The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TnultsDAY.—The Queen, accompanied by Lady Barham, walked through the slopes and in the park this afternoon. Her - Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Lady Fanny Howard, walked on the terrace after luncheon. The Ladies Elenora and Constance Paget left the castle, for Cumberland Lodge. Lady Barham took an airing in a pony phaeton. Viscount Melbourne arrived at the castle from town this evening. The following personages will be included in the royal din ner party this evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lord Lilford,- Lady, Barham, Lord Alfred Paget, Lady Fanny HowarO;Viscount Melbourne, Baroness Lehzen, Col. Armstrong, Hon. Misses Anson and Paget, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. FRIDAY.--1-jer Majesty will hold a Privy Colwell, on Monday afternoon, at Windsor Castle. The Princess Augusta took an airing, yesterday, in a car riage and foun. Prince George of Cambridge came to town, yesterday, from Kew. _ Viscount Melbourne left his residence in Downing-street, yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. . WINDSOR, FRIDAY.--The Queen did not leave the castle to-day, in consequence of the damp and unfavourable state of the weather. , The Hon. VT. Ponsonby and the Hon. W. Cowper will ar rive at the castle this evening. The following personages will have the honour of joining the royal dinnerarty this evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Gardner, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Barham, Hon. Misses Anson and Paget, Lord Lilford, Baroness Lehzen, Lord Alfred Paget, Viscount Melbourne, Col. Armstrong, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. W. Ponsmiby, and the Hon. W. Cowper. It is said that the royal marriage will be celebrated as early AS February next. (From the correspondent of the Morning Herald.) WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.-It is an extremely dan gerous matter to speculate upon any of the new appointments either in the gift of 'the Queen or of the whig cabinet ; for although it has been announced in the Government organs' some days since that Lord Kinnaird is the new master of the stag hodnds, no official notice to that effect has yet appeared in the London Gazette, nor has his lordship as Set made "his first appearance in that character" in the neighbourhood of Windsor. ' It would be extremely curious, and not a litlte laughable, if, after all, the ministerial press should have been on the " wrong scent," and all " at fault," in " rnnning into error " poor Lord Kinnaird in mistake for the future master of her majesty's hounds. It is now determined that the marriage of her Majesty with Prince Albeit of Saxe Coburg Gotha shall be solem nised in the course of February ; although it had been arranged, previously to the departu're of the prince from this country for Germany that this event was not to take place before the end of March or the commencement of April. This altered determination, on the part of some one, will occasion parliament to be summoned together " for the despatch of business" early in the ensuing month. SATURDAY.- The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and attended by Miss Kerr, honoured the Haymarket The atre, with their presence on Thursday evening. The Duchess, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta afterward!,,returned to their residence, at Kew. _ _ _ The Duke of Cambridge has left Belvoir Castle, Leices tershire, where his Royal Highness has been staying during the last week, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, for Newn ham Paddox, Warwickshire, the seat of the Earl of Denbigh. WINDSOR, SUNDAY', —The Queen remained within th© Castle during the day. Her Majesty, attended by Lady Barham, walked on the new terrace yesterday afternoon. This afternoon Lady Gardiner, Lady Barham, and the Hon. Misses Anson and Paget, attended Divine worship at St. George's Chapel. The Hon. Colonel Grey has succeeded Lord Alfred Paget as equerry in waiting upon the Queen. The Hon. G. S. Byng and Lord Alfred Paget took their departure from ,the Castle yesterday. The following distinguished personages joined the Royal dinner circle yesterday :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Lady Gardiner, Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Ho ward, the Hon. Misses Paget and Anson, Viscount Mel bourne, Lord Lilford, Baroness Lehzen, Hon. W. Cowper, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. W. Ponsonby, Hon. Col. Grey, and Colonel Armstrong. The royal dinner party, this evening, will be the same as yesterday. • (From the correspondent of the Morning herald.) • WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—At the Privy Council which will be held at the castle to-morrow afternoon, the day on which parliament will be prorogued, " then to meet for the despatch of business," will be finally determined upon. The severity of the weather prevented her Majesty from attending divine worship at St. George's Chapel this morn ing. Divine service was performnd in the castle, at which were present her Majesty and her distinguished visiters and suite. The royal stables (the first stone of which was laid by Sir Jeffrey Wyattville, about three months since) will be com menced forthwith. The last day for receiving the tenders for the building of the same, is Tuesday next. MoNnay.--- Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, attended Divine ser vice'vesterday morning, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was pregched by the Rev. C. Moore. The les sons were read by the Rev. Dr. Wellesley ; the prayers by the -Rev. W. J.-Hall; and the communion service was read by the Rev. W. J. Hall and the Rev. Dr. Wellesley. The anthem " Awake, awake, put on thy strength," (Wise) was sung by Messrs. J. B. Sale, Hawkins, and Hobbs. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess of Sheffield, the Hon Miss Mitchell, and the Hon. Miss Hud son.._Miss Vyse was waiting on the Princess Augusta. The Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Sheffield, and several other peers attended the service. The Queen Dowager visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House on Saturday. Her Majesty afterwards drove to Kensington. • The Princess Augusta took an airing on Saturday, in a carriage and four. STATE OF TRADE LEEDS.—Our markets still continue very dull, the confi dence of the merchants being ver) far from restored. The accounts from the United States brought by the Great Wes tern are considered favourable only because they do not re put any further depression of the money market. in most of our manufactories there has been a further decrease in the hours of working, and the demand for labour is consequently very limited. The number of unemployed poor is daily in creasing. BRADFORD.—The market on Thursday was quite as dull as any that has been seen for a long time. In the Piece Hall there was very little business done, chiefly at recent rates, and no material alteration in terms can be noted. The yarn market was very flat, and former prices could not be sustained. The principal demand in the wool mar ket is for medium and inferior combing qualities, with respect to which prices may be , said to be steady. BARNSLEY.—We are sorry to say that no improve ment is visible in the linen trade at this place. In the home trade a considerable number of weavers have been compelled to take in their reeds during the last ten days, but drill houses are very buSy, and it is hoped many will find employment in that department. LEICESTER.—The manufacturers engaged in the country or home trade, continue to do a fair amount of business, and the stock of useful goods on hand, adapted to the home trade, is not large ; hut the houses principally dependent upon the foreign and London markets, find the demand extremely dull, and have lersened their manufacture to a great extent. OLDHAM.—The cotton business at Oldham seems revi virig. The machinery of several manufactories is again at work full time. STORM AND APPALLING SHIPWRECK. On Friday, 29th ult., the east coast of Scotland expe rienced a severe storm, which, it is to be dreaded, has caused extensive devastation amongst the shipping. We have just received authentic accounts of a melancholy ship wreck which has happened on the coast of Fife, immediately opposite Boarhills near King's Barns, and about half way between Fife Ness and St. Andrews. The details of the dis astrous occurrence are truly lamentable. On Friday after noon, about 5 o'clo c k, a vesse l was o b served, at a conside rable distance from the coast, apparently labouring under great distress, and in vain attempting to round Fife Ness. The raging of the storm, and the darkness of the night, pre vented the Coast Guard on shore from keeping the vessel in 'sight ; but the only survivor of the crew gives a sufficient ac count of the deplorable catastrophe. The vessel was the Peterel, of Stockton-on-Tees, David Parry, master, bound from Dalhousie in North America to Stockton, with timber. She was a new brig of about 200 tons - burden. After night closed in the captain and crew did every thing in their power to keep the vessel at sea, but in vain. She was gradually driven by the force of the gale towards the shore. At about one o'clock they let go both anchors, which were immediately dragged, and shortly after wards the - vessel was thrown with tremendous force on the rocks. The crew took to the rigging, but in a moment a resistless sea broke over the Peterel, and with awful violence split her in two, fair along the middle of the deck. In the dreadful confusion of that terrible crisis the survivor dropped from his place on the rigging upon a log floating upon the surface of the water. On it, however, his life was exposed to dreadful hazard. The cargo was tossed about by the waves as if the immense logs of wood were light as straws, and the risk of being crushed to death in their collision was described as ten times greater than that of drowning. The poor fellow, however, clung to his last hope. and was at length thrown, in an exceedingly exhausted state, upon the beach. With the greatest exertion he managed to crawl a short distance from .the sea ; and, exposed to the bitter blast of that dreadful night, almost dead with fatigue, cold, and hunger, he awaited the dawn of morning. It displayed a fearful prospect to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The vessel was literally dash to pieces, and the s h ore , t o a grea t extent, was strewn - with Braga-lents of the wreak and portions of the cargo. But a more melancholy and heart-rending sight was prepared for the spectators. The bodica of six of the crew, and that of a lady were found on the beach, and the poor fellow— the sole survivor of the merciless havoc of the storm—was discovered, almost insensible, crouching behind a dyke near the shore. His name was found to be Henry Thomas, and he is a native of Wales. He stated, that the vessel, on her homeward voyage, touched at Stromness, being wind bound, and the lady, whose body was found, had embarked at that port. Her trunk was cast on shore, and on being opened, there were found inside a value -ble gold watch, £4OO in bills, and a quantity of wearing ap parel. Her name was ascertained to be Elizabeth Westgaff— and the papers contained in the trunk lead us to suppose that she belongs to Richmond in Yorkshire. Henry Thomas does nit appear to be scquainted with the surnames of his brother seamen. The six cast on shore were fine stout fellows about . thirty years of age. Altogether there were nine of the crew, with one passenger. A black man and a boy are still mis sing. The officer of the Coast Guard states, that he never • saw such a wreck in his experience —the vessel being literally shivered to atoms. The surviving seaman has met with the most kind attention from a-lr. Adamson, farmer, Burnside, and no doubt will be enabled to proceed to his native place by means of a subscription among the benevolent inhabitants of the district, whose sympathies are powerfully excited in 'his behalf. The dead bodies will be decently interred. Great . exertion are making to secure as much of the cargo as pos aihle, ender the superintendence of Lieutenant Cox of the Comet Guard, who has been unremitting in his exertions.- - Dundee Courier. Lord Prang* Egerton, M.P., in his yacht, with Viscount E i ‘nfrn, the Aron. James Stuart Wortley, and the Hon. Geo. :JONrern et boars!, after cruising on the Slanish coast, pro ero4tied Maraeillvs, wh ere L ady Francis Egerton and Lady cijorlabspGraville embarked with-the party for Naples. The no w kfrii did lady with their friend' hadsafely landed when the4prit Iseptgli were received i n t own, and were to have gone Witome early-in the present wank. MISCELLANEOUS. The Earl of Harrowby is now at Rome, with Viscount and Viscountess "Sandon and their family. It is probable that the earl and the members of his family will not return to this country until March. The total number of deaths by poison, in 1837 and 1838, was 543. Of these, 261 were females ; 282 males. The New Zealand Emigration Company have determined to give catholic clergymen a free passage to that country. WIT OUTWITTED.—A wag went into a shop the other day, and asked for a yard of pork. The shopman cut him off three (pig's)feet. THE WEATHER.—Mr. Murphy fixes the coldest day next year for Monday the 27th of January, and the hottest for the 20th of July. The Alsace states that a method of printing stuffs with madder has been found out at Vienna. A reward of 30,000 f. for this discovery had been offered in France. Rear-Admiral Casey, an Irishman, has been appointed to the command of a division of the French fleet of the Levant, under Admiral Rosamel. A report is going about that there is a conspiracy in Rus sia to remove the Czar, by means similar to those employed in the case of his father and grandfather. _ Steel may be made three hundred times dearer than stand ard gold, weight for weight. Six steel pendulums, weight one grain, cost 7s. 6d. each—£2 ss. ; one grain of gold only 2d. " What does the earth revolve round ?" said a school master the other day to a loco foco pupil. " General Jack son," promptly answered the budding sprig of astronomy.— Americanpaper. COLLEGE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS.—The scientific world will be glad to know, that this institution is so forward in its formation, as to justify the intention of its promoters to open in the ensuing spring. " The intellectual faculties of Prince Metternich," says the Commerce, " have been so much impaired by his recent illness, that it is feared he cannot remain much longer at the head of affairs." We have great pleasure in learning, from a source which may be depended upon, that the Birmingham and Derby Railway contractors are preparing to convey the mails on their line.—Staffordshire Gazette. The number of ships of all nations that passed the Sound in October was—From the German Ocean 619 ; Baltic, 937- 1,556. Of which there were—English from German Ocean, 142 ; ditto, Baltic, 320-462. The late Hon. Miss Brougham, only daughter of Lord Brougham, who died at Brighton, was in her 17th year, hav ing been born in 1822. Ledy Brougham has two surviving children, namely Mr. Eden Spalding and Lady Malet. TRIUMPHS OF STEAM.—On the day when her Majesty's privy councillors met to hear the tidings of her intended mar riage, Sir R. Peel left Drayton manor i n th e morn i ng , at tended, and returned home to Drayton the same evening. DANGEROUS, VERY !—There is a young lady of our ac quaintance whose eyes are so flashing and bright, that there is a direct order against admitting her into any gunpowder magazine. BUSINESS-LIKE.—A gentleman in the country lately ad dressed a billet-doux to a lady in a neighbouring town, ad ding this curious postscript :—" Please to send a speedy answer, as I have somebody else in my eye."—American Paper. Twenty instances of desertion have occurred in Dublin garrison since the 15th of October. Of these eight were from the 87th depot, seven from the 22d regt., three from the 19th, one from the 88th, and one from the Enniskillen Dragoons. MALE AND FEMALE HONESTY.—It appears from recent statistical inquiries, that though the number of female ser vants in England greatly exceeds that of males, yet, that the number of the latter charged with larceny is nearly three times that of females. The Duke of Devonshire, Sir George Crew, Bart, M,P., and Mr. W. Evans, M.P., have respectively given the muni ficent donation of .ClOO to the Lichfield Diocesan Board of Education. The noble duke and the hon. baronet arp also liberal annual subscribers. Mr. Jaudon has received by the Great Western steamer a bill of lading for five kegs of gold coin, amounting to £120,000 in sovereigns, which v. - ould be forwarded to Europe by one of the first sailing packets leaving the United States. A singular carrot was taken up last week on the farm of Mr. Harvey, of Kirby Bedon, (a tenant of Capt. Stracey). This lusus nature weighed six pounds, and from its large top were nine roots growing, like outspread fingers. A son of Mr. O'Connell, the Irish agitator and mendi cant, has been performing at the Colehester theatre during the past week.—Essex Standard. [At all events, the son is earning a more honest livelihood than the father. Both are players, though in different lines. The son is an actor in light farces—the father performs in deep tragedy.]—Su f folk Herald. TILE ANTI-CORN-LAW DINNER.—We understand that it has been decided to invite to the dinner, on the 9th of next month, every member of parliament, who voted in favour of Mr. Villiers's motion. It is intended to erect a pavilion spacious enough to seat upwards of two thousand persons ; but the site has not yet been fixed upon,—Manchester Guardian. Viscountess Burghersh is employed on a painting of great magnitude, which it is said will occupy her ladyship little short of four years. From the artistical talents displayed in the portrait of the Countess of Morniugton, mother of the Duke of Wellington, little doubt remains but that her lady ship will not disappoint the lovers of the fine arts in her approaching production. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD AND COVEN TRY.—We regret to announce the death of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. This event, which has been for some time anticipated from the evident breaking-up of the Right Rev. Prelate's constitution, will occasion deep and extensive regret. His lordship expired on Wednesday, at the Episcopal Palace, Lichfield. Rome is full ; Lords Clarendon, Meath, de Mauley, Har rowby, Beverley, and Granby, and the Hon. Bertre Percy, are named in one batch of arrivals, with about 300 English names. The Duke of Bordeaux is at Rome for the winter. The Duke of Torten° and the Countess of Coventry keep open house every evening to Italian, Russian, and English fashionables. There have been more potatoes planted in Cheshire, which supplies principally the great markets of Manchester and Liverpool, this spring, than has been the case for many years. caused, no doubt, by the present scarcity of that indispensa ble article of food, and the unusual length of time afforded by the dry season, in getting the land into suitable condition to receive the sets.—North Cheshire Reformer. The aurora borealis was visible on the 3d ult., at termuda, and at the very same time—allowing for the difference of the four hours in the meridians of the two places—the same phe nomena were remarkably attendant on the " northern dawn" in London. LATE HARVEST.-There is a field of barley standing in stook on Wetheral Common, being the last in that neighbour hood. In the same parish the barley harvest commenced early in the month of August, and ended in the month of December.— Carfisle Patriot. Mr. John Rutherford, of Lower Sackville-street, Dublin, has had the honour of submitting the plan upon which the Lords of the Treasury are to bring the new system of postage into operation, the particulars of which will he made public in a few days. A. few days since one of the hounds of the East Suffolk pack deliberately walked into Barritt's cook-shop at Wood bridge, and in a few seconds ate tarts and broke dishes to about five shillings value, when be made his way out, evidently satisfied with his unusual repast —Essex Standard. An action for libel has been brought by Mr. Jones, ex- Sheriff of Dublin, against the proprietor of the Dublin _evening Mail. The action was tried on Tuesday, in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, when a verdict was re turned for the plaintiff, with £3OO damages. The sum of £2OOO was demanded ! As a proof of her Majesty's early attachment to her intended consort, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Queen's pre ceptress, is said to have remarked that, when children together, the princess could never be prevailed upon to attend to her studies while the young prince, her cousin, was in the room. —Argus. If the Siberian sow-thistle shuts at night, the evening will be fine; if it opens, it will be cloudy and rainy. If the African marigold continues shut after seven in the morning, rain is at hand. Tire convaculus arvensis, caleneula flavialis, and the anagalis arvensis, or poor man's weather glass, close at the approach of rain. ErgcTioN FOR SOUTHWARK.—There are now no less than four candidates in the field canvassing for this boiough, viz.—Mr. Walter, Mr. Benjamin Wood, Mr. Arthur Rose, and the rejected of Bath, Mr. John Arthur Roebuck ! A most active canvass is going on in all parts of Southwark, and there is very little doubt of the contest being a very severe one. Mr. Roadnight, of Cuddington, has a sow in his posses sion; of the " anti-Malthusiati" breed, which last week brought forth the unusual number of nineteen live pigs! Strange as this may seem, it was exceeded by a sow which belonged to Mr. James Wheeler, jun., of this town, and which, at two fcllowi ng litters, brought forth 40 pigs -21 and 19.—A vlesbury News. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has directed that any officer of the Irish constabulary force, who shall give, accept, or be concerned in any challenge to fight a duel upon any pretext, or under any provocation, shall be punished with instant dismissal. As there are nearly 500 officers in this force, a large proportion of whom have held commissions in the British army, the order is most important. • A TICKLISH QUESTION.—Perhaps some member of the Infallible Church, learned in traditionary lore, though not mighty in the Scriptures, would have the kindness to solve the following question :—Peter, an apostle, died A.D. 66. John, the apostle, survived him forty years. Was John sub ject to the tuccessor of Peter Au answer simply in the affirmative or negative won't do. A reason must be assigned. —Dublin Statesman. The British Museum may now boast of being the first in the world for Egyptian collections • it possesses the Rosette Stone, the Tablet of Abydos, and (since the acquisition of the Anastasi collection) all the historical papyra in Europe. May not the hope be held out that some savant, who possesses time and taste for their research, will apply himself to the elucidation of these documents. HAPPINESS of ANINIA.I.S.—It is impossible to view the cheerfulness and happiness of animals and birds without pleasure, and it is astonishing how much man might do to lessen the misery of those creatures which are given to him for either food, use, or pleasure, if he were so inclined ; in stead of which he often exercises a degree of wanton tyranny and cruelty over them which cannot be too much deprecated, and for which, no doubt, he will oue day be held accounta ble. Autrnals are so capable of showing gratitude and affec tion to those who are kind to them, that I never see them subjected to ill-treatment without feeling the utmost abhor rence of those who are inflicting it. I know many persons like myse;f who take a pleasure in seeing all the animals about them appear happy and contented : my old nag, when he sees me coming, always expects the accustomed piece of bread or apple, and I seldom disappoint him. A poor horse . continually whipped at first steps out quicker, but soon flags under the constant impulse, and to make him stir requires constant beating. How different from the horse who, fed with wholesome food, is allowed to go his own steady pace, and who, not driven beyond his nature, performs his journey well and freshly ! We copy the following from the government evening official journal of yesterday :—REMARKABLE OPERATION.-0 11 Saturday, the 16th i ns t an t, a t Steyning, an old lady, now 83 years of age, performed the operation of shaving, without the aid of spectacles, on four men, one of them older than her self, and the other three between 60 and 70. The operatrix, it should be added, for 20 years or more conducted the shav ing business of Steyning and its neighbourhood, but had not renewed her art till the above occasion. The old lady did the job admirably, her hand being firm, quick, and steady, and her eyesight perfect.—Globe. [This appears a rather singular amusement for an old " lady." We had no sus picion, until the Globe vouched for the fact, that shaving was considered one of the elementary' branches of education aoongst ladies, and yet such must have been the ease, or how did this " old lady" acquire her proficiency ? Perhaps, how ever, she was a Whig, and with them shaving (close shaving) comes by nature. The most surprising part of the affair consists, according to the Globe, in having found somebody "older than herself" to submit to the operation. We think so too.]—Morning Herald. It is a singular circumstance, that of four female Sove reigns that have occupied the throne of England, not one ever was a mother. Three out of the four were married : the first Mary, married to Philip of Spain—the second Mary, joined in the sovereignty with her ever-to-be-remembered husband, the hero of the Boyne—and Anne, married to Prince George of Denmark—Elizabeth never was married. None of the three, however, left a child to inherit her crown. MORTALITY AT LONGRIDGE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. —Scarcely was there ever a period when sickness and death prevailed in this neighbourhood as they do at present. Th e small-pox, typhus fever, and other diseases equally distress ing, have carried off their victims almost at all places they have visited. The young especially, and those who were the most likely for life, have, in several instances, been carried away to the grave at very short warnings. POPULOUSNESS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.—The num ber of inhabitants to a square mile in England and Wales is at present about 265. In Westmoreland, there are little more than 70; and in Lincolnshire, almost a purely agricul tural country, there are about 120. Mr. Farr states, that in the East and West London. Unions the number of inha bitants to a square mile is 186,046, and that the greatest density attained in the heart of English cities is 243,000 to a geographical square mile.—Companion to Almanac for 1840. A very smart shock of earthquake was felt here yesterday morning, 13etween three and four o'clock. It awoke us out of a sound sleep, the shock continuing about fifteen seconds after. It was felt by two other persons in the house, one of whom was awakened by it, as we had been. We are very apprehensive that these frequent shocks (this the second within three weeks) are the forerunners of some dreadful convulsion.—Barbadoes Liberal, Oct. 12. A NOBLE PlloPosAL.—We perceive by the last number of the British Temperance Advocate„ that the committee of the British Association for the Promotion of Temperance propose to distribute gratuitously during the ensuhig year, ten thousand copies per month of that useful and valuable production, among ministers of the gospel, medical men, members of parliament, magistrates, coroners, &c., in all parts of the kingdom. This is an attempt to enlighten the minds of the people on a truly magnificent scale, and de serves the encouragement of every moral and social reformer in the land. As we are fully persuaded that much ignorance and misconception prevails among all classes with respect to the true nature and effects of intoxicating liquors—ignorance and misconception which have produced, and are still pro ducing, incalculable injury to society, we trust that the com mittee will receive all thdassistance necessary for the accom plishment of their praiseworthy object. CANINE SYMPATHY.—A French poodle, named " Nap," domesticated at the lodge at Llantarnam Abbey, was returned missing on the evening of Tuesday last. Being a favourite, much anxiety was felt for his recovery, but all search was in effectual, and he was given up for lost. On the following morning, however, one of the under-keepers, in traversing the park, had his attention arrested by " Nap," who ran to wards him, and by all kinds of canine gestures, sought to direct his steps to a particular spot. On arriving there he found a spaniel securely caught in a trap laid for the capture of certain prowling grimalkins, which are found to be destruc tive to the game. It was then remembered that this spaniel had departed with the poodle, and on being trapped it ap peared that the poodle in his attempt to liberate his compa nion had gnawed the wood, but finding his efforts ineffectual, it is presumed he had laid down all night with his captured friend. The moment the under-keeper appeared an oppor tunity presented itself of rescue, which he was not slow in taking advantage of.—Merlin. MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. - On Sunday se'nnight' about eleven-o'clock in the evening, the family of Mr. R. Keys, Cinque Ports pilot, Limekiln. street, were alarmed by a loud knocking at the doors, and apparently against the wains cot in the passage, which continued without intermission for some time. On the following morning the:noises again commenced, and have continued at intervals every day since, but during this week the knocking has not been near so loud, sometimes being scarcely heard. Every exertion has been made to find out the cause, but hitherto without success. The floor of the cellar has been removed, and the pannels closely examined, without the least satisfactory result. It was supposed that the noise might proceed from the cement works of Mr. Walker, near the premises, or from some of the excavations in the cliff, but hitherto no satisfactory cause can be assigned for this myterious circumstance. The family were at first much alarmed, but are now more reconciled to their strange annoyance. We have seen an account pub lished in an old magazine, of a similar circumstance that occurred in a house at Dundee, the origin of which was never discovered.—Dover Telegraph. THE OLD TRICK AGAIN.—On Thursday last, Mr. James Clark, of Ulverston, hoop-maker, who had come from Li verpool to Manchester by the twelve-o'clock train, was ac costed on coming from the station by a person having all the appearance of a gentleman, who asked him what part of the town he was going to. Clark said he was going to Dale street, but was a stranger in Manchester. The gentleman then said he would show him where Dale-street was, and took him to the Olive Branch public-house in Sackville street, where they got something to drink, and entered into conversation. The gentleman, having discovered that Clark came from Ulverston, said he knew Ulverston well, and he had married the sister of the Rev. Mr. Gwyllym, of that place. He added that he had got two pieces of silver of an cient date, which he could like to send to Mr. Gwyllym, and asked Clark if he would take them. Clark said he would ; but his companion then said he was afraid he would lose them, and suggested that they should be put with his other money. Clark agreed to this, and said he would put them in his purse, and he should then be sure to take pare of them. The gentleman then asked for the purse, saying he would put the two pieces of silver in it, and wrap them all up together. Clark gave him the purse, which contained 26 sovereigns ; and the gentleman apparently wrapped it up in a piece of brown paper, and put it into his fob to be safe, and the two then went out of the house together. As soon as they got out, the gentleman, pretending to recollect something, turned back, saying to Clark, " Stay by this post till I come." Clark stayed accordingly for about a quarter of an hour, when he began to suspect all was not right, and taking the parcel out of his fob examined it, and, instead of his 26 sovereigns and the two pieces of silver, found that it contained-34d. The sharper, it is almost needless to say, made clear off with his booty, and has not since been heard of.—Manchester Guardian. THE STOCKPORT VIADUCT.—The flood on Friday, caused by the late rains, has done considerable damage to the pre parations for constructing the river arch (63 feet span) of the viaduct of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway which extends over the Mersey. By half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, the water broke in upon the dam, which had been partially completed, for the foundation of the abutment on the south or Cheshire aide ; and, in about two hours after wards,- the river had risen near twelve feet above its regular level, threatening inevitable destruction to the whole of the wood work, the first evidence of which was the forcing of the iron pointed piles which had been driven a great depth into the bed of the river. This gave the water such an additional power, and defied the. workmen from averting the damage which almost immediately followed, that Mr. Pauling, the engineer, who was at that moment upon the temporary rail way over the river, desired the men to secure all the loose timber, and take care of themselves. Immediately afterwards, the whole of the scaffolding on the Cheshire side was carried away, including the supports of the engine and boiler. This was followed by the bearers and the temporary or working railway itself, upon which a large " crab" was propelled ; and presently the engine and boiler fell into the river, together with the stupendous timbers supporting the working railway to the opposite side of the river ; and the whole of the con struction disappeared with the flood, leaving but a few planks standing. All connection between the Lancashire and Cheshire abutments was thus destroyed in a very short time ; and the ony step which prompted itself was the security of the valuable property which had been carried away by the flood. The workmen were then despatched with waggons and carts to Cheadle and Northenden, to regain possession of the floating property. A considerable quantity was ar rested in its progress at Brinksway ; and ultimately between £3OO and £4OO of the damaged timber were, at considerable labour and expense, saved at the above places, and also at Jackson's Bridge, Stretford, by Wednesday. The real damage has been variously stated at £l,OOO and £1,200; but we are authorized by Mr. Pauling to say, that it will not amount to more than from £2OO to £3OO. Several persons have been apprehended on charges of stealing timber which had been thrown upon the banks on the receding of the waters at Northen and the neighbourhood, a more immediate report of which will be found elsewhere. We understand, that, despite of this accident, and the unfavourable period of the season, the contractors contemplate making another attempt in the course of a week or ten days to re-erect the works, and, if practica ble, to push on the completion of the south abutments, and so to interrupt the entire erection of the viaduct as little as possible. If the effort fails, the work must necessarily stand over till spring. We understand that the exact situations of the boiler, engine, and " crab," have been discovered, and that they will be lifted out of the river at a favourable oppor tunity.—Stockport Advertiser. Less than twenty years ago Watson and Thistlewood could, upon the shortest notice, collect their mobs of 20,000 or 30,000 in the centre of London. Now, it is notorious, that after the largest preparation, the chartists cannot collect one-tenth of the number. 'Whence the difference ? The new police : Folly ! One of the Thistlewood mobs would trample the whole body of the new police under their feet. No, it is not the new police, but to the new churches, the happy change is to be assigned—the new churches which are filled exactly in the same ratio as their numbers increase ; and as they are filled, in even a greater proportion, thin the ranks of the disaffected. Will not the nation grow wise by these lessons ? Will not even they who care only for the things of this world, learn to choose between a government that gives them all the elements of ultimate confusion—sedi tion, trades' unions, beer-shops, and a population without a' God ; and a government that, by raising up a religious people, would surround property and order with a wall of steel ?—Standard. THE RIVAL WESTERN RAILWAY LINES IN SCOTLAND. —Considerable discussion is now going on in the north re specting the western lines into S c otl an d. T wo h ave b een proposed from Lancaster to Carlisle, one by way of White haven, over Morecambe Bay, end along the coast to Mary port, to join the Maryport and Carlisle railway ; and the other, an inland line, from the North Union railway, at Preston, by Penrith to Carlisle. The easier gradients are no doubt by the coast line ; but then the embankment for ten miles over Morecambe Bay, and two more over Dutton Sands, exposed to all the fury of the Western Ocean, is a most formidable undertaking. There appears also to be 90 miles of railway to make instead of 60 by the inland line. On the other hand, the works of the inland line are reported to be heavy, and the country far from easy. It is true there may be only 60 miles to make ; but, if these 60 are more in tractable and expensive than the 90, and more difficult to work after being made, nothing will be gained by the shorter distance. The whole question of preference will then turn upon the time saved by the 30 miles less, the expense of the two lines, and the relative advantages of the intermediate traffic. We confess we have not data enough before us to determine the question of preference, and we are exceedingly unwilling to hazard an imperfect opinion. One of the lines, we presume, will be made ; but we think great caution should be exercised in the selection. Very little doubt exists in our mind, that whichever line obtains the parliamentary sanc tion will command traffic to insure an ample return for the outlay.—Railway Magazine. CLERICAL QUALIFICATIONS.—The Speaker has appointed the Rev. Mr. Andrews (a sound reformer, and a voter for Mr. Byng at the last election for the county of Middlesex) as his chaplain.—Globe. In announcing this appointment the ministerial hurdygurdy,—we beg pardon, the Government evening organ,—by no means minces the matter. To enable a clergyman to perform the duties of chaplain to a whig speaker, it is requisite that he should he what ! an emi nent divine, a sound moralist, a man of high attainments and strict rectitude of character? No, none of these things are necessary ! He must be " a sound reformer," in the first instance ; and then, if he has the advantage of having " voted for Mr. Byng at the last election for Middlesex," he becomes duly qualified to minister to the spiritual comforts of Mr. Shaw Lefevre. Mr. Andrews may be a very estimable and orthodox personage : we dcubt not that he is both ; but we cannot bring ourselves to think that voting for Middlesex is a clergyman's best qualification for preparing others for a better life. Why, at the period of Mr. Byng's election, Mr. Frost was not only " a sound reformer,' but a whig magis trate to boot, and had he possessed a vote in Middlesex, would, unquestionably, have given it to Mr. Byng. If Mr. Frost could have been induced to take orders—instead of giving them, he might now have been one of the Speaker's chaplains. On the principle of Mr. Andrews's appointment, Lord Melbourne might just as well have selected Lord Nor 'manby for the office of Home Secretary on account of his theatrical qualifications. But perhaps he did. Morning Herald. . A few days ago Mr. Thomas Robson, or Thorney-Burn, put up a covey of partridges, half a dozen in number, and firing one of the barrels of his gun shot the whole.—Newcastle Journal. The river Tyne was on Friday and Saturday last swollen to an unusual height. Several ships, steam-boats, and other craft, were driven from their moorings both at Newcastle and Shields.—Durham Advertiser. Loid (4ardiner, who has been on a visit to Lord Worsley, while out hunting the other day, leaped over the immense stone wall into Noxton-park from the turn-pike road. The wall is more than six feet and a half high—Lincoln Chronicle. A DESPERATE FELLOW—A rogue at the west has stolen a lot of newspaper accounts.—Post P. (The rascal deserves no mercy—he should be sent to collect them).—Toronto Examiner. CuismnE ELECTION. — We understand that a requisition from the freeholders of this division of the county is in the course of signature, calling upon George Cornwall Legh, Esq., of High Legh, to allow himself to be put forward as a candidate for the representation of North Cheshire.—Stock port Advertiser. YEAR OF THE WouLn.—The first day of the year 1840 of the Christmas - era will be the 25th of the month Thebet in the year of the world 5600, according to the Jewish account ; the cbmimmcement of the year 7348, according to the Con stantinopolitan account ; and the beginning of the year 7332, according to the Alexandrian account. —British Almanac. Mr. Stephenson having resigned his situation as engineer of the Carlisle and Maryport Railway, a meeting of the di rectors was, in consequence, lately held at Aspatria, when Mr. Blackmore, the engineer of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, was appointed to fill the vacant office. It is ex pected that a portion of the line will be opened to the public in the course of the ensuing year.—Newcastle Journal. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. maybe seen at present, at Mr. John Hine's, of Seaville Court,Hohne Cufteam, a cur bitch, performing the office of wet nurse to a black kit ten, whose mother lately met with an untimely death. The cur evinces the greatest fondness for the kitten, and had been deprived of a litter of puppies only a few days previous to her taking charge of it.—Carlisle Patriot. RARE FISH.—A very fine specimen of the " Maigree," Scitena Aquila, Cuv., one of the largest of scaly fishes, was caught in the river Tyne, on Monday last, by one of the men on board a steam-tug, with a boat hook• The specimen measures 5 feet 2 inches in length. It has been purchased for the Natural History Society, and is now in course of preservation for the Newcastle Museum. This is the fifth specimen recorded as having been taken on the British shores. —Newcastle Journal. On Tuesday evening as the Mercury, Birmingham coach, was proceeding towards Birmingham, shortly after leaving Droitwich, a man on horseback, supposed from his appear ance to be a drover, rode between the leaders, owing, as it is supposed, to the darkness of the night, and being thrown off, fractured his skull in au appalling manner, and died almost immediately. Fortunately no accident happened to the coach. Not the slightest blame attaches to Ladd, the driver of the Mercury, than whom a steadier or better whip is not on the road.—Ten Town's Messenger. CONSOLATION FOR THE REJECTED.---TherC are some men born to be knocked about from pillar to post —a fate which appears to pursue the present race of Whig candidates for par liamentary honours in general, and poor Mr. Ewart most particularly. It has been rumoured that Lord Melbourne, wishing to give the suspicious radicals a still further assurance of what he intends to do, contemplated the introduction of Mr. Ewart to the glorious company of the Sheils, O'Ferralls, &c. The unfortunate gentleman, however; found out that his old luck was at his heels, and that if he ventured to leave his present place of refuge in Scotland, his return would after wards be inevitably prevented. In this dilemma he inquired what chance there was of his taking sanctuary at Roxburgh; denied admission there too, in terms which left no hope, he once more felt the pulses of the radicals at Liverpool ; but there is no "cut and come again" with that immasculate body, without paying off old scores. The last desperate re source was to make another attempt upon Marylebone ; but though Thompson was plucked, uno avulso non deficit alter —up jumped Master Young as a rival for the sweet voices of the Kensetts and Cardos. Liverpool ! what have you not to answer for, having first stamped the mark of the " wanderer" upon so rare a man ? " I felix guce amiserit ! Inyrata qua ejecerit !" Nethertheless he bath at last one consola- iion. 'He will shortly have plenty of companions in his misery. How sweet to study constitutional law with a Wilde—to con trive ballot-boxes and other nick-nacks with a Grote—or to make nonsense verses with a Macaulay ! If they could manage to raise a club-house amongst them it would not only be sure to fill well as a pecuniary speculation ; but, safe from the sneers and the jeers of the world, they might pass the re mainder of their days in the obscurity for which nature ori ginally intended them. Happy fellows after all—as Virgil says of those who are doomed to the plough tail—if they did but know it !—Morning Herald. BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL.—Great pre parations are in progress for the commencement of the fifth anniversary of the Loyal and Constitutional Association, on Tuesday, the 17th inst. In addition to the President's dinner at the Royal Hotel, dinners will also take place at the Vauxhall Tavern, the Union, the Nelson, the White Hart, the George,' the King's Head, Worce s te r - s t ree t ; th e King's Head, Dudley -street ; the Rose and Crown, Edsbas ton-street ; and the Fountain, Cheapside. Other dinners are also spoken of, and an enthusiastic celebration may be ex pecte d.—Birmingham Advertiser. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—The Directors of the Great North of England Railway have suspended any further proceedings with regard to the line of road through the County of Durham, until the government engineers, now employed on a survey, have completed their work, and made their report to the Home Office ; and it is anticipated that their report will, in a great measure, influence the de cision of the board as to the line to be adopted. The line for which the company obtained an act of parliament a con siderable time ago, is attended with most formidable diffi culties, and considered almost impracticable.—Newcastle Journal. • REPRESENTATION OF OLDHAM.—In consequence of 'a rumour, which has been circulated by the Chartist leaders, to the effect that O'Connor was likely to be brought forward by his party as a candidate for Oldham, a report has been prevalent amongst respectable persons who take an interest in politics, that General Johnson, one of the representatives, was about to resign. These representations now appear to be erroneous, and to have arisen from the imprudent zeal of the O'Connorites, whose " wish" was no doubt " father to the thought." If it were likely O'Connor was to be intro..' duced at Oldham for electioneering purposes, his success would be hazardous.—.Polton ChromCle• " SENATORIAL" Qu4uncA.TioN.-- , -The Globe, like Phi losopher Square, seems bent on demonstrating the extreme " fitness of things." it having been already shown by that admirable whig journal, that a clergyman's merit depends upon the complexion of his political creed, we are now in formed what it is that renders a man a desirable candidate for parliamentary honours, in the eyes of reformers. In the Globe of last night is the following paragraph :—" MR. ATTWOOD.—This gentleman, so well known for his con nection with the memorable case of Small and Attwood, has purchased the Highlands, the seat of Mr. Labouchere, near Chelmsford, and the Reformers of Essex being on the qui vire, have fixed their eyes on him, as a man who would not object to spending £lO,OOO in an election contest .for the county at the first opportunity." Pure, amiable, disinter ested Reformers of Essex ! They have " fixed their eyes" on " a man who would not object to spending £10,000" amongst them. No doubt of it; and if Mr. Attwood were willing to spend £20,000 instead of £lO,OOO, they would " fix their eyes on him" so much the more. The Reformers of Essex are wise in their generation, Mr. B— may be an excellent man ; Mr. C— a "sound reformer ;" Mr. D-- a consistent politician ; but then, perchance, M ess i e urs B, sC, and D, might ' object," or be unable, to spend £lO,OOO in a contested election. " The man for our maney," say the reformers of Essex, " is the man who has money— the man who can fork out handsomely. The reformers of Essex are actuated by the purest motives ;—they are deter mined to defeat the machinations of their political antago nists, and appeal, not to publi c v i rtue or patr i ot i sm, or purity of election"—those are bygone themes ; they rather prefer a candidate who can " stand Sam," and make it worth their while for them to record their reforming votes. Mr. Attwood must be a catch indeed in these hard times. No wonder the lofty-minded reformers of Essex are " on the qui vive."—Morning Herald. SOCIALISM DEFEATED AT H UDDERSFIELD.—On Monday and Tuesday last, a public discussion on Socialism took place in the Philosophical Hall, at Huddersfield, between Mr. Brindley, the celebrated anti-socialist lecturer, and Mr. Hollick, a Social Missionary, in which the former undertook to prove that the fundamental principles of socialism are un sound, atheistical, and immoral. Each of the disputants nominated their own chairman, Mr. George Mallinson being named by Mr. Brindley, and Mr. Owen by Mr. Hollick. At the conclusion of the second discussion the meeting resolved. by overwhelming majorities that Mr. Brindley had made good his positions, and a vote of thanks was unanimously voted to him. Mr. Brindley has since challenged Mr. Owen himself.—Leeds Intelligencer. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—On the evening of Sunday last, a stranger of genteel appearance and address called at alehouse of Mr. Thornton, innkeeper, at Sacriston, near this city, and asked for refreshment and lodgings, After sitting for three hours over a pipe and a glass of ale without entering into con versation with any of the company, he retired to bed, de siring to be called up at an early hour in the morning, as his time was most precious to him. On being roused about six o'clock on Monday morning, he said he had an order from the agents of the colliery to inspect the workings. The land lord, himself working at the colliery, offered to shew him to the pits, but his services were declined, and the stranger pro ceeded alone. A few yards from the house he met with a pitman whom, under the same pretence, he induced to change clothes with him. lie never proceeded to thepits, has never received any orders to view them, and has not since been heard of. H e was about 5 feet 11 inches in height, rather thin, and was dressed in a very genteel suit of black. His coat and trousers were pierced in corresponding places in a trian gular form.—Durham Advertiser. PROLIFIC roraToEs.-7-An experiment bas been made, during the past season, by Captain Banks, of Kirk Onchan, on the potato known among the agriculturists by the name of mangel wurzel, (so called from its colour,) the result of which is as follows ;—From a single potato, planted whole, the produce, when dug up last week, was thirty-one pounds. From two of the same description, which were cut into sets in the usual way, the yield amounted to the amasing increase of one hundred and eighteen pounds. A single potatoe weighed four and a half, and many others three to four pounds. We have this statement from a respectable individual, on whose veracity we can depend, and who weighed them on the spot.—Cumberland Herald, SPLENDID PORTRAIT !—The walls of Kidderminster have been decorated, during the past week, with large placards, containing a most important announcement—of which the following is a copy ;—" Give your orders immediately for the Northern Star, to ensure the splendid portrait of John Frost, specimens of which may be seen. Agent for Kid derminster, Mr. J. Richards, Black Star-street." Bravo ! This is certainly one way of acquiring notoriety ! Give your orders immediately," says the placard—that is, delay not a moment to possess yourself of the splendid portrait of such a great man ! An individual who has been the cause of in ducing numbers of hitherto peaceable mechanics and la bourers, to forsake their lawful avocations, and engage in open rebellion against the government of their country, must undoubtedly•he an object of anxious solicitude and affec tionate regard !! ! By the bye, how complimentary this is to Lord John Russell—that a magistrate of his creation should in so short a time acquire such reputation and esteem ! —Ten Town's Messenger. EXTRAORDINARY Pox HUNT. — Wednesday last was the day appointed for the annual hunt dinner given by Mr. Car ruthers, cf Stanwix, and it had been announced that a bag fox should be turned out on the occasion, in consequence of which a large company assembled at the inn in the morning. They were, however, destined to be disappointed. The fox was being carried to the rendezvous by a boy who walked about forty yards behind Cowan, the huntsman, and his dogs, but when at Newtown reynard bit his bearers back, in consequence of which the boy immediately dropped the bag and the fox made his escape. Cowen immediately laid the dogs on the scent and followed on foot, accompanied by some other pedestrians and one or two horsemen. After a severe run, with many doubles, the fox was taken alive at Parton in a singular manner. Some labourers, at work in a field, hearing the cry of the hounds approaching, looked round and saw the fox stuck fast in a hedge, exhausted and unable to move. They bagged him and kept the hounds at bay until Cowan came. The fox will be turned out at Stan wix on Tuesday next. In the evening a numerous party as . - sembled at Mrs. Carruthers and partook of an excellent dinner and capital wine.—Carlisle Patriot. BRIGHTON. — The Pavilion is to be deserted this season, for it is now said at head-quarters, that as Parliament is to assemble in January, public business will demand her Ma jesty's presence in town. It was thought, and in well-in formed circles, that the Queen would pass at least three weeks at the Pavilion from the last week in December until the se cond-week in January, but I am now enabled to say not the slightest doubt remains as to the uncertainty of her Majesty and court residing here this season. The fact is, it cannot be disguised, the Queen is not partial to Brighton or its Pa vilion.—Correspondent of Morning Herald. The deer-park at Taymouth Castle contains seven hundred fallow-deer, nearly a hundred red-deer, some fine specimens of the black deer, and you can move in no direction without starting the light-footed roe ; and in a small paddock to the east of the deer-park are to be seen some fine specimens of the moose deer, which are so tame that they will come up and fawn upon you. There are also some wild Indian buf faloes, sent to this country a few months ago, by Sir W. D. Stewart, Bart., of Murthly Castle and Grantully, front the rocky mountains of the New World. THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.—Of the govern ments of South America, is now organised, we present to our readers the following list of presidents :—Mexico, General Bustamente ; Guatemala—this republic is broken up into as many independent states as there were formerly provinces. The confederation is dissolved. New Granada, Dr. Mar ques ; Venezuela, Gen. Paez ; Ecuador, General Flores ; Brazil, Don Pedro 11., Emperor ; during his minority the empire is administered by a regent. Buenos Ayres, General Rosas ; Uruguay, General Rivera ; Chili, General Prieto ; Bolivia, General Velasco ; Peru, General Gamarra. RUMOURED MARRIAGES IN HIGE LIFE.—The Marquis of Douglas, it is said, is shortly to be united to the beautiful Miss Stuart, the youngest daughter of Lady Stuart de Ro thesay, and co-heiress with Viscountess Canning. The Hon. Mr. Maynard will be united in the spring to the Hon. Miss Murray, second daughter of the late Lord Glenlyon, and niece to the Dukes of Northumberland and Athol. It is also reported that a noble marquis, recently become a wi dower, already contemplates an union with the only daugh ter of one of our royal dukes. STATISTICS OF CRIME IN PRESTON DURING THE LAST YEAR.—On casting up the books at the Police-office, for the year commencing on the 2nd of December, 1838, and termi nating on the 2nd of December, 1839, we find, that during that period, thirteen hundred and sixty-four persons have been taken into custody on charges of misdemeanour ; four hundred and sixty-eight charged with felony ; seven on charges of uttering counterfeit coin ; and eleven for embez zlement,--making in all eighteen hundred and seventy cases heard and disposed of at the Town-hall during the twelve months. These charges have all been entered at the Lock up ; they comprise the charges made by the police on duty in all parts of the town, and at all periods of the day and night. —Preston Pilot. EXCESSIVE DEPRESSION OF TRADES.—:We regret to state, that trade in all its branches is exceedingly depressed in this town. Complaints of slackness in demand, and scar city of money are everywhere rife, and very painful appre hensions are entertained as to the prospect of the approach ing winter. We have heard it stated, during the week, that unless there is a speedy and favourable change in the com mercial aspect, it will'be difficult for a large and respectable class of tradesmen, including a portion of the cotton trade, to weather the storm until next spring. We earnestly hope, that at the turn of the year, things may assume a more cheer ing countenance, and that of the gloom which has so long and so severely pervaded the cotton districts may give way to corresponding activity and cheerfulness.—Preston Pilot. ENQUIRY INTO THE BANKRUPT LAWS.—A commission has been sent down by her Majesty the Queen, directed to Mr. Justice Erskine, Commissioners Evans, Fonblanque, and Holroyd ; also Commissioner Law, of the Insolvent Debtors' Court ; W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. ; Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P. ; B. Hawes, Esq., M.P. ; J. Hankey, Esq., banker; G. C. Glyn, Esq., hanker ; and Horsley Palmer, Esq., for the purpose of enquiring into the present state of the laws relating to bankrupts and insolvent debtors, and the administration thereof, and to ascertain whether it be expe dient to make any alterations therein ; and particularly to enquire into and report whether the several courts, by which the laws are now administered, may not be beneficially uni ted, or so arranged as to co-operate with and assist each other ; and by what means the full benefit of such laws may be secured, and the better administration thereof provided for throughout the country at large. The commission will be formally opened (as we were informed) this day.—Gar deners' Gazette. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK.—Pot, glass, or plant, whatever may remain of the flowering bulbs, ac cording as they are wanted to force or bloom in open ground. Dig and lay up in-ridges all vacant ground not intended for immediate cropping : the effects of frost will penetrate much farther than if it be levelled on the surface. Prepare for matting up and protecting half-hardy shrubs and plants in the open ground. It is better to• have these protections so contrived as to be removed always in mild weather. Pro ceed with all kinds of planting, all garden alterations, re movals of trees and shrubs, &c. Look well to auriculas, take off dead leaves, see they do not get wet, and give air whenever the weather is dry and not frosty.—Gardeners' Gazette. A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A person in the employ of the trustees of the late Earl of Dudley, at Cane Colliery, was working down the pit loading coal and slack, and after work ing some time lost a watch, worth about 4:4. After looking a considerable time in the pit for it, he thought it likely that it might have slipped from his pocket, got into the skip, and so have been taken up the pit. He immediately ascended and enquired on the bank if any one had seen it. Being answered in the negative, he immediately went to the canal where they were loading boats with slack from the pit, to see if he could find it, and after carefully looking amongst the slack in the boat, found the watch uninjured, not even the glass being broken, although this slack had been takri a mile from the pit and thrown into the boat wholesale.—Staf fordshire Gazette. ✓ NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—We receive repeated commu nications in reference to two matters connected with the N. U. Railway, to which we beg to call the particular atten tion of the directors, so that either the alleged evils may be remedied, or that they may signify to the public their unwil lingness lo recognise them as evils. We allude to the rates of charge for short distances, and the non-provision of fires and other reasonable accommodation at the station houses. We hope the worthy directors will, by either making the ne cessary arrangements, or by explicitly stating that they will not do so, prevent our correspondents the trouble of writing letters on the subject, and us the trouble of noticing them.— Preston Chronicle. KIDLAND COUNTIES' RAlLWAY.,—Although the rain has occasioned considerable interruption to the making of the embankment on the left of the Humberstone Road, the work has gone on as usual towards Thurmaston, where, the earth is removed by a stea m - eg i ne i nstea d o f horses. The same mode is adopted near Leir, and consequently, in both quar ters, the work is progressing. The most difficult part of the line,. and that upon which the least progress seems to be made, is the cutting on the right of the London Road Bridge, the soil of which, being of a wet, loose, sandy description, prevents the workmen employed on it from getting on so ra pidly as on other parts of the undertaking. The passenger and luggage station offices, near the London Road, are now covered in, and will be completed in the ensuing year. The depot for building and repairing carriages, upwards of 300 feet in length, is erected up to the first floor.—Leicester Chronicle. POULTON HERRING FISHERY. — During the last week the fishermen at Poulton-by-the-Sands have made some of the largest catches of herring almost ever known on the coast ; every boat being almost alike successful. Previously the poor fishermen had been most unlucky, and were beginning to be quite dispirited. So scarce were herrings at the Lan caster market that they were selling no more than three and four for a penny ; thus •the shoals not being to be met with was not more unfortunate to the fishermen than it was to the working classes in the neighbourhood. However, Provi dence has sent a grateful boon to both, the fish having been taken in tens and twenties of thousands per boat. Poulton, that pleasant little village, is now showing nothing but light hearts and merry faces ; the buyers from Birmingham, Man chester, Preston, &c., are amongst them, and everything is cheerfulness and bustle. The beach is thronged with the wives and children of the fishermen unloading their boats ; others again. in the village [are counting them into barrels, and the road is lined with carts bearing them away to their respective destinations, whilst in Lancaster, " Herrings, fresh herrings, ten a penny," meets the ear in every street. Long may it continue to do so.—Preston Pilot. AN UNFORTUNATE AUTHOR.—A_person, who signs him self "Hardmah," and dates from " King's.road, Brighton," has addressed a letter "to the editors of newspapers in Brighton," in which he " begs leave to acquaint" them that he has " lost two hundred and some odd pounds by publish ing" his •" Descriptive Poem of the Battle of Waterloo," his " Petition to the House of Commons, and a few other little things." He gives the .following details of his fruitless exertions to force a sale :—" When I published my Descrip tive Poem of the Battle of Waterloo,' I paid three pounds to some of the daily papers : and also one to all the monthly and quarterly reviews. I placarded the streets from White chapel Church to Hyde-park-corner, aad so on all round London. I presented a copy to the Lord Mayor in the Mansion-house ; I had three men walking the streets with boards on their backs three weeks ; I had my house in Ken sington-lane, close to Vauxhall-gardens, placarded all over; they were acting the Battle of Waterloo in the gardens ; and after all this enormous expense I only sold one sixpenny number, and my publisher, Mr. Chappell, of the Royal Ex change, only sold seven numbers, so that we got four shil lings between us, for my laying out upwards of one hundred pounds. I expended the same sum on my Petition•to th e House of Commons,' thinkint , that I should recover some part of my former loss ; but alas ! I only sold seventeen six penny numbers of that petition. I have now only s old six teen numbers of my five letters." APPREHENSION OF THE MURDERER OF MR. HARVEY COMBE'S GAMEKEEPER.—Aboat two years ago a serious affray took place in Cobham-park, Surrey, the seat of Mr. Harvey Combe, between his gamekeepers and a gang of poachers, and one of his gamekeepers was killed. A coro ner's jury subsequently returned a verdict of wilful murder against a notorious character known as " Kingston Bill, the cobbler, ” and some others. Two of Kingston Bill's com panions were subsequently taken into custody and convicted. Their sentences were commuted to transportation for life, and they are now irr New South Wales. Kingston Bill, who was a most desperate fellow, and the terror of Kingston and its vicinity, escaped the vigilance of the officers sent in all directions after him, and was not heard of until Saturday evening, when Mr. R. W. Cook, the inspector of the King ston police, having received information that he was on board the collier brig Allison, of Hartlepool, lying in the river, obtained the assistance of Mr. William Judge, an inspector of the Thames police, and his boat's crew. On reaching the ship they were informed that the man had gone ashore at sunset, and was most probably in some of the public-houses in the neighbourhood of Shadwell. After a long search the two officers entered the tap-room of the Barley Mow, New Gravel. lane, where the man they were in search of was found smoking his pipe. On seeing Mr. Cook, Kingston Bill held down his head, and endeavoured to escape observation. The officers stepped up to him, and Mr. Cook tapped him on the shoulder, and said, " Don't you know me, Bill ?" The man sighed heavily, and said he did, and that it was all up with him. He was immediately secured and lodged in the sta tion-house.—Staffordshire Gazette. ANCIENT DRUNKARDS. — Dionysius the younger, accord ing to Aristotle, would sometimes continue in a state of in toxication for ninety days at a time,--a habit, the frequent recurrence of which reduced him at last to total blindness. The emperor Zeno daily drank himself into a state of insen sibility. In one of these fits of inebriety, his consort, Asi , adne, had him committed to the horrors of the tomb. Re turning consciousness revealed the dreadful situation in which he had been placed by his folly and imprudence. His lamen table cries and entreaties, however, were suffered to pass unheeded ; and the sensual tyrant, detested alike by his wife and his subjects, was thus left to die a miserable death. The conduct of Winceslaus, king of Bohemia, exhibits another instance of the infatuating influence of strong drink. This monarch visited Charles VI. at Rheims, A.D. 1397, in order to treat with him on some important national affairs. The wine of that country afforded him such unexpected pleasure, that, rather than be diverted from the excess in which he daily indulged, he consented to make certain important and disadvantageous concessions. One of the monarchs of Samba, in Africa, resigned his right to the throne, rather than submit to be removed from the Portuguese settlements, where he had ample opportunities of indulging hii fondness for intoxicating liquors. Shawe O'Neil, the famous oppo nent of Queen Elizabeth, usually kept in his cellar, at Dun erurn, 200 tuns of wine, of which, as well as of usquebaugh, he drank to such excess that his attendants were accustomed to bury him in the earth chin-deep, untill the inflaming effects of inebriation had become dissipated.—Mr. R. B. Grindrod's " Bacchus." QUARANTINE REGULATIONS ON PASSING THE SOUND. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 9th.—The negotiation of the English ministry with the Danish government to obtain some modifi cations of the existing quarantine regulations in favour of English ships passing through the Sound to the Baltic, are at length terminated. The models of the English certificates to be delivered having been considered, the Board of Qua rantine has sent the necessary instructions to Elsinore. Hitherto ships, laden with infected or suspected goods, were required to be examined at Elsinore by the Board of Quaran tine, and then, if it was judged necessary, perform quaran tine at the Island of Lessoe ; but now English ships, furnished with certificates from the quarantine officer at Standgate Creek, Milford Haven, and Proinbe Pool, need only to have the certificates countersigned by - the Danish Quarantine Board in order to pass the Sound, and to be admitted in the Prussian and Russian ports in the Baltic, the two govern ments being satisfied with the:above regulations. The Rus sian government, however, requires that the Danish quaran tine officer shall give a separate certificate, declaring that suspected goods, such as cotton and the like, which are sus ceptible of infection, have been purified at one of the above mentioned English stations; without which separate certifi cate, the English certificate will not be regarded. IMPORTANT TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS. • (From the Glasgow Courier.) CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S SIGNALS. The following is a copy of a letter received in Glasgow from Mr. Court, Secretary to the Underwriter's Association. Liverpool " Marryat's code of signals being now used by our Holy head and Liverpool telegraphs, I would suggest that you instruct all veesels to or from the Clyde, passing Holyhead, to make their signals to that station, (not their numbers only, but the ports whence they are from and whither bound,) and the same will be sent you in my letter. The -, belonging to your port, is the only vessel that, as yet, has made good use of her flags, hiving hoisted the port she was from as well as her number. I wish shipmasters to make it an invariable rule to hoist the ports they are from, number of dayspassage, and all well, when such is the case. The captains of this port, having been long accustomed to our late paltry local flags, are, not used to M arr y a t' s ; an d I h ope your masters of ships, who are, no doubt, well acquainted with them, will, in a spirit of friendly emulation, set a good example, a nd not spare their bunting eith er in he channel or at sea. I have taken great pains' to obtain the introduction of Marryat's code into this port, and I am happy to say that most of our shipmasters are very favourable to it." We recommend our contemporaries to give the above every publicity, as we are well aware that it only requires to be known by shipmasters to be acted on. One great advantage is, that it incurs no expense, as there is scarcely one vessel in a hun dred in the foreign trade but has got Marryat's code of signals on board. Mr. Court deserves much praise for the interest he takes in all matters connected with the reporting of ships. EXTENSIVE ILLICIT DISTILLATION. On Friday, at the police-court, an individual named Wil liam Thompson Smith, appeared, as defendant, to an in formation, exhibitesl against him at the instance of the Board of Excise, charging him, first, with being the proprietor or tenant of a house in which illicit distillation was carried on, and, secondly, with having certain utensils in his possession for the illicit distillation of spirits. Mr. Statham appeared as solicitor for the excise, and the defendant conducted his own cause, assisted by a professional gentleman. Mr. Statham, having briefly stated the nature of the charge, proceeded to call witnesses to the facts ; and, as the case ex cited considerable interest in a crowded court, we shall sup ply all the material portions ofthe evidence. Mr. David Scott, being sworn, said, in effect :—From in formation I had received, I went to the defendant's house, in Grosvenor-street, corner of Chaucer-street, which leads out of Scotland-road. I went into the kitchen, where I saw Mrs. Smith, the wife of the defendant, who came in imme diately afterwards. I told him I had a warrant to search the house, and he said I was at liberty to do so. I asked him about the cellar, which I also wanted to search. He told me it was let to a man, whose name he had on a piece of paper, but he could not recollect it. He went to look for the paper, but did not find it. He made no objection to my searching the house. I first searched up stairs, but found nothing. I then went into the parlour, which was not occupied. I then perceived a strong smell of fumes arising from distilled wash, and told him that a still was in the cellar below. I went to wards the cellar, and on my way met with my supervisor, who had been in the cellar, and said he had found a still. There was a•bolt to the door of the cellar inside. The cellar was divided by two partitions, making three compartments. In the first I found a number of small hampers ; in the se cond, an old worn out still ; and in the third, a tin still, with a copper worm, and several barrels and tubs. There was a quantity of " low wine" i n th e t u b un d er the still, about a gallon (a bottle of which was produced.) In the worm-tub there was water in a luke-warm state, as if the still Ltd been recently in use. I took the still head off. Part of it was taken to the excise-office. There was interior door leading from the cellar to the house-part under the stair. The bolt, a common mound iron one, was on the cellar side, and the seams between it and the door-post were plastered up, cover ing partly the door and partly the posts, in a narrow stripe. The plaster was not strong. There was a window that had locked into Grosvenor-street, but it was built up with bricks, which, on my pulling them down to see if anything were be hind, came away, the mortar being new, and scarcely set. The defendant said he once knew of the practice (of distilling) being carried on in the cellar, before the Chester races, and that he had let the cellar to a man named M`Laughlin. He denied all knowledge of the still. I smelt it at first when I entered the kitchen. There was no furniture in the cellar showing that it was inhabited. The still, with the worm, was quite new, or nearly. The old one was worn out ; the bot tom was gone. Cross-examined by the defendant.—The defendant did not object to my searching the house. Nothing was spilt before I went into the cellar to make the smell I first per ceived. The cellar door leading to the hou - se,was not nailed. When I put back-the bolt, it easily opened, there being no hair in the mortar. Defendant said he had given informa tion to the police of distilling being previously carried on in the cellar. The outward door of the cellar, leading into Chaucer-street, was made up with wood placed diagonally. John Gennis said,—l am a shoemaker, and lived, in August list, at the house 'of the defendant, where I occupied two tocms. Smith lived on the ground or first floor. He (the defendant) did somethi ng i n . th e sheep-skin way, and a• man sometimes assisted him. About May last he gave up that business, and I have not seen him do anything since but sell his things. A m an occup i e d t h e cellar in April and May last. I saw a sough in the scullery adjoining his kitchen, and a pipe communicating down to the cellar. The pipe was attached to the water-pipe in the scullery, and taken down to the cellar. About the beginning of August I saw. a great smoke come out of the chimney that went from the room I occupied. There was no fire in any of the rooms in the house at the time and it must have been from the cellar. I never spoke to him about it. In the course Of the morning I saw Mr. Smith come out of the cellar, and in the afternoon I saw him go into it. I saw smoke afterwards,_ and a heavy smell as if of was h. It was t h e same smell I observed, when the other man was there. On the 12th of August, I got up before day-light, and took a candle to see where the smell came from. I went down to the cellar door under the stair and found the bolt, which I had before seen on the outside, was removed to the inside of the cellar door, and that it was fast. I saw no person go out of or into the cellar but Smith himself. On the 13th of August, I saw the cellar door locked when I went out ; and when I came back I found it unlocked. Smith was there at dinner in his shirt sleeves. He covered up the cellar window. There was a boiler which was set with old brick, and which he took down. Cross-examined by the defendant.-1 saw you go into the cellar on the sth of August. (Some questions were put to the witness relating to a charge of his having stolen some coals from the adjoining yard, but it appeared he had merely borrowed them at an early hour, when he had to be up, and had returned them.) I have not received any money or pro mise of money for appearing here. • Mr. John Gibson, supervisor of excise, corroborated what had been stated by the first witness so far as he was present. On the 14th of August, he went into the cellar of defendant's house by the door leading from the coal yard. There were two police officers with him, and they perceived the sme ll se s t rong that they brok e i n , and found the stills, &c. The water in the worm -tub was slightly warm. The defendant said he had let the cellar. The " low wine" was all spilled but the sample produced, in the tail of the worm. Mr. Scott, recalled, said that when he entered the house and saw Mrs. Smith, he asked for the key of the cellar, and she appeared to look for it on the shelf. This being the case for the prosecution, the defendant en tered upon his defence. He said that he had lived in the house for a period of ten years, during the last three of which he was a tenant. He had let the cellar to various parties (whom he named,) from time to time, and was himself a skin ner and fell-monger, by which he had, as he could show, been enabled to earn a good living.. A female, he should prove, who lodged in the house before the Chester races, complained of a very unpleasant smell, and when he found that the then tenant had been carrying on some illicit distillation, he went to the police office and gaveinformation to Inspector M`Don ald, who, when he arrived, found the cellar empty. He had latterly let the cellar to an old man, who represented himself to be a basket-maker, and who had brought with him the hampers found. It was that person who had blocked up the window. He then called Charles Stubbs, who said he had long lodged in the house, and that the defendant had let the cellar. He had never once seen the defendant go out of or into the cellar. He lived there in May, June, and July last. He had, heard ho complaints • of a strong smell. Cross -examined.—I am brother-in-law to the defendant. Mrs. Taffinder said she kept the coal-yard—the same which was common to Mr. Smith's house, and she never saw him go out of or into the cellar. Was present when the cellar was let to the old gentleman, the basket-maker, who had, on the day previous to the excise officers coming, borrowed 3d. from her to make up his rent of 4s. a-week. She saw him on the Tuesday, the day before the officers came. (The witness was not very definite in her testimony.) Wm. Davies, a skinner, said he had assisted the defendant many a hundred times in his business of a fell monger. There was a smoke and a strong smell from the stoves in which the wool was dried. With respect to a boiler which had been removed, he knew that it was bought by a cooper, and the bricks with which it had been set, he had bought them him self, and sent a person to take them away. (It had been previously stated by the excise-officer that the cellar window was made up with old bricks.) Henry Thompson said that he was a fell monger, and knew that the defendant dealt largely—that he paid his (witness's) brother from £2O to £25 a week for skins. The cellar had been let off to various parties. The business of the defend ant, as a fell monger, was quite sufficient to keep him fully employed. Mrs. Powell said she lodged in the house, and that the man who occupied the cellar had come to her and told her what he was going to do—(to distil)—and had requested her not to inform, as he bad a large family depending upon him. She did not inform, as it was no business of hers, and she left the house in the end of July or beginning of August. This being the defence, Mr. Rushton said :—William Thompson Smith, I am clearly of opinion that you must be convicted on this information. The whole of the evidence discloses a series of incidents, showing without doubt that you have carried on an illicit still for a great length of time. The information given by you to the police was only an in genious portion of the fraud, intended to throw the officers off their guard. It is my duty, under all the circumstances, to convict you for this offence in the penalty of £2OO. The prisoner, in default, will, of course, be imprisoned until the money is paid, or until the Board of Excise may think fit to release him from gaol. H e i s a good looking young man,and showed considerable ad ro it ness i n his defence. The telegraphic establishment at the port of Hull is now in active operation. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of the inhabitants was held on Saturday last, at one o'clock, in the Town Hall, when the report of the deputation sent to Birmingham, to invite the British Association to hold its next meeting in was given in, alo ng w i t h the acquiescence in the request the part of the A ssoc i ation. Committees were a pp o inted, and other arrange ments made, for the reception of the numerous body of disting u i s h e d strangers expected Glasgow, on in Glasgow on I7th September next ; an d from the feeling displayed by the meeting, we may assume that no exertions will be spared by the local committee to make the Scientific Meeting of 1840 worthy cf the second city in the empire. The Lord Provost filled the chair, and the business was con ducted by Mr. Leadbetter, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Strange, Prin cipal Macfarlan, and Professor Nicholl.—Glasgow Mail. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. AXISS GRANT most respectful) T acquaints her Fn` ZVI. and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take plac e On , DEC. 13, n g On which occasion FRIDAY she solicits next r a enewal of that pattc cl and support so liberally extended to he r on a former one , ,V i l e e for which she takes this oppo r t un ity o f re t urn i n g thanks. Peformances will commence with the petite Comedy of PERFECTION; • OR THE LADY OF MUNSTER. • Charles Paragon, Mr. W. Howard—Sam, Mr. Baker i , di Susan, Mrs. Clark.—Kate O'Bri en , Mi ss GRANT, in° 6t yl she will sing "Lo, here the Gentle Lark," " To the •-h favours Tournament," and by particular desire, the favouri _ Melody, " Savourneen Dheelish," accompanie h ell " on the Harp. Song—" Norah, the Pride of Kildare," WMr..Barke r. To be followed by the Musical ll.Sude of a LOAN OF A LOVER. , Ala Captain Amersfort, M r . W. Howayd.—Peter Spy"' e) Baker.—Earnestiney Miss Cleaver.—Gertrude (first 1, 4 Miss GRANT, in whi c h s h e w ill s i ng " I d o n't thin k ugly," and "I'd Marry him to-morrow." Mddlle. TAGLIONI'S celebrated S PANISH 1300 011 A. DANCE, called the GITANA, by Mrs. J. Ricir ca Y,.. e ced To conclude with the Grand M us i ca l Sp ec t ac le, ( 110 t "- here these three years) called GUSTAVUS THE THIRD; OR, THE MASKED BALL. fir r. Col. Lillienhorn, Mr. Barker.—Capt. Ankarstroni, Crow.—Christian Engleheart, Mr. Baker. aac it Arvedson, Miss Cleaver--Mad ame A n k ars t rom , Miss r Oscar, (the Page) Miss GRANT, her first appear Bl2 " in that character. INCIDENTAL TO THE PIECE, THE MASKED BALL In In which will be introduced the cel e b ra ted DAIIP— DES . • A celebrated JOCKEY DANCE, FOLIES by Mr. J. Ridg''sl.' A SCOTCH DANCE, bg Mr. Edwards. Tickets to be had of Miss GRANT, 15, Falkland-:', 1 1 , 0 Islington, and at the Bo x -o ffi ce , w h ere p l aces m ay be t ` from Ten till Three. LAST WEEK OF THE EXHIBIT/raff THE EXHIBITION of the LIVERPOOL. of the WORKS of MODERN ARTISJ, at th e G ibs lery, Church-street, WILL CLOSE on SA.Air nel`'. o 6 14th of December instant. Open front Nine in the M° lll o l o until dusk. Admission, One Shilling •,'" Catalogues , _ i d s Shilling. Also, every Evening, Brilliantly Illaminate d Gas, from Seven o'clock until Ten. Admission, One Sh 6 " — SAML. EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Acaden3l' TO CORRESPONDENTS. We shall not forget the hints of " Mens Conscia .Recti." Mr. M'Creery's long and interesting communication 011 Voluntary System shall appear on Friday. A STAMPED SUPPLEMENT of Fourteen Coluni 6 published with the STANDARD of this day, an d I presented gratuitously to our Subscribers. Ebt Ltbnpoot &tanbarZi. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1839. In our supplementary sheet we 'have . furnished ::/ readers with a variety of important, and, in la t b o respects, highly interesting documents, relating 14 tbs colonial affairs of Gr ea t B r it a i n i n genera l , a nd to o f affairs of the West Indies-=in particular. The 11329 i h information which we h a V e t h us co ll ecte d will 111,rilto matter for much grave co ns id era ti on , es pecia l is the commercial and manufacturing classes of th efr country, and, indeed, to all w h o are i nteres ted, de l lo . ly or indirectly, (and w h o i s no t i n some Measure 111 interested ?) in the prosperity of our colonies. „ Ad The first article i n th e su ppl ement i s extra cted !To the pages of Black woo d' s M agaz i ne — a per iodical d t to , has obtained a just c e l e b r it y f or i ts un fli nc hing a e a, cacy of the interests of o ur numerous co l on i a l P° sse o l ons. This article will b e f oun d f raug h t w i t h stetlslo statements of the highest i m p or t ance —state oll : 4 which prove, with a ll th e f orce an d i rres i st ible coge7 o l s of mathematical de mons t rat i on , t h e f o ll y and 1.1111/ e l tendency of that line of policy which has been P llllll ,OO of late years, by the Government of this countrYl A 6l evil consequences whi c h h ave resu l te d f rom t he so' ter ly reciprocity system are p our t raye d w i t h a Mae do' hand. The compensating benefits which have, beee l ot rived from our co l on i a l t ra d e are a l so set f o rth ° il llic i t clearness of proof, and a m i nu t eness o f d e tail, admit of no cavil, and which preclude the passi bilit , i te t; any doubt on the subject. The perusal of this I n f ai of ly article will serve t o conv i nce t h e mos t sceptic ga d the utter folly of se e ki ng t o b ene fi t t h e grea t late/ 115 0e r this country by pursuing the system of continental 6 : 00 , liation. That syste m i s p rove d to b e a ran k de ll ! to Its immediate and almost inevitable tendenl ls 'e t o prop up the trade and manufactures—to prom° ts lo o productive energies—t o s ti mu l a t e t h e inventive g e e igo of other nations, at th e ex p ense o f our own . r ar a ce prosperity has constantly maintained . a uniform P hijo with the extension of • the free-trade principle; ' c o o domestic difficulty, distress, and decay of WO 0 0. proved as constantly its unf a ili ng acco mpanol le o f The writer in Blackwood has proved the accural ir these assertions by a conclusive appeal to tabula l : s ° zo ae, sults, derived from th e official returns of our t s t ya On the other hand, h e h as i rre f raga bl y pro ved o s: colonial trade of this c oun t ry i s t h e sa f es t the of profitable, and the most cap a bl e o f ex tension °, f efore , branch of our comme rce . I t i s w i t h j ust i c e, then . 0 for that he condemns th e government o f G rea t 13.0‘ 11 . 0 the infatuated policy whi c h th ey h ave purs ued T i pct of ference to our colonies—f or th e i r : su i c idal !leg': f igf the most important source of our national POI:4r The truths which are so p rom i nent l y an d forclol veloped in the 'masterly article f rom . /3/ackuloe th ' t ie be again and again enforced upon public attent l9ll ' t hr til the - public mind is not only enlightened 110$ a, rough'y convinced on the subject—until one g ra . 13 to for united effort is made t o compe l t h e government ter and encourage the multiplying energies all , sources of the colonies of Great Britain. 'D es % of e i t will, if properly urged, have far greater infloc ° ' ssu public opinion than the crude . theoretical o° 9°ll l/ 00 mawkish sentimentalities of such - pragmatic al (l e o" as Dr. Bowring, and the self-styled politic a/ - mists. The extend e d ex t racts w hi ch we have givell;ll7 the admirabl e pamp hl et of Sir Edwar d Cost re ; t 1 some of the most interesting, as well as impo r I4' our colonies—the British possessions in the 11" dies. Sir Ed war d C ust, f rom his actua l resid e/Ito , 4 0d • the We s t I n di es —f rom hi s habits of o b ser vst-; on from the peculiar facilities which he enjoyetl . c e sd nently qualified to offer his opinions on th e ] P i fb‘ j condition and future prospects of - those CO information which he has furnished on the s ubi es di e West India aff a i rs i s o f t h e hi g h est va l u e. I li o n r e and straightforward manner in which he ° r se, opinions entitl es hi m t o t h e hi g h est d egr ee 131 r o f Those who wi s h f or a more comp l ete e xpositi on Ol t views will do well to procure the pamphlet 1 11 7 06 ,0 1 our extracts are m a d e . A n unpre j u diced y e tor lii v , that pamphlet will serve to dissipate any d° llb ot ' may be entert a i ne d as t o t h e treatmen t of the pated Negroes—th e i r i n di spos i t i on t o labour" — ir ° necessity for an exte n d e d s y s t em of join' ,Wail the West Indies. t c hle i The remaining e x tract s i n our s upplemen t relate to the subje c t o f i mm i grat i on — a subje c fief Wes.. pi is of the highest i m p or t ance , not on ly to the .0 A colonies themselve s , b u t a l so to the con °tel manufacturing interests of Great Britain. _oil io The numerou s ar ti c l es i n th e su pplementt y r oti s D e ; connection with those which we have on Pre o f casions laid bef ore our rea d ers , on th e subjee l e a; India affairs, all conspire in representing it cal' c apli on a scale commensurate with the wants and fOr a ced ill lities of the West Indies, as the grand pan re es°,,, the evils with which those colonies have bee n • r ov' • obe' afflicted, and as the grand means by which j. loP e mant resources may be su cce ssfully dev e eit /1 ' this representation we heartily concur. here al ! ° The queStion may here be asked "v inc irss' st o grants, calculated for the climate of the Wee t Ac iag , , be found ?" We answer this question by m a rio ,r oo there not a hundred millions of people in , e ,ter state of the most degraded barbarism, little' °P 9011113 that of cannibal s , t o w h om the means Of tec O employment in our colonies, under the Pi - o pirti British laws, would be a blessing of tile d sts l 7 l # valuable character? Are there not minim ° dra g O v rie . outcasts in our East India possessions , w ho rais e ie weary existence amidst the most horrible c 9 t which famine, and its concomitant, vrete D tb eif flict ? Do not the cries of these s Are t he the air of India in every direction ? s o in .4 bodies seen by thousands bleaching as 4/ tb"" serts or polluting the rivers of that coon' opo o , 1 1 worthy of decent interment ? Did not 5 . sh is i: 0 0 0 victims of wretchedness and famine P erj t he c A pe Are the few de;:ths which took place aole fl iv g fo i sac' e •s; in Demerara to be compared with this a horrible of human life, or did anything half so ii i' very ? rof e even in the worst days of West India n s d ( Rath P OO not such continued scenes of misery °I . lo g ° l lia logger, rep! an indelible disgrace to Great Britain a ' I, OPP 3 country has it in its power to air-