The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-21 00:00:00

THE ATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL he phi,. b ikt "uuc is r espectfully informed, that an arrangement has fo rm .made, f or a l i mited number of Nights, for the Per iitz-4,,neeS4°C* of ..a of ERHN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S VERITA.- ;N t h MONKEYS AND DOGS, ltve created so great a sensation at the Theatre litt, St James's, London, and in Paris, Vienna, Ber elettionlinlvtirgh, and all parts of the Continent ; and wh9se the k -s were last night received, in this Theatre, with c'st unbounded applause. 44411_ First appearance these Three Years of MR. HOOPER, mszn oi , au,(lPrincipal Comedian of the Theatre-Royal, St. 2 ' 1-1011 don, who is engaged for a Fortnight. HISS And Second Night of th e SMITH AND MISS JULIA SMITH, Il k r ia r Singers, (Nieces of the Countess of Essex, nShshW ut Stephens,long celebrated as the firs ? t Vocalist Stage,) who are engaged for a limited present TUESDAY, May 21, 1839, will be per the Musical Drama of N 0 ! 1/47 Doubtful Miss Julia Smith. Miss Smith. After which, the favourite Farce of 1. THE WEATHERCOCK. h Tristram Fickle Mr. Hooper. riEttli v After which the Performances of ' REIN RICH' SCHREYER'S VERITABLE TROOP (45 IN NUMBER) OF 14 °N KEY S AND DOGS. A„,,, Programme of their Performance:— tlat. Th e Supper of Lord Gogo, M a dl e . B a t av i a Lqtiej,,,_"rrot ; the part of the Waiter by the celebrated i hit 41..-üb• 2nd. The Waltz of the Cantons. The ee lallers and graceful deportment of Madame Pompa kit ue,Gardens of Marly, the part of the Footman by 5 14° th il teli os e ",; 4th. The Toilet of IMadle. Batavia before LTlier, the Part of Madle. Batavia by . Little . Nanine._ Grind Promenade, Madame . Batavia in her Car ,Pset—a tragical comic scene, the part of the 145.1111:41"Y Jacotot, and that of the Groom by Jacob. . - mry tp.-Ist. A Military Scene.—the Old Trooper—Mih triltionevreises with Fire-arms—Fencing, &c.—Air, with 17i t , oa - t s h ' the Violin, by the Great Mandrille. Exer te e t :Light Rope, both with and without the pole, by . Zit The Riding Academy, Caro, Danois ~"b _ "Jukoino, will leap the barriers—the Rope terre a 41 ' ' ' a Ce of the Antipodes—Montaucel—the Flags— tbe tt at Full Gallop, by the Great Mandrille. Master PA* til gf Little Jacob kid II 0 , The Deserter—Judgment,' Condemnation vattion of the Great Mandrille—his Funeral 013 - Futi l e trzt e e B -tallecondu ted by Little Jacob.-2nd. Grand Mih- Assault, c Evolutions, Fighting, Bombarding, Ram Taking of the Fort of Kolcomorium, hole of the Troop.-4th. The highly-trained log, wi ll exhibit his most extraordinary Performances. 1 0 conclude with the Musical Farce of "lIVAS I. tibtrpoot gPtanbarb. - . TUE _ - "A Y MORNING, MAY 21, 1339. 4 rri l j . e.a " le Packet- s hi p Sidd ons , C a pt a in Palmer, which ep,'"i at Liverp oo l on S a t ur d a y l a st, we have received tlay, l °r k paper s to the 25th ultimo, inclusive, three ater : than th ose b roug ht by the Great Western. i m politic al content s o f these papers are of very little a lki ( nee ' The accounts of the New York money it *N I - ar e somewh a t more f avo urable than those which St received. Bu s iness is described as cqnsider rath_-'°re activ e , an d money i s sa id t o have become itoeicer Plentiful. The quotations of several kinds of : I ;l44: lad e 'dvanced in consequence of the increased Specie. The shares in the Bank of the r ate o i l3t ates were quoted, on the 24th, at 1141. Th: Per re;" on London was quoted at 81 to (11 r e ;" Premium. Holders of cotton, in consequence di E i h nt intelligenc e f rom the southern states, were *e re eri ed to e ff ect i mme di ate sa l es, as hi g h er pr i ces p r e Pected . 4 4: 41 11 P Per Canada there is very little news of any la tetiti n " . Sir George Arthur had announced his tio 4 to —r i of liberating fifty-two of the rebels, in addi- N ee the t wenty-seven already released, " if circum tlitiv:l:llnold render such a measure consistent with v ilte e - ia r e of the province." The council of the pro -14-Ax ad negatived the resolution carried in the House p r : e°ll3l Y, for sen di ng comm i ss ioners to England vi,itellgiote the union of the Upper and Lower pro rhitted Sever a l outrages are sa id to h ave b een corn kty 8 : 1 the fr ont i ers, b ut not hi ng lik e l y t o l ea d to the "ells collision. It is scarcely to be expected that -..nr iv ,_• z mi ty engendered by the incursions of the p r ° t brigands will speedily subside. 11 1ti: 11 0, t he Morning Courier and Enquir& of the 24th 4 t ti on 'i W e learn that a public meeting had been held Nt e , eci ° . r l , in reference to the proposed arrangements thi N i nto by the British Government, for the trans• fo r °4 ; o f a mail b etween E ng l an d an d A mer i ca once e nittr a n ,:. gl : t, by means of s t eam - s hips, and for which a had been entered into with Samuel Cunard, of Nova Scotia. The British Government are 45 „. inks a'ooo per annum for this service, and the to 11 0 a re to go t o H a li fax, w i th a cont i nuat i on th ence it 1 ,, 4 Bti nt• At the meeting to which we have alluded d 'unanimously resolved, that the establishment of Ivoul d °f steam-packets between Liverpool and Boston tity , b ten d greatly t o a d vance t h e prosper ity o f that 40 4 0 1 i ncreasing th e f ac ili t i es f or t h e di rect importa- Dor t Iner cliandise fro m E ng l an d, an d m aking that 44valan ex tensive depot f or t h e rece i p t o f co tt on and t hat ti : tn res for foreign shipment. It was also resolved, th e ' Port of Boston was indicated by nature, and 44teWhole course of internal improvements in the t1tii,.. 1 ,' 48 the most eligible point for connecting the tat."o. States with England, by means of steam na ali, l l ° . : A direct line from Baltimore, Philadelphia,_ b itrh' elv Y ork, to England passes through the ,u -tath,• t 3 ° L iloston—a cheap and expeditious communi -41111 by railroads and internal steam navigation ex t W e au3 ng this line —and the completion of the Grea ellak t i teril Railroad, will, in the course of a few months, yle the traveller to reach Boston, as soon as . I's s D e r . k ' fro m Albany, Utica, Rochester, Oswego, Buffalo, d liottoit, Louis:vine, St, Louis, Kingston, Toronto, find lii t : tr , ea l , and upon his arrival in Boston he will . e :elt . 220 miles nearer to Liverpool than when at on ce 17°r It• It was urged, as of the highest, impor r to the success of this great enterprise, that the th i t er class of steam packets should run entirely ste b ti . n g i.. ll frntil Liverpool to Boston, and rice versa, — Of rg a sufficient time at Halifax for the reception f rii lel, and to receive and discharge passengers and tsh o g ui4 t * it Was also agreed that a suitable pier and dock cit,„ . "` be provided for the reception of the Liverpool receiv e' tickets in the port of Boston, where they may discharge their loading free of expense to wne r ,. Ad • vi ces r • eceived at Boston from Monte the 23 , bloc k u of February, . ,d e , , mention the continuance of the Video, to ° eint. r o ' Buenos Ayres, without any prospect of its Sat 4 l l 4s ed• It was, however, stated in London on vithri_nY, that the French Government have agreed to Nit th r e aw ,. the blockade of Buenos Ayres, and to sub qr tat tict.tfferences with that state to the decision of t i s trot to and that orders to that effect have been ''' 13 " nos Ayres. • P ap eri e t i w frog the C 4 to Hope have been re ' tir k v i Q e 9th tope of Good to the of M4rch. It h a d b een officially no grtit g4,tisf4ction of the colatiias, that, La DINGS• as held on 1 4 . 411 1 of noniin lajestO pril!2 lent, as 011141...: trate for ths,u_.; stion of Mr. 0 .7 i ..'sent until W.I. porters were 'l* • efs f the boo . l ... b een called tor • m a y 14, 183 f 9 ihe oformation tmen t to the ,11!‘: my duty to re h ll ; D fs r the bor °lig c t of nicate the ;client servsn6.. J A gEs HAI' vrhO gentleroot rfon before an/ ne l rel a n , d over the of the stiPe n insidious to 0 3 selected. to the Nor" r 1 : 0 1 A' the 6th of NI of the e?e be' stra te for f tp ao ..„ unl that l? he b e " rate, . . ta the of his t"' c oon' red to ac t as _be though no t w o Ler resolutlot ,ppOintedt 8.13 o f the to him, ou t as ola• the r ce h came to kat, in 01 1 1 11' 0 e police me _ a rt, :o the poliee;:i to hould da d entleniall9_Bl4o e h h o e ne s , ta o t o ec r7hat:; that he h h a b d ar l d% 0 0 , 1 ong to t—e. & t it' r of the In my gentlerasa advisable tode erh' be aps iLt e man. , - ibott view, alio s no t they rsto,_dtti#. nated, *, i odor', be e ° ' ia ° oen d should b e o istf • rst, an d th e jo s. tipend to t ll . O fir. Ca rl ti° h ots entlernau coon c L appose tee woos than the ! li d to P r ; e authorjscthe ee. oug ht that _. and theuLetebeo'rit ace migh t e Aldermen d to tf 1 , o put an 01 7 nominatiorl tan ct ' n the first L ll5 O O t is necessall ed. ate [N swill, ld in his hatgl!:rred first. Het:111.;00' ;trate w ere 1603:1 salary alreatif • rate a man cl i$ L...sar g ore great pw- et isi mnurn be snore h e devote theg gPist ','e of his cluie' it• ',LrofesSioua aPrioe, in ent, at the 8* ' ;stricted fro' 406 n seconding --,:,ijr, Aie to the in le i the distinct Ord give to a barllo and talent alllittl :s of the office. ecoa Lat they mint f oir ual, and net '''' 3: 1 0 11 0 : was a large , opinion of O A , if !ould not, for t he 0 0 , the salary. of the, :ing his opnieeehot thus save soln e ', $l l Mr. I. H ope s) Is extent of Arn'otbsi ,ties, arising P'"„04" en it had heelrite ':1000 to Xbac'e liio oodness to geodiu Lt the clock 'Ls tr the plea on whtv r existed. a., his •• u tbe po ( w imp ~ au, 'her hand, treAr, ew business ha d It LI ary ejectionn,t act bet! hole, there P r ' d increase. deft, year was a ° I aital t y j " le highest stso,4 Ie would vete P' t/ if A t be i e doing his cill r4 r r: i t that a .e11nn"4,,,,, a had to e',.„ dice rnagistrawj #Ol Idy had reeci/reol, e cause of big 0 05 tin posse 6 0 i on o n t was the 0 1 ,:x 4 1) :0 rho had so Ile'" SUCeeSSOr. 7 he stipendiar) e j 4''' ali ;0), 5 t h a t the 0- . 0 , was ihat Pt& ly, that he (O r ly (t l) te i n London. 1I , r in Lontlooloaly li Preferred hai l tiste j member for ffedtli, vhen he suppo-roo.lgir mrse which 11 , e lir wuld be savee,ttito 6 ssary to con-. , o fg - • .at) ✓ the neees- 01' s. awing anythilsir°,ulll, llr. Hall to Pbrr,t, bvious facts t°,00111,„r4 )11, where be f4ifor,r, ald have tbe 0-,„t e, a the deco.; orir, ilate on h3v./0,4110 if being can rt , r, f , he police eftiellic,,bl studying ggtlfr,ll s heard liiin t,'_. gq rte • of that $01:4),7,:r ite satis fi ed t ' to : L with reSPee 0 e* r co llt i probable tha t bbe f, opinions,lol,,te 10 P i l yt Ilice magtstr°;;ioa 0,41 as his iroPee`csA./ r .-0050 a yeer warty roak.e it less 0,4, , tog' 0' eat novo; c Jo or at delay in till osilod had to wait.loelf, ,r; i rd ; and he lini,,as,r 11S g eflin!'t 630 st t'd ence ihat.t.,en le:A4 .(l laid.thean. , if r j w as. sure tbaclod; a greater e. el g 1/ ' do. Vitales° ,ir, time. ~ H of dl, pond the irtoeor. V 1, appointepi oki be ought 0011)1'ietK,040 ;nt his (1141•-i3Oye 5" 0 , !it wrong toeritoosi,,,r anal rein'i-iiee4 gveli ' duty it ba n g 1,0 per ,erirolot per h a d LIP baffles Mr. Cooper* Forty i -. of t of o le swan : ~,6 45 The ba.4°" e 101 an tour or 6tlce. yst ham ber prl', c hours a-ok ' fie Ell. $1 at. - v ~,ss- fii. on of Mr. .1,-,0 . 4 $ Population :ici (!Leir boo:nigh, . n i LLO P .O I cunt of police4ic,por C.lOOO . N° Pusbt tY and he thou ci vas W be (I°Tile 113,0,1 m wan.iefice) equate'e e'SFehe 41;ich 300 a..year.,:e in L'' T as not a ore ~ (1 4 0 to og :Llr. 1-larvePfor $ t advertised . gii, ;vest On. or tl ,c " ma ble ° sato ro I „ D e act i c e cnn•-°e vo. oleo to' / aent wag ''' 101040 8 5 I°l Vi /Y ' 'mg was ~ s 1., Cassell, ifolao.-stoitlif Lassell, Jr ft, lolt. 1 ijoite's;igt. orth •r• 'O, v ,ti . T. 'ca.6e4 Wialli'veY 'Filcher, J., T. 0, ,f, . Hall'eW, ‘‘iV o nce, J . i 4, „ ix -3. 1-lornbY,i,. 0 , ir E. Er"anSs ..01,, fayor. o, r, o o c , J. Barton, vier''' 1' C. o t , . f , thbone, 0 0 f r. son, R. Gli prof .1' '. Joraou Jones, 1003,,c-I'' „IV ..„ 6 1101'' ,tc's 6018.ix.Dic, b e a tf reed' after -:,tia • Hey-- ( lit I t l nation. _ _, all otp [ taken PlAr'jo oDdep, the tio'c'os6 sl.oli e-cl. to proP _ens 1,,,i vfo9ionaurroev Ls also F0,.'3,„ tiff" 1 70.PliqW' to D ' ',. ...il, 4, or 4 ---ikr IS— . • with hi m Preta x, la Inapt in all things adapted for the situation, Justiceilst, and in the vigour of life, who would temper a geod e wha kindness; firmness, moderation ' and discretion— ian who, schen named, would be allowed by all to lisC e n t ue Praise whi c h he (Mr. C.) had bestowed upon ki s . begged leave to prop ose Mr. Edward Rushton, r e „;, s a b ar rister of not less tha n five years' standing, to be filreahended to her Majesty's principal secretary of state the ofE ce °ln e dePartment, as a fit and proper person to hold r. of stipendiary magistrate of the borough o Liver , ul consequence of the resignation of Thos. James Hall, Ntr. sax, 4,.a.ststatv seconded the motion. It was unneces hee'ilLer kiln to say any thing after the eulogium which had Passed u p o n Mr. Rushton by the mover, in all of which Perf I pot-, r Y concurred ; and thought that the gentleman pro way rom the knowledge which he had of our local affairs, at47t etia .n e y lit t y qualified for the situation. ,o a question from Mr. Bibby, Mr. CURRIE Nil% Rushton had the honour to be elected, he It willingly serve PIas:I,9OPER. Proposed that a week's delay should take r e ry 47tore the selection was made. They were called , upop ads Ba l d to nominate a gentleman, and a 'week s Iv / 1:0Juld not possibly do any harm. oppo r rt ,2 llll Smrrn seconded the motion, in order that an 1.4 v ri , - "t iw tY 'night be afforded of consulting gentlemen in 1143 :407 1 : q u ite as capable of filling the situation as Mr. wiltigg to ". al tlE.—lt do es not f o ll ow t h at b ecause th ey are txe the s it uat i on they will be appointed tratits.iLAWRENCE hoped that no delay would be . atad that th ere would be an unanimous recommen lis:Zt° Lord J o h n R ussell, who, he understood, was wil - 417rtiction their recommendation. iea RzYwon•rn said that, delay was quite uncalled for. l'he r j,ought to be put out of the question in the case. estiluld be something in the character of the gentleman 'as t d d ilitu to the o ffi ce, and he thought that Mr. Rushton `' °o Per and Smith consented to withdraw their tarried. eat, and th e motion of Mr. Currie was unanimously that it, to her M a j esty an d t h e pr i vy counc il, praying , Poli te e• Rus hton might be app o i n t e d to the vacant o ffi ce of the eugist rate, was the n rea d, a d op t e d, an d s i gned by all I,Nulcillors present. ut r• Is Coit h ,; a l lioLmxs proposed, " That the thanks of dates'4l.7' be give t Th mas James Hall, Esq., for - 0 1 111 ,d. i n l Partia' n l manner in which he has fulfilled the os oL ,, Sup ..)4r. b endiary magistrate for the borough of Liver- ID fir . _,zovron seconded the motion, which was unani- NZPted. 44 4 t b usiness of the council occupied an hour. minutes past twelve. It termi- consequence of the favourable state of the revenue, the taxes on servants, on stock and produce, and on in come, would be discontinued, and some other taxes modified and reduced in amount. The prospects of this colony seem to be of the most encouraging cha racter. We have .also received the Graham's Town Journal to the 28th of February. It congratulates the farmers on the removal of the impediments imposed by the above-mentioned taxes, and expresses a hope that the capitation tax would also be abolished. This paper is chiefly filled with distressing accounts of the continued depredations committed by the Kafirs on the cattle of the colonists. It is time that effectual steps should be taken to put a stop to these marauding incursions. Major Charters and Mr. Shepstone, had arrived at Graham's Town, by an overland rout, from Port Natal. They confirmed the main particulars previously pub lished relative to the defeat of the Zoolas by the emi grants, and also as to the great losses sustained by the former. Accounts had been received at Graham's Town from Port Natal to the 23d of January. The editor of the Graham's Town Journal states, that he had two specimens of coals, one of which was found near the Zand river, and the other near Port Natal. They are described as of very superior quality. This coal for mation is said to lie close to the surface, to extend a considerable distance, and to be many feet in thickness. We mention this as a fact of some importance, as a company in London has determined upon the coloni zation of Natal. The presence of an extensive coal field in this region, must be considered as an addi tional inducement to carry the scheme into speedy ex ecution. Having already prepared some remarks on this new colonial project, we shall recur to the subject in our next. No topic can be of more vital import to the commercial public than the extension of our colo nial dependencies. We have received a file of the Jamaica Royal Ga zette, to the 6th April. Our files of the Despatch, Gazette. and Mercury, are again missing. The news brought by this arrival is still of a gloomy character. On the sugar estates the unsatisfactory manner o working continues to distress and annoy the planter, and he sees his canes rotting before his eyes, without the possibility of getting the sugar manufactured from them. On the coffee properties, ,where the crop was still gathering, the same indifference to the interest of the proprietors was shewn, although the labourers were offered Is. Bd. per bushel for picking, which could be easily accomplished in three hours. The Royal Ga zette expresses its sorrow that there has been so much temporising with the people. If equitable arrange ments as to rent and wages had been generally en forced from the commencement, much of the bad feel ing now existing might have been avoided. Several members of the Baptist persuasion are still said to excite the labouring population, and to fill their minds with nonsensical ideas regarding their civil and religious liberty, as if attempts had been made to in vade either the one or the other. The papers before us furnish some further particulars respecting the great advantages derived by the labour ers from their grounds and fruit trees. On many of the properties of the Island, there are immense quantities of cocoa-nut trees, more particularly at tached to the negro houses, and consequently claimed by the labourers. It is generally supposed that a cocoa-nut tree is worth from £4 to £5 per annum. On a property not many miles from Kingston, where there are a large quantity of these trees, the manager has had the curiosity to count the fruit from a full bearing tree, and it appears that the result has been, that the cocoa-nut tree his three bearings a year, at each of which there was picked about 250 nuts, giving 750 a year. But taking the average of many trees to give 400 annually, and that they can be very readily sold at four for fivepence, it follows that each tree will yield £2 Is. Bd. Now, it appears, that the negroes possess more or less of these trees, and that some ac tually claim to the number of 47. The amount aris- ing from 10 trees, would be £l2 10s. sterling—from 20 trees, £2s—from 40 trees, £so—and from 47 trees, £5B 15s. With such an immense income the Gazette may ask with great_ propriety, " what proportion ought the proprietor to receive ? No doubt," is the answer, " he would be considered a severe master to exact 2s. per week, leaving a clear income to the renter of £53 1 ls. sterling, per annum," from this source alone ! Silver and gold, as a circulating medium, were getting more scarce every day ; and to mend the matter, pri vate • notes were " flying about the island like wild fowl." Some of theSe were issued for 6s. Sd., 3s. 4d., Is. Bd., and even iod. each I The principal cause of the scarcity of specie, is, no doubt, the constant 'drain of the labourers, who have been, for some time past, hoarding their wages and the money they derive from the sale of the produce from their grounds. We are glad to find that the monetary affairs of the island are likely to be placed on a better basis. We learn that a " Jamaica Loan Society, or Planter's Bank, for making loans on crops, produce, lands, houses, and other property," has been started. The capital is to be £500,000, in 20,000 shares of £25 each. Four thousand, nine hundred, and ten shares were taken in a few days. Another banking company has been ori ginated in Liverpool, under the style and title of the " Union Bank of Jamaica," for which application has been made for an act of incorporation. At the head of this company we find the names of our respected townsmen, Messrs. John Crosthwaite, Jos. C. Ewart, Robertson Gladstone, Charles Lawrence, Adam Hodgson, Joseph Hornby, Thos. Berry Horsfall, Chas. S. Parker, Thomas Smith, and William Smith. Perhaps there is not anything in the world so exqui sitely absurd as a provincial patriot. Sure we are that it happens to few men in any station of life so thoroughly to " eat humble pie," or so thanklessly to discharge the dirtiest and most, servile offices. And it is most mov- ing to see an obscure individual, a bouryeois gentil hoinme, about whom and whose concerns no mortal (except his customers) ever wasted a thought, glorying in the display of his august personage in a public bal cony—thrilling with delight at the very sweet music of his own most sonorous voice—big to bursting with the destinies of the world--and fancying that all Europe and part of Asia are intent upon the issue of the day's proceedings. The frog imitating the ox was a mere joke in comparison with your Monsieur Jourdain when he is playing the statesman, and, like the hero of old, ' insignis spoliis Molasses opimis Ingreditur, victorque viros supereminet mines. Hie rem Romanam magno turbante tumultu Sistet eques : sternet Peelum,—Toryosque rebelles."* And it is wonderful how a metropolitan master can re concile it even to a whiggish conscience to put his country cousins to so very absurd an use. But stupid as it was to call a gathering of radicals together in Clayton-square, and to hope even for a numerical dis play in this good constitutional town, it was really cruel to throw upon the orators of Liverpool the burden of discharging their own peculiar thunder on topics which at head quarters had, long been abandoned in despair. Really our good-natured friends should put off a little of their localism in politics, and not be so far behind the rest of the world as to wear the discarded habili ments of their employers, as the guerdon of their la bour and the garb of their vassalage. If their own common sense did not point out to them, when they had the parliamentary report in their hands, how the real truth lay, and what candour and fairness demand ed even of the keenest political opposition, yet we sus pect that Friday's papers must have filled full the mea sure of that chagrin which Thursday's proceedings had engendered, by informing these great gods of war that while Clayton-square was echoing to the wild ful minations of their provincial wrath, Lord Melbourne had instructed his nephew to give their statements the lie direct, and the walls of Hertford had already been placarded with this announcement, " the explanations which have taken place in Parliament certainly remove all grounds for ascribing any but proper and loyal mo tives to the leaders of the tory party in their late nego tiations"—to which authentic statement was affixed no vulgar name, but the most unexceptionably whiggish signature of the Hon. W. F. Cowper, nephew to the Premier, Commissioner of Greenyrich Hospital, and ambitious aspirant for a renewelliaase of his seat at Hertford. And if anything more were needed to aggravate the annoyance, and exasperate the vexation of our worthy friends, we shrewdly suspect it may be found in the fol lowing passage from Lord Brougham's• letter to Lord John Russell. Theparoage i •;nnewhat lengthy, but the portrait is so very striking, and the colouring so inimitable, that, for the instruction of our easy and good-natured opponents, and for the amusement of our fellow-townsmen, we shall insert it at length : " The reference which you make to the municipal bill, and to the satisfaction felt in the country with your reforms gene rally, leads me to make the last observation with which I shall now trouble you. I beg of you not to believe that you can safely trust to the communications of the new town councils, or the borough magistrates as the exponents of the liberal party's feelings. They, I doubt not, are well satis fied. Those worshipful persons are not very difficult to please, as long as the party they side with is in power—not very hard to satisfy with reasons for the stand-still policy, when urged by the dispensers of titles and patronage, aye, and even the actual holders of high office. Nothing is so gratifying to the civic mind as correspondence with men in power. Nothing so perfectly suits the municipal taste as being applied to for favours, forwarding the application to exalted quarters, and being the channel of returning an ans wer, be it even a courteous refusal. The worthy alderman, shining conspicuously among his fellow-citizens in the robes of his high office, shines with a yet more resplendent glory, when he is known to have the ear of a man in yet higher office than his own. The worshipful the mayor who conde scendingly tells the tradesman, saluting him profoundly and smilingly, ' Sir, sir, I am but a man,' adds to the length of the bow and the width of the smile, if it is ascertained at the past-office that he receives the frequent letters franked by one who is not only a man but a minister. Rely on it ; but rather advert to your experience of the last three psars, and you will recollect that the desire of belonging to the party of the government, and holding intercourse with its adminis trators, rules supreme in the bosom of many a corporator, who, before 1836, was as sturdy in his political principles, and as unbending in his public virtue, as Andrew Marvel himself." Really this is too bad ;—it was not needful to add insult to injury ;—our friends (we have been told) know what it is to have intimate communication with Lord Brougham ;—and all the world knows how they cice roned his noble correspondent, "not only a man but a minister," when he spent a day in Liverpool last au tumn. But this show-up is the unkindest cut we ever remember to have seen, and will not (we trust) be for gotten by our liberal friends in Liverpool, when insidi ous prompting or their own evil genius shall again tempt them to become the mouth-pieces of some party-cry, exploded and disavowed by their more knowing masters. * We hope the slight liberties we have taken with this passage will be candidly excused ; and if any erudite friend shall object to our various readings, we beg respectfully to submit that we have fallen into no false quantities, nor coupled together heathen Greek and heroic Latin, nor (as we humbly hope) fallen into any other very egregious or absurd mistake. See lneid, vi. 855. Since the whigs themselves have been driven from the impudent fictions fulminated against the great con servative leader—and almost as hard is it to drive the whigs from an useful fiction as from Downing-street itself—we suppose we need not waste our 'readers' time in any serious attempts at any further confutation. There is an old proverb which says, " It's ill to tak' breeks aff a Hielander," and it would be idle to waste words in exposing a lie which already stands bare to the winds of popular contempt. Our readers will bear us witness that through both the Irish and the Colonial crisis we never pressed for impatient counsels, or a very forward warfare on the part of the conservatives. We are quite satisfied with the manner in which things are working, and the way in which thogame is played. When.a Whig vacates a county, whether in the - north of Scotland or the south of England, a conservative sup plies his place, by a majority which sets all future opposition at ,defiance. When a radical town is vacated in England—aye, and even a pocket bo rough in Ireland—the radical fights a close contest with doubtful success. Thus is the march of events proceeding. Eirery fresh measure brought into par liament excites new enmity against the whigs—every discomfiture stirs up increased contempt. The rising tide of conservatism is constantly evincing its silent progress, as shoal after shoal of radicalism is disap pearing: We are satisfied to wait till we can take it at " the flood, when it leads to fortune." And we declare, therefore, most consistently as well as most unfeign edly, our heartfelt satisfaction in this last turn of the liberal tables. Driven from the lie they coined, by which they have climbed into office, and which now (i.e., not the office, but the lie) they have been com pelled unequivocally to abandon, they have exhibited the true instincts of genuine whiggery yet more clearly to the world " than before. What a hullabaloo they raised throughout the land when King William ex pressed his preference for a conservative cabinet! What an outcry would they have raised now, if it had accidentally happened that the House of Lords preferred a whig government—that the House of Commons had virtually and confessedly defeated a tory cabinet,—but that the Sovereign, in the exercise of her personal pre ferences, had discarded the liberals and retained the tories ! ! What an owls' chorus should we not have been doomed to hear ! The universal paean of dissent ing clamour would have been reverberated from county to county, and scarcely have died away in the moun tains of Cornwall and the northernmost fastnesses of Scotland. And then .if three tory ladies had been at the bottom of it all, and caused this great perplexity ! They would have had . antibedchamber meetings,— Hampdens at. Birmingham and Marvels at Leeds, pikes-men and dark-night-Men in the . populous dis tricts, would have swelled the cry of popular liberties and public principle, raised by lordlings in more courtly quarters, and nicely managed and directed by liberal Scipiones Africani in their several stations. No man who remembers the twelve infamous (we beg to correct Mr. Thomas Macaulay's version) days of May, 1832, can doubt that our youthful Sovereign would have been exposed to all the personal intemperance of liberal disloyalty on the hustings, while the absurdity of monarchical institutions would have been gravely discussed and denounced in the liberal press. Imagine a youthful lady on the throne, and three tory confi dantes in the bedchamber endeavouring to carry on the government against the houses of parliament and the deliberately expressed opinion of the English peo ple ! It is not possible to imagine a conservative base enough to permit his wife or daughter to hazard the dangerous experiment ; and more, it is not possible to conceive an Englishman, of English principle, suffer ing his wife to embarrass a service from which he had been himself excluded. No English gentleman, no English tradesman, no artizan, would act so ignomi niously. Well might Sir Robert Peel, with the Red Book in his hand, take it for granted that these bed chamber politicians would have saved him all annoy ance by resigning. Even he did not know the whigs, as all England knows them now. There is a day of retribution : there will sooner or later be an appeal to the people, and then these scores will be paid off with interest. Meanwhile the Hume-ane Society at the Reform Club has succeeded in restoring the su#pended animation of their darling cabinet, and the exertions of our friend " the Bear" have been successful for the nonce. "It 's Lang ere the de'il die," and crimes that would sink a better ministry are forgotten in the mul tiplicity of whig enormities. Lord Melbourne took advantage of the " misunderstanding" not because it was necessary to stand by his Sovereign, if this had been all, it would have been a far simpler method to have explained the misunderstanding, and set her Ma jesty right with Peel,—but because negotiations had been opened in the meanwhile with the discontented radicals, and those new terms of accommodation, which we prognosticated from the first, had been proposed. To the rumours which have been and are afloat, we do not attach by any means implicit credit; and we forbear to impose upon our readers statements which have no more authentic foundation than mere rumour. We may say, however, that the terms at first proposed, viz. the ratepaying clauses repealed, and the penny postage established, (which last, by the way, no con servative has ever opposed,) are far too narrow to con ciliate the griping philosophers. Even if Lord John Russell be drummed out of the cabinet, and Rice.fand Hobhouse be " kicked up stairs" and got rid 4f with peerages, and thus the ballot be made an open ques t tion, we suspect all will not yet work smooth with the lower radicals, while we are' sure that a number of their more respectable adherents, sufficient to counter poise the radical accession, will immediately take up their natural position behind the great conservative leader. And to.talk of Lord Morpeth as leader of the House of Comthons is sheer absurdity, paralleled only by ,Esop's donkey, that aped the evolutions of the dancing pnodle. 'T'hen let us sing " Long live the Queen !" And Morpeth, long live he ! ,A,l4shpuld he in the lead be sect, Slav I lxeUwe to Fee ! From the multiplied electioneering movements which are now taking place in various parts of the country; it is evident that a general election is close at hand. Under any possible combinaiion of circumstances, the rescuscitated whig cabinet cannot go on much longer with thipresent House of Commons. If the finality of Lord John Russell is to be insisted upon, the radi cals are pledged to be as refactory as ever. If an in fusion of liberalism into the administration is to take place, by the admission of Lord Durham and the Mar quis of Normandy, still greater difficulties must be en countered. The accession of these ultra-liberals to office will alienate from the ministry the support of many men of moderate whig principles who have hitherto voted with Lord John Russell. The present home sacretary is not the only " finality man" in the House of Commons. A dissolution, then, is the only available alternative. Let the conservatives be in the field in time. The approaching struggle will be one of the most formidable character. Whenever it comes it should find the friends of the constitution prepared. Not a county nor a borough should be left uncontested. Above all, let there be no delay. The enemies of the constitution are straining every nerve to gain the as cendency. Its friends must do the same. FORM OF A PETITION AGAINST THE NEW SCHEME OF NATIONAL EDUCATION. " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the Parish of —, in the County of —, " Humbly sheweth, —That your Petitioners have seen with the greatest surprise and alarm, a scheme of Education re cently laid before Parliament as approved by the Committee of the Privy Council, and proposed to be carried into effect. " That your Petitioners are of opinion that the said scheme violates the first principles of , our National Church and Pro testant Constitution, inasmuch as it sets aside the proper functions of the Parochial Clergy : contemplates the employ ment by the State of Romish and Socinian teachers, and recognises corrupted copies of the Holy Scriptures as of equal authority with the authorised version. " That your Petitioners also believe, that the endeavour to instruct the children of the poorer classes in the manner proposed, according to every variety of religious belief or opinion, can only lead to universal disbelief and scepticism. " That your Petitioners also regard, with the greatest ap prehension, the attempt to place the Education of the Poor in the hands of a Board, consisting wholly of official Lay men, and from which the Spiritual Heads of the Church are • purposely excluded. " For which reasons your Petitioners humbly trust that your Honourable House will refuse your sanction to the said scheme. " And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c., &c." ELLIS' SODA WATER.—During this warm weather we know of no beverage more delightful than Ellis' celebrated sparkling soda-water. It fully deserves the high encomiums which have been pronounced upon it, and the popularity which it has obtained. SALE OF PAINTINGS. — Mr. Hodgson will offer for sale on Wednesday next, (to-morrow,) at his rooms, in Church street, a choice collection of cabinet pictures. The collection includes a Holy Family, by Del Sarto—Discovery of Calista, by Rubens--Hawking Party, by Andrews—two magnificent productions of Salvator Rosa, and many other exquisite speci mens by first-rate artists. DENNETT ' S ROCKETS FOR SAVING LIVES FROM SHIP WRECK.—We understand that an exhibition of the efficiency of these pyrotechnic preparations for the purpose for which they are intended, is to take place at the North Shore, at twelve o'clock, on the 23d instant—her Majesty's birth day ; and we have no doubt that the calamitous events of last January will cause it to be viewed with much attention and interest by large numbers of our townsmen. The exhibition is patronised by the mayor, and we hear that the members of the Humane Society are disposed to give it their encourage , ment.• • Ciruncti OF SCOTLAND MISSION.—On Sabbath last, the Rev. Dr. Duff of Calcutta, delivered two discourpes of un rivaled eloquence and power, in the two Scottish Churches here, when the sum of £lBO was collected in aid of the In dia Misilion of the General Assembly of the Church of Scot land—namely, in Oldham-street Church, in the morning, £5O ; and io the evening, in Rodney-street Church, £l3o— of which was the donation of one individual. ALARM OF FIRE.—On Saturday night the police passed, an alarm through the town of a tire at a foundry, in Lydia Anne-street. Mr. Whitty, and the officers of the fire-police, were promptly on the spot, but, happily, there was no necessity for their services, the fire having been subdued. DISTRESSING CALAMITY.—OIIi respected townsman, Mr. Robert Youd, provision -merchant, has been visited during the past week with a series of domestic afflictions, as painful and calamitous as they are extraordinary. lie has lost three fine youths in the space of five days—the eldest six, the next four, and the youngest two years old ! The parent of chil dren, who were a few days ago redolent of health and beauty, is now childless.—Chroniele. THE LANCASHIRE YEOMANRY.—In consequence of the serious apprehensions entertained in the south part of the county for the public peace, the Furness troop of yeomanry cavalry, under the command of E. R. G. Braddyll, Esq., of Conishead Priory, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness, should circumstances require their presence, for the protection of property and the preservation of order. AWFUL CIRCUMSTANCE.—A visitation of Divine Provi dence, awfully verifying the words of the royal Psalmist, " In the midst of life we are in death," occurred at South Shore, Blackpool, on Sunday week, in the person of Mr. Lees, formerly a banker in Oldham. The family all went I to the church, leaving' that gentleman seated on the sofa in good health ; after an absence of not two hours they returned, and, shocking to relate, he was a lifeless corpse, and sat in the same position they had left him. The deceased was 65 years of age. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO AN EDITOR. — On Wednesday evening last, a very handsome and valuable tea and coffee service was presented to the editor of the Wigan Gazette by a few of his readers on which occasion a most sumptuous supper was given to him at the Royal Hotel. After the cloth was removed, and the usual loyal toasts had been drank, the presentation took place. The plate bore the following in scription :—" This coffee-pot, with a tea-pot and cream ewer, were presented to Mr. Joseph Griffith, editor of the Wigan Gazette, by a few conservatives of Wigan, as a small tribute of gratitude for his fearless advocacy of Protestant and conservative principles. April, 1839." The steam ship Liverpool, which sailed hence on the 20th ult. was half way across the atlantic on the 29th. She would reach New York about the end of the first week of the pre sent month. We expect to see her safe in the Mersey on or before the third of June. The Double Mail to Dublin will commence running on the first of June. PENSIONERS.—Notices have been posted in this town stating that all out 7 pensioners and other registered inen be longmg to_ Chelsea Hospital, are required to app ear before of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting in the division or neighbourhood in which they reside, when called upon, in order to produce their instructions, and to be sworn in as special constables, to keep the public peace. It states also, that they shall be paid out of the funds to be provided under the Special Constables' Act THE EARL OF DERBY.—We learn with unfeigned and deep regret, that this universally popular and deservedly es teemed nobleman continues iu a precarious state of health. It is painful to state that for some weeks past his lordship has experienced no favorable change, nor is there, we grieve to state, any symptom indicating the probability of his speedy restoration to health.—Preston Chronicle. PETITIONING PARLIAMENT FOR PENNY POSTAGE.—At a general meeting of the representatives of the Liverpool Friendly Societies' Union, held May 17th, at Mr. Atkinson's Basnett-street, it was resolved, that they immediately petition both Houses of Parliament for an universal penny postage, and also to lower the charge of postoffiee orders for trans mitting small sums, as the present plan is a heavy tax on country members of friendly societies. This petitition must have great weight, emanating from twenty different societies, comprising between 1,000 and 2,000 members. It will be presented, in the Honse of Lords, by Lord Portman and the Marquis of Sainsbury, and in the Commons, by the members for the borough. THE DEAF AND DUMB.—A number of scientific gentle men (amongst whom we noticed Mr. R. Crosbie Dawson, secretary of the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Liverpool,) assembled at the house of Dr. Turnbull, in Russell-square, to witness the results produced by a process recently discov ered by the doctor, and applied for the cure of deafness and blindness. Between twenty and thirty patients attended, many of whom—it was stated by their parents—had been born deaf and dumb. They were submitted to various tests, by which it was proved that their deafness had been cured by the application of Dr. Turnbull's remedies, and what appears most singular is, that whether the disease depended on par alysis of the auditory nerve, rupture of the tympanum, or obstruction of the internal passages, relief had been immedi ately obtained, or the complete cure effected, without delay, pain, or inconvenience. Several patients, who represented that they had been completely blind, said that they could now see perfectly well.—Times. EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS. A melancholy and fatal circumstance occurred on Thursday last, in Trafford's-court, South John-street, on the person of Peter Felton, who had formerly been in respectable employment, but latterly had given way to habits of intoxication. It appeared from the evidence given at the inquest, held on the body before H. Statham, Esq., deputy coroner, that the deceased went from home at ten in the morning, and returned about one to din ner, when he suddenly fell down. Mr. Edward Heise, surgeon, of South Castle-street, piomptly attended, but in a few minutes life was extinct. liDn examination, the brain was found lacerated, and filled with blood. The opinion of the surgeon was, that the deceased died from sudden concus sion of the brain, being predisposed to apoplexy, accele rated by drinking, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. He has left a widow and five children. LIVERPOOL STEAM-TUG COMPANY. —We are glad to find, that the Liverpool Steam -tug Company are, notwithstanding the serious check which has been lately given to joint-stock companies, still proceeding to render their establishment more efficient and more extensive, by adding new, powerful, and well-adapted steam-boats to their concern ; thus offering greater advantages to the shipping interest of the town gener ally, but more especially affording greater facilities in saving human lives and property, in the event of such awful catas trophies as those which occurred, at the entrance of our harbour, at the beginning of the year. They have just now completed another first-class vessel, which they have named the President, and on Monday last she made a trial-trip to the Menai-bridge and back. Some of the directors and several other gentlemen were on board; tfie day was very boisterous, and there was a very heavy swell, so that a fine opportunity was afforded of testifying the strength and effici ency of both the boat and the engines. Although at the start she had for one hour and a half to oppose a strong flood tide, and a strong head wind all the way from the Rock, yet, contrary to the expectations of the most sanguine on board, the distance was run in six hours ; and, on her return, although the wind had veered round so asto meet her right a-head, and the gale had considerably increased, yet she ac complished the distance in five hours and a half, thus giving great satisfaction, and eliciting remarks of admiration from all on board, by whom she was pronounced the fastest boat of the same power that can be met with afloat. The Presi dent does great credit to the talent of Mr. Baffles, the com pany's master-carpenter, by whom she was built, she being a strong, substantial, and excellent sea boat, and well adapted for the work she has to perform. The engines are finished in the very first style of workmanship, and work remarkable smooth, are of 110-horse power, and during the whole of the trip worked to from 29 to 30 revolutions per minute, with a consumption of river coals not exceeding 101bs. per horse power per hour; they were made by Messrs. Thomas Verna and Co., who, it is well known, have, by many years' snecessful practice, acquired great celebrity in boiler-making end iron boat-building, and who have, for the last five years, turned their attention to onOne-waking also ; and from what we have heard, We should Imagine that they 0 1=4 second to none as erAiliPbtlildgq.lo6tote's Advertiser. THE LATE WHIG MEETING-THE ALBION AND PENNY-A-LINERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin, Punch and Judy once said to Miss Stephens, " We of the same profession ought to assist each other ;" and I therefore claim your insertion of this memorandum in support of my brotherhood of the line. In the Times of Saturday there appeared a very faithful narrative of the proceedings of a Whig meeting in Clayton-square, and in the Liverpool Albion of to-day there appears a contradiction of the truth of that said narrative. Now, sir, as the editor and proprietor of the Albion is a correspondent of the Times, many uninitiated people may cudgel their brains to find out how it is, under the circum stances, that such totally different versions of the same pro ceedings should appear in the two papers : one account must be false. Probably I can assist the dullness of such individuals by stating, that there may be newspaper, proprietors in the town of Liverpool who keep a corps of penny-a-liners to write whig, tory, and radical articles, pursuant to the orders received by their commander-in-chief. It frequently, how ever, happens that the whigs compel our commander to endeavour to prove truth a liar, and vice versa. But in such extremities, Mr. Editoi, I conceive it anything but liberal to make the poor penny-a-liner a scapegoat for such mal practices, as you must be aware that it is a very hard-earned penny to scribble and lie at the beck of every whigling who happens to patronise the Albion. Hoping, by your insertion of this, that the newspaper pro prietor and the penny-a-liner may share alike in the odium attaching to falsehood and scurrility, if they do not in the profits, I remain, &c. A PENNY-A-LINER. Horsewhip Garret, Tinsley-street, Scotland-road, May 20, 1839. JAMAICA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I send you herewith a copy of a letter which I for warded by the last packet to Jamaica. Its insertion in your columns may induce other parties resident in England, and who have more influence in the island than myself, to express their opinions to their friends there on this important crisis in their affairs. Your most obedient servant, WILLIAM SMITH. 8, India-buildings, Liverpool, 17th May, 1839. TO THE ELECTORS OF JAMAICA. MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN, The present packet will convey to you the result of the debate for suspending your constitution, and the consequent resignation of Lord Melbourne and his colleagues. On the first announcement of the intelligence in Jamaica, it may appear that a victory has been obtained by the Assem bly. What is, however the fact ? The Melbourne ministry were beaten because they attempted to abridge popular rights. There is no evidence of sympathy in either the debate or its issue with the acts of the Jamaica Assembly. Whoever may be at the head of affairs, it would seem to follow as a consequence, that your present Governor will be recalled, and any breachl of parliamentary punctilio, which has prevented the Assembly from proceeding to business, will be repaired ; but it may with equal certainty be anticipated, that the very measures which have caused the quarrel will be again submitted for their adoption. Whether then we call it a victory or a reprieve, it becomes a matter of deep solicitude to all who are interested in the welfare and happiness of Ja maica to consider the use which should be made of it ; and it is with the hope of placing the subject in some of the lights in which it may not have been hitherto viewed, that I presume to submit the conclusions to which I have been brought my self, after a serious and dispassionate consideration. It is needless to revert to the measures whereby the abolition of slavery has been effected. They are no longer germaine to the matter. The all important and all-pressing enquiry is— how you can derive the greatest portion of good from the change. The government and people of this country, aware of the heavy responsibility which they have incurred by the emanci pation of the negroes, have been Unceasing in their watchful ness over the acts of the Colonial Assemblies, as well as in their recommendations of such ()Piers as to them appeared ne cessary to carry out the measure. This has, naturally enough, been regarded with extreme jealousy by the colonists, upon the ground that they are themselves the best judges of the laws required, from their local experience and knowledge of the people to be governed : a reason, which, however plausible, and albeit honestly urged, is not altogether sound. If the negroes were still slaves, the colonial legislatures would no doubt be the most appropriate lawgivers ; but in undertaking the difficult duties of framing the laws and institutions of a free state, and refusing the counsels of successful experience, are the colonists not laying themselves open to the imputa tion of desiring to originate what they cannot understand ? —the error they condemn so loudly in others. " Ce n'est que le premier pas qui route," is tritely appli cable to the present requirements of West India legislation. It iS indeed difficult to take that first step, which is to crush under its heavy and relentless tread the pride and the preju dices of our past existence, and to leave impressed in their stead the unwelcome but irrevocable record—that the slave of yesterday is the freed fellow-subject of to-day—free with yourself to be absent or present—idle or industrious—and free to sell his labour as dearly as he can, without making the result to his employer any part of his calculation. I who have lived in Jamaica can form some estimate of the difficulty of realizing, to any useful extent, this startling revolution, but I am sure that my liveliest imagination will fail to convey to me the experience of those who have been subjected to the change. But the fact is so, and it must form the basis of future legislation. And now that the step is taken, in what position are you but in that of your fellow-subjects in Great Britain ? They, like you, are surrounded by a mass whom it is at all times difficult to manage, and where strikes for wages are unfortu nately of but too frequent occurrence. Indeed, in this latter particular, I cannot too strongly remind you, that after so total and so sudden a change in your social system, it is only a matter of surprise and congratulation that the suspension of labour has not been universal and long-continued. I am well persuaded that were it possible to realize any such change, conferring such advantages on the operatives of this county, we might look in vain for labour in our factories, or even so briety or civility in our streets, so long as either a farthingre mained to be spent, or a superfluous article of furniture or apparel to be pawned. Right glad am Ito find that my poor countrymen are better minded. I always knew they were more sober, and more docile, than the lower orders in this kingdom ; they have now shown themselves to be less liable to mischievous excitement. The head and front of their of fending has been a strike for wages. It is quite clear there is no general or systematic refusal to work. It is simply al leged, that the negro values the labour which he will perform, too highly. Nothing is more possible. What is the planter's remedy? Certainly not in wasting his time in fruitless ne gociation, but in setting his wits to work to decrease his de pendence on manual labour. I will not incumber the ques tion by any inquiry as to whether the bargain for wages is not sometimes mixed up with the totally independent one of rent, or whether, in all cases of reported refusals of wages, the negroes could, with certainty, have relied in receiving them, from week to week, in ready money. These, and many simi lar inquiries, are highly important, however, to be advisedly answered, before any just estimate can be formed, even by yourselves, of the working of the system of free labour. But I shall be told I am leaving out "of consideration the many disadvantages to which the planter is subjected in a conflict with his labourers, from which the English employer is exempt. You will urge the difference of climate, and fer tility of soil, as favouring the natural indolence of the negro. His few actual wants and their ready supply, and the conse quent impossibility of securing continuous labour for the car rying on of the estates. These are serious difficulties ;—but are there no counterbalancing benefits to be found in the blessing of a fine climate and a fertile soil, which will give " seed to the sower, and bread to the eater," without that unceasing care which is so indispensable and heavy a tax to the farmer in a less favoured clime ? ls it no comfort to be exempt from the pain of witnessing the wretchedness and poverty which are the unfailing consequences of a severe winter or a bad harvest in England ? or, to take a lower view, is there no advantage in being exempt from the heavy im posts of poor-rates, and the more frequent, but no less im •perative, calls on our benevolence, which owe their origin to these and similar causes ? I admit that, in Jamaica, continu ous labour must be precarious. The rain, and the dew, and the sunshine, which are all in turn necessary for your har vests, are likewise precarious, but your ingenuity is exerted to counteract the failure of your seasons. It is equally within your power to render the supply of labour more certain ; by raising the moral standard of the people—by fostering that germ which already exists in their desire for instruction—by the enactment of mild and equal laws which will teach the negro to respect himself—by the consequent and progressive creation of artificial wants—by placing in his hand, and im pressing in his heart, the doctrines of that book, which will make him wise for time and for eternity ; and, above all, for his encouragement in well-doing—by permitting him to see in you, who have enjoyed larger privileges and better opprtuni ties, that " love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, good ness, faith, meekness, temperance," which are the bright fruition of our common Christianity. It may be said— " Educate the people, and they will cease to till the soil." This is a mere assertion, refuted by the experience of every civilised nation. Assuming, however, that none would be tempted to work as labourers, who could secure small patches of land for their independent maintenance, the only result would be, a comparatively inactive, but by no means useless, body of settlers, among whom the minor products of the country would be cultivated. But it is needless to follow out imaginary cases, while this one fact is indisputable : In your present peculiar position you cannot stand still. Your peasantry must be converted by the means, and to the ends, which I have named, or they must float with the down ward stream, and relapse to the habits and vices of savage life. I need not ask in which alternative your prosperity is to be found. But to place the matter in a more tangible form :—Has the assumption been proved, that the impoverishment of the planter is to be attributed entirely to the unreasonable de mands of the negro ? Has the calculation been divested of every other incumbrance ? Has the expenditure in every other department been as rigorously scrutinized ? Has every agency which spares mere personal trouble been lopped off ? Has the land been renovated by manure and Other appliances which would make it more fruitful ? and have these been obtained on the most economical and reasonable plan ? Has machinery been brought to act in the econo mizing of manual labour ? In the personal establishment of the proprietor, are there no superfluities which trench upon the capital necessary to maintain the estate in full efficiency? and is there due personal superintendence and judicious ap plication of that labour, for which he has to pay so dearly ? These are all points of vital importance to the question at issue, and it will behove the Jamaica planter to scrutinize them most strictly on another account. The time is not far distant when, among the extended and complicated interests of the empire, those duties which give him the monopoly of the home market for his sugar and coffee must be reduced, and he will be obliged to apply himself, in sober seriousness, to the task of decreasing the cost of production, as his only chance of maintaining competition. Upon this subject I will, however, refrain from enlarging, because it deserves more attention and ability than I can bring to it, and there is danger of its being mixed up with the totally distinct question of civil legislation. With these, and other considerations which I will leave to your own judgments to supply, I think it may fairly be asked whether the government and people of this country, or even the emancipated negroes, are responsible for a majority of the evils to which you think yourselves exposed? Have you, in short, been placed by them in a worse position than your fellow-subjects in Britain ? liable to the trials and difficulties which are inseparable from the management of your affairs, but enjoying the same opportunities of cultivating your prosperity on a sounder system; and yet what but the con viction—the settled and proved conviction—that the govern ment of this country is your implacable enemy, and the sole cause of your sufferings, can warrant the continuance of that system of unfruitful negociation with the representative of your sovereign, which has marked your legislative career for the last five years ? You surely do not mean to deny that you are an integral part of the British empire ?—that your prosperity is included in the range of ministerial responsi bilities ?—that it is the bounden duty of the government to interfere on behalf of any portion of your population, and to support every reasonable claim ?—and moreover, that it is the peculiar duty of your governor to see that such proposals as are suggested by those from whom he holds his appoint ment, are carried into effect? lam not adverting to the manner in which this duty should be performed—for in this there are and have been causes of complaint—l am simply asserting a principle, which (unless you are prepared to fore go the sympathy of every friend of good government) will be universally and distinctly acknowledged. Your bitterest opponents wst Omit, that you have done much, very much, towards carrying forward emancipation ; but the continual misunderstandings which have clouded your proceedings, have caused your good works to be dimly appreciated. You have been regarded in the light of unwil ling assistants, rather than as zealous directors in the cause of improvement. It is not difficult, however, to trace the existing state of things to its source. Your mistake has been one for which a precedent may be found in British legislation. You fancied emancipation a final measure. You are startled at fresh de mands for further concessions, forgetting that these are the indispensable consequences of your own act, and are made from a vantage ground which you have yourselves erected. Finality in legislation is a goal, which like the horizon, re cedes as you approach. It may no longer be asked, how are free institutions to be withheld ? but by whom can they be most gracefully and safely conferred ? It is a question of no trifling import, and its solution will lie with your colonial assembly at their first session. Do you wonder that the friends of Jamaica should look with a painful anxiety to the result? Negro emancipation was a grand and a glorious work ! It will give a sacred interest to the age in which we live, and will send down the names of its achievers to the admiration of posterity. But there is a work more grand and more glorious still—without which emancipation must be shorn of half of its lustre, and all its usefulness—" The conferring of free institutions on a freed people." For the consummation of the one, strict justice demanded that it should be made a mere matter of money ; the other can only be achieved by the immolation of pride, privilege, and prejudice on the shrine of our country. But the occasion is worthy of the sacrifice. The harvest is worthy of the toil. Its fruit, like Heaven-born Mercy " is twice blessed, It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." Will your representatives forego this inestimable opportu nity of sharing in the merit of those measures which may be posteoned but cannot be prevented ? Will they prefer anni hilation to compromise ? While grasping at the shadow of punctilio, will they resign with their legislative functions their claim to the affectionate gratitude of their countrymen, and the respect of the civilized world ? In the fervour of a faithful anxiety, may God forbid ! And here, then, I leave the matter to your hearts and your consciences. I have written plainly ; in the blunt sincerity of one, who has never been slow to defend you, and who has no fears that his motives can be misunderstood. I subscribe myself your friend and well wisher, WILLIAM SMITH. Liverpool, 14th May, 1839. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE - MANX LOTTERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sift, —A paragraph appears in the Albion of to-day re specting the Isle of Man Lottery. As the whole statement is the production of falsehood and malice, and tending to in jure a public body, I beg you will contradict the same. The act of Tynwald, of which he speaks as to putting down lotteries in the Isle of Man, only applies to lotteries esta blished after the promulgation of the said Act, and cannot, nor has ita retrospective effect acting as an eoost faeto law. I need not remind you that it would have shown common sense if the editor of the Albion had examined the Manx papers respecting the affair, before adopting the mischievous anonymous article I have alluded to. As to responsibility or risk of the parties who have purchased, or may hereafter be induced to purchase, I have to observe, that if the inten tions of the Isle of Man Building Company Lottery Trustees cannot be carried into effect--of which no doubt exists, ex cept in the minds of such men as the Albion' s correspondent —then I, as their agent, am fully authorised to declare that all monies shall certainly be refunded. I remain, sir, yours respectfully, PETER OR,MEROD. Liverpool, Moy 20, 1839. CHARTIST MEETING IN QUEEN SQUARE. Yesterday evening an immense assemblage of persons took place in Queen Square, in consequence of a placard previously posted throughout, calling a meeting of the chartists of the town, for the purpose in effect of agreeing to a petition to the Queen, praying for universal suffrage ; and also of hearing the addresses of several " celebrated" chartists from other towns. The concourse of persons assembled on the ground during the "proceedings" was immense, the square being at one time nearly filled, so that probably nearly three thousand were at various times present. We need scarcley say, however, that probably not a twentieth part were " char tists," the rest in the denser part of the crowd were the speakers, consisting of working men; and the outskirts of a mixed description, including respectable tradesmen and others, with a sprinkling of females, brought thither from mere curiosity. Three large carts were placed opposite the public house on the west side of the square, for the accom modation of the committee and speakers, but these were almost wholly occupied by other parties, and few of the former could obtain seats. About half-past six several of those who were to take an active part, issued from the public-house, and the proceedings began—proceedings which, from the be ginning to the end, constituted such an exhibition of folly and disorder as was never before witnessed within the boun daries of this borough, and which, as regarded the reception of the chartists, and the continued " by-play " in various parts of the crowd, formed a spectacle, that would have ex cited unmingled laughter and contempt, were it not for the contemplation of the danger to life and property to which a prolongation of such scenes would inevitably lead. A Mr. John Robinson (as we understood.) was called to the chair. He said they were• called together to adopt a petition to the Queen, and trusted that peace and quietness would be main tained, so as not to afford their enemies a handle against them. Any one who attempted to create a disturbance would show himself a traitor to their cause. He 'concluded a short address, which was very imperfectly heard, by calling on Mr. Robinson, a working man, to propose the first resolution. (Cheers.) Mr. Robinson accordingly came forward, but so uneasy was the meeting, that from this time none but those huddled in the carts, or within a small semicircle in front of them could hear two consecutive sentences. We un derstood him to call upon the working men to unite and co operate. The aristocracy said they would stand by their order. Let the working classes stand by theirs. (Cheers.) Let them join the working men's association, and by assist ing their rights they would obtain them. He proposed the first rezohition,_as below. (Cheers.) The motion was se conded in a few words only, and was carried. Mr. M'lntire (a teetotaller) came forward to propose the 2d resolution, but though received by one part of the assembly with cheers, and greeted by another with hisses, which, as he continued to persist, were soon ended in shouts and groans. From this time the meeting became a scene of uproar and confuar - interspersed with an occasional pugilistic contest, that bd all description. Mr. M'lntire still contending tha should be heard. " Dr." Fletcher (one of the chartist tors from Bury) came forward to endeavour to restore or but without much effect. Mr. M'lntire was at length h for a few minutes with impatience. He was received with alternate cheers and groans, but what he said few could tell. Dr. Fletcher then came forward, but spoke so low that in the continued commotion in the crowd, which rolled about like the sea in a storm, not a word was audible but to those close to him. He was frequently constrained to pause for a time, while another set to" took place in the crowd, near the carts, many of the tenants of which were occasionally and forcibly ejected from their position, by the pressure of the crowd and the intrusion of ruffians and pickpockets. Several of the forms in one of them were broken to pieces by the weight of their standing on them, and the crash of the breaking timber covered the precipitate retreat of many of their occupants. The broken fragments furnished weapons for mischievous boys;and several brutal and bloody battles took place close to the " hustings." Things were momentarily restored to tranquillity by the appearance of some of the police inspectors, but the calm was but momentary. Another speaker appeared, Mr. Murray, bookseller, but all was but inexplicable, dumb show and noise. We understood him at the close, to propose the address, adding that their cause was morally and politically righteous. Another battle followed, and such was the crushing and scrambling in the carts, that several of the parties in them were glad to escape without injury. During this time, the feeling at the outskirts of the meeting was fre quently ofi a humorous character. One man was hoisted on the shoulders of others, and carried rapidly round the square amongst the crowd—waving his hat. Diversions of the crowd were also occasionally made into the neighbouring streets. A Mr. Rawson, from Bury, attempted to be heard, and spoke for a short time but was interrupted by an advocate for grog on the other side of the cart, in the person of a drunken boy with a pipe in his mouth, who spoke with ludicrous effect on the evils of teetotalism, The secretary of the Precursor Society also attempted a chartist address,—but the carts, only two of which now remained, were so regularly be sieged by assailants from without, who took them as it were by storm, literally thrusting the former occu pants out of them " neck and crop" upon the pavement. Thus discomfited, the poor Chartists were fain to retire, I some of them, we apprehend, not without some personal injuries. A more decided and ignominous failure to impose their principles upon the good sense of. the industrious classes of our town, could not have been imagined. Their retirement was the signal for new disorder • and fragments of timber and other missiles were thrown about amongst the crowd. The police-officers, however, soon afterwards cleared the ground, and tranquillity was restored in the neighbour hood. The following were resolutions and petition passed, or said to be passed at the meeting :- I.—That in the opinion of this meeting, this country can never again enjoy durable prosperity or internal peace until such time as every man who is liable to bear his share of taxes, whether direct or indirect ; until every man who is required to obey the laws, and liable to be called upon to take up arms in defence of the country or the government; until every such man shall have an equitable share in the election of members of the House of Commons. And to this conclusion we have come, not from any desire to accom plish a theoretic change, but because we have all of us wit nessed, and most of us felt, not only under the late, but likewise the existing system of election, the growing difficul ties of the government, the critical and dangerous state of the nation's affairs, both abroad and at home, together with increasing poverty and well-grounded discontent among the labouring, people. 2.—That an humble address and petition be presented to her Majesty the Queen, praying her Majesty so to use her prerogative, by a change of her ministers or otherwise, so to cause the right of voting at elections to be extended to all men of age, who have settled houses, and who are untainted with legal crime. 3.—That the address now read be adopted, and that it be signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting, and be forwarded to her Majesty, in the manner in which the com mittee of the Working Men's Association may best deter mine on. 4.—That the thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given to the delegates of the working classes, for the great zeal, ability, and courage which they have displayed in con vention, in seeking, as they have done, to obtain for the op pressed people of these kingdoms, a restoration of their rights, and relief from their sufferings. TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. _ _ The dutiful Address and Petition of the Working Men of Liverpool, who, by the late Reform Bill, were denied the right of voting in the election of Members of Parliament. May it please your Majesty, We, the working men of Liverpool, duly assembled in public meeting on this very momentous crisis:of our country's affairs, desire most respectfully to approach your Majesty with sincere and ardent assurances of attachment to your Majesty's throne and person, and with an earnest hope that your Majesty will, as on a recent interesting occasion against one party, for ever vindicate and maintain your Majesty's personal freedom, and every just and reasonable and consti tutional prerogative, against the attempts of all parties or factions ; so that those benevolent feelings which cannot fail to animate your Majesty's royal heart, may be exerted, and may freely indulge themselves in behalf of an enslaved and much-oppressed people, who, from your Majesty's earli est infancy, have, on all occasions, been forward to testify their hopes in your Majesty, their loyalty and love. If the cries of your people could ascend to the ears of your Majesty, the voice of suffering millions would melt your royal heart, and those unfeeling denunciations would be for bidden which have issued, in your Majesty's name, against the millions of your people now struggling for relief. Theirs,'may it please your Majesty, is not the cry of fac tion, but of nature, of reason, and of justice. It may by kind treatment, or, by kind feeling, be soothed, allayed, or removed. And a restoration of their constitutional rights to your people would enable them to put away the causes of their sufferings, and quietness and content would arise. But threats and preparations of vengeance, the array of the upper and the middle classes against the labouring people"; if this course be persisted in,. what will this, your Majesty's kingdom, become ? What other than " a kingdom divided against itself"—A. kingdom which 'Cannot stand. To avert the awful consequences which await a d kingdom, to restore the means t of its laborious people, and therefe jesty's throne in righteousness and that your Majesty may so . exercis are vested in you, to obliterate the great mark of distinction introduced amongst your people by the late Reforu the distinction ar'division into two separate or adverse c into those whkhave th have it not ; into these • law-makers, and those who have of who have right We humbly tid those who lo make laws or choose t ; into thosc lone ; into those, the comparative few who are enfranchised, and thereby erected into so many petty tyrants, and the millions of your Majesty's hard-working- and oppressed subjects, on whom all the bur dens and sufferings are thrown, and who are their slaves. And ybur Majesty's faithful subjects will ever pray (Signed on behalf of the meeting.) THEATRE ROYAL A fashionable summer audience last night witnessed with delight a series of surprising performances by Schreyer's troop of dogs and monkeys. At the late hour at which We write, we can only state that the whole exhibition is exceedingly wonderful. The acting of the dogs is more talented, though not more astonishing than that of the monkeys. Little Jacob is, however, a host in herself. If the same monkey performs the whole of the work for which this distinguished foreigner is exclusively announced in the bills, we are of opinion that a conviction with costs were easily carried by any hedge attorney—the offence being indictable under Mr. Martin's act for the prevention of cruelty to animals ! Amidst the shouts of the audience little Jacob sustained the part of the waiter at the " Supper of - Lord Gogo," as the waggish footman or train-bearer to Madame Pompadour in the Gardens of Marly—the groom in an amusing four wheeled " upset" of poor Madame . Batavia in her ce riage, and went through exhausting evolutions on tight rope, both with and without the balance pole was this all: the same highly popular artist P. - " Master of the Ring," and wound up her the night as an undertaker, conducti tried, c-.:nclemned,..and executed ,peared s of a It seems that this troop is ne one,. but Schreycies " veritable astonished the people of Paris, \ and the west end frequenters of ti Royal, the St. James's. Of its precise num nothing, but it comprises artists of every ( and shade, of monkey and Canine ability. •clever and agile actress of " general utility, tility and self-possession of a Vestris. She teely . ; _seems vain of her figure and importance from mien and manner is as graspingly deli full share of applause. Several of the am as they are highly trained. Men we have nation—trying to walk, and occasionally sun their fore-paws ; but the surprising ease with wh Ler a divided nor a with which he Little Jacob is a with t rots of havi .e as beautiful en--of every cr's dogs aim at progressive and "effect the same," to be appreciated The entertainments are in three acts or parts, 'an. concluded with performances which the bills do not es gerate, by designating as most extraordinary of the English bull terrier breed, sr 'ugs fry clings with adhesive courage to a revs, - ;nr fireworks. noble t ,e stage e rings from t 'heel of ciazzlio Upon the whole, these novel performan , order of merit—merit of its kind. Tin pleased.. To all juveniles, Schreyer's dogs lators we rilceys will rove more entertaining and attractive than the ordh f thi-eadhare pantomime. As times go, the ikely to be patronised throughout the w; ashionable audiences. An intended notice of those pleasing, vocalists, the Miss ;miths and Mr. Barker, is reserved till Friday. y are more than ;elc by full and SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE Nor,THri VISION OF LANCASHIRE. A. letter, of which the following is a copy, has been received by Mr. Parker, M. P. for Preston, from the right hon. Sir Robert Peel. It will be seen that the right hon. gentleman declines to come forward as a candidate for North Lancashire. Whitehall, April 22d, lE] " My. dear Sir,—l request that you will express to ti tlerhen who signed the resolution which you placed in hand on Saturday last, my deep sense of the - they have conferred upon me. Nothing could be more gratifying to me than to repre sent in parliament. my native county, and to have the oppor tunity of partly repaying the many obligations which I owe to it, by the faithful and sedulous discharge of - duties which that high trust involves. " There is but one obstacle to nyv compliance with the n quisition thus made to me, b it arises from the influence of would mat ilour which various insuperable, 5 - 4 e, and indred to thOsc which connection o rti y Lay and - so satistractury to me. J. have te . sented a constituency to whiCh I am bound by in besides those which form the ordinary relation be a member and leis constituents, and it would be so pl; me, by any act of mine,. to relinquish the trust which t their confidence and kindness Las been repeatedly renewe that I must gratefully and respectfully decline to present m . self as a candidate even for the Northern Division of Lan cashire. ween a nfnl to "Believe me, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours, " ROBERT PEE I • li. l'ownlay Parker, Esq., M.P." LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION LECTURES UPON ELECTRICITI On Wednesday evening Robert Acidains, Es most talontott air i jar:lectnr.ors of the da course of ciglit lee iineraus and attentive itecl 4y a. nulAbe s, upon this science, to an ex His lecture w conclusive exile r.,nf ~..aferpo pet'ketly:'rloVet detrition Previous to the asyitrieticenietit of tlid little was known of eiectricity, and electrical in - upon as little else than philos some surprising 'Pfli:ct be prc 1800, however, Professor Porter ti science, by showing that water '6l; some' of Ivhict apparatus of the indeed, w•as of a sent clulturs phical toys, with wine [-aced. About the yef /!:"' . 111". I of iti.inthience, ; and his exrerimel those cf Davy Faraday and Other utitie men, the me brilliant and important discover' we non consider• light, heat, mai doe' to tl:e cxcrtiono electric If we take a piece'of a piece of P.1.1k, cat skin, or flan of electrifying pith band, oil of communll its electricity to them, ". pith balls, 1 each other upon hcia eleetrilied, and will WO.); or r .1; it will acquire file powei portion o stick of wax when it is held to them. Indeed, if we co electrify a thousand pith - balls, they would, if autliciel light, all repeteach other, and fly off to the greatest poss distance. This is shown by electrifying a quantity of h The electrifying ,machine which Mr. Addams merely a morecenYenient mode ( as we produce by ifitibirig'd niece nothing of the cause of the elects and arc enabled to classify them. I shall adopt the t that when a body is reditadantly electrified, it positively electrified, and when it has not enoliE sidered to be negatively . electrified. If a piece cut into shreds, the a,:: shreds may be made to a great distal:Cc from each other, by the coma electricity. A couple of gold leaves may in lik nade to separate by similar treatment, and the e most delicate instrument, for indicating the lass of electrieity, is thus eonstituted. Electricity ca s way through the hard of sealing wax —we s phenomena said to fie of paper be parate to a compa a to suet ugy and full of of electricity, ,ocl conduct° No bodN otally to . Atmospheric air is ind resinous substaul nature; prefer holes: .. - .7arrie 'bodies ari whilst others are not so conduct electricity. The metals electricity, but of. various grades. perfect co:iductor prObably the w: wA.en we wish to ele.ctri ball, we mount it upon a stem of shell lac. Those stances which do conduct electricity, are called elet and those wl.ich do not conduct it, are called non-eh. Now, the metals are as much entitled to be called ele a pi-ee Of glass, because by rubbing them we v as highly electric as glass, prolided you pro the non-escape - of the electricity which excited. person stands.upon any substance of glass or resin, to be insulated, the air, and glass, and resins being n,. ductors, and he 'night be saturated with electricity, so sparks will be .emitted from his body which would se" of wine on fire. If he were standing upon a mass result would be the same. The electricity ols' . piece of sealing wax 'behaves differently fro , - we obtain from a piece of rla and suspend it by ax i will first attract the fe it, and we may Chas it about attrac a make the eleetr it, and afterwards repel the feather in the samo if the feather is first , saturated with the electricity of wax, and the excited glass he then applied, instead of rep, ling the feather, it willattract it, proving that the electricit, produced by the glass is of a different nature to that produced by the wax. The one we therefore call vitreous, and the other,. resinous, electricity, and the electrometer enables us to indicate the particular class. This is done by holding a piece of sealing wax to the electrometer, and if the leaves open- still more it will prove that the • electricity is resinous and not nitreous. As glass is a posit:Pre electri'e and wax a negative, we can by this means easily ascertain to which Species any substance may belong. If a brass hall be mounted upon a glass rod and placed. near the electrifying machine, it willbecome electri fied, and the portion of the ball near to the machine will be come negatively electrified provided the machinnis a positive electric, and the portion opposed to it will be positively elec trified. This will he the case whatever body may intervene, as electricity 'ean•penetrate all bodies. The cent re o f a con ductor is neutral, there is no electricity excited there, as may be proved by placing pith balls over it. So much so that if • the centre of a conductor be taken out when the conductor is changed with electricity it will not open the leaves of an electrometer. We cannot perform any electrical experiments without electrifying the air and every thing in the room. In deed we could• electrify a portion of the' air in a room an bring • down the electricity as lightning by a conductor. When lamps are burning. prone to pass throa t ,. paper shavings in the air we shall be able by means of tricity down from the air. by what are called d' which electrici;. - situation ; and when the pith figures are well constructed they appear as if aisisnated. The active portion of electricity is superficial. It Vlattth-s , not therefore what may be the thickness of our conductors or receiver,—superficial surface is ail that we require. This is beautifully shown by enclos ing an electrified metallic ball hemispheres, when it will be fou., will be taken away front the bail L two hemispheres being - alhneable to ac We cannot take any eieetrieity from th receiver—thus, if commun' !y rarifyTtlic ji is mad 3. electricity is very en, we electify some 3. buia spirits of wine a conductor to bring Lr then electricity le surface of any y to a c tectricit it Call bz, coal scuttle, we shell find t exterior but not in the int by means_ of the electrometer tion is similar to that of the attr every description of attraction acting from that they dianMsoed in natensty squares of the distance in( been devised .by Mr. Harr law with respec., to the utti of a small metallic receivci of electricity, a given num required to fiii a large, r placed a delicate pair of are placed a number of w A. beat . . tance to which the other scale electric conductor, and as the upon th ceiver mu he counted, the obedience of th 6 lasV of log the other species of att (painted. It would appear thia the Popo. ilas rued to : , raction the rnarri*e of the Duke do iitolibri . g with the iiaughter of the 'Emperor o Ittissia, liCL':111S0 he hilt: engaged 4.0 bring up his children in the Greelirclii;ion. • We know When a to is said spirits .ce, the se ratio .1 aonam ion with *hie frorii ar€ 1 of which :o the dis- ybe pl *d from the g-z.s into the unit re-_ atieni is; afforded of a to that govern- :h we are ac-