The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-27 00:00:00

Nll. N< . THE EAST. EXPORTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. OUR COMMERCIAL INTERESTS-TRADE TO At the present moment, when the news from the East is of so great Interest, the following extracts from an address de livered by Mr. Urquhart, to the Newcastle Chamber of Com merce on Thursday week, will be found valuable. Of the meeting the Newcastle Jo,ernal, to whom we are indebted for our report, says :—" The Hall of the Merehantsr Court was crowded atone o'clock, by the most numerous attendance we have ever witnessed in this town, comprising the oldest add most influential merchants of the district, of every shade and party, and every class of interest. It must have been gra tifying to thecommercial community to perceive at a meet ing, devoted exclusively to mercantile objects, in the pre sence of gentlemen of the county, and officers of the army, an interest extending to other classes on subjects more pecu liarly their own?, Mr. Urquhart proceeded to address the meeting during an exposition of nearly two hours duration. Mr. Urquhart commenced by stating that, in speaking to them on the sub ject of their commercial and their national interests, he had in no way to roach upon, and had nothing to do with mea sures conuecteil with party politics, or doctrines connected with Peculiar systems; that he wished to direct their atten tion wholly and exclusively to the management of British interests in foreign countries, which, though the chief end for which any government is established, have been singu larly, almost entirely neglected by the , people of this coun try. Mr. Urquhart divided the 'subject into two parts, Ist, Rights infringed ; 2d. Realisable advantages neglected. — Under the former head he enumerated--1. Infractions of right on the subject of loans.- - --2: Viollitifin of treaty respect ing the commerce of Java.—Violation• of stipulations 'in the treaty of Vienna, in our commerce with Polapd, Cracow, &c.-4. Violation of previous commercial rights in Greece under the new system and transfer of a mortgage from Bri tish capitalists to Russia and Frarice.-5. German Customs' Union, submission to foreign influence over independent states directed to the exclusion of British commerce.-6. Circassia ; the surrender of natural anCtreaty rights; abro gation and perversion of maritime law.-7. Algeria • abro gation of treaty rights in the establishment of the French tariff.-8. Senegal; .violent interference by France to ruin a branch of British trade (the gum trade).-9. New Albion ; theft by Russia of a British colony.-10. Mexico; inter ference with the course of British vessels on the high seas; attempt hitherto unsuccessful, of interfering with neutral etoi.erceastiere there is no war, of blockading ports where there are no hostilities.-11. Buenos Ayres; ditto, ditto, more aggravated.-12. Fisheries; exclusion of Great Bri tain and her colonies from the fisheries of her own coasts by the virulent interference of the subjects of France and the citizens of the United States.-13. Denmark; discriminating duties on transit through Holstein in favour of Russia against Great Britain.-14. Hanover; Stade duties; violation of treaties of Vienna.-15. Basque Provinces: support given to government of Spain in extinguishing the commercial im munities of those provinces, and thereby ,violating the rights which . those institutions gave to British commerce.-16. Wallachia and Moldavia; regulations jointly established by Russia and Turkey, interfering with the previous stipula tions, whereby the rights of British commerce and of British merchants are secured throughout the Ottoman dominions. In addition to those points where there is positive infrac tion of treaty stipulation, and of' international right, there are others most deeply interesting to the present welfare and future existence of this country, in which a displacement is in progress of actual territorial possession, political influence, or commercial exchange—interesting England not merely by the positive amount of injury inflicted, but by the position of hostility which powerful nations are gradually assuming towards her. Such as the occupation by France of the Amazon river; the extension of France in Africa; her pre tensions to fisheries in the British channel; her pecuniary demands and hostility against states whose revenues are mortgaged to England for loans; the general aggressive character of Russian police in Europe, Asia, and America; the encroaching spirit of the United States in the north, and in the south, and in the west; the precarious position of Turkey and Persia; Afghanistau, Lahore, and Burmab, and the consequent insecurity of our commercial relations in all points directly or indirectly affected by the independence of these estates and other affinity to Great Britain.- But the object of most serious alarm perhaps impending over this country at the present moment, is the violation in the dark of the convention of September, 1827, between the United States of America and Great Britain, whereby the long pending differences respecting the north-east boundary of the United States were referred to the final decision of the sovereign arbitrator. The second branch of the subject Mr.,Urquhart stated to be the neglect of realisable advantages, either through the negligence of the government, or the ignorance of the nation. Ist. Fields of enterprise that have been left unoccupied where no restriction impeded the circulation of our com merce., These fields extended more particularly over Southern America, Northern Africa, South-Eastern Europe, and the whole of Asia. The elucidation of them could be intellible or interesting only when given with considerable detail, and the slightest sketch would occupy more time than the present audience could afford for the review of the whole subject. 2nd. Neglect of adapting our tariff to realise objects equally, desired by all, and to which there is no opposition. but which are left uninquired into and unknown, in conse quence of the absence of union amongst the commercial communities, and of that energy which convictions and a purpose alone can give. 3rd. The non-direction of our diplomacy to procuring ad vantages for the commerce of Great Britain, and, in conse quence of the absence of such direction, the inertness and uselessness of that branch of the public service which, from. the Moment that it is incapable of giving a useful and bene ficial impulse to the public interests, Becomes necessarily the tool of the superior intelligence of other powers, and through the sacrifice of commercial rights entails positive loss, has raised up extensive hostility, has deprived Great Britain alike of the alliance of governments, and of the friendship of nations, and has almost placed her in the alternative with the great states of the world of collision, with means unpre pared, or of submission to aggressions already perpetrated. An opinion is very generally spread throughout England respecting the progress of our manufactures, and the increase of our foreign trade, and this idea, perhaps more than any other, leads to security and lulls to indifference. It is, there fore. by no ree.ais irrelevant, in pressing upon you the abso exertion, on behalf of the compromises right's afia interests of this land, to show that that opinion is unfounded, and, con sequently, that that security is misplaced. 1801 £39,730,659 1821.........£36,659,630 1811 32,890,712 1 1831. ... -37,164,372 During the present century, in which such stupendous powers have been called into being, while England has exer cised such controuling influence over the destinies of man kind, wonderfully little or no progress ha's been made. If we except the years 1835.6, the amount of our trade has not equalled that which we carried on when at war with all Eu rope, and when every port of the north and west of Europe was closed against us. The average sxports from 1801 to 'lO was £40,737,970; from 1811 to '2O the average was £41,484,461; from 18'21 to '3O the average fell to £36,597,623. Since then our exports have been progressively advancing, and in 1838 they were £53,368,571 exceeding. by £1,765,623 the exports of 1815, the previously most active year. In 1837 they fell 12 millions (official value). Since the peace the population of France has increased mell millions, of Russia twelve millions, of Germany five millions, of Austria five millions. Our consumers have in atased nearly 30,000,000. The great reductio❑ in the cost •0 manufacture, the facilities of transport originally deve loped, and in many respects exclusively preserved, in Eng land, ought to have expanded the sale of her products in a still - greater degree. We may, therefore, assume an expor tation of 30 millions instead of the 2014 of 1815, as the repre sentation of an equal degree of prosperity ; but, instead of this sum in the year 1836, the year of such unwonted prospe rity, our exports to Europe amounted but to £17,500,000; that is; to the excess of our trade in 1836 over 1832. INCREASE OF SEVENTEEN MILLIONS or EXPORTS IN 1836 AS COMPARED WITH 1832. With Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Ger many, Holland, and Belgium, there is an in crease of £102,815 With France an increase of 900 ,000 _ Whiz Portu g al an increase of ;Spain a slight decrease Italy an increase of . 560,000 Turkey and its dependencies British Colonies in the Mediterranean British Population in the East British Population in America 1,980,000 Brazils South America 350,000 United States ARTICLES WHICH HAVE INCREASED. Increase. Cotton Haraviare, Iron, Steel Lines 1,861,665 Silk 388,131 Woollens These five articles give an increase therefore of £13,600,000 Copper 155,781 I Lead and Shot .... 80,000 Wearing Apparel Anne &.kiumunition 130,000 Machines Beer 66,000 Painters' Colours .. 94,000 Books Butter I Coals Earthenware Glass 150.000 Other Articles 522,000 Hats 93,000 DECREASE ON T Segar Snap and Candles Let us now turn to the trail HE FOLLOWING. Cordage Herrings e of other countries— Imports. Exports. French Trade in 101 16,609.167 12,177,240 I±tls 7,938,648 15,908,174 1637 36,223,014 38,451,390 Total Trade is 1 .. ...01 1836.... From 1824 to 1936 it has increased 108 per cent. Expenditure of France front 1827 to 1837, 14 millions more than the expenditure during the yeari of war up to 1810. Increase of Expenditure commencing with a more determined action in the alTair.3 of the East. .N 1.5. 1836. In 1815 American Trade was mill 661 French Trade American Trade has thus increased 27u per cent. iu tw,:uty years. The excess of the Trade'of America and France iu N3i; over that of 1815, is equal to the total amount of the Trade in Great Britain in 1915, while in 1915 the total amount of the Trade of France and the United States was only equal to the exports of England in 1933. The result of the official returns exhibited a positive dimi station of exportation at the same time that there was an in crease in our own population, and in the population of those countries who were formerly our customers ; and he contended that means must be taken for extending our coultnerce, or we roust decline in the scale of nations.lf their present state was not irrevocable, it was their duty to endeavour to amend it; and front this purpose, he expressed his belief that they lanstnow look to toe East and South Ann erica. Mr. Urquhart then examined the causes of our negligence, which he attributed to the want of union amongst the com sassecialeommunities, so that becoming careless of each other's interests, they became ignorant of, and indifferent to, the ge neral interests of the country. But now, incoming to a more dispassionate inquiry into the circumstances in which they stood, they were not to escape by throwing the blame upon this or that public man, upon this or that adminisrtation. t ach individual present would find in his own breast the causes of our decline, in the apathy with which he regarded the common we Li, in his preference of party objects to no tional interests, and so his submission, as a member of the most powerful nation iu the world, to insults in that capacity' which, if submitted to in his individual person, would render him en outcast front society. Mr. Urquhart then entered into the detail of the cession of the island of Java to t.l, Dutch, and the process by which the rights of that island, and of British commerce secured by r treaty, had been extinguished. Lie next read from thetreaty the articles that had I, , en infringed, and then several extracts from a note of the British plenipotentiaries, ending with mu-' tual congratulations i to the two governments on t h e new ca reer in Europe and n Asia of rivalry in commercial liberality and in political friendship, based on mutual renunciation of advantages which they had that day proclaimed in the face of the world. Was ever deception more complete, or mock ery more glaring ? And here it was not a time-serving mi atister—R, party politician—or the subservient instrument of foreign objects, but one of the greatest men which the eoun try 4 - 4 r plochiced, George Can :tug, whom Holland under took Cerotif.,, anti to commit. with an assurance and a suc c ...e. , • :rt ... ' ?... r r- r••••, ;: 'll4tit. - - • r cess which shows the estimate of British quicksightedness amongst the governments of the Continent, and the correct ness with which we are judged by them. You have to derive from this fact the reality of foreign projects against . your commerce and your rights. You may.gather, from tha igno rance of those here present, regarding facts of such impor tance, that these rights have been sacrific'ed only in conse quence of the want of unity of purpose anil action in the com mercial communities, and the consequent absorption of all their disposable energies and time in local interests - and in party politics. Mr. Urquhart proceeded to the consideration of another important subject affecting the commercial interests of these kingdoms, and that was the subject of loans; and went on to show that the non-recognition of the loans which were con tracted in England with foreign powers, did not increase the resources of the inhabitants, whilst it was the means of up setting constitutional rights, and distutbing mercantile affairs, and of brin g ing about a feeling of i nsecur ity, by ma ki ng themselves objects of cupidity to other powerful nations. He then read another extract, showing that in all cases where stipulations of this nature were not strictly fulfilled, reprisals ought to be made. He particularized the various loans from England, amounting in the aggregate (we understood) to eighty-three millions, nine hundred and fifty thousand pounds —an amount of floating capital, throughout the world, which produced a large interest, end had the effect of mak ing many suppose that our trade was increasing, and was one of the causes which led to that spirit of aggression against the commerce of Great Britain on the part of Rus sia, France, and America. To convince the meeting that they could do without instituting an inquiry into these subjects, such as he had proposed, he would mention one or two facts. In Poland we obtained and guaranteed the rights of unlimited commerce throughout the whole of that country, as constituted in 1772, giving it a connection which - would have done more to strengthen it, if properly looked to; than any other; but scarcely was the treaty of 'ienna settled, when an order came out for regulating the trade of Poland, and this order, like that made at Java, was acceded to; and to follow up this blow, there came, in 1819, a second ukase of such a restrictive nature that it rendered the exportation of cotton goods almost a nullity, yet no re sistance wai made to it. Poland fell! Had our commercial rights with that country been maintained, it would not have fallen, its material strength would have been greater, and its ties with England would have given it consistency, unity, and moderation; and vet when Poland fell the politician declaimed and the philanthropist mourned; but where was the mercantile community of Great Britain, the real and now the only guardian of the rights of mankind by the main tenance of their own ? From that body one word would have been decisive. What was the object which led Russia to turn her attention to the east? It was to counteract the control which we had over her commerce, and she more cer tainly to impair ours. Front the moment she had taken a position which must ultimately lead to a collision with this country, her grand object was to become independent of this country, politically and commercially. Conduct like this would induce neighbouring states to follow her example in these aggressions upon our commerce, and yet we acted as if we were quite ignorant of what was going on. Mr. Urqu hart then referred to our Indian trade, which he appeared to consider in no small degree of danger. He read an extract from Dr. Nebenius to show that influential and powerful men, and means, had been employed to prepare the public mind of Europe for the downfall of the British power and the decay of British trade in India. Within the last two or three years we had explored the Indus ; we had esta blished steam communications for the facility of transmit ting goods, and, in fact, tried every means for calling into operation the commercial energies of central Asia. The advantages to be derived from such a trade were immense. 'There they had many spices —many dyes—which belonged to Great Britain alone, and if we should be deprived of them by our cammunication with India being cut off, it would di minish the quantity of our produce, and affect the whole range of our trade. Ile need scarcely say more than state that un less India was kept in a state of tranquillity our commerce could not flourish, and a general influence derived from our power and possessions would become weak and ineffective. In case of war, England must defend India under all circum stances, and which ever way the scale turned, a cessation of commercial advantages must be the consequence. If such would be the result—if we were becoming, as it were, daily more and more dependent on our commerce with India, must she not be looked upon as one of the props of this great em pire, and supported accordingly ? Mr. Urquhart then said he trusted he had said enough to excite attention to the sub ject, and shown the necessity for taking such steps for the observances of treaties, for compelling respect to our flag, and for the consequent preservation of our commerce, as would be irresistible in their influence with the government. At the conclusion of Mr. Urquhart's address it was pro posed by Mr. Doubleday, seconded by Mr. Smith, and car ried by acclamation, that the Chamber of Commerce should invite Mr. Urquhart to a public dinner. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF AN EX-SECRETARY OF LORD GEORGE GORDON, AND CURIOUS DISCLOSURE. Late on Tuesday evening last, an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the Blue Anchor, St. Mary-at-Hill, London, on the body of Robert Watson, aged 88, who put a period to his existence in the following novel and determined manner: Ebenezer Brown, jun., son of the landlord of the above house, deposed that he bad known deceased tor about eight months, a portion of which time he had lodged in his father's house. In March last deceased left his lodgings, for the pur pose, as he said, of visiting a relation at Bath. Nothing more was heard of deceased until about six weeks ago, when witness's father received a note from deceased, dated Guy's Hospital, in which he was confined in consequence of having been found in a fit in King William-street, City. On de ceased's recovery he again came to lodge at the Blue Anchor, and up to the time of the fatal occurrence he appeared to enjoy good health. At times, however, deceased seemed very absent in his manner. On Sunday evening last de ceased retired to his bed-room at about half-past eleven o'clock, and told witness to call him by ten next morning, as be wanted to go early into Portiand-street to receive some money. At the hour appointed witness went up to the de ceased's bed-room, and on approaching the bed he found de ceased in it, having his night-cap drawn down over his face and neck, and fastened round the latter by a silk handker chief. Through a loop knot in the handkerchief deceased and iftrittniVitiii hew tiring - clenched 1 . 11 both hanBs.""~lte had made use of the poker as a smith does the handle of a vice. Witness called his father, who instantly came and un fastened the handkerchief; but deceased appeared dead, and was very black in the face. A surgeon was sent for, who en deavoured to restore animation, but without effect. Evan Brown, the landlord of the house, corroborated his son's evidence, and, in addition, made the following state ment. He said he did not know who deceased was until Sunday evening last, when the latter related to him the prin cipal particulars of his life. Deceased said that he had been deeply implicated in the riots of 1780, sad that at that period he was private secretary to Lord George Gordon. He after wards became president for a time of the London Corres ponding Society. Having resigned the situation he suffered various vicissitudes of foreign service, and being at Rome in the year 1812, he became acquainted with a party who had in hia possession several important documents relative to the Stuart family, and to the secret history of the papal govern ment, particularly in reference to its connexions with the exiled royal family. Deceased said that having made this discovery, he communicated it to Lord Castlereagh, then chief secretary to the foreign department, who authorised him (de ceased) to produce the documents in question at any price. Deceased, af:er much difficulty, succeeded in obtaining them, and a frigate was sent out by the English government to bring deceased with the documents to this - country. In the meantime the papal government being apprised of the exist ence of the documents, seized, and set its seal upon them. After much negotiation, the papal government consented to give up those portions of the documents that related to the Stuart family, and this country, on condition that it should be allowed to retain those papers which referred to its own acts in behalf of the Stuarts. Lord Brougham (then Mr. Henry Brougham) was the chief negotiator in the transac tion between the English and Papal governments, and front him deceased had received several sums of money, though not all that had been originally promised to him. Witness, in conclusion, said that at the latter part of the recital de ceased appeared very much excited, and in that state retired to his bed-room. Deceased owed witness between £3O and £4O, and was to pay him a portion of it the day he was found dead. The jury consulted a considerable time, and returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased destoyed himself while in a state of temporary mental derangement." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. • COURSING. THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE CLUB.—The members of this club met on Thursday morning at Haddon, near Bakewell. The weather was most unfavourable, a heavy mist and still heavier rain continued throughout the sport, and a worse coursing day was seldom witnessed. The hares, owing to the fall of rain and winds, were not disposed to "lie out;" consequently, notwithstandiug the previous night's care, very few were to be met with in the pastures, although the demesne is remarked for an abundance of them. To-day, the weather was more favourable, though cold and dark, and every pros pect of snow. When the last accounts left, the following courses had been decided : THE RUTLAND CUP.—For all aged dom Mr. Slater's Sultan b ea t M r . Allen's D art. Mr. Mr. King's Venus , Mr. Rowley's Emperor. Mr. Parkinson's L'Hirondelle „ Mr. Chew's Spring. Mr. Deakin 's Spring „ Mr. Edwards's Milo. Mr. Mayall's Nelson „ Mr. Lucas's Hardwick. Mr. Hunt's Pinto „ Mr. Gale's Priam. Mr. Fowler's Sultan Mr. Robinson's Empress. „ Mr. Bake's Major ~ Mr. Ogden's Elton. FIRST TIES. Venus beat Sultan Plutd beat Nelson. L'Hirondelle „ Makin's Major „ Sultan. Spring. The remaining ties had not een run off when the Derby mail came by. THE HADDON PUPPY CUP. Mr. Whitehead's Tomboy beat Mr. Edwards's Maiden Queen. Mr. Deakin's Fly „ Mr. Chew's Don John. Mr. Lucas's Lapwing „ Mr. King's Hector. Mr. Bake's Belvidera „ Mr. Parkinson's Silk. Mr. Lucas's Lightning „ Mr. Hunt's Sylvian. Mr. Slater's Smart „ . Alr.. King's Clasher. Mr. Chew's Carpenter „ Mr. Gale's Cap. Mr. Moss's Wedge 11, Mr. Fowler's Chasse. FIRST TIES. Fly beat Tomboy. I Lightning beat Smart. Belvidera „ Lapwing.' Carpenter „ Wedge. Since Wednesday the sporting rooms here have been de prived of nearly all the influential turf gentlemen, in conse quence of the coursing in Derbyshire. We have, therefore, simply to observe, that True and Accelerator, for the Derby, are both in force; the former has been backed for about £l2OO, at the rate of 100 to 3; the latter at 500 to 20, and a desire to go 0n.., ST. LEQER.—.B to 1, to a round sum, taken on Commodore TATTERSALL'S.—TimisnAr. , The attendance was thin and the betting dull, at the fol lowing prices : THE DERBY; 1110 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton. 18 to I „ Lord Jersey's Ilderim. 20 to 1 „ Duke of Portland's Flambeau (tk.) 20 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Westonian. 26 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Accelerator (tk.) 30 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Tros (tk.) 30 to 1 „ Mr. Greville's Derrynane (tk.) 40 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt (tk.) 50 to 1 „ Mr. Dixon's Camelino (tk.) 14 to 1 „ Bloomsbury and Dey of Algiers, and the saw: against Bloomsbury and Derrynane (tic.) Earl Fitzwilliarn has subscribed £lOOO towards a fund for providing additional clergymen for the service of the churches at Mahon. Only two night stage coaches now run from Birmingham to the metropolis, in consequence of rail-roads, and none by day. Stage coaches, however, are to be employed by day in winter. PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY Fitom LONDON TO THE Norcru.—A new line of railway has just been projected, to be called the North Trunk Railway. It is proposed to com mence at Islington, passing from thence b e t ween Hi g h ga t e and. Hamp s te a d, by t'inchley, Barnet, St. Alban's, and Bed ford, between Highain Ferrers, and Wellingborough, and thence to Leicester, there to join the Midland Railway. This route would form a portion of a direct line from Lon don to diriburgh. BRUTAL MURDER OF MICHAEL DONNAGHUE, A RAILWAY CONTRACTOR OR "GANGER" ON THE NORTH UNION, AND PRESTON AND LANCASTER RAILWAYS. We bad the painful duty to record in our last paper, the details of a callously cruel case of murder of a young Scotch man, of the name of Henderson, perpetrated in a secluded part of moor country between Blackburn and Bolton; and we had the sorrowful satisfaction of presenting an account of proceedi ngs held before the coroner, which, although not then completed, afforded good grounds for indulging a belief that the guilty offender was discovered, and that the law would not be disappointed of the victim claimed by outraged justice and humanity. There was also something of another kind of extenuating feature in the commission of the dark deed, (if any thing whatever may be offered as a palliation of so deep a crime as murder,) and this possible mitigation seemed to present itself in the fact which the preliminary proceedings then, and as since completed, appeared to render highly probable, namely, that Whittle, the alleged murderer, was the sole contriver and the only individual implicated in the most foul and unnatural and cowardly deed. It is now, however, become a duty to furnish our readers with the par ticulars relating to another case of murder that took place on Monday evening last, the scene of which brutal and bloody act was not a lone sequestered wild, but in a dwelling-house, in Brown-street, near Marsh-lane, Preston ; the guilty per petrators of which have not yet been apprehended, nor has there yet appeared a probable clue that their place of con cealment is likely to be soon discovered ; and instead of its being likelJthat one abandoned individual was alone con cerned in the perpetration of the horrifying tragedy, there exists not the shadow of a doubt that at least sixteen mis creants in human form, were either actively sharing in the work of slaughtering the defenceless victim of their barbarian fury, or that they were undoubtedly present, and were wil lingly consenting to the murderous purpose of their more pre-eminently guilty confederates. As, however, the facts disclosed in the evidence given before the coroner on Tues day, which we subjoin, will place the deed in so black a view, we may forbear to harrow the feelings of the reader, by adding to the horrifying disclosures, any comments , sliikth would seem to aggravate this shocking act of ruthless criminality. But as it will be seen that the inquiry before the coroner is postponed to Monday next, we may, perhaps, be allowed to add a few preliminary p ar ti cu l ars . We shall proceed, then, to say, that a post mortem examination of the murdered man was held on Tuesday ; the medical gentlemen engaged were Dr. St. Clare, Dr. Stavert, and Mr. Howitt, surgeon; the last-named gentleman was the principal, if not exclusive, operator. On the exterior of the head, at the back part, were found numerous wcunds, but the skull was not fractured, and on the right temple was a deep cut, which might have been possibly produced by a heavy fall, but was much more probably occasioned by some deadly weapon, and it is con cluded by the medical gentlemen, from the internal appear ances corresponding to this wound, that the deceased's death was effected instantaneously by the blow that made it. On the throat of the deceased were the evident marks of an attempt having been made, either to cause death by strangu lation, or that the fiends, after having dispatched their un fortunate victim, were determined to " make assurance doubly sure," by thus giving a perfect consnimation ,to their murderous purpose. We l e ar n , h owever , front one of the medical authorities we have named, and in that opinion we understand his colleagues concur, that life must have been undoubtedly extinct in the deceased before the pressure that produced these discolourations on the throat was effected ; it therefore follows that the villains were foiled in this attempt to add to his mortal agonies. Having, then, completed the deed of murder, their next hasty business was to plunder the deceased of the money which they were aware he had in his possession, and we gather from the evidence of Riley, at the inquest, that the amount would be about £5. The savage and villainous desires of the wretches now being fully glutted, the whole gang suddenly left the house by a back way, and although they were seen escaping, as was shown at the in quest, the completion of the murder and robbery not being then known, and the police officers not exactly on the spot, they were enabled to get so clearly out of the way, by flight or concealment, as to have baffled all subsequent endeavours to secure them. It will be seen thatthe Lackeys are all known ;' and that they are principals in the first degree in the dreadful crime that has been committed, is quite evident. We therefore most gladly desire to aid in every possible way to procure their apprehension, and have for that purpose given at the foot of the proceedings, as correct a description of their respective ages and appearances as can be obtained, and we may also add, that a reward of £25 has been offered for their apprehension and conviction. It will be in the re collection of the public in this neighbourhood, that in con sequence of a disagreement between the Irish and the English labourers on the Lancaster end of the railway forming be tween that town and Preston, that a number of Irishmen, of desperate characters, were effectually driven from the line; now among the number were these identical Lackeys-; this information will therefore assist all those labourers to aid in their detection. Of the twelve or thirteen other " boys" fetched into Lackey's house to witness or participate in the robbery at least, it' not - the murder, of Donnaghue, there seems to be nothing i:nown, or we should perhaps rather say, that nothing to lead to their discovery has been yet dis closed; for it is altogether beyond the bounds of credulity to allow fora moment, that so large a number of persons are unknown. There is, indeed, already indirect testimony given that may be used in leading to their detection and identity, but it is certainly necessary to establish it, that various indi viduals should give their assistance. It was stated en the inquest that Julia, Pat, and Mick Lackey went out of the house at the bidding of James Lackey, and brought in the boys," (12 or 13 men), and it was made to appear that these " boys" had a claim on the deceased for wages, as well as had the Lackeys. Now it surely cannot be difficult to Ascertain the exact individuals who were employed by Dons naghue ; and as the day when the absentees left the town is also fully known, that fact would greatly strengthen the sus picion of guilt which their non-appearauce on the lines since, must have awakened: But even although they were not all employed by the deceased, the other contractors or "gangers" are not ignorant ofthe number and names of their respective la bourers. From what gang or gangs then have these twelve or thir teen murderous ruffians deserted? if these contractors or " gangers" do not at once purge themselves from all collusive participation in the murder, by screening the murderers, they may then, if they like, endeavour to satisfy their own con sciences by motives of fear, or some other quibbling expe dient ; but if they would deserve for themselves the to tlic wuids, and assist give up to the punishment of the law, these barbarians who have set at nought its most sacred prohibition. We shall, therefore, trust, that a ready co-operation will be given by all parties who have the power to render effective assistance in procuring the apprehension of every one present at the commission -of the murder; for although the verdict of the coroner's jury has not yet been pronounced, the evidence already given plainly indicates of what description it will be. Before concluding our remarks, previous to introducing the proceedings of the inquest, we may just mention that in Lackey's house, where there the murder was committed, there was not found either table, chair, or any article of fur niture. A rude bench seemed to have served the purposes of a table, and on the floor were blocks of wood, which were used as seats, for chairs. At night the degraded inmates were wont to place some straw or bundel of rags in the different parts of floors, and then with the aid of a covering of rags, their wretched dormitories were considered well furnished and ready for use. 'l'hedistrict in which this house of Lackey is situate, has gained for itself a inost appropriate designa tion—it is called the " Irish Rookery ;" and whilst the hordes of the " finest pisantry" that now inhabit it, shall continue to make it their particular settlement, the name by which it is now known can never be changed for a more sig nificant one. A-propos of this locality—here were murdered some years ago Scott and his wife, by poison administered by their abandoned daughter Jane Scott; and here also, more recently, a very respectable old person of the ilanie of Edward Gregson was brutally murdered, by his throat having been cut in a shocking manner, the guilty perpetrator of which crime has never yet been discovered. But we hope that the last black coincidence affecting this part of the town has now been made, and that the crimes now en umera t e d may be all that sh a ll be remembered in the recollections of the present generation, or read as historical facts by posterity. TIIE JURY. James Park, foreman, John Gibson, Henry Whittle, Wm Smith, George Bateman, William Taylor, William William son, William Pinder, Evan Hodgkinson, Thomas Akers Robert Taylor, John Latham, Geurge Foster, John Hard. man, Jos. ilaslem. The following are the proceedings of the INQUEST. - - - John Riley, of Preston, labourer, the first witness ex amined, said he lived in Preston, and was acquainted with the deceased, who was a contractor or " ganger' on railways, he was about 40 years of age. The deceased lodged at James Lackey's, in Brown-street, Marsh-lane, and witness had lodged at the house, but left it on Sunday, but was at the house on Monday afternoon, at five o'clock, and he bad seen the deceased receive £6 17s. from O'Marr, all in silver, for the purpose of paying workmen, and witness saw the deceased pay four workmen their earnings at the Bay Horse, in Pen wortharn, which place he left with the deceased and Michael Lackey, about half-past five o'clock, and went to the house of Lackey, in Brown-street, and found there James Lackey and Julia his wife, and Patrick Lackey, there were also seve ral other workmen present, who wanted their wages, about which a dispute had been raised in consequence of Mrs. Lackey putting in a claim for provisions furnished to some of the claimants, for which the deceased felt himself respon sible, and was wishful to pay. A man called "Dublin Ned" was one of the persons in the house- Soon after witness went to the house of Lackey, Julia Lackey went out for the .pur pose, as she stated, of getting the shop bills of the articles owing for, and on her return she brought a bill, which was made out in so informal a manner, that the deceased refused to acknowledg e its authenticity, and then desired her to re turn and get it properly signed. She then turned on her heel, and said she would have it kicked out of his body before he left the house: and immediately afterwards James Lackey, her husband, got up, and made use of the same expression, and then told his brothers Michael and Patrick Lackey, to go out and bring in a few of the boys who wanted their wages, and then they would either kick the life out of him or the head of him, or make him pay, and those persons, with Julia Lackey went out, and came back in about five minutes, bringing in with them twelve or thirteen men, but witness did not know their names. There was then a silence for a short time, which Julia Lackey broke by saying she would go for another bill. Witness then sent a person for the con stables. The woman returned in ten or fifteen minutes, about three minutes before the constables came in, and brought another bill, (which he produced), but this had no particulars in it, the amount was £2 175. 6d., the g oods for which were stated to have b een h a d on th e 9 t h of N ovember. When the two police-officers arrived, James Lackey told them they were not wanted, but witness said they were, as he believed that murder was about to be committed; how ever, the constables went away, but said they would be in the street if wanted, and witness immediately followed them. As soon as witness left the house he heard the lock of the door turned, and in five minutes afterwards he heard the screams of the deceased. There was no noise of disorder when the police were at the house. Witness wished to get into the house again, but the persons inside would not open the door. James Lackey called out to know who was at the door? which witness answered, and Lackey afterwards added, " go to hell out of that, or I'll kick your rump too." Witness then' walked about the street for a few minutes, and heard the deceased screaming and calling out for mercy, and telling the persons to mind that. Witness ran to the head of the street, and called for the police, but could not meet with any officer, and presently afterwards saw twelve or fourteen men that were in the house coming from the back part of Lackey's premises, and among them were Michael and Pa trick Lackey; the latter was without his hat; it was then about eight o'clock in the evening. None of the men were drunk. Witness did not know any of the other men. —George Holt, constable, here produced two hats, which witness knew, and said they belonged to Michael and Patrick Lackey, he having seen them worn by those two persons. A little before nine o'clock, witness went into the house, and there found the deceased dead, and was gathered in a lump in the corner. He saw several wounds about the head, and there was a large quantity of blood on the floor. Witness was quite sure that the deceased had as much as £5 in his pocket when he went into Lackey's house, but when be searched him after he was dead, he found no money in his possession. William legham, labourer, was next examined, and he said he was at James Lackey's house on Monday evening, about seven o'clock; there were twelve or thirteen other per sons present. He knew the Lackey's, but not any of the other men. This witness then corroborated the evidence of Riley, as to the dispute about the shop bill, and the men's claim for their wages; and he then went on to say, that Lackey's wife, after being refused her bill rushed towards the deceased, and said he should pay by that bill before he left the house, and if she had a poker she'd beat it out of him. James Lackey also said he would have the amount of the bill, or he would kick it out of the deceased. The de ceased observed that Lackey was not able to kick him, and he in reply observed, if he could not do it himself he could get it done. Witness saw James Lackey put his shoes on, some time after the dispute commenced; and he also saw Michael Lackey strip himself into his shirt, and then heard him tell the other men to come, and he threatened the 'de ceased that he would take the money from him. Witness, then, along with another man left the house, the men within it having said that if they interfered to protect the deceased they would punish them in the same manner. Witness saw no blows struck. When he went back to the house, about .eight o'clock, the deceased was dead, and the Lackeys and the other men whom he had seen in the house had left it. There were three other labourers sworn and questioned, but they either could not or would not furnish any other fresh facts. The Coroner then said, as it was necessary; if possible, to get other evidence, he thought the ends of justice would be best consulted by adjourning the inquest, which he did to Monday next, at one o'clock ►n the afternoon. James Lackey is about 30 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, of fair conuntenance. Michael Lackey, 33 years old, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, and is a durk looking man. Patrick Lackey is about 22 years old, 5 feet 5 inches high, and of fair countenance. Julia Lackey, wife of James Lackey, is about 28 years old, middle size, and good looking. A MARVELLOUS STORY. On Wednesday, the 17th ult., (live weeks ago last Wed nesday,) a lad of twelve years of age, named John Windet, the son of Mrs. Julia Ann Winder, a widow, living in Eller street, Cross-lane, and the mistress of the Pendleton Infants' School, left home in the morning, and did not return; and notwithstanding numerous inquiries, all that could be heard of him was, that he had been last seen on the New Bailey Bridge, shortly after eight o'clock, on the morning of that day. Several days passed over, and nothing more being heard of him, bills were posted, and be was advertised in the London Hue and Cry, in the following terms : " Boy Missirso.—Left home, in the neighbourhood of Cross-lane, Salford, on Wednesday, the 17th instant, [OO.l about eight o'clock in the morning-, and was last seen on the New Bailey Bridge, shortly after that time. He is about twelve years of age, four feet four inches in height, light hair, fair complexion, with a slight scar on the upper lip; dressed in a drab fustian jacket, waistcoat, and trowsers, black silk handkerchief, and cloth cap. Any information which can be given to Mr. Diggles, constable, Town-hall; Salford, that he may be restored to his distressed parent, will be most thankfully received.—Oct 23, 1838." These means tailed to obtain any tidings of the lad, and his motheraud friends had altogether despaired of ever seeing him again alive, supposing him, with some reason, to have ' fallen into the river or canal, when, on. Monday last, nearly five weeks after his disappearance, the lad returned home, and related such a strange story of his adventures during his absence, that Mr. Hobday, one of the constables of Pendle ton, on bearing it, very properly took the boy, to the Man chester police-office, the same day, with a view to having the circumstances a little investigated. The story of the boy, as related to the constables of Manchester, was substantially in the following terms: — On that Wednesday, five weeks since to-day, I was walk ing along the bank of the river, near the New Bailey, and a man, with an empty boat, drawn by two horses, asked me if. I would ride upon one of his horses. 1 got up, and rode about a mile, and then got off, and was going home, when the man, who was captain of the boat, took hold of my arm, and pulled me into the boat, and said he would take me home soon, I' cried, and then he put me below, and' said he should soon return, and would bring me back with him. He took me to Liverpool, and I cried, and asked to go back to my mother, and the boatman said he was not going back for a tew days, and he would take me to another vessel that was going to sail to Manchester the next day. It was night when we got to Liverpool, and he took me through several streets, and to the sea side, and placed a ladder, with two bent hooks at the end, to stick in the stones, and I went down the ladder into a small boat. I was taken in the small boat, and put upon a large vessel, lying a good distance out, and it took us a long time to go there. When the boatman from Manchester and me got up the large vessel, the boatman told the captain of the vessel that 1 was his nephew. 1 told him I was not, and I was ordered below stairs, and the captain and this boatman went away, and left the vessel together. 1 was in that vessel from that day until Saturday ,night last, and/ during that time, I was made to clean the deck, and wash different places, and do odd jobs about; and I was kept chiefly upon salt beef, biscuits, and whiskey punch, They called the captain "John Jones," and the mate "Ball," or "Bold." There were two boys upon deck, brothers; and they said they came from Scotland, and that their father and mother had bound them apprentices to Captain Jones. They called them Thomas and John Turner. They said they had been one voyage to New South Wales. I got very friendly with the mate of the vessel; he very often said prayers, and read his Bible • and he and me read the Bible together verse for verse. The mate said he would see if be could not assist me in escaping. I was a month and five days on board this vessel, and during that time she never moved. Besides the captain and mate, the two boys' (Turner) and myself, there were nineteen sailors on board. Most of the men were of a yellow colour, and wore tiugs in their ears; and one of them wore a ring in his nose. On Saturday last, a vessel loaded with'sets [large square stones for paving' lost its anchor, and was driven back to sea, and it came alongside the vessel I was upon, and fastened to it with a rope. That night the captain was gone to tea, and all the sai:ors were drunk, and the mate got hold of me and placed me upon a rope that fas tened the other vessel to ours; and I slided down it, and hid myself amonest some hay that was amongst the sets, and I kept there till Sunday noon, and then 1 was found there by the captain of that boat; and,we were at Runcorn. The cap tain was vexed at my being there, and he drove me on shore, and 1 asked which was the way to Manchester, and I came all along the river side all night, and I got to Manchester on Monday morning. On hearing this story, Mr. George Wood and Mr. Woollam, constables of Manchester, direeted M r„,,Heswick, the principal police beadle, to proceed to Liverpaol, and make inquiries as to the vessel for New SoutleWales, &c. Mr. Beswick took the boy with him, and had Interviews with Mr, Hall, the stipendiary magistrate ; Messrs. Shuttleworth and Ellis, clerks to the magistrates; Mr. Dowling, superintendent of police, and other official persons, all of whom declared their conviction that the whole of the story of John Winder was a fabrication Mr, Askew, • the haesour-master, who offered every assistance in his power, expressed strongly his disbelief „ c ., --.- ------- - - u - '"'-' - T.ieut. Walker, tide surveyor and inspector of the river, was of a ,- -1. , ...0 as to the falsehood of the statements. He state,,-- d, that all the vessels that came within the Black Rock, as well as every vessel in quarantine, were registerd at his office; and there was no ship or other vessel having such a crew as described by the boy, whose mind, the lieutenant hinted, must be labour ing under some strange hallucination. Both Lieut. Walker and Mr. Askew paid every attention to the case; and as to one statement of the boy, they declared that they had been on board many hundered vessels in their lives, and they had never yet seen one man with a ring in his nose. Mr. Bes wick extended his inquiries amongst the pilots, and they de clared that there had been no vessel lying out for more than three or four days; nor was it likely that such should be the case, for a vessel lying out at anchor, with her crew on board, the wages and maintenance of the crew would be going on ; whereas, if the vessel were in dock, the crew, while not at work, would have no claim for wages. Mr. Beswick next sought in vain for the boatman, who, the boy said, had rowed him from Liverpool to the large vessel. All the boatmen ridiculed the idea of any vessel lying, out so lon g . Th e b oy, amongst other duties on board the vessel, said he had been compelled to go up two flights of rope ladders, to set a small flag; but the boatmen laughed at this and said that small lags were always hoisted by a line from the deck. Mr. Beswick next took the lad in succession to St. George's Dock, Prince's, Waterloo, Clarence,- Nova Scotia, Salthouse, and other docks; but the lad said he could not see any vessel at all resembling the one on board of which he had been de tained. At length, after visiting Lloyd's'Rooms, and having given more pains and trouble to this inquire than would be expended in some localities in conducting investigations relating to a murder, Mr. Beswick returned to this town on Thursday night last, with the lad, requiring him to be at the police office again, yesterday morning at nine o'clock, in order to go with him to discover the flatman, who, he said, had taken him from Manchester. The lad did not make his appearence, and he was accordingly sent for, when he still persisted in his story. Oar reporter saw him at the police-office, and asked him the names of the flat and ship ; but he said he never heard or saw either, and he never asked the mate of the latter what was her name. .Our re porter then asked him vilit books he was fond of reading. The lad said the Bible, prayer books, and hymn books; but he subsequently said that his elder brother paid a penny a month to a Sunday school library for the loan of books, and that they had read Captain Cook's voyages. He said that Robinson Crusoe was not in that library; but on further questioning, he said his mother had that work, but he de clared she would not allow him to read it, and that he had never read more than a page or two of it, relating to Crusoe being wrecked. Now those who have read this work will recollect that Crusoe, a runaway from his parents, the second day of his first voyage is dismayed by a storm, and, by the lad who tempted him to leave him, lie is supplied with punch, a liquor not usual on board vessels now; but, nevertheless, the same which Winder asserts was given him. Crusoe's vessel lay seven or eight days in Yarmouth roads, waiting a wind ; hence the alleged length of time during which Winder says be was on board the ship at anchor. It would require no remarkable stretch of a lively imagination to convert the crew of the Sallee rover of Crusoe into the yellow men, with rings in their ears and noses of this young romanccer. We have been somewhat diffuse in our notice of the case, because that, from the lad's youth and manner, he has gained credence for his tale in various quarters, amongst individuals of great respectability; and because, if believed, the story must tend to awaken a host of groundless apprehensions on the part of parents, especially those residing in the neigh bourhood of rivers and canals. The circumstances in detail, however, of this story, are, we should think, quite enough of themselves to satisfy any reflecting mind that the whole is a fable—such a fable as a clever imaginative boy of twelve years old, having read nautical books, and especially Robin son Crusoe, might invent. The only remarkable circumstance is the fact of the boy's absence during five weeks. When he returned, his clothes were soiled with tar or pitch, and there is little doubt that he has been on board some vessel. The probability is that he was a volunteer sailor, like the hero of the fiction Robinson Crusoe, and having got tired or fright ened, he left his vessel, and then invented this story to con ceal his disobedience and wayward folly. Since the former part of this article was written, we learn that Mr. Beswick discovered, yesterday afternoon, that the boy left home about nine months ago, and at that time ab sented himself for five days. We think if any thing were wanted to satisfy the too credulous, as to the real character of the story, this circumstance is amply sufficient.—Manches ter Guardian. MORE RIOTING AT TODMORDEN. We are sorry to say that the hostility of the people of Todmorden and its neighbourhood to the New Poor Law, was further exhibited on Wednesday last, by a series of ritous attacks upon the houses and property of several mem bers of the board of Guardians. About noon on that day, a report having been circulated that a sale was about to take place under a warrant of distress, a crowd of from one to two thousand assembled. As, however, there was no appearance of a sale, the crowd proceed to the house of Mr. Oliver, one of the guardians, who resides at Stanch-field, and broke his windows. They then passed by Dulesgate, where they broke the windows of Messrs. Ormrod, Greenwell, and Halliwell.— They next attacked the dwelling house of Dr. Halliwel, brother of the guardian of that name, and completely gutted the lower part of the house, throwing into the street all his furniture and medicine_ The mob then proceeded to Tod morden Hall, where Dr. Taylor, chairman to the board of guardians, resides. Here their depredations were most de structive. They broke all the furniture within their reach, burning the family pictures, and destroyed the carriages.— Th enex t place they visited was Hare-hill, the residence of Mr. H. Greenwood. Here, again, they destroyed the furniture, and an attempt was made to set it on fire, which, however, was totally unsuccessful. Having vented their fury upon the property of this gentleman, the mob returned to Tormoden, where they completed their work of destruction by breaking the windows in the house occupied by the clerk of the guar dians. This was the last outrage committed, and some indi viduals having remonstrated with them on their unlawful proceedings, they in a short time dispersed. While the work of destruction was going on, information was sent to Burnley and about eight o'clock in the evening two troops of cavalry arrived in that. town. They were followed by a strong force of infantry. Yesterday morning, aTomparry of artillery and two troops of cavalry marched from Manchester for the pur pose of increasing the military force of that district; it is therefore to be hoped that the presence of so powerful a body of military will prevent the occurrence of any more outrages of the same disgraceful character. Notice has teen given that government will receive tenders for the supply of 100,000 3210. balls. SECOND EDITION. Standard Qffice, Three o Clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. Owing to the prevailing easterly winds we have short supplies of every article in the trade. The attendance of country millers at our market to-day was not so large as was anticipated. There was, however, a fair business transacted in Wheat at fully 6d per 701bs advance on last Tuesday's prices; the best Irish red lOs 10d, English Ils 6d to 12s 6d, and free Foreign Ils 6d to Ils 9d. There was also a free sale for bonded Wheat at lOs 10d to lls, as it is expected it will be released at the low duty before the close of the year. There being but few Oats and Oatmeal on sale, 2d advance on the former and 3s per 2401bs on the latter, were readily obtained. There was a limited sale for superfine Flour at h per sack advance: 63s to 65s being the top price of Irish, and 64s to 66s for new and old Englisb. Bran and coarse Flour are both in demand. BUTTER.—The arrivals are 6263 firkins. The sales of But ter have been extensive during the week, and Is. 6cl. to 2s. advance has been obtained on last currency. Prime Carlows are a free sale, at 98s. on board : Waterford and Belfast 965. to 985.; and Derry and Banbridge 935. to 945. landed.— There has been an improved demand for Bacon : New, llBs. to 50s. ; Old, 455. to 475. Lard steady, 465. to 50s. per fir kin, and 565. to 63s.—bladder. AVERAGI WHEAT, 4' 7(►!bs. 9 d 8 d ...,Irish, red Do. white 10 11 3 English. red 9 6.. 11 0 1)o. white lO 0.. 11 6 Foreign, red .. 9 8 .. 11 0 Do. white ....10 6.. 11 6 Os.Ts, 41 43 fibs... 3 6 3 7 BARLEY, 460 tbs. 4 6 .. 5 0 Do. muffing.... 6 0.. 6 6 AVERAGE PRICE 9 D S DI Bacon, 41 , cwt. Long Middles 44 0 @ 46 0 Short do. 49 0 .. 50 0 Hams 56 0 .. 58 0 Lard, Keg 59 0.. 60 0 Do. Bladders OO 0 .. 64 0 Prime Mess Beef, 4ff tierce, 105 0 ..107 6 Prime Mess Pork, 41 barrel, 78 0.. 80 0 PRICES. BRANS, imp. mea. a d ad Irish... FLOUR, cir 280 lbs. Firsts 63 0.. 64 0 upers .. .._ _. _ SeCowls 4 2. 0..58' 0 Inferiors MEAL, 41 , 24otbS. BRAN. cOfz4 tbs 1 4.. 1 0 OF BUTTER, &e. s . D S D, Butter, 4P cwt. Carlow Waterford. Coleraine — 0 0 Limerick . 0 • Belfast 9O 0.. 98 0 Derry, 2ds B6 0 .. 88 0 Cork, 3ds, B3 0 .. 84 0 Newry. Dundalk Sligo 0 0 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAY, NovEmnait 27.—Wind, E.S.E. Rain. Anßiveo.—Challenger, Hernaman, from Smyrna—Damon, from Jersey—Henry Alexander, Pike, from Barletta—ldea, Cooper; Swift, ; Nonpariel, —=--; Jane Pipe, Dawne, from London —Octavia, Bayfield, from Swansea. SAlLllD.—British Heroine, Atkins, from Mobile—Jane, Gregory, for Rio Janeiro—Le Zephir, Niolan, for Senegal—Brilliant, Craig, for Bourdeaux. British Merchant, hence for Bombay, at Llanelli• Royal William, Irvine, from Uamburgh at Falmouth, and sailed 23d instant for Calcutta Lancashire Witch, Grayson, hence, at Monte Video Isabella, Smith, hence, at ditto Agenoria, Rattray, hence, at Quebec Zante, Johnson. hence, at Ancona Express, hence for Genoa, was spoken 12th instant, off Cape St. Mary's. Racer, from Smyrna for this port, off Cape de Gatt, Ist instant Sophia, hence for Bahia, was spoken 19th instant, in lat 49, long ...tO William llill, Berrill, sailed from Marseilles for this port l7th November Bess, Martin, from Barcelona at Tarragona, and sailed 20th Oct. for this port Peri, Vivian, hence, at ditto Isabel, from Antigua, was off Holyhead yesterday Don, Morton, from St. Petersburgh for this port, at Londonderry Manchester, from Pernambuco, and Christopher Columbus, Heulin, from Naples, off Liverpool MISCELLANEOUS. LORD RECTOR.—An answer has been received from Sir James Graham, expressing his acceptance of the office of Lord Rector of our University. H is installation will take place some day during next month.—Glaryow Courier. VARIETY OF THE GENUS HOMo.—One of the cheap pe riodicals gravely informs its readers that Toulouse is a large town—containing about sixty thousand inhabitants built en tirely of bricks. As some cf our contemporaries have alleged that parliament will inek for the despatch of business in the early part of the ensuing month, we may state that the prorogation will be ex tended from the 4th of December to the usual period.—Morn may Chronicle. The works on the Great Western Railway, near Reading, continue to be at a total stand-still. Some of the labourers are begging about the streets of that town, and others have left, to obtain work elsewhere. - The bridges constructed by the Southampton Railway Corn pany across the Great Western Road at Worthing, near Ba singstoke, gave way last week for the second time, to the imminent danger and annoyance of.travellers. ' Our readers will perceive, by referring to our city article, that a report has been in circulation to-day, that Earl Spencer is likely to- succeed Lord Durham in Canada. We are not aware what foundation there may be for such a report, but we believe the appointment is one that would be hailed with satisfaction by almost every party.—Courier, Thursday. R a rtw4 y.—The onerations on this line of railway are proceeding with (treat - activity, and, so far'as the work has proceeded, every thing has been highly favourable. A great number of men are at Work, and the respective contractors are sparing no pains to advance the works with all possible rapidity. A tradesman in the country tendered an account in which was the following item; and, considering the`job, his charge was certainly moderate hanging wickets and myself, seven hours, ss. 6d." Two duelists having exchanged shots without effect, one of the seconds interfered, and proposed that the parties should shake hands. To this the other second objected as unneces sary, "For," said he, " their hands have been shaking this half hour:" BAPTISMAL. NAMES OF THE SECOND SON OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF PORTUGAL—Dom Louis Felippe, Maria Fernando, Pedro de Alcantara, Antonio, Miguel, Rafael, Gabriel Genzaga, Xavier Francisco de Assis, Joao, Augusto, Julio, Volfando de Braganza de Bourbon Saxe Coburg Gotha. EcLiesEs.—ln 18.39 there will be only two eclipses, both of the sun; the first, visible at Greenwich, a partial eclipse only, which begins March 15, 3h. 20w. 4s. Greatest phase, 36. 53m, 3s. Ends, 4h. 4m. 4s. The second, on the 2d Sep tember, invisible at Greenwich. The General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Rainbow arrived from Antwerp at six o'clock on Thursday morning, having made the passage in 18 hours, although the strong head winds and thick weather she encountered ma terially impeded her speed.—Morring Herald. The Antwerp Company's timber-built steam-ship Antwerp arrived on Thursday morning off the Tower, having made her passage in 20 hours, notwithstanding the haziness of the weather. On Sunday last the lieges of a town in North Durham were astonished and somewhat scandalized by a loud peal from - the bellman; and, pricking up their ears, they beard the following amusing and most mysterious cry :—" Lost! a woman! about fifty years owid; with a black strar bat, a black goon, and a pladdy shad. Wheiver hez fund hur, and wull bring hur here, wull be rewarded for their trubble."— Preston Pilot. Es MONEY AND FRIENDS.—There is (said Wilberfooce) a vile and base sentiment cnrrent amongst men of the world, that if you wish to preserve a friend you must guard against having any pecuniary transactions with him; but it is a caution altogether unworthy of a Christian. Viscount Melbourne gave the first cabinet dinner this sea son on Wednesday evening, at his residence in South-street. The ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hob house, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thompson, and Viscount H owick. MANCHESTER OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.—On Monday evening last, there waa a public meeting of conser vatives held at Mr. Sidebothaes, Bull's Head, New Isling ton, and an Operative Conservative Society formed for dis tricts No. 1,2, 3, 4. The meeting consisted of all grades of politicians, and was addressed by Messrs. Atkinson, English, Holt, and several others. Upwards of one hundred persons were present.—Manchester Guardiau. THE HURWICH MURDER.—We understand that the mur derer, whoever he be, is not supposed to have obtained s o much booty as was at first conjectured; Mr. Jardino having met the deceased on the previous Wednesday, and then re ceived from him nearly the whole 'amount of hiscollections up to that day; so that the whole Of the money in his pos session had been collected between Wednesday and Friday, and would not, it is stated, exceed .£s.—Manchester Guardian. EXTRAORDINARY CAsE.—A most extraordinary medical ere is reported, by the Hanau Gazette, as having recently occurred at Berlin, where a Polish countess, who had, ever since the death of her husband, experienced frequent pains in the chest, was put under the care of Dr. Von Graffe, by whom it was ultimately decided, that amputation of one of the breasts was necessary. The operation was performed, when there was discovered in the breast a perfectly formed fcetus of several months. BRADFORD OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.—The second anniversary of this society is fast approaching, when the members contemplate dining together, and when, we have no doubt, we shall hear a very flattering account of the pro gress of the cause of conservatism in Bradford. We are enabled to state as a fact, that many operative voters, who have heretofore espoused the mock "liberal" cause, are al ready beginning to-Orange their views: some of them have declared their intention to vote Blue instead of Yell ow , as formerly, at the next election. The eorthcoming annivesary will be a high treat, and we beg to bespeak for it the attention of the neighbouring conservative gentry.—Leeds Intelligencer. The French papers announce the death of the Duc de Fitzjames, from apoplexy, in Normandy, and also that of the celebrated physician Broussais, who expired at Vitry on the 17th. Brousrais was born at St. Maloes in 1772, served as surgeon in the navy for several years, and followed the army in the same capacity through most of the campaigns. After 1815 he settled in Paris, where his life and labours are well known. Edward, Duc tin Fitzjames, was great great grand son of the Duke of Berwick, natural son of James 11. He was born in 1776, and was first gentleman of the chainOer to Charles X. TrcicLlNG TO DEATH !—The . process of tickling to death, of which we have before had an instance, has been recently renewed at Brignolles, in the Var, where a man, named Reboul, applied it to his second wife. It appears; that, after seizing her with one hand, he with the other, tickled her violently at the bottom of her feet, and on the knees and ribs, until he threw her into a high state of irritation, and then held her with her head downwards and her feet in the air, with the intent of producing a congestion of the brain. This he had done several times, but, upon the last occasion, she was saved by the coming in of her neighbours, who were at tracted by her cries. Reboul was taken into custody, and it is suspected that he got rid of his first wife by these means, as he had, previous to this attempt, told his present wife, that he knew how to dispose of any person without compromising h i inset f.—Galignani. GIDDINESS NOT FELT IN A BALLOON.—I was•at a friend's chambers, which are on a second floor • and, looking down front an open window into the garden, (the sill of the window being rather low,) I became giddy, and was obliged to retire from it ! At an elevation of twenty-seven hundred feet, I looked down upon St. Paul's—that is to say, from about eight times its own height—layers of smoke, like thin clouds, hanging just above the swell of the dome, and not the slightest inconvenience of the kind you expect did I, ot_ any of my travelling companions, suffer from our exalted position ! This is a curious fact; but a fact it is, which, I doubt not, will be corroborated by every person who has made trial of it.—Peode's Crotchets in the Air: Eije Iliberpool ,5-.tanbarD. TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 27, 1838. THE WEST INDIES.—The arrival of the Pigeon packet has put us in possession of our usual files of the Jamaica papers to the 13th ultimo, inclusive. The news from Demerara is to the 9th, from Barbatioes to the 10th, and from St. Thomas's to the 22d ultimo. The accounts respecting the conduct of the negroes continue to be very unfavourable, especially in Ja maica, where no approach seems to have been made towards a satisfactory arrangement. Many of the es tates were utterly neglected, the cultivation of the crops retarded, and the manufacture of sugar rendered more slow and expensive. On this subject the follow ing extract from a letter received by a respectable mer cantile firm in this town will throw some light. The letter is dated St. George's, Jamaica, but the state ments which it contains apply equally to all other parts of the island, as well as to the sugar growing colonies generally. The writer remarks, " Two months are nearly elapsed since freedom was pro claimed in our island, and, with a few exceptions in each parish, the negroes positively hold out for exor bitant wages-55., 3s. 4d., and 2s. 6d. daily—the nine hour system,—and, when at work, doing less, if possi ble, than during the apprenticeship. On almost all the properties in this parish the people refuse to work, although 2s. 6d., with sugar or rum, daily, has been offered. Such is the situation of the island at present. To establish cane fields under the present exorbitant system is ruinous; consequently no one is establish ing any. No cane field can be established, cultivated, and taken to the wharf, at a rate lower than £24 per acre. The major parts of estates throughout the island give only 1 or 11 hogsheads per acre, and re quire turning up every third year ; consequently those properties cannot pay, and must shortly be thrown up. The best estates will, with the present price of sugar and rum, under the best management and with the strictest frugality, be only able to pay their way; and in case of a depreciation of only ss. per cwt., would leave a sad defalcation, ruinous to the proprietor or merchant who has the wages to ad vance." The state of Jamaica is, indeed, such as may well excite alarm in the minds of all who are interested in the prosperity of our colonial possessions. Most of the respectable planters—even those who had been most conspicuous for their kind treatment of their ne groes—complain bitterly of the ingratitude, indolence, and even turbulence of the newly emancipated ap prentices. Neither by day-work or task-work can they be prevailed upon, except in a few isolated instances, to perform a full days' work. In illustration of this description of the present state of things we subjoin a few extracts from the more recent colonial journals:— The Dispatch of the 10‘11 ult., remarks :—" The more we hear from the country, the more reason we have to mourn over the slight hopes we begin to en tertain of an improved state of the agricultural work ing of the labourers on sugar estates. This backsliding is caused entirely by the uncalled-for act of the govern ment in disseminating the opinions of two irresponsible officers. They have been the means of inducing the negroes to back out of engagements on the authority of Government. Added to this crying evil, we are embarrassed by a parcel of incendiary preachers, wit ness Lucea, Falmouth, et sic de simillimis de ca , teris, who are urged on to mischief from home, and whose misdeeds are winked at, if not encouraged here.—ln these times we are enabled to arrive at the truth of these assertions by direct information, whereas formerly it was a difficulty of no small magnitude. The negroes now openly assert the influence of the Baptists, and do not hesitate to state their determination of adhering to their parsons' orders, which orders encouraging their natural laziness, are admirably adapted to the macca roni hunters' plans.—When we are to expect a tenni nation of our Oppressions, we know not ; but, judging from by-gone acts, we fear that nothing short of final ruin is our destiny: and though we rely with con fidence on our Assembly, yet even their exertions in our favour are liable to counteraction, and that from arties at home that have shown their anxiety to clip- its ower." The samejournal all I' ai crime was co is'ierably on the increase. At the last Surry assizes there were fifty cases on the calendar. The Cornwall Chronicle, which was formerly in the radical interest, contains the following strong observa tions:—" The present state of many of the labouring population, who have not come to terms with their former masters, would have sooner come to an under standing had their grounds been less productive; for want is one of the most formidable enemies of idleness, and one of the most flattering friends of idle ness is vice. How truly has Johnson remarked, that there are few men who do not datb the predominance of those desires that disturb his life, and contaminate his conscience, from some unhappy hour, when too much leisure exposed him to their incursions; for he has lived with little observations either on himself or others, who does not know that to be idle is to be vicious.' If this opinion be any thing near the truth, then have the advisers of the unfortunate labourers much to answer for. We are certain, that numbers who have had this foretaste of idleness, under this new state of freedom, and relaxed industry, will never re sume the same active toils again, with a willing and voluntary spirit. Thousands of those have felt the in structions of base and unworthy desires to render life less agreeable than formerly. In fact, an unhappy feeling must, by this time, be implanted in the minds of many of these otherwise well-disposed negroes; their past conditions must be viewed, in comparison with their present vaunted freedom, with an "eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departed day." Much of this state of things, we are decidedly of opinion, is occasioned by a politico-religious sect, who levy sys tematic taxation on their poor deluded followers, un heard of within the boundaries of Christendom." In reference to the continued and malignant attacks of the English abolitionists, the Jamaica Dispatch of the 12th ult. remarks :—" In contradiction to the in famous lying statements (which we yesterday quoted from the British Emancipator) we beg leave to inform our transatlantic teaders, that the heavy rate o wages the agricultural proprietors of this Colony are now compelled to pay for a 'minimum of la bour, cannot be kept up without certain ruin ! Far from the 3s. 4d. per week, which that Jour nal states to be the average paid on the autho rity of lying informers, the labourers who are willing to work generally receive more than double that sum, exclusive of a cottage and ground, from which they can realise a fair income. And when it is added that on the land they occupy they are allowed to rear pigs and poultry, corn and cattle, and also to have the run of the pro prietor's estate to help themselves ad libitum to wood for fuel, grass, hogmeat, fruit, and vegeta bles—it will not surprise any body to hear that being so well provided with the necessaries of life, they feel disposed to work for hard wages. "The proof is, that even the high wages given do not stimulate them to labour continuously, or to work with efficient effect. They will not, as their employers say, accept the rough with the smooth. On the contrary, they like to get their money for light labour, but desert their task whenever there is heavy work to perform; from this indolence, and the absence of all stimulOs to manual exertion, many estates will not be. able to ship half their crops; and from , the ruthleSS malignity and unmitigated persecution of the Go vernment agitators, backed by the Baptist and Stipendiary demagogues, it is likely they will blast the fruits of as fine a 'lnvest of sugar, coffee, and pimento as the island ever produced, and which the negroes might have been induced to gather and manufacture, if it had not been for incendiary interference! "However, affairs have now come to a crisis I and the government must at once declare whether they mean to make this Colony a Black Republic or a free province of Great Britain, governed by equal and constitutional laws, where life and pro perty are protected. The Assembly meets on the 30th inst., and must at once demand of the Go vernor whether he has instructions to annul their Charter, suspend their Constitution, and deprive them of their hereditary rights; and we shall see whether the freemen of Jamaica will consent to become slaves in return for having emancipated their negro appren tices ? " The Governor of Jamaica it appears had issued an order to the stipendiary magistrates to furnish him with reports of the actual state of things in the island. On the character of the anticipated reports, the Dis patch remarks:—" It is of course the interest of the Governor and his Stipes to make the best possible re port they can on the effects of their own administration of affairs in this distracted Colony. So if they can make it appear that all the good that has been done, has been produced by their zealous endeavours, and that all the evil which has occurred, has been the re sult of the Planters' opposition to their mandates, their purpose is gained ; for, if they can manage to secure the thanks and approbation of the Colonial Secretor'', and the expected rewards of their pretended go° cl serTice, they care little if Jamaica and all its inhabi tants were sunk in the Atlantic Ocean; their desire being to reap the golden coin as well as opinions of their countrymen ; and to finger that, would readily hang and quarter every planter in the country with as little remorse as they would shoot a soldier for desert ing from the ranks. 4, If any of our readers conceive we judge them too harshly, let them remember the expressions used by his Excellency, and the systematic persecution a nd in sulting conduct of the pet specials towards the local authorities and proprietors of the island at large! If ever a loyal, deserving, and generous-hearted body British subjects were malignantly defamed, cheated, and oppressed, the British colonists of this and the neighbouring islands have been most wantonly, cruel ly, and unjustly humbled and abused ! Having sacrificed all that a liberal communill could possibly concede to qniet and satisfy their rapa cious enemies, they find that nothing can appease their insatiable and craving appetite to devour, except th e entire destruction of their whole property. " The Planters, as we before observed, are at tbe present moment drawing all their compensation money to pay the negroes for the two years' service w hich ," was lawfully due. The highest wages are regu larl c paid for a trifling minimum of work, and excluss ive cottage and land worth from £3O to £4O per anp unl c i Still, the laboure rs are t a ught to crave for more, an _ to refuse to pay in ab o ut half the value of the p rodu !: they reap from their master's estate, and for which (the landlord) is compelled to pay taxes, whilsttliat negro rears his pigs and poultry, corn and c attle, se °d and lot free. Is this equal law or equal justice ? an can it end in any thing but total loss and ruin ? " Many of the Planters say, if the present cropula_6ef, no return, they must throw up the cultivation o f their properties. They have no means to pay the exorbrtac exactions on their purse; and if they cannot e_.e°9 bread by their own hands, their wives and farrol rr t i o must perish. This will be a blessed example improved developement of Jamaica's rich resour and a fine stimulus to other Nations to abolish coeirce: labour! civ Yet, amidst all these dangers and diffie_o ., :_ ei we are called upon to thank and applaud Sir la r P ot _ , Smith, who kindly lets loose black criminals to _ le ► plunder, and destroy, — more favoured than- the skinned slave of his comma nder, who is treated vela, mitigated punishment fo r the most trivial and venial mitigated offence ! A white soldier is sentenced to one ho c ' it and fifty lashes for concealing a pair of withouttrowsere black house-breaker and felo n is pardoned punishment at all ! ! and " This is the admirable system of equal /er:_ ve equal justice we are urged to admire and rove What the result of it has bee n it shall be task of our faithful sentinel s of the Island g ic le elf a , r e t° observe and record ! !" following The Cornwall Chronicle con tains the nounceent respecting the intentions o f theilgov 'rnpeace ment in reference to the agita tors, by whon We are of the island has been so long disturbed happy to hear that her Majesty's will forthwith file ex-officio informationsd others , for demagogues Knibb, Oughton, Lewis, an to combine having abetted and advised the lab ore only a s it for an extravagant rate of wages. assu redly littornse.v-aGinesnte :heel should be, and if they are co nvicted— Tilis ' ost they will—we hope they will meet ‘v y ears' Dorchester labourers in England, 7 an , the sen transportation—but without any remission of tence." • *dad and the other From Barbadoes, Demerara, Tani • i a t s b n tb d e 4te.of the THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Mr. I'. D. RICE, the celebrated American Comedian, and the original representative of the American Plantation Negro, on his return from the United States by the last Packet, the Garrick, is engaged for Three Nights, and will make his appearance This Evening in the character of " Ginger Blue," and will introduce his popular Song of "Jim Crow," as originally sung by him in all the princi pal Theatres of America. Second Night of the celebrated DISTIN FAMILY, who are engaged for the last Five Nights of the Season, and previous to the commencement of the Benefits; And of the popular Vocalist, Miss FANNY RUSSELL, from the Nobility's Concerts, Bath, who is engaged fur the same period. QUM'S present TUESDAY, November 27, will be per il formed the popular Tragedy of BRUTUS. • Lucius Junius Brutus Mr. Stuart. Titus Mr. W. Howard. Sextus Tarquin Mr. Gray. Collutinus Mr. W. 11. Bland. Aruns Mr. Chaplin. Tullia Miss Cleaver. Tarquinia Miss Faucit. After which, A CONCERT Of Vocal and Instrumental Music, in which the DISTIN FAMILY will perform, with their BRASS BAND, several of their most popular Pieces; and Miss F. Russ Eu., Miss LAND, and Miss GIt•NT wil sing a variety of favourite Songs. To conclude with a Farce, written for Mr. T. D. Rice, called THE VIRGINIAN MUMMY. Ginger Blue.. Mr. T. D. RICE, in which character he will sing the popular Song of " JIM CROW." On WEDNESDAY, the favourite new Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mi. Stuart; Beauseant, Mr. W. Howard; Glavis, Mr. W. H. Bland ; llamas, Mr. Baker; Madame Deschappelles, Mrs. Clarke; Pauline, Miss Faucit.—With a CONCERT of Vocal and Instrumental Music, and the Farce of THE VIRGINIAN MUMMY. On THURSDAY, Mr. T. D. RICE'S BENEFIT, and his Last Night. On FRIDAY, Mr. DISTIN'S BENEFIT. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. BAKER. ON MONDAY next, the 3d December, the Comedy, called THE WONDER. Felix Mr. Stuart. Lissardo Violante Miss Faueit. Flora Mrs. Clarke. After which, THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. Skirts Fanny To conclude with CHARLES THE SECOND. .Mrs. Tenet. Mary Miss Aldridge, Her first appearance on any stage. SINGING, By Miss Land, Miss Aldridge, and Miss Grant. Tickets to be had of Mr. BAKER, 3, Cases-street. ARRIVED. TO THE LADIES OF LIVERPOOL. By SPECIAL APPOINTMENT OF Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. ' Her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Her Imperial Highness the Princess (f Orange, Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of the N e th e rlands. Air RS. NICHOLAS GEARY, Court Stay Maker, of 1. 61, St. James's-street, London, is honoured with the above illustrious appointments in approval of her invention, so highly beneficial to the Female Community at large, as may be seen by the annexed testimonials from the most dis tinguished Members of the London Medical Profession. Mrs. Geary begs to announce that she has arrived in Liver pool, and has taken up her residence at 126, BOLD STREET (new N 0.,) where she will remain to receive Ladies until the sth of December, her arrangements being made to visit Manchester from the 7th till the 19th, when she returns to Town. • Mrs. Geary will have with her an extensive assortment of her elegant newly invented DRESS and INVALID STAYS, which by the total absence of all uneven pressure may be worn with unspeakable comfort, while at the same time they yield a general support, and produce a fiuure of such exquisite symmetry, that attempted in any other Stay would almost amount to suffocation. To Young Ladies and Growing Children this invention may truly be considered of the most vital importance towards the establishment of a good Constitution, free. from those gradual but certain diseases which are cited at length in the second edition of " Deformi ties of the Chest and Spine, by W. Coulson, Esq.," from page 200 to 205, where that gentleman shows no fewer than 97 diseases that have come under the observation of eminent Medical Gentlemen, arising ENTIRELY from the IMPROPER CONSTRUCTION OF STAYS IN GENERAL USE. The following Medical Gentlemen are of opinion, that Mrs. N. Geary's Stays, in consequence of the great improve ments they present—their capability of adaptation to every variety of form,-and their removal of all uneven pressure and the proper employment of elastic materials—are descry. ing of the strongest recommendation. Sir Jas. E. Anderson, M.D. Sir James Eyre, M.D. Dr. Aldis. Dr. G. F. D. Evans Sir Benj. Brodie, Bart. Dr. Ferguson Dr. I3irkbeck Dr. Holland Dr. Bright Dr. James Johnson Dr. Burn R. Keate, Esq. Dr. G. F. Babington Dr. Locock Sir Antony Carlisle Dr. Lichfield Sir Chs. M. Clark, Bart. Dr. Merriman Sir Jas. Clark, Bart. Dr. Paris Sir Astley Cooper, Bart. Dr. Wilson Phillips Dr. Clutterbuck G. Pearson, Esq. Dr. Conquest T. J. Pettigrew, Esq. William Coulson, Esq. Dr. F. H. Ramsbotham Dr. Copland Dr. Hamilton Roe uurie Dr. Sigmund Dr. G. F. Collier Sir Matt. Tierney, Bart. Dr. henry Davies Donald Walker, Esq. Dr. Thomas Davies 126, BOLD-SIRE x, (new Number.)