The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN IN'rELLIGENCE. SPAIN. Our private accounts from Bayonne of the 30th ult. assert positively that Maroto had gone over to the Christinos with live battalions, and that Don Carlos, on hearing of his defec tion, had proceeded in the direction of Navarre. On the 26th the latter was at Iturmendi with his ministers, General Villa real, the Marquis of Valdespina, the Duke of Granada, and others. The battalions commanded by Maroto were not aware of this treason. The battalion of guides and a squad ron of Navarrese cavalry, on discovering his intention, turned round, and forced a passage through the Christino ranks. Generals Espartero and INlaroto were at Tolosa on the 27th. Another letter from Bayonne of the 30th states that on the 25th Don Carlos had repaired from Bergara to Elorrio, to review six battalions commanded by Maroto. The Prince arrived accompanied by his ministers and un escort of ca ♦alry, and finding the troops drawn up, he proceeded to re view them. As he passed before the front of the first bat talion, the guides of Navarre, the soldiers cried " Vive el REY !" Don Carlos then went up to the second battalion, composed of Castilians, who cried, " Long live the King and our General! ' The Prince suddenly stopped, and, addres sing the corps, said, " Wherever the King is there is no other General." The troops remained silent. He then rode be fore the line of the third battalion, consisting also of Casti lians, who saluted him with the same cries as the second. Seeing this, Don Carlos discontinued the review, and imme diately left for Bergara. He had, however, scarcely left that town when he received an express informing him that Maroto had gone over to the Christinos, and advising him to repair without delay to Navarre, if he did not wish to be overtaken and delivered into the hands of the enemy. He accordingly set out for Iturmendi, accompanied by Father Cyril, M.M. Erro, Valdespina, Madrazzo, &c., and on arriving at that village he was joined by two Alavese battalions, and a squad ron of cavalry. Shortly after entering Iturmendi, another express, sent by Maroto himself, brought a letter to Don Carlos, in which that general apprised him of his being in the presence of the Christinos, and on the point of being at tacked. This announcement implying a contradiction of the report of Maroto's desertion, allayed the fears of the Prince, who slept that night at Iturmendi. A letter from St. Sebastian mentioned that the British Commodore was displeased with General Espartero for ad vancing so rapidly, as both parties might unite against the common enemy, and defeat all the English and French go vernments had been doing during the last month. The Guipuzcoan battalions stationed along the line of An doain had hoisted a white flag, on which was written the word " Peace," and declared that they would not fight any longer. The writer of the above letter affirms having been told by a banker of Bayonne that he had in his hands a sum of 16,000,000 reals, (.C160,0000 which had been placed by the French Government at General Espartero's disposal for the purpose of pacifying the provinces. FRANCE. Letters from Toulon of the 20th ult. state that the most extraordinary activity prevailed in that harbour and in the roads, in consequence of orders to fit out at the same time five ships of the line, and several smaller vessels of war, and which were in consequence rapidly proceeding to completion. 4300 seamen being required to man them, and the ordinary levies having fallen far short of that number, it was believed that the maritime authorities would be obliged to have re course to some other than the ordinary means to complete it. TURKEY. According to a letter from Constantinople of the 7th ult. in the Augsburg Gazette, it had been resolved, in full divan, that Mehemet Ali should not be gratified by the dismissal of Khosrew Pacha, who is acknowledged to be a man of such capacity that it would be impossible to replace him. This decision is said to have given great satisfaction to the ambas sadors, who consider that his dismissal, at the demand of Mehemet Ali, would be an act of humiliation. " It was stated at Constantinople," says this letter, " that Russia had de clared that she considered the conferences at Vienna as use less, as all the difficulties ought to be regarded as at an end by the death of the sultan." Another letter of the 19th ult. in the Carlsruhe Gazette, says the sultan was indisposed on the preceding night, but that he had for some days previously, shown himself at some of the Mosques, in company with the Visier and the Sultana mother. The reforms introduced by Mamoud had not been abandoned, but care was taken to re move from the interior of the palace, and the immediate ser vice of the Sultan, everything that could have displeased the orthodox Mussulmans. The high :unctionaries who had been placed in office by the influence of the Capitan Pasha had been dismissed and banished from the capital. EGYPT. According to accounts from Alexandria of the 6th ult. given by the Augburg Gazette, Mehemet Ali has accepted the me diation of the Great Powers, but has repeated his demand of the inheritance of Egypt and Syria, as well as of the dismis sal of Khosrew Pasha. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW SOUTH WALES. Files of Sydney papers have again been received to-day to the 23d April, but they add nothing to previous information. The accounts of the new settlement at Port Philip continue to be very favourable. Papers from South Australia come down only to the 14th of March. The " land fever" was still prevailing, and people were madly aiming to increase their acres for the purpose of jobbing and resale, rather than to apply all their means to bring into cultivatioit what they already possessed a super fluity of. No sooner was some discovery of distant lands or ports announced, that a rush commenced as to who should be the first and lucky appropriators. Some details are given of a hard-run contest of this kind between the agent of the South Australian Company and a private association of spe culators in the colony for the possession of a place called Boston Bay, which was reported to be a most eligible site for a port. Whilst the agent was absent on a tour of inspection of that distant locality, the association, with remarkable promptitude, had obtained a sort of survey, and concluded a bargain for the purchase, so that on his return the agent found himself forestalled and the company disappointed. The same trick had been served him previously in the case of the Mount Barker district, so that the colonists had learned by experi ence of sharp practice to outwit their former master specula tors in this country. Nothing can show more clearly the ex tent of the speculation mania existing there than the fact which is announced that £5O had been paid for eight acres in this newly discovered spot at Boston Bay, which ten days before had been purchased for £8 14s. The land in question, it may be observed, could neither have been seen by buyer or seller. In this way the colonists were frittering away the small capitals carried out with a view to employment in the sober pursuits of industry. The land delusion had, no doubt, originated with, and been encouraged by, the parties em bared here in South Australian land speculations, who have displayed much more activity in crying up and enhancing the price of land with a view to realize profits and premiums than to promote the growth or import of stock, and record in proof of colonial prosperity the increasing export of wool or other produce. The system is mull the same as has been wit nessed in the concoction of joint-stock bank and other schemes in this country heretofore, in the prospectuses and advertisements of the illusive advantages of which it was only considered necessary in most instances to draw attention to the fact that in other and similar undertakings the shares mere at a premium more or less high and tempting. A severe contest has been going on at Honiton within the last few days between the Churchmen and the Dissenters, respecting three propositions made by the former—viz., £5 for repairing the organ, the organist's salary, and the levy ing of 3d. in the pound for a new church-rate. The latter exhibited their strongest virulence against the church and all connected with it, and mustered in great numbers on the oc casion ; the show of hands was of course in favour of the Dissenters. The churchwardens immediately demanded a poll ; and the result was, that the opponents of the church were beaten upon each proposition—the first by a majority of 106, the second by a majority of 109, and the third by a majority of 95. Monsan LaoisLarion.—An instance of the extreme ac curacy with which modern Acts of Parliament are framed, may be seen by an act relative to highways and turnpike roads. By the 6th sect. a penalty of £5O is imposed upon such surveyors and clerks to the commissioners, as shall con ceal any matter directed by this Act to be inquired into, and it is provided that the same shall be recovered by action in one of the Courts at Westminster, where the offence shall be committed in England, and " in the Great Sessions of the Principality of Wales, in case the offence shall be committed in Wales." It is plain that the Solon who framed this Act has not yet found out that under an Act passed nearly ten years ago, (1 Wm. 4. c. 70.) the Court of Great Sessions was abolished.—Merthyr Guardian. THE PENNY PosT aiG SC II EME.—We have heard that mi nisters are so completely " at sea" as to how they are to carry the postage clap-trap into effect, that they are about to offer a premium of £2OO for the best plan of bringing it into ope ration. One of the points on which they are unable to agree is, as to whether or not the postage shall be required to be paid in advance, and if so, whether by stamped writing pa per, or stamped covers. The postmaster-general and seve ral of his dependants are, we perceive, enjoying themselves at the moors or elsewhere, so that the mechanical prepara tions for the new bill have hitherto made but little progress. —Standard. THE CIIARTISTS.—Potts, the chartist, who had put in his shop window in Troub • age a dish of bullets, labelled " Tory Pills," was bailed out from Fisherton gaol on Wed nesday week. On Monday his shop was found closed, and it was suspected he had absconded. His bail, becoming alarmed, went in search of him, and overtook him at War minster, whence they brought him back, watching him du ring the night ; but Potts waa wider awake than his guards, for he managed to give them the slip, and was off again. The bail went to the Radical Association, offering to let him re main at large if they would guarantee to them one half the amount in which they were bound ; but this was refused ; and they again went in pursuit of their dishonest friend, whom they ultimately found secreted up a chimney, in a house at Conigree. The bail, being determined not to be again left in suspense, took Potts to Fisherton gaol, where he will re main confined until the next assizes.— Devises Gazette. HEARTRENDING SCENE AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.— We have to record one of the most providential escapes from drowning that perhaps ever occurred. On Wednesday even ing last, at seven o'clock, a little girl, about twelve years of age, daughter of Mr Illingworth, wharfinger, of this place, whilst standing near the edge of the wharf, fell into the ri ver, and owing to t:,e strong current caused by the late rains, was immediately carried away by the stream. Her father, who was standing by, was unable to render her any assistance, there being no boat at hand. He immediately ran to the Common Staith, but there his efforts were unavailing, and his child borne away apparently to certain death. Mr. Il lingworth, along with others, instantly went to Mr. Ask ham's wharf, and the child having been buoyed up by her clothes, and having floated near the edge, they were enabled by boat-hooks, to catch hold of her, and thus, by Divine as sistance, to rescue her from a watery grave. It is utterly impossible to imagine more agonised feelings than those which the agonised father must have endured while thus witnessing his child borne on the bosom of the waters with out being able to snatch it from destruction, or the greater transports of joy and thankfulness which he must have felt when his child was restored to his arms.—Doncaster Chronicle. OPENING OF THE BUTE Docks.—The inhabitants of Car diff are anticipating a splendid demonstration on the day when the magnificent new docks, now nearly completed by the Marquis of Buth, will be opened for trade. The day is not yet precisely fixed ; but whenever it comes, there can be no doubt of its being signalized by no common display of pub lic i ntregt. A h an d some su b scr i pt i on has been raised for prizes in boat races fireworks, and oth er public entertain ments i ; and it is intended to invite the Noble Marquis to public dinner on the occasion. A grand procession will be Cformed to accompany his Lordship from his residence at the astle to the port, to superintend the ceremony of the open ing the sea-lock gates for the first time. These truly mag nificent Docks are calculated to increase the trade of the port to an extent not easily defined. The length of the great inner basin is 1400 yards, and its width 200 feet, containing an area of more than 18 acres o f water surface, and furnish ing accommodation for 300 vessels of all c l asses. The width of the entrance-lock is 36 feet, admitting ships of from 500 to 600 tons burthen ; and the great sea-gates are 45 feet in width, with 17 feet water at neap tides, and 32 feet at spring tides, admitting ships to an outer basin having an area of about an acre and a half. The execution of the whole work is of the most substantial and ornamental character. The masonry and carpentry do infinite credit to the contractors, and the timber of which the three pair of lock-gates are constructed is the choic es t h ear t o f oa k th a t our f orests can furnish.-- Welshrnan, CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. C, Sept. 2. To-morrow and th e nex t day are AMBRIDGE looked for with the greatest anxiety throughout this town. The business of the nomination commences at 12 o'clock. The- hustings are already erected on Parker's-piece. The betting on the can didates is no longer with seven to four, or three to two, in favour of Gibson, but even. The pledged-promised voters on either side are to a man almost the same number—say about 700—to either party, and there are about 100 others as yet undecided. The whigs look very blue, and to-day, as the rain was pourin g d own btween 11 and 12, their canvassing parties seemed as dull and as drizzling as the drenched knights of the Ardrossan tournament. The conservatives, on the contrary, go about right merrily, with the looks of winning men. I said all along that Mr. Manners Sutton was getting on quietly, but well. Every hour which brings him nearer to the day of battle tends to prove the truth of my prediction. lam confident that he is to be the winning man. Certainly. if he is beaten, it will only be by a majority of three or four, • THE NOMINATION.—On Wednesday morning, after the usual preliminary proceedings had been gone through, the Mayor appeared in front of the hustings, and called upon the electors to propose such candidates as they thought pro per to represent their interests in parliament. Mr. Sutton and Mr: Gibson (the two candidates) having been proposed and seconded, the former immediately pre sented himself, and spoke as follows : The Hon. H. M. SUTTON then came forward, and, after the usual groaning and cheering, said he would at the outset promise what the rev. gentleman had promised, to abstain from anything whatever that partook of personality. He had nothing whatever to do with his honourable opponent as an individual, but into his principles both lie and the elec tors had a right to inquire. To these he (Mr. Sutton) was decidedly opposed, and he, of course, had a right to convass them. Before, however, he did so, he would allude to one observation of the rev. gentleman, who had proposed his hon. opponent. On a former occasion, when he was first introduced, to the notice of the electors, he had been met, both abroad and at the hustings, with a cry from the grey headed sages among his opponents of " Lord ! what a boy he is ! " To-day, however, the antiquity of his intercourse with the electors had been spoken of by the rev. professor, who had thought proper to designate him as •f the old can didate." (Cheers.) Here, however, the change of senti ment on the part of his opponents had not ended, for, as if to set all their former objections against him on the ground of his youth in array against their consistency (loud cheers) they had solicited, before they solicited the hon. gentleman who then stood before them, a gentleman who was actually three years younger than he (Mr. Sutton) was at the time they called out " Lord ! how young he is !" The rev. gen tleman said, also, that he had had the advantage of having been before known to the electors, and having made many friends. This he was happy to say, was perfectly true, and another advantage had "resulted to him which the rev. gentle man had not mentioned, it was this—his principles had been known as well as his person to the electors for three years„ and he now came for war d t o th em t h e same man with th same principles. (Great cheering and groaning, and cries of " Ipswich ! Gibson.") Farther than this, though he had been told that there was not a universal wish for him to be their representative—and such unanimity was a thing not always to be met with—it was not often that all the electors polled for the same candidate, though a case had recently occurred where the same candidate had polled all the elec tors of one borough in the short space of two years. (Great cheering and groaning, and cries of "Go to Ipswich, Gibson") [Mr. Sutton was here proceeding, when some one shouted " Bribery," to which that gentleman immediately respond ed, by saying. " As to that, I have only to declare on my honour as a gentleman, I know nothing whatever of the mat ter."] (Cheers.) Mr. Sutton then proceeded to say, that he would now call the attention of the electors to two or three allusions of the Rev. Professor, and first of all to the char g e that the Conservati v e s were the opponents of national edu cation. (Cries of " They are.") Such was not the case, and he for one, so far from opposing education, was as anxious and zealous as any man could be for the universal spread of education. (Cheers.) To the particular system, however, propounded by the Whig Government, he was hostile, and he would tell them why. He considered that a system of cen tralization was incompatible with the liberties of Englishmen, and the Whig scheme having centralization for its base, met therefore with hostility. He objected, also, to place the working of any system of the kind in the hands of four mem ber of the Executive ; and last of all, he was decidedly hostile to the principle that allowed a national system of education to be superintended by any one professing the Roman Ca tholic religion, and there was one of the Lords of the Trea sury now of that persuasion. (Groans and cheering.) He would, however, go one step further, and would say that he did not object to the Government plan of education because there was religion in it, but because of the impracticability of having the creeds of all sects taught by one schoolmaster ! (Great cheering, and then a cry of " You are an enemy to inquiry.") He had heard some one say, be was an enemy to inquiry —he thanked that person, be he who he might, for he gave him an opportunity to deny it, and at the same time to add, that though he did not object to the freest inquiry, he did object to that which went to the extent of undermining the foundations to see whether they were sound ! (Cheers.) With regard to the cern laws, he should have to refer to some statements made by the hon. gentleman opposed to him, and as he referred to a report of his statements in a in a paper friendly to his interest, there could be no doubt that they were not misstated. Here he found the hon. gent. to have said—first, that he was for a fixed duty; and then that he was hostile to the corn laws. It was difficult from this contrariety to make out what were the real sentiments of his opponent, but as he was opposed to both propositions, he would show the electors the insuperable objections there were to both. (Groans and cheers.) He was opposed to both, not because he did not wish to see bread cheap—not because he was opposed to the poor man living with all pos sible comfort, but because by the fixed duty, instead of in times of scarcity getting wheat imported at a mere nominal duty, as was now the case, be there little or much in the country—let the misery of the people be ever so great—the same fixed duty must be paid. (Laughter and cheers.) He objected to a free trade in corn, because it would throw a vast quantity of land out of cultivation, and also because the very fact of throwing land out of cultivation carried with it the consequent fact, that it also threw men out of employ ment. (Uproar.) Another reason why he wished to pre serve the corn laws was, that he was patriotic enough to wish preserve his country (cheers) ; for if they depended for a supply of the staff of life on a foreigner, that dependance would be used against them iu the time of trouble, and when our poor were famishing we should call in vain upon the foreign grower, if he were hostile to us, to give us bread. One wrong impression he would now remove, if possible, and that was the impression of poor men that if bread were cheaper they would be benefitted. This hope was raised by the manufacturers of Manchester and other places; but it was contrary to the usual course of events—it was contrary to what the workmen knew of these men, to suppose the con sequence would be other than that after bread was cheaper these masters would reduce the wages, and themselves pocket the advantage. (Cheers.) There was now one other point to which he would allude, and that was the ballot. He op posed the measure on two grounds. (" Three" from the crowd.) No, only two. It would not answer the end pro posed by those who favoured it—it would not tend to secrecy ; and it. besides, had a tendency that all honest men should oppose—it was the germ from which would spring the greatest immorality. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was decidedly the most popular candidate who bad ap peared for the town of Cambridge, had declared on these hustings, in a speech that he wished he could rival, that he was opposed to it, and that he was sure it would not answer the purposes for which it was intended—and the first, the most important of those purposes, was secrecy ! He was then going on to show that the ballot would necessarily be productive of the greatest immorality by inducing one conti nued habit of lying and deceit, when he was interrupted, and said he would not trespass further upon their patience, as he felt how little depended on what was then said • but he trusted they should ha ve t o - morrow w h at was desired by the mayor—" a clear stage and no favour," and then he was confident of success. He then earnestly implored his friends to be early at the poll, and.if they did this, he was sure they would be not only triumphant, but win the day by an over whelming majority. (Great cheering, mixed of course by hostile expressions.) Mr. GIBSON then presented himself ; and was received with enthusiastic cheers from the radical party, and groans and hisses from the opposite side. His exposition of his political creed showed plainly enough that he was prepared to "go the whole hog" with the democratic party. He abused the Church and the clergy, and lavished his eulo giurns on the Roman Catholics and their religion. On the subject of national education he was particularly diffusive, and, at the same time extremely lax and latitudinarian in, his views. The MAYOR decided that the show of bands, as far as he judge, was in favour of Mr. Gibson, when a poll was de manded on behalf of Mr. Sutton. We hope to give the result in a second edition. LADIES' FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. All the toilettes of the moment are of light delicate colours ; silk dresses are numerous ; the corsages vary ; the skirts are very full and long, and the sleeves continue moderate. White is very much worn, but taffetas glace, organdys tamboured in colours, foulards and muslins with pattern satins, are worn. Cannezous bouillonnes, with either long or short sleeves, look very well with a dark silk dress. The fichu Rosine is a new style of pelerine, composed of filet or gross de Naples, black or coloured, with frill of the same. The large silk shawls continue fashionable, and are made in great variety. Shawls of black tulle, a points d'esprit, are also in fashion, lined with colours. Mantelets are made, for young ladies, of spotted tulle, lined with lilac or blue, trimmed with two frills of the same, having a broad hem with ribbon through the colour of the lining. Very large shawls of plain cachmere are worn in Paris, edged with velvet embroidered with gold and silk mixed. Shawls are made of the guipure lace over silk, which is also used for dresses, flounces, berths, and even. capotes. Bonnets continue the same form, the front enveloping the face. Black lace bonnets are very general. Some very fine Leghornes are trimmed with crape lisse and white feathers. The bunches of flowers continue to be placed very low. Bonnets of straw de Livourne, ornamented with long white feathers, tipped with pink or blue, are much worn at Paris. Some pretty capotes of lace, placed in rows, and lined with pink, have bunches of roses striped with white. The newest coiffures are the Arminienne, Thebane, Persane, Oriental ; some elegant caps are made of tulle, embroidered iii paille, ornamented with wheat ears. Broaches of gold and enamel of various colours, represent ing fruits and flowers in their natural colours, with gold feuillage, arc fashionable. —From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashions. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—The state of the money market, the un settled weather, and the excitement of the pending election, have combined to diminish the business on our Exchange this week. The demand both for goods and yarn yesterday was very limited • but prices are s t ea d y .—M anc h es t er Guar dian of Wednesday. _ _ ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 2. We have had an extremely good market to-day ; the demand has been brisk, and many flannels have been sold. In some instances, there has been a little improvement in the prices, though the advancement has been far from general. In the wool market there is little or no change.—lbid. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, SEPTEMBER 3.—This was as dull a market as there has been for many weeks past. The state of the money market, and the continued wet weather, have completely paralysed business. Buyers hold back, and manufacturers are full of fears ; consequently nothing is done, except from hand to mouth, or from positive order. Never theless, we believe less suffering is felt in this district than in most other manufacturing neighbourhoods. Work is more plentiful, and prices are better sustained. Heavy woollens are most in demand, as well as middle plains. Wools may be quoted a shade, and only a shade, lower. Business in the warehouses is much the same.—lbid. BLACKBURN.—A more stagnant state of trade there has not been for some time past than the present; and all ap pearances are more unfavourable than those which presented themselves a week ago.—Blackburn Standard. CONFLAGRATION AT CONSTANTINOPLE..—A letter has just been received from Paris, which states that a telegraphic despatch was received by the French government on Sunday night from Marseilles, communicating the disastrous news that upwards of 3000 houses have been destroyed, by fire in Constantinople. No details of this conflagration, or whe ther it was the result of accident or design, have reached us.—Sun. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Poulett Thomson will shortly leave town to assume the governorship of the Canadas.—Courier. It is computed that there are now about 100,000 placed tee-totallers in - Scotland.—British Temperance Advocate. Three persons died last week at St. Breock, Cornwall, from eating poisonous fungi for mushrooms. The " American diver," who is at Portreath, announces his intention of jumping into the sea from a cliff 200 feet high. The Cornwall pilchard fishery promises to be very suc cessful ; some thousand hogsheads have been already caught. It is currently reported, and with some degree of authority, that the Dowager Queen Adelaide, will make Torquay her winter residence.— Western Luminary. On Saturday, the weather proved unfavourable, and Lord Eglinton's promise of a third day's tilting could not be car ried into effect. The last eclipse of this year will be .a central and annular eclipse of the sun at noon, on Saturday the 7th of this month, but it will be invisible in this country. CHATSWORTH. - The grand conservatory is now being glazed. It is supposed it will be finished this month. The Duke of Devonshire is expected here at the close of this week. " Bolam, the Chartist," says the Courrier Francais, " has been condemned for assassination !" We have many ex aggerations of the poor chartists in our country. This from France bangs them all. REPRESENTATION OF ABERDEEN.—We have much plea sure in stating that Sir George Murray, K.C.8., has ac cepted the requisition, signed by upwards of 600 conserva tive electors, and will be a candidate for the representation of this city and the next opportunity.—Aberdeen Constitu tional. DONNYBROOK FAlR.—This annual scene of vice termi nated on Saturday. During the continuance of this satur nalia, the number of prisoner brought before the magistrates amounted to 502 ! out of which there were 399 convictions ! ! —Dublin Evening Mail. THE CONVENTION.—The stupid farce called " The Na tional Convention" is about to be put an end to ; a person calling himself Dr. John Taylor, a member of the meeting, having given notice for its immediate dissolution. —Globe. The Lords of the Treasury have determined to place the port of Stockton among the second-class ports, which eleva tion of rank will entitle that rapidly improving town to a considerable accession of strength in its Customs establish ment.—Nerceastle Journal. GAME.—We hear various reports of the game; in some situations the partridges and pheasants are very plentiful and strong on the wing, whilst in others it is said that there are more old birds than young ones. Hares are tolerably plen tiful.—Merthyr Guardian. The Frankfort Journal states that Prince Puckler Muskau has sold his magnificent domain of Muskau to Count Renard, one of his richest landowners of the state, for 3,000,000 francs. He is to form a princedom in Egypt. The story of the Five Powers having sent to demand the restoration of the Ottoman fleet, turns out to be a mere in vention of the French papers. No such mission had been despatched. M. Anselme appeitrs to have been merely the bearer of despatches to the Consuls of the respective Powers at Alexandria. STORMS IN THE CASPIAN SEA.—The Caspian Sea, which is generally so tranquil, was violently agitated by storms in the early part of July. Eighteen Russian and Persian vessels, valued with their cargoes at three millions of roubles, were wrecked, and 95 lives were lost. Lowell, the Manchester of the United States, has at the present time 7,650,000 dollars invested in its manufactures. There are 27 mills, besides print-works, comprising 129,823 spindles, 4,197 looms, employing 5,416 females, and 1,377 males. We understand that the rectory of Bath has been acctptecl by the Rev. Wm. John Brodrick, son of the late Archbishop of Cashel, and nephew of Lord Viscount Middleton, and that he will enter upon his rectorial duties the first week in Oc tober.—Bath Journal. It appears by the last census of Naples that tke population of that capital amounted, in January last, to 336,567, which, in comparisoh with the preceding year, gives an augmenta tion of 225.. There were 22 suicides in the year, of which 40 were by Neapolitans and 12 by foreigners. THE THAMES TUNNEL.—On Thursday the workmen employed in this undertaking succeeded in reaching low water mark, the accomplishment of which task takes away all fear of another eruption. The length of the tunnel is now 920 feet, being little short of three quarters of the whole dis tance, the being about 380 feet more to complet3 the entire length. The average distance which th e wor k men wee kl y accomplish is nine feet ; it is therefore expected, that the tunnel will be opened for passengers towards the latter end of next year. A singular circumstance took place at Newport, near Barnstaple, a few days since. A person caught a wild rabbit, and taking it home, he placed it in a box, which contained a ferret and her family of young ones ; strange to say, not withstanding the natural antipathy of these animals towards each other, the rabbit had been in the box but a very short time, when the young ferrets began to sack her as their dam, and continued to do so unmolested by the rabbit, which seemed pleased with her foster family.—Plymouth journal. SaORT COMMONS.—An advertisement appeared in the last number of the Leeds Mercury, i n w hi c h a druggist, residing in the city of Ripon, announces that he is in want of " two respectable youths as apprentices." The advertisement goes on to state, by way of recommendation to the place, that " they will be treated as one of the family." This may be a witicism of the worthy druggist, but really semi-feeding would be a bad practical joke for hungry apprentices. When it was intimated that the Duke of Beaufort would not attend the tournament at Eglington, the report reached the ears of Theodore Hook at a dinner table, not 100 miles from Kensington Gore. " How's that ?" inquired Theodore hastily : " Beanfort`not go to the tournament—nonsense ! impossible ! " "Tardy podagra won't consent," was the rejoinder; " steel boots are not very comfortable in the gout." " Pooh, pooh," said the wit, " the gout needn't baulk him ; can't he wear his list shoes."—Sporting Review. A young European, as a Constantinople letter states, has recently carried off the most beautiful of the slaves in the harem of the Sul ana.Esme. The female fugitive took with her jewels belonging to her mistress worth a million of francs. They have not been traced, but if found will inevit ably be put to death. A hint for H.B. (when in want of a new subject.) The " British Association for the Advancement of Science," at its final sitting on Saturday last, awarded, amongst others, the following grant—viz., " For drawings end details of the radical animals of the British Isles, and reports on such animals, £so."—Morhiny Herald. It is proposed in a Boston paper that every m^n should constitute himself into a self-examining committee, to in quire into his own conduct. It is believed that the business each committee would have to transact would keep it con stantly and usefully employed. A company of mining speculators in America sent a speci men of coal to a geologist, for his opinion of its merits. His answer was • " I do hereby certify, that I have tried the coal sent me by the company at —; and it is my decided opi nion, that when the general conflagration of the world shall take place, any man who will take his position on that coal mine will certainly be the last man who will be burned." DESPATCH.—A Louisville (U.S.) paper of a late date says —" A gentleman of this city sent recently to England for some shrubs, plants, and flower seeds : his letter was received by his New York correspondent on the 20th of April. The shrubs, plants, and seeds, were purchased in London on the 17th of May; and they are now set out, and act ua lly grow i ng in a Louisville garden. , ' Eating Money I—A Singular Circumstance.—While in the act of signing a receipt, a few days since in Richmond, a per son laid upon a log a h an df u l o f A s h ue l ot b an k bills (150 dollars worth), when a steer (there is no a ccoun ti ng f or t as t e ) seized and swallowed the whole at a mouthful. All attempts to force him to disgorge his ill-gotten wealth were fruitless. Fortunately ample proof was con2eatable, and the directors did not hesitate to make good his loss.—New Hampshire Sentinel (American). PREPARATIONS TO PRACTISE LAW IN MISSISSIPPI.—We met a young eastern friend of ours a few days since in a shop purchasing a brace of pistols, and lookinc , keenly at a large Bowie knife. " What on earth are you about ?" said we to our peaceful, demure acquaintance, who never before had handled such a weapon.. " Why," he replied, " I have finished Burlemagni, Coke, Kent, Blackstone, &c., in Maine, and I am now about to emigrate to practise in Mississippi." —New York Express. • CANINE SAGACITY.—On Wednesday last, two children residing in Burley's-lane, Leicester, were left by their pa rents at hove to prepare the dinner, and while one of them was arranging the pot-hooks—the other, a,t the same tithe blowing the fire—its pinafore becameignited, and in moment all its clothes were in a blaze. A bull-terrier dog— a great farvorite with the child—seeinc , the imminent danger of its pet, flew to its assistance, and at the hazard of burning its mouth, succeeded in tearing the flaming clothes from the child, who, though much injured, is we believe, out of danger. —Globe. A BIT OF TRUTH.—The liberalism which in the aristocrat forms the whig, in the working man forms the radical, and in the idle man of the same rank forms the chartist. The liberal gentleman is a whig, the liberal labourer a radical, the liberal idler a chartist. Each a branch springing from the same root, and the fruit only varied by th e varied mosphere by which each is surrounded. It is in vain for the whig to reprove the chartist : he will reply, "It is a mere question of degree you are a whig limited, I a whig absolute. The same princi ples in you restrained, are in me only carried fully out. You contend for ' the people, the source of all power.' Ido no more. You will drink ' the majesty of the people.' What you boast as desirable, I only endeavour to prove practicable.' —Doncaster Chronicle. RECRUITING FOR THE NAVY.—WP perceive by the Cork shipping list that her Majesty's ship Revenge, 74 guns, has arrived in that harbour for the purpose of entering men to complete her complement, and that Captain Waldegrave means to open rendezvous houses in the neighbouring coast towns for the reception of seamen. When her Majesty's ship Powerful, Captain Napier, was in Cork harbour, a few weeks back, she was und er or d ers f or Dublin, for the ' pur pose of allowing her captai n t o t ry t h e effect o f plan he had proposed to the Admiralty ; namely, that of allowing him to take his ship to different ports, for the purpose of getting men. We have no doubt but that the suggestion was a good one, for we take it that in a port like Dublin, which has not been visited by a man-of-war larger than a frigate for a great many years, a very considerable number of volunteers would he had. The novelty of a three-decker lying in the harbour the gay dresses of the officers, their occasional passage in uni form along the quays, the clean, seamanlike appearance of the man-of-war's men, the novel attraction of a ship of the line in full sea-going trim, would give a great impetus to a number of young seamen who are constantly in Dublin har bour, and whose voyages are merely confined to the coasting trade between the two countries. We know what an effect a dashing recruing party has in a provincial town or rural district, and is it not fair to suppose that the like effect would be produced in such a harbour as Dublin by the appearance of a ship of the line ? If the Admiralty are wise they will order the Revenge round to Dublin.—Dublin Post. NEWS FOR THE CHARTISTS. —How TO ESCAPE HANG ING.—In the course of an inquest held before Mr. Wakley, at the Bromley Arms, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, on Monday evening, on the body of a man who, after cutting his throat in a shocking manner, had sat up and caught the blood in two separate vessels, a juror, who felt disposed to think that a man who would take such precaution in cut ting his throat could not at the time be insane, also expressed his surprise, in which many other jurors joined, that the blood had not suffocated him the instant after committing the act. The coroner said that when persons cut their throats, and severed the windpipe, the wind scarcely ever went down the latter. On the co n t rar y, th e windpipe being open, caused a person to breathe freely until nearly all the blood had gone froth his body. It was a common practice, where persons were affected with stoppages in the throat, to open the windpipe below the seat of the disease, to enable them to breathe freely. In fact it has been known, both in this and other countries, that men who had been condemned to be hanged had been cunning enough to open their own throats below the place where the rope was adjusted. The conse quence had been, that, after hanging upwards of an hour, they were delivered over to their friends, who, by attention frequently recovered them. He conceived the knowledge of this circumstance would be useful in case any of the jurors, mixing themselves up in the political dissensions of the times, should he unfortunate enough to be prosecuted by her ma jesty's most learned and lenient attorney-general. NEW - MAGISTRATE.—The. Hon. Major Yorke Scarlett, M.P. of Bank Hall, near Burnley, eldest son of Lord Abih ger took the oaths at the sessions f or th e h un d re d o f S a lf or d , at the New Bailey, on Tuesday last, and qualified as a magis trate for the county of Lancaster. ALL RIGHT AT THE CORN EXCHANGE.—On the dissolu tion of the Precursor Association, Mr. Finn proposed a re solution to the following effect, which was cartieda—" That the residue of the precursor funds be handed over to Daniel O'Connell, Esq., as trustee, for public purposes, for which he is to account to the present trustees and the public." Mr. O'Connell said he would accept the office of trustee upon the terms proposed in the resolution. Among the 44 individuals who were sworn in as Her Ma jesty's Hop Excise Assistants, was John Newland, who al though in his ninetieth year, had that morning walked from Leominster, his native place, and appeared more hale and hearty than many of his brother officers who are his juniors by scores of years. Newland is a striking illustration of the power of temperance and industry in the preservation of health and the prolongation of life. Our informant has known him as a full grown ,man for upwards of 65 years.— Hereford Times. WHIG ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT.- - When the to ries went out of office there was a surplus of upwards of £2,000,000 of revenue above expenditure. After nine years of whig economy the surplus has vanished. It is converted into a deficiency of more than half a million of revenue com pared with the expenditure. This, too, under the circum stance of an increasing army, and the beginning of a system of crushing public liberty by the extensive and odious machi nery of a vast gendarmerie, with a large deficiency in the re venue, and £4,000,000 added to the public debt. THE MOORS.—The sportsmen continue very successful on the Moors, and the number of boxes of game sent south is greater than we ever recollect. We must give up all idea of chronicling the memorabilia of the Moors, as success is uni versal. On the moors of Corrybrough there has been excel cellent sport, and Sir Francis Mackenzie in a few hours of one afternoon bagged 25 brace there. The Castle Leod party have forwarded a vast number of birds to the south. Lord Cardigan has suddenly left Castle Leod for London, whence he will proceed to Canterbury to join his regiment. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence remains at Castle Leod. The game is abundant and - well grown on the Ballind a ll oc h moors . On Friday last, the 23d, M r . M ac ph erson G rant kil led 431 brace of grouse between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m, using only one gun, which he loaded himself; and on the 20th, the same gentle man shot 23 brace on the same moors, after breakfast.—ln verness Courier. THE SHIP AIDECAMP.—This vessel, which sailed from this port on the Bth of May last, for St. John's, New Brunswick; on the morning of the 19th of June, during a thick fog, struck on Friar's Island, at the entrance of ,Kip , pel harbour, Nova Scotia, and became a complete w r ec k. Sixteen of the passengers—viz., five men, nine women, and two children—unfortunately perished, owing, it is supposed, to the circumstance of one of the passengers jumping sud denly into the first boat when leaving the ship, and by this means upset it. The survivors, after remaining two days on the island, were conveyed to Halifax, where they were fur nished with clothes and provisions by the Government, and those who wished to proceed to St. John's were promptly conveyed thither. The vessel, at the time of the fatal occur rence, was within 35 miles of Halifax, and only two days sail of her intended destination.—Londonderry Sentinel. BRANDING A DESERTER.—A few mornings since the operation of branding a deserter was performed in the Tower on a private belonging to the Fusilier Guards, who had been sentenced by a court martial to be branded with the letter D, and to undergo three months' imprisonment in the Peni tentiary, for desertion. The man was brought from the place in which he had been confined about 10 o'clock. The shape of the letter was first marked with some colouring on his back, and afterwards traced with a sharp instrument in longitudinal lines. When this was completed, the letter was finished by means of a needle fixed in a cork, and finally rubbed with a colouring mixture, which it is impossible to eradicate. The man appeared to suffer a good deal of pain while it was being performed, and the sweat ran rapidly down his face. The punishment was inflicted by a drummer, in the presence of Dr. Bowling the surgeon of the regiment. The man was subsequently conveyed to t..e military hospital. Morning Chronicle. PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—WhiIe the attention of the public is occupied by the claims of rival artists, it may not be generally known that there is in North Wales, formed by the hand of nature, a colossal portraiture of the Duke of Wellington, which might call forth the ad miration of Chantrey himself. The rocky mountain of Moel-y-Gest presents to the spectator from the immediate neighbourhood of Criccieth, in Carnervonshire, from which place it is about two miles distant, a distinct likeness of that illustrious individual. It is no faint outline that is observa ble, which ingenuity or imagination twists into a resem blance, but a full, marked, and palpable representation of every feature—a mountain bust. The scene from Criccieth is strikingly impressive. There stands the ocean rock, where for ages it has stood—and there the noble Duke. The rea on the one hand, the blue hills of Cambria swelling proudly on the other, in the midst, a warrior's monument, which shall long outlive the sculptured marble and triumphal arch ; aye, and until the fabric of the realm dissolve, it shall re.. main.—Correspondent of the Carnarvon Herald. THE LATE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.—Lord Monteagle was educated at Cambridge for the English bar, and first entered public life as a member for the city of Lime rick. He is son of the late Stephen Edward Rice, Esq., of Cappa, now denominated. Mount Trenchard, near Shans golden, by Catherine, sole heiress of Thomas Spring. Esq., of Ballycrispin, Kerry, whose property in that county he in herits. The new peer is in his 49th year, and married Lady Theodosia Pery, eldest daughter of the Earl of Limerick, by whom he has sons and daughters. His eldest son, late high sheriff of this county, was recently appointed a commissioner of customs, at £lOOO a year. The exchancellor, whose in come amounts to £lO,OOO a year, has a sister married to Sir Aubery De Vere, Bert., of Curragh, in this county, nephew to the Earl of Limerick. Mount Trenchard, the family seat, is handsomely situated on the Lower Shannon, midway be tween Glen and Foyne's Island, which latter he has pur chased. Mount Trenchard House, where the family reside three or four months in the year, is to undergo extensive improvements. Lord Montgeagle has a son and daughter married, the former to Miss Freer, of Cambridge—the latter to Mr. Marshall, of Leeds.—Linzerick.paper. EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF Two LANCASHIRE VILLAGERS.—It is well known to be customary at Little borough, near Rochdale, and the neighbo ur h oo d, t o desig nate persons not by their family names, but generally by appellatives of their christian names, and other odd soubri quets of a local nature. A few days ago, two venerable dames, by way of enjoying themselves, during Littleborough wake, determined on visiting Manchester, in order to pur chase some choice gown pieces. They -went per railway, and on reaching the commercial metropolis, strolled about, gazing at the shop, windows, until they lost each other in passing along Deansgate. The bewildered one, supposing her companion to have gone into the next draper's shop, forthwith entered it, and interrogated the shopman in the following classical terms :—" As Sallee ut Jirns o' Davids, fro' Littlebruff, bin eer." Th e d raper ' s ass i stant totally mystified by this rustic query, could not answer the inquiry. The alarmed dame rambled about, and accosted numerous Manchestrians, asked for the road to the " Littlebruff rail road." Her peculiar phraseology was understood to mean the Liverpool railway, and she was therefore directed thither, and with all possible haste wended her way to the station clerks, where she again, in her provincial dialect, addressed one of the clerks, who, being also confounded by her lan guage, supplied with a ticket for Liverpool. She was quickly despatched to the great seaport, instead of the noted village of the Lancashire Highlands ; and on beholding the docks, she exclaimed in simple astonishment :—" Wot diff'runt boats thees ar' fro' thoose uppo' Rachdow Canell !" The sight of the noble river Mersey induced her to say :—Eh ! wot aw bigger waytur this is nur Hollinweth Rasurvy !" The far-travelled female returned to her native dales the following day, and her strange stories of her adventures " by flood and field," have served to surprise many a group of wondering youngsters on the heights of Blatchinworth. —Bolton Chronicle. SOUTH SEA EXPEDITION.—During the last fortnight the visitors to the Chatham dockyard have been very numerous, to inspect , a vessel, the Erebus, fitting out for a three years' voyage to the South Pole and Pacific Ocean. The Erebus has been in the dock several months. She was put out last week and is rigging with all dispatch. The Terror bomb will accompany her. Both these vessels are fitted by govern ment, but are only lent by the Admiralty to the Board of Arts and Sciences for the expedition, by whom the whole expense of stores, &c., is to be defrayed. The ships are made exceedingly strong to encounter stress of weather. The wales are doubled with 3-inch oak plank, and the bottom with plank of 3-inches : the holds, the ceiling of which is doubled with two thicknesses of 11 inch African teak, crossing each other at right angles, the bulkheads in the holds are built in like manner and made water tight, so that should the bottom be stove in at any part by the sheets of ice, the safety of the ships will not be endangered. Th e pumps fitted are those of Massie's patent. The weather deck is also doubled with 3- inch fir plank, with fearnought dipped in tallow laid between them. It is stated the two ships will sail on Saturday, the 31st inst. Many persons, however, think the. Erebus can not be ready for a fortnight. The Erebus is commanded by Captain Ross, nephew to Captain Ross, who attempted a north-west passage. The Terror is commanded by Captain Crozier.—Kentish Gazette. PREPARING TO BE BURIED.—An "oddity" of the name of Leigh, who for some years filled the honourable office of master of a flat, navigating the river Mersey, and by industry, and a rather more than an ordinary share of " good luck," has accumulated a small independence, is spending his latter days in Warrington, in makin g preparations for his funeral, which, to appearance, seems to occupy the whole of his thoughts. 'Some years ago he procured a large oak chest, fastening with secret. springs, in which his mortal remains were, after death to be deposited ; but that idea has now been abandoned, and a new coffin has been procured. In shape it is a beautiful model of a pleasure yacht, And was built by Mr. Clare, of Sankey, of old English oak plank, 14 inch thick. It is provided with main sail, fore sail, gib, and gaft topsail, and on the stern is inscribed the name of " Admiral Nelson." In length it measures 8 feet 2 inches. Last week it was brought into Warrington, mounted on wheels, and ac companied by its owner and a fidler, and followed by a crowd of wondering spectators. Its final destination is at present fixed to be the St. James's Cemetery, at Liverpool, to which place, on its " bill of lading" being complete, it is to be drawn by horses, and followed by a certain number of John Leigh's fellow flatmen, fol. whose refreshment on the way a large cask of ale is to be placed on the deck of the vessel. John Leigh's tombstone is also provided. It is ornamented by the picture of the flat " Victory," and a rather rude represen tation of the sun, moon, and stars. Underneath are some twenty lines of poetry, of which the last four may be taken as a specimen. They run as follows : May God be our pilot, and steer us the right way, And all our fleet anchor in heaven's bright bay ; The seas I have seen, and the ships I have passed, But the Lord will call us all down to our graves at last. HORSE AUCTIONS.—In no place is confederacy more re sorted to than at horse-auctions. There, if you chance to look at a dealer's horse, you will probably be entertained by the discourse of two fAlows, directed at but not to you, re specting the wonderful qualities of the animal your attention is drawn to. If worth ten pounds, you will probably hear something of the following nature : S'help me God, Bill, sound as a rock, an' only comin' six this grass. There—l know'd him ven Tom Smith druv him in a four-v'll shay all the vay down to St. Alban's in an hour and twenty minutes, an' then rid .him with the fox-hounds all day, and he com'd home in the evenin' as gay as a lark ! I dare say he von't fetch much more nor a score, an' / means to have him if he goes anything like that price. Ven he's in condition I think he's the 'andsomest 'oss as you can see ; an' sick a-goer ! You need not cough him, Sir; Lor' bless you, his vind' s as clear as a vistle. He can go l onger nor you'd like to ride him without stoppin' !" At length the horse goes to the hammer. Some friends, who are put up to the scheme, get about-him and keep you at a respectful distance, while an animated bid ding goes on, until, thinking the horse must be eheap to at tract the admiration of so many good judges, you are perhaps induced to nod your head to the auctioneer when the bidding has reached eighteen guineas. You find you have just bid the very money he must be exactly worth ; for, strange to say, no one of all the numerous host so anxious to possess him offers a penny above you. What is still more pleasant, you are urged on by some low vagabond at your elbow to buy the horse, who, when you have purchased him, hopes you will " remember him for his recommendation :" or, which is still more probable, he asks permission to bid for you, as suring you that his brother dealers will not bid against him, and that you will thus get the horse cheap. This kind friend eventually asks a guinea for buying him, and thus your ten pound horse costs you about twice as much as he is worth.— Old Sporting Magazine for September. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The usual monthly meeting of the Town Co unc il was h eld on - Wednesday at eleven o clock in the forenoon, in the Council Chamber, Town Hall. The Council was also a quarterly one, for the consideration of matters proper to a Quarterly Council. The proceedings of several committees were read and con firmed. CONTRACTS FOR PAVING THE MARKETS. In the report of the Market Committee it was set forth, that the tender of Mr. Thomas Brewer, for paving the South and North Hay-markets, had been accepted. Mr. COOPER moved, hat the proceedings of the Market Committee lie confirmed, with the exception of the portion relating to this tender. He had had a memorial placed in his hands, the statements in which were fully borne out by what lie had heard in the report of the committee. It appeared pretty clear that great partiality, on account of political opinion, had been shown in the acceptance of the tender. The person selected was Thomas Brewer, who had never served his time to the trade. The persons who sent' in ten ders were—Williath Green, James Clarke, Thomas Abram, and Thomas Brewer. In all cases of this sort the respecta bility of the party should be a point for consideration. It appeared that Mr. Brewer's was not the lowest tender, nor was he more respectable or better able to fulfil his contract than the others. If this mode were to be adopted,—if the lowest tender were not accepted, but if persons were selected on account of their political principles, great injustice was done to parties who sent in tenders, for the necessary esti mates could not be made without great expense. He (Mr. Cooper) knew of estimates which had cost the parties £3O or £4O. Unless the lowest tenders were taken, no per sons would make tenders in future, to the great injury of the corporation and their operations.: The surveyors knew that the other parties were respectable, and if respectability were not considered, the Co unc il would continually come in col lision with the public. Mr. Cooper here read the memorial, as follows : " TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, &C. — "GENTLEMEN,—An advertisement appeared in the public papers for tenders for paving the North,and South Markets, when your petitioners sent in the tenders under seal, to the Surveyor, directed to the Chairman of the Market Com mittee; that the prices tendered by your petitioners is, Wm. Green,ls. 91d. for the North Market, Is. 10d. for the South Market, ss. for the square sets. James Clark, ls. Ild. per yard, taking the whole together. Thomas Abram, Is. 10d., ditto, ditto. Thomas Brewer, Is. 10d., for the North and South paving, and ss. 10d., for the square sets ; which would stand thus, (for the whole, agreeable to quantity given by your Surveyor.) [This remarked . Mr. Cooper, is the correct I way of putting it, for your Surveyor advertised for 23,000 yards of paving.] William Green, 23,500 yards, £2204, I lower than Brewer £5O. James ark, ditto, £2252, less than Brewer, £2. Thomas Abram, £2154, less than Brewer, £lOO ; and Thomas Brewer, £2254. That your petitioners were surprised that your Market Committee had determined to give the paving of the markets to Thomas Brewer, who is no pavior by trade. That your petitioners were brought up to the trade and have on hand a considerable quantity of the best materials ; can give the most respectable references ; can well refer to many of your body, and are also able to give the best security, and our prices being considerably lower than the said Thomas Brewer. Under such circum stances, we do hope that the Town Council will put your veto upon the said determination of the Market Committee, and give the work to those entitled to it, by lowness of price, and respectability of character. That unless your petitioners have justice done them, they must decline again making any tenders to the corporation, while so gross an act of partiality and injustice is suffered to be done. (Signed,) " WILLIAM GREEN. " JAMES CLARK." Mr. Cooper concluded by moving that the proceedings of the committee be confirmed, with the exception of that part which referred to the paving of the markets, which be re ferred back to the Market Committee, with the petition of James Clark, and William Green, and that they report thereon to the next council. Mr. JOHN SMITH said he did not believe the political par tiality complained of by Mr. Cooper had been shown, never theless, he thought this a proper case for inquiry : he would therefore second the motion. Mr. J. NELSON Woo said he could not but feel the great est surprise at the accusation of Mr. Cooper that partiality had been shown by the committee on political grounds. He happened to be one of the persons on that committee who had accepted the tender in question, and he was convinced that not one of the gentlemen present knew an individual who had sent in a tender, or about his politics, when Mr. Green's tender was considered ; no one present knew Mr. Green. Mr. Brewer's tender was considered ; the surveyor and he knew Mr. Brewer ; he was a respectable man, and did his work well. They at once decided upon accepting his tender. Mr. I. IfoLmEs said he was not at all ,surprised at what had taken place—at the neglect which had peen proved, for this was a committee which acted upon reform principles. TLese reform principles were beautiful in theory, but bad in practice. He thought as it was confessed that the com mittee knew nothing of any of the tenderers, they ought to have inquired. He thought this was a proper subject for inquiry, and that Mr. Cooper had made cut a very excellent case. Mr. THORNHILL said, the memorial made out a differ ence of £lOO between the tender of Mr. Abram and that of Mr. Brewer. This was not correct. Besides Mr. Abram made no - proper tender as he said nothing about the sets, neither did Mr. Clark. If Abram did the who;e, he would amount to £3B more than Mr. Brewer. Some of the other tenders would have amounted to £lBl more than Mr. Brewer's, 'and one, that of a person named Russell, to £375 more. With respect to the tender of Mr. Green, instead of being £5O less than that of Mr. Brewer, it was £2l 2s. less. They did not on all-occasions in a work of this magnitude, which would cost no-less than £l5OO, bind themselves to ac cept the lowest tender. They required the work to be done in a firm and proper manner. They did not know the per sons who put in the tenders, but the surveyor was asked if he knew any of theni ' and he said he knew B r e wer , an d h e was a workman th a t did his work in a firm and satisfactory manner. He had performed work before for the corpora tion, and also for the Railway Company, and had given the greatest satisfaction.. As to the political allusions which had been thrown out, he despised the very idea of such a thing. He believed, not a gentleman -who had decided upon the ac ceptance of that tender, knew: any- thing of the polities of Mr.. Brewer till Mr Cooper was so kind as to inf.rm them. He appealed to Mr: Wood, who was on that committee, whether any political influence whatever was allowed to in terfere with its business. Mr. JORDAN said he would read the names of the persons of that committee who had decided the point in question : Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Wood, Mr. Evans, and himself (Mr. J.) He believed that not 'one of them knew the politics of Mr. Brewer. He, for one, did not. Mr. RATHBONIi hoped the Market Committee would not refuse to have the subject referred back, that they might report upon it, in order to show the idleness of these charges, made by persons .who trifled with the feelin gs an d c h arac t er of the gentlemen who composed their committees, and to throw back. these aspersions upon the persons making them. Mr. SMITH said he, seconded. the motion only for inquiry : he did not charge the'committee with partiality. . Mr. RATHBONE begged to say that he did not include Mr. Sthith amongst those to whom he meant his remarks to apply. Etr, thought, after the language which they had heard—after hearing the gentlemen of the Market Commit tee accused of being influenced by partiality to a political bias, it seemed most inconsistent in the seconder of this motion to wish to refer back the subject for cons:dmation to the very persons who were accused. Mr. G.H. LAWRENCE said he should support Mr. Cooper, because he thought inquiry would do no harm ; but he must express his conviction, that there had been no party bias, and no partiality. He thought, however, that the committee had acted hastily. • Mr. CURRTE said, if the council were satisfied with Mr. Thornhill's explanation, which he thought a triumphant refutation, he could not see the use of referring the•rnatter back to them. It was a question which the Market Com mittee might proceed upon if they thought proper, in con sequence of the accusation; but it was one with which the council had nothing to do. Mr. COOPER said he did not charge the committee with either Partiality or being influenced by politics, for he be lieved them incapable of being so influenced. There were, however, two markets, and they ought to have divided the work. They said Mr. Green was not known to them. It was not long since he had seen him paving Fox-Street for them. Mr. Thornhill said he did not know Mr. Green, when Mr. Green had done work for them. The council went to the vote on Mr. Cooper's motion : in its favour, 9 against it, 33; m a j or it y , 2 4. The memorial was ordered to lie on the table. • THE NEW SCHOOLS. The proceedings of the Education Committee having been read and adopted, The MAYOR put it to the council, whether the estimates for the building of the new schools should be submitted to the Finance Committee. Mr. BOLTON said, with regard to the erection of a school on the site of Islington market, when they considered the buildings which were to be erected on the Old Infirmary ground opposite, it became a matter for consideration, whe ther they ought not to hold the land in question, lest it might be required for very important purposes. It was here intimated by several voices, that the proceed ings 'containing a resolution to the above effect had been con firmed. Mr. BOLTON said, many gentlemen, as well as himself had been taken by surprise, on hearing that this was contem plated. The MAYou.thought that could scarcely be, as the notices expressed distinctly the building of a school in Islington. Mr. FuEhrE;--Islington is a mile long. • Mr. EVANS-said, he found that all in his vicinity had been equally mistaken with himself respecting the ground on which the school was to be built. This was a matter of much im portance, and !they were not aware when they confirmed those proceedings, that they were making a definitive application of that valuable piece of land. Mr. RATHBONE, Mr. SHEIL, and Mr. CuituiE, joined in protesting against re-opening a question that had been dis posed of. CUSTOM HOUSE COMMITTEE. • The report of the above committee was read. It commen ced by expressing the satisfaction of the committee at the completion of the building. It further stated that the same had been announced to the Lords of the Treasury, and re plied to. The committee laid before the council an analysis of the proceedings in respect to the erection of those buildings. On referring to the proceedings of the committee under the late council, it appeared from the copy of a treasury mi nute of the 25th June, 1827, that an arrangement hadbeen made between the lords of the treasury an d t h e corporation, for the erection of a building, to contain accomodation for the department of the customs, excise, post-office and stamp office, in consideration of which, the lords of the treasury en gaged to pay the sum of £150,000 towards the amount of the estimate of the said building, viz. £175,000, subject to the corporation engaging to keep the whole of the said building in repair for ten years from the time it was declared ready for use, and, also subject to the payment by the corporation of all extra expense beyond the amount of the estimate. On the 19th of January, 1828, the conveyance to the lords of the treasury, of the site was executed subject to the foregoing conditions, a previous arrangement having been concluded between the dock trustees and the corporation, for giving up the interest in the dock, in condition of the corporation erect ing suitable offices for he dock depa r t ment. On the 21st March,' 1828, the plans, &c. were approved by the lords of the treasury. Oa the 12th August, 1828, the first stone was laid, and at various subsequent periods the contracts for the work were advertised for and concluded. The first instal ment of £25,000 clue from the government in August, 1830, was duly applied for, the corporation having at that time ex pended upward of £70,000 in the erection, and after consi derable negotiation, a warrant for the payment of the same was obtained from the treasury on the 27th July, IE3I, and the instalment was paid on the 16th August following. On application for the second instalment, the lords of the trea- • sury proposed to bring a bill into parliament, authorising the payment of the remaining £125,000 by instalments out of the consolidated fund, in consequence of the original treasury minute not specifying the particular fund from which the payment was to be made. A bill to this effect was brought in and received the royal assent on the 24th March, 1832. Under the authority of this act, the following sums were paid :—On the 18th Feby. 1832, £25,000, 2nd Feby. 1833, 4:25,000; 31st January, 1834, £25,000; 28th February, 1835, £25,000 ; alst March, 1836, £20,605 ss, and on the 22nd March, 1837, £4,393 os, making in the whole the sum of £149,998 15s, the balance ss, having been retained for stamps and other charges. In May, 1836, the west way was delivered over to the board of customs. On the 14th June, 1837, the excise office was transferred to that part of the ' building appropriated to them. On the 7th of May, 1838, the part appropriated to the post-office was taken pospession of. The removal of the stamp-office was deferred. The en tire, the report stated ; was now completed, and the govern ment might be considered in possession of the whole build ing. In March, 1837, the dock trust took possession oftheir offices. The committee submitted the following particulars of the cost of the whole building ' • Stone and Masons' work, £123,489 3s 10d • Timber and Joiners' work, £25,662 Os 7d; Bricks and Brickwork, £44,383 is 3d; Slating and Plas terers' work, £5,451 Os lld ; Lead and Plumbing and Glaz ing, £5,860 6s 9d ; Ironwork and Ironmongery, £6,624 6s 6d Excavations and Labourers' work, £9,613 Os 3d ; Painters' work, £1,753 8s 8d ; Sundry other items, £470 2s 2d ; Mea suring, £458 9s 5d ; Architect's Commission, £8,272 19s 7d ; Clerks of the Works, £1,802 10s. Total, £223,820 Os 11d. Amount of Estimate submitted to the Treasury, £175,000. Excess above Estimate, £58,820 Os Ild. In addition to the above, there is a charge for contingent expenses, not included in the particulars, amounting to £20,984 5s 9d. In this the following charges occur : for loss and damage arising from the bursting of one of the street sewers in the early stage of the work, £1352 16s ld. Charge for alte ra ti ons i n the ofices of the Post-office depart ment, £6lO 16s. Paid to the Commissioners of Sewers for paving and flagging, £3119 3s 9d. By a report of the Architect made in January, 1835, it appears that the expenses of preparing the foundation amounted to £64,307 18s Bd. The original estimate for this work was £13,607 7s 6d. The amount charged exceeds the estimate by £50,700 Ils 2d. The proportion of the total expenditure for the government portion of the building is £200,600 3s ld, and-for. the por tion occupied by the Dock Offices £44,204 3s ld ; total, £244,804 13s Bd. Estimated value of the land £39,000. Total charge of erection, including value of land, £283,804 13s Bd. Mr. Jordan congratulated the Council upon the completion 'of the building and of the committee having, at the termi nation of its labours, stopped up a sluice which drained so heavily on the funds of the corporation. lii conclusion, Mr. Jordan moved that the report should be printed. Mr. Rathbone said, before the report was printed, he would suggest that it be referred to the Finance Committee. The sums were monstrous, and they ought to know how the money had been laid out, that so little had been got for it. Mr. Higgins seconded the motion. Mr. Ramsdell said it would be highly satisfactory to know how this enormous excess above the estimate had taken place. Several of the Council demurred at sending the report to the Finance Committee, and it appeared that the Custom house committee had not ceased to exist, it was decided that the subject should be undertaken by that committee. RECEIVING HOUSES FOR DROWNED PERSONS. The mayor read a letter which lie had received from the coroner, calling attention to the state of the receiving houses in Liverpool, and the great want of proper apparatus to be used in cases of drowning. The coroner instanced two cases which occurred recently, where it was presumed resuscitation might have been effected, if the proper remedial measures could have been promptly applied. The coroner had had an interview with Mr. Arnott, inventor of the heated air bath, a letter from whom, accompanied the coro ner's communication. Mr. Arnott stated the cost of his apparatus to be 255. Mr. Arnott's letter contained several valuable suggestions. Mr. Benn said the Dock Committee had three receiving houses, and they would, no doubt, have the apparatus sup plied to each. Some communications relative to the Billet Master were read, and some alterations •in that office were suggested. It was decided that this department should be placed under the jurisdiction of the head constable, the Billet Master being assisted occasionally, by one of the clerks belonging to the office of the latter. THE MONKS' FERRY CASE. A long memorial from the proprietors of the Monks' Ferry was read to the Council. It set forth that in the year 1835 the memorialists purchased a large plot of land in the town ship of Birkenhead, and the shore in front of it down to low-water mark, which had previously been brought from Francis Richard Price, the lord of the manor, for the pur pose of erecting an hotel and ferry, which they had done, and thereby promoted greatly the public convenience, hav ing, 15y the effect of competition, succeeded in reducing the fares of passengers. They had, however, been attacked by Mr. Price and his lessees in two successive actions, the ob ject of which was to compel the discontinuance of the new ferry. The defence of the memorialists was founded chiefly upon the following. Long prior to the date of the grant or license of passage which King Edward 111. gave to the monks of the ancient priory of Birkenhead, which is the foundation of Mr. Price's title, a more ancient ferry between Liverpool and Birkenhead had been in existence from time immemorial ; and this ferry of Liverpool the memorialists clearly proved to be outstanding in the hands of the subject, Henry, third Earl of Lancaster, and yielding a r evenue a t th e very t i me w h en the grant or license to the monks bore date ; and that, con sequently, the Liverpool Ferry was the elder and superior franchise. The memorialists, on the trial, traced the history of this ferry of Liverpool through the successive earls and dukes of Lancaster in regular devolution to King Charles the First, from whom it passed to the Earls of Sefton, who sold and conveyed it, with other posse,sions, to the Corporation of Liverpool in 1777. The Corporation threw their ferry open to the public, and have allowed all passengers whatever to have free and unrestricted use of the shores and quays of the town, with every convenience which they have from time to time erected. The memorialists conceived that, in erecting the Monk's Ferry, they had done no more than they were justified in doing, both by law and as a natural consequence of the relinquishment by the Corporation to the public at large of their franchise of ferry. Nevertheless, it was the determination of Mr. Price and the Woodside Steam-packet Company to claim for themselves the exclusive monopoly of ferry from the township of Birkenhead, thereby defeating the liberal intentions of the Corporation, to effect which the me morialists had been, and still. were to be, harassed by ex pensive lawsuits. The memorialists said they sought no monopoly themselves, and acknowledged no right to such in Mr. Price or his tenants. In the first instance, Mr. Price claimed the right of ferryage both ways; the memorialists have compelled him to abandon it from Liverpool to Cheshire. The memorialists submitted that the Corporation, by their extensive ownership of shore, were interested in keeping open the right of passage to and from that part of Cheshire, and preventing it from being made the subject of private monopoly. The Memorialists prayed that the Corporation would take the matter into consideration, and grant their powerful aid in securing the objects of the memorialists. The memorial was referred to,the Finance Committee. THE WATCH RATE. Mr. Isaac Holmes brought forward his motion on the sub ject of the new bill for levying a watch rate. He said severa l individuals who contrib u t e d a great amount annually to these rates had called his attention to this subject. The contemplated watch rate was sixpence in the pound. He had consulted the Town-clerk, who gave him to understand that the rate would be collected. The amount would be 120,000 or £25,000. He understood from the Town-clerk that this was imperative. He hoped, however, that the Fi nance Committee would take the matter into consideration, and find a loop-hole to escape this payment. This would be paying too much for reform. They supported the police al ready ' • but this would b e pay i ng t oo muc h f or our whistle. He understood from the Town-clerk that the words, " shall be lawful," which occurred in the act, meant must be done. He believed that the churchwardens would not agree to the rate, but would oppose it by a general meeting of the pa rishioners, and much confusion would ensue. He believed the parishioners were eased of £5OOO or £6OOO per annum by the Municipal Act. If they were compelled to lay this rate, it would saddle them with £12,000. or £14,000. per annum additional. This had arisen from the mushroom boroughs' which had sprung up, and which were compelled to apply to parliament for rates. It was a pity that they (the Council) had not applied before to have Liverpool excepted. He moved that the subject be taken into consideration by the Finance Committee. • Mr. COOPER seconded the motion. Mr. SMITH (seconded by Mr. T. Harvey) moved, as an amendment, that the Town-clerk's opinion be taken on the subject. This was agreed to. The TOWN-CLERK first stated his opinion that the words " shall be lawful," in this act, rendered the collection of a watch-rate obligatory. On the subject of the charge upon the parish, the Town-clerk said he wished to set Mr. Holmes right. Before the passing of the Municipal Act, the nightly watch cost the annual sum of £8527. The produce of 6d. in in the pound on £805,000. the supposed assessment upon the parish of Liverpool, after deducting the 10 per cent. was £20,125. Deduct from this the £8527, for years borne by the parish ; deduct also the amount paid by the corporation for cleaning, which was £7OO. beyond the rate ; deduct also the county rate, £11,500. from which he was released at the expense of the corporation : less £3500, which left £BOOO, and they had a total amount of £17,227, which, deducted from £20,125, left a balance of £2,898. He had not adverted to the lighting, which gave £lO. in favour of the corporation. He should also remind Mr. Holmes of the increased advan tage in the new system of watching. The Town-clerk pro ceeded to confirm his formerly expressed opinion that it was imperative to lay a rate. The Council adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock, as a Quarterly Council. till the first Wednesday in the next month. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER SEVERN.-ELEVEN LIVES LOST. On Sunday last a most melancholy accident, attended with the loss of the lives of eleven fellow-creatures, occurred at the Aust Passage across the Severn. It appears that the steam-boat, which crosses the passage, does not usually ply on Sundays, consequently those parties who wi s h e d t o cross on Sunday ast were obliged to .avail themselves of a small boat called the mail-boat, and of a passage-boat for carriages, &c., called the Little Westerfi. The day having been throughout exceedingly boisterous, the wind blowing a com plete gale, produced a very heavy se.a in the Severn, which, together with the tide, which there runs with extreme rapi dity, made it very dangerous for boats to pass across. At about live minutes after three o'clock in the afternoon, the mail-boat proceeded from the Monmouthshire side, and was followed in about ten minutes by the Little Western, having on board six passengers, five horses, and two carriages, besides her crew, consisting .of the captain and four men ; the sea was at that time running high, • and the wi n d a l most a complete hur r i cane . Th e vessel, however, although la bouring much, continued to progress towards the destined shore, until, when about half-way across, a sudden gust of wind, called a land-squall, took her, carried her on her side, and the horses, as it is supposed, shifting, she was capsized, and in a few moments she filled with water, and went down, every soul on board perishing with her. The mail-b oa t b a d at this moment reac h e d th e beach on the English side, and as her passengers were ascending the beach, they hap pened to turn round, when they saw the unfortunate vessel dismasted, and in a sinking condition ; they uttered an ex clamation, and in the space of a minute, while they wer still gazing, the unfortunate boat went down. The made boat instantly put off again, to endeavour to save the lives of some of the unfortunate passengers, but without avail, being unable to reach them, and being herself in imminent danger of being swamped, so heavy was the sea. One or two of the passengers were seen for a moment struggling with the waves, but they soon sank to rise no more. The mail-boat succeeded in reaching two of the horses, but from their plunging they were unable to tow them to shore, and therefore abandoned them to their fate, after loosening their bridles to give them an opportunity of swimming freely; the poor creatures, were, however, all drowned. It n was the intention of Mr. R. Blewitt, M.P., to have crossed by the boat, but that he was tco late. Two of the bodies were picked up on Monday morning, and the bodies of the horses have been washed ashore at Beechly Cliff. The Countess of Aboyne, whose death has carried mourn ing into so many noble families, was the eldest daughter of the late end sister of the present Marquis of Conyngham. Her Ladyship, whose Christian names were Elizabeth Hen rietta, was born in the year 1799, and on the Ist of March, 1826, was married to the present Earl of Ab o y ne , t h en Lord Strathavon, the eldest son of the Marquis of Huntly. Lord Aboyne has no family, and the heir presumptive to the titles of his house is his brother, Lord George Gordon, in holy orders, and unmarried. HEYwoon.—Chartism appears to be almost at its last gasp here. During the last ten days, pikes have frequently been found in pits and ditches, where they had been thrown by their owners, and the people appear to be thoroughly ashamed of the delusion into which they have been lately led by artful demagogues. Even their favQurite journal, the Northern Star, has been scouted, and one Job Plant, a quondam char tist preacher, has given notice in his chapel, that he intends to preach a funeral sermon over the defunct " cause of char tism" and the convention. We rejoiced to find that the good sense of the people has again prevailed.—Manchester Courier. MANCHESTER ELECTION• nA . NOMINATION OF THE CANDID--wedaTEeal!f The nomination of candid a te s took place on A last. Sir George Murr a y an d his friends arriveTaattef Amongst them we noticed George Clarke, Esq., pr.esiloas the Conservative Association ; James Wood, Townend, Esq. ; 'William Garnett, Esq• ;J. • .10 9 v Tbe Esq. ; Richard Birley, Esq. ; Hugh H. Birley, e' s `l et . Heald, Esq. ; Edmund Buckley, Esq. ; ''TbotaPs c4 fia n n e el x dd t h, w ias h nf o dri a i‘e r in r rd i . v s e T, d ihnoc o ml n uads t i h ni e g, hustings were Colonel es Seh ° ' the last. Amongst them ie Cobden, Mr. Kershaw, Mr. E.-Armitage, and a n d the others. EN . ' • dw r ee . nr C ; o C. r e je Rg. S. v . . \ J v ri a i sale:7 : f frien k r, Shortly after nine o'clock, Thomas Evans , . ot 5 , boroughreeve, stepped forward and said, that by ''' e r n ' e - 3 11 01 precept dated the 28th ult., this meeting bad Eb;iwia to f agreeably with a proclamation made the daY I ° . ° N ola nominate a member to serve in parliament , in the oil )tr ' the Right Hon. C. P. Thomson. He then called °P ° Milne to read the precept on behalf of the ix/rot-10e constables. Mr. E. C. MILNE having read the precept, „ a il r c ' The BOROUGHREEVE then said he should firs' y e a eve'l He trust .) the mover and seconder of Mr. Greg. speaker would have a fair and patient hearina% ( fusion was the worst thing that could possibly occuereeding' public business, for it only served to protract the Pr e ,t he ce"' and answered no useful purpose. (Hear, hear.) ae a ffair?' duct of the people of Manchester had, on all puba el iot a been unexceptionable, and he trusted they w ould, begged to Be D e6b that character during this contest. (Cheers.) tit call upon the proposer of the first candidate. as • a c Mr. KERSHAW proposed R. Hyde Greg, -r-„ sl. ,'„ a t. "„ and proper person to represent them in parl' an ii r , Gr e ,'; entered at some length on the qualifications of a l of 0 , and represented him as being in favour of the rep ~.0 tio corn laws, vote by ballot, and all other kinds of e.,., could benefit the working classes. The speech of l' be shaw was by no means palatable to the electors, a u it down' frequently interrupted, and at length compelled to $ amidst cries of " Off, off!" Oreg . f Alderman COBDEN seconded the nomination 0 - kat°, Hear It was some time before he was able to address the e _ te aso l He said that Mr. Greg was favourable to a more e; % l aces s and a better distribution of the suffrage—that he t h er efl reformer long since, and had assisted in carrying totaedit, bill. Sir George Murray was a soldier, and ace"'like the camp; but he should prefer a man that had , (w ade Greg, been born and bred amongst them. He retire very general hissing. THOMAS FiaantN, Esq., proposed Colonel Thl a ' s ft; stating that the colonel was a radical reforme r li f e the annual parliaments, vote by ballot, the repeal 0 poor law bill, against the factory bill, &c. &e• , „flea Mr. CONDY seconded the nomination, aun t ,'" t hen I h r '; opponents of Col. Thompson " humbugs." He:; jot dulged in a strain of coarse and vulgar abuse ag of other candidates. a .arde ° GEORGE CLARKE, Esq. the senior churcaa Manchester, nominated Sir ' Geore Murray. , ( I Mr. JAMES Woon, in seconding the nominati°,°,,eaferre,„ pungently to the insult which Lord Melbourne iode''' upon the morality 'of the country by introdueni,g t an . t o advocate of infidelity and socialism a virgin lat ° ' to t as A ir. A discussion ensued as to the right of Mr . . 'cli address the electors on behalf of Mr. Greg, n v_' . ,,: et eow JAME h s ow C e o v P e P: g e e K ea of he L a o r n in d g o . n, took part. Mr.not, Al" i : ato Colonel THOMPSON spoke at considerable log ' much cheered. was r e ' e y Sir GEORGE MURRA Y then stood forward, . trio r ceived with most veheme n t c h eer s, which wer e I . a i .r n s a; repeated. He spoke as follows—l am quite i. L e. ‘„ aos e 3u 0 , 1 dress you, and lam the more anxious to begin , tha n nth have been already detained much longer I been ,believe w ,he 'probably expected to be. My idea has a lways a regard to a nomination, that it was intend to alf,°,,re aoatiLli candidate an opportunity of clearly explaining tn l ' a doeir e , tuency of the place he seeks to represent what Ins Ge 0. 0 .0 are upon questions of public importance. (Che e ',.., the t o e men, I have listened with the closest attentio" a, speeches made by the gentlemen upon my endeavoured to ascertain from those speeches win' w aitt° 3 to ciples are of the absent candidate. Ido not 1 01 ' w ,,,, ahl e ri a , have been the case with you • but I have not ', )e j c , make out any distiact view whatever with regaratiadersa'ao ciples of that gentleman. IHear, bear.) I a the 81 1;e 0 gentlemen, from the gentleman who proaqs e • ptiO a cti candidate, that his principles were whigprinoplesf ws s ;l o t the gentleman who seconded him came forwar d , i ba t a r.) to understand that they were not whig a r, Vito right Wil t the Pie)' they were the principles of a rational radical. ("let-taeliel'o, Gentlemen, I chi not know what meaning is t° be , cara°„,gele trbthat new I se h c a t ve o l f is p te o n li e t d icia to ns ti ) i v e ho spe se ec e i T es to ;iere upon my left hand, and they were frank, clieaiirc,',P,adi:er°3lietr; forward. (Cheers.) There is no possibility 0 ; ce r, ` a re' standing, or making any doubt or difficulty wl' a ` e lef t "01 what the principles of the gallant Colonel upon licttefo, He has avowed them f r a n kly, an d i n plain and (lis'a t posE d le he told you what his o bj ec t s are , so that you sand that to mistake his principles. G en tl em e n , I unders tan f a ce 1 / 4 r e those whom he is disposed to make his constituo en"baa,;, gret therefore extremely the absence of Mr. G r , e a g iaav e g s at probably had he been here, in person, he Ive ° ' plained his principles w ith equa l clearness tliat wa the ll' 1 colonel has. (He a r, ...hear.) Now, gentlemen , ' he al d ceed to tell you what my p r i nc iples are. (l e° ',titat i l i tO, will not detain you upo n th e su bject of the en°', o tee the country, because I will take it at once for we are all here supporters of a limited inonarcliya,nt ( ulna I will say this—and so far I agree with the o,l' a man on my left hand—that lam not what is o' 4 o. o' o 'l man. (Cheers.) Ido not know what finality in „8 tr ate „ lation. (Hear, hear, he ar .) I w ill venture too u ' r at ri r t / meaning. Suppose any ca pit a li s t here wer e rest se.° °) piece of machinery for th e p ur p o ses of airy g r t aal e a ' do any of you suppose, th a t if an y improveneyes )I 'o ll tended, he would not adopt it? (Cries of - O f I' li erf And if that principle is applicable to the purenl machinery, I say it is applicable to the 0,,e, of the state. (Cheers.) Therefore, there neve,roy my estimation, a possibilit of the leaislature, 81,siaetioal passing any act which the Y are to la 'down as 3 "„ .. v 410 regard to the political constitution y of the coun" . ..atei s ee cheers.) I will now say a word, if you will alll a atl e i3 l ,t regard to the poor-law. (Hear, hear.) ThFostei„,,, imnt w tho a yiat s st a a atth f s earailtvle opinionnaea cr d petp t fial o rsi thebalabksl applicable o e r ps - uo l upon my right. hand have endeavoured to have been at all times decidedly apposed to tlla r ,` - t) . o'll' e ;tee c i a- t h w t h a e s yhaarnsdh openly, amendment act. , t . , , fat l ay aa, would be if I were separated from my fatnitY „aoi p ah ri ec ei t il . le l ef l;:e ve ' al"°t i l'i ir d a °l ar ty and I can conceive what would w . feelingsbljutphkoennotvb stvstfe,3l4 rti rct f t e' e 'e r under such circumstances. (Immense c heer se a coo' if yo u plea' i ' o ve t l n w u d another clause, gentlemen, affecting the fen' a i .uat. whichheeriss.)extriewmielllynoh,,avrsphroacnedede,xtremely ? .e. to ;,;aa upon the corn laws. My opinin is this. We , returi)Orlii. it stated upon my right that if Mr. Greg we r- er tW t hie l : i would be an advocate for perfect free trade all oe s.) (Hear.) That is more than I will be. (C h i ee a r er th e , 01 ,, that if we were to establish the principle all <3 'oo e' f o r you would have articles of the natural prod ° . eoPf th e f country, or the productions of foreign indust,r,,,), o ut here and driving the productions of your ind"'"a'arir c , 4 l , e' v t market. (Hear, hear.) To that extent of tt' t free trade to which the gentlemen upon pry r i g . age n<tb l : pledged their absent candidate, I will not PT _ tr y ' all, because I conceive every branch of l°" a u : country should have such a protection to " , a ains t b - rae, 7 balance of interest to our own countrylve ° 7verY ) of dustry of foreigners. (Cheers. I think Oa; Irtas ei oce"? of industry at home ought to be)protected. (Alldaersto branch of industry ought to have an undue Pr e l, a ivei l o ater!.; protection ; there should be no snore protecnola.atae..t te it , one branch than is necessar telly just t owara s , jet at st,', (Loud cheers.) Now I will ou that I cons r ; at acr , r ; tia„` manufactures ; and I will tell you, greatness of this country is founded ulie n c an, f air is J g entlei n i ft ice . , reason, that if any system of laws or any r a ulie r att l .) is introduced which will tend to drive coy rs cot;eer.e. manufactures out of this country, that laic• 11°a to the interests of this country. (I lear ..alt° l oi be ro ' r With regard to the corn-laws, all that the agil' et ion i - sf e ' et the smallest right to expect is that same Pr °te wet' cre' t i industry which commercial and manufacturiaa.e, to al a sa, theirs. (Cheers.) They have no right wha t° ~aien ocles bli o degree of protection than is given to their fellollleeo branch of industry. (Cheers.) Allusion Bas i l e dn'," ; the idea of capitalists being obliged to go abro , , dr ive manufactories. If there be any law which slue be rePelroit., capital of the country out of it, that law ough t . ito tw o b atli t e ;e because the industry of the country is divided a re . to i 0 the capitalist and the operative. (Hear.) p es ' s eati" t sential to the industry of the country. It i s 0 ,1 th L 'it country that capital should be set in m otion , wl la " i , of should be given to the labour of the operat ire a s 'o cal?' aVi s , sential that both should be protected, otherw,l,‘ laq no use. (Cheers and cries of " Cheap bread.)) J o .`al was desirous of having cheap bread. (fl ea a r t i r essi' g to° l oa that lam confident those whorai I an - I ~;a s tlY r are a t along with me in declaring they will not aet a u , t ;" eoa ll a of 11 : se any branch of industry amongst our °" ao elas' (Cheers.) Let us all be protectd, and let ld e bee' s o , be protected more than another (Hear , 3 e aulit t ;th e er e have had mention made of I lle question of . eit t e i fth e , Voice: The corn-laws.) ave alrcadY j shy to hi t and I have always held the same languag e ' ten di lY , fir' should exist any law, or any system et laws.i.„ a OO O io press the commerce and manufactures of tnif ueri erP law, or that system of laws, is injurious to the lass g ests of the country.. (Cheers.) corn' aeo • triAtalt A VOICE: What would o with the Sir GEORGE MURRAY: There has been ~0 , tr ot- : e g. tlemen, a system of fluctuating duty upon e , °_' w hoia,,„arta e a tem, I dare say, was very well meant by tho-eardsao4, it, but it has been found to act injuriously tn:S a l it)? r ' te ct' t , It has been said that there ought to be a ti x , en to eP t P e t e r of a fluctuating duty, (hear,) but lam quir e , m- d a ty if d e li i 6 • in favour of a fixed duty. Let it be a iixeu,,a,t ssi ter, but let there be no duty•greater than t"" o f the interest of commerce and agricultur e. raa , I A VOICE; How much duty ? a .p ri leine''' a nca),) Sir GEORGE MURRAY ; "MY, t have - pledge myself exactly to answer that. 1 , in this manner. I have already stated naat he , o nu - a t ciples are, and I have endeavoured to m ake ei L d iffere r. : Tf e I have a great many different questions ferethe 0000 ( ) Ities tiol ej W e ir which I will endeavour to answer one rifle, , oa a pt oe gentlemen, I have already stated, that leave to go on, I will readily answer data; adv er d be put. The gentleman on my right frieu..,,aado n go. - • question of education. I have always bee n question of education. I have al° that t he I o itY , rba re cation. I have always been of opinion, tu co on t hat poi ledge that is distributed throughout th d e es i t e is, t ati , g eo t, better it will be for the country. All I rt fr °l l l :l l) ert'' should not be a system of intellectual alicl oo d arl l 3 3 ,7o': g at, education. I think that would not be . a g t hat t ,,,a0 0 1. 0 1 or one founded at all in truth and just e i e .. e 'bers o s f the e s te ment should have a certain number niX aan ahe' ers , gj a ati. 4 and no doubt would, instruct the risine,,le te ach f Ole 'poll,' munity in their own principles. Tl , l ie - t aind' ° to t he ,ghi cr aware, might be desirous of training tine minas c cr'" tical principles and o in the country in a particular bias, awl r ' aro oent ,"), a 0 a ( '; they might be placed. Ido not care wn t hat n;the viers merit be Whig, Tory, or Radical —I °f. t Y d i v erti°a, ois t jaae r t pinions a that gov i % ther sti P o d vernment can here be a power given ° `_.a o rt of in this country t into any particular bias ear lie toi d . ' s o av that it is not the object of educatiorne . 10, 0 ,0 1 ' tion is i the general improvement of • for a ‘Lot e l . : not to haste any thing to do with Pe thL :y rTgli.!' lee re, topic which occupied the gentleman ou a at tacii_ je a derable length of time—and that was a n 0„ I attack no party. You ought to ter actions and not by any irnputation,sw..: a ,, a . a o, other persons. Ministers have a . , ‘ l l. i i ieto e i e a ac- e a ftlf, th-g throw duty to perform, and you must ffi i v i e ., i t is Dor pO re up to labours. If they say what you til a at to d i°3ll • t° ire in a• with the constitution, you have a ria raoet,traiab . cr y conduct—a right, in a constitutioU'noas or t: nio e th e ' them. lam not here to ask the ent e m bea rd tii; ei . a the professions of any man. hav aofess ion. aho en_ to tions made with regard to my oven P r ac w an ;sas s in a,t hardly merit an answer. I thick t" ~a 0 0 t hat service of his country as tha" y o' ashamed of that profession. I to w ie iiai ro , forming the duties which have a t,;_ i- e ` i . to tr y fr°l o y P lo d a s oldier lot in t profession, my object has been r° co on w a • csu j ero - aro destroy," and, in preserving ni) vrb i a a I er vation,—that is the only way in v as a P r°l taat to fession, which the gentleman said b l ut a trus t o no other object than to destroy its 'o b j ect - fession which has protection for I ~~P