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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BLOC}:: OF ( RTHAGE Advices:were:receive:Ton Tuesday evening, at-thi.foreign office, fidtilliid . British•vice-consul at Santa Martha, in New Granada; bearing date the 30th July, 1;341. The despatches are accompanied by translations of decrees from the autho rities of the state of Mazanares, respecting a blockade of Carthagena. The first decree issued by Francisco Antonio Obregon, governor of the above-mentioned state, declares a strict blockade of the port of Carthagena, arid enjoins the com mander of the squadron to prevent the import of provisions and the escape of rebels, and to warn off, capture, &c., any vessel which may attempt to enter the port. The governor, in conclusion, notifies that, as he expects the city to surren der in less than fifteen days, he conceives the copy of the decree Sufficient notice without the usual formality of an anticipated 'declaration of blockade generally observed in such cases. _ _ An explanatory annunciation follows, from Francisco Car mona,gominander-in-chiel of the operating forces, the third clause of which sets forth, that there is every desire to respect the interests of foreign commerce, " thus giving to friendly nations, with shorn there are existing treaties, a positive proof of the respect which, at all times, they have for their prosperity, and the desire on our part to cultivate and increase, as far as possible, friendly mercantile relations with all nations of the world." This is followed by the formal decree, signed by Carmona, and by the. Secretary-General Robles. It lays down in greater detail the instructions to Padilla, and declares a strict blockade, prohibiting all commerce with, and all entrance to, the pOrt of Carthagena. Any vessels persisting in pressing into the harbour, after being warned off, are to be seized and sunk, without taking any part of their cargo. All vessels from any part of Europe are allowed eighty days from. the publication of the decree (14th July, 1841), to enter the port = .without molestation, with whatever mer chandise they may be laden. This is in modification of the first decree. issued by Obregon. Vessels from the United States are allowed forty days, and from the West Indies twenty days. After the expiration of those periods, vessels will be allowed to enter the port, after being registered by the chief. of the blockading squadron that they have not on board provisions or munitions of war, which would tend to retard the" surrender of the city. THE• IMMUTABLE CHURCH (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) We have beard of an ingenious sophister who used to con tend that it was a legitimate principle not to have any princi ple at all, and that acts done accordingly could not be properly said to be•"- unprincipled." So with the immuta ble church : she takes as niany forms as the moon, or as Proteus, yet, she is ,vemper earlein, and always " keeps her eye on her object." She protests that she is— " A milk-white hind, unchanging and unchanged," at the very =tient ilie presents herself to your notice, under the aspect of a lion, a lamb, or a boa constrictor : and, if any one be unreasonable enough to set up the evidence of his senses against her asseverations, he must rest satisfied with bearing the 'imputation of bigotry and intolerance. When the Romanist bishops, on the 9th February, 1830, issued their general pastoral, exhorting all the clergy of their church in Ireland to abstain thenceforth from interference in political affairs, any mad who should have ventured to anticipate their return to the beaten track of agitation within a year after, would have deemed guilty of a gross contempt of the church's immutability. When, a year or so subsequently, the Romanist clergy found it convenient to resume their political acting, any one who should have taunted the reve rend agitators with their previous immutable pledge, would have been adjudged equally - a contemner of the urch's freedom. We shall be censured now for an attempt to im pugn her liberty of action by casting up the resolutions of the bishops of 1830.; just as we then were censured for doubting the unchangeableness of those solemn determina tions. Ilowe-v.er, .at the risk of being charged in the usual way with bigotry and intolerance, we will take the liberty of placing, side by side, two pretty specimens of her conflicting retensions to IMMUTABILITY, Awn 9th Feb:, 1830. PASTOR-AL ADDRESS. heArcbbishops and Bishops, whose names are under signed,. to•the:' Clergy and People- .of • the Catholic Church in Ireland, Heald and Benediction [Exhorting tl tholic Clergy cease taking FREEDOM TO CHANGE REPEAL OF THE UNION. 25th Sept., 1841 We, the undersigned, re quest a meeting of the Ro man Catholic Clergymen of the united Diocess of Cashel and Emly, at Cashel, on Thursday, the 30th instant, to take into consideration the propriety of Joining the Na tional Repeal Association : Edmund O'Shaughtiessy, P.P. Drangan ; Jno. Mackey, P.P. Clonoulty ; Thomas Mullaney, P.P. Drum; Pa. trick Fant, P.P. Templernore; William Laffan, P•P. Holy cross ; Edward Cummins, P.P. ; Robert Grace, P.P. ; Patrick Larkin,C.C. Thurles; Richard O'Brien, R.C.C. ; Thomas Boyton, R.C.C.; John Butler, R.C.C. ; John Ryan, R.C.C. Cashel ' Ri chard O'Brien, R.C.C.New -port ; Lawrence Bergin, R.C.C. ; John M'Craith, R.C.C. ; James Howley, R.C.C.; John Madden, P.P; Nicholas Roche, O.S.A. ; Peter Ryan, R.C.C. ; Pa trick Meagher, R.C.C. ; Thomas Hewitt, P.P. Ulla and Solahead ; James Han ley, P.P. Latter), Tipperary ; Edmund Walsh, P.P. Kil teely and Drunikeen ; Philip Cleary, P.P. Ballybricken ; J. Fennellv, R.C.C. ; John Croke, P.P. Anacarty and Dunahill ; Michael Quinlan, P.P. Golden; Patrick Mea gher, C.C. Doon ; Daniel Corcoran, P.P. Cappawhite ; James Mullally, C.C. Gol den; John Maher, R.C.C. Abington; Thomas Bourk, P.P. Ballylanders ; John O'Connor, R.C.O ; David Dee, P.P. Laughmore ; Jas. Ryan, R.C.C. do; Thomas Maher, R.C.C, Killenaule ; James Clancy, R.C.C. do. ; John Ityan,P.P.—Tipperary Free Press. a Ca- henceforth to .t in politi- cal meetings.-- Mail, August signed by] Patrick Curtis, D.D,Oliver Kelly, D.D., W. Coppinger, D.D., Corn. Egan, D.D., P. M`Laughlin, D.D., John Murphy,• D.D., John Ryan, D.D., Patrick M'Mabon, D.D., Patrick M`Gettigan, D.D., James Keating, James Doyle, D.D.; William Crony, D.D.., Thomas Coin, D.D., Thomas Kelly, D.D., D. Murray, D.D., Robert Laffan, D.D., Michael Col lins, D.D., Wm. Kinsella, D.D., Wm. Higgins, D.D., Edmund French, D.D., Jas. Brown, D.D., Robert Logan, D.D., Edward Kerwin, D.D., John M'Hale, D.D., Thomas Costello, D.D., P. MaNicho las, D.D., N. Foran, D.D. See D. E. 19, 1840— EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY TO THE , MEMBERS OF THE EDINBURGH COMMITTEE OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN,— , -h reply to your laboured statement re specting the unfortunate dispute now pending between you and the directors of this respectable company, I merely wish to put the following simple questions to you : By whom are the directors appointed ? I say by the shareholders. To whom are the directors responsible for the due dis charge of their duties ? I say to the shareholders. By whom are the members of the committees in Edin burjh and Glasgow appointed? I say by the directors. To whom are these committees thus constituted amenable? I say to tbe directors. Thus it appears, you, as members of the committee, have, under your act of parliament, only the power to act so far as the board are sanctioned by the said act, and no one thing can be done without the consent of a majority of the direc tors in general board assembled. If, therefore, the English shareholders are to be subject to the caprice. of any one or more member or members of these committees, or even one or more director or directors, acting in either capacity, appealing to the Court of Sessions in Scotland for redress on all occasions, when the majority of the board, but more particularly a larg e majority of the shareholders in general public meeting, has decided agairist the opinions so expressed by the said individuals, the sooner such law is altered to assimilate to English practice the better. In order, however, to put a stop to all this unfortunate, I may say unmeaning, cabal about trifles, which is most decidedly.in direct opposition to the common practice in all our publitrinstitutions in this country, I would recommend every shareholder to be prepared to mark his disapprobation of the opinion., of these individuals acting so hostilely to'the true interests of this highly valuable concern, and on the day of election for directors, effectually prove to them how powerless are , their arguments when put in opposition to common sense and universal custom. A LANCASHIRE SHAREHOLDER, Liverpool, 2.31 k September,lB4l. DESTRUCTION, OF KINMELL HALL BY FIRE.—On Mon day night last, the beautiful mansion of Lord Dinorben, at Kinmell Park, about fifteen miles from Denbigh, was totally destroyed by fire. This elegant structure, which was a con spicuous feature from the high road which passes through the village of tit. George, or Lim Saint Soir, was a modern, spacious, 'and 'sumptuous edifice, furnished with exceeding taste and magnificence. It was a favourite resort of his royal highness the Puke of Sussex, who has, for several years past, annually spent some weeks there, enjoying the diver sion of shooting—the beautiful park and adjacent grounds being we!! stocked with deer and game. The fire originated in Lady Dir sing-room, owing to acandlelaving come in me Partin of the furniture, It was . - first diseovei•ed . so retired to rest, And, the neighbourhood. after iwo o'clock. The family had riot n alarm was immediately spread through Lord and Lady Dinorben immediately went over t tie of their steward. The most active exertions were ?furl hwith made for the removal of the plate, furniture, and ether effects, and fortunately all was saved with the exception of two beds. There were no engines in the vicinity, so . that little could be done to retard the pro gress of the flames. The mansion was therefore totally destroyed Gwousz.—The experienced grouse shooter well knows how little it will avail him to attempt to find out the best part of a moor, with which he is acquainted, by a distant coup d' ceil, or by theory,. however plausible. On the same range the packs will.he strongest and most numerous one year on the top of thaAill, another on the brow, and a third on the flat at the foot, and this often without any assignable reason. A man who chooses his range by rule will be as likely to fix on the worst,as tie best... The only plan, supposing Jae has ne glected to make Iranself acquainted with the ground before the 12th of August; is to find out from the shepherds where the packspre. most plentiful, and concert measures accord ingly. •It often happens that, if the hatching time is very rainy, the best packs may be found on the brow of a hill, from being less exposed to wet ; and in a dry sultry season, the best places to range are the flats between the hills, or even the tops; if dotted with " peat-hags." The very re 7 verse, however, may be the case if there are few mossy springs, or.' peat hags," on the flat or top, and if the hill side is supplied with wate r f or t h e young packs by a constant succession of little brook s . It isimpossible for a stranger to find out., -- these minutiae with out questioning thosewho are in the habit of travelling,the hill, and who will be just as likely to know what is of more consequen ce , viz., whre the packs aretn be found in the greatest abundance. As to the ground inynediately around him, a luau accustom e d t o t h e m oors can always tell whether it is likely.to harbour game; and let him be ranging the top, the edge, the brow, or the flat at the:Not-of the hill, if he is surro un d e d by alternate p a tches of old and young heather, interspersed with, nume roue green mossy ' ossy springs, or peat hags, " half fill e d with water, he is in - full ex pectation of a point. lf, on the con trary,hare, and the heather buret, or i f it be if the - grohnd is growing id one unvarying crop of rank luxuriance, he looks anxiously•for a break, and almost grudges the unflagging ex ertions• of his per,evering dogs ; still he never gives up h ope, nod often finds ga me where be leas t expected it •—Co/ qu houn's MOoi. and the Loch._ , . SETTLE LENT. OP THE NON-INTLI,IIIO, QUESTION.—«'e e 11 base d have heard ii. stated, that the plan of Sir Robert P l ou ro the the settlement pf, the. church question, wd, of the patron pre princiPle, recently so generally practise seating a leet of six names, from wh ich the has proved in e congregation may selecta mjnister. Unquestionably, this many cases extremely beneficial in practice, and being already almost 'eStabli,hed, could be easily made a statutory arrang:- ment."At ,the ,saute time, the modification of patronage which. IC considerable, and might reasonably be made theironadof a demand for compensation on the part of theiiri*oes, which, however, in any event, is far from likely tei be iii*l put fotward.—Scotii4h .9tandard. Sir B. VERE, in allusion to what had been said by Mr. M. Gibson on a former night, relative to the dinner at Saxmund ham, at which it was alleged that the Queen had been in sulted by having her health drunk with coldness, while that of the Queen Dowager was drunk with the greatest enthusi asm said that he had received a letter from the Earl of Stradbroke, who had presided, apprising him that the state ment was devoid of all foundation. Mr. GIBSON reiterated his assertion, and said that the man ner in which the Queen's health was received was not wily cool, but there were actually hisses. Sir B. VERE said he heard no hisses on the occasion. After a few observations from Mr. EW ART and Sir E. KERRISON, the matter dropped. The house then resolved . ftself into a committee of ways and means, and The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said, as the house had now passed all the votes which had been pro posed for the public service, it now became his duty to state the means by which the present deficiency:in the revenue was to be met. In doing this it would not be necesssary to go into details, as those details had already been discussed, and therefore he would briefly refer to the general result, and state the means by which he proposed to equalise the revenue with the expenditure ; or, in other words, to make up the deficiency in the revenue. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") It ap peared that the deficiency in the revenue amounted to £2,467,432, and therefore they were called upon to consider how that deficiency could be made up, and the mode he pro posed he would shortly state. The house were already aware of his intention to fund a number of Exchequer-bills, al though the unfunded debt was not of that amount to justify any alarm. He had known much greater than at the present moment. His first object was to fund two and a-half millions of Exchequer-hills, which would give relief to the money market, and at the same time reduce the high price of interest paid by the public on these securities. He was happy to state that the subscriptions already received had exceeded his ex pectations. The latest amount subscribed was £3,545,000. which gave great relief to the public. 1,500,000 would now have to be made up by parliament in the best manner they thought proper, and he should submit a resolution on the subject. He would dismiss any further details of the basis on which the calcalations had been made. The result of the arrange ment was, that he was called on to point out to the house the manner in which he thought it expedient to raise the remain ing sum. Supposing all the parties who had subscribed to pay in Exchequer-bills, the whole amount would not exceed £1,700,000. He need not say that it would be practicable to provide for any deficiency by any arrangement that would lead to increased taxation, and he would therefore recommend a temporary expedient, which, although to be deprecated as a permanent plan, could not et present be objected to by any sensible man. He could not be presumptuous enough to lay before them a system of taxation, to meet the deficiency of several years. He, therefore, proposed to give the govern ment the option of selling Exchequer-bills, or a portion of stock to raise the sum required—viz., two millions four hundred thousand pounds. Under the circumstances, the difficulty of disposing of Exchequer-bills with advantage either to the government or the public, he believed it would be least deranging to the monetary concerns of individuals to give the public the discretionary power of selling either Exche quer-bills or stock. He therefore trusted that the house would see the necessity and advantage of complying with the proposition which he would submit, on condition that it should be restricted to the sum required for the service of the year. (Hear, hear.) He felt deep regret that he was called on to add to the debt of the country. He lamented it most deeply, and also that he was not making a specific pro vision for the debt so created. lie considered that questions of taxation would be best considered by being deferred until the whole question could be brought fully before the house. As a general measure, he did not think that the principle of providing in this way for a deficiency in revenue was defen sible ; but it would be his duty at no distant period to call the attention of the house, not to a pla❑ for a temporary expedient to meet the yearly expenditure, but to a general measure, by which the income and expenditure might be permanently equalised. (Hear, bear.) The resolutions brought forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer were then read from the Chair. The - Right Hon. F. T. BARING rose more to call the at tention of the house to the omission in the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, rather than to any observations which had fallen from him. He would omit any reference to any of his (Mr. Baring's) calculations, as the right hon. gentleman had done, and which it appeared after the lapse of six months were found to be perfectly correct. He was not satisfied with the explanation of the right honourable gentleman, for he understood him to propose nominally to fund five millions by raising two millions and a half of Ex chequer Bills to meet the public expenditure. He did not wish to say anything that would encumber the public service, but he must say that he did not think the proposed plan likely to succeed. The right honourable gentleman could neither know the amount funded, nor the amount of money received, and as it appeared to him the plan would not secure either object. With regard to the amount of bonds funded, he must say to the right honourable gentleman, don't make a proposition that you are not sure of being accepted. In his opinion it would have been much wiser for the right hon. gentleman to offer such terms as would secure the successful operation of his plan. The terms which he now offered were one-third less than he had offered to fund bills on in 1830. After all they had heard of the ruin of the country and their financial em barrassment, it was something consolatory to find the right hon. gentleman, when he went to the money market, not in a worse position than he was tell years ago. (Hear, hear, from the ministerial benches.) One great objection to the proposed method of raising the money was that it was not open to the competition of the great money aristocracy. He entirely agreed with the right hon. gentleman in the expedi ency of keeping under the amount of Exchequer bills, and concurred with him in the propriety of retaining an option as regarded the sale of stock. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the course he had pursued, and referred, as a precedent, to the course pursued, under nearly similar circumstances, by Lord Monteagle. Mr. 'WILLIAMS contended that the difficulties of the country could be met by a system of rigid economy, and moved, as an amendment, "that it was expedient to add to the funded debt of the country." Dr. BOWRING adverted to the want of economy in the collection of the revenue. Colonel SIBTHORP said the opposition side of the house was attempting to bully the Government, but they would find it too strong for any such experiments. Mr. HAWES resorted to all the former arguments used by gentlemen on his side the house to prove that it was only reasonable that Sir Robert Peel should state the principles upon which his Government was to be conducted, and the measures he contemplated, particularly as respected the corn laws. Mr. EWART and Mr. SCOTT followed in the same strain, and dwelt upon the distress prevailing in the manufacturing districts. Sir R. PEEL said that hon. gentlemen opposite must not deem him disrespectful if he still adhered to his resolution of not entering upon the question of the corn laws. The right hon. baronet read a communication which he had received contradicting an instance of distress adduced by the hon. member for Ashton, of a very extreme character, and said that it behoved hon. members to be very cautious of the correctness of such statements before they brought them forward in that house. (Hear, hear.) He admitted the existence of great distress, but it was most mischievous to deal in exaggerated descriptions. Lord PAIMERSTON said he would not object to the parti cular proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for it was the only resource, except that of voting fresh taxes, which was left him after the rejection of the measures of the late Government. The country would now see that the price it had to pay for having the right hon. baronet in office was the addition of 21 millions to the public debt. Mr. C. Wool) condemned the course pursued by the Go vernment, and dwelt at some length upon the necessity of an alteration of the corn laws, and said he was glad his noble friend the member for North Lancashire had at his recent election thrown overboard the last fallacy that was connected with the corn laws—namely, the alleged connection between the price of corn and the rate of wages. That fallacy could not again be raised after it had been so explicitly repudiated by his noble friend. 'The resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were then agreed to, Mr. Williams not being able to put his amendment owing to some point of form. Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole house upon the Poor Law Commission Bill. Mr. YORKE moved that it should be an instruction to the committee to insert a clause to the effect " that the commis sioners be not empowered to enforce indiscriminate separa tion between man and wife, and that in no case shall they sanction or permit separation when the application for relief shall be substantiated as arising from positive inability to obtain work, or from physical infirmity, and not from idle ness, vice, or crime." The hon. member said he did not at present contemplate a perfect remedy for the Poor Law Amendment Act, but he thought they might enter upon this slight amelioration without being chargeable with anything like hasty or careless legislation. At present the wife of a negro slave was in a better position than that of a British pauper. . - Sir J. GRAHAM said it was impossible to over-estimate this subject; but if he entered into the discussion of the Poor Law Amendment Act upon this motion, he could not refuse to do so upon others ; and he should thus be carried into details contrary to the intention of the government, which was anxious to have time to consider the subject with proper care and caution. (Cheers.) The government would apply itself to the subject before next session of parliament, with a view to remedy its effects, and they would be prepared with a view to remedy its defects, and they would be pre pared with a measure to that effect in the course of that ses sion. He should, therefore, call upon the house not to dis cuss the Poor Law Act, but to confine itself to the question whether it was right that the poor law commission should or should not be renewed for a year. Mr. S. WORTLEY supported the course pursued by the Government; and, while he condemned the separation of man and wife to the extent to which it was carried, he still hoped the hon. member would withdraw his motion to a more favourable opportunity. If the hon. gentleman should force the resolution on, however repugnant it might he to his wishes to give a vote which might appear to condemn a prin ciple to which he was friendly, he must, notwithstanding, oppose the motion. He thought, however, that the unions ought not to be extended into any new districts until the general measure should have been discussed by the house. Mr. V. SMITH said that it would have been more manly for the government to have at once declared for how long a period they meant to continue the poor law commission. Sir li. PEEL said it was intimated to him, in the early part of . the sess i on, b y the no b le lord t h e member for the c i ty of London, that he intended to bring in a bill for the continu ance of the commission for one year, and he only now brought forward that bill. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman should had wasted u ew o have rohaedethhrimself acquainted with the opinions of his leader before away so much excellent indignation as he Mr. S. juzvnisthis point. (Loud cheering.) adopt measures to hunting, sh oot i ng, sa. :d.there was time, if they gave up their labouring classes of Mr. PAKINGTON Ike:7lle% napther recreations, to inquire into and ameliorate the deplorable condition of the the course proposed to be pursued by Sir James' and, l in reference to the par ticular motion before the houmse but remind hon. gentle men that not only in the unipolens' wasb a t d also in every well regu ted of the separation The bon. gentleman described the conduct of the lated workhouse, the principle the sues. Sir H. FLEETWOOD thought that until the poor law act should come under discussion all places into which the ope ration of the act had not extended should still remain free from its introduction. Mr. GRIMSDITCIiiIoped the hon. member for York would not press his motion, though he believed the poor law act was destructive of the social system, particularly iu populous districts, and in maintaining it the house was doing, more mischief than it was aware of. Mr. WIGNEY said if the hon. member for York divided the house upon the question he would vote with him. Lord SANDON could not support the motion of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Yorke), though he entertained very strong opinions upon the poor law act, which he had expressed to his constituents, and would be prepared again to express when the proper occasion presented itself. Mr. C. WOOD supported the course adopted by govern ment, and hoped the lion. member for York would withdraw his amendment. Mr. HARDY hoped that during the ensuing winter the se vere clauses of the poor law would not be enforced, and that otit-door relief would he more generally extended. Mr. WAKLEY said if hon. members, instead of being the administrators of the law, were for a short time its victims, they would form a different opinion of its provisions from that which now seemed to possess them. He hoped the hon. member for York would not divide the house, lest he should commit hon. members againt the principle which he was so anxious to advocate. The house then divided, and Mr. Yorke's amendment was negatived by a majority of 187 to 36. The consideration of the main question was then post poned until the following day, when Mr. S. Crawford was to bring forward his amendments. Emprrial paritainnu HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. • . Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of their lordships to the state of prison discipline in this country ; and, amongst other matters, observed that, in consequence of the short diet given to the prisoners, a peculiar disease called land scurvy prevailed in many parts of the country. The noble lord animadverted on the disparity of punishments in several counties, and amongst others, Middlesex, Bucks, Ilerts, and Berks. In Middlesex particularly the disparity was particu larly remarkable. The reason of this disparity was, that the magistrates had in the several counties the framing of the rules according to their own feelings and opinions. The noble lord regretted that the Home-office was without a legal assistant, owing to the suspension of Mr. Vizard ; and con cluded by moving for leave that a report should be laid upon the table of any proceedings had with the Government, in consequence of the 6th report of the inspectors of prisons. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the subject was one upon which Parliament ought to have every information, and promised that every facility should be given to the produc tion of the returns moved for. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL the motion was agreed to, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNDAY opposition upon every one of the measures brought. forward by the government as factious in the extreme. Ile had no hesitation in stating that it was his own opinion thot the Poor Law Amendment Act was entitled - to the approbation of the , country ; and be would add that no duties were ever better performed than those which devolved upon the poor law com mission. He sincerely hoped that in any alteration which might be made in the Poor Law Act, none of its main princi ples would be in the slightest degree trenched upon. Mr. C. BULLEtt said he had come down to the house that night, though not well able to do so, in order to support the government in the very precise course which it was under the circumstances, bound to adopt. Colonel WOOD (of Brecon) said he never supposed that this law was to be applied to all parts of the kingdom indis criminately. He only imagined, and he believed it was the general opinion of the house, that the poor law act was in tended to remedy the evils in the southern parts of the coun try, where a practise prevailed of paying wages out of the poor's rates. Under these circumstances, he thought there was nothing unreasonable in proposing that no new unions should be formed until the law was finally considered. In his district they had built houses so as to allow old couples to live together, as they had been accustomed to do. Captain PECHELL hoped the right hon. baronet would say whether it was intended to interfere with those unions which were formed under Gilbert's Act ? M. H. HINDE opposed the motion of the hon. member for York. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY The Frogmore Lodge Bill and the Royal Gardens Bill were severally read a second time.' Lord BROUGHAM, upon the latter bill, took occasion to remark upon the expenditure of £70,000 for the royal stables, by the late government, when ' he was scarcely able to wring from them the paltry sum of from £lO,OOO to £20,000 for the education of the people. Viscount MELBOURNE defended the sum expended on the royal stables as absolutely requisite owing to the miserable accommodation which previously existed. The Duke of WELLINGTON acquiesced in the necessity of the new stabling. The Administration of Justice Bill was brought up from the Commons, and read a first time, after which their lord ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY On the third reading of the Administration of Justice Bill, Mr. WAkn again brought under discussion the question of compensation to the lion. Mr. Scarlett. The only new points in the case were, that Mr. PEMBERTON said that there were no precedents adduced exactly applicable to the case of Mr. Scarlett, for he had been obliged to give up his profes sion on accepting the appointment, and was, therefore, en titled to compensation. Another point, made by Sir C. NAPIER, was, that the legal profession always received at the hands of the house greater consideration in the way of com pensation than either the naval or any other profession. Mr. C. BULLER said, that it was hard upon the copying clerks of the Exchequer, some of whom have been thirty years in their occupation, that no compensation whatever .was to be given to them. After some further discussion, the bill was read the third time and passed. Upon the motion for going into committee upon the Poor law Commission Continuance Bill, Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved, as an instruction to the com mittee, that it should not be lawful for the commissioners to declare any new union after the passing of this bill until the question of the poor-laws should be brought before Parlia ment in the course of next session. Mr. W. FERRAND supported the proposition, and, in re ference to the charges against his side of the house, of hav ing made use of the poor law bill at the elections for the pur poses of excitement, he could remember, however, the friends of hon. gentlemen on the other side. dressing up a sweep as a negro slave with chains on his limbs, and dressing up a scavenger as a bishop. (Cheers and lauehter.) He could remember seeing the king pourtrayed by them in pet ticoats, and the Queen in breeches. (A laugh.) Before hon. members made such charges they should see that their own hands were clean. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman then condemned the poor law bill as unconstitutional and inefficient, for while it did not afford anything like proper relief to the poor, it had the effect of drying up all the sources of private cherity. The hon. member then attacked the manufacturing interests, and said that the landed pro prietors had been charged with cruelty to the poor, and it had been said that the corn laws which they supported were dyed in blood, but it might be said with far more truth that the wealth of the manufacturers was deeply imbued with the blood of the orphan. He then quoted the opinion of Mr. Oastler, who said that the manufacturing system was fast making a charnel-house of England; and added his own be lief that those hon. gentlemen on the other side of the house, who had spoken so largely of the distress of the people, had not contributed one farthing to relieve it. The poor law was, in fact, a contract of bargain and sale between the poor law commissioners and the manufacturers, by which the former were to deliver over the people of England to be starved to death by the latter. _ Sir J. GRAHAM said that no warmth or energy of decla mation could induce him to abandon a measure to which he was pledged. The measure before the house was one, how ever, which pledged no one, as he reserved not only the de tails, but even the principle of the poor law, until the next session of parliament. He freely accorded to the hon. mem ber who moved the instruction (Mr. S. Crawford), the claim, which was most justly his, to great sincerity and simplicity ; but till, it was to be remembered that, although a member for an English borough, he still was a native of the sister isle, and was not, therefore, practically acquainted with the working of the poor law act. Mr. M. PHILIPS deprecated the whole tenor of the obser vations of the hon. member for Knaresborough (Mr Ferrand,) which were as libellous to the character of the manufacturers, as they were unfounded in fact, as might be proved by the fact that in Manchester the rates had been doubled since last March, independent of which a sum of £3OOO or £4OOO had been raised by charitable contributions in an incredibly short space of time, and applied with great advantage for the temporary relief of the distressed operatives. The hon. member concluded by supporting the course pursued by the government. - Mr. WAKLEY said it was now avowed that the principles of the poor law were to be maintained by the present govern ment, so that whigs and tories might now be considered as pledged to its support. The hon. gentleman then entered into an examination of the evils of the poor law, and said it was anything but conservatism to pretend to support the institutions of the country, and to begin to do so by robbing the poor of their right to relief. The perseverance in such a course, he was fully convinced, must terminate in bloodshed. If there was to be a discretionary power, he could not see why it should be vested in the commissioners sitting at Somerset House, instead of leaving it in the hands of local authorities. He condemned the law, as the product of a certain set of utilitarians, who, in following out their favourite theories, would not hesitate to grind the bones of the poor in order to convert them into manure. Mr. WARD severly animadverted on the language used by the hon. member for Finsbury towards those who supported the poor law—language which was as audacious as his political condnct was cowardly; for he was desirous that the hon. mover should not take the sense of the house by means of a division. He repelled the imputation attempted to be thrown upon those who had brought forward the poor law, by saying they would grind the bones of the poor if the country could profit by the manure. The hon. member then proceeded to defend the poor law, and expressed great pleasure at the manly course adopted by Sir J. Graham, in avowing his ad herence to the principles of that measure, whatever amelior ations might be made in some of its details. Mr. S.WORTLEY was opposed to any;;tion which would have the effect of opening up a discussion on the whole of the poor law ; but the proposition then before the house was one which would not have this effect, and feeling, as he did, that the formation of the poor-law unions was in many re spects objectionable, he thought it was not unreasonable to request that no more unions should be formed until the whole subject should be considered by the house in the ensu ing session of parliament. Feeling that this could not in any way impede the government in considering the question, he should not hesitate to support the instruction to the com mittee. Mr. YORKE supported the instruction to the committee, and also argued in favour of the necessity of out-door relief. Colonel SIDTBORP supported the motion, and said he was always opposed to the whole system of the poor-law, as un constitutional and degrading to the people. The house then divided, and the motion of Mr. S. CRAW FORD was negatived by a majority of 139 to 41. Mr. S. CRAWFORD then moved his second instruction to the committee, the effect of which was to prevent the com missioners from refusing out-door relief. Mr. WAKLEY supported the motion, and retorted the charge of want of political moral courage against Mr. Ward, who had avoided dividing on Mr. Crawford's amendment to the address. _ Mr. WARD said he had not intended to use the word cowardly offensively, but be must adhere otherwise to the effect of what be had said. Mr. 13.kawr opposed the motion, which gave too great a latitude, and removed everything in the shape of a test. The house again divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 146 to 32. The house then went into committee, the clauses were agreed to, the house resumed, and the report was ordered t be brought up on Thursday. Sir J. GRAHAM said he should move the third reading of the bill on Friday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Mr. WAKLEY adverted to the engine of destruction in vented by Mr. Warner, and asked if it was t h e i ntention of the Board of Ordnance to institute any in qu i r i es i nto the value of the discovery with a view to its purchase ? Capt. BOLDERO replied that the M aster- G eneral of the Ordnance bad received no communication on the su bj ec t from Mr. Warner, and he did not feel hi mse lf authorised to take upon himself the appointment . of a commission witho u t the previous sanction of her Majesty's ministe rs . Mr. BROTHERTON protested against rewarding men for exercising their ingenuity in devising infernal machines for the destruction of human life. The bringing up of the report upon the Poor Law Com mission bill occasioned a renewal of the sparring between Mr. Wakley and Mr. Ward, which was put a stop to by the Speaker. The bills on the table were then forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned. ime _ 2r ,,paw.eurt.mags. , . , .....amisememe.crmon•ualw.. NOVEL SCHEME.—A company of private individuals is formed for the purpose of making a compositi on to i mitate ice, to skate on at any time of the year. It was inte n d e d to take the Horse Bazaar, in Baker - street , being the largest space at present offering, to make a sort of Alpine scenery, with artificial ice ponds here and there to skate on; but at length a place opposite the Yorkshire Stingo has been fixed on. So earnest are the parties in the affair that, we under stand, a young lady is making a model of this intended Elysium, assisted by a celebrated artist. The Skating Cl u b. we have been informed, have seen the plan, and very much approve of it, and intend to patronise it.—Railway Magazine. Is. It may justify substantially a system of discounts of the most objectionable character. It is to deal in bills of exchange drawn in one state and payable in another, with out any restraint. The bill of exchange may have an unli naited term to run, and its renewability is no where guarded against. It my, in fact, assume the most objectionable of accommodation. It is not required to rest on any actual, real or substantial exchange basis. A drawer in one place becomes the acceptor in another, and so in turn the acceptor may become the drawer upon a mutual understanding. It may at the same time indulge in mere local discounts under the name of bills of exchange. A bill drawn at Philadelphia on Camden, New Jersey—at New York on a border town in New Jersey—at Cincinati on Newport, Kentucky, not to multiply other examples, might, for anything in this bill to restrain it, become a mere matter of local accommodation. Cities thus relatively situated would possess advantages over cities otherwise situated, of so decided a character as most justly to excite dissatisfaction. Second. There is no limit prescribed to the premium in the purchase of bills of exchange, thereby correcting none of the evils under which the committee now labours, and oper ating most injuriously upon the agricultural States, in which the unequalities in the rates of exchange are most severely felt. Nor are these the only consequences: a resumption of specie payments by the banks of those States wonld be liable to indefinite postpouement — for, as the operation of the agencies of the interior would chiefly consist in selling bills of exchange, and the purchases could only be made in specie or the notes of banks paying specie, the State banks would either have to continue with their doors closed, or exist at the mercy of this national monopoly of brokerage. Nor can it be passed over without remark, that, whilst the district of Columbia is made the seat of the principal, bank, its citizens are excluded from all participation in any benefit it might afford, by a positive prohibition on the bank from all discount ing within the District. The President continued to receive the most unqualified terms of reproach by the advocates of the bank bill, whilt on the other hand, the opponents of the measure laud the con duct of the President in the most extravagant terms. By one party he is styled " the saviour of his country," and It is said that every hour adds to his popularity, whilst the mem bers of the other party heap upon him the most approbrions and disgraceful epithets. Mr. Bell, and Mr. Badger, had also resigned their offices, and it was expected that most of the cabinet would follow their example. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Randall endeavoured to introduce a resolution, directing an investigation into the operation of the Tariff lrws, but many objections heing made it was withdrawn. The following nominations were confirmed in Senate on the 13th inst. : Walter Forward, Secretary of the Treasury. Johu AV Lean, Secretary of War. A. P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy. Charles A. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, Postmaster General. Hugh S. Legare, Attorney General. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, Minister to the Court of St. James. William Hunter, (now Charge d'Affaires,) to be Minister Plenipotentiary to Rio de Janerio. Robert W. Walsh, Secretary of Legation to the same. William Boulware, of Virginia,Charge d'Affaires to Naples. James D. Doty, Governor of Wesconsin. Major S. Churchill, to be Inspector General of the Army, in the place of General Wool, promoted. When the Senators left the Capitol, the greatest harmony and good feeling prevailed. The President and Secretary of State were present in the Anti-Rooms untill the tithe of adjournment. Also the Chief Clerk of the State Department and the Private Secretary of the President.. Mr. Daniel Webster continued to hold his office, and in a letter which he published, assigns his reasons for doing so. He says that he has confidence that the President will co operate with the legislature in overcoming all 'difficulties in attaining an institution under the authority of Congress, to aid revenue and financial operations, and to give the country the blessings of a good currency and cheap exchanges. It is said that Mr. Webster is desirous of remaining in office to complete the M`Leod negociation. The Herald, in appeal ing to the_ people on the approaching elections, states that the line is now drawn on the Bank question, between John Tyler on the one side, and Henry Clay on the other. Mr. Tyler, the representative of the honest, constitutional, moral elements, and Mr. Clay, the chief of the financial, stock jobbing, demoralising, destructive elements of society. It was currently rumoured that the British Minister at Washington had received, or would shortly receive, orders to quit the country, unless M`Leod was released, but no credence was attached to the report. The papers seem so completely inundated with discussions on the contemplated results of Mr. Tayler's second veto, that they appear to have no room or time for any mention of M`Leod, who was, not long since, the all-absorbing subject of dispute. It is said that the panel of jurors made out for the trial consists of se veral Quakers, and others, who are disposed to look at the matter in a light the most favourable for M`Leod. Congress was adjourned on the 13th instant. The Garrick, Palmer, and the Grace, Pearson, arrived at New York on the 13th, and the Susquehanna at Philadelphia on the 14th, in 30 days, all from Liverpool. The Stephen Whitney left New York on the 14th for this port. - An election for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and for members of the Legislature was held in Maine on the 7th, when Mr. Kent (whig) was elected. As far as the intelli gence had been received the whigs had lost two representa tives. A company was proposed to be established for the purpose of running a line of steam-ships between Bremen and the United States, touching at the Isle of Wight, or some port of England. Mr. and Mrs. Wood and Col. C. S. Todd, ambassador to Russia, are amongst the passengers by the Stephen Whitney. The Glasgow, Baker, and the Ocean, Willard, arrived on the 15th at New York, from Liverpool. The freights to Europe are represented as very low. The rate to Liverpool, for cotton, 3.16. and 1, naval stores is 61. There have been very serious riots in Cincinnatti, a lawless mob seems to have had entire possession of the city from the 3rd to the Gth ult. The row begun by a quarrel between some Irishmen and negroes. Much confusion and bloodshed seems to have occurred. Our files only extend from the 9th to the 16th. We pre sume the papers of the previous date were sent by the packet ships. The intelligence of the resignation of the Melbourne, and appointment of the Peel Administration, had reached Halifax by the Caledonia, but, of course, had not been received at New York. There was not time to ascertain the state of feeling in the States as to such an impot taut change. We subjoin some extracts from the papers. LATE AND INTERESTING FROM FLORIDA. . . . Advice's of a highly interesting character were received at the department of war, on Saturday last, from Col. Worth, commanding the Florida Army, to the 31st ultimo, inclusive. The colonel announces the surrender of the remnant of Coacoochie's people, the seizure of the Chief Hospitaka, with fifteen of his chiefs and warriors, and the promised surrender of all his people, amounting to 320 more, on the 11th of this month, the day of the arrival of the despatch at general head quarters. Reports are also transmitted of the recent expedition in the overgiades, conducted by Captain Burke, 3d Artillery, and Lieut. Rogers, of the navy, and o I a successful operation, under Lieut. Anderson, 2d Infantry, in which he captured several Indians ; an abstract of which reports will be given heretofore, The colonel gives assurances that there are not more than ten Indians on the east side of the St. John's river ; that the Everglades are abandoned by them as no longer a safe retreat ; that the Creeks and Tallahassees in the Northern part of the territory were to meet him on the 7th instant ; and that the scattered families on the Wacassa had been so much dis turbed by Captains Hoffman and Alexander as to induce earnest promises of speedy submission ; and, generally, he reports that the Indians, on all hands, exhibit unequivocal evidences of a desire to end the struggle. Loss OF THE MALTA.—By the steamer Thames, which arrived last night from the Missouri river, we learn that the steamer Malta struck a snag. about 20 miles above the mouth of Grand River, and sunk in IC, feet water. The cargo valued at about 10,000 dollars, and the boat will probably be a total loss. There was insurance on the boat to the amount, as we understand, of 10,500, at the St. Louis, Missouri and Citizen's offices.—St. Louis Bulletin, 3d instant. U. S. BANK.—The Secretary of thr Treasury on Saturday last reported to the Senate that there was due to the General Government from the United States Bank of Pennsylvania the sum of 89,600 dollars. MExico.--:The schooner Virginia Antoinette, Captain Place, arrived yesterday from Tampico. By her we have files of the Desangano, to the 23d ult. New troubles appear to be brewing in several of the states, the people of which have lost confidence in the Central Government, and loudly call for a change.—N ew Orleans Bulletin. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 3.—The city continues as dull as can possibly be imagined; the only profitable business stir ring is confined to doctors, undertakers, and sextons. The yellow fever is raging violently, and the few past days have averaged thirty-two deaths each. It is fortunate that there are but few unacclimated subjects in the city, otherwise the mortality would be much larger. The disease is more in sidious than usual, attacking its victims, and carrying them off in thirty-six to forty-eight hours. If the physician fails to create an impression on the patient during the first six or eight hours of the attack, the chances are very strong against his recovery, THE MILEOD CASE AND THE BRITISH MINISTER. — We have made more particular inquiries relative to the in formation communicated in yesterday's paper, that orders from the British government came by the last steamer (the Britannia), instructing Mr. Fox to demand the immediate release of Alexander M'Leod, or his passports. The gentle man from Halifax who brings the information is highly respectable. Sir Joh n Hervey, who came out in the Britan nia, told him that two days before he left London, he was at the colonial office, and was there informed that despatches of the character above indicated were preparing, and would go out by the steamer. The intelligence comes to us direct, and through such trusty hands, that we do not see how it could well be erroneous.—Journal of Commerce. THE MARKET.-SEPT. 15-2 P.M Sales are making of American Beeswax at 28 to 30 cents. There have been large sales of British Coals at full prices ; 1,100 tons New Castle at 8,25, cash. There is a good de mand for Coffee at the reduced prices of last week,—Brazil 0 to nets, Laguayra 10,1 to /cts. Hides are taken off as fast as the arrive; a parcel of iVlatomoras sold at 14/cts. 6 mos. Old Sable Iron 9250, 6 mos. sales. Pig Lead 4cts. sales. A parcel of prime Porto Rico Molasses sold at 31.1cts ; New Orleans at 27 to 28cts. The cargo of fresh Teas by the Conohasset, drew together a very large and spirited company. Canton packed sustained former prices, and country packed advanced 2 to Bcts. lb, though some part of this should be allowed for the freshness of the cargo. Butter and Cheese tend upwards still ; other provisions remain as last week. Nothing new in Naval Stores. Sugars are firm in pri ce , w i th free sales. There are considerable sales of Sweet Malaga Wine, at 33 cents per gall on. Whis key, in good barrels, i s offered at 23-A cents per gallon. Exchange closes at 8 , 4 to 94 prem. on England, and at sf. 20 per doll. on France. Linseed Oil has taken another advance. Sales have been made at 96 to 974 cents, 6 mos., and it is now held at 100 cents time, and 95 cents cash. There has been no sale of Whale Oil for some days ; Bone has sold at 18 ; .cen ts for inferior, and 204 cents for prime. Genesse Flour is firmly held at 6,81 to 88, but with very few sales. A good brand was sold at 6.88 ; fair Ohio at 6,74; Troy at 6,75. A parcel of Rye sold on the North River, to be taken in the slip, at 751 cents? 2000 bu. Jersey Corn sold at 76 cents measure, and a parcel of heated Ohio at 73 cents ; Oats are firm at 50 cents for old Canal. The sales oftotton . extendto only 300 or 400 hales. DRUGS AND DYES, — There have been sales of 50 eases Crude Camphor, and 12,000 lbs. Ginseng, on terms we did MONEY AND EXCHANGES.—There is no material chap.e in the condition of ithe Money Market. Specie"arrives and departs with considerable activity, and in about equal quan tity. Stacks of doubtful character declined very much, but recovered a little on Saturday. Foreign Exchanges are firm. Sterling 81 to 94. prem., very little, however, over 9. Francs 5 f. 30 per dollar ; Bremen, 781 to 79 ; Holland, 40 to 401 ; Hamburg, 36+: Spanish dollars command 5 to 6 prem. ; Mexican, 1+ to 11; Five , franc pieces, 94i- to ; Spanish doubloons 16,25 to 50 ; Patriot, 15,80 to 90. COTTON.—The sales of the week were moderate, but lar ger on Saturday. amounting to 1500 bales. For the week, the sales are 1300 bales Upland and Florida at 7 to 91 cents; 2100 Mobile at 7 to 111 cents, and 500 New Orleans at 7 to 11 cents. The sales of Cotton to-day are moderate, say 230 bales. Some sales of common Genesee Flour have been made at 6,81, and of Troy at 6,75, but the buyers hold off. Brandy wine is offered at 6,88. A parcel of poor western wheat sold for starch, at 120 cts. A good article would probably bring 1451 to 150 cts.. Rye is offered in the slip at 75 cents. Corn is very dull at 75 cts., and probably might be had at 74 cts., 56 lbs. were it offered. Oats are dull. TaAS.—A catalogue of 6998 packages was offered at auc tion this morning, and 5509 sold. The bidding was quite spirited. Hyson was sold at 70. 83, and 71 cents. ; Young Hoson at 71 to 831 57 to 70, and 40 to 421; Gunpowder at 71 to 92; Imperial at 70 to 8 1. Hyson Skin at -161 to 59; and black teas at 50 to 561 cts ; 3 small lots of superior Golong were sold at 1 to 1,02. At the same time with the teas 3,000 mats of cassia were sold at 18 oents, which is an advance upon the previous pub lic sale. MONTREAL, SEPT. .10.—Ashes. Pearls are in good de maed, and are freely taken at 29s 6d for shipping parcels. Flour. We cannot learn that any quantity has changed hands at the prices demanded, viz., 36s 6d for Canada. Of United States a few sales have been made at 36s 3d, though 37s 6d is demanded for superior brands. At auction Porto Rico Sugrr has been disposed of from 38s to 41s. Teas were placed at the following prices :—Twankay 3s Id to 3s 21d ; Young Hyson 3s 3d to 3s 44d ; Hyson at 3s 5d ; Hyson Skin 2s 7d; Souchong 3s. sd. ; Gunpowder 4s. 6d. to 4s. 7d. ; and Con gou at 3s. 2d. per lb. The British North American and City Banks drew on London at 104 per ct. ; drafts on New York at 2 1 per ct. Upper Canada Bank Notes at 21 to 3 per ct. discount. MOBILE, SEPTEMBER, 3.—Under the new arrangement our cotton year closes on the Ist of September, instead of October. Our receipts the last year are 316,189 bales ; ex ports 317,718 bales—Stock Ist Oct. last 3,097 bales. Stock Ist inst. 398 bales. We have received about 69 bales of the new crop, which in quality ranges higher than the first re ceipts last year. We still hear complaint from particular localities of injury done to the growing crop, but they are not at all general. The prospect is, with a late frost, the production will be enormously large.—From the Journal of Commerce, Sept. 13, 1841. (From the Boston Atlas, Sept. 8.) Latest from Kingston, Jamaica.—By the arrival at this port of the brig Echo, Captain Sheed, in 17 days from King ston, Jamaica, we are in possession of files of the illorniug Journal and Despatch up to the 20th ult. inclusive, together with late files of papers of different ports on the island. Our correspondent writes us that the island is generally healthy. and that there is no local news of interest. We annex a few items from the papers. . _ _ A fever of a congestive character, with a type of yellow fever, has prevailed for some time at Annatto Bay. The British steamer Hydra, Capt. Murray, left Port Royal on the 20th ult. for the purpose of affording protection to the English merchants, at Carthagena, that place having been declared under blockade by the adherents of the Spanish General Carniona. The Morning Journal of the 19th announces the death of the Hon. Augustus Frederick Ellis, Colonel of the 2d bat talion, 60th Rifles, and son of Lord Seaford. At Demerara the tide of immigration had set in very strong. In the course of four days upwards of 1000 emi grants had arrived. The Guiana Times gives an account of what it describes as " a novel species of immigration—the landing of slaves escaped from Surinam." They rowed incessantly for four teen days and nights, upon a very scanty supply of provis ions. Their boat was seized by the officers of the Customs. CHARLESTON MARKET, SEPT. IST.—COT TON —O UP Up land market has been very dull since our review of the 21st ult., the sales have numbered but 469 bales, principally for northern account, at prices ranging from 8 to llc per lb. On Monday week, accounts reached us by the Columbia, at Boston. The following quotatians will give a correct view of the market. Inferior to ordinary Bto 81 cents; middling to middling fair 9 to 91 cents ; fair to fully fair 10 to 10Ic ; good and fine 11 cents. We have no transacttons in long cotton to report, and have for the present erased quotations. NEW ORLEANS MARKET, Aug. 28th.—Cotton.—There are now scarcely any Louisiana and Mississippi Cottons of the old crop remaining on sale, with the exception of a very few small parcels of the 'inferior and middling qualities for which kinds there is very little demand at the rates quoted. For the new crops, however, of which about 00 bales have arrived since our last report, there is some inquirey, principally for the Northern manufactories, and sales :rave been effected io the extent of 440 bales. A few choice marks have brought 124. to 121 c. per lb., but the bulk of the receipts have been of qualities ranging from good middling fair, to fully fair, and the prices obtained range from 101 to llfc. In Tennessee and North Alabama Cottons we are again without any transactions to record. The quotations below for ordinary and middling Louisiana and Mississippi Cottons are only applicable to the old crop, while those for the higher grades refer alone to the new. NEW YORK MARKETS, SEPT. I.s.—Ashes.—Some small lots have been taken since our last; Pots at 5,871, and Pearls at 5,75. Cotton.—The sales yesterday were about 400 bales. Flour.—There is not much doing to-day. Holders of Ca nalare firm at 6,84 to 6,87. SOUTHERN CROPS.—In the Washington County,Alabama, the cotton crops are said to be short, in consequence of the dry weather. On the Tombigbee river they are somewhat better, but the probability is that there will be at least no more than a fair crop in the State. In Pickens County, it has been injured by heavy rains. In the vicinity of Nash ville, Tennessee, both Cotton and Tobacco promise well.— The yield of the latter especially will be unusually large in all the counties bordering on Cumberland. In Northern Louisiana, the cane crops generally are thought to be much smaller than they were this time last season ; consequently it is the - opineon of a great many that the sugar crop will not be any greater than it was last year, if so great. Re cent rains have been of great advantage to the cane, but interfere with the picking of cotton, and at the same time damage it very much. The planters have made, with few exceptions, very large corn crops—the season having been very favourable for that article.—Boston Atlas,l6th Spt. The Earl of Shrewsbury, a Roman catholic peer, has just published a pamphlet, in which he not only condemns the conduct of O'Connell, but avows his determination to give Sir Robert Peel a fair trial. The noble earl has also some sensible observations on the corn laws. COMMENDABLE PRACTICE.—It is this season the practice with many of the Irish reapers at present residing in this part of the country, disciples of Father Mathew, to deposit the amount of their weekly earnings at the Post office here . on Saturday night, and at once to remit to their friends at home. This does not occure in a solitary instance, but seems rather to be the common rule.—Kelso Chronicle. SINGULAR PHENOMENON. - It has rarely been our lot to record a more singular circumstance than the following : Mrs. Harvie, portioner in Balgray, parish of Beith, has pre sently in her possession a cow that has given milk for the last five years. What renders this circumstance the more strange, is the fact, that during all that time the co w h as never been in calf. Nor is it a small quantity merely of the _generous fluid which she thus daily yields ; as we learn that her worthy owner has contrived to make from it about 20 stones of cheese annually, besides supplying herself with milk for daily consumption, and instead of any decrease being ap parent, we understand that. the produce will be considerably more this year. As may be conceived, the animal is an ob ject of interest and curiosity to the neighbourhood ; and not a few persons from a distance have been induced to visit Mrs. Harvie, with the view of seeing " Hawkie" at " milking time," or of inspecting her produce in the shape of good substantial cheeses.—Ayr Advertiser. DEATH OF A WEALTHY MISER.—On Monday morning last, Mr. Robert Smith, who was by trade a smith, died at his late residence, No. 12, Great St. Andrew's -street, Seven Dials, in the possession of funded, freehold, and leasehold property, it is stated to the amount of nearly £400,000. He was of the most singular habits from early life, and was left a considerable sum of money by his father, with which he speculated in the funds and in building honses, his specula tions turning out almost always to advantage. In the neigh bourhood of Mornington-crescent he built between 150 and 200 houses, besides having many other houses in different parts of the town. His property in the funds is believed to exceed £lOO,OOO. He was born in the house in which he died, and resided in it throughout his life, being about 70 years of age. Though possessed of this immense wealth, his habits were most penurious. His mode of living was scarcely sufficient to support nature. He had no servant, but a woman used to come occasionally to char. His neigh bours knew little of him, as he had no associates. His house exhibited the appearance of a tenant not provided with the means of keeping it in decent repair, and the windows were cleaned about twice a year. He has left a brother and sister. The former will inherit the property, as he has left no will. The latter, who was early " crossed in love," was allowed by him £1 a-week. She is a woman also of most eccentric habits. Mr. Smith once held the office of overseer of the parish of St. Giles, in which he was a resident.— Thnes. A FEATURE OF FUNDED PROPERTY.—The system of pub lic funded debts has taught the man of wealth the idea of ir responsible property —a thing which never can exist, but the very belief of which is enough to bring down judgment on the people by whom it is entertained. The landed proprietor has tenants and labourers, and tenants' labourers and neighbours, and parishioners, all of whom, within a certain district, may look to him for protection, for assistance, for advice, at least, and notice and count enance . Even the tradesmen and the merchants have their connexion, and correspondents, their customers, their clerks, their travellers, their shopmeu, and warehousemen. But the holder of funded property owns no claim from any one. He receives his income at the day, or his banker receives it without asking or thanking any one for it, and spends it where and when and how he pleases, in London or at home. There is no one can say, " Sir, lam your tenant or your tenant's labourer;" or, I worked on your honour's estate, and recollect your father and grand father." No one person has any greater claim than another upon such a man—that is, no one has any claim at all. I DON'T LIKE TO SEE-A dirty shirt covered with a clean dickey ; a working man, who has but two hats, wearing the best every day ; a sweep or baker passing through the crowd ; a woman's boot-lace dangling loose ; orange peels thrown on the footpath ; good meat thrown to the dogs ; a workhouse funeral nearly without attendants ; a rich man's funeral blocking up the streets ; a woman beating her child because it had nearly got run over ; a county overseer putting out a poor woman by the shoulders ; two men fighting a pitched; battle on Sunday afternoon, with a large attendance of men and women ; a man, after breaking a square of glass in a window, running away to escape detection ; a child cry ing for hours together in a cradle ; a poor lad or girl, at five o'clock in a winter's morning, going to the factory much out of health ; a man stuffed with rich food until his legs are obliged to be tied up ; a comb left full of hair ; a servant waiting at table with dirty hands ; a woman slipping in at the back door of a public-house with a little jug, at tea-time; a beggar exhibiting his wounds and deforma tion on the road-side ;an old man of seventy and a young girl of seventeen going to church to get married ; clothes lying to be moth-eaten, while there are so many backs without co vering; a coach-horse with bleeding shoulders; a dog_ in a poor man's house who gets relief from the parish ; children's shoes unbuttoned, and stockings out at the heels ; a poor ragged wife seeking her husband at twelve on Saturday night. —Educational Magazine. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL, Under the Management of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Lessee. THE Public is respectfully informed that the Popular Vocalists, MRS. and MR. WOOD, are engaged for a limited number of nights, and will make their First Appearance at this Theatre, since their return from America, on MONDAY next, the 4th of October; and, to give additional effect to the rifiitine of Operas in which Mrs. and Mr. WOOD W4l apex, an arrangement has been made with the celebrated XFtistes, MR. GIVBIELLi, of her Majesty's Theatre, and of the Theatres-Royal, Covent garden and Drury-lane. and MISS POOLE, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane, who will, on their return from the United States, make their First Appearance in England on the above Evening, previ ous to the commencement of their Engagement with Mr. Macready, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane. MR. BitOUGH, of the Theatre-Royal, Dublin, and of the principal American Theatres, is also engaged for this occasion. Oh MONDAY next, the 4th instant, the Entertainments will commence with Be Opera of LA SONNAMBULA, With the following cast of the principal characters : Amino- Liza. Elvino Rodolph Mr. Giubielli. To conclude with the Farce of MODERN ANTIQUES; OR, TUE MERRY MOURNERS. Old Cockletop.. Mr. Baker. I Joey.... Mr. Slaiter. Mrs. Cockletop Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Barton. I Nan.. Miss E. Elonner. Belinda, During the Engagement of the above eminent Vocalists, Beßini's Opera of NORMA, and other Novelties, will be produced: To afford equal facilities in securing places, the Box-office for the Opera Nights will not be open until Monday next, the 4.h instant, when Places may be taken from Ten until- Thre,. UNITED STATES By the 'Britannia, which left Boston on the 16th ult.,.and Halifax on the evening of the 18th ult.; we are in possession of New York papers to the pith ult. It will be seen from an abstract of the log that the Britannia passed the Caledonia on the 17th ult., about sixty miles from Boston. The Britannia arrived in the river last night about seven o'clock,: having made the passage from Halifax to this port in twelve days, which, considering the heavy sea and strong breezes she had to encounter, may be considered an excellent passage. We give elsewhere the log and list of passengers. The most important intelligence brought by the Caledonia is that, as was anticipated, the President has vetoed the second bank bill, and iu consequence Mr. Crittenden, the Attorney General, and Mr. Ewing, the Secretary of the Treasury, have respectively resigned their trusts. Mi. Tyler in his veto message describes at length his objections to the measure, the principal of which are comprised in the following state. ments: pot learn; 12 flasks Quicksilver, 1,01, cash . ; 70 bales Punta de Arena Sarsaparilla, 27cts, short time ; 7 bales Aleppo ' Nuttgalls, 2cts • 3,000 lbs. Sal Ammoniac, 13, now held higher; '2O. casks Ombro Madder, 12! t ; 59 tons Sicily Crude Brimstone, equal to 33 ; 12 -casks casks English Roll, and 40 boxes Marseilics ltoll do., 3,1 cts. ; 100 cases English re fined Borax, on speculation. ; 10 casks Red Argois, 109 ; a few ceroons Cochineal, 1,10; a few bbls. refined Camphor, 1 ; 1G bbls. No. Castor Oil, 1,50, now held higher ; 160 oz: Otto Rose, 3,751 25 cases Orange Shellac, 14cts. ; and small lots of Para Balsam Capivi. at 28cts. ; Gum Copar, 40, and and Sulphate Quinine, 2,55, all 6 mos. We advance our quotations for Rhubarb.—Ship. Vat. CORN EXCHANGE.—The news from England, received early in the week, caused Flour to advance about 50 cents bbl ; but as there were no foreign orders to sustain this move ment, the price fell back to where it was before the news. THEATRE.ROYAL, LIVERPOOL , Under the alanagement Gj 4 Mr. CLARKE, Sole I:m6, PERFORMANCES, U^;TII. FITRTH ER NOTICE, W COMM EWE AI 11 A LE- l'A s SEV EN.. - DOORS TO HI OPENED AT SEA' EN FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. MACKAY, And the Last Night of MR. MACKAY and MR. FItAZER. THIS present FRIDAY, O c t. I s t, th e P er f ormances w ill commence with the Scotch Drsma of THE HEART OF MID-LCITIIIAN. Laird of Dumbiedikes.... ..... Nil.. Mackay. Jeanie Deans.... Mrs. Baker. L.Effie Deans .. Mrs. Barton Madge Wildfire.. Miss Cleaver. After which, an Interlude, from St. Ronan's Well, called THE CLEIKUM INN. Mrs. Margery Dodds.... (the landlady) in which character he will sing " There cam' a young man to my daddie's door." To conclude with the Scotch Drama of CRAMOND BRIG (with songs) Mr. Mackay, King James._ Jack Howisou . Mr. Frazer Mr. Meekay LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. WHICH is the most wonderful Exhibition in Liverpool? The Wizard's Wonders—Which is the cheapest Ex hibition in Liverpool ? The Wizard's Palace of the Magi— Who can practically illustrate Shakspeare, " Are mine eyes made the fools o' the other senses ?" The Wizard—Who can " Show the eyes and please the heart, come like shadows, so depart "? The Wizard—Who can prove, by ocular demon - stration, that there are more strange things in havotr - and earth than are dreamt of in your philoso tw.?'''''The Wizard —Who possesses the power of secxl -• t ? The Wizard — How can ladies have their fortu old ? By applying to the Wizard—Who can make money dance out of your purses ? The Wizard—Who can make things inanimate move at his bidding ? The Wizard—Who can perform more wonders than were ever yet accomplished by man ? The Wizard. Remember the Wizard's present stay in Liverpool can be but of short duration, as the Theatre will open almost imme diately for its theatrical season. One word more to those who seek amusement. If you visit the Great Wizard of the North's Temple of Magic you will find that it has overwhelming advantages over all public ex hibitions First—Cheapness. Second—lts truly Scientific Nature. Third—You are not kept till after Midiiiyht. Last—lts total Divestment of Immorality. The celebrated and the ONLY LANCASHIRE BELL RINGERS, who caused the great sensation (with the Wizard) at the Adel* Theatre-Royal, London, and Vauxhall Gardens, will appear each Evening. In justice to the Lancashire Bell Ringers, who are natives of this County, he wishes the Public to understand that they are THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY BELL RINGERS who have ever appeared in London, and whose talent has been appreciated and applauded by the London Press. M. Saqui, the celebrated Pianist, from the Nobility's Con certs, with Mr. Thompson's celebrated Quadrille Band, will, during the Evening, perform a variety of the most fashionable Overtures, Quadrilles, Waltzes, &v. Doors open at Half-past Seven. The Wizard enters his Mystic Circle at Eight o'clock precisely, concluding at Half past Ten or Eleven o'clock. Carriages in attendance at Half-past Ten precisely. Prices of admission :—Boxes, 6d. ; Pit, ls. 6d ; Gal lery, 6d. Children (not above Ten years of age), Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Second price (after the conclusion of the first part), Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, Is. No second price to the Gallery. From the present crowded state of the Theatre, Mr. J. H. A. begs those parties who wish to secure places in the Dress Circle to apply at the Box-office between the hours of Eleven and Four o'clock. Programme of the Wizard's performances, with the opinions of the London press, humourously illustrated, price 2d., may be had at the door. The Public of Manchester are most respectfully informed that the Wizard will shortly make his mystic appearance in that Town. LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. The Meeting of this Association on Monday next is likely to be more than usually attractive. The speakers who will address the Meeting are--the Rev. Messrs. HUGII STOWELL, W. KER, HUGH WNEILE, W.W. EWBANK, F. PARRY, T. NOLAN, and others. As we have already intimated, we shall give in the STANDARD of the following day a verba tim Report of. the Speeches. Our Agents will oblige us by informing us as early as possible what number of copies they will require; and any parties in the country, desirous of possessing a report of the im portant proceedings, can have any number of the STANDARD forwarded by an early post, if their intentions are expressed to us on or before Monday next. TO CORRESPONDENTS An article in reply to the renewed attacks of the Liverpool Times upon Lord Sandon, we are compelled to postpone until Tuesday. We cannot furnish the information desired by `• A Sub scriber," though probably it may furnish a little amuse ment for our ingenious friends at the Mercury-office. The case relative to the Bell-man, pointed out by R. E. is postponed for further investigation at the Police Court. We shall not lose sight of it efir W.tbrrpoot -&tanbarb, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1841 The late government, says the Mercury, were econo mical, for they came to us with their advertisements ; the Tories are extravagant, for they have left us, and gone to the STANDARD. We have shown, however, that the Tories are not so altogether regardless of eco nomy as our ex-ministerial contemporary would wish them to appear, and that the public, from the character and quality of our circulation, are likely to derive con siderable benefit from the change. We do not deny that the Mercury has a good deal of circulation among servants out-of-place, retired bachelors, nursery-maids, and valetudinarian old men and women; neither are we surprised at it, considering that` the principal conk of that establishment is one so rarely qualified to please the palate of such persons ; but what we have respect fully suggested is, that to circulate government adver tisements of the kind which has been transferred to us, among such classes, is absolute waste of powder, and that a " pothouse and cellar circulation" is, for such purposes, of no account whatever. This we have mo destly hinted, and we are happy to think that the ar gument has been deemed one of much pith and mo ment by competent judges. Let it not be supposed, however, that we have nut forward anything so absurd or so paradoxical as that " circulation" is, in the matter of newspaper property, usefulness, or influence, an affair of little moment; we have not done so, and are far from being indifferent on this point. Thanks to the growing light of the age, the rapid and wholesome spread of Conservatism, and to numerous kind friends and patrons, the circulation of the STANDARD partakes of the great improvement which has taken place in the general position of our cause, has increased largely in the course of the last twelve months, and continues steadily to advance. Our own exertions have not been wanting to produce this happy effect; but ina'ulgent friends have certainly cheered us on in our laborars much beyond our deserts, and bestowed upon us numerous tokens of approbation, as well as solid proofs of 'esteem, which we beg in this place most thankfully and gratefully to acknowledge. We have not the advaretage of a thirty years' esta blishment as our ancierzt of the Mercury has; but Time, with his usual certa in thread, will improve our deficiency in that particular. Be it our care only that we may not grow old withon t growing wiser and better ; but that, on the contrary, w e may do both—spreading abroad our branches and flourishing like the palm tree, affording shelter and pt otection, conservation and refreshment to all who do us the favour to seek refuge or regale themselves under mar ample leaves. It is but a short time since we had occasion to speak of the anomalous position in which the Conservative press has been placed in Liverpool ; and now the Mer cury—ay, the old wile's journal—twits us with the fact ! " Under the late government," says old Spin top, " the annual game lists were advertised in only one Liverpool paper, and that the Mercury. Our Tory contemporaries felt somewhat sore on the subject; but they could hardly complain, with any show of rea son, seeing that the circulation of the Mercury was greater than that of all of them put together." We admit that this was a gross anomaly which called loudly for rectification, and, as we have said more than once, we felt heartily ashamed of our town on account of it. The fact, however, distinctly shows the different cha• ratter of circulation of Conservative and Radical jour nals. The Radical journals circulate more widely, but they have little influence ; their circulation is it among the privileged classes, and, therefore, does not tell on political events. The circulation of the Conser vative journals, on the other hand, though less ex tensive, is more useful to advertisers, and more effective for political and public purposes. Still the thing is anomalous ; we grant it ; and we acknowledge our hearty desire to see Conservatism commending itself to the masses through the medium of its journals, and commended by them in their decided preference for such instructors ; or, in a word, Conservatism cor rectly indicated by the circulation and circumstances in all respects of its political and literary organs. • We, for our part, are far from intending our compilations only for the select few, the wealthy, or the learned ; we wish most sincerely to go amongst the people—to mix freely with all classes ; and if any of our more aristocratic friends will aid and abet us in our objects, they will vastly oblige us. Should it be objected that we are self-interested on this head, we must admit the fact : doubtless we arc so; but the common cause is interested in it also. Can Conservatism make a better alliance than with a zealous and effective Press ? We have begun a new era; Liberalism has heretofore strutted about as if it alone could be popular ; it is now our turn ; let us try if we cannot leaven the masses with Conservatism. The task will not he found so difficult : we have only to practise in an honest cause those arts which the enemy has taught us. The oracles of the Anti-corn Law League assure us that they are quite prepared for the universal applica tion of the principles of free trade. " Give us"-- , they exclaim—" cheap bread for the working man, and we are perfectly willing to throw open our own markets to the competition of the foreign manufacturer or the foreign artizan." We doubt not the assertion. We doubt not that the gentlemen of the league—the large capitalist, the rnillowner, the merchant, and the shopkeeper even — are well disposed to concede so much, as the price of a free trade in corn ; but has the 'working man, we ask, in whose name the boon is demanded, ever signified his readiness to accept it upon these conditions ? Has he the most faint conception of the position in which he would thus be placed? We most firmly believe that he has not ; and we believe, as firmly, that, tempting as is the bait set before him by the Anti-corn Law agitators, he would reject it, and spurn from him the cheap loaf which is to be bought at a price so ruinous to him and to his children. The manufacturing oper ative, indeed, may know all that is in store for him, and confident in the power of British machinery and skill to heat down foreign competition even in the home market, may be seduced by the prospect of a present good—a supply of cheap food—to dare ulterior consequences; but we are much mistaken if the work ing classes at large possess the same information, or, possessing it, are in the same frame of temper. The manufacturing operative, no doubt contemplates some reduction of wages as the accompaniment of a reduction of the corn laws ;—he is not duped by the assertion of the free trader that wages will not be re duced ;—but he is told that his work will be more constant, and that his reduced wages will purchase more of the comforts of life—more food and clothing —than his present wages afford him. He is well aware that other protective duties must share the fate of the protection hitherto afforded to the agriculturist ; and he looks forward to the time when he shall have, in addition to cheap bread, and cheap cottons, and woollens, cheap furniture, cheap shoes, a cheap hat, a cheap clock, a cheap watch, cheap gloves, cheap stock ings, &c. ; and he cares not though these may be of foreign instead of British manufpcture. But will the joiner, the shoemaker, the watchmaker, the hatter, or the hosier contemplate the introduction of the princi ple of free trade into their own branches of business with the same equanimity ? We think not. And we much question whether a large portion of the manu facturers themselves will not shrink from the operation when it is fairly brought home to them. It is perfectly clear that the withdrawal of protection from every branch of industry, must follow the aboli tion of the protective duties in favour .of British agriculture. Let the working men of England—the mechanic, the artizan, and the handicraftsmm—look seriously to this matter. Their interests are bound up in the fate of British agriculture. Let them beware lest they be betrayed and sacrificed by the leaders into whose keep ing they have committed themselves. Cheap bread is a tempting lure no doubt; but cheap bread, even to the working man may be rendered too costly if pur chased by the surrender of the trade by which he lives nto the hands of the foreign artizan. It is a very material difference between Sir Robert Peel's ministry and that of Lord Melbourne, that the one enjoys the confidence of the nation, and that the other—when it existed, did not. Sir R. Peel evidently shows that he is quite aware of his advantage, and that he is rzsolved to profit by it. It is a circumstance of the utmost importance and value to a minister of pro found knowledge and eminent ability to possess such confidence, and feel perfectly secure of its enjoyment ; and all who have had any share, however small, in promoting his elevation, must take pleasure in witness ing the fact. Poor Lord Melbourne could pretend to nothing of this sort, and needed no majority of one to tell him of his deficiency. He took refuge in his very helplessness, and the strength of his administration—if strength it had any—consisted in proclaiming that it had no thought and no measures of its own, and that in all things it was the slave of the many—the very humble servant of the chapter of accidents. In what other country but England such a ministry could have failed to have done irreparable mischief—to have in volved their country in anarchy—we have no idea. Under their regime, the people may be said to have had no responsible ministry, or rather no government at all. How they continued to exist so long, and to receive pay as if they actually were a government, will be a puzzle in after ages. However, they died off at last like snuff of candle—and have been succeeded by what we might simply call, in contrast with them, a government. We meet with them again, indeed, in the shape of an "opposition," but in so miserable a plight that they remind us rather of a few ghosts, such as Lucian describes, hovering about the river Styx, without an obolus to pay for their carriage across. A London contemporary speaks of them as if such sha dows supposed themselves to be a really formidable body—and were prepared to do anything, however despereate, to get across ; but we think our contempo rary can he under no such grave mistake : for our par we see nothing in their demeanor as an opposition which would lead us to any such inference. Let us just consider one or two of their grand chevaux de battaile. And first, say they, the new ministry ought not to take any time to concoct their measures ; we never did; tell us what you mean to do? let us not burst in ignorance; the country cannot wait your leisure. The reply to this is very satisfactory; gentlemen ex's, you do not speak the voice of the nation, and however im patient you maybe, the people are not so. What -5. , ••• • • • ••••••• • do, we mean to be responsible for, and that we may do something that will be solidly advantageous, and per manently useful, we shall take due time to consider. Of a course so rational —s o perfectly in accordance with common sense, the people entirely approve, and the shaft falls to the ground a mere telum imbelle sine ictu. The miserable Ex's cannot at all comprehend any thing of the nature and blessings of confidence, in the proper sense of the term. They know not what it is to have any safe resources of their own to rely upon