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a TEMBER 3 1833. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday' last.)- Queen Donna Maria an d t h e D uc h ess o f B raganza, w ith thei r suitesTh, left Paris yesterday, and were to sleep last night at Rouen. veiling they will reach Havre, and reside at the Hotel de oAmirante, which has been prepared for their reception. The riot arrived vessel that is to convey her Majesty to Lisbon had if a when the last accounts left Havre. It is said that the nY circumstance shoUld occur to retard the embarkation of of g n g Queen, she will take tin her residence at the Chateau u, belonging to the King. • r ." l A r e are assured," says the Courrier Francais, that the. D uke of a projected marriage between Donna Maria and the ti ", of Leuehtenberg is unfounded. The Duke, who is affec aco!iately attached to his sister, the Duchess of Braganza, will hisLompany her to Lisbon, but will afterwards visit Italy, and retuento Bavaria to his mother, and the other members of fam The Temps,. in giving the following extract of a :r of the 22d iiastant from `roulort, observeS, that it is calm la. d'to induce a belief that there is some foundation for the !quit or the intended marriage :—" A telegraphic despatch la,:fied Toulon at ten this morning, enjoining all the military j e t_u naval authorities to exercise the utmost vigilance, and take IruY possible measure for preventing the . y . oung Duke of htenberg, son of the late Prince Eugene, from - landing on French territory, in violation of the faws of 1816 and 1830, terdicting the entrance into France to all the members of the lataily of Napoleon the Great." c T he Quotidi enne refers to the conversat i on i n t h e H ouse o f UMmous as prov i ng the increasing, influence of the monarch ltd.' principle in the affairs of Europe, since it shows that Eng land has been compelled to play a secondary part to Russia in the affairs of the East, which contrasts strongly with the decided course pursued by the Canning administration nu the Greek hquestion, an d the successful embassy undertaken to St. Peters urgh b y the Drike of Wellington, who did-not refuse to serve I! country, although under an administration of a political ur differ en t f rom h i s own; t hi s i ncrease i n t h e i nf l uence o f Russia, and d ecrease i n t h a t o f E ng l an d , mus t , it argues, b e a l n ributed t o t h e fact of the former having put itself at the head ofmonarchical interests, while the latter has enrolled .kerself r the revolutionarvhanner. It then refers to the question Portugal, and remarks that there is some difference between toaeglmo_st ironical manner-in which Lord Palmerston referred b y t el redro, and the frank and open sympathy anticipated e Journal des Debate, but accounts for it by Observing that a.l E nglish mini s t er , even although a Whig, has always suffi tt'ent regard f or, an d appreciation o f , t h e in teres t s o f h is coun rtu prev en t his committing himself positively -on a poin w t, Luch the r e are man to siipPose may not be settled tecisely in the way th e Cabin e ts of St. James and the Palais 'Ial • desire. The Doctrinaires on the -contrary, have no such prudent reserve;- not because they brave the danger, but be tause they are-toablind to 'see it. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.. Y Etviis, Aug 'l2.—A cOrp's ot troops is in a forward state of Zpenisation land province. It is to consist of some dispersed huaents; of tearious columns, which are in Alentejo late Beira, and the soldiers recalled from their furloughs by the 'e decree of his*Majesty are to be incorporated with it. Head porters, are to be established at Estremos. A battalion of rvyalist Volunteers of Alentejo, who had voluntarily dispersed, e ,,`" ltely returned to their banners,.having been so . ill received their_ return home by their return home by their relations and friends, who felt so indignant at their desertion, that they asserted under the necessity of taking up their arms again. .It is a.n " ( lrd that General "Count •de - Almer has arrived at Obidos, by the as been appointed to the command of the troops assembled Duke of Cadaval on that point. The Count immediately . nunenced, it is affirmed,' ()Aerations for assuming the defen sive. At Setubal his Majesty:Don Miguel the First has been once ~,..r . e . Proclaime d by the inhabitants, in consequence of the de nerture of the troops of Donna Maria for Lisbon; this exam ple followed by the neighbouring town. „,?,. e guerillas continue to advance in the Algarves. In this, ruP o.pinion is decidedly in favour of the national cause, and :e late decrees of -Don Pedro, which have so deeply wounded th7 r Y lega and religions right, have raised the excitement of 4 4u people tote highest p itch. No one can any longer have a W h o _t of the anti-religious tendency of the Liberal . party, 4e sole object appears to be to enrich themselves with the I P,?ns of the clergy and charitable institutions of the country. t ioripious l aws o f D on P e d ro are as muc h a t variance with t of the nation as with its legal rights. e have n o i nte lli gence f rom Li s b on b e y on d the 9th instant. 4.•._-,uNcuat. (ISLAND OF MADEIRA), JULY 26 .—We knew as VT:Y as the 17th the unfortunate events of Portugal. The h r lgantin e T e j o, which arrived, brought an account of the un ta2PY naval com b at o f t h e s t h i ns t an t ; b u t this melancholy 'vs has not ,for a moment disturbed the tranquillity of the e l i v ? l, or altered in the least the loyal dispositions of the faith ,„ inhabitants and soldiers, who will be always ready to repulse 74:1.!.he attempts of the enemines of the King. Their accidents 'fd vicissitudes of war do not dishearten us, for we know by ..9:,erience that constancy- and loyalty may defy . the caprices of ; . :1 1 ,: tu ne• This town, and the whole island, are in the best pos thele state of defence, and should it be attacked it will not be first time that Madeira will have had to resist and to over come the criminal attempts of the enemies of our Monarch. Th e th e ~ Gazette of Madrid gives, under the date of. Santarem, list of decrees promulgated by Don Pedro, and which have t u . c en already communicated to the public; the following . reflec (l.'nls are added by the correspondent of the Gazette. These a „., ee rees have created an extraordinary . degree of exasperation ,:.oegst the inhabitants of this province,. being as they are so oirectty and manifestly at variance with the previous profes ;ions of the Duke of Braganza and his Generals ; their pro essi."' of peace, concord, union, forgetfulness of the past, r espect for private property and private opinions, and above all v eneration for the sacred faith of our fbrefathers, seem bu ried in oblivion. ... . We have had to remark the violent expulsion of various per sons holding public office, and whahave been replaced by others, contrary to all law; but what has excited the liveliest indigna .l°n, and wh a t we were inclined least th"expect, are the impious and sacrilegious decrees relating to our religious institutions and to our clergy. Through a total disregard of all canons and !oncord a t s the Pope's nuncio is expulsed under false pretexts f rom th e capita, of a Catholic state; the eollation of benefices, long confirmed, is annulled; th e bi s h o p s an d arc hbi s h ops, w h ose notnination has been duly sanctioned by the sovereign pontiff, are dismissed from their dioceses, and-the latter-thus• exposed to all the' fatal effects of a schism; monasteries a - re suppressed and holy orders prohibited ; all monastic and charitable institu tions destroyed; in fine, all the regulations of the church sub jected to temporal authority, and that in virtue of simple de crees; by the arbitrary act of one man; without reflection or Previous consideration ; without hearing the parties interested; Without hesitating one instant; in fine, when about to subvert the legal forms which from time immemorial have been re spected in this country. The Gazette of Madrid contains no mention of the health of the King of Spain. SWITZERLAND. • BASLE • , the , Aug. 20.—Notwithstanding the rumours in•circula city remains perfectly tranq . uil. The rumour of today is that the people of Basle have solicited the interference of the er manie - Diet-. The liberals say that the Diet, or rather the executive power at Zurich, intendto_propose an alliance offen sive and defensive with France. Each party interprets the 11104 trifling event in its own favour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (Written expressly for the Liverpool Standard.) • tiPan the various meetings which have taken place since our Last, viz: the Egham, Foritefract, Northampton, Weymouth, -Ashford, Yarmouth, and Stonrbridge, we have few observations I.9cmitaske, as the interest attached. to each was confined to -the of the respective courses. Nothing h . aving been done in .neashire, or, as far as we can learn, in any other of the_ e ''Psrting circles in the way of speculation upon •any of th events. Egham was the most attractive in consequence of the Presence of royalty, but the races were very indifferent. The Great St • Leger engrosses the utmost attention of "the sporting and notwithStanding "the treat" at Warwick, which thereg commences this day, (Tuesday,) little else is noticed. u' _ are several important c h anges i n the odds since our last, ainly arisin g f rom t h e tr i a l s of the horses who are now in tweeting training for the approaching contest. Mussulman , 44 8 e back considerably, and many wonder what pretensions c a p th have for a respectable place in the betting list. The keep f avourites„Muley Moloch, Belshazzar, and Rockingham i t. up steadily, and great faith appears to be placed in them. "enge and Anne are coming up, and are now quoted at 13 to ea cb• The business effected at the prices quoted has been YI.F;tY extensive in Manchester, and we question much whether „uursday's and Friday's betting was not more heavy than at ilsattersail's. Rumours have been industriously circulated that ti'elshazzar is amiss, but it is satisfactorily ascertained to have no f oundation in truth. The following is the latest state of the ' l ts: 10 to 2 agst the Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch, (t); it to 2 agst Mr. W a tt' s Belshazzar, (t); 71 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's 10nckinghani, (t); 10 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Mussulman, (L) ; A to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Marpessa, (t) ; 13 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's stne.stt(t); 13 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge, (t) ; 18 to 1 A er e , o ( l t . ) C ; r z aw t fo e rld' sagst the Mole; 25 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's . ostyn's J Fawcett, (t) 40 to - hgst Mr. Hunter's Forrester, (t) ; 50 to ack 1 agst Control l ; er, (t). T ATTERSALL'S THURSDAY LAST.—ST. LEGER.-5 to 1 agst • ' l nlay Mol oc h, (t) ; 5 to I. agst Belshazzar, (t) ; 6 to 1 agst Rock hatn ; 11 to 1 agst Mussuiman, (t); 10 to 1 agst Marpessa, t o agst Anne; - 15 to 1 a gst Reveuge • 20th 1 agstthe Mole;a 5 to 1 agst Jack Fawcett; 30 to 1 agst 'Connoisseur ; 40 to 1 gst F orrester ; 50 to 1 agst Dancing Master. • EGHAM RACES.—This meeting, which was honoured by the l' e sence of th e Ki ng an d Q ueen , th e P r i ncess A ugus t a , P r i nc e eorg e of Cumberland, and numbers of the nobility, gentry, ' a wl sportsmen, concluded on Thursday last. The races alto gether were very indifferent, the fields tieing bad, consequently 'a was but irifling betting on them ; a good deal, however, is done upon the Great St. Leger, at London prices. The Sw eepstak es o f 20 sovs. each were not run fox, Lord Conyng 'free Arthingworth,sous. by Reveller having received. The Pro- Stakes of 50 se each were walked over for by Phantom. ,4 4, 9, Gold Cop Stakes were won by Liston, beating Copper Cap in and colt-by Ernilius--6 to 5 against Liston, 3to 1 against -'euPper Captain. The Runneymede Stakes of 10 sovs. each leree3. won by Capt. Bulkeley's ch. f. Trickery, beating Non to 4on Trickery. The Silver Cup of the value of t.ieu Burg b run for by horses hunted during the season with Mr. three ohs hounds (stag), was won by Englefield, beating thers. The Magna Charta Stakes of 50 sovs. each were pun by Mr. Crosby's Bravo, beating Cinderella-3 to lon l'ar..vo_,_rviilden by A.rnull. The Surrey und Middlesex Stakes p r r a c'2, s. each were won by Copper Captain (Arnull), beating fir ,.. . e tuck. The Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each were taken by ." • Heathcote's Superb. The Thursday's Sweep of 30 ,IL:v.eaeh, with 20 forfeit, was won by Mr. Bent's Goldfringe e 's), beating b. f. by Peter Lely, and Mr. Goodwin's La c ,'' . %; , 5 1 to 4 against La Rose, 2to 1 against Goldfringe. The -hill Stakes of 5 sovs. each were won by M - r. Good evienn : , \ l es l ln s g s e.r beating Landrail, Contriver, and Damascus— Landrail. The en ger, 4 to 1 against Contriver, 4 to 1 against were won E_gham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 35 added, to ca n 2 Mr. Gardner's b. c. by Emillius, beating Astra- PoNT lon Astracan. Popul ar k r il nAc T RACES .— This meeting, which has become more Gully, E s consequence of that celebrated sportsman, John W e d', Deing member for the borough, commenced last concluded E J' H• Lowther sq., on Thursday, The stewards were and William Hepworth, Esq. The .'epstil ees of 30 sovs. each, for three year olds, were won by Stin. er br. c. Spider, (Nelson,) beating Larkspur and \von b , a F ree H andicap of 3 sovs. each with 25 added, was , spe • ter, beating Stinker, Flambeau, Augusta, b. f. by ritsuo'OYgaur: V. and b. .c. Catton ; a Pl a t e o f £5O , given by the ern e m n g n ia y a.na, M.P. f or t h e b orough, was won b y •Isabel, beating F M-searsdav's SweepstakeHs o n f rn 2 e o r s , o A vs ug e usta, a ... nd Flambeau. The r. Cock' s Ipheriter, beati g br. • 11 4 1 :C i arn. su C b l s , and we re M • gatebe's br. f. by Velociped n p teas, was taken b M • 'the Geld Cup, value 100 gui arerei s m T r o . m u b e o e y d , 8 4 g i ears, S beating te s lll e r e . won r.F o i l iv ,„•,.ehardson's Theyodorle, . ei, beedore. The Plate, of the value of £5O, given by . John Gully . , M.P. for the borough, was wen by Mr. Gascoigne's "eating Shepperdess, Caxion, and Larkspur; THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. MR. BLANCHARD'S LAST WEEK. grins present TUESDAY, September 3 , 1833, w il l be per formed Shakspeare's Tragedy of 'OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE. Othello, Mr. Vandenhoff; Ingo, Mr. Cooke.; .Roderigo, .Mr. Browne; Emilia, Mrs. Vining; Desdemona,•Miss Huddart. - After which, the. Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. -- - Sam Hobbs . Mr. Browne ; Mr. Frampton, Mr. Lacy ; Dick Dumpy, Mr. Baker; Emma Leslie, Miss Eyre; Nanny Scraggy, Miss Seymour. To conclude with the Farce of tei ll , TWO STRINGS TO YOU BOW. Lazarillo, Mr. Blan rd. a On WEDNESDAY, the Tragedy of MON a nd PYTHIAS. Damon, Mr. Vandenhoff; Pythias, i r. Cooke; Calanthe ' Miss Huddart; Hermiou, Miss Eyre.. After which, the New Farce of M Y WIFE'S MOTHER. Ned Waverly, . Mr.. Browne ; Felix Bud, Mr. Cooke; Uncle Foozle, Mr. Baker; Ellen , Miss Eyre; Mrs. Quickfidget, Mrs. Clarke. To conclude with the Farce of THE RENDEZVOUS. Quake, Mr. Blanchard; Simon, Mr. Browne • Sophia, Miss Eyre ; Lucretia, Miss Sey mour ; Rose, Mrs. Clarke. For the BENEFIT of MISS HUDDART, on which occa sion MR. MACKAY ' of the Theatre-Royal,' Edinburgh, who is engaged for a Fortnight, will make his first appearance this Season, in two of his most popular Scotch characters. ON MONDAY Evening next, the 9th instant, will be per formed the popular Play of . THE BRIDE OF LAII .11l1RMOOR. Caleb Balderston, Mr. Mackay Hayston of BuAlaw, Mr. Browne. Edgar Ravenswood, Mr andenhaff. Lucy Ashton, Miss Huddart.. At the end of the Play, Mr. Browne will recite, BUCKS HAVE AT YE ALL. After which, the new Interlude called, MR. AND MRS. PRINGLE. Mr. Pringle, Mr , . Baker. Mr. John Br(rsh, Mr. Browne. Mrs. Pringle, Mrs. Clarke. . To conclude with the Melo Drame of `THE FALLS OF CLYDE. Donald, Mr. Mackay. • Maleblm, Mr. Browne. Ellen, Miss Huddart. • • Tickets to be had of Miss Huddart, No. 36, Hunter-street, and of Mr. Parker, at the 84-office of the Theatre, where Places may be taken from Ten till Three o'eloek. • 41,4 I..ancs o pur; - F TO CORRESPONDENTS. We thank "J. B." for his communication of yesterday. The circumstances to which he alludes, concerning an individual residing in, one of the subilrbs of Liverpool, have„ been known to us for some time, though not so copiously in detail. We are at all times averse to bringing the characters of individuals before the public ; but should the scurrility and unprovoked per sonal attacks to which "J. B." alludes continue, we pledge ourselves to comply with his request, in most fully exposing the base, profligate, and. hypocritical conduct of the person mentioned in his letter. The second letter of "A JAMAICA MAN," upon white emigra tion to the WeSt Indies, will appear in 'our next. We have been compelled to postpone the insertion of two ad mirable letters on the subject of the "Bill Of' Eniry Bice." A " RATE PAYER'S" letter, owing to the strong personal allu sions which, it contains, must stand over. for the present. We, at the same time, perfectly agree with our correspon dent, that if the Commissioners of the .Night Watch can afford to keep in their employment a person who has suf ficient time to write personal and scurrilous invectives in some of the low papers about town, it is time that their patronage, and the conduct of their servant, should be in quired into. We have no wish to deprive any man, not even a constable, of his bread; but the Rate Payers have a Tight to inquire how the professional duties of that man are dis charged, who has leisure to libel individuals who contribute largely to the payment of his salary. ' Ebt Eibtrpool atantiartt. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1833. The prevalent contrary winds of the last few days have prevented us from receiving any late advises from America or the West Indies. Even from Lisbon the last news' was only to the 20th August, and that did not supply any thing which we did not receive by our arrivals of the 17th. The Belgic papers are filled,with angry discussions in the Chambers of that unfortunate country, and those of France contain the preparatory particulars of an in tended visit . of *LOUIS PHILIPPE to the seacoast. The little Queen, DONNA MARIA, was to; leat7e .for. Lisbon forthwith. • The report of the death of the King of SPAIN has not been confirmed. In our second edition of Friday we: .Were enabled to print a copy of his MAJESTY'S speech, delivered at the prorogation of Parliament on the day- previous, and we reprint it in our present number for the benefit of those readers who do not see our second editionS: The speech of course is that of his MAJESTY'S minis ters; but for dulness and the usual dash-of inane stupi dity, seasoned with conceit and covert falsehood, it might pass for the joint production of Lord ALTHoRP and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. • But as Lord GREY estimates the political and literary talents of these illustrious statesmen as hum bly as we do, we are bound to infer that the royal oration has a more general and extensive parentage. - If the rea der would take the pains to peruse the-several. paragraphs in the speech, upwards or downward's, beginning either at the middle, the bottom; or the cominenceinent, just as he feelsinclined, he will find that it is of no consequence at all which paragraph stands first or last. Bearing this in mind, and taking into consideration the in dependent position which each minister occupies in the Cabinet, particularly when Lord BROUGHAM is in good temper, there will be no difficulty in arriving at the fol lowing conclusions. First, that each Member wrote a pa ragraph relative to the subject which•camemore particu larly within his own department, upon a scrap of paper. which scrap was dropped most probably into Lord JOHN'S hat. Secondly, the scraps being thus :collected, and form ing the collective wisdom of the Cabinet, were well shaken by the noble paymaster, and afterwards drawn by the Premier with his eyes blindfolded, and consequently_ drawn with the strictest ithpartiality. The first-drawn . scrap formed, as a matter of course, the first paragraph in the KING'S speech, and so on with all the rest. We do not absolutely vouch for the fact, but such, we . take it, from the intrinsic crudity of the articles, and the total absence of combination in the paragraphs, was the way in whiCh the first prorogation address to the reformed Parliament, was concocted by his MAJESTY'S ministers. Who will deny that it is an ingenious plan, and worthy of the Whigs ? The time was, we admit, when -Lord BROUGHAM, a writer in the Edinburgh Review, at the rate of ten guineas a sheet, could have indited a much more brilliant oration, and when the LORD ADVOCATE himself, then BROUGHAM'S master, could' have dictated better sense in fewer words ; but, alas! that time has gone by, never to return ! • But we do not cavil about the words. They are as mawkish and slip-slop as any to be found in Lord JoßN's history, or the Penny Magazine. Still we do not quar rel about words, but come directly to the allegations. His MAJESTY is made to say, that he continues to re ceive " from ALL foreign powers • assurances of their friendly disposition." This is followed, in admirable consistency, by a strong expression of " REGRET" that no definitive arrangement between Holland and Belgium has yet taken place;• and - by an " ASSURANCE" that his MAJESTY looks • " with the greatest anxiety to the mo ment when the POrtuguese monarchy may be restored to a state of peace." • • This is a singular demonstration of a friendly dispo sition between the parties. Who the King or Queen of Portugal is, at the present moment, it would perplex a necromancer, or any . other political seer, to divine, and surely ministers do not wish us to believe that his MA JESTY has received " friendly assurances" from Don MIGUEL, or would accept "friendly assurances" from Don PEDRO ? The King of the Netherlands, if he be still recognised by the Whigs as one of the "foreign powers," must be an accommodating gentleman indeed, and generous to a fault, if he can entertain any friend ship for a government which assisted in wresting from him the half of his dominions. Of the " friendly" dis position of King LEOPOLD of Belgium we admit that little doubt can be entertained, inasmuch as that exem plary prince, continues to do England the honour to re ceive from. her his pension of £50,000 a-year ; but that we make b o ld t o say i s , as t i mes go , and considering the state o f would be our finances, a sort of friendship which more honoured in the breach than the obser- vance. But admitting, for the sake of the argument, that ministers are guiltless of any misrepresentation as re spects Holland and Portugal, we nevertheless make our stand upon the case of Turkey, in which the gross est delusion is practised, the most pitiful shuffling dis played, and the most artful falsehood recorded. It is not many nights ago, when-Lord PALMERSTON admitted in the House of Commons th4t the Sultan, only in Octo ber last, implored the assistance of his " ancient, ally," the King of England, and sent an envoy extraordinary to represent the urgent necessity for the presence of an English fleet, in order to prevent the dismemberment of the Ottoman empire. Lord PALMERSTON admitted that the aid required—the assistance demanded upon the faith of treaties—was peremptorily refused by the Bri tish government! The European territories of the Sul tan were menaced with invasion—his Asiatic territories were overrun and subjugated—the enemy was at his gate—nothing could save him from destruction but the interposition of one of the great powers of Europe, and to that power, hitherto his faithful ally, and more bound than any other to assist him, he applied, he de manded, he implored—AND WAS REFUSED These being the plain and simple facts, is it not some thing like an insult to our understanding to be told that any "friendly disposition" can exist between the false friend and the deserted ally ? It is a fraud upon the British nation, whose honour has hitherto been untar nished, whose gallantry has hitherto been above suspicion, whose justice has hitherto been unsullied—it is a fraud upon that nation, we say, to tell the people, in a speech from the throne, that any "friendly disposition" can sub : sist between parties thus divided by a violation of. treaties on the one part, and a sacrifice of independence upon the other. The SULTAN thus deserted—thus placed at the mercy of an insolent rebel—who had been encouraged in his ambitious designs by the destruction of the Turkish fleet at Navarino—the SULTAN thus left in the lurch by his ancient ally of England, had no alternative but to invoke the ready aid of Russia. Forsaken by .his pretended friends, he had to appeal to the honour and chivalry of his avowed enemies. The Emperor NICHOLAS, thus invoked, marched his legions and saved Constanti nople from the grasp of the treacherous Paella of EGYPT, but saved it by demonstrating to the whole world that the European dominions of the SULTAN existed only by suf ferance, and could be wrested from him, at any time, by his northern neighbours. Lord PALMERSTON, the re- Sponsible minister for foreign affairs, from apathy, from ignorance, from incapacity, or from something much less excusable than all these reasons put together, allowed Russia to interpose in a quarrel which involved the safety of our Indian empire, which closed the Dardanelles against Sir PULTENEY MALCOLM, which excluded the British fleet from the Black Sea, which has deranged all our trade at the top of the Mediterranean, which has rendered 'insecure every possession we have in that quarter of the world, which has given a triumph to the arms and influence of the autocrat, and opened a high way to the Indus and the confines of India. And what is the miserable excuse for all this folly anti incapacity ? We give it in Lord PALMERSTON'S words, and we write it under - feelings of shalne, and disgust. The noble lord states, in his defence, that at the time when the Ottoman - Porte demanded assistance, the fleets of England were so much engaged that not a ship could be spared from the Royal Navy. And why could they not be spared ? They were employed in straining their sails and cordage in the winter storms of the North Sea—in blockading the coasts of Holland—in pursuing and capturing Dutch merchantmen—in chasing herring-boats—in making war upon poor fishermen—in carrying into Rainsgatennarmed smacks laden with cod fish—in short, they were employed in levying . a sort of " black mail" upon broad-breeched Dutchmen who never dreamt that the red-cross flag of England could descend to cover deeds so unworthy of our renown. This . is the only excuse which Lord PALMERSTON offers. He could not fulfil the obligations . of treaties, nor assist Turkey, solely because he. was assisting the French in' reducing the citadel of Antwerp, and wringing from Holland those territories which the power and resources and blood of England had been expended in wresting from France. Shallow minister! worthless cause! The man and the work—the means and the object—were like each other.. An old . ally was left at the mercy of an inveterate foe,` merely because the heroes of the Nile and Trafalgar were seeking glory among the fishing craft of WILLIAm of the Netherlands ! The term we admit has long been laughed at; but now it has reached the climax of ridi eine ; and we hope we shall never again read -in any King's speech of the "friendly disposition of all foreign powers." But we musileave the . foreign and attend fora brief moment to the home department of his MAJESTY'S speech. The next clause which claims our notice is obviously one of those written upon the lottery ticket of the Loan CHANCELLOR. The KING is advised to say what fol.. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Lows : " I observe with satisfaction that the amendment of the lair has continued to occupy your attention, that several important measures have been adopted, and that the proceedings in c ourts, both of law and equity, have been made more expeditious and l e „ costly." We are totally unable to conjecture what those 4 , i ni _ portant measures" are which have given so much ~ sa .. tisfaction." We are inclined to think that the noble and learned Lord, whose clause the foregoing unquestion ably is, must have been in some oblivious paroxysm when he penned it, and has committed the sad mistake of drawing upon his anticipative instead of his retro spective measures. Lord BROUGHAM must have forgot ten that his " cheap" law bill , " his " poor man's bill," and all the other fine cant phrases by which h e has made it known, has net yet become the law of the land, b ut in point of fact, was thrown overboard by the upper house, and lies like a dead letter re tu rned t o the Post_ office. The patent • offices which his Lordship has re pealed, almost upon compulsion. save a few thous an d s a year to the public we admit i but these changes hardly come under the head. of " important .measures." The money saved, when co ntrasted with the vast - sum annu ally spent upon law, is not more than a drop of r a i n in the Atlantic. In short, we are pretty certain that the paragraph in question is one of the untoward scraps which was drawn out of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S hat at ran dom. We also pass over the clause which honours with un measured praise the late act for the spoliation of the church in Ireland, for it is nothing more than meat paid by the unblushing empiric to himself, his Ma jesty, the King of England, being made the channel of this ingenious piece of quackery—we pass it over, we say, for the sake of more important matter. In the last clause but two his Majesty is made to say that the estimates for the service of the current year are "consi derably lower than those of former sessions," and that his faithful commons, meaning his faithful ministers, have " wisely applied the savings which have thus been ef fected to a diminution of the public burthens." This paragraph is unquestionably the production of Lord ALTLIORP. No other man on earth could have had the candour to write it. It is not simply an act of folly worthy of so admirable a financier; it is the coolest piece of assurance, false and shameless, that we have ever seen committed to paper. The meaning of it is, that the ex penditure of the country, in the present year, is leis than at former periods. We assert that this is a statement wholly devoid of truth. The very reverse is the fact. The engagements of the Government, contracted during the first session of the reformed Parliament, are consider.. ably greater than any entered into since the death of Lord LIVERPOOL. It is notorious that they greatly ex ceed the income of the country. The sinking fund is en tirely annihilated. There is no surplus revenue what ever. Lord ALTnonP has himself admitted that the million of money appropriated to the' liquidation of the arrears of Irish tithes will have to be raised by means of Exchequer bills. He has confessed that the treasury has been emptied of its last shilling, and that he has no available funds whatever. He has not even provided for the twenty millions'proposed to be granted .to . the West India proprietors. He has proposed to payoff a portion of the debt due to the Bank, and he has not a stiver to spare. He has guaranteed some millions to the East India Companv,...and yet he is minus the ordinary ex penses of the state. .What delusion is it, therefore, to tell the country that he has been enabled to diminish the public burthens I If by contracting fresh debt,'"and by issuing new lExchequer bills, the noble lord imagines be can relieve the country, he is only practising delusion upon those who have faith in his dreams, but who, in the end, will have to pay for his stupidity. The remaining portions of the speech are not entitled to any notice, and therefore we deem it a matter of duty to consign them to that place where we are daily in the habit of consigning better compositions and more intellec tual sentiments, and where, along with which, we should have no objections to throw his MAJESTY'S ministers. In discussing the question of refining foreign sugars, we have always reserved ourselves for an examination into the. experiments which have, for a long time past, been carried on by Dr. URE, under the direction of the Government, whenever they might be brought to a con clusion. They are now officially presented to our notice. We have heard much of the pains said to be taken by the earned professor of chemistry to arrive at accurate re We know his own estimate of his powers; and we cannot forget that we have even ventured to express doubts as to his own being a fair estimate of those pow- Whether our view in that respect was, or was not, a just one, it would be quite needless for us to state, were we addressing ourselves exclusively to sugar refiners. But as that is not the case, we will first give the Doctor's own statement, and then put ourselves to the trouble of doing that, without which his figures would be wholly unintelligible; namely, reduce his gross calculations of entire quantities operated upon, and the products ob tained from each, to the several proportions of those pro ducts obtained from 1121bs. of each kind of sugar which he made the subjects of his experiments. First, then, we present Dr. URE's general abstract, bearing his signature. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF THE EXPERIMENTS. EXPERIMENT I. s. d. Damaged clayed Brazil sugar, 152 cwt. rice 331 8 0 131 bi., at 19s. 61 p duty taken at 24s ....S Drawback payable on extracts, 2Gs. per cyst. Refinery extracts per sale by Custom House, Cwt. qrs. lbs. £ s. d. 19 3 1 Double-stand. loaves 312 0 cwt. 71 2 9 68 2 24 Single 23 1 25 Bastards 2 3 61 51 2 31 30 1 22 Treacle. 1 3 0 35 0 4 £385 9 9 Balance in favour of refinery 54 1 9 Add profits from the revenue l4 8 9 Total balance in favour of refinery . ...... £6B 10 6 EXPERIMENT 11. Mixture of the above Brazil sugar at 19s. 6d." with its own weight of Jamaica at 22 5. 6 d. , price 447 10 0 weight of both 198 cwt. 3qrs. 151b5., duty at 24s Drawback payable on extracts, £1 7s. 34d. cwt. Refinery extracts .1% sale. Cwt. qrs. lbs. £ s. d. 47 3 25 Double loaves at 312 0 cwt. 172 14 7 72 1 2 Single .3 6 5 239 17 .11 29 0 17 Bastards .2 3 6' 63 9 0 37 3 21 Treacle 1 3 0 43 13 0 £521 14 6 Balance in favour of refinery Add profits from revenue 74 4 6 32 14 5 11 Total balance to refiner £lO6 18 EXPERIMENT 111. Jamaica Sugar 225. 6d. weight 199 cwt. fibs., price, duty included . 462 19 6 Drawback payable on Extracts, 255. Sad: 4J 3 ' cwt. Refinery Extracts 4y) Sale. Cwt. qrs. lbs £ s. d. 13 2 6 Double stand. loaves 312 0 cwt. 48 16 3i 96 3 10 Single 3 4 71, 312 19 8 4 38 2 12 Bastards 2 5 9 88 8 4 41 1 12 Treacle - 46 811 £496 13 3; 91 61 31 Balance in favour of refinery... Add profits from 'revenue 33 13 14 16 Total balance to refinery.. £4B 10 EXPERIMENT IV. Clayed Brazil Sugar at 285., weight 304 cwt. Zprice 791 3 7 1 qr. 51ts., duty at 24s Drawback on extracts, £1 12s. per cwt. Refinery extracts IP' sale. Cwt. qrs. lbs. £ s. d. 141 1 21 Double loaves at. 310 61 cwt. 499 9 79 2 21 Single 29 3 27 Bastards . - 61 16 ,42 2 21 Treacle. 1 3 0— 49 8 Balance in favour•of refinery Add profits from revenue... £B6l 6 70 2 92 12 8 Z 162 15 44 Total balance to refinery. .. Had the duty been 285., the profits would still have been £46 6s. 4d. at the expense of the revenue, besides the refinery profits. EXPERIMENT V. Jamaica Sugar at 285., duty 245., weight 311 cwt. 3 qrs. 9lbs., price, duty included.. BlO 15 2 Drawback payable on extracts, 295: gO" cwt. Refinery extracts 4p' sale, Cwt. qrs. lbs. £ s. 78 1 15 Double loaves at 3ll 124 0 23 Single. 3 4 46 1 5 Bastards. 2 3 41 1 14 Treacle 1 3 O cwt. 278 5 O 397 9 9 99 10 O 47 11 £822 17 Balance in favour of refinery Add profit from revenue BB 4 8 Total balance for refiner £lOO 6 10 But the value of 7 cwt. of Sugar wasted should be added, equivalent to about £lB 4s. EXPERIMENT VI. Montserrat Sugar at 295. weight 307 cwt. 7lbs.,} .) . 2 92 price, duty included Drawback payable on Extracts, 30s. ly els t. Refinery Extracts .1 5 Sale. Cwt. qrs. lbs. £ s. 113 1 20 Double loaves at 3ll ' 98 3 19 Single 3 4 28 0 26 Bastards 2 3 40 1 1 Treacle 1 3 6 cwt. 402 13 6 0 316 10 10 0 60 14 3 0 46 6 0 £826 4 41 Balance in favour of refinery Add profits from revenue 92 8 9 Total balance in favour of refiner. £lO3 10 44 To this sum should be added the value of 9 cwt. of Sugar wasted, £23 17s. (Signed) .• _ ANDREW URR We have here certainly the advantage of knowing, that Dr. TIRE has spread his experiments over 1473 cwts. of sugar, a quantity sufficient, in all conscience, for pur poses of trial. We are also favoured with the products from each class, leaving the loss upon the several gross quantities to be assumed in the differences between the whole quantities operated upon, and the aggregates of the various extracts. When we have obtained informa tion on these two points, and even that is given but loosely, every thing else deserving of that name is in vain sought for. The remainder of what he is pleased to term his " general abstract," is a confused mass of erroneous statements, decided omissions, and estimates of which self-bewilderment must have been with him the guiding rule. To enlighten sugar refiners on his cal culationS is unnecessary ; - -to make even the attempt for the information of the uninitiated would be a task that we are but little inclined at this moment to impose upon ourselves. A second edition of the Doctor's abstract, " revised and corrected," may save us the labour of here • after undertaking such a task. We should not, perhaps, have given ourselves the trouble to. discuss this abstract at all, were it not that such part of it as is really intelligible bears . us out in all that we have ever said upon the subject of refining foreign sugars. To prove this we will, in the first place, exhibit our abstract of Dr. URE'S gross statement of the quan tities of the different products obtained, in the shape of a calculation showing every part of the extracts in one cwt. of each sort of sugar employed. This we will do by placing them, not in the order of the experiments, but in the order of the largest quantities of the more valuable products yielded by each kind of sugar. It stands thus : PRODUCTS. 1:5..: 4,,.; c.; P. -I' e j k 8 Kinds of Sugar operated ,r, 't , . '9 O Bas- ..,, 0 a PE 11 upon. g d .. 5 tards. a ii. A ,-5 . cl-1 g OW _ --- _ - No. lbs oz lbs oz lbs oz fibs oz. IL . lbs 4 Brazil cloyed 52 1 29 6 11 1 15 12 :, 12 112 6 Montserrat 4l 6 36 2 10 5 14 11 9, 8 112 5 Jamaica (strong) Damaged Brazil clayed, 2 / and ordinary Jamaica, } 27 1 9 0 5 40 0 11 1 1 7 6 07 2221 6 7 9 6 6 8 1 1 1 L ll2 equal quantttics _ 1 ,Damaged Brazil clayed . • • • 3 Jamaica (ordinary) 7 10 54 7 21 10 23 4 5 1 112 Total of 6 experiments, 170 12 635.12 93 1 112 4 40 3 672 Average results 2B l l, 42110 15 1 8 18 11 z 6 11 112 In order to prove the accuracy of our former opinions, or, rather, to show that, in the sense in which we have ever discussed the subject, our declarations have been within the limits of fact, we need only refer to the first line of the preceding table; where it will be seen that the fourth experiment of Dr. URE, (that upon Brazil clayed sugar,) presents, as the result of its refining, 811bs. 7oz. of double and single loaves for every 1121bs. of original matter; and taking the value of double loaves to single lumps, in the ratio of the drawback allowed on the former as compared with that given upon the latter, which is as 435. 3d. to 365. 91d. per cwt. ex ported, it follows, that the 811bs. 7oz. of the aggregate of the two sorts is equivalent to 901bs. 9oz. per cwt. of single lumps, the latter being the standard by which the acts in force are regulated; and as, by the existing law, 611bs. of single refined sugar is the maximum required to be exported for every 1121bs. of British Colonial raw or Muscovado sugar refined, it follows that, if the acts 9th Geo. 4. c. 93, and the Ist Will. 4. c. 72,—the two acts permitting the refining of foreign sugars on the conditions therein respectively set forth—had now te mained in force, it would have been competent to any person engaged in that business to have exported the 611bs. of refined lumps required by law, and to have thrown upon the British market 2911b5. for every cwt., or 5901b5. per ton of foreign sugar so refined, which, in point of fact, would only have paid the duties that so much bastard sugar and treacle would have paid in this market, being the com modities which the exporter must procure (whether from foreign or British sugar) to make up the respective propor tions required by the laws to be exported as the equivalents of the 1121bs. of foreign sugars permitted to be refined by he acts last quoted. v It is on this single fact, and on the njustice to the British planter that would have resulted 'rom the extension of the acts 9th Geo. IV. and Ist William IV., that we have ever based our observations on the refining of foreign sugars. It is not that we advo cated, or . even contemplated, the -erclusion of foreign sugars from the refineries for the purposes of exportation; but we did then, as we still should, maintain that the only just course was to enforce the export of the actual quantities produced, of whatever kind, by the process; and not merely to -require that quantities equivalent to those demanded by laws framed originally with reference exclusively to British plantation sugars,—and that even when the process was imperfectly understood,—should be deemed to satisfy the provisions of those laws which never contemplated that a commodity already half re fined in its original process of manufacture should enjoy equal advantages as regards the actual proportions de signated in their provisions. We are not here inquir ing whether the proportions required by the laws in force, as regards even British plantation sugars, are or are not the actual quantities which those sugars are ca pable of yielding, under the improved process introduced. :‘hat is an affair for the consideration of the higher ,owers. But we fearlessly maintain, that to place the last mentioned sugars, sent in a crude state, in compa rison with those of foreign colonies, conveyed to us in a state of demi-refinement, would not be to deal out justice to our own colonists. With this qualification, and with the express stipulations to be deduced from the foregoing argument, nothing can be further from our intention than to throw impediments in the toy of extensive im ports of sugar from the Brazils, Cuba, or any of the eastern possessions of this or other countries. Now that the reformed Parliament has been sent to its account, we expect to be permitted to breathe more freely, and canvass its acts and pretensions with more vigour and less restraint. The representatives of a nation such as this, to be worth anything at all, must be strictly independent. They must not only be men of superior research, and more comprehensive knowledge, and more practical in formation than the generality of men—they must also be honest and untrammelled. To be practically useful they must not only be competent to decide upon all measures for the public good, but they must also be above mini sterial influence, the favours of the court, the patronage of the treasury, and the jobs of the government offices. It is only by men of true independence and of consistent principles, the result of mature consideration, that a great commercial nation like this can be safely or righteously governed. When the reform bill was the mania of the day, we were assured by its noisy advocates that it would create a more healthy constituency, extinguish, with the, small bo roughs, bribery and corruption of every kind, and pro cure for the country the services of its ablest and incor ruptible patriots. Well, the bill has been tried—the constituency has been extended—the house has sat, and its patriotism and talent have been fairly put to the test. It would be a work of supererogation to detail all the evidences of in capacity, of venality, of servility, or of downright disho nesty, which might be brought to bear against the lead ing delegates of the reformers. Their conduct is too no torious to require any formal repetition of the facts. Jobbing in every department of the state has, within the last twelve months, been carried on to an extent unknown to former times. It is not here or there that some dirty transaction has been committed. The offence is general and all-pervading. We have heard a great deal about economy ; but this economy has itself been a job. No change has taken place in any public office, except for the purpose of dismissing some old and faithful servant, to make room -for some hungry dependant or needy hack of the ministry. Many changes have taken place in the law department, but we defy any man to contradict us when we assert that every change has given an in crease of patronage to the LORD CHANCELLOR—SUCh an amount of patronage as no other Chancellor ever pos sessed or ought to possess. The reform bill itself was so contrived as to increase the patronage of the RUSSELLS, PETTYS, DURHAMS, and the Whig aristocracy. The factory bill has, in the hands of Lord ALTHORP, been as-rank a job as any ever concocted in the worst of times. The new corporation bill is intended to be a job of the same character. In short, there is no end to the baseness and venality in contemplation under the name of amendment and reform. _____ Now, this being admitted, (for no man except a .hanger-on or a toad-eater will be hardy enough to deny it,) we nevertheless are disposed to throw it overboard altogether, merely for the sake of the argument. We shall take for granted that reformed members of the new parliament are all pure as unsunned snow—that minis,- tors are as immaculate as men can be—that Lord AL- Tapia , is a statesman of consummate ability—that Lord GREY has no Greylings fastened on the public purse— that Sir JAMES GRAHAM is an upright and consistent politician—that Lord PALMERSTON is not a shabby turn coat or a dunce, and that Mr. POELETT Trromsox is as honest as any man in Manchester, including Mr. MARK 1 PIIILIPS. _ _ . We concede all this merely for the sake of the proposi tion ; still we contend that even if it were all true as the words of holy writ, the ministers and the parliament are nevertheless unworthy of any confidence. It is not for gotten that on every important question during the late session, these . pure reformers, these able patriots, these pledged members, proved themselves to be the vilest slaves of the ministry—their very creatures—whom the wag of a finger could make vote that to be white on the Monday which they had voted to be black on the previous Saturday. They did not appear, as a majority, to have any mind or o pinion of their own. If by mistake they happened to pass a sensible measure, they were speedily whipped in by Lord DUNCANNON to eat their words and revoke their sentiments. The cause of this abject servility might be the change which public opinion had undergone shortly after the meeting of parliament. It was soon apparent enough that the great mass of the people, including all the wealthy and intelligent classes,. had no confidence what ever in their new representatives. This the latter began to. see, and they clung to the skirts of the minister in the very dread of a dissolution and a second elec tion. This, it is true, evinced the sagacity of old rats and a trifling share of worldly wisdom. But this is no argument in their favour to be addressed to their con stituents. What now influences their public conduct, and decides their vote, is the strOngept reason for calling upon the KING to dissolve the Parliament. LONDON LATEST LATEST NEWS.- Saturday Econiny,`_Half : past Seven o'clock. We have most extraordin a ry change in the'weather since yesterday here; it has rained incessantly the whole of the day, with cold and violent winds, and the garb of our citizens has assumed a complete wilatey aspect, great coats, cloaks, and camlets blowing about in all .directions, The King's speech occasioned less conversation and interest here than we ever remeniber. Its effect on the Money Market was not one-eighth per cent. Consols since the opening of the account have been very passive. They closed this afternoon at B,ii sellers for the October account, and 88/ for money. Bank Stock is quoted 212 to 213. Exchequer Bills are at a premium. of 39 to 40, and India Bonds arc 25 to 27. In our Foreign Bonds the chief speculation his been in Portuguese Scrip; it has been done as high as 23 y t prem.; but has since none down to 201, at which it closed this aft ernoon . Th e Bonds left off at 81 1 Spanish Stock, since 'w e l as t wrote, h as b een d one a t 231:4: it left off this afternooh at 2212-3. There is but little to notice in the northern securities. Dutch Bonds are 481 ;; Belgian at 941, and Russian at 1051 106. In none of the other securities is there any thing to notice. We have a general idea here, that the MarqUis of Anglesea will resign the Viceroyalty of Ireland. It is also thought some other removals of several of the members of the ministry will take place. Lord Aithorp; that splendid specimen of \Vhig financial talent, it is understood will change places with some other inefficient, &c. &c. .Such are the rumours of the day. We have advices from Havana to the 18th ult. That city continued healthy, althoUgh a few cases of cholera had occurred in the interior. Business had resumed its usual activity, and the advises are favourable. LOCAL NEWS. Mr. David Evans, of this town, has received f r o m th e L or d Chancellor the appointment of a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. THE HAVRE COTTON MARKET.—From the Journal du Havre, a 26th August.—Yesterday, Sunday, and this day, M on d a y, further advance has taken place in cotton to the extent of 10, 15, and even 20 centimes on the prices of Saturday, (say from. ld. J 2d. IfY lb.) Orleans has been sold at 215 fiancs. 1,800 bales were sold yesterday, although it was Sunday. Business was transacted at the theatre until eleven o'clock at night. At Rouen and Paris the yarns as well as cotton then on sale were bought up ! A NEW MODE OF SWINDLING.—A man, with the usual number of aliases, who had been in the employ of a respectable coach-maker of this place, as a workman from London. for the space of ten months, exhibited letters to his master and feline workmen stating that the sum of twenty thousand pounds had been bequeathed to his wife. On the strength of this extraor dinary piece of . good fortune he quitted the workshop, and hired a large house in Bedford-street,Abercrombie-square ; .ordered from an upholsterer and other tradesmen the necessary supplies for this mansion, and, by way of payment, gave references to his late master, who, believing the story, told them that he had got the £20,000; and it appears that he consequently found but little difficulty in getting possession of property to the amount of about 01400, some of which was delivered so late as Monday week. He likewise advertised for offices, and Mr. Harrison, of Hanover-street, accommodated him with some ; sold him goods, and was under engagements for the delivery of more. Circum stances of a suspicious character induced Mr. Harrison to sus pect the truth of his tenant's representations, and the result was the discovery that the whole course of his proceedings was . a complete fraud. Part of the furniture had been packed up and sent off to London ; but on Saturday last the .creditors took possession of what remained, and stopped, in transitu, some packages in the carrier's hands. The creditors of this fortunate legatee had a meeting yesterday, at which Mr. Broadhurst, the solicitor, attended as their legal adviser. We do not know what steps they decided on taking, but we hope the rascal will nut escape their vigilance or the vengeance of the law. It is asto - - nishing how frequently tradesmen suffer themselves to be gulled by mere impudence—at any. rate " the schoolmaster" has not infused into their minds any very extraordinary degree of cir cumspection as to the necessity of inquiring more strictly into the characters of.those who come to them with lofty pretensions. THE HARVEST.—The cutting and housing of corn has be come quite general. through the North-riding. The crops in some parts of Cleveland, particularly in the neighbourhood of the Tontine Inn, and from thence in the direction of Whitby are backward, and also in the district from Northallerton . to Darlington-cross, are generally good. Full one-third of the corn in the N orth-Riding will be housed by the end of the week, and two-thirds of the whole cut; and if the present fine weather should continue for ten days, the whole will be got in excellent condition. New wheat and oats have been shewn at Thirsk and Stokeslev markets ; the samples were dry, and in good condition.—Leeds Intelligencer. ETNA, MAIL BOAT, AND ST. PATRICK, CARGO BOAT. We are requested to submit the following facts to our readers in explanation of a very incorrect and invidious paragraph which appeared in a contemporary paper of Friday last relative to the above vessels. The paragraph alluded to sets forth,- Ist. That the proprietors of the St. Patrick challenged Cap tain Emmerson to a race. 2d. That the Etna was half a mile a-head of the St. Patrick at the Floating Light, and eight miles a head of her at the Sker ries. 3d. That, had the St. Patrick been a-head of the Etna at the Skerries, she would have proceeded on to Kingstown. 4th. That the power of the St. Patrick's engines is equal to 180 horses. The facts are these :- Ist. That the race arose out of a friendly conversation be tween the owner of the St. Patrick and Captain Emmerson, and not from any challenge. 2d. That the Etna is a Post-office packet, built expressly to carry the mail to Dublin; and not to carry cargo. 3d. That the St. Patrick was built expressly to carry cargo, and was proceeding with one to Waterford. 4th. That the Etna was about five boats' lengths a-head of the St. Patrick at the Floating-light, and at the Skerries was not more than two miles a-head of her. sth. That the St. Patrick was not to deviate from her usual course to Waterford. 6th. That the St. Patrick's engines are IGO horses-power, and not 180, which, according to the statement in the Mercury of the Etna's power, makes both the boats equal in this respect. 7th. That the tonnage of the Etna (carpenter's measure) is 300, and coppered. Bth. That the tonnage of the St. Patrick, by the same mea surement, is 450, and not coppered. From this statement the conclusion will readily be drawn as to the comparative merits of the two vessels. PRESTON AND WIGAN RAILWAY, AND WIGAN BRANCH RAILWAY.—WC are happy to state that there is every prospect of the public enjoying the benefit of a railway to Preston. The Wigan Branch Railway Company held a special general meet ing on Thursday, for the purpose of considering measures upon which this desirable event depends; and we are glad to learn they were carried by 383 votes against 10, one resolution having 383 against 26 votes. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD SESSIONS. These sessions commenced yesterday (Monday) at the New Bailey Court-house, Salford, before James Norris, Esq. and a flat bench of magistrates. The prisoners for trial on charges of felony are 108 in number, and for misdemeanors 20. The learned Chairman, in the course of his address to the gentlemen of the grand inquest, stated that in the present session, com pared with the last, there was a slight difference iu crime. He was happy to say that it was not on the increase. At the last quarter sessions the weekly average of commitments was six teen; but on looking at the present calendar the average was only thirteen, which was a satisfactory diminution ; but, not withstanding which, the number for trial was great; and it was rather surprising that the punishments inflicted by that court upon the various offences, had not been the means of deterring in a greater degree the commission of crime; but lie hoped Fro long that the benefits of a sound moral and religious education of the people would accomplish that object. The recomnut ment of offenders, he was sorry to say, had increased one-third upon the last session, which proved that the sentences had not deterred offenders from following their wicked courses. In fu ture all sentences would be rigorously carried into effect, and he need only repeat the statement of the learned Chief Justice Denman, made at. the assizes at Lancaster, "that the sentences hereafter passed will be carried into effect with that strict seve rity due to their climes." Therefore he hoped that the decla ration which he repeated, of this high and learned personage, would have the desired effect in future. The learned Chairman then explained to the jury the nature of their duties, and the law on several points, for their guide and assistance, after which they retired to the labours of the session. Joseph Lyton, a notorious thief, pleaded guilty to an indict ment charging him with stealing a quantity of silk dresses, handkerchiefs, hats, and other articles of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. John Morley, of Manchester. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Coady, the barrister, that. on the night of the 23d ult. the prisoner broke into the house of the prosecutor, and stole the articles in question. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation. DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS. We briefly stated last week, upon the authority of a neigh bouring contemporary, that a large bod 7 of poi - idlers had been attacked and captured by a party of getitlemen and yeomen, at the moors of Northumberland, adjoining the Scotch border ; and we have since learnt the following particulars. The licensed sportsmen of the neighbourhood had determined to put down the practice lof poaching and plunder which prevailed there; and they were cheerfully joined' in that determination by seve ral of the farmers in the district. Early on the Tuesday morn ing, a party of about 40 gentlemen an 4 farmers, well-mounted, proceeded to White Lee, near Carter Bar, on the Scotch bor der, where it was expected the poachers would rendezvous. This anticipation was correct. Of the poachers there were about 20, all armed with guns and attended by dogs. The marauders, findin g they were di scovere d, a t th e comman d of a leader performed a military evolution, and presented their guns, threatening death to the first man that should approach. One of the gentlemen here called upon the poachers to surren der, but they kept their position, shouting defiance. The same gentleman then galloped across the burn which separated the belligerents, closely followed by the equestrians of his party. This took the poachers by surprise; but they fought desperately. In' the onset, the horse of the gallant gentleman already alluded to was beat to the earth, and himself slightly wounded. 1 The poachers, however, were speedily overpowered, and brought to Morpet o l2 v ‘ e y ' h e e r r'e eighteen have been convicted under the Game Act and committed to Morp e th gaol. a hat no lives have been lost can only be attributed to the suddenness and closeness of the assault, and the excellent address and forbear ance of the g entlemen and yeomen. .We understand that th e audacity of the gang of marauders thus gallantly defeated knew no bounds; for not only did they clear the moors of game, but the property of the farmers was continually subject to their depredations; and in numerous instances, we are in formed, they not only levied exactions upon the farmers for " refreshment," which were acceded to through terror, but they actually had the daring to slaughter the sheep, with the car cases of which they fed their dogs ! It was high time, then, that such a lawless system should be put down; and the valiant party who have so signally succeeded in doing so are entitled to the warme s t gratitude of the well-disposed - portion of their countrymen. The following are the names of the poachers who have been committed :—William 'Walton, of Fawdon, wounded; John Walton, of Fawdon; John English, of Als fon, miner ' • Thomas Smith, of Bewca s tl e ; Willi am Rout ledge, of Drumble; Francis Kennedy, of Stapleton ; Simon Kennedy, of Stapleton; John Kennedy, of Stapleton; Wil liam Maxwell, of Moorwhite; Joseph Routledge, of Bewcas tle; George Routledge, of Drurnble; John Snowden, of Kirk haugh ; Robert Pearson, of Coanwood; John Hardy, of Faw don; Joseph Harrop, of Coxlodge ; Matthew Hunter, of ton-moor;Als there were three others, but we have not learnt th e i r names. e understand it is the determination of the gentle men of Northumberland to persevere in their exertions to put down poaching, in whatever part of the county it may be found to prevail; and that the' farmers, their tenantry, will cordially unite with them, being convinced from eiperience that it• is their interest, as well as their duty to do so. It would be well, therefore, if the misguided men who follow ouch lawless prat:- tices would desist in time, or the most serieus consevenoest may ensue.—Carli.te Patriot,.