The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-05-28 00:00:00

MAY Vi t 1833, _-- - - The consequences are already beginning to be felt. — We are assured, upon undoubted authority, that some of the most extensive and intelligent merchants of Liverpool have already countermanded all their orders for the West Indies. They have told the manufacturers not to send theta any more goods. They have determined to place an interdict upon their exports ; and this, we have no he sitation in saying, will be severely felt before many weeks are over. But this is not the worst as concerns indivi duals. There are thousands of persons and families in this country who receive fixed annuities from property in the West Indies. We learn, on the same unquestionable authority, that formal notice has been given, in numer °us instances, within the last few weeks, that these an nuities will no longer be paid. The source from which they were derived is exhausted, and dependants upon that source of income must now turn themselves to some other quarter; for we venture to say that not another Penny will they ever receive. The ministry of the day, and the malignant faction whose slaves ministers are, have much to answer for; but we fear that even if they were condemned as traitors to-morrow, the whole burthen of their follies, and of their pernicious policy, would fall .upon innocent victims, in our own fatherland, too help less to demand redress or enforce justice. —.T a u Some people talk of the consistency of our liberal and " 1 7 consistent member, Mr. EWART. We shall here give an admirable specimen of it. It is already well known that he voted with ministers ° II Sir Wm. Ingilby's motion for a repeal of the malt tax, 4ad against ministers on Sir JOHN KEY'S motion for a re- Peal of the assessed taxes. In other words, he voted for ministers when they were weak, and against them when the y Were st rong, and when it did not matter two straws which w ay _ he v o t e d. Th e reasons w hi c h t h e h onoura bl e In ember assigned for voting in this singular, if not sus srmakneri'were—first, that the repeal of the malt ` 4 Would have afforded relief to the farmers, a class of Pers ons in whom Mr. Philosopher EWART takes no inte rest' and to thi s repeal our honoura bl e mem b er was on the se grounds decidedly opposed. His second reason that he did not wish to embarrass his MAJESTY'S mi nisters, and ther e f ore h e vo t e d aga i nst t h em i n f avour o f the repeal o f t h e assessed taxes ! This i s w h at certa i n am iable per sons ca ll consistency! F or our p arts, we can see nothing in this conduct on th F tri ck and of our h onoura bl e re p resen t a ti ve but a paltry I • a ndjuggle. Wh ere w a s M r . EW A RT on the night of r , " 141 41. WH ALLEY ' S mot i on ? Th at mo ti on was s t r i c tly confined to a repeal of the house and window duties. It ;asnot mixed u p w i t h t h e ma l t tax , as th e f ormer mo ti on as, and th ere f ore every cons i stent man w h o vote d f or the ls former was b oun d to vote f or W HALLEY ' S mot i on. B ut here Was Mr. EWART on the night in question ? We are e nable to tell whether he voted against the repeal, but The see b y the published lists that he did not vote for it. e honourable member, therefore, was either designedly se nt from the house, thus neglecting his duty and the Z er ests of his c ons titu en t s , or h e was p resen t an d vo t e d in th rninisters, in opposition to his already recorded vote, Violation of all consistency, and in open scorn of the 3 41 " 8 Prayers and petitions of the very persons who eat him to parliament. We leave Mr. EWART to reconcile these unseemly con loredictions, and this extremely suspicious conduct, to his te nder conscience, and give, at his leisure, the best ex planati on he can to those who returned him. T HE obst ac l es w hi c h ministers had to encounter in fill i n g up the vacant secretaryship of Ireland, after the resig natie onn of Sir J OHN C AM H OBHOUSE , s h ow th a t it i s now , 4 ,° . ,ssy task t o carr y on th e governmen t i n th e s pi r it o f -b"gePendence. Th ese o b s t ac l es , h owever , wer e created by t he men who complain, and who feel their inconveni re. They were warned at the time, but they took no ee d. The man i a o f r ef o rm was upon them, and they desp i sed all the admonitions of experience. It is understood that the secretaryship, after being hawked about like stale mackerel, was acce p ted b y Mr. ITT LEtoN,upon conditions which might safely be ranged nkle r t h e bead of .bribery and corruption. We do not !oean to assert that the office was sold, for it happened to be on e of those purchase unenviable situations which no man would ; but we have cogent reasons for stating that a bonus Was offered or given in order to tempt the adven turous candidat e to run t h e h azar d o f a new e l ect i on. M r. anEncitomßi,, the member for Edinburgh, had refused ; Mr. SPRING RICE, the member for Cambridge, had refused it ; Mr. BONHAM CARTER, the member for Ports- Inc ith, had refused it ; and one or two other honourable t nernbers h a d smelt at, but had not bitten, the bait before It , w as offered to a n d swa ll owe d by M r . L ITTLET ON. Thu s i that coronets are thrown away ! It is a proof of the virtue of the age in which we live, when we see so many t n . h lio men o f t h e Whi g sc h ool declining the honour o f a 1 1 11° ffioe, and the f e li c iti es of a snug salary. "N'as courageous on the part of Mr. LITTLETON to r w ept that which the three worthies before named had h et :, us ed ; but he happened to have, or he believed that he th 4 ' , a more pliant constituency in South Staffordshire, zn a n is to be found in Edinburgh, Cambridge, or Ports pr°llth• This is the whole secret. The ministers are at Ports- Ares in so bad an odour all over the country, that they no nt induc e one o f t h e i r old supporters to por i l hi s re electione fo t £2 , 500 a-year. They were consequently x unVell e d to confer the vacant office upon Mr. O'CoN z LL's nominee for the Speakership ; upon a man who has fife t he gauntl e t t h roug h every administration for the last d a e n Years ; who has truckled to every minister of the w 3r iv i who h as f awne d upon the Tories, slobbered the i gs, gu zz l e d w i t h t h e R adicals, and danced round the t4L'enlour and the red night-cap with the Repeaters and f b estructiyes. For such a statesman it is impossible at Lord GREY can entertain any feeling but that of con beraPt--contempt mingled with regr e t th at h e could not „ st ow the s it ua ti on u p on a mem b er o f his own family 17t even on Mr. EDWARD ELLICE of C oventry. But pat co u ld the unfortunate premier do ? The blunders ; 11 Lo r d ALTHORP have lost him the favour of the mob; hhe prot ocols of Lord PALMERSTON have raised against n th e i ndignation of every merchant in England; the follies of Lord GODERICH and Mr. STANLEY have arrayed aagainst him the whole of the West India interest; the bannersPoliation pl an o f of the Lord P LUNKETT h as raised the sacred Church against him; the defeat of Sir Wm. I tu iray's motion h as incensed the farmers and agricul labourers ; so th at f rom the Needles to the N orth Pole not a man i s to be found to prop the falling fortunes o t 3 f the GREY administration. It is calculated that Mr. LITTLETON will be returned f or South Staffordshire. This, however, we are happy to Say, is by no me ans a settled point. The Northampton emerald states . " Whatever Mr. Li tt l eton may imagine, we learn from good .authority that his r e t urn i s not by any means certain. There is `stro ng feeling throughout South Staffordshire against him; all parties unite in despising a person, who is usually spoken of . political w eat h ercock.' A very general wish prevails that Lo ed r be almost certain Ingestre should come forward. His success would rThere is o ne reason for re j ec ti ng M r. L ITTLETON, rentle• i el? we beg leave t o su b m i t to that gentleman ' s private i Should he fail in his election, his peerage is se, ghat The arrangement , we confess, lo o k s ver y lik e is called a cross, for it is the interest of the candi lose. The case of L or d W ESTERN i s taken to be rale as regards Well Mr. LITTLETON. If be be returned, In d good; but should he be rejected, nr ft, L . _what then ? 1,,' " "" e Lionourable member would gain by his loss, , 4 7 start up froln an humble commoner into a peer of the 1,04143. His friends, therefore, who esteem Mr. LITTLE hi:""id a re an4OUS to do him a favour by gratifYing, 41uhition. arse beund to vote against him; or abstain tbrn , - ..";" 4 "hog altogether. What a pleasant reflection torus ' o ' 4 r ed that whatever way the wind bloWs there is office The One hand an d a coronet on the other ! zj)er ib ,'`e edue ministers m us t h ave been bard pressed before they , as we are assured t h ey have, to these bumf esog conditions„ It .is natural,___therefere, that. they 4 4 tad b e 1 , desirous to avert these mortifications for: the , ix .. t r ei and f or t h is purpose it is proposed that meb 41`ge governme n t, when moved from one situation to ii:use th er mers , shall not b e required to vacate their seats in the deal of Commons, and exixse them se l ves to the or- ' a a new election. This would certainly be very I convenient for the present men ; but would it not be a greater inroad upon the privileges of the people than that of the old system of close boroughs ? Parliament was reformed in order that the ministers of the crown might be more under the control of the people, and the representativq of the people more under the control of their respective constituencies. If, however, offices un der the crown could be filled up at the will of the minister, and without consulting the sentiments of the electors, the people would be divested of every shadow of control over their representatives. This would, indeed, be pay ing dear for our whistle, and making reform the cradle of despotism. If ministers were permitted to carry a bill for this object through Parliament, what would prevent them from perpetuating the present Parliament during the lifetime of its members ? We are convinced that the one measure would follow the other. The house at pre sent is composed of the servile adherents of the Whigs, not one out of ten of whom would be again returned if Parliament were dissolved to-morrow. Ministers are aware of this ; and it is their interest to keep together the present herd of retainers to the last moment. The only difficulty is with respect to the appointment to offi ces. If the re-election could be dispensed with, that would be one step gained towards the perpetuity of Whig tyranny, and the next, the perpetuity of Parliament it self; would follow as a matter of course. Oh, WILLIAM, King of England, what a minister hast thou ! Mr. STANLEY may live to rue the day when, overlook ing the strict duties of his station, lie assailed the whole body of colonists in a tissue of abuse, exaggeration, and falsehood, well befitting men to whom we will not more particularly refer; but little in accordance with the claims to respect which the right honourable gentleman had put forth in some of his earlier efforts; but which he has la mentably, for his own character, forfeited on the present occasion, and from the effects of which he will not easily or early recover. If Mr. STANLEY and his colleagues are incapable of appreciating the value to this country of her colonial possessions, they stand alone among the governments of the earth. There is no country, of the lowest grade in Europe, which does not know that, to her colonies, and to the political and commercial influence and advantages which those colonies have afforded, is Great Britain mainly indebted for her high rank in the scale of nations. There was one man—the most deadly enemy that Eng land ever had—who well knew their importance ; who knew, also, that so long as we had a superiority in those essentials of our state—" ships, colonies, and commerce" —all his efforts to injure us would, as they did, recoil upon himself. That man was NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE He well knew that the British isles, from the limited ex tent of their superficies—the moderate qualities of their soil—the inferiority of their climate—and the compara tively small numbers of their population, would have been incapable, with such inferior physical powers, of sustain ing a conflict with him, when controlling the resources of the greater part of Europe, had not the country possessed other and mightier resources—morally, in the nature and character of her government and constitution—phy sically, in the superior activity and industry of the "lit tle hive" assembled under the protection of the benefi cial institutions of the state; and from having succeeded in uniting with herself, for purposes of mutual support and aggrandizement, the most splendid colonial empire in the world. How were those colonial possessions sustained ? By " ships and commerce." What con tributed chiefly to the maintenance of that marine, and of the commerce of which it was the vehicle ? The " colonies." Deprive the country of her colonies, or, which is just the same thing, destroy the advantages hitherto derived from them, and what will be the conse quence ? A lasting and irreparable injury to ships and commerce. Is it on slight grounds that we make this assertion ? Our readers shall judge for themselves. We have been at some pains to investigate the affairs of our West India possessions, and have carried back our in quiries to the close of the American war, a period of exactly fifty years. What the West Indies have done for us within that period—as nearly as it has been pos. sible to arrive at the truth, and we believe there is not the slightest exaggeration in any part of the statement— is as follows : During the last 50 years our Imports from the West Indies (including the Mauritius), have amount- Sterling. ed to. £320,000,000 The Duties paid on them to 270,000,000 Our Exports to . The Expenditure of the surplus income in this country, by the proprietors, has been 160,000,000 The value of the Colonies, in Land, Buildings, and Negroes, is about 140,000,000 The Shipping engaged is of the firstclass of Vessels, consisting of 95U Ships, measuring 210,000 Tons, and navigated by about 20,w0 Seamen. The population of the Colonies is composed of White Inhabitants, about . Free Persons of Colour, about 45,000 Negroes, about. 800,000 Persons supported at home by the Manufactures and Produce exported, and by the Import Trade, about ..500,000 Believing in our conscience that every part of the above statement falls below the truth, we would ask of what materials are those men composed who, as mem bers of the Government, would stake such interests against the mere loose opinions of a body of enthusiasts — whose enthusiasm is only exceeded by their utter igno rance of the real merits of the que s tion—and who are led by men, of whom the greater portion seek to create a name for philanthropy, rather than to accomplish a be nefit for any of the subjects at stake, animate or inani mate, black or white, or to advance the welfare of the country at large ? Is it against such men and such mo tives that the most mighty interests of the empire are to be put into the scale, the balance being held by one whose conduct in the incipient proceedings has too clearly shewn that he is possessed of none of the attributes of justice except her blindness ? To remove the bandage from the eyes of that individual and his colleagues, and to dispel the mist of delusion which has for a long period hung round too large a proportion of the people of this country, the meeting of yesterday in London was called. At that meeting the truth will have been promulgated. By the numerous, powerful, and influential classes of our fellow-subjects, of whom it would doubtless be composed, justice will be demanded of the Government—the rights of property and the maintenance of the laws will be insisted upon—and woe be to that government which shall inflict, or to the people which shall submit to the infliction of such acts of glaring wrong and injustice as are now threatened against the colonies. From the hour that those threats are carried into execution—if after the evidence afforded, and to be afforded, such an attempt should be made—from that hour will all the rights of property, real or personal—land, buildings, or funds—in the British Empire, be set at nought and ab rogated. We have heard some facetious persons call the present the pauper parliament, while others dignify it by the title of the 'bludgeon and pledge parliament. As we have a particular respect for the honourable member for York, and have no wish to quarrel with the honourable member for Pontefract., we sink the two last titles, and adhere to the first. Our reasons for this partiality are easily ren dered. • We pass over all the inferior and commonplace beggars which the house. contains. It is enough that it counts among its members such eminent persons as Mr. DANIEL O'CoNrtELt., of Dublin, and Mr. JAMES SILK BUCKING Ur, of Sheffield— The first has levied contributions in a way that would put Bamfylde Moore Carew, if he were alive, to the blush ; and the latter we would back against all the Edieochiltries and blue gowns". of Scotland. O'CoN explCits wish the begging box are so notorious that we need not dwell upon them. Sufficient to the day are the alms thereof. He has condescended to take shil lings froM those who never had pounds, and pennies from those who never had:shillings. In fact he has begged .from the very beggars. But we should do injustice if we were to attribute ex clusive excellence in this science cr art to DANIEL O'CoNNELL. In our country we have men who have distinguished themselves as worthily, and who have had the chivalry to contest the palm of beggary with the great liberator of the kingdom of Kerry, and the honourable re presentative of all Ireland. Mr. BUCKINGHAM has stood THE 1,1VER.1:001, STANDARD at the gate, hat in band, for many a day, and we rejoice to say has had a most brilliant and successful career. — The sums he has realized may not be equal to the national debt, but they are more than any human being, except himself, can calculate. He, like O'CONNELL, has paid his respects to all ranks and classes of men. As a proof of his high spirit and noble liberality, he has condescend ed to accpt half-crowns from passing strangers, sixpences from journeymen weavers, and pence from the nailers of Birmingham and its happy environs. It was all grist to his mill, whether it came in the shining gold, the moon light shilling, or the brown half-penny—emblem of au tumn and the woods! And why not ? Is not Mr. BUCKINGHAM next to Lord GREY, and Lord JOHN' RUSSELL, the saviour of his coun try ? Are we not indebted to him for the blessings of free trade ? Did he not teach the Paella of EGYPT how to grow cotton on the banks of the Nile, and how to dispose of it on the banks of the Mersey ? Did he not fathom the depths of the Rod Sea, and attempt to dig a canal across the Isthmus of Suez ? Did he not establish a newspaper on the banks of the Ganges, which to him was worth ,V4OOO a year, and which had it not been suppressed by a foolish government, would have made a hundred millions of people intimately acquainted with the science of poli tical economy ? In short, what has Mr. BUCKINGHAM not done for the civilization of the known and the unknown world ? ,As a reward for these inestimable services it was some few years ago proposed to send the now honour able member for Sheffield on a voyage of discovery. He was to discover the longitude and new markets for the consumption of British manufactures. He promised to do more for England in one year, in his own good ship, well provided with subscribed stores and borrowed goods, than has been done for her by the governments of the last century. He was to teach and sell—barter and con vert—preach and buy—instruct and exchange—in all the golden markets of an undiscovered country. In order to enable Mr. BUCKINGHAM to carry this splendid and profitable speculation into effect, a meeting was held in July, 1830—" his royal highness" (so his begging book, just published by himself, informs us) " the Duke of „Sussex in the chair." At this meeting, he tells us, that " resolutions approving of the plan itself, and recommending its execution to be confided to Mr. BUCKINGHAM, as in every respect qualified for the com mand, were moved by the Duke of SOMERSET, Lord DURHAM, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir SIDNEY SMITH, Ge neral BENTHAM, LEICESTER STANIIOPE, and others; and a long list of the most distinguished nzen in Englund gave it their avowed patronage and support." The chief merit of the plan consisted in raising the re quired sum of money. The "most distinguished men in England" had influence enough to induce various sim pletons to subscribe small sums of money. The begging box went round with unceasing regularity. The ho nourable projector himself travelled the country in the arduous task of delivering lectures and collecting the ways and means. Nu stone was left unturned to get in the money. " Put money in my purse" was his motto. In a single word Mr. BUCKINGHAM did his duty, and at tended to his business like a practical philosopher. But we deeply lament to state that the subscription did not thrive. The cash did not come tumbling in so freely as was expected ; and after the most extraordinary exer tions the plan failed, because the stupid public would not bleed. Mr. BUCKINGHAM states the sad result of these exertions to be as follows : ACTUAL RESULT OF THE SUBSCRIPTION UP TO TIIE PRESENT PERIOD. .C. S. D 1. Total amount nominally subscribed for the Voyage 2238 4 0 2. Total expences of every kind incurred for the underta king 637 5 6 3. Proportion of the subscribed amount actually paid llO9 10 0 4. Proportion of the subscribed amount subsequently withdrawn. . 5. Proportion of the subscribed amount not paid at 1128 14 0 6. Nett sum available for the purchase of an annuity 369 14 6 7. Atnqunt of annuity which this sum will secure 25 0 0 It will be seen that the whole amount of the available sum is £369 14s. 6d. Mr. BUCKINGHAM is desirous, with a modesty that is truly becoming, that this sum should be diverted to the purchase of an annuity, which he calculates would reach about £25 per annum during the remainder of his life. We are of the same opinion. The people of Sheffield must be anxious that their repre sentative should have an independence of £25 per an num. It would at least prevent the honourable member from becoming a burthen on the parish. But we are not confident that his laudable desires can be gratified. His Whig friends seem to hold a stiff hand upon the cash.— Lord BROUGHAM, Lord DURHAM, Lord Jorusr, and others, decline parting with their money; and Mr. BUCKINGHAM has been reduced to the forlorn necessity of publishing them to the world as defaulters. The following is the list, which we publish for the amusement of our readers. It is as curious a document as we has'e chanced to see since the days of Colonel WARDLE and Queen CAROLINE:-- Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Auckland - 5 5 o—Not paid. Lord Chancellor Brougham Duke of Bedford 5 5 o—Not paid. Sir Francis Burdett, M.P. H. Lytton Bulwer, M P George Birkbeck, M.D., and 1 , amily ll 11 o—Withdrawn. Alexander Bannerman, M.P 5 5 o—Not paid. Lord William Cavendish 5 5 o—Not paid. Thomas William Coke 5 5 o—Withdrawn. Robert Otway Cave 5 5 o—Not paid. Richard Cooke 5 5 o—Not paid. Lord Durham 5 5 o—Not paid. Lord Chief Justice Denman 5 5 o—Not paid. General Sir John Doyle, Bt. 5 5 o—Not paid. Colonel C. J. Doyle Lord Ellenborouih 5 5 o—Withdrawn. Earl Fitzwilliam 5 5 o—Not paid. Earl Ferrers Captain Glasscock, R.N. Charles Grant, M.P 5 5 o—Not paid. Isaac Lyon Goldsmid 5 5 o—Not paid. John Borthwick Gilchrist, LL.D. John Gordier '2 0 o—Not paid. Mr. Gammons 1 0 o —Withdrawn. Right Hon. W. Huskisson Sir Alexander Johnston 5 5 o—Not paid. Jones, Barker and Co. .• . John Labouchere 5 5 o —Withdrawn.. Rev. Dionysius Lardner, L.L.D General Loftus 5 5 o—Not paid. Edward Lloyd . T. 1). Lloyd. Liverpool Mercury Earl of Munster 5 5 o—Not paid. John Maxwell, 51. P 5 5 o—Not paid. Captain Marryatt, 11. N. Lord Nugent 5 5 o—Not paid. Duke of Portland 5 5 o—Withdrawn. Right Hon. G. Ponsonby 5 5 o—Not paid. H. R. 11. the Duke of Sussex 5 5 o—Not paid. Admiral Sir Sydney Smith . 5 5 o—Not paid. Marquis of Sligo 5 5 o—Not paid. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. . Sir James Scarlett, M.P 5 5 o—Not paid. Thomas Sharpe 5 5 o—Not paid. Robert Sharpe Earl of Tankerville Lord Viscount Torrington William Vizard ( Queen Ca roline's Attorney) Rev. Archdeacon Wrangham 2 2 o—Not paid. Charles Baring Wall, Al. P. 5 5 o —Withdrawn. Samuel Walker 1 1 o—Not paid. It was old COBDETT, we believe, who gave an immor tal sobriquet to the honest historian who is the proprietor of the Leeds Mercury. But tliat sobriquet, though rigidly just, is of too multifarious a sound for tender ears, and, therefore, we pass it sub silentio. The wonderful personage to whom we allude, and who has been a soft of undress footman to all the political quacks of the day, and, hi other respects, the COSTER or the ADY of the press, has, it appears, been detected in circulating certain slanders against Mr. SADLER. These slanders were of the very foulest kind; and it was im possible for any gentleman, no matter how much he might otherwise despise their author, to pass them by without notice. A threatened prosecution led to an apology—to an humble apology—to such an apology, dictated. by over whelming guilt, as we never read in the whole course of our experience. It will be found under.the head "Con temporary Press ;" and those who . have a taste that way will be gra.Ctied to the full extent of their desires. CCIBBETT was right; his nickname. will survive the man Sir Robert Heron, en Thursday, gave notice, that Rule 13 he should apply for leave to bring inn bill ." to prevent the ne regsity of a member holding an office - under the Crown vacating hi: scat in Parliament upon e❑ exchange of t?qice; reins to su persede the necessity of appealing to the constituency as to the propriety of the member's conduct, in the event of his taking vii ,tier cr other office. Such an act would have been very use ful to Sir J. C. Hobliouse. But the motion will never be made. LO_VDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, Halipast Seren o'clock. The Consol Market has been exceedingly animated during the last few days, and the settlement of die account, which took place on the 221, has been followed by a very consider able advance. The account passed over without any defalca tion, and consols for the new account were thine this morning as high as 8911, but finally closed at BJ,'- F „ and 3 per cents. for money left oft at 89k. India Stock and . Bank Stock are both higher; the former is quoted at 231 to 235, and the latter at 1081. Exchequer Bills arc 51 to 52, and India Bonds 30 to 32. Great speculation has ,taken place in Portuguese Stock and Scrip, and the former his:advanced to 591 601, and the Scrip to 28 discount. All the Northern Bonds are better than when we last wrote; Russian are 103-, 1 101, Dutch 4811, Bel gian 888 i 84 and Danish 731 74. Large purchases of Bra zilian Stock have been made, which has advanced the price to 70a 714. The Quebec papers contain a proclamation from Lord Aylmer, the governor-in -chief; dated the 13th ult.. ordering all vessels from that date, for the eight following months, from Eu rope or elsewhere, to perform a quarantine at Grosse Isle, in the river St. Lawrence, for forty days, unless they should receive sooner a license of discharge, signed by two members of the executive council. A representation had however been made to the governor, and it was hoped that vessels arriving with clean bills of health, and without any sick person on board, would not be detained, but vessels would be required to land their passengers at Grosse Isle. The accounts from Havana state that the captain-general, in his dispatches to Spain, gives the deaths from cholera, between the 25th of February and the Ist of April, at fourteen thousand five hundred. More than two thirds of the victims were ne groes. Some of the plantations in the interior, situated in low and marshy spots, or on the margin of rivers, had suffered se verely. Confidence was completely restored at Havana since since its disappearance. We have accounts from Bona, by which we learn, that on the 21st ult. the French had sent out an expedition of 230 cavalry against the Arab tribe Oulet d'Attia. A sharp action took place, which ended in the Arabs being put to flight, after losing thirty one killed, and six prisoners. We Lind by the accounts from Montreal that a dreadful tire had occurred there at the British American Hotel, at the time of the Soiree Musical, at which about thirty ladies and gentle men had assembled, who were only preserved by being taken down ladders through the windows, so rapid was the progress of the flames. Captain Back, who had put up there, fortunately secured his baggage and instruments. Several other houses were partially injured, and the church of Bousecours preserved with great difficulty. LOCAL NEWS. THE WORICHOUSF: ELRCTION.—The contest between Messrs. Shipp and Haram, for the governorship of the Workhouse, was carried on yesterday with great spirit by the friends of each candidate. At four o'clock, when the pull closed for the day, the numbers were : For Mr. Shipp 1,311 persons-3,113 votes For Mr. Haram 974 ditto —2,809 ditto Majority for Mr. Shipp 334 After declaring the state of the poll, the Rev. Mr. Brookes, who presided, adjourned the vests to this day, at ten o'clock, when the polling will re-commence. Yesterday the Liverpool Zoological Gardens were opened to the inspection of the public, and, though they are in an unfi nished state, were crowded at an early hour with visitors. The large elephant purchased for this collection died a few days since. The exhibition, although in an incomplete state, still has to boast of several animals not to be found in any collec tion in England. The Trombone Band enlivened the scene by performing several pieces after the manner of the Russian Horn Band. We shall take an early opportunity of paying this place of amusement another visit, when we have more leisure to particularise its collection of living curiosities. CORONER'S INQUEST.—FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF DRUNKEN NEss.—Yesterdav inquisitions were taken before James Aspi nall, esq. one of the bailiffs and coroners for this borough, touching the death of Anne Keirns. The husband of the de ceased is a labouring porter, and they lived with their family (of five children) in a cellar in Dickinson-street. On Saturday morning, abouteight o'clock, the husband came home in a state of intoxication, and his wife asked him to take his breakfast and go to his work. Without making her any answer, he up set the table with the breakfast things, and called her by an infamous name. She abused him in return, and he threw at her successively a stone, the poker and the fender, which, however, did not hurt her. She then closed with him, and they con tinued fighting for about ten minutes, when a neighbour went in and parted them, at which time the husband's head was bleeding very much from a cut which the wife avowed she had given him. The neighbour who had parted them dressed his wound, and endeavours were made to keep them asunder by persuading her to go to her sister's, and him to go to bed, but neither of them would be pacified. At length h went out of the cellar, and was going away up the street, when she called after him, making use of some very foul language, which in duced him to return in a greater fury than before. A friend of his, who had been endeavouring to make peace between them, caught hold of him to prevent his going into the cellar; he struggled and kicked with great violence, and, as the wife was stooping to pick up something, he kicked her in the neck, by which the upper part of the windpipe was ruptured, and she died in consequence about two hours afterwards. The husband was then taken into custody. After hearing the evidence, in which the facts above related were stated in detail, the Jury returned a verdict of illans/aughter, and the coroner issued his warrant of committal of the prisoner to Lancaster Castle, for trial at the next assizes. The neighbours state the deceased to have been a mild, inoffensive, and generally well-conducted woman ; but frequent quarrels appear to have taken place be tween her and her husband, in consequence of the habitual drunkenness of the latter, which has thus, at length, resulted in depriving five poor children of both their natural guardians and protectors. LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.—On Friday e-ven ing, the annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary ,Bible So ciety was held in the Exhibition-rooms, Post-office-place, John Eden, Esq., in chair. The report, which was read by the secre tary, the Rev. Robert Davies, gave a very interesting statement of the operations of the society during the past. year. It ap peared that The income for the year past amounted to £1629, and the issue of the Scriptures through various channels to 6557 copies. The total number distributed since the formation of the society in 1811 is 113,308. An improvement in several of the items of the society's funds was announced, especially in the donations, whilO s , in some others, a deficiency had been experienced, in particular in the amount received by the ladies' branch society, occasioned chiefly by the unavoidable interrup tion of their l'abours last year, for several months, during the prevalence of the cholera. Among the issues of bibles, it ap peared that upwards of 2000 had been distributed to schools at about half the cost prices, and nearly 1000 had been granted as loans for the use of individuals or families suffering from cholera. Among the grants made abroad, one of more than ordinary in terest was announced, namely, a supply of Arabic Bibles and Testaments, for distribution . in Central Africa, by the expedi tion which some months ago proceeded thither under the di rection of Mr. Macgregor Laird and the enterprising Mr. Richard Lander. The formation, a few days since, of a Welsh branch of the society, under very favourable prospects, for the more adequate supply of the natives of the principality settled in Liverpool with the scriptures, was announced. The meet ing, which was very respmetably attended, was addressed in succession by the Chairman, by the Rev. G. Driffield, vicar of Prcscot, the Rev. Dr. Paterson, on behalf of the parent institu tion, the'Rev. Mr. Lister, Rev. 'l'. Tattershall, Rev. D. M'Ni col, Rev.sDr. Stewart, Rev. W. Carruthers, Rev. S. Saunders, and others, and separated apparently much gratified with the proceedings of the evening, NEW SHEATHING.—ChemicaI science has recently been surf cessfully applied to the sheathing of ships, in the introduction o a new metal, or combination of metals, which threatens to in terfere extensively with copper for that important purpose. This subject, it is well known, had attracted much of the attention of that eminent and lamented chemist, Sir Humphrey Davy. Further reference need not be made to the want of success which attended his praiseworthy efforts ; resulting, as it did, from natural causes beyond the control of the human mind. The difficulties which have, hitherto, almost limited the sheath ing of ships to sheet copper would seem to be surmounted by Messrs. Wetterstedt and - Co., of London, in the production of their marine metal. According to an analysis of this substance which has been made by an eminent chemical professor, it is combined of such fixed proportions of lead, antimony, and quicksilver, as to ensure a greater degree of ductility, cohe sion of parts, and general elasticity than belongs to the best ' copper. Thus, whilst its peculiar composition tends to preserve it from oxidation, and the excessive foulness proceeding from weed, shells, or the mud that attaches from anchorage in the vicinity of alluvial soils, its ductility and tenacity render it a great safeguard to the vessel, where, as in cases of heavy strains or other ordinary accidents, wood or copper sheathing would afford little protection. Very satisfactory evidences of its good qualities after long voyages, as well as in cases of ves seligrounding in bad weather, have been produced; and much pains seems to - have been taken by the surveyors of Lloyds, and other persons, in the examination of the Sarah, Captain Wil son, of this port; which, after making a voyage from hence to Demerara and Berbice, and round to London, was docked there about two months ago, and underwent a close examination by Lloyds' surveyors; who reported officially, that they found the metal entirely free from weed, and in a much cleaner state than coppered ships generally are from either of the above mentioned ports; which it is quite certain come pointedly under the de scription of foul anchorages from al!uvial causes. At a time, too, when the reduction in the cost of building vessels becomes an object of importance, the comparative cheapness of the new sheathing (the price being little more than one-third that of copper) must entitle it to considerable notice. AN OBNOXIOUS PROCEEDING.—On Sunday last, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, several of the members of the Preston Tempera:cc Society assembled on the Marsh, for the purpose of exhorting the public to guard against the bane ful effects of indulging in intoxicating liquors. A considerable crowd had collected, and when the advantages of temperance were being depicted in forcible terms, James Duckworth, a re tail brewer of considerable notoriety, arrived on the ground with a cart containinga cask of ale and another of porter, which he beau W dispose of to numerous applicants who were regard less of the good advice of the speakers.—Bolton Chronicle. HIGHW4V RULIZERY.—A farmer's labourer, named Richard Booth, having come to Bolton, on Thursday, in search of em ployment, fell in with William Harrison, a'lad of dissolute cha racter, but who had not hitherto been known to the police as having perpetrated any act of dishonesty. Harrison assured him that his grandfather would give him employment, and, about midnight, prevailed on him to accompany him along the canal-bank. On their arrival at the hayrick near the second bridge, two other young men came up, and Booth was knocked down and robbed of five shillings, the whol e o f th e mone y w hi c h he had in his possession. They yielded to his solicitation not to take his clothes, which they at first had attempted, and then permitted his departure. Harrison was yesterday apprehended and placed in the dungeon.—Bolton Chronicle. MURDER AT `PADDINGTON, NEAR CLITHEROE.—On Thurs day a murder was committed at Waddington, by Robert Chart burn, a butcher of that place, upon William Southwortb, an inn keeper, under the following circumstances:—The prisoner had been drinking at Soutliworth's house for several dais, and on. Thursday left the house of the deceased to kill a calf, and re quested him to go and assist him. Whilst there, some one told the deceased, in the hearing of the prisoner, that he (the pri soner) was jealous of.the deceased. The deceased-replied that if he thought he entertained such a ridiculoi::: notion respecting him he would give him . (the prisoner) a goad thrashing. Soon afterwards, the prisoner came out of the slaughter-house with a knife in his hand, and went up to the deceased and dared him to give him the thrashing which he had threatened. The deceased, at sight of the knife stepped backward, and the prisoner kept following after until a cart which happened to be standing in the yard arrested their progress. The prisoner then seized the deceased. by the throat, pulled his head down and stabbed lain in the batik. The knife went into his heart ; and he was also stabbed in several other places. his body was opened, and the doctors found three wounds, each of which would have cause d instantaneous death. T e verdict of the jury, on the circumstances, before Dixon Robinson, Esq., who otliciated for the coroner, was " wilful murder," and Chatburn was there upon committed to York castle to take his trial for the offence. —Bolton Cliranicla, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. On Friday evening, about seven o'clock, a lire was discovered in a large warehouse in Gibraltar-row, belonging to Messrs. Birkett and Dover. The warehousemen had not left the pre mises more than half an hour, and the fire is supposed to have originated in some neglect of the cotton porters, who had been smoking. It was first discovered in the upper story, for a dense smoke was seen to issue from the windows, and, in a few mi nutes flames burst through the door and front windows, setting fire to the cathead. The engines were promptly on the spot, ; but, as usual, there was a want of water, and the firemen were j compelled to witness the progress of the flames, without being able to make any effort to arrest them. In the meantime, men where engaged in throwing out bales of cotton. In about an hour, the flames, whose progress, owing to the recent erection of the building, was slow, burst through the roof, and the me lt e d l ea d p oure d own the blank wall fronting the timber yard in a stream. It was now evident that nothing could save this warehouse, and the firemen, with such a supply of water as they could command, began to direct their atten tion to the preservation of the vast pile of warehouses between the fire and the New Quay. Messrs. Birkett and Dover's warehouse ran from Gibraltar Row into the open yard next to Mr. Morgan's, the Commercial Tavern, and from this yard the Royal Exchange engine played upon the front of the ware h ouses mos t ex p ose d t o the flames, while other engines from Gibraltar Row co-operated. These efforts succeeded. A little before nine o'clock the fire extended along the roof, and the.flames soon showed themselves at the end next to Mr. Morgan's public-house. The roof, however, withstood the de vouring element for a considerable time longer, and it may be said to have burnt without falling in. The same remark applies to the floor, and the whole must have been excellently built to withstand the weight and flames so long. As the fire broke out at so early an hour, the crowd was im mense ; but as the heights near the canal commanded a full view, there was no inconvenient pressure at any one place.— Apprehension was entertained not only for the warehouses next the Prince's Dock, but for Mr. Morgan's tavern and the dwell ing-houses in Gibraltar-row; but, fortunately, the burning ware house was isolated, and the flames did not extend, owing to the absence of all wind. The police did their duty firmly. His worship the mayor was on the ground at an early hour, also Messrs. Parlour, Shipp and Dowling, who exerted themselves to keep order and protect the property. We believe not the slightest accident occurred. The property destroyed amounts to £lO,OOO, the greatest part of which is insured in the Sun, the Phcenix, and the Royal Ex change. The warehouse was stored with a large quantity of valuable property, including about 2,00(1 bags of suer, belong ing to Messrs. Brancker and Messrs. Lightfoot. fhe cellars contained a considerable quantity of palm oil, &c. belonging to Messri. Maxwell. The great e r p ar t o f th e pr o p er ty (r25,(X0 worth of which consisted of cotton) was consumed. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. The following plan for the immediate extinction of slavery, so oas to be "safe and satisfactory " to all parties, has been sent us by an intelligent merchant of this town, and we have much pleasure in submitting it to our readers. It is under the consideration of the West India Committee in London. "To be satisfactory, the owners of that species of property must be paid for it. "To be safe, a certain degree of controul must continue to be exercised for, say -years over the persons intended to be benefited. "Ist.—Let a sum of say £25,000,000 be raised by govern ment to reimburse the owners of the slaves. " 2d.—Let a law be passed making all slaves free on or after the Ist of January, IK3I, subject to conditions to be detailed hereafter. "3d.—Let the slaves be indentured to officers appointed by government, as apprentices for years, or enrolled for a given time under regulations somewliat similar to those ex isting in our army and navy ;—some of the enactments con tained in the vagrant act and poor laws of this country would be found applicable to the black peasantry. "Let the different parishes be subdivided into sections, in each of which a certain number of liegistry-offices shoukl be established, governed by a Government-officer, and when a planter requires labourers let him apply to these officers, or con tract with them for the supply, paying to the officer a sum per diem, weekly, or so much for the performance of a certain quantity of work, what is called the task system. " It should be obligatory upon government to furnish to the owners of the soil a certain quantity of labourers for the culti vation of it, on receiving a reasonable remuneration for the per formance of a reasonable portion of daily labour. Without labour a freehold is valueless, and the proprietor ruined. With out the necessity of labo ur i ng , th e negro hi mse lf wou ld re l apse into a state of * barbarism. A proprietor of one hundred slaves should be guaranteed the labour of not less than forty and not exceeding sixty free labourers before selling his slaves. "The slaves now residing in houses and in possession of lands upon their masters' estates should be permitted to remain there on their paying a weekly or monthly sum as rent, provided they continue to tbork upon that estate. " A portion of the money received for their labour should be applied towards a sinking fund for the liquidation of the money advanced for the redemption of slaves " Another portion towards a fund for the support of the aged, infirm, and poor, and the establishment of schools, &c. "The remainder towards their own support, say for food, cloth ing, rent, medical aid, &c. &c., giving money to the careful and provident negroes only, and exercising a proper and beneficial control over the expenditure of those who are not so; in short, behaving as a father of a family would be disposed to do towards hi s younger children. " Such are the heads of my plan. It will not be necessary to go into details, unless the principles are recognised and seem ac ceptable. Liverpool, 25th May, 1833. ADJOURNMEN T OF THE Assizus.—We trusttharno longtime will now elaps e b e f ore t h e i n h a bi tants o f M anc h ester an d Liver pool will hav e j ust i ce adm i n i stered at the i r own doors i nstea d of having to seek it at Lancaster, at an enormous cost of time and money to themselves, their witnesses, and the jurors who try their causes. The bill " for the aitpointment of convenient places for the holdi ng of assizes in England and Wales," has n ow passed the House of Commons, and we trust will speedily become the law of the land. We may then be quite sure that the present ministers will lose no time in carrying it into effect in Lancash ire, where the inconveniences of the present system are more grievous than in any other county in the kingdom. The bill, which is very short, enacts that his majesty, with the advice of his privy council, shall have power to order and direct at what place or places in any county in England or Wales the assizes shall be h o ld en f or t h e d espatc h o f c i v il an d cr i m i na l bu siness; to d irect, either th a t th e c i v il a nd cr i m i na l c ases shall b o th be tri ed at more than one place in the same county on the same circuit; or that the civil cases shall be tried at more than one place, and the c r i m i na l cases a t one p l ace on l y . Th e se cond section gives power to make such regulations respecting the attendance of jurors, and the alteration of writs, precepts, and other proceedings, as may be necessary for carrying into effect the purposes o f the act. The third section gives power to make the necessary changes with respect to the court of com mon pleas . at Lan caster. As oue of the fi rst proceed i ngs un d er this act w ill, doubtless, be the holding assizes for the hundred of Salford, in this town, it is very desirable that public attention should be turned to providing suitable courts for the transaction of civil and criminal business. Now we have been informed that the magistrates for the hundred are making arrangements for erecting a second court-house at the New Bailey, with the view of holding two courts during the quarter sessions. If this statement is cor rect, we trust the magistrates will not lose sight of the measure n ow b efore Parliament; and that they will take dare to construct th e i r second court i n such a manner , a nd of such dimensions, as will make it suitable for the transaction of one part of the business of the assizes. We are aware that ob jections have been felt by some of the magistrates to the appro priation of any p art of the buildings of the New Bailey to local purposes; but th ose objections will not apply in the slightest degree to th e h o ldi ng of the assizes there. The buildings have been erected at the expense of the hundred, and will, therefore, be most properly applied to purposes in which all the inhabi tants of the hundred are interested.—Manchester Guardian. FIRE poracE.—Th e destructive fire which took place, on Friday night will, we trust, stimulate the Commissioners of the Watch to mature the plan they are understood to have under consideration for th e esta bli s h ment o f a fi re - po li ce . Th e eng in es belonging to the respective insurance-offices are not so efficient for the suppression offires as the frequency of such accidents in this town renders advisable. An establishment at the public expense would be much more efficient, and it ought to be formed without delay. The Mayor, who takes a lively interest in the subject, has, we hear, applied to the prop rietors of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, to ascertain how far they would bein clined to go in supplyin g reservoirs in the vicinity of the canal with water; a p o i nt to which public attention was, a few months ago, forcibly drawn by Mr. Thomas More. The application will, we understand, be taken into consideration at the next meeting of the committee. MEC Hi/ICS' INSTITUTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin, —I am sorry to observe that you have lent your columns to the discussion of such a subject as the Liverpool Mechanics' Institute, when a few lines from your pen would have put an end to all controversy, by displaying the merits of the In stitute in their true light. The Directors, it seems, ask the Corporation for the grant of a piece of ground upon which to erect a building;—thus mo destly assuming the approval and patronage of the magistracy of this town in behalf of the undertaking. Who are the Di rectors ? What qualifications do they possess for becoming instructors of the public ; and especially of that portion of the public most easily deluded, and whose education should, there fore, be carefully guarded from any injurious bias either in science or religion? We are to be sure in some measure ac quainted with the learning and scientific attainments of the heads of the Institute,—the public having been occasionally fa voured with some very elaborate and amusing specinacus, said to have been slelivered from the chair. But withmit m eaning to disparage the' respectability of those gentlemen, I would as you, sir, to look at the Directors as a body. I say noth in g o f theiz being "to fame unknown." but spill any unpreaudiced man say, that (with two or perhaps three exceptions) it.Pfro m such persons that the mechanics arid the mechanics ' children of this town are to `receive useful instruction--education-d er from mischievous theories and deistical taint. Lectures, publicly delivered, are it seems the short cut which this learned body have discovered for attaining a complete knowledge of science. Books and elementary study are ex ploded to make way for the new system, which fills the mind of the youthful or adult mechanic with vague and unintelligible crudities, while self-conceit aids the purpose of the Lecturer in persuading the pupil that he is becoming a proficient in philoso phy. Every body acquainted with the subject knows that most commonly what arc called " popular lectures " are little else than mountebank exhibitions. The system, like the name (Institute) is borrowed from a neighbouring country, where education, so called, has , been made the insidious instrument of demoralizing and degrading those whom it professed to benefit and exalt. By recent statis tical returns it appears that . crime prevails most in the depart ments of France, where the Population is said to be most en lightened. The instruction of the humbler classes of the com munity has already engaged much of public attention, and I trust that ere long the benefits of education may be dispensed to the great body of our people by these to whom an object of such vast importance may be sately entrusted. In the mean time, I hope, that th e Corporation will at least deliberate before they decide in favour of .the application from the Directors of the Mechanics' Institute--I am, &c. A CONSTANT READER, It is stated that the Commander-in-Chief in Bengal has re signed, and that. Lord William. Bentiuck has assumed the funo;' tions.of that 'office' with those of Coveruor-General. Some of the newspapers state that Lord Wellesley held both offices. — This never could happen. because Lord 'Wellesley is not a mi litary man. Lord Hastings did. The Civil Governor-General of India, by his commission of Captain-General, is always vir tually the commander of the army, but not practically so. LAW AND .POLICE. COURrOF COMMON PLEAS. DE BEGNIS T. ARMISTEAD. ..... This action was brought by the plaintiff, the celebrated opera singer, to recover £167, the amount of a bill of exchange, given by the defendant, the proprietor of the amphitheatre at Liver pool. Th e cause was tried before Mr. Justice Gaselee at the London Sittings iu last Term, when a verdict passed for the plaintiff for the amount of the bill, with £5 15s. 6d. interest. — The facts of the case' were shortly these :—The plaintiff entered into an arrangement with Mr. Armistead in the Month of Au gust, 18.31, to hire the amphitheatre for a certain number of nights, for the purpose of performing operas, dancing, &c., he finding the opera singers and their dresses, and Mr. Armistead furnishing the dancers and their dresses. The profits.were to be equally divided, and each party was to have a benefit night.— The undertaking proved unsuccessful, as also did a similar one at Manchester. At the conclusion of the arrangement the de fendant gave the bill in question, Signor de Begnis agreeing to represent similar performances in the following autumn. The Signor, however, afterwards retracted his promise, on the ground that the theatre. was unlicensed, and that, therefore the per formances would be unlawful. The defendent th en feeling hurt at the infringement of the contract, as the plaintiff was aware of the theatre being Unlicensed then, by a clause in the agreement to protect him from the penalty, resisted the payment of the bill, on the ground, that as the performances were unlawful, it was given for an illegal consideration, and was therefore invalid. The plaintiff contended that it was not given, as connected with the performances, but for money actually disbursed; and on that issue the question went to the jury, who found for the plaintiff. On a former day Mr. Serjeant Jones obtained a rule Nisi to set aside the verdict, or to reduce it to £3O money which had been laid out in the travelling account of Venefra, one of the singers ' on the ground that the verdict wa s aga i ns t ev id ence , and also that a bill given for thisillegal performance was in valid. Mr. Serjeant Wilde and Mr. Serjeant Spankie to-day showed cause, and contended that the hill was given for money actually expended. Mr. Serjeant Ludlow, who was with Mr. Serjeant Jones, was heard in reply. The Court deferred giving judgment as to the £l2O, which formed part of the bill, and was connected with the dresses, &c., as they had a doubt about it, and there were some cases bearing upon the point to which they wished to refer. MANSION-HOUSE. Josupit Any.—Some communications have passed within the last few days between the well-known Joseph Ady, of `r Un claimed Dividend" fame, and the Lord Mayor, upon the std.- ject of the numerous contributions which the farmer has levied upon the public, and the unwarranted references made in his letters to some of the Aldermen, whom he represents as volun tary securities for his integrity to the amount of £1000; Thurs day the affair closed. As it proceeded, considerable merriment was excited. The following is a brief account of what took place : In the first instance the Lord Mayor sent for Ady, in conse quence of having received a letter from hi m . I t is genera ll y known from the advertisements of the Court of Aldermen in the newspapers, that they have "blown" upon Ady by their caution to the public. My having paid his addresses to a lady, found it necessary, in consequence of her disapprobation of the proceeding of the Court, so much to the prejudice of her lover, to endeavour to induce the Lord Mayor to withdraw such a stigma, and sent to his lordship a note, of which the following is a copy : " Sir Peter Laurie,—l am a widower, and if you continue to adver tise me as a liar, I shall remain such, as my intended wife who be lieves my ipse dixit iu preference to four and twenty others, declines going to church with me until I am at p eace w i t h my rulers. "Therefore I beg a cessation of arms. As soon as you ratify I will destroy all my stock of circulars disagreeable to you, and issue only according to the amended form. " I request an answer—Yours truly, " JOSEPH ADY." The whom I find that i n y our c i rcu l ar t o th e publicy Y Zu call m e a re f eree , as we ll as L or d May you or—Mm. humbug,d other members of the court of aldermen. I never saw you in the course of my life before, and how can you dare to attempt such a deception ? Ady—The proclamation against me gives site authority. The Lord Mayor—Why 1 never laid my eyes upon you before. Ady—Oh dear yes; I have seen you before, and you might have seen me—at church. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—l wish your name was not so public, Mr. Ad lcly—l don't see how it is a disgrace to me. I have done great good to the world. (Laughter. The ) indeed; the case of the poor crea ture whom L o o m r d yOl l Mayor—Yes,iilducedo come from I re l an d upon t h e pro mise of something " considerably to her advantage," proves that. The case of the poor fellow who came over, upon your call, from the West Indies, to receive a fortune, is another in point. Ady (laughing)-oh, my lord, aye. You mean Brown, the black man. (Laughter.) But what right had he to come over? Mr. Brown, the black, wasn't John Brown, Esq. (Laughter.) Who ever knew an esquire to be black in the face. (Great laughter.) The Lord Mayor—You are not black in the face, Mr. Ady, but you and Mr. Coster seem to be rather of that hue somewhere else. (Laughter.) 'But you say that you will not send any more of these circulars about with the names of members of the court of aldermen as reterees, if I withdraw the advertisement? Ady—l do. The Lord Mayor—Very well. The moment that I hear that you do anything of the kind the advertisement shall' certainly again appear, and in every paper in Loudon. Ady—Phen there's a cessation of arms—(laughter). The Lord Mayor—l know that your object is to get your marriage over and to begin your trade again, but I'll wat c h you. Depend upon it you are in rough hands, and if I catch Y ou tripping, down you shall tumble—(much laughter). My—You bring me before an inquisition, my Lord Mayor, and don't treat me in a gentlemanly way at all. This is not fair at all. I say that I have served numbers. Why, my Lord Mayor, I have served yourself. You have got money through me yourself—(laughter). The Lord Mayor—How can you get any sleep with so much upon your conscience ? You have, I. may say, caused great distress to thousands. Ady—Not a bit. Did any of them pay their twenty shillings? —(a laugh). Ady then departed upon the understanding of the cessation of hostilities; but the Lord Mayor again sent for him on Thurs day, and said " I perceive, Mr. Ady, that you have published a Circular, in which you state that you have received the thanks of the Court of Aldermen for your conduct; and you attach that infamous falsehood to the letters you send round, promis ing something considerable to the advantage of those you ad dress." Ady—l had that published long before I had your L dh• 's or s ip ratification of the ter ms on which we agreed; bid I'll stop it, if you wish. It was only a little fable, in reply to the proclama tion which you advertised. If 'tis disagreeable, I'll check it. The Lord Mayor—l have ordered to be struck several thou sands of copies of the advertisement in the newspapers, and, if we hear of your perseverence in your old game, will send them through the country. I have received several letters to-day, which you transmitted to parish officers and others. Ady—Very well, my Lord; let them first pay their fees, and then, if they think proper, compl a i n o f me . L et them hand ov er 20s. each, and I'll show them where their claim lies. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—l received the Taut/toil Courier, in which they rank you with Coster, whom I have got rid of. You are really getting before the public in a very nice way of distinction. Ady—Newspapers can defame any body. Let the person who caused that to be published pay the fee, and then speak to me. (Great laughter.) I can justify myself. The Lord Mayor—Don't you feel hurt at all at this compa rison between you and Coster ? Ady—A man does not like to hear himself defamed; but he can't help it any more than being knocked on the head— (laughter). The Lord Mayor (to a Quaker who was in the office on other business) —Pray does Mr. Ady belong to your society? Quaker—He • does not. We have expelled him after a good deal of trouble. The Lord Mayor—Why, Mr. Ady, they say you don't belong to their society. Why do you dress like the m ? Ady—Dress ! Why not? Why should I throw it off? If I did rshould not know myself. lam one of the Society, for I paid a composition of 10s. in the pound. No man has such a connection with the unclaimed dividends as I have, and no man can find what I leave worth gleaning. The Lord Mayor—Well, if you violate this agreement mark the consequences. Depend upon it I'll silence you as well as Coster. Ady—l shall not offend again against the Aldermen, my Lord. Have you any thing further to say ? The Lord . Mayor—Not now, Mr. Ady. I hope our inter course is at end, but beware of another. Ady then departed. SURRENDER OF MEE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPAFIELDS MEETING.—On Wednesday last, this person was conveyed in a coach to Bow-street, from the office of the seeretary of State at Whitehall, and brought before Sir F. Roe, charged with having acted as chaiimnn at tae r-Jpanelds meeting, on Dion day, the 13th inst. The defendant had been sought for by the police ever since the meeting, but managed to keep out of the way until 'Tuesday, when he surrendered himself on Lord Melbourne's warrant. He is a low-sized man, apparently about 36 years of age, and his appearance is that of working mechanic. Sir F. Roe asked the defendant if he acknowledged himself to be the person described in the information ? The defendant admitted that he was the party referred to. Sir F. Roe then told him that he must put in sureties, him self in £2OO, and two sufficient housekeepers iu the sum of £lOO each. The magistrate added, that he had called for the same amount of sureties in the case of the person who had uttered treasonable language against the King, and he had also required him to give 48 hours' notice of the parties whom he meant to propose as his sureties. As the defendant, however, would hare to surrender in the Court of King's Bench on the following day, it would not be fair to require the same notice, and there fore he might give in the names of his sureties as soon as he thought proper, when their respectability Would be immediately inquired into, in order that no unnecessary, delay should take place. The defendant was then sent in custody of Stevens, the 'officer, too thb House of Correction. 'For some days past the public sympathy has beeu much ex:- cited in behalf of five poor boys, employed in a cool-pit at. Ledg hill, near the fish-pond, Stapleton, who having descended the shaft for tte purpose of resuming their usual occupation on the evening of yesterday week, soon found themselves in a most. awful predicament, from the sudden and unexpected eruption of a body of water upon them, which increased with so much rapi dity as to threaten their almost immediate destruction. In the first moment of alarm one man and a boy, m ho were also in tho pit, rushed towards the cart, and were rescued from their im pending fate by the greatest promptitude on the part of those at its mouth, but the five boys to whom we allude, finding them selves cut off freak this mode of escape, were compelled to effect a hasty retreat tea more elevated station, there to wait the issue of the exertions of their friends, whose anxiety, approaching to despair, it would he difficult to describe. On this elevation, which is about a quarter of a mile from the a scending shaft, the lads m emained for the space of six days and nights, with no other nourishinent .than such as could be afforded by a little moisten ed hay, and with the most painful apprehensions as to their fate, expecting every moment to be their last from the rising of the water, or when that abated still threatened, as they fouud them selves, with death by starvation. Under .these circumstances, the most persevering efforts were made for their relief, and as each set of hands became fatigued they were relieved by others without the slightest intermission. Mr. Ilrain , one of 'he coal proprietors, or. his sons, 4i - ere • constantly . on, the spqt to super intend the proceedings, and,they thus materially contributed to the result which we. have now the pleasure to record; for these incessant exertions were finally. crowned with success, and on Thursday evening the poor lads were happily released and res tored to their friends, as if risen from. tow deal. It is scarcely necessary to add, that their recovery, from this perilous situation has been the subject of general congratulation in the neighbour hood.—Gloucester Journal. ed he