The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-30 00:00:00

NEW PATENT.—As journalists we see it our duty occa sionally to direct the attention of our readers, in an especial manner, to the notices in our advertising columns ; and we have unfeigned pleasure, this day, in referring to the sale of ahighly-valuable patent for Ireland, addressed To Capital uts. The invention secured by this patent will make the fortune of any spirited party in a short time. THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCRESTER.—We perceive by the Manchester p a p ers t hat the new comedy of " London As surance" will be performed, for the first time at the Man chester Theatre, to-morrow, with the same powerful cast of characters With which it has been produced with so much success in Liverpool. COURT OF PASSAGE.—This court was held yesterday, in the Sessions-house, before Charles Crompton, Esq. Only two causes were tried ; one was Knapper and another v. Robinson, in which a verdict was returned for the defendant, and the other, Eyre and another v. Stockdale and another, which ended in a reference. The business of the court will terminate this day. The directors of the Grand Junction Railway have awarded to a few of their agents a sum of money, as a reward for their increased duty during the week of the agricultural show. TRIAL OF THR STOCKPORT VIADUCT.—This magnificent erection, upon the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, which was completed in December last,' is now declared per fectly safe and ready for all the purposes of the railway. The permanent rails have been laid, and the first trial or trip was made on Friday afternoon. CHARGE OF FORGING A BILL OF EXCHANGE.—On Wednesday, Thomas Brown, of Newmarket-lane, Manches ter, agent and manufacturer, and Christopher Bell, of Bedford place, Leeds, agent, were placed in the dock at the Borough Court, Manchester, charged with having forged the indorse tnent of Messrs. York and Sheepshanks, manufacturers, of Leeds, to a bill of exchange for £194 15s, with intent to de fraud Messrs. Samuel Appleyard and Co., manufacturers of lastings, &c, 70, High-street, Manchester. The prisoner Brown formerly carried on business as a hosier and laceman, and subsequently became a convert to socialism, and of late has been an active supporter of the doctrines of irresponsi bility. The prisoners, both of whom declined either putting any questions to the witnesses or saying anything in their defence, were fully committed to take their trial for forgery at the ensuing assizes at Liverpool. ALARMING ACCIDENT.—An occurrence took place at a watering place at Miltown Milbay, county Clare, a few days ago, which would have been attended with melancholy con sequences to one of the gentler sex, were it not for the in trepid conduct of a young gentleman, whose name we cheer fully record. The circumstances are these :—A Miss White, of Dublin, a lady of great personal charms and mental ac quirements, was bathing in Miltown Milbay, and having gone out of her depth, she suddenly disappeared. The female servant who accompanied her became terribly alarmed, and screamed most lustily for assistance. Mr. Michael Cuffe, the young gentleman alluded to, happened to be passing near the place at the time, and, hearing the signal of distress, in stantly repaired to the spot, and without waiting to relieve himself of his clothes, he leaped into the water, and, " buf fetting the billows to her rescue," caught her by the arm and brought her manfully to shore. The poor creature was per fectly insensible ; but on being conveyed home, and aid af forded her, we rejoice for say, she recovered rapidly. The parents of the lady expressed their gratitude to Mr. Cuffe, and the lady herself, in suitable terms, likewise acknowledged the heroic conduct of her preserver.—Dublin Monitor. ROBBERY FROM A SHOP.—On Wednesday last, at the Sessions, John Thompson Woode, aged 30, and Charles Tibbs, aged 31, two respectable looking men, were charged with baying, on the 31st of May last, feloniously broken into the shop of Mr. Edward Davies, optician, and stolen 120 pairs of spectacles, 120 gold and silver eye-glasses, 10 telescopes, and 2 compasses, the property of the said Edward Davies. Mr. Henderson conducted the prosecution. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Venables appeared for the defence. Mr. Henderson stated the case, showing that on Saturday, the 29th of May, Mr. Davies left his shop secure, and that on Sunday morning, the 30th, he discovered that it had been robbed. A person named Davies, also a jeweller, but no connexion of the pro secutor, happened, on Monday, the 31st, to meet with two men in Waterloo-road, one of whom he had slightly known. These men asked him to purchase some gold and silver spectacles, eye-glasses, &c., offering to introduce him to a person who had a quantity of such articles for sale. Mr. Davies expressed his willingness to look at the ar ticles, and made an appointment to meet the men, neither of whom were the prisoners at the bar, that after noon. He met them, but having some misgivings he declined to make the purchase, saying that he was not pro vided with the cash. In the evening he heard of the rob bery, and next morning he called upon Mr. Davies, whose shop is in 80ld -street, and informed him of what had oc curred respecting the two men. The police were put in pos session of the circumstances. Mr. Davies (not the prose cutor) again met the two men in Waterloo road, on Tuesday morning, and agreed to purchase the goods. Another ap pointment was made; and ultimately Mr. Davies was intro duced to the prisoners, as the men who bad the goods to sell. They showed him samples of gold and silver spectacles, eye glasses, a telescope, &c.. and gave him a paper, which they said was a list of the goods. It was written in flash Lan guage, and he could not understand it. Another appoint ment was made, when Mr. Davies was to take the money for the goods (X 45), and the prisoners were to bring the pro perty. It appears, however, that the parties took alarm, and Mr. Davies found, instead of the two prisoners, the two men whom he had first met in Waterloo road. One of these men went out, pretending some urgent rea son for so doing. He went across the street, where, shortly afterwards, his companion joined him, and they both ran away. Mr. Davies then went out and saw the prisoners at the corner of St. Anne street, the place of rendezvous having been a public-house in Lambert-street. The prisoners beck oned to him, and he joined them. They said they were afraid to bring the goods as the traps were out, but they would meet him again " between the lights," or about eight o'clock. Police-officer, James Ainsworth, and his son, un der whose direction Mr. Davies had acted, now came up, and took the prisoners into custody. They found on one of the prisoners a paper, which was a list of the same goods as the paper delivered to Mr. Davies, with the omission of the telescopes. The Recorder asked if any part of the property had been recovered, and was answered " No." Evidence was then gone into, but the Recorder thought it not suffici ent to convict the prisoners, and they were therefore ac quitted. OPERATIVE PROTESTANTASSOCIATION.—ThehaIf-yearly meeting of the Vauxhall branch of this excellent association was held at the Burlington-bridge school-room, on Tuesday evening last. The Rev. Peter Browne, curate of Christ Church, presided, and opened the meeting with an eloquent speech, in the course of which he alluded to the gratifying results of the recent elections in England, Ireland, and Scot land, and called for an increase of protestant exertion, in or der that the triumph now achieved might not speedily relax. Mr. Evanson, late of Cork, p r op ose d th e fi rs t resolution, to the effect that the present state of Ireland exhibited the evil working of the principles of Dens' Theology. Mr. Evanson alluded pointedly to the murders and outrages committed upon the protestant cl erg y a nd others of the sister country, and attributed all the demoralising practices of the Irish people to the baneful effects of popery. Mr. Greene, an operative, seconded the first resolution , and said the time had now arrived when it became the duty of the several pro testant associations to call upon Sir Robert Peel to repeal the the memorable year of i catholic emancipation act, which, in 1829, he was mainly instrumental n having passed. Mr. Parsonage proposed the second resolution, to the effect that popery being founded on a system of blasphemy as regar d s God, and degrading to man in his moral and spiritual cha racter, the protestant body at large were called upon to stand up and to protest against it. Mr. Leeming seconded the motion. Both the resolutions were unanimously adopted. The chairman then wound up the me e ti ng , b y d el i vering a suitable address; after which several new members were enrolled, and the meeting . closed with s i ng i ug and prayer. Previous to the departure of the assemblage, the three watch words of the society — namely, " Sc r ipt ura l e d ucat i on, " Church extension," and " the r e p ea l o f t h e popish eman cipation bill were given, and heartily responded to. SERIOUS 1( OBBERY BY A S ERVANT OF HIS EMPLOYERS. —At the police-coda yesterday, two m en , Th omas F ur l ong and Michael Meld on, were placed at the bar, charged with having robbed M essrs. J. and J. Tayler, oilmerchants and paint grinders, Cl eve l and-square, of a q ' uantity of valuable property. Mr. Goldsmith, of the above firm, stated, in effect, that, from the impression made on his mind by seve ral anonymous letters which he h a d recen tl y rece i ve d, - h e h a d giveninformation to the police, that he suspected the pri soner had, from time to time, abstracted various articles from the premises. Police-officers Lloyd and Kehoe were accordingly put on the alert to discover a further delinquency, and (it appeared) they had been actively engaged, for a fort night, in watching the motions of the prisoner Fur long, who was warehouseman at Messrs. Taylers. He identified a quantity of property produced. It further appeared, from the evidence of this witness, and others, that yesterday morning, at half-past six o'clock, the officers detected the prisoner Furlong giving from his employers' premises to the other prisoner, a quantity of spirits of turpentine. The latter (Melden) was of course looked after, and followed to his house in Blair-street, Tox teth-park. There, in the house, and the garden belonging to it, the officers discovered three casks of seal oil, 16 cans and 1 jar of various sizes, containing linseed oil, and fine olive oil, and turpentine,—of the value of from £2O to It would appear that this system of robbery had been going on for a long time; but though Messrs. Taylor observed defalcations, they had no precise idea of the extent of their loss, o w i ng to the wholesale nature of their dealings. , The prisoner (F ur l ong ) was not suspected before the receipt of the anonymous letters. He is a native of Dublin, and went to them with a good character, he having before been in a comparatively respectable line of life. The other prisoner is also from Dublin, and has, we learn, a wife and children in this town. He was, when the offence was com mitted, in the employ of Mr. Warren, druggist, South Castle street. On his premises was also found a quantity of fine cut Brazilian isinglass, and other articles, not the property of Messrs. Taylor. Mr. Rushton committed both prisoners to abide the result of a trial. b u t as t h e grand jury for the present sitting were dismissed, they will not be brought up until the next sessions. On Wednesday last, at the Police -court, Mr. D. C. Bu chanan appealed to Mr. Rushton under the following cir cumstances :—He said, that Mr. Percival, of the Bootle Coffee-house, runs a stage between Bootle and Liverpool, and on Monday last Mrs. Buchanan got into it with the view of coming to town, when, after having proceeded a short distance, and no other passenger offering, th e driver re quested her to get out, as his master told him he should not go with only one passenger. Mrs. B. was therefore com pelled to get out of the stage, and was left on the road-side to get to town as she best could. Mr. Buchanan said he made the application on public grOunds, and would thank the bench for suggesting what remedy he h a d against Mr. Percival for conduct so outrageous. Mr. Rushton was sorry he had no jurisdiction in the case, which he pronounced to be a most shameful one. The jurisdiction of the court did not extend so far as Bootle. Mr. Buchanan thanked the magistrate and withdrew. POOLE, July 24.—(From a correspondent.)7 1 1 ,r e bid f a i r for having our port celebrated for the build ofEast India men," as it has hitherto been for smaller craft. Our enter prising townsman, Richard Pinney, Esq., launched from his yard, on Wednesday last, 'a beautiful ship of 355 tons, (0. M.,) called the Camaien ; she was built from the same moulds as the Canopus last year, which vessel gave such general satisfaction. A few improvements have been intro duced by C a pt a i n Cl ucas , u nder whose inspection she was completed, and for whose command she is destined, being s part owner. Her fi gure h ea d, a graceful Parsee lady, was executed by your celeb ra ted carver, Robertson , an d a moreisno mean specimen of his talent. We never witnessed beautiful l aunc h— s h e went o ff i n ga ll an t style with 2 00 per sons on her deck, who amused themselves with running from side to side by way of t es ti ng h er " stiffning" powers, wh ich were proved good to the satisfaction of her builder. An im mense concourse of people had assembled. The ceremony of naming was gracefully performed by Mrs. Clucas; and after the launch, a large party sat down to a handsome ' dejeuner ' " provided by h er capta i n. The i r pleasures w ere enlivened by the presence of Wadham's full brass band, whose merry sounds protracted the festivities to a late hour. A new feature in our launch, and one which added much to the excitement of the moment, was a salute of 21 guns, fired from the ship as she glided into her native element, amidst the cheers and hurrahs of the delighted spectators. She is being equipped for your port, where, under the management of Messrs. Eshelby, Rowett, and Co., she is intended for the East Indies, for which trade her superior combination of carrying and sailing power, renders her peculiarly well adapted. As our own offspring, we may think and write too highly of her, but she will shortly come under the keen eye of your discerning " nauticals," whose acknowledgment of her merit will make us proud of having Poole as the birth place of the Camaien. ANNUAL DINNER or TIM LIVERPOOL LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION. Tho anniversary dinner of the members and friends of the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Association took place at the Assembly-room of the York Hotel, Williamson-square, on Wednesday evening. The room was very tastefully fitted up and decorated on the occasion. The walls were hung round with a variety of handsome flags and banners, inscribed with appropriate mottoes and devices. The company, which consisted of about twenty ladies and three hundred gentlemen, sat at ten tables extending the full length of the room. The dinner, which was provided by Mr. Hamer, was excellent, and the wines were of the choicest quality. The chair was occupied by James Parker, Esq. member of the council for St. Anne's Ward. In the immediate vicinity of the president we noticed the Mayor, John Preston, Esq., G. Gurden, Esq., J. Bent, Esq., Robert Jones, jun., Esq., and several other gentlemen, with the names of whom we unfortunately hap pened to be unacquainted. James Mellor, Esq., acted as vice. president. Mr. Jolliffe's excellent band was placed in the gallery, and played several excellent pieces of music during, as well as after, dinner. When the cloth had been removed, The CHAIRMAN rose, and said that the company felt, he was sure, considerable disappointment at observing the ab sence of Mr. James Aspinall, the gentleman who was to have filled the situation which he bad then the honour to occupy. No one, he assured them, could more deeply regret it than he did himself; but knowing that unavoidable circumstances had been the means of preventing Mr. Aspinall from attending, he felt called upon to explain as shortly as he could the rea son he had assumed the position in which he then stood before the meeting ; and in order to do so the more satisfactorily, he would, in the first place, call upon the secretary to read the letter which had been received from Mr. Aspinall. Mr. BOBINSON, the secretary, then read Mr. Aspivall's letter, which stated that his presence was unavoidably requi red in Staffordshire on the day of the dinner. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, in appropriate terms, Her most gracious majesty the Queen, and may she long reign in the hearts of her people." .His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and the other branches of the Royal family." "The army and navy," which were each received with the usual demonstrations of respect and enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN said the next toaston his list was one which had brought them all there that day to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Associ ation ; and although for the first ten years of the existence of the association, not much had been done—at least not as much as he could wish had been done—yet he felt glad that a beginning had been made, and he trusted the time was not far distant, when Liverpool would be ornamented by public buildings similar to the representations of those he saw before -him, as well as on his left hand, and which consisted of the school attached' to the Licensed Victuallers Association of London. He saw no reason why Liverpool should not have the same description of buildings. (Hear, hear.) The society in Liverpool was grounded, he believed, on the same prin ciple as the one in London. Its object was one of benevo lence and charity, one of the proudest motives which could draw men together; and if one pleasure more than another could be experienced, it was in attending meetings like the present, where men were to be met bound by one common object—the good of the human race—and bound also by the ties of an association which was calculated to take away the bitter edge and venom of political and party bias. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") They were assembled on that oc casion for the purpose of burying in oblivion every recollec tion of a political description, and of alleviating the distresses of their fellow-creatures, and he sincerely hoped that their eleventh anniversary, was the beginning of a fresh era in the history of the Liverpool Licensed Victualler's Association. (Cheers.) He was perfectly satisfied that the objects of the association, even among the licensed victuallers themselves, were in a great many instances improperly understood. Its main object was strictly one of charity, and it was an object well worthy of such an association ; but without entering at great length upon the subject, he would content himself with calling on the company to respond to the toast of " Prosperity to the Licensed Victualler? Society of Liverpool and its vicinity." (Nine times nine and great cheering, followed by a glee, during the singing of which three neatly and respec tably attired female orphans were ushered into the room by Messrs. Bryden and Jackson, and placed on a table to the rear of the chairman. They were the children of a deceased member of the Licensed Victualler's Association, and their education and maintenance was now being borne by that as sociation. Their appearance excited considerable sympathy and attention.) The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had to propose was, " Lord Sandon and Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., the members for the borough." Drunk with three times three, and great applause, followed by the band playing a grand march. The VICE-CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had to give was that of " The Members for the County." Three times three. Grand waltz. The CHAIRMAN said that, in submitting the next toast on his list to the approbation of the company, he begged to couple it with the fact that he believed it had been six years since the Licensed Victuallers' Society of Liverpool had had the honour of the presence of the chief magistrate of the town at their anniversary dinner—an honour on the present occasion conferred on the Licensed Victuallers' Association, which he was sure they would duly and richly value, because it would in a great degree be the means of effecting what be should like to see effected—namely, a union and intimacy between the magistracy of the town and the Licensed Vic tuallers' Association that ought ever to subsist. (Cheers.) He was perfectly satisfied thut it was only for want of a more close connexion between the two classes, that there was not that feeling which ought to exist upon the part of the magis trate towards the licensed victualler. He begged to assure his worship the mayor, that there was no body of men in the town more ready to support the magistracy to the utmost of their power than the licensed victuallers, and that they were special constables by virtue of the license they held under the magistracy. In saying this much he alluded more particu larly to the mayor, who was present among them, because they had received notes from chief magistrates on former occasions—notes not couched in the terms in which he should wish to see them couched, for instead of sending notes he should have wished to see them come, as the mayor had on that evening come, to patronise the licensed victuallers of the town. (Hear.) But it was not only on that occasion that he was able to bear testimony to the public spirit and hospitality of their present chief magistrate, but upon a recent occasion, when the Royal Agricultural Society visited Li verpool, the hospitality of their chief magistrate reflected honours on him which would ring from one end of the coun try to the other. (Cheers.) With these few remarks he begged to submit for their approbation, "The health of Thomas Bolton, Esq., chief magistrate, who had honoured them with his company that evening." (Great cheers.) Glee.—" Auld ltig;yne." The MAYOR acknowledged the toast, and shortly after wards gave "The Trustees of the Society." Mr. BENT returned thanks. In doing so, he said that having been called upon to respond to the toast, by which they had just conferred so much honour on himself and the other trustees of the Licensed Victuallers' Society, and by which, he must say, they had been doubly honoured in con sequence of that toast having been proposed by their chief magistrate, it became his duty not only to offer to them his warmest thanks for noticing the trustees on that occasion in so kind a manner, but also to declare that if they had been in any degree useful in promoting the excellent objects of the society they could not but feel well pleased, and in every way well disposed to continue to it their best services. Although he was very sensible that the benevolent purposes of the Li verpool Licensed Victuallers' Society needed not his poor advocacy to recommend them to their favourable considera tion, he nevertheless hoped he might, without presuming too much, respectfully call on the many licensed victuallers and other friends who had not as yet joined the society, but who must have approved of the work of good-will and charity it had so zealously undertaken, by aiding its members when in adversity, and the widows and orphans of its members when left destitute and friendless, not to delay any longer in with holding that countenance and assistance which were so re quisite to render it still more efficient and more worthy of the important trade by which it had been so creditably esta blished. (Hear.) If an institution of so charitable a cha racter as that of the licensed victuallers was deserving of the support of every friend of humanity, as had been so suffici ently proved that day by the happy condition of the poor or phans brought into the room, then he thought that all who, by their contributions, had thus far done so much practical good, would feel gratified and more inclined than ever to as sist in placing in the hands of the trustees, for the use of the society, such further means as might be wanted to carry into effect all its intended benefits, and especially that of giving to its members prompt and needful aid, whenever they might be compelled by misfortune and bereavement to apply to the society for relief. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He could easily name other cases to which the society had afforded the most useful and timely assistance in the hour of trouble and difficulty ; but as he believed those to whom he had the honour of addressng himself required no such testi mony to induce them still to favour the society with their patronage, he would merely express a wish, in which he was sure his colleagues would agree with him, that the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers Society might go on and prosper, and be as distinguished an ornament for honourable and usefnl purposes as a similar establishment was in so eminent a de gree in the metropolis ; and he need only refer them to the engravings on the wall to show it, the one of which presented a representation of their schools, and the other a representa tion of their alms-houses for decayed and unfortunate mem bers ; and to that wish he would add another, that the Liver pool Licensed Victuallers' Association might so flourish as to be able to give liberally to, and never require from, the funds of their provident and praiseworthy association. (Hear, and cheers.) He had again to thank them for the compliment they had paid the trustees, and he had the honour of drink ing to all their good healths. (Renewed applause.) Mr. Benwell here sung the following song to the air of " Sich a gittin' up stairs," to the infinite laughter and amusement of the company : TUNE—" Sich a Gitlin' up Stairs." Good massa all, you think it queer, To see me at dis place dis year ; But my old friend Jim Crow is dead, So I am come to sing instead. Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. Now I'm on de table in Jim's place, I musn't my old friend disgrace; So to make me sing my song in twig, I'll jist put on his nigger wig. Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. Fam'd Napier sailed out to Beyrout, De Turks and 'Gyptian chaps to shoot ; When de Dey call'd him a buckra pup, And gib him sarce—so he blow'd him up ! Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. Says Me'met, " Cuss dose English chaps, We must shut deir potato traps, For ib we gib em—l know right well— But one small inch, dey'll take an ell." Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. Says de Commodore, " Vast dere—fiat's all stuff, An inch or ell won't do for us ; Dere's Fort St. Jean—we mean to take her, So only rob you ob an Acre !" Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. When he came home 'twas easy seen Dat he please de people and de queen, And dat deir lub should plain be shown, Dey treated him to a Marrowbone ! Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. As de Assizes Court was much too small, Dey agreed to build St. George's Hall; A great big stone dey laid down low, And dere dey left it for to grow ! Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. But den de soil so bery thin, Datc ebery week dey t urn c ows in, r Yi h make manure so b ery goo d , Dat der e ' s spr i ng up a large build i ng o b woo d . De government tn a e n gittin ' t sea tuhp rough a s a , l i & d c e . To take down all d Whatdeir motiv e b e a t all, nation e population ; can Unless it's to in -sense-us all ? Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. Go to 80ld -street —it make you laugh, To see de beasts d ey call giraffe Dey great long neck s , d e colour brown, Dey look like big dogs sitting down. Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. Some weeks ago I was quite shock When 1 goed down to de King's Dock— De folks ax'd me ib I had seen De inside ob de British Queen ! Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. I don't know wedder I'na right or not, But I fancy dis day bery hot ; I wish de brewers—nay, I'm not fooling—.. Had brought some ob deir pans for cooling, Sich a gittin up stairs, &c. We're sorry to lose—ay, one and all— Our president, good Massa Aspinall ; For we could'nt in Liberpool, I declare, • Find a gent dat could so well fill de chair. Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. Howeber, we soon got one to suit — A good and worthy substitute, Who well de chairman's place can fill— Dat's Massa Parker, from Rose-hill. Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. We've for our vice as good a feller, In de distiller, Massa Mellor ; 'Cause ib our spirits get out ob bias, Why he's de gent can rectify us. Sich a gifting up stairs, &c. I see before what make me glad, And what's not always to be had; But I believe myself did bring De mayor himself to hear me Bing. Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. Now, gemmen all, him sit him down, I do not tink I see one frown, So I hab pleas'd you, I suppose, So him make him bow and down him goes. Sich a gittin' up stairs, &c. The song was encored, and Mr. Benwell, in singing it_a second time, introduced a number of additional verses, in which he lugged in the names of many of the company, which drew forth shouts of laughter and applause. Mr. BRYDEN, after paying a well merited tribute to the worth of the chairman, proposed his health, with the thanks of the company to him for having so ably and so willingly filled the chair on that occasion. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said he should have been at a loss to know why so high a compliment had been paid him, but that he was placed there as a substitute for so influential a man as Mr. Aspinall, who was to have filled the situation. It was only in connexion with Mr. Aspinall's name that he could suppose the high compliment had been paid. He knew not how to allude to the institution further, having so frequently brought it before them that evening, and more especialiy after the able and forcible speech they had heard a short time before—a speech which recom mended itself strongly to every licensed victualler in the town, and he hoped that before that day twelvemonths they would have a far greater proportion of that body of men members of the association than they had at present. (Hear.) After the excellent remarks they had heard from their chief magistrate, which were encouraging, and must have been gratifying to them all, he hoped that that day would be the beginning of a new era in the history of their association. The objects of that association had been already so clearly defined that he could, he repeated, say nothing further on the subject, except to recommend them to all charitably and well• disposed persons in the town. Its objects were those of charity and benevolence. He trusted those were the motives by which the company had been brought there that day, and he trusted that the future success of the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Scciety would bear ample testimony to the stimulus then. given to it by having been honoured by the presence of the chief magistrate of the town. On behalf of himself he begged to return them his cordial thanks ; but he could not sit down without submitting a toast to the meeting—a toast to which he was sure they would cordially respond. It was the health of the individual who should have occupied the situation which he then so unworthily filled ; it was the health of a gentleman whose benevolence and gene rous dispostion were known to them all; and who regretted sincerly that he was unable to be amongst them that even ing. (Hear.) Without further preface he begged to propose the health of James Aspinall, Esq. (Drank with three times three and great cheers.) The band played the air of— " The fine old English gentleman." The VICE PRESIDENT proposed the next toast. He did hope, be said, it would be heartily drank by all present. It was that of the authorities who presided over the largest and best regulated provincial cnmmunity in the British empire. (Hear.) He therefore gave " The magistrates and common council of the borough of Liverpool." (Drank with much applause 2) The MAYOR responded. It was gratifying to him he said, to receive the compliment of their vice-pesident, and still more so to have it connected with any expression of his opi nion, which he beli eve d h a d no t b e e n un f a i r ly arr i ve d a t, that Liverpool was a peaceable and quiet place. Notwith standing occasional excitement, he thought there was great truth in the observation that it was a well-regulated place,— (hear, hear,)—although connected as he was with the magi stracv, he did not assume th a t resu lt t o hi mse lf . Th at re sult, however, had been owing to an excellently organised po lice, under the command of an admirable head constable, — Mr. Whitty. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The organisation of that police was very much under the control of the Watch Committee; and the fact of their having such an able force under them was the reason why the peace had been preserved under circumstances where riots and worse results had taken place elsewhere. With regard to the compliment paid to the council, he, in common with the two members of it present, returned them his sincere thanks, but as he was no monopo list, he should let th e ot h er gentlemen say what they had to say for themselves. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Councillor JONES begged, as an humble member of the council, to say that it should ever be his duty, so long as he continued in the office to which he had aspired, and the duties of which he had endeavoured faithfully to discharge, to contribute, as far as in his power lay, to the welfare of the Licensed Victuallers' Association. (Cheers) His humble efforts had been at their command for some years ; he bad been identified with the association from its commencement; if any effort of his had contributed to its welfare he felt gra tified beyond measure ; and his best efforts in future life should be devoted to the advancement of its interests. (Great cheers.) The C HAIRMAI, as a member of the council, briefly re turned thanks in the next place for the manner in which the toast had been received. After several other toasts had been proposed and duly honoured, Mr. ROBINSON, the secretary, stated that the object of the society of doing the greatest good to the greatest number, had been endeavoured to be carried out, and that the society was at present in a prosperous condition. The ball at the Town Hall had produced a clear surplus of £lBO, and this sum, added to the £lOOO of which they had previously been in possession, left them the large amount of £llBO, which had been set apart for the objects of the society. "Many gentlemen present, (including Mr. Mellor, Mr. R. 'Tones Junr., Mr. Askew, the Harbou r mas t er , an d M r . Syers,) then aanounced themselves as annual subscribers to the society, and when the last toast on the list was drunk, the company separated about eight o'clock. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The Dock Committee held their weekly meeting yesterday. The following members were present :—Messrs. Beun, (chairman,) Horsfall, Barclay, T. Holt, Holmes, Middleton, Mellor, Bulley, Evans, Martin, Aikin, Tobin, and G. Holt. On the recommendation of the Sub-committee of Works, the tender of Mr. Robert Morris, for the erection of the dock masters' houses, was accepted ; the tender of Mr. Berry, to supply a steam engine of thirty horses' power, to be placed at No. 1 pierhead, and to be used in the new works, was also accepted. The Sub-committee reported that the bedding of the Rock Lighthouse, which had been in use seven years, required re placing; and that wire rigging, and a variety of otherarticles, were required for the use of the Comet, light-ship, previous to its receiving a new lantern.—Ordered. The salary of the keeper of the Queen, light-ship, was in creased, on his application, from 17s. 6d. to 20s. per week. The Sub-committee for the Department of the Telegraphs presented a report of their periodical examination of all the stations. This document was of considerable length. It gave a complete description of the present condition of each station, of their wants, and added a variety of suggestions for the improvement and efficiency of the whole. It was fol lowed by a report from Mr. Brown, the surveyor's foreman, of the extent of the alterations and additions which had been made in pursuance of the orders of the committee. The total expense, the report stated, of the works amounted to £3992 3s. 7d. After a short discussion, the report was re ceived and ordered to be entered on the proceedings. A letter from Hughes, the man recently dismissed from the Rock Lighthouse for misconduct, making some repre sentations as to the other parties employed therein, was re ferred to the Sub-committee of the Marine Surveyor for enquiry. _ _ . The committee then proceeded to the consideration of some financial matters, and shortly afterwards adjourned. ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. — Those who are disposed to study the language and literature of Italy, " the sweet bastard Latin," will find an able and judicious in structor in Signor Zandotti, whose advertisement appears in another column. Mr. Green made his twentieth ascent from Vauxhall Gar dens on Monday evening, at twenty minutes before seven o'clock, in the Great Nassau Balloon. He was accompanied by the Hon. Dudley Ward, the Hon. Mortimer West, of the Grenadier Guards, Captain Currie, Mr. Leche, of Carden, Cheshire, Mr. Soper, Mr. G. Green, and Mr. Adams. We understand that the Rev. T. D. Gregg will address a large and, we have no doubt, an influential assemblage of the protestants of Liverpool, at the Amphitheatre, on the evening of Tuesday next, upon which occasion he will enter at large upon the recent scene which took place between him self and a Roman catholic magistrate in Dublin, and show, by reference to the laws and statutes of England, that he is warranted in applying the term " idolatry" to popery upon any and every occasion. The address is likely to be unusu ally interesting, and will no doubt be equally instructive. DEATH FROM FURIOUS DRIVING.—On Wednesday an inquest was held before the borough coroner, on view of the body of an old man named James Limna, who came by his death in consequence of having been run over by an omnibus belonging to Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, Dale-street, on the evening of Monday last. From the evidence it ap peared that between the hours of eight and nine o'clock on the evening in question, the omnibus, which was drawn by two horses, was being driven along at the rate of ten miles an hour from Richmond-street in the direction of White chapel. The horses were in full gallop at the time, and though several persons in the street called out to the driver to slacken his pace he continued, heedless of all entreaty, and drove the horses at the top of their speed. The deceased happened at the moment to be in the crossing at Sir Thomas's buildings, and, before he had time to get out of the way, either the step of the vehicle, or that part of the machine to which the traces are fastened, caught against his thigh, and, dragging him along the street about four or five yards, he was thrown with his head on the parapet and his feet inclined to the centre of the street, when both the off or'right hand wheels passed over his body. The driver stopped the omni bus after it had gone a few yards farther, but, before it was stopped, the wheels which had passed over the old man's body struck with tremendous force against the curb stone of the parapet, so furiously was it being driven at the time. There was a guard at the back of the omnibus, who then alighted and called out that it belonged to Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, in Dale-street, and the vehicle was then driven off again. The deceased breathed his last in great agony in about a quarter of an hour after he had received the injuries. The medical gentleman who was examined on the inquest, and who had made a post mortem examination of the body, deposed that six of the lower ribs on the left side were fractured, that the spleen was ruptured, that the liver had been entirely split asunder, and that those injuries had been the cause of death. An attempt was made by the driver to show that he was not going at a faster pace at the time than about five miles an hour, and that he called out to the de ceased to get out of the way. The jury, however, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against him, and he was fully committed to Kirkdale Gaol to take his trial at the approach ing assizes. " M. Germain P-," says the Droit, " a widower with an only son two years old, being deeply in debt, retired to an obscure quarter of Paris, to avoid arrest, and there lived in the utmost penury. Two days ago he was met on the !anal de Billy by one of his creditors, who reproached him in harsh terms, threatening to send an officer immediately after him. M. P. pleaded his utter destitution, and his being burdened with the maintenance of his child, then in his arms. The creditor replied, that the state took charge of all orphans. Cut to the heart, M. Y. placed the infant in the arms of his repro ac h er , say i ng, Then do you take him to the hospice !' and rus hi ng to the water ' s edge, plung e d i n t o the river. Though irritated, the creditor was not obdurate ; be immediately called for assistance, and his unhappy debtor was saved from death. Affected by his distress, the creditor at once relinquished all his claims, promised to induce the rest of the poor man's creditors to do the same, and declared he would afford him means to re-establish his fallen for tunes." LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The nineteenth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was held on Wednes day, in the Cotton Sales Rooms, Exchange-buildings, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors for the six months ending the 30th June last, and declaring a divi dend out of the clear profits of the undertaking. Mr. CHARLES LAWRENCE, chairman of the board of directors, having taken the chair, Mr. PRITT read the advertisement convening the meeting. Mr. BOOTH, the secretary, then read the directors' report, as follows : " The directors, in submitting to the proprietors the result of their operations for the six months ending,the 30th June last, have little to report beyond the usual statement of re ceipts and disbursements in the several departments of the concern. The receipts vary little from those of the cor responding period of last year, in the coaching department being about £7OO less, mid in the merchandise department £llOO more. " The general depression, under which the great mercantile and manufacturing interests have so long laboured, has been felt, if possible, with increased severity during the last half year. The temporary improvement 'which was experienced about Christmas was of short duration. After a few months, the previous stagnation returned, and has continued with lit tle intermission to the present time. Were it not for this unsatisfactory state of our mercantile affairs, the directors feel confident that the concern, entrusted to their manage ment, would not merely have kept its ground, but that the ag gregate receipts and nett profit to the proprietors would have increased. But while the directors are unable to report any important improvement in the aggregate receipts, they are happy to say that the disbursements have been considerably diminished, as compared with the corresponding period of last year ; as will appear by the detailed statement which will shortly be read. " 0u the Ist of March last, the Manchester and Leeds Rail way was opened throughout its whole length, both for mer chandise and passenger traffic. This improved communica tion with Leeds and Hull, and with the great manufacturing districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire, may be reasonably expected to bring an accession of business to this company. But the short period during which the Manchester and Leeds Railway has been completely opened, and the depressed state of trade and manufactures for the same period, make it im possible to form any very accurate estimate of the value of this extended chain of communication, to the Liverpool and Manchester Line. The directors will endeavour, by afford ing every practicable despatch, to attract goods along the new line of railway, rather than by the older and slower means of transit afforded by the canals ; and, no doubt, where increased expedition is an important object, goods will now be sent the whole distance (except through the town of Manchester) by railway. The quantity so sent, up to the present period, has been comparatively small; what will ul timately be attracted to the railway, it is impossible at the present moment to judge. The directors, therefore, are still unable to recommend to the proprietors any definitive step in reference to the proposed Junction Line between the Man chester and Leeds, and the Liverpool and Manchester Rail ways. " Liverpool, 281 h July, 1841." Appended to the report was a statement of the receipts and disbursements for the past half-year. The receipts in the departments of coaching, merchandise, and coal, amounted to £127,211 19s. Bd., and the expenditure to £63,192 16s. 9d., leaving a nett profit for the half-year of £64,019 2s. Ild. To this was added the surplus balance from the preceding half year of £8,772 14s. 5d., making a disposable fund of £72,791 17s. 4d. The directors on this statement recom mended a dividend of £5 per share, amounting to £60,450, and payment of a second instalment of the reserved' interest, to which the shares created before the opening of the line in September, 1830, are entitled, to the amount of £5610, which amounts, being deducted from the available fund as above, would leave a balance of £6731, 17s. 4d., to be car ried to the next half-year's account. The CHAIRMAN said, this was the short, and, he trusted, not unsatisfactory account, which the directors had to give of their proceedings, and he hoped they would be approved of by the proprietors. He was happy to say that the railway had been carried on, during the past half-year, without any accident to passengers. Those which had happened had happened from want of caution, to parties who ought to have known better ; but as far as travellers were concerned, none whatever had occurred. It was due from him to say, that he believed the works never were in a more satisfactory state than at this moment; and he was sure that if any proprietors were to go through the workshops, they would join with him in saying that great credit was due to the treasurer and to Mr. Booth, the secretary. (Hear, hear.) If any proprietor wanted any information, he was now prepared to answer any question which might be put to him. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ARNAUD supposed the debt amounted to between two and three hundred thousand pounds ? Mr. BOOTH.—It is a little more than £200,000. Mr. ARNAUD asked whether, after the present payment, there would be much more to disburse on account of the original shares ? The CHAram.tx said, there were £70,000 due for interest. £ll,OOO had been paid, and now an additional £6OOO was proposed to be paid. Mr. BOOTH said this £6OOO would make the amount paid into £17,000, so that there would remain a good deal to pay yet. Mr. R. M. BENSON moved that the treasurer's accounts now read be approved, printed, and circulated. The Liver pool and Manchester line, he was satisfied, was an example to every line in the kingdom for punctuality and the fewness of accidents. Generally speaking, it was the best conducted line in England. Mr. TAYLEURE seconded the motion, and it was unani mously carried. Mr. ARNAUD, seconded by Mr. R. M. BENSON, moved that a dividend be paid at the rate of £5 per cent. for the half-year ending 30th June last. Carried unanimously. Mr. JAMIESON, seconded by Mr. R. M. BENSON, moved that a second instalment, at the rate of 20s. per share, on the £lOO shares, and of 2s. on the original £25 shares, being a portion of the interest to which those shares (only) are en titled be also paid. Carried unanimously. Mr. ALEXANDER KAYE, of Manchester, said that some time ago he availed himself of an opportunity which he had of seeing Mr. Booth, to desire him to bring before the di rectors a matter, which, although this was a special meeting, he thought he was not out of order in mentioning. It was, that this company should follow the example of the Midland Counties Railway Directors, by giving the same orders to their servants and agents ; his object, in thus publicly men tioning the matter, being that the directors should be induced to give directions, that the influence of the company, as a company, should not be exercised at elections. He meant the order to apply principally to parliamentary elections at present, because they were the only ones he adverted to. He should not make any observations upon the conduct of any individual, but he thought it better that some general direction should be given by the board of directors. The CHAIRMAN did not believe that this company had ever taken, in the smallest degree, any interest in elections. On a former election, the directors thought fit, being aware that there were great differences of opinion on politics among themselves, and having received particular attention from members of all parties, to make an order, which was circu lated among all employed upon the railway, requesting any voters in their service to vote as they thought proper. Mr. KAYE said, when he spoke to Mr. Booth, he did not understand that such an order had been passed. Mr. BOOTH said the order was passed withireference to an election several years ago. Three or four years ago such an order did pass, and ever since it had been understood among the directors, that each party in their service might vote as he thought proper. Mr. K.A.vE.-LMay I request the directors to take a minute of this conversation, an d ma k e the or d er app l ic able to Man chester as well as to Liverpool? Mr. R. M. BENSON thought it was quite irregular to in troduce such a subject at this meeting. The CHAIRMAN. —W e have always allowed our people to do as they liked. Mr. KAYE said he wished everything of a political cha racter to be excluded from the company, and for that to be well understood. The gentleman who bad just spoken (Mr. Benson) seemed very impatient, but that would make no dif ference to Ms (Mr. Kaye s) application, because his situation enabled him to speak particularly upon the subject; but he would much rather see a general direction from the board than make observations on what had occurred. Mr. BOOTH.—As I know the feelings of the board upon this subject, I will take care that those feelings are made known in Manchester as well as in Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) Mr. KAYE said he was satisfied with that assurance. On the motion of Mr. BLAIN, a vote of thanks was pre• sented to Mr. Lawrence for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. AN IRISH WAKE.-MODERATE EXPENSES OF INTERMENT. • On Friday last, an Irish man named Smythe, who has been a resident of Manchester some time. was brought before the magistrates, by the Board of Guardians of the Manchester Poor-law Union, to show cause why he refused to maintain his mother, who had recently become chargeable to the pa rish. It appeared that the defendant's father was a pig dealer, and obtained his livelihood by bringing pigs from Ireland to this country. In May last, on his way from Li verpool to Manchester, he was taken suddenly ill, and some farmer in the neighbourhood had compassion on the poor fellow, and took him into his house, where, after a short illness, he died. In the mean time word was sent to the son in this town, who, of course, had him brought to Manchester for interment. Since that period, the wife of the deceased has been in great want, and ultimately applied to the over seers for relief. They, on inquiry, finding the son in some what good circumstances, summoned him before the magis trates, with a view of making an order on him for her sup port. The mother was in court, and stated that when her husband (lied he left fourteen pigs, which had been taken possession of by the defendant, and sold for a considerable sum, one farthing of which she never received. Smyth, in his defence, said he had been at a great expence on account of his father's death, and handed to the magistrates the fol lowing account of sums which he said were paid by him. The items which make up the total amount are of so extraordi nary a character that they need no comment. " The follow ing is a correct statement of the property of the deceased Mathew Smyth, that died on the 4th May, 1811, on his way from Liverpool to Manchester with fourteen pigs, one of which died ; the remaining thirteen has been sold by his son, Thos. Smyth, for the sum of £l9 19s 6d, which has been laid out in the following manner, butno!ffficient to pay th e expense attending the deceased's burial X a. d, Cash for sundry ............. 0 16 0 Expense on the railway for tw o men...... 0 14 0 Drink for women for their tr0ub1e........ 0 7 6 A coffin .............................. 2 10 0 To the farmer, in whose house he died, for his trouble ............. : ............ 2 1 0 For a box that brought hUll up, and ex- pease for three men ... . ............. 1 7 0 To a man who drove the pigs to Warrington 0 5 0 For a horse from the railway to Thomson street .............................. 0 10 6 For tobacco, For snuff.. For candles. For calico . o 18 9 O 2 0 O 4 0 O 2 9 For ribbon .. For paper .. For stockings 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 For a shirt . 7 ........ 0 3 To the constables man in Warrington .. • . 0 0 5 For drink before and after his burial .... 4 . 0 To two men on the railway to Liverpool .. 1 6 0 C as h t o hi s daughter to come from Dub- hn to Manchester Cash to his wife and daughter .......... 2 5 6 For a hearse, three coa c hes , and bury.. ing dues. 3 8 4 Expense for pigs ...................... 0 15 0 For four masses .................. . . 010 0 To a man from Warrington to Man- chester For washing f 0 12 6 0 5 0 Total . ........ a.:25 19 6 The magistrates expressed tnemselves very warmly on the statement put forth, and made an ord er upon him for 2s. a week towards the support of his mother. 01....... n ' ........r• A RAT KILLED BY A HEN.—Last week, at a farm-house in the neighbourhood of Burnley, while a hen was brooding over her young, a rat approached a third time on that day, having left one chicken dead on the b arn fl oor. The hen pounced upon the rat, seized it on the back with her bill, and shook it till it was dead. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA This tine vessel, of the Halifax and Boston Mail Line arrive.l at this port last evening, at about a quarter to eight o'clock, after a fine passage of 9 days and 19 hours, allowini for the difference of longitude. She sailed from Boston on the afternoon of the lith inst., and made the passage to Halifax in -10 hours. She took her departure from the latter port at half-past seven o'clock on the evening of the 19. She brought 101 passengers. We need scarcely say that she has thus borne out, to the fullest extent, the high character, for speed and safety, of the splendid line of vessels to which she belongs. The Britannia brings, in the way of political intelligence, nothing of importance beyond the decision of the Supreme Court of New York, in regard to the case of Mr. M`Leod— some details of which will be found under our usual head of " Foreign Intelligence." That decision is, that he shall be brought to trial ; and, in our opinion, it is one which calls for, the immediate and peremptory interference of the government of this country, for the assertion and pre servation of our national honour and independence, thus outraged by the unjustifiable and unfeeling persecution of an individual who but acted on his instructions, and did no more than what England expects every man to do—" his duty." The orders given to him were strictly in support of our colonial rights and interests, and nothing more ; and we congratulate ourselves that the mi nistry who will, ere long, preside over the destinies of this country—to the exclusion of the imbeciles whe now hold the reins—will fearlessly and manfully assert and redeem our national standing on this as well as on other questions of importance. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER BRITANNIA To Halifax from Boston.—F. B. Crowninshield, J. A. Lowell, John Lowell, J. B. Bland, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, S. W. Rodinan, Chas. Benjamin, J. Howe and Lady, Mrs. Chas. Twining, two Misses Twining, A. H. Taylor, Amass Manton, two Misses Manton, George Wilson, Joseph Ro binson and lady, child and servant, William Robinson, J. B. Eastman, Chas. Upham, Geo. Winslow, John Benson, Mrs. Mary Fisher, G. Seely. To Liverpool from Boston.—Fitz Henry Homer, Mrs. Homer and child, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dixon, Miss Dixon, George Jeeves, W. C. Gillibrand and Lady, F. W. Cobden, Robert Barclay, M. Halmez, (missed passage at Halifax,) A. Geddes, H. M. Grant and Lady, James E. Anderson, Henry Bartlett, Thomas Samson, Charles O'Connor, William Neaves, Roger Stewart, Alexander Gordon, Henry Anderson, Lieutenant J. B. Neil, E. Hathaway, jun., M. Wolff, W. C. Smellie, Mrs. Whittingham ' M.D. D. Abedie, E. Mendlove, Ch ar l es Cl egg , John C. Rust, James Reira, W. Mitchelson, Peter Maxwell, Wm. Holmes, Laun celot Bew, Nathan Dunn, Win. F. Reed, Mr. Birkli, John Curtis, Andrew Hayes, Mr. Evans and child, J. B. Kenrick, servant to H. M. Grant, John Wilsop, John F. Rachean, J. F. Heath, C. M. Mauzanto and Son, A. MacCallum, R. Rowley, John Swaine, A. H. Abrams and Son, R. H. Cum ming, G. R. Kennedy and Lady, Benjamin Babington, A. Greenshield. To Liverpool from Halifax.—Mr. and Mrs. Cannon, Mr. John Black, Mr. and Mrs. Male, Mr. P. Nordbeck, Mrs. Stewart, Rev. Mr. Caughey, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Jos. Cade, Mr. E. Oliver, Mr. Lake, Captain Haggart, Mr. Smith, Lysons, Major Smith, Mrs. Lake, Mr. Lydiard, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Moore, Mr. Robson, Mr. Jardine, Mr. Ritchie and Lady, Miss Strang, two chil dren and servant, Mr. Kenney, Mr. Horrocks, Mr. Jeffery, Mr. J. Ramsay, Lieut.-Cola Haynes, Mr. P. MacGowan, Mr. Gilmour, Mr. Breckell, Mr. Hill, Captain Hope, Mr. Burrage. THE QUEEN AT LORD MELBOURNE'S TABLE!! Reader, whilst you, snugly ensconced in your high-backed chair, on 'Change, in your countinghouse, or in your break fast room, glance over the contents of this excellent and never-to-be-too-much-valued journal, little know you what stirring events are taking place to render this thirtieth day of July, 1841, a day for ever to be immortalized in Britain's History, as the July of 1830 is already immortal in that of "La belle France." On this day—open wide your eyes, and elevate the brows thereof !—the Sovereign of England and her court are entertained at " BROCKET HALL, HERTS ;" and " the diner out," Lord Viscount Melbourne, is himself the enteetainer! " And knives are cleaned, disuse had rusted o'er, And chimneys smoke which never smoked before !" Yes—strange as it may appear—on this July day, the premier of England opens the portals of his baronial mansion to the queen of England and her illustrious consort. Within the grass-grown court-yard, the livened pages and grooms in attendance are regaled with home-brewed and biscuits and butter, and such sumptuous fare, whilst royalty itself is dieted upon—a de jeuner ; not such a monstrous meal as our forefathers were wont to provide for such occasions—not a dinner under which tables groaned and serving men toiled, but a delicate, modern meal, which can be provided at a few hours' notice from a pastry-cook's, and which that excellent servant, Mr. Caleb Balderstone, would undoubtedly have provided for Lucy Ashton, had the Exchequer of Wolf's Hope been the pocket of a prime minister, or the Master of Ravenswood been in the habit of visiting the Treasury : On this day Lord Viscount Melbourne commences the repay ment of the long arrear of meals which he has discussed at her majesty's expense for the last ten years; and we are convinced that the country, from the Lands End to John o'Groats—not to speak of " all Ireland"—will be glad to notice the honesty of intention, at least, which this com mencement manifests. We will not go so far as some of our whig contemporaries have gone, and compare the hasty morning call, which her majesty pays to her favourite minister, with the stately visit which a former illustrious queen paid to her favourite, the princely Leicester. We do, however, augur well to whig gery from this display of her majesty's gracious favour towards his lordship ; and for his sake we cordially hope that things will go on smoothly ; that no fall of soot will take place. (We have Wolf's Hope in our eye, and are not sure that Brocket Hall possesses its Caleb Balderstone to rescue its noble owner from the consequences of such a calamity.) We should be sorry that any of the recherche dishes in pre paration for the royal appetite should suffer from any violent outbreak of the rooks which tenant the chimneys ; that the spits should refuse to go round ; or that verdigris should have accumulated in any of the brass pans, which might be productive of serious consequences, and place an interdiction upon further similar condescensions. It would be a serious calamity to the nation, and to the whig party in particular, if her majesty and her illustrious consort should espy any nakedness in the land, and be led to suspect that the Mel bourne's, Russells, Palraerstous, and the rest of the minis terial clique are not the elite of England's nobility ; but worst of all, if it should be even imagined, that any feeling less noble than patriotism impels them to seek the royal dinner table or the national pay. THE BALLOT How little we have heard, during the past election, of that unfailing remedy for all the evils of the political body—the ballot ! And why is this ? Do fewer cases of coercion by " tyrannical landlords" or " dictatorial employers" occur now than in days gone by ? Not at all. We have still men amongst us who are willing to dictate to their servants, their tradespeople, and their tenants, how they shall exercise their franchises ; but such dictation has become a whig weapon. The " high and palmy days " of his popularity gone by, it is now the whig who uses " the screw" ; and, in conse quence, the ballot is no longer the favourite specific in whig estimation. Were the practice of secret voting resorted to, what would become of bludgeoneering? Of what avail the influence of whig corporations, whig watch committees, and Russell justices ? None. All these appliances to whig ends, the ballot—if effectual at all to produce secret voting—must extinguish. The great heart of the constituency, if left un influenced and uncoerced, beats now in unison with sound constitutional and conservative feeling. The mist has passed from before men's eyes ; they are no longer led away by every bubble which whig philosophy blows unceasingly, to delude and betray ; and hence, with the exception of a few superannuated growlers, who have fiddled on this particular string so long that they cannot change the note, the whigs as a party seem quite inclined to back out of the ballot, as a nostrum which is altogether unsuitable for their present dis ease. We have indeed heard a few half-uttered prayers for this un-English system of voting, when some county, upon which whig affections were set, has been wrested out of the hands of that faction by its loyal yeomanry. But the prayer has been feeble indeed, and half choked in the utterance, by the reflection probably of what would have been the issue in some score or two of boroughs, had their constituencies been permitted, by any practicable system, to escape from whig (local or ministerial) coercion. Could such a system — which, however, we trust never to see—have been applied to the late borough elections throughout England, we do not hesitate to say that full forty seats would have been lost to the ministerial party upon the question of the new poor-law alone ; and had the yeomanry of the counties been allowed to express their unbiassed opinion of the anti-corn-law pro position of Lord John Russell, we are equally confident that the entire county representation of England and Wales would have been conservative! The Breslau Gazette reports the following extraordinary cure, performed lately at Grcefenberg :—" A person a g ed 48, who had been in the Austrian civil service, was brought, from the loss of his wife and children, and other afflictions , into an almost helpless state of nervous fever. Every other remedy having been tried in vain, he went to Grcefenberg, to place himself under the treatment of M. Preissnitz. He had almost an unconquerable aversion to cold water, but without first consulting M. Preissnitz, he was induced one day, when the thermometer was at 24 degrees of Reaumur (86 Fahrenheit), to take a cold bath. This brought o n an inflammation the brain, and the sufferer became so violent that it required six men to hold him. In this state M. de Preissnitz adopted the following system :—Though perfectly delirious, he was bathed in the river for fifteen minutes, and then carried by main force in a raving state to a bath, the water of which was at a temperature of 12 degrees Reaumur (59 Fahrenheit), and there detained nine hours, from 1 in the day to 10 at night, M. Preissnitz remaining with him all the time, and keeping his head constantly cooled with water at 74 Reaumur (48 Fahrenheit.) At the end of this period the cold fit came on, and violent shivering ensued. In this state the patient was carried to his bed, where he fell into a tran quil sleep, which lasted till next morning. On waking his senses were perfectly recovered. An eruption came out over the whole of his body, and terminated in pustules, which discharged humours, and contributed to restore him to a state of convalescence. The treatment was applied in presence of an English, a Swedish, and an Austrian physi cian, all of whom declared the cure miraculous. On the same day, M. Pereissnitz, by the same means, cured his own daughter, a child, of a nervous fever, and next day she was seen playing on the public promenade." " THE FLEET PAPERS.' Mr. Oastler continues his labours with unabated energy, though still, we regret to say, an inmate of the Fleet Prison. It is a curious ordination of events, that one who has lived much abroad in the world, and shewn himself animated by an ardent desire to be serviceable to his fellow men, should al last find his most extensive means of contributing to that end when confined within the four walls of a gaol ; but, though the body may be restrained, the spirit can walk abroad at liberty. The printing press stands by the side of the solitary one as his humble minister, and, in fact, resem bles him,—for, whilst it changes not its place, no more than he, it yet sends forth its productions to be scattered by the four winds of heaven, and cause its soul, as it were, to per meate the world. From the number of this day we make a large extract. It needs nothing from us to recommend it. We admire at all times the heartiness with which Mr. Oastler devotes himself to the cause of the labouring classes, and we think it in itself admirable; but beyond this, of course, we do not bind ourselves. From some of his remedies in detail we may possibly dissent; but the spirit of his writings, and their object generally, we can commend without any reserve. He thus speaks in the 31st number of the Fleet Pipers, which will be published to-morrow, in the shape of a letter addressed to his late master, Mr. Thornhill : " Nothing is more certain, than that the governors of a nation should be intimately acquainted with the real feelings, circumstances, and prejudices of the governed. Nothing is, I fear, more true, than that the leaders of the two contending parties, whig and tory, are perfectly ignorant of the condition, mind, and prejudices of the working classes who form the masses of English society, and who have, beyond all con tradiction. contributed to the result of the general election. " A change of ministers, without a change of measures, will only create a state of greater disquietude, and remove prosperity to a longer distance. " The great cause of the failure of the whigs to govern the nation acceptably, is, undeniably, their entire ignorance of the character of the working classes. That ignorance has been demonstrated by their failure to produce al Jming com motions amongst the masses, by that most exciting of all cries, " cheap bread." There can be no doubt that the hopes of the whig cabinet rested upon the efficacy of that cry, hoping, by it, to excite the people to frenzy, and thus, once more, to fix themselves in office by the thunders of popular fury. "Every effort which deception, fraud, and malignity, aided by power and wealth, could accomplish, has been re sorted to ; but still the masses have resolved to aid the tories, and, at all hazards, to get rid of the whigs ! Thus the eJec tion has proved, that no men were ever so much deceived in their estimate of the working people of England, so ignorant of the true condition and feelings of Englishmen, as were the whig ministers, who so lately advised her Majesty to dissolve parliament, under the hope that, aided by a cry for " cheap bread," a large accession of strength to their ranks would be the result ! if there were no other reason for their dismissal, the utter ignorance which the wings have thus evinced of the true character and wishes of the people of England would, of itself, be sufficient. It must be manifest to every one, that such ignorance proves incompetence. I well knew that they would be disappointed ; but when I said-so, they only abused and traduced me, and exulted in my imprisonment. They have now paid the penalty of their ignorance, incompetence, and brutality. " But, Sir, if it be true—as I greatly fear it is—that the leader of the tory party is ignorant of the wants, the condi tion of the prejudices of the working classes of England, it will be impossible that he can adopt measures calculated to meet the national emergency. In that case, he will fail in his efforts (as the whigs have done in theirs) to set right the machine of state. " I am not about to dispute the great talents of Sir Robert Peel. That he is a scholar, a most able debater, and a man well versed in all the te c h n i ca li ty an d mac hi nery of the House of Commons, I am ready to admit. He may be a good financier, and an adept at diplomacy —nay, more, if he be, in addition to all these acquirements, a sincere patriot, still, if he mistakes the character of the working people—if he be in ignorance of their condition, their wants, their hopes, and their prejudices—if he thinks that they are irreligi ous, revolutionary, idle, and turbulent, when they are re ligious, loyal, industrious, and peaceable—if his opinion be, that they are the enemies of the institutions of the country, and dissatisfied with the principles of the constitution, when. in fact, they are the strongest bulwarks of both—if, I say, Sir Robert Peel should thus mistake, as the whirrs have done, the true character of the working people of England. why then, sir, all is learning, talent, ability, official and parlia mentary experience, will be of no use either to him, his party, or his country. He may, for a few years, blunder on in Egyptian darkness, as his predecessors have done, but he will inevitably secure to himself, with them, execration, con tempt, and defeat! " I have studied the working people in their homes —in their factories ; nay, I have followed them in their wanderings, to the hospitals, infirmaries, alehouses, workhouses, and prisons. I have marked their miseries and their poverty—poverty, neglect, and want, in a christian country, which is the reward of excessive industry !—and I have been astonished at their patience and forbearance, un der oppression which would even drive some wise men mad ! " I can bear testimony to their affection for their wives and children—their kind regard, and manly, fearless sacri fices for their neighbours, who are in greater want than them selves—their devoted attachment to those who rank higher than they do, and who show them any kindness—their con siderate and touching benevolence to such, when reduced to poverty—their regard and affection to their employers who are just, and kind, and sympathising—and their forbearance towards those who most cruelly oppress and shamefully de fraud them—their love of their native spot, ' the place where they drew their first breath, and where they hope to draw their last'—their attachment to the church round which the ashes of their fathers slumber—and, where the clergyman is found at his post a faithful watchman of Israel, their devo tion and reverence towards him. In a word, their love of peace and order—their dislike of confusion and change— their fondness for old local habits, and their enmity to all in novations. Their attachment to the spit and rural pleasures, are manifest even in their cellars and garrets ; there you often find birds and plants—nay. even in the factories I have seen flower pots containing valuable plants and splendid spe cimens of cucumbers ! " Such, sir, arc amongst the ruling virtues of the working classes of England, who are, in fact, as a body, a religious, affectionate, honest, industrious, patriotic, and loyal race ! But,' say their enemies, they are ignorant ! ' Indeed ! Is Bible knowledge ignorance ? Is the knowledge of the hu man heart ignorance ?—Sir, the men who charge the working classes of England with ignorance, never mixed with them — never knew them. If they had done so, they would not prove their own ignorance by asserting such folly. - - " I once thought that the working people were ignorant ; hut, sir, since then, I have sat under their tuition, and I am the wiser for their lessons. I would have their accusers do the same, and in the school of the labourers and operatives of England, to learn wisdom. " I have told you the true character of the working milli ons of England. Now, how have the Whigs legislated for the virtuous and industrious men ? and what is the result ? " The records of parliament prove that the laws made for their government, are laws of coercion and tyranny. The New Poor Law is a direct attack upon their constitutional rights. When they are able, the working classes pay into the Poor Law fund ; when disabled they have as clear a right to relief therefrom, without any degrading conditions, as you have to your rents ! When their right is trampled upon by the aristocracy, you must not complain, if, tit for tat,' be attempted by the poor. The rural police, and the transmis sion of the metropolitan police to the provinces, are direct attacks upon their liberty. They know that the constitution never allows strangers to interfere with them, but that their well-known and respected neighbours are the legal guardians of their liberty, and the enforcers of order. The result of such nu-English legislation is, the hatred and disgust of the people towards the government which was once most popular, but which has now entirely lost the confidence of the people, by so grossly outraging the constitutional feelings of the working classes. That hatred and disgust has also exhibited itself on the poll, in language which must be understood as well by her majesty as by her whiff ministers ; which pro claims in a voice of thunder, that if there be no sympathy be tween the working classes and the leaders of the whips and tories in parliament, Mere is sympathy between them and the electors of England ! Yes, sir, there is, after all, a very large and influential portion of our merchants, monufacturers and shopkeepers, who feel their interest is bound up with that of the working classes, and they have now proved that they are prepared to stand by the rights of their poorer neighbours. `" - It is a plea s i ng f ac t , an d one w hi c h mu s t h ave grea t weight with all right-minded Conservatives in the two Houses of Parliament, that those merchants, manufacturers, and shopkeepers, who have thus evinced their attachment to the rights of the working people, are that respectable and influ ential portion of our trading community, who have set their faces against the destruction of the agricultural interest — they are those who pay the best wages, and who protest against the monopoly of the free-traders. These good men do not make so much noise as the leaguers, but their influ ence is much greater. Let the aristocracy join these power ful and excellent men in ameliorating the condition of the working-classes, and the din, end fume, and fury of O'Con nell and his Manchester tyrant-league will be powerless in England. The anti-corn-law-leaguers are notoriously the hardest task-masters ; they are always foremost in lowering wages, and in making and selling deceptive goods. If, after the national feeling which has just been exhibited, Sir Robert Peel should determine to continue the New Poor Law, and the Police Laws, he will give the lie to the hustings profes sions of the majority of his friends, he will disappoint the hopes of their most influential supporters, and he will, in the end, find that the constitutional prejudices of the people are too strong for him. " Our forefathers were tenacious of the rights of the labourers ; but our modern philosophers' (oh, how that word is now prostituted) are everlastingly brawling about the landed interest—the monied interest—the commercial in terest—the manufacturing interest, and the shipping interest; but not one word is ever uttered in parliament about the the labouring interest. " The safety of the Church, the Throne, the Lords, and of private property, rests, not hi swords and bayonets, in spies and police, but in the hearts of the people ! A con stitutional government may lead the people with a silken thread, whilst a government bent upon upholding the un christian and unconstitutional measures of a liberal and enlightened philosophy,' will not be able to keeps it place ; no, sir, not even if it could make and maintain every other man as a police-officer ! What England requires is a paternal government, which sympathises with the people, and is re solved to govern free men by free men's laws ! I heartily pray to Almighty God that He would now give this nation rest, by granting us such a government. " Oh how I shall rejoice if this letter is received by the conservative leaders in the spirit in which it is written. How thankful shall I be, if its perusal should lead Sir Robert Peel to appreciate the character of the working men of England ! It' it should constrain him to seek for guidance from the Spirit of the Living God. " It England is to be saved; if her institutions are to be preserved, that happy consumation of my hopes, will, under the blessing of God, be brought about by a hearty union for mutual protection between the aristocracy and the working people. The olive branch has now been offered by the latter, may it be accepted in right good will by the nobles of our land, and may they adopt such measures as will establish their own rights and privileges by ensuring competence and comfort to skill and industry, and thus destroy the power of the tyrants' factory-league, and of that Irish traitor, who may still, for what I know or care, style himself th e member for all Ireland '—except Dublin ! ! Then, sir I shall be happy, although, for life, I am, your prisone r , " RICHARD OASTLE'II." VACCINATION FOR THE COW-POX-----SOMe doubts hav ing arisen whether persons availing themselves of the provi sions of the Vaccination Extension Act, either for them selves or families, became thereby liable to the disabilities attached to a person in the receipt of parochial relief, and disqualified from voting at parliamentary or municipal elec tions, an act was passed in the last session of parliament which removes such doubts by enacting, " That the vaccina tion, or surgical or medical assistance incident to the vaccin ation of any person resident in any union or parish, or of any of his family under the said act, shall not be considered to be parochial relief, alms, or charitable allowance to such person, and that no such person shall, by reason of such vaccination or assistance, be deprived of any right .arprivi lege, or be subj ec t t o any disability or disqualified:ati what soever," TO THE ,EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—If I recollect right, your radical cotemp^rary, Mer curius, made it matter of boasting, in days of yore, of the extraordinary purity of his broad sheet ; and, lest the minds or morals of his juvenile readers might be contaminated, he excluded from his unsullied pages all advertisements of a certain description, to wit, what are vulgarly denominated quack advertisements. But I only noticed, the other day, one column of the journal aforesaid nearly occupied by some of the most objectionable of this sort. Tempora mutantar, et nos mutamer ab illis. Pray, Mr. Editor, can you account for this extraordinary change? In my humble opinion, it either arises from the love of mammon, or else to fill his vapid slop-pail, for lack of something better ; or most pro babably to the above reasons uuited, to cause such an unusual effect or innovation upon the system of our ancient friend. Liverpool, 28th July, 1841. QUIZ. The floating island in Dement Lake, Keswick, was, on Monday week, di scovere d a b ove the placid surface of that far-famed sheet of water. The last appearance of this phenomenon, we believe, was in the months of Jaly and August, 1837. Sir Ralph Howard has declared in his address of thanks to his constituents, and more part i cu l ar l y to the "conservat ive electors, his determination to maintain the institutions of the country and the integrity of the empire." No one can be mistaken as to what inference is to be drawn from the ex pression of such a determination as this.—Dublin Evening Mail. ' [The hon. gentleman was last session a supporter of ministers, though towards the close he showed symptoms of disaffection. He is, however, now evidently likely to become a supporter of Sir Robert Peel's administration ' .] DUMB ELOQUENCE OF A DYING BABOON.—I remem ber a touching incident which happened at the Cape of Good Hope, when I was there. A party bad gone out to shoot baboons. The gentleman who related the anecdote, wounded one rather severely. Great was his surprise, on seeing the animal thus wounded leave the rest of the troop, approach him and lie down at his feet. Looking him full in the face, the fainting dying creature pointed at its bleeding side, as much as to say—" This is your cruel work, and how have I deserved it !" No language could surpass this in truth of appeal, or the moral lesson which it taught.—Rev. Dr. Jones's Lecture on Oratory. AWFUL ACCIDENT AND WONDERFUL ESCAPE. —On Tuesday afternoon a most calamitous and fatal accident, yet marked by the almost miraculous escape of one of the men who had nearly fallen a victim to it, occurred at the Hately Heath colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bagnall, near West Bromhich. Three men, named Thomas Ward, Thomas Gibbons, and Richard Knight were employed in bricking the shaft of a pit, upon a scaffold, about nine feet from the bottom, when a man, named John Holden, who had:just come out of the pit, hearing a great noise, turned round, and saw the banksman, James Lewis, and a quantity of bricks falling down the shaft. lie immediately ran to the shaft, and found the banksman hanging in it by his shoe, which had providentially caught some projection at the mouth of the pit. Holden instantly seized him by the legs, and dragged him up out of the shaft without his having sus tained any injury! Strenuous exertions were then made to rescue the three unfortunate men below, and Holden imme diately went down the pit, but unhappily only to discover that the accident had proved fatal to them all ; they were all three found lying at the bottom of the pit, and quite dead ; " knocked all to pieces," Holden said, " there being ecarcrly a bone about them but wh a t was b ro k en. " A n i nquest was held on the bodies of the three unfortunate sufferers on Thursday last, when a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned, with a deodand of 10s. on the bricks.— Wolter hamplon Chronicle. MADAME .LAFFARGE. —A letter from Tulle, in the Gazette des Tribunaux, says,—" M. and Mine. Leotaud have applied to the tribunal of this place for a special cura tor to be named for Marie Cappelle, and M. Lacombe, notary of this place, has been appointed accordingly. He is summoned to appear on the sth of August, the day of the proceedings beginning. It is still uncertain whether the prisoner will appear or not. She is often subject to attacks of illness, but they are of short duration. The statement made in sonic Paris papers that she had poisoned herself, when it came to her knowledge, caused her a violent nervous attack. It is not true that she is often visited by the ladies of Tulle. She has now only a few partisans in this place. It is certain that immediately after the trial she will be removed to the central house of detention for females at Clermont, in the Oise. AFFRAY BETWEEN THE SPANISH COAST GUARD AND BRITISH SAlLORS.—Algesiras, July 9.—On the night of the ith two vessels from Gibraltar were about to land contraband goods on our coast, when the Spanish coast guard, cruising in these seas, perceived them, and were about to seize them. The smuglers signalised, and an English man-of-war lying at anchor in Gibraltar Bay immediately sent out a sloop armed with fifty or sixty men, who gave chase to one of our coast guarders, which, to get away from the English Royal Ma rines, made for Cape St. Felix, where there exists a line of Spanish customs' officers and a few troops. These assumed a threatening attitude in order to obtain respect for the Spanish territory ; but the English landed and attacked them severely, wounding an officer of the Carbineers, the head of the detachment. Not contented, they seized one of the customs' boats, and made off. Yesterday the Command.. ant-General had a long consultation with the Governor of Gibraltar. It is said, even as positive news, by order of th e Governor, there has bee n fitted ou t i n London a brig, which will soon arrive here, and under the colours of a trader, al though an armed brig; but it is for the special protection of the smugglers on leaving Gibraltar. What is certain, smugglers are more numerous now than ever, that they do not dissimilate their object, and that they look upon this as a conquered country. The commander of the line (Don Ig nacio Pingt) was at his post at eleven at night to see whether all the men were at their duty. At midnight a sloop was seen off the coast, which it neared, and landed twenty men or more. The carbineers advanced to reconnoitre, and, having cried out, " Who goes there," they were answered by a discharge of musketry, which wounded the commandant in the hand and lower part of the arm; the soldiers in tarn fired upon the aggressors, and, although only three in num bar, sustained courageously the shock of the assailants, who were so superior in numbers to theirs, until the firing was heard by the cavalry of the carbineers in the environs, who galloped down to their aid. The English, hearing the noise of the horses' feet in the sand, retreated precipitately.— Correo Nacional, July 15. THE WETLEY MOOR MURDER.—The Sta f fordshire Mer cury says :—Wm. Simpson, a man shabbily dressed, and with a sinister expression in his eyes, though not having a countenance decidedly bad, was put to the bar, charged with the wilful murder of William Hewitt, on the 19th of June last, at Wetley Moor. Mr. Greves and Mr. Kynnersley were engaged for the prosecution. The prisoner was unde fended by counsel. From the statement of Mr. Greaves it appeared that on Sunday, the 20th of June, a person of the name of Holland went to a pit in the parish of Stoke-upon- Trent, for the purpose of fetching sand, and in the pit dis covered the body of the deceased, William Hewitt, dead and stiff, his bead apparently beaten in with a stone, one of his pockets cut of and taken away, and a pool of coagulated blood under his head. The case rested solely upon a chain of circumstantial evidence, the several links of which would be far too weak to connect him with the charge, hut which together appear to unite them in a very strong degree. When the Jury came in to deliver their verdict, the Court was hushed into a state of perfect silence, to receive the decision. To the astonishment of the Court, the foreman pronounced the verdict of " Not guilty." His lordship appeared con founded, and averted his face from the jury box, looking down upon his paper, with a flushed countenance. A pause ensued for a few seconds, arising from the feeling of universal sur prise at th e announcemen t. Si mpson , th e prisoner, seemed struck dumb with the verdict, and for a second or two,ap peared incapable of understanding it ; but at length, when informed of it, he very hastily exclaimed, " I suppose I may have my notes an d money b ac k aga i n ?" [This from a man who had just escaped the gallows!] The Judge : Certainly you must. His lordship immediately dismissed the Jury without any comment, but the fact was strongly indicative of the learned Judge's opinion. The trial lasted from nine in the morning until between three and four o'clock in the afternoon. The prisoner was immediately released from custody, and during the evening visited several public houses in Stafford, in a state of intoxication, and, we are informed, made such admissions relative to the murder and robbery, that he was apprehended on a charge of felony, and the next morning was brought to this town, for examination before Mr. Rose, next Monday. Should he be committed, he will be tried at the next assizes for the robbery, and probably for assault with intent to murder. SIR ROBERT PEEL.—The following eulogy is from the Birmingham Journal of the 17th instant, a Radical paper, and is creditable to the good feeling and talent of the writer : —" Sir Robert Peel ought to be, and no doubt is, a very happy man. Indeed, the sources of pleasure that open upon him are so great and so many, that if there were any truth is the proverb, we might almost anticipate some fearful down fall from such a summit of good fortune. Every hour he is receiving intelligence of the fresh successes of that party which has chosen him for its leader, and which looks upon him as the support of its principles and its power—a party, of whose approbation the greatest man might be reasonably proud ; for, opposed as we are to all its political doctrines, it would be the very folly of presumption to deny that amongst its multiplied members it contains much honour, much wisdom, and much virtue. Sir Robert's family dis tinctions are not less eminent than are his political. In the course of the present week he has bestowed the hsnd of his daughter on a Lord, the son of a. Eadi amidst the approving smiles of the Royal, and the noble, and the honourable of the land, congregated not less to felicitate the blOoming bride than the gratified father. But thegr-atest, perhaps, of Sir Robert's pleasure has been to . witness the prize for that classical learning, on which be justly prides himself, and which is one of his accomplishments, which friend does not more willingly acknowledge than enemy, be stowed upon his youthful son—a prize that, by one of those strange coincidences which are so pleasant to encounter, happened to be founded by the right honourable baronet himself. We cannot help believing that this last kind tura of fortune was felt by Sir Robert more intimately than either of the others. The applauses of party, even when most sin cere and fervent, hardly come home to the heart, unless of the unexperienced ; marriages of the great, even the most happy seeming, are not always matches ; but the exulting bound of a fond father's pulse at the success of a high spirited and intelligent boy—a success, too, gathered in a walk with which his own old cherished recollections are so strongly associated—is qualified by no alloy of cold expe rience or anxious anticipation. Enjoyment and hope, in such a case, go hand in hand. We should h ar dl y b e tempted to envy Sir Robert because of his approaching ministry or of his noble alliances ; but we could envy hi m hi s feelings when, in the venerable shades of Harrow, be listened to the elo quent eulogium of the nephew of W or d swort h , and watched the glowing and gratified expression of its object—his own ingenious and cherished child." CHILDHOOD AND OLD AGE.—Gaily around dances the child on its crutch ; playfully along creeps the old man on his. Children alike—what distinguishes them ? The one remembers—the other hopes. CH ILDHEN. — Children are like mile-stones, set along the road, reminding us of the distance we have gone on the journey of life.—Miss Sedgwiek. BAHI3(E)ROUS WIT. —A barber in Dublin has lately pasted on his window—" C onservatives shaved for a penny ; radi. call twopence—because they have such long faces." The worthy chin-scraper might, We think, have let the poor radi cals off rather cheaper, considering that they were already well lathered. G t A i e r \ n V s Eeyn.n)LNDo GIN GUERNSEY.—(Extract from a letter from ther tale to relate)you like s t o s u h b e j a e r c o t . f w T ed h d u i r n s g d s a y ? I hav e an o - week t. orure.oy posite neighbour's daughter was married. A littles after I le: I heard numerous voices. On going to the i the villagers coming with boughs of trees, scattewarinnnimthyemhuosn. the road against the return of the bridal party; band had plundered my garden of Guess my surprise on entering the baskets tnnu2 ofa at roses. being :l ut e ssao}m'ineggooseberry -fool. followed piece of cake. I declined I p i e a r d si a s n te y d b , re a a n l d tfa l st. entu Sh p e reP t l a il k d in n g ,a lied. a and e s s e s n ag t e t I l i x e ,a n s t s four d r i re s n h m e u s , e t o ,hs f reefruit da a ei and ~ j, some iosihniendg p t e lt : ne s i . rs ee So u So us on a t after merriment. They played the evening party; game which pleased us much. A French so ng ;an a d g tei t:a l e particular word a gentleman darted fr om his pocket-handkerchief on the fl oor op positeiNi‘'iassg seatsu a n a at:id y. . sPr He then knelt down, and the lady did th e sa me, when he saluted her on the cheek. They rose, the oul again c ommenced, and they paraded the reom t ill t h e psaparticularar word was uttered, when things were reversed, and the lady saluted a gentleman, and the same ceremony was performed. This was continued till the bridegroom selected the bride.