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ALGERIA. The Governor-General of Algeria has just published a pamphlet on the means of preserving and rendering useful the conquest of Algeria. General Bugeaud's pamphlet is divided under several heads. The first is, " On the necessity of dominion over the country for the purpose of co l on i za tio n ." On this point, he says,— " France has resolved that her flag shall be the only one in Algeria, and that a grand colony shall be formed there. The first question to be resolved for the success of . this vast en • terprise was the subjection of the Arabs. With such a po pulation there is no such thing as insinuating oneself into power. They must be conquered in order to obtain posses sion of, and colonize, a portion of their territory. France then has acted wisely, having once resolved on establishing herself in Algeria, in being also resolved to conquer it en tirely. This work is certainly one of difficulty; but it would be still more difficult to preserve upon the d e f ens i ve system any portion of the coast, for in that case the enemy would be left in full enjoyment of the country, viz., the resources of taxation and recruitment, and would be able to keep us in a continual state of blockade, and to attack us whenever he should become strong, or we s h ou ld have embarrassments to contend with in Europe. Not o n l y i s t h e system of conquest less difficult than this shameful system of defence ; it pre sents immense advantages for colonization. It has been frequently and truly observed, that no colonization is possible without cheap labour, or, what is the same thing, cheap provisions. There are a number of objects, such as cattle, horses, mules, asses, forage, vegetables, poultry, wood, charcoal, &c., with which colonists could only supplied by sea at enormous prices. Cheap labour, supposes, therefore, the freedom of internal communication, which can only exist by means of a p eace a l ways precar i ous w i th the Ara b s, or b y the military possession of the whole, or nearly the whole, of the country. In the rude war which we have made upon the tribes, they have lost in the razias two-thirds of their cattle, and, nevertheless, butcher's meat, which was a few months ago 2f. 50c. the kilogramme (21b. French) at Algiers, is now sold at only 50c. The reason of this is the supply of our markets from the interior. Here is one of the first benefits of conquest. Many others will manifest themselves with time and when we shall have set seriously about colonization." General Bugeaud then proceeds to consider the means of effecting and securing the conquest which he recommends. He says, " Ido not hesitate to assert that the same, or nearly the same, amount of force as will have effected the conquest will be indispensable for its maintenance. The Arabs are proud and warlike. The war of tribe against tribe is their normal state ; from their infancy all the males, without ex ception, are trained to the use of arms and the management of horses, and they are incessantly engaged in hazardous en terprises. We cannot think of diminishing our force in pre sence of such a population. We should soon suffer from such an act of imprudence. The history of the Arabs shows how prompt they are to revolt, and their antipathy for us and for our religion will last for ages. Let us then remain strong in the midst of them, if we do not wish to lose in a few days the fruit of all our exertions. This course i s im posed upon us the more by th e cons id era tion, that it i s the only way to prevent our occupation from becoming an onerous one to ourselves. With an a r m y of sufficient strength, we can govern the country, collect the taxes, and promote commercial speculation. The contributions of the interior, the revenues of the customs and the, octroi, and the resources which the troops will be able to create In they stations by the cultivation of a portion of the rich soil, will in a few years defray the expense of occupation. Such is the conviction that I have acquired by the experience of the results already obtained, and the observations that I have made in visiting all parts of the country. A weak army would only be able, when it had not to contend with revolt, to collect a slight amount of taxes from the tribes nearest to us and most accessible to coercion. In a word, a powerful army would have dominion over Algeria, would exist in it and be paid by it ; whereas a weak army would be almost constantly a burden to the French treasury." After pro ceeding at some length with the same line of argument, the author gives his opinion of the amount of permanent force necessary in Algeria, and the mode of distributing it. "We ought," says he, " to have two lines of occupation ; one in the interior and parallel with the sea, the other on the coast. The stations for the first appear to me to be clearly pointed out; they are Tlemcen, Mascara, Milianah, Medeah, Setif, Constantino, and Guelma ; on the coast, Oran, Moataganem, Tenes, Cherchell, Algiers, Philippeville, and Bona. I have not spoken of Arzew, Bugia, Gigelly, or Calle, for these localities are generally of slight importance, and I think we should evacuate Bugle and Gigelly if we are not decided upon bringing under subjection the Kabyle mountains which sur round them. It would be sufficient for the commands of the port to have a post of 150 men. But it is probable that they will not be evacuated; I shall therefore reckon their gar risons in my calculation. We will begin with the Wert. The division of Tlemcen should; in my opinion, be composed of 3,000 infantry, and 1,000 of other arms, of whom 500 should be cavalry d'elite, making 4,000; the division of Mascara should also consist, of 4,000; Milianah, 2,600; Medeah, 3,600; Setif, 3,600; Constantina, 6,000; Oran, 7,000; Mostaganem, 4,000; Tenes, 3,200; Cherchell, 2,150; Al giers, 10,000; Bugia, 1,000; Gigelly, 850; Philippeville, 4,000 ; Bona, 4,000; Gnelma, 2,600 ; making altogether a force of 63,000, to which we should add, at least, 12,000, to allow for sickness and other casualties, giving thus a grand total of 75,200, and if we would do these things securely and speedily we must really have 80,000." The remainder of this chapter is devoted to arguments to show that, considering the extent of territory to be held, the number is not overrated. The following chapter is on colo nization. The General is a strong partisan for military colo nization. On this point he observes—" Military colonies would be powerful auxiliaries to the army, and would gra dually enable us to reduce the amount of it, for they would furnish soldiers for a campaign, and occupy certain points where we are now compell e d to h a ve ga r r ison. I n m y opi nion we ought to have carried on the establishment of mili tary colonies at the same time with the war, for then we could have fixed them in favourable localities without having had to pay anything to the Arabs, whereas, now that we are at peace with the tribes who have made their submission, we cannot take possession of their territory without offering an indemnity." The system of government recommended by General Bu geand is military. His argument is as follows :—" If there were in Africa a European population of 400,000 or 500,000 persons, then I could understand to a certain extent the idea of a civil government ; but in the present state of things, I confess I cannot conceive how the idea can exist in the minds of certain statesmen and public writers." The General com bats this idea with a variety of arguments, and adds, "There is another reason which militates powerfully in favour of mi litary government—namely, the necessity of governing the Arabs. We have subdued them by force of arms, and by force of arms we must keep them in subjection." Under the head of " Resources of the Country," G enera l Bugeaud says :—" In the short visits that I paid to Algeria in 1836 and 1837, I conceived but a poor idea of the fertility of the soil, so much vaunted by the ancients. Havin g p asse d over only the worst portion of the province of Oran, I thought the Roman historians had dealt in hyperbole when th ey ca ll e d Africa the granary of Rome. But sincel have pe ne t ra t e d into the country in almost every direction, my convictions have changed, and I have ascertained that Algeria produces already a great deal of corn, and an immense quantity of cattle, and that it is capable of producing much more, end also of adding several other sources of wealth, such as silk and oil." In another part of this chapter, the General says: —" There are vast surfaces cultivated by the Arabs, without having received any kind of manure, and yet they produce an average per hectare (n acres English) of from 50 to 30 hectolitres (from 70 to 85 bushels English) in wheat, and from 40 to 50 in barley." On the sources of taxation, we read—" The ordinary and religious tax is the tenth of the grain and the twentieth of the cattle. If this were regularly collected, as it would be with - a good government, backed by a strong force, it would, I have no doubt, produce sufficient to feed the army, and provide in a great measure for its general support. I come to this conclusion on considering the enormous expenses that Abd-el-Kader has gone to carry on the war. He not only formed and kept up an army of 12,000 to 15,000 men, but also purchased an immense number of horses, and constructed five small fortresses, a cannon-foundry, two powder manu factories, and several manufactories for arms, besides pur chasing from foreign countries la rge quan titi es o f muskets and ammunition, and yet he i s sa id b y the Ara b s to h ave b een still in possession of a large amount of treasure at the time when his power was overthrown. Add to this the manner in which be levied the taxes, and which is so different from our own. All the public functionaries paid themselves with their own hands, and it rarely happened for the Emir to re ceive more than one-half of the amount really collected. The functionaries were not satisfied with retaining the larger half ; they pressed upon the population in a thousand ways— a strong proof of the resources of the co un t ry ." We conclude our extracts with the following table of the revenue of Algeira, from 1831 to 1841 inclusive. Years. Civil Population. 3,228 4,858 7,812 9,750 11,221 14,561 16,770 20,078 25,000 28,736 35,727 17,190 21,511 26,681 29,858 29,485 29,897 40,147 48,167 50,367 61,231 70,000 1,048.479 1,569,108 2,237,154 2,542,660 2,518,521 2,870,029 3,705.852 4,178,861 4,469,870 5,610,710 8,859,130 PRESENTS TO THE QUEEN FROM THE QUEEN OF SPAIN —Four beautiful Spanish entim horses arrived at Windsor on Wednesday morning as presents from Isabella 11. of Spain to her Majesty. These horses reached this country shortly after her Majesty had left for Scotland. They were taken by the Spanish grooms to the new riding-house, where they were seen by her Majesty and Prince Albert. The horses were afterwards ridden by the royal eouerries, and subse quently by Mr. Myers, Prince Albert's riding-master, by whcm l th) , were put through their various paces. ' Her Ma jesty h. • "log made a selection of two for her own ed the others to her illustrious consort. One of those re tained by th e e% ing 14 1 1 , 14 .' 1: 3m is a beautifully-marked skewball, stand -11, and 6 years old. The other is a well 7formed cream- oured hone of the same height, and rising years old. Th...,. an inch of the gr oom --.... LUIS °f the se two animals reach .. to within extraordinary size , and are perfect curiosities from their and extreme fullness. The horses pre the sentothery ed b a broQw the u n) are een t o hi s Royal Highness (one a bay and a bout 15 hands. These b—ro.', .'" e og d, and of the same height -o euormonsly large tails (com pared with the great majety of tones of the English breed), but ther are not nearly of tke size of the other two. The manes of the four are very ftilland 10 14 inches over eithe r • ng, flowing to the length of upwards of heads and necks are particu larly :ad hose largont bred in the Lowand full, very much resem bling the horses of Flanders Countries. E UROP EAN TRADE WITH PERSIA.—Th Monileur of ccount of the commercial operations Monday publishes an a city has in t h at with of Tabriz in 1840, from which it appears t hat this year now become the emporium of the whole trade or The imports from Russia Europe. The European merchandise imported ( Tb was valued at 36,000,00 0 a. thro ug h the Volga, the Caspian Sea, and the lines of the Araxes, con sisting principally of cotton go ods, linens, silks, light cloth s, , gold and silver fringes, looking g lasses, crystals, china w are iron, copper, &c., amounted to 9,000,000 f. From England, Germany, France, and Belgium, the imports, chiefly of th e same articles, exceeded 25,00°,00-n "In this sum, French imp orted in that trade only figures for 600,000 1 . Turkey year for 1,200,000 f. of cloths of Brussa and damasked silks, & c. the Perses, a &c. The arti c l es i n p ar ti cu l ar d eman d were at Schiras cotton cloth, which was f o rmerly manufac tured . England and Ispahan, an d h as b een a d m i ra bl y i m itated i n and Germany: F renc h co t ton goo d s were unable to com pete from with those of B r iti s h an d G erman m anu facture , . y sup_ the low price of th e l a tt er . Th e s ilk s were gen eral' plied by th e L e i ps i c an d H am b urg fa i rs ; few were o f French origin, according to the same document. The commercial relation, between Tabriz and Trebisond, have of late years assumed a great extension. Caravans are constantly plying between those two cities ; and the products of Persia, and Asia Minor, proceeding from Tabriz, and embarked at Tre bisond, amounted in 1841 to 25,000,000 piasters, exclusive of a large quantity of specie in Dutch ducats and silver rubles, of which no estimation could be given. The value of Euro pean goods landed for the Tabriz market at Trebisond, in 1841, was estimated at from 85,000,000 to 90,000,000 piasters. During the first six months of that year, there entered this harbour 18 Russian vessels, 8 English, 3 Sardinian, 11 Greek, and 61 Turkish ; but most of the latter had arrived in ballast, and sailed with cargoes. The Trieste steamers executed, in the same interval, 10 or 12 journeys thither, bringing manu factured goods, colonial articles, steel tke , to an amount o f 7,120,000 fran cs ; an d returning with a l ik wax, skins, camels-hair, saffron, shawls, & C ., f or 2,073,006 franca. Army. Amount received • - .\\\. 0-b4A.Nc 4\ch- DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ELECTION. It will be seen from the subjoined correspondencei. which we copy from the Evening Packet, that the zealous pastor of St. Jude's, whether at home or abroad, is indefatigable in his efforts for the advancement of truth. The high consis tency of the course which he has always pursued, itself the consequence, bears witness also to the purity of the motives by which he is actuated, to wit, the forwarding of truth, and not (as he is clandestinely reported), th e following of party. To the Editor of the Evening Packet. Stn,—On the Sth instant, I took the liberty of addressing the enclosed letter to Mr. Smith. I have received no reply, and conclude that Mr. Smith does not intend to write one. I do not feel that this is, in the slightest degree, discourteous on his part. If I had addressed a private letter to him, he would, as a matter of course, have written to acknowledge it ; but when I told him that I intended to publish my letter and his answer, he was, in the strictest sense, at liberty to withhold any answer, if he felt that publication would be in convenient or premature. He may moreover feel, that as he was not, by any overt act of his own, a candidate for our suffrages, no elector had a right to add ress hi m pu bli c l y upon the subject. If I have been guilty of an unseasonable intrusion upon the hon. and learned gentleman, I can only plead, in my ex cuse, the conviction that, unless some publication from Mr. Smith shall appear, and speedily, the election for the College will be virtually closed. What is tantamount to a poll is rapidly going forward. I wrote to some friends by the same post which conveyed my letter to Mr. Smith, and I have their answers entirely coinciding in my views of this subject. I would not be doing justice to them or to myself if I did not say distinctly, that the course we adopt is not prompted by any want of the kindest and most cordial feelings towards Mr. Hamilton ; but simply by the high principle of obedi ence in all things lawful, to our lawful rulers, as stated in my letter. By giving a place in your columns to this, and the enclosed, you will oblige, sir, your obedient ser van t, Ballycastle, 19th Sept., 1842. Hricrx M'NEILE. TO T. B. C. SMITH, ESQ. have just now received a ci rcu l ar , f orwar d e d t o me from Liverpool, containing the names of several members of our University, and signed by the Re veren d W m . L ee . It invites me to join in a requisition to you to allow yourself to be put in nomination as apandidate for our representation in parliament. I have declined compliance, not because of any objection to. you—l entertain none, nor because of any promise of support to another, I have given none—but be cause I am altogether unacquainted with your opinions and convictions upon certain subjects which I deem of paramount importance. Many of my fellow-electors are in the same condition ; and I feel assured that, by addressing you pub licly, without loss of time, I shall be contributing towards that clear and unequivocal understanding which ought to exist amongst us all on such occasions. It is my intention, therefore, to publish this letter, and also your reply, if you do me the honor to write one. It is currently reported that you are put forward on this occasion, and will be supported by her Majesty's government in Ireland. If this be so, you possess a prima facie claim upon the support of all who think and feel as I do. Because the Christian duty of Submission to " the powers that be" is a matter of conscience with us. We do not think that per sonal preferences in questions affecting merely temporal mat ters should ever array us in hostility against the government. On questions of a very different character, involving, as we believe, the highest interests of the revealed truth of God, and, by consequence the everlasting happiness of men ; we were driven into painful but inevitable collision with the late government. We hoped and are still anxious to hope, that with the present government, friendly representations and remonstrances, patience, and a more accurate acquaintance with the real wants and wishes of the Roman Catholic peo ple of Ireland, considered as distinct from their ecclesiastical leaders and a few turbulent agitators, may render all such opposition unnecessary, and therefore, upon our principles, unjustifiable. Our duty of submission, not only to the ex press authority, but even to the known wishes of the Queen's government, we deem second only to the higher duty we owe to the great SOURCE of all rule, by whom Kings reign, &c. There are questions which involve this ultimate duty, and questions closely connected wtth the parliamentary represen tation of our University at this time. One is, the treatment which the Holy Scriptures are to receive in the matter of national education ; and another is, whether the college of Maynooth is to be supported by the state without any inquiry into the principles, religious, moral or political, which are inculcated upon the students therein ? Against the system at present adopted by what is called the National Board of Education in Ireland ; and against the continued national support of Maynooth College, as a matter ' of course, without inquiry, we feel it to be a duty, painful but imperative, to opposs any government, and to teach others to do likewise. Because we feel the integrity of our allegiance to THE KING OF ALL KINGS involved; and because, if we forfeit that integrity, our advocacy of any human cause must become eventually as worthless to others, as it would, in the mean time, be irksome, nay offensive to ourselves. We believe the Bible to be indeed what it professes to be, and, therefore, we believe it to be the duty of professedly- Christian statesmen to mould their moral and religious mea sures for the community, not by the doubtful preferences and fluctuating majorities of men, but by the unerring and unchanging principles laid down with clearness in the Word of God. While, on the other side, we detest the intolerance which would aim at the propagation of truth by the sword ; we cannot, on the other side, be reconciled to the indifference which consents to the propagation of falsehood by the trea sury. _ _ We believe, for example, that no government support or command, can make it lawful for any man to bow down to images, or to teach others to do so ; seeing that the Almighty has distinctly said to every man, " Thou shalt not bow down to them." We believe that no government support or com mand can make it lawful for any man to put, or to teach others to put, prepared lists of indelicate questions to either man or woman ; seeing that the Almighty has distinctly for bidden all corrupt, or corrupting communication out of our mouth. We believe that no government support or command can make it lawful for a subject of any state to take, or teach others to take, an oath of allegiance to a foreign power, (under any pretence or plea that it refers to spiritual things only,) such as in critical circumstances, and at a critical mo ment, may involve, inevitably, the tremendous alternative of perjury or treason. We are prepared to prove—we have proved by documentary evidence not to be gainsayed, how ever it may be neglected, that these are among the things taught in illaynooth College. In like manner, we believe that no government support or command can make it lawful to withhold, by authority, from any child of the human family, the Holy Scriptures ; or to consign by authority any child [to teachers who avow their determination to withhold the Holy Scriptures from the in struction of that child ; seeing that the Almighty has expressly commanded the reading of Holy Scripture by all, and highly commended it, even in the case of a child, as able to make wise unto salvation. it is our deliberate conviction, after calm and patient in vestigation, that the National Board of Education in Ireland, judged by its own printed rules, is fairly liable to the heavy charge of doing this—notwith s t an di ng t h e permission to give separate religious instruction granted to persons over whom the board have no control ; and, notwithstanding the use in some schools of the three small volumes of extracts, from the Scriptures, in a new translation. We are aware of the multiform deviation s f rom ru l e i ntro d uce d an d connived at, iii the present cameleon practice of the national schools, but our business at head-quarters is with the rule itself. We are aware of the apparent approbation and practical support obtained by the board from the Presbyterian body, by con ceding to that body an exclusively Presbyterian education in their existing schools where no building grants were required; but this does not alter the original constitution of the board, or diminish the objections entertained against it, by those who cannot conscientiously secure truth to their own children at the expense of consigning the children of others to hope less error. Now, sir, while we altogether disapprove of the system of sending, or attempting to send, pledged delegates to parlia ment, instead of free, unshackled, and competent representa tives ; we are naturally desirous to do our part, however inconsiderable it may be, towards having the members for our University really represen t a ti ves of the opinions of the constituency on these great subjects. We ask for no pro spective pledges or promises as to how you will vote if returned for the College; but we do ask, with unfeigned respect and frank freedom, for a present honest and bold avowal of the d eep conv i ct i ons o f your soul on these soul stirring questions. If you approve of consulting human convenience first, in matters of legislation, involving religion and morals, and so setting aside Divine revelation altogether, (for if it be not first beyond comparison, it is nothing, worse than nothing, because false in its paramount claim,) you can, 1 presume, have no difficulty in candidly saying so. If, on the contrary, you think that risks of displeasing men, of any name and in any numbers, should be run, (re luctantly and cautiously indeed, but still firmly and consis tently,) rather than sanction and support what GOD con demns; you can, I know, have no difficulty in avowing it. If you have no strong convictions on either side, and de cline to commit yourself by any declaration beyond the mere common-place generalities, which mean nothing; we must, of course, form our own judgements upon the evidence thus borne to the nature and strength of your principles, and the light thns thrown upon our duty in the contest. I write in all good faith and good feeling towards you. I know nothing, even by report, of your religious principles ; but am anxious to find them such as will justify me in render ing you any support and assistance in my power, if, as we have bee n i n f orme d, it b e i n d ee d th e wish of the government that you should be returned.—l have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant. HUG!! 11/PNEILE. Ballycastle, Sth Sept., 1842. HER MAJFSTY'S EARLY RlSlNG.—Everybody was sur prised and pleased, while the Queen was in Scotland, at the punctuality with which her Majesty kept every appointment, and with the early hours at which the sovereign got up in the morning. While at Drummond Castle, the Queen rose at half-past six o'clock and breakfasted at eight, chocolate being the favourite beverage. In the forenoon the Queen unched, and drank cherry-water. Tit E AROOSTOOK MOUNTAINS.—This important tract of country, which has just been ceded to Great Britain, has been examined by some of our eminent geologists. Dr. Jackson, the geologist of Maine, gives an interesting account of his examination of the mountain region of the disputed territory near the Penobscot Forks, which gives a graphic feature of that part of the country, and makes it one of the most sublime and imposing formations. Mountain Katah din is a lofty, precipitous cone of pure granite, whose tree less summit, having no vegetable growth but a few bushes of the mountain cranberry and spicy blueberries, was at tained with great labour by clambering almost perpendicular crags. It was ascertained to be 5,300 feet elevation, the highest in Maine. What is remarkable is, that in this gra nite formation was found diluvial limestone, with shell im- , _ ...._ pressions, showing the sea had been there ; and in the same region limestone with scoriaceous trap melted and imbricated into its seams in an elegant manner, showing also that vol canic action had been at work. From one high mountain, the Sugar Loaf Cone, he saw round him no less than fifty lofty peaks, and seventeen mountain lakes, cascades of 200 feet fall, &c. Why, thi s A roos t oo k coun t r y mus t h erea ft er be call e d t h e Al pine Regions of Maine !—Nett. Fork Herald. N 1 NATIO .I. EDUCATION.—His Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland , in the course of his charge to the clergy at the annual visitation of o held at A rmag h l ast wee k , t h us ref e rre d to the it u o c a b to l i i i i, •-- , -- 1 u ty the ose probability utsyste ul ofo of t a h o change so-calledby dt,h national"e govern ment educatio n in th e r • On th e c h ange of the administration he felt in this country beforaey his mind on the subject of education state all his objectionst ' to I t e Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and education; and having done the present system of national ieney an answer, to the To, he received from his excel give the subject their were eous consideration, but that they a that pressed by the state in the country were placed •, and must get time, as they which the financial affairs of parliament there would be so ilewatl,rught it could not be n tl: u a c t h d i u )t r is in in g es t s he to sgeosstibornoutfb taken up. Ile (the Lord Primate) subject brought forward, but owing to oantlious to have the which lasted to the close of the session, on the long debates, financial and other affairs of the country, he could not brit and when, near the close of the session, he mentionedigitforward ; the matter to the head of the , government, he told him that there would not be time to give the subject due consideration, and that it would be better not to take it up then, Ilia Grace then stated some reasons, which led him to think that' the government would make some change in reference to education in this country, and said, as he had occupied them so long on the subject of education, he would not on that occasion detain then' by taking up 4ny other bubject," THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 27th instant, the Musical Play of 'ROB ROY. Bailie Nicol Jarvie Mr. Mackay. After which, A FAVOURITE SONG, by Mr. J. RUSSELL. To conclude with MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. Sandie Mr. Mackay. LIVER THEATRE. MR. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENTS. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), by desire, IHE ADVEN TURES OF PRINCE C ARLESrViith the illus trative Jacobite Songs. TO-MORROW EVENING (Wednesday), , Mr. WILSON will give his Entert a i nment on HIGH L AND M E LODY and SONG, in which he will sing several Songs' of the Highlands. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Programmes, Tickets, and Private Boxes, may be had at the Theatre. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. POSITIVELY THE LAST EXHIBITION OF THE SEASON. GRAND EVENING FETE. TO -MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 28th instant, to com mence with the GRAND ROMAN FESTA. At Dusk, THE GRAND ILLUMINATION OF ST. PETER'S. This inconceivably magnificent Spectacle is succeeded by the Pyrotechnic Wonders of the GIRANDOLA OF ST. ANGELO, with all its splendid incidents, terminating with the Gor geous Cascade of Brilliant Fire, and Tremendous Flights of Rockets. The great Elephant RAJAH will promenade the Gardens, drawing a splendidly decorated Car, with the attendants in the full Eastern Costume, during the Afternoon. THE GRAND MUSICAL PROMENADE will commence at Five o'clock, and the FIREWORKS pre- cisely at Half-past Seven. Every possible effect of Pyrotechnic grandeur will be pro duced to render the Closing Fete of the most splendid de scription. Mr. STUBBS'S ROYAL HARMONIC BAND will Perform a favourite Selection of Music. The Gardens are Illuminated with beautiful tripod Gas Lamps. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. Ebt Zibtrpool &tani3arb. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1542 Who are the Anti-Corn-law Leaguers ? What is the extent to which the principles of this seditious and anti-national conspiracy have spread themselves throughout our manufacturing districts and large towns, within the last few years ? The public, we believe, are not sufficiently informed upon this subject; and arc a little disposed to under-estimate the strength of the League faction. We shall endeavour, there fore, to convey a more correct notion of it, which we are enabled to do by a close observation of the - growth of the principles themselves for years past—before, in fact, the League, as a distinct body, existed,—and of the circumstances which have tended to promote those principles. The Anti-Corn-law League—under which term we class the whole of the supporters of an abolition of what is called " the food monopoly"—is not confined exclusively to the radical or " liberal" party. We are admitting something, perhaps, to our opponents here; but we are anxious to bring the facts before our readers and the conservative public generally. It includes within its ranks many moderate men, averse to, and indeed disposed to denounce, the violent pro ceedings of its leaders. It includes many men who, upon other subjects than our commercial policy, entertain conservative opinions. It comprises many men of considerable property and influence, and, we may add, character—perhaps a majority of the middle classes of our manufacturing towns ; and we fear is adding daily—by the activity with which its principles are disseminated, the taking nature of those principles, when offered to the approval of superficial thinkers, combined with other strong inducing circumstances— to the number and the influence of its members. With these elements of strength, however—and that they are great must be admitted—the League, and the movement which it is banded to advance, contains many elements of weakness; but we would earnestly urge upon our conservative fellow-countrymen, that these are not sufficiently stable to be depended upon as able to arrest its career of destruction. Its leaders are men whose motives are subject to the taint of being influenced by strong personal interest, and whose very existence, in the position in society to which they have climbed, appears to be dependent upon the carrying out of some great change, of a nature calcu lated to inflict a dangerous shock upon the institutions and the property of the country. Here the league party are seriously weakened; and they are weakened, too, by the almost total want of sympathy towards them and their objects of the great bulk of the working classes. The gentry, the clergy, and the agricultural portion of our population view their objects and their persons with strong repugnance. Their alliance with dissent, and the ultra notions of their leaders upon po litical subjects, have alienated many, who, otherwise, might have been disposed to concur with them in seeking what they denominate " commercial reform ;.' and, lastly, they are weakened by the almost total want of character, truthfulness, and morality, of the instru ments which they employ. With all these drawbacks, however, we fear it is un deniable that the principles of the Anti-Corn-Law League are growing principles. They are entertained, in secret, by many who shrink from their avowal; and circumstances tend, at present, and have for ten years past been tending, to increase the numbers and em bolden the conduct of such. The strength of the Anti-Corn-Law cry consists in the progressive decline of every species of property, but, more especially, of property in our large towns, from the inflated value conferred upon them in years of bubble prosperity. The manufacturer, the merchant, the shopkeeper, the small trader, the owner of houses or cottages in our manufacturing towns and villages, the mortgagee of such property—all these, or, at least, a large majority of them, look to the commercial activity promised, as the result of ultra free trade measures, for the restora tion of their fallen fortunes, or, if not that, for the re storation of their position in society, as compared with those whose property must be deteriorated by the re sult of such a policy. They have invested their capital, their accumulations, the savings of years of industry' or of fortunate speculation in mills, houses, or land ex orbitantly raised in value by the existence of the very mania which produced their profits, and which has proved itself to be the fickle thing they find it ; and they would now move heaven. and earth, embrace any unknown risk, dare, like a desperate gamester, any throw, to win back the stake which was never their's except in imagination, or was thrown away in wanton and foolhardy imprudence. The manufacturing districts and the large towns of Great Britain are filled with inen of all shades of po- litics, thus situated and feeling thus. These men con stitute the Anti-Corn-Law party—the leaguers. They may be added to by the gradual immersion in loss and difficulty of those at present entertaining better princi ples, because, perhaps, as yet suffering less. How many such men, though doubting the efficacy of the Anti-Corn-Law remedy, and especially its permanence as a remedy, are already whispering to their own souls a wish to make, at least, a trial of its operation ! To the human heart, however sound may be its beating, self-interest is a powerful pleader. We shrink with an instinctive horror, after years of successful industry and the enjoyment of respectable station, from being throw n back into comparative poverty and insignifi cance; and with a powerful and daring faction point ing the way to a remedy, however precarious and dan gerous it may be, we cannot wonder if, constituted as we know human nature to be, men are found to rush eagerly to the adoption of that remedy, though involv ing the ruin of thousands around them- The remark of Mr. Cobden in one of his latest dia tribes in parliament, that the repeal of the Corn-Laws would be the signal for a vast increase of manufacturing activity, furnishes a sufficient clue to the mode in which such a course is expected to benefit those whose pro perty is embarked in the manufacturing districts. By whilst h r i t l 37' s o t uwl t od h u e bl i de r such revived activity the value mh o eu f l s ad u te c iso l i i ng p sn, r h o i e b n e a i b n l fl e a d te t d o f r o e r ali a time setbe andir ac t cu dupes would be left to sink or swim with the recoil of the tide, which a few years of inordinate production and reckless joint-stock banking would most assuredly bring on. We give the ultra free-trailers all the benefit of any admissions we have made as to their strength and the growth of their principles in the course of these re marks. The extent of a delusion is no warrant for its basis being truth. The le ague has achieved great things, and may achieve grwiter, as revolutionary prin ciples have done in time par;t, and pay do again; but that circumstance is no reason why w© should tamely lay bare the bulwarks of the established order and in stitutions of the land to its destructive course. The power of that body must be grappled with firmly and at once. Conservatism must be watchful and ener getic, and, above all things, must lay to its heart the important truth that it is not by inch by inch conces 'sion to its menaces that a devouring flood can be stayed. On a future occasion we may endeavour to point out the curative policy towards which the efforts of Con servatism must be directed. At present we have trans gressed sufficiently upon the space which we can devote to the subject. Upon the subject of the recent calamitous fire in this town the Albion, of yesterday, has the following re- marks : That destructive fires should occur amongst the ware houses of Liverpool is the inevitable result of the want of plan in their formation and judgment in their location, with the consequent absence of system and responsibility in their management. Erected by individuals without regard to ge neral interests, the warehouses scattered throughout the town are frequently in proximity or immediate contact with active sources of ignition, such as smithies, cooperages, mills, steam-engines, &c. ; and to these dangers, to which they are exposed from external causes, are added those from dram-shops, ship-chandlery stores, and other hazatdous trades which not unfrequently occupy part of .warehouses otherwise filled with merchandise of immense value and in connexion with other richly laden stores. Each warehouse, being separate private property, is liabl e t o h ave as many tenants as rooms, or parcels of googis therein stored, and to be served by as many different sets of porters. Open, al-. most ad libitum, to the thief and to the incendiary ; free from general superintendence ; and exposed to the danger of fire within and from without, such calamities as that which we now witness are, according to the doctrine of chances, of certain advent, the precise times being the only question or uncertainty. To the truth of a portion of this paragraph we freely give our admission. No one can object more strongly than we do to the practice of permitting warehouses, containing valuable property, to be approximated by ship chandlery stores, boarding-houses, cooper's yards; and other similar places almost inviting com bustion. We would, if possible, in regulating the fu ture construction of warehouses in Liverpool, guard against the recurrence of such evils; and if ware. housing property of our own, we would avoid ware houses situated in such dangerous localities. We would avoid also warehouses constructed of such flimsey materials, as must have been many of the erections upon the ground now occupied by burning ruins ; and seek instead to deposit it in premises such as those in Formby-street, which, although placed in the heart of a fire which has had no parallel in Liver pool within the memory of man, have withstood, so far, and are . likely to withstand, every attack of the de vouring element. There are parties, however, who entertain different sentiments with respect to the locali ties best suited for depositing their valuable merchan dize. Some people prefer cheapness to security, and would rather risk the chances of a miserably-built erection, provided it were one for which low charges were made, than pay a reasonable rent for the use of premises offering almost certain protection from fire, and all other hazards. To a certain extent, therefore, the sufferers by the late fire have themselves to blame. Warehouses in abundance exist throughout the town, well-regulated and well-built, and free from the dan gerous contiguity of the description of premises men tioned ; and when men have security offered to them, and decline for a paltry saving, taking advantage of it, they have no earthly right to complain when the chap ter of accidents turns against them. But we cannot permit the Albion to raise out of the late unfortunate calamity an argument in favour of his pet scheme and that of his friend Alderman Evans. In our own humble opinion there is a step between the continued existence of trumpery erections, surrounded by every description of hazardous buildings, and the swamping of the whole of the well-constructed ware houses of the town by the Dock Committee. The Albion talks in high-flown terms of the management of that committee—of the "general superintendance" which would exist to protect property in its ware houses. We have seen as yet nothing to render us enamoured of the management in question, and we can see nothing in the "general superintendence" of our docks themselves to convince us that the property of the merchants of the town would, if in the hands o the committee, be better superintended than it is cap. ble of being in private hands. Putting out of view however the question of ma. nagement and " su perintendence," l e t us presume t h a ,_ such a fire as has just taken place bad occurred in a range of warehouses placed upon the west of Prince's Dock. The Albion will perhaps say that such an event is impossible, or at least improbable ; and he may throw in our teeth the example of the dock warehouses in London. The cases, we say, are not parallel. In Liverpool our chief storage is of cotton; in London it is not : and we ask what would have been the result of such a fire on the west quay of a dock, crowded, as is the Prince's, with a valuable shipping, at low water ? The wind during the late fire was north west, got round to north, and on Saturday evening was almost east—all the time blowing fresh. What, had such a fire broken out, could have saved the bulk of the ship ping in that dock from being burnt down to the water's edge? LOCAL NEWS. THE REV. HUGH MWEILE.—Mr. M`Neile, who has been in Ireland for some weeks, is expected to resume his ministerial labours at St. Jude's on Sunday next. So plentiful is money at the present moment, bills are now discounted in Liverpool at 3 per cent., while in London good paper may, we believe, be discounted for 2 per cent. THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.—It is expected that this show will be one of , mere than ordinary excellence, not only in point of number of stock, but also in quality. SPECIAL. CommissroN.—A Supplement to Friday's Ga zeite contains an order for the Special Commission, for the County palatine of Lancaster, to be liolden at Liverpool. KIRKDALE AND EVERTON SCHOOLS.—The collection in aid of these schools after the sermons on Sunday last, by the Rev. A. M'Conkey, and the Rev. R. T. Wheeler, amounted to £3O 18s. ST. PETER'S WARD.—Mr. Samuel nolnie has consented to come forward as a candidate for the representation of St. Peter's Ward in the Towu-council. No doubt he will be eturned. THE HINDOSTAN STEAM-SHIP.—The Hindostan, steam ship, Captain Moresby, belonging to the Oriental and Penin sula Steam Navigation Company, left Southampton on Sa turday morning, with 70 passengers. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS.—An excellent sermon was preached in St. Jude's church, on Sunday morning, by the Rev. W. Falloon, on behalf of the Church of England Schools. The collection (made without any previous an nouncement) amounted to £25. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—To-morrow evening the gardens close what may be termed their season. The " Fke of St. Angelo" will be exhibited for the last time. Those who have not been yet should not fail to be present. They will be pleased with all they see. EXPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS TO THE UNITED Srarks.— , The packet-ship Independence, Capt. Nye, which seined on Sunday for New York, carried out more goods than any of the packet-ships for some time ; yet her freight did not exceed £170! With passage money, however, Captain Nye would have nearly £l,OOO, a large suns, as times go. GLUTTONY EXTRAORDINARY.—An exhibition took place in Parkgate, for a trifling wager, which exceeds anything of the kind we e ver h ear d of before. A man, namml Clarke, ac tually cat six pounds of pork, with etceteras ; and another iskiividual, named Norman, masticated two pounds of raw beesteaks. Considering the extraordinary digestive powers of these gluttons, it is a happy thing for their neighbours that S'ir Robert Peel's tariff will reduce the price of pork and beef. SHIP srAsTnas' Assoc'Atriosr.—The first of a series of lectures was delivered last night at the Shipmasters ? Associ ation Itt w3m, in Oldhall-street, by Lieut. Tracey, R.N.; upon the theo. ry and practice of navigation. We had prepared a condense d notice of this lecture, which was introductory, and was I listened to throughout with much approbation by the shipn tasters present; but the pressure of our advertise ments. ar td other matter, compels us to postpone it until our Friday's l publication. ST. BA .R.NABAS' CHURCH—SCRIPTUKE READER. —The sermons announced in our last were preached on Sunday morning, in this church, by the Rev. F. Ould, the respected minister ( of Christ's Church, from the text, Luke 16-5, " How m tech owest thou unto my Lord"—and in the even ing, by th a Rev. W. Falloon, of St. Jude's, from James, 1-21. Ti re congregations on each occasion were numerous and most a itentive. The collections amounted to the hand some sum of £39 15s. 10d. A gratifying and encouraging evidence it must be to the minister of St. Barnabas' of the success of his ministry and the confidence placed in himself, when he Ii ads his flock so ready to contribute (even beyond their powt tr) to carry out his plans for the good of the dis trict helot ging to his church. Tna T A:LTAN.—Her Majesty's visit to Scotland has had the effect of bringing Tartan plaids into fashion to a most unpreced , wited extent. Every thing connected with ladies' outward purnients will now be " Tartan Plaid." er.; 1„ :ly the Scotch nr? atst feel pleased to see so many elan colours about our &tree ts , - Poor Jeannie Deans, after her tedious journey to Londe its, on her first interview with the Duke of Argyle, said she thought " his heart would warm at the sight of th e tartan." Verily Scotch hearts must warm indeed, now that it is so c. ttainonly seen. We perceive that Mr. Pringle has a great sto; '*of these beautiful and elegant fabrics. We can hardly conceive E snore beautiful combination of colours than we noticed yeaterday exhibited in his window in 80ld -street.. As a " I hew- Scotchtnan" himself, Mr. Pringle will, no doubt, b, t subject to the visits of all his lair countrywomen who clan, t kin from John o'Groat's Houte to 'fweedside. LtvEn. TIIRATRE.—Mr. Wilson has taken the Liver Theatre for the purpose of giving his agreeable lectures on Scottish music. Mr. Wilson's success has been very great wherever he has appeared. He sings the sweet songs of his country in a chaste, expressive, and tasteful style. He seems to have been extremely diligent in hunting up histo rical anecdotes connected with the various songs he intro duces. Scotland is rich in her minstrelsy, and Mr. Wilson avails himself of every opportunity of giving the best pro ductions extant. On Saturday evening, the Royal Assembly Room was fashionably attended. The programmes for the week are rich indeed. Mr. Wilson is very ably and cleverly accompanied by Mr. Land on the piano -forte. THEATRE ROYAL.—On Friday the amusin g farce of the " Agreeable Surpr is e" was pro d uce d , i n which Mr. J. Rus sell sustained the part of Lingo, and Miss Bennett Cowslip, which, considering it was her first appearance in it, she played with much naivete and archness. Mr. Russell's Lingo is one of the most sterling bits of comedy we have seen for a long time. He „gave the misquotations and blunders of the 'pedantie . Butler with a "gravity and earnestness, and with shew of learning that was truly laughable. The song of "Arno, .Ainas," was sung in inimitable style, and drew forth an unanimous encore. Mr. Russell makes every line in the song tell. We never saw Lingo played with such humour and so effectively. It i s a pity the " Agreeable Surprize" is not to be repeated. It will be seen that Mr. Russell takes his benefit tomorrow evening, his bill of fare is an excellent one. Mr. Russell introduces for the first time, a new song of Mr. Lovers, entitled the " Widow Machree," from Handy Andy ; singing also Mr Levers' " Widow Malone" the music of which is Mr. Russell's own composition. In this song whenver he has sung it, he has been enthusiasti cally encored. In the part of Steady, in "The Quaker," he will have an opportunity of displaying his excellent voice, and great taste. This operetta contains some exquisite com positions in the ballad style. The admirers of good singing should hear Mr. Russell on this occasion, they cannot fail to be pleased. The entertainments consist of " Redganntlet," " The Quaker," and " His Last Legs." BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A STRANGER.-At the Police office, on Friday, a respectably dressed man, named Decker, appeared before Mr. Rushton, to prefer a charge of assault against Joseph Brown, a cab-driver. The complainant stated, that being a stranger in Liverpool, and wishing to find his way to Stanhope-street, Tinteth-park, he asked his way from such persons as he met in the most civil and re spectful manner. In the neighbo.urhood of Blair-street he met the prisoner, from whom he inquired, and the answer he received was a severe blow on the head, which knocked him down, followed by the most scandalous and unprovoked ill treatment. The complainant stated that he received some time since an injury on the head, which affected his brain, and the present assault has greatly aggravated his former malady. The prisoner, in his defence, endeavoured to turn the tables on the complainant, by representing him as the aggressor, and himself as merely acting on the defensive. But the officer stated that he apprehended the prisoner in the act of running away from the complainant, after abusing him in the manner described. The complainant was sober, but the prisoner was the worse for liquor. Mr. Rushton de nounced in strong terms this brutal assault on a stranger asking his way. He ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 10s. and costs, or to be committed a month to prison. SCOTCH CHURCH, OLDHAM-STREET.—WC understand the settlement of the minister to this charge goes on har moniously. The edict inviting the congregation to sign " the call," and at the same time inviting dissents, should there be any, was read from the pulpit on Sabbath the 18th, and Wednesday following, named as the time appointed to receive the same. After sermon on that occasion, full threefourths of the congregation present cheerfully adhibited their names in presence of the Presbytery, and no dissents being offered, the " call" was sustained, and Mr. Welsh ap pointed the discourses usual on such occasions to be de livered before the Presbytery at Manchester; on Wednesday the 19th of October, w hi c h t r i a l s b e i ng satisfactorily passed, the Ordination is likely to take place on Thursday the 3rd of November. We are authorised to state, that the " call" to Mr. Welsh has received the sanction of a majority of the trustees of the Kirk Session, of the beads of families of the communicants, and of the congregation generally, and is daily added to, being still open for signature as appointed by the Presbytery ; in short, it is very rare that so satisfactory a " call" is ever effected in Scotland ; and, after the late unhappy circumstances of the congregation of Oldham-street, is not a little remarkable. and is certainly matter of earnest and warm congratulation to all concerned. THE AWFUL Whitty, our invaluable Head constable, has frequently, in the course of conversation, in formed us, that a terrible fire would, at some time or other, take place in the region just swept by the devouring element; and that, from the nature of the locality and the crowded state of the buldings which covered it, his apprehension was, hat the Fire-police would be unable to check its ravages un til they had caused most extensive havoc. We have repeat edly heard him make the same statement to gentlemen con nected with fire-offices. The dreadful conflagration of Friday last has proved, that Mr. Whitty's apprehensions were too well founded. The state of the wind at the time the fire broke out in the bonegrinder:s mill : the contiguity of the building to the warehouses in Formby-street, where they are, or rather, were crowded together so as scarcely to permit carts to move freely about between them : the sheds, cooperages, &c., filled with combustible material : above all, the notorious disaster, making it imperative to draw the sup plies for the engines from the Waterloo Dock : all these cir cumstances, while they conspired to swell the danger, ren dered the fire brigade the less able to encounter and to check the conflagration. An alteration must be made in the laying out of streets for warehouses, as well as in the construction of warehouses themselves, or the town will be subject to the constant recurrence of calamities from fire like the terrible one it has just sustained. Mr. Samuel Holme has, we hear, made a plan for constructing warehouses which, if carried out in practice, would expose them less to the effects of tire than warehouses as at present constructed.—Albion. CONJUGAL FELICITY.—At the Police-office, on Friday, a respectable-looking woman, named Smith, appeared before Mr. Rushton, to prefer a charge of assault against her husband. She entered into a somewhat clamorous and • lengthy statement of her wrongs, in the course of which she stated, that during the two years they had been married he had given her ten black eyes—that she could no longer endure his brutality, and wished for a separation and a maintenance. Mr. Smith, in reply to these charges, directed the especial attention of the bench to his arm, which was bandaged, and whi c h h e sa id hi s w if e had broken. On the night of the alleged assault, he retired to bed about half-past eleven o'clock, at which time his wife had not returned from his mother's. The first intimation he had of the presence of his " better half" in his bed-room, was finding the bed clothes torn violently from him, his lever watch dashed upon the floor, and a furious assault commenced upon him by that lady, the why or the wherefore of which he could not divine. " I then," exclaimed Mr. Smith, " set to, and gave her a good thrashing, when she broke my arm (pointing to his disabled member) with a piece of crockery." Mrs. Smith made two or three desperate attempts to break the narrative of her worthy spouse, by exclaiming " It's false, gentlemen ! it's a lie ! I wish to leave him—his friends are well off; he can support me ;" all which exclamations were duly sea soned with tears that flowed copiously when her husband made any assertion that interfered with her own version of her wrongs. Mr. Rushton : Oh, she did not break your arm. Smith : She did, sir, I assure you (offering to expose the wound to the bench). Mr. Rushton : No, never mind ; I saw you moving your fingers just now as glibily as possible ; you had better allow her a maintenance—you must support your wife. Smith . Oh, but can she prove that she is legally my wife. She has no name; she never was christened! Mr. Rushton : Don't go away with that quibble ; it makes me suspect you in other respects. Owing to the absence of the officer on the beat, the case was adjourned, and the par ties left the court, speaking daggers, though they used none. CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN. —On Friday last, at the Central Criminal Court, Philip Par tridge, aged 30, seaman, formerly master of the Jarrow, trading from this port to Africa, was indicted for the wilful murder of Jose Maria Balager, a Spaniard, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. The indictment alleged that the prisoner, being the master of a certain vessel, called the Jarrow, on the 20th October and other days assaulted the accused with a certain rope, also with a piece of wood, and with his hands and feet, whereby he inflicted divers wounds about the head and body of the said deceased ; and that he neglected to give him sufficient food, and compelled him improperly to work in and about the navigation of the said vessel; that in consequence of such said injuries and want of sufficient food the said deceased languished from the 20th of October to the 30th of Novem ber, when he died. Mr. Adolphus having produced the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Justice Cresswell having said the case was one of manslaughter only, Mr. Ballantine told the Jury that he could not, after the evidence, struggle against a verdict of manslaughter. The prisoner, in a mo ment of irritation, inflicted the wound upon deceased which, unfortunately, caused his death. No one regretted more than the prisoner himself the unfortunate occurrence, and would never cease to do so as long as he lived. Mr. Justice Cresswell having summed up, the Jury instantly found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter, accompanied by a strong recommendation to mercy, on account of the provocation he had received. Mr. Justice Cresswell told the prisoner he had been found guilty of manslaughter, but the Jury, be lieving that the deceased in the first instance struck him a blow for which he had given no provocation, had recom mended him to mercy, and in that recommendation the Court entirely concurred. It was, however, necessary that persons on board ships should be taught to maintain discipline, and not, when excited, make use of such deadly weapons which must of necessity be lying about. The prisoner was then sentenced to six months hard labour in the House of Cor rection. LOVE'S SACRIFICE ; OR, THE RIVAL MERCHANTS.— MR. AND MISS VANDENHOFF.—This is the title of the new play produced, the week before last, at Covent Garden Theatre, and in which Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff sustained the leading characters. The play was most successful, and is now acted twice or thrice every week. The critics, with one consenting voice, praised the acting of both father and daughter throughout the piece. On Miss Vandenhoff they were even lavish in their praise. We give an extract from the Court Journal as a specimen of the criticism on the play and its performance :—" The acting was such as the critic feels it a sort of reflected glory to witness it : even, yet animated, and full of purpose. This praise especially applies to Mr. Vandenhoff; but of the rest we cannot help saying, in this place, that Miss Vandenhoff threw into the shade those with whom she co-operated, and achieved one of the most signal histrionic triumphs of which we have ever been witness. Originality, power, and delicacy of expression were observable throughout her performance, and, occasion ally, there were graces beyond the reach of art, which drew down the most enthusiastic acknowledgment of the audience. Cooper was an impressive Lafont ; Diddear gave much sus tained effect to Friar Dominic ; Charles Pitt (his London deb2ll) was an elegant representative of the young De Lorme; and Mr. Meadows made the most of Jean Ruse; the knavish servant of a scoundrelly master. There are many very striking situations, but that which o'ertops all, and is, with great skill, reserved for the last and crowning scene, is the discovery that the priest is De Lorme. Few things in the whole range of the drama can be compared for thrilling in tensity with this magnificently grouped climax. In the lan guage there is much boldness of phrase, combined with rythmical smoothness, and the sentiment is never ex aggerated. Among other fine passages, that which describes woman's devotion and readiness to sacrifice ' a world' for those whom she cherishes, breathes the purest actuality of love ; and the scene wherein passion is made to struggle with duty is sublimely pourtrayed. The scenery, orchestra, dresses, and other adjuncts are worthy of the success which through out attended the performance. We have omitted to state, that Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lacy had light comely parts, which they enacted very cleverly ; and that Mrs. Orger and Mrs. Humby were a couple of laughter-provoking domestics. At the conclusion, Mr. Charles Pitt made his bow before the curtain; and Mr. Vandenhoff, in obedience to a vociferous call of the house, led on his talented daughter. The young lady was received with deafening applause and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, for some minutes, and appeared deeply moved, elated, and grateful for testimonies so cordial. We can unhesitatingly pronounce that the play will enjoy a long lease of popularity." A SET-OFF.—A French paper has been amusing its read ers by a diatribe against this country, in which, amongst other remarks; it observes, " ninety-nine times out of a hun dred we thresh the English in battle." We have been at some pains to End out those redoubtable 99 battles, yet we have not thus far been successful ; but whether the odd one, to make up the hundreds, refers to Cressy, Poictiers, Agin court ; or to Ramillies, Blenheim, Malplaquet, Ondenarde,: or to the Nile, St. Vincent, Trafalgar ; or to Vimiera, Ro- ' leira, Talavera ; or to Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajos, Vittoria ;! or to Salauaanca, Toulouse, Orthes ; or to the Pyrenees, or' to Waterloo, or to plenty more of these little trifles, we do not pretend to determine ; but certain it is, that a more di verting set of monkeys than these Gallic Bobadils are not t& be found under the ann.—The Ape. DREADFUL FIRE. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, AND OF MANY LIVES. The following account of the outbreak of the dreadful fire near the Waterloo Dock, on Friday morning, and of its awfully destructive progress up to the evening of that day, is derived from the second up to the seventh edition of our last publication, with corrections of such slight mistakes as were inevitable during the confusion and fatality, together with such additions as we are now enabled to add, after fre quent visits to the spot. Subjoined we supply all the sub sequent information that could be obtained from slay to day of the progress of the tire, and•its lamentable results, from personal inspection and inquiry, as well as from other au thentic sources—the whole, we trust, forming a correct nar rative of a disaster, than which none has been so destructive, whether as regards life or property, since the burning of the Goree warehouses in 1801. . Standard-office, Half -past Ten o'clock, Friday, September 23, a. sn. We lament to say that a very destructive fire, attended with most extensive loss of life, probably from 30 to 40 in dividuals being killed, besides as many more wounded, broke out this morning from half-past three to four o'clock. The flames were first observed in the back part of an extensive stack of warehouses, erected within the last two years, ad joining to which ,there are several cooperages and timber yards. How the fire:originated, it is utterly impossible to ascertain in the confusion existing at the period we are writing. Suffice it to say, that it spread with tremendous rapidity, the _power of the flames being heightened by a , strong wind which prevailed from the sea. An alarm was given to the police station, and one after another all the engines were sent to the spot under the com mand of Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt. At that moment the flames presented a dense mass of fire, which it seemed almost hopeless to contend against, nevertheless the best disposition was made of the engines for preventing the fire spreading to the surrounding buildings. The prevailing wind, we regret to say, prevented this desirable consummation; for a cooper age immediately'adjoining caught fire. Shortly before six o'clock the walls one of the buildings where the tire had only presented itself fell, and a most lamentable catastrophe then occurred. Several were instantly buried beneath the ruins. Another portion of the walls fell at a subsequent period, and another body of men, spectators as well as fire men, were buried beneath the burning materials. We have heard that at this moment 30 people have lost their lives. Mr. Whitty had a near 'escape of being killed, but the exact circumstances we could not learn. Ile is much scorched abort the head and face. The other casualties are numerous, and parties are constantly being carried into the Northern Hospital. The Town-clerk, the chairman of the Watch Committee, and other per Sons in authority are at the Borough Gaol, near the spot. Liverpool for the last 25 years. This is the most exiensise fire that has occurred in The tire being so contiguous to the Borough Gaol, the heat in the interior, as well as the exterior of the building, was tremendous. The lead in front was in a state of fusion, and the wind, being west-north-west, carried the burning parti cles directly over it. At nine o'clock, Mr. Highton, the overnor, has stationed men upon the roofs, who are constantly engaged in throwing water upon the parts where ignitio❑ seems most to be apprehended. At the present moment (10 o'clock), no furs are entertained for the safety of the Prison. . On calling at the Northern Hospital at ten o'clock, we were informed that the following was the state of the par ties who had been removed there :—John Martin and Luke Smith, dead; one man dying ; Robert Black, skull exten sively fractured, not expected to recover ; Superintendent Ridings, of the police, compound fracture of the leg ; and 18 to 20 more or less dangerously hurt. Many other cases of a minor nature have been sent to the hospital, and dis charged, after having their hurts examined and dressed. Standard-office, Eleven o'clock. (FROM 'ANOTHER OP our. OWN REPORTERS.) We have the painful duty to record a calamity which, whe ther as regards the loss of life or of property, is calculated to excite the most painful feelings at the present moment, and will form a sorrowful page hereafter in the annals of the town. Asehe fire is'still raging over many acres of ground, it is impossible to'give, as yet, a correct account of the de struction en masse, much less in detail ; but we shall supply throughout the day, in succeeding editions, such particulars as we may be enabled to gather. The fire originated in Crompton-street, formerly Wood street, at the north end of the town near the docks. The three principal streets riffected—namely, Crompton-street, Formby-street, and Neptune-street, all nearly opposite and east of Waterloo Dock, run east and west, between Great Howard-street (in which the prison stands,) and Waterloo road,closeto the docks. The three streets and boundaries, east and.west,loccupy an area:of froin.:six to seven acres, and the whole of that space is even now in, the centre north and south, a mass of fire. It appears that at three o'clock precisely, a watchman named f s ßarnard Coyle, who :was employed to guard the premises of Mr. Peniston, bone grinder and drysalter during the night. He found that fire had broken out in the engine -house, precisely at three o'clock—the fire having been kept in all night to keep up the steam. Ile im mediately gave the alarm to police-officer No. 21, who ex erted himself to the utmost, but before the engines could be yards were on tire in Crompton-street. The combustible brought up several warehouses in Formby-street, and three nature of the premises was such, together with a strong breeze from the vest north-west, that Mrs. Isaac's oil and colour store soon took fire, as well as many small crowded work shops of wheel-wrights, smiths, &c., in that immediate locality. The fire next got to " Poole's" bonded cotton sheds, in Great Howard-street, and finally swept to Formby street. The whole of the warehouses at the top part and centre of that street were successively ignited, and are burnt to the ground, with a vast destrnuction of property, and, we lament to say, several lives. Fire Fire police-officer, Samuel Hodgson, of No. 1 Engine, was killed and crushed in the ruins of one of the walls, which fell upon him while he was holding the pipe. Two of the engines were also smashed, and we fear a considerable number of the firemen and others were killed. Several men were carried to the hospital badly burnt or hurt—some of them mortally. From eight to half-past nine o'clock the fire in Formby street, and in the adjoining cotton sheds (Poole's) in Great Howard-street, raged with an intensity that heated the at mosphere to a great distance round. Great exertions were made to save the top houses in Formby-street, but those on the north side, dwelling-houses, caught; lire chiefly by the intensity of the fire, just below, of the burning warehouses, the ruins, and burning:materials of which, were piled to the height of 80 to 'JO feet—throwing up immense volumes of flame and smoke. From time to time the high walls of the warehouses fell with a thundering crash, and shortly after nine o'clock one man was killed outright y the falling materials at the back of one of them. The wall of a large warehouse in Formby-street, which had been on lire some time, and had reached, with the cotton within, almost a white heat, at length fell upon some of the sheds on the south in Neptune-street; and the consequence in a short time was, that the whole range of sheds at the top part of that street, used for bonding cotton and as cooperages, were ignited. & great quantity of staves, poles, hoops, &c., were carried out, before and after the ignition, to the neighbour ing vacant ground in Great Howard-street. Several men who were engaged in taking the few remaining hales of cotton out of a shed in Neptune-street, were burned beneath the ruins of the far end or gable, which was crushed in by the falling of a warehouse close behind, fiilled with the same material. The flames during the whole of the fire were throughout most intense, and at intervals terrific. They rose, on some occasions, apparently to the height of 150 feet, or even higher. The heat and sparks were such that the eyes of the parties near were so much affected that they were obliged frequently to turn away and procure water to 'wash before they could distinctly see. The whole of the police, including Mr. `Witty, head constable, and Mr. Hewitt, of the fire police, were so covered with dust, mud, water, flour, and other materials, and their faces so begrimmed that they could scarcely be recognised by their most intimate acquaintances. At ten o'clock the sheds and cooperages in Neptune-street, some of them new buildingsand full of goods, were in a state of rapid combustion,; and little of the property would be saved from them. There was a report that about 30 indi viduals connected with' the engines ihad perished ; but this will, we hope, be found to be greatly exaggerated. At pre sent no correct account of the loss of life can be obtained ; and even 'in the end,i,the probability is, that some of the bodies, if found atfall, will be so burnt and calcined that they may not be recognised. One of the fire-police, John Rogers, (No. 215,) was close'to poor Hodgson, of Engine No. 1, when he was struck down by the ruins and killed on the spot. The hose was: cut off, as if by a hatchet, by the materials ;!ande.he piece near the pipe (which Hodgson held, and which is buried,with him), was scorched to the hardness of horn. Amongst the warehouses, sheds, &c., burned down, were Poole's two sheds (b e f ore no ti ce d) i n reat lloward-street, both filled with cotton, the masses of which, in a burning state, and closely compacted, resembled immense broken rocks in a state of red heat at every interstice. In Formby street there • were five warehouses belonging to Mr. Maw, two to Mr. J. H. Rayner, and others belonging to Mr. H. Horseley and Messrs. Waterhouse and Son. In one of the warehouses there was said to be a quantity of saltpetre, and a kind of explosion on the falling of one of the walls favoured the supposition. Amidst the destruction in Neptune-street, besides the cotton sheds, were the cooperages and timber-yards of Messrs. Chapman and Dean, and Mr. Lythgoe. The vacant ground between the prison and the canal bridge, on the east side of the street, was covered with staves, wooden hoops, &c., saved from the yards and sheds ; but the greater part of the property, as well as the buildings, were nearly destroyed. It is stated, but we know not as yet with what accuracy, that the cotton destroyed amounted to about 35,000 bales. Cotton, we may state, formed the great bulk of the property destroyed. Standard-ggice, Twelve o'clock. The following is, as near as we can ascertain, a statement of the buildings destroyed, and the goods supposed to be de stroyed Rayner's A 309, B 315 ; ditto, C 309, D 315 ; Maw's 1 warehouses, no numbers ; Grey's E 228 ; Grey's C 229 ; Taylor's 233 ; Rodgers's 256, two ; Rayner's shed, 252 ; Gregson's 319, two; Horsley 's two sheds; M'Knight's 1 do. ; Poole's two sheds; Taylor's cooperages and other timber Yards. The whole is assessed at an annual value of £3,500. The value of the buildings, exclusive of the land, probably from £35,000 to £40,000. The property which they con tain may be estimated at the value of £300,000 to £400,000. The principal contents are cotton, turpentine, flour, &c. The brokers can add up to 20,000 bales ; but ther e mus t be mo re . The following is an estimate : £250,000 in cotton. . 150,000 in other goods. 35,000 in buildings. £.435,000 The following is a correct statement of the buildings burnt, (chiefly in Formby-street,) for which we are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Samuel Holme, who was for a long period on the spot : 4 warehouses (Gray's) North. B urnt 1 ditto (Taylor's) do. do. 2 ditto (Rayner's) do. do. 2 ditto (Poole's) do. do. 4 ditto Maw's) South d o . 1 ditto Roger's) " fireproof," in grea t d anger . 2 ditto Rayner's) Burnt 1 shed (Rayner's) do. 2 sheds (Horsley's) Neptune-street, now al most burnt. 1 shed (M`Knight's) west of the above, on fire. Taylor's cooperage, Crompton-street, Molyneux's timber-yard, Great H owar d -street, } Burnt. Cart-houses, stables, a row of about 16 houses, and a large mass of property of various descriptions. Seventeen men have been carried to the hospital, one of whom is dead, and three more supposed to be dying, and, probably, 18 to 20 more are buried under the burning piles, together with one of the engines. 'Air. Holme states it as his opinion that the value of the buildings alone which are burnt will exceed £30,000; and we have been informed by several brokers on 'Change that the quantity of cotton alone which has been destroyed ex ceeds 40,000 bales, together with an immense quantity of other foreign and colonial produce. Slanflayl-offire, Half -past Ten o'clock. We have again visited th e scene o f t h e conflagration, an d ;we happy to state that the flames are so far subdued by the falling materials, and the exertions of the firemen in the outskirts, that the destruction will in all probability be con fined to the buildings already noticed ; the goods in which (a comparatively trifling quantity being got out) are doomed to entire destruction. We have just taken a tour of the whole area. In Formby street the row of dwelling-houses at the top on the north side, which had before ignited, were in a blaze all through, reaching the floors and roof of the top one, a lodging-house at the corner of that street and Great Howard-street. The house (Mrs. Bark's) just opposite (also at the corner) will probably be saved. The furniture had been removed. The yard and brick-field opposite to Poole's cotton sheds, on the other side of the street were strewed with bags and heaps of loose cotton, bags of flour, furniture, &c. The lodg ing-house became in flames at about a quarter-past 12 o'clock. The interior of Poole's sheds was, when we left, a mass of burning cotton, like red-hot rocks ; and the outer wall was in so precarious a state from the floor, Sisc. being burnt, that the police were active in keeping parties off, lest some further fatal accident might take place. The scene in passing down Crompton-street, (the northern boundary of the fire,) was painfully interesting. The site of the yards, smithies, and other workshops, where the fire had originated. still enclosed by a wall on the north and east, presented a large area of burning materials, not, however, rising to any great height in that quarter. The remains of the bone grinding steam engine with its small chimney ; the chimney of another small engine to the eastward of it ; heaps of paint that had been in barrels burnt out, and leaving only a few of the iro hoops, and other materials, formed the foreground of the pic ture from this point. More behind were two " burning moun tains " of cotton, one on the site of Dennistoun's (called Rayner's) large warehouse, and th e ot h er i n " T ay l or ' s .' That on the west side was about 60 to 70 feet in height. burning and flaming all over, and resembling a perfect volcano previous to or after the subsiding of an eruption. The mill where the fire originated was Mr. Peniston's. The adjoining paintworks which were ignited, belonged to Mrs. Isaac. From the door of a shed a little lower down, and the whole of which had interiorly fallen, a most imposing view of the general conflagration was obtained. Even here, though to windward, the heat was very great. Indeed the whiffs or gusts of hot air that passed along all the neighbouring streets were at times almost stifling, being as hot as the breath of a fUrnace, and surcharged withal with motes, dust, and sparks, exceedingly injurious to the eyes. Some high portions of the ruins rose in majestic isolation be hind, and had a truly romantic appearance. Sudlow's free cotton-shed, in the same line a little below, was saved, as were the buildings (boat-builders' yard, &c.) facing Waterloo road on the west. We passed up Neptune-street —the southern boundary of the fire : the sheds at the top, on the north side—with the exception of the corner one just oppo site the Borough Gaol—were all burnt out. Some staves, hoops, &c., were saved from the cooperages and yards above, but a great deal of cotton in other sheds was consumed, many of the bags retaining their shape though red hot ; and reduced to tinder. The back or north wall of a warehouse lower down had fallen down from the effects of the fire, so that it could be seen through to " the burning mountains" of cot ton on the north. Out of' this warehouse a great quantity of rice, in bags, was lowered and taken away in carts, and great part of this property will doubtless be saved. The interior, or further gable end of the next shed but one higher up, had fallen, crushing (as before stated) several men beneath the ruins. A fireproof warehouse near the bottom of Formby-street, (marked "Sudlow's") stood the flames surprisingly. I t closely adjoined one of those warehouses to the east, the. contents of which formed the larger " Vesuvius." Men were ern' ployed in hoisting buckets of water into it to cool the walls, which, however, were by no means so hot as might be ex pected. ;The wall, of the adjoining warehouse burned down, against the gable end of this fireproof building, still stands,and forms a sort of protection from ignition by the immense pile of red-hot cotton still blazing against it. Much damage is done to the premises of Messrs. Grayson and Bannister, shipwrights and smiths, and to those of other smiths, &c.. a little lower down. Men are employed carrying the timber and other combustibles out of Messrs. G. and B.'s. One shed, between two other sheds which have ignited, has not taken fire, and is, we learn, filled with " guano" manure. In taking the rice out of " Sudlow's" shed a bag fell upon the head of a man in one of the carts, and considerably stunned and injured him. He, however, walked away to obtain rest at a neighbouring house. It was at first thought that he was killed, but he happily escaped without any bones being broken. :eVeral other and more serious accidents took place in various parts within the site of the fire, besides the casualties before referred to. It is, therefore, quite im possible to give the precise number of unfortunate men killed or injured. This cannot, indeed, be ascertained for some days ; for, though the missing police may be reckoned, there were many others, who were strangers, hurt or killed, of whom no account can yet be supplied. The rumours abroad on this point are, we feel assured, as before stated, rather exaggerated. We have not yet been enabled to ascertain the relative amounts of insurance effected, but we fear the loss to indi viduals will be very great and disastrous. The fire, we should think, when at its height, which was from five to six o'clock in the morning, must have been discernible for miles round. From the Cheshire shores of the Mersey the appearance was terrific. Seen through the rigging of the shipping in Prince's and Waterloo Docks, it appeared, upon a first view, that these docks were them selves on fire ; and on looking closer, the inhabitants of Seacombe, Egremont, and New Brighton —many of them our leading merchants—imagined, from the extent of ground covered, that the destruction extended over a great portion of the north part of the town, the extensive ware houses of which contain a mass of property whose value is incalculable. The early boats, it will readily be believed, were - crowded with parties anxious for the safety of merchandize and build ings belonging to themselves and their connexions ; an d the vague rumours brought at a very early hour of the destruc tion of life whieh had unfortunately occurred rendered manY , we have no doubt, anxious for the personal safety "of parties far removed from danger. The scene in the neighbourhood of the fire, and particu larly in that of the hospital to which many of the unfortunate sufferers were carried, was distressing in the extreme. The police and firemen on duty were distracted by 'the applica tions of parties anxious for intelligence of. fathers, brothers, or sons, missing and supposed to he buried in the burning ruins. Of course, as yet no satisfactory answer can in manY cases be returned. Many parties missing are no doubt ac tively engaged at the fire, and well. Many 'no doubt will never again be heard of, unless the ca l c i ne d bo nes which will be found on clearing away the ruins' may be ima gined to belong to them. At the Northern- Hospital , crowds of distracted persons were gathered round the gate anxiously enquiring after the condition of friends known to have been admitted, or seeking intelligence of persons for whose safety they were under apprehension. The scene, as a whole, may be imagined, but cannot possibly be described.. Of the men admitted here, as described in former editions , we find, up to this hour, two o'clock, that two, John Mar tin and Luke Smith, are dead, besides one man, name un• known. Robert Black is dangerously ill (skull fractured). The remainder, more or less severely injured, are doing well. Two more have been admitted within the last two hours, and discharged, after having their wounds dressed. We have just heard, as the latest estimate on 'Change , that the quantity of cotton consumed is 37,000 hags. This will make the total loss half a million sterling. Standard Of Half-past Six o'clock, p.m. We again visited the scene of the fire at five o'clock, and found, as we had anticipated, the fire would be confined to the site before described. The police force connected with the engines were during the whole morning, and throughout the day, most active in their exertions. Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt were every where; and the superintendents and inspectors, and we maY add the whole of their men, used every endeavour, and braved every hazard. The commissioner of police, Mr. Dowling, was also present at an early ho ur , an d th roug h his directions the houses at the top of Formby-street were eventually saved, though with great and unavoidable damage interiorly. Mrs. Bark's house was also saved. If these buildings had caught tire, the Borough Gaol would have been in great danger, as there are some light buildings attached to it at the north west corner, which would probably have become ignited. Through the exertions of the police, 20 hhds. of tallow were got out of the shed adjoining Mrs. Bark's premises before the fire reached it. Had these remained, the blaze would have been awful, and the houses at the top of Formby-street would have been involved in the destruction. Lieut. Butler, R.N., commanding H.M.S. Etna, sent a corps of marines from that vessel to the assistance of the magistrates and police force, in the event of the Gaol taking fire, in which case they would have been employed to escort the prisoners to Kirkdale. Happily their services were not wanted within, the danger to the Gaol having been over come. The marines reached the ground at about seven in the morning. They were in charge of Mr. Wright, mate of the ship. Their services were found most efficient in keep ing off the crowd during part of the day ; and they remained stationed at the Gaol during the night. The supply of water was very scanty, there being no main in Great Howard-street. A sewer was, however, opened in that street, through which runs the overflow of the canal. From this source, and the tire-police water carts, as well as from hose leading from the Waterloo Dock across Waterloo-road, and into Formby-street and Neptune street, a plentiful supply was at length obtained. There were fourteen engines employed, as well as the engine of the West of England Fire-office, under the direction of Mr. White house. So far as is yet known, only ONE police-officer (Hodgson) has lost his life. Several others were injured. Mr. Super intendent Biding had his ankle-hone broken. Another officer had his wrist dislocated. We have to record an honourable instance of the activity and foresight of Mr. Parker, member for St. Anne's Ward, in the Common Council. That gentlerthir, during the height of the fire, observed the gable, or front wall, of warehouse, in Crompton-street, in a tottering and dangerous condition—while between 30 and 40 people were close under it. He gave notice to the police, and strongly cautioned the parties. Luckily his advice was taken, and the crowd was induced to withdraw. In a moment afterwards the wall fell down with a tremendous crash, and the whole street where the parties had stood was filled with ruins'. APPEARANCE OF THE FIRE ON SATURDAY. (Abridged front the second edition of the Chronicle, of Saturday evening. We have, this morning, gone round and over all the acces sible parts of the large area within which the fire did its work of destruction, accompanied by Mr. Highton, Gover nor of the Borough Gaol, and are enabled to furnish some additional interesting particulars of the conflagration when at its height, as well as an account of the appearance and state of the ground up to the present time. From Great Howard -street, a little to the south of the entrance to the Borough Gaol, the ruins, still emitting from their eminences volumes of smoke, and flame some feet to height, are first seen by the visitor from the town, and con vey a lamentable idea of the extent of the work of destruc tion. Nearly in the middle of the area, and not approach able from any point, were any one fool-hardy enough t o at tempt, stood, at seven o'clock, the lofty west-side wall of very large warehouse, in .Formby-street:(Dennistoun's, or " Rayner's," we believe), and also the N.W. corner of the same building, nearly to its full height of many stories • the latter forming a ri g ht ang l e , resem bling one-half o f a 480 - dated square tower, of which the other half had fallen or been cut off diagonally from top to bottom. About half past eight o'clock, the side wall, though it appeared to have maintained its perpendicular position, fell with a tremendou s crash, the mortar having probably been calcined by the force of the fire which had for a long time yesterday been at a red and frequently a white heat, the warehouse being filled wit h cotton from bottom to top, the whole of whi c h i s c onsumed or yet (below) in a state of combpstion, the whole, with the ruins, forming a hill, in which the bricks now are solely to be seen, either separated in their fall, or as shattered portionS of the walls. The half-tor still r ema i ns — a pro minent monument of the d e structio we n, and, stra nge ly enough, mark ing the fatalities of the day. Great We made the circuit of the ruins, first passing' along Gre, Howard-street. On entering a gatew a y i n t o a small yar n ' , opposite the prison wall, and a littl e sou th o f the top 01 Formby-street, we found ourselves at the foot of a large helT i of ruins rising westward from th e ware h ouses noticed en'! another more proximate. The flames still issued from ttle . bricks here and there—th e e ff ect o f the progressing eolubo.• tion below, but little or n o ti m b er was to b e seen , the w being nearly consumed. Its this ard, about five ~.ck yesterday (Friday) naorning, Mr. \Vhitty, Mr. Hewitt, 1 , Hewitt's broth er, po li ce-officer Hu € his men, had a ghes 464, and severalo first narro w escape from destruction by the great Ferh gene] Or prese the 1 the c of ea strut Th In Liver wi did ti f rom the e 12t) and state ( whiel and ~ W as oust ti ti 4:130 na ho COI Siti are . Paz 9nl in I tlic polic that and iu th Of ter's of ig Rice Unkl bai £556 destr to wt chan, is est shop: IV ( fae ces eouti , w e sa igkrr n b e re