The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-08 00:00:00

4 MUEL HALL'S PATENT STEAM-ENGINE.- Mr. SAMUEL HALL begs to inform the Manufacturers and proprietors of STEAM-ENGINES, that he has put his patent improvements to work to two of his own engines; to one at Messrs. John and Thomas Sherratt's, Salford Iro,u-works, 31anchester; and to one at the factory of Messers. Saint. Cart ledge and Son, at Bullwell, near Nottingham, in,-$u efficient and perfect a manner, that he now, with the great/&t confidence recommends them t; the Public. and engagqi to gu.trantee their satisfactori performance.—The saving otifuel, tallow, and other articles—the increase of power—th , viating (1w the ample and peculiar means of lubrication) the wear.and tear of the internal parts of the engine, and tie p reservation of the yib boiler, (bv the method of avoiding the entrance of any but distiller' water,) are effected to that extent which cannot fail to give the most entire satisfaction. itgents.—Messrs. JOHN and THOMAS SartaaArr i Salford Iron works, Manchester; and Messrs. W. and It. SMITH, 8, Lad- Jane, London ; of whom descriptions, with drawings of the engine, may be had: Basfird, neat Nottingham, October Ist, 1833. N.B. The Patent Apparatus may be applied to, or removed from, Old or New Engines, with the greatest facility. Manta. A WIDOW LADY, who has moved in su rior society, and ....`ll who can - give the most unexceptiona c references as to qualification; &c. &c., is desirous of obta . • the Superintend auce of a Nobleman's or Gentleman's F. NiILY. Salary not much an object as propriety of situation. Letters, (post pail,) addressed; L. D, Postoffice, Liverpool, will 'meet imme diate attention. • WANTED a CHANDLER, who can ite well recom mended as steady and industrious. t ,Good Wages will be ;Ivan. Apply at Mr. C MAVEN' s, Spirit Vaults, Duke's Dock. WANTED, a respectable Young Man, as,KSSISTANT and CASII-KEEPER, who can advauke from 1:700 to £ItXA for which Security will be given, anaA Liberal Salary allowed for hi's - Services. 4# 4 Address by Letter, post-paid, A B, Box 79, Post-office, Liverpool. PURE WATER. ipt OBINS'S ROYAL FILTERS:—Office, 163,..gtrand, Lon- AIL don.—The Royal Filters are confidently recommended to the Public as the only invention capable of pAducing a con stant and plentiful supply of the most ptticiwholciome, and brilliant Water, however foul or turbid the y)uree from which they are supplied; and the, simple fact of more than 37.000 being now in daily use throughout the United Kingdom, the navy and merchant vessels, independent of those adopted Lit various public and private estabashments on the Continent, and in more distant quarters of the Globe, is a sure test of their efficacy and advantages.—The following ,are selected from . a very numerous body of testimonials presented to the Pateniee by scientific and literary individuals:— 82, Gower-street. I have at different periods, both in Eng!and and abroad, had ssrawirt,,,..; , ;.. Os. va unu ",, n fr;yaricc, known as "Aveasinii Filters," a Spring Filters," " Water Fil tev," " Barbadkes StnnefFirte6'," &c., but are all certain, after a short trial, to fail in effect, producing a scanty supply of water, by no meant 'of the first quality. Not so the Royal Filters; the water is soon rendered pure and brilliant ; the supply con /Rant, and, I conceive, the apparatus likely to be improved by being many years in use. T. C. CRANE, M.D., Bedford-row. I consider these Filters a most valuable invention, and when patients come tome, and finish their catalogue of the horrors of indigestion, I say " Go to Robins's, and set a Royal Filter." J. ABERNETHY, fenterden-street. After a condant use of the Royal Fitter, I have much satis faction in giving my te s tim on y in its favour. as the most com plete apparatus of the kind, and an indispensable requisite for culinary purposes, and, consequently. for the preser va ti on o f health. W. BEATIE, M.D., Calcutta. During our voyage, not a single case of indisposition occurred among the passenger, or crew, and I do not hesitate to say, that the total absence of sickness may be traced to the pure and de licious state of the water supplied by the Royal Filter. J. S. GREGORY, M.D., Vienna. The Royal Filter is a mcst extraordinary discovery ; and many scientific persons who have drank the filtrated water, have not scrupled to affirm, that such a state of purity could only be produced by distillation. It. ZIDDER, F.F.J., F.V.A.. A.G.R. The increasing demand in this country and on the Continent for the Royal Filters having induced unprincipled and ignorant persons to fabricate humble imitations, and, in some cases, pre tended improvements of the Patent, all of v , hich must of ne cessity utterly fail in effect, and to guard against such attempts the Patentee earnestly requests Purchasers to observe that the words " ROYAL FILTER, GEORGE ROBINS PATENTEE, LoN- Dom," are invariably placed upon each, and that they can be ot a i ue d of his accredited Agents throughout the Kingdo m . PRICES, EXCLUSIVE OP CARRIAGE AND PACKAGE. . . Two Gallon size, purifying 12 G a ll ons per d ay .. E 1 a 5 d 0 Three ditto lB Four ditto Six ditto 4O . 2 2 0 Nine ditto - Tweive ditto Plans, Drawings, and Prospectuses can he obtained, and the Apparatus inspected at tho office of Messrs. GOLBORNB and Downs, Crown Chambers, Redcross-street, Liverpool. ......, NEW PUBLICATIONS. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZDIE, No. X. for OCTOBER, Price 2s. 6d. 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" An inralnable little pamphlet, whose me r it s canno t b e t oo a7preciated."—Boreild. I,li. Kidd, 14, Ciiudos-street, West Strand, A nd iinp/t in *O4 1"..u.ka11, Ststioneri ('nun. NEW ZEALAND FLAX, PRESERVED HEMP AND FLAX, AND WATERPROOF CLOTH COMPANY. rriHE following Articles, of which Specimens were exhibited ..11, at the Public Meeting, and to be seen at the Office, will, in future; be manufactured - by this Company 1. The Flax dressed and brought iuto a ut state for preserva tion. -- 2. Sam p:es of Preseried Flax for Cables, Ropes, Bo" - -rones , Lines, Twines, Sec. 3. Preserved and k lexible Curd or Whale-line. 4. Twine Preserved, and thereby rendered impervious to the action of water, designed for Fishing Nets. 5. Cloth designed for Seamen's Bread-bags, for Floor-cloth .Paintex.s, Bei-sacking, and for Coal-sacks, &e. 6. Cloth designed for Hann:flocks. 7. A Specimen of Preserved No. 1 Sail-cloth, a correspond ing part of which has been in constant use in two of his Majesty's vessels, in exposed situations, in all weathers,.rJr upwards of two years and a-half, without exhibiting the smallest symptoms of decay. 8. Ditto fur Tents and Marquees, SoldiersVTrowsers, Haver sacks, &c. 9. A Specimen of fine peculiar Canvas, adapted to the use of Portrait Painters, &c. 10. Fine Thread, designed for Linen, Cambric, and Lace. WATERPROOF CLOTHS. 1. Sheathing for Ships' Bottoms. •2. •Rope-servings, a Substitute for Leather, Chaffing-mats, &c. 3. Water-buckets. 4. Rain-awnings, and Bags to protect Wool, Cotton, and other substances, from. wet and damp during their importation and exportat ion. Haaimock Cloths or Covers. 6. Seamen's Clothes-bags, flexible Watch-coats, Trowsers, &c. - 7. Pawling, cloths, a corresponding part of which has been in constant use in one of the. King's vessels as a hatchway-cover for up..vards of two years, and is proved to be perfectly 'flexible in frosty weather, and entirely free from heating or cracking. 8. Artillery Waggoe-envers. 9. Artillery Water-deckers. 10. Artillery Limber-covers, Knapsacks, &c. 11. Hose for Fire-engines. 12. Suction Hose. • 13. llose fcir Watering Ships, designed also for Brewers, &c. This description of Hose has undergone alternate experiments of wet and dry for four years. Specimens of all the above Waterproof Cloths have been submitted to the severest ordeal for two years by putting them aside in a wet state, and keeping them closely confined in a box,. Wetting 'them every six months; yet they have been found at the end of that time capable of containing boiling water, and to. be perfectly free from mildew: and all dispositions to heat, and without the least mark of deterioration.. The two first of the following experiments were made on the 12th January, 1832, upon No. 4 Sail-cloth, manufactured from the best Riga Flax, against No. I Sail-cloth- manufactured from the POorimara Tenax. The third experiment was made on K specimen, of Preserved Sail-cloth, manufactured from a per etutial_pla7l.agrowing in great luxuriance in Ireland. Ist,;l Slip of - No.' 1 Canvas of one inch in width and two feet in length, with a knot in the middle, (as test of its flexibility) and made from ,the best Riga Flax, bore, carried, and broke near the knot, at the weight of. 5611b5. 2d. A. Slip of No. 1 Canvas one inch in width and two feet in length, with a similar knot in the middle, and manufacturerl from Phorimum Tenax, bore, carried, and broke, but nut near the knot, with a weight of 6241b5. 3d. A Slip of No. 1 Canvas, of one inch in width and two feet in length, with a knot in the middle and manufactured from the plant before alluded tons g rowing in Ireland, but made in a .particular loom, bore, carried, and broke, but nut at the knot, with a weight of eight hundred and thirty four pounds, being the strongest cloth ever made.. PHORIM LIM TENAX, or New Zealand Flax, when satura ted with the peculiar compound recently discovered—boiling heat, 212 degrees, will not affect it. Frosty weather dues not injure it. The superior qualities of this new manufacture have been estab lished by a severe trial of two years and a half to the satisfac tion of some of the most scientific Judges in this kingdom. who have given their written testimony to that effect; and the Public are res pectfully _ informed that an extensive water-side premises, near London, have been already engaged for the purpose of commencing immediate operations, and that the operative de partment will always be conducted under the supermtendance of competent persons. By Order of the Board of Directors, WAI. H. A. FITZ-STRATHERN, Secretary. No. 3, Copthlll-buildings, Tkoymorion-street, 19th Sep:ember, 1833. VRANCIS DOGGETT, C 6, VINE -PLACE, LORD -STREET, sole AGENT in Liverpool for BETTS'S PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY, returns thanks to the Public for their very liberal support of the above incomparable Spirit, which has been certified by the most eminent.chemists to be as pare and wholesome as the best varieties 4if Foreign Brandy, and continues to be recommended by .the Medical profession in most parts of the kingdom. F. a also promises to supply every Article in the Wine and Spirit trade, whole sale add retail, free from adulteralion 'and on the very lowest terms at which genuine comm ' Wes can be afforded. F. D. lays a disappointed and aner /assailant before the f ll Public in his own words, extracted ' rom his letter to J. T. Betts and Co,. February 11th, 1833. The whole of it and others dated December . Bth and 21rh, 1832, and January sth, 1833, may be perused by those who incline, at the above address. James - Norval's anxiety to sell, as Agent, Sub-agent, or Traveller, the Brandy he now abuses, must be evident to the reader. The merit and success of that which he subse quently espoused—onhis services being declined by J. T. Betts and Co.—have been gravely and, doubtless, truly represented in open Court by his Employers as appears in the report of a trial Desanges v. Desvignes. F. D. has bestowed no intem perance or spleen on J. Norval, tut has coolly opposed to J. N.'s misstatements facts fiirnis!sed by F. D.'s assailants. J. N.'s attempt at a hit in the concluding paragraph of his ad vertisement is a most ludicrous and discreditable failure. EXTRACTS FROM JAMES NOR` AL'S LETTER TO J. T. BETTS AND CO. - - - - - - - -.— - - - . February 11 th , 1833. " I was sorry to learn by your letter that in the mean time you declined the offer as agent, convinced as I am that it would ultimately have led to your advantage. In the first place, from my very extensive knowledge of the trade, and the pecuniary resources of each of its members, I am certain that a bad debt could hardly have happened; and, in the second place, from my intimacy with the dealers, I could have persuaded many of them to buy your spirit who otherwise would have never thought of it; and, • the third place, from the connec tions I have formed in eve town and village around Liver pool, the quantity I could hay old would be very great." \ " I would propose that you i uld appoint another agent to meet . the orders from the country, who would occasionally travel to forward its sale; and I am certain that if I were ap• pint( d I en ild do an immense business in this way, not only in this immediate vicinity, .bUt in the more populous parts of Ireland, where I have connections formed, as also in Scotland, for every town of which I have persons in the trade who pur chase friim me. . . " 1 hare to request your answer to this proposal, and hope that it will be favourable to my wishes." The following extract may serve as a full answer to James Norval': boasted preference given to E. H. Destlynes's Brandy, and should HE ever .tequire "placard" or "long WIND E D ADVERTISEMENT," the following I s recommended a s particu larly caLpted to the purpose ; and should his real opinion of J. T. BETTS and CO. 's BRANDY be desired, the curious may be grati fied by perusing his repeated applications to become their Agent, Sob-agent, or Traveller. His amusing Letters on the subject lay at the Office, 66, Vine-place, Lord-street. From the Times of Friday, 21st June, 1833, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, THURSDAY, Jcst 20. (134 . 011; a common jury.) DRSANGRS V. D E svinNEs. This was an actiou for a Breach of Contract, and also for work and labour. Mr. Serjeant Wide conducted the Plaintiff's case; Mr. Serjeant Taddv, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Martin were counsel fir the Defendant. It appeared that a Monsieur Despi4s having set up a Brandy. Distillery iu the neighbourhood of Golden-square, which he carried on in partnership with the defendant, the plaintiff, who had previously been a diamond merchant, in consideration of a promise from My. - Desvignes to obtain a share in the busi ness, took an active part for one or two months in furthering the interests of the concern, and negotiated with a Mr. Love day for the purchase of certain premises, in which the business has ever since been carried on. ,No specific contract, however, was made with him as to the share he was to have in the con cern; but the defrndant subsequently promised to compensate him for his services. Eridence.was adduced sun the part of the. defendant, to show that the speculation had turned out an un mfltable oi u notwithstanding a change sf experiment had been_ tri e d, first frosts distillation from runt to distillation from potatoes, and afterwards to distillation from whiskey; and that, therefore, the plaintiff had lost nothing by not having had a share in it, even if ho had contracted tor one, which it was contended he had not The Lord Chief Justice was of opinion that there was not snfticitist-evidenee to support 11la .I:omits on. a special cotkuLmt, for u share in the business; but that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, On the common count for work and labour, some remuneration for the services he had rendered to the defendant. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages LAO. Njuricli IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on this Twenty -111 eighth day of September instant, an order was signed by THOM AS LY ON and JOSEPH HEATH LElttli, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in o l efin the county of Lancaster, for stopping ; up and 's e lli ng gs seless and unne-• cessary public footway, of the length of t‘ thousand five hun dred and thirty-eight yards or thereab and of the medium' breadth of one yard or thereatouts, be fling at or near a cer tain place called Badley Common, si ate in the townships or Houghton, Middleton, and Arbury, in the said county, and ex tending thence across the several fields, closes, inclosures, or' pieces of land hereinafter mentioned, belonging to and in the occupation of the several persons hereinafter also mentioned, that is to say, several fields, closes, inclosures or pieces of Land' belonging to Edward Greenall, Esquire, and now in the occu pation of Thomas Smith, and called the Radio; Common, the' Little Stockley-field, the Large Stockley-field, the Cabin-field,' and the Brook - -field, several other fields, closes, inclosures, or pieces of Land also belonging to the said Edward Greenail, and now in the occupation of James Clare, called the Potatoe-field; the Stubble-field„. the Pasture-field, and the Green-lane, a c , r .. twin other field, close, inelosnre, or piece of land, belonging to the Devisees of Thomas Peter Lei , di, Esquire, and now in the occupation of John Biackledge; and called the Hills, a certain other field, close, incicsure, or piece of land belonging to Wil-• liam Beamont r and now in the occupation of Wiliam Black ledge, and called the Pasture-field, and four seYeralother fields,' closes, inclosures, or pieces of land, belonging to and in the occupation'of Thomas Warburton, called the Clover-field, the Pasture-field, the Meadow and the Barn-field, and ending . at a' certain stile in a lane called Long lane, situate in Orford, wrthin the township of Warrington, in the said county, near to a cer tain place there Called Cronipton's Smithy, and a part of which' said Public Footway of the Length of One 'thousand Six Hun- . dred and Sixty-nine Yards or thereabouts, and of the breadth of One Yard or thereabouts, is situate in the said'township of Warrington, and the other and remaining part of which same' Footway being of the length of Eight Hundred and Sixty-nine Yards or thereabouts, and of the breadth of One Yard or there abouts, is situate in the said townships of Houghton, Middleton, and Arbury. And farther Notice is Hereby Given, that the said order will be lodged wifli the Clerk of the Peace, for the said county, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be hdlilen -by adjournment at Kirkdale, in and for the said county, on the , Ith day of November next, and also that the said order will, at the said Quarter Sessions, be confirmed and enrolled, unless upon an appeal against the same to be then made , it be otherwise determined. Defd the twenty-eighth dny ofl BeP temhey. IEV3. . VIEVIE Cornmissioncis in a Fiat in Bankruptcy, heath? date Ccimmissimieis in a Fiat in Bankruptc, bearing date the '26th day of February, 1833, awarded and issued' ) forth against JAMBS SWIFT, of Liverpool, in the enmity of Lan caster, white cooper, dealer, and chapman, intend to meet ou the 10th day of October instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the offiee of aicssrs. FosTER and LLOY !,'.olicitor*, 8, Exchange ahoy, in Liverpool, in the said county, iu orcivito audit the ac counts of the assignees of the estate andtith'ects of the said bankrupt under the said fiat, pursuant to an act of Parliament made and passed in the sixth vear of the reign of his late .Ma jesty, King George the Fourth, intitmed " An act to amend the laws relating to bankrupts," and to receive proof of debts. FOSTER. and LLOYD, So,licitors. THE Commissioners in a Fiat of Bank r upts • earing date 'the 'ltith day of February, 1833, awarded id issued forth against JAMES SIFT, of Liverpool, in t county of Lan caster, white. cooper, dealer, and chapmau, t e nd t o meet on the 11th day of October instant, at welt 'crock at noon pre cisely, at the office of Messrs. Fos - ruit • LLOYD, Solicitors, 8, Exchange-alley, in Liverpool, in the said county, to make a first and final dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt, w hen and where the creditors who have not already proved their debts are to come prepared to prove . the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of the said dividend. And all claims not then proved will be disallowed. • • FOSTER and LLOYD, Solicitors. IRELAND. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Munnee.—Last week an uufortuate man received, while returning . from the fair of Clonolty, so desperate a beating, that he aied last Friday.—Jlunmel herald. Between six aud.seven o'clock on last Sunday evening, a man of the name of Looby, was found in a state of insensibi lity, near Knockanulla, about half a mile outside Cashel, on the road to Golden; he had seven desperate wounds on his head from stones, which he received from a man of the name of Daniel, a neighbour of his, and with whom lie was going to Gerane, where they both lived ; there is very little hope of his recovery.-16d. On 2,tonday last, the fair day o. Cappagh, a riot of a most terrific mature took place. Two factious fought for a consider able time with inconceivable fury, exhibiting in their inhuman rage the ferocity of canibais more than the semblance of civil ized mortals. ‘Captant Wilcocks, with' a .police force, 40 in number, when attem4ting to separate them, was dreadfully assailed by both parties; Captain Wilcocks received several blows, and the arias of many of the police were broken, and others of them severely injured. In the midst of this dreadful scene, Captain Wilcocks, and the police under his command, conducted themselves with astonishing forbearance, and, at the same time, acted with the utmost intrepidity. They stieceetied in arresting 15 of the belligerents amidst dense showers of stones and other missiles thrown from the tops of the houses, and other places of eminence. - The rioters were safely lodged in Tipperary gael.—Cionntel Advertiser. ARRAN QUAY OFFICE—FIRING AT A DESERTER.—A pri vate of the 60th Rifles, now quartered in Dublin, deserted a short time ago. On Wednesday night, three non-commissioned officers Wets directed by their commanding officer to go in co loured clothes to Thomas-court, where it was suspected the de serter .was concealed, and endeavour to make hint out, and, in the event of their succeeding, to take him prisoner. The non commissioned officer succeeded in apprehending the deserter —but, as they were escorting him though Thomas-street, he suddenly ran from among them. One of the soldiers fired at the fugitive, aiming at his legs; the ball missed aim, struck the pavement, and, bounding upwards, hit a horse belonging to Air. Smith iu the knee. The deserter was again captured, and the man who wounded Mr. Smith's horse taken prisonei. The case was heard before the magistrates of this office. The de serter was sent to the provost, but the man who maimed the horse discharged. It appeared to the magistrates that the :sol dier acted in the strict performance of duty when he fired the shot.—Dublin Evening .1/Ina. A MAN NOT A MAN.—A curious and somewhat laughable occurrence took place a few days since at the bathing strand at Williamstown. There is a portion of this strand protected from the public eve, and appropriated to the exclusive use of ladi es , as a sign exhibited thereat denotes. OQ the day in question, some females, while in the water,were thrown into a state of the almost consternation by seeing two bathing-women bearing in a person (who, although in a suitable dress,) was too evidently of the opposite sex . ; and on expressing their horror at the vio lation of decency thus openly committed by the introduction of a man, they received the following answer :—" Ob ! never feUr, ladieS—it's not a men at all, its only a Priest!" We. re- ctilleOt - that - Mr. O'Connell mainly rested his defence of Father Maguire, in the celebrated case of Anne M`Garaghan upon the physical impossibility which, the learned advocate contended, existed in one of his " sacred profession" ant" holy calling" committing the act imputed to 111;1: and we *ell re member the sarcastic and biting irony with which the then Chief Baron commented upon that part of the case ;:but here we have the sentiments expressed by Mr. O'Connell practically acted upon by the bathing-women of Merrion, solemnly, and we dare say seriously, asserting that which they had been taught to believe—namely, that a priest is not a man.—DublinEpetting Mail. A CociseEY SPORTSMAN.—At the Chelmsford petty sessions, last week, Cornelius O'Brien, tailor, of LiYerpool-street, Bi shopsgate-street, had been stunmoned for shooting upon the lands of Thomas Smith, of Barking, without a license. Mr. Smith—l was not much afraid for the game, but lam inclined to think he was in pursuit of my poultry. (Laughter.) I thought he - was fond of a goose. (Renewed laughter.) Defendant was convicted in the penalty of 20s. and -costs, which the solicitor said should be paid.—Essex Herald. SQUATTERS.—The first species of settlers, or cultivators, is what we call squatters. These are poor citizens, generally not very industrious, who, not possessing the means of buying lands, live upon those of others, and work them until they are expelled by the proprietors. Their poverty is entirely the'fruit of their idle and drunken habits, for those among them who are industrious.never fait to make a fortune. There are, however, many of them who, although industrious, and with the means of rapidly augmenting their substance, pursue this - sort of life from choice, from taste, and perhaps, even from habit. For the most part, they have a wife and children, some negroes, and, sometimes, very numerous flocks. They rarely raise two crops from the same land; on the contrary, they quit a district as soon as it becomes peopled. Under their hands the country soon assumes a new . relieve : every seven or eight miles rise up huts, formed from the trunks' of Iron is too dear for them to permit themselves the use of it; weed, therefore, sup plies its . place, even for hinges and locks.. One of these huts may easily be constructed in two or three days; one may see them spring up like mushrooms. More than once, when on horseback in the woods, in search of my horses or strayed oxen, I have met, in the very midstof the forest, a cart loaded with house. hold furniture and children, and one or two men escorting about thirty cows had hogs. After .the questions, where do you come from ? where are you going? which are always cor dially answered, the head orthe tarniiy has asked me some de tails relative .to the country, and requested me to (Elect him to the creek, or the nearest spring. A week after I have been astonished to see a good hut there . , a fic.d of cattle, and some poultry i the wife spinnin g cotton, the husband destroying trees by making a circular incision in them, called a girdle : iu short, settling. their household gods without making any iuquily as to whom the land belonged. Frequently also, I have semi them, after a few days' sojourneabandou their dwelling for the slightest cause, and transport themselves—God knows where. Among these first settlers, of whom some are destined to make large for tunes, whilst others continue always wandering, there exists no form of government; every dispute is amicably terminated by the fist. As they live out of the United States, they have nei ther election nor politics; the land or the houses have, in their eyes, but a secondary value ; they attach the idea of. property only to the cattle: each of these has its mark, and, if any are stolen, he assembles his neighbours, and, the plods in hand, they go together to the thief; and administer to hum a punish ment more or less severe. According to their morality, cow stealiug is the greatest crime : no laws yet exist; and, in the meantime, the population increases in a way to make Mr. Mal thus and his friends tremble for the consequencesea-Muraes United States, 2d edition. ANECDOTE OF DR. PARR.—" Many able friends of Dr. Parr have described his peculiarities, and that apparent disregard to etiquette, which he ivhinesically practised to attract notice ; but there was in his character a fund of good nature, which often called forth feelings at once of regard and kindly ridicule that few could relish more than himself. On the evening that I dined with him at Lord Blessington's he had his pipe brought in, as usual, after dinner; and the servants, not being accus tomed to such a ceremony in the house, had neglected to pro vide him with a basin. 'r he doctor, kowever, merely noticing the omission, rose, and going to the sideboard, which was gor geously ornamented with gold and silver vessels, brought away a golden chalice, and placing it at his feet, found, till a basin was brought, that it answered the purpose equally well."—Aute biography el John Galt. PECULATION IN THE DUBLIN POST -OFFICE.—We have heard with extreme regret that a gentleman most respectably con nected, and occupying a station of great responsibility in the Post-office, has been charged with peculation to a large amount. An investigation bas, we understand, been instituted some days since, and We have learned that it was thought necessary to hold the gentleman to bail—but we forbear giving a more mi nute detail of this much-to-be4egretted transaction, and hope that the individual alluded to may yet be able to repel the im putation thus cast on his hitherto unblemished character. The circumstance will, at all events, lead to some changes in the Post-office, and we trust that, in any arra n gemen t i t ma y be thought advisable to make, a necessary precaution will be taken to guard against a recurrence of the abilses practised in the office set apart tser theettiumanission.oteiesyseeepw e so as teireclude the necessity of preferring reiterated complaints to the he - adi of that department. We should be sorry, however, that the fore going suggestiou should be construes) as intending to convey a reflection on any person connected With the letter-carriers' of fice, where, with the exception of the charge to which we have adverted as having Occurred in that department, we believe everything was conducted with the utmost regularity, and we Must add, - in such a manner as afforded convenience .and se curity to the public.—Freeman's Journal. A COUNTRY EeccrioN.—lt is in the country places that an election should be seen. The clay. arrives. For some months previous the candidates and their friends have been in motion, taking their calls from habitation to habitation, trying to per suade, accuse, explain. &c. In general, the friends take more trouble than the candidates themselves. The governor, by pro clamation, fixes the day, and divides the country into precincts, in each of which he chooses a central house, and appoints three election judges. These three di gn it a ries o f a day meet on the morning, and, swear, kissing the Bible, to conduct themselves with integrity, &c. They seat themselves round a table at a window. An old cigar-box, duly patched up, With a hole in the lid, a sheet of paper, and a writing-desk, form the 'materials of the establishment. Every one presents himself outside of the, window, gives his name, which is registered upon the. paper, deposits his ballot in a box presented to hirn, and withdraws ; if fhe judges doubt his qualification as to residence or age, they administer an oath to him. Within the room every thing passes in an orderly manner, but it is not the same outside. The wood is soon filled with horses and carts. The electors arrive in troops, laughing and singing, often half tipsy since the morning, and exciting one another to support their favourite candidate. They or their friends present themselves to the electors a; they arrive, with ballots ready prepared, often printed, and expose them selves to their Jokes and coarseness. Every new comer is questioned about his vote, and is received with applause or hisses. An influential man presents himself to vote, declares . his opinion and his reasons in a short speech; the tumult ceases for a mo ment, and he draws away mapy people after him; nobody offers to molest him. In the meantime the whisky circulates ; towards evening every body is more or less tipsy; and it is not often that the sovereign people abdicate their power with out is general battle, in which nobody knows what be is about, and in which ad those who have managed to retain their carriage take good care not to embroil themselves. Every one goes house to sleep. The judges scrutinize the suffrages, and send the result to the capital. The next day beater and heat are as good friends as if nothing had happened, for every one has learned, from his childhood, to submit to a majority. Flee popsdi vo.v Dci is here an absolute axiom. It should be observed, that the pub lic interest does not suffer from these tumults, because, generally, every one has made up his mind long before voting, and holds to it, drunk or sober. The excitement of an election is very soon over. Before it takes place nothing else is talked of ; the next day there is no more question about it thanabout the Great 11,90.—Murses United Staten, stseond T 1 I E LI \ER POO L STANDARD. CON I'EMPORAI: Y • PRESS. Upon examining more minutely the tardy postscript waien has been appended to the ministerial eapose, we are prepared to pronounce it .the must weak and con-' temptible make-weight that ever was added to eke out previous deficiency ; for what, after all, does this mighty. abortion from St. Martin's-le-Grand prove, but that sun. dry " improvements have been made," in the Post-otlice arrangements, " producing considerable additional reve nue," Here is the point, apparently the solepoint, : upon which this spirit of improvement turns. Persuade the Vos-oflioe authorities that by sucri and such arrange meats the public will be convinced and the revenue in creased, and the plan is adopted With alacrity; but talk of the convenience without the revenue, and see with What a cold negative this department will meet the sug gestion. Of this the very obvious improvement of con veying the metropolitan letter-carriers to their several beats, as at present practised, is a striking.prool. It is now thirteen ur fourteen years ago since this plan, as now at length carried into effect, - was suggested in this paper, and for a period of twelve years did the Post odice authorities allow themselves to be taunted with and reminded of this, before they- would consent to its adoption—and why ? because great as the convenience to the public would be, and is, nut only was no revenue to be derived from it, but certain large fees paid for "early deliveries," which didnot go to the revenue, would cease. '['he same may be said of cross-posts, of which a great deficiency exists, there being many towns of large business, varying from ten to twenty miles apart, between which letters are two, and sometimes three days in arri ving, and that at a rate of postage calculated upon the circuitous route by which they are conveyed. So here are the inhabitants not only inconvenienced by, but taxed for the delay, with the additional consolation ut having a law ready to - pounce upon them with heavy penalties, if they presume to send their letters by a nearer, pronlpter, or cheapqr conveyance. The truth is, that as long as the Post-ohice is looked to solely as a source of revenue, so long the public can never derive from it the conveniences which it ought to afford; but let convenience be the first consideration, and revenue the next, and there is no doubt but the one might be greatly enhanced, and the .other little, if at all daninished.—Atorning Herald: ATTEMPTED CORPORATION ADDRESS TO LARD WEL LESLEY.—At the instance of the Lord Mayor, :a post as sembly of the corporation of this city was held yesterday .•--when it was proposed to present an address of eongratu-: : Wiwi to Marquis Wellesley .on his_ re- appointment ,to . the government of this cuuntiy. Although considerable • activity was used to collect a force on the occasion, and after much protraction and management, forty members not bging preSent, the proposed business could notes en tered upon, and the assembly was dissolved. This, how. ever, , is not all—more remains to be told. The usual mode on such occasions is by requisition to the Lord Mayor, to convene a meeting for the purpose of consider ing the propriety of addressing the Lord Lieutenant.— This course was attempted, but failed, not more than two threeor having signed the requisition The Lord Mayor then called the assembly on his own individual authority, not even conceding to it the privilege of deliberative dis cretion; but, as expressed in the summons,'" for the pur pose of addressing .Marquis Wellesley"—cunsidering the propriety of the act being altogether unnecessary There was a time when such an address would have been a con sistent and matter of course duty, fur then our corpo rate institutiOns were protected and cherished by the state instead of being threatened by extinction or a transfer of their, privileges and property. The attempt will be re sumed, no doubt, at the next assembly, and although there will be more time for management, the address, most pro• bably, will not be carried. Unless the. noble Marquis shall, in the interim, prove his attachment to the Protes tant rights and integrity of the corporation more substan tially than by equivocal professions,' the civic adulation will be as unprofitable as it will be servile ; and if the corporation is to fall, as its Popish enemies triumphantly, and tauntingly assume, let it, at least, fall with honour and dignity, and not meanly kiss ;he hand raised to inflict its death-blow. At. the same time, we are ready-to admit that it is only the peculiar situation in which the Corpo ration is placed that could excuse the omission of any cus tomary compliment to the King's representative.—Dublin Warder. At length there are strong and satisfactory reasons for believing that the maritime interests of this country, wile• ther for war or for commerce, will be rendered altogether independent of foreign supply for one of the most expen sive and important materials for its equipment. This is proposed to be effected by the substitution of phormium tenax, or New Zealand Flax, for Russian hemp. in considering this matter we have no feelings inimical to Russia, for we are not among those who regard its Emperor as a ferocious despot, and its people as barbarian slaves; but we deal with it simply upon this principle, that independence and profit are two of the most legiti mate objects that a nation can pursue. Will they then, or either of them, be accomplished or advanced by -the substitution alluded to ? e have no hesitation in an swering in the affirmative. And first on the point of independence. England has long received the material-for her cordage and her canvas alMoSt entirely from Russia. - in fact, she has possessed no other source from which she could derive it; and, therefore, although the trade has been a most lucrative one to Russia, England has been dependant upon that country for the supply she has required. Now, theNe w Zealand flax may be obtained in unlimited quantities from our own colonies ; and indeed it may be cultivated with success in many parts of the United Kingdom ; and consequently, if it would prove an efficient substitute, there can be no question as to itsadoption being desirable on the ground of its affording independence. W ith re spect to the consideration of profit, that equally leads to the desire for the substitution. The balance of our trade with Russia is immensely in favour of that country. In fact we are compelled to take what we du at such prices as Russia may demand—and they are generally exorbi tant enough—while Russia only purchases from us when we undersell all other dealers. The remaining vital question, then, for decision is this:—ls New Zealand flax capable of being substituted for Russia hemp ? Let us see now the facts bearing upon the matter stand. It has never been for a moment doubt ed that New Zealand flax is intrinsically stronger than Baltic hemp; but it has hitherto been generally thought to be impracticable to prepare it in such a way as to ren der it possible to work it. That difficulty, however, has been overcome, for the flax has not only been worked, and , articles—as sails, rope, water-hose, pallings, and water-proof cloth—produced from it, but they have been used in Deptford dock-yard for upwards of two years, and reported upon by the officers as decidedly superior both in strength and durability to . similar articles from Baltic Hemp. Such being the case, we are extremely glad to find that the various departments of the government have deter mined upon trying the manufactures from New Zealand flax upon an extensive scale; and we strongly recommend them to the attention of the merchant-mariner, the whar finger, and the factor. The agriculturist, too, will do well at once to investigate the subject, for it will nut only afford him a part of his necessary fittings at a greatly reduced price, but may also open to him a new article for produc tion. To the interest of the capitalist it is hardly neces sary to advert, for that is always sufficiently well taken care of; but it is worthy of remark that the encourage ment of the production and use of the New Zealand flax is likely to prove as profitable to those who give it, as must the .manufacture of that substance to the country in general. Under these circumstances we are glad to see that - a most respectable , company has already been formed,. and. that its complete success is considered almost a cer tainty.7-Old England. . . THE MINSTRELSi . 6 . 1 WHiGGERY:. 774 e Nett City Baronet, u l'araphrase f the Old English Gentleman." I'll sing you a modern song, that was made with modern care, Of a fine new City Baronet, who twice had been Lord Mayor, And who had a seat in Parliament, (licav'n knows iniw be got there !) With a son whose tender years had long been his paternal care—, Like a fine new City Baronet, all of the modern time. His warehouses were newly filled with bundles, reams, and quires. Of post and eke of foolscap, very fit for lighting fires ; And 'twas there " his lordship ' sat in state 'mid stationery buyers, And was " better known than trusted" from Whitechapel tu black friars— Like a fine new City Baronet, all of the modern time. But soon the Whigs came into power, and he came into use ; - He twice " adorned" the civic chair—like any other goose, . Befriended every Radical the prisons had set loose, And was at last an M. P. made by bribery and abuse— Like a fine new City Baronet, all of the modern time. His politics were now so pure, his principles so true— He'd soon emancipate the slave, and Christianise the Jew ; " Reform " was ail he talked about—great things he meant to do ; And tried to pall corruption down—to build it up anew— . Like a fine new City Baronet, all of the modern time. I've often heard him in the House begin to speechify, • And Cobbett Cheered, andllarvey hear-ed—few knew the reason why, While he denounced with bitter words all " jobs " that he could spy, And thought it was a shame—he had no " finger in the pie " Like a fine new City Baronet, all of the modern time. So much he loved the ministers, so well he liked Lord Grey— Ile contracted to supply them all with paper every day ; And got his son appointed ies inspector (so they say,) That he might manage matters in his own peculiar way— Like a tine new City Baronet, all of the modern time. Alas ! the House of Commons on their hooks had a decree, That from government contractors their transactions s hould he free, And that ali inspectors must be men as such men ought to be ; And so — the worthy member " was obliged to change his Key— Like a line new City Baronet, all of the modern time For all the honest men on whom he used to frown and flout. Soon nmde the country well aware of what he was about ; And he left his seat in I'arliacuent, (a well-bred clog, no doubt,) As preparations had just then been made to kick Win out— Like a new tine City Baronet, all of the modern time, Ills paper was deficient found, and faulty every page, And his son upon in9uiry was discovered under age ; Which put the Premier " out of sorts," the public in a rage, And made our hero of reform look aught but like a maze— ' Like a fine new City Baronet, all of the modern time But stationers and stations are but sublunary things, And ex-lord mayors must bow to fate, as well as mighty kings; For though hypocrites may thrive at first, at them soon Justice springs, Arid many a rogue of high renown to infamy she brings— Lik e a fine new City Baronet, all of the modern time —Fra.zees Magazirt. . . 1 - I”.= COMBINATION OF WORKMEN. • • (From • the Journal du Commerce.) P Ants, Sept. question of the combination of work inen has once more been taken up by the press. Although we have often treated the subject in detail, we think it our duty to enter again upon the discussion, in order to answer the assertions of several journals, and replace the question in its true light. It is the, Constitutienne/ that returns the first to this subjeet, - that, for the rest, cannot be studied with too much attention. This journal has published a long article, in which we find economical considerations, very just and very well expressed, but from which it is impossible to draw any rational cancluSion. It even happens that some o f tho se doctrines reciprocally contra dict each other. • Thus the Journal de Paris remarks with rea son, that after having laid down as a principle that the transac tions between master and workmen ought to be perfectly free, it ill becomes it to rise with so much vivacityagainst the doctrine of the laissez-faire. Thus, again, it is not clear, when, after having proclaimed that every combination is criminal, it encourages workmen to associate. Surely the line which separates combi nation from association is not so plainly drawn, that workmen can distinguish it at the first glance. Besides, we do nu, t too well see to what this association could tend, badly forined as to its aim as in its means, unless it he to unite - partial resin tance into a compact resistance. The . association of workmen, formed by itself in the middle of our social state, may offer great dan- - gers; regulated and bound to the association of masters by a common tie, it may, on the contrary, re-establish peace to the workshop of industry, and become fruitful in hap py results. - The National has equally taken part in the debate, but it has united the economical question to its favourite ideas of a re public and universal suffrage. Undoubtedly it is v ery conveni ent, when accidents happen to obstruct our system of industry, to arrange all our political. system .in one's own way, and to launch into an inaefinite hereafter. But it would be more use ful and more reasonable to take our political system as it stands, and strive to turn it in favour of the interests. which are hurt. It is not enough to say to the people of Lyons or the carpenters of Paris, take my republic, that Is the universal remedy. In vain will the workm en t a k e the, republic of the National, the . Tribune, or the Pr ecurseur ; that will • not hinder the law of machines and of competition from taking its course,• until a crisis of improvement or of woful transition manifests itself, and until frequent. debates take place respecting, the rate of wages. That is so true, that even - in disturbing thy fundamen tal questions of our political organization, even-in ~operatitig upon entire society at once, the National does not merely point out future means of regulating the March of the mechanism of our industry. "In representative. governments," says the. National, " we attribute no other power to the government than that of executing - with intelligence arid punctuality the laws pin ceeding from a legislature, the true representation of a country ; it is thither, it is to this legislature, that the representation of the tradesman must be made to arrive, bv means if universal suffrage. In 1789, the burghers, the nobles, and,Ttlie clergy were [nought together, and it is thus that liberty and equality were founded by means of reconciliation, and of transaction, and . . discussion." _ Let this plan be put in execution, and it will naturally follow that the workmen being more numerous than the rotors, it is they who will seize upon the national,representation, and make laws to their own advantage. If the convention, that waf not, however, the sole express of the working classes, imagined the maximum, the laws against negociantinne, &c. vne may form an idea of the movement which would carry away the representa tion proposed by the National. But it says, in 1789, the burghers, nobles, and clergy, were in pr esence , an d that it is thus they succeeded in coming to an understanding, and transacting the business of the state. But the reconciliation is not a happy one. There was no transaction between the tieri.-etat on the one side, and the nobility and clergy on the other ; there was not even any transaction possible ; the tiers-elat vanquish the two orders that disputed the national representation, and it was to insure that victory . that our first representation was made.— There is nothing similar in tour present situation ; Tormeily, the influence of the nobility and clergy may have been suppressed, and that suppression was necessary to the establishment of our system of liberty. But no matter what is done, there must be masters as well as workmen, and we du not see why workmen should be allowed the right of imposing conditions on masters. The National, as to the rest, comprehends so well, that it is not sufficient to the interested parties, in presence, to effect their reconciliation, that it nods low down their condition, that they are to be heard and receive justice. 3.46 W, who can as sume the title of umpire between those opposite pretensions ? Is it government? No, since its post, according to the National, is limited to the execution of the laws, and besides that, the exe cutive power would only proceed from the representation of the workmen, which *Nvould render it at the same time judge and party. But who than ? This is what is not told us. It is thus, that when a person has his mind governed by an idea, he hap pens to fall into intellectual abstractions beyond practice and. reality. Certainly the National has rendered the greatest ser vices to the popular cause that we also defend; when it took the economical questions such as they exist under the present sys teiia, arid when it handled them with that talent and patriotic warmth Which we are far front contesting. Abstraction is less often in the nature of things than the limits of our intelli g ence ; and people are exposed t o error w h en th e y are st rong ly attached to an idea. Let us accustom ourselves therefore not to make the first question that presents itself a question of republic or monarchy; for all is not contained in the forms of govern ment. For our part, we think that is beyond political organization. We must seek for institutions fit to conciliate all those differ ences which trouble the order of our system of . productions.— It is thus, for instance, that the special institution of tribunals of commerce was invented to judge discussions between mer chants. There is a similar institution, an institution chated with a part of peace and foresight, to establish as interme diary between the associations of masters and tradesmen. Formed from the representation of those interests, whicli at present combined one against the other, it would be, in some degree, the point of contact, whether they would'come to dis solve mutually. It is towards such a system of arbitration, established upon equitable basis, that the interested parties seem to turn at pre sent, as the only means of peace and conciliatiom It is on this account we regret, that in the absence of any other. institu tion, there are not in Paris councils of expert men (Prod hornmes,) to assume momentarily the character of tunpire ; people will recollect with gratitude the services which the councils of prod hommex resider iu the events of Lyons, and those which they rendered every day in provincial towns, when the interests of producers are in a state of hostility, RAJAH RAMMOHUN ROY. The death of this remarkable individual on - Friday week, at Stapleton Park, near Bristol, has re-awakened much of the public interest excited by his arrival in this country t—one of those extraordinary circumstances to which we have elsewhere alluded, as distinctly marking the advent of great' changes in our Indian empire. He had been unwell for some months; and the last time we' saw him, which was a few weeks since, at the-Star and Garter; Richmond,- his fervent expressions of ad miration of a splendid sunset over the lovely landscape below, were interrupted by 'a short uneasy cough, which caused us to fear that the day of his singularly moral, intellectual, and se ligious pilgrimage was drawing to a similar close, and the world was about to lose the benefit of that light which he should not rise again to scatter o'er the East. 'Of his previous course, it is our good fortune, as journalists, to possess a sketch written' by himself; - it is as follows : " My dear frieud,--:-In conformity with the wish you have fre quently expressed, that I should give you an outline of my life, I have now the pleasure to send you the following very brief sketch. "My ancestors were Brahmans of a high order; and, from time immemorial, were devoted to the religious duties of their race, down to my fifth progenitor, who, about 140 years ago, gave up spiritual exercises for worldly pursuits and aggrandise ment. His descendants ever since have followed his example, and, according to the usual fate of courtiers, with various suc cess, sometimes raising to honour and sometimes falling; some times rich and sometimes poor ; sometimes excelling in success, sometimes miserable through disappointment. But my mater nal ancestors, being of the sacerdotal order by profeslion as well as by birth, and of a . family than which none holds a higher rank in that profession, have, up to the present day, uniformly adhered to a life of religious observances and devotion, pre ferring peace and tranquility of mind to the excitements of ambition, and all the allurements of worldly grandeur. :` In conformity with the usage of my paternal race, and the wish of my father, I studied the Persian and Arabic languages,— these ,being accomplishments indispensable to those who at tached themselves to time courts of the Mohammedan princes ; and, agreeably to the usage of my maternal relations,. I de voted myself to the study of the Sanscrit and the theological works written in it, which contain the body of Hindoo literature, law, and religion. • " When about the age of sixteen, I composed a manuscript calling in question the validity of the idolatrous system of the Hindoos. This, together with my known sentiments on that subject, having produced - a coolness between me and my im mediate kindred, I proceeded on my travels, and passed through different countries, chiefly within, but some beyond, the bounds of Hindoostan, with a feeling of great aversion to the establish ment of the Britishpower in India. When I had reached the age of twenty, my father recalled me, and restored nie.to his favour; after which I first saw and began to associate with Europeans, and soon after made myself tolerably acquainted with,their laws and form of government. .Finding them gene rally inure intelligent, more steady and moderate in their con duct, I gave up my.prejudice against them, and became inclinedin their favour, - feeling persuaded that their rule., ,though a foreign yoke,. would lead more speedily and surely to the ame lioration of the native inhabitanis ; and 1 enjoyed the confi dence of several of them even in their public capacity. My continued controversies with the Brahmans, on - the subject of _l„bnir.j,dotatry..andytverstikion, and my interference with their custom of burning widOWS, anilofber pernitlions practicer, - re vived and increased their animosity against me; and through their influence with my family my father was again-obliged to withdraw his countenance openly, though his iimited pecuniary Support was still. continued to Me. "After my father's death I opposed the advocates .of idolatry with still greater boldness. Availing myself of the art of print ing now established in India, I . published various works and pamphlets against their errors, in the native and foreign lan guages. I'his raised such a feeling against me, that I was at last deserted by every person'except two or three Scotch friends, to whack, and the nation to which they belonged," always feel grateful. "The ground which I took in all my controveries was, not that of' opposition to Brahmanism, but to a perversion of it ; and I endeavoured to show that the idolatry of the trahmans was contrary to the practice of their ancestors, and the prin ciples of the ancient' books and authorities which they profess to revere and obey. Notwithstanding the violence of the op position and resistance to my opinions, several highly respect.' able persons, both among my own relations and others, began to adopt the same sentiments. now felt a strong wish to visit Europe, and obtain, by ver- . sonal observation, a more thorough insight into its manners, customs, religion, and political institutions. I refrained, how ever, froM carrying this intention into effect until the friends who coincided in my sentiments should be increased in number and strength: My expectations having been at length realised, in November, 1830, embarked for England, as the discussion of the East India Company's charter was expected to come on, by which the treatmentuf the natives of India and its future government would be determined for many years to come, and an appeal to the King in council against the abolition of the practice Of burning widows was to be heard before the privy council; and his Majesty the Emperor of Delhi had likewise commisioned me to bring before the authorities in England cer tain encroachments on his rights by the East India Company. I accordingly arrived in England in April, 18,31. • " I hope - you will excuse the brevity of this sketch, as I have no leisure at present to enter into particulars ; and I re main, Sac. • • (Signed) " RAMMOIIIIN Bolt." R amn i o hun's course since his arrival in England has been pretty accurately traced in the public prints, .by notices of the books he has published, and reports of his speeches on various occasions where he attended meetings and was called forward to express his sentiments. There was no kind of assemblage which he did not visit, from clue almost private prayer-devotions of several sects, to the worship of churches and. cathedrals; from the small literary coterie and miscellaneous concersazione, to the anniversaries of learned bodies, and the congregation of all ranks for the discussion of important questions. Ilia de clared object throughout•was the search Jet TRIAR: it was for this he had left his native clime, and to this he devoted every hour• of his Litayary Casette. OcronEn 8: 181 THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. • ~ •..1, T 6 Last Night but Th ree o f th e E ng a gemen t of Mr. JAME g SHERIDAN KNOWLES; of the l'heatre-royal, Cov,e,•,Te garden, Author of the popular Plays of . " The Wife," , 11 1 1 1 , Hunchback," " William Tell," " Virginius " &c. and ' l ,/ Last Night but Three of the Engagement of 'MISS 'ELL • I.'ILEE,.of the Theatre-roy a l, C o v en t- gar den. • T —ins present TUESDAY, th e Bth instant., will hc P er ' formed the popular Play called WILLIAM TELL, 11-. e With alterations, and an i n t ro d uce d scene by the Author Of t ay. Wallah! Tell Pl Mr. James Sheridan Knowles Geller ..Mr. Cooke Anneli Miss George I Emma ..•' Miss Ellcu Tr ee ~ To conclude with tiirl'arce of THE YOUTH FO QVEEN., Count D'Oxensteirn Mr. Andrews Steinberg, Mr. Baker I Frederick Bury ....11r. CQ °l6. ' Emma . Mrs. Vining . - Christine, Queen of SWeden (beroriginal character) Miss E. Tree . . To-morrow, the Tragedy ofVlßGlNlUS.—Virgiuius, Mr. i ' S. Knowles; rains, Mr. Cooke; . Viinia Miss Ellen Tre e 7 To conclude with the Farce of Nell Gwynne. 'King Charles the Second, Mr. Vandenhoff; Nell Gwynne, Miss Ellen Tre e " % vial ,: On Thursday, the popular Comedy o f th e H un chback, the Farce of Perfection.' On Friday, for the benefit of Mr. Knowles ; and the last D i e of the engagement of .Mr. Knowles a n 'Mi ss Ell e n Tree, i" ,- . last new play of the Wife, and other ' tertainments. .. On Saturuay, a Tragedy and pop Farce.' - ____.--;----7,' TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of a " .West Indian" must stand over till ou t next. For the same reason—the want of room—several otli cr letters must be postponed. Anti-Discord will be attended to. Ebt 3Liberpool 4,tatalarb. TUESDAF MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1 831 By the packet-ship St. George, Captain TtiomPo o4l we have advices and papers from New York to the 1 0 , September; but, excepting some ne ws p a p er an d j o bbil speculations in cotton, and much p a l aver a b ou t b an k ao slaves, they contain, nothing of any novelty or interest. . , It is now confidently asserted that the King of Spat' at last dead in right earnest. His Catholic Majesty ,he, so repeatedly shuffled ofF and resumed his " mortal c oil; that it would be hazardous to speculate upon the case quences, lest he should once more revive to smile at til e , tears of his loyal subjects. But if he be dead, as is affirmed, then we may exper t news of an important nature from Spain in a ve i l few days. Don CARLOS, it is well known,"is at prese t ' or was recently, sojourning in Portugal, taking an aetiv ° interest in the fortunes of Don MIGUEL. The right of 0 1 former to the crown of FERDINAND was undoubted a ° • unquestioned, until by a late decree the daughter of the then reigning sovereign was declared the successor ()filer father. This line of descent was fixed upon in quence of FERDINAND having rid son. For a very long periodthe Salic law prevailed in Spain', and it was in full force when FERDINAND -himself came t ° ' the throne. It was repealed solely to favoUr the fem ale issue of FERDINAND, and exclude his brother from wh at " he was entitled to consider his natural inheritance. I ll ' s question, then, comes to this :—Will Don CARLOS q uietly submit to the exclusion, or will he contest his title rvi tb his infant niece ? From the part which this Spanish prince is playing in t Portugal, where the claims of a niece are set up agai °- , the claims of an uncle, it is not unreasonable to infer OP Don CARLOS will avail himself of the very first opper tiv nity to dispute the succession. If so, a fresh note of disi; cord will be sounded in Europe, and Spain be distrac t° by the pretensions of its princes. One of the objects desired, and, it cannot be den anxiously looked to, in the discussions which have tAl' ee place with reference to the affairs of the East India COI' pany, is the contemplated change in the intercourse ow.. the "Celestial Empire." The Company fought, e arnei lt ; ly, to preserve to themselves the monopoly of the 11c Ch i % • trade; a branch of their concerns from which it is P e affected to be concealed that.they derived the profits tb l. made good the defalcations in other departments of t he ' revenues. It cannot, therefore; be matter of surp ri ' , that the anxiety manifested by the company to perr tu : ate this monopoly should have excited in those who w ej ; opposed to its continuance a corresponding desire tobr e° , through it. The latter have succeeded. 'China is to opened to the trader generally ; and, by accounts rece vt , made public, vessels will be permitted to clear out `° Canton after the-22d April, 1834. Many important'. considerations present thenisel ve : likely to affect the private trade with China for sotnet i° ' after. its opening, beyond the mere questiOn of the , occupied in the voyage out and home; arising, chie" l o ; . out of the state of the East India Company's stocks of tea, and the prosecution of the trade by the fir. after the period when its being- thrown open shall bll a . admitted the rivalship of the individual trader'. these considerations, or the consequences to flout fr ° .them, we have not at present, any intention of ente rio whatever we may do hereafter'. IV . inert:lig - fit who e barks in a branch of trade hitherto:so jealously guar de without computing the contingencies, ordinary and cr o traordinary, to which itisexpDsed, must abide the res°oo of Isis want of discretion, as in all other cases of merca°cei speculation. But, without presuming to offer any ati v rci l ol y we may be excused stating in the fewest number of "s° a , that the practice and experience of the Company's ° eh . blishment at Canton, the confidence inspired into `1"; Hong merchants—hitherto the exclusive medium uf ee tt o inercial intercourse—with reference to the judgment c hi c agents, and the perfect solidity of the powerful body they represent ; these,and other considerations, a rt Ic° out of the peculiar character i w l of the Chinese nation, h„. - stitute the Company powerful opponents to those o's*"" private traders, may enter upon the competition• tit° sufficient amount of judgment be infused int o co . multifarious details connected with the free P rose o f , /, tion of the trade, then must the superior ecnn°l 4o. l' the individual in his arrangements, and the dispatch which will attend his operations, e 'er -him to surmount the difficulties which poSses s i_, °ll o o the ground, unsullied integrity in their trans a ct . ' eno s and that tact whiCh long residence and exP erl o ot have given to the Company and their agen ts ' unquestionably oppose to his undertaking. So d • It frequently happens that all which foresig ht judgment have determined upon, as conducive to a Mic h cessful issue in public affairs, and the measures those qualities have dictated, as essentials to that ib , are defeated or overruled by events or circumstay ee most fortuitous and unforeseen in their occurren'o , s d • their consequences. We shall not be surprised t , lB to' this observation, a short time hence, strictly aPPlieliu,„•oe it the China trade; and our reason for such a suprn s '!' w KPl3to to grounded on the pyre's] of a series of roperl FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR CLARKE, PLC? iNG MANAGER, On which occasion Mr. WALLACK, of the Theatre-HO Drury-Lane, has kindly granted the aid of his valuable WI vices, and will sustain his celebrated Characters of Ales s3 l dro Massaroni, in the D rama o f T HE B RIGAND; and I.)i f Dashall, in the Petit Comedy of MY AUNT. -First night ° the popular Drama of JONATHAN BRADFORD,' : • d ON MONDAY next, the 14th inst t, will be produ t ± e s, (tor the first time at this Th t the popular Draw , , as now performing nigh t ly i n L on( w i t h un p rece d e utcd stw.' cess, called JONATHAN BRADFORD, OR THE MURDER AT THE ROAD-SIDE INN; • • The principal Characters by Messrs.' Cooke, Benwell, drews, Lacy, Baker, Slaiter, Webster, Miss Seymour ' Mrs. Breoks, from the Theatre-Royal, Norwich, her first !LP' . , pearance here. After which, the pop u l a r D rat i a o f . P • THE BRIGAND. • ' . ~j Alessandro Masisironi As originally. performed by him at the Theatre-Royal, DrltrY: , Lane, in which he will sing " Love's Ritornell " Iii;; a, o encored in Loudon. In the course of the Evening, a Song by Mr. Frazer, ancll. Song by Miss George. To conclude with th e P e tit Drauo ° . MY AUNT. Dick Dashall, Mr. Wallack, as originally performed by hif2. in London—Mrs. Corbett, Mrs.Clarke—Emma, Miss seywuw' Tickets to be had of Mr. Clarke, No. 1, H oug hton -stye „ f • Williamion-square; and of Mr. Park er , a t th e B o x 0111; e ', : ° , whom places may be taken from T en un til Th ree 0' 00 " 4 Lower Boxes, 4s.—Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d.,—Pit, 2s. 6d. Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six, and the performalle to commence at Seven precisely. 7