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ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVERPOOL STAN DAR D. THE Publisher of the " LIVERPOO STANDARD," 1..., ,i,e in returning thanks to his mut runs t 'riends and the Public for the very distinguished patr aze has hitherto enjoyed, begs to announce that it is his inte ion ttiie,N LARGE the Paper, to the extent of SIX COLUM , S on each day of publication, from the FIRST WEEK IN du. next ensuing. An extended Prospectus will shortly be issued, explaining the various Improvements which it is intended to make, both in the Political, Literary, and Mercantile Departments of the LIVER.. 1 3 00 t. STANDARD. St. George's Crescent, April 28, 1838. T G. SWAINSON, DRAPER AND TA fr.oß, respectfully • begs to inform his Friends and the'Public in general that he has This Day taken his Sort into Partnership, and hopes, by additional attention and punctuality, to merit a continuance of their kind patronage. Castie- , treet, Ist June, 183. ESTABLISHMENT FOR BOARD AND -- LODGING. 109, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. CONDUCTED BY THE- MISSES PERKINS. I N soliciting the support of Families and Gentlemen visiting Liverpool, the Misses PERKINS beg to observe, that their Establishment will he found to combine economy with the oomfortand quiet of a PRIVATE Rp:siDEINcE. Parties preferring it may have a Private Drawing-room. Uzlantco, WAN MD, in an Office, a respectable,stont, smart LAD, about seventeen years of age. Salatr , y, Wto £l5 the first year. Apply, in the applicant's own handwritinv, stn. - fir:J: references, and with whom last employed, to A: F., at the Standard-office. Emperial Vartiament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MoNDAY. The presentation, by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, of a petitio'ir from the West-end tradesmen, for the postponement of the " coronation," called forth some curious conversation, Earl Fit zwilliatri designating that ceremonial as an idle and useless pageant. The consideration of the poor relief (Ireland) bill occupied the remainder of the evening. There was a good deal of discussion previously to their Lord ships resolving into committee on the bill. 'rhe Eail of RODEN moved as an amendment that their lordships resolve into committee that' day six months ; but the amendment was eventually withdrawn, and the house went into committee. After extended debate, in the course of which Lords Fitz gerald, Melbourne, and Brougham delivered their opiniuns, it was adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. Mr. Heneage was sworn, and took his seat for Devizes; and a new writ was ordered for the county of Linlithgow, in the room of Mr. James Hope, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP The order of the day for taking into consideration the reso lutions relating to negro apprenticeship in the West Indies having been read, Sit G. Gass rose, pursuant to notice, and, in the course of a speech of souse length and ability, adverted with considerable severity to the conduct of the recent meeting at Exeter Hall, and complained of the eager and injudicious haste with which tidings had already been sent out to the West Indies of the un expected adoption of the resolution of Sir Eardley Wilmot. This fact alone rendered it imperative upon ministers to lose no time in taking measures to counteract what he must call a wicked attempt to create an impression which might otherwise be productive of the most fatal results. His anxiety was to pro tect the peaceable but hopeful negroes from the grossest delu sion; and he claimed of the house, that it would lend its aid in securing adherence to a course of policy consistent with reason, justice, and enlightened benevolence. He concluded by moving—" I. That, In order to prevent the injurious conse quences which may follow from the intentions of parliament being left in doubt, and in order to maintain the peace and wel fare of the colonies, it is necessary to declare that, in the opi nion of this house, it is not advisable to adopt any proceedings for the purpose of giving effect to the resolution of the 22d of May.-2. That this house, at the same time, declares its opi nion that no means should be omitted which can tend to secure to the negro population of her Majesty's colonies the privileges to which they are entitled under the act for the abolition of . slavery, and under the act fur the amendment of the slavery abolition act : and further, that the anxious attention of this house. will be directed to the state and condition of the negro population, when the expiration of the term of apprenticeship shall have entitled them to the full enjoyment of entire free dom." Sir E. WicmoT . said he was perfectly ready, if the amend; ments which he intended to propose were successful, to in troduce a bill for the purpose of carrying out the resolution of the 22 , 1 of May, which would include provisions to confer secu rity upon the negro, and safety to the masters, and would place the negro exactly in the position of the free labourer in England. If, however, his amendment should be unfortunately lost, he would not only say what he should do, but he would take any and evtry constitutional course which was open to hitt' for the purpose of effectuating the resolution of the 22d of May. He proposed, then, by way of amendment, to leave out all the words in the original motion after the word " that," for the purpose of inserting words to this effect :—" That it is the opinion of this house that the resolution passed on the 22d of May should be carried into effect by means of a legislative enactment; due provision being made to secure the peace of the-colonies, and to promote the full enjoyment of equal rights among all classes." Mr. VituEas seconded the amendment. A long debate ensued. The speakers were Mir. Barron, Mr. Sergeant Jackson, Mr. Holton, Sir C. E. Grey, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Ellice, who said, that if the ikterests ofthe masters alune had been at stake, those he woulcrhtve compensated in money; but he objected to the immediate abolition, not for the sake of the master, but of the negro. Befort the negro could be safely set at large, you must provide a poor law—a vagrant law—an improved curreflcv—and you must ripodel the dis crepant legislatures of the different colonies. These were works of some time and care. Sir H. INGLIS and Mr. BA INS followed, and were succeeded by Sir ROBERT PEEL, who teryemphatically stated his Ajection to a resolution which was avowedly not to be followed up by a bill, but which reserved a former deliberate resolution, affected to repeal a soletril act of Parliament, and sought to.ingol,Yert he house in ditliAlties, hot only without the accompirshinent of any good purpose, but with the mischievous consequence of ex pectations of the negroes. If the resolution Of the hon. mem ber for Warwickshire were permitted to remain unrescinded, an impression might get abroad, that, the legislature having abdicted its functions, they devolved upon Exeter Hail; a heavy blow would be struck at the influence of parliament, and it might even be deprived hereafter of the power of holding the balance of justice between the planters and the slaves with a firm and steady hand. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the amendment, and was followed by Lord STAN LEY, who opposed it. After a few remarks from Dr. LUiHINGTON, Lord Joust RUSSELL declared his determination to oppose the anieudnient, and said, if the resolutions proposed by the government were carried, the effect would be, that the act for the emancipation of the negroes would go on, and time would then be.given for the preparation of the various measures ne cessary on the alteration which would take place in the condi tion of the negro population in 18-10. If the house did not in terfere to limit the period stipulated for the continuance of the -apprenticeship system, and thus create irritation, the best re-' suits might be expected; but if those expectations were disap pointed, then the house would have to thank itself, or those who had attempted to mar a fair experiment, should confusion and irritated feelings take the place of order and harmony. The house then divided, when there appeared—For the mo tion. 250; for the abiendment,- 17S ; majority-72. It was agreed that the house shonid sit next day, (Tuesday), and proceed with the Irish Municipal Corporations bill. 'r h e other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at two o'clock. - NATANTED, an ASSISTANT to an Ironmonger. one ac customed to the Ship Business will be preferred. Address, M.H., STANDARD-OFFICE. MURDER NEAR THE WATERLOO ROAD. Ott Satuiday morning the inhabitants of Waterloo-road, London, and the streets adjacent to it, were alarmed by the re port that a woman name! Eliza Greenwood, residing at No. 12, 'Wellington-terrace, had been inhumanly murdered in the course of the preceding night. The report of the alleged mur der was first given by a man lodging at No. 12, Wellington terrace, who, at six o'clock on Saturday morning, was observed 'to run out of the house calling police, and ejaculating that naur der had been committed. At the end of the terrace the man alluded to met policeman 31, L, and having apprised him that a woman had been murdered,•he• (the policeman) immediately proceeded to • the house, and on entering the back parlour, which is fitted up as a bed-room, he beheld a . female, about 25 vear3 of age, lying on the floor with her throat cut in a dread :lA manner, and quite dead. The body was lyitag near the en trance into the room, and there were several cuts or gashes across her hands, as if she had struggled against her assailant. -From the inquiries made by the police, it appeared, that the un fortunate woman, who is described as having been remarkably -handsome, h'ad been for some time living with a man at the house in Wellington -terrace. On Friday night Eliza Greenwood left home in the early part orthe afternoon, and returned at twelve o'clock the same night, when her servant, a young girl, perceived that she was accom panied by a gentleman, and having gone up stairs from the kitchen without a candle, asked-her if she should return down -- stairs and strike a light. Ile mistress, however, desired her to go to bed, adding that she should get a light herself, as she knew in what part of the room the tinder-box was to be found. As this conversation took place in the dark in the passage of the house, the servant had no opportunity of distinguishing the ='features of the person by whom her mistress was accompanied, - but she describes him to he a Well-dressed man, rather tall and of gentlemanly appearance, so far as the light of the night enabled her to see. That she (the servant girl) then went down stairs, and she heard her mistress and the gentleman enter the back parlour, which is the bed-room, and shut and lack the door after them. The servant girl, however, says she heard no noise <hiring, the night, and that the first intimation she had that )ter mistress was murdered was on hearing the Man, under whose protection she was living, and who slept in - the house, giving the alarm, at six o'clock in the morning. The man with whom the unfortunate woman was known to have • been living for a considerable time, has given the following ac count of all he says he knows of the• transaction :—He states, that he slept in the house with the deceased on -Friday night, but not in the same room, and that he was in the habit of going out of a morning as early as six o'clock. That on Monday morning, when he got up and went down stairs, he saw the can dlestick on the mat at the street door, and being rather surprised at the circumstances he went to the back parlour dour, and opening it was horror struck on seeing Eliza Greenwood with 'her throat cut from ear to ear. That he immediately gave the alarm in the house, and apprised the watchman on duty of what had occurred. He adds, that he was asleep in a-room up stairs at the time the deceased came home with the gentleman, and that he was not aware of the latter fact until he was informed by the girl that such 'was the case. 'From the wounds inflicted • on the deceased's hands, there is no doubt that she had been murdered. •FCRTt-lER 'PARTICULARS. (Prom the Standard of Wednesday.) -On Monday evening, immediately after tbe'inquest was ad .journed on the body of Eliza Greenwood, the unfortunate woman who was murdered on Saturday morning last, at No. 12, Weltthgton-terrace, in the Waterloo-road, Mr. Cooke, sur geon, accumpanie.d by other professional gentlemen, proceeded to the house fur the purpose of making a more minute examin atiOn of the body after it had been divested of the clothes in which it was enveloped than these gentlemen had,previoosly an -lupportiltiiry of- arcomplishinv. The examination occupied nearly three hours, and the result was as fullews hotly of'7Eliza Greenwood, besides OM ' - livrAindi already described, a wontid - wasdiscOVered at the bottom of the sternum, which penetrated the right cavity of the chest, but not to - any very great depth. About three itithes lower ffilotbel•pencture was found which had entered the abdomen. There tifnother slight wound about two inches below the left nipple ; tae which*, although it was firstsupposed to have. penetrate444tig heart, was found not to have entered far into the chest. Reside the above, there was also a slight wound on lhe'rorehead. The ab ,re wounds, with the exception of the one oa the forehead, were of an irregular description, and had the appearance of being caused by stabs. The in egulatity pro ceeded in' all' probabiliiyfrom the instrument with which the wounds were inflicted havine , struck against a busk worn by the deceased. The wound on the back of the neck penetrated be tween the third and fourth vertebra;, and the wound in the throat had completely divided the 'carotid artery, and bad also com pletely severed the windpipe." Notwithstanding a surmise to the contrary has been expressed, Mr. Crooke is of opinion that the first wound inflicted on the un fortunate woman was that at the back of the neck, and that it was inflicted nut only by a heavy instrument, but by a most powerful arm, Since the discovery of the wounds on the body of the deceased, it is now put beyond the shadow of a- doubt that the weapon used in the perpetration of this inhuman massacre was not a razor, as was at first imagined, but an extremely sharp-pointed instrument, and one of the medical men is strongly prepossessed with the opinion that all the wounds, those in the neck included, were inflicted with one of those long-bladed Spanish knives with a spring to prevent its closing at the handle end of the blade. Inspector Field has succeeded in discovering the cabman who conveyed the deceased and the individual who accompanied her home from the Strand Theatre. His statement is that the de ceased was accompanied by a gentleman answering the descrip .tion deposed to at the inquest. After calling the cab a conten tion arose between the deceased and her friend, which lasted about four minutes, during which the gentleman several times said, "Am Ito go with coti?" The deceased then said the cabman his fare, and they both proceeded in the vehicle over Waterloo-bridge, and were set oown within about four doors off No. 12, into which house they were seen to enter b y the cab man. During the words which took place between them pre vious to their entering the cab the gentleman was frequently heard to address her as " Li-zzy," the name she was generally •known by. Hubbard, the man with whom the deceased cohabited, is •still•in the house, from which he is not allowed to depart, the police keeping a striet surveillance o-ver him. He has scarcely tasted a morsel of food since the dreadful occurrence, but-has remained in a state of mental abstraction, his time being occu pied in smoking tobacco -most immoderately. It has transpired that on the policeman who was first called in after the discovery of the horrid transaction enteiing the room in which the body of the deceased was found, he observed 'the man Hubbard take up 7s. in silver, which were lying on the dressing-table, and quietly put them in his pocket. The circumstance at the time excited no surprise, but it has since • given rise to a deal of conversation and surmise. A remarkable fact is related of the unfortunate deceased— .trarnely, that at the period of the murder of Maria Martin, by Liza Greenwood was at that particular time on a visit -at a friend's house in the iininediate vicinity, and that she was e'tlie first person who entered the Red Barn, where the murder was committed, and beheld the mangled corpse of the ill-fated Acid. "IT'S ALL A MISTAKE ;" OR, A WORD FOR THE 'FAIL. (Fi-Om the Morning Herald: " Dixit abbas ad prioriq 'Tu es homo both morii, Quia semper sanioris Mihi das considi.'" 41 ., When Protestant England, some nine summers past, ` rl.-• Ilade a blunder —we wish we might call it hertast, k Certain ,people agreed—the suggestion their own— if;, To abjure all designs on her 'church and her throne. The oath was propounded, and brimful of hope, a:: 'Their leader wrote off to his master the Pope, - Requesting to know if true sons of the see iL" , 'Could break such a vow, with a conscience scot free. lii " / The note reached the conclave his holiness sat in, Which just then was discussing "good works" in bad Latin, • And "Tace," says he, to a priest putting queries, H . Which meant "hold your row, while I see what this here is." The Pepe read, and muttered "Well, spire me tight ! It's a puzzler—l'll think of an answer to-night; `peregere licet,' " says he to the qmirist, And tossed dawn the note to the clerk who sat nearest. Says that clerk to himself (Tim 0' Patrick his Dame), ' "Now his riv'rince intimls me to answer this same; What he-manes by that Greek I've no sinse any way, - But its clear as the crathur it's what I'm to say." tio he wrote—" The Pope's love to yirself and all friends, • "And pes•jury limes the message he sends." Before Dan and his tail the epistle was laid, And the sequent debates show how well it's obeyed! t THE DEATH HT THE COUNTESS AMHERST.—We regret to state that the Countess of Amherst died on Sunday morning , In - shortly after 11, at the family mansion, in Grbsvenor-street. The tate countess was a widow of the fifth Earl of Plymouth, and was united to the Earl of Amherst, the 24th of July, 3800. She was a daughter of the last Lord Archer, and mother of the Mar chioness of Downshire and Lady Harriet Clive, by the Earl of Qlymouth, and Viscountess Holmesdale, and several children by the Earl of Amherst. Her ladyship's illness has been of short duration. By the do th of her ladyship -many noble families ~.are placed in mourning'. . r r :,DL II OF THF. Co'uNTESS or HARROWBY.—We regret to -announce the dearh of this much-respected lady, who expired ou Sunday af:ernoon, at the residence of the Earl of Harrowby, in Grosverror-sqoam Her ladyship, who was married to the noble earl in 17`2.5.,- was formerly Lady Susannah Levyson Cower. dan:,,hter of the first Margivis of 'Stafford, sister to the -,-.ager of Beaufort and To Earl Granville, and aunt is • Grace the llnke of Sutherland, Viscount Morpeth, the Edwarct, Howard, M.P., Lord Eliot, and to George 9,‘„tzi.villl , ..Har,liinrt, Esq., M.P., eldest son of the Archbishop ' I , 1 , — Numerons families go into mourning on this melan choly oc, a „i on. • HOUSE OF .COMMONS.-TUESDAY. A net the presentation of many petitions, Sir STRATFOR D CANNING deferred his motion regarding the Vixen till Juoe 12. On the motion that the house resolve into committee on the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill, Sir B. PEEL brought forward his promised views of the measures regarding Ireland generally, giving utterance to them in the hope ofadjusting the questions respecting the poor, tithes, and the church, and the municipal corporation - (lreland), and thus securing tranquillity to the country. He thought, first, that there must be some legal provision for the destitute poor of Ireland. On the second point he was prepared to proceed to the adjustment of the tithe question, by making tithes a " rent charge," but leaving the church as it now is, except to equalise livings, to limit pluralities, and to correct abuses. The princi ple of "appropriation" to make no part of the arrangement, as he considered that the sense of the country was with him, and decidedly against that principle. On the third measure, though he still retained his opinion on the subject of the corporations, he admitted that there was no hope of satisfactorily adjusting it, without proceeding on the basis of the English and Scotch cor porations, an elective constituency, and a £lO qualification. The right hon. baronet abstained from details, limiting himself to general and temperate observations, but declaring that, if the propositions now made were not acquiesced in during the present, session, he should feel warranted in acting as if he had not made them. Lord J. RUSSELL expressed the satisfaction with which he had heard the conciliatory propositions and observations ; he considered that they could not tail to be useful and tranquillis ing to Ireland, and beneficial to the country generally. He was anxious to make every concession for the sake of peace, and the adjustment of these important Irish questions, that would not compromise the utility and efficiency of the measures. He afterwards remarked that he did not propose the "appropriation" clause only because he thought he could not carry it. _ Mr. 0' i3oNsaLi. feared that the proposed arrangement had more reference to the strength and views of parties than any reference to the feelings and wishes of the people of Ireland. . _ Mr. WARE. said that, notwithstanding the diplomatically managed proceeding between the opposition and the govern ment, he did not abandon the "appropriation" clause, and he should afford those who thought with him the opportunity of re cording their opinion by moving an instruction to the corn mittee on the Tithes ( eland) Bill to insert an appropriation clause, and would take the sense of the house on it. After remarks from Mr. SHAW, Lord CLEMENTS, &c., the bill was committed pro forma ; no part of it was proceeded with, but deferred till Friday. The other orders ot the day were then disposed of. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY, The SPEAKER entered the house at the usual hour, but there being only 27 members present at four o'clock, the right hon. gentleman adjourned the house. PILOTAGE NEW BILL, A bill is now before the House of Commons for the Extension of the French System of Centralisation to Pilotage. In the 6th year of the reign of George the Fourth, an actwas passed which gave to the Trinity House of Deptford Stroud, authority "to appoint sub-comniissioners of pilotage to any port or place in England, except within the liberty of the Cinque Ports, and all other ports or place, for which particular provision shall have been made by any act or acts of parliament, or by any charter or charters for the appointment of pilots." The present bill extends the authority of the Trinity House of Deptford Stroud to all ports and places, except as is pointed out in the following clause:— " Provided always, and be it enacted, that no such Commis sioners be appointed' by the said corporation, either for any port or district being at the time of the passing this act in mat ters of pilotage, within the jurisdiction of the Court of Load manage of the Cinque Ports, or for the Ports of Hull, New castle or Leath respectively, but that from the commencement of the operation of this act the said court of Load-manage, or such and so many persons being members thereof as the same court shall from time to time appoint in that behalf, shall be the Commissioners of Pilotage for the respective ports or dis tricts so being within the jurisdiction of that court; and the corporations of the Trinity House of the ports of Hull, New castle and Leith respectively, or such as many persons being members of the said corporations respectively as they shall from time to time respectively appoint in that behalf, shall be the Commissioners of Pilotage for the said last-mentioned ports res pectively; and the said Court of Load-manage and Corpora tions respectively sball have such and the,same powers of re moving any commissioners appointed by them as aforesaid, and of filling up any vacancies which may occur in the office of commissioners for the said ports respectively, as are by this act vested in the said corporation in Trinity House of Deptford Stroud with respect to commissioners to be appointed by them." "England," the Temps •observes, is a vast manufactory, a great laboratory, a universal counting-house. France is a r►ch farm tending to turn itself into a manufactory. Germany is an ill cultivated field, because they are philosophers and not pea sants who till it. Southern Italy is a villa in ruins. Northern Italy:is an artificial prairie. Belgium is a forge. Holland is a canal. 'Sweden and Denmark are carpenters' yards. Poland is a sandy heath. Russia is an ice-house. Switzerland is a chalet. Greece is a field in a state of nature. Turkey is a field fallow. India is a gold mine. Egypt is a workshop for appren— tices. Africa is a furnace. Algiers is a nursery ground. Asia is a grove. The Antilles are sugar refineries. South America is a store. North America is a till full; Spain is a till empty." ADVENTURES OF A BALE - OF COTTON.—A bale of cotton was shipped on hoard of the Great Western at New York on the 6th inst., arrived in K►ng-road on the 22d, was sent to the new cot ton -factory at Bristol on the 23d, and on the 24th part of it manufactUred into yarn, was exhibited, at a public meeting of the inhabitants, as a specimen of the first cotton ever manufac tured in that city. 1- *C . ; - „ • ELI /APO STAN-I*k]). . UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE OXFORD, MAY 23.—0 n WeJnesday, July 4, an election will take place at University College, 'to *till a vacant fellowship on the foundation of King Henry IV. This fellowship is open to all members of the university, with preference to natives of the diocese of York or Durham. The fellows on this foundation are requited to take orders before they can be admitted actual The examination will begin on Saturday, rune 30. 'Certifi cates of baptism, place of birth, and testimonials of good con duct, to be presented to the master on or before Tuesday, June 26. There will be an election at Exeter College, on Saturday, June 3'J, to fill a vacant fellowship, open to natives of the fol lowing counties :—Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Oxford, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Middlesex, Hants, and Kent. Certificates, by affidavit of birth, within the counties mentioned, with the usual testimonials, must be produced 'to the •rector on or before Saturday, June 2.3. Candidates, to be eligible, must be of the standing of senior sophist. Dr. Ogle of Trinity College, and Dr. Daubeny of Magdalen College, have beta appointed examiners of candidates for medi cal degrees. Messrs. Paul, Buller, and W. B. Tritton, have been elected, from Westminster School, students of Christ Church. THE "BAUBLE. (From the Morning Herald.) " Take away that Batible!"—OLD NOLL. `C. W. W. Fitzwilliam, commonly called Earl Fitzwilliam, having in his place in the House of Lords on Monday night bravely and publicly denounced the ceremony of the coronation of the Queen of England as AN IDLE AND RIDICULOUS PA GEANT," inasmuch as "in these:present days of refinement no one attaches any importance to the bauble being placed upon the Sovereign's brow,"—we, the Round-heads and Ranters of these realms do hereby return our especial thanks to the said C. W. W. Fitzwilliam for his courageous denunciation thereof; and we congratulate him more especially fur having had the courage to show his utter contempt of, what are called the laws of gallantry, by waiting till the occasion of a form/e sovereign before he said a word against coronations. It is to be hoped that her Majesty will feel much obliged to him, and will at once sub herself and all her doings to the guidance of C. W. W. Fitzwil- Ham's superior wisdom; and that be will eventually have the glory of leading back the government and the people to the beautiful simplicity observed at the time of the Commonwealth, when the shining lights and leaders of that enlightened era did -Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage Their best and dearest friend, plum-porridge— Fat pie, and goose itself oppose And blaspheme custard through the nese ! But at the same time that we give-our especial 'banks to the said W. Fitzwilliam for his valiant attack upon the young wo man who is called tine Queen, and for his earnest endeavour to deprive her of all the pumps And vanities of this wicked world, we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that he himself retaineth in his own person a pretty considerable disreputable portion of the said pomps and vanities. For 'instance, he calleth hirbself "Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam—Earl Fitzwilliam in Ireland, Viscount Milton, and D.C.L:, of Wentworth-house, Yorkehire; of Milton-park, Northamptonshire; of• Coolatin, in 4reland; and •of Grosvenor.place, in London. What need hath he of all these Names and idle titles ?—what need hath he of such strings of lacquers in gaudy lace-beplastered liveries and powdered polls ?—what need hath henf so many mansions, * and ofall the vain baubles with which his gilded saloons are cramtri'd ? —what need bath he of those mantles, and shields, and horse shoe-swallowing ostriches, and plumed crests emblazoned on the panels of his glittering coaches in all the pride of barbarous heraldry ?—What need bath he of those crimlon robes "pow dered with miniver" and "bared with ermine" in which he arrayeth hiinself on higii days and holidays ?—and lastly, what need hath he -of that bauble coronet which he sometimes tries to balance on the toy of his head at the expense of a terrible hetid ache? Does he think his loyally is added to by his display of these vanities ? Not a bit of it He is not one jot more loyal than he would be if he had not a sixpence to bless himself with. Does he think "in these present days of refinement" that any one " attaches importance" to his strings and his titles, his gold lace and i bis worsted lace, to his miniver and his ermine and his iron-eating ostriches, and his bauble coronet ? Not a bit of it! People know that " loveliness needs not the foreign aid of ornament," and nobody thinks him one jot the hand somer for all these things. Let him abandon them. Lit him—remembering that exam ple is better than precept—set the young Queen a practical ex ample ; let him trample his own Bauble under foot ; let him send his robes to Rag b'aii ; let him mop out with good coal tar the heraldic emblazonings from the panels of his carriages, let him unlace his lacqueys;—let him in short, like good old Lear in the thunder storm, lay hold of his last new satin waistcoat with the greatest energy imaginable and exclaim, " Off, off, you lendings! come, unbutton here!" and then having thus laudably reduced himself to that bare radish-like animal—an unaccommodated man and plain Mr. Fitzwilliam, he may con -sistently clamour against the pomps and vanities of a coronation. THE BALLOT. Among many extravagant absurdities, the advocates Of the Ballot have proposed that the secrecy which no mode of voting can secure, shall be enforced by the indictment and punishment of the person who divulges the name of the candidate in whose favour he recorded his vote. The following amusing report of a supposed case, gives a just and intelligible view of what would be the practical result of any statutable attempt to enforce the the secrecy of the ballot: We take it from the last number of the Quarterly Review : THE QUEEN y. A. B. For revealing his Vote at the East Election for the City. Attorney-General (to wituess)—Du you know A.B. an elector of the City of London ? 'Witness—Yes; that's he at the bar. Attorney-General—Had you ever any conversation with him about his vote at the last election, ? Witness—Yes : on the Saturday night after the erection, after, we had drank three pots of porter each at the " Devil and the Bag o'Nails," behind the Mansion House, r eked him how he had voted. Attorney-general—Well, and what answer did he make ? Witness—He said he had voted as I did. Attorney-General—How did you vote? Chief Justice—Stop Mr. Attorney: you are really asking the witness to commit the offence you are prosecuting►. Attorney-General—Then, my lord. L wave the question, but I submit that I have already proved that the prisoner revealed his vdte; for, as the witness must have known which way he himself had voted, he must Nlso, ex necessitate, know how the' prisoner had voted. Chief Justice—l beg your pardon, Mr. Attorney, but you have not yet proved that the prisoner could have known how the witness had voted, so that what he said may have been mere random talk. You must go a little further. Attorney-General (to witness)—Did he make any reply when he said.that he had voted as you did? Witness—l said, " What then, you voted for Grote ?" Chief Justice—Really, Mr. Attorney, this is very irregular. —Yon are making your own witness subject himself to an indictment. Attorney General—l submit, my lord, that lam quite regu lar. The witness had a right to state, at his own peril, what passed ; but, moreover, this expression—" What, then, you voted fin- Grote ?" is not an assertion, but a mere interrogation. Nothing like such a confession as the witness could be indicted on. Chief Justice—Very well : g o on. Attorney-General—Now, lask you, sir, by virtue of the solemn oath you have taken, and in the face of the country, which has its eyes fixed on this great cause; I ask you what answer did he•inake? Witness—He made none at all. (A laugh.) Attorney-General—What'! Did he say nothing ? Witness—Not a word ! (Renewed laughter.) [Here Mr• Croucher, the agent for ►he prosecution, whis pered the learnedcousell Attorney-General—Ay, ay, said nothing; but did he do no thing? Witness—Yes; he winked his eye. Attorney-General—l thought so; he winked his eye. Your lordship will take a note of that—he winked his ene. What fol lowed his eye ? Witness—l asked him what he meant by that? Attorney-General—And what did he say ? Witness—Why he laughed, and said that a wink was as good as a nod to a blind horse. Attorney-General—My lord, that's our case. Chief Justice—Then, gentlemen of the jury, it becomes my duty to observe to you that it is no case at all. The only ap proach to proof is, that the prisoner said be had voted as the witness did; but the witness's vote was a secret which the pri soner could not legally know—which you cannot legally know, and therefore these words, so far from amount I.lg to a revelation, seem to me rather to increase the mystery—ignotion per ignotios —particularly, gentlemen, when you recollect that the assertion might he false as well as true; and indeed• the legal presumption would be that it was false—because falsehood is, under this soli tary statute, no offence at all—whereas truth would be a transportable misdemeanour; and the law will therefore presume innocence—that is' falsehood—until guilt—that is, truth—shall be incontestibly proved. As to the phrase on which so much stress has been laid, about a blind-horse winking— Attorney-General—l beg your lordship's pardon; but the evidence said, "a wink To a blind horse.' The distinction is of the greatest importance, and will be duly appreciated by such a jury as I now see in the box. [Here the learned gentleman winked at the jurv.—A laugh.] Chief Justice (looking over his notebook.)—Mr. Attorney is right. The words, as I find them in my notes, are—a wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.;" but I confess, gentlemen, whichever way you take them, 1 cannot discover that these words can have any relation to the last general election, norin deed any meaning whatsoever; so that 1 think, you may safely dismiss them from your consideration, and on the whole, gen tlemen, I presume that you will have no hesitation in acquitting the prisoner. Tile jury, after a short deliberation, and without leaving the box, returned a verdict of guilty. _ _ Chief Justice—How gentlemen—guilty? Foreman.—Yes, my lord, we are unanimously of opinion the prisoner knew very well how the prisoner voted; and that giv ing a wink after saying "a wink was as good as a nod to a blind horse.," amounted to giving a nod—that is, to a confession that he had voted for Grote. Chief Justice.—Well, gentlemen, 'tis your verdict, not mine —record the verdict. Priioner at the bar—you have been con victed, after a patient trial, by an enlightened jury of your country, on evidence which, although it might not satisfy my mind, owing to my ignorance of the language in which the offence was committed, was sufficient to the twelve intelligent gentlemen whose province it is to decide the question. The offence itself is of the gravest constitutional character, and one which, I grieve to say, is becoming of very frequent occurrence —nothing less than a blow at that great palladium of British liberty, the secrecy of the ballot. lam happy to persuade my self that you had no deliberate intention of violating the law, and that something may be attributed to the quantity of liquor you had drunk—which, though it cannot extenuate the abstract guilt, but rather, iu fact, aggravates it, yet may be admitted as a proof that there was not that degree of premeditation and wil ful infraction of a great constitutional principle as would call for the infliction of the extreme penalties of the act. Hoping, therefore, that your future conduct in the exercise of the great and solemn-trust confided to you by the constitution, may jus tify my indulgence, 'I shall only sentence you to the lowest punishment 'provided by the act, that -you be kept to hard la bour in Bridewell for three calendar months. nisoner—My lord, 'tis all an infamous conspiracy against me, trumped up only because every body knows that I refused •to vote for Grote, and balloted Palmer. 'SOMETHING NEW FRoM YANKEE LAND.—A splendid bou quet of flowers, brought over from New York in the Great Western, was presented to a lady of Bristol by one of the pas sengers on the morning of the ship's arrival in King-road. The flowers were in a high state of freshness and beauty, - as if they had just been gathered from their parent earth. It is expected that American fruits and flowers will be abundantly supp lied to Covent-garden Market before the end of the present sum mer. MISCELLANEOUS. Col. 13ttrAnre, of the Mb foot, has been appointed ',tent - governor, pro tern., of Demerara atta British Guiana. Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M. P., has bee❑ appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kerry. No trace of the Aberdeen Bank robbers, or the property taken has yet been discovered. The bloom of plums and cherries is this year unusually abun dant; but fears are entertained that much of the expected crop will be cut off by the late unseasonably cold weather. It is expected that Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, who is one of her Majesty's Aides-de-camp, will receive the brevet rank of Major-general at the approaching Coronation. There is every .probability of obtaining a brood from the giraffes at the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park—a fact very important and interesting to the naturalist. We observely the Barbadoes papers that a Bill had passed the Legislature of that Island, legalising the solemnization of marriages by Wesleyans and Moravians, excluding the Bap tists, Ranters, and Jumpers ! The Duke of Cleveland has presented the handsome sum of one hundred guineas to the Visitor' Reception Fund at the en suing meeting of the British Association in Newcastle. Mr. Wm. Coates, late first teller of the branch bank at Mon treal, has been committed for trial, charged with robbing that establishment of I:10,000. The Sunderland Joint Stock Banking Company on Monday last, having male the necessary arrangements with the Bank of England, commenced the issue of Bank Paper only, and the withdrawal of their local notes from circulation. The price of both descriptions of oak bark (stock and coppice) was on Saturday fixed for the season at £5. Ss. per ton, being above 10s. lower than last year.-112reford Journal. Eiskine, in 1796, the height of his career, told Wilberforce that he had then had thirty-six retainers off his circuit, at three hundred guineas each. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILWAY.—The works on this line are proceeding with great rapidity. A good portion of the permanent rails are already laid, and it is expected the rail way will be finished in August next.—.'Furth Derby Chronicle. The projectors of the bitumen and asphaltum companies pro mise too much, for if the roads constructed of these commodities are to be as hard and impenetrable as they give out, how are the different water and gas-pipes to be brought into action; or how are sewers to be got at? Those who heedlessly mix ale and porter with their wine, on many occasions inflict upon themselves much future mischief, for the body becomes qu,ckly bloated, and an inordinate quan tity of fat is always deposited in the cellular substance of those who drink these products of fermentation at the same period.— Lancet. Mr. Keeffe, who was fired at a few days since near Dungar van, has expired from the effect of the wounds he received, but not before he identified the assassin. Between the 12th and 18th inst., fourteen packets entered Boulogne with 459 passengers; and thirteen, with 551, sailed. Mr. Pearne, the engineer of the Great Weston), died at New York, in consequence of a severe scalding which he received while blowing oil the steam immediately after her arrival there., To ascertain the cause of Mr. Porson's Reath, his head was opened, when, to the confusion of all craniologists, and the con sobttion of all blockheads, he was found to have the thickest skull of any professor in Europe.—Notes to Colton's Hypocrisy. Owing to the number of acres of wheat throughout the coun try, which have been ploughed up, and the thinness of much of that which is remaining, it is to be feared that, muter the.tnost favourable circumstances, the ensuing harvest cannot, upon the whole, be a very productive one. Mr. Liston, who has just completed Iyl sixty-first year, is re siding in comparative retirement at his Ptetty villa near Penn, Bucks. This inimitable porforrner!s only son is senior lieuten ant of the Bth, or King's Own Regiment of Foot, and is about to proceed with the depot companies of his regiment from Cork to Guernsey. OFFICE OF SHERIFF REGULATIONS BlLL.—This bill repeals so much of the Act of Henry the V 1., as provides that " no man shall be under-sheriff or sheriff's clerk above a year. It ern :: powers sheriffs to appoint special constables; exempting electori‘ from serving during the period of an election. It abolishes all fees, gjg atuities, allowances, and presents, which may hitherto have been given by any high-sheriff in virtue of his office, to any judge or to any other person.' It provides ' that lodgings fur the judges of assize shall be provided at the expence of the county. the allowance heretofore made by the exchequer to the sheriff being paid to the treasurer of the county. It relieves the sheriff from meeting the judges at places distant from the assize town, only requiring the sheriff to meet the judges at their lodgings or town'or country-house.'" The rights, customary usages, and privileges of the Universities, London, Westrnor land, and the counties palatine of Chester, Lancaster, and Dur ham* are preserved untouched. FREEMEN'S ADMISSION STAMP DUTY —The bill now before the House of Commons foi the abolition of the Stamp Duty on the admission of freemen to the role is as follows:—'' Whereas the right and privilege of the freemen of the cities and boroughs in England, who have acquired their freedom by birth or servi tude, to vote for members to serve in parliament, have been confirmed by divers statutes; it is expedient that all impedi ments to the admission of persons entitled to the freedom of corporatitns should be removed, and t hat the stamp duty pay able tit such admission should be abolished; be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the the same, that, after the passing of this act, no stamp duty shall be chargeable on the admission of any person entitled to take up his freedom by birth or servitude in any city or borough in England returning a member or members to serve in parliament." RIOT AND Loss OF LIFE AT PRESTON.—We regret that it should have become our duty to place on record the particulars of some very distressing occurrences which have taken place in the immediate neighbourhood since our last. On Monday, it seems that in consequence of some accident hiving happened to a part of the steam department at the factory of Messrs. Bashall, a short distance from Tardy Gate, the workpeople were not employed; very unfortunately, as the result proved, a number of them went to the " Sumpter Horse" public-house, where they fell in with a party of Irish railway labourers, and when the liquor was in and brains out, they got to quarrelling with each other, and a fight ensued, in which one of the mill workmen had the worst of it. After the fight, the Irish labourers sallied forth from the house, and proceeded to different cottages tenanted by English families, where they committed great excesses, in breaking the furniture, and alarming the in mates by the most violent threats. It seems that this defeat had created feelings of strong resentment in the mill workpeople, and that a great number of the neighbouring agricultural labourers sympathised in these feelings, and readily proffered themselves to assist in wiping off the stain. On Tuesday even ing an exceeding large number of these combined classes met, and they were armed with all sorts of offensive weapons, among others, from 12 to 20 guns ; and being so compacted, they pro ceeded to the quarters of the Irish labourers, the consequence of which was that an affray took place; one person was shot dead, and various others were wounded in the most shocking manner. The shot by which the man was killed was fired from the window of one of the cottages occupied by the Irish la bourers; but by whom does not clearly appear. There has not been any subsequent outbreak, and we sincerely trust, for the credit of the neighbourhood, that there will not be. A com pany of the 86th foot (unjler the command of Lieut. Edwards) which had been sent for from Blackburn, arrived about noon on Thursday, a detachment from which has been stationed on the spot, to be ready in case of anv further outrage. On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of John Trafford, the man who was killed, and after hearing the evidence that could be pro cured, the jury returned a verdict of " manslaughter against some person or persons unknown."— Preston Pilot. DEFENCE OF THE ALLEGED CRUELTY OF NATURALISTS. — If the wonderful structure of the lower orders of creation cannot be studied or understood, or their infinitely varied forms held in remembrance, without hastening by a few days or hours the termination of that brief career which in truth scarcely ever meets with a strictly natural end, then is the student of nature following out the principles of an elevating and intellectual pur suit, all well entitled to command a portion of animal life as he who, to pamper the refined grossness of a sensual appetite, bleeds his turkeys to death by cutting the roots of their tongues, boils crabs and lobsters alive, and swallows unsuspecting oys ters by the score.—Encyclopeedia Britannica, new edit.; art. Animal Kingdom. COFFEE AFTER WINE.—The system now adopted, in imita tion of the French custom, of taking very strong coffee after wine, though so very agreeable, is injurious, if the wines taken during the meal have been Port, Sherry, and Madeira, but not so if those of a lighter quality have been drunk. Great excite ment attends upon this indulgence, for coffee bas a great influ ence upon the stomach, and likewise upon the brain, Watch fulness of long duration, with a feverish reaction, are its immediate effects; but its distant ones are more upon the ex treme capillary vessels of the surface of the body, which it seems to constringe, and it effects the skin, to which it gives a peculiar harshness ; and it has been said by someof the French writers to give it colour; and the sallowness of the Parisian has been, by score than one medical author, ascribed to the great addiction to coffee.—Dr. Signiond. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.—A gentleman who went into a banking-•house in Liverpool last week, and catne out with £5OO in his pocket, remarked a person who seemed watching him. tie soon after entered the train for Manchester, the very same man sitting near him in the carriage. On getting out he found himself minus the whole sum; and confident he had been rob bed, and finding the fellow had gone in the train for Birming ham, he determined, if possible, to pursue him instanter; so taking an officer with him, and, and engaging an engine at Manchester, for which he agreed to pay £15., he gallantly pur sued steam with steam, and overtook the train before it reached Birmingham. They then followed to the station, and getting out, watched the passengers descend. They soon saw the man of whom they were in search get out, and having secured him, discovered the missing money in his possession.—Staffurd Examiner. LADIES' FEET IN CHINA.—It appears very ridiculous to Eu ropean eyes to see an old lady, verging into dotage, believing all eyesare turned upon her in admiration, because her feet are no larger than those of a child five or six years of age. As she walks through the streets, her progressive motion would incline you to believe that she had had the misfortune to lose both her legs, and was obliged to get about as well as she was able on a couple of wooden stumps. You feel a great temptation to go up and offer the old lady the use of your stick to help her along, as she seems in danger of falling every moment, In this tottering manner they proceed, and if they wish to look behind them, they are obliged to stop. and then steady themselves while they gradually twist the whole body round as far as required. This feeble, helpless condition of the females is very much admired by the Chinese, who delight to see them in danger of falling. The women themselves make it one of their principal arts of attraction; to endeavour to walk, and thus show their dependent situation. This is very similar to the affected grace of some of our European demoiselles, who often exaggerate their natural timidity, in orde.r to rouse the protecting courage of the lords of the creation.— The Fanqui in China. Miss CLARA NOVELL() IN MUNICH.—This lady, as our readers are aware, is making at present a most triumphant pro fessional tour in Germany. At Munich she gave her first con cert on the '27th of April, and another a few clays afterwards.ce She then proceeded to Augshurgh, where sh e sang at a pu b concert on the 2d instant, and was to give a second concert at the theatre, previously to her return to Munich. Of her first appearance at the latter place, the correspondent of the Allge meine Zeitunq writes in these terms:—" Yesterday we heard Miss Clara Novello. The fa me that p receded her has beep, guilty of no exaggeration. Her voice, one of the most beauti ful that can he beard anywhere, comprises more than two com plete octaves. The tone is light and beautiful, the high notes lovely and soft as those of a flute, and her pronunciation per fectly distinct and clear. The applause was enthusiastic. Miss Clara will become a great singer, whenever she acquires more warmth and feeling. tier personal attractions, the simplicity of her appearance, and her pure chaste tones (for in the voice also there is maiden purity) will meanwhile win all hearts." One German paper expresses a wish that the young lady would condescend to sing some of the beautiful old Scottish airs, and not confine herself to the new Italian school. ks • EPSOM RACES FUESDA Y, MAY 29. —The Craven S'akes, of W sous each. The last mile and a quarter. 8 subs. Lord Stiffield's Caravan, 4 yrs - • - Pavis 1 Lord Westrninster's Richard Hoe, 3 yrs 2 Lord G. Bentinck's Seth, 3 yrs - 3 Mr. Ford's Quo Minus, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Bond's Young Kean, (Worry colt,) 3 yrs • 5 Lord Exeter's Hybisc us , 4 yrs 6 6to 4 against Caravan, and 4 to 1 against Seth. Richard Roe and Seth laid in front at a a moderate pace for the first quarter of a mile; Caravan then took up the running at im proved speed, was never caught, and won easy by a length. A considerable space separated the others. The Woodcote Stakes, of 30 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds. Last mile and a half. 8 subs. _ _ . Mr. J. Worrall's b c Peon, by Lapdog - • Rogers 1 Captain Garduor's f by Aclacon, out of Mistletoe 2 Even betting. Peon for choice; he made all the running, and won by half a length cleverly. The Shirley Stakes, of 25 sovs each. For three year olds. One mile. Sir G. Heathcote's Tawney Owl Chapple 1 Lord Stradbroke's Beggarman - 2 5 and 6to 4 on Beggarman, who made the play round the turn, where Tawney Owl went by him, had the rest of the race to himself, and won in a canter by three lengths. It was thought that Beggarman was not up to the mark. The Epsom Stakes, of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. The second to save his stake. Winner to be sold for 200sovs, &c. Mile heats. 7 subs. Lord Stradbroke's b c Redcar, 4 yrs Nat 3 1 1 Mr. J. Day's Oberon, aged Lord Exeter's b f Elf, 3 yrs Mr. Sadler's f by Reveller, out of Design, 4 yrs Mr. S. Browne's b f Magnolia, 4 yrs . . First heat—The race was confined to the first three, and was won by a head only, the third not being more than a neck from the second. The second heat was disputed, stride for stride, for 200 yards, between Redear and Oberon, and won by a neck. In the third, Itedcar made all the play, and won in a canter. OAKS-5 to 1 against Ninny 01:0 9to 1 against Industry (tk;) 20 to 1 against Mr. Theobald's. WE DN ESDAY— (BY EXPRESS). The Great Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3yr old colts Bst 71b. and fillies Bst 21b. The last mile and a half. The owner of 'he second horse to to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. 131 Subscribers. Sir G. Ileathcote's Amato Col. Peel's lon Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Mumus 23 started. Won cleverly. Chapple rode the winner. TURF APPOINV JUNE. lENTS FOR 1838. IPlymouth l4 Lewes Epping Manchester Reigate 6 Ascot l3 Newton l3 Tenbury Knighton Buxton Hampton-court Newcastle 25 Hippodrome 26 Bath 15 Paisley Burnley Burton on-Trent 2l Oxford York Swansea and Neath Exeter Stourbridge rotnes V 2B 'Eghatu Canterbury JULY. Bibury Club 4 Stockbridge Newmarket Arundell Pollock and Glasgow l3 Liverpool Winchester Stamford Dudley, &c Cheltenham 24 Lancaster 25 Southampton Knutsford.. 25 Farningham 25 Goodwood 3l SEPTEMBER. Warwick Stirling 6 Lichfield Abingdon l2 Leicester Doncaster l7 Isle of Thanet Heaton Park Walsall Lincoln 27 AUGUST. Bridgnorth Worcester . 7 Potteries ...a 7 Brighton llertford Newcastle-under-Lyme 5 Wolverhampton OCTOBER. Newmarket 2 Wrexham Chesterfield 'Monmouth Northallerton Richmond 6 Caledonian Hunt Stafford 9 'Welchpool Newmarket Holywell Hunt l6 Newmarket Two smart shocks of an earthquake were felt at Genoa on the sth of May. The reason of the Chisholm accepting the Chiltern Hundreds was ill health. The tejal amount of fourpenny pieces issued out of the Mint is £59,32.5, and the number of pieces 5,359,500. Letters from New York befure the Great Western's arrival out, did not reach England till three days after her return. Louis Philipe is said to possess in the French Five per Cents Its much stock as would make a reduction of one percent. upon the dividend amount to a difference of £20,000 per annum. SET A THIEF, &c.—A person, who lately cut so extraordi nary a figure before the Insolvents Court, was himself the' founder, or at the head of a society for prosecutiug fraudulent debtors. .WELSH MANUSCRIPTS.—It was announced at a late meeting of the Royal Society of Literature, that the late Dr. Richards, formerly rector of St. Martin's, and one of the earliest friends of the Welsh Manuscript Society, has bequeathed the munificent sum of £5OOO to its funds, the interest of *bleb he has requested may be applied to the publication of old MSS. SOVEREIGNS.—The term sovereign, as applied to a piece of money, is not new in the history of our coinage, for so far back as the reign of Edward VI., who brought the gold used at the Mint to its original purity, which had been greatly debased by his predecessors, there were both sovereignsand half-sovereigns. THE OLDEST APPLE IN DEVON.—There is now irr the pos session of Mr. Daniel Harvey, residing in the parish, of Ex minster, an apple which was growing in St. idwellle in the year 1787. It was presented by the father of the possessor to his grandson on his christening in the May following. It was grown in a bottle—the bottle being fastened to the branch, and closely sealed as soon as it was cut. It is now as fresh as ever, and may be seen by any one who will call on Mr. Daniel Harvey.—Sher borne Journal. STATE OF TRADE.—The improved demand for twist which has existed for two or three weeks past still continues; and though there is no material change in price, sales are more easy to make than they were a week ago. For printing cloths there was every active demand at the close of last week; and though it has slackened a little during the last two days, prices continue very firm. There is also an improved demand for domestics, and other stout calicoes, which had previously been very much depressed; and the goods market generally has exhibited de cided symptoms of improvement. The accounts from the wool len and worsted markets in Yorkshire is also, we understand, decidedly favourable.—Manchester Guardian. HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS.—Mr. Walker's plan and report have been unanimously approved of by our harbour trustees, and steps have already been taken to proceed with the prelimi nary departments. The expense is estimated at £85.000, but the prosperous state of our harbour funds, and the growing in crease of our maritime commerce fully warrant the expendi ture. When the improvements are completed Aberdeen will have the proud distinction of affording perhaps the safest and most convenient accommodation to shipping which can be found in Scotland.—Aberdeen Herald. FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.—One of those disgusting exhibitions, alike disgusting and demoralizing, a prize fight, took place on Hedley Common, about eleven miles from Newcastle-upon- Tyne, on Tuesday week, and the result has proved fatal to one of the principals. The match was for twenty pounds a-side, between Robert Forbister and John Brown, both natives of Newcastle, the former an engine-wright, and the latter a white smith. The fight lasted an hour and twenty-five minutes, du ring which time thirt v-seven rounds were fought. In the last round Brown received a blow from his antagonist on the jugu lar, and instantly fell. He was " deaf to time," and Forbister was proclaimed the victor. An inquest was held on Thursday. The jury, without retiring, returned a verdict of manslaughter against Robert Forbister, and the coroner has since issued a warrant for his apprehension. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. —The joint-stock banks in the United Kingdom have a paid-up capital of forty millions. Upon this capital the annual dividends are nearly three-and-a-half millions. The English country joint-stock banks commenced in 1826; their number is about 100, of which one-half have been esta blished since 1835; their total paid-up capital ten millions, and the annual amount of commercial accommodation afforded by them in the shape of discount, &c. is not less than 30 millions. From parliamentary returns it appears that the total amount of dividends paid by sixty banks, over and above the amounts of the reserved funds, was £513,112, upon the aggregate paid-up capital of £6,492,868, bsing an average of £7 184. per cent.; and from a calculation of later data, it appears that upon the paid-up capital of £7,830,000 of seventy-six banks the dividends are £632,700, being an average of eight and and-twelfth per cent.; and making an annual profit, including reserved funds, of above £7oo,ooo.—Railway Magazine. MARRIED AND SINGLE.—I went to a neighbour and solicited a donation for public objects; he replied—" I approve your object, and would assist you, but you know I have a family, and ' charity begins at home" " I called upon a second—he replied, that " such as were able ought to be liberal, and that he had every disposition to aid me, but (added he) there are stronger claims than yours which I am bound to regard—those of my children." A public charity demanded that a messenger should he sent from the city to a remote country. A person was selected whose talents were well adapted to it. He replied that nothing would give him more pleasure, but it was absolutely impossible on account of his family. tie was excused. Two merchants, partners in business, failed. At a meeting of the creditors it was resolved that one should be forthwith released ; but the other because he was a bachelor, m i g ht yet, as was his duty, go to work and pay a small dividend. An insurance office was about to appoint a secretary. There were, as usual, twenty appli can ts. In the discussion of the Board of Directors, the talents of many were set forth, when a member rose and said that the candidate whom he should propose was a man of mode rate capacity, but that he was a poor man with a family. Ile succeeded, and holds the office still. A mercantile friend wished pfoornstihheoffistaetei.onl. asked n h t o lA e w much salary he expected? He re p lied, smilingly, " I am - man me t to a p n r e c procure who seemed person t o w e fi l l i l d to be 1r 0 dollars p er a married man," —which I understood o 0 fi a tte r d es annum. He has the place. No bachelor would have over a thousand. Two criminals were tried for forgery at the Old Bailey, and condemn ed to death. The King pardoned the one who was married, on account of his wife and children; the other paid the forfeit of his life because he was a bachelor. In short if you would avoid trouble of any kind, exeite sympathy, procure office, or escape punishment, you have only to ge t married. POPERY.—The greatest difficulty to contended with Poper y is its extreme adaptation to the corruption of our fallen nature., It has that wherewith it can meet every desire of the natural man, and soothe every anxiety about the soul ; for the lit era t e, it has prodigious stores of learning ; for the illiterate, it has its ndshews; se f r o v r ic t e he ; self- thz rie h ni t o e' s ) t us dev it ou ' l ' , s iitnhnaus immeargaebsle Pm° ways P s a ' external o t its unceasing prayers; for the musician ' it has the m os t exqu i s i te chaunts and anthems; for the painter, the of human art; for the imaginative, the visions splendid et iO r t s visions of fancy, its gloomy cloisters, lights, and processions, beautiful churches with painted vtind and incense, a n d , ows ; and priests with splendid garment s an d var i e d it is doctrine of h uman merit .dresses. ro quiet the conscience, indifferent, it has f ears of and supererogation- to alarm the purgatory ; to raise the priesthood, they can make a little flour and va • er into a god and will them selves worship what the • make. To give ease to the conscience of the man of the world, and the lover of a pleasure, each sin has its indulgence and its en at times are un der fears of God's wrath—their penance. All ui is touched —they are in anxiety—and at such time Po c pery "e com 'e es in and gives them a sop, that satisfies them for the moment and sends them into the sleep of death. It covers evety lust—it calms every fear. It is the devil's cunning device of twelve hundred years' growth lor leading countless my r iads to per s._ dition.-7-Bicker t e . i's Pro ress of Pop,ry. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. For the BENEFIT of Mr. MITCHELL, Manager of the Italian Opera Buffa Company, and positively the Last Night of their Engagement. THIS present FRIDAY, June 1, the Entertainments will 3L commence with the Petite Comedy of BLUE DEVILS. After which. Mozart's Grand Opera LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Count Almaviva Signor F. Lablache. The Countess Miss Fanny Wyndham. Susanna.... Mademoiselle Scheroni. Figaro Signor Bellini. Bartok) Signor Sanquirico. Marcellina Mademoiselle Vermani. Antonio Signor Rubbi. l3arbarina Mademoiselle E. Vermani. Cherubino Mrs. W. H. Bland. To conclude with a Selection of Music from celebrated ITALIAN OPERAS , In which Signor CATONE will sing (first and only time) Mar cadante's admired Cavatina "Bella Adorata;" which will be followed by the celebrated Scene and Duetto, " Che 'lAntiPa" tica," (known as the Pist e ' Du e t,) f ro m the Opera of " Chiana di Rosemberg," by Signor BELLINI and Signor SANQUIHico, (in character;) Miss FANNY WYNDHAM will also sing, the Ca by Donizetti; and by particular desire, Signor vatina, "Fatal Go . redo," from the Opera of " Torquato Tassaol,;.' " Oft in Signor F. LAOLACHE will sing . Moore's Irish melody the stilly night," arranged as a Duet. Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatres-royal Drury-10,13 and Covent-garden, is engaged for a limited period, and will make, his first appearance this season on Monday next, the 4th 41 ;! it n i : in the Comedy of the CLANDESTINE MARRIA w 'i Lord Oglehy, Mr. W. Farren. To conclude with the Farce of MARRIED LIFE. Mr. Samuel Coddle, Mr. W. Farren, as originally performed by him in London. (1... ATONE, .d The Box-office for the Italian Operas will be open daily from ten until three o'clock, when places for the Boxes may be take" of Mr. Parker. No places can be secured unless a correspond ing number of tickets are taken. Seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the first act of the Opera. Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d.; Pit, 2s. a; Gal lery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six, and the perform ance to commence at Seven o'clock. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ripHE Inhabitants of Liverpool, and its Vicinity, are resP ec i t i 1 fully informed, that the Ftaser - GALA. of the Season, ,T a r commence with a Grand Eruption of MOUNT VESUVI u ' on WEDNESDAY next, 6th June- ♦ *•c., JIJE 1, 1838. Admittance, Is. Each. SALE•POSTPONED 'lO TUESDAY, THE 19TH JUNE INSTANT. EXTENSIVE SALE, AT BISHOP'S COURT, ISLE OF MAN. WDIXON has the honour to ann o un c e th a t he has r!' • ceived instructions, from th e E xecu t ors o f the In'," Lord Bishop, to offer by Public Competition, at BishoP Court, Isle of Man, on TUESDAY, the 191 h instant, and follow i T l days, the whole of the very va l ua ble PROPERTY of the late LORD B/SHOP, comprising some thoroughbred Horses, Car' riage, Draught and Saddle Horses, several and Colls! bY Able, Miracle, and Candid a t e , B r o o d M ares and Foals, ponies' &c. &c.; a great number of fine Cattle of the Short-horn ed, Ayrshire breed, including many Cows new ly c a l ve d, a Pair 01 Ploughing, Oxen (twins,) and a very great number of You" Cattle. 60 to 70 Pigs, of all ages, of the Short-eared Portu guese breed; between 300 or 400 Sheep and Lambs, of the Leicester and Cheviot breed ; several hundreds of Poultry. Carriages and Harness, Carts, Ploughs, Harrows, Gears, Rollers, Saddles, Side Ditto, Bridles, Spanish Saddle, Ole: Gears, with a great variety of Agricultural Implements, whi c will be particularised in Catalogues, to be ready for deliv er y ' seven days prior to the Sale; to be had of the Auctioneer, a n ' at the different Newspaper Offices. A quantity of Malt and Hops, several Bolls of Wheat, Win nowing Machine, Lot of Wool, &c. Also, the greater part of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURr Grand' PIANO, &c. The whole of the Live Stock are in the best possible condi tion, and well d eserv i ng th e a tt en ti o n- o f Agriculturists and the' Public at large. Sale to commence each day at Eleven o'clock. Conditions—all Sums under Five Rounds Ready Money' all Sums above Five Pounds, Four Mouths' Credit oti approve,' joint Security.. May 21, 18#38. TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the very liberal encouragement which we hav e ' received from our advertising friends, and for which we beg leave to tender our grateful acknowledgment s ' , we have come to the resoluti o n T O ENLARGE TOP LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TO THE EXTENT OF SIX AD. DITIONAL COLUMNS Hitherto we have frequently been under the necessity of excluding various articles of local interest, and a log proportion of general news, in consequence of the grey press of advertisements with which we have been fa' voured. We kave often, also, been forced to the alter' native of materially curtailing our reports as well as our editorial remarks, on the same account. The pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater share of such intelligence as may be generally useful ,. and to extend our reports of the various public meet ings, (5-c., which may be held in the n eighbourhood , as well as to present to our readers a mass of amusing and instructive extracts from modern publications, which latter we intend to make a pr It will also afford us p r omisee feature in , the STANDARD. grea t pleasurcto avail ourselves fa the opportunity which the contemplated enlargement of the STANDARD will give us for advocating more fully thosep r inciples for which we h ave 4ni fiy contended. The extended patronage which we orm conservative enjoy shall operate as a stimulus to increased zeal and energy in defence of that glorious cause to which we feel an ardent attachment—the cause of the Monarchy. the Church, and the constitution of Great Britain. We are happy to announce that arrangements are iA progress for considerably increasing „he number of agents for the sale of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD' When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate a material increase in our circulation, an advantage' which we feel confident will be duly appreciated by ou r advertising friends. We also flatter ourselves that' the great incre ase o f matter w hi c h t h e S TANDARD W . contain in its e n l arge d f orm w ill procure f or us ad ditional support from the conservative public Liverpool. The proposed enlargement will take place ON TUESIDA I ‘ NEXT, the sth instant, after which the LIVERP°° STANDARD will contain TWELVE COLUMNS OF ADP I ; TIONAL MATTER PER WEEK, without any increase o f price. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the letter of " W. Therrington," but caenTi insert it without some further explanation, which we 13133 seek personally. The lines by " W," have been received, and, if approve d, °— a lb appear on Tuesday. The following is submitted for our opinion : "Any articles, either original or select, with which the Edi t° , r , may be favoured, and which cannot be inserted, shall, e, ou qnired, be returned - and he would beg to as s ure those pe rs . who may kindly send in their Scrap B oo k s or Albums for s e d lection, that the greatest care shall be taken of them and r eturn at any appointed time." "Is the above sentence correct ? If not, is the inaccuracY sanctioned by the usage of the day ?" ntlY We answer to both queries " Decidedly not." Indep en " e- t he of a general c lumsiness of construction which pervades lies a b ove sentence, the words which we have marked in ita should have been " and that they shall be returned." ne iliberpool eetantrarD. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1838. tr_ .. i. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this Moll ing at 5 o'clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.—The news from F ranca of a very unimportant character. The affairs of Afri ca ' seem . to engros s muc h o f t h e attent i on o f the French el "; ecutive. It i s sa id t h at t h e expe di t i on se nt by .And e ' Kd er into the desert of Biscarra, in the rovince of Con stantina, had accomp li s h e d i ts o bj ect without st riking 9 blow. M any o f t h e tr ib es h ave pa id to the Emir the taxes formerly levied by the Dey of Algiers. According to accounts from the interior, Abdel-Kader is plepati n g a formidable expedition against the town of A in MaYde ; in the grea t d eserts . Marshal Vallee is seriously ill, an d wishes to return to France. From Spain the news is equally uninteresting. The las t arrivals bring an account of Cabrera's death ; but lie has been 4 , dead" so often in the Chtistinos papers that thetl is very little reliance to be placed upon the rumour. 1. is stated that General Oraa, with five b attalions and thre.t; squadrons, had effected a j but General Rua'unction with Pardin as. Fresh riots had taken place at Guipuzcoa, had succeeded in establishing order. Don Carlos is s alcf to have slept on the 20 th at Larra un, within three leagues r of Estella, and that he w as to have left the next day ft) Gu puzeoa. The news from Portugal reaches to the 25th instant. The private letters state that the Portuguese goverini: ment have refused to sign the slave trade treaty, th e d nister of Foreign Affairs objecting to grant to EPgia n on the n _ the unlimited right of search ; while othe rs, trary, assert that the treaty has been duly signed. Whicl of the statements is true, we have not the m eans, at pre.li sent, of determining. Remechido and his b ands still give great trouble and uneasiness, the government be .; ing unable to put them down. Donna Isabe l Maria 1 said to lave been proclaimed Regent of the kingdom ,t