The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-04 00:00:00

V I 1 .11"1" SES. LITERARY SENATORS.—II luta opter!—We have long been of opinion that the career of the literary man anu the career of the politician are parade! and incapable of junction; and, accurding,ly . reverence the firmness and candour with winch the great Irish lyrist has rejected the mantle thrust upon him by his worshippers. Many great statesmen, it is true, have writ um books; but it is um by their books they are. remembered ; nor can we reeal an instance of any voluminous author having made a figure iu parliament. The bloom . of his s i tirit is shed elsewhere; dud though Prior was a diplomatist, Addisim a Secretary of State, Wader and Steele senators, we do not con ceiVe that the country was. ever much the better for their tical labours.—Tait', Commoaplace Book. ALMANACPUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL. KNOWLEDGE.—A very remarkable error, at least ' au error with referencee to this publication of 1832, is observ able in the aiinanac for the new year—the error is the more de serving of notice as it goes throagh the entire year. We allude to the time of sun rising and sun setting, as set forth in the two almanacs. To-morrow, the 31st, the sun sets, according to that of last year, at fifty-five minutes after three o'clock, and . 'rises at five minutes after eight;. and these calculations are consistent with the-previous statements of sun rising mid *sun -setting - throughout the year. Now fur the almanac of 1833. On Toesday, the first day of the new year, the sun is . made 'to rise at eig;it minutes after eight—thfce nnnatcs latcrthan it - ruse on the previous d a y, aceordindgi to the alum nae of 1832, and is made to set at four o'clock, giving us an in c re a s e o f fi ve minutes snore light in one day! Our astronomical knowledge is not sufficient to entitle us to say whether the 133 calcula tions are right or wrong, but With reit:tem° to those of 1832 tney are decidedly wrong. In a work like an almanac; which 1..,ts twelve months, and on which persons pin their faith as to its solar acid other statements, we OUT* it behoved the respect able society in question to have been wure careful.—Neies. . A Fox HusrEa Is A JUMBLE: OF ooxiLs.—lle sets forth clean, • though he conies out of a kennel, and lefuriii lioine dirty. lie cares not fur cards, yet strives to be•always with the pack. He loves fencing, but without carte or tierce ; and delights in a steeple chase, though he does not foillow the church. He is anything but litigious, yyt is fond of a certain suit, and retains bearlet. • Ho keeps a • running aceutta with Horse, Dog, Fox, •and Co., bat objects to a check.' As' to cards, in choosing a pack he prefers Runty. In theatricals,. lie favours Miss Somervilie, because her namesake wrote the Chase, though he never read it. Ile is no great tlincet, though` he is fond of casting off 20 couple; and no great painter, though he draws corers, and seeks fur a brush.. .lie is no . musician, a nd yet. is fond of five bars. I lie despises d oc t ors, vet follows-a c ourse of bark. professes to love his country-, but is perpetually crossing it. He Is' f en d o f- strong a l e and beer, but dislikes any purl. He-is good-tempered, yet su far a tartar as to prefer a saddle ofhorse.tu iisaddle of unitton. Ile is slime what tough and bearish. himself, but insists ou good breeding in horses and dogs. lie proles:3 , 2s the Ch urch Catechism, and c-oantenantei heathen dogmas, by mulling his hounds after Jupiter, Juno, Mars ' • and Diana. lie cares nut for violets,. but he doats on a good scent. Ile says his wife is a shrew, but objects to destroy i ng a vixen, In polities - h e i nclines to Pitt, and runs after Fox. Ile is -no Mirk-sop, but he loves to tally. lie protects poultry, and preserves foxes. - lie infl ows b ut one business, and yet ki s s m a ny pursui.s. Ile pretends to be know ing, but a dog leads him by . the nose.. He is asdioneSt a fellow as needs be, yet his neck .is oftener in .danger than a thief's. 'lle swears he can clear any thing, but is beaten by a f u g • h e esteems himself prosperous; and is a',ways going to th e c. ( 0 , 75, Ile delights in the Hunter's Stakes, but tales care not to stale his hunter. He praises discretion, but would rather let the eat out of the bag than a fox. To conclude, he runs as long as he can, end then gees to cal-th, and his heii is in at his deatn. 13ut his heir does not stand in his shoes, fur he ilever ivorc any thing, bet Ceinjo Annual. AN IMPORTANT SURGICAL OPIMATION has recently been performed at Philadelphia, in . presence Of more than three hundred students and physicians.; the operation was performed by Professor .Gibson;- of. the University of Pennsylvania, on a b'oy sixteen Years of age. ~A hinter of solid consistence, and as large as a.efiild's head, occupied the right side of the neck, and . laa been p,:rowinl. several years. The great arteries, the veins, and nerves of the 'neck were spread over the surface of the tumour in every direction. .The carotid artery and internal ju gular vein were first tied by the operator, the nerves turned aside, and " the enlarged mass dissected out so as to expose the pharynx, gullet, windpipe, and great sympatheti c n e r ve , w itho u t the loss of more than three ounces of blood. The operation lasted thirty-eight minutes. IRELAND IN 1600.—Among the unpubliihed state papers in Hatfield House is one tailed " Con.iderations touching ye Queen's service in Ireland." Among other things, this recom mends temporary toleration of ltomanism,---lhe sending out of clergy men, who are vehement and zealous persuaders, and not schoiasticall, to be resident in the principal' towns,—the continuing and replenishing of tic College beganne-at Dublvn, —the placing of good men as ,bishops iu the Seas there,,-Ike taking care that versions of Bibes, Catechisms, and other, books of instruction, he made into the Irish language,—and the encouragement of an interchange of settlers between Eng land and ircianl If these ". Considerations" had been . acted on, how different would the present state of Ireland be. ImPORTANT DiscovEar.—We understand that Sir David Brewster has, within this last week, made two very . remarkable discoveries, which promise to be of some - use to science. - In a new salt discovered by Dr. William Gregory, viz., au oxalate of chromium and potash, he has detected the extraordinary property that one of its images formed by . double reTraclion is of a bnght scarlet, while the other image is of a bright blue colour. In examining the pure liquid, aanhydrous nitrous acid,_ prepared in the manner which is supposed to yield it, in its pur est state, he found that the acid actually consisted of two sepa . rate fluids, one of which was heaVier than, the other, and pos sessed-a much higher refractive power. When the two fluids were shaken they formed an. imperfect union, and separated again by being allowed to remain at rest. What the second fluid is remains to be investigated; it may, perhaps, turn out to be an entirely new substance. Its physical properties are now under investigation.—Caledoniaa Merculy. Tue. ENGListimasr, receives from his climate . a multitude of necessities, all so many spurs to industry and exertion. He has need of more substantial food, of constant firing, of cravats, double cravats, coats, great coats ; tea, ! brandy, spirits; a larger wardrobe, on account of the increased consumption caused by the smoke and the wet, &c. &c. &c. Comfort is in the mouth of every Englishman at oxen- moment; it is .the half of his life. My own countrymen make every effort, and with reason, to obtain the pleasures of the life to come; the. English with no less reason, to procure the pleasuies of - the' present. The word " comfort" is the source of the riches and the power of England. Idleness, in this country, necessarily leads to suicide, because it is We priva.tion.of every thing... Na ture has here, as it were, denied every. thing t o man , but in recompense has bestowed on him the power and the perseve rance to procure every thing for himself. " Either read, or walk, or play," said a good mother, in my hearing, to a little girl of nine years' 'old, who happened to be standing idle.-- What the lady meant to imply was, that any thing was better than doing nothing. In Italy there is. a proverb ; that idle ness is the parent of every vice ; since vice procurei us !a mo mentary pleasure, this proverb is adapted rather to induce than to deter. - In England, the case is altered, and idleness might be called the parent of every raisery.—Obserratiuns of an Italiwi Exile. THEATRICALS.—Mr.C. Bean's Master Walter, in the Thmch back, is allowed, by all w h o h ave w it nesse d it„ to be one of the finest specimens of correct and effective acting that has been presented upon the Boston boards this season., His elegant and emphatic reading, and natural and graceful action, - ailed by that high genius which strengthens anti commands increased homage as its possessor advances in life, imparted to the Hunch .'mck beauties which, in other hands, would.never have been vi sible.—(Boston Morning Post, \dr. 27.)—There is no truth whatever in the assertions we yesterday copied - from the 06.5er-, that - Mr.. Series 'tragedy. hasbeen returned from Drury lane. Madame de Marie has also written to Captain Polhill to assure him there i s n o t ru th i n th e re p or t o f h er d e b u t .a t Covent-garden before she appears at Drury-lane.,--During one of the finest passages delivered by Macready in logo, at Pniry lane, the other night, a worthy member of. the House of .Com mons, sitting in the dress-boles, thinking he was listening to a speech ihstead of a play, called out, at the top of his voice,- Hear, hear!" much to the astonishment add diversion - of the audience. ISCEL 7ZI ZE.: 733. PUZZLING ANNOUNCENIEN T.—A hand-bill has been put forth . at Exeter, headed—" Wanted, a few healthy me m ber s to com plete a sick society !" Tun ComET.—The comet is now visible to the naked eve at half-past eight in the evening, a little above the horizon, acmost due east. It is near two small stars in the constellation Cancer, and forms a triangle a _ with the large stars P o ll u x i n Gemini and Procyon in Canis Minor. About ten o'clock it is in a linnwith, and almost midway between, Regulus in Leo and Pollux, but rather nearest the latter star. At half-past 2in the morning the comet is almost due south. The above observations were made on the nights of the 19th, 23d, and 26th ult. a few miles off. Stir ling.—Ca!edon.ian Mercury. WHIG MAN(EUVRING.—One of the most barefaced instances of Whig mauceuvring and hypocrisy has been . played off in this town during the last week. It ha s been surintied for some time that an attempt would be m a d e greatly to increase the inhabited house duty; and that the serving of the surcharges had been delayed in order to avoid risking the, return of our retrenchment and economy member, Mr. Spring Rice. That gentleman's friends, however, stoutly denied a statement to that effect during the town election, and the denial had its effect. It deferred the knowledge of the truth for exactly one whole day ! Yes ! it is an absolute fact, that on the very day after Mr. S. Rice's election, surcharges bearing date snore than a fort night previously, were delivered at the houses of many hundred inhabitants, giving them notice that their inhabited house duty was raised, in some cases 50 per cent.; • 'and: . s o in - e " caso 100 per cent.—Cambridge Chronicle. One of the newly-returned M. P.'s for Colchester, whose age is verging towards 50, will shortly be married to the lovely daughter of the Right lion. Charles Manners Sutton. The young lady, we believe, is not yet 18. Mr. Sanders o n, th e -tbrtunate bridegroom, has 'acquired enormous wealth as a bill broker. His advance in life is curious.' He was originally a quaker, and when he first came to London was placed with his relative; a wholesale tea-dealer; from whence he was trans ferred as clerk, to the great money brokers, Richardson, Over end and Co., now Samuel Gurney and Co., where hnstipulated that he should be permitted to attend the " Friendly Meetin g House" once a week. Darin g the war, and towards its close, he commenced business, associated with another friend, on their own account, and they have been very deserVedlV and eminently successful... Mr. Sanderson is a member. of .the Con servative club on Carlton-terrace, to which his vast wealth' Would enable him to give peculiar facilities during the late elections, if he had the inclination.-3forniny Chronicle. It has been reported to-day, that all the artisans amid labourers of the different dock-yards are to be discharged forthwith and re-entered on a new'system; the principal feature of which is, that no superannuation is to be expected at the close of any ser vice; however long and faithful. We have no 'objection to this doctrine if it be applied only to men very recently entered, .but we can never hnagine that any.governmeut would commit the injustice of robbing an honest man of his just expectations of superarinnation, Who at this moment has been working from 15 to 25 years in expectation of it. Such men have made no provision for old age, nor have they attache4heinselves to bene fit societies, as they would otherwise have done, and now, at their advanced age, no society will take them in as members. If in future no such provision is to be made, and we see no rea ,son why,it should - he continued, benefit societies will be esta blished to effect that which government has hitherto done, and all prudent men will, by sach means,. provide for th e ir old age . Th. doctrine applies to civilians and others in goVernment em ploy.—Thimpshire Telegraph, .. A QUAKER—we beg pardon —a member of the Society of Friends, by name JOseph Pease, .has been placed at the head of the poll, and returned foi: the - SOnthern DiViSion of the county of Durham. He is a man of conSiderable wealth, and of great influence in that part of, the 'county, as his election. proves ; . there being in southern Durham a vast number of persons who wear the souse garb, and profess the same doc trines as their hotiourahlti - representative. Mr. joseph Pease, however, has some apprehensions' as to his 'reeeptiJii in' the House of Commons. lie many not court, but h e ob v i ous l y anticipates martyrdom. ,lie told the electors that "he was well aware that lie insist go thfOugh much persemition in their , 'cause, and that he Should not be surprised if the Serj cant at Arms be ordered to take hint into custody." These fears take their rise in Mr. Joseph Pease's . honest ,and cons c ientious re pugnance to take the ne c es s a r y oaths. He declares that he can not take an oath—that. the taking of oaths is unlawful—and that he is resolved to contest their expediency with the Speaker, at the hazard of being removed from the House by the Serjeant at Arms. The reception of Mr. Pease by the other members of the --Reformed Parliament will be an agreeable interlude among the first acts of the approaching SClSlOU.—Ouardian. / THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TILE FAMILY Ties existing between the Sovereign Houses of Holland, Prussia, and Russia, are as follOvrs :—The King of Holland is married -to t'o the sister of the present King of Prussia, and the wife of - the Prince .of Orange is sister to the Emperor of Russia. King Witliam's second sou (Prince Frederick Charles) is ,united to Princess Louisa, one of the daughters of the King of Prussia. The Empress of Russia is also a daughter - of the King of Prussia. PLIANCY OF MlNlSTERS.—Ministers are resolved that the Ballot will conic with a better grace, if wrung front their coy and reluctant hands. hey see the coming necessity, and have been busy preparing for it, by a few sullmidenials. They have exquisite reasons -in store, but reserve them for "compulsion." They are considerate goveruors,—with some little attachment to power,—but most ready at a coisipromise. They have no desire of movement—from their 'benches ! Let the Times and the poitical unions dethand . it, and they- arc ready to offer up their consciences at the altar of public good. All this is obvious —and Nary pleasant and consoling. The only question appears to be, whether the ministerial 'Merit, When it does show itself, will be duiv appreciated. Some persons are unreasonable enough to think, that' their present time-serving is scarcely proportionate to the mighty. interests of the age,—and that whispers of their own interest may seem to have more share in it,. than . either a knowledge of human n a tu re , or a so li c it u d e for the welfare of the peopte. Be this as it may, however, we fancy we have construed rightly the intentions of ministers. We cannot believe that their declaration of the past week, — from the several hustings at North Lancaster, South North ampton, and South Devon,--bear any other import.—Refiector. 'to MAnrxEns.—The following method for communicating with the shore in case of a vessel being stranded on a lee-shore, is proposed by a correspondent of the Sumac Advertiser, the materials for which, he adds, are on hoard every ship that sails: Fasten a strong line, not a rope, round an empty water cask; on the side of the cask opposite to the bung hoc nail fast a flag •bao• of gtrong, canvas, sufficient to contain a certain quantity of 'the e ballast of the ship, or one or two cannon shots, if the ship carries guns; into the hour*-hole of the - barrel drive a spar which will nearly tit the bung hole, and round which some oakum is to be wrapped, so as to prevent any water from getting into the cask; the spar need not be • more than afoot and a half or two feet higher than the bung hole of the cask, and across this lash a yard, to which a piece of canvas is to be applied, by way of sail, the foot of which sail is to be nailed down to the cask. The line which is to be sent on shore is to be occasionally made buoyant by small pieces of deal spar, or cork if it can be had, being tiedto it at different distances, so as to complete its buoy ancv, for this it is that has hitherto rendered all lines incapable of tieing sent on shore; when the line arrives on shore, a good sized rope, of course, is to be attached to it on board the ship, and drawn on shore, so as to enable the mariners to save their lives. It will be seen by this, that the weight of the ballast or shot below, and opposite to the bung hole of the'barrel, keeps the small mast upon which the sail stands almost always upright, and the snore the Wind blows in Upon: the shore, the sooner the cask will arrive there. This apparatus has been tried with success. AFFRAY WITII SMCGGLERS.—Aserious affray took place on our coast on Sunday morni ng , about two, between a party of smugglers and some of the preventive men belonging to the Weymouth station. .A great number of smugglers, it is conjec tured not less than a hundred, were discovered working a quan tity of contraband goods on the beach opposite Lodmoor; they had succeeded in landing a considerable number of casks of li quor, and were - in the act of carrying them off, when two of the preventive men surprised them, and seized the remainder; the smugglers, attempling to recover the residue, came in close con tact with the preventive men - who came to their assistance, as did a boat's crew from the Eagle - revenue cutter. The contest being still unequal as to strength, the limn were obliged to fire balls (they having originally fired only powder) to protect the liquor,- as well as their own persons from the bludgeons of the srang7iers; it appears their firing did considerable execution, many were wounded, and some killed, two being left dead, after the smugglers had retired, Which theydid on finding them selves so inner more roughly handled than they had anticipated. The two left dead are named Brown and Webber; the former about twenty, and the latter fifteen years of age. • The quan tity of blood y isible on the spot indicates extensive mischief; oneef the preventive men ; is severely Wounded. The number of casks that were retained is 66, which together with the dead bodies were brought into Weymouth iu a Waggon; under - a strong escort.—Sherburne A . - 2JANstors4tousg - (LoNpoN) COLLOQUY.-The following dialogue .took place, lately, in Consequence of the Lord Mayor's having received a letter, from a Scotchman; of the name of Alexander Dobie. The writer stated, that he had been .much annoyed by ladies of rank, who followed him, and as . he consi dered, were enamoured by his personal attractions. This was the cause of his quitting Glasgow, and he presented himself be fore - his lordship, in the hope that he might be plated in some situation, by which he mint obtain a livelihood, without under going the cold, consequent on sleeping in the streets, at this inclement period of the year.. The Lord i'Llayor.—You date your letter to me froM Bed ford-square. Vs did you do so ? You dont live there ? DObie-Nae non; but I sleepit there last night,-and I thought I might as weel direct from there. The Lord Mayor.—You could not have Slept in any house in Bedford-square ? DObie.—Nae, I didn't sleep in a hoosc, but I did all as one; I sleepit on the steps.of a house. (Laughter.): The Lord AlavOr.—And what put it into your head to sup pose that you are-SO captivating to the ladies? Dobie.—They followed me ahoot Glasgow, and took leeberties wi' me, and I didn't leek it , so I tame awa'. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor.—And what do you wish me to do for you ? Dobie.Why, I. so comfortable as I ought to be, and I wish to be so as Mooch as I can. The Lord Mayor.--4'm afraid you are fit f or no p l ace but home I and must send you there. Dobie (looking down at himself.)—Why, what's the matter wi' me? The Lora Mayor.—Something is the matter with your head. Dobie, on'whose head was a large mop of dirty carrotty hair, ran his fingers through his ringlets, and said,—My heed! ime thing's the matter We my heen. My heed's quite whole except 'hare, (pointing to his mouth,) and that 'll soon close up, it I dont get something to keep it in - exercise. (Laughter.) The Lord Mavor.—What arc you or have you been ? Dobie.—A pedlar; but that profession's quite knockit in the heed by the cholera morbus. (Laughter.) People think the pedlars carry it from one place to t'other, and so we're shut out from . profits. Noo, if I could get to sea, I'd leek it. The Lord Mayor.—l'm afraid a person at the age of 40. is rather too old to begin such wo r k ; but perhaps you have been at sea ? Dobie.—Never but once; 'that •I went oot in a coal barge. The Lord Mayor.—Acid how did you like it then ? a' ; for I caue bailie as' black as auld Nick. They told me to lee door in the cargo, and when I got up my complexion was much altered for the worse. (Great laughter.) Mr. Hoblen.—And do the ladiei - run after you here, as they did in Glasgow ? Dobie.—Exactly. I mean the fashionable ladieS of rank. They run up to Inc and pull me about, and loft up in my face, and if that an't tacking unproper leeberties wi' me, I dont know what leeberty is. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor.—Well, you shall be taken care of here, for a few days, my poor fellow, and then I shall send you home. I'M sorry to say it, but the only place you are fit for is your own country. (Laughter.) A CANDID THIEF—ANOTHER MANSION-HOUSE COLLOQUY. — Daniel Cording, a man about thirty years old, was charged at the Mansion-house, with having stolen "a pair and a hair" of boots. It was stated that the prisoner stole a pair of boots in the city, and went over to the borough to sell them, but his own boots were so queen that he actually took them off on London bridge and flung them over into the water. Just as he was lookino• for a customer, it occurred to himdlat it - would be bet ter for him to pull on the neW boots and return to crib another pair. On went the new articles, and the prisoner bolted boldly to a shop, and, after casting his eyes about, he seized upon a pair of square-toed Wellingtons. No more than one, however, would come away; but as he thought it better to have half than none, he made off with his prize. The bootmaker, who had been watch ing for another thief; who had lately robbed him, immediately started after the prisoner, and as the boots which he had on hap pened to be - both Made for the right leg, he was so cramped that he lagged most miserably,'and was soon 'apprehended. The Lord Mayor, "Well, prisoner, you see what it is to put on the wrong boot?" Prisoner, "Wrong 'um, your Vorslup; blowed if they wa'nt right 'tins." (Laug hter.) —'fhe Lord Mayor,. "Did you take them alb out of the' same shop?" Prisoner, "No, your Yorship; I a'nt such a flat as that neither. I thought it was quite enough to go once to the same snob."—The Lord Mayor, 'That was kind of you. How long have you been robbing?" 'Prisoner, "flow long ! Let me see; its just.,oix months since I tuck to goods- as wa'nt my own." (Laughter.) --=The Lord Mayor. "And have you done much in that time? " Prisoner, "No great deal. 'the people's poor; they ha'nt got it, Poor creturs. For my p:rit I compassionates 'cm." (Laughter.)— The Lord Mayor, "Haveyou ever been apprehended before?" Prisoner, "Yes, five or six times; I'm pretty well known."— The Lord Mayor, "Have you ever been tried at the Old Bai ley?" Prisoner, "No; but I hope I shall go there now; I hayn't a friend in the whole World, and I wants to see the world."—The Lord Mayor, " You shall certainly have my assist ance, for I shall commit you immediately." The prisoner was then committed for trial. Vcctry. AN , EVENING HYMN, in the Isle of ZEA (From Ecening3 in Greece, by THOMAS kol) RF , Esq., No. It., just publiAhed.) When evening shades are fading O'er Ocean's sunny sleep, To pilgrims' hearts recalling Their home beyond the deep ; When, rest o'er all descending, The shores"with gladn'ess smile, And lutes, their echoes blending, Are heaid from isle to isle Then, Mary, Star of the Sea, We pray, we pray to thee The noon-day tempest over, Now ocean toils no more, And wings of halcyons hover, Where all was strife before. Oh thus may life, in closing • to short tempestuous day, Beneath heaven's smile repoSing., Shine all its storms away : Thus, Mary, Star of the Sea, We pray, wa pray to thee ! CUPID AND MINEIZ.V.I. (Front t&? same.) As Love, one summer eve, was straying, Who should he see; at that soft Win', But young Minerva, gravely playing Her flute within an olive bower. I need not say, 'tis Love's opinion That, grave or merry, good o r ill, The sex all bow to his dominion, As woman will be woman still. Though seldom yet the boy bath given To learned dames his smiles or sighs, So handsome Pallas look'd, that even Love quite forgot the tnaid was wise. Besides, a youth of Ms discerning Knew well that, by a shady rill, At sunset hour—whate'er her learning— A woman will be womau still. Her flute he praised in terms extatic, Wishing it dumb—nor cared how soon.— For Wisdom's notes, howe'eT chromatic,' To Love seem always cut of tune. But long as he found cue to flatter, The nymph found breath to shake and thrill : As, weak or wise—it doth not matter— Woman, at heart, is woman still. Love changed his plan, with warmth exclaiming, "How brilliant was her lips' soft dye !" And much that flute, - the sly rogue, blaming, For twisting lips so sweet awry. ' The nymph look'd down—beheld her features Reflected in the passing rill, And started, shock'd—for, ah, ye creatures ! Ev'n when divine, you're women still. Quick from the lips it made so odious,' That !graceless date the Goddess t. ,!:, And, while yet with breath melouiuus. Flung it into the glassy brook ; Where, a its vocal life was fleeting Adown the current, faint and shrill, At distance long 't was hoard repeating, " Woman, alas, vain woman still :" ANACREONTIC. (Frung the sank.) Up with the sparklir4 brimmer ; Up to the crystal Let not a moon-beam glimmer "fwixt the flood and brim. 'When hath the world set eyes on Aught to match this light, Which, o'er the cup's horizon, DAWII3 in bumpers bright Truth in a deep well lieth— SO the wise aver ; But Truth the fact denieth— Water suits not her, No, her abode's in brimmers, Like this mighty cup,— Waiting till we, good swimmers, Dive to bring her up, IRELAND. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, has been pleased to grant the suns of £lO per annum to the widow of sub-constable Wright, who was so barbarously murdered at Tonilarney. An act of this kind is eminently calculated to inspire the police with determination in discharge of their ducies.—..Werford Paper. The Evenirw. Packet says that •Sir Charles Coote's carriage ; was attacked in Maryborough, on Saturday, by a mob, who smashed itto Atoms, set Le 'horses running wild through: the country. Sir Uharles himself escaped uninjured. It is still confidently asserted that. the Duke of Richmond will proceed to Ireland early in the spring, to replace the Marquis of Anglesea. The health of the pre.tent noble viceroy is under stood to be extremely delicate-- and unequal to the duties of his high office. The Duke of Richmond is c l ose ly a lli e d t o L or d Anglesea, hrs Duchess being the eldest daughter of the Marquis, by his first marriage. with the present Duchess of Argyll.—, liriyhton Paper. • REDUCTION op laisit BISHOPS.-We have been assured, in: a quarter likely to be well informed on the subject, that the. ministerial plan of church reform contemplates the abolition of two 11-LI archbishoprics,' and the reduction of the rev hues of the remaining, two to 6,(X)01. a year each; and that it is tended. to abolish eight Irish bishopricks, and to limit the rove-. noes of the remaining bishops to 4,0001. a year each.—Free harnal. Amongst the stratagems adopted by the repealist mobs, to prevent their opponents arriving at the hustings, a consider; able body of theca turned the turnpike keeper and his family out of their house, at Castletown, near Mountrath, and placing a chain and padlock on the gate, kept it closed Against all they did not like, till a party of military and police, who were giving sate conduct to Mr. White, of Charleville, an d t wo o th er ge n- tiemen, to Maryborough, forced a passage and broke the gate. —Dublin Evening Post. Ttie " MOUVEMENT."—W call the attention of the authorities to the • following, which we extract from the Irish , correspondence of the Times, of last Tuesday morning:—" Mr. Fagan, in proposing (to a seditious society in Dubin) four pri vates f the 88th regiment, said nothing could contribute more to the regeneration of Ireland, or the repeal of the Union, than the addition and introduction of new members, such as those, to their already innumerable uni on . (Ch eers .) They had to fight hard for emancipation, harder for reform, and they would hate to fight harder still for repeal; but, assisted by such menus he now proposed, there was pro deurgei - but . that they would at lust gain it triamphantly."—if this be not sedition, it is something very like it. The four' men, we take it for granted, will be at once drafted into some,condemned regiment. ATTEMPT TO BURN LADY BELLVNGHAM'S,RESIDENCE AT CASTLE BKLLINGIIAM.—SUUdaV morning, between 1 and . o'clock, a diabolical attempt was.made to set fire to the castle, at Castle Bellingham, by placing lighted turf at the hall-door, which was providentially discovered in time, by the smell it pro' duced, to prevent the fatal catastrophe,, A reward amounting. to 4001., to which persons of ranks have contributed, has been offered for the detection of the incendiaries, who,, it is hoped, will not long remain at large.—Drogheda Journal. BA REAROUS M u akai.—On Wednesday night, about 9 as a very respectable farmer of the name of Walsh, of the pa' rich of Grenagh, was proceeding. home, after having given 11 . 0 vote to the popular candidates, he found, on arriving at the half: way house on the Mallow. road, that there was a desperate at; tack making on some unhappy persons. He interfered, and said he would go for the police, who' were about a mile distant, which as soon as he attempted to do he was immediately folloW' ed, and within 20 yards barbarously murdered by the nifirriate. disciples of reform and anti-Anglicism. INTIMIDATION.—TINHALEY, DEC. 21.—Since the terming' Lion of the election for this county (Wicklow,) several hona s in this town have been attacked. Mr. Dowse had his smashed on Friday night; and the house of Mr. John Morton'of Whitefield, half a mile from town, was attacked last for the second time, and his windc,:s broken, The police,' all receiving information of the attack, went in pursuit of the di'," turbers of the peace, but did not succeedin coining up wit h the ruffians. The Orangemen who, in violation of their pledal voted against Major Acton, are immediately to be dismisst their differentlodges. Major Acton has promised to publis u. their names.—Dublin. Evening Post. • . • THE NATIONAL CoaivaNanox.—According to the 'riegi,tv , ? which of late not only follOwS" but takes a lead in radical If' commendations, our Cromwell is to be at his tricks again this winter, and is to have another trial of his nationateonventioa - He, of course, calculates that those Parliament men whom breath made, and can unmake, will be there as Commande d, Sup pose that they do attend, for what end is the assembly t ° deliberate? Forsooth, says the Register, upon the measure; f 0 Ireland which they will support in Parliament: Deliberat e ? indeed! Spare the mockery of applying such a term to th a automatons, to those tied up by their constituency and givjg e by their tyrannical creator. 'limy will go to the national ventiou to demonstrate their utter subserviency to his Ns'i l None but his slaves will be there. Every ineMber of Parliai ment aspiring to indep en d ence will 'spurn such dictation, a", will pi - serve his co ns tit uency w h en t h e const i tut i on ca ll s bi'!" to represent them. The convention will contain-none but tail.—Dublin &p.m BATTLE OF T HE U NIONS , IN DurtiAN.—Strange doings I Pr e - between the National Political and its, rival, the Natioaq, Trades' Politi ca l, , concern i ng th e c h a i r i ng o f t h e Repeal ine l Ts berg for the city of Dublin. The, National Political. prote against the chairing as a foolish, expensive, and •inexpedie . • mummery; but their High Mightinesses the rrades.- having their heats upon a public; exhibition of what they inodest.9 term their triumph, have resolved upon " the grandest chairit i ;; ever witnessed in Dublin, or any where .else,' although th have not a single farthing in the treasury to pay thew detli j For some days there lies been much wrangling upon l ay matter, and the parties are now at open war. 'The Conserli v tives and Repeaters do not hate one another half. so corilia, as the two Politicals. There was a rattling row between . 1 - 11 '1t yesterday evening in the Corn Exchange. By an arrangeto e t ba of Mr. O'Connell, the Trades have a right of admission to , va other • Political on payment of a shilling each; and this I) ; ,',,ir lege they are now using for the purp o s e of .oyerbearing re il rival, and rendering it a perfect nullity. Nearly two inal"j of them'entered the Corn Exchange yesterday, and pePilieg Mr. Marcus Hickey- into the chair, for the purpose of PasceS a resolution in favour of a chairing, anduf voting then „faid sary funds to pay the expenses. S o me members of the onal Political happened to be present, and called upal' aae r Secretary ; Mr. Dwyer; to prevent the meeting. Mr. P":e-, entered the room, an d comman d e d M r . Hi c k e y to qu it theelv,‘o, as no meeting wa s a d vert i se d f or t h at d ay . A 'violent conteu t iy here arose. A M r . Sl ev i n , t h e most v i o l en t d ema gog u e ill 0 Trades, who seconded the nomination of Mr. R a tuven,; g:l t a vent to his indignation, and denominated the Natiou:a cal as a nominal and powerless political society, Trades were omnipotent. Mr. John Reynolds vindicated etiu National Political, and Spoke' his sentiments 'on the v conduct of Slevin and his adherents ; whereupon Slevin thr i e! r , ened to throw him out of the window ! After a dreadful aet t e at cation, Hickey left the chair;—the meeting was put an elia but the Trades, on leaving the room, threatened to have it. , a 'their own way itt•the 'meeting of this day. Before - departl t ,;;;, Slevin stated his determination to propose, in the Trades lin l l 4 whilst , 0 a vote of censure upon .31i. O'Connell, if he should to de e ' the chairing! Rare sport is expected at the meeting to-nits' i shall furnish you with a s k e t c h t o - morrow .-C er e espon deati ' the' Globe. - • 1 01 a • CAPTURE OF SmuaGra s.—On the night of the 12th i . t r Lieut. Wilkins, commanding the 29th party, after cousiaa r ie ble labour, succeeded in carryin,g a canvass boat o ver & mountains to the shore of Lough Dar when this Oh', accompanied by - three of his party, the boat not being car be ir of holding more, proceeded, at the imminent risk of t o o' lives, to Kelly's island, and surprised thirteen men, having te tc, unlicensed stills at full work, with a quantity of malt, P 0 art' sing al* l' e lings, and spirits. They succeeded in arresting forit sonars, and securing the stills, malt, &c. Mr. Wilkins the two of his men back to the shore 'to bring over more °f r!' m ri /ra party, reaiuing himself and one man in . charge of th e sonars and seizures, when the private distillers peFeeiv e Laar , boat had left the island, they returned, eight or nine i 1 at'' , ac.a armed with two-handed bludgeons, and stones,' and liqtke, desperate attempt to rescue the prisoners and carry seizures. Mr. Wilkins advanced ou them,. to keep tl i „ possible, in doubt of the actual 'forCe' on the island; r ' t jere' l knocked down, beaten, and narrowly escaped- being ril l ° WI on the spot. • The smugglers . get frightened, returned 4 _ an t, boat, mustering fresh courage, they attempted to re-da, 3 `, endeavoured to accomplish their bloody purpose; bat tßca by 'a warm reception. l‘lr. having been reinforce. few.ef his men, who fortunatelylanded on the island iil u cta jel: open fire on them, the. villains cried out they would aud the firing instantly ceased, of which they took ;o, and escaped in the boat with one dead and two wount , eu,,,V, tier withstanding 'the desperation of the smugglers, MI-, hi e tj kept his•prisoners, and made good his seisures,. destroyed the .distilleries, vessels, utensils, and boats, o fte, TharidaN • tl'' at Petti , o, with his boat, stills and prisoners . , , f • two 4th r‘4 . I IOIVIAS STANLEY'R noon. Hie Magistrates passed a heavy sen„Lnee 0) , Januar ), t Rooth prisoners —one twelve, and' the others nine Months n ON Y at ten o Nock, ment, or sty a tine of CIO. The Other prisoner, adi!t- `>. p t ,,ne •HERIIIRE HOUNDS duct Mr. Wilkins represented to the bench as ilea -nil; e ve f. a 1 .3", at Kelsall Toll-bar, an , ero ie r, mitigated to three ruhtitb...l - Mr. is likeLy to rce o ,-; a RICHARD PULESTON' Ballrhannoit Herald. at ' Alekb), at Broad Oak igton; Saturday 1 • The conductors of tin: for postage vary with th should create a loss of ti portion of tlic , intOidcd of a letter in 70 days fror 80 . days, 4s : ; in 93 days, .tae of the arraugentel very considerable saving lax steam-packet to. Malt Would convey the letters Bea would occupyl.buta ?st there to complete the , s proposed to make up t This valuable be brought as near to u: American continci NAVAL REGULAfION Uere expected to have issued early in Jauuar terations which the co Victualling Boards, h Port Telegraph. ♦MONTROsE.—We are a Port, Captain John Ferg Des Ayres, - was on the chore near Monte Video EM cut in a damaged stay . of being forn•ardcd to its ' , shore and lost. The rei 1 4re-disposed of on the s young man said to Lelo • ,teeded in reaching the sh 4 .,,gues from the place, h( • are grieved to add, tl Premature grave: Ravin • put oVer the larboard caulk some trenail . heads Gately gave way, and the 'Pen proceeding at a cm Overboard, and the vesse] editiort, but just as it wt Ale carpenter was saved 1 ' , on was an active young IT ;liseharge of his duty, was bun his loss v. ill be much eurtraht. MURDER AND PIRACY frith a Portuguese seal Nth the crime of mutiny f rom the evidence of an a , t easel, that both acted u leaders in the transaction, bP, truly described as rno klduced at the trial, it wa here two men, one calle , Irenelunan ; the former t ,or the purposes o f justice rp from America that the el iarred with piracy coma "I' acts of gross barbarity, 'riffles imputed to him in , bthorities take cognizam ea to the late trial arose f Crew of Englishmen and F 'ill-Bahia, on the South Ai 4 .. e. In the dead of the t he surprised the cal e crew, murdered them it hen compelled the rem: ' w hich they ransacked of a papers, instruments " t er, however,.in a heav3 'a hen the only passenger o TetelY wrecied, and the dispersed in various direct %Air to the COnstil at Bah Pears, was first shot, and t pectable individual. The Was the property of Mr. B ves;el, which left Vig grin ~, s a confirmation of th oa the 17th. About 2,00 ;then the last accounts left "Ishippin o _r , off all the wine ,1 to the l'edroite storY, _`toops of Don Miguel are °ening. The Miguelite a, 4 ilrere n t , particularly as it ffi ' t h'ues to be severely b, SwANBR k, DEC. 30.—A s -tig, by far the most viol kW - lutes past eight a noise artillery, which came bot tree seconds it was succ , Mons, which continued all uit'd% an d passed on in As li rt‘ceding the shock. ._l s n • in a N tas distinctly assin th e ,. , • 10 e ceased. 'ph N.W. and 8.1 retonquired by E. Its effects w ,„ - ncluired of each the cause sotts,, ers ran into tile stree t atter, but all were mix ; 4111 1; but unusually fine at '',erinom e ter out of doors kqeration has taken place continues cloudy and] - ‘ a nAls at 4o deg. ,Povi lu , DEC. 31.—a df the S. E. silo e' 1. tam fo e r Canterb id( ,7 M alta, with a vi w, it is fj'cli boat, the Catherine, 1 1) 14 and two friends to 1301 e ie Wind setting directly it 40 or 50 persons to tow t t'grboard side against a pil, a breach that the watt ; , :lent for, and copper sl: ;,-Nin g the surf, two tremi 14 , t c! 1. , the Knight and his on the pier heads wool ‘ . e . shillings, for had :moth 4 11 terbury j and the eount3 th". It appeared, howevt 4, e hack bone, for the inst tt,..9„ , 1 up in the boat, and to as he had lately been kt,:. By pumping and ba il e "lt eight in the evening kV!' the harbour until nes tA.„ ° l e arty returned here friend:trode up throng direction for Canterbui aa~uii~ iv Sltll: STEAM About a year ago, or in progress for establish quicker communication ject by the merchants o gow, as well as by th. large sums were raised, I in aid of the undertakit sons employed to carry has been sullered to dro those who have. a direct , elusion that the project Waghorn, the officer, eutta to be intrusted enterprise, and who Cal alert, and has now. onl3 success. We understal existence of an Act of by which all vessels goi at the tritling - postage of notion of a communica entered into the mind - alone, if made applical fatal to any attempt of I The simple question, the Duke of Richmond to recommend to minist to make the existence o. tion. if that is done, there can be any hesitl assured, he effected by support on the East Ind the Government. The route proposed ti shall be repealed, is 113 Suez to the lied Sea,. an port on the Indian coast among the, three preside At present the . einufnu sell, taking the usual ro ries.less then ten month be accomplished in ball traporttutt it. must be to ; Ore, purchases or sales half the tulle now e-opl , that a liberal sum for po went, too, who have it either of 'civil or militar many occasions prove of pie of this may be met Burmese war. As the a tainty be calculated" on, sent out from this count; them had- ceased, and tc been saved, had such a r Proposed to be estabiis . operations still more stri Obvious ones are its inflt of the long credit now u end coniparatire securit: embarrassment..