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LADY FLORA HASTINGS. SIR JAS. CLARK'S STATEMENT OF THE CASE OF THE LATE LADY FLORA HASTINGS. So long as the accusations brought against me, in refer ence to the case of the late Lady Flora Hastings, continued to be either anonymous or unauthorized, I felt it right to submit in silence to every species of provocation, rather than bring before the public circumstances of a very delicate na ture, which came within my knowledge in the implied confi dence of professional intercourse. The publi ca ti on, h owever, of the Marquis of Hastings, the nearest relative of Lady Flora Hastings, made me doubt seriously whether, in regard to myself, as well as the profession, I was justified in not lay ing before the public an account of th e case , so far as I was concerned. The renewed attacks which have followed that publication permit me no longer to hesitate; although, even now, it is with the utmost reluctance I bring myself to enter into dead)* which, I am of opinion, ought never to have been reads the aubjeet of public discussion. On the 10th of January last 1 was consulted by Lady Flora Hastings, who had that d ay arr i ved from Scotland, and had comeinto waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. She had derangement of the bowels and of the gene ral health,,and she complained of pain low in the left side. There was 4.40 considerable enlargement of the lower part of the abdeirnen. Under the use of some very simple remedies the derange ment of the,LoWels and the pain in the side gradually abated and intimately ceased, and Lady Flora complained only of weakness. The size of the abdomen, however, continued undiminished, and Lady Flora's appearance became the subject of remark in the Palace. About the Ist ofeFebruary, as nearly as lam able to the date, I was sent for by L or d M e lbourne, and on going to him, his lordship informed me that a communi cation had been made to him by Lady Tavistock respecting Lady Flora'Hastings, whose appearance had given rise to a suspicion in-the Palace that she might be privately married; his lordship asked my opinion on the subject. I stated, in reply, that while I thought such suspicions ought not to be readily listened to, I was, at the same time, bound to admit to him that the appearance of Lady Flora in some degree countenanced them. I added, that without more ample means of observation, I could not venture to give an opinion on the subject ; and his-lordship agreed with me that no step timid then be taken in the matter. From 'this time the condition of Lady Flora Hastings caused me considerable anxiety. The only source, besides pregnancy, front *Mar the size and peculiar form of the abdomen could proeehd.'*FlS disease; but the probability of disease being the sole t6se,• in Lady Flora's case, was diminished by the eir cumStence that the enlargement was accompanied by very little:general derangement of health. In fact, Lady Flora continued, to perform her usual duties with apparently little inconvenience to herself. I continued to visit Lady Flora about twice a week from the'llgh'eff)Tanuary to the 16th of February, and on several • occasuitif examined the state of the abdomen over her dress; butheing unable in this way to satisfy myself as to the na ture of the enlargement, I at length expressed to her my un easiness respecting her size, and requested that at my next visit I might be permitted to lay my hand upon her abdomen with her stays removed. To this Lady Flora declined to accede. Matters remained in this state until the 16th of February. On that day I found it had been determined that I should acquaint Ladv Flora with the suspicions which existed in the palace, and should suggest her calling another physician into consultation with me. Before visiting Lady Flora, I asked Lady Portman, the lady in waiting, if I might use her name to Lady Flora, as one of the ladies w'io entertained the sus picion respecting her. To this Lady Portman at once as sented. Her Ladyship then described the peculiarities in. Lady!is : Florn's form and carriage which had produced the im prowsiobnimregard to her state. To the question as to what mr)cfpininn on the subject was, I replied that the appear ances were certainly suspicious, but that even to medical men such appearances were often deceptive. Lady Portman con cluded by observing, that for the sake of Lady Flora herself, as well as of the Court, it was necessary that the matter should he cleared up. Immediately after this interview with Lady Portman, .I went to Lady Flora for the purpose of making to her this very unpleasant communication : I need hardly add that I made it in the most delicate terms which I could em ploy. After a few remarks on the state of her health; I told her that her size had attracted the attention of the ladies, and that it was now my painful duty to acquaint her ladyship that they had in consequence been led to suspect that she must be privately married. This was the mode, and these were the words, in which the painful communication was made. I' urged Lady Flora, for obvious reasons, if there were grofindi for this suspicion, t q ac k now l e d ge t h e f act, and if not; to see another physician at once, to put au end to the rumour. Lady Flora denied that there were any grounds whtiteVer for the suspicion, and named Sir Charles Clarke, whb; the said, had known her from her childhood, as the phy sician she would wish to be called in : but she declined, not withstanding my earnest entreaties, to see him on that day. This , refusal, after the reasons which I had given, lessened yew considerably the effect upon my mind of her ladyship's After the interview with Lady Flora, it remained for me to comthnnicate whit had passed to her Royal Highness the Duchtss of Kent; I therefore informed Lady Flora that I was going to her Royal Highness for that purpose ; to the propriety of this Lady Flora immediately assented. I ac cordingly went to the Duchess of Kent, and stated the nature of the interview I had had with Lady Flora. Her Royal Ilighness immediately expressed her entire disbelief of any thing injurious to Lady Flora's character, and she asked my opinion. However reluctant I felt to express any doubts on the subject after Lady Flora's declaration, I could not de cline giving a conscientious reply to her Royal Highness's question ; and I answered to the effect that the suspicions I previously entertained were not removed. In the course of the day on which I made the communica tion to Lady Flora Hastings, I received a note from her ladyship, of which the following is a copy : " Saturda. `•y Sir,—Although I think you p er f ec tl y un d erstood me this morning, that I did not wish you to take any steps without hearing from me, it is perhaps better to obviate the possibi lity of any mistake that I should distinctly say so. I shall be governed entirely by her Royal Highness's wishes and orders: " Yoare ginnerelv. I lIASTTS'G'S?' heard nothing m ore l on the subject till the afternoon of the following day (Sunday; , February 17th), when I received another note from Lady Mtn; of which the folloWing is a copy • ..Sit, - By her Royal Highness's Coinmand T have written to Ast Sir Charles Clarke to name an hour this afternoon to conse.fcemes He haft:answered my note by corrung, and is no.ta4kire-i'-Costld• y6n come and meet him"?' Yours, sin cerclucr,npii: • " F. E. HASTINGS." On receiving this note I immediately went to Lady Flora, andj9suad Sir. Charles Clarke with her ladyship; He stated to jet Lady lApra's presence, as part of the conversation be .71410 wlth„ . A . er, that he urged her, if there were any gr4tinda, er...thccenspicions entertained, to admit the fact novsitti_ therexaminatia n it wou ld b e too late. A:fler. is. Conversation Lady Flora requested that Lady Portman Might be called in. On her arrival Lady Flora retired to her chamber, where her was in attendance. After Sir Charles Clarke had made an examination, he re turned with me' to the sitting-room, and stated as the result, that there could be no pregnancy ; but at the same time he expressed a wish thht t also should make an examination. This 1 at first declined, stating it to be unnecessary ; but, on his earnestly urging me to do so, I felt that a further refusal might he. construed into a desire to shrink from a share of the responsibility, and I accordingly yielded. After finally consulting, we gave the following certificate : " " Buckingha m P a l ace , F e b ruary 17, 1839. We have examined with great care the state of Lady Flora Hastings, with a view to determine the existence or non-sxistence of pregnancy ; and it is our opinion, although there is an enlargement of the stomach, that there are no grounds for suspicion that pregnancy does exist, or ever did exist. _ " CHARLES M. CLARKE, M.D. "JAMES CLARK, M.D. Before, parting with Lady Flora, both Sir Charles Clarke and myself pressed upon her ladyship the expediency of her appearing on that day at table as usual. Plain statement of the leading facts of this unfor tuitate.reaie, so far as lam concerned. That I was unable to'iscertain the true nature of Lady Flora's state, I at once admit, and most deeply regret : but when the difficulties whieli frequently occur in cases of this description, even where every facility is afforded for investigation, are consi dered, it can scarcely be made a matter of reproach to me that,. atnidSt the disadvantages under which I laboured, I was unable to affirm that Lady Flora's change of appearance was the result of disease, and of disease alone. If even Sir Charles Clarke did not venture to express a positive opinion until 'after a careful examination, it will be readily conceded thßi no Other person could have done so without recurring tome similar proceeding. And if anything further were rettiiked to establish the difficulties of this very peculiar case, an - tHltie heavy responsibility attaching to a decision on it, Sir Clifirles Clarke knows that there are other facts connected with-it Which prove, in the most unequivocal manner, both the one and the other—facts which do not throw the slightest shade of doubt on the purity of Lady Flora, nor are matter of.lslattits to any one, but which it is not necessary to bring before the public. The post mortem examination established the fact, that the death of Lady Flora Hastings was occasioned by extensive disease; dating its origin at some former and distant period of time;' and yet such was the obscurity of the symptoms which, during life, accompanied the disease, that its nature became evident a few weeks only before Lady Flora's death ; and the fact of its having involved every organ within the abdomen was revealed by the post mortem examination. I think it right to notice, in this place, a part of my con duct which may at first sight appear censurable : I allude to the admission of my suspicion of Lady Flora might be pregnant, before I had been permitted more fully to examine into her state, : Under al mos t any ot h er c i rcumstances it would have been highly improper tor me to have answered an inquiry out such a subject ; but, as T could not authoritatively remove. suspicions founded upon appearances, which, taken alone, would in a great majority of cases indicate what was feared, and not the singular state of disease revealed after the death of Lady Flora, I felt it my duty, consideriog the very peculiar responsibility which- attaches to flatlet' confide: the doubt whi c h was in my own mi n d t o tholi 'who had a right to demand my real opinion, and who, I feWassured, could not use it in a manner unfriendly to Lady Flora. d tof I shall n ow not i ce such parts of the publicationle an t/4 Marquis of Hastings as more particularly relate tome.- 'An extract is given by his lordship from a letter written by Lady Flora Hastings to the Dowager Marchioness of Hastings, dated March'l3th, nearly a month after the event, in which it 'is stated that at my visit to communicate to Lady Flora the' swipicioUs entertained respecting her, I became " violent and Coarse, and even attempted to browbeat" her ladyship! I hOpe I may refer to my character alone as a sufficient reply to this'accusation; moreover, on the occasion referred to, there could be no motive for such conduct. Any earnestness that I may'have shown in my manner could have for its ob ject oiit that Lady Flora, for her own sake, should see Sir Charlet' Clarke on that day. In corroboration of my own solemn disavowal of the conduct imputed to me, I refer to the two Witta, r aiready given in my narrative, which I received froftttidy, Flora _awnings within 24 hours after the very ocei-ifOA 'oi which I am said to have thus acted ; and, con serihrnitKlit the very time w h en a ll h er f eeling may fairly be supposed:to have been more excited by the alleged conduct than 'at any subsequent period : and, as still more direct evide,Oce, I would further refer to Lady Flora's letter to"lia uncle, Mr. Hamilton Fitzgerald, dated March Bth,'in which—although written for the express purpose of tatilt*ther griefs known to a relative, with whom she had nctinoti've for rese rve , an d th ere f ore, i n the very circum t'tr,' calculated to e li c it comp l a i nt — not a word escapes ha laoifrig my conduct or language during either of my in xhrrikwit'iiith her. O n th e contrary, expressions occur which I Milittelit* dont,' not have used had s h e rea ll y t h en felt that etedtowards her in an unfriendly manner. That Lady , Flora intended to misrepresent what actually occutivd 7 , l do not for a moment believe. Under the cir coinitinces: of excitement in which she was placed, it need notcreatastirpri se that she should unconsciously have allowed intpressionaoarising out of discussions which afterwards took place Iti , grow - open her mind, till she at length confounded their, with-feet*, or that she should have greatly exaggerated what tlieltilettrally take place. It is only in this way that I can:nceoUnt for some of the statements made by Lady Flora Hastings;.:•if , ' Her hdrahip'e , syritten account of the circumstances which took place-.du rifsetheinterview on the 16 t h of February, at which we shatfeatiere msent, differs widely from my recol lection of theriLmA think it necessary to notice two points in p ar ti cu l a r-41* Art . tis the alleged di m i nut i on of Lady Flora's size. On this -I 'shall only observe that I could discover no such. inainution, else I should have been too happy to have a44449' :JUMP 9rli 14 J9JJ~.. • . • availed myself of the circumstance to clear Lady Flora's cha racter, and to have relieved myself from a very embarrassing position. The second is, that I told Lady Flora that she must submit to a "medical examination." I not only never used such an expression, but never heard it employed for what it has been assumed to imply till after the unfortunate matter was over ; in fact, I then believed that a full external examination would prove sufficient to decide the matter. Everything, consecluently, which has been asserted, about a " medical examination" having been suggested by the ladies, or by me, is utterly groundless. The only other parts of Lord Hastings's correspondence which require notice from me are two charges brought for ward by his lordship. The first consists of a statement said to have been received from Lady Flora's own lips, that the examination was conducted with more than ordinary disre gard to delicacy, and to her feelings." In corroboration of this charge, his lordship has referred to a deposition on oath, by Lady Flora's maid, " That the conduct of Sir James Clarke and Lady Portman was unnecessarily abrupt, indeli cate, and unfeeling !" I notice this charge in passing merely to give it a peremptory denial. The other charge is in the following words :--" Some questions having been put to my sister and answered, it was suggested that the inquiry ought not to proceed further, and that they might now feel quite satisfied. Sir James Clarke objected, and stated that the ladies of the Court would not be satisfied without the strict est examination ; and that if Lady Flora knew her own inno cence, she could have no reason to oppose the most complete scrutiny." The simple reply to this is, that no such sugges tion was ever made, and no such objection ever urged. Upon what authority Lord Hastings made this statement he has nowhere mentioned, and I am utterly at a loss to conceive, unless, indeed, it be on that of the foreign maid to whose oath he before refers, and whose knowledge of English may not have been sufficient to enable her fully to understand fully what was passing. But I cannot avoid expressing my regret that his lordship-did not procure the testimony of the only witness during the whole consultation—Sir Charles Clarke—before he made such grave charges. Had he fol lowed this course, I'ventare to'affirni they never would have been made. Sir Charles Clarke, although he might not have thought it proper , to discuss with Lord Hastings the details of what passed at the consultation, could not have hesitated, had he been appealed to, to refute such groundless accusa tions. It remains for me now only to repeat my sincere regra . that I was unable to relieve Lady 'Flora Hastings at once from every suspicion. No one has felt more acutely than myself, during the whole of this painful affair, the distress occasioned to Lady Fl ora arid her family, whether arising from the original 'circunistarices, or from the matter being afterwards forcedititO public notice. ' ' Deeply painful as it has been to me to see my name so long' associated with killege - d . acts and motives at which my very nature revolts, the consciousness of my own rectitude, the friendship of those who, from long and intimate acquaintance, know toe to be incapable of the - conduct impute 4 tome, and a firm reliance on - justice being ultiniafely done to all parties, ,have supported me under an accumulation of attacks such as few professional men can have been.iiubjected to. JAMES CLARK, M.D. George-street; October 7, 1839. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—This afternoon her Majesty did not take her accustomed airing, although the carriages and saddle horses were ordered to the castle at the usual hour. The Queen, attended by her suite, walked on the Slopes. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing on horseback, attended by Earl Surry, Lady Charlotte Dun das, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Sir George and Miss Quentin. Her royal highness left the castle at twelve o'clock and re turned at two. The Hon. C. Howard took his departure this morning. The Hon. Miss Cavendish left the castle this afternoon, in consequence of the unexpected death of her brother Mr. Henry Cavendish, 'which took place this morning, aftZr two days' illness. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Lord and Lady Barrington and the Hon. Mis Mitchell, arrived at the castle at a quarter past five o'clock this afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty. The Dowager QueQn will return to Bushy on Wednesday next. The royal dinner party this evening will include the follow= ing personages :—Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Sandwich, Lady C. Dundas, Hon. Mrs. Campbell, Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, Lord Melbourne, Lord Surry, Lord Falkland; Sir W. Lumley, Hon. Col. Gray, Hon. William Cowper, Hon. G. Byng, Earl Sandwich, Baroness Lehzen, Lord and Lady Barrington, and the Hon. Miss Mitchell. - WINDSOR, TuEsnAr.—The Queen, the Queen Dowager:, and the Duchess of Kent left the Castle, 'at three o'clock this afternoon, he a carriage, for a drive in the Great Park ; the ladies of the royal party followed in three of the Queen's carriages —the Countess of Sandwich, Viscountess Barring ton, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Hon: Miss Cocks, the Hon. Miss Paget, th e H on . Miss Mitchell, and the Hon. Mrs. Campbell, the whole of the gentlemen at the Castle attending the illustrious party on horseback. Lady Alfred Paget arrived at the Castle on Sunday. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Wynyard, is expected to come from her residence, Frogmere Lodge, to dine witn the Queen this evening. The Royal dinner party of this evening is expected to in clude the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Kent, the Prin cess Augusta, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl and Countess of Sandwich ; Viscounts Melbourne, Palmerston, and Bar rington ; Viscountess Barrington, Lardy C. Dundas, Baroness Lehzen, Lord A. Paget, the Hon. Misses Cocks, Paget, and Mitchell,. the Hon. Mrs. Campbell, Miss Wynyard,Niscount Falkland, the Earl of Surrey, Sir W. Lumley, and the Hon. Colonel Grey. The evening party will include the Countess of Uxbridge, Ladies Eleanora and Comstance Paget, and Lady C. Barrington. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER. — AIthough there was a considerable ap pearance of inquiry for yarn yesterday morning, the business done was to a very limited extent, and at prices generally be low those of the preceding week, especially in 40's mule, which were much depressed. For goods of all descriptions the demand was very limited, and prices• of almost all de th..ulettly zlilt .trurvi cal downwards. From the general absence of demand, and the want of remunerating prices, many spinners and manufactu rers are again talking of working short time ; and the proba bility is, that, unless some unforeseen improvement should arise, a large number of mills in, the neighbourhood will be worked only during the hours of daylight for a considerable part of the coming winter. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY.—There has been little change in the market to-day, perhaps not so many goods as on the preceding Monday; but there is no altera tion in the prices. The wool market has been heavy at for mer prices. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY.—We are not able to report so good a market to-day as last week, a general un certainty and want of confidence being felt, which prevented many sales ; and we have reason to state, that in many cases goods were sold at a sacrifice. The news from America, the state of the ,money market, and the absence of some large buyers, produced an unfavourable effect. In new goods, prices are tolerably steady ; but in old styles and superfines, cost price cannot be realised. Much depends on the weather; and now that we are favoured in that respect, hopes are en tertained that a short time will witness a beneficial change. During the week, an average business has been done in the warehouses. Work is not quite so plentiful, and some firms are working short hours.—Manchester Guardian. BLaexiruas.--During the past treek the trade has pre sented the same gloomy aspect, which has marked it for se veral weeks in succession ; and notwithstanding the favoura ble tendency of the recent fine weather, all the operations of business are decidedly against both the spinner and the 1 manufacturer. —Blackburn Standard. The number of entries of vessels into the Danube during 1838 was 1841, as we are informed, from Odessa; the num ber of clearances was 1831. The entries of packets at Boulogne during the last month have amounted to 63, with 2926 passengers, and the clear ances to 59, with 3652 passengers. Repeated trials were made at the camp of Fontaineblan of M. Delvigne's fusils, which fire hollow shot that explode on reaching their object, and have proved to be capable of setting fire to a caisson of powder at a considerable distance. A new system of sweeping the streets by means of a ma chine was tried on Friday at the Barriere des Fourneaux, in presence of a committee appointed by the Municipal Council of Paris. M. Arago was one of the commissioners. The experiment is said to have succeeded.—Capitole. ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, Mr. James Frewin, publi can, of Chester, was thrown out of a gig, near to Rosset green, on his return from Wrexham races, and had his leg rather badly fractured. His numerous friends of the whip will be gratified to learn that he is doing well.--Chester Courant. , The Carlow paper says, on good authority, that Captain Gleeson intends to establish a public journal, of which the Hon. Frederick Cavendish will be the editor, and that Cas tlebar will be the theatre of their future labours. —Limerick Chronicle. LYNCH LAW IN AMERICA.—The murderers of the Wright family in Arkansas have been taken, and most 'atrociously hung by a mob without trial. FREDERICK THE GREAT.—A statue of Frederick the Great is about to be erected at Berlin, in front of the palace. It is to be executed by the celebrated Prussian sculptor, Rauch. Poor Mr. ex-Sheriff Parkins, formerly of London, and not long out of New York prison, has been again held to bail for an assault on a sheriff's officer. A MUTE . ALMANACK !—Thc editor of the Canajoharie Radii, who is a mute, proposes publishing a Mute's Alma flack, which is to be ready for sale in about two weekS. It is stated, that a peculiar description of epidemic was prevailing in Upper Canada, which had proved fatal to many individuals, partieularly to the soldiery. It is 'generally felt that the resignationof the lord lieutenancy by Lord Foley will sever the influence of the Foley family • from the 'County' of Worcester altogether.— Worcester Jour. Salmon are said to be plentiful' in the new cut at Cardiff. A fine one was taken the other day, which had jumped com pletely over the coping stone. It weighed upwards of 151bs. the Lord Bishop.of Bangor, and the Rev. the Warden of Ruthin,,have elected the Rev. Edward Lowry Barnewell, of Jesus College, to the head Mastership of Ruthin School.— Chester Gazette. - CHESTER' FAIR.—Our great annual October fair . took place yesterday. The 'supply of this staple article was,, not so good as was anticipated. common sorts fetched from 535. to 58s. per cwt. and prime Cheshire from 665. to 70s. Buyers were numerous, and the sales were brisk. • SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.—A gentleman who resides about ten miles from Battle, went out last week with the in tention of bagging a little game, hut found that he could not conveniently carry home all he shot, as he unexpectedly found three sheep had received the contents of his gun, It is only fair to say that he immediately paid for them.—Suseex Express. The salt trade, we are informed, has not been so depressed as at this time for some years. This is not attributed to any falling off in the regular sales at Liverpool, but the wind ha ving been nearly in one point ,for a leng,th of time has re tarded the arrival of ships in port, which part freight, for their voyage back with that article, at this season of the year. Chester Courant. . THE " PRESS" AT kt.G.LINTOUN.—A stout bailli e f rom Glasgow not being abl e to obtain a place at the Eglintoun tournament, demanded from the attendant permission to en ter the reporter's gallery, as the editor of the Lochnzaben and Iceland Journal. The gentleman was bowed into the best seat on the ground with all the ceremony due to a func tionary connected with so distinguished a periodical. PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—We are enabled to state that active measures are in progress for the establishment of a Protestant Association in Macclesfield. It is not intended to confine it to any political party or any religious body. Its rules and objects will equally admit whig and tory, church men and dissenters ; its end and aim will be to oppose the further spread of popery; its motto—" No peace with Rome." —Macclesfield Courier. THE REGISTRATION.—This "glorious uncertainty of the law," one of the chief objects for which the act was framed, keeps alive a wholesome spirit of agitation, calculated to bring parties into collision, and prevent them from slumber ing in that peace which is so distastebl to the liberals. It establishes a sort of political lottery, making men's rights and privileges the stakes, the disposal of which is regulated according to the doctrine of chances. MISCELLANEOUS Single barrel rifle guns are made to fire two balls in suc cession from the one charging. It is expected that the Preston and Lancaster Railway will be completed by next June. ASTONISHING ! - -Mr. Hume, M.P., for Kilkenny, has subscribed.five pounds to the races of that city. A printer down east says, that many of his subscribers would make good wheel bores, they hold back so well At the London Polytechnic Institution, meat is cooked by means of reflectors, a hundred feet distant from the fire. The whole of the inside roof of St.. Paul's Church, at Mon treal, has fallen in and destroyed all the pews. Sheridan, having thre a t ene d hi s son T om to cut him off itwith a shilling, received th e re t or t,—" Wh ere will you get ?" The Hungarian minstrels have done a great business at Philadelphia. Their receipts for three nights were over 1700 dollars. Thalberg's concerts in the west of England, last week, pro duced about £650. He has since gone to Ireland. —Musical World, A man in New Orleans, whose physician directed a rigid vegetable diet, asked if mint juleps came within the re striction. In working a limestone quarry at Rock, near Alnwick, a stone was discovered, bearing upon it all the marks of a petri fied nest of snakes. Mr. James Montgomery has written six poetical pieces on " Christ's Miracles," to be published for the benefit of the Bristol General Hospital. To THE GLOOMY. —Affixed to a cottage in Cook's-grounds, Chelsea, is a printed notice that the inmate " goes out cheer ing." A fine brown eagle was winged and taken by a sportsman at Sheffield the other day. It measured across the wings five feet four inches. The Canton Repository, speaking of a rabid dogs, says— " The same dog bit his owner, a Mr. Hang, of this town, and some other dogs." An author at Tournai is now engaged ; on the 115th volume •of a history of his native town. A.ll the former volumes have been printed and published. A barber at Fulham announces that he curls-ladies' hair by steam, so adieu to curling irons, and all such vulgar old 'fashioned affairs. Captains in the Russian imperial' navy have the power of beating any of their crew to d ea th ! A n i nstance occurre d this last summer, at Sinemunde. A PATRON.—The Steubenville (Ohio) Herald says :—" A subscriber who has been patronizing'us for nearly ten years 'without paying, and Whose lovelYtvife,'not long since, broom -sticked our collector out of the house - for presenting the,bill. wanted to know of us last week ujny we stopped his paper." • Anew route to New Orleans is shortly to open—viz., from Brunswick, (Geo.) the finest port South, across the Florida peninsida, 207 . miles,. to Tallahasse; .thence to lola an d-St. Joseph; thence by steamboat to NeW Orleans—saving two 'days. —New York " Throw, physic to the worms." Mr. Physic's cocoonery at Germtintown;.Pa., is the largest in the world. It has fed this season 2,000,000 of worms, and has 400,000 mulberry trees growing. He is about planting 60 acres more—and•the yearafter next calculates feeding fifteen millions of worms. —New York •P &per. lIIS ,AL HIGHNESS PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE. —We understand that ,his royal highness will return to this country at the dose of this or early in the ensuing month. ,Lettets•Verf received in town onSaturday, from the prince, !wheils'in excellent health and spirits. His royal highness continues at Gene - Va. • • • EXTRAORDINARY PECU.NDITY.—Mr, Weeks, of Salisbury, by a judicious cro , S of the Creole and Spani s h f ow l s , t o w hi c h he gives the name of " Prolific," - has now iu his possession 10 hens,. hatched in 1838, which have already laid 1,270 eggs. Allowing 'these eggs to .weigh 11 oz. each, the weight of the above wilt amount to no lessahan 1.101b5.--Merthhyr paper. At Mar Ledge, near Braemar, the Duke of Leeds and a party of sportiug frioacts. t have had excellent sport, shooting red deer, ptarinigan, grouse; and black game. His grace and friends up -to the Ist instant had bagged upwards of 900 brace:' - ,„ win • , "A• ;three , . man upon whom sent ence of death was passed ;at .!frtil:Varwick, assizes, •for their participation in the lite BiSrnbagham riots; have been ordered to he transported for ;life.- • • - , • . Allivaiik , Biurl-' , -Messrs. D. and J. Edwards, of Genessee, Allegany county, have now growing in their garden a seed beet, 9 ; , be red or blood species, nine and half feet high- 1 , 7 -Wm. York poper. QtrEEN.ELIZABETH, who governed forty-four years created but sii - earls and eight or nine barons during her reign. The whigsduring their reign of nine years, have, according to Lord'Breugham, made upwards of fifty peers ! A lady named Earle was accidentally poisoned at Chelten hani,-the Other day, by having administered to her in mis take, ten grains of muriate or morphia, dissolved in an ounce of water instead of a 1 ` sedative mixture." , We understand that the staffs of the militia are about to be inspected, : with a view to the discharge of such men as may be found inefficient, it being intended to re-organize this truly constitutional force in the early part of next year.—Standard. SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENT.—The following appears in a Nottinghani•paper :--" The public are hereby informed that the believers and friends in the doctrines .of Zion Ward have nothing whatever to do with Squires, or the ,devil now in Nottingham." FiturTs-na. CHARTISM.—The barracks at Loughborough have at length been completed; at an outlay of £7OO, and on Wednesday evening the detachment of the 9th dragoons took possession of them. Loughborough will in future be a mili tary station. The following laconic epistle may be seen in the window of a coffee-house in Featherstone -street, City-road :-- 11 Stolen from this window, a china cup and saucer ; the set being now incomplete,'the thief may have the remainder a bargain.".. The 'Bunker Hill Aurora informs us that the first cargo of —kr— .4. -- at East BostOn on Monday week. Other cargoes are coming, so that a full supply will be in readiness before :winter.---New .Fork Paper. It is calculated that a dissolution of *parliament would give an_ immediate, majority of 50 to the conservatives, to say nothing of the rats who would go over to the opposition side of the way, as.soon as they found the whig house in danger of falling.Wss . io PROVIDENCE. —Another of the Elliots has been pro vided fora Admiral the Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleming, cousin to Sir Charles, half brother to Lord •Elphinstone, and commander.in-chief at Portsmouth, has been appointed to the governorship of Greenwich Hospital. MINERALS OF Ranswasnial:.--Alurnine is said to have been found in the iron ores of Radnorshire, and that it is well worth the consideration of those iron masters who are at a great expense in importing the red ore of Lancashire.- 4.lferthyr Guardian. THE EXTENSION RAILWAY.—A meeting of the directors of this railway, with those of the Grand Junction, was held yesterday at Newton. We have not heard the result ; but, from the buoyancy of the shares in the Extension Company last night, we should presume that it is of a favourable cha racter.—Manchester Chronicle. " Broomstick Marriages," or in other, words, the matri monial contracts which the New Marriage Act has legalized, are considered by the Owenites as a vast concession in favour of their foul and atheistical system of Socialism. This was admitted on the part of Mr. Farmer, in his late discussion with Mr. Brindley, on the immoral and pernicious principles of Owenism.—Falmouth Express. A young ensign of a regiment, stationed not far from Manchester, residing in lodgings, the sitting-room of which was very small, was visited by one of h's fashionable friends, who, on taking leave, said—' Well, Charles, and how much longer do you mean to continue in this nut-shell 1" to which he wittingly replied—" Until I become a kernel." THE TYPOFACE.—The Bordeaux papers mention that a young sculptor of that city had discovered a method of tak ing casts of the human face, which, without requiring that the features should be reduced to a state of perfect rigidity, allows them to preserve all their natural play, and thus pro duces an exact resemblance with the animation of life. His name is Pellet,and he designates his apparatus the Typeface. The Earl and Countess of Wilton embarked on board their yacht on Thursday last, at Devonport, which sailed the same day for Lisbon, where it is the noble lord's - intention to pass a few days, and then sail for Gibraltar, and from thence go to Naples, and then return, by Cadiz, to the French coas t, when they land, and go t o P ar i s for the winter.—Morning Herald. BERLIN, SEPT. 29.—Two more Roman Catholic families, consisting of 19 persons, have lately joined the Protestant church, because on occasion of marriages the Romish clergy required a promise that their children should be edhcated in the Roman Catholic religion ; a promise which the parties refused to give, had the ceremony performed by a Protestant clergyman, and with their relations quitted the Romanish church. HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.—We understand thnt within the last fortnight no less than five cases of highway robbery have occurred upon the Liverpool road, about two or three miles from this city. It is strongly suspected that the delinquents are excavators employed on the railway. The robberies have generally been committed within a short distance from the place where the Birkenhead line crosses the highway.— Chester Courant. We are informed by a correspondent at Southampton, who is known to us, that Lord Durham and Mr. Poulett Thom son passed a good deal of time together just before the new governor's departure, and were often seen, on board his lorilihip's yacht and elsewhere, engaged in earnest conversa tion. ° It was remarked by spectators that Mr. Thomson seemed to exhibit somewhat ostentatiously his intimacy with the ex-dictator.—Colonial Gazette. THE .BISHOP OF NEWFOUNDLAND.--The Right Rev. Dr. Aubrey Spencer, the: newly-created Bishop of New foundland, sailed for his diocese on the Ist instant, in the Toronto line of packet ship; via New York. To those who have the interests of the Church of England at heart, it will be gratifying to know that in going out to his extensive and important diocese, the right rev, prelate has had -his hands considerably strengthened by the Societies for the Propaga tion of the Gospel and for the Promotion of Christian Know ledge in foreign parts ; and it will interest the public to know that their generous feeling has added the sum of £5OO per annum towards the revenue of the new bishopric, in creased the number of missionaries, providing £lOO for the outfit of eich, and raised their stipend from £l5O to £2OO per annum. With these auxilliaries, and the aid of the powerful eloquence, high example, and Christian devotion to his duties of the gifted and excellent bishop, we trust it will not be long before the differences which have existed in New foundland may be happily reconciled. ARRESTS OF CHARTISTS.—On Monday, at Rochdale, James Mellor, a resident'at Heywood, against whom a true bill was found by the grand jury at the last Liverpool assizes, was brought before the magistrates, in custody of Mr. Turner, deputy constable of Heywood. Mr. Job Plant and Mr. Nathaniel Bottomley were tendered as bail.—Mr. Royds asked the constable if they were approved as bail ; if they. were responsible persons.—Mr. Turner said he did not know that; they could answer for themselves. They were severally asked if they were worth £5O, after their debts were paid ; and each answered' in the negative.—Mr. - Royds said, then they could not be taken as bail.—Mellor was evidently desir ous of a little display after the manner of Stephens and O'Connor, and commenced an address about being a poor working man, but ready to defend his own cause ; but Mr. Royds, who does not appear to have much sympathy with speech makers, cut him short by t e lli ng hi m to procure suffi cient bail. The constable asked what time would be allowed the prisoner to get sureties.—Mr. Royds said he must keep his prisoner of course, until the sureties were accepted. He, then took him out of court, and after some delay, he again brought Mellor forward with four persons as sureties. Their names were Thomas Greenhalgh, Nathaniel Bottomley, Ro bert Holt, and Henry Green, and they were accepted as bail in £25 each ; the prisoner being bound in £lOO, to appear at the next Liverpool assizes, and there answer such. bill or bills. of indictment as may be then and there preferred against him.—Benjamin Vitton . of Middleton, another chartist,_ was. presented by the constable of Middleton, under a bench war rant, for a like offence with Mellor. were Williaai Collinge, weaver, of Heabers; and 'ho is Smithies, retail: brewer and beer-seller, of Middleton ; they were - accepted, and the recognizances in like sums=namely, ,Fitton in £lOO, and his sureties in £5O each—were completed, and they. left the court.—Manchesler Guardian. Sir N. W. Brady has been elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Messrs. Falkner and Tomlinson, sheriffs. The majority for the conservatives on the Westminster re vision is 72. • We understand that the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, M.P. de rives an addition of £7OOO. a year to his income, by the death of the Countess Dowager of Pomfret, -, --Aylesbury News. ARABIA. MUSIC.—Abdel Kader, according to a letter, from Algiers, is organising a " corps de musique" for his troops, and has got the leader of a French military band to aid him in the undertaking. INDICATIONS OF WINTER.—A. brace and, a half of fine snipes was on Thursday, the 2Gth u l t . , shot by a gentletnan in the neighbourhood of Camborne, and, on examination, they were found to be in excellent condition.—Falmouth Express. THE LAST.—A woman put a loafer's head in a basket yesterday morning, instead of a squash •, she did not discover her mistake till the loafer asked if she'd stand liquor.—New York Evening Star. The Trains of the Newcastle and North Shields Railway Company have just commenced to run between the two towns every hour in the day, namely, from eight o'clock in the morning to eight at night. A Pony died on the 22d instant, at Brannan, Trelach, Car marthenshire, at the advanced age of 35 years. He was for merly kept at Borthlwyd, in the said parish. THE GLOUCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—This line connects the west of England with the Lancashire dis tricts. Plymouth and Exeter, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, will be linked together, and the extension of commerce, through means of this important junction, will be necessarily immense. LIBERALITY OF A RIGHT HONOURABLE M.P.—After Sheil's return, he shoved pff the few expectants who sur rounded him, by - telling them that he was busy reporting his speech for the press. The poor cori§tituents had to leave Clonmel " dry and hungry," or rather " hung and not dry," for they g ot a good wetting. Only Count ry D'Alton and Major Lidwell dined with the right hop'. candidate. But lo ! when the dinner bill account, 18s. was banded to Dicky, he handed it round to the Conntand the poor Major, each of which had to post his 6s. !! ! In former times the poorest 40s. freeholder was allowed Gs. 8d: per day for his support at elections.—Nenagh Guardian. TESTIMONIAL. TO THE RIGHT HON. W. Y. PEEL.—SOme time since it was stated to be the intention of the inhabitants of Tamworth to present a handsorae piece 'of plate to the Right Hon. W. Y. Peel, as a mark of their appreciation of his conduct while . member for the borough; and also of his active benevolence in private life. The testimonial, which is of the value of £2OO, has been received, and was exhibited in the town hall last week. It bears the following inscription : "Presented to the Right Hon. William Yates Peel, by the inhabitantS of the borough 'of Tamworth, as a token,of their high respect and esteem, and in grateful acknowledgment of his assiduous, unwearied, and impartial attention to the in terests of the town and neighbourhood,,especially during the years that he was representative of Tamworth in Parliament, 1839:7 WorcesteV JouPnal. THE JOB JOBll'D.—There is nothing so galling or so irri tating as being laughed at; and nobody, can deny that Lord Melbourne's government has been for some time past carried on in the pure, and genuine spirit of " laughing at " the country. Even.upon this very Monteagle - job what do the ministerial papers say ?—why they say that the conservatives felt sure that the result of the " job " must have been the dissolution of the ministry ; and add triumphantly and jeer ingly, " the job is jobb'd, an d m i n i s t ers are st ill w h ere t b ey were ;'' thus laughing at the expectations of the country, that the exposuie of such trickery and corruption must be follow ed by the fall of those who were so deeply and disgracefully involved in them—thus openly glorying in the almost irres ponsible power and authority with which the unfortunate .domestication of the premier under the roof of the Sovereign appears to all the world to have invested him.—John Bull. GOVERNMENT. SCHEMF. OF EDUEATION.—The minutes of the committee of the privy council have thrown the Chro nicle into an ecstasy. With a " small majority" in the com mons for them, with a "vast majority " in the House of Lords against them, and a great " apathy out of doors " to wards the scheme, ministers have made a beginning ! Ali the £30,000 has been spoken for, and in truth half as much more. Nobody ever doubted that such would be the case. From the manner in which the £30,000 was positively smuggled out of the pockets of the English protestants, nobody ever could doubt what would become of it. The Chronicle calls the appointment of Mr. Wyse to a lordship of the treasury, on the back of this £30,000 so tortuously obtained, an act of " moral courage; " and trusts that at least " ten times the sum " will be granted next session ! The country will mark this, The fox has got one toe in this session, and means to have all ten in the next, and by and by his whole body.— Morning Herald. THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR OF THE UNITED SERVICE CLUB HOUSE.—We find that the secretary of the United Service Club has, after a careful investigation of the recent mySterions affair, with which he stands connected by the committee, been discharged from the service of the club. Whatever may have been the determination of the late in quiry, but little credit results to the committee for their de cision. If Mr. Penn was not guilty of a conspiracy to inflict wounds upon his own person, for the purpose of enabling him to account, as he has done, for the abstraction of the contents of the club cash-house, he has been treated with great cruelty; for, that his sudden discharge is calculated to lead to such an inference, cannot be doubted. If, on the other hand, the inquiry in question has terminated in a con viction, on the part . of the committee, of Mr. Fenu's guilt, they owed a duty to society from which they ought not to have shrunk. If they believed him to be guilty of the abo minable fraud of having inflicted wounds upon himself for the purpose of enabling him to ebstract, without suspicion, the contents of the cash-box of which he had charge, they ought to have prosecuted him for the offence. In which light we view their conduct, it is impossible for any one tO-deny that it has been exceedingly unsatisfactory.—United Service Ga- . zette. Inists TRANQUILLITY.—It is remarkable that Irish dis content has an aspect Singularly, different from theinsurgent spirit of other nations. In the struggles of the luropean. Jettison for real or imaginary rights, the effort has sometimes been violent,'but it has been hold. The object was elear, the result was decisive. Arms were seized by daring hands, the paroxysm was hot, the waste al life rapid, the Cliaimvaa broken, or rivetted raster, and Olen the coii test WIA§7, ataa sam42. : But in Ireland, the struggle always contin,uing„was giway* . without an intelligible object, always combined. witle.trea son to the throne and extirpation to, its religi44, carrying on a peasant war,. and always profeaair4Z,fell9PuLlp. fidelity, its religion a plea for acts which vißl . ate,,,tbekst maxims of virtue, and the desire of civil privilteges•slainu lating to total anarchy ; all rendering the case at.once rent to human feeling, and incapable of political cure. , In other lands the popular expanse is stirred up as the moun tain lake is shaken from time to time by the gust from the, hills ; it rolls, and roars, and foams, and then, .when ,the cattle has passed away, it returns to ita forther serenity, perhaps, purified by the convulsion. But Popish Ireland is the " Dead Sea," unawakened by storm w ith ou t, but perpetually",, turbid wi4i fires in its bOsom, loaded with sullen sin* in tke hour of the brightest national 'Sunshine, Shootlng up flame when all else seem calm, and giving a standing, EflelllA rial, from age to age, of a scene where judgment ha:if:alien on the early vices of the land, and a still unsatisfied-Ven geance marks it as a warning to posterity.—Britannia. RHYME AND REASON OM THE CORN LAWS.---Elliot, of Sheffield, one of those clever wrongheads who are now and then to be met with, after writing much rhyme without reason on the corn laws, has at length stumbled upon some reason without rhyme on the same subject. He has written a letter to the chartists of Sheffield to tell them that "if they were this day arrayed for fight with all their present means (be they what they may) a troop of soldiers' wives from the barracks, if they made their appearance unarmed, and with or without their husbands' cloaks over their shoulders, would scare them out of the parish ;" and he tells them moreover, for their dis couragement, that "the estimate on which he founds this con clusion applies, he believes not only to Sheffield, but with suffi cient exactness, to all England, Scotland, and Wales." This is very good, but it might have been better. Had the chartists arrayed themselves for fight, though only after the mons sacer fashion of giving up work for a month, there would have been needed no troop of soldiers' wives to " scare them out of the parish." Their own wives would have settled that business and indeed the "rhymer turned proser" has unconsciously hit upon this grand probability. He tells them to work liar' and save money, if they would effectually help towards a re peal of the coin laws ; and this is true for a reason which may safely be pledged against all the wild Ebenezer's rhyme. The repeal of the corn laws, according to his inspiration, is a synonym for cheap bread ! and bread in this country can only he cheap to the operative relatively to the money which by his industry he can procure to purchase it. The men who will not work would like to have afree trade in a baker's shop, and these are the men whose mouths are filled with the cry of cheap bread.—Morning Herald. THE ROYAL GEORGE.—The operations on the wreck hare been continued during last week, but with only one small discharge of gunpowder. The divers have been down at every slack water, and have made fast chains to whatever projecting substance they could find, when a strain has been hove on it by the derrick erected in one of the lighters, and in this way a large vessel has been fully loaded. One brass and . three iron guns, the latter with their carriages, have been recovered, and a beau, 37 feet long, t oge th er w ith sundry knees, riders, and sleepers; ,among other matters were a length of junk, and two large copper fish kettles, usually put away in the boatswain's store room, several silver shoe-buckles, a shoemaker's fast, and part of a German flute. In the case of one of the iron guns, only the muzzle ring of it couldbe felt above the mud, but Hiram London, one of the divers, managed to pa s s a c h a i n rou nd i t, and by dint of a heavy purchase, which brought the lighter three or four streaks down in the water, it was hove, with its carriage, out of the mud. To-day the diver, Hall, succeeded in bridging up a 12 pounder brass gun, and London, the other diver, slung and brought up a brass 24-pounder. The value of the guns and copper already recovered exeteds . .trmoo. It appears that when Colonel Pasley undertook to clear Spithead of the nuisances of this wreck, it was presumed, from official data, that 31 iron and 32 brass guns were still remaining in her, and that time recovery of these, together with the copper sheathing, would go far towards paying the expense of re storing to public use a large portion of Spithead ; .and even if the expense exceed the positive amount of the property re covered, it will be a great desideratum that the, anchorage should be cleared of the preSent ineurnbrarice. 'The - divers have ascertained that the stem is standing ereet,•3o . feet high, with the bows complete; and therefore, during the ensuing week, a cylinder. m a d e in the yard, of wrought iron, an d holding 2,0001b5. of powder, will be placed againSt the lar board bow, and exploded; of this, notice will be given by all the vessels hoisting red flags some time before the explosion takes place ; but if any one has the curiosity to witness the proceedings, we can inform him, that at every slack water, if the weather is tolerably moderate, either the divers arc going down, or the vessels are heaving up portions of the. wreck, or both conjointly: The divers are exceedingly adroit in their business, arid show a great deal of resolution and discretion.-=Hampshire Telegraph. IRISH MOOES,TY AGAIN.—At a meeting held in theihrnous town of Killarney, Mr. O'Connell told the " men of Kerry," that he was as stout and as hearty, and felt as strong as ever ; and it is reported that the " men of Kerry" cried out, in good Anglo-Hibernian, "God increase the .same to you, Mistlie.r Daniel O'Connell !" Considering that the strength of Mr. O'Connell on the other side of the water lies -chiefly in blae-, ney, and the almost super-paddy .mariner in. which.lie had , exerted it on this especial .occasion, the increase prayed for seems rather superfluous. "If Ireland was not backing the cause of freedOm in England, despotism Would now be esta blished there !" "It i s said of the'Euglish, that they are a brave people in the field ; and so they are, but they are still more brave when th ey have Paddy' at their side to help. them !" These, and the like are . pretty fair slaps on the, blind side of Irishmen in general; but he,had a hit for the" men of Kerry in particular, which was irresistible. "Is it not ridiculous," h e exclaimed, "that this able and public spirited county, proverbial for its produce of men eminent in every service of Europe —of more men- who have attained the highest ranks and distinctions than any county in-Europe,. should be so represented ?" He alludes to Mr. , Blennerhas-. set, of whom he'says that although " frpns his respectability, family, and fortune, as fit a representative as any :county could desire, he was totally unfit to.represeut:thelive/yi and talented, and intelligent people of Kerry !" It is no wonder that the men of Kerry shouted for. jey_s_norivill it be any if ,henceforth all the world - A . 6ldd be curious to catch a sight of one of these lively, and talented, cud , intelligent apeeinsen4- of hut-lenity- If so he it known Onto. all men that Mistlier• Daniel 0!Connell is himself a Kerry-mane-the great original' from whence he-drew—and perhaps .lie , neiter evinced snore lively talent than in tints killing two birds with one segue; blarneying the tine fellows of Killarney down' to the gr i ound, and praising himself up to the sky l--Morning Herald. ENOR-afou§ Fisfr.—On Monday last some fishermen of Newquay, observed something resembling a log of timber floating on the water ; but on nearing it with their boat, they discovered it to be a large Sun Fish. After a severe struggle,. they succeeded in capturing it, and towed it ashore. Its measurement was upwards of five feet in length, four feet and a half in breadth, from one fin to the other, and one foot in thickness.—Falmouth Express. O ' CONNELL'S RECEIFTS. — We wish that some person, either in Ireland or England, qualified for the task, would make out and publish a correct list of the sums obtained un der different pretences by the Popish agitator from his coun trymen, high and low, under pretence of serving them. The total amount, if duly ascertained, would astonish even the most bigotted and credulous, and would be foUnd to rival many a splendid rent-roll.—Argus. THE COMING OF AGE OF VISCOUNT CLIVE.—The cele bration of the natal day of the heir of the Powis family, in the ensuing month, is to be of the most splendid description. The whole of the poor of the town of Welshpool, with their families, are to he feasted in the Town Hall. A new church is to be erected by subscription, which is to have at least 300 free seats, to perpetuate the event. Several hundreds of pounds have already been subscribed. NEW LIGHT.—An interesting experiment was made at Bordeaux a few days ago, in the presence of the mayor, on the husks of grapes, when pressed, and the lees of wine, in order to shew their use for the purpose of lighting. A pound of the dried husks put into a red-hot retort gave in seven mi nutes two hundred litres of carhuretted hydrogen gas, free from smell, and which burnt with an •intense light and free ,from smoke. A second experiment with the dried lees was equally satisfactory. THE OLD PASSAGE.—The late melancholy accident at the Old Passage has induced an anxiety to remedy the incon venience and danger which have always been felt there. Mr. Greaves, the engineer, has surveyed the spot, and has given it a his opinion that a floating bridge could be constructed for from X 75,000 to £BO,OOO, a sum, we should think, of 'trifling importance, when we consider the number of lives annually put in jeopardy.—Herefoi'd Times. ORIGIN OF THE WORD TExAs.-7—lt has exceedingly puz zled many persons to determine the real meaning of the word Texas. It originated in a couplet used by the earlier emi grants to that " land of promise?" When every other land rejects us, This is the soil that freely takes us. The word Texas is a corruption_of the phrase used in the last line.—Cin. Rep. The following detachments have embarked from Gravesend, for, India, during the preceding month :-3d Sept. three officers, 189 ra n k an d fil e, e i g h t women, and nine children, in the Exmouth for Calcutta ; I Ith Sept., four officers, 223 rank and.tile, six women, and five children, in the Thomas Grenville, for Madras.; 12th Sept., three officers, 223 rank And file, and one woman in the Mountstuart Elphinstone, for Bengal ; .17th Sept., one officer, 69 rank and file, and three women, in the Marion, for Madras , 26th Sept., four officers, 208 rank and file, two women, and one child, in the Magistrate, for Bombay ; 28th Sept., three officers, 86 rank and file, four women, and five children, in the Walmer Castle, for Bengal.—United Service Gazette. A BLACK BOREALIS.—The Fall River Patriot of the 12th ult. has the following account of a singular phenomenon : " Night before last the heavens presented a very unusual ap pearance. It was a clear star-light, when a black column began to ascend in the south-west and north-east, directly opposite to each other. The one in the south was first sup posed to be a column of smoke, but it soon began to branch off, and the streamers shot off, and varied their position in the usual way, only they were black, and so dense as to ob scure the stars over which they passed. They stretched away from the opposite columns, so that, about ten o'clock in the evening, they met in the east. We never before have seen or heard of a black aurora borealis SUDDEN ILLNESS OF MR. C. KEAN IN NEW Yoßx.—By a Ltter received in town yesterday, it appears that Mr. Charles Kean, after having performed four nights with the most triumphant success at the National Theatre, had been seized with sudden and rather alarming illness, which had created a strong sensation in the theatrical circles, and com pelled the manager, Mr. Wallack, to fall back upon Robert melo-drama, and light farce. Mr. Kean had, it seems, felt indisposed after landing, and proceeded to the Falls, where he recove r ed rap idl y , an d on returning pro ceeded to fulfil his engagement. Towards the close of his fourth performance, however, symptoms of languor were strongly betrayed, which so increased as to compel him to withdraw from the stage, though it was not considered by his medical advisers that he was in any immediate danger Observer Tun PRESIDENT STEAM-SHlP.—This noble vessel, build .ng at Limehouse for the British and American Steam Navi gation Company, is nearly finished, and will be launched in the course of the ensuing month. She is a much larger vessel than the British Queen, as will be observed by the di mensions, which are as follow :—Extre me l engt h f rom stem to tafl'erel (including the figure-head,) 267 feet ; extreme breadth of her deck, 41 feet ; including paddle-boxes, 67 feet ; depth in the hold, 31 feet 6 inches ; and her tonnage about 2,500 tons. Her engines will consist of two, each of 250 horse potver. Her upper or main deck is constructed in a different manner from that of the, British Quee n , being si milar to adonble-banked f r i ga te, and not " flushed," as is nautically termed. Her paddle-wheels are to be ninety feet in circninference. TnooPS. IN Irti...slsn.--The troops at present quartered in Ireland are, .2 regiments of cavalry, 9 regiments of infantry, and 28 cleP6ts. The cavalry force usually consisted of six ,reghnents, whose stations .were—two in Dublin, one in Ca hir, one at Dundalk, one at ,Longford,- and one at New bridge. So much fin-stile present, simulated tranquillity •in lrelend, When the time arrives, when " those rascals, Wel lington and. Peel shall return to office (we quote the language of a Rornau Catholic priest:of considerable influence), we are to be treated to such an upset as we have never before seen in our lives ;" and we shall, find (says Mr. Sheil) not only the whole of the force which it has been the practice to sta tion in Ireland necessary, but from 30,000 to 40,000 more troops ! Are not the authorities withdrawing the troops from Ireland in soiugwhat too wholesale a manner ?—United Ser vice .Gazette,-. • Aoss: or ECONOMY. —A person -of large property, but paraStnunions.habits, residing in a town. not 50 miles-from thie.eity, wishing to:have a tombstone erected after his own death in-the -chnrohdibuti u tljoiiiiug hie Iwubc, L w actually Itikga,AWO tOttlbaintiVa: from out of that plate, the proprietors of which have leftsthe neighbourhood, and having effaced 'thelinseriptions i bartered one away to the sculptor as the •price.of carving a laudatory epitaph on himself upon the other.— Worcester Chronicle. RACE BETWEEN A DEER AND A STEAM-ENGINE.—. While the• ears were coming down on Wednesday, a fine buck made his appearance on the track, and had a trial of . speed with the locomotive. He kept the track for two miles, 'when he was finally run off, o r h e wou ld h ave been run over. .The•sight must have been deeply exciting and highly inter esting, as the line of road is perfectly straight, every inch of the contest was witnessed by the passengers.—Washington, 'N. U., Gazette. The Queen Dowager, we understand, has deferred for the ptessent her visit to the Duke of, Devonshire, at his princely mahsion et Chatsworth, in co nsequence of the advanced Istate'Of the season, and as being incompatible with her pre vious.engagements. The Queen Dowager intends to visit Lord Denbigh, in Warwickshire, Lord Howe, in Leicester shife, and efterwards the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Cas tle, and return from thence to the Lodge, in Bushy Park. IMPROVEMENT IN THE DAGUERREOTYPE. Amongst the numerous improvements proposed in the daguerreotype is the following, by M. Jobard, of Brussels, for taking por traits a Fheliographe --" Paint in dead white the face of the.patient; powder his hair, and fix the back of his head between two or three planks solidly attached to the back of an arm -chair, and wound up with screws ! The colour of the flesh, not reflecting sufficiently the rays of light, would require a powerful. sun, whereas a whitened face will be reproduced as well as plaster figures by diffused light." 'Tim YANKEE IN MONMOUTHSHIRE. -- A gentleman, whose openly avowed principles of tee-totalism made his habits of sobriety never once doubted, walking out one day, was observed to stagger, as if tipsy. Annoyed with himself, and totally unable to account for the circumstance, he returned home, when, on enquiry, he found that the servant, -in cleaning his boots that morning, had maliciously mixed with his blacking a quantity of good old porter, which tho roughly intoxicated thern.-21ferlin. ECLIPSES OF THE SUN AND MOON.—In the year 1840 there will be two eclipses of the sun and two of the moon— all invisible in this country. The eclipses of the sun are on the 4th of March and 27th of August. The first is annular, . and visible to the whole of Asia ; the second is total, and is visible to part of Africa and the Indian Ocean. Those of the moon occur on the 17th of February and the 13th of August. They' are both partial—the Magnitude of the first being 362 on the southern limb, and the second 607 on the northern limb', the diameter of the moon being reckoned equal to I. M. Garnerin, according to the Paris papers, is constructing a balloon at the Ecole Militaire, which he hopes to direct through the air as he pleases. On each side of the car he has adapted four ;Tidies, resembling the wings of a windmill, which he pills: in motion by the means of a secret internal mechanism. "The resistance of the air to every palette that strikes it is reflected upon the balloon and carries it forward, just like the flying bird or swimming fish. M. Garnerin, it is added, has already made some experiments which have proved perfectly successful. A Cherbourg paper mentions a curious irregularity in the tide which occurred there a fortnight ago. The tide in the bay of La Hogue had fallen 300 yards, when the wind, sud denly shifting from east to south-east, blew a perfect hurri cane. The ebb was immediately checked, and the waves rolled violently back to the shore, reaching a height•not even attained by the tides of th e equ i nox . Th e water then flowed back tnlow-water mark, but shortly after the same pheno menon was repeated. The water ultimately returned to its ordinary state of ebb., while the-gale subsided.—Galignani. A TRANSPARENT WATCH.—A watch has been presented to the Academy of Science at Paris, principally formed of rock crystals - The internal works are visible ; the two teethed wheels which 'carry the hands are rock crystal; the other wheels• are metal; tb prevent accidents from the break ing of theFaprings. • All the screws are fixed in crystal, and all the axies.ttira on rubies. • The escapement is of sapphire, the balance-wheel of rock crystal; and its springs of gold. The regularity of this Svateh as a time-keeper is attributed by•the maker to the feeble expansion of the rock crystal on the balance-wheel. Died, at New Orleans, U.S. on the 22d of A ugus t l ast, o f yellow fever, Baron 'Hackett, of Hackett's Town, a native of Holland, whose ancestors emigrated from Ireland. He was an aide-de-camp to the Prince of Orange and served with distinction in the French army, particularly at the battle of Waterloo and at the seige of Antwerp. The barony of Hackett's Tpwn was originally.one of the Irish peerage's that have become dormant, and the dignity devolves upon the cousin-german of the late baron—Mr. Hackett, the Ameri can comedian, at present in London. METEMPSYCHOSIS.—Of all .the birds in the air and the fishes in the sea, the transformation of Spring Rice into an eagle is the most extraordinary. When Ro gers , t h e worthy banker, heard it, su c h, was his incredulity that he burst into a hOrse-laugh, exclaiming, " Very like a whale !" The true doctrine of the metempsychosis, however, is, that human souls, upon. leaving their, bodies, become the souls of such kind of brutes as they most resemble in their manners ; and, upon thi's principles, surely the late Chancellor of the Ex cheiiner should have been " Ea r l V u l ture, Viscount Cochon. " --Argu.s. THE REWARD OF COURAGE.—During the late storm, a • French vessel. was wrecked in the dead of the night in Wey mouth Bay., A coast guardman, named John Mantle, thinking he saw human beings moving on the deck, jumped into the raging sea, and swam to her, On getting on board, he found two boys and the , captain, 'who had broken his leg on her deck. .Mantle, took the boys safely to shore, and, then returnin g t o th e wrec k with 'a rope whi c h was made fast to the shore, he slung the captain in a running tackle, and he was safely lauded.. .The -gallant fellow then groped in the cabins to find if any living being renaained, and afterwards jumped into the sea, and swam to the shore in safety. On Monday, Mantle, attended at the Town Hall, Weymouth, 'when the mayor . delivered to him the silver medal and five `pounds from the Royal Humane Society ; a like sum of 'money and the bronze . medal, from Lloyd's; a beautiful watch,.with a suitable inscription, from the inhabitants of Weymouth.; £2O by vote of the Lords of the Treasury •, and _,XS-from the Shipwreck-Association. Mantle, whose officers have promoted him for his courage, was informed that 'the .French government was ,about' to reward him with a gold medal, &c. In returning thanks for the various rewards given to him, this brave man with great modesty assured the . gentlemen that the result of his endeavour was his richest re. ward.--Doreet Chronicle. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. For the BENEFIT of MR. and MRS. WOOD, And positively the La s t Ni g ht o f th e i r E ngagemen t. T HIS present FRIDAY, October 11, will, be performed • the Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Hawthorn .... Mr. WOOD 1 Rosetta.... Mrs. WOOD. Justice Woodcock . ' Mr. Baker Young Meadows.. Eustace . Hodge Mr. Slaiter Deborah Woodcock ..' Lucinda .. M rs . P. Crowe—Macf , ge.... Miss Grant To conclude with the Musical Farce of the QUAKER. ------ -- Steady (the Quaker).... Gillian Lubin.. Mr. G. Horncastle 1 Floretta .. Miss Grant Solomon Mr. Baker. MISS ELLEN TREE, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury- Lane, Covent-Garden, and Haymarket, is Engaged for FIVE NIGHTS, and will make her first appearance at this Theatre since her return from the United States, ON MONDAY NEXT, in the character of Rosalind, in Shakspeare's Comedy of AS YOU LIKE IT. TEMPLE OF MAGIC—LIVER THEATRE, OPEN EVERY EVENING DURING THE WEEK. rrHE GREAT MAGICIAN , or WI ZARD of the .1 NORTH'S unprecedented MAGICAL EXPERI MENTS cause a sensation of admira on and wonder, so much so that he is nightly honoured w . crowded, brilliant, fashionable audiences, who proelaim h . the only great Pro fessor of the Mystic Art. On THIS EVENING (FRIDAY the 11th instant, the GREAT WIZARD of the NORT will perform his truly wonderful FEATS a la LEGERDEMAIN, in Two Parts. The Wizard's Experiments are performed with a ;most costly apparatus of Silver—they cause wonder and admira tion, while they defy detection. Admission, Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Seven o'clock, the :Wizard commences at Eight, concluding at Half-past Ten or Eleven. On Monday next, the celebrated Vocalist, MISS R. BRUCE, from the Nobility's Concerts, will make her first appearance in Liverpool. MISS BOGLOGNIE, the infant Dancer, will appear for the first time in Liverpool; also Mr. ALFRED ORMONDE, of the Theatres Royal, London, Dublin, and Edinburgh, author of many popular Dramas, Ballads, &c., will give Sketches from his Mono- Dramatic Entertainment. or Recollections of things which may or may not have happened, i n t ro d uc i ng —" Th e B rown Old Oak," " Kitty Mags and Giles Jolter," with his Imi tations of celebrated actors, including, Butler, Forrest, and Charles Kean, in Richard 111. WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE IN . A FEW DAYS. NOW EXHIBITING, AT THE LYCEUM ROOMS, BOLD-STREET, MARTIN'S PICTURE OF TME CORONATION, (PAINTER OF I3ELSIIAZR'S FEAST.) Open from Ten till Five o'Clock. ADM ISSION, •ONE SHILLING. The Exhibition will be Open every Evening from Seven to Nine, when the Room will be lighted up with Gas. i i. LIVERPOOL ANNUAL E HIBITION. rr HE EXHIBITION of the LIVE POOL ACADEMY 1 of the WORKS of MODER ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN, at the GALLERY, Cat/ H-STREET from Ten o'Clock in the Morning till du s k. Admission, O ne Shilling. Catalogues, One Shilling. Season Tickets, Five Shillings. SAML. EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. TO CORRESPONDENTS In our report of the Rev. J. H. Stewart's speech, at the anniversary meeting of the Society for Promoting Christi anity among the Jews, which took place on the 16th Sep tember, there is an error which we are defirous to correct. Mr. Stewart is represented to have said that Dr. Herschell, the Chief Rabbi, of London, had, in a letter to Mr. Innes, "expressed his satisfaction in witnessing the interest shown by the Jewish Society in the restoration of the Children of Israel to Judah." It is also stated that "the letter strongly asserted that the Jews were now looking with earnest ex pectation for the appearance of the Messiah to rule over his chosen and ancient people." The report then proceeds to state that " a day had been recently appointed as a day of special intercession for the return of the Messiah." We ought to have said that Mr. Stewart, and not Dr. Herschell, "expressed his satisfaction" i n w it ness i ng t h e softened tone of the Jews, and especially of Dr. Herschell, in consenting to correspond with those who took an interest in promot ing the temporal and spiritual welfare of the Jews, and in seeking their restoration to the land of Judah. It is in correctly stated that the Jews are looking for the return of the Messiah, as they do not believe in his first appearance. We have a copy of Dr. Herschell's letter before us in which he certainly does express satisfaction at the interest which Christians manifest for the cause of Israel, but no allusion is made to the "Jewish Society." The latter expression was introduced by ourselves, and was naturally suggested by the occasion on which the allusion was made to Dr. Herschell's letter. In greatly condensed reports, such inaccuracies will frequently occur. The excellent letter on the " Oxford Tracts," shall appear in our next. We feel obliged by the extract on " The Knights of Malta 'proprietors of four of the West India Islands," of which we shall avail ourselves on Tuesday. " Mercator's" letter was received too late for insertion to day : it shall appear on Tuesday. " Chillingworth " should have paid the postage of his letter. Will "A Priend to one of the Sufferers" furnish us with hit address ? We cannot venture on the publication of such statements on anonymous authority. Ebe Zthrrpool &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER il, 1330- Great was the amazement felt throughout Great Britain when Mr. Robinson's feeble Administration seized the reins of power. Many were the speculations whether so imbecile a crew could venture to navigate the vessel of the State for a single hour in the stormy sea of a Parliamentary conflict. The result proved that they did not dare, and infinite was the derision which awaited them from every corner of the empire, as the intelligence of their hasty retreat arrived. And yet they were only imbeciles. They had the great naive of their departed leader, and the sympathies of their countrymen excited in his behalf. They had no enemy to contend with, but they could not and dared not attempt to govern this great country. Political events move rapidly. We have now a far more astounding spectacle, and yet so hardened has the public mind become by the continuance of Whig audacities, that no one seems now to be surprised at anything. The best man in Lord Melbourne's Cabi net would have been thought too small for an impor tant place - in Mr. Robinson's. The Bedchamber Ca binet are self-confessed Incapables : the recorded opi nions of , both Houses of Parliament condemn them : the plainly-expressed voice of the British People rejects them with disgust and loathing. They have no sup port to rest on : they have no principle on which to lean. Their only refuge from unceasing opposition is in the lowest depths of the profoundest and most sin cere contempt. Their supporters in the House of Commons, men of every varying shade of political opinion, seem only to agree in one single sentiment, viz., a deeply-rooted and fixed contempt for the Windsor lackies, who serve their purpose for the day, or are forced upon them as leaders, not by their talents, or weight or character, but simply by the personal predilections of the Court. The paid press alone support them, and even they are often forced by sheer necessity to launch the bolts of opposition against their very patrons. Lord Mel bourne, for example, hates the Ballot, and calls the Anti-Corn-Law Agitation " wild insanity" but where would he the circulation of the Morning Chronicle, if it did not advocate the Ballot and abuse the Corn Laws ? There used to be two Ministerial and wholly Downing-street Journals. Alas the wretched do littles could not maintain a brace of papers. The Globe still holds out. The despairing Courier has stayed his steeds, and changed his road. The old line will not pay, and. he has been driven " off the road." He has mended his ways, and we doubt not he will find the new line of country a better one, even though he has no connections yet upon it, and the old inhabi tants are not likely to desert their old and faithful vehicle, the Standard. Still Conservatism is a broad field, and there is plenty of room for all.—Well, then, the Globe alone holds out for the Ministers. It must be a sorry concern indeed in this great country that can't support a single organ. We know no class o: men, except the Whigs, who would have the slightest difficulty. The Chartists have many organs : the Whig aristocracy will find it daily more difficult to sustain a single one. What then ? What if it should fail them—if. even the servile Globe should sink, or be driven to the Radicals ? Why, even then, Si fractus illabatur Orbis Impavidus ferient What cares a Windsor Ministry, if every organ should be silenced ? What worse would they or could they be than they are ? They stand confessed a mere band of courtier conspirators : the whole concern is a palace plot, a Chamber Camarilla. The whole people of England cannot be more disgusted. Parliament itself can scarcely be more hostile. How can public opinion be at war with a Ministry, if it be not in open enmity to a Cabinet that has one single daily organ, and that the servile Globe ? Then look to the claims which they can lay before the country on the approaching Dissolution of Parlia ment. They will appeal to their constituencies on the score of public principle, for they possess Lord Mel bourne ;—straightforwardness and honesty, for have they not Lord Viscount Palmerston ?—weight of cha racter and conscious rectitude, for behold ! the Mar quis of Normanhy;—virtues that should grace a virgin Court, for can they not boast the Marquis of Headfort ? —plain, unpretending wisdom, in the person of Lord Lansdowne ;—dignified and truthful greatness of cha racter will be exemplified by Ldrd John Russell ; t by ) 1 ' conciliatory manners and aff a ble deportmen' Francis Baring ; —pra c ti ca l sagac ity and statesalcoii,' experience, by Mr. Thomas Babington h Never surely wer e s u c h parts assigned to °tic formers. ' At ,4 Turn we our eyes across the broad - language shall supply the phrase contemPt when she speaks their government Of . be e, There is a story of Garrick, who is relate d tobatl:eo acting Cato in Addison's tragedy, at a COUn tr) 01: when a stupid dunderhead of an ambassad°r upon the stage, with the words " Scissor (Caesar) sends health to Cat-° he ;i v on which the great tragedian exclaimej, j o f nishment of the wretched company, and /;le amusement of the audience, r i.' " Would he had sent it by a better toesse r g e ft , c sg Such, we may well b e li eve , wa s the univers,3`ard throughout British Ameri c a, when the to al seori dustrious colonists of the Queen's vast P i 00 receive the galling intelli g en c e that this map ° and tallow had gone out to rule them. well John Colborne throw up his command in u1 0 % ; o: Sacrifices he has made for his country: it w f the sacrifice to retain his military command unu er ..id rogant and ignorant Lord Durham: it wn w ai fr,r sacrifice too great for the hi g h honour of o n e te L . , land's greatest soldiers to hold.even-a coordir' mand with such a creature as Pow. It is well known that one of the greatest 0 1 ' ments with which the i n t r i gue rs of the Cabil7o-.,,e had to contend during th e p as t Session, 113 s he al) question of Canada. Mr. Hume, Mr. Ellice" a a ot ot Durham each had his separate nostrum, asdhil,vcf• of this exemplary triumvirate would submit td ruled on so momentous a ques tion. Now g rea wr sions call for great men : this was a diffic ult Y: o o : all the genius of the gifted Pow : hence t he or: upan common sense and coloni a l loyalty in i t s i er` ordinary appointment. There can be nom' doubt that Lord J. R usse ll' s acce ptance of the X 01: Seals,—at this moment perhaps the most ror oo , 'i of all the offices of Government,—and the his tiger Mr. Thom son t o th e C an adas, are a ler ver o ; symptoms of certain private arrangement s ' , in : lr no tl f ,' enough to the existence of the Ministry , b u ' known to the world. If the Melbourne Mint 0' endure until th e f o ll ow i ng E aster , no doub t the resting problem will be solved. That they will endure until Easter is sc arce ' ll , ever, to be conceived. But we must ent reat ; ° o f guine readers to bear in mind that snakes an ous reptiles will ret a i n th e i r ex i s tence ti' n 113 mutilated shape ; and that toads have been live for years, like the Melbourne Minis ter6 ' support. The arrival of the Great Western brings 2ce t c e - pe: the astonishment an d indignation with st'llicity , sW of the appointment o f M r . Poulett Thoinson11:000 received in Canada. H a d our p re cious a t)s t carefully studied how to insult this imr °r° lesi-l j' , ' they could hardly have hit on a more effeettiB4 ent. At a time wh en th e p ossess i on of our ‘ 1 1)0 1ac c `; American dominion is already trembling i n the 00 ° 1 ' and no man can rook f orwar d t o th e probab le e i e t i the ensuing winter with ou t f ee lings of an to e alarm, the Ministers of Queen Victoria c hocs' bo o' pense with the services of an able, and popular officer, who has hitherto execute°, ficult task committed to his charge with oi ls ce his skill and eminent success, and thrust into th man of such little " mark and likelihonr 3 ,, e dge , member for Manchester,—a man whose / o °' D I O, Russian tallow, we doubt vat, is of some va ltie L t ie the u i ; more fit, at such a juncture, to discharge Governor-General of Canada, than a babY would be to conduct a general engagement- ej,l 44f, A b" A W i It is not merely that nature has denied 41 0 1 '- experienceity tual qualifications for so-Herculean a tasl * . l is.r t f ambitious efforts have never been able'r more than a small reputation for a certain 4te : clearness immeasurably- below the standard e. man,—and that of anything , like c ominant l 'bili ( ence over the minds of men h e i s utterly in c l a os ie 4 but he is looked upon in Canada, by the Inr i n 0' 1 ; affected portion of the i n h a bit an ts. as 11 °'•`,, 41 , 0 ili l interesfs, and the prominent part he bas ta Tb e rt:, discussions relative to B a lti c an d C a nadian I' ID I io . '", ders him an object o f di s lik e an d stisr ici°l 4 parties. for /1 W There seems to b e no groun d w hatever pie, sertion of the Mini s t er i a l papers that Si r . i t he t c , borne sought to be re li eve d from.the dutie n vernor-Generalship which. he was so ably an Aire ctlY tj tc torily performing. The fact appears to be u ",illinc reverse; and this distinguished officer, tu l ' i c ie 0 . 1 : o serve under a Whig Underling sent out ft' l i t oo t nience of my Lord Melbourne at home , ' ll ' ricon c, any regard to the i n t e re s t s o f t h e N o rth Ai lle e d of lonies, at the sa me ti me t h at h e w as deP riy civil authority resi gne d hi s m ili tar y comma nd ' If ;t, superseded by Sir Richard - Donnes had not daily experience of the low intrigti:gr!„,' hand trikery, and utter neglect of the Pl ibil d Of; which characterise the abominable selfisbr ie nt gery, it would be in conce i va bl e h ow the Pr e l se aa te r should dare to d e p r i ve t h e country o f the 31 1 - 0 0'4 such a Governo r -G enera l as Si r J o hn C°. g an ce ; order to gratify th e vanity and foster th e arr' a person of such sma ll ca lib re as Mr. r e)tilett son. < <e 1 1 ' to To use the em ph at i c wor d s o f t h e Dolt' tlf ,. 0 113 ton, " we wish to see the Canadas gorer ne % ; s os ili , ensure this, the Governor himself must be 3 I gss P : e ; ‘ l character commands respect, and whose firfil o se. li t ' s 4 out no hopes to the disaffected. What 18 19 ,1 i Pt.' 111' to drive the British Canadians to despair t hen' oi them to believe th a t t h e connect i on betwe r e a i oo'''' o o the mother country i s t h oug h t a ma tter o A, ll env il in England, t h an to find a man landed as °',: o f their sho res w h o h as not one s i ng l e asSq 6. 8 D vf cation for the i m p or t ant o ffi ce w ith which t ; invested? When the ancients sacrifice!' a . I E I b o ' ' kr garlanded it with flowers and attended it w t p!" but we refuse even thi s poor com pliment o vies whose interests we are abandoning, 211 ; to pr r ti s to injury in the person of him who is s ew et tO, s over their dismemberment. Can we " Pe ri 0 13 ; 3 treasonable practices of Papineau and Ne l9°- fl ises; 4 d , kenzie will not he renewed under such at ls ' er eir if revolt breaks out and the scenes of 1837 1 a d r a ll o ci ,4 what security can be felt here that the S tai ir Co hellion will not triumph, and the loss of °l;chotloti be the price we shall have to pay for reol et , t ijoi tt ,S s vanity and Lord Melbourne's convenience the are we to halt b e t ween - two op i n i o ns ?' tiv if have a right, as it is called, to inclenen ne- i in , >1 however, in the nature of things, ra nn°l rS° e ' '' iie (e case with such a ne i g hb our as the Uni te( og e us proclaim it at once, sever the conneeti'll'io ourselves of th e heavy expense attending I. : 0 col' l : ; :i? vernment of the t wo Provinces. If , ° ll t gir it is not only right but expedient that th e )9 . ) t h of 1 11,_, settlers who h ave em i grate d t h e re on ,he fat t tish protection, should be defended agai n jet°, ;:it' rooted hatred o f t h e F renc h habitans, name and chafe under the authority of 1 1 ,4 1 ° l O l. also that we s h ou ld preserve to ourselves st ne je Canada affords for the outpouring Of population, then we must evince this deter - . e j •to 11P slt our acts, and, w hil e we dili gent ly remove at iar of. complaint, we must s h ow a firm and ,/.1J the traitors who seek to pilfer a jewel fr°ll l, 3 ve of B • main. But it w ill a pp e ar . In, in or der w . as thong° . o another outbreak of insurrectio: o. ft pretence for turning our Colonies P•al lng the difficult affairs of these two i ` a cv ' f it' vincesand to the guidance of a weak and ini t " f t ili'.'";,,i , the Ministry seems to be conEci° l-1 c PE . '' ' 1 ,, '" ett I ls)! „1 1 ,/ for, at the same time that Mr. Foul appointed to his high office, Lord Jolni i ll' e 4 , l l/ 0 ,1 1 yond comparison the ablest man in th e e t 41. ') ,,,e , t h l s , transferred hi mse lf f rom the Home t 0 ~ e , f,,1,,,pYe Department, by way o f, compensati°°' . t L' 9l ,f and to adjust the balance; for he tnig lit ,!: c ll o-e t le' l ' imagine, that what would be lost in th e li i be , tp , . Mr. Thomson for Sir John Colborne 11"`10",,,it' ;i l l , the substitution of himself for P rci ~o r e' fi t ti' tion e f t e i a la r t no ir t, re l n o e w d e i l a , e h r i , e a ro nd isc f h ra i n ef kl N ‘; , the h ost unwise and preposterous apPitli°lelfc°l:llllll°.ieelllloi:r°4l4k';e',l tinraati!lo c sn ontrary, no evil 'results ens ue, f" 0 -0": el torafnsrohillaiseGdoNa,enmdorc,onwteenstheadlltlitiodc,h,t the'ol" as an additional proof of the truth a sc-- k ki o f 41k&:1