The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-10 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 10, 1833. T HEATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. • Mr. M ACKAY, of the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, is en gaged for a Fortnight, and will make his second appearance this Season, present TUESDAY, September 10, when will be per formed th e T rage d y Of CA'l 0. Cato, Mr. Vandenhoff—Juba, Mr. Cooke. T o Marcia, Miss Huddart. CObehide with the popular Scotch Hs rical Melo-drame, Satidi e , M r. MAR Y, QUEEN OF " COTS. Mackay. —Lord Ge . Douglas, Mr. Cooke. Marv, Queen of Scots _liss Iluddart. Lady Doucrlas Mrs Clarke.—Catherine Seyton, Miss Eyre. Fi rst appearanc e o f Mi ss E . ROMER , o f,the Theatre-Royal ''▪ overit f w garde n , w h o is enged here for a Fortnight. 1 3 1 av o Tsloatiow (Wednesday . ) will be performed the Musical BailießOß ROY. Nichol Jaie, Mr. Mackay.—Francis Osbaldiston 34 r. Bedford, fro rv m the Theatre-Royal, Dublin, his first ap , ` • tr 'llee this Season.—Rob Roy, Mr. Vandenhoff.—Dougal, B rowne.—Rashley - ' Mr. Cook .— Helen M•Gregor, Miss 11.. tdiart.—Diana Vernon. Miss E. Romer. After which the farce of • cm- THE HAUNTED HOT. poral Trot, Mr. Browne.—Tommy Tadpole, Mr. Baker. Angeli ca , Mi ss E yre. —J enny, Miss Seymour. SIGNOR PA PAGAN IN I. GANINI, grateful for the liberal patronage he e, I nas experienced, respectfully announces to the Nobility, ury, and P u bli c resident in Liverpool and its Vicinity, that, In. deferenc e t o a wish expressed by numerous Families who M ere unabl e t o attend his Concerts at the Liver Theatre, he .;incluced to g i ve Two more grand CONCERTS, at the I : SII)IIITHEATRE, on 11 , 1oNo.vir Ev NING, the 16th, and i'llinxEsnAY EVENING, the 19th insta being positively the ; 4 0 3 1 . he c an h ave the honour of giv . g in Liverpool previous ~.„"is final departure for the Con ent, on which occasion he ,V l , , be assisted by those high celebrated Vocalists, Miss in E LLS and Miss WAY . ' , likewise Mr. WATSON, nposer to the Theatres-R al Covent-garden and English ul'era-house; and Member of the Royal Academy ► of Music.) PROGRAMME OF THE FIRST CONCERT. ACT FIRST. Ina, lus Hem, Ca " .t. 'so we imagine." Mercadante. 1 4 " 10 , Miss Watson, "The merry mountain horn." Bishop. -- atrylv.,tto e Variazioni sul Rondo delta Ceurren- AGANINI. fil o , by Signor Paganini '3allad, Miss Wells, Coming through the Rye." Melodies. ' fig, Atiss Watson, "I will not chide the Archer 2 sous. tt ,, e o c ite- tico e V ar i az i on i si dl e tre A r i a seguen ti 1 c ri . Feuite . DL eo /- pin non mi sent° eerie Gioc an i conosco Carte. Composed and `'xecuted on ONE STRING ONLY, (the fourth,) j °Y Sign or P agan i n i ACT SF.COND. 'let, Mis s Watson and Miss Vi ells," Lo, when) Bj Sh( „ , towers descending : ” ‘ IS Y desire)) the admired Variazioni upon the Popular Neapolitan Canzonetta, "The Car- 1 1 of Venice," descriptive of .the Freaks LP A GANINI. and signor Vagaries of a Venetian Carnival, by Paganini Aliss "Kate Kearney." Melodies. 4 a l3 I o i O y n , a , l Air, Miss Watson, Stockhausen. (13 Y part . i .. .... desire) * the favourite Melody of) the North, "The Keel Row, by Misses Wells 4.11 d Watson, as sung with the most euthusias- ' ; tic anplause by them at the Theatres-Royal Watson. Edinburgh, 'B.:c. having been called 1 .,,f0r, and repeated three times each evening .. The National Air of " St. Patrick's Day, arranged and perfortned on one string only, PAGAN'S'. (the fourth,) by Signor Paganini * IIIR• WATSON WILL PRESIDE AT THE PIANO-FORTE. At ` picket s an d Places to be had at t h e M ercury - o ffi ce , and at 'tr. Weiss's Music Saloon, 2, Church-street. the ti Pl aces ca n b e secured unless Tickets are taken at me. Boxes ss. —Pit, 3s. 6d. —Gallery, 2 s. wil'llheconri ) raence at onrs be ope ns theed at Seven n o'clocii, and the Concert •••,,, Ei,ht Evenig. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " e a have not s een M r. B a i nes ' s " Hi s t or y of Lancashire," and t o ec " l3 eq, 4 uently unable to offer - any opinion on the subject which .M. refers, but we have heard the work praised id e° n 3 Petent judges for general accuracy and unwearied extensive research. e suagest to FSltillf, that the best and simplest mode of obtainini his wish ' would be to get some friend to men teioon his name in the proper quarter. I.resondent, who dates his letter from Chesterfield, is thanked.lf wc , l " not go quite the length . of A Spirit Merchant in his op ' ti 'ons, we nevertheless consider them entitled to every C onsider a ti on. Hi s l etter s h a ll go to the budget, and shall mote lost sight of, when a proper occasion presents itself. Zbe Eiberpool Otanbarb. T UESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10,1833. It is quite refreshing in these sickly times to be en abled to glance back upon the sentiments of public men w hen they were in greener youth and in a more delight ful state of innocence. We then see the workings of a Pure ambition, and read the language of unadulterated Patriotism. The candidate for fame stands before us in sober attire, speaking the words of truth, anxious only to l'onvince, and appealing to our reason—not to our pas sions. It is true that even with the most circumspect and the most austere the atmosphere of the House of Commons has a withering, if not a corrupting influence ; aid the young patriot who enters it strong in his own virtue, and resolute to do hit duty, rarely escapes conta- Initiation, particularly if he be of the modern Whig Once inveigled into the snares of an unprincipled faction, he soon loses self-respect, becomes'reckless of his ,aetions tramples upon his former opinions, betrays his "nstituents, and does open violence to his recorded promises. These reflections are forced upon us by reading a letter forwarded to us by afriend, and written by our own ex eellent representative, Mr. W. EWART. This gentleman, w hen he first presented himself as a candidate for Liver- N'as desirous to. conciliate a very influential party in _ t uts town, namely, the Vest India interest, and to effect this he add resse d to t h em t h e f o ll ow i ng letter. It was generally circulated previous to the great contest in 1830: "It appears to me that on this great and momentous first uestr+,'tlion, e understood by the country or its Parliament, we must Tetiutt/ita u e the genera l principles which should . di rec t our course. e det a il s of le h ,fislation on so extensive a subject must be the res ult of lo ng an d ser i ous researc h : to esta bli s h them we must Vt sa io PPlied w i t h t h e most m i nute l oca l ev id ence , an d our inyes n must be patient, laborious, and exact. 4 ,;: d l e ' ti he principle's however which for a long period of time have n- . 1 ,oycOppinions are these : "Einaniation ought to be steady and tranquil in its progress' r the interest of the sieve as well as of the master improve ment should at once be progressive and gradual. c- No le g i s l at i ve measureshould be adopted which does not Main within itself the clear and well-defined condition that :sale 6 ewirrnsation should be awarded to the owners of the i e v: t s : That property has been established by our own acts' td and confirmed by the British legislature itself, it claims e i !: ( )/11 that legislature a recognition a its own enactments. mancipation without strict compensation involves an invasion i',„,e,cogni ze d property, and this would be an act contrary to ''" r ee and to the soundest principles of legislation. th;.'t is surely a matter of plain common sense that the earlier coMPensation is deliberately and justly ascertained' the ore exact and liberal will be its amount. Every day's ,foaladd agitation of the question tends to depreciate the val to diminish the security of a property which has already so ''verely suffered. M ' II Y complete conviction of this truth induced me to support r • Brougham's motion for an early consideration of this great If.)etnial question. It appeared to me absolutely necessary that whese opinions were temperate, and v;hose intentions \l7 `, l e strictly just, slioud interpose and allay the irritation "Ich will otherwise assuredly increase. This will he best effected by an early intervention before t s : ; ei teritent shall grow into injury, or popular feeling lose 'ease of j ust i ce in its enthusiasm to do good. aM not responsible for the language which may have been ; '3e i- durin g the debate on Mr. Brougham's proposal. I voted - mt l a iavour of th em otion not in favour of the expressions which Y have fall en f rom some , of the speakers on that occasion. 0 "lt is n o t lik e l y that I shoul d unguardedly acquiesce in any sure by which the interests of my native town, and even io,eeail!ittsteelests of my near relations, would be unjustly corn ," know also th a t .some o f th e W es t I n di an proprietors them -elves fel. voted on t h at occas i on w i th M r. B r ougham. I may re ,Particalarly to our respected fellow-townsman, Mr. Bircn.._ nde ' The opi n i ons I have expressedabove have not beers hastily °wi red ; certainly not to serve the purposes ry' the moment, kly i t ;. (:I!aracter is, hope, a seicient assurance of this fact. But , c 2,a!so known to many of my friends that I entertained these barliients some years ago. My excellent friend Mr. Hall, the t i oo n: . ter . , knows that they were expressed by me in a conversa ,,,,7oltt?.liimself, a year agn, at Lancaster. Inni as welt as to others I can appeal, whether my „L' o Ll!,', ) lis o n this subject did not aim at combining as far as l itn i t ri e those two great objects of my public conduct, liberality be n. After this explanation, any impartial man !'onvinced that my conduct has been dictated by a strict , I V' - ; ( 1 1 3 t t o the real interests of the West Indian proprietors as oe ' r , aliej o the sound and steady progress of civilization. and ge- Pruvcolent. (Signed) WILLIAM EWART." .... Th rwe who h ave Ewa • paid any attention to the conduct of • Lo Parliament will be somewhat surpriSed, "t 811°eked ' to find that the writer of such a letter—so plain--so h 8 has done unequiv oca l , cou ld h ave enac t e d the part during the important discussions of last xession. I f ace of this t is a fact, as startling. as it is true, that, in the written pl e d ge and this straightforward de lopment of his principles, Mr. EWART actually voted bagainst the compensation clause of the colonial slavery 11 and °l 3 l 3 osed th e grant of twenty m i ll i ons ! Th e nen ourable member stands upon his " character," for "WI, and asserts in the most distinct terms that the abov e letter is not written "to serve the purposes of the nionze 7/ t Very true, not the purposes of the moment, but the purposes of Mr. EWART. The honourable member, to say the least of it, cuts a very pitiful figure here, so touch so that the sooner he retires from Parliament the ) s ett er . But Mr. --- T SvART, perhaps, after all, may stand muchitrar upon ► his 'rights as up on hi s c h aracter; and he eonsi c k• , The ministerial journals assert, in the most confident tone, that the Marquis of ANGLESEY is immediately to be succeeded in the government of Ireland by the Marquis of WELLESLEY. If this he true, aad we suspect it is, then a new series of measures must be in contemplation with respect to that part of the united kingdom. It is well known that the noble marquis, now in his dotage, is considered by the Whigs as perfectly compe tent to do their work, and carry his - own long established crotchets into effect. It is equally well known that Lord WELLESLEY has been the constant adviser of Lord GREY in the measures for spoliating the church, and paving the way for converting the Roman Catholic priests into sti pendiaries of the crown. This is one of the leading crotchets to which we allude. The noble marquis has invariably ascribed all the evils of :Ireland to the undi• vided and uncontrolled influence of so powerful a priest hood. His object is to connect them with the state, by making them in some measure dependent upon the public bounty—to abolish various fees and offerings—to make them the conservators of peace and order, and attach them to the laws and the government by means of salaries and parliamentary grants. - We have reason to know that it will be on these con ditions alone that Lord WELLESLEY will be induced to accept the responsible office of Viceroy. His former ca reer in Ireland was fruitful of Bally and crime. His go vernment was the most contemptible that ever existed in that country ; and it is . not that the noble marquis has acquired since that period any new vigour of mind to qualify him for the duties of office. BUt still he is the only nobleman of any standing whose views are strictly in accordance with those of Lord GREY, and it would not therefore surprise us to see him once more placed at the head of Irish affairs, and enabled to re-enact his former tomfooleries. The first step will be to conciliate O'CONNELL, who by the way will be easily purchased. The draft upon the rent by so many relations totally unprovided for must have been severe, and under these circumstances O'CoN NELL may deem it an act of prudence to make his peace and his terms with the Government. But the priests— ay, the priests l—how are they to be managed ? Will they take the bribe of the Saxon ? Will they jump at EngliSh gold ?• Will they take the money and still " agitate, a.gi tate," as Lord ANGLESEY recommended? Be this as it may, a curious problem remains to be solved. Their consent to accept the regium donum is one thing, but the consent of the people of England to pay the money is quite another thing. The annual address of the conference of that import ant body the Wesleyan Methodists has just been placed in our hands, and we hasten to take a short extract upon a subject in which the whole community at the present juncture take a deep interest. We regret that our limits will not permit us to do justice to the address, but the following with respect to the unhallowed unions among the working classes must not be omitted : "In these times of conflict among certain classes of the com munity, keep at the utmost distance from all associations which are subversive of the principles of true and proper liberty, em ploying unlawful oaths, and threats, and force, to acquire new members, and to accomplish purposes which would tend to de stroy the very frame-work of civil society. Such connexions would inflict a dangerous wound on your spiritual existence, and greaLy injure ithe life of God within you. Watch against the evil tendency of many cheap and imposing► publications now circulating through the land; and which, to say the least, contain nothing that can nourish faith and love. Read the holy Scriptures, and meditate upon them day and night. Ob serve the' duties of the Sabbath with all due solemnity; and promote its sanctified observance as far as possible in others. Be serious and punctual in the several exercises of family re ligion. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another.' Let love, perfect love to God and man, sweeten all your tem pers, and adorn all your actions, both at home and in your ordi nary intercourse with others. `Beat peace among yourselves.' Be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.' " "Signed in behalf and by order of the Col!Prenee, " RICHARD TREFFRY, President, "EDMUND GRINDROD, Secretary. " Manchester, August 12th, 1833." The publicity given to one grievance often calls forth representations on matters of complaint in cases allied to it. So. it has turned out with reference to the regulations which led to the comments in our last number on the Custom -house. Our budget increases; but we will ab- • stain, at present, from any further detail on that especial subject. A gentle hint may suffice; if not, we must give • a broader one—" JoruNNY KEALE'S broad hint," if nothing else will bring about the• desired result. To those who are curious to know what kind of hint it was that JOHNNY gave, we recommend a perusal of the late Lord KING'S speeches in Parliament; promising, if they cannot dis cover it in a reasonable time, to tell them the story on a future occasion. Our present business is with the " Bill of Entry" office; a sort of establishment which, in these reforming times, should not be quite overlooked. When we discover real evils, and can satisfy ourselves that prac tical good will result from their correction, we shall be foremost as reformers. Our" objection lies against that prevalent indiscriminate attack on existing institutions, merely because they exist ; as if the converse of the poet's words were the truth, and that "Whatever is, is wrong , " • We have elsewhere given two letters under the signa tures of "Justus" and "R," on the appropriation of the fund levied for information afforded to the public through the medium of the " Bill of Entry." Without, at pre 7 sent, travelling into the original history connected with the grant under which this document is published, we are quite willing to admit that the intelligence it conveys is useful, tolerably ample, moderately correct, and furnished with promptitude and regularity ; in short, it is so useful that its suspension would, at this pet iod of our commer cial affairs, be an inconvenience. But, then, this intelli gence may be bought too dearly ; or the application of its price may be impolitic, or even unjust. Without feeling ourselves compelled wholly to adopt the opinions of our correspondents on this latter point, we still see enough in the facts they detail to convince us that it comes within the class of cases to which we shall never be averse from applying the pruning knife. High though the charge be to those who receive the " Bill of Entry" as a commercial ' document, we think no party would regret the outlay, were the profits of the fund applied strictly in support of that which its title places before the public—" The Customs' Annuity and Benevolent Fund." Is this so? We fear not. Our correspondents shew us that £3OOO per annum is the proportion contributed from the port of Liverpool, and that, after paying the expenses of the establishment here, necessary for its management, a sum exceeding £2OOO is annually remitted to London in aid of the fund ; and one of them avers, that "no clerk at this . port ever has or can benefit by the said ' Customs' An nuity and B enevo lent 'Fund' ;" notwithstanding each clerk is compelled by the fourth section of the act (56 Geo. 111., cap. 73) to contribute to its support out of his salary : " Such contribution shall be assessed for the first eight quar ters, to be reckoned from the commencement of such contribu tion, or thenceforth from the first. assessment of every person appointed after the passing of this act to the Customs, in respect of whom the said contribution is hereby declared to be, and thereafter continue to be compulsory, at the rate of two pence in every pound sterling, and in every fractional part of a pound sterling, and for every succeeding quarter the sum of one penny in every pound sterling, and in every fractional part of a pound sterling." This is a part of the fourth section. We will give next, a part of the sixteenth section ; the latitude of which does not run quite in harness with the compulsion of the preceding : "The Directors are hereby declared to have the "full, entire and excl us i ve contro l an d managemen t o r the fund, and everything relating th ereto, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, under and subject to such provisions, directions, regulations, and re strictions, as may have been made in that behalf; and it shall be lawful for such directors, if they shall at any time after any such rules, regulations, and tables of rates of. subscription shall have been made, think it necessary from time to time to alter any such rules, regulations, and tables of rates of subscription, and to make any new and additional rules, regulations, and tables of rates of subscription, which may appear to be essential or expedient for the better regulation, management, and con trol of the fund." This, it will be admitted, gives latitude enough to the said "Directors." Whether the " Rules, Regujations, and Tables of Rates -of Subscription," made by them as 1.111: VERPOOL STAN DARD. essential or expedient for the better regulation, ma nagement and confront of the fund," are Such . as may be conducive to the interest and advantage of the objects of their " benevolence," or in accordance with the strict rules of justice, are matters into which we shall take the. liberty of making a somewhat free inquiry. This, how ever, we are compelled, from want of space, to defer until our next publication. But we cannot take leave of the subject., to-day, without expressing our obliga tions for the favour of a communication from the " Se cretar► to the Customs' Fund" in London, transmitted by the conductor of the Bill of Entry Office at the Liver pool Customhouse, and just received by us, in answer to an application that we made for certain accounts relative to shipping, whiCh would have enabled us to furnish in a little more perfect form some statements that might have been interesting to the mercantile body. To use the words of the communication, we are told, forsooth, that " the Directors having considered your application, desire me to acquaint you that, under the circumstances, they decline furnishing the accounts in question." Mercy on us ! "Under the circumstances !" What circum stances ? Why, courteous reader, as you may recollect, we " dared," a few weeks ago, to hint that a little in quiry into this said " Bill of Entry" office might be de-. sirable ; and so, out of revenge, as we suppose, they refuse us a little information which might facilitate the perfection of statements of a commercial kind for the public benefit, as we are inclined to ,contend ; and for which information we would willingly have paid three guineas again, as we did before. Now, we tell this little "imperium," that we have no petty. feelings of re venge to gratify ; but they will find us " daring" enough to probe their concerns a little deeper. We tell them, too, that when we want such accounts in future, we will have them in spite of the " Directors." " Whenever you are at a loss for a subject," said Ar. HENRY BROUGHAM, some years ago, to that indefatiga angry spirit of the agitator in every part of tke KING'S dominions, and a determined assahlt upon all the old in stitutions of the country has been declared even by the avowed partisans of the ministry in the House of Com- mons. • Where is the moral force to stem this threatened ir ruption ? What is to indemnify England for the loss of her colonies—a loss as certain and irreparable as if the whole of these fruitful islands were swallowed up by the sea ? Previously to this gratuitOus sacrifice, we had sunk from being a first to that of a third-rate state in Europe ; but what shall we be with these islands in a state of anarchy, and one of the richest mines of our wealth shut up ? With distraction at home, and disorganiza tion, if not rebellion, abroad, shall We appear more formi dable to our enemies ? Look at Russia. She does not even consult us in matters where our national interests are fearfully involved, and where formerly we were the absolute dictators. The Czar concludes treaties with our " ancient ally" without even communicating his inten tions to the British cabinet. Is not this insult and ag grandiseMent at one blow—conquest in the first instance, and obloquy afterwards ? This is what we have gained by reform and Whig principles ! The people have obtained their bill, but the costs remain to be settled. Slavery is abolished, and there, also, is a long score to be wiped off. The twenty millions will be the least part of the expense. The tax upon sugar must go too, and that will take at least five millions from the public Creditor, unless the amiable reformers who are the authors of the measure be content to pay two shillings per pound for their sugar, which we strongly suspect they will. be reluctant to do. In one word—the day of reckoning is' at hand. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. The intelligence received at Lloyd's, and communicated in 'our last, of the loss of an American packet-ship off Dunkirk has not been confirmed, and as letters of the 4th instant have been received from the agent at Dunkirk, while the news was - g iven from Ostend under the.date of the 3d; there can be but little doubt that the loss is unfounded. Our underwriters have been severe sufferers by the gale of the 31st ult. and the accounts from all parts of the coast speak of wreck and casualty. In fact such a hurricane at this season of the year is said to be un precedented. Our Money Market as regards the English Funds has been in a most passive state during the whole of the week, and the closing quotation for the account was 881 this afternoon. The Stock Exchange speculators have put a report in circulation that Marshal Bourmont has been defeated, and that he with Dons Carlos and Miguel had fled into Spain. This has had the effect of causing an advance in Portugues e Scri p of about 1 percent. It rose to 22 1 pm, and left off at 21 i 223 / 4 . There is little to notice in any of our Foreign Bonds with the above ex ception. Portuguese Bonds closed at 771 to 781. In the Northern Bonds, Russian closed at 1031. Dutch at 481, and Danish at 741. Belgian Bonds closed at 941. The transac tions have been upon a very minor scale throughout the week. Up to the moment of our closing this letter we have had no thing confirmatory of the defeat of Marshal Bourmont, which we ourselves attribute to a stock-exchange manoeuvre. Within the last few days about two hundred French officers have left here for the purpose of joining Marshal Bburniont. Had these exertions been made a few weeks back, matters would wear a very different aspect to that they now bear. Letters from Naples mention that numerous arrests had been made in the Abruzzi, but the cause was not known. A number of persons had also been arrested at Senigaglia and at Jassi. Letters from Bona, to the 19th ult. announce that the Bey of ConStantine had taken advantage of the sickness prevailing in the French army, and. had induced the tribes in his vicinity to take the field against the French. It was stated at Constantine that the bey bad discovered a silver mine at one clay's journey from his capital. It was of considerable extent, and he was about to work it. LOCAL NEWS. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—The next Court for the relief of Insolvent Debtors in this county will be held before W. J. Law; Esq.; Commissioner, as follows :—At Lancaster, on Wed nesday, Nov. 20; at Preston, on Wednesday, Nov. 27; and at Liverpool, on Thursday, Nov. 28.—For Cheshire, at Chester, on Monday, Dec. 2. • The • annual meeting of the Liverpool Agricultural Society will be held on the 23d, instead 01 the I.lth instant. Mr. Stanley, the Colonial Secretary, will oreside on the occasion, and one of his colleagues, the Duke of Richmond, is also ex pected to be present. That beautiful and fashionable watering-place, Buxton, has been crowded this season with distinguished visitors, including several of• the first of -the nobility: On Sunday last a sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Moore, on behalf of the Buxton Bath Charity—a most benevolent institution. The liberal sum of £BO was contributed. The Viscountess.Gort, assisted by. the Duke of Devonshire, and the Hon. Mrs. Cavendish, assisted by the Duke of Northumberland, collected. STATE OF TRAOE.—The woollen trade is still considered flat, though there is no lack of emiloytnent in this neighbourhood. A. fair share of business has been done in the - Leeds markets since our last, and there is na_apparent accumulation of stocks in the Cloth Halls, a circumstance which may, perhaps, be in a great measure attributed to the high price of wool.—Leeds Intelligeneer. HUDDERSFIELD MARK FT.—There was a pretty good market on Tuesday. Coarse cloths for paddings and other interior de scriptions of broad cloth, were in better. demand, but there was no improvement in prices. A good deal of business was done in the fancy line. ROCHDALE Ft, ANNE! - Al ATI KET.—On Monday last, the flannel market was better attended than on the previous Monday, yet the show of goods was limited. Low sorts sold well ; middle qualities went off quickly, but finer goo 0; were rather dull. T►tE TRADES' UNIONS.—From circumstances which have come to our knowledge, we believe we may congratulate the public on the approaching breaking up of those baneful associ ations, the Trades' Unions. Some of them, we understand, are on the point of dissolution, from the want of funds to carry on their objects : and from this it is to be concluded, that the extensive combination among the unionists of the different trades, whereby they supplied each other 'with the means of supporting.themselves in idleness, is falling to pieces ;—a result to be desired, not more for the sake of the master tradesmen and the community at large, than for tharof those poor deluded people theruselves.—Halifax , Guardian. The St. George Steam-packet Company's vessel the Lee arrived off the Tower on Thursday, at noon, from Cork, after an extraordinary quick sun of fifty-nine hours.—London raper. Mr. Littleton is about to resign his commission as Lieutenant- Colonel in the Staffordshire Yeomanry, his official duties as Secretary for Ireland claiming all his attention. The Barristers appointed to revise the list of voters will com mence theirlabonrs in the different towns and counties during the present month. Notwithstanding the favourableness of the season, partridges turn out to be neither so strong nor so large as was expected. A writer in a Kerry paper—not the Tralee Mercury—speak ing of Mr. O'Connell as a reputed water-drinker, says that the well he draws from must be very deep, the honourable and learned gentleman but seldom coming at that which is said to lie at the bottom. - • - - -- - PROSPERITY OF FALKIRK. — It is stated, as a proof of the prosperity Of Falkirk, that there was lately in it a town drum mer worth 17,000 pounds, a g rave -digger who wore agold watch, and a baker who kept a pack of hounds. ARRIIAL OF THE FRENCH MINISTER, M. TIIIERS.—On Friday morning, at five o'clock, M. Thiers, Minister of Com merce and Public Works, arrived at Mivart's Hotel. Ills Ex cellency was accompanied .by M. David, Conseiller d'Etat, M. Le Grand, Secretary to the Bureau des Travaux Publics, and M. Miner Attache to the same office. They travelled in a car riage.with' six horses from Dover, which place they left the pre ceding evening. His Excellency lost no time in commencing the object of his mission, for after paying a short. visit to Prince Talleyrand he proceeded, yesterday forenoon, accompanied by M. St. Andre, the French Consul-General, and the above named gentlemen, to inspect the East and West India Docks, and the London and St. Katharine's Docks, &c. His Excel lency is expected to leave town in a few days fOr Liverpool, to inspect the Docks, and that chef ti' ceuvre, the Manchester and Liverpool Railroad. THE DRAMA.. Miss fluddart's benefit took place at the Theatre fast night. The performances were, M "The Bride of Lammermoor," " r. and Mrs. Pringle," and "The Fails of Clyde." On this occa sion, Mr. Mackay, from the Edinburgh Theatre, made his appearance as Caleb Balder.qone, and was loudly greeted on his entri on the stage. This character is one that requires scarce any other talent in the performer than that of speak ing "guid braid Scotch," a fairgaaye that Mr. Mackay appears perfectly master of; but we must take some other opportunity of seeing him in a more prominent one. Miss lluddart's Lucy .Chton was exceedingly good. Soon after the commencement or the performances, the pit filled, .and the boys presented a tolerabiy good show of ladies. For Miss -Huddart's sake, who is really a good actress, we could have wished to have seen them more crowded—as dines gó, we suppose we must call this a good benefit. Miss Huddart, in the character of Millwood, in the play of "George Barnwell," received, on Saturday, a compinnent from a sailor that reminds us of the painter who copied fruits Si) naturally as to deceive even the birds. Thoroughyood, having been informed by Millwood's servants that. their mistress had persuaded Barnwell to murder his uncle, enters tier _house to expostulate with her on this act of wickedness; immediately before his entry, Millwood had quitted the scene, and on his impatiently and indignantly asking where she was, honest Jack exclaimed from the gallery, "The has n u t left the house, there she is!" pointing to the place where she had made her exit. A loud laugh and a round of applause followed this unpremeditated, natural, and. therefore, genuine ebullition of feeling, which was as flattering to the actress as it was to the unsophisticated character of her nautical auditor. MORE SWINDLING LETTERS. The indefatigable parties who have rendered No. 178, Fleet street almost as celebrated as ever was No. 37, have again made their a ppearance before us in a new garb. In our last number we exhibited a Mr. W. H. Morris inquiring the character of a M r. J. Spencer, from an eminent mercantile house of t his town, on the 25th April last. This Mr. J. Spencer roust have been of the übiquitous genus for we find that, whilst he had been resi d ing "for eighteen months, commencing in the early part -of 1830," with the parties last referred to, we have him also living pre cisely "for eighteen months, commencing iu the early part of 1830;" with another eminent house of this town, whose letter is now before us. This also bears date the 23th of April. Mr. Morris's acquaintance among members of the honorable house would seem to he rather extensive; as on the 27th of April the first mentioned letter was passed through the Post-office, "free," under the real or forged frank of Sir J. Campbell, his Majesty's Solicitor-General; and on the same 27th of April the letter to. which we now more particularly refer had the seine good for tune, bearing the frank, also real or forged, of " Grantley F. Berkeley. How or where, if real, these franks were obtained, think deserving Of inquiry. If forged, the evidence , of Post ofli..e clerks on ,ifsnatures . will be of diminished value in Goats of Justice. Sta,—An opinion has become very general amongst the mer chants that the profits arising from the publishing of the " Bill of Entry" at this port are distributed in a manner advantageous to the Customs' clerks here, and which has arisen principally from the ad captandum vulgus of the motto, " Customs' Bene volent Fund." I therefore deem it necessary to undeceive them on this point; and the more especially from the well known fact that such an opinion has been 'a fruitful source of emolu ment to the patentee. lam induced to do this on the ground of justice both to the clerks and merchants; the former being traduced, and the latter deceived thereby. That the patentee, or those now interested in the "Bill" have aright to publish,,is not disputed; but it is doubted, and they have yet to prove, that they have a vested right to expose the private transactions of the merchants, by giving written infor mation of the exports, including the names of the respective ship pers, such information not being given in the " Bill' itself, and therefore not bein g p u bli c i n f or mation. This kind of informa tion, however, having been found highly beneficial to the fund and to the clerks who are connected therewith, it is not difficult to know why their authority has never been made public, nor why they have evaded inquiry into the subject. In the year 1822 the " Bill of Entry" was simply stated to be published "by the autlority of the King's Letters Patent." In the year 1833, since the death of the late lamented Mr. Cruickshank, this authority is omitted, and it is stated to be published for the benefit of the " Customs' Benevolent Fund." The new agent probably will inform the public why it has assumed the character of benevolent. The yearly revenue arising from the%ind in question, at this port, is about £3000; and the question now before me is, how and in what manner it is appropriated. It is admitted that, after the expenses of the establishment here are paid, the surplu s money , upwards of £2OOO, is remitted , to London for the benefit of an " annuity , fund." Now it can be proved that no clerk at this port ever has of can benefit by the said " Customs' Annuity and Benevolent Fund;" and the reason is evident, for the rate of insurance in it is so much higher than any of the insurance-offices in this town, that, to them, it remains completely a dead letter. Besides, were you to insure your life (at the option of the directors) it must be for the benefit of your widow or near relations, who can only obtain half the amount insured in cash, the other moiety being laid out in an annuity which could be had on better terms anywhere else. Every clerk, however, is obliged to contribute one penny in the pound of his salary, which may be considered an official robbery.. If, therefore, there be a loss in insuring, why establish such a fund ? You must know, Mr. Editor, that it is managed by nine directors, five trustees, three auditors, and a secretary, many of whom are directly. and all are indirectly, connected with the Customs. These persons have the power to refuse any clerk insuring his life in the fund, although they compel him to pay the poundage, so that, in fact, the benefits accruing there from are confined to a select few. TheSe directors, &c., every third year ascertain the state of the fund, and finding, as they always do, that they have more money than the limited number of those insured will ever require, themselves being of the num ber, they have' the, power of distributing the overplus among their respective selves, in time agreeable form of bonuses; which, power is defined by the 27th rule male by virtue of the act 5d Geo. 111, c. 73, which establishes the fund. This is the grand secret; and, front what I have stated, it appears evident that: this fund ought to pass through the ordeal or reform. The information should-be confined to the published Hill itself; and any other information given gratis to those per sons who subscribe to the Bill, and the profits arising therefrom, should be exclusively confined to the officers here,. and I trust the time is out far distant when such will be the case. Yours, &c. JUSTUS. Liverpool, Aug. 31, 1833. ble journeyman of the Whigs, Mr. ThomAs4MAcAuLAY, " turn your attention to Ireland, or take a leaf out of old STEPHEN'S book, or - my own, on the West Indies." This was excellent advice considering who the giver . and the receiver of it were ; and it has been followed. with unflinching fidelity, not by Mr. Tnomns MACAULAY only, but by the whole herd of small litterateurs who have attached themselves to the fortunes and yelped in the rear of the Whigs. It did not require more than a very humble modicum of brains to string together the commonplaces of the lead. ing and trading patriots of the day, in order to inveigh loudly, or as the vulgar have it, eloquently, against the wrongs of Ireland, the horrors of slavery, the cruelty of flogging,—in short, of emancipation and reform ! These , two . words formed the never-failing text of the Whigs and their hirelings. The' real interests of the country were totally overlooked in the popular rage for sweeping changes. - The popular writers, as they called, and perhaps still call, themselves, never condescended to study the wants or necessities of the people,--:-never grap pled with commercial subjects—never discussed sys tems of mercantile policy—never took a comprehen sive view of the institutions of the country—never al lowed questions of religion, morality, education, or ge neral security and obedience, to arrest their attention for a moment from their factious politics and their revolutionary designs. If a Whig candidate happened to be beaten in an election, his defeat was invariably attributed to bribery and corruption. If a rogue or vagabond were flogged for drunkenness or insubordination, he was in stantly converted into a martyr and made the object of public sympathy. If an incorrigible poacher were sent to the House of Correction, there was a loud yell raised against Tory magistrate's and parson justices; and to such an extent did this morbid and prurient . sYmpathy , take hold of all classes, and particularly the readers o pot-house journals, that a murderer could not be hanged without drawing tears from drivelling scribes and liberal old momen of both sexes. With this people came the age. of cant and twaddle— imbecility being deemed a virtue---qove of conntt•v . a'• lusion-7-and a vicious and fictitious philanthropy, based upon fraud, and the object of which was national ruin, became the sign and symbol of a modern reformer. Did these men ever cast a look back upon the works or th e wisdom of their fathers ? Did they ever seek inspiration at the tomb of genius, or take history or experience far their guide ? No ; they held in utter scorn the maxims of the past ; they disdained to walk in the old highways of the constitution; and the child in .leading-strings imagined himself wiser than his poor mother who had not been educated in a Sunday school, and had not sipped philosophy in a mechanic's institute. How astoundinc, to bear that most contemptible of all human beings, a Cockney oracle, expatiating upon reform, condemning the measures of Tory despots, and, himself bemuddled with gin, endeavouring to bemuddle his hearers with the oppressions of Ireland !" The Whig press of London, never failed to minister to this diseased appetite; an d their contemporaries in the provinces had no higher duty to perform than to borrow their phraseology and retail their sentiments. An article on parliamentary reform, or a libel on the church, or a sweeping condemnation o f tithes, or a tissue of base fabrications respecting the West Indies, were as easily concocted, or rather manufactured, as nails in Birmingham when the materials are supplied. No dunderhead was too:obtuse for an article on these subjects. The political tinker carried his tools with him ; and if he wantedfuelhe had only to steal from the Times or the Morning Chronicle. It was not necessary to.re flect, or combine his ideas. Any gawky school-boy, or • discarded usher, or amateur lecturer of a debating society, was deemed competent, in every respect, to dogmatise on reform and emancipation—on freedom and slavery on civil and r eligiousliberty—military punishments—im_ pressment of seamen—and the "pampered pride of Tories and churchmen." Every blockhead presumed to lay down the law in the most difficult and perplexing cases. Innumerable were the articles written to prove that Lord ELDON was responsible for, what were termed , the abuses of chancery. Every chimney-sweep in literature, ad_ dieted to acts of tyranny, perhaps in a cotton factory, and unitarianised into atheism at the weekly meetings of " free-thinking Christians," asplred to the renown of being the greatest doubter in religion, the finest theorist in morals, the sternest hater of the church and its mini sters, and the most incorruptible patriot in polities. To lead public opinion was the great object. To pander to the corrupt taste of the most worthless in society was deemed a service of inestimable value, inasmuch as it was a lowering of grovelling ideas to the ideas of those supposed to occupy a still more inferior station in society. In all these scenes the Whigs were ranged in the front seats, and the mob filled the forms behind. The one led, and the other followed amid the clamour, till in an evil hour we ,had a Tory ministry professedly acting upon Whig principles, and advocating those measures which they had opposed during their whole lives, but which they at length supported under the pretext that the time had come whenprinciPle must yield to expediency. From that hour England has declined in the scale of nations, from that hour the flood-gates of revolution have been opened; from that hour calamity after calamity has pressed upon a once happy and prosperous nation ; and we are now apparently doomed to drink the bitter cup of our own folly to the very dregs, suffer for many acts of political apostacy, combat with anarchy in its most fearful forms, and pass through all the dismal and heartrending alter nations of revolution. Are we speaking of these things as of a dream of the past night ? Is this the first time that the horrors of our situation have rushed upon our minds? No, no; we have long foreseen them, and have long been pr pared for them—much better prepared, we suspect, than those who are the guilty authors, and who, if their present day be sunshine, their future will be gloom. They may tell us that they have the power of controlling the political elements,—that they can ride the storm,—that their slaves are obedient,—that they can curb the monster which they have created. Madmen ! They have proved themselves to be utterly incompetent to govern such a nation as this in a time of profound peace, with all the monetary advantages conferred upon them by their pre decessors. They have rendered that turbid which was comparatively placid before. They have roused the TO THE EDITOR 01' THE LIVERPOOL ST.IND,IRD, Stu,—lt appears to .me extraordinary that a body of men, appointed under an• act of pariiatuent as a board of commis sioners for regulating the nightly police of this parish, should excuse the improper conduct of one of their servants, .atid oni too in the responsible situation of captain of such police, because he was " a raw man from Cheshire." As the matter will shortly come before the public in a differ ent form, I think it is now merely necessary to state, that the parishioners at large have only themselves to 'blame for suffering the special vestries at which the commissioners have heretofore been appointed to be so partially attended, that frequently there are not more than half-a-dozen present excepting the commis sioners, and thus a trust of such importance to the welfare and respectability of the town may fail into the hands of persons quite incompetent to meet the views contemplated by the act, for so strictly jealous was the legislature iu granting toe power, that it is expressly stated, that the persons to be appointed com missioners shall be " the principal" and " most substantial" inhabitants of the parish of Liverpool. September 9. T. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4NDARD. Stn,—As you have not adverted to the Bill of Entry office since the 13th of August, when you alluded to the three guineas which were charged you for souse trifling information , I be g leave to anim a d ver t, in common with yourself, upon that irre sponsible and invidious office being permitted to exact such ex orbitant charges at their own pleasure and caprice, and the more especially for such purposes as I shall explain. The receipts of this Bill Of Entry here are about £3,000 per annum; but it is a question well worth asking, who pockets the pelf ? lam aware it is cunningly insinuated that it goes towards the support of the Custom' Benevolent Fund. And what is this Customs' Benevolent Fund? Why, truly, there is no such fund in existence under. that title, or even answering to the thirty signified thereby. - 'There is, doubtless;in London, a fund styled " The Customs' Annuity and Benevolent Fund," which is nothing more than a snug insurance affair, monopolized by a favoured few—trustees anedirectors, and a small number of favourite and fortunate officers. These being constituted a self-governing body, have fixed their rates of premium purposely high, and, possessing a veto against further admissions, they contrive to keep snugly to themselves, for their exclusive benefit, in the shape of salaries, grants, and bonuses, the exactions which accumulate to the fund from this and other sources—and, of course, it is, par excellence, a London concern. I find that not one Liverpool officer or clerk ever tasted the sweets of its be nevolence; but they are all, nevertheless, by law compelled— most unwillingly—to contribute a penny in the pound out of their salaries towards this nondescript fund. A Liverpool officer who applied to insure was refused as being "a bad life," but they continue to exact his poundage. Surely, if they have the effrontery to pretend that it goes towards a customs' bene volent fund, drawing, as they do, from . this port, about £3,000 annually, they ought to allow the Liverpool officers to benefit in some degree, and not devote it exclusively to the aggran dizement of a few London officers. Hence it appears that the sou-disant benevolence of this fund is of the queerest and most novel kind, being nothing more than a rich joke put forth under a fictitious title of universality, in order to obtain for it the support of merchants generally, whilst the gratuitous assumption of this benevolent title is a bitter mockery and a standing insult to every individual employed in the customs of Liverpool,—Yours, &c., It. Liverpool, let September, 1833. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.I.VD:IRD TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.IND.IRD. Sir,—ln your paper of Friday (under the head of " Proceed ings of the Common Couucil,") you mention a letter of mine to the Corporation, relative to Tiihebarn-street, in a way that may lead to a wronc , and very injurious impression ; I therefore beg you will d o me the justice to publish the letter itself, esp ecially as many of your readers are interested in the subject. Yours, &c., JOHN CRAGG. "TO THE MAYOR, BAILIFFS, AND BURGESSES IN COMMON COUNCIL. " Gentlemen — I had thehOU;nWto address you on the 18 th June concerning the opening of Tithebaru-street, and by a note from the Clerk of the Improvement Committee, dated the Bth ult., I was informed that my letter was laid before the last Monthly Council, and that the Corporation declined the proposal I made to them : but the first, and by far the most material part of my letter seems to have escaped them altogether. " I find that the odium of obstructing this great entrance into the town from the Noah has for several years past often been thrown upon me; how unjustly the following facts upon your own records will show. In November, 1820, I made an off er i n writing 'of such part of my buildings and premises as came within the line of improvement for the sum of £4,166, being assisted in that estimate by two surveyors of great experience in such valuations. The Corporation in reply offered me £3,150 for the same, which I refused as greatly inadequate, considering the annual amount of the rents of the houses and premises to be taken down in the 61 yards to the front of Tithebarn-street ; and this was the only offer, be it remembered, that I received from the Corporation, although the contrary has been publicly reported; it however at once in itself shows that the Improve 'ment Committee have, for a difference of £1,316, suffered this vast thoroughfare to remain in a dangerous state for more than a dozen years, to the great depreciation of property in that di rection, and to the great hazard of the public. "Again—in July, 1821, after a lapse of four years, I made them another offer. Either of these proposals, had they been accepted, would have opened the street entirely and instantly; but the Improvement Committee of that period preferred taking only a part of my front premises, in the face and teeth of the 17th clause of the Improvement Act, and for which they paid me £2,778 in order to get a narrow slip of land between the remainder of toy premises and the street, and thus they opened only about 20 yards at either end of the front, and left 20 yards of zigzagged projection in the middle, as it now stands to view, to the disgrace of the neighbourhood ! " In consequence of these proceedings of the Improvement Committee, and the Recorder upon my appeal having referred me for remedy to ' a higher Court,' I wrote to the Common Council in the following tern's:— "31st October, 1825. " Gentlemen,—When it is considered that should I obtain the protection of that higher Court; the effeut will be to keep Tithebarn - street as it is ; and on the other hand, should the Corporation prevail, it only opens the street partially, leaving a most offensive and ridiculous obstruction—could we not then reconcile all the differences, and gpen the street entirely and immediately by such an arrangement as the following ? 't he Corporation have so recently as within a few months past purchased what laud Water-street wanted in its width from three land-owners, two of them members of the corporate body. Now I will at once agree to sell my sixty-one yards of front to widen Tithebarn-street, by the same rule, that is to say, at the rate of what was paid to Mr. Drink water, Mr. INiolvoeux, and Mr. Ledw ard, p er y ard, for their old fronts: the difference between the value of land in Water street and the value of land in Tithebarn-street being left to the judgment of two independent men, one to be named by each party; and they can also calculate the difference between land in full leas e , arid mine in lease of one life and twenty-one years. Should they differ in opinion, they can call in a third person. " I make this proposal for the immediate convenience of the public i n s o great a thoroughfare, without prejudice to the ques tion at issue, should it be necessary after this to proceed to a higher court.—l am, &e. "This proposal, although founded upon the actual experience of the said Itoprovement.Committee's own simultaneous doings, was also rejected. And as the public had a right to know why this particular spot of in had not kept pace'with the opening of other parts, I publislied this unsuccessful effort which I hail made for a speedy and equitable adjustment, in Billinge's pa per of the 15th November, 1825; and I added, " I trust my offer will be recoaected should the absurd projection designed o pposite the foundry-gates hereafter put passengers to incon venience. " It only reached my ear very recently that about two years ago, whilst I was from home, a most frightful accident happened to ?Ir. Perry (the agent for steam-packet.;) and his wife, who were returning. to town in a gig, and the horse ran bet ween thi s projection and a cart that was in the narrow passage; both were thrown out of the carriage, and the gentleman was greatly injured, and confined man weeks in consequenc e. Of the fatal accident which beret Mary Madden, (a poor child of S years old,) in the same unopened part of the street, about two months ago, you are already apprised by your coroner. It is also unnecessary to advert to what is daily and hourly happen ing in the same place, except to remark that the dreadful re sponsibility of keepinff, it as it is is constantly increasing. " I am filly aware that the Corporation are the great conser vators of the town's highways, with ample powers under the ac ts o f Parliament alluded to, (and with ample means at the disposal of the Improvement .Committee, as is evident from their manner of widening the passage from Leece-street to Rodney-street, at this moment); and I own that it does in' behove me to iutelfere further than the defence Of my o' property requires; but it cannot be expected of - me silently to remain longer under the odium of being the cause of this We sigatly and dangerous obstruction in TithebarTstreet, aftcr what [lave stated. Ido therefore huMbly submit that the en closed note from Mr. C. Okell does not answer my le!ter to you of the 18th June, in which I distinctly expressed my enroll - Inel readiness to co-operate wi' h the Corporation in the due eeeC9 of the act for improving the town, under my notice of th., 24th of November, 1820, and which it anpears.t4 - ; me necessary that the public should be told, in o►dcrthatt the odium as well as the responsibility of-delay may be placed upon those to whom it properly belongs.—Yours, tze., JOHN CRAGO. " The Mount, 7th August, 1.13.3." SECON D D ITTON Standard Office, Three o'clock. CORN EXCHANGE. TUESDAY, Two O'CLOCK. We had a considerable quantity of new Irish Wheat on our market to-day, which was freely offered at a decline of 4d. 6d. from the currency of this day se'ennigia, without producing any material improvement in sales; and old Wheats must be quoted 4d. per bushel lower, with very little business doing.—Beans continue scarc, and are Is. dearer.—Malt a heavy sale, at a reduction cf e 2s. per quarter.—Oats were held more steadily, the inantity fresh in being rather light, and both old and new lave reached our last quotations.—We had more business in Oatmeal, which cannot be noted cheaper ; but reduce our quotations for Flour Is. per sack. COTTON MARKET. TUESD AY, TITO O'CLOCK. We have scarcely anything doing this morning; the sales of the ►lay may amount to 500 bags, at steady prices. •\o arrivals. SHIPPING INTEL hIGENCE. Wind, S.S.E.—Fair. No Foreign arrivals this morning. SA I LED. Elizabeth, Tucker, for St Domingo. Union. VEilek. fin Nantz. Christina Cornelia, Mik, for Riga. • . • Au American ship, with a mark on her fore topsail, and a red flag at the main, was off Holyhead yesterday at 4 30 p.m., supposed to be the packet ship of the 16th ult., Caledonia, Graham, from New York. The packet ship John Jay, for New York, passed Holyhead yester day at 6 a.m. The Lydia, Gihb, hence for Jamaica, was spoken lith ult., in lat. 38 30, long. 59 20. HOLYHEAD, 9th Sept., 1833. 8h: 30m. a. m.—Sailed H. M. Steam Yacht Firebrand, with his Ex cAlencv the Marquis of ANGLESEA on board, for Kingstown. An Evening Paper states that the Dike of Argyll is to be tha successor to the Marquis 'Wellesley, as Lord Stewaird of His Majesty's Household. The noble duke at present holds the high and onerous offices of Hereditary Master of the King's Household, and Keeper of the Great Seal in Scotland, Admiral of the Western Isles, one of the State Council, Keeper of Duuoon Castle, Lord Lieutenant and Hereditary Sheriff of the County of Argyll, &c.—Herald. A NOVEL CASE.—Chong and Yang, the Siamese twins, have been tried in Trumbull county, Ohio, for an assault and battery committed on an old and respectable citizen. The de fendants pleaded guilty, and were each lined five dollars add costs. The arrival of a Duc de Regina has given rise to much " chit chat," and many wise persons assert that he certainly must be the little Queen's Duke, who, being driven out of France by the authorities at Havre, is here inev.—Lonclon paper. COUNTY OF BUTS.—Sir William Rae will walk the course, no Opponent having appeared to contest the field. although, we be lieve, the Hamilton or Whig interest has not been altogether idle on the occasion. But the truth is, the right hon. baronet is a favourite with men of all parties; and we are persuaded that no opposition could have diminished his chances of success in the county of Bute, or in any other 9uarter where sound judgment and right principle hold sway.—.E.dinburgh Evening POit. RAIL Roans.—A person was the other day complaining bit terly of Brougham for his undignified demeanour in the House of Peers, when Raikes quietly remarked, that there was much excuse for the Chancellor, inasmuch as he had all his life pur sued a Tad-road to distinction, and it was therefore natural he should rail on to the end of the chapter.--Age. HINT TO CREDITORS.—In a case heard in the Insolvent DPbtor's Court, lately, it was proved that during the insolvent's imprisonment a creditor had written to him in these terms:— " If you include my name in your schedule I shall oppose you; if you do not, I shall not interfere." The court decided that the writing of the letter nullified the opposition. RATHER IRISH.—A Dublin editor falling foul of another, saith of him that "in prirate.he openly reviled• Mr. Littleton." RATHER GRAVE.- 6 ' To be sold, two commodious family se pulchral vaults under the metropolitan church in \larlhurough street." A desirable investment !—Dublia. Paper. RADICALISM AND DESPOTISM.—Sir Francis Burdett recently gave a grand entertainment to the members of the Buonaparte ; family, at his residence in the Green Park. WHAT A KITCHEN IS AND IS NOT.—Now a kitchen is no- eody's premises; a kitchen is not a ware-house, nor a wash house, a brew-house, nor a bake-house, an inn-house, nor an out-house, nor a dwelling-house.—No! 'tis absolutely and bona . fide neither more nor less than almrcaaret or, as•the law more classically expresses. a kitchen is, camera necessaria pro issue cookers ;—cum, saaeepannis, stewpannis, scullero, dressero, coat holoi-stocis, smokejack° ; pro roastanduns,.boilanduns, fryandunt, plumb-pudding-mizanduna ; pro turtle soupos, calves-head-hasitibus, cum calipee et calipashibus. JUDICIAL CHANGES. —T h e following legal changes arc, we - understand, about to take place :—Mr. Baron Bayley and Mr. Justice Park will retire from the Bench, and will be succeeded by the Attorney and Solicitor-General; Mr. Serjeant Wilde to be Attorney-General, and Mr. Pepys Solicitor-General. Mr. Bickersteth will, it is said, succeed to the dignity of Vices Chancellor as Sir L. Shadwell will go to the Rolls, from wach court his honour' Sir John Leach has intimated his intention of retiring. TRAVELLING A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.—The following curi ous advertisement is extracted from the Caledonian Mercury of July 10, 1721 :—" Whereas it has been reported that the stage coach (front Edinburgh) to Loudon hath not performed in nine days, as was promised in their bills. Now this may satistie, that the badness of the weather and roads beat down the horses of a sudden, which could not be prevented by the undertaker; but for the future 'twill he punctually performed in nine days, at least till Machaelmas; one of the owners being now down to put in fresh horses." SIR WILLIAM JONES AND THOMAS Day.—One day, upon " remo ving some books - at the chambers of the former, a large spider dropped upon the door, upon which Sir William, with some warmth, said " Kill that spider, Day ; kill that spider!" ",No," said Mr. Day, with coolness, " I will not kilt thet spider, Jones; I do not know that I have a right to kill that spider. Suppose, when you are going, in your coach to West minster-hall, a superior tieing, who perhaps may have as much power over you as you have over this insect, should say to his companion, Kid that lawyer ; kill that lawyer!' how should you like that, Jones ? and I ant sure, to most people, a lawyer is a more noxious animal than a spider."—Lo Studio. A subject of some importance to certain M.P.'s has lately afforded matter of no little observation. It is said that the Postoffice has agreed with the Steam Navigation Company for the hire of certain of their Steam-boats for the conveyance of government mails to and from France and other foreign places. Now, this being clearly a " Government Contract," and there being several members of the company also members of the House of Commons, who will be individually benefited by such contract, they have placed themselves ire the precise situation of the unfortunate city baronet, (as to the contract part of his miserable affair,) and consequently liable to the legal pecuniary penalties, with the loss of their seats—and on dit, that this mo tion will be the subject of investigation as shoo as the house re- assembles.—Age. EXPENSIVE MEAL.—Friday afternoon, at the Zoological Gar dens, Regent's Park, a lady was holding a biscuit to the elephant from the top of her reticule, when the animal, mistaking the extent of the lady's generosity, seized the reticule with its trunk, and conveyed it, with its contents, consisting of a ten-popod note, some loose money, and a bunch of key s into.his stomach, to the dismay of the lady and amusement of the bystanders. WHAT IS MANSLAUGHTER IN CORK ?—Some MOO were found guilty of manslaughter in Cork last week. The nature of that • offence in Cork is well explained in Baron Penuefather's ad dress to the criminals after cons iction Thts' jury have ac quitted you three of murder—they• have found you guilty of manslaughter, in feloniously taking away the life of William. - Welsh; and they have found John Conway alenanilly of man slaughter, iu taking awa•Y the life of P. AP Namara. It appears that after you had caused the death of one man, you lay in wait for William Welsh, and attacked him, unarmed and unprepared to encounter you, Conway levelling him to the ground, and as Ire lay there Daniel Denis 111‘Carthy cleaving in two his ,i cu l le i ; a spade, and Dennis M `Carthy striking a pitchjink intohis cheek. I ant glad sincerely the jury have excused yoa from the foul crime of murder !" EXPENSE OF COMMITTEES.—The enormous expenses of the Parliamentary Committees have long been a subject of remark, and we may say, reprobation. The public will, however, soon have an opportunity of seeing th e a moun t i nc urred on six select committees during this session. If the sum total does not stave ger John Bull, wily then are we " soused gurnets." We should not grumble at the expenditure, if the result of the deliberations and lucubrations of the picked few out of the collective wisdom turned out henefi r Cial; but alas ! too well do we know we pay • " dear enough tor our whistle."—.lye. SIR JONAH BARRINGTON.—Dining one day at the house of a friend, where he met his relative, Captain Keogh, the counsel lor Shears and others, he said to the former, "'fly dear Keogh, it is quite clear that you and I, in this famous rebellion, sheer he on different sides of the question ; and, of course, one Or other of us must necessarhy be hanged at or before its termination ; I upon a lamp-iron in Dublin, or you on the bridge of-Wex ford: now, we'll make a bargain;—if we beat you, upon my honour, I'll do all I can to save }}out neck; and if your folks beat-us, you'll save me from the honou'r of the lamp-iron. They shook hands on the bargain, which created much - merrimenr, an d he returned to Wexford with a most decideddmpression of - the danger of the country, and a complete presentiment that either himself or Captain Keogh would never sed the conelusioa of that summer. His anticipations were realized : for, on his next visit to Wexford, he said, " I =saw the heads of Captain - Keogh, Mr. Harvey, and Mr. Colclough, on spikes over the court-house . door." Their execution having been so speedy that Sir Jonah had no time to make any exertions to save his irked according to his promise.e-Georyian Era. THE PLYMOUTH ESTATES.—We understand that in the dis- , position of the estates of the late Earl of Plymouth, the Hon, Robert Clive, M.P., son of the Earl of Fowls, conies into the Po",:ession of £2ILOSIO a-year, iu which are included the whoa: . of the Giamorganshire estates. The honourable gentleman's • residence at present is in the neighbourhood of Bishop's Castle; but we have great parasure in hermits that it is his attention to reside a part of the year at St. Pagan's Castle, near Cardilf. We are happy to hear that the honourable gentleman has a son and several daughters; but, in the possiide contingency of their - leaving no issue, the estates are to devolve on Lord 'Viscount Holmesdale, uterine brother to the deceased Earl. '1 he late . Earl, not having. anticipated that he should be survived liy his uncle, the present Earl, bad entirely omitted to make suitable provision m his will; so that. the present Earl succeeds to the title w ithout an acre of the family estates. The highly honour- ; able character of Mr. Clive, distinguished as it is for numerous benevolent and amiable qualities, cannot fail to render his sue.. cession to the Glamorgeushire estates. end his consequent rest dence in the county, a utmost gratifyintj event,—Zrertityr Ow, , °""