The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-11 00:00:00

JUNE n, 1833. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Communication of Lex' Talionis came too late for insertion in our present numbei. We, cannot black en the face of our paper with the sign of a ailing : pan, which an advertiser has sent us from Warring ton. The money will be returned to his order. 4 Burgess of Liverpool will be takeii into consideration on or before Friday. Parr will find that we have taken the subject up. P. L.'s " rational deductions" on the subject of " mustard pots" should be sent to a contemporary. Such philosophy is quite in his way. - It would break the teeth of half a dozen compositors to spell the letter of Liver; it must, therefcire, on principles of hu manity, be consigned to the flames. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The new Farce of the KENTUCKIAN having been re ceived with shouts of laughter and applause, will be repeated this evening and to-morrow. 111 r. HACKETT, the American Actor, who has been received Royalch distinguished artion this ieason at the Theatres i Drury-lane, Covent-garden, and the arke . t, and lastly at Du6lin, is engaged for Five night nly, previous to his return to the United - States. r jrns present TUESDAY, the 11th instant, will be per formed, for the first time here, a new Drama called RIP VAN WINKLE ; Or, a Lyencl_gf the Kaatskill Mountains. Rip 4an Winkle.. ...Mr. Racket. After which (second time he a Comic Drama, called THE KEN CKIAN ; Or, a Trip to New lurk. Co lonel Nimrod Wildfire.. (the Kentuckian)..Mr. Hackett. Drama, conc l ude with, for the third time here, a uew domestic now performing at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, ve distinguished success, called ELLEN . WAREHAM. Captain Wareham - Mr. Andrews. Lieury Wareham Mr. Hamilton. Ellen Wareham (first time). :Miii Huddart. places in the Boxes may be taken of Mr. Parker, at the Box Teri till Three. Lower Boxes 4s ; Upper Boxes 35. 6d.; Pit 29. W.; Gallery Is. boors t o be opened at Half-past Six, the Performance to ' u nunence at Seven precisely. To-mormow a comedy in three acts, called " Who wants a ',4llinea ?"—Solornon Swap, Mr. Hackett, After which, the l_ayou r it e i nterlude of " Mr. and Mrs. Pringle." To conclude v,elth the new f arce o f " Th e K en t uc k ian ; . or, a Trip to Y ork" —Colonel Wildfire, Mr. Hackett. Zbe iLicipoot Atanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1833. We are favoured by a correspondent with the follow-. Il e particulars, of a late date, relative to the state of nl°irs in Op or t o : =O n th e 28th u lt. th e fleet of SARTO ..uB was off th e b ar , but had not made any attempt to en ter the r i ver . I n th e d evo t e d c ity it se lf every thing 43 in a state of confusion, and the greatest disaffection pre vailed. Th e E ng li s h an d F renc h troops have suffered e°lls iderably from disease and the casualties of war, and ta e greater portion 'of them were invalided. Upwards of of these wretched dupes sailed for England on the of May, some of whom were not expected to survive the voyage. Oporto is completely blockaded by sea and t 4, and unless instant succour is received from England, i is consid ere d i m p o ssible for Pedro to hold out much °ll ger• The only supplies he receives are from this 4 antry. vi S 0 we thought ! The only country on which the it venturer depends for his rations, and for his fighting : ° P B , is that which Lord Grey says maintains a strict eittrality The West India revolution bill has made but a slight k r ° Cress s i nce our l as t. Th e second resolution was car ti L ed ° ll Friday, after some sharp shooting but no regular , i., u T t--- that will take place on a future day in a different 'T of battle. n_ b rih. -- night Mr. BENETT is to make a second attempt to I v - % on his motion relative to the Liverpool election.— wait the issue with some curiosity. If he should 04 `' e more be out-manoeuvred by his ministerial friends, tt / 4.7 4 PPoluted in his hopes, or defeated in his honest and ettrterested intentions, what will Mrs. Grundy or the 43 r of the Mercury say? 4 4 ; 4 Were not too serious a subject, we should certainly , et i nclined to turn the KING'S, or rather the ministers b ut t o the Lords' address into rhyme, have it set to u 7 e ?evolutionary tune, and order it to - be sung at the 4 -1 t festival of the unwashed tinkers of Birmingham, for toore laconic and terse reply, simply eloquent, and sar t4tieally p o i nte d , i t h as not b een our fate to discover in t 6 writings of any of our modern poets—Dr. Bowring hot excepted. leati ll utit is to o s e r iou s a su bj ec t, and we f e ar is likely to t ° Consequences which it is possible the KING does t:t fore see, and the honest advisers of the crown do not 11 j 3 ,.. te mPlate. What are the facts?' The House of Lords, a : L nlajority of its members, address the throne, pray- I 3 MAJESTY to enforce a strict neutrality with re -7t to the contest now raging in Portugal. There s h i 4l4 have been no excuse for this address if their lord ad been satisfied that such a neutrality had not h. v .iolated. They would not have prayed the KING'S I N ' In terference if there had been any doubt on the sub- If - alav man after due deliberation could have come sif, L e Conclusion that justice had been done in the case, 11 0 . Loat the servants of the crown had done their duty. Teri it was because the House saw the necessity of inter rt._ 1 11 44 . 'dAv pretence and partiality on one side, and gross ti cks ze e on the other—saw a respect for the law of na teppotnade a cover for insidious stratagems, and indirect tta lt htt,llnd secret connivance—it was because the House tre4tlea e . honour of the crown tampered with, the rights of k id violated, the subjects of the KING slaughtered, hired sa nguinary war carried on by foreign means and Pe elle Ettiv enturers,; against a brave, oppressed, but united thei r The The upper House of Parliament could not shut th el , e yes to these revolting and disgraceful acts, and Ae el ,,sequently, in the discharge of their duty as th-q (of the realm, as the defenders of the monarchy, and Pole:morn guardians of the honour of the crown, inter bloodshi!,their le g i s lative character to' stop the career of B y t ut land rapacity. Byti le w ` 44 Was the answer of 'WILLIAM THE FOURTH ? th th e W ay. We must premise that, although it appears ilati le of the KING, it is no more his MAJESTY'S 8, "et th an it is ours • for however humbly we may tea ~° , .1 . ,t0me -of thein; there is not a member of the team •Drunswick, including the Duke of SussEx, who dreg pen a reply to the nobles of England one bun hitt Lord SO petulent, so vulgar, or so insulting. None e ther w il l . G anY, or perhaps Lord DURHAM, or some a n d l g" who has sucked vinegar with his mother's fifee li L ve d upon sour -crout all the remainder of his 4is i I k/ r id have been th e author of the KING'S answer. .. z ha 4 - 7. Farr is instructed—we fear compelled to say tO „ ve already taken all such measures as appeared to me 'ettL ec essar for maintaining the neutrality which I had ittl. l aecl to observe in the contest now carrying on in Porta. , What (Signed) "W. Ma." li klo s - '," we to think o f suc h a re ply a ft er th e f ac t s e h eu In the admir a bl e and unanswerable speech of ok °f WELLINGTON ? The noble Duke proved 4t e clearly tlar lo Y as any fact cou ld b e proved, that the laws 1 4 .. es and th e the protestations of Ministers, recorded b antly nING 's Speeches, bad been openly and fla b. violated, 'tett wa s He proved that what Ministers now 't th e a nd 15 false. He brought the official orders o f 6°V lterleßt to contradict their own assumptions, Pi k j e al l°wed that in councilcertain tr te a l shi an order 133 S eized by the customs had emanated t he Lorcl a % is of Wr.u.ixorost, high as of the Treasury. It was not merely the , a his character and au 'kitty re, who returned this verdict against his MA- N Ministers. The H ouse o f L or d s , the s e cond in the realm, f ound Lord GR was convinced by the evidence, e %O l i n EY a nd his colleagues guilty of g very like icy, or at least of being par t . icep . s 144 te an act of Pi • ()I"t ei g ution n count piracy, of encouraging rebellion in ntrY, of winking at fraud in the cause of re tid a n lla of b eing parti es to the enticement of British er c ircumstances involving life and death, in ~karrel 4N. ni which their Royal Master professed to stand hi 11 1 4 8 averment being proved, and the answer thereto t t , tl :o l 4 :. r . e s t ched .quibble, or a more wretched falsehood, face it appears to be, what are we to think a 4 Q1, 1 'Alio. to suit their own vile 4u guas, purposes, could put' i _ r 's i t , e be in the mouth of their Sovereign ? Who 1 4y, it d"e!raradde most—him or them ? Them, we should J'ttr , 4 , ation could go so low --if in the lowest th er egre wer e a lower to which we could have access, b rand them as they merit, But no; nothing now can be added to their ignominy; arid therefore, how ever reluctantly, we are compelled to admit, that all help less as he is, our most gracious Sovereign is dragged through the mire with his unprincipled ministers. The House of Commons too—the pledged parliament —the pawnbroking parliament—the consistent parlia ment, which repeals taxes one day and re-imposes them the next—this virtuous and immaculate body has come to the rescue of his MAJESTY'S ministers. They assure us that being equallycompetent in their own conceits to pass an opinion, they are perfectly satisfied with the conduct of his MAJESTY'S ministers with reference to the affairs of Portugal. We admit that they have an undoubted right to offer any opinion they think proper, even although they should not be asked to offer one ; but what has their satis faction to do with the question at issue ? The real ques tion was—"are ministers neutrals or belligerents ?" have they faithfully fulfilled the obligations they had re peatedly imposed upon themselves in the speeches delivered from the throne ? We contend that they did not e'en condescend to• argue this point—they did not grapple with any of the facts—they would not listen to the evidence—they flung the treasury documents over board, and having made a clear deck of their own plunder, and having concealed the spoil, and stowed away the dead and living witnesses, they, like other heroes, stand upon their unsullied reputation, and cry " content" to the deeds of blood and shame ! But it matters not three rotten straws what is the opi nion of the House of Common's. As Falstaff says of a certain person, " we know not where to have them." They are fish to-day and flesh to-morrow. They are black on Monday, and white on Tuesday—steaming pa triots on the Wednesday, and on the Friday morning. Lord ALTRORP has only to raise his little fin ger, and these consistent reformers are ready to eat their words with an avidity which, as regards appetite, would put Mr. ATKINS' beaii in the Zoological Gardens to the blush. But it is of more importance to consider how these jarring opinions of the reformers bear upon the upper house. The two houses, in point of fact, are in a state of collision. Lord GREY defeated in the front, calls up Lord ALTHORP in the rear, and the Commons undo what the second estate has presumed to do without their con sent. This, it is obvious, cannot last long, and it is full time that the attention of the KING and the Royal Fa mily should be called to the perilous situation in which they are placed. The ministerial journals boast that had Col. DAVIES or Lord EBRINGTON moved for an address praying the KING to recognise the sovereign rights of DoN PEDRO, the motion would have been carried by a large majority. Who doubts it? If either of these illustrious statesmen had moved that the moon is com posed of buttered parsnips, and that DEAN SWIFT, in his History of Lilliput, wrote a libel upon Lord J. Rus- SELL, the motion would have been voted by acclamation. But these eccentricities of the House are nevertheless calculated to lead the country into a serious scrape. They may plunge us into a war tomorrow in favour of the most worthless vagabond in Europe, and they may drag LOUIS PHILIPPE into it along with us. But are the people of this country so mad as to tax themselves for the sake of DON PEDRO at the hazard of lighting a general war in Europe ? Nothing would give NICHOLAS of Russia more delight than a war in Spain and Portugal, in which Eng. land and France should both be concerned. Constanti nople would then be an easy prey, Italy would be incor porated with Austria, Saxony would fall .to the share of Prussia, and the outposts of Russia, after traversing Po land and Middle Germany, would sleep securely at the foot of the Tyrol. In the struggle Canada would declare its independence, our colonial possessions would form part of the united republic, Ireland would be severed from the British Crown, HENRY V. would be restored to the throne of France, Belgium rejoined to Holland, and LEOPOLD sent to sojourn in the cabbage gardens of Clare mont. - This would be rare sport for the philosophers ! The House of Commons had • better therefore take care what they are about. WE are concerned to state that we have observed, du ring the last few weeks, the walls of this town posted with attractive placards, addressed to the operatives, and purporting to emanate from secret, and therefore illegal committees of the several trades. That we have not noticed these placards sooner we beg the operatives to ascribe to the proper motives. They know how zealously we have fought their battle when they were about to be overwhelmed by an insolent and intolerant faction, and deprived of those rights of which every man, no matter how humble his station in society, must naturally be proud. When this faction assailed our unprotected towns men, the bUrgesses of Liverpool, in order to rob and de grade them—in order to trample upon and oppress them— in order to brand them as a community of worthless drunkards, whom it was the duty of every upstart shop man, first to cheat, and secondly to kick and spurn— when our operatives were thus attacked and the torch was lighted to burn their charter, and destroy their suffrages, did we not stand forward in theiz defence, fearlessly, gratuitously, successfully ? We leave the freemen to make the proper response to the question. If, then, we did them good service in the hour of need, and at the moment of peril, when they were friendless, as we shall ever be ready to do, it is not, we hope, too much to ask from them in return to bear with us while we address a few words to them on the subject of these placards. We are not here prepared to admit or deny that the operatives have grievances which demand redress. They may or they may not be amply remunerated for their la bour. They may or they may not be aggrieved; but all this is beside the question. All that we know of their case is that which behoves us,as public instructors and as friends, to take cognizance of, for the purpose of exposing falla cies which, if persisted in, must eventually operate as a tax upon their industry, engender rancorous feelings, break asunder the bonds of society, and lead to the ruin and destitution of hundreds of helpless and innocent fa milies. • They must be aware that all secret associations are clearly of an illegal character, and that all oaths imposed in such associations are also illegal. But of far greater consequence is it to know, that in no instance have the restraints imposed by these oaths been successful, or the objects they seek been attained. In France and Germany these secret conclaves have invariably done more harm than good, inasmuch as they have given the government a pretext for attacking them, and an excuse for employing spies—hardened villains who are ready to swear any thing—and moreover have given them the means of se lecting their victims and punishing the least guilty. As it has been in France and Germany so will it be in Eng land. All conspiracies of this nature uniformly fail, and bring ruin and disgrace on the heads of those who are en trapped by specious agents, or pretended friends, and identified with proceedings which these excellent and elo quent friends are the.first to disavow. We have no wish at presnt to enter further into the details With which we have been made acquainted, because we cherish a hope that a hint will be enough to open the eyes of some who are hardly More than initiated into the mysteries of these unlawful clubs. And we throw out the hint " more in sorrow than in anger;" for every respec table operative must know that the leaders in these clubs, as well as the foupders of. them, are generally, of the worst class of workmen, persons of tainted reputation, of mis chievous politics, the partizans of TpRNLEY and his clique, and who clamour most loudly in the proportion that they are more indolent and more depraved than their fellow operatives. In fact it cannot be otherwise where threats are resorted to in a manner so heartless and ma lignant as must make every honest Englishman ashamed of their principles and their society. When a workman is induced to join these secret associations from fear, this is evidence enough that mischief only is the object, crime the means, and transportation or the gallows the end.— Nothing can be for good that cannot be done in open day. To the honest burgesses of Liverpool we particularly address ourselves, because we have some claim on their consideration, and we conjure them to listen to the warn ing of a friend; and abstain from being parties to secret machinations and other unlawful designs, which must sooner or later come to light, and expose the guilty to shame, destitution, and remorse, E Li VERPOOL STA NDA RD. If they have any respect for themselves, any regard for their families, any reverence for their protectors, any detestation of the men who planned the conspiracy for their disfranchisement and degradation, they will be at some pains to carefully scan the characters of the persons who have formed and who preside over these unlawful as sociations. They may not know,butwe happen to know, that the authors of these combinations are the secret agents of their political enemies. They have been commissioned to do this nefarious work by the verypatriots who wish to ride rough shod over the liberties of the town of Liverpool. Their leaders are the hired foes of the freemen. They are employed to ensnare them, and make their credulity the excuse for traducing them in the first instance, and robbing them afterwards. We therefore, in honest sin cerity, say to the freemen—BEWAßE VtruEN the ministerial plan for remodelling or reform ing the currency was brought forward the other day by Lord ALTIIORP, we took leave to point out those parts of the scheme which either involved a new principle, or were a positive departure from the provisions of PEEL'S bill of 1819. Although well satisfied as to the soundness of cur own opinions, we were nevertheless rather surprised to find that little attention was paid to the subject by any of our contemporaries. Is this to be accounted for on the score of apathy, or is the study itself so intensely dry and abstruse, that our fair-weather politicians avoid it as a lame man would a steep ascent or a rough road ? Be this as it may, we are glad to observe that one of the most intelligent of the Bank directors, Mr. YOUNG, at the meeting of last week, took exceptions to the scheme on the same round as we had previously done in the STANDARD. The honourable member observes:— _ _ " As to making Bank of England notes a legal tender by every one but by the Bank and its branches, that was a question that involved the security of the whole country. (Cries of hear, hear.) All the property of the country was to be in Bank of England notes, thereby presuming, of course, that the Corn pany was to be immaculate; and he highly objected to the proposition. Besides that, they must be the collectors of all the gold in the kingdom, and the consequence would be, they would have all the metallic currency of the country in their own coffers. That was investing the Bank with a power that would be most injurious to the public. If country bankers were not to be compelled to provide a metallic currency, how were the mane .fitcturers pf the country to be enabled to pay the wages ? (Hear, hear.) They would he put to a serious inconvenience for the want of a small metallic currency, and consequently the Bank would be driven to an issue of small notes—a means, certainly, of increasing its responsibility, and of course its difficulties. (Hear, hear.)" We argued the case in the same way, but of course without having the practical knowledge of Mr. YOUNG. In the first place, it is proposed by Lord ALTHORP to make the notes of the Bank convertible into gold, not only at head-quarters in London, but at all the agencies of the Bank throughout the country. In other words, the Branch Bank at Exeter, or Bristol, for instance, may be required to give gold for every Bank-note which may be presented for that purpose at that particular place. 'We contended, and we still contend, that this would be a most dangerous experiment, and one to which we cannot con ceive it possible that the directors will agree. Let us suppose a case under the new law. Mr. ROTHSCHILD, or any other large capitalist, takes a pique against the Bank —is insulted—is offended--is perhaps injured—and in the spur of the moment resolves to punish or expose the Bank. He collects its paper to the amount of a million sterling, hurries down to Devonshire, and demands gold for this paper at the Branch in Exeter. Is it likely that that Branch would have so much specie at any given time ? Certainly not, for one rule must apply to all, and if the Exeter Branch should require a million of gold, the Liverpool and Manchester Branches would require three millions each, the Birmingham two millions, and all the other Branches a proportionate sum, which, indepen dent of that required by the Old Lady herself, would be a larger sum in gold than it would be possible to collect, or at least keep in England for many weeks. This being the case, we were confident that the go vernment would be compelled to abandon this part of their plan, and we are still of the same opinion What then becomes of the proposition to make Bank of Eng land notes a legal tender ? How are they to be con verted into gold ? One pound notes, it would appear, are condemned without even the hope of a respite. We are to have a flood of five pounds, but nothing in the shape of change except gold and silver, the first being expelled by the paper, and the latter not being a legal tender. Of what then is our small circulating medium to consist ? Some authorities contend, and amongst the rest Mr. LLOYD and Mr. GROTE, that country bankers will always be induced to keep a quantity of gold for the benefit of their customers. True,for their customers, but it is only one person in a hundred who has any dealings with bankers. The banker is not compelled to pay in gold, and consequently he will not give gold to a stranger unless lie be paid a commission. Thus we Should have Bank of England notes selling at Exeter and Swansea, as Dublin notes are sold in London,—at a discount—a ten pound note, perhaps, not being worth more than £9 10s. in gold. The whole subject is beset with difficulties, and we wish Lord ALTRORP joy of them. We take leave to recommend to the especial notice of the magistrates of Cheshire an attentive perusal of a let. ter, which will be found in another part of our paper, under the signature of "A." The scenes described are such as ought not, cannot, and must not be any longer tolerated: they are a nuisance, a violation of the divine law, the laws of decency, and the law of the land. In a former number we adverted to the abominable treatment which the poor brutes on the Cheshire side of the Mersey were subjected, to gratify,mere children, whose puerile pleasures we are far from having the slightest wish to interfere with; but, when it assumes the complexion it now does, that of systematized cruelty, we can no longer refrain from calling upon the authorities to put it down. We apprehend that Mr. Martin's act for the protection of animals is the law of the land, and therefore applicable to every part of England. Why are its salutary provisions suffered to become a dead letter in Cheshire ? ‘Ve hope that no respectable persons, after this exposition of the revolting practices here alluded to, will be found among the patrons of the steamers and hotels who have hitherto derived their chief profits froth this most unholy desecra tion of the sabbath. We again repeat, that we have no wish to interfere with the innocent pastimes of the work ing classes, but we must say, it would be better that these hotels and steamers should be deserted altogether, than that such acts of abominable cruelty and indecency should be tolerated. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, Half:past Seven o'clock. The sailing of the-Jamaica packet is further postponed, and letters will be in time on Monday. We believe it is arranged that a further postponement until Wednesday shall take place. Consols for the Account have been done yesterday at 91 4 , and the market generally has been buoyant to an extreme. It is said, however, M. Dedel, the Dutch minister, has been recalled, and this has caused some depression to -day. The closing price of Consols for Account being 90i. Bank Stock is now shut, but the quotation for the Account is 204; and India, which is also shut, is 2401 2411: Brazilian Bonds are quoted 671 Dutch 49i Danish 7 - 41 Russian 104, and Spanish 194 Portuguese Scrip is 2i to discount. According to late accounts from Tampico it was thought that General Santa Ana would decline the presidential chair. It was also current that the Gichupines, or Spaniards settled in the country, were conspiring against the government; fur, although they had been all expelled by the law passed by the congress, nearly the whole had returned. The Couducta was expected at Tampico about the Ist of May. The advices from Washington contain the result of every claim presented to the Board of Commissioners under the last treaty between the United States and Denmark. The sum awarded is 2,154,425 dollars, and the amount payable on de duction 670,544 dollars, 78 cents. The accounts from Valparaiso contain the full particulars of the dreadful affair of Capt. Paddock, of the American whaler Catherine. It appears that previous to the arrival of the Ca therine at Valparaiso the unfortunate man had found himself unwell, and had, on her arrival, sent fora doctor, and told him he had been poisoned by the consul. The doctor saw he was inclined to delirium, and requested the mate to watch him, that he might not jump overboard. The next morning the mate sent ashore to the American consul's counting-house, and in formed Mr. Came the head-clerk, of the circum s t ances, w h o went on board, and invited the captain to remove on shore to his house, until he became better; and, taking such things as were wanted, they walked to the counting-house t oge th er .' Mr. Carne stopped to speak to some one in the street, when Capt. Paddock went into the counting-house, and in an instant drew a knife, and planted it in the heart of the Spanish clerk, who sprang to the door and fell dead without speaking. He then attacked a lad named Pedrie, who was at another desk, but he escaped by getting out of a back-door and shutting it. Capt. Paddock then rushed to the street door, where he met Mr. Carne, whom he stabbed near the heart, dead. He then ran for the place where his boat lay, and, on his way, fell in with a Mr. Wheelwright, who was conversing with another person, and gave him a stab in the breast-bone, and three other severe cuts. A Mr. Budje then met his observation, and he fell upon him; but lie fortunately got out of the way by stepping into the house and shutting the door, which Capt. Paddock stuck his knife into. The noise was heard at a watchmaker's opposite, and Dr. Juaquin Le Rane, one of the most respectabl. citizens of Chili, went to the door to ascertain the cause. As soon as he came in sight, Capt. Paddock deliberately put his arm round his waist, and plunged his knife into the heart of the old man, who fell dead without a struggle. The man of the store, igno rant of what had passed, went towards the door, where he was met by the maniac, but, by turning and making a spring into the back store, he escaped with three severe cuts. By this time the labourers had gathered, and commenced pelting him with stones, one of which brought him to the ground, and, in the act of securing him, one of the labourers was wounded so that he died the next. day, and four more badly cut. In the captain's pocket were found two spare knives, which, with the fatal one used, were fixed with springs to prevent their shutting, and the points were ground sharp on both sides. Dr. Le Bane has left a family of twelve children. Capt. Paddock was tried, and, after several respites, shot, exhibiting, as he proceeded to exe cution, unequivocal proofs of insanity. We have late accounts from Canada, which contain a notice from the receiver-general, intimating his inability to raise the money for the payment of the sufferers during the late war with the United States, and announcing that he, had received autho rity of the lieutenant-governor in council to issue debentures under the provision of Ithe act passed for this purpose, to such claimants as may be willing to receive the same, whose claim of 381 per cent. upon the award exceeds the sum of £5O currency, and also to agents duly appointed by power of attorney to re ceive the respective payments. The debentures to bear interest at five per cent., payable half-yearly. An unprecedented event had occurred, Lake Erie being dammed up by the ice, and the waters of the lake had risen in consequence several feet. The low grounds about Buffalo had been inundated, and much da mage done to property. We have advices from Barbadoes to the 28th April. His excellency, Major-General Sir Lionel Smith, had arrived at Barbadoes on the 27th, in the Mercy, from London, to assume the functions of governor-general of the islands of St. Vincent, Grenada, and Tobago. His excellency landed under the usual salute. The advices from Prince Edward's Island state that the re venue fur the past year was £9,016 Os. Bd., without including any part of the land assessment. We learn, by the advices from Halifax, that the bill granting a drawback on tobacco had passed the House of Assembly, and that a resolution to grant, for three years, an annual stun of £4OOO currency, in aid of the fisheries of the province, had been carried by the casting vote of the chairman. By letters from 'Matanzas to the 3d ult. we find that the cho lera had very much subsided, the cases not exceeding two to three per diem. Business was very flat. Letters from Hamburgh, of the 3d instant, state that the ice had broken up. at Archangel, on the 2t.ith ult., but that the na vigation was not yet opened. LOCAL NEWS. The Duke of Brunswick and suite arrived at the King's e , Arms Hotel on Saturday last, f ro m whence they proceeded, the following day, to Holyhead and Dublin. We beg leave to call the attention of our readers to the Anni versary of the Charity Schools connected with the Established Church, which it will be seen takes place on Tuesday next, the 18th instant, when a sermon will be preached by the Rev. Henry Raikes, M. A., Chancellor of the Diocese. We earn estly urge the attendance of the friends of education on this interesting occasion, as from the pleasing appearance of so many children enjoying a sound and religious education in these schools, as well as from the acknowledged abilities of the preacher; the result, we doubt not, will prove most highly gratifying. THE DRAMA.—Last night Mr. Hackett made his first bow to a Liverpool audience, and we are much gratified in being able to add to a full house, in the character of Solomon Swap, in the playof " Who wants a Guinea ?" The original play, our readers will remember, is one of Colman's sentimental comedies, which had a run for some time, and owed its success to Munden's " Jo nghan .oldskirt," the remnant seller, " in Holvwell-street, back of St. Clement's ? " an d F awce tt' s "Solomon Gundy," who had studied French in the prison of Dunkirk. The play has been cut down from five to three acts, and Solomon has changed his name from that of Gundy to Swap, for the purpose of exhi biting Mr. Hackett as a riglar Yankee valet de chambre to Mr. Torrent. The wit of the part consists in giving utterance to the most extraordinary combination of sounds and words that we ever heard, and we guess that Mr. Hackett has culled the choicest flowers of Yankee rhetoric from every province of the States, to enrich his vocabulary. His entrde on the stage was hailed with a loud and general plaudit, which his action richly deserved. To criticise his delivery by any known rule, to com pare him with any standard,ignorant as we are of the originals he copies, is difficult, if not impossible ; for to us he appears to be like himself alone. On the stage he possesses the most perfect self-possession, never for a single moment forgets his character, and his bye play is admirable. From his entrance to his exit he keeps the audience in a roar, by the naivete of his expressions and the genuine manner of his delivery. Of all the things that pleased us, we were most pleased at the hearty laugh which pro ceeded from his country - men, many of whom, we calculate, were present. At this late hour we find it impossible to quote from his Swap, or Colonel Wildfire, but we intend to see his perform ances before we appear again before our readers, and we advise such of them as can enjoy a hearty laugh at the ec centricities of Cousin Jonathan, to do the same. List of cabin passengers per Montreal, from New York, arrived in London, 7th June, in 21 days, from New YOrk to Portsmouth :—Mr. W. S. Stell aud lady, Miss Nilms, Mr. H. Edwards, lady, child, and servant, Mr. 11. Lee and lady, Miss Riker, Mr. W. M. Foresyth, lady, and servant, Mr. Richard Evans aud lady, Mr. Allinson, Bliss Hettie Allinson, Miss Martha Allinson, Mr. George Allinson, Mrs. Tunuey and ser vant, Miss Lucy Tunney, Miss Caroline Tunney, Miss Harriet Tunuey, Miss Eliza Tunney, Mr. John Griswold and servants, Mrs. Hitchmer and child, Mrs. Goodson, Miss Ann Wilson, Mrs. Hazlehurst, Miss Janetta Hazlehurst, Bliss Mary Bum stead, Mr. Charles W. Samo, Dr. John J. Howe, Mr. Wm. Brewster, Mr. Henry M'Farlane, Mr. Obadiah Luddy, Mr. Robert Hunter, and Mr. Robert Wilson. The brig Syren, of Poole, was abandoned in lat. 41, north, and long. 30, west, on the 10th ultimo. We have seen an affi davit of the mate and three of the crew, which we subjoin a copy of :—" We the undersigned, James Welch, mate, Timothy Grif fin, Abel Shelton, John Smith, and Charles Vincent, all Bri tish seamen on board the brig S y ren, of Poole, bound from Cadiz to Carbonear, Newfoundland, do hereby make oath, that the said brig having sprung a leak we were compelled to abandon her, in lat. 4144 N., long. 30 W., and to go on board the French brig Bories, on the 10th May, 1833, and after being on board three days were transhipped to the French brig Le Jeune An tonio, and remained on board her till 22d May, when we were again transhipped to the English brig Frederick Young, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edward Carr, Master, (in lat. 16 N., long. 43,) bound from New Orleans to Liverpool, at which place we were landed on the 7th June; audwe further make oath that the Frederick Young had her full complement of men bef ore our going on board." TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I observe in many places that the clergy and members of the Church of England are petitioning Parliament against that, most iniquitous measure, the reform bill for the church in Ireland. Is it not rather strange, think you, that the clergy as well as laity of this town have not performed a similar duty. It is, indeed, a most important subject ; and if you, sir, in your usual powerful way, would call attention to it, I am sure the appeal would not be in vain.—Yours, &c., ZELOTES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Will you have the goodness to inform me whether the provisions of the Bill for the prevention of cruelty to animals extend to the whole country, or are confined to the bills of mortality? Without any positive knowledge on the subject, I should suspect it is limited in its operation, or the magistrates of Cheshire would never allow the disgrace ful scenes to continue which are exhibited every Sunday on the opposite shore. I was yesterday an eye-witness, and indeed vainly endeavoured to put an end to some of, the most dis graceful acts of cruelty I ever beheld. If it turn out that the authorities on the other side have the power, and will not exert it, to put down such outrages on public feeling, then I say they ought either to lose no time in removing the nuisance, or give place to men who will do their duty. I observe it is a very com mon practice to rub sand over the wounds inflicted on the ani mals—this, to be sure, is a great aggravation of the cruelty, but as it is intended to conceal the bruises, it is done as a matter of course. —Yours, &c. Liverpool, June 10th. A. MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. The following letters have been addressed by Lord Sandon and Mr. Ewart to R. V. Yates, Esq., President of the .Mechanics' Institute of this town Sandon, May 26, 1833. Dear Sir,—Being in the country for two or three days during the Easter holydays, I have only just received yours of the 18th instant, in which you convey to me the thanks of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institute, for my attention in forwarding to them various parliamentary papers. May I ask you to acknowledge, in my name, the obliging attention of that body, and to assure them that I will take care to furnish them with such other public documents, in future, as shall appear likely to be of interest to them.—l am, dear Sir, your faithful servant, SANDON. Richard V. Yates, Esq. London, 23d, May, 1833. My Dear Sir,—lt will afford me sincere pleasure to comply with the request contained in your letter of the 18th instant. I have always contemplated the formation of the Mechanics' flnstitution with genuine feelings of gratification,arising equally rom the general good which it diffuses, and from the local benefits which it confers on Liverpool. I trust that the day already has arrived when our great commercial and manu facturing communities feel that they have no duty more sacred, no more genuine interest, or any greater source of power than the moral and intellectual advancement of the people. Edu cation has been too long a monopoly in this country. I hope that we shall see the day when some great and real university may rise in our own district. Commerce and mechanical em ployments are naturally connected with science and with art. They should reside together and shed a mutual light. You will be rejoiced to hear that efforts will be made in Parliament to procure a charter for the London University. This is an object of great importance to the cause of education, in which it is indispensable that we should have a free trade: with less we ought not to be contented. lam extremely sorry that the constancy of my general occupation prevents me from bestow ing a greater share of attention than I do at present on your excellent institution. No one more cordially desires its suc cess, or feels more zealous to promote it.—l remain, my dear Sir, yours, faithfully, WILLIAM EWAR'F. Richard Yates, -Esq., President. LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, JUNE 7. BANKRUPTS. John Weston, jun., Albemarle-street, draper. William Ryan, Strand, carpet-dealer. William Neville, Earl's-court, Kensington, surgeon. Francis Hoad and John Wadey, Prospect-place, St. George's-fields, bricklayers. George Young and James Hancock, Hatton-garden, card-makers. Benjamin Mellor, Keighley, Yorkshire, innkeeper. John Hubbard, Oxford, grocer. Peter Bond, Worcester, wine-merchant. Thomas Bowering, Devizes, Wiltshire, baker. Peter Acton, Manchester, joiner. Richard Edwards Tippet, Marazion, Cornwall, broker. James Blinkhorn, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, commis sion-agent. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Gibson and Hadden, Liverpool, iron-manufacturers.--J. H. and 11. J. Coles, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, linen-drapers.—T. Hammond and J. Sharp, Hatton-garden, attornies.—F. and E. Joyce, Bartholomew-elose, and City-gardens, City-road, Enti-corro sive-gunpowder-manufacturers.—T. I'. and M. P. Lovegrove and M. Powell, Shoreditch, retail wine-merchants.—J. and J. Bush, Claver ing and Arxdon, Essex, timber-merchants.—Mitchelson and Co., Johnson-street, Somers-town, stationers.—T. Philips and .1. Palmer, Birmingham, wine-merchants.--J. J. Blandy and W. Andrews, Read ing, Berkshire, attorilles-at-law.—Beanland and Crabtree, Bradford, Yorkshire, joiners.—Beaufoy and Co., South Lambeth, vinegar makers.--S. and W. By waters, Carnaby-street, Golden-square, bricklayers. —Evans and Hicks, Plymouth, linen-drapers.—C. and J. Lowe, ottingham and Hamburgh.—Shipton and Poppleton.—Savage and Adams, Child's -hill, Hendon, tile-makers.—J. Caswell and Co. ' Kingston-upon-Hull, haberdashers.—G. Golden and T. Wagstaff , Cram ford-mews, York-street, Br yanston-square, veterinary-surgeons. —J. Wright and W. Whitney, H.untingdou, wholesale hatters.—E. Ackroyd and Sons, Bury, Lancashire, tailors.—J. and T. Ellis, Old Broad-street, engravers.—W. Evers and Sons, Bothwell, Yorkshire, corn-millers.—D. Gunston and T. Smith, Brick-lane, St. Luke's, and Liquorpond-street, Holborn, cheesemongers. DIVIDENDS. July 17, C. Hawksworth, Liverpool, licensed victualler.—June 28, J. Buckley, Liverpool, cheese-factor.--June 29, R. Edden, Newgate street, tailor.—June 28, C. Holthouse, New-road, St. George's-in-the- East, sugar-refiner.—June 28, G. Worth, Clerkenwell.green, licensed victualler.—June 28, R. Levens, Drury-lane, coach-master.--June 28, J. and J. H. West, Turner's-square, Hoxton, brewers.—July 3, J. Doheon, jun. Darlington, Durham, linen-manufacturer.—July 1, W. Moulton, Warwick, grocer.—October 30. S. Bennett, Horsley, Clio cestershire, ttock-int.rchant—June 28, W. Brough and S. Smith, Sculcoats, Yorkshire, paint-manufacturers.—July 9, T. Peake, Shrews'Jury, Shropshire, grocer.—June 28, J. Weddle, Sutton, York shire, paint-ma.nufacturer.—June 28; J. Swannell, Chatteris,' Cam bridgeshire, draper. On the DUTY of the NATION at the PRESENT CRISIS of the SLAVERY QUESTION. (FROM THE WESLEYAN METHODIST MAGAZINE FOR JUNE.) I fully admit the principle that man cannot have right. fill property in his fellow man ; and that, therefore, when the negro is removed from among the goods and chattels of the planter, the planter cannot demand compensation in the proper sense of the term. But while I maintain these views, I do not approve of the pecuniary part of the slavery question being regarded in the light of ma king compensation to the planters. I object to this view of the subject, because it excludes all recognition of our guilt as a nation in regard of slavery, and our conse• quent obligation to share in those losses which may re sult from its-extinction. Had the evil of slavery been introduced without the concurence of the nation ; had the planters originated and perpetuated the system in op position to the national voice, and in defiance of our legislative enactments; it might have been proper for us under such circumstances to take the high ground which the compensatory view of the subject assumes, and tell the planters, that, as the sin had been all their own, they also must bear all the loss attending the extinction of their iniquitous system. But how can we occupy this ground under the actual circumstances of the case ? We have nationally participated in the guilt of slavery. For several years, I grant, the planters have opposed themselves to the nation, which was returning to a bet ter mind on the subject. I admit that they are deserv ing of the heaviest censures fur that opposition; but are we, therefore, to forget our own previous deep na tional criminality ? Are we to turn away from the humbling fact, that slavery has been nurtured and pro tected by our legislative enactments, and has for ge nerations been sanctioned and participated in by the na tion at large ? If the planters are criminal, we are to remember we have helped to make them so; and the guilt of slavery attaches to us as a nation as well as to the planters. How then can we tell the planters, " You must bear all the loss ?" This language would be be coming only in those who have clean hands: it is not fit for criminals to use to their partners in guilt. Here is a number of unprincipled persons associated together in carrying on a system of fraud and plunder,.when they are detected, and stolen property is found in the posses sion of some of them. But would it avail the others who had participated in the theft to argue, that those only with whom the property was found ought to suffer the penalty due to the offence ? The law would speak a dif ferent language; and would decide that they, sharing in the guilt, must share in the punishment too. Now, however homely and humiliating is this illustration, it unhappily applies too well to our case as a nation. We have helped the planters to steal the negro from his na tive soil; and the negro, the stolen property, is found in the hands of the planter; and now that, in the or der of a retributive Providence, the offence is to be visited for, and the stolen property is to be given up, we must take our share in the consequences. This, I think, is the true v i ew t o b e t a k en o f t h e su bj ec t. We can not assume the lofty bearing of a pure and sinless nation, and, judge-like, denounce the planter, and leave him to his fate. We are to look at the case as it really is : we are to view ourselves as the fellow-criminals of the planters; and if we are brought to a sense of the evil of slavery a few years sooner than they, we ought to show the sincerity of our repentance by our willingness to bear our part in the pecuniary loss resulting from the ex linction of the iniquitous system which we have so long cherished and promoted. Our doing this is not with me a matter of taste, but of principle. An ingenious con • fession of our national sin, and a readiness to share in the burden which its removal may impose, would be most in accordance with the spirit and requirements of Chris tianity, and would be most pleasing in the sight of God. Confession of sin, repentance accompanied with its pro per fruits, is, I conceive, required by God from guilty nations as well as sinful individuals. With such senti ments, I do not think that those who admit that the in terests of the planters must be attended to, go far enough when they say, that the slaves must first be emancipated, and that then the legislature ought to afford the West India interest such assistance as it would extend to any other branch of the community. This view of the sub ject is objectionable to me on the same ground as the other, the compensatory view. Although it allows of the planters having pecuniary assistance, it also excludes all acknowledgment of our national sin. We see in it, also, the port and bearing of a pure, high-minded nation rescuing the captive from his thraldom, and then gene rously extending its mercy to the humbled and helpless oppressor. Now all this is chivalrous enough; but it is not the tone, the attitude, which the word of God would teach us to assume. We have been the co-partners of the oppressor of the negro. We have shared as a nation in his crime • we ought therefore to. confess, it.; and,. placing ourselves by his side, we ought to express our willingness to share in his loss, as we have done in his guilt. The practical results of assuming our true character as a nation, and adopting the language and determina tion becoming our circumstances, would be highly be neficial, conducing more than any thing else to the right settlement of the whole question, by removing the prin cipal difficulty which now stands in the way of its ac complishment. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH-THURSDAY, _ REX Y. LORD TEYNHAM AND DONLAN. Sir James Scarlett appeared to show cause against the rule for a new trial which had been granted in this case. He un derstood that the ground on which the defendants applied for that rule was that they were taken by surprise at the trial, by the prosecutor not acknowledging signatures to letters which, it was said, would have proved their innocence. Those letters were not of much importance, as they did not disprove or af fect the direct testimony which had been given against the de fendants, and which was supported by their own letters. They were not, therefore, likely to have induced the Jury to come to a conclusion in the defendants' favour, as they did not explain away what to him (Sir James Scarlett) were very suspicious circumstances—viz., the fact of a peer of the realm making fiequent applications to the Prime Minister for situations, and at the same time writing letters to the prosecutor expressing a certainty that he should meet with early success in his applica tion on his (the prosecutor's) behalf. The Lord Chief Justice observed that the rule had been granted on the ground of surprise, and suggested that it would be better for the Learned Counsel to confine his argu ments to the point whether or not the Court were not bound to submit the case, on the simple ground-of surprise, to the fur ther consideration of the Jury. _ _ _ _ _ Sir J. Scarlett remarked that he would abandon the argu ments which he had intended to adduce, and would confine himself to the question which the Court pointed out. It ap peared that neither of the defendants were prepared with a sin gle witness to prove the signatures attached to documents which were in their own possession, but that they trusted that the prosecutor would admit them to be his hand-writing; and that repose did they wish the Court to believe they placed on the prosecutor, notwithstanding they had urged that the prose cutor was perjured. Their lordships were well aware that the case was one of great importance, affecting the character of both the defendants, but more particularly_ the honour of one who moved in a hi g h st a tion. Was it then probable that they were taken by surprise, when they failed to prove signatures which they alleged to be the prosecutors ? or was it likely that they were surprised at the prosecutor not identifying letters which were to be used for the purpose of impeaching the testi mony which he had just given? The importance of proving the signatures ought to have induced the defendants to have been prepared with witnesses; but as they pretended that they relied on the prosecutor, a person whom they charged with per jury, it could not be said that they were taken by surprise at his refusinc , to acknowledge them to be in his handwriting. He (Sir J.'Scarlett) submitted that the, defendant.; could not have been taken by surprise, and he urged that the pretence they now set up was one of the slightest that he had ever heard brought forward in a Court of Justice, and was one, if admitted, which would be extremely dangerous in practice. Mr. Hutchins made a few observations on the same side. Mr. Pollock, on behalf of Lord Teynham, rose to support the rule for a new trial, but was stopped by The Lord Chief Justice, who observed that, without ad mitting- any particular rule for granting new trials in cases of surprise, the Court were of opinion that, under the circum stances, the letters in question and the case generally ought to go before another Jury, for further consideration. The rule must, therefore, be made absolute, on the payment of costs by the defendants. _ _ • Sir J. Scarlett expressed a hope that, as the prosecutor was a very poor man, the trial would be appointed for the sittings after the present Term. Mr. Pollock was surprised at such an application being mafle in such a manner, and trusted that the Court would not enter tain it. It was ultimately agreed that a rule should be applied for in the usual way. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JI.N 7. IMPORTANT DECISION RELATIVE TO LETTERS OP ADMINISTRATION. ' THE ARCHBISHOP Op CANTEBBURY V. ROBERTSON.—Lord Lyndhurst pronounced the judgment of the court in this action, which was brought upon an administration bond entered into by the defendant. as surety of a Mr. Skelton, to whom letters of administration of the goods and chattels of Mr. Schweitzer were granted. Skeltou collected the effects of Mr. Schweitzer to a large amount, but inst.( ad of dividing them among the next of kin of the deceased, appropriated them to his own use, and after wards became bankrupt, mid obtained his certificate. The pie sent action was brought at the instance of the next of kin, and was tiled at Guildhall at the sittings after last Michaelmas term. i Several objections were made at the trial to the plaintiff's right of recovery, partly arising from the form of the administration bond, and partly trots the fact of the administrator Skelton, who was the principal obligor, having obtained his certificate after the misappropriation of the intestate's efiects. It was contended that the plaintiff could not recover until there bad been a decree in the Ecclesiastical Court directing the administrator to account, but no such decree had been produced, for the Ecclesiastical Court decided that, under the - Bankrupt Act of 6 George 1%. the bankrupt (Skelton) was discharged by his certificate, and that they could not make such a decree against him. It was also contended that, at most, nominal damages only . could be recovered. A verdict was, however, found for the plaintiff, with nominal damages, and leave was given to move the court to in crease them. The motion was iraCe, and the rule was granted, but the court afterwards ordered a special case, which was argued in Easter Term, by Mr. Kelly fur the plaintiff, and the Solicitor General for the defendant. The court was now of opinion, that the defendant's objections should be overruled, and that the plaintiff should.be entitled to reaiver the amount of the effects collected, amounting to 10,8001. for which sum they rdered a verdict to be entered. CONSISTOR Y COURT.—THURSDAY. As soon as the judge had taken his seat this morning, Lady Henrietta A. Winnington appeared at the bar, and requested to be allowed to make an application to the court. Dr. Lushington—What is the nature of the application ? The Registrar—Lady Winnington desires that she may be allowed to read a paper she has in her hand. Lady Wilmington Was proceeding to read the paper, when Dr. Lushingtou said he , could not allow the paper to be read till he knew the nature of the application. Lady Winnington--I wish to apply to the court for a divorce from my husband. Dr. Lushingtou—Has there not been already a sentence of divorce _pronounced in this court b etween the parties ? The Registrar replied that, many years ago, a sentence had been pronounced. Lushington—l have not the power then to pronounce for a second divorce. Lady Winnington—A condonation has taken place under peculiar circumstances. I wish to obtain a divorce for adultery committed since the condonation, and a fresh suit is necessary: have obtained no alimony for fourteen years. Dr. Lushington—You state that since the divorce condona tion has taken place. Lady Winningtou—Yes, your honour, under very extraor dinary circumstances. Dr. Lushington—And you wish to obtain a citation ? Lady Winnington—Yes; since the divorce was pronounced my husband has become possessed of property, and I wish to have alimony. I 'wish the court to assign me a proctor and counsel to conduct my case. Dr. Lushington—l have not the power to do that unlesi you sue in forma pt2iuperis. Lady Witinington—l do not sue in forma pauperis. Dr. Lushington—lf Lady Winuington wishes for a citation, under the circumstances stated, let it go forth. Lady Winnington—l do, my lord. Dr. Lushington—Then let the citation be issued. The hus band can appear under protest, or in any other way he may think proper. Lady Winnington then retired. FASHION, FACTS, AND FICTIONS. Their Majesties, we are gratified to state, continue in the enjoyment of uninterrupted good health. On Monday evening, the king and Queen honoured the Eton Regatta with their pre sence. On Tuesday the whole of the court proceeded in state from the Castle by the new gates and the Long Walk into the Great Park, and thence by the usual route to Ascot Heath Races. On their Majesties arrival and departure,' they were greeted with enthusiastic cheers. On Thursday the King and Queen also honoured the Course with their presence. The royal corteye had, on both days, a brilliant appearance; and th - eir Majesties appeared to be highly gratified with the sports. Wednesday was the birth day of the Duke of Cumberland. His Royal Highness received visits of congratulation at Kew from the members of the Royal Family, In the evening, the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland entertained several of their royal relatives and a distinguished party at dinner. Their Ma jesties remain at Windsor Castle. The - Queen will hold her last drawing room for the season on Thursday, the 20th inst. The condition of our large towns must be a painful and op pressive subject of thought to every christian mind. But the very extent of the evil is a moral pledge fur its removal. It is an advantage in our present evils that, when once brought for ward, we cannot escape observing them ; we cannot pass through or hear of a single commercial or manufacturing town, or a single mining district without its being forced upon our minds that a large portion of that population, the sinews of our national strength, is left ungratefully in a state of heathenism— of heathenism, perhaps, with the single exception that they know that they ought not to be heathens.—Pusey's Remarks Cathedral Institutions. BUXTON. —The influx of company to this health-restoring and fashionable place of resort has, within the last fortnight, been unprecedented at so early a period of the season ; and, in addi tion to the very extensive improvements recently made for the accommodation of visitors, the promenade and ball-rooms will be opened to-morrow ; also the elegant theatre erected since the termination of last season. The races, which commence at that time, are expected to be of the first order if we may infer from the exceedingly numerous list of entries. SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—Some workmen employed in clean ing out an old pit, belonging to Mr. John Eccles, near Tock holes, discovered the other day an immense quantity of bones, which, on being removed, proved to be the remains of forty horses and twu oxen. How they came there is not known, but it is conjectured, that a battle must have been fought near the pot some centuries ago.—Bolton Chronicle. Simon Byrne, Lord King, and Savary (Duke of Rovigo), died last week. Simon, though he fought a couple of crosses, was the honesteit man of the three. However, as all three are dead, we shall not say any thing further. Let them test iii peace. Who is to be the new man in the ring? and the new joker of the Lords? As for spies and traitors, we have plenty. —Aye. DEATH OF THE CHIEF JUDGE OF CALCUTTA.—By the John Have, which arrived here on Thursday, we have received in telligence of the death of Sir Stephen Russell, Chief Judge of Calcutta. The event, we are informed, took place on the 23d of January, on board die Enterprise steamer, bound to Penang, whither this lamented gentleman was repairing for the benefit of his health. His death, however, was unexpected. Sir W. Russell, Chief Justice of Bengal, died on the 18th of December, on his way to Siucapore for his health. Viscount Guillamore, on Thursday, had a petition presented to the House of Lords, claiming a right to vote at the election of representative peers for Ireland It was referred to a com mittee of privileges. Of the 18 theatres which have lately been open in London, no less than 15 are admitted to be losing concerns. A MATTER OF COURSE.—" Bless my soul!" said Colonel S. to a sporting broadbrim who was cantering over Ascot Heath, on Thursday, mounted on a sleek nag, " it must be something extraordinary that brings you here, friend P." " Not so;" re plied Aminadab, " 1 came here, like thyself, as ,‘ a matter of course.'" The Earl of Eldon dined with the benchers of the Middle Temple on Thursday, being the grand day.—After the cloth had been removed, and the usual toasts of "the King" and " Queen" had been drank—the benchers, the gentlemen of the bar, and the students present, did the noble, venerable, and learned Earl the extraordinary honour of drinking his health in the Most enthusiastic manner, for which the noble Earl feelingly returned thanks. We believe that this is the first time the re gulation prohibiting any toasts (save the ones alluded to) has been infringed. The venerable Earl looked, we are happy to say, extremely well. When a Chinese wife is enceinte, the husband hires a musical band to entertain her, that the infant may he of a harmonious disposition. In Europe, ladies in that situation are sometimes said to give themselves airs enough without any such assistance. REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—A few days ago a man named Henry Mather was held to bail, at Marylebone office, for ob structing the police in taking a drunken man to the station house. On being asked what he was, he said he had formerly been a merchant, in partnership with his father, afterwards he was engaged with the commissioners in settling the British claims on .France, and that he was now obliged to work at hay making! MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--Married, on Saturday last, W. Villiers Stuart, Esq., High Sheriff of the county of Waterford, second son of the late Lord Henry Stuart, and brother of Henry Villiers Stuart, of Dromana, county of Waterford, to Catherine, only daughter of Michael Cox, Esq., of Castletown, count., of Kilkenny, and niece to the Earl of Charleville and Lord Dunally. DEATH OP Loan KING.—His lordship, who had been for several weeks past seriously ill, expired on Tuesday last, at his residence in Dover-street. His lordship was Baron of Ockhani, and succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1793, and married, in 1804, Hester, daughter of Hugh, Earl F or t esque ; by Hester, sister to George, Marquis of Buckingh am . Hi s l or d s hip was in the 5 4 th year of age, and is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Peter (now Lord King,) who attained his majority in January last. His lordship has also left several daughters. A PRUSSIAN 111.1 i i..—The Dorf Zeitung, May 9;1, says : "If the reader will now-a-days travel through Germauv without a guard of police, he must observe three things :-Ist. He must not be a student-2. not a Pole-3. not a trarell,r. " When I was a voune c , man," says John Wesley, " was sure of every thing; hut, m a few years, finding myself mis taken in a thousand instances, I became not half so sure of most things as before." MARCH of SCIENCE.—A communication from Paris gives us a long account of a murder, perpetrated some years ago, being in train of discovery by means of phrenology. It appears that a widow, Houel, oiHuet, had been long missing; and recently a skeleton was found at No. 81, Rue Vaugirard, on which N. Dumontier, an eminent anatomist, pronounced, in the presence of the King's attorney-general, two persons arrested on saspi cion,and a number of witness, physicians, &c., that the bones (putting aside some of animals mingled with the human frag ments) were those of a female advanced in age, avaricious, ad dicted to fits of passion, and other chat aeteristics, and which must have been buried several years. This opinion, it seems, confirmed a pre-sapposed identity ; and the son-in-law of the deceased widow, Who had lived in the house with her, with two accomplices, are to take their trial for the murder, and robbery of 180,000 francs. RAISING THE WIND.--We apprehend that the folks at head quarters expect a fedling off in the poswoffice branch of the revenue, at the next making-up, if we ate to judge from the , pains they are taking to detect defaulters and proceed for penal ties against all persons who may by chance avail themselves of a friend's parcel to transmit a letter, or other memorandum, as will be seen from the following, which was added, by way of postcript, to a letter received by a profes•innal gentleman in this town from his London agents on Tuesday last:—" The post-office have for the last three or four days been seizing the attorney's parcels coming to London, in order to ascertain whe ther they contained any letters, for the purpose of proceedings being taken for penalties." - „ SHOCKING DEATH.—Yesterday morning, a most distressing oc currence took place i n th e L ee d s workhouse. About four o'clock. a poor man named Thomas Whiteley, by trade a cropper, whilst he lay in bed, ripped open his bowels with a penknife, and, forcibly tearing out a portion of his intestines, cut off several pieces. He languished until about eleven o'clock and then died. The unfortunate man had been admitted to the workhouse on the previous Friday, iu consequence of his having made an attempt to destroy himself by cutting his throat on the previous Monday . . The deceased hau been off work for about twenty-three mouths, owing to an unusual depression of spirits, from which he was apprehensive that he would never recover. He was 49 years of age, and has , left a widow and one child. An - inquest was held yesterday evening,. at the house of Mr. Benjamin the Harrison's Arms Inn, Harri so n- s t r eet, when h e Kirk,iJtry Jury, after few minutes' deliberation, re t urne d a iet verdict—That the deceased destroyed himself witilst in a state of tempora ry del angentent.— Leeds Paper. STAFFORDSHIRE ELEcTtox.—This election begins, I believe, next Tuesday; and if the electors there do nut do their dut), the next time I go to the no:1h, I will contrive to miss Staii44.l - for I shall detest not only the men but the soil that they inhabit.—Cobbete s Register, June Ist, 1833.—1 n spite of this AW FUL WARNING, the electors of. Staffordshire have not done their duty! for they have returned, instead of Hoblioused the tithe hunting Irish Secretary. Knowing, as we do, the more thau Human virtue of the honourable member for Oldham, we have no doubt that he will inflict the threatened punishment, ei d that neither tears nor entreaties—neither love nor so.oney wid induce him to change his determination. THE ABERDEEN POLITICAL. UNION AND MR-BANNERMAN, M.P.—We are informed that on Tuesday night last, a meeting was held of the Council of the Aberdeen I; k niti t:a l kj u i„ , „„zi that resolutions were carried, to the effect that Mr. Bannerman was, from various reasons specified, unfit to represent this city in Parliament, and that he should accordingly be requested to resign his seat. • Some discussion, it is bald, ensued on the point whether the requisition should be signed by electors alone, or by the unenfranchised in common with the franchised, when it was carried that, as he had stated 'Mused* to be the represen tative of all, franchised and unfranehised, both classes should call on our worthy representative to retire.—Aberdeen Observer. —lThe good peojle. of Aberdeen "niay call spirits from the vasty deep, but, will they come?" Nu, no; Mr. 13amierniau is too far north to be so great a simpletou.l -