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Knottrance Xotia. NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. INVESTED CAPITAL .E 1,400,00. • A T this period so much has been adduced in favour of Life .11 Insurance, that most are disposed to admit its extreme utility. The principal object of Life Insurance Societies should be to combine the greatest benefit to the assured with PERFECT SECURITY. Without derogating from the merits of other Institutions, it may fairly be presumed that this Society offers the foregoing advantages in an eminent degree. Its principles are those of mutual guarantee—the who!e sur plus premiums are divided periodically _amongst its respective members, and its terms of Insurance arA nearly one-tenth be low those of many offices. ' By this system the above capital tit i s been formed, and the Society continues to enjoy the utmos prosperity. Below, a few Policies are quoted, under which claims have lately been made in this town, exhibiting the accumulations and con sequent advantages of this Society. Amount Amount paid, Number. Insured. including Bonus. '44-17 £999 £l2Bl 18s. Od. 7539 3000 3282 10s. 01 2724 2000 2569 16s. Od. 2707 1000 1274 3s. Od. The Society's increase of business has been unprecedented, as the followinc will sufficiently testify : In the year 1821, its annual receipts of premium were £96,650. In the year 1832, ditto ditto £150,000. Further particu'ars may be had, on application, of the Society's Agent, R. L. MILLER, • At the Office in Exchange-street West. Public 13ob ST. HELEN'S AND RUNCORN GAP RAILWAY. TlyncE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is in tended to be made to Parliament in toe next ensuing Session, for an Act to alter, amend, , enlarge, explain, and render more effectual the powers and provisions of an Act passed in the e l e v en th year of the reign of his late Majesty tiing George the Fou r th, intituled "AO Act for making a Rail way from the Cowley Hill Colliery, the parish of Prescot, to Runcorn Gap in the same parish, (alth several branches there "front,i all in the county palatine of Lancaster; and for con structing a \Vet Dock at the termination of the said Railway at Runcorn Gap aforesaid." And that it is intended to obtain by such Act, powers for raising more money for carrying into execution the several purposes of such Act, and also to alter the mode of ascertaining and levying the tolls, rates, and duties, by such Act authorised to be raised, by computinc , thesame on weight of by admeasurement, as bythe said :pct is provided., JOHN WHITLEY, Solicitor. Liverpool, November I 1 th, 1833 MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION AND. RAILWAY. XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that apolicatietc is in tenaed to he made to Parliament, in the next ensuing Session, for, an Act or Acts to amend, extend, enlarge, and render more effectual the powers and provisions of two several Acts of Parliament, one passed in the first and - second years of the ,reign of his present Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled - "An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the "Canal Navigation from Manchester to Balton and to Bury, to "make and maintain a Railway from Manchester to Bolton " and to Bury, in the county palatine of Lancaster, upon or "near the line of the said Canal Navigation, and to make and "maintain a collateral branch to communicate therewith ;" and the other, passed in the second year -of the reign of his said present Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled "An Act "to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, " Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway to alter " some parts of the - said Canal Navigation, to alter and amend "the line of the said Railway, to make further collateral "branches thereto, and for amending the powers and provisions "of the Act relating to the said Canal and Railway;' and that it is intended to obtain power to make and maintain a branch Railway from and out of the main line of Railway, authorized by the said Acts, or one of them, to be made between the towns of Manchester and Bolton, in the said county, commencing from the west side of the said main line of Railway, (by one branch at or near a certain place called Agecroft-hall, in the township of Pendlebury, in the parish of Eccles, in the said vounty, and by another branch at or near a certain other place called Clifton-hall, iu the township of Clifton, in the said parish of Eccles, such two branches joining or running into each other, within the said township of Pendlebury,) and extending to or passing through or into the several parishes of Prestwich, or Prestwich-cum-Oldham, Eccles, Dean, Bolton, Tyldesley, or Tyldesley-cum-Shackerley, Leigh, Wigan, Winwick, Pres cot, Ormskirk, Walton-on-the-Hill, and Liverpool, or some of them, alt in the county, of Lancaster, and also extending to or passing through or into the several townships, hamlets, chapel ries, or places of Pendleton, Clifton, Prestwich, Pendlebury, Swinton, or Swinton-in-Worsley, Roe-green, Worsley, Little Hulton, Ellenbrook, Mosley Common, Tyldesley, or Tyldesley cum-Shackerley, Atherton, West Leigh, Abram, Ashton, or Ashton-in-Mackerfield, Downall-green, Senala-green, Billinge, Chadwick-green, Winstanley Windle, or Windle,cum-Hard shaiv, Rainford, Moss Borough, in Rainford, Simmonswood, (sometimes called extra parochial,) Bickerstaffe, Kirkby, or Kirby, West Derby, Fazakerley, Walton, or Walton-on-the Hill, Bootle, or Bootle-cum-Linacre, Kirkdale, and Liverpool, or some of them, all iu the said county of Lancaster, and termi nating at or near the north side of a certain street in Liverpool aforesaid, called Williams'-street. And also to make and main tain another branch Railway from and out of the said Main line of Railway, (authorized by the said Acts or one of them,) to be made between the said towns of Manchester and Bolton, com mencing from the east side of the said main line of Railway, at or near a certain place in the township of Little Lever, in the parish of Bolton, in the said county of Lancaster, called Foggs, extending to or passing through or into the several parishes of Bolton, or Great Bolton, Middleton, Radcliffe, Bury, and Whalley, or some of them, all in the said county of Lancaster, and also extending to or passing through or into the several townships, hamlets, chape - lries or places of Little Lever, Darcy Lever, Ainsworth, Radcliffe, Llton, Tottington Lower End, Walmersley, Tottington Higher End, Haslingden, New Hall Hey, Coupe, Lench, hall,Carr, and Lower Booths, or some of them, all in the said county, and terminating at or near a certain place where the roads from Burnley to Bury, and from Bacup to Haslingden cross each other, between New Hall Hey and Rawteustall, in the township of Lower Booths, in the parish of Whalley, in the said county, and to make and maintain a collateral Branch Railway, from and out of the said last mentioned Branch Railway, commencing from, at, or near certain Pits, or Marl Pits, at or near a fence between fields in the occupation of William Laycock and James Greenhaulgh in the township of Ainsworth, in the parish of Middleton, in the said county, and on the east side of the said last mentioned Branch Line of Railway, and extending to or passing through or into the several parishes of Middleton, Radcliffe, and Bury, or some of them, in the said county, and also extending to or passing through or into the several townships of Ainsworth, audcliffe, Elton, and Bury, or some of them, all in the said county, and terminating at or near the west side of certain Stores, belonging to the said Company, near to Bury Bridge, in the parish of Bury aforesaid. And also to make, construct, and maintain proper - Warehouses, Wharfs, Landing-places, Tunnels, Steam and other Engines, Works and conveniences adjoining to the said several Branches and collateral Branches, or connected therewith. And it is intended to obtain, by the. said Act or Acts so to be applied for, powers to raise such fur ther sums of, money as may be necessary fur carrying into execution the several purposes of such Act or Acts, and also of tau said recited Acts. Dated this 11th day of November, 1833. MILLER and PEEL, Attornies, Liverpool. LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22. The names of the several persons nominated by the Judges of the re spectiveeyiff C or ircuits i e t n s s i u n i nN%,',asl.eesa rear, for ro t te e r r ters e ox v e to e o s u e i ze e s the ° T i c , of g AxoLnsua.—Thoulas' Parry Jones Parry, of NantbYelian, Esq. 41.:0rg.e Ausan Walker, of Meriogan, Esq. ; James King, of Presadd fed, Esq. BUM:Ol.lam as.—William Stretton, of Danhv-park, Esq. ,• Joseph Bailey, of Ghmusk.park, Esq. ; Anthony M. Storey, of Glanusk, CAILIGIANSHIRE.—CharIes Richard Fongeroft, of Llanina, Esq. ; Thomas Davies, of Nantgwylan, Esq,; Philip John Mika, of the Priory, in Cardigan, Esq. CAR lIAIVIIIEN P.III HR.—Thomas Morris, of Llanstephen.eastle, Esq. John Walters Philippa, of Aberglasney, Esq.; Edward Rese Tunno, of Llangennech, Esq. CalsauvoNslituv..—Richard Lloyd Edwards, of Nanhoron, Esq. ; Robert Williams, of Llangfosteuin, 'Esq. ; Frank Jones Walker Jones, of Bryntirion, Esq. DINBIOWiIIIHR.—The Hon. Frederick West. of Rtrthin ; the Hon. Lloyd Mostri, of Rodidrys ; F. R. Priee, of Brynypys, Esq. Fulaysmilta —Sir Edward Mostyn, of Talacre, Bart. ; Charles Fre sierick Phillips. of Rhual, Esq. ; James Wills, of Plas Yellin, Esq. GLASIORGANSHIRR.—Henry John Grant, of Gnoll.castle, - Esq. Richard Franklen, of Clemenstoue-house, Esq. ; John Dillwyn, Lle wellyn, of Genllergare, Esq. Nl.cniopresristlias.—Hugh Jones, of Hengwrt I;cha, Esq. ; Charles Gray Harford, of Bryntirion, Esq. ; Reginald Fowden, of Arthog, EN, 2•loNronmarrsHian.—William Morris, of Pentrifnant, Esq. ; Hugh Davies Griffith, of Llachwiddgarth, Esq. ; William Peel, of Llandrinio, L'a. VIIIHHOILUSUIRE.—John Barham, of Trecoon, Esq. ; John Leach of Pembroke, Esq. ; William Chailas Allen Rhilippi, of St, Bride's hill, Esq. riaDNOUSHIHR.—James Eysam Graham, of Dolley, Esq. ; Guy Par a.,n, of B,.ttws, Esq. ; Thumas Williams, of Clirow, Esq. INSOLVENT. Nov. 22.—Moses Mason, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, tallow-chandler. BAND RLTPrCY SUPERSEDED. tJworge Dandy, TarLuton, Lancashire, corn-dealer. BAN KRU PT S. Edmund Cassell, sen., Croydon and Reigate. dealer in coals. William Richard Croggon. Ilartholomew-lane, auctioneer. James Hook, Cannonbury-square, Islington, and Lloyd's Coffee !louse, insurance-broker. Thomas Hargreaves, jun., Wakefield. Yorkshire, money-scrivener. George Danger, Road, Somersetshire, maltster. • DIVIDENDS. Dee. 12, J. F. Taylor, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street, wine merchant.—Dec. 16, F. Foster, Oxford-street, tailor.—Dec. 14, D. N. Smith, Friday-street, warehouseman.—Dec. 13, L. Mosely, High street, Shadwell, Staffordshire-warehouseman.—Dec. 16, R. Fiddes, Hackney, tavern-keeper.—Dec. 14, J. Plowright and J. B. Bond, Great Surrey-street. linen-drapers.—Dec. 13, B. Verrinder, Davies street, Berkeley-square, coal-merchant.—Dec. 13, T. Lavcock, Mi nories, slopseller.- - Dee. 13, J. Large, Great Queen-street.' Lincoln's inn-fields, coach-maker.—Dee. 13, J. Jones, New Bond-street, linen draper.—Dee. 16, J. Moon, Acres-barn, near Manchester, cotton merchant.—Dee. 16, 'T. T. Isemonger, Littlehampton. Sussex, mer chant.—Dec. 16, W. Patten, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, drrig,gist.— Dec. 16, J. Round. Stourbridge, Worcestershire, plumber.—Dec. IS, J. Gartit, Gainaborough, Lincolnshire, wine-merchant.--Dec. 16, E. Nightingale and G. Worthy, Manchester, tea-dealers.—Dec. 21. R. P. lloulsou and P. Fawcett, Wigan and Manchester, manufacturers.— Dec. 14, W. Moors, Ludworth, Derbyshire, cotton-manufacturer,— Dec. W, Kendrick, Birmingham, jeweller.—Dec. 27, M. Gateley, Birmingham. victualler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Lane and J. J. Barry, Margate, surgeons.—Harrison and Brock r. hatters.—Paterson and Stevenson, Upper Thames- Street„ com mission-agents.—C. Tennant and Co., Upper Thames *beet. commission-merchants ; as far as regards R. Paterson.—J. Taylor and J. Whiting, Vassal-road, Brixton.—J. Wright and J. Bag tall, Bristol, printers.—P. Barnes and 11. Badcocke, Axbridge, So mersetshire, drapera.—W. Steen and I. Fisher, Birmingham, silver smiths.—S. Danford and E. Robinson. George-yard, Lombard-street. solicitors.—J , F. Reeves and It. James, Glastonbury, Somersetshiry, attornies.—Smith and Goddard, St. Alban's, manufacturers of Brazil ian grass.—R. and P. Pillin, Doncaster, grocers.—Storey and Cock burn, North Shields, common-brewers.—G. Burnham and H. M. Hudson. Wellingborough. Northamptonshire, attornies.—H. Homer, W. Watson, and, E. Crosland. Nottirrdiam, wine-merchants ; as far VI , as regards W. Watson.--kackson and'Wood, Leeds, carvers.—B. and A. Brown. Huntrerford. Berkshire, grocers.—R. Milligan and It. Mo dsea, Bradford. Yorkshire, linen-drapers, • CERTIFICATES, Dactuara 13. M'Colgan, Liverpool, tailor.—J. Downes, Leieestor-aquare, jew eller.—S. Ashby, Staines, and Upper Thames-street, mealman.—T. L. Jones, Ilolyhead , Ang lesea, brewer,—W. It . Poole, Birmingham, lirten-draper.—Z. DeLerma, New Bond-street, milliner.—B. Br ee d s , Battings, EIISSPX, lime-burner. — J. Coates , Ingieton, Yorkshire. cot sou-spinner.—J. Walton, Nereastle-upon-Tyne, slater. The average prices of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from • retnenalm d e in th e week ending Nov. 19, is 28s. lid. per cwt. LONDON LAW COURTS. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, TnunsoAi, N0v.21. BOLTON V. LORD NELSON. The object of this suit was to compel the defendants, Lord Nelson and Mr. Hasletvood, to place in the hands of the clerk in court certain documents and papers relative to the duke dom and domain of Bronte, consisting chiefly of confidential communications and opinions of Sicilian lawyers on the sub ject of the descent of the title and estates of Brume, which had been granted by Ferdinand, "King of Sicily, to the late Lord Nelson, in consideration of the great and important ser vices rendered by him to the Sicilian court during the late war. Under the terms of the grant the property was to be held according to the law of the Franks, but in order more sig nally to - distinguish the great achievements of Lord Nelson, Ferdinand created in him a tenancy in tail, and gave him power to nominate,a successor to the 'domain. Lord Nel son accordingly by will appointed his brother, the present Earl, and in default of male issue 'then the inheritance was to go to the heirs male of his Lordship's sister, Susanna Bolton. On the death of the late Lord Nelson, the present Earl, beCom ing possessed of the feudal right, entered into possession, and had continued to retain it to the present time. Shortly after he had entered into possession his only son died, and, being desirous to ascertain if his only daughter (Lady Bridport) could not by the law of the Franks inherit tne _property in pre ference to the plaintiff, who was the son of Susanna Bolton, and the person appointed by the will of the late Lord Nelson, . he had instituted proceedings in the courts of law in Sicily, in conjunction with his co-trustee, Mr. Haslewood, and had ob tained the opinion of several eminent Sicilian lawyers on the subject. The motion for the inspection of these papers was argued . oti the list'seal-day, but the judgment of the court post poned until this morning. The Vice-Chancellor, on entering the court, expressed his opinion that the Sicilian grant contained nothing that could lead the court to suppose there could be any limitation of the duchy giving it the qualities of an English estate, in the man ner contemplated' by the late Lord Nelson. It had been repre sented by the present Earl in his answer, that, as tenant in tail, he had the power to nominate a successor, but in the opinion of the court sufficient had not been admitted in that answer to entitle'the plaintiff to call for the production of the documents sought by the motion. The opinions of the Sicilian lawyers he viewed in the light of private property, which, if his Lordship . felt inclined, he had a right to purchase as any other species of property. His Hononr saw nothing in the case to give him a jurisdiction over the papers iu question, and theretore refused to interfere on behalf of the plaintiff ; but as the motion was in the nature of a speculation on the effect of Sicilian law with regard to the will of the late Lord Nelson, and as he could not know at present what would be the result of the suit, he should direct that the costs of the motion should be costs in the cause. ROLLS' CdURT, NOVEMBER 22. 'WILLIAM C. SPICER. In this case the bill was filed against the defendant Spicer, who was trustee under a deed of settlement which directed that certain leasehold estates in question should be sold as soon after the death of the settler as conveniently might be, the rents and profits being to be invested to accumulate for the benefit of the plaintiffs iu the cause. The defendant, who was a publican, and sole trustee, - admitted that he had received tha rents of the property ; but being an ignorant man, not being duly aware of the duties imposed on him by the trust deed to lay out the funds in order . to accumulate, and not haying acted under the advice of any professional person, he had, kept the money in a strong box in his own house ;" hut as he had not applied it to his own use, it was subinitted in his behalf that the court could not charge him with interest on the balances which 'night be.found due from him. On the other hand it was insisted that his ignorance of the meaning of the Word "accumulation" could not be held to excuse hint for the breach of trust to lay out the money to advantage; that the strong box only meant his own till for the general purposes of his business; and that he should, therefore, be decreed to pay interest at five per cent., together with the costs of the suit, which had been occasioned by his own mis conduct. Mr. Pemberton appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Tinney for the defendant. His honour said he could not excuse a trustee for an obvious breach of trust in consequence merely of an allegation that he was ignorant and ill-advised. In this case it was stated he had kept the trust money, which should have been profitably in vested, in a box, in his own house, distinct and apart from his own funds; but that hudbot been proved; and it musttlierefore be judicially inferred that they had been applied in the ordi nary course of his business. That was the unavoidable inference which a court of justice must draw from his conduct, and it was impossible to excuse him. He should therefore pay interest at five per cent. on the balances in his hands which should -be found due from him; and as the suit had been ren dered necessary, not in consequence of any difficulty or question as to -the construction of the trust deed, but by his culpable default as trustee, he should also be compelled to pay the costs of the suit. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FRIDAY, Nov. 22. PARISI' OF ST. JAMES V. THE EARL OF BC RLINGTON. The Solicitor-General moved for a mandamus against Mr. Conant, one of the magistrates at Marlborough-street, com manding him to issue a distress warrant against the noble earl for the payment of poor-rates, assessed upon his t o w n mans i on , (Burlington-house, Piceadillv,) valued at £2,913, which valu ation two county magistrates had reduced to £1,651 per annum, or else that a certiorari should issue to quash the order of the two justices at the quarter sessions. The certiorari was granted. TILE KING V. LADY BRISCO. In this case the defendant had been convicted on an indict ment for wilful and corrupt perjury, committed by her on her evidence given on the trial of one Mary Guinan , who had been prosecuted by her for an offence of a similar nature. Mr. Kelly, in the early part of the term, was instructed to auly for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial, on payment of costs, on the ground that subsequently to the trial the defendant had discovered evidence which, on a future trial, would induce a jury to come to a different conclu sion to that at which the former . jury . had arrived. The defend ant, on that occasion , not being in Court, their Lordships directed that the case should be mentioned when she appeared, to receive the' judgment of the Court. She now came up, and the learned counsel made his appliCation upon a great number, of affidavits, which went to disprove the testimony on which the conviction was obtained. The Court granted a rule nisi. Ix RE PALMER. Sir J. Scarlett moved fora rule calling upon Messrs. James and John Palmer, attorneys, to show cause why they should not be struck of the rolls for allowing a Mr. Edmonds to prac tice in their name, for the use of whirl► he had paid £lO per annum. ltule aid granted. ADMIRALTY COI; RT. THE NEPTUNE. In this case Dr. Dodson put in and read the affidavits of several of the crew of the ship Neptune, who. did not join in the first suits for wages; stating- the ,amount of their claims. The learned doctor moved the court to decree the payment of the sums due to them, jUdgment having a l ready been pro nounced in their favour by the decision in the former action, Sir John Nichol(; in decreeing the payment of the wages d ue to the respective deponents, took occasion to observe that the practice in the Court of Admiralty up to the present time had been to limit the number of persons joining in a suit to obtain payment of wages to six. On considering this matter he had been led to believe that the practice w as, i n many respects, inconvenient, and that it also was not attended by any advan. tages equivalent to those inconveniences; for the principal ob ject of the Court of Admiralty in this respect was to _enable sea men to have recourse to a summary and joint process for the recovery of their gages; whereas, if they were restricted to the courts of common law, they would be under the . necessity of proceeding singly. In order, therefore, that the full benefit of this intention might hereafter be reaped by that very useful class of men, the court had come to the resolution of remov i ng the limitation of persons as to number, and of suffering in future the whole crew, if needs were, to join in one suit against the owner for wages. This alteration in the regulations of the court would be productive of no detriment- to the owners, inasmuch as they would be at liberty to defend part only of the suit, if they were so disposed, and it would certainly save ex pense, not only to them, but likewise to the seamen, to whom the expense of process was a matter of serious consideration. A further advantage .which would result from this alteration would be to reduce very ma t e rially the numbe r o f d e f a Ul t i suits for wages. Mr. George Roger Langdon was introduced in form, and in-: ducted as a proctor in this court. LONDON POLICE REPORT. MANSION-HOUSE, FRIDAY. Willi a m Light, Captain Ross's steward on the great northern excursion, applied at the justice-room for the Lord Mayor's aid in procuring for the widow of the armourer, who died of asthma in that climate of eternal snow, the property to which she be came entitled by the death of her husband. It was with Capt. Ross's wish be made the application. The steward stated, that, in the year 1830, he made the will of the armonrer, whose name in the arctic expedition was David Huddy, but, in his Majesty's service, Thomas :gargling. All the deceased was woith he bequeathed to his wife, but the will was unfortunately deposited in a certain part of the ship to which the watet, whenjhe ice dissolved, had access. The con-, sequence was thaethe writing was completely obliterated. It therefore became necessary to swear to a duplicate of the will, which he (the steward) was prepared to authenticate. The Lord Mayor expressed the utmost readiness to render any service to any- person recommended under such circum stances by Captain Ross, and advised the applicant upon the course which it would be most proper for the wife of the de ceased, as achninistratrix, to resort to. In answer to several questions put by the Lord Mayor, the steward stated that he had nearly lost the use of his arms while the crew were wintering; that tile deceased armorer was in bad health when he went out, &c. The first intimation Captain Ross received upon his arrival in London was, it is rather remarkable, an invitation to dine at the Mansion-house on the 9th of November. The applicant said that he bad not as yet received the money to which he was considered entitled, although Government had issued it. TIIAMES POLICE. - A BuecirEn AND sirs Rte.—Thursday, a Mr. Holton, a but cher, who carries on business in High-street, Shadwell, waited on the magistrates in 'a very disconsolate mood, and said he had particular business to transact with Mr. Combe, who happened to be on the bench. Mr. Broderip—Here is Mr. Combe (pointing to his colleague.) If you have any thing to say, address him. Mr. Holton (addressing :gr. Combe) said it was the misfor tune of his life to have a very bad wife, and he knew that the worthy magistrate was the gentleman who would give him as sistance, as he decided the case about a leg of mutton which his wife said his man stole. Mr. Combe—Well, I can't help your having a bad wife. I recollect she said you tippled a little. What has she been doing to von? Mr. Holton—Oh, I can't get on any how with her. She does just as she likes. She goes out when she likes and comes in when she likes, and she takes all my money as fast as I earn it. How am Ito get rid of her? Mr. Broderip said the ma g istrates could give him no advice on that point. He had taken his wife for better and for worse, and the worse seemed to preponderate,—in fact she was much worse than when lie took her. Mr. Holton—Yes, she is much worse than when I . took her, for she abuses me if I talk to her, and says she will have her own way whether I like it or not, and she goes out and remains absent for a week with all the money. Mr. Broderip—Well, if she does all that, why don't you keep her out ? Mr. Holton—Can't I kick her out when she comes in? Will you let me hide her a little?—(Loud laughter.) Mr. Broderip and Mr. Combe—Oh no;_ you must not kick her out; you must not beat her. Why don't you keep the money yourself? Mr. Holton—Because she won't let me have it. She has brought me to insolvency. Once I had a fine shop of business, I killed twenty bullocks, and one hundred sheep and lambs, be, sides pigs, every week, and now half my business is gone. Mr. Broderip said that Mr. Holton ought to be able to regu late the4 - 1---nestic.alfairs of his own establishment Without mak jug aypiication to the magistrates to do it for him. Ile must make the best of his bargain. Ilolton—She is the worst bargain I ever made; she is the plague of my life. She is so suspicious. that I can't look about me. Will you tell me how I'm to get rid of .her? • Mr. Combe—No, we can't, indeed. How long have you been married? Mr. Holton—For eighteen years, lam sorry to say. (This was uttered with such a lung-drawn sigh, and ludicrous self sympathising manner, as to cause great laughter). Mr. Coasbe — Aud how has she behaved - all that time? Mr. Holton—Oh, just the same; exactly the same. Mr. Broderip—Thon, if your story is true, I do pity. Mr. Oombe said he endeavoured to persuade the parties - to come to a better understanding when they Were last before him. They made a very ridiculous exhibition, the wife swearing the shormiu had stolen a leg of mutton, and the husband declaring it was a falsehood, and that no mutton was lost. Mr. Holton—'There was no leg of mutton lost; my wife will swear any thing. She would swear the devil's life away if she could. (Loud laughter.) - I never kneW such a woman! (Here Mr. Holton was iuterrupted by the opening of the door, towards I which he looked very anxiously, and evidently much alarmed,. expecting to see his wife, but finding it was some one else he took fresh courage,_ and proceeded to state that she - swore falsely against his brother, and got him confined for debt for live years.) Mr. Broderip said that was no fault of his wife, but of the ap plicant, in whose name the action was brought. His wife, as, a femme corert, could have nothing to do with it. Mr. Holton—Oh yes, it was all through her, it was for a debt of £250 she got him locked up. Mr. Combo—You had no occasion to.proceed with the action against your relative unless you pleased. Mr. , Holton-0 sir, I dared not do otherwise, my wife would haVe it so. (Much laughter.) Mr. Broderip—You could have liberated him. You had it in • your power to do that. Mr. Ilolton—Why yes, sir, I might, but I was afraid of my wife's anger—besides he had done some dirty tricks; but I hope you will assist me in getting rid of my wife. Mr. Combe—We.cannot assist you to do that. Mr. Holton-,Can't you now ? What am I to do ? (In creased laughter.) Mr. Corn be—No. We cannot indeed. - Mr. Holton stood still for a few seconds with his eyes fixed on the ground, and then took up his hat and walked slowly out of the office, ejaculating, "Oh dear, what am 1 to do ? " THE LIVERPOOL STA_NDARD. CHELMSFORD PETTY SESSION. LOVE, COURTSUIP, AND MATBIMONY.—WiIIiam Barker, of Woodhani Ferris, a decent-looking " married man," was charged with attempting to break . the bonds of Hymen with a broomstick,.and, the said bonds being rather touglr, damaging in the effort Mrs. Barker's head. A few short years ago, Master Barker reached the pinnacle of manhood; there he sat for a time, dazzled by the rustic beauties around him, and ejaculating— " Indeed, I must a courting ago, Though girls I am afraid of; FOr truly now I want to know What sort of stuff their made of." To courting, then, he went with all his heart, and courting, of course, brought on thoughts of matrimony. Visions of connubial happiness, and social fire-sides, and children running to " lisp their sire's return," rose upon his imagination, coupled, of course, with one Miss Mary, to whom love—or something very like it—had given a wonderful power over his bewildered senses, Indeed, he could not help thinking— " A wife would make good household stuff, If she were downright clever ; And Mary suits me well enough, If she would let me have her." To Mary he accordingly hurried, and after sundry gigglings, and sighings, and hints of drowning, in all which— " It seem'd as if his heart would break The buttons off his jacket," Mary consented to let him have her, and all thingS went on swimmingly for a time. But, alas ! " a change cause o'er 'the spirit of his dream"—frowns began to flit along the horizon of matrimony—the grumbling of the storm was heard in the dis tance—and he soon discovered that --" An hour of bliss • Is follow'd by an age of care." For the first fortnight only the matrimonial barometer stood at smiles and kisses—then it sunk to contradiction—then to sulky —and, at last, to blows.' Finally : Master Barker threatened to kick Hymen out of doors for jilting him; but as ho felt n o im mediate desire to visit the " shades below.," he proposed to send Mrs. Barker upon this voyage of discovery, that he might have the pleasure of attending to her epitaph. Breaking her heart, however, was out of the question—that was of too rough a ma terial—and he, therefore, proceeded to operate upon her head, • for which he was now called upon to answer. Mrs. Barker appeared terribly afraid of being sent off on the voyage aforesaid, and declared she dare not live with her hus band again. Indeed, both parties appeared quite prepared to-- " Part without the least regret, Except that they had ever met." In default of finding sureties not to send the "weaker vessel" on the uncomfortable cruise for the next six months, Master Barker was sent to runjnate for that period on bread and water and matrimony.—Ease V Herald. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. (Flom the Chronica of Sept. 16.) DECREE FOR A GENERA!. RECRLITMENT, In fulfilment of thedispositions of the decree of the 4th December, 1832, I am leased to decree as fellows: — Article 1. Any yout capable of bearing arms, who shall, within the space of eight days from the publication of the pre sent decree, enlist voluntarily in any one of the regiments of the first line of the liberating army, shall be obliged to serve only until the legitimate authority of her Faithful Majesty the Senhora Donna Maria ll.kshall have beett established. through out the whole kingdom. t. -Art. '2. .Prescribes the froms necessary to the enlistment, as, mentioned in the preceding one. - Att. 3. Declares that if at the end of eight days any capable. adults should be found who had not availed themselves of the tefms of article cue of the present decree of the 25th of July, 18.32, would he strictly enforced, a general impress made, and the parties subjected to the term of service required by the laws. Palace of the Necessidades, Nov. 3, 1833. DON PEnuo, Duke of .Braganza. AGOSTINIIO JOSE FREIRE. OponTo, Nov. 10.—Our situation here during the winter will not be very pleasant, as it is evident the Miguelites are drawing a cordon round us; it is supposed they have a force of at least 7000 or BOW men on the north and south sides of the Douro; their head-quarters are at San Thyrso. During the winter, it is consequently feared, we shall be subject to continual alarms, though for the actual safety of the city there is no apprehension, so long as but ordinary vigilance and prudence are exercised. General Pacheco (the chief staff officer of General Stubbs) was nearly made a prisoner, having been closely pursued by a lancer. Some.of them came' into the parish of Paranhos, and one or two, more daring than the rest, ac t ua lly ro d e un de r our battery'of Covello. They Were excellently well equipped, and are coannanded by a French officer on Count AlinertN staff. The Miguelites have lately detached about one thousand two hundred men to Coimbra, to suppress any demonstration in fa vour of Donna Maria. • Last week some Spaniards, who were coming to this city to purchase goods, were attacked near Carneiro, by about twenty cavalry soldiers, and robbed of £1400! There is a report that the prisoners at Almeida have effected their escape, and are at Ciudad Rodrigo. The Chronica, of the 13th, contains a notice from the depart ment of Ecclesiastical Affairs relative to the abuses which the Board of Health has stated to the Minister of the Interior, to be committed in the interment of the dead, the bodies being sometimes, interred out of the cemeteries, and sometimes when they are buried, badly covered with earth, and that it often hap pens that they are left unburied to the next day, which seems to be done to .excite in the people sentiments of aversion to the government. As such proceedings may, besides, be attended with serious consequences to' the public health, the Duke of Bra ganza orders that the Vicar General of the Patriarchate shall inquire iu what parishes such abuses have been committed, particularly attending to the Cemetery of Boa Morte, where it is alleged that many such have occurred. In case of disobedi ence to the orders of his Imperial Majesty, the priests guilty are to be suspended. A letter from the Corregidor of Riba Tejo of the 12th, from Villa Franca, says—" There is nothing new of importance in thii district (Comarca); the people are tranquil, a: i d animated with the best spirit in favour of people legitimate cause." ANIEIZ I CAN PAPERS: CHARLESTON, Oct. 31.—Cotton—On Monday the demand for Cotton was pretty brisk, and considerable sales were effected at prices a shade lower than our last week's quotations. On Tuesday, accounts from Liverpool and Ha% re were received to the 18th ult., and being very unfavourable, had the effect of al most entirely checking operations. Some few sales were made, among which were a lot of 1(0 bales of choice quality, and fa vourite mark at 161 cents. Yesterday a little more disposition to purchase was shown; and several hundred bales were disposed of at from 15 to 151 cents; the latter. price could only be ob tained for strictly prime. The stock is accumulating very fast, and there is little prospect of effecting sales to any extent, .un til further mivi‘es from Europe are received. —^•••••--- Iticx,—Not much doing in this article. Prime is the only description that appears to he in demand ; and strictly prime will readily . command 3 1 dollars, which remark is sanctioned by actual transactions: \ Eiglty tierces of good quality, of the new crop, sold yesterday for export at 3 dollars. A writer estimates the export of the eotton crop of Missis sippi, at 200,0(X) bales. . " These, at 40 dollars per bale, would amount to 8,000,000 dollars. The enti: e agricultural interests of this state yearly are about ten millions." Ncw YORK, Nov. 7.—The sales of Cotton for the last eight days amount to 1500 bales, of which not exceeding 2(X) bales are for shipment. We quote Uplands, old 13 to 15 cents per lb.— new 15 to 161 , cents—Tenessees and Alabamas 131 to Is—fine Mobiles, Louisianan, &c.; old, 151, to 17—new 17 to 181 per lb. MODES OF SALUTATION. The Dutch, who are consideredgiealeiters, have a morning salutation, common amongst all ranks—" Sinaokelvk ecten !' —" May you eat a hearty dinner !" Another, probably adopted in the early periods of the republic, when the people were mostly navigators and fishermen, is—" Hae vaart awe ?"—" How do you sail?" 'rbe common salutation in the southern provinces of China, amongst the lower orders, is—" Ya, fan ? Have you eaten your rice ?" When the Chinese meet, after a long separation, they fall on their knees, bend their faces to the earth two or three times, and use many other affected modes. They have also a kind of ritual, or "academy of compliments," by which they regulate the number of bows, ~e nuflections, and words to be spoken upon any occasion. Ambassadors practise their ceremonies forty days 1 efore they appear at court. The Japanese take off a slipper, and the people of Arracan their sandles in the street , ' and heir stockings in the house, when they salute. In Otaheite they rub their noses together. The inhabitants of Cannene, when they would show a parti cular attachment, breathe a vein, and present the blood to their friend as a beverag,e. Two Negro Kings, on the coast of Africa, salute by snapping the middle finger three times. An Ethiopian takes the robe off the person he meets, and tics it about him, so as to leave his friend almost naked. The inhabitants of the Philippines bend very low, placing their hands on their cheek, and raise one foot in the air, with the knee bent. They also take a person's hand or foot, and rub it over their face. Greenlanders have none. Laplanders apply their noses straightly against the person they salute. In the Straits of the Sound, they raise the left foot of the person saluted, pass it gently over the right leg, and over the face. Two jurors were fined ten dollars each in the Superior Court of North Carolina, for having fallen asleep during a trial which was to have been submitted to their consideration. Their happy insensibility was not discovered until the other ten jurors had retired.—Seto York paper. Eiturpool tanDarD. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1833. Our readers will observe that the present is the first number of the third volume of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. We have now been in existence more than a year and a day, and we are proud to say that our labours in the ser vice of the public have obtained for us a larger circula tion, and brought to our support a greater number of zealous friends, than have fallen to the lot of any public journal in the same period of time. Not to us be any of the praise ! We have only done our duty to the best of our humble abilities, in a cause which we rejoice to say is every day becoming more national. The principle's of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, much misrepresented as they still are, have been fairly and fearlessly put to the test in this part of England, and they have triumphed ! The public voice has responded to our call, and men of all ranks and classes—the wealthy and the good—the wise and the well-disposed—the really noble and the truly pa triotic—all who love their country and have anything to l os e—all who revere religion and the laws—have now seen the justice and utility of conservative principles, and have cordially rallied round ou'r conservative standard. Oar creed is that of cur country—its honour, its wel fare, its happiness. We are of no party ; we are no respecters of names or men. Whatever is for the national good is our passion —whatever is congenial to the interests and honour of our fatherland is with us a sacred preju dice which no sneers can assail, no opposition bear down. We stand upon the old highways and the beaten paths of the constitution, the enemies alike of royal or popular usurpations; and we are determined to stand at our post, and maintain our opinions unawed by dishonest ministers or factious conspiracies in the worst of times. There are men whose aim is to overturn and destroy, under the pretext of repairing and improving the institutions of the country. With these men we are at open war. We have, however, no personal rancour to indulge, no per sonal enmity to gratify, no wrongs to avenge ; but having noble principles to defend, and sound views of policy to advocate, we will never shrink from the performance of our duty. He only is our enemy who is the enemy of his country, and who for the sake of personal aggran disement would lower England- in the estimation of Europe, and pollute public morals by a sanguinary revo lution and civil war. We desire the preservation of the monarchy and the pure religion of the reformation. In this holy cause we have put our hands to the plough, and God forgive us if we ever turn back ! .• The anirs in Spain seem to be fast hastening to a crisis. In Madrid cries of " down with the Queen," and "down with lea," her prime minister, are frequent, .and the whole kingdom is evidently in a state of distraction. In Portugal . Dos PEDRO, supported by foreign merce naries, still retains possession of Lisbon, while Don Mt- GUEL appears to have gone into winter-quarters at Santarem. Oporto is also in the bands of the Pedroites, but all the rest of the kingdom is in the power of DON NIIGEEL, and nine-tenths of the people are devoted to his Pause. We have been somewhat at a loss to account for the apathy and the apparent impolicy of the measures of DON MIGUEL; but what has recently occurred has helped to an explanation. The slurring process seems to be the one adopted. MIGUEL knows that his troops have little or no chance before the desperate adventurers from England and France, who are fighting for life and plunder; but he calculates upon their resources becoming exhausted, and upon quarrels about the spoil committing more havoc than he is able to do by active hostilities. One French officer, of some distinction' in the service of PEDRO, has already committed suicide; and a few weeks ago there was a serious mutiny among the shabby and hungry rogues who call themselves " British officers." A regi ment of genuine British soldiers, commanded by real Bri tish officers, would drive them out of the kingdom in twenty-four hours. It is therefore pretty clear, that do. mestic broils will do more for MIGUEL than anything else. These adventurers, of course, expect to be paid for their ;eminent services, and like all men of their class discontented patriots at home, and insolent tyrants abroad, they will not be content with a trifle.— The day of settlement must come, for they are needy and importunate; and when it does come, then will begin._the,.re.action. -Unfortunately for PEDRO lie is entirely in the power of these men. He is friendless and contemptible. They alone keep him where be is ; they alone call his poor child Queen, and him Regent• E m pty title ! They are the Regents—these hireling scoundrels collected from the goals and the stews of Paris and London, are the sovereigns of Lisbon. What do they care for liberty or constitutions, for PEDRO or DONNA MARIA ? Their liberty is the liberty of plunder—their idea of a censtitntion is to secure rations, to obtain a living at the expense of others, to acquire money, or land, or houses, or something convertible into money. These they must obtain, or woe be to their ostensible master ! If ever PEDRO should gain the entire and un questioned possession of Portugal, these locusts would be sure to eat him up, and convert to their own uses the best portions of his territory. The only safety he has consists in their devouring one another, and unless better success attends their cause, it would not surprise us if this desirable consummation were speedily to take place. By the New York packet ship, Napoleon, Captain Smith, which arrived here yesterday, we have received New York papers to the 9th, and a file of Montreal pa pers to the sth instant. They are unusually barren of intelligence. The accounts previously received of the improvement in the public health at New Orleans are confirmed down to the 25th of October. There had been two or three nights' frost, on which reliance was placed for the removal of the epidemic, which has swept away so large a portion of the inhabitants of that city and its vicinity. Whether the frosts will agree as well with ve getable as with animal matter is questionable. The su gar cane is not likely to benefit much by the contact. "Accounts of a recent date had been received from the river Plate, at New York, stating that " the political state of the country was still unsettled, and that, for the preceding week, the garrison of the city (Buenos Ayrds) kept upon their until., the sentinels hailing every body that passed." At Monte Video greater tran quillity existed. The Alabama question, relative to the Creek Indians, excites much controversy. There seems a strong dispo sition to make it a party question in some quarters ; and in others to denounce that disposition. It is at least a question of much difficulty ; and one in which not only the welfare of the parties c:.;ncerned, but the character cf the government, may be deeply involved. Previously to the sailing of the Napoleon, the Cale donia packet ship from hence had arrived out. The in fluence of the intelligence from hence, as to the state cf the markets, could not be felt. We have elsewhere given the latest state of the Charleston markets. The Montreal papers do not present a single feature of interest The commerce of the Canadas, as regarded its exports, had maintained itself, for the ten months which had elapsed, very nearly on a footing with a correspond ing period of the last year. In wheat and flour, how ever, the exports to this country for the present year had exceeded those of the last by about 120,000 bushels of the ormer, and 37,000 barrels of the latter. The poet of the Morning Post was pleased, a. few days ago, to inform the world, in lively rhymes, that— , "Lord Durham's come to town ;" for which important information, derived we trust from the best sources, our worthy contemporary, we hope, has not laid himself open to the consequences of a criminal information. In other quarters it is stated that Lord GREY has been to Brighton, - that a cabinet council has been held, and that important changes are on the eve of taking place in the administration. These sort of rumours, we admit, are generally preva lent at this season of the year, and previous to the meet ing of Parliament. That Lord GREY is anxious to retire we can well believe, for no man can see the east wind more clearly than the noble Earl ; and as the ruling pas thou is strong in death, we may rest assured that he will not willingly abdicate without conferring upon some of his amiable and virtuous kinsmen a last mark of his affec tion, or without leaving some dear son or brother in office as a legacy to his country. But the secret which we long most of all to know con cerns the illustrious and patriotic Earl of DURHAM. " Lord DußnAm's come to town !" There is something in that. So exalted a personage, whose health has been so extremely delicate, that he recently, and under medical advice, was induced to visit the extremity of Europe, in order to drink the waters of the Neva in the genial clime of Russia—a nobleman who made such a sacrifice for the good of his country, would not, we are convinced, have gone to encounter the fogs of London at this period of the year, unless urged thereto by very important consi derations. Now the question is—what are these consi derations ? There is one point, discernible enough, which will perhaps furnish some clue to the inquiry. Lord DUR HAM told the hole-and-corner Whigs of Gateshead that he was ready once more to devote his powerful talents, as an astute and sarcastic writer, and as an eloquent debater, to the service of his country. In common par lance this means that Lord DURHAM is quite ready to accept office under his father-in-law, who made him an Earl, and that he is above the caprice or the . fastidious : - ness of rejecting the profits and emoluments which office confers. The noble Earl also told his devoted followers that he had the honour to be the author of the first re form bill. Whether he employed Sir JOHN KEY to enter his admirable work at Stationers' Hall, in order to secure the advantages of the copyright to his family, is not stated, but we are bound to presume that such an act of parental providence was not neglected. It was necessity and unavoidable circumstances which induced Sir WAL TER SCOTT to confess that he was the author of Waverley the confession of Lord DURHAM was extorted from his excessive modesty. Rumour in her own invidious way had certainly pointed her long finger at the Earl of DURHAM, and the world admitted that such a stupendous .work could alone have proceeded from the pen of so stupendous a genius. It was a proud day at Gates head, and a never-to-be-forgotton day at Lambton Castle, when its Lord, putting aside the tinsel draperies of diffidence which becloud other men, with a degree of candour never to the adequately admired, conferred upon his friends the honour of confessing in their presence, that he was the author of the reform bill. The authors of Icon Basilike and Junius's Letters were mere fools-- Lord DURHAM is a man of more exqui'site taste and nobler sentiments ! There is, however, much in all this which does not meet the eye. To Lord DURHAM'S modesty we are un der inexpressible obligations. He who writes a work is best qualified to correct its proof sheets. ft is admitted on all hands that Lord BROUGHAM, and Mr. STANLEY, who is a gentleman, and whom we strongly suspect of an inclination to Toryism—it is admitted, we say, on all hands, that the noble and learned Lord, and the right honourable Secretary, did commit the heinous offence of palming a spurious edition of the reform bill upon the public. Some wicked persons, jealous no doubt of the fame of Lord DURHAM, - have more than insinuated that Lord BROUGHAM, on receiving Lord DURHAM'S first perfect version of his reform bill, read it with great care, and then thrust it under the kettle, which at the lone hour in Berkely-square, was enlivening the learned Lord's study of a dry suit in chancery; and there are one or two distinguished members of the house of STANLEY, who affirm that the right honourable Secretary of that name lighted his cigar with the DURHAM ver sion of the bill even without reading it. This is of course, in the present state of the libel laws, which the Whigs, with great consistency, hold in abhor rence, dangerous ground to tread upon ; but if we have committed a trespass, we are quite satisfied that neither Lord BROUGHAM, nor Mr. STANLEY will call to their aid the professional assistance of his :MAJESTY'S solicitor general. On the other hand, Lord GREY is not compromised by the political or prudential acts of Lord BROUGHAM and Mr. STANLEY. The noble Earl knows well enough that the reform bill needs amendment. " All nature," as a certain illustrious statesman who wrote •a play, which questionless has not met the fate of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Don Carlos—" all nature cries aloud for it through all her works." The bill is in a consumptiye condition.— The present measure is useless and IneffdCtive to all in tents and purposes. We admit, being compelled to make a choice of evils, that it is infinitely superibr to the bill of Lord DURIIAM. Still it IS, as Lord DURHAM'S was, per pre-eminence, a bill of fraud. It purportedlto give liberty and the political franchise to the poor man, but it did no such thing practically. It invaded the hereditary and prescriptive privileges of the poor man. It robbed one place in order to distribute its suffrages in a new place. It robbed Preston, for instance, for the benefit of Bir mingham. It threw the outvoters of towns upon coun ties, or upon boroughs with which they had no family, no kindred, no natural connexion. It destroyed old at tachments ; severed ancient alliances ; sepul c h re d l oca l affections; shut out from the exercise of privileges per sons who had been born to the right in particular places, and who had always been proud to exercise it. In short, the reform bill was a glaring fraud—a flagrant job—concocted for the benefit of Whig families—preserv ing all that was base in the representation for the sake of the GREYS, PETTYS, FITZWILLIAMS, GROSVENORS, CA VENDISHES, RUSSELLS, GONERS, (see the first edition of JOHNSON'S Dictionary,) and other Whig families. The Radicals now know this well. A change has come over the spirit of their dream. Their eyes are now open to the fatal ambuscade into which they were led, and they look back upon the past with sorrow, and to the future with those indignant feelings which imposition and disappoint ment invariably inspire. We have taken the town of Preston as an instance of the enormous injustice of the reform bill, simply because its locality is in our own neighbourhood. Its former electors, we concede, enjoy their franchise for life. But who will represent them when they are dead ? Their children ? No such thing. They are rooted_out as the execrated weeds of a family garden. A house rented at ten pounds a year is declared to be the tenure of the political privilege. This amount of rent fixes the mi nimum below which the occupant of a house ceases to be VEMBER 26, 1833. an elector. In the present state of affairs rents are not likely to rise. Every reduction of taxation must lower them: Take the taxes off timber, tiles, bricks, glass, &C. as Sir HENRY PARNELL proposes, and cheaper houses at • lower rents must be the result. In this case we are al•• ready at our numerical maximum with respect to the elec tive body. Rents are actually on the decline in most towns in England ; and the period is near at hand when thousands of workmen, who might at present quail themselves to vote, if they felt disposed, will be for ever excluded by the late re form bill, from the political fran chise. This, then, brings us back to the point from which we started, and to a certain extent enables us to conjecture the secret reasons which have induced the noble premier to call to the councils of the nation the illustrious Earl of Du R utm. We have said that no man is so Well 'quail' fled to correct the proof sheets of his own work as the author himself. Lord DURHAM is the author of a work , the first reform bill fir example, from which the present work now in the hands of the public, and recently se popular, was pirated. Parliament is expected to meet about the end of January, or the beginning of February next. If Lord DuntiAm be selected, and we suspect he is, to reform the ref orm bill—t o correct an d amen d the , spurious edition—t o erase th e i nterpo l at i ons o f Lor d BRouonAm and Mr. STANLE Y —th e ti me c h osen is Pre' cisely that which give s t o th e no bl e E ar l t h e re quisite study and leisure for th e ar d uous un d erta ki ng . The death struggle has fallen up on th e assesse d taxe s, and the Whigs are pledged, whi c h pl e d ge we s h ou ld deal of no earthly value, were it no t th a t ' t h ey are a l so eon' polled to relinqui s h the best portion o f these tale!' namely, the house and wi n d ow t axes a t t h e term ination of the next April qua r t er . I n f ac t, L or d A LTUOR P, or whoever may be C HANCELLOR o f the EXCHEQUER during the ensuing quarter, will be badgered and intimidate d ' into the remission of these burdens, and when th e major part is gone, the minor will not be worth the 0" pense of collection. The whole of the assessed taxes. must go, and the honest and worthy collectors. of them, for whom we have a particular respect, may make ' II P their minds that they are going the last of their rounds. This is all pleasant enough we confess ; but with the taxes where goes the criterion of enfranchisement ? The reform bill is knocked on the head by this species of financial reform. A new tenure of privilege will be fe to be concocted, apart from taxation, and this task Is likely to devolve on the ingenious Lord DURHAM. W e may well envy the talents of the noble Earl, but certes we do not envy his onerous and responsible duties. The next question is, will the poor rates be made the substitute for the assessed taxes ? Will the man who le rated to the poor upon a rental of ten pounds and upwar ds be alone admitted upon the elective roll? Beware, inY Lord DURHAM, what you are about ? If you o)nri ect poor rates with political rights, and exclude from the W I. chise all who do not pay certain rates on or before a cer tain day, you will put an end to poor rates as effeCtUa ll Y as you have done to the assessed taxes. Lord Bula rsa- TON has already taken the alarm, and if poor r ates inte r " pose between the householder and the right of voting a t elections, it will not be long before there are as mall unions formed to resist their payment as there are at pre; sent to resist the taxes. "What is to become of the poor? you will probably ask. Pshaw ! when did a Whig ca se for the poor ? Ask Lord JOHN RussELL—did he consider the merits, the rights, the wants, or the claims of th e poor, when he advocated the reform bills in the House o f Commons ? Not b e; nor did one of your Unpr i nc iple d .. party ever admit the right of the poor man, or the °Pe ril- . tive, to a voice i n our e l ect i ons. Y ou had no liberty to spare for any man who did nut keep a shop or let lodging ° —a vender of gi n , a rece i ver o f stolen goods, a dealer. I n old clothes, or a retailer of quack medicines. The union" ists are sensitively alive to all these nice points, and ! e are much mistaken if they are not prepared at this hour, or rather as soon as th e assesse d taxes are repea led ' t° make an atta c k u p on th e poor rates, espec i a ll y i n L o ndo!+ . where a large po r ti on o f th e ra t es are consume d i n taining the poli ce . Th e poor, o f course, w ill have t°, shift for them se l v esbeg, steal, or Starve—endeavour . t ° transport themselve s — or ge t on or out o f th e world any manner approved of by Miss MARTINEAU, and oth er - interesting and b enevo l ent l a di es o f a cer t a i n age. Still we have not answered the question—what s4o' Lion is Lord DURHAM to fill in the cabinet ? Here confess we are at fault. If he were a lawyer we shoul d think that he would aspire to the office of attorney gene ral. If he were not too amiable and too retiring a P" r " sonage, he might covet the premiership; but at any re . ""' we should like to see him secretary for foreign affairs in the room of Lord PALMERSTON. He would have t Whigs engaged in a hot war before three months, an then would begin the fun in right earnest. THEATRE-ROYAI„ LIVERPOOL rums present TUESDAY EVENING, the •?dth instant, 11_ will be performed Coiman's Play of THE IRON CHEST, Sir Edward Morti►ner....Mr. Vandeuhoff. Lady Helen. ...Mrs. Brooks. At the end of the Piay, a SCOTCH DANCE, by Master Biekerstaff:.. After which, the favourite Operetta of No To conclude with the popular and interesting Drama of JONATHAN BRADFORD. To-mon now, (Wednesday,) the FOUNDLING of the FOREST, a new Farce, never acted here, called MY NEIGII BOUR'S WIFE, with the YEOMAN'S DAUGHTER. On TntasPAy, BuuTus, MR. and MRS. PRINGLE, and the RENT DAY. On FRIDAY, the SCHOOL (X 01E1 7 0101, a new Farce, called UNCLE JOHN, with NOVSONG NO SUPPER. Mr. BRAIIAM, Of the Theatres loyal Drury-lane and Covent-garden, is en gaged for Ten Nights, and will make his first appearance here these two years on Monday next, the 2nd Docember, when will be performed the Opera of - THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE. Count Beiino Mr. Braham. llosalvina....Miss Turpin, Of the 'Theatre-royal Haymarket, who is re-engaged expressly fur Mr. &allures nights. Mr. Braham's other nights of performance next week will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. PATRONIZED BY THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR. QIGNORS VOLPE and MALGARINI, from Naples, most respectfully inform the Nobility and Gentry, that they will give a GRAND EVENING CONCERT of Vocal and Instru mental Music, at the A DELPHI 1 1}OTEL, Ranelagh-street, Liverpool, Tins DAY, (Tuesday,) Ole 26th instant. Tichets SP. each.—The Concert to commence at Eight precisely. Tickets to be had of Mr. Weiss, Music Seller, Church-street; and of Signors Malgarini and Volpe, No. 7, Duke-street.-- The Guitar taught by Signor Volpe. TO CORR ESPONDENTS. We are compelled, thought very reluctantly, to omit for the present, several very interesting letters and communications which we have received, many of them from esteemed cor respondents. These commissioners are certainly bores in more ways than one. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'cloe,C;,.i The private letters from New York, to the Ist instw i inclusive, contain intclligQnce of great importance t° ous merchants trading with the United States. It aPPO." 4 - that the American Government had d ec id e d that Merin ° not coming under the head of worsted or woollen manilli factures, are to pay a duty of 50 per cent. in lien of per cent. A treasury order to this effect had been re` ceived at New York, and it had excited a very kr e o , sensation among the mercantile interests, as ntlinu ; ,!• s had paid the duty at the rate of 10 per cent., and it vr" - be question whether the remaining 40 per cent. could on enforced. Numerous parties, also, had the good s a d. hand, and were prepared to pay the 10 p er c ent., in tit , dition to which large quantities were on their way °ty having been shipped under the impression that the du of 10 per cent. was the legitimate. one. We have a file of Baltimore papers, by which we lear: that information having been asked whether Inklenh u A rg ty Osnaburgs, and Burlaps would be admitt e d free Of "c u d after the 31st Dec., 1833, the f o ll o win g had been niched in reply : • "Treasurer's Department, Comptroller's OP' Dec. 2.3, 18.3 2 t ide Upon this subject I have to ob serve th a t, as the 21st ackto of the 2d section of the Act of the 14th of July, 18 32, ra , (- Inklenburg, Osnaburge, and Burlap s exce pt e d f r om raa na nt•• tures of hemp or flax, paying an ad valorem duty of 25 the y-ire without making any other special provision for them: hef considered as being embi aced by the classification of "blesc o , or unbleached linens" in the 24th article of the said sec t ( and accordingly will be free of duty, upon being imported the 31st of December next." The Consol Market has been flat, 871 beingithenirs for the Account, and for the next Ac co unt 88fr ":&, Stock has declined to 2391 2401, and Bank to 2Q 9 ,4 In Foreign Bonds there is little to notice, 13 0 ,t same heaviness prevails in the Northern BondsdisP,l'i s ti by the English. Russian . Bonds arc at 1021 4 , P ei g e sii at 941 05, Dutch 21 per Cents. at 491:and Portug o Regency _Stock at 60k. Spanish Bonds are 221 23 ,,•„ /0 16 Little has been doing in the Share Market. Ga n Shares are £4B 10s. to £49 10s. • LONDON LATEST SHIPPING NEWS! Lloyd's, Fits o'clock, Sa We regret to state that. John Bennett, Esq., the m i ci l 9o - esteemed secretary of this establishment, has been t gerously ill, but are happy t o a dd, th a t the accn",,,-sre this morning state him to be out of d anger , and gi mise that he will soon again resume those duties ne fac for so long a period performed so much to the sati es to , tion of the subscribers and the adv an t ag e of the o . blishment. The Suffolk, M'Donald, from_ Liverr °i oo rived at Maranham on the 2d October, in 38 days' e d Wilberforce, Harris, from the same p or t, also arri v 00 Maranham on the 4th, after a passage of 29 days'„, Home, lull, sailed from Maranham for Liverpool 2d October. fro' s The Harbinger, Champion, arrived at Leghor n Liverpool on tha 4th oovember. t S ta Tr nand from]iverpool, has arrive d John's, N, B. - • ebe e " The Sion, Hill, from Liverpool, has arrived at Xl° ef its There has been but little in the way of shipping 13 . • to-day at Lloyd's. According to the German Pedagogic- Magazin., th e „ re rs u itt j , lately in Suahia a schoolmaster who for fifty-one Y e— Fren superintended an institution with old fashioned severity. one ° an average inferred by means of recorded observatiotliuro f e the ushers has calculated, that in the course of bise Ner ;ot r o f o had given 911,500 canines, 124,000 floggings, 209,uvu 136,000 tips with the ruler, 10,200 boxes on the ear, an," be Its f tasks to get by heart. It was furth er ca l cu lated tha t made 70t boys stand on pe as , 600 k nee l o n a sharp e • wood, 5000 wear the fool's cap, and 1708 hold the rod. lat e : „ Q . the MORE THAN A PROVIDEN TIAL E SCAPE . —DuT.-. 0/0- Ilse to rains, when a number of our mount a i n - s t re ams wer e geot,, s i beyond their usual size, a serving w om an, who wat e r bring water for some domestic purposes, returned .7 0e , k o was considered rather an unrea so n a bl e , length of ti de d making her way to the kitchen, her mistress dem_,l i t he e);, d had kept her so long. "Keepit me sae lang!" Sa ',vl, o , - e os j, ping absentee with a look of surprise, "Deed, ye by e to see me again. The burn was rennin' frae bar"t de poo - missed a fit and fell in, and if it hadna been for Pro'B eg tsge s . anithes' woman, I wad hae been drowutd.”—Perth 11."'