The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-29 00:00:00

ToaLit ' l O 1331 _ . the l aw clif y the al I t h e colo n y, until some colonial enactment-may mo legislatur suit its c i rcumstances and condition. That the ,e has not d ec l ared any legal rate of interest, that the th at in ,o!atik act i s only applicable to a particular institution, hit ereB al the British colonies six per cent, is now the legal 4 4, th at: s pecial enactments of - their respective legislatures, b oat , some act is passed in New South Wales, we_ are a re a l 4 s :y i the rate of interest specified in the usury laws,. which her at i on farce here. After considerable time spent in deli vfou4d the court, the Chief Justice stated that judgment e ct efrred." • welarls:ltis situation of aTairs it is manifest that some interest, should be taken for defining the legal rate of • ai st, at all events in the absence of specific contracts 41 1(1 o at hea d. Judging. by analogy with other cases, ,„ e Jose cases of high authority and long standing— • wean som e of our most important. Colonial posses 'lo4 -4 decor the decision. of the judge in Sydney, however in list° b ce with the law of England, does ot appear to in e b orne out as the most consistent either with the i ven e . s t prae.tiee of the colony in which it has been %I a believ e in none of our other possessions is (• s rate of interest than Six per cent. allowed, under vi u' iti l salleti ° ll of the legislatures, where they exist; and Privy the presumed, if not actual concurrence of the councils Y-council at home, and the governors and local • t in the' Crown colonies. In some of them, and M au . 4 , 1 k we Should not be iiieorrect in. quoting the Nvi leib t 'us as an instance," a much higher rate is allowed; Pared to tindeCany authority amounting to legal light, Y mere mutual consent of parties, we are not pre tonled sal% Again, in India, we have been accus • , - roKen hear - rat es o f e i g h t, . n i ne , an d • ten- per cent. 41 81 4,. ' 1 as quite matters of course ; with what final fo r s uch rates have been granted is, unfortunately Lot ti t ilin erous families -both in India and this country, It °.° well known. I. w anc ts Perfectly clear that, in countries newly settled, se ee i • n g many of the inducements for residence, or that turn r.pv for the investment of capital, which are pre rate' .t 0 belang to the established states' of Europe, a tiot 00..iiiu.tere.st-dbove that fixed in such ancient states is t Dtio "'Y justifiable, but - absolutely necessary, as a temp the t ° the transference of person and property. In seh s , a ' i l I ndies, the quality of dependence, in a colonial -• - ',a long ceased to be known. It was, therefore, imm°Y the, continuance of monopoly, the parent of i,lonrse individual accumulation, the enemy, most corn inte 37, of national .prosperity, that such High rates of con,:est en uldshe-rnaintained in ilindostan.• The vast ofscapital possessed by Et limited number of p r i se, t. mus es b had induced its investment in enter op.„, Perhap s pr9dig•ally conducted, which, on the r o ' i ng of the trade to the public, were exposed to the Ivoletition of merchants, whose utmost expectations ee ,,.d have b een satisfied by returns upon their capitals 14 - Pjellt to the ra t e o f i n t erest allowed-as annuities it t„°`'ginents by..their opponents. .This competition, surfa ce manifest to all who could penetrate below the ( 1 01 t ', n t,nst, sooner or later, terminate in crumbling ` . 'te largest capitals. That it has arrived sooner eon s - ,,,, wa s anticipated we believe ; and ruinous are the op e , -I , ll _,enees to many, to whom the rate of interest p re ,:` e ," - as an inducement for leaving the whole of their Ivet -t 'Y in• the hands of the class of houses to which Itnow allude. iht er , c kes not follow, from this argument, that a rate of ~„ ` - q above five per cent. should not be allowed in coon `• • 1. tr art , • s like our Australian settlements. 0 . . n the con so e l„' the case of a territory so distant from Europe, , dac e - ,,n°°ns in its surface, and presenting so many c „_ . dents (t he•inconyenience of the distance- aloneinterest say, cx 7Pte ) an ove emigration. and investment,u.rate.of _ Bay , • "L :e per cent. is not only justifiable, but, we should of 13M,dialiensablY necessary to the continued accession ten r itish property an d persons. Th at so hi g h a rate as si_jr twelve id be per cent. is any longer requisite, we is disposed to deny; and the ground of our denial loxule;aPProximation of the value of the necessaries and fo o r Les . of life not only to the rates existing in the most 15e ur e d , f our ancient. colonies, (if such a term can now . co li a PP l ieti to . anv of them,) but to the markets of this flier nty When we compare the value of produce, whe befu raised in the country or imported, in a list now lying o r , with what we recollect of their prices only two . of three. years'age, we find evidence of a large extension finer ':" l ish or - acquired capital to agricultural and cnrn- N ru e .'ac purposes ; of which we remember, also, having . publi c ''a few n - Lontlis ago, a strong illustration, in the yttaiceation_of the imports and, exports of the last year at sof/ .Y. These considerations, we again contend, are t as dent to prohibit any such exorbitant rate of interest a or twelve per cent. The rate of eight per cent., Op eh s eems to have been generally admitted as fair 1147teoart t h o e ti p s eriod of Judge BURTON'S decision, would quite the maximum ; something from six to `intent and a half per cent. would, probably, be more con- . Ut l ent w ith the present advanced state of the settlement. the' may be deemed - the fair remuneration for tat ` lTl Pl°Vfilent of capital' cannotit be disputed that a earth al . u ould be d e fi ne d , upon w hi c h t h ose possessing strremay , be en a bl e d to • count f or i ts a pp ro p ria t ion ; tL e , t he soone r a ll uncertainty is - removed on t hi s h ea d , Iv i2ette r it will be for the whole community-. cabl e e regret.to s ee i n - thcse : joArnahi a statement t ° a Mr. Joul)t MgAurnua, who, if lie be the gen or T'an present i n our mind, has been, for the last twenty , one o f t h e most enterprising, and, assuredly, one rrie"' most useful 'of a ll t h e i n habit an t s o f that settl e- ex et * e Pen di His exertion s have been as indefatigable as his ore hasbeen liberal for e pr of e sh e • nent of the - Eve stock of the colony, particularly e6 l). His recompense has been the establishment ofa eter-and value for Australian wool, Which is conti nuallythe En g l ish in the high prices that it brings in t a k e ' s " markets : his own particular fleeces, if we m d is nf th e - n ot, being, in quantity and quality, at the h the in,, entire list. This gentleman, it appears, w as, at u e °f our advices, labouring, or presumed to belabo . r tatti under mental aberration; and had been placed ina eor r e co nfinement. Judging' by some remarks and tle sub.esPondence which appear in the newspapers on the hay it would seem to be charged against those „wlhio du:. taken upon themselves what is termed his a s. s art ,", that their anxious care of him was not nece xi eta . i . A correspondent who Writes on the subject, after in g the facts concludes Will the Gover ? n , - , j t ~,`l?erinit this? Will the Chief Justice pass it over 1 4% ,,"' 5 3' be inferred from this landuage, that their. usury • • tn ent ar e not the only laws requiring revision or adjust- LONDON LATEST NEWS. % nee Saturday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clordkihe luota. . our last, consols have been but slightly affected, an , b uYer "" May tie given for the account at 871 alteynate . ly ellne,,s toad sellers. India bonds have been heavy, having de- InV ) 9 to 20 pm. b umis, 7 foreign market, the alteration as respectsthe no . rthe n rn , ea t ,„ lasei een in favour of an improvement, the prices 11,,,N, 1 3 f-,. _Cr. for the continent. Russian bonds are lu - zt 4 , Butch 49 and P , elgiau, 944 951. Portugu2se stock has been deli c r ou "ect!d, "the instalment - being now pai:l; the .scrip, I , t • id ' is quoted 8 !eeThy (!) is riew called the Regency loan, 41 . El, , at 58i to 59i ICI Ga . Spanish bonds are 214 t 022, and Brazilian We tii.davhave seen a variety of accounts from Bayonne, received_ I.l on -6."1.1 confirmatory of the rapid advance of the interests of tartiz;nirsio. s, in Spain. Biscay is entirely in the power of his Lill,, . , and balls and cartridges were manufacturing, at 'the ~,a in great numbers. Contributions- had been levied - on th e -,,:-7,eantile houses there,__ . of from 1,0 , A to AMMO reels. In th e .',t, i 'eY of- aistan at Elesenda Maya Berneto, many of 1114,.811',1,age5: around, liad. -risen and 'proe'laimed King . Charles. \te l ., "t Bo around, and the oflicers with him, of his nation, •Nav a r' ll wllin. quarantine at Valencia, in Estremadura. ti qn ii t l 'e . is said to be in full insurrection, almost all the popula- Plied the'''lug flown to arms at the call of the monks, woo sup . - pro c i,,, , ' with money from the convents. Colonel . Erar ro ha l d fiad bee'nrie'flo,pon - Cali-os, at Roncesvallos;and this am e p was in a staie ot owe . d throughout that neighbourhood. P p a eluna e very feehl the, ,greatest excitemen . The garrison was % ai(ri f 7},1. a n e e , ealni_tclo th v r a e t e cit o i f i6 th; gates were closed. Ti le. Car . ] ists and invited - the mountaineers to . die m. ein * '..:oe p a y of the troops was about one shilling per Rai n ., The Regency hive already shown a sal of a san- of t h` 1Y teinperament, that will probably stain ,thee charat . ter SantosewTa They have not only shot the celebrated chief, fa ce "adron, fait 'they in cold blood, murdered thirty-tAvo Carli,ts'i legua'.'ken• rd with hini. , The following is a copy of the . • The "VIVA CARI.os V. I . vila, advanced posts. will allow Sencr -to pass freely, ero eeed _ 3 to th e • f " The .own o -. Con arnander-in•Chief of the 3a and 4th Brigade, " I'M • " MARTIN BENGOCII EA. w e L ane', 12th Oct., 1833 " . ail"ave had no arrival to-day from any ,of the colonies, nor ,ill'euTours current. . b ite or .ean merchants here do not believe the reported (.:a.p w - O r i - ' me city of Guanaxuato, by the rebels, as given in the ."‘. Lette'rs Reed under date the Ist August, from Cuanaxiia ; °. and th e are in town from Mexico, dated the 24th of that moual, Y make no mention of any such iient. 02VD O,V L eITEST SHIPPING NETTS. Tb, o f the .Harbinger, al the \yip o7ent: at Newfoundland announces the turn • Lloyd's, Fire o'rlock, Saturday. ,rerforce, Tiillock, from Live pool en the 16th October.. o er, chane The; at Genna announces arr ival npion, on the 16th instant, in 38 drys. f.lon! Liverpool. The EffOr ofl the' port, arrived on the pre- The da.. . t, r eur, front same The r :''.. at 1 ' erpool, has ar rived 1 ,_ 3,. , oititude, Thoinpson, from i iv nd coals. - ''7 in _, with a cargo of manufactures, iron, a The Juliilee Lue r • 1 has arrived at Batavia. The Thorne; li e . . from ...iverpoo , has arrived from Liver- P", on the Ar r i a lliburton Capon, The the j ca.n coaSt. from Liverpool, at thb on n enkinson, trying, has arrived, • The Atal on the llth in anta, from Malaga toLiVerp:ml, was spoken s tank, in lat , 11,1 0 g -- 10. s_eg.the'l, th.of Se ptemb n ir, the Amelia, Holditch, sailed from l'A_lisina. for Liverpool with a cargo of pummice-stone, brim- Lo e, o i l, and lemons: 1 A twice from the Swedish a til";:l posted at Lloyd's, this afternoo . n, t onset .. 4 Norwegian Consul-General, announcing that, , in b tara q , " ... e . nye q the chOlera having appeared at the town ere I thatoinutil! Nprway, on the 30th ult., the King had ordered of o Agershas i iner orders, quarantine, as regards the county which, Burin the la ceae, except with regara to vessels on der voyage or on arrival, shall have any dead or sick The h ill Bard or health at Shckelm had declared, on the 92 stant, Londnn and 11 the Thames, as only sus- Peeted of basin '. ' a ports on sus- The g etiolera. .., e same body, on the 11 - h LI clam! Falmouth, and all or place -c' u - ' ' ; f i t . _ , s 312 011alta . 3jafectc u %vita cuoter,a inorous. LOCAL NEWS. John Aspirin.ll, Esq., of Standen-hall, and Jeremiah Garnett, 'Esq., of Roelield, have been elected bailiffs of the borough of Clitheroe for the ensuing year. EGREMO'tT CHURCH.—This beautiful edifice will be conse crated on Thursday the Right Reverend Diocesan the Lord Bishop of Chester. The service will commence at One o'clock. Hoy LAKE CHURCH,--Thia church, which has. lately been erected-bysubscription; will be consecrated on Friday next, the Ist November. The service will commence at eleven o'clock in the moruing, and a sermon will be preached oaths occasion 'by the Lord Bishop of Chester. On Friday last the children of the Blue Coat Hospital, both boys and girls, in the early part of the day, were admitted, for the second time this season, by the public-spirited proprietor of the Zoological Gardens, to a view of his interesting collection of animatsabirds, &c. The amusement - the juvenile visitants derived from what, to them; must prove an unexpected kind ness in Mr. Atkins, was greatly increased by the favourableness of the weather. 'l' he children appeared, by their good conduct and cheerful countenances, to afford the same delight to Mr. Atkins which they experienced from his generosity; for he evinced his satisfaction in witnessing parties of'them - anxiously inviting others to .aceompany and participate in the pleasure they had derived. from a recent discovery. of some. strange and surprising animal, or of the beauty acid symmetry of others. In addition to this indulgence, Mr. Atkins presented each of them with a bun. After enjoying themselves nearly the whole of the morning, they paraded the 'gardens with their band of music, and being all assembled upon. a rising ground, expressed their thanks to Mr. Atkins in three joyous cheers. On Sunday a sermon was preached at St. Nicholas' Church, by the Rev. Mr. Wray, in aid of the funds of the Blue Coat School. At the conclusion of the sermon a collection was made, which from the,number and respectability of the congre gation, we have every reason to believe. was a good . one. On this occasion the common practice _of dispensing with the ser vices of the choir belonging to the church was adopted, and a portion of the childrenwas 'selected to do their duty; which we must say is " a practice more honaured in the breach than the observance." We are disposed to iegard the choral part of our church service, when properly conducted, as one of great importance, because , the simple, anch,at the same time, sub lime melody of some of our sacred music is admirably calcu lated to inspire a devotionalleeling, and recal the minds of the listless to the object for. which they are assembled. The feeble and in a great degree, the untutored voices of a few children is unequal to the task of leading a congregation, but, had they been introduced in aid of. the choir, a good effect would have been produced. If - charity stands in need of any artificial stimulants, then then - fest potent should be resorted to: PAT OUTWITTED PaTeicis.—Yesterday two specimens "of the finest pisantry upon.earth," one named Pat Daly, and the other Patrick pagan, appeared at the Mayor's Court, Tat in the - witness box, and Patrick in the dock, the latter charged by the former witk, having robbed him of eight sovereigns. ,From the evidelice of Pat, it - appeared' that he and Patrick were "sworn friends" before the matter happened, and having come-on Tuesday last te,Liverpool together, they were anxious to bed and board in the same house, and, accordingly, on that day they went on the discovery of suitable lodgings. In the course of their peregrination, Patrick said to Pat, "Sure,' man, ye'd.better be after hiding the eight sovereigns, as we don't know the company we may get into." " Faith, you're a broth of a boy for thinking 'of the main thing," replied Pat, "but I've no needle to sew them up in the back of my waistcoat." "But I have," rejoined the other, and kindly undertook the task, which, the complainant said, he tolerated hug to do, and was much obliged for the favour. After performing the kind office for his friend, 'Patrick was suddenly missing, having wheeled round a corner. Pat was at first afraid that his coun tryman would be lust in .the wilds of Liverpool, and, in conse quence, was in great perturbation for his fate, until, at length, he fancied that the sovereigns in the back of his waistcoat felt light, and he was induced to overhaul the stitches, when, to his consternation, he discovered that his faithless friend had "rung the changes,". and deposited eight shillings instead of eight sovereigns in the waistcoat; he accordingly ran to the police and informed them of the treachery, and Patrick was appre hended on Saturday, and accommodated with lodgings in Bridewell. The case was proved, and Patrick committed. BURGLARIES.—On Sunday night, or early on Monday morn ing, sonic thieves broke into the warehouse of Messrs. Parker and Ashton, situate at the bottom of Water-street. Fortunately nothing of value was left upon the premises, and all their booty was the bill-book,. which was carried off. It is supposed that some persons must have secreted themselves within the pre mises during business hours, as there were no marks of violence outside.—AbCut the same time, the warehouse of Messrs. Whittaker and Miller, of Rumford-street, were entered by a hole through • the wall in a court .adjoining. The villains were equally as disappointed in finding booty as those in the.first burglary, nothing being left in the way worth taking. The iron safe bore marks of violence, but it resisted the villains' efforts. This warehouse was entered about twelve months ago, but nothing of value.was stolen ; however, the parties were appre hended, and two of them transported, and three others escaped from Kirkdale gaol. IMPUDENT ROBBERy.—Edward Fletcher, one of the nume rous class of low gamblers who prey upon the unwary, heedless whether they praenre a livelihood by cheating or thieving, was brought berm.° Mr. Alderman Horsfall, on Saturday, charged, by a man named John Gilbertson, of Norfolk-street, with rob bing him of one sovereign, under the following circumstances: —1 he complainant stated that, on Tuesday night last, about ten o'clock, he was standing in Williamson-square, when a man came up to him in the dress of a butcher, and inquired of the complainant where he came from. On being answered from Liverpool, the butcher said that he came from Man chester, and was anxious to have a glass of ale, and the complainant was also induced to have one, and they went toge ther into a public-house, kept by a man named Summerfield, in Murray-street. When they got into the public-house, they met the prisoner, who pretended to be unacquainted With the butcher. The prisoner pulled out a pocket-book full of what appeared to be notes. and began to talk of an old uncle who had left him a considerable sum of money. He said that he was going to Lord Grosvenor's with a pair of greyhounds , which had.been tied up in a stable, but some person hail cut the strap and let one go, but that he had bought a chain and a patent lock, which no one could open but himself and the maker, to the latter of whom he had given a bottle of wine to show hint how to open it.- -Several other 'persons came in, and the pri soner gave the lock to examine, after which he went out of the room, saving, that he would be hack shortly. One of the men then said that he was a whitesmith, and could open it directly, which he did. Complainant then, tried but. could not, when the man showed him the spring, and he then opened it. The•pai soner afterwards -came in, and complainant offered to bet him sixpence that he could open it, and the prisoner said that he dare lay £l5 that he could-not. Complainant said that he had not so much money as that, when the butcher requested him to lay - what he bad, and that he (the butcher) would go £5 with him. Complainant then put dawn a sovereign and six half crowns to bet, and the butcher pulled out what appeared to be a £5 country note, and handed it over, together with the sove reign, to some man, as stakeholder. Complainant was to open it whilst the prisoner rubbed fifty chalks off the.table; but com plainant perceiving the prisoner rub them off too quick, cried out that he would not stand that, upon which the prisoner snatched the lock out of his hand, and the money which he (the prisoner) had put , down to meet the stake. The butcher then returned complainant the six half-crowns, and a coin which he took to be a sovereign. All the gang then went away, and complainant subsequently discovered that, instead of a sove reign, they had returned him a gilt farthing. Complainant saw no more Of any of them; but, in going to Williamson-square the following night, be saw the prisoner, who ran away; he was pursued by the watchman, and apprehended. Benjamin Summerfield, the keeper of the public-house in Murray-street, identified the prisoner as being the man alluded to by the com plainant, and he was committed for trial. PREMATURE BIETH, AND INHUMAN TREATMENT OF THE isloTrian.-;-On Sunday evening, between the hours of five and six o'clock, as a poor woman, named Anne Carttnan, accompa nied by her husband and two children, was on her way from Warrington to Liverpool, she was suddenly taken with the pains of labour, near a place called Knotty Ash Gate. The pour creature was assisted by her husband in getting to a small grass-plot on the roadside, where she was delivered of two tine children. Application - Was made at several of the cottages in the neighbourhood for permission for the poor woman to rest her self until the parochial authorities of West Derby were made acqUainted with her peculiar and distressed situation, but the unfeeling inhabitants, not possessing theanilk of human kind ness, nor, in the slightest degree, that compassion and charity which is so characteristic of the British peasantry generally, refused the mother and her babes the shelter of their humble firesides. A good Samaritan, however, in the person of the landlady of a public-house near the windmill, commiserating the woman's situation , ! admi tted h er into her house, arid ad ministered to her every comfort which her condition required. Information being given to the overseers of 'West Derby, in which parish the children were born, they placed the mother and children in a jolting car, and despatched them to .Low-hill Workhouse, where, however, they refused, to give them admis sicu, and in this pitiable plight the wretched mother and family were sent.to the Liverpool Workhouse, bearing a note to Mr. Shipp the ,gove rnor, stating that there was no room in Low-hill Workhouse. - Mr. Shipp, although indignant at the treatment they had experienced at Low-hill, immediately procured the ile ces'sary medical aid, and under the kind superintendence of Mrs. Shipp, the governess, who administered cordials and other necessary comforts,: both the ,mother and twins are doing well. The feet of the woman and her two elder children were must. frightfally awollenaand•blistered from the effects of walking. ' Isurnai PER ANCU,:—OIIt of 89 cases which came before the sit ting magistrates in the Mayor's Court. yesterday, there were no less than 62 charged with being fouud.diaink in the streets, and fined As.. each. DEATH nv DROWNING.—On Saturday night last, about ten o'clock, a boy named Themas M•Cletchie, about fifteen years of age, who was rowing towards the 'ship Cassandre, of Port Glasgow, which was lying in the Brunswick Dock, unfortu nately fell overboard. Grappling-irons were procured, but it was three-quarters . of an hoer before he was brought to• the stir face of the water, when he was -discovered to be •quite'dead. Yesterday, an inquest was held upon the body, and a verdict of accidental death returned. Cutan atniarrsro 'DEA-lat.—Yesterday, an inquest was held touching the death of Margaret Morris, hu infant fifteen months old. It appeared from the evidence, that the mother of the child, who lives in Cavendish-street, incautiously left it, to-. get her with four other children, in the house, ..where there wasa forge fire, whilst she 'went shOpping. The door cf the house was locked, hut a young man who was passing at the time happened to discover the situation of the deceased, and burst open the door in order to deliver it from the devouring element; lies praiseworthy efforts were too late, as the child expired a few hours afterwards. Verdict, accidental death. DEATH FROM TILE KICK OF A HORSE.—On Friday last, an inquisition was taken on view of the body of William Donella, who met with his death by a kick from a horse. It appears that the deceased was employed by Mr. Sineatham, in Hackens hay, to superintend' the cleaning of horses • and that, on Tues day evening last, about eight o'clock,. the horses; was clean ing one of the-horses, when the animal lifted up its hind leg and•kicked him severely in the stomach. He immediately put his hand to his stomach and cried, " Oh, Lord !--I shall surely die! Let me go into the house !" The deceased was conveyed to the Infirmary, and he died between six and seven o'clock the same evening. Verdict, accidental death, COUNTING-HOUSE RoneEntEs.— On Sunday night, about nine o'clock, the watchman in Rumford -street discovered that the counting-house of Messrs. Whitaker, Rathbone and Ca. had been broken open, and, on entering, it was further disco vered that the thieves had also .made their way into those of Messrs. Barclay, and Messrs. Poole and Co. It appears that the thieves had, on Saturday night, concealed themselves in a yard between the warehouses in Rumford-street and those in Covent-garden, and, that, during the silence of Sunday, they contrived to get into Messrs. Barclays' counting-house;bv cut ting some glass out of a back window, and from thence round their way, by a staircase. to that of Messrs. Whitaker and Co.; they afterwards got , into Messrs. Ponies, in Coventgarden, and in each of these offices they forced open the drawers, safes, &c. Fortunately the only booty they found was about two pounds, in Mr. Barclay's private drawer, all the cash having been, ver y properly, removed from all the counting-houses to places of greater safety. Considering the immense value of the pro perty generally deposited in the great range of warehouses in this neighbourhood, we would suggest the propriety of having this district patrolled on Sundays,. and of placing the watch on 1 duty at an earlier flour every evening. • ; LIVERPOOL MICHAELMAS SESSIONS.—S AxunDA Y. AN OBSTINATE. JuitY..--0n Friday evening last, the jury at the sessions, being unable to decide upon the merits of a case before them in the box, retired at eight o'clock, under the care Of an officer, to a private apartment, where they remained dis cussing the matter without food, fire, or candle, until half-past eleven o'clock the following day, when no decision being conic to, the parties concerned agreed to withdraw a juror, each party to pay their own costs. The question at issue which ap. peered so much to puzzle the brains of some of the jurors was, whether a person who had verbally guaranteed the payment of a debt, was bound in law to do so, not having given a written document to that effect. The learned recorder, however, before they retired, explained to them that it was necessary, in order by law to recover a debt due under such circumstances, that the person guaranteed should have the undertaking in writing. '1 he facts of the case were these—John Langan, the defendant, had contracted with a person, named Kiernan, for the latter to do him some stucco work; Kiernan being short of the mate rials for the task, went to the plaintiff, Roberts, and at different times purchased cement upon credit. The plaintiff knowing little of Kiernan, hesitated whether or not he should furnish him with more on credit-; but being aware for whom he was per forming the work, went to Langan, and asked hint if Kiernan was worthy of credit, when Langan replied that be was, and, in an off-h - and manner, said that - he would guarantee him for a hundred pounds. The plaintiff, satisfied with the defendant's word, credited Kiernan PO, which he, neglecting to pay, the action was brought to recover that sum from Langan, and the matter terminated as above stated, much to the discomfort Of Mr. Ellis, the'clerk, and the officers of the court, who were'comti pelled to sit up thirteen hours, waiting to receive the verdict. BIGAMY.—George Broadinan, a respectable looking young man, was indicted for having, on the 16th day of June last, felo niously and unlawfully married Emilia Green, his former wife, Anne Foley Derbyshire, being then alive. This was the first case of bigamy tried in this county, except at the assizes, and consequently excited a considerabte degree of interest. Mr. Hall stated the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Venahles appeared for the defence. James Oliver, an acquaintance of the prisoner's, stated that he had known him about six years ; and that in February, 1829, he was present at the marriage of the prisoner to Anne Foley Derbyshire—the ceremony was performed at St. Phil lip's church. His first wife is still living, and witness saw her about a fortnight ago. Cross-examined by Mr. Venables— Knew the name of the woman to be Anne Foley Derbyshire ; she was between 18 and 19 years of age when married; does not know how long'St. Phillip's church has been built, or whe ther it is usual to solemnize marriages there. Emma Green, the second wife, who appeared deeply affected,. and with some difficulty was supported to give evidence, de posed that she had been married to the prisoner about ten months, at the Old Church, in Liverpool. About three weeks before the prisoner was taken up'witness accused him of being a widower,. which he denied: she then expressed to him her fears that he had a wife living, which he aticngthacknowiedeed,, and said that if she in consequence refused tolive with him, he would destroy himself. 'Witness did not leave him, and the prisoner afterwards attempted to commit suicide by hanging hiMsell, but was cut down in time to save his life. She had no fortune, and the prisoner during the time he had lived with her had be haved towards her with the greatest kindness. She had known him 12 months before marriage, and never during that time had heard of another wife. • John Hartley, an officer of police, produced examined copies of .the registers of both .marriages at St. Phillip's and St. Nicholas's, and had compared them with the entry in the clerk's books, and found them to correspond, Mr. Venables in behalf of the prisoner, argued that there was no evidence to show that marriages could be legally solemnized in St. Phillip's church, for although it was a place of worship consecrated by the bishop, being no parish church, it was necessary to solemnize a mar riage to have a special license from the lord bishop of Canter bury. St. Phillip's church was a modern building; there might be an Act of Parliament for it, but such had not been given in evidence. Mr. Hall cited a clause from the Marriage Act of 6th Ge 0.4., where a provision was made to remedy the evil, tendering mar riages under such circumstances as valid in law as though solemnized in any parish church in England or Wales. Mr. Forster, the town derk, intimated that he had the Act of Par- liament for St. Philip's church, and Mr. Venables gave up the point. The prisoner declined saying anything in his defence. The Recorder, in summing up, said that in cases of bigamy where there's as a witness present at the marriage, it was quite unnecessary to produce the certificates in evidence for proof. He alluded to the evidence of the young woman Green, who had stated that the prisoner had behaved well to her, and re marked that he entertained a different opinion, for he thought that nothing could he inure cruel to a young woman than to gain her affections and marry her, having a wife living; for independent of her misery, it' there were children by the con nection, they were all illegitimate. The jury found the prisoner Guilty ? and the mother of the first wife came forward and gave the prisoner an excellent character; she said that he had an aged father to support, and had always allowed a suitable main tenance t 8 his first wife. Emma Green also begged the mercy of the court on the prisoner's behalf. The recorder ordered him to be taken down and again brought up on Monday to re ceive sentence. . SINGULAR CASE.—John Walden, aged 41, a swartfiY native of Canada, stood indicted for stealing thirty-four doubloons Mexican, and one Napoleon, the property of Auguste Pafand. From the evidence of the prosecutor, a diminutive French man, given through an interpreter, it appeared that he arrived in Liverpool, from New Orleans, on the 3d or 4th of Septem ber last, and the day after he arrived, on going to the docks to see the vessel which brought him to Liverpool, he met the pri soner at the bar, who tapped him on the shoulder, and said, "Ah ! Monsieur Pafand, is that you ?" The prosecutor said that he did not recollect having ever seen him before, but pri soner replied that he knew him very well, that he had seen him in the billiard-rooms at New Orleans. The prisoner then be gan to relate the hardships he had undergone since he last saw prosecutor, that he had recently been working in a Scotch ves sel, but his money was all gone; and he had nothing to eat, Upon this the prosecutor gave him a dollar, and said that he would keep him until he got some employment. Prosecutor after this took lodgings at a public-house in Cable-street, and being an invalid, he desired the landlady to make the prisoner a bed at one end of his bed-room, so that he would be at hand in the night if he should be wanted. 'Prosecutor had a belt which he always wore round his person, which contained, be sides the doubloons, some broken gold, a diamond ring, some bills of exchange, and a gold freemason's medal. On the Sun day, the 12th of September, the prosecutor imagined himself , seriously ill, and he took off his belt containing the valuableS alluded to, and gave it to the prisoner, saying, "Take care of this, and if I die give it to my brother in France, who will reward_ you for yOur trouble." Prosecutor lost all recollection after wards, but was given to understand that he had cut his own throat in a state of delirium caused by the fever. He was taken to the hospital, and shortly recovered his senses, when he en quired of the prisoner what he had done with the belt, who replied, that the police-officers who had taken possession of his property, and sealed up his boxes, had it iu safe custody. The prisoner did not come near him afterwards, and he saw no more of the belt nor the money until it was in the hands of the po lice. The belt was here produced, and the prosecutor identi fied it, and the contents. Mr. John Taylor, surgeon, of Sedon-street, deposed, that on Sunday, the Bth of September, he was called to Mrs. Kenny's, who keeps a public-house in Cable-street. He was informed that a gentleman had cut his throat in a state of frenzy. On goinginto the bed-room he found the prosecutor kneeling on the floor with his throat cut; the prisoner was standing over him with a handkerchief stopping the blood. The prosecutor was conveyed to the Lunatic Asylum. The prisoner, on the same day, came to witness and complained of being very ill, and wished a prescription to be made up for him, which was done, when the prisoner complained of being very poor, and hoped that witness would not charge him much, and he only charged him a shilling. Elizabeth Kenny, - the woman with whom the prosecutor lodged in Cable-street, after corroborating •the testimony of M. Pafand, as regarded the prisoner lodging in the same room with prosecutor, stated that, ou the Bth September, the prisoner took some broth UR to Mr. Pafand's bed-room, and found the door closed; he called out to witness that he could not get in. Witness then went up stairs, and pressed her knee to the door, which forced it open, and there found the prosecutor with his throat cut, on the floor, and a razor before him. She sent fur a constable, who took possession of the prosecutor's property, and sealed it up. Witness did not see any thing of a belt at that tine; but last Tuesday morning, since the prisoner had been taken up, she had' found the - prosecutor's belt amongst some rubbish in her house. Mar) , Langan, who keeps an eating-house, near Clayton square, deposed to prisoner coming into her house on the 10th of September. Re and a friend of. his dined together, and the prisoner gave her a.doubloon in payment, _and desired that she would get it changed against the time he came again. He also gave her a pocket-book, containing eleven doubloons, to take care -of- for Imo. Witness got the doubloon changed at Mr. Franklin's bullion-office, and received £3 3s. for it. Prisoner on her giving him the change made her a present of the 3s. The pocket-book alluded to by the last witness was produced and identified as the property of Mr. Maud. Mary Wright; the keeper of a public-house at the Old Dock, deposed that the prisoner on the 11th of September came.to her house and called for some punch, which he drank, and gave a doubloon for payment, which he left without taking his change. She informed the constable of the circumstance, and he'desired her if he came again not to give him the change. but to send for him; he carte and witness sent for Hazlchurst; the con table, when tire prisoner denied having given the doubloon. ilailehnt, the officer, spoke to his having gone to, the prose ctitpr's lodgings, and assisted in conveying him to the Lunatic Asylum, sealed up his boxes in which was a bar of gold and a bar of silver, but no belt. He and the prisoner and prOsecutor talked together on the way to the Asylum, and he asked the pri soner what Was said, who replied that the prosecutor was asking about his property, and that he, the prisoner, had informed him that it was in the hands of the police, who were honest gentle men. Witness with the assistance of a watchman apprehended the prisoner, when witness found upon him twenty-six sove reigns, some silver, and tleven doubroons in the pocket-book ; also a note from an American vessel-agent, to the purport that .the prisoner had paid £3 on account-of his passage to New York. Mr. Parlour, the superintendent of police, produced the mo ney taken from the prisoner, and also the. belt containing the rest.of the property,, which the prisoner was supposed to have hid amongst the rubbish in Mrs. Kenny's house ; thirty-four doubloons and one Napoleon was missing from the belt. The prisoner had no counsel, and when called upon for his defence he entered into a long history of his first acquaintance with the prosecutor at New Orleans, which had nothing to do with stealing the property for which he was tried, and intimated that the prosecutor had run away from New Orleans for some kind of felony, and that that was the cause • of his attempting to cut his throat. _ The jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner guilty, and the Recorder, after a severe and just commentary upon the base ingratitude of the prisoner in robbing his benefactor of all he posFessed, sentenced him to be tranlorted for seven years. The prosecutor, in broken English, sincerely thanked the court for the restoration of his - property. and expressed, in high terms, his obligations to the police establishment, but for whose indefatigable exertions all his money would have been lost, and he hoped that Mr. Parlour would take charge of it until Alon day. Mr. Parlour. consented to do so, and the little French man left the court bowing most obsequiously to the Recorder, the Mayor, and Counsel separately. Yesterday the court was, occupied the whole day in the trial of JaMes M'Clean, on the charge of having, when declared a bankrupt, feloniously removed, secreted, and embezzled house hold furniture and other articles, with intent to defraud his cre ditors—the evidence on both sides was very voluminous, although entirely void of public interest. The trial had not concluded at six o'clock, when the court adjourned until nine o'clock this day, when it will be resumed. INCONVENIENCE Or THE HumANE.—Adistinguished member of the society against cruelty to animals was complaina lately of the smallness of a sleeping apartment which he had been put into at Cheltenham. It was so small," said he, " as to be fitter for a wild beast than a human being : it was a more den iu size. Comfort was wholly out of the question--there wasn't yowl to sn ing a eat--, which it very it. mt.:. ell jells r THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CASE OF GREAT DISTRESS.-IMPORTANT TO ALL EMIGRANTS The deplorable situation of the passengers by the ship Cum berland, from this port to New I ork, which has put back in consequence of the damage she has received, calls for the assistance of the charitable' portion of the public. These passengers, eighty-four in nullifier, were stowed in a space not exceeding twenty-six feet square;: When, after being eleven days at sea, the vessel made so much water in a gale of wind, that a very large proportion of their provisions has been totally spoiled, and their clothes in a great degree rendered useless by the salt, which constituted the main part of the cargo. The vessel is now undergoing inspection, preparatory to her repairs being made; during which period the poor people are in a situation of extreme suffering, many of them being almost without either food or clothing. Of the whole number of pas sengers on board, thirty-two were children under fourteen years of age; and it is certified that at least two-thirds of 'the whole number are in a state of great distress. In several cases they consist of funilies, of a man, his wife, and from four to eight children; several of them, the children in particular, being afflicted with disease, in addition to, and brought about by their other privations. It has been suggested by some gentlemen, to whom their case has become known, that a subscription should be raised for the relief of these poor people, to he distributed by a coin mittee, aided by Lieutenant Low, the government agent for the superintendence of emigrants,.-who is fully aware of their lamentable 'situation. Donations CO - 1' this purpose will be re ceived at the STANDARD Office. THE SUGAR TRADE. The Sugar trade are indebted to a highly respectable mer elicit for the following statement and prospective.view of the stocks of Sugar in the kingdom, which we recommend to the perusal of our readers who feel au interest in the subject. To arrive at any sound conclusion as regards the future Sugar market, the best way is to reason from facts, as far as they are known, and, taking it for granted that the home consumption has not fallen off, which I cannot suppose to be the case, since the lower classes are, on the whole, in a better state, I would thus proceed: — The quantity . of B.P. Sugar (reduced to hogsheads) imported into London in the first nine months of 18.31, was • (lids.) 120,717 in the first nine months of 18.32 in the first nine months of 1833 The import into London, Liverpool, the Clyde, and Bristol, in the first nine months of 1832, was 218,100 in the first nine months of 1833 • On 30th Sept., 1832, the stock in these four ports was 76,200 On 30th Sept., 183,3, it was thus showing a deficiency of supply of 9700 hogsheads, and an increase of stock of 9300 hogsheads, together 19,000 hogsheads apparently less consumed in this year than last. With regard to the three remaining months of each year, the import into the said tour ports, during that period of - 1832, was (lids.) 39,000 In the sane three months of the present year, the import will not exceed (from the islands) and I would add from British Guiana 13,000 20,000 which would leave a deficiency of 19,000 hhds. in that period. I do not include Mauritius or Bengal sugar,—the import from the first has been rather more this year than last up to the same period, but the quantity expected is much less; and although the import from Bengal is less this year, the consumption of it is limited, and remains much the same. The deficiency, in consumption, I consider to be wholly ow ing to the falling off of the export of refined goods, and from that cause the storks in the principal foreign markets are one third less than they were last year at this time, notwithstanding the large supplies sent them from France up to May laSt, when the excessive high . bounty ceased. Something depends on whether they are to take supplies of any moment from us this fall. hut not all. The stock on the 30th September, as already stated, was 85,000 hhds. I hive supposed the supply from that time to the Ist January to be 20,000 hhds. In January and February 10.0X10 hhds., (it was not so much in these two months of 1832, ) together 115,000 hhds., to meet five months consumption—with the stock in the hands of the dealers, grocers, and refiners, ad mitted generally to be much less than tor years past at the same period. I suppose it possiblastLe import in March may be equal to the consumption, no doubt Twill be so in April. Next as t o th e consumption—l consider the home consump tion to be • about 200,000 tons. On the average of 1829-30 and 31, the gross supply was 237,286 tong. Exported, refined, and raw, 27,750 tons. Left and consumed 209,536 tons, but I take it at only 2iX),600 tons, from which I deduct 20.000 tons as the proportion of Mauritius, and 5,000 as that of Bengal, leaving 175,000 tous British Plantation, or, per week, 3,360 tons, which, converted into hhds. of 11 cwt. net each, gives about 5,000 hhds. weekly. We have sufficient 'evidence to satisfy us, that this is rather under than over the whole weekly deliveries in the king dom. From tbe 30th September to the 34 March aro twenty-two weeks, during which, at 5000 hogsheads per week, the consump tion would be 110,000 hogsheads; and supposing the export in that period to be only equal to 10,000 hogsheads Muscovadoes, the whole stock is gone. If the facts, as I have stated them, arc correct, or nearly so, prices are not likely to be lower, but may be importantly higher. We have also to bear in mind that, taking the whole of the colonies together, the produce of sugar is evidently falling off annually, and then to recollect the contingencies which hang upon the experiments to be made under the slavery act. THE SALT TRADE. TO THE EDITOIt OF THE LiVERPOQL ST4NDIRD. Stu,—lt was with some degree of pleasure that I heard of the resolutions adopted at a meeting of the salt proprietors a short time ago, for, certainly, if ever there was a trade in which the honest proprietor requires to be defended against chicanery and fraud, it is required in this. Indeed, the method in which the business is conducted, has long been a mystery to• m) self as well as to others. In other branches of business, the persons interested can associate together—can act in unanimity,_ and, having fixed a price upon the article, can maintain it through out the trade, without tear of any attempt 'to reduce it below the. authoriseddevel ; but in the salt trade, there are constant clash ings and everlasting disagreements, and, if a fair remunei ating price is laid upon the article, there is a continual fear lest, on the first opportunity, some zealous broker, or anxious proprie tor should, for the sake of obtaining an order, violate the sti pulation. Nor is this all. While other articles, exposed to constant contingencies, and dependent ou the winds and wa ters, afford a sufficient profit to the seller, and enable him to conduct his business with confidence—while those engaged in the sugar trade can obtain a fair remuneration—while the wine and spirit merchant can secure a reasonable surplus from the sale of his goods—the salt proprietor alone follows, iu most in stances,,a losing trade, and has constantly to complain of the insecurity and unprofitable nature of his labour. And how is this ? From what cause does it arise ? Why is not the salt trade as r espectable and as profitable as others ? Why do not the persons engaged in it act with the same unanimity that marks other branches of business.? The fault is not in the ar ticle sold, but in the conduct of the sellers; and so long as per sons are found mean enough to sacrifice the general prosperity of the trade on the altar of self-interest, or petty jealousy, so long will the business he unprofitable and einsafe. And are there such persons? Are there those who will thus sink the trade to secure a few pounds within their own pockets? There are ! Every one conversant with the business is aware that such a practice is, and has_ been carried on; and that to this is mainly attributable the depressions under which the trade suffers. If, w hen a fair price was affixed to the article, all those con cerned in it would honestly and resolutely maintain that price, there would be no cause of complaint; but, instead of this, the direct contrary is too often acted upon. A merchant orders a a ce rt r i t c a l i e. n q uantity of salt, and applies to an honest dealer in the The price demanded is, of course, the fair and author, ised one; he, however, waits upon a less conscientious man who, knowing that, if he asks the full price, the order will be given to the former, agrees to let him have it a shilling or two below the regular demand; and, for the sake of securing the order, thus gives a mortal wound to fair and honest dealing. Nor does the evil end here; for when another order is given, and a fair price is asked, the reply instantly is, " Why, I ob tained my last te..der for so much ; if you chose to let me have it on the same terms, well : if not, I must go to my former sup plier." The fear of losing a good customer now, perhaps, acts upon the timid, but otherwise honest man, and to avoid this, ho imitates the example of his predecessor, and sells below the fixed rate. And thus is the trade ruined, while the secrecy with which these doings are carried on renders it next to im possible to put a stop to them. The meeting to which I have already referred, it was ex pected, would do much in This way; though, for my own part, I greatly feared that the very saaie causes which had hitherto operated would again operate, and leave its resolutions but a dead letter. And so it has happened; for the proprietors, at a more recent meeting, have abandoned their former regulations, which were calculated to maintain the respectability of the trade, and have thus, by • their vacillating conduct, again made themselves ridiculous in the estimation of all reelecting men. The dishonest man, therefore, will still be dishonest, from the hope of profit. The unprincipled dealer will still endeavour to intercept the orders intended for his honest neighbours, and the timid will yet follow their example through the fear of loss. It is a most singular thing that men of education ; men of talent; and men of property; (as many of the proprietors are) should yet be required to be reminded . of their duty as fellow citizens and interests as merchants; but while such things exist I can no longer be silent. The public are not blind, they cannot be imposed upon by varying statements; and what is the construc tion they. must put upon such a method of conducting business ? There is only one which they can put upon it, and that is, that the salt proprietors are either grossly . foolish, or unworthy of pub lie confidence. What! cannot a fair and legal price be upheld, without an everlasting scene -of contention, chicanery, and deceit? Cannot a business be carried on to advantage, unless the individuals so carrying it ou arc placed in constant oppo sition to each other? Are the principles of the salt owner so -unsafe, that they, More than any other class of manufacturers, require to be Bound down by forfeits, or stimulated by de posits? Besides, the public very naturally says, if, when some years ago, you were getting 20s. per ton, you were getting only a fair price for your salt; you must now be egregious fools to sell the same description at eight shillings, and thus ruin your selves ! Or, on the other hind, if you are now obtaining a fair profit by the article, you must in years past have been grossly imposing upon the public ! And what reply can be made to this? What excuse can be for the folly on the one hand, or the hit iosition on the other? And now, it iciay be fairly asked, what remedy do you pro pose? I candidly confess, I cannot tell. The principle of honour, which binds down others, has no effect here ! The spirit of p a rty, which unites men of very •equivocal principles, has here lost its power! In such a case it is difficult to know where to apply the remedy, or how to operate upon the cheos of intere s t s , which are so constantly combating togeth er . Yet I would call upon the proprietors for their own sakes ; for the sake of their respectability; for the sake of common honesty and honour, to do something to make the trade respect able. With them lies the power to do this; and let me tell them, that while the public do not thank them for giving away the article, they will most assuredly respect them " they prove themselves worthy o e it. LirerpDOl, 24th October, 1833. A.MICUS A new kind of soap has been discovered, which, if truly described by the discoverers, must be an efficacious cleanser, as in washing linens " it saves two-thirds of the labour, two-thirds of the fuel, and two-thirds of hoard and w ages." CoNerwrioN or THE MOBILITY.—An order has been re ceived by the .surveyors of the Bristol district, from Govern ment', directing in all cases where surcharges have recently been made,,or where it was intended to make them, further proceed ings should be stayed! Another proof of anxiety of Govern ment to compromise with'the mob in these matters. Mr. Galt's health has materially improved within the last ten days. As a proof of his increased strength he travelled to Wtitistone one day last week, and returned to Brompton the following day, greatly rennorated by the change of air and J •ourney. • THE CALTHORPE-S MEET JURY. M ,- iney, money, that " root of all evil !" certes mo ney was invented by the great enemy of mankind, as the sturribling,block, or rather, the rock on which all radical patriotism is doomed to suffer shipwreck. To present each of the renowned Calthorpe street jurors with "some token of their country's gratitude," for having set law, justice, and common sense at defiance, a subscription was entered into, and to swell its amount a favourite cockney amusement, a steam-boat trip to the Medway, was agreed on ; , but alas ! shine of the patriot managers of this de lectable treat, following the example of - the illustrious Key; contrived.to turn the thing to their own private ad vantage.. We have so long been accustomed to hear radicals laud each other as the only class qualified by talent and inte grity to "govern men and guide a state," that we know not how to reconcile these unseemly broils with their lofty pretensions. If they do not use greater caution in these matters, we are sadly afraid that they will sink flown to the level of the Whigs, and that a radical administra tion, headed by Mr. Inues, hat-manufacturer, of Red Lion-street, with Mr. Silk Buckingham as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Faithful, of Brighton, or Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, as Lord Chancellor, will not possess the confidence-of the country. Anxious to see the affairs of the nation entrusted to these or other gen tlemen of the party, of equal respectability, we give them the hint in good part, and hope they will profit by it, re gretting that our duty as journalists compels us to tran scribe from the pages of " the old Times," the following account of this melancholy transaction. On Thursday night a special meeting of the Calthorpe-street sub-committee wat held at the Calthorpe-arms, Calthorpe-street, Gray's-inn-road, convened through the following circular to the members by Mr. Neil, the chairman : ".Sir,—A majority of the Calthorpe-street committee re quest you will meet them at the Calthorpe-arms on Thursday evening next, precisely at six o'clock, to finally settle your ac counts, and to assist the committtee, &c. " In case you do not attend, you name will be published by the reporters as a defaulter. " I have the misfortune to he, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " Mr. " J. W. NEIL." Amidst indescribable confusion, which lasted from half-past six o'clock until two in the morning, the following report was with much difficulty taken, Mr. Neil in the chair. After a long examination into the returns of the tickets filed on the steam-boat excursion to Rochester-bridge, it appeared that although upwards of 500 were on board the boat, 3511 tickets only were accounted for. Mr. Bond, when questioned upon his having sold, according to his own statement, five tickets to a Mr. Innes, hat-manufacturer, of Red Lion-street, which were on the file but unaccounted for, declared that he had applied for the money, and was told by Mr. Innes that he had unfortunately lost them in the steam-boat. One of the re porters present then immediately went with Mr. Craxford to Mr. 'flues, whom they found about to go to bed, but upon ex plaining the nature of the charge against him, he promptly arranged his dress and returned with them to Calthorpe-street. The affair now took an opposite turn. • Mr. Innes, in a very emphatic and indignant manner, denied Mr. Bond's statement, and charged him with calling at his house, and desiring him to tell the committee, in answer to any questions they might put respecting the five tickets, that they had lost them. At this stage of the proceeding a tremendous confusion took place, and continued for upwards of an hour. After it had somewhat sub sided, a sharp recrimination took place between several mem bers of the committee, which, for some time, the chairman in vain attempted to allay, Mr. Bond using violent language, giving the lie, and falling under the severe reprehension of toe chairman. It was then moved by Mr. Morley, and seconded by Mr. Amory, that Mr. lunes had completely exonerated himself from Mr. Bond's charge.--Carried. A long and noisy examination was then gone into respecting the accounts, which Mr. Bond and Mr. Browne, two of the sub committee, and Mr. Rickards, th e secretary, had against the sub-committee, for services dune and monies expended. The one from Mr. Browne contained an item of about £3 15s. for thirteen days' attendance, to raise subsc;iptions, agai nst t h e al lowance of which the chairman, Mr. Craxfor, and Mr. Morley, spoke with much warmth ; and after considerable length of remark upon the impropriety of allowing the committee their expenses, the accounts were disallowed, upon which Mr. B r owne threatened to summon. Confusion then prevailed until about half-past twelve o'clock, when the chairman declared that they had no funds, but that he would draw out a balance sheet and send it forth to the world, and call upon the public to make it known who had, and who had not, paid in money. It was his determination never to sit there again. It appeared that about £-I0 or f.:50 had been received by them, which bad been expended for printing, engaging the Crown and Anchor, and incidental expenses, but no accounts to ascertain that fact were entered upon. A little confusion again ensued, when it was moved, seconded, and carried, "That Mr. Nicholson be called upon by public advertisement to pay over to the Calthorpe-street committee the funds he has in his possession for the purpose of presenting a medal to each of the jur y, an d th a t all accounts be tendered - to the chairman before Tuesday next." The meeting then adjourned untilTikursday next, for the final arrangement. THE CUMBERLAND EMIGRANT SHIP. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD of Friday last contained a statement of the circumstances under which this vessel was obliged to put back to Liverpool. On this subject the following letter has been addressed to us by the cap tain and mate, which we publish without either note or comment. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.INDARD. SlR,—Wre, the undersigned, being the captain-and mute of the ship Cumberland, having seen a paragraph in the Licerio,l Chronicle of the 26th instant, setting forth that this ship expe rienced one of the severest hurricanes ever witnessed, beg leave most respectfully to contradict that assertion in the most un qualified manner, as not being founded in truth, as may be seen by a perusal of the ship's log book, now on board, the gale which we experienced being one of those common to the West ern Ocean at this time of the year. With regard to the docu ment setting forth that all the passengers were satisfied with their berths, we have also to state, that this is not correct, for several of them did not sign it., and some that did sign it were ignorant of the nature of what they were signing ; s everal of the passe ngers h a d no b ert h s on t h e d a y we sailed, but, by the recommendation of the Government agent, who did all in his power to ameliorate the condition of these people, teu were removed, after sailing, into the fore cabin, by the order of the owner, Mr. Ashbridge, agreeably to the Government agem's wishes. As the place in which these poor people had to live was not capable of containing them, even after their luggage was put down the fore-hold, some of which is now spoiled and buried in the salt, and the major part of it ruined by salt water; we have further to state, that the ship could not have sailed a tide be fore she did, as the coals were not on boar d until the evening of t he 3 d, and the water not filled until the morning of the 4th, on which day we sailed. We have likewise to state, that on Thursday morning, on the Government agent visiting the ship, and on our stating to him the quantity of water on board for the emigrants' use, he found that we had nut sufficient by 900 gallons, which the charterers agreed to supply, and was filled on the day of sailing. We have also to state , that th e charterers put the passengers' baggage and p rovisions in the fore-peak, b u t which was removed on a platform made between decks by the recommendation , of the Government agent and Lloyd's surveyor, but not by the kindness or humanity of the ' charterers. We have likewise to state, that there were several berths fitted up between the pumps and main-mast, which the Government agents represented to the charterers as being unfit for any human being to sleep in when the ship got to sea, which was absolutely the case, as ail the passenger s ' beddin g are com pletely spoiled by s a lt water from the ship labouring. so much about the pumps and mast, a nd which the evidence of any im partial person c an see by visiting the ship; therefore, the cer tificate signed by four masters of merchant ships cannot be correct, or these berths must have escaped their observation. In conclusion we have further to state, that the charterers have never visited the ship since her arrival, therefore, they cannot say that they have shown any sympathy or commiseration for their sufferings. I n i nserting th i s i n your val ua ble paper you will oblige us, as we are willing to make oath as to the truth of this statement. W e are, &c. THOMAS NICOLL, Master. RICHARD BRIERLY, Mate. JOHN ABIHT, Carpenter. JOSEPH FISHER, 2(1 Mate. .Witnesses. Liverpool, Oct. 28, 1833. STATE OF TRADE. The demand for woollen cloths in. the Leeds Cloth Halls which has been remarkably uniform during the whole of the summer, still continues steady. On Saturday there was a brisk market, but the wet weather at the close of rast week and the beginning of the present, prevented any considerable quantity of fresh goods being brought into the Halls, and, in conse quence, the sales on Tuesday were rather limited. At Halifax Market on Saturday the sales of stuff goods were larger than on the preceding Saturday. Yard-wide plainbacks of common quality, some descriptions of damasks and morcens, middle and inferior qualities of lastings were in greater de mand, and prices were genera!? a little higher. At. Huddersfield Market on uesday there was little .altera tion as compared with the previous Tuesday, unless we note a brisker demand for woollen cords. In cloths and fancy goods there was scarcely any variation. In the Blanket trade at Hecktnondwike Market on Monday there was a good demand for blankets of all qualities, and at the close of the day very few remained unsold. At Dewsbury bu siness in this article is not so brisk, which is said to be owing to the high price of wool. The shoddy and coverlet manufac turers arc very busy, and some of the masters in the former branch are running two sets. At Rochdale Flannel Market on Monday, Oct. 21, business was rather dull. The contest between the manufacturers and buyers still continues—the buyers appear determined not to give an advance, and the manufacturers seem equally resolved not to sell at the prices offered. A little business was done in low qualities both for whites and colours; some few pieces of finer reeds changed owners, bat taken altogether the market was very dull. The prospect in the flannel trade is at present very discouraging. Several manufacturers have stopped part of their hands, and choose rather to let their machinery stand than continue to manufacture under the present prices. The manufacturers Of Knareshorough have made an advance of 5 per cent. upon the wages of their weavers, upon an appli cation made to them to take the same into consideration. It is stated that the high price of the raw material and the difficulty of realising it in the manufactured article prevents the manu facturers from giving a greater advance. —Leeds Intelligencer, A QUIP Piro Quo.—" There is more joy ('tis said,) . i n heaven over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance." Influenced by this divine example, it is with great satisfaction we hail symptoms of repentance in a Brougham and a lay-impropriaior of tithes, for the odious imputations cast on the Bev. Edward Ileelis by his tithe proctor, the said Mr. James Brougham. In return for his submissiveness and patient endurance of insult, it has been thought proper to apply a salve to the wound thus in flicted, and the reverend object of these contumelies has ac- cordingly been recompensed by induction to the rich living of Long Nlarton, in Cumberland, by the Lord Chancellor. Care fully solicitous that nothing good should go out of the family without an equivalent, his lordship has obtained from Lora Thanet permission (no doubt for a consideraton in kind here after to be agreed upon,) to induct the reverend husband of a distant relation of his own lady-wife to a couple of good livings at a time, namely ; the two rectories of Kirkby Thorne and of Brougham. • •4 SPORTING INTELLIG.E . NCE. (Written: e}prenry for tic,: Lim?rpool Standard.) • The racing season is fast drawing to a close, this week a veil is thrown over the sports of the turf not to be unclosed until spring—the Newmarket Houghton Meeting, which commenced yesterday and concludes on kriday, ends the enlivening versa tility of the race course for this year, to be succeeded by field sports of another description, .viz:—hunting, coursing, and shooting. Coursing is, a pastime iu the h e ld, particularly pa tronised by our Lancashire.nintrods, and by way of exhiliratmg their spirits for the loss of the delights of the turf, a grand cours ing match is to come off 'on the fitli of - November next, on the princely , domains of the noble•Deke of Devonshire, in Derby shire. The stake• is called the Chatswork Cup, value 160 guineas, by subscription of 4 guineas each, and 16 subscribers have already entered their names for a trial of skill with their canine fancy. Each dog appears to be a favourite, to hear his owner speak of his merits. and the odds will h e taken against almost any of the entry. The favourites ' however, are the dogs Recoten, Ventuse, Mayor,•and Wing, who arc backed at even sums against the field. .The match attracts considerable alien. tion, and no doubt the attendance will prove numerous. There has been some business effected upon races of next year, and from the excellent performances of Speculator, Jack Faurett, Her Highness, Pickpocket, and Chancellor this year, they have been taken against the field, p. p., entered or not, for this Chester Trade's Cup of next year. There has also been several horses backed for the Derbv, and the new favourite Plenipre since the death .of Alaric,synich took place last week, has found more numerous backers, and appears in much greater request. Upon the Newmarket Houghton :Meeting little or nothing has been effected, with the exception of the Criteron Stakes' which came off yesterday; and upon that the- busiucss prices will be found below. The following. is the latest state of the olds :- 9 to 1 agst Bubastes.(t) •' 14 to 1 agst Bentley (t) ; 15 to 1 agst Plenipo (taken . freely);' 18 to 1 agst Cornet ; 18 to I agst Guardian; 23 to 1 agst Delirium (t) ; 25 to 1 atrs! Chifacy's Colt.; 30 to 1 agst Brother to Whale (t) ; 30 to 1 a:2:st. Olympic (t); 30 to 1 agst Emigrant (t); 40 to 1 agst Bequest ; 40 to 1 agst Brother to hate; to 1 agst Victor; 40 to 1 agst Eree dom ; 40 to 1 agq Pincher; 40 to 1 agst Old Bill (t); 50 to agst Lord Berner's colt (t). OAKS.-7 to 1 agst Cotillion; 9to 1 agst ;18to 1 agst Amedon; 20 to 1 agst Muleyenna (t); 20 to 1 agst Zu lema (t). CHESTER TRADE'S CUP, NEXT YEAR, P. P.-8 to 1 agst Spa. • culator (t). PONTEFRACT RACES, 1831.—John Gully, Esq., :1;.P.,7.P. for Pontefract is appointed steward of the races for that borouels. TO K. 11. THE SELF-DUBBED LAUREATE OF THE FANCY IS A LI-.• Oh, Lady of abundant trash ! How dar'st thou libel human names, And dole such dogerels forth, that are - Scarce worthy of the flames? Thou stain'st most worthy names, oh de f In low communion with the low, Making the great look blank.—Kate Head They marvel at the show. Of little names on little things Be-rhym'd for better in their stead:— Although thy hardship's worthy them Impervious (Catherine) Ilead. Thou mak'st the empty vain.—The poor Most rich in inks impurety Go spin,—and let small names have rest In their obscurity. GLASGOW-EGO, 01413 OF THE BEsPATTERRD. See a Liverpool paper of Monday. FASHIONS, FACTS, AND FICTIONS. The Court remained at Windsor until Saturday, when their Majesties proceeded to Brighton, where they propose to remain till the first week in March, unless unforeseen circumstances— and upon which no man can confidently calculate—should inter fere to alter the arrangement. On \Veduesday the Honourable Charles Wellesley, eldest son of Lord Cowley, and nephew to the Duke of Wellington, was married to the Hon. Olivia de Roos, daughter of the late Baroness de Roos by the late Lord Henry Fitzgerald, and sister of the present Baron, (the premier Baron of England.) The bride was given away by the King, and the ceremony was honoured by the presence of her Majesty. His Grace the Duko of Wellington was also present, as were also several branches of the two families, and the superior officers of the household. The Bishop of Worcester performed the ceremony, and Lady Georgiana Howe and Miss Taylor were the bridesmaids. After the marriage the happy couple proceeded to the Queen's lodge. in Bushy-park, to spend the honey-moon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumber land and Prince George have arrived safely at Berlin. Frederick Barne, Esq., a gentleman of large property, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Honywood, the eldest and accomplished daughter of the late Sir Sohn Honywood, Bart., of Brighton.—Kentish Chronicle. Orders have been received at Pembroke Royal Dock-yard, to build two first-rates, one to be called the Victoria, tho other the Algiers. These vessels will carry 120 guns each, and will be constructed by Captain Symonds, surveyor of the navy.— The Hannibal, id, formerly employed as a lazarette at Milford, is to be broken up, being unfit for further service. An order has been issued by the Lords of the Admiralty that all persons holding civil situations in his Majesty's dock yards, who have been officers in his Majesty's navy, are usuallv to wear the uniform according to their respective ranks, and . not to dress in plain clothes as heretofore. Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.P., for Whitehaven, visited Leeds yesterday week, and inspected several manufactories, particu larly Messrs. Hives and Atkinson's splendid new !lax mill.— The hon. gent. proposes to spend a short time among his con stituents at Wh►tehaven. Lori Gort has refused to give evidence before the municipal commissioners at. Limerick. His lordship, it is said, pleads his privilege as a peer, to protect him from the annoyance of a scru tiny, in a court to which the popqace were freely admitted; and he refuses, moreover, to recognise the authority of a com mission which has emanated from the House of Commons.— Dublin paper. DEATH FROM A WHALE.—At Davis' Straits. on the 6th July, Mr. Thomas Orton, mate of the ship,Truelove, of Hull, was struck by the tail of a whale, which hit him over the tem ples, and forced one eye out of its socket on to his cheek. lie expired on the. spot. Neither the boat nor any other of the crew receivedeny hurt. Cuor.cak.4We may as well acknowledge a letter signed "Le Brandenburg," in which the writer assures ns that the origin of cholera is attributable to the driving of 4000 geogra phical square miles of polar ice (as if sent down not only to cause, but, according to Dr. Tavernier, to cure, the disease) within the last 300 years towards the eastward of Greenland, , and in 1815 and 1825 still more towards the tropics. W e are , however, happy to be informed, on the same authorit y , that after a few years, when the injurious atmospherical effect s pro duced by these icy migrations shall have pamsed, the grape vino, may again be cultivated in England for wines, and Greenland will be a fertile couutry.—Literary Gazette.- THE SCHOOLNIASTER ABROAD!-Mr. A. B. fancied he had cause to remonstrate with the schoolmaster, to whom he had intrusted the care of his son, a fine boy of six years of age, who came home at the Midsummer holidays with the slightest pos_ sible acquaintance with his a, h, c; but much improved in the use of his limbs, and perpetually racing about. The pedagogue heard the father's reproaches patiently, and thus defended his athletic tuition; " Sir, i did my best for the lad; instead of confining him to tasks, he has been allowed to range about as he pleased; for, sir, you ought to know, thaat he who runs may WoaoswoaTn.—We are sincerely concerned to hear that Mr. Wordsworth's eyes, which have for some time troubled him, have lately become so bad, that he is compelled to remain in a dark room; and that fears are entertained lest blindneps should be the result, and he should thus painfully find, like his great predecessor, "Wisdom at one entrance quite shut out."—Mi. Loss OF ACHARACTER.—The following anecdote, which we give exactly as the fact occurred, may be considered as an illus tration of simplicity and iutegtity. A respectable farmer of Ross-shire, travelling a short distance ou horseback, having occasion to cross the river Conan, found on the banks of the stream a young woman also desifous of getting across. She informed the farmer she was in quest of a situation, and had an excellent character from her last place. As the river was high, the good-natured farmer took the girl up behind him on his horse and conveyed her across the water. Unfortunately , however , the written certificate of character fell out of the young woman's bieast, where she had placed it for safety, and was carried otTby the stream. She was in great distress at this mishap, till her 'kind conductor assured her that he would give her a character; and this pledge he redeemed no their arrival at a house on the opposite side, in the following brief but pithy words:—" 10th September, 1833. These certify that the bearer, Peggy Mackenzie, lost her character this day, white crossing the Liver Conan with me, Andrew Munro." This very equivo cal statement was given . in perfect good faith and sincerity. The gild accepted it with many thanks, but was soon convinced that the honest farmer's words did not correspond with his in tentions, and that she required, what is generally dillicult to ob tain, a new character.—lneerness Courier. APPLES.—The crop of apples is this rear everywhere so abundant, that they are selling . eyen in the neighbjurhood of. London at Is. and Is. fiel. a bushel. So large was the supply of this fruit last week at Boston, in Lioeolushire, that they were sold at the extremely low 'nice of Is. 3d. per bag. All impor tation of apples is, therefore, for this season, hopeless, as the present prices would scarcely defray the freight. One of the Hereford papers states, that in one orchardof that county, there are fifteen trees, the produce of which it is estimated, by expe rienced cider makers, will yield from ISW to 2000 ga llons of prime cider. One hundred gallons from each tree, in good bearing years, is reckoned the general highest quantity, but the above-mentioned trees will averaoe considerably more. The priucipal apples used in making ciffer in the we;tern part uf Somersetshire, or in the neighbourhood of Taunton, are the Kingston Black Apple, the Old Jersey, and the liangdown Apple, which last has something of a Miter flavour. The.trees of the Golden Pippin, the Cockagec, and the Pearmain, which apples, eighty or one hundred years ago, were enumerated among the Vest cider fruits, are now exhausted, and nearly worn out. There are some orchardists in this part of Somersel who make in good bearing years from 500 to IA hogsheads of cider, some of which will bring E 6 to £8 and £lO a hogshead, in some years.—Dureet County Chronicle. LAST INTERVIEW BETWEEN 13ChKE AND ERSKINE.— ; `NI'hat a prodigy Burke was!" exclaimed Lord Erskine. " lle came to see use not long before he died.. I then liyed on' Hampstead " Come, brskine," said he, holding out his hand,-" let us forget all; I shall soon quit this stage, and wish to die in peace with everyhedy, especially with you." I reciprocated the seutiment, arid we took a turn rental the grounds. Suddenly he stopped, wrapt in thought. Gazing on the sky, as the sun was setting, "Ah Erskine," he said, pointing towards it, "you cannot spoil that, because you cannot reads it; it would other wise go; yes, the firmament itself—you and your reformers would tear it all down." We hear that Mr. Roebuck, M.P. for Bath, (!!!) harangued his constituents at a public-house, in Walcot, on Friday se'nmght. The Bath Herald says, that " Mr. Roebuck is a decl'ared enemy of civic dinners, and - has pledged himself never to attend them!' It is very convenient to a certain class of patriots to have, like Mr. O'Connell, " a vow in heaven ;" and we suspect that Roe buck, the radical, would find himself ill at ease in a company such as the Bath Corporation woukl collect around him. MAN surenioa IR Toucte.—We find every organ of sense, with the exception of that of touch, more perfect in brutes than in man. In the eagle and the hawk, in the gazelle and in the feline tribe, the perfect i ou of the ey e is admirable. In the dog. wolf, hyena, as well as in birds of prey, the sense of smelling is i nco nceivably acute ; and if we should have some hesitatieu iu assigning a more exquisite sense of taste to brutes, we cannot doubt the superiority of that of hearing in the inferior animals. But in the sense of touch, seated in the hand, man elaimt Ust superiority.-13 , t/ en the Band.