The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-07 00:00:00

JuNE 7. 1838 TO CORRESPONDENTS. We beg to as sure Ei n Fischer that nothing would give us greater pleasure than to peruse, and, by his permission, publish his translation. been lost m at cmunica tion respecting certain ships which have lately Verified b sea, " unde ame and r addre suspiciousss of the writer. circumstances," must be y the n There is no music in B. D. B. • Peter the Hermit," we suspect is a Greek. Zbt Eiberpoot ,__ lanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1833. The Pacific, Captain W ea t e , arr i ve d h ere yes t er d ay ft•ont New York, having accomplished the voyage In 18 'lays; She has brought us a copy of th e Ne w York Com mercial Advertis er of Friday evening, the 17th of May, and a file of Atnerican journals filling up the interval from our previous dates. These papers contain no news Qi allY politi ca l i nterest. Great damage has been caused by fl oods, and nearly as much by fires in various parts of the union. S'onie 'dreadful murders had been committed I n the vicinity of New York. .We also observe three suicides B rdinary catastrophe" had also happened to a high per 11age, no leskthan the pulling of the nose' of General s'AcilsoN. 'This enormity was perpetrated by a Lieute nant RANDOLPH, an ex-officer of the navy. The occasion °elected was that of laying the foundation stone of a mo nottient to tile mother of W A SHINGT O N. The President, it is said, after his 'nasal organ. had been wrung in this most uncongressional manner, showed fight, but was car ried off in a boat before" he had time to strip his coat, and exterminate his assailant. It is not expected that RAN LPII Will be hanged —as he ought to be. Mrs. TROL .LOPE was right ! i The foll ow i ng, respecting cotton, is perhaps of more :Portance. Our republican friends, we see, are bent P o n snakin g a few re dollars, at our expense, if pos lib mo le _ e 4l Great Britain last y ear t oo k 6-10,000 - bales, and besides -abo ve, t h e old stock: It appears by the Liverpool circulars e, that there may be an increased consumption of upwards brati i l °O,ooo bale s , and making tl 7-10,000:re nired. The factories ce are n full em pl oy , night and day, and will consume, i t believedzo,Yo3 bales, and in thelLStates 22,0,00 J, the usual vply for Trieste, Belgium, Holland, Hamburg, Russia and e th en GO 000 to 80,0J3—m a king 1,270,000 bales—allowing ' li : ,_uu ( most for our crops, 1100,000, and some decrease occa ,tild by a d vance in price, ,e it appearslikelv, andindeed certain, the consumpti on , or demand, is greater than the supply." • pa We h ave received Jamaicapers to the 26th April, 11 of L. 4 1 , 21 Witlb. are expressive of much uneasiness being pre eht in the island. The planters little know what 34waits them ! Lord M ULORAVE appears to enjoy the plea pet. of ° ffice with as mu c h sprightliness as might be ex .zineted from a person who sleeps in a gunpowder Maga- He travels from one part of the country to the th Luer, unect by the respectable colonists, and courting s nliles of the lowest castes, a sorrowful emblem_ of a 4 , a ecro v , v ,, a snroud. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, the new el)thmander, had arrived in the Vernon, on which . v , ,7 31 ° 11 , says the Jamaica Courant, " the guns of Fort At u 4 arle s vomited forth their saltpetre aCcording to his It 3EB TV s regulations." b ef I ' laB generally rumoure d an d b e li eve d , on th e d ay tie °r e the packet sailed, that Lord MULGRAVE had been T h eall ed, and t h at h e would speedily leave the island th e e foil °l ving letter, which we take from the Courant of , Ca rr t u of April, will show that the slave trade is still i e d IA on by s ome o f our l ov i ng a lli es o f B raz il , or else ere' in Who se f avour, an d f or w h ose b ene fi t, L ar d BROU7IGRAIt is anxious to sacrifice the West Indies : lks;the Collector and Comptr o ller of H. 111. Cmstoms, Kingston. ,i NTL EmILN,---1 beg leave to report to you that on Saturday ° lle o'clo c k, p.m., i n f ormat i on reac h e d me t h at a vessel, 0: 1 1 a great num b er of negroes on b oard, was wrecked off arb our, near R oc ky K e y. boa„ ins l no time in engag i ng a s l oo p, th en l y i ng a t. Old w as ' proceed to their assistance; unfortunately, as the sloop th at un der repair, she had no ballast in her. I gave directions . t ri ste should be got ready as soon as possible, and in the in informed the magistrates of the circumstance, and of my vi s i e n ilti " to bring the negroes on shore, in order that some pro -n, as well as protection, might be afforded to them. "o'clock ea went off in a canoe, and arrived on the key at nine fire4",.where found' the. negroes lying in groupes around the It ere v l uc h they had made. The master and crew of the vessel fialso ou the key, having been brought from the wreck in 310 in' canoes,.. At , six o'clock the following morning, the Ca . atriv e d with two boats belonging to the ship Clifton, Pia Old-garb wh en t h ey were p l ace d on b oar d , an d sent to bour. leh6Tont vessel is a complete wreck. She is a Portuguese the African —the He ro i na, S a bi n, master, from S t. Th omas ' s, on Wh e , coast, ou t forty days. She had 303 slaves on board th e ahe s ailed, and 232 were safely landed at Old-Harbour .c On h aving died on t h e passage or in the wreck. the a n InY arri va l on the key, my first enquiry was, ' Are h e j ll l amed ?" an d on b e i ng informed that three were l e f t t eed "' as past recovery, I gave orders for the canoes to pro alive again at d ay -li g h t, and use every effort to bring all as th ° e n share, which, to the satisfaction of all present, as well t a ;„ Ts negroes, was accomplished ; and three more human b we re rescued f rom d estruct i on. Si x were repor t e d t o e „ cl eacl on board, and four only drowned in the wreck. I. have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " RICHARD B. BERRY, Cld " Waiter and Searcher." "arbou r , 21 st April, 1833. ord Wed GREY and BROUGHAM proceeded to Windsor on i i , rie sdaY morni ng t o ma k e k nown t h e di sa bl e d state tio `"e Cabi net, or as some say to tender their resigna th 113 t° his MAJESTY. Another version of the story is .toa e t Lord BROUGHAM has determined to entreat the king f l ea se him from the cares of office. It is certain that Thess `u ° same day the Duke of WELLINGTON received a i l i s ge from hi s --MAJE,ITY, but whether thi s -i s t o induce t ai - ~',r a ce to rel a x i n his oOsition, or m ere ly ascer e:b.nis opini ons on genera l pp lice, is not kn o wn. A ' n et Council was to be held late on Wednesday even, Iv ' when th e resu l t o f th e i nterv i ew with their sovereign 48 to be communicated to their colleagues by Lords and BROUGHAM; but at the latest hour nothing transpired. resolveilere were also various reports that Lord G REY h a d 7,lis dto de man d perm i ss i on t o ma k e more new peers. b„ 1 . 1. ru mour is c i rcu lat e d by th e f r i en d s o f Mi n i sters ; 1; most unwi se l y, f or if it have any f oun d at i on, t h e de• agd is sure to haiie been refused, and they must be tooasidered as already out of office. The KING refused not peers ori more pressing emergency, and he is tkel y to be alarmed into so unconstitutional a mea sure at the present moment. Mr. BENNETT'S motion relative to the Liverpool elec t'un did not come on on Tuesday last. The RoßtNs" People are, consequently, very much disconcerted. Th ey Pre not to understand why it was not brought for itard• We could tell them the reason in a whisper, but is useless to waste even breath, fur we told it a month ago . :ti M 4, inisters, in order to p revent • a di sagreeable discus and su ppress fact s w hi c h t h ey d id not wish to meet, 11 moreover get rid of the subject in a wa y th e l eas t °elrensive to their tiiends, gave orders that no House of eneir serviles t , nylons should sit on Tuesday evening. They and triPloyed s taid away, and Mr. POULETT TitomsoN his friend Mr. Sheriff HUMPHERY to count the Be,when forty members not being present, the Speaker pu t h , en his hat in the most gentlemanlike manner possi ie. and walked off Su much for Mr. BENETT and his motion; and the me es of M essrs. EWART, WASON, RiTHBONE and Co, „ i 4 we not t e ll our r eaders that this would b 40 f e_ a ce the evidence, affair Ev en e the end of Lord J OHN R USSELL hi mse lf was a f raid or support the motion, and as the latter had t o be got rid of, the shabbiest way was the (let characteristic.. --,...„.. 41‘linisters were defeated in the House of Lords on b"'clay last, by a majority of twelve. The Duke of tiv RLLINGTON moved that an humble address be presented t ° his MAJESTY, praying his MAJESTY to give directions 4 enfurce a strict neutrality upon the part:of his MA -01 subjects in the affairs of Portugal. Th terms this 'notion w ere considered by Lord GREY to e cast a tli ell sure upo n t h e government, and Lord BROUGHAM, in ti e z nost path et i c tone, implored the house not to sane °ll a proceeding which would degrade the adminiitration, and compel ministers to resign. Unhappy nobleman! His supplications were unheeded; the censure was passed; the address was carried; and the LORD HIGII CHANCEL LOR OF ENGLAND is left in the unpleasant predicament of either doffing his wig, or submitting to be laughed at. The noble and learned Lord might exclaim with Beau mont and Fletcher's Knight of the Burning Pestle— " Heigh ho! Farewell, Nan! I'll never love another lass again —if I can." If Lord BROUGHAM keep his word, he is, at the pre sent writing, out of office, and no longer keeper of the KING'S conscience ; but if he break his word, it is only what Lord BROUGHAM has done oftentimes before, and is likely to do again. _ The speech which the Duke of WELLINGTON delivered on the above occasion is one of the most able and con vincing which that illustrious man ever addressed to his fellow peers, or to his country. It is impossible to resist his conclusions, or deny his facts. The picture which be drew of our foreign relations was true to the life ; but it is the most painful and humiliating one ever exposed to public gaze. It exhibits Wii,LiAm the FOURTH of Eng land playing second fiddle to Louis PHILIPPE of France —the GREY administration cringing before the ministers of the citizen king—Lord PALMERSTON enacting the part of flunkey to Prince TALLEYRAND, and Sir JAMES GRA HAM sitting upon the quarter-deck of a rotten seventy four, playing the bagpipes to the French admiral. • The acts of piracy and robbery which have recently been committed upon the shores of Portugal by a band of refugee adventurers, aided and abetted by the minis tries of France and England, are both unwarrantable and disgraceful, not merely on the score of humanity, but inasmuch as they interfere with the rights of an op pressed and unanimous nation. It is not the question here, and at this time of day, whether DONNA MARIA or DON MIGUEL bas the better claim to the crown of Por tugal. We contend in favour of the latter, but that, we -say, is not now the question. It is admitted on all hands that DON PEDRO, the expelled of Brazil, the biiffeted by his own father's black slaves, has no right or title what ever. All that is required to be known is—who is the de facto king of Portugal ? This, again, is easily an swered. DON MIGUEL is, by the choice of the people, by the united suffrages of his subjects, in that position. He is the reigning sovereign. Much has been said about the private character of this Prince. He has been guilty of the sin of bull-baiting. He has been accused of letting loose a living horned ani mal in an assembly of grave senators. Lord GREY calls him a . perjured man, and the honest rogues of the Times newspaper call him a monster. All this is bad and black enough ; but we suspect that amongst mankind, as among dogs, the strong have an instinctive propensity to worry the weak. We hear of no such terms being applied to LOUIS PHILIPPE of Paris. There is no perjury in his case. He, we suppose, never swore allegiance to any sovereign the head of his own family, and afterwards vio lated that oath by placing himself in the rightful seat of his liege lord. No, no ! the citizen KING never did any thing of this sort. On his shield of arms there is no blot or stain. The son of Egaliti and Madame Fou- CHERES are both as pure as " unsunned snow." But despite all this we cannot resist thinking that DON MIGUEL is quite as respectable a person, although not so respectable a schoolmaster, as Louts PHILIPPE. Of the two, for the sake of example, we prefer the first. DON MIGUEL may not have studied MACHIAVEL, or EUCLID, or PETER M'CULLOCH j but he is a king nevertheless; and he holds his crown by a much more unexceptionable title than doth he who now chaunts the Marseilloise in the palace of the Tuileries. Does LOUIS PHILIPPE charge perjury upon DON MIGUEL ? Not he; he leaves this to be done by the consistent Whigs of England. They direct their abuse against the Don, without reflecting that every word of it falls like a death-knell upon the soul of the king of the French. In rancorously assailing the one, they challenge the right of the other. By intriguing to dethrone MIGUEL, and make the people of Portugal the slaves of PEDRO, they belie all the professed principles of whiggery. They hoist the banner of divine right, and attempt to pull down that which waves over the free. choice of the people. They contend for that in ,France and Belgium, which they deny to the inhabitants of Por tugal. The heroes of the three days, and the scum of Paris, without consulting the national voice, placed Louts PHILIPPE upon the throne of France. A theatri cal mob did as much for LEOPOLD in Belgium. All this is deemed right by the liberty-loving and reforming Whigs of England; but what is right in Brussels and Paris is ruled, as the lawyers say, to be wrong in Lis bon. The mob is respected in the one case, but the na tion is despised in the other. . The Duke of WELLINGTON proved beyond all dispute or cavil, that Lord GREY and the government have con nived at the attempts made to overturn the government of Portugal. Contrary to the law of nations, and in express violation "of the foreign enlistment- act, 'minis ters have allowed bands of men to congregate in tem porary barracks in this country, to beat up for recruits, to hire ships, and to fit out armaments in the Thames, under their own noses, for the purpose of committing hostilities against Portugal. Lord GREY declared that he only knew of these proceedings from the newspapers. The noble Duke showed that this could not be true; for the government of which Lord GREY is the head, issued formal orders, which could not have issued with out Lord GREY'S knowledge, to release certain vessels carrying arms and men which had been detained by the officers of the custom-house. Here there was. direct interference on the part of the British government in favour of Don PEDRO and his pirates, and in violation of the king's professions of neutrality. The indepen dent peers of parliament were so satisfied as to the fact, that they did not hesitate a moment in voting the ad dress above alluded to to his MAJESTY. But the Commons, we perceive, are to interpose their authority. Colonel DAVIES, of Worcester, has given notice of a motion on this subject, and that much in flated, but remarkably silly personage, Lord EBRINGTON, has • magnanimously come forward, once more, to take the swamping ministry under his protection. The ob ject, of course, is to move a counter-address. The KING is to be pulled one way to day and another to-mor row. Lord KENYON holds his MAJESTY by the skirts, but Lord ALTHORP, like a second MAW -WORM, proposes that he shall wear a SPENCER. The two Houses are con sequently to be brought in collision in order to sustain the one-sided neutrality of the imbeciles. Be it so, and the sooner the better. This collision we have long fore seen, and, as come it must, it cannot come too soon, nor at a better crisis than the present. But let Col. DAVIES and Lord EBRINGTON both beware. He is a bold, but certainly not a very wise man, who ventures to prop an administration which is . universally execrated. Will they. not take a lesaon .from the fate of Sir JOHN HOB HOUSE ? Does Gloucester not stand before their eyes, with and without Hope y Are Sunderland and . Lord DURHAM both forgotten? Is there no small still voice in the- defeat of Alderman VENABLES ? DAVIES and Ea- RINGTON may do their worst, but we beg to remind them that the electors of Worcester and Devonshire are not all slaves. • Upon the first resolution of Mr. STANLEY, with rela tion to West India affairs, the House of Commons came to a vote on Monday night, without a division. This was a question of principle, and leaves all matters of detail open to 'future discussion. It was thus " That it is the opinion of this Committee, that immediate and effectual measures be taken for the entire abolition of Slavery throughout the Colonies; under such provisions for regulating the condition of the negroes as may combine their welfare with the interest of the proprietors." It will be understood by the public, that the passing of this resolution is upon the abstract question of taking , measures for the abolition of slavery;--a n d on the pro priety of such a view in the abstract little difference of opinion exists throughout the country, whether among abolitionists or others. It remains to be seen if the questions that have to be discussed will be decided in such a manner as "may combine the welfare of the ne groes with the interest of the proprietors." If the whole measure be so decided, then, we apprehend, it will be in accordance with the feelings of the community at large. If, on the other band, the House should have been en trapped into the passing of the first resolution, and be hereafter driven into the support of future propositions adverse to its expressed character, the country will have reason to lament the acquiescence of the House in the preliminary question. We would willingly hope that the evidence which has been afforded of the magnitude of the interest now under consideration will have opened the eyes of ministers to the frightful evils which either of their plans, as submitted to the public, would have cre ated. Impracticability, injustice, and spoliation, were the only terms that would describe those plans in their original form, or in any form in which they have yet been presented to us; and until the proposition in its re modelled shape comes before us, our observations must be limited to a limited examination of the arguments al ready employed in the debate, and to inferences resulting from that examination. This county has reason to boast of the share which it furnished in Monday's discussion; in the eloquence and statesmanlike views which marked the speeches made by two of its native members, and by the noble Lord, one of the representatives of this town. They were the conspicuous features of the debate. Whether we look at the business-like details of Lord SANDON, ushered in and supported by most judicious arguments—or to the manly and comprehensive speech of Mr. W. E. GLAD STONE, demolishing Lord Howicx's calumnious attacks in the original debate, and demonstrating the fallacy of other assertions derogatory to the character of the body of West ' India proprietors ; whilst in terms of which good sense and sound judgment were the internal charac ter, whilst their expression was distinguished by- no common degree of eloquence and manner, he main tained the interests of the Colonists, and supported, at the same time, every principle of just consideration for the welfare and happiness of the negro—we say, whe ther these two speeches are regarded, or that most lu minous and comprehensive effort of Sir ROBERT PEEL, which penetrated every branch of the question with a clearness that must have forced conviction upon the minds of all who heard it, the debate was one, with re ference to the part taken by the three persons named, which cannot fail to be satisfactory to t! !e well-disposed part of the population of the county generally, and of this town in particular. It would be needless to go into a minute examination of the particular views which Monday's debate brought to light. When the further and more detailed pro positions are advanced it will be time enough to con sider them. One opinion was, however, elicited from the ministers, and to that they ought to be distinctly bound—that no meastue could be effective, or by possi • bility work well, which should not have the cordial concurrence of the colonial legislatures. We must also dissent from the flippant conclusion of Mr. STAN LEY) "that all that now remained to be settled was a question of pounds, shillings, and pence." Mr. STANLEY may be assured that there is much more to settle than matters of money; at leas'_ that is the opinion of ninety-nine out of every hundred who know any thing practically of the colonies. Such loose and flippant language ill becomes a statesman at any time; and upon a question of so momentous a nature as that to which it was made to refer, its 'use was in the highest degree im proper. Whatever disposition we might have to augur some what more favourably of the views of Government on this subject, as arising out of the debate of Monday in the House of Commons, was materially changed by the language employed on the next evening in the House of Lords by the LORD CHANCELLOR, upon the occasion of the presentation of a petition by the Duke of WELLING TOM, one of the most important petitions, from the rank, talent, and wealth of the subscribers to it, that ever came before the legislature. Oa this occasion, as well as on the Portuguese question, the night before, the noble and learned Lord seems to have taken considerable pains to make himself ridiculous; and to induce little future pendence either upon his talent as a statesman or his integrity as a man. His figures were as false as his reasoning; and the latter, if it meant any thing, amounts to a contradiction of every thing he has heretofore (of late) advanced on the subject of negro slavery. When speaking of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S statement of the losses to the revenue and in many other respectS that would probably result from the measures now going forward, he said, with reference to the revenue branch of the question, that " the same sum would find its way into the revenue if Sugar were brought from othercolonies, and consumed ,to the extent, and under like circumstances, in this country." Regarding this as a simple truism, what must be the feelings of the man who, in reply to a solemn caution to proceed with judgment in a case ofsuch vital im portance to the whole community, must have compassed, at the preliminary to his conclusion, the entire demolition of our own colonial interest, with its consequent mass of misery and distress, and the unlimited extension, with tenfold cruelty and hardship, of that trade in slaves by other nations, which has ceased upwards of twenty years ago on the part of Great Britain. All this, and much_ more, was overleaped by Lord BROUGHAM, for the mere sake of proving that if four millions of cwts. of sugar made in the British colonies, and paying duty at 245. per cwt., would yield £4,800,000 of revenue, the same weight at the same rate of duty would yield the same sum, when imported from foreign colonies. This is a specimen of Lord BROUGHAIH'S consistency humanity, and love of countrY. Lord INOESTRIE having withdrawn, Mr. LITTLETON was returned for South Staffordshire on Tuesday. This is a most unfortunate business for the honourable secre tary, for in the present unsettled state of affairs he runs some. risk of not obtaining his promised peerage. If his real friends had had any genuine respect for him, they would have opposed his return, and thereby secured him the coronet. A very curious and edifying commentary on " the laws of nations" was practically delivered at Portsmouth on Sunday last, on the sailing of the liberated. Dutch prison ers, or deteniis, or what else they are to be called in the PALMERSTON reading of this venerable code. The ships being ready for sea, a bill was brought in by the agent s of his MAJESTY'S government for the costs • incurred in supplying them with stores, provisions, &c., during their captivity ; which the Dutch captains very naturally re fused to pay, under the antiquated notion that they were stopped on the highg seas by the law of might, in opposi tion to that of right, in time of peace, and when they never could have supposed that the English flag would have flown from the mast of a pirate, or that English oifi • cers would have received orders to act what on terra firma would be called the part of highwaymen. On this refu sal being announced to the chiefs of the Custom-house, these gentlemen threatened to fire upon the ships if they attempted to get under weigh without first paying thew shot; to which denunciation of war Mynheer declared that if they did so lie would return their fire; and they were in consequence permitted to depart without paying, and without coming under any engagement to pay the disputed demand. - In " these piping times of peace," a battle in Portsmouth harbour between twelve Dutch mer chantmen and such portion of the royal navy of England as chanced to be there, aided by the Latteries of that for tress, would have been an amusing spectacle. How, these bills are to be paid still remains a disputed question, and may furnish a new -subject for the display of Lord Pat- MERSTON'S talents in the protocolling line. In answer to those who are constantly clamouring against the ecclesiastical and educational establishments of this country as, burdens upon the people, it is, as , has been justly observed, a remarkable peculiari ty that the wants, elsewhere provided by the state, are here mostly supplied by private benevolence.— - Almost ; the whole business of education bas • been provided by private munificence. An annual, sum,, not amounting to £lOOO, of late grudgingly dispensed between the two universities, is the only contribu tion which the state furnishes for the purpose of Eng lish education, while the two universities absolutely pay to the state for their privileges about 43000 a year each; so that. the government gains by the universities £5OOO a year. Contrast this with the poor kingdom of Hano ver, where, as Mr. Pusey informs us, the university of Gottingen alone . costs the government about £14,000 a year, and then judge of the liberality of such economists as 11fIr. Hume, who rail against the costly establishments of an impoverished people.—The same argument holds good with respect to our ecclesiastical institutions. The revolutionary journals rave about the iniquity of com pelling dissenters to support an established church. The authors of these journals know that they are venting a groundless falsehood at the moment they are uttering it; they know that the dissenters no more support the esta- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. blished church than they support Eton College or West .minster School. The church is suppo?ted by itm own pro perty—property which belonged to it ages before one of the present generation was born.—The editor of a revo lutionary paper, called the Spectator, seems to gloat upon the prospect of that leaden age when the members of the rch may be compelled to support their own temples, and when, perhaps, it may be his luck to see " foxes . stink and litter in St. Paul's." But we still trust that there is strength enough in the ancient monarchical in-• stitutions of our country to resist the violence of radical enmity and the still more dangerous protection of whig imbecility. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, Half:Past Seven o'clock, A notice has been sent from the Post-office, to-day, that let ters for the Jamaica mail, appointed to close this evening, will be in time on Saturday. The Consol Market, since our last, has been rather agitated, and the price for the Account has been as high as 90#, and as low as 891. The closing price of the Account, this afternoon, was 90h k. The 3 per Cents. are now shut for the dividend, as arc Bank and India Stock, all of which closed to-day. The terms for the renewal of the charter proposed to the Bank are considered so advantageous, that, from the extreme decline of 192 to MI, we have had an advance of 10 per cent., the price being now 201 to 205. India Stock has likewise gone up con siderably since our last, being at 1371 to 1381. Our various northern bonds are not particularly affected. Belgian are quoted at 90: 1 , and Dutch at 491. The result of the division in the House of Lords, on Monday evening, has an noyed no party save those luckless wights who have been duped into investing their property in the Regency Scrip, which has fallen to 21 dis. Spanish lAonds are 1.91 # ; Brazilian, 661 k. _ - - By accounts from Vera Cruz we learn that the Congress had sanctioned General Santa Ana's election to the Presidency. It was reported that a bill was pending in Congress to confiscate to the state all the property of the church, and to do away with all established religion. General Montezuma had been ap pointed commanding-general of the district of Mexico. LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY, June 5. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. Several Bills passed through var►ous stages on the motions of l►on. members. Several petitions were presented and among them one by Mr. GLADSTONE from the householders and merchants of Portarlington, against the corrupt system of the corporation of that borough. He was not one who was desirous of breaking in iipon established institutions, but as abuses would creep into those that were even the best regulated, it became necessary to correct them when they proceeded to a certain extent; and he was quite positive that no corporation could stand more in need of correction than that of the borough he represented. Mr. F. O'CoNNols said, as his motion the other night had not produced any advantageous result in causing the Members of Government to attend during the presentation of petitions, he was determined, on every opportunity of their non-attendance, when there was not a sufficient number of Members present, to move that the House be counted. He did so on the present occasion. The SPEAKER suggested that he should withdraw hit motion till after a member who was in attendance had taken the oaths. ...-...—. . Mr. PENRUDDOCK then appeared at the table and took the oaths. After which Mr. F. O'CONNOR again moved that the House be counted, when, there not being twenty members present, the House ad journed at half-past one o'clock. LOCAL NEWS. THE DRAMA.—The performances on Wednesday night, at the Theatre Royal, were "The Wife" and " Second Thoughts," to borrow the language of the play-bills, " under the patronage of Colonel Egerton and the Officers of the Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry." The presence of those gentlemen infused, what this place is unfortunately in want of, a little life before the curtain, for there was a much greater number of ladies present than we have had the good fortune of meeting before at the theatre this season, and, unillumined by the radiance of their smiles—unenlivened by their presence, all entertainments, whether public or social, are joyless, " dull, stale, flat, and un profitable." As civilians doomed to wear sombre black, olive, or brown coats, we have half a mind to quarrel with that horrid propensity of the sex an inclination to admire the brave; but no; We cannot find it in our heart to grumble at any cause, that induces them to honour by their presence the performance of a good play. The place of Miss Jarman, in the Character of Mariana, was supplied by Miss Huddart, a good actress, certainly ; but she reminded us that "comparisons are odious." " Second Thoughts" was the second piece, and a lively one it is. Mr. Browne, as Jabber, played the part of the trifling butterfly character, whose whole life is a series of flutterings. from one lady's boudoir to another, collecting and distributing the miscellaneous trash that is sometimes found in ladies' al bums, with excellent humour and spirit. His acting reminds us of Jones, and we are old enough to trace a faint resemblance to the idol, of our juvenile days, Lewis. The opening scene between Mrs. Trapper and her three daughters was ex cellently got up ; and the next between Mr. Sudden (Mr. ,Baker) and Mrs. Trapper (Mrs. Clarke) was executed in a manner that would have done honour to any stage. We per ceive by the bills that Mr. Hacket, the American Thespian, is one of the forthcoming novelties; we expect much pleasure, and shall not fail to record our opinion of this new star in the theatrical hemisphere. Skaro us ACCl DENT.—Wednesday evening, about five o'clock, the workmen employed in digging; the foundation fora new house in Dale-street; at the corner of Hockenhall-alley, were sud denly alarmed at the appearance of the contiguous premises, Whose gable had been left unsupported, and had been under mined to a trilling extent by their operations. They had just time to alarm the family who resided in the house, and, with 'them, to secure a retreat, when the 'gable end and the whole in terior of the building,. furniture and all, we're precipitated into the foundation. No person was hurt. THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY.—A review of this corps will take place to-day at Bootle, by. Major Parton, of the 12th Lancers. Last night the officers were entertained at the Town hall, by Mr. Alderman Bourne, in the absence of the Mayor. We are glad to state that the London mail may be expected next week at an early hour in the afternoon. We believe the arrangements for this desirable object are nearly completed, and that next Monday the operation will commence in London, and on the following day our spirited and worthy townman, Mr. Bretherton, will be able to deliver the bags at our Postoffice by half-past four in the afternoon.—Liverpool Courier. Mr. WILLIAM GIBSON, LATE AGENT OF THE MANCHES TER SAVINGS' BANK.—This person was arrested on Thursday last, in London. It appears that on the afternoon of that day he was met in Oxford-street by Mr. George Mowbray, machine, ruler, No. 4. St. Mary's-street, who watched him into a •house in Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, and having procured the assistance of a police-officer, took him into custody: Mr. Gibson was taken before the magistrates at Hatton-e'arden on Friday, by whom the was remanded until th e banCdirectors were informed of the circumstance. As soon as the authorities of this town were apprised of the fact that Mr. Gibson was in custody, 'Williamson, the beadle, was despatched to London for the purpose of executing the warrant granted against the fugitive at the instance of the Directors of the Savings' Bank. He is expected to return to Manchester on Thursday morning. We understand that when Mr. Gibson was taken into custody, one hundred and seventy sovereigns were found upon him. — Manchester Paper. TEMPERANCE SHIP. Yesterday the Royal Adelaide, of Greenock, Alexander Tait, master, sailed from this port for Boston. During the precedii?g voyage front the Clyde to Charleston, and thence to Liverpool, - which occupied three months and ten days, she was a temperance ship, the officers and sailors not having used any spirits, wine, or m alt liquor; there was only one slight deviation; on a very hot day at Char leston, three of the sailors got into a grog-shop quite close to the vessel and came on board rather elevated. Next morning being threatened with dismissal for breach of the regulation under which they were shipped, they expressed regret for their fault and were forgiven. No other irregularity took place during the entire voyage, and the seventeen persons embarked at Greenock were all landed in Liverpool in excellent health, and there never was on board of a ship a more happy and con tented crew. Captain Tait furnished all hands with coffee morning and evening, and while in America a supply was always ready for them when they made their first appearance on deck soon after day-light. There were brandy and wine in the ship for medicine in case of need, but not a bottle of either was uncorked during the voyage. The Royal Adelaide has again' on board a crew of seventeen persons, several of whom were in her last voyage, and she is still a temperance ship, no difficulty having been experienced in engaging picked han d on this express condition. The Pacific sailed from New York the 18th May, made Cape Clear June 2d, and brings dates up to Friday evening, the 17th ult., in lat. 42, long. 49; saw several icebergs. The ship Great Britain, for this port, sailed in company, May 27, lat. 44. N., long. 41, saw British brig Naiad, for New York, and exchanged numbers with a British barque No. 617, May 28, lat. 45.50, N., long. 561 ; passed ship Helen, _from Liverpool, for New York , May 30, - lat. 47.40, N., long. 28.36, W. ; saw a Havre packet, Henry Fourth, June 3d, oft the Tuskar ; saw ship Grace Brown., for this Port. Cabin passengers :—Mr. Frederick Smith and lady, of Charleston; Mr. James Ferrier and lady, Of Montreal; Mr. Stanley Black and lady, of Mexico; Mrs. Foxall and ser vant, of New York ; Miss Wright, of Georgetown, S. C. ; Miss C. Waite, of New York; Miss Harriet Stanley; Miss Eldridge, Mexico; Dr. T. C. Jones, B.M N. ; Dr. Alexander W. Ten nent, and Mr. 11. M. Tennent, of Vir g inia; Mr. H. C. Derby and servant, and Mr. E. J. Coates, of - Boston ; Mr. H. C. Bouh ton, Canada, (Attorney-General;) Mr. J. Olivant Black, and Mr. G. Edward Black, 'Mexico; Mr. J. Ferrier, jun., Montreal; Don Jeronimo Cassis, of Havanna, Our excellent contemporary of the Liverpod Standard calls the senior editor of the Mercury, in derision, "the honest his torian;" in compliment, we presume, to his having been con victed of the greatest literary theft on record ;—no less than the publication, verbatim et literatim. of two thick quarto •OIS. entitled "A History of the Wars of the French Revolution," which had been written several Years before by a Mr. Alex ander Stephens, but which Mr. Baines reprinted, and .pom pously ushered into the world as his own laborious authorship, over which he declared he had consumed gallons of midnight oil; and accompanied with a congratulatory expression, in the preface, of the proud satisfaction he felt that his name would go down to future ages. Most "honest historian !"—Newcastle Journal. In consequence of the division in the house of Lords on the Duke of 'Wellington's motion, the utmost activity prevailed on Tuesday amongst the diplomatic body. Prince Talleyraud sent off a courier at an early hour to Calais, whence the despatch would be conveyed to the French capital by telegraph. Prince Lieven came to town from his villa at Ri c hmond, and had interviews with the Austrian Envoy Extraordinary and Prusian - Minister. Several couriers left town in the course of the day. Tue Laws ov PEWS.-Sir J. Nichol], iu a late elaborate judgment, says :—" By the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of the parish; they are for the use in common of the parishioners, who are all entitled to be seated, orderly and conveniently, so as best to provide for the accommodation of all. The distribution of seats rests with the churchwardens, as the officers, and subject to the control of the ordinary. Neither the minister nor the vestry have any right whatever to interfere. with the churchwar dens in seating and arranging the parishioners, as often erro neously supposed; at the same time, the advice of the minister, and even sometimes the opinions and wishes of the vestry, may be fitly invoked by the churchwardens, and, to a certain extent, may be reasonably referred to in this matter. The duty of .the churchwardens is to look to the general accommodation of the parish, cunsultiug,•as far as may be, that of all its inhabitants. The parishioners, indeed, have a claim to be seated, according to their rank and station; but the churchwardens are not, in providing for this, to overlook the claims of all the parishioners go Le seated, if sittings can he afforded them." „ FOREIGN' INTIILT..7..GENCE. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, )I.ty B.—The anti-Russian party has just obtained a complete triumph in the Divan. Now the Sultan is completely under its influence. It is probable that Count Or loff will meet with serious difficulties now that Admiral Rous sin has succeeded in neutralizing Russian influence. The subjoined memorandam proves the eagerness of the Porte to remove every .thing likely to give rise to a disagreea ble interruption, since it personally endeavours to refute the report in circulation that the Russians were about to depart. MEMORANDUM OF THE OTTOMAN PORTE It is a well known fact that the Sublime Porte has never in tervened in the affairs of the other powers, consequently it has a right to a superiority, and ought not to be constrained to ex planations which would be so much the more painfill, as its fu ture welfare might be endangered, if in the present circum stances, vague and false reports which have been circulated for its injury, should give rise to error. The thing here referred to is the convention recently entered into with the French Ambas sador respecting Egypt, a convention in which it has been stipulated that Russian assistance should be laid aside. This act, which has attracted general attention, has been diversely in• terpreted. The Porte, with its usual loyalty, hastens to give the necessary explanation on the subject. This act effectively contained a small paragraph, in which France stipulated that if Mehemed Ali was satisfied with the important concessions that Halil Pacha was to offer on the part of the Porte, the latter should renounce all foreign assistance; but the act does not absolutely contain any clause by which the Porte has renounced as has been positively reported, the, assistance of the Emperor of Russia. If the Porte consented to the insertion of the words renounce all foreign assistance, it was ' merely because it wished to maintain harmony among the powers which had given it so many marks of friend ship. As this was a means of extricating the Russian Court from the embarrassment that would naturally arise from the assistance promised, and as besides the affair might be considered as terminated if Mehemet accepted the proposals made him, the Porte thought it could in that case re nounce all foreign assistance. In this circumstance no other motive could have decided the Porte, without endangering its honour, and consenting to live under foreign influence; far frinn having done so, the Porte is of opinion that it has main tained its independence, and that sentiment obliges it to refute the repoyts in circulation, which in other circumstances should not have been thought worthy of attention.-- - --Augsburgh Ga zette. TUNIS. The Piedmont Gazette announces that the differences which had arisen between the Government of Sardinia and the Re gency of Tunis, have been brought to a conclusion by the energetic demonstrations of the ships sent by the King of Sar dinia. The Bey at length sent his chief minister to announce his accession to the ultimatum, the conditions of which art : "The commandant of the guard of the palace shall be sent to morrow to the consulate of his Sardinian Majesty, and there declare in the presence of the admiral and officers of the Royal squadron, of the consular body, and of four merchants represent ing the nation of Sardinia, that the Bey disapproves entirely of the conduct of the Governor of Porto Farina—who is now con fined by,illness—in making an illegal visit to a Sardinian ves sel without the intervention of the consul ; that the subaltern agents who maltreated Captain Figallo shall be publicly and severely punished ; that the captain shall be amply com pensated for all loss and inconvenience he may have sustained either in his person or in his merchandise; that his ship shall be restored to him ; and finally, that on his sailing out of the port he shall be saluted with twenty-one guns from Fort Go letta." LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, JUNE 4. INSOLVENT. June 2.—William Lucas Pearce, Dartford, Kent, ironmonger. BANKRUPTS. Robert Ashby and Samuel Ashby, Upper Thames-street, mealinen. Thomas Jackson, of George-street, Minories, wine-merchant. John Arbuthnot Harvey, Hig,h-street, St. Giles's, clothes-salesman. Samuel Smith, Kim► William -street, Strand, saddler. James Cornish, Shepperton-street, New North-road, stone-mason. Henry Milledge, Milton-street, Dorset-square, Marylebone, car penter. George Glover, Kingston-upon-Hull, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. F. Muller and T. Roberts, Liverpool, tobacco-manufacturers.— W. Clarke and R. Clarke, Liverpool, smiths.—J. Triggs and J. Allen, Devonport, leather -cutters.—J. Garratt and J. Miller, Queen-street place. wholesale, tea-dealers.—T. B. Pitt and L. P. Kell, Brighton, Sussex, surgeons. —M M. liuskisson and G. Walker, Brighthehn stone, Sussex, cabinet-makers.—J. Torr and T. W. Torr, Kingston upon-Hull, merchants.—E. T. Jones, and R. Smith, Bristol, manu facturing chemists.—J. hiss and W. Knevett, Mount-street, Gros venor-square, fishmongers. —S. Smith and J. Jennings, Preston, Lan cashire, va rnish -manufacturers.—J. Robinson, G. Robinson, and J. Robinson, jun., Chunal, Derhyshiro, woollen-manufacturers.—G. Clare, W. Cl are, and G. Cooke, Mount-street, Berkeley-square, paper-bangers.—ll. Wormald, W. Wormald, D. Illingworal, and J. Chatter, Otlev, Yorkshire, scribbling-millers.—W. - Richmond, J. B ichrnond, R. Richmond, and J. Richmond Glasgow, warehousemen. 11. C. Verbeke and W. Conic, Lower Grosvenor-street, attorneys.— .1. Ewens and T. Ewens, Bridport, and Allington, Dorsetshire, sail cloth-manufacturers.—F. Castle and S. L. Lazarus, Bath, dealers in soap. — J. 'fatherly and J. Hamlyn, Bideford,' Devonshire, merchants. —.A. Lawrence, A. Lawrence, J. H. Wolcott, J. W. Edmands, and T.. Dexter, L ondon.—J. Marks and G. Clark, New-road, coachmakers, and R . Ilennell, jun. R. Hennell, sen., Strand, silversmiths.; New-road, DIVIDENDS. June 97, P. J. Debatt, Poultry, pastry cook—June 27, C. Howard, Mile End-road viettialler.—June 26, W. Butler, Little St. Thomas Anostle, painter.—June 26, S. Harrison, Old Brompton. nurseryman. --June 26, R. C. Battyll, Doctors'-commons, tavernkeeper.—June 26, W. R. Gladwin, Watling-street, smith.—June 25, D. D. Milligan, Lime-street-square, merchant. —June 26, W. Couchman, Bishopsgate street, draper.—June 26, T. Scarnell, Brighton, tavernkeeper.—June 25, J. Henderson, Hanover-square, tavemkeeper.—June 27, L. E. Cohen, Brighton printer.—June 14, E. Cowling, Poultry, haber dasher.—June 27, E. Piercy, s Titchbourn-street, Golden-square, carver.—June 27 11. Greave, Leicester, grocer.--June 27, B. Howell nod W• B. Baker, Charles-street, Cavendish-square, iron mengers.—Jurte 28, R. Levens, Drury-lane, coachmaster.—June 26, J. Frost and .1. Nelson, Huddersfield, manuf ac t urers o f f a ncy goods. July 10, W• B. Smith, Horsley, Gloucestershire, clothier.—July 3, 8. Hardy, Wisbech, St. Peter's, Cambridgeshire, linen draper.—June 2g, W. Hpoper, Farmington, Gloucestershire, farmer.—July 1, A. Nixon, Bath, milliner.—June 28, It: Bricheno, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire, horse dealer.—June 28, 11. Wilson, Weip,liton, Yorkshire, tanner. —June 27, E. Sanders, Worcester, carpenter.— Jun e 28, W. Harris, Castle Hayes, Staffordshire, brickmaker.—June 25, F. Burgin, Stafford, tanner.--June 29, J. Joy, Ashford, Kent, bricklayer.—June 25, B. Bewley, Wroughton. Wiltshire, dealer in corn. —June 25, G. A. Whale, Bucking, Essex, innkeeper. CERTIFICATESito be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary' on or before the 25th day of June. T. March, Austin -friars, merchant. —J. Foster, Plymouth, coach maker.--J. Hollingworth, Kingston-upon-Hull, ship-broker.--J• Reid. Sulphur-wells, Yorkshire, victualler.—H. Fourdrinier. J. Four drinier, and E. N. Fourclrinier, Hanley, .Staffordshire, paper maim facturers. THE TAIL I N LONDOti.—Various have been the sur mises as to the mode adopted by many of our Irish mem bers for thA procurement of a livelihood in London—such as it is —som e of them notoriously not being the masters of twenty pounds in the world. At length the secret is out ; and we beg to assure such of our readers or the public as m ay be sceptical, that we are perfectly serious in stating the thin g as a matter of fact :—They carry on the war by the gale of their frankg, a circumstance so well known to the prOprietors of eating-houses, venders of gin toddy, and waiters at hotels, that we only wonder the thing Was not sooner blown up, and the attention of the Postmaster -General directed to the traffic. We un derstand that from eight to ten shillings a day may be turned in an honest way by a successful trader in franks, so that, afte r a ll , being a Parliament mills no such bad thing.—Dublin Evening Mail. SUMMER CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.-011 Thursday morning the J u d ges assembled at Westminister, and chose their Circuit s f or t h e ensu i ng S ummer Assizes. The following are the arrangements : Northern. —Lord Chief Justice Denman, Mr. Baron Bolland. Oxford.—Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Baron Gurney. Norfolk.--Lord Lyndhurst, Mr. Justice Littledale. Horne.—Mr. Baron Bayley, Mr. Justice J. Parke. Western.—Mr. Justice Alderson, Mr. Justice Pat terson. Midland.—Mr. Justice Park, Mr. Justice Taunton. North WaleB.----Mr. Justice Gaselee. South Wales.--Mr. Justice Bosanquet. The great legal failure of the firm of Hanrott and Metcalfe. 'of Lincoln's ,Inn, has created the greatest consternation and dismay among many distinguished persons whose property had been entrusted to them, either for mortgageor investment. Among the most interested, we hear of a noble Duke, Mr. Coke of Norfolk, an Archbishop, and sevetal dignitaries o f the Church. The proceeds of Orby Hunter's property, P by the Marquess of Exeter for two hundred and tionsty; b one urch t e - o e u d . sand pounds, has also recently passed through their y ou escape young Baronet of whom we have heard, hadcaalsteie: h amounting .being called upon to pay the residue of a p to twenty thousand pounds only a day' pre t :• r ious to . the fact of their insolvency being known, took the precaution of lodging the meney.at his bankers until the des(!saAnvder,eneqxutitteopFerrefreectaenda The partiei. Were universally respected ;and, Lincoln's . I nn. The Poster, We believe the oldest legalefirmdissolved• partnership has singe the event b en ! Mi . h' nd we have seen a letter of Mr. Metcalfe's,which he acquits' himself of all knowledge or participation in in the defalcations of his part ner. Mr. Philip Augustusi lloaiiiiszdtetre‘dy.i.iaii u a u n lit s e u r a a l r l y y a ri s c lv i e o i i l le a s : legal man ; his library being . e and his habits altogether being of a refined and studious cha racter, his present misfortune is the More unaccountable. The ballot for :a Committee . STAFFORD Bat BERY. to try the merits of loud and extensive coin plaints P•aints of gross and whole sale bribery in the borough of Stafford stood • for Monday. There was an adequate number of Members present before four o'clock, u pwards of one hundred; the parties were then 'called, but there were no parties fiotheoming, consequently no ballot could take place ! In some cases this would excite no observa tion ; but in this instance the circumstances are curious, if not suspicious. Before the ballot was fixed a Bill was asked for by Mr. Ellice, after desperate descriptions of bribery and corrup tion, to indemnify the witnesses who should Lords, evidence. The Bill wa s gran t e d , an d t h en was sen t t o th e Lords. Their Lordships had a: special Committee on the subject, and after-' wards actreed to the Bill, with some amendment; and the Bill now only awaits the Royal sanction to become law! All this having been done—the representations of the parties having got the Bill, they now fail to appear and take their Committee. This is rather extraordinary treatment bosh of Commons and Lords; but as the matter, no doubt, will be mentioned, further comment,•at present, is unnecessary. Surely the parties have suNtantial reasons for this strange conduct . TO THE EDITOR OP Ti!!? I:I7ERPOOL STA:I'IIIRD. Stn,—Being one of the passengers on board the steam-boat Solway, which sailed from this on Monday last, and advertised fur Ni hitehaven, Annan, and Carlisle, of course we expected to make the best of out way accordingly; but, to the snrprise of every one, and alarm of some ladies on board, the captain had received directions to call at th e I s l e o f Man, thereby prolong ing the voyage many honrs to Annan. On arrival at that place the captain would not venture across for feat of the b'rnks. My object in thus addressing you is to put the public on their guard, as such conduct on the part of the agents or owners cannot be too highly reprobated.—Fours, &c. A. Z. NEWTON RACES.—WE6NESDAY, Jrxr sth. The Produce Stakes of 59 Sovs, each, h. ft. Mr. Houldsworth's b or hr f by Buziard Mr. R. Turner's b c by Figaro • - Four paid. A Free Handicap of 15 sovs. each. 11 , -, v. rt.. with 21 added. Mr. Wormald'sb g Bullet 1 Mr. W. Loy's b c Lelevo ., Sir R. W. Bulkeley's blk f Jetnima .., A Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each with 20 sovs. added. - Mr. B. Peel's ch f Frenzy 1 Mr. Allanson's b f Lady Moore Carew 'l Mr. Lacey'sb f Moselle 3 A. Gold Cup, value 100 sovs., the gift of the Lord of the Manor, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each. Mr. Bower's b f Lady Stafford, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Giffard's b h Perseverance, aged Mr. Houldsworth's b c David, 4 yrs A Plate of £7O for horses that never won .50. Mr. W. Richardson's b f Flighty, 3 yrs Mr. Wilkin's b g Ecclefechan, 4 yrs 2 0 Mr. Griffith's ch f Saccarina, 4 yrs ? 0 2 THURSDAY, J UNE 6 TII . - - - The Golborne Stakes of 20 sots. each. Mr. Mostyn's br f Vittoria, by Camel Mr. E. Peel's ch c Noodle, by Bedlarnite The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each. ✓ Mr. Thompson's ch c Fitzdictor, by Predictor 1 Mr. Legh names b c by Figaro, out of Clinton's dam. 2 The Borough Cup; value 100 sovs.,_added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.. each. Mr. F. It. Price names b c Birdcatcher Sir J. Gerard names br h Windcliffe A Plate of £7O. Mr. Dyson's b c Lockington 1 1 Mr. F. R. Price's b c Agitator FASHION, FACTS, AND FICTIONS. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Monday being appointed for the Eton regatta, by order of his Majesty, when he signified his intention of being present at it, both Eton ani Windsor began to fill at an early hour, and numerous were the arrivals that took place of the friends of the young gentlemen and of the different families in the neighbourhood. Their Majesties having pur posely dined much earlier than usual, left the castle, at seven o'clock, in one of the royal carriages, pr ece d e d b y outr id ers, an d followed by five other carriages, containing their distinguished visitors, the ladies of the court and gentlemen of the suite. The royal party, on arriving at Eton, were received by the digni taries of the college, and, after being present at the regatta, pro ceeded to Surley-hall, where they honoured the young gentle men with their presence during supper. Prince George of Cambridge was in the first boat, and seemed highly delighted with the amusements of the evening. Their Majesties returned to the castle a little before nine o'clock, and went on the Old- terrace, in order to witness the fire-works. The following dis tinguished personages arrived at the castle, yesterday, in time to accompany their Majesties to Eton :—His Royal Highness the Diike of Brunswick and suite, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke of Dorset, Lord and Lady Cawdur, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl and Countess of Errol, the Earl of Denbigh, and Lord and Lady Pitzclarence, all of whom, it is expected, will remain during the race week. This morning, at an early hour, the town presented a very animated appearance, and every road leading to the course at Ascot was literally thrOngedwith carriages and vehicles of every description, from the elegant barouche and four to the cumbersome omnibus and pair. At one o'clock, the wl.ole of the Court proceeded in state from the Castle, by the new gates and the Long Walk, into the Great Park, and thence, by the usual route, to Ascot Heath. The Royal cortt.ge had a brilliant appearan ce . It was h ea d e d b y the foresters in new green state liveries, and consisted of six of the state carriages and three phaetons, all drawn by four horses, and each preceded by outriders, and attended by two servants in scarlet livened. Most of the gentlemen of the Royal party preceded the cort;•ge on horseback. The names of the illus trious personages who accompanied their Majesties are as fol lows:—His Royal Highness th e D u k e o f B runsw i c k an d su i te, Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Bue clench, the Duke of Dorset, the Countess of Westmeath, the Earl and Countess of Errol, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl'ef Denbigh, Lord and Lady Cawdor, Lord Elphinstone, the boo. William and Mrs. Ashley, Sir Herbert and Lady Taylor, Sir Philip and Lady Sydney, Mr. Shiflner, Miss Eden, Vord and Lady Frederick Fitzelarence, Mr. Hudson, Madile. Marianne, Sir Frederick Watson,. Miss Boyle, the Rev. Mr. Wood, and Sir,Andrew Barnard. The Duke and Duchess . of Richmond, the Duke of Cleveland, and the Hon. Mr. Stanley, are ex pected to dine at the Castle this evening, and to remain during the week on a visit to their Majesties. The King will not go to town to-morrow, the levee having been put uff, in conse quence of his Majesty's intention of being present each day at the races. Several claps of thunder were heard in Windsor, at four o'clock this afternoon, and some ram fell shortly after, which, it is to be feared, would greatly disturb the serenity of the fairer part of the m ultitudes assembled at Ascot. The Cork Constitution contains an account of a serious Tithe affray near Carringtaohill, about ten miles from Cork. On 'Monday last two magistrates, Capt. E. W. Hoare, and Marshal Cummins, Esq., ac co a na ud nai b n ; d w l o q e a tli n ee o r ffi s c a e n r d a e n i d gh t t h y irt in y en me e n t. proceeded to th e l an d s o f Rosamon d , to t o h f e th 2 e 9t 7 h th r e d e r o a i g u o l e o u n t s ; aid them in tEe service of processes. On their approach, horns were blown, and the surrounding hill s were covere d w i t h spectators, and NV assailed h OUSlet the th e military r o ‘ ff , offensive police iveat e w x itr a h spe s r te at n i e n s g language, The magi stra t e s and the police, although struck, repeatedly eu t re ated the infatuated people to desist; and it was not until 011 , _, of the soldiers had been shot dead that extreme measures were resorted to and the military ordered to fire upon the people, a considerable number of whim were wounded. The magistrates, military, and police, continuing to be assailed.bv the mob on their return, were frequently obliged to act on tfie defensive. Several of the police were wounded - ; and Mr. Cummins, besides contusions on his head and body; had his foot pierced by a pitebs fork, dividing some of the tendons. The processes were not served. • So much for agitation. ANSTRUTHER.—Died here, on the 29th ultimo, Alexander Sim, a man of most eccentric habits, the inainspril:g of which was avarice. For more than thirty years he carried on the bu siness of a saddler in a mean looking shop, and from being th., only tradesman of his calling within a circuit of several miles, he was well employed. This extraordinary . character was a native of Dundee, t ough little is known of his Isktory prior to his settling here. During the whole period of residence, he led (when not in his shop) a most recluse life, h av i ng occu pi e d a single apartment as a lodger. As be saw no company i and his meagre aspect a nd threadbare garments sufficiently ndicated a self-denial of animal comforts, it was naturally inferred be was saving money, but be was constantly complaining of po verty and bad times. Little was known of his relations, or if he had any; and the only clue obtained as to their existence is a letter found in his pocket from a sister-in-law, a widow with a large family . , dated Greenock, about a week prior to his de cease, soliciting the loan of a few pounds, which his house keeper says he flung from him in great wrath, vowing she should not have a farthing, and declaring that if. such unrea sonable demands were complied with, he would be a ruined man ! As there was no relation at his funeral, after the last ceremonies were over, his room and shop were searched by the town-clerk to ascertain what property he had. In a chest, the key of which was hid in an old slioe, receipts were found fur . £2,000 deposited in different banks, and £174 in bank notes were in his pockets. As no will was found, his whole property, it is supposed, will devolve to the children of the rejected sup plicant already mentioned—his brother's widow—consisting, besides money, of lands and tenements in Dundee and else where. His butcher's account for twelve months, it appears, amounts only to 30s. ; and a clothier's discharged account was found for £9, being the amount of his clothes for nine years. He paid Is. per week for his room, and as fire could not be included in this meagre pittance, he used to pass his winter evenings by the fireside of his neighbour, whom lie sometimes, by way of amends, treated with a bottle of small - beer. AWFUL DISASTERS AT SEA.—The Lima, Captain Mardon, sailed from Newfoundland, 11th May. On the morning of the shot tly after 13th of Mav, in lat. 46 20, 100. 45 when about 400 miles from Newfoundland, being completely surrounded with ice, ensewriasedaraoubseoadtl3.l, s t u n ng di a t_i g rl tui ce. r „t ed t: ti e ( p . g r e s e i r w a t e e o h themselves to captain in stantly he a v t tack their wh ha theytentido f h isv o ei v ede e una, t ij o s na t i th l e l e ! h4onendlatter board. ‘. came e o.rfh et alongside, sit,httatentiti,lievid Home. Captain Hall, of Newcastle, from Lond on , f or Mirami chi. The y informed Capt. Manion that On the 9th of May the Harvest Home was struck by a piece of ice, which stove in her bows. All hands were immediately put to time pumps, by which means they succeeded in keeping,' time vessel afloat for two days; at the expiration of which time the second mate amid twelve or the crew quitted her in the long boat, the captain and first mate having come to the determination of remaining on hoard. After they had been out one night, being loth to leave Ow latter in such a perilous situation, they returned to the vessel and re quested the captain and mate to leave her, but they persisted in their determination, saying, that " they would stick to her while a timber remained afloat." They had, however, got the jolly-boat ready in case the danger should become imminent. The crew having again pushea off, they Lecame bewildered amongst.the masses of ice by which they were surrounded, and totally uncertain what course to steer. On the next day they again fell in with their own vessel, which they had mistaken for another sail. This time they found that the captain an mate had left her. Two of the crew now went on board, and while they were busy endeavouring to get more water and pro visions, they were surprised at the sight of a boat containing about .thirty individuals approaching in an opposite direction; they immediately. boarded the vessel, having, as subsequently appeared, done so in the hope of succour. • T h ey proved to 11,5 the captain andcrew, and part of the passengers, (itichidifos f the Lady .of Lake,Aberdeea, boun two emales, o from Belfast ) for Quebec, with the upwards off 0 200 passcngers on n board. Those who had boarded the wreck of the Harvest Home, when they saw the state she was in, with her h o ld f u ll of water, made a shnultaneous rush to return to the boat, which was at that moment pushed off, and several of them were preci pitated into the water. One of them, however, was fortunaL, enough to make good his leap into ths_t boat which cootained the crew of the Harvest Home, and he has now arrived in Li verpool, in the Lima. Ile states that the Lady of the Lake struck upon the ice and immediately filled, when the captain and crew took to the boat, leaving the sinking vessel crowded with the remainder of the despairing and shriekinf , passeneers, to the number of 160 or 170. The crew of the llarvest Ifetne state that after they left their vessel the last time, they saw no thing more of the other boat. Several of the individuals who had fallen into the s,P, when the latter teas pushed off, were drowning, but it was impossible for them to render them any assistance. r e t, • , ; ,i , le '