The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-27 00:00:00

GLOUCESTER-STREET DYE'-HOUSE CI 6(.4) I'T embraces fO r is opportunity of expressing till hi, saAte(46achn-owiedgeutents--for the favours be has re e,ived sine tiii - eeininemercent in the above business, and fur t h,r !was tAlue,ormt,ittote'veitiii 4,44 honnur hint with their corn that enlarged his Estab.ishmeut, upon a very ex st.,iie-,i-Atith7styttAble H Air and -Bleaching Stoves and GaAs will tie Dyed awl in a style or superi .. Lily. • 'Nil kinds of Silks, Satins, Velvets. ”ild British and Foreign Crapes, Dyed and Finished. Latties' Dresses, Pelisses. Cloaks, Maw's, V e lk aw l ilandkerchiets, of every tirscriptions, Cleaned or, Dyed; Moreens, Damasks. and Stufts-of all kinds Cleaned or Dyed and IVittered ; nirnittrre Prints, Sofa and Chair Cowers, Carriage Linings. &c. Cleaned and Glazed; Calico Linings Dyed and Glazed ;Cachets awl Druggets Cleaned. Gentlemen's Clothes RenOrated in a superior style. • .... . Country - Orders execured with the greatest punctuality and despatch. An APPRENTICE Wanted. 13, Gloucester-street, Liverpool. . R. A. BALDWIN, UMBRELLA AND PARASOL MANUFACTURER, 31, BOLD-STREET; (UN °EH DR. THOM'S CHAPEL.) itA. BALDWIN respectfully announces to the Ladies of . Liverpool, anl .its inhabitants in general, his Return from Loodoa, whore he has selected an elegant assortment of SILK and other MATERIALS connected with the PARA SOL Department, comprising two essentials, that of being really fashionable, and of novel invention, in almost every shade and fig Ore. The greatest novelty in the Carriage Parasol will be found on inspection such as to award some credit to the Inventor, being so contrived as to occupy the compass of a common Pocket Telescope. 'Parasols re-covered and altered to the prevailing fashion. Repairs neatly executed. It. A. B.'s Stock of fashionable Gig, Polley, Ladies, and Gentlemen's Riding WHIPS, will be found, both in price and quality, unequalled in or out of tendon. N.B.—A large and most varied assortment of richly mounted OPERA CANES and WALKING 6TICKS. Charges strictly nor:iterate. fnupertat Vartianunt. \:. 1 7101:56E OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The house re-assembled to-day after the Easter recess. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Col. Thomas took the oaths and his seat for Kinsale, and Sir T. Hepburn, for the county of Heddington, in the room of Lord itamsay. On the motion of Sir T. FREEIIANTLE, a new writ was or dered fur the borough of Stamford; in the room of Colonel Chaplin, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundred; and a new writ was also ordered for the western division of the county of Suff )Ik, in the room of Mr. H. Logan, deceased. Sir U. STRICKLAND. Chairman — of the Hull Election Com mittee, reported to the house, that in consequence of the ab sence of Mr. Dundas, the committee adjourned on the 16th instant until to-day, and he was instructed to ask leave to sit during the absence of the hon. member. . Mr. DUNDaS explained the reason of his not attending the committee, which was in consequence of the dangerous illness of his mother. He should he able to attend to-morrow. It was then arranged that the committee should resume their inquiry at the usual hour to-morrow morning.. The Brandling junction railway bill was read a third time, awl passed. The Newtyle and Coupar Angus railway bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Garnkirk and Glasgow railway bill was also read a se cond time, and ordered to he committed. Petitions against Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's copvright bill were presented by Mr. Kelly, Mr. Wakley, Sir W. Follett, the Attorney-General, Mr. Hume, and other members. A number of petitions on various subjects were presented. GREAT YARMOUTH aLECTION. Mr. C. W. WYNN said he bad a petition of great importance to the freedom of election to present. The petition to which he alluded was from Mr. Baker, the parliamentary agent for the petitioners, complaining of an undue return for the borough of Great Yarmouth; and it stated that the officer who h.d the custody of the poll-books kept out of the way to avoid being served with the Speaker's warrant to attend and give evidence before the committee ; he therefore prayed that the ballot for a committee, returning officer could he served with the Speaker's warrant. The him. member moved that Mr. Baker be 'called to the bar to verify the statements in the petition. The ATTORNEY-GEN/I:KAI. opposed the motion for calling Mr. Baker to the bar, and also the postponement of the ballot. The committee ought to be appointed, and then, if the return ing officer was not present, they might adjourn from day to day. If the house once admitted such a principle, it would lead to the most inconvenient consequences. Ile should therefore op poie the motion. Mr. C. W. WYSIN was decidedly of °pinion that the house, in justice to its own character, ought to hear evidence as to whether Mr. Burt, the returning officer, wilfully kept out of the way or not. There was an allegation of that kind, and evi dence ought to be received. Ballots for petitions had frequently been - postponed for far less important reasons. • A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Rumbold, the Solicitor " General, and other hon. members, took part. After which, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the house divided, *lied there appeared— • For the motion for calling in Mr. Baker 78 Against it Majority against the motion - utt, d(4.7. coPvitiGHT BILL. Sergeant TA irouan moved the second reading of the copyright bill. The hon. and learned member was addtessing the hous4 when we left. TREATMENT OF FACTORY CHILDREN. (From the London Rerord.) We plead guilty to the charge implied in the following letter of Lord Ashley, of not giving due attettion to the question re lating to the employment of children in the manufactories the country. We feel that, among the many subjects of im portance which claim our attention, this one has been nearly totally negleeted; hut eve hope that it may, hereafter, obtain a consideration from us in some degree commensurate with its high importance, and corresponding to the malignant and- J.- plorahle evils connected with it, which seem loudly to call for extirpation_ Lord Ashley says:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE RECORD. Sie,—Your paper of yesterday renews your invitation to per sons conversant with the manufacturing system, to furnish you with hints on the best mode of itnproviug, the people engaged in that labour. Although very unwilling, to address you by letter, I am more nowillia 4 that. your readers should be left ignorant of the truth; and as '1 cannot believe that you wilfully conceal the many sources; of information on - this vital topic, f must conclude that you have never yet heard of the evidence which was taken in 1817 before a committee of the Commons; in 1818 and 1819 be fore committees of the Lords; in 1832 again before another glenniitteci of the Commons, and in 1833 before the parlia mentasy commission issued, pursuant to address, by his late Majesty. 'this evidence exhibited the evil of the system, and in part oropotied the remedy. Had you ever read any portion of it, your decision would have been easy; a paper like your's, pro fessedlY religious, must have held its peace, or boldly demanded a mitigation of the sufferings those documents recorded. The late reports of the factory inspectors contain illustrations of the system that may throw light on your inquiries. These gentlemen are hostile to the favourite measure ut the k els, commonly known by the name of the ten hours' bill; their testimony therefore is impartial in this respect. Mr. Horner tells us that children, after they have completed t heir thirteenth year, "by working twelve hours a-day, have no time for their mental or moral improvement" (January, 1837 :) the law rum professes to forbid the employment of young chiidreu for so many hours; but the law is, fur the most part, a cruel and a wicked delusion. Now if the toil press so heavily on children of thirteen years, what must it do on those of nine? Mr. Howell states, in his report of November, 1837, that he hat laid informations against the proprietors of two cotton-mills, , " First, for having worked young persons under eighteen years of age from seven o'clock on Saturday evening, Sept. 2d, tofive on Sunday morning, Sept. 3d, without any internal fur rest or refreshment; second, fur having worked young persons under eighteen years of age from seven o'clock in the evening of Sept. 6th, to six o'clock in the morning of Sept. 7th, with , out anyin terval Forrest or refreshment s third, for a repetition of the same offence on Sept. 81h; fourth, for having worked young persons under eighteen years of age from half-past five o'clock in the morninv, of Sept. 4th, until eleven o'clock at night, with intervals for meals, amounting to one hcur and forty minutes, or fifteen hours and fifty minutes clear labour per day; fifth, for a repeti tion or the same offence on Sept. Bth !" As the inspector has not di , tinznisheil the precise ages, we may believe that they ranged, as is usual, over the whole period from nine to eigh teen! This sad and shameful system has been long denounced by m .dical men of the highest science, by teachers of daily and Sunday-schools, and by credible and experienced operatives— the ministers of every form of religious belief have alone been backWaid. That great and good man, Mr. Sadler, whose zeal was inexhaustible for the honour of God and the welfare of inan kind, repeatedly assur”il me, that,' with very few, hut most hon. oruatrle- exceptions, be had never received support from the pro fessors of teligion within these kingdoms. My own experience, both of the neglect and of the exceptions, concurs lamentably with his; five years of anxiety and fruitless labour attest the solitude of my efforts. I know the advantage I yield to my op ponents by such an admission, but I am not, on that account, inclined to further silence—my hope is placed on much higher support; and l feel confident that; by The blessing of God, per severance and patience in welt-doing, will enable me at last to triumph, against hostility, and in spite of indifference.—l am, Sir, your verv.ohedient humble servant. April 20, 18.38. ASHLEY. KINNEAR IN PARIS—PARIS, Aertir. 15.—The convicton of Kinnear, the swindler, has excited some interest here; as he is well known to some of the first houses. Several years ago, a Dutchman, who called himsolf Emeney, but whose real name was Al —s, and who turned out to have Leen formerly con nected in Swindling transactions in England with Kinnear, and a person named W —e, against whom he subsequently gave evidence which caused their being fined aud imprisoned in Eirgland—played a deep game in Paris, at which Kinnear was supposed to Ire the prompter. M—s had quitted England with considerable spoil, and determined to lead a new life and become an honest man, had retied to Champagne, where he purchased property and conducted himself with great propriety. Here, however, he was discovered by his old partners, and ass in , lueed, either by the fear of expoiure, or the chance of fresh gains, against which his newly-born virtue was not proof, to come to Paris and commence business as a merchant and general dealer. His modest, but at the same time gentlemanly, style*of hiving,• and the precautions taken by his Mentor, suc ceeded in imposing on the Parisians, and, in a short time, he th,Aebtained very extensive credit, to which there would have beets scarcely any limit if accident had not led to a suspicion aide compelled him to abscond. Among his papers, which were seized by his creditors, was one curious document, which there is every reason to believe hadbeen drawn out by Kinnear_ It veas the plan ora campaign or this accomplished gang, and it was a calculation of the means which they were to adopt to raisleN ar.very large sem , out of the credulity of their creditors. They.were•to purchase largely, and apparently with grea t p ro dente, for re a dy money. Their text operations, ellen once afloat, were to bean short bills, Which were to be honoured;, the succeeding were to be on a very large scale indeed, so as to give:them several millions' worth of goods; and those bills were, of eou-se, not to be honoured. Out of these gains they were to cover the losses they had sustained in their first transee tions—if loss there was in the conversion of their goods into money. Tht paper was a perfect curiosity. Rothschild; in all his real transactions, never made more detailed calculations thark these irnit.strieis had dove in their false dealings. They were each to rea.ise a colossal fortune ; and, as I have already said, but for an accident, they wntild have succeeded. As it was, they contrived to rob several merchants and dealers of large sums, hut without. perhaps, realisingniuch for themselves, —Correspondent of Globe. wilba 241 4.l%tietna:Q FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. According to advices from . Jaca of the 17th, another Carlist column, consisting df eight battalions and 200 cavalry, had reached, on the 15th, the village of Nebasquez, on the confines of Navarre, from which it might proceed either to Upper Arra gun or to HuesCa and Barbastro. 9,000 men of the Queen's troops were, however, watching its movements. Letters from aiOnne of the 20th instant state, that the ob ject of Count. Negri's retrograde march is to post himself in the Sierra de Cameros, and thence descend to the right bank of the Ebro, in order to protect the passage of an expedition of 20 battalions, which Don Carlos contemplates sending to the inte rior, if he can prevail on the Navarrese and the Basques to follow hint - beyond that river. All the Carlist troops which had approiched the French frontiers had been ordered to the plain on Vittoria, where it was thought that Dun Carlos intended to place hiinself at their bead, and force a passage across the In"_ cartacioues. •Advices from Estella of the Isth mention that the Carlis_ expedition into Upper Arragon had been recalled for the pur tmse 01 reinforcing the army which Dun .Carlos intended to lead ip person against Madrid. Accounts from Catalonia, received via Bayonne, announce that Baron de Meer and Brigadier Ayerba had been beaten by the Carlist cominander-in-chiet, Seragu, in the vicinity of Suria. Brigadier Carbo, after tuur days' fighting with Burio and Zorilla, had been obliged ti treat before their 'superior force, and to retire into Puicerringing with bin] three hundred wounded, whom he lodged in the church. Nothing could exceed the fury displayed by both parties in those various encounters. The Carlist chief Burjo had been (wounded. in the leg, and Carbo's son was killed by his father's side. A dispatch, published by the Madrid Gazette of the 15th, states that Brigadier Abecia had defeated Cabauero near Tierzo. THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK, APRIL 2.—MONEY AND EXCHANGES.—There is no change in the condition of money. It is scarce, yet there is on difficulty in realising it on undoubted business paper, but of this there is but little. Money stocks droop in price, and specie rather goes up. Bills for the packets of April 1 were very heavy. Sterling bills opened at 51 to 6, but declined to 5 pin. for the' best; on France the closing sales of prime bills were at sf. 472 c. per dollar. Domestic exchanges are no worse' than they were a week ago. On the east there is vet!, little variation from par. The following were the rates on southern places :—Philadelphia, 3 2 _ 1 - to -1 dis.; Baltimore, 3,1 to 4; Charles ton, 31 ; Milledgeville, 81 ; Augusta, 71; Mobile, 18 discount' for certificates of deposit, and 20 for bank Dotes; New Orleans, ; Natchez certificates of deposit sold at 30 tits; Cincinnati. 6 to 7; Kentucky bank bills, 81; Certificates, 71.; Tennessee, 20 to 25 wanted. MONEY MARKET, &e. April 2.—The stock market continues to recede, and the business transacted is every day becoming more limited. -hales on Saturday of United States Bank at 114 to 1142; Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, 611; Phcenix Bank, 94; and Boston and Providence Railroad Company,9s. Utica Railroad Company has receded to 110. Specie has ad vanced a little, and is held at 24 to 21 per cent. premium. Treasury notes at z to per cent. premium. We learn that in addition to the bills of the Windsor Bank, those of the Newbury Bank, Wells River, Vermont, will not be dicounted on any terms,by the brokers in this ciy. We are'unable to find in the files of London papers which have as yet reached ns by the Europe, quotations of a later date for American Stocks than the 24th of February, when Louisiana Five per Cents were quoted at 96; New York Five per Cents. (1815), 91; Pensvlvauia Five per Cents. (1858), 93. In Mis sissippi, an d New York, and Ohio Six per Cents. nothing has been done. Our commercial advices from New Orleans for the week ending the 24th ult. have been received, which we are happy to observe report some improvement in business, though sales were still limited. The arrangement entered into by the banks butt tended to ease the money market, and the greatest difficulty in the way of a liberal distribution of bank funds is said to he the scarcity of good commercial paper. A large business has been done in cotton, including for the week 20 bales at a small improvement in prices, and the United States Bank is said to have purchased 4000 bales at an advance of fully half a cent. Within a few days some revival of a demand for specie had occurred; and for American gold and silver 6 to 82 per cent. premium was paid. About 85,000 dollars had been received on the 24th from Metamoras, and the advance will probably not be long sustained. Large sales.of,Treasury notes were also making at 5 to 6 per cent. premium, and of United States Bank notes at 3to 3%. The rates of discount on Mobile, Mississippi, &e, had all advanced, say to 11 to 12 on Mobile, 21 to 22 on Missis sippi, and 11 to 12 on Tennessee. Exchange on London had improved to 84, and on New York was at 31 to 4 per cent. pre mium. A great want of shipping continued, and fully 70,000 bales were waiting vessels. The city continued healthy, and weather fine. SPORTINGANTELLIGENCE. Tattersall's, Monday. THE DEREtt.—A good many. horses were backed, but it will be seen by the prices that the alterations were few and unim portant. Phoenix and Young Rowton stand precisely as they did on Friday at Newmarket; while Grey Momus, who has been progressing for the last four or five days, is drawinc , very closely on them. Bamboo and Nonplus are also at the last Newmarket odds, the former in much, the other in moderate request. lon, The Early Bird, Cobham, Bullion, and D'Eg ville are at the old prices. Conservator's party is as small and as sanguine as ever; 30 to 1 was taken in hundreds, and they would have gone on had the layers of the odds been willing. Closing prices:-7 to 1 against Lord Jersey's Phoenix (take 15 to 2;) 8 to 1 against Mr. Payne's Young l{owton (taken, and afterwards offered ;) 10 to 1 against Lord G. Benlinek's Grey Momus (taken ;) 11 to l agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo (taken ; ) 12 to 1 against Mr. Armitage's Nonplus colt (taken ;) 15 to 1 against Lord Exeter's Alemdar (offered ;) 16 to 1 against Col. Peel's lon (taken;) 17 to 1 against Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird (take 20;) 21) to 1 against Mr.Coombes's Cobham (taken, and afterwards offered;) 20 to 1 against Loud G. Benito , k's D'Egville (offered;) '22 to 1 against Captain Berkeley's Bul lion (taken ;) 30 to 1 against Mr. Forth's Conservator (taken ;) 30 to 1 against Mr. Worrall's Dormous e (t a k e n, and a ft erwar d s offered 035 to 1 against Sir G. Healhcote's Amato (taken ;) 40 to 1 against Mr. ltichardson's Monc Adam (taken;) 40 to I against Sir J Mills's Volunteer ( taken ;) 1000 to 15 against Mr. Tarteton's Blaise (taken ; ) 2000 to 20 against Mr. J. Day's mother to Aleppo (taken ;) 00 to 200 on Cobham against Conservator (taken ;) 200 to 100 on Young liowton against Early Bird (taken;) 5 to 2 on Bamboo against Dredalus(taken ;) 300 to 100 on Bamboo against Dormouse (taken.) Tux Oa Ks. - 710 1 a„„dalbst Mr. Batson's Acacia filly taken ;) 10 to 1 against Mr. B. Peel's Ninny (taken ; ) 11 to 1 against Lord Suflield's Calisto (taker) ;) 13 to 1 against Mr. Mostyn's Brown Duchess (take ;) 20(10 to 100 against Mr- Fcitth'' 3 ' l " dier's Consort (tk.) Nothink said about the second favourite, Glenara. SWKEPSTAKES, on Monday next.-6 to 4 offered on the Duke of Grafton's Chemist. CROSBY RACES. These very popular races, which always attract a good coin compally, came off on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The weather was exceedingly fine, and the racing excellent. -The judie•ous arrangeinents made •by Mr. Towers elicited general appii,bovion. We are glad to find that this meeting obtains so respectable a share of public patronage. The following was the running for each day : TUCSDAT. A Sweepstakes fur ponies nut to exceed 13 hands 3 inches high, feather weight and catch weight; one mile heats • with a purse aided. The second p uny to rece i ve £2 , and the third pony £l, out of ihe Stakes. Mr. Willey's br in Bella, aged 1 1 Mr. A. L. Syers's br m Melt on , age d 2 '2 Mr. Collin's eh m Miss Pussey, 4 years 3 3 Mr. Peter's d d ware, Polly Hopkins, aged dist. A Sweepstake for any horses, mares, or geldings, not thorough bred, with a purse. added; heats one mile; 3 years o!ti to carry 6st. 81b; 5 ditto,' Bst. 9ib.; 6 ditto and aged, 9st. The to cowl horse to receive £4, and the third horse to receive £2, out of the Stakes. NIT. Austin's en in Patty, late Lmtitia, aged 1 1 Mr. Gardner's bin Elizabeth, 3 years 2 2 Mr. Evans's br It - Euphrates, aged 3 3 Captain Brough's eh h Derry, aged 4 4 Mr. Garrymore's br'm My Lady, 6 yrs dig. Mr. I'. Irvin's ch h Tommy, aged dr. WEDNESDAY. • A Sweepstakes fur poniesrioTtoexceed 14 hands, with a purse added. The second pony to receive £2, and the third pony £l, out of the stakes. The winner of the first pony race to carry 51bs, extra; heats one mile; 13 hands to carry 6st.; 13 hands 1 loch to carry Est. 71bs. ; 131 hands to carry 7st.; 13 hands 3 inches to carry 7st. ;lbs. ; 14 hands to carry Bst. Mr. Willey's roan m I'ussey. 1 1 Mr. Dunn's L h Benbow, 6 yrs. - 3 Mr. Evans br h Euphrates, aged..... A Tradesmen's and Coach-proprietors Purse for horses running. on the first and second days. The second horse to receive £2, the third £l. ►feats one mile. Mr. GarrymOre'S My Lady 1 1 Mr. Evan's Euphrates 3 2 Mr. Gardner's Elizabeth. 2 3 Captai❑ Broutzh's Derry A Purse for beaten ponies. Mr. Dunn's Benbow. 1 Mr. Evan's Euphrates 2 Mr: CuLin's Miss Pussey Won by a half-a-neck. A subscription is now in course of being raised at North , Shields, for the purpose of purchasing a piece of plate to be presented to Thomas Richard Bateson, Esq., of that town, as a testimonial of the high sense entertained by the inhabitants of town of Air. Bateson's kindness, liberality and humanity, in fitting out his two whaling ships, the Glenville Bay and Gam bier, with sui:h extra stores, both in respect to quantity and , quality, as iu the event o f being unhappily detained in the ice, there is nu. s pr,.;lmbility their crews suffering the horrors of want. Air. Bateson's conduct is, highly honourable to him, and must be a source of infinite comfort and satisfaction to the families of the gallant fellows who have ventured upon the perils of the whale, fishery in.the Arctic Seas.—Berwick Warder . DISCOVERY OF THE DUCHESS OF LEINSTER'S JEWELS.— The jewels of the Duchessof Leinster have been recovered in a manner quite as singular as the way in which they were stolen. On the day of the robbery, the caskets had been placed in the I back drawing-room ofher grace's residence in Dublin, and in a very different situation to which they were accustomed to be kept. Her grace returned to town in the evening for the pur pose of attendin g a ball, when about t o d ress th e cas k e t was sent for, and then the discovery was made that it had been mysteriously stolen. The Dublin police was instantly apprised of the fart, but on air inquiry not the least clue could be obtained of the thief. It was thought advisable to send messengers to the mettopolitan police, because greater facilities fur disposing 'Of such valuable booty were known to exist in London. From every division constables were appointed to make inquiry ; and as the same vigilance was exercised in Dublin the abstractors of the propel tv, it was presumed - , soou became aware that it was quite impossible to osims - e of the property without detection. A few days ago, a Land-box, hooked at the coacb—ace in Saekville-street, Dublin. .arrived at her grace's residence in London. It was opened, and the contents were the missing casket. A female was sent for who formerly lived with her grace, and oho was presumed to know the jewels of her grace and the casket was opened. It was fo - und to be in the same state as when taken from the drawing-room in Dublin. The .jewels, valued at £15.000, were all there; and it was the general belief that the casket had not been opened since it was stolen. 'I he recovery of the jewels soon became known to the police, but with that mystery whiiih usually attends their movements, through a full possession of all the particulars connected with this very renrarksble transaction, uothing to be depended upon can be collected from that quarter. We had, however, obtain ed a few particulars from another source. The thief does not -turn out to belong to that class which *as first suspected. The party.vt ho took. them moves in a high rank, as reported; he came to London and proceeded immediately to the continent, fiere he is expected to remain, in order to avoid the conse quence of his misconducL STEAM NAVIGATION TO NEW yonK OR`IN EN GIN ES CoAll'AltED WIFE! SAMUEL LIALL's YA'L'E N I ENGINES. (Fran the t.Thippi»g Gazette. ) The patentee has deferred making the coinpariscm between the above kinds of engines, as on board the " Great Western" and " Sirius" steam-ships for New York, until their departure, lest it should otherwise have been considered invidious, and as affecting the pecuniary interests of the respective proprietors. The " Great Western' has common injection engines, and the " Sirius has Samuel Hall's patent engines, which have been iu most successful operation on board that vessel for seven mouths between London and Cork. The patentee believes that the comparative working, of the engines on board these two ves sels in the voyages now commenced to and from the United States (taking all things into the account), will confirm, be yond all question, the great superiority of his• patent engines over injection engines, which has indeed been proved, by up wards of four years of practical experience on hoard numerous sea-going vessels, with engines varying from 70 horses to 320 horses power each pair. The " British Queen" steamship of 1800 tons, which is for tne same destination as the above two vessels, will also have the patent engines of 500 horse power on board. The following comparison between the two kinds of engines, will, 'it is presumed, induce all steam navigation companies and, proprietors of steam-vessels to institute a strict inquiry into the accuracy of each of the present statements, for their govern ment inavailing themselves of the advantages arising from the adoption of the patent engines. CoMPARISON BETWEEN INJECTION STEAM-ENGINES, AND SAMUEL HALL'S PATENT STEAM-ENGINES 1. Injection engines when applied to steam navigation, com prise, of necessity, the barbarous practice of supplying dirty and salt wilier to the boilers. The patent engines effecta supply of the purest distilled water to the boilers, by which they are always kept in a perfectly clean state. 2. In injection engines the water in the boilers may become saturated with salt, in which case it will not boil under 225 deg. of temperature. The patent engines having pure distilled water in the boilers, it boils at 212 deg. or at 13 deg. less temperature than salt water, and of course requites less fuel to convert it into steam. 3. In injection engines, in order to prevent the water from becoming saturated with salt, a large quantity or boiling water must be pumped out of the boilers, or blown off, and replaced with cold water every two or three hours, which cold water hav ing to be brought up to the boiling point, causes a considerable waste of fuel to take place. The patent engine boiler never requires any blowing r ut, no matter how long the engines arP in uttinterrupted operation. 4. In injection engines, the boilers will, after every precau , tiou is taken, become coated with hard scale of cousiuerahle thickness; this, being a had conductor of heat, prevents thefree transmission thereof from the fires to the water, and causes the boilers to burn and wear out very rapidly, and increases the consumption of fuel. The patent engine boilers will be perfectly clean, not only for many voyages, but for m a ny y ears , an d their durability wiil be very much greater than that of boilers supplied with salt water, and a comparatively small consumption of fuel will also be the result. 5 In order to prevent the boilers of injection engines from burning and wearing out with a rapidity that cou ld no t b e sub mitted-to, it is necessary in long voyages to suspend' the work ing of the boilers, in order to em and Cool them, for the pur pose of clearing and chipping off the scale that firmly adheres to them, which operation considerabiv injures the boilers. In the patent engines all delays and Inconveniences arising, from the emptying and cleaning of boilers are entirely super seded, for by their permanent cleanness the water they contain entirely defends them front the action of the fire, ancras no de posit takes place they are not subjected to the injury caused by chipping off the scale, as in injection engines. 6. In injection engines the oil which is put into the cylinders, stuffing boxes, slides, &c., is speedily carried away by the in jection water into the sea, the time therefore of its being in the engines is so short that nine-tenths of it is wasted and does but little good, if any good, and it does not, as in the patent engines, enter the boilers and protect them from the corrosive action of hot salt rater. In the patent engines, not a particle of the oil which is given to the internal parts of the engine, &c., is washed away into the the sea, or lost, but it is all carried into the boilers, whereby they are protected from corrosion, and an ample lubrication of the engines is effected, at scat cely any y.ost, as hereafter men tinned. 7. In injection engines a portion of the salt contained in the water is carried over mechanically along with the steam, into the working cylinders. slowly corroding and wear i ng t h e s lid es, valves, and other internal parts of the engines, whereby they are rendered untrue, and a considerable qu a ntit y o f steam escapes past them and is wasted. In the patent engines, a portion of oil being always, as before stated, introduced in commixture with the pule water into the boilers, it passes over mechanically along with the steam, in minute particles, into the cylinder; thus this ample lubrication actually improves the slides, valves, and other internal parts of the engines, instead of injuring them, whereby a gteat saving in their wear and tear is effected. 8. In injection engines salt water, dirt, sand, and other im purities pass thrugh the air pumps, and thereby render them and their piston rods, &c., very rough and full of farrows, in consequence whereof, great friction in working them, and waste of power is occasioned. In the patent engines nothing but distilled water and oil p ass through the air pumps, which, inst ea d o f becoming rough, and thereby rendered mare smooth and polished; and, of course, biass buckets, piston rods, and linings to the air pumps, are not necessary, as in the case in injection engines. 9. In injection engines a considerable power is required to pump out the injection water, in engines of 450 horse power (like those on board the Greer Western), 2,700 gallons of water per minute have to be pumped out of a vacuum (reckoning six gallons per horse power per minute), and this requires as much power as the pumping of that quantity of water out of a well 30 or 32 feet deep. In the patent engines the air pump has only to pump out of the vacuum the water resulting from the condensation of the steam, which in a pair of engines of 450 horse power, is only about 50 gallons per minute; the saving of the power therefore required to pump nut the 2,700 gallons per minute of injection water, is so much additional effective power gained, end ap plicable to the paddle-wheels. 10. In injection engines in stormy weather and heavy seas the condensing water enters the condensers as rapidly si hen the engines are going at a slow, as when they are going at a fast speed, and as it is impossible to reeulate the quantity of injection, wate r 4,- (110 uregnrafity or the speed of th e eng i nes. . , great Ganger arises on the one hand, of choking the condenser and the air pump, and even breaking down the engines, by use admission of too much water when they are going slow, or on the other hand, of deducting greatly from the power of the.en gines,' by enjectiug too little water into them when their speed is great, thereby deteriorating the vacuum, and reducing the power of the engines, and that at the time when the greatest power is required. The patent engine in the roughest weather, and when the greatest power is required preserve as perfect a vacuum, and consequently as great a power as' in fine weather, and all the care required in injection engines to supply the proper quantity of condensing water is superseded, and the engineer is relieved from that onerous duty. 11. In injection engines the proper supply of water to the boilers is tiependent, upon, and entirely at the mercy of the engineers, from whose negligence such serious accidents arise as those of the explosion of the two Hull steam-vessels, the " Union" and " Victoria," and many others, by which a most serious lo‘s of life has taken place, and great injury has been done to the reputation of steam navigation. In the patent engines, the boilers are never liable to be burnt down, or injured by the water becoming in them, by accident, or by carelessness of the engineers, too low, for, as every cubic foot of water which is converted into steam, is by conden sation reconverted into precisley the same quantity, and re turned to the bullets, the water is always kept in them at exactly the same height, without any attention on the part of the engineer. 12. In injection engines the vacuum is injured by the air which is in mechanical combination with the injection water, .being conveyed by it into the condenser. In the patent engines, a superior vacuum is obtained, owing to no air being iatioduced into the condensers, and to the con densation being► more perfect than can be effected by injection. ADVANTAGES CONSEQUENTIAL UPON THE PATENT IMPROVg- MENTS. First,—From the various causes above-mentioned, a saving of aP least one-third part of the fuel is effected in the patent engines, or, in other words, injection engines consume half as much more fuel as the patent engines. Second,—For every ton of coal that is saved, a ton of profit able freight may be substituted. Third,—As vessels with engines to which the patent improve ments are applied make their passage nearly as quick in stormy as in fine weather, and they do nut require, during or at the end of their passages, however numerous, any blowing out or clean ing of the boilers, to occasion delay, every vessel is capable of making more passages, and of becoming in that ratio more profitable. Fourth,—As boilers supplied with pure distilled water wil endure a much greater length of time than those in which sal water it used, not only is the annual expense of the boilers greatly diminished, but the loss of the tiine of the profitable use of the vessel, during the taking out of old boilers, and the re placing of them with new ones, is also avoided—to say nothing of the breaking up of the decks, and other expenses 'attending the business. Fifth,—As the internal parts of the engines are kept so much longer in repair, owing to the causes above mentioned, the per petual expense and time required in repairing such pacts is greatly diminished; indeed there is no doubt but the slides, valves, pistons, and all the internal parts of the engines, are in much finer condition after having been in operation for years than they are the first day they are set to ;yolk. The circum stance of salt being carried over with the steam into jhe cylin ders (when salt water is used in the boilers) is unquestionable, as wall as that it is the cause of the valves and other internal parts of tbe engine becoming so soon in bad condition, whereby a great waste of steam takes place, even long before they be come so very much worn as to render it indispensably necessary to give them a thorough repair. Some general remarks may now be made on the foregoing subject, which may not be useless. In the first place, the increased simplicity in working the pa tent engines may be more fully noticed. Th e regulation of in jection water and of the water to supply the boilers now forms no part of th.e duty of the engineer, as they are quite superSeded by no injection taking place, and the boilers being self-supplied with undeviating accuracy. It need scarcely be pointed qut how imp or t an t. it is to the safety of vessels to have eng,ineqrs fresh and unfired in stormy weather, instead of being so jaded and fatigued as not to be able to perform their duty. In the second place, it may be observed, that the comparative advantages of the patent engines are, not so great on the first starting of new engines, or even dcring the fist month or tw o ,— for then the boilers and machinery of injection engines are as clean and in as good order as those of the patent engines; hut after that fine, and when the ,boilers of the former become thickly coated with scale, and the internal parts of the engin es are warn and ga ll e d, while those of the. latter are actually im proved, the comparison should be made. Thirdly,--It is quite certain that a vessel with the patent en gines of 300 horse power will effect an increase of economy and advantages of £2,500 or £3,000 per annum over a vessel having injection engines of that power; and, consequently, the former will realize so much greater a profit. Basfotd, near Nottingham ; and No. 18, King's-arms-yard, London. PORT OF CHESTER.— It is with great pleasure we notice the Increasing manifestations of a revival of trade in this port. On Monday last no less than sixteen large vessels, from London, Wales, Ireland, &c., besides numerous small craft, were lying at our wharfs. This looks well, and argues much in favour of the improvements in 'he depth of the Dee, made by the exer tions of the River Dee Company ; and we hope that the time is not far distant when Chester will present the appearance it once did, and the flags of all uatious will be untutled to our port.— Chester Gazette. MISCELLANEOUS. Valuable strata of coal and iron have beep-discovered in the valley or Co above Kideston, in the Queen's County, the property of Mr. Vitztaiaoxice. . We regret to state the health of Mr. It alph Lambkin continues to he a source of great uneasiness cud anxiety to his friends and relations.—Sunderland herald. Sir George Smart has been appointed one of the composers of the chapels royal, in the room of the late Mr. Attwood. Lord Brougham, accompanied by the honourable Colonel Caraduck, - left Paris on Wednesday evening, to pay a visit to the chateau his lordship is building at Cannes, on the Mediter- raneau. It is proposed to extend the Ulster Canal to the Shannon, and by such extension to form a continued line of inland navi gation. from Lough Neagh to Limerick. The ship canal at Carrick-on-Suir is rapidly approaching its completion, and vessels will be enabled to take in their cargoes at Carrick, and sail thence direct for England, with ease and expedition, within a short period. On Thursday morning, green peas were for the first this sea sou displayed for sale in Covent Garden market. Two small. baskets, each containing about the eighth of a peck, were to be seen in the shop window of Mr. John Solomon, fruiterer: the sum of one guinea per basket was asked for them. Considerable improvement has been effected in the lighting of the house of commons, chiefly through the instrumentality of Sir T. French, M.P. for Scarborough. On Saturday morning new potatoes fetched half-a-crown per pound in Covent Garden market. Lord Dillon has announced his determination to contest Ox fordshire whenever there is a vacancy in the liberal interest. • The navigation of the river St. Lawrence to Quebec, was free from ice on the 16th March last, which is considered very early in the season. SILx WEAVING.—If every person who can afford it would instantly determine to buy three yards of shoe-riband, the de mand would far exceed the supply, /and to remedy which, hundreds, if .not thousands, of hands would be immediately employed, which are'at present out of work. SUNdECLAND SHIPPING.—Between Sunderland Pier and Cox Green, 'there are now upwards of a hundred ships building, varying in burthen from 150 to 50C tons each. Within the last two months above twenty new ships have been launched.— SunderlAd Herald. A grand ball, we understand, by command of her Majesty, Will be given at St. James's Palace on the 24th of next month, being in celebration of her Majesty's birth-day. Her drawing room, however, to commemorate this august event takes place ou the pre.:eding 17th of the mouth. It is Said to be intended to open the Great Western Railway as far as Maidenhead, a distance of 26 miles, on the Ist ofJone. NEW MAGISTRATE.—We understand that Paul Moon James, Esq. of this torn, who is already a magistrate for the county of Worcester, has recently been placed in the commission of the peace forthe county palatine of Lancaster.—LWanch. Guardian. Pigs,to the number of 25,042 have been imported into Bris tol from Ireland during January, February, and March, in the peseta - year. There is no authority for the rumour of her majesty's visit to Irelaiid this year.--Morn. Chron. .. • We were pleased to see the noble Earl of Sefton with his amiable family at the opera on Thursday, after his lordship's long illness. The noble lord occupi t.“rew double box on the lower circle.—Court G aze tt e . Mr Hawes, it is said, means to , mend the retirement Upon pensions of all the present poliee 'gistrates, except two (Messrs. Trail and Hardwick), who have professed themselves seedy " to go the whole hug" in carrying the projects into effect— Morning Herald. The Earl of Essex and his newly-married countess (late Miss Stephens) left Belgrave-square on Thursday, to pass the honey moon at Cashioburyliatk, the delightful seat of the earl, near Waterford, Herts. His Is lordship is in his 82d year, having been horn on the 13th of November, 1757. Her ladyship is 37 years his junior. It is stated in the Irish papers that the successor of Col. Shaw Kennedy, in the office of chief of the constabulary, is to have a reduced salary of i',looo, instead of £ISUO. as before. Au exaggerated statement, which appeared in our Wednes day's contemporary of last, week, regarding the state of health of Lord Stormont, M.P. caused considerable sensation. The accounts flum Leamington, we are happy to say, are favoura ble, and hold out the prospect of the noble lord being able to resume his parliamentary duties after the Easter recess.—Perth paper. The Duke of Northumberland has subscribed the munificent sum of £5OO. to the fund for defraying the expeuces of the ap proaching meeting of the British Association in Newcastle. Some time since a person in the neighbourhood of Keswick, having several hives of bees to dispose of, and being desirous to attract purchasers, caused a placard to be printed announcing the sale, with the following extraordinary head lines:—" Ex tenSive sale of live stock, comprising not less than one hundred and forty thousand head, with an Unlimited right of pasturage!" The trick succeeded to admiration. The last advices from Constantinople announce, as a po sitive fact, that the Porte had at length granted a firman for an English steam-vessel to ply regularly up and down the Bosphorus as . a passage vessel, but for the present this permission is restrict ed to the conveyance of the Frank residents only, although it is expected that ere long the Turks and Rayabs will also be allowed to avail themselves of this desirable and rapid mode of passing from one place to another on the Bosphorus, where the current eternally runs down into the Sea of Marinora at a rapid rate.-, United Service Gazette. Rt)cHio FLANNeL MARKET, MONDAY, APRIL 23.—There has been little change in the flannel market to-day. The •buy ers are rather more willing to purchase, but the prices offered are extremely low. Though there is no decided alteration for the better,yet the manufacturers seem in better spirits, and are anticipating an increased demand. There is no change in the wool. market, and prices remain unaltered.—Manchester Guardian. NEW EPISCOPAL liHURCH AT GLASGOW.—The friends and admirers of the Rev. Robert Montgomery will be happy to learn that an eligible situation immediately to the west of Biythswood square having been procured, the erection of the new episcopal church will commence forthwith. The necessity of a place of worship in that neighbourhood has been lung felt', and from what we have heard, the proposed building Will add considerably to the architectural beauty of our city.—Glasgow Courier. THE " PREPARED-CHAT:COAL" SrovE.—The question as to the healthfulness of the prepared fuel burned in the new stove, whose.exhibition at the Jerusalem Coffee-house and the princi pal scientific societies of the metropolis has excited so much at tr.iation, ‘4,111 soon be set at rest. '1 h. ounounec 'hut they are now ready to supply the daands of the publi c; so t h at • the new w o nder will be soon broutft to the test of eiperience, which has proved fatal to so many wonders of the kind. The inventor ; Mr. Joyce, has just taken out a second patent, for further improvements in the apparatus.—Mechanics Magazine, BALLOON AscENT.—On Friday afternoon, Mr. Graham, made an ascent from the yard at the Old Gas Company, in Reading. The inflation commenced at eleven o'clock, and gas was supplied till five in the afternoon, the estimated required quantity being 25,000 feet. The bills had announced that Captain Currie would accompany Mr. Graham, and that after the ascent a parachute with a monkey suspended in a basket would descend. At a (patter after five, un ascertaining the power of the balloon, it was found inadequate to the projected freight. The balloon rose with great steadiness and slowness taking a south-west direction, passing over the bill above the Rennet. Mr. Graham's account then states that " the balloon travelled at rather a rapid rate, thought not a great altitude, for about five miles, when the wind having dropped to a calm, the grappling irons caught hold of some trees, in a field belong= jug to-Captain Gore, of Grazely, and a safe descent was effect ed.''—Reading Mercury. AN UNPLEASANT SITUATION.—An old gentleman of the name of Agar, living at Wm field, found himself very unplea santly situated, a few nights since, on his return home from Windsor. Mr. Agar has an old favourite nag, named Black Jack, under whose care he generally places himself on his re turn home from market; so he had done on the evening in question, when to his surprise he was awoke from a nap which had been accompanied with a delightful dream, by the sudden splashing of water, and to his alarm found himself in the centre of a large pond, near Winkfield church, into which Black Jack had - very unceremoniously taken him. Mr. Agar very naturally, as most others would have done, cried out for help; and he was eventually; after considerable difficulty, got out by the united exertians of some 10 or 15 labourers who were on the ground, but little the worse for the occurrence. This, we should hope, dill be a caution to the old gentleman, to endeavour to keep his eyes open in future.—Readlny Mercury. EXTRAORDINARY C HA R GE.—At the petty sessions in Castle ! bar, on Saturday, a woman came forward, and made a charge of the following extraordinary nature against a man named Martin Murphy:—She stated that on last Lady-day (25th twelvemonth, March) Murphy was at Stockport, in England, and on coming out of a beer-shop he met an . Englishman, whom he asked to drink; be replied that he would not drink with any Irish —, and they then had some argument, after ss hich they walked on together until they came to a precipice, which was ascended from the town by 70 steps, over which ' Murphy flung his companion; he started that night for Liver pool, and some time atter returned to Mayo. The woman said she knew nothing of the fate of the Englishman, but acknow ledged that she cohabited with Murphy, by whom she has had a child subsequently to this transaction. Murphy has been re manded by the magistrates here; and the authorities in Stock port have been written to, in order to ascertain whether such an occurrence took place there at the time specified.—Maya Tele graph. We sincerely congratulate the public on the,certain prospect of an extensive cotton mill being immediately established in the neighbourhood of Greenock. Two falls on the Shaws Water of 32 feet each, and possessing the power of 120 horses, have been leased to a company of wealthy and enterprising gentlemen; and we understand that building operations will be commenced without delay. It is determined to erect one wheel to embrace both fails, and which will be of the amazing diameterof 66 feet, apd stit-pasilng that of any other wheel in the world. It is scarcely necessary to add, that a work requiring such a power nitist be of great extent, and that when iu active operation it will give profitable employment to a vast number of people in its vicinity, particularly females, who, from the present waut of such establishments, experience difficulty in finding the means of earning- for themselves an honest livelihood. There is also good ground fur believing, that the present undertaking is only the foreruUnter of similar enterprises, for the successful prose cution of which Greenock possesses advantages superior to al most every locality. Greenock Advertiser. Mona LiTs ue RA ILW A YS.—Railways are evidently destined to be great mural teachers, and not the least important of the lessens they will enforce is punctuality. The inexorable door of the station is closed precisely at the appointed time, and the traveller who is but a second behind has no remedy but patience. There is no running after the departing vehicle, with hat in one hand and portmanteau in the other, shouting to the coachman to "pull up;"—no retrieving your loss even by post horses, and a douceur to the bop, on, to the next station. While you are going ten miles, the object of your pursuit will assuredly achieve twenty or thirty. THE BANYANS.—A race of people who are, among Mussul mans, what the Jews are among Christians, a thieving, money makingclass. They are dispised by the Arabs, and are obliged to submit to insult and indignity, without being able to retort or avenge themselves, even if their religion permitted, which inhibits them from shedding blood, though there are instances of their being slain by the Arabs. The features of the Banyan are regular, and the expression of the countenance is placid and benevolent; and their figures are straight and well-propor tioned ; and their diet consists of milk, ghee, or butter, or vege tables, They are the principal storekeepers at Zangibar, are celebrated for their frankness and the shortness of time re quired by them to transact the most important business. The Banyan women have the same simple customs. All their glory was to please their husbands; they are taught front their earliest years to admire conjugal respect anti love. Their reserve and austerity towards strangers, with whom they never enter into conversation, are iu accordance with their principles, and they beard in astonishment of the familiarity that existed between the sexes iu Burope.—N at relive of a Voyage round the World. ' By an overland despatch, accounts have been received from Bombay to the 2{l of Ma trh, and from Calcutta to the 18th of I.ebivary. COLnlllef (71ill affairs were said to he rather on the on praying or ler. Sih Charles Metcalfe had einitaiked for Eug tand, and previous la his departure a grand dinner had_ been given to hint in Calcutta, in honour of his exertions in favour of the liberty of the press. PERNAMBUCO.—Letters from Pernambuco of the sth of March state, that it was ruinuured.that a schauner uf the rebel squadron at Bahia had deserted to the Imperialists. In other respects the aspect of affairs had uudergoue no change since the receipt of the last account&. The overland letter received at Pernambuco states, that the rate of Exchange at ltio Janeiro,. on the 3d of February, - was at al: per milrea. SPECIE PA YMENTS:—It is now well understood that the New York banks are to resume specie payments ob or before the 10th day of May, and that the Philadelphia banks will not resume at that time. The governor is to issue his proclamation tot the banks of this state to resume immediately after the resuin 7 thin of New York and Philadelphia. If only New York re sumes, it will remain optional with the banks of New Jersey to resume or not.—New Jersey paper. FIRE AT SEA.—The Bombay papers contain an account from the Sandwich Islands Gazette of the melancholy loss of the James Colvin, which took fire at sea through the negligence of the cook, who capsized his lamp among some shavings and tat, and neglected to give an alarm. The unfortunate man cut his throat on the discovery of the fire. Captain Maug,hain and the crew were saved in the Catawba, of Nantucket, Ualit. Coleman, which fortunately hove in sight at the time. He rendered all possible assistance, and safely landed them at - the Sandwich Islands. A private letter dated New York, March 21, says—"l have nothing of moment to communicate, however, except a very extraordinary report, which I had yesterday front good autho rity; to wit, that Mr. Papineau has actually attempted a nego ciation with Sir J. Colborne for leave to return to Canada un der promise of indemnity. He does not ask for pardon, I under stand, maintaining that he has committed no offence, no overt act of treason to be pard,nted, but only certain errors of judge ment, for which he has been abundantly punished. There is something approaching to a confirmation of this strange report in a letter from Dr. Nelson, in which the writer declares that Papineau has abandoned the cause of the 'patriots.'" Nom., MODE OF SWINDLING.—An ingenious plan has lately been hit on by au accomplished gang of swindlers in the city, which will give a wide sphere fur the most extensive fraud, and lead some of the Indian brokers into an unpleasant -secret. The plan alluded to is this:—One of the gang takes a counting house with cellars, and commences in the ale trade. A second, who has a counting-house also, encloses him an order through post, which he pretends he has received from an officer in India, (the Gazette will at once supnly the names of .the officers of regiments stationed there, and quarter-masters are generally selected,) for a certain quantity of pale ale, cider, and wine, of course of the best quality, to be shipped by the first vessel going out, and to be paid for by a bill. The order is executed with a very inferior article, while enormous prices are charged. A bill is drawn on the party who is alledged to have sent it from India, and made payable thirty days after sight; and the transaction is rendered apparently perfectly re„-ular by the party who had pretended to have received the order acknowleging it to be all right. • The goods are shipped on board, and the holder of the bill finds very little difficulty in gettting it discOuuted by an Indian 'broker, particularly as he plaCes his bands, as an ad ditional,security, the bill of lading for the goodS: Several trans actions of this description are said to have latterly taken place, and it is said that such is the quality of the goods sent, that they will not sell for one-fourth of what has been charged for them in India. THE TOWER OF LoNnoN.—The arrangements: for the ex tended admission of the public to view this ancient and inter esting national establishment are in a state of great forwardness. A number of workmen are actively employed, and a building is in the course of erection adjoining the premises occupied by the proprietor of the menagerie, to be devoted to the purpose of an office for the issue of tickets, which, from •the increased number of persons who will avail themselves of the reduced charge of admission, has been deemed necessary. The tickets obtained from this office will entitle the bearers to pass the guard at the inner gate, who will conduct them. to a spacious anti-chamber or waiting-room, which is now being fitted up for the purpose. As soon as ten or a dozen pierions are collected, the warden will introduce the visitors to the interior, and go round with them to describe the various relics and curiosities therein contained. The.whole of the arrangements have been personally superintended by the Duke of Wellington, who ex pressed h:s desire that no pains might be spared to render them in every way conducive to the accommodation of the numerous visitors who will probably inspect these national curiosities for the first time. HEART OF NAPOLEON.—The following rather curious cir cumstance was stated to us lately on very good authority : When the body of Napoleon was opened at St. Helena, his heart was taken out, and, preparatory to final destin a ti on , p u t in a basin of spirits and water, and left for the ni g ht on a ta bl e in the bedroom of the medical man who had charge of the mat ter—Dr. Arnold, if we remember rightly. In the course of the night, the Dueler was awakned from a slight slumber by a heavy splash from the basin, and, starting up alarmed, he rested ou his elbow, and by the light of the taper, looked eagerly round the apartment before he should spring out of bed. _ Not the shadow of an intruder was to be seen. What had moved the basin ? Had that mighty heart, scorning to be quelled even in death, regained some of its terrible energies ?—was it still leaping with life? Ha! catching the appearance of something moving in the corner of the 'room, he saw the heart of Bonaparte in the act Of being tugged into a hole in the wall; and jumping from his bed, was just in time to rescue the noble relic front; the teeth of a rat !—.Dunzfries Herald. GEOLOGICAL C U RlVlTlES.—A.discovery of no common inter est to the observer oat ological phenomena has been made in excavating a space of ground fur the site of two gas pits at the gas works, Rochdale. These works are situated on a low, flat piece of ground, at the foot of the Castle 11111 and the Camp Hill, and on the left of the new road from Middleton. According to tradition, the former hill is the site of ah ancient fortress of the Saxon lord of the district; and the latter bill, at present dimi nished much in its height and extent, and covered with gardens, was thrown up by the Danes, who, in one of their devastatin. in roads, beleagured the castle, and were slaughtered o n the flat grounds bordering the river. The site of the gas works is known' to this day as "The Kill-Danes." Long before this event, how ever, it would seem that a far more terrific destruction had swept ovet the place of this valley. In making the excavation before mentioned, at a depth of seventeen feet from the surfaces were . discovered a number of large and stately trees, ascertained to be oak; they exhibited no marks of any tool; the overwhelming power had broken up their roots, and crushed and splinted their branches, with a force apparently as resistless as our common storms are to the dried fern. The trees had grown upon a strata 'of lig ht-coloured gravel and sand; above it is a thick layer of loam, or mud, of a dull grey colour; and, lastly, on the surface is a cake of ()tack earth and turf. The trees Are four in number, "all lying from the eastwards towards the west; plainly indicating that the destructive force, whatever it wai, proceeded in that direction. One of the stems is twenty-four inches in diameter; they are all of nearly as large proportions, and in most parts perfectly sound, dark-coloured like logwood, and nearly as hard ; their weight, in proportion to bulk is very great. POSTPONEMENT OP THE CORONATION.—It has just been communicated to us, on authority upon which we can place im plicit reliance, that the coronation is to be put off—first for ten da)s, and this with a view to its furthei postponement. All the London journals of Saturday evening; Ministerial and op position, are silent upon the subject; butfrom .t he quarter from 'whence the information has reached us, vie are disposed to place confidence in the fact as stated. The ostensible cause to be assigned by ministers to the public, is the indecency of holding such a ceremony on the anniversary of the death of George IV, a circumstance said to be overlooked when the day was origi nally named. But if our information be correct, the more urgent cause as operating on the minds of ministers is to, be found in the universal feeling of indignation that has been evinced by persons in every class, and of every party ; at the mockery —nut the reality of a coronation proposed by the cabi net—the early period of the year at which it was announced to be held—thus prematurely closing the London season to the ruin of the tradesmen, and the short time allowed for prepara tion. Should our intelligence prove correct, and that any post ponement at all occurs, we should not be in th e least su r p rise d that the ceremony did not take place doting the present year. Oh, for the expectant peers! Even in a matter of ceremony, or by accident, these ministers can't go right.—Eveniny Mad. THE QUEEN'S CORONATION DREsS I—We state upon autho rity which we fully rely upon as correct, that the Queen has been advised to provide, and has actually ordered the materials of her coronation dress from FRANCE! What will the indus tiious, and the supporters of British industry say to this? Would Queen Adelaide have done this? Certainly not. But this is all of a piece with the other arrangements of.the approach ing coronation. It appears that nothing is to be done upon that national and hitherto glorious, as well as interesting occa sion, except to place the crown upon the royal head, in.. Wes tminster Abbey. There is to be no splendour-41ot hing in short, that can give employment, directly or indirectly, to the trader and artizan. For what purpose then, it will be said, isithere to be a coronation, seeing that the queen is already as much queen as a.coronation could make her? Our answer is, that the coro nation is resorted to, in order to enable the ministers to convert their dependents into peers, and thus to degrade and swamp the House of Lords. Thus whiggism is to,be crowned, and not the queen. It will be ultimately to the damage not to the glorifica tion of the monarchy.—Evening Mail. A FAITHFUL SHIPMASTER.—The Algonquin Packet at Phi ladelphia had forty days of heavy westerly gales, which obliged her to tun too far south. She brought from Liverpool a cargo valued at 300,009 dollars, not a package of which was injured. She sprung a leak, and the leak was two or three feet under water. Captain Turley's sagacity and efficiency in saving the vessel and lives of the passengers, were conspicuous on this oc casion. He prepared wood in battens and pieces of canvass, and nailed them over the breach, to do which he had to swing a man over the bow with a line round his waist, and as the ship rose on the sea, be was enabled to give two or three blows with the hammer. No one could remain over more than five minutes at a time, for with every plunge she made he would be'buried in the sea. Captain Turley, his taste and carpehter, took their turn in being dropped over.—New York Epilling'Stctr::: FOREIGN LEAD.—Upon a memorial to the lords of the trea sury by Messrs. Al:Donnell and Co., praying that they mat , he permitted to withdraw foreign lead temporarily from the bonding warehouse, f o r the purpose of extracting the silver from it with out the necessity of paying the import duty.on the lead, and also without requiring a previous delivery into hooded warehouse of the equal weight of lead for exportation, as is tin* the case, upon good and sufficient bond being given to replace in bonding warehouse an equ a l we i g h t of lead, not s l ag, w it hin a limited period; their lordships are of opinion it is not necessarylo re quire that a quantity of lead equal to that which is ; •to be taken out of warehouse should be placed in wareliousein the first in stance, since the return of the proper quantity can he'sufficiently secured by bond ; at the same time their lordships think that the whole quantity, without allowance for waste, should be re-, quired, and that the rewarehoosed lead should alwaYs be held to be'foreign lead, and on exportation should hy the customs be treated as such, as fully as if it were lead which had remained in the warehouse from the time of landing of the same out of the importing vessel until the time of its shipment for exportation. —tWe have been favoured by a cerrespondent with the above information on the subject of foreign teed, which, it appears, may now he withdrawn from the bonded warehouse for the pur pose of extracting the silver contained, upon more convenient terms than for inerlvd—Mining Journal. THE LEICESTERSHIRE TWINS.-1 here were born on Sun day morning week, at Woodhouse Eaves, near Loughbro, two children, completely united at the greater part of the chest in front, and along two thirds of the abdomen downwards. Had they lived they would absolutely have eclipsed the Siamese twins; they lay like the babes in the woods, enclosed in the attitude of love. The arms were pressed a little upwards during the birth, but they soonyesumed the posture in which they had perhaps been gradually moulded. One.had his arms round the neck of his brother; the other had one arm round his brother's neck, and the other round the left loin They were both well formed, seven months males, and both born dead. From the state of the lungs they had never breathed; they appear to have died in the birth. They had but one heart, one spleen, one liver, one stomach, and one set of bowels. They were in other respects remarkably perfect in their general structure and form. The mother is doing well, SECONI) EDITION- Standard 01fiue, Three o' Clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, APRIL 27. From the prevalence of adverse winds, and the limited ship ments going on in Ireland, we have again to announce very short arrivals of Grain and Flour into this port since the date 'of our last circular; those of Oatmeal excepted, containing a fair supply.—Hence, the Corn trade throughout,'has continued .to exhibit a four and steady aspect during the period.between Tuesday and to-day; and at our market this morning, a simi lar, or rather an increased degree of stability was conspicuous; particularly as to Wheat,-in which, partly on country account, for consumption here, combined with a few parcels taken by speculative buyers, a tolerably extensive business was done on the full terms previously noted. Flour was also in fair request, with a tendency to improve ia Barley, of which scarcely any is left unsold, and good Malt, which is nut plentiful, may be considered the turn dearer. Beaus, having moved off rather wore freely, and Pease, though dull of sale, were held at late prices. Oats, notwithstanding the demand was limited to a few lots to needy buyers, fully supported our last quotations.—Oatmeal continued to meet inquiry, and those who for good samples ac cepted the middle tales of Tuesda, sold to a fair amount, but at the extreme rates then stated, the transactions were very un important. Bonded Grain and Flour.—The exporters still waiting sup plies fiom abroad—no actual sales have beau recently noticed. From the 1' 'th to the OF CO 23d AR inclusi DESCRIPTION. COAST WISE. FO REIGN. EAST INDIES. TOTAL. Wheat Qrs Barley Qrs Oats Qrs Flour. Sacks Ditto Barrels Malt Cwt Oatmeal Loads Bran Beans Qrs Peas Qrs Rye Qrs Shelled Barley... Cwt Radeseed Barrels lodian Corn Qrs SHIPP PHIDA St Cloud, -, from Ne Victoria, Williamson, Ocean, (steamer,) from cotton laden, supposed t: day, off Tuskar 311 43 170 4823 399 305 2056 4850 NG INTELLIGENCE. .Y, APRIL 27.—Wind N.B. ew Orleans, at this port tor Barbados, was off Tuskar yesterday Cork, exelotoeed numbers with a large ship, to be the British King, from Mobile, yester- STATE OF TRADE.—There was a decided appearance of im provement in out market yesterday. The demand for yarns, and for most descriptions of printing cloths, was better than for some weeks past; and a trifling advance on previous rates was, in some cases, realised. The general opinion appeared to be, that prices have at length seen their lowest, and there was con sequently a much more healthy feeling than•has prevailed for some considerable time.—Manchester Guardian. THE IRON 'TRADE.—At the late quarterly meeting of the ironmasters, it was determined that there should not be any ad vance in the price of iron for the ensuing quarter. Although the demand still continues good, it was thought more advisable to continue at the present prices than to attempt an advance. A banquet will be given by the Goldsmith's Company on Saturday next at their splendid hall to the Duke of Wellington, Sir R. Peel, Dart., Lord Lyndhurst, and a numerous circle of conservative noblemen. Alderman Copeland will preside oa the occasion. QUICK TRAVELLING.—We understand that the carriage of Sir Edward Mostvu, of Talucre, left London, per railroad to Hartford, at half-past six o'clock on the morning of Tuesday last; and at half past four the same afternoon, it was standing before the Royal Hotel, in this city.—CheAter Gazette. C.HESTEK CHEESE FAIR.—The attendance in both the balls yesterday of factors, from every part of the United Kingdom, was numerous ; and the quantity of cheese pitch e d exceeded! that of any other fair we have witnessed. The greatest portion was sold at prices lower than last Nit., the first quality averaging 625. per cwt.; middling, 543. per cwt.: and skim, .ios. 4p ck.— Chester Gazette. CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—It is with feelings of great satisfaction that we learn that the "Chief of Men" are bestirring themselves in forming an Agricultural'Society in this county. A committee has been formed, and several influential persons have already given in their names as subscribers. In whatever light we view this undertaking, it appears to us, above all other things, best calculated to promote the interests of the landowner and ,farmer, and therefore it shall meet with our hearty endeavours to promote its formation and establishment. Chester Gazette. PREVENTION OF SmoKE.—Although an Act of Parliament has been for some years in force, making it imperative on the proprietors of steam-engines to construct their, furnaces so as to consume the smoke they occasion, yet, up to the present time, but little progress has been made in effecting this object; it 15 true that the evil has been mitigated in, several instanc e s, by the application of partial improvements; but as very mucl remains to be done to remove effectually a so great a nuisance; ive learn' with pleasure that Mr. Iveson, manager of the silk mills lately erected in the vicinity of this city, has at length discovered a method so efficient, that even when additional fuel is put, into the fire no smoke whatever can be perceived to issue from the chimne'y top. It also combines the advantage of a considerable saving in the consumption of coal, an important object to all large manufactories and the proprietors of steam-boats. We trust that the public as well as the patentee will soon reap the benefit of his invention.—Edinburyli. Paper. EFFECT OF MrRAGE NEAR MAUsEILI.Es.—I have already remarked a very singular effect of mirage since my arrival here.. These rocks, which are at a considerable distance from us, seem occasionally, on a bright evening, to approach sufficiently near to enable a strong man to hurl a stone against them. There is something strikingly majestic and solemn in their aspect at these moments.. You almost expect that they will move on ward until they overwhelm you ; and this delusion is encourag ed by the fact, that you can then trace every chasm and fissure with the utmost distinctness, although at other times von see only a huge and frowning mass too distant to allow you to dis tinguish any of its details.—Miss Pardoe's The River and She Desert. The marriage of Miss Stephens with the Earl of Essex may be looked upon as a sort of theatrical event. It has been an nounced as having taken place on Thursday, but a rumour of a private union was current at least three weeks or a month ago, and it was then stated, as now, that the noble Earl bad settled a very handsome income upon his new countess—some say £3,000 and others £5,000 a year. We do not know how the public is concerned in these private arrangements, and we have made no inquiry as to the truth of one statement or the other. The late Lady Essex was in very bad health fur many years, and it has been long known that, if she died before the Earl, his lordship would raise Miss Stephens to a rank for which she is well qualified by the possession of all the virtues which make private life respectable. She has considerable property of her own, and, if we are not misinformed, she has already provided for her nearest relatives.—Observer. At a Bible Society Meeting of the Exeter Ladies' Almelo tion, held at the Friends' Meeting-house, a most interesting specimen of what may be attained by perseverance was exhi bited, namely ; of a poor blind girl who bad been taught to read by her fingers ; and, to the astonishment of all present, after only six weeks' instruction, she read two verses from the third chapter of St. John, not taken in rotation, but promiscuously. It appears that a Christian lady of Heavitree, out of sympathy to the blind, taught herself the method of instruction invented by a Bristol gentleman, (Mr. Lucas.) and has undertaken to. follow up her benevolent intentions at least for three months, by a daily attendance of som e h ours i n P aragon - p l ace, South street, E xeter, to give lessons to persons labouring under the privation of the blessing of sight. By an application to the pa rent Bible Society, a grant has been made of several copies of: the Gospel of St." John, printed with a raised or embossed type,. for the use of the blind. It appears to be a very costly publica— tion, and occupying considerably more space than the ordinary. type and Roman character, the single Gospel of St. John being , of the size of a large pica Testament.—Plymouth Journal. REMARKABLE CHANGES.—The Swedish city of Gottenburg is built principally of stone from Aberdeen, and it is a well-known fact that the dust-heap which was wont to grace the too of Gray's Inn Lane is now a component part of the city of Moscow, to which it was exported as a material for brick-making, after the conflagration of that city. Greater changes than these are daily brought about by our extended commerce. The first mile out of London and Kingsland Road is actually macadamized with, Chinese stone; a fact which appears incredible until it is ex pla►ned that the material was brought over in the shape of bal last in the ships of the East India Company, and disposed of to the road-contractor at a cheap rate. In return for this, it is said that the Chinese are indebted for a part of the materials for their porcelain to the English ships, which take out in a similar way the fine chalk of Northfleet and its neighbourhood, which is found to be particularly well suited for the purposes of the manu factures of the Celestial Empire.—Mechanics' Magazine. ARRIVAL OF THOMAS WILLIAMS, E.SQ.—On Wednesday evening week, Thomas Williams, Esq., arrived at the Penrhyn. Arms, Bangor, (on his way to Brynbras Castle,) where he was: joined by Mrs. Williams next morning, and throughout the dayv they received the congratulations ofl their friends. On Wade-- parture, he was escorted out of town by a considerable non-. course of the populace, by whom his progress was loudly cheer-. 'ed. Flags were exhibited from some of the windows. In Carr• narvon his reception was of a more enthusiastic description,. having been met near the hotel by the populace, who took the horses out from the carriage and drew it to the Sportsman Motel, amidst loud huzzas, waving of handkerchiefs, firing of guns, &c. here Mr. Williams addressed the crowd, • thanking, them for their reception. Cheers were then given for. Mrs., Williams and her servants, which were courteously acknow-. ledged by the lady and her maid, Ellen Evans, after which the• procession set out for Brynbras Castle.—Chester Gazette. WHITEWASH/NG ENT!? AORDIN AII Y.—The Rev. Mr. Will- hams, whose return to the South Seas was noticed ;few, ago, gives, in one of his narratives, a laughable account of the effect produced on the natives of one of the islands by a success ful attempt which he made to convert the coral of their shores. into lime. After having laughed at the process of burning, which they believed to be to cook the coral for food, what was. their astonishment when in the morning they found the mis sionary's cottage glittering in are rising sun white as snow They danced, they sang, they shouted, they screamed forjoy. The whole island was soon in commotion, given up to wonder and curiosity. The bon ton immediately voted the whitewash - a • cosmetic and a Kalydor, and superlatively happy did many a. swarthy coquette consider herself could she but enhance her charms by a dab of the white brush. And now party spirit ran high, as it will do in mote civilized countries, as to .who was or who was not entitled to preference. One party urged their sit= perior rank and riches; a second had got the brush, an d were determined at all events to keep it; and a third tried to over- turn the whole, that they might obtain some of the sweepings- They even did not scruple to rob each other of the little share that some' had been so happy as to procure. But soon nevi lime was prepared, and in a week not a hut, a domestic utensil, a war-club, or a garment, but was white as snow : not an tuba bitant but what had his skin painted with the most grotesque figures ; not a pig but what was similarly whitened ; and Pvil mothers might be seen in every direction capering with extra vagant gestures, and yelling with delight at the superior beautf. of their whitewashed inf an t s . .1L;1111:',4* THE LIVERPOOL TANDARD APRIL 27, Js3B. ~~: .~' a'