own house, in Mea dow -stmt. They then placed him on the ground, and one of them roused his wife to procure some water. He was shortly after carried into the house, and medical assistance .was sent for ; but before a doctor arrived he expired. Mr. Bradshaw, surgeon, gave it as his opinion that the deceased died from the suffusion of blood on the spinal sheath, which he believed to have been caused by disease, and not from drink or violence. Verdict, " Natural death." A CHILD BURNED. —Same day, an inquest was held on view of the body of Edward Jones, about three years old, son of Edward Jones, Horser-court, Cavendish-street. On Wednesday three weeks, deceased got upon a three-legged stool to reach an orange f rom th e c hi mney piece, and in getting off, pulled down upon himself a pan of boiling water, by which he was so much scalded tnat he died on Monday last. Verdict, " Accidental death." DEATH BY DRONING.—Same day, an inquest was held on view of the body of Johnson, gardener to Mrs. Southern, near the Dingle, whose body was found floating in the river, near the Potteries. It appeared , probable that the deceased, on his way home at night, had mistaken the road, and fallen into the water. Some money was found upon him. Verdict, " Found dro wne d." THE LATE HIJIULICANE.—An inquest was held on the same day, on view of the body of John Jones, the younger. The body of the de cease d was observed, floating in the river, by a boatman named Stokes, from on board the ship Ed w i n, opposite Egremont, on Wed nes d a y, and was by. him taken to Scacornbe, and given in charge to a police cfficer. John Jones, a master mariner, recognised the body as being that of his son, who was master.of the flat Titus, which sailed from Liverpool on the 6th January, (th'e day . before the storm) for the river Dee. The flat, he added, was lost in the storm. Verdict—`• Found dr0wned.".;,,,,,,„_,,,,, DEAFNESS.—We beg to refer our readers to an advertise ment of Mr Hep Worth, whose successful practice as an aurist in Leeds has gained for him great celebrity ;‘ and so satisfactory and respectable are the Credentials - we have seen, as well as the references he can give to two gentlemen of this town, that we heSitate not to recommend our deaf friends to avail themselves of his advice, MELANCHOLY DISASTER ON BOARD THE ST. DAVID STEAM VESSEL. - Nuriffiroiierroneous rumours having found circulation relative to the late disastrous voyage of the St. David, from Newry to this 'port, we deem it but justice to the spirited proprietors of that vessel, and also to her com mander to supply a succient statement of the facts, as deduced from the evidence given by the witnesses (including some of the cabin passengers) at the inquisition held' on view of the bodies of three unfortunate individuals who lost their lives, before Mr. Curry, arid a reSpectable jury':—The St. David left Newry for 'Liverpool at ten o'clock on Saturday night, with passengers; and a general cargo, including 71 head of cattle, and about 200 pigs. She had on board three cabin passengers, and one hundred deck passengers. Shortly after her departure, it came - on to blow heavily, and about three o'clock on the following morning, the wind increased to nearly a perfect hurricane. About one o'clock next after noon, (Sunday,) the vessel was found to be about six miles off the Isle d Man, and at that time about 50 of the cattle had died of Cold and exprisure to the weather, the sea making a clear breach over them. The dead bodies of the beasts were thrown overboard, and the captain finding that the vessel was making much water, the rest of the cattle, with the exception of one, were also thrown overboard, as well as many of the pigs. During all this period of suffering the captain was unremitting in his exertions to presserve the passengers from the effects of the gale, and to ad minister in every possible way.to their comfort and relief, both mental and bodily. There were on board about fifty females, and forty children, all of whom he had stowed away in the cabin, the forecastle, and other parts of the vessel where `they could be accommodated ; and the other passengers (males) who remained on deck were, covered with a tarpaulin, as a Protection froM the cold and wet. Three of those so left on deck, one named Charles Murphy, another Patrick Turley, and another, name unknown; perished in the course of Sunday from the inclerriency of the weather, and the action of the sea 'instantly breaking over them. It further appeared in evidence, that the St. David had no t b y , any means a - full tar go ,or more persons on board than her usual complement ; that indeed, she had many times taken a greater number of passengerS with perfect safety. The casualty was, therefore, to he attributed solely to the severity of the hurricane, and the intense coldness that accompanied it; and the verdict of the jury was to the effect "that the deceased died from the cold, and exposure to the sea breaking over them on board the St. David ; and that their bodies were afterwards brought to Liverpool." The last clause of the verdict confirmed Mr. Curry's jurisdiction as coroner on the occasion. It is but justice to the captain of the vessel, to add, that he never himself quitted the deck, except during the short period when he was humanely engaged in placing the females and children below decks. PROTESTANT INSECURITY IN IRELAND. (From the Dublin Evening Packet.) " NEITHER PROTESTANT LIFE NOR PROTESTANT PRO PERTY ARE SECURE IN THIS COUNTY."—SIigo Journal. These words are reported by the paper just quoted as hav ing been used by a Whig (acting) judge in the Record Court of Sligo, on Wednesday last, while referring to the claim of a Protestant, named Lilly, for the malicious burning of his dwelling-house. This is surely an extraordinary declaration, and, what is scarcely less extraordinary, though coining from an expectant convert to the doctrines of Whiggery, it is per fectly true. Indeed, - the learned functionary might have gone a little further, 'and, instead of " this county," have fairly said this country. Not a single. week now Passes over our heads in Ireland, scarcely a single day, without bringing to light some practical development of 'a dark .conspiracy against the lives Of if4"PrOt es ta n t inhabitants. ,Let the reader only turn to the account of a murderous attack upon the Rev. Mr. Beresford (copied from the Leinster Express), which appears in our columns thi s evening. clergyman of the name whos e lif e has been attempted in Ire land during the last nine months. Just Heayeß, l yilie.,se is all this to end ! Better that the Protestant clergy pf.4e - eountry were at once told to submit to decimation thitu .to,be thus handed over to the tender mercy of a capricious tbongh un relenting tyranny. In the one case they might-hare been able to make some disposition of their worldly. properties (such of them as have any) and prepare, for, eternity. As matters now proceed, even that consolation is denied them. They are now sentenced to death without notice, and exe cuted without the slightest chance of reprieve. Ramla, an ancient town of Palestine, now in ruins, says Mr. Thompson, a missionary, who was there in May, 1834, has, at no very remote period, been much larger than at pre sent. The number of inhabitants is perhaps six thousand, mostly Mussulmans and Greek Christians ; hut what is ex traordinary is the fact that at least one half the population is blind, either in one or both eyes, and many of the inhabitants have such weak eyes that they keep them half closed. Ramla is situated in the centre of a vast plain in the valley of Sharon ; and it is probable that the continual reflection of the 'sun's rays from the white sand is the cause of this universal ca lamity. . . RELIGION A POLITICAL POWER.—But let men differ as much and as long as they will in matters of theory, matters of fact are not to be questioned. Religion is a great political power. Look which way, and where we will, into the past or the present, in Christian or Pagan lands, in monarchies or republics, in Europe or America we find it so. And we shall yet have occasion to see that the very jealousies of the Americans, and their attempts to separate religion from the state, in the manner thereof, have only given it a more inde pendent position, and endowed it with higher and more un controllable political poWers.—A Voice from America to England. • TWELVE YEARS !—How many events have occurred du ring:that lOng interval! how many changes have taken place ! The whole aspect of things is altered. The child has, sprung into a youth ; the youth has become a man ; the new has al ready begun to feel the advances of age. Beautyhas bloomed and faded. Fresh flowers of loveliness have budded, expanded, died. The fashions of the day have become antiquatedt'i New customs have prevailed over the old. Parties!, politice., and popular opinions have changed. The crown..*:passed,from the brow of one monarch to that of anoti*,: : „ Habits and tastes are no longer the sane. We ourselveieN Scarcely the same we were twelve years ago.—Bentley's'Ansefilaity, A NIGHT CAP.—" People may say what - they likeP ob served Mrs. Nickleby, " but there is agreat deal ofebinfort in a night cap, as I'm sure you would confeSa, , NiehOlks, my dear, if you would only have strings to •...yourt:t, ttati , sVear it like a Christian, instead of sticking it upcia the. veryit'op of your head, like a blue coat boy ;' you needn't think - Wan un manly or quizzical thing to be particular ibouryOuVisight cap, for I have often heard your poor dear papa inidAlle Rev. Mr. what's his name, who used to read prayers - hi that old church with the curious .little steeple thattheiVeither,cock was blown off the night before yob werebarn,-=I have often heard him say that the young men at , 66ll6o'lifanieountionly particular about their night capi, inid,,tlitit'illaVoit night caps are, muite celebrated for their , sh-etigtli?iii'd tottdOss ; so much so, indeed, that the ybuhg theirteVer di'eain"Of going to bed without and helietle WS' hdMitted on all hands that they know what's good, and don't coddle themselves.— _Nicholas Nickleby. • • • • • :. • ~ PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 16.7 7 LAUNCH of 14;Y$-OF BATTLE-SHIP.—The Int Pas, pierced' for 78 guns, on the construction of Sir Robert Seppingsovas launched yesterday morning, and, notwithstanding:the nnfisvourable state of the weather, the crowd of Persons:to witness the sight wasenor mous, it being known for sonic time past that this noble ship was to be placed in her native Clenient, Thousands of per sous collected at the dock yard gate at an early hour, which being opened for the public, there was apparently no end to khe'rush of spectators anxious to get a sight, and devising the :•beSt means to obtain the most advantageous post. Much credit is (hie to the officers of the dock yard.for the admirable and cpmfortable arrangement of seats. Precisely at half-past • eleveantshe departed from the stocks, her abode of, sixteen ,years idst 'loud and deafening cheers. This splendid ship i s to t ic,bailt, on the model of the " Christian the Vllth. ; ' h e x i diusensions are— , extreine breadth, 51 ft. 2in, ; length on lowePtieekt JBB ft; 4 in. ; len g th o f k ee l , 155 ft. 4 in. ;' ton nage .(new) :2068. When coppered, (being immediately taken i n tu,doelc.faithat purpose,) she will, we regret to say, be placed in ordinaryNOaccident whatever occurred. Amongst th e ; numerous •visitors we observed Captain Sir William Symonds, R.N., the present Surveyor of the Navy. MAIL CUARDs.—We would fain impress upon the Post office authorities the propriety of placing all mail guards upon the same footing. Such a plan was at one time fixed upon, and why it was withdrawn, or is still kept in abeyance, the public have yet to learn. To salary some guards, and leave others dependent upon the penny fee, partakes morefef a huckstering than a business-like system, and the sooner the anomaly is done away with the better. From Carlisle to London, by Boroughbridge, the mail guards are salaried ac cording to length of service. This is strange, and apparently capricious, for surely it cannot be seriously alleged that the favoured work a whit hardor than the unfavoured class. Than the mail guards of England, as well as Scotland,-We knot; not a more deserving class of men, nor has her Ma jesty the Queen better or more useful subjects. It is through their instrumentality that her commands find their way to the proper channels ; and the press, to which they aceas wings, owes them in common with the numbers they proteet, cheer, and even typographically instruct; a debt of gratitude. Like sailors, they are constantly exposed .to all kinds 'of weather, must be as punettial,m. their motions as theclock itself, and ready to start at a minute's warning, without re ference to the state of the roads or the inclemency of the sky. In winter they frequently encounter toils : , and dangers - Mita' and are campaigners -frequently to those of the battle field, for weeks togethers, in, the most emphatic sense of the word. Partial change is worse in some things than no changeat - till, and so it has fared in the present instance. Persons•Whopy no fees on one line of road are apt 'to wonder why a gratuity should be expected on another, an anomaly which renders necessary explanations, if not altercations, exceedingly an noying and hurtful to an honourable mind. For these men we plead, and the dignity of the service; and the ends of justice demand that our pleading should not be in vain.-- Lancaster Gazette, Two I t • Vie 41 a tl6 0 rfi rg * 41° - Virg