The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-15 00:00:00

!einem A WIDOW LADY, who has moved in superior society, - , 73-... and who can give the most unexceptionable references as to qualifications, &c. B:c., is desirous of obtaining the Super iujeudance of a Nobleman's or Gentlerna ' FAMILY. Salary not so much an object as propriety of siti on. Letters, (post paid,) addressed L. D., Postoffice, Liver 01, will meet imme diate attention. l3otitto. A T a PRELIMINARY MEETINF4 of the FRIENDS of Ilk. JOHN WRIGHT, Esq., held a% the Clarendon-rooms, this 14th day of October; 8133, JAMES ACKERS, Esq. itthe Chair. It was Resolved,—That it is the op ion of this Meeting that John Wright, Esq. is a fit and proper person to fill the office of Mayor of this Borough for the ensuing year; That a PUBLIC MEETING be held at the Golden Lion Inn, at Twelve o'clock To-MORROW, (Tuesday,) for the pur pose of adopting the best measures to secure his election. JAMES ACKERS, Chairman. Clarendon-rooms, Oct. 14, 1833. BLUE COAT HOSPIT#L. - EN consequence of the resignation of Dr. Reynolds, who has il I_ been appointed one of the Physici ns to the Northern Hos pital. the Trustees of the Blue Co . lospital respectfully give notice, that the Election of aPH ICIAN to that Institution. will take place at the Annual Board to be held on the 31st December next. The requisite qualifications and the duties may be learnt on application at the Hospital. Candidates are requested to send their Testimonials, addressed to the TRZASURLII, on or before the 23d December. BOROUGH AND TOWN OF LIVERPOOL. CHARLES HORSKILL, ESQ.,.3I:IYOR. THE GENERAL COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE-for this BOROUGH and TOWN will be held in the NEW COURT-ROOM, on the south side of Cha pel-street, on MON DAY, the 21st of October instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon ; when and where all Persons bound over to Appear and Prosecute, give E idence or Answer, are to attend, on pain of their respective ecognizances being es treated. And the COURT of PASSAGE, or the Trial of CIVIL CAUSES, will be held before the MAYOR and BAILIFFS of the said Town, on Thursday, the 24th day of October instant, at Ten o'clock iu the Morning, of which the ATTORNEYS of the Court are required to take notice. FOSTER, Town-clerk and Clerk of the Peace. All persons are requested to take notice, that no Tra verse will be tried at these Sessions, unless the same be entered for Trial in the Town-clerk's Office, on or before the fist day of the Sessions. And all Indictments for Misdemeanours and Assaults found at these sessions against Persons admitted to Bail must be en ure:l for Trial at or before Twelve o'clock on the day next after the charge of the Grand Jury, otherwise the Trial of the same will stand over until the Sessions following. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. XT - OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL .111 MEETING of the GOVERNORS of the LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES will be held on MONDAY, the 21st instant, between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock, for the pur pose of electing Two H ONORAR Y SURGEONS to the North Dispensary, which Offices are now vacant in consequence of the resignation of Messrs. Banner and Wain , biright, on their appointment to the New Northern Hospital. i The Election will take place in the Clarendon-buildings, South John-street, for the better accommodation and conve nience of the Governors. By Rule 23 of this Charity, it is enacteithat " Surgeon shall be eligible, unless he has taken his iploma, as Surgeon, in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, or Glasgow:" Gentle:nen intending to offer are requested to send in their Certificates to the Disensaries' Office, before the 17th instant, addressed to the Rev. J AMES ASPIN A LL, A.M. President. To prevent any misunderstanding on the day of election, the Governors will Please to observe, that agreeably to Rule 20, " No votes shall be received by proxy, excepting from: Ladies, and these only in their own hand-writing, presented by a Governor." Subscriptions, unpaid, will be received by the Secretary, in the Office, No. 4, Harrington-street, daily, from Three to Four o'clock, and also, on the day of Election, in the Clarendon rooms. By order of thi; General Committee, J. H. EDWARDS, Secretary. Dispensaries' Office, 4, Harrington-street, Oct. 3, 18.33. The Treasurer begs to acknowledge the receipt of the follow ing : Donation from the late Richard Rimmer, of the Old Dock, per Thomas Simpson, Esq £2O 0 Edward Burrell, Esq., of Orrell .... 21 0 John Fletcher, Esq., of St. Michael's 10 10 Legacy from the late Miss Hannah Parr, of Waver tree, per Thomas Parr, Esq., Executor £2l 0 • Less duty 2 2 _ _ _ 18 18 WANTED, an APPRENTICE to the NORTH DlSPEN SARY.—Application to be made to the President. TO THE TRUSTEES . AND SUBSC HMS OF THE LIVERPOOL DISPEN ARIES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IRESPECTFULLY offer myself s a CANDIDATE for the Office of HONORARY SURGEON to your Charity. 1 have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, 1, Grenville-street. JOHN BEVAN. TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AN early Vacancy bein g . expected i the Situation of Sur geou to the Dispensanes, I beg ave respectfully to o ff er l y myself as a CANDIDATE for the 0 ce, and hope, if elected, zealously and faithfully to devote myself to its duties. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, . Your obedient humble servant, 95, Mount-pleasant. THOMAS EDEN. TO THE GOVERNORS OF• THE LIVERPOOL DIS- PENSARIES. LAMBS AND GICNTLiMEN, ,JIHERE being two Vacancies as HONORARY SUR GEONS to the DISPENSAWS, 1 beg to offer myself a CANDIDATE; if elected, no exeVion on my part shall be wanting to enable me to discharge the duties of so important a situation. _ _ I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, lIENBY STUBBS, 31.R.C.5. 2, Upper Duke-street. GAS-WORKS. WIJNGINEERS, IRONFOIJNDERS, and OTHERS will v V ing to Contract for the Erection of Gas-works for light ing the Town of Orinskirk, are requeste to furnish Plans and Estimates of. the cost. 'the Gasomet to be circular and ca pable of containing 4,00 J cubic feet f Gas, the Main Pipes diameter, to be four inches iu and not less than half an i nch thick. Plans and Estimates must be sent to Mr. \Vomit; Solicitor, Orinskirk, on or before the 22d instant. 0? ntskirA; Oct. 14th. SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. xTuricE IS HEREBY GIVEN, th• " pursuant, and ac .. 111 ili rt : cording to the notice before give to the Shareholders, the Dividend,of £25 a Share will be pa on and after the 30th iustant, between the hours of Eleven an Three, at the Office of Mr. WATSON Solicitor, Exchange-alley North,. in Liverpo o l ; and at the Office of HENRY VICK ERS, 'Solicitor, in Sheffield. LIVERPOOL AND CHESTER CANAL. • ICOTICE'IS HEREBY GIVEN, that COMPANY is 111 formed for the pUrpose of constrUctin a CANAL from Chester to Birkenhead, or Wallesey Pool o polite to Liverpool. CAPITAL, £150,000, in Shares - —3OO each. • FRANCIS RICHARD PRICE, Ea .'Chaff an. THOMAS TELFORD, Esq. consulting E gineer. Messrs. ARTHUR HEYWOOD, SONS, and Co., Liverpool, Bankers. Mr. MALLAB,Y, Liverpool, Solicitor. A Meeting of Proprietors will shortly he held, to appoint a Committee, with powers to apply to ,Parliament during the next Session. Applications to the Committee for Shares to be made in Writing, addressed to THOMAS MARTIN, 12, Lower Castle street, Liverpool. FROPECTL; OF THR PROJECTED LIVERPOOL AND CHESTER CANAL. The importance of an uninterrupted communication by a Canal between the Port of Liverpool and the Manufacturing districts of Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Warwick shire, has for many ye4is been acknowledged Hitherto all Goods coining from, or going into those districts, from the port of Liverpool, have been subject to the delays of transhiputent,at Preston Brook, as well as the risks of a river navigation. The object of the present project is to avoid all these delays, inconveniences, expenses, and dangers,' and to make perfect, the line of inland navigation, from the various Manufacturing districts before stated, and North and South 'Wales, to Birken head, or Wallesey Pool; a place best adapted for a general {Lit& for Goods and Merchandin . sibjeet to this transit. The present mode of transit trom the counties of Warwick and Stafford, and their extensive Cdanufacturing districts, to the port Liverpool, is by the lines of the Birmingh in, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire, and the grand 'trunk, or Trent and Mersey Canals, to Preston Brook, about ninety-six miles; here (at firestou Brook) the Goods anti Merchandise are un loaded into Warehouses, or transhipped into Flats, belonging to the Trusteed Of the late Duke of Bridgewater, and conveyed from thence, six miles on the -Duke's Canal, to Runcorn, and from fourteen to eighteen miles in the Tide-way down the River Mersey to Liverpool, at a heavy charge. A few years back a more direct line of Canal was projected, and called the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, which has been executed much wider and deeper than the old Canals, and will be navigable, throughout, this ;year. This Canal extends from the Staffordshire and Worcestershire, near the junction of the Birmingham, Canal, in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton:to Nantwich, where it joins the Ellesmere and Chester Canal, which communicates with the River Mer sey, on the Cheshire side. at Whitby, or Ellesmere port, to which port Goods and Merchandise in their transit to and from the port a Liverpool, will still be subjected to the Tide -way of the River, as well as the expense and the risk of damage and delay by transhipment. But by the projected Canal Goods and Merchandise will be c(,nveyeil, in the same Boat or Vessel, from the midland coun ties to Birkenhead, or Wallesey Pool, directly opposite the Locks of Liverpool, and rice versa, for about the same freight as is at present charged to Preston Brook, as the distance is much shorter and Locks fewer, the trip will be Performed in much less time along the new than the old lines of Canal. East India Dork House, St. Helen's-place, London, 23rd September, 1833. AVACANCY having occurred by tare Resignation of the SECRETARY to the EAST INDIA DOCK COMPANY, such persons as may be desirous of offering themselves for that Office are requested to address a letter to the Court of Directors, on or before the lath of October next. The Gentleman to be appointedmust ell acquainted with the general operations of Commerce and it is desirable that he s ohonkl be well inf orme d on .11 that relates to the Port of London. He m:,st be of an intelligent mind, and of active habits of busineso. He will have apartments in the house of the Company, in London, where he will be expected to reside. Every other particular' may be obtained by application to JOHN ARUAN, Esq., St. Helen's-place, any day in the wee k, F except Fridays and Sundays, between the hours, Eleven and Three. MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, FOR FILLING DECAYED TEETH WITHOUT PAIN, lIE%T, OR PRESIURE, AND INCORRODIBLE MINERAL TEETH, Inthota Wires, "Springs, or any vale,. Ligatures. 30/IJ. M. and A. M kLLAN No. 46, F. BOLD-STRET ' I, 6 i B ve lt r S pool, SiNtGEON DENTISTS, ,the firm of Malian and Sons, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, and Half Moon street, Piccadilly, London,) continue to RESTORE DE CAYED TEE'IH with their celebrated MINERAL SUC CEDANEUM, applied without heat or pressure; also FASTEN LOOSE TEETH. whether arising from age or from . the use of Calomel. ARTIFICIAL and NATU RAL TEETH fixed fromcone to a complete set, without ligatures, warranted for mastication and articulation.—Charges as in Paris. J. M. and A. MALLAN respectfully announce to the No bility and Gentry, that in consequence of the very NUMER OUS ENGAGEMENTS for their professional Assistance, they have been compiled to place in the hands of their under mentioned Agents the DETERGENT GUM and TOOTH TINCTURE, a safe and effectual CURE for all diseases of the gums, also a specific remedy for the immediate RELIEF of TOOTHACII, &c. &c.; also the EGYPTIAN ODONTAI.- GIC TOO'FLL.POWDER. for preserving the Enamel and for Cleansing andaßlyantifying- the Teeth, Natural as well as Artificial. di to al- Sold, by appriinhnent, by Messers. Datison, Perfumer, May-. nard, Drug,gistriihones, Druggist, and Clay, Druggist, Bold street; Deane,iD3in4ist, Castle-street; Ross and Nightingale, Printsellers, Chronicte-office, Lord-street; Priestley, •Cheinist and Druggist, L'ord-s.reet ; Ellison,. Druggist, Chy,reh-street Cooke's Merlin' Reiository, Clayton-square; j iolinson and Sons, Druggists, ChLech-street; Roberts, Cheivfik and Drug gist, llanelai,h-street Reynolds, Chemist and Lirliggist, Rane high-street ; and by the most respectable houses in the United Kingdom. The DETERGEN' GUM and TOOTH TINCTURE, sold at 2s. 9.1.; 4s. fid. and Ils. per bottle; the larger bottles containing three times he quantity of the 4s. Gd. bottles.—The EGYPTIAN ODON'!ALGIC TOOTH POWDER, 2s. 9d. per box. duty included. Dental Operations prformed at the above Establishment daily, upon those improved principles. CONTE.VPORARY By the death of Sirßichard Goodwin Keates, a Grand Cross of the Bath and the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital fail into the gift of the GRAB ministry„ This government, vthich has always been, selected for some veteran officer-4o whom it afforded a calm and honourable retreat—i; destined for Sir Thomas Hardy, than whom, perhaps, twre is not a better officer on ser vice —he, was,x4e Co.ptain of our Nelson, and received his dying injtinctions, his parting ernbrace=but he is. nearly the yotingest Admiral in the fleet. Why, then, is Sir Thomas Hardy, full of vigour and activity, with years of work in him, to have this ?—Because he ilas a seat at the Admiralty Board, and because the Duke .of Rich mond wants that seat for a friend of his. Is it not strange that this piece of patronage, so pecu liarly the King's—so peculiarly this King's, of the sailor King who , has himself served and fought, and who loves the service to which he belongs—is snatched from the royal hand to make a job for the Duke of Richmond? Lord NavarinO looked for it—he felt that. shelving him would be beneficial to all parties—but no, Sir Thomas i to have it; 'and when the new Lord of the Admiralty i s appointed in his room, it will be seen that we are justi fled in what we now say —John Bal. If England and France be unwise enough to embrrk in a war against Germany and Russia, for the sake of the Spanish succession, the following comparison of the re sources of the contending parties will enable the .ob server to approximate to a pretty • unerring conclusion as to the issue of the fray. We put Spain herself out of the question, because it is a "divided house." Population. Military & Navy. Great Britain c 3;:i,.- - 25,000,000 102,000 • France • ;ode - 57,0(10,000 552,000 Population. . Austria* - Prussia* Germany Russia 52,000,001 +MAU 110,000,000 980,000 * We have abstracted that portiOn of the military weans of these two powers, which forms part of the armies of the German Confederation, and is comprised under the third head.—Guardian and Ledger. It will be seen bydetails of proceedings which we give in another part of this sheet, that the attention of our citizens has this week been absorbed with the subject of Corporation Inquiry. As this inquiry is proceeding at the time we w rite, there are many reasons why we should refrain from entering : into any commentary upon its me rits: but there are none to induce us to resist the strong , inclination which we feel in common with every respect able citizen whose judgment is not warped, or whose principles are not corrupted, by the influence of faction,. to denounce the conduct of those who, in the exercise of their old vocation, have seized upon the opportunity to inflame the minds of the people, and to Fervert the im portant investigation to a party purpose. Liberals., par excellence, although they be, we have seldom seen a more striking illustration of that illiberal and infamous principle of _ _ "Jeddart law— • Where in the morn men hang and draw, And sit in judgment after--" than their conduct has displayed. The Corporation of Carlisle is to 'ae plwerl upon its trial before a Commision specially sent for the purpose; ancLno - sooner is that Commission known to he approaching our city, than the war whoop is sounded--popular clamour is aroused— public odium excited—and by "Jeddart law," sentence of condemnat ion is passed, ere any "sitting in judgment': is ever begun. And this is liberality! And they who practise it bawl aloud in praise of liberty, and make high-sounding pretensions to right and justice!—Car lisle Patriot. THE POPE—CHURCH ori STATE.,--The universal cry of the - Whigs and Radicalsis against the union of Church and State. Every Papist in the kingdom, as a matter of course, has added - his voice to swell the echo of this cry, and the anointed Bishop and the scapulared voteen have blended their " most sweet voices" together in denounc ing that union in Church and State which they are pleased to designate as "evils," and "adulterous." In the midst, however, .of this uproarious cry, we have chanced to stumble on the last " encyclical letter" of his holiness the Pope, in which we find the following delici ous passage; and, thinking it a most savoury morceau, we cannot resist the temptation of giving it the benefit of our circulation : "Nor can we augur mcre happy_ results, either to religion or to monarchy, from the wishes of those who are anxious that the Church should be separatel ftom the State, and that the mutual concord of the Empire asd the priesthood should be torn asun der. For it is certain that these favourers at the most audacious liberty do exceedingly fesr that concord which has ever been ad vantageously and salutary to both religious and civil interests." Hear ye, hear xp„Al):ts,. good. Doctors Doyle and - 111`Hale, and All. ye ioria4towhO have been "raili ng w i t h the poison of asps npro*Anr tongues, againSt the union of Church and Statelg—Aear ye this manifesto of his ho liness, whose Vesserg,,ye are, and be silent! H e de nounces you as "favourers of the most audacious li berty," which, by the mass, is as-pretty a description of a Radical as ourselves could have written; and he pro tests that this "concord between the empire and the priesthood has ever been advantageous and salittary to both religious and civil interests"—which is just our opinion to the very letter. Now all this is. very pleasant as it stands, but we fear, aye, we fear that this statement, put forth ex cathedra, has some deeper object in - view than at first meets the eye. The Papists are rushing at present with mouths foaming and rabid against cur Established Church, and assisted as they are by our Whig ministry, by our liberal Protestants and the whole family of radicalism and infi delity, they have some prospect of succeeding, and then —what then Why, they have only to struggle for the establishment of the Popish Church in union with the State, and to refer to this encyclical letter of the head of this church fort justification of their altered opinions on such an alliance..-- : Dublin Evening Mail. MINISTERIAL HOLIDAYS, OR, NOTHING TO DO. • His Majesty's minis .ers are still enjoying themselves in different parts of the country, there being nothing of any importance for them to attend to. To be sure the King of Spain is dead, and a civil war isaboUt.to he com menced in that country, in which England is fearfUlly in terested; but that's a trifle! his Majesty's ministers are pheasant-shooting ! A brotherly warfare, mutual slaugh terings, desolations of homes, destruction of British pro perty and interests, &c. &c. is going on in - Portugal ; but what of that ? his Majesty's ministers are phea sant-shooting! The sturdy and honest. old King of Holland (adored by his own subjects and sighed for by the Belgians) has frightened Leopold and " cher Louise" into fits, and snapped his fingers in Palmerston's face; Brussels is on the eve of another revolution, and Englishmen are assassinated in its streets; but no mat ter—his .Majesty's ministers are pheasant-shooting! Henry V. is preparing to fight for the throne of his fa ther; La Vendee is ready for the uplifting of his banner; Louis Philippe (discovered by his people tube more des potic than Charles X.) is about to seize Belgium, and thus bamboozle and insult England; but what of that ? his Majesty's ministers,,af t e, pheasant-shooting! The Sovereigns of Europe are toembled, their armies are in creased in numbers amiTpiesfected in discipline ; War !- War ! - is no longer whistopfr#,' but hallowed in, our ears, and England is the objeetllrte threatenings; but 'tis no consequence-4is Majesty's ministers are pheasant-shoot ing! Associations in different parts of the empire are openly formed for the purpose of refusing to . pay taxes ; the national honour (pledged to the fundholcler) is in dan ger ; the Law is insulted and bearded, and the Exche quer is empty ; contempt and scorn against the govern ment is uttered by every body; Ireland is committed to the energetic government of a twaddling imbecile; the Church is all bit fallen, and vested rights and property are no longer respected: in short, gathering destruction from abroad, and suicidal anarchy threatened at home, sufficient tn rouse the attention of every one who has a head to reflect or a heart to feel, are gaining strength - :urichecked to shake the 'empire to its foundations; but whit of all-this?—it matters little ;—his Majesty's mi pisters are pheasant. oti ng I !—Age. '}F`ls~424llf_S~SWr•w~= 4'J':c'f'r! FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, October B.t.The Paris journals of Sunday last,con- Wined a paragraph worthy a prominent place in your cohIIMIS, and of being printed-in capitals too. It was, to this effect : "WitHIN THE MEMORY OF MAN SO MANY ENGLISH WERE NEVER SEEN TOGETHER IN PARIS AS AT THE PRESENT MOMENT." Let the tradesmen of Bond-street, Pali-mall, Regent-street, Oxford-street, and Piccadilly,- while sitting in their deserted shops,readthe above, for it is true. Let them ponder on it, and let them tell the starving artisans depending on them for employ ment and bread to complain of that crying evil, absenteeism, and to leave legislation on political subjects for the present to persons better qualified to discuss, consider, and deal with them. Let some patriotic member of parliament, early in the next sessien, move for returns (as far as they can be made out) of the number and quality of absentees from all parts of the United Kingdom;" "the amount of money drawn thence by them and spent on the Continent ;" "the number of them who shall have ruined their fortunes, their credit, and their principles by a residence abroad;" "the number of females whose reputa tion fur purity has been (not lest, for that would be invidious, hut) enhanced by intercourse with the Continent;" "the num ber of British females who have married foreign scamps, schemers, and swindlers, and been made consequently wretch ed ;" and having obtained or been refused these returns, let the same member of, parliament move far "a committee to inquire into the best mode of (not preventing emigration, but of) pre venting the impoverishment of tNe country by the continual and increasing drain of money by absentee proprietors." I may be toad that suet; a proposition would be ridiculous. - So much the better. It would attract notice to a subject more de serving of consideration than nineteen-twentieths of the matters On which the time and attention of your legislators are squan dered. How it is with the shopkeepers of the great leading streets of London above-named at this moment I know not; but I recollect when I passed through these streets at the same season, four years ago, when absenteeism was by no means at its present height, the sight of a customer in a shop was hardly to be encountered. How it is with the mechanics dependent on those shopkeepers will be conceived from the situation of the latter. Let but a deputation of the \Vest-end tradesmen (in particular) visit Paris at this moment, and if at every step they take they meet not with former customers in crowds, at. every . shop they enter if they see not English people purchasing as it possessed, at every theatre if they see them not occupying stalls and other of the most expensive places, if they find not all tile taverns, hotels, lodging-houses, job-carri gee and horses, grooms, footmen, and other servants, tilled, hired, and employed by them, and by them nearly exclusively - if, I say, these things be not seen, I shall be content to be set down hir the most arrant re tailer of falsehood that ever wielded pen. If the deputation of the west-end tradesmen should subse quently enter those dens of iniquity leased qf the French Gorern ment—l mean the gambling-houses—they would find there hun dreds of English, Irish, and Scotchmen, of every class, losing ' their money, to the amount of thousands of pawn Is per day. Let them attend the pawnbrokers' auctions, and they would see British watches, jewellery, and other valuables, pawned by those same English; much of it purloined, or taken by force, by unprincipled husbands, brothers, and fathers, from their wives, sisters, and children, after having sacrificed all they pos sessed of their own. Let them enter the debtors' prison, and occasionally the Morgue, and they will find uumeious British victims- of continental intercourse, who, whatever their weak nesses or their faults, still merit commiseration; for perpetual imprisonment is a punishmeel, secondary only, perhaps, to death; and suicide must be, or has been, preceded by indescri bable mental torture. It is not my silly purpose to attempt reading moral lessons to an entire nation. Al y sole objects are to call attention to the disgraceful and ruinous system of absenteeism practised by Bri tish subjects, and incidentally to. suggest—not a re,rnedy, for I feel not qualified to that great act—but merely that, however free t..e indulgence in profligacy, licentiousness, vice, and 'crime be on the continent, they arc not without their natural attend ants, poverty, disgrace, suffering, and death.—From Curve spondent ty . the Morning Herald. AFRICA. The following is an extract of a letter dated Tangier, Sep tember 6:—" It being well known that the Emperor of Morocco considers himself the heir of the ancient C iliphs of the South, unites within himself the direction of all religious as well as po litical matters; and being held by the Mussulmans of Africa in the light of a patriarch, he, of course, cannot rest indifferent to the occupation of a part of the African coast by infidels.-- Morocco is, therefore, the grand seat of intrigue, from whence the chiefs of the tributary tribes of the interior of the Regency receive their instructions, and from whence emanate the orders for all the hostile measures offered to our troops and colonists. Believe me our troop's will never be able to remain tranquil as long as the means of creating disturbances remains at the dis posal of the Emperor of Morocco. A jew. from Gibraltar, named Pen OHM, is charged by the' Morocco government with the furnishing of arms and ammunition, which are forwarded through the interior to Tremesan, and from thence to the en virons of Oran and Algiers. Diplomatic remonstrances will never have the effect of altering the plans of the Emperor, for on this side of the Mediterranean the Europeans are considered as tributary to the Regency of Morocco. 17he presents which it is customary for the European Powers to give to the Emperor are looked upon as tributes; and they alone compose the civil list. There is nut a Mussulman who will not tell you that the expenses of the palace are suip,rted by the tributes from the intirek. Why does not the *French government send an expe dition to Tang ier, the most accessible part of the regency, and at once put an end to these intrigues of continual revolts and in subordination ? The appearance of an armament there would soon change the aspect of affairs in Morocco." TI-114_: LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. On Saturday last the Lord Bishop returned to his palace from his primary visitation of the whole diocese, which has occupied six weeks, and we hear from all quarters that his lord ship has been received throughout, both by laity and clergy, with every mark of respect and attention. The high station which the Bishop of Exeter tills in the ranks of the church at this critical juncture makes it a matter of no slight importance that the public opinion of the diocese should go along . with him in that manly defence of its sacred institutions which he, on every occasion, in his place in Parliament, and in his episcopal seat in his diocese, has shown himself prepared to maintain. The support of such a body as the clergy of this diocese is a strength which our bishop will be worthy to wield. We shall not attempt to anticipate the matter of the bishop's charge, which, we are rejoiced to learn, will he made public'; but we cannot refrain from observing, that the 'tone and temper of men's minds are fast returning to that sound and sober judg ment which will call truth and falsehood by their right names ; which will place the clergy of this kingdom in that estimation in which they ought to be held, as the poor man's best friend and protector, and as the only sure link between the people and any government. The bishop in the course of this visitation has been incessant ly employed in the duties of the diocese. His lordship con firmed last year at above 40 places in Devonshire, and this year at 28 places in Devon and Cornwall. The total number con firmed, we understand, is nearly thirty thousand ! The bishop, • in his recent visitations, has had personal communication with six hundred of his clergy; and we are sure we are only express ing the common sentiment when we say that the cordial affa bility which has been manifested throughout gives an earnest of united strength much beyond the forms and business olthe day. The bishop has, in his prof Tess, consecrated four new churches and six new burial grounds; and we are glad to be enabled to take this opportunity of correcting a current but erroneous im pression that the expenses attending consecration were such - as to be an obstacle to what parishes otherwise have wished. We understand that the bishop took occasion to state publicly that the expenses attending the consecration of a church did eot ex ceed twenty-one pounds, and the charges of the consecration of the burial ground weie not snore than fifteen pounds. At Plymouth the mayor and corporation met die bishop on Sunday, and proceeded with his lordship to St. Andrew's • Church, where the bishop preached, and the impression of a congrega tion of between three and four thousand, observing the most perfect decorum, and exhibiting the marks of deep attention throughout, was most ,gratifying. His lordship preached in the afternoon at Stoke Dameret. At Dartmouth the mayor and corporation met the bishop on his entrance to the town, and conducted him to the consecration of the new church. The churches consecrated are at Redruth, flesseuford, in St: Ger mans, Stonehouse, and Dartmouth. New churches are being built at . Penzance, and at Bridgetown, Totness. A united clerg,yompported as they are by the affections of the great body of the people, will carry our church through all bials, and she will yet be, what she eminently ever has been, the protector of religious liberty, and the cradle of religious learning for all the world.— Western Luminary. ATTACK ON THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BUCCLECCII. We were averse to believe the report when it first reached us, of a disgraceful attack having been made on the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch in the town of Biggar last week, because we imagined this particular species of rudeness was confined to the Hayrick radicals. We regret to find, however, from sub sequent information, that the report is true; and sorry are we, for the credit of the country, that it is so. His grace, it is well known, -had agreed to preside at the great agricultural meeting which was held . on Friday last at Stirling, and for this purpose he left Drumlanrig Castle, one of the family mansions iii Dum friesshire, on the preceding Monday, on his way to Dalkeith Palace, in company with the Duchess. The same evening they reached Biggar between seven And eight o'clock, where it was necessary to r halt and change horses. Nu sooner were the dis tinguished travellers recognized than the carriage was beset by a rabble of the lowest description, who, not content with applv ing the most vulgar and contemptible. epithets of abuse to his' grace, assailed.the duchess in the same rude and ruffian-like manner, advancing close to the carriage -door, that their gross and indecorous language might be the more annoying. No at tempt, so far as we know, was made to put a stop to these in sults; it is but fair to add. however, that the authors of the out rage were the mere canaille of the streets; and we are satisfied that no respectable person. in the town of Biggar, whatever his political sentiments may be, would, for one moment, lend his countenance to such shameful proceedings This base and das tardly assault, therefore, cannot be viewed as any indication of the general feeling in the country; it is merely oue of those ebullitions of popular frenzy which has, unfortunately, not yet cooled and subsided since the agitation on the reform Edinburgh Adveriiser. 11013PERY AT GLASGOW, AND CAPTURE OF THE THIEF ON lIIS WAY TO LONDON.—An extensive robbery was committed in Glasgow, last week, by a little gentleman of the synagogue, of German extraction, (whose name we believe, is Plumberg,) who left that city with the stolen property (about .E7W) at hail past ten o'clock that evening, on the pretence that he was going to Greenock, and under the fictitious name of Mr. Miller. No trace of him was got till next day at twelve o'clock, when the gentleman who had lost the property, a partner, we under stand, of the fugitive, left Glasgow for Edinburgh, accompanied by Mr. John Henry Morgan, of the Royal Exchange, one of the commissioners of the Glasgow police . establishment, where they arrived at five p. m., and - after spending some time in mairing the necessary enquiries, they found that the delinquent had left Edinburgh for Newcastle by the Union coach, at six on Thursday morning. lie was followed at hal-past six in the af ternoon, and although thirteen and a half hours in the rear, the gentlemen from Glasgow arrived in Newcastle ' in a chaise and four, at half-past eight o,ri Friday morning, and to their morti fication they again found that the object of their pursuit had set off for Landon by the Wellington coach, two and half hour's be fore. Mr.- Morgan then took a saddle horse, at a quarter to nine and galloped after him, changing horses wherever he could find them, and at ten minutes to twelve he overtook the Wellington, at Northallerton, a distance of forty-nine miles from Newcastle (and two hundred. and eleven from Glasgow,) in three hours and five minutes. including all stoppages, and with the assistance of the authorities of the place, ‘slio in the most obliging manner, lent him their best assistance, he suc ceeded in making a capture of the fugitive, who was brought back to Ne'weaste, and we rejoice to learn that the whole pro perty has been recovered.—We have seldom heard of an in stance of . such 'perseverance. It is quite clear that saddle horses on such occasions are by far the best means of convey ance; and it is Only to be regretted. that a regular line of ac commodation of this sort could not at all times lie depended on. The thief it appears was set at liberty, after surrendering his booty, and was assisted with money to Pay for his journey to London, instead of 'beiug taken back to Glasgow. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. COURT OF COMMISSIONEBS, BASINGH ALL-STREET, URSDA Y, OCTOBER 10. IMPORTANT DECISION-POWER OF THE - COMMISSIONERS TO .COMMIT.-IN RE SAMUEL SMITH. On the 31st of May last a fiat issued against Samuel Smith, of King William-street, Strand; saddler and harness-maker. The 31st of July was appointed for his last examination, when the same was adjourned sine die. On the 23d of August he was again examined before three coramissioners—namety, Messrs. Evans, Foublanque, and Fane, and his answers being unsatis factory, he was committed to Newgate; but Messrs. Evans and Fonblauque alone signed the warrant of commitment A her ea' corpus was afterwards issued to bring the bankrupt before Mr. Justice Bosanquet, in order to his being discharged, for the alleged insufficiency of the warrant (it being signed only by two of the commissioners) and the want of jurisdiction in two commissioners to commit. It was contended, on the part of the bankrupt, that the warrant was insufficient, in not set ting out that the fiat was " directed to his Majesty's Court of Binkruptcy ;" and that two commissioners sitting together could not commit to Newgate, but that such commit ment required three, sitting as ,a subdivision court. the part of the assignees it was submitted, that althougl.a single commissioner could only commit a bankrupt to the cus tody of the messenger to be brought before a subdivision court, vet that any commissioner might call in the assistance of his brother commissioners for any purpose; and that by the 7th section of the Bankruptcy Court Act it was enacted, that any one or more of the six commissioners should have and perform all the powers and authorities then in force, and vested in the three commissioners; and the restriction as to the•power of the new commissioners - to commit being limited as to a single com missioner, that therefore a commitment by two was legal. As to the omission of the direction of the fiat to the Court of Bank ruptcy, it was contended that it was perfectly immaterial, as the authority of the commissioners was sufficiently apparent on the pr,weedings • Mr. Justice Bosanquet took time to consult the Lord Chief Justice, and having done so, gave it as the opinion of his lord ship and himself, that two commissioners had full power to com mit under the section of the act referred to, and decided also that there was nothing in the other objection; the bankrupt therefore remains in Newgate. An intereAing case, "In re Burrell," was part heard this day, before Mr. Commissioner Williams, but, from the peculiar cir cunistances of the case, we forbear, in the present stage of the proceedings, to F ive the particulars, as their publication now would frustrate, not entirely impede, the ends of justice. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. THE ASSESSED TAXES. •. Samuel Harding, was indicted for assaulting John Frederick King, a collector of taxes, in the execution of his duty. Mr. Alley, in opening the case, said the defendant was one of those unhappy persons who were bitten with the prevailing mania of resistance to the payment of taxes. Thank God, .things were not come to such a pitch that the law of the land cotud be set at defiance with impunity. He should be very glad to see a reduction of taxation, for the sake of the trading and poorer classes; but while the law was in exiitence, it was dis honest and outrageous in any man to refuse to pa y his quota of taxes, to which all were liable. lie had no doubt that much would be done to relieve the people in the next session of par liament,.but until then they must wait, and those whose duty it was to collect the taxes must be protected in thainterval. In this ea 4! his client had not been much injured, but the law had been outraged, and justice must uphold the dignity of the law. The complainant stated that he was a collector of rates and taxes at Kentish-town, and that he had called uo less than eight times upon the defendant for the stun of £1 ss. for the lighting rate. The defendant used to say he could pay if he chose, but the money was as good in his pockets as in that of complain ant's. he was summoned, and allowed ten days, at the ex piration of which complainant called again and saw a young lady, who paid him the money and all expenses. On the even ing of that day the defeuilant came to complainant's house and demanded a receipt for ss. 6d. (the expenses,) which complain ant•could not give. He then stormed, and swore if ever com plainant went tp his house . again he would kick him; he also threatened to strike him at that time, and would have done so if complainant had not stood on the defensive, with a ruler in his hand. After making 'use of very abusive language, the de fendant left the house. Cross-examined by Mr. Phillips, for the defence.—Had made a claim for 15s. on the defendant which was due before he. en tered the house. Did call the defendant a scoundrel, and an empty-headed coxcomb. Mr. Phi Lips then addressed the jury on behalf of the defend ant, and observed that his lea'rned friend Mr. Alley had treated them with a speech that would have been more seasonable at a meeting for the abolition of the assessed taxes. Indeed, he thought at one time lie was actually present at such a meeting, and was -looking out for the doughty Dr. Wade to start up and answer his learned friend. (Laughter.) Mr. Alley had also given some favourable prognostications respecting the future doings of Parliament, which were, no 'doubt, intended for the edification of the learned chairman, who was a member of the legislature. But what hail all this to do with the case? There was no proof that the defendant refused to pay the rate, and as to the as , ic,isql taxes, they were nfA mentioned. There had been, to be sure, some ebullition of feeling, but it was a very trifling affair altogether. The jury found the defendant Guilt!!, and the court sentenced hint to pay a fine of Vs., and to find securities to keep the peace. TRADES' UNIONS. Richard Spencer, John Dowston, and Benjamin Perkins, were indicted for assaulting John Hu:Won. It appears that the prisoners were members of a trades' union; and had combined to keep up a certain scale of wages ; the complainant worked at 'a lower rate for Mr. Ozier, a tin plate-worker, in St. John-street, with the defendants, and re fused to join the union, or to have anv correspondence on the subject. This aroused the ire of the defendants, and they wan tonly beat the complainant, who is an old man, and played tricks with him. On one occasion they cut his head open. The defendants were found Guilty. The Chairman said the system wlich generated this assault was a system of oppression, and unlawful. Every man had a right to dispose of his labour tor what he pleased, and the sys tem of rornbinatiOrf must he . put 'down. The defendants were each sentenced to three months' impri sonment, and at the expiration of that time to find security for their future good behaviour. Five other members of trades' unions were charged with creating a riot at the time the above-named defendants were taken to the police-office. They were liberated on entering into their own recognizauces to keep the peace. LONDON POLICE REPORT. MANSION HOUSE. BRITISH LEAF.— Fildav being the day appointed by the Lord Mayor for hearing evidence to prove that the eleven thou sand pounds weight of British leaf seized by the Excise upon the premises of Mr. Ileale shouid not be consumed with fire, Mr. Sergeant Bompas and Mr. Charles Phillips attended for Mr. Reale, and Mr. Adolphus for the Excise. Mr. Mayhew, the solicitor to the Board of Excise, was also present, as was also Mr. Pearce, the solicitor to Mr. Heale. _ Mr. Adolphus said that his course was a very simple one. Ile h,td on'y to prove that the seizure of something in imitation of tea had been maue, and to Call upon the Lot(' Mayor to issue his order for the destruction of such article. SergeantßOMpas intimated that when the first seizure of the leaf ass made, nearly twelve months ago, it was understood that th, Lord Mayor was to ask the opinion of the Attorney- General on the legality or illegality of fabricating the article, and that according to:the judgment of that 'authority would the Board ac t. Th e broad' arrow which had, he said, been put upon the British leaf at that period, was subsequently removed, and the irresistible inference to be drawn from that fact was, that - the opinion of the Attorney-General being against that of the Solicitos of the Excise, the idea of prosecuting was abandoned. Mt . .l. 4 arradav stated that he had examined the leaves of which the samples produced by 'the Excise were composed, and found them - not to be tea leaves. ( Laughter.) He found amongst them. OM leaves, sloe leaves, the seed of maples and rose leaves. Mr. Cilbert T. Burnett, Professor of Botany in King's Col lege, stated that he had examined the sampies, which consisted of the leaves of elm, sloe leaves, appl e l eaves , p o plar leaves, and Willow l e a v es. • He did not think it wholesome. There was a strong resemblance between the leaf and tea. Seveial witnesses proved that the leaf strongly resembled tea. Sergeant Bon:pas then very ably coutentled that there was not the least ground for destroying the property. The proof had altogether failed. The beverage, instead of being noxious, was wholesome. lle then called Dr. birkbeck and other pro fesssional gentlemen, who declared the British leaf was not un wholesome. Mr:Kiijiiphus then replied. Ile stated that the question was, whether the public was to be defrauded by the sale of such abo minable trash instead of tea, and that the patent could not jus tify the sale or fabrication of it. The Lord Mayor retired with the city solicitor and Mr. Nobler to the private room, and on his return stated he and his advisers were unanimously of opinion that the British leaf ought to be condemned. Condemned accordingly. Mr. lleaie signified that he should apply to Parliament. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CUMOUS CAsr, OF ASSAULT.—Mrs. Mary Marsh, the wife of a house-agent in Park-street, was on Thuisday brought before Messrs. Conant and Halls, charged with having assaulted Mr. Hav, The partner of her husband. The defendant is the same individual who has several times -before4peared at this office to answer the complaints of her husband; on account of the specimens he occasionally expe rienced of her fistic prowess. Mr. Hay stated to the magistrates that about three months ago he entered into partnership with Mr. Maish, who- carried on an extensive busmesii as house - agent, in Park•street. On Wednesday morning last helwent out in the gig with the chief desk for the purpose of transacting some business, and on his return he discovered that all his furniture and clothes were turned into the yard. When he was about to enter the house for the purpose cf demanding an explanation of this extraor dinary proceeding . , Mrs. Marsh came towards him, and after using s o me abusive language she made an attack upon him, striking and kicking him, and swearing that if she could lay hold of a knife she would run it into his heart. In corroboration of this statement, Mr.. Hay called one of the clerks, named Dunn, who said that Mrs. Marsh certainly did place all the goods belonging to Mr. Hay in the yard, on Wednesday last, and made attempts both to kick and to strike Mr. Hay; but witness would not undertake to swear that the blows or kicks took effect, as he was fully engaged in attempt ing to keep the parties separate. The Solicitor, on behalf of Mr. Hay, asked this witness if he did not see Mrs. Marsh spit at Mr. Hay, and take up a heavy office candlestick to throw at that gentleman? . The witness replied in the affirmative. Mrs. Marsh, who appeared to restrain herself with difficulty during the above statement, here broke out, and declared that it was her intention on 'Wednesday morning to have prevented Mr. Hay, from entering her house again, and therefore she took that method of turning him out of doors. Mr. Hay chose to resist her orders, and to put his arm round her to force her into the house, upon which she called for assistance. She was determined io die on the threshold of her house before she would let biro: enter it again. Mr. Conant inquired if Mr. Hay was not her husband's partner? . . Mrs. Marsh replied that Mr. Hay was not a partner, he 'was only her husband's clerk. • Kr.. Hay 'said he had a written agreement to produce, in proof of his partnership, if necessary. - • • Mr. Conant.—But where is-Mr. Marsh,. he ought to be here himself, to prove that no partnership exists.. Mr. Hay—Mrs. Marsh will not allow hiM to. Come. Mrs. Marsh—My husband did sign some agreement, but it was when he was dronk. Mr. Conant—Well, madam, you have opened the question as to the partnership, and we oeght to have Mr. Mush here to state the facts. Mrs. Marsh—l am the manager of the buSiness. Its my business, and not my husband's. Sir George Farrant knows my business, and he 'would say so if he was here. My husband don't wish Mr, Hay to cons jute the house any more. . , . Mr:.Conant—Mii. Marsh,- this is not• the first, by several times, I think, that, you have been here for beating v.:I-suns.— Pray, have you not been here for beating your husband? Mrs. Marsh—l am I obliged to beat him sometimes, when he interferes in my business. Mr. Conant—You wear the breeches, I believe. Mrs. Marsh—lt's well known to ail the nubility, and all the word, that Mrs. Marsh conducts the business, and not Mr. Marsh. The letters are addressed to me, and I receive and answer them only. _ _ _ _ Mrs. Marsh called a witness to prove that her husband had expressed a desire for Mr. Hay to qu►t the house. , The witness however merely deposed to some general observations which had fallen from Mr. Marsh on the day when the affray occurred. The Solicitor on behalf of Mr. Hay said the object of his client was only to restrain the violence of Mrs. Marsh's tem per, and therefore he should be satisfied if she was held to bail. Mrs. Marsh said she was ready to put in bail, but she was de termined not to let Mr. Hay enter her house again. Mr. Hay said he should certainly claim his rights as Mr. Marsh's partner. Mrs. Marsh—You shan't come in again. I engaged you as :t clerk, though you did not know auythius of my business. You want to get hair my concern—for it is my own concern, but I'll take care you shan't have it. .I am the manager, and all the world knows it. I earn .£l,OOO a-year for my children by my business, and I make all my servants obey me. Mr. Conant, after having ahuded to the impropriety displayed by Mrs. Marsh, in making use of many improper observations respecting Mr. Hay, directed that she should put in bail. Mrs. Marsh was then-removed into the lock-up room, vowing she would bring an action against the officers for false impri sonment. IRELAND. COUNTY KILKENNY.—On Wednesday evening, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, four fellows violently attacked the steward and coachman of Mr.. Doyle, of Ballysaila house, ( within about four miles of this city,) as they were returning with his carriage horses from Kilkenny to tbe former place. One of the ruffians severely cut the steward's face, saying, at the same time, ." there, take a Whitefoot blow." The coach man was likewise ill-treated by these vagabonds.—The door and windows of.the turnpike house at Ballyrafter, in the barony of Fassadineen, were broken on Saturday night by some fellows who went there for the purpose of beating the owner of the house, Michael Brenan, but he fortunately made his escape through a back window.—On Sunday night, seven sheep, the property of Oliver Walsh, of Ballynarra, near the Roar, in the barony of Ida, were maliciously stabbed by some inhuman wretches. Three of the sheep were found. dead next morning, and the . ot her four are not expected to recover, being wounded in several places. ,This savage outrage said to have been perpetrated merely because Walsh holds laud, which he took about fifteen years back from• Lundy Foot; Esq.! !—The fol lowing is the copy of an illegal notice left with James Phelan, of Shambo, near Rosbercon, a few nights since. It is some what similar to a notice posted on the chapel of Mullinaharrigle, on Sunday week :—" Philip . Malone and James Phelan you will suffer sorely for tilling the ground that you gave up...We won't kill cattle, burn houses, or any such thing, as we did before to destroy the county, but we will give you the fate of Mrs. Ma dicks, her daughter, and the policeman in the county Wexford, so this is the last notice that von will get—there is more that we did not mention to suffer."—Two mach cows belonging to Patrick Bowe, of Mountfail, in the parish of Ballycallan, were stolen from off his lands on Monday night."—Kilkenny Moderator. ABDUCTION, AND SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY OF A FEMALE.— A few nights since the house of an industrious man, named Keenan, within a short distance of Carrickmacross, was vio lently broken open by an armed party, who, after beating the inmates in a shocking manner, forcibly carried off his daughter. Keenan, alter getting his wounds dressed, collected his neigh bours and followed the ruffians ; alter a pursuit of nearly three wiles, they came up with them, and after a desperate struggle, succeeded in rescuing the unfortunate girl, and conveying tier home. Eleven of the party are known, and it is to be hoped they will be apprehended and punished.—lbid. THE SWEDISH ARMY AND NAVY, JAN. 1, 1832. The first organization of a regular array is due to Charles XI. in 1680, in whose time it solely consistod , of men billeted upon the lane ed proprietary. The latter,, if possessed of an in come of not less than £5O or £6O a-year, are bound to provide one soldier with a small dwelling, a piece of ground, and cer tain necessaries. The quota has been increased by adding men who have been enrolled, as well as such as are drawn by ballot under the conscription law. The army is at present composed of 32,694 men, inclusive of 2,580 artillery, 4,705 cavalry, and 25,409 infantry. Of this force 26,914 are quartered with the landowners, and 5.780 are recruits. Independently of these troops, the five classes of conscripts furnish 95,518 men fit for service. The army is divided into three regiments of artillery, eight of cavalry, and 25 of infantry. Each regiment, in addi tion to the two or three towns assigned to it for its quarters, is under directions to assemble occasionally en corps at some given spot. The army, with the exception of the artillery and foot-gnarls, being dispersed at its several quarters, a regular rendezvous of the whole is ordered at a certain period, either at Stockholm, Christianstadt, or Wenersborg. '1 he officers of the navy consist of one admiral, three vice -admirals, four rear-ad mirals, 21 captains-commandant, 16 captains, and 176 lieu tenants, divided into two classes; besides 38 officers of marines. The naval force comprises a corps of artillery of 955 men, and a corps of marines of 440; 360 naval cadets, 5,694 sailors quar tered on the inhabitants in the country, and 892 on townsmen ; 1,505 termed extraordinary men, and 11,580 sailors of all ages. Including every individual employed in the navy, its whole strength is 23,005. The number and class of ships is as follow ; —lO of the line, 4 large frigates, 5 light frigates, 10 sloops or brigs, 5 cutters, 24 galleys, 4 semi-galleys, 25 decked guu-boats, 200 gun-boats without decks, and 155 other vessels. HUNTINGDON, OcT. 2. (From the Cambridge Chionicle.) The revising barristers for this circuit (William Gordon and T. J. Birch, Esqrs,) wintnenced their labours on Tuesday, at the Town-hall. Therb were few or no objections made to the various claims throughout the county, with the exception of those to forty of the Hartford voters who, for distinction, are usually denominated, the "forty thieves," from the circum stance of their having been made from amongst the Duke of Bedford's tenants and friends in Bedfordshire, and else Where, fur the express purpose dl supporting the blue or Whig cause in this comity, after Lord John Russell's. defeat by a majority of fifty-three, at the contest in 182.8; and from the quantity of land possessed by thirty-five of these voters, amounting only to 50A. 3n. 4e.,. or 1n, • 32e.. each, on the average, oF some of the poorest in the county. The greater part of this is let to John Watford, (a person who had saved about £4OO in the capacity of a shepherd to a farmer in the county,) who pays his rent to Mr. Wing, the Duke of Bedford's steward, who, we presume hands it over to the respective claimants; and it is a question whether Watford knows his landlords at all, except by name, or whether they know their tenant, or ever saw either him or their land. Perhaps it is sufficient fur them to know that they have a good tenant, for no other person in the parish could give the rent he does. Experienced farmers, who have for years occu pied land contiguous to it, state that its outside worth is Iss. the acre, (some say 10s.) whilst he is giving nearly twice that sum. On the Hartford list being called_ by the barrister presiding, (Mr. Gordon,) Mr. G. G. Day, of St. Ives, requested that the vote of Charles Frederick Palgrave, of Bedford, might be first taken, as only a few of those whose votes had been objected to were in attendance, it having been deemed unnecessary to bring up the whole body. The notice of objection was then put in, signed by It. Lee, of Huntingdon. Mr. Price stated that he delivered a copy of the notice to the overseers of Hartford on the 24th August, and also one, as directed by the act, to John Watford, the tenant. In answer to a question from Mr. Day, Mr. Price stated that he delivered the notice himself, and not Mr. Lee, the objector. Mr. Day then read from the 39th clause of the act, that part of it which enacts that the objector shall give, or cause to he given, notice of his objection to the over seer, and also to the person objected to, or bha, 1.. personally de liver it to his tenant in occupation. The serving of the notice by Mr. Price and not by Mr. Lee, the person who signed the of jectious, Mr. Day held to be fatal. After some discussion, Mr. Gurdon requested the attendance of Mr. Birch from the other court, and they both concurred in Mr. Day's opinion —so that "the forty" have their votes for another year at least: last year they escaped because the party objecting had not signed his Christian name at full length. Mr. Palgrave was very in dignant that his vote should be disputed, and he put to the in convenience of attending at Huntingdon to substantiate it, and was making use of some strong language, when he was stopped by the court, and the remaining business proceeded with. We hope, for the credit of the men of Bedford, that they will, by another year, have wiped their hands of this dirty concern; and Mr. Palgrave, and the rest, will then be saved the trouble of coining to Huntingdon on such disreputable business. Cne of the most eminent men at the bar, after giving his opinion on the decision of the learned barristers, thus concludes:—" The Riform Act has produced a great variety of odd decisions, but this beats all I have ever met with." LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. INSOLVENT. Oct. 10.—William 3laenish Porter, Great Winchester-street, mer e:rant. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. James Smith, Cavendish, Suffolk, butcher. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Bennett, Liverpool, victualler, Oct. 29, Nov. 22, at 1 o'clock, at the Clarendou-rooms, Liverpool. Solicitor, Mr. Chester, Staple inn. James Simpson, ' Nottingham, cordwainer. John Fisher and John Barnard, Bristol, horse-dealers. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and S. Lea, Liverpool, cart-owners.—S. and It. Humphreys, Green-street, Leicester-square, manufacturers of military ornaments. —T. Howarth and Co., Manchester, coach-makers; as far as regards .1. Barns s.—Sir J. Wrottesley, Bart., and F. Holyoake, Esq., %Jiver hampton, bankers.—J. and B. Winder, Whitecross-street, surgeons.— Swift and Co., Radcliffe, Lancashire, dyers.—W. and C. Fryer, and R. Peacock, Duncan-street, Whitechapel, sugar-refiners.—e. and E. C. Richman, Regent-street, Horseferry-road. Westminster, builders. —W. and F. Ackrovd, Otley, Yorkshire, worsted-spinners.—Horton and Whitehouse, Westbromwich, Stafforushire, boiler-manufacturers. - Wormald, D. Ming - worth, J. Chaffer, and S. Swift, Otley, York shire, scribbling-millers.—C. Pope and W. Woodruff, Machaen, Mon mouthshire, iron-manufacturers.—W. and J. North and S. S. Kent, City-road, indigo-blue-makers ; as far as regards S. S. Kent. —Fer guson and Taylor, Glaa,g)w, Anderston, and Tradestown, manu facturers. DIVIDENDS. Nov. 2. G. Keyzar, Toxteth-park. near Liverpool, merchant.—Nov. 4, J. Duke, Basinghall-street, warehouseman.—Nov. 4, C. Thompson, jun., Beaumont-street, Marylebone, wine-merchant.—Nov. w, Sutton, Beaumont-street, Marylehone, coach-maker. Nov. 8, J, Head and H. Marshall, Lawrence Pountney-place, and Battle-bridge, white-lead-merchants.—Nov. 6, S. Parker, - South Lambeth, under writer.—Nov. 1, T. Woodhonse, jun., Milk-street, Cheapside, ho sier.—Nov. 4, J. Reynolds, Idol-lane, Tower-street, wine-merchant. —Nov. 6, S. Peel. Leed:•:, plaid-manufacturer.—Nov. 4, • W and W. Walker, Knaresbornie.n, Yorkshire, drapers.—Nov. G. and T,. Holgate, Lancashire, bankers.—Nov. 4; B. Buinell, Leeds, linen-draper.— 5, T. Benbow, Tenhurv, Worcestershire, -gro cer.—Nov. 5, S. and S. Collier, Witney, Oxfordshire, blanket-mann facturers.—Nov. 8, J. Wood, Wakefield, dyer.—Nov. 4, 'T. Cobb, Banbury and North Newton, Oxfordshire, paper-maker.- - Nov. 4, H. Legh, Shrewsbury, butcher. — Nov. 2, J. - Duckworth, Manchester, ale-house-keeper. CERTIFICATES, Nov. 1. •• . : :•• • J. Cronin, Old Bailey, stone-etch-chant.—T. Wood, Cheltenham, upholsterer.—T. Wilcocks, Bath, cabinet-maker. — ; T. Doughtv, Goodge-street; Tottenham-court-road, chemist.--T. Bridgwood, Folly Lane, nd, Staftbrdshire, clay -merchant. —T. M. Wright, - 13odmin, Corm ail, linen-draper.—J. Richmond, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, surgeon.—T. Dean, Manchester, publican. • • The following is a list of the European monarchs, with their age s:—Charles John, King of Sweden, 6 9 years; William IV., King of England, 69; Pope Gregory XIV., 68; Francis 1., Emperor of Austria, 66; Frederick I V. , King of Denmark, 66; Frederick William,• King of Prussia, 63; William, King of Holland, 61; William; icing of Wirtemberg, ; Mainnoud 11., Emperor or Turkey : 48 ' • Louis, 'King of Bavaria, 47 ; Leopold, King of the Belgians, 4'2; Nicholas, Empefor of Rus sia, 37 ; Charles Albert, ling of Sardinia, 35; Don Mi gue l, King of Portugal, 31 ; Ferdinand IL, King of. Sicily, 23 ; Henry V., King of France, 13; '_Maria Isabella Louisa o ,4 u „ n of Spain, 3 yrars. LIVERPOOL. The new polar drama OfJONATHAN BRADVORD, having liefl receive d las night with most distinguished approbation, W be repeated This Eyeuin,, , r and To-morrow.. milts present TUESDAY, the 13th instant; .!"'e Pe i° 1 formed the tragedy of BRUTUS ; Or, THE FILL OF ARQUIV. Lucius Junius Brutus ...... ...Mr. Vandenhoff. Titus.. Mr. Lacy I Se tus Tarquin....Mr. Cooke. Tarquinia Mrs. Vining. Tullis, Mrs. Brooks, from the houtre Royal:N o rwich, her - second unee here. After which, (for the second pe time ra at this Theatre.) the popula r drama, as now performing nightly in London with unprecedented sueclss, called JONATHAN BRADFORD; Or, The Murder at the Road Side Inn. Jonathan Bradford, (landlord of the George Inn,) Mr. Cook. —Farmer Nelson, Mr. Andrew's—Jack liackbottle, (wai ter and bouts at the Geolge Inn, ) Mr. Slaiter—Caleb Scruininidgei (a runaway apprentice) Mr. Bakcr—Sally Sighabout. (c,h a 7; bermaid at the George Inn,) Miss Seymour—Anne, (w" Bradford,) Mrs. Brooks. • Incidental to the piece, the George lon, a newscene conj. strutted expressly for this piece, sh6wing four distinct arr,_, meuts, acted in at one time, viz., the bar, the parlour , ana t' two sleeping rooms. On W EDNESDAY, Shakspeare's tragedy of MAC 1 31.11. —Macbeth, Mr. Vandeuhoff— Macduff, Mr. Cooke—L,a,d4 Macbeth, Mrs. Brooks. To conclude w ith JONATI BRADFORD. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We thank an " OLD PILOT " for his hint, and he may deP ellti upon it that we shall avail ourselves of the first opportu ni q to inform Mr. Wm. Rathbone that we are cognizant of , manoeuvres. If he chooses to put certain persons forward t° assail us, his supposed concealment will not protect bi° 3 " We have at hand, ready to be used at a moment's war m "' that which will effect our purpose. •f)t ibtrpool A,tanbartf. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 18• The Great Britain, Captain French, arrived here ye s " terday from New York, bringing letters and pipers 0 the 21st September, but they contain no news. The Confiance steamer arrived at Falmouth on fria 9 / last, from Lisbon and Oporto. She left the Tagus ° II the 6th instant, and was off Oporto on the 7th. The fok lowing is from one of the Falmouth papers of SaturdaY" .. the Cornubian : " His Majesty's steam vessel, the Ccmfiance, arrived refer' day from Portugal with mails. She sailed from Lisbon th e 6th instant, and from off Oporto the 7th. 'Abe accounts re ceived by her confirm the statement brought by the last pack e t relative to the resignation of Marshal Bourmont and the re" of the principal French officers who had held appointments is Dom Miguel's army. "The armies remained in the same positions as when the Is' accounts left, and no fighting had taken place. A sortie by tb i Pedroites was talked of. Most of the provinces remain end e . the sway of Miguel, and fears are entertained in Lisbon Oa' the struggle will be much longer protracted. " We regret to learn, that the City of Waterford, steamer, on board of which the Queen of Portugal's plate and other pro perty to a considerable amount, was shipped for conveyance 0 Lisbon, has been lost off Figuera. We have ascertained that the crew and passengers were all saved. " Lord Edward Russell, late commander of H.M.S. Niogolif is come home a passenger in the Coniiance. " A box of dollars of the value of nearly £7OO, which was taken out on freight by the Pike, schooner, consigned to a niercloot at Oporto, was lost overboard in being transhipped to .11.11 i. Nimrod, in the Douro. An attempt was about to be made to recover it by means of the diving bell." As we have no letter from our private corresponden t we conjecture that the above is the only news of interns' brought, by the Conjiance. The resignation of Marshal BOURMONT is reasserted, but we can hardly admit that a repetition of a story is a confirmation of it. No reasons are given for this resignation, and, in the absence of 11 motive, and no explanation being given, we must decline reposing implicit confidence in the statements emanating from the PEDRO party. It is admitted that "fears are entertained at Lisbon that the struggle will be much longer protracted:!. .This is admitting a great deal, and much that is adverse to the cause of the young Princess. If BotramoNa hss withdrawn, as is contended for, we may assume from this , admission that he has left the besieging army in tolerably good order, and by no means weakened by his secession. But the death of the King of SPAIN, of which no men tion is made in these advices, and the state of parties in . that kingdom, are of deeper interest than even the pro- • tracted warfare before Lisbon. The demise of FERDI NAND must have been known in Lisbon long before the steamer sailed, and yet so vigilant are the agents of Don ", PEDRo that not a word respecting it has been suffered to transpire. Of course it was clearly the policy of the ad venturer to keep the fact concealed, for, in the conse quences springing out of this event will, we suspect, be found the motives for BOURMONT'S supposed resignation. The last arrivals from Madrid inform us tlmt Don Cam.os has already been proclaimed in many of the towns and provinces of Spain. The mails are stopped, the peasantry are arming, and the regular troops in many places have declared for that prince. M. ZEA BERMUDEZ, one of the ablest ministers of the present day, has, it is said, beer/ dismissed by the QUEEN REGENT, and that a terrible struggle for the crown is about to commence is now beyond all question. If Spain is left to herself Don, CARLOS must be King. He has all the nobles, the • priesthood, and the peasantry on his side. The monks are so zealous in hislavour that they have already begin' to fortify the towns. It must not be disguised, however, that as to the issue of this civil war much depends on the part which France ' shall take in the contest. If Lows PHILIPPE, deeming his throne insecure if the dreaded partisans of Caguas gain the ascendancy, should venture upon the hazardous policy of sending an army into Spain to support the claims of Donna ISABELLA, he may protract the conflict, and' call other parties into the field. If the English go vernment have considered it just to maintain a nominal neutrality in the affairs of Portugal, we cannot discern on • . what grounds the cabinet of the citizen KING can claim' the right to interfere in the affairs of Spain. But a few' . days will determine this point, and we wait the issue with • some anxiety. Since the above 'was written we have received a later arrival from . Falmouth, in which it will be found that some of our conjectures have been eon firmed. Marshal BOURMONT had departed for 'the Spa nish frontier in the suite of Don CARLOS, and for the purpose of assisting that prince in his military measures in Spain. This is the whole secret of his "resignation." He has a higher game to play near Madrid than that :. • which appears to linger before Lisbon. The following is • from the second edition of the Cornubian " The Soho steamer, which conveyed the Queen of Portugal to Lisbon, put into this port last evening, on her return to Portsmouth. On her passage she was overtaken by H. M. steamer Salamander, which sailed from► Lisboa a few hours later on the 6th instant, having been despatched with the intelligence of the King of Spain's decease, which had reached Lisbon in the interim. The departure of Bourmont and other French officers from Portugal, is now understood to have some connection with the affairs of Spain, to which country they are gone, and whither they have been followed by Don Carlos himself. From passengers by the Soho, we are informed that a Con stitutional force of 2000 men, which had been despactched from. Lisbon to Peniche, has obtained possession of the important positions of Obidos, and Torres Vedras. His MAJESTY'S packet, Duke of York, arrived at Fal mouth on Saturday, from the Leeward Islands, which, at the date of her sailing, the 7th September, were in a state of tranquillity. We should have liked to have been present, but invi sible, for a few minutes in the private breakfast-parlou r of some quiet, elderly gentleman, living. in Wales, for instance; or some other secluded place, where the breeze is - fresli, and thee. hours for reflection less liable to inter ruption than in the 'busy world,—we should have liked , we say, to have been an unseen observer in such a room when the last . accopnts of the revenue were laid upon his breakfast -table , We are taking it for granted that the • person we have in our fancy is a sober and retired fund kolder, who, for the . last ~ten years, has been drearviug that he is woith two tho''..isand pounds per annum satigit secured in goverNment stock,—one who is confident to the honour of the nation,—satisfied that his investment . is safe against all storms, polaNand otherwise—thank' ful that the refOrm bill is carried-congratulating himself