The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-18 00:00:00

°CtOBER .18, 1833. LOCAL NEWS. 111.0 tt , 'Wright° .S E LECTION.—Te Understood that Mr. Alderman he ofa ce wd ! be put in iaorninatien to-day, at ten o'clock, to till that an , ot Mayor fer the ensuing year. We are not aware suistallroother candidate , has been named, but, to prevent all n this hea.d - we have earnestly to request the early at \yr;of the freemen at the hilStiiigs. 'ln Mr. Alderman . t the burg esses. t he have a sincere and zealous friend, and at ;'",,„.eperesent moment it is desirable that .no man should fill the _ceosf chief magistrate who is not independent in 'his circum tol‘.n and of approved principles. The freemen, therefore, , th .T ll , all intrigue or manceuvre must be at their posts. We to' give the result of the election in our second 'edition. h Papj ed Vans.'s lect ureS ' on hi stor i ca l arc hi tec t ure are accom ,„ies a great number" of coloured paintings, exhibiting ' e tFum a large scale, of many of the principal buildings in IYP', with the " Home, tinted , e cassical exaraples from Greece and R , „ 0 with drawings of the Elgin marbles, the Parthenon, `.ltuiaa buildings, and external and internal views of the ".,".that have been excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum. r ress ",„Pl;oposes, in his last lecture, to trace the rise and pro oar 0 1 Uothic architecture from the rude Saxon to the more fr om or Norman style, with the separation of the pointed Ha ve f ' 4 e Norman, including the variety of improvements that the, aornished materials for the decoration of our ancient ga, s tae Lr Is from the era of Edward 111. to the more elaborate chia -tickur ° tile Perpendicular style, of which St. Luke's thurch is f " le dged be In the subscription list or si r. a ne specimen. m tof th e eighain's lectures at tbe Lyceum, the,.names ot so e inost lespectable families in Liverol. writ be found, as t leni " bv th • • this amusing and interesting e• en. patronage, °liTh of 'llessrs e( 1,1 ursdey was launched from the building-yard . rite and Leadley, a new steam-boat, El Balear, of 2W tons theleu• and of 80 horse power. She had, when launched, t p_art of her engines onboard, and will be ready for sea on n uf November, which will be only three months from the Y the keel was laid. On T uesda y one. of those disgusting scenes yclep'd a prize -11:;11(iet eai enacted at the Rabbit Warren, below Crosby. We , c)r a nd that them:tan ." wut lost the he was under 20 nearly , tw - e, out of herculean proportions. The contest laste w ere n f unra and twenty minutes, during which time 98 rounds for o ,,O u ght• A subscription purse, we believe, was the otrject ich th evigorously contended. B parties so ,„ strAL ereact.--On Saturday last, during the loading of - cart e , .st see , ' , Played in carrying cotton from a warehouse in Vernon the a,bale was being lowered, when the rope slipped from off .natimrcnase, and the bale was precipitated into the cart, fortu .4e.,!(l,Y wittiout injury to the carter; he, 'however, thiuking the at,tthient occurred from neglect on the part of the man employed *uf g e w heel, ascended to thc loft, and found the man in the act e s e e aring the rope. He immediately took hold of him by the t e n a a • and. knoekiag down, commenced kicking the poor °R tr• l a most brutal manner, after whiefithe wretch left him „eon, e floor nearly senseless. The porter was, howeVer, shortly e a' neighbouring- when, upon examination, it ws, proved surgery, . that four of his ribs were broken, and his body re d ad bruised Th tl after taken into custody, dread addno • e carter was sor s . d,,, P i awaits the issue of his barbarity. fhe man now lies in ..gerou, We tate. ,iert yesterday heard of a man who, for a trifling wager,.un- Airs • % lc to • j t bed-room up two pair of ict a ericsa ern. pony in o a , ;Pre en ' ' t ; a public-house on the London-road. The man having •sh,,A a bunehof reens, and allowed Balaam snift at theme, the rote presently followed his incipient master up the stairs to xvs, r u t appointed. He was evidently there, but the difficulty y ti6 t ° lv to get him dOwn again. The stupid ass refused all .co!i (lent- P' Measures • andwas, therefore, after showing his . in for e ? ) ,Thing 'sundry crockery ware and a small looking-glass, in " 1 3' ei ected, and Balaam came down with a run, which ended b ra l t lY think hiit fun to the pnee nial---tie having in his her . -rg eu ; s 'en his off fore-leg and severely cut his nose.. 'The frlisn l ost "''' has thus, for a rifling wager, (a gallon of ale, we believe,) .the services of one of his best friends, and the means of pro ring a • T H r , In v ,• tqszatcz PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The quarterly meet re_ '' 4 tie comMittee a the • Diitrict Provident Society was held Tuesday last, the Rev..A. Campbell in the chair, and . the hil,?rted progress of the society in its rovident branch, was . gulY sat isfactory•understood that its ulterior at. It should be . most valhabli object is not so Mach te relieve th poor, as 4untdristruet and induce them to relieve themselves by e prudence . for s e n e " cn aY, by saving money during the time of active work emergency of sickness or want of employment, an in 4 es6 s Ilion -et the visitors have been progressively successful. 'the lest -At of deposits received in the twelve months previous to 3 569 a Y W as £5946 18s. 51d., whereas, that received from L a d; Pot, depositors in six months from May to October, I , x b „ ° , 1 : 101 5 inclusive, was £4445 4s. (Ad., and itis confidently ;7 1 ",,CLea• that the amount of deposits will. shortly average LIM) ate nt . l2 . T.he. üblic will at once perceive how infinitely be hauelal. w °nut be if it could be made more general, and all 'lne B t ei r ue rs, who 'have any time to spare; are •earnestly . re- - boosrse to consent to act as visitors among their poor i g b i e 4 11ini; • \ ery little time is required, and the labour will vi,he i e ompensated by the fruits. The Rev. Mr. '1 whoyre a r n , da ever r A n , St Matthew's district, collects between it only t a k e . , Monday mornin from about 100 depositors, and_ the - 110 e ;, him about an hour and a half to do so. The funds of re le tY are by no means naa flourishing state, as the treasurer tgj t e4 that he was in debt £l6B to the bank, notwithstanding an fo r was sub scr ib e d i n August b y a f ew b en e v olent individuals the relief of families suffering under the cholera. But the •th,aatll s ubscriptions are now due, and it is earnestly hoped hen 4. * . " householders will not, for their own sakes, permit so for e ticial a society to be crippled in the exteut of its usefulness w ant or fu n d s. 3° h ll co; . am al flier,..o Esq. M.P. is appointed Portuguese `'ice-Con et Pi 11 • ) •,- e i _ ~, Yinout . and r Lowry Cole, late Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, ea suite, tia.ve arrived off Portsmouth in the Belle Alliance, ~esi'ten Arckoll. Complimentary addresses had been pre ductte(l te his excellency previous to his departure, for his con while he held the reins of government. hi . or -: four inspectors reauired by the act to regulate the labour ark,lul in mills an factories have been appointed, and s names are—T. J. Howell, John Musgrave;•Richara Rick -4.P4 Robert Sannders,. Esqrs. , The • " ' • . , , -.metal pal of the stamp duty upon soda water, and all other waters, took place on the 10th instant. The law s of Russia already form a pan dect of from 50 to 60 volumes folio. High treason is the only crime in Russia punished with death. SFort c T• ri L that till lately, £55 . TING ORPOR tTloN.—ii. a,pe.rs ._. — Year has been paid out of the corporate funds of Brec knock oleiitru keeping c -- i s up a pack of hounds. Quere.—lsthcaotnannoccietendt with a ' th . , e "Common Hunt" of the city of London, a Similar object? 13. 8 4 the new road which is about to be cut from Bristol to ,Z(Newater,•the distance will be shortened five miles, which, t reache° t 0 the evenness of tne ground, will enable the Math mail to Exeter an hour sooner than at present. - eras e L ord enthusiastic Frenchman, a great adinirer of the. he shall, es a L ' ls Y o r, proposes that, on the 9th of November, n na'ci I, a ,, th ark of the respect of his fellow-citizens, be "cuuru nneof. a , i ,- h niEt ts.' The idea ought not to be lost sight 4 - " n e Passive resistance to the payment of taxes seems to be PPropriately met by ministers with a most lively apathy. A. i na • of L. 1 1 in Dublin, who, during a fit of intoxication, had part Ni 's fate and hand eaten away by a pig, eath h • of his present con ditio • ',nal, and the following statement was taken to the , a Is given in an Irish paper:— hal:3lll.e Earl of Derby's celebrated seat, the Oaks, near Epsom, justeeen recently purchased by Sir Charles Grey, late Chief tensedin lee .0( Bengal, who entertained a fashionable party at t _ aner there last week. Mr. Secretary Stanley would h rehted the Oaks had it not' been for its distante from town. m oved to which the right honourable gentleman has_ re- . G --' a t Putney, was the residence ofthe late Dowager Lad) . ranih arn Lora • ch urch Stuart de Rothsay has purchased an estate at Christ. : 1 441 1 ; 1 ' Hants, to which his lordship has given the name . of lady „ a Y, Castle, and where he is at present sojourning with his of t ir e ' l lu family. This able diplomatist, after an active service n lif e. 917 thirty years, has withdrawn for the present from bit E arl tli, lordship, by his union with a daughter of the present pu , of Il a.rdwick;has two daughters, but no heir to his peerage. O • agei morning last, an awful event occnr . red at the %), lnn Mitcheldeah, Gloucestershire. A private of the te r , „essars, on his way from Abergavenny to the head.qua.r role"' the regiment at Gloucester, to take his trial for rusuh gu,4ation, managed to seize a loaded carbine from one . of his thr r ` is ' placed the muzzle of it to his breast, and shot himself iu l l"gh the heart. The deceased was a very fine young man, 4ddyi..t.lineteen Years of age, a native of Ireland, and unhappily bed 'red to drinking. A coroner's inquest was_ held upou the the Y 111 the aft ernoon , an d a ver di c t returne d of fel° de se. I n lio.J°eket o f t h e wretc h e d an d m i sgu id ed man was found a 1,47.,f , attached to which was a riband, an d a request that it i no k u t ict4,l 1)e ,e nv co er l e ed to a young woman in Aber gavenny. ---Mon- '. 7 Al l it ,,,, 4 nett ON SUPLIMSTITIOL—A. poor man residing at Wood '' hi this county, a short time since had a sow which brought k litrerrwo of pigs, and as it not unfrequehtly does occur, a day or 1 . , afterwards the sow and pigs appeared to be very ill, his ir ar ig ,,', 4 ".ors assured him that they wer . e bewitched, and by their It'44sion he was induced to the horrible act of actually roast sifi°lle of the little creatures to death, as the. only means of would' the rest, and' finding out. the witch, whom they asserted w.trer4d.he sure to appear during the ceremony. In this they astthe leeePeinte,l; of course,. hut the sow and pigs.recoyered, ___ epuer little sufferer we doubt not would have done, had it ?t ri b s en su itihn roilulv destroyed. We had hoped that in a 72 . : Christian country, in the nineteenth century, an act displaying Yo barbarity and credulity would not have been perpe sr Crat ed.—lftintingdon Gazette. i lt ,,r„ 11 11 TR AV EL LER OCTWITTED.—A commercial traveller set pR.1.1 f rom a town in the north a England very early one morn ie and on approaching a turnpike-gate found- it shut; he re'tn"3:ll several tunes " Gate, gate," itc. Ste. At length an aged for de ? I .'oule her appearance, half asleep. After lecturing her ch i c, ` a ttriitg him so long, the knight of the whip drove his set ~.,e en without pitying te toll, determined that the old dam ts,,r )111uld have a run for it. She shouted and trotted after him a h il f;uout four hundred yards, when he stopped and gave her a h er 'N, the toll being only sixpence, ,at the same time telling `lame mat he would teach 'her to remember him.. The cunning ;eiitnedwoatiltked away without giving him the change, on which he to her. "Nay (said she) if ye wad hae your change t o t i j u n coin back fur it." So be had to turn round and drive g bas ,.. e gatehouse for the sixpence, on giving which the old wo '44lsl•ye a familiar nod, and said, " Keep that in remembrance hot 2.''eGEviTy of TRE ES , —Decandolle holds that trees do seems untin. of old age, in •the real sense of the-word," by which he !oe!neatt that they would live for ever if provided with an s or stuo.ited su pply of nourishment, and not• destroyed by sto , i•hi e . AeitsbaT o f the many accidents which trees are heir to. to h n t hight bt"ef a.ceording to Adanson's ingenious compnta i ~ e,,,:tili:roewlittecessUtea),piersears old, but it grows in . climes unlike our, the hurtful vicissitudes of frost and heat. In jug in a ll ' u turY there are oaks, elms, and yews, still flourish contemn the pride of the forest, which have probably been the that the mties of David and Solomon. Decandolle thinks l'2ovoyleva.oi:rs"i• .sth"orsPe the ooafntaius Abbey, near-Ripon, may have stood ; Crowhurst churchyard, in Surrey, 1450; and" that i n u '"'"el, at the entrance of Glenlvon; Perth, 25 0 0; startliog state Al llll churchyard, Kent, 3000. These are and are ha s eats, but they proceed from a high authority, . DEFENCE oil observati that entitle them to respect. . in writing to °T: BAD SPELLING . — You need not be concerned, as our al h ,_ e, about your bad•spelling • for in my 9pinion, so, i, el lca?et now stands, the bad speliing, or what is called tern and - e i. L . t tY the best, as conforming to the sound of the let received et the words. To give You an instance. A gentlem .. an b o a letter, " -31. w n at , in which were these words—" Not finding uLt .. „ Irani, / delivered y nesseg to Iris .." called 111 (1,i lig it bad s p el lin - g ouri therefore YI ' lt 13 1 . eil d his it meanl hr, and not yery rnte igi . ,e, The gentle-, picked out th e p him to read it. Between 'them they nr)ertato ng of all but the 91; which they could not eu tt ,„ Bet t,' The lady proposed canine. her chambermaid, be -4.. eany one I know. int. o f q Is she, has the best knack of reading bad spell- Betty came, and was surprised that the ta r str nor madam 1 , o y i spplla wit. could tell what itt' was. " Why," says aaLuch better e what else can it spell ?" And, indeed, it as well as a shorter method of spelling wife than " )4 be !/" 8 ..i ; e f , e, which in reality spell Deitt/eyUiei• MEETING OF'MR. WRIGHT'S FRIENDS. On Tuesday a public meeting of the friends Of'Mr. Alderman Wright was held in the large room, Golden Lion,.to consider of the. steps requisite for securing his election to the office of mat'oi• for the ensuing . year. James Ackers, Esq., having been called to the chair, briefly opened the business of the meeting, after which, Mr, SAMUEL Ilousix, jun. rose to propose a resolution to the following effect:--" That this meeting,. entertaining the highest sense . of the character and pnblic services of Alderman Wright, Esq., considers him a W, and proper person to serve the office of mayor of this boron it fur the year ensuing." He had great satisfaction in propolling this resolution, from the op l ia nullities he had had of knowing the claims of Mr. Wright to the services of his fellow-townsmen. He had been present with hiM i Loudon, and had witnessed the z eal, the intelligence, and the spirit with which he combatted the attempts of a disap pointed party to deprive his fellow-burgesses of their birth right, (hear, hear,) and he therefore considered him a fit and proper person to fill the office of chief magistrate, because his former . conduct would be a pledge for the future. (Cheers.) It was not his desire to say a single word that might cause au acrimonious feeling, but he certainly did think that it became those who refused to forgive never to sin. (Loud cheers.) And while he allowed that it would be unreasonable to expect that there should not exist some animosity in the minds of the bur gesses of the town, it was his wish that they would dismiss from their thoughts, on the present occasion, all considerations of that nature,_ an d remember that to forgive an injury was the noblest kind of revenge. (Applause.) Ile would also throw out a hint to his brother-burgesses of the propriety of resisting all temptations to intoxication, and to go up unitedly, freely, and firmly to the hustings, to tender their votes for Mr. Wright. (A person at the end of the room here showed some symptoms of opposition, which he persisted in through the remainder of the proceedings: the drift of his hostility seemed to he that " He would have a poll," "He would not vote for Mr. Wright," "He wanted an opposition," &c.) In conclusion, Mr. Holme trusted the freemen would show, by their conduct on this occa sion, that they were not the degenerate set which the calumnia tions of some would represent them, (cheers,) and that they justly and fully estimated the value of the freemen's birthright. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ROBERT RUSSELL seconded the motion. He entirely concurred in the sentiments expressed by Mr. Holme, that Mr. Alderman Wright was in every respect qualified to fill the office in which it was their desire to place him. From his pre vious experience, and the difficulties which might be expected to attend the performance of the duties for the ensuing year, there was no other person whom they could consider more suit able. He had only further to observe ; —(the disturbance was here renewed, and the chairman with some difficulty obtained silence.) He was going to have mentioned that the person who seemed so anxious to be heard would be willingly allowed an oPportunity when it carne to his turn. The fact was , that on the present . deca.sionthe wholematter would he left in the hands. of the freemen. The:election would be their own spontaneous act, without money, drink, or any other extraneous aid; being, brought into action: their chief magistrate would be purely of their own selection, and to that de.cisiou he thought they might safely leave the claims of Mr. Wright. A freeman in front of the chairman here rose and begged to deliver himself of a miserable quibble upon the name of Mr. Wright, which he did with all self•complacency, and then sat down. JOHN ALLEN, another freeman, who appeared, from the quality and fragrance of his speech, to have beets showing more respect to the health of the future mayor than to his own, also stood up, and gave utterance to..something which might .have been a very fine oration, if the ill-nature of the meeting, and the determination of his companions either to put or to pull him down, had not deprived it of its due effect. Mr. Allen was pro ceeding, when the chairman felt compelled to interfere, and the friends of the speaker, according to their own expressions, thinking that he was.exposing himself somewhat too much, en deavoured by main force to remove him : he resisted manfully for some time, but was at' length induced to put up his elo quence, and carry it with him to the rear. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously, amidst loud cheers. Mr. Itlctin. Da wsoisi moved the next resolution, that the meeting pledged itself to use every means within its power to secure the election of Mr. 'Wright. And he hoped the town would do itself honour by complying with that resolution. Mr. `GEORGE GREEN seconded the motion. Though they could not but lament the interruption which had taken place, yet it gave them a still stronger'reason for calling upon the freemen to support Mr. Wright. (Hear.) Who had earned so well as he had the title of 'the freeman's friend? (Cheers.) He had been ever known for his exertions in their cause, and those exertions had never been so devoted or so conspicuous as at the moment of their greatest need, In choosing him they would choose a man whose character would be worthy of the dignity, whose prineiples were proof' against the contamination of a faction that laboured not to build but to destroy,—who, if they could, would see every institution of the countrytrampled under foot, to make way for new-fangled theories, and crude, delusive inventions, that were proved not to work. (Loud applause.) The institutions of this country were a large and complicated machinery-- , --wheel within wheel—and he was willing to admit that that machinery might perhalis act none the worse for some alterations which had lately been made in it ;—but were those alterations never to have an end ? Was the progress of revo lution to go on unchecked? (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) And were false accusations to be,l;rought against a body of men, and he who clared to lift up his hand against it to be calumniated, and charged with fostering corruption? (Cheers.) Mr. Wright had defended the privileges of the burgesses and they would not now refuse to exert those privileges in his be half. (" 'We will.") Having already shown his zeal in pre serving their rights; he was the most proper person to be entrusted with,the keeping of them. (Cheers.) There was no reason to fear a contest, but, if it 'should be the case, be trusted they would all be ready and firm; and above all recollect that much depended upon their conduct. Of late, lie fearlessly stated that it had been exemplary, and be entreated them not to give their enemies an opportunity , to say that they had in any way mis conducted themselves since those occurrences, which ought to have been buried in oblivion. (Cheers.) He agreed most cordially with the resolution, and had no doubt it would be unanimously adopted by the meeting. The resolntion . wgs then gaulecl by acclamation, and, on the motion of IVIe. W: C. MOlineux; seconded .4 Mr. Wm. Statham, a committee was appointed, consisting of fifty-one gentlemen, with power to add to their number. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chairman, who briefly returned thanks, and proposed three cheers for Mr. Wright, Which were given with great enthusiasm, and the meet mg quietly dispersed. SUGAR TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ' SIE;—In continuation of the subject of my former letter to you, I proceed to remark briefly upon the effect that the de crease of exportation of sugar from this country to the other parts of Europe, which it appears probable will take place, must have upon the value of the article in the markets of the conti nent. The best ground for forming. a judgment in this matter is to ascertain, if possible, in the first place, what proportion the quantity which will he so withdrawn bears to the whole consumption of those, countries. The consumption of the other nations of Europe cannot be ascertained so easily as that of the united kingdom, as similar returns of importation to those made in this country are not easily to be met with, even if they be in existence, and should be correct. I have endeavoured to estimate the consumption of the continent of Europe, by ascertaining, as nearly as possible, the quantities of sugar exported from the countries which supply this quarter of the world. Ido not vouch for the perfect accu racy of the following statement, though, I believe, it is pretty nearly .correct. Estirnate of'sugar produced for the consumption of Europe and Ninth America: — Asia, all profli4kl• by compulsory labour, except 26,000 tons. British India 16,000 Java Manilla; Siam, &c. 5,000 Mauritius .•• • • • - BourbOn.. 72,000 America, all produced by compulsory labour. British Colonies French Colonies BO,OOO Cuba and Porte Rico 95,000 Dutch and Danish Colonies 25,000 Brazil. ••••• BO,OOO Louisiana 45,000 537,000 Tons 609,000 Consumption of United Kingdom 200,000 British N. America 7,000 United States 73,000 282,000 Left for consumption of Continent of Europe, tons 327,000 The exports from Great Britain to the continent of Europe being 68,1;0X0 tons, it follows that the quantity imported direct from the places of growth is 259,000 tons. Of the 68,000 ex ported front this country it has been shown that 43,000 tons is colonial and East India Sugar, and that this quantity would be withdrawn from the continental markets, if wanted for consump tion here. This quantity bears but a small proportion to the whole importation to' the continent, being 'little more than oue 7 eighth part; but vet, supposing it not replaced, there are cir cumstances which, 1 think, make it probable that even this falling off would cause a considerable rise in the value of sugar in Europe. Be the importation - of sugar to the continent of Europe what it may, as there is not any complaint of an accumulation of stock, and the price of the article has been latterly increasing, there is reason to conclude it is not beyond the consumption. In a statement given-in Messrs. Trueman and Cook's S'ate of the Commerce of Great Britain for 1831, the stock of sugar on hand iu Europe, exclusive or the United Kingdom, is estimated as 83,600 tons at the'end of 1830, and as only 67,310 tons at the end of 1831 ; shews that, at all events in that year, the consumption exceeded, by 16,260 tons, the supply, though that was not deficient. The diminution, then, of the supply to the extent of 43,000 tons, would, by reducing the importation below the consumption, have a tendency to produce the same effect in raising the price, ns has 'been shown would take place in this country ; and this effect would probably proceed to a greater extent—that is, the price might rise higher than in England without checking consumption; because it is very clear, from a comparison of the quantities consumed, that, on the continent, the use of sugar is infinitely less widely extended among all classes than in England ; and that it has not, as here, entered into the habitual consumption of the lower classes, who, when consumers at all, are by far the most important class of consum ers, and who are obliged to give up wing any article when it becomes expensive. On the continent of Europe the great pro portion of sugar is used by the higher ranks, who are not so speedily exposed to this alternative, but who would be and able, to pay a higher price rather than forego the use of what they are accustomed to. It is thus possible sugar may be come more valuable in the other countries of Europe than in the United Kingdom. On considering the small quantities of this article consumed by the Continental nations, in comparison with what is used in this country, every one must see to how great an extent the consumption, which is now increasing, might be carried ; for, if they had the means of doing so, there is no reason why all other people should.not use as much-as ourselves. A very.much enlarged production, if it could be afforded at low prices, would be speedily absorbed by the continent of Europe, where the lower classes would be continually entering into the number of consumers; and sugar is an article which is acceptable to all persons, anti when once a people have acquired a taste for it, w hi c h, indeed,' appears natural to all creatures, it would be come, as it has done here, a necessary of lif e . The low price at Las sugar as been producedi in late years, which is probably as low as is consistent with a profitable cultivation of .it in any country, has tended much to establish the increased consump ' tion of the article. The value of sugar is quite dependent upon the extent and cost of its production; it can never, it appears to me, fall very low, as th ere are l arge c l asses o f persons rea d y to take advantage of such au event, and to beCome consumers. 1 thiraCille consumption of sugar is now pressing to exceed the production, and will continue to do so. I cannot ferheer to di rec t a tt ent i on to the fact that this ar tiele,noW so largely used, and capable of being used to so much greater an extent, has been created as j wi article of coMinerce by the systein of coMpulSory labliuirtitiOn Which system the continuance of the supply is dependent. It is only irons the increased production of countries cititivated by slaves that the deticieney in the supply to the conftinent of Europe—which, have been considering , can be made good—or the increasing consumption provided for. Indeed the whole history of sugar is very extraorctinarY. It is an article, the production of which, has been prodigiously increased in a very short period—not by the natural progress of population and or improved cultivation in the countries producing it, but by a forced and artificial sys tem, by means of a vast extension of which the supply has been so abundantly increased that it has caused the very description of the article as it were to change ; for whereas sugar. was for merly a luxury only used by the rich, it has become, in this country especially a necessary of life to all classes. The coin therce in this production has consequently very Much increased; n and yet the supply of this necessary of life and important article of trade is dependant upon the abiiity of a small proportion of Europeans to enforce the exercise of industry by an immense number of half civilized negroes, to -whom labour is for niany• reasons distasteful. St. Domingo has already afforded to the world an instance of the overthrow of this system in one coun try, and nobody can deny that all the other parts of the system are daily exposed to a similar contingency. Let us imagine anything like a successful insurrection of slaves to take .place in the French 'colonies, or in Brazil—and we do nut picture to ourselves what is at ail impossible—the effect which would be produced in the trade in sugar.would be great- indeed; and in consequence of the cessation of the slave trade there would not exist the means of extending the cultivation elsewhere, and so make up . the deficiency, as was done after the destruction of St. Domingo. A nation of freed negroes would never produce the necessary 'quantity, simply because it is not their natural occupation. In considering the present measures of the British nation, a thinking man must take into his view the effects which they may produce on the markets of the world, as far as the very important article sugar is concerned. rn a future communication I purpose to state my views as to the duties levied on sugar consumed in the united kingdom. Liverpool, October 16, 1833. A NVES'r INDIAN. [ln a former letter from the same correspondent, published in our paper of the 11th instant, there was a typographical error, which was calculated materially to affect the general reasoning. Fifteen lines from the bottom of the column which the letter occupied, for "supposing the price should so rise about I() per cent.," read "tea shillings per cwt."—L ip. STAN DA till.] E LIVERPOOL STAIbAR D. 7'IlE DRAMA. Novelty is the most potent charm that the manager of a theatre can resort to, perhaps the only one that will continue for any length of time to keep alive in the public, mind any in, terest in " things theatrical," or supply the exchequer w►th the necessary "ways and means" to keep its machinery in motion: For the mere purpose of giving us something new, the sterling ore is frequently rejected for baser metal, tinsel supplies the place of pure gold, and plays and actors of acknowledged merit are consigned to oblivion to make room for spirits of au inferior order. _ _ Two of these "novelties" have been produced at our theatre during the last week—the first, Mrs. Brooks, an actress from the Norwich Theatre and the second, " the popular drama, as now performing nightly in London, with unprecedented Euccess," of " Jonathan Bradford, or the Mulder at the Road-side Inn."— The materials out of whichlhig " drama" is concocted, are the singular trial of Jonathan Bradford, who was executed at Oxford for the inurder of Christopher Hayes, Esq. Th e evidence against Bradford was that of two gentlemen who bad supped with Hayes, and who retired at the same time to their respec tive sleeping-rooms; being alarmed in the night by hearing the groans of a wounded man in Hayes's room, they got up and proceeded thither to discover the cause; there they found their landlord Bradford, with a dark lantern and a knife iu his hand, in a state of astonishment and horror, standing cloge to his dying guest, who almost instantly expired. The facts of this tragedy were not brought to light until Hayes's confidential servant, .on his death-bed, confessed that, knowing his master had a large sum of money about him, he had committed the horrid deed, and secured the treasure but -a few moments be fore the landlord entered the apartment of the dying maiL Thin horrible and disgusting incident has been dramatised with considerable tact, and particularly in one scene, where the audience see the action in four distinct apartments at one time, and that their sympathies maybe enlisted in favour of the hero of the piece, the real murderer is introduced in the charac ter of a highwayman, who is seen to do the deed for which the landlord and his wife are sentenced to be executed, on a chain of circumstantial evidence that carries conviction with it, almost beyond the possibility of a doubt. Godwyn, in his purely fictitious tale of "Caleb Williams," a work reprinted by the Society for the Propagation of Useful Knowledge, for the purpose of holding up our criminal juris prudence to the contempt of his readers, makes his hero the victim of a series of oppressions, under the colour of law, for the purpose 9f sneering at our boasted institutions ; for he takes especial care so to arrange his possible events, as to ex onerate the executors of the law from any undue influence, that he may strike with greater force against the law itself as tole rating oppressions of the grosSest character. We do not mean to accuse the author of " Jonathan Bradford" of having any sinister object in view; we take for granted that s o mething new was wanted by th play-goers of Gotham, and that he has selected this story for the want of a better, without consider ing its tendency, either in a moral or political point of view. Our first objection to the piece is the trashy, sentimental, bom bastic kind of language that he has put into the mouths of his three principal characters, Bradford, Ann Brad . ford, his wife, and barnter Nelson, her father, language totally out of charac ter with their situation in life. We think the effect would have been heightened had he made Bradford and his wife the honest, unsus pecting country ale-house keepers that they really were, instead of making them the tragedy hero and heroine that tiley were not. To give effect to the representation of the tragedy of low life, the lan guage of that state must be used. as in Robert Tyke, in the School of Reform." Cooke performed the part of Broil 'ord as well as it could be performed. Mrs. Brooks we should think a clever actress, who understands the business of the stage, but is incapable of any very lofty flights, either in action or ex pression. As . Ann Bradford she did nut create any very lively interest in the andienCe. Por the reasons we hark already as signed, Mr. Andrews could not make much' of Farmer Nelson, The character of Caleb Scrummidye, by Baker, being a sort of non-descript, was deservedly laughed at; but the part of Slaiter, Jack Rackbottle, was the one that pleased us most,, and, indeed, is the only one in the drama that bears the slightest resemblance to nature. We are happy to find that Mr. Clarke's benefit on Monday ight was a good one. THE LEEDS FACTORY BOY TOMLINSON. We extract the following letter which appeared in the London Standard of Tuesday evening:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. Tadcaster, Oct. 11, 1833; • Sin,—The report of the coroner's inquest on the boy Tomlin son, at Leeds, is now going the round of the papers; wherein the jury found the man Radcliff, the overlooker of Messrs. Set ley, Tatham, and Walker, in whose factory this boy was killed,* guilty of manslaughter. I am happy to see that you, sir, have very properly made some editorial remarks thereon commensurate with its enor mity. This Mr. Mark Walker, one of the partners of the ' above firm, was one of the greatest sticklers about negro eman cipation, and some little time ago, when Mr. Thompson, the paid lecturer of the Emancipation Society, was in Leeds, was one of his "dearest" friends. Go when you might to his lec tures,'you might have heard Mr. Mark Walker's voice sweetly modulated, crying—" Shame! shame !" at the lecturer's recital of the cruelties committed against the poor negroes! He it was, too, who distributed the tickets of admission, and on one oc e n:.. shin, whilst Mr. Thompson was lecturing in the Brunswick Chapel, the room he had previously not being large enough, and whilst exhibiting a short whip, which had actually been laid on the unhappy negroes, as a more effectual means of exciting. .commiseration through the perception of his hearers, and amidst a torrent of declamation about cartwhips, this said Mr. Mark Walker was the first to break the thrilling silence by a sonorous ejaculation of "Shame, shame!" forgetting (the pious hyPo crite!) in his evidences of philanthropy for the distant blacks, the ten times greater enormities which were going on at that very time in his own mill, not half a mile from where he then was; not with a whip, but with a rope! as thick as a boy's wrist, as was given in evidence on the inquest; not with a whip-handle, but with a thick brush shaft! and with a ladder; and, to crown all, this tender means of obtaining light and short labour from young children, by literally HANGING ONE UP BY THE NECK FOR THREE OR FOUR MINUTES. Away with such disgusting hypocrisy. I need not say that Mr. Walker '• was one of the bitterest enemies of the Ten Hour Bill, and on e of the warmest supporters of Mr. Macaulay. ONE WHO HAS RESIDED IN LEEDS, AND BEEN DISGUSTED WITH SUCH EXHIBITIONS. • We have here changed a word. LIBEL ON LADY DE BURGH.—Robert Milliken, convicted of a gross libel on Lady de Burgh, was, on Thursday week, sen. tenced by the recorder of Cork to be imprisoned for six calm dar months. THE TALLOW SPECULATION.—Wednesday was an impor.: : tint day among the speculators in tallow, as the account of the immense speciaatious which have been entered into during the last month was appointed to be settled on the 15th inst. On few former occasions has speculation been carried to such 'an extent as recently, and the fluctuation in the price of tallow has been between £5O and £43 per ton, the lowest price having been obtained a few days since. The differences on the specu lations were paid yeste;day, and were very large, without any defaulters being announced. -A discovery has been made, by which the merchants in Russia have carried on, it is thought, for some time, a deception in packing tallow, and by which the melter is defrauded. Two heads of tallow-casks have been exhibited at ,the Baltic. Coffeehouse during the last three days, taken from some of the recent importations, to show the trick played off by the Russian merchants on the trade here. The heads of the casks are full three times as thick as customary, and, consequently, by taking up greater room than required, the casks contain less of the tallow, the tare allowed by custom in the trade being 121bs for every cwt. By this new system of deception the actual tare is increased considerably, and unless the inciters and others in the trade take care to inspect the casks they may purchase, they will sustain much loss, the com paratively valueless wood occupying the place of tallow. The recent heavy . arrivals of vessels from the Russian capital have considerably increased the stock of tallow, which is now nearly 37,000 casks, against 12,800 casks at this period of last year. The deliveries last week were large, having amounted to 4,129 casks.—London paper. A RARE UN.—A week or two ago, a cat, belonging to a Mr. Aiken, who resides in Newton Green, increased th e - Grimalkin population by ushering into the world a progeny of nine kittens ; but, as there were no whimsical old maidens in the house, and as the prolific Grimalkin was herself considered more than an equal foe to all the mice, her offspring were committed to the deep ere their eyes were open to their fate . . The mother, as is natural to her species, displayed the deep grief that almost burst her furry bosom, by ransacking every corner of the dwelling, b u t " a l as ! she found no tidings of the strayed." Tired of viiin searching, she folded herself to rest on the hearth stone, and was awakened from her nap, shortly after, by Mr. Aiken! s c hild ren rushing in to shew a young leveret which they had captured among the Prestwick Knowes. Puss started. up, and cunningly retreated a few paces to take observations. The door was bolted—the handkerchief unfolded, the treasure displayed, the eyes of the little ones glistened with joy as th e y surveyed their long-eared dwarfish play-fellow, heedless of puss who Was couching behind: a spring, a guzzle from her ladyship; followed by a yell from the children, and all was over !—Whence she came no one observed, and whither she went, none could discover. On the morrow she appeared, and to the amazement of the family, she was followed by her long-eared protege, which she had suckled through the night, and now guarded with maternal solicitude, no doubt under the delusion that it was one of her own offspring. Fos tered with so much care, the leveret began to scud about, and shew feats of its agility, but no change was observable in the conduct of its god-mother. In an unlucky hour, however, it crossed the threshold, and preferring its native hills to man's dwelling, made a race for liberty, hardly pursued by the cat; but "long cars" won the day and left Grimalkin to rctrace toer steps disroneolatc and forsaken.--Ayr Advertiser, HOLYWELL H,JJNT MEETING. . . This meeting, which was The object of much attention to the porting gentlemen of Lancashire and Cheshire, commenced On fuesday last—as regards the weather, we cannot sayauspiCiously, but the term may be applied correctly to the spurts-provided, which partook of a very spirited and excellent character, par ticularly the race for the Mostyn Stakes—overibe mile, winch was admirably contested, and won cleverly by the crack Welshman," Jack Faucett. Jack, as an outsider, it will be re meinbered, was much fancied for the late Doncaster St. Leger, and by his feats over this heavy course, by winning the Mile, the Taffy Stakes, and the Tureen, he has proved himself to be, what his admirers have persevered in supposing him, viz., one of the best three-year-olds of the day. On the first day of the meeting, the morning broke most beautifully, and those visitors who came to Cambria's coast by the steamers, in parties of plea sure, were amply repaid by the agreeable voyage for the misery they endured at the race ground from the subsequent bad state of the weather. Seeing the fineness of the morntn', the skilled in weather wisdom prognosticated a charming day, but the wretched figure the attendants cut from the effects of rain and mud ou their return in the, evening, exhibited proofs of wadi disappointment. Never could sportsman, or even our ancient friend, the oldest inhabitant, experience a more com pletely drenching day than it unfortunately turned out; indeed the name of the meeting could not be more applicable to the appearance of the place, with the exception of the word Holy, for had the races been held at the bottom of a well, and the spectators placed around the aquatic course, they would scarcely have been more tniserable. rota twelve o'clock in the day, until the conclusion of the races, the rain poured down in torrents, mill the course and all its contiguous filth, was literally deluged by Water, which when amalgamated with the soil, the composi tion produced thereby was admirably adapted for giving the appearance of wearing Napoleon boots up to the knees, both to quadrupeds and bipeds. Another unfortunate circumstance connected with this Welsh wilderness was, that the visitors had little or no shelter from the pitiless pelting of the storm ; the races are held about two miles and a half from the town of Ho lywell, upon a common or desert, without the ghost of an habita tion in view ; under such trulypitiable, (some who have no com miseration or who were not there, may say ludicrous,) circum stances to cheer our drooping spirits, there were certainly two covered stands, but they only served for objects of envy to many of ihe hay' drowned; the largest and most comfortable was nicely boxed in with windows like a hot-house, and appropriated solely to the accommodation of the nobs and the nobesses. The other, which the members of the hunt politely allowed the visitors access to gratis, was neither capable of holding: the numbers who required shelter, nor sufficiently protected from the wind and rain to render their situation tolerably comfortable. We looked in vain for such comfortable refreshment booths as are kept by our Lancashire bonifaces at Manchester and Liverpool races. .At a considerable distance from the course, five or six orry . apologies for huts were erected, each scarcely large enough to swing a cat, though from inundation quite calculated to drown bag: 'I. o -get to these hovels it was requisite to wade nearly knee deep in mud, and all for the gratification of receiving, instead of shelter, a salubrious shower bath from the frequent bursting of the temporary coverings, or if refreshment in the shape of alrinkables was wanted, a kind of liquor, by the Taffys termed brandy, tasting very much like treacle and water flavoured with pitch. Such were the agreeables experienced on the Holywell race course, particularly pleasant to those who went for enjoy ment, as to those who went for profit and speculation; the wars of the elements appeared to have little or no effect upon them, their attention being rivetted to the result of the contests, and whether their pockets swam with water ()moth was immaterial, so as there was plenty . of gold for ballast. Notwithstanding this dreadfully inauspicious weather, the sports turned outbetter • than expectation; it was thought that the heavy state of the course would make a considerable difference in the odds, espe cially on the Mostyn• Stakes ; such however was not the case; those who had previously backed the two first favourites, the Chancellor and Perseverance, seemed determined to abide the result, and very little edging was attempted. The Chancellor was the favourite for choice; at starting, however, there was but a trifling difference between the two, 6 to 4 was bet against him, 2to l agst Perseverance, 4 1 to 1 agst Birdcatcher, 8 to 1 agst Jack Faucett, 10 to 1 agst Falconbridge, and 10 to 1 agst Tra veller. A short time before the race Her Highness was backed at-5 to 1, but it was ultimately determined nut-to start her, pro bably in consequence of the state of the course. The unfavour able state of the weather did not prove the cause of keeping away all the ladies of the neighbourhood who usually grace the sports by their presence, as the enclosed stand presented an elegant display of fashion and beauty ,• thewhole of the members of the Hunt were clothed in their red hunting habiliments, in cluding the noble Marquis of `Westminster, (who appeared in a red coat, white breeches, top-boots, and white hat with crape , ) Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Mostyn, General Yates, Sit Richard Bulkeley, and Sir Thomas Massey Stanley, Baronet. Amongst the noble and distinguished personages present, we also noticed the Earl of Wilton, Sir P. G. M. Egerton, Bart. , Sir Edward Mostvn, Bart., Pyets Mostyn, Esq. Wm. 'Yates, Esq., Si r E.G. Smythe, Bart., Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, Bart., the Hon. Charles Stanley, the Hou. Henry Stanley, M.P. for Preston, Sir John Williams, Bart., R. W. Vaugh an, Esq., Owen Fuller Meyrick, Esq., F. R. Price, Esq., William Stanley, Esq., the Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, Captain White, R. M. Biddulph, Esq., J. Cotes, Esq., E. L. Gatacre , Esq ., and J. Dougl as , E sq . 'I he following is the result of the races :- - TUESDAY.—The sports of the day were to have commenced with the race for the Sweeepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., one mile and a half, for which Caliban, ch f by Waxy Pope, and br c by Filho were entered, but they were walked over for by Ca liban. The Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for the produce of snares covered in 1829, two miles, were won by the Marquis of Westminster's Controller, allowed 31b, beating Mr. F. R. Price's The Governor, by Filho da Puta. Three were entered, but the above two only started. Controller was the favourite long before the race, and at starting 5 to 1 waslaid on him. He took the lead, never was headed, and won easily. He was rode by Calloway. The Chieftain Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for horses then three years old, the Mostyu 4 subs., were won by the Marquis of Westminster's Bridegroom, by Filho, (Calloway,) beating Sir Richard Bulkelev's Katinka, sister to Miss Maria. The betting was 2tol on the 13ridegroom, who won easily. The next race was for the Mostyn Stakes of 'lO sovs. each, the Mostyn mile, 32 subs., which were won by Jack Faucett, three years old, ('Lye,) beating the Chancellor, Birdcatcher, Perseverance, Caliban, Traveller, and Falcon bridge. The judge only named 'the four former horses, which *ere placed asnamed above. The-whole seven had' 'a` most ex- - cellent start, Perseverance taking the lead, which he maintained until they arrived at the top of the hill coming home, all well up, the Chancellor lying second , Jack Faucett 'third, and Bird catcher fourth. About 200 yards from the winning post, Per severance fell into the rear, just previous to which, his owner 'cried out an even thousand on Percy, which, however, was not taken. The Chancellor immediately took the lead, followed close by Jack Faucett and Birdcatcher, the three being nearly abreast. Near to the stand, Lye made a spirited push and passed Chancellor cleverly, the latter flogging hard. Jack Faucett maintained his position to the winning-post, and won by a l eng th. The betting at the start was sto 2 agst Perseverance, 6 to 4 agst the Chancellor, 4 to i agst Birdcatcher, 8 to 1 a g st Jack Faucett, 10 to 1 agst Falconbridge,.and 20 to 1 agst the other two. The' jockeys and horses on coming in were covered with mud. The Champagne Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft., for two year olds, the last half mile, 9 subs., the winner to give two dozen of Champagne to the club, were won by Mr. Mostvn's Queen Bess, by Chateaux Margaux , ( L y e, ) beatin g Mr. F. Price's The TtiliP, Lord Westminster's b c by Camel, and General Yates's ch c Noodle. Vittoria was entered for this race, and being expected to start, 2 to 1 was bet on her, but when it was ascertained that she was not intended to go, similar odds were bet upon Queen Bess, belonging to the same stable; 3 to 1 was taken agst Camel, and 4 to 1 agst The Tulip. The Taffy Stakes of 25 says. each, for three year olds one mile and three quarters, 5 subs., were won by 'Mr. Moslyn's Jack Faucett, beating Lord 'Westminster's Decoy, and Mr. Price's The Go vernor; 3to 1 on Jack Faucett, 2 to 1 agst Decoy, 4 to 1 agst The Governor. Won easy. WEDNESDAY. —"The blessing of St: Swithin" was again ex 'perienced to-day—the rain pouring down in torrents the whole of theatternoon. The attendance was by no means so numer ous as yesterday. and although the weather had the effect of keeping away numbers, the assemblage of fashionables and sportsmen was equally as large as on the first day. The noble Marquis of Westminster, and Sir Watkins Williams Wynne, who may be considered as " Fathers of the Hunt," were ar ' ticularly _conspicuous in riding about , regardl e ss o f wind or rain. We understand that " l'he Holywell Hunt" was esta blished about seventy years ago by the present Marquis of Westminster's father, and was originally a hunting, coursing, and racing meeting; on alternate days, but for years past it has been a regular turf meeting, having become exceedingly popu lar, not only amongst the noblemen and gentlemen of England and Wales, but as a great sporting treat, and speculating meet ing. The - sportsmen present, whose speculations in the events were most heavy, were chiefly from Manchester and Liverpool. This evening, after the races, Mr. Etty, the clerk of the Man chester races, received intimation thit F. R. Price, Esq., and the Hon. Henry Stanley, M.P. for Preston, had consented to undertake the office of stewards at the ensuing Manchester meeting; the fact will, without doubt, be gratifying to the feel ings of our Lancashire sportsmen, as both gentlemen are known to be great patrons of the turf, the chase, and the pit. In ad dition to the distinguished characters on the course yesterday, we noticed to-day the Earl and Countess of Glenmore, Sir S. It. Glvnne, Bart., and the Rev. Thomas Pennant. The first Stakes (the Post) of 100 sovs. each, li ft, two miles, were walked over for by Lord Westminster's Maid of Honor. Zorilda was brought up, but taken back to the stable. The Sil ver Tureen of the value of 100 toys., the gift of Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs.. each, for horses bona fide the property of Members of the Holywell Hunt, 2 miles, 6 subs., was won by Jack Faucett, (Lye,) beating Birdcatcher and Maid of ,Honor. The betting was 6 to 4 on Jack, 2 to 1 agst Birdcatcher, and 3 to 1 agst Maid of Honor. A well-contested race, won by about a length. The Gold Cup value 100 sovs., the remainder (if any) in specie b_y•Subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added by the Club, 3 miles 8 subs., was won by Sir R. Bulkeley's Pick pocket, (Darling,) beating Speculator; none others started. This was a most excellent race, Pickpocket was not expected to win, and 5 ,to 4 was laid on the loser—won by bout a neck. The Pengwern Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 8 subs., were walked over for by Birdcatcher. To Conclude the meeting harmoniously, a grand concert is to be held next Wednesday at the town of Holywell, under the patronage of Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., and led by Mr. Gorst, of Chester, assisted by Stubbs's Liverpool Harmonic Band. A.SPANISH ASSASSIN.—The following atrocious attempt at assassination, which has unaccountably been overlooked by the press, was made on Friday last, in Great Eastcheap, in the open day :—At about half-past one o'clock a man who sells ginger beer at the corner of the above street, leading to London bridge, observing a scuffle between two gentlemen, apprently foreigners, went up to part them, but before he had time to do so one of them had stabbed the other in the lower part of the back, just over the kidney, with a stiletto, on withdrawing which :from the wound the assailant repeated the stroke, first in the angle of the chin, and afterwards ou the head. Immediately on being parted from his victim the assassin took to his heels down Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, but being closely pursued he thre w away his stiletto, which was picked up by a boy at the moment that Mr. Athill, a clerk in the house of Sheriff Pirie and Co., of Freeman's-court, Cornhill, seized him. Further assistance being obtained, he was coveyed to the Mansion-house, where he gave his name Gregorio Guinea, a Spanish refugee, residing for some time in the metropolis. The im p ortant case of the - British leaf seizure being before his Lordship, and the wounded man not being present, he was consigned to the Compter. On subsequent inquiry it was discovered that the victim of the above horrible attempt, whose name is Dominico Ruiz de la Vega had been passing quietly along, when the • villain, without the least immediate provocation, came softly behind him, and plunged the stiletto, which he had concealed in the sleeve of his coat, into his body. There had been an old quarrel between them, it seems, the result of which was the assassin had been bound over to keep the peace towards Don Ruiz; in default of which he had been sent to pri son for two m onths, and it was in consequence of this im• prisonment that ie above-recited specimen of Spanish vengeance took place in the streets of the British metropolis. Don Ruiz, on being freed from his assassin, as well as he was able fled down Cannon-street, until by loss of blood he became so weak that he could.proceed no further, when, luckily, Mer rilies, the street-keeper. of Walbrook Ward, caught him in his arms, and proceeded with him instantly to the house of Mr. Smith, surgeon, at the corner of College-hill, from whom he received the most ready professional assistance, London Pa. MANIFESTO OF TIIE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN . . . Oppressed as I am with grief for the sudden loss of my august consort and sovereign, nothing but a sense of duty, to which all sentiments of the heart must yield, could induce me to break silence. The feelings of uncertainty which always attend upon the commencement of a new reign, are, in the present instance, increased by the doubt which exists respecting the course of policyto be followed during the minority of the sovereign. In order to put an end to this uncertainty, and remove all doubts calculated to trouble the public mind, I have considered it is my duty to decla re o p en ly . the principles which I intend to follow constantly, in the exercise of the government with which I have been charged by the last will of the King, my august consort, du ring the minority of my dear daughter Donna Isabella. Religion and monarchy, the primary elements of the political existence of .Spain, shall b e y es p ec t e d, protected, and maintained by me in all their vigour and purity. The Spanish people possesses, in its innate zeal for the faith of its fathers, the strongest guarantee that no one will dare to require obedience from it, u s eless the sacred objects of its reverence and adoration are respected. My heart rejoices in co-operating with this zeal of a nation emi nently Catholic, and in giving it the assurance that the immacu late reli g i on which we profess, its doctrines, its temples, and its ministers, shall be the first and most sacred objects of the care of my government. I experience the liveliest satisfaction in considering that it is a duty for me to preserve whole and entire that royal authority which has been confided to me. I willmaintain most religiously the form and fundamental laws of the monarchy, without ad mittingdangerous innovations, however respectable they may appear in their origin, for we have already unfortunately ex perienced their disastrous effects. The best form of government for a country is that to which it is accustomed. A stable and compact power, founded upon ancient laws, rendered respectable by custom, consecrated by ages of duration, is the most powerful instrument for increasing the welfare of nations, which never can be done when the supreme authority is weakened, when the ideas, the customs, and the established institutions are attacked —when the existing interests are disturbed for the purpose of creating new ones, and giving rise to fresh exigencies—when the different classes of society are put in array one against the other, and society is thrown into confusion. I will transmit the sceptre of Spain to the Queen, to whom the laws allot it, without any diminution of its power ; in a word, such as the laws have made it. [The manifesto then proceeds to say, that the Queen Regent will exert every effort to remedy all abuses, to diminish taxes, and to establish a perfect union between all classes of the nation; treaties with foreign powers will be scru pulously observed, and reciprocal fidelity will be required.]— Guardian. DESTRUCTION OF THE ESSEX OF LIVERPOOL. We have been favoured with the following particulars from the mate of the Essex, the loss of which vessel 4 will be observed is noticed in our shipping intelligence : • "We left the city of New Orleans on the2lth'inly, and sailed from the bar on the 28th, bound for Liverpool. On the 12th August, at eight p.m., Nathaniel Vaughan, master, died, 'after an illness of three days, his disease the yellow fever. At the same time the cabin passenger, Mr. Hobson, civil engineer, was lying helpless and speechless in his cot, having been ill 'fourteen days. On the following day, at thirty minutes past three a.m., being then in lat. 29 -15 N., and lon. 75 35 W., we discovered a smoke coining from the afterhold; all hands were immediately called, and we commenced heaving water down through the loopholes of the hatchway, but found the smoke in creasing so fast that we covered the hatchway again with the tarpaulin, and proceeded to clear away the boats. Both quarter boats were quickly lowered, and a little water, with some bread, were put into them ; but we had no time to save anything of value—not even the ship's • papers. The cabin at this time was so intensely full of smoke, that we could not possibly get into the passenger's room. After several fruitless attempts, we were compelled to desist; the flames immediately began to burst through the coat of the mainmast, and instantly communicated with the rigging, when the mast and its rigging became one splendid pillar of fire. Part of the crew then got into the skiff l and dropped astern. I then got into the jolly-boat with the re mainder, and let go from the ship after ascertaing that tne whole of the hands, twenty-one in number, were in the boats. In about ten minutes the mainmast fell ; the flames then burst through the cabin windows, and the fore and mizen mastsfell in succession. We lay upon oars a short distance from the ship, watching the destruction of our favourite though unfortunate vessel. The scene now became magnificently awful—we con gratulated ourselves upon our narrow escape, and aConce offered our heartfelt prayer to the Almighty for this signal deliverance from destruction. At five a.m. we kept the boats to the north ward, and pulled away in hopes of falling in with some vessel. At 7 a.m. we descried a sail bearing about W.N.W: and imme diately pulled towards her. Sh e p erce i v i ng u s , b ore down, and we were alongside at eleven, a.m. We were taken on board, and she proved to be the American brig Harvest, Capt. Lawton, from New York, bound to Matanzas. Captain L. received us on board, and treated us with the greatest kindness and humanity. Our boats were hoisted on deck, and the brig bore down to the wreck with the hopes of being able to save something, but found her one complete body of fire. The brig stood on her course, and reached eventually her destined port. It is only due to Captain Lawton to say, that we received at his hands every kindness, that it was possible for one niau to bestow upon another."—Guardian. CHESTER MICHAELMAS FAIR. The great Michaelmas fair, which commenced on Thursday last, was not so well attended as we have witnessed on former occasions. The horse fair was rather throng, and there seemed to be a plentiful show of moderately good and inferior animals; of the better kinds there was au evident scarcity. Little busi ness was done and that little at low prices. The cattle market was abundantly supplied, particularly with the Scotch breed. There was, however, a great scarcity of prime stock; and good things of every description met ready sale at an advanced price. Of sheep there was a moderate supply only; but, as in the case of cattle, the limited number of good ones rendered them valu able, and they sold freely for more money than at the last fair. Pigs were never more abundant; it is but seldom a greater number are seen than that offered at this fair. Sales wore ex tensive, but at lower, prices.. The wool market was almost- blank, as 'it correertied both buyers and sellers. A little lamb's wool, however, was offered, which did not meet with purchasers, and the aspect of the mar ket will justify us in stating that this commodity is a shade lower. Of leather there was an indifferent supply both as to quantity and quality, a few sales were effected, and the prices may be quoted as uuder:—skin s I s . 6d. to 2s. 2d., kips Is. 4d. to Is. 6d., sole Is. Id. to Is. 4d., English horse hides (scarce) Is. 4d. to Is. 5d., f ore i gn bends Is. 4d. to is. 6 d. The c heese fair, though n o t so well filled as we have seen it at this period, was tolerably supplied, particularly with small dairies. It met ready sale at rather lower prices ; generally it was sold from 445. to 58s. per cwt. ; but it is said that one dairy belonging to Mr. Humphreys, o f Hi g h er B erse, near W r exham, fetched 675. This dairy was the admiration of all the factors, some of whom pronounced' it a " non-such." The quantity orhops offered for sale in bulk, was scarcely ever less, and the business done in them by sample very limited. The quality of the present year's growth is much better than was expected, particularly in the Worcester hops, which are equal to any grown in that district for several years past. Of the Kent and Sussex hops the same cannot be said, though there are excellent samples of those growths to be met wit. A considerable portion of the hops grown this year will be de ficient in colour, and of inferior quality. We are glad, how ever, to learn, that the storm which created such alarm for the fate of the crops, was not so fatal as had been anticipated. Some of the best judges attribute any injury which the hops may have sustained more to a few frosty nights a fortnight before the high wind, than to the latter circumstance ; be that as it may, they are, either from one cause or the other, £2 to £3 per cwt. dearer than they were expected to be six or eight weeks ago. The duty at that time was laid at.1:200,000; it is.' now down at £152,000; and the general impression is that it will fall short of that amount. The present prices are :-- New Kent pockets .......... £7 0..t0.. £8 0 (Very fine, higher.) Sussex.,,. ......... 6 0..t0.. 7 7 Worcester .. 6 0..t0.. 8 0 (Very fine, higher ) Yearlings 1831 1830 1827 18'26 ......... . ... Old olds ... 1 5..t0.. 2 10 The almost deserted appearance of the Union and Commer cial Halls, indicates that our fairs are upon the decline, at least so far as the retail trade is concerned; a fact which redounds to the credit of our resident shopkeepers, who have, it appears, by their industry an d enterprise, almost convinced their fellow citizens and the neighbourhood, that " fair bargains can no longer be coveted as cheap bargains ;" and that all kinds of goods can be supplied from their shops and warehouses upon as good terms, at least, as the itinerant merchants can afford to sell them at in the Halls. LOSS OF THE CITY OF WATERFORD STEAMER A. private letter, dated Lisbon, October 5, contains the fol lowing account of the loss of the City of Waterford steam packet off Peniche "On Sunday morning, the 22d ult., about half-past eight o'clock, while in the midst of a thick fog, heard the cry f Hard aiport,' when in an instant we were fast on a steep'sanay shore, with a tremendous swell, which at each stroke Aook the vessel in a frightful manner, that few could even keep on their feet. In about half a minute the great funnel fell overboard, the wa ter began to come in at the ports into the cabin, among the ladies, setting everything afloat, and throwing all the inmates into the greatest alarm. On deck everything was in confusion, for the captain was much agitated. We then lowered the ladies and passengers as well as we could, gut them through the surf, and lauded them safe on shore before the waves broke over the decks. We succeeded in saving some considerable property; but the main stock, in value about £30,000, we could not move , as the vessel began to break up fast and we were surrounded by a vile thieving population from the neighbouring huts. We were about six or eight miles from San Martinho. Just before dark we succeeded in getting bullock-carts from that place for the ladies; and after a ride of three or four hours over rugged hills and woods, we got there, a wretched poor village , where we had the greatest difficulty t o procure the commonest neces saries of life, as th e Mi gue lites had only left it three or four days previously, and had taken everything with them: they were only two leagues on; so we spent an uneasy night. Next morning, (Monday,) before day-light, I sent a messenger to the Governor of Peniche, with an account of our situation, and requested succour either by land or water. My messenger and letter, as it appeared afterwards, were taken by the Miguelites, and in the evening, just as night was setting in, we saw a body of troops and guerillas (about 60, horse and foot) coming on the town. They advanced in order, hemming us all in, and the officer, advancing, told us he knew all about us, and we and our chattels must go to Obidos, six miles off. This I positively re fused to comply with, ou the ground of my being an English man, and that all of us were wrecked under the British flag. They threatened, and thrice presented their pieces to tire on us; but knowing their bravado, 1 stuck fast to my text, on the score that I had a lady with me, and as she could not go, -I would not leave her. At last they consented to let me stay ; but they took our captain, most of the crew, and the two young English men, and marched off. In a very short time two boats came from Peniche, and to avoid further attacks we emharked in them, and lay all night in the middle of the bay, which is a narrow entrance of the sea. In the morning 300 men from Pe niche came to succour us, and all was joy. To go by land was impossible for the ladies; and for three days afterwards the weather continued too boisterous to go in the boats, so for that time we were hudgled, eight or ten ladies and gentlemen, all in one room, where we both ate and slept on the floor—such a scene you cannot conceive. On Friday, to our great joy, the Soho and Salamander, with 180 men, Admiral Napier arid Ba ron de Sa, Governor of Peniche, came to take us away, as they feared we might have all been captured. On Saturday we all arrived safe in Lisbon. Two days after our arrival in the capi tal our captain and crew were sent in here by Don Miguel's general, after being very well used. After their arrival at Obi dos, the governor there sent off 100 men to bring away the Por tuguese gentlemen and myself. I suppose I must consider that I had a narrow escape, for although the troops would probably have spared me, the guerillas might not",. ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF CAPTAIN ROSS. . . The following letter has been received from Captain Back, (being the first since he left Montreal, where he may be said, to .have commenced his undertaking,) and is iiow published for the information - of the .numerous friends and subscribers to his expedition : " 215wzray-house, Jack River. June 19th, 1833. "My dear M.—l wrote to you last (I think) from Montreal; since which, I am happy to inform you, my progress has been unimpeded by accident, though attended with more expense than it was possible to foresee. On arriving at the Sault St. Marie, (1 love the name !) which we effected ten days earlier than the light canoe of the last season, we were informed that there was such a deficiency of provisions in the Indian country, that it would be necessary to take a supply at once as far as Lake Winnipeg. This obliged me to purchase another canoe, to get across Lake Superior, and from that establishment I re ceived the two north canoes prepared 'fur the expedition by the Company. . "We arrived at Fort Alexander on the 6th of June, which, for heavy canoes, is considered as being remarkably quick, the despatch canoe from Montreal having only got there one day earlier. The letters that you and I saw at the Hudson's Bay House in December last, together with others of mine to Go vernor Simpson, were iu that canoe, and, consequently, but a short time before me. I had thus to apprichend that the arrange ments relating to the expedition could not-have been completed from the want of the necessary information; and, therefore. the importance of ; seeing the Governor myself seas evident, anit on the 10th of June I had that pleasure at Fort Alexander. I then heard that the supplies were nearly all at Cumberland house; but as we, could not by any exertion procure the men required for the expedition at Montreal, it was necessary for me to conic to this post to complete their number. And now, lam sorry to say, we are obliged to pay very high wages; besides which, I hive lost full 30 0 miles by thi;delay, unavoiable in itself. " It is the opinion of the senior gentlemen here, then, that the only method we can adopt to get my two large heavy boats to a wintering ground is for me to go on in a light canoe tile self, and find out the exact situation and the best route to the Thloo-ee-cho, which I hope to do by the time the boats arrive at the Athabasca, where there shall be a guide to conduct them to me. Now, my dear friend, though I must do this to insure my operations next year, yet it will swell our expenses to more than I contemplated, and you cannot conceive how feverish I I am at the thought of getting beyond' the £7OOO, for it is cer tain this sum wilt searcely carry us to the three years, whereas an additional £lOOO would be amply . sufficient. Pray see, then, what can be done, and make me quiet about this. " I am now in the midst of bustle and annoyance—hiring and persuading men to go. I shall write again by the ship.— On this occasion you are the only person in England to whom 1 purpose writing, therefore make my kind regards to all my friends, and especially to - those who have beeu active and ore interested in our good cause, • " Yours ever, " GEORGE BACK. " King is very amiable, and will make s good voyageur." RETURN OF CAPTAIN ROSS AND HIS CREW.- We yesterday received the very gratifying intelligence of the safe return of the intrepid Ar,ctic voyagers, Captain Ross and his crew, after an absence of four years, spent in exploring this Polar seas, in search of a north-west passage. The first in timation of the arrival of the gallant adventurers was contained in a letter from Captain Lyall, of the ship Clarendon, from Davies' Straits, dated at Peterhead on Saturday last, which stated that Captain Ross and his brave companions were on board the Isabella, Captain Humphreys, all well. No further particulars were given, except that he had a boat's crew of his men on board on the 18th September, and that three of the sea men had died. The Clarendon left the North Seas on the 24th ult. with 21 fish (about 250 tuns of oil), and passed through Leith Roads yesterday for Borrowstouness. From her we learn that of the three men who were lost, two had died on the passage out, and one 'in the country. Except those, the Only casualty has been the loss of a limb by one of the crew from being frost bitten. As to the adventures of this enterprising officer, nothing has yet transpired. Captain Lvall merely reports that Captain Ross and his crew arrived at the fishing station by means of boats, his vessels and the steam-boat having been lost. The expe dition had proceeded as far as the place where the ship Fury was lost on a former voyage, when they had to abandon the steam-boat and go over land, but how far, Captain Lyall had not ascertained. Captain Lyall's son had an interview with Captain Ross on board the Isabella of Hull, which conveys him and the crew home; his second mate is on board the North Pole of Leith. Captain Lyall was informed that the expedition had as much provision as would have sustained them for two years more. It was currently reported last night that Captain Ross had arrived in Edinburgh; this rumour, however, we can not trace to any authentic source; the probability is that he will proceed to Hull, and thence to London. We trust this ad venturous navigator will now be remunerated not only for the toils and perils which he has undergone in the public service, but also for the large sums he expended of his own fortune (we believe about t.:20,W0) in fitting out the expedition. This au spicious event will ; of course, render it necessary for Govern ment to lose no time in forwarding the intelligence to Captain Back, who has been despatched iu quest of the adventurers, and who, unless recalled, may chance to perish in those inhospita ble latitudes, which Ross has so fortunately escaped.—tdin burgh Advertiser. FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF EXETER TO SIR R. H. INGLIS AND SIR J. PATTESON. (From the Western Luminary.) • Our City Sessions commenced on Monday before J. T. Cole ridge, Esq. recorder, E. Woolmer Esq. ; mayor, and Aldermen Blackall, Hart, Sanders, Crocket t Lee, Harris, and Measor. The learned recorder having addressed the jury at great length on the calendar before him, intimated to the grand jury, previous to their leaving the court for the purpose of proceeding with the bills of indictment, that the ceremony of presenting the freedom of the city was about to be proceeded with. E. Woolmer, Esq. mayor, then stated to Sir J. Patteson and Sir Robert Inglis, Bart., that the freedom of the city was now to be presented to them, and he congratulated his fellow-citi zans that they were going to enrol among them one so distin- Ii islied. for his talents, wisdom, and great abilitieS;and another; who had proved himself one of the brightest ornaments of the British senate, and firmest champions of our Protestant church. (Cheers.) The usual oath having been administered and taken, the learned Recorder addressed Sir John Patteson and Sir R. In glii, and prononnced a splendid eulogium on their talents and characters. In that place, he said, it would ill become him, if he were disposed, to touch on party politics, but he did 'most sincerely trust that, as the day was not vet come, so that it never would arrive, and he did not suppose that in free England it ever could, when party politics would triumph over a virtuous consistency in public life. Sir John Pattcsou and Sir R. H. Inglis severally returned. thanks. The following were the number of Flag Officers and Men of War on the Naval List, at the several dates enumerated : Adms. V.4(103. It.Athus. Total. Ist January, 1794 .... 12 .. 18 .. 19 .. 49 Ist January, 1797 .... 28 .. 40 35 1 03 Ist January, 1799 .... 21 .. 36 • . 42 .. 99 lst April, 1814 .... 64 .. 66 .. 7)) 200 Ist January, 1833 .... 49 .. 58 .. 61 .. 171 Number of Men of War. Ist Jan. 1794 495 Ist April, Ibl4, 1,182 Ist Jan. 1797 5ll Ist Jau. 1833, 574 Ist Jan. 1799 582 THE CUNNING OF A Fox.—A few evenings ago, a fox de scended by means of a small opening in the maul' an outhouse. at a farm near Northailerton, and iu which sixteen geese were kept, and killed them all. Having finished this work of laugh ter, Reynard found it impossible to effect his retreat by the way he had entered, and hit upon the following expedient to reach the opening, which was discovered the next morning, on the servant opening the door to let out the geese. The fox had piled their dead carcasses one upon another, and thus, like other sanguinary heroes, over a mountain of the slain, he suc ceeded in reaching the aperture and secured his retreat.—York Herald. SHORT WAY TO BE MARRIED.—A young couple went, not long since, into the study of a late judg'e of our Supreme Court, who, by virtue of a commission as Justice of the Peace, was authorized to solemnize marriages, and desired him to marry them. "Very well," said his honour, whom they found wri ting, "pass me your certificate, and you may The man handed a certificate that the banns had been published, but re mained. The judge continued his employment, until the im patient bridegroom again announced the intention of his visit. " Very well,' said the judge, and again pursued his task. After some further delay, the neglected applicants once more reminded his honour of their desire to be married. " Why go home," said the magistrate, "you have been married this - half hour." And it was true. The law only requires an acknow ledgment of intention before a justice of the peace, and a re cognition by the justice in his official capacity. There is no form of words necessary to the purpose, nor any ceremony, other than a simple declaration, which the judge did riot per mit for a moment to disturb his meditation.--Ohio Eranil;ier. • Ha TO MEAN SHE. —By the new act "to amend the, law of inheritance," it is enacted "that every word in it importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing: and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and he applied to a female as well as a male." I.rt , ucTs or A FR rcaf.—A servant ladofMrs. A. Harrison's, Penrith, threw a white sheet around him, and entered the room where a servant girl was sitting before the looking-glass; she see ing in the glass, (and not hearing) such au unnatural form, was so terrified that she lost her reason, and still continues in a truly deplorable condition. WORKING OF THE REFORM BILL AND THE ASSESSED TAXES. —The effect produced upon theiconstituencv, which it was iu tended to increase by the operation of the 'Reform Bill, is de monstrated in a strong point of view by the results of the Revision Courts for the parishes of St. Luke's, Middlesex, and the borough of Finsbury. In these there are 6820 separate end distinct premises. Of these 980 are below £lO per annum, and. consequently, 5810 at and above that sum, which, by the theory of the Reform Bill, should give an equal number of voters. When the lists for these parishes were revised by the barristers last year, there w ere f oun d t o b e MG voters di'sqttalitied. In the present year it has been found that nut more than 1241 voters have been declared as qualified, showing a deficiency,. as compared with the revision of last year, of 192, and leaving 4596 occupiers of houses rated at and above £lO a year, disqua litied.—Morniey Herald. LAY TITHES—As there is so large a proportion of tithe in lay hands, both in England and Ireland, it mite be as well to inform the holders of them, who are apt to consider such tithes as a mere temporal right, and discharged from all spiritual ob ligation—that where there is no vicarage endowed, the impro priator (or lay owner) is bound to maintain a priest; and, on information by the attorney-general for this purpose, the king may assign to the vicar or citrate a portion of the small tithes. The equity of this law ought surely to be extended to small curacies and vicarages insufficiently endowed, whether the great tithes be in the hands of lay owuers, or in the hands of deans and chapters or bishops. There are, as we learn, examples of this nature in great abundance in Wales, where the lay holders of tithes derive out of the parish five or six hundred pounds per annum, and either pay, or leave to the vicar who has the whole spiritual charge of the parish entrusted to him,) a 'miserable annual stipend of thirty or forty pounds. This practice is con trary to the original spirit of appropriation, and cannot be defended under the statute of Henry the Eighth, by virtue of which so much of the property of the church was transferred to lay hands at the time of the Reformation. Before the dissolu tion of the abbeys, convents, &c., the religious to whom the title belonged alivays maintained heir curate or vicar in aeon dition suited to his sacred functions. This was a duty cast upon them by law, and the canons of the church. Is •it not clear, theretbre, that the seine obligation 'devolved with the right of tithe, into whatever hands such tithes might descend, — and ought not these lay owners to be compelled to make a pro vision out of the tithes for the officiating minister of the parish in which such tithes are collected ? • The spiritual right, in fa vour of which tithes were originally set apart, is surely prefer able to the temporal right, though purchased fur a eousideras Lion, however vale*, in the market of property.—Bed's Myr sower,